Participants: Julie Sanders Keymer (Host), Bev Thompson & Shirley Panasuk
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000603A
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL 00:17 OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS=KEYMER AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT 00:20 YOU HAVE JOINED US. 00:21 JESUS TELLS US IN MARK 16:15 "AND THEN HE TOLD 00:25 THEM GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOOD NEWS 00:28 TO EVERYONE." 00:30 THAT'S EVERYONE. 00:31 THE PEOPLE THAT WE MEET ON THE STREET WE NEED TO 00:33 SHARE JESUS WITH AND THE PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 00:36 WE NEED TO SHARE JESUS WITH AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 00:38 TALKING ABOUT HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:40 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH BEV THOMPSON AND 00:43 SHIRLEY PANASUK. 00:44 WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. 00:45 THANK YOU. 00:46 THANK YOU. 00:47 SO THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A HUGE EXPANSE OF OUR GLOBE 00:50 -IT GOES FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY TO JAPAN AND 00:54 BEV, YOU ARE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR WHAT PART OF 00:56 THAT BIG REAL ESTATE OF THE WORLD? 00:58 IT IS NORTHEAST INDIA FROM CALCUTTA TO BHUTAN AND 01:03 OVER TO SOUTH OF NEPAL. 01:05 SO A LOT OF PEOPLE. 01:06 MILLIONS IN THE AREA. 01:07 LOTS OF PEOPLE- YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THEM. 01:14 AND MORE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS RIGHT 01:16 SHIRLEY? 01:17 EXACTLY. 01:18 I'M JUST OVERWHELMED WHEN I SEE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 01:20 REALLY, TRULY. 01:21 IN OUR LITTLE VILLAGE HERE OF COLLEGE PLACE, YOU 01:25 KNOW, WE HAVE SPACE. 01:28 THERE, THERE ARE JUST WALL TO WALL PEOPLE. 01:32 CROWDED BUSES, CROWDED STREETS, CROWDED MARKETS, 01:35 CROWDED TRAINS. 01:36 PERSONAL SPACE IS NOT THERE. 01:37 NO, IT'S IN YOUR FACE ALL THE TIME. 01:39 SO BOTH OF YOU GO AND I CALL YOU THE PAULINE AND 01:43 BARBARA (PAUL AND BARNABAS) BECAUSE YOU ARE 01:45 QUITE THE DUO AND YOU TRAVEL TOGETHER AND BEV 01:48 WHAT IS YOUR POINT WHEN YOU GO TO BIHAR AND TO 01:52 YOUR AREA OF THE WORLD. 01:53 I'M GOING THERE TO SEE THAT THE DONATIONS THAT 01:56 ARE GIVEN TO GOSPEL OUTREACH ARE BEING USED 01:59 THE WAY WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO BE USED AND THAT 02:02 THEY ARE DOING THE WORK THAT WE'RE EXPECTING THEM 02:05 TO BE DOING AND I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT INDEED SHE IS 02:09 FOR I HAVE SEEN IT MYSELF AND IF IT IS NOT BEING 02:13 DONE THE WAY IT SUPPOSED TO BE, THEN WE SEE TO IT 02:17 THAT IT DOES GET DONE. 02:19 BECAUSE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THERE 02:21 AND THEIR JOB IS TO DO WHAT IN THEIR VILLAGES? 02:24 TO PREACH THE GOSPEL; TO GO OUT AND FIND THE 02:26 PEOPLE. 02:27 YOU KNOW, JESUS DIDN'T WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO 02:31 HIM. 02:32 HE WENT OUT TO FIND THEM AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO 02:34 EMPHASIZE THIS PART OF THE GOSPEL COMMISSION. 02:37 GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND WE ARE TRYING TO EMPHASIZE 02:41 THE FACT THAT THEY GO USING THE HEALTH MESSAGE 02:44 THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT: WATER TREATMENTS, 02:47 FOMENTATIONS, CHARCOAL, IN PARTICULAR, AND IF WE HAD 02:52 THE TIME WE COULD TELL YOU MANY STORIES. 02:54 TRAVELING MIRACLES AS WELL. 02:55 YES. 02:56 BECAUSE MAYBE THOSE ARE ALL VERY NEW TO THEM WELL 02:58 IT CERTAINLY CLEAN WATER. 02:59 WE HEAR THE REPORTS, SEE THE REPORTS. 03:01 I'VE BEEN THERE AND SEEN THE NEEDS FOR THAT MYSELF. 03:03 RIGHT. 03:04 AND SO WONDERFUL! 03:05 SO YOU WERE TAKING US TO A PARTICULAR PART OF YOUR 03:07 TERRITORY, BEV, WHERE IS THAT? 03:09 YES, THIS IS SIKKIM AND SIKKIM IS A SMALL PIECE OF 03:14 PROPERTY, I SAY IT IS SMALL BUT its 03:22 RELATIVE-BETWEEN BHUTAN AND NEPAL AND THIS PART OF 03:29 EXTENDS DOWN FROM NEPAL INTO THE CENTRAL PART, 03:34 MORE CENTRAL PART OF INDIA. 03:37 I WANT TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO PROBABLY THE POOREST 03:40 AREA THAT I HAVE VISITED BEFORE. 03:42 REALLY! 03:43 IT IS POOR BECAUSE A LOT OF THE LAND THAT IS BARREN 03:48 AND FARMED IS FARMED BY LARGE LAND OWNERS WHO HAVE 03:54 ALL OF THESE SMALL PEOPLE WORKING FOR THEM AND THESE 03:58 ARE THE PEOPLE THAT GET SUCH LOW SALARIES THEY 04:01 COULD NEVER OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY LET ALONE BUILD A 04:04 HOUSE SO THEY ARE KIND OF STUCK IN THEIR POVERTY. 04:06 YES. 04:07 THEY ARE LIKE INDENTURED SLAVES. 04:09 INDENTURED SERVANTS. 04:10 UH HUH. 04:13 THEY ARE GIVEN AN AREA WHERE THEY CAN BUILD THEIR 04:16 OWN SHELTERS AND IT IS USUALLY SUNDRIED BRICKS 04:19 AND MUD. 04:21 THEY ARE VERY POOR, LOWLY HOMES AND THEIR WEALTH CAN 04:28 NEVER BE ENOUGH TO BUILD THEIR OWN HOUSE AND THEIR 04:31 WEALTH IS SEEN IN THE NUMBER OF COWS THEY HAVE 04:34 BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE COWS AND PEOPLE LIVING 04:37 TOGETHER YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL DISASTER, FOR 04:42 MANY THINGS. 04:43 HEALTH ISSUES, BIG TIME. 04:44 WE WALKED FROM THE CENTER OF TOWN AND WE WERE 04:47 PASSING JUST ON OUR WAY TO WHERE THE PASTOR'S ABODE 04:56 IS AND YOU CAN SEE THE CLEANLINESS OF THE STREET 05:00 THERE UH, HUH, AND AH THERE YOU CAN -WE WERE 05:03 GETTING CLOSE TO WHERE HE LIVES AND THE OPEN SEWERS 05:07 AND THE GARBAGE ISN'T FISHED OUT OF THE OPEN 05:10 SEWERS- IT IS UP ON THE SIDEWALK AND THIS CAN GET 05:13 WORSE FROM DAY TO DAY OR NEVER REALLY BETTER. 05:16 AND WE ARE ALMOST TO THE ABODE NOW AND HERE WE HAVE 05:21 A LITTLE TINY ROOM THAT IS ABOUT 8X10 AND WE HAVE 05:24 ABOUT 15-18 PEOPLE CROWDING INTO THIS ROOM SO 05:31 WE CAN HAVE A DAY OF TEACHING WITH OUR GOSPEL 05:35 OUTREACH WORKERS. 05:36 SO TEACHING THEM AS FAR AS WHAT? 05:38 SOME INSTRUCTION ON BIBLE STUDY? 05:40 YES, I USUALLY TRY TO GO WITH SOME MOTIVATIONAL 05:44 TALK AND GIVE THEM SOME IDEAS OF HOW TO MAYBE USE 05:49 A DIFFERENT MODALITY TO REACH THE PEOPLE AND I 05:52 HAVE THINK ABOUT THE CULTURE THAT I SEE THERE 05:54 AND NOT PUT MY OWN CULTURE INTO IT BUT GIVE THEM 05:59 IDEAS OF SOMETHING I'VE SEEN THAT MIGHT HELP THEM 06:02 IN BEING ABLE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THEIR AREA. 06:04 I'M SURE THAT IS REALLY NEAT FOR THEM TO COME 06:07 TOGETHER AS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS- KIND OF 06:09 BOUNCE IDEAS OFF AND GET SOME IDEAS FROM EACH OTHER 06:12 ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT BE WORKING AND WHAT 06:14 MIGHT NOT BE WORKING. 06:15 IT IS AND FROM TIME TO TIME DIFFERENT ONES GIVE 06:20 THEIR IDEAS SO THAT HELPS THE OTHER MAN OR OTHER 06:24 MEN, AS IT WERE. 06:25 THAT'S ENCOURAGING. 06:26 YES. 06:27 UM, IT IS REALLY THRILLING TO BE THERE AND HERE WE 06:31 HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WITH HIS BICYCLE. 06:33 WE ARE LEAVING THIS LITTLE ABODE TO GO OUT TO A 06:37 VILLAGE TO SEE WHERE ONE OF OUR WORKERS IS DOING 06:40 THEIR JOB AND HE IS VISITING WITH THE LANDLORD 06:44 FOR THIS LITTLE PLACE THAT WE WERE JUST IN. 06:47 SO THE BUSINESSMAN OF THAT AREA AND-SO TELL ME, WHAT 06:51 IS THE NATIONAL RELIGION? 06:53 ARE THEY HINDUS? 06:54 ARE THEY? 06:55 WHAT'S THE MAJORITY OF -A LOT ARE HINDUS. 06:57 MOST OF THEM ARE HINDUS IN THIS AREA BUT THERE ARE A 06:59 FEW ANIMISTS, NATURE WORSHIPERS BUT IN THIS 07:06 AREA ESPECIALLY IT IS MOSTLY HINDU. 07:08 HINDU AND THEY HAVE MANY, MANY, MANY GODS OK? 07:11 YES, YES, ALTHOUGH I'M TOLD THAT MOST OF THE 07:14 FAMILIES HAVE BETWEEN 5 AND 10 GODS THAT THEY 07:17 REALLY WORSHIP. 07:18 OH, SO YOU CAN HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER FOR YOUR 07:20 PARTICULAR FAMILY? 07:21 YOU HAVE MORE FAITH IN THESE, RIGHT, SO YOU 07:24 WORSHIP THOSE. 07:25 NOW I ASKED THEM WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU FEEL LIKE 07:28 THAT GOD HAS NOT ANSWERED YOUR PRAYERS THE WAY YOU 07:31 THOUGHT HE SHOULD? 07:32 WHAT DID THEY SAY? 07:33 THEY SAID, "WELL, WE PUNISH IT BY PUTTING IT 07:35 OUTSIDE." 07:36 THEY PUNISH THE GODS? 07:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:38 UH HUH. 07:39 AND SO THEN HOW DOES THE GOD - IF THE GOD ANSWERS 07:41 THEIR PRAYER THEN HE CAN COME BACK IN? 07:44 YES. 07:45 INTERESTING! 07:46 EVENTUALLY, WE'LL SEE. 07:47 YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND THAT OUT FOR US. 07:49 THEY TOLD ME SOMETIMES IT IS FOR A YEAR THEY PUT IT 07:52 OUTSIDE. 07:53 OH, O.K. 07:54 SEE A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING, ISN'T IT? 07:56 BUT IF THEY THINK THAT THE GOD HAS ANSWERED THEIR 07:58 PRAYERS THEN, THEN THEY BRING HIM IN CLOSE AND 08:02 THAT'S THE ONE THAT THEY WORSHIP. 08:04 SO HAVE YOU SEEN THE IDOLS LIKE THAT IN PEOPLE'S 08:07 HOMES? 08:08 YES, OH YES. 08:09 INTERESTING, INTERESTING. 08:10 THE LIVING GOD, THE LIVING GOD IS WHAT THEY NEED TO 08:12 KNOW. 08:13 YES AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO TEACH THEM. 08:15 KEEP GOING HERE BEV. 08:16 OH HERE WE GO. 08:17 OH WE STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION OUR TAXI ALWAYS 08:20 STOPS TO GET US TO PAY FOR THE GAS FOR HIM AND I JUST 08:24 THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING HOW FULL THEY 08:27 STACK THEIR TAXIS. 08:29 I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE FALL OFF THOSE THOUGH, OH DEAR, 08:31 AND IT TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY FOR A LITTLE BIT. 08:34 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 08:35 BUT WE STARTED OUT ON THE CITY ROAD- YOU CAN SEE THE 08:39 DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION THERE: A 08:42 TAXI, A RICKSHAW, A MOTORCYCLE AND A MAN 08:46 PULLING A CART EVEN. 08:47 AND FROM TIME TO TIME, A COW WILL BE LYING IN THE 08:50 MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. 08:51 OH YES BUT THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING THOUGH, OH, OF 08:53 COURSE NOT. 08:54 THE COW IS REVERED.THAT'S RIGHT, AND THEN WE GET OFF 08:57 THE MAIN ROAD AND THIS BECOMES OUR ROAD. 08:59 OF COURSE, THESE ROADS ARE USED BY EVERYONE AND 09:02 EVERYTHING, UH HUH, AND THE COWS-OR WATER BUFFALO, 09:07 UH HUH, AND WE GET INTO THE VILLAGE. 09:10 I WANTED TO POINT OUT WE CAN'T GO THROUGH THE 09:13 VILLAGE IN OUR TAXI IT IS ONLY A WALKWAY THROUGH IT 09:16 BUT OUR CHURCH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VILLAGE 09:20 SO WE HAVE TO WALK. 09:21 NOW, TO THE LEFT THERE YOU SEE A DARK PILE, YES, THIS 09:25 IS WHAT THEY CALL BIOFUEL AND IT IS PROBABLY IN MY 09:29 AREA, ONE OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED FUELS. 09:31 IT IS COW DUNG MIXED WITH STRAW AND SOMETIMES A 09:35 LITTLE, IN SOME AREAS A LITTLE BIT OF COAL AND 09:38 THEN THIS IS WHAT THEY USE FOR THEIR FUEL. 09:41 NOW WHO MAKES THESE? 09:43 WHO? 09:44 IT IS USUALLY THE BRIDE OF THE HOUSE, OH DEAR, THE 09:46 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW? 09:47 UH HUH. 09:49 EXACTLY. 09:50 OH LUCKY HER. 09:51 THE YOUNGEST WIFE. 09:53 IT IS THE YOUNGEST WIFE SO SHE HAS TO PREPARE THAT 09:56 AND THAT IS WHAT THEY USE FOR HEATING THE HOUSE, FOR 09:58 DOING THE COOKING. 10:00 THEY DON'T HEAT THE HOUSES -IT IS JUST FOR COOKING. 10:02 JUST FOR COOKING, O.K. 10:03 AND IT IS MADE WITH BARE HANDS. 10:06 YOU CAN SEE SOMEBODY HAS MADE SOME OF THESE PATTIES 10:09 AND THEY PUT THEM OUT ON THE GROUND TO DRY. 10:12 NOTICE THE CHILDREN PLAYING RIGHT NEXT TO 10:14 THEM. 10:15 OH YES, AND YOU SEE THE THING IS THE WASTE 10:19 PRODUCTS OF COWS ARE NOT CONSIDERED BAD. 10:22 THEY ARE CONSIDERED AS A GIFT FROM THEIR GOD. 10:25 OH, SO THIS IS THE GOD SUPPLYING NEEDS, YES UH 10:28 HUH. 10:29 INTERESTING! 10:30 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? 10:31 OK. 10:32 BECAUSE THE COW IS CONSIDERED HOLY, RIGHT, SO 10:34 WHAT COMES FROM THE COW IS HOLY. 10:36 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 10:37 YOU KNOW -I SIT HERE AMAZED WHEN I HEAR THESE 10:40 STORIES IN MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES-I'VE HAD THE 10:43 PRIVILEGE OF TRAVELING TO AND I THINK UNTIL YOU 10:45 ACTUALLY SEE THESE SIGHTS AND THEN THE PICTURES HELP 10:49 SO MUCH HOW BLESSED WE ARE AND THOSE PEOPLE I KNOW 10:52 THAT THEY FEEL BLESSED AND THEY HAVE JOY AS WELL BUT 10:54 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT IT REALLY PUTS 10:57 INTO PERSPECTIVE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, 10:59 RIGHT? 11:00 OH YES, OH YES AND HOW WE WANT TO SHARE WHAT WE HAVE 11:02 WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. 11:03 OH MY, YES AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO COMPLAIN. 11:06 ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH, SHIRLEY? 11:07 AND IT IS A PATHWAY -THERE IS AN OPEN SEWER ALONG THE 11:13 SIDE THERE BUT IF YOU CAN ALSO IMAGINE WALKING 11:17 THROUGH THIS IN THE RAINY SEASON. 11:22 OH, HEY LOOK AT THE KIDS. 11:23 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN NEXT TO OUR CHURCH THE 11:26 SCHOOL KIDS ARE HAVING THEIR LUNCH. 11:28 THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES LUNCH FOR THE SCHOOL KIDS. 11:31 ARE THESE IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL? 11:33 NO IT'S A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL. 11:34 IT'S A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL, UH HUH. 11:38 IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE TEACHERS SOMETIMES 11:42 THEY ARRIVE 9:30 SOMETIMES 10, SOMETIMES 10:30 AND 11:45 THEN THEY TEACH FOR AN HOUR OR SO AND THEN IT IS 11:48 LUNCH TIME AND THEY TEACH FOR AN HOUR OR SO IN THE 11:51 AFTERNOON AND THEN THE KIDS ARE OFF AND EVERYBODY 11:54 GOES HOME. 11:55 WHAT TIME DO THE KIDS SHOW UP TO SCHOOL? 11:57 OH, ABOUT THE SAME TIME. 11:58 WHENEVER-QUITE FLEXIBLE THOUGH. 11:59 A LOT OF AMERICAN KIDS WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE 12:03 PRETTY COOL. 12:04 BUT THERE IS OUR CHURCH RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS 12:08 SCHOOL. 12:09 OH ISN'T THAT A SWEET LITTLE CHURCH. 12:11 WHEN WE GOT OVER THERE THE CHURCH GOT LOADED. 12:14 YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SCHOOL KIDS IN THERE TOO 12:16 AND THEY OBVIOUSLY HAD BEEN THERE AT THE CHURCH 12:20 BEFORE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE SONGS AND IT IS JUST 12:24 INTERESTING HOW THE CHURCH JUST FILLED UP IN MINUTES 12:27 AFTER WE ARRIVED. 12:28 BUT ONE INTERESTING THING TO KNOW IS THAT THE 12:31 PARENTS REALLY WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO COME TO OUR 12:34 SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAVE A PLANNED PROGRAM. 12:38 WE START AT A CERTAIN TIME, STRUCTURE, WE'RE 12:40 STRUCTURED AND WE TEACH "A, B, C'S" AND HOW TO 12:44 READ AND SO FORTH AND OF COURSE, ENGLISH IS THE 12:47 SECOND LANGUAGE WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT AND YOU 12:51 KNOW, THEY'LL TELL US "OUR CHILDREN DON'T LEARN 12:55 ANYTHING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL". 12:56 WHAT A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BE THERE. 12:59 AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT OUR CHILDREN, I SAY 13:03 OUR CHILDREN, THE CHILDREN THAT ATTEND OUR SCHOOL, 13:06 THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, THEY PASS THEIR 13:08 EXAMINATIONS. 13:09 OH DO THEY? 13:10 OH YES. 13:11 THEY HAVE THAT STRUCTURE. 13:12 YES. 13:13 WELL, IF YOU ARE ENJOYING HEARING ABOUT THIS PART OF 13:15 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET 13:17 INVOLVED, WE ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW YOU CAN 13:19 DO THAT. 13:20 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 13:25 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 13:29 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 13:32 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 13:34 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 13:37 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 13:41 HURTS. 13:42 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 13:45 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 13:48 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:50 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED 13:54 YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 13:58 WHERE? 13:59 ALL THE WORLD. 14:00 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 14:02 YOU CAN PRAY. 14:04 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 14:09 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 14:13 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 14:16 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 14:18 MEANING BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 14:21 BE THE SPARK. 14:23 LIGHT THE FIRE. 14:24 FINISH THE WORK. 14:27 FINISH THE WORK. 14:29 BE THE SPARK. 14:32 EACH TIME I SEE THAT LITTLE VIDEO WITH THE KIDS 14:35 IT ALWAYS MAKES ME SMILE. 14:36 WE CAN ALL BE THE SPARK AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE 14:38 YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 14:42 INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN DONATE AND I WOULD 14:44 ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO "LIKE" US ON FACEBOOK. 14:48 GO TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH 14:51 GOSPEL OUTREACH'S PROGRESS; LEARN ABOUT SOME 14:54 EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING; PERHAPS IN YOUR AREA, 14:56 PEOPLE YOU CAN PRAY FOR AND VIDEOS. 14:58 WE'VE PUT SOME OF OUR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 15:01 VIDEOS THERE ON FACEBOOK SO PLEASE GO VISIT AND 15:03 "LIKE" GOSPEL OUTREACH ON FACEBOOK. 15:05 SO, WE ARE TALKING TODAY ABOUT WITNESSING AND BEV 15:09 THOMPSON AND SHIRLEY PANASUK ARE HERE AND IN 15:12 JEREMIAH THE LORD SAID, "I WILL SEND YOU, GO WHEREVER 15:17 I SEND YOU AND SAY WHATEVER I TELL YOU AND 15:20 DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE FOR I WILL BE WITH 15:22 YOU AND WILL PROTECT YOU." 15:24 AMEN. 15:25 AND I KNOW THAT'S THE CASE WHEN YOU TWO WOMEN GO AND 15:28 YOU MEET WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND GOD 15:30 DOES GIVE US WHAT TO SAY. 15:31 WE DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID, RIGHT? 15:33 THAT'S RIGHT. 15:35 I AM SO AMAZED EVERYTIME I GO BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN 15:37 I WAS A CHILD I WAS ONE OF THESE LITTLE WALLFLOWER 15:40 GIRLS AND, NOT YOU BEV, OH YES. 15:44 AND ME TOO, I HID BEHIND MY MOTHER'S SKIRT. 15:48 WELL, I WAS AFRAID OF MY SHADOW UNTIL I WAS IN 15:51 COLLEGE AND I STEPPED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT NOT 15:55 VERY MUCH BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL I DID MISSION 15:58 SERVICE THAT I STARTED TO STEP OUT OF MY SHELL AND 16:02 LET GOD USE ME AND OH, WHAT A THRILL IT IS TO 16:05 KNOW THAT I AM IN GOD'S SERVICE. 16:07 AMEN. 16:08 THE JOY, THE JOY. 16:09 THE DEAL IS WE HAVE TO GET UP AND GO. 16:11 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:12 THINK OF JONAH. 16:13 SO WE ARE IN AN AREA OF BIHAR-I SAY IN AN AREA 16:16 BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME PICTURES AND YOU ARE 16:18 TALKING ABOUT WITNESSING IN THIS AREA SO TAKE US 16:20 BACK THERE SO WE CAN PICK UP. 16:23 IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE ONE PICTURE BEFORE THIS 16:25 BECAUSE THIS IS THE NATIONAL ANIMAL FOR INDIA, 16:30 NILGAI- IT IS OF THE ELK FAMILY, YOU MIGHT SAY AND 16:35 A LARGE ANIMAL-JUST SO WE COULD SEE IT UP CLOSE I 16:38 HAVE THE OTHER PICTURE BUT THIS SHOWS YOU HOW CLOSE 16:41 THEY CAME AND THEY WERE EATING THE FIELDS AND I 16:44 TOOK THIS PICTURE FROM OUR CHURCH. 16:46 INTERESTING. 16:47 THAT LITTLE CHURCH I JUST SHOWED YOU, YES, A PICTURE 16:49 OF THIS IS RIGHT FROM THERE AND THE NILGAI HAD 16:52 COME IN AND WERE HARASSING THE FARMERS THERE. 16:54 I WAS GOING TO SAY DO THEY DESTROY THE CROPS? 16:57 WELL, YES THEY TROMP AROUND AND EAT THEM. 16:59 OK. 17:00 THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY OUT BUT THAT IS WHAT THE 17:02 NILGAI LOOK LIKE. 17:03 I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE OF THOSE. 17:04 A HANDSOME BRUT. 17:06 THIS MAN WAS VERY INTERESTING. 17:07 NOW WE WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE AND I HADN'T SEEN 17:11 HIM BEFORE SO I TALKED WITH HIM A BIT AND HE SAID 17:15 THAT, "I CAME OVER HERE TO WORSHIP WITH YOU. 17:18 MY VILLAGE IS THAT VILLAGE RIGHT THERE" AND THAT'S 17:23 WHERE YOU SEE THE GREEN TREES, UH HUH, AND HE 17:27 SAID, "PEOPLE FROM THIS VILLAGE TOLD ME ABOUT 17:32 JESUS CHRIST AND NOW WE HAVE A HOME CHURCH IN MY 17:37 VILLAGE." 17:38 IS IT RIGHT ACROSS THE FIELD? 17:40 YES. 17:41 PRAISE THE LORD. 17:42 AMEN. 17:43 ISN'T THAT NEAT? 17:44 YES. 17:45 APPARENTLY THERE ARE SEVERAL VILLAGES IN THAT 17:48 AREA WHERE THEY HAVE HOME CHURCHES JUST BECAUSE OF 17:51 WHAT WAS STARTED THERE. 17:52 JUST BECAUSE OF ONE PERSON-SEE, IT IS JUST ONE 17:55 PERSON. 17:56 ONE PERSON. 17:57 AND WE THINK THAT SOMETIMES THAT HOW CAN 17:59 THAT BE ME? 18:00 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY BUT WE READ IT IN THE 18:02 BIBLE. 18:03 WELL YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WILDLIFE-THE NILGAI- THIS 18:06 WAS TAKEN RIGHT FROM THE DIRT ROAD THAT WE WERE ON. 18:11 THERE IS A FOX TAKING OFF BETWEEN THE HILLS AND THEY 18:16 USE THE STREETS IN THE VILLAGES. 18:18 AND THIS IS ANOTHER VILLAGE SO YOU CAN SEE -I 18:21 CAN TELL WHICH VILLAGE IT IS WHEN I SEE IT BUT THE 18:28 ANIMALS ARE RIGHT THERE WITH THE PEOPLE. 18:30 KIDS AND EVERYTHING ARE RUNNING RIGHT DOWN - THE 18:32 LITTLE GIRL. 18:33 AND YOU KNOW, BLESS THEIR HEARTS THAT IS NORMAL TO 18:36 THEM AS WESTERNERS IT IS A LITTLE BIT, VERY SHOCKING. 18:40 RIGHT. 18:41 UH HUH AND THERE IS A WELL-THAT HOLE IN THE 18:43 GROUND ON THE LEFT? 18:45 YES ON THE LEFT AND JUST IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE 18:49 COWS ARE JUST A FEW YARDS DOWN THE ROAD AND PEOPLE 18:54 COME TO GET ALL OF THEIR WATER NEEDS FROM HERE. 18:56 SO YOU KNOW, IT IS INTERESTING TO THINK IF 18:58 THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEMS ARE SO STRONG BECAUSE THEY ARE 19:02 USED TO THAT AND THEN WE COME AND OBVIOUSLY CAN'T 19:04 DRINK THE WATER AND ALL OF THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT 19:06 INDIAN FOOD HAS SOME FIRE IN THE CURRY FOR A REASON 19:09 BUT WE ARE TOLD -STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT PEOPLE IN 19:15 OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE A BETTER IMMUNITY THAN WE 19:18 DO. 19:19 SURE. 19:20 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN AFGHANISTAN MY FRIEND AND 19:22 I DISCUSSED WHY IS IT THAT IN THE UNITED STATES WE 19:25 ARE SO CLEAN AND HERE THEY ARE SO DIRTY BUT WE STILL 19:29 HAVE THE INFECTIONS AND OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM GETS 19:32 USED TO THAT. 19:34 SO WE HAVE MORE PICTURES. 19:35 I WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS BECAUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE 19:38 OF THE VILLAGE HERE WE HAVE OUR ADVENTIST SCHOOL 19:40 AND CHURCH AND THE KIDS ARE ALL LINED UP TO SEE 19:44 US. 19:45 NOW YOU SEE THEY USE UNIFORMS IN INDIA BUT HOW 19:48 MANY OF THEM HAVE NO UNIFORM? 19:51 THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL BUT 19:55 THEIR PARENTS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SEND THEM 19:58 TO SCHOOL. 19:59 OH. 20:00 AND YOU KNOW IT COSTS IN OUR LANGUAGE, SO LITTLE TO 20:04 SEND THEM TO SCHOOL. 20:05 THEIR FEES FOR SCHOOL IN THIS ONE SCHOOL ANYWAY, IS 20:09 ONLY ABOAUT $2 A MONTH. 20:12 TWO DOLLARS A MONTH BUT FOR A FAMILY THAT IS 20:14 PROBABLY ASTRONOMICAL. 20:15 THAT IS A HIGH PRICE. 20:16 YES AND PLUS THE FACT THAT THEY DO HAVE MORE THAN ONE 20:20 CHILD. 20:21 MANY FAMILIES HAVE 5 AND 6 AND EVEN MORE. 20:23 SO WILL MANY OF THESE CHILDREN BE SPONSORED? 20:25 THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME SPONSORSHIP. 20:28 IT IS NOW-IT WOULD NOW BE UNDER THE EVANGELISTIC 20:34 UMBRELLA THAT WE COULD SPONSOR THEM BECAUSE THIS 20:38 VILLAGE WHEN I FIRST WENT INTO IT AND WE WERE FIRST 20:43 BUILDING THAT CHURCH, WHEN I WENT TO IT I WAS SORT OF 20:48 LOOKED AT AND SORT OF WHO ARE YOU? 20:50 YES, BUT NOW WHEN I MEAN THIS IS ABOUT THE SIXTH, 20:55 SEVENTH TIME THAT I HAVE GONE TO THEIR VILLAGE I'M 20:57 GREETED WITH SMILES AND THE KIDS WANT TO FOLLOW ME 21:01 I'M LIKE THE PIED PIPER. 21:02 YES, THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE OF COURSE. 21:04 THE LADY WHO SHOWS UP WITH HER FRIEND, YES. 21:07 THIS TIME LOOK AT ALL THE PARENTS THAT ARE IN THE 21:11 BACK OF THE ROWS OF THE CHILDREN. 21:13 LOOK AT THE LADIES IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL SARIS. 21:16 EVEN THE YEAR BEFORE THERE WEREN'T THAT MANY PARENTS. 21:19 REALLY? 21:20 RIGHT. 21:21 AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS YEAR THE CHILDREN JUST 21:23 FOLLOWED US AND THE PARENTS WANTED THEIR 21:25 PICTURES TAKEN AND THEY JUST CRAWLED AROUND US, SO 21:28 TO SPEAK, WE COULD HARDLY GET AWAY FROM THEM. 21:31 IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE. 21:32 ALL OF THOSE CHILDREN NOW OUTSIDE YOU COULD COUNT 21:35 THE SECONDS HOW FAST THOSE KIDS GOT INTO THAT CHURCH. 21:39 YES. 21:40 AND HOW OLD IS THIS CHURCH AGAIN, BEV? 21:42 IT IS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD. 21:44 FIVE YEARS OLD, O.K. 21:45 THEN ON THE INSIDE LOOK THEY ARE ALL LINED UP. 21:48 THEY ARE ALL SITTING NICELY. 21:50 OH YES. 21:51 IT WAS JUST AMAZING AND THEN THEY HAD A PROGRAM 21:53 FOR US. 21:54 THEY SANG SONGS AND DID SOME RECITATIONS AND SO 21:57 ON. 21:58 IT WAS LOVELY. 21:59 IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. 22:00 AND HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE HERE? 22:02 THERE IS ONLY ONE IN THAT AREA- IN THAT AREA, IN 22:05 THAT VICINITY. 22:06 WE NEVER HAD ANY BEFORE. 22:08 TEN YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY- NONE IN BIHAR. 22:10 NONE IN BIHAR BECAUSE BIHAR WAS A BREAKAWAY FROM 22:14 JHARKAND AND A NEW ASSIGNMENT WAS GIVEN ABOUT 22:17 FIVE YEARS AGO. 22:19 THAT LEADER HAS GOT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER AND 22:23 MADE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL SITUATION. 22:27 WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THE PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE 22:29 ADVENTISTS NOW. 22:30 I'M SAYING OVER A FAIRLY LARGE AREA. 22:32 SURE. 22:33 WE ARE SPREAD OUT AND IT TAKES ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO 22:36 GO BETWEEN THE LOCALITIES IN THE TAXI. 22:39 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:40 UH HUH. 22:41 THEY DO GO FROM PLACE TO PLACE BUT STILL WE HAVE 22:45 MANY DARK VILLAGES. 22:46 BUT HERE THE PEOPLE ARE SO GRATEFUL AND SO THANKFUL 22:51 FOR A SCHOOL AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO BE THERE WITH 22:56 THEM. 22:57 THIS IS PART OF THEIR HARVEST. 22:59 THEY TIE UP THE GRAIN AND THEN THEY WILL THRESH IT 23:03 AND THAT IS WHAT THEY WILL USE FOR THEIR GRAIN TO EAT 23:05 AND THEN THEY WILL SAVE THE STRAW TO MIX WITH THE 23:08 DUNG AND MAKE BIODEGRADABLE FUEL. 23:12 EVERYTHING COUNTS. 23:17 THERE YOU CAN SEE THE HARVESTED HAY ON THE OTHER 23:20 SIDE OF THE PATHWAY, THE ROADWAY. 23:23 WATER ALONG THE SIDE RUN OFF AND THIS GOSPEL 23:28 OUTREACH WORKER IS VISITING ONE OF THE PEOPLE 23:31 IN THE VILLAGE IN HIS HOME. 23:33 IN AN A FRAME HOUSE IN INDIA? 23:34 YES, I LIKE IT. 23:38 BUT THEY ALL GIVE SHELTER TO THEIR COWS, THEIR COWS. 23:42 THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR SOCIETY. 23:45 SO YOU KNOW WE THINK ABOUT THIS AREA AND I JUST IN 23:49 LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES YOU ALSO THINK ABOUT ALL 23:51 OF THE CULTURAL THINGS SOMEONE BRINGS WITH THEM- 23:54 WE ALL BRING WITH THEM AND TO GO FROM MANY GODS TO 23:57 ONE LIVING GOD, TO GO FROM THE TRADITIONS THAT YOU 24:00 HAVE DONE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE TO DIFFERENT THINGS TO 24:04 GOING TO A CHURCH AND THINGS LIKE THAT IT IS A 24:08 LOT FOR THESE PEOPLE TO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW WE TALK 24:11 ABOUT BELIEVING AND TRUSTING AND IT IS ONE 24:14 THING FOR US TO DO THAT IN OUR CULTURE BUT WHEN YOU 24:16 GO TO COMPLETE OPPOSITES IN SO MANY WAYS THAT'S 24:20 REALLY WHERE THE BELIEF AND TRUST COMES IN FOR ME. 24:22 YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS THE 24:24 OTHER NIGHT AS I WAS PRAYING FOR THESE GOSPEL 24:27 OUTREACH WORKERS AND FOR ALL THESE DEAR PEOPLE AND 24:29 I WAS THINKING YOU KNOW, I WAS RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN 24:33 HOME AND I MORE OR LESS KNOW WHAT I SHOULD BE 24:36 DOING BECAUSE I AM READING THE BIBLE BUT THESE PEOPLE 24:39 HAVEN'T ALWAYS HAD A BIBLE AND HOW DO, YOU KNOW, HOW 24:43 DIFFICULT IT MUST BE IN SOME INSTANCES. 24:47 IT IS ALL NEW, ALL NEW AND THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE 24:49 TRANSITION FROM ONE THING TO THE OTHER AND I THINK, 24:53 GOD JUST BE WITH THEM. 24:54 MAY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT GUIDE THEM. 24:56 AND THAT IS FOR US TO NOT BE JUDGMENTAL. 24:59 EXACTLY. 25:00 WE HAVEN'T WALKED IN THEIR SHOES BUT THAT'S FOR THEM 25:03 TO ACCEPT EVEN JUST ONE THING THAT JESUS LOVES 25:06 THEM AND HE DIED FOR THEM. 25:07 I MEAN THAT'S HUGE. 25:09 OH YES. 25:10 YOU KNOW TO ME I SEE THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WAITING 25:13 TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS. 25:14 YES. 25:15 IT IS LIKE THE HARVEST IS RIPE, YES TRUE, WE NEED 25:18 MORE WORKERS. 25:20 THE WORKERS ARE FEW AND MY HEART STRINGS GOES TO HOW 25:24 CAN WE HAVE MORE WORKERS. 25:25 WE WHO HAVE IT ARE THE ONES THAT CAN MAKE THE 25:30 WORKER, THAT'S RIGHT AND THAT'S WHERE GOSPEL 25:32 OUTREACH IS JUST HUGE. 25:33 AND THAT'S WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN IT TO US FOR- IT IS 25:36 TO HELP TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS AND TO ALSO HELP 25:40 THESE DEAR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL AND LEARN FROM THE 25:43 LITTLE, THE YOUNG AGE ON UP BECAUSE THEY ARE TAUGHT 25:47 BIBLE AND THEY ARE TAUGHT ABOUT JESUS IN THESE 25:50 SCHOOLS AND IT IS JUST WONDERFUL. 25:52 THEY LEARN ALL THESE WONDERFUL SONGS AND THESE 25:54 WONDERFUL POEMS AND THEY ARE JUST SO HAPPY TO SHARE 25:57 AND CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO SHARE ANYWAY AND 26:00 THEY ARE PRECIOUS. 26:01 THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT ABOUT OUR 26:04 CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS IN INDIA IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR 26:09 BIBLE WORKERS, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, THEY 26:14 COME IN AND GIVE MORAL CLASSES TO THE CHILDREN 26:18 WHICH IS REALLY FRO M THE BIBLE AND THEN THEY GET TO 26:22 SEE THESE DIFFERENT CHILDREN AND THEN HE CAN 26:25 SAY, "WHERE DO YOU LIVE? 26:29 WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO SAY HELLO TO YOUR 26:31 PARENTS?" 26:32 THERE IS A CONNECTION. 26:33 YES. 26:33 GO AND VISIT AND WE ENCOURAGE THE GOSPEL 26:36 OUTREACH WORKERS TO GO EVERY MONTH TO VISIT THE 26:40 CHILDREN'S PARENTS AND MAKE A CONNECTION. 26:43 WONDERFUL! 26:44 THIS IS THE WAY WE SEE THE OUTREACH FROM CHRISTIAN 26:47 SCHOOLS TO THE COMMUNITY SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS. 26:50 WELL, BEV AND SHIRLEY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 26:52 SHARING WITH US ABOUT WITNESSING IN BIHAR AND 26:54 PLEASE GREET THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS THERE FROM US 26:56 AND BLESSINGS TO YOU. 26:57 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN 27:00 MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND REMEMBER YOU 27:02 ARE A WITNESS FOR JESUS AS WELL. 27:05 BLESSINGS TO YOU. 27:06 THIS IS JULIE-SANDERS KEYMER FOR GOSPEL 28:01 OUTREACH. 28:11 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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