Participants: Julie Sanders Keymer (Host), Charles Shultz
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000604A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL 00:17 OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND IF YOU HAVE WATCHED 00:20 THE PROGRAM BEFORE WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU AND IF YOU 00:23 ARE NEW TO WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:25 WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU AS WELL. 00:27 WE HAVE THE JOY AND THE OPPORTUNITY OF SERVING THE 00:30 10/40 WINDOW OF OUR WORLD THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM 00:33 WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY ACROSS OVER TO JAPAN. 00:36 LOTS OF PEOPLE. 00:38 I NEED TO SAY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE; MILLIONS AND 00:41 BILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS 00:43 AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO AND WE WANT TO 00:45 WELCOME YOU AS WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT 00:48 A PARTICULAR AREA OF THIS 10/40 WINDOW WITH BEV 00:51 THOMPSON AND SHIRLEY PANASUK. 00:52 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:54 THANK YOU; IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:56 SO WHAT AREA, BEV AND SHIRLEY IS SPECIAL TO BOTH 00:59 OF YOUR HEARTS? 01:00 NORTHEAST INDIA, YES, FROM CALCUTTA UP TO BHUTAN AND 01:07 OVER SOUTH OF NEPAL AND INTO THE CENTER OF INDIA. 01:11 EXACTLY. 01:12 AND SO FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE NEW BEV, TO 01:15 GOSPEL OUTREACH, WHAT IS IT EXACTLY THAT YOU DO AND 01:19 WHEN YOU ARE MEETING WITH YOUR PEOPLE. 01:21 I KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY CLOSE TO MANY OF THEM BUT 01:25 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, WHAT DOES THAT 01:27 MEAN? 01:28 FOR ME IT IS GOING TO SEE THAT THEY ARE DOING THE 01:32 WORK THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO DO AND THEY ARE 01:36 GETTING PAID THE DONATIONS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING THEM 01:39 TO GET. 01:40 WHEN WE ARE IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY 01:42 SOMETIMES MONEY HAS A CROOKED PATHWAY AND WE 01:48 JUST TO LIKE TO MAKE SURE IT IS A STRAIGHT PATHWAY. 01:50 AND YOU ARE ALSO GOING THERE TO ENCOURAGE THEM; 01:52 YOU ARE GOING THERE TO TRAIN THEM SO THAT THEY 01:54 KNOW HOW TO GO BETTER OUT INTO THE VILLAGES AND THE 01:58 TOWNS AND EVERYTHING TO SHARE JESUS. 02:00 GIVING THEM IDEAS AND THEY SHARING THEIR IDEAS AND WE 02:05 GIVING THEM NEW IDEAS; STUDYING THE BIBLE WITH 02:08 THEM; STUDYING ABOUT THE BIBLE-HOW TO KEEP THE 02:12 SABBATH, FOR INSTANCE. 02:14 HOW TO INCREASE OUR OWN SPIRITUALITY. 02:16 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:17 YES, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT WALK WITH THE 02:19 LORD, RIGHT, HOW ARE THEN WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 02:23 THAT AND THERE IS HOPE IN JESUS, RIGHT? 02:25 AMEN. 02:26 SO THERE IS A SCRIPTURE I'D LIKE TO READ FROM 02:28 ROMANS 15:13 AND IT SAYS "I PRAY THAT GOD THE 02:32 SOURCE OF HOPE WILL FILL YOU COMPLETELY WITH JOY 02:34 AND PEACE BECAUSE YOU TRUST IN HIM. 02:37 THEN YOU WILL OVERFLOW WITH CONFIDENT HOPE 02:39 THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT" AND THAT'S 02:41 WHAT I SEE AND HEAR FROM BOTH AS YOU ARE GOING OUT 02:44 SO I JUST THINK IT IS FANTASTIC AND THANK YOU 02:46 FOR REPORTING BACK TO US AND YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES 02:48 TO SHOW US. 02:49 OH WE DO! 02:50 ALWAYS. 02:51 WE LOVE TO SHOW OUR PICTURES BECAUSE IT 02:54 REMINDS US OF THE HAPPY TIMES WE HAD WHEN WERE 02:56 THERE AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOU FIRST TO SIKKIM 02:58 HERE. 02:59 WHERE YOU SEE IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER WEST SIKKIM 03:02 RIGHT WHERE THE "K" IS THE FIRST "K" IS SIKKIM IS 03:07 PROBABLY WHERE WE ARE TAKING YOU. 03:09 SO LET'S LOOK HERE ON THE MAP-SO SOMETIMES ALL OF US 03:11 HERE IN THE WEST SOMETIMES AREN'T REALLY GREAT WITH 03:14 OUR GEOGRAPHY. 03:15 SO I SEE NEPAL AND THEN CHINA TO THE NORTH AND 03:18 THEN BHUTAN AND THEN WEST BENGAL SO WE ARE KIND OF 03:21 IN THAT EASTERN PART OF INDIA. 03:24 THIS SIKKIM AREA HAS BEEN CLAIMED TO BE OWNED BY 03:28 NEPAL, BY BHUTAN AND BY CHINA AND I BELIEVE IT WAS 03:33 WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS ANYWAY THAT CHINA HAS 03:36 SECEDED AND SAID IT GOES TO INDIA. 03:39 OH, OK SO AT LEAST THEY GOT THAT WORKED OUT. 03:42 RIGHT? 03:43 WHEN WE GO INTO SIKKIM WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A 03:45 CHECKPOINT. 03:46 OH YOU DO? 03:47 OH YES, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE PASSPORT 03:49 PICTURE TO PROVE WHO YOU ARE AND THEY ACTUALLY GIVE 03:52 YOU A VISA BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN TRY TO GO OVER AND 03:56 YOU HAVE TO SIT THERE UNTIL THEY ARE READY FOR 03:58 YOU. 03:59 INTERESTING AND HAVE YOU HAD TO WAIT LONG THERE 04:01 SHIRLEY? 04:02 WELL, IT'S LIKE THIS-I SOMEHOW FORGOT MY PICTURE, 04:06 OH, OH WHAT HAPPENED? 04:07 WELL, I HAD TO GO FIND A PLACE THAT WOULD TAKE A 04:09 PICTURE OF ME. 04:11 OH YES. 04:12 O.K. 04:12 SO YOU GOT THAT DONE AND THEN OFF YOU WENT. 04:15 I GOT THAT DONE, O.K. 04:16 THEN I CAME BACK. 04:17 WHEN THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH PICTURES OR PASSPORTS 04:19 AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER IT PROBABLY TAKES ABOUT 04:21 15-20 MINUTES. 04:22 O.K. 04:23 SO THEN YOU CAN GO ON THROUGH. 04:24 SO HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE IN 04:26 THIS AREA? 04:27 IN THE SIKKIM AREA WE CALL THE SIKKIM AREA THERE ARE 04:29 TEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND OBVIOUSLY WE 04:32 NEED MANY MORE THAN THAT. 04:34 YES, YES THEY ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR MORE HERE 04:36 ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE BECAUSE THEY ARE 04:39 IN THIS TROUBLESOME AREA MANY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO 04:44 COME IN AND SO THERE ARE NO GROUP OF CHRISTIANS-SO 04:48 FEW CHRISTIANS IN THIS AREA AND SO WE WANT TO GET 04:52 IN THERE AND BRING CHRISTIANITY TO THE 04:55 REGION. 04:56 MOSTLY HINDUS, YES AND ANIMISTS AND BUDDHISTS. 05:00 OH SURE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE NEPAL INFLUENCE AND 05:05 CHINA AND BHUTAN. 05:07 BHUTAN IS A BUDDHIST COUNTRY. 05:10 SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE? 05:11 WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MAIN RIVER COMING DOWN FROM THE 05:15 GREAT HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS AND IT IS ON -WE''RE AT 05:19 THE SLOPE OF THE SCHOOL AND HERE IS A CHURCH THAT 05:23 MARANATHA BUILT ABOUT PROBABLY 8 OR 9 YEARS AGO 05:28 IN TARKIN. 05:29 IT IS A LOVELY LITTLE CHURCH RIGHT ON THE 05:31 MOUNTAINSIDE AND THEY STARTED OUT WANTING A 05:36 SCHOOL AND LOOK AT THAT SCHOOL THEY HAD. 05:39 THIS I TOOK PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. 05:42 THEIR SCHOOLHOUSE HAS A 4 X 8 SHEETS OF PLYWOOD 05:47 AROUND THE BOTTOM AND THERE ARE 4 CLASSROOMS AND 05:50 THE UPPER PART IS ALL OPEN AIR AND JUST A TIN ROOF ON 05:53 THE TOP. 05:54 BEV THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S KIND OF A HIKE TO GET UP 05:56 THERE. 05:57 WELL, THERE IS A PATHWAY ON THE FARSIDE THAT-IT IS 06:01 A STEEP PATHWAY WITH STONES AND FOR THE 06:03 CHILDREN IT IS REALLY NOT DIFFICULT BUT CAN YOU 06:07 IMAGINE BEING A TEACHER TEACHING EACH TEACHER IN 06:12 EACH OF THE CLASSROOMS TRYING TO TELL THE 06:14 CHILDREN SOMETHING AS THE CHILDREN ARE LOOKING 06:16 ACROSS AND SEEING WHAT THE OTHER GUYS ARE DOING AND 06:19 THE VOLUME IS JUST ESCALATES. 06:20 YES. 06:21 THEY SAID, "CAN YOU HELP US MAKE A REAL SCHOOL 06:28 HERE?" 06:29 AND SO A DONOR CAME UP WITH MONEY FOR A REAL 06:34 SCHOOL. 06:35 SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL BUILDING? 06:36 IT IS THE ACTUAL BUILDING AND THERE ARE FOUR 06:39 CLASSROOMS WITH CEMENT PLASTER OVER BURNED BRICK 06:44 AND THEY HAVE REBAR COMING UP OUT OF THE TOP SO THAT 06:48 THEY CAN HAVE ANOTHER STORY -OH! 06:50 , THEY EVENTUALLY CAN DO THAT. 06:52 OH YES. 06:53 THEY HAVE GOTTEN ENOUGH BURNED BRICKS TO GO AROUND 06:57 THE EDGE SO THAT IS SAFE-PEOPLE AREN'T GOING 07:00 TO GO JUMPING OFF THE EDGE BUT IT IS STILL GOING TO 07:04 COST A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FINISH IT. 07:06 BUT WHAT IF SOMEONE ASKED YOU WHY A SCHOOL? 07:09 WHY A SCHOOL? 07:11 O.K. 07:12 WHY NOT A SCHOOL? 07:14 THE CHILDREN-IF WE WANT TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS 07:19 AND HIS LOVE THE WAY TO BEGIN IS WITH A CHILD. 07:23 THE CHILD IS THE MOST IMPRESSIONABLE FROM BIRTH 07:28 TO SEVEN YEARS OF AGE AND THESE CHILDREN GO TO 07:32 SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF SIX. 07:35 THEY START MEMORIZING VERSES; THEY START SINGING 07:37 SONGS; THEY START LEARNING ABOUT JESUS LOVE; THEIR 07:39 MINDS AREN'T FILLED WITH ALL KINDS OF JUNK, LIKE I 07:41 CALL IT. 07:42 NOT ONLY THAT WE HAVE BIBLE WORKERS GOING IN AND 07:44 TEACHING MORAL CLASSES TO EACH OF THE CLASSROOMS AND 07:49 THEN IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HE GOES OUT AND 07:57 VISITS THE FAMILIES AND THE CHILD IS THE 08:02 CONNECTION. 08:03 YES. 08:04 WELL, AND IN THE BIBLE THE CHILD WAS OFTEN THE 08:06 CONNECTION, RIGHT? 08:07 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:07 YOU JUST THINK ABOUT NAAMAN, YES AND THE 08:10 SERVANT GIRL AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE LITTLE BOY WITH 08:12 THE LOAVES AND THE FISH. 08:13 FISH. 08:14 HE WAS USED BY JESUS AS WELL SO, YES. 08:17 GOOD. 08:18 ALRIGHT. 08:19 I LIKE YOUR ANSWER. 08:20 NOW THIS IS SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE FOR THE TARKIN 08:25 RAYNA SCHOOL. 08:28 ONCE EVERY YEAR THEY -THE TEACHERS PREPARE THE 08:31 STUDENTS TO GO TO THE TOWN AND GIVE A HEALTH AND 08:39 TEMPERANCE SHINDIG OUT IN THE OPEN AIR. 08:41 THEY PREPARE THE KIDS BY HAVING THEM LEARN DRAMA; 08:44 THEY PREPARE THEM BY HAVING THEM MAKE THEIR OWN 08:48 SPEECHES AND THEY MARCH INTO TOWN. 08:51 IT IS FABULOUS HOW THEY COME INTO TOWN AND 08:53 EVERYONE KNOWS THEY ARE COMING. 08:55 OH MY! 08:56 IT'S A PARADE. 08:57 YES, IT IS. 08:58 THEY HAVE A PARADE AND THEY GO ALL THROUGH TOWN 09:00 AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY ARE COMING AND SO THEY 09:02 START TO GATHER AND THEN WHEN THE PEOPLE HAVE ALL 09:05 GATHERED AND THE STUDENTS ARE ALL GATHERED THERE THE 09:07 PRINCIPAL WILL GIVE A SPEECH AND THEN THEY HAVE 09:11 A BIG PROGRAM PLANNED. 09:12 THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE PLACARDS WITH THE EIGHT 09:17 NATURAL REMEDIES AND BE ABLE TO GIVE A LITTLE 09:20 SPEECH BY EACH ONE OF THEM AND THEN THEY HAVE DRAMA - 09:27 SUNSHINE, LIFE THRILLS SMOKING KILLS. 09:31 YES, THERE YOU GO. 09:32 THEY'LL HAVE THESE SLOGANS FOR MOST OF THE THINGS 09:36 LIKE THAT-TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL IS A HEAVY THING 09:40 THAT THEY PREACH ABOUT AND THEN HERE THEY ARE DOING 09:44 DRAMA AND THE PEOPLE ARE ALL WATCHING THE STUDENTS 09:47 WHO HAVE A DRAMA WORKOUT AND MY GUESS IS THAT MOST 09:51 OF THE TIME THEY HAVE IT AGAINST ALCOHOL BECAUSE 09:54 ALCOHOL IS A TERRIBLE PROBLEM, RIGHT, EVERYWHERE 09:56 I'VE BEEN IN THE WORLD ALCOHOL HAS SNEAKED IN. 10:00 I'VE LIVED IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES AND EVEN WITH 10:03 THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AGAINST IT, IT IS STILL 10:06 THERE. 10:07 STILL THERE. 10:08 SO IT MAKES A PROBLEM FOR THE FAMILY. 10:10 WELL SURE ABSOLUTELY. 10:11 I MEAN HERE IN THE MOUNTAINS IT SEEMS LIKE 10:15 THIS IS THEIR . 10:16 WE ARE GOING TO VERY POOR AREAS HERE PROBABLY ABOUT 10:21 THE POOREST I'VE BEEN TO -VERY POOR. 10:25 THE LADIES YOU SEE THEM GO UP INTO THE GOVERNMENT 10:31 LANDS AND CUT THESE STICKS AND BRING THEM BACK TO 10:34 THEIR HOMES AND CUT THEM INTO FIREWOOD AND SELL IT. 10:38 THIS IS THEIR MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD. 10:41 NOW I DIDN'T TAKE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE IT WAS THE 10:43 ONLY ONE. 10:44 OH DEAR, LOOK AT THESE WOMEN. 10:46 WE SAW WOMEN COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN WITH -THEY 10:48 HAD BEEN UP EARLY, EARLY IN THE MORNING TO CUT THIS 10:51 WOOD AND THOSE ARE HEAVY BUNDLES. 10:54 WOW. 10:55 BECAUSE THIS WAS ABOUT MIDDAY. 10:56 YES. 10:57 WOW. 10:58 HOT TOO. 10:59 AND THEY -YOU SEE THE COUNTRYSIDE DOWN ON THE 11:02 MAINLAND AND THERE WE SEE OUR BIOFUEL AND EXPLAIN 11:06 WHAT IS BIOFUEL? 11:07 BIOFUEL IS COW DUNG MIXED WITH STRAW DRIED INTO 11:12 PATTIES ABOUT 6 INCHES ACROSS AND ABOUT 1 INCH 11:15 THICK AND THEN THEY STACK THEM THIS WAY AND THEN 11:19 JUST BEFORE RAINY SEASON THEY WILL COVER IT WITH 11:22 MUD TO PROTECT IT AND THEN THEY CAN STILL FISH SOME 11:25 OUT SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE DRY FIREWOOD DURING THE 11:28 RAINY SEASON. 11:29 AND THAT IS WHAT THEY USE TO COOK WITH AND ALL OF 11:31 THAT. 11:32 THAT IS BASICALLY FOR COOKING BECAUSE THEY DO 11:34 NOT HAVE HEATING IN THEIR HOMES. 11:36 WOW. 11:37 I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE IF THAT WERE MY JOB. 11:39 WOW. 11:40 THAT IS USUALLY THE JOB OF THE YOUNGEST BRIDE. 11:42 OH LUCKY HER, RIGHT? 11:44 WITHOUT GLOVES. 11:45 OH,WITHOUT GLOVES- SEE YOU KNOW AGAIN, WE -AMAZING 11:49 YOU KNOW IF WE WANT TO TURN OUR STOVE ON WE TURN 11:51 THE STOVE ON-THE GAS STOVE WHATEVER WE HAVE THE GAS 11:54 THEN. 11:55 I WANT TO TAKE YOU NOW TO A SCHOOL. 11:58 THE FIRST TIME I KNEW THIS SCHOOL IT WAS HAVING TO BE 12:02 CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAPPENED TO HAVE THE 12:04 CLASSROOMS IN THE SAME ROOM AS THE KIDS SLEPT BUT 12:07 THE CLASSROOMS WERE FINE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A 12:12 HOSTEL ALSO BUT THERE WATER WAS INSUFFICIENT. 12:16 INSUFFICIENT LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY WATER? 12:18 OR NOT ENOUGH? 12:19 THERE WAS NONE IN THE GROUND. 12:20 THEY HAD A WELL BUT THEY HAD TO WASH THE CLOTHES 12:23 AND DO EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED TO WITH WATER BUT 12:25 THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SO AT CAMPMEETING, OH MY, THEY 12:28 ASKED FOR A DONATION OF PROPERTY AND THERE WERE 3 12:31 MEN AT THE CAMPMEETING AND ONE WAS A HINDU. 12:39 THE OTHER WAS A CHRISTIAN FROM ANOTHER FAITH AND ONE 12:42 BELONGS TO THE SAME FAITH AS THIS CAMPMEETING GROUP. 12:45 WELL, THE HINDU MAN SAID, "I WILL DONATE MY PORTION 12:50 OF MY INHERITANCE. 12:51 OUR FATHER HAS JUST DIED." 12:53 WOW. 12:54 ALL OF IT, ALL OF IT. 12:55 THE OTHER CHRISTIAN, YES, I'M WANTING TO MAKE THIS 13:02 STORY STRAIGHT. 13:03 YES, HE SAID, "I'M A POOR MAN, I REALLY NEED MY 13:07 MONEY." 13:09 AND SO THE OTHER MAN WHO BELONGED TO THIS GROUP HE 13:13 SAID, "I'M POOR BUT I'LL GIVE HALF OF MY 13:17 INHERITANCE FOR IT." 13:18 SO YOU MIGHT SAY THE PROPERTY SOLD FOR HALF 13:20 PRICE. 13:21 NOW THIS WAS ALMOST 10 ACRES, WOW, AND SO WHEN 13:24 THEY TRANSFERRED OVER TO THIS NEW PROPERTY WHERE 13:26 THEY COULD DIG A WELL AND HAVE ENOUGH WATER, THEY 13:29 HAD NO PLACE TO LIVE AND SO THEY HAD TO START BY 13:33 BUILDING A SHELTER FOR THE HOSTEL CHILDREN AND HAVING 13:37 CLASSES. 13:38 WELL THEN, WHEN THEY MADE THEIR CLASSROOMS -THEIR 13:41 CLASSROOMS WERE LIKE THIS. 13:43 OH. 13:44 THE WALLS WERE OF STRAW. 13:46 THE FLOOR WAS STRAW. 13:47 THE ROOF WAS STRAW AND IT WAS ENCLOSED ON THREE 13:51 SIDES. 13:53 WHEN IT RAINED DURING THE RAINY SEASON, THE RAIN 13:56 CAME THROUGH THE STRAW ROOF. 13:58 OH MY! 13:59 AND SO WE ASKED FOR DONATIONS AND WE GOT ONE 14:05 AND LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED HERE. 14:07 THE PASTOR OF THAT AREA HE CALLED ALL THE PASTORS OF 14:12 THE AREA AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, BIBLE 14:15 WORKERS AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD WORK, PARENTS 14:17 OF CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN AND THEY CARRIED 14:20 BRICKS; THEY MIXED CEMENT; THEY CARRIED CEMENT; THEY 14:24 HIRED TWO MASONS SO THE WALLS WOULD GO UP STRAIGHT 14:28 AND THEY HAD TO BUY THE BURNED BRICK AND THEY HAD 14:30 TO BUY THE REBAR AND THEY HAD TO BUY CEMENT AND THEY 14:33 TOOK UP AN OFFERING AT THAT CAMPMEETING AND THEY 14:35 GOT 13,000 RUPEES. 14:38 YOU KNOW THAT IS NOT VERY MUCH TO US FOR A FEW 14:40 THOUSAND RUPEES BUT TO THEM IT WAS LIKE $13,000. 14:43 RIGHT, SURE. 14:44 THEY GOT ENOUGH TO BUILD A FEW ROOMS AND THEN THEY 14:52 GOT THIS DONATION HERE AND IT WAS FOR FOUR 14:54 CLASSROOMS. 14:55 THEY WERE SO FRUGAL IN THE CARE AND ALL OF THE 14:59 WORKMANSHIP THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET FIVE 15:03 CLASSROOMS. 15:04 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 15:05 YOU KNOW WHEN A DONOR HEARS THIS - DO YOU THINK 15:07 HE IS GOING TO DO IT AGAIN? 15:09 WELL, YES OF COURSE! 15:10 SEEING HOW THE LORD HAS STRETCHED ALL OF THAT-WELL 15:12 HE IS THE ONE WHO DID IT. 15:14 AMEN. 15:15 THAT'S RIGHT. 15:16 WELL ISN'T THAT NEAT AND IF YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT 15:18 HEARING MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HOW YOU CAN 15:21 GET INVOLVED WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO GET 15:23 INVOLVED AND WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH 15:25 YOU HOW YOU CAN. 15:26 NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 15:33 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 15:36 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 15:39 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 15:42 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 15:44 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 15:48 HURTS. 15:49 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 15:53 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 15:55 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:57 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED 16:02 YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 16:05 WHERE? 16:06 ALL THE WORLD. 16:07 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 16:09 YOU CAN PRAY. 16:12 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 16:16 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 16:20 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 16:23 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 16:26 MEANING BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 16:28 BE THE SPARK. 16:30 LIGHT THE FIRE. 16:31 FINISH THE WORK. 16:32 FINISH THE WORK. 16:33 BE THE SPARK. 16:34 AND AS CHRISTIANS WHEN WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE HOLY 16:41 SPIRIT AND JESUS INTO HEARTS WE DO HAVE THE 16:44 SPARK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US AND SO THAT'S OUR 16:46 JOB THEN TO SHARE THAT WITH OTHERS AND WE WANT TO 16:49 THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU ARE SHARING THE SPARK OF THE 16:52 HOLY SPIRIT WITH PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 16:54 WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO GO TO OUR 16:56 FACEBOOK PAGE AND TO "LIKE" IT AND THAT WAY YOU 16:59 CAN FOLLOW THINGS THAT AREHAPPENING HERE AT 17:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH -INFORMATION ABOUT EVENTS 17:03 THAT ARE HAPPENING. 17:04 WE ALSO POST "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" VIDEOS THERE 17:07 AND PRAYER REQUESTS FOR THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE 17:10 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW HERE AT 17:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:13 SO TODAY WE ARE VISITING WITH BEV THOMPSON AND 17:15 SHIRLEY PANASUK AND WE ARE IN THE AREA OF SIKKIM. 17:19 I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME PICTURES 17:21 THAT YOU BOTH HAVE TAKEN ON YOUR TRAVELS THERE AS 17:23 YOU GO AND CHECK IN WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:25 WORKERS AND WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT A SCHOOL, BEV, 17:27 AND WE WERE SHARING THE MIRACLE OF HOW THIS SCHOOL 17:29 HAS COME INTO EXISTENCE. 17:31 IT REALLY IS A MIRACLE. 17:32 HERE IS THE SCHOOL FINISHED. 17:34 WHAT I WANTED YOU TO SEE IN THE FOREGROUND 17:36 THERE-THOSE ARE BUNK BEDS THAT THEY HAVE HIRED A 17:40 WELDER TO COME IN AND MAKE BUNK BEDS FOR THE KIDS. 17:43 NOW WHEN I SAW THESE BUNK BEDS IN USE, THEY PUT THE 17:46 BUNK BEDS TWO TOGETHER AND THREE WILL SLEEP ON THE 17:52 BOTTOM BUNK AND IT MIGHT BE THAT THE CHILDREN THAT 17:56 DO NOT WET THE BED THEY SLEEP ON THE UPPER BUNK 17:59 BUT IF THEY FIND OUT THAT CHILDREN WET THE BED, THEY 18:02 ARE PUT ON THE FLOOR. 18:03 OH DEAR, SO BED IS AN INCENTIVE. 18:06 SO ARE THESE KIDS, OBVIOUSLY IT IS A 18:08 DORMITORY SITUATION SO THESE KIDS ARE COMING 18:10 ACTUALLY LIVING THERE AT THE SCHOOL. 18:12 YES AND THEY ARE YOUNG CHILDREN. 18:14 THEY ARE GRADES ONE, OH MY! 18:15 AND IN SOME CASES KINDERGARTEN. 18:16 WOW THAT IS YOUNG. 18:18 FROM GRADES 1-8. 18:20 WOW AND YOU CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL BUILDING 18:24 THERE THAT WAS BUILT WITH THAT DONATION. 18:26 LAUNDRY, LAUNDRY THE KIDS HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN 18:29 LAUNDRY AND ONE OF THE CLEANEST PLACES, OH YES, 18:34 REALLY THE CLEANEST PLACE IN INDIA. 18:36 THEY SWEEP THAT DIRT THAT GROUND ALL THE WAY AROUND 18:39 THE SCHOOL. 18:40 THEIR GARDENS ARE BEAUTIFUL. 18:42 EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SCHOOL IS IMMACULATE. 18:46 I KNOW THE LORD HAS ALL TO DO WITH THIS BUT HE HAS 18:50 SOME WONDERFUL WORKERS THERE. 18:51 AND EACH CHILD IS ASSIGNED A WORK JOB TO DO AND THESE 18:56 CHILDREN ARE CUTTING THE POTATOES THAT HAVE BEEN 18:58 GROWN IN THEIR GARDEN. 19:00 WOW AND HOW MANY STUDENTS THERE ABOUT? 19:02 ABOUT 200-BETWEEN 175 AND 200. 19:04 LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GETTING NICE AND TALL AND 19:07 THIS IS THEIR MAJOR DINING ROOM DURING THE DRY 19:11 SEASON. 19:12 THEY HAVE BEEN DONATED A CAFETERIA SO THEY DO HAVE 19:15 FOOD IN THE CAFETERIA WHEN THERE AREN'T STUDENTS. 19:17 'YOU KNOW ISN'T THAT HUMBLING TO SEE THAT? 19:20 AS A STUDENT MISSIONARY I WAS IN BANGLADESH AND 19:23 SEEING THE CAFETERIA WHERE THE STUDENTS ATE I WAS SO 19:27 OVERCOME TO SEE JUST THE-I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK, JUST 19:31 TELLING YOU ABOUT IT. 19:32 I WAS JUST SO OVERCOME AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAD 19:35 FOOD WAS A BLESSING. 19:36 UH HUH AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH FOOD, IT'S 19:39 SOMETHING I -THERE ARE THOSE CHILDREN WERE 19:41 SQUATTING TO EAT BUT THEY HAD THEIR OWN DISH AND 19:44 THEY HAD TO WASH THEIR OWN DISH. 19:46 UH HUH. 19:48 BUT YET WHEN THEY WOULD COME OUT FOR THEIR 19:50 CLASSROOM OR FOR ANY FESTIVITY LOOK AT HOW 19:53 BEAUTIFUL THEY LOOK? 19:54 HOW CLEAN THEY LOOK? 19:55 ALL IN THEIR UNIFORMS. 19:56 YES. 19:58 SO BEAUTIFUL AND NOW THIS IS THAT SAME BUILDING THAT 20:01 WAS RED, OH YES, AND NOW IT IS TWO STORIES HIGH 20:05 BECAUSE THAT SAME DONOR WAS SO THRILLED WITH THE 20:08 FIVE CLASSROOMS COMING OUT OF HIS MONEY FOR FOUR AND 20:12 THEY DID THE SAME THING THEY PUT THE TOP ON AND 20:14 THE LORD MULTIPLIES. 20:15 YES. 20:16 HIS MATH IS JUST-HIS MATH IS BETTER THAN 20:19 MULTIPLICATION. 20:20 I'D JUST LIKE YOU TO SEE THE BIBLE WORKERS-OUR 20:24 GOSPEL OUTREACHWORKERS AS THEY GO OUT INTO THE FIELD 20:28 THEY FIND SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT FEELING WELL AND THEY 20:30 WILL TAKE TIME TO TALK AND PRAY WITH THEM. 20:33 PRAYER IS A WONDERFUL MINISTRY FOR THE PEOPLE 20:36 OVER THERE. 20:37 YES IT IS. 20:38 AND THEN THOSE WHO GO OUT IN THE EVENINGS -YOU CAN 20:43 BARELY MAKE OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE BUT THERE 20:45 ARE TWO LAMPS THERE AND THEY ARE HAVING BIBLE 20:47 STUDIES WITH THOSE TWO OLD MEN IN THE DARK. 20:52 SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK 8-9 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND 20:56 THE WORKER HASN'T HAD LUNCH. 20:59 THEY ARE GIVING OF THEMSELVES IN WHATEVER WAY 21:02 THEY CAN TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS AND MIRACLE 21:06 AFTER MIRACLE HAS BEEN WROUGHT THROUGH PRAYER TO 21:10 THEIR HEALTH, THROUGH MASSAGE, THROUGH HOT WATER 21:12 THERAPY AND THROUGH CHARCOAL. 21:14 I MEAN THERE IS -THERE ARE A COUPLE OF GOSPEL 21:22 OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE DOING FABULOUS WORK. 21:25 WELL AND BECAUSE OF THE LORD AND YOU'D THINK YOU 21:28 THINK IN THE BIBLE WHEN WE READ ABOUT LEPROSY AND THE 21:31 HEALINGS AND ALL OF THAT AND WE THINK WOW, DID THAT 21:33 JUST HAPPEN IN JESUS DAY? 21:35 OH NO. 21:36 WE SIT AROUND THIS TABLE AND THE STORIES THAT WE 21:39 KNOW ABOUT BUT THE AMAZING THING ARE THE STORIES WE 21:42 HAVE NOT CLUE ABOUT UNTIL WE GET TO HEAVEN AND 21:44 THAT'S WHEN THE PEOPLE WILL SHARE WHAT THE LORD 21:46 HAS DONE FOR THEM. 21:47 AMEN. 21:48 WE SAW IN THAT LAST PICTURE A MEMORY VERSE 21:53 SCROLL. 21:54 YES. 21:55 AND THAT'S WHAT THEY USE MANY TIMES TO START OUT 21:58 AND TELL STORIES. 21:59 IT GIVES A VISUAL AID AND GET STARTED THAT WAY AND 22:03 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF OUR EVANGELISM 22:07 FUND. 22:08 WE LIKE TO SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BY 22:10 HAVING SOME EVANGELISM FUNDS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE 22:13 TO GET MATERIALS THAT ARE GOOD TO BE USED IN THIS 22:15 WAY. 22:16 AND WE ALL LOVE STORIES, YES, SO. 22:18 I WANTED TO TAKE YOU ALSO TO THIS PLACE. 22:21 HERE WE HAVE HAD PASTOR AUGUSTIN WHO IS THE MAN IN 22:26 THE WHITE SHIRT IN FRONT OF THE SIGN- HE HAS GONE 22:29 TO THE SCHOOL TO TEACH THE YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO GIVE 22:32 SPEECHES, HOW TO DO DRAMA AND HOW TO WORK PASSING 22:41 OUT OF LITERATURE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN WHEN 22:44 THEY DO THEIR HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE CAMPAIGN. 22:47 IN THEIR HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE THEY EVEN TEACH 22:49 THEM HOW TO WASH THEIR HANDS. 22:51 UH HUH. 22:52 HERE HE HAS TAUGHT THEM AND TAKEN THEM TO THE 22:55 TRAIN STATION TO TRAIN THEM FROMTHERE AND THEY 22:58 CAN EVEN GIVE THEIR HEALTH TALKS RIGHT AT THE TRAIN 23:01 STATION. 23:02 THERE IS A TRAIN THAT IS IN THERE AND THEY CAN EVEN 23:05 GIVE THEIR HEALTH TALKS RIGHT AT THE TRAIN 23:08 STATION. 23:09 HE'S GOT A GOOD AUDIENCE. 23:10 I WAS GOING TO SAY SO ARE PEOPLE RECEPTIVE TO ALL OF 23:13 THIS? 23:14 THEY- THIS IS WHERE THEY GET MORE LEADS FOR "COME 23:17 TO MY HOUSE", RIGHT, COME TO MY HOUSE AND TEACH ME 23:21 MORE AND BECAUSE OF THESE STUDENTS GOING OUT AND 23:23 HAVING THESE HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE TALKS IN THE 23:26 VILLAGES , IN THE TRAIN STATIONS, OUR BIBLE 23:29 WORKERS ARE SWAMPED. 23:30 YES. 23:31 THEY GET PLENTY OF PEOPLE TO WANT BIBLE STUDIES. 23:34 WE NEED MORE WORKERS. 23:37 PEOPLE ARE VERY CURIOUS AND I THINK AS THE TIME 23:41 GROWS NEARER AND NEARER TO JESUS COMING IT JUST SEEMS 23:45 TO ME THAT EACH YEAR THAT I'VE GONE WITH BEV, THERE 23:49 IS JUST MORE PEOPLE ASKING WHY, WHAT, WHERE KIND OF 23:54 THING AND PEOPLE THROUGH THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:56 WORKERS AND IF YOU WANT YOUR MONEY TO BE 23:59 MULTIPLIED GIVE IT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 24:04 THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE GROUPED TOGETHER THEY WERE 24:08 ON THEIR WAY TO A WATERHOLE FOR BAPTISM-THE 24:13 RIVER BAPTISM. 24:14 LOOK AT THAT. 24:15 RIVERS AND PONDS AND WHEREVER THEY CAN FIND 24:17 WATER. 24:18 IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER WHAT QUALITY THE WATER IS 24:21 BECAUSE THE PASTOR HAS COMEOUT SCRAPING THE 24:24 LEECHES OFF HIS LEGS BEFORE. 24:26 SERIOUSLY? 24:27 YES. 24:28 OH MY. 24:29 BUT IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THESE PEOPLE, REALLY WOW, 24:33 TAKING THE STEP TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE IN JESUS 24:35 CHRIST AS MY SAVIOUR FROM SIN AND THEY ARE WILLING 24:39 TO STAND UP TO THEIR FAMILY EVEN BECAUSE YOU 24:43 KNOW FAMILIES ARE HIGHLY RESPECTED AND TO BE CAST 24:46 OUT OF YOUR FAMILY IS A TERRIBLE DISGRACE AND 24:50 ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A YOUNG GIRL. 24:52 OH SURE BECAUSE THEN YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE CASTE 24:54 SYSTEM AND THE DOWRY AND NOBODY IS GOING TO PAY FOR 24:57 HER TO GO TO SCHOOL. 24:58 NO. 24:59 AND IT IS VERY SAD BUT-SO YOU WERE SAYING IF THEY 25:03 BECOME A CHRISTIAN THEY ARE CAST OUT OF THE FAMILY 25:05 BECAUSE THEY HAVE LEFT HINDUISM AND LEFT THE 25:07 FAMILY AND THE BELIEF SYSTEM THAT THEY ALL 25:10 EMBRACE. 25:11 AND IN PARTICULAR THE GIRLS AND THAT IS WHY IT 25:14 IS SO IMPORTANT TO ENCOURAGE -I WOULD LIKE TO 25:19 ENCOURAGE THE VIEWERS TO HELP THESE YOUNG PEOPLE GO 25:21 TO SCHOOL. 25:22 IT IS SO IMPORTANT. 25:23 TO LEARN A TRADE AND WELL TO ALSO BE ABLE TO SPEAK. 25:26 I MEAN THAT IN FUTURE JOBS THINGS LIKE THAT -YES AND 25:30 TO GO OUT AND BE MISSIONARIES THEMSELVES. 25:33 OUR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS IT SEEMS LIKE NO MATTER- WHAT 25:37 FAMILIES CLAMOR TO GET THEIR CHILDREN INTO 25:40 CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN GET A 25:43 GOOD EDUCATION AND THEY WILL PROGRESS AND BE A 25:46 USEFUL CITIZEN AND BE A SHINING LIGHT FOR THEIR 25:52 FAMILY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A TOTALLY 25:54 DIFFERENT WAY. 25:55 OH YES, WELL AND AS YOU HAVE SHARED BEFORE BEV, 25:57 THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS THEIR STRUCTURE IS A 26:00 LITTLE LAX AND THEY REALLY DON'T STARTON A SPECIFIC 26:05 TIME SO TO HAVE THE STRUCTURE OF THE CHRISTIAN 26:07 SCHOOL WHERE THIS IS NEW JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 26:09 I DON'T WANT TO DEMEAN THE TEACHERS, NO, NO, NO THEY 26:11 ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, NO BUT AS FAR AS HAVING THE 26:14 STRUCTURE WHERE THE STUDENTS KNOW OH, OK WE 26:16 ARE STARTING CLASS HERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO 26:18 THE PARENTS SEE A DIFFERENCE. 26:19 RIGHT. 26:20 THAT IS WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY. 26:21 THAT IS WHAT IT IS, YES. 26:22 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE BEV THOMPSON 26:24 AND SHIRLEY PANASUK. 26:25 THANK YOUFOR SHARING AND PLEASE GREET OUR BROTHERS 26:27 AND SISTERS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU BOTH AS YOU 26:29 CONTINUE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEM. 26:31 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US YOU HAVE 26:34 SEEN THE GREAT PICTURES, YOU HAVE SEEN THE NEED FOR 26:36 MORE SCHOOLS AND MORE FACILITIES IN SIKKIM IN 26:39 INDIA AND I THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:42 YOU ARE GIVING TO A HUGE PROJECT AND THE LORD IS 26:45 GOING TO MULTIPLY YOUR DONATIONS. 26:47 FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE 26:49 GOAIM.ORG. 26:55 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE 27:39 SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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