Participants: Bev Thompson
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000483
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00:23 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:26 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER, AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION, IF 00:31 I DO SAY SO MYSELF. 00:32 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:36 THAT WINDOW IS FROM TEN DEGREES UP TO 40 DEGREES NORTH ABOVE THE EQUATOR, 00:41 AND IT REPRESENTS MANY, MANY COUNTRIES, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 00:45 IT GOES FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY TO JAPAN, AND THAT IS THE AREA WHERE 00:51 JESUS NEEDS TO BE KNOWN, AND THAT'S WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE 00:55 DOING. 00:56 SO, WE ARE GOING TO GO ON A TRIP WITH BEV THOMPSON. 00:58 SHE IS GOING TO SHARE ABOUT HER AREA, HER DISTRICT FOR GOSPEL 01:03 OUTREACH. 01:04 BEV, WELCOME. 01:05 THANK YOU, IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE. 01:07 SO YOU'RE ON A MISSION AND THAT'S TO HELP YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 01:10 MY MISSION IS TO SEE JESUS SOON, AND I'M HOPING THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:16 WORKERS WILL ALL BE DOING THE WORK THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO DO: THAT 01:20 IS TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS TO THEIR COMMUNITY, REACHING OUT TO THE NEXT 01:24 VILLAGE AND REACHING OUT AND REACHING OUT. 01:27 I SEE A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. 01:30 GOD IS SO GOOD, AND I KNOW JESUS IS COMING SOONER BECAUSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:35 WORKERS. 01:36 THAT'S HOW WORKING ALL TOGETHER YOU AND ME AND ALL OF THE CREW HERE IN 01:41 OUR STUDIOS; WE ARE WANTING TO COMMUNICATE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE 01:44 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA OF THE WORLD WHICH WE REFER TO AS 01:48 THE 10/40 WINDOW. 01:50 YES. 01:51 YOU ARE THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR WHICH AREA OF INDIA? 01:55 THIS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH REGION #2 WHICH GOES FROM CALCUTTA UP NORTH TO 02:01 BHUTAN AND INCLUDES SIKKIM OVER TO NEPAL BUT NOT INCLUDING NEPAL. 02:06 I GO SOUTH OF NEPAL DOWN TO ABOUT THE CENTRAL PART OF INDIA. 02:11 HUGE TERRITORY. 02:12 WE HAVE ABOUT 130 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE BUT WE COULD USE ABOUT 390. 02:18 ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH? 02:19 WE WILL SHARE WITH THE VIEWERS IN A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT THE HIGH 02:24 POPULATION IN THIS AREA. 02:26 THAT'S THE WHOLE WINDOW AND EVEN IN YOUR TERRITORY, LOTS AND LOTS 02:30 OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 02:32 SO, SHARE WITH US WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE TODAY, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GO, 02:36 AND THAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT HAVING YOU DIRECTORS COME BACK 02:38 BECAUSE YOU BRING STORIES AND PICTURES AND TAKE US ALONG WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN. 02:43 WELL, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO BIHAR THIS TIME. 02:46 NOW, BIHAR IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE TO ME BECAUSE IT IS A VERY POOR 02:52 AREA. 02:53 ON OUR WAY TO SEE CHURCHES I USUALLY SEE EVERY TIME I GO, BECAUSE THEY WERE 03:00 DONATED BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SENT DONATIONS FOR CHURCHES, AND I REPORT 03:05 BACK TO EVERY YEAR. 03:06 BUT, WE STOPPED AT THIS CHURCH ON THE WAY, AND I SAID, "WHY ARE WE STOPPING 03:11 HERE, DO WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HERE?" 03:13 HE SAID, "OH YES, BUT THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN 03:19 HERE. 03:20 LOOK AT THE KIDS! 03:22 WE ARE USING THIS CHURCH AS A SCHOOL, AND WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL ADVENTIST 03:26 SCHOOL TEACHERS HERE, BUT WE NEED A SCHOOL FOR THESE CHILDREN, AND SO THEY 03:32 WANTED TO SHOW ME THE NEED FOR THE SCHOOL THERE--THESE BEAUTIFUL 03:37 KIDS. 03:38 I TALKED WITH THEM ALL AND TALKED ABOUT SHARING THEIR FAITH WITH OTHERS, AND 03:43 THESE KIDS GO OUT WITH THEIR TEACHERS. 03:47 THEY GO OUT WITH THEIR PARENTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE EVERY 03:52 SABBATH, AND WHEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER GOES TO VISIT THE MEMBERS, HE 03:57 SAYS, "AND WHO OF YOUR NEIGHBORS WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO VISIT?" 04:00 OH WOW! 04:02 "WHO OF YOUR NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME PRAY FOR THEM"? 04:04 AND SO, THIS IS THE WAY THEY REACH OUT TO OTHERS. 04:09 BOY, AND BEV, DO WE DO THAT HERE AT HOME? 04:12 WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE OF THAT. 04:14 CAN YOU IMAGINE? 04:15 THIS WAS A GOD GIVEN EXPERIENCE JUST TO SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE SO WILLING TO 04:20 SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. 04:21 THEY DID, THEY ASKED ME FOR A SCHOOL. 04:23 THE THING IS WHEN THEY HAVE A PRIMARY SCHOOL, THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT 04:25 THERE IS ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT THEY CAN GO TO THAT WILL FOLLOW UP IN HIGHER 04:27 EDUCATION. 04:29 THEY NEED A SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM. 04:31 BUT THIS CHURCH IS ANOTHER CHURCH AND THIS IS ONE OF THE CHURCHES THAT A 04:35 DONATION HAD COME FOR AND I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING CLOSELY. 04:39 THERE IS A PLAQUE ON IT TO REMIND ME OF WHO IT IS THAT HAD DONATED THE 04:46 CHURCH, AND I CAN GIVE A REPORT TO. 04:50 NOW WHEN I ENTERED THIS CHURCH THIS TIME-LET ME TELL YOU FIRST-THE LAST 04:55 THREE YEARS I HAVE GONE FOR CAMPMEETING, AND THEY'VE ASKED ME TO BE THE 05:00 SPEAKER AT CAMPMEETING. 05:02 WOW! 05:03 FOR FIVE DAYS, AND INSTEAD OF GOING AND VISITING ALL THE MEMBERS IN THEIR 05:08 CHURCHES, I SEE THE MEMBERS IN THE CAMPMEETING. 05:11 BUT THIS TIME, I GOT TO CONTRAST IT WITH THREE YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD BEEN 05:17 THERE. 05:18 THE CHURCH WAS HALF FULL, AND NOW IT IS FULL. 05:22 PRAISE THE LORD! 05:23 LOOK AT ALL OF THE CHILDREN IN THIS SCHOOL TOO! 05:27 I MEAN IN THIS CHURCH. 05:29 THEY ARE FILLED WITH CHILDREN, AND THEY WANT A SCHOOL THAT THEY CAN GO 05:34 TO. 05:36 SINGING WITH THE DRUMMERS, BEAUTIFUL, JUST THE WAY IT IS THERE. 05:40 SO, WHAT IS THIS AREA OF INDIA? 05:44 ARE MOST OF THESE PEOPLE FROM A HINDU BACKGROUND? 05:47 THEY ARE HINDU OR ANIMISTS MAINLY, THESE RELIGIONS. 05:52 THERE ARE A FEW MUSLIMS IN THE AREA ALSO BUT MAJORLY ANIMISTS AND HINDUS. 05:57 ANIMISTS? 05:58 CAN YOU EXPLAIN ANIMISTS? 06:00 AN ANIMIST IS A PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP ANYTHING. 06:04 IT CAN BE A STONE, IT CAN BE A TREE, IT CAN BE A GROVE, A STICK, A BELL. 06:15 IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN MADE, BUT IT MAINLY IS NATURE AND 06:20 THINGS OF NATURE. 06:22 SO DO THEY, FOR EXAMPLE, THINK THAT-OH HERE IS THIS TREE I'M GOING TO WORSHIP 06:30 THIS AND THEN DO THEY THEN DECIDE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO THIS FLOWER? 06:34 I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS, BECAUSE EVERYWHERE YOU GO IT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT 06:38 DIFFERENT. 06:39 SURE. 06:40 I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE. 06:41 WHEN WE WENT FOR EVANGELISM IN THIS ONE TOWN, THERE WAS A STONE 06:47 ABOUT THIS BIG AROUND, AND IT WAS IN THE VERY CENTER OF A LARGE TOWN SQUARE. 06:56 MY HUSBAND AND I WENT UP TO IT AND SAID, "WHAT IS THIS? 06:59 HERE WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SHINY STONE." 07:01 A PRIEST CAME FROM THE TEMPLE ON THAT SQUARE, AND HE WAS JUST MAKING SURE 07:07 THAT THESE FOREIGNERS DIDN'T DESECRATE THIS STONE. 07:10 HE TOLD US THAT WHEN THE BUSES COME THEY CIRCLE THIS STONE, AND WHEN THE 07:16 CARTS COME THEY CIRCLE THE STONE. 07:18 NOBODY TOUCHES IT EXCEPT FOR THE PRIEST TO DUST IT. 07:22 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 07:23 THE TEMPLE ON THE SIDE THERE IS WHERE THEY WORSHIP THE GOD OF THAT 07:28 STONE. 07:30 SO FOR THESE PEOPLE TO LEARN, TO THINK THAT THEY CAN WORSHIP ANYTHING AND 07:34 DECIDE IF IT IS GOING TO SWITCH OR WHATEVER THE STONE, FOR THEM TO REALIZE 07:40 THAT THERE IS A LIVING GOD IS THAT JUST HUGE FOR THEM? 07:44 WHAT ABOUT THE GOD THAT MADE THAT? 07:47 WHY WORSHIP THAT THING WHEN IT IS THE GOD WHO MADE IT? 07:51 HUGE, WOW! 07:52 O.K., INTERESTING. 07:54 BUT, AGAIN HERE WE HAVE THIS LARGE CHURCH BUT LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN 07:58 THAT ARE THERE. 08:00 THIS WAS ANOTHER DONATED CHURCH FAIRLY CLOSE BY. 08:04 THIS IS THE AREA OF SASARAM. 08:06 SASARAM IS PROBABLY A LARGE TOWN NOT A CITY AND WE GO OUT FROM THIS AREA 08:18 TO THESE DIFFERENT VILLAGE CHURCHES. 08:22 IT JUST AMAZED ME TO SEE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CROWDED INTO THAT CHURCH. 08:27 THE LAST TIME I HAD BEEN THERE IT WAS PROBABLY HALF FULL. 08:30 THE LORD HAS BEEN WORKING THERE. 08:32 OH YES. 08:33 IT LOOKS REALLY DRY IN THIS AREA, IS IT A FARMING COMMUNITY? 08:36 IT IS THE END OF DRY SEASON. 08:39 NOW, IF YOU CAN FOCUS ON THIS PICTURE. 08:41 THESE ARE BIOFUEL PATTIES. 08:43 WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE THE DUNG FROM THE COWS AND MIX IT WITH STRAW, AND 08:51 THEN THEY BURN IT. 08:52 THIS IS WHAT THEY COOK THEIR FOOD ON. 08:56 SURE, THEIR FUEL. 08:57 AND SOMEONE HAS MADE THESE PATTIES AND PUT THEM OUT TO DRY. 09:02 NOW, I AM TOLD THAT WHOEVER MAKES THESE IS USUALLY THE LOWEST IN THE 09:08 HOUSEHOLD WHICH IS USUALLY A BRIDE. 09:10 WHEN A NEW BRIDE COMES TO THE AREA, SHE GETS THE LOWLIEST JOB, AND SHE 09:14 MAKES THESE PATTIES AND PUTS THEM OUT TO DRY. 09:17 HER POOR HANDS, CAN YOU IMAGINE? 09:19 WELL, I'M JUST WONDERING HEALTHWISE-IS IT QUITE A STRONG ODOR? 09:24 IT IS DRY, OH, IT IS DRY AND SO THERE IS NOT MUCH ODOR, BUT THESE VILLAGES 09:31 DO HAVE A LOLOOF ODOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE COWS, AND THIS IS JUST A TYPICAL 09:37 LITTLE VILLAGE SCENE HERE. 09:44 YOU SEE THE LITTLE PILTHOSE ARE BIOFUELND, OFOR THAT FAMILY.S. 09:46 THE PATHWAY THROUGH THE VILLAGE THERE-THE LITTLE DARK SPOTS ARE USUALLY 09:51 DUNG. 09:52 YOU KNOW WHAT BEV, IT JUST SEEING THESE PICTURES EVERY TIME I'M HERE AT 09:55 GOSPEL OUTREACH DOING THESE PROGRAMS, HOW MANY TIMES DO WE GO TO OUR 10:01 STOVE AND WE NEED TO BOIL SOME WATER? 10:04 OH I THINK ABOUT THAT, AND WE TURN THAT ON AND BOOM. 10:06 YOU AND I HAVEN'T BEEN OUTSIDE PREPARING OUR DUNG PATTIES TO BE PREPARED TO 10:13 COME INSIDE. 10:14 HOW MUCH DO I TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT I'M BLESSED WITH-NOT TO SAY THAT THEY 10:19 ARE NOT BLESSED BECAUSE THEY ARE, BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS WE ARE JUST IN A 10:22 DIFFERENT SOCIETY. 10:23 THEIR KITCHEN IS USUALLY NOT INSIDE; IT IS USUALLY OUTSIDE OR A SHELTER 10:29 OUTSIDE. 10:30 RIGHT, WHICH IS OFTEN TIMES LIKE A SHED. 10:33 ANYWAY YES, BUT IT AMAZES ME ON HOW MUCH--THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENCES. 10:37 OK, SO WHAT IS THIS? 10:39 THIS IS STILL IN THAT VILLAGE AND YOU SEE THE COWS ARE IN THE PATHWAY 10:48 AND THE PILE OF BIOFUEL IS THERE NEAR THEIR DOORSTEP. 10:54 WE WENT TO A MAUSOLEUM. 10:56 NOW THIS WAS BUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 16TH CENTURY AND INSIDE THIS PLACE IT 11:06 WAS JUST AMAZING. 11:09 LOOK AT THE KIDS, THEY ARE SO CURIOUS TOO. 11:12 OH, THEY ARE. 11:13 THEY GATHER AROUND, AND YOU KNOW THIS CHILD HAS A SCHOOL UNIFORM SHIRT ON. 11:20 HE HAS BEEN GOING TO SCHOOL. 11:22 THIS IS THE MAUSOLEUM THAT I TOLD ABOUT. 11:26 THEY HAD A MOAT OR A LAKE BUILT AND FILLED THE LAKE,AND IT HAS BEEN THAT 11:32 WAY EVER SINCE. 11:33 THE WATER ACTUALLY LOOKS GREEN - IT LOOKS PRETTY CLEAN. 11:36 WELL-MAYAY NOT. 11:39 THERE ARE SOME GOOD REFLECTIONS THERE. 11:41 OK, ALL RIGHT. 11:42 WELL IT IS A PRETTY PICTURE, BEV. 11:44 YOU SEE IT WAS VERY ORNATE; IT IS OF THE MOGUL ERA. 11:46 SO, WAS THIS SOME 11:46 LANDOWNER THAT BUILT THIS? 11:51 YES, HE WAS A SHAH, A HIGH PERSON. 11:59 I TOOK THIS PICTURE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN FOCUS YOUR EYES ON 12:02 A BEEHIVE UP THERE BETWEEN THE DECORATIONS. 12:06 YES. 12:07 THOSE ARE WILD BEES UP THERE IN THEIR HIVE. 12:17 THERE I TOOK ONE UP CLOSER AND YOTHOSE WERE UPSE ARE THE BEEIN THE EAVES. THAT. 12:18 THERE IS THE, SUPPOSED TO BE, THE GRAVESITE OF THIS GREAT SHAH. 12:27 INTERESTING. 12:28 BACK IN THE DAY. 12:29 OH, HERE WE GO. 12:30 THE SCHOOL BUS, THE CHURCH BUS WHAT IT THIS? 12:33 THIS WAS AT THE SERVICE STATION WHERE WE WERE GETTING GASOLINE, AND I 12:37 JUST HAD TO GET THE PICTURE. 12:39 IT WAS FILLED DOWN BELOW SO THEY CLIMBED ON TOP. 12:42 WHY NOT? 12:43 IF YOU'VE GOT TO GET A RIDE, YOU'VE GOT TO GET A RIDE. 12:47 YOU'VE GOT TO GET THERE SOMEHOW. 12:49 THEN, IN THE FOREGROUND A RICKSHAW DRORO UP, AND THEY WERE FILLED UP ALSO. 12:53 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 12:54 YOU KNOW HERE IS AMERICA-SCOOT OVER; DON'T GET TOO CLOSE TO ME-MY 12:58 PERSONAL SPACE. 12:59 THEY HAVE A DRUM IN THE BACK HERE, AND SO THAT RICKSHAW WAS REALLY FULL. 13:03 IS THAT THE MAUSOLEUM? 13:05 THAT IS THE MAUSOLEUM, AND IT IS HARD FOR ME TO SEE THE NAME OF IT BUT IT IS 13:10 SOMETHING THAT STARTS WITH SHARI. 13:12 I LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET SO I COULD SEE FOR SURE WHAT IT WAS ALL 13:15 ABOUT. 13:16 NOW WE ARE GOING OUT TO ANOTHER CHURCH. 13:20 THIS IS OUR PATHWAY, AND I WAS SURPRISED THE TAXI DRIVER WAS WILLING TO TAKE 13:26 THIS ROAD BUT WE MET THE BUFFALO ON THE WAY AND WE JUST WENT SLOWLY.PARDON 13:33 MEMEEXCUSE ME. 13:34 THERE IS THE MAN WITH HIS LOAD, OH, TWO PEOPLE! 13:37 THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE WITH A LOAD ON THEIR HEAD, TWO BICICYCLES COMING DOWN THE 13:42 ROAD. 13:43 THERE IS A FOX, A CURIOUS LITTLE FOX SITTING RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE ROAD; 13:59 WHEN HE SAW US AND GOT UP ON HIS HIND LEGS AND TOOK A SECOND LOOK AT US, AND 14:02 HE TOOK OFF. 14:03 SO YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO THE CHURCH-WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO THE CHURCH. 14:05 NOW, LOOK AT THIS GRAIN FIELD. 14:06 THOSE ANIMALS OUT THERE ARE CALLED NILGAI. 14:08 THEY ARE WILD, DEER-LIKE ANIMALS, AND THIS IS THE GENERAL AREA THAT I HAD 14:10 SEENEN TM BEFORE, BUT THTHE ARARTHREE NILGAI IN THE FIELD, AND WE WERE 14:16 TALKING ABOUT THE NILGAI ON OUR WAY IN THE TAXI. 14:18 THE TAXI DRIVER STOPPED AND SAID, "THERE'S A NILGAI". 14:23 SURE ENOUGH, RIGHT THERE. 14:25 HERE WE GOT TO OUR VILLAGE. 14:27 NOW DOESN'T THAT LOOK FAMILIAR? 14:28 THERE ARE THE DUNG PILES. 14:30 THIS IS A TYPICAL PICTURE AND THE COWS WITH THEIR FODDER AND THE BIOFUEL IN 14:36 THE BACKGROUND. 14:37 BUT YOU KNOW THEY ARE USING WHAT THEY HAVE. 14:40 THAT'S RIGHT! 14:41 THEY ARE USING WHAT THEY HAVE. 14:43 IS THIS A SCHOOL? 14:45 THIS IS A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL THAT WE PASSED WALKING WHEN WE WERE 14:50 WALKING THROUGH THE VILLAGE. 14:51 WE PASSED THIS GOVERNMENT SCHOOL, AND THE KIDS WERE GETTING THEIR FREE MEAL. 14:57 YOU SEE THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL; THEY GIVE A FREE MEAL TO THEIR CHILDREN SO 15:03 THAT THE CHILDREN WILL AT LEAST GET A SQUARE MEAL EVERYDAY. 15:05 THEY COME TO SCHOOL AND EAT. 15:07 RIGHT. 15:09 NOW, MY EXPERIENCE WHEN I HAD BEEN TO SCHOOL, THE PRINCIPAL USUALLY GETS 15:14 THERE ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND THEN BY 10:30 THE TEACHERS ARE ALL 15:17 THERE AND THE STUDENTS ARE ALL THERE AND THEY FILE INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS. 15:20 I HAVE HEARD OVER THE WALLS, OR OUT THE DOORS, THAT THE TEACHER TEACHES 15:26 FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES, AND THEN THE CHILDREN ARE TO DO EXERCISES OF WHAT 15:33 THE TEACHER HAS TAUGHT AND THE CLASSROOM TURNS INTO CHAOS. 15:37 THEY HAVE A JOLLY TIME IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THEN IT IS TIME FOR THE MEAL- 15:42 LUNCH. 15:43 AND THAT IS THE SCHOOL DAY? 15:44 WELL, THAT'S HALF A SCHOOL DAY. 15:45 THEY DO THE SAME THING IN THE AFTERNOON. 15:48 OH DEAR. 15:49 OK, WELL AT LEAST THEY EAT. 15:50 SO AT LEAST THEY GET SOMETHING TO EAT. 15:52 YES. 15:53 WELL, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU ARE ENJOYING LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES 15:57 THAT BEV IS SHARING OF HER TERRITORY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AS SHE IS GOING 16:00 TO THE CHURCHES. 16:02 IF YOU ARE FEELING CALLED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEL, AND IF YOU ARE 16:04 FEELING BLESSED AS YOU AS STAND IN YOUR HOME AND YOU LOOK AROUND, AND YOU SEE 16:08 THAT YOU HAVE A STOVE THAT YOU GO AND YOU CAN JUST TURN ON AND YOU DON'T HAVE 16:12 TO GO D0 BIOFUEL AND ALL OF THAT; IF YOU ARE FEELING THAT YOU HAVE 16:17 EXTRA MONEY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND WE WOULD 16:20 ASK YOU TO GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 16:22 YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION, AND WE WOULD 16:26 ALSO LIKE TO SHARE SOME MORE INFORMATION HERE WITH YOU. 16:30 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 16:35 QUESTION. 16:36 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS 16:40 WAITING FOR? 16:41 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 16:45 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 16:48 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 16:53 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 16:58 SHALL THE END COME." 17:02 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE 17:06 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 17:11 PLUS COUNTRIES. 17:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 17:17 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 17:20 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 17:24 THE 10/40 WINDOW. 17:26 NOW, WHAT EXACLTY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 17:30 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 17:34 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 17:36 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 17:39 NINETY SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER 17:43 HEARD OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 17:46 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 17:50 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 17:55 IN NEW TERRITORIES SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 18:00 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 18:03 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 18:08 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 18:11 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 18:16 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 18:18 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 18:20 BIBLE WORKERS RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AS 18:24 THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 18:28 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 18:32 PROGRAM". 18:33 TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE 18:37 REACHED, AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW 18:40 PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 18:43 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 18:47 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER, 18:53 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 18:58 THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: YOU CAN A PRAYER PARTNER FOR 19:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 19:05 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 19:08 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 19:12 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 19:15 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 19:18 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 19:22 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 19:31 SO THAT IS POWERFUL, ISN'T IT BEV? 19:33 YES. 19:34 TO SEE THAT AND AS I SIT HERE WITH A BIBLE IN MY HAND, DO PEOPLE IN THIS 19:38 AREA HAVE A BIBLE IN THEIR LANGUAGE? 19:41 YOU KNOW, THIS AREA O INDIA IS A VERY, VERY POOR AREA. 19:48 BECAUSE THESE POOR PEOPLE OUT IN THE VILLAGES ARE REALLY ALMOST LIKE SLAVES 19:55 TO THE LANDOWNERS, THEY GET SUCH MINIMAL WAGES THAT THEY CAN HARDLY 20:00 EXIST. 20:01 WHEN THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCHOOL, THEY WILL GO TO 20:05 SCHOOL BUT THE LANDOWNERS DON'T ESPECIALLY CARE FOR THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND 20:09 SO, MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE ILLITERATE. 20:13 BUT, WHAT WE USUALLY LIKE TO DO IS WE LIKE TO GIVE ONE BIBLE PER FAMILY, 20:17 HOPING THAT ONE PERSON IN THE FAMILY WILL BE ABLE TO READ AND THEY WILL HAVE A 20:22 BIBLE. 20:23 NOW, I DO HAVE TO SAY WE HAVE MANY REQUESTS FOR BIBLES NOT JUST IN THIS 20:28 AREA. 20:30 BUT WHEN THEY HAVE A GOAL OF 100 NEW BAPTISMS PER YEAR PER WORKER, THIS 20:37 MEANS FOR TEN PEOPLE WE NEED A THOUSAND BIBLES. 20:40 YES, THAT'S A GREAT PROBLEM. 20:41 YES AND SO HERE IN THIS AREA THEY ARE ASKING FOR BIBLES ESPECIALLY. 20:47 BIBLES WILL COST A COUPLE OF BUCKS-NOT VERY MUCH, JUST $2 WILL BUY A BIBLE 20:55 FOR THESE PEOPLE. 20:56 THEN THEY CAN HAVE ONE PER FAMILY. 20:58 SO, YOU KNOW LIKE I SAID, THIS IS ONE AREA THAT I GO TO, BUT I HAVE ABOUT FIVE 21:04 AREAS SAYING WE NEED A THOUSAND BIBLES IN OUR LANGUAGE. 21:08 WELL, WE JUST HOPE OUR VIEWERS ARE HEARING THIS AND THAT THEY WILL BE 21:14 IMPRESSED TO GIVE IN THAT AREA. 21:16 W,IS TAY 21:16 LIKE TO ASSIST OUR 21:16 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 21:19 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE "ADOPT-A-WORKER" SITUATION FOR THE WORKER'S SALARY, 21:25 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING THEM BEYOND THAT, THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLES ARE 21:29 FOR AND BICYCLES. 21:31 BICYCLES ARE A REAL IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORK BECAUSE THESE WORKERS THEN 21:35 CAN GO TO SEVERAL VILLAGES IN A DAY AND THEY CAN SPEND DAY ONE AND DAY TWO 21:41 AT THESE THREE OR FOUR VILLLLES AND DAYAYOUR AND FIVE AT THESE THREE OR 21:45 FOUR VILLAGES-- TRANSPORTATION AND GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT B 21:48 QUICKER THAN WALKING. 21:49 YES. 21:50 WE HAVE MANY REQUESTS FOR BICYCLES ALSO. 21:53 OK, ALL RIGHT. 21:54 LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK AT A COUPLE MORE PICTURES. 21:56 YES, ANOTHER CHURCH-BEAUTIFUL CHURCH. 22:01 YOU CAN SEE IT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GRAIN FIELD THERE, AND THEY DO HAVE A 22:05 WALKWAY, SO THAT WHEN THE RAINY SEASON COMES THEY HOPEFULLY WON'T SLIDE INTO 22:10 THE POOLS ON BOTH SIDES. 22:13 BUT AGAIN, THESE CHURCHES ARE IN VERY POOR, REMOTE AREAS. 22:22 WE WENT TO SIX DIFFERENT CHURCHES THAT WERE ALL VERY SIMILAR TO EVERYTHING 22:26 THAT YOU HAVE JUST SEEN. 22:33 WITH THE POORNESS OF THE PEOPLE, YOU SAW THEIR HOMES-WE WERE INVITED TO 22:39 HAVE A MEAL AT ONE HOME AFTER WE HAD THE SERVICE. 22:41 WE WERE INVITED TO GO INTO THE HOME AND HAVE A MEAL. 22:43 IT WAS SO AMAZING TO ME BECAUSE THEY WOULD SACRIFICE TO FEED US. 22:46 YES. 22:48 AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLANS FOR LUNCH THAT DAY, AND THE PASTOR SAID, 23:07 "SHALL WE STAY OR?" 23:08 AND I SAID, "IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PLANS, WHY NOT?" 23:11 HE SAID, "WELL, IT ISN'T VERY CLEAN HERE." 23:15 SORT OF MUMBLING UNDER HIS BREATH. 23:17 I SAID, "GOD WILL BLESS US". 23:19 THAT'S WHY THERE'S A BLESSING. 23:20 WE WERE INVITED IN, AND WE SAT DOWN AND ATE. 23:24 THEY GAVE US A BEAUTIFUL MEAL-THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TOO MUCH HOT SAUCE IN IT 23:30 FOR M, AND WE HAD SOME GREENS, PURE COOKED GREENS AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 23:36 A VERY NUTRITIOUS MEAL AND NO ONE GOT SICK FROM IT. 23:40 SEE. 23:42 I JUST SAY GOD BLESSED US AND WE WERE WILLING TO STEP OUT AND DO THIS 23:47 UNUSUAL THING. 23:48 THEY WERE AFRAID FOR ME AS A FOREIGNER AND MY IMMUNE SYSTEM. 23:53 YES, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO SAY THAT, WHEN YOU WERE TRAVELING TO THESE 23:55 COUNTRIES, WHEN WE ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THAT. 23:59 THAT YES, YOU CAN GET SICK. 24:00 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 24:02 BUT LIKE I SAID, THE LORD BLESSES, AND THAT'S WHY WE GO. 24:04 THE GENEROSITY OF THEM THOUGH. 24:05 YES, THE GENEROSITY OF THE PEOPLE. 24:07 BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO REFLECT ON ALL OF THOSE CHILDREN'S PICTURES AND 24:14 THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE FIRST PICICRERE-TD 24:19 THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING AT ABOUT $12,000. 24:21 THAT ISN'T VERY MUCH FOR A FOUR ROOM SCHOOL. 24:26 CAN YOU IMAGINE? 24:27 NO. 24:28 A FOUR ROOM SCHOOL ABOUT $12,OOO JUST TO GET STARTED. 24:32 YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, MAYBE THREE TIMES BECAUSE 24:36 IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE CLASSROOMS SUFFICIENT FOR THIS AND THEN YOU ARE 24:40 GOING TO HAVE A DORMITORY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CAFETERIA, TEACHERS 24:44 QUARTERS, BECAUSE THAT IS THEIR CUSTOM THERE. 24:47 SO, IT WOULD BE A PROCESS. 24:49 I HAVE SEEN THIS GO ON IN OTHER PARTS OF INDIA, AND IT IS JUST THRILLING TO 24:55 SEE HOW THE MEMBERS BAND TOGETHER AND THEY SAY, "OK, WE'VE GOT $12,000 AND 25:00 IT IS ENOUGH FOR FOUR CLASSROOMS, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MAKE FIVE 25:04 CLASSROOMS OUT OF THAT." 25:06 OH, I LOVE IT. 25:07 SO, ALL OF THE MEMBERS COME TOGETHER; ALL OF THE PASTORS AND ALL OF THE 25:13 BIBLE WORKERS; ALL OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, AND THE CHILDREN-THEY ALL 25:17 COME TOGETHER AND THEY CARRY THE BRICKS, THEY CARRY THIS AND THAT, THEY 25:22 CARRY WHATEVER THEY CAN CARRY AND THEY WORK TOGETHER AND SAVE THE 25:26 MONEY THAT WOULD BE PAIDIDOR SALARIES. 25:28 SURE. 25:30 THEY JUST HIRE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF QUALIFIED MASONS AND QUALIFIED REBAR 25:33 SETTERS AND THINGS LIKE THIS. 25:35 THEN THEY TEACH THE PEPELE HOW TO DO THE HANDWORK THAT CAN BE DONE BY THEM, 25:39 AND THEY BUILD A SCHOOL. 25:41 WELL, THAT WAY THE CHILDREN WILL HAVE MORE OF A STRUCTURED SCHOOL 25:45 ENVIRONMENT VERSUS WHICH YOU DESCRIBED EARLIER ABOUT HAVING 10 MINUTES 25:48 WITH THE TEACHER AND CHAOS AND THEN LUNCH AND THEN MORE TEN MINUTES. 25:52 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE ALSO, THE LEARNING THAT TAKES PLACE WHEN THEY LEARN N EY 25:56 HAVE TO CARRY ALL THESE HEAVY MATERIALS, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THESE 26:01 MATERIALS TO GO INTO MAKING THIS EDIFICE. 26:04 IT IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. 26:07 AND ALSO, JESUS CAN BE TAUGHT, CAN BE TAUGHT AT THAT SCHOOL VERSUS THE 26:09 STATE SCHOOL WHERE ALL THESE KIDS ARE GOING. 26:12 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:13 WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IN INDIA, THE STATE SCHOOLS GO TO SCHOOL SIX 26:15 DAYS A WEEK. 26:17 I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I NOTICED WHEN YOU SAID YOU 26:19 WERE HEADED TO CHURCH AND YOU PASSED BY THE SCHOOL THAT THE KIDS WERE ALL 26:22 THERE. 26:23 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:25 SO ANOTHER THING TO PRAY FOR IS THAT THEY CAN JUMP THROUGH THAT HURDLE AS 26:27 WELL. 26:28 YES. 26:29 WELL BEV, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE ON GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:31 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ,AND YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE NEED OF A SCHOOL; THEY 26:35 NEED BIBLES AND WE NEED MORE "ADOPT-A-WORKER" PROGRAMS AND BICYCLES. 26:40 YOU HAVE HEARD THE NEED. 26:42 SO PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG, AND WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR 26:46 YOUR GIFT. 26:47 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS," I'M JULIE 26:52 SANDERS-KEYMER AND THE LORD BLESS YOU. 26:52 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:17 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:20 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:24 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:27 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:29 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 27:33 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 27:36 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:38 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:40 I GIVE UP. 27:41 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:45 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 27:52 WORLD. 27:53 WHERE? 27:54 ALL THE WORLD. 27:55 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 27:57 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:59 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:04 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:08 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:11 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 28:15 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:16 BE THE SPARK. 28:18 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:21 FINISH THE WORK. 28:26 FINISH THE WORK. |
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