[ OPENING MUSIC].
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AND HELLO MY GOOD FRIENDS
-ALWAYS GLAD TO BE WITH YOU
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S
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ON AN "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
PROGRAM WHERE WE GET TO CONNECT
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WITH FRONT LINE GOSPEL OUTREACH
MISSION WORK AND EVERY TIME I
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GET TO COME TO A TIME LIKE THIS
I REMEMBER WONDERFUL DAYS IN MY
PAST AND PROBABLY YOUR PAST TOO
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WHEN WE USED TO GO TO SABBATH
SCHOOL AND WE WOULD HEAR MISSION
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STORIES AND THEN COME
CAMPMEETING TIME AND WE'D SEE
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THE MISSIONARIES. WELL, I GET TO
BE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE
WE HEAR MISSION STORIES ALL
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THE TIME.
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I MEAN YOU HAVE TO INTERRUPT
CONVERSATION IF YOU ARE GOING TO
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SAY ANYTHING ELSE BESIDES
MISSION STORIES AND THEN I GET
TO CONNECT WITH REAL
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MISSIONARIES HERE ON THE SET OF
GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THAT'S TRUE
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TODAY. BROTHER JOHN, JOHN DUROE
WHO IS A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN AH,
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REINITIATED IN MINISTRY
FROM EDUCATION AND LOTS OF OTHER
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LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES IN
THE WORK OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH
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AND NOW HE IS A
LEADER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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JOHN, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
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THANK YOU.
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AND I ENJOY EVERYBODY I GET TO
SEE ON GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT THERE
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IS NOBODY I ENJOY ANY MORE
THAN GETTING TO SEE YOU AND YOU
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ALWAYS BRING US
FRONTLINE INFORMATION.
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SO WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
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WELL, I ALWAYS GO TO BANGLADESH
AND TRIPURA AND TRIPURA IS A
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LITTLE STATE THAT SORT OF CURLS
AROUND THE TOP OF BANGLADESH.
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IN FACT, LOTS OF BANGLADESH
SEEPS OVER THE BORDER INTO
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TRIPURA SO WE SEE, WE SEE
BANGLADESH PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH
AND ALSO IN TRIPURA TOO.
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NOW THIS TERRITORY THAT HAS
BEEN YOUR SELECTION WITH GOSPEL
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OUTREACH IS NOT NEW TO YOU.
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NO, NO I USED TO, I USED TO WORK
IN THE SOUTHERN ASIA PACIFIC
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DIVISION AND BANGLADESH WAS PART
OF THAT DIVISION SO I USED TO GO
TO BANGLADESH ONCE OR
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TWICE EVERY YEAR SO I KNOW
THE PLACE AND THEY KNOW ME.
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DO YOU
COMMUNICATE IN THEIR LANGUAGE?
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AH, WELL I DID LIVE IN PAKISTAN
FOR SIX YEARS AND I LEARNED A
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LITTLE URDU IN PAKISTAN BUT IN
BANGLADESH THEY SPEAK A
DIFFERENT LANGUAGE - THERE ARE
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LOTS OF THE WORDS
THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR.
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YOU KNOW MY LITTLE, LITTLE,
LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN GETTING TO
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BE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE WORLD EVEN IF YOU KNOW A FEW
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WORDS PARTICULARLY WORDS OF
GREETING, YES, YOU'RE IN AREN'T
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YOU? YES, YES SO THAT HAS
HELPED YOU AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH
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REPRESENTATIVE TO
BE THERE I AM SURE.
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YES.
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ALRIGHT, OUR-WE GET TO BE
TOGETHER ON TWO PROGRAMS, I
UNDERSTAND, YES, AND THE
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FIRST ONE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
THIS TRIPURA STATE, YES, THAT
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YOU HAVE EXPLAINED TO US AND I'M
PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THE
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NOTES YOU HAVE GIVEN ME, JOHN.
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THAT YOU HAVE DISCOVERED SOME
NEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN
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THAT PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORLD-HOW PEOPLE ARE MAKING
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CONTACTS IN NEW WAYS; THERE ARE
NEW EFFORTS BEING INVESTED AND
SO FORTH AND SO I'M
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ANXIOUS FOR YOU TO
TELL US WHAT'S NEW?
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YES, WELL TRIPURA IS ONE OF THE
SMALLEST INDIAN STATES SO THERE
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ARE ONLY ABOUT TWO MILLION
PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVING IN
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TRIPURA. VERY
RURAL MOUNTAINOUS AREA.
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WHAT'S THE
GEOGRAPHIC SIZE OF THE PLACE?
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I THINK, OH NOW, ACTUAL SIZE - I
MEAN IS IT LIKE A STATE THAT WE
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KNOW IN THE U.S.
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HERE OR?
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IT IS PROBABLY ABOUT AS
BIG AS AH WHAT-MAYBE GEORGIA OR
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SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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BUT STILL THERE
ARE TWO MILLION PEOPLE?
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YES, YES CROWDED IN THERE.
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YES BUT IT IS VERY, VERY RURAL.
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VERY MOUNTAINOUS AH, LOTS OF
DIFFERENT ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES
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AND THINGS GROWING THERE.
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LOTS OF FARMING.
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IT'S STILL VERY UNDEVELOPED.
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ALRIGHT, AS WELL AS VERY -THE
USE OF YOUR WORD LOTS OF THIS
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AND THAT IS THERE LOTS OF
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK THERE?
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WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT
TWENTY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
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BUT WE ONLY HAVE I THINK
AH, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR ORDAINED
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PASTORS, OH, IN THAT AREA SO
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE
DOING MOST OF THE WORK IN
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TRIPURA.
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HOW MANY CONGREGATIONS
MAY THERE BE IN THAT AREA?
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AH, POSSIBLY ABOUT AH, MAYBE
THIRTY OR FORTY I WOULD THINK.
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AND HOW LONG HAS GOSPEL OUTREACH
BEEN WORKING IN TRIPURA?
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WELL, THE INTERESTING THING
ABOUT IT IS THE STATE NEXT TO
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TRIPURA -MIZORAM WAS I
THINK, THE FIRST STATE WHERE OUR
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ADVENTIST WORK WAS
ORGANIZED IN INDIA.
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REALLY?
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SO IT'S VERY STRANGE THAT
TRIPURA IS SO UNDEVELOPED AND
UNDERWORKED AS FAR AS
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OUR CHURCH WORK IS CONCERNED BUT
THEY DO SEND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM
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TRIPURA OVER TO DO MISSION WORK
OVER THERE, MISSION TRIPS AND
THEY ARE BUILDING A
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NEW SECTION OFFICE IN TRIPURA SO
THAT WILL ESTABISH IT A LITTLE
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BIT BETTER.
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NOW YOU INDICATE TO ME THAT
WHILE THERE HAS BEEN WORK THERE
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A LONG TIME, THE FOCUS IS
EVANGELIZING NEW AREAS SO, YES,
SO ARE SOME OF THOSE AREAS IN
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SOME OF THE PICTURES YOU
ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH US TOO?
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YES, YES.
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NOW SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING
HAPPENENED THIS YEAR ON MY TRIP.
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MY DAUGHTER WAS TAKING AROUND
THE WORLD TRIP AND SHE SAID-SHE
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WORKS IN LONDON- AND SHE SAID TO
ME, SHE SAID I WANT TO MEET WITH
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YOU IN INDIA. SO WE MET TOGETHER
IN TRIPURA AND SHE SAID I WANT
TO GO SOMEWHERE WHERE
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THE AVERAGE TOURIST DOESN'T GO.
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I SAID, WELL, COME WITH ME.
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SO WE MET UP TOGETHER AND YOU
WILL SEE HER IN THIS FIRST VIDEO
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THAT WE ARE GOING TO SHOW.
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WELL VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.
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WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE
THUMRAI VILLAGE IN TRIPURA
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NORTHEAST INDIA. MY DAUGHTER
MARGO WORKS IN LONDON AND
DECIDED TO TAKE A SABBATICAL
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BREAK AND TRAVEL AROUND
THE WORLD TO SEE HER FRIENDS.
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SHE MET UP WITH ME
FOR A WEEK IN INDIA.
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AFTER OUR GRAND WELCOME
WE GATHERED FOR CHURCH-IT WAS
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SABBATH. THREE OF OUR GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORKERS HAD JOINED
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TOGETHER TO HOLD EVANGELISTIC
MEETINGS AND TODAY EIGHTEEN WERE
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TO BE BAPTIZED. AFTER I SHARED
WITH THE CHILDREN AND THE
BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES THEY WERE
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EXAMINED- WE SET OFF
FOR THE BAPTISMAL POND.
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OF COURSE, WE
HAD TO TAKE OUR TURN.
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THERE WAS A
DISHWASHER THERE FIRST.
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WELL, THE DISHWASHER DECIDED
THAT SHE WOULD RATHER STOP AND
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WATCH. THIS WAS THE CLIMAX FOR
OUR VERY SUCCESSFUL EVANGELISTIC
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MEETING. AFTER THE BAPTISM,
IT WAS BACK INTO THE VILLAGE.
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MARGO WAS GIVEN SPECIAL GIFTS
THEN DECORATED WITH TRADITIONAL
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ORNAMENTS FOR PICTURES
AND THEN ANOTHER SERMON.
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THEN I HEARD THE STORY
ABOUT THE DEVIL'S GIFT.
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A MAN IN THE VILLAGE HAD
DIED AND IT WAS HARVEST TIME.
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THE CROPS WERE READY.
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WHO WOULD DO THE HARVESTING?
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THE NEIGHBORS SAID DON'T
WORRY WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
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OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
PRAYED AND THEN THEY WERE OFF TO
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THE FIELDS. THE NEIGHBOR'S FIELD
WAS QUITE A WAY OUT OF TOWN BY
THE SIDE OF THE WOODS.
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THEY'D LEFT THEIR BASKET AT
THE EDGE OF THE FIELD AND THEY
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CONTINUED TO HARVEST BUT WHEN
THEY RETURNED THEY FOUND IN IT
THE DEVIL'S GIFT-A SMALL
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PACKAGE.
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WHEN THEY OPENED IT THEY FOUND
HUMAN FLESH, HAIR AND SKIN-VERY
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SCARED THEY WERE CONVINCED THAT
IT WAS A GIFT FROM THE DEVIL.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TAMFILA
PRAYED TO CAST DOWN THE DEVIL
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BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH.
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THE VILLAGERS TOLD HIM ABOUT THE
CAVE NEARBY WITH LOTS OF BATS.
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THAT'S WHERE THE EVIL SPIRIT
LIVES WITH THE BATS AND THEY
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TOOK TAMFILA THERE.
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IT WASN'T AN EASY TRIP.
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THE GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST
ASKED THEM TO LIGHT A FIRE BY
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THE CAVE ENTRANCE SO THE SMOKE
WOULD FILL THE CAVE AND DRIVE
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OUT THE BATS. THEY PRAYED FOR
THE SPIRITS TO LEAVE THEM IN
PEACE AND TAMFILA ORDERED
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THEM NOT TO COME BACK AND TO
LEAVE THE VILLAGE IN PEACE AND
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THEN THEY LEFT THANKING GOD.
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OH, INTERESTING JOHN.
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AH, THANK YOU FOR TELLING
US THESE STORIES IN SUCH A
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REMARKABLE WAY. AH I'VE JUST GOT
TO ASK ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER-SHE
WANTED TO GO WHERE NO
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OTHER TOURISTS HAD BEEN.
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WHAT WAS HER
IMPRESSION OF AL OF THIS?
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AH SHE WAS, SHE REALLY
ENJOYED IT AND THE PEOPLE IN THE
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VILLAGES UP THERE THEY'D NEVER
SEEN A WHITE WOMAN BEFORE
ESPECIALLY NOT A TALL ONE WITH
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RED HAIR.
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THEY REALLY
ENJOYED VISITING WITH HER.
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AND I'M SURE SEEING HER PERMIT
THEM TO TOUCH HER AND TO GIVE
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HER SOME NATIVE CLOTHING AND SO
FORTH THAT THAT MUST HAVE BEEN
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VERY IMPRESSIVE TO THEM.
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YES.
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THAT SHE WOULD RELATE
TO THEM THE WAY SHE DID.
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YES, YES SHE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
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NOW IN THAT VIDEO I -I MEAN YOU
CROWDED SO MUCH STORY INTO JUST
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THOSE SECONDS I -I TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT
CEREMONY THAT WAS GOING ON
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TOWARD THE END WITH THE FIRE
ETC. WELL, YES THEY THOUGHT THAT
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THE EVIL SPIRITS LIVED IN THIS
CAVE THAT WAS FULL OF BATS AND
SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
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WORKER SAID OK I'LL DRIVE THE
BATS OUT, YOU KNOW, AND SO HE
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LIT THE FIRE AND THE SMOKE DROVE
THE BATS OUT AND THEN HE
PRONOUNCE IT SPIRIT FREE AND
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THAT WAS IT.
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AND THE PEOPLE CAN JUST VERY
BASICALLY SAY THAT'S IT THEN AND
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NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT ANYMORE?
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AH, FOR THAT CAVE YES.
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FOR THAT CAVE, YES.
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WELL, WILL THEY RESORT TO THE
SAME KIND OF EXCORCISM IF THEY
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RUN INTO IT AGAIN? DO THEY LEARN
THAT FROM AN EXPERIENCE LIKE
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THAT? I THINK SO, I THINK SO.
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YES.
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NOW YOU AH HAD A GROUP OF PEOPLE
WORSHIPING TOGETHER THERE AND
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EIGHTEEN OF THEM WERE BAPTIZED?
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YES, YES.
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NOW IS THAT A NEW
CONGREGATION-ENLARGES THE
PRESENT CONGREGATION?
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ARE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE?
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WHO ARE THEY?
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THIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW
CONGREGATION AND THERE WERE A
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NUMBER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKERS THAT JOINED TOGETHER FOR
THOSE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS.
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WOW.
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AND THEY WORK
TOGETHER FOR THE SUCCESS.
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NOW THE, THE RELIGIOUS PRIORITY
I'M TRYING TO SAY THIS VERY
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CAREFULLY, OF THAT PART
OF THE WORLD IS THAT HINDU?
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OR IS THAT?
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YES, YES IT IS.
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IT IS ABOUT -TRIPURA IS
ABOUT 90 PER CENT HINDU.
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IS IT EASY FOR THESE FOLKS ONCE
THEY HEAR THE STORY TO ACCEPT
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THE GOSPEL? IT IS BECAUSE THE
GOSPEL GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR FORGIVENESS OF SIN.
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AND THAT HAS NEVER BEEN A
PART OF THE PROMISE OF HINDUISM.
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YES.
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WELL AGAIN I HAVE TO SAY THANK
YOU AND LISTEN YOU FOLKS WHO ARE
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VIEWING WITH US TODAY, AH, I'M
GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE EARLIER
BREAK HERE BECAUSE I WANT
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YOU TO STAY WITH US TO SEE THE
REST OF THE PROGRAM THAT JOHN IS
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GOING TO BRING US BUT THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND NOTICE THE
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ADDRESS AND THE WEBSITE AND
EMAIL ALL OF THAT AND BE IN
TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH SO
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YOU CAN GET THE REGULAR
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
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NEWSLETTER. NOW JOHN, I DON'T
WANT TO MISS ANYTHING YOU HAVE
FOR US TODAY LET'S GO ON TO
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THIS VIDEO YOU CALL "THE DEVIL'S
GIFT" NO, THAT'S THE ONE WE'VE
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JUST - I KNOW BUT - YES
BUT THAT'S PART OF BEING A
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MISSIONARY. YES, NOW YOU ARE
GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE
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PROGRESS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK
BECAUSE I AM GOING TO GO BACK
AND SHOW YOU A VIDEO OF WHEN THE
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CHURCH WAS BEING BUILT.
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NOW, OH, OK WHAT'S
HAPPENING AT THIS PRESENT TIME?
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SO LET'S HAVE A LOOK
AT THIS SECOND VIDEO.
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ADONAI CHURCH BUILDING WAS THE
THANK YOU GIFT OF A CONVERTED
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HINDU PRIEST. I REMEMBER
WATCHING HIM BUILDING IT IN HIS
FRONT YARD FROM MUD BRICKS.
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TODAY WE'VE PRESENTED
HIM WITH A NEW CHURCH BELL.
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THE NEATLY DECORATED SANCTUARY
WOULD IMPRESS YOU TOO AND SO
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WOULD THE SINGING ESPECIALLY THE
SINGING OF A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN
SAMARJIT WITH PLANS
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FOR SPICER UNIVERSITY
TO BE TRAINED AS A PASTOR.
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WELL, LET ME TELL YOU HIS STORY.
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OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
IN ADONAI VILLAGE IS PRITESH
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RUPINI. HE IS AN ACTIVE VISITOR.
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HE WAS HAVING BIBLE STUDIES
IN THE HOME OF ONE OF THE CHURCH
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MEMBERS. SAMARJIT HAPPENED TO BE
VISITING THE HOME THAT DAY AND
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HE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS.
00:15:23.42\00:15:24.85
HE WAS VERY CURIOUS ABOUT WHY
THE MEMBERS OF THE ADONAI CHURCH
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GO TO CHURCH ON SATURDAY SABBATH
AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
HAD ALL THE ANSWERS.
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IN FACT, THEY STARTED HAVING
REGULAR BIBLE STUDIES TOGETHER
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FOR THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS
AND THEN SAMARJIT ASKED TO BE
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BAPTIZED. NOW SAMARJIT WAS A
MEMBER OF THE BELIEVER'S CHURCH.
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NOW THAT'S LIKE THE
AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
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THE ELDERS
WARNED HIM NOT TO DO IT.
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THEY TRIED TO FRIGHTEN HIM.
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THE BELIEVER THEOLOGIAN CAME
TO PRATISH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
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WORKER AND TRIED TO
ARGUE THEIR CASE BUT FAILED.
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SAMARJIT WAS CERTAINLY NOT
DISUADED SO HE CONTINUED TO
STUDY AND THEN PASTOR
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ZAMINGA, THE AREA SUPERVISOR
CAME AND HE BAPTIZED HIM IN
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ANOTHER VILLAGE SO THAT THERE
WOULD BE NO TROUBLE- THAT WAS
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TEN MONTHS AGO. SAMARJIT
HAS ALREADY CONVERTED THREE MORE
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FAMILIES. HE MADE CONTACT BY
TELLING THEM THAT THE SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IS
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TEACHING BIBLE TRUTH.
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EVERYWHERE HE GOES HE FEELS
THAT HE HAS TO BE A MISSIONARY.
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IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS,
ALL THREE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN
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BAPTIZED. THIS WAS THE LAST
BAPTISM THAT I SAW IN ADONAI
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VILLAGE. PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PRATISH
AND FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH
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WORK IN THIS SMALL
STATE OF TRIPURA, INDIA.
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MIRACLE STORIES.
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YES.
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JUST MIRACLE STORIES.
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YES AND THE WAY THAT THESE
PEOPLE WITH SIMPLE FAITH CHANGE
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THEIR LIVES AND BEGIN TO FOLLOW
IN A COMMUNITY OF FAITH IS -IS
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REMARKABLE. GOD'S HAND IS NOT
SHORT BUT HE DOES IT TO REACH
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OUT TO SAVE. AH, THAT YOUNG
MAN IS TRAINING TO GO AND BE A
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PASTOR. HE IS TRAINING TO
GO AND STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY.
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WOW.
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ALRIGHT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE GET ALL OF YOUR STORIES
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IN. AH SPEAKING OF HIM GOING
TO THE UNIVERSITY WHAT KIND OF
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TRAINING IS HE GOING TO RECEIVE?
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WELL HE IS GOING TO DO A B.
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A.
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HE'S GOING TO DO A B.
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A.
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THEOLOGY BUT IN THE NEXT VIDEO
THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE AH,
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I'LL TALK ABOUT A YOUNG MAN WHO
WAS A CONVERT OF ONE OF OUR
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
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WHO DID A TWO YEAR TRAINING
COURSE AND NOW HE HAS BEEN
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EMPLOYED AND HE HAS BEEN SENT
BACK AS A PASTOR INTO TRIPURA.
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SO THAT WAS A VERY ENCOURAGING
ONE BECAUSE I'D MADE A VIDEO OF
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THIS YOUNG MAN WHEN HE WAS,
WHEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS
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WORKING WITH HIM AND HE WAS
GIVING HIM GUITAR LESSONS AT
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THAT TIME. YOU KNOW, YOU
ILLUSTRATE AGAIN FOR ME HOW
THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
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AH, THE WAY THEY ARE PART OF THE
COMMUNITY, THEY ARE PART OF THE
00:18:46.79\00:18:50.23
PEOPLE ALREADY AND THEY CAN GET
SO CLOSE TO THEM IN
UNDERSTANDING WHAT DRIVES THEM
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AND WHAT THEY NEED TO
UNDERSTAND AND SO FORTH.
00:18:56.77\00:18:58.73
SO, I -IT IS, IT IS DRAMATICALLY
IMPRESSIVE, YES, TO SEE THIS.
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ALRIGHT, LET'S
SEE YOUR NEXT VIDEO.
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NOW IN THIS NEXT VIDEO THAT YOU
ARE GOING TO SEE, YOU WILL SEE
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THE VERY-YOU'LL SEE ONE OF OUR
SCHOOLS, VERY POOR SCHOOL BUT
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LET'S HAVE A LOOK. WHEN IN
TRIPURA, INDIA I ALWAYS LIKE TO
VISIT THE JEHOVAH JIRAH SCHOOL
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BUT ON OUR WAY WE
PASSED A HINDU FESTIVAL.
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IT WAS A VERY COLORFUL AFFAIR.
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THERE WAS SINGING AND DANCING; A
BAZAAR FOR THE LADIES; A BIT OF
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GAMBLING FOR THE MEN AND FOOD
FOR EVERYONE ON THE BANANA LEAF
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PLATE AND FINGERS. BUT THE
SERIOUS PART WAS AN OFFERING TO
THE GODS WITH THE HOPE OF
00:19:43.91\00:19:48.28
FORGIVENESS.
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WE ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL
AND THE CHILDREN WERE WAITING.
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IT WAS SOON
VALENTINE'S DAY IN THE U.S.
00:20:06.43\00:20:08.90
SO I SPOKE TO THE CHILDREN ABOUT
VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS AND GOD'S
00:20:08.94\00:20:15.14
LOVE. I CAN FLY THE AIRPLANE
TO THE PERSON THAT I LOVE.
00:20:15.18\00:20:21.18
AND IN RETURN THEY SANG FOR ME
AND THEY COULD CERTAINLY SING.
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THE NAME OF THIS SCHOOL IS
JEHOVAH JIRAH-THE LORD WILL
PROVIDE AND HE DOES.
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THEY'D EXPERIENCED SOME
STRONG WINDS AND THE ROOF OF THE
00:20:47.68\00:20:52.31
PRINCIPAL'S HOUSE HAD COLLAPSED
SO WE WERE ABLE TO LEAVE SOME
MONEY DONATED BY CHURCH MEMBERS
00:20:52.35\00:20:57.75
IN TENNESSEE TO REPLACE IT.
00:20:57.79\00:21:00.69
AS WE CLIMBED INTO THE JAMPUI
HILLS TO VISIT LANSONG ACADEMY I
00:21:00.72\00:21:07.56
WAS IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE.
00:21:07.60\00:21:09.56
BEFORE I SHARE IT LET ME
TELL YOU ABOUT THE SCHOOL.
00:21:09.60\00:21:14.04
IT HAS ABOUT 135 STUDENTS
WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN
00:21:14.07\00:21:19.14
EVANGELISM IN THE
SURROUNDING VILLAGES.
00:21:21.24\00:21:22.91
THEY ARE ORGANIZED BY THE SCHOOL
CHAPLAIN WHO IS A GOSPEL
OUTREACH VOLUNTEER.
00:21:22.94\00:21:28.75
HIS NAME IS RAMURAN SANGA.
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THE STUDENTS LIVE A VERY SIMPLE
LIFE IN THE HILLS BUT THEY
00:21:32.12\00:21:36.99
ALWAYS ENJOY THEIR FOOD.
00:21:37.03\00:21:37.99
LAST YEAR THEY HAD NO TABLES.
00:21:38.03\00:21:40.10
THIS YEAR THEY DO.
00:21:40.13\00:21:42.16
OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH CHAPLAIN
IS ALSO ACTIVELY GIVING BIBLE
00:21:42.20\00:21:47.14
STUDIES TO THE STUDENTS.
00:21:47.17\00:21:48.87
THE REDHEADED ONE
IS MY DAUGHTER, MARGO.
00:21:48.90\00:21:52.11
MANY OF THE
PARENTS ARE NOT CHRISTIANS.
00:21:52.14\00:21:55.58
FOUR MONTHS AGO, TWELVE WERE
BAPTIZED AND TODAY ANOTHER TEN
00:21:55.61\00:22:01.95
WOULD MAKE A DECISION FOR JESUS.
00:22:01.98\00:22:04.42
NOW AS WE WATCHED THE BAPTISM
LET ME SHARE THE SURPRISE.
00:22:04.45\00:22:09.39
TO HELP WITH THE STUDENT
EVANGELISM, SOME YOUNG PEOPLE
00:22:09.42\00:22:14.23
FROM MIZORAM, A NEIGHBORING
STATE, CAME ON A MISSION TRIP.
00:22:14.30\00:22:17.30
THEY HAD MEETINGS FOR FIVE
VILLAGES AND IN THEIR REPORT
BACK HOME THEY SAID
00:22:17.33\00:22:22.60
THAT THE NEW MEMBERS NEEDED
A PASTOR SO THE LOCAL POLICE
00:22:22.64\00:22:28.74
OFFICER SAID I'LL
PAY FOR AN EVANGELIST.
00:22:28.78\00:22:31.18
PASTOR TARTAY, THE ONE
BAPTIZING, IS OUR AREA PASTOR
AND GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:22:31.21\00:22:37.19
COORDINATOR.
00:22:37.22\00:22:39.35
HE SUGGESTED THE YOUNG MAN
CALLED RAMJIT WHO HAD JUST
GRADUATED FROM OUR TWO
00:22:39.39\00:22:44.69
YEAR BIBLE COLLEGE IN MIZORAM.
00:22:44.73\00:22:47.23
WHEN I SAW HIM I
RECOGNIZED HIM STRAIGHTAWAY.
00:22:47.23\00:22:51.20
I HAD PREVIOUSLY FILMED HIM
AS A NEW CONVERT OF OUR GOSPEL
00:22:51.23\00:22:56.87
OUTREACH WORKER WHO HAD
CONTACTED HIM BY FIRST GIVING
HIM GUITAR LESSONS FOLLOWED BY
00:22:56.91\00:23:01.74
BIBLE STUDIES.
00:23:01.78\00:23:03.21
WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO SEE HOW
GOD WORKS THROUGH OUR GOSPEL
00:23:03.24\00:23:08.72
OUTREACH WORKERS. WORKERS THAT
YOU ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT
THROUGH YOUR CONSISTENT GIVING.
00:23:08.75\00:23:15.66
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR YOUNG
WORKERS AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
00:23:15.69\00:23:21.03
OUR GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORK IN TRIPURA.
00:23:21.06\00:23:23.30
WE WANT TO GO RIGHT TO
YOUR NEXT VIDEO JOHN, OK.
00:23:25.43\00:23:27.70
LET'S DO THAT, LET'S DO THAT.
00:23:27.74\00:23:29.77
TRIPURA IS ONE OF INDIA'S
SMALLEST STATES- POPULATION
00:23:31.94\00:23:38.01
ABOUT FOUR MILLION.
00:23:38.05\00:23:39.45
IT USED TO BE its OWN KINGDOM
BUT WHEN THE LAST KING DIED HIS
00:23:39.48\00:23:45.02
QUEEN GAVE IT TO
ANOTHER INDIAN STATE.
00:23:45.05\00:23:47.26
IT IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPED-57
PER CENT FOREST WITH MORE WILD
00:23:47.29\00:23:52.96
ANIMALS THAN ANY OTHER STATE.
00:23:52.99\00:23:56.13
SOME YOUNG MEN JOINED THE
NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT AND
00:23:56.16\00:24:01.04
FOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM
INDIA BUT SINCE 2012 TRIPURA HAS
BEEN AT PEACE WITH ORDERLY
00:24:01.07\00:24:06.14
DEMONSTRATIONS.
00:24:09.04\00:24:10.78
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO
MANELAL, A LIBERATION FIGHTER
00:24:10.81\00:24:15.88
WHO HAS NOW FOUND FREEDOM.
00:24:18.05\00:24:19.39
BUT FIRST DODGING THE
WOODCUTTERS ON THE ROAD AND
00:24:19.42\00:24:23.89
PASSING THE LOCAL SHRINE LET ME
TAKE YOU TO THE SIMBUSANG
VILLAGE WHERE WE FIND A SMALL
00:24:23.93\00:24:29.70
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
00:24:29.73\00:24:31.97
THIS IS THE HOME
VILLAGE OF MANELAL.
00:24:32.00\00:24:34.10
THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKER HERE IS RAJU HALLUM.
00:24:34.14\00:24:36.37
WE DIDN'T SEE HIM TODAY BECAUSE
HE HAD TAKEN HIS SICK DAUGHTER
00:24:36.40\00:24:41.44
TO THE HOSPITAL.
00:24:45.25\00:24:46.72
RAJU HAD MET MANELAL ON THE
STREET ONE DAY AND HAD INVITED
00:24:46.75\00:24:51.32
HIM TO CHURCH AND HAD
STARTED BIBLE STUDIES.
00:24:57.09\00:24:59.86
NOW A PASTOR, GLEN HILL, FROM
THE UNITED STATES COMES INTO THE
00:24:59.89\00:25:06.53
PICTURE. HE HAD BEEN ON A
MISSION TRIP HOLDING
EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN A
00:25:06.57\00:25:13.14
NEARBY TOWN. MANELAL ENCOURAGED
HIS RELATIVES WHO LIVED IN
SIMBUSAK TO ATTEND WITH
00:25:13.17\00:25:19.88
HIM EACH NIGHT AND THIS WHOLE
CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE THEY USED
00:25:19.91\00:25:25.85
TO WORSHIP DECIDED TO BE
BAPTIZED AND BECAME A SABBATH
00:25:25.89\00:25:30.13
KEEPING CHURCH. NOW THE
PRIEST WASN'T TOO HAPPY.
00:25:30.16\00:25:32.89
ALTHOUGH THE MEMBERS HAD BUILT
THE CHURCH THEMSELVES HE HAD
00:25:32.93\00:25:37.97
PROVIDED THE METAL ROOF.
00:25:42.80\00:25:44.31
HE SAID THAT HE WANTED IT BACK.
00:25:44.34\00:25:46.64
I TOLD THEM NOT TO WORRY.
00:25:46.68\00:25:48.04
I EXPLAINED THAT BEFORE I
LEFT MY HOME CHURCH IN TENNESSEE
00:25:48.08\00:25:54.02
THEY'D PUT A LITTLE MONEY IN MY
POCKET FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
00:25:54.05\00:25:57.72
THEY WILL PAY FOR A NEW ROOF.
00:25:57.75\00:25:59.92
WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO
BELONG TO A WORLDWIDE FAMILY.
00:25:59.95\00:26:03.86
MANELAL NOW IS TRULY FREE.
00:26:03.89\00:26:08.56
THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT GAVE
HIM TEN THOUSAND RUPEES WHEN HE
00:26:08.60\00:26:14.94
STOPPED FIGHTING IN 2012 AND SO
HE GAVE HIS FIRST TITHE OF 1000
RUPEES AND IS NOW FAITHFULLY
00:26:14.97\00:26:20.04
ATTENDING CHURCH.
00:26:23.18\00:26:25.41
PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS BRAND NEW
CHURCH, FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:26:25.45\00:26:31.02
WORKERS IN TRIPURA, NORTHEAST
INDIA AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTER
NOW SET FREE, MANELAL.
00:26:31.05\00:26:36.12
THANK YOU JOHN, FOR GIVING US
THESE AMAZING WONDERFUL ACCOUNTS
00:26:40.20\00:26:47.07
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH GOSPEL
OUTREACH IN TRIPURA MAY GOD
BLESS THOSE DEAR, DEAR
00:26:47.10\00:26:52.34
PEOPLE THERE AND
GOD BLESS YOU FOLKS TOO.
00:26:52.37\00:26:55.11
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:26:55.14\00:26:59.28
[CLOSING MUSIC].
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