Participants: Mike Porter
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000563A
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00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU HAVE TUNED IN. 00:20 AND IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH THEN YOU KNOW THAT THE AREA OF 00:25 EMPHASIS HERE AT G GPEL OUTRTRCH IS HERE ON THIS GREAT BIG GLOBE AND WEWERE 00:30 LOOKININAT THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:38 AND THAT IS THE WINDOWIT IS THE MOST HEAVILY HERE FROM 10 TO 40 DEGEGESPOPULATETEOF OUR COUNTRY, THE BIRTH PLACE FOR ALL OFNORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 00:44 E MAMAR RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD AND LOTS OF PEOPLE AND LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO 00:49 NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 00:55 THE SCRIPTURE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS FROM MATTHEW 28:19 THAT WEFOCUS ON. 00:57 IT'S "THEREFORE GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS BAPTIZING THEMEMN 01:00 THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON ANANTHE E HO SPIRIT.T. 01:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH THEEACRONYM IS "GO" FOR R AND WE TAKE THAT VERY 01:27 SERIOUSLY AROUND HERE. 01:29 OBVIOUOUY THE LORD WANTS US TO TALK TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THAT THIS 01:31 IS OUR EMPHASIS AND 'RE GLAD THAT YOYO HAVE JOINED US TODAY. 01:33 KE P PTER, YOU ARE HERE WITH U UAND YOU TOTOHAVE A BIG INTEREST FOR ALL THESE 01:37 PEPELE O OTHISISLOBE. 01:38 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 01:40 THANK YOU, GLAD TO BE HERE AND I CERTAINLY DO HAVE A VERY STRONG INTEREST IN 01:43 WHAT'S HAPPENING I ITHE WORLD AND PARTICULARLY FINDINING YS TO ININODUCUC 01:45 PEOPLE TO JEJES. 01:46 ABSOLUTELY. 01:48 AND MIKE YOU'RE A PASTOR AND YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SEVENTH-DAY 01:49 ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS AND I HEAR YOU LIKE TO TRAVEL. 01:52 OH I HAVE TRAVELED A LITTLE BIT IN MY LIFE. 01:54 I ACTUALLY HAVE SERVRV IN A NUMBER OF VARIETY OF WAYS. 01:56 I DID SERVE AS A PASTOR FOR SOME TIME. 01:58 I WORKED WITH ADRA WHERE WE DID A LOT OF HUMANITARIAN WORK IN 02:01 DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE WORLD. 02:02 THAT'S ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY. 02:04 THAT'S RIGHT, THTH'S R RHT. 02:06 AND I SERVED AS CEO FOR QUIET HOUR FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS AND WE SPECIALIZED 02:08 IN SENDING PEOPLE OUT ON SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIPS ALL OVER THE WORLD AGAIN. 02:14 SO YES, I DID A LITTTT COUNT T HILE BACK MAYBE A YEAR OR SO BACK AND I 02:18 REALIZED THAT ITITAS MORE THAN 115 COCOTRIES. 02:22 I GUGUS I'VE ADDED A FEW MORE SINCECEHEN. 02:24 WOW, WOW. 02:31 WHO KNKNS IN HEAVEN YOU'LLAND JUST THINK OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VEFIND OUT THE PEOPLE WHO RUBBED SHOULDERS WITH ANDYOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHAREJESUS WITH. 02:32 A LOT OF FRIENDS. 02:33 YES. 02:34 A LOT OF FRIENDS IN MANY PLACES AND IT'S A PLEASURE AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE 02:37 REALLY TO GEGET QUAINTED WIWI SO MANY PEOPLE AND TO SEE ALL THTHPEOPOP IN N 02:42 MAMANYLACES IN THE WORLD WHO ARE WORKING G ST GIVING THEIR LIVES, GIVING 02:52 ALL L THEHE ENERGIES AND JUST DOINGNGVERYRYING THEY JESUS WITIT CAN N SHARE THEHEOOD NEWSPEOPLELEROUND THEMEM 02:54 AND THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. 02:55 THAT IS. 02:57 AND THAT'S THE SCRIPTURE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AND NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING 03:00 ABOUT T IS 10/40 WINDOW, FROM 10 TO 40 0 GREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR BUT 03:04 THIS HAS TO DO WITH H MATTERERHERE WE LILI. 03:06 SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT OH WE JUST HAVE TO SEND MONEY TO THE MISSION FIELD OR 03:09 INGS LIKE THAT BUT IT'S OUR NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR RIGHT? 03:12 WELL I HOPE SO. 03:14 I HOPE THAT WE DON'T ONLY THINK ABOUT MISSION AS BEING SOMETHING FAR AWAY. 03:20 ITITEEDS TO BE WHEREVER WE ARE. 03:21 WHEN YOU WERE READING THAT PASSAGE, THE 10/40 WINDOW, E OFOFHE GROUPS OF 03:26 PEOPLE T TRE, OF COUOUE THERE ARE MANY GROUPS,S,THERE ARE HINDND, THTHER 03:30 ARE MUSLIMS, THERE ARE BUDDHISTS, THERE ARE CHCHSTIAIA. 03:39 WITH ALL THE FEARS THAT T THERE ARE JUST ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLPLE OUOUHAVE AROUND US THESE DAYS THERE E T ITITEEMSMSIKEAND ESPEPEALLY WITH THE 03:46 BEHEADINGS THAHAARE GOING ON AND-THE THINGS WE SEE ON THE NEWS-THE THINGS 03:49 THATATRE ON THE NEWSWSARE NOT VERY COMFORTING. 03:51 NO. 03:52 WE WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS VERSE THAT SAYS GO YE INTO ALL THE EARTH AND MAKING 03:58 DISCIPLES AND BAPTIZING PEOPLELEUT W WWOULULLIKEKETO PUT IN N LITTLE CAVAVT 04:04 THERE E AT SAYS ALL THE EARTH EXCEPT THE MUSLIM WORLD. 04:09 BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE E RAID OF THE MUSUSM WORLD RIGHT 04:12 NOW. 04:14 BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING RIGHT NOW THE EXTREMISTS IN THE MUSLIM RELIGION AND 04:18 ALL OF THAT AND D METITIS DO,O,E PUT PARENTHESISI ONONHAT RIGHT, OR COMMAS. 04:22 WELLLLT SEEMS LIKE IT. 04:29 THERE ARE BAD THINGS GOINGAND I THINK IT'S ON BUT I GOT TO SERVE, ONENOT WITHOUT GOOD REASON OF THE THINGS I GOT TO DOTHAT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID. 04:35 S TO SERVE AS THE LELEER FOR THEHEDVENTIST RK IN THE E DDLE EAST. 04:42 OH TELL US MORE. 04:43 SO THAT INCLUDED THE ARAB WORLD. 04:45 THERE ARE ABOUT 14 COUNTRIES THERE THAT WE FREQUENTLY VISITED AND 04:47 WEWE PLACE TO PLACAC 04:48 LET'S GET OUR GLOBE BACK. 04:50 GIVE US A LITTLE GEOGRAPHY LESSON. 04:52 WELL WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THE WORLD TURN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THOUGH FOR 04:55 STARTERS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEHEUN C CES UP I ITHE E ST. 05:04 BUT YOU GO OVER IN THATEGYPT, THERE'S WHOLE NORTH REGION THERESUDAN, THERE'S THE GULF OF SAUAU ARABIA, THERE'SCOUNTRIES, THERE'S IRAQ 05:07 AND SYRIA. 05:16 A LOT OF COUNTRIES THERE THAT NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHO ISA IS.ISA MEANING? 05:17 ISA MEANS JESUS IN THE ARABIC. 05:20 BUT WHAT'S FASCINATING IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE F FM THE ARAB WORLD, A LOT OF 05:26 PEOPLE FROM THE MUSLIM WORLD UNDERSTAND A LOT ABOUT ISA AND IN F FT I 05:33 WAWATURNING MY CAR IN AT A RENTAL PLACE IN REDLANDS, CALIFOFOIA OF ALL PLACES 05:39 AND THE GENTLEMAN VIVISLY WASN'T FRFR REDLANDS. 05:43 YES, YOU COULD TELEL BY HIS GARB MAYBE? 05:46 WELL, HEHEUST DIDN'T SEEM TO BE FROM REDLANDS SO I JUST SAID TO HIM SO WHAT 05:50 IS YOUR COUNTRY? 05:51 HE SAID OH I'M FROM PAKISTAN. 05:53 SO THEN WE STARTED TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE AND HE SAIDIDHE TOLD ME A LITTLE 06:00 BIT MORE A AUT H H FAMILY AND D SAID WELL SO ARE YOU FROM THE CHRISTITI 06:05 BACKGROUND OR FROM MUSLIM BACKGROUND? 06:08 BOTH ARE LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS. 06:09 THERE ARE PLENTY OF CHRISTIANS, PLENTY OF MUSLIMS. 06:11 HE SAID OH I AM A MUSLIM. 06:14 THEN PRETTY SOON WE TALKED SOME MORE AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WELL WHAT ARE YOU? 06:21 SOSO SAID I'M AN ADVENTNTT BELIEVER. 06:25 AND HE IMMEDIATELY ASKED ME A QUESTION THAT KIND OF MADE ME A LITTLE AFRAID. 06:28 HE S SD D LL WHAT ABOUT ADVENTISTS. 06:32 I'VE SEEN THESE CHURCHES AROUND THAT SAYS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST ON 06:36 IT. 06:37 I WENT TO THE WEB AND I TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS AND I CAN'T FIND 06:39 ANYTHINGNGBOUT IT. 06:40 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? 06:41 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID. 06:43 SO I SAID TO HIM ADVENTISTS FIRST OF ALL HAS TO DO WITH THE ADVENT 06:49 OR THE COMING OF JESUS AND I SAID USUALLY YOU CALL HIM ISA ANDNDE JUST 06:55 STOPPED ME RIGHT IN THE TRACKS AND SAID WELL, I'M A MUSLIM AND I BELIEVE IN 07:00 THE E COND COMING OF F JES. 07:01 I'M LOOKING FOR ISA TO COME. 07:03 PRAISE THE LORD. 07:05 I FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND EVEN IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD 07:09 WHO REALLY TRULY ARE LOOKING FOR THE COMING OF JESUS. 07:13 AND SOMETIMES BY THE THINGS THAT WE SEE, THE EXTREMISTS IN THE NEWS 07:16 THEN JUST BECAUSE WE'REEHUMAN THEN WE DISCREDIT SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE YOU 07:20 KNOW WE'RE NOT MAYBE THE SAME THING BUT HERE COCO FIND OUT HERE WITH THIS 07:23 MAN. 07:24 MAYBE WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN WE THOUGHT. 07:26 ONONOF THE PLACES WHERE THIS HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY INTERESTING TOTOBSERVE FOR 07:32 SOME YEARS. 07:33 IN TURKEY THERE ARE SOME GROUPS OF MUSLIM BELIEVERS THERE WHO ACTUALLY WERE 07:41 HAVING A N NIONANADEBABATE THEHEUESTSTN THTHUGHHTHE NATIONAL TELEVISION 07:47 AND NEWSPAPARS AND NATIONAL RELIGIOUS THINKING, WHO O NS THE 07:54 IDEA OF THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 07:56 IS THAT A CHRISTIAN BELIEF OR IS IT A MUSLIM BELIEF? 07:58 SO WHAT DID THEY COME UP WITH? 08:01 IT WAS A GREAT DEBEBE THATATAS GOING ON. 08:04 AND I THINK WHAT IT POINTS OUT IS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLTLBIBIMORE I I 08:09 COMMMM WITH OUR FELLOW MUSLIM BELIEVERS THAN SOMETIMES WE THINK. 08:12 NOW WE COME BACKCKROUND TO THIS IDEA OF ALL THE BAD STUFF THAT WE HEAR. 08:17 THAT DOES MAMA IT TOUGH BECAUSE THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE HIJACKIKI A 08:25 VERY LARGE RELIGIGN, 20-25 PERCENT OF THEHE WLDLD POPOLATION BY ESTIMATES. 08:29 TWENEN TO TWTWTY-F-FIVPERCENT. 08:31 BUT I MEAN HERE'S TO SAY THE SAME THING. 08:35 YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANS WE HAVEN'T' ALWAYS DONE THE RIGHT THING AND ALWAYS 08:39 DODO THAT EITHER. 08:40 SO MAYBE NOT TO, YOU KNOW, SO YES. 08:43 WELL WHEN PEOPLE, PEOPLE SOMETIMES ASK ME THEY'LL SAY ISN'T ISLAM A VIOLENT 08:49 RELIGION AND I SAY CERTAINLY THERE ARE ELEMENTS, THERE ARE PEOPLE 08:55 WHO ARE BEHAVING VERY VIOLENTLY. 08:57 AND THEN I SAY ISN'T CHRISTIANITY KIND OF A VIOLENT RELIGIONON 09:03 GO KILL ALL THE WOMEN AND THE CHILILEN AND THEHEANIMALS AND DODOT LEAVE 09:07 ANY LIVING THING ALIVE. 09:09 THAT'S FROM THE BIBLE. 09:11 SO I GUESS WHAT I TRY TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE IS PLEASE DON'T JUDGEGETHAT 09:16 THEHE WD THAT CAME TO MY MIND,D,ITHEHEONE PLEASE DON'T JUJUE CHRISTIANS, 09:19 PLEASE DON'T JUDGE M MLIMS BY SOME FEW PASSSSES T TT ARE E METITIS TATAN OUT OF 09:26 CONTEXEX 09:28 OR THE MINUTE THIRTY SOUND BITE THAT WE SEE ON THE NEWS AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE 09:34 COMING TO GET T TO ISIS PEOPLE AND ALL OF THAT SO. 09:36 THAT'S TOUGH. 09:38 YES, THAT IS VERY TOUGH BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE HEAR THOSE REPORTS SO AND IT'S 09:41 LIKEKEYOU U OW, , E INSIDES OF US WE WANTTTO GET IN N D GO HEY YOU 09:45 CAN'T TREAT T R FELLOWMEN LIKE THAT SO. 09:47 AND WHAT MUST THE LORD BE THINKING AS HE'S JUST WAITING, WAITING, WAITING 09:52 FOR THIS TO O ME UP AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE H HE AT GOSPEL OUTRTRCH TO BE 09:55 TALKININABOUT ALL THIS. 09:56 WELL IT IS. 09:57 IN GOSPEL OUTREACH THE WHOLE FOCUS IS ABOUT INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO 10:01 JESUS AND JESUS REALLY DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. 10:07 HE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. 10:08 OFFERS THE HOPE. 10:10 HE IS THE WORD OF GOD. 10:13 AND IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE WHEN JESUS COMES INTO THE LIVES OF 10:15 PEPELE. 10:17 WELL YES, BECAUSE THERE'S THE JOY, THERE'S NOT THE TERROR AND ALL OF THAT 10:20 THAT W WRE HEARING ABOUT. 10:24 SO MICHAEL, WHAT WAS IT PART O OTHE 10/40 WINDOWLIKE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO LIVE IN THISIN THE MUSLIM AREA? 10:26 AT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BEING CHRISTIANS, SEVENTH-DAY 10:28 ADVEVENTTSTSFORERENERS. 10:29 WELL I'VE NEVER LIVED ANY PLACE THAT I DIDN'T ENJOY. 10:31 WE SPENT QUITE A FEW YEARS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. 10:46 WE OPENED AN ADRA OFFICE IN SRI LANKA. 10:50 OPENED MANY MORE THERE ACROSS THE FORMER SOVIET UNIONONOUNTRIES. 10:54 EN WE SERVED KIND OF LEADING O O IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH'S WOROR 11:01 ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST. 11:03 BUT WHAT I FOUND I II'VEVETOLD PEOPLE BEFORE YOU COULD JUST DROP ME OUT OF 11:07 AIRPLANE E YWHERE, WIWI A PARARAUTE E PRESUME, YES, I HOPE SO, AND I 11:15 WOULULBE ABLE TOTOAND AND FIND T TT THERE WOULD BE GOOD FRIENDLY PEOPLE THAT 11:20 I COCOD TATA TOOAND WOULULBE A AE TO FIND A WAY TO SAFETY. 11:25 YOU KNOW, THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, BECAUSE I CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT OF 11:30 RUSSIAIA I I WLD BE ABLE TO MAKE FRIENDS ININERY SHORT ORDER-R-T T 'S THAT 11:37 WAY Y YOU GO TO A PLACE KNOWING G AT YOU'RE GOINGGTO FIND FRIENDNDAND D U'RE 11:45 LOOKING FOR THE GOOD IN PEOPLE YOU ALWAYS FIND IT. 11:48 AND THE PEOPLE OF THE MIMILE EAST ARE JUST SOSO OF THE WAWAEST, 11:53 FRIENDLIEST, MOST LOVELY PEOPLE ON THE PLANT. 11:56 HOSPITABLE. 11:57 VERY HOSPITABLE, VERY HOSPITABLE. 12:00 THERE ARARSUCH INTERESTING THINGS AND MAYBE YOU HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK HERE BUT I 12:06 JUST WANT TO TELL YOU RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THTH 12:08 HOSPITALITY REQUIRES YOU TO BEHAVE IN A CERTAIN WAY. 12:13 OK. 12:14 LET'S COME BACK TO THAT. 12:15 SO MIKE THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND THANK YOU VIEWERS OF "ADVENTURES 12:18 IN MISSIONS" HERE IN GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:20 WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO GET INVOLVED. 12:22 WE'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PRAY AND TO FINANCIALLY GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:28 WE DEPEND ON YOUR DONATIONS AND D AT'S WHAT HELPS US WITH OUR GOSPEL 12:31 OUTREACH WORKERS OUND THIS BIG GLOBE. 12:34 SO WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 12:43 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLEQUESTION. 12:45 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:47 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION, WHAT IS JESUS 12:51 WAITING FOR? 12:53 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 12:56 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:00 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 13:05 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONSNSND THEN 13:09 ALL THE END COME." 13:13 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER AND OVER THE 13:18 PAST TWENTNTYEARARHASSGRGRN INTO AN N ORNINITIONONWITH TWENTY-TWTWHUNDRED 13:21 WORKERS IN FORTY PLPL COUNTRIES. 13:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 13:28 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 13:31 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECT. 13:32 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 13:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 13:39 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 13:41 NOW YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORK THE CHURCH IS ALREADY 13:46 DODOG WITH ERSEAS MISSIONS? 13:48 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 13:50 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS S ST A PART OF THE EQUATION. 13:54 JUST AS LARGE A PART IS AYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING 13:57 THROUGH H SSIONS OFFFFININ 13:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 14:07 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40WINDOW. 14:09 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 14:12 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 14:16 10 ANDND0 0 GREEEE NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 14:18 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 14:22 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE 14:26 NAME OF JESUS LIVE H HE. 14:27 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 14:32 WEWEO THIS BY WORKININWITHTHTHE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAIAID INDIGENOUS WORKERS 14:38 IN N N TERERTORIRI, SENDNDG OUOUT SCSCLES JUJU AS S SUS DID. 14:42 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBEN. 14:45 PRABIRIRS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP HIS CHURCH 14:48 CONFNFENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THIS SMALL VIVIAGE OF MARUAH TO SHARE THE 14:52 GOSPEL. 14:54 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 14:57 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 14:59 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 15:03 THE E RK OF PRABAB. 15:04 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAD BEEN 15:08 WORSHIPPING IN A HOUSE CHURUR. 15:10 RECENTLY A NEWEWEMBER MED ARISMA GAVE HIS LIFE GODODND DONATED A PIECE 15:14 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 15:17 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 15:20 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN N DIA. 15:25 EN A AIBLELEORKEKE ONSORED BY GOSPEPE TREACH ENTERS A NEW 15:29 VIVIAGE IT'S E EIMATAT THTH IN N E FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 15:34 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES S CHRIST. 15:37 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY Y GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 15:42 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 15:44 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 15:49 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT T TM AND THEIR 15:54 FAMIMIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 15:59 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR ADOPT A WORKER 16:02 PROGRAM. 16:04 TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE 16:07 REACHED. 16:16 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 16:19 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENEN FOFO10 THOUSAND NEW W BLEEWORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 16:22 THE NEED IN THE E ST O O IA AND AFRFRA ISISUSTTAS L LGE WHERE P PPLE E E 16:26 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD. 16:27 THAT IS WHY IT'S OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCECE MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS ININHE 16:30 NEXTXTHREEEEEARSRS 16:32 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 16:36 THE AVERAGE COCO OF A BIBLE WORKER IS S E HUNDREREFIFTY DOLLARS A 16:39 MONTH. 16:41 FOR SOME THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 16:52 CHCHCH, SABBATH SCHOHOING G NE A A SPOPOOR GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CANUPDATED ON THE EXCITINGA GOSPEL OUTREACH TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORKPROGRESS OF YOUR WORKERWORKER FOR A YEAR.IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU 16:57 SENDING YOU STORIES AND PICTURES OF THE LIVEVE ANGEGEBY Y YR DONATIONS. 17:02 NONOW ATATOU K KW ABABT OUR R OPT T A RKER PROGRAM THERE ARE THTHE WAYS YOU 17:06 CAN GET INVOLVED. 17:08 FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BY Y AYING FOR 17:12 OUR R BIE E RKERER 17:13 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM BY TELLING 17:17 YOUR F FILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 17:21 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 17:24 CALL OR VISIT THE WEB SITE TODAY. 17:27 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 17:30 JESUS IS WAITING FOR THE NAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 17:42 AND FRIENDS, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR. 17:44 THTHE'S A HUGEGELOBE OUT THERE AND EACH ONE OF US NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO 17:49 SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS AND THE FACT THAT HE'S COMING BACK AGAIN AND WE 17:52 NEED TO HAHA THE JOY I I OUR HEARTS OF HIM AND WE NEED TO GET INVOLVED WITH 17:56 GOSPELELUTREACH SOSOE CAN HELP THE PEOPLE IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW HERE IN THE 18:01 HEAVAVST POPULATED AREA OF OUR GLOBE TO LEARN MORE ABOUTUTESUSUS 18:05 AND TODADAWE'RE VISISING WITH MIKE PORTER. 18:07 MIKE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITITUS. 18:09 AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MUSLIMS AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE 18:17 AREAS S THE WORLDLDWHERE YOU HAVE LIVED, 120 COUNTRIES THAT YOU'VE BEENABLE TO VISIT. 18:18 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MUSLIM HOSPITALITY. 18:22 WEWE, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL NOT FIND M ME KIND MORE 18:31 SOME PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITEGRACIOUS PEOPLE YWHEHE ON N E PLANET.KIND OF FOOD? 18:34 AND YOU KNOW I'VE HAD BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW I ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I LIKE 18:38 SO MANY Y THEHE D I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY, YOU DON'T WANT TO 18:40 OFFEND ANYBODY S SI JUSTSTAY IT LIKE THIS. 18:42 YOU CANNOT FIND BETTER THAN MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD. 18:45 THAT'S TRUE. 18:46 IT IS SO GOOD. 18:48 BUT I WAS THTHKING ABOUT WHEN WE WERE TALKING BEFORE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 18:52 THE E SPITALITY. 18:53 YOU KNOW MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN TO IRAQ PLENTY OF TIMES AND WE WERE THERE 19:00 WHENENADDAM WAS STSTL IN POWER. 19:01 WE WERE THERE WHEN HE WAS IN HIDING AND WE WERE THERE WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED 19:05 AND WE WERE THERE AFTER SO WE'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCEETHERE BUT T REMEMEER ONE 19:15 DAY WE WENT TO VISIT A FAMILY AND WHILE WE WERE-AN IRAQI FAMILY? 19:21 -IT WAS IN BAGHDAD, IRAQI FAMILY, AND IT WAS ONE OF THESE SUNDAY AFTERNOONS, 19:28 IT W W KIND OF HOT AND THERE WASN'T A L L OF TRAFFIC ARARND BUT I LOOK 19:34 AHEAD AS WE E RE DRIVING AND THERE WAS A BIG BLACK FLAG WAVING. 19:39 WHAT DID THAHAMEAN? 19:41 WELL, I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURE THAT WE WEREN'T IN THE RIGHT PLACE RIGHT THEN 19:45 T WEWEERE E ERE SO WE KIND OF JUJU DRORO ON BY AND IT TURNED OUT THAT 19:50 THERE WAS JUST A YOUNG BOY IN THE CAR WAVING THTHBIG FLAG WAITITI FORORIS DAD 19:55 OR WHATEVER. 20:01 PULLED UP TO THE GATE ANDSO WE WENT ON DOWN JUST WE JUST KINDND OGOGOOUT OFTO THE END OF THAT STREET THE CACAR D JUST WENT INTOAND WHEN WE GOT THERE WE 20:04 THE HOUSE. 20:06 WELL THE LADY OF THE HOUSE STARTED TELLING US HOW-AND SHE WAS EXPECTING YOU, SHE 20:11 WAWAA FRFRND A A SHEHEHAHAINVITED YOU OVER? 20:13 YES, YES S S HAD PLANNED FOR LUNCH, A VERY SIMPLE LUNCH BUT SHE SAID YOU 20:27 THE ARAR OF ONE OF THOSEKNOW WE'RE THE ONLY CHRISTIANS IN THIS WHOLELEADING GROUPS THAT NEIGHBHBHOODODND T TS ISWAS SORT OF AGAINST THE 20:35 GOVERNMENTNTND SO ON ATFRIENDS WIWI EVERYBODY THE TIME AND SHE SAID BUTHERE BECAUSE I DODOT WORRY BECAUSE I'MCUT EVERYBODY'S HAIR. 20:42 OH INTERESTING. 20:43 SHE SAID I CUT EVERYBODY'S HAIR AND SO I'M FRIENDS WITH EVERYBODY. 20:47 THE E DY W WH THE SCISSORS AND THE RAZOR. 20:49 THAT'S IT. 20:50 BUT THEN WE WERE JUST KIND OF EATING OUR VERY SIMPLE RICE AND BEANS AND AS WE 20:56 RE EATING ALONG G E SAID YOYOKNOWOWHEY'Y' NOT REAL FOND OF AMERICANS AROUND 21:02 HERE. 21:04 THEN SHE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THERE'S A MILLION DINAR REWARD FOR ANY 21:08 AMERICANS THAT WE'LL TURN IN JUST A LITTLE WAYS UP THE STRERE THERE. 21:12 OH MY. 21:13 ABOUT WHERE THAT FLAG WAS. 21:14 WERE YOU KIND OF STARTING TO GET HOT? 21:16 I KIND OF THOUGHT TO MYSELF. 21:17 I TOOK A COUPLE MORE B BES AND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FOOD AND SAID WELL YOU'VE 21:24 T TWO MILLION DIDINA SITTININININOUR R VING ROOM RIGHT HERE. 21:26 YA LADAD WHAHAARE YOU GOING G DO? 21:28 GOT TWO MILLION DINAR. 21:29 WHAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF MONEY-IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY. 21:31 I MEAN THAT WAS MAYBE A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SOMETHING BUT IT WAS A LOT 21:34 OF MONEY FOR EACH OF US. 21:41 AND YOU KNOW SHE JUST GOTULD D KE O O MYYEYEY BEFEFE I WOULD LET THIS TOTALLY PANIC LOOK ON HER FACE AND SHE SAID IANYTYTNG HAPPEN TO YOU. 21:46 THAT WAS HER WAY-THAT'S MIDDLE EASTERN HOSPITALITY. 21:49 SHE WOULD PROTECT US EVEN IF WE WERE AN ENEMY BUT WE WERE NOT AN ENEMY, WE WERE 21:55 MILYLYFAMIMI OF GOD. 21:56 WE WERE FAMILY OF GOD AND WE WERE PART OF HER FAMILY. 21:59 BUT THAT WAS HER WAY OF DESCRIBING HOW SHE WOULD-WELL, THAT WAS JUST 22:03 HER INSTANT REACTION WITHOUT EVEN THINKING. 22:06 SHE NEVER THOUGHT OF US AS BEING AMERICANS IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE WE 22:12 WERE JUST PARTRTF THE FAMILY OF GOD. 22:14 WE WERE JUST HER GUESTS. 22:15 I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF SHE KNEW I WAS A U.S. 22:17 PASSPORT HOLDER BUT WHEN SHE REALIZED IT SHE WAS JUST SO SHOCKED. 22:21 SHE SAID THERE'S NO WAY THAT I WOULD EVER LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU. 22:26 BUBUISN'T THAT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE MIKE THTHGH. 22:28 I MEAN HERE WE ARE, WE'RE ALL HERE IN GOD'S WORLD AND WE ARE GOD'S CHILDREN 22:34 AND TO H HAVTHTHLOVEVEHAT WE NEED TO HAVE FOR EACH PERSON AND F FM GOGOAND D 22:39 ED T TNOT HAVE ALL THESE BOXES THAT W W PUT OURSELVES INTO. 22:42 BARRIERS. 22:43 IT'S REALLY TOO BAD. 22:44 YOU KNOW PEOPLE, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT ETHNIC G GUPS. 22:48 I PASTORED A CHUHUH SOSO TIME BACK THAT HAD A GREAT MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT 22:53 ETHNICITIES ANANTHERE ARE SOMETIMES, ONCE IN AWHILE SOMEBODYDYANTS TO TATA 22:56 OUT RACE S SI HAHA PERFECT OFOFHAT. 22:59 I THINK WE'RE ALL PART OF THE HUMAN RACE AREN'T WE? 23:02 HELLLL THERE YOU GO, NAILED IT RIGHT THERE. 23:04 SO WE'RE PART OF THE HUMAN RACECE 23:06 SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 23:08 WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WORLD GOD'S FAMILY IS EVERYWHERE AND WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL 23:14 PRPRILEGEGREALAL OF INTERFACING WITH FELLOW PEOPLE, FELLOW FAMILIL 23:21 MEMBERS BECAUSE GOD CREATED US ALL. 23:23 'RE E OTHERS D SISTERS. 23:24 AND YOU KNOW THESE-BACK TO THE NEWS AND ALL OF THAT. 23:27 IT'S HARD, IT'S DIFFICULT, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY THESE 23:38 THINGS YOU DON'T'TANT TOWHEN THE LORD D MES IMAGINE ON ANYBODY AND WETHAT HE'S GOING JUST HAVE TO TRUST T TTTO MAKAKIT ALL NEW. 23:43 WELL IT'S REALLY, REALLY DIFFFFULT T GHT NOW. 23:46 IT REALLY Y . 23:47 ONE OF MY GOOD, GOOD FRIENDS HE'S A PASTOR IN BAGHDAD. 23:52 HIS NAME IS CANON ANDREW WHITE. 23:55 HE HAS TAKEN UPON HIMSELF FOR MANY YEARS TO BE INVOLVED IN PEACE 24:01 NEGOTIATIONS W WHIN THE ARAB WORLD AND THE JEWISH W WLD. 24:07 IT'S BEEN A REAL INTERESTING JOURNEY. 24:09 HE HAS HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCES, GONE LOT OF PLACES. 24:11 ACTUALLY HE AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON NENETIATING GETTING SOME 24:17 PEOPLE FREED WHO WERE KIDNAPPPP. 24:19 INTERESTSTG. 24:21 WE GO BACK QUITE A WAYS BUT LET ME JUST TELL YOU HOW WE MET. 24:25 IT WAS, HE AND I WERE BOTH WAITITG IN THE AIRPORT IN A NEIGHBORING COCOTRY Y D 24:34 THIS IS A PLACE THAT THEY ONLY HAD CERTAIN KINDS OF FLIGHTS. 24:36 YOU KNOW, THEY HAD FLIGHTS FOR WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN IRAQ YOU DON'T JUST GO OUT 24:46 AND DO THE NORMAL APPROACH WHERE YOU GO OUT AND FLY IN FOR TEN MILES GRADUALLY 24:49 MINGNGOWN. 24:50 HOW DO THEY DO IT? 24:51 WELL YOU COME IN AT 20 THOUSAND FEET AND YOU ROLL INTO A TIGHT SPIRAL, OH 24:55 TERESTING, AND Y Y SPSPAL D DN AND YOU U RO THE E NGS S VEL L D YOYO 24:58 ND. 24:59 WOW, I'VE ONLY DONE THAT IN FLIGHT TRAINING. 25:01 I HAVEN'T DONE THAT LIKE AN APPROACH FOR AN AIRPORT. 25:03 OK. 25:05 WELL, IT'S BETTER THAN GETTING SHOT DOWN IS WHAT THE PILOT TOLD US. 25:07 OK, ALRIGHT. 25:08 SO THAT'S S E ALTERNATIVE. 25:09 WE'LL RUN WITH THAT. 25:10 SO HERE'S THIS GUY, I SEE HIM STANDING ACROSS THE AIRPORT AND HE HAS A 25:16 CLERICAL COLLALASO I WENT ER AND INTRODUCED MYSELF AND STARTED TALKING TO HIM 25:20 LITTTT BITITND H HSAIDIDI'M M NNONONNDREREWHITE. 25:29 IN THE M MDLE EAST R RIONI INTRODUCED MYSELF AS AND HE SAID SOMETHING LIKEMIMI PORTER WHO WAS TAKING CARE OF THE ADVENTIST WORKWELL, YOU KNOW MY JOB IS 25:37 QUITE INTERESTININ 25:38 I GET TO WORK WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. 25:40 I'M AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR FROM CAMBRIDGE AND ALSO FROM OXFORD. 25:45 YOU KNOW, I'M SITTING IN THTH AMMON AIRPORT W WCH IS, YOU KNOW IF YOYOHAVE 25:51 ANYTHING T TDODOITH SABBATH LET'S SAY, IT'S SORT OF ANATHEMA. 25:55 IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOBODY WANT'S TO ASSOCIATE WITH BECAUSE THAT'S JEWISH, OR 25:59 SAY OUT LOUD. 26:00 YES. 26:01 SO HE'S KIND OF THIS LOUD BOISTEROUS GUY AND HE SAYS, OH YES, YOU'RE A 26:05 VENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 26:07 WELL THAT'S GREAT. 26:12 I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THERE'S NOT A SINGLESANCTITY T T WORD IN SCRIRIURE GIVINGNDAY WORSHIP. 26:15 THEN I FIND OUT THAT HE'S OFF TEACHING IN THE U.S. 26:19 EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD TEACHING ABOUT THE SABBATH. 26:23 HE WRITES TO ME AND SASA BUT I ONLY TALK ABABT THE TRUE SABBATH. 26:26 SO S S HERE YOU FOUNUNA FRIEND IN THE AIRPRPT MIKE. 26:31 I NEVER EXPECTED WELL BLESS HIS HEART.TO FIND HIM THERE. 26:32 BLESS HIS HEART. 26:35 THE THING IS WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THIS.WE DO. 26:36 GOD PUTS US IN CONTACT WITH ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE AND IF WE'RE JUST READY TO 26:40 BEBEHERE AND BE READY TO BE GOD'S VOICE,E,OD'S HANDS, GODOD'SRMRMHE WILL 26:45 USE US. 26:46 NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE. 26:48 HE WILL USE US. 26:49 HE WILL USE US. 26:50 ANYWHERE. 26:51 IT'S ALL TRUE. 26:52 THE 10/40 OR SOME OTHER 40 WINDOW. 26:54 IT'S ALL TRUE,E,IT'S A A TRUE. 26:55 WELL MIKE POPOER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND BLESSINGS TO YOU AS 26:57 YOU WORKRKITH H MANY PEOPLE AND K KP BEING A FRFRND FOR J JUS. 27:01 THANK YOYOFOR R ING G RE. 27:03 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:06 I'M M LIE SASAERS KEYMER AND REREMBERERTHERERARE PEPELE AROUND THE WORLD 27:10 AND PEOPLE NEXEXDOOR TO YOU THAT W WHOPE THAT YOU WILL SHARE JESUS WITH. 28:01 GOD BLESS YOU. 28:18 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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