OPENING MUSIC. 00:00:02.16\00:00:22.96 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:00:22.96\00:00:23.96 TODAY WE ARE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH HEADQUARTERS. 00:00:23.96\00:00:24.86 WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE JOINING US. 00:00:24.86\00:00:27.73 IT IS YOUR CONSISTENT PRAYERS AND SUPPORT THAT KEEP THIS ORGANIZATION EXPANDING AND 00:00:27.73\00:00:33.90 EXPANDING AND EXPANDING ITS MISSION. 00:00:33.90\00:00:36.30 TODAY WE HAVE WITH US A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE DR. VICTOR 00:00:36.30\00:00:42.46 SAM. DR. SAM IS THE PRESIDENT OF EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION. 00:00:42.46\00:00:47.93 WE FELT IT WOULD BE NICE FOR YOU TO HEAR THE WORD DIRECTLY FROM, 00:00:47.93\00:00:54.00 IN AMERICA WE SAY, "FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH." 00:00:56.03\00:00:57.46 IT IS DIRECTLY FROM THE FIELD. 00:00:57.46\00:01:01.83 DR. SAM IS VERY WELL VERSED IN WHAT HE DOES AND HE HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF GOSPEL 00:01:01.83\00:01:07.90 OUTREACH WORKERS IN HIS UNION IN INDIA. 00:01:12.76\00:01:16.53 WE HAVE ROUGHLY 1200 WORKERS IN INDIA. 00:01:16.53\00:01:21.46 ABOUT 600 OF THEM ARE IN HIS TERRITORY. 00:01:21.46\00:01:27.03 A GREAT DEAL IS HAPPENING. 00:01:27.03\00:01:28.73 YOU ARE IN FOR A WONDERFUL UPDATE AND REPORT AND INSPIRING STORIES ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING 00:01:28.73\00:01:36.06 IN EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION. 00:01:36.06\00:01:39.43 WELCOME PASTOR SAM. 00:01:39.43\00:01:41.10 WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US. 00:01:41.10\00:01:42.93 THANK YOU SIR. 00:01:42.93\00:01:44.36 WOULD YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION. 00:01:44.36\00:01:50.00 WHERE IT IS LOCATED, WHAT'S IT'S POPULATION AND SOME POPULATION 00:01:50.00\00:01:56.50 GROUPS SO OUR VIEWERS CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND. 00:01:56.50\00:01:58.80 SO THEY CAN BE ALMOST THERE BY LISTENING TO THE DESCRIPTION 00:01:58.80\00:02:03.60 FROM YOU. THE EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION IS MADE UP OF TWO STATES 00:02:03.60\00:02:08.03 IN INDIA. ANDHRA PRADESH AND ORISSA . 00:02:08.03\00:02:10.33 BOTH THE STATES PUT TOGETHER WILL HAVE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY 00:02:10.33\00:02:16.40 MILLION PEOPLE. THIS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION PEOPLE ARE EAGERLY LOOKING FOR THE GOSPEL. 00:02:19.03\00:02:25.10 THESE PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE GOSPEL IN SOME PARTS OF THIS REGION. 00:02:27.30\00:02:33.33 THERE ARE SOME PARTS YET TO BE REACHED WITH THE GOSPEL. 00:02:37.73\00:02:43.43 BUT ON THE WHOLE PEOPLE ARE EAGERLY WAITING FOR THE GOSPEL 00:02:43.43\00:02:48.76 IN THE EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION. 00:02:48.76\00:02:52.63 YOU HAVE ABOUT 600 WORKERS IN YOUR UNION IN THE TWO AREAS? 00:02:52.63\00:02:59.33 YES, WE HAVE 618 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN OUR TERRITORY. 00:02:59.33\00:03:04.66 THAT IS A LOT OF WORKERS. 00:03:04.66\00:03:07.93 WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY DO IN REACHING THE UNREACHED VILLAGES? 00:03:07.93\00:03:12.43 HOW DO YOU SELECT THE VILLAGES? 00:03:12.43\00:03:15.96 WE SEND A TEAM TO SELECT THE VILLAGES. 00:03:15.96\00:03:19.93 THEY GO AROUND AND PICK VILLAGES. 00:03:19.93\00:03:23.43 THEY MAKE THREE OR FOUR TRIPS TO THAT PARTICULAR VILLAGE SOMETIMES DURING DAY TIME 00:03:23.43\00:03:30.76 SOMETIMES DURING NIGHT TIME. 00:03:30.76\00:03:32.93 THEY SELECT THE VILLAGES. 00:03:32.93\00:03:34.53 AFTER SELECTING THE VILLAGES THEY SEND ONE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO THAT PARTICULAR 00:03:34.53\00:03:40.13 VILLAGE TO LIVE THERE. 00:03:40.13\00:03:41.30 HE WILL BE STATIONED THERE BEFORE THE BIG EVANGELISM COMES. 00:03:41.30\00:03:46.83 HE VISITS PEOPLE DOOR TO DOOR. 00:03:46.83\00:03:49.00 HE TEACHES THEM HEALTH PRINCIPLES AND BIBLE STORIES TO ATTRACT THE CHILDREN. 00:03:49.00\00:03:56.30 HE HAS A SPECIAL FEATURE FOR WOMEN. 00:03:56.30\00:03:58.96 AS HE KEEPS ON WORKING HE GIVES THE REPORTS TO THE HEADQUARTERS THAT THE VILLAGE IS COMING UP. 00:03:58.96\00:04:06.53 ONCE HE IS READY THEN THEY CALL FOR A BIG MEETING. 00:04:06.53\00:04:12.30 ACTUALLY WE PUT TEN VILLAGES TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE. 00:04:12.30\00:04:16.40 FROM ALL TEN VILLAGES PEOPLE GATHER IN ONE PLACE AND ONE SPEAKER WILL BE THERE AND ONE 00:04:16.40\00:04:21.90 TRANSLATOR WILL BE THERE. 00:04:21.90\00:04:23.23 ALL THE CHURCH-RELATED TEACHINGS WILL BE GIVEN TO THEM AT THAT 00:04:23.23\00:04:30.70 STAGE. YOU START WITH THE SERVICE-BASED PROGRAM IN THE VILLAGES WHERE YOU HAVE 00:04:30.70\00:04:37.86 SOMETHING FOR CHILDREN, SOMETHING FOR WOMEN 00:04:37.86\00:04:40.20 AND SOMETHING FOR THE REST OF THE FAMILY? 00:04:40.20\00:04:45.20 RIGHT. 00:04:45.20\00:04:46.23 WE START OUR MINISTRY IN THE VILLAGE TO MAKE FRIENDS. 00:04:46.23\00:04:50.43 VISITING THE PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITALS, VISITING THE SICK PEOPLE AND PRAYING FOR THEM AND 00:04:50.43\00:04:57.63 GIVING THEM THE BIBLE STORIES FOR THE CHILDREN. 00:04:57.63\00:05:02.10 THE WOMEN WILL BE TAUGHT SOME HEALTH PRINCIPLES. 00:05:02.10\00:05:07.30 ORIGINALLY THIS IS FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM. 00:05:07.30\00:05:10.53 THROUGH FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM DOORS WILL BE OPENED FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:05:10.53\00:05:18.50 OFTEN TIMES THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WILL GO ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND BOTH VISIT AND PREPARE 00:05:18.50\00:05:25.23 THE PEOPLE'S MINDS FOR THE EVANGELISM IN THE FUTURE. 00:05:25.23\00:05:28.60 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE EXPLAINING THE PROCESS BECAUSE MANY OF OUR VIEWERS ARE 00:05:28.60\00:05:34.93 SUPPORTING THIS WORK, AND THEY PRAY FOR YOU 00:05:34.93\00:05:38.06 AND IT WILL BE NICE FOR US TO KNOW THE PROCESS YOU FOLLOW. 00:05:38.06\00:05:42.76 SO THEY VISIT THE VILLAGE. 00:05:42.76\00:05:44.83 THE PASTOR AND HIS WIFE GO TOGETHER AND MAKE VISITS. 00:05:47.33\00:05:51.70 I UNDERSTAND YOU START MANY SEWING CENTERS IN YOUR UNION AS 00:05:51.70\00:05:57.93 WELL. WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THOSE? 00:05:57.93\00:05:59.83 THE SEWING CENTERS WILL HELP MOSTLY THOSE WHO ARE HOUSEWIVES TO PICK UP A TRADE. 00:05:59.83\00:06:07.26 WHILE LEARNING SEWING THEY ALSO WILL BE TAUGHT THE GOSPEL. 00:06:07.26\00:06:15.03 THEY LEARN SEWING AND THEY LEARN THE GOSPEL AND THEY GO TO THEIR VILLAGE AND THEY LEARN 00:06:15.03\00:06:20.10 THE CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES OF LIVING. 00:06:20.10\00:06:25.66 WHILE SEWING THEY TEACH PEOPLE, THOSE WHO COME TO HER FOR THEIR 00:06:25.66\00:06:31.73 BUSINESS. THIS WOMAN WILL BECOME A CENTER OF ATTRACTION IN THAT 00:06:34.30\00:06:41.20 PARTICULAR AREA. THIS SERVES A MULTIPURPOSE. 00:06:41.20\00:06:43.53 THE FIRST POINT IS THIS LADY WHO IS A HOUSEWIFE WILL EARN BY 00:06:43.53\00:06:49.60 HAVING A TRADE. THAT IS THE FIRST ONE. 00:06:56.20\00:06:57.36 FINANCIALLY THAT WILL BE A HELP TO THEM. 00:06:57.36\00:07:00.33 ECONOMICALLY THEIR HOME WILL BE BETTER. 00:07:00.33\00:07:03.36 THE SECOND, SHE WILL BE A CENTER OF EVANGELISM. 00:07:03.36\00:07:07.63 SHE WILL TEACH WHOEVER COMES TO HER. 00:07:07.63\00:07:11.33 THE THIRD POINT IS SHE WILL ATTRACT MANY WOMEN IN THAT 00:07:11.33\00:07:14.80 VILLAGE. GENERALLY IN OUR INDIAN CONTEXT WOMEN ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH WOMEN. 00:07:14.80\00:07:20.86 THEREFORE, THE SEWING CENTERS WILL BECOME A CENTER OF 00:07:20.86\00:07:26.53 EVANGELISM FOR THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. 00:07:26.53\00:07:28.13 I ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT THE SEWING CENTERS ATTRACT YOUNG LADIES WHO DO NOT GET TO GO TO 00:07:28.13\00:07:34.20 SCHOOL AND THEY ARE NOW OF MARRIAGE AGE. 00:07:37.33\00:07:41.30 LEARNING A TRADE IS GOING TO HELP THEM FIND BETTER HUSBANDS. 00:07:41.30\00:07:47.76 THEN THEY CAN MAKE A LIVING. 00:07:47.76\00:07:49.30 I BELIEVE THAT COMING TO JESUS MUST CHANGE AND IMPROVE EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES. 00:07:49.30\00:07:55.33 SO OUR BELIEVERS ARE TO BE MORE EDUCATED AND THEY SHOULD BE BETTER OFF ECONOMICALLY AND 00:07:57.73\00:08:03.86 THEY SHOULD BE WELL GROUNDED IN THE FAITH. 00:08:06.86\00:08:10.36 SO THIS IS AN OVERALL SERVICE-BASED STRATEGY. 00:08:10.36\00:08:14.53 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LEARNING CENTERS, THE ADULT 00:08:16.53\00:08:21.86 LITERACY CENTERS. I UNDERSTAND IN ALL YOUR CHURCHES YOU ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE THAT THEY 00:08:21.86\00:08:27.60 BECOME ADULT LITERACY CENTERS AS WELL BECAUSE IF THEY CAN READ THE BIBLE AND WRITE THEY CAN 00:08:27.60\00:08:34.56 BECOME COWORKERS WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:08:34.56\00:08:36.53 EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT HOW YOU DO THAT. 00:08:36.53\00:08:40.86 IN OUR STATE THE LITERACY PERCENT IS ONLY 50. 00:08:40.86\00:08:45.13 BEYOND THAT I DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED. 00:08:47.83\00:08:52.96 SO THROUGH THE LITERACY CENTERS WE ARE REACHING THESE WOMEN IN 00:08:52.96\00:08:59.40 THE VILLAGES, THOSE WHO HAVE NO QUALIFICATIONS. 00:08:59.40\00:09:03.26 THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT THE ALPHABET OF THEIR LANGUAGE. 00:09:03.26\00:09:08.60 THEY SPEAK BUT THEY CANNOT WRITE AND THEY CANNOT READ. 00:09:08.60\00:09:11.76 WHEN THEY HAVE TO BOARD A BUS OR THEY HAVE TO BOARD A TRAIN AND THEY HAVE TO GIVE SOME 00:09:11.76\00:09:18.56 ACCOUNT ON CERTAIN FINANCIAL MATTERS THEY ARE HELPLESS. 00:09:18.56\00:09:23.10 THEREFORE, THE ADULT LITERACY CENTERS ARE CENTERS OF LEARNING AND CENTERS OF EVANGELISM. 00:09:23.10\00:09:29.16 THE LADIES COME THERE WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE OF ANY LANGUAGE. 00:09:31.40\00:09:37.50 THEY COME AND SIT NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AND LEARN TO WRITE, THEY 00:09:37.50\00:09:44.23 LEARN TO READ. EVENTUALLY THEY LEARN TO SING AND THEY LEARN TO 00:09:44.23\00:09:49.46 READ THE BIBLE. FINALLY MOST OF THESE LADIES, BECAUSE OF THIS ADULT LITERACY EDUCATION, 00:09:49.46\00:09:56.00 ARE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE. 00:09:56.00\00:09:59.46 THOSE WHO CANNOT READ, THOSE WHO CANNOT SING, THOSE WHO CANNOT 00:09:59.46\00:10:03.86 WRITE. THESE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME A GREAT HELP TO THE COMMUNITY. 00:10:03.86\00:10:09.20 THIS ADULT LITERACY EDUCATION IS NOT ONLY GIVING THEM LITERACY IT 00:10:09.20\00:10:13.56 IS GIVING THEM AN IDEA OF HOW THEY CAN SHARE THEIR FAITH WITH OTHER PEOPLE BY READING THE 00:10:13.56\00:10:15.53 BIBLE SYSTEMATICALLY AND EXPLAINING TO THEM SYSTEMATICALLY WHAT THE GOSPEL 00:10:15.53\00:10:21.60 REALLY IS. THAT WILL REALLY STRENGTHEN OUR OVERALL WORK 00:10:30.90\00:10:36.06 WON'T IT? YES. 00:10:36.06\00:10:37.66 I WAS SMILING AT THE POINT YOU MADE THAT WHEN THEY TRAVEL BY BUS OR TRAIN THEY NEED TO 00:10:37.66\00:10:42.23 FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH TO PAY. 00:10:42.23\00:10:44.30 I TELL YOU AN EXPERIENCE. 00:10:44.30\00:10:47.43 MY MOTHER COULD NOT READ OR WRITE. 00:10:47.43\00:10:50.43 WHENEVER SHE WOULD TRAVEL SHE WOULD HAVE HER MONEY IN HER 00:10:50.43\00:10:56.03 PURSE. SHE WOULD OPEN IT UP AND GIVE IT TO THE TICKET COLLECTOR. 00:10:56.03\00:11:00.53 SHE WOULD SAY WHATEVER YOU NEED FOR MY FARE YOU CAN TAKE IT AND GIVE ME THE BALANCE. 00:11:00.53\00:11:07.00 I TELL YOU, THEY WERE ALWAYS VERY GRACIOUS TO HER. 00:11:07.00\00:11:11.43 THEY WOULD TAKE JUST WHAT WAS NEEDED AND GIVE THE MONEY BACK TO HER AND THEY WOULD SMILE. 00:11:11.43\00:11:16.53 I CAN SEE HOW VALUABLE IT WOULD BE FOR LADIES TO BE ABLE TO COUNT AND BE ABLE TO TELL THE 00:11:16.53\00:11:26.40 TICKET COLLECTORS IN TRAVEL TIME THAT THIS IS HOW MUCH I NEED TO 00:11:27.00\00:11:35.13 PAY YOU. THAT'S A VERY VERY GOOD IDEA. 00:11:35.13\00:11:36.96 I THINK THE FACT THAT ONCE THEY ARE EDUCATED THEY CAN GET BETTER MARRIAGE PROSPECTS IS 00:11:36.96\00:11:43.93 VERY VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR VILLAGES. 00:11:44.46\00:11:47.26 OTHERWISE THE DOWRY GOES HIGHER DOESN'T IT. 00:11:47.26\00:11:50.76 IF YOU ARE COMPLETELY UNEDUCATED 00:11:50.76\00:11:52.60 YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY A HIGHER DOWRY TO GET A HUSBAND. 00:11:52.60\00:11:56.63 IS THAT STILL HAPPENING? 00:11:56.63\00:11:58.90 A WOMAN IF SHE IS EDUCATED WILL HELP HERSELF. 00:11:58.90\00:12:04.20 SHE WILL HELP THE COMMUNITY IF SHE KNOWS MUCH ABOUT THE GOSPEL AND CAN READ THE BIBLE. 00:12:04.20\00:12:10.26 THROUGH HER LIFE PEOPLE WILL BE BENEFITED. 00:12:13.06\00:12:16.16 I WANT TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT YOU ARE WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:12:16.16\00:12:22.40 TODAY WE ARE TALKING FROM OUR HEADQUARTERS IN COLLEGE PLACE WITH DR. VICTOR SAM. 00:12:22.40\00:12:28.46 HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION. 00:12:31.06\00:12:34.10 WE ARE DELIGHTED HE HAS JOINED US. 00:12:34.10\00:12:37.63 HE IS GIVING US A FIRST-HAND REPORT IN TERMS OF HOW THE WORK IS GOING ON IN HIS UNION. 00:12:37.63\00:12:43.70 PASTOR SAM, LAST YEAR YOU ADOPTED 500 VILLAGE EVANGELISTIC 00:12:46.06\00:12:52.00 CAMPAIGNS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE 00:12:52.00\00:12:55.96 RESULTS HAVE BEEN? HOW MANY VILLAGES HAVE YOU ENTERED? 00:12:55.96\00:12:59.23 HOW MANY CAMPAIGNS WERE CONDUCTED AND WHAT WAS THE END 00:12:59.23\00:13:05.06 RESULT? LAST YEAR 2011 WE HAD MORE THAN 20 EVANGELISTIC 00:13:05.06\00:13:12.40 CRUSADES. FOR ALL THOSE CRUSADES THE MAIN WORKING FORCE FROM GIVING BIBLE STUDIES AND 00:13:12.40\00:13:18.46 VISITING PEOPLE AND THE MAIN MEETINGS WAS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO WERE USED. 00:13:24.86\00:13:28.70 IN ALL THESE 20 EVANGELISTIC CRUSADES WE WERE ABLE TO ENTER INTO 200 NEW VILLAGES. 00:13:28.70\00:13:34.66 THE RESULT IS FIFTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY BAPTISMS. 00:13:34.66\00:13:38.26 PRAISE GOD FOR THAT. 00:13:38.26\00:13:39.83 THAT MEANS THESE 200 VILLAGES HAVE THE GOSPEL MESSAGE AND THE PEOPLE ARE EXCITED. 00:13:39.83\00:13:45.90 PEOPLE ARE LEARNING CHRISTIAN LIVING, PEOPLE ARE LEARNING 00:13:59.93\00:14:05.50 LIFESTYLE, PEOPLE ARE LEARNING HOW TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE, PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO SEND 00:14:05.50\00:14:11.13 THEIR CHILDREN TO THE SCHOOLS. 00:14:11.13\00:14:12.90 PEOPLE ARE LEARNING MOST VALUABLE THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO THEIR PERSONAL LIFE. 00:14:12.90\00:14:19.16 SO THAT WAS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR LAST YEARS EVANGELISM. 00:14:19.16\00:14:23.53 I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE IN ALL THIS EVANGELISM THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE 00:14:23.53\00:14:30.50 PLAYED A VERY VERY DOMINATE AND IMPORTANT ROLE TO GET THESE PEOPLE FOR JESUS CHRIST. 00:14:30.50\00:14:36.53 I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE HERE TO THANK OUR VIEWERS. 00:14:38.86\00:14:43.03 YOU HAVE JUST HEARD PASTOR VICTOR SAM MENTIONING THAT FIFTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED 00:14:43.03\00:14:50.96 AND FIFTY NEW BELIEVERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE FAMILY OF GOD. 00:14:50.96\00:14:55.00 WHILE YOU ARE WATCHING WOULD YOU JUST SAY 00:14:55.00\00:14:57.23 "AMEN" SITTING RIGHT THERE AS YOU ARE WATCHING? 00:14:57.23\00:15:02.03 OUR GOD IS DOING MIRACLES. 00:15:02.03\00:15:03.70 IT IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING US THE WAY HE IS OPENING UP THE DOORS. 00:15:03.70\00:15:09.03 I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE OVER ONE THOUSAND VILLAGE LEADERS 00:15:09.03\00:15:14.20 WHO HAVE NOW INVITED YOU TO SEND WORKERS. 00:15:14.20\00:15:18.33 EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 00:15:18.33\00:15:21.56 IN ANDHRA PRADESH THERE IS A GREAT OPENING FOR THE GOSPEL. 00:15:21.56\00:15:28.23 FROM TOP TO BOTTOM EVERY COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN 00:15:28.23\00:15:34.83 STUDYING GOD'S WORD IN THEIR MOTHER TONGUE. 00:15:34.83\00:15:39.26 THEY SPEAK TELUGU , THEY READ TELUGU. 00:15:39.26\00:15:42.23 THEY WANT TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE. 00:15:42.23\00:15:48.30 ONE ADVANTAGE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IS ALL OF THEM 00:15:48.60\00:15:54.30 CAN READ AND WRITE AND SPEAK TELUGU LANGUAGE. 00:15:54.30\00:15:58.40 SO FROM TOP TO BOTTOM INDIA IS A COMMUNITY-BASED COUNTRY. 00:15:58.40\00:16:04.30 ACCORDING TO CULTURE AND ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL STATUS THE COMMUNITIES ARE DIVIDED. 00:16:04.30\00:16:10.36 AT ONE STAGE HIGHER COMMUNITY PEOPLE HAVE NOT ACCEPTED THE 00:16:14.66\00:16:18.96 GOSPEL. BUT NOW THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND ALL THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM ARE 00:16:18.96\00:16:26.43 INTERESTED IN THE GOSPEL. 00:16:26.43\00:16:28.50 ONE BASIC REASON IS WE HELP PEOPLE TO REACH THEM. 00:16:28.50\00:16:33.36 WHAT YOU SAID IS RIGHT. 00:16:33.36\00:16:35.03 WE HAVE A THOUSAND INVITATIONS TO VISIT THEIR VILLAGES AND WE WANT TO SEND GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:16:35.03\00:16:41.93 WORKERS TO ALL THESE VILLAGES. 00:16:41.93\00:16:43.66 THERE IS A GREAT HARVEST ON THE WAY. 00:16:43.66\00:16:47.66 THE RESULTS WILL BE GREAT. 00:16:47.66\00:16:49.76 WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH ONE THOUSAND VILLAGES IN 2012 OR 00:16:49.76\00:16:56.40 2013. IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME FOR THIS, BUT THE CALLS ARE 00:16:56.40\00:17:00.33 THERE. PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED. 00:17:00.33\00:17:01.80 THEY ARE WILLING TO JOIN OUR CHURCH IF WE SYSTEMATICALLY WORK 00:17:01.80\00:17:05.93 AND TEACH THEM. WHEN WE APPROACH THEM TO GIVE THEM A BETTER 00:17:05.93\00:17:09.56 LIFESTYLE OF THE GOSPEL WE WILL BE ABLE TO REACH THOSE PEOPLE. 00:17:09.56\00:17:14.20 DR. SAM YOU HAVE REALLY MADE A VERY IMPORTANT POINT AND I WANT TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS HOW THEY 00:17:14.20\00:17:19.36 CAN GET INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO REACH THESE ONE THOUSAND NEW 00:17:19.36\00:17:26.56 VILLAGES FROM WHERE YOU HAVE RECEIVED INVITATIONS. 00:17:26.56\00:17:29.96 IT COSTS ABOUT $150.00 PER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PER 00:17:29.96\00:17:35.23 MONTH. I'M ENCOURAGING OUR VIEWERS TO HAVE A FAMILY ADOPT ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:17:35.23\00:17:40.13 WORKERS. WE WILL SEND A SPECIFIC REPORT TO YOU ABOUT YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WITH HIS 00:17:40.13\00:17:46.20 PICTURE AND A SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES. 00:17:56.60\00:18:00.16 YOU WILL BE KEPT INFORMED. 00:18:00.16\00:18:01.80 PERHAPS YOU ARE PART OF A SABBATH SCHOOL AND MAYBE YOUR SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS MAY WANT 00:18:01.80\00:18:07.73 TO ADOPT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:18:07.73\00:18:10.13 MAYBE YOU HAVE A FRIEND OR LOVED ONE IN WHOSE MEMORY 00:18:10.13\00:18:15.76 YOU MAY WANT TO ADOPT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:18:15.76\00:18:19.23 ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT SAID THIS BEFORE SOME OF YOU COULD PROBABLY PUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IN 00:18:19.23\00:18:25.30 YOUR WILL SO THAT PART OF YOUR WILL COULD GO TOWARDS GOSPEL OUTREACH TO SUPPORT NEW GOSPEL 00:18:27.66\00:18:34.90 OUTREACH WORKERS FOR THE AREAS WHERE GOD'S WORD HAS NOT ENTERED 00:18:34.90\00:18:40.80 YET. I ALSO SUGGEST TO PERHAPS REDO YOUR FAMILY BUDGET. 00:18:40.80\00:18:45.60 THERE IS A LITTLE STRATEGY I SHARE WITH EVERYBODY AND THAT IS TO LIST ALL THE ITEMS THAT 00:18:45.60\00:18:51.23 YOU SPENT MONEY ON LAST MONTH. 00:18:51.23\00:18:57.66 TAKE A RED PEN AND RED LINE EVERY ITEM YOU COULD HAVE LIVED 00:18:57.66\00:19:03.03 WITHOUT. THEN MAKE A NEW LIST AND THIS TIME TAKE A BLUE PEN AND GO OVER THE LIST ONE MORE 00:19:03.03\00:19:09.06 TIME AND BLUE LINE WHAT YOU COULD HAVE LIVED WITHOUT. 00:19:12.70\00:19:15.53 THEN MAKE A THIRD LIST AND THIS TIME TAKE A GREEN PEN 00:19:15.53\00:19:18.70 AND GREEN LINE ANYTHING YOU COULD HAVE WAITED FOR. 00:19:18.70\00:19:23.06 I'M A FINANCIAL PLANNER AND I DO THIS FOR A LIVING 00:19:23.06\00:19:29.56 AND TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO THEIR FAMILY BUDGETS. 00:19:29.56\00:19:32.40 I TELL YOU THEY CAN SAVE THREE TO FOUR TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS BY GOING THROUGH THIS 00:19:32.40\00:19:37.26 PRIORITIZING AND DEVELOPING THE FAMILY BUDGET. 00:19:37.26\00:19:40.06 HERE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS YOU COULD ADOPT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FROM YOUR OWN FAMILY. 00:19:40.06\00:19:46.10 I WOULD SUGGEST HAVING CHILDREN INVOLVED IN ADOPTING A GOSPEL 00:19:48.33\00:19:55.53 OUTREACH WORKER. THAT WAY WE WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE ACTIVE IN SHARING THEIR FAITH AND BEING 00:19:55.53\00:20:03.03 ACTIVE IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES IN THE 00:20:03.03\00:20:06.56 FAITH. DR. SAM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL THIS. 00:20:06.56\00:20:12.10 GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION OR SHARE SOME MORE 00:20:12.10\00:20:16.16 INFORMATION. WHAT ARE YOUR FUTURE PLANS? 00:20:16.16\00:20:17.76 WHERE DO YOU THINK YOUR UNION IS GOING IN TERMS OF EXPANDING THE 00:20:17.76\00:20:24.70 MISSION? OUR CONCENTRATION NOW IS WE HAVE 13 FIELD UNITS. 00:20:24.70\00:20:30.36 IN ALL 13 FIELD UNITS WE HAVE VILLAGES AND WE HAVE TOWNS UNENTERED WITH THE GOSPEL. 00:20:30.36\00:20:36.43 THEREFORE IN 2012 AND 2013 WE WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON THE VILLAGES WHERE WE HAVE A CALL. 00:20:38.60\00:20:44.66 WHEN WE GO THERE TO TAKE THE GOSPEL WE NEED EXTRA WORKERS FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH TEAMS. 00:20:49.30\00:20:55.36 ALONG WITH THIS 618 WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER 500 NEW GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IMMEDIATELY. 00:20:59.13\00:21:05.26 THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE NEED. 00:21:07.30\00:21:09.26 IF WE START THIS PROCESS NOW BY THE END OF 2013 WE WILL BE ABLE TO REACH ALL ONE THOUSAND 00:21:09.26\00:21:15.33 VILLAGES FROM WHERE WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY CALL. 00:21:17.46\00:21:21.30 YOU HAVE A NEW GOAL, SOMETHING CALLED "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS." 00:21:21.30\00:21:26.13 WE HAVE A GOAL OF ONE MILLION FOR JESUS BY 2015. 00:21:26.13\00:21:31.73 BY 2015 WE WANT TO REACH THIS GOAL. 00:21:31.73\00:21:36.53 ALREADY WE HAVE ONE MILLION MEMBERSHIP IN OUR UNION WITHIN 00:21:36.53\00:21:41.83 THE TWO STATES OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ORISSA. 00:21:41.83\00:21:44.80 SINCE THE OPENING IS THERE AND SINCE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SUPPORTING OUR MINISTRY IN 00:21:44.80\00:21:50.83 ANDHRA PRADESH WE HAVE NO QUESTION 00:21:50.83\00:21:53.13 AND WE HAVE NO DOUBT WE WILL CERTAINLY REACH THESE VILLAGES WITH THE GOSPEL THROUGH THE 00:21:53.13\00:21:59.20 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. BEFORE THAT WE HAVE TO CONDUCT A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR WHOMEVER WE 00:22:01.30\00:22:08.30 SELECT. AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED WE WILL SEND THEM TO THOSE VILLAGES WITH ENOUGH 00:22:08.30\00:22:15.00 BIBLES WITH THEM TO STUDY IN THE VILLAGE WITH ALL CLASSES OF 00:22:15.00\00:22:19.33 PEOPLE. THE WOMEN, CHILDREN, YOUTH, ADULTS, EVERYBODY. 00:22:19.33\00:22:22.20 WE WILL SUPPLY ENOUGH BIBLES TO THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO ENTER 00:22:22.20\00:22:28.23 INTO NEW VILLAGES WHERE THERE IS NO WORD OF GOD. 00:22:30.36\00:22:33.46 THEY WILL SIT AROUND IN THE NIGHT, THEY WILL SIT AROUND DURING THE DAYTIME AND THEY SIT 00:22:33.46\00:22:38.36 AROUND ANYTIME THEY CAN ALONG WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND OPEN THE SCRIPTURES AND 00:22:38.36\00:22:45.93 READ THE GOSPEL TO THEM AND MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN LIVE A BETTER LIFE IN THIS 00:22:45.93\00:22:51.10 PARTICULARLY LOST AND DARK WORLD. 00:22:51.10\00:22:54.16 DR. SAM YOU ALSO TOLD ME SOME OF THE FIGURES. 00:22:54.16\00:22:56.73 WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO DO SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICE-BASED 00:22:56.73\00:23:02.53 MINISTRIES? I WANT TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT AS WE MENTIONED A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CAN BE 00:23:02.53\00:23:08.06 ADOPTED FOR JUST $150.00 A MONTH. 00:23:08.06\00:23:10.66 WHAT A GREAT INVESTMENT THAT IS. 00:23:10.66\00:23:12.60 IT'S ABOUT SIX DOLLARS PER SOUL. 00:23:12.60\00:23:15.33 INVESTING SIX DOLLARS YOU CAN SAVE A SOUL. 00:23:15.33\00:23:19.40 ALSO TO SET UP A SEWING CENTER 00:23:19.40\00:23:24.50 IS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ONE TIME 00:23:24.50\00:23:28.33 INVESTMENT. THAT WOULD TRAIN TEN GIRLS EVERY SIX MONTHS. 00:23:28.33\00:23:35.06 SO IN A YEAR WE CAN HAVE TWENTY ADVENTIST FAMILIES BECOME SELF 00:23:35.06\00:23:41.66 SUFFICIENT. WHAT A GREAT INVESTMENT. 00:23:41.66\00:23:43.23 THAT IS WHAT STRENGTHENS OUR CHURCH. 00:23:43.23\00:23:45.70 MAYBE A FAMILY WOULD ADOPT A SEWING CENTER IN THE MEMORY OF A 00:23:45.70\00:23:50.80 LOVED ONE OR JUST IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY. 00:23:50.80\00:23:52.40 ANOTHER BIG NEED THAT YOU MENTIONED TO ME WAS THE SETTING UP OF SAFE DRINKING WATER. 00:23:52.40\00:23:58.60 IT WAS AT JACOB'S WELL WHERE JESUS MET A PERSON IN NEED. 00:24:02.30\00:24:06.16 TO ESTABLISH A SAFE DRINKING WATER WELL IN A VILLAGE 00:24:08.40\00:24:13.20 WOULD INVITE THE ENTIRE VILLAGE TO COME THERE. 00:24:13.20\00:24:17.90 WHAT A GREAT SERVICE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS. 00:24:17.90\00:24:20.56 THAT'S ABOUT TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SET UP A SAFE DRINKING WATER WELL. 00:24:20.56\00:24:25.66 I THINK THAT IS AWESOME. 00:24:27.60\00:24:30.06 THEN YOU MENTIONED THAT TO BUY A BIBLE FOR A NEW BELIEVER IS ONLY FIVE DOLLARS PER PERSON. 00:24:30.06\00:24:36.13 I THINK THESE ARE REAL GREAT WAYS TO MAKE OUR WORK STRONGER AND EXPAND THE VISION. 00:24:38.26\00:24:44.33 THIS "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS," THIS IS REALLY AWESOME. 00:24:47.23\00:24:51.40 I'M TOLD THAT YOUR STATE MAY SOMEDAY BECOME THE FIRST 00:24:51.40\00:24:57.73 CHRISTIAN STATE. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 00:24:57.73\00:24:58.90 THE AVENUE IS SO WIDE OPEN. 00:24:58.90\00:25:03.13 I WANT TO THANK OUR VIEWERS FOR THEIR DEDICATED LIFE, FOR THEIR CONSISTENT PRAYERS. 00:25:03.13\00:25:08.40 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT WE NEED DAILY CONSISTENT PRAYER TO SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL 00:25:08.40\00:25:14.46 OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:25:17.50\00:25:19.00 WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WORKING UNDER MANY, MANY TRYING 00:25:19.00\00:25:24.23 CIRCUMSTANCES. SOME OF THEM ARE AT TIMES HAULED AWAY TO PRISON 00:25:24.23\00:25:31.10 AND BEATEN. SOME OF THEM ARE CRITICIZED BY OTHER NONSEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 00:25:31.10\00:25:38.50 WORKERS. THEIR WORK BECOMES VERY VERY TOUGH. 00:25:38.50\00:25:40.90 HOWEVER, FOR RECEIVING VERY LITTLE SALARY THEY ARE DOING 00:25:40.90\00:25:48.76 AWESOME WORK. THAT'S WHY WE CALL THEM VOLUNTEERS. 00:25:48.76\00:25:50.60 ALSO YOU HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT IS VERY VERY SUPPORTIVE. 00:25:50.60\00:25:58.00 I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE HAD A LITTLE PART IN YOUR UNION 00:25:58.00\00:26:05.10 TO WORK WITH YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:26:05.10\00:26:07.50 THIS LAST FEBRUARY WE HELD THE GOSPEL OUTREACH TRAINING FOR 600 00:26:07.50\00:26:13.56 OF YOUR DELEGATES. WE ALSO HELD A YOUTH CONGRESS. 00:26:14.76\00:26:16.66 THE EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION IS DEVELOPING A VERY COMPREHENSIVE 00:26:16.66\00:26:22.73 PLAN. SO YOU HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WORKING WITH THE YOUTH IN THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA. 00:26:26.36\00:26:32.43 THEN HAVING WOMEN TRAINED. 00:26:33.46\00:26:37.36 MANY OF OUR CHURCHES ARE FULL OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 00:26:37.36\00:26:40.66 HAVING GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTED BY WOMEN AND CHILDREN IS A GREAT 00:26:40.66\00:26:46.70 IDEA. WE HAVE NOT UTILIZED THESE TWO GROUPS EFFECTIVELY, BUT WE 00:26:48.40\00:26:52.76 PLAN TO. I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING WITH US AND BRINGING THE REPORT DIRECTLY 00:26:53.90\00:26:57.90 FROM THE FIELD. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR VIEWERS. 00:26:58.50\00:27:00.23 CLOSING MUSIC. 00:27:00.23\00:27:12.00 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 00:27:17.73\00:27:20.66 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY. 00:27:20.66\00:27:24.03 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 00:27:24.03\00:27:27.13 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:27:27.13\00:27:29.50 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 00:27:29.50\00:27:32.63 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 00:27:32.63\00:27:38.30 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 00:27:38.30\00:27:41.80 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 00:27:41.80\00:27:43.80 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:27:43.80\00:27:45.26 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:27:45.26\00:27:48.30 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:48.30\00:27:52.26 WHERE? 00:27:52.26\00:27:53.56 ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:53.56\00:27:55.13 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 00:27:55.13\00:27:57.26 YOU CAN PRAY. 00:27:57.26\00:27:59.90 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 00:27:59.90\00:28:05.60 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 00:28:05.60\00:28:07.60 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:28:07.60\00:28:10.93 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 00:28:10.93\00:28:14.40 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 00:28:14.40\00:28:16.93 BE THE SPARK. 00:28:16.93\00:28:17.90 LIGHT THE FIRE. 00:28:17.90\00:28:19.30 FINISH THE WORK. 00:28:19.30\00:28:20.86 FINISH THE WORK. 00:28:20.86\00:28:21.86