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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000596A
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00:14 GOOD MORNING. 00:17 IT'S WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:21 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU AND TO SHARE SOME AMAZING STORIES. 00:25 I HAVE A GUEST WITH ME THIS MORNING. 00:27 IT IS DEL ORSER. 00:29 WELCOME DEL. 00:30 THANK YOU. 00:31 WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 00:32 IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:33 I'M GOING TO LEARN A LOT FROM YOU TODAY AND I THINK A LOT OF US WHO ARE 00:37 WATCHING WILL DO THAT. 00:39 WHAT PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS CORNERED YOUR ATTENTION? 00:46 WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE DIRECTORS FOR REGION 11 WHICH COVERS ALL OF 00:52 ORISSA, THE STATE OF ORISSA WHICH IS RIGHT ABOVE THE STATE OF ANDHRA 00:57 PRADESH. 00:59 WE HAVE TWO SECTIONS OR REGIONS AS WELL IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH. 01:05 SO THIS IS INDIA. 01:06 YES. 01:07 AND THIS IS EAST OR WEST? 01:09 THIS IS EAST. 01:11 ACTUALLY WE HAVE A MAP HERE THAT WE COULD SHOW OUR VIEWERS IF YOU WANT. 01:17 I'VE CIRCLED THE TWO STATES. 01:19 BRIGHT GREEN IS ANDHRA PRADESH AND THE BROWN IS ORISSA. 01:25 THE POPULATION OF ORISSA IS ABOUT 44 MILLION PEOPLE AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE 01:32 MORE IN ANDHRA PRADESH BUT WE HAVE ALL OF ORISSA AND JUST CERTAIN SECTIONS OF 01:37 ANDHRA PRADESH. 01:38 INDIA IS ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED PARTS OF THE WORLD RIGHT NOW I 01:44 THINK. 01:45 THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 01:46 ONE IN SIX PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD LIVE IN INDIA. 01:49 AND WHEN DID YOU GET TO KNOW INDIA AND BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH IT? 01:53 WELL WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO GO TO INDIA SINCE THE YEAR 2000. 02:01 I THINK WE'VE GONE EVERY YEAR EXCEPT FOR ONE YEAR AND THEN ONE YEAR WE WENT 02:05 TWO TIMES IN A YEAR SO WE'VE BEEN THERE 15 TIMES. 02:08 FIFTEEN TIMES. 02:09 RIGHT. 02:11 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH STARTED THEIR WORK THERE WITH YOU OR ARE YOU FOLLOWING UP ON 02:18 EARLIER WORK THAT BEGAN THERE? 02:19 RIGHT. 02:20 WE DID A SERIES THERE IN THE YEAR 2000 IN THE CITY OF KADAPA. 02:27 WE CAME THE NIGHT OF THE Y2K. 02:29 IN FACT WE ARRIVED AT MIDNIGHT WHEN THE FIREWORKS WERE GOING OFF 02:35 AND WHAT AN EXCITING TIME IT WAS. 02:38 YOU KNOW MOST OF US WERE WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THAT YEAR 02:42 2000 ROLLED AROUND BUT WE WERE IN THE MISSION FIELD AND IT WAS A BLESSING. 02:47 YES. 02:48 WELL TELL ME ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH'S HISTORY THERE. 02:52 MAYBE NOT THE HISTORY. 02:53 MAYBE YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. 02:56 WELL FIRST I WANT TO SAY WHAT A WONDERFUL HONOR AND PRIVILEGE IT IS TO BE A 03:02 PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:04 I BELIEVE WE'RE IN IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON. 03:06 VOLUNTEERS, ALL THE OFFICE HERE AND THOSE IN LEADERSHIP IN THE OFFICE 03:12 ARE ALL 100 PERCENT VOLUNTEERS AS YOU KNOW. 03:14 ONLY TWO PERCENT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, OF THE OPERATING COSTS. 03:20 ONLY TWO PERCENT OF THE FUNDS THAT COME IN GO FOR THE OPERATING OF GOSPEL 03:24 OUTREACH. 03:25 WE ORIGINALLY STARTED GOING WITH, WE WERE THERE WITH QUIET HOUR THE FIRST 03:32 TIME IN KADAPA BUT THEN WE STARTED WITH MARANATHA. 03:37 WE HELD FIVE EVANGELISTIC SERIES, TWO WEEK EVANGELISTIC SERIES WITH 03:43 MARANATHA. 03:44 THEN WE DID ONE ON OUR OWN WITH RON AND DOROTHY WATTS ASSISTING WITH THAT 03:49 SESSION. 03:51 WE HAVE MANY AMAZING STORIES ON GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL LEADING AND 03:55 CARE AS WE HAVE BEEN AT WORK IN INDIA. 04:00 THOSE ARE THE STORIES, I THINK YOU MAY BE PRIMED TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE. 04:08 WELL I'M HAPPY TO. 04:09 SO MANY. 04:10 I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF MORE THINGS. 04:12 YOU KNOW AS WE HAVE GONE YEAR AFTER YEAR WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES 04:16 THAT WE FACE IN INDIA. 04:18 I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE. 04:19 AND TO ME IT'S THE NUMBER ONE REASON THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOD'S LAST 04:25 DAY REMNANT CHURCH. 04:26 SATAN IS AT WAR WITH OUR CHURCH. 04:28 THERE IS RESISTANCE ISN'T THERE. 04:30 THEY ARE AMAZING AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT IT AS. 04:33 AND AS WE HAVE STAYED IN THE CHURCH SO MANY PEOPLE SAY WELL IF THAT'S THE WAY 04:36 INDIA IS OR IF THAT'S EVEN MY OWN HOME CHURCH I'M GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE 04:39 ELSE. 04:41 AND WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT IT IS WITHIN THE CHURCH THAT WE DEVELOP THE 04:43 CHARACTER TO BE AMONG THE 144 THOUSAND I BELIEVE. 04:47 WOW. 04:49 SO AS WE HAVE GONE YEAR AFTER YEAR WE'VE FOCUSED ON THE THREE BASICS OF, 04:53 AND WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THEM I THINK, BIBLE STUDY, PRAYER AND SHARE. 04:57 THE FIRST TWO GO TOGETHER AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY WIFE AND I HAVE STRIVEN 05:03 TO GET ACROSS TO PEOPLE THE IMPORTANCE OF SPENDING TIME EVERY DAY IN GOD'S 05:08 WORD. 05:09 I ENCOURAGE TO COMBINE THE BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER TIME. 05:14 WE CAN USE THEM TOGETHER. 05:16 THE SCRIPTURES ARE THE BASIS OF OUR PRAYERS. 05:19 SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ENCOURAGED. 05:21 WE REALIZE THAT INDIA, LIKE IT IS ANYWHERE, WHEN WE APPLY THE BIBLICAL 05:27 PRINCIPLES OF GOD'S WORD TO OUR DAILY LIFE THE PROBLEMS AND THE 05:32 CHALLENGES CEASE. 05:34 WE COME INTO UNITY AND GOD IS ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE GREAT NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. 05:41 SO THIS IS WHY WE'VE GONE YEAR AFTER YEAR. 05:43 WE'VE HELPED ESTABLISH 75 CHURCHES AND AS WE GO TO THESE CHURCHES AND AS WE 05:49 TALK TO THE PEOPLE, THE MEMBERS IN THE CHURCHES, AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO 05:54 THOSE THREE BASICS THEN WE FEEL THAT WE'RE DOING GOD'S WILL IN SHARING THE 06:00 REALITIES AND THE SIMPLE BASIC THINGS OF MAINTAINING YOUR FAITH AND 06:04 LOVE IN JESUS. 06:06 SOMEBODY MUST HAVE WORKED IN THE PAST TO PUT THE SCRIPTURES INTO THEIR 06:11 LANGUAGES. 06:12 HOW LITERATE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OVER THERE? 06:16 THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 06:18 SAD TO SAY ONLY FIVE TO SEVEN PERCENT OF THE MEMBERS IN THE CHURCHES 06:23 HAVE THE ABILITY TO READ AND WRITE. 06:25 IT'S A SAD THING. 06:26 AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. 06:28 I'M KIND OF GETTING AHEAD HERE BUT WE HAVE, IN OUR REGION 11, WE HAVE MADE A 06:34 COMMITMENT TO TRAIN ALL THE BIBLE WORKERS WIVES IN LEARNING HOW TO READ AND 06:42 WRITE. 06:43 ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT OF THEM ARE UNABLE TO READ AND WRITE. 06:45 SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE IN THE FOUR REGIONS OR OUR 06:49 TERRITORY TO TRY AND HAVE TRAINING. 06:53 IT'S GOING TO BE OVER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD AND WE KNOW WELL THE LADY THAT 06:57 HANDLES THIS AND WE'RE STARTING ACTUALLY TOMORROW. 07:01 IS TOMORROW THE SIXTH? 07:03 APRIL 6 SHE STARTS TOMORROW WITH A TEN-MONTH PROGRAM IN ONE OF OUR 07:08 REGIONS. 07:09 IT'S GOING TO GO FOR TEN MONTHS. 07:11 IT'S QUITE EXTENSIVE AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 07:13 AND IS THIS TRAINING IN LITERACY IN THEIR LANGUAGES OR IN ENGLISH? 07:21 IT'S IN THEIR LANGUAGE. 07:23 THEIR LANGUAGE. 07:24 ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE DONE IS THAT WE HAVE REALIZED THERE'S A GREAT 07:27 NEED FOR MORE BIBLES. 07:29 NOW WE HAVE CAREFULLY MADE RECORD OF THE NUMBER OF BIBLE WORKERS THAT HAVE 07:33 COME TO US AND HAVE THE NEED FOR NEEDING BIBLES AND WE HAVE OVER THREE 07:38 THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY BIBLES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPONSORING IN THIS NEXT 07:43 FEW MONTHS. 07:44 INTERESTING. 07:45 AND WHERE WILL THOSE GO? 07:48 WELL ACTUALLY ABOUT HALF OF THEM WILL BE GOING TO SCHOOLS. 07:53 THEY ARE ENGLISH SCHOOLS AND THEY DESPERATELY NEED BIBLES AND THEN THE REST 07:58 WILL GO TO BIBLE WORKERS WHO WILL TAKE THEM TO THE MEMBERS OF THEIR CHURCHES. 08:03 I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF ACTUALLY. 08:06 LET'S GO BACK TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. 08:09 WELL I WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL SAY WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS AND AS WE GO YEAR 08:18 AFTER YEAR WE HAVE REALIZED THAT THE BASIC NEEDS FOR EVEN THE BIBLE 08:27 WORKERS ARE THE SAME AS FOR THE MEMBERS IN THE CHURCHES. 08:31 AND INSTEAD OF GOING THERE AND TRAINING THESE BIBLE WORKERS TO DO FUNERALS AND 08:35 WEDDINGS AND MAYBE EVEN HOW TO PREPARE FOR SERMONS WE GIVE THEM THE BASICS ON 08:42 SOME OF THE SPIRITUAL TOPICS LIKE "DO YOU KNOW JESUS," "GOD'S AMAZING 08:48 GRACE," "UNDERSTANDING RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH." 08:50 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING TO UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE THAT THE LIFE OF VICTORY, 08:54 HAVING VICTORY OVER SIN AND TEMPTATION IN YOUR LIFE WHICH WE ALL NEED TO 09:00 KNOW AND REALIZE HOW WE CAN DO THAT. 09:03 "HEART GRAPHICS" WHICH IS ANOTHER TITLE IS UNDERSTANDING THE NEW 09:08 COVENANT. 09:09 HOW GOD WANTS TO WRITE THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GOD'S WORD IN YOUR HEART. 09:14 AND "THE GLORY OF THE CROSS," "UNDERSTANDING GOD'S LOVE." 09:18 WE NEED TO BE MOTIVATED FOR THAT, THE REASON OF OUR LOVE FOR JESUS CHRIST. 09:23 "THE PROPHECY THAT FAILED." 09:24 YOU UNDERSTAND THAT'S REVELATION 10. 09:26 "HOW OUR CHURCH BEGAN," UNDERSTAND THAT GOD HAS A DESTINY FOR OUR CHURCH AND 09:33 UNDERSTAND THE EARLY BEGINNINGS. 09:35 "THE SANCTIFYING SIGN OF THE SABBATH." 09:38 THESE ARE TOPICS THAT WE SHARE WITH OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 09:41 "THE CHURCH THAT DOESN'T KNOW," THE LAODICEAN MESSAGE. 09:45 HOW DESPERATELY WE NEED TO FOLLOW UNDERSTANDING THE GOLD TRIED IN THE FIRE AND 09:50 THE EYE SALVE AND THE WHITE RAIMENT. 09:54 "HOW TO MAINTAIN GOOD SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS." 09:56 WE COVER HOW TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLES 10:02 IN MATTHEW 18. 10:03 OH WHEN YOU'RE ESTABLISHING NEW CHURCHES AND YOU BRING PEOPLE 10:07 TOGETHER WHO HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF, MAYBE THEY'VE HAD A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP 10:11 IN THEIR VILLAGE OR WHATEVER, BUT TO TEACH THEM HOW TO ACTUALLY BE 10:15 BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST THAT'S A CHALLENGE ISN'T IT. 10:18 IT IS. 10:19 AND SATAN DOES ALL HE CAN. 10:21 AS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN A PASTOR, IT'S THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR CHURCH 10:24 FAILURE TODAY. 10:26 PEOPLE ARE GOSSIPING AND TALKING YOU KNOW AND WE COVER HOW TO DEAL WITH 10:31 SOMEONE WHO IS CAUGHT IN SIN, TO INVOLVE AS FEW PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AND 10:38 APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE OF THESE PEOPLE. 10:40 YOU KNOW WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO REALIZE THAT THE MARK OF A REAL TRUE CHRISTIAN 10:46 IS NOT THE ABILITY TO SEE FAULTS IN OTHERS BUT TO RESTORE THEM TO A 10:50 MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. 10:52 SO "TIME AND MONEY MANAGEMENT," WE COVER THAT. 10:56 MY WIFE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THAT. 10:58 I SUSPECT THAT MANY OF THOSE WHO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE TOUCHING ARE 11:06 PEOPLE WHO LIVE AT KIND OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC LEVEL. 11:11 IT IS SO TRUE. 11:13 THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DRAWN INTO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 11:19 TRUTH ARE OF THE TELUGU CASTE SYSTEM. 11:24 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TODAY ARE AWARE OF THE CASTE SYSTEM, THE HINDU 11:27 CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA, BUT THEY ARE THE POOREST OF THE POOR. 11:32 THE ONES THAT DO THE MANUAL LABOR IN THE VILLAGES AND IN THE FIELDS 11:36 SO IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TRUTH THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THEM, UNDERSTANDING 11:42 RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. 11:43 IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. 11:44 IT IS THAT. 11:46 MAYBE I SHOULD JUST BREAK IN HERE AGAIN AND INVITE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED 11:51 IN THIS WORK TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN INVOLVEMENT. 11:57 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE INVOLVED? 11:59 I KNOW THAT ON YOUR SCREEN YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE ALL THE ADDRESSES AND 12:03 THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND THE WEBSITES AND EMAILS THAT YOU CAN CONTACT 12:09 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:10 YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU'RE IN 12:14 CANADA OR IF YOU'RE OVERSEAS AND WANT TO GIVE TO ONE OF THOSE TOO. 12:19 THERE'S A CHANCE FOR YOU. 12:21 WRITE THAT DOWN AND TAKE A MOMENT AND SEE IF MAYBE GOD IS CALLING YOU TO 12:25 SHARE SOME OF YOUR RESOURCES FOR SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING WORLD 12:29 WIDE. 12:30 THIS IS ONE SECTION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:32 THERE ARE MANY MORE. 12:34 I THINK AS A DONOR YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY GOD IS CALLING ME TO INVEST IN 12:40 THIS AREA. 12:41 DON'T LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 12:44 WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. 12:46 COMING BACK TO ORISSA AND LET'S SEE, THE OTHER ONE IS ANDHRA PRADESH. 12:52 ANDHRA PRADESH. 12:53 OK , THOSE TWO AREAS. 12:56 IS THERE ONE THAT IS OLDER THAN THE OTHER, ONE AREA THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING 13:00 IN LONGER? 13:02 YES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN ANDHRA PRADESH SINCE THE YEAR 2000, AND WE HAVE 13:09 GROWN. 13:10 WE'VE MADE A BOND WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS THERE. 13:14 AS WE HAVE GONE BACK TO THE CHURCHES YEAR AFTER YEAR WE'VE DEVELOPED THOSE 13:18 RELATIONSHIPS AND NOW WE'RE FINDING BECAUSE WE HAVE ORISSA ADDED TO OUR 13:22 TERRITORY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS MORE ON SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AS 13:26 DIRECTORS. 13:28 IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DO BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME. 13:30 EVEN THOUGH WE SPEND TWO MONTHS IN INDIA WE NEED MORE TIME THERE. 13:35 ANDHRA PRADESH I BELIEVE, IF I'VE HEARD CORRECTLY, IS ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE 13:40 GOD HAS IGNITED A FIRE. 13:42 HE HAS, HE HAS EXACTLY. 13:46 I COULD TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE FIRE AND THE JOY OF SHARING BUT I WANT, IF 13:51 I MAY, JUST BRIEFLY COVER WHAT HAPPENED THIS LAST TIME WE WENT. 13:55 IF I MAY. 13:56 YES, YOU'VE GOT THE FLOOR. 13:58 WE CHECKED IN SIX PIECES OF LUGGAGE ON OUR WAY TO INDIA THIS LAST TIME IN 14:07 JANUARY OF 2015. 14:09 THAT'S ALWAYS A RISKY BUSINESS ISN'T IT. 14:12 OH MY, SIX PIECES. 14:13 AND WE WERE MET AT THE AIRPORT. 14:17 YOU HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER $400.00 FOR EXTRA PIECES NOW. 14:21 IN THAT LUGGAGE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE NOW, SHOWING MY WIFE. 14:30 I THINK THIS WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN IN A TRAIN STATION BUT YOU CAN SEE SHE'S 14:33 THERE WITH OUR LUGGAGE. 14:34 WE WERE CONFRONTED WITH HAVING TO PAY ALL THIS MONEY. 14:39 WE SAID WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO PAY THIS 400 EXTRA DOLLARS SO WE STOOD 14:45 THERE AND WAITED AND THE AGENT SAID WELL I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO. 14:49 AND OF COURSE THERE WAS A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING. 14:52 SHE GOT BUSY AND WE JUST KEPT WAITING AND WAITING. 14:55 SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO CALL THE HEAD OFFICE AND SEE IF SHE COULD GET 14:58 PERMISSION. 15:00 SHE NEVER SHOWED UP. 15:01 WE SAW SHE WAS SO BUSY I THINK THEY WERE GOING TO CALL HER BACK BUT THEY 15:05 NEVER DID. 15:06 IT FINALLY GOT RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE. 15:08 WE HAD TO BE ON THAT PLANE OR MISS IT. 15:10 SHE SAID YOU GO AHEAD AND GO AND I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS 15:13 AND SHE PUT ALL OUR SUITCASES ON NO CHARGE. 15:16 SO THAT WAS A MIRACLE. 15:17 THAT IS A MIRACLE. 15:18 HOWEVER, WHEN WE GOT TO INDIA WE HAD A DOMESTIC FLIGHT. 15:24 WE FLEW INTO MUMBAI AND OF COURSE IN MUMBAI ENTERING THE COUNTRY YOU HAVE TO GO 15:28 THROUGH CUSTOMS. 15:29 WELL WE HAD SIX PIECES OF LUGGAGE. 15:31 THERE WAS SO MUCH LUGGAGE WE PUT A TURQUOISE PIECE OF CLOTH ON ALL OUR PIECES 15:35 AND OF COURSE IT WAS BRIGHT. 15:37 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD IN ONE OF OUR SUITCASES WAS 70 15:41 MEGAVOICES, IF YOU KNOW WHAT MEGAVOICES ARE. 15:44 OF COURSE WHEN THEY SCANNED THEM THEY REALIZED HERE'S SOMETHING WE GOT 15:48 TO, ALL THESE WIRES, WHAT ARE THEY BOMBS OR WHATEVER. 15:51 SO THEY HELD THEM IN CUSTOMS. 15:54 SO WHEN WE GOT INTO HYDERABAD WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE SUITCASE. 16:00 ONE CAME FOUR HOURS LATER WHICH HAPPENED TO BE MY WIFE'S CLOTHES. 16:05 I BET SHE WAS APPRECIATIVE. 16:06 AND SO WE WERE FORTUNATE FOR THAT, MY WIFE'S CLOTHES. 16:09 BUT I HAD TO WEAR THE SAME CLOTHES. 16:11 WE WENT DIRECTLY FROM HYDERABAD TO OUR FIRST APPOINTMENT WHICH WAS WAY 16:16 UP IN NORTH ORISSA NEARLY, ALMOST 30 HOURS BY TRAIN. 16:19 YES. 16:20 SO WE MADE A CALL. 16:22 WE MUST HAVE MADE 20 OR 30 CALLS TO THE CUSTOMS IN MUMBAI TO SEE IF THEY 16:27 WOULD RELEASE THOSE SUITCASES. 16:28 THEY DEMANDED US TO BE THERE IN PERSON AND PAY $385.00 FOR THE CUSTOMS 16:35 FEE. 16:36 AND WE CALLED AND PLEADED AND BEGGED. 16:39 WE GOT TIRED OF CALLING AND MY WIFE SAYS WELL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 16:43 JUST TRUST IN THE LORD. 16:44 I SENT EMAILS AT HOME. 16:46 EVERYONE WAS PRAYING THAT GOD IN SOME WAY WOULD RELEASE THOSE SUITCASES. 16:48 FINALLY WE GOT WORD THAT ALL BUT THE ONE SUITCASE HAD BEEN RELEASED AND WE 16:56 MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE OTHER FOUR TO BE PICKED UP BUT THEY KEPT THE ONE IN 17:00 CUSTOMS. 17:03 BONNIE FELT IMPRESSED, AFTER THREE WEEKS OF WAITING, TO CALL AGAIN. 17:06 WE CALLED AGAIN AND THERE WAS A NEW AGENT THERE WHO COULD SPEAK ENGLISH. 17:09 AS SHE TALKED TO HIM HE WAS VERY SYMPATHETIC, UNDERSTOOD OUR SITUATION 17:17 AND WAS ABLE TO RELEASE THAT SO WE FEEL THAT GOD PROTECTED IT AND WE DIDN'T 17:22 HAVE TO PAY ONE CENT IN CUSTOMS EITHER. 17:24 THAT IS REMARKABLE. 17:25 IT WAS WONDERFUL. 17:27 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT PICTURES WILL COME UP. 17:31 THESE ARE THE CLOTHES. 17:33 ACTUALLY THE REASON WE HAD SIX SUITCASES IS BECAUSE THIS IS A LADY THAT MAKES 17:40 CLOTHES FOR THE CHILDREN IN INDIA. 17:44 GINGER BROCKMAN FROM NEAR WHERE WE LIVE IN THE NEWPORT AREA, MAKES ALL 17:50 THESE CLOTHES. 17:52 IT IS SUCH A BLESSING AS SHE HAS MADE THESE AND WE ARE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE 17:58 TO ANYONE NOW IF THEY PUT IN AN ORDER. 18:00 SHE JUST MAKES THOSE. 18:02 SHE IS A SEAMSTRESS AND SHE IS BUSY ALL THE TIME. 18:06 SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT. 18:09 THIS IS A TRAIN WE RODE ON INTO ORISSA, THE 22 HOURS. 18:13 AS WE WENT AND REALIZED THAT OUR SUITCASES WERE GOING TO ARRIVE WE DIDN'T 18:19 KNOW HOW WE WERE GOING TO GET OUR MEGAVOICES OR ANY OF OUR SUITCASES. 18:23 SO I HAD TO GO THE WHOLE MONTH WITHOUT MY OWN CLOTHES BUT EVERYONE 18:28 ORDERED CLOTHES FOR US, IT WAS WONDERFUL. 18:30 NOW HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE MEGAVOICE. 18:32 IT HAS ALL OF THE BIBLE ON IT WHICH IS A REAL BLESSING AND STEPS TO 18:38 CHRIST, A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE SUCH A BLESSING FOR PEOPLE IN INDIA. 18:43 AND THIS IS NOT JUST IN ENGLISH. 18:46 NO, IT'S IN ORIYA AND TELUGU AS WELL. 18:49 NOW WE'VE TAKEN THEM TO INDIA IN TELUGU AND THIS TIME WE TOOK THE 70 TO OUR 18:57 BIBLE WORKERS IN NORTH ORISSA. 19:03 SO THAT ANSWERS ONE OF MY EARLIER QUESTIONS ABOUT LITERACY. 19:07 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:08 IN THIS CASE THIS IS AN AUDIO BIBLE THAT THEY CAN STILL USE FOR THEIR 19:12 MEDITATIONS AND THEIR PRAYERS THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE READ WITH YOUR EYES. 19:17 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:18 THEY CAN HEAR IT, THEY UNDERSTAND IT. 19:20 YOU CAN SEE THE GENTLEMAN HERE IS KNEELING, HE'S LISTENING TO IT. 19:24 IT MAKES SENSE. 19:25 NOW HERE'S A PICTURE. 19:27 WE ASKED THEM TO SEND US A PICTURE OF THEM RECEIVING THESE MEGAVOICES AND THIS 19:30 IS THE SECTION PRESIDENT GIVING THEM OUT. 19:34 WE ALSO TOOK WITH US LITTLE POCKET CALENDARS. 19:38 WE HAD GOSPEL OUTREACH ON THE FRONT. 19:42 THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CALENDARS FOR TIME MANAGEMENT SO WE GAVE 19:46 THOSE OUT AS WELL. 19:47 THIS IS ONE OF OUR SECTIONS WE VISITED. 19:55 OH MY, I MUST TELL YOU THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD. 20:01 THIS WAS JUST ONE OF FOUR SECTIONS. 20:05 I REALIZED THAT ALL MY NOTES AND MY PROJECTOR WERE IN MY LUGGAGE WHEN WE 20:10 ARRIVED. 20:11 OH INDEED. 20:12 AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE AMAZING PART OF OUR EXPERIENCE BECAUSE GOD 20:21 REALLY HELPED ME BE ABLE TO SHARE AND TRAIN AND VISIT THE CHURCHES AND I 20:27 DID NOT USE A SINGLE NOTE WHILE WE WERE THERE. 20:29 THAT DOES SEEM LIKE A GIFT DOESN'T IT. 20:32 IT WAS AMAZING. 20:34 IN FACT, WE HELD A FOUR DAY REVIVAL SERIES IN AN AREA WHERE WE HAD BEEN 20:39 BEFORE AND WE PROVIDED FUNDING FOR ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCHES TO 20:46 COME. 20:47 THERE WERE 12 CHURCHES THAT CAME TO OUR MEETINGS. 20:50 I WAS ABLE TO SHARE FROM MY HEART AND NEVER USED MY NOTES, ANY NOTES AT ALL. 20:56 AND I JUST THINK IT'S A REAL TRIBUTE TO GOD WHAT HE WILL DO. 21:01 IT'S FOLLOWING MATTHEW 10, I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE OF MATTHEW 10. 21:05 IT SAYS HERE WHEN THEY DELIVER YOU UP DO NOT BECOME ANXIOUS ABOUT HOW 21:11 OR WHAT YOU WILL SPEAK FOR IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU IN THAT HOUR WHAT YOU ARE TO 21:16 SPEAK. 21:18 FOR IT IS NOT YOU WHO SPEAK BUT IT IS THE SPIRIT OF YOUR FATHER WHO SPEAKS 21:22 IN YOU. 21:23 ISN'T THAT A WONDERFUL PROMISE. 21:24 OH IT IS AND I CAN HEAR YOU PARAPHRASING THAT TO WHEN THEY DO NOT DELIVER 21:28 YOUR LUGGAGE DON'T BE AFRAID OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY. 21:30 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 21:32 WHAT A BLESSING IT WAS. 21:33 YOU KNOW SO MANY TIMES I'D HAVE THIS THOUGHT COME IN AND I'D SAY I KNOW IT'S 21:38 OVER HERE AND I WOULD TURN TO IT AND IT WOULD BE RIGHT AT THE RIGHT VERSE. 21:42 IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. 21:44 IT REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER EXPERIENCE I HAD IF I MAY. 21:49 I'M DOING ALL THE TALKING. 21:50 WELL WE'RE COMING DOWN HERE TO THE FIVE MINUTE MARK BUT LET'S HEAR THAT 21:55 STORY WE HAVE TIME. 21:56 OK. 21:57 IT'S KIND OF ON THE SAME LINE. 21:58 YOU KNOW I GREW UP IN A HOME WHERE I HAD A REAL INFERIORITY COMPLEX. 22:01 I HAD A BROTHER THAT WAS SO SMART. 22:03 HE GOT 4 POINT ALL THROUGH SCHOOL. 22:07 HE TOOK HIGH SCHOOL IN THREE YEARS. 22:11 WHEN HE FINISHED COLLEGE HE HAD ACTUALLY FOUR JOB OFFERS. 22:14 THEY FLEW HIM ALL AROUND. 22:16 AND I HEARD MORE THAN ONCE WHY CAN'T YOU BE MORE LIKE YOUR BROTHER. 22:20 SO IT WAS REAL HARD. 22:22 I WAS DOING GOOD TO GET "C" THROUGH SCHOOL, JUST AVERAGE AND I HAD TO WORK 22:28 HARD FOR THOSE. 22:30 BUT YOU KNOW THERE WAS A TIME I REMEMBER EVEN MEMORIZING A POEM IN 22:33 SCHOOL. 22:35 I GOT UP FRONT TO REPEAT THAT POEM AND I COULDN'T REMEMBER A SINGLE WORD. 22:39 I RAN AND SAT DOWN IN STAGE FRIGHT. 22:42 I HAD ALWAYS BEEN AFRAID TO GET UP FRONT SO WHEN MARANATHA ASKED ME TO BE 22:47 ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER SPOKEN AT ONE OF THE 22:51 EVANGELISTIC SERIES, WE CAME TO THE SITE THAT NIGHT AND AS WE SAW THEM 22:57 SETTING UP THE STAGE AND THE CHAIRS AND THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING I JUST 23:01 BECAME OVERWHELMED WITH PRESSURE THAT SATAN WAS JUST PRESSING ME. 23:04 WHO AM I TO BE HERE TO DO THIS. 23:07 I FELT SO IN NEED. 23:10 IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. 23:12 I SAID BONNIE, WE'VE GOT TO GO TO OUR HOTEL ROOM TONIGHT AND WE'VE GOT TO 23:19 ASK GOD TO TAKE AWAY THIS FEAR IN ME. 23:22 I FELT UNPREPARED. 23:23 I KNEW TWO THINGS. 23:25 I KNEW GOD HAD PUT A LOVE IN MY HEART FOR THE PEOPLE IN INDIA AND I KNEW 23:31 SECONDLY THAT GOD, I HAD STUDIED FOR MYSELF AND I KNEW THAT OUR TRUTHS AS 23:39 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND TRUE AND RIGHT. 23:42 I HAD STUDIED THEM. 23:45 BUT THAT NIGHT WE WENT TO OUR HOTEL ROOM AND I KNELT AND I USED ISAIAH 6. 23:49 YOU KNOW ISAIAH 6 TALKS ABOUT ISAIAH HOW HE HAD THIS VISION AND HOW HE SAW 23:55 GOD HIGH LIFTED UP ON HIS THRONE AND THERE WERE ANGELS ALL AROUND AND THEY 24:01 WERE CRYING HOLY, HOLY, HOLY. 24:04 THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE TEMPLE, THE THRESHOLD TREMBLED. 24:06 YES. 24:07 AND ISAIAH SAID I'M A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS. 24:12 HE LONGED TO HAVE PEACE IN HIS HEART THAT GOD WAS GOING TO USE HIM. 24:15 IT WAS THE SAME THING I WANTED. 24:18 I WANTED TO HAVE ASSURANCE THAT GOD WAS GOING TO USE ME IN SPITE OF MYSELF. 24:24 YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY, HOW THAT ANGEL FLEW DOWN AND TOOK A COAL FROM 24:28 OFF THE ALTER AND ANOINTED THE LIPS OF ISAIAH. 24:31 I DO. 24:33 YOU KNOW THAT STORY. 24:34 AND THE ANGEL SAID YOUR INIQUITY IS TAKEN AWAY. 24:36 AND IT SAYS THERE HOW HE SAID WHOM SHALL I SEND AND WHO WILL GO FOR US. 24:40 THEN I SAID HERE AM I, SEND ME. 24:46 AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO EXPERIENCE SO BAD IN MY OWN HEART AND LIFE. 24:54 I DON'T THINK YOU'D BE HERE TODAY UNLESS THAT PRAYER WAS ANSWERED. 24:57 YES. 24:58 AND AS I PRAYED THAT PRAYER SUDDENLY THERE CAME OVER ME SUCH A PEACE AND 25:01 ASSURANCE THAT GOD WAS GOING TO USE ME AND I WENT TO BED, SLEPT SOUNDLY, GOT 25:06 UP THE NEXT MORNING AND AN AMAZING THING HAPPENED. 25:09 I HAD A BLISTER ON MY LIP. 25:11 I MEAN IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BUT I HAD THIS BAG BALM, YOU KNOW BAG BALM. 25:14 YES, YES, I USED IT ON MY LIP ALL DAY BUT THE AMAZING THING WAS IT 25:18 WASN'T UNTIL THAT NIGHT THAT I WAS WALKING UP THOSE STEPS THAT I 25:23 REALIZED GOD YOU ARE SO GOOD. 25:25 I DIDN'T ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE ANOINTING OF MY LIPS, BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN 25:29 AFRAID TO GET UP FRONT SINCE THEN. 25:31 I ONLY SAY THIS BECAUSE GOD WANTS TO USE EACH ONE OF US. 25:37 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WRAP IT UP HERE BUT I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE JUST 25:41 DESCRIBED IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PASS ON TO THOSE 25:47 YOU ADMINISTER, THOSE YOU GATHER TOGETHER WHEN YOU TEACH THEM. 25:52 YOU'RE TRYING TO PASS ON THAT SAME KIND OF PERSONAL JOURNEY. 25:57 YOU'RE THRILLED THAT YOUR JOURNEY IS SO FILLED WITH THE EVIDENCE OF GOD'S 26:03 PRESENCE. 26:04 AND SO YOU'RE PASSING IT ON TO THEM AND I BET THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF STORIES OF 26:08 THEIRS JUST HAVING THE SAME THING. 26:10 SO AS WE COME UP TO THE END HERE WE NEED TO JUST INVITE PEOPLE AGAIN, ON 26:15 YOUR SCREEN YOU WILL SEE HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED FINANCIALLY IN THIS 26:21 OPERATION WHETHER IT'S INDIA OR WHEREVER I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU AS YOU GO 26:26 THROUGH THIS WRITE IT DOWN. 26:28 MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR IN YOUR NOTES. 26:31 IF GOD CALLS YOU TO INVEST DON'T TURN HIM DOWN. 26:34 AMEN. 26:36 JUST LIKE HE IS DESCRIBING GOD'S ANSWER TO HIS PRAYERS YOU PRAY TO GOD, 26:40 HE WILL ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS. 26:42 I JUST WANT TO PRAY THAT YOU WILL HAVE GOD'S BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. 26:46 WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING WITH YOU AGAIN. 26:49 DEL, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. 26:51 THANK YOU, MY PRIVILEGE. 26:52 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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