Participants: James Campbell
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000392
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00:21 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS."
00:24 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:26 YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO INDIA TODAY WITH US. 00:30 JAMES CAMPBELL, I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:33 THANK YOU. 00:34 IT'S A PLEASURE HAVING YOU HERE. 00:35 I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AGAIN. 00:38 THIS IS EXCITING FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO INDIA. 00:40 I WENT TO INDIA IN 1962 A LITTLE BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. 00:45 YES INDEED. 00:46 HOW LONG DID YOU LIVE IN INDIA? 00:49 WE LIVED 17 YEARS IN INDIA. 00:51 SO IT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR HEART. 00:55 OH YES. 00:56 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU ARE ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS. 01:00 TELL US WHERE YOUR REGION IS. 01:03 OUR REGION IS THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHERN INDIA AND THE COUNTRY OF NEPAL. 01:08 FASCINATING. 01:09 AND WHAT IS THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIA KNOWN FOR? 01:12 A LOT OF PEOPLE. 01:14 A LOT OF GOD'S CHILDREN ARE THERE. 01:20 IT'S REALLY THE BREAD BASKET OF INDIA. 01:22 IN THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIA THERE ARE FERTILE FIELDS WATERED BY THE RIVERS THAT COME OUT OF 01:28 THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. 01:29 IT'S A VERY PRODUCTIVE AREA. 01:36 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING. 01:37 IN MY MIND I THINK OF INDIA BEING VERY DRY. 01:40 IS IT GREEN UP IN THAT AREA? 01:42 THAT AREA IS VERY GREEN BECAUSE OF IRRIGATION. 01:47 WE'RE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURERS IN MISSIONS" TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR TERRITORY, 01:51 SO SHARE WITH US SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. 01:54 THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME BECAUSE GOD IS BLESSING SO WONDERFULLY IN THAT AREA. 02:01 YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY THE GOSPEL HAS GONE QUITE SLOWLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIA. 02:09 WAY BACK A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO THERE WAS A WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN REVIVAL IN INDIA. 02:18 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BECAME CHRISTIANS. 02:21 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WERE JUST BEGINNING THEIR WORK IN INDIA AT THAT TIME SO THE WORK WAS 02:27 LARGELY AMONG PRESBYTERIAN, METHODIST AND SALVATION ARMY CHRISTIANS WHO DID A FABULOUS 02:34 WORK THERE AT THAT TIME UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 02:38 ABSOLUTELY. 02:40 NOW THE GOSPEL IS GOING RAPIDLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIA BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THERE 02:49 FOR ONE THING AND IT'S TIME. 02:53 IN OUR TERRITORY THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 450 MILLION PEOPLE. 03:02 LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT. 03:04 SOMETIMES WE THROW TERMS AROUND BUT WE HAVE TO GET OUR MIND AROUND THAT. 03:07 450 MILLION. 03:08 THAT'S ONE AND A HALF TIMES THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 03:16 THAT PUTS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR US. 03:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS HAD WORKERS IN THAT PART OF INDIA FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. 03:29 SOME OF THOSE ARE DOING EXCELLENT WORK. 03:31 MOST OF THEM ARE. 03:33 I'D LIKE US TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE NEWSLETTER FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:46 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS IS OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. 03:47 IT COMES TO US BY MAIL. 03:49 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WRITE IN OR PHONE IN AND ASK FOR IT. 03:55 IT'S FREE. 04:00 THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE GOOD ABOUT IT. 04:06 SOME PEOPLE PRINT THIS FREE FOR US WHICH IS A VERY NICE CONTRIBUTION. 04:13 IT REALLY IS. 04:14 LIKE THE OLD FARMER, WHEN HE RETIRES TO THE CITY HE STILL WANTS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE 04:20 PEOPLE IN HIS FARMING AREA. 04:22 SO WHEN HE GETS THE FARMING NEWSPAPER, WHAT DOES HE DO? 04:26 HE TURNS TO THE OBITUARIES FIRST TO SEE IF ANY OF HIS FRIENDS ARE THERE. 04:31 ON THE BACK OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS THERE IS A SECTION THERE "IN MEMORY." 04:37 THAT'S THERE BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE PASSED AWAY SOME FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER SENT A MEMORIAL 04:47 GIFT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 04:49 AS I LOOKED THROUGH THIS LIST THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT I KNOW. 04:53 DOYLE AND PAULINE BARNETT FORMER MISSIONARIES IN THE FAR EASTERN DIVISION FOR 43 YEARS AND 04:59 FRIENDS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 05:00 AND MARILYN WHO USED TO WORK HERE. 05:03 IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS, IT GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE 05:10 HAPPENING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS . 05:12 THAT'S RIGHT. 05:13 AND WE'LL TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THAT. 05:15 TELL ME THE SCOPE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH JAMES. 05:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS WORKING IN ABOUT 50 COUNTRIES. 05:24 WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES, BUT THEY ARE IN 50 COUNTRIES FROM WEST 05:28 AFRICA RIGHT THROUGH TO THE PHILIPPINES. 05:31 IT'S THE PART OF THE WORLD WHERE PEOPLE KNOW THE LEAST ABOUT THE GOSPEL OF JESUS. 05:38 AND YOU'RE TERRITORY IS SMACK IN THE MIDDLE. 05:40 YES IT IS, AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST POPULATED AREAS OF THE 10/40 WINDOW. 05:45 NOW 10/40, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 05:48 IT MEANS FROM 10 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 05:54 THERE ARE NO BORDERS LIKE THAT, AND WE DON'T FOLLOW THOSE BORDERS REALLY CAREFULLY BUT 06:00 THAT'S THE AREA WHERE THE GOSPEL NEEDS TO GO AT THIS TIME. 06:05 THERE ARE SEVERAL BILLION PEOPLE-- ABOUT TWO AND A HALF BILLION PEOPLE IN THAT AREA. 06:12 WE SEE EVIDENCE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING IN THAT AREA. 06:19 PRAISE THE LORD. 06:21 TELL US ABOUT THE PLANNING FOR ONE MILLION BAPTISMS IN A THREE-YEAR STAND. 06:29 OH BOY! 06:30 YOU'RE GIVING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY? 06:31 I AM. 06:32 YOU BETTER JUMP IN, IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY. 06:34 HERE IS THE BRAND NEW PLAN THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH REALLY HASN'T ANNOUNCED YET BUT WE GET THE 06:42 PRIVILEGE OF TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY. 06:44 IT IS THRILLING. 06:47 YOU SEE, GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTS JUST OVER 2000 WORKERS WHO ARE WORKING IN THEIR OWN 06:57 HOME TERRITORIES IN THESE 50 COUNTRIES. 07:01 TO ME THAT'S HUGE BECAUSE THEY ALREADY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY ALREADY KNOW THE CULTURE AND WE 07:04 DON'T HAVE TO SPEND TWO YEARS FOR SOME AMERICAN OR EUROPEAN TO GO TO THAT COUNTRY 07:09 AND LEARN THE LANGUAGE. 07:10 THE STIPEND THEY RECEIVE IS NOT QUITE ENOUGH BUT THEY MANAGE. 07:16 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE SACRIFICING TO GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 07:21 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING OUT THERE IN THE FIELD SACRIFICE TOO. 07:26 THEY ARE PLEASED TO DO THAT. 07:31 THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT I SHOULD MENTION. 07:33 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THE CAMERAS HERE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE HIGHLY TECHNICAL WORK 07:41 OF RECORDING THIS PROGRAM, THE PEOPLE WHO HANDLE YOUR GIFTS THAT COME IN AND THE NEWSLETTER 07:47 AND ALL THE PLANNING, THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS. 07:51 NOW WHAT DOES A VOLUNTEER MEAN AT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 07:53 TELL US. 07:54 IT MEANS THAT THEY GET ABSOLUTELY NO SALARY. 07:57 IT ALSO MEANS THAT THEY ARE GREAT CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS PROGRAM. 08:03 THIS IS TRUE. 08:04 TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS." 08:07 WE HAVE A NEW BROCHURE TO TELL ABOUT IT, BUT GIVE IT TO US IN A NUTSHELL. 08:11 THE IDEA IS THAT IN THE YEARS 2013, 2014 AND 2015 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS PLANNING TO ADD 08:25 ANOTHER TWELVE HUNDRED WORKERS. 08:28 THAT WILL BRING THE NUMBER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE FIELD TO ALMOST 3500. 08:34 THOSE NEW GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WILL BE ENTERING BRAND NEW TERRITORY. 08:42 WE HAVE A LIST OF THE CITIES WHERE THEY WILL WORK. 08:47 THE FIELDS IN INDIA, AFRICA , PHILIPPINES AND OTHER PLACES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED 08:54 WHERE THESE NEW WORKERS ARE GOING TO WORK. 08:56 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 08:57 THEY HAVE PEOPLE READY. 08:59 NOW IT'S GOING TO COST. 09:00 IN ADDITION TO THE THREE MILLION PLUS IT TAKES TO OPERATE GOSPEL OUTREACH EACH YEAR, 09:02 IT'S GOING TO COST ANOTHER SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH THAT THREE-YEAR PERIOD. 09:10 THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS CAN GET INVOLVED. 09:25 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO COULD PROBABLY GIVE THE WHOLE THING. 09:30 GIFTS THAT COME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH COME FROM PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE LORD AND WANT TO GIVE 09:37 FOR HIS WORK. 09:38 ON THE BACK OF THE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER THERE ARE LITTLE SNIPPETS FROM PEOPLE'S 09:48 LETTERS WHO HAVE WRITTEN IN WITH THEIR GIFTS. 09:52 WHY DON'T YOU READ ONE OF THEM. 09:53 HERE IS ONE I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE. 09:54 THIS IS IN THE JANUARY NEWSLETTER, SO SOME OF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THIS YET. 10:01 IT'S HOT OFF THE PRESS. 10:03 IT SAYS-"I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE AN ITEM WITH YOU. 10:07 OVER THE PAST YEAR AND ESPECIALLY THE PAST SIX MONTHS THE LORD HAS CONFIRMED HIS WORD 10:13 TO ME AS FOUND IN MALACHI 3. 10:16 OUR BUSINESS HAS SEEN BLESSINGS OF NEARLY HISTORIC PROPORTIONS AND THIS AT A TIME WHEN MANY OF 10:24 THE OTHER NURSING HOMES AROUND US ARE STRUGGLING WITH LOW CENSUS. 10:28 IT IS TRULY AKIN TO THE TITHE-PAYING FARMER WITH A BUMPER CROP DURING A DROUGHT 10:34 WHEN ALL THE OTHER FARMS ARE BARREN. 10:37 ALL I CAN SAY IS PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW." 10:43 THIS IS FROM A MAN AND HIS WIFE WHO JUST LOVE THE LORD AND THEY SEND GIFTS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:51 THEY SEND GIFTS TO A LOT OF OTHER MINISTRIES WHO ARE HELPING 10:54 TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN ALL THE WORLD. 10:56 AND THE LORD IS BLESSING THEM. 10:58 WE WANT TO SAY A "THANK YOU" TO THEM AND ALL OF YOU WHO GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:04 WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS," BUT JAMES, YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHOW 11:10 US OF YOUR TERRITORY. 11:11 WHY DON'T YOU SHOW THOSE. 11:12 INDIA IS KNOWN FOR THE TAJ MAHAL. 11:14 IT IS, AND YOU KNOW THAT'S ON MY BUCKET LIST TO SEE. 11:20 DESCRIBE IT TO US. 11:24 IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE THE TAJ MAHAL IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A BIG BUILDING BUT YOU HARDLY REALIZE 11:32 HOW TALL IT IS. 11:33 IT'S ABOUT AS TALL AS A TEN-STORY BUILDING. 11:37 IT'S HARD TO PUT ALL THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE. 11:40 IT'S FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OLD, AND IT'S KNOWN ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 11:48 TO ME THIS IS A SYMBOL OF THE BEAUTY OF INDIA AND LOVE. 11:56 I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM ABOUT THAT LOVE STUFF. 12:02 I THINK THAT SHA JAHAN WHO BUILT THIS SUPPOSEDLY BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT LOVE FOR ONE OF HIS 12:12 MULTIPLE WIVES, AND THAT IS PROBABLY TRUE, BUT THE BIG THING WAS THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE A 12:17 MAUSOLEUM, A GRAVE, THAT WAS MORE AUSPICIOUS THAN ANYBODY ELSE. 12:19 WELL, HE DID IT. 12:20 BUT THAT DOESN'T DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY. 12:23 THE PEOPLE OF INDIA REALLY LOVE THAT PLACE. 12:38 THERE IS A SPIRIT GOING ON IN INDIA. 12:46 PEOPLE LOVE THE LORD EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. 12:51 THEY WANT TO COME CLOSE TO HIM. 12:54 THEY ARE VERY DEVOUT PEOPLE. 12:56 IS THERE A SEARCHING THERE TO LEARN MORE? 12:58 OH YES. 12:59 HERE'S A PICTURE OF A BAPTISMAL GROUP IN THE PUNJAB IN NORTHERN INDIA. 13:07 THINGS ARE HAPPENING THERE. 13:13 IT'S LOVELY TO SEE ALL THOSE PEOPLE. 13:14 WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT HERE ABOUT THE "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" AND THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN 13:21 GET INVOLVED TO BE A PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:24 YOU TOO CAN SHARE WITH YOUR DONATIONS AND THAT WILL HELP FURTHER THIS PROJECT FOR OTHER 13:31 PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JESUS. 13:34 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS EITHER PICK UP THE PHONE OR P0P A CHECK IN THE MAIL OR GO ONLINE. 13:43 WE WILL BE HAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOU, AND WE WOULD SO APPRECIATE YOUR DONATIONS. 14:06 AS JAMES MENTIONED, ALL THE ADMINISTRATION IS DONE BY VOLUNTEERS. 14:20 TO REQUEST OUR NEWSLETTER IT'S ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS . 14:25 IT HAS ALL SORTS OF GREAT INFORMATION FROM THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS. 14:30 THE JANUARY ISSUE HAS SOMETHING HERE FROM BRUCE MOYER. 14:35 HE IS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS AND OTHER INFORMATION AS WELL. 14:41 YOU CAN REQUEST THIS. 14:43 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS WORKING IN 50 NATIONS WITH 100 MISSIONS AND THERE ARE 2000 MEN AND WOMEN 14:52 WORKERS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:56 THE PHONE NUMBER IN CANADA IS 250-545-2212. 14:59 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:06 JAMES, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US BACK TO INDIA AND LET'S LOOK AT SOME MORE PICTURES. 15:09 FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO ALL MY FRIENDS IN CANADA. 15:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA IS DOING A FABULOUS JOB OF PROVIDING 15:18 FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN AFRICA. 15:22 THE CANADIAN FOLK ARE TAKING CARE OF AFRICA. 15:26 I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO THE SUPPORTERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN BRAZIL BECAUSE THE 15:33 THREE COUNTRIES-- 15:35 THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND BRAZIL ARE THE SUPPORTING COUNTRIES FOR GOSPEL 15:40 OUTREACH. IT'S JUST WONDERFUL THE SUPPORT THAT'S COMING FROM ALL THREE OF THESE NATIONS WHERE GOD HAS 15:49 BLESSED IN A WONDERFUL WAY. 15:50 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EASTERN U.P. REGION. 15:55 THAT'S AN AREA AROUND WHAT USED TO BE CALLED BANARAS , THE MOST SACRED PLACE ON THE GANGES RIVER 16:08 FOR HINDU PEOPLE. 16:09 WHEN A DEVOUT HINDU IS ABOUT TO DIE THEY WILL OFTEN REQUEST TO BE TAKEN TO THE BANKS OF THE 16:20 GANGES RIVER AT BANARAS FOR THEIR CREMATION. 16:24 WHY THAT PARTICULAR AREA? 16:26 IT'S A SACRED RIVER. 16:28 THE RIVER COMES OUT OF THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS, AND THERE ARE SHRINES RIGHT UP TO TWENTY 16:36 SOME THOUSAND FEET IN THE HIMALAYAS WHERE DEVOTE PEOPLE WILL GO TO WORSHIP. 16:43 THEY GO TO THE GANGES RIVER AT BANARAS AND THERE THEY HAVE THE SPECIAL CEREMONIES CONNECTED 16:52 WITH THE BURNING OF THEIR BODY. 16:55 THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A HINDU PERSON WANTS TO DO AFTER HIS DEATH. 17:02 IN THAT AREA TODAY THERE ARE ABOUT 60 MILLION PEOPLE. 17:08 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 50 MILLION PEOPLE. 17:16 AT THAT TIME WE HAD ABOUT FIFTY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN THAT AREA. 17:20 THAT MEANS ONE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FOR A MILLION PEOPLE. 17:24 TODAY THERE ARE 40 THOUSAND SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN THAT AREA AND 60 MILLION PEOPLE. 17:34 THAT MEANS THERE IS ONE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS FOR EVERY 1500 PEOPLE. 17:40 ONE TO A MILLION, FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, ONE TO 1500. 17:44 SO HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE? 17:46 BY GOD'S GRACE AND THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE WHO SEND IN GIFTS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:54 WE HAVE ABOUT 30 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THAT AREA AND THE LORD IS BLESSING. 18:02 IT ISN'T ALL EASY THERE. 18:04 WE'RE DOING THIS PROGRAM EARLY JANUARY OF 2012. 18:10 JUST A MONTH AGO, AS WE WERE RECORDING, TWO OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WERE WORKING 18:17 WITH AN EVANGELIST IN ONE OF THE TOWNS IN THIS AREA. 18:21 SOME VERY DEVOUT PEOPLE OF A NONCHRISTIAN FAITH WERE DISTURBED BY THAT, 18:29 AND THEY TOOK THESE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND JUST BEAT THEM SEVERELY 18:33 AND HAD THEM PUT IN JAIL. 18:37 THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY WERE OUT OF JAIL FOR CHRISTMAS. 18:41 BUT IN THAT TOWN WHERE THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 18:47 WORKERS WERE BEATEN SO BADLY 279 PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED. 18:55 MAYBE EVEN SOME OF THOSE WHO BEAT THEM. 18:59 IT'S THRILLING. 19:00 THE LORD WORKS IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS. 19:03 YOU HAVE A COUPLE MORE PICTURES FOR US. 19:07 WHY DON'T WE TAKE A PEEK AT SOME MORE. 19:10 THIS IS AN INTERESTING LITTLE STORY. 19:14 THIS GIRL COMES FROM THE AREA OF NORTHERN INDIA KNOWN AS HIMACHAL PRADESH . 19:24 IT MEANS THE FOOTHILLS OF THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. 19:29 IT IS A VERY DEVOUT PLACE FOR THE HINDU PEOPLE. 19:34 THERE IS A LOT OF ANIMISM THERE ALSO. 19:38 PEOPLE WORSHIP THE SPIRITS. 19:40 IN FACT, THEY EVEN INVITE THE SPIRITS TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES. 19:46 IT'S A MOUNTAIN AREA AND AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, IN THE WINTER, THERE IS SNOW AND IT'S COLD. 19:52 THE PEOPLE INVITE THE EVIL SPIRITS TO COME INTO THEIR HOUSES. 19:55 IF THEY WANT TO GET SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED, MAYBE SOME WORK DONE WITH A GOVERNMENT OFFICE OR 20:01 SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEY WILL ASK THE EVIL SPIRITS TO HELP THEM. 20:05 IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON HERE? 20:07 THIS GIRL WAS ONE WHO WAS FILLED WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT. 20:11 SHE CAME INTO AN ADVENTIST SABBATH SCHOOL AND STARTED SHOUTING. 20:17 SHE WAS SAYING THAT ALL THE TROUBLE IN THE WORLD WAS CAUSED BECAUSE OF JESUS. 20:24 OF COURSE, THE PEOPLE QUIETED HER DOWN AS BEST THEY COULD. 20:29 THEY GATHERED THE ELDERS AROUND HER AND PRAYED FOR HER AND SHE WAS HEALED. 20:36 THE EVIL SPIRIT LEFT HER. 20:38 NOW SHE ATTENDS SABBATH SCHOOL AND SINGS THE CHRISTIAN SONGS. 20:43 SHE SAYS "IN MY RIGHT MIND I WILL NEVER ABUSE JESUS AGAIN." 20:50 WE READ ABOUT THAT IN THE BIBLE BUT TO HEAR A MODERN-DAY STORY OF THAT IS REALLY PROFOUND. 20:54 YES, IT HAPPENS NOW. 20:55 PRAISE THE LORD FOR HER. 20:56 YOU HAVE SOME MORE PICTURES ABOUT A CHURCH? 20:59 THE PEOPLE OF INDIA LIKE A CHURCH TO LOOK LIKE A CHURCH IN THEIR MINDS. 21:04 THEY DON'T MIND USING A CROSS OVER THERE. 21:07 GOOD, I LIKE THAT. 21:08 YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE CHRISTIANS AND NONCHRISTIANS IN THE FRONT OF THIS PICTURE. 21:13 SOME OF OUR ADVENTIST LEADERS AND SOME OF THE VILLAGE LEADERS. 21:17 THE MAN WITH THE TURBAN, WOULD HE BE A SIKH? 21:19 HE'S FROM THE SIKH RELIGION. 21:20 THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT ENTIRELY WITH FUNDS FROM THE LOCAL PEOPLE. 21:27 WE DIDN'T SEND ANY MONEY OVER THERE FOR THIS BUILDING. 21:30 ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE. 21:31 THE TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED THE BUILDING, AND THEY EVEN MADE A DONATION TOWARD IT. 21:38 ISN'T THAT GREAT. 21:40 I SEE THE STAR OF DAVID UP THERE. 21:44 I LIKE THAT TOO. 21:46 AND WITH A BELL. 21:48 ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC. 21:50 IN THIS PICTURE YOU SEE THE WOMEN WASHING EACH OTHERS FEET. 21:54 THEY ARE HAVING COMMUNION. 21:57 WE HAD ANOTHER PICTURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AVAILABLE TODAY WHERE THEY WERE BREAKING THE BREAD AND 22:04 PASSING OUT THE BREAD AND WINE FOR THE COMMUNION SERVICE. 22:08 FOR AN INDIAN PERSON TO TOUCH ANOTHER PERSONS FEET IS A HUMILIATING THING. 22:17 THEY DO IT IN HONOR. 22:20 IF YOU'RE WATCHING A FAMILY AND AN OLDER PERSON COMES IN, THE YOUNGER PERSON WILL COME AND BOW 22:29 DOWN AND HOLD THE HANDS AND TOUCH THE FEET OF THE OLDER PERSON. 22:35 BUT FOR AN OLDER PERSON TO TOUCH THE FEET OF A YOUNGER PERSON, 22:38 THAT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF HUMILITY. 22:41 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING HOW CULTURALLY WE DON'T OFTEN THINK ABOUT THAT. 22:45 IT WAS THAT WAY WHEN JESUS WAS HERE. 22:49 THE HUMILITY THAT JESUS SHOWED IN WASHING THE DISCIPLES FEET AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WERE 22:57 ARGUING AMONG THEMSELVES OVER WHO WAS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST. 23:01 GOD IS SO GOOD. 23:03 HERE IS A PICTURE OF A BAPTISM IN JAMMU, KASHMIR . 23:14 THE STATE OF KASHMIR IN INDIA HAS ABOUT 12 MILLION PEOPLE. 23:18 WHEN I STARTED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH LESS THAN TEN YEARS AGO WE HAD ABOUT A DOZEN SEVENTH-DAY 23:27 ADVENTISTS IN THE STATE OF KASHMIR. 23:30 TODAY THERE ARE OVER A THOUSAND SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 23:34 HERE IS A BAPTISM THAT TOOK PLACE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO IN THE CITY OF JAMMU . 23:40 I LOVE ALL THE COLORS OF THEIR SARIS. 23:42 THIS PICTURE IS OF A BAPTISM. 23:46 THIS RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE CITY OF JAMMU AND IS CALLED THE TAWI RIVER . 23:51 THE TAWI RIVER HAS A DAM THERE AND HERE THEY ARE AT THE FOOT OF THE DAM. 23:56 IT'S THE DRY SEASON SO THEY HAD TO FIND SOME WATER SOMEPLACE FOR A BAPTISM. 24:01 IF THERE SUDDENLY CAME A BIG RUSH OF WATER THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE UNDER IT BECAUSE THE WATER 24:07 WOULD RUSH OVER THAT DAM. 24:08 I'M GLAD YOU DESCRIBED THAT BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T LOOK 24:11 TO ME LIKE A TRADITIONAL BAPTISMAL TANK. 24:13 IT CERTAINLY ISN'T A TRADITIONAL BAPTISMAL TANK. 24:15 IT WAS A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO BAPTIZE BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I VISITED THAT CITY THEY WARNED US 24:24 TO NOT DO ANY MISSIONARY WORK THERE BECAUSE IT WOULD DISTURB THE COMMUNITY 24:30 AND THERE MAY BE SOME RIOTS. 24:32 THEY DID WARN YOU ABOUT THAT. 24:34 OH YES. 24:36 THEY DIDN'T COME TO ME THEY CAME TO THE INDIAN PEOPLE WHO WERE WITH ME AND WARNED US. 24:40 AND GOD PROTECTED YOU. 24:42 YOU HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES JAMES. 24:47 THIS COUPLE ARE FARMING PEOPLE IN NORTHERN INDIA. 24:51 THEY HAD A REAL NICE FAMILY AND ALL THE THINGS THEY NEEDED. 25:00 THE FATHER AND THE MOTHER BOTH BECAME ILL AND COULDN'T WORK. 25:05 THE FARM WAS NEGLECTED AND THEY WERE TERRIBLY DISCOURAGED. 25:09 THE CHILDREN BECAME SICK. 25:11 THEY GOT MEDICAL HELP THE BEST THEY COULD. 25:15 THEY WENT TO SHRINES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP TO PRAY AND TRY TO GET HEALED. 25:20 NOTHING HAPPENED. 25:21 THEY WERE TOLD ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THEIR TOWN AND THEY WENT THERE. 25:26 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TOLD THEM TO COME ON SATURDAY MORNING AT TEN O'CLOCK AND THEY WOULD 25:32 HAVE SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THEM. 25:34 THEY CAME AND THEY WERE HEALED. 25:37 NOW THEY ARE ATTENDING CHURCH REGULARLY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING BAPTIZED. 25:41 THAT'S THIS COUPLE RIGHT HERE? 25:42 YES. 25:43 ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC. 25:45 I'M SURE JAMES THERE ARE MORE AND MORE STORIES THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A CLUE ABOUT. 25:50 OH YES. 25:51 I HAVE A LIST OF STORIES THAT SOMEONE SENT ME THIS PAST WEEK. 25:56 WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ALL OF THEM NOW. 26:00 YOU NEED TO READ ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS . 26:02 WE WANT TO GIVE ANOTHER PLUG FOR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS . 26:06 THIS IS THE NEWSLETTER THAT CAN COME FREE TO YOU. 26:09 YOU CAN REALLY BE A PART OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH MISSION BY RECEIVING THIS AND LEARNING MORE 26:15 ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:34 CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. 26:36 JAMES, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO CHAT WITH YOU HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 26:40 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TOUR OF INDIA. 26:41 OUR SPECIAL PRAYER GOES WITH YOU AS YOU TRAVEL BACK THERE IN THE FUTURE AND WITH ALL THE GOSPEL 26:47 OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 26:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 26:49 IT WAS LOVELY HAVING YOU HERE. 26:51 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AND AGAIN YOU TOO CAN BE PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:55 MISSION WORK. 26:57 YOU CAN VISIT US ON LINE AT WWW.GOAIM.ORG <http://WWW.GOAIM.ORG> . 27:01 FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 27:46 [CLOSING MUSIC.] |
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