Participants: Bev Thompson, Julie Saunders-Keymer
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000367
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00:01 HELLO EVERYONE.
00:25 IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO ANOTHER PROGRAM OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:29 THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHING WITH US FOR QUITE A WHILE KNOW 00:35 THAT WE HAVE STORIES ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:37 WE HAVE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR WITH US TODAY. 00:41 THE FIRST THING I AM GOING TO DO IS ASK HER TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:46 BEVERLY THOMPSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. 00:50 YOU ARE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 00:52 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 00:53 IT MEANS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS NATIVE WORKERS IN THEIR HOMELAND 00:59 THAT REGIONAL DIRECTORS GO OUT TO VISIT. 01:03 EVERY YEAR THEY GO TO SEE THAT WORKERS ARE DOING THE WORK THAT THEY ARE 01:08 EXPECTED TO DO. 01:09 THE DIRECTORS MAKE SURE THE ADMINISTRATORS OVER THERE ARE GIVING THEM THE 01:11 SALARIES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO GIVE. 01:13 YOU MONITOR WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER THERE? 01:16 YOU DO A LITTLE AUDITING OF WHAT TAKES PLACE? 01:19 WE TRY TO NOT DO IT IN A STRONG WAY. 01:22 WE TRY TO DO IT IN A VISITING WAY. 01:26 PART OF WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU GO THERE IS TO HOLD SEMINARS AND TEACH? 01:30 YES! 01:31 YOU ALSO HAVE BECOME KNOWN AS PREACHER BEVERLY. 01:34 THAT IS A GOOD ONE FOR ME. 01:37 I HAD NEVER HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE. 01:39 I DO SOME PREACHING. 01:40 YOU ARE HERE TODAY WITH ANOTHER OF YOUR FRIENDS, ELAINE SHAW. 01:48 WELCOME, ELAINE! 01:49 SHE IS IN TRAINING TO BE A PREACHER, ALSO. 01:52 ELAINE, IS THIS YOUR FIRST MISSION TRIP? 01:56 NO, MY PARENTS WERE MISSIONARIES IN COSTA RICA WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER. 02:04 SO I HAVE SPENT SOME TIME IN COSTA RICA. 02:07 JUST TELL ME, WHAT WAS THIS TRIP LIKE FOR YOU? 02:12 IT WAS A REAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE FOR ME; AN EXPERIENCE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE. 02:21 IT TOTALLY REVAMPED HOW I THOUGHT ABOUT MISSIONS AND WHAT WE DO TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 02:31 BEVERLY, WHERE DID YOU GO? 02:33 WITH ELAINE, WE WERE IN THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH , JHARKHAND AND SOUTH BENGAL. 02:40 DON'T ASK ME TO REPEAT THAT. 02:42 THE SOUTH BENGAL, I THINK I CAN REMEMBER THAT. 02:45 DO THE PEOPLE SPEAK BENGALI THERE? 02:48 IN SOUTH BENGAL, YES! 02:50 OTHERWISE WE MAINLY SEE HINDI. 02:53 DO YOU PICK UP WORDS AND PHRASES THAT HELP YOU COMMUNICATE? 02:59 YES, JUST COURTESY WORDS. 03:01 TELL US ABOUT THIS RECENT TRIP. 03:05 I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE SOME "DICEY" MOMENTS. 03:10 YES, SOME VERY INTERESTING EXPERIENCES. 03:14 TO BEGIN WITH, ELAINE AND I WERE IN THE WALLA WALLA AIRPORT 03:21 AND I WAS SAYING GOODBYE TO HER. 03:23 SHE LEFT SIX HOURS BEFORE ME. 03:26 WE WERE TO MEET IN DELHI. 03:28 SHE WAS TO ARRIVE FOUR AND A HALF HOUR BEFORE ME. 03:32 WE WERE TO MEET, and THEN FLY TO OUR NEXT LOCATION IN RAIPUR. 03:37 MY AIR FLIGHT WAS AN HOUR LATE. 03:42 OUR CONNECTION WAS SO CLOSE AND THAT BY THE TIME I WAS AN HOUR LATE. 03:46 I HAD TO GO THROUGH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS, 03:47 FIND THE DOMESTIC AIRPORT PLUS FIND ELAINE. 03:53 THE GATES WERE CLOSED. 03:55 I COULDN'T GO ON MY FLIGHT. 03:57 THEY JUST TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER TICKET. 04:00 I WENT AND BOUGHT ANOTHER TICKET. 04:02 I STILL HADN'T FOUND ELAINE. 04:03 WHEN I DID FIND ELAINE, WE IMMEDIATELY GOT A TICKET FOR HER TO GO WITH ME. 04:08 WE HAD TO WAIT FOR 12 HOURS FOR OUR NEXT FLIGHT TO ARRIVE. 04:15 I HAVE TO CATCH UP WITH YOU. 04:18 WHY DIDN'T THE TWO OF YOU LEAVE FROM WALLA WALLA ON THE SAME FLIGHT? 04:22 WE DIDN'T BOOK AT THE SAME TIME. 04:25 FOR SOME REASON WHEN I BOOKED, 04:28 IT WAS LIKE 1500 DOLLARS MORE EXPENSIVE TO GO WITH HER. 04:32 I WANTED TO SAVE THAT MONEY. 04:33 I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND ANYMORE THAN I HAD TO. 04:36 YOU FINALLY DID CONNECT THEN? 04:39 YES, EVENTUALLY. 04:41 I HAD ARRANGED FOR A PASTOR FROM THE CHHATTISGARH CONFERENCE 04:45 AND PASTOR BHATTI FROM THE UNION TO MEET US IN RAIPUR . 04:50 SINCE WE WERE TWELVE HOURS LATE AND HAD NO WAY TO COMMUNICATEWITH THEM, THEY 04:56 WAITED 6 HOURS AND THEN WENT HOME. 04:58 THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. 05:01 WHEN WE FINALLY GOT TO RAIPUR AND KNEW THEY WOULDN'T BE THERE, 05:05 I MADE A TENATIVE PLAN TO GO TO THE PREPAY TAXI BOOTH. 05:12 I WOULD PAY FOR A TAXI AHEAD OF TIME SO I WOULDN'T GET CHEATED BY ANYONE. 05:17 WE GOT TO BELI TWO HOURS AFTER WE BOOKED THE TAXI. 05:21 I HAD ONLY BEEN THERE ONCE BEFORE. 05:25 I TRIED TO FIND OUT WHERE THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND SCHOOL ARE LOCATED. 05:36 BY NOW, IT WAS 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. 05:38 I REMEMBER SAYING TO THE TAXI DRIVER, "ASK THESE PEOPLE WHERE THE CHURCH IS LOCATED." 05:48 HE SAID THAT THEY WERE DRUNK. 05:49 I THOUGHT I WILL KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT. 05:51 THE TAXI DRIVER CAN ASK KNOWLEDGEABLY. 05:55 TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, WE ASKED PEOPLE WHERE TO GO. 06:00 THEY SAID YOU GO THIS WAY AND THAT WAY AND THIS WAY. 06:02 WE WENT THIS WAY AND THAT WAY THREE TIMES. 06:07 FINALLY, WE CAME BACK TO THE SAME MAN AGAIN. 06:10 THEY WERE GETTING READY TO TAKE OFF ON MOTRCYCLES, AND THEY SAID, "FOLLOW US". 06:14 THEY GOT ON THE MOTORCYCLE AND TOOK US RIGHT TO THE PLACE. 06:17 WE GOT THERE AT 12:15 A.M. 06:21 WE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND WOKE UP THE PASTORS. 06:24 THEY HAD JUST GONE TO BED SO BEWILDERED, NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. 06:28 WE HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE WITH THEM THERE AFTER THAT. 06:33 WE SAID IT WAS A MIRACLE. 06:35 HOW LONG SINCE YOU TWO HAD BEEN ABLE TO LIE DOWN TO REST? 06:41 FOR ELAINE, IT WAS ABOUT 36 HOURS AND FOR ME, IT WAS CLOSE TO 48 HOURS. 06:47 MORNING CAME VERY QUICKLY? 06:52 YES, IT DID. 06:56 AT 6:15 A.M., WE HAD TO LEAVE FOR A TRAIN. 06:59 THIS WAS THE SCHOOL THAT WE STAYED IN. 07:01 WE SLEPT ON THOSE BEDS RIGHT THERE. 07:05 WE CAME BACK LATER TO FIND THAT THE CHILDREN HAVE THEIR CLASSROOM 07:09 RIGHT IN THE SAME ROOM WHERE WE SLEPT. 07:11 THIS IS THE BOYS DORMITORY HERE. 07:14 THEN WE TRAVELED A COUPLE OF HOURS BY TRAIN. 07:21 NEXT WE GOT IN A JEEP AND WENT UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO THIS LITTLE CHURCH CALLED KHUTITOLI. 07:32 I AM NOT VERY GOOD AT THE PROUNCIATION. 07:34 IN KHUTITOLI, IT IS KIND OF A TRIBAL AREA AND IT IS COOLER UP THERE. 07:39 THERE IS A LOVELY CONGREGATION. 07:41 IS THIS THEIR CHURCH? 07:43 YES, THIS IS THE CHURCH. 07:44 WE SLEPT IN THAT BACK CORNER THAT YOU SEE. 07:48 IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS THE FRONT BUT IT IS THE BACK OF THE CHURCH THAT WE ARE 07:52 LOOKING AT HERE. 07:54 I MUST SAY THAT OUR BATHROOM WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL FROM WHERE WE SLEPT. 07:58 WE JUST HAD TO GO DOWN THOSE STAIRS AND ACROSS THE GRASS OVER TO THE LATRINE. 08:03 IN THE MORNING, THE GIRL PUMPING THE WATER AWAKENED US. 08:10 SHE WAS CARRYING WATER TO THE LATRINE SO WE COULD BATHE. 08:13 WOW! 08:15 SO I COULD SEE THIS WAS A CULTURAL CHANGE FOR YOU. 08:20 DEFINITELY, THAT IS TRUE. 08:22 OF COURSE, BEVERLY HAD BEEN IN THIS SITUATION MANY TIMES. 08:24 SHE MAY FEEL MORE AT HOME THERE THAN SHE DOES IN COLLEGE PLACE. 08:27 I AM EQUALLY COMFORTABLE. 08:30 YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE CAMPING THE WHOLE TIME. 08:32 THIS IS CHURCH SABBATH MORNING, THE MORNING AFTER OUR ARRIVAL. 08:37 THE LADIES ARE IN THEIR LOVELY SARI AND SINGING THE OPENING SONG FOR US. 08:48 WHAT COLORFUL DRESS! 08:50 JUST LIKE WHAT YOU ARE DRESSED IN NOW. 08:53 THE CONGREGATION WAS THRILLING. 08:57 IT WAS A WEEK-END REVIVAL. 08:59 EVERYONE HAD COME. 09:01 THE CHURCH WAS PACKED. 09:02 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FROM THE AREA WERE ALL THERE. 09:05 EVERYONE PARTICIPATES IN THE SINGING. 09:09 IT IS A THRILLING EXPERIENCE TO BE THERE WITH THEM. 09:11 DID YOU PREACH THERE THEN? 09:13 OH, YES! 09:14 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WERE IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING? 09:17 TEN! 09:18 TEN OF THEM! 09:20 HOW MANY CHURCHES LIKE THIS ONE IN THIS REGION? 09:23 THAT IS THE SAD PART ABOUT IT; NOT VERY MANY. 09:26 THERE ARE PROBABLY HALF A DOZEN IN THE WHOLE STATE AND IT IS A HUGE STATE. 09:30 IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE AREA. 09:32 SO IF THERE ARE NO CHURCHES, WHERE DO THE BELIEVERS WORSHIP? 09:35 THEY WORSHIP IN THE HOMES OR UNDER THE TREES. 09:38 DID YOU EXPERIENCE THAT WHILE YOU WERE THERE? 09:41 WE HAD CAMPMEETING AND THAT WAS OUT UNDER A TENT. 09:45 LET US GO ON WITH YOUR PICTURES. 09:47 THE PREVIOUS PICTURE HAD THE OFFERING PLATE. 09:52 THEY DO TITHE AS A SEPARATE OFFERING. 09:56 I THOUGHT THAT WAS A DINNER PLATE. 09:57 YES, THEY ACTUALLY COME UP TO THE FRONT INDIVIDUALLY AS THEY PAY THEIR TITHE. 10:02 WE SAW IN SOME LOCATIONS THAT THEY ACTUALLY TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOU WHEN 10:06 YOU PAY YOUR TITHE AS A SEPARATE OFFERING. 10:08 IN THE NEXT PHOTOGRAPH, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ACTUALLY PAY WITH WHAT THEY GROW. 10:18 IT MAY BE POTATOES, OR IN THIS CASE, BROWN RICE AND WHITE RICE. 10:22 THEY GIVE TWO SEPARATE OFFERINGS. 10:25 YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE HOLDING A WIDOWS MITE WHEN YOU BEHOLD THAT PICTURE. 10:31 IT WAS A VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE TO SEE THEM DO THEIR OFFERINGS. 10:35 THESE ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE GATHERED TOGETHER TO SPEAK 10:40 WITH BEV, OR HER TO SPEAK WITH THEM. 10:44 THERE IS NO SEATING, OTHER THAN THE FLOOR. 10:46 RIGHT! 10:47 THAT IS TYPICAL OF WHEREVER WE WENT. 10:49 THERE MAY BE SOME SEATING ON THE SIDES BUT MOST OF THE CONGREGATION SAT ON 10:54 THE FLOOR. 10:55 THESE LITTLE BOYS JUST CHARMED ME. 10:57 LOOK AT THE LITTLE BOWS AND ARROWS THEY HAVE MADE. 10:59 I CAME AROUND THE CORNER EARLY IN THE MORNING. 11:02 THEY WERE PLAYING WITH THEIR BOWS AND ARROWS THAT THEY HAD MADE. 11:04 YOU DON'T SEE TOYS LIKE OUR CHILDREN HAVE. 11:07 THEY HAVE MADE THEIR OWN TOYS HERE. 11:10 YOU HAVE TO BE CREATIVE. 11:12 YOU HAVE TO IMPROVISE. 11:13 WE TRAVELED BY JEEP A COUPLE OF HOURS. 11:15 ACTUALLY, IT WAS ONLY 25 MILES AWAY, I THINK. 11:18 IT TOOK US A LONG TIME BY A CIRCUITUS ROUTE OUT TO SEE THIS FARMER, 11:23 WHO HAD A STORY TO TELL US ABOUT HOW GOD HAD BLESSED HIM. 11:27 THIS IS PATHALGAON. 11:30 THIS IS WHERE THE STORY HAPPENED THAT WE ARE GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT. 11:35 THIS COUPLE HAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON WHICH THEY WERE GROWING A RICE CROP. 11:42 A BIG STORM WAS COMING IN AND THEY SAW IT COMING IN. 11:45 THEY WENT TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO HAD PRAYED WITH THEM BEFORE. 11:51 THEY ASKED THE WORKER TO PRAY TO GOD THAT HE WILL SAVE THEIR CROP. 11:56 THE WORKER DID PRAY. 12:02 THEY COULD SEE THAT STORM CAME, SEPARATED AND JUST RUINED THE CROPS ON EITHER 12:06 SIDE OF THEIR FIELD. 12:09 THEIR CROP WAS COMPLETELY SAVED. 12:11 IT WAS SUCH A MIRACLE. 12:13 THEY RECOGNIZED IT AS A MIRACLE, GIVING CREDIT TO THE GOD OF CREATION. 12:18 THEY GAVE THEIR HEARTS TO GOD. 12:21 IN THIS PICTURE YOU CAN SEE A CLOCK IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER. 12:24 THE PHOTOGRAPH ON BOTH SIDES IS OF THIS MAN WHEN HE WAS AN ARMY OFFICER. 12:29 HE HAS RETIRED. 12:31 RIGHT AFTER HE RETIRED, HE DECIDED TO GIVE 12:35 A PIECE OF PROPERTY SO A CHURCH COULD BE BUILT. 12:45 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAD TO GATHER INSIDE HIS TINY LIVING ROOM. 12:50 BECAUSE OF RAIN, EVERYONE CROWDED INSIDE THE ROOM. 12:54 AFTER IT HAD STOPPED RAINING, 12:55 WE WENT OUTSIDE AND TOOK A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE GROUP THERE. 12:58 THIS IS ONE OF THE HOUSE CHURCHES THEN? 13:02 THAT IS THEIR HOME CHURCH. 13:03 IT IS AN OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED CHURCH. 13:05 IS IT A PART OF THE CONFERENCE? 13:07 ARE BELIEVERS DETERMINED THAT THEY WANT TO WORSHIP TOGETHER? 13:09 IT IS A GROUP OF BELIEVERS DETERMINED TO WORSHIP TOGETHER 13:13 AND BEGGING THE CONFERENCE TO HAVE EVANGELISM THERE. 13:17 THEY WANT TO HAVE A CHURCH BUILT ON THE PROPERTY THAT WAS DONATED. 13:21 THERE IS A MAN WAY BACK IN THE CENTER. 13:26 HE IS ON THE MARKING SPOT OF THE PROPERTY THERE. 13:29 IT IS A NICE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HE HAS DONATED. 13:36 HE IS HOPING THAT THEY CAN HAVE A CHURCH BUILT THERE AS SOON AS THEY HAVE 50 TO 100 MEMBERS. 13:42 THIS MAN IS A FARMER AND DEPENDS ON THE CROPS THAT HE CAN RAISE FOR HIS OWN SUPPORT. 13:56 HE IS WILLING TO GIVE A PART OF THAT PROPERTY THAT WOULD OTHERWISE PROVIDE HIS SUPPORT, 14:04 TO HELP BUILD THE KINGDOM. 14:06 WHEN THEY CAN'T GIVE ANYTHING ELSE, MANY TIMES THEY CAN GIVE THEIR HERITAGE. 14:17 I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN, ELAINE, AFTER SEEING AND HEARING THAT. 14:23 YOU DON'T LOOK AT THINGS HERE JUST THE SAME ANYMORE, DO YOU? 14:29 WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE THAN THEY HAVE. 14:31 AND WE ARE SO ACCUSTOM TO IT THAT WE CAN'T SEE IT, UNLESS WE EXPERIENCE THEIR 14:37 TRUE NEEDS. 14:38 FOR A MOMENT, LET'S TALK DIRECTLY TO OUR VIEWERS. 14:43 I AM SURE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE VIEWING THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW 14:51 ARE ALSO IMPRESSED WITH THE TESTIMONY THAT BEV AND ELAINE ARE BRINGING TO US. 14:59 ALL OF US NEED TO PAUSE A MOMENT AND THINK ABOUT WHO AND WHERE WE ARE, 15:05 WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE DO WITH IT. 15:09 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU RIGHT NOW TO BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:13 LEARN MORE ABOUT STORIES LIKE THIS ONE. 15:16 YOU CAN DO IT BY HAVING THE NEWSLETTER, ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS, COME TO YOUR HOME. 15:38 YOU CAN BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN MANY WAYS. 15:45 WE ALSO REQUEST YOUR PRAYERS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOUR BROTHERS 15:47 AND SISTERS OUT THERE IN INDIA. 15:48 PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ELAINE AND BEVERLY HAVE BEEN TELLING US ABOUT TODAY. 15:55 THESE ARE PEOPLE THEY HAVE MET AND KNOW. 15:56 WHEN YOU PRAY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, ALL THOSE FOLKS WILL BECOME A PART OF YOUR 16:02 LIVES, TOO. 16:03 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND STAY TUNED FOR THE REST OF THIS STORY. 16:13 ALWAYS WATCH FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" ON TELEVISION BECAUSE MORE 16:18 STORIES LIKE THIS WILL COME TO YOU. 16:20 LET US GO ON WITH YOUR PICTURES. 16:23 WE ARE IN POLA IN WEST JHARKHAND NOW. 16:30 THIS CHURCH WAS BUILT ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 16:33 THIS SCHOOL WAS JUST BUILT AND IS FINISHED. 16:39 IT IS AN EXCITING BEGINNING TO A ONE ROOM SCHOOL. 16:44 SINCE THEY ONLY HAVE ONE SCHOOL ROOM, THEY CAN ONLY TAKE CHILDREN FROM NURSERY 16:48 AGE TO FIRST GRADE. 16:50 WHEN I WAS THERE, THEY GATHERED THE CHILDREN TOGETHER AND SHOWED US 16:54 HOW THESE LITTLE KIDS HAD LEARNED THE ALPHABET. 16:57 THIS TEACHER WAS A NEW GRADUATE FROM SPICER COLLEGE. 17:02 THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECTION SAID THEY WERE HIRING HER TO BE THIS 17:07 TEACHER BUT SHE HAD TO GET YOUR OWN STUDENTS. 17:09 HE SAID YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR OWN SALARY BY THE STUDENTS THAT YOU GET INTO THE SCHOOL. 17:15 THIS MAN HAD BEEN OUT DOING HIS BEST TO DRUM UP BUSINESS. 17:20 THE WAY HE IS ENCOURAGING THEM 17:22 IS THAT IS THEY REGISTER NOW TO START SCHOOL IN SIX WEEKS. 17:26 THE CHILDREN WOULD HAVE FREE EDUCATION FOR THIS SIX WEEKS OF SUMMER SCHOOL TIME. 17:32 SO HE IS TEACHING ALL OF THESE CHILDREN. 17:34 ALREADY HE HAD 50 STUDENTS REGISTERED AND HE WAS EXPECTING 100 TO BE ATTENDING. 17:40 WHERE IS HE GOING TO BUY HIS RICE THEN? 17:42 THE CHILDREN'S PARENTS WILL, IF HE GETS ENOUGH STUDENTS AND HE GETS ENOUGH SALARY. 17:47 HE HAS ENOUGH CHILDREN NOW SO THAT HE HAS TO HAVE A HELPER. 17:52 WHAT VISION! 17:56 NEXT DOOR, THEY HAVE THE OLDER CHILDREN THAT ARE LEARNING ENGLISH. 18:00 THEY ARE ACTUALLY CONDUCTING SCHOOL IN THE CHURCH FOR THE OLDER CHILDREN. 18:06 HERE THEY ARE DOING A SONG FOR US ENTITLED, "I'M IN THE LORD'S ARMY". 18:22 THEY ARE LEARNING IN ENGLISH? 18:26 YES. 18:27 ALL HIGHER EDUCATION IS IN ENGLISH. 18:31 IN THIS TRIBAL REGION, DO THEY COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH AT ALL? 18:39 NO! 18:40 BUT AS THEY LEARN, THEY DO USE ENGLISH. 18:45 THERE ARE NO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT TEACH ENGLISH IN THE AREA. 18:47 THIS IS A NEW PHENOMENIA. 18:48 PARENTS WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO THIS SCHOOL. 18:51 IS THERE A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL IN THAT AREA? 18:54 NOT FAR AWAY, THERE IS A SCHOOL. 18:56 THIS LITTLE LADY, THAT YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE, WAS THE ONLY OLD LADY THAT WE SAW THAT DAY. 19:03 SHE CAME ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SHE HEARD THAT THE PASTOR WAS COMING. 19:06 THEN SHE COULD BE BAPTIZED, WHILE WE WERE ALL THERE. 19:09 SHE WAS RAISING HER HAND THERE TO SAY, "YES, I BELIEVE THOSE 28 BELIEFS". 19:16 NOW WE ARE WALKING TO THE WATER HOLE TO BAPTIZE HER. 19:21 THIS WATER HOLE WAS ABOUT A TEN MINUTE WALK AWAY. 19:29 HERE SHE IS BEING BAPTIZED. 19:31 THIS LITTLE LADY COULD NOT STAND UP STRAIGHT, YET SHE WAS BAPTIZED. 19:37 AFTER THEY HAD THE BAPTISM, THE PASTOR ASKED, "HOW MANY OF YOU CHILDREN, 19:42 WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW THIS LADY'S EXAMPLE 19:51 AND ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR FROM YOUR SINS. 19:54 MIND YOU, THESE ARE ALL NEW CHILDREN IN SCHOOL THAT HAVE NOT HEARD THE MESSAGE BEFORE. 20:00 THESE ARE THE CHILDREN THAT HAVE PUT UP THEIR HANDS. 20:03 ALREADY THEY HAVE HAD A MESSAGE BROUGHT TO THEM. 20:06 WALKING BACK FROM THE WATER HOLE, 20:08 THE LITTLE LADY IS IN THE HONORED POSITION TO MARCH BACK TO THE SCHOOL. 20:12 THE DRUMMERS ARE THERE AND THE PEOPLE ARE SINGING AND CLAPPING THEIR HANDS, 20:16 PRAISING GOD THAT ANOTHER SOUL IS SAVED. 20:19 IT IS VERY APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF EXPRESSIVE CELEBRATION 20:27 WITH THE DRUM AND THE CLAPPING OF HANDS? 20:30 YES, THIS IS THEIR CUSTOM. 20:32 HERE WE HAVE THE CHILDREN IN FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM. 20:37 THAT TEACHER IS A VERY SPECIAL PERSON. 20:43 HE HAS ALREADY RECRUITED 50 KIDS TO COME AND REGISTER FOR SCHOOL. 20:50 PLUS, HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO RECRUIT AT A PLACE 15 KILOMETERS AWAY FROM THERE. 20:57 THE PARENTS SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE A DORMITORY, WE WILL SEND OUR CHILDREN THERE. 21:03 THIS IS THE CUSTOM IN INDIA. 21:06 THEY HAVE DORMITORIES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN. 21:09 SO THEY ARE REQUESTING DORMITORIES, TOILETS AND A WELL WITH A PUMP FOR THE SCHOOL. 21:17 DO WE HAVE DORMITORIES ANYWHERE AT THESE SCHOOLS ALREADY? 21:25 WE DO HAVE DORMITORIES AND WELLS AT OTHER SCHOOLS BUT THEY ARE FAR, FAR AWAY FROM THIS. 21:32 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 35 TO 50 KILOMETERS TO BE THE CLOSEST SCHOOL 21:38 THAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 21:40 IS IT A MAJOR EXPENSE TO PUT A WELL DOWN AND PUT A HAND PUMP ON IT? 21:51 NO! 21:53 IT MIGHT BE A BIT MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THE GROUND IS VERY STONEY; 21:59 PERHAPS IT WILL COST 300 TO 400 DOLLARS. 22:02 IS IT UNCOMMON FOR THEM TO PUT DOWN A WELL IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY? 22:13 THE NEAREST WELL IS QUITE A WAYS AWAY. 22:18 THE NEXT PICTURE SHOWS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS PERFORMING BAPTISMS. 22:26 THE NEXT PLACE WE WENT TO THEY HAD ABOUT 30 PEOPLE THAT THEY BAPTISED. 22:33 WHAT A THRILLING EXPERIENCE TO SEE THESE PEOPLE 22:36 GO DOWN INTO THE WATERY GRAVE. 22:39 THE GENTLEMAN BAPTIZING, IS HE THE LOCAL PASTOR THERE? 22:43 YES. 22:44 THAT YOUNG MAN STARTED OUT AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND THEN BECAME A PASTOR. 22:50 THIS WAS HIS FIRST BAPTISM. 22:53 IT WAS SO THRILLING TO SEE THIS. 22:56 HERE HE IS WITH ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL CANDIDATES FOR BAPTISM. 23:00 HE HAS WORKED WITH ALL OF THESE FOLKS IN PREPARING THEM? 23:05 OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE ALSO STUDIED WITH THEM. 23:11 AFTER THE BAPTISM, THEY HAD A CONGRATULATIONS LINE. 23:14 THEY DECORATED EVERYONE WITH GARLANDS AND GAVE THEM A BIBLE. 23:19 IT IS A THRILLING EXPERIENCE JUST TO SEE THE WELCOME THEY GIVE TO THE 23:26 PEOPLE THAT ARE BAPTISED. 23:27 AFTERWARDS, THERE IS A FEAST. 23:30 THEY HAVE ALREADY COOKED ALL OF THIS RICE, DHAL AND CURRY. 23:34 PEOPLE LINE UP WITH THEIR PLATES TO GET THEIR FOOD. 23:37 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THOSE PLATES! 23:40 THEY PROBABLY EAT ONLY ONE MEAL A DAY AND THIS IS IT. 23:45 I WOULD FILL UP LIKE THIS ALSO. 23:48 YOU SEE THE SERVING UTENSILS IN THE PASTOR'S OR GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:52 WORKER'S HANDS. 23:54 LOOK AT THAT! 23:56 NOW WHAT IS HE PUTTING ON THERE? 23:57 IT IS CHOPPED ONIONS AND TOMATOES; THAT IS LIKE A LITTLE SALAD. 24:00 THEY ARE EATING WITH THEIR HANDS AND SQUATTING. 24:06 THEY ARE VERY COMFORTABLE IN THAT POSITION. 24:08 IT WASN'T VERY COMFORTABLE FOR US, BUT THEY WERE VERY COMFORTABLE IN IT. 24:12 THIS IS A WONDERFUL FESTIVITY IN CELEBRATION OF THE BAPTISM. 24:19 WE SAW THIS TYPE OF CELEBRATION WHENEVER WE ATTENDED A BAPTISM. 24:25 THEY WANT TO CELEBRATE THE GOOD NEWS THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN THEIR HEART TO JESUS. 24:30 THIS IS A WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATION AND MODEL FOR THOSE OF US IN THE WEST. 24:38 I AM SURE, ELAINE, YOU ARE ANXIOUS TO GO AGAIN BUT ARE JUST WAITING TO GET 24:53 YOUR SCHEDULE ARRANGED? 24:55 YES! 24:57 THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA. 24:59 DO YOU HELP WITH SABBATH SCHOOL HERE AT HOME? 25:05 I ACTUALLY AM GOING TO PREACH HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 25:12 BEV HAD ME DO A LITTLE PREACHING OVER THERE. 25:14 NOW I AM GOING TO DO A SHORT PROGRAM FOR OUR CHURCH. 25:16 YOU HAVE GOT A RESOURCE OF YOUR OWN MISSION STORIES TO INCLUDE. 25:23 YOU WILL GET EXCITED AS YOU TELL THEM, I'M SURE. 25:26 WHEN ARE YOU GOING BACK TO YOUR REGION, BEVERLY? 25:32 THAT IS A BAD QUESTION TO ASK ME WHEN I HAVE ONLY BEEN BACK THREE WEEKS. 25:36 WE ARE TAPING THIS IN LATE SPRING OF 2011. 25:42 WILL YOU GO AGAIN THIS YEAR OR WHEN? 25:44 NO, I WILL WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR. 25:46 GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONAL DIRESTORS USUALLY GO TO THEIR FIELD ONCE A YEAR. 25:51 I HAVE GONE MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN I HAVE TAKEN GROUPS OF YOUTH TO 25:55 AN AREA TO DO EVANGELISM. 25:58 WHEN I GO AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR, I GO BUT ONCE A YEAR. 26:02 I LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE ELAINE OR ANYONE, WHO ARE ABLE TO GET TIME OFF FROM 26:10 WORK TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT I HAVE. 26:14 I FEEL LIKE IT CHANGES THEM ALSO. 26:20 IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR THEM TO TELL OTHERS WHAT IS HAPPENING AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:29 ONCE YOU ARE CONNECTED TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, 26:31 YOU HAVE A STORY TO TELL AND YOU WANT TO TELL IT. 26:34 THANK YOU, BEVERLY. 26:36 THANK YOU, ELAINE FOR BEING HERE AND TELLING GOSPEL OUTREACH STORIES. 26:40 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 26:43 WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE WITH US EACH TIME WE TELL THESE STORIES. 26:49 CLOSING MUSIC. |
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