Participants: Dan Walter
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000461
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00:21 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:24 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND DO YOU HAVE THE HOPE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST? 00:28 IF YOU DO, I HOPE THAT YOU DO, THEN YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH US HERE AT GOSPEL 00:37 OUTREACH BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT-SHARING THE HOPE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST 00:38 WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:40 THAT'S A SPECIAL SECTION OF THE WORLD THAT IS HEAVILY POPULATED. 00:43 IT IS FROM 10 DEGREES TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR AND IT RUNS ON THE GLOBE FROM 00:49 AFRICA ALL THE WAY TO JAPAN. 00:51 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING WITH DAN WALTER HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" . 00:56 WELCOME DAN. 00:58 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC AREA OF INDIA AND AS WE ALL KNOW, INDIA IS 01:04 HEAVILY POPULATED AND IS PART OF THIS 10/40 WINDOW. 01:07 SO DAN, TELL US WHAT YOUR AREA IS IN INDIA. 01:10 I HAVE WHAT WE CALL HERE REGION 11 WHICH INCLUDES PART OF THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH 01:17 AND MOST RECENTLY I WAS ASSIGNED ALSO THE STATE OF ORISSA. 01:21 ORISSA, I LIKE THAT, ORISSA. 01:24 AND WHERE IS THAT LOCATED IN INDIA, DAN? 01:26 WELL LET'S LOOK AT SOME MAPS AND SEE. 01:28 O.K. 01:30 LET'S GO THIS IS SOUTHERN INDIA AND LOOKING ON YOUR UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE 01:38 CENTRAL EAST INDIA AND THAT'S THE AREA WHERE I AM. 01:41 THE NEXT MAP HERE IS ORISSA, JUST A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF CALCUTTA AND ALONG THE COAST 01:53 LINE THERE. 01:54 SO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT I SEE WITH THE DIFFERENT COLORS ARE THOSE KIND OF LIKE 01:57 COUNTIES? 01:58 YES, LIKE COUNTIES. 02:00 O.K. 02:01 THE WHOLE AREA IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. 02:04 O.K. 02:05 THAT KIND OF GIVES US AN IDEA. 02:07 YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT A MAP AND YOU'RE LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW BIG THAT AREA IS SO. 02:16 WELL, BY TRAIN IT TOOK ME ALL NIGHT TO CROSS IT. 02:19 O.K. 02:21 THAT GIVES SOME PERSPECTIVE. 02:22 ORISSA. 02:23 OUR HEADQUARTERS ARE IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF BERHAMPUR. 02:31 YOU SAY THAT VERY WELL. 02:34 WHICH IS NOT TOO FAR FROM THE COAST THERE BUT THAT HAS BEEN HEADQUARTERS SINCE THE WORK 02:42 STARTED IN ORISSA NOT SO MANY YEARS AGO. 02:47 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE LOCAL MISSIONS AND EVERYTHING TO HELP WITH THE 02:51 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 02:52 ABSOLUTELY. 02:54 HERE WE MEET PASTOR JENA WHO IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE ORISSA, SOUTHERN PART OF 03:01 ORISSA. 03:03 IN THE NORTHERN PART IS PASTOR ABRAHAM. 03:07 OOH THAT IS A GOOD NAME. 03:08 IT IS A GOOD NAME BUT TRY TO UNDERSTAND HIM. 03:11 HE HAS SOME SPEECH DIFFICULTIES THAT EVEN IN HIS NATIVE LANGUAGE PEOPLE HAVE A 03:16 HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING HIM. 03:18 WELL, THE LORD CAN CHANGE ALL THAT AND PEOPLE CAN HEAR WHAT THE LORD HAS TO SAY THROUGH 03:21 HIM. 03:22 THAT'S EXACTLY IT. 03:25 WHEN I FIRST WENT OVER THERE LAST YEAR TO ORISSA, THE MISSION PRESIDENT PASTOR JENA 03:33 AND PASTOR ABRAHAM TOLD ME OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HERE NEED TRAINING. 03:42 YOU SEE, DOWN IN ANDHRA PRADESH WHERE MOST OF OUR ADVENTISTS ARE THEY SPEAK THE 03:48 TELAGU LANGUAGE BUT UP HERE IN THE SOUTHERN AREA THEY SPEAK ORIYA AND IN THE NORTHERN PART 03:56 THEY SPEAK HINDI. 03:59 SO THEY GET KIND OF LEFT OUT WHEN WE HAVE THE BIG TRAINING SESSIONS IN THE SOUTH BECAUSE 04:05 THEY SIMPLY CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT. 04:06 THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT- NOT THEIR LANGUAGE AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH ENGLISH. 04:10 IN THAT GROUP THERE WERE TWENTY SEVEN OF THESE VOLUNTEERS CAME IN. 04:15 THERE WERE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR THAT UNDERSTOOD SOME ENGLISH AND SO OF COURSE, EVERYTHING 04:22 HAD TO BE TRANSLATED. 04:23 WE USED MOSTLY THE ORIYA LANGUAGE PRIMARILY AND THEN THEY ALSO TRANSLATED TO HINDI. 04:30 WOW THAT TAKES TIME DOESN'T IT DAN, TO GO FROM ONE LANGUAGE TO THE NEXT LANGUAGE AND THEN 04:35 TO GET THE IDEAS ACROSOS 04:36 SURE, BUT IT WAS FUN. 04:39 THEY TOLD ME WHAT THEY REALLY NEEDED WAS TRAINING IN THE CHURCH CEREMONIES AND SO I 04:47 STARTED OUT TEACHING THEM CHURCH CEREMONIES. 04:51 LIKE BABY BAPTISM OR BABY DEDICATION. 04:54 HERE IN THIS PICTURE PRAYER AND ANOINTING. 04:57 OH SURE. 04:59 WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT MOST OF THEM HAD NO TRAINING IN ANY OF THIS I ASKED THEM WHAT THEY 05:05 DID KNOW. 05:07 ONE MAN SAID WELL YOU KNOW WE TAKE THE OIL AND WE PUT IT ON THE SICK PART AND THEN WE PRAY 05:15 AND HOPE THAT THEY GET WELL. 05:17 SO THEN I HAD TO EXPXPIN TO THEM THAT WHEN YOU PUT ON THE SICK PART PEOPLE WILL THINK 05:22 ONE OF TWO THINGS: EITHER WHAT YOU ARE CARRYING IS MEDICINE, OH SURE, OR THAT YOU ARE 05:28 BRINGING SOMETHING MAGIC. 05:30 AH, GOOD POINT, BECAUSE THEY COME FROM HINDU BACKGROUNDS AND THERE IS LOTS OF MAGIC. 05:36 SO I HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN TRAINING THEM. 05:39 YOU DON'T BRING OIL. 05:40 YOU GET OIL FROM THE KITCHEN SO THEY KNOW THAT IT IS JUST COMMON OIL. 05:45 BUT YOU DIP YOUR FINGER IN THE OIL DURING THE PRAYER AND PUT IT ON THEIR HEAD SO IT HAS 05:51 SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE AND NOT MEDICINAL. 05:54 GOT IT. 05:55 SURE THAT MAKES SENSE. 05:57 SO THERE WERE A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS LIKE THIS THAT WE HAD TO DO WITH THEM TO TRAIN THEM 06:03 IN HOW TO DO THE CHURCH CEREMONIES. 06:05 SO GOD BLESS THEM FOR REALIZING THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE SOME EXTRA TRAINING AND 06:09 GOOD FOR THEM FOR ASKING YOU FOR HELP. 06:11 ABSOLUTELY. 06:12 HERE WE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DO FUNERALS. 06:15 NOW I TAUGHT THEM MORE THAN JUST FUNERALS I TAUGHT THEM ABOUT GRIEF AND GRIEF RECOVERY 06:20 AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING AND THEN I HAD THEM DO A FUNERAL SERVICE. 06:25 WE GOT A BOX AND THAT WAS OUR DEFUNCT AND THEY HAD THE WHOLE FUNERAL CEREMONY AND THEN THEY 06:32 TOOK IT OUT - WE HAVE A SAND PILE THERE AND THEY BURIED THE BOX AND FOLLOWED THE CUSTOMS 06:40 THAT THEY COULD RATHER THAN JUST SHOVEL THE DIRT IN. 06:44 FIRST OF ALL THEY HAD TO SPRINKLE SOME SAND ON IT AND THIS AND THAT. 06:48 SOME PLACES THEY WOULD PUT FLOWERS ON. 06:50 SURE. 06:52 BUT WE WENT THROUGH ACCORDING TO THEIR CULTURE WHAT WAS ACCEPTABLE AMONG CHRISTIANS. 06:58 SO THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE FUNERAL SERVICE. 07:00 THERE WERE ABOUT, YOU SAID ABOUT TWENTY, YES TWENTY SEVEN OF THEM. 07:02 SO WHAT IS THIS? 07:03 ARE WE AT A CHURCH? 07:06 THIS THEY ARE HAVING A CHURCH OPENING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE BUILD NEW CHURCHES AND THEN 07:16 WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A CEREMONY TO OPEN THE CHURCH AND SO WE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DO CHURCH 07:21 OPENING CEREMONY. 07:22 THEY GOT GREAT DELIGHT. 07:24 YOU KNOW ISN'T THAT SOMETHING THAT THESE THINGS AS WESTERN CHRISTIANS WE JUST ACCEPT AND 07:30 IT IS JUST: OH THIS IS HOW WE DO IT AND WE DON'T THINK ABOUT SOMEONE COMING FROM A TOTALLY 07:34 DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND, CULTURAL BACKGROUND, YES ALL OF THAT 07:39 TOGETHER. 07:40 THEN WE TAUGHT THEM ABOUT THE LORD'S SUPPER. 07:41 THEY WERE VERY CURIOIUS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OF THE TWENTY SEVEN ONLY THREE WERE ORDAINED 07:48 ELDERS AND EVEN THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PERFORM THE CEREMONY VERY WELL. 07:54 AND SO WE HAD TO TEACH THEM EVERYTHING. 07:57 HOW TO PUT THE CLOTH OVER THE TABLE AND THEN HOW TO MAKE BREAD. 08:03 NOW WHEN YOU READ OUR CHURCH MANUALS IT SAYS YOU MAKE THE DOUGH LIKE THIS AND PUT IT IN 08:08 THE OVEN. 08:09 WHERE DO YOU FIND AN OVEN ANYWHERE IN INDIA? 08:12 WELL, THEY COULD USE A CHAPATTI. 08:13 WELL, THAT IS JUST WHAT WE DID WE MADE CHAPATTI. 08:17 GOOD JOB. 08:18 BUT WE SCORED IT SO THAT IT WOULD BE COMMUNION BREAD THAT COULD BE EASILY BROKEN UP AND 08:24 IT WORKED FINE. 08:25 THEY ALL COULD FIGURE THAT ONE OUT, NO PROBLEM. 08:27 BUT THEN HOW TO MAKE GRAPE JUICE? 08:30 YOU CAN'T BUY IT IN THE BOTTLES VERY WELL BUT THEY COULD GET FRESH GRAPES MOST 08:34 PLACES. 08:35 SO THEY HAD A GRAPE CRUSHING. 08:36 SO WE HAD TO TEACH THEM HOW TO MAKE JUICE FROM THE GRAPES. 08:41 WOW. 08:43 HOW MOVING FOR THEM THOUGH DAN, I MEAN HOW MOVING FOR THEM TO BE A PART OF ALL OF 08:47 THAT. 08:48 IT REALLY WAS. 08:49 THEY TOOK IT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. 08:51 HERE WE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DO THE CEREMONY, HOW TO DO THE DISTRIBUTION, WHO SHOULD PRAY 08:58 FOR THIS AND WHO SHOULD PRAY FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, GAVE THEM SOME STRUCTURE. 09:01 I LIKE THE POLKA DOT RED TABLE CLOTH THAT'S A NICE TOUCH. 09:05 WE DID WITH WHAT WE HAD. 09:07 I LOVE IT. 09:08 I LOVE IT. 09:10 HERE WE ARE TEACHING THEM HOW TO DISTRIBUTE THE EMBLEMS. 09:16 WOW. 09:18 FORTUNATELY, WE DID HAVE SOME NICE EQUIPMENT THERE. 09:23 I HAVE WORKED IN PLACES WHERE WE MADE TRAYS OUT OF WOOD. 09:26 IT WORKED. 09:27 THAT WORKS, WHY NOT? 09:30 I'VE ALSO WORKED IN PLACES WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE BASINS TO WASH FEET AND SO WE PULLED 09:36 CANOES UP ON THE BEACH AND WE STOOD ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CANOE AND WASHED EACH OTHERS 09:41 FEET. 09:42 IT WORKS. 09:43 IMAGINE THE LORD SMILING DOWN ON THAT. 09:45 YES. 09:48 AND SO THIS WAS, HERE'S YOUR WHOLE GROUP HERE NOW DID YOU GIVE THEM CERTIFICATES? 09:52 WE PRINTED UP CERTIFICATES AND WE GAVE THEM CERTIFICATES AND THEN FOLLOWING THIS TRAINING, 09:57 FIFTEEN DAYS OF TRAINING, AND I MIGHT SAY SOME OF THEM CAME THERE SAYING I'LL STAY FOR 10:03 MAYBE A DAY OR TWO AND THEN I'LL GO BACK BECAUSE YOU KNOW FIFTEEN DAYS IS A LONG TIME. 10:08 NOT ONE WENT BACK. 10:10 THEY ENJOYED THAT TRAINING, THEY WERE LEARNING SOMETHING. 10:12 IT WAS PRACTICAL AND NOT A ONE WENT BACK. 10:16 ONE FELLOW DID HAVE TO LEAVE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY. 10:19 OH BLESS HIS HEART. 10:21 BUT WITHIN THREE DAYS HE WAS BACK. 10:23 SO HERE WE ARE WITH THE MISSION LEADERS AND OUR TWENTY-SEVEN MEN WITH THEIR 10:31 CERTIFICATES. 10:32 FOLLOWING THAT TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM OF NO ORDAINED ELDERS, THE LEADERS CHOSE OUT THIRTEEN 10:39 FOR WHICH WE HAD AN ORDINATION SERVICE FOR THEM. 10:43 SO NOW HALF OF THEM, MORE THAN HALF ARE ORDAINED ELDERS AND MORE WOULD BE ORDAINED SHORTLY 10:49 THEREAFTER. 10:53 SO IT WAS A THRILLING TIME. 10:55 I SHOULD SAY SO. 10:56 AFTER WE HAD THE TRAINING, I STILL HAD ANOTHER TEN DAYS OR SO THAT I COULD STAY WITH THAT 11:01 SECTION. 11:03 I DECIDED I WANTED TO GET OUT AND SEE WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS THESE MEN ARE 11:08 WORKING IN? 11:12 WHAT DO THEY NEED? 11:13 WHAT ARE THEY DOING? 11:15 WHERE DO THEY NEED HELP? 11:16 HOW LONG IS YOUR LIST? 11:18 LONG? 11:19 VERY LONG. 11:22 HERE WE WERE LEAVING BERHUMPUR, GOT TO ROLL THOSE R'S. 11:28 THIS IS GORGEOUS INTO THE MOUNTAINS. 11:31 NOW, THESE MOUNTAINS ARE GORGEOUS. 11:33 THE RICE FIELDS ARE BEAUTIFUL EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE END OF THE SEASON BUT THEY ARE 11:38 INFESTED WITH MAOIST TERRORISTS AND SO I HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL; ME BEING A 11:47 FOREIGNER IN THAT AREA BECAUSE I WOULD BE A PRIME TARGET FOR KIDNAPPING. 11:54 WOW. 11:56 SO IT IS NOT A PLACE I WOULD GO AS A TOURIST BUT SINCE I WAS DOING THE LORD'S WORK I 12:01 SAID LORD IF YOU WANT ME TO DO THIS YOU'VE GOT TO BE WITH ME. 12:05 SO DID SOMEONE GO WITH YOU? 12:06 OH YES. 12:08 THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LET ME WALK ON THE STREETS IN BERHAMPUR ALONE IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS - 12:14 ONLY IF ONE OF THEM ACCOMPANIED ME. 12:20 SO WE TRAVELED SOMETIMES BY TRAIN SOMETIMES BY CAR OR WHATEVER. 12:25 THIS PLACE IS UP IN JEYPORE WHERE WE HAVE CONSIDERABLE WORK GOING ON UP IN THERE. 12:32 IT IS SURPRISING REALLY, WITH THE CONDITIONS. 12:36 CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY ARE VERY PRIMITIVE. 12:40 THEY STILL DO THINGS LIKE THEY DID A THOUSAND YEARS AGO EXCEPT FOR A FEW. 12:47 NOW, WOW YOU'VE GOT TO TELL ME ABOUT THIS. 12:49 IRON BUFFALO. 12:50 O.K. 12:52 SO WE'VE GOT-IT'S AN ENGINE ON SOME VERY INTERESTING WHEELS AND HE COULD PLOW THAT FIELD 12:57 TWICE AS FAST AS A BUFFALO. 12:59 WELL PRETTY GOOD, THAT'S WHAT MY DAD WOULD DO IF HE WAS AN INDIAN MAN. 13:04 HE WOULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT. 13:06 PLANTING RICE IS STILL DONE BY HAND. 13:08 SURE. 13:09 YOU CAN SEE THE PLANTERS GATHERED OVER THERE. 13:12 BUT THEIR ROWS ARE PERFECT, THEY ARE PERFECTLY STRAIGHT. 13:16 YES. 13:19 SO WE WENT FROM ONE VILLAGE TO ANOTHER VILLAGE TRYING TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH WHAT ARE THE 13:25 CONDITIONS. 13:27 SO WERE YOU ACCEPTED IN THE VILLAGES WHEN YOU WALKED IN FOR EXAMPLE RIGHT HERE, DID 13:31 THEY ALL COME OUT WONDERING WHO IN THE WORLD YOU WERE OR? 13:35 OH YES. 13:37 MY FIRST VISITS TO INDIA I WONDERED HOW THEY WOULD RESPOND TO MY WHITE FACE BUT 13:43 UP HERE IN THE MOUNTAINS THEY WERE DELIGHTED TO SEE SOMEONE FOREIGN COME THERE. 13:48 THEY TREATED ME WITH GREAT RESPECT AND GREAT HONOR. 13:51 SO IS THERE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WORKING UP IN THE MOUNTAINS HERE? 13:56 WE HAVE TWENTY SEVEN OF THEM THERE, SO THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE UP IN THESE MOUNTAINS? 14:01 MOST OF THEM UP IN THESE MOUNTAINS. 14:02 O.K., ALRIGHT. 14:03 SOME OF THEM I COULDN'T GET TO BECAUSE THEY ARE BACK IN THAT TERRORIST COUNTRY. 14:05 RIGHT. 14:07 THE TERRORISTS DON'T SEEM TO BOTHER THE LOCAL PEOPLE SO MUCH BUT THEY CERTAINLY WATCH 14:11 FOR ANYONE, EVEN INDIAN, WHO COMES IN THAT IS NOT FROM THAT AREA BUT I GOT TO THEIR 14:17 CHURCHES AS MUCH AS I COULD AND VISITED. 14:21 HERE IS BROTHER TIGA. 14:27 TIGA IN THE MALAY LANGUAGE MEANS NUMBER THREE BUT BROTHER TIGA USED TO BE A PASTOR BUT 14:36 HE DID LIKE I DID WHEN I RETIRED. 14:38 HE IS THE SAME AGE I AM PLUS ABOUT ONE MONTH. 14:41 HE JOINED GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:43 PRAISE THE LORD! 14:44 AND YOU CAN SEE HE IS STILL VERY POPULAR THERE. 14:48 LOOK AT THE KIDS. 14:49 HE MUST BE TELLING A STORY AND THE KIDS ARE THERE LISTENING. 14:51 TELLING STORIES AND OF COURSE THAT IS GOOD GRANDPA STUFF. 14:55 OH YES, YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT. 14:58 HIS CHURCH IS FULL AND VERY ACTIVE. 15:00 HE HAD THE CHILDREN DOING THINGS THERE, I WISH I COULD HAVE BROUGHT MY MOVIES BUT MY 15:06 MOVIE CAMERA WASN'T WORKING, I'M SORRY. 15:08 YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB HERE WITH THE PICTURES. 15:10 BUT HE HAD THIS CHURCH WORKING AND HE WAS WORKING IN TWO OR THREE OTHER VILLAGES HE HAD TO 15:13 WALK TO. 15:14 MY TIME UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH TO GET INTO THE OTHER VILLAGES. 15:19 WELL DAN, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ASK OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VIEWERS HERE AT 15:25 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" TO GET INVOLVED. 15:27 "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" IS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE YOU CAN 15:33 GET INVOLVED AND YOU CAN ADOPT A WORKER WHO IS WORKING UP IN THE MOUNTAINS IN THE AREA 15:39 WHERE DAN IS SHOWING THE PICTURES FROM. 15:42 IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GIVE US A CALL AT 509-525-2951 AND A 15:47 VOLUNTEER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU AND WE HAVE 15:52 VARIOUS WAYS FOR YOU TO DONATE. 15:54 YOU CAN ALSO DO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS : GOAIM.ORG AND IF YOU ARE IN CANADA WE 16:01 HAVE A CANADIAN PHONE NUMBER: 778-754-2079 AND WHILE YOU ARE ON THE PHONE WITH US PLEASE DO 16:10 ASK FOR OUR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER THAT WE HAVE DAN, SO PEOPLE CAN GET 16:16 INVOLVED THAT WAY. 16:18 SO, PLEASE TAKE US BACK TO THAT AREA AND SHARE WITH US SOME MORE. 16:21 O.K. 16:23 THERE IS ANOTHER, THERE WE GO, CHANDRA NAYAK ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS I 16:25 DON'T RECALL IF HE WAS ONE OF THOSE ORDAINED, I THINK HE WAS. 16:34 I GOT HIM VISITING WHICH IS ONE OF THEMOST IMPORTANT THINGS THERE USING FRIENDSHIP 16:44 EVANGELISM. 16:46 YOU MAKE FRIENDS AND THEN AFTER YOU HAVE GOOD FRIENDS THEN YOU CAN START TALKING 16:51 ABOUT RELIGION. 16:52 SURE. 16:53 CHANDRA IS VERY GOOD AT THAT. 16:55 IT WORKS THE SAME WAY IN AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA AS WELL. 16:58 I THINK MOST ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 17:01 THIS IS IN KADLIPAL VILLAGE. 17:03 THE FIRST ONES TO MEET US THERE WERE THE SHEPHERDS. 17:06 THEY HAPPEN TO BE COMING IN PAST THE CHURCH AND THEN THIS GROUP SUDDENLY EMERGED FROM I 17:12 DON'T KNOW WHERE. 17:14 THE LADIES ARE DOING WHAT THEY CALL THE TABLE DANCE BUT THERE IS NO TABLE, THERE IS NO TABLE 17:20 BUT THE WAY THAT THEY COME AROUND THIS WAY AND THAT WAY AND SO ON THEY BRING YOU TO 17:25 THE TABLE. 17:26 OH O.K. 17:27 I TRIED TO GET MOVIES BUT MY MOVIE CAMERA WASN'T WORKING. 17:30 I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. 17:32 THAT'S O.K. 17:33 WE WENT TO OTHER VILLAGES. 17:34 HERE SCHOOL GIRLS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO OR FROM SCHOOL I'M NOT SURE WHICH. 17:39 THAT'S GOOD. 17:41 BUT THE GOOD THING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY MEET THE PEOPLE ON A COMMON 17:47 GROUND. 17:48 THEY KNOW THE VILLAGE CUSTOMS AND WHAT GOES ON. 17:49 THEY KNOW THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND THESE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT APPEALED TO ME AS 17:58 AN OLD MISSIONARY TO JOIN GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE DO. 18:01 SURE. 18:03 NOW THIS AREA WHERE YOU WERE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ALL THAT, IS IT COLD? 18:06 WHEN WERE YOU THERE? 18:07 FEBRUARY? 18:08 I WAS THERE IN FEBRUARY AND INTO MARCH. 18:10 SO IS IT COLD UP THERE? 18:11 IS IT MODERATE CLIMATE? 18:15 COLD IS ABOUT 75 AND HOT IS ABOUT 85 AND THEN IN SUMMER TIME IT'S 105 PLUS. 18:27 THAT KIND OF GIVES US AN IDEA. 18:28 YES. 18:29 SO THE TIME TO VISIT IS BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY. 18:32 HERE IS A LADY MAKING MATS. 18:35 OH. 18:37 A GIRL MAKING BROOMS. 18:39 A LOCAL BROOM FACTORY RIGHT THERE. 18:42 YES, BUT TRAVEL BETWEEN VILLAGES IS SOMETIMES QUITE INTERESTING. 18:49 YES. 18:50 THESE BUSES RUN ONLY RARELY LIKE ONCE A DAY MAYBE OR EVERY OTHER DAY. 18:54 SO IF YOU WANT TO GET A RIDE YOU EITHER GET IN THE SARDINE CAN INSIDE OR TAKE THE UPPER 19:00 DECK. 19:01 OOH. 19:03 NOTICE HOW MUCH OF THE ROAD YOUR VEHICLE HAS COMPARED TO HOW MUCH OF THE ROAD THE BIG 19:05 BUS HAS. 19:06 YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE PARKED TOO. 19:09 YES I NOTICED THAT. 19:10 BUT HERE WE ARE INSIDE THE TERRORIST AREA. 19:16 THE FOLKS HAVE THIS OLD CHURCH HERE IN THE FOREGROUND THAT IS TOO SMALL NOW AND SO HAPPILY 19:23 FROM SOMEWHERE THEY'VE GOTTEN FUNDS AND THEY ARE BUILDING THIS NEW CHURCH. 19:26 WHAT A GREAT PROBLEM. 19:28 YES, THAT IS FANTASTIC. 19:30 THE NEXT PROBLEM IS THEY CAN'T SEND A CONTRACTOR IN TO BUILD IT AND SO THE LOCAL PEOPLE 19:34 THEMSELVES ARE PUTTING IT TOGETHER. 19:36 SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE FIGURING IT OUT. 19:38 THEY ARE FIGURING IT OUT AND THEY ARE GETTING READY AS FAST AS THEY CAN. 19:40 SO DAN, ARE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE THEY HINDU? 19:43 IS THAT THEIR- HINDU. 19:45 O.K. 19:46 ORISSA IS PROBABLY NINETY NINE PERCENT HINDU. 19:51 THERE ARE SOME OTHER CHRISTIANS BESIDES THE ADVENTISTS BUT THEY'RE 19:55 DEFINITELY IN THE MINORITY. 19:58 IN FACT, IN 2008 YOU PROBABLY RECALL, THERE WAS A LOT OF PERSECUTION WHEN THE HINDUS 20:04 HAD AN UPRISING AGAINST CHRISTIANS AND HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS PERISHED. 20:09 ONE OF OUR PASTORS WAS BEHEADED. 20:11 THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS PERISHED, YES THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS PERISHED. 20:15 SEVERAL HUNDRED ADVENTISTS PERISHED. 20:18 ONE PASTOR HAD HIS HEAD CHOPPED OFF ANOTHER HAD HIS HOUSE BURNED DOWN ON TOP OF 20:22 HIM AND IT WASN'T VER Y NICE THERE. 20:24 WOW. 20:25 BUT IT IS A CHALLENGE LIVING IN THOSE MOUNTAINS. 20:28 WHERE DO YOU FINE AERABLE LAND TO PLANT RICE? 20:33 THE VILLAGES -HOW DOES A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER EVEN MAKE FRIENDS IN THERE? 20:39 BUT THEY DO, THEY KNOW HOW AND IT'S MARVELOUS BUT THEN FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO 20:47 MOVE AROUND THIS IS THE KIND OF TRANSPORTATION THEY HAVE. 20:51 IT IS NOT SAFE. 20:53 IT IS ONLY OCCASIONAL AND WHEN THEY HAVE SEVERAL CHURCHES THEY WILL HAVE UP TO FIVE OR 20:58 SIX CHURCHES THAT THEY ARE CARING FOR. 20:59 WOW. 21:02 IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE TO GET AROUND. 21:04 SURE. 21:05 SOME ARE ASKING FOR BICYCLES OR MOTORCYCLES. 21:07 THAT IS JUST WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, SURE. 21:10 YOU GET INTO SOME OF THE LITTLE TOWNS THAT ARE SCATTERED UP THERE. 21:13 HERE IS THE TOWN OF MOHAN. 21:16 WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE TWO ORDAINED PASTORS THERE THAT LIVES IN THIS TOWN. 21:21 HERE HE IS, THE HOUSE THAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIND THERE. 21:25 CUTE KIDS. 21:26 TWO CUTE KIDS AND HE HAS A BIKE. 21:29 HE HAS A BICICYLE THAT'S GOOD, AND HE SUPERVISES, I THINK IT IS, FIFTEEN GOSPEL OUTREACH 21:35 WORKERS WHICH MEANS HE HAS TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME PUMPING THAT BIKE AROUND OR RIDING THE 21:40 BUSES. 21:41 SURE. 21:42 YOU MENTIONED THE "ADOPT A WORKERS". 21:49 THIS FISHING VILLAGE WE HAVE THIS POTENTIAL HERE HIS NAME IS UPPADA RAO. 21:56 WE ARE ESPECIALLY ANXIOUS TO GET THIS MAN ON LINE. 22:02 HE ACTUALLY HAD HIS FULL HIGH SCHOOL AND TWO YEARS OF SEMINARY TRAINING, ADVENTIST 22:08 SEMINARY TRAINING. 22:09 REALLY? 22:10 BUT WAS NEVER PICKED UP AS A WORKER. 22:13 HE IS LIVING IN THIS VILLAGE WORKING AS A FISHERMAN AND HE GOES OUT WITH THE FISHERMEN OF 22:22 COURSE, NEVER MISSES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH THEM. 22:26 THEY ARE ALWAYS ASKING WHY DON'T YOU COME OUT WITH US ON SATURDAY? 22:29 WELL, HE HAS SOME GOOD ANSWERS. 22:31 HE IS LIVING IN THIS VILLAGE CALLED NEW BAXIPALLI. 22:37 NOW THAT ONE I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH. 22:38 YOU DID WELL. 22:39 THERE ARE 357 FAMILIES IN THIS VILLAGE. 22:45 IN THE FOREGROUND THERE, YOU SEE THE WOOD PILES THAT THEY HAVE COVERED WITH STRAW TO 22:49 KEEP THE RAIN OFF. 22:50 OH, O.K. 22:52 IN THIS VILLAGE OF 357 FAMILIES THERE ARE NO LESS THAN SEVEN HINDU TEMPLES. 22:59 REALLY! 23:00 THE CHALLENGE IS GREAT. 23:01 THAT'S HUGE BUT WHAT A GREAT JOB HE HAS OF BEING A FISHERMAN AND FISHERS OF MEN; 23:07 COULDN'T BE IN A BETTER PLACE. 23:09 SO, HE IS FISHER OF FISH RIGHT NOW BUT HE IS WANTING VERY MUCH TO BECOME A FISHER OF MEN 23:15 THERE. 23:17 HERE HE IS POINTING TO THE NEXT VILLAGE OVER, BAXIPALLI. 23:22 I SUPPOSE IT IS AN ANTIGA-OLD AND THEN HIS VILLAGE AND THE OCEAN BEHIND HIM WHERE HE GOES 23:30 FISHING THERE. 23:33 NOT FAR AWAY, LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THIS VILLAGE, MARANATHA JUST 23:38 RECENTLY JUST ERECTED THIS LITTLE CHAPEL. 23:41 BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SETTING AND THIS FELLOW UPPADA IS DETERMINED TO FILL THAT 23:48 CHURCH. 23:50 HE IS ONLY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SPONSOR HIM. 23:53 HAPPILY MORE RECENTLY WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE LIKE HIM THAT THE MISSION IS VERY ANXIOUS TO 24:02 BRING ON BOARD BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN KEY PLACES. 24:06 NOW THIS MAN HAS SOME OTHER TALENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THIS AREA. 24:11 THE PEOPLE IN THAT FISHING VILLAGE SPEAK TELAGU, THE LANGUAGE OF ANDHRA PRADESH. 24:19 THEY KNOW SOME ORIYA WHICH IS THE LOCAL LANGUAGE BUT THEY NEED TO BE TALKED T TIN 24:25 TELAGU. 24:27 THIS MAN SPEAKS TELAGU FLUENTLY AND HE ALSO KNOWS SOME ENGLISH AND ORIYA AND 24:37 HINDI. 24:38 HE IS WELL EQUIPPED TO DO THAT WORK THERE. 24:42 HE NEEDS TO BE SPONSORED. 24:44 HE IS LOOKING FOR SPONSORS AND THAT'S WHAT VIEWERS CAN DO HERE WITH "ADVENTURES IN 24:48 MISSIONS" RIGHT? 24:50 THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE NEEDING HELP FROM ANYONE WHO IS OUT THERE NOT ONLY FOR HIM 24:55 BUT FOR OTHERS THAT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO PUT THEIR PICTURES UP. 24:59 SO WHAT IS THE GREATEST NEED IN YOUR TERRITORY? 25:02 NUMBER ONE OF COURSE, IS WORKERS. 25:06 THEY COULD EASILY USE FIFTY WORKERS. 25:11 NUMBER TWO IS HOUSING FOR THESE FOLKS WHEN THEY GET INTO THE VILLAGES. 25:15 IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WORK IN THEIR HOME VILLAGE, WE ASK THEM TO GO TO ANOTHER VILLAGE 25:21 THEY EITHER NEED TRANSPORTATION TO GET THERE A BICYCLE, MOTORCYCLE OR 25:24 SOMETHING OR THEY NEED A HOUSE. 25:28 I WISH I HAD TIME TO TELL YOU ABOUT ONE UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. 25:32 HE SPENT A LONG TIME FINDING A PLACE TO LIVE. 25:36 FINALLY HE FOUND A HOUSE NEXT TO THE HINDU TEMPLE BUT THE LOCAL PEOPLE SAID YOU CAN'T 25:42 LIVE IN THAT? 25:43 A CHRISTIAN NEXT TO A HINDU TEMPLE? 25:46 WELL, AFTER HE HAD MOVED IN WITH A SIGNED CONTRACT THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE THERE A LITTLE 25:50 WHILE THE HINDU PRIEST'S WIFE BECAME VERY SICK AND THE MEDICAL PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL 25:59 AND SO ON GAVE UP ON HER. 26:01 AND SO THE PASTOR'S WIFE, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER'S WIFE, WENT AND ASKED THE PRIEST MAY 26:07 I PRAY FOR HER? 26:09 HE SAID, PLEASE ANYTHING, I WANT HER TO LIVE. 26:12 SHE PRAYED AND SHE WAS HEALED. 26:13 PRAISE THE LORD. 26:15 AND SO THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY THERE NOW AND ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE A NICE 26:22 LITTLE GROUP STARTED INCLUDING THE HINDU PRIEST'S BROTHER IS PREPARING FOR BAPTISM. 26:29 PRAISE THE LORD AND IT'S ALL FROM ONE PRAYER. 26:32 ALL FROM ONE PRAYER AND THEY HAVE HAD MANY PRAYERS AND MANY ANSWERS. 26:36 PRAISE THE LORD. 26:37 WELL DAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ALL OF THAT AND GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR WORK. 26:40 WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 27:01 AND YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE NEED. 27:02 THE NEED OF "ADOPT A WORKER" WORKER, HOUSING, MOTORCYCLE, BICYCLE-SOMETHING FOR THESE 27:05 DEAR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO GO AND TO SHARE THE HOPE AND THE LOVE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST 27:10 WITH THESE PEOPLE IN THESE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES AND WE ASK YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND PLEASE 27:13 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I 27:17 AM JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY TODAY. 27:19 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:20 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:22 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:23 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:27 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:28 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:31 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 27:34 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:39 I GIVE UP. 27:40 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:45 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:53 WHERE? 27:54 ALL OF THE WORLD. 27:55 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:57 YOU CAN PRAY. 28:21 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:22 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:23 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:24 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 28:26 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:27 BE THE SPARK! 28:28 LIGHT THE FIRE! 28:29 FINISH THE WORK! |
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