Participants: J. Campbell, Tim Saxon
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000445
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00:22 HELLO GOOD FRIENDS, I AM SO DELIGHTED TO GREET YOU AGAIN FROM THE STUDIOS OF GOSPEL
00:27 OUTREACH HERE IN COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON. 00:29 WE COME HERE OCCASIONALLY TO MEET WITH FRIENDS WHO BRING US STORIES OF WHAT IS HAPPENING 00:35 ON THE FRONT LINES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:38 BY NOW MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" OVER A TIME AND YOU 00:43 MOVE RIGHT UP CLOSE AND YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY TO GET THE LATEST STORIES SO YOU KNOW WHY 00:49 YOU ALSO ARE A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND INCLUDE THIS MINISTRY IN YOUR PRAYERS AND 00:56 WITH YOUR SUPPORT. 00:58 MY ROLE IS TO GET TO SIT HERE IN THIS LITTLE STUDIO AND MEET MY DEAR FRIENDS 01:05 AND TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION. 01:08 I GET TO WELCOME BACK DEAR FRIEND, JAMES CAMPBELL. 01:12 BLESS YOUR HEART JAMES. 01:13 THANK YOU. 01:14 YOU ARE A PIONEER AMONG US AND IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU 01:18 AND WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN WITH US TODAY TOO, TIM SAXTON. 01:22 WELCOME TIM. 01:23 THANK YOU DAN. 01:25 I AM GOING TO START RIGHT WITH YOU BECAUSE OTHER FOLKS KNOW JAMES BETTER THAN THEY DO YOU. 01:29 WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? 01:31 I COME FROM ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI. 01:33 WE OPERATE, WE HAVE A FAMILY BUSINESS THERE AND WE OPERATE SOME NURSING HOMES, LONG TERM 01:38 CARE, AND HOME HEALTH AGENCIES. 01:40 NOW, OVER IN MISSOURI HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:46 I KNOW ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS 01:50 BUT PRIMARILY THOUGH, THROUGH PASTOR. CAMPBELL. 01:53 AND HOW IS THAT? 01:55 WE BECAME CONNECTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AS WE WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON FUNDING BIBLE 01:59 WORKERS FOR NORTHERN INDIA AND SO AS WE MET AND WE CONVERSED AND WE JUST CLICKED AS FAR AS 02:08 WORKING IN GOD'S WORK IN NORTHERN INDIA. 02:10 WELL, WE WELCOME YOU HERE TODAY, TIM. 02:13 THANK YOU. 02:14 JAMES, FUNDING BIBLE WORKERS EXPLAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR VIEWERS SOME PERHAPS WHO ARE 02:20 JOINING US FOR THE FIRST TIME? 02:22 HOW DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IN THIS FUNDING ARRANGEMENT? 02:26 WELL GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT DEPENDS ON THE LORD TO PROVIDE FUNDS SO 02:35 THAT THOSE FUNDS CAN BE SENT TO RESPONSIVE MISSION FIELDS WHERE LOCAL WORKERS ARE 02:43 SUPPORTED TO DO THE WORK. 02:46 AND THAT IS REALLY EFFICIENT BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, IN MOST OF THE DEVELOPING 02:52 COUNTRIES AND ESPECIALLY THE 10/40 WINDOW WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS CONCENTRATING THE 03:01 SALARY SCALE IS MUCH LOWER THAN IT IS IN WESTERN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. 03:05 AND AS TIME HAS PASSED IT IS MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT FOR WESTERNERS TO FIND READY 03:12 ENTRANCE IN TO MUCH OF THAT PART OF THE WORLD AS WELL. 03:15 IN ADDITION, THE LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE A GREAT ADVANTAGE. 03:20 INDEED. 03:22 AND JUST BY WAY OF THE WAY I TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS, IS GOSPEL OUTREACH AS FAR AS MISSION 03:30 OUTREACH IS CONCERNED, IS A GOOD DEAL. 03:35 LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN YOU SEND A DOLLAR TO GOSPEL OUTREACH SOMETHING OVER 90 CENTS OF 03:42 THAT DOLLAR, AND IT'S QUITE A BIT OVER 90 CENTS OF THAT DOLLAR GOES TO FUND THESE 03:48 LOCAL BIBLE WORKERS THAT JAMES AND TIM ARE TELLING US ABOUT HERE. 03:52 RIGHT. 03:53 AND SO EXCUSE MY CRASS TERM 03:56 BUT IT IS A GOOD DEAL IN A BUSINESS LANGUAGE ISN'T IT TIM? 03:59 IT IS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER YOU ARE SPENDING ABOUT SIX DOLLARS FOR EVERY 04:05 BAPTISM IN INDIA. 04:07 YOU COMPARE THAT WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND IT IS JUST PHENOMENAL. 04:11 AND IF YOU HAVE MONEY YOU WANT TO PUT MONEY WHERE THE BEST DEAL IS. 04:16 ALL OF US, WHEN WE GO SHOPPING, WE WANT A GOOD DEAL AND WE CAN SEE IF OUR MONEY IS 04:20 GOING TO DO GOD'S WORK IN AN AREA WHERE THE WORK IS RIPE LIKE INDIA, FOR INSTANCE. 04:24 WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE READY AND YOU PUT IN A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY 04:27 AND YOU HAVE A HUGE HARVEST OF SOULS. 04:30 AND TALK ABOUT INVESTMENTS AND RETURNS, THESE ARE INVESTMENTS FOR ETERNITY AND THE RETURNS 04:40 WE CAN EXPERIENCE THAT FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS FOR EVER AND EVER WITH OUR SAVIOR. 04:45 THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. 04:47 THAT BRINGS ME TO A QUESTION THAT I REALLY HAVEN'T DISCUSSED A LOT WITH OTHERS 04:52 AND EITHER OF YOU CAN JUMP RIGHT IN ON THIS, WHAT IS FOR US BELIEVERS, WHAT IS THE 04:59 DRIVING URGENCY, THE MOTIVATION FOR US TO BE INVOLVED WITH A MINISTRY LIKE 05:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH HERE IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY? 05:09 WELL, PERSONALLY DAN I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE LIVING AT THE END OF TIME AND WE HAVE A 05:16 COMMISSION FROM OUR LORD TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO ALL THE WORLD AND THAT COMMISSION 05:20 ISN'T LIMITED TO THE CHURCH PASTOR OR THE CHURCH ELDER OR THE EVANGELIST THAT INCLUDES 05:25 EVERY BELIEVER BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERY BELIEVER CAN GO TO INDIA OR GO TO AFRICA, O.K. 05:32 BUT WE CAN SUPPORT IT THROUGH OUR MEANS. 05:36 THROUGH OUR MEANS WE CAN SUPPORT THE WORK ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO BE FINISHED AND 05:41 DAN, EVEN IF, EVEN TAKING AWAY THE PART OF BELIEVING THAT THE END OF TIME IS NEAR, WHICH I 05:49 DO BELIEVE IT IS, BUT JUST THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOULS OVER THERE THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD OF 05:54 JESUS AND THEY RE GOING TO DIE UNLESS SOMEBODY TELLS THEM ABOUT JESUS AND THE FINAL 06:00 THING IS THAT WE GO THROUGH LIFE AND I'M SPEAKING MAINLY THROUGH WESTERN CIVILIZATION 06:06 IN AMERICA, WE GO THROUGH LIFE AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR? 06:11 DO WE WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR HOW MUCH MONEY WE MADE? 06:13 OR HOW GOOD WE DID IN BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONALLY? 06:16 OR IS IT ABOUT SOULS FOR WHOM CHRIST DIED? 06:18 ISN'T THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING? 06:21 AND CHRIST LEFT THE THRONE OF HIS GLORY TO COME TO THIS PLANET THAT EVERY SOUL WHO 06:29 WOULD BE BORN ON THE PLANET COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT GREAT GIFT WAS ALL ABOUT AND 06:37 THE DESIRE OF OUR LORD, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, TO SPEND ETERNITY WITH US. 06:43 AMEN. 06:45 AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEY ARE GOD'S CHILDREN AND IT'S THE PRIVILEGE OF MINISTERS OF 06:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH, THOSE OF US INVOLVED WITH IT TO LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE BROTHERS AND 06:52 SISTERS IN THE FAMILY OF GOD. 06:54 TALKING ABOUT JESUS GOING OUT OF HIS WAY TO COME TO THIS EARTH, TIM HEARD ABOUT A 07:04 VILLAGE IN NEPAL THAT VILLAGE TO GET TO IT WAS AN ALL DAY RIDE ON A BUS, A BUS WITH 07:18 GOATS AND CHICKENS AND PEOPLE RIDING ON TOP OF THE BUS 07:22 AND OVER ROADS THAT WEREN'T QUITE ROADS. 07:25 THEN, AN EIGHT HOUR WALK INTO THE VILLAGE. 07:29 WOW. 07:30 YES. 07:32 TIM, WHY WERE YOU IMPRESSED TO SPONSOR A WORKER FOR THAT VILLAGE? 07:37 THE VILLAGE CHURCH TOO. 07:39 AS I HAD COME TO UNDERSTAND WAS THAT THIS VILLAGE HELD PROMISE. 07:45 THE PEOPLE THERE WERE INTERESTED AND TO THINK ABOUT THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS, YOU 07:50 KNOW, JESUS WENT WAY OUT OF HIS WAY FOR ONE CANAANITE WOMAN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. 07:56 YOU REMEMBER THE STORY. 07:57 AH, YES, YES. 07:59 AND I HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WHEN I WAS IN SOUTH AMERICA I WAS DOING A SERIES FOR AMAZING 08:04 FACTS AND WE WERE IN A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE MORNING TILL NIGHT AND WE WERE IN BOGOTA 08:11 AND ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH THE SERIES, THE PASTOR CAME TO ME AND SAID YOU KNOW THERE IS A 08:15 FAMILY WE HAVE WORKED WITH THAT HAVEN'T COME TO THESE MEETINGS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN 08:18 WORKING WITH THEM AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD WANT TO COME SEE THEM? 08:22 THEY LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY 08:23 BUT THE CATCH IS YOU CAN ONLY CATCH THEM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. 08:27 NOW, WE HAD A TIGHT SCHEDULE AND I HAD TO BE BACK FOR THE MEETINGS AND KNEW THAT AND ON 08:32 THE SURFACE IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN FIT THEM INTO OUR 08:35 SCHEDULE BUT I REMEMBERED THAT STORY AND THE CANAANITE WOMAN AND I SAID LET'S GO. 08:41 SO WE WENT. 08:42 WE WENT OVER THERE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF BOGOTA TO MEET THIS ONE FAMILY THAT WAS WAY 08:46 OUT OF THE WAY AND WAS NOT RESPONDING AND WE MET WITH THEM AND WE HEARD THEIR 08:50 RESISTANCE TO ACCEPTING CHRIST. 08:52 IT HAD TO DO WITH THE HUSBAND AND SOME OBLIGATIONS HE FELT OBLIGATED TO AND HE COULD NOT 08:57 MAKE THE COMMITMENT. 08:58 AND WE WERE ABOUT READY TO LEAVE AND SAY O.K. 09:01 THANK YOU, WE WILL PRAY FOR YOU WHEN THE MOST AMAZING THING HAPPENED TO ME. 09:05 AS I WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE, IT WASN'T AS IF IT WAS MY OWN VOICE OR MY OWN 09:09 THOUGHTS BUT I STOPPED THE PASTOR AND SAID NO, WE ARE NOT LEAVING YET. 09:13 TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. 09:15 I TURNED TO THE MAN AND I ASKED HIM I SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMPLETE 09:19 SURRENDER TO JESUS CHRIST TODAY AND TO FOLLOW HIM FULLY AND GIVE HIM YOUR WHOLE HEART? 09:25 THE MAN SAID, YES I WOULD AND HIS FAMILY 09:28 AND BEFORE THE SERIES WAS OVER THEY WERE ALL BAPTIZED. 09:32 WHAT A STORY. 09:34 THE THING IS I DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME, I DIDN'T KNOW THE MAN'S HEART WAS READY FOR 09:37 CONVICTION BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT DID, HE DIRECTED ME TO SAY WHAT I REALLY EVEN WASN'T 09:41 GOING TO SAY AND SO WE GO BACK TO THE STORY OF GIMDI WHEN I HEAR ABOUT HERE WE HAVE A 09:45 VILLAGE OF PROMISE WAY OFF THE BEATEN PATH BUT THERE IS NOBODY TO GO THERE BUT FOR A 09:52 SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU COULD SPONSOR SOMEBODY TO GO THERE AND WIN THESE PEOPLE TO 09:57 JESUS, I'VE GOT TO DO IT. 10:00 WELL, YOU HAVE GIVEN US A GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION OF THE DIVINE GENIUS OF GOSPEL 10:08 OUTREACH, I THINK, BUT THERE IS ONE LITTLE DIMENSION OF THIS THAT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH 10:13 AS YOU WERE TELLING THE STORY. 10:16 THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF A DISPOSITION, A HEART FOR JESUS AND FOR MISSIONS TO EVEN ASK 10:26 THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT'S THE VILLAGE NAME? 10:29 GIMDI, TO FIND OUT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE HERE YOU ARE IN MISSOURI, HOW DID YOU FIND 10:34 ABOUT A REMOTE VILLAGE IN NEPAL SOMEPLACE? 10:40 AND THAT'S THE KIND OF MINDSET THAT DRIVES EVERYBODY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:47 DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? 10:48 DEFINITELY. 10:50 YOU KNOW TIM IS A BUSINESS MAN. 10:53 THE FOLK IN NEPAL WHO WENT TO THAT VILLAGE, ONE OF THOSE WAS ALSO NOT A PAID WORKER FOR THE 11:06 CHURCH, HE HAD MADE HIS WAY IN WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY AND WASN'T TOO WELL ANYMORE. 11:14 RETIREMENT AGE BUT HE WALKED THAT EIGHT HOURS IN AND EIGHT HOURS BACK AND I'LL TELL YOU 11:20 THE TRAIL WAS UP OVER THE HILLS AND ROCKS AND IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT WAY BUT GOD HAS 11:28 BLESSED AND THERE ARE NEW MEMBERS IN THAT AREA. 11:30 IS THERE A CHURCH IN GIMDI NOW? 11:32 IT'S BEING BUILT. 11:33 IT'S BEING BUILT YES. 11:35 HOW MANY BELIEVERS THERE DO YOU KNOW? 11:36 I'M NOT SURE, BUT NOT ONLY --THERE IS A BEACH HEAD THERE 11:38 AND IT SPAWNED A PLACE JUST CLOSE BY. 11:43 IS THAT RIGHT? 11:44 YES. 11:46 NOW JAMES, I KNOW AS YOU TYPICALLY DO HAVE SOME PICTURES FOR US, YES WE SURE 11:51 DO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 11:53 WELL, THAT LOOKS LIKE YOUR BACKYARD. 11:55 IT IS FROM OUR BACKYARD AND NOTHING CAN HINDER THE LORD FROM SAVING BY MANY OR BY FEW. 12:01 YOU KNOW, DAHLIAS RIGHT? 12:03 THEY ARE DAHLIAS FROM MY WIFE LOVES TO GROW IN HER GARDEN. 12:09 BEAUTIFUL. 12:10 YES. 12:11 AND GOD IS READY TO DO GREAT THINGS IN OUR TIME. 12:16 GOD IS A GREAT KING. 12:18 NOW WHEN YOU HAVE A GREAT PERSON THAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR SOMETHING, YOU ARE ASKING FOR 12:23 SOMETHING FROM A GREAT PERSON YOU DON'T ASK FOR LITTLE THINGS, NO, AND THAT'S WHAT 12:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING RIGHT NOW LOOKING FOR GREAT THINGS. 12:32 YOU KNOW IN ZECHARIAH 10:1 IT TELLS US THAT THE LORD WILL CAUSE BRIGHT CLOUDS, FLASHING 12:41 CLOUDS, LIGHTNING IN THE CLOUDS AND HE WILL GIVE SHOWERS OF RAIN, GRASS IN THE 12:45 FIELDS FOR EVERYONE, FOR EVERYONE. 12:48 WOW. 12:50 YES AND THAT LEADS US TO THE GREAT PROJECT THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS RIGHT NOW "ONE 12:55 MILLION FOR JESUS". 12:57 TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR VIEWERS. 13:01 O.K. 13:02 2013,2014, AND 2015 - THREE YEARS THE AIM OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS TO ADD ONE MILLION 13:14 NEW MEMBERS THROUGH THE INFLUENCE 13:16 OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THOSE THREE YEARS. 13:21 IF I UNDERSTAND, I'M INTERRUPTING YOU NOW BUT AS I UNDERSTAND HOW THIS ALL CAME 13:27 ABOUT: SHOULD WE SET A GOAL? 13:31 WHAT KIND OF A GOAL SHOULD WE SET? 13:34 AND SO LESSER AMOUNTS WERE AT LEAST CONSIDERED ALONG THE WAY, DEFINITELY, AND SOMEBODY 13:39 SQUARED THEIR SHOULDERS AND LIFTED HIS CHIN OR SOMETHING AND SAID, WHY WE DON'T MAKE 13:44 THAT A MILLION IF WE ARE GOING TO ASK OF THE KING FOR A BLESSING, YES. 13:48 ASK FOR SOMETHING GREAT AND NOW MAYBE A MILLION ISN'T ENOUGH FOR THE LORD BUT IT 13:55 SURE STRETCHES OUR IMAGINATION. 13:56 INDEED. 13:57 YES. 13:59 NOW GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS INFLUENCED MORE THAN A MILLION BAPTISMS IN THE PAST BUT THAT 14:06 WAS OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. 14:08 NOW, TO GET IT DONE IN THREE YEARS AND WHO KNOWS WHETHER WE HAVE THREE YEARS OR MORE? 14:14 YOU KNOW THE LORD SAID WORK WHILE IT IS DAY, THAT'S TRUE. 14:17 THAT IS WHAT TIM HAS BEEN HELPING US WITH. 14:21 NOW TIM, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO DO A LITTLE MORE EXPLANATION ABOUT 14:31 A NEW INITIATIVE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH ABOUT HOW TO GET THOSE WORKERS INTO GIMDI, 14:38 ABOUT HOW TO ACHIEVE THIS "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" BY A SPECIAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM 14:45 THAT IS BRAND NEW AND QUITE EXCITING. 14:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS COME OUT WITH A PROGRAM CALLED THE "ADOPT A WORKER" PROGRAM WHERE 14:51 FOR APPROXIMATELY $150 A MONTH INDIVIDUALS, 14:55 CHURCHES, SABBATH SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS CAN ADOPT A WORKER. 14:59 IT IS NOT WHERE IT IS JUST KIND OF LOOSE, IT IS YOU ADOPT A SPECIFIC WORKER AND YOU ARE 15:05 TOLD THE WORKERS NAME AND PERIODICALLY YOU WILL GET REPORTS FROM THAT WORKER THAT 15:10 ARE UPLINKED TO YOU VIA THE INTERNET. 15:13 WHERE IT IS THE WORKER'S REPORT AND STORIES ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT YOUR 15:19 MONEY IS ACTUALLY DOING FOR THE LORD'S WORK. 15:21 AND THAT IS ACTUALLY TRANSLATED BACK INTO ENGLISH FOR YOU AND EMAILED TO YOU AND 15:26 YOU GET THE FULL REPORT OF IT. 15:28 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE WOULD SIT AND THINK ABOUT A SPONSORSHIP PLAN LIKE THIS AND 15:36 THINK $150 THAT'S $1800 A YEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF MY BUDGET WOULD ALLOW THAT, I'M 15:47 NOT A BUSINESS MAN OF COURSE, WHATEVER, BUT MAYBE MY SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS , YOU MADE THAT 15:53 REFERENCE, THAT'S RIGHT, WORKING TOGETHER ALL OF US - AND THINK ABOUT THE 15:59 INSPIRATION OF NOT MISSING A SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS TO MAKE SURE WE GET IN ON THE REPORT 16:08 OF WHAT OUR WORKER IS DOING IN SOME LOCATION. 16:13 SO I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD, BESIDES OUT THERE, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DOING A 16:18 LOT OF GOOD AMONG US AS WELL. 16:20 THAT IS VERY TRUE I MEAN DAN THAT IS $37 A WEEK THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS A WEEK TO 16:25 SPONSOR A WORKER, TO SPONSOR SOMEBODY TO CARRY THE GOSPEL TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. 16:30 HOW MUCH, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT DAN, HOW MUCH DO WE IN AMERICA SAY AS A TYPICAL 16:35 SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS, HOW MUCH IS OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES DO WE WASTE A WEEK ON THINGS THAT WE 16:38 REALLY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE. 16:40 IT IS EMBARASSING TO THINK ABOUT IT AND YET THE LORD HAS PROSPERED US TO THE DEGREE WE 16:49 EXPERIENCE ANY PROSPERITY ANYWAY, 16:51 FOR THE PURPOSE PRIMARILY OF SPONSORING A WORKER. 16:54 THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. 16:56 HE, THE LORD DOESN'T GIVE TALENTS AND BLESSINGS TO BE BURIED UNDERNEATH THE GROUND. 17:02 HE GIVES THEM TO BE USED AND WE ARE TO USE THE BLESSINGS GOD HAS GIVEN US HERE IN 17:07 WESTERN SOCIETY TO HELP THOSE IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS. 17:12 TELL US ABOUT THESE PEOPLE, JAMES. 17:14 THESE ARE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST RECENTLY BAPTIZED IN NORTHERN INDIA. 17:18 THE ONE WEARING THE TIE WANTS TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 17:24 HE IS JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SPONSOR HIM. 17:27 WOW. 17:28 WHAT IS HIS NAME? 17:29 HIS NAME IS VINAY. 17:31 VINAY AND THE OTHER MAN RAJ KUMAR, RAJ KUMAR TRAVELS TWENTY KILOMETERS WHICH WOULD 17:42 BE ABOUT 12-13 MILES TO COME TO THE LITTLE PLACE OF WORSHIP WHERE THEY WERE RECENTLY 17:48 BAPTIZED JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. 17:50 AND HE YOU KNOW, HE WALKS THAT 12-13 MILES BOTH WAYS TO COME TO THE WORSHIP PLACE. 18:05 THAT'S THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE HAVE OVER THERE. 18:07 THE LOCAL CHURCH IN THAT AREA PUT THEIR MONEY TOGETHER AND BOUGHT HIM A BICYCLE SO THAT 18:15 HE COULD COME ON THE BICYCLE RATHER THAN HAVE TO PAY 100 RUPEES WHICH WOULD BE A COUPLE 18:22 DOLLARS TO RIDE A BUS, HALF OF HIS DAILY WAGES OR TO TAKE THE TIME TO WALK, YES, SO HE TOOK 18:29 THE TIME TO WALK. 18:30 THEY GAVE HIM A BICYCLE AND HE GAVE IT TO ANOTHER FAMILY SO THAT THE HUSBAND AND WIFE 18:35 COULD BOTH COME TO THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 18:36 WOW. 18:38 YES, THAT IS THE KIND OF PERSON WE WANT FOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 18:42 THESE ARE THEIR CHILDREN. 18:44 DO THEY HAVE A FAMILY! 18:46 NOT THAT ONE FAMILY, I UNDERSTAND, THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM THE 18:52 EASTERN PART OF NORTHERN INDIA WHO HAVE COME ABOUT SEVEN OR 800 MILES TO FIND WORK AND 18:59 THEY WORK IN THE FACTORIES THERE. 19:01 I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY ABOUT RAJ KUMAR, O.K. 19:03 RAJ KUMAR WORKS IN THE FACTORY AND WHEN HE DECIDED TO BE A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SABBATH 19:09 KEEPER HE WENT TO HIS EMPLOYER AND SAID, LOOK I CAN'T COME ON SATURDAY. 19:14 THE EMPLOYER SAID YOU ARE FIRED. 19:17 YOU CAN COME UNTIL FRIDAY AFTER THAT YOU ARE FINISHED. 19:20 FRIDAY NIGHT, THE ELECTRIC POWER WENT OFF FOR THAT FACTORY AND IT STAYED OFF 19:28 UNTIL AFTER THE SABBATH HOURS ON SATURDAY EVENING. 19:31 WHAT A STORY. 19:33 YES AND THE NEXT WEEK, IT HAPPENED AGAIN FOR SIX MONTHS THAT WENT ON. 19:39 SO NONE OF THE FACTORY WORKED ON SABBATH, 19:41 THE OTHER FACTORY WORKERS WERE JUST THRILLED TO GET A DAY OFF. 19:45 THE FACTORY OWNER HASN'T LOST A THING AND THE POWER IS BACK ON AND WHAT'S HIS NAME? 19:53 THAT'S RAJ KUMAR, HE STILL HAS HIS JOB, HE STILL HAS HIS JOB. 19:58 WHAT A MIRACLE. 19:59 YOU DON'T HEAR THAT KIND OF STORY VERY OFTEN. 20:02 THIS IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR ME TO GO TO OUR VIEWERS AND SAY IF YOU WANT TO HEAR REAL 20:08 MIRACLE STORIES, YOU HAVE GOT TO ALWAYS STAY TUNED TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND 20:15 FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD AND THE STORY THAT JAMES HAS JUST 20:19 SHARED WITH US , IS I MEAN THAT IS SORT OF THE BEST STORIES I HAVE EVER HEARD THAT 20:25 WELL, MIRACULOUSLY THE POWER CAN GO OFF SO THAT A MAN CAN REMAIN FAITHFUL IN THE 20:31 DECISION HE HAS MADE TO SERVE THE LORD. 20:39 I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT DOWN SO YOU CAN REQUEST THE "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 20:44 NEWSLETTER SO YOU CAN BE UPDATED RIGHT THERE IN YOUR OWN HOME AND BY THE WAY, YOU 20:48 CAN GET ALL OF THAT ON LINE NOW AS WELL, IF YOU JUST KNOW HOW TO PUSH THE RIGHT BUTTONS 20:54 IN ORDER TO GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. 20:56 BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH U.S. 20:59 OR GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA AND YOU WILL DISCOVER HOW GOD IS WORKING DRAMATICALLY IN THIS 21:05 TWENTY FIRST CENTURY ACROSS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 21:08 TIM, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE TIME REMAINING, I'D LIKE YOU TO 21:15 GIVE ANOTHER EXPLANATION OF THE "ADOPT A WORKER" PROGRAM AND YOUR THINKING OF SITTING 21:17 IN YOUR OWN SABBATH SCHOOL THERE IN MISSOURI AND YOU KNOW YOUR PEOPLE AND YOU CAN 21:18 TRANSFER THAT TO OTHER PLACES. 21:20 I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT CAMERA OVER THERE AND YOU TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE 21:21 TALKING TO PEOPLE IN ANOTHER SABBATH SCHOOL OR IN ANOTHER LOCATION SOMEWHERE AND WHAT 21:22 THEY CAN DO WITH "ADOPT A WORKER". 21:24 WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH "ADOPT A WORKER" IS YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOULS TO BE 21:48 SAVED FOR ETERNITY BECAUSE ALL THROUGH OUT THE WORLD ESPECIALLY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 21:58 WHERE 97% OF THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 22:03 WE CAN SEND WORKERS THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH INTO THESE AREAS TO TEACH THE PEOPLE. 22:08 A TYPICAL ONE SINGLE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER MAY HAVE A HUNDRED BAPTISMS IN A SINGLE 22:13 YEAR AND THAT FOR THE PRICE OF WHAT WE AS WESTERN SOCIETY OR WE AS A SABBATH SCHOOL MAY 22:20 THROW AWAY IN A WEEK'S TIME IN THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE. 22:25 WE CAN ACTUALLY BE HAVING SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM. 22:28 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BEING IN HEAVEN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MEETING YOUR LORD, WHEN YOU 22:33 THINK ABOUT HAVE I DONE EVERYTHING THAT I COULD DO FOR THE ONE THAT I LOVE? 22:39 HOW CAN WE DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN TO EXPEND OURSELVES THE WAY JESUS 22:43 EXPENDED HIMSELF? 22:45 YOU KNOW DAN; WE ARE TOLD THAT A DAY WILL COME WHEN PEOPLE WILL SAY WE WISH WE HAD GIVEN 22:52 TO THE LORD'S WORK WHEN WE COULD BUT NOW IT IS TOO LATE. 22:55 WOE BE THAT TO US IF WE HAVE MEANS AT OUR DISPOSAL WHETHER IT IS SMALL OR LARGE, AND WE 23:02 DON'T TAKE THE TIME NOW TO USE THEM. 23:06 I THINK DAN, OF ONE OTHER INTERESTING STORY THAT I'D ASKED JAMES TO EXPOUND ON AND 23:11 THAT IS CALLED "PROJECT EXCEL" AND WE TALK ABOUT GOING OUT THE FARTHEST POINT YOU KNOW, 23:17 HOW JESUS CAME TO THIS EARTH TO REACH US AND THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN INDIA THAT 23:23 WERE BEING TOTALLY UNREACHED AND JAMES WILL YOU SHARE ABOUT THAT QUICKLY? 23:27 YES AND I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE, HERE'S A PICTURE OF THESE PEOPLE. 23:30 NOW THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO THE LOWEST MOST MENIAL WORK IN INDIA. 23:37 THEY CLEAN OUT PEOPLE'S LATRINES. 23:39 THEY DIG IN THE GARBAGE FOR PLASTIC AND METAL AND SO ON THAT THEY SELL AND GET A 23:46 LITTLE MONEY FOR THEIR DAILY LIVING. 23:49 THESE PEOPLE NOW, HAVE IN ONE AREA, THEY HAVE THREE WORKERS IN ANOTHER AREA TWO AND 23:57 ANOTHER PLACE FIVE AND TIM SAW SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT MILLIONS OF THESE PEOPLE 24:04 IN INDIA WHO JUST, PEOPLE IGNORE THEM, WON'T TOUCH THEM, WON'T TALK TO THEM EVEN. 24:12 IF A SHADOW PASSES OVER THEM, IN INDIA THEY ARE CALLED THE UNTOUCHABLES. 24:17 THESE ARE THE LOWEST OF THE UNTOUCHABLES AND TIM'S HEART WAS TOUCHED AND SOME OTHERS 24:23 WERE TOO AND NOW WE HAVE THOSE LET' SEE 3, 5, 8, 10 24:29 WE HAVE TEN WORKERS WORKING FOR THESE PEOPLE. 24:34 HERE THEY ARE IN A BIBLE STUDY AND THOSE CHILDREN LOVE TO SING THE GOSPEL SONGS. 24:41 THEY ARE HAVING A FABULOUS TIME. 24:43 I CAN'T HELP BUT OBSERVE THE BEAUTIFUL COLORS THAT ARE EXPRESSING SOME KIND OF 24:49 POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN THE MINDS OF THESE PEOPLE AND THEN TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. 24:54 YES. 24:55 IT'S WONDERFUL. 24:56 WASN'T THIS THE PEOPLE THAT JESUS CAME TO SAVE AS WELL? 25:00 IF JESUS WAS HERE WOULDN'T HE GO AFTER THE LOWEST OF THE LOW, THE MOST UNREACHABLE 25:06 PEOPLE ON THE EARTH? 25:08 WOULDN'T HE IDENTIFY WITH WHAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER THE LOWEST GROUP OF SOCIETY? 25:12 YOU CALLED IT EXCEL, THOUGH A MINUTE AGO. 25:14 YES, WE WANTED TO GIVE IT A NAME THAT WOULD HAVE SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT IT. 25:20 TO CALL THEM SCAVENGERS DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL BUT THEY NEED SOMETHING TO GIVE 25:26 THEM ENCOURAGEMENT. 25:27 WE HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE OF PICTURES HERE. 25:29 ALRIGHT, LET'S DO THOSE QUICKLY. 25:30 YES. 25:31 TIM HAS SENT MONEY TO NEPAL TO A NEW AREA WHERE THERE WAS PROMISE, THE FRUIT WAS RIPE 25:38 AND HERE ARE THE FIRST FRUITS OF THAT GIFT THAT WAS SENT THERE. 25:44 PRAISE THE LORD. 25:45 TWENTY EIGHT PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED IN THAT PLACE. 25:48 THEY ARE MEETING IN A CLEANED OUT CATTLE SHED. 25:51 THEY NEED A CHURCH SO BADLY. 25:53 ONE MORE PICTURE. 25:57 THEY HAVE LEARNED THE GOSPEL MESSAGE AND HOW JESUS HUMBLED HIMSELF AND NOW THEY ARE 26:03 WILLING TO HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND TOUCH ONE ANOTHER'S FEE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS 26:08 VERY SPECIAL IN INDIA. 26:11 WELL, IT IS VERY SPECIAL FOR ME TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY TIM AND TO HAVE YOU WITH US 26:15 JAMES, FOR THESE PICTURES OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TOUCH THE PEOPLE AND THERE IS NOBODY 26:23 UNTOUCHABLE IN CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 26:26 AMEN. 26:28 THANK YOU AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY AND FOR YOUR 26:33 PRAYERS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME WE CAN BE TOGETHER THIS 26:39 WAY AND DISCOVER WHAT GOD IS DOING ON THIS OLD PLANET TO BRING US ALL INTO HIS KINGDOM. 26:47 SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 26:49 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:17 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. 27:26 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:28 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 27:32 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:37 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:39 I GIVE UP. 27:41 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:44 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:47 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:51 WHERE? 27:53 ALL THE WORLD. 27:54 HOW CAN I GO? 27:55 I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:57 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:59 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:02 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:06 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. 28:17 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:18 FINISH THE WORK. 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
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