?OPENING MUSIC?
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?OPENING MUSIC?
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HELLO. YES, I AM DAN MATTHEWS.
I'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE
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WITH OTHER PLACES BUT ESPECIALLY
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE
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AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I AM
DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN ANOTHER
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PROGRAM RIGHT HERE IN THE GOSPEL
OUTREACH STUDIOS IN COLLEGE
PLACE, WASHINGTON AND IF I WOULD
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TAKE THE TIME, I'M NOT GOING TO,
BUT IF I WOULD TAKE THE TIME I
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COULD TELL YOU LOTS OF
MIRACLES ABOUT HOW WE GET
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TO BE HERE WITH EQUIPMENT THAT
WORKS WELL ENOUGH TO GET THESE
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PROGRAMS TO YOU AND A WONDERFUL
NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP
TO MAKE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE.
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SO, WHEN YOU ARE
PRAYING REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR
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GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THANK
GOD FOR WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING
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AS WE THANK GOD FOR YOU AND
YOUR SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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I GET TO SIT WITH DEAR FRIENDS
WHOM I HAVE MET OTHER TIMES AND
PLACES AND WE KIND OF RENEW
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ACQUAINTENCE HERE AND AMONG
THOSE FRIENDS IS ONE WHOM I
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HAVE KNOWN REALLY QUITE A
WHILE - MONUMENT VALLEY DAYS.
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DAN, DAN WALTER WELCOME TO
GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN
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MISSIONS". DAN IS ONE OF OUR
REGIONAL DIRECTORS, REGION 11,
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I THINK IT IS, THAT'S
RIGHT, REGION IN INDIA.
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WHERE ABOUTS IN INDIA DAN?
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EAST CENTRAL INDIA.
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EAST CENTRAL INDIA. AND
DAN IS A LONG TIME MISSIONARY;
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SPENT YOUR WHOLE LIFE
IN MISSIONS HAVEN'T YOU?
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YES.
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AND NOW HE IS RETREADED AS WE
OLD GUYS KIND OF SAY AND HE IS
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STILL ON THE FRONT
LINES AND BRINGS US STORIES.
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I'M REMEMBERING YOU AND I WERE
VISITING ON ANOTHER OCCASION
DAN, AND YOU TOLD ME THAT
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AMAZING STORY AND I JUST
REMEMBER HIS NAME IS BABJI WHO
IS A BRAHMAN AND HE WAS A HINDU
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PRIEST OR AT LEAST IN TRAINING
FOR HINDU PRIESTHOOD AND HE WAS
AN ENGINEER AND I DON'T KNOW
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ALL THE OTHER EDUCATION THIS MAN
HAD AND HE HAD THIS AMAZING THIS
EXPERIENCE OF MEETING AN OLD MAN
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WHO TURNED HIS BACK ONE OF THEIR
HINDU GODS AND THIS SEEMED SO
DISRESPECTFUL TO HIM AND SO HE
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SAID, "WHY DO YOU DO THAT?"
AND THE OLD MAN, A 90 YEAR OLD,
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AS I RECALL THE STORY
SAID, "THAT'S NOT THE REAL GOD.
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IF YOU KNEW WHO THE REAL
GOD IS YOU WOULDN'T" WHATEVER
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AND BABJI ASKED WHO IS THE REAL
GOD AND IT LAUNCHED HIM ON A
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QUEST. THAT IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPRESSIVE AND INSPIRING
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STORIES I THINK I
HAVE ALMOST EVER HEARD.
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BY THE WAY, IF YOU KEEP WATCHING
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" YOU
WILL PROBABLY HEAR THE REST OF
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THE BABJI STORY BUT THERE IS A
LITTLE PARAGRAPH OF THAT THAT
ISN'T INCLUDED IN THAT STORY
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AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT DAN TO
TELL US ABOUT - BABJI'S
EXPERIENCE IN FINDING A WIFE.
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YES, FOR A BRAHMAN, BRAHMANS
CAN ONLY MARRY BRAHMANS.
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BUT BRAHMANS DON'T BECOME
CHRISTIAN ONLY RARE EXCEPTIONS.
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AND SO BABJI IS
A RARE EXCEPTION.
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HE IS A RARE EXCEPTION AND NOW
HE IS OUT WORKING AS A PASTOR
AND PASTORS NEED TO HAVE WIVES.
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AND SO THE VILLAGE PEOPLE WHERE
HE WAS WORKING SAID YOU KNOW YOU
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HAVE GOT TO HAVE A WIFE BUT HE
SAID, WHERE AM I GOING TO FIND
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ONE? WELL, FINALLY THEY CAME UP
WITH A LADY BECAUSE THEIR
MARRIAGES ARE ALL ARRANGED -
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SO THE VILLAGE CAME
UP WITH A LADY FOR HIM -
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THE VILLAGE CAME UP WITH
A LADY FOR HIM AND HE FOUND
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HER VERY ACCEPTABLE, WONDERFUL
BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN LADY.
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THEN HE WENT TO THE CONFERENCE.
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BUT SHE WAS A LOWER CASTE,
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SHE WAS A MUCH
LOWER CASTE NATURALLY.
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HE WENT TO THE CONFERENCE
PRESIDENT AND ASKED HIM TO
CONDUCT THEIR WEDDING.
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THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT
SAID NO, I CAN'T DO THAT.
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IF I MARRY A BRAHMAN WITH
SOMEONE OF LOW CASTE, I WILL BE
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THROWN IN PRISON. AND SO THEY
HAD TO FIND SOME OTHER WAY TO
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GET MARRIED. THEY GOT MARRIED,
HAPPILY MARRIED AND ARE LIVING
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IN A LITTLE PARSONAGE OUT
THERE IN ONE OF THOSE VILLAGES.
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AND YOU HAVE MET HER?
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YES.
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AND SHE IS A LOVELY,
LOVELY LADY, PASTOR'S WIFE.
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WELL BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GET TO
TUCK THAT PART OF THE STORY IN
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BABJI
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BEFORE, I THOUGHT OUR FAMILY,
GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY DESERVES
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TO KNOW THAT BABJI IS
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LIVITER.
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NOW, YOU'VE GOT SOME OTHER
STORIES THOUGH FROM YOUR REGION
THAT ARE EQUALLY EXCITING AND
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WHO ARE YOU GOING TO
TELL US ABOUT THIS TIME?
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THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO TELLYOU
ABOUT, WELL LET'S JUST CALL HIM
MALI BECAUSE INDIAN NAMES
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ARE USUALLY QUITE LONG AND
MALI IS ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY HIM.
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MALI, THERE HE IS WE
SEE HIM, HANDSOME GUY.
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YES. HE'D BEEN WORKING
IN TWO DIFFERENT VILLAGES
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AND HAD ESTABLISHED
WORSHIP GROUPS THERE
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BUT HE FELT IT WAS TIME
TO EXPAND, GO TO THE NEXT.
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A MAN FROM ANOTHER VILLAGE
CALLED NATHAMA VILLAGE INVITED
HIM TO COME TO HIS VILLAGE.
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WELL, THAT WAS ABOUT SIX
KILOMETERS THAT WOULD BE ABOUT
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ALMOST FOUR MILES,
TO THE NATHAMA VILLAGE.
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THE FIRST PART OF THE JOURNEY
WAS ALONG A FAIRLY NICE LITTLE
ROAD THROUGH THE TREES AND
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WHATEVER AND THEN THEY HAD TO
CROSS A LITTLE RIVER THAT WAS
OH, KNEE DEEP AND THEN CLIMB UP
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ON THE DIKES BETWEEN THE RICE
FIELDS AND FOLLOW THE LITTLE
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NARROW PATHS ON
THOSE DIKES TO THE VILLAGE.
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BY THE TIME HE GOT THERE IT WAS
LATE MORNING AND THERE WAS
HARDLY ANYBODY IN THE VILLAGE.
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EVERYONE HAD GONE OUT TO THE
FOREST TO GATHER BAMBOO OR
SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD SELL,
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COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS:
BAMBOO, BAMBOO SHOOTS, WHATEVER.
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BUT THERE WAS SOME OLD PERSON OR
SOMEBODY THERE IN THE VILLAGE
THAT SAID EVERYBODY IS GONE WHY
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DON'T YOU EITHER HANG AROUND
UNTIL EVENING OR COME BACK
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IN THE EVENING AND
YOU CAN MEET THE FOLKS.
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SO THEY DECIDED, O.K., WE'LL GO
BACK HOME AND THEN WE WILL COME
BACK IN THE EVENING.
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HE CAME BACK THAT EVENING AND,
FIRST OF ALL; THEY WENT TO SEE
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THE VILLAGE LEADERS, THE CHIEF
AND SO ON TO GET PERMISSION.
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SURE. THAT IS
VERY IMPORTANT THERE.
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AND SO THEY PRESENTED TO THE
VILLAGE LEADERS WHAT THEY WANTED
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TO DO. THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT CHRISTIANITY IS AND IF
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THERE WAS INTEREST,
YOU KNOW, FOLLOW THROUGH.
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AND THE LEADER SAID,
THAT IS A GOOD IDEA COME, DO.
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SO THE NEXT EVENING THEY CAME
AND THEY BROUGHT MATS THAT THEY
COULD PUT DOWN FOR PEOPLE TO SIT
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ON, THEY BROUGHT SOME MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR PLAN WAS
THEY WOULD CONDUCT A MEETING
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THAT EVENING BUT THERE WAS
NO MOON THAT NIGHT SO THEY WOULD
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JUST STAY IN THE VILLAGE
OVERNIGHT AND GO BACK THE NEXT
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MORNING. WELL, THEY SET UP
EVERYTHING FOR THE MEETING AND
QUITE A NUMBER OF VILLAGERS CAME
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CURIOUS. WHAT'S
CHRISTIANITY ALL ABOUT?
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AND THEY STARTED THEIR MEETING
THEY BEGAN TO EXPLAIN WHO CHRIST
IS AND WHY HE IS INTERESTING TO
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US, ALL OF THIS AND SUDDENLY THE
OLDER SON OF THEIR HOST CAME IN.
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HE WAS DRUNK AS COULD BE, LOUD
AS COULD BE AND HE CAME IN
SHOUTING "WHY ARE YOU HERE?"
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THEN HE KICKED AT THE MATS
AND HE KICKED AT THE MUSICAL
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INSTRUMENTS. "WHO
INVITED THESE STRANGERS HERE?
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THEY ARE BRINGING
A STRANGE GOD HERE.
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WE HAVE ENOUGH GODS.
GET THEM OUT OF THERE".
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HE JUST MADE SUCH A BIG BEDLAM
THERE THE PEOPLE GOT UPSET WITH
HIM, THEY WANTED TO HEAR MORE
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AND THEY TOLD THE OLD DRUNK, IF
YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THEM YOU
GO AWAY, GO ON , GO TO BED.
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BUT HE WOULDN'T,
HE WOULDN'T LEAVE.
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ALL HE DID WAS MAKE MORE
DISTURBANCE SO FINALLY THEY
SAID, SORRY IT IS NO USE.
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YOU BETTER GO BACK WE
WILL CALL YOU ANOTHER TIME.
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WELL, THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED,
MALI AND HIS FRIEND.
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THEY GATHERED UP THEIR THINGS
AND BY THIS TIME IT WAS VERY
DARK BUT THEY STARTED ON THEIR
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WAY OUT ACROSS THESE LITTLE
PATHS ON THE DIKES OF THE RICE
FIELDS AND SUDDENLY MALI
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REALIZED THAT THERE WAS SOME
KIND OF A FAINT LIGHT SHINING
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RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM AND HE
COULD SEE THE PATH VERY CLEARLY.
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HIS PARTNER COULDN'T SEE
ANYTHING AND SO HIS PARTNER WAS
KIND OF HANGING ON TO HIS BELT
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TO FIND OUT WHERE TO GO AND THEY
JUST KEPT GOING AND THEY WALKED
ALL ACROSS THESE RICE FIELD
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DIKES UNTIL THEY CAME TO
THE RIVER, CROSSED THE RIVER,
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STARTED DOWN THE BIG
ROAD AND THE LIGHT FADED OUT.
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BUT BY THAT TIME, THEY WERE ON
FAMILIAR GROUND AND A GOOD WIDE
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ROAD NOTHING TO STUMBLE
ON AND THEY WENT ON HOME.
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WELL, NEXT MORNING THE
HOST CAME TO THEIR HOUSE.
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REALLY?
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HE APOLOGIZIED FOR HIS
SON'S ACTIONS THE NIGHT BEFORE.
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HE SAID, "I'M SO
SORRY ABOUT THIS.
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BUT IT IS TRUE THE VILLAGERS ARE
ALL WORSHIPPING THEIR GODS AND
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THEY ARE NOT REALLY INTERESTED
IN LEARNING ABOUT ANOTHER GOD.
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IT IS PROBABLY BETTER YOU
DON'T COME BACK TO THE VILLAGE.
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THEY MIGHT HARM YOU IF YOU DO,
BUT I WILL COME HERE TO STUDY.
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I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
TEACHING." AND SO THIS MAN AND
HIS WIFE CAME FAITHFULLY FOR
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WEEK AFTER WEEK AND
EVENTUALLY THEY WERE BAPTIZED.
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REALLY?
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BUT THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD STAY
IN THAT VILLAGE BUT THE
VILLAGERS GOT ALL UPSET AND
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BEGAN TO HARASS THEM - YOU DON'T
COME TO OUR FESTIVALS ANYMORE,
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YOU DON'T
WORSHIP OUR GODS ANYMORE.
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HE IS THE CHIEF OF THE VILLAGE?
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HE'S NOT THE CHIEF BUT
HE WAS THE HOST TO THEM.
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I SEE. O.K.
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AND EVEN THOUGH THE VILLAGERS
PERSECUTE THEM, TAUNT THEM, THEY
SAY WE ARE STAYING HERE BECAUSE
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WE WANT THEM TO SEE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CHRISTIAN
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AND THEMSELVES. AND SO THEY ARE
STAYING THERE DESPITE ALL THE
PERSECUTION AND EVERYTHING.
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EVERY SABBATH THEY MAKE THEIR
WAY ALL THE WAY TO MALI'S
VILLAGE AND WORSHIP THERE AND
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THEN GO BACK AND
WITNESS ALL THROUGH THE WEEK.
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NOW MALI IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKER, IN THIS REGION AND HE
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HAS ESTABLISHED OTHER GROUPS IN
OTHER PLACES, I AM SURE AS WELL.
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OH YES, YES.
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HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN A
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER?
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I DON'T RECALL RIGHT AT
THE MOMENT BUT HE HAS BEEN FOR
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SEVERAL YEARS. AT ANY RATE, HE
IS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE
PERSISTENCE AND THE DEDICATION
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AND THE FEARLESSNESS WITH WHICH
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO THEIR
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SERVICE; AND THE
CONVERTS, THE QUALITY OF THE
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CONVERTS WILLING TO ACCEPT
PERSECUTION IN ORDER TO WITNESS.
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YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HAVE SHARED
MIRACLE STORIES BEFORE DAN
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AND THAT IS ANOTHER
WITH THE MIRACULOUS LIGHT.
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I'VE WALKED THOSE NARROW PATHS
BETWEEN THOSE LITTLE RICE
PADDIES AND IT NOT DIFFICULT AT
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ALL WHEN YOU CAN SEE EVEN,
TO SLIDE OFF THOSE INTO THE RICE
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PADDY. RIGHT.
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AND FOR THIS LIGHT TO
APPEAR THAT MUST HAVE VERIFIED
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IN MALI'S MIND GOD'S
LEADING IN HIS MINISTRY.
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GOD IS LEADING
AND STILL LEADING.
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ALRIGHT, I THINK WE HAVE
TIME TO GO FOR ANOTHER STORY.
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WHO HAVE WE GOT?
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THIS TIME WE TALK
ABOUT LAZUR. LAZUR BHUYAN.
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HE'S A HAPPY LOOKING GENTLEMAN.
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HE IS. LAZUR GREW UP
TO BE A BAPTIST CHRISTIAN
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BUT AS HE MATURED AND
BEGAN READING HIS BIBLE, HE
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DISCOVERED THAT THE BIBLE
TAUGHT ABOUT THE SEVENTH DAY
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SABBATH AND HIS PEOPLE
WERE ALL KEEPING SUNDAY.
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HE QUESTIONED HIS PASTOR, WHY IS
IT THAT WE KEEP SUNDAY WHEN THE
BIBLE TEACHES SABBATH?
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WELL, THE PASTOR TOLD HIM IN NEW
TESTAMENT TIMES IT WAS CHANGED
AND SO HE READ THE NEW TESTAMENT
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THROUGH A TIME OR TWO AND
HE SAYS, "I CAN'T FIND IT HERE.
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WHY DO CHRISTIANS KEEP SUNDAY
WHEN THE BIBLE TEACHES
SATURDAY?" ONE THING HE DID
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FIND IN HIS FURTHER STUDY
WAS THAT GOD NEVER CHANGES.
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AND SO HE WAS
PUZZLED. WHAT SHALL I DO?
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THEN HE LEARNED THAT THE SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTISTS WERE GOING
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TO BE CONDUCTING SOME MEETINGS
IN A NEIGHBORING VILLAGE.
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HE DECIDED TO GO THERE
AND SEE IF THEY HAD THE ANSWER
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BECAUSE AFTERALL,
THE TITLE IS SEVENTH DAY.
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SO HE WENT THERE. THE MEETINGS
CONTINUED FOR TWENTY-ONE NIGHTS.
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HE NEVER MISSED A NIGHT DESPITE
THE LONG WALKS AND MOONLIGHT, IF
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THERE WAS ANY. AND FINALLY IN
THE LAST MEETING OF THAT SERIES,
THEY BROUGHT UP THIS QUESTION
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ABOUT THE SABBATH. AND THEY
ADDRESSED IT THIS WAY: IF THE
HEAVENLY FATHER DIDN'T CHANGE
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THE SABBATH, JESUS DIDN'T CHANGE
THE SABBATH, WHO CHANGED IT?
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THEN THEY GAVE THE
ANSWER VERY CLEARLY.
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IT WAS THE ROMAN CHURCH, THE
ROMAN GOVERNMENT WHO CHANGED IT.
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FOR LAZUR, THAT SETTLED IT
AND SO HE TOOK FURTHER STUDIES
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AND FINALLY BECAME A SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTIST AND WAS BAPTIZED.
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BUT INTERESTING IN THOSE
MEETINGS, THOUGH THEY HAD
BROUGHT TOGETHER LARGE CROWDS
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THOUSANDS ACTUALLY, WHEN
THEY MADE THE APPEAL FOR BAPTISM
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THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT PEOPLE
WHO CAME FORWARD FOR BAPTISM.
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LAZUR, OF
COURSE, WAS ONE OF THEM.
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THE EVENING AFTER THE BAPTISM,
LAZUR WHEN BACK TO HIS HOME.
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HIS FATHER WAS THE VILLAGE
POSTMASTER SO HE HAD SOME CLOUT
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IN THE VILLAGE. THE FATHER TOOK
A PIECE OF FIREWOOD AND BEAT HIM
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MERCILESSLY OVER THE
HEAD WITH THAT FIREWOOD.
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HOW OLD IS LAZUR AT
THIS TIME DO YOU KNOW?
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YOU SAW IN THE PICTURE HE IS
AN ADULT LATE 20'S EARLY 30'S OR
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SO. BUT THE FATHER
TURNED AGAINST HIM.
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WITH THAT, THE WHOLE VILLAGE
TURNED AGAINST HIM AND THEY
ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO PLEASE
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TAKE THIS GUY OUT OF OUR VILLAGE
AND THE GOVERNMENT COMPLIED TOOK
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HIM OUT. WELL, THE MISSION HAD
PURCHASED A PIECE OF LAND NOT
FAR FROM THIS VILLAGE WHERE THEY
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INTENDED TO BUILD A CHURCH BUT
THE PEOPLE FROM THIS VILLAGE
WARNED THE MISSION:
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YOU BUILD A CHURCH, WE
DESTROY IT AND WE KILL LAZUR.
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SIMPLE. THEY THREATENED.
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WELL, LAZUR KNEW THAT GOD KEEPS
WORKING AND SOMEHOW THEY HAD TO
DO SOMETHING TO RETAIN THAT
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PROPERTY BECAUSE IF PROPERTY
IS NOT BEING USED, SOMEONE ELSE
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WILL CLAIM IT. SO HE WENT
AND PLANTED FRUIT TREES ON IT.
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IS THAT RIGHT?
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MANGO TREES. AND HE CONTINUED
LIVING THEN OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE
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SOMEWHERE. HE MARRIED AND
HAS FOUR DAUGHTERS ALL OF WHOM
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ARE IN ADVENTIST
SCHOOLS, BY THE WAY.
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BUT HE CONTINUED QUIETLY
WITNESSING THERE IN THE VILLAGE
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TO HIS PEOPLE. NOW HE COULD GO
IN JUST AS A VISITOR, AS LONG AS
HE IS NOT A PART OF THE VILLAGE.
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YES.
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AND SLOWLY AS HE WORKED WITH
THE VILLAGERS HE GAINED NINETEEN
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CONVERTS IN THAT VILLAGE BUT
THEY DON'T DARE WORSHIP THERE.
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THEY HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER
VILLAGE FIVE KILOMETERS AWAY,
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THREE MILES AWAY. NOW, HE IS A
NEW BELIEVER, HE IS NOT A GOSPEL
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OUTREACH WORKER. NO.
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HE IS JUST BURNING WITH
CONVICTION ABOUT SERVING JESUS
AND WITNESSING TO OTHERS AND SO
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HE IS DOING THE WORK OF
A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
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HE IS.
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HOW THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKERS MULTIPLY MANY TIMES
THROUGH THEIR CONVERTS.
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WOW.
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THE LOCAL PRIEST, I PRESUME
ROMAN PRIEST, HAS THREATENED THE
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FAMILY. YOU STAY IN THIS AREA IF
ANY OF YOU DIE YOU CANNOT BE
BURIED IN THE VILLAGE CEMETERY.
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YOUR DAUGHTERS, HE HAS FOUR,
CANNOT BE MARRIED TO LOCAL MEN.
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WE WILL NOT ALLOW IT. ANYWAY,
HE CONTINUES TO WITNESS THERE.
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HIS WIFE HAD SOME MINOR SURGERY
AND SADLY SOMETHING HAPPENED,
THE SURGERY WENT BAD,
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SHE GOT INFECTED, HE
WAS AWAY SOMEWHERE FOR
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A FEW DAYS WHEN THE
FEVER REALLY HIT HER.
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SHE FELL FAINTING TO THE GROUND.
THE VILLAGERS ALL THOUGHT THAT
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SHE WAS GOING TO DIE BUT ABOUT
THAT TIME HE APPEARED ON THE
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SCENE AND THEY SAID, FIRST YOU
BRING THIS SABBATH THING TO US
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AND NOW LOOK WHAT IT
IS DOING TO YOUR WIFE.
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IF SHE DOESN'T GET WELL QUICKLY,
IF SHE DIES, WE'RE GOING TO KILL
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YOU TOO. AND SO HE SENT UP A
BULLET PRAYER, LORD I NEED YOUR
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HELP. IF MY WIFE DIES, SHE DIES
THAT'S ALL RIGHT BUT THEN IF
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THEY KILL ME - BUT- IF THEY KILL
ME WHO IS EVER GOING TO TELL
THEM ABOUT THE SABBATH?
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AND SO HE LEFT IT AT THAT.
THE LORD ANSWERED THAT PRAYER.
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THE NEXT MORNING THE
INFECTION WAS TOTALLY GONE.
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SHE WAS PERFECTLY WELL
AND SO HE IS STILL LIVING,
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WITNESSING THERE AND
HE REMINDED ME OF THIS.
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WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS GOD
WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO
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LOVE HIM, WHO HAVE BEEN
CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
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ROMANS 8:28.
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NOW REMIND ME AGAIN DAN, HOW DID
AND I HAVE MISPRONOUNCED HIS
NAME I'M SURE, I THOUGHT IT
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WAS LAZUR OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LAZUR, YES.
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HE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE
GOSPEL THROUGH A GOSPEL OUTREACH
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WORKER? RIGHT.
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WHO WENT INTO THIS VILLAGE?
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RIGHT.
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O.K. I MISSED THAT,
I WASN'T LISTENING WELL
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ENOUGH I GUESS, I
MISSED THAT LITTLE PORTION BUT
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AS A RESULT OF THAT, HE HAS
BECOME A WITNESS AND AT THE
POINT YOU WHO HEARD THE STORY,
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NINETEEN PEOPLE HAD
ALREADY RESPONDED TO THE GOSPEL.
00:20:49.30\00:20:52.63
RIGHT.
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AND SO DO THEY MEET
OUT ON THAT PROPERTY?
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OR WHERE ARE THEY
MEETING? DO YOU KNOW THAT?
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THEY GO TO ANOTHER VILLAGE
BEYOND THAT PROPERTY FIVE
KILOMETERS REMOVED,
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THREE MILES AWAY AND
WORSHIP WITH ANOTHER GROUP.
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THE DEDICATION OF
THESE PEOPLE IS INCREASINGLY
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IMPRESSIVE TO ME. YOU
HAVE SPOKEN SO MANY TIMES IN
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THE STORIES I HAVE HEARD YOU
TELL ABOUT THE DISTANCES THESE
00:21:15.53\00:21:18.30
PEOPLE WALK JUST TO BE IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER BELIEVERS.
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RIGHT.
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AND I THINK THAT IS A POWERFUL
INSTRUCTIVE LESSON FOR US IN THE
WESTERN WORLD AND I THOUGHT OF
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THE SCRIPTURE "FORSAKE NOT
THE ASSEMBLING OF YOURSELVES
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TOGETHER" AND SO MUCH THE MORE
AS WE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.
00:21:36.23\00:21:40.00
RIGHT.
00:21:40.00\00:21:41.60
THESE BELIEVERS IN INDIA DON'T
LET ANYTHING DISTANCES OR
OTHERWISE STOP THEM.
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CAN YOU SHARE ANOTHER
STORY WITH US IN FIVE MINUTES?
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I'LL TRY HERE.
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THE NEXT ONE IS
ABOUT, WHAT'S HIS NAME?
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SOUDAGAR.
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SOUDAGAR, O.K. I'LL
TRY TO REMEMBER THAT.
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I HAVE MANY STORIES ON HIM BUT
I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH ONE HERE
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REAL QUICK. WE MOVE NOW TO A
STATE NORTH OF ANDRAH PRADESH
WHERE THESE OTHERS OCCURRED.
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WE GO INTO ORISSA. ORISSA WAS
THE STATE WHERE THEY RECENTLY
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HAD THAT PERSECUTION WHERE THEY
WERE BURNING CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.
00:22:13.76\00:22:17.23
OH YES, I REMEMBER
HEARING ABOUT THAT.
00:22:17.23\00:22:19.23
O.K. WELL, THAT IS WHERE
SOUDAGAR WORKS AND THIS ONE
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OCCASION HE WAS WORKING
IN THE BATAMPALI VILLAGE.
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THEY WERE HAVING A HINDU
FESTIVAL THERE AND THAT'S WHAT
THE PICTURE REPRESENTS.
00:22:31.06\00:22:38.73
RIGHT.
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THEY ARE HAVING THIS FESTIVAL
THEY GET THESE DRUMS GOING AND
GET EVERYBODY ALL WORKED UP INTO
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THE SPIRIT OF IT, THIS FESTIVAL
MUST LAST FOR SEVEN DAYS AND
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NIGHTS. REALLY.
00:22:48.96\00:22:50.80
SO THEY DIVIDE THE PEOPLE INTO
SHIFTS AND SOME DO THIS SHIFT
AND THE NEXT SHIFT AND OH IT IS
00:22:50.80\00:22:56.33
REALLY QUITE AN OCCASION AND
DURING THIS FESTIVAL PART OF THE
CELEBRATING IS DRINKING.
00:22:56.33\00:23:04.46
AND SO THE HINDU PRIESTS WERE
DRINKING LOTS OF WHITE WINE AND
THIS ONE PRIEST IN HIS CLOUDED
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MIND WAS TRYING TO BE HELPFUL TO
THE COOKS, HE WENT AND GOT SOME
00:23:12.80\00:23:17.50
FIREWOOD. AS HE WAS PICKING UP
THE FIREWOOD HE FELT SOMETHING
PRICK HIM ON THE FINGER.
00:23:17.50\00:23:22.73
HE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A THORN
OR SOMETHING, DIDN'T PAY
ATTENTION BUT IT MADE HIM FEEL
00:23:22.73\00:23:27.36
KIND OF WEAK AND SICK SO HE
ASKED ANOTHER PRIEST TO GO AND
GET ANOTHER ARMLOAD.
00:23:27.36\00:23:33.16
THAT FELLOW WENT AND GOT AN
ARMLOAD BUT SOMETHING PRICKED
HIM ON THE FOOT AND THE PEOPLE
00:23:33.16\00:23:39.20
SAID, "OH YOU GUYS, YOU HAVE
JUST BEEN DRINKING TOO MUCH."
BUT AFTER A BIT THE PEOPLE
00:23:39.20\00:23:44.13
NOTICED THEY WERE FOAMING AT THE
MOUTH AND SOME OTHER SYMPTOMS OF
00:23:44.13\00:23:48.16
SNAKE BITE. WOW. REALLY.
00:23:48.16\00:23:51.70
AND SO OTHER PRIESTS THAT WERE
IN THE VILLAGE CAME TO THEIR
00:23:51.70\00:23:55.43
RESCUE AND THEY
STARTED HAVING WHAT THEY CALL
00:23:55.43\00:23:59.23
A MANTRA, WHICH IS A CEREMONY.
THEY GOT GRASS THEY BLEW
00:23:59.23\00:24:04.80
THROUGH THIS GRASS THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO PUT MAGIC ON THEM TO
00:24:04.80\00:24:09.26
STOP THE SNAKE BITE AND ALL THIS
AND FINALLY SOUDAGAR HAPPENED TO
COME IN ON THE SCENE AND HE
00:24:09.26\00:24:17.80
STOPPED THEM AND SAID, ALL RIGHT
YOU FOLKS HAVE DONE WHAT YOU CAN
DO, IT HAS NOT BEEN EFFECTIVE.
00:24:17.80\00:24:24.86
LET ME DO WHAT I CAN DO AND THEY
LOOKED AT HIM AND TRIED TO STOP
HIM BECAUSE THEY KNEW HE WAS A
00:24:24.86\00:24:29.66
CHRISTIAN BUT HE WENT
AHEAD AND DID IT ANYWAY.
00:24:29.66\00:24:34.23
HE WENT AHEAD, GOT THOSE
TWO PRIESTS, PRAYED FOR THEM,
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PUT HIS HANDS ON THEM AND
THEY WERE HEALED INSTANTLY.
00:24:39.06\00:24:44.16
THE PEOPLE SAID, "HOW CAN YOU A
CHRISTIAN PRAY FOR BUDDHIST
PRIESTS?" AND HE SAID, MY GOD
00:24:44.16\00:24:53.10
TEACHES ME THAT I DON'T CARE
WHAT RELIGION ANYONE IS, IF THEY
NEED HELP I PRAY FOR THEM.
00:24:53.10\00:25:00.20
SO HE DID, HE HEALED THEM.
NOW THESE PRIESTS ARE COMING
00:25:00.20\00:25:02.73
TO HIM SECRETLY LIKE NICODEMUS
TO LEARN ABOUT CHRISTIANS.
00:25:02.73\00:25:08.40
HE KNOWS IN THEIR HEARTS THEY
HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST BUT BECAUSE
00:25:08.40\00:25:13.80
OF THEIR POSITION IN THE
VILLAGE, THEY DON'T DARE REVEAL
00:25:13.80\00:25:17.90
IT. LIKE THE PRIESTS, YOU KNOW,
IN CHRIST'S TIME THEY DIDN'T
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DARE REVEAL IT. BUT HE BELIEVES
THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY LOOK LIKE
00:25:21.30\00:25:24.56
HINDU BUT IN THEIR HEARTS THEY
ARE CHRISTIANS. HE KEEPS WORKING
00:25:24.56\00:25:28.93
FOR THEM. WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY
AND A VERY IMPORTANT LESSON.
00:25:28.93\00:25:37.23
SOMETIMES WE GET THE PROVERBIAL
CART BEFORE THE HORSE AND ASK
PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR IDENTITY
00:25:37.23\00:25:46.06
AS HINDU OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE
AND THEN THEY CAN COME ALONG
WITH US, AS A PART OF US BUT
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YOUR STORY UNDERSCORES THE TRUTH
THAT WE NEED TO ACCEPT PEOPLE AS
GOD DOES, JUST WHO THEY ARE AND
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WHERE THEY ARE AND ALLOW HIM TO
BE THE POWER, IN HIS TIME, IN
HIS TIME, IN HIS WAY.
00:26:01.63\00:26:09.26
YES.
00:26:09.26\00:26:10.96
AND THESE PRIESTS ARE OBVIOUSLY
BEING CALLED UNDER THE
INVITATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:26:10.96\00:26:16.20
YES, DEFINITELY.
00:26:16.20\00:26:18.00
DAN WALTER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH,
YOU ARE SO WELCOME, AND KEEP
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BRINGING US THESE STORIES AND I
WANT TO INVITE YOU AGAIN WRITE
THESE STORIES UP FOR THE GOSPEL
00:26:23.40\00:26:33.40
OUTREACH ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS
NEWSLETTER SO WE HAVE THEM FOR
00:26:33.40\00:26:39.53
REFERENCE. BECAUSE I KNOW THERE
ARE GOING TO LOTS IN OUR FAMILY,
00:26:39.53\00:26:42.36
OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY,
WHO WILL WANT TO USE THESE
00:26:42.36\00:26:45.23
STORIES BY WAY OF INSPIRATION
AND TESTIMONY OF WHAT GOD
00:26:45.23\00:26:48.93
IS DOING IN THIS
TWENTY FIRST CENTURY WORLD.
00:26:48.93\00:26:51.63
BY THE WAY, YOU SEE THE ADDRESS,
ALL OF THAT ON THE SCREEN
00:26:51.63\00:26:54.13
AND I'M SO GLAD
FOR YOUR SUPPORT,
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YOUR PRAYERS ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL
OUTREACH AND UNTIL NEXT TIME,
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I'M DAN MATTHEWS. BYE NOW.
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?CLOSING MUSIC?
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