Participants: John Duroe
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000454
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC]
00:20 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:25 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 00:26 I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE JOINING US TODAY. 00:28 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A 00:33 LALAPERSONS ORGANIZATION HELPING TO SUPPORT MISSIONS THROUGH THE SEVENTH-DAY 00:37 ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 00:38 WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:40 THAT'S 10 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR UP TO 40 DEGREES AND LEFT OVER TO WEST AFRICA AND 00:47 ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT TO JAPAN. 00:50 THAT AREA IS HEAVILY POPULATED. 00:52 GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MISSION IS TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT 10/40 WINDOW TO KNOW MORE 00:59 ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 01:01 WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND JOHN, 01:04 YOU ARE A DIRECTOR HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:07 YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR REGION IN THAT 10/40 WINDOW. 01:10 YES. 01:11 I ALWAYS VISIT BANGLADESH EVERY YEAR. 01:13 THEN I GO TO TRIPURA WHICH IS A SMALL STATE IN INDIA. 01:18 ACTUALLY IT'S THE THIRD SMALLEST OF THE INDIAN STATES. 01:21 YOUR POSITION HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS YOU GO AND MEET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:27 WORKERS IN YOUR DISTRICT. 01:29 YES, I CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING THEIR STIPENDS. 01:33 I CHECK ON THEIR WORK. 01:35 I MAKE VIDEOS AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE VIDEOS IN OUR INTERVIEW TODAY. 01:41 SHARE WITH US JOHN, WHEN SOMEONE GIVES TO GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR WORK IN THE 10/40 01:46 WINDOW THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ON THE GLOBE, HOW DOES THAT MONEY GO TO THE LOCAL 01:53 CHURCH AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT? 01:55 THAT MONEY WILL GO TO THE CHURCH HEADQUARTERS IN THAT AREA, SOUTHEAST ASIA. 02:03 THEN THAT MONEY IS DIVIDED UP AND IT GOES TO THE DIFFERENT 02:06 UNIONS IN THAT AREA, DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 02:09 THEN THEY SHARE IT OUT FROM THERE. 02:13 I DON'T TAKE ANY MONEY WHEN I GO. 02:17 I DON'T HANDLE ANY OF THAT MONEY. 02:19 IT ALL GOES THROUGH THE REGULAR CHURCH CHANNELS 02:22 AND THAT'S HOW IT GETS TO THE WORKER. 02:24 WONDERFUL. 02:25 I THINK THAT'S SO GOOD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:28 SO YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE US TO THIS TRIPURA AREA. 02:31 I LIKE THAT NAME-TRIPURA. 02:34 HOW IS THE TRIPURA AREA DIFFERENT FROM ANY OF THE OTHER INDIAN STATES? 02:40 IT'S SORT OF LIKE A TEAR DROP THAT COMES DOWN INTO BANGLADESH. 02:47 IT'S SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY BANGLADESH. 02:51 MUCH OF THE CULTURE, PROBABLY 80 PERCENT OF THE CULTURE IN TRIPURA IS BANGLADESHI. 02:58 WHAT ARE THE RELIGIONS IN THAT REGION? 03:00 IT'S ABOUT 80 PERCENT ISLAM BUT THEN THERE IS QUITE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF HINDUS IN THAT 03:10 PART OF THE COUNTRY. 03:11 THERE ARE JUST A FEW CHRISTIANS AND THEN A FEW BUDDHISTS AS WELL. 03:16 WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE US TO THE VIDEO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH US. 03:20 THE REASON I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO IS TO SHOW YOU HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET 03:25 AROUND IN TRIPURA. 03:28 THE ROADS ARE PRETTY BAD. 03:30 LET ME SHOW YOU. 03:31 THE MOUNTAIN ROADS TO NORTHEAST INDIA SEEM TO BE ALWAYS FULL OF INDIAN LORRIES. 03:45 THE ROAD IS JUST TOO NARROW AND SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND. 03:51 SOME TRUCKS MAKE IT, SOME THINK THEY CAN AND SOME DON'T. 03:56 THE POLICE HAD JUST ARRIVED. 03:59 THE DRIVER HAD RUN OUT OF LUCK BUT AT LEAST HE WAS STILL ALIVE. 04:04 A FEW YEARS AGO TRAVEL WAS VERY RESTRICTED IN TRIPURA, 04:09 BUT NOW THE ARMY HAS IT IN CONTROL. 04:18 ANYWAY, WE MADE IT AROUND OBSTACLES, ACROSS SHAKY BRIDGES 04:24 ALL THE WAY TO THIS VILLAGE. 04:26 THAT'S NINETEEN MILE VILLAGE. 04:30 MOYA AND HIS WIFE ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 04:35 SOMETIMES IT HELPS TO HAVE A LADY WORKER TO LISTEN TO THE VILLAGE PROBLEMS. 04:41 I ENJOYED COMING TO SEE YOU LAST YEAR IN YOUR VILLAGE, BUT THE THING THAT I ENJOYED THE 04:51 MOST WAS GOING TO THE PONDS DOWN THERE AND SEEING A BAPTISM. 04:59 THE PEOPLE BACK HOME IN AMERICA REALLY ENJOYED 05:04 THE VIDEO THAT WE MADE OF YOUR VILLAGE. 05:09 THIS IS A LARGER VILLAGE A COUPLE OF MILES DOWN THE ROAD. 05:16 THEY HAVE A WEEKLY MARKET ON FRIDAYS. 05:21 I HAD TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND. 05:23 IT WAS SO INTERESTING WITH SUCH COLORFUL PEOPLE. 05:28 EVERYONE WAS OUT FOR A BARGAIN INCLUDING MOYA OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 05:35 HE NEEDED TOMATOES BUT SO DID ANOTHER LADY SHOPPER. 05:40 THEY STARTED TALKING AND THE LADY, DAHIRUM, INVITED MOYA 05:45 TO VISIT HER HOUSE TO MEET HER HUSBAND. 05:49 THE HUSBAND WAS SICK AT HOME. 05:50 HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WALKING PARTLY DUE TO A BAD CASE OF MALARIA. 06:10 MOYA ASKED IF HE COULD PRAY FOR HIM. 06:16 THEY HAD MEETINGS EVERY NIGHT FOR A MONTH THEN SOME SERIOUS DECISIONS WERE MADE. 06:46 ONE MONTH AGO DAHIRUM AND FIVE OTHERS WERE BAPTIZED. 07:02 WHAT THEY ASKED ME FOR WAS A CHURCH BUILDING. 07:06 THEY HAVE THE LAND. 07:07 TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR A SIMPLE STRUCTURE LIKE THIS. 07:13 THE MEMBERS ALSO SAID THEY WOULD LIKE A NEW BUILDING TOO. 07:18 LET'S HELP THEM AND LET'S KEEP SUPPORTING OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 07:24 WORKERS LIKE MOYA AND HIS WIFE. 07:27 UNBELIEVABLE. 07:28 HOW OFTEN AM I AT THE GROCERY STORE AND STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE TO 07:36 TALK ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST OVER THE TOMATOES. 07:40 I MEAN JOHN, THAT'S FANTASTIC. 07:43 BLESS THAT MAN'S HEART. 07:45 YOU MENTIONED THE LORRY. 07:47 THAT'S ANOTHER TERM FOR TRUCK. 07:50 IN ENGLAND AND ALSO IN INDIA THEY CALL THEM LORRIES. 07:56 I DIDN'T HEAR A LOT OF HORN HONKING. 08:00 WERE THEY PRETTY GOOD ABOUT NOT HONKING? 08:02 WHEN I'VE BEEN IN ASIA THE HORN IS REALLY A WAY OF COMMUNICATING. 08:06 YES, BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE TOWN. 08:08 WHEN YOU'RE IN THE TOWN EVERYONE THINKS THEY HAVE TO BLOW THEIR HORN JUST TO MAKE 08:14 SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE. 08:15 IT'S FANTASTIC HOW THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS BUYING TOMATOES AND HE STARTS UP A 08:25 CONVERSATION WITH THIS WOMAN. 08:26 HE COMES TO FIND OUT HER HUSBAND IS ILL. 08:29 LOOKING AT THEIR HOUSE, OBVIOUSLY A MOSQUITO COULD GET IN THERE AND HERE THIS POOR 08:35 MAN HAS MALARIA. 08:36 THAT WAS A TYPICAL HOUSE. 08:39 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 08:40 TELL ME, WHAT'S THE EDUCATION LEVEL? 08:44 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 08:45 OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTOOD ENGLISH BECAUSE HE WAS TRANSLATING FOR YOU. 08:48 LOTS OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE QUITE WELL EDUCATED. 08:54 SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN THROUGH OUR COLLEGE SYSTEM. 08:57 SOME OF THEM HAVE TRAINED TO BE PASTORS BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AT THE CHURCH 09:05 LEVEL TO EMPLOY THEM AND THIS IS WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH WILL COME I IALTHTHGH T TY GET PAID 09:13 PROBABLY ABOUT HALF OF WHAT A REGULAR PASTOR WILL BE PAID. 09:17 JUST ENOUGH TO SURVIVE ON BUT THEY ARE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THAT AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM 09:25 AS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 09:26 ABSOLUTELY. 09:28 YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE SPOUSE. 09:30 I SAW THE LADY MINISTERING TO ANOTHER WOMAN. 09:32 OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR SOME 09:35 CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD. 09:37 IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER'S SPOUSE ALSO EMPLOYED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH? 09:43 NOT ALWAYS BUT SOMETIMES WE WILL HAVE A SPOUSE THAT IS MAYBE A TEACHER OR GOOD AT 09:51 TEACACNG A A SHE WILL TEACHHSCHS 09:51 HER HUSBAND WILL GO TO ANOTHER 09:57 VILLAGE AND TRY AND START A NEW CHURCH IN A NEW VILLAGE. 10:02 WE TALKED ABOUT HOW GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 10:06 CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 10:07 HOW DOES THE LOCAL CONFERENEN GET INVOLVED? 10:10 THEY ARE THE ONES WHO TRAIN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 10:14 THEY ARE THE ONES WHO PAY THEM AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO TELL THEM WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED 10:22 TO BE WORKING. 10:23 THEY WILL MOVE THEM FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. 10:26 YOU WILL FIND THAT SOMETIMES IF THEY ARE HAVING SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN A 10:32 TOWN THEY WILL TAKE TWO OR THREE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND BRING THEM IN TO THAT AREA 10:39 TO HELP WITH THE EVANGELISTIC THRUST. 10:42 THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT A CHURCH BEING BUILT FOR TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. 10:47 HOW COOL. 10:49 YES, AS YOU SAW IT LOOKED QUITE NICE. 10:51 IT WAS NICE. 10:53 IT'S MADE OF VERY THIN TIN. 10:57 IF I PUSHED IT WITH MY HAND I COULD DENT IT STRAIGHT AWAY. 11:01 AND IT GETS VERY HOT. 11:05 THERE IS NO INSULATION. 11:06 SO IN THE WINTER IT'S VERY COLD AND IN THE SUMMER IT IS VERY HOT. 11:10 I PERSONALLY LIKE THE LOCAL NATIVE-MADE CHURCHES BECAUSE THEY ARE MADE WITH THATCH. 11:17 THEY STAY A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN THE SUMMER AND MAYBE NOT SO WARM IN THE WINTER IF THE RAIN 11:25 COMES THROUGH. 11:26 THEY PROBABLY LEAK A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE ROOF. 11:29 THAT'S WHY PEOPLE LIKE A TIN CHURCH. 11:32 HOW GRATEFUL THESE PEOPLE ARE TO HAVE A PLACE TO WORSHIP. 11:34 I THINK THAT IS REALLY AT THE CORE OF IT. 11:36 FOR TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS WE CAN PUT UP A PLACE OF WORSHIP. 11:42 YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMETIMES THE COLOR OF THE CARPET REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. 11:46 ACTUALLY IT'S USUALLY MUD ON THE FLOOR. 11:49 THAT'S MY POINT. 11:51 IT'S ABOUT FELLOWSHIP AND WORSHIPPING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 11:54 WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO NEXT ON YOUR TRAVELOGUE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN TRIPURA? 12:00 I HAVE A VERY INTERESTING STORY AND I HAVE CALLED IT "NOT FOR BURNING." 12:06 LET'S WATCH. 12:08 THIS IS THE STORY OF ROBICHARAN ONE OF THE FIRST SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS TO BE 12:14 BAPTIZED IN THIS VILLAGE IN TRIPURA IN NORTHEAST INDIA. 12:19 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS SO HAPPY TO CONGRATULATE THE FAMILY. 12:27 ROBICHARAN WAS BORN INTO A HINDU FAMILY BUT HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WHEN HE HEARD 12:34 CHRISTIANS SINGING. 12:41 IT IMPRESSED HIM SO MUCH HE WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JESUS CHRIST AND WAS BAPTIZED 12:48 AT A BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE NEARBY VILLAGE. 12:52 LOCALS GOT MAD, ATTACKED HIM, SHAVED HIS HEAD, WOULDN'T LET HIM TAKE WATER FROM THE WELL. 12:58 THEY SAW HIM CARRYING A BIBLE, STOLE IT, THREW IT ON THE 13:01 FIRE BUT THE BIBLE WASN'T FOR BURNING. 13:05 ROBICHARAN PRAYED, "DEAR GOD, PLEASE GIVE ME TWELVE MORE BELIEVERS IN THIS VILLAGE," 13:12 AND GOD GAVE HIM SIXTEEN. 13:15 SOME OF THOSE WHO TRIED TO BURN HIS BIBLE REGRETTED IT, AND HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE THEM 13:20 TO THE CHURCH THREE KILOMETERS AWAY FOR BAPTISM. 13:24 ROBICHARAN THEN ATTENDED A BIBLE COLLEGE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS SO THAT HE COULD BE A 13:30 MORE EFFECTIVE WITNESS AND START A CHURCH IN HIS OWN VILLAGE. 13:36 THEN CAME AN UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS. 13:40 ROBICHARAN WAS VISITING SOME RELATIVES IN A NEARBY TOWN. 13:45 THEY WERE NOT CHRISTIANS BUT THEY HAD A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FRIEND, CHITA. 14:15 THIS FRIEND SPOKE WITH ROBICHARAN ABOUT SPIRITUAL THINGS. 14:17 ROBICHARAN STUDIED WITH CHITA'S FAMILY. 14:19 CHITA CALLED PASTOR ZAMINGA THE LOCAL TRIPURA AREA SUPERVISOR WHO CAME AND 14:23 STUDIED WITH ROBICHARAN. 14:24 ZAMINGA CALLED IN A DISTRICT EVANGELIST AND A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER RAZAD. 14:27 ROBICHARAN DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED 14:30 AS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN. 14:31 SO TODAY WE SET OFF TO THE LOCAL FISH POND TO SEE ROBICHARAN, HIS COUSIN AND 14:38 FAMILY MAKE A COVENANT WITH GOD. 14:42 WHAT A JOY TO SEE ROBICHARAN'S FACE WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER. 14:48 OF COURSE, SOME CHANGES HAD TO BE MADE AND SOME THINGS HAD TO BE CLEARED AWAY. 14:58 IN FACT SOME THINGS WERE BURNED THAT DAY BUT IT WASN'T A BIBLE. 15:04 ROBICHARAN'S COUSIN HAS ALREADY GIVEN SOME LAND TO BUILD A CHURCH ON. 15:13 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS STILL DOING EVANGELISM IN THAT VILLAGE AND GUESS WHAT. 15:21 OUR FIRST CONVERT, ROBICHARAN, ASKED ME IF HE COULD PUT HIS BIBLE COLLEGE TRAINING TO USE 15:30 AND BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HIMSELF. 15:34 I TOLD HIM THAT IN THE UNITED STATES I WOULD BE GLAD TO PUT UP HIS NAME FOR ADOPTION AS A 15:42 WORKER IN TRIPURA. 15:44 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADOPT HIM OR SOMEONE LIKE HIM? 15:50 ROBICHARAN, LOOK AT THE JOY ON HIS FACE JOHN AS HE ACCEPTED THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 15:58 ABSOLUTELY. 15:59 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU AS YOU ARE WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH 16:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 16:06 OUTREACH WORKER AND YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 16:11 IT'S VERY SIMPLE. 16:12 ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.GOAIM.ORG AND YOU CAN GET MORE 16:20 INFORMATION THERE OR YOU CAN PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL US AT 509-525-2951 AND WE CAN 16:28 CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN ADOPT A WORKER AND HOW YOU CAN BE SUPPORTIVE 16:36 OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE ROBICHARANS OF THE WORLD. 16:40 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND A DONATION TO US YOU CAN SEND IT IN THE MAIL TO: GOSPEL 16:48 OUTREACH, P.O. 16:49 BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WA 99324. 16:52 EMAIL ADDRESS: OFFICE@GOAIM.ORG <mailto:OFFICE@GOAIM.ORG> . 16:53 IN CANADA OUR PHONE NUMBER IS: 778-754-2079. 16:57 OUR ADDRESS IN CANADA IS: GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA, P.O. 17:01 BOX 32035, WEST KELOWNA, B.C. 17:03 V4T3G2, CANADA. 17:04 WE ALSO HAVE AN ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER. 17:07 IT SHARES WITH YOU ALL SORTS OF WONDERFUL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT GOSPEL 17:13 OUTREACH IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT 17:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INVOLVED WITH. 17:20 WE WOULD INVITE YOU TO ASK FOR YOU TO BE ON THAT MAILING LIST SO YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT 17:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:30 I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUR WEB SITE: WWW.GOAIM.ORG 17:35 <http://WWW.GOAIM.ORG> FOR MORE INFORMATION. 17:37 JOHN, IT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE THESE PEOPLE AND TO HEAR THESE PEOPLE. 17:43 SOMETIMES WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A GIFT AND THEN WE KIND OF WONDER WHERE IT GOES. 17:51 WELL, THE ROBICHARANS OF THE WORLD ARE OUT THERE WORKING. 17:55 YOU HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO FOR US. 17:58 WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE US NOW? 18:03 YOU MIGHT WONDER HOW GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GET STARTED WITH THEIR WORK. 18:11 HOW DO THEY FIND AN INTEREST? 18:13 HOW DO THEY FIND SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO STUDY THE BIBLE WITH THEM? 18:18 IN THIS NEXT VIDEO IT IS GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WORK. 18:27 IT WILL ALSO SHOW A LITTLE CULTURAL DANCING AS WELL FROM THAT AREA. 18:34 LET ME SHOW YOU. 18:36 WHAT A PROMISING DAY. 18:38 WE WERE TO SEE TWO BAPTISMS AND WE WERE GREETED WITH TRADITIONAL WELCOME DANCERS. 18:45 WE WERE IN TRIPURA, NORTHEAST INDIA BUT NOT FAR FROM THE BANGLADESH BORDER AND MYANMAR. 18:52 THE FIRST BAPTISM WAS IN THIS VILLAGE WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAD BEEN FOR 18:59 ABOUT T YEAR. 19:01 FOURTEEN WERE BAPTIZED LAST YEAR AND ANOTHER TEN WERE TO BE BAPTIZED TODAY. 19:07 I WONDERED HOW HE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL--A CHURCH FULL OF YOUNG PEOPLE. 19:21 SO BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS, NOW WE CAN BE ADOPTED INTO HIS FAMILY. 19:31 GOD'S FAMILY IS THE BEST FAMILY TO BE ADOPTED INTO BECAUSE OUR FATHER GOD IS THE 19:47 KING OF KINGS AND HE IS THE LORD OF LORDS. 19:51 WELL, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER'S HOUSE WAS THE VILLAGE HANGOUT. 19:56 BOYS WERE PLAYING MARBLES, GIRLS WERE PLAYING A KIND OF FIVE-STONE GAME AND OF COURSE, 20:02 THERE WAWATHE EVER PULAR GAME OF CRICKET. 20:05 I COULDN'T RESIST JOINING IN. 20:07 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER LIVES IN THE SMALL CHURCH 20:10 WHICH IS FAR TOO SMALL ON SABBATH. 20:13 I HEAR THAT MARANATHA IS COMING TO BUILD A BIGGER CHURCH LATER THIS YEAR. 20:19 THE CHURCH ELDER HAS GIVEN THE LAND AND WE WERE OFF TO HIS FISH POND FOR THE BAPTISM. 20:26 I WONDER HOW MANY MORE WILL BE BAPTIZED IN THIS VILLAGE THIS YEAR. 20:31 BEJOY, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAD THE RIGHT NAME 20:35 BECAUSE HE WAS FUN TO BE AROUND. 20:38 OUR AFTERNOON BAPTISM WAS IN PENCHATTA VILLAGE. 20:42 THIS IS A BRAND NEW PLACE. 20:45 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER USED TO WORK AS A GLOBAL MISSION PIONEER BUT NOW YOU 20:52 HELP PAY HIS SALARY THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 20:56 OUR WORKER HAS A SMALL CHURCH IN THE NEXT VILLAGE BUT HE STARTED VISITING PENCHATTA 21:03 VILLAGE WITH HIS WIFE. 21:05 THE VILLAGERS LIKED HIM. 21:06 HE MADE FRIENDS AND THEY STARTED STUDYING TOGETHER. 21:09 THE HEAD MAN IN THE VILLAGE WAS THE FIRST TO BE BAPTIZED WITH HIS WIFE, TWO DAUGHTERS 21:16 AND HIS SON. 21:17 TEN MORE FOLLOWED THEIR EXAMPLE. 21:20 WHAT A GOOD GROUP FOR THE START OF THIS NEW CHURCH. 21:24 AFTER THE LAST ONE WAS BAPTIZED, ONE LADY SUDDENLY APPEARED AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS 21:33 JUST TOO LATE. 21:36 SHE CAN COME EVERY DAY AND WASH HERSELF BUT IF SHE HAD COME FOR THE BAPTISM SHE WOULD 21:42 BE REALLY CLEAN FROM ALL HER SINS. 21:46 I TOOK A PHOTO OF THIS YOUNG MAN WHO WANTS TO BE ADOPTED AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SO 21:54 THAT HE CAN CARE FOR THIS NEW CHURCH FAMILY. 21:59 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADOPT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKEREROR PENCHATTA VILLAGE OR SOMEWHERE 22:05 LIKE THIS? 22:07 IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR THE SINGING IN THE CHURCH JOHN. 22:12 WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE LEARNING THE MUSIC? 22:15 ARE THEY CREATING THEIR OWN MUSIC? 22:17 TELL US HOW THAT WORKS. 22:19 IT'S VERY INTERESTING LISTENING TO THEM LEARNING NEW HYMNS. 22:23 YOU'LL HAVE A READER, THE DRUM WILL BE BEATING, THEN SOMEONE WILL READ OUT ONE LINE THEN 22:31 THE REST OF THE CHURCH SINGS THAT LINE. 22:33 THEN THE READER WILL READ OUT ANOTHER LINE AND EVERYONE WILL SING THAT LINE. 22:37 THAT'S HOW THEY LEARN THEIR NEW HYMNS. 22:39 THEY DON'T HAVE HYMN BOOKS IN THE CHURCH BUT THEY WILL HAVE 22:41 A READER TO LEAD THEM IN THE SINGING. 22:44 AND THEY MUST HAVE THE DRUM T TKEEP THE BEAT AND TO KEEP THE MUSIC GOING. 22:51 YOU MENTIONED A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 22:58 IS THERE A DIFFERENCE? 23:01 NO, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE. 23:02 BUT I DID MENTION A GLOBAL MISSION WORKER. 23:06 A GLOBAL MISSION WORKER WORKS THROUGH THE CHURCH ORGANIZATION AND GOSPEL 23:18 OUTREACH IS AN AUXILIARY HELP TO HELP WITH THE WORK. 23:25 SO YOU HAVE TWO WORKERS THERE, GLOBAL MISSION AND GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT THEY ARE BOTH 23:31 ACTUALLY PAID A STIPEND AND THEY ARE BOTH SUPPORTING THE GENERAL WORK OF THE CHURCH. 23:37 THEY ARE BOTH TRYING TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST. 23:40 SAME MISSION. 23:42 YES. 23:44 YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE HEAD MAN IN THE VILLAGE AND HE AND HIS DAUGHTERS WERE BAPTIZED. 23:52 WHAT DOES THE HEAD MAN MEAN? 23:54 IS HE THE MAYOR, THE CHIEF? 23:56 SORT OF, YES, BOTH OF THOSE AND THE JUDGE IN THE TOWN AS WELL. 24:00 NOW IF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CAN GET THROUGH TO THE HEAD MAN IN THE VILLAGE THEN 24:04 THE REST OF THE VILLAGE WILL VERY QUICKLY FOLLOW BECAUSEETHED 24:09 HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE VILLAGE. 24:10 SO THAT'S THE STRATEGY. 24:11 IN THAT VILLAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT'S THE POPULATION? 24:15 ARE THERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE? 24:16 VERY SMALL VILLAGES. 24:20 BUT YOU NOTICE THAT IN THAT FIRST CHURCH WHERE ALL THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE CROWDED INTO 24:25 THE CHURCH, OBVIOUSLY THE CHURCH IS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY NEED AT THE MOMENT. 24:31 ALSO THE WORKER IS LIVING IN THE CHURCH AS WELL. 24:36 DID YOU HEAR THAT MARANATHA, WHICH IS ANOTHER SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH, IS 24:42 GOING TO COME THROUGH THIS YEAR AND THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD THEM 24:45 A NEW AND BIGGER CHURCH. 24:47 PRAISE THE LORD. 24:49 THIS ADOPT-A-WORKER THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH IS REALLY AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR 24:54 PEOPLE HERE IN THE STATES AND CANADA TO GET INVOLVED AND TO LITERALLY ADOPT A WORKER 25:00 THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:01 YES, BECAUSE YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS, IF THEY ADOPT A WORKER THEN REPORTS WILL BE 25:06 SENT OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH THAT WORKER THEY ARE ACTUALLY SUPPORTING 25:11 WITH THEIR MONEY. 25:13 SO THEY WILL HEAR FROM THAT WORKER AND GET REPORTS AND UPDATES? 25:19 THEY WILL HEAR THROUGH THE MISSION, NOT DIRECTLY FROM THE WORKER, HOW HE IS PROGRESSING 25:27 AND HOW THEIR MONEY IS BEING USED. 25:31 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING US TO TRIPURA AND FOR SHARING HOW JESUS WAS SHARED OVER 25:36 TOMATOES AT THE LOCAL MARKET. 25:39 WE ALL NEED TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT THE LORD GIVES US AND FOR THE HOLY 25:43 SPIRIT TO WORK THROUGH US. 25:45 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US. 26:13 WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING A WORKER HERE 26:16 THROUGH OUR ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO DO THAT. 26:17 YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AT: WWW.GOAIM.ORG 26:19 <http://WWW.GOAIAIORG> . 26:21 IF YOU'D RATHER PICK UP THE PHONE AND GIVE US A CALL YOU CAN CALL US AT: 509-525-2951. 26:22 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 26:24 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER 26:25 [CLOSING MUSIC] 26:27 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE QUESTION. 26:28 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION, WHAT IS JESUS WAITITG FOR? 26:30 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, WHAT IS 26:32 JESUS WAITING FOR? 26:33 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14- AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN 26:38 ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN SHALL THE END COME. 26:45 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER AND OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS 26:51 HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED WORKERS IN 26:55 FORTY PLUS COUNTRIES. 26:57 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 27:01 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 27:03 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR 27:09 BIBLE WORKERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 27:13 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:17 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:20 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:22 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:25 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 27:28 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:29 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:32 I GIVE UP. 27:34 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:36 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:38 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:45 WHERE? 27:46 ALL OF THE WORLD. 27:48 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:51 YOU CAN PRAY. 28:15 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:16 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:18 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:20 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 28:23 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:25 BE THE SPARK! 28:26 LIGHT THE FIRE! 28:27 FINISH THE WORK! 28:28 FINISH THE WORK! 28:29 BE THE SPARK! |
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