Participants: Donald Halenz
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000468
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00:16 Welcome to "Adventures in Missions"
00:18 with Gospel Outreach. 00:19 This is Julie Sanders Keymer. 00:20 So what do you know about India? 00:22 Have heard about the Taj Mahal? 00:24 Have you heard about wonderful Indian food? 00:26 And if you heard about the holy cows 00:28 but do you also realize that there are millions and millions 00:32 of people in India who desperately need to know 00:35 about the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:37 Well, that what we are here to talk about today 00:38 with Don Halenz. 00:39 Don, welcome to Adventures in Missions. 00:41 Thank you so much. 00:42 So Don, tell us little bit about your involvement 00:44 with Gospel Outreach and what do you do. 00:47 Well, I have been involved with Gospel Outreach 00:49 for about two years now and I'm the regional director 00:52 for region 17 which is South India 00:54 and also includes Sri Lanka. 00:56 So I'm here to report on most recent trip back to India. 01:00 Fantastic. 01:02 And so how many Gospel Outreach workers 01:04 do you have in your area? 01:05 We have about 94 workers in our area in south India now 01:10 and there are three in Sri Lanka which we report on later. 01:13 Okay, but you need more don't you, Don? 01:15 Yes, we need more workers. 01:17 And more workers means? More money and more donors. 01:21 Yes, and the more donors and we want to thank our donors 01:23 who have given to help sponsor the Gospel Outreach 01:26 workers that we do have. 01:28 So what's it like for you Don, 01:30 to go and visit India and see these people? 01:33 Well, it's a land of contrast. 01:35 You see some fairly rich people, 01:36 you see some very poor people 01:39 and some people living in just almost abject poverty. 01:44 It's a really a land of contrast 01:45 but it's been a very enlightening experience first 01:47 and the one which I greatly enjoy when I'm there. 01:50 Fantastic. 01:51 So when you go to India what it your main goal for going to? 01:55 This year I decided, I thought about it 01:57 for quite a while what would I like to do in India 02:00 and I decided what we really need 02:02 is to train the workers who are there on the ground 02:04 and so I decide to focus on the workers 02:06 who are there and what we could do to train them. 02:09 So my wife and I both prepared lectures. 02:11 I had a couple lectures, my wife had couple lectures. 02:14 The Southern Asia division representative 02:17 who traveled with me, he had three or four lectures 02:19 and we used local union personal 02:22 and we held three day sessions in five different locations 02:25 for the workers in India. Good. 02:27 That was the purpose of my trip in India largely. 02:31 Because it's great if you have employees 02:33 but if they don't know-- obviously they know 02:35 that they are spreading the love of the Lord Jesus Christ 02:37 but at the same time it does help 02:39 to have some little guidance. 02:41 It does, it does. Well, good. 02:43 Well, thank you for being here and you have some video 02:45 that you would like to share with us. 02:46 Yes, I would like to show you couple clips of video 02:48 we're gonna start that now I guess. 02:50 And this leads it into India. 02:59 This is the Kolar Chintamani section headquarters building 03:03 where we held the meetings. 03:04 First set of meetings with local men. 03:06 And here the workers are being instructed 03:09 by one of the leaders who led out the meetings. 03:13 Now you see they are very enthusiastic workers 03:16 and that was the experience. 03:20 So we repeated this several times and through out India 03:23 and giving basically the same program 03:26 in several different locations. 03:27 Now I saw the tablecloth on the table moving 03:30 with the fan so it must have been pretty hot. 03:31 It was hot. Yeah. 03:33 It was hot but it wasn't unbearably hot 03:35 was just warm though. 03:36 So anyway that was the experience 03:38 so shall we go to the next video-- 03:40 Yes, let's go, let's go. 03:41 And let's take a look at the next one. 03:44 Here we are leaving from Bangalore going to Chennai 03:49 and we decided to take the train. 03:51 Trains are really good there 03:52 they are quite fast and convenient. 03:56 My wife is sitting here and comfortably enjoying the train. 03:58 Look how nice it is. It was really pleasant ride. 04:01 This is the train station in Chennai. 04:04 There are thousands of people there when you see 04:06 all the people you know it's a crowded place. 04:09 In fact I say you haven't see people 04:10 unless you travel in India. 04:12 You'll see lots of people there. 04:15 Here was the--the ladies were gathering around 04:18 to gather water for the day and they gather the pots 04:21 and pick them up and they all had to stand in line 04:25 because they don't all have water in there home. 04:28 So what they have to do is go to the local well 04:31 or go to the facility where they get water. 04:33 They load it up they carry it home for their homes 04:36 and that's how they are supplied with water. 04:38 Just imagine, I'm just thinking how many times a day 04:41 do I turn on a water faucet and turn it off 04:45 and I stand there I don't have to bend down 04:47 I don't have to and how convenient is that 04:50 and here these people hauling water. 04:52 That's right and every time you open the faucet 04:55 we just don't even think about it 04:56 but they have carry every drop that they are gonna use. 04:59 And now those buckets are they plastic or pitchers or the-- 05:02 Plastic, often plastic, yes. 05:04 Often plastic buckets so that's what they do. 05:09 Okay, more video let's go. 05:10 Take a look at the next segment here. 05:12 This is riding in the jeep going through the streets of Chennai. 05:15 Oh, I kind of had to make sure that it pulled up 05:17 there so he didn't get hit. 05:19 You know, sort of pull your arms in as your riding 05:22 along in the jeep there are couple of shots here. 05:26 Watch the people. 05:27 That's crowd of the street, crowd of the streets. 05:29 Lots of activity and that's just the way they live 05:32 and they are very much accustomed for that. 05:34 Coming through you better get out of our way. 05:35 Yeah. Watch the lady. 05:37 So this is going down the little alley way 05:39 that goes to our church in Chennai 05:41 and in just a moment you'll see the church building 05:44 the jeep comes to a stop here and we will walk inside 05:48 and see the church. 05:49 About how many members they are, Don? 05:51 There are I would say about 60 or 70 members 05:53 they are in the church here 05:55 and the next we'll see picture of the workers here I believe 05:58 and with some of the training session 06:00 going on in just a moment. 06:02 Here is the training session going on 06:04 and he is speaking to the workers giving them instruction. 06:06 You notice they are taking notes carefully 06:08 they have the Bibles they are taking notes. 06:11 They have the pieces of paper so on 06:13 and they are recoding what's going on. 06:15 So men and women both were there? 06:17 Men and women mostly, mostly women in this particular group 06:20 because they work in the city 06:21 and the women can get into the homes better the men can 06:24 and the men are often working during the day 06:26 so the women will go into the homes. 06:28 Here they are giving their paycheck 06:30 at the end of the month. 06:31 They come in once in month 06:33 and they don't have a electronic delivery of mail so on, 06:36 so usually come in they pick up their paycheck in cash 06:40 and that's what's happening here. 06:41 They sign for their paycheck, 06:43 he hands them an envelope and they are on their way. 06:45 Oh, here is the media center. That's the media center. 06:47 Yes, the Hope channel has a media center right there 06:51 in India a couple shots of the building and so on. 06:55 What a nice studio. 06:56 It's a nice studio the lighting is inadequate 06:58 some of it is little bit homemade 06:59 but it worked out very well. 07:01 And so they are doing a fine job. 07:03 My wife and I thought that deservers 07:05 a little bit of attention there. 07:06 Oh, I think so too. Promote the media center. 07:09 I think so too. 07:10 They are doing very well 07:11 and I'm proud of what they are doing. 07:13 Pastor Johnson is the one who is one who is leading 07:15 like the Gospel Outreach workers. 07:16 He is also the head of the media center 07:19 and very enthusiastic man and doing a fine job. 07:22 So with their media center are they doing any bible studies 07:25 or they doing some interviews? 07:26 They are doing a lot of interviews 07:28 and they invite pastors to come in from field 07:30 and present lectures and Bible studies and so on 07:33 and they have them come in 07:34 and they are doing this in various languages and dialects 07:37 because there are 2,600 languages in India. 07:40 Say that again 26,000. 07:41 2,600 languages of which 26 of them I understand 07:45 are official languages something like that 07:48 and almost everybody speaks a little English 07:50 but sometimes a very little English. 07:52 You know, but so many people around the world 07:54 are so fantastic with learning 07:55 four and five languages and fluent. 07:59 Well, Americans are not so good that way. 08:00 No, we are not. Yes, that's true. 08:01 We are not so good. 08:03 But there they do really quite well with the languages 08:05 and he is got the thing all set up. 08:08 He's got the generator because the power goes off 08:10 usually once a day for a couple of hours. 08:12 So he says, I brought people in from all over India 08:15 and they are here to do taping and the power goes off 08:17 what are we gonna do? 08:18 So they start up the generators and operate with that. 08:21 Hey, you use what you have. That's right, that's right. 08:24 Good, all right, so where we're going next. 08:28 This is going back from the meetings to the hotel 08:32 we're riding in this case it's a tricycle 08:34 its motorized tricycle there's another one coming on here 08:37 you will see in just a moment. 08:38 And those are quite the experience. 08:39 Those are quite the experience. 08:41 And everybody, everybody really the world moves 08:45 in those things largely. 08:46 It's true. So it works really well. 08:49 Yes, looks like close calls. 08:51 Now this is a Sabbath here and we are visiting 08:53 a small church where the Gospel Outreach worker 08:56 has raised this church they built the church. 08:58 They are playing the drums here and the Gospel Outreach worker 09:01 is leading out in the church service. 09:04 And you will see him here in just a moment. 09:07 After the church service is over 09:09 they will they'll stay together for a potluck. 09:11 You'll see another shot of the church here. 09:13 I like the little boy really getting into those drums. 09:15 Yeah, he was really getting into it. 09:17 They don't have enough seats for everybody in the church 09:18 so they sit on the floor, no problem, 09:21 they're very happy to do that 09:23 and they just join the fellowship, 09:25 then after the church service is over, 09:27 they have a potluck and they sit on the floor, 09:30 they are served the rice 09:31 and they seem to really enjoy it. 09:33 Was that on a banana leaf? 09:35 Uh, I think they had little plates. 09:36 Plates, okay. Did it taste good, Don? 09:38 Did you eat there? 09:40 Yes, some of the food is a bit spicy for me frankly, 09:43 but I can generally consider a whole lot and manage it. 09:47 I love Indian food. It's little spicy though. 09:49 Oh, it's good. 09:50 So that was the experience there. 09:52 So I was really pleased with this guy who is Outreach worker. 09:55 His name was Mr. Suresh incidentally 09:57 and he's pretty much raised in that church, 09:59 he's lead the church, he's really doing 10:01 the work of a pastor as well as a Gospel Outreach worker. 10:04 And if you took the man out of there, 10:06 I don't know what would happen to the church 10:07 because nobody else to lead that church. 10:09 So he's doing a wonderful piece of work there. 10:12 And the people are coming in there 10:14 and they're being evangelized, I think he's doing a good job. 10:17 I'm pleased with what's happening there. 10:20 So what religion are most of these people? 10:22 Are they Hindu in particular? 10:23 They're largely Hindu, yes, they're largely Hindu 10:25 and the Hindus are probably the major population, 10:28 then you have quite a few who are Muslim 10:31 and then only about 3% of Indians actually Christians, 10:34 most are Muslims and Hindus. 10:37 And so one of the things which we did in our training session, 10:41 the division man gave a talk on how to win the Hindus to Christ. 10:46 And I thought that was really appropriate 10:48 because those are the ones 10:49 and you go back a little bit in the history, 10:51 it mostly come from Hindu background, 10:53 mostly the Christians. 10:54 And so that's their background 10:56 so he had a presentation on winning the Hindus for Christ 11:00 and I thought that was very appropriate. 11:02 Well, and to make sure that you're being respectful 11:05 of their beliefs and also sharing a new belief system 11:10 and a new way of looking at things, so. 11:12 He emphasized that in his talk 11:14 that was one thing he pointed out 11:15 was don't make them just leave their family, 11:18 leave their friends, let them stay in their home environment, 11:20 let them stay with the people they're comfortable with 11:23 but they can be Christians 11:24 but they have to still work with their family. 11:27 So you don't want to take them out of the family 11:29 so that's very important to them. 11:31 But, Don, that's true for all of us as Christians, isn't it? 11:33 For sure. It is totally--yes. 11:35 Very true. And God wants us to do that. 11:37 Very true. All right, more video? 11:39 Yes, I have another video if you would like to see it. 11:41 I would. 11:42 Here we're moving down to Madurai in the south, 11:46 this is a train shot out the windows passing the rice fields. 11:49 Some of India is very mountainous 11:51 some is flat with rice lands. 11:53 We're seeing the rice lands here 11:55 and here we are down in the next city in Madurai 11:59 where the Gospel Outreach workers are again, 12:01 they're very enthusiastic, they clap their hands, 12:03 they don't have a lot of musical instruments 12:05 but they make up for with enthusiasm, 12:07 it's a wonderful thing. 12:09 So they're meeting here in the church 12:13 and here the division representative 12:16 on the right of the picture is holding the lecture, 12:18 he's speaking in English 12:20 because he does not speak the local dialect. 12:22 And Pastor John Phillip on the left hand side 12:25 is translating it into the local dialect. 12:27 So it's a translation situation 12:29 even for the Indians who are native to the country. 12:33 Isn't that something when you got 2,600 dialects? 12:36 2,600, yes, it's an awesome challenge. 12:38 It really is. I would think so. 12:40 So, Don, we've got a really cool program here called 12:43 Adopt-a-Worker correct? 12:44 Yes. And you have some... 12:46 We have at least five workers in South India 12:48 who are in Adopt-a-Worker program 12:50 and we're very pleased with these workers, 12:52 they've been adopted. 12:53 They're gonna help us move the work forward. 12:55 Absolutely and you, our viewers, 12:57 you can be involved with adopting 12:59 a worker of Gospel Outreach worker, 13:00 you can updates and reports, 13:02 either we will help you have from Gospel Outreach 13:05 to find out what that Gospel Outreach worker is doing 13:08 and you can go to our website. 13:09 It's goaim.org for more information 13:13 and we have some video to share with you about it. 13:17 Gospel Outreach began a mission 20 years ago 13:19 by asking one simple question. 13:22 In a world filled with famine, hunger and starvation, 13:26 what is Jesus waiting for? 13:28 In a world filled with earthquakes, 13:30 hurricanes and natural calamities, 13:32 what is Jesus waiting for? 13:35 The gospel tells us in Matthew 24:14, 13:38 "And this gospel of the kingdom 13:39 shall be preached in all the world 13:41 for a witness unto all nations, 13:43 and then shall the end come." 13:48 Inspired by those words, Gospel Outreach began 13:51 with one worker and over the past 20 years, 13:53 it's grown into an organization 13:55 with 2, 200 workers in 40 plus countries. 13:59 Gospel Outreach is an independent 14:01 Seventh-day Adventist lay ministry 14:03 run entirely by volunteers. 14:06 Gospel Outreach works with the organized church 14:09 to sponsor Bible workers in the 10/40 Window. 14:12 Now what exactly is the 10/40 Window? 14:16 The 10/40 Window is a region of the eastern hemisphere 14:19 located between 10 and 40 degrees north of the equator. 14:23 What makes this region special? 14:26 97% of all the people in the world 14:28 who'd never heard the name of Jesus live here. 14:32 Now how exactly does Gospel Outreach work 14:34 to reach these people? 14:37 We do this by working with the church as it places 14:39 trained indigenous workers in new territories, 14:42 sending out disciples just as Jesus did. 14:46 When a Bible worker sponsored by Gospel Outreach 14:48 enters a new village, 14:49 it's estimated that in the first year, 14:52 an additional 300 individuals will be baptized 14:55 and commit their lives to Christ. 14:58 Individuals who have never heard 15:00 the amazing story of God's love 15:02 are getting to meet Jesus for the first time. 15:05 Now how can you help? 15:07 Bible workers rely on sponsorships to support them 15:09 and their families 15:11 as they share the unconditional love of God. 15:14 This is why Gospel Outreach is introducing 15:17 our Adopt-A-Worker program, 15:19 together with the church we identify new workers 15:22 and areas that need to be reached. 15:24 That is why it's our goal to introduce 15:26 a million new people to Jesus in the next three years. 15:29 All that is remaining for this work to begin 15:32 is your financial help. 15:35 In return, we will keep you updated on the exciting 15:37 progress of your worker 15:39 sending you stories and pictures of the lives 15:42 changed by your donations. 15:44 There are three ways you can get involved. 15:46 You can be a prayer partner for Gospel Outreach 15:48 by praying for our Bible workers. 15:51 Second, become an ambassador for our Adopt-A-Worker program 15:54 by telling their family and friends about 15:56 how they can make a difference too. 15:58 And finally, sponsor a Bible worker. 16:01 Call or visit the website today. 16:04 So now that you know a bit about Gospel Outreach 16:07 and now that you know what Jesus is waiting for, 16:10 the final question is what are you waiting for? 16:16 And won't you get involved and help with Gospel Outreach? 16:19 We are asking for you to help financially 16:21 so the work in India can continue. 16:24 As you've seen this Gospel Outreach workers been trained, 16:27 we would ask you to give your support to Gospel Outreach 16:30 and you can reach us, to do that 16:32 you can go to our website goaim.org 16:35 for more information about how you can adopt a worker in India. 16:39 So, Don Halenz, you are here giving us 16:41 a report on your territory 16:43 and you're gonna take us on another video. 16:45 Yes, we run another video at this point then. 16:48 This is another shard of workers. 16:51 This happens to be in the south of India, 16:55 farther south in rural reform 16:57 in the province of Idukki, Idukki province 17:00 and there are also workers there, just a quick shot. 17:02 And here my wife is walking with the Gospel Outreach worker 17:05 who wanted her to take her 17:06 to visit his mother. Oh, how nice. 17:08 And so she went down to see the mother. 17:10 She was visiting the mother I have strolled around the yard 17:13 and here was this object in the front yard, 17:15 it was a well where they get their water part of the year. 17:19 It was a fairly deep well 17:20 and it made me think of the need for the water of life. 17:24 How Christ is the water of life 17:26 and how a lot of Bible stories are written around wells 17:30 and Christ visiting with people there. 17:33 So here they use their own well 17:35 and then part of the year, they had to buy bottle water 17:37 because they don't have anything else. 17:38 So they were getting along 17:40 but that was the best that they could do then. 17:43 So when the rainy season comes, it fills up the well. 17:45 It fills up the well and then in the dry season, 17:48 it goes dry and they have to buy their water. 17:50 Is what bottle water expensive? 17:52 Oh, not too expensive, it's available 17:54 so they can use that and get by, 17:56 so that's what they have to do. 17:58 But when they use the well water, is that clean water? 18:02 I mean who knows. It may--who knows. 18:04 It's probably not clean enough for you or me 18:06 but it is good enough so they can drink and get by. 18:08 Yeah. So I suppose they are careful. 18:10 Yes, we get sick 'cause we're not 18:11 used to living in that environment. 18:12 We're not used to, local bugs and so on. 18:15 Wow, so how was your wife's 18:16 visit with Gospel Outreach mother? 18:18 She did fine with her mother and it was a nice little visit, 18:21 we prayed with the lady and then we left. 18:23 Unfortunately we didn't get pictures of that 18:25 but it was a nice visit. 18:26 That fellow really wanted us to meet his mother 18:28 and so to make a little personal contact 18:30 so we did that and we felt nice. Isn't that nice? 18:31 He was proud of his mom, he wanted you to meet her. 18:33 He want us to meet his mom, that's right. 18:35 That's fantastic. So we got another video, okay. 18:37 Okay. Let's have another look. 18:40 Here we left and we took this KSRT bus 18:44 so it's very super fast. Super fast, that's what I saw. 18:47 Yeah, here you are bouncing along with the bus 18:50 going up into the higher elevations, 18:52 we left there and we're going across to the city of Trivandrum 18:56 but we're going through the tea plantations here 18:58 right around of the bus. Gorgeous. 18:59 And you know, be a one shot here, 19:02 we arrived there and this is the Gospel Outreach workers 19:04 who were in the city of Trivandrum. 19:07 Now there's a lady on your left in the picture, 19:09 we're gonna see more of her 19:10 in just a couple of minutes. Okay. 19:11 She was a Gospel Outreach worker. 19:13 She was married to a pastor 19:16 and unfortunately, her husband just died a month ago. Oh. 19:20 And so she still carrying on, 19:22 working with Gospel Outreach and doing the very best she can 19:26 but we have to remember that lady in our prayers. 19:29 We have another video of her 19:30 in just a moment, the last video. 19:32 But anyway, I'm very pleased with what she's doing 19:35 and I think she's doing a fine job there. 19:38 So what did her husband die from do we know? 19:40 I don't know if it was a cancer 19:42 or just what the cause of death was, 19:43 it was very sad but anyway... 19:45 What is their medical help situation? 19:48 They have healthcare in India. 19:49 The government supplies hospitals and medical care 19:53 for the people so they can get medical attention 19:56 and it comes with no cost to them, 19:57 however some procedures probably are not available. 20:01 They really can't get those procedures 20:03 they just have to take what's available. 20:05 So they do have some healthcare 20:07 which is a wonderful thing for them. 20:09 But if they're high in the mountains, 20:10 are there hospitals up in there? 20:12 No, so they may have to go, they may have transportation 20:14 to reach the hospital, they may have expenses 20:18 while they're there, the medicines 20:20 and the doctors fees are paid for 20:22 by the government which is wonderful. 20:24 And if they have any extraneous expenses, 20:27 well, then that's up to them. 20:28 So it's a problem if they do get sick 20:30 but they do have the basic cover 20:32 which is a good thing for us. That is a good thing. 20:34 that is a good thing. It's a very good thing for us. 20:35 Good, all right, so you have another video for us? 20:38 One more video. Is it super fast? 20:40 It's-- not too long. 20:43 This is a village where this lady took us, 20:46 there's a couple of village arts of village life 20:48 and here she is coming into the house, 20:51 her name is Mrs. Suresh Gandhi 20:56 and she took us into visit a family 20:58 where she's holding an effort and meeting with the families. 21:02 In many cases, we read in this 21:04 country have evangelist campuses, 21:06 hundreds of people coming in, 21:07 maybe hundreds baptized there's twos and threes 21:10 there in India in this part of the country. 21:13 Family members accept Christ 21:16 and then others maybe the neighbors who accept. 21:18 So here they come into the house. 21:20 She's invited the neighbors to come in and to study with her 21:23 and she's just entering there 21:25 and then this one more lady comes in. 21:28 So you'll see shard inside the house. 21:30 Very simple house, very humble dwelling, 21:34 but these people are used to that 21:36 and they love the Lord. 21:38 So here she is, she's gonna be speaking to them 21:41 in just a moment and here they... 21:44 And their kids, there are two. Yes. 21:46 The kids-- lots of kids, 21:48 most women and children 21:49 we find out taking the Bible studies. 21:51 And here she is speaking to them, 21:53 studying the Bible with them, the work of a true Bible worker, 21:56 giving instruction and what they need to be doing. 22:00 So it's a very good thing that she's doing 22:03 and I'm pleased with her and hope that 22:05 she's gonna be able to continue on 22:07 as a Bible worker for a number of years. 22:09 Here we're leaving the home. 22:10 They had a village festival of some sort in India, 22:15 and I thought it was rather unusual 22:17 to go through this little village 22:18 and see the streamers over the road. 22:20 Yeah, it's canopy. The canopy, all along there. 22:23 So it's a good thing that they've done. 22:27 I wonder if they-- do light up at night? 22:29 I think some cases they have light. 22:32 This is the last shot. This little girl she is so cute. 22:35 My wife just fell in love with this young lady. 22:39 And when we first met her, she was afraid of us. 22:41 She was afraid to be touched, to held by foreigners 22:44 and my wife just wanted to take her 22:46 and hug her 'cause she's was cute. Yeah. 22:48 So anyway, after the visit, went along for little while, 22:52 she became more friendly and she began to open up to us 22:56 and my wife said you know 22:58 I really want to meet this girl in the heaven. 23:00 I want her to be in heaven. That's the appeal. 23:02 We want to meet these people in heaven 23:04 when we get there and so that was our experience in India 23:08 as far as what I have the video for. 23:10 One who knows, often times we just have the chance once 23:14 with people here so are we going to take that chance 23:16 that the Lord gives us or we gonna say 23:19 I don't have time, I don't have enough money 23:20 I don't have enough of this or we gonna take that? 23:23 We can think lots of excuses why we can't get involved 23:25 or can't work with Gospel Outreach. 23:27 I'm too old, I'm too young, I don't have enough experience, 23:30 I don't have the right qualifications, 23:32 there are a lot of reasons we can give 23:33 while we really don't want to get involved 23:36 with Gospel Outreach but in the end analysis, 23:39 it's the message that needs go to the world 23:41 and that's what we want to do. 23:43 Well, on seeing how the love of Lord 23:45 from Him through His Bible 23:48 and being able to share that with other people 23:50 and to see their lives change and it is. 23:53 In our families, it's with at work, 23:55 it's with our friends, 23:56 it's all about who we are. That's right. 23:59 Are we gonna share this good news 24:00 or we gonna keep that for ourselves. Yes. 24:02 Well, my wife and I served these missionaries 24:04 for the Seventh-day Adventist church, for 13 years. 24:06 We were in the Far East, we were in Singapore 24:09 and the Philippines for a number of years 24:11 and it sort of gets into your skin after a while. 24:14 You just really want to do what you can to share 24:16 so the fact that we're retired now, 24:18 we can work with Gospel Outreach. 24:20 It's been a great blessing to us and we enjoyed going to India 24:24 and visiting the people 24:25 and I think once you been a missionary 24:28 sort of you always want to be in missionary again. 24:30 This is true but we too can be a missionary here at home 24:33 and you can be a missionary here through Gospel Outreach. 24:36 Maybe God has called you to be a business person 24:38 or working in healthcare or you're a teacher, 24:41 maybe you're a stay home mom 24:43 and you're ministering being a missionary to your kids 24:46 but whatever you're doing, our God has a purpose for you 24:48 and God has a purpose for this gospel mission 24:51 Gospel Outreach workers rather 24:53 and you can help support them 24:55 as they are out like that dear one 24:57 that was going to have her effort 24:59 there in local home with the women and children. 25:02 And so we ask you if you could please give of what you can. 25:07 And sometimes like Don says, you know we don't think that 25:09 we have enough, but you know what? 25:10 If I give a dollar and you give a dollar 25:12 and next person gives a dollar, it all adds up 25:14 and that's where we can together 25:16 I give to an organization like Gospel outreach. 25:19 So there are several ways that you can reach us 25:22 and to pledge your support to Gospel Outreach, 25:24 our address is Gospel Outreach, 25:26 PO Box 8 in College Place, Washington, 25:28 our zip is 99324, 25:30 our phone number is 509-525-2951 25:34 and if you like to visit our website, 25:36 our web address is goaim.org 25:39 and you can follow all the links to do a donation online 25:44 and if you want to have that be an automatic withdrawal 25:46 and do that every month, 25:47 we would love that and so with the Lord. 25:50 So if you want to do that, please visit the website, 25:52 we do have a Canadian address 25:53 where our address is Gospel Outreach, Canada, 25:56 PO Box 32035, West Kelowna, B.C., 26:00 where the postal code is V4T 3G2 in Canada 26:04 and our Canadian address, phone number rather 26:06 if you want to talk with someone there is 778-754-2079. 26:12 So Gospel Outreach is working in 15 nations 26:15 with hundred missions 26:16 with 2,000 men and women workers 26:19 and that number is growing. 26:21 And if you like to find out more about Gospel Outreach, 26:24 we do have a newsletter 26:25 which we'd be happy to send to you, it is free 26:28 and just ask for Adventures and Missions 26:31 and that can be yours. 26:33 Well, Don, thank you so much for joining us here. 26:35 Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure to be here today. 26:37 Well, in our presto with you-- Thank you. 26:39 As you communicate with your Gospel Outreach workers, 26:42 please pass on our love and our prayers to them. 26:44 We'll do that and I want you to know they're praying for us 26:46 as well as we're praying for them. 26:47 It's wonderful thing. 26:49 We're all talking to the same God. 26:50 That's right. It's great. 26:51 Well, thank you, Don. 26:52 And on behalf of Adventures in Missions and Gospel Outreach, 26:55 I'm Julie Sanders Keymer 26:56 and may the Lord bless you today. 27:16 I need to spell the gospel here at home. 27:19 Where is the 10/40 Window anyway? 27:22 Those people live too far away. 27:25 Someone else can tell them about Jesus. 27:28 Maybe they could just watch TV. 27:31 Nearly three billion people to reach, my head hurt. 27:36 There's nothing I can do. I give up. 27:40 What's the point of trying? I can't make a difference. 27:44 Actually, you can make a difference. 27:46 And Jesus asked you to go to all the world. 27:50 Where? All the world. 27:53 How can I go, I have commitments? 27:56 You can pray. 27:58 You can volunteer your talents. 28:03 You can tell others. 28:06 You can give money to sponsor Bible workers. 28:09 Millions of people are searching for hope and meaning. 28:12 But they won't find it without you. 28:14 Be the spark. Light the fire. 28:17 Finish the work. Finish the work. |
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