? 00:00:00.36\00:00:10.40 ?OPENING MUSIC? 00:00:10.40\00:00:27.56 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:00:27.56\00:00:30.23 OUTREACH. I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M SO GLAD THAT 00:00:30.23\00:00:32.33 YOU'VE JOINED US. TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY JOHN DUROE. 00:00:32.33\00:00:35.56 JOHN, WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:00:35.56\00:00:37.40 NICE TO BE HERE. 00:00:37.40\00:00:39.00 JOHN, TELL US A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR POSITION HERE AT GOSPEL 00:00:39.00\00:00:42.73 OUTREACH, WHERE YOUR TERRITORY IS AND HELP TAKE US THERE. 00:00:42.73\00:00:46.33 I HELP TO LOOK AFTER BANGLADESH AND NORTHEAST INDIA. 00:00:46.33\00:00:52.70 IT'S A LITTLE PART OF INDIA THAT CIRCLES AROUND THE TOP OF 00:00:52.70\00:00:58.16 BANGLADESH. TRIPURA AND MIZORAM ARE THE TWO STATES. 00:00:58.16\00:01:01.53 TRIPURA, I LIKE THAT AND ESPECIALLY IN YOUR BRITISH ACCENT IT SOUNDS EVEN BETTER. 00:01:01.53\00:01:08.26 THANK YOU. 00:01:08.26\00:01:09.33 TELL US WHAT YOUR JOB IS AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 00:01:09.33\00:01:14.03 I VISIT THOSE AREAS EVERY YEAR USUALLY IN THE MONTH OF 00:01:14.03\00:01:18.16 FEBRUARY BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS BEST IN FEBRUARY. 00:01:18.16\00:01:21.50 JANUARY IS A LITTLE BIT TOO COLD. 00:01:21.50\00:01:24.23 MARCH IS TOO HOT SO FEBRUARY IS THE RIGHT MONTH. 00:01:24.23\00:01:28.16 I VISIT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS EVERY YEAR. 00:01:28.16\00:01:32.80 I LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THEM AND SEE WHAT PROGRESS THEY'RE MAKING. 00:01:32.80\00:01:36.96 ALSO I MAKE VIDEOS OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. 00:01:36.96\00:01:41.53 WE'LL BE SHARING SOME OF THOSE VIDEOS TODAY. 00:01:41.53\00:01:45.56 WONDERFUL. COULD YOU DESCRIBE FOR US WHAT THAT AREA LOOKS 00:01:45.56\00:01:51.13 LIKE? TRIPURA, WHERE WE ARE GOING TODAY, IS RATHER A WILD PART OF THE COUNTRY. 00:01:51.13\00:01:56.93 IT'S SORT OF OUT BACK IN INDIA. IT ISN'T VERY DEVELOPED THERE. 00:01:56.93\00:02:03.60 THEY HAVE HAD QUITE A LOT OF FIGHTING GOING ON BETWEEN PEOPLE COMING OVER FROM BANGLADESH, OR 00:02:03.60\00:02:09.50 THEY HAVE HAD LOTS OF REFUGEES COMING FROM MIZORAM. 00:02:09.50\00:02:13.40 SO THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF UNREST. 00:02:13.40\00:02:16.83 IT SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY QUIET AT THE MOMENT, AND WE CAN TRAVEL QUITE EASILY RIGHT NOW. 00:02:16.83\00:02:23.06 IS IT MOUNTAINOUS, IS IT FLAT, IS IT DESERT? 00:02:23.06\00:02:26.73 THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MOUNTAINS. THERE ARE LOTS OF TREES, LOTS OF 00:02:26.73\00:02:33.10 RICE GROWING. AROUND EVERY TOWN YOU'LL SEE LOTS OF BRICKYARDS. 00:02:33.10\00:02:37.76 OUR FIRST VIDEO IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THESE BRICKYARDS. 00:02:37.76\00:02:43.60 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND INTRODUCE THE VIDEO FOR US. 00:02:43.60\00:02:51.20 IN AMERICA MOST OF OUR HOUSES ARE WOOD FRAMED HOUSES, 00:02:51.20\00:02:57.26 BUT IN INDIA AND BANGLADESH EVERYTHING IS BRICK. 00:02:57.26\00:03:01.00 THERE ARE LOTS OF BRICKYARDS. 00:03:01.00\00:03:06.43 WORK IS RATHER HARD IN THOSE BRICKYARDS. 00:03:06.43\00:03:09.50 SOME OF THE LABOR THERE BECOMES ALMOST LIKE SLAVE LABOR. 00:03:09.50\00:03:13.40 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF THOSE BRICKYARDS. 00:03:13.40\00:03:16.76 YOU'LL SEE HOW THE BRICKS ARE MADE THEN YOU'LL SEE ABOUT ONE 00:03:16.76\00:03:20.43 OF THE BRICKYARD MANAGERS WHO IS NOW A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:03:20.43\00:03:25.00 FANTASTIC, LET'S GO THERE. 00:03:25.00\00:03:35.03 FANTASTIC, LET'S GO THERE. 00:03:35.03\00:03:54.33 [VIDEO PLAYING] THEY CAN'T MAKE TOO MANY BRICKS IN INDIA. 00:03:54.33\00:03:56.56 THERE ARE BRICKYARDS EVERYWHERE. 00:03:56.56\00:04:00.43 SURROUNDING EVERY LARGE CITY ARE TALL CHIMNEYS BELCHING SMOKE 00:04:00.43\00:04:06.63 AND BRICKYARDS FULL OF FINISHED DRIED RED BRICKS. 00:04:06.63\00:04:11.66 WHOLE FAMILIES LIVE AND WORK IN THE BRICKYARDS, AND ANIMALS ARE KEPT TO DO SOME OF THE WORK. 00:04:11.66\00:04:18.86 THIS DAY THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY BRICKS ALL BROKEN 00:04:18.86\00:04:23.26 AND READY FOR THE FOUNDATION OF A NEW ROAD SURFACE. 00:04:23.26\00:04:26.86 NO ONE CARED THAT WE HAD TO CLEAR THEM AWAY TO MAKE A PATH 00:04:26.86\00:04:32.13 TROUGH. GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER JOGEST SENTAL USED TO BE A 00:04:32.13\00:04:38.33 BRICKYARD MANAGER. ONE DAY SOMEONE CAME TO HIS VILLAGE 00:04:38.33\00:04:48.36 LOOKING FOR HIM. ONE DAY SOMEONE CAME TO HIS VILLAGE LOOKING FOR 00:04:48.36\00:04:53.56 HIM. HE BELONGED TO THE SENTALI TRIBE, ONE OF MANY DIFFERENT 00:04:53.56\00:05:00.36 INDIAN TRIBES. PASTOR STEVEN WAS AN UNSCHOOLED PASTOR WITH THE 00:05:00.36\00:05:06.20 GIFT OF TONGUES. HE IS ALSO A SENTALI, AND HE CAME TO JOGEST'S VILLAGE LOOKING FOR SENTALI 00:05:06.20\00:05:13.60 PEOPLE. HE STAYED FOR AWHILE, TALKED WITH JOGEST AND ORGANIZED SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. 00:05:13.60\00:05:21.36 HE BELIEVED EVERYTHING THAT HE HEARD. 00:05:21.36\00:05:25.33 AS WE WATCH JOGEST VISITING IN HIS PRESENT PLACE OF WORK, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED. 00:05:25.33\00:05:33.53 WHEN HE UNDERSTOOD GOD'S WAY OF SAVING SINNERS AND HOW GOD HAD PROVIDED A SAVIOR HE 00:05:33.53\00:05:40.56 REALIZED HOW MUCH BETTER THAT WAS THAN HAVING TO MAKE ENDLESS 00:05:40.56\00:05:47.73 SACRIFICES. HE FELT THAT A HUGE BURDEN HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY. 00:05:47.73\00:05:53.06 JOGEST WAS THE FIRST SENTALI IN THEIR VILLAGE TO BE BAPTIZED, 00:05:53.06\00:05:58.43 BUT 11 OTHERS FOLLOWED HIS EXAMPLE. 00:05:58.43\00:06:02.03 AS SOON AS HE WAS CONVERTED, HE STARTED TO FOLLOW PASTOR STEVEN 00:06:02.03\00:06:07.53 IN HIS WORK. HE GAVE UP BEING A BRICK YARD MANAGER AND WAS EMPLOYED AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:06:07.53\00:06:13.36 WORKER. HE IS NOW WORKING IN THIS VILLAGE OF BRAJO BINO DINIPUR, AND NEAR BY IS A 00:06:13.36\00:06:22.96 BRICKYARD. SO JOGEST KNEW HOW TO APPROACH AKHIL, ONE OF THE 00:06:22.96\00:06:29.00 BRICKYARD WORKERS. AKHIL USED TO GET SICK OFTEN. JOGEST VISITED 00:06:29.00\00:06:35.16 HIM REGULARLY, STUDIED AND PRAYED WITH HIM AND AKHIL WAS 00:06:35.16\00:06:40.06 BAPTIZED. HE BECAME A NEW MAN SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY. HE MADE A FULL RECOVERY. 00:06:40.06\00:06:47.33 HIS WIFE NEEDED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO MAKE HER DECISION. 00:06:47.33\00:06:53.63 AKHIL WAS FEELING GOOD BUT HIS YOUNG SON WAS NOT. 00:06:53.63\00:06:58.60 HE ALWAYS HAD A HIGH FEVER AND HIS PARENTS WERE ANXIOUS. 00:06:58.60\00:07:03.80 HIS WIFE BROUGHT HIM TO CHURCH AND ASKED JOGEST AND THE CHURCH 00:07:03.80\00:07:10.60 TO PRAY FOR HIM. THEY ASKED GOD TO HEAL THE CHILD AND HE DID. 00:07:10.60\00:07:16.86 THE FEVER JUST LEFT HIM AND DIDN'T RETURN. 00:07:16.86\00:07:22.86 AKHIL'S WIFE IS NOW ALSO PREPARING FOR BAPTISM. 00:07:22.86\00:07:28.36 MAKING BUILDING BRICKS IS HARD WORK, BUT PREPARING HUMAN 00:07:28.36\00:07:33.23 BRICKS FOR GOD'S TEMPLE CAN GET VERY COMPLICATED AT TIMES. SATAN IS ALWAYS ON THE ATTACK. 00:07:33.23\00:07:41.70 RECENTLY EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS HAD TO BE HALTED WHEN A LADY WAS 00:07:41.70\00:07:46.26 ROBBED, RAPED AND KILLED ON HER WAY TO MARKET. 00:07:46.26\00:07:48.96 THE KILLER WAS NOT FOUND, BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF SUSPICION 00:07:48.96\00:07:53.03 AND RACIAL TENSION CAME TO A BOILING POINT. THE MEETINGS HAD 00:07:53.03\00:07:59.40 TO STOP. PRAY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIKE JOGEST. LET'S HELP SUPPORT HIM. 00:07:59.40\00:08:06.63 LET'S BE PART OF GOD'S BUILDING PROGRAM. 00:08:06.63\00:08:09.20 THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE. 00:08:09.20\00:08:16.40 WE'RE BACK HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH JOHN DUROE. 00:08:16.40\00:08:20.50 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT VIDEO ABOUT THE BRICKYARD MANAGER WHO 00:08:20.50\00:08:25.20 IS NOW WORKING FOR THE LORD. FANTASTIC. 00:08:25.20\00:08:29.10 WHAT AN INTERESTING PLACE AND TO SEE BRICKS MADE LIKE THAT. 00:08:29.10\00:08:32.93 BECAUSE HE HAD HAD THAT EXPERIENCE HE WAS ABLE TO 00:08:32.93\00:08:37.90 WORK WITH THE OTHER BRICKYARD WORKERS. 00:08:37.90\00:08:40.86 HE WILL CONVERT THEM BECAUSE HE KNOWS THEM AND HE CAN SHARE THE LOVE OF THE LORD WITH THEM. 00:08:40.86\00:08:50.30 THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT YOU HAVE VISITED, AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO FOR US. 00:08:50.30\00:08:57.73 ARE THERE ANY CHURCH SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA? 00:08:57.73\00:09:01.73 YES, WE HAVE A CHURCH SCHOOL, QUITE A NICE SCHOOL. IT'S CALLED 00:09:01.73\00:09:09.16 THE BLOOM SCHOOL. THIS WAS STARTED BY A YOUNG LADY WHO WENT THERE AS A MISSIONARY. 00:09:09.16\00:09:15.63 IT HAS DEVELOPED INTO QUITE A NICE SCHOOL. 00:09:15.63\00:09:19.03 WE'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE FIRST. 00:09:19.03\00:09:24.86 I WAS ON THE ROAD ONE DAY AND SUDDENLY WE WERE SURROUNDED BY THESE MEN IN WHITE. 00:09:24.86\00:09:30.10 THEY WANTED TO SPRAY OUR CAR AND SPRAY EVERYTHING ELSE. LET ME SHOW YOU THE VIDEO. 00:09:30.10\00:09:35.16 OKAY. 00:09:35.16\00:09:43.06 [VIDEO PLAYING] THERE IS A DEADLY DISEASE IN INDIA. 00:09:43.06\00:09:46.16 WE WERE ALARMED ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE MEN IN 00:09:46.16\00:09:51.36 WHITE. THEY STOPPED OUR CAR AND GAVE IT A GOOD SPRAY UNDERNEATH. 00:09:51.36\00:09:55.96 THEY WERE HELPING TO PREVENT SWINE FLU, BUT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN INDIA ARE 00:09:55.96\00:10:02.86 CONCERNED ABOUT A MUCH MORE DEADLY DISEASE. 00:10:02.86\00:10:07.13 IT'S CALLED "SIN." GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER RUATA 00:10:07.13\00:10:10.80 IS HELPING PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THE RESULTS OF SIN. 00:10:10.80\00:10:16.76 HE HAS BEEN MARRIED ONE YEAR. THEY LIVE IN A SIMPLE HOUSE. 00:10:16.76\00:10:21.50 THEY HAVE FEW POSSESSIONS, BUT EVERYTHING IS NEAT AND TIDY. 00:10:21.50\00:10:26.36 THEY LIVE ON TOP OF A HILL. 00:10:26.36\00:10:28.96 THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE RIVER IS RATHER PRECARIOUS, BUT THEIR VIEW IS MAGNIFICENT. 00:10:28.96\00:10:36.66 RUATA APPEARED TO HAVE MADE MANY FRIENDS AND EVERYONE WE PASSED 00:10:36.66\00:10:42.83 KNEW HIM. WE STOPPED BY TO VISIT ONE OF THE VILLAGERS WHO HAD BEEN SICK FOR A LONG TIME. 00:10:42.83\00:10:48.80 SHE WAS EXTREMELY DEPRESSED AND HAD DIFFICULTY ROUSING HERSELF, 00:10:48.80\00:10:54.20 BUT RUATA WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND KIND. 00:10:54.20\00:10:57.70 HE ENCOURAGED HER AND PRAYED AND THE PATIENT SAT UP AND GAVE A 00:10:57.70\00:11:04.96 FAINT SMILE. I FOLLOWED RUATA THROUGH THE FIELDS AND ACROSS FLIMSY BRIDGES TO WILKAM'S HOME. 00:11:04.96\00:11:11.76 THIS YOUNG LADY HAD ALSO BEEN VERY SICK FOR A LONG 00:11:11.76\00:11:15.86 TIME WITH UNEXPLAINED FAINTING AND BLACKOUTS. 00:11:15.86\00:11:20.46 AFTER SHE WAS CONVERTED AND STARTED ATTENDING 00:11:20.46\00:11:23.63 CHURCH REGULARLY SHE HAD AN AMAZING RECOVERY. WILKAM IS AN 00:11:23.63\00:11:30.83 EDUCATED LADY. LET ME ALLOW HER TO SHARE SOME OF HER STORY. 00:11:30.83\00:11:34.46 "AFTER COMING HERE WHEN I REPENT MYSELF THEN MY SICKNESS ALSO 00:11:34.46\00:11:46.60 GONE. NOW REGULARLY I'M ATTENDING CHURCH ALSO. 00:11:46.60\00:11:52.06 MORE AND MORE I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT BIBLE, ABOUT GOD'S LOVE 00:11:52.06\00:11:58.53 AND NOW I FEEL BETTER AND NOW I CAN GO ANYWHERE. 00:11:58.53\00:12:04.26 BEFORE I CANNOT GO LIKE THAT. I USED TO BE SICK BEFORE GOING. 00:12:04.26\00:12:08.96 I USED TO GET AFRAID BUT NOW I AM FREE. 00:12:08.96\00:12:12.93 I CAN GO ANYWHERE. I CAN ROAM. I FEEL VERY HAPPY NOW." 00:12:12.93\00:12:18.46 SHE NOW TEACHES AT THE CHURCH SCHOOL IN DEBTHANG VILLAGE. 00:12:18.46\00:12:23.60 ON THE SABBATH WE CAME BACK TO DEBTHANG TO SEE SOME 00:12:23.60\00:12:26.93 OF RUATA'S CONVERTS BEING BAPTIZED IN THE NEARBY RIVER. 00:12:26.93\00:12:31.73 I WAS ANXIOUS TO GET A GOOD VIEW, BUT THE BRIDGE WAS RATHER 00:12:31.73\00:12:36.80 TRICKY. SOME OF THE LOCAL VILLAGE BOYS WERE MORE INTERESTED IN THEIR GAME OF 00:12:36.80\00:12:43.36 CRICKET, BUT WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE BLOOM SCHOOL WHERE I WAS 00:12:43.36\00:12:47.96 STAYING THAT DAY THOSE STUDENTS WERE MORE INTERESTED IN A 00:12:47.96\00:12:52.36 BAPTISM. THEY HAD CONSTRUCTED A MAKESHIFT BAPTISMAL POOL AND IT 00:12:52.36\00:12:57.80 WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO HELP SOME OF THE OLDER STUDENTS BEING 00:12:57.80\00:13:03.53 BAPTIZED. WE CAN HELP SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIKE RUATA IN HIS BATTLE AGAINST THAT 00:13:03.53\00:13:11.73 DEADLY DISEASE OF SIN, AND WE CAN ENCOURAGE STUDENTS LIKE 00:13:11.73\00:13:16.83 THESE TO MAKE A DECISION TO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO JESUS CHRIST. 00:13:16.83\00:13:23.66 WASN'T THAT AMAZING TO SEE ALL THOSE WORKERS IN INDIA. 00:13:23.66\00:13:27.36 JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT GLIMPSE INTO THAT PART OF INDIA AND INTO YOUR TERRITORY AND THE 00:13:27.36\00:13:31.93 WORKERS WHO ARE WORKING FOR THE LORD. 00:13:31.93\00:13:33.96 THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN GET INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL 00:13:33.96\00:13:37.36 OUTREACH. YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GO ON A TRIP TO INDIA TO HELP BUT YOU CAN, THROUGH YOUR 00:13:37.36\00:13:43.56 DONATIONS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, BE INVOLVED IN THE GREAT COMMISSION IN WORKING FOR THE LORD AND 00:13:43.56\00:13:48.46 SHARING HIS GOSPEL AND HIS LOVE TO THOSE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:13:48.46\00:13:51.30 YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:13:51.30\00:13:53.40 WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR PLEDGE OF 00:13:53.40\00:13:57.20 SUPPORT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, YOU CAN CALL AND TALK 00:13:57.20\00:13:59.96 WITH A VOLUNTEER. YOU CAN ALSO REQUEST OUR NEWSLETTER. 00:14:54.43\00:14:56.56 IT'S CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT IN THE MAIL TO YOU. 00:14:56.56\00:15:06.66 IT'S CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT IN THE MAIL TO YOU. 00:15:06.66\00:15:12.86 JOHN, WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO YOUR TERRITORY AND MEET THE PEOPLE 00:15:12.86\00:15:19.76 WHO ARE WORKING THERE FOR THE LORD? 00:15:19.76\00:15:21.40 DOES IT JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A JOLT OF ENERGY? 00:15:21.40\00:15:22.46 I'VE LIVED IN ASIA FOR 19 YEARS. 00:15:22.46\00:15:25.90 I STARTED WITH LIVING IN PAKISTAN FOR SIX YEARS, SO IT'S A LITTLE LIKE GOING HOME 00:15:25.90\00:15:32.50 WHEN I GO BACK AND VISIT THAT PART OF THE WORLD. 00:15:32.50\00:15:35.76 BUT TO SEE THEM SO EXCITED FOR THE LORD AND SHARING IT WITH 00:15:35.76\00:15:39.53 THE PEOPLE IN THEIR VILLAGE IS THAT SPECIAL FOR YOU? 00:15:39.53\00:15:43.90 THAT'S GREAT YES. 00:15:43.90\00:15:45.16 YOU ALSO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A PASTOR STEVEN. 00:15:45.16\00:15:50.43 YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD PASTOR STEVEN'S NAME IN THE FIRST 00:15:50.43\00:15:56.83 VIDEO. I DID. 00:15:56.83\00:15:58.43 HE IS A SENTALI AND HE WAS THE ONE WHO CONVERTED JOGEST THE 00:15:58.43\00:16:06.93 BRICKYARD MANAGER. HE HAS BEEN EXCELLENT AT FINDING AND TRAINING GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:16:06.93\00:16:13.56 WORKERS. HE IS AN ORDAINED PASTOR. 00:16:13.56\00:16:17.80 WHEN HE GREW UP HE COULDN'T READ, COULDN'T WRITE. 00:16:17.80\00:16:22.43 AFTER HE WAS CONVERTED HE PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD HELP HIM READ AND 00:16:22.43\00:16:30.36 WRITE. HE SPEAKS FOUR LANGUAGES NOW. 00:16:30.36\00:16:33.73 SOMEONE HAS JUST DONATED MONEY FOR HIM TO GO TO SPICER MEMORIAL COLLEGE IN INDIA AND GET A BA. 00:16:33.73\00:16:41.53 SO THAT'S WHERE HE IS AT THE MOMENT. 00:16:41.53\00:16:44.20 HE STARTED A SCHOOL IN THE VILLAGE WHERE HE WAS LIVING. 00:16:44.20\00:16:47.56 IN THIS NEXT VIDEO WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT SCHOOL AND LOOK AT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 00:16:47.56\00:16:52.60 WHO IS WORKING THERE NOW PLUS WE'LL HEAR FROM TWO OF THE 00:16:52.60\00:17:02.70 SCHOOL TEACHERS. WHO IS WORKING THERE NOW PLUS WE'LL HEAR FROM TWO OF THE SCHOOL TEACHERS. 00:17:02.70\00:17:16.73 [VIDEO PLAYING] WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM FRIENDS IN THE UNITED STATES THE CHURCH MEMBERS IN 00:17:16.73\00:17:26.86 DHALAJAI VILLAGE, TRIPURA ARE TRYING TO COMPLETE THEIR SMALL 00:17:26.86\00:17:36.70 BRICK CHURCH. BIMAL SENTAL HAS JUST GRADUATED FROM OUR TWO-YEAR SEMINARY IN NORTHEAST INDIA AND 00:17:36.70\00:17:42.86 IS WORKING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN DHALAJAI VILLAGE 00:17:42.86\00:17:49.66 NORTHEAST INDIA. WE HAVE A CHURCH SCHOOL IN DHALAJAI VILLAGE, AND THEY CALL IT 00:17:49.66\00:17:55.93 JEHOVAH JIREH SCHOOL ONE OF GOD'S NAMES WHICH TRANSLATED SAYS "THE LORD WILL PROVIDE." 00:17:55.93\00:18:02.90 AND HE HAS. THE FIRST THING GOD PROVIDED WAS A GOOD HEAD MASTER. 00:18:02.90\00:18:07.13 ATHEM HAD A GOOD TEACHING JOB UP NEAR THE BORDER WITH MYANMAR, 00:18:07.13\00:18:12.56 OLD BURMA. HE HEARD ABOUT THE NEED IN THIS AREA, AND HE CAME AS A MISSIONARY TEACHER WITH NO 00:18:12.56\00:18:17.06 SALARY AND STARTED SCHOOL WITH 18 STUDENTS. NOW THERE ARE 90. 00:18:17.06\00:18:24.50 THE NAME OF OUR SCHOOL IS JEHOVAH JIREH SCHOOL. 00:18:24.50\00:18:28.76 WE GIVE THIS NAME BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT WE HAVE THE FAITH THAT GOD WILL 00:18:28.76\00:18:36.46 PROVIDE EVERYTHING FOR THE SCHOOL. 00:18:36.46\00:18:38.60 HIS BROTHER GIDEON ALSO CAME TO WORK WITH HIM BECAUSE THIS 00:18:38.60\00:18:43.60 IS A HINDU AREA AND HE WANTED TO HAVE A CHALLENGE. 00:18:43.60\00:18:47.26 MY NAME IS GIDEON AND THE YOUNGER BROTHER 00:18:47.26\00:18:50.20 OF ATHEM PRINCIPAL OF JEHOVAH JIREH SCHOOL. 00:18:50.20\00:18:55.40 I'M HAPPY TO COME HERE TO WORK TO HELP MY BROTHER AS WELL AS 00:18:55.40\00:19:01.33 TO HELP THE LITTLE CHILDREN OF THIS HINDU STRONGHOLD COMMUNITY. 00:19:01.33\00:19:07.56 AS JESUS SAID, LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME, DO NOT 00:19:07.56\00:19:15.16 HINDER THEM. SO I WANT TO BRING THESE LITTLE CHILDREN TO JESUS, 00:19:15.16\00:19:20.23 AND I WANT TO BRIDGE THE GAP WHICH THE CHILDREN HAVE WITH 00:19:20.23\00:19:26.83 JESUS. THIS IS GIDEON'S HOUSE AND NEW KITCHEN. 00:19:26.83\00:19:29.86 TODAY WAS GIDEON'S BIRTHDAY. 00:19:29.86\00:19:32.90 TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY, SO I WANT TO GIVE A SMALL GIFT TO DOCTOR. 00:19:32.90\00:19:39.73 THIS IS VERY, VERY NICE. THIS IS THE NEW BOY'S DORMITORY 00:19:39.73\00:19:44.96 WITH TEN STUDENTS LIVING IN VERY SPARSE CONDITIONS. 00:19:44.96\00:19:49.60 WHEN I VISITED THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A MATTRESS ON THE BED, NO HEAT FOR WINTER., NOT EVEN A 00:19:49.60\00:19:56.43 FAN FOR THE SUMMER, JUST A HOT TIN ROOF. 00:19:56.43\00:20:00.63 SLOWLY HELP IS COMING BUT THE STUDENTS ARE NOT COMPLAINING ALTHOUGH ONE STUDENT, 00:20:00.63\00:20:06.26 SANJIT, DID HAVE TROUBLE SETTLING IN. THIS BOY'S NAME IS 00:20:06.26\00:20:15.43 SANJIT. HIS FATHER WAS A WITCH DOCTOR. AFTER BECOMING ADVENTIST 00:20:15.43\00:20:23.26 HIS FRIENDS WANTED TO SEND SANJIT TO OUR ADVENTIST SCHOOL. 00:20:23.26\00:20:29.30 AFTER COMING TO OUR SCHOOL HE DID NOT WANT TO STAY HERE SO HE 00:20:29.30\00:20:38.66 RAN AWAY TWICE. I CALLED HIM UP AND I BROUGHT HIM TO THIS HOSTEL AND WE STAYED TOGETHER. 00:20:38.66\00:20:43.73 AFTER TEACHING HIM ABOUT BIBLE AND ALSO ABOUT THE EDUCATION, 00:20:43.73\00:20:49.66 NOW HE IS INTERESTED IN STUDYING. 00:20:49.66\00:20:52.66 HE NO LONGER RUNS AWAY BUT HE ENJOYS STAYING IN THIS HOSTEL. 00:20:52.66\00:20:59.00 THIS IS THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL KITCHEN. 00:20:59.00\00:21:03.40 NOW SOME OF THE COOKING IS DONE IN ATHEM'S HOUSE. 00:21:03.40\00:21:07.40 WE CAN HELP TO SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 00:21:07.40\00:21:10.83 LIKE BIMAL AND MISSIONARY TEACHERS LIKE ATHEM AND GIDEON. 00:21:10.83\00:21:15.86 THE SCHOOL IS CALLED JEHOVAH JIREH AND THE LORD WILL PROVIDE 00:21:15.86\00:21:21.33 BUT HE MAY NEED TO PROVIDE THROUGH YOU. 00:21:21.33\00:21:27.40 LET'S MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS LIKE THIS TO ALSO 00:21:27.40\00:21:37.43 CHOOSE JESUS. LET'S MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS LIKE THIS TO ALSO CHOOSE JESUS. 00:21:37.43\00:21:48.83 WOW JOHN. 00:21:48.83\00:21:49.96 I'M ABOUT SPEECHLESS AFTER WATCHING THAT. HOW MOVING. 00:21:49.96\00:21:52.66 A MAN NAMED GIDEON AND ON HIS BIRTHDAY PRESENTING YOU WITH A 00:21:52.66\00:21:58.10 GIFT. YES. 00:21:58.10\00:21:59.23 AND THOSE KIDS - HOW MOVING, AND NO MATTRESS ON THAT BED. 00:21:59.23\00:22:03.63 HOW MANY OF US HERE IN NORTH AMERICA WOULD SAY "NO" TO THAT. 00:22:03.63\00:22:09.16 YOU SEE THE PARENTS WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN THERE BECAUSE IN 00:22:09.16\00:22:16.00 A STATE SCHOOL THEY HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL ON SABBATH. 00:22:16.00\00:22:19.10 THIS IS THE REASON WHY THEY BUILT THIS SMALL DORMITORY. 00:22:19.10\00:22:22.90 FROM THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES THE CHILDREN CAN COME IN, 00:22:22.90\00:22:26.00 AND THEY CAN STAY THERE AND ATTEND THE SCHOOL. 00:22:26.00\00:22:28.70 HOW MANY KIDS ARE THERE? 00:22:28.70\00:22:30.36 ABOUT 91 AT THE MOMENT. THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR ANY MORE. 00:22:30.36\00:22:37.13 THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER FAMILIES WANTING TO SEND THEIR 00:22:37.13\00:22:39.56 KIDS THERE? YES. 00:22:39.56\00:22:40.56 TELL ME ABOUT THE SASH. WHAT WAS THAT? 00:22:40.56\00:22:44.43 A SCARF THAT IS LOCALLY MADE. I HAD A COUPLE 00:22:44.43\00:22:48.46 GIVEN TO ME THIS YEAR. MY WIFE REALLY LIKES THEM. 00:22:48.46\00:22:52.20 SHE WEARS THEM AND THINKS THEY ARE GREAT. WHAT A SPECIAL GIFT. 00:22:52.20\00:22:56.46 I NOTICE THEY SPEAK ENGLISH. 00:22:56.46\00:22:58.83 YES. 00:22:58.83\00:22:59.80 DO MOST PEOPLE IN THAT AREA SPEAK ENGLISH? 00:22:59.80\00:23:03.53 NO. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO PLEASED TO HAVE SUCH QUALIFIED 00:23:03.53\00:23:10.80 TEACHERS TEACHING WITH NOTHING AND NOT GETTING PAID. 00:23:10.80\00:23:14.56 THEY ARE JUST RELYING UPON WHAT THE PARENTS GIVE THEM. 00:23:14.56\00:23:17.76 AND THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL, JEHOVAH JIREH, THE LORD WILL 00:23:17.76\00:23:23.03 PROVIDE. BUT HE MAY NEED TO PROVIDE THROUGH YOU. 00:23:23.03\00:23:26.43 WHY DON'T YOU LOOK AT OUR CAMERA OVER HERE AND MAKE AN APPEAL TO 00:23:26.43\00:23:30.33 PEOPLE. JEHOVAH JIREH, THE LORD WILL PROVIDE, BUT HE MAY NEED TO PROVIDE THROUGH YOU, THROUGH 00:23:30.33\00:23:36.80 YOUR DONATIONS THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:23:36.80\00:23:40.46 AND YOU TOO CAN BE INVOLVED BY GIVING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:23:40.46\00:23:43.86 IT'S SIMPLE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK UP 00:23:43.86\00:23:45.96 THE PHONE AND GIVE A CALL IF YOU'VE BEEN MOVED BY WHAT YOU 00:23:45.96\00:23:56.00 HAVE SEEN TODAY. THE PHONE AND GIVE A CALL IF YOU'VE BEEN MOVED BY WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN TODAY. 00:23:56.00\00:24:03.50 JOHN, ARE YOU HEADED BACK TO THAT AREA? 00:24:03.50\00:24:05.80 YES, NEXT FEBRUARY. 00:24:05.80\00:24:08.13 I'LL BE GETTING MY TICKET SOON AND I'LL BE BACK OVER THERE TO VISIT MY FRIENDS AGAIN, TAKE 00:24:08.13\00:24:13.23 SOME MORE VIDEOS AND MAKE SOME MORE FILMS TO SHARE WITH OUR LISTENERS AND VIEWERS. 00:24:13.23\00:24:20.43 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. 00:24:20.43\00:24:22.36 IT CERTAINLY MAKES IT COME ALIVE FOR THE REST OF US WHO AREN'T ABLE TO VISIT THERE. 00:24:22.36\00:24:26.96 PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU GO ON THOSE BRIDGES. 00:24:26.96\00:24:28.93 YES. 00:24:28.93\00:24:30.43 WILL YOU BE SEEING GIDEON AGAIN? 00:24:30.43\00:24:32.26 PROBABLY. I'VE SEEN HIM TWICE. WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS NOW. 00:24:32.26\00:24:36.83 THEY HAVE MADE PROGRESS ON THE SCHOOL SINCE LAST YEAR BECAUSE SOME MONEY HAS COME THROUGH TO 00:24:36.83\00:24:41.66 HELP WITH TIN ROOFS AND SOME OTHER THINGS. 00:24:41.66\00:24:45.26 SO MONEY IS COMING THROUGH. 00:24:45.26\00:24:47.03 DO THEY GET A LOT OF RAIN THERE? 00:24:47.03\00:24:49.06 IN THE RAINY SEASON, YES. THAT'S WHY THEY NEED THE TIN ROOF. 00:24:49.06\00:24:54.23 AND THAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART, GETTING THE TIN ROOF. 00:24:54.23\00:24:56.96 THE WALLS ARE MUD WALLS. 00:24:56.96\00:24:59.23 THEY MAKE MUD BRICKS AND THOSE WALLS ARE ALL MUD BRICKS. 00:24:59.23\00:25:02.13 THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE THE TIN ROOF. 00:25:02.13\00:25:06.16 YES. 00:25:06.16\00:25:07.60 HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO GET TO THAT SCHOOL? DO YOU GO BY 00:25:07.60\00:25:11.50 CAR? I GO BY CAR BUT THE ROADS ARE VERY BUMPY. 00:25:11.50\00:25:16.23 THERE ARE LOTS OF POT HOLES AND NOT VERY GOOD TRAVELING. 00:25:16.23\00:25:21.00 WE SAW IN THAT BRICKYARD VIDEO THE LITTLE VAN THAT WAS GOING 00:25:21.00\00:25:24.86 THROUGH THERE. IT LOOKED VERY REMOTE. PEOPLE SAY TO MY WIFE, 00:25:24.86\00:25:27.96 "WHY DON'T YOU GO WITH HIM?" I SAY, "I DON'T THINK SHE WOULD 00:25:27.96\00:25:34.10 LIKE IT." IT CERTAINLY PUTS INTO PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU 00:25:34.10\00:25:35.90 HAVE PICTURES OF THEIR KITCHEN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 00:25:35.90\00:25:38.80 IT'S VERY PRIMITIVE BUT PROBABLY TO THEM THEY ARE THRILLED TO 00:25:38.80\00:25:41.80 HAVE WHAT THEY HAVE. IT KIND OF PUTS THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE HERE 00:25:41.80\00:25:45.73 AS WELL. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A PART OF GOSPEL 00:25:45.73\00:25:49.03 OUTREACH. YOU'VE HEARD JOHN AND SEEN THE VIDEOS. 00:25:49.03\00:25:51.70 YOU TOO CAN BE INVOLVED SIMPLY BY GIVING A DONATION TO GOSPEL 00:25:51.70\00:25:56.60 OUTREACH AS WE TOGETHER SPREAD THE GOSPEL. RIGHT JOHN? 00:25:56.60\00:26:02.63 JEHOVAH JIREH, THE LORD WILL PROVIDE BUT MAYBE THROUGH YOU. 00:26:02.63\00:26:08.10 THAT'S TRUE. 00:26:08.10\00:26:09.53 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER. 00:26:21.40\00:26:23.30 IT'S ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU WHEN YOU CALL IN OR GO TO 00:26:23.30\00:26:27.56 THE WEBSITE OR SEND AN EMAIL TO OFFICE@GOAIM.ORG AND ASK FOR THE 00:26:27.56\00:26:34.73 NEWSLETTER. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. 00:26:34.73\00:26:39.00 JOHN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN 00:26:39.00\00:26:41.66 MISSIONS." THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. I'M JULIE SANDERS 00:26:41.66\00:26:44.00 KEYMER FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:26:44.00\00:26:46.10 OUTREACH. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 00:26:46.10\00:26:47.66 ?CLOSING MUSIC? 00:26:47.66\00:26:48.66