Participants: Don Halenz
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000501
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00:16 HELLO GOOD FRIENDS.
00:17 I'M DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN FOR ANOTHER PROGRAM OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:24 WHERE WE REALLY DO MISSION ADVENTURES. 00:28 EACH TIME I GET TO BE WITH YOU I BRING ALONG A PERSON WHO IS REPRESENTATIVE OF 00:36 THE FRONT LINES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 00:40 AND FRANKLY, SOME OF YOU WILL RELATE WHEN I SAY THIS, WHEN I WAS A BOY 00:46 YOUNGER AND WE HAD MISSION STORIES. 00:49 IT MOVED US TO THE FRONT OF THE SEAT AS WE HEARD THESE DRAMATIC EXPERIENCES 00:54 THAT MISSIONARIES BROUGHT TO US. 00:56 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE HAVE MISSION STORIES, MISSION STORIES, MISSION 01:00 STORIES, AND I GET TO BE KIND OF A ONE-PERSON AUDIENCE PRESENTING TO YOU 01:06 UPDATED MISSION STORIES. 01:09 I HAVE ANOTHER MISSIONARY HERE TODAY. 01:12 MY GOOD FRIEND WHOM I HAVEN'T KNOWN THAT LONG, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY 01:15 DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:17 YOU GET TO BE CLOSE FRIENDS QUICKLY. 01:19 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:20 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:21 DON HALENZ. 01:23 AND DON, YOU ARE ONE OF THE NEWER REGIONAL DIRECTORS AT GOSPEL 01:28 OUTREACH. 01:29 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:30 WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU? 01:31 OH, IT'S WONDERFUL. 01:32 I TELL YOU I'M SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS GOING IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH 01:41 TODAY. 01:42 EVERYBODY IS A VOLUNTEER. 01:43 WHEN PEOPLE DONATE FUNDS THEY GO RIGHT TO THE MISSION FIELD, BY AND 01:47 LARGE. 01:48 AND I CAN TELL YOU HE DIDN'T GET PAID TO SAY THAT. 01:50 NO I DIDN'T GET PAID. 01:52 NOR DOES ANYONE ELSE AROUND GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:55 WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF THE CALL OF GOD ON OUR LIVES, ON US AS BELIEVERS, THAT 02:05 THERE'S A WORLD THAT NEEDS TO KNOW WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE'S LIKE AND GOSPEL 02:10 OUTREACH IS A WAY TO GIVE THAT STORY. 02:12 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:13 THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. 02:14 NOW DON, YOU AND I WERE TOGETHER. 02:16 BY THE WAY, WHAT'S THE NUMBER OF YOUR REGION AT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 02:18 REGION 17. 02:20 YES REGION 17. 02:21 THAT INCLUDES SOUTH INDIA AND SRI LANKA. 02:25 YOU REMINDED ME THAT THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER WE TALKED ABOUT SRI LANKA. 02:28 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:30 I JUST OVERHEARD YOU SAYING THE OTHER DAY THAT THERE'S A REAL PRAYER 02:35 REQUEST YOU HAVE FOR SRI LANKA. 02:37 THERE IS. 02:38 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 02:40 THERE IS, THERE IS A REAL PRAYER REQUEST. 02:42 WHEN I WAS IN SRI LANKA LAST TIME JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO THEY TOOK ME TO 02:45 VISIT ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 02:48 HE TOOK ME TO A CHURCH WHICH THEY ARE STARTING. 02:52 RIGHT NOW THEY ARE MEETING ON THE SIDE OF THIS HOUSE, BUT THEY ARE STARTING TO 02:54 BUILD THEIR OWN CHURCH. 02:56 THEY HAVE THE LAND, THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD ALL THE PERMITS, EVERYTHING LINED 03:00 UP TO GO, BUT DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL SOMEONE WHO HAD 03:05 SOME AUTHORITY CAME AND STOPPED THE WORK. 03:08 THE WEEDS ARE GROWING UP. 03:09 THE TREES ARE STARTING TO GROW THERE IN THE FIELD. 03:13 THE FOUNDATIONS ARE ALL IN FOR THE CHURCH, BUT THE WORK HAS STOPPED. 03:18 THAT'S A MATTER OF PRAYER THAT WE NEED TO PRAY FOR. 03:20 SO FOLKS, I'M GOING TO BREAK RIGHT HERE AND ASK YOU TO BE IN PRAYER FOR 03:27 THAT CONGREGATION. 03:28 ALL YOU NEED TO REMEMBER IS SRI LANKA. 03:30 GOD KNOWS ALL ABOUT WHERE IT IS AND WHAT'S GOING ON. 03:32 THERE IS A FAMILY OF BELIEVERS THERE WHO HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN 03:39 TO ADVANCE GOD'S CAUSE TO ESTABLISH A PLACE WHERE OTHERS CAN BE INVITED TO 03:44 WORSHIP, AND IT'S BEEN STOPPED. 03:47 YOU KNOW ABOUT THE GREAT CONTROVERSY. 03:49 THEY ARE IN THE CROSS FIRE OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY RIGHT THERE IN SRI LANKA. 03:53 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:55 SO WOULD YOU TODAY REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY, 04:01 GOD'S WORK IN SRI LANKA IN THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. 04:05 THANK YOU. 04:06 THANK YOU REMINDING US OF THAT DON. 04:08 THERE IS NEW LEADERSHIP IN SRI LANKA, AND I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE 04:12 VERY BEST THEY CAN TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD. 04:14 BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE EVERYONE'S PRAYERS. 04:17 WE CAN'T DO THIS BY OURSELVES. 04:18 AMEN. 04:19 ALRIGHT. 04:20 THE OTHER PART OF YOUR REGION IS THE SMALLEST STATE IN INDIA. 04:25 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:26 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT GOA A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING. 04:29 GOA IS, I THINK, THE NEWEST STATE IN INDIA. 04:32 IT'S THE SMALLEST STATE, BUT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT STATE. 04:36 THE GOSPEL WAS BROUGHT TO INDIA FIRST OF ALL BY THE APOSTLE THOMAS. 04:41 HE WAS KNOWN AS DOUBTING THOMAS. 04:43 YOU RECALL THE STORY? 04:44 YES. 04:45 THOMAS WENT TO INDIA, AND I UNDERSTAND HE WORKED IN GOA FOR AWHILE. 04:49 HE ACTUALLY FINISHED HIS MINISTRY IN THE CITY OF CHENNAI. 04:53 I'D LIKE TO SHOW THE FIRST PICTURE OF THE CITY OF CHENNAI. 04:57 IT'S A LARGE CITY. 04:59 THIS IS WHERE THOMAS WORKED WHEN HE WAS WORKING IN THE LAST PART OF HIS 05:04 LIFE HERE IN THE CITY OF CHENNAI. 05:06 LOOKING OUT YOU SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE. 05:09 WE HAVE QUITE A GOOD SIZED WORK IN THE CITY OF CHENNAI. 05:12 THERE ARE THREE TEAMS OF EIGHT WORKERS. 05:15 EACH TEAM IS GOING AROUND EVERY DAY. 05:17 THEY MEET EVERY MORNING FOR PRAYER THEN THEY GO OUT. 05:20 YOU HAVE 24 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE? 05:23 WE HAVE 24 WORKERS AND THREE SUPERVISORS WITH A TOTAL OF 27. 05:25 THEY ARE CARRYING THE WORK FORWARD, AND I'M JUST VERY PLEASED. 05:29 THE REPORT I GOT FOR THE THIRD QUARTER FROM THE CITY OF CHENNAI WAS THAT 05:34 THEY HAD 400 BAPTISMS IN THAT CITY. 05:37 PRAISE THE LORD. 05:38 IT'S WONDERFUL. 05:39 IT'S WONDERFUL. 05:40 JUST A LITTLE NOTE OF HISTORY AND MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO THAT, BUT 05:42 ISN'T THOMAS BURIED SOMEPLACE IN GOA? 05:52 YES HE IS BURIED RIGHT HERE. 05:54 THE NEXT PICTURE SHOWS IT. 05:56 THIS IS A SHOT OF THE FIELD RIGHT NEAR WHERE HE IS BURIED. 06:00 HE WAS KILLED APPARENTLY RIGHT ABOUT WHERE THIS IS. 06:03 THE PICTURE HAS SOME SHADOWS. 06:04 THOSE ARE COWS IN THE PICTURE. 06:06 BACK IN THE DISTANCE THOSE ARE LARGE ROCK LETTERINGS. 06:10 REMEMBER IN THE BIBLICAL STORY HE SAID "I WON'T BELIEVE IT IS REALLY 06:15 CHRIST UNLESS I TOUCH HIS SIDE AND SEE HIS HANDS." 06:20 HE LOOKED AND SAID "MY LORD AND MY GOD." 06:23 HE BELIEVED IT WAS HIS LORD. 06:26 THEY HAVE WRITTEN THAT IN STONE IN THE FIELD WHERE THE COWS ARE. 06:32 THAT'S WHERE HE IS BURIED. 06:34 THAT'S AN INTERESTING PLACE, AND IT'S VERY SYMBOLIC. 06:37 HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CITY. 06:40 THE CHURCH HAS BUILT A CHURCH THERE AND MY WIFE AND I ARE STANDING IN 06:43 FRONT OF THIS CHURCH. 06:44 THIS WAS SYMBOLIZING THOMAS' LIFE AND SO ON. 06:47 IT'S A MEMORIAL THAT WAS BUILT THERE. 06:49 THAT IS ALL RELATED TO THOMAS THE APOSTLE. 06:52 THE REST OF THE APOSTLES, I UNDERSTAND, PRETTY MUCH STAYED AROUND THE HOLY 06:57 LAND, JERUSALEM, ETC., BUT THOMAS WENT TO INDIA. 07:00 WHEN THOMAS RECEIVED THE CONVICTION THAT INDEED JESUS WAS LORD HE WASN'T 07:08 GOING TO SIT ON HIS PROVERBIAL LAURELS, HE WAS OUT TO PROCLAIM MY LORD 07:12 AND MY GOD. 07:13 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:14 I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT ROCK STATEMENT THERE. 07:19 THAT'S PROFOUND. 07:20 IN FACT DON, I HAPPEN TO HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS INDIAN. 07:27 WELL I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS OF THAT, BUT THE CONNECTION HE AND I 07:35 HAVE MADE IS BECAUSE THOMAS WENT TO INDIA AS A MISSIONARY, AND HE EVEN 07:43 THOUGH NOT DECLARING CHRISTIANITY HAS GREAT RESPECT FOR CHRISTIANITY 07:51 BECAUSE OF THE MINISTRY OF THOMAS. 07:53 I THINK IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT THAT IN THIS PROGRAM YOU'RE FOCUSING ON 07:58 GOA THE STATE THAT HE PROBABLY WENT TO. 08:01 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:02 WE BELIEVE THAT HE LANDED IN GOA EARLIER ON. 08:04 NOW GOA HAS AN INTERESTING HISTORY. 08:06 IT'S THE SMALLEST STATE IN INDIA. 08:08 IT'S PROBABLY THE NEWEST STATE, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT STATE. 08:13 THEY HAVE TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE PER CAPITA GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN GOA AS 08:18 COMPARED TO THE ENTIRE REST OF INDIA. 08:20 THAT'S TWO AND A HALF TIMES MORE PRODUCT PRODUCED IN GOA. 08:23 IT'S A GROWING STATE. 08:24 IT'S THE FASTEST GROWING STATE IN INDIA. 08:28 WE HAVE ALMOST NO WORK IN GOA. 08:31 WE HAVE I THINK THREE OR FOUR LITTLE CHURCHES, ABOUT 200 MEMBERS. 08:35 THERE ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE IN GOA, AND WE HAVE NO GOSPEL OUTREACH 08:39 WORK THERE. 08:40 ONE AND A HALF NOT MEMBERS. 08:42 NO ONE AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN GOA. 08:49 AND JUST A HANDFUL OF ADVENTISTS. 08:52 IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PLACE. 08:58 AS FAR AS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY BY THE POPULATION 09:05 THERE, WE CAN GET TO THE PEOPLE? 09:08 I THINK WE CAN. 09:09 WE HAVEN'T ENTERED THERE YET, BUT I THINK WE CAN. 09:12 IT TURNS OUT THAT ABOUT 70 SOME PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE ARE HINDUS, BUT ABOUT 35 09:19 PERCENT ARE CHRISTIAN. 09:21 SO THERE IS ROOM FOR US TO WORK THERE. 09:23 THE IDEA OF CHRISTIANITY IS NOT FULLY UNKNOWN IN GOA. 09:26 IF YOU'RE LIKE ME YOU LIKE MAPS, YOU LIKE TO SEE WHERE YOUR ARE LOOKING. 09:31 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP OF INDIA. 09:33 HERE IT IS ON YOUR SCREEN. 09:35 GOA IS DOWN HERE ON THE WESTERN SHORE. 09:38 WE'LL LOOK AT THE NEXT PICTURE WITH A RED CIRCLE. 09:41 THAT'S THE SATE OF GOA DOWN THERE IN THE SOUTH AND IT'S PART OF MY 09:46 TERRITORY. 09:47 AND ANOTHER PICTURE HERE. 09:49 THIS IS A BLOW UP OF THE MAP OF GOA. 09:53 IT'S DIVIDED INTO NORTH GOA AND SOUTH GOA. 09:56 THE NORTH YOU SEE IN THE BLUES AND SO ON IN THE SOUTH. 09:59 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITIES THERE. 10:01 IT'S NOT JUST THE MAJOR CITIES. 10:05 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER SMALL CITIES VIRTUALLY UNENTERED, 10:07 UNENTERED. 10:08 I HAVE A BURDEN TO SEE WORK GO ON IN GOA. 10:10 THAT'S THE REASON YOU'RE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR REGION 17. 10:12 KEEP THAT BEFORE US. 10:14 WE HAVE NO WAY OF REALLY KNOWING THE DETAIL ABOUT THESE REGIONS EXCEPT FOR 10:18 YOU FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO BE VOLUNTEER DIRECTORS AND CONNECT US WITH THE 10:22 PEOPLE. 10:23 I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE. 10:26 I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE YET, BUT I HOPE TO GO THERE VERY SOON AND SEE WHAT WE 10:42 CAN DO TO ESTABLISH WORK IN GOA BECAUSE I FEEL IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT 10:46 WE BE IN GOA. 10:47 I KNOW OTHERS BELIEVE THAT TOO. 10:49 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO THERE. 10:55 WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP AS FAR AS GOSPEL OUTREACH IS CONCERNED UNDER YOUR 11:01 LEADERSHIP TO GET THERE? 11:03 OKAY. 11:04 AFTER A BIT I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN APPEAL FOR GOA. 11:07 WE NEED TO RAISE FUNDS TO PLACE FIVE OR SIX GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN GOA. 11:12 I'VE SENT OFF EMAILS TO THE WEST INDIAN UNION AND THE DIVISION. 11:19 I THINK THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. 11:21 WE HAVE TO WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS, BUT I THINK THAT CAN BE DONE QUITE 11:24 QUICKLY. 11:25 THEN WE WILL IDENTIFY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND PLACE THEM IN GOA. 11:29 THAT'S MOST OF THE NEXT STEPS. 11:30 SO AT THIS POINT THIS IS A NEW AREA OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 11:39 IT'S A NEW THRUST WITH THE DOORS OPEN AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE'VE 11:48 GOT SOME WORKERS TO GO THERE. 11:50 AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FIVE WORKERS. 11:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 11:53 FIVE OR MAYBE SIX EVEN, BUT AT LEAST FIVE WORKERS. 11:56 HOW I'M SURE THE WAY THINGS-AND THE PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW THIS-TH E 12:00 WAY THINGS WORK AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:03 YOU BRING TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH BOARD OF LEADERSHIP-THIS IS A 12:09 WELL-ORGANIZED OPERATION AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, YOU BRING TO THEM THE REQUEST 12:15 AND WHAT THEN DO THEY DO WITH YOUR REQUEST? 12:19 THEY WILL TAKE THE REQUEST TO THE BOARD. 12:22 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH BOARD WILL REVIEW ALL THE REQUESTS THAT COME IN AND 12:27 THEN THEY WILL ASSIGN FUNDS TO THIS REQUEST. 12:29 NOW I'M PRETTY SURE, IN FACT I'M VERY SURE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS IN 12:33 FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT, BUT WE NEED THE FUNDING. 12:37 SO IT WILL Go TO THE BOARD AND AS SOON AS WE GET ALL THE PAPER WORK IN, IT WILL 12:41 GO TO THE BOARD, IT WILL BE APPROVED AND WE WILL BE PLACING WORKERS THERE. 12:45 WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS FOR FINDING THE WORKERS WHO WILL BE RIGHT FOR GOA? 12:52 ONE OF THE GENIUSES ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THAT THE WORKERS ARE HIRED BY 12:56 THE LOCAL CONFERENCE OR THE SECTION. 12:58 THEY ARE SUPERVISED BY THE LOCAL SECTION. 13:00 WE SUPPLY SOME TRAINING FOR THEM, AND IF THEY DON'T DO THEIR JOB THEY 13:04 ARE RELEASED BY THE LOCAL SECTION. 13:06 IT'S ALL UNDER CHURCH CONTROL. 13:07 WE LOOK TO THE CHURCH TO SUPPLY THE WORKERS TO GO INTO GOA. 13:09 WE SUPPLY THE MONEY, THEY SUPPLY THE WORKERS. 13:11 YOU KNOW, THIS LEADS ME TO A NEW DIMENSION, IT A PRETTY NEW DIMENSION 13:17 ANYWAY, OF MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THAT'S WHAT I HEAR TERMED 13:27 ADOPT A WORKER. 13:29 THE GOA PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME BUT IF YOU KNOW A DON OR A DAN OR A 13:39 DAVID OR A LINDA OR WHOMEVER IN GOA AND WE COULD TELL OUR GOSPEL 13:47 OUTREACH FAMILY ABOUT THAT PERSON, YOU COULD SAY "WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADOPT 13:55 THIS GOA WORKER?" 13:57 AND THAT'S THE WAY TO GET THE FUNDING. 13:59 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:00 MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO FIND OUT FROM THE LEADERSHIP OVER THERE IS THE NAMES OF 14:07 SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO GO TO WORK IF THERE WERE JUST THE RESOURCES TO 14:11 DO IT. 14:12 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:13 SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON NOW. 14:15 WE NEED TO GET THE NAMES IN. 14:16 THOSE NAMES WILL BE SCREENED BY THE LOCAL CONFERENCE FOR THE UNION 14:21 THEN THEY WILL BE APPROVED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH THEN THEY WILL BE SET FOR 14:24 FUNDING. 14:25 THERE'S A SYSTEM HERE THAT HAS TO BE FOLLOWED. 14:28 I JUST HAD AN IDEA. 14:30 EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF A WORKER YET FOR GOA, I'M GOING TO MAKE 14:36 A PROPOSAL TO OUR VIEWERS. 14:39 YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO US TALKING ABOUT GOA HERE, AND YOU KNOW ABOUT REGION 14:45 17 FROM DON HALENZ'S EXPLANATIONS ON OTHER OCCASIONS. 14:51 WE DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC NAME OF A WORKER OR WORKERS FOR GOA, BUT I'M 14:57 GOING TO PROPOSE THAT YOU FOLKS WHWHARE A PART OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 15:03 FAMILY, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT YOU OFFER TO ADOPT A WORKER FOR GOA. 15:11 YOU DON'T KNOW HER OR HIS NAME YET. 15:13 THIS IS NOT HARD FOR YOU TO REMEMBER. 15:18 YOU KNOW GOSPEL OUTREACH IS "GO" AND ALL YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IS "GOA", 15:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH GOA WORKER THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO ADOPT. 15:29 NOW I'VE ALSO PROPOSED IN OTHER PROGRAMS THAT IF YOU DON'T FEEL-B Y THE WAY, 15:35 HOW MANY DOLLARS ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS DON? 15:37 ABOUT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER MONTH TO SPONSOR A WORKER. 15:42 ALIGHT. 15:43 IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THE HUNDRED AND FIFTY IS WITHIN YOUR BUDGET AT THIS 15:47 TIME, GO TO THE NEIGHBORS AND ASK THEM TO HELP YOU. 15:50 GO TO YOUR SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS OR IN SOME FASHION UNDERTAKE THE SPONSORSHIP, 15:57 THE ADOPTION OF A WORKER FOR GOA. 16:00 YOU'VE HEARD BROTHER HALENZ SAY THAT WE NEED FIVE OR SIX WORKERS TO GET 16:07 INTO THIS FIELD WHERE THERE IS ALMOST NO WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE 16:11 FIELDS ARE WHITE, READY TO HARVEST. 16:14 OKAY, YOU SEE THE ADDRESS, THE PHONE NUMBER, ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED RIGHT 16:18 THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. 16:19 PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SAY WE'RE READY TO ADOPT A 16:25 WORKER FOR GOA. 16:26 WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. 16:28 WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO A POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THIS. 16:30 YES INDEED. 16:31 WELL, ALL THE RESPONSES FROM OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY ARE POSITIVE I'LL 16:34 TELL YOU THAT. 16:35 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 16:37 WHAT ELSE CAN WE KNOW ABOUT GOA THAT WILL HELP GET US ENTHUSED ABOUT THE 16:44 MINISTRY THERE? 16:45 I COULD SAY A LITTLE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE IF YOU LIKE. 16:48 YES. 16:49 GOA WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE PORTUGUESE A LITTLE MORE THAN 450 YEARS AGO. 16:54 IT WAS A PORTUGUESE COLONY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 16:57 THERE WERE VARIOUS LOOSE KINGDOMS AND SO ON AND THEY TOOK THE PLACE. 17:03 INDIA WAS NOT ESTABLISHED AT THAT TIME. 17:06 IT WAS JUST A LOOSE COLONY AND SO ON. 17:10 WELL THEN INDIA RECEIVED IT'S INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND IN 1947. 17:15 THEY REQUESTED FROM PORTUGAL TO PLEASE CEDE GOA TO US. 17:19 IT'S JUST THIS LITTLE AREA ON THE SIDE. 17:21 IT'S ON OUR CONTINENT, WE SURROUND IT TOTALLY, IT SHOULD BE PART OF INDIA. 17:25 SO THEY APPEALED TO THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT. 17:28 THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT SAID "NO WE DON'T THINK WE'RE GIVE IT TO YOU." 17:34 IT TURNED OUT IN 1961 THERE WAS A BATTLE THAT LASTED TWO DAYS. 17:39 THE PORTUGUESE WERE DEFEATED, THE INDIANS WERE VICTORIOUS SO THEY SIMPLY 17:44 TOOK GOA. 17:45 YOU MEAN AS RECENTLY AS 1961? 17:47 IN 1961 THEY BECAME AN INDIAN COLONY. 17:51 IT'S RECENT HISTORY. 17:52 SO THAT'S PERHAPS ONE REASON WHY WE BARELY HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH STARTED 17:57 THERE. 17:58 IT'S GOT THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALL OF INDIA, THE HIGHEST 18:02 STANDARD OF LIVING, THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT. 18:07 IT'S A BOOMING STATE. 18:09 IT'S A PLACE THAT WE NEED TO BE. 18:14 WELL WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO THERE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN AND BRING US 18:19 BACK MORE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF THE POTENTIAL AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF WE 18:25 CAN JUST LAUNCH THE WORK THERE. 18:27 A LOT OF PEOPLE GO THERE. 18:29 IT'S QUITE A HEAVILY TOURISTED AREA. 18:32 I HAVE A FINAL SHOT HERE WHICH WE'LL PUT ON THE SCREEN. 18:36 THIS SHOWS ONE OF THE BEACHES, ONE OF THE WELL-KNOWN BEACHES IN GOA. 18:40 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE WITH PALM TREES AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING. 18:44 IT'S A WARM CLIMATE. 18:45 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS AROUND 30 DEGREES CELSIUS. 18:47 IT'S PLEASANT WINTER AND SUMMER. 18:49 A LOT OF EUROPEANS GO TO GOA IN THE WINTERTIME FOR THEIR VACATION. 18:53 IN THE SUMMERTIME MORE OF THE INDIANS WILL GO TO GOA. 18:56 IT'S A LITTLE BIT WARMER. 18:57 IT'S A POPULAR VACATION SPOT. 18:59 YOU LOOK AT THIS AND THINK IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE, SO I'D LIKE 19:06 TO VISIT NEXT FEBRUARY OR MARCH AND I CAN BRING BACK A FIRST-HAND REPORT I 19:11 HOPE. 19:13 I AM FEELING THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME OTHER REGIONAL DIRECTORS WHO 19:17 AREN'T A BIT SYMPATHETIC WITH YOU ABOUT HAVING A TERRITORY LIKE GOA. 19:21 IT'S A GOOD TERRITORY I'M SURE. 19:24 BUT AS FAR AS THE COUNTRY OF INDIA IS CONCERNED IT BECOMES A VERY SIGNIFICANT 19:30 PART AND DIFFERENT. 19:32 IT IS. 19:33 IT'S BROADLY DIVERSIFIED. 19:35 IT'S LISTED AS A BIODIVERSITY HOT SPOT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE IN 19:42 THE AMAZON. 19:44 IT'S ABOUT 30 PERCENT NATIONAL FOREST WITH ALL THE FLORA AND FAUNA THERE. 19:51 IT'S QUITE WELL DEVELOPED ACTUALLY. 19:54 THERE MUST BE QUITE A PORTUGUESE INFLUENCE STILL. 19:56 YES. 19:57 THE OLDER PEOPLE STILL SPEAK PORTUGUESE. 19:59 THE YOUNGER GENERATION ARE LEARNING THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE WHICH IS KONKANI. 20:05 THEY ARE LEARNING THAT LANGUAGE. 20:08 IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE ALL TAUGHT IN THE DIALECT, 20:12 WHATEVER IS THE LOCAL DIALECT, BUT THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ENGLISH. 20:16 IT TURNS OUT THAT 87 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IS LITERATE IN GOA. 20:21 IT'S QUITE A HIGH LITERACY RATE IN GOA. 20:24 THEY HAVE SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES, SEVERAL SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING, 20:28 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MEDICAL SCHOOL. 20:30 IT'S A BOOMING PLACE. 20:33 THAT SUGGESTS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH NOT ONLY HAS A VERY URGENT MISSION TO 20:42 SOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOSPEL 20:49 OUTREACH IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD AS WELL. 20:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:53 IT'S FASCINATING TO ME THAT THIS IS A PART OF YOUR TERRITORY BECAUSE 20:56 IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT FROM SRI LANKA ISN'T IT. 20:58 YES, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM SRI LANKA. 21:00 IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. 21:01 IT'S PART OF ASIA OF COURSE BUT SRI LANKA IS A BIT DIFFERENT. 21:04 THEY GROW TEA AND SO ON IN THE HIGH COUNTRY IN SRI LANKA AND RICE IN THE 21:10 LOWER COUNTRY. 21:11 IN GOA IT'S MOSTLY RICE. 21:13 IT'S LOW LAND BUT THEN THERE ARE SOME MOUNTAINOUS AREAS TOO. 21:17 IT'S QUITE DIVERSIFIED AND A WONDERFUL STATE AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. 21:22 YOU KNOW DON, YOU'VE REALLY IMPRESSED ME TO SAY, BECAUSE YOU SAID 21:25 YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR FIRST TRIP TO GOA AND HERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 21:33 THE TOPOGRAPHY AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHY AND YOU'RE 21:37 TALKING ABOUT THE POPULATION AND ALL OF THAT. 21:39 OF COURSE WE'RE IN THE AGE WHERE WE CAN GOOGLE ABOUT ANYTHING WE WANT TO AND 21:45 WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT, BUT THAT WILL LET YOU GO TO GOA FEELING A LITTLE 21:50 MORE AT HOME AND KNOWING HOW TO CONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE THERE. 21:55 DO WE HAVE ANY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LEADERSHIP IN GOA OR IS IT LEAD FROM 22:01 OTHER AREAS? 22:02 I CAN'T DETERMINE IF WE HAVE AN OFFICE OR MISSION OFFICE OR SECTION OFFICE 22:05 IN GOA. 22:06 I THINK IT'S ALL ADMINISTERED FROM THE UNION OR FROM OTHER 22:09 SECTION HEADQUARTERS WHICH IS ABOUT 150 MILES AWAY FROM GOA I UNDERSTAND. 22:15 THERE IS A SECONDARY SCHOOL. 22:16 IT'S A MISSION SCHOOL THAT'S FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GO TO THAT 22:20 SCHOOL. 22:21 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LITTLE CHURCHES IN THE AREA AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. 22:24 OKAY. 22:25 WELL FOLKS, THIS IS NOT UNLIKE ANY OTHER REGION WHERE WE HAVE WORKERS FROM 22:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:39 THERE ARE NEEDS. 22:41 THERE ARE SOULS WHO HAVE NOT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING WHO JESUS IS. 22:47 AND THAT'S WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL ABOUT-BEING ABLE TO ENTER 22:52 THOSE TERRITORIES WHERE JESUS WOULD HAVE HIS EVANGELISTS, HIS 22:57 MISSIONARIES GO TO LET THE FOLKS KNOW WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE'S LIKE. 23:02 WE'VE GOT JUST A FEW BRIEF MINUTES HERE REMAINING DON. 23:09 I WANT TO GO BACK, I REMEMBER A LITTLE BIT BUT NOT TOO MUCH-AND THIS IS 23:13 FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR VIEWERS WHO MAY BE NEW TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 23:17 WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO JOIN US ON A CONSTANT BASIS. 23:21 WHAT WAS IT, YOU CAN BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC THAN YOU WERE EARLIER, WHAT WAS 23:26 IT THAT CONVICTED YOU TO JOIN UP WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND BECOME A PART 23:32 OF THIS MINISTRY? 23:33 I'VE BEEN A WORKER FOR THE CHURCH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 23:36 WHEN I CAME BACK FROM OVERSEAS I JOINED ONE OF OUR NORTH AMERICAN 23:40 COLLEGES. 23:42 I RETIRED AND I WAS INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING. 23:44 I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST SIT AROUND AND WATCH TELEVISION. 23:46 I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE LORD. 23:48 I CONTACTED GOSPEL OUTREACH. 23:49 AT THAT POINT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OPENINGS BUT A LITTLE BIT LATER I 23:53 RECEIVED WORD THAT YES THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN OPENING IN SOUTH INDIA AND 23:58 GO AHEAD AND APPLY. 24:00 SO I SENT MY NAME IN AND I RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO COME TO THE BOARD MEETING. 24:05 I WENT TO THE BOARD MEETING THREE YEARS AGO, BEEN ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW 24:09 OR TWO AND HALF YEARS AND LO AND BEHOLD THEY SAID "WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU 24:14 TAKE SOUTH INDIA." 24:15 I SAID "YES, I WANT TO DO THIS." 24:17 I WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE LORD AS LONG AS I'M ABLE TO DO IT. 24:21 SO AS LONG AS THE LORD GIVES ME HEALTH AND STRENGTH AND MY WIFE SO 24:24 SHE CAN GO WITH ME, WE'RE GOING TO SERVE GOSPEL OUTREACH. 24:26 I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL MINISTRY, AND I COMMEND IT TO EVERYONE. 24:30 YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE ASIDE BECAUSE ALL OF US AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:39 HAVE HAD PRETTY MUCH OF A HISTORY OF MINISTRY WITH THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 24:46 CHURCH IN SOME CAPACITY OR OTHER. 24:50 AT RETIREMENT WE DON'T STOP, WE DON'T WANT TO STOP. 24:54 I'M NOT GOING TO TELL ANYBODY HOW OLD I AM BUT I COULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THE 24:59 LIFE THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME AND YOU AS WELL. 25:04 WHEN WE COME HERE WE'RE WITH A GROUP OF RETIRED PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN 25:12 INVOLVED WITH THE CHURCH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 25:15 THE INTERESTING AND THE INSPIRING PERSPECTIVE OF IT IS IF YOU WANT TO 25:21 CONTINUE TO LIVE WITH HEALTH AND ENERGY, VITALITY AND SOMETHING TO 25:27 KEEP YOU EXCITED, JOIN GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:30 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:31 YOU'LL LIVE LONGER. 25:32 YOU'LL STAY HEALTHY. 25:33 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:34 YOU'LL LIVE LONGER, YOU'LL BE HEALTHIER AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL WORKING WITH 25:37 OTHER WORKERS. 25:38 THE INSPIRATION WHICH WE HAVE WHEN WE GET TOGETHER. 25:40 WE HEAR STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND THE INSPIRATION IS MARVELOUS. 25:44 EVERYBODY IS JUST SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 25:48 IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 25:49 IT'S A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN SITTING AT HOME WATCHING TELEVISION ALL 25:52 DAY LONG. 25:53 TO BE OUT AND BE INVOLVED IN DOING SOMETHING FOR THE LORD. 25:56 DON AND I ARE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THE FALL OF 2013, OCTOBER 26:01 ACTUALLY. 26:02 THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE GOSPEL O OREACH GROUP COMES TOGETHER TO LAY 26:06 PLANS AND TO CHART THE FUTURE. 26:10 THE SABBATH THAT WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER WAS A WONDERFUL PRAYER 26:14 EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD TOGETHER. 26:16 THIS IS NOT A PLACE WHERE WE JUST COME AND JUST FELLOWSHIP WHICH IS VERY 26:22 IMPORTANT TOO, BUT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS, SERIOUS COMMITMENT TO MINISTRY IN 26:29 THE CAUSE OF GOD IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 26:31 BECAUSE AS I HEAR DON SAY AND I HEAR SO MANY SAY WE DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE GOT A 26:36 LOT OF TIME TO DO THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE'RE COMMISSIONED TO DO. 26:41 SO WE'RE IN EARNEST ABOUT IT. 26:43 WE'RE CONVICTED ABOUT ITAND WE'RE HERE TO SEE THE WORK GO FORWARD AND 26:49 ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO BE READY TO SEE JESUS. 26:52 DON, THANK YOU BROTHER. 26:54 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 26:55 IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. 26:56 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 26:57 AND THANK YOU. 26:58 WE'LL BE BACK WITH YOU NEXT TIME. 27:07 [CLOSING MUSIC] I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:18 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:22 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:24 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:27 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:31 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 27:34 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:38 I GIVE UP. 27:39 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:41 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:43 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:45 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:51 WHERE? 27:52 ALL THE WORLD. 27:53 HOW CAN I GO. 27:54 I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:55 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:57 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:02 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:06 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:09 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 28:12 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:14 BE THE SPARK. 28:15 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:18 FINISH THE WORK. 28:22 FINISH THE WORK. 28:26 BE THE SPARK. |
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