Participants: Bev Thompson
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000429
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00:11 [OPENING MUSIC]
00:21 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:23 I'M JENNIFER SMITH AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED 00:26 US TODAY. WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR YOU. 00:29 WE ARE GOING TO BE LEARNING ABOUT INDIA AND WHAT'S BEING 00:32 DONE THERE TO SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS. 00:34 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR GUEST BEVERLY THOMPSON WHO IS 00:37 REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR INDIA WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:40 WELCOME, BEVERLY. 00:41 THANK YOU I AM JUST ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS. I BELIEVE 00:44 WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONAL DIRECTORS 00:47 IN INDIA SO I JUST HAVE A LITTLE PORTION AND THAT 00:50 IS IN THE NORTHEAST OF INDIA. I SAY THE NORTHEAST BUT THAT 00:54 DOESN'T MEAN A WHOLE LOT TO MOST AMERICAN MINDS. 00:58 AND SO, IT IS FROM CALCUTTA UP TO BHUTAN WHICH IS WHERE A LITTLE PANHANDLE GOES OVER IN 01:05 NORTH INDIA AND IT IS THE REGION SOUTH OF BHUTAN AND THEN WE GO INTO THE SIKKIM AREA WHICH IS A 01:13 SMALL AREA NOW CLAIMED BY INDIA BETWEEN BHUTAN AND NEPAL. 01:18 BUT THEN I GO OVER SOUTH OF NEPAL AND DOWN INTO CENTRAL INDIA. 01:23 THAT'S ACTUALLY FOUR STATES IN INDIA BUT WE HAVE ABOUT, 01:28 WE MIGHT CALL THEM, SIX CONFERENCES IN THAT AREA. 01:32 O.K. WOW. AND BEVERLY HOW, SOME OF OUR VIEWERS 01:36 MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH YOU AND YOUR MINISTRY, HOW DID 01:40 YOU GET INVOLVED IN THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:43 OH THAT IS A WONDERFUL STORY. I STARTED BACK IN 2003 GOING 01:48 WITH MY HUSBAND ON A 50 VILLAGE EVANGELISM TO ANDHRA PRADESH. 01:56 WHILE I WAS THERE WALLY MANDIGO HAD BEEN A REGIONAL DIRECTOR AND HE SAID, "I AM GOING TO BE THE 02:04 NEW PRESIDENT FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THE NEXT YEAR AND I NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY FILL IN 02:09 AND TAKE MY PLACE IN NORTHEAST INDIA." HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO SUCH A THING. 02:17 I THOUGHT, WELL AS LONG AS I HAVE MY HUSBAND THAT SOUNDS ALL RIGHT. 02:21 I'D LOVE TO BE PART OF GOD'S WORK THIS WAY AND SO I SAID YES. 02:27 BUT IN 2004, I WAS ASKED BY ADRA TO GO TO AFGHANISTAN AND DO A SPECIAL PROJECT IN TEACHING 02:39 MIDWIFERY TO EIGHTH GRADERS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN. 02:45 SO IT WAS TUMULTUOUS FOR ME WHAT SHOULD I DO, SHOULD I MAKE MY FIRST 02:51 TRIP FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH OR SHALL I GO TO AFGHANISTAN? 02:55 AFTER MUCH PRAYER, WE DECIDED THAT I I WOULD GO TO AFGHANISTAN. 02:59 WHILE I WAS THERE MY HUSBAND HAD AN ACCIDENT. 03:02 HE FELL FROM A LADDER AND I HAD TO BE RUSHED HOME TO BE WITH HIM. 03:08 WE WEREN'T EXPECTING HIM TO LIVE. HE DID LIVE FOR THREE 03:11 YEARS AND WE HAD SOME DIFFICULT THREE YEARS BUT HE WAS REHABED ENOUGH 03:18 SO THAT 2005 I MADE MY FIRST VISIT TO INDIA AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 03:25 SO, THAT'S THE WAY I GOT STARTED AND NOW I GO EVERY YEAR TO THE SAME REGION. 03:32 I MIGHT SAY THAT THREE YEARS AGO I WENT TO INDIA BACK TO ANDHRA PRADESH TO THE VERY VILLAGES 03:44 THAT MY HUSBAND AND I HAD DONE EVANGELISM IN TO SEE HOW THE WORK IS GOING. 03:49 YOU KNOW LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL DID HE WENT BACK TO VISIT THEIR MISSIONARY JOURNEYS, YES. 03:53 SO WE WENT BACK AND VISITED AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL, THRILLING EXPERIENCE. 03:57 GOD IS GOOD. 04:00 NOW I AM GOING EVERY YEAR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH TO MY NORTHEAST 04:03 TERRITORY THAT I HAVE LEARNED TO LOVE THE PEOPLE THERE VERY MUCH. 04:08 THAT IT IS SO EXCITING. THAT'S JUST AMAZING HOW GOD WORKS. 04:11 GOD DOES WORK. THAT HE WANTS TO INVOLVE US IN HIS WORK, WHAT A PRIVILEGE. 04:16 YES. 04:17 WHAT AREA SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU GOING TO BE SHARING WITH US TODAY OUT OF YOUR REGION? 04:22 WELL I'VE CHOSEN TO EMPHASIZE SIKKIM WHICH IS THAT LITTLE SPOT BETWEEN BHUTAN AND NEPAL UP 04:30 NORTH IN INDIA BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TEN NEW WORKERS. 04:34 I SAY NEW WORKERS, THEY HAVE BEEN THERE ONE YEAR AND ITS JUST EXCITING WHAT IS HAPPENING AND 04:40 THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON IN THAT AREA. 04:45 SO, I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES HERE THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU. 04:49 YOU MIGHT SAY THIS IS JUST A MUG SHOT OF PEOPLE BUT IT IS SO SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE THAT AREA 04:56 THAT THEY ARE STANDING ON IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FLAT AREAS IN 05:01 THE HILLS OF THE HIMALAYAS IN SIKKIM. 05:05 SO THIS IS MOUNTAIN AREA? 05:07 THIS IS MOUNTAIN AREA. YOU KNOW WE CALL THE FOOTHILLS OF 05:10 A MOUNTAIN RANGE AND THEY START OUT GRADUALLY AND BUILD UP BUT THIS IS GOING UP AND DOWN. 05:18 YOU GO IN THE ROADS THEY ARE WINDY AS CAN BE. 05:23 I REMEMBER I HAD SOMEONE WITH ME ONE YEAR AND HE WAS NAUSEATED THE WHOLE TRIP. 05:29 ANYWAY, GOING UP AND DOWN AND ROUND THE CURVES, HAIRPIN CURVES, YES BUT WE GOT TO THIS 05:37 VILLAGE AND WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND I BELIEVE 05:40 HE IS THE MAN IN THE LIGHT JACKET THERE. 05:43 HE TOOK US TO THIS VILLAGE. THE ONLY, THE LARGEST FLAT SPOT 05:49 THAT WE COULD FIND THEN THEY TOOK US TO THE HOME OF ONE OF 05:54 THE BELIEVERS AND WHEN WE GOT TO THE HOME OF THE BELIEVER, WE COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT. 06:00 IN FACT, THE PATHWAY GOING DOWN CAN YOU SEE THAT STONY, ROCKY PATHWAY? 06:08 THE VILLAGERS HAD MADE THIS PATHWAY BECAUSE THE RAINY SEASON, 06:12 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE? IT JUST CASCADES DOWN 06:16 THERE AND HERE WE HAVE A PASTOR WHO IS WITH ME AND I JUST TURNED AROUND 06:20 AND TOOK A PICTURE OF HIM AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE PATHWAY. 06:23 IT'S LIKE A WATERFALL. 06:26 OH YES. I WOULD SAY WE WENT DOWNHILL FROM THAT 06:30 FLAT SPOT ABOUT 150 FEET DOWNHILL. I MEAN THE PATHWAY 06:34 WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT A KILOMETER GOING DOWN IT SEEMED TO ME ANYWAY. 06:41 BUT THEN AT THE BOTTOM, WE CAN SEE THE LAST HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE. 06:47 THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 50 HOUSES IN THIS VILLAGE. 06:52 YOU CAN SEE IT IS A SIMPLE VILLAGE THERE. 06:55 WHERE WE WENT THEY HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN SPOT YOU CAN SEE HOW THE PEAS ARE GROWING 07:03 THERE AND THE VILLAGERS HAVE JUST MADE A NEW ROOM ON THIS BUILDING. 07:10 IT WAS FOR HAVING A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR THEIR FAMILY AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS A MEMBER. 07:17 THESE VILLAGERS ARE REALLY STRONG PEOPLE. 07:22 WOW. 07:24 I TURNED AROUND AND I SAW THESE TWO LADIES COMING UP WITH BUNDLES OF GREENS ON THEIR BACK. 07:27 CAN YOU IMAGINE THE WEIGH OF THAT? 07:30 WELL THEY SAW US GATHERING OUTSIDE AND SO THEY PUT THEIR BUNDLES DOWN AND THEY LISTENED 07:35 TO EVERY WORD THAT WE SAID AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER WE FINISHED OUR TALK THEY TOOK OFF. 07:43 BUT THIS IS THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE GATHERING THERE TO HAVE A WORSHIP TIME WITH ME. 07:50 WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT WAS TO HAVE THIS TIME WITH THEM. 07:54 THEN THE MAN HERE, HE WAS LIKE A CHURCH ELDER FOR THIS GROUP 08:01 AND HE JUST GAVE A PASSIONATE APPEAL TO ME. 08:05 HE SAID YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO REACH EVERY HOME IN THIS VILLAGE, THAT'S 50 HOMES AND 08:12 WE WANT EVERY ONE OF THEM TO BECOME ADVENTISTS AND WORSHIP TOGETHER ON THE SABBATH DAY. 08:18 WON'T YOU PLEASE GIVE US A CHURCH? 08:21 I SAID, WELL YOU KNOW IT STARTS WITH A DONATION OF PROPERTY. 08:26 IF SOMEBODY HAS SOME PROPERTY WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN FIND A DONOR FOR A CHURCH 08:33 AND THEY TURNED AND THEY SAID WELL WE DO HAVE A DONOR. 08:37 THIS MAN WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THE LIGHT JACKET, THE OTHER MAN, HE OWNS 08:43 THIS PROPERTY AND HE TOOK US BACK UP THE PATHWAY AND FROM THE FLAT SPOT WE WALKED UPHILL AGAIN 08:49 ALMOST THE SAME DISTANCE THAT WE HAD COME TO THAT POINT. 08:54 WE TOOK A PICTURE OF THE PROPERTY. 08:56 HE SAID THIS IS THE PROPERTY I AM DONATING TO HAVE A CHURCH AND THEN HE TURNED AND POINTED TO 09:03 HIS HOUSE ON SAME THAT LEVEL AND HE SAID THIS IS MY HOUSE BUT I AM GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN SO 09:09 THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF ROOM TO BUILD A CHURCH. CAN YOU IMAGINE? 09:13 WOW! 09:15 TO ME, WHO OF US WOULD NOT ONLY DONATE PROPERTY BUT WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE YOUR HOUSE DOWN 09:20 AND MOVE IT ELSEWHERE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A PLACE FOR A CHURCH. 09:23 I WAS JUST AMAZED. 09:25 I WAS STRUCK BY THE GENEROSITY OF THESE PEOPLE. 09:29 THEN I TURNED AROUND AND I LOOKED FROM THE VANTAGE POINT 09:34 OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE HOUSE THAT WAS JUST BELOW THIS. 09:39 THERE WERE A BUNCH OF BUDDHIST FLAGS HANGING THERE. 09:44 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GROUP OF FLAGS WAS A STATUE OF BUDDHA. 09:50 AND I THOUGHT, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK IN A BUDDHIST COMMUNITY? 09:54 AND THEY SAID, NO, NO SOON THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ADVENTISTS TOO. 10:00 THEY SAID EVERYONE WILL WANT TO BE AN ADVENTIST BECAUSE OF WHAT GOD DOES FOR THE PEOPLE HERE AND 10:06 GOD PUTTING A CHURCH HERE, THEY WILL KNOW THAT WE SERVE A MIGHTY GOD. 10:14 SO WE ARE APPEALING TO HAVE A CHURCH THERE. 10:17 IT WILL COST ABOUT $4000 MAYBE $5000 BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CARRY THE MATERIALS AND 10:26 TRUCKS AND SO ON ALL THE WAY UP HILL AND THEN DOWN INTO THIS 10:29 VERY DANGEROUS ROCKY ROAD TO GET TO THE VILLAGE THERE. 10:36 IT IS JUST AN EXCITING THING TO KNOW THAT THEY THINK THE WHOLE 10:40 VILLAGE IS GOING TO CHANGE AND BECOME ADVENTIST. 10:44 THAT IS REALLY IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEY HAVE A VISION. 10:46 ISN'T IT, YES? 10:47 SO IT WILL BE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS OR THE 10:49 VILLAGERS OR BOTH TOGETHER WHO WILL WORK ON THIS PROJECT? 10:53 OH, I THINK ALL OF THE VILLAGERS WILL WORK TOGETHER. 10:55 THEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO LAY BRICKS AND SO ON BUT THEY WILL CARRY MATERIALS 11:01 AND THEY HAVE ALREADY TOLD ME THEY WILL CARRY MATERIALS 11:04 AND THEY WILL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO HELP. 11:06 WHATEVER IT TAKES. 11:07 YES. 11:08 YES. ALL RIGHT. 11:09 NOW WE COME TO THE POINT IN OUR PROGRAM WHERE WE GIVE YOU, OUR VIEWERS, 11:13 THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:15 YOU RIGHT THERE AT HOME CAN HELP SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS WITH 11:19 THE PEOPLE IN INDIA, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SHARING ABOUT 11:21 TODAY AND OTHER PLACES BY SUPPORTING THE MINISTRY 11:24 OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH YOUR PRAYERS. 11:26 IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE MINISTRY, I'D ENCOURAGE 11:30 YOU TO SIGN UP FOR THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. 11:32 IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE AND YOU'LL BE DELIGHTED TO READ STORIES OF GOD'S LEADING, 11:37 TRUE STORIES OF MIRACLES AND STORIES OF CHANGED LIVES. 11:41 TO SIGN UP SIMPLY CALL US AT 1-509-525-2951. 11:50 OR ON THE WEB: WWW.GOAIM.ORG AND OUR ADDRESS 12:00 OR ON THE WEB: WWW.GOAIM.ORG AND OUR ADDRESS 12:08 YOU WILL ALSO SEE GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA ADDRESS IF YOU ARE IN CANADA. 12:13 SO IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY, 12:16 I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT US. 12:19 BECAUSE SEEING HOW GOD IS WORKING TO CHANGE OTHER 12:21 PEOPLES LIVES CAN ENCOURAGE YOUR FAITH TOO. 12:26 WELL, WE ARE HERE TODAY VISITING WITH BEVERLY THOMPSON WHO IS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR IN INDIA AND 12:31 IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO HEAR YOU SHARE AND ACTUALLY SEE THE PICTURES OF WHERE YOU ARE 12:36 WORKING AND WHAT IS GOD IS DOING, NEW THINGS IN INDIA. 12:39 I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME MORE PICTURES TO SHARE WITH US? 12:41 I DO. 12:42 LAST YEAR I SHOWED THIS PICTURE FROM SIKKIM AND THIS IS PROBABLY AND HOUR'S DRIVE OVER THESE 12:50 MOUNTAIN ROADS GOING DOWN BY THE RIVER AND THEN UP ON ANOTHER MOUNTAIN. 12:55 THIS IS A SCHOOL HOUSE. 12:58 THE CHURCH MEMBERS HERE WERE GIVEN A CHURCH ON THIS PROPERTY THAT BELONGED TO ONE OF THE 13:05 BIBLE WORKERS THERE AND THE MEMBERS WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A CHURCH THEY WANTED TO 13:12 HAVE A SCHOOL AND SO THEY BUILT THIS SCHOOL. 13:14 CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING A SCHOOL LIKE THIS? 13:16 THIS IS A FOUR ROOM SCHOOL. THEY HAVE A FIFTH ROOM BUT THEY 13:21 HAVE OVER A 120 STUDENTS COMING TO THIS SCHOOL. CAN YOU IMAGINE? 13:26 IN THAT LITTLE BUILDING? 13:28 YES. 13:28 ALL AT ONE TIME? 13:29 YES. 13:30 OH MY! 13:31 AND THEY HAVE HALF DOZEN TEACHERS. 13:33 IT IS THRILLING TO SEE WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST, I BELIEVE, 13:39 BECAUSE THEY ARE SPREADING THE GOSPEL AND THIS IS ONE OF THEIR METHODS OF REACHING PEOPLE. 13:44 WHEN I WAS THERE THIS TIME, THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS. 13:49 YOU SEE WHEN I WENT THE FIRST TIME WE SAW THE PICTURE JUST NOW, 13:52 IT WAS SABBATH AND SO IT WAS EMPTY. 13:54 ALL OF THE STUDENTS WERE IN SABBATH SCHOOL IN CHURCH BUT THIS YEAR 13:59 IT WAS A WEEK DAY AND SO THE STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL. 14:02 YOU CAN SEE THE TEACHER THERE WITH THE STUDENTS IN THAT ROOM. 14:05 HERE IS ANOTHER ROOM WITH THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENTS. 14:08 I JUST WONDER HOW MANY OF OUR TEACHERS WOULD BE WILLING 14:14 TO TEACH STUDENTS IN THIS KIND OF A ROOM. 14:18 LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE THERE WE HAD SABBATH SCHOOL IN THIS ROOM AND IT IS A LARGER ROOM. 14:24 IT IS FOR THE LITTLE TINY TYKES THE KINDERGARTEN KIDS. 14:28 BUT THIS YEAR WHEN I WAS THERE LOOK AT HOW FILLED IT WAS. 14:31 THEY HAD ALMOST 50 KIDS IN THAT SCHOOL ROOM. 14:34 WOW, NOW HOW OLD ARE THESE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM? 14:37 THEY CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 4, 5, OR 6. THIS IS STARTING LEVEL. 14:41 WHEN I WAS THERE THAT SECOND LITTLE ONE ON THE FRONT BENCH THERE I SAW HER GET UP IN THE 14:48 FRONT OF THE STUDENTS AND SAY "ONE TIMES ONE IS ONE" AND THEN ALL 14:54 OF THE REST OF THE KIDS REPEATED ONE TIMES ONE IS ONE. 14:58 EXACTLY THE SAME ACCENT AS THE LITTLE GIRL USED AND SHE WENT THROUGH THE ONE TIMES TABLE, 15:04 THEN THE TWO TIMES TABLE AND THEN THE THREE TIMES TABLE. 15:07 THEN, IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSES TURN TO LEAD THE GROUP AGAIN. 15:10 IT WAS SO ADORABLE. 15:12 PRECIOUS. 15:14 THEN WE LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 15:22 THERE IS POINTING TO THE PROPERTY. WE WANT A REAL SCHOOL HERE. 15:27 NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 15:31 WE WANT FOUR CLASSROOMS THAT ARE MADE WITH BRICK. 15:34 THE OTHER ONE WAS TIN? 15:37 OH IT WAS PLYWOOD AND THEY ARE 4X8 SHEETS AND THEN THEY HAD SOME POSTS STICKING 15:42 UP TO MAKE THE AIR SPACE BETWEEN THAT AND THE TIN ROOF. 15:46 BUT THEY WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING REPRESENTATIVE OF THEIR GOOD GOD THAT THEY SERVE. 15:53 I SAID, "DO YOU HAVE TEACHERS?" OH, YES WE HAVE THE TEACHERS NOW. 15:58 ARE THEY ALL ADVENTISTS? 15:59 WELL, THEY WEREN'T WHEN THEY STARTED BUT THEY ALL ARE NOW. 16:04 THEY SAID PART OF OUR PROGRAM IS THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS WILL COME TO CHURCH AND SABBATH 16:11 SCHOOL ON SABBATH BECAUSE THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED TO A SIX DAY WEEK AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY 16:16 ARE THEIR MONEYS WORTH IF THEY DON'T GO ON SATURDAY, 16:19 SO WE JUST INVITED THEM TO COME TO CHURCH ON SABBATH. 16:22 THAT'S GREAT. NOW THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED IN THE PAST YEAR? 16:27 YES. 16:28 WOW. 16:30 WE HAVE ALSO ON THIS PROPERTY, THEY HAVE REQUESTED A CLINIC AND WE GOT A DONATION FOR A SIMPLE 16:41 CLINIC AND WHEN WE GOT THIS DONATION, WE SAID HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO NEED. 16:46 WELL, INFLATION IS TERRIBLE IN INDIA RIGHT NOW AND SO WHEN IT CAME TO HAVING MONEY FOR THIS 16:52 CLINIC WE GOT THE DONATION FOR THE CLINIC BUT NOW IT IS GOING 16:56 TO BE REALLY NIP AND TUCK TO GET THE MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING 16:59 TOGETHER THERE. SO I SAID WELL MAYBE YOU ARE GOING TO 17:02 HAVE TO MAKE PLANS FOR HAVING IT 17:07 INSTEAD OF FLAT THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE WINDOW PART YOU CAN MAYBE PUT ASBESTOS ON THE 17:14 OUTSIDE AND PAINT IT AND THEN ON THE INSIDE YOU CAN PUT SOME WOOD OR SOME KIND OF MATERIAL THAT IS 17:24 NOT AS EXPENSIVE FROM THERE UP BUT IT ALSO SHELTER FROM THE COLD 17:29 IN THE WINTER TIME AND FROM THE HEAT IN THE SUMMER. 17:31 I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE WEATHER THERE. 17:33 BECAUSE IT IS MOUNTAINOUS THEY DO GET COLDER IN THE WINTER, BUT IT DOES NOT SNOW THERE. 17:39 IT MAY GET REAL CLOSE TO ZERO CENTIGRADE WHICH IS FREEZING 17:43 BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT IS JUST ABOVE THAT IN THE LATE 30'S. 17:49 DOES IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD GET PRETTY CHILLY IN THAT SCHOOL, IF IT GOT COLD THERE? 17:55 YES AND THE PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY EQUIPPED AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR CLOTHING 18:00 TO GO AGAINST THE ELEMENTS LIKE THAT. 18:04 BUT THOSE PRECIOUS CHILDREN THEY LOVE TO LEARN AND GO TO SCHOOL. 18:11 WE ARE SEEING A NEW DAY IN INDIA WITH THE PARENTS WANTING THEIR CHILDREN TO LEARN MORE AND WHEN 18:18 WE HAVE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS AND CAN TEACH ABOUT JESUS CHRIST 18:23 WHAT A BLESSING THAT THEY RECEIVE. 18:25 THEY GET TO HEAR THE MESSAGE. NOT ONLY THAT, THE CHILDREN 18:29 GO HOME FROM SCHOOL AND TELL PARENTS THE STORIES. 18:33 OVER AND OVER AGAIN I HAVE HEARD GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TELL ABOUT THE CHILDREN COMING HOME 18:41 AND TELLING THE STORIES THAT THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM THE BIBLE TO THEIR PARENTS 18:44 AND THEN THE PARENTS START TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS. 18:49 WELL, YES THEY WANT TO HEAR MORE OF THESE BIBLE STORIES AND COME 18:52 AND TELL US AND TEACH US ABOUT WHAT YOUR GOD WANTS YOU TO DO. 18:58 WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF BAPTISMS. 19:02 MANY, MANY PEOPLE WILL ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST. 19:05 I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THE RESULTS OF THAT? 19:07 YES, YES. 19:09 I PERSONALLY HAVE MET SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAID THAT MY DAUGHTER WENT TO THE SCHOOL 19:12 THERE AND SHE CAME HOME AND TOLD ME STORIES AND I ASKED FOR BIBLE STUDIES AND THEY WERE BAPTIZED. 19:23 THAT'S WONDERFUL. SO, YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW THEY ARE REACHING THE COMMUNITY 19:27 AND THEY ARE WORKING ON A CHURCH, THEY ARE JUST STARTING A SCHOOL? 19:34 IS THAT STARTED OR WHERE IS THAT RIGHT NOW? 19:36 THE SCHOOL IS A NEW IDEA. 19:38 O.K. 19:40 WHEN I SAW THAT THEY BUILT THAT SCHOOL AND THAT THEY ARE MAKING DO WITH THAT, LET'S SEE HOW 19:43 LONG THEY CAN MAKE DO WITH IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST BUILT LAST YEAR WHEN I VISITED. 19:47 OH, RIGHT, RIGHT IT IS ALL NEW. 19:49 THEY ARE AHEAD OF THEMSELVES. 19:52 THEY REALIZE THAT THEY REALLY NEED A REAL SCHOOL FOR THE ELEMENTS THERE. 19:56 RIGHT. SOUNDS LIKE IT. 19:59 THEY HAVE THE PROPERTY, IT'S DONATED AND IT'S ALL SET TO GO, WHY NOT? 20:05 WHEN IT IS SUCH A MISSION, YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE COME FROM ONE HILLSIDE TO ANOTHER, DOWN TO THE 20:11 RIVER AND THEN WALK UP THE HILL TO THIS AREA. 20:16 THIS CAN BE AN ELEVATION OF PROBABLY BETWEEN 3-6000 FEET 20:22 DIFFERENCE GOING DOWN 3-6000 FEET. 20:25 SO ARE YOU SAYING CHILDREN TRAVEL THIS EVERYDAY? 20:28 YES. SOME OF THEM WILL. 20:31 HOW FAR DO THEY COME FROM? THIS IS A LONG WAY. 20:35 IT IS PROBABLY AN HOUR WALK TO AN HOUR AND A HALF WALK. 20:40 EVERYDAY. EVERYDAY CHILDREN AGED 4 DID YOU SAY 4-7? 20:44 THAT'S FOR THE LITTLE TYKES BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE OLDER KIDS 20:48 IN THOSE FOUR CLASSROOMS IN A ROW. 20:49 OH, O.K. 20:50 SO HOW OLD ARE THE CHILDREN IN THOSE CLASSROOMS? 20:52 WELL, THEY ARE IN FOURTH, STANDARD FOURTH GRADE SO THEY 20:57 ARE PROBABLY TEN YEARS OLD, ELEVEN YEARS OLD. 21:00 O.K. SO, WHERE ARE THE SMALLER CHILDREN? 21:05 WELL, THEY JUST HAVE THAT OTHER CLASSROOM. 21:08 O.K. SO THEY ALL COME TO SCHOOL TOGETHER. 21:11 YES, IT IS ALL IN THAT AREA BUT YOU SEE THEY EVEN HAVE INVESTED IN A SCHOOL BUS. 21:18 HOW DOES THAT WORK IN THOSE MOUNTAINS? 21:21 IT WINDS UP AND DOWN LIKE THIS, SO THERE ARE ROADS. 21:25 THERE ARE ROADS, WELL YOU KNOW THESE ARE LESS THAN THE FEDERAL 21:32 ROADS IN THE FOREST THAT WE HAVE HERE. 21:38 THEY ARE NOT AS SMOOTH AS THOSE AND THEY ARE VERY WINDING BUT THE SCHOOL BUS WILL GO UP HILL 21:45 AND DO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PICKUPS THERE. 21:50 BUT THE KIDS THAT LIVE ACROSS THE RIVER THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN AND UP TO GET TO THE PLACE. 21:56 THERE IS ONE BRIDGE NOT FAR AWAY THAT THEY CAN CROSS OVER THE RIVER. 22:00 IT IS A LARGE RIVER; IT IS NOT A SMALL ONE. 22:02 O.K. ALL RIGHT. IT SOUNDS EXCITING I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT 22:08 HAS ALL HAPPENED IN THE PAST YEAR. I ACTUALLY SAW YOUR 22:12 INTERVIEW LAST YEAR WHERE YOU WERE TELLING THAT TEN NEW WORKERS WERE GOING 22:15 INTO THIS UNENTERED AREA, SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR 22:19 WHAT HAS HAPPENED JUST IN THE PAST YEAR. 22:21 I'M JUST TELLING YOU ABOUT TWO AREAS, ONE WHERE THEY MADE A REQUEST FOR THE CHURCH AND THE 22:27 OTHER WHERE THEY MADE THE REQUEST OF THE SCHOOL. 22:30 BUT WE HAVE EIGHT OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THEY ARE REQUESTING LITERATURE TO HAND 22:36 OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE LIVING NEAR LARGER CITIES. 22:39 THEY HAVE TWO LARGER CITIES IN THIS AREA GANGTOK AND DARJEELING. 22:45 THESE CITIES ARE ON MOUNTAIN SLOPES AGAIN AND IN FACT WHEN YOU GET TO GANGTOK THE LARGER 22:54 VEHICLES OR BUSSES, TRUCKS OR ANYTHING THEY HAVE TO PARK IN A PARKING LOT ON THE HILLSIDE AND 23:02 IT'S A CEMENT PARKING LOT AND THEN THE PASSENGERS HAVE TO GET OUT AND GO IN A SMALL VEHICLE SO 23:11 THAT THEY CAN GO ON THE SMALL ROADS GOING UPHILL INTO THE CITY. 23:16 IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW THEY LIVE IN THESE MOUNTAIN AREAS 23:20 AND LIKE I SAY, THESE ARE NOT FOOTHILLS TO US. 23:24 THESE ARE THE BEGINNING OF THE HIMALAYAS AND THEY REALLY GO UP AND DOWN. 23:29 WOW, SOUNDS LIKE QUITE AN ADVENTURE THERE. 23:32 SO, SO ARE YOU SAYING THE CHURCH PROJECT AND THE SCHOOL PROJECT ARE IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES? 23:38 YES. 23:40 NOT THE SAME COMMUNITY. TWO DIFFERENT MOUNTAIN SIDES. 23:42 IT IS IN SIKKIM, BOTH OF THEM ARE IN SIKKIM BUT THEY ARE IN TWO DIFFERENT MOUNTAIN SIDES. 23:47 O.K., ALL RIGHT. 23:49 THEN YOUR OTHER WORK WHERE YOU WERE JUST MENTIONING, HOW FAR AWAY IS THAT? 23:53 THAT TOTALLY DIFFERENT? 23:55 GANGTOK IT TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF IN A TAXI TO GET TO THE CITY THERE AND IT PROBABLY 24:01 TAKES THAT FAR IN ANOTHER DIRECTION TO GO TO DARJEELING. 24:05 I MIGHT SAY THAT WHEN WE GO TO SIKKIM IT IS GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED BECAUSE SIKKIM HAS 24:13 BEEN TAKEN OVER BY DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS FROM TIME TO TIME AND IT WAS ONLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS 24:19 AGO THAT CHINA ACTUALLY SAID YOU CAN HAVE SIKKIM UNDER INDIAN TERRITORY. 24:26 OH. 24:28 SO CHINA HAS HAD IT AT TIMES, TIBET HAS HAD IT AT TIMES, BHUTAN HAS HAD IT, NEPAL HAS HAD 24:33 IT SO RIGHT NOW IT IS IN INDIAN HANDS. 24:36 BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL UNREST EVERYTIME I GO INTO SIKKIM I HAVE TO GO WITH MY PASSPORT, 24:42 A COPY OF THE FIRST PAGE OF MY PASSPORT AND A COPY OF MY VISA TO INDIA, AN EXTRA PICTURE AND 24:50 I HAVE TO FILL OUT A FORM ON THE BORDER AND GET PERMISSION TO GO INTO THE COUNTRY AREA. 24:57 IT IS AMAZING BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFICULTIES AND YOU HAVE GOD ON 25:06 YOUR SIDE, YOU WATCH GOD WORK, WHAT A BLESSING. 25:08 THAT'S RIGHT YOU WATCH GOD WORK AND HE IS WORKING. 25:13 IT'S HIS WORK AND WE GET TO JOIN HIM. 25:16 THE PASTOR WHO IS THE SUPERVISOR OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE THIS YEAR SENT ME SEVERAL 25:22 PICTURES OF BAPTISMS IN THAT COLD ICY WATER, THAT DRAINS OFF FROM THE SNOW MELTING ON THE 25:32 HIMALAYAS COMING DOWN IN THAT GREEN COLORED WATER. 25:36 I THOUGHT THAT IS COLD, COLD, COLD. 25:41 YOU DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE A NEW PERSON WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THERE RIGHT? 25:46 BUT THERE ARE BAPTISMS TAKING PLACE, THERE ARE PEOPLE GIVING 25:50 THEIR HEARTS TO GOD AND YOU KNOW MANY TIMES IN BUDDHIST 25:54 COUNTRIES WE SAY THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE TO WORK AND IT IS MORE 25:59 DIFFICULT THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER AT ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR AND THE 26:07 PEACE THAT COMES FROM KNOWING GOD AS WE KNOW HIM. 26:11 BUT "STEPS TO CHRIST" IS THE MOST VALUABLE PIECE OF MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE BUDDHISTS. 26:19 WE HAVE HAD THAT TRANSLATED INTO THE LANGUAGES OF THE AREA THERE AND THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE PIECE 26:28 OF MATERIAL TO GET TO THEM TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST. 26:32 WONDERFUL. THAT IS A WONDERFUL BOOK. 26:34 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. 26:35 IT HAS BEEN REALLY INSPIRING HEARING ABOUT GOD'S WORK IN 26:38 THIS REGION OF INDIA AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR MINISTRY. 26:43 THANK YOU; IT IS A BLESSING TO ME. 26:45 AND THANK YOU TO YOU OUR VIEWERS FOR JOINING US TOO. 26:48 WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BECOME INVOLVED IN 26:51 THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS 26:54 AND THROUGH YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 26:56 CALL US 509-525-2951. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 27:05 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ |
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