Participants: Julie Sanders Keymer (Host), Bev Thompson & Shirley Panasuk
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000601A
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00:15 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I HAVE TWO WONDERFUL LADIES WHO ARE JOINING US 00:22 AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE WITH US BECAUSE I'M 00:26 EXCITED THAT THE VIEWERS ARE HERE WITH BEV THOMPSON AND SHIRLEY PANASUK. 00:30 WELCOME. 00:31 THANK YOU. 00:32 I REFER TO YOU TWO LADIES AS THE MODERN DAY PAUL AND SILAS. 00:37 SO WE HAVE BEV AND SHIRLEY BECAUSE YOU TWO GO AS A DUO AND WE'RE VERY GLAD 00:41 THAT YOU DO THAT. 00:42 I AM ALSO. 00:43 SHIRLEY IS A WONDERFUL COMPANION. 00:45 AND SO IS BEV. 00:46 WE HAD A GREAT TIME. 00:47 WELL AND I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC, SO WELCOME. 00:49 YOU TWO HAVE RECENTLY RETURNED BECAUSE BEV YOU ARE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR 00:53 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR WHICH AREA? 00:56 IT IS CALLED GOSPEL OUTREACH REGION NO. 00:58 2 BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN VERY MUCH. 01:00 IT'S NORTHEAST INDIA FROM CALCUTTA UP TO BHUTAN INCLUDING BHUTAN. 01:04 AND IT COMES OVER TO SOUTH OF NEPAL AND DOWN INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF INDIA. 01:09 THERE ARE FOUR STATES. 01:11 BENGAL, JHARKHAND, BIHAR AND CHHATTISGARH. 01:16 AND SHIRLEY YOU GO ALONG TO BE FIRST-HAND ASSISTANT TO BEV AND I THINK IT'S 01:22 GREAT THAT YOU GET TO GO. 01:23 YES. 01:24 I THINK SO TOO. 01:25 AND SHE PARTICIPATES SO BEAUTIFULLY. 01:27 WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE SHE SITS IN THE MEETINGS AND LISTENS AND THEN WHEN I 01:29 TURN TO HER I KNOW WHAT SHE'S THINKING AND SHE CAN VERBALIZE IT WHERE IT 01:34 MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR ME TO. 01:36 AND THEN WE CAN WORK ON PROBLEMS EASIER WHEN THERE ARE TWO OF US. 01:39 WE HAVE EVEN DONE IT WHEN BEV GOT A TELEPHONE CALL AND SHE HAD TO ANSWER IT 01:46 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER AND SHE SAID YOU TAKE OVER AND SO I JUST 01:53 KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO TAKE OVER FOR BEV AND SHE COMES BACK AND SHE TAKES OVER 01:58 AND IT'S JUST LIKE NO INTERRUPTION AT ALL. 02:01 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 02:02 AND BOTH OF YOU ARE DRESSED BEAUTIFULLY AS ALWAYS AND I WANT TO KNOW 02:06 WHAT YOU'RE WEARING HERE TODAY. 02:07 WELL THESE ARE CALLED PUNJABIS. 02:11 WHEN WE GOT UP TO NORTH BENGAL THIS TIME, I CALL HER PASTOR ESTHER BUT IT'S 02:14 THE PASTOR'S WIFE ESTHER. 02:16 SHE IS SUCH A LOVELY LADY BUT SHE PRESENTED US WITH A GIFT OF MATERIAL AND SHE 02:22 SAID YOU CHOOSE WHICH ONES YOU WANT AND THEN I WILL GET A TAYLOR TO COME IN 02:28 AND SEW THEM FOR YOU AND SHE PUT THE MATERIAL OUT FOR THESE TWO PUNJABIS. 02:34 THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. 02:35 THEN WE SELECTED WHICH ONES WE WANTED AND THE TAYLOR CAME AND SEWED THEM 02:39 UP FOR US. 02:41 THEY'RE WORSTED WOOL SO THEY'RE VERY LOVELY AND WARM FOR SOUTH OF THE 02:45 HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS. 02:47 WELL YES BECAUSE I'M NOT USED TO SEEING THIS KIND OF FABRIC, WOOL FABRIC. 02:50 USUALLY BOTH YOU LADIES ARE IN CHIFFON OR SOME SORT OF SILK BUT I HAVE 02:54 NEVER SEEN IT IN THIS BEAUTIFUL WOOL. 02:56 IT'S ALL WOOL AND WARM. 02:57 OH I SHOULD SAY. 02:58 WELL ESPECIALLY FROM THE HIMALAYAS WHERE IT GETS COLD ABSOLUTELY. 03:03 SO YOU GO AND YOU CHECK IN WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND YOU ENCOURAGE 03:08 THEM FIRST OF ALL. 03:09 FOR SURE. 03:10 AND YOU CHECK IN AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL. 03:12 SO HOW WAS YOUR RECENT VISIT? 03:15 I TELL YOU IT WAS WONDERFUL. 03:17 WE SAW GOD WORKING NOT ONLY IN THEIR LIVES BUT OUR LIVES ALSO. 03:20 YES, EXACTLY. 03:22 AND YOU CAN GO AND VISIT WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND SEE WHAT 03:25 THEY NEED HELP WITH AND THAT SORT OF THING. 03:27 AND THEY ALWAYS NEED TOOLS. 03:29 I THINK WE DO HAVE A PICTURE OF THEM FOR YOU TO SEE OF THEM RECEIVING 03:34 MEGAVOICE BIBLES. 03:35 THESE ARE AUDIO SOLAR POWERED BIBLES AND THE THRILL OF THEM GETTING 03:40 THEM. 03:41 IT WAS QUITE AMAZING. 03:45 THEY WERE LIKE CHILDREN WITH A CANDY BAR. 03:47 THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO OPEN THEM UP AND THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY TRYING TO 03:51 FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT AND EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO DO THEIR THING. 03:55 IT WAS SWEET. 03:56 AND THOSE ARE NEAT ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC PLAYERS BECAUSE LIKE YOU 03:59 SAID THEY ARE SOLAL OPERATED AND THEN THEY HAVE A SPEAKER AND THEY 04:04 CAN PUT THEM DOWN ON THE TABLE AND PEOPLE CAN SURROUND THE SPEAKER AND 04:08 LISTEN SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. 04:09 SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES HERE. 04:12 OH THIS IS A SCHOOL BELL. 04:14 THERE'S A BRASS GONG AND THEY RING THE BELL FOR SCHOOL STARTING BY 04:19 POUNDING ON THIS BRASS BELL. 04:23 AND THERE IS THE SCHOOL. 04:24 IT'S A THREE-ROOM SCHOOL AND THEY'VE ADDED TEACHER'S QUARTERS. 04:30 RIGHT AT THE END ARE TWO TOILETS AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU CAN SEE IT'S 04:33 A BUILDING WITH TREES IN FRONT OF IT, THAT IS THE CHURCH. 04:36 I WANTED TO POINT IT OUT. 04:38 THOSE TREES ARE BETEL NUT. 04:41 I KNOW WHAT BETEL NUT IS. 04:44 WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW BEV. 04:46 IT IS REALLY LIKE A POISON BUT IT'S A VERY, VERY HARD NUT. 04:53 IT PROBABLY LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE A MACADAMIA NUT BUT IT IS HARD, HARD, 05:01 HARD AND WHEN THE PEOPLE CHEW THIS NUT IT WEARS DOWN THEIR TEETH. 05:07 SO IT IS BAD FOR THEIR TEETH BUT ALSO IT IS A DRUG. 05:12 AND IT'S VERY ADDICTING. 05:13 THEY SELL IT AND I THINK IT'S VERY INEXPENSIVE AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THROUGHOUT 05:19 ASIA THEY HAVE IT AND THEN THEY SPIT AND IT JUST MAKES, AND IT KIND OF 05:23 LOOKS LIKE BLOOD ALMOST. 05:24 WELL, BECAUSE WHEN THEY PUT THIS IN A GREEN LEAF TO SERVE IT, THIS GREEN 05:31 LEAF, THEN THEY ADD SOME LYE TO IT AND SOME LEMON JUICE AND SUGAR AND THEN 05:35 THEY ROLL IT UP AND THAT TURNS THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES PINK BECAUSE OF THE 05:40 MIXTURE OF THE LYE AND THE BETEL NUT AND THE GREEN. 05:43 IT'S A LITTLE CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT RIGHT THERE. 05:46 AND WHEN THEY CHEW THEY CHEW WITH THEIR MOUTH WIDE OPEN SO EVERYONE CAN SEE 05:49 THAT THEY HAVE THIS HORRIBLE RED ORANGE COLOR TO THEIR MOUTH. 05:55 AND SO IT DOES GROW ON THE TREE SO THOSE ARE BETEL NUT TREES IS WHAT YOU ARE 05:59 SHOWING IN THE PICTURE. 06:00 AND THEY LIKE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL. 06:02 INTERESTING. 06:03 BACK TO OUR SCHOOL. 06:04 YES, LET'S GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL. 06:06 THESE ARE, OH AREN'T THEY CUTE, PRECIOUS. 06:09 OH, I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS SCHOOL. 06:13 ALL THESE LITTLE PRECIOUS BABIES FROM NURSERY, K1, K2, FIRST GRADE AND SECOND 06:20 GRADE. 06:22 FOURTEEN OF THEM KNEW THE 10 COMMANDMENTS IN ENGLISH PERFECTLY. 06:28 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 06:29 EXODUS 20 VERSUS 1 THROUGH 17 AND THEY DIDN'T MISS A BEAT. 06:36 IF YOU LOOK IN THIS PICTURE, OH WE'LL SEE THEM AGAIN. 06:40 THESE CHILDREN HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL 10 COMMANDMENTS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE IN 06:46 FRONT OF THEM AT ALL TIMES IN THE CLASS ROOM. 06:48 YES. 06:50 SO WHEN THEY MEMORIZE EXODUS 20 VERSUS 1 THROUGH 17 IN ENGLISH THEY HAVE IT 06:56 IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE TOO AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR HEART. 06:59 ABSOLUTELY. 07:00 OH, AND THEY'RE WEARING UNIFORMS, CUTE. 07:02 NOW HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF SAYING THE 10 COMMANDMENTS BUT IT WAS SO ADORABLE. 07:08 THIS IS PROBABLY A K2 OR A FIRST GRADER. 07:11 I BELIEVE HE IS A FIRST GRADER, FIRST GRADER. 07:13 HE SANG HIS 10 COMMANDMENTS. 07:17 HE DID. 07:18 IT WAS JUST A LITTLE DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, A LITTLE TUNE. 07:26 SURE. 07:28 HE WOULD TALK A LITTLE WITH A MONOTONE AND THEN HE'D GET BACK IN THE SWING 07:31 OF SINGING IT AGAIN. 07:32 HE MADE IT THROUGH IN ENGLISH THE WHOLE 10 COMMANDMENTS. 07:36 SO HELP US UNDERSTAND. 07:37 DO THESE CHILDREN COME, IS THIS A BOARDING SCHOOL OR IS THIS A DAY SCHOOL? 07:40 IT'S A DAY SCHOOL. 07:41 IT'S A DAY SCHOOL. 07:42 AND DO THEIR PARENTS THEN HAVE TO PAY TUITION FOR THEM TO COME? 07:44 THEY DO PAY A SMALL TUITION THOUGH OUR CHURCH SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY THIS 07:48 ONE, AND WHEN WE ESPECIALLY HAVE CHURCH SCHOOL THERE THEY GIVE 07:53 JUST A VERY SMALL FEE. 07:56 IT'S PROBABLY LIKE A DOLLAR A MONTH. 07:58 OH REALLY, OK. 08:01 AND THIS LITTLE GUY HE SAID THE 10 COMMANDMENTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 08:06 AND YOU NOTICE THEY'RE STANDING AT ATTENTION, THEIR HANDS DOWN. 08:09 SOMETIMES THEY ARE IN THEIR POCKETS BUT THEY ARE STANDING STRAIGHT AND THEY 08:15 ARE, I ALMOST BROUGHT A WHEEL BARROW FULL HOME. 08:18 I'M SURE YOU WANTED TO SHIRLEY. 08:20 I THINK IT WAS THIS LITTLE ONE THOUGH. 08:22 HE SAID THE 10 COMMANDMENTS AND IT SOUNDED SOMETHING LIKE 08:25 THIS. 08:27 AND GOD SPOKE THESE WORDS SAYING, I'M THE LORD YOUR GOD WHO BROUGHT YOU OUT OF 08:30 THE LAND OF EGYPT OUT OF THE LAND OF BONDAGE THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS 08:32 BEFORE ME THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE OR ANY LIKENESS OF 08:35 ANYTHING THAT IS IN HEAVEN ABOVE. 08:37 HE RATTLED IT OFF SO FAST IT WAS HARD FOR MY EARS TO KEEP UP WITH HIM, AND WITH 08:41 A LITTLE BROKEN ENGLISH. 08:43 BUT HE MADE IT THROUGH THE WHOLE 10 COMMANDMENTS. 08:46 OH HOW CUTE. 08:47 IT WAS SO PRECIOUS. 08:49 AND THIS IS A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE THERE. 08:53 THERE ABOUT 40 KIDS AND 14 OF THEM HAD THE COMMANDMENTS FROM THE VERY 08:58 BEGINNING TO THE END. 08:59 AND DON'T YOU KNOW WE FORGOT TO TAKE THE TOYS FOR THEM THAT DAY. 09:03 OH. 09:05 BUT WE HAVE ANNUAL MEETING COMING UP AND THEIR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS 09:10 TEACHING THEM PART TIME, HALF A DAY, CAME TO HELP ME WITH THE CHILDREN AND 09:17 WE GAVE HIM THE TOYS TO GIVE OUT. 09:19 WHAT KIND OF TOYS DID YOU TAKE? 09:21 STUFFED TOYS YOU KNOW LIKE LITTLE BEARS. 09:23 LITTLE ANIMALS. 09:24 YES. 09:26 STUFFED ANIMALS THAT PEOPLE FROM HERE HAD GIVEN THEM. 09:28 OUR CHURCH PUTS A SIGN OUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO INDIA. 09:33 ANY SMALL STUFFED TOYS WE CAN TAKE TO INDIA FOR THOSE WHO CAN SAY THE 10 09:38 COMMANDMENTS. 09:39 I BET THE KIDS JUST LOVE THOSE. 09:40 OH, WE TAKE A COUPLE SUITCASES FULL. 09:42 YES, FANTASTIC. 09:43 AND DRAG THEM EVERYWHERE WE GO. 09:45 YES, THE LADIES WITH THE STUFFED ANIMALS. 09:47 THE LADIES WITH THE SUITCASES. 09:49 BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THAT LAST 09:53 PICTURE. 09:54 HE TEACHES MORALS WHICH IS BIBLE AND HE TEACHES ENGLISH AND HE TEACHES 09:57 MATHEMATICS IN THE MORNING TO THE SCHOOL KIDS. 10:06 AND IN THE AFTERNOON HE GOES WITH THE CHURCH ELDER OUT TO DO VISITATION. 10:10 GOOD. 10:10 THEY VISIT ADVENTIST AND NON-ADVENTIST. 10:13 THEY JUST GET OUT THERE AND WHENEVER POSSIBLE THEY GIVE BIBLE STUDIES, THEY 10:17 HAVE PRAYER WITH THE NEIGHBORS. 10:18 HE IS AN OUTSTANDING WORKER FOR JESUS CHRIST. 10:22 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 10:23 A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 10:24 THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT RIGHT LADIES? 10:26 AMEN, YES. 10:27 OH IT'S WONDERFUL. 10:28 I WANTED YOU TO SEE INSIDE THE CHURCH. 10:30 IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR BY THOSE BETEL NUT TREES. 10:33 THE FIRST TIME I VISITED THIS CHURCH IT WAS PACKED WITH PEOPLE. 10:37 YOU KNOW SOMETIMES THEY INVITE VISITING CHURCHES ALL AROUND TO COME AND SEE 10:42 THE FOREIGNER. 10:44 ANYWAY THE NEXT TIME I CAME IT WAS SO FULL THAT YOU COULD HARDLY MOVE. 10:53 AND HE SAID WE NEED TO HAVE, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SAID, WE NEED TO 10:56 HAVE THIS CHURCH ENLARGED. 10:59 AND THE NEXT TIME I WENT THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF ENLARGING IT 25 11:02 PERCENT. 11:03 IT STILL IS PACKED FULL. 11:05 SO HERE WE HAVE ABOUT 130-140 MEMBERS IN THIS CHURCH AND ALL THE 11:14 CHILDREN AND RIGHT NEXT DOOR WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SCHOOL. 11:16 ISN'T THAT GREAT. 11:18 PRAISE THE LORD TO HAVE A CHURCH FULL OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME AND LEARN 11:21 MORE ABOUT JESUS. 11:23 BECAUSE, HELP US UNDERSTAND, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF INDIA 11:26 IS IT HEAVILY HINDU? 11:29 OH YES AND ANIMIST. 11:31 ANIMIST AS WELL. 11:32 AND EXPLAIN THAT BEV. 11:33 ANIMIST MEANS THAT THEY WORSHIP ANYTHING, THEY WORSHIP ANYTHING GOD 11:36 CREATED. 11:37 IT COULD BE A ROCK, IT COULD BE A TREE, IT COULD BE A, AND MOST TREES ARE 11:44 GODS. 11:45 INTERESTING. 11:46 THIS IS WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THERE FOR RIGHT? 11:49 YOU KNOW WHAT THE RED ROBES ARE FOR? 11:51 ARE THEY GETTING READY TO BE BAPTIZED? 11:53 YES. 11:54 AND WE SEE THESE BAPTISMS ALMOST EVERY TIME WE GO DIFFERENT PLACES AND 11:58 BAPTISMS ARE THERE. 12:00 NOW WE'RE GOING TO AN ORCHARD, A BETEL NUT ORCHARD. 12:03 YOU CAN SEE IT'S A FULL ORCHARD AND WE COULDN'T GO WITH OUR VEHICLE, WE HAD 12:08 TO WALK THE LAST LITTLE BIT. 12:09 BECAUSE IT WAS SO DENSE? 12:10 YES. 12:11 AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT BETEL NUT ORCHARD THERE IS AN ADVENTIST 12:14 CHURCH. 12:15 WOW. 12:16 AND THIS WAS BUILT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AND THERE'S A SIGN ON IT 12:19 "DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD ON BEHALF OF SUPPORTERS IN GOSPEL 12:22 OUTREACH BRAZIL." 12:24 YES. 12:25 THEY HELPED TO BUILD THIS CHURCH AND FOR SOME LITTLE EXTRAS THESE OTHER PEOPLE 12:30 ADDED AND MADE IT A FULL CHURCH. 12:33 ISN'T THAT NEAT TO THINK ABOUT BELIEVERS IN BRAZIL HELPING A CHURCH IN NORTH 12:37 BENGAL. 12:38 YES. 12:40 NOW THEY DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE COMING AND SO THE PEOPLE SAW US WALKING 12:43 TOWARDS THE CHURCH AND THEY STARTED TO GATHER. 12:46 WE HAD A NICE VISIT OUTSIDE WITH THE PEOPLE AND THEN WE WENT INSIDE 12:50 THE CHURCH. 12:52 THEY HAD SOME MUSIC AND THEN WE HAD A LITTLE PROGRAM FOR THEM, JUST A 12:58 SHORT LITTLE SERVICE THERE. 13:00 BUT AT THE END OF IT THIS MAN STOOD UP AND HE SAID SOMETHING OUT LOUD AND 13:06 WENT RUSHING OUT OF THE CHURCH AND I SAW HIM TAKE OFF ON HIS BICYCLE AND I 13:09 THOUGHT WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING HERE. 13:11 THE PASTOR SAID OH, HE JUST SAID THAT HE CAN'T SEND US AWAY EMPTY HANDED. 13:17 HE CAME BACK WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL HAND WOVEN TOWELS FOR EACH OF US AND 13:22 THEY PUT THEM AROUND OUR NECKS. 13:24 HOW GRACIOUS. 13:25 OH IT WAS LOVELY. 13:26 I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 13:28 I WONDERED WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON AND THE NEXT THING WE KNOW HERE HE 13:31 COMES AND WRAPS THESE AROUND US. 13:34 NOW BEV, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? 13:35 WELL THAT IS SHIRLEY. 13:36 SHIRLEY, THAT'S YOU? 13:38 WHERE ARE YOU GOING? 13:40 WE ARE GOING OUT TO THE FOREST TO SEE THE ELEPHANT LOOKOUT. 13:45 INTERESTING. 13:47 WHEN WE GOT THERE, THERE'S THE ELEPHANT LOOKOUT AND SOMEBODY SITS UP THERE IN 13:54 THAT LOOKOUT AND WATCHES FOR THE ELEPHANTS BECAUSE THERE ARE CROPS AROUND, 14:00 POTATOES AND WHEAT AND THE ELEPHANTS WILL DESTROY THEIR CROPS. 14:03 WILL THEY STOMP ALL OVER THEM? 14:06 OH NOT ONLY THAT THEY'LL DIG THEM UP. 14:08 OH DEAR SO THEY HAD THE LOOKOUT TO SHOO THE ELEPHANTS AWAY. 14:11 EXACTLY. 14:13 AND WHEN THEY SEE THE ELEPHANT COMING THEY IMMEDIATELY SHINE A TORCH 14:18 OR A FLASHLIGHT ON THEM AND THEN THEY THROW FIRECRACKERS, OH MY, TO 14:24 SCARE THEM AWAY AND WHEN THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENTLY SCARED 14:29 AWAY THEN THEY WILL GO BACK TO SLEEP OR BACK TO RESTING AND THEN WAIT TILL 14:34 THEY HEAR MORE NOISE COMING. 14:36 THIS TIME HE SHOWED US THE POTATOES THAT WERE GROWING AND THEY WERE WANTING TO 14:40 KEEP FROM THE ELEPHANT. 14:41 WELL SURE, I WOULD THINK SO. 14:42 WHEN WE CAME BACK THIS IS THE VILLAGE THAT WE WERE COMING BACK TO. 14:48 YOU SEE THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PICTURE. 14:50 THERE'S A WINDOW RIGHT ABOVE HIS HEAD. 14:52 WHEN I WENT THERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO THEY TOLD ME THE STORY. 14:56 THE ELEPHANT HAD JUST VISITED THEIR VILLAGE AT NIGHT THE WEEK BEFORE AND 15:00 HE HAD PUT HIS TRUNK THROUGH THAT WINDOW, OPENED THE WINDOW, PUT HIS 15:05 TRUNK THROUGH, LIFTED UP A BIG SACK OF POTATOES, A 50 KILO SACK OF POTATOES, A 15:10 HUNDRED POUND SACK, THAT'S A HEAVY SACK, AND PULLED IT OUT THROUGH THAT WINDOW 15:13 AND STOMPED ON THE SACK TO GET IT OPEN SO HE COULD EAT THE POTATOES. 15:17 HE ATE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THEM AND LEFT. 15:19 THEY SHOWED ME THE MUD THAT WAS STILL ON THE EDGE WHERE THE POOR ELEPHANTS 15:25 TRUNK HAD BEEN SCRAPED. 15:26 OH DEAR. 15:27 SO HE HELPED HIMSELF. 15:29 FORGET THE FIELD, HE WAS GOING TO GO RIGHT TO THE HOUSE. 15:31 ABSOLUTELY. 15:32 THIS WAS IN THE VILLAGE. 15:33 TO ME IT WAS TYPICAL OF THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE. 15:39 HERE WAS A MOTHER HEN, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, WITH THOSE HE HAD STUDIED 15:44 WITH, THE CHICKIES. 15:46 AND ONCE THEY WERE GIVEN THIS CHURCH AND WERE BAPTIZED THEY SCATTERED 15:51 AND SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS. 15:53 PRAISE THE LORD. 15:54 AND NOW WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL GROUP OF BELIEVERS. 15:56 WELL BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 16:00 AND HERE ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WITH THEIR TOYS, THE MEGAVOICE 16:05 THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. 16:07 YES, MEGAVOICE IS A WONDERFUL INVENTION AND IT IS JUST FANTASTIC BECAUSE 16:11 IT ENABLES THEM TO HAVE NOT ONLY BIBLE STORIES ON THERE BUT ALSO TO HAVE 16:16 SERMONS AND SONGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO YES. 16:19 WELL WHY DON'T WE TAKE A BREAK AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION. 16:25 IF YOU'RE ENJOYING WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT NORTH BENGAL FROM SHIRLEY AND 16:29 FROM BEV WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE IT'S THROUGH YOUR 16:34 FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS THAT MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 16:37 WORKERS CAN TAKE THE MEGAVOICE PLAYERS THAT THEY CAN GO AND REACH MORE 16:42 PEOPLE AND SHARE JESUS. 16:43 SO THIS IS HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 16:46 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 16:49 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 16:52 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 16:54 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 16:57 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 17:00 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 17:03 MY HEAD HURTS. 17:04 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 17:07 I GIVE UP. 17:08 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 17:10 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 17:13 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 17:16 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 17:21 WHERE? 17:22 ALL THE WORLD. 17:23 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 17:25 YOU CAN PRAY. 17:27 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 17:32 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 17:36 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:39 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 17:42 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 17:44 BE THE SPARK. 17:45 LIGHT THE FIRE. 17:47 FINISH THE WORK. 17:50 FINISH THE WORK. 17:52 BE THE SPARK. 17:55 THOSE KIDS MAKE ME SMILE EVERY TIME I SEE IT. 17:57 BE THE SPARK. 17:58 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO 18:01 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:02 WE DO COME TO YOU WITH THESE INTERVIEWS AND IT'S A CHANCE FOR US TO GIVE 18:06 YOU SOME REPORTS FROM THE DIRECTORS THAT ARE OUT THERE MEETING WITH OUR 18:09 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 18:11 THEY GO OUT TO ENCOURAGE, TO SUPPORT, TO DO TRAINING AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE 18:15 THEM COME BACK. 18:17 TODAY WE'RE TALKING WITH BEV THOMPSON AND SHIRLEY PANASUK AND WE'VE BEEN 18:20 TRAVELING TO NORTH BENGAL IN BEV'S TERRITORY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 18:24 MEGAVOICE PLAYERS. 18:26 THOSE MEGAVOICE PLAYERS ARE FANTASTIC. 18:28 THEY CAN BE LOADED WITH ALL SORTS OF AUDIO, DRAMATIZED AUDIO, BIBLE 18:32 STORIES. 18:34 THEY CAN HAVE KIDS SINGING HYMNS, BIBLE READINGS IN THE PARTICULAR LANGUAGES. 18:38 AND SHIRLEY YOU WERE SAYING THAT WHEN YOU TOOK THEM THAT THE PEOPLE WERE 18:42 SO EXCITED. 18:43 BEV WAS TRYING TO TELL THEM HOW TO WORK THEM AND THEY WEREN'T EVEN HEARING 18:46 A THING. 18:48 THEY WERE JUST PRESSING EVERY BUTTON AND LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND TRYING 18:50 TO FIGURE THEM OUT. 18:51 IT WAS JUST SO, SO FUN JUST TO WATCH IT. 18:54 WELL AND IT'S NEAT BECAUSE THEY CAN PUT THEM ON THE TABLE, THEY CAN GATHER 18:57 PEOPLE AROUND AND THEY CAN LISTEN, STOP IT, HAVE A CONVERSATION. 19:00 BUT THEY DO RUN ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS EACH AND SO THEY'RE UPLOADED 19:05 WITH ALL THE INFORMATION HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THEN THE DIRECTORS 19:08 TAKE THEM THERE. 19:09 SO WE'RE WANTING OUR VIEWERS TO KNOW ABOUT THAT AND BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE 19:13 MEGAVOICE PLAYERS. 19:14 SO WE HAVE SOME PICTURES BEV AND SHIRLEY. 19:16 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE THEM WITH US. 19:18 WE SURE DO. 19:19 THIS IS TEACHING TIME FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:22 I USUALLY GIVE ONE DAY OF TEACHING EVERY TIME I GO. 19:25 HERE WE HAD THE MAN FROM THE UNION, THE ONE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF GOSPEL 19:28 OUTREACH, FROM THE UNION COMING WITH ME AND HE IS HELPING TO TEACH. 19:31 BUT HERE IS OUR CAMP MEETING AND I WANT YOU TO SEE OUT CAMP MEETING. 19:37 IT'S COLORFUL. 19:38 YES, OH YES. 19:40 AND IT'S OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BIG FIELD AND WE HAD ABOUT THREE THOUSAND TO 19:46 FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTENDING ON SABBATH. 19:49 IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 19:50 NOW CAN YOU IMAGINE THE PHENOMENA OF CAMP MEETING AND FEEDING THREE 19:55 THOUSAND, FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE? 19:56 HOW DO THEY DO IT? 19:57 THESE ARE THEIR STOVES. 19:58 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 20:00 THIS IS THE SERVICE. 20:02 SO YOU HAVE RICE, DAL RICE AND DAL, CURRY, AND THERE ARE CURRIES. 20:07 AND YOU CAN SEE THEY LICK THE PLATTER CLEAN. 20:10 YUM. 20:11 AS A NURSE I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN SANITATION. 20:16 THIS IS THE SET UP FOR THE LADIES. 20:20 FOR THE "WC" ALSO KNOWN AS THE WASH ROOMS. 20:22 YES. 20:23 AND THESE ARE EACH LITTLE CUBICLE THERE. 20:25 BECAUSE I WAS THERE I USED ONE AND THEY HAVE BRICKS SURROUNDING THIS HOLE IN 20:32 THE GROUND. 20:33 AND THEN THERE'S A PIECE OF METAL GOING LIKE A LITTLE TROUGH. 20:36 AND THEY'VE DUG A DITCH AND THEN WHEN IT'S ALL OVER THEY CAN JUST COVER 20:40 IT UP WITH THE DIRT THEY TOOK OUT OF THE DITCH. 20:42 IT WAS FANTASTIC. 20:44 VERY ORGANIZED AND SANITARY IT SOUNDS LIKE. 20:46 OH LOOK AT THESE LADIES. 20:47 THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. 20:48 WE HAD THEM DO THE BIBLE STORY OF THE TEN VIRGINS. 20:53 AND HERE THEY HAD THEIR CANDLES THAT THEY HAD BROUGHT FOR THEIR OWN 20:56 LIGHT AT THE CAMP MEETING CAMPING. 21:00 FANTASTIC. 21:01 AND WHERE DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING? 21:03 WELL ARE YOU GOING TO A BAPTISM? 21:05 OH YES. 21:06 YES. 21:07 DOWN TO THE RIVER. 21:08 AND HERE WE SAW TWENTY-FOUR PEOPLE BAPTIZED. 21:12 HOW NEAT. 21:13 IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. 21:14 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 21:15 YOU KNOW, WHAT A DAY THAT MUST HAVE BEEN WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED BY JOHN THE 21:21 BAPTIST. 21:22 I JUST THINK ABOUT GOING RIGHT DOWN THERE. 21:24 AND WHERE ARE WE HERE? 21:26 WE ARE OUT VISITING WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GO TO GIVE BIBLE 21:29 STUDIES IN THEIR HOMES. 21:31 THESE PEOPLE I THINK WERE HAVING BIBLE STUDIES STILL AND YOU SEE THE MAN 21:36 SITTING ON THE RIGHT? 21:38 YES. 21:39 HIS NAME IS BEACON. 21:40 HE IS OUR STAR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THAT AREA, I SAY ANYWAY. 21:45 AND HIS SUPERVISOR IS SITTING BY THE POLE TO THE LEFT THERE WITH THE DARK 21:49 PANTS ON. 21:50 AND WHY IS THAT MAN THE STAR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER? 21:52 OK, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIM. 21:54 HERE'S ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER HOME THAT WE WERE IN. 21:57 THIS MAN IS GOING TO SOON BE BAPTIZED. 22:01 ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH. 22:06 HE'S ALWAYS OUT AND HE WANTED TO TAKE US TO EVERY PLACE POSSIBLE. 22:11 AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE SICK HE GIVES THEM TREATMENTS WHETHER IT'S CHARCOAL OR 22:16 WHETHER IT'S HOT AND COLD WATER TREATMENTS AND PEOPLE GET WELL. 22:20 HE PRAYS WITH THEM, HE GIVES THEM THE TREATMENTS, THEY GET WELL AND THEY 22:24 WANT TO STUDY WITH HIM BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW HIS GOD. 22:28 IN THAT HOME THERE, THAT IS THE PORCH THEN THE FAMILY, THE MOTHER WITH 22:33 THE THREE CHILDREN. 22:34 ONE OF THE BOYS IS ALREADY BAPTIZED. 22:39 I BELIEVE THE OTHERS ARE STILL STUDYING BUT THEY ARE IN COLLEGE. 22:44 WE'RE GOING OFF INTO ANOTHER PLACE. 22:49 HERE WE FIND ANOTHER HOME. 22:50 ON THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY AND THEY ARE STUDYING WITH THIS FAMILY. 22:54 THIS IS HER KITCHEN. 22:55 OH IS THAT HER STOVE? 22:56 THAT'S HER STOVE. 22:57 SHE WILL PUT THE, WELL IT'S BIO FUEL. 22:59 THERE'S HER COOKING UTENSILS. 23:06 SO THIS IS WHAT SHE MAKES HER CURRY IN AND THIS IS HER BIO FUEL. 23:12 THEY WILL TAKE A STICK AND COAT IT WITH THEIR HANDS WITH COW DUNG MIXED WITH 23:18 STRAW AND THEN THEY BURN IT LIKE A STICK OF WOOD. 23:22 WITH THEIR HANDS. 23:23 WE'RE NOT TALKING WITH PLASTIC LATEX GLOVES. 23:27 NO, NO. 23:28 WE'RE TALKING WITH THEIR HANDS. 23:29 RIGHT. 23:30 BIO FUEL IS USED FREQUENTLY SO THEY DO NOT LET ANY OF THE DUNG GO TO 23:34 WASTE. 23:36 I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WANTING TO BE THRIFTY BUT WE JUST THINK OF THE 23:40 SANITATION INVOLVED WITH ALL OF THAT PROCEDURE. 23:42 NOW THESE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 23:44 BEACON IS ON THE RIGHT AND IN THE MIDDLE AND ON THE LEFT THESE TWO WORKERS 23:49 WERE COMING TO MEET US ON A BICYCLE BUT THEY GOT A FLAT TIRE SO THEY HAD TO 23:55 WALK. 23:56 SO WE FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH THEM THEN WE TOOK OFF TO SEE THESE PEOPLE THAT 24:00 THEY WANTED US TO SEE. 24:02 IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS BUS HAD ARRIVED SO THAT THEY COULD TAKE EVERYONE 24:07 TO APPROVE OF A BRIDE TO BE. 24:09 OH, LET ME UNDERSTAND THAT. 24:11 THE WHOLE COMMUNITY GOES BY BUS, PRACTICALLY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY GOES BY 24:15 BUS, TO THE HOME OF THE BRIDE TO BE TO GIVE THEIR STAMP OF APPROVAL. 24:21 TO CHECK HER OUT. 24:22 EXACTLY. 24:23 WOW, THAT'S INTENSE. 24:24 WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE. 24:25 YOU SEE THE FAMILY, THE FATHERS HAVE ALREADY, THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THEIR 24:29 HANDSHAKE AND THEIR AGREEMENTS FOR DOWRY AND ALL OF THAT. 24:32 NOW THESE MEN ARE IN THE HOME OF THE GROOM TO BE AND ALL THE PEOPLE ARE 24:39 WONDERING SHOULD WE GET ON THE BUS OR CAN WE SEE THE FOREIGNERS. 24:41 SO THEY'RE OUT THERE WATCHING. 24:45 THESE WERE THE INCENSE THAT WERE BEING BURNED BEFORE THE TAKING OFF OF 24:50 THE BUS. 24:51 OH, TO ANCESTORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 24:53 YES. 24:54 SO WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE LIKE THAT BEV? 24:56 WHEN YOU'RE THERE DO YOU, IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT? 25:02 MANY TIMES THEY ARE EMBARRASSED AND DON'T WANT TO REALLY REFER TO IT IN 25:07 FRONT OF US. 25:09 SO WE TRY TO SAY WE WILL PRAY AND HAVE GOD'S BLESSING. 25:13 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 25:15 AND THE ONE THING THAT WE'VE NOTICED, AND I IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN 25:19 REALLY LOOKING FOR THIS, IS THOSE THAT ARE BECOMING CHRISTIANS THEIR HOMES, 25:24 THEIR YARDS ARE SO CLEAN AND THEY ARE SO CLEAN THEMSELVES. 25:28 YOU KNOW MANY TIMES WE SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO DIRTY AND THE PIGS ARE IN THE 25:33 YARD AND THEY'VE DUG THEM UP. 25:35 BUT THESE PEOPLE JUST LOOK, THEY JUST LOOK LIKE THEY BELONG TO THE LORD 25:39 JESUS. 25:40 SO IT'S LIKE THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE BAPTISM THROUGH THAT WHOLE LIFE. 25:43 NOW I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHY THAT BEACON IS SO IMPORTANT. 25:47 AFTER WE LEFT, YES AFTER WE LEFT THEY HAD AN EVANGELISM AND BEACON 25:55 BROUGHT TWENTY-SIX PEOPLE FOR BAPTISM. 25:57 WONDERFUL. 25:59 PRAISE THE LORD. 26:00 THESE OTHER BOYS WERE CLOSE RUNNER UPS-----THEY BROUGHT. 26:02 WONDERFUL. 26:03 WELL WE HAVE SOMEONE TO PRAY FOR AND TO ENCOURAGE AND TO JUST CONTINUE ON 26:09 RIGHT? 26:10 YES. 26:11 WELL BEV AND SHIRLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 26:13 THANK YOU FOR ENCOURAGING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND PLEASE SHARE 26:15 OUR LOVE WITH THEM AND OUR PRAYERS. 26:17 AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE AT ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND WE WOULD 26:20 INVITE YOU TO GET INVOLVED. 26:21 PLEASE GO TO OUR WEB SITE, GOAIM. 26:23 ORG. 26:25 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS I'M JULIE SANDERS 26:28 KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 26:30 THANK YOU. 26:31 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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