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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000591A
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00:16 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:20 WE'RE DELIGHTED THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO TUNE IN TODAY AND WE APPRECIATE 00:24 YOU'RE BEING A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 00:28 MY NAME IS MIKE PORTER AND TODAY IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU 00:34 DR. DON HALENZ. 00:37 THAT'S RIGHT, THANK YOU. 00:39 AND DR. HALENZ, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I DON'T NEED TO COME TO YOU IF I'M SICK 00:43 BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT AREA. 00:45 NO, I'M NOT THAT KIND OF A DOCTOR. 00:47 YOU'RE A DIFFERENT KIND OF A DOCTOR. 00:49 YOU WORKED IN THE AREA OF CHEMISTRY I THINK. 00:51 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:52 AND YOU'VE BEEN A TEACHER, A PROFESSOR AND A CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR, A SCHOOL 00:54 ADMINISTRATOR FOR MANY YEARS. 00:56 THAT'S TRUE. 00:57 SO YOU HAVE A VERY INTERESTING MISSION BACKGROUND. 01:01 TELL ME SOME OF THE PLACES THAT YOU HAVE WORKED IN MISSION SERVICE. 01:04 WELL, WE STARTED OUT, WE HAD A CALL ORIGINALLY TO AFRICA AND MY WIFE AND I 01:09 WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING IN AFRICA. 01:12 WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. 01:14 WE DIDN'T BUY A HOUSE, WE DIDN'T BUY A CAR BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO AFRICA 01:16 AND THEN AFTER ABOUT A YEAR WE GOT A LETTER FROM THE GENERAL CONFERENCE 01:20 THAT THE CALL WAS BEING WITHDRAWN SO MY WIFE SAID THAT'S IT, WE'RE DONE WITH 01:25 MISSIONS. 01:26 FORGET ABOUT MISSION SERVICE FOR YOU. 01:28 THEN MY WIFE'S SISTER WHO WAS A MISSIONARY IN TAIWAN SAID LOOK, WE HEARD 01:32 THERE'S A CALL COMING FOR YOU FOR THE PHILIPPINES. 01:34 WHATEVER YOU DO DON'T TURN THAT CALL DOWN. 01:37 MY WIFE SAID I'M NOT INTERESTED, NOT INTEREST. 01:39 SO NOTHING HAPPENED. 01:42 NEARLY A YEAR PASSED AND THEN WE GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL AND IN THE 01:45 MEANTIME MY WIFE'S HEART HAD CHANGED. 01:47 SHE SAID I THINK WE SHOULD GO. 01:50 SO WE WENT TO THE PHILIPPINES. 01:51 I TAUGHT CHEMISTRY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AT PHILIPPINE UNION COLLEGE 01:54 ON THE OLD CAMPUS. 01:55 NOW WHERE WERE YOU LIVING AT THE TIME. 01:57 AT THAT TIME WE WERE AT ANDREWS UNIVERSITY. 01:59 I WAS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT AT 02:03 ANDREWS SO THAT WAS MY BACKGROUND THERE. 02:07 SO YOU TAUGHT AT ANDREWS AND SOME IN CALIFORNIA ALSO. 02:10 MY MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE AFTER RETURNING FROM OVERSEAS WAS TO JOIN THE 02:15 CHEMISTRY FACULTY AT PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE. 02:18 SO I WORKED THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS FROM 1987 OR SO ON UP UNTIL TEN 02:26 YEARS AGO WHEN I RETIRED AND THEN BECAME INTERESTED IN GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:31 OK. 02:32 SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. 02:34 YOU RETIRED ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO AND THEN YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WERE 02:39 HIRING AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:43 SO YOU CAME OVER HERE AND NOW THEY HAVE HIRED YOU TO WORK. 02:45 THAT'S THE SHORT STORY. 02:46 OH THAT'S THE SHORT STORY. 02:48 THE LONGER STORY WAS I SENT AN APPLICATION AND DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING FOR A 02:51 LONG TIME. 02:53 WELL BEFORE YOU GO THERE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HIRED? 02:56 THE SALARY IS REALLY GREAT? 02:57 THERE'S NO SALARY. 02:58 OH, THERE'S NO SALARY. 02:59 IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER. 03:00 SO THEY HIRED YOU TO COME AND WORK FOR FREE. 03:02 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:03 OK, I GET IT. 03:05 I WAS SITTING AT A CAMP MEETING NEXT TO BEVERLY, FORGOT HER LAST NAME, 03:09 BEVERLY ANYWAY AND SHE SAYS YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN OPENING IN 03:13 SOUTH INDIA WHY DON'T YOU APPLY. 03:16 SO I SENT A LETTER, DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. 03:18 SIX MONTHS LATER I GOT A PHONE CALL, ACTUALLY AN EMAIL, FROM DAN PREAS 03:22 SAYING WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU SO COME TO OUR MEETING. 03:25 SO WE CAME TO THE MEETING AND WE WERE "HIRED" NO SALARY OF COURSE TO WORK 03:30 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR SOUTH INDIA AND SRI LANKA. 03:36 AND THAT'S JUST BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. 03:38 FOUR YEARS NOW. 03:39 WONDERFUL. 03:41 WELL I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WE JUST WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE 03:46 PROGRAM. 03:47 THANK YOU. 03:48 AND THANK YOU ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR MINISTRY THAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE HAVE GIVEN, 03:51 THE TIME YOU GIVE IN YOUR RETIREMENT YEARS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:55 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:56 AND YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED BACK I TAKE IT. 03:58 NO I HAVEN'T LOOKED BACK AND I TELL YOU IT'S A LOT BETTER WORKING WITH GOSPEL 04:01 OUTREACH THAN IT IS SITTING AT HOME WATCHING TELEVISION OR SOMETHING 04:04 ELSE, JUST FIDDLING YOUR TIME AWAY. 04:06 THAT SEEMS KIND OF BORING DOESN'T IT TO BE ON THE ROCKING CHAIR ON THE FRONT 04:09 PORCH. 04:10 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:11 THIS WAY YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, YOU'RE TRAVELING. 04:13 WHAT AREAS DO YOU KIND OF LOOK AFTER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH? 04:17 I LOOK AFTER SOUTH INDIA ALL THE WAY FROM GOA, ALL THE WAY SOUTH. 04:22 GOA IS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY UP THE INDIA CONTINENT. 04:27 THEN WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM THERE SOUTH. 04:29 SO THAT'S MY TERRITORY IN INDIA AND THEN THEY SAID OH WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU 04:33 TAKE SRI LANKA ALSO BECAUSE IT'S JUST ACROSS THE OCEAN THERE, IT'S JUST 04:36 A SHORT HOP OVER TO SRI LANKA SO WE'RE DOING THAT AS WELL. 04:40 OK, SO YOU HAVE PRETTY MUCH SOUTH INDIA AND ON DOWN TO SRI LANKA THEN. 04:44 YES AND OVER TO SRI LANKA. 04:46 WE HAVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TRIVANDRUM. 04:48 OK, WELL YES THEY ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL PARTS OF THE WORLD AREN'T THEY. 04:52 BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 04:53 WONDERFUL PEOPLE YOU'VE DISCOVERED I'M SURE. 04:56 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:57 WELL I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU JUST HAVE RETURNED RECENTLY FROM SOME 05:02 MEETINGS IN SOUTH INDIA. 05:03 YES, THAT'S TRUE. 05:05 I KNOW WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT AND I UNDERSTAND YOU EVEN HAVE SOME VIDEO 05:08 FOR US. 05:09 YES, I HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO. 05:10 WE CAN SHOW SOME VIDEO CLIPS HERE AND THERE AS WE GO ALONG. 05:12 THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING. 05:14 A YEAR AGO WHEN I WAS THERE I ASKED THE MISSION PRESIDENTS WHAT CAN I DO 05:19 TO HELP THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 05:21 WHAT WOULD BE MOST EFFECTIVE AND THEY SAID WE'D LIKE TO HAVE TRAINING 05:25 SESSIONS BECAUSE THESE WORKERS ONLY HAVE MAYBE SIX, EIGHT, TEN GRADES OF 05:31 EDUCATION AND THEY ARE NOT HIGHLY TRAINED SO THEY ASKED FOR TRAINING. 05:34 SO MY WIFE AND I DECIDED YES WE'LL GO FOR TRAINING SESSIONS. 05:37 I SAID HOW LONG SHOULD THIS BE. 05:40 THEY SAID THREE DAYS WOULD BE IDEAL. 05:42 SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. 05:44 THEY WANT A TRAINING IN CHEMISTRY? 05:46 NO NOT CHEMISTRY. 05:47 OH NOT CHEMISTRY. 05:48 BUT YOU'RE A CHEMISTRY TEACHER. 05:54 I'M OUT OF MY ELEMENT. 05:57 OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT. 05:59 OUT OF MY ELEMENT. 06:02 SO WE GAVE LECTURES ON THE 28 FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES. 06:04 OK. 06:05 SO THAT WAS WHAT WE DID AND THEN WE ALSO INVOLVED NOT ONLY MYSELF AND MY 06:07 WIFE. 06:08 MY WIFE GAVE A COUPLE OF LECTURES AND SHE USED SOME POWER POINTS FROM SHARE 06:13 HIM THAT WERE VERY GOOD. 06:14 AND I DEVELOPED MY OWN POWER POINTS. 06:16 THEN WE HAD THE MISSION PRESIDENTS GIVE ONE OR TWO LECTURES EACH. 06:20 AND THE DIVISION MAN, PASTOR ANTONI --- HE ACCOMPANIED US AND GAVE 06:24 SEVERAL LECTURES. 06:25 SO THE COMPOSITE WAS A TRAINING SESSION FOR THE WORKERS. 06:27 SO IT WAS SOME GENERAL TRAINING TO HELP THEM IN LEADING PEOPLE TO KNOW 06:32 JESUS BETTER, TO HELP PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO CHANGE THEIR WORLD VIEW. 06:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:38 AND HOW TO CONVERT MUSLIMS AND HINDU BECAUSE REALLY IT'S THE MUSLIM AND HINDU 06:42 CULTURE. 06:44 LARGELY HINDU BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF MUSLIM THERE. 06:46 BUT THIS IS NOT SO MUCH OF A CHRISTIAN AREA OF INDIA. 06:48 IT'S NOT CHRISTIAN. 06:50 ALTHOUGH SOUTH INDIA IS A LITTLE MORE CHRISTIAN THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS BECAUSE 06:53 THE APOSTLE THOMAS, THE SO CALLED DOUBTING THOMAS, WAS IN INDIA FOR A NUMBER 06:58 OF YEARS. 06:59 HE WAS ACTUALLY ASSASSINATED IN INDIA. 07:02 HE GAVE HIS LIFE THERE AND HE PLANTED THE SEED OF THE GOSPEL MINISTRY. 07:06 SO SOMEHOW EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A DOUBTER HE OVERCAME HIS DOUBTS AND HE BECAME A 07:13 REAL APOSTLE. 07:14 A REAL MISSIONARY FOR THE LORD. 07:16 HE DID. 07:17 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:18 WELL THAT'S WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL ABOUT. 07:20 WE SEND PEOPLE OUT ALL OVER THE WORLD. 07:22 A COUPLE OF THOUSAND OR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE NOW SERVING 07:27 AROUND THE WORLD AND YOUR JOB IS TO GIVE THEM OVER SIGHTED GUIDANCE, 07:34 ENCOURAGEMENT AND JUST WORK WITH THEM. 07:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:38 WHAT A GREAT JOB. 07:39 IT'S A WONDERFUL THING ISN'T IT. 07:41 IT'S A WONDERFUL THING BECAUSE I CAN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE BUT THEY SPEAK 07:43 THE LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE CULTURE, THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE. 07:48 THEY CAN BE EFFECTIVE FROM DAY ONE. 07:50 FOR ME I'D HAVE TO SPEND SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR LEARNING THE LANGUAGE. 07:52 HOW ABOUT SIX YEARS PROBABLY. 07:54 SIX YEARS. 07:55 IT WOULD TAKE US FOREVER WOULDN'T IT. 07:57 RIGHT. 07:58 IT WOULD TAKE ME A LONG TIME. 07:59 SURE. 08:00 BUT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE RIGHT AWAY. 08:02 THEY ARE. 08:03 AND THAT'S THE WONDERFUL THING. 08:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTS THOSE NATIVE EVANGELISTS AND THEIR JOB IS TO DO 08:06 EVANGELISM. 08:07 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:09 WELL SPEAKING OF EVANGELISM, YOU HAD MEETINGS DOWN THERE. 08:12 RIGHT. 08:13 TELL US ABOUT IT. 08:14 OK. 08:15 I WANT TO SEE YOUR PICTURES. 08:16 WE HAD-WELL, WE WILL SHOW THE PICTURES IN A MINUTE. 08:18 I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A LITTLE BIT IN ADVANCE HERE. 08:20 I'M ANXIOUS. 08:21 WE HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS FOR THREE DAYS EACH WEEK. 08:23 WE HAD THREE WEEKS. 08:25 WELL THE FIRST WEEK THE SPEAKERS WERE IN KANNADA LANGUAGE. 08:29 THE NEXT WE HAD-NOW THAT'S LIKE THEY SPEAK ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN CANADA 08:34 RIGHT? 08:35 IT'S SPELLED WITH A "K." 08:37 OH SORRY. 08:38 IT'S DIFFERENT. 08:38 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. 08:41 I DON'T SPEAK KANNADA AND NEITHER DID MY DIVISION REPRESENTATIVE. 08:43 SO HE HAD TO BE TRANSLATED AND I HAD TO BE TRANSLATED. 08:47 THE LANGUAGES ARE A BIG CHALLENGE. 08:49 THE SECOND SET OF LANGUAGE WAS MALAYALAM . 08:51 WE HAD A SET OF READINGS IN MALAYALAM . 08:53 AND THE THIRD SET WAS IN TAMIL . 08:56 WE HAD THREE SETS OF MEETINGS AND THE WORKERS CAME IN. 09:00 DID YOU HAVE ANY MEETINGS WHERE THEY WERE ALL HAPPENING TOGETHER AND YOU 09:05 HAD FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES GOING ON AT ONCE? 09:08 NO. 09:09 THAT WOULD BE PRETTY TOUGH. 09:10 THAT WOULD BE OVER POWERING YES. 09:12 ANYWAY, WE ARRIVED IN BANGALORE AND THE FIRST THING WAS WE TOOK THE 09:17 TRAIN. 09:18 THERE'S A FEW PICTURES OF THE TRAIN HERE AND THE TRAIN STATION SO WE'LL LET 09:23 THE VIDEO RUN. 09:24 I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN INDIA. 09:27 IT'S JUST PEOPLE, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, CROWDS OF PEOPLE. 09:31 AND HERE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE TRAIN. 09:33 YOU CAN SEE IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING. 09:35 WE'RE ON THE TRAIN. 09:36 HERE WE'RE ON THE TRAIN GOING DOWN TO THE CITY OF ERODE WHERE THE MEETINGS 09:39 WERE TO BE HELD. 09:40 THE ADVENTIST CHURCH HAS A CENTER THERE. 09:43 THERE ARE THE GATES TO THE CENTER. 09:45 YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE BUILDINGS BEHIND. 09:47 THIS WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED AS AN EVANGELISTIC CENTER TO 09:51 TRAIN MINISTERS. 09:53 BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT NOT TOO MANY MINISTERS WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. 09:56 IT WAS GIVEN TO THE EAST INDIA UNION AND THEY HAVE MADE IT AS A RETREAT 10:03 CENTER AND THEY HAVE TRAINING SESSIONS THERE. 10:05 SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY CONTRACT THIS FOR THREE WEEKS TO HAVE THE 10:09 WORKERS COME IN. 10:10 HERE'S A SHOT OF THE CAMPUS. 10:12 SO YOU COULD BRING YOUR WORKERS RIGHT INTO THIS PLACE. 10:14 WE BROUGHT THEM FROM ALL PARTS OF INDIA IN MY TERRITORY ALL THERE. 10:18 AND THIS WAS THE CHURCH. 10:20 THIS IS THE ELLEN WHITE CHURCH BLOCK. 10:25 AND THERE'S THE JAMES WHITE BLOCK. 10:27 THEY'VE NAMED THEM AFTER THE WHITES. 10:29 THIS IS THE JAMES WHITE HOSTEL. 10:31 THE MEN STAYED ON THE LEFT THE WOMEN STAYED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE HERE. 10:34 THAT WAS THE CHURCH BLOCK. 10:36 THAT WAS YOUR LODGING. 10:38 RIGHT. 10:40 NOW OUTSIDE, THEN WE HAD THE MEETINGS WITH THE FIRST GROUP OF MEETINGS. 10:46 HERE THE SPEAKER WAS SPEAKING TO THE WORKERS. 10:51 THIS WAS THE FIRST SET. 10:52 THIS WAS THE KANNADA LANGUAGE WHERE HE IS SPEAKING. 10:54 AND THESE WERE THE WORKERS WHO CAME IN THAT SPOKE THE KANNADA LANGUAGE SO THIS 10:59 WAS THE TRAINING. 11:00 THIS WAS THE TRAINING GOING ON. 11:02 SO THEY ARE ALL HERE, THEY BROUGHT THEIR NOTEBOOKS. 11:04 WE ACTUALLY GAVE THEM BAGS AND NOTEBOOKS AND PENCILS SO THEY COULD TAKE NOTES 11:08 AND TAKE BACK SOME INSTRUCTIONS WITH THEM TO THE FIELD. 11:12 THEN AFTER THE FIRST SET OF MEETINGS THEN THE SECOND SET OF MEETINGS 11:17 WENT ON. 11:18 THE SITE HAD BEEN AN AGRICULTURAL SITE BEFORE AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 14 11:24 ACRES OF LAND THERE AND THEY PLANTED THAT TO RICE. 11:29 AND THE RICE HARVESTING SEASON WAS ON WHILE WE WERE THERE SO I FOUND OUT 11:34 THAT THE MANAGER FOR THE WHOLE CENTER HAD CONTRACTED WITH THE 11:39 COMBINE TO COME IN AND HARVEST THE RICE. 11:43 SO THE HARVESTING WAS GOING ON AND SO I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THIS SO WHEN 11:48 WE WEREN'T IN THE MEETING I GOT A FEW PICTURES OF THE RICE HARVESTING. 11:51 SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FARM BOY IN YOU? 11:54 I GREW UP ON THE COLLEGE FARM AT IMMANUEL MISSIONARY COLLEGE IN 11:57 THOSE DAYS AND I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN FARMING BUT NEVER REALLY 12:00 DID IT MYSELF BUT I WAS INTERESTED. 12:02 NEVER QUITE TOOK THE FARM OUT OF THE FARM BOY. 12:04 THAT'S RIGHT. 12:05 I ASKED THEM, I SAID YOU KNOW IS THIS ECONOMICAL TO BRING THIS EXPENSIVE 12:08 EQUIPMENT BECAUSE YOU CAN GET LABOR SO CHEAP HERE. 12:10 HE SAID YOU KNOW ACTUALLY IT COSTS LESS TO HIRE THIS DONE AND TO HAVE THE 12:16 MECHANIZED EQUIPMENT THAN TO HIRE ALL THE LABORERS. 12:18 AND THAT WAY THEY GET THE HARVEST DONE IN A HURRY AND IT ALL GOES ON 12:22 SMOOTHLY. 12:23 SO THAT WENT ON THEN. 12:26 SO WHEN WE FINISHED THAT THEN THE NEXT GROUP OF WORKERS THAT CAME IN WERE 12:30 THE ONES WHO WERE SPEAKING THE TAMIL LANGUAGE. 12:33 I SKIPPED THE OTHER ONES. 12:35 HERE THEY WERE SINGING. 12:39 THAT'S SORT OF A MAJORITY GROUP ISN'T IT THE TAMIL. 12:41 YES. 12:43 THEY WERE THE LARGEST GROUP SO THERE WERE ABOUT 95 OF THEM THAT WERE IN 12:45 FOR THIS SET. 12:46 THEY ARE ENTHUSIASTIC SINGERS. 12:48 THEY CLAP THEIR HANDS AND THEY JUST SING LUSTILY AND YOU JUST CAN'T HELP BUT BE 12:52 INSPIRED BY THE WORKERS. 12:53 ABSOLUTELY. 12:54 THEY ARE AN INSPIRING BUNCH. 12:56 THEY ARE. 12:57 SO IT INSPIRED ME AND I HOPE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INSPIRE THEM A LITTLE BIT 13:00 TOO AT THE SAME TIME. 13:01 WELL I'M SURE YOU WERE, I'M SURE YOU WERE. 13:03 IT'S A GOOD TIME TO JUST TAKE A SHORT BREAK. 13:05 WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE RIGHT NOW. 13:12 WE'VE GOT A SHORT TAPE WE'D LIKE TO PLAY FOR YOU. 13:14 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 13:19 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 13:23 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 13:26 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 13:28 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 13:31 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 13:34 MY HEAD HURTS. 13:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 13:38 I GIVE UP. 13:39 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 13:42 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:44 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:47 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 13:52 WHERE? 13:53 ALL THE WORLD. 13:54 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 13:56 YOU CAN PRAY. 13:58 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 14:03 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 14:07 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 14:10 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 14:13 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 14:15 BE THE SPARK. 14:17 LIGHT THE FIRE. 14:19 FINISH THE WORK. 14:21 FINISH THE WORK. 14:24 BE THE SPARK. 14:27 WELCOME BACK TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 14:32 GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH US AND ESPECIALLY I'M PLEASE TO HAVE DON HALENZ HERE A 14:39 FORMER CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS WORKING WITH GOSPEL 14:44 OUTREACH. 14:45 WELCOME AGAIN. 14:46 THANK YOU. 14:47 GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 14:48 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING IN SOUTH INDIA. 14:51 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:52 AND SRI LANKA BUT ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOUTH INDIA. 14:56 YOU'VE JUST TOLD US ABOUT THE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THREE LANGUAGE GROUPS AT 15:02 THE CENTER. 15:04 NOW THAT'S DONE AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AND SEE SOME FOOTAGE OF THE 15:08 MEETINGS THEMSELVES. 15:09 WELL FROM THE MEETINGS HERE WE'VE MOVED NOW TO AN INTERVIEW WITH A GOSPEL 15:15 OUTREACH WORKER SITTING ON THE LEFT. 15:18 THIS LADY HAD A SON AND A HUSBAND. 15:21 THEY WERE FAITHFUL HINDUS. 15:23 THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO A PILGRIMAGE WHEN THE BUS HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND 15:29 THE HUSBAND AND THE SON WERE BOTH KILLED. 15:31 A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. 15:33 WELL THE LADY DECIDED OUR GODS ARE NOT DOING ANY GOOD AND SO THE GOSPEL 15:38 OUTREACH WORKER CONTACTED HER. 15:39 SHE BEGAN TO TAKE BIBLE STUDIES, WAS BAPTIZED AND NOW IS A FAITHFUL 15:44 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 15:46 SO THAT CAME ABOUT FROM A TRAGEDY IN THE FAMILY. 15:49 WELL CERTAINLY NOBODY WANTS TO BLAME GOD FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS BUT 15:54 GOD SOMEHOW USED A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION IN THEIR LIVES AND THAT 15:59 BECAME A TIME WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, LOOKING FOR 16:03 HOPE AND THEY FOUND HOPE. 16:05 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:06 THROUGH JESUS. 16:07 AMEN. 16:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:09 WE HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE OF VIDEO HERE I THINK STARTING UP IN JUST 16:12 A MOMENT. 16:13 THIS WAS A SABBATH AND MY WIFE AND I WENT TO CHURCH THERE. 16:16 WE TOOK THE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION THE TUK-TUK OR THREE WHEELER. 16:20 THIS IS THE LIMOUSINE SERVICE I SEE. 16:22 THE LIMOUSINE SERVICE. 16:23 I HAVE A FEW SHOTS HERE OF GOING TO THE CHURCH RIDING THROUGH THE CITY SO YOU 16:27 GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE INDIAN POPULATION LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE CITY LOOKS 16:31 LIKE. 16:32 TRAFFIC LOOKS LIKE IT'S A BIT CHAOTIC BUT ACTUALLY IT'S ORGANIZED IN A SENSE. 16:36 I DIDN'T SEE ANY ACCIDENTS. 16:39 YOU GET USED TO IT ANYWAY. 16:40 YOU GET USED TO IT. 16:41 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:43 THEN WE ARRIVED AT THE CHURCH AND THERE WAS A YOUNG FELLOW THERE WHO WAS 16:45 LEADING OUT IN THE CHURCH. 16:47 THERE'S A SIGN HERE THAT COMES UP. 16:49 YOU'LL KNOW IT'S AN ADVENTIST CHURCH BECAUSE THEY HAD THE STATUE OUT IN 16:52 FRONT. 16:53 YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF THAT IN A MINUTE. 16:55 I SHOULD JUST TELL OUR WATCHERS HERE NOT TO WORRY THAT WE'RE DRIVING ON THE 16:59 LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE WE'RE IN INDIA. 17:01 WE'RE IN INDIA. 17:02 SO IT'S OK, DRIVING ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD. 17:04 BUT ANYWAY, WE GOT THERE SAFELY AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND I JUST PUT A FEW 17:09 MINUTES, A LITTLE BIT OF VIDEO IN HERE. 17:11 AT THE CHURCH WE WERE WELCOMED. 17:14 THIS IS THE CHURCH HERE AND THERE WAS A YOUNG FELLOW IN THERE. 17:17 I SEE THE POSTER THERE. 17:19 YES SO YOU KNOW IT'S AN ADVENTIST CHURCH WITH THE ANIMALS AND SO ON. 17:23 THESE YOUNG FELLOWS WERE WELCOMING US TO THE MEETINGS. 17:26 AFTER THE CHURCH I DIDN'T TAKE ANY OTHER VIDEO HERE, BUT WE WENT OUT TO VISIT 17:30 ANOTHER CHURCH WHICH WAS ACTUALLY BUILT BY GOSPEL OUTREACH A NUMBER OF YEARS 17:36 AGO. 17:37 THIS CHURCH HAS SORT OF AN UNUSUAL HISTORY. 17:40 THERE'S A SIGN OF THE CHURCH THAT COMES UP IN A MINUTE BUT I'LL TELL YOU 17:45 ABOUT IT IN ADVANCE. 17:46 SURE. 17:48 AS WE WENT THERE THEY TOOK US THERE BECAUSE OF THE CHAIN OF EVENTS WHICH LED 17:51 TO A NUMBER OF BAPTISMS. 17:53 THERE WAS A MAN BY THE NAME OF EDWARD PETER WHO HAD BEEN WATCHING THE 17:58 TELEVISION AND HAD SEEN ABOUT THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS THROUGH THE 18:01 PREACHING OF AN ADVENTIST MINISTER. 18:03 OK. 18:05 THEN HE BECAME CONVINCED THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING HE SHOULD LOOK INTO. 18:08 JUST FROM WATCHING TELEVISION AND HEARING THIS MINISTER. 18:10 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:12 AND THIS MAN EDWARD PETER WAS AN EDUCATED MAN. 18:15 HE HAS A PHD IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND HE HAD A CLOSE FRIEND WHO WAS NAMED 18:20 JOHN EDWARD AND HE HAD A MASTERS DEGREE IN BIO CHEMISTRY WHICH WAS MY 18:24 AREA OF SPECIALIZATION. 18:25 THIS IS MR. PETER HERE, THE PHD, AND HE AND HIS FRIEND BECAME CONVERTED 18:33 THEN FROM THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, BECAME BAPTIZED AND THEN THEY 18:37 BEGAN STUDYING WITH THEIR WIVES. 18:39 THE WIVES WERE RESISTANT BUT THEY HAVE NOW ACCEPTED THE FAITH AND THEY ARE 18:43 JOINING THE CHURCH. 18:44 FROM THIS MAN THEN THE STORY WENT TO ANOTHER FAMILY AND THEY ACCEPTED 18:51 THE CHURCH AS WELL AND ANOTHER FAMILY AND SO THREE OR FOUR FAMILIES 18:55 JOINED FROM THIS ONE FAMILY, THE WORD JUST GOING OUT. 18:58 SO HOW INTERESTING THAT YOU MET SOMEBODY FROM YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL 19:01 BACKGROUND. 19:02 THAT'S RIGHT, RIGHT THERE. 19:03 AND HE IS A FAITHFUL CHURCH MEMBER. 19:05 SURE. 19:06 NOW WE'RE GOING OUT IN THE FIELD WITH A MAN WHO HAD A RATHER UNUSUAL STORY. 19:11 THIS MAN WAS A YOUNGSTER AND HE WAS OUT IN THE FIELDS ONE NIGHT GUARDING 19:17 THE RICE HARVEST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THE RICE STOLEN. 19:21 A LIGHTED BEING CAME TO HIM AND IT APPARENTLY WAS AN EVIL SPIRIT AND IT GOT 19:27 INTO THIS FELLOW'S HEART. 19:29 FOR15 YEARS HE HAD THIS EVIL SPIRIT. 19:31 COULDN'T HOLD A JOB, COULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT HE WAS DOING, WAS TOTAL 19:34 DISORGANIZED AND HAVING A TOUGH TIME. 19:37 WELL ANYWAY OTHER PEOPLE HAD PRAYED WITH HIM BUT TO NO EFFECT. 19:42 THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. 19:43 THEY COULDN'T THROW OUT THE EVIL SPIRIT. 19:45 VARIOUS CHURCHES HAD TRIED. 19:47 FINALLY SOMEBODY SAID CALL THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SEE IF HE CAN DO ANYTHING. 19:51 THIS MAN SAID YOU NEED TO GO TO THE CHURCH AND YOU NEED TO BE IN THE CHURCH 19:57 AND JUST BE AWAY FROM EVERYTHING. 20:00 AND HE PRAYED FOR HIM EVERY DAY, GAVE HIM BIBLE STUDIES AND THE EVIL 20:03 SPIRIT LEFT HIM. 20:05 SO FOR A LONG TIME HE HAD PROBLEMS HARASSED AND BOTHERED BY THE SPIRITS. 20:11 COULDN'T GET ALONG. 20:12 COULDN'T GET ALONG. 20:14 SO THEN THIS IS THE YOUNG MAN WHO HAD THE EVIL SPIRIT RIGHT HERE IN THE 20:16 VIDEO. 20:18 AFTER HE BECAME CONVERTED HE BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AND HIS MOTHER 20:23 DECIDED SHE WANTED TO BECOME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AS WELL SO SHE 20:27 WAS BAPTIZED. 20:29 WELL THE TWO OF THEM WERE BAPTIZED AND THEN THE GRANDMOTHER DECIDED SHE 20:35 SHOULD BECOME BAPTIZED AS WELL. 20:37 SO WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES OF THE BAPTISM OF THE 20:40 GRANDMOTHER WHO ALSO DECIDED TO BECOME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 20:44 SO THIS YOUNG MAN LED THE MOTHER AND THE GRANDMOTHER TO KNOW THE TRUTH. 20:48 WELL LET'S SAVE THAT PICTURE FOR JUST A MINUTE. 20:50 YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING. 20:55 FIRST OF THE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL AREA. 20:59 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:01 THESE ARE SCIENCE PEOPLE. 21:03 THEY WERE. 21:05 AND YET THEIR FINDING THAT IT CAN BE POSSIBLE FOR A SCIENCE PERSON, THAT'S 21:09 RIGHT, TO HAVE FAITH IN GOD. 21:11 AND THIS FELLOW GOES OUT EVERY WEEKEND, TAKES HIS SOUND SYSTEM, HIS 21:15 MICROPHONE, AND HE PREACHES ON THE STREET TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT THE LORD 21:20 JESUS CHRIST. 21:22 AMAZING. 21:23 HE IS FAITHFUL AND HE'S A GOOD TITHE PAYER. 21:25 HE WORKS FOR THE GOVERNMENT, EARNS A GOOD INCOME, PAYS A FAITHFUL 21:28 TITHE AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING. 21:30 THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 21:32 GOSPEL OUTREACH NEEDS MONEY TO KEEP RUNNING. 21:34 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:35 SO NOT ONLY DID THESE THREE MEN COME TO FAITH IN WALKING WITH JESUS BUT 21:41 THEY ALSO TOOK THEIR OWN FAMILIES WITH THEM. 21:45 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:46 THAT'S AN AMAZING STORY. 21:47 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:48 THE WHOLE FAMILIES CAME TO FAITH. 21:50 AMAZING STORY. 21:51 THE WHOLE FAMILY, WONDERFUL. 21:53 WELL WE'LL GO AHEAD THEN TO THE NEXT BAPTISM HERE. 21:56 WELL JUST BEFORE YOU GET THERE THIS GUY WITH THE EVIL SPIRIT. 21:59 THAT'S A TOUGH ONE ISN'T IT. 22:02 THAT'S VERY TOUGH. 22:04 WE DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT EVIL SPIRITS HERE IN OUR CULTURES. 22:07 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:09 AND YET I AM SURE THAT SATAN IS WORKING IN OUR CULTURE PROBABLY MORE THAN 22:15 ANY OTHER. 22:17 BUT WE DO SEE MORE EVIDENCE OF THIS SOMETIMES IN SOME OF THESE MISSION 22:21 AREAS. 22:23 YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, WE ABSOLUTELY 22:27 KNOW THAT WE CAN PLAN AND COUNT ON GOD. 22:31 THIS BAPTISM PICTURE, TELL US. 22:33 SO THIS IS THE GRANDMOTHER OF THIS YOUNG MAN WHO WAS POSSESSED BY THE EVIL 22:37 SPIRIT AND DECIDED TO BE BAPTIZED. 22:39 AND THE MISSION PRESIDENT PASTOR PAUL--- DID THE BAPTISM. 22:42 JUST A LITTLE MUDDY STREAM REMINDS ME OF WHAT IT SAYS WHAT THE RIVER JORDAN WAS 22:47 LIKE. 22:48 ANYWAY, AFTER THE BAPTISM WE WENT BACK TO THIS FAMILY'S HOUSE AND 22:51 EVERYBODY WAS SORT OF STANDING AROUND AND SAYING WE'RE GLAD YOU WERE 22:54 BAPTIZED AND MY WIFE SAID THERE'S NO JOY, THERE'S NO ENTHUSIASM HERE. 22:58 THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN ARE DANCING FOR JOY BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW SOUL JOINED 23:02 THE KINGDOM. 23:03 SO SHE SAID I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. 23:05 SO SHE WENT UP AND HUGGED THIS LADY. 23:07 WE HAVE ONE MORE VIDEO SHOT OF MY WIFE WITH THIS LADY. 23:10 HERE SHE IS RIGHT THERE WITH THIS LITTLE LADY. 23:13 SHE SAID THIS POOR LITTLE LADY, SHE COULDN'T HAVE WEIGHED 97 POUNDS BUT JUST 23:18 A PRECIOUS LITTLE LADY. 23:19 AND MY WIFE WAS SO HAPPY TO WALK WITH HER TO THE CHURCH AND I'M GLAD THAT 23:23 SHE DECIDED TO JOIN THE CHURCH. 23:24 SO THEIR SITUATION, WHY DO YOU THINK THEY WERE KIND OF NOT SO JOYOUS? 23:32 WAS IT BECAUSE OF THE BACKGROUND AND BECAUSE OF THE LONG YEARS OF 23:35 FRUSTRATION THAT THEY HAD SUFFERED? 23:37 I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY PART OF IT. 23:39 I DON'T KNOW. 23:41 I THINK THEY MAYBE JUST WEREN'T AS RESPONSIVE AS WE WOULD BE IN THIS 23:46 COUNTRY. 23:47 SURE. 23:48 THEY WERE LIVING IN A VERY RURAL AREA. 23:50 THERE WERE PICTURES THERE WE SAW EARLIER OF DRIVING OUT THERE ON A ROUGH BUMPY 23:55 ROAD AND SO ON. 23:56 IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT SOMEBODY FOUND THEM AND SHE FINALLY ACCEPTED THE 24:01 FAITH. 24:02 WELL SEE, THAT'S WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL ABOUT ISN'T IT. 24:04 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:05 IT'S GOING OUT AND FINDING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. 24:07 SO EVEN THIS PERSON WHO WAS DELIVERED FROM EVIL SPIRITS, ONE OF THE THINGS 24:15 THAT WE KNOW IS THAT JESUS OVER CAME THE DEVIL. 24:20 HE OVERCAME HIM. 24:22 THE DEVIL IS A DEFEATED ENEMY AND YET WE KNOW THAT HE STILL GOES AROUND 24:27 TRYING TO MAKE PROBLEMS. 24:28 THE DEVIL IS ALIVE AND WELL YET TODAY I'M SURE. 24:32 HE IS. 24:33 HE GOES AROUND MAKING PROBLEMS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 24:36 HE CAUSES SUFFERING AND IN SOME OF THESE CASES WE WOULD CALL IT HARASSMENT. 24:41 THAT'S RIGHT, HARASSMENT. 24:43 PEOPLE ARE JUST BEING HARASSED AND THEY CAN'T SLEEP, THEY CAN'T WORK, 24:47 THEY CAN'T HOLD JOBS. 24:49 A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR PEOPLE. 24:55 AND YET, PRAISE THE LORD, WE KNOW THAT JESUS OVER CAME THE DEVIL, HE OVER 25:02 CAME ALL EVIL AND WE HAVE THE GOOD NEWS TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE EVERYWHERE 25:08 INCLUDING SOUTH INDIA RIGHT. 25:10 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:11 AND WHAT A WONDERFUL THING THAT GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU AND YOUR WIFE TO GO AND 25:16 WORK IN SOUTH INDIA AND SRI LANKA. 25:18 WHAT A PRIVILEGE. 25:20 WE ARE PRIVILEGED. 25:21 PRIVILEGED, THAT'S THE ONLY WORD I COULD USE. 25:23 AND CAN YOU IMAGINE SITTING AT YOUR HOUSE IN YOUR ROCKING CHAIR 25:27 WATCHING TELEVISION. 25:28 COMPARE THAT TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 25:30 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:31 THIS IS FAR MORE EXCITING. 25:32 OUR PLANE TRIP OVER THERE IS KIND OF HARD BUT WHEN YOU GET THERE IT'S ALL 25:36 WORTH IT AND YOU GET BACK AND YOU CAN TELL ABOUT THIS. 25:39 IT'S WONDERFUL COMING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH MEETINGS AND RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH 25:42 OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERS HEARING THEIR STORIES, HEARING HOW THE 25:46 LORD IS SERVING. 25:47 IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 25:48 IT IS INDEED ISN'T IT. 25:49 YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT I ESPECIALLY LIKE, GOSPEL 25:55 OUTREACH PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTEERS. 25:57 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH PEOPLE-SOME OF THEM ARE YOUNGER, MORE OF THEM ARE 26:03 OLDER AND PROBABLY THE MAJORITY ARE RETIRED PEOPLE. 26:08 BUT WHAT THIS SAYS IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST STOP DOING ANYTHING JUST 26:12 BECAUSE YOU'RE RETIRED. 26:13 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:15 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO INVEST TIME. 26:18 IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO INVEST TIME AND IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR 26:21 PERSONS WHO WOULD WANT TO HELP IN MISSION SERVICE TO CONTRIBUTE. 26:25 THE MONEY GOES THE FARTHEST WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH I FEEL. 26:28 SURE, BECAUSE LAST I CHECKED THEY'RE NOT PAYING YOU A SALARY. 26:32 NO. 26:33 SO THAT MEANS THAT WHATEVER MONEY THERE IS CAN REALLY GO FAR. 26:37 WELL WE JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU DR. HALENZ, DON. 26:42 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 26:44 THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE TODAY. 26:47 AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY TO OUR LISTENERS AND OUR VIEWERS HERE TODAY, THANK 26:50 YOU FOR WATCHING ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO 26:53 INVITE YOU TO BE A PART OF SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH WHETHER IT'S THROUGH YOUR 26:59 FUNDS OR LET US KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN AND BE ONE OF THE DIRECTORS HERE 27:05 IN TAKING ON A PROJECT. 27:07 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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