Participants: Don Halenz
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000469
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00:16 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 00:20 JESUS TELLS US IN THE BIBLE IN MARK TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOOD NEWS. 00:26 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE HAVE AN ACRONYM AND IT'S "GO". 00:30 THAT'S WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. 00:31 IT SAYS GO. 00:32 SO IT ALL GOES TOGETHER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:35 DON HALENZ, YOU ARE HERE, AND YOU ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAS GONE ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL 00:40 OUTREACH. 00:41 THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BEEN MY PRIVILEGE. 00:42 WE THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, BECAUSE THE LORD HAS TOLD US THAT WE NEED TO SHARE THE GOOD 00:46 NEWS OF HIM. 00:48 YOU ARE DOING THAT IN A COUNTRY CALLED SRI LANKA, AND YOU RECENTLY RETURNED FROM 00:56 THERE. 00:57 YES, JUST RETURNED ,AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE TRAVEL REPORT ON WHAT WE SAW, AND 01:00 WHAT WE DID, AND WHAT 01:00 THE WORKERS ARE DOING THERE IN SRI LANKA. 01:04 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THERE? 01:07 WE HAVE THREE. 01:08 WE DID HAVE FOUR. 01:10 ONE OF THEM DROPPED OUT AND HASN'T BEEN REPLACED, I'M SORRY TO SAY, BUT I'M HOPING 01:16 THEY WILL HIRE A NEW WORKER. 01:18 THERE IS A NEW SPIRIT COMING INTO SRI LANKA, BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOTTEN A NEW MISSION 01:22 PRESIDENT THERE, AND HE HAS LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS. 01:25 I THINK THINGS ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD, AND I'D LIKE TO RESTORE THAT ONE WORKER, AT 01:30 LEAST, AND MAYBE ADD SOME MORE IF WE CAN, BECAUSE I THINK THEY NEED HELP THERE. 01:35 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT SRI LANKA. 01:37 SRI LANKA IS OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF INDIA. 01:40 IT'S OUT IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. 01:42 IT'S AN ISLAND COUNTRY. 01:43 IT USED TO BE CALLED CEYLON. 01:45 IT'S NOW CALLED SRI LANKA. 01:46 WE HAVE A MISSION THERE. 01:48 THE MISSION IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION ANYMORE. 01:51 IT'S NOW ATTACHED TO THE SOUTHERN ASIA PACIFIC DIVISION. 01:54 THEY ARE A DETACHED MISSION, SO THAT'S HOW THEY ARE ORGANIZED RIGHT NOW. 01:59 THEY ARE STRUGGLING A LITTLE, BUT THEY ARE DOING BETTER. 02:04 I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD HOPE FOR SRI LANKA. 02:08 FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 02:14 CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WHICH HAS THE MISSIONS AND DIVISIONS AND ALL OF THAT, AND WE WORK 02:19 DIRECTLY WITH THEM WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 02:23 WHAT IS ONE OF THE EXPORTS THAT SRI LANKA HAS? 02:27 TEA IS ONE OF THE MAJOR EXPORTS, AND I THINK PROBABLY, COCONUT. 02:31 THEY HAVE SOME LOW LANDS ALONG THE OCEAN. 02:33 THEY HAVE SOME HIGH COUNTRY WHERE THE BRITISH ESTABLISHED TEA PLANTATIONS A COUPLE 02:39 HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 02:40 THOSE ARE STILL BEING USED TODAY FOR EXPORT. 02:44 QUITE A BIT OF THE ECONOMY FUNCTIONS AROUND TEA. 02:50 I'VE BEEN THERE, AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. 02:54 THERE ARE HILLS AND HILLS OF THE GREEN TEA. 02:57 WHAT IS THE INTEREST LIKE IN SRI LANKA? 03:01 ARE PEOPLE INTERESTED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS? 03:05 YES THEY ARE INTERESTED. 03:07 THERE IS SOMOMRELIGIOUS PREJUDICE IN SRI LANKA, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE 03:14 BIT LATER. 03:15 THERE IS A LITTLE PREJUDICE, BUT THERE IS STILL AN OPENNESS AMONG MANY PEOPLE IN SRI 03:22 LANKA, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WELCOME GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 03:27 WE JUST HAVE THE THREE WORKERS THERE, AND WE WILL BE DEALING WITH THOSE WORKERS A LITTLE 03:35 BIT LATER. 03:37 THERE IS AN INTEREST, AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT THE WORK IS GOING FORWARD. 03:43 ONE MAN HAS TWELVE DIFFERENT COMPANIES HE IS STUDYING WITH. 03:48 YOU HAVE SOME VIDEOS, SO LET'S TAKE A PEEK. 03:53 THE FIRST PICTURE HERE IS THE MISSION HEADQUARTERS WHICH IS IN THE CITY OF COLOMBO. 04:01 THEY HAVE A VERY NICE OFFICE BUILDING. 04:04 THE CHURCH IS ON THE LEFT. 04:06 THE OFFICE BUILDING IS ON THE RIGHT, AND THERE ARE OTHER BUILDINGS OWNED BY OTHERS IN 04:09 THE BACKCKOUND. 04:10 THIS IS THE HOUSE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN SRI LANKA, IN THE CENTRAL NORTHERN 04:16 PART OF THE ISLAND. 04:18 THIS PART OF THE BUILDING IS USED AS A CHURCH. 04:22 SO HE HAS A CHURCH ATTACHED TO HIS HOUSE. 04:26 THIS IS THE WORKER AND HIS WIFE. 04:29 THEY MEET WITH PEOPLE EVERY WEEK. 04:32 WHEN WE WERE THERE, HE TOOK US OUT TO SEE WHERE THEY HAD PURCHASED LAND TO BUILD A NEW 04:39 CHURCH, AND HERE IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH. 04:42 THIS CHURCH WAS NOT COMPLETED OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE A PRIEST HAD BROUGHT THE POLICE OUT, 04:48 AND THEY STOPPED THE WORK-A LOCAL PRIEST. 04:50 THIS HAS NOT DETERRED OUR WORKER. 04:53 HE IS HOLDING EFFORTS AND WORKING WITH VARIOUS FAMILIES. 04:57 HERE IS A HOME ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS PICTURE. 05:01 THIS IS JUST A VILLAGE SCENE. 05:04 HERE IS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HE IS STUDYING WITH CURRENTLY. 05:08 I THINK A COUPLE OF THESE ARE BAPTIZED. 05:11 THE REST OF THEM ARE INTERESTS IN THIS HOME. 05:12 THEY ARE STUDYING HERE AND 05:12 GETTING THEIR PICTURE TAKEN. 05:16 HE IS MOVING IN BESIDE THEM WITH HIS WIFE. 05:20 HE IS STILL WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE. 05:23 I'M PLEASED WITH THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON THERE, BUT I AM DISTRESSED THAT THEY STARTED 05:29 TO BUILD A CHURCH AND IT WAS NOT COMPLETED. 05:33 THERE'S HOPE THOUGH. 05:35 I'M HOPING THAT THE NEW MISSION PRESIDENT WILL TAKE CHARGE OF THIS, AND DO 05:40 WHATEVER HAS TO BE DONE TO GET THAT WORK GOING AGAIN. 05:44 THE WORK GOES BETTER IF WE HAVE A CHURCH. 05:46 PEOPLE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WITH A CHURCH BUILDING. 05:49 WHEN THEY GO TO A HOUSE CHURCH IT'S OKAY, BUT IT ISN'T REALLY ADEQUATE. 05:53 I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT CAN BE REVIVED, AND THAT NEXT YEAR, MAYBE, THEY WILL HAVE A CHURCH 06:01 BUILDING. 06:02 THAT'S WHERE WE CAN HELP. 06:03 WE CAN HELP WITH RAISING MONEY TO HELP THEM DO THAT. 06:09 WHAT IS THE MAIN RELIGION OF SRI LANKA? 06:12 ARE THEY HINDU? 06:13 THEY ARE MAINLY HINDUS. 06:14 IT IS QUITE SIMILAR TO INDIA, AS FAR AS THE ETHNIC GROUP. 06:19 THE HINDUS ARE STRONG, THE MUSLIMS ARE STRONG, THE CHRISTIANS ARE A DEFINITE 06:25 MINORITY, BUT THERE IS A CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE- THERE IS SOME INTEREST IN CHRISTIANITY. 06:30 I THINK MANY OF THE PEOPLE ARE SORT OF HINDUS ON THE BOOKS, BUT YET THEY ARE NOT REALLY 06:38 HINDUS. 06:39 THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BETTER. 06:40 IT'S YOUR CULTURE, YOUR RELIGION, AND MAYBE YOU DON'T REALLY REALIZE WHY YOU DO WHAT 06:47 YOU DO. 06:48 IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY. 06:51 ITIT WHAHAGRANDMA D OR WHATEVER. 06:53 HOPEFULLY, LEARNING ABOUT JESUS, THEY WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW ON THAT. 06:58 I HOPE SO. 07:00 MY WIFE HAD A TALK WITH A NURSE THERE. 07:03 THIS LADY TOLD MY WIFE, "YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY A HINDU, BUT I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST." 07:10 PRAISE THE LORD. 07:12 IT'S KIND OF A MIXED RELIGION THERE, BUT THERE IS HOPE THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE CAN 07:18 ACCEPT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR AND FORGET ABOUT THE OTHER GODS AND OTHER 07:25 RELIGIONS. 07:26 THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING CAN HAPPEN IN SRI LANKA. 07:29 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WE KNOW IS WORKING. 07:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:33 HE IS WORKING, AND THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD. 07:36 WHERE ELSE ARE YOU TAKING US? 07:38 THE NEXT VIDEO STARTS OUT WITH SORT OF A SAD SITUATION. 07:42 WE WERE RIDING IN THIS VAN AND IT WENT OFF THE ROAD. 07:46 THE DRIVER FELL ASLEEP, THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER FELL ASLEEP. 07:49 WE WERE IN THE BACK WITH NO SEAT BELTS ON. 07:52 WE WENT ACROSS THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. 07:56 YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A VEHICLE APPROACHING IN THE DISTANCE. 07:59 THERE WAS NO VEHICLE COMING. 08:00 WE HIT A STUMP; THE BACK END FLEW AROUND, MY WIFE HIT HER HEAD RATHER SHARPLY ON THE 08:06 WINDOW MAKING A GASH OVER AN INCH LONG. 08:09 FORTUNATELY THERE WAS A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD. 08:13 THEY TOOK MY WIFE 08:13 IN THERE, AND THE DOCTOR SPOKE VERY GOOD ENGLISH. 08:16 THAT'S WHERE SHE MET THE LADY WHO SAID SHE WAS A HINDU BUT SHE BELIEVED IN JESUS CHRIST. 08:21 I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK THE LORD PROTECTED US IN THIS. 08:25 THIS WASN'T JUST A LUCKY THING. 08:26 THE LORD PROTECTED US. 08:28 HE KEPT US SAFE, AND WE WERE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. 08:32 HERE WE ARE GOING UP INTO THE HIGH TEA COUNTRY. 08:36 THERE WAS THIS LOVELY WATER FALL COMING DOWN. 08:38 WE STOPPED FOR JUST A MINUTE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. 08:42 AS WE SAW THIS WATER FALL ,I THOUGHT IT WAS A NICE SHOT SO WE TOOK IT. 08:48 WE WENT ON, AND HERE WERE THE TEA PICKERS ON THE TEA PLANTATION OUT THEHE GATHERING 08:55 THE TEA LEAVES, WORKING HARD. 08:57 THEY PICK, AND THEY PICK, THEN THEY PUT THE TEA LEAVES OVER THEIR SHOULDER IN THEIR SACK. 09:01 HERE WE ARE ON OUR WAY WALKING UP TO A VILLAGE HOME. 09:05 THERE WAS A YOUNG BOY, WHO WE WILL SEE IN A MOMENT, WHO HAD A WITHERED ARM. 09:11 WE HAD SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THE YOUNG FELLOW. 09:15 EVERYTHING IS ON A HILLSIDE IN THIS TEA COUNTRY. 09:20 IT'S ALL UPHILL OR DOWNHILL. 09:23 HERE WE ARE ENTERING THE HOME. 09:25 THE WORKER IS GOING AHEAD IN THE WHITE SHIRT WITH A BAG OVER HIS SHOULDER. 09:34 THIS IS THE YOUNG FELLOW WITH A WITHERED ARM. 09:36 HE IS GETTING THERAPY FOR IT, AND I HOPE IT IS GOING TO BE OKAY. 09:40 WE HAD SPECIAL PRAYER FOR HIM WHILE WE WERE THERE. 09:43 HERE THE GOSPEL L TREACH WORKER IS HOLDING A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THE FAMILY. 09:48 HE IS ABOUT TO ENTER THE HOME AND HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM. 09:53 I HOPE LUKE 6 WAS READ TO THAT YOUNG MAN, WHERE JESUS HELPED THE MAN WITH THE SHRIVELED 09:59 HAND AND HEALED HIM ON THE SABBATH DAY. 10:02 HERE IS THE MEETING GOING ON. 10:05 HE IS SPEAKING TO THE PEOPLE. 10:07 IT'S A LITTLE SESSION THEY PUT ON WHILE WE WERE THERE. 10:12 YOU'RE UP IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE TEA PLANTATIONS? 10:16 WE'RE UP IN THE TEA PLANTATIONS. 10:18 MANY OF THESE HOMES ARE OWNED BY THE TEA PLANTATION. 10:22 THEY ARE NOT OWNED BY THE WORKERS. 10:25 THEY PAY RENT AND LIVE IN THIS, SORT OF LIKE ,COMPANY HOUSING. 10:31 THEY BUY THEIR GROCERIES AT THE COMPANY STORE,;THEY STAY IN THE COMPANY HOUSING. 10:35 THEY DEDUCT FROM THEIR SALARY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY CHARGE AT THE STORE. 10:40 SO AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE LEFT TO LIVE ON. 10:43 IT GETS TO BE AN ISSUE FOR SOME OF THEM. 10:45 BUT THE WORK IS GOING ON THERE. 10:47 THIS IS THE MAN WHO HAS 12 DIFFERENT COMPANIES HE IS VISITING. 10:50 EVERY SABBATH HE VISITS THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES. 10:54 IN ONE MONTH H HGETS AROUND TO ALL OF THEM. 10:56 IT'S A TREMENDOUS LOAD. 10:58 I THINK OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED IN THESE 12 DIFFERENT COMPANIES. 11:03 HE IS ALL ALONE THERE. 11:05 THERE IS NO OTHER PASTOR THERE WORKING WITH HIM. 11:08 HE IS DOING A WONDERFUL WORK THERE. 11:11 DOES HE WALK BETWEEN ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS? 11:14 DOES HE HAVE A MOTORCYCLE? 11:15 THIS MAN HAS TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 11:18 HE GETS AROUND THE BEST WAY HE CAN. 11:21 I THINK HE HAD A MOTORCYCLE AT ONE TIME, BUT IT IS NOT WORKING ANYMORE, AND THEY SAID 11:27 IT WAS NOT WORTH FIXING. 11:29 THE SALARIES ARE SO LOW, HE CAN'T AFFORD TO GET ANOTHER MOTORCYCLE, SO IT'S A PROBLEM 11:35 FOR HIM IN TRANSPORTATION. 11:36 WE'VE HAD AN APPEAL FROM ONE OF THE MISSION PRESIDENTS TO PLEASE SEND MONEY TO BUY 11:42 BICYCLES FOR THE WORKERS. 11:44 THAT WAS IN INDIA. 11:45 THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TRANSPORTATION. 11:47 MAYBE SOME OF THE VIEWERS WHO ARE HEARING RIGHT NOW MAY BE WANTING TO BUY SOME BICYCLES. 11:53 I HOPE SO, HAVING BEEN IN SRI LANKA WHEN I WAS A STUDENT MISSIONARY AND GOING UP 12:00 THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THAT ON THE VERY NARROW ROADS. 12:03 THEY HAVE KIND OF A SYSTEM ON THEIR HORN THAT SAYS I'M COMING THROUGH. 12:45 HOW MANY BEEPS I DON'T REMEMBER. 12:46 I WAS WIDE EYED IN THE BACK SEAT SAYING, "WOW!" 12:48 VERY WONDERFUL-BUT AT THE SAME TIME WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GO TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS, 12:49 THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. 12:50 IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT SCARY, AND YOU JUST HOPE YOUR DRIVER STAYS AWAKE IF YOU'RE RIDING 12:51 IN A CAR. 12:52 LET'S BRING UP SOMETHING TO THE VIEWERS. 12:53 WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PROGRAM CALLED ADOPT-A-WORKER. 12:55 YOU CAN ADOPT A WORKER AND I KNOW THAT DON IN HIS TERRITORY OF SRI LANKA WOULD LOVE TO 12:56 HAVE YOU SPONSOR AN ADOPT-A-WORKER. 12:57 THAT'S WHERE YOU GET REPORTS FROM YOUR WORKER. 12:58 YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS DOING. 12:58 IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. 12:59 WE HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU. 13:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE QUESTION. 13:03 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION, WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:04 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, WHAT IS 13:05 JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:07 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN 13:10 ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS 13:10 UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN SHALL THE END COME." 13:17 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE PAST 13:22 TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED WORKERS IN FORTY PLUS 13:28 COUNTRIES. 13:30 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY, RUN 13:33 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 13:40 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR WINDOW.ORKERS IN THE 10/40 13:42 NOW, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 13:46 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 13:50 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 13:52 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 13:55 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE NAME OFF 13:59 JESUS LIVE HERE. 14:01 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 14:05 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS IN NEW 14:12 TERRITORORS-SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 14:15 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED 14:20 THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR, AN ADDITIONAL THREE HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BAPTIZED 14:24 AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 14:26 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO MEET 14:32 JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 14:34 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 14:35 BIBLE WORKERS RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY 14:40 SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 14:44 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM. 14:48 TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH WE IDENTIFY NEW W WKERSRSN ARARS AT N ND TOTOE REACHED. 14:53 THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE 14:57 YEARS. 14:59 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 15:02 IN RETURN, WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER, 15:08 SENDING YOU STORIES AND PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 15:12 THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 15:16 YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 15:20 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND 15:25 FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 15:28 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 15:31 CALL OR VISIT THE WEB SITE TODAY. 15:34 SO, NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS IS 15:38 WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 15:45 AND WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 15:46 I PRAY THAT THE LORD IMPRESSES YOU TO GET INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:51 IT IS SUCH A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL WORKING FOR THE "MAN 15:55 UPSTAIRS", AND WE'D LOVE FOR HIM TO COME BACK SOON. 15:59 IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART. 16:01 WE DO HAVE GOOD NEWS, AND WE NEED TO SHARE THAT WITH PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD, AND 16:05 SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ISLAND COUNTRY OF SRI LANKA-A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 16:12 DON HALENZ, YOU ARE HERE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 16:16 YOU'RE SHARING ABOUT THE NEEDS IN SRI LANKA. 16:19 THESE PEOPLE NEED A CHURCH BUILT, THEY NEED BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS, 16:23 WHATEVER, SO THEY CAN GET AROUND A LITTLE FASTER. 16:26 WE HAVE THREE WORKERS IN SRI LANKA. 16:28 TWO OF THEM HAVE A MOTORCYCLE, ONE OF THEM HAS NOTHING RIGHT NOW AND HE HAS THE BIGGEST 16:35 TERRITORY. 16:36 HE IS HAVING TO GET AROUND WITH THE LOCAL T TNSPORTATION THE BEST HE CAN, DOING WHAT'S 16:41 ON HIS HEART TO DO FOR THE LORD. 16:44 YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED. 16:47 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE MORE GOSPEL 16:53 OUTREACH WORKERS. 16:54 YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME TRAINING. 16:56 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WORKERS IN SRI LANKA RECEIVE TRAINING. 17:00 THEY WERE ALL SCATTERED WIDELY, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HOLD THE TRAINING SESSIONS FOR 17:05 THEM LIKE WE DID IN INDIA. 17:07 BUT THEY NEED TRAINING TOO. 17:09 THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE; THEY ARE GOOD WORKERS. 17:12 THEY NEED TO GET TOGETHER WITH OTHER WORKERS, AND GET THE INSPIRATION OF MEETING WITH 17:17 OTHER WORKERS, AND GET TRAINING, AND LEARN HOW TO BE BETTER GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:22 WORKERS. 17:23 I'M HOPING THAT CAN HAPPEN ANOTHER YEAR FROM NOW, OR MAYBE DURING THE YEAR, IF THE 17:28 LOCAL PEOPLE CAN DO IT. 17:29 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 17:31 DOES THAT MEAN FINANCIAL SUPPORT? 17:33 DOES IT MEAN ORGANIZING AN EVENT? 17:35 IT MEANS LARGELY ORGANIZING AN EVENT AND SOME FINANCIAL SUPPORT, BECAUSE IT COSTS TO 17:40 BRING THEM IN FROM WHEREVER THEY ARE TO A CENTER. 17:44 THE EXPENSE WOULDN'T BE LARGE. 17:46 IT WOULD MOSTLY BE THE LOGISTICS OF PUTTING IT TOGETHER, GETTING SPEAKERS AND 17:50 A PROGRAM PUT TOGETHER, AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. 17:52 TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 17:56 WHAT LANGUAGE DO THE PEOPLE SPEAK IN SRI LANKA? 17:59 IS THERE A COMBINATION OF ENGLISH,/TAMIL? 18:02 I BELIEVE IT'S A COMBINATION. 18:04 THE ONES IN THE NORTH ARE MORE TAMIL SPEAKING. 18:08 THE ONES IN THE SOUTH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY SPEAK. 18:10 ENGLISH IS SPOKEN QUITE WIDELY AROUND COLOMBO, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY LANGUAGE BY A LONG 18:16 WAYS. 18:17 SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT WOULD BE THE KEY LANGUAGE TO HAVE A TRAINING SESSION IN. 18:22 SO, THAT'S ANOTHER WHOLE ELEMENT OF COMMUNICATION. 18:24 LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL IN HIS WRITINGS, IT WAS ALL ABOUT ENCOURAGININEACH OTHER AND THE 18:30 BELIEVERS. 18:31 WE NEED TO DO THAT AMONGST OURSELVES. 18:38 THEY SPEAK THE LANGUAGE;D TO THEY LIVE THERE; THEY KNOW THE CULTURE; THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE. 18:43 THEY CAN BE FAR MORE EFFECTIVE THAN YOU AND I CAN BE. 18:48 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG PLUSES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:51 YES, THAT'S THE MAIN THING OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:54 WE'RE HIRING LOCAL WORKERS TO DO THE WORK. 18:57 FOR YOU OR FOR ME, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, HOW MANY YEARS OF LANGUAGE TRAINING? 19:02 AND WE STILL WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. 19:04 AFTER YEARS OF LANGUAGE STUDY, WE WOULD BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND, BUT WE WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE 19:10 WHOLE THING. 19:11 WE CAN DO THAT NOW THANKS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 19:13 YOU HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO? 19:15 LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER VIDEO. 19:17 THIS IS GOING DOWN TO VISIT ANOTHER WORKER IN THE TEA PLANTATION. 19:22 THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS ONE OF THE TALENTED WORKERS. 19:25 HE HAS A MOTORCYCLE TO GET AROUND WITH. 19:33 THIS HOUSE IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN SOME OF THE HOUSES WHERE THEY ARE MEETING. 19:36 HE HAS A GOOD LITTLE GROUP MEETING TOGETHER THERE. 19:39 LOOK AT THE KIDS. 19:41 YES, THERE ARE LOTS OF KIDS. 19:44 WE WE'RE PLEASED WITH ALL THE KIDS. 19:46 IF THESE KIDS COULD ALL BECOME CHURCH MEMBERS IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING. 19:52 BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE HEARING THE GOSPEL. 19:55 THEY KNOW ABOUT THE GOSPEL. 19:58 THEY ARE EXPERIENCING IT. 19:59 THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING FOR THEM. 20:02 IS THAT A BIBLE IN THEIR LANGUAGE? 20:05 YES. 20:06 THIS YOUNG WOMAN, PRAYING, WAS READING FROM THE BIBLE A BIT EARLIER. 20:10 THEY ARE DEVOTED. 20:11 THEY MAKE GOOD CHRISTIANS WHEN THEY BECOME BAPTIZED AND WORK FOR THE LORD. 20:16 HERE HE IS SPEAKING AGAIN TO THE GROUP GIVING A LITTLE SERMON ON SOME BIBLE TOPIC. 20:21 I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS SAYING, BUT I KNOW IT WAS GOOD. 20:24 IN EVERY HOME WHERE WE VISITED THERE WAS USUALLY SOMEBODY WHO NEEDED SPECIAL PRAYER. 20:30 THE MAN SITTING TO HIS LEFT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SPEAKER IN T T PINK SHIRT, 20:35 THEY ARE HAVING SPECIAL PRAYER FOR HIM. 20:37 THE MISSION PRESIDENT IS PRAYING FOR HIM. 20:39 THE SABBATH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FROM THE MISSION WAS PRAYING FOR HIM, 20:44 AND THE WORKER WAS PRAYING FOR HIM. 20:47 THIS OCCURS OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHERE THESE PEOPLE NEED SPECIAL PRAYER. 20:53 I'M GLAD WE CAN DO THAT AS WE'RE GOING AROUND VISITING HERE AND THERE WITH THE 20:56 WORKERS. 20:57 HERE THEY ARE LEAVING THE HOME. 20:59 NOW WE GO TO ONE MORE HOME IN JUST A MINUTE. 21:02 HERE WE ARE WALKING UP FROM THE VAN. 21:04 WE DROVE AS FAR AS WE COULD. 21:06 WE'RE WALKING UP THE HILL TOWARD THE HOME. 21:09 THIS HOME WAS SPONSORING READINGS IN THEIR HOME, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO VISIT IN JUST A 21:14 LITTLE BIT. 21:18 THEY OPENED THEIR HOME AND HAD THE NEIGHBORS COME IN, AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS 21:23 HOLDING MEETINGS THERE. 21:24 IN JUST A MOMENT YOU'LL SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE PICTURE TWO HOUSES. 21:32 THE HOUSE WAY IN THE BACKGROUND HAS NO ROOF ON IT. 21:37 YOU CAN SEE A CORNER OF THE HOUSE STICKING OUT THERE. 21:42 WHAT HAPPENED? 21:43 THERE WAS A FIRE. 21:45 AFTER THIS FAMILY SPONSORED MEETINGS IN THEIR HOME SOMEONE, WE DON'T KNOW WHO, OR 21:51 WHAT, OR HOW, OR WHY, OR WHAT HAPPENED, BUT SOMEONE CAME ANDNY 21:56 WERE GONE. 21:57 THEY ARE STILL FAITHFUL. 21:59 THEY STILL HOLD MEETINGS. 22:01 HERE'S THE HOUSE FROM INSIDE. 22:03 MY WIFE IS STANDING THERE. 22:04 THE LADY OF THE HOUSE IS IN THE BACK THERE. 22:06 THERE IS NO ROOF. 22:08 THE TEA PLANTATION HAS REFUSED TO PUT A NEW ROOF ON IT, SO THEY MOVED INTO THIS TAR PAPER 22:15 BUILDING NEXT DOOR TO WHERE THEIR BURNED OUT HOUSE IS, AND THEY ARE HAVING MEETINGS 22:21 THERE. 22:22 THERE'S PLASTIC SHEETING AROUND THE WALLS, AND PUT TOGETHER WHATEVER THEY COULD. 22:26 WHEN I WAS IN SRI LANKA, IT WAS OCTOBER/NOVEMBER AND IT WAS REALLY WARM DOWN IN 22:32 COLOMBO, BUT UP IN THE TEA PLANTATIONS, I REMEMBER IT WAS COLD. 22:37 YES, AND THEY HAVE TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR. 22:40 HERE HE'S PLAYING HIS TAMBOURINE, AND THEY ARE SINGING. 22:44 THEY HAVE TO JUST GET BUY. 22:46 THAT'S THE KITCHEN IN THE BACKGROUND. 22:47 THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITH. 22:50 AND, BLESS THEIR HEARTS, THEY ARE JUST GETTING BY AS BEST THEY CAN. 22:56 I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT FUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED NOW TO RENT A HOUSE WHERE THIS FAMILY 23:02 CAN MEET FOR CHURCH, SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO USE THEIR HOUSE ANYMORE. 23:06 THEY CAN HAVE IT IN A NEUTRAL PLACE, SO THERE WON'T BE PREJUDICE AGAINST THEM. 23:10 WE JUST WANT TO PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE. 23:13 AND WE'LL PRAY FOR THE TEA PLANTATION OWNER TO PUT A NEW ROOF BACK ON. 23:19 YES, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. 23:22 THE HUSBAND WORKED IN COLOMBO; THE WIFE IS WORKING AS A PLANTER. 23:26 THIS LITTLE GIRL WAS WAVING HER ARMS LIKE CRAZY. 23:30 THEY HAVE NO MONEY TO REBUILD THE HOUSE, AND THE TEA PLANTATION SAYS THEY WON'T DO 23:36 IT. 23:37 THE HUSBAND IS WITHOUT WORK. 23:39 THE SON HAD TO QUIT SCHOOL BECAUSE HIS BOOKS WERE BURNED UPUP 23:44 THEY SAID THE ONLY BOOK IN THE HOUSE THAT WASN'T BURNED WAS THE BIBLE. 23:46 EVERYTHING ELSE WAS BURNED. 23:48 THE CLOTHES THEY HAVE ARE WHAT THEY HAD ON THEIR BACKS OR WHAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM. 23:56 GOD PROTECTED THE BIBLE. 23:58 IT'S A FAIRLY DESPERATE SITUATION. 23:59 I'M HOPING THEY CAN GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT SOON. 24:00 AT LEAST THEY DO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN WORSHIP. 24:02 THAT'S ONE STEP FORWARD THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR THEM. 24:05 BUT GOD PROTECTED THE E BLE. 24:07 YES. 24:08 YOU HEAR THAT STORY ONCE IN A WHILE- SOMETHING BURNS, BUT THE BIBLE SURVIVES. 24:19 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE. 24:20 THE POWER OF THE WORD OF THE LORD. 24:23 YOU WONDER IF THE TEA PLANTATION WAS INVOLVED. 24:25 WHO KNOWS? 24:26 THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR IT. 24:29 WHO KNOWS WHAT THE STORY IS? 24:31 WE CAN SUSPICION THERE WAS PREJUDICE, BUT THAT'S ONLY SUSPICION. 24:35 WE DON'T KNOW. 24:36 THINKING ABOUT THE DEDICATION OF THIS FAMILY AND HOW LITTLE THEY HAVE WOULD I BE AS 24:41 DEDICATED AS THEY ARE IF THE TABLES WERE TURNED? 24:44 IF I HAD TO LIVE IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION, WOULD I BE WILLING TO CARRY ON AND BE A 24:50 LOYAL ADVENTIST AND HAVE PEOPLE COME TO MY HOME? 24:53 I JUST DON'T KNOW. 24:54 I THINK I COULD, BUT IT'S A QUESTION FOR EACH OF US TO ANSWER. 24:59 WHAT IS OUR LEVEL OF DEDICATION TO THE LORD'S WORK? 25:02 IT GOES BACK TO "IT'S NOT THIS," "IT'S NOT THAT," "I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH," "IT'S NOT 25:07 THE RIGHT TIME" OR WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH, FORTY-SEVEN HUNDRED EXCUSES. 25:11 WHAT A TESTIMONY TO US. 25:13 THIS IS WONDERFUL, DON. 25:14 YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT LITTLE GIRL. 25:17 SHE WAS THROWING UP HER ARMS AND WAVING TO US AS WE WERE LEAVING THE PLANTATION. 25:22 SHE WAS BASICALLY INVITING US TO COME BACK. 25:25 SHE WAS WAVING, SO I COULDN'T GET A PICTURE WITHOUT THE HAND IN FRONT OF HER FACE. 25:30 I GOT ONE BLURRY PICTURE AND SAID, "I'LL RUN IT ANYWAY." 25:34 THAT WAS AN INDICATION TO ME THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BACK IN 25:40 THOSE VILLAGES WORKING FOR THEM. 25:41 THANK YOU, TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE, FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL 25:47 OUTREACH. 25:48 I KNOW THE LORD IS VERY GRATEFUL. 25:49 I KNOW THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE ENCOURAGED WHEN YOU SHOW UP. 25:53 YES, I THINK SO. 25:55 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 25:56 WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL NEEDS, BUT WHAT IS MAYBE THE LARGEST NEED THAT YOU CAN 26:02 THINK OF. 26:04 THE LARGEST NEED RIGHT NOW IS TRAINING FOR WORKERS, TO BRING THEM IN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME 26:08 WHERE THEY CAN BE UPDATED IN THEIR BELIEFS AND LEARN BASIC THINGS. 26:13 IN SOME CASES THEY ARE ASKED TO CONDUCT FUNERAL SERVICES AND OTHER THINGS. 26:19 HOW DO YOU DO THAT? 26:21 I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE EVER BEEN TRAINED TO DO THESE THINGS. 26:25 USUALLY AN ORDAINED MINISTER WILL COME IN AND DO THE LORD'S SUPPER, BUT THEY NEED TO 26:31 UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE THINGS AND HOW TO DO IT. 26:35 WELL, THOSE ARE BASIC THINGS THAT PASTORS SHOULD KNOW. 26:38 WE'LL PRAY FOR YOU, AND FOR MORE FUNDS TO COME IN. 26:40 AND THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN BE INVOLVED. 26:41 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:44 PLEASE THINK OF THE PEOPLE UP THERE IN THE TEA PLANTATIONS IN SRI LANKA, HIGH IN THE 26:48 MOUNTAINS. 26:49 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU AND 26:52 RECEIVING THOSE. 26:53 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL OUTREACH, I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 27:04 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:09 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:10 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:17 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:22 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:25 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:27 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:30 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 27:33 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:35 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:37 I GIVE UP. 27:39 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:41 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:43 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:50 WHERE? 27:51 ALL OF THE WORLD. 27:53 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:56 YOU CAN PRAY. 28:20 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:21 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:22 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:23 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 28:25 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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