Participants: Bev Thompson
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000389
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00:10 [OPENING MUSIC]
00:27 HELLO EVERYBODY. I'M SO GLAD TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME YOU 00:30 TO ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM TODAY. 00:34 I HAVE WITH ME THE ONE WHOM I CALL MY GOSPEL OUTREACH SISTER, 00:39 I THINK, BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE WHOM I VISIT HERE BEV ARE MY BROTHERS. 00:46 WELL, YOU'RE A WONDERFUL BROTHER TO ME. 00:48 THANK YOU. 00:49 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE. 00:51 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN WITH YOUR EYES AND HANDLED 00:58 WITH YOUR OWN HANDS IN THE REGION THAT YOU LEAD. 01:03 WHAT DOES A REGION LEADER DO? SHARE THAT. 01:08 BASICALLY WE GO TO SEE THAT DONATIONS ARE BEING 01:12 USED THE WAY WE EXPECT THEM TO BE USED AND 01:14 THAT THE WORKERS ARE DOING THE WORK WE EXPECT THEM TO DO. 01:18 YOU GO AND TAKE A LOOK AND SNUGGLE UP TO THOSE PEOPLE ABOUT ONCE A YEAR? 01:22 YES. ONCE A YEAR I GO AND TRY TO SEE AS MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 01:26 AS I CAN AND TALK WITH THEM PERSONALLY. 01:29 HAVE YOU BEEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR FIVE, OR SIX, OR SEVEN YEARS ALREADY? 01:35 YES. IN 2003 I WAS ASKED TO BE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 01:42 I WENT FOR MY FIRST REGIONAL DIRECTOR VISIT IN 2005. 01:48 HERE WE ARE TAPING IN THE FALL OF 2011 SO THAT MEANS YOU HAVE MADE AT LEAST SIX TRIPS. 01:56 I'VE MADE PROBABLY CLOSER TO A DOZEN TRIPS TO INDIA. 02:01 SO YOU GO A LITTLE EXTRA MILE. 02:04 WHERE MOST PEOPLE GO ONCE A YEAR YOU GO MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR. 02:07 I'VE TAKEN YOUTH GROUPS TO DO EVANGELISM A FEW TIMES. 02:10 I REMEMBER THAT BEV HAS BEEN BACK HERE WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN WHO HAVE GONE WITH HER TO VISIT 02:17 HER MISSION FIELD, AND IT CHANGES THEIR LIVES TOO DOESN'T IT? 02:22 OH YES. I PLAN TO TAKE TWO MORE SOON. 02:29 WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS PROGRAM? 02:32 WE'RE TALKING RIGHT NOW ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO TELL THE STORY OF JESUS-- 02:37 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN MY AREA WHICH IS FROM CALCUTTA 02:42 UP TO BHUTAN, SIKKIM AND THAT AREA IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIA. 02:48 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, TO GET A LITTLE ORIENTATION, WHY DON'T YOU GO 02:53 TO A MAP AND FIND INDIA ON THE MAP THEN LOOK FOR CALCUTTA. 03:00 PUT YOUR FINGER THERE THEN MOVE NORTH OF THAT RIGHT TO SOMETHING THAT IS SPELLED LIKE BHUTAN THEN 03:10 PUT YOUR FINGER THERE THEN MOVE NORTH OF THAT RIGHT TO SOMETHING THAT IS SPELLED LIKE BHUTAN THEN 03:16 YOU'LL KNOW JUST WHERE BEV THOMPSON IS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:23 AND SIKKUM IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO BHUTAN. 03:31 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PICTURES THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT FOR US TODAY. 03:35 A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 03:38 AS MUCH TIME AS WE CAN LOOKING AT THE PICTURES. 03:40 TELL US WHO WE'RE LOOKING AT. 03:41 WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GOING TOGETHER 03:44 TO VISIT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. 03:49 THEY ARE OUT TELLING THE STORY OF JESUS AND HIS LOVE. 03:53 I'M INTERRUPTING YOU AND FORGIVE ME FOR THIS PLEASE. 03:57 BUT THIS IS SOMETHING BASIC TO GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY-- 04:03 GOING TO SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 04:05 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:07 THEY HAVE A PICTURE TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT OF JESUS TO THESE PEOPLE. 04:14 WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MEETING OUTSIDE 04:16 AND THE LADY THERE IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 04:19 SHE IS TEACHING WOMEN AND CHILDREN ABOUT THE LOVE OF JESUS. 04:25 SHE HAS A SPECIAL AREA THAT SHE COVERS THAT IS SPECIAL FOR GOING 04:30 IN TO SEE THE WOMEN DURING THE DAY AND SEEING THE CHILDREN. 04:35 NOW, HOW MANY LADY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE? 04:39 I DON'T KNOW BUT IT IS A MINORITY. 04:42 BUT, THEY WORK AS EFFECTIVELY AS MEN IN THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS DON'T THEY? 04:47 OH YES. 04:49 HERE WE HAVE SOMEONE USING THEIR HAND CRANK AUDIO BIBLE. 05:01 THESE FELLOWS ARE QUITE FASCINATED BY THE ELECTRONICS, 05:04 SO THEY COME AROUND AND GATHER TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS. 05:07 SO THEY ARE HEARING THE BIBLE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. 05:10 THAT'S RIGHT. 05:11 ARE THESE BIBLES TRANSLATED? 05:16 I KNOW THEY ARE TRANSLATED BY THESE PEOPLE BUT ARE THEY 05:19 WIDELY AVAILABLE SO THESE PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE? 05:22 NO. THIS IS SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE. 05:26 WE HAVE LITTLE TINY PALM HELD ONES NOW. 05:31 THESE LAST ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS. 05:36 THE PEOPLE LOVE TO SEE THE ELECTRONICS AND BE ABLE TO PLAY THEM AND FIDDLE WITH THEM. 05:43 THE MESSAGE IS THERE, AND ONCE THEY START TO LISTEN THEY ARE 05:46 SO FASCINATED THEY WANT TO HEAR THE WHOLE THING. 05:51 THIS MAN IS AN OUTSTANDING GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO WANTS TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. 05:55 I HAVE SEEN HIM IN SO MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS DOING THE WORK. 05:59 HERE HE IS AT A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WHERE THEY ARE GETTING READY TO BUILD A CHURCH. 06:06 HERE HE IS AT AN EVANGELISTIC CENTER. 06:09 THEY ARE GETTING READY TO HAVE EVANGELISM WITH THIS PANDAL. 06:14 A PANDAL IS LIKE A TENT AND THEY PUT CHAIRS INSIDE AND MATS 06:18 INSIDE FOR THE PEOPLE TO COME AND VISIT. 06:20 NOW HE IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER? 06:23 IS HE DOING THE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS? 06:25 YES, HE HELPS WITH THEM ALL. 06:27 HE SEEMS TO BE EVERYWHERE. 06:30 THEY LOVE TO TELL THE STORY. NOW THESE TWO FELLOWS ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FROM BHUTAN. 06:36 THEY HAVE COME ON THIS MOTORCYCLE SO THEY CAN FIND ME AND TELL ME THE GOOD NEWS THAT 06:40 THEY HAVE SOME PEOPLE READY FOR BAPTISM. 06:45 ONE YEAR BEFORE THIS I WAS ABLE TO SEE A GROUP OF PEOPLE BAPTIZED. 06:50 THERE WERE SEVEN THAT FIRST YEAR AND HERE THEY ARE LINED UP. 06:56 THEY ARE IN THERE BHUTANI COSTUME. 06:58 THEY HAD TO COME OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO GET BAPTIZED BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE BHUTAN 07:04 GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE IS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM I THINK IT 07:06 IS DONE FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERNATIONAL FACE. 07:11 IT HASN'T REACHED THE PEOPLE YET. 07:13 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PEMA HAS BEEN IN PRISON TWO TIMES BECAUSE OF SHARING HIS FAITH. 07:20 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING THIS PERSON BAPTIZED. 07:24 HE WAS THE PASTOR OF ANOTHER CHURCH, BUT HE HEARD THE WONDERFUL MESSAGE OF JESUS' 07:28 LOVE AND HOW TO WORSHIP GOD ON THE SABBATH DAY AND HE 07:34 WAS HAPPY AND WILLING TO JOIN THE ADVENTIST FAITH. 07:37 DID YOU SAY THAT'S PEMA? 07:39 THIS IS NOT PEMA. PEMA WAS IN THE PRECEDING PICTURE. 07:43 WHEN YOU SAID THAT NAME IT RANG A BELL WITH ME. 07:47 I HAVE TO TELL OUR VIEWERS ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW IF I MAY. 07:52 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF BELIEVING MEN IN OREGON, AND THEY ASKED IF THERE 08:01 WAS ANYTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP ADVANCE SOME MISSION PROJECT SOMEPLACE. 08:07 BECAUSE YOU AND I HAD BEEN VISITING ON THE SET OF GOSPEL OUTREACH HERE AND I WAS STILL ON 08:13 FIRE WITH THE STORY YOU HAD BEEN TELLING I TOLD THEM 08:18 I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING THEY COULD DO. 08:21 IN TURN, THOSE MEN WHO MET IN A MEN'S RETREAT WEEKEND 08:28 GAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SUPPORT PEMA FOR ONE YEAR. 08:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:34 IF THERE IS ANYBODY IN OREGON WHO MAY BE VIEWING 08:38 THIS PROGRAM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE 08:42 OF THE INVESTMENT YOU MADE IN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND LADY BEV'S 08:49 MINISTRY IN THAT PART OF INDIA THERE ARE SOULS BORN INTO THE 08:53 KINGDOM AS A RESULT OF THAT CONTRIBUTION. AMEN. 08:57 THIS IS THE TIME FOR ME TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A PART IN MINISTRY LIKE 09:09 THOSE MEN IN OREGON DID, MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND HERE WE ARE IN THE 09:16 FALL OF 2011, YOU CAN SEND YOUR GIFTS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND LEADERS LIKE BEV WILL SEE THAT 09:26 THOSE GIFTS ARE WELL INVESTED FOR THE SAKE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE SAKE OF GOD'S KINGDOM. 09:33 IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO SEE HOW ALL OF THESE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND SHARE THEIR 09:39 EXCITING STORIES OF HOW THEY HAVE WORKED AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 09:43 HERE WE HAVE DECKIE WHO WAS ONE OF PEMA'S CONVERTS. 09:49 DECKIE IS A LOVELY YOUNG LADY. 09:50 SHE CAME FROM A HINDU BACKGROUND. 09:53 HER HUSBAND LEFT HER WHEN SHE BECAME A CHRISTIAN THEN SHE LEARNED ABOUT THE SABBATH. 09:59 SHE IS NOW ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND SHE IS ON FIRE. 10:04 SHE HAS BIBLE STUDIES WITH HER NEIGHBOR LADIES AND SHE GOES 10:07 WITH ANOTHER LADY ALSO TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 10:11 THIS IS THE GROUP THAT WAS BAPTIZED THAT DAY, AND DECKIE 10:14 IS ON THE EXTREME LEFT IN THE LONG GREEN DRESS. 10:18 THIS WAS THE SECOND BAPTISM FOR BHUTAN. 10:23 LET ME TELL YOU, BHUTAN NOW HAS ABOUT 80 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED. 10:29 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 10:31 WE NOW HAVE TEN. 10:33 WE HAVE INVESTED WITH TEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 10:36 IT'S EXCITING NEWS FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BHUTAN. 10:39 LET'S TRANSLATE THIS A LITTLE BIT FOR OUR VIEWERS. 10:42 WHAT DOES A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN BHUTAN RECEIVE BY WAY 10:47 OF A STIPEND TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR WORK? 10:49 IT'S ABOUT $80.00 A MONTH. 10:52 $80.00 A MONTH TIMES TEN IS $800.00 A MONTH TIMES TWELVE IS $9600.00 IS SUPPORTING TEN 11:02 $80.00 A MONTH TIMES TEN IS $800.00 A MONTH TIMES TWELVE IS $9600.00 IS SUPPORTING TEN 11:07 WORKERS PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL, TAKING THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE COUNTRY OF BHUTAN. 11:14 IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DOUBLE THAT? 11:18 THIS IS A WONDERFUL EXCITING INDICATION OF WHAT GOSPEL 11:21 OUTREACH IS DOING AND CAN CONTINUE TO DO. 11:24 SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING YOUR STORY. 11:27 I LIKE YOUR INTERRUPTION BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 11:32 HERE YOU CAN SEE SIX OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO WERE THERE. 11:36 WE HAD TO MEET IN THE FIFTH STORY UP AND HAVE PRAYER AND TELL EXPERIENCES IN A QUIET 11:43 ATMOSPHERE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH NEIGHBORS. 11:49 JOGAN IS NOT FAR ACROSS THE BORDER FROM BHUTAN INTO INDIA. 11:53 HE IS PROBABLY IN HIS LATE 40'S EARLY 50'S, BUT HE HAS BEEN ON 11:58 FIRE FOR GOD FOR TEN YEARS OR MORE. 12:01 HE GETS ASSIGNED TO ONE PLACE AND CONVERTS THE PEOPLE. 12:06 IN THIS VILLAGE WHERE HE IS WE HAVE A CHURCH THAT WAS BUILT. 12:12 WHEN WE HAD THE DEDICATION WE HAD TO HAVE IT AT NIGHT BECAUSE I GOT THERE LATE. 12:17 YOU CAN SEE THE CHURCH IS CROWDED. 12:19 THEY ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A CHURCH IN THEIR VILLAGE. 12:23 EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE IS AN ADVENTIST EXCEPT FOR ONE FAMILY AND THAT 12:29 WAS FAMILY THAT DONATED THE LAND FOR THE CHURCH. 12:33 HERE WE HAVE A YOUNG COUPLE IN SIKKIM. 12:35 WE ARE SO EXCITED BECAUSE WE ARE GOING INTO SIKKIM WHICH IS A DARK AREA. 12:40 IT IS A BUDDHIST AREA. 12:41 WE HAVE ONE CHURCH THERE SORT OF ON THE BORDER OF SIKKIM BUT THE REST 12:47 OF ALL SIKKIM IS A DARK AREA WITH NOBODY THERE. 12:51 THIS YOUNG COUPLE-- SHE IS A MIDWIFE AND HE HAS HAD TRAINING WITH LOIS AND BILL DALL WHO ARE 13:00 INDEPENDENT MISSIONARIES ON THEIR OWN IN INDIA. 13:05 THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL PROGRAM FOR TEACHING MIDWIFERY 13:07 TO THE LADIES AND TEACHING THEOLOGY TO THE MEN. 13:11 WE HAVE THEIR GRADUATES, AND THEY ARE DETERMINED TO GO OUT 13:14 AND VISIT EVERY HOME ON THE HILLS THERE. 13:17 ARE THESE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN SIKKIM? 13:20 YES, OUR NEW GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN SIKKIM. 13:23 WHAT A BLESSING TO KNOW THAT THE MESSAGE IS GOING THERE. 13:27 THIS BAPTISM WAS AN EXCITING TIME BECAUSE THE PASTOR TO YOUR 13:33 EXTREME LEFT I MET WHEN HE WAS IN ANOTHER AREA. 13:39 HE WAS A SUPERVISOR OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 13:44 HE WAS SO GOOD THAT THEY TRANSFERRED HIM TO BIHAR WHERE THIS IS, 13:48 AND HE IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE BIHAR REGION. 13:54 YOU CAN SEE HE IS ON FIRE FOR GOD. 13:57 HE IS THERE WITH THE BAPTISM OF A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. 14:00 I BELIEVE THERE WERE ABOUT 39 PEOPLE BAPTIZED AT THIS TIME. 14:04 YOU SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK--THERE IS ONE MAN IN THE INDIAN COSTUME. 14:09 HE IS QUITE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON BECAUSE PROBABLY 200 PEOPLE 14:16 HAVE FOLLOWED THE CANDIDATES TO THE BAPTISMAL WATER. 14:20 HE FOLLOWED ALONG TO SEE. 14:22 THE REST OF THE MEN STANDING THERE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 14:26 AS YOU LOOK CLOSELY, THEY HAVE A BOOK IN THEIR HAND. 14:29 WHAT THEY HAVE WRITTEN THERE ARE THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE 14:32 THEY PREPARED FOR BAPTISM, WHO THEY SAW GET BAPTIZED. 14:37 OF COURSE THAT RECORD ENABLES THEM ALSO TO DO CAREFUL FOLLOW UP OF THESE PEOPLE I'M SURE. 14:43 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:45 THEY HAVE THEIR NAMES AND THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET VISITED IF THEY DON'T COME TO 14:50 WORSHIP SERVICES OR FIND OUT WHY THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO COME. 14:55 I THOUGHT THIS WAS QUITE FASCINATING TO SEE THEIR RECORDS. 14:59 THIS IS ANOTHER GROUP OF BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES THAT I WENT TO VISIT. 15:04 THERE IS AN ELDERLY LADY TO YOUR EXTREME RIGHT WAY IN THE BACK. 15:08 YOU CAN HARDLY SEE HER. 15:10 IT WAS SO INTERESTING TO ME WHEN I HEARD HER STORY. 15:13 HER HUSBAND HAD DIED ABOUT SIX MONTHS BEFORE, AND HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW HAD DIED IN 15:20 CHILDBIRTH--BOTH THE BABY AND THE MOTHER DIED. 15:24 ONE WEEK LATER HER HUSBAND GOT DIARRHEA AND DIED. 15:29 THIS DEAR GRANDMOTHER IS TAKING CARE OF A TEN YEAR-OLD GIRL. 15:34 THEY WALKED FOUR HOURS TO COME TO THE GROUP TO BE BAPTIZED. 15:41 THEY ATE A MEAL THEN WERE GOING TO GO BACK. 15:45 I SAW THE LITTLE GIRL WAS JUST IN RAGS AND I THOUGHT ABOUT NO PARENTS, JUST GRANDMA AND 15:51 GRANDMA IS A WIDOW SO SHE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE FOR HAVING ANY WEALTH. 15:57 SHE HAS NO ONE TO SUPPORT HER. WE MADE ARRANGEMENTS SO 16:01 THIS LITTLE GIRL COULD GET INTO A BOARDING SCHOOL, GET SUPPLIED 16:06 UNIFORMS AND BOOKS AND THE THINGS SHE WOULD NEED. 16:09 GRANDMA HAS TO BE SUPPORTED PROBABLY BY BEGGING AND DOING LITTLE 16:14 THINGS BUT AT LEAST THE GIRL IS CARED FOR. 16:18 I GAVE HER 100 RUPEES SO SHE COULD GET A DRESS FOR THE GIRL. 16:23 GRANDMA PULLED OUT OF HER BAG A DRESS THAT SHE HAD WORN FOR 16:27 THE BAPTISM AND HAD ALREADY PUT AWAY. 16:31 BUT IT WAS ALREADY TOO SHORT FOR HER SO I TOLD HER 16:33 TO KEEP THE MONEY AND GET ANOTHER DRESS FOR HER. 16:37 THE PEOPLE THERE ARE VERY POOR, BUT OH THE JOY THEY HAVE WHEN 16:42 THEY LEARN ABOUT JESUS AND HIS SAVING GRACE. 16:46 THE REALITY IS THESE DEAR SOULS IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO HOPE AT ALL. 16:57 THERE IS JUST MORE OF WHAT THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD OR HAVEN'T HAD AND HAVE BEEN AND 17:04 ALWAYS WILL BE EXCEPT FOR THE PROMISE THAT IS MADE WHEN 17:10 THEY RECOGNIZE THAT JESUS HAS SOMETHING BETTER FOR THEM. 17:14 THAT'S RIGHT. 17:15 HERE YOU SEE ANOTHER GROUP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GOING 17:20 DOWN THE PATH LEADING PEOPLE TO A BAPTISMAL WATER PLACE. 17:25 THEY ARE PLAYING THE KEYBOARD AND SINGING AS THEY ARE GOING ALONG. 17:31 THEY SAY THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE VILLAGES THAT THEY PASS THROUGH. 17:35 WE WALKED FOR ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF TO THE WATER. 17:39 THEY SAID THEY LIKE TO DO THIS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE COME OUT AND SEE THEM SINGING AND THEY WANT 17:44 TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND THEY WILL FOLLOW THEM. 17:47 THEY WILL SEE THE BAPTISM AND THEY WILL WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS. 17:50 ARE THERE VERY FEW CHRISTIANS IN AN AREA LIKE THIS SO WHEN THESE PEOPLE 17:57 ARE SINGING THESE SONGS THIS IS NEW TO MOST OF THE PEOPLE? 18:00 YES. IN THIS AREA THEY ARE MOSTLY ANIMISTS. 18:03 THERE ARE SOME HINDUS BUT MOSTLY ANIMIST PEOPLE HERE. 18:08 WHEN YOU WALKED FOR A MILE AND A HALF TO THE WATER WOULD YOU GO THROUGH SEVERAL VILLAGES? 18:12 YES, THREE, FOUR, FIVE. 18:16 SO THAT'S QUITE AN EVANGELISTIC ENDEAVOR RIGHT THERE 18:19 TO JUST MARCH AND SING THROUGH THE VILLAGES. 18:22 THEN WE GOT TO THE WATER HOLE AND GOT TO SEE THE PEOPLE BAPTIZED. 18:27 BOTH YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN, OLD MEN, OLDER WOMEN ALSO. 18:33 HERE ON THE BANK YOU SEE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 18:35 AND THE CHURCH MEMBERS ALL COMING TO SEE THE BAPTISM. 18:42 THIS IS A GROUP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE HAVING TRAINING. 18:48 I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE SECOND MAN ON THE LEFT WITH A BROWNISH SHIRT ON. 18:57 HE HAS BEEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR SOME TIME BUT HE HAS HAD A MESSAGE FOR THE CHILDREN. 19:03 I HAVE ENCOURAGED THEM WITH CHILDREN. 19:05 WHAT HE DOES IS GO INTO A VILLAGE AND TALK WITH THE CHILDREN, 19:09 TELL THEM STORIES, PLAY GAMES WITH THEM. 19:13 I GAVE THEM A FOOTBALL SO THEY COULD PLAY FOOTBALL TO GET THE PEOPLE 19:18 TOGETHER THEN THEY COULD PRAY AND TALK WITH THE PEOPLE. 19:22 WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS MAN WAS THIS LAST YEAR 19:26 HIS 12 YEAR-OLD SON GOT POLIO, AND HE CAN NO LONGER WALK. 19:33 HE ASKS FOR PRAYER FOR HIS SON. ALL OF THESE WORKERS THIS YEAR 19:39 HAVE A NEW SOCCER BALL TO PLAY WHAT WE CALL SOCCER, THEY CALL IT FOOTBALL. 19:48 WHILE WE'RE ON THIS PICTURE AND THEY ARE TOGETHER FOR TRAINING, ARE YOU PROVIDING THE TRAINING? 19:55 AT THIS TIME I AM. 19:57 IS THIS TO HELP THEM TO KNOW HOW TO DO THEIR OUTREACH AND TO CONTACT THE PEOPLE? 20:03 WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN I GO I USUALLY SEE WHERE I FEEL LIKE THERE IS MAYBE SOMETHING THEY 20:11 ARE MISSING THAT THEY COULD BE STRONGER ON. 20:15 SO I PREPARE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THEM. 20:19 THEY CAN HAVE BIBLE TEXTS SO THEY CAN TEACH FROM THEM TO THEIR GROUPS OF BELIEVERS AND 20:27 HAVE A CLEARER AND EASIER PICTURE OF HOW TO PRESENT WHATEVER THE SUBJECT IS. 20:36 SABBATH KEEPING IS ONE SUBJECT AND TITHE PAYING IS ANOTHER SUBJECT. 20:42 NOT THAT WE THINK THEY SHOULD BE PAYING TITHE, 20:45 BUT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLES OF TITHING. 20:49 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE NOT JUST THAT WE RETURN OUR TITHE BUT THE BLESSING 20:54 THEY ARE MISSING BY NOT PAYING THEIR TITHE. 20:57 I KNOW THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SHARING WITH THEM BEV. 21:00 YOU'RE HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THAT TITHING IS REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING A PARTNERSHIP WITH 21:08 GOD IN ALL OF OUR EXPERIENCE PARTICULARLY IN THIS CONTEXT 21:14 RELATING TO STEWARDSHIP OF OUR MATERIAL RESOURCES AND SO FORTH. 21:20 I'M GLAD YOU MADE THAT CLARIFICATION FOR US. 21:25 IF YOU REALIZE THAT PEOPLE IN INDIA, THE HINDU 21:31 OR THE ANIMIST, GO TO THEIR HOUSE 21:34 OF WORSHIP WITH A GIFT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A NEED. 21:38 THEY WANT TO HAVE A PRIEST PRAY FOR THEM. 21:42 SO THEY BRING A GIFT OR WHATEVER THE PRIEST SAYS THEY HAVE TO BRING. 21:47 THERE MIGHT BE A FEE OR IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE AT LEAST SO MUCH. 21:53 THE GIFT IS RECOGNIZED AND HAVING BEEN IN THOSE KINDS OF PLACES AND OBSERVED, 21:59 IS APPEASEMENT OF EITHER THE PRIEST OR THE SPIRITS. 22:09 MANY TIMES YES. 22:11 AMONG ANIMISTS THAT IS CERTAINLY THE CASE SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE 22:16 TO BE JUSTIFIED TO GET WHAT THEY NEED. 22:20 AND DON'T WE HAVE GOOD NEWS? 22:22 I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY OF JESUS AND HIS LOVE. 22:25 I LIKE THE THEME OF THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US. 22:27 YOU'VE GOT A FEW MORE PICTURES. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN GET IN. 22:30 WE'RE AT A CAMP MEETING HERE AND THESE ARE A GROUP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 22:36 IT IS SO THRILLING TO ME TO GO TO CAMP MEETINGS. 22:38 THIS ONE IS IN BIHAR. 22:41 WE HAVE THE GROUP ALL GATHERED TOGETHER AND WE GO DOWN TO THE WATER HOLE. 22:46 THIS ONE WAS ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF AWAY ALSO. 22:49 WHEN WE GOT TO THE CANAL THERE WAS A LADY DOING HER LAUNDRY 22:55 AND FURTHER UPSTREAM THERE WERE BUFFALO BATHING. 23:00 YOU CAN SEE HOW DEEP THE WATER WAS. 23:02 NOT QUITE TO THE KNEE BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH WATER TO BAPTIZE THEM. 23:07 SO WE GOT TO SEE THESE PEOPLE BAPTIZED. 23:10 ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE BAPTISM THIS IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER LEADING A GROUP OF PEOPLE BEHIND 23:17 HIM WHO ARE SINGING PRAISES AND THANKING GOD FOR THE CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES. 23:22 SINGING MUST BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR 23:26 CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND THEIR EXPRESSION OF WORSHIP. 23:29 I BELIEVE IT IS. 23:31 THEY LOVE TO SING. THEY WILL SING FOR AN HOUR BEFORE A MEETING. 23:34 DO YOU RECOGNIZE MANY OF THE SONGS THAT THEY ARE SINGING? 23:38 MANY BUT THERE ARE MANY THAT I DON'T. 23:41 BUT YOU CAN TELL BY THE EXPRESSIONS ON THEIR FACES AND THE MELODY OF THE SONG THAT THEY 23:49 ARE PRAISING GOD AND YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 23:51 THIS IS A GROUP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO WERE IN THE GROUP 23:55 THAT WAS WALKING BACK TO THE CAMP MEETING TENT. 24:00 THESE PEOPLE HAD BROUGHT THEIR CANDIDATES TO BAPTISM. 24:06 WHEN THEY GOT BACK TO THE TENT THE BAPTIZED PEOPLE AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ALL 24:13 GATHERED AROUND THE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN BAPTIZED AND SANG PRAISES TO GOD. 24:19 IT WAS A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. 24:21 YOU KNOW, YOU BRING SOMETHING TO MIND HERE BEV. 24:27 THE FOCUS OF THIS MINISTRY IS TO BRING THESE PEOPLE INTO THE 24:37 FELLOWSHIP, TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE BELIEVING COMMUNITY. 24:43 SO THEY ARE ALL TOGETHER SINGING PRAISES AS THEY GO TO THE "WATER HOLE." AND AS THE 24:49 BAPTISM IS COMPLETED AND THEY ARE ON THE WAY BACK THEY ARE SINGING AGAIN. 24:53 THEN THEY ALL COME TOGETHER. IT'S LIKE A PARTY, A CELEBRATION. 24:57 OH IT IS, IT'S A GREAT CELEBRATION. 24:59 MOST BAPTISMS THAT I HAVE ATTENDED THEY HAVE THE 25:03 BAPTISMAL CEREMONY DOWN AT THE WATER'S EDGE AND 25:06 WALKING BACK THEY ARE SINGING AND DANCING BEFORE THE LORD. 25:10 WHEN THEY GET BACK THEY SHAKE HANDS WITH THEM, HUG THEM AND GIVE THEM A BIBLE. 25:18 THEY MAY GIVE THEM MORE THAN ONE PIECE OF LITERATURE - THE BIBLE AND ANOTHER PIECE OF LITERATURE 25:23 LIKE STEPS TO CHRIST OR EVEN THE GREAT CONTROVERSY I'VE SEEN GIVEN TO THEM. 25:29 THEN THEY PUT GARLANDS ON THEM AND WELCOME THEM INTO THE FELLOWSHIP. 25:36 THEN THEY HAVE A FEAST! 25:38 YOU GO OUTDOORS AND LINE UP TO GET ALL OF THE RICE AND CURRY AND SALAD. 25:43 OUR TIME IS ABOUT GONE BEV BUT I AM THINKING RIGHT NOW THAT THERE IS PROBABLY A LOT WE IN THE 25:52 WESTERN WORLD CAN LEARN FROM THESE PEOPLE IN THAT CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT, THAT WORSHIP 25:59 EXPERIENCE, THAT OBJECTIVE OF INCORPORATING OTHER PEOPLE INTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF FAITH. 26:06 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY 26:10 TO OUR VIEWERS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTERACT OR TALK ABOUT 26:16 SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITH SOMEBODY, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE IN TOUCH 26:20 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ASK TO POSSIBLY COMMUNICATE BY EMAIL OR SOME OTHER FASHION WITH BEV 26:27 THOMPSON AND LET HER TELL YOU ABOUT WHO SHE SEES, WHAT HAPPENS THERE AND THE BLESSING OF BEING 26:35 EXPOSED TO THIS KIND OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST EXPERIENCE AND FELLOWSHIP. 26:42 THESE PEOPLE WANT MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, AND WE ARE PART OF THE ANSWER TO THAT SO 26:48 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE, ALL YOU DO AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 26:54 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ |
Revised 2015-02-06