Welcome to
"Adventures In Missions"
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with Gospel Outreach.
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I'm Julie Sanders Keymer and
we have two invitations for you,
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the first one is to
come along on a trip to India
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and we are going along
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with Bev Thompson
and Shirley Panasuk.
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Welcome to
"Adventures In Missions".
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Thank you. It's good to be here.
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So, Bev, you are
the regional director
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for Gospel
Outreach for northeast India
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and what does that mean?
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This means it
includes West Bengal,
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both the north and south,
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that means east
and west Jharkhand,
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Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
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And that means you
go and check in with
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your Gospel Outreach workers
in this area, is that right?
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Yes, I usually meet
with the administration,
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first, to make sure that,
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you know, my
job is really to see
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that all of the
donations are being arriving
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and being dispersed the
way we're expecting them to be.
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And then to see the
Gospel Outreach workers
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to make sure that
I'm confident that
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they are doing their work
that we're expecting them to do.
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Wonderful.
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And, Shirley, you got
to go along for the trip.
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I did and it
was exciting to meet
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all these Gospel
Outreach workers,
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all these people, see
the schools, the churches,
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oh, it was just,
I cannot explain it,
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it was a real
spiritual experience.
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Well, and that's why
we're here because you two
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are going to try
and help explain exactly
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where this area is in the world
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and that's where
the invitation comes
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to our viewers just like you.
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So come along for the ride,
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Bev and Shirley,
where are we going?
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Oh, let's see the videos too
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because this is
the ride of a lifetime
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up into the
Himalaya Mountains. Oh.
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And you just can hardly
imagine unless you're there,
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I remember one person
that came with me previously,
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he was so car
sick the whole time.
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Not straight, narrow roads, Bev?
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That's right.
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Here, all traffic
has come to a dead stop
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but look at
those rails. Oh, dear.
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And somebody
obviously couldn't make it
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because of the rail there but--
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And you look at the
width of the road. Yes.
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And the width of the
vehicles to match those.
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The cows. The cows.
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Oh, I love stuff like this.
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And you see how the
traffic maneuver in and out.
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Yeah, and you kind of
have to pull your shoulders in.
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And let me tell you the picture
of that vehicle that's in front
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is surely an IR. Okay.
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So the cameraman is behind. Yes.
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And this is--we passed through
several villages on the way up
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and this was, we just want
to give you a little flavor
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of the village life on the road.
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But the one thing
though is with videos like this
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and I say also with
national geographic,
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you can't taste it,
smell it, feel it. Yes.
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You can see it but until
you experience this for yourself
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and if the Lord's calling
you to go on a mission trip,
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I would
encourage you to do that,
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become involved
with Gospel Outreach
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because really it is one thing
to, isn't it right, ladies?
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Yes, yes. It's just even--
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I call it on sensory overload
and it's just it's amazing.
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And they pass as
you notice. Yeah.
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And do they
honk though? Oh, yes.
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They have a little system for...
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Oh, yeah, they
honk on coming through.
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It just better way
of a communication.
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Oh, let's get out of
my way, I'm coming. Yeah.
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I have learned
because I've been going back
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every year for Gospel Outreach,
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I have learned that I can look
around and see other things now.
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At first, I had my
eyes glued on the road.
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What's happening in front,
what will I have to hang on to,
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but now I can
look around and see.
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And you could see the manpower
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that is putting
this road into actuality.
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The bible says be
anxious for nothing above
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and in situations like this
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I have to make
sure to pray that.
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Well, at night
time, I was not sleeping,
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I was, is the driver awake?
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Is he on the right route?
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Is that a little
shrine there on the right?
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That was, yes.
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When there is
mountains, you know,
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the bible talks
about the high places.
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where they have the groves.
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We are looking at
people who are worshipping
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groves of trees in high places.
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I was just reading
about that in 2 Kings
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and how the kings did
not pull those down. Right.
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And see again,
driving around in our town,
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our city, we don't
see that. That's right.
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And so to read it
in the bible it's--
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you know, we're
reading words on a page
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but you're able
to share here with us
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what these people see and
they live in part of that.
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And I've been taken to groves
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but I was also
asked to stand back
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and not to get too
close to desecrate them.
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Oh, you were? Oh, yeah.
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Because as a
foreigner or as a Christian?
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As a Christian. Really?
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Yes, yes. Oh.
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Iinteresting because
they felt that, what?
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They were holy and we
would be desecrating them.
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I just want you to notice
here, not only the traffic
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but see how the buildings are on
the edge and they're really out,
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the back end is out
in the middle of nowhere
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but they are
still holding it up.
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They would make good use
all of this property. Oh, sure.
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And when there's
a group of people
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that gathered
together to make their home,
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then their families are
going to increase likewise.
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And you notice how the vehicle--
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I was just going to say enjoy.
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Going up and down, up and down.
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The shocks are
getting a good workout there.
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There were no shocks. Yeah.
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They were probably
gone long time ago.
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Now when we get to the end
of our climbing right here,
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then we go down and you know
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these Marutis that we were
in, that's name of the car,
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they don't have much space
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between the
lower level of the tire
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and the bottom of the vehicle
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and we went down
very rough terrain.
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That's where you kind of
brace yourself in the backseat.
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Yes, and you hear a
scrape every so often. Yes.
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Well, I need to pause
here, tell you about Pau d'arco.
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Many people who are
into a homeopathic medicine
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will recognized Pau d'arco,
they were harvesting Pau d'arco.
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Is it a root? It's
the bark of a tree.
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And they dehydrate it
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and then they put it
through different processes
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and they sell it
around the world.
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But much of Pau
d'arco for all of India
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comes right from this area.
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And do they make it
into a powder or...?
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I don't know what
process they go to beyond this,
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I know my mother used
to take some Pau d'arco
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and forget for what ailments.
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But here's another village--
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Oh, watch the man on the left.
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Yeah. Wow, that was very close.
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Yes, it gets close and
you just have to keep--
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Inches. Inches.
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So this is in the Ronju
valley of Sikkim in India
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where we're
praying that the Lord
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do seek him with
a capital H. Yes.
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And the goats have
found something very luscious.
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And we were sitting, waiting
for our vehicle to come up
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because we lost, one of
the vehicles they we were in
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lost their springs
hitting bottom. Oh, dear.
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And we had to walk 5 kilometers
through the top of the hill
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and then go down the
hill to the closest village
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where we could get repair
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and so now we're in the
village where it got repaired.
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And this is just all in
attempts to get to church?
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On the way home from church.
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On the way home from church.
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Well, we were
going on the way home
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from one church
to another church.
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But we didn't
make it till after dark
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because it just--
Because of the situation.
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Yes, and they were tying
the spring on the car with rope
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and of course it snapped
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and then every
once and while we were--
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Straps, that's
what I've learned,
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you always travel with straps.
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Now one thing
that is interesting--
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oh, look, here's you
know, Singer sewing machines
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you can see around
the world. That's right.
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And if you have a sewing
machine you have a trade.
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That's right.
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Do you remember
what he was making?
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No, this was in
the valley where the--
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in the village where
the car was being repaired
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and it just was such a typical
scene that this was taken.
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And I noticed the
painting in the houses,
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they're very
bright and cherry and--
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Colorful. Oh, yeah.
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Up in the north there,
especially it seems that
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they have more decorations
in their homes and they made--
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More flowers around the house,
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more, even some window boxes.
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Yeah. Very interesting.
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They kind of remind me to see
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some of the flags
like you see in Nepal
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associated with Mount
Everest, the prayer flags. Yes.
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And they were in
lot of different colors.
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So take us on another
little adventure here.
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Even me riding on
motorcycle, that's me.
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There you are, I see.
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With the Gospel Outreach worker.
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And we are going up to
this beautiful little church.
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I have to tell you just a
little bit about this place,
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up in the
Himalaya Mountains there,
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you can just see the Himalayas
in the background there
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but it's rather dusky
because this is the season
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when they're
doing a lot of burning
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just at the end
of their dry season,
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before the rainy season comes.
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They're
cleaning up their forest,
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they're cleaning up
their gardens and it's smoky.
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But look at that
beautiful valley there
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and we have gone up
narrow, windy, bumpy roads
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and then we come
down a steep hill
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into this area
and this is a village.
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You can hardly
see anything there.
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You see the flag in the
middle, that's a Buddhist flag.
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This is the
activity of this village
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way up there in
the Himalaya Mountains.
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Is it cold up there?
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When we were there, I think I
didn't have to wear a sweater.
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We didn't wear a sweater. Okay.
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It was perfect,
actually, probably 75.
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They have a satellite
dish clear up there. Yes, yes.
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But I want you to see
our walk going up there.
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You know, we're
going single file
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and that is not a paved walkway,
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those are stones
and a dirt pathway
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and you have to watch when
you're walking very carefully,
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Shirley in the lead and--
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There's Wade Brooks
from Gospel Outreach. Right.
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And then the supervisor
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of our Gospel Outreach
workers that I'm following
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and then the president of
the region there, the section
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and we're all going
up this steep pathway
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and we are going up to a church
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that has been built
since I was there last year.
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Oh, really?
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The people there
at that time said,
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can you help us
to build a church?
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And I said, if
you have the property?
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And they said, oh, we do.
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This is donated
property, come see it.
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And they took me
up to this place.
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And then while they were there,
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they said, we would
want to build a church here
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and they found a
donor to start this church.
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I got an email in July saying,
our church is almost finished.
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That is a church worth a view.
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Isn't it something?
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And it has a
baptistery and a toilet
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and look at that
beautiful little church.
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Isn't it darling?
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When they didn't
have enough money,
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I've sent them
$1,000 to finish it.
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Praise the Lord.
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And look at this
man coming, he is blind.
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Bless his heart.
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He's been blind since he
was about 7 or 8 years old,
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did I remember right? Yes.
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And it was a
disease. Result of measles.
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The measles,
that's right. Oh, really?
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But this was inside that
bright and shining church.
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And look how they
take their outside.
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Oh, cute little girls.
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And these little
girls in the front row,
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they were
singing their heart out,
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beautiful little girls.
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And they knew the song.
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Paul reminds us in
those scriptures that,
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"The whole family in
heaven and earth is named."
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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"There is no ocean big enough
to separate the family of God."
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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When we take these
good reports back to the US,
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many hearts are encourage
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to help support the
work to grow in this area.
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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I said when I was
planning my trip to India...
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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And they went to the court...
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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I couldn't stop.
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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They just was running late.
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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And the water coming lower.
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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Praise the Lord.
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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Just to meet us
and shake our hands,
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it was just, it was precious.
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So just think of how
far that little trailer was
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that you showed
us just walking--
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watching all of you go up with
your handbags and your bibles.
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But to think about
bringing all the material
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to build this
church by that pathway--
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Wow. Yes.
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Now this church has brick and
mortar up to the window ledge
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and then they have
tin up to the roof.
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But it is also insulated
on the inside with some--
00:16:01.07\00:16:05.97
it might even be asbestos.
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But there's kind of
blocking there on the inside
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which makes it very nice.
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And then they actually have
really, real windows in that.
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So does this area get
super cold in the winter time?
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Well, where they are and
the altitude that they are,
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it's very possible that
they get some snow there.
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It is cold and they don't have
central heating like we have.
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We really feel it. Yeah, sure.
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So this area of
India, are these people--
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oh, there's the whole group.
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This area, are
these people Buddhist?
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Are they Hindus?
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Buddhist is the
primary religion in this area.
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And you have to realize that
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Buddhism is an
offshoot of Hinduism.
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And so there is
some mixing. Overlap?
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Yes, and they do have a
lot of Hindus in the area also
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but Buddhism is the primary.
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I wish you could
have seen the sight
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that this church
was on it was just,
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it reminded me of a beacon
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overlooking the
village down below
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here, I stood there for a while
just looking over the valley,
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over the gardens that
were going down the hill
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and it was just, it was a
place that you'd feel like,
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oh, if we could
just stay here a while.
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And you probably need
more Gospel Outreach workers
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in your area, right, Bev? Do we?
00:17:31.86\00:17:35.40
The thing is the
director in this area
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has located groups of
ten, I say quite a vast area
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but, so there is a pocket
here and then it'll spread out
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and then they have
another pocket in another place
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and they will spread out.
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And the leader has a
dream of spreading out
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into two more pockets soon.
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And they would like to have
ten more here and ten more there
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and then when that gets going,
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then they'll
like another ten more.
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Sure, a ripple effect. Yes.
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When you throw the pebble in
the water and it just ripples
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and I think the
Lord is calling us to do.
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So how long ago was there
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Adventist Christian work
here in this particular...?
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In this
particular, only 2 years.
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Only 2 years? Yes.
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And these people have
decided to accept the Lord. Yes.
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Now I want to tell
you, this was on the Sabbath
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and it was dedicating a church,
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but that's what
the service was for,
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and so they invited
us to celebration meal.
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And we got to dine
with them in the outdoors
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with all of
those church members.
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Praise the Lord.
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What a
beautiful blessing it was.
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And it was a perfect day.
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It was just beautiful, warm,
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after the
service, after the meal
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we had to leave and
we were able to walk
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for part of the way up the hill.
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And you didn't want
to leave, right, Shirley?
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Yeah, I didn't, it was just--
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I know that feeling when
you have new friends in the Lord
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you certainly
don't want to leave.
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Well, you've
heard about the need
00:19:06.88\00:19:09.08
for more Gospel
Outreach workers,
00:19:09.11\00:19:11.08
you have seen this
area where just 2 years ago,
00:19:11.11\00:19:13.50
there wasn't any
Adventist Christian work there
00:19:13.53\00:19:15.63
and this is where the
second invitation comes to you.
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We ask you to get
involved so that we can sponsor
00:19:18.98\00:19:22.85
more Gospel Outreach
workers in the 10/40 window
00:19:22.88\00:19:26.96
that goes all the way
from West Africa over to Japan,
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heavily, heavily
populated area of our world.
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And the Lord has called us to
share his love with these people
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and want you to join us,
00:19:36.70\00:19:38.11
we would like to
share some information
00:19:38.14\00:19:39.74
on how you can be
part of Gospel Outreach
00:19:39.77\00:19:42.30
in helping as we
share the love of Jesus.
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Gospel Outreach began
a mission 20 years ago
00:19:47.94\00:19:50.52
by asking one simple question.
00:19:50.55\00:19:52.79
In a world filled with
famine, hunger and starvation,
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what is Jesus waiting for?
00:19:56.67\00:19:59.13
In a world
filled with earthquakes,
00:19:59.16\00:20:00.78
hurricanes and
natural calamities,
00:20:00.81\00:20:03.02
what is Jesus waiting for?
00:20:03.05\00:20:05.76
The gospel tells
us in Matthew 24:14,
00:20:05.79\00:20:09.01
"And this gospel of the kingdom
00:20:09.04\00:20:10.50
shall be
preached in all the world
00:20:10.53\00:20:12.41
for a witness unto all nations,
and then shall the end come."
00:20:12.44\00:20:16.45
Inspired by those
words, Gospel Outreach began
00:20:19.21\00:20:21.93
with one worker and
over the past 20 years,
00:20:21.96\00:20:24.61
it's grown into an organization
00:20:24.64\00:20:26.24
with 2,200 workers
in 40 plus countries.
00:20:26.27\00:20:30.50
Gospel Outreach
is an independent
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Seventh-day
Adventist lay ministry
00:20:32.41\00:20:34.14
run entirely by volunteers.
00:20:34.17\00:20:37.29
Gospel Outreach works
with the organized church
00:20:37.32\00:20:39.88
to sponsor Bible
workers in the 10/40 Window.
00:20:39.91\00:20:42.83
Now what exactly
is the 10/40 Window?
00:20:42.86\00:20:47.41
The 10/40 Window is a
region of the eastern hemisphere
00:20:47.44\00:20:50.10
located between 10 and 40
degrees north of the equator.
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What makes this region special?
00:20:54.26\00:20:56.90
97% of all the
people in the world
00:20:56.93\00:20:59.36
who'd never heard the
name of Jesus live here.
00:20:59.39\00:21:02.83
Now how exactly
does Gospel Outreach work
00:21:02.86\00:21:05.62
to reach these people?
00:21:05.65\00:21:07.99
We do this by
working with the church
00:21:08.02\00:21:09.50
as it places trained indigenous
workers in new territories,
00:21:09.53\00:21:13.43
sending out
disciples just as Jesus did.
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When a Bible worker sponsored
00:21:16.19\00:21:18.22
by Gospel Outreach
enters a new village,
00:21:18.25\00:21:19.96
it's estimated
that in the first year,
00:21:19.99\00:21:22.62
an additional 300
individuals will be baptized
00:21:22.65\00:21:25.93
and commit
their lives to Christ.
00:21:25.96\00:21:28.26
Individuals who have never heard
00:21:28.29\00:21:30.70
the amazing story of God's love
00:21:30.73\00:21:32.69
are getting to meet
Jesus for the first time.
00:21:32.72\00:21:35.80
Now how can you help?
00:21:35.83\00:21:37.76
Bible workers
rely on sponsorships
00:21:37.79\00:21:39.82
to support them
and their families
00:21:39.85\00:21:41.54
as they share the
unconditional love of God.
00:21:41.57\00:21:45.51
This is why Gospel
Outreach is introducing
00:21:45.54\00:21:47.68
our Adopt-A-Worker program,
00:21:47.71\00:21:49.96
together with the
church we identify
00:21:49.99\00:21:52.26
new workers in areas
that need to be reached.
00:21:52.29\00:21:54.84
That is why it's
our goal to introduce
00:21:54.87\00:21:56.65
a million new people to
Jesus in the next three years.
00:21:56.68\00:22:00.47
All that is remaining
for this work to begin
00:22:00.50\00:22:02.77
is your financial help.
00:22:02.80\00:22:05.56
In return, we
will keep you updated
00:22:05.59\00:22:07.70
on the exciting
progress of your worker
00:22:07.73\00:22:10.09
sending you stories and pictures
00:22:10.12\00:22:11.96
of the lives
changed by your donations.
00:22:11.99\00:22:15.00
There are three ways
you can get involved.
00:22:15.03\00:22:17.38
You can be a prayer
partner for Gospel Outreach
00:22:17.41\00:22:19.64
by praying for
our Bible workers.
00:22:19.67\00:22:22.19
Second, become an ambassador
for our Adopt-A-Worker program
00:22:22.22\00:22:25.20
by telling your
family and friends
00:22:25.23\00:22:26.82
about how they can
make a difference too.
00:22:26.85\00:22:29.50
And finally,
sponsor a Bible worker.
00:22:29.53\00:22:32.47
Call or visit the website today.
00:22:32.50\00:22:35.26
So now that you know a
bit about Gospel Outreach
00:22:35.29\00:22:37.80
and now that you know
what Jesus is waiting for,
00:22:37.83\00:22:41.01
the final question is
what are you waiting for?
00:22:41.04\00:22:44.62
So the invitation is out there,
00:22:47.98\00:22:49.52
what are you waiting for?
00:22:49.55\00:22:50.82
And we hope and pray that
you give to Gospel Outreach
00:22:50.85\00:22:56.09
so that more workers can go
into the field and share Jesus.
00:22:56.12\00:22:59.89
You can go to our website
to donate securely and safely.
00:22:59.92\00:23:02.69
It's
www.goaim.org. So, goaim.org.
00:23:02.72\00:23:08.69
And we have Bev Thompson
and Shirley Panasuk here
00:23:08.72\00:23:11.64
who are talking
about the Ronju valley
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where you recently visited
00:23:13.81\00:23:15.59
in an area called
Sikkim, is that correct? Yes.
00:23:15.62\00:23:18.68
And let's just pray that
more people there seek Him,
00:23:18.71\00:23:21.80
the Lord Jesus
Christ in that area.
00:23:21.83\00:23:23.97
Isn't that the truth?
00:23:24.00\00:23:25.03
And you know there is
a movement in that area
00:23:25.06\00:23:27.14
because we've started it
00:23:27.17\00:23:28.34
with ten Gospel
Outreach workers in Sikkim.
00:23:28.37\00:23:30.89
And this
movement is a joint effort
00:23:30.92\00:23:33.81
to spread the
gospel in that area.
00:23:33.84\00:23:36.25
Well, and this
Adopt-a-Gospel Outreach worker
00:23:36.28\00:23:38.36
is really neat
because people can do that
00:23:38.39\00:23:40.80
and then they can find out
00:23:40.83\00:23:42.75
and here from their
Gospel Outreach worker,
00:23:42.78\00:23:45.27
receiving email
pictures, things like that
00:23:45.30\00:23:47.08
about what's going on and to me,
00:23:47.11\00:23:49.14
that also makes the
connection even stronger
00:23:49.17\00:23:51.80
to be able to encourage
the Gospel Outreach worker
00:23:51.83\00:23:54.58
and back and forth
between that friendship that...
00:23:54.61\00:23:58.00
Can I tell you just a little bit
about my part in Adopt-A-Worker?
00:23:58.03\00:24:01.47
Yeah.
00:24:01.50\00:24:02.59
When I went out there this time,
00:24:02.62\00:24:05.71
I made a point
of taking a picture
00:24:05.74\00:24:08.01
of every Gospel Outreach worker.
00:24:08.04\00:24:09.99
They actually stood for
a mug shot with their name
00:24:10.02\00:24:13.16
written on a piece of
paper in front of them.
00:24:13.19\00:24:15.61
And when I came
home, then it was my job
00:24:15.64\00:24:19.25
to put them on
the internet and say,
00:24:19.28\00:24:21.95
these are the
statistics about this person
00:24:21.98\00:24:25.02
and then I required
them to send me a story
00:24:25.05\00:24:30.47
and if possible a
picture of something
00:24:30.50\00:24:32.99
that has happened to
them in the last 3 months.
00:24:33.02\00:24:35.66
But they are also
required by the mission
00:24:35.69\00:24:39.07
to have a story
every month. I like it.
00:24:39.10\00:24:42.02
So then I'm able
to pass these stories
00:24:42.05\00:24:45.51
on to the
person who adopts them.
00:24:45.54\00:24:48.02
That's a fabulous
way to get acquainted
00:24:48.05\00:24:50.67
with the worker
that you're adopting.
00:24:50.70\00:24:52.62
Absolutely and you
know Paul talks so much
00:24:52.65\00:24:55.48
in his writings about
encouraging each other.
00:24:55.51\00:24:58.65
And we have to encourage
each other, we have to do that
00:24:58.68\00:25:01.89
and what a great
opportunity to do that
00:25:01.92\00:25:03.87
by an email to your
Gospel Outreach worker.
00:25:03.90\00:25:05.90
But you know
what, it also stimulates
00:25:05.93\00:25:07.96
the Gospel Outreach worker.
00:25:07.99\00:25:09.22
Oh, sure, that's my point. Yes.
00:25:09.25\00:25:10.99
We can encourage them, yes.
00:25:11.02\00:25:12.87
The Gospel Outreach
worker is encouraged
00:25:12.90\00:25:15.60
and then the person
who is supporting them
00:25:15.63\00:25:17.32
is encouraged,
it's all positive.
00:25:17.35\00:25:20.09
And I just pray that
the Lord is smiling down.
00:25:20.12\00:25:23.78
I'm sure He is. Yes.
00:25:23.81\00:25:25.19
So as you have come home
now and after being over there,
00:25:25.22\00:25:31.53
what is the biggest need?
00:25:31.56\00:25:33.69
What is on your heart, Shirley,
00:25:33.72\00:25:35.69
for what you've saw the
Gospel Outreach workers?
00:25:35.72\00:25:40.26
Pray, pray, pray and
then give your offerings.
00:25:40.29\00:25:44.28
There's little time
left, Jesus is coming so soon,
00:25:44.31\00:25:49.13
we just don't
have time to waste.
00:25:49.16\00:25:51.16
I just want to give
everything I've got to help
00:25:51.19\00:25:56.17
these Gospel Outreach
workers do what they have to do.
00:25:56.20\00:25:59.91
And build the churches because
00:25:59.94\00:26:01.50
if people don't have a
place to come to worship...
00:26:01.53\00:26:04.34
Yes. They just disintegrate.
00:26:04.37\00:26:08.97
How about you, Bev?
00:26:09.00\00:26:10.03
And the churches are not
that expensive, you know.
00:26:10.06\00:26:12.88
We can get a
church built for $4,000.
00:26:12.91\00:26:16.54
We call them lamb shelters
00:26:16.57\00:26:18.09
if they're little bit less
than a room than our church.
00:26:18.12\00:26:22.04
But I see the need for
Gospel Outreach workers
00:26:22.07\00:26:25.62
in every location I go. Yes.
00:26:25.65\00:26:27.92
And Pauline Bernard
who was lamb shelter lady
00:26:27.95\00:26:31.09
for years in far
eastern division,
00:26:31.12\00:26:32.63
that was the dream of her so
the kids had a place to meet.
00:26:32.66\00:26:35.05
Yes.
00:26:35.08\00:26:36.18
Well, Bev and
Shirley, thank you so much
00:26:36.21\00:26:38.14
for being with us here
in Adventures in Missions.
00:26:38.17\00:26:40.06
I want to thank you
and your invitations,
00:26:40.09\00:26:42.48
you had two on this
program, one, to come with us
00:26:42.51\00:26:44.74
on the way to Ronju
in Sikkim area of India
00:26:44.77\00:26:48.47
and the second invitation is to
please give to Gospel Outreach.
00:26:48.50\00:26:51.90
And you can go to
our website goaim.org.
00:26:51.93\00:26:55.45
For Adventures in
Missions and Gospel Outreach,
00:26:55.48\00:26:57.25
I'm Julie Sanders Keymer
and may Jesus bless you today.
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Bye-bye.
00:27:00.81\00:27:01.84
I need to spread
the gospel here at home.
00:27:18.61\00:27:21.52
Where is the
10/40 Window anyway?
00:27:21.55\00:27:24.78
Those people live too far away.
00:27:24.81\00:27:27.71
Someone else can
tell them about Jesus.
00:27:27.74\00:27:30.14
Maybe they could just watch TV.
00:27:30.17\00:27:33.61
Nearly three billion
people to reach, my head hurt.
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There's nothing I can do.
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I give up.
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What's the point of trying?
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I can't make a difference.
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Actually, you can
make a difference.
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And Jesus asked you
to go to all the world.
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Where?
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All the world.
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How can I go, I
have commitments?
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You can pray.
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You can volunteer your talents.
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You can tell others.
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You can give money to
sponsor Bible workers.
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Millions of people are
searching for hope and meaning.
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But they won't
find it without you.
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Be the spark.
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Light the fire.
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Finish the work.
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Finish the work.
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Be the spark!
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