Participants: Franklin David
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000553A
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00:16 HELLO EVERYBODY AND AS ALWAYS I AM DELIGHTED TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES 00:23 IN M MSIONON ANDNDHOSESE 00:23 O 00:23 INININUS T TS ISIS VIDEO 00:30 VERSION REPORT OF THE WORK 00:30 OF GOSPEL L TREAEA ANDNDYOP 00:35 OUTREACH A LOT BETTER AS WE PROCEED WITH TODAY'S PROGRAM AND WITHTHLL THE 00:40 PROGRAMSMSN THTHSERIES THAT WE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:45 JUST A LITTLE ORIENTATION GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A MINISTRY OF VOLUNTEERS. 00:53 I MEAN VOLUNTEERS. 01:03 WORK AND WE'RE LOCATEDR WGEOGRAPHICALLY IN NORTHLL AMERICA IN COLLEGE PLACE, 01:03 S 01:10 WASHINGTON. 01:12 AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE TIME TODAY TO TELL YOU THE WONDERFUL STORY OF THE 01:16 HISTORY OFOFOSPEPEOUTRTRCH T SOMETIMEMEOU D DERVE 01:16 TO KNOW HOW THIS ALL GOT 01:22 STARTED AND THE RAPID GROWTH OF THTH WORK UNDER GOD'S BLESSING. 01:28 AND SPEAKING OF GROWTH AND THE ADDITION OF NEW PEOPLE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, I HAVE 01:36 THE PRIVILEGE OF TRODUCING A NEW FRIEND. 01:45 A NEW FRIEND FOR ME, A NEW FRIEND FOR YOU AND GOSPEL IS PASTOR FRANKLIN DAVIDID 01:48 THANK YOU PASTOR FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. 01:51 NICE TO BE HERE. 01:53 AND WE'RE GOING TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH PASTOR DAVID AND BY THE TIME WE 01:58 ARE FIFISHED WITH THIS HALFLFOUR WE'RE GOING G UNDERSTAND WHY HE CAME TO 02:02 BE WITH GOSPEL OUTUTACH; WHERE HE'S BEEN; AND WHAT HIS VISION AND D DAM IS 02:09 FOR THE MINISTRY THAT HE BELIEVEVESODOD 02:09 . 02:11 SO YES, WE WELELME YOU AND MY LITTLE BRIEF INTRODUCTION IS TO ALSO 02:20 ASSURE YOU THAT IT IS A VERY HAPPY EXPERIENCE TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE 02:26 TODAY. 02:33 LET'S, LET'S LET OUR VIEWDIDN'T KNOW HOWE'RE AMUCH WE E RE FAMILY.T 02:36 PASTOR DAVID IS THE PASTOR OF WHICH CHURCH IN MARYLAND? 02:41 SOUTHERN ASIAN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN SILVER SPRINGSGSMARYLAND. 02:46 NONO THEHENTERESTING THING 02:46 TO ME ABOUT THAT IS S AT I ONCECEAD THE PRIRILEGEGEF 02:52 MINISTERING IN THAT AREA OF MARYLAND AND D ERE E S NO SOUTHERN ASIA M MSIONS 02:59 CHURCH THERE AT THAT TIME. 03:01 RIGHT. 03:02 SO WHEN DID YOU START HERE? 03:03 I LEFT IN 1980. 03:04 WHEN DID YOU START? 03:06 WE STARTED THE CHURCH IN 1988 BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZED A GREAT MISSION FIELD 03:11 RIGHT THERE IN THEHE 03:11 WAWN 03:11 AREA WITH A LOT OF 03:16 TEMPLES, MOSQUES AND OTHER ENTITIES COMING UP AND A NUMBER O OPEOPLE FROM 03:22 SOUTHERN ASIAN ORIGIN WERE MOVING INTO THAT PLACE. 03:26 THEY NEED TO HEAR THE GOSPEL T T. 03:28 AMEN. 03:30 AND SO THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF US ESTABLISHING THIS IN 1988. 03:34 MY REFERENCE T TRAPID GROWTH CERTAINLY APPLIES TO YOUR MINISTRY. 03:40 IN 1988 YOU HAD A FELLOWSHIP OF PEOPLE-HOW MANY? 03:47 TWENTY-FOUR PEOPLE TWEN26 YEARS AGO.EM. 03:49 THAT IS RIGHT. 03:50 AND TODAY GOD HAS BLESSED YOU WITH A LIVELY, LARGE CONGREGATION. 03:58 YES, WE HAVE ABOUT 886 PEOPLELEN THE BOOKS S GHT NOW. 04:04 YOU KNOW, I LOVE THIS MAN BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE SAY ABOUT WE GIVE ROUND 04:11 FIGURES AND HE ADVISES US THAT THERE ARE 886 SOULS IN THAT CONGREGATION. 04:20 THAT'S WONDERFUL THAT MEANS TO ME, ANYWAY, THAT YOU HAVE A VERY CLOSE 04:27 INTERACTIVE MINISTRY FELLOWSHIP WITH THOSE PEOPLE. 04:31 YOU KNKN WHO THEY Y E. 04:32 YES I KNOW EVERYONE OF THEM BY NAME AND FACAC 04:36 BLESS YOUR HEART. 04:37 AND MANY OF THEM I'VE VISITED IN THEIR HOMES. 04:42 I KNOW THEIR CHILDREN TOO, TO A LARGE EXTENT. 04:44 YOU BAPTIZED LOTS OF THEM. 04:46 QUITE A FEW OF THEM. 04:47 I DON'T KEEP A RECORD OF HOW MANY I HAVE BAPTIZED. 04:49 THAT'S SOMETHING I - YOU'VE PROBABLY MARRIED A NUMBER OF THEM. 04:52 MARRIED A NUMBER ITSELF; CHILD DEDICATION, WOW, AND A NUMBER OF MAMAIAGES TOO, 04:57 YES. 04:59 WELL, I HONOR YOU PASTOR FOR THAT MINISTRY AND REJOICE WITH YOU IN GOD'S 05:05 BLESSING. 05:06 WELL GOD HAS BEEN GOOD. 05:08 WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO RAISE A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BUILD A CHURCH RIGHT 05:12 THERE- IT COST US THAT IS ABOUT 10 MILLION, WOW, AND WE ARE STILL PAYING FOR IT 05:18 BUT T 'S B BN A A ESSING THE PEOPLE THERER 05:20 AND A LITTLE MORE ORIENTATION FOR YOU VIEWERS WHEN PASTOR TELLS 05:27 US HIS CHURCH IS IN MARYLAND THERE IT'S WITHIN KIND OF A STONES THROW OF 05:34 THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 05:35 THAT IS RIGHT. 05:36 IN SILVER SPRINGS, SO IF ANY OF US TRAVEL THAT WAY WE'LL KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. 05:41 YES, PLEASE COME AND VISISIUS. 05:44 NOW A LOT OF US WHO COME HERE ASSOCIATE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH HAVE COMPLETED OR 05:59 COOR MAYBE JUST ANRY INTERRUPTIONONN A BORING LRETIREMENT AND THE PLACES 06:07 TO HANDLE THAT IS TO COME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:10 YOU ARE CONTINUING AS PASTOR OF THIS CHURCH AND COMING HERE TO ACCEPT THE 06:17 RESPONSIBILITY O OREGIGIAL DIRECTOR OF REGION 14. 06:24 THAT'S RIGIG. 06:25 NOW YOU'RE FROM INDIA BUT NOT FROM THE REGION 14 AREA. 06:29 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:31 AND WHAT PROMPTS YOU WITH A FULL RESPONSIBILITY THATATO 06:41 ASSOCIATE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:43 SEE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN INDIA WE HAD A MISSIONARY WHO WAS A 06:49 TREMENDOUS MISSIONARY AND LATETEON HE BECAME HE PRESIDENT OF OUR 06:52 DIVISION-ELDER RON WATTS. 06:55 OH YES, DEAR, DEAR FRIEND OF GOSPEL OUTREACH HAVING BEEN INVOLVED -HAVING 07:02 INSPIRED MUCH OF WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACHCH RIGHT, DOES. 07:05 YES AND HE HAS BEEN MY MENTOR. 07:09 I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO HIM AND WHEN HE MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES AND GOT 07:16 INVOLVEDEDITH ANOTHER MINISTRY- HE IS A MEMBER OF MY CHURCH. 07:21 OH GOOD. 07:22 AND SO HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THIS JOB AS REGIONAL 07:27 DIRECTOR. 07:29 HE WAS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR AND HE HAD SOME CHALLENGES TO GO BACK TO 07:32 INDIA, YES, AND I SAIDID"WT 07:32 IT, THINK ABOUT ITIT 07:36 D I TOLDLDY WIWI THAT PASTOR WATTS IS ASKING ME TO DO THIS AND SHE SAID, 07:51 "OH NO, YOU ARE ALREADY THAT ARE GOING ON, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE IT." 07:54 BUT I TOLD HER W WARE NOT GETTING PAID FOR THIS, THIS IS VOLUNTARY SERVICE 07:58 TO GO TO INDIA A A READ THE GOSPEL. 08:00 THEN SHE SAID, "OK THEN YOU CAN DO IT." 08:03 BLESS HER HEART. 08:04 IT'S VOLUNTARY THEN YOU CAN DO IT. 08:08 NOW OF COURSE WITH AN 886 MEMBER CONGREGATION THERE IS NO DOUBT SOME AMONG 08:17 THEM WHO ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT DIVIDING THE TIME OF THEIR PASTOR 08:22 WITH SOMEBODY THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW. 08:24 HOW HAS THE CONGREGATION RESPONDED TO THIS? 08:27 WELL THE CONGREGATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN MISSION MINDED, OK, AND MOST OF 08:33 THE E RK THAT I DO WHEN I GO OUT IS BECAUSE THE CONFNFENCE DOES ALLOW ME 08:38 SUCH MEASURES AND THEY GIVE E SOME TIME OUT, O.K. 08:42 THAT WE CAN USE. 08:43 GOOD. 08:45 THEN I HAVE VACATION TIME TOO THAT I CAN DEAL WITH SO I USED MY VACATION AND 08:49 THE TIME THAT THE CONFERENEN GIVES US TO GO TO MINISTRY IN OTHER 08:52 PLACES. 08:54 WELL, AS A PASTOR THIS ALSO SENDS A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO THE 09:01 CONGREGATION THAT THIS ISN'T THE PASTOR'S CHURCH. 09:06 THIS IS A COMMUNITY CHURCH AND SOME OF THEM CAN STEP UP TO ACCEPT 09:19 RFOR R U TOTOO ANANITHE LWILLLLNLY Y GOOOOFORR MAYBE THEY COULD HAVE LEFT 09:19 . 09:23 WELL, YOU KNOW THE LOROR S A WONDERFUL VIVI OFF 09:23 BLT 09:31 REACH OUT AND DODOHAT HE CALLS US TO DO. 09:34 YES. 09:36 AND WHO ARE WE TO STOP THAT? 09:39 OTHER THAN YOUR CONNECTION WITH RON WATTS AND HIS INTRODUCTION TO YOU TO 09:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH, WHAT IS IT? 09:51 WHAT WAS IT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT SAID- YES THIS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL 09:57 I'D LIKE TO TAKE ON? 09:58 EVEN AS A PASTOR BEFORE I CAME IN AS GOSPEL OUTREACH I GO TO INDIA EVERY NOW 10:03 AND THTH TO DO EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN VARIOUS VILLAGES AND ALL 10:08 THAT, I HAVE RAISED UP CHURCHES OVOV THERE, BUIUIINGS. 10:12 I I ALSO BEING CONNECTED WITH SOME HOSPITAL WORK WHERE THERE IS NEED FOR 10:17 BUILDINGS ANANTHINGS LIKE THAT SO I'VEVELWAYS HAD MY PASSION TO GO AND DO 10:22 SOMETHING FROM THE PLACE OF MY ORIGIN. 10:24 OF COURSE. 10:25 AND THE NEEDS ARE GREAT. 10:28 THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF VILLAGES THAT HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT JESUS. 10:39 TRY TO DO WHATEVER WENDS CAN AND THE LORD TAKES OPIT BEYOND MEASURE., I 10:45 NOW MY UNDERSTANDING YOU HAVE NOT YET SITED REGION 14. 10:49 NO, I HAVE NOT AS YET. 10:52 YOUR INFORMATITI IS, HOWEVER, YOU ALREADY HAD HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:58 WORKERS THERE? 10:59 WE HAVE 45 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 11:02 AND BROTHER WATTS OF COURSE, HAS BEEN VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT IN 11:04 HELPING THEM BECOME PREPARED FOR THE MINISTRY THERE. 11:06 WE ARE DOING THE 11:06 TAPING OF THIS PROGRAM IN THE FALL OF 2014. 11:09 YOYOINTEND TO VISIT REGION 14 WHEN? 11:11 THE END OF THIS MONTH, OCTOBER. 11:13 OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER I WILL BE THERE. 11:27 O.K. 11:29 ARE YOU GOING TO THEN HOLD A SERIES OF MEETINGS AS WELL OR TO MAINLY GET 11:33 ACQUAINTED WITH UR WORKERS. 11:35 MAINLY TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH ALL MY WORKERS AND ALSO TO DO A TRAINING 11:40 SESSSSN FOR THEMEM 11:41 GOOD. 11:43 IN VARIOUS REGIONS SO THAT THEY WILL EXACTLY KNOW WHAT WE EXPECT OF THEM AND 11:48 W THTH COUOU REACH 11:48 OUT AND ENTETEINTO UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 11:53 NOW WITHTH5 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND I THINK MOST OF YOU WHO ARE 11:58 OUR VIEWING A AIENCNC E AWAWE THTHGOSPEL OUTREACHCHROROAM IS STRONG 12:07 BECAUSE OF THE DEPENDENCE OF THE MINISTRY PRIMARILY ON THE LOCALS IN ANY GIVEN 12:16 REGION AS IN REGION 14. 12:19 AND THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE ON THE FRONTLINE ARE COMPENSATED AT KIND OF A 12:27 BASE LOCAL ECONOMY, RIGHT, AND THAT ALLOWS GOSPEL OUTREACH TO SUPPORT A 12:33 NUMBER OF WORKERS AS CONTRASTED WITH SOME OF OUR HISTORIC C SSION 12:39 PROGRAMS WHERE WE HAVE EXPORTED OTHER PEOPLE FROM OTHER NATIONALITIES AND 12:46 OTOTR PLACES TO DO THE WORK AND IT COSTS A GREAT DEAL MORE TO SUPPORT THOSE 12:51 PEOPLE AND SO O 'S OUR FEELING,G,HOSE OF US WHO VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH 12:55 GOSPEL OUTREACH, THAT GOD HAS DEDENITELY LEAD IN THE DEDEGN O OTHIS MINISTRY. 13:02 BUT ALBEBE THEHE ARERE4 IN YOUR REGION, I'I'SURE ALREADY YOU KNOW YOU COULD 13:07 USE A LOT MORE. 13:12 YES THEY'VE ALREADY SENT IN REQUESTS FOANOTHER 30?0. 13:13 BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ENTER NEW VILLAGES. 13:15 YES. 13:16 THE REQUESTS HAVE BEEN COMING FROM THERE. 13:20 ON JUST AN AVERAGE ARE YOU AWARE AT THIS EARLY STAGE WHAT AN AVERAGE WORKER IN 13:28 REGION 14 IS RECEIVING AS COMPENSATION? 13:34 ABOUT, CAN WE TELL OUR FOLKS SO THEY YESKNOW WHAT IT TAKES?T. 13:37 IT'S ABOUT $150 -ONE HUNDRED FIFTY? 13:43 YOU ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE "ADOPT-A-WORKER" PRPRRAM.YES, 13:43 YES, I A. 13:44 ARE YOU NOT? 13:45 AND JUST VERY BRIEFLY, VIEWERS MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THAT IF 14:00 A MONTH AND IN RETURN FOR ATHAT CONNECTION WITH AON SPECIFIC WORKER YOU WOULD 14:08 RECEIVE REPORTS, RIGHT? 14:10 YOU WOULD RECEIVE REPORTS, THAT'S TRUE AND I CAN ALSO TELL YOU HOW MANY VILLAGES 14:15 HAHA ALRLRDY BEEN CHOSEN; WHERE THEY CAN GO BECAUSE EY H HE ALALADY Y OSEN 14:21 TWENTY VILLAGES RIGHT NOW IN ONE REGION. 14:24 IS THAT RIGHT? 14:26 WHERE THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH ADVENTIST WORK. 14:29 IT IS REALLY AN EXCITING PROGRAM, IT IS, HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I 14:35 REREAT THAT ALALTHE PEOPLELET 14:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAVEVEHE 14:41 DEEP CONVICTION THAT GOD HAS LEADADROM THE VERY VIVION ABOUT THIS TO THE 14:48 GROWTH THAT IT HAS EXPERIENCECEFROMOMNE UNTRTRIN THE BEGEGNING 14:58 WOWOERS S D IF THEY COULD BE ADDED TO BY THE 20'S TAND 30'S WE'D SEE MANY,, 15:03 NY MORORPEOPLE AND 15:03 MUCH MORE BENEFIT FROM THE MINISTRY. 15:09 PASTOR DAVID AS YOU ARE ANTICIPATING GOING VERY SOON-YOU ARE GOING TO DO 15:14 TRAIAING AND SO FORTH WITH YOUR WORKERS, I'M SURERE 15:14 TS 15:22 WHEN YOU REFLECT ON T TT NENEDIMEMEION OF YOUR M MISTRY-WHAT IS YOUR 15:29 VISIONONOR T T WOROR AT I INOW A PART OF YOUR MINISTRY? 15:35 THE MOMENT I TOOK UP THIS REGION, REGION 14 MY VISION IS TO O TABLBLH 15:45 ADVENTIST PRESENCE IN EVERY VILLAGE IN MY REGION. 15:50 AND THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU EVEN KNOW. 15:52 I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER, YES, I KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE REGION THAT HAS OVER A 15:56 THOUOUND VILLAGES BUT WHEN THE LORD A AS USUSO GO HE P PRODEDETHE E ANS;S;E 16:04 PROVIDES T T PERERNNELEL GOEOEBEFORE US AND PREPARES THE WAY; AND I'M 16:08 QUITE CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE REACH EVERY VILLAGE IN THAT REGION 16:15 WITH THE MESSAGE. 16:16 I'M GOING TO BE INVITING OUR VIEWERS TO PRAY FOR YOU. 16:21 THANK YOU AND TO PRAY FOR THE MINISTRY OF REGION 14. 16:27 AS OUR VIEWERS LOOK AT A MAP OF INDIA, WHERE WOULD THEY PUT THEIR FINGER TO 16:34 FIND REGION 14? 16:36 IF WE COULD JUST IMAGINE A MAP HERE? 16:39 VERY EASY. 16:40 IF YOU KNOW THE FINANCIAL CAPITAL OF INDIA-BOMBAY, YES, MUMBAI THAT IS THE 16:45 CENTER OF THAT REGEGN. 16:48 AND SO, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULATED CITIES IN THE WORLD. 16:52 SO THAT HUHU CITY, YES, IS A PART OF YOUR T TRITOTO. 16:56 YES, THERE ARE 15.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN THAT CITY. 17:02 ALRIGHT FOLKS, WHEN WE'RE REMEMBERING GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THIS AMAZING 17:09 MINISTRY AND WE THINK ABOUT OUR NEW REGIONAL DIRECTOR, PASTOR FRANKLIN 17:14 DAVID AND REGION 14, IF HAHAY JUJU PUT YOUR FINGER ON M MBAI -BOMBAY ON YOUR 17:23 MAP OF INDIA AND ASK FOR GOD'S BLESSING IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY ON THE NEW 17:31 DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORK THERE. 17:35 WITH THAT I WANT TO JUST DO A LITTLE SEGUAY ABOUT YOUR REFUGEE MINISTRY. 17:42 BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO REMIND ALL OF YOU THAT THIS IS "ADVENTURES IN 17:48 MIMIIONS" GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:58 OTELEPHONE NUNUER ALL THEE NAINFORMATION YOU NEED TOE CONNECT WITH THIS MINISTRY 18:04 AND I WANT TO REALLYLY 18:04 IL 18:10 TREACH FAMILY. 18:11 THAT PRIMARILY MEANS YOUR PRAYERS ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, IT ALSO 18:16 INCLUDES YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND YOU'VE JUST HEARD THE INFORMATION FROM 18:21 PASTOR DAVIDID150 PER MONTNTSUPPORTS A GOSPEL OUTREAEA WORKER AND HIS 18:29 MILY IN SOME OF THESE TERRITORIES SUCH AS REGION 14. 18:34 SO THANK YOU AND BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU WRITE OR CALL GOSPEL OUTREACH 18:40 REQUEST A COPY OF THE PRINT VERSION OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 18:45 YOU WILL BE BLESSED WITH THE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE INCLUDED T TRE MONTH BY 18:50 MONTH. 18:59 OF COURSE, AND YOU'VE SO BEGUN TO O PERIENCEOU A CONNECTION WITH NEPAL., 19:07 YES. 19:09 AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE REFUGEE CHALLENGE THAT EXISTS THERE. 19:14 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO GIVE US A L LTLEE 19:14 PERS 19:19 THIS REFUGEE SITUATION IN NEPAL? 19:22 WHEN NEPAL'S, PEOPLE OF NEPALESE ORIGIN WERE SENT OUT OF BHUTAN, THEY ENDED 19:32 UP AT THE BORDER OF NEPAL AND INDIA AS REFUGEES. 19:36 PAL DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE THEM. 19:38 INDIA DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE THEM SO THEY WERE LEFT 19:38 IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS- OVER 19:43 200,0,0 OF THEM OR SO. 19:45 I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS. 19:46 IT I IMY UNDERSTANDING THAT BHUTAN, PERHAPS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, INVITED 19:54 PALESE TO COME O OR, WE NEED WORKERS HERE. 19:56 YES, THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 19:58 AND THTH MAYBE 40 YEARS AGO BHUTAN SAYS, WE MAYBE GETTING MORE NEPALESE THAN 20:03 WE WANT AND SO THEY ACTUALLY SENT THEM OUT OFF 20:03 R 20:12 ANYTHING. 20:13 WITHOUT THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS, NOTHING. 20:16 AND THEY END UP CK IN NEPAL AND NEPAL SAYS, YOU'RE BHUTANESESE 20:22 THAT'S RIGHTHT 20:23 YOU'RE NOT NEPALESE AND SO HERE THESE PEOPLE ARE STRANDED. 20:26 RIGHT. 20:28 HOW ARE YOU MINISTERING TO THOSE PEOPLE? 20:30 NOW THEY HAVE BEEN IN THOSE CAMPS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, ALMOST 40 YEARS - 20:34 SOME OF THEM BUT 20:34 THANK GOD FOR THE U.N. 20:38 THOUGH AND SOME GENEROUS COUNTRIES-UNITED STATES BEING ONE OF THE MOST 20:43 GENEROUS C CNTRY WITH H BIBIHEARARHAS S CEPTED A MBER OF THEM TO O ME TO 20:49 THIS COUNTRY-ALMOST ABOUT 20:49 60,000 OF THEM HAVE MOVED ININND THE UNITED STATES 20:54 GOVEVEMENT HAS PLACED THEM 20:54 IN DIFFERERE STATES AND THEY PROVIDE SHELTLT FOROR 21:01 RIOD OF SISIMONTHS D ALSO FOOOOSTAMAM SO THEY Y N SURVIVE. 21:07 BUT MANY OF THEM WHO ARE COMING HERE DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE. 21:10 SURE. 21:12 MANY OF THE CHILDREN ARE LOWER CLASS AND SO THEY HAVE NO EDUCATION-NO 21:16 EDUCATION AND THEY DON'T KNOW ENGLISH. 21:20 SO NATURALLY STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE MUCH OLDER THAN THEIR MUCH SMALLER CLASS- 21:25 EVERYBODY IS TEASING THEMM 21:25 G 21:25 MAN IN SOUTH IN NORTH 21:30 CAROLINA-GREENSBORO, NORTH 21:30 CACALINA FROM JAMACIAN ORIGIN WHO SAW THEM IN HIS 21:36 CLASS. 21:38 HE IS A MATH TEACHER THERE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, ADVENTIST, AND HE SAID 21:41 WHAT ARE THESE KIDS DOING HERE? 21:43 THEY DON'T' KNOW ANYTHING AND WHAT'S THE SITUATION? 21:45 THEY DON'T REST PROPERLY. 21:46 THEY ARE POOR. 21:48 SO HE WENT TO VISIT THEM IN THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND SAW THEIR 21:51 SITUATATIOANAN KIND OF BECAME THEHE LEADER-VISITING THEM; 21:56 GIVING THEM BIBLE STUDIES; TELLING THEM ABOUT THE GOSPEL AND CONVERTED MANY 22:02 HIHIUS AND OTHER CHSTIANS F FM THERE T T SABBATH TRUTH. 22:08 AND HE WAS, HE WAS THE REAL ONE WHO STARTED THE MINISTRY OVER THERE ANAN 22:13 WHEN THEY CAME TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OFFICE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, TO 22:20 JUST GIVE US MORORREPOPO ABOUT THE WORKRKHOW THEY HAD BECOME ADVENTISTS 22:24 -SOMOMOF T TSE PEOPLE,E,THEO 22:24 GIVE THEM FOOD BECAUSE 22:28 THEY WERE LIKE INDIAN FOOOO 22:31 OH. 22:32 IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO NEPALI FOOD AND SO WE SAID, OH YES SURE COME ON 22:35 ER. 22:37 BRING THEM TO OUR CHURCH AND WE GAVE THEM FOOD AND THEY ENJOYED IT AND THEY 22:39 MADE SOME FRIENDS WITH OUR MEMBERS. 22:42 AND SO OUR MEMBERS SAID, NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO SEE THEM. 22:45 WE ARE NOW FRIENDS AND SO WHWH THEY WENT TO SEE THEM THEY SAW THE SITUATION IN 22:51 ICH THEY L LED. 22:53 SO THEY CAME AS REFUGEES FROM POVERTY TO POVERTY. 22:58 YES, YES. 23:00 AND THEY LIVED IN POVERTY HERE BECAUSE MANY OF THEM CAN'T GET JOBS. 23:04 THTH DONON KNONO THE LANGUAGE. 23:06 MANY OF THEM ARE MUCH OLDER. 23:09 SO THEY SAID-THEY CAME BACK AND THEY TOLD ME, "LISTEN, WE NEED TO DO 23:14 SOMETHING FOR THESE PEOPLE." 23:15 WOW. 23:17 THEY ARE ABOUT 6-7 HOUR DRIVE FROM OUR CHURCH THAT'S GREENSBORO, NORTH 23:21 CAROLINA, , S, AND THAT'S THE PLACE WE FOUND PEOPLPL AND THEY HAVE OVER 14 23:27 ADVENTISTS WHO WERE 23:27 ALL L PTIZIZ HERER IN NORTH AMERICA. 23:32 AND SO WE SAID, WE WILL TAKE THAT AS OUR MISSION PROJECT T D WE WENT THERE 23:37 LAST SUMMER WITH SOME OF OUR KIKI AND FAMILIEIE 23:40 STAYED THERE FOR 10 DAYS WITHTHHEM; MINISTERED TO THEM; HAHAVACATION BIBLE 23:49 SCHOOL DURING THE DAY; EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN THE EVENING; GAVE THEM 23:53 FOOD-SNACKS EVERYTHING; THEY TOOK THEM OUT-FIELD TRIPS AND ALL THAT AND 23:57 THEY HAVE BEBEME SO ATTACHED TO US. 23:59 OF COURSE. 24:01 AND WE ARE SO ATTACHED TO THEM AND THE BEST PART OF THE STORY IS THIS: MY 24:07 CHURCH MEMBERS WERE MORE BLESSED, YES, AND MINISTERED TO EVEN THOUGH 24:14 THEY WENT TO THE SLUM AND THEIR CHILDREN WERE BLESSED AND THEY WANT TO 24:17 GOGOACK AGAIN. 24:22 IN FACT, THERE IS A GROUP COMING TO MY CHURCH RIGHT THIS WEEK BECAUSE THEY 24:32 COMING FOR THE SMALL REPORT AND THEY Y LL BEO LIVE W WH US AND M MCHURCH 24:36 MBERS ARE GOING THERE ENENOF O OOBER TO SPEND A WEEKEND, JUST A WEEKEKD 24:40 WITH THEM AND 24:40 WE JUST WANT TO PRAY HERE FOR THESE TRIPSPS 24:44 OHOHTHANK YOU THANK YOU FOR SHARING THATAT 24:44 . 24:49 WE'VE HEARD A A T ABOUT THIS REFUGEE MINISTRY AND THE WIDE OPEN DOOR NOW 24:58 THAT NEPAL IS NO LONGER LOCKED TO THE GOSPEL AND IT'S POSSIBLE TO GO THERE 25:08 AND EVANGELIZE AND MINISTER TO THESE PEOPLE AND HERE IS THIS NEPALESE 25:13 COMMUNITY- THEY ARE HUNGRY; THEY ARE ALONE; THEY ARE ISOLATED; THEY 25:18 ARE OSTRACIZED ANDNDESUS HAS GIVEN US THE GREAT EXAMPLE OF GOING U UO THE 25:26 LEAST OF THESE AND FINDING THERE- HE SAYS THAT WHEN YOU DO IT TO THEM YOU DO 25:33 TO ME. 25:35 THAT'S RIGHT AND IT'S NO WONDER THAT YOUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN BLESSED THE WAY 25:39 THEY ARE. 25:40 GOD HAS BEEN GOOD. 25:41 WELL, WELCOME, WELCOME PASTOR TO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY AND I'M 25:50 THANKFUL FOR PASTOR RON WATTS, HIS MINISTRY, YES, AND YOU AND YOUR YOUNG 25:56 YEARS AND THROUGH ALL OF THAT YOU HAVE COME HERE AND YOU ARE NOW A NORTH 26:03 AMERICAN W W ALSO IDENTIFIES S SCLOSELY WITH YOUR OWN PEOPLE OVEVE 26:09 THERE. 26:10 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:11 SO, WE WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU, THANK YOU, AND THE MINISTRY AND YOUR 26:15 CONGREGATION AND THIS REFUGEE SERVICE THAT YOYOHAVEVEEVELOPED. 26:20 WELL THANK Y Y ALL SO RY, , RY M MH FOR BEININ WITH US FOR THIS H HF HOUR 26:26 AND I TRUST YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED ANANREMIMIED OF SOSO OF THE OPOPRTUNUNIES 26:32 THTH ARE YOURSRSTO ASSOCIATE WL 26:32 OUTREACH AND YES, AGAIN, 26:37 THANKS TO PASTOR FRANKLKL DAVID AND HIS CONGREGATION AND WE DO 26:44 SERIOUSLY REQUEST YOYO AYERERTHAT THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WILL 26:49 CONTINUE TO O GOORWARD AND AS YOU RETURN YOUR OFFERINGS TO THE WORK OF 26:55 THE GOSPEL. 26:56 THANK YOU FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:52 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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