?OPENING MUSIC? 00:00:11.40\00:00:22.53 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT 00:00:22.53\00:00:24.13 GOSPEL OUTREACH. I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER 00:00:24.13\00:00:25.96 AND TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS 00:00:25.96\00:00:29.06 IN INDIA. MANZOOR MASSEY I WOULD LIKE 00:00:29.06\00:00:31.53 TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:00:31.53\00:00:33.83 THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE PRIVILEGE IS MINE. 00:00:33.83\00:00:35.76 WELL, IT IS LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:00:35.76\00:00:37.36 MANZOOR YOU ARE ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN 00:00:37.36\00:00:41.60 THE AREA OF INDIA AND YOU OVERSEE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 00:00:41.60\00:00:46.96 IN INDIA. IN THE STATE OF ANDRAH PRADESH WHICH IS IN THE SOUTHERN 00:00:46.96\00:00:50.60 PART OF INDIA. IT IS CALLED REGION 12, REGION 12. 00:00:50.60\00:00:52.66 O.K. PERFECT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND INDIA, I 00:00:52.66\00:00:56.40 UNDERSTAND, IS A VERY RELIGIOUS COUNTRY IS THAT TRUE? 00:00:56.40\00:00:58.50 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:00:58.50\00:00:59.93 SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MANY OF THE 00:00:59.93\00:01:02.76 RELIGIONS THAT ARE ACTIVE THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE IN INDIA. 00:01:02.76\00:01:05.93 WELL, IN INDIA WE HAVE HINDUISM IS THE PREDOMINANT RELIGION. 00:01:05.93\00:01:10.73 IT IS NEARLY SEVENTY NINE PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE 00:01:10.73\00:01:13.56 ARE HINDUS. THEN YOU HAVE ABOUT TEN PER CENT 00:01:13.56\00:01:16.60 MUSLIMS AND AFTER THAT IT IS ABOUT TWO OR THREE PERCENT 00:01:16.60\00:01:22.36 CHRISTIANITY IN SPITE OF HAVING BEEN THERE FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS, MAYBE LONGER. 00:01:22.36\00:01:27.96 IT IS STILL ONLY TWO PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE ARE CHRISTIANS. 00:01:27.96\00:01:31.83 AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT JULIE, I HAVE HEARD THAT A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, 00:01:31.83\00:01:38.13 THIS IS TRUE, 00:01:38.13\00:01:39.36 AND I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO. 00:01:39.36\00:01:41.23 WHY DON'T WE ROLL THE VIDEO AT THIS TIME? 00:01:41.23\00:01:43.66 INDIA IS THE SEVENTH LARGEST AND SECOND MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN 00:01:43.66\00:01:48.83 THE WORLD. IT IS A MULTIRELIGIOUS, MULTILINGUAL AND MULTIETHNIC SOCIETY. 00:01:48.83\00:01:53.56 RELIGION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE INDIAN CULTURE 00:01:53.56\00:01:56.73 AND STILL CONTROLS EVERY ACTIVITY OF THE PEOPLE. 00:01:56.73\00:01:59.80 EIGHTY TWO PER CENT OF THE POPULATION ARE HINDUS. 00:01:59.80\00:02:02.96 ALTHOUGH CHRISTIANITY CAME TO INDIA AS EARLY AS THE FIRST 00:02:02.96\00:02:08.16 CENTURY A.D. CHRISTIANS COMPRISE ONLY TWO PER CENT OF THE 00:02:08.16\00:02:13.53 POPULATION. THE WORDS OF JESUS, THE HARVEST TRULY IS GREAT BUT 00:02:13.53\00:02:16.93 THE LABORERS ARE FEW ARE TRUE TODAY MORE THAN EVER. 00:02:16.93\00:02:20.50 ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 MANY BAPTISMS TOOK PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTH ANDRAH SECTION. 00:02:20.50\00:02:26.66 THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BECAUSE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:02:26.66\00:02:31.70 VOLUNTEERS. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO HAVE 00:02:31.70\00:02:34.73 SACRIFICED TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE AND ALL THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO 00:02:34.73\00:02:39.53 GIVE. ?ORGAN MUSIC? 00:02:39.53\00:02:49.56 ?ORGAN MUSIC? 00:02:49.56\00:03:16.43 I WAS A LUTHERAN AND WHEN I HEARD OF THE SABBATH THROUGH 00:03:16.43\00:03:21.33 SOME AMERICAN MISSIONARIES WHO CONDUCTED EVANGELISTIC MEEETINGS 00:03:21.33\00:03:26.20 IN MY VILLAGE. MY WIFE AND I WERE SO EXCITED AND WE ACCEPTED THE SABBATH AND WERE BAPTIZED IN 00:03:26.20\00:03:35.06 2004. WE DECIDED TO HOLD ON TO THIS TRUTH FOR THE REST OF OUR 00:03:35.06\00:03:39.76 LIVES. WHILE I WAS WORKING AS A FARMER, I RECEIVED A CALL TO MINISTRY THROUGH GOSPEL 00:03:39.76\00:03:46.26 OUTREACH. I WAS SO THRILLED TO BE A PART OF GOD'S ARMY OF 00:03:46.26\00:03:51.10 WORKERS. AFTER WORKING FOR NINE YEARS AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER, I FELT THE NEED FOR 00:03:51.10\00:03:58.56 SOME TRAINING AND IN ANSWER TO MY UNSPOKEN NEED, MY LEADERS SENT ME TO AFCO INDIA. 00:03:58.56\00:04:04.96 I WAS SO BLEST PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. 00:04:04.96\00:04:09.36 I FEEL THAT EVERY VOLUNTEER MUST GO THROUGH THIS TRAINING. 00:04:09.36\00:04:14.26 THANK YOU GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. 00:04:14.26\00:04:18.33 ?ORGAN MUSIC? 00:04:18.33\00:04:28.36 ?ORGAN MUSIC? 00:04:28.36\00:04:58.10 I WAS LIVING MY LIFE AS A HINDU BUT I HAD NO PEACE IN MY HEART. 00:04:58.10\00:05:02.86 I HAD THIS FEAR THAT I AM GOING TO DIE IN JUST A FEW DAYS. 00:05:02.86\00:05:06.56 IN MY DISTRESS I ATTENDED A PRAYER MEETING AND THE PASTOR WHO IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:05:06.56\00:05:11.96 VOLUNTEER TOLD ME TO READ THE BIBLE TO HAVE PEACE IN MY LIFE. 00:05:11.96\00:05:16.96 I READ THE BIBLE AND SURELY I EXPERIENCED THE PEACE OF GOD. 00:05:16.96\00:05:21.53 GOD DELIVERED ME FROM THE FEAR OF DEATH. 00:05:21.53\00:05:25.36 ?ORGAN MUSIC? 00:05:25.36\00:05:35.40 ?ORGAN MUSIC? 00:05:35.40\00:05:48.83 I'M WORKING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER FOR ELEVEN YEARS. 00:05:48.83\00:05:53.66 I AM WORKING AMONG HINDUS TELLING ABOUT JESUS. 00:05:53.66\00:05:58.03 I HAVE THE JOY OF LEADING FORTY NINE PEOPLE TO JESUS THROUGH BAPTISM ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2012. 00:05:58.03\00:06:06.43 THERE ARE MANY OTHER HINDUS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR EAGERNESS 00:06:06.43\00:06:10.86 TO KNOW OF JESUS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS AROUND MY CHURCH. 00:06:10.86\00:06:14.86 I CANNOT DO IT ALL ALONE. I HAVE NO TIME. THERE IS NEED 00:06:14.86\00:06:19.36 FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS. 00:06:19.36\00:06:24.33 ?ORGAN MUSIC? 00:06:24.33\00:06:34.36 ?ORGAN MUSIC? 00:06:34.36\00:06:48.50 I CAME FROM A HINDU FAMILY. I USED TO WORSHIP EVERY 00:06:48.50\00:06:52.56 HINDU GOD AND LEAD OUT IN EVERY HINDU FESTIVAL IN MY VILLAGE. 00:06:52.56\00:06:57.83 IN 2002, I MET WITH AN ACCIDENT IT WAS A PAINFUL TIME FOR ME AND 00:06:57.83\00:07:04.93 NONE OF MY HINDU GODS OR HINDU FRIENDS CAME TO HELP ME. 00:07:04.93\00:07:09.23 WHILE I WAS IN PAIN, MY UNCLE TOLD ME OF JESUS AND I MADE FUN OF THE BIBLE SAYING THAT SOME 00:07:09.23\00:07:18.03 PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE HAD HUNDREDS OF WIVES. 00:07:18.03\00:07:22.13 ONE DAY MY FAMILY MEMBERS ASKED ME TO GO TO CHURCH WITH THEM AND 00:07:22.13\00:07:28.93 I AGREED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND NOW WHY I AGREED BUT I'M GLAD I DID. 00:07:28.93\00:07:34.03 I CAME TO KNOW OF JESUS. A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER 00:07:34.03\00:07:38.30 PREPARED ME FOR BAPTISM AND I WAS BAPTIZED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 00:07:38.30\00:07:46.16 2012. ?MUSIC? 00:07:46.16\00:07:56.20 ?MUSIC? 00:07:56.20\00:08:21.16 I AM A STUDENT AT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST JUNIOR COLLEGE IN 00:08:21.16\00:08:25.33 ABRAHIR PATNA. I'M FROM A POOR FAMILY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK 00:08:25.33\00:08:27.96 YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME TO STUDY IN ADVENTIST SCHOOL. 00:08:27.96\00:08:33.26 WITHOUT THIS SPONSORSHIP I CANNOT STUDY AND I WOULD NOT 00:08:33.26\00:08:38.53 HAVE KNOWN JESUS. WHEN I WAS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, I WENT FOR A YOUTH CAMP TO A BEACH. 00:08:38.53\00:08:42.40 WHEN I WAS DROWNING IN THE SEA I CRIED TO JESUS FOR HELP AND HE 00:08:42.40\00:08:47.30 SAVED MY LIFE. I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR HIS DELIVERANCE. 00:08:47.30\00:08:49.86 I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY CHURCH PASTOR FOR ENCOURAGING ME AND PREPARING ME FOR BAPTISM. 00:08:49.86\00:08:55.53 I WAS BORN IN A HINDU FAMILY AND ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT JESUS IS GOD FOR OTHERS BUT NOT FOR ME. 00:08:55.53\00:09:05.16 IN 1994, I HAD MET JESUS THROUGH A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER AND 00:09:05.16\00:09:12.16 WAS BAPTIZED. IN 2000, WHILE I WAS WORKING AS A TAXI DRIVER GOD 00:09:12.16\00:09:18.40 CALLED ME TO WORK FOR HIM THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:09:18.40\00:09:21.33 I WAS ENJOYING MY MINISTRY BUT I HAD THE DESIRE TO GET SOME TRAINING FOR MINISTRY. 00:09:21.33\00:09:28.03 RECENTLY, I WAS SENT TO AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM 00:09:28.03\00:09:32.46 KNOWN AS AFCO INDIA TO RECEIVE TRAINING. 00:09:32.46\00:09:36.66 THERE I LEARNED MANY DEEP THINGS ABOUT GOD AND THEY ALSO SHARPENED MY MINISTRY SKILLS. 00:09:36.66\00:09:44.33 I THANK AFCO INDIA FOR THE TRAINING AND GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR GOD. 00:09:44.33\00:09:52.30 ?MUSIC? 00:09:52.30\00:10:02.33 ?MUSIC? 00:10:02.33\00:10:27.60 I'M FROM REDDY FAMILY A HIGH CASTE HINDU COMMUNITY. 00:10:27.60\00:10:31.83 SINCE FOUR YEARS I WAS SECRETLY THINKING OF ACCEPTING JESUS AS 00:10:31.83\00:10:35.26 MY SAVIOUR BUT I DID NOT KNOW WHOM TO ASK. 00:10:35.26\00:10:39.50 ONE DAY A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER BY THE NAME MENCHADRAU VELPULA VISITED MY HOUSE 00:10:39.50\00:10:46.23 AND I EXPRESSED MY DESIRE TO ACCEPT JESUS. 00:10:46.23\00:10:49.53 HE STUDIED THE BIBLE WITH ME AND PREPARED ME FOR BAPTISM. 00:10:49.53\00:10:53.63 I HAVE PUT AWAY ALL MY IDOLS FROM MY HOUSE. 00:10:53.63\00:10:56.13 I WAS BAPTIZED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 NOW I BELONG TO JESUS. 00:10:56.13\00:11:01.66 AFTER I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT THE SABBATH THROUGH A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST PASTOR, I UNDERSTOOD 00:11:01.66\00:11:07.56 HOW MUCH I MISSED ABOUT SABBATH ALL THE YEARS I WAS A CHRISTIAN. 00:11:07.56\00:11:13.13 I WAS SO EXCITED AND WANTED TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT THE REAL SABBATH AND I AM SO THANKFUL 00:11:13.13\00:11:20.00 THAT I WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS. 00:11:20.00\00:11:24.60 I AM WORKING AMONG THE SHUDRAS, A HIGH CASTE HINDU GROUP. 00:11:24.60\00:11:29.20 SHARING WITH THEM WHAT JESUS HAD DONE IN MY LIFE. 00:11:29.20\00:11:33.73 I CAN SEE THE LORD BLESSING MY MINISTRY BECAUSE MANY HINDUS 00:11:33.73\00:11:38.60 ARE ACCEPTING JESUS AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOUR. 00:11:38.60\00:11:42.30 I THANK GOD FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:11:42.30\00:11:45.40 ?MUSIC? 00:11:45.40\00:11:49.70 I AM WORKING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER IN A HINDU 00:11:49.70\00:11:54.00 COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVES ALL KINDS OF SUPERSTITIONS. 00:11:54.00\00:11:58.36 MOST OF THE HOUSES IN THE VILLAGE HAVE SNAKE HOLES RIGHT 00:11:58.36\00:12:03.03 IN THEIR ONE ROOM HUT AND THEY WORSHIP THE SNAKE GODS. 00:12:03.03\00:12:09.40 I HAVE THE JOY OF SHARING JESUS TO SUCH PEOPLE AND SEE THEM 00:12:09.40\00:12:16.06 COME OUT OF SUCH SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS. 00:12:16.06\00:12:20.56 ONLY THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL CAN SET THEM FREE. 00:12:20.56\00:12:25.30 THANK YOU GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO WORK FOR 00:12:25.30\00:12:31.83 JESUS. I AM A STUDENT AT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST JUNIOR COLLEGE ABRAHIR PATNA. FROM THE 00:12:31.83\00:12:37.50 TIME I WAS FOURTEEN I WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED BUT I NEGLECTED. 00:12:37.50\00:12:41.46 OFTEN I WAS WORRIED WHAT IF JESUS WOULD COME BEFORE I WAS 00:12:41.46\00:12:46.60 BAPTIZED. IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, I HAD A STRONG URGE TO GIVE MY LIFE TO JESUS. 00:12:46.60\00:12:51.36 I THANK GOD FOR MY TEACHERS AND PASTORS WHO ENCOURAGED ME IN MY 00:12:51.36\00:12:58.13 WALK WITH JESUS. HI, I'M JASON ISRAEL I AM STANDING HERE WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL GROUP OF YOUNG 00:12:58.13\00:13:04.13 PEOPLE WHO WERE BAPTIZED TWO SABBATHS AGO ON SEPTEMBER 1, 00:13:04.13\00:13:10.16 2012. THEY ARE THE STUDENTS OF THE ADVENTISTS BOARDING SCHOOL 00:13:10.16\00:13:15.50 IN ABRAHIR PATNA. SOME OF THEM WERE PREPARED BY A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNEERS AND I ALSO 00:13:15.50\00:13:23.73 HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TEACHING THEM IN THE BAPTISMAL CLASSES. 00:13:23.73\00:13:27.66 AFTER THE BAPTISMS, WE ARE TAKING THEM TO WHAT WE CALL SURVIVAL AS A CHRISTIAN. 00:13:27.66\00:13:34.33 TEACHING THEM TO MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE AND HELPING THEM TO DO THEIR DAILY DEVOTIONS. 00:13:34.33\00:13:41.10 THEY ARE EAGER TO DO GOD'S WORK. 00:13:41.10\00:13:44.56 I SEE GREAT POTENTIAL IN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. 00:13:44.56\00:13:48.56 I SEE THEM LEADING THE ADVENTIST CHURCH INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 00:13:48.56\00:13:54.03 IF ONLY WE CAN PLACE IN THEIR HANDS THE NEEDED RESOURCES LIKE BIBLES, ADVENTIST LITERATURE 00:13:54.03\00:14:01.73 SUCH AS THE CONFICT OF THE AGES SERIES AND HEALTH BOOKS IN ENGLISH FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE 00:14:01.73\00:14:08.56 AND IN TELAGU FOR THOSE BAPTIZED IN OTHER PLACES IN ANDHRA PRADESH THE CHURCH IN INDIA 00:14:08.56\00:14:16.60 WOULD BE STRONG AND EFFECTIVE FOR JESUS. 00:14:16.60\00:14:21.53 THANK YOU GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:14:21.53\00:14:25.13 WE THANK GOD FOR EVERY GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 00:14:25.13\00:14:29.90 THEIR SERVICES HAVE STRENGTHENED THE GOSPEL WORK IN SEVERAL VILLAGES AND TOWNS OF INDIA. 00:14:29.90\00:14:39.46 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MORE WORK THAN WORKERS. 00:14:39.46\00:14:44.86 ADDING MORE WORKERS TO MORE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IN INDIA. 00:14:44.86\00:14:53.33 SO THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR MORE WORKERS, MORE TRAINING AND MORE LITERATURE TO HELP US WORK 00:14:53.33\00:15:03.76 IN PLACES THAT ARE GETTING READY FOR HARVEST AS JESUS REMINDED 00:15:03.76\00:15:09.86 THE HARVEST IS TRULY GREAT BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW. 00:15:09.86\00:15:15.56 WE ARE PRAYING THAT THE LORD OF THE HARVEST WILL SEND FORTH 00:15:15.56\00:15:20.30 THE WORKERS TO FINISH HIS WORK IN INDIA. GOD BLESS YOU. 00:15:20.30\00:15:27.46 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO OF THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OVER IN 00:15:27.46\00:15:31.00 INDIA AND ITS TRUE, MANZOOR, PICTURES DO SAY A THOUSAND 00:15:31.00\00:15:34.06 WORDS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. WHAT TESTIMONIES THAT WE 00:15:34.06\00:15:37.00 JUST HEARD IS YOUR TESTIMONY LIKE THAT? 00:15:37.00\00:15:39.40 ARE YOU WISHING THAT YOU HAD MORE BIBLES TO SHARE WITH OTHER 00:15:39.40\00:15:42.50 PEOPLE? WELL HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU CAN BE INVOLVED 00:15:42.50\00:15:44.46 WITH THAT AND THAT'S HELPING WITH THE WORK HERE AT GOSPEL 00:15:44.46\00:15:48.30 OUTREACH. WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK OF WHAT YOU CAN 00:15:48.30\00:15:50.70 DO FINANCIALLY TO HELP THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OVER 00:15:50.70\00:15:53.56 IN INDIA AS THEY ARE SPREADING THE WORD OF THE LORD. 00:15:53.56\00:15:55.53 WHEN YOU CALL US AND EMAIL US AT EITHER OF THOSE LOCATIONS YOU 00:16:36.23\00:16:43.90 CAN LET US KNOW HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE IN INVOLVED. 00:16:43.90\00:16:46.20 AND MANZOOR, THOSE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND I NOTICE THAT HE DIDN'T ASK FOR MONEY. 00:16:46.20\00:16:51.86 HE ASKED FOR BIBLES AND THAT IS WHERE WE CAN COME IN HERE IN AMERICA AND CANADA BY GIVING 00:16:51.86\00:16:57.63 THEM MONEY THEN HE CAN HAVE THE BIBLES. 00:16:57.63\00:16:59.90 OH WOW, YES YOU COULD SEE MOST OF THESE PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE 00:16:59.90\00:17:05.46 ASKING FOR MONEY. THEY ARE ALL ABOUT HOW TO SPREAD 00:17:05.46\00:17:09.43 GOD'S WORD.YES. IT IS JUST AMAZING. WONDERFUL. 00:17:09.43\00:17:12.40 WHEN I GO AND VISIT THERE, THEY WILL SAY, SIR I HAVE ONE REQUEST 00:17:12.40\00:17:17.10 AND YOU WILL WONDER WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE ASKING YOU? 00:17:17.10\00:17:20.90 MONEY FOR THEIR FAMILY OR WHATEVER? 00:17:20.90\00:17:23.20 THEY SAY MAY I HAVE A BIBLE? 00:17:23.20\00:17:26.00 MAY I HAVE A BIBLE. 00:17:26.00\00:17:27.43 AND I WILL SAY OH ABSOLUTELY, HOW MANY BIBLES WOULD YOU LIKE 00:17:27.43\00:17:32.53 TO HAVE? AND I TELL YOU THEY ARE SO FOCUSED ON SPREADING GOD'S 00:17:32.53\00:17:37.53 WORD. PRAISE THE LORD. 00:17:37.53\00:17:38.73 IT TAKES ONLY $6 TO SAVE ONE SOUL OVER THERE. 00:17:38.73\00:17:42.90 MAYBE THOUSANDS IN OUR COUNTRY YOU KNOW. 00:17:42.90\00:17:45.56 RIGHT. 00:17:45.56\00:17:46.43 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO HUNGRY, SO HUNGRY. 00:17:46.43\00:17:49.46 BUT WHAT KIND OF A COMMITMENT- WE SAW SOME OF THE TESTIMONITES OF THOSE DEAR PEOPLE AND WHAT 00:17:49.46\00:17:53.33 KIND OF A COMMITMENT IT IS FOR THEM TO GO FROM A HINDU FAMILY, 00:17:53.33\00:17:57.66 FOR EXAMPLE, WITH A CULTURE AND ALL OF THAT TO BECOME A 00:17:57.66\00:18:00.16 CHRISTIAN? YOU KNOW IT IS A GREAT SACRIFICE. 00:18:00.16\00:18:01.56 I AM GLAD YOU ARE ASKING. WE HERE REALLY DON'T COMPREHEND 00:18:01.56\00:18:05.23 WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE THIS BIG LEAP OF FAITH AND 00:18:05.23\00:18:09.26 CHANGE YOUR WAY OF BELIEVING AND LIVING. 00:18:09.26\00:18:13.33 IF YOU BECOME, LET'S SAY YOU COME FROM HINDUISM TO 00:18:13.33\00:18:18.73 CHRISTIANITY MOST OF THE SCHOOLS ARE SIX DAYS A WEEK. 00:18:18.73\00:18:21.43 SO WHICH MEANS UNLESS YOU GO TO A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOL YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE 00:18:21.43\00:18:27.46 ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL IF YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD WITNESS. 00:18:27.46\00:18:31.36 OUR SCHOOLS ARE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE GOVERNMENT 00:18:31.36\00:18:37.03 SCHOOL MIGHT BE. THEN THEY CANNOT MARRY WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU 00:18:37.03\00:18:43.03 ARE NOT PART OF THEIR CASTE OR THEIR RELIGION. 00:18:43.03\00:18:46.86 SO YOU HAVE TO BE FINDING YOUR NETWORK OUTSIDE AND THAT IS A 00:18:46.86\00:18:51.63 REAL SACRIFICE IF YOU HAVE MARRIED WITH CHILDREN NOW. 00:18:51.63\00:18:56.30 WELL YES, WHERE THE PERCENTAGE WAS SO HIGH OF HOW MANY HINDUS 00:18:56.30\00:19:01.86 VERSUS CHRISTIANS. THAT'S RIGHT AND ANOTHER VERY GIANT SACRIFICE IS LOSING YOUR JOB. 00:19:01.86\00:19:08.00 ALL OUR FACTORIES AND OUR WORKFORCE IS ALL SIX DAYS A WEEK 00:19:08.00\00:19:14.80 SO YOU MAY HAVE TO QUIT YOUR JOB BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE SABBATH 00:19:14.80\00:19:18.66 OFF. THEN HERE ARE YOUR CHILDREN IN TROUBLE, YOU HAVE SCHOOL 00:19:18.66\00:19:22.40 ISSUES. IT IS A REAL COMMITMENT AND YOU HAVE TO THINK IT THROUGH NOT JUST TAKE IT FOR GRANTED AND 00:19:22.40\00:19:29.90 I FIND MYSELF JUST DOING REAL SOUL SEARCHING OVER HERE, YOU 00:19:29.90\00:19:36.50 KNOW. WE HAVE A HARD TIME TRYING TO GET TO SABBATH SCHOOL AND CHURCH SOMETIMES AND HERE ARE 00:19:36.50\00:19:43.23 THESE PEOPLE MAKING ALL THESE SACRIFICES AND DYING TO BE PART 00:19:43.23\00:19:49.66 OF GOD'S FAMILY. I TELL YOU WE HAVE SOME REAL GROWING UP TO DO. 00:19:49.66\00:19:53.30 WELL LIKE YOU SAID, WHERE WE TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED. 00:19:53.30\00:19:56.40 SO MANZOOR, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE WORD TO EVEN 00:19:56.40\00:20:00.60 GO INTO MORE HOMES IN INDIA BEFORE THE LORD CAN COME. 00:20:00.60\00:20:04.53 WELL, I JUST WISH THAT EVERYONE ALL OF MY FELLOW BELIEVERS IN NORTH AMERICAN WOULD MAKE A 00:20:04.53\00:20:12.03 PLAN, VISIT THESE COUNTRIES ONCE AT LEAST AND VOLUNTEER FOR A 00:20:12.03\00:20:18.96 WEEK, TWO WEEKS OR TEN DAYS WHATEVER THEY CAN. 00:20:18.96\00:20:22.90 THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR LIFE. 00:20:22.90\00:20:26.16 YOU WILL SEE YOUR WHOLE FAMILY WILL BE MORE GRATEFUL, ENJOY LIFE MORE AND FEEL SO PROUD THAT 00:20:26.16\00:20:35.43 YOU ARE PART OF THIS BIG GIANT FAMLY OF GOD. IT IS JUST 00:20:35.43\00:20:40.46 AMAZING. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW CONSISTENT PRAYER. 00:20:40.46\00:20:43.56 MANY OF THE CHANGES WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO MAKE 00:20:43.56\00:20:46.73 ARE THEIR LIFESTYLES, TO COME TO THE FAMILY OF GOD. 00:20:46.73\00:20:50.46 IT IS VERY BIG STRUGGLE FOR THEM AND THE DEVIL WILL WORK AS HARD 00:20:50.46\00:20:54.93 AS HE CAN, THAT'S TRUE, TO DISCOURAGE THEM. 00:20:54.93\00:20:58.33 WE WANT TO PRAY CONSISTENTLY FOR THEM. YOU KNOW, WHOLE HEAVEN 00:20:58.33\00:21:02.90 IS VERY, VERY ANXIOUS TO HELP AND AS WE PRAY FOR OUR BROTHERS 00:21:02.90\00:21:09.46 AND SISTERS IT WILL STRENGTHEN OUR FAITH AND IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE GREAT STRENGTH THAT THEY 00:21:09.46\00:21:18.53 NEED. REMEMBER WHEN DANIEL WAS FACED WITH A CHALLENGE, OH YES, 00:21:18.53\00:21:21.63 GOD SENT HIS ANGEL DISPATCHED HIS MOST POWERFUL ANGEL TO HELP 00:21:21.63\00:21:28.66 DANIEL. SO I BELIEVE THAT THE PRAYERS OF OUR FAITHFUL DONORS, PRAYERS OF FAITHFUL MEMBERS OF 00:21:28.66\00:21:37.10 THE CHURCH WHO WANT TO BE INVOLVED THAT WILL JUST A REAL 00:21:37.10\00:21:41.96 JOLT IN THE ARM FOR ALL OF OUR FELLOW BELIEVERS OVER THERE. 00:21:41.96\00:21:45.33 OH ABSOLUTELY WELL AND TO SEE THESE DEAR PEOPLE YOU THINK WE HEAR THE OBSTACLES OF SCHOOL AND 00:21:45.33\00:21:50.40 JOB AND FAMILY AND MARRIAGE AND ALL OF THAT BUT GOD IS BIGGER 00:21:50.40\00:21:55.40 THAN ALL OF THOSE. THOSE ALL SEEM HUGE YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK 00:21:55.40\00:21:58.63 AT THEM AND THINK ABOUT THAT BUT OUR GOD IS MUCH BIGGER THAN ALL 00:21:58.63\00:22:01.26 OF THAT. ABSOLUTELY AND THE LOVE FOR GOD OBVIOUSLY SUPERCEDES ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS. 00:22:01.26\00:22:07.00 YOU KNOW I LIKE THE SONG THAT SAYS TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS 00:22:07.00\00:22:11.16 AND THINGS OF THIS WORLD WILL GROW STRANGELY DIM, DIM IS THE 00:22:11.16\00:22:15.43 WORD. OH MY AND WE MAY THINK VERY IMPORTANT THINGS, YOU KNOW IT IS NICE TO HAVE A BIG HOME, 00:22:15.43\00:22:21.86 NICE TO HAVE THIS AND THAT AND I TELL YOU ALL THESE THINGS THEY DON'T LOOK THAT ENTICING WHEN 00:22:21.86\00:22:28.96 YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE LOVE OF THE ONE WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR 00:22:28.96\00:22:32.63 YOU. AMEN. 00:22:32.63\00:22:33.86 THIS IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE GET SO EXCITED ABOUT. 00:22:33.86\00:22:37.60 I WANT TO BE IN LOVE WITH THIS PERSON THAT YOU JUST TALKED TO 00:22:37.60\00:22:40.73 ME ABOUT, JESUS WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US. 00:22:40.73\00:22:45.30 THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN ALL RELIGIONS. 00:22:45.30\00:22:47.06 NO. SURE. 00:22:47.06\00:22:49.80 THIS IS UNIQUE. 00:22:49.80\00:22:51.03 YES. 00:22:51.03\00:22:52.43 AND JESUS WAS NOT JUST A MESSENGER OF GOD, HE WAS THE 00:22:52.43\00:22:57.20 MESSAGE ITSELF. AND MAYBE IS THAT IT ?THAT IT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM HINDUISM WHEN THERE ARE SO 00:22:57.20\00:23:01.86 MANY GODS LIKE THE LADY WHO SAID THAT SHE DECIDED THAT WHEN SHE 00:23:01.86\00:23:04.10 BECAME A CHRISTIAN ACCEPTED JESUS SHE GOT RID OF ALL HER 00:23:04.10\00:23:07.53 GODS. IS THAT HARD FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND OR DO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS IS THE LIVING GOD? 00:23:07.53\00:23:13.13 WELL YOU KNOW, THEY RECEIVE THIS VERY SPECIAL MESSAGE THAT JESUS IS THE LIVING GOD AND IT IS SO 00:23:13.13\00:23:19.90 EASY TO BE SAVED THAN TO DO ALL THOSE OTHER CHORES TO BE SAVED, YES, BUT IT IS A CHALLENGING 00:23:19.90\00:23:28.66 THING BECAUSE HINDUISM IS A VERY, VERY FASCINATING 00:23:28.66\00:23:31.23 RELIGION. IT IS A WAY OF LIFE. 00:23:31.23\00:23:34.06 YES. 00:23:34.06\00:23:35.20 AND IT JUST SORT OF ENGULFS EVERYTHING. 00:23:35.20\00:23:40.16 THE BEAUTY OF HINDUISM IT NEVER OPPOSES ANYTHING. 00:23:40.16\00:23:43.73 IT WILL TAKE IN EVERYTHING AND SO YOU COULD BE A GOOD HINDU 00:23:43.73\00:23:49.13 AND STILL BE A GOOD CHRISTIAN, YOU SEE, IN THEIR MIND. 00:23:49.13\00:23:51.83 O.K. 00:23:51.83\00:23:53.13 SO THAT IS WHY IT IS A CHALLENGE. 00:23:53.13\00:23:54.63 YES. 00:23:54.63\00:23:55.70 SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM IN ACCEPTING JESUS 00:23:55.70\00:23:58.50 BUT THE PROBLEM IS IN GIVING OF WHAT THEY ALREADY BELIEVE. 00:23:58.50\00:24:01.36 OH, SO THE MORE THE BETTER? 00:24:01.36\00:24:03.03 THE MORE THE BETTER. AND I SHOULD MENTION HERE AS I HAVE 00:24:03.03\00:24:07.66 SAID TEN PER CENT OF OUR POPULATION IN INDIA IS MUSLIM 00:24:07.66\00:24:12.80 AND TO BE A REAL TRUE MUSLIM YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THE SECOND 00:24:12.80\00:24:20.40 COMING OF JESUS. OH. 00:24:20.40\00:24:22.16 IT IS, YES, - MOST OF OUR VIEWERS MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS BUT YOU ASK A REAL MUSLIM WHO KNOWS 00:24:22.16\00:24:29.63 WHAT ISLAM TEACHES IN ORDER TO BE A REAL GOOD TRUE MUSLIM 00:24:29.63\00:24:35.33 YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 00:24:35.33\00:24:37.56 WELL SEE, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT DOWN. 00:24:37.56\00:24:39.53 WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON AND WITH OUR HINDU BROTHERS AND SISTERS THEY HAVE SO MUCH TO TEACH US 00:24:39.53\00:24:46.86 TOO, FOR EXAMPLE REVERENCE FOR LIFE YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE VEGETARIAN. 00:24:46.86\00:24:53.56 SO WE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS BELIEVERS REALLY HAVE SUCH A 00:24:53.56\00:24:58.63 CLOSE BOND WITH OUR HINDU BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 00:24:58.63\00:25:02.10 WE DON'T DRINK, WE DON'T SMOKE AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT 00:25:02.10\00:25:06.30 HINDUISM DOES NOT LIKE EITHER. THEY WOULD PREFER PEOPLE 00:25:06.30\00:25:12.10 DON'T DRINK, DON'T SMOKE, DON'T GAMBLE AND THIS IS THE WAY OF 00:25:12.10\00:25:16.26 LIFE WHICH IS SO NOBLE AND WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON IN 00:25:16.26\00:25:21.70 BUILDING A BOND WITH THEM. IT IS SO, SO SPECIAL FOR US. 00:25:21.70\00:25:27.80 WELL AND THAT HELPS GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE AND ALL OF THAT. 00:25:27.80\00:25:30.33 NOW MANZOOR, WHAT CAN VIEWERS DO? 00:25:30.33\00:25:32.56 WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PRAYER AND WHAT ELSE? 00:25:32.56\00:25:35.86 I BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD, WELL THE VIEWERS SHOULD DEFINITELY 00:25:35.86\00:25:39.56 PRAY BUT MAKE A COMMITMENT. THEY COULD ADOPT A WORKER. 00:25:39.56\00:25:44.10 WE ARE REALLY HIGH TECH HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 00:25:44.10\00:25:48.50 YES, WE CAN PROVIDE THE DONOR A REAL LIFE 00:25:48.50\00:25:52.80 STORY ABOUT THE WORKER, THE NAME OF THE WORKER, THE PICTURE OF THE WORKER, THE NAME OF THE 00:25:52.80\00:25:59.16 VILLAGE, PICTURE OF THE VILLAGE AND A REPORT AS TO WHAT THE 00:25:59.16\00:26:04.53 WORKER IS DOING. I TELL YOU IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO INSPIRE MY WHOLE FAMILY WHAT ELSE WILL? 00:26:04.53\00:26:08.96 CALL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO BE INVOLVED IN "ADOPT A WORKER 00:26:23.83\00:26:26.93 PROGRAM". MANZOOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND TAKING US ON A TRIP TO YOUR REGION IN 00:26:26.93\00:26:32.43 INDIA WHERE YOU WORK ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:26:32.43\00:26:33.96 OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU. 00:26:33.96\00:26:35.83 THANK YOU. 00:26:35.83\00:26:37.10 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 00:26:37.10\00:26:38.70 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:26:38.70\00:26:40.60 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:26:40.60\00:26:44.50 ?CLOSING MUSIC? 00:26:44.50\00:26:54.53 ?CLOSING MUSIC? 00:26:54.53\00:27:03.83 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 00:27:03.83\00:27:06.60 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 00:27:06.60\00:27:09.70 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 00:27:09.70\00:27:13.03 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:27:13.03\00:27:15.23 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 00:27:15.23\00:27:18.43 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 00:27:18.43\00:27:24.43 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 00:27:24.43\00:27:26.80 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 00:27:26.80\00:27:29.30 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:27:29.30\00:27:31.00 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:27:31.00\00:27:34.13 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:34.13\00:27:37.70 WHERE? 00:27:37.70\00:27:38.96 ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:38.96\00:27:40.60 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 00:27:40.60\00:27:43.23 YOU CAN PRAY. 00:27:43.23\00:27:45.23 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 00:27:45.23\00:27:48.96 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 00:27:48.96\00:27:54.06 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:27:54.06\00:27:56.93 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 00:27:56.93\00:27:59.96 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 00:27:59.96\00:28:02.23 BE THE SPARK. 00:28:02.23\00:28:03.20 LIGHT THE FIRE. 00:28:03.20\00:28:04.63 FINISH THE WORK. 00:28:04.63\00:28:06.06 FINISH THE WORK. 00:28:06.06\00:28:14.23 ?CLOSING MUSIC? 00:28:14.23\00:28:15.23