Participants: Julie Sanders Keymer (Host), Bev Thompson & Shirley Panasuk
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000602A
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:15 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT YOU'VE JOINED US. 00:21 AND WE COME TO YOU FOR SEVERAL REASONS. 00:24 WE WANT TO GIVE A REPORT TO YOU ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:28 WORKERS AND WE'RE WANTING TO GET YOU INVOLVED. 00:30 AND TODAY WE HAVE A REPORT FROM BEV THOMPSON AND SHIRLEY PANASUK WHO HAVE 00:35 JUST RETURNED FROM A WONDERFUL TRIP TO INDIA. 00:38 WELCOME LADIES. 00:39 THANK YOU, IT WAS A WONDERFUL TRIP. 00:41 YES. 00:42 AND BEV, YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR FOR WHICH AREA FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH? 00:46 IT'S NORTHEAST INDIA FROM ABOUT CALCUTTA UP TO BHUTAN AND INCLUDING 00:50 BHUTAN AND THEN OVER TO SOUTH OF NEPAL AND DOWN INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF 00:56 INDIA. 00:57 VERY INTERESTING TERRITORY. 00:58 YES. 00:59 AND SHIRLEY YOU GO ALONG TO BE FIRST ASSISTANT WITH BEV. 01:02 THAT'S RIGHT AND WE HAVE A GREAT TIME TOGETHER. 01:06 WELL IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU BOTH BACK SAFELY AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR 01:10 THE REPORTS FROM YOUR AREA. 01:13 BEV, ABOUT HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE? 01:15 ABOUT 130. 01:17 AND I'M SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL JUST DOING A GREAT JOB AND KEEPING ON THEIR TOES 01:21 AND SHARING JESUS. 01:22 I BELIEVE THAT. 01:23 AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR RECENT TRIP, HOW WAS IT? 01:28 I WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS CHALLENGING BUT WE JUST SAW MIRACLES AND IT WAS 01:33 WONDERFUL. 01:34 OH GOOD, I'M SO GLAD, I'M SO GLAD. 01:36 AND YOU VISIT THEM IN THE VILLAGES AND IN THE PLACES WHERE THEY SERVE AND WHERE 01:39 THEY LIVE. 01:40 RIGHT. 01:41 AND THE THING IS WHEN WE GO AND WE MAKE OUR PLANS MANY TIMES THEY INVITE ME 01:43 TO BE A SPEAKER AT A CAMP MEETING WHICH THEY CALL ANNUAL MEETING SO WE MAKE 01:47 OUR ITINERARY AROUND THESE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS. 01:50 AND WE HAD ONE OF THESE AT EAST JHARKHAND AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE 01:58 THERE. 01:59 SO EAST JHARKHAND. 02:01 HELP US TO VISUALIZE WHERE THAT IS. 02:03 WELL IT'S A LITTLE WEST OF BANGLADESH. 02:06 THERE'S A NARROW ISTHMUS OF WEST BENGAL, THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND THEN 02:09 EAST JHARKHAND. 02:10 IT IS SOUTH OF SIKKIM, SOUTH OF NEPAL OR THE EAST END OF NEPAL. 02:20 OK, SO IT'S THAT NORTHEAST SECTION THERE OF INDIA. 02:27 WONDERFUL. 02:28 WELL YOU BROUGHT SOME PICTURES ALONG WITH YOU TO SHARE WITH US AND YOU BOTH 02:31 ARE DRESSED IN YOUR LOVELY INDIAN OUTFITS AND WHAT'S THE NAME OF THEM? 02:35 THESE ARE PUNJABIS. 02:37 THE THING IS THE PEOPLE IN PUNJAB AREA WEAR THESE. 02:41 IF YOU GO TO ANOTHER PART OF INDIA THEN THEY CALL THEM SHALWAR KAMEEZ WHICH 02:46 MEANS PANTS AND SHIRT. 02:48 OR A LOT OF THE WOMEN WEAR THE SARI. 02:50 YES, BUT THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND THE SARIS ARE A LITTLE SHORTER 02:56 BLOUSE AND THESE JUST LOOK LIKE THEY ARE EVEN MORE COMFORTABLE. 02:59 THEY ARE. 03:00 I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE IN THEM AND THEY ARE MODEST. 03:03 I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WEARING A SARI BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MY MIDRIFF TO SHOW. 03:08 AND WHEN WE JUMP UP ON A WAGON OR RICKSHAW OR SOMETHING THESE ARE REALLY 03:13 GREAT. 03:14 I'M SURE. 03:15 WELL YOU BOTH LOOK BEAUTIFUL IN THEM. 03:17 THANK YOU. 03:18 SO TAKE US ON A TRIP. 03:20 WE WANT TO SEE WHERE YOU'VE BEEN AND SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU SAW. 03:22 WE WENT TO BISAMPUR IN EAST JHARKHAND. 03:25 THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN DONATED ESPECIALLY BY ONE FAMILY AND EVERY YEAR 03:32 THEY GIVE SOMETHING TOWARDS THIS SCHOOL. 03:35 SO THIS SCHOOL HAS THIS TWO-STORY BUILDING FOR CLASS ROOMS HERE. 03:41 IT'S A WONDERFUL CAMPUS BUT THIS IS PLANNING FOR THE BIG CAMP MEETING 03:46 THAT'S GOING TO BE STARTING THE NEXT DAY WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE. 03:48 SO THIS IS THE EDGE OF IT AND YOU CAN SEE THE GRASS ROOF AND THE PLASTIC SIDES 03:54 WITH THE BAMBOO POLES. 03:56 ON THE INSIDE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A TARP ON THE GROUND THERE AND THEN 04:01 THERE ARE OTHER TARPS THAT ARE COVERED WITH GRASS. 04:05 WE SAW THEM CARRYING THE GRASS. 04:07 THERE'S THE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. 04:09 YOU CAN BARELY SEE THESE MOUNDS THAT ARE STANDING THERE. 04:12 YES, YES. 04:14 THE PILE OF HAY THERE, THAT IS RICE STRAW, RICE HAY AND THE CHILDREN ARE 04:19 CARRYING IT OVER TO THIS CAMP MEETING TENT. 04:22 OH SO THAT WILL BE THE FLOOR. 04:24 IT'S THE FLOOR, THE PEOPLE SIT ON IT. 04:27 NOT ONLY SIT ON IT THEY SLEEP ON IT. 04:30 THIS WHOLE BUILDING IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE SLEEPING. 04:33 LADIES ON ONE SIDE AND CHILDREN AND MEN ON THE OTHER SIDE. 04:36 HOW ORGANIZED. 04:37 AND THIS IS THE BEDDING FOR THEM TO SIT AND SLEEP ON. 04:40 AND RIGHT NOW SHE HAS THE WHOLE PLACE TO HERSELF. 04:43 YES. 04:44 IT WILL CHANGE SOON I'M SURE. 04:46 WHAT WAS INTERESTING AT THIS PLACE, THEY HAD THIS BULLOCK THERE. 04:52 LAST TIME WE WENT THERE WAS A BIG WHITE ONE AND THE PASTOR SAID, OH LAST 04:56 TIME THOSE BULLOCKS WERE GOOD BUT HE SAID THEY WERE GETTING A LITTLE BIT ON 05:01 THE OLD SIDE AND WE THOUGHT IT'S BETTER TO SELL THEM WHILE WE CAN 05:04 STILL GET GOOD MONEY OUT OF THEM. 05:06 SO HE SOLD THEM AND BOUGHT TWO YOUNG ONES. 05:09 THESE WERE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PRICE OF THE OTHER ONE. 05:13 THESE ARE FRIENDLY AND YOU CAN SEE, MANY TIMES YOU CAN HARDLY TOUCH THEM BUT 05:18 THESE ARE FRIENDLY. 05:20 SO DO THEY USE THEM FOR PLOUGHING IN THE FIELD? 05:22 YES, BECAUSE THE SCHOOL HAS A HUGE GARDEN. 05:26 THEY GROW CABBAGES. 05:27 WHILE WE WERE THERE THEY WERE GROWING CABBAGE AND TOMATOES THAT WERE 05:31 SUPPLYING THE WHOLE CAMP MEETING AND EGG PLANT. 05:34 AND THEY WERE MAKING CURRY FOR EVERYBODY THAT CAME TO CAMP MEETING. 05:39 AND OUTSIDE OF THE COMPOUND AREA THERE ARE NINE ACRES AND THIS IS 05:45 WHERE THEY GROW POTATOES AND GROW RICE. 05:48 AND THIS IS WHAT THE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THE DORMITORIES EAT. 05:51 AND DO THE KIDS WORK OUT IN THE FIELDS, IS THAT PART OF IT? 05:53 THE CHILDREN PICKED ALL THE TOMATOES. 05:55 THEY WERE OUT THERE PICKING ALL THE EGGPLANT AND ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO 05:59 BE DONE THE CHILDREN GET INVOLVED. 06:01 THEY HELP GET THEM WATER WHERE IT'S NEEDED, THEY HELP WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE 06:07 DONE AND IT'S ALWAYS "YES MAM." 06:10 YES MAM I'LL GET THE TOMATOES. 06:11 THERE'S THE TOMATOES AND YOU SEE THEY'VE ELEVATED THEM ON LITTLE STANDS, 06:14 BAMBOO STANDS SO THAT THEY CAN GET GOOD TOMATOES THAT DON'T ROT ON THE GROUND. 06:20 YOU CAN SEE THE CABBAGES IN THE FOREGROUND, THE TOMATOES AND THE GIRLS ARE 06:24 PICKING THE TOMATOES FOR THE CAMP MEETING. 06:26 THESE WERE GROWN SPECIAL FOR THE CAMP METING SO THEY WOULD BE RIPE AT THIS 06:30 TIME. 06:31 PLANNING AHEAD. 06:32 SO HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE AT THIS SCHOOL BEV? 06:34 ABOUT 200. 06:35 TWO HUNDRED. 06:36 CLOSE TO 200. 06:37 AND THE STUDENTS BOARD THERE. 06:38 YES. 06:39 HERE THEY ARE PICKING THE EGG PLANT AND THE EGG PLANT HAD GREAT BIG SPURS 06:43 ON THEM, SPINY THINGS. 06:44 THEY'LL PUSH BACK THE PLANT WITH A STICK AND THEN THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE 06:48 THE EGG PLANT AND PICK THEM. 06:51 THEY SAID THAT THESE ARE THE EGG PLANT THAT THEY LIKE THE BEST. 06:54 THEY WERE GROWING SOME PURPLE ONES BUT THEY DIDN'T FIND THEM AS TASTY 06:59 AS THESE, THIS PARTICULAR KIND. 07:00 AND HERE THEY ARE STACKED AND READY FOR CAMP MEETING. 07:04 ON THE TABLECLOTH THERE THAT MOUND, IT'S RICE. 07:08 PEOPLE COMING IN FOR CAMP MEETING A LITTLE AHEAD OF TIME AND THIS WAS RICE 07:10 THAT HADN'T BEEN USED YET BUT PEOPLE WERE STILL COMING IN AND THEY WOULD 07:12 BE EATING THIS UP. 07:13 HERE THEY HAVE POTATOES WHERE THE YOUNG GIRLS ARE HELPING TO CARRY THIS BAG. 07:24 IT'S A HUNDRED POUND SACK OF POTATOES. 07:28 AND HERE IS THEIR CAMP MEETING KITCHEN. 07:31 THEY HAVE PIPED MUSIC AND LOUD SPEAKERS OUT TO THIS KITCHEN AREA SO THAT THEY 07:36 DON'T NEED TO MISS OUT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HIRE ANYONE TO DO THE COOKING. 07:41 CHURCH MEMBERS ARE TAKING THEIR TURN HELPING IN THE KITCHEN. 07:44 AND ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THEY ANTICIPATING WHO WOULD COME? 07:48 TWO THOUSAND. 07:49 TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE. 07:50 YES. 07:51 AND HOW MANY CAME, FOUR? 07:52 A GOOD TWO THOUSAND CAME. 07:53 OH LOOK AT THIS. 07:54 THEY ARE FRYING THE POTATOES OVER THE HOT STOVE. 07:56 THEY ARE GOING TO BE MAKING POTATO CURRY WITH THAT. 08:04 THERE THEY ARE BOILING THE WATER TO GET READY FOR COOKING RICE. 08:07 SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT EVERY YEAR. 08:10 ARE THOSE EGGS? 08:12 SOMEONE DONATED EGGS SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE EGGS ONE DAY. 08:15 THOSE ARE HUGE EGGS. 08:17 THEY'RE LOVELY EGGS YES. 08:18 AND THERE'S THE SERVICE TABLE. 08:21 WHEN THEY COME THROUGH YOU CAN HARDLY TELL BUT THERE'S A LINE UP THERE OF 08:26 RICE AND THEN DAHL AND THEN CURRY. 08:29 THEN THIS IS THEIR DINING AREA. 08:31 THEY JUST GO OUT INTO THE GREEN AREA AND SQUAT DOWN AND START TO EAT. 08:35 AND THEY'RE ALL LINED UP SO THAT EVERY BODY IS NOT THERE AT ONE TIME JUST 08:41 PUSHING SHOVING. 08:42 THEY HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO GET THEIR FOOD AND OUT THEY GO. 08:45 VERY ORGANIZED. 08:47 OH VERY ORGANIZED. 08:48 SO HELP US UNDERSTAND, WAS IT REALLY HOT THERE? 08:50 NO. 08:51 THIS WAS IN LATE FEBRUARY. 08:53 OK SO IT WAS COOLER. 08:54 IT WAS PERFECT. 08:55 OH AND THE KIDS ARE SINGING. 08:56 AT THE CAMP MEETING THEY HAD SPECIAL MUSIC FROM THE DIFFERENT GRADES IN THE 09:00 SCHOOL. 09:02 THEY WOULD CALL THE KIDS, EVERYONE THAT'S IN THIRD GRADE CHOIR COME SING NOW. 09:07 AND EVERYONE IN FOURTH, EVERYONE IN FIFTH, EVERYONE IN SIXTH AND SO 09:10 ON. 09:11 SO WE HAD SPECIAL MUSIC BY THE CHILDREN. 09:14 YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE WAY THEY SIT IN CAMP MEETING. 09:17 THERE ARE NO CHAIRS. 09:18 NO CHAIRS. 09:19 THEY ARE SQUATTING ON THE GRASS. 09:21 NOW I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING TO A LADIES ONLY GROUP. 09:27 HOW NEAT. 09:28 I WAS TOLD BE PREPARED TO GIVE A LADIES ONLY MEETING. 09:35 THE TRANSLATOR IS THE PASTOR'S WIFE. 09:38 SO WE HAD A GOOD TIME WITH VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECTS RELATED TO LADIES ONLY. 09:46 WELL ISN'T THAT NEAT. 09:47 WHAT WAS THE REACTION OF THE LADIES WHO WERE THERE? 09:49 WELL THE MAIN REACTION I GOT WAS SOME OF THE LEADERS THAT SAID OH THIS 09:55 IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED, THANK YOU THANK YOU. 09:58 WONDERFUL. 10:01 WE WERE SERVED IN THE ROOM WITH A TABLE AND CHAIRS. 10:05 WHILE I WAS IN, WHILE BEV WAS PREACHING I WAS TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS OUT IN 10:12 THE FIELD UNDER THE TREES AND IT WAS PRECIOUS. 10:16 IT TRULY WAS WONDERFUL. 10:17 YOU KNOW WHAT WAS SO AMAZING ONE DAY I ASKED WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO 10:23 CLOSE THE MEETING WITH PRAYER BECAUSE WE WOULD CLOSE ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK 10:26 IN THE AFTERNOON. 10:27 EVERYBODY LOOKS AT EVERYBODY ELSE AND FINALLY THIS ONE LITTLE BOY SAID I 10:31 WILL. 10:32 AND HE CAME UP AND I JUST PUT MY ARM AROUND HIM. 10:35 I WAS JUST BROUGHT TO TEARS ALMOST. 10:38 JUST THE VERY FACT THAT THIS YOUNG BOY WOULD VOLUNTEER TO HAVE THE 10:43 PRAYER IN FRONT OF ALL THESE CHILDREN. 10:46 AND WE SANG. 10:47 WE PLAYED CHARADES. 10:49 WE PLAYED GAMES. 10:51 WE PLAYED LAST MAN OUT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE AND THEY WERE RUNNING AND JUST 10:56 HAVING A GREAT TIME AND SOME OF THE KIDS WERE FROM VILLAGES THAT HAD NEVER 11:00 BEEN TO A CAMP MEETING AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 11:02 SO THERE'S ME AT THE BACK PUSHING THEM. 11:04 WHEN THEY SAID LAST MAN OUT I'D PUSH THEM GO, GO. 11:07 WE WERE JUST HAVING A GREAT TIME. 11:10 THEY JUST BECAME ALL PERSPIRING BUT IT WAS FUN. 11:15 NOW THE LITTLE BOY DID HE PRAY IN ENGLISH? 11:17 YES HE CERTAINLY DID. 11:20 BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT IT SAID ENGLISH SCHOOL UP THERE. 11:22 IT DID. 11:23 SO THEY ARE GOING TO SCHOOL IN ENGLISH. 11:25 NOW ONE DAY I HAD TO GO VISIT THE SCHOOL. 11:27 WE HAD HAD GOSPEL OUTREACH DONORS BUILD A CHURCH AND BUILD A SCHOOL IN A PLACE 11:34 THAT WAS ABOUT THREE HOURS AWAY. 11:37 I HAD TO SEE MY DONOR'S SCHOOL AND CHURCH. 11:41 ON THE WAY WE SAW THESE LADIES CARRYING THIS FIREWOOD. 11:44 OH THAT'S A LADY. 11:45 IT'S A LADY CARRYING THIS FIREWOOD. 11:47 JUST IMAGINE THE WEIGHT THAT IS ON HER HEAD. 11:50 SURE. 11:51 THEN WE MET THIS GROUP OF FIVE LADIES WITH THEIR BUNDLES BY THE ROAD SIDE 11:55 AND I THOUGHT MAN, THESE WOMEN ARE TOUGH. 11:58 YES. 11:59 AND LOOK AT THEM UP CLOSE, LOOK AT THE MUSCLES ON THEM. 12:02 WOW. 12:03 THEY WERE REALLY STRONG. 12:05 SO WERE THEY TAKING THE FIREWOOD, HAD THEY COLLECTED IT AND THEY WERE 12:07 TAKING IT HOME OR WERE THEY SELLING IT? 12:09 THEY WERE GOING INTO THE NATIONAL FOREST AND THEY GOT THE WOOD TO CARRY TO 12:12 THEIR HOUSE AND THERE THEY WILL CUT IT UP INTO FIREWOOD LENGTH AND 12:15 THEY'LL SELL IT. 12:16 WOW. 12:18 AND THEN I SAW THIS MAN TAKING THIS LOAD OF COAL ON HIS BICYCLE. 12:23 I REMEMBERED SEEING THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. 12:26 TALK ABOUT A TOUGH JOB. 12:28 THAT IS A HEAVY, HEAVY LOAD PROBABLY CLOSE TO A THOUSAND POUNDS ON A 12:32 BICYCLE. 12:34 GOING DOWN HILL IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AND TOUGH AS IT IS GOING UP HILL. 12:37 ABSOLUTELY. 12:39 WHAT A SIGHT. 12:40 THEN WE CAME INTO THIS VILLAGE. 12:42 WE STOPPED BECAUSE THERE WAS A BARRICADE OF STICKS ACROSS THE ROAD. 12:48 WE WERE TOLD THAT A TRUCK HAD TURNED OVER AND THIS RED TRUCK OUT THERE IS A 12:53 WINCH TRUCK. 12:55 HE HAD HIS WINCH TIED UP TO A TRUCK THAT HAD BEEN CARRYING THIS STUFF BUT 13:00 THEY HAD UNLOADED THIS STUFF AND PUT IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 13:03 THEN WE WERE ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH AFTER THE TRUCK HAD COME ARIGHT. 13:09 THIS WAS AFTER WE HAD PASSED. 13:11 I TURNED AROUND AND TOOK A PICTURE. 13:13 THAT IS THE TRUCK THAT HAD TURNED ON ITS SIDE. 13:15 OH DEAR. 13:16 CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT BIG TOUGH TRUCK. 13:18 OH DEAR. 13:19 AND THIS WAS ON YOUR WAY TO GO TO THE CHURCH? 13:21 YES. 13:22 WHEN WE GOT TO THE SCHOOL THERE WERE THOSE PRECIOUS CHILDREN. 13:27 OUR TAXI CAME UP BETWEEN THEM AND THEY ALL CLAPPED THEIR HANDS AND WELCOMED 13:32 US. 13:33 THIS IS A LITTLE SCHOOL THAT'S CALLED RAY OF HOPE. 13:36 THEY HAVE GOT VILLAGE KIDS THAT ARE NOT ADVENTIST BECAUSE THERE AREN'T THAT 13:43 MANY ADVENTISTS THERE BUT IT IS A GROWING GROUP. 13:47 HERE THEY ARE COMING TO LEARN ABOUT JESUS AT OUR SCHOOL THERE. 13:51 SO MANY OF THEM FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. 13:53 YES. 13:54 AND THIS IS THE CHURCH. 13:55 AGAIN. 13:56 IT WAS A GOSPEL OUTREACH DONATED CHURCH. 13:58 THOSE CHILDREN MARCHED INTO THIS CHURCH SO ORDERLY AND THEY SAT. 14:04 LOOK AT THEIR LINES, STRAIGHT AS CAN BE. 14:08 THEY SANG SONGS FOR ME AND HAD A LITTLE PROGRAM FOR ME. 14:12 THEN THEY SAID THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 14:15 SEVEN OF THOSE KIDS SAID THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR ME. 14:19 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 14:20 AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WE DEMAND THAT THEY ARE PERFECT. 14:23 YES. 14:24 THEY CAN'T MISS ANY WORDS. 14:25 NOT ONE JOT OR ONE TITTLE SHALL BE CHANGED. 14:28 AND THEY DO IT EXACTLY AS IT IS IN THEIR BIBLE. 14:31 YES. 14:32 WELL IF YOU ARE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WHAT IS BEING DONE IN 14:36 THIS AREA OF INDIA, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO GET INVOLVED. 14:40 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 14:46 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 14:49 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 14:52 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 14:55 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 14:57 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 15:00 MY HEAD HURTS. 15:02 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 15:04 I GIVE UP. 15:06 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 15:08 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:10 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:13 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 15:18 WHERE? 15:19 ALL THE WORLD. 15:20 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 15:23 YOU CAN PRAY. 15:25 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 15:30 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 15:34 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 15:36 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 15:39 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 15:42 BE THE SPARK. 15:43 LIGHT THE FIRE. 15:44 FINISH THE WORK. 15:46 FINISH THE WORK. 15:47 BE THE SPARK. 15:48 THOSE KIDS MAKE ME SMILE EVERY TIME I SEE IT. 15:51 BE THE SPARK. 15:53 BE THE SPARK AND THE KIDS JUST TOLD US WHAT TO DO AND OUT OF THE MOUTH OF 15:56 BABES. 15:57 THEY DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB. 15:58 BUT YOU TOO CAN BE THE SPARK NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. 16:00 SO YOU LIVE IN ARKANSAS OR FLORIDA OR CALIFORNIA OR ARIZONA YOU CAN BE THE 16:04 SPARK IN INDIA BECAUSE YOU CAN HELP AND DONATE AND PRAY FOR THE GOSPEL 16:08 OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 16:12 AND TODAY WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE AREA IN INDIA WHERE 16:16 BEV THOMPSON YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR AND SHIRLEY PANASUK YOU WENT ALONG 16:20 WITH BEV TO CHECK IN WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 16:23 PEOPLE CAN BE THE SPARK NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE RIGHT. 16:26 OH FOR SURE. 16:27 MY LAST PICTURE IS US GOING OUT TO A LITTLE VILLAGE WHERE OUR GOSPEL 16:33 OUTREACH WORKERS STARTED WORK IN THAT AREA. 16:37 IT WAS VERY TOUCHING. 16:38 I CAME BACK IN A HURRY TO THE CAMP MEETING BECAUSE I WAS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK. 16:44 THEN WE HAD A SPECIAL PROGRAM. 16:47 THIS IS A WEDDING. 16:49 A WEDDING OF SEVEN COUPLES. 16:52 SEVEN? 16:53 WELL I LOVE THE NUMBER SEVEN. 16:54 AND THESE COUPLES WERE BROUGHT TO THIS WEDDING AND TO THIS ANNUAL MEETING 16:59 OR CAMP MEETING BY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 17:02 NOW SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN LIVING TOGETHER BEFORE. 17:05 WE DON'T KNOW THAT BUT WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER'S HELP AND STUDY OF 17:10 THE BIBLE THEY TELL THESE PEOPLE WHAT MUST BE DONE. 17:16 THAT YOU KNOW A MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN AND YOU DON'T JUST 17:22 LIVE TOGETHER. 17:24 GOD'S BLESSING MUST COME ON YOUR MARRIAGE AND ON YOUR CHILDREN. 17:29 SO THEY CAME TO CAMP MEETING TO BE MARRIED. 17:33 WELL THEY HAD THE SERVICE. 17:34 THE PASTOR PRONOUNCED THEM MAN AND WIFE AND THEN THEY KNELT DOWN. 17:36 I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT. 17:38 THERE THEY ARE SITTING THERE MOST OF THEM IN WHITE. 17:40 IF THEY ARE NOT IN WHITE IT'S BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY. 17:42 THEY COULDN'T AFFORD SOMETHING NEW. 17:44 RIGHT. 17:45 THEN HERE WE ARE. 17:46 THE PASTOR IS PRAYING A BLESSING ON THEM. 17:48 SEVERAL PASTORS ACTUALLY PUT THEIR HANDS ON THEM AND PRAYED FOR THEM. 17:50 THEN AFTER THE PRAYER EVERYBODY MARCHES OUT TO THE FIELD. 17:52 TO THE FIELD? 17:53 TO A FIELD AND HERE WE ARE ALL GOING OUT TO A FIELD. 17:55 WELL THEN MANY PEOPLE GET IN A CIRCLE AND THEN GIVE GIFTS. 17:57 HERE ARE THE GIFTS FOR EACH BRIDE AND GROOM COUPLE. 17:59 EACH COUPLE GETS ONE OF THESE GIFTS. 18:01 THEN THERE IS DANCING GOING ON. 18:02 AND THEY JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME DANCING AROUND. 18:04 THERE IS MUSIC WITH DRUMS. 18:05 THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME. 18:06 SURE, CELEBRATING. 18:08 AND THERE IS ONE BRIDE AND GROOM THAT HAVE JUST GOTTEN MARRIED. 18:09 WHAT A NEAT THING TO BE A PART OF SHIRLEY. 18:11 OH IT WAS FUN. 18:13 THIS IS THE SECOND TIME AT LEAST FOR ME THAT WE HAVE ATTENDED A WEDDING. 18:29 ONE WAS LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS PRECIOUS AS WELL. 18:41 IT'S FUN. 18:43 I MEAN YOU'RE JUST LEARNING ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE'S CULTURE. 18:54 NOW THIS IS SHIRLEY AGAIN OUT IN THE FIELD WITH THE CHILDREN. 19:04 IT WAS A WONDERFUL BLESSING THAT SHIRLEY COULD BE THERE TO HELP TO 19:09 INSPIRE OTHERS TO GIVE THE CHILDREN A RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION AT CAMP 19:14 MEETING. 19:15 WELL ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE AT OUR CAMP 19:17 MEETINGS WE HAVE FANTASTIC CHILDREN'S' PROGRAMS. 19:19 WELL AND WE HAVE SO MUCH HERE FOR OUR CHILDREN. 19:23 IT'S JUST UNREAL. 19:24 OH AREN'T THEY CUTE SINGING. 19:26 AND THESE LADIES ARE GOING THROUGH THE FIELD CARRYING BIG BASKETS FULL ON THEIR 19:31 HEAD. 19:32 YES. 19:33 SHIRLEY CAN SEE THIS AS SHE'S TEACHING THE CHILDREN. 19:35 THIS IS TAKEN FROM WHERE SHE IS. 19:38 OH AND I MUST TELL YOU THAT WE HAD THESE LITTLE VILLAGE CHILDREN HIDING 19:43 BEHIND THE TREES AND THEY WERE NOT PART OF OUR GROUP AT ALL BUT THEY HAD COME 19:48 FROM A CLOSE VILLAGE AND THEY WERE WATCHING AND WATCHING AND WATCHING. 19:54 THEY KEPT GETTING CLOSER AND WONDERED WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS GOING ON. 19:58 SO WE TRIED TO ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY TO GO AND INVITE THEM BUT THEY DIDN'T COME. 20:05 MAYBE NEXT YEAR. 20:06 JUST THE SAME THEY WERE THERE WATCHING. 20:08 ON SABBATH THE CHILDREN CAME BACK TO THE SANCTUARY, WELL OUR TENT, 20:15 AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS LINEUP IS. 20:18 ARE THEY GOING TO SING A SONG? 20:21 BAPTISM. 20:22 ALL THESE PEOPLE LINED UP THERE FOR BAPTISM. 20:25 THEY'RE SAYING THEIR BAPTISMAL VOWS. 20:28 OH IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SERVICE. 20:29 AND HERE THEY ARE LINING UP TO BE PREPARED TO GO INTO THE WATER. 20:33 THE DEACONESSES HAVE THEIR TOWELS AND THEIR WRAPS SO THAT THEY CAN PROTECT THE 20:41 GIRLS COMING OUT OF THE WATER. 20:44 EVERYTHING IS SO ORGANIZED. 20:46 HERE YOU CAN SEE THE DEACONESSES PUTTING A WRAP AROUND A LADY WHO HAS JUST 20:50 BEEN BAPTIZED AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EXPOSED WITH HER WET SARI CLINGING 20:54 TO HER BODY. 20:55 HOW SPECIAL. 20:56 HERE WE HAVE THE TANK, THREE PASTORS BAPTIZING THREE PEOPLE AT A TIME AND 21:02 THAT'S BECAUSE THERE WERE 115 PEOPLE TO BE BAPTIZED. 21:08 ALL OF THESE BAPTIZED HAD BEEN BROUGHT BY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 21:13 YOU SEE THESE YOUNG MEN IN THE PICTURE? 21:15 THEY HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER. 21:17 THEY ARE MARKING OFF NAMES OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT FOR BAPTISM. 21:23 THEIR NAMES ARE BEING WRITTEN DOWN. 21:25 PRAISE THE LORD. 21:26 IT WAS JUST THE MOST ORGANIZED MOST BEAUTIFUL SERVICE. 21:30 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAD BROUGHT THOSE 115 FOR BAPTISM. 21:36 THEN THEY WILL GO BACK TO THEIR VILLAGE AND THEY WILL SHARE WHAT JESUS HAS 21:38 DONE. 21:39 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:40 EXACTLY. 21:41 OH LOOK AT THESE LADIES. 21:43 YOU KNOW THEY FOUND OUT THAT WE'RE OLD LADIES TOO. 21:45 YOU'RE NOT OLD LADIES. 21:47 AND THESE DEAR OLD LADIES HAD TO COME AND VISIT US. 21:49 IT WAS THRILLING TO BE ABLE TO ASSOCIATE WITH THEM AND TO TOUCH US AND 21:54 TO HUG US. 21:55 I THINK THIS WAS THE OLDEST LADY THAT WAS THERE. 21:57 BLESS HER. 21:59 IT WAS SO SWEET TO SEE THESE LADIES. 22:02 BUT THE YOUTH ARE THERE TOO. 22:03 YES. 22:04 AND THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. 22:06 THIS IS WHAT WAS THRILLING TO ME WAS TO SEE HOW BLESSED THESE GIRLS FEEL. 22:12 OH, LOOK AT ALL THESE STUDENTS. 22:15 THESE ARE STUDENTS, I BELIEVE THIS IS -----YES, THIS IS A VILLAGE WAY UP 22:25 IN THE NOWHERE NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. 22:31 THE SCHOOL IS RATHER LARGE CLOSE TO 200 STUDENTS. 22:38 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TEACH MORALS AT THE SCHOOLS THEN THEY GO 22:44 OUT IN THE AFTERNOONS AND TEACH JESUS CHRIST IN THE HOMES. 22:49 WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOLS ANYWHERE I AM IN INDIA WE TRY TO ASSOCIATE A GOSPEL 22:54 OUTREACH WORKER WITH EVERY SCHOOL SO THAT THEY CAN GO AND SEE THE FAMILIES THAT 23:02 ARE REPRESENTED. 23:03 SO THERE'S A CONNECTION. 23:04 THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THEN THERE'S A CONNECTION 23:06 WITH THE STUDENT AND THEN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 23:09 RIGHT. 23:10 THAT'S COMMUNITY. 23:11 YES. 23:13 AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CHILDREN THEN GO BACK TO THEIR HOMES ON VACATION 23:16 TIME AND THEY TELL THEIR FAMILIES WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED AND THEY TEACH 23:20 THEIR FAMILIES HOW TO KEEP THE SABBATH, HOW TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. 23:24 IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 23:25 I THINK SCHOOLS ARE SO IMPORTANT. 23:27 ABSOLUTELY. 23:28 ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE THERE IS THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY. 23:30 SO BEVERLY SEEING THESE PICTURES OF YOUR TRIP AND EVERYTHING AND WITH 23:34 SHIRLEY AND MEETING WITH THE KIDS, WHAT ARE SOME NEEDS THAT YOU SEE WHEN 23:38 YOU GO AND WHEN YOU COME BACK THAT YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE TO US THAT 23:44 WOULD BE SO HELPFUL FOR YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO HAVE? 23:46 YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE I THINK IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:48 WORKERS. 23:49 WE ARE ALWAYS ASKED FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 23:51 BUT THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED, THIS IS ONE THING THAT I HAVE BEEN REALLY 23:53 IMPRESSED WITH IN WEST JHARKHAND THEY HAVE A HEALTH PROMOTER IN THEIR 23:55 SECTION. 23:57 HE IS A VERY TALENTED MAN AND HAS PUT TOGETHER A WHOLE SERIES OF HEALTH 24:06 POSTERS. 24:07 THEY ARE ABOUT 20 INCHES BY 4 FEET. 24:19 HE SAYS HE DOES VILLAGE RALLIES WITH THESE. 24:27 OH REALLY. 24:28 WHAT IS A VILLAGE RALLY? 24:30 HE GOES TO AN ADVENTIST SCHOOL CLOSE BY AND TEACHES CHILDREN HOW TO 24:35 GIVE SPEECHES, HOW TO DO DRAMAS, DO MARCHES AND DANCES IN THE VILLAGE. 24:44 THEN THEY TAKE THESE KIDS IN A BUS OUT TO A VILLAGE AND THEY HAVE THESE 24:50 POSTERS ALL UP AND THE KIDS WILL TALK ABOUT THE POSTERS AND THEY CAN HAVE 24:54 LITTLE ORATIONS, THEY CAN HAVE JUST A WHOLE PROGRAM. 24:56 A WHOLE PROGRAM IN THE VILLAGE ABOUT AGAINST ALCOHOL, AGAINST SMOKING 25:04 AND HOW TO LIVE, HOW TO LIVE A CLEAN HEALTHY LIFE, WHAT TO DO, HOW TO QUIT 25:10 SMOKING. 25:11 I MEAN IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM. 25:14 WELL ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC. 25:16 YES. 25:17 THEY CAN GO OUT, SO IT'S LIKE A MAN AND KIDS AND THEY GO VILLAGE TO 25:21 VILLAGE. 25:22 ISN'T THAT NEAT. 25:23 BUT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OF THOSE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE NEED 25:25 FUNDING FOR THAT. 25:26 YES. 25:28 WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE WANTING TO HAVE THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 25:30 HAVE ALL OF THESE POSTERS AND THEN HAVE THIS PERSON FROM WEST JHARKHAND COME 25:35 TO EAST JHARKHAND TO NORTH BENGAL TO BIHAR ETC. AND TEACH THEM HOW TO DO IT 25:40 AND THEN HAVE THEM KEEP DOING IT. 25:42 WE WOULD SUPPLY THESE POSTERS TO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND TEACH 25:47 THEM HOW TO DO VILLAGE RALLIES AND GET THEM TO DO THEM. 25:51 NOW THESE POSTERS ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL. 25:53 THEY ARE VERY COSTLY LOOKING AND THEY ARE. 25:57 IF YOU GET A NEWSTART GROUP OF PICTURES AS WELL AS THE POSTER PICTURES FOR 26:03 THE RALLY IT WILL COST ABOUT ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH. 26:07 WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HALF AS MANY AS WE HAVE WORKERS. 26:11 SO WE HAVE 130 WORKERS SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 65 POSTERS TO GO WITH ALL OF 26:20 THAT. 26:21 THE THING IS THAT THEY USE JUST THE NEWSTART POSTERS. 26:25 THEY WILL GO TO SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE NEWSTART AND THEN THEY TEACH THE KIDS 26:30 HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE RALLIES. 26:32 BECAUSE JESUS, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING SHIRLEY, WE WANT TO BE BAPTIZED 26:36 COMPLETELY IN HIM FROM HEAD TO TOE AND TO SHARE THAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 26:40 WELL BEV AND SHIRLEY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU 26:44 CONTINUE TO TALK WITH THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:47 WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL THAT YOU DID HAVE A GREAT TRIP AND SEE ALL THOSE 26:50 KIDS SHIRLEY. 26:51 HOW NEAT WAS THAT AND THE BAPTISMS. 26:53 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 26:55 AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 26:57 WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT YOU'VE JOINED US AND YOU HAVE HEARD THE NEEDS. 27:00 WE DO NEED YOU. 27:01 PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION AND WE SO 27:06 APPRECIATE YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND YOUR PRAYERS. 27:09 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS I'M JULIE SANDERS 27:12 KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:14 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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