Participants: Don Halenz
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000531
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00:15 I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM 00:21 BROUGHT TO YOU, BROUGHT TO US BY G GPEL OUTREACH. 00:25 AND AGAIN I GET TO BE HERE IN THE GOSPEPEOUTREACH STUDIO IN COLLEGE PLACE, 00:32 WASHINGTON. 00:33 AND JUST SAYING THAT REMINDS ME OF THE MIRACLE OF THIS PLACE. 00:39 SOME TIME YOU NEED TO ASK SOMEBODY WHAT'S THE MIRACLE OF THE STUDIO AND 00:45 THE OFFIFIS AND THE BUILILNGS WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH V VUNTETES WORK 00:50 HERE IN COLLEGE PLACE. 00:51 IT'S A THRILLING STORY ALL BY ITSELF. 00:53 BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU SOME MORE INTERESTING STORIES. 00:55 NO, I DON'T TELL YOU THE STORIES,S, GET TO INTRODUCE TO YOU PEOPLE 01:00 WHO HAVE BEEN OUT THERE AND MET SOME OF GOD'S CHILDREN WHO ARE FINDING 01:08 OUT ABOUT HIS NAME, HIS CHARACTER, HIS KINGDOM AND THE REDEEMING LOVE THAT HE 01:14 PROVOVES TO ALL OF US. 01:17 AND MY GUEST TODAY IS MY DEAR FRIEND DON HALENZ. 01:21 WELCOME DON. 01:22 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:23 IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU. 01:28 YOU ARE A KIND OFFRECENT LEADERL 01:28 OUTREACH AREN'T' YOU. 01:34 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:35 I JOINED JUST THREE YEARS AGO. 01:36 THIS IS MY THIRD TRIP TO INDIA AND SRI LANKA. 01:39 I HAVE BEEN SO PLEASED TO REPRESENT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:43 I'M TELLING YOU IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. 01:46 YOU KNOW, I WANT TO JUST PAUSE ON THAT NOTE A BIT DON BECAUSE E U HAVE SPENT 01:54 YOUR MINISTRY, FOR YOUR WHOLE LIFE CAREER, IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT ARENA. 02:00 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 02:01 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:02 I WAS A CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR FOR MANY YEARS. 02:04 ACTUALLY I TAUGHT FIVE YEARS AT ANDREWS THEN WE WENT OVERSEAS AS A 02:09 CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR AND 02:09 DID CHEMISTRY TEACHING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 02:12 THENENHEY Y ASD D TO BECOME AN ADMINISTRATOR AND I WENT TO MOUNTAIN 02:17 VIEW COLLEGE AS A DEAN AND BECAME PRESIDENT DOWN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS. 02:21 THEN WENT TO SINGAPORE AND PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE IN SINGAPORE BEFORE ITITAS 02:26 CLOSED DOWN AND MOVED TO THAILAND. 02:28 THEN BACK TO PUC, PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE, WHERE I TAUGHT CHEMISTRY FOR A 02:32 NUMBER OF YEARS UNTIL I RETIRED. 02:34 I WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE MISSIONS WORK AGAIN. 02:36 SO I PUT IN MY NAME AS A VOLUNTEER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:40 WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO GOSPEL OUTREACH? 02:43 I THINK GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ONE OF THE BEST ORGANIZATIONS THERE IS 02:46 GOING IN THE CHURCH TODAY. 02:47 THE REASON IS WE ARE VOLUNTEERS. 02:50 NO BODY GETS A SALARY. 02:52 ALL THE FUNDS WHICH ARE DONATED GO RIGHT TO THE MISSION FIELD TO SUPPORT 02:56 THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 02:58 SO I THINK YOU GET THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND 03:03 I'M JUST PLEASED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. 03:06 COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF DON. 03:08 THAT IS WONDERFUL. 03:11 I COULDN'T HELP BUT SMILE INSIDE A LITTLE BIT AS DON WAS EXPLAINING THE 03:17 BLESSINGS AND THE ADVANTAGES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT ATTRACTED 03:21 HIM. 03:23 AND HERE HE IS, HE'S LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO DO SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. 03:27 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:28 IN REALITY YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF THE BLESSING 03:35 THAT GOD IS PROVIDING THROUGH THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 03:41 I GET TO SIT HERE IN THIS CHAIR AND MET PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE BEEN OUT 03:46 THERE AND MET FAITHFUL WORKERS WHO ARE DOING UNBELIEVABLE THINGS. 03:53 I THINK IN OUR ECONOMY AND OUR CULTURAL ORIENTATION SOMETHING ABOUT US WE 04:02 WOULDN'T EVEN THINK OF DOING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE PEOPLE DOING 04:06 OUT THERE. 04:07 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:08 AND THAT REMINDS ME THAT WE REALLY NEED THESE STORIES FROM THE FRONT 04:14 LINES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT PROBABLY WILL MAKE A CONVERSION DIFFERENCE IN 04:20 OUR OWN LIVES. 04:22 I THINK SO. 04:23 DO YOU FEEL ANY OF THAT YOURSELF? 04:25 OH YES, I FEEL THAT VERY STRONGLY. 04:27 IT'S STRENGTHENED MY FAITH IN THE LORD TO GO OVERSEAS AND TALK TO THE WORKERS 04:31 THERE AND HEAR THEIR STORIES FIRST HAND. 04:34 IT'S A MARVELOUS THING. 04:35 I THINK THE LORD IS WORKING IN THESE COUNTRIES. 04:37 IT'S STRENGTHENED MY FAITH A GREAT DEAL TO BE A VOLUNTEER. 04:43 DON, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVERY ASKED ANYBODY THIS QUESTION BEFORE AND I'M 04:47 NOT SURE IF IT'S A REASONABLE QUESTION, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT 04:53 ANYWAY. 04:54 AND I THINK YOU'RE THE ONE WHO CAN SPEAK TO IT. 04:58 THIS INSPIRATION THAT YOU RECEIVE THROUGH YOUR ASSOCIATION WITH GOSPEL 05:03 OUTREACH AND WHO YOU MEET AS YOU GO TO MEET THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT LINES 05:09 OF YOUR REGION, WHAT DOES IT DO FOR YOU BACK HERE IN YOUR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 05:15 FELLOWSHIP AND IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 05:17 IS THERE ANYTHING THERE? 05:18 YES, I HAVE PROMOTED IN MY HOME CHURCH FOR GOSPEL REACH AND I HAVE A NUMBER 05:23 OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BECOME DONORS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 05:26 WHEN I GO OVERSEAS I USUALLY ASK THEM TO PLEASE HELP ME WITH SOME EXPENSE 05:31 FOR BRINGING THE WORKERS IN TO CENTERS SO THEY CAN BE TRAINED AND PEOPLE HAVE 05:35 CONTRIBUTED GENEROUSLY. 05:37 SO IT'S DONE A GREAT DEAL FOR ME AND FOR MY HOME CHURCH AND FOR THOSE WHO 05:41 HAVE DONATED. 05:42 I THINK IT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD THING THAT WAY. 05:45 SO IT REALLY CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR HOME MISSIONARY WORK. 05:50 AND SOMETIMES I GUESS IN OUR HISTORY WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT MISSIONS WE ALWAYS 05:59 PRECEDE THAT WITH FOREIGN MISSIONS IN OUR HISTORY ANYWAY. 06:04 THAT'S WHAT I WAS DRIVING AT. 06:05 DOES IT MAKE BETTER HOME MISSIONARIES OUT OF US? 06:07 I THINK IT DOES. 06:08 I THINK IT DEFINITELY DOES. 06:09 OKAY DON. 06:10 TELL US ABOUT YOUR REGION. 06:11 OKAY. 06:12 I'M ASSIGNED TO GO TO SRI LANKA AND TO SOUTH INDIA. 06:20 IN SRI LANKA WE HAVE THREE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER WORKERS NOW AT THE PRESENT 06:24 TIME. 06:25 THEY ARE WORKING HARD DOING THE JOB THE BEST THEY CAN. 06:30 I ALSO HAVE THE SOUTH PART OF INDIA WHERE WE WENT AND VISITED WITH THE WORKERS 06:35 IN EIGHT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. 06:37 IN ADDITION, WE WENT TO GOA WHICH IS A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE NO GOSPEL OUTREACH 06:42 WORK WHATSOEVER. 06:44 THERE IS A SMALL MISSION THERE, A SMALL SECTION HEADQUARTERS BUT THEY HAVE 06:48 NO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 06:49 I'D LIKE TO PUT SOMEBODY IN GOA. 06:51 HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO THE EXISTING MISSION SERVICE 07:01 THAT THE CHURCH HAS IN SOME OF THESE AREAS? 07:03 I THINK THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. 07:07 IN SOME PLACES THEY ONLY HAVE TWO OR THREE. 07:09 THERE IS ONE PLACE THAT IS REQUESTING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 07:13 THEY ONLY HAVE ONE ORDAINED PASTOR IN THE FIELD AND THEY HAVE A 07:16 SMALL OFFICE. 07:17 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE ON THE FRONT LINE. 07:20 THEY ARE BRINGING IN THE SOULS. 07:22 THEY ARE BRINGING IN THE BAPTISMS. 07:24 THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE REALLY DOING THE WORK IN MANY OF THESE MISSIONS. 07:26 WE HAVE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN MANY OF THESE PLACES THAN THERE 07:30 ARE REGUGUR PAID WORKERS BY THE DENOMINATION. 07:33 SO I THINK THEY ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 07:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL ABOUT ASSISTING OR SUPPORTING THESE LOCAL 07:44 WORKERS. 07:45 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:46 SO SOMETHING IS PROVIDED TO THEM, BUT IT'S ON THE BASIS OF THE LOCAL 07:51 ECONOMY? 07:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:53 THEY ARE PAID ON THE BASIS OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY. 07:55 THEY ARE PAID A LOCAL WAGE. 07:57 ACTUALLY THE WAGES ARE FAIRLY LOW, BUT THEY ARE PAID A LIVABLE WAGE OF THE 08:02 LOCAL ECONOMY AND THEY ARE TO BE EVANGELISTS TO GO OUT TO MEET THEIR 08:06 NEIGHBORS ONE ON ONE, DOOR TO DOOR, DOOR TO DOOR VISITING AND BRINGING 08:10 PEOPLE TO JESUS. 08:11 WELL, THESE PEOPLE CERTAINLY DESERVE EVERYTHING THEY ARE 08:14 RECEIVING, BUT THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE MORE. 08:17 THEY SHOULD. 08:18 BUT WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH ATTEMPTS TO DO IS TO DISTRIBUTE THE GOSPEL 08:22 OUTREACH DOLLAR AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. 08:24 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:26 THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO WORK FOR THAT VERY MEAGER SUPPORT. 08:31 ONE OTHER JUST ORIENTATION-KIND OF GIVE ME A VERBAL IDENTITY OF 08:39 WHERE IS SRI LANKA. 08:41 AS I LOOK ON A MAP THERE'S INDIA, WHATEVER. 08:43 OKAY. 08:44 SRI LANKA IS A LITTLE ISLAND OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN TIP OF INDIA. 08:49 SO IT'S LIKE A LITTLE TEARDROP DOWN THERE AT THE FOOT PART. 08:54 IT WAS CALLED CEYLON BEFORE. 08:56 NOW IT'S SRI LANKA. 08:58 THEY HAVE BECOME INDEPENDENT. 09:01 THEY ARE WORKING HARD. 09:02 THEY'RE STRUGGLING A BIT BUT THEY ARE WORKING HARD. 09:04 THEY HAVE A NEW MISSION PRESIDENT THERE WHO IS TAKING HOLD AND I THINK HE 09:07 WILL DO WELL OVER THE LONG RUN. 09:09 YOU'VE BROUGHT SOME PICTURES FOR US. 09:12 YES, WE HAVE SOME PICTURES. 09:14 OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A VIDEO THAT WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND THEN 09:16 WE'LL COME BACK ANAN TATA ABOBO IT SOME MORE. 09:19 NEARLY TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE FIRST TEA PLANT WAS BROUGHT FROM CHINANAO 09:23 CEYLON BY THE BRBRISH. 09:25 IN 1867 THE FIRST TEA PLANTATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE HILLS BY CAMBY. 09:40 NOW MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED IN THE TEA INDUSTRY OF SRI LANKA. 09:48 THTHCLIMATE IS COOLLAND PLEASANT 09:48 LIFE IS NOT EASYSY 09:52 THERE ARE MANY HILLS TO CLIMB. 09:54 THE ROADS ARE NARROW TRACKS. 09:56 IT IS DIFFICULT TO PASS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 09:59 THIS THREE-WHEELER TAXI HAD TURNED OVER HALF AN HOUR BEFORE WE ARRIVED. 10:04 THIS BUS HAD BEEN THOROUGHGH BURNED OUOU 10:08 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER IN DE MADERA IS CALLED SAGA YAMA RIA 10:16 RAJAH 10:17 WE CALL HIM MICHAEL. 10:18 HE LIVES DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS HILL, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES 10:24 WHERE HE W WSHIPS ON SABBATH. 10:27 HIS SON LEO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAITHTHL HELPER UNTIL HE PERSUADED HIM TO 10:32 ATTEND OUR COLLEGE AT LAKPAHANA WHERE NOW AFTER GRADUATION HE IS AN 10:38 ASSISTANT PASTST AND ALSO A COMOMTER TEACHER. 10:42 ONE OF MICHAEL'S MANY TASKS IS TO FIND OTHER POTENTIAL STUDENTS TO 10:48 STSTY AT OUR SCHOOL. 10:49 RECENTLY HE HAS SENT FOUR MORE STUDENTS. 10:53 SOMETIMES MICHAEL WALKS HOURS TO VISIT DIFFERENT GROUPS. 10:57 THIS GROUP IS QUITE ACTIVE, AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A SMALL 11:02 CHURCH. 11:03 WE PLANTED A CORNERSTONE AND GAVE THE FIRST 200 DOLLARS FOR THIS FOUR 11:08 THOUSAND DOLLAR CHURUR. 11:09 AND WITH THIS STONE I WANT TO MAKE THIS PLACE INTO A VERY SPECIAL PLACE INTO A 11:16 BEBEOCK K USE OF GOD. 11:17 AMEN. 11:21 YOU MAY WANT TO HELP TOO. 11:23 MICHAEL WAS TRAINED AS A PASTOR FOR THE FOUR SQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH. 11:35 BUT HE RECEIVED BIBLE UDIES FROM A SEVENTH-DAY BAPTIZED. PASTOR AND WAS 11:40 HE NOW HAS 1 1BELIEVERS READY FOR BAPTISM AND D S SIX COMPANIES OF BELIEVERS 11:47 SCATTETED THROUGHOUT THTHPLANTATITIS. 11:50 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUTTONE FAMIL. 11:52 FATHER IS A DAY LABORER AT A LOCAL HARDWARE STORE. 11:57 MOTHER WORKS IN A DAYCARE CENTER. 11:59 THE YOUNGER DAUGHTER HAS JUST BEEN REGISTERED AT OUR CHURCH SCSCOL AT 12:04 LAKPKPANA. 12:06 THIS 17 YEAR-OLD GIRL IS PARAMILLA. 12:09 (GIRL SPEAKING) THE NEXTXTDAY WE 12:09 OF BABAGOLLA TO SEE OUR 12:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 12:30 (MAN SPEAKING). 12:32 HIS CHURCH IS AN EXTENSION OF HIS HOME AND HE HASAS16 REGUS 12:42 ABOUT 30 ATTENDING ON SABBATH. 12:46 HE HAS 22 INTERESTS READY FOR BAPTISM. 12:49 I MET BROTHER FERNANDO WANTING TO BE BAPTIZED BUT BLIND. 12:54 WE PROMISED TO SEND ONE OF THE BIBLE RECORDERS SUPPLIED BY GOSPEL 13:00 OUTREACH. 13:05 BIBLE FOR YOU SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN YOUR OWNG 13:09 LANGUAGE. 13:10 IT WILL BE IN TAMIL AND YOU CAN ENJOY THAT. 13:12 SO WE'LL GET THAT FOR YOU, OKAY. 13:15 WE NEED PEOPLE TO SPONSOR MORE OF THOSE SOLAR POWERED RECORDERS. 13:19 THEY COST US ABOUT 20 DOLLARS EACH. 13:23 (TALKING) ON THE RILOF PLANTATION WE VISITED ANOTHER FAMILY. 13:27 THREE YEARS AGO THIS YOUNG MAN WAS IN A FIGHT. 13:37 HE WAS STRUCK WITH SOME HEAVY OBJECT WHICH MADE A REAL HOLE IN THE SKULL SO 13:41 HE H H A H HE HERE. 13:43 HE CAN'T WORK RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT IS STILL HEALING BUT HE IS GETTING 13:48 BETTER. 13:49 SO WE HAVE TO PRAY FOR THIS YOUNG MAN. 13:51 KUMA IS A FAITHFUL VISITOR AND IS A POWEWEUL PREACHER. 13:55 (KUMA PREAEAING). 13:56 THESE ARE THE KIND OF WORKERS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SUPPORTING IN 14:05 THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF SRI LANKA. 14:10 IN THESE TEA PLANTATIONS COVERING THE MOUNTAINS ARE MANY PEOPLE WAITING TO 14:18 HEAR THE GOOD NEWS. 14:20 YOU TOO CAN HELP SRI LANKA. 14:25 VERY, VERY INTERESTING STORY YOU BRING TO US DON. 14:29 THANK YOU. 14:30 MICHAEL, WAS HE A TEA PLANTATION WORKER ORIGINALLY? 14:38 HE LIVES ON THE TEA PLANTATION. 14:40 I BELIEVE HIS WIFE IS A TEA PLANTATION WORKER SO THEY HAVE HOUSING ON THE 14:44 TEA PLANANTIONON 14:45 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER AND SHE WORKS FOR THE TEA PLANTATION. 14:49 THTH'S MY UNDERSTANDNDG. 14:50 THIS MICHAEL HAS A VERY INTERESTING STORY. 14:52 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN VISUALIZE, YOU SAW IT ON THE VIDEO, BUT HE WAS HIT 14:57 IN THE MOUTH AND BROKE OUT A TOOTH. 15:00 OH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT. 15:01 IT WASN'T VERY EVIDENT. 15:03 LAST YEAR I SHOWED A VIDEO OF MICHAEL AND THE LITTLE CHURCH WHICH HE IS 15:07 ESTABLISHING. 15:08 THE CHURCH WAS MEETING IN A MEMBER'S HOME. 15:12 THE MEMBERS WERE GONE FOR THE WEEKEND AND SOMEONE BURNED THE HOUSE TO THE 15:15 GROUND. 15:17 THEY HAD TO MOVE SO HE TRIED TO THINK WHAT WILL WE DO NOW FOR A PLACE TO 15:20 MEET. 15:21 SO WE GAVE MONEY AND HE RENTED A HOUSE FOR THE MEMBERS TO MEET IN. 15:27 THTHE WAS A DISAGREEMENT OUT HOW MUMU ANDNDHERE WAS AN ALTERCATION AND HE 15:31 WAWAHIT IN THE MOUTH OVER THISISHOLE THING SO NOW HE IS MISSING G TOOTH. 15:35 WE'RE GOGOG TOTORY AND GET THAT TOOTHTHIXED FOR MICHAEL BECAUSE HE IS 15:37 PROBABLY OUR BEST MOST PRODUCTIVE WORKER IN SRI LANKA NOW. 15:42 WOW. 15:43 THAT'S AN AMAZING STORY THAT IN ITSELF BUT DID I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SIX 15:51 OUPS? 15:52 SIX DIFFERENT GROUPS. 15:53 HE GOES AROUND AND TRIES TO VISIT TWO OFOFHEM EACH SABBATH. 15:57 SO OVER THTHPERIOD OF F MONTH HE WILL GET AROUND AND VISIT ALL THE VARIOUS 16:01 GROUPSPS 16:02 NOW IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT'S STEEP TRAILS AND DISTANCE. 16:06 OH YES. 16:07 DID YOU WALK THOSE DISTANCES? 16:08 NO WE DID NOT WALK THOSE DISTANCES. 16:10 WE WENT BY VEHICLE WHERE WE COULD. 16:12 WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TOTOISIT ALL THE PLACES THIS TIME. 16:15 WE ONLY HAD A DAY SO WE VISITED A COUPLE DIFFERENT SITES. 16:18 IT'S RUGGED TO TRY TO TRAVEL. 16:20 IT'S STEEP, UP AND DOWN AND ALL AROUND. 16:24 IT TAKES HIM HOURS TO REACH SOME OF THESE PLACES. 16:26 I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE INTERRUPTION RIGHT NOW IN OUOUPROGRAM AND LET YOU 16:35 GET AN APPEAL THAT WILL SPEAK TO YOUR HEART LIKE IT SPEAKS TO MINE. 16:41 I I ED TO SPRERE THE GOSPSP HERE AT HOME. 16:47 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 16:50 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 16:53 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 16:55 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 16:58 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 17:01 MY HEAD HURTS. 17:03 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 17:05 I GIVE UP. 17:07 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 17:09 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 17:11 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 17:14 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 17:19 WHERE? 17:20 ALL THE WORLD. 17:21 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 17:23 YOU CAN PRAY. 17:25 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 17:30 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 17:34 YOU CACAGIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:37 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 17:40 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 17:42 BE THE SPARK. 17:44 LIGHT THE FIRE. 17:46 FINISH THE WORK. 17:49 FINISH THE WORK. 17:52 BE THE SPARK. 17:55 I WANT TO THANK OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH PRODUCERS FOR ARRANGING TO HAVE THIS 18:01 STORY FOR US AND THANK YOU DON HALENZ FOR COMING BACK WITHTHS HERE. 18:07 AS YOU AND I ARE HEREEIN THE STR 18:07 VIVIERS DESERVRVTO KNOW 18:12 THAT LEADERSHIP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ENGAGED IN A TWICE YEARLY E ENT WHERE A 18:19 LOT OF PRAYERFUL STUDY IS GIVEN TO INCOME AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND H H IT'S 18:26 DIDIRIBUTED MOST APPROPRIATELY IN THE WORLD FIELD. 18:30 ALRIGHT. 18:32 WE'RE BACK TO SRI LANKA IN ANOTHER VIDEO THAT DON BRINGS TO US SO YOU WATCH. 18:38 SRI LALAA IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. 18:41 A LAND STEEPED IN TRADITION AND CULTURE. 18:44 A PLACE FILLED WITH MUSIC AND COLOR. 18:46 THIS IS A SMALL COUNTRY HANGING LIKE A TEAR DROP FROM THE SOUTHERN POINT OF 18:54 INDIA, A WORN-TORN COUNTRY STRUGGLING TO BE R RORN. 18:59 PEOPLE ARE WANTING SPIRITUAL HELP. 19:03 IN THE TOWN OF DUN LASURIA GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER WEMAUL IS LOOKING FOR 19:09 THESE PEOPLE. 19:11 HIS STIPEND IS VERY BASIC AND SO HE EARNS A LITTLE MONEY FROM THE 25 GOATS HE 19:16 RAISES. 19:18 THEY LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR A NEW CHURCH BUT WERE STOPPED BY LOCAL 19:22 OPPOSITION. 19:28 WE WANT TO BUILD A WE STATAED BUILDING ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. 19:32 THE BUDDHIST PRIEST OF THE AREA A D RELIGIOUOU AND THE POLICE STOPPED THE 19:41 BUILDING PROCESS. 19:42 BUT NOW 12 NEW BELIEVERS ARE READY TO TAKE A STAND. 19:46 FOR SOME OF THEM AT HASN'T BEEN AN EASY ROAD. 19:49 LET ME TELL YOU ABABT ONE LADY CALLED LUCILANG. 19:55 SHSHIS NOT A YOUNG WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND HAS DIED. 19:59 FOR HER LIVELIHOOD SHE HAD A SMALL BUSINESS. 20:04 SHE TRIED TO HELP PEOPLE COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD. 20:09 (LADY SPEAKING) SHE CLAIMED TO BE ABLE TO FIND ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS ANANTO 20:15 PASSSSN ADVICE (LADY SPEAKING). 20:22 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER MAUL STOPPED BY HER SHE WAS FRIEIELYLYAND 20:30 BUT WHEN HE VISITED AGAIN SHE SAID THAT SHE DIDN'T M NONOTO C CE AGAIN.KED 20:33 WEMAUL WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE TO STOP COMING AND HER BUSINESS WENT DOWN. 20:40 E WAWAHAVING DIFFICULTY MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO SURVIVE ON. 20:44 FOOD WAS HARD TO FIND AND SHE WAS ON THE POINT OF ENDING HER LIFE. 20:49 SOSOONE HAD IT IN FOR HER SON AND PLANTED SOME ILLEGAL LIQUOR IN HIS 20:54 HOUSE AND THEN CALLED THE POLICE. 20:57 THE SON ENDED UP IN JAIL. 20:58 (WOMAN CRYING) SHE WAS IN DESPAIR. 21:01 WEMAUL VISITED HER AND IN TIME MANAGED TO GET THE SON OUT OF JAIL. 21:16 SHE CAME TO WEMAUL'S HOUSE AND TOLD HIM THAT SHE WANTED TO MAKE SOME 21:23 CHANGES. 21:25 WHEN WEMAUL VISITED HER SHE ASKED WHAT SHE COULD DO. 21:29 HE SUGGESTED THAT ALL THE STUFF IN HER SHRINE SHOULD BE BURNED AND THAT WAS 21:36 JUST WHAT SHE DID. 21:40 WEMAUL STARTED HAVING BIBLE STUDIES AND SHE STARTED ATTENDING CHURCH 21:45 AND TODAY SHE IS ONE OF THTHE READY FOR BAPTISM. 21:50 WEMAUL AND OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN SRI LANKA NEED YOUR HELP. 21:58 WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SUPPORT A WORKERERIKE WEMAULUL 22:03 OF COURSE E 'RE WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT WORKER AREN'T WE. 22:09 AND DON, I REALIZE THAT THIS DEAR LADY HAD TO BE WILLING TO HAVE HER STORY 22:17 TOLD IN THE WAY YOU HAD HER DO THAT SO THAT YOU COULD BRING A PICTORIAL 22:23 ACCOUNT TO U UHERE. 22:26 THAT MUST HAVE BEEN KIND OF A CHALLENGE FOR HER TO HAVE TO GO BACK EVEN INTO 22:33 HER EARLIEIELIFE. 22:34 YES. 22:36 HOW WAS SHE WILLING TO DO THAT DO YOU KNOW? 22:38 I THINK SHE FELT THIS WOULD BE A HELP TO OTHER PEOPLE. 22:45 IT SEEMS THAT IN SO O NY CASESEWE HAVE COCO ACRCRS LIFE.'E'A CRISIS IN THE 22:46 THEY HAVE A DIVORCE OR SOMEONE DIES OR THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THEN THEY ARE 22:49 WILLLLG TOTOISTEN TO E GOSPEL O OREACACWORKRK AND COME INTO THEIR R VES. 22:53 SHE E S WILLING TO SAY YES GO AHEAD AND USE MY STORY. 22:56 THTHGENTLEMAN IN THE RED SHIRT, I'M SORRY I DON'T REMEMBER NAMES. 23:01 HIS NAME IS WEMAUL. 23:03 IS HE THE SINGLE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THAT AREA? 23:07 HE'S THE ONLY ONE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE ISLAND. 23:11 THE OTHER ONES ARE FARTHER SOUTH IN THE TEA PLANTATIONS. 23:14 SO THERE IS NO QUESTION 23:14 THAT WE E ED MORE WORKERS TO SUPPORT WHAT'S 23:21 HAPPENING THERE. 23:22 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:24 AND JUST TO TRY TO PUT THINGS IN SOME KIND OF PRACTICAL TERMS, WHAT KIND 23:31 OF R RMBURSEMENT DOES HE GET? 23:36 HE GETS A STIPEND FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH OF 3500 RUPEES PER MONTH. 23:41 IN ADDITITN, THE SRI LANKA MIMISSN MAY ADADA LILILE BIT OF TRAVEVEALLOWANCE E 23:45 HOUSUSG ALLOWANCE FOR HIM. 23:47 BUT THAT'S HIS BASIC STIPEND. 23:50 THE 3500 RUPEES A MONTH IS ABOUT SEVENTY DOLLARS A MONTH. 23:55 IT'S NOT A LOT. 23:56 DOES HE HAVE A FAMILY? 23:59 HE HAS A WIFE. 24:00 AND ALL OF THE TERRITORY FOR WHICH HE IS RESPONSIBLE KEEPS HIM ON 24:09 THE GO A LOT. 24:10 ABSOLUTELY. 24:11 HE DOES HAVE A MOTORCYCLE TO GET AROUND FORTUNATELY. 24:15 BUT EVEN THAT TAKES 24:15 A LITTLE MONEY. 24:17 OH YES. 24:18 THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATION FOLKS OF THE KIND OF WORKERS GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 24:20 ENDEAVORING TO DISCOVER AND SUPPORT OUT THTHE ON THE FRONT LINES. 24:22 I'D LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT CAMERA RIGHT THERE AND MAKE AN APPEAL TO OUR 24:31 VIEWERS DON ABOUT WHAT YOU'D LIKE THEM TO DO. 24:37 I WOULD LIKE TO LET THE VIEWERS KNOW, AS WE HAVE, ABOUT THE NEEDS FOR SRI 24:42 LANKA AND D DIA. 24:43 THERE'S A TREMENDOUS NEED AND WE LIVE SO WELL IN THIS COUNTRY. 24:47 WE DON'T ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS OF THOSE IN OTHER COUNTRIES. 24:51 EY ARE IN MANY CASES DESPERATELY POOR. 24:54 THEY NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET. 24:56 I RERELY HOPE THAT OUR VIEWERS WILL TAKE THIS TO HEART AND WILL SUPPORT 25:00 GOSPSP OUTUTACH H CAUSUS 25:00 THTH IS THE BEBE WAYAYOU CAN SPEND YOYO MONEY TO 25:04 WIN NEW SOULS FOR THE LORD. 25:06 IT'S THE BEST THING I HAVE COME ACROSS. 25:09 SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS APPEAL TO OUR 25:14 VIEWERS. 25:15 AND THANK YOU DON FOR DOING IT. 25:16 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A MISSSSNARY ALL YOUR LIFE. 25:20 HERE YOU AND I ARE SENIORS. 25:24 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:25 AND GOD HAS CONTINUED TO GIVE US HEALTH AND VITALITY AND VISION AND WE 25:32 WANT TO USE EVERYTHING HE HAS GIVEN US FOR HIS CAUSE. 25:35 I THINK DON AND I REPRESENT MANY OF YOU WHO ARE VIEWING THIS 25:40 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 25:42 LET'S S WILLING FRIENDS TO GO TO THE LIMIT FOR OUR LORD AND PUT OURSELVES AND 25:50 OUR RESOURURS ON THE L LE AT T TRE C C BE E HER SOULS LIKE THAT T ECIOIO 25:54 LADY WHO IS WAITING NOW TO BE BAPTIZED. 25:57 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:58 AND THE OTHERS WHO ARE WITH HER. 26:00 AGAIN GOD BLESS YOU DON. 26:01 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 26:02 I APPRECIATE THIS. 26:03 THANK YOU. 26:05 AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 26:10 I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR BEBEG WITH US ON T TS PRPRRAM. 26:15 I'I'BE L LS THTH HONEST IF I DIDN'T ASK YOU PLEASE PRAY. 26:20 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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