[OPENING MUSIC] 00:00:11.46\00:00:21.70 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:00:21.70\00:00:23.66 I'M JENNIFER SMITH AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED 00:00:23.66\00:00:26.40 US TODAY. WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR YOU. 00:00:26.40\00:00:29.36 WE ARE GOING TO BE LEARNING ABOUT INDIA AND WHAT'S BEING 00:00:29.36\00:00:32.10 DONE THERE TO SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS. 00:00:32.10\00:00:34.80 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR GUEST BEVERLY THOMPSON WHO IS 00:00:34.80\00:00:37.66 REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR INDIA WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:37.66\00:00:40.20 WELCOME, BEVERLY. 00:00:40.20\00:00:41.46 THANK YOU I AM JUST ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS. I BELIEVE 00:00:41.46\00:00:44.30 WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONAL DIRECTORS 00:00:44.30\00:00:47.76 IN INDIA SO I JUST HAVE A LITTLE PORTION AND THAT 00:00:47.76\00:00:50.86 IS IN THE NORTHEAST OF INDIA. I SAY THE NORTHEAST BUT THAT 00:00:50.86\00:00:54.86 DOESN'T MEAN A WHOLE LOT TO MOST AMERICAN MINDS. 00:00:54.86\00:00:58.00 AND SO, IT IS FROM CALCUTTA UP TO BHUTAN WHICH IS WHERE A LITTLE PANHANDLE GOES OVER IN 00:00:58.00\00:01:05.73 NORTH INDIA AND IT IS THE REGION SOUTH OF BHUTAN AND THEN WE GO INTO THE SIKKIM AREA WHICH IS A 00:01:05.73\00:01:13.40 SMALL AREA NOW CLAIMED BY INDIA BETWEEN BHUTAN AND NEPAL. 00:01:13.40\00:01:18.50 BUT THEN I GO OVER SOUTH OF NEPAL AND DOWN INTO CENTRAL 00:01:18.50\00:01:23.76 INDIA. THAT'S ACTUALLY FOUR STATES IN INDIA BUT WE HAVE 00:01:23.76\00:01:28.10 ABOUT, WE MIGHT CALL THEM, SIX CONFERENCES IN THAT AREA. 00:01:28.10\00:01:32.46 O.K. WOW. AND BEVERLY HOW, SOME OF OUR VIEWERS 00:01:32.46\00:01:36.66 MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH YOU AND YOUR MINISTRY, HOW DID 00:01:36.66\00:01:40.13 YOU GET INVOLVED IN THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 00:01:40.13\00:01:43.23 OH THAT IS A WONDERFUL STORY. I STARTED BACK IN 2003 GOING 00:01:43.23\00:01:48.76 WITH MY HUSBAND ON A 50 VILLAGE EVANGELISM TO ANDHRA PRADESH. 00:01:48.76\00:01:56.40 WHILE I WAS THERE WALLY MANDIGO HAD BEEN A REGIONAL DIRECTOR AND HE SAID, "I AM GOING TO BE THE 00:01:56.40\00:02:04.26 NEW PRESIDENT FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THE NEXT YEAR AND I NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY FILL IN 00:02:04.26\00:02:09.53 AND TAKE MY PLACE IN NORTHEAST INDIA." HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO SUCH A THING. 00:02:09.53\00:02:17.60 I THOUGHT, WELL AS LONG AS I HAVE MY HUSBAND THAT SOUNDS ALL 00:02:17.60\00:02:21.20 RIGHT. I'D LOVE TO BE PART OF GOD'S WORK THIS WAY AND SO I 00:02:21.20\00:02:27.86 SAID YES. BUT IN 2004, I WAS ASKED BY ADRA TO GO TO AFGHANISTAN AND DO A SPECIAL 00:02:27.86\00:02:39.30 PROJECT IN TEACHING MIDWIFERY TO EIGHTH GRADERS IN THE MOUNTAINS 00:02:39.30\00:02:45.33 OF AFGHANISTAN. SO IT WAS TUMULTUOUS FOR ME WHAT SHOULD I DO, SHOULD I MAKE MY FIRST 00:02:45.33\00:02:51.60 TRIP FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH OR SHALL I GO TO AFGHANISTAN? 00:02:51.60\00:02:55.30 AFTER MUCH PRAYER, WE DECIDED THAT I I WOULD GO TO 00:02:55.30\00:02:59.06 AFGHANISTAN. WHILE I WAS THERE MY HUSBAND HAD AN ACCIDENT. 00:02:59.06\00:03:02.36 HE FELL FROM A LADDER AND I HAD TO BE RUSHED HOME TO BE WITH 00:03:02.36\00:03:08.93 HIM. WE WEREN'T EXPECTING HIM TO LIVE. HE DID LIVE FOR THREE 00:03:08.93\00:03:11.80 YEARS AND WE HAD SOME DIFFICULT THREE YEARS BUT HE WAS REHABED 00:03:11.80\00:03:18.86 ENOUGH SO THAT 2005 I MADE MY FIRST VISIT TO INDIA AS A 00:03:18.86\00:03:25.10 REGIONAL DIRECTOR. SO, THAT'S THE WAY I GOT STARTED AND NOW I GO EVERY YEAR TO THE SAME 00:03:25.10\00:03:32.36 REGION. I MIGHT SAY THAT THREE YEARS AGO I WENT TO INDIA BACK TO ANDHRA PRADESH TO THE VERY 00:03:32.36\00:03:44.06 VILLAGES THAT MY HUSBAND AND I HAD DONE EVANGELISM IN TO SEE HOW THE WORK IS GOING. 00:03:44.06\00:03:49.13 YOU KNOW LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL DID HE WENT BACK TO VISIT THEIR MISSIONARY JOURNEYS, YES. 00:03:49.13\00:03:53.26 SO WE WENT BACK AND VISITED AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL, THRILLING 00:03:53.26\00:03:57.60 EXPERIENCE. GOD IS GOOD. 00:03:57.60\00:04:00.56 NOW I AM GOING EVERY YEAR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH TO MY NORTHEAST 00:04:00.56\00:04:03.96 TERRITORY THAT I HAVE LEARNED TO LOVE THE PEOPLE THERE VERY MUCH. 00:04:03.96\00:04:08.43 THAT IT IS SO EXCITING. THAT'S JUST AMAZING HOW GOD WORKS. 00:04:08.43\00:04:11.90 GOD DOES WORK. THAT HE WANTS TO INVOLVE US IN HIS WORK, WHAT A 00:04:11.90\00:04:16.16 PRIVILEGE. YES. 00:04:16.16\00:04:17.90 WHAT AREA SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU GOING TO BE SHARING WITH US TODAY OUT OF YOUR REGION? 00:04:17.90\00:04:22.93 WELL I'VE CHOSEN TO EMPHASIZE SIKKIM WHICH IS THAT LITTLE SPOT BETWEEN BHUTAN AND NEPAL UP 00:04:22.93\00:04:30.36 NORTH IN INDIA BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TEN NEW WORKERS. 00:04:30.36\00:04:34.43 I SAY NEW WORKERS, THEY HAVE BEEN THERE ONE YEAR AND ITS JUST EXCITING WHAT IS HAPPENING AND 00:04:34.43\00:04:40.83 THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON IN THAT AREA. 00:04:40.83\00:04:45.13 SO, I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES HERE THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU. 00:04:45.13\00:04:49.06 YOU MIGHT SAY THIS IS JUST A MUG SHOT OF PEOPLE BUT IT IS SO SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE THAT AREA 00:04:49.06\00:04:56.70 THAT THEY ARE STANDING ON IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FLAT AREAS IN 00:04:56.70\00:05:01.00 THE HILLS OF THE HIMALAYAS IN SIKKIM. 00:05:01.00\00:05:05.76 SO THIS IS MOUNTAIN AREA? 00:05:05.76\00:05:07.33 THIS IS MOUNTAIN AREA. YOU KNOW WE CALL THE FOOTHILLS OF 00:05:07.33\00:05:10.43 A MOUNTAIN RANGE AND THEY START OUT GRADUALLY AND BUILD UP BUT THIS IS GOING UP AND DOWN. 00:05:10.43\00:05:18.46 YOU GO IN THE ROADS THEY ARE WINDY AS CAN BE. 00:05:18.46\00:05:23.13 I REMEMBER I HAD SOMEONE WITH ME ONE YEAR AND HE WAS NAUSEATED 00:05:23.13\00:05:29.33 THE WHOLE TRIP. ANYWAY, GOING UP AND DOWN AND ROUND THE CURVES, HAIRPIN CURVES, YES BUT WE GOT 00:05:29.33\00:05:37.66 TO THIS VILLAGE AND WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND I 00:05:37.66\00:05:40.66 BELIEVE HE IS THE MAN IN THE LIGHT JACKET THERE. 00:05:40.66\00:05:43.30 HE TOOK US TO THIS VILLAGE. THE ONLY, THE LARGEST FLAT SPOT 00:05:43.30\00:05:49.53 THAT WE COULD FIND THEN THEY TOOK US TO THE HOME OF ONE OF 00:05:49.53\00:05:54.43 THE BELIEVERS AND WHEN WE GOT TO THE HOME OF THE BELIEVER, WE COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT. 00:05:54.43\00:06:00.36 IN FACT, THE PATHWAY GOING DOWN CAN YOU SEE THAT STONY, ROCKY 00:06:00.36\00:06:08.86 PATHWAY? THE VILLAGERS HAD MADE THIS PATHWAY BECAUSE THE RAINY 00:06:08.86\00:06:12.56 SEASON, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE? IT JUST CASCADES 00:06:12.56\00:06:16.13 DOWN THERE AND HERE WE HAVE A PASTOR WHO IS WITH ME AND I JUST 00:06:16.13\00:06:20.90 TURNED AROUND AND TOOK A PICTURE OF HIM AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE 00:06:20.90\00:06:23.93 PATHWAY. IT'S LIKE A WATERFALL. 00:06:23.93\00:06:26.20 OH YES. I WOULD SAY WE WENT DOWNHILL FROM THAT 00:06:26.20\00:06:30.76 FLAT SPOT ABOUT 150 FEET DOWNHILL. I MEAN THE PATHWAY 00:06:30.76\00:06:34.63 WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT A KILOMETER GOING DOWN IT SEEMED 00:06:34.63\00:06:41.63 TO ME ANYWAY. BUT THEN AT THE BOTTOM, WE CAN SEE THE LAST HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE. 00:06:41.63\00:06:47.06 THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 50 HOUSES IN THIS VILLAGE. 00:06:47.06\00:06:52.46 YOU CAN SEE IT IS A SIMPLE VILLAGE THERE. 00:06:52.46\00:06:55.96 WHERE WE WENT THEY HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN SPOT YOU CAN SEE HOW THE PEAS ARE GROWING 00:06:55.96\00:07:03.00 THERE AND THE VILLAGERS HAVE JUST MADE A NEW ROOM ON THIS 00:07:03.00\00:07:10.30 BUILDING. IT WAS FOR HAVING A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR THEIR FAMILY AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS A 00:07:10.30\00:07:17.80 MEMBER. THESE VILLAGERS ARE REALLY STRONG PEOPLE. 00:07:17.80\00:07:22.76 WOW. 00:07:22.76\00:07:24.53 I TURNED AROUND AND I SAW THESE TWO LADIES COMING UP WITH BUNDLES OF GREENS ON THEIR BACK. 00:07:24.53\00:07:27.86 CAN YOU IMAGINE THE WEIGH OF THAT? 00:07:27.86\00:07:30.53 WELL THEY SAW US GATHERING OUTSIDE AND SO THEY PUT THEIR BUNDLES DOWN AND THEY LISTENED 00:07:30.53\00:07:35.46 TO EVERY WORD THAT WE SAID AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER WE FINISHED OUR TALK THEY TOOK OFF. 00:07:35.46\00:07:43.76 BUT THIS IS THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE GATHERING THERE TO HAVE A WORSHIP TIME WITH ME. 00:07:43.76\00:07:50.60 WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT WAS TO HAVE THIS TIME WITH THEM. 00:07:50.60\00:07:54.63 THEN THE MAN HERE, HE WAS LIKE A CHURCH ELDER FOR THIS GROUP 00:07:54.63\00:08:01.63 AND HE JUST GAVE A PASSIONATE APPEAL TO ME. 00:08:01.63\00:08:05.30 HE SAID YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO REACH EVERY HOME IN THIS VILLAGE, THAT'S 50 HOMES AND 00:08:05.30\00:08:12.83 WE WANT EVERY ONE OF THEM TO BECOME ADVENTISTS AND WORSHIP TOGETHER ON THE SABBATH DAY. 00:08:12.83\00:08:18.50 WON'T YOU PLEASE GIVE US A CHURCH? 00:08:18.50\00:08:21.43 I SAID, WELL YOU KNOW IT STARTS WITH A DONATION OF PROPERTY. 00:08:21.43\00:08:26.73 IF SOMEBODY HAS SOME PROPERTY WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN FIND A DONOR 00:08:26.73\00:08:33.03 FOR A CHURCH AND THEY TURNED AND THEY SAID WELL WE DO HAVE A 00:08:33.03\00:08:37.26 DONOR. THIS MAN WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THE LIGHT JACKET, THE OTHER MAN, HE OWNS 00:08:37.26\00:08:43.23 THIS PROPERTY AND HE TOOK US BACK UP THE PATHWAY AND FROM THE FLAT SPOT WE WALKED UPHILL AGAIN 00:08:43.23\00:08:49.86 ALMOST THE SAME DISTANCE THAT WE HAD COME TO THAT POINT. 00:08:49.86\00:08:54.63 WE TOOK A PICTURE OF THE PROPERTY. 00:08:54.63\00:08:56.46 HE SAID THIS IS THE PROPERTY I AM DONATING TO HAVE A CHURCH AND THEN HE TURNED AND POINTED TO 00:08:56.46\00:09:03.00 HIS HOUSE ON SAME THAT LEVEL AND HE SAID THIS IS MY HOUSE BUT I AM GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN SO 00:09:03.00\00:09:09.43 THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF ROOM TO BUILD A CHURCH. CAN YOU IMAGINE? 00:09:09.43\00:09:13.36 WOW! 00:09:13.36\00:09:15.16 TO ME, WHO OF US WOULD NOT ONLY DONATE PROPERTY BUT WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE YOUR HOUSE DOWN 00:09:15.16\00:09:20.90 AND MOVE IT ELSEWHERE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A PLACE FOR A CHURCH. 00:09:20.90\00:09:23.96 I WAS JUST AMAZED. 00:09:23.96\00:09:25.76 I WAS STRUCK BY THE GENEROSITY OF THESE PEOPLE. 00:09:25.76\00:09:29.83 THEN I TURNED AROUND AND I LOOKED FROM THE VANTAGE POINT 00:09:29.83\00:09:34.03 OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE HOUSE THAT WAS JUST BELOW THIS. 00:09:34.03\00:09:39.40 THERE WERE A BUNCH OF BUDDHIST FLAGS HANGING THERE. 00:09:39.40\00:09:44.36 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GROUP OF FLAGS WAS A STATUE OF BUDDHA. 00:09:44.36\00:09:50.03 AND I THOUGHT, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK IN A BUDDHIST COMMUNITY? 00:09:50.03\00:09:54.36 AND THEY SAID, NO, NO SOON THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE 00:09:54.36\00:10:00.90 ADVENTISTS TOO. THEY SAID EVERYONE WILL WANT TO BE AN ADVENTIST BECAUSE OF WHAT GOD 00:10:00.90\00:10:06.60 DOES FOR THE PEOPLE HERE AND GOD PUTTING A CHURCH HERE, THEY WILL KNOW THAT WE SERVE A MIGHTY GOD. 00:10:06.60\00:10:14.33 SO WE ARE APPEALING TO HAVE A CHURCH THERE. 00:10:14.33\00:10:17.83 IT WILL COST ABOUT $4000 MAYBE $5000 BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CARRY THE MATERIALS AND 00:10:17.83\00:10:26.16 TRUCKS AND SO ON ALL THE WAY UP HILL AND THEN DOWN INTO THIS 00:10:26.16\00:10:29.80 VERY DANGEROUS ROCKY ROAD TO GET TO THE VILLAGE THERE. 00:10:29.80\00:10:36.33 IT IS JUST AN EXCITING THING TO KNOW THAT THEY THINK THE WHOLE 00:10:36.33\00:10:40.96 VILLAGE IS GOING TO CHANGE AND BECOME ADVENTIST. 00:10:40.96\00:10:44.26 THAT IS REALLY IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEY HAVE A VISION. 00:10:44.26\00:10:46.03 ISN'T IT, YES? 00:10:46.03\00:10:47.40 SO IT WILL BE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS OR THE 00:10:47.40\00:10:49.80 VILLAGERS OR BOTH TOGETHER WHO WILL WORK ON THIS PROJECT? 00:10:49.80\00:10:53.16 OH, I THINK ALL OF THE VILLAGERS WILL WORK TOGETHER. 00:10:53.16\00:10:55.93 THEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO LAY BRICKS AND SO ON BUT THEY WILL CARRY MATERIALS 00:10:55.93\00:11:01.66 AND THEY HAVE ALREADY TOLD ME THEY WILL CARRY MATERIALS 00:11:01.66\00:11:04.63 AND THEY WILL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO HELP. 00:11:04.63\00:11:06.73 WHATEVER IT TAKES. 00:11:06.73\00:11:07.53 YES. 00:11:07.53\00:11:08.46 YES. ALL RIGHT. 00:11:08.46\00:11:09.90 NOW WE COME TO THE POINT IN OUR PROGRAM WHERE WE GIVE YOU, OUR 00:11:09.90\00:11:13.10 VIEWERS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL 00:11:13.10\00:11:15.86 OUTREACH. YOU RIGHT THERE AT HOME CAN HELP SHARE THE LOVE OF 00:11:15.86\00:11:19.33 JESUS WITH THE PEOPLE IN INDIA, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SHARING 00:11:19.33\00:11:21.50 ABOUT TODAY AND OTHER PLACES BY SUPPORTING THE MINISTRY 00:11:21.50\00:11:24.46 OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH YOUR PRAYERS. 00:11:24.46\00:11:26.66 IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE MINISTRY, I'D ENCOURAGE 00:11:26.66\00:11:30.90 YOU TO SIGN UP FOR THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. 00:11:30.90\00:11:32.93 IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE AND YOU'LL BE DELIGHTED TO READ STORIES OF 00:11:32.93\00:11:37.73 GOD'S LEADING, TRUE STORIES OF MIRACLES AND STORIES OF CHANGED 00:11:37.73\00:11:41.96 LIVES. 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BECAUSE SEEING HOW GOD IS WORKING TO CHANGE OTHER 00:12:19.53\00:12:21.96 PEOPLES LIVES CAN ENCOURAGE YOUR FAITH TOO. 00:12:21.96\00:12:26.23 WELL, WE ARE HERE TODAY VISITING WITH BEVERLY THOMPSON WHO IS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR IN INDIA AND 00:12:26.23\00:12:31.53 IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO HEAR YOU SHARE AND ACTUALLY SEE THE PICTURES OF WHERE YOU ARE 00:12:31.53\00:12:36.43 WORKING AND WHAT IS GOD IS DOING, NEW THINGS IN INDIA. 00:12:36.43\00:12:39.10 I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME MORE PICTURES TO SHARE WITH US? 00:12:39.10\00:12:41.00 I DO. 00:12:41.00\00:12:42.80 LAST YEAR I SHOWED THIS PICTURE FROM SIKKIM AND THIS IS PROBABLY AND HOUR'S DRIVE OVER THESE 00:12:42.80\00:12:50.60 MOUNTAIN ROADS GOING DOWN BY THE RIVER AND THEN UP ON ANOTHER 00:12:50.60\00:12:55.86 MOUNTAIN. THIS IS A SCHOOL HOUSE. 00:12:55.86\00:12:58.16 THE CHURCH MEMBERS HERE WERE GIVEN A CHURCH ON THIS PROPERTY THAT BELONGED TO ONE OF THE 00:12:58.16\00:13:05.63 BIBLE WORKERS THERE AND THE MEMBERS WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A CHURCH THEY WANTED TO 00:13:05.63\00:13:12.16 HAVE A SCHOOL AND SO THEY BUILT THIS SCHOOL. 00:13:12.16\00:13:14.36 CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING A SCHOOL LIKE THIS? 00:13:14.36\00:13:16.26 THIS IS A FOUR ROOM SCHOOL. THEY HAVE A FIFTH ROOM BUT THEY 00:13:16.26\00:13:21.60 HAVE OVER A 120 STUDENTS COMING TO THIS SCHOOL. CAN YOU IMAGINE? 00:13:21.60\00:13:26.96 IN THAT LITTLE BUILDING? 00:13:26.96\00:13:28.06 YES. 00:13:28.06\00:13:28.86 ALL AT ONE TIME? 00:13:28.86\00:13:29.80 YES. 00:13:29.80\00:13:30.63 OH MY! 00:13:30.63\00:13:31.66 AND THEY HAVE HALF DOZEN TEACHERS. 00:13:31.66\00:13:33.83 IT IS THRILLING TO SEE WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST, I BELIEVE, 00:13:33.83\00:13:39.23 BECAUSE THEY ARE SPREADING THE GOSPEL AND THIS IS ONE OF THEIR METHODS OF REACHING PEOPLE. 00:13:39.23\00:13:44.23 WHEN I WAS THERE THIS TIME, THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS. 00:13:44.23\00:13:49.43 YOU SEE WHEN I WENT THE FIRST TIME WE SAW THE PICTURE JUST 00:13:49.43\00:13:52.80 NOW, IT WAS SABBATH AND SO IT WAS EMPTY. 00:13:52.80\00:13:54.46 ALL OF THE STUDENTS WERE IN SABBATH SCHOOL IN CHURCH BUT 00:13:54.46\00:13:59.06 THIS YEAR IT WAS A WEEK DAY AND SO THE STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL. 00:13:59.06\00:14:02.53 YOU CAN SEE THE TEACHER THERE WITH THE STUDENTS IN THAT ROOM. 00:14:02.53\00:14:05.46 HERE IS ANOTHER ROOM WITH THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENTS. 00:14:05.46\00:14:08.66 I JUST WONDER HOW MANY OF OUR TEACHERS WOULD BE WILLING 00:14:08.66\00:14:14.30 TO TEACH STUDENTS IN THIS KIND OF A ROOM. 00:14:14.30\00:14:18.16 LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE THERE WE HAD SABBATH SCHOOL IN THIS ROOM AND IT IS A LARGER ROOM. 00:14:18.16\00:14:24.56 IT IS FOR THE LITTLE TINY TYKES THE KINDERGARTEN KIDS. 00:14:24.56\00:14:28.30 BUT THIS YEAR WHEN I WAS THERE LOOK AT HOW FILLED IT WAS. 00:14:28.30\00:14:31.60 THEY HAD ALMOST 50 KIDS IN THAT SCHOOL ROOM. 00:14:31.60\00:14:34.80 WOW, NOW HOW OLD ARE THESE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM? 00:14:34.80\00:14:37.00 THEY CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 4, 5, OR 6. THIS IS STARTING LEVEL. 00:14:37.00\00:14:41.86 WHEN I WAS THERE THAT SECOND LITTLE ONE ON THE FRONT BENCH THERE I SAW HER GET UP IN THE 00:14:41.86\00:14:48.86 FRONT OF THE STUDENTS AND SAY "ONE TIMES ONE IS ONE" AND THEN 00:14:48.86\00:14:54.20 ALL OF THE REST OF THE KIDS REPEATED ONE TIMES ONE IS ONE. 00:14:54.20\00:14:58.46 EXACTLY THE SAME ACCENT AS THE LITTLE GIRL USED AND SHE WENT THROUGH THE ONE TIMES TABLE, 00:14:58.46\00:15:04.23 THEN THE TWO TIMES TABLE AND THEN THE THREE TIMES TABLE. 00:15:04.23\00:15:07.46 THEN, IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSES TURN TO LEAD THE GROUP AGAIN. 00:15:07.46\00:15:10.53 IT WAS SO ADORABLE. 00:15:10.53\00:15:12.50 PRECIOUS. 00:15:12.50\00:15:14.20 THEN WE LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 00:15:14.20\00:15:22.60 THERE IS POINTING TO THE PROPERTY. WE WANT A REAL SCHOOL 00:15:22.60\00:15:27.96 HERE. NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 00:15:27.96\00:15:31.23 WE WANT FOUR CLASSROOMS THAT ARE MADE WITH BRICK. 00:15:31.23\00:15:34.90 THE OTHER ONE WAS TIN? 00:15:34.90\00:15:37.16 OH IT WAS PLYWOOD AND THEY ARE 4X8 SHEETS AND THEN THEY HAD SOME POSTS STICKING 00:15:37.16\00:15:42.60 UP TO MAKE THE AIR SPACE BETWEEN THAT AND THE TIN ROOF. 00:15:42.60\00:15:46.76 BUT THEY WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING REPRESENTATIVE OF THEIR GOOD GOD 00:15:46.76\00:15:53.60 THAT THEY SERVE. I SAID, "DO YOU HAVE TEACHERS?" OH, YES WE HAVE 00:15:53.60\00:15:58.10 THE TEACHERS NOW. ARE THEY ALL ADVENTISTS? 00:15:58.10\00:15:59.93 WELL, THEY WEREN'T WHEN THEY STARTED BUT THEY ALL ARE NOW. 00:15:59.93\00:16:04.00 THEY SAID PART OF OUR PROGRAM IS THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS WILL COME TO CHURCH AND SABBATH 00:16:04.00\00:16:11.50 SCHOOL ON SABBATH BECAUSE THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED TO A SIX DAY WEEK AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY 00:16:11.50\00:16:16.83 ARE THEIR MONEYS WORTH IF THEY DON'T GO ON SATURDAY, 00:16:16.83\00:16:19.33 SO WE JUST INVITED THEM TO COME TO CHURCH ON SABBATH. 00:16:19.33\00:16:22.06 THAT'S GREAT. NOW THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED IN THE PAST YEAR? 00:16:22.06\00:16:27.36 YES. 00:16:27.36\00:16:28.60 WOW. 00:16:28.60\00:16:30.60 WE HAVE ALSO ON THIS PROPERTY, THEY HAVE REQUESTED A CLINIC AND WE GOT A DONATION FOR A SIMPLE 00:16:30.60\00:16:41.06 CLINIC AND WHEN WE GOT THIS DONATION, WE SAID HOW MUCH ARE 00:16:41.06\00:16:46.63 YOU GOING TO NEED. WELL, INFLATION IS TERRIBLE IN INDIA RIGHT NOW AND SO WHEN IT CAME TO 00:16:46.63\00:16:52.63 HAVING MONEY FOR THIS CLINIC WE GOT THE DONATION FOR THE CLINIC BUT NOW IT IS GOING 00:16:52.63\00:16:56.00 TO BE REALLY NIP AND TUCK TO GET THE MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING 00:16:56.00\00:16:59.33 TOGETHER THERE. SO I SAID WELL MAYBE YOU ARE GOING TO 00:16:59.33\00:17:02.96 HAVE TO MAKE PLANS FOR HAVING IT 00:17:02.96\00:17:07.13 INSTEAD OF FLAT THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE WINDOW PART YOU CAN MAYBE PUT ASBESTOS ON THE 00:17:07.13\00:17:14.60 OUTSIDE AND PAINT IT AND THEN ON THE INSIDE YOU CAN PUT SOME WOOD OR SOME KIND OF MATERIAL THAT IS 00:17:14.60\00:17:24.60 NOT AS EXPENSIVE FROM THERE UP BUT IT ALSO SHELTER FROM THE 00:17:24.60\00:17:29.20 COLD IN THE WINTER TIME AND FROM THE HEAT IN THE SUMMER. 00:17:29.20\00:17:31.83 I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE WEATHER THERE. 00:17:31.83\00:17:33.73 BECAUSE IT IS MOUNTAINOUS THEY DO GET COLDER IN THE WINTER, BUT IT DOES NOT SNOW THERE. 00:17:33.73\00:17:39.13 IT MAY GET REAL CLOSE TO ZERO CENTIGRADE WHICH IS FREEZING 00:17:39.13\00:17:43.50 BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT IS JUST ABOVE THAT IN THE LATE 30'S. 00:17:43.50\00:17:49.90 DOES IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD GET PRETTY CHILLY IN THAT SCHOOL, IF 00:17:49.90\00:17:55.03 IT GOT COLD THERE? YES AND THE PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY EQUIPPED AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY 00:17:55.03\00:18:00.86 FOR CLOTHING TO GO AGAINST THE ELEMENTS LIKE THAT. 00:18:00.86\00:18:04.40 BUT THOSE PRECIOUS CHILDREN THEY LOVE TO LEARN AND GO TO SCHOOL. 00:18:04.40\00:18:11.20 WE ARE SEEING A NEW DAY IN INDIA WITH THE PARENTS WANTING THEIR CHILDREN TO LEARN MORE AND WHEN 00:18:11.20\00:18:18.33 WE HAVE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS AND CAN TEACH ABOUT JESUS CHRIST 00:18:18.33\00:18:23.36 WHAT A BLESSING THAT THEY RECEIVE. 00:18:23.36\00:18:25.90 THEY GET TO HEAR THE MESSAGE. NOT ONLY THAT, THE CHILDREN 00:18:25.90\00:18:29.03 GO HOME FROM SCHOOL AND TELL PARENTS THE STORIES. 00:18:29.03\00:18:33.60 OVER AND OVER AGAIN I HAVE HEARD GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TELL ABOUT THE CHILDREN COMING HOME 00:18:33.60\00:18:41.40 AND TELLING THE STORIES THAT THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM THE BIBLE 00:18:41.40\00:18:44.86 TO THEIR PARENTS AND THEN THE PARENTS START TO ASK MORE 00:18:44.86\00:18:49.10 QUESTIONS. WELL, YES THEY WANT TO HEAR MORE OF THESE BIBLE 00:18:49.10\00:18:52.86 STORIES AND COME AND TELL US AND TEACH US ABOUT WHAT YOUR GOD 00:18:52.86\00:18:58.66 WANTS YOU TO DO. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF BAPTISMS. 00:18:58.66\00:19:02.26 MANY, MANY PEOPLE WILL ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST. 00:19:02.26\00:19:05.33 I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THE RESULTS OF 00:19:05.33\00:19:07.70 THAT? YES, YES. 00:19:07.70\00:19:09.53 I PERSONALLY HAVE MET SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAID THAT MY DAUGHTER WENT TO THE SCHOOL 00:19:09.53\00:19:12.96 THERE AND SHE CAME HOME AND TOLD ME STORIES AND I ASKED FOR BIBLE STUDIES AND THEY WERE BAPTIZED. 00:19:12.96\00:19:23.03 THAT'S WONDERFUL. SO, YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW THEY ARE REACHING THE 00:19:23.03\00:19:27.90 COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE WORKING ON A CHURCH, THEY ARE JUST 00:19:27.90\00:19:34.80 STARTING A SCHOOL? IS THAT STARTED OR WHERE IS THAT RIGHT 00:19:34.80\00:19:36.63 NOW? THE SCHOOL IS A NEW IDEA. 00:19:36.63\00:19:38.36 O.K. 00:19:38.36\00:19:40.16 WHEN I SAW THAT THEY BUILT THAT SCHOOL AND THAT THEY ARE MAKING DO WITH THAT, LET'S SEE HOW 00:19:40.16\00:19:43.93 LONG THEY CAN MAKE DO WITH IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST BUILT LAST YEAR WHEN I VISITED. 00:19:43.93\00:19:47.66 OH, RIGHT, RIGHT IT IS ALL NEW. 00:19:47.66\00:19:49.53 THEY ARE AHEAD OF THEMSELVES. 00:19:49.53\00:19:52.46 THEY REALIZE THAT THEY REALLY NEED A REAL SCHOOL FOR THE 00:19:52.46\00:19:56.33 ELEMENTS THERE. RIGHT. SOUNDS LIKE IT. 00:19:56.33\00:19:59.20 THEY HAVE THE PROPERTY, IT'S DONATED AND IT'S ALL SET TO GO, 00:19:59.20\00:20:05.73 WHY NOT? WHEN IT IS SUCH A MISSION, YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE COME FROM ONE HILLSIDE TO 00:20:05.73\00:20:11.23 ANOTHER, DOWN TO THE RIVER AND THEN WALK UP THE HILL TO THIS 00:20:11.23\00:20:16.66 AREA. THIS CAN BE AN ELEVATION OF PROBABLY BETWEEN 3-6000 FEET 00:20:16.66\00:20:22.63 DIFFERENCE GOING DOWN 3-6000 FEET. 00:20:22.63\00:20:25.90 SO ARE YOU SAYING CHILDREN TRAVEL THIS EVERYDAY? 00:20:25.90\00:20:28.43 YES. SOME OF THEM WILL. 00:20:28.43\00:20:31.60 HOW FAR DO THEY COME FROM? THIS IS A LONG WAY. 00:20:31.60\00:20:35.36 IT IS PROBABLY AN HOUR WALK TO AN HOUR AND A HALF WALK. 00:20:35.36\00:20:40.06 EVERYDAY. EVERYDAY CHILDREN AGED 4 DID YOU SAY 4-7? 00:20:40.06\00:20:44.80 THAT'S FOR THE LITTLE TYKES BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE OLDER KIDS 00:20:44.80\00:20:48.00 IN THOSE FOUR CLASSROOMS IN A ROW. 00:20:48.00\00:20:49.20 OH, O.K. 00:20:49.20\00:20:50.26 SO HOW OLD ARE THE CHILDREN IN THOSE CLASSROOMS? 00:20:50.26\00:20:52.76 WELL, THEY ARE IN FOURTH, STANDARD FOURTH GRADE SO THEY 00:20:52.76\00:20:57.26 ARE PROBABLY TEN YEARS OLD, ELEVEN YEARS OLD. 00:20:57.26\00:21:00.76 O.K. SO, WHERE ARE THE SMALLER CHILDREN? 00:21:00.76\00:21:05.50 WELL, THEY JUST HAVE THAT OTHER CLASSROOM. 00:21:05.50\00:21:08.70 O.K. SO THEY ALL COME TO SCHOOL TOGETHER. 00:21:08.70\00:21:11.13 YES, IT IS ALL IN THAT AREA BUT YOU SEE THEY EVEN HAVE INVESTED 00:21:11.13\00:21:18.20 IN A SCHOOL BUS. HOW DOES THAT WORK IN THOSE MOUNTAINS? 00:21:18.20\00:21:21.76 IT WINDS UP AND DOWN LIKE THIS, SO THERE ARE ROADS. 00:21:21.76\00:21:25.03 THERE ARE ROADS, WELL YOU KNOW THESE ARE LESS THAN THE FEDERAL 00:21:25.03\00:21:32.83 ROADS IN THE FOREST THAT WE HAVE HERE. 00:21:32.83\00:21:38.76 THEY ARE NOT AS SMOOTH AS THOSE AND THEY ARE VERY WINDING BUT THE SCHOOL BUS WILL GO UP HILL 00:21:38.76\00:21:45.93 AND DO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PICKUPS THERE. 00:21:45.93\00:21:50.06 BUT THE KIDS THAT LIVE ACROSS THE RIVER THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN AND UP TO GET TO THE PLACE. 00:21:50.06\00:21:56.76 THERE IS ONE BRIDGE NOT FAR AWAY THAT THEY CAN CROSS OVER THE 00:21:56.76\00:22:00.53 RIVER. IT IS A LARGE RIVER; IT IS NOT A SMALL ONE. 00:22:00.53\00:22:02.20 O.K. ALL RIGHT. IT SOUNDS EXCITING I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT 00:22:02.20\00:22:08.40 HAS ALL HAPPENED IN THE PAST YEAR. I ACTUALLY SAW YOUR 00:22:08.40\00:22:12.16 INTERVIEW LAST YEAR WHERE YOU WERE TELLING THAT TEN NEW 00:22:12.16\00:22:15.50 WORKERS WERE GOING INTO THIS UNENTERED AREA, SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR 00:22:15.50\00:22:19.16 WHAT HAS HAPPENED JUST IN THE PAST YEAR. 00:22:19.16\00:22:21.30 I'M JUST TELLING YOU ABOUT TWO AREAS, ONE WHERE THEY MADE A REQUEST FOR THE CHURCH AND THE 00:22:21.30\00:22:27.50 OTHER WHERE THEY MADE THE REQUEST OF THE SCHOOL. 00:22:27.50\00:22:30.16 BUT WE HAVE EIGHT OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THEY ARE REQUESTING LITERATURE TO HAND 00:22:30.16\00:22:36.00 OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE LIVING NEAR LARGER CITIES. 00:22:36.00\00:22:39.46 THEY HAVE TWO LARGER CITIES IN THIS AREA GANGTOK AND 00:22:39.46\00:22:45.36 DARJEELING. THESE CITIES ARE ON MOUNTAIN SLOPES AGAIN AND IN FACT WHEN YOU GET TO GANGTOK THE 00:22:45.36\00:22:54.50 LARGER VEHICLES OR BUSSES, TRUCKS OR ANYTHING THEY HAVE TO PARK IN A PARKING LOT ON THE 00:22:54.50\00:23:02.46 HILLSIDE AND IT'S A CEMENT PARKING LOT AND THEN THE PASSENGERS HAVE TO GET OUT AND 00:23:02.46\00:23:11.73 GO IN A SMALL VEHICLE SO THAT THEY CAN GO ON THE SMALL ROADS GOING UPHILL INTO THE CITY. 00:23:11.73\00:23:16.10 IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW THEY LIVE IN THESE MOUNTAIN AREAS 00:23:16.10\00:23:20.86 AND LIKE I SAY, THESE ARE NOT FOOTHILLS TO US. 00:23:20.86\00:23:24.96 THESE ARE THE BEGINNING OF THE HIMALAYAS AND THEY REALLY GO UP 00:23:24.96\00:23:29.36 AND DOWN. WOW, SOUNDS LIKE QUITE AN ADVENTURE THERE. 00:23:29.36\00:23:32.40 SO, SO ARE YOU SAYING THE CHURCH PROJECT AND THE SCHOOL PROJECT ARE IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES? 00:23:32.40\00:23:38.83 YES. 00:23:38.83\00:23:40.00 NOT THE SAME COMMUNITY. TWO DIFFERENT MOUNTAIN SIDES. 00:23:40.00\00:23:42.20 IT IS IN SIKKIM, BOTH OF THEM ARE IN SIKKIM BUT THEY ARE IN TWO DIFFERENT MOUNTAIN SIDES. 00:23:42.20\00:23:47.76 O.K., ALL RIGHT. 00:23:47.76\00:23:49.33 THEN YOUR OTHER WORK WHERE YOU WERE JUST MENTIONING, HOW FAR 00:23:49.33\00:23:53.50 AWAY IS THAT? THAT TOTALLY DIFFERENT? 00:23:53.50\00:23:55.33 GANGTOK IT TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF IN A TAXI TO GET TO THE CITY THERE AND IT PROBABLY 00:23:55.33\00:24:01.30 TAKES THAT FAR IN ANOTHER DIRECTION TO GO TO DARJEELING. 00:24:01.30\00:24:05.63 I MIGHT SAY THAT WHEN WE GO TO SIKKIM IT IS GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED BECAUSE SIKKIM HAS 00:24:05.63\00:24:13.06 BEEN TAKEN OVER BY DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS FROM TIME TO TIME AND IT WAS ONLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS 00:24:13.06\00:24:19.73 AGO THAT CHINA ACTUALLY SAID YOU CAN HAVE SIKKIM UNDER INDIAN 00:24:19.73\00:24:26.96 TERRITORY. OH. 00:24:26.96\00:24:28.73 SO CHINA HAS HAD IT AT TIMES, TIBET HAS HAD IT AT TIMES, BHUTAN HAS HAD IT, NEPAL HAS HAD 00:24:28.73\00:24:33.46 IT SO RIGHT NOW IT IS IN INDIAN HANDS. 00:24:33.46\00:24:36.53 BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL UNREST EVERYTIME I GO INTO SIKKIM I HAVE TO GO WITH MY PASSPORT, 00:24:36.53\00:24:42.30 A COPY OF THE FIRST PAGE OF MY PASSPORT AND A COPY OF MY VISA TO INDIA, AN EXTRA PICTURE AND 00:24:42.30\00:24:50.80 I HAVE TO FILL OUT A FORM ON THE BORDER AND GET PERMISSION TO GO INTO THE COUNTRY AREA. 00:24:50.80\00:24:57.26 IT IS AMAZING BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFICULTIES AND YOU HAVE GOD ON 00:24:57.26\00:25:06.16 YOUR SIDE, YOU WATCH GOD WORK, WHAT A BLESSING. 00:25:06.16\00:25:08.66 THAT'S RIGHT YOU WATCH GOD WORK AND HE IS WORKING. 00:25:08.66\00:25:13.00 IT'S HIS WORK AND WE GET TO JOIN HIM. 00:25:13.00\00:25:16.03 THE PASTOR WHO IS THE SUPERVISOR OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE THIS YEAR SENT ME SEVERAL 00:25:16.03\00:25:22.10 PICTURES OF BAPTISMS IN THAT COLD ICY WATER, THAT DRAINS OFF FROM THE SNOW MELTING ON THE 00:25:22.10\00:25:32.30 HIMALAYAS COMING DOWN IN THAT GREEN COLORED WATER. 00:25:32.30\00:25:36.80 I THOUGHT THAT IS COLD, COLD, COLD. 00:25:36.80\00:25:41.56 YOU DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE A NEW PERSON WHEN YOU COME OUT OF 00:25:41.56\00:25:46.33 THERE RIGHT? BUT THERE ARE BAPTISMS TAKING PLACE, THERE ARE 00:25:46.33\00:25:50.13 PEOPLE GIVING THEIR HEARTS TO GOD AND YOU KNOW MANY TIMES IN 00:25:50.13\00:25:54.60 BUDDHIST COUNTRIES WE SAY THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE TO WORK AND IT IS MORE 00:25:54.60\00:25:59.80 DIFFICULT THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER AT ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR AND THE 00:25:59.80\00:26:07.46 PEACE THAT COMES FROM KNOWING GOD AS WE KNOW HIM. 00:26:07.46\00:26:11.80 BUT "STEPS TO CHRIST" IS THE MOST VALUABLE PIECE OF MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE BUDDHISTS. 00:26:11.80\00:26:19.96 WE HAVE HAD THAT TRANSLATED INTO THE LANGUAGES OF THE AREA THERE AND THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE PIECE 00:26:19.96\00:26:28.36 OF MATERIAL TO GET TO THEM TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST. 00:26:28.36\00:26:32.33 WONDERFUL. 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