Participants: Don Halenz
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000422
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00:02 OPENING MUSIC.
00:22 HELLO EVERYBODY. 00:23 I'M DELIGHTED TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN WITH YOU 00:25 FOR ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 00:27 THIS IS THE PLACE, YOU KNOW THIS BY NOW, WHERE WHEN YOU TUNE IN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 00:32 FRONTLINE STORIES OF WORLD MISSIONS AS BROUGHT TO YOU BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:36 AS I'VE ALREADY INDICATED GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BECOME VERY SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE 00:42 LOTS OF FRIENDS WHOM I GET TO CONNECT WITH HERE. 00:45 TODAY I'M MAKING A NEW FRIEND. 00:48 THAT'S WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL ABOUT TOO BECAUSE WE'RE A FAMILY AND WE RELATE ON THE 00:57 COMMON APPEAL OF WORLD MISSIONS--LETTING THE WORLD KNOW WHO JESUS IS. 01:04 MY FRIEND TODAY, MY NEW FRIEND, IS DON HALENZ. 01:10 BLESS YOUR HEART, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE DON. 01:12 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:13 IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY. 01:15 HE IS, AS OF THIS TAPING IN THE SPRING OF 2012, THE NEWEST LEADER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:23 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HIS KIND OF LEADERSHIP HE IS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR 01:28 FOR ONE OF THE AREAS OF MINISTRY THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY 01:34 FOR IN A PART OF THE 10/40 WINDOW. 01:37 YOU'VE HEARD ALL ABOUT THAT LOTS OF TIMES SO WE'LL NOT GO INTO LONG DETAILS ABOUT THAT. 01:41 I WANT TO WELCOME DON AND THE FIRST THING DON, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR TERRITORY. 01:47 THANK YOU. 01:48 IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 01:49 I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO BE ASSIGNED TO SOUTH INDIA, 01:53 THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE CONTINENT APPROXIMATELY. 01:56 THE TERRITORY CUTS ACROSS SEVERAL STATES-- 01:58 KARNATAKA , CHENNAI ONE OF THE CITIES ALSO SRI LANKA . 02:05 CAN'T FORGET THEM. 02:07 SRI LANKA IS INCLUDED. 02:11 NOW AS WE HEARD THAT AND YOU SAID SOUTH OF INDIA THAT JUST GIVES US IMAGES OF THAT MAP AND 02:18 WE CAN GET SOME IDEA OF WHERE YOUR WORK IS. 02:21 YOU ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS TERRITORY BECAUSE? 02:24 BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE LORD AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO ANYTHING I CAN 02:32 TO HELP HIS COMING BE SOONER. 02:34 I HAVE A BURDEN FOR SOULS. 02:37 I WASN'T TRAINED AS A SOUL WINNER BUT THAT'S REALLY FOR EVERYBODY. 02:42 AMEN. 02:43 ALL ARE MINISTERS IN THE KINGDOM. 02:45 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:47 I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE FASCINATING FOR OUR VIEWERS TO KNOW WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS A 02:52 LITTLE BIT. 02:53 YOU'RE A TEACHER. 02:53 YES, I'VE BEEN A TEACHER FOR MOST OF MY LIFE. 02:56 I TAUGHT CHEMISTRY AT A COUPLE OF COLLEGES 02:58 IN THE STATES AT ANDREWS AND AT PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE. 03:02 WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO SERVE OVERSEAS AS MISSIONARIES. 03:04 I WAS CALLED AS A CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR TO PHILIPPINE UNION COLLEGE AND WOUND UP TEACHING 03:10 THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 03:11 WENT TO MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE, DID ADMINISTRATION AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 03:14 WAS IN INDONESIA FOR SIX MONTHS. 03:16 MOVED TO SINGAPORE SOUTHEAST ASIA UNION COLLEGE. 03:18 GREAT EXPERIENCES. 03:19 WE'VE BEEN BLESSED. 03:21 AS I OBSERVE WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, ONCE YOU HAVE A TASTE OF THAT KIND OF 03:28 MINISTRY IT GETS IN YOUR BLOOD. 03:31 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:32 AND YOU JUST WAIT FOR THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED IN MISSIONS. 03:37 YOUR REFERENCE TO MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE AND PHILIPPINE UNION COLLEGE IS FASCINATING TO ME 03:45 PERSONALLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAVE A DEAR FRIEND BY THE NAME OF DON NELSON, 03:52 DR. DON NELSON WHO IS A SON OF THE LATE DR. ANDREW NELSON WHO WAS A LEADING FOUNDER OF 04:01 MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE AND HE WAS ALSO A PRESIDENT OF PHILIPPINE UNION COLLEGE FOR A 04:07 PERIOD OF TIME. 04:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:09 NOW YOU WERE PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THOSE COLLEGES. 04:13 YES, I WAS PRESIDENT OF MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 04:16 I UNDERSTAND THAT IS A GLORIOUS PIECE OF REAL ESTATE THERE. 04:21 IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE. 04:23 ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVED ABOUT THAT WAS THE PEOPLE SEEMED TO HAVE A DEDICATED VIEW OF 04:28 SERVICE TO THE LORD THERE AT MOUNTAIN VIEW. 04:29 THERE WAS A LOT OF MISSIONARY ACTIVITY FROM THAT SCHOOL-- LOCAL. 04:33 AND THE SULADS AND OTHER THINGS ARE STILL GOING ON THERE. 04:36 I HAVE MET DARYL FAMISARAN. 04:40 IN FACT HE HAS BEEN RIGHT HERE IN THIS STUDIO WITH US AND WE HAD A VISIT ABOUT SULADS. 04:49 SO I AM QUICK TO COME UP WITH SULAD STORIES. 04:52 IN FACT I SPOKE AT A CHURCH YESTERDAY AND ONE OF MY MAIN ILLUSTRATIONS WAS SOME OF THE 04:59 EXPERIENCES OF THE SULADS. 05:01 VERY EXCITING. 05:03 I CAN SAY, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE BRAND NEW, YOU ARE A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH THAT KIND 05:10 OF ORIENTATION AND BACKGROUND. 05:13 YOU'VE BROUGHT ALONG SOME PICTURES FOR US. 05:15 YES I HAVE A FEW. 05:16 YOU VISITED IN YOUR NEW TERRITORY THERE. 05:18 YES. 05:20 I'M SURE YOU NEVER IMAGINED YOU WOULD SEE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE SEEN AND EXPERIENCE, 05:27 AND YOU GET TO BE THE LIAISON WITH THE OFFICE HERE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR FIELD. 05:33 THAT'S RIGHT. 05:34 SO WHERE DO WE START WITH THE PICTURES? 05:35 I STARTED OUT WITH MY FIRST VISIT IN KOLAR WHICH WAS FAIRLY CLOSE TO BANGALORE AND MET WITH 05:43 THE CHURCH LEADERS THERE. 05:44 THEY HAVE A VERY NICE NEW REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE BUILDING. 05:48 IT'S A GOOD PLACE. 05:50 WE CAN BE PROUD OF THE WORK WHICH IS HAPPENING THERE IN THAT PLACE. 05:54 THE THING THAT MADE ME SO ENTHUSIASTIC WAS THE WORKERS THERE. 05:59 THESE PEOPLE CAME IN FULL OF ENTHUSIASM. 06:02 THEY WERE SO HAPPY. 06:03 IN THIS PARTICULAR SHOT THEY ARE CLAPPING THEIR HANDS. 06:06 THEY HAD ONLY A TAMBOURINE. 06:10 THEY ARE SINGING LUSTILY. 06:11 IT JUST PUTS YOU ON FIRE TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE 06:12 BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH A GREAT GROUP OF WORKERS. 06:15 THESES ARE ALL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FROM SEVERAL AREAS THAT CAME IN THERE. 06:19 YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF A CRUDE STATEMENT BUT WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THAT KIND OF 06:21 SITUATION, WOW, HAVE I ALREADY BEEN TRANSLATED! 06:25 THE ENTHUSIASM OF THESE WONDERFUL LOCAL WORKERS IS INDEED CATCHING. 06:31 IT'S WONDERFUL YES. 06:32 IT REALLY IS. 06:34 WE HAD TO GET AROUND TO SEVERAL PLACES IN OUR FIELD AND WE TRAVELED BY BUS SOMETIMES. 06:39 WE WERE ON THIS PARTICULAR BUS FOR EIGHT HOURS. 06:41 AN INTERESTING TRIP. 06:43 WE ALSO RODE IN THESE THREE-WHEELED MOTORCYCLES. 06:47 THEY ARE TRICYCLE THINGS. 06:49 THEY ARE QUITE AN EXPERIENCE AND YOU ARE SORT OF CROWDED IN THERE BUT THEY ARE VERY GOOD 06:52 BECAUSE THEY CAN GET THROUGH THE LITTLE NARROW STREETS QUITE NICELY. 06:55 YOU'LL SEE THAT HERE. 06:57 OH WOW. 06:58 LOOK AT THAT. 06:59 THIS LITTLE CLIP HERE OF GOING THROUGH THE CITY STREETS. 07:04 YOU GET AN IDEA OF HOW CROWDED IT IS THERE. 07:07 YOU SEE THE CITY STREETS ARE JUST BUSY WITH ACTIVITY. 07:10 PEOPLE GOING HERE, GOING THERE, BUSY ALL THE TIME GOING ABOUT THEIR WORK, 07:14 HAPPY IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 07:17 I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS MAN WHO IS IN THE KOLAR DISTRICT WHERE I WAS. 07:22 THIS MAN IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 07:24 I ASKED HIM HOW DO YOU GET STARTED, HOW DO YOU MEET PEOPLE. 07:30 HOW DO YOU GET WORKING? 07:33 HE SAID THIS IS WHAT I DO. 07:35 I WENT DOWN TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL. 07:37 I TALKED WITH THE SCHOOL CHILDREN. 07:39 SOMETIMES THE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS WEREN'T REALLY GOOD AND THE STUDENTS DIDN'T THINK 07:45 THEY WERE LEARNING SO I OFFERED TO GIVE THEM FREE TUITION, TUTOR THEM IN THEIR LESSONS AT 07:50 NO CHARGE TO THEM. 07:52 THEY ACCEPTED SO HE STARTED TUTORING STUDENTS. 07:54 HE WORKED WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. 07:57 THEN HE GOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE PARENTS AND THAT LEAD TO BIBLE STUDIES. 08:01 THIS WAS A HINDU COMMUNITY NOW, THESE WERE NOT CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. 08:05 AS A RESULT OF THE STUDENTS AND WORKING WITH THE PARENTS THERE WERE 53 BAPTISMS IN THAT PLACE. 08:13 THAT'S MARVELOUS. 08:14 YOU INDEED THOUGHT THIS IS A NEW WORLD BECAUSE HERE IN NORTH AMERICA 08:19 WE HAVEN'T SEEN ENOUGH OF THAT. 08:21 OH YES. 08:22 GOD'S BLESSING IS POURED OUT IN MANY MANY WAYS AND WE REJOICE. 08:27 BUT TO GO THERE AND SEE THAT YOU KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING AMONG THE PEOPLE. 08:33 YES YOU DO. 08:34 THAT'S TRUE. 08:35 I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU TO THE CITY OF CHENNAI . 08:38 THESE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THAT CITY. 08:42 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE? 08:44 WE HAVE 89 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN MY TERRITORY IN SOUTH INDIA. 08:50 THERE ARE THREE IN SRI LANKA. 08:53 SO IT'S A LARGE GROUP. 08:54 IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE YOU'LL NOTICE THERE ARE A LOT OF LADIES IN THIS PICTURE. 08:58 WHY ARE THERE SO MANY LADIES? 09:00 THERE ARE A FEW MEN FURTHER OUT THERE. 09:02 WELL, THESE PEOPLE GO OUT AND WORK IN THE HOMES IN THE CITIES. 09:06 IT'S EASY FOR THE LADIES TO GET INTO THE HOMES TO WORK WITH THE OTHER LADIES. 09:10 THEN THEY CAN BE A BRIDGE TO CONVERT THE HUSBANDS. 09:13 SO WE HAVE A LOT OF LADIES. 09:15 HERE IS HOW THEY DO IT. 09:17 THERE ARE 24 WORKERS IN CHENNAI AND THEY ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS OF EIGHT. 09:21 AT THE FIRST OF THE WEEK THEY MEET FOR BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER 09:26 AND ASK FOR THE LORD TO BE WITH THEM. 09:28 THEN THEY BREAK INTO THEIR VARIOUS GROUPS AND SPEND THE FIRST MONTH VISITING JUST 09:33 MAKING FRIENDS. 09:35 THE SECOND MONTH IS SPENT IN BIBLE STUDY. 09:38 THE THIRD MONTH IS SPENT IN EVANGELISTIC WORK AND EVANGELISTIC ACTIVITIES. 09:42 THE FOURTH MONTH IS SPENT IN FOLLOW UP. 09:45 THEN THEY ARE READY TO MOVE TO A NEW AREA. 09:47 SO THEY CONTINUE ON THE MOVE AND ARE ALWAYS ENTERING NEW TERRITORY. 09:52 IT'S MARVELOUS AND WE'VE HAD IN THAT CITY LAST YEAR 09:55 ABOUT 600 BAPTISMS FROM THESE LADY WORKERS. 09:59 THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE THE WAY YOU'VE EXPLAINED THIS THAT THEY HAVE A SYSTEMATIC--IT ISN'T HIT 10:05 AND MISS, IT ISN'T LET'S TRY THIS, THEY HAVE A SYSTEMATIC PLAN. 10:09 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:10 AND CERTAINLY THE WORK OF THE KINGDOM OUGHT TO BE AN ORDERLY PROCESS. 10:14 THAT'S AN ILLUSTRATION OF THAT. 10:16 BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR REFERENCE TO THE CHILDREN. 10:21 I THINK THAT WAS SO PROFOUND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING THERE. 10:28 I'VE HEARD OTHERS SAY IF WE CAN ACCESS THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN WE HAVE NATURAL 10:36 ACCESS TO THE HEARTS OF THEIR PARENTS. 10:41 IF THE CHILDREN ARE RESPONSIVE THE PARENTS ARE NATURALLY INCLINED TO BE RESPONSIVE. 10:46 AGAIN, GOD'S BLESSING UPON IT IS EVIDENT IN WHAT YOU HAVE REPORTED. 10:51 THE CHILDREN ARE PERCEPTIVE. 10:52 THEY KNOW WHO THE FRIENDS ARE AND WHO THE SHYSTERS ARE. 10:54 WHEN YOU MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE CHILDREN 10:56 AND YOU'RE AN HONEST STRAIGHT-FORWARD PERSON IT'S A POWERFUL THING. 10:59 NOW LISTEN, I DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS YOU DON BUT I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION THAT HAS 11:05 OCCURRED TO ME AS I SAW SOME OF THE PICTURES THERE. 11:08 GOD HAS BLESSED YOU WITH AN IMPOSING STATURE. 11:13 YOU'RE TALL-6 FOOT WHAT? 11:15 SIX FOOT FOUR AND A HALF. 11:16 WOW! 11:17 AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE THERE ARE MUCH MUCH SHORTER. 11:21 JUST FROM A HUMAN POINT OF VIEW HOW DID THEY-WOW, DID YOU SEE HIM-YOU KNOW. 11:27 WELL, THERE WAS SOME OF THAT YES. 11:30 I NOTICED THAT THERE. 11:32 I OBVIOUSLY STOOD HEAD AND SHOULDERS OVER MOST OF THEM. 11:36 THEY WERE VERY POLITE TO ME I WOULD SAY. 11:40 THEY WERE EASY TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH BY AND LARGE. 11:43 RIDING ON THE TRAIN FOR EXAMPLE I WAS ON THE TRAIN WITH SOME DOCTORS. 11:48 THEY WERE GOING TO A MEDICAL MEETING AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THEM. 11:53 THEY SEEMED TO RESPECT ME AND I RESPECTED THEM AND WE HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. 11:58 IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE. 11:59 I JUST THINK IT HAS BEEN A BLESSING 12:01 FOR YOU TO BE TALL BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MISS YOU THEN. 12:08 THAT'S TRUE. 12:09 TO KNOW THAT THEY RESPECTED YOUR LEADERSHIP IS AN INSPIRATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT. 12:14 ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT PICTURE. 12:16 THIS IS A PICTURE ALSO IN CHENNAI. 12:19 THE SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION HAS ESTABLISHED THERE A MEDIA CENTER. 12:22 THEY HAVE A TELEVISION CENTER AND CAMERAS. 12:24 I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK BEING DONE AT THAT CENTER. 12:28 THIS IS JUST A SHOT OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. 12:31 I SEE THE HOPE LOGO ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. 12:35 THAT'S RIGHT. 12:36 THE HOPE LOGO IS ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. 12:39 THE WORK IS BEING DONE LARGELY AS A VOLUNTEER THING. 12:42 THE FELLOW IN CHARGE IS PASTOR DR. JOHNSON. 12:46 HE HAS A BURDEN FOR THE TELEVISION WORK. 12:48 HE IS ALSO THE SUPERVISOR FOR ALL 12:52 OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SO IT'S ALL EVANGELISM WITH HIM. 12:55 HE IS ACTUALLY BEING PAID, I UNDERSTAND, 12:58 AS A PASTOR FOR A LOCAL CHURCH WHERE HE IS ASSISTANT PASTOR. 13:04 HIS BURDEN IS TO DO TELEVISION. 13:06 TELEVISION AND GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:08 SO HE IS DOING A FINE JOB. 13:11 HERE HE IS IN THE STUDIO. 13:12 IT'S A FINE STUDIO. 13:14 I DON'T KNOW THE TELEVISION BUSINESS BUT TO ME IT LOOKED GOOD. 13:18 HE IS DOING A VERY FINE JOB. 13:19 A VERY ENERGETIC FELLOW. 13:21 JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW SERIOUS HE IS ABOUT THIS, OUT IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING 13:26 THERE WAS THIS LARGE GENERATOR. 13:28 I'VE USED GENERATORS AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE SO I KNEW GENERATORS. 13:31 I SAID THIS IS A BIG DEAL. 13:34 THIS IS LIKE A 125 KVA GENERATOR. 13:36 HE SAID YES SIR. 13:37 I SAID WHAT DO YOU NEED THAT FOR, YOU HAVE CITY POWER. 13:41 HE SAID WHEN WE ARE DOING TAPING WE BRING WORKERS IN FROM ALL OVER INDIA TO TAPE. 13:46 WHEN I'VE BROUGHT THEM IN FROM HUNDREDS OF MILES I CAN'T HAVE A POWER FAILURE. 13:50 WE HAVE TO HAVE POWER SO THE PROGRAMS CAN BE DONE. 13:54 THEY BROADCAST IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 13:56 IT'S A WONDERFUL THING THAT HE IS DOING. 13:58 I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THAT WORK. 14:00 INDEED. 14:02 THAT IS A GREAT BLESSING AND THE PEOPLE IN INDIA AS WELL AS EVERY PLACE ELSE ON THE PLANET 14:07 ARE GOING TO KNOW THE RELEVANCE OF THIS WORK BECAUSE OF THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE PROGRAMS 14:12 THEY ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE. 14:13 NOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO AWAY, ARE YOU GOING AWAY FROM CHENNAI YET? 14:16 NO, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE. 14:18 OKAY, LET'S GO. 14:20 I TOOK ANOTHER SHOT HERE. 14:22 THIS IS A CITY VIEW OR CHENNAI SHOT FROM ST. THOMAS MOUNT. 14:27 THIS IS A BIG CITY. 14:31 I LOOKED UP THE OTHER DAY THAT IT HAS A POPULATION OF 4.68 MILLION PEOPLE. 14:36 TO GIVE YOU A POINT OF REFERENCE, CHICAGO IS ABOUT 2.5 MILLION. 14:40 THIS IS A HUGE PLACE AND WE HAVE 24 WORKERS ALL OVER THIS CITY. 14:45 THIS PLACE IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THOMAS THE APOSTLE OF CHRIST CAME HERE, 14:50 ACCORDING TO LEGEND, TO EVANGELIZE. 14:52 THE REST OF THE APOSTLES STAYED AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA. 15:01 HE CAME TO INDIA AS AN EVANGELIST AND AS AN APOSTLE. 15:05 IT WAS ON THIS SITE WHERE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN OR VERY CLOSE TO IT THAT HE WAS ASSASSINATED. 15:09 SO HE GAVE HIS LIFE HERE. 15:10 I'M SO GRATEFUL YOU BROUGHT US TO THIS DON BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THE BLESSING OF BECOMING 15:13 ACQUAINTED WITH PEOPLE FROM INDIA. 15:15 SOME OF THEM ARE NOT CHRISTIANS BUT THEY IDENTIFY WITH CHRISTIANITY BECAUSE OF THE 15:23 HISTORY OF ST. THOMAS HAVING COME THERE AND BEGIN TO TEACH SPIRITUAL THINGS THAT HAD NOT 15:31 BEEN A PART OF THEIR CULTURE BEFORE THAT. 15:34 I EVEN UNDERSTAND, SOMEBODY WAS EXPLAINING THIS TO ME, THAT MANY OF THE TERMS THAT ARE USED 15:42 IN CERTAIN NONCHRISTIAN RELIGIONS HAVE SOMEHOW BEEN BORROWED OR ADAPTED IN SOME WAY 15:51 FROM THE VALUES OF CHRISTIANITY AND HENCE MY CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. 15:57 THEY SAY THEY KNOW ABOUT THAT BECAUSE OF ST. THOMAS. 16:01 HE MADE A REAL IMPACT THERE I BELIEVE. 16:03 TODAY THE WORK THAT PROBABLY EVEN GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING IS SOMEHOW BASED UPON THE 16:11 FOUNDATION THAT HE LAID. 16:12 YES. 16:13 AN EARLY MISSIONARY AND WE GIVE HIM THANKS. 16:16 WE RESPECT HIM. 16:17 WELL, THERE IS ALSO THE RURAL AREA. 16:20 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE CITIES. 16:23 THIS IS A SHOT OF ONE OF THE TEA PLANTATIONS. 16:27 YOU FIND THESE ALL OVER PARTS OF KERALA AND ALSO IN SRI LANKA . 16:33 THESE ARE GENERALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 16:35 MANY OF THESE WERE PLANTED BY THE BRITISH 200 YEARS AGO. 16:40 THERE ARE WORKERS WORKING IN THESE TEA PLANTATIONS. 16:44 MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE RECEPTIVE TO THE GOSPEL. 16:47 WE HAVE BEGUN ESTABLISHING WORK IN THESE AREAS WHERE THESE TEA PLANTATIONS ARE. 16:53 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THESE RURAL AREAS? 16:56 WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO THAT I KNOW OF IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. 17:01 WE DO HAVE ONE WORKER HERE. 17:04 HE IS COMING UP THE PATH IN THE LITTLE VIDEO SHOT. 17:08 HIS NAME IS MICHAEL. 17:10 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER GOING IN TO MINISTER TO THESE PEOPLE ON THE TEA PLANTATION. 17:15 IT IS SORT OF A RURAL AREA THERE. 17:20 HERE IS MICHAEL APPROACHING THE HOME, THE PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT. 17:23 IT IS A VERY HUMBLE HOME. 17:25 THERE IS ANOTHER SHOT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. 17:27 HE IS GOING IN THERE. 17:28 HE HAS RAISED UP A LITTLE CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE THERE IN THIS PLANTATION. 17:33 IT'S A GOOD WORK, A VERY HUMBLE SITUATION, DIRT FLOORS, BUT THE PEOPLE ARE RECEPTIVE AND THEY 17:41 ARE WARM AND FRIENDLY. 17:42 WHEN WE WENT THERE THEY GREETED US, THEY WERE SO WARM AND FRIENDLY. 17:45 IF MY WIFE WAS HERE WITH ME SHE WOULD WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL SHE MET THERE. 17:52 SHE JUST LOVED THE CHILD. 17:53 YOU GOT TO GO RIGHT IN THEIR HOME? 17:54 THAT'S RIGHT. 17:55 THIS WAS ONE OF THE HIGH SPOTS OF OUR VISIT TO BE ABLE TO VISIT 17:59 IN THE HOMES A COUPLE OF PLACES. 18:00 WE DID THIS IN TWO PLACES WITH THIS PARTICULAR WORKER. 18:03 AFTER YOU HAVE GOTTEN TO DO THAT DON I'M GOING TO SAY BECAUSE I'VE HEARD IT FROM 18:07 OTHERS, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE JUST THE SAME AGAIN. 18:11 NO, IT CHANGES YOU. 18:12 THE COMPARISON WITH OUR WESTERN WAY OF LIFE WHICH-WELL, WE WON'T GO THERE VERY FAR, 18:18 AND WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD SEEMS TO EXPERIENCE. 18:23 TO THINK THAT OUR LORD JESUS HAS A MESSAGE THAT HE WANTS TO GO TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE 18:31 AND NOT JUST IN OUR MORE SECURE ENVIRONMENT. 18:34 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:36 WE HAVE ANOTHER SHOT HERE. 18:37 THIS IS THE LITTLE HOUSE WHERE YOU SAW MICHAEL GOING IN. 18:41 HERE HE IS GATHERED WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HE IS WORKING WITH. 18:45 IT'S SUCH AN ENCOURAGEMENT. 18:46 WHEN WE WENT IN THERE THEY ASKED US TO PRAY FOR THEM. 18:49 IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. 18:51 I APPRECIATED IT. 18:53 I'LL SHOW YOU ONE MORE SHOT A LITTLE BIT LATER BUT THIS MAN IS WORKING WITH 12 HOUSE 18:59 CHURCHES LIKE THIS ALTOGETHER. 19:02 WE SAID HOW DO YOU GET AROUND? 19:03 HE VISITS THREE EACH SABBATH, GOES ON A ROTATION 19:06 SO IN A MONTH HE GETS AROUND TO ALL OF THEM. 19:08 BUT HE IS REALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE WORKING. 19:11 DOES HE HAVE TRANSPORTATION THAT HE CAN DEPEND ON? 19:15 NOT REALLY. 19:16 HE HAS TO GO BY BUS. 19:18 HE HAS TO WALK SOMETIMES. 19:20 I WAS TOLD HE HAD A MOTORCYCLE BUT IT'S NOT OPERABLE ANY LONGER. 19:24 I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD DO SOMETHING FOR HIM. 19:28 HE HAS TO GO WAY OUT THERE AND VISIT THESE PEOPLE. 19:32 AS I SAID, WE WERE GOING TO VISIT THREE ON ONE SABBATH. 19:37 THERE IS A SHOT A LITTLE BIT LATER OF ANOTHER GROUP OF HIS. 19:40 THE THIRD VISIT WE NEVER MADE BECAUSE THE ROAD WAS SO STEEP AND SO TREACHEROUS THE MISSION 19:46 MAN WHO WAS WITH US SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THERE. 19:48 THE SWITCHBACKS WERE SO SHARP AND IT WAS AT NIGHT. 19:52 WE HAD TO BACK UP AND TURN AND IT WAS DANGEROUS. 19:54 IF WE HAD GONE OVER THE EDGE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TREACHEROUS. 19:56 BUT HE GOES OUT THERE AND MEETS WITH THESE PEOPLE. 19:59 THIS IS A LITTLE SHOT OF THE VILLAGE OUT IN FRONT THERE. 20:03 NOW THIS IS ON A PLANTATION? 20:05 THIS IS ON A PLANTATION. 20:07 THESE ARE WORKERS AND THIS IS IN THE HOME WHERE HE IS WORKING. 20:12 THERE'S A FELLOW BACK THERE SPLITTING WOOD, JUST LIFE GOING ALONG. 20:15 THIS IS THE SECOND GROUP WITH MICHAEL THAT HE IS WORKING WITH. 20:20 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER DOING A MARVELOUS WORK, A STRONG WORKER FOR THE LORD. 20:25 I JUST HOPE THE MISSION CAN SUPPLY OTHER HELP SO HE CAN MOVE ON EVENTUALLY TO OTHER 20:30 PLACES WHEN HE GETS THESE ESTABLISHED. 20:32 WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE WORK HE IS DOING THERE. 20:34 LET'S PROCEED SO WE DON'T LOSE OUT ON ANY OF YOUR PICTURES. 20:38 WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE. 20:39 I THINK THIS MAY BE THE LAST ONE. 20:42 THIS IS ANOTHER WORKER. 20:43 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS ON THE FAR RIGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE. 20:49 THIS IS THE GROUP THAT HE HAS RAISED UP. 20:52 THESE ARE ALSO TEA PLANTATION WORKERS. 20:55 HE IS WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE. 20:57 HE GOES IN THERE AND MEETS WITH THEM EVERY WEEK VERY FAITHFULLY. 21:01 HE IS A FAITHFUL WORKER FOR THE LORD. 21:06 YOU KNOW AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN THE RURAL AREA 21:10 WHERE THE TEA PLANTATIONS ARE. 21:12 YES. 21:13 AND TWENTY FOUR YOU SAY IN THE CITY OF CHENNAI. 21:16 YES THERE ARE 24 WORKERS IN THE CITY OF CHENNAI ITSELF. 21:18 WE'VE GOT 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE THERE. 21:20 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:21 IT'S HUGE. 21:22 AND WE'VE GOT 2.5 BILLION PEOPLE IN INDIA. 21:25 IT'S A HUGE POPULATION. 21:26 YOU GO IN AND SEE ALL THESE MASSES OF PEOPLE AT THE TRAIN STATION. 21:31 YOU THINK HOW ARE WE GOING TO REACH ALL THESE PEOPLE FOR THE LORD? 21:36 IT'S A TREMENDOUS TASK. 21:38 I THINK IT'S RON WATTS WHO HAS SAID THE HARVEST IS RIPE IN INDIA AND IF WE DON'T GET THERE 21:46 TO HELP HARVEST IT IS JUST GOING TO FALL OFF THE TREE. 21:51 WE CANNOT ALLOW THOUGHTLESS, FORGETFUL DEVELOPMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE INTEREST THERE. 22:02 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:03 WHEN YOU SEE THESE IT PULLS AT YOUR HEART STRINGS 22:07 WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THESE PEOPLE. 22:09 THEY ARE BEING BORN, AS I LOOK UP THE STATISTICS, ABOUT 51 PEOPLE EVERY MINUTE IN INDIA. 22:15 FIFTY ONE EVERY MINUTE. 22:17 TREMENDOUS TASK. 22:19 WE NEED LOTS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 22:22 DON, I DON'T HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCING YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR MISSIONS AND 22:33 YOUR EVIDENT DELIGHT AT BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:37 SOME OF US WHO HAVE BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH HAVE FRIENDS WHO SAY, "OH NO, 22:43 THERE COMES DAN AGAIN." 22:45 YOU'RE GOING TO FIT INTO THAT AS YOU SHARE THE WONDERFUL STORIES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:51 I'M SO PLEASED TO SHARE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:54 I'VE BEEN TALKING AT OUR LOCAL CHURCH ONE OR TWO TIMES AND THE REASON I LIKE GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:01 SO MUCH IS I THINK YOU GET THE MOST RETURN FOR THE INVESTMENT. 23:06 IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION. 23:07 EVERYBODY VOLUNTEERS. 23:08 I'M A VOLUNTEER. 23:09 ALL THE OFFICE HELP ARE VOLUNTEERS. 23:12 IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION. 23:13 I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE A PART OF IT. 23:17 I THINK IT'S BORN OF GOD. 23:19 AND TO THINK OF THE MIRACLE THAT HERE WE ARE IN 2012 AND THIS MINISTRY IS 20 YEARS OLD 23:27 GROWING FROM ONE WORKER TO MORE THAN 2000 WORKERS, FROM ONE COUNTRY TO NEARLY 50 DIFFERENT 23:35 COUNTRIES WHERE THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOSPEL. 23:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:38 I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. 23:40 YOU KNOW WE OFTEN PRAY FOR PEOPLE OVERSEAS. 23:42 WE PRAY FOR THE MISSIONARIES, WE PRAY FOR THE COLPORTEURS, THAT SORT OF THING. 23:47 WE PRAY FOR THE GOSPEL WORKERS. 23:49 BUT WHEN I WAS THERE I WANT TO JUST SAY THIS ONE THING-I WAS STRUCK BECAUSE THEY SAID WE 23:55 WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU. 23:56 WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU. 23:58 WE WANT TO PRAY FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS 24:01 AND THE SUPPORTERS BACK IN THE UNITED STATES. 24:03 IT WAS TOUCHING TO ME THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE WANTING TO PRAY FOR ME AND FOR GOSPEL 24:09 OUTREACH AND FOR THE SUPPORTERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 24:11 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 24:12 YOU BRING ME TO SOMETHING I WANT TO SHARE WITH FOLKS 24:17 WHO ARE JOINING US BY TELEVISION RIGHT NOW. 24:20 YOU HEARD BROTHER HALENZ TELLING US ABOUT THEIR WILLINGNESS. 24:27 THESE PEOPLE IN THESE LITTLE HOUSE CHURCHES WANTING TO PRAY FOR YOU FRIENDS, 24:34 GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY 24:37 OF BELIEF THAT THEY BECOME A PART OF. 24:40 I'M SURE THAT SPEAKS TO YOUR HEART AS IT DOES TO MINE RIGHT NOW TO REALIZE YES, 24:45 WE PRAY FOR THE MISSIONARIES AND THE COLPORTEURS AND THOSE DEAR PEOPLE OVER THERE WHO ARE 24:50 BEING EXPOSED TO THE GOSPEL AND LO AND BEHOLD BECAUSE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS THEIR 24:56 HEART IS MOVED TO BE INVOLVED WITH US IN PRAYER AS WELL. 25:00 THAT'S A NEAT NOTE. 25:02 I'VE NEVER HAD THIS BROUGHT TO ME JUST LIKE THIS BEFORE. 25:06 THAT WAS POWERFUL TO ME. 25:07 THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ONCE, THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES HERE AND HERE AND SOMEPLACE ELSE. 25:12 I THOUGHT THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL THING TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE PRAYING FOR US, 25:18 THEY ARE PRAYING FOR OUR WORKERS, THEY ARE PRAYING FOR THE SUPPORTERS, 25:22 THEY ARE PRAYING FOR EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BURDEN TOO. 25:27 YES. 25:29 BECAUSE THEY KNOW JESUS IS COMING SOON AND THEY WANT TO BE READY AND HAVE EVERYONE ELSE 25:35 READY WITH THEM TO MEET THE LORD. 25:37 WELL DON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND BEING A PART OF 25:43 THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. 25:45 THANK YOU ALSO FOR GOING OUT THERE AND ENCOUNTERING THIS FRONTLINE OPPORTUNITY 25:51 FOR REACHING SOULS. 25:54 AS I'VE ALREADY SAID, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE JUST THE SAME AGAIN. 25:57 YOU'RE CHANGED ONCE YOU'VE DONE THIS KIND OF THING. 26:00 YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECRUITING OTHERS TO BE JOINING GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:04 GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR WIFE IN YOUR MINISTRY IN 26:08 YOUR IMPORTANT CORNER OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 26:12 ADDRESS WE'VE BEEN SO ANIMATED IN THIS DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVEN'T PUT UP THE NAME AND 26:17 TELEPHONE NUMBER, THE ADDRESS INFORMATION BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN. 26:21 YOU WATCH CAREFULLY AND BEFORE WE GO OFF THE AIR TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW HOW TO GET IN 26:26 TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND REQUEST YOUR COPY OF THE NEWS LETTER 26:30 AND THE NEW "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" BROCHURE. 26:33 YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:37 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. 26:39 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AGAIN. 26:41 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 26:43 WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME WE GET TO BE WITH YOU 26:46 ON ONE OF THESE "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 26:50 I'M ALWAYS ENCOURAGED, ALWAYS INSPIRED AND BLESSED AND I BELIEVE YOU ARE TOO. 26:55 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS TIME. 26:57 SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 26:59 BYE NOW. 27:01 CLOSING MUSIC. 27:18 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:20 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY. 27:23 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:27 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:29 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:33 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:38 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:41 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:45 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:48 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:52 WHERE? 27:53 ALL THE WORLD. 27:55 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:57 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:59 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:05 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:07 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:11 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 28:14 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:16 BE THE SPARK. 28:18 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:19 FINISH THE WORK. 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
Revised 2015-02-06