HELLO GOOD FRIENDS. 00:00:16.60\00:00:18.13 ALWAYS GLAD TO BE WITH YOU PARTICULARLY WHEN I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL 00:00:18.13\00:00:24.40 YOU MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:24.40\00:00:28.16 IN FACT, SO MANY HAVE SAID TO ME, AND I AGREE, GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:00:28.16\00:00:32.96 IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING MINISTRIES THAT CAN BE IMAGINED IN THIS 21ST CENTURY. 00:00:32.96\00:00:37.60 IT IS DOING SUCH A DRAMATIC IMPACTING JOB OF PRESENTING THE 00:00:37.60\00:00:44.20 GOSPEL IN DISTANT PLACES ON THE PLANET. 00:00:44.20\00:00:47.53 AND IT LETS ME AND YOU BE FRONT LINE MISSIONARIES VIA THOSE 00:00:47.53\00:00:56.10 LOCAL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN VARIOUS PLACES ACROSS THE 00:00:56.80\00:00:59.30 PLANET. YOU KNOW OUR FOCUS IS THE 10/40 WINDOW WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY MILLIONS, EVEN 00:00:59.30\00:01:07.83 BILLIONS OF PEPELE WHO DO NOT KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 00:01:08.40\00:01:11.30 SO IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO HELP FULFILL THE GOSPEL COMMISSION BY 00:01:11.30\00:01:15.60 PARTICIPATING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:01:15.60\00:01:17.93 AMONG OUR LEADERS ARE THOSE WHO I GET TO VISIT WITH ON THIS 00:01:17.93\00:01:23.60 PROGRAM. TODAY IS A VERY HIGH PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO GET TO BE HERE AGAIN WITH DEAR, 00:01:23.60\00:01:29.70 DEAR FRIEND JAMES CAMPBELL. 00:01:29.70\00:01:32.30 THANK YOU. 00:01:32.30\00:01:34.76 DON'T BE OFFENDED WHEN I SAY TO YOU THAT I THINK OF YOU, AND 00:01:34.76\00:01:43.63 OTHERS OF US DO, AS THE PIONEER EVANGELIST MISSIONARY AMONG US GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS 00:01:44.16\00:01:50.30 BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH SO MUCH EXPERIENCE. 00:01:50.30\00:01:53.86 IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE EVERY MOMENT OF IT. 00:01:53.86\00:01:57.93 YOUR WORK AS A MISSIONARY STARTED MANY YEARS AGO. 00:01:57.93\00:02:04.63 YES, AS FAR AS OVERSEAS SERVICE IT STARTED IN 1962. 00:02:04.63\00:02:10.06 YOU SPENT ALL OF THOSE YEARS IN INDIA? 00:02:10.06\00:02:13.50 NO. 00:02:13.50\00:02:14.80 I SPENT YEARS IN CANADA, MICRONESIA MISSION AND HERE IN 00:02:14.80\00:02:21.40 THE U.S. BUT INDIA WAS AN IMPORTANT MISSION FIELD FOR YOU. 00:02:21.40\00:02:25.80 YES, 17 YEARS PRESENT THERE AND NOW 11 YEARS WITH GOSPEL 00:02:25.80\00:02:30.90 OUTREACH. SO I REALLY SAY 28 YEARS CONNECTED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE WORK IN THE 00:02:30.90\00:02:37.80 SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION. 00:02:37.80\00:02:39.20 WITH PASTOR JAMES' EXPLANATION OF THAT IT REMINDS ME TO TELL 00:02:39.20\00:02:46.83 YOU HOW GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERSHIP TRIES TO MAKE THIS 00:02:47.46\00:02:50.43 WORK. WHEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR IN A 00:02:50.43\00:02:57.73 SECTION OF INDIA FOR EXAMPLE, 00:02:57.73\00:03:04.96 WHERE BETTER TO LOOK THAN TO A FORMER, NOW RETIRED, 00:02:57.73\00:03:04.96 MISSIONARY TO THAT REGION. 00:03:04.96\00:03:07.83 SO IN REALTY YOU GO BACK TO WHERE YOU KNOW THE PLACE, YOU 00:03:07.83\00:03:13.00 KNOW THE PEOPLE WHERE YOU'VE BEEN BEFORE. 00:03:13.00\00:03:14.43 IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT IS 00:03:14.43\00:03:19.40 HAPPENING NOW. WHEN WE FIRST WENT THERE THE WORK WASN'T GOING 00:03:19.40\00:03:27.03 VERY FAST. THERE WERE EVIDENCES THAT WERE CLEARLY SEEN THAT THE WORK WAS GOING TO GO, AND 00:03:27.03\00:03:34.00 WE WERE DEPENDING ON THE LORD. 00:03:34.63\00:03:37.50 THE LORDS TIME IS RIGHT NOW. 00:03:37.50\00:03:39.83 WHEN YOU WERE THERE YOU OBVIOUSLY GOT ACQUAINTED WITH 00:03:40.43\00:03:48.70 LOTS OF PEOPLE. I THINK I'VE HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 00:03:48.70\00:03:52.93 THIS. YOU NOW, IN RETURNING TO THAT TERRITORY, FIND SOME OF THE 00:03:52.93\00:04:02.16 LEADERSHIP REPRESENTED FROM AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE PERHAPS THAT YOU KNEW THEN? 00:04:02.16\00:04:05.93 YES. 00:04:05.93\00:04:07.30 ONE OF OUR FIELD LEADERS I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DEDICATING AS A 00:04:07.30\00:04:12.96 BABY. I HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE ABOUT ONE OF THE 00:04:20.10\00:04:23.33 OTHER LEADERS. I WAS DOING WHAT IN THIS COUNTRY WE USED TO CALL 00:04:23.33\00:04:28.03 INGATHERING. WE USED TO GO TO THE SHOP KEEPERS IN INDIA. 00:04:28.03\00:04:32.86 ONE DAY I WENT TO A FACTORY OWNER. 00:04:32.86\00:04:35.83 I TOLD HIM WHAT WE WERE DOING. 00:04:35.83\00:04:39.43 HE SAID "I WONT GIVE ANYTHING TO CHRISTIANS BECAUSE CHRISTIANS 00:04:39.43\00:04:45.50 ARE PEOPLE WHO SMOKE AND DRINK AND PARTY AND EXCHANGE WIVES, ALL THE THINGS THAT 00:04:50.43\00:04:56.76 OUR HINDU RELIGION FORBIDS." 00:04:56.76\00:04:58.30 HE SAID HE WOULD DO SOMETHING, HE WOULD SPONSOR A BOY TO GO TO 00:04:58.30\00:05:03.43 SCHOOL. 00:05:03.43\00:05:04.90 HE SAID, "IF YOU CAN PICK OUT A YOUNG BOY FOR ME, I WILL PUT HIM 00:05:04.90\00:05:10.50 THROUGH SCHOOL." 00:05:15.63\00:05:16.60 SO I FOUND A YOUNG BOY WHO CAME FROM A VILLAGE. 00:05:16.60\00:05:22.66 THERE WERE SEVERAL MEMBERS IN THE FAMILY, AND THEY JUST 00:05:22.66\00:05:27.66 COULDN'T AFFORD TO SEND HIM TO ONE OF OUR ADVENTIST BOARDING 00:05:27.66\00:05:32.10 SCHOOLS. I RECOMMENDED HIS NAME TO THE FACTORY OWNER AND HE SUPPORTED THAT BOY THROUGH 00:05:32.10\00:05:38.16 GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH COLLEGE 00:05:42.73\00:05:49.23 TAKING THE MINISTERIAL COURSE. 00:05:49.23\00:05:50.40 NOW HE IS A CONFERENCE PRESIDENT OVER THERE. 00:05:50.40\00:05:52.46 HE IS STILL IN TOUCH WITH THAT FAMILY. 00:05:52.46\00:05:54.46 THE OLD MAN HAS DIED AND HIS WIFE HAS DIED, BUT A DAUGHTER IS 00:05:54.46\00:06:00.60 A LAWYER IN ONE OF THE HIGH COURTS OF INDIA AND THEY ARE IN 00:06:06.46\00:06:11.13 TOUCH. ONLY THE KINGDOM WILL TELL THE FULL ACCOUNT OF THAT 00:06:11.13\00:06:15.40 STORY. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:06:15.40\00:06:18.50 WHAT A THRILLING THING FOR YOU TO EXPERIENCE. 00:06:18.50\00:06:21.80 AND CERTAINLY THAT CONWORKED TO GET HIM IS VERY HIS EDUCATION.OW 00:06:29.16\00:06:31.80 GOD ANOTHER MAN WHO WAS JUST APPOINTED A CONFERENCE PRESIDENT 00:06:31.80\00:06:36.20 ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO REMINDED ME THAT HE RECEIVED HIS FIRST APPOINTMENT LETTER TO WORK 00:06:36.20\00:06:43.76 IN THE CHURCH FROM MY OFFICE. 00:06:43.76\00:06:47.76 WE'VE GOT CURRENT DEVELOPING STORIES IN YOUR REGION. 00:06:47.76\00:06:55.73 WHAT IS YOUR PART OF INDIA? 00:06:55.73\00:06:58.66 WE HAVE THE NORTHWEST PART OF INDIA. 00:06:58.66\00:07:00.73 I'VE MENTIONED IN ANOTHER PROGRAM ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF 00:07:00.73\00:07:10.63 THAT AREA. NEPAL HAS A LITTLE OVER 30 MILLION PEOPLE. 00:07:11.26\00:07:15.70 THE REST OF THE POPULATION IN THAT AREA MAKES A TOTAL OF ABOUT 00:07:15.70\00:07:23.26 HALF A BILLION, 500 MILLION PEOPLE. 00:07:23.26\00:07:24.70 ONE IN EVERY FIFTEEN PEOPLE OF THE WHOLE WORLD POPULATION LIVES 00:07:24.70\00:07:32.20 THERE IN NORTHWEST INDIA AND NEPAL. 00:07:32.20\00:07:34.46 YOU ARE THE LEADER OF HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 00:07:34.46\00:07:41.16 THE LAST COUNT I SAW WAS 289 WHO ARE ACTUAL LAY BIBLE WORKERS 00:07:41.16\00:07:51.93 DOING MINISTERIAL EVANGELISTIC WORK. 00:07:52.46\00:07:53.86 IN ADDITION TO THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 40 SOME CHILD LITERACY 00:07:53.86\00:08:01.63 INSTRUCTORS. SO WE'RE GETTING UP THERE PRETTY CLOSE TO 350 00:08:01.63\00:08:04.90 WORKERS. A CURIOSITY THAT COMES TO SOME OF US WHO ARE AT A DISTANCE FROM THE GOSPEL 00:08:04.90\00:08:14.03 OUTREACH FRONT LINE WORK IS, HOW DO THOSE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 00:08:14.03\00:08:20.46 DO THEIR WORK? 00:08:20.46\00:08:21.53 HOW DO THEY MAKE THEIR CONTACTS? 00:08:21.53\00:08:22.90 HOW DO THEY DISCOVER PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO LISTEN OR THEY 00:08:22.90\00:08:26.80 CAN ASSOCIATE WITH? 00:08:26.80\00:08:28.30 I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE GET TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY IS THE WAYS 00:08:28.30\00:08:32.20 IN WHICH THEY WORK. 00:08:32.20\00:08:33.00 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:08:33.00\00:08:34.43 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY FOLLOW THE SAME METHODS 00:08:34.43\00:08:39.30 THAT JESUS FOLLOWED WHEN HE WAS HERE. 00:08:39.30\00:08:48.20 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE HAPPY 00:08:48.20\00:08:54.00 OCCASIONS OF THE PEOPLE LIKE WEDDINGS, FESTIVITIES AND SO ON. 00:08:54.00\00:08:56.90 THEY CONTACT PEOPLE THAT WAY. 00:08:56.90\00:08:58.83 THEN, OF COURSE, WOMEN ARE SO IMPORTANT IN THE WHOLE ECONOMY 00:08:58.83\00:09:02.06 OF THINGS AND ESPECIALLY IN INDIA. 00:09:02.06\00:09:03.50 NOW THERE IS A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY WHERE 00:09:03.50\00:09:09.23 WOMEN ARE MAYBE BEHIND THE SCENE, BUT WOMEN ARE LIKE THE TAIL THAT WAGS THE DOG. 00:09:09.23\00:09:21.00 WELL, I'LL GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THE WHOLE 00:09:21.00\00:09:26.83 STRUCTURE TOGETHER. 00:09:26.83\00:09:28.00 YES. 00:09:28.00\00:09:28.93 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. 00:09:28.93\00:09:32.10 THEN WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PROJECT GOING OVER THERE TO 00:09:32.10\00:09:40.06 ASSIST THE MOST DOWN TRODDEN PEOPLE. 00:09:40.86\00:09:43.13 WE'RE CALLING IT "PROJECT EXCEL" AND WE'LL TELL SOME MORE ABOUT 00:09:43.66\00:09:48.33 THAT. YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PICTURES AND I WANT TO SEE THEM. 00:09:48.33\00:09:51.96 I WANT OUR VIEWERS TO SEE THOSE PICTURES. 00:09:51.96\00:09:54.46 JUST BEFORE WE START THOSE PICTURES I WANT TO REMIND YOU FOLKS THAT YOU NEED TO 00:09:54.46\00:10:00.73 BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY. 00:10:00.73\00:10:03.70 ON THE SCREEN IS THE NAME GOSPEL OUTREACH, THE ADDRESS, THE 00:10:03.70\00:10:09.23 TELEPHONE NUMBER, THE EMAIL ADDRESS, ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED FOR GETTING IN TOUCH 00:10:09.23\00:10:14.26 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:10:14.26\00:10:15.73 WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS HERE WILL RESPOND TO WHATEVER CONTACT YOU 00:10:15.73\00:10:19.26 MAKE, AND YOU CAN LEARN HOW YOU CAN PERSONALLY RECEIVE THE 00:10:19.26\00:10:25.33 EXCITEMENT AND THE BLESSING THAT COMES FROM BEING A PART OF 00:10:25.33\00:10:28.96 GOSPEL OUTREACH. I WANT YOU TO REQUEST THE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWS LETTER. 00:10:28.96\00:10:33.70 YOU WILL ENJOY RECEIVING THAT NEWSLETTER THE OLD FASHIONED WAY 00:10:33.70\00:10:37.70 IN YOUR MAIL BOX. 00:10:37.70\00:10:39.16 BUT YOU CAN GET UPDATES ON A REGULAR BASIS THROUGH THE GOSPEL 00:10:39.16\00:10:42.10 OUTREACH WEBSITE. 00:10:42.10\00:10:43.23 SO NOTE THAT INFORMATION. 00:10:43.23\00:10:44.76 NOW PLEASE WATCH AS PASTOR CAMPBELL TAKES US THROUGH A LITTLE ACCOUNT OF HOW 00:10:44.76\00:10:52.33 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING THEIR WORK. 00:10:52.33\00:10:54.56 THIS PICTURE IS OF TWO SISTERS SAROJ AND SANGEETA. 00:10:54.56\00:10:59.83 NOW SANGETTA IS A VERY SPECIALALAME. 00:10:59.83\00:11:02.70 I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SAROJ MEANS. 00:11:02.70\00:11:05.43 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NAME TOO IN THEIR LANGUAGE BUT SANGEETA-"SAN" MEANS A 00:11:05.43\00:11:12.06 GROUP OF PEOPLE AND "GEETA" MEANS A SONG. 00:11:12.83\00:11:16.10 SO IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY TOGETHER, SINGING TOGETHER. 00:11:16.50\00:11:19.70 THESE GIRLS WERE INVITED BY A RELATIVE TO GO TO THE RELATIVE'S 00:11:19.70\00:11:32.56 HOME TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME SPECIAL CEREMONY. 00:11:32.56\00:11:35.13 ARE THESE GIRLS TWO OF YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 00:11:35.13\00:11:37.50 NO. 00:11:37.50\00:11:38.86 BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS COME INTO THIS PICTURE IN JUST A 00:11:38.86\00:11:43.03 MOMENT HERE. 00:11:43.03\00:11:44.33 THEY WENT TO THIS FAMILY MEMBER'S HOME AND WERE HELPING 00:11:44.33\00:11:49.53 TO MAKE THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE FESTIVITIES. 00:11:49.53\00:11:51.03 THEY WATCHED FOR AWHILE AND SAW THIS YOUNG COUPLE WE SEE OVER 00:11:51.03\00:12:03.26 HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. 00:12:03.66\00:12:05.20 HE IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND SHE IS HIS WIFE AND THEIR 00:12:05.20\00:12:10.33 LITTLE CHILD. NOW YOU WILL SEE THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER'S WIFE IS DRESSED IN 00:12:10.33\00:12:19.70 WHITE. THESE GIRLS LOOKED AT THIS FAMILY AND THEY SAID THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG 00:12:20.30\00:12:26.30 HERE BECAUSE A WOMAN DRESSED IN WHITE AND NOT WEARING ANY 00:12:26.30\00:12:32.43 JEWELRY IS A WIDOW. 00:12:32.43\00:12:34.16 HOW COME THIS WIDOW IS WITH A CHILD AND A YOUNG MAN? 00:12:34.16\00:12:39.03 SO THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS GOING ON IN THEIR MIND. 00:12:39.03\00:12:43.00 THEY CAME IN AND THE GIRLS WELCOMED THEM. 00:12:43.00\00:12:58.20 THE WIFE THREW HER ARMS AROUND THESE TWO SISTERS AND TALKED 00:12:58.20\00:13:06.33 NICELY WITH THEM AND THE GIRLS WERE IMPRESSED. 00:13:06.33\00:13:08.96 THEY GOT TO TALKING TOGETHER AND THEY SOON FOUND OUT THAT THIS 00:13:08.96\00:13:16.63 WAS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN FAMILY. 00:13:16.63\00:13:21.16 THEY WERE SO IMPRESSED BY THEM AND THEY HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL 00:13:21.16\00:13:27.70 TIME THROUGHOUT THIS FESTIVITY. 00:13:27.70\00:13:29.10 WHEN THEY WERE LEAVING IN THE EVENING THE GIRLS SAID WE'LL SEE 00:13:29.10\00:13:35.40 YOU SOON. IN OTHER WORDS THEY WERE INVITING THIS FAMILY TO COME TO THEIR HOME. 00:13:35.40\00:13:42.06 THE GIRLS GOT HOME AND TOLD THEIR PARENTS ABOUT THE FAMILY 00:13:42.06\00:13:47.83 AND THE PARENTS SAID, "THEY MUST BE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, INVITE THEM 00:13:47.83\00:13:51.66 OVER SOON." SO THE FAMILY CAME OVER. 00:13:51.66\00:13:53.43 THEY HAD A WONDERFUL VISIT, AND THEY SET UP BIBLE STUDIES AND 00:13:53.43\00:13:56.56 CONTINUED THOSE BIBLE STUDIES FOR AWHILE. 00:13:56.56\00:13:59.53 WAS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HIS WIFE INVITED THEN AS 00:13:59.53\00:14:09.13 GUESTS AT THIS FESTIVITY? 00:14:09.13\00:14:10.76 THEY MAY HAVE BEEN BUT IN INDIA IF THERE IS A FESTIVITY GOING ON 00:14:10.76\00:14:17.63 AND YOU'RE WELL DRESSED AND COME AROUND THEY'LL WELCOME YOU IN. 00:14:17.63\00:14:21.86 SO THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF PEOPLE. 00:14:21.86\00:14:25.43 THESE TWO GIRLS WERE OBVIOUSLY EVIDENT TO THEM AS PEOPLE WHO 00:14:25.43\00:14:31.96 WOULD BE IMPRESSED WITH THE BIBLE. 00:14:31.96\00:14:33.56 HERE THEY ARE. 00:14:33.56\00:14:35.56 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS ANIL KUMAR AND HIS WIFE IS 00:14:35.56\00:14:48.86 SAMITA. THE SMILES IDENTIFY THEM DON'T THEY. 00:14:48.86\00:14:51.36 WHEN THIS WAS GOING ON, THESE PEOPLE HAD BIBLE STUDIES IN 00:14:51.36\00:15:04.40 THEIR HOME AND THE PARENTS WERE BAPTIZED AND THESE GIRLS WERE BAPTIZED ALONG WITH 155 00:15:05.06\00:15:10.33 PEOPLE. 00:15:11.06\00:15:12.90 WHAT A THRILLING STORY THAT STARTED WITH PARTICIPATION IN A 00:15:12.90\00:15:19.53 FESTIVITY. 00:15:19.53\00:15:20.80 WHENEVER PEOPLE COME TOGETHER IS AN OPPORTUNITY GOD CAN USE. 00:15:20.80\00:15:24.16 ABSOLUTELY. 00:15:24.16\00:15:26.03 HERE IS RINKU. 00:15:26.03\00:15:29.90 THAT IS NOT A NAME WE WOULD USE TO CALL SOMEBODY OVER HERE BUT 00:15:29.90\00:15:37.90 RINKU IS ABOUT 45 OR SO YEARS OLD. 00:15:37.90\00:15:39.43 SHE IS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:15:39.43\00:15:41.23 SHE IS ONE OF OUR FEW FEMALE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 00:15:41.23\00:15:49.30 INDIA. SHE IS DOING A FABULOUS JOB. 00:15:49.30\00:15:54.16 RIGHT NOW AS WE ARE RECORDING THIS, EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS ARE 00:15:54.16\00:15:59.30 GOING ON IN HER TARGET VILLAGE. 00:15:59.30\00:16:01.43 HER MINISTRY IS LARGELY TO THE WOMEN BECAUSE SHE HAS ACCESS TO 00:16:01.43\00:16:10.30 THE WOMEN. IN THE STATE WHERE SHE IS WORKING THERE IS A BIG PROBLEM OF ALCOHOLISM. 00:16:10.30\00:16:17.63 THE MEN COME HOME DRUNK AND BEAT THEIR WIVES. 00:16:17.63\00:16:22.13 RINKU IS HELPING THOSE LADIES TO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THOSE MEN TO 00:16:22.13\00:16:34.83 BRING THEM A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE. 00:16:34.83\00:16:37.30 THE ILLUSTRATION YOU ARE PROVIDING HERE IS ABOUT WAYS OF 00:16:37.30\00:16:47.30 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CONNECTING WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES, WITH THE PEOPLE IN 00:16:47.30\00:16:52.20 THEIR VILLAGES. 00:16:52.20\00:16:54.23 YOU'VE GIVEN US THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE FESTIVITIES WHICH IS 00:16:54.23\00:16:57.76 WONDERFUL. 00:16:57.76\00:16:59.10 THEN THIS DEAR LADY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS UNDERSTANDING 00:16:59.10\00:17:04.80 AND SENSITIVE TO THE PLIGHT OF THESE DEAR WOMEN WHOSE HUSBANDS 00:17:04.80\00:17:09.63 ARE ALCOHOLICS. SHE IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT NEED TO TRY TO HELP THEM KNOW HOW TO DEPEND 00:17:09.63\00:17:15.50 UPON THE LORD. 00:17:15.50\00:17:16.90 THE LEADERSHIP OF THE FIELD DISCOVERED THAT RINKU AND HER 00:17:16.90\00:17:21.66 MINISTRY THERE HAD CREATED SO MUCH INTEREST THAT THEY PUT THEIR WHOLE FORCE IN THERE 00:17:21.66\00:17:26.26 TO HAVE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND THEY ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 00:17:26.26\00:17:28.76 I'M JUST WAITING FOR A REPLY FROM THERE. 00:17:28.76\00:17:31.40 HERE ARE TYPICAL 00:17:31.40\00:17:36.40 BIBLE STUDIES. 00:17:31.40\00:17:36.40 THIS IS WHAT WE CALL "PROJECT EXCEL." 00:17:36.40\00:17:44.23 THIS PROJECT IS A SPECIAL MINISTRY SUPPORTED BY A VERY 00:17:44.23\00:17:54.83 COMPASSIONATE LAY MEMBER OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH HERE IN NORTH 00:17:54.83\00:17:57.36 AMERICA. IT IS ESPECIALLY TARGETING PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING 00:17:57.36\00:18:03.83 SCAVENGER WORK. THEY DIG IN THE GARBAGE TO GET PLASTIC AND GLASS, PAPER AND TIN CANS AND 00:18:03.83\00:18:13.80 SELL THEM. 00:18:13.80\00:18:15.20 THEY ALSO CLEAN OUT PEOPLE'S LATRINES AND DO THE WORK THAT NO 00:18:15.20\00:18:20.66 ONE ELSE WILL DO. 00:18:20.66\00:18:22.03 IS THAT THE SEGMENT OF POPULATION THAT I HAVE HEARD 00:18:22.03\00:18:22.43 REFERRED TO AS UNTOUCHABLES? 00:18:22.43\00:18:30.03 THEY ARE PART OF THAT UNTOUCHABLE GROUP. 00:18:30.03\00:18:32.53 THEY ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD AND DESERVE TO BE REACHED, SO THERE 00:18:32.53\00:18:42.13 IS A FRIEND OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WHO IS SUPPORTING MINISTRY TO 00:18:42.13\00:18:44.96 THOSE PEOPLE. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:18:44.96\00:18:46.63 I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN WORKERS WORKING FOR THESE 00:18:46.63\00:18:53.33 PEOPLE. IN THIS STORY THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WENT THERE. 00:18:53.33\00:19:00.63 AS HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE ROAD HE MET ONE OF THESE MEN WHOSE 00:19:00.63\00:19:11.33 NAME IS SANJAY RAWAT. 00:19:11.33\00:19:14.26 SUNJAY ASKED THE MAN WHERE HE WAS GOING AND WHO HE WAS LOOKING 00:19:14.26\00:19:20.50 FOR. THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SAID HE WAS COMING TO SEE HIM. 00:19:20.50\00:19:24.06 SANJAY SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS ANDND WTED TO KNOW WHO HE 00:19:24.06\00:19:31.33 WAS AND WHO HE REPRESENTED. 00:19:32.00\00:19:34.70 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TOLD HIM HE HAD COME TO TELL HIM 00:19:34.70\00:19:37.66 ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 00:19:37.66\00:19:39.06 SANJAY ASKED WHO JESUS WAS AND SAID HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF HIM 00:19:39.06\00:19:41.70 BEFORE. THEY GO TO TALKING AND TALKED FOR AN HOUR THEN ARRANGED 00:19:41.70\00:19:48.50 TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE STUDIES. 00:19:48.50\00:19:49.93 AFTER AWHILE SANJAY WAS BAPTIZED AND QUITE A NUMBER OF OTHERS 00:19:49.93\00:20:04.50 FROM THAT FAMILY GROUP. 00:20:04.50\00:20:06.46 SO BY JUST USING JESUS' METHOD OF GOING TO THE PEOPLE-THE HOLY 00:20:06.46\00:20:14.33 SPIRIT HAS OINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. 00:20:14.33\00:20:17.66 THERE IS SANJAY ON THE LEFT AND HARISH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:20:17.66\00:20:30.13 WORKER ON THE RIGHT. 00:20:30.13\00:20:31.46 AN ENCOURAGING STORY. 00:20:31.46\00:20:33.23 NOW WE ARE GOING TO THE CHILD LITERACY PROGRAM. 00:20:33.23\00:20:41.33 WE HAVE ABOUT FORTY CHILD LITERACY CENTERS IN NORTHERN 00:20:41.33\00:20:47.73 INDIA. THIS IS FOR CHILDREN WHO AREN'T GOING TO SCHOOL. 00:20:47.73\00:20:53.50 WE ARE NOT CALLING THEM SCHOOLS, WE ARE CALLING THEM CHILD 00:20:53.50\00:20:56.86 LITERACY CENTERS. 00:20:56.86\00:20:58.26 WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE THEM UP TO A THIRD GRADE EDUCATION SO THEY 00:20:58.26\00:21:01.70 WILL KNOW HOW TO READ AND WRITE AND WILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN 00:21:01.70\00:21:08.20 BASIC COMMERCE. AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE LEARNING THE STORY OF 00:21:08.20\00:21:11.76 JESUS. THEY ARE SINGING THE CHRISTIAN SONGS. 00:21:11.76\00:21:14.56 HERE ARE THE FATHER, MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN. 00:21:14.56\00:21:21.50 THESE PEOPLE ALONG WITH TWENTY-SEVEN OTHERS WERE BAPTIZED A FEW WEEKS AGO 00:21:21.50\00:21:32.20 BECAUSE OF THE CONTACT OF THOSE CHILDREN. 00:21:32.20\00:21:35.66 THE CHILDREN COME HOME AND TELL THE STORIES OF JESUS. 00:21:35.66\00:21:37.93 THE PARENTS SAY IF JESUS CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT HE WILL HELP 00:21:37.93\00:21:43.13 US WITH OUR NEEDS TOO. 00:21:43.13\00:21:44.96 HERE ARE TWO MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. 00:21:44.96\00:21:50.06 THEY ARE PART OF THAT GROUP WHO SENT THEIR CHILDREN TO THE CHILD 00:21:50.06\00:21:56.66 LITERACY CENTER. 00:21:56.66\00:21:57.86 OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EDUCATION. 00:21:57.86\00:22:00.36 THE CHILDREN COME HOME AND THEIR HEARTS ARE FULL OF JOY AND THEY 00:22:00.36\00:22:04.73 SING THE CHRISTIAN SONGS AND THE PARENTS ARE IMPRESSED. 00:22:04.73\00:22:09.40 THEIR CHILDREN ARE NICELY DRESSED AND CLEAN. 00:22:09.40\00:22:14.33 IT MAKES A WONDERFUL IMPRESSION IN THE WHOLE VILLAGE. 00:22:14.33\00:22:17.33 THIS PICTURE GIVES A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT THE CHILD LITERACY 00:22:17.33\00:22:29.60 CENTERS ARE LIKE. 00:22:29.60\00:22:31.10 WE HAVE SENT OVER A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO HELP THEM BUILD 00:22:31.10\00:22:35.26 LITTLE SHELTERS. SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HAD THE FUNDS S BE ABLE TO BUILD NICE BUILDINGS FOR 00:22:35.26\00:22:40.63 THEM, BUT MAYBE THAT WILL COME TOO. 00:22:40.63\00:22:43.33 SOMEONE MIGHT LIKE TO DO THAT. 00:22:43.33\00:22:45.40 WHAT THEY NEED IS OCCASION TO GET TOGETHER. 00:22:45.40\00:22:48.23 THEY WILL MAKE WHATEVER THE LOCATION IS A BETTER PLACE 00:22:48.23\00:22:55.00 BECAUSE OF THEIR FELLOWOWIP THERE. 00:22:55.00\00:22:56.96 HERE IS ANOTHER STORY. 00:22:56.96\00:23:01.36 THIS IS RAMESH AND HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. 00:23:01.36\00:23:06.73 RAMESH IS A SHOP KEEPER. 00:23:06.73\00:23:08.96 IN OTHER WORDS HE HAS A LITTLE STORE. 00:23:08.96\00:23:11.16 ONE DAY IN THE HOT SUMMER HE WAS SITTING IN HIS SHOP. 00:23:11.16\00:23:16.80 NOW SHOP KEEPERS OVER THERE DON'T STAND IN THEIR SHOPS, THEY 00:23:16.80\00:23:20.86 SIT IN THEIR SHOPS. 00:23:20.86\00:23:22.06 THEY SIT ON A MAT ON A PLATFORM WITH THEIR LEGS CROSSED. 00:23:22.06\00:23:26.36 YOU KNOW, INDIAN PEOPLE CAN DO THAT AND BE COMFORTABLE. 00:23:26.36\00:23:29.63 SOME OF US WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE DOING THAT, BUT HE 00:23:29.63\00:23:32.66 WAS SITTING THERE. ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CAME ALONG AND BEGAN TO TALK WITH 00:23:32.66\00:23:38.76 HIM. AS THEY TALKED THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER MUST HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED THAT HE WAS 00:23:38.76\00:23:47.56 SOMEBODY WHO WAS SEARCHING, SO HE GAVE THIS MAN A NEW 00:23:47.56\00:23:52.16 TESTAMENT. THE MAN TOOK THE NEW TESTAMENT HOME AND SAID THAT 00:23:52.16\00:23:59.16 WHEN HE STARTRT READING THAT NEW TESTAMENT HE COULD TELL WHEN JESUS ACTUALLY LIVED BY THE 00:23:59.16\00:24:05.96 CHRONOLOGYGYND ABOUT HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND. 00:24:05.96\00:24:09.90 HE WENT ON READING AND HE SAID WHEN HE WAS HOLDING THAT NEW 00:24:09.90\00:24:16.30 TESTAMENT IN HIS HAND AND READING IT, SOMEHOW THE POWER CAME INTO HIM AND HELPED HIM TO 00:24:16.30\00:24:23.53 UNDERSTAND IT. 00:24:23.53\00:24:25.36 JESUS SAID, WHEN HE THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH IS COME HE WILL GUIDE 00:24:25.36\00:24:31.63 YOU INTO ALL TRUTH. 00:24:31.63\00:24:32.66 I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN HERE IN NORTH AMERICA TOO. 00:24:32.66\00:24:34.66 GOD IS FAITHFUL. 00:24:34.66\00:24:37.36 HE WILL FULFILL HIS PROMISE. 00:24:37.36\00:24:39.86 THIS IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WHO GAVE THE NEW TESTAMENT TO THE 00:24:39.86\00:24:49.10 SHOP KEEPER. 00:24:49.10\00:24:50.53 THE LAST TWO PICTURES ARE OF AN AREA IN INDIA WHERE I WENT IN 00:24:50.53\00:25:03.36 1967. THERE WAS A FAMINE THERE AND SIX OR SEVEN OF US WENT AND 00:25:03.36\00:25:10.50 OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT FAMINE RELIEF WAS TO PROVIDE 00:25:10.50\00:25:16.13 VITAMINS, SOME SANITARY SUPPLIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SOAP ETC. 00:25:16.13\00:25:24.50 I CAN REMEMBER ONE OF OUR MISSIONARY LADIES HANDING OUT VITAMIN PILLS TO SOMEBODY. 00:25:24.50\00:25:28.66 THOSE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE A WATCH TO KEEP TIME, AND SHE WOULD 00:25:28.66\00:25:37.86 POINT UP TO THE SKY AND TELL THEM TO TAKE ONE IN THE MORNING AT SUNRISE AND TAKE ONE IN 00:25:37.86\00:25:41.30 THE EVENING AT SUNSET. 00:25:41.30\00:25:45.83 NOW YOU COME BACK TO THAT SAME PLACE AND THESE PEOPLE ARE 00:25:45.83\00:25:52.46 RECEIVING THE BLESSINGS OF HEAVEN VIA THE BIBLE. 00:25:52.46\00:25:54.93 THAT LADY IN THE WHITE IN THE CENTER WHOSE NAME IS SEVI REMINDS ME SO MUCH OF 00:25:54.93\00:26:04.20 A LITTLE GIRL I SAW. 00:26:04.20\00:26:05.73 WE HAD BEEN THERE IN THOSE VILLAGES. 00:26:05.73\00:26:07.96 THE PEOPLE WERE COOKING THEIR FOOD OVER LITTLE PILES OF COW 00:26:07.96\00:26:11.33 DUNG IN A LITTLE METAL POT. 00:26:11.33\00:26:13.63 IT HADN'T RAINED FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS. 00:26:13.63\00:26:18.90 WE WERE ALL PRAYING, OF COURSE, AND JUST AS WE WERE DRIVING OUT 00:26:18.90\00:26:24.20 THE RAIN CAME. 00:26:24.20\00:26:25.63 I REMEMBER SEEING A LITTLE GIRL RUN ACROSS THE ROAD IN FRONT OF 00:26:25.63\00:26:30.13 US WITH NOTHING BUT DIRTY RAGS ON HER. 00:26:30.13\00:26:32.66 SHE WAS SO HAPPY THAT THE RAIN HAD COME. 00:26:32.66\00:26:36.43 NOW THE RAIN OF THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS S ME. 00:26:36.43\00:26:41.53 AND THAT LADY REMINDED YOU OF THAT WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 00:26:41.53\00:26:44.36 AND YOU'VE REMINDED US BROTHER JAMES OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS AND 00:26:44.36\00:26:52.06 HIS WORK THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:26:52.06\00:26:53.66 I JUST WANT TO SAY A FINAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE A PART 00:26:53.66\00:27:00.23 OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 00:27:00.23\00:27:02.13 [CLOSING MUSIC] 00:27:03.06\00:27:17.80