Participants: Edwin Dass
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000544
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00:15 HELLO, DEAR FRIENDS AND WE ARE SO GLAD TO BE WITH YOU ON ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN
00:20 MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 00:24 YOU KNOW ANTICIPATING BEING HERE TODAY I'VE JUST SAID, "THANK YOU, LORD FOR 00:27 THE BLESSISI OF BEING G PAPA OF F SPELELUTREREH" D I I PE YOU EXPXPIENCE 00:32 A BLESSING IN JOINING US TODAY AS WE BRING YOU AN UP TO DATE REPORT ABOUT 00:38 WHATATAPPEPE WITH THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH GANINITIONON 00:43 AS YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING HERE IN THE 00:46 GOSPEL OUTREACH STUDIO INTRODUCING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OUT THERE IN THE 00:51 FRONT LINES HELPING US UNDERSTAND WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING AND THIS 00:57 DAY HERE IN THE FALL OF 2014 IS NO EXCEPTION. 01:11 I HAVE WITH ME A NEW FRIEI GET TO SIT DOWNW IN PASSINWITH HIM TODAY. HERE 01:13 THIS IS DR. ED DOSS. 01:16 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:18 MAY I JUST CALL YOU ED? 01:20 PLEASE. 01:21 OR DO I HAVE TO BOW AND SCRAPE WITH THE DOCTOR. 01:23 NO. 01:24 YOU CAN JUST CALL ME ED THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 01:26 IT IS A WARM BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE YOU HERE WITH OUR "ADVENTURES 01:33 IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM AND DISCOVER WITH YOU MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 01:40 WHATAT HAPPENING AND I'LL JUST REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT WHAT WE DO HERE IS 01:46 GIVE YOU AN UPDATED REPORT OFOFOSPEL OUTRTRCH OUT ON THE FRONT LINES AND NONE 01:55 OF YOU WILL HAVE FORGOTTEN, I KNOW, BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A 02:06 MIPEOPLE IN THEIR OWNE LCULTURES PROCLAIMING THE, GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. 02:11 YES. 02:13 NOW, BROTHER ED YOU ARE NEW TO US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, RIGHT, AND I 02:21 THINK ALL OF US DESERVE TO HAVE A LITTLE WINDOW ON WHO ARE YOU? 02:25 AND HOW YOU GET TO BE HERE? 02:27 OH YES. 02:29 I AM EDWIN DOSS. 02:30 I AM FROM NORTHERN INDIA. 02:32 I WAS BORN IN A CITY IN PUNJAB IN NORTHERN INDIA. 02:41 I HAD MY EDUCATION AT RUTKE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN COMPLETED MY COLLEGE AT 02:48 SPICER; WENT BACK TO RUTKE TO TEACH FOR FIVE YEARS; CAME TO ANDREWS UNIVERSITY 02:54 AND COMPLETED MY MASTER'S THEN COMPLETED MY EDS DEGREE AT KALAMAZOO 02:59 WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY AND THEN CALIFOFOIA TO FINISH MY 03:04 PH.D. 03:05 AND STARTED WORKING FOR MY OWN. 03:10 FINALLY THERE WAS A CALL THAT CAME FROM INDIA. 03:14 THE PRESIDENT OF THE DIVISION AT THAT TIME PASTOR D.J. 03:17 CHRISTO. 03:18 OH YES, I REMEMBER PASTOR CHRISTO'S NAME. 03:21 HE VISITED ME THREE OR FOUR TIMES BEFORE HE CONVINCED ME THAT I HAVE 03:26 TO COME BACK AND DO SOMETHING FOR MOTHER INDIA. 03:28 YES. 03:30 AND I TOLD HIM I SAID, "I CAN ONLY COME FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, MOST ONE YEAR" 03:34 BECAUSE I WAS INVOLVED IN MY OWN BUSINENE AT T AT TIME. 03:39 HE SAID, "EVEN IF YOU CAME FOR A SHORT TIME, IT'S O.K." 03:43 "DO SOMETHING FOR RUTKE." 03:45 RUTKE WAS FLEDGLING AT THAT TIME SO WE FELT THAT WE SHOULD GO THERE AND DO 03:51 SOMETHING FOR THE ALMA MATER OF OURS. 03:53 SURE. 03:55 NOW WE WENT THERE, MY WIFE AND I, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO STAY THERE FOR SIX MONTHS, 04:00 MAYBE A YEAR BUT WEEENDEN 04:00 23 YEARS IN RUTKE. 04:09 WELL AFTER I RETIRED FROM RUTKE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE, PASTOR 04:16 CAMPBELL CALLED ME AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD HELP HIM WITH THE GOGOEL 04:23 OUTREACH WORK AND I SAID, "WELL, I AM JUST RETIRING AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE 04:30 TO DO SO THIS WILL BE A GOOD THING FOR ME TO DO TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE 04:35 OUTREACH WORK", GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK AND THAT'S HOW I CAME ABOARD. 04:40 O.K. 04:42 JUST A TO FILL IN A LITTLE BIT WHEN ED MENTIONS THE NAME OF PASTOR CAMPBELL, 04:49 JAMES CAMPBELL IS ONE WHO IS KNOWN AND LOVED, YES, AROUND GOSPEL OUTREACH 04:56 BECAUSE E HAS PUT IN A VIRTUAL FULL TEREROF SERVICE, EXACTLY, WITH 05:03 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOUUKNS 05:03 A YOUNG MAN, I AM SURE. 05:09 ABSOLUTELY. 05:10 I WORKED WITH PASTOR CAMPBELL. 05:12 I, YOU KNOW, I KNEW HIS FIRST WIFE AND I KNOW HIS SECOND WIFE AND I KNOW THE 05:19 WHOLOLFAMILY, HIS CHILDREN AND SO ON. 05:22 WELL, HE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE WHOM TO KNOW IS TO LOVE, EXACTLY, AND THE 05:27 EFFECTIVENESS OF HIS MININIRY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. 05:33 I'VE FORGOTTEN EXACTLY HOW MANY YEARS HE HAS REPORTED TO US BUT THROUGHOUT THE 05:37 YEARS IN INDIA HAS MADE HIM ALMOST INDIAN. 05:40 ABSOLUTELY AND HE IS KNOWN AS SMILING CAMPBELL. 05:42 IS THAT RIGHT? 05:44 I'M SURE THAT CAN BE TRUE. 05:45 YES. 05:46 VERY NICE PERSON. 05:47 VERY HUMBLE BUT VERY EFFICIENT IN HIS JOB. 05:51 ALRIGHT, LET'S JUST KIND OF BRING THIS ALTOGETHER ED. 05:55 YOU ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY BECAUSE OUR DEAR FRIEND PASTOR CAMPBELL IS NOT 06:02 LE T TBE H HE FOR THIS PARTICULAR SESSION AND MEETING WITH GOSPEL 06:07 OUTREACH, THAT'S RIGHT, AND YOU HAVE AGREED, ALBEIT WE ALL HAVE TO SAY 06:13 IN A LIMITED WAY COMPARED TO HIS LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE THE WORK IN THE 06:20 FIELD THAT PASTOR CACABELL HAS B BN LEADING. 06:22 SO, FOR ED AND ME AND ALL OF US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE EXTEND 06:28 WARMEST, BEST GREETINGS TO PASTOR CAMPBELL, HIS WIFE AND PRAY GOD'S BLESSING ON 06:34 THEM IN THEIR CONTINUING EXPERIENCE. 06:40 ABSOLUTELY. 06:41 NOW HE DID SEND TO US, ED SOME PICTURES FROM THE TERRITORY THAT WILL BE A 06:49 PART OF YOUR LEADERSHIP IN GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:53 WOULD IT BE O.K. 06:54 NOW IF WE JUST TAKE A PEAK AT THOSE, SURE, AND LET US KNOW AS BEST YOU CAN WHAT 06:57 WE A A LOOOONG AT. 06:59 OH HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN ONE OF THE VILLAGE CHURCHES WHERE 07:05 THEY ARE STUDYDYG THTH BIBLE TOGETHER PREPARING 07:05 THEMSELVES TO BE BAPTIZED. 07:13 THIS YOUNG LADY IS ANOTHER ONE WHO IS PART OF THE SAME CHURCH WHO IS GOING 07:19 TO BE BAPTIZED. 07:20 SHE IS PREPARING HERSELF AND STUDYING THE BIBLE. 07:28 SAME THING HERE. 07:29 THESE PEOPLE ARE ARDENT SEEKERS OF TRUTH AND THEY ARE WANTING TO KNOW WHERE 07:37 THEY CAN FIND THE PEACE OF MIND AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CAN BRING 07:44 THEM TO CHURCH AND GIVE EM THE BIBLE TO STUDY ANANSPEAEATO T TM THTHMAIN 07:50 TRTRHS OF THE BIBLBLAND CONVINCE THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN FIND PEACE 07:56 HERE. 07:57 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 07:58 THIS IS THE SAME SCENARIO HERE. 08:02 A PASTOR IS SPEAKING TO THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR TRUTH. 08:08 ALSO HERE, PASTOR IS CONVINCNC A MAN-AND HERE'S A LADY WHO IS TO BE 08:14 BAPTIZED AND IS BEING BAPTIZED BY OUR PASTOR. 08:18 IS THIS BAPTISTRY IN CONNECTION WITH A LOCAL CHURCH-IT IS OUTDOORS. 08:22 IS THIS TYPICAL? 08:23 THIS IS NOT A BAPTISTRY AS SUCH IT IS JUST A TUBE WELL TANK OUT IN THE 08:31 VILLAGE FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSE, YOU KNOW -THEY USE THIS AND THEN OUR 08:36 STST WILL REQUEST THE E NER R WE CAN USE THIS TANK FOFOBAPTISM. 08:43 WOW. 08:46 AND THIS ONE, SAME THING IN THE SAME VILLAGE. 08:50 ALSO IN ANOTHER PLACE IS A RIVER WHERE WE BAPTIZE PEOPLE AND HERE A YOUNG 08:57 LADY IS GETTING BAPTIZED. 08:58 ALL OF THESE PICTURES ARE ILLUSTRATIVE FOR OUR SOLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE 09:05 EFFECTIVENESS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:08 YES. 09:09 THE WORD OF GOD PRESENTED TO THESE PEOPLE BRINGING THEM HOPE AND PEACE AND 09:13 THEY CHOOSE TO FOLLOW JESUS. 09:15 EXACTLY. 09:16 HERE IS A GROUP OF LADIES THAT HAVE COME -IT'S IRONIC THAT SOMEHOW 09:25 SOMETIME LADIES TAKE A LEADING ROLE IN ACCEPTING THE LORD JESUS AND THEN 09:31 WHEN THEY ARE IN THE CHURCH THEY BRING THEIR HUSBSBDS AND FAMILY AND 09:36 SONS AND UNCLES AND SO ON. 09:38 HERE IS PASTOR ESPY SING WHO IS BAPTIZING A NEW MEMBER. 09:44 IS HE THE PASTOR OF A GROUP OF CHURCHES IN THIS REGION? 09:51 YES, HE IS A PASTOR AND HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF AA 09:51 RN 10:00 UPE-NO, IT WOULD BE WESTERN UPE. 10:03 THIS IS WESTERN UPE. 10:05 UPE IS WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH TERRITORY. 10:09 I KNOW THAT TERM BECAUSE WE'VE HAD GOSPEL OUTREACH REPRESENTATION THERE FOR A 10:13 NUMBER OF YEARARYES, AND AGAGN PASTOR E EY SING BAPTIZING ANOTHER LADY. 10:24 THAT'S ANOTHER VILLAGE IN ANOTHER PLACE AND AGAIN TO SEE THE TANK THERE, THE 10:29 IRRIGATION WATER IS RUNNING INTO THE -RIGHT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FIELDS 10:33 ON THE OTHER SIDE- THE RICE FIELDS-WHERE THEY ARE IRRIGATING THE R RE. 10:38 YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS ED; THERE IS EVEN SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, THAT IS A VERY 10:42 POSITIVE STATEMENT ABOUT THE WORK OF THE KINGDOM WHERE THEY GO RIGHT WHERE 10:48 THE PEOPLE ARE, YES, AND OBVIOUSLY OTHERS ARE G GNG TO OBSERVEVEHIS EXPERIENCE 10:54 AND MAKEKENQUIRY-WHAT ARE DOING? 10:56 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 10:57 WELL, THE PEOPLE THAT COME THERE THEY ARE ANXIOUS PEOPLE. 11:08 THEY ARE SEEKING PEACE. 11:11 THEY ARE SEEKING TRUTH. 11:12 SOMEHOW THEY ARE NOT AT PEACE WITH THEMSELVES. 11:15 THEY KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING THEY ARE MISSING. 11:18 SOMETHING IS OUT THERE THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN GET IT BUT HOW TO GET IT 11:25 IS SOMETIMES THE WORK OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO REACHES THEM AND 11:32 BRINGS THEM OUT. 11:34 WELL, OUR CRUDE SAYING IS" GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE", ABSOLUTELY, AND 11:42 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS VERY EVIDENTLY WORKING THROUGH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 11:48 WORKERS TO BE A CONSISTENT WITNESS,EXACTLY, FOR THE NAME AND THE KINGDOM OF 11:54 GOD. 11:56 YES. 11:57 AS YOU -DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR PICTURES YOU THINK? 12:02 I THINK SO. 12:03 O.K. 12:05 AS YOU PICK UP THE REINS OR IF YOU WILL THE TORCH OF MINISTRY FOR THIS PART 12:14 OF INDIA, GIVE US A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT PERCENTAGE, WHAT PART, MAYBE 12:20 GEOGRAPHICALAL OR POPULATION THIS TETEITORY REPRESENTS. 12:26 WELL THIS IS, WE CALL IT NORTHERN INDIA AND IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS NORTHERN 12:32 INDIAN UNION AREA. 12:34 THIS TERRITORY RUNS ALL THE WAY FROM KASHMIR TO CALCUTTA AND HAS 650 12:41 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS TERRITORY. 12:44 ALL IN YOUR REGION? 12:45 ALL IN MY REGION. 12:48 DON'T LOSE YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT HERE BUT HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO 12:51 YOU HAVE FOR 650 MILLION POPULATION? 13:00 WE HAVE ABOUT 300 GOSPEL WORKERS HERE, MAYBE A FEW MORABABT 300 WORKERS. BUT 13:02 WELL, YOU TAKE THAT MATHEMATICALLY THAT'S NOT VERY MANY, NOT AT ALL, IN 13:05 A POPULATION BUT I AM SO GRATEFUL YOU HAVE THAT MANY, EXACTLY, BECAUSE THE 13:10 HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ONE WHO MULTIPLIES THE E FORT, THE WORK. 13:13 YES. 13:15 IN FACT, I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE UNION LEADERS THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE 13:20 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THE WORK OF MISSION WOULD COME TO ALMOST STANDSTILL. 13:27 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WOWOERS ARE THE ONES THATTAY 13:33 MAKING THE DIFFERENCE AND BRINGING PEOPLE IN AND BRINGING THEM TO THE LORD. 13:38 WHEN -AND I'M GOING TO JUMP AROUND HERE A LITTLE BIT, WHEN YOU ARE INVITED 13:44 TO ASSUME THE COORDINATION LEADERSHIP OF THIS PARTICULAR REGION 13:54 PRESENTING SUCH A HUGE POPULATION OF PEOPLE AND GEOGRAPHIC TERRITORY, WHY 14:01 DO YOU SAY YES TO A CHALLENGE LIKE THIS? 14:05 WELL, NUMBER ONE IT WAS PASTOR CAMPBELL AND DR. MANZOOR ASKING ME- 14:12 THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN I RESPECT HIGHLY. 14:18 NUMBER TWO-YOU GET THOSE TWO ON YOU THERE IS NO RECOURSE, NO LOOKING BACK, 14:21 RECECRSE E D THEN I AM FROM THAT REGION MYSELF AND I SPEAK ABOUT FOUR 14:31 LANGUAGES OF THAT REGION, YOU SEE. 14:33 I CAN SPEAK URDU; READ AND WRITE URDU, I CAN SPEAK PUNJABI. 14:39 I CAN UNDERSTAND PUNJABI. 14:41 I CAN SPEAK HINDI AND READ AND WRITE HINDI AND THEN OTHER DIALECTS IN THE 14:47 REGION I CAN SPEAK AND THAT GIVES ME AN ADVANTAGE OF KNOWING AND WORKING 14:54 WITH THE PEOPLE IN THAT TERRITORY AND THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I SAID "O.K., I 15:01 DON'T MIND WORKING IN THAT REGIGI SINCE I KNOW THE PEOPLE." 15:04 MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN FACT, ALL THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS ARE EITHER 15:10 PERSONALLY KNOWN TO ME OR THEY WERE MY STUDENTS OR THEY WERE MY CLASSMATES. 15:17 SO, I KNOW THEM ALL. 15:19 AND IT IS MUCH EASIER TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHOM YOU KNOW AND BE ABLE TO GO AND 15:24 YOU KNOW GIVE A SHOULDER TO SHOULDER R RCE AND TAKE THTHGOSPSP OUTREACH WORK 15:32 FURTHER. 15:34 I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE PRESSING THIS TOO FAR TO OBSERVE THAT GOD IS HAD 15:40 YOU IN PREPARATION FOR THIS FOR MOST OF YOUR LIFE, PERHAPS? 15:48 I HOPE SO. 15:49 I'D BE VERY PRIVILEGED IF THE LORD PREPARED ME FOR THIS. 15:53 I HOPE IT WOULDN'T BE JUST MY OWN DECISION. 15:55 THIS WAS INSPIRED BY THE LORD, AMEN, AND THAT WOULD BE MY PRIVILEGE AND THAT'S 16:01 WHY I'M IN IT. 16:03 NOW, YOUR EXPERIENCE WILL VERIFY AS THE VERIFICATION FOR MOST OF OUR 16:12 EXPERIENCES THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A UNIQUE MINISTRY, ABSOLUTELY, AND 16:20 I WAS- IN A REPORT I RECENTLY WAS PRIVILEGE TO GIVE, I SAID THERE IS NO 16:26 OTOTR MINISTRY LIKE GOSPEL OUTREACH IN OUR SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST WORLD-OUR 16:30 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST FAMILY. 16:34 IF YOU WERE ASKED OTHER THAN MY QUESTION OF YOU, TELL US ABOUT GOSPEL 16:42 OUTREACH WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WHY WOULD YOU 16:48 ACCEPT A ROLE LIKE THIS? 16:53 WELL, AS I SAID BEFORE, IT IS A WORK THAT IS BEING DONE IN MY TERRITORY; MY 17:00 TERRRRORY WHICH I CALL HOME AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IS UNIQUE AS I SPOKE 17:07 TO THE UNION LEADERS. 17:10 THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT WITHOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK THE UNION 17:16 WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROGRESS AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE DONE IN BRINGING THE 17:20 PEPELE TO THE LORD. 17:23 THAT SORT OF MAKES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK A VERY UNIQUE WORK IN NORTHERN 17:30 INDIA UNION- WITHOUT THEM, NO POSSIBILITY. 17:34 IN FACT, ONE OF THEIR WORKERS IS SO ENTHUSIASTIC WE GAVE HIM A CHURCH OF 17:39 300 PEOPLE ABOUT FOUR YEARSRSGO. 17:44 HE HAS BROUGHT IN NOW 5000 PEOPLE AND HE SAID HE WANTS TO CONVERT THE WHOLE 17:54 CITY. 17:55 HE SAID HE WILL NOT REST TILL HE HAS CONVERTED THE WHOLE CITY. 17:58 THAT'S THE KIND OF ENTHUSIASM THAT MAKES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK VERY 18:04 UNIQUE. 18:06 AND OF COURSE, AS WE HAVE RECOUNTED HERE ON OTHER OCCASIONS ALSO UNIQUE IS 18:15 THE FACT EVEN LIKE YOURSELF, ALL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 18:23 REPRESENTATIVES ARE PEOPLE FROM THAT REGION, LOCAL REGION. 18:26 WE HAVE NOT EXPORTED FOREIGNERS, NO, TO THAT TERRITORY TO TRY AND MAKE 18:33 FRIENDS AND DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS, EXACTLY, WITH SOMEBODY WHO IS OF A 18:37 DIFFERENT CULTURE. 18:38 EVEN PASTOR CAMPBELL WAS AN INDIAN. 18:42 YOU COULDN'T ALWAYS TELL IT BY LOOKING BUT YOU COULD TELL IT BY 18:44 LISTENING, YES, AND THAT IS TRUE. 18:47 THAT PART HE WAS AND I FEEL DERILECT IF I DO NOT CLARIFY THAT GOSPEL 18:58 OUTREACH WORKERS IN YOUR TERRITORY, ALL TERRITORIES, ARE WORKING 19:06 AT A LOCAL WAGE -THESE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY THE CULTURE; THEY ALREADY KNKN 19:11 THE LANGUAGE; THEY ALREADY FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO TO SPEAK AND THEY ARE 19:15 SUPPORTED AND LIVE BY THE SAME ECONOMIC LEVEL OF SUPPORORAS THE PEOPLE THEY 19:20 WORK FOR, EXACTLY, IT IS A MEAGER SUPPORT THAT THE OUTREACH OFFICE HAS BEEN 19:30 ABLE TO GIVE THEM. 19:34 BUT EVEN THOUGH IT IS A MEAGER, IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ENJOY DOING THAT 19:40 EN THOUGH THEY DON'T MEET THEIR FINANCIAL NEEDS BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP 19:47 THE LORD AS THEY CALL IT. 19:48 THEY SAY, "I'M HELPING THE LORD, BRINGING THE SOULS TO HIM." 19:55 AND THE LORD IS HELPING THEM, YES, TO SURVIVE. 19:58 AS YOU- WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION AND I'M 20:03 GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND YOU CAN COME BACKCKITH YOUR A AWER. 20:07 TELL ME ABOUT YOUR VISION, YOUR DREAM-BASED UPON WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE 20:14 AND THE REASON FOR GLORIFYING GOD FOR THE ADVANCEMEMT OF THE WORK 20:19 THERE BUT AS YOU LOOK TO THE FUTURE 2014,2015 HOWEVER LONG THE LORD 20:25 GIVES US, WHAT'S'S 20:25 YOU? 20:27 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? 20:29 AND RIGHT AFTER YOU COME BACK WITH YOUR ANSWER RIGHT AFTER MY REMINDER TO 20:34 THE VIEWERS THAT THIS IS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM PRESENTED BY 20:41 GOSPEL OUTREACH HEADQUARTERED HERE IN COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON 20:45 AND YOU WILL DO YOURSELF A FAVOR BY BEING IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 20:50 REQUESTING THE " ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NENELETTER ". 20:54 RIGHT ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS AN ADDRESS EVEN A PHONE NUMBER AND A 20:58 VOLUNTEER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WILL TAKE Y YR CALL AND HELP YOU WITH THE 21:03 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE BUT I COVET FOR YOU THE ESSING OF BEING A PART 21:09 OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY AND FAMILY. 21:12 AND TODAY I AM VISITING WITH DR. ED DOSS WHO IS NEW TO OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM 21:19 AND RIGHT NOW ED; YOU ARE GOING TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR VISION FOR YOUR 21:23 REGION. 21:24 AS YOU SAID, I'M NEW ON THE BOARD HERE BUT I HAVEN'T GONE BACK AND 21:29 REALLY DIALOGED WITH THE LEADERSHIP. 21:34 I'LL BE GOING THERE THIS YEAR SOMETIME EITHER DECEMBER OR JANUARY AND 21:38 CONDUCT A LEADERSHIP MEETING FOR 3, 4, 5 DAYS AND DISCUSS WITH THEM AND 21:47 ASK THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO DO TO INCREASE THE WORK, THE FORCE AND WITH WHAT 21:57 SPEED CAN THEY GO FORWARD. 21:58 BUT THESE IDEAS I WANT TO RECEIVE FROM THEM AND THEN MERGE MY IDEAS WITH THEIRS 22:06 AND SOMEHOW WE COME COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER IN MAKING THIS WORK A VERY 22:12 EFFECTIVE AND VERY FORCEFUL WORK SO THAT THE LORD CAN SAY, "OK, YOU 22:21 GUYS HAVE DONE WELL FOR ME. 22:24 I AM VERY HAPPY. 22:26 FAITHFUL SERVANTS COME IN, I RECOGNIZE YOU." 22:29 AMEN. 22:31 THAT'S MY GOAL IS TO SPEED UP THE WORK BECAUSE 650 MILLION PEOPLE IN THAT 22:38 TERRITORY -I SHAKE IN MY BOOTS. 22:44 I JUST SHIVER. 22:48 IN FACT, I'VE BEEN ASKING THE LORD EVER SINCE THEY HAVE ASKED ME TO COME AND 22:56 DO GOSPEL WORKERS WORK, I'VE BEEN REQUESTING THE LORD "WHAT CAN I DO? 23:01 HOW WILL I DO IT? 23:03 IT IS SUCH A BIG TERRITORY." 23:05 HOW MANY UNENTERED VILLAGES ARE THERE? 23:07 ROUGHLY . 23:08 ANY IDEA? 23:09 THOUSANDS, THOUSANDS, THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS. 23:11 DO YOU HAVE SOME IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THAT TERRITORY THAT HAVE NOW 23:16 SAID YES TO JESUS AND FOLLOW WITH THE ADVENTIST FAMILY? 23:19 YES, IN THAT TERRITORY MAYBE AMONG THE ADVENTISTS I WOULD SAY WE HAVE AT 23:26 LEAST MAYBE 3-400,0,0 CHURCH MEMBERS, YOU KNOW. 23:33 BUT THAT'S FIVE PER CENT, NOTHING, OF THE POPULATION. 23:38 YES. 23:39 AS YOU THINK ABOUT AND YOU JUST EXPRESSED YOU US YOUR BURDEN AND YOUR CONCERN 23:47 FOR THE TERRITORY, THE WORKERS, THE PEOPLE THERE WHAT MAY I AS YOUR FRIEND 23:52 AND COLLEAGUE IN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE A PART OF GOSPEL 24:03 OUTREACH FAMILY, WHAT CAN WE DO BEST TO STAND WITH YOU? 24:08 YOU WILL PRAY FOR ME, NUMBER ONE. 24:13 I NEED YOUR FERVENT AND ARDENT PRAYERS TO THE LORD. 24:18 AND FOLKS, HE'S NOT JUST SAYING "AND REMEMBER THE MISSIONARIES," YES, NOT 24:23 THAT WAY-HE IS SAYING "REMEMBER GOD'S SERVANT ED DOSS" AND ALSO HIS WORKERS 24:30 THERE. 24:31 YES, OUTREACH-GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 24:34 REAL PRAYERS AND THEN I WANT THEM ALSO IF YOU CAN HELP US MORE BY FINANCIAL 24:39 HELP WE CAN GET MORE OUTREACH WORKERS THERE, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 24:49 I QUOTE A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WHO SAID "THE BEST INVESTMENT IN THE MISSION 24:57 OF GOD'S KINGDGD IN 2014 TO GIVE YOUR MONEY TO GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE IT 25:05 MULTIPLIES ASTRONOMICALLY." 25:07 ABSOLUTELY. 25:08 I MEAN BEYOND THE UNDERSTANDING OF MATH. 25:10 EXACTLY. 25:12 AND SO WHATEVER YOU FOLKS ARE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY 25:17 MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES TO THESE FAITHFUL WORKERS-IT DOES. 25:21 WELL ED, I'M BLESSED TO GET TO MEET YOU, THANK YOU, AND I'M BLESSED TO BE 25:26 ABLE TO ININODUCE YOU TO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY WHO FAITHFULLY JOINS US IN 25:36 THESE PROGRAMS. 25:37 AS I SUGGESTED A MOMENT AGO, I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU PRAY FOR US AS A GOSPEL 25:42 OUTREACH FAMILY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO OUR VIEWERS BECAUSE WEWERE 25:47 ALL LIVING IN A REAL WORLD, AND WE DEPEND UPON GOD'S BLESSING.WOULD YOU 25:51 PRAY PLEASE? 25:52 YES. 25:54 MIGHTY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO BE PART OF THY KINGDOM, TO BE 26:02 PART OF THY WORKING FORCE. 26:04 THANK YOU LORD, THAT THOU HAS GIVEN US THE PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF GOSPEL 26:12 OUTREACH PROGRAM. 26:15 IT'S SMALL IN its BEGINNING BUT WE KNOW LORD, THOU HAS USED THY 26:20 PEOPLE, THE DONORS, THE GIVERS, THE LEADERS AND ACTUAL WORKERS IN A MIGHTY 26:27 WAY BECAUSE MUCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, and THIS MISSION. 26:34 WE PRAY FATHER DIVINE, THAT THOU WILL TOUCH THEHEHO 26:38 THERE WHO ARE LISTENING TO US. 26:41 LET THEM KNOW THE NEED IS MUCH GREATER THERE AND IF THEY CAN ONLY HELP US MORE 26:49 WE CAN TAKE THE GOSPEL TO MORE PEOPLE, GREATER POPULATION. 26:56 650 MILLION PEOPLE JUST IN ONE, ONE REGION. 27:03 WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER REGIONS -14 MORE FATHER, WHERE MORE MONEY IS 27:08 NEEDED, MORE FUNDS ARE NEEDED AND ALL THESE FUNDS COME FROM US PEOPLE. 27:14 SO MAKE US GENEROUS,MAKE US HAPPY WHEN WE GIVE SO THAT MUCH COULD BE 27:21 ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THY PEOPLE AND THY WORK IN INDIA, IN CHINA, IN NEPAL, 27:28 IN AFRICA, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD PARTICULARLY ALSO IN THE UNITED STATES 27:36 OF AMERICA IS OUR PRAYER IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. 27:40 AMEN AND AMEN. 27:45 AMEN AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 28:20 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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