Participants: Bev Thompson
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000395
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00:02 [OPENING MUSIC]
00:22 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:23 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:24 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. 00:25 TODAY WE HAVE BEV THOMPSON HERE. 00:27 BEV, WELCOME. 00:28 THANK YOU. 00:29 IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:30 BEV, YOU ARE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:33 YOU ARE WEARING SOME TRADITIONAL DRESS, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL, 00:37 FROM THE AREA WHERE YOU ARE REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 00:40 WHAT ARE YOU WEARING AND WHERE IS YOUR TERRITORY? 00:43 THIS IS CALLED A PUNJABI OR A SHALWAR KAMEEZ FROM INDIA. 00:48 USUALLY WHEN I LAND IN INDIA I CHANGE 00:51 AND WEAR THESE KINDS OF CLOTHES THE WHOLE TIME I'M THERE. 00:55 IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE AND THE DRESS MAKES YOU FEEL VERY FEMININE. 01:00 IT'S IS GORGEOUS. 01:01 I DON'T KNOW IF THE VIEWERS CAN SEE BUT THERE IS SILVER EMBROIDERY ON YOUR PUNJABI ALONG 01:08 WITH WHITE EMBROIDERY. 01:09 IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL. 01:10 I SAID YOU LOOK LIKE A BRIDE BUT YOU SAID THAT A BRIDE WEARS RED. 01:16 I DO HAVE RED AND WHITE BUT I'M NOT A BRIDE. 01:21 WELL YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. 01:23 ESPECIALLY COMING AFTER THE HOLIDAYS IT'S VERY PRETTY TO SEE RED, SO WELCOME. 01:28 BEV, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR AREA IN NORTHEAST INDIA. 01:33 YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH US TODAY ABOUT WHAT? 01:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 01:37 MY TERRITORY IS IN NORTHEAST INDIA. 01:40 THERE IS CALCUTTA IN THE SOUTHEAST SECTION OF MY AREA. 01:44 IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP AND AROUND THE CORNER, THE TOP PART BHUTAN. 01:49 BETWEEN BHUTAN AND NEPAL IS SIKKIM. 01:52 THEN THERE IS A LITTLE PANHANDLE UP THERE THAT I START INTO. 01:56 THEN I GO TO SOUTH OF NEPAL AND DOWN INTO CENTRAL INDIA. 02:01 POPULATION WISE? 02:03 MILLIONS. 02:04 IN CALCUTTA CITY ALONE THERE ARE PROBABLY 12 TO 15 MILLION PEOPLE. 02:09 IN JUST THAT CITY ALONE. 02:12 YOU ARE SOON HEADED OFF TO GO AND SEE YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 02:16 SO I'M SURE YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 02:18 OH YES, AND BUTTERFLIES. 02:20 WELL THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU. 02:23 I KNOW HE WILL BE. 02:25 GIVE US A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WHAT THEY DO. 02:30 THEY ARE LOCAL PEOPLE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HIRES. 02:34 INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TAKE SOMEONE OUT OF COUNTRY THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, 02:38 KNOW THE CULTURE AND ALL OF THAT. 02:40 GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES NOT HIRE THEM, BUT WE PAY THEIR SALARY. 02:45 IT GOES THROUGH THE CHURCH CHANNELS SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY. 03:01 THEREFORE THE MISSION IS THE ONE THAT HIRES THE PEOPLE, THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE. 03:05 IF THEY ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WOULD LET THEM GO. 03:10 THEY USUALLY HAVE A SUPERVISOR TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. 03:13 THEY ALSO TRAIN THEM. 03:15 THOSE ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES SO WE ARE SIMPLY PAYING THE SALARY FOR THESE PEOPLE TO 03:19 SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 03:20 WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF THEM TO GET OUT AND BE ON FIRE FOR GOD IN SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 03:25 AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR YOU GO AND CHECK IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL. 03:30 THEN YOU ARE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO US. 03:32 I BASICALLY SAY THAT WHEN I GO OUT THERE I GO TO SEE THAT THE MONEY WE ARE SENDING IS GOING TO 03:39 THE PLACES AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO GO TO. 03:42 AND THAT THE PEOPLE ARE DOING THE WORK THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO DO. 03:47 IF THEY ARE DOING THE WORK WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO DO, I WILL KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WELL 03:52 TRAINED AND WELL SUPERVISED. 03:54 SO IT'S SORT OF A CHECK TO SEE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY AS WE ARE PLANNING IT 03:59 AND WE HAVE MADE AGREEMENTS WITH THE CHURCH OFFICERS, ETC. WONDERFUL. 04:02 THE HIRING OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE THE CHURCHES DO LOCALLY BUT THE FUNDING COMES FROM DONATIONS 04:06 THAT ARE GIVEN HERE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 04:08 ISN'T IT A WONDERFUL CHURCH FAMILY? 04:10 I LOVE IT. 04:12 IT'S GREAT, SPREADING THE LOVE OF THE LORD TO AREAS WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT. 04:16 YOU DON'T NEED TO BE THE MISSIONARY THAT GOES OUT THERE AND HAS THE HARDSHIPS AND 04:21 DIFFICULTIES AND THE CULTURE AND THE LANGUAGE, ETC. YOU CAN SIMPLY PARTICIPATE IN SPREADING 04:25 THE GOSPEL BY GIVING YOUR OFFERINGS AND GIVING A DONATION TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 04:28 IT'S SO AWESOME. 04:29 YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US. 04:33 MY PICTURES TODAY ARE MAINLY ABOUT THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 04:39 THESE WORKERS ARE REALLY ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. 04:44 THIS IS WHAT I LOVE TO SEE WHEN I GO. 04:46 I COME BACK SO INSPIRED BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN FIRST HAND WHAT IS HAPPENING. 04:51 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE PICTURES. 04:55 THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAD A RADIO, 04:58 BUT IT WASN'T A RADIO IT WAS JUST SCRIPTURE BEING READ. 05:02 HE SAT IN HIS CHAIR BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE PEOPLE GATHERED. 05:08 IT WAS JUST LIKE THIS. 05:10 I ASKED IF I COULD TAKE THEIR PICTURE SO THEY BACKED UP A BIT SO I COULD GET THEIR PICTURE. 05:18 THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE. 05:21 I SAW IT HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES WITH DIFFERENT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 05:25 THEY TURNED ON THIS MACHINE THAT WAS PLAYING THE SCRIPTURES IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE JUST 05:32 GATHERED TO LISTEN. 05:33 IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 05:35 JOGAN IS IN A SMALL VILLAGE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BETEL NUT ORCHARD. 05:41 OH WOW, I KNOW WHAT BETEL NUT IS. 05:44 THESE PEOPLE DO NOT USE IT, BUT THEY SELL IT. 05:48 THIS IS THEIR LIVELIHOOD. 05:49 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT BETEL NUT IS. 05:55 IT IS A DRUG. 05:57 IT IS A VERY, VERY HARD NUT. 05:59 THEY PUT IT IN A LEAF WITH SOME LYE LIKE YOU MIX PAINT, WHITEWASH. 06:05 THEY PUT SOME LEMON JUICE, SOME SUGAR AND THEY WRAP A LITTLE HALF A PIECE OF BETEL NUT IN IT 06:13 AND SELL IT TO YOU FOR ABOUT 25 CENTS. 06:17 WHEN THEY PUT IT IN THEIR MOUTH, THE LYE 06:20 AND THE LEMON JUICE TURNS THE INSIDE OF THEIR MOUTH BRIGHT RED. 06:25 SO WHEN THEY CHEW THEY CHEW WITH THEIR MOUTH WIDE OPEN TO SHOW EVERYONE 06:29 WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING. 06:31 AND THEN THEY SPIT. 06:32 IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. 06:34 I JUST HAVE TO INSERT ONE LITTLE EXPERIENCE I HAD. 06:40 WE HAD BEEN THERE FOR EVANGELISM AND WERE GIVING HEALTH TALKS TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 06:46 AFTER THE MEETING I ASKED WHO HAD ANY QUESTIONS. 06:51 A TEACHER STOOD AND ASKED WHAT I LIKED BEST ABOUT INDIA. 06:56 IT WAS MY FIRST TIME TO BE THERE FOR EVANGELISM, AND I THOUGHT OH DEAR, WHAT CAN I SAY. 07:01 THIS ISN'T MY CULTURE AND WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL TO ME MAY NOT BE TO THEM. 07:08 I THINK IT WAS GOD WHO GAVE ME THE THOUGHT TO SAY THE WAY THE LADIES DRESS. 07:14 THEY LIKED THAT VERY MUCH. 07:16 THEN THEY ASKED THE EMBARRASSING QUESTION, "WHAT DO YOU LIKE LEAST?" 07:21 HOW CAN YOU POLITELY TELL THEM WHAT IS NOT GOOD ABOUT THEIR COUNTRY? 07:26 I BET YOU THOUGHT QUICKLY AND PRAYED. 07:29 EXACTLY. 07:30 YOU KNOW WHAT GOD GAVE ME? 07:31 WHAT? 07:33 THE SPUTUM FROM ALL THE SPITTING OF TOBACCO JUICE AND BETEL NUT JUICE. 07:37 IT'S ALL OVER THEIR PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ON THEIR TRAIN STATIONS, 07:41 ETC. THEY HUNG THEIR HEADS AND NODDED. 07:44 THEY KNEW, SHE'S RIGHT. 07:45 YOU KNOW WHAT? 07:47 FIVE YEARS LATER I SAW THAT THEY HAD SIGNS UP IN PUBLIC PLACES "NO SPITTING." 07:57 INTERESTING. 07:58 I THINK MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE FELT THAT SAME WAY, THAT THIS IS A HEALTH PROBLEM AS WELL. 08:06 SO THAT PICTURE WAS IN THE BETEL NUT ORCHARD. 08:09 WHAT I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT PICTURE ALSO IS THAT WE HAVE A CHURCH BUILT IN THE 08:18 MIDDLE OF THAT ORCHARD. 08:19 THE PERSON WHO DONATED THE PROPERTY FOR IT IS NOT AN ADVENTIST. 08:25 THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH NOW. 08:27 WHAT'S THIS PICTURE? 08:29 WE ARE BREAKING GROUND FOR A NEW CHURCH. 08:32 THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT HAS DONATED THIS PROPERTY. 08:37 RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS WHERE HE LIVES AND THAT IS WHERE THEY WERE HOLDING EVANGELISM. 08:44 THIS IS PART OF A GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY THAT WE HAD. 08:47 DR. CHARLES NELSON, WHO WAS WITH ME AT THAT TIME, HAD TO THROW THE SHOVEL DOWN SEVERAL TIMES 08:54 ALSO JUST LIKE I DID. 08:55 WHAT A PRIVILEGE. 08:57 WE ALL HAD A PART IN THE GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE WORK THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 09:03 WAS DOING. 09:04 THE MAN IN RED IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 09:08 THE MAN IN THE BACKGROUND IS A SUPERVISOR. 09:11 THAT IS THE TENT WE WERE HOLDING THE MEETINGS IN. 09:18 AS WE WERE THERE THESE TWO YOUNG MEN DROVE UP ON THIS MOTORCYCLE. 09:24 THESE ARE OUR TWO FIRST GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FROM BHUTAN. 09:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH DONATED THIS MOTORCYCLE FOR THEM 09:33 BECAUSE BHUTAN IS A VERY MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY. 09:35 IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET AROUND IN. 09:38 HE WAS GETTING OUT AND SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 09:42 WE HAD A DONATION FOR THIS MOTORCYCLE 09:45 AND WHAT A BLESSING IT HAS BEEN TO GOD'S WORK IN BHUTAN. 09:49 I'M THRILLED TO SEE THERE WAS A HELMET THERE. 09:51 I HOPE HE WEARS THAT. 09:53 THEY WERE BOTH WEARING ONE. 09:55 THE YEAR BEFORE, THIS SAME GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 09:58 HAD BROUGHT SEVEN PEOPLE FOR BAPTISM FROM BHUTAN. 10:03 THEY CAN'T GET BAPTIZED IN BHUTAN. 10:07 THEY ARE HOPING THEY CAN FIND A RIVER THAT IS NOT VERY WELL SEEN SO THEY CAN HAVE BAPTISMS IN 10:14 BHUTAN, BUT RIGHT NOW EVEN THOUGH ON THE BOOKS THEY HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THE PEOPLE DO 10:20 NOT HAVE IT. 10:21 WHAT IS THE RELIGION OF BHUTAN? 10:24 IT'S BUDDHIST. 10:25 SO THIS IS A SWIMMING POOL? 10:28 IT WAS A BAPTISMAL TANK AT A SCHOOL. 10:32 LAST FEBRUARY I WAS IN BHUTAN AND THESE ARE SIX OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BHUTAN. 10:41 WE MET IN A SMALL PRAYER ROOM UP FIVE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS 10:47 AND IN THREE OR FOUR DOORS TO FIND A QUIET ROOM. 10:51 THIS MESSAGE IS NOW GOING TO BHUTAN JUST BECAUSE OF THAT ONE WORKER WHO SAID HE WOULD BE 10:57 WILLING TO GET OUT AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 11:00 PRAISE THE LORD. 11:02 DID YOU HAVE TO MEET IN THAT REMOTE ROOM BECAUSE OF SAFETY OR BECAUSE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO 11:08 PRAY IN PUBLIC? 11:09 FOR SAFETY AND IT WAS A HIDDEN ROOM. 11:12 NOBODY ELSE KNEW. 11:13 THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. 11:15 PEOPLE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE FOR BAPTISM. 11:17 WE NOW HAVE 10 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BHUTAN, AND THEY ARE BRINGING PEOPLE TO BAPTISM. 11:23 THIS IS IN BIHAR BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THE PASTORS. 11:28 WE HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ON THE BANK WATCHING THE PEOPLE BE BAPTIZED THAT THEY HAD 11:34 BEEN STUDYING WITH. 11:35 THEY ARE KEEPING IN THEIR RECORD BOOK THEIR BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES. 11:39 AS THEY SEE THEM GO INTO THE WATER THEY WRITE DOWN THEIR NAME AND HAVE A RECORD OF ALL THOSE 11:46 THEY HAVE BROUGHT FOR BAPTISM. 11:48 ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED THE LORD. 11:50 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BE A PART 11:58 OF THE MINISTRY AND TO SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE LORD AND WHO ARE 12:04 MAKING A STAND TO FOLLOW HIM. 12:06 BEV IS SHARING WITH US ABOUT HER TERRITORY. 12:10 YOU TOO CAN BE INVOLVED. 12:11 WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR DONATION AND YOUR PART IN ALL OF THIS IN SPREADING THE LORD'S MISSION 12:16 AROUND THE WORLD AND HIS GOSPEL. 12:17 ADDRESS YOU CAN SEND YOUR DONATIONS TO 12:48 IF YOU ARE IN CANADA WE ALSO HAVE A CANADIAN ADDRESS. 13:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS WORKERS IN 50 NATIONS WITH 100 MISSIONS 13:13 AND THERE ARE 2000 MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS. 13:16 WE ARE PRAISING THE LORD FOR ALL OF THOSE DEAR PEOPLE. 13:21 WHEN YOU CALL IN TO GOSPEL OUTREACH OR EMAIL YOU CAN ALSO REQUEST 13:27 OUR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER. 13:29 THIS CAN COME TO YOU MONTHLY--IT'S A MONTHLY PUBLICATION. 13:33 IT WILL TELL YOU INFORMATION THAT IS HAPPENING AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AROUND THE WORLD AND 13:40 HAS SOME GREAT PICTURES. 13:41 YOU CAN RECEIVE THIS IN THE MAIL FREE. 13:45 BEV, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US BACK TO INDIA AND YOUR PICTURES. 13:50 THIS IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE GATHERED TOGETHER FOR A PREBAPTISMAL--SAYING OF THEIR 13:57 VOWS AND A LITTLE PREACHING SERVICE. 13:59 WHAT WAS VERY INTERESTING WAS ONE LADY WAY IN THE BACK HAD BROUGHT A YOUNG GIRL ABOUT EIGHT 14:07 YEARS OLD WITH HER. 14:09 THEY HAD WALKED FOR TWO HOURS TO COME TO THIS BAPTISM. 14:14 HER SON HAD RECENTLY DIED AFTER A DIARRHEA BOUT. 14:18 AND HIS WIFE AND DIED THREE WEEKS BEFORE. 14:23 I THINK IT WAS FEVER. 14:27 MANY THINGS TAKE PEOPLE THERE IN INDIA. 14:30 THESE PEOPLE WERE SO POOR YET THEY HAD WALKED TWO HOURS TO COME FOR THIS BAPTISM. 14:35 WHEN I SAW THEM THEY WERE GETTING READY TO GO BACK HOME. 14:40 I WAS INTRODUCED TO THEIR STORY AND I THOUGHT, OH THAT POOR GIRL. 14:44 SHE DIDN'T HAVE VERY NICE CLOTHES AT ALL. 14:47 SHE WAS AN ORPHAN, NO MOTHER OR FATHER AND GRANDMA WAS TAKING CARE OF HER. 14:52 I PULLED SOME MONEY OUT AND SAID HERE, GO GET HER A NEW DRESS. 14:58 AND SHE SAID, "OH SHE HAS A DRESS" AND SHE PULLED THE DRESS OUT OF THE BAG BECAUSE SHE HAD 15:05 JUST TAKEN IT OFF AND PUT IT IN THE BAG SO SHE COULD KEEP IT NICE. 15:11 BUT THAT DRESS WAS TOO SMALL FOR HER AND THE ZIPPER HAD TO BE LEFT OPEN. 15:17 SO I TOLD HER IT WAS TIME FOR A NEW DRESS ANYWAY. 15:22 SHE DIDN'T WANT ME TO SPEND MONEY ON HER. 15:25 SHE WAS A VERY SWEET LADY. 15:28 THESE WONDERFUL BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES GOT TOGETHER. 15:30 THEY LOVE THE LORD, THEY WANT TO SEE THINGS HAPPENING. 15:34 IS THIS A KEYBOARD THE MAN IS WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH? 15:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 15:39 HE'S WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH A KEYBOARD. 15:42 THOSE PEOPLE BEHIND HIM ARE ALL SINGING PRAISES. 15:45 THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY TO A BAPTISM. 15:48 I WAS TOLD TO LEAD THE GROUP TO THE BAPTISM. 15:52 THEY SAID WALK SLOWLY. 15:53 SO I THOUGHT "SLOWLY," WHAT DOES SLOWLY MEAN. 15:56 SO I WALKED SLOWLY. 15:58 AFTER A LITTLE BIT THE PASTOR'S WIFE CAME RUNNING AND SAID "OH MADAM, YOU'RE WALKING SO FAST." 16:04 SHE SAID SHE HAD TO RUN ALL THE WAY TO CATCH UP TO ME. 16:09 THEY WALK SLOWLY, SLOWLY, SLOWLY THROUGH THE VILLAGES 16:12 ON THE WAY TO SAY THEY ARE HAVING A CELEBRATION. 16:16 THIS IS PEOPLE GIVING THEIR LIVES TO GOD SO THEY WALK SLOWLY THROUGH THE VILLAGES. 16:22 I THOUGHT I WAS WALKING SLOW BUT THEY DIDN'T THINK I WAS WALKING SLOW ENOUGH. 16:27 AMERICAN LADY, YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST. 16:30 WE GOT TO THE BAPTISMAL POOL AND THIS IS THE POOL. 16:34 THE PEOPLE SAT ON THE BANKS WATCHING THE BAPTISM. 16:37 IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 16:39 THERE'S THE KEYBOARD AGAIN. 16:40 THERE ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO HAD BROUGHT THESE PEOPLE TO BAPTISM. 16:45 THEY HAD BEEN STUDYING WITH THEM. 16:48 IT WAS A THRILLING SIGHT. 16:51 THIS IS A GROUP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN TRAINING. 16:55 WHEN I WENT LAST TIME WE GAVE A TRAINING SESSION TO THEM. 17:01 YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THESE WORKERS HAVE GATHERED TOGETHER IN AN UNFINISHED BUILDING. 17:06 IT WAS A BUILDING THAT WAS DONATED BY ONE OF OUR FRIENDS HERE IN WALLA WALLA. 17:10 THE PEOPLE WANTED TO STRETCH THE MONEY THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN JUST TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET ONE 17:17 MORE ROOM OUT OF THIS. 17:19 THEY HAD BUILT THE SCHOOL, LIKE IT HAD BEEN DONATED BUT THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT LEFT OVER IN THEIR 17:26 SQUEEZING AND GETTING EVERYONE TO HELP--ALL THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, ALL THE PASTORS, 17:30 ALL THE STUDENTS. 17:31 EVERYONE WORKED TOGETHER TO BUILD THESE BUILDINGS SO THEY COULD SAVE SOME MONEY. 17:35 SO THEY GOT AN EXTRA BUILDING AND THIS IS THE EXTRA BUILDING THEY GOT OUT OF IT. 17:39 ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC. 17:40 AND THEY SIT ON THE FLOOR. 17:42 OH YES. 17:43 THEY WOULD RATHER SIT ON THE FLOOR AND HAVE AN EXTRA ROOM THAN TO HAVE DESKS AND BENCHES 17:51 TO HAVE THE SHELTER FROM THE RAIN IN THE RAINY SEASON. 17:54 THIS IS AT ANOTHER LOCATION WITH ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE. 17:57 THE MAN ON THE EXTREME LEFT WITH THE ROSY BROWNISH SHIRT. 18:03 I WAS TOUCHED BY THIS BECAUSE THIS MAN HAS BEEN 18:08 A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. 18:11 LAST YEAR HIS SON GOT POLIO. 18:16 HE WAS DEVASTATED BECAUSE NOW HIS SON CAN NO LONGER WALK. 18:22 HE WAS ASKING FOR SOME HELP, AND I WANTED TO LIKE EVERYTHING HELP HIM. 18:27 THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO. 18:30 WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE THERE? 18:32 DO YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO TAKE EVERYBODY HOME, CHARTER A FLIGHT AND TAKE THE WHOLE 18:37 COUNTRY WITH YOU? 18:38 NO, I DO NOT EVER THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT I WANT TO HELP THEM. 18:43 I'M A NURSE. 18:45 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM GET SOME MEDICAL HELP AND GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED. 18:50 MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM. 18:52 SO MANY OF THEM NEED A LOT OF HELP. 18:55 YOU MENTIONED THAT HE HAD POLIO. 18:57 I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I HEARD ABOUT A POLIO CASE HERE IN AMERICA. 19:03 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:04 IT STILL CAN BE OUT THERE. 19:06 HERE THEY ARE AT A CAMP MEETING. 19:08 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE ALL SITTING TOGETHER IN ONE AREA BEING READY TO GET UP TO THE 19:14 FRONT AND HELP TO LEAD IN THE MUSIC, ETC. 19:17 HERE IS WHERE WE WENT FOR A SABBATH AFTERNOON WALK. 19:21 GUESS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE NEXT? 19:24 ANOTHER BAPTISM. 19:25 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:26 THERE'S NOT MUCH WATER IN THAT RIVER. 19:27 THE WATER WAS DRYING UP AND IT WAS MUDDY. 19:31 THE BUFFALO WERE BATHING JUST A LITTLE BIT UPSTREAM, 19:34 BUT THE PEOPLE GOT OUT THERE AND WERE BAPTIZED ANYWAY. 19:37 LOOK AT THE SMILES. 19:39 THIS IS ON THE WAY BACK TO THE CAMP MEETING AFTER THE BAPTISM. 19:43 THERE'S A TAMBOURINE. 19:44 YES. 19:45 EVERYONE WAS SINGING AND DANCING ON THE WAY BACK. 19:48 FIVE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS PAUSED IN THE FIELD, AND I TOOK THEIR PICTURE AS WE WERE 19:54 WALKING BACK TO THE CAMP MEETING. 19:56 ONCE WE GOT BACK TO THE CAMP MEETING THE LADIES LED OUT 20:01 IN THE SINGING BECAUSE THEY GOT BACK FIRST. 20:04 THEN EVERYONE WHO GOT BAPTIZED GOT UP FRONT AND STARTED PRAISING GOD UNTIL EVERYONE HAD 20:09 ARRIVED BACK FROM THE LONG WALK BECAUSE IT WAS OVER A MILE THAT WE HAD TO WALK TO THE RIVER. 20:14 THIS IS IN THE SUNDERBAN ISLANDS . 20:18 THESE THREE PEOPLE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 20:22 THEY ARE WONDERFUL WORKERS FOR GOD. 20:26 THEY ARE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT SPREADING THE GOSPEL AROUND. 20:30 YOU SAID SUNDERBAN ISLANDS? 20:31 YES. 20:32 IS THAT OFF THE COAST OF INDIA? 20:34 JUST OFF THE COAST OF CALCUTTA. 20:37 IT IS THE ISTHMUS OF THE GANGES RIVER COMING INTO THE BAY THERE. 20:49 THERE ARE MANY LOW-LYING ISLANDS AND A LOT OF FLOODING. 20:50 THIS IS JUST BEFORE WE GOT TO THE ISLANDS ON WHAT THEY CALL DRY ISLAND. 20:55 IT'S A COIN NAME GIVEN BY THE BRITISH WHEN THEY WERE THERE. 20:59 PASTOR MUNDAL IS DOING A BAPTISM. 21:01 WE SAW 28 PEOPLE BAPTIZED LAST MARCH. 21:04 I KNOW THAT INSTRUMENT. 21:08 IT'S A HARMONIUM. 21:10 THEY ARE FANTASTIC. 21:12 THIS IS THE INSTRUMENT OF INDIA. 21:16 I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 21:18 BEFORE HE BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, PASTOR MUNDAL WHO DID THE BAPTISM, 21:23 HAD TAKEN ME TO HIS HOME. 21:26 HE WAS EXPLAINED TO ME AS BEING A WEALTHY PERSON BUT HE WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED IN THE HOME. 21:34 HE HAD A CEMENT FLOOR IN HIS HOUSE AND BRICK WALLS AND NOT DIRT. 21:40 WE SAT ON THE FLOOR. 21:42 THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE A HIGHLY RESPECTED FAMILY. 21:48 THIS MAN WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. 21:52 HE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE RELIGION THAT PASTOR MUNDAL STOOD FOR. 21:57 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER NOW AND EVERY YEAR WHEN I GO THERE HE HELPS TO BRING MORE 22:03 PEOPLE FOR BAPTISM. 22:06 IT IS THRILLING TO GO TO THIS AREA BECAUSE THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND PASTOR 22:13 MUNDAL HIS SUPERVISOR WORK TOGETHER, 22:15 AND THEY ARE BRINGING SOULS TO JESUS CHRIST ALL THE TIME. 22:20 THE JOY OF FINDING THE LORD. 22:23 WHERE IS THIS? 22:25 THIS IS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS IN CHATTISGARH WHICH IS CENTRAL INDIA. 22:32 THEY HAVE GATHERED FOR A REVIVAL. 22:36 THEY HAD A WONDERFUL REVIVAL THERE. 22:38 THESE PEOPLE ARE SOME OF THE PRODUCTS OF BAPTISM. 22:44 I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS PLACE. 22:49 A CHURCH MEMBER HERE DONATED THIS CHURCH. 22:54 THEN SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO DONATE A SCHOOL BECAUSE BIHAR WAS VERY SPECIAL IN HER FAMILY'S 22:59 LIFE, SO SHE GAVE MONEY FOR A SCHOOL. 23:03 THE SCHOOL IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS CHURCH. 23:05 IN THE YELLOW BUILDING? 23:06 YES. 23:08 THIS TIME WHEN I WENT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY HAD A SCHOOL TEACHER THERE. 23:18 THIS DEAR SCHOOL TEACHER, HIS STORY WAS SO INTERESTING. 23:22 THE SCHOOL TEACHER IS ON THE RIGHT? 23:26 THAT'S ME ON THE RIGHT. 23:27 OH, SORRY BEV. 23:29 THE SCHOOL TEACHER IS ON THE LEFT. 23:32 YOU CAN SEE HIS SUIT IS TOO BIG FOR HIM. 23:35 IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE SIZES TOO BIG AND HE IS STANDING JUST RIGHT FOR THE CAMERA. 23:39 THE STORY BEHIND HIM WAS THAT HE WAS AT SPICER MEMORIAL COLLEGE. 23:44 THE DIRECTOR OF THE SECTION, LIKE A CONFERENCE PRESIDENT, SAID, 23:52 "WE HAVE THIS SCHOOL BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO PAY FOR A TEACHER. 23:56 WILL YOU COME TO THIS SCHOOL?" 23:59 HE SAID, "YES I'LL COME. 24:01 THIS IS THE SAME TRIBAL PEOPLE THAT I'M FROM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO MY HOME COUNTRY 24:06 AND BE A TEACHER." 24:07 THE DIRECTOR SAID, "REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO GET THE STUDENTS 24:12 AND THE STUDENT'S TUITION HAS TO PAY FOR YOUR SALARY." 24:15 CHALLENGE, CHALLENGE. 24:16 THAT'S ALL HE NEEDED. 24:25 IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER SCHOOL WHEN I GOT THERE. 24:33 HE HAD ALREADY 52 STUDENTS. 24:35 HE SAID, "I HAVE A HELPER" AND HE INTRODUCED ME TO THE HELPER. 24:39 THEN HE SAID, "I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE CHILDREN CAN DO BECAUSE WHAT I DO TO GET 24:46 STUDENTS TO COME HERE IS TELL THEM IF THEY WILL SIGN UP AND PAY FOR TUITION TO START SCHOOL 24:52 THEN THEY CAN HAVE FREE EDUCATION DURING SUMMER SCHOOL." 24:56 BINGO. 24:57 SO THE KIDS COME TO SUMMER SCHOOL. 24:58 WHEN I GOT THERE HE SHOWED ME HOW THE KIDS HAD ALREADY LEARNED HOW TO RECOGNIZE THEIR ABCS. 25:05 THEY WERE PRESCHOOLERS. 25:06 ARE THEY LEARNING A COUPLE OF LANGUAGES? 25:08 ENGLISH FOR STUDIES IS VERY IMPORTANT 25:11 BECAUSE UPPER EDUCATION IS ALL IN ENGLISH IN INDIA. 25:14 SO IT'S NICE TO START YOUNG. 25:16 WHILE WE WERE THERE THIS DEAR LITTLE LADY CAME IN. 25:19 SHE WAS ALL SMILES. 25:21 SHE SAID SHE HEARD THAT A PASTOR WOULD BE HERE AND SHE WANTED TO GET BAPTIZED. 25:26 IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS SCHOOL TEACHER GOING DOOR TO DOOR AND MAKING FRIENDS THAT THIS LADY 25:32 WANTED TO GET BAPTIZED. 25:34 WE WALKED THE HALF MILE TO THE POOL, AND WE GOT TO SEE HER BAPTIZED. 25:40 AFTER THE BAPTISM THE PASTOR SAID, "AND HOW MANY OF YOU CHILDREN WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW 25:45 THIS LADY'S EXAMPLE AND GIVE YOUR HEART TO JESUS AND BECOME A CHRISTIAN?" 25:51 THEY ALL PUT UP THEIR HAND. 25:53 THOSE SCHOOLS ARE A MISSION AND THEY ARE BRINGING PEOPLE TO JESUS CHRIST. 26:01 ABSOLUTELY. 26:02 THIS IS ANOTHER LOCATION. 26:04 BEV, PRAISE THE LORD. 26:05 YOU WERE AT THE RIVER THE WHOLE TIME. 26:07 WE FOUND WATER HOLES WHEREVER WE WERE. 26:11 THIS DEAR MAN-- I REMEMBER HIM WHEN I FIRST GOT TO RANCHI . 26:15 IN OUR LANGUAGE IT DOESN'T SOUND SO GREAT. 26:18 HOPEFULLY IN THEIR LANGUAGE IT'S FANTASTIC. 26:22 THIS MAN WAS A "GOFER" FOR THE HOSPITAL. 26:29 HE WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON BECAUSE WHENEVER HE WASN'T "GOFERING" FOR THE PERSONNEL HE 26:34 WAS IN TALKING WITH THE PATIENTS ABOUT JESUS, SO THEY HIRED HIM AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 26:40 HE WAS SO GREAT AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 26:43 THAT THEY GAVE HIM SPECIAL TRAINING TO BECOME A PASTOR. 26:46 THIS WAS HIS FIRST BAPTISM. 26:48 I GOT TO SEE HIM DO HIS FIRST BAPTISM. 26:52 PRAISE THE LORD. 26:53 WHAT A THRILL IT WAS FOR ME. 26:55 BEV, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 26:56 IF YOU WANT TO GET AS EXCITED AS BEV IS ABOUT PEOPLE HEARING ABOUT THE LOVE OF THE LORD AND 27:00 HAVING JOY IN THEIR HEARTS, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 509-525-2951. 27:08 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I'M 27:11 JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 27:13 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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