Participants: Dick Duerksen (Host), Edwin & Marcelline Dass
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000572A
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US BECAUSE 00:21 YOU ARE GOING ON A TRIP WITH ME AND WE ARE GOING TO THE COUNTRY OF INDIA 00:27 AND I WANT TO WELCOME EDWIN AND MARCELLINE DASS HERE WITH US. 00:30 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 00:32 IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 00:33 SO INDIA IS NOTHING NEW TO EITHER OF YOU. 00:37 NO. 00:38 AND WE ARE GLAD FOR THAT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE ED, YOU'RE IN 00:41 CHARGE OF WHICH DISTRICT? 00:43 I'M IN CHARGE OF DISTRICT-REGION 10 WHICH IS NORTHWEST INDIA. 00:49 AND THIS NORTHWEST INDIA HAS ABOUT 650 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN THERE. 00:55 650 MILLION? 00:57 650 MILLION PEOPLE. 00:58 AND THAT'S JUST IN ONE AREA OF INDIA. 01:01 YES THAT IS NORTHWEST INDIA. 01:03 AND I SHUDDER AND SHIVER AND MANY TIMES WONDERED YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY ASKED 01:09 ME TO TAKE NORTHWEST INDIA, I SAID, "I DON'T THINK I CAN DO ANYTHING IN 01:16 THERE. 01:17 THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE." 01:19 AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WILL ONLY BE 300 PEOPLE TO HELP ME -GOSPEL, YOU KNOW, 01:22 WORKERS. 01:23 300 WORKERS AND 650 MILLION PEOPLE, O.K. 01:27 BUT I TELL YOU, IT IS AMAZING HOW THE LORD WORKS THINGS OUT. 01:34 THIS IS TRUE. 01:35 IT IS JUST AMAZING. 01:36 I WENT THERE WITH VERY DISCOURAGED HEART BUT I CAME BACK FROM THERE MY 01:42 FIRST TRIP THAT I TOOK AS A GET ACQUAINTED TRIP. 01:46 I CAME BACK WITH LOTS OF HOPES. 01:49 PRAISE THE LORD. 01:50 AND I KNOW THE LORD CAN DO IT EVEN WITH FEW PEOPLE. 01:54 THIS IS TRUE. 01:55 HE CAN REACH EVERYWHERE. 01:58 THIS IS TRUE. 01:59 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD AND WHERE ARE YOU BOTH FROM ORIGINALLY? 02:03 FROM THE SAME REGION, YES, I AM FROM PUNJAB WHICH IS THE NORTHWEST FRONTIER 02:10 STATE CLOSE TO PAKISTAN. 02:12 WE ARE BORN IN PAKISTAN. 02:14 SHE IS FROM THE MIDDLE OF INDIA WHICH IS CALLED UPPI OR JANSI IS YOUR HOME 02:22 TOWN.YES. 02:23 OK. 02:25 WHICH IS THE CITY OF THE BRAVE QUEEN OF BRANI OF CHAUNCEY. 02:30 OH AND THAT'S YOU, MARCELLINE RIGHT. 02:32 YES. 02:33 PRETTY BRAVE. 02:34 SO MARCELLINE HOW MANY LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK? 02:37 I SPEAK MOSTLY ENGLISH BUT ED IS THE ONE WHO IS THE LINGUIST IN THE FAMILY. 02:41 HE SPEAKS HINDI, URDU AND PUNJABI, MOCHRI AND MANY LOCAL DIALECTS OF THE 02:48 COUNTRY. 02:49 WOW. 02:50 DID YOU EVER GET CONFUSED ED, WHEN YOU ARE -NO. 02:52 NO, NEVER DO. 02:53 IT IS AMAZING HOW HE SHIFTS GEARS BECAUSE EACH LANGUAGE HAS ITS OWN 02:58 RHTHYM, YOU CAN SAY, AND YOU CAN ASK, "WHAT IS YOUR NAME?" 03:03 IN EVERY LANGUAGE AND IT WILL HAVE ITS RHTHYM. 03:06 IT HAS KIND OF A FLOW. 03:09 YES. 03:10 IT HAS A FLOW. 03:11 OH INTERESTING. 03:12 NOW MARCELLINE, WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU ARE WEARING HERE TODAY. 03:15 IT IS BEAUTIFUL- YOUR YELLOW. 03:17 I'M WEARING A -THIS IS CALLED A DUPATTA-THE SCARF AND IT HAS MANY USES. 03:23 WOMEN COVER THEIR HAIR AS A SHOW OF RESPECT FOR THEIR ELDERS; WHEN THEY GO 03:30 TO CHURCH WE ARE TOLD IN THE BIBLE THAT WOMEN SHOULD HAVE THEIR HEADS 03:33 COVERED SO IN INDIAN CHURCHES IN THE LOCAL AREAS YOU WILL OFTEN FIND 03:41 WOMEN WITH THEIR HEAD COVERED. 03:42 ALSO IT'S GOT MANY USES. 03:45 IT'S NOT JUST ONLY A HEAD COVER. 03:47 IT IS RESPECT. 03:48 IT COVERS YOU FROM THE SUN. 03:50 YOU -WHEN YOU ARE OUT IN THE FIELD WITH THE VILLAGE WOMEN IF THEY ARE STUNG BY 03:56 A COBRA OR A POISONOUS INSECT THEY WILL QUICKLY TEAR THE CORNER OF THIS 04:02 AND MAKE A TOURNIQUET AND TIE IT SO THEY THE POISON MAY NOT GET TO THEIR WHOLE 04:09 BODY BEFORE THEY CAN GET HELP. 04:11 IT IS ALSO USED AS A FAN. 04:14 YES, WHEN IT IS HOT. 04:16 IT IS HOT IN INDIA. 04:18 YES IN THE SUMMER. 04:20 IT IS ALSO USED AS A FLY SWATTER. 04:23 SHUN FLIES AWAY AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 04:26 IT IS ALSO USED AS A ROPE TO ELOPE. 04:29 O.K. 04:30 SO IT HAS MANY USES -IT IS JUST NOT A SCARF. 04:34 AND YOUR WHOLE OUTFIT IS -WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE WHOLE OUTFIT? 04:39 SALWAR IS THE BOTTOM; KAMEEZ WHICH MEANS SHIRT IS THE TOP AND IT'S LOOSE 04:45 BECAUSE IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT'S VERY, VERY HOT IT- WHEN YOU WALK IT CREATES 04:51 AN AIR OR BREEZE WHICH COOLS YOU DOWN. 04:54 WELL IT IS VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL. 04:56 AND THIS DUPATTA IT WILL KIND OF KEEP YOUR SHOULDERS WARM AND IT 05:02 WORKS LIKE A SHAWL OR STOLL. 05:05 SURE. 05:06 IT IS BEAUTIFUL. 05:07 SO THANK YOU FOR WEARING THAT TODAY. 05:09 SO TELL US WHAT YOU FOLKS DID FOR MANY YEARS IN INDIA BEFORE YOU STARTED 05:14 WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 05:18 I WAS VERY YOUNG WHEN I CAME TO AMERICA. 05:21 I WAS IN MY 20'S-MID 20'S BUT THEN WE WERE HERE FOR 25 SOME YEARS IN MICHIGAN. 05:28 I WORKED AS A TEACHER. 05:30 I WORKED AT SO MANY OTHER THINGS LIBRARIAN AND SO ON. 05:35 THEN I GOT INTO BUSINESS OF TRAVEL AND I WENT IN CONNECTION WITH MY 05:41 BUSINESS, I TRAVELED TO OVER 180 COUNTRIES AND SAW THEM-SAW THE WORLD AND 05:51 THEN THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION ONE DAY CAME TO VISIT ME AND 05:58 HE SAW ME SITTING IN MY OFFICE - IN MY TRAVEL OFFICE. 06:01 HE SAID, "ED DASS, LOOK AT YOU- YOU ARE SITTING HERE AND ENJOYING YOUR LIFE. 06:06 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR YOUR MOTHER COUNTRY?" 06:08 WOW! 06:10 I SAID, "DON'T GIVE ME THAT GUILT TRIP NOW." 06:13 I SAID, "LISTEN WHEN I GRADUATED AND I FINISHED MY PH.D. 06:17 I WROTE YOU GUYS LETTERS AND SAID I WAS AVAILABLE TO COME AND HELP YOU BUT 06:22 YOU HAD NO VACANCY FOR ME." 06:25 WHY ARE YOU COMING AND ASKING ME NOW TO DO SOMETHING FOR MOTHER 06:28 INDIA? 06:29 I FELT THAT YOU DIDN'T NEED ME SO I GOT ENGAGED IN BUSINESS AND I GOT TO 06:33 LIVE AND I'VE GOT TO FEED MY FAMILY. 06:36 SO I'M DOING THAT. 06:37 HE SAID, "NO IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO COME AND HELP US. 06:40 WE ARE IN DIRE NEED OF PEOPLE THERE TO COME AND REALLY WORK WITH THEIR 06:46 HEART AND MIND AND SOUL." 06:48 AFTER THAT I'LL DO IT IF I COME BUT I CAN'T COME. 06:52 I CANNOT LEAVE MY BUSINESS AND COME. 06:54 SO HE CAME BACK THE SECOND TIME-HE TRIED TO CONVINCE ME AND AGAIN A THIRD TIME. 07:01 BY NOW YOU SEE, MY HEART SORT OF CHANGED. 07:04 YES THIRD TIME IS A CHARM. 07:05 AND I SAID, "I'LL COME FOR SIX MONTHS." 07:09 HE SAID, "WHAT'S SIX MONTHS?" 07:11 "WHAT WILL YOU DO IN SIX MONTHS" I CAN DO A LOT IN SIX MONTHS. 07:14 HE SAID, "COMMIT YOURSELF FOR A YEAR". 07:17 I SAID, "ALRIGHT, I'LL COME." 07:18 BOY, HE PUSHES A HARD BARGAIN. 07:20 I'M TELLING YOU, SO I WENT AND TOLD MY PARTNERS IN BUSINESS I SAID, "I'VE GOT 07:28 TO GO BECAUSE I WORKED VERY HARD IN THIS BUSINESS AND NOW I NEED TO DO 07:32 SOMETHING FOR THE LORD AND I'LL BE BACK." 07:36 SO I WENT FOR ONE YEAR BUT ONE YEAR TURNED OUT TO BE 24 YEARS. 07:41 PRAISE THE LORD. 07:43 I TELL YOU. 07:44 AND WHAT DID YOU DO? 07:45 I WAS GIVEN A SCHOOL. 07:46 IT WAS AT A STAGE OF DELAPIDATION SO I TOOK OVER WITH 200 STUDENTS AND 07:56 WORKED AND CLEANED IT UP AND PUT IT ON THE MAP. 08:02 WORKED VERY HARD WITH THE LORD AND EVERY TIME WHEN WE HAD TO DO ANY SPECIAL 08:08 PROJECT IN THE SCHOOL, I TOOK THE STUDENT- THE WHOLE COLLEGE FAMILY, THE 08:14 SCHOOL FAMILY TO THE CHAPEL WHERE THEY HAVE 24 HOUR PRAYER SESSIONS. 08:19 TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PRAYER SESSIONS? 08:23 SIMULTANEOUSLY READING THE BIBLE AND PRAYING. 08:27 WOW! 08:28 ONE SIDE OF THE CHAPEL BIBLE READING AND THE OTHER SIDE PRAYING. 08:33 ONE WOULD STOP AND SAY AMEN AND THE OTHER STUENT WOULD START. 08:39 HOW MANY STUDENTS? 08:40 ABOUT 100 STUDENTS SOMETIMES 200 STUDENTS WOULD TAKE PART, YOU KNOW. 08:45 IT WAS A VOLUNTARY THING BUT IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU 08:51 PRAYED FOR SOMETHING GOD HEARD US AND WOULD GIVE IT TO US, YOU KNOW AND WE DID 08:56 ALRIGHT. 08:58 THAT HIGH SCHOOL CHANGED INTO A COLLEGE-FIRST A JUNIOR COLLEGE THEN IT 09:02 BECAME A FULL TIME SENIOR COLLEGE AND THEN IT WAS ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING A 09:10 UNIVERSITY. 09:11 PRAISE THE LORD. 09:12 I HOPE IT WILL BE. 09:13 PRAISE THE LORD. 09:14 SO THEN YOU RETIRED FROM THAT. 09:16 I RETIRED FROM THAT AND CAME BACK AND SETTLED IN RIVERSIDE. 09:21 RECENTLY MOVED TO BANNING, CALIFORNIA WHERE WE LIVE AMONG THE 55 AND OVER 09:27 PEOPLE. 09:28 WELL, YOU ARE ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE. 09:31 IT IS PEACEFUL THERE. 09:32 WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU HERE WORKING-VOLUNTEERING AT 09:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU BOTH RECENTLY RETURNED FROM BEING IN YOUR REGION. 09:41 YES. 09:42 YOU HAVE SOME FANTASTIC STORIES TO SHARE WITH US. 09:45 OH YES. 09:47 AND AS MUSIC PLAYS SUCH A HUGE ROLE IN YOUR LIFE AND ALSO IN COMMUNICATING THE 09:53 GOSPEL WHY DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR TRIP AND MUSIC. 09:56 SURE. 09:57 ED HAS BEEN TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE LORD HAS BEEN 10:01 PREPARING HIM FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND HIS WITH HIS SKILLS AND TALENTS TO 10:06 WRITE AND PRODUCE MUSIC. 10:08 HE AS A YOUNGSTER STARTED WRITING LYRICS TO CHRISTIAN MUSIC AND THEN 10:21 LATER ON STARTED PUTTING THE MUSIC TO IT WHENEVER HE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF 10:26 MONEY, HE WOULD GO AND WOULD MAKE A CD OUT OF EACH SONG AND HAS 10:35 COLLECTED OVER 5 CD'S OF SONGS AND HE CALLS THEM THE "KINGDOM SERIES". 10:39 KINGDOM SERIES? 10:41 AND THE FIRST THOUGHT-HOW WILL WE REACH 650 MILLION PEOPLE THAT WAS LIKE MIND 10:49 BOGGLING BUT FEBRUARY 2, MONTH BEFORE LAST, WE ARRIVED IN INDIA AND A 10:57 STUDIO WAS ARRANGED FOR HIM TO MAKE COPIES SO HE CAN GIVE 350 PEOPLE 5 11:03 COPIES OF EACH CD. 11:04 FIVE OF THE CD'S, A COPY OF EACH CD TO THE WORKERS. 11:12 NOW HE SAT WITH THE RECORDING PRODUCER AND THIS MAN STARTED ASKING 11:19 HIM ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS ON THE LYRICS AND MUSIC AND THE TUNES AND HE SAYS, 11:23 "MANY TIMES I WILL WOKEN UP AT 2 AND 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING EARLY HOURS 11:29 AND GIVEN THESE LYRICS-GIVEN THIS MUSIC AND I HAVE NO 11:34 EXPLANATION." 11:36 BECAUSE THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I HAVE SAT BACK TO LISTEN TO THOSE LYRICS AND 11:39 I OFTEN WONDER DID I WRITE THAT? 11:42 WHERE DID IT COME FROM? 11:43 WHERE DID IT COME FROM? 11:44 SO DO YOU HAVE A PAD OF PAPER BY YOUR BED? 11:46 YES, EXACTLY. 11:47 SO YOU CAN WRITE IT DOWN RIGHT AWAY. 11:49 OK. 11:51 NOW THIS MAN INTERVIEWED ED FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF- AT THE STUDIO. 11:56 AT THE STUDIO REGARDING THE LYRICS AND THE MUSIC AND AT THE END HE SAYS, 12:01 "I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH PEACE IN MY HEART. 12:05 MAY I HAVE YOUR PERMISSION TO LET MY FAMILY LISTEN TO THIS SO THEY CAN 12:12 EXPERIENCE THE SAME PEACE THAT I HAVE?" 12:15 PRAISE THE LORD. 12:16 HE SAID, "SURE." 12:17 HE SAID, "I WANT TO INTERVIEW YOU SOMETIME SO THAT I CAN SHARE WITH 12:22 OTHERS AND HAND THIS PEACE GIVING MESSAGE." 12:27 AND HE'D ALSO GIVEN A CD TO ONE OF HIS UNCLES WHO LIVES IN ONE OF THOSE HIGH 12:32 RISES IN THE SUBURBS OF DELHI AND HIS UNCLE IS ALONE NOW. 12:39 HE IS 83 AND HE WAS- JUST WHEN HIS HELPER CAME IN WOULD PUT THE CD ON AND 12:47 THE NEIGHBORS WOULD LISTEN. 12:49 AND EVERY NOW AND THEN THE NEIGHBORS SAID, "WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT THAT MUSIC ON A 12:54 LITTLE LOUDER?" 12:56 AND SOON A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEIGHBORS WANTING TO LISTEN TO THIS MUSIC- WHEN 13:01 WE LISTEN TO IT, IT BRINGS SUCH PEACE INTO OUR HEARTS. 13:06 THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MUSIC THAT WHEN WE DON'T LISTEN TO IT? 13:10 IT'S LIKE WE'RE JUMPY OR EXCITED SO THE WHOLE HIGH RISE OF PEOPLE ARE 13:17 LISTENING TO THIS MUSIC. 13:20 WOULD WE CALL THAT HOLY EAVESDROPPING? 13:23 SO PRAISE THE LORD! 13:25 SO IF YOUR -ED YOU'VE HAD THIS WHAT? 13:27 MUSIC. 13:29 STIRRING MUSIC IN YOU FROM THE LORD FOR ALL THESE YEARS WHAT DIALECT AND 13:32 WHAT LANGUAGE DO YOU RECORD THEM IN? 13:35 WELL, I HAVE RECORDED THEM IN HINDI, IN URDU, IN PUNJABI NOT VERY MUCH ONE 13:42 OR TWO BUT DIFFERENT DIALECTS FOR THIS PLACE BUT THE MAJOR LANGUAGE 13:47 THAT HAVE BEEN URDU AND HINDI WHICH IS UNDERSTOOD BY MOST OF NORTHWESTERN 13:53 INDIA, YOU KNOW. 13:54 SO WOULD YOU SING FOR US A COUPLE LINES FROM ONE OR TWO OR THREE OF YOUR 14:00 SONGS? 14:01 WITH MY BROKEN DOWN VOICE? 14:04 THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU THE POWER TO DO THAT. 14:07 WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME OF YOUR LYRICS. 14:11 THE FIRST LYRIC THAT I THOUGHT MAYBE I CAN SHARE WITH YOU IS ON THE SECOND 14:17 COMING OF JESUS: WE ARE SITTING HERE BRINGING THE LIGHT OF HOPE ABOUT YOUR 14:24 COMING, LORD JESUS. 14:31 PLEASE COME SOON. 15:14 AMEN, PRAISE THE LORD. 15:16 THAT'S ON THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD. 15:18 AND I WANT OUR VIEWERS IF IT'S OK, ED I WANT TO SHOW THIS TO THE CAMERA. 15:22 SO ED HAS SOME NOTES IN ENGLISH BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE HE HAS WRITTEN ALL OF 15:28 THESE LYRICS DOWN AND IS IT-IN URDU-AND THIS IS IN URDU. 15:33 ISN'T THAT AMAZING HOW THE LORD HAS HIS WORD IN SO MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES? 15:39 YES. 15:41 SO, YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE YEARS HAD NO IDEA WHY YOU WERE PUTTING PEN TO PAPER 15:48 AND WHY THE LORD WAS GIVING YOU THESE LYRICS. 15:50 EXACTLY. 15:51 BUT IT'S FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. 15:53 MY BURDEN GOT LIGHTENED WHEN I GOT THERE AND I SAW THE INTEREST IN MUSIC AND 16:01 WHEN I TALK ABOUT THESE CD'S THAT I HAVE EVERYBODY JUST JUMPED AND SAID, 16:05 "YES, WE WANT THIS; WE WANT TO SEND THIS CD INTO THE REMOTE PART OF INDIA 16:11 WHERE PEOPLE WILL NOT ALLOW US TO GO AND TO PREACH AND THEY CAN HEAR 16:15 THE MUSIC." 16:17 OH AND THE LORD HAS POWER THROUGH AUDIO I KNOW THAT FIRST HAND. 16:22 WELL, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IF YOU 16:26 ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT NORTHWEST INDIA, WE WOULD 16:29 LOVE FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND TO PARTNER WITH US HERE AT GOSPEL 16:33 OUTREACH AND WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN DO THAT. 16:36 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IS SOMETHING MANY HAVE HEARD 16:44 OF, PROPHESIED OR EVEN WAITING FOR. 16:46 YET HOW MANY OF YOU REALIZE THAT CHRISTIANITY IS NOW THE MOST PERSECUTED 16:51 RELIGION IN THE WHOLE WORLD? 16:53 NOW ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW. 16:57 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS LOCATED IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE BETWEEN TEN AND 17:02 FORTY DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 17:04 THIS IS ALL OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION. 17:07 AT LEAST FOUR BILLION PEOPLE LIVE HERE. 17:10 UNFORTUNATELY, 84 PER CENT OF THEM HAVE THE HIGHEST INFANT MORTALITY AND 17:18 LOWEST LIFE EXPECTANCY. 17:20 NINETY PERCENT SUFFERING THE RAVAGES OF POVERTY AND DISEASES; LIVING THE 17:24 WORLD'S POOREST QUALITY OF LIFE. 17:26 NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF THESE FOUR BILLION PEOPLE ARE UNEVANGELIZED AND HAVE 17:31 THE LEAST ACCESS TO CHRISTIAN RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS. 17:35 MANY HAVE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST-NOT EVEN 17:40 ONCE. 17:41 THERE ARE SIXTY SIX COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 17:46 DID YOU KNOW THAT PROCLAIMING THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL IS ILLEGAL OR 17:49 SEVERELY RESTRICTED IN OVER FIFTY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES? 17:52 FORTY-NINE OF THOSE COUNTRIES ARE PROCLAIMED THE WORST COUNTRIES IN THE 17:55 WORLD FOR CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION. 17:57 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THESE COUNTRIES EACH GO THROUGH THEIR AMOUNT OF 18:03 TRAUMA FOR THEIR LOVE IN JESUS CHRIST. 18:07 PUBLIC PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS HAS EMERGED AGAIN WITH NO RESISTANCE 18:11 FROM THE AUTHORITIES; GOVERNMENTS ARE FAILING TO UPHOLD CONSTITUTIONAL 18:15 PROTECTION TO INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS. 18:17 MORE THAN 600 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED SINCE 1996 18:23 DRIVING CHURCH SERVICES UNDERGROUND, IN HIDING STRUGGLING TO PRACTICE 18:28 THEIR FAITH. 18:29 ANYONE CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY CAN BE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM 18:32 THEIR DISTRICT, FACE CHARGES OF TREACHERY, EVEN HAVE THEIR MARRIAGES MADE 18:37 INVALID AND THEIR CHILDREN TAKEN AWAY. 18:39 VIOLENT MOBS HAVE GONE AGAINST EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS. 18:43 EVANGELIZING BEING FORBIDDEN, ILLEGAL OR ONLY ALLOW A PERSON TO BE 18:47 BANISHED OR EXILED FROM THE SOCIETY. 18:51 ANY CITIZEN WHO CONVERTS FROM THE NATIONAL OR REGIONAL RELIGION CAN FACE 18:55 THE DEATH PENALTY. 18:57 IN OTHER CASES, BELIEVERS ARE IMPRISONED IN BARBARIC DEATH CAMPS. 19:03 WE CAN STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 19:04 WE CAN HELP SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST TO THIS FINAL SECTION OF THE 19:07 WORLD. 19:09 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WORK TO INFORM, EQUIP AND MOBILIZE NETWORKS OF 19:13 PRAYER ACROSS THE GLOBE TO EMPOWER EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM, CHURCH GROWTH 19:17 AND DISCIPLESHIP IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 19:19 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TO SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE NEWSLETTER 19:23 YOU CAN CALL US AT 509-525-2951 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE WWW.GOAIM.ORG 19:36 19:37 AND THAT IS HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED BY CALLING AND BY GOING TO OUR 19:40 WEBSITE AND WE WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD ALSO PRAY. 19:44 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE WORKING 19:48 FOR OUR LORD TO SHARE THAT HE IS COMING AGAIN SOON AND MAY WE ALL BE READY 19:53 AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IS SHARE THE LOVE OF THE LORD. 19:56 SO, WE ARE HERE WITH ED AND MARCELLINE DASS AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 20:01 NORTHWEST INDIA WHICH IS YOUR REGION WHICH HAS HOW MANY PEOPLE, MARCELLINE? 20:06 650 MILLION. 20:09 AND YOU HAVE HOW MANY WORKERS? 20:10 350 GOSPEL WORKERS. 20:14 AND WE NEED MORE WORKERS DON'T WE, ED? 20:16 WE NEED MANY MORE. 20:17 SO RECENTLY YOU WENT ON TO NORTHWEST INDIA TO CHECK IN WITH THE GOSPEL 20:22 OUTREACH WORKERS AND YOU BROUGHT SOME PHOTOS TO SHARE WITH US AND WE'RE 20:26 GOING TO TAKE A PEEK AT THOSE. 20:29 O.K. 20:30 SO, TELL US WHAT WAS YOUR GOAL ED, TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE? 20:34 MY FIRST TRIP I MADE MAINLY TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE WORK THAT IS 20:39 GOING ON THERE BECAUSE I HAD HEARD ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK BUT I WASN'T 20:43 SURE WHAT WAS ALL INVOLVED AND THEN SOMEBODY SAID, "MAYBE THEY ARE JUST 20:50 SAYING THEY ARE DOING THE WORK BUT MAYBE THE WORK IS NOT REALLY GOING ON?" 20:54 GO AND CHECK-THAT'S WHAT MY HEART SAID. 20:57 SO I WENT TO VARIOUS CITIES, VERY REMOTE AREAS SO REMOTE THAT IN ONE AREA 21:04 WHERE I OPENED A CHURCH CLOSE TO THAT CHURCH WAS A 1700 YEARS OLD, OLD FORT 21:12 16-1700 YEAR OLD FORT AND THEY SAID THERE ARE RUINS BUT IN THE BASEMENT OF THE 21:21 RUINS THERE WAS A ROOM WHICH HAD A 50 POUND LOCK. 21:26 50 POUND LOCK? 21:27 YES, HUGE, HUGE ONE. 21:29 AND NOT TOO FAR FROM THIS FORT WAS THE CHURCH THAT ED WENT TO INAUGURATE BUT 21:37 IN THE BASEMENT OF THIS FORT IS A ROOM AND THE DOOR IS NOT OPEN BECAUSE 21:45 NOBODY HAS A KEY TO THE LOCK. 21:48 THE LONG GONE KING HAS LEFT NO TRACES OF IT BUT THIS ROOM THEY SAY HAS A 21:56 TREASURE-OF WHAT? 21:57 OF GOLD AND RUBIES AND DIAMONDS AND OF THAT ERA AND FROM THE DOOR, THE 22:07 BOTTOM OF THE DOOR 4 TONS COME OUT. 22:12 FROM WHAT? 22:13 FROM SNAKES. 22:14 OO-OO! 22:15 YES. 22:16 AND IN THE HINDU MYTHOLOGY IS GIVEN THAT SNAKES ARE THE GUARDIANS OF TREASURE. 22:25 OH. 22:27 SO NOBODY WILL KILL THE SNAKES BUT AT ONE TIME THEY HAVE COUNTED ABOUT 20 22:32 TONS COMING THROUGH-COMING OUT. 22:35 THEY CAN'T COME THROUGH BECAUSE THE SPACE UNDER -AND THEY ARE TOO BIG, 22:39 YES. 22:40 BY NOW THEY SHOULD BE QUITE BIG. 22:42 BUT CLOSE BY IS A CHURCH THAT WAS BUILT SO PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AND 22:48 WORSHIP THE LORD AND IN TUMULTUOUS TIMES BE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN ALL 22:53 HUDDLE FOR SOME HOPE AND STRENGTH FROM ONE ANOTHER. 22:58 BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE THEY HINDU? 23:02 OH YES, ALL OF THEM. 23:03 HINDU. 23:04 YES. 23:05 SO FOR THEM TO LEARN ABOUT A LIVING GOD, YES, IS SOMETHING TOTALLY NEW. 23:09 THEY ARE USED TO ALL OF THESE GRAVEN GODS. 23:12 YES ABSOLUTELY. 23:13 YES. 23:15 AND THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO EVEN TRY AND GO TO THOSE ROOMS BECAUSE -NO, 23:18 THEY ARE AFRAID. 23:19 BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF THEIR RELIGION AND THEY ARE AFRAID AND ALL OF 23:21 THAT. 23:23 YES, THEY ARE AFRAID TO GO THERE BECAUSE THEY WORSHIP THE SNAKE GOD. 23:25 IT'S A SPECIAL GOD THAT THEY WORSHIP-THE SNAKE GOD. 23:28 IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO GO AND KILL A SNAKE THERE ESPECIALLY AT 23:33 THE TREASURE. 23:38 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE GREATEST NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR REGION? 23:42 WELL, WE NEED MORE GOSPEL WORKERS THERE IN THAT PLACE SO THAT THEY CAN GO 23:48 OUT BUT IT IS SO AMAZING HOW THE LORD IS BLESSING OUR WORK OVER THERE. 23:55 I WAS TOTALLY SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THESE PEOPLE VERY, VERY SIMPLE GOSPEL 24:03 OUTREACH PEOPLE, VERY SIMPLE FROM THE VILLAGES ARE GOING AND GOING WITH 24:10 AUTHORITY LIKE PAUL AND PETER AND LIKE YOU KNOW THOMAS AND SO ON AND THEY 24:19 ARE DOING THE WORK. 24:20 PRAISE THE LORD! 24:22 ONE GUY WAS STOPPED ON THE WAY -THERE WAS A MOTHER WHO WAS CRYING AND SHE WAS 24:28 IN PAIN-A LOT OF PAIN AND HE SAID, "WHY IS SHE CRYING?" 24:33 BECAUSE SHE THINKS THAT HER STOMACH IS GOING TO COME OUT. 24:37 WHAT? 24:38 YES. 24:39 SOME PROBLEM WAS THERE, OH, O.K. 24:41 AND SHE WAS REALLY IN TREMENDOUS PAIN AND HE SAID, "LET ME TALK TO MY 24:47 LORD. 24:49 LET ME TALK TO MY LORD AND PRAY FOR HER." 24:52 HE WENT BY AND HE KNELT BY HER AND HE PRAYED TO GOD -JESUS. 24:58 WHEN HE WAS THROUGH WITH IT, SHE BECAME A LITTLE BIT BETTER, LITTLE BIT 25:02 BETTER BUT NOT COMPLETELY. 25:04 SO HE SAID, "I'M COMING BACK TOMORROW TO PRAY FOR YOU." 25:06 OH. 25:08 SO HE WENT BACK TO PRAY FOR HER. 25:10 THREE DAYS HE HAD TO COME AND PRAY FOR HER AND THIRD DAY SHE WAS COMPLETELY 25:14 O.K. 25:15 NO MATTER COMPLETELY HEALED-ALRIGHT HEALED. 25:19 OH STORY AFTER STORY OF PEOPLE BEING, YOU KNOW, ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS HEALED 25:27 AND WHEN THEY ARE HEALED THEY WANT TO SHARE IT WITH THE WHOLE VILLAGE AND 25:44 FAMILY. 25:46 OH, WELL IT'S LIKE IN THE BIBLE WHEN, EXACTLY, THIS MAN WAS HEALED BY JESUS 25:48 AND THEY WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT SUCH A JOY. 25:52 BUT I LIKED WHEN YOU SAID THE MAN SAID, "LET ME PRAY TO MY LORD" MY GOD, YES 25:56 AND NOT THE LORD OR OUR LORD BECAUSE SHE WASN'T A BELIEVER AT THAT POINT, 26:00 THAT'S RIGHT, BUT IT'S MY LORD THAT I WANT TO SHARE THE OWNERSHIP AND I WANT 26:04 TO SHARE HIM WITH YOU. 26:05 I THINK THAT THAT'S POWERFUL. 26:07 AND WHEN SHE WAS HEALED SHE BROUGHT HER WHOLE FAMILY TO THE CHURCH. 26:10 PRAISE THE LORD. 26:11 ISN'T- I LOVE THAT. 26:12 NO, IT IS TRUE THE HEALING OF THE LORD AND IT HAPPENED IN BIBLE TIMES 26:15 AND, YES, IT STILL HAPPENS. 26:17 IT STILL HAPPENS, ABSOLUTELY. 26:18 IT IS STILL HAPPENING. 26:19 STORY AFTER STORY OF HOW THIS MAN WAS JUST PASSING THROUGH- THE WOMAN CRYING 26:22 HAD DONE EVERYTHING FOR MY SON BUT HIS FEVER WILL NOT BREAK. 26:27 HIGH FEVER FOR SEVEN DAYS AND HE SAYS, "WELL, LET ME TALK TO MY GOD ABOUT IT." 26:32 ON YOUR BEHALF. 26:33 AND THE GOSPEL WORKER SAID THEY JUST FELT LIKE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD TOOK 26:40 OVER HIM AND HE PRAYED AND HE PRAYED AND IMMEDIATELY THE BOY GOT UP. 26:46 HE HAD TO HAVE FAITH-THE GOSPEL WORKER HAD TO HAVE FAITH. 26:49 WELL, YES IN ORDER TO DO THAT. 26:51 YES. 26:52 THEY'LL KILL HIM OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW. 26:54 WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? 26:55 BUT IT IS HERE AND THEY ARE LIVING IT OUT. 26:57 WELL, ED AND MARCELLINE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 26:59 ITS' A PLEASURE. 27:00 THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU WITH YOU MUSIC AND 27:47 ESPECIALLY AS PEOPLE LISTEN. 28:04 THANK YOU. 28:13 AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL |
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