Participants: James Campbell
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000498
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00:16 HELLO GOOD FRIENDS.
00:18 ALWAYS GLAD TO BE WITH YOU PARTICULARLY WHEN I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL 00:24 YOU MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:28 IN FACT, SO MANY HAVE SAID TO ME, AND I AGREE, GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ONE OF THE 00:32 MOST EXCITING MINISTRIES THAT CAN BE IMAGINED IN THIS 21ST CENTURY. 00:37 IT IS DOING SUCH A DRAMATIC IMPACTING JOB OF PRESENTING THE GOSPEL IN 00:44 DISTANT PLACES ON THE PLANET. 00:47 AND IT LETS ME AND YOU BE FRONT LINE MISSIONARIES VIA THOSE LOCAL GOSPEL 00:56 OUTREACH WORKERS IN VARIOUS PLACES ACROSS THE PLANET. 00:59 YOU KNOW OUR FOCUS IS THE 10/40 WINDOW WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY MILLIONS, EVEN 01:08 BILLIONS OF PEPELE WHO DO NOT KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 01:11 SO IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO HELP FULFILL THE GOSPEL COMMISSION BY 01:15 PARTICIPATING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:17 AMONG OUR LEADERS ARE THOSE WHO I GET TO VISIT WITH ON THIS PROGRAM. 01:23 TODAY IS A VERY HIGH PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO GET TO BE HERE AGAIN WITH DEAR, 01:29 DEAR FRIEND JAMES CAMPBELL. 01:32 THANK YOU. 01:34 DON'T BE OFFENDED WHEN I SAY TO YOU THAT I THINK OF YOU, AND OTHERS OF US DO, 01:44 AS THE PIONEER EVANGELIST MISSIONARY AMONG US GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS 01:50 BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH SO MUCH EXPERIENCE. 01:53 IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE EVERY MOMENT OF IT. 01:57 YOUR WORK AS A MISSIONARY STARTED MANY YEARS AGO. 02:04 YES, AS FAR AS OVERSEAS SERVICE IT STARTED IN 1962. 02:10 YOU SPENT ALL OF THOSE YEARS IN INDIA? 02:13 NO. 02:14 I SPENT YEARS IN CANADA, MICRONESIA MISSION AND HERE IN THE U.S. 02:21 BUT INDIA WAS AN IMPORTANT MISSION FIELD FOR YOU. 02:25 YES, 17 YEARS PRESENT THERE AND NOW 11 YEARS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:30 SO I REALLY SAY 28 YEARS CONNECTED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE WORK IN THE 02:37 SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION. 02:39 WITH PASTOR JAMES' EXPLANATION OF THAT IT REMINDS ME TO TELL YOU HOW 02:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERSHIP TRIES TO MAKE THIS WORK. 02:50 WHEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR IN A SECTION 02:57 OF INDIA FOR EXAMPLE, 02:57 WHERE BETTER TO LOOK THAN TO A FORMER, NOW RETIRED, 03:04 MISSIONARY TO THAT REGION. 03:07 SO IN REALTY YOU GO BACK TO WHERE YOU KNOW THE PLACE, YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE 03:13 WHERE YOU'VE BEEN BEFORE. 03:14 IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW. 03:19 WHEN WE FIRST WENT THERE THE WORK WASN'T GOING VERY FAST. 03:27 THERE WERE EVIDENCES THAT WERE CLEARLY SEEN THAT THE WORK WAS GOING TO GO, AND 03:34 WE WERE DEPENDING ON THE LORD. 03:37 THE LORDS TIME IS RIGHT NOW. 03:40 WHEN YOU WERE THERE YOU OBVIOUSLY GOT ACQUAINTED WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE. 03:48 I THINK I'VE HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. 03:52 YOU NOW, IN RETURNING TO THAT TERRITORY, FIND SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP 04:02 REPRESENTED FROM AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE PERHAPS THAT YOU KNEW THEN? 04:05 YES. 04:07 ONE OF OUR FIELD LEADERS I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DEDICATING AS A BABY. 04:20 I HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE ABOUT ONE OF THE OTHER LEADERS. 04:23 I WAS DOING WHAT IN THIS COUNTRY WE USED TO CALL INGATHERING. 04:28 WE USED TO GO TO THE SHOP KEEPERS IN INDIA. 04:32 ONE DAY I WENT TO A FACTORY OWNER. 04:35 I TOLD HIM WHAT WE WERE DOING. 04:39 HE SAID "I WONT GIVE ANYTHING TO CHRISTIANS BECAUSE CHRISTIANS ARE 04:50 PEOPLE WHO SMOKE AND DRINK AND PARTY AND EXCHANGE WIVES, ALL THE THINGS THAT 04:56 OUR HINDU RELIGION FORBIDS." 04:58 HE SAID HE WOULD DO SOMETHING, HE WOULD SPONSOR A BOY TO GO TO 05:03 SCHOOL. 05:04 HE SAID, "IF YOU CAN PICK OUT A YOUNG BOY FOR ME, I WILL PUT HIM THROUGH 05:15 SCHOOL." 05:16 SO I FOUND A YOUNG BOY WHO CAME FROM A VILLAGE. 05:22 THERE WERE SEVERAL MEMBERS IN THE FAMILY, AND THEY JUST COULDN'T AFFORD TO 05:27 SEND HIM TO ONE OF OUR ADVENTIST BOARDING SCHOOLS. 05:32 I RECOMMENDED HIS NAME TO THE FACTORY OWNER AND HE SUPPORTED THAT BOY THROUGH 05:42 GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH COLLEGE TAKING THE 05:49 MINISTERIAL COURSE. 05:50 NOW HE IS A CONFERENCE PRESIDENT OVER THERE. 05:52 HE IS STILL IN TOUCH WITH THAT FAMILY. 05:54 THE OLD MAN HAS DIED AND HIS WIFE HAS DIED, BUT A DAUGHTER IS A LAWYER IN 06:06 ONE OF THE HIGH COURTS OF INDIA AND THEY ARE IN TOUCH. 06:11 ONLY THE KINGDOM WILL TELL THE FULL ACCOUNT OF THAT STORY. 06:15 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:18 WHAT A THRILLING THING FOR YOU TO EXPERIENCE. 06:29 AND CERTAINLY THAT CONWORKED TO GET HIM IS VERY HIS EDUCATION.OW GOD 06:31 ANOTHER MAN WHO WAS JUST APPOINTED A CONFERENCE PRESIDENT ABOUT TWO MONTHS 06:36 AGO REMINDED ME THAT HE RECEIVED HIS FIRST APPOINTMENT LETTER TO WORK 06:43 IN THE CHURCH FROM MY OFFICE. 06:47 WE'VE GOT CURRENT DEVELOPING STORIES IN YOUR REGION. 06:55 WHAT IS YOUR PART OF INDIA? 06:58 WE HAVE THE NORTHWEST PART OF INDIA. 07:00 I'VE MENTIONED IN ANOTHER PROGRAM ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF THAT AREA. 07:11 NEPAL HAS A LITTLE OVER 30 MILLION PEOPLE. 07:15 THE REST OF THE POPULATION IN THAT AREA MAKES A TOTAL OF ABOUT HALF A BILLION, 07:23 500 MILLION PEOPLE. 07:24 ONE IN EVERY FIFTEEN PEOPLE OF THE WHOLE WORLD POPULATION LIVES THERE IN 07:32 NORTHWEST INDIA AND NEPAL. 07:34 YOU ARE THE LEADER OF HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 07:41 THE LAST COUNT I SAW WAS 289 WHO ARE ACTUAL LAY BIBLE WORKERS DOING 07:52 MINISTERIAL EVANGELISTIC WORK. 07:53 IN ADDITION TO THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 40 SOME CHILD LITERACY INSTRUCTORS. 08:01 SO WE'RE GETTING UP THERE PRETTY CLOSE TO 350 WORKERS. 08:04 A CURIOSITY THAT COMES TO SOME OF US WHO ARE AT A DISTANCE FROM THE GOSPEL 08:14 OUTREACH FRONT LINE WORK IS, HOW DO THOSE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO THEIR 08:20 WORK? 08:21 HOW DO THEY MAKE THEIR CONTACTS? 08:22 HOW DO THEY DISCOVER PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO LISTEN OR THEY CAN 08:26 ASSOCIATE WITH? 08:28 I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE GET TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY IS THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY 08:32 WORK. 08:33 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:34 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY FOLLOW THE SAME METHODS THAT JESUS 08:39 FOLLOWED WHEN HE WAS HERE. 08:48 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE HAPPY OCCASIONS OF THE 08:54 PEOPLE LIKE WEDDINGS, FESTIVITIES AND SO ON. 08:56 THEY CONTACT PEOPLE THAT WAY. 08:58 THEN, OF COURSE, WOMEN ARE SO IMPORTANT IN THE WHOLE ECONOMY OF THINGS AND 09:02 ESPECIALLY IN INDIA. 09:03 NOW THERE IS A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY WHERE WOMEN ARE 09:09 MAYBE BEHIND THE SCENE, BUT WOMEN ARE LIKE THE TAIL THAT WAGS THE DOG. 09:21 WELL, I'LL GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THE WHOLE STRUCTURE 09:26 TOGETHER. 09:28 YES. 09:28 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. 09:32 THEN WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PROJECT GOING OVER THERE TO ASSIST THE MOST 09:40 DOWN TRODDEN PEOPLE. 09:43 WE'RE CALLING IT "PROJECT EXCEL" AND WE'LL TELL SOME MORE ABOUT THAT. 09:48 YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PICTURES AND I WANT TO SEE THEM. 09:51 I WANT OUR VIEWERS TO SEE THOSE PICTURES. 09:54 JUST BEFORE WE START THOSE PICTURES I WANT TO REMIND YOU FOLKS THAT YOU NEED TO 10:00 BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY. 10:03 ON THE SCREEN IS THE NAME GOSPEL OUTREACH, THE ADDRESS, THE TELEPHONE 10:09 NUMBER, THE EMAIL ADDRESS, ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED FOR GETTING IN TOUCH 10:14 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:15 WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS HERE WILL RESPOND TO WHATEVER CONTACT YOU MAKE, AND YOU 10:19 CAN LEARN HOW YOU CAN PERSONALLY RECEIVE THE EXCITEMENT AND THE 10:25 BLESSING THAT COMES FROM BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:28 I WANT YOU TO REQUEST THE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWS LETTER. 10:33 YOU WILL ENJOY RECEIVING THAT NEWSLETTER THE OLD FASHIONED WAY IN YOUR MAIL 10:37 BOX. 10:39 BUT YOU CAN GET UPDATES ON A REGULAR BASIS THROUGH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:42 WEBSITE. 10:43 SO NOTE THAT INFORMATION. 10:44 NOW PLEASE WATCH AS PASTOR CAMPBELL TAKES US THROUGH A LITTLE ACCOUNT OF HOW 10:52 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING THEIR WORK. 10:54 THIS PICTURE IS OF TWO SISTERS SAROJ AND SANGEETA. 10:59 NOW SANGETTA IS A VERY SPECIALALAME. 11:02 I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SAROJ MEANS. 11:05 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NAME TOO IN THEIR LANGUAGE BUT SANGEETA-"SAN" MEANS A 11:12 GROUP OF PEOPLE AND "GEETA" MEANS A SONG. 11:16 SO IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY TOGETHER, SINGING TOGETHER. 11:19 THESE GIRLS WERE INVITED BY A RELATIVE TO GO TO THE RELATIVE'S HOME TO 11:32 PARTICIPATE IN SOME SPECIAL CEREMONY. 11:35 ARE THESE GIRLS TWO OF YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 11:37 NO. 11:38 BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS COME INTO THIS PICTURE IN JUST A MOMENT 11:43 HERE. 11:44 THEY WENT TO THIS FAMILY MEMBER'S HOME AND WERE HELPING TO MAKE THE 11:49 PREPARATIONS FOR THE FESTIVITIES. 11:51 THEY WATCHED FOR AWHILE AND SAW THIS YOUNG COUPLE WE SEE OVER HERE ON THE 12:03 LEFT HAND SIDE. 12:05 HE IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND SHE IS HIS WIFE AND THEIR LITTLE CHILD. 12:10 NOW YOU WILL SEE THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER'S WIFE IS DRESSED IN WHITE. 12:20 THESE GIRLS LOOKED AT THIS FAMILY AND THEY SAID THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG 12:26 HERE BECAUSE A WOMAN DRESSED IN WHITE AND NOT WEARING ANY JEWELRY IS A 12:32 WIDOW. 12:34 HOW COME THIS WIDOW IS WITH A CHILD AND A YOUNG MAN? 12:39 SO THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS GOING ON IN THEIR MIND. 12:43 THEY CAME IN AND THE GIRLS WELCOMED THEM. 12:58 THE WIFE THREW HER ARMS AROUND THESE TWO SISTERS AND TALKED NICELY WITH 13:06 THEM AND THE GIRLS WERE IMPRESSED. 13:08 THEY GOT TO TALKING TOGETHER AND THEY SOON FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS A 13:16 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN FAMILY. 13:21 THEY WERE SO IMPRESSED BY THEM AND THEY HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME THROUGHOUT 13:27 THIS FESTIVITY. 13:29 WHEN THEY WERE LEAVING IN THE EVENING THE GIRLS SAID WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. 13:35 IN OTHER WORDS THEY WERE INVITING THIS FAMILY TO COME TO THEIR HOME. 13:42 THE GIRLS GOT HOME AND TOLD THEIR PARENTS ABOUT THE FAMILY AND THE PARENTS 13:47 SAID, "THEY MUST BE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, INVITE THEM OVER SOON." 13:51 SO THE FAMILY CAME OVER. 13:53 THEY HAD A WONDERFUL VISIT, AND THEY SET UP BIBLE STUDIES AND 13:56 CONTINUED THOSE BIBLE STUDIES FOR AWHILE. 13:59 WAS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HIS WIFE INVITED THEN AS GUESTS AT 14:09 THIS FESTIVITY? 14:10 THEY MAY HAVE BEEN BUT IN INDIA IF THERE IS A FESTIVITY GOING ON AND 14:17 YOU'RE WELL DRESSED AND COME AROUND THEY'LL WELCOME YOU IN. 14:21 SO THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF PEOPLE. 14:25 THESE TWO GIRLS WERE OBVIOUSLY EVIDENT TO THEM AS PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE 14:31 IMPRESSED WITH THE BIBLE. 14:33 HERE THEY ARE. 14:35 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS ANIL KUMAR AND HIS WIFE IS SAMITA. 14:48 THE SMILES IDENTIFY THEM DON'T THEY. 14:51 WHEN THIS WAS GOING ON, THESE PEOPLE HAD BIBLE STUDIES IN THEIR HOME AND 15:05 THE PARENTS WERE BAPTIZED AND THESE GIRLS WERE BAPTIZED ALONG WITH 155 15:11 PEOPLE. 15:12 WHAT A THRILLING STORY THAT STARTED WITH PARTICIPATION IN A 15:19 FESTIVITY. 15:20 WHENEVER PEOPLE COME TOGETHER IS AN OPPORTUNITY GOD CAN USE. 15:24 ABSOLUTELY. 15:26 HERE IS RINKU. 15:29 THAT IS NOT A NAME WE WOULD USE TO CALL SOMEBODY OVER HERE BUT RINKU IS 15:37 ABOUT 45 OR SO YEARS OLD. 15:39 SHE IS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 15:41 SHE IS ONE OF OUR FEW FEMALE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN INDIA. 15:49 SHE IS DOING A FABULOUS JOB. 15:54 RIGHT NOW AS WE ARE RECORDING THIS, EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS ARE 15:59 GOING ON IN HER TARGET VILLAGE. 16:01 HER MINISTRY IS LARGELY TO THE WOMEN BECAUSE SHE HAS ACCESS TO THE WOMEN. 16:10 IN THE STATE WHERE SHE IS WORKING THERE IS A BIG PROBLEM OF ALCOHOLISM. 16:17 THE MEN COME HOME DRUNK AND BEAT THEIR WIVES. 16:22 RINKU IS HELPING THOSE LADIES TO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THOSE MEN TO BRING 16:34 THEM A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE. 16:37 THE ILLUSTRATION YOU ARE PROVIDING HERE IS ABOUT WAYS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 16:47 WORKERS CONNECTING WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES, WITH THE PEOPLE IN THEIR 16:52 VILLAGES. 16:54 YOU'VE GIVEN US THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE FESTIVITIES WHICH IS 16:57 WONDERFUL. 16:59 THEN THIS DEAR LADY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS UNDERSTANDING AND 17:04 SENSITIVE TO THE PLIGHT OF THESE DEAR WOMEN WHOSE HUSBANDS ARE ALCOHOLICS. 17:09 SHE IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT NEED TO TRY TO HELP THEM KNOW HOW TO DEPEND 17:15 UPON THE LORD. 17:16 THE LEADERSHIP OF THE FIELD DISCOVERED THAT RINKU AND HER MINISTRY 17:21 THERE HAD CREATED SO MUCH INTEREST THAT THEY PUT THEIR WHOLE FORCE IN THERE 17:26 TO HAVE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND THEY ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 17:28 I'M JUST WAITING FOR A REPLY FROM THERE. 17:31 HERE ARE TYPICAL 17:31 BIBLE STUDIES. 17:36 THIS IS WHAT WE CALL "PROJECT EXCEL." 17:44 THIS PROJECT IS A SPECIAL MINISTRY SUPPORTED BY A VERY COMPASSIONATE LAY 17:54 MEMBER OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH HERE IN NORTH AMERICA. 17:57 IT IS ESPECIALLY TARGETING PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING SCAVENGER WORK. 18:03 THEY DIG IN THE GARBAGE TO GET PLASTIC AND GLASS, PAPER AND TIN CANS AND 18:13 SELL THEM. 18:15 THEY ALSO CLEAN OUT PEOPLE'S LATRINES AND DO THE WORK THAT NO ONE ELSE 18:20 WILL DO. 18:22 IS THAT THE SEGMENT OF POPULATION THAT I HAVE HEARD REFERRED TO AS 18:22 UNTOUCHABLES? 18:30 THEY ARE PART OF THAT UNTOUCHABLE GROUP. 18:32 THEY ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD AND DESERVE TO BE REACHED, SO THERE IS A 18:42 FRIEND OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WHO IS SUPPORTING MINISTRY TO THOSE PEOPLE. 18:44 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:46 I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN WORKERS WORKING FOR THESE PEOPLE. 18:53 IN THIS STORY THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WENT THERE. 19:00 AS HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE ROAD HE MET ONE OF THESE MEN WHOSE NAME IS 19:11 SANJAY RAWAT. 19:14 SUNJAY ASKED THE MAN WHERE HE WAS GOING AND WHO HE WAS LOOKING FOR. 19:20 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SAID HE WAS COMING TO SEE HIM. 19:24 SANJAY SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS ANDND WTED TO KNOW WHO HE WAS AND WHO HE 19:32 REPRESENTED. 19:34 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TOLD HIM HE HAD COME TO TELL HIM ABOUT THE LORD 19:37 JESUS CHRIST. 19:39 SANJAY ASKED WHO JESUS WAS AND SAID HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF HIM BEFORE. 19:41 THEY GO TO TALKING AND TALKED FOR AN HOUR THEN ARRANGED TO GET TOGETHER 19:48 AND HAVE STUDIES. 19:49 AFTER AWHILE SANJAY WAS BAPTIZED AND QUITE A NUMBER OF OTHERS FROM THAT 20:04 FAMILY GROUP. 20:06 SO BY JUST USING JESUS' METHOD OF GOING TO THE PEOPLE-THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS 20:14 OINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. 20:17 THERE IS SANJAY ON THE LEFT AND HARISH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ON THE 20:30 RIGHT. 20:31 AN ENCOURAGING STORY. 20:33 NOW WE ARE GOING TO THE CHILD LITERACY PROGRAM. 20:41 WE HAVE ABOUT FORTY CHILD LITERACY CENTERS IN NORTHERN INDIA. 20:47 THIS IS FOR CHILDREN WHO AREN'T GOING TO SCHOOL. 20:53 WE ARE NOT CALLING THEM SCHOOLS, WE ARE CALLING THEM CHILD LITERACY 20:56 CENTERS. 20:58 WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE THEM UP TO A THIRD GRADE EDUCATION SO THEY WILL 21:01 KNOW HOW TO READ AND WRITE AND WILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN BASIC COMMERCE. 21:08 AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE LEARNING THE STORY OF JESUS. 21:11 THEY ARE SINGING THE CHRISTIAN SONGS. 21:14 HERE ARE THE FATHER, MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN. 21:21 THESE PEOPLE ALONG WITH TWENTY-SEVEN OTHERS WERE BAPTIZED A FEW WEEKS AGO 21:32 BECAUSE OF THE CONTACT OF THOSE CHILDREN. 21:35 THE CHILDREN COME HOME AND TELL THE STORIES OF JESUS. 21:37 THE PARENTS SAY IF JESUS CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT HE WILL HELP US WITH OUR 21:43 NEEDS TOO. 21:44 HERE ARE TWO MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. 21:50 THEY ARE PART OF THAT GROUP WHO SENT THEIR CHILDREN TO THE CHILD 21:56 LITERACY CENTER. 21:57 OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EDUCATION. 22:00 THE CHILDREN COME HOME AND THEIR HEARTS ARE FULL OF JOY AND THEY SING THE 22:04 CHRISTIAN SONGS AND THE PARENTS ARE IMPRESSED. 22:09 THEIR CHILDREN ARE NICELY DRESSED AND CLEAN. 22:14 IT MAKES A WONDERFUL IMPRESSION IN THE WHOLE VILLAGE. 22:17 THIS PICTURE GIVES A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT THE CHILD LITERACY CENTERS ARE 22:29 LIKE. 22:31 WE HAVE SENT OVER A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO HELP THEM BUILD LITTLE SHELTERS. 22:35 SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HAD THE FUNDS S BE ABLE TO BUILD NICE BUILDINGS FOR THEM, 22:40 BUT MAYBE THAT WILL COME TOO. 22:43 SOMEONE MIGHT LIKE TO DO THAT. 22:45 WHAT THEY NEED IS OCCASION TO GET TOGETHER. 22:48 THEY WILL MAKE WHATEVER THE LOCATION IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF THEIR 22:55 FELLOWOWIP THERE. 22:56 HERE IS ANOTHER STORY. 23:01 THIS IS RAMESH AND HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. 23:06 RAMESH IS A SHOP KEEPER. 23:08 IN OTHER WORDS HE HAS A LITTLE STORE. 23:11 ONE DAY IN THE HOT SUMMER HE WAS SITTING IN HIS SHOP. 23:16 NOW SHOP KEEPERS OVER THERE DON'T STAND IN THEIR SHOPS, THEY SIT IN THEIR 23:20 SHOPS. 23:22 THEY SIT ON A MAT ON A PLATFORM WITH THEIR LEGS CROSSED. 23:26 YOU KNOW, INDIAN PEOPLE CAN DO THAT AND BE COMFORTABLE. 23:29 SOME OF US WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE DOING THAT, BUT HE WAS SITTING THERE. 23:32 ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CAME ALONG AND BEGAN TO TALK WITH HIM. 23:38 AS THEY TALKED THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER MUST HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED THAT HE WAS 23:47 SOMEBODY WHO WAS SEARCHING, SO HE GAVE THIS MAN A NEW TESTAMENT. 23:52 THE MAN TOOK THE NEW TESTAMENT HOME AND SAID THAT WHEN HE STARTRT 23:59 READING THAT NEW TESTAMENT HE COULD TELL WHEN JESUS ACTUALLY LIVED BY THE 24:05 CHRONOLOGYGYND ABOUT HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND. 24:09 HE WENT ON READING AND HE SAID WHEN HE WAS HOLDING THAT NEW TESTAMENT IN HIS 24:16 HAND AND READING IT, SOMEHOW THE POWER CAME INTO HIM AND HELPED HIM TO 24:23 UNDERSTAND IT. 24:25 JESUS SAID, WHEN HE THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH IS COME HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL 24:31 TRUTH. 24:32 I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN HERE IN NORTH AMERICA TOO. 24:34 GOD IS FAITHFUL. 24:37 HE WILL FULFILL HIS PROMISE. 24:39 THIS IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WHO GAVE THE NEW TESTAMENT TO THE SHOP 24:49 KEEPER. 24:50 THE LAST TWO PICTURES ARE OF AN AREA IN INDIA WHERE I WENT IN 1967. 25:03 THERE WAS A FAMINE THERE AND SIX OR SEVEN OF US WENT AND OUR 25:10 RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT FAMINE RELIEF WAS TO PROVIDE VITAMINS, SOME 25:16 SANITARY SUPPLIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SOAP ETC. I CAN REMEMBER ONE 25:24 OF OUR MISSIONARY LADIES HANDING OUT VITAMIN PILLS TO SOMEBODY. 25:28 THOSE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE A WATCH TO KEEP TIME, AND SHE WOULD POINT UP TO THE 25:37 SKY AND TELL THEM TO TAKE ONE IN THE MORNING AT SUNRISE AND TAKE ONE IN 25:41 THE EVENING AT SUNSET. 25:45 NOW YOU COME BACK TO THAT SAME PLACE AND THESE PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING THE 25:52 BLESSINGS OF HEAVEN VIA THE BIBLE. 25:54 THAT LADY IN THE WHITE IN THE CENTER WHOSE NAME IS SEVI REMINDS ME SO MUCH OF 26:04 A LITTLE GIRL I SAW. 26:05 WE HAD BEEN THERE IN THOSE VILLAGES. 26:07 THE PEOPLE WERE COOKING THEIR FOOD OVER LITTLE PILES OF COW DUNG IN A 26:11 LITTLE METAL POT. 26:13 IT HADN'T RAINED FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS. 26:18 WE WERE ALL PRAYING, OF COURSE, AND JUST AS WE WERE DRIVING OUT THE RAIN 26:24 CAME. 26:25 I REMEMBER SEEING A LITTLE GIRL RUN ACROSS THE ROAD IN FRONT OF US WITH 26:30 NOTHING BUT DIRTY RAGS ON HER. 26:32 SHE WAS SO HAPPY THAT THE RAIN HAD COME. 26:36 NOW THE RAIN OF THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS S ME. 26:41 AND THAT LADY REMINDED YOU OF THAT WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 26:44 AND YOU'VE REMINDED US BROTHER JAMES OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS AND HIS WORK 26:52 THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:53 I JUST WANT TO SAY A FINAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE A PART OF THE 27:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 27:03 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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