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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000613A
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00:16 AND HELLO MY GOOD FRIENDS -ALWAYS GLAD TO BE WITH YOU PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S 00:23 ON AN "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM WHERE WE GET TO CONNECT WITH FRONT 00:29 LINE GOSPEL OUTREACH MISSION WORK AND EVERY TIME I GET TO COME TO A 00:34 TIME LIKE THIS I REMEMBER WONDERFUL DAYS IN MY PAST AND PROBABLY YOUR PAST TOO 00:41 WHEN WE USED TO GO TO SABBATH SCHOOL AND WE WOULD HEAR MISSION STORIES 00:47 AND THEN COME CAMPMEETING TIME AND WE'D SEE THE MISSIONARIES. 00:51 WELL, I GET TO BE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE WE HEAR MISSION STORIES ALL 00:56 THE TIME. 00:57 I MEAN YOU HAVE TO INTERRUPT CONVERSATION IF YOU ARE GOING TO SAY 01:01 ANYTHING ELSE BESIDES MISSION STORIES AND THEN I GET TO CONNECT WITH REAL 01:06 MISSIONARIES HERE ON THE SET OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THAT'S TRUE TODAY. 01:11 BROTHER JOHN, JOHN DUROE WHO IS A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN AH, REINITIATED IN 01:19 MINISTRY FROM EDUCATION AND LOTS OF OTHER LEADERSHIP 01:25 RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE WORK OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AND NOW HE IS A 01:29 LEADER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:31 JOHN, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 01:33 THANK YOU. 01:34 AND I ENJOY EVERYBODY I GET TO SEE ON GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT THERE IS 01:36 NOBODY I ENJOY ANY MORE THAN GETTING TO SEE YOU AND YOU ALWAYS BRING US 01:45 FRONTLINE INFORMATION. 01:46 SO WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? 01:49 WELL, I ALWAYS GO TO BANGLADESH AND TRIPURA AND TRIPURA IS A LITTLE STATE 01:57 THAT SORT OF CURLS AROUND THE TOP OF BANGLADESH. 02:01 IN FACT, LOTS OF BANGLADESH SEEPS OVER THE BORDER INTO TRIPURA SO WE 02:07 SEE, WE SEE BANGLADESH PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH AND ALSO IN TRIPURA TOO. 02:13 NOW THIS TERRITORY THAT HAS BEEN YOUR SELECTION WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 02:21 NOT NEW TO YOU. 02:23 NO, NO I USED TO, I USED TO WORK IN THE SOUTHERN ASIA PACIFIC DIVISION AND 02:29 BANGLADESH WAS PART OF THAT DIVISION SO I USED TO GO TO BANGLADESH ONCE OR 02:34 TWICE EVERY YEAR SO I KNOW THE PLACE AND THEY KNOW ME. 02:39 DO YOU COMMUNICATE IN THEIR LANGUAGE? 02:42 AH, WELL I DID LIVE IN PAKISTAN FOR SIX YEARS AND I LEARNED A LITTLE URDU IN 02:50 PAKISTAN BUT IN BANGLADESH THEY SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE - THERE ARE LOTS 02:55 OF THE WORDS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR. 02:58 YOU KNOW MY LITTLE, LITTLE, LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN GETTING TO BE IN 03:03 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD EVEN IF YOU KNOW A FEW WORDS PARTICULARLY 03:09 WORDS OF GREETING, YES, YOU'RE IN AREN'T YOU? 03:11 YES, YES SO THAT HAS HELPED YOU AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH REPRESENTATIVE TO 03:16 BE THERE I AM SURE. 03:17 YES. 03:19 ALRIGHT, OUR-WE GET TO BE TOGETHER ON TWO PROGRAMS, I UNDERSTAND, YES, AND THE 03:24 FIRST ONE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS TRIPURA STATE, YES, THAT YOU HAVE 03:29 EXPLAINED TO US AND I'M PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THE NOTES YOU HAVE 03:34 GIVEN ME, JOHN. 03:35 THAT YOU HAVE DISCOVERED SOME NEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THAT PART OF 03:42 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD-HOW PEOPLE ARE MAKING CONTACTS IN NEW 03:47 WAYS; THERE ARE NEW EFFORTS BEING INVESTED AND SO FORTH AND SO I'M 03:52 ANXIOUS FOR YOU TO TELL US WHAT'S NEW? 03:55 YES, WELL TRIPURA IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST INDIAN STATES SO THERE ARE ONLY 04:03 ABOUT TWO MILLION PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVING IN TRIPURA. 04:07 VERY RURAL MOUNTAINOUS AREA. 04:11 WHAT'S THE GEOGRAPHIC SIZE OF THE PLACE? 04:15 I THINK, OH NOW, ACTUAL SIZE - I MEAN IS IT LIKE A STATE THAT WE KNOW IN THE 04:23 U.S. 04:24 HERE OR? 04:25 IT IS PROBABLY ABOUT AS BIG AS AH WHAT-MAYBE GEORGIA OR SOMETHING LIKE 04:30 THAT. 04:31 BUT STILL THERE ARE TWO MILLION PEOPLE? 04:34 YES, YES CROWDED IN THERE. 04:36 YES BUT IT IS VERY, VERY RURAL. 04:38 VERY MOUNTAINOUS AH, LOTS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES AND THINGS 04:45 GROWING THERE. 04:47 LOTS OF FARMING. 04:48 IT'S STILL VERY UNDEVELOPED. 04:51 ALRIGHT, AS WELL AS VERY -THE USE OF YOUR WORD LOTS OF THIS AND THAT IS THERE 04:57 LOTS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK THERE? 05:00 WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT TWENTY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BUT WE 05:05 ONLY HAVE I THINK AH, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR ORDAINED PASTORS, OH, IN 05:10 THAT AREA SO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING MOST OF THE WORK IN 05:16 TRIPURA. 05:17 HOW MANY CONGREGATIONS MAY THERE BE IN THAT AREA? 05:21 AH, POSSIBLY ABOUT AH, MAYBE THIRTY OR FORTY I WOULD THINK. 05:27 AND HOW LONG HAS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEEN WORKING IN TRIPURA? 05:34 WELL, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT IT IS THE STATE NEXT TO TRIPURA 05:39 -MIZORAM WAS I THINK, THE FIRST STATE WHERE OUR ADVENTIST WORK WAS 05:45 ORGANIZED IN INDIA. 05:46 REALLY? 05:48 SO IT'S VERY STRANGE THAT TRIPURA IS SO UNDEVELOPED AND UNDERWORKED AS FAR AS 05:49 OUR CHURCH WORK IS CONCERNED BUT THEY DO SEND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM TRIPURA 05:58 OVER TO DO MISSION WORK OVER THERE, MISSION TRIPS AND THEY ARE BUILDING A 06:07 NEW SECTION OFFICE IN TRIPURA SO THAT WILL ESTABISH IT A LITTLE BIT 06:13 BETTER. 06:15 NOW YOU INDICATE TO ME THAT WHILE THERE HAS BEEN WORK THERE A LONG TIME, 06:21 THE FOCUS IS EVANGELIZING NEW AREAS SO, YES, SO ARE SOME OF THOSE AREAS IN 06:29 SOME OF THE PICTURES YOU ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH US TOO? 06:31 YES, YES. 06:32 NOW SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING HAPPENENED THIS YEAR ON MY TRIP. 06:37 MY DAUGHTER WAS TAKING AROUND THE WORLD TRIP AND SHE SAID-SHE WORKS IN 06:42 LONDON- AND SHE SAID TO ME, SHE SAID I WANT TO MEET WITH YOU IN INDIA. 06:47 SO WE MET TOGETHER IN TRIPURA AND SHE SAID I WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE WHERE 06:52 THE AVERAGE TOURIST DOESN'T GO. 06:54 I SAID, WELL, COME WITH ME. 06:55 SO WE MET UP TOGETHER AND YOU WILL SEE HER IN THIS FIRST VIDEO THAT WE ARE 07:02 GOING TO SHOW. 07:03 WELL VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. 07:04 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE THUMRAI VILLAGE IN TRIPURA NORTHEAST INDIA. 07:14 MY DAUGHTER MARGO WORKS IN LONDON AND DECIDED TO TAKE A SABBATICAL BREAK AND 07:20 TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD TO SEE HER FRIENDS. 07:23 SHE MET UP WITH ME FOR A WEEK IN INDIA. 07:26 AFTER OUR GRAND WELCOME WE GATHERED FOR CHURCH-IT WAS SABBATH. 07:32 THREE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAD JOINED TOGETHER TO HOLD 07:36 EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND TODAY EIGHTEEN WERE TO BE BAPTIZED. 07:42 AFTER I SHARED WITH THE CHILDREN AND THE BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES THEY WERE 07:47 EXAMINED- WE SET OFF FOR THE BAPTISMAL POND. 07:51 OF COURSE, WE HAD TO TAKE OUR TURN. 07:53 THERE WAS A DISHWASHER THERE FIRST. 07:56 WELL, THE DISHWASHER DECIDED THAT SHE WOULD RATHER STOP AND WATCH. 08:01 THIS WAS THE CLIMAX FOR OUR VERY SUCCESSFUL EVANGELISTIC MEETING. 08:07 AFTER THE BAPTISM, IT WAS BACK INTO THE VILLAGE. 08:11 MARGO WAS GIVEN SPECIAL GIFTS THEN DECORATED WITH TRADITIONAL ORNAMENTS FOR 08:17 PICTURES AND THEN ANOTHER SERMON. 08:20 THEN I HEARD THE STORY ABOUT THE DEVIL'S GIFT. 08:29 A MAN IN THE VILLAGE HAD DIED AND IT WAS HARVEST TIME. 08:33 THE CROPS WERE READY. 08:35 WHO WOULD DO THE HARVESTING? 08:39 THE NEIGHBORS SAID DON'T WORRY WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. 08:43 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PRAYED AND THEN THEY WERE OFF TO THE FIELDS. 08:49 THE NEIGHBOR'S FIELD WAS QUITE A WAY OUT OF TOWN BY THE SIDE OF THE WOODS. 08:55 THEY'D LEFT THEIR BASKET AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELD AND THEY CONTINUED TO 09:00 HARVEST BUT WHEN THEY RETURNED THEY FOUND IN IT THE DEVIL'S GIFT-A SMALL 09:08 PACKAGE. 09:10 WHEN THEY OPENED IT THEY FOUND HUMAN FLESH, HAIR AND SKIN-VERY SCARED THEY 09:17 WERE CONVINCED THAT IT WAS A GIFT FROM THE DEVIL. 09:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TAMFILA PRAYED TO CAST DOWN THE DEVIL BUT THAT 09:26 WASN'T ENOUGH. 09:28 THE VILLAGERS TOLD HIM ABOUT THE CAVE NEARBY WITH LOTS OF BATS. 09:34 THAT'S WHERE THE EVIL SPIRIT LIVES WITH THE BATS AND THEY TOOK TAMFILA 09:39 THERE. 09:40 IT WASN'T AN EASY TRIP. 09:42 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST ASKED THEM TO LIGHT A FIRE BY THE CAVE 09:47 ENTRANCE SO THE SMOKE WOULD FILL THE CAVE AND DRIVE OUT THE BATS. 09:53 THEY PRAYED FOR THE SPIRITS TO LEAVE THEM IN PEACE AND TAMFILA ORDERED 10:02 THEM NOT TO COME BACK AND TO LEAVE THE VILLAGE IN PEACE AND THEN THEY LEFT 10:08 THANKING GOD. 10:11 OH, INTERESTING JOHN. 10:14 AH, THANK YOU FOR TELLING US THESE STORIES IN SUCH A REMARKABLE WAY. 10:23 AH I'VE JUST GOT TO ASK ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER-SHE WANTED TO GO WHERE NO 10:29 OTHER TOURISTS HAD BEEN. 10:32 WHAT WAS HER IMPRESSION OF AL OF THIS? 10:36 AH SHE WAS, SHE REALLY ENJOYED IT AND THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGES UP THERE 10:42 THEY'D NEVER SEEN A WHITE WOMAN BEFORE ESPECIALLY NOT A TALL ONE WITH RED 10:49 HAIR. 10:50 THEY REALLY ENJOYED VISITING WITH HER. 10:52 AND I'M SURE SEEING HER PERMIT THEM TO TOUCH HER AND TO GIVE HER SOME 11:01 NATIVE CLOTHING AND SO FORTH THAT THAT MUST HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE TO 11:06 THEM. 11:07 YES. 11:08 THAT SHE WOULD RELATE TO THEM THE WAY SHE DID. 11:10 YES, YES SHE REALLY ENJOYED IT. 11:12 NOW IN THAT VIDEO I -I MEAN YOU CROWDED SO MUCH STORY INTO JUST THOSE 11:20 SECONDS I -I TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT CEREMONY THAT WAS GOING ON 11:26 TOWARD THE END WITH THE FIRE ETC. WELL, YES THEY THOUGHT THAT THE EVIL 11:31 SPIRITS LIVED IN THIS CAVE THAT WAS FULL OF BATS AND SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 11:37 WORKER SAID OK I'LL DRIVE THE BATS OUT, YOU KNOW, AND SO HE LIT THE FIRE AND 11:42 THE SMOKE DROVE THE BATS OUT AND THEN HE PRONOUNCE IT SPIRIT FREE AND THAT 11:48 WAS IT. 11:49 AND THE PEOPLE CAN JUST VERY BASICALLY SAY THAT'S IT THEN AND NOT WORRY 11:57 ABOUT THAT ANYMORE? 11:58 AH, FOR THAT CAVE YES. 12:00 FOR THAT CAVE, YES. 12:02 WELL, WILL THEY RESORT TO THE SAME KIND OF EXCORCISM IF THEY RUN INTO IT AGAIN? 12:09 DO THEY LEARN THAT FROM AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THAT? 12:12 I THINK SO, I THINK SO. 12:13 YES. 12:15 NOW YOU AH HAD A GROUP OF PEOPLE WORSHIPING TOGETHER THERE AND EIGHTEEN OF THEM 12:21 WERE BAPTIZED? 12:22 YES, YES. 12:23 NOW IS THAT A NEW CONGREGATION-ENLARGES THE PRESENT CONGREGATION? 12:27 ARE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE? 12:28 WHO ARE THEY? 12:29 THIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW CONGREGATION AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF GOSPEL 12:35 OUTREACH WORKERS THAT JOINED TOGETHER FOR THOSE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. 12:40 WOW. 12:41 AND THEY WORK TOGETHER FOR THE SUCCESS. 12:44 NOW THE, THE RELIGIOUS PRIORITY I'M TRYING TO SAY THIS VERY CAREFULLY, OF 12:52 THAT PART OF THE WORLD IS THAT HINDU? 12:55 OR IS THAT? 12:56 YES, YES IT IS. 12:57 IT IS ABOUT -TRIPURA IS ABOUT 90 PER CENT HINDU. 13:05 IS IT EASY FOR THESE FOLKS ONCE THEY HEAR THE STORY TO ACCEPT THE GOSPEL? 13:12 IT IS BECAUSE THE GOSPEL GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FORGIVENESS OF SIN. 13:21 AND THAT HAS NEVER BEEN A PART OF THE PROMISE OF HINDUISM. 13:24 YES. 13:26 WELL AGAIN I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU AND LISTEN YOU FOLKS WHO ARE VIEWING WITH 13:32 US TODAY, AH, I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE EARLIER BREAK HERE BECAUSE I WANT 13:37 YOU TO STAY WITH US TO SEE THE REST OF THE PROGRAM THAT JOHN IS GOING TO 13:41 BRING US BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND NOTICE THE ADDRESS AND THE 13:46 WEBSITE AND EMAIL ALL OF THAT AND BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH SO YOU CAN 13:51 GET THE REGULAR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" NEWSLETTER. 13:55 NOW JOHN, I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING YOU HAVE FOR US TODAY LET'S GO ON TO 13:59 THIS VIDEO YOU CALL "THE DEVIL'S GIFT" NO, THAT'S THE ONE WE'VE JUST - I 14:03 KNOW BUT - YES BUT THAT'S PART OF BEING A MISSIONARY. 14:06 YES, NOW YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROGRESS OF GOSPEL 14:10 OUTREACH WORK BECAUSE I AM GOING TO GO BACK AND SHOW YOU A VIDEO OF WHEN THE 14:15 CHURCH WAS BEING BUILT. 14:17 NOW, OH, OK WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THIS PRESENT TIME? 14:20 SO LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS SECOND VIDEO. 14:25 ADONAI CHURCH BUILDING WAS THE THANK YOU GIFT OF A CONVERTED HINDU PRIEST. 14:32 I REMEMBER WATCHING HIM BUILDING IT IN HIS FRONT YARD FROM MUD BRICKS. 14:37 TODAY WE'VE PRESENTED HIM WITH A NEW CHURCH BELL. 14:42 THE NEATLY DECORATED SANCTUARY WOULD IMPRESS YOU TOO AND SO WOULD THE 14:47 SINGING ESPECIALLY THE SINGING OF A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN SAMARJIT WITH PLANS 14:54 FOR SPICER UNIVERSITY TO BE TRAINED AS A PASTOR. 14:58 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU HIS STORY. 15:05 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN ADONAI VILLAGE IS PRITESH RUPINI. 15:11 HE IS AN ACTIVE VISITOR. 15:13 HE WAS HAVING BIBLE STUDIES IN THE HOME OF ONE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS. 15:17 SAMARJIT HAPPENED TO BE VISITING THE HOME THAT DAY AND HE STARTED ASKING 15:23 QUESTIONS. 15:24 HE WAS VERY CURIOUS ABOUT WHY THE MEMBERS OF THE ADONAI CHURCH GO TO CHURCH 15:31 ON SATURDAY SABBATH AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAD ALL THE ANSWERS. 15:37 IN FACT, THEY STARTED HAVING REGULAR BIBLE STUDIES TOGETHER FOR THE 15:45 NEXT FIVE MONTHS AND THEN SAMARJIT ASKED TO BE BAPTIZED. 15:51 NOW SAMARJIT WAS A MEMBER OF THE BELIEVER'S CHURCH. 15:56 NOW THAT'S LIKE THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 15:59 THE ELDERS WARNED HIM NOT TO DO IT. 16:04 THEY TRIED TO FRIGHTEN HIM. 16:06 THE BELIEVER THEOLOGIAN CAME TO PRATISH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND TRIED 16:12 TO ARGUE THEIR CASE BUT FAILED. 16:15 SAMARJIT WAS CERTAINLY NOT DISUADED SO HE CONTINUED TO STUDY AND THEN PASTOR 16:22 ZAMINGA, THE AREA SUPERVISOR CAME AND HE BAPTIZED HIM IN ANOTHER 16:27 VILLAGE SO THAT THERE WOULD BE NO TROUBLE- THAT WAS TEN MONTHS AGO. 16:32 SAMARJIT HAS ALREADY CONVERTED THREE MORE FAMILIES. 16:38 HE MADE CONTACT BY TELLING THEM THAT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IS 16:44 TEACHING BIBLE TRUTH. 16:47 EVERYWHERE HE GOES HE FEELS THAT HE HAS TO BE A MISSIONARY. 16:53 IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, ALL THREE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED. 16:59 THIS WAS THE LAST BAPTISM THAT I SAW IN ADONAI VILLAGE. 17:02 PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PRATISH AND FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:08 WORK IN THIS SMALL STATE OF TRIPURA, INDIA. 17:15 MIRACLE STORIES. 17:17 YES. 17:18 JUST MIRACLE STORIES. 17:19 YES AND THE WAY THAT THESE PEOPLE WITH SIMPLE FAITH CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND 17:28 BEGIN TO FOLLOW IN A COMMUNITY OF FAITH IS -IS REMARKABLE. 17:34 GOD'S HAND IS NOT SHORT BUT HE DOES IT TO REACH OUT TO SAVE. 17:37 AH, THAT YOUNG MAN IS TRAINING TO GO AND BE A PASTOR. 17:41 HE IS TRAINING TO GO AND STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY. 17:45 WOW. 17:46 ALRIGHT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL OF YOUR STORIES IN. 17:52 AH SPEAKING OF HIM GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY WHAT KIND OF TRAINING IS HE 17:58 GOING TO RECEIVE? 18:00 WELL HE IS GOING TO DO A B. 18:01 A. 18:02 HE'S GOING TO DO A B. 18:03 A. 18:04 THEOLOGY BUT IN THE NEXT VIDEO THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE AH, I'LL TALK ABOUT A 18:11 YOUNG MAN WHO WAS A CONVERT OF ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 18:16 WHO DID A TWO YEAR TRAINING COURSE AND NOW HE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED AND HE 18:22 HAS BEEN SENT BACK AS A PASTOR INTO TRIPURA. 18:25 SO THAT WAS A VERY ENCOURAGING ONE BECAUSE I'D MADE A VIDEO OF THIS 18:30 YOUNG MAN WHEN HE WAS, WHEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS WORKING WITH 18:32 HIM AND HE WAS GIVING HIM GUITAR LESSONS AT THAT TIME. 18:35 YOU KNOW, YOU ILLUSTRATE AGAIN FOR ME HOW THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 18:46 AH, THE WAY THEY ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY ARE PART OF THE PEOPLE ALREADY 18:50 AND THEY CAN GET SO CLOSE TO THEM IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT DRIVES THEM AND WHAT 18:56 THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND SO FORTH. 18:58 SO, I -IT IS, IT IS DRAMATICALLY IMPRESSIVE, YES, TO SEE THIS. 19:04 ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE YOUR NEXT VIDEO. 19:07 NOW IN THIS NEXT VIDEO THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE, YOU WILL SEE THE 19:10 VERY-YOU'LL SEE ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, VERY POOR SCHOOL BUT LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 19:19 WHEN IN TRIPURA, INDIA I ALWAYS LIKE TO VISIT THE JEHOVAH JIRAH SCHOOL BUT 19:25 ON OUR WAY WE PASSED A HINDU FESTIVAL. 19:28 IT WAS A VERY COLORFUL AFFAIR. 19:31 THERE WAS SINGING AND DANCING; A BAZAAR FOR THE LADIES; A BIT OF GAMBLING 19:36 FOR THE MEN AND FOOD FOR EVERYONE ON THE BANANA LEAF PLATE AND FINGERS. 19:43 BUT THE SERIOUS PART WAS AN OFFERING TO THE GODS WITH THE HOPE OF 19:48 FORGIVENESS. 19:50 WE ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL AND THE CHILDREN WERE WAITING. 20:06 IT WAS SOON VALENTINE'S DAY IN THE U.S. 20:08 SO I SPOKE TO THE CHILDREN ABOUT VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS AND GOD'S LOVE. 20:15 I CAN FLY THE AIRPLANE TO THE PERSON THAT I LOVE. 20:21 AND IN RETURN THEY SANG FOR ME AND THEY COULD CERTAINLY SING. 20:38 THE NAME OF THIS SCHOOL IS JEHOVAH JIRAH-THE LORD WILL PROVIDE AND HE DOES. 20:47 THEY'D EXPERIENCED SOME STRONG WINDS AND THE ROOF OF THE PRINCIPAL'S HOUSE 20:52 HAD COLLAPSED SO WE WERE ABLE TO LEAVE SOME MONEY DONATED BY CHURCH MEMBERS 20:57 IN TENNESSEE TO REPLACE IT. 21:00 AS WE CLIMBED INTO THE JAMPUI HILLS TO VISIT LANSONG ACADEMY I WAS IN 21:07 FOR A BIG SURPRISE. 21:09 BEFORE I SHARE IT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SCHOOL. 21:14 IT HAS ABOUT 135 STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN EVANGELISM IN THE 21:21 SURROUNDING VILLAGES. 21:22 THEY ARE ORGANIZED BY THE SCHOOL CHAPLAIN WHO IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 21:28 HIS NAME IS RAMURAN SANGA. 21:32 THE STUDENTS LIVE A VERY SIMPLE LIFE IN THE HILLS BUT THEY ALWAYS ENJOY 21:37 THEIR FOOD. 21:38 LAST YEAR THEY HAD NO TABLES. 21:40 THIS YEAR THEY DO. 21:42 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH CHAPLAIN IS ALSO ACTIVELY GIVING BIBLE STUDIES TO 21:47 THE STUDENTS. 21:48 THE REDHEADED ONE IS MY DAUGHTER, MARGO. 21:52 MANY OF THE PARENTS ARE NOT CHRISTIANS. 21:55 FOUR MONTHS AGO, TWELVE WERE BAPTIZED AND TODAY ANOTHER TEN WOULD MAKE A 22:01 DECISION FOR JESUS. 22:04 NOW AS WE WATCHED THE BAPTISM LET ME SHARE THE SURPRISE. 22:09 TO HELP WITH THE STUDENT EVANGELISM, SOME YOUNG PEOPLE FROM MIZORAM, A 22:14 NEIGHBORING STATE, CAME ON A MISSION TRIP. 22:17 THEY HAD MEETINGS FOR FIVE VILLAGES AND IN THEIR REPORT BACK HOME THEY SAID 22:22 THAT THE NEW MEMBERS NEEDED A PASTOR SO THE LOCAL POLICE OFFICER SAID 22:28 I'LL PAY FOR AN EVANGELIST. 22:31 PASTOR TARTAY, THE ONE BAPTIZING, IS OUR AREA PASTOR AND GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:37 COORDINATOR. 22:39 HE SUGGESTED THE YOUNG MAN CALLED RAMJIT WHO HAD JUST GRADUATED FROM OUR TWO 22:44 YEAR BIBLE COLLEGE IN MIZORAM. 22:47 WHEN I SAW HIM I RECOGNIZED HIM STRAIGHTAWAY. 22:51 I HAD PREVIOUSLY FILMED HIM AS A NEW CONVERT OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 22:56 WHO HAD CONTACTED HIM BY FIRST GIVING HIM GUITAR LESSONS FOLLOWED BY BIBLE 23:01 STUDIES. 23:03 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO SEE HOW GOD WORKS THROUGH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 23:08 WORKERS THAT YOU ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT THROUGH YOUR CONSISTENT GIVING. 23:15 PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR YOUNG WORKERS AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL 23:21 OUTREACH WORK IN TRIPURA. 23:25 WE WANT TO GO RIGHT TO YOUR NEXT VIDEO JOHN, OK. 23:27 LET'S DO THAT, LET'S DO THAT. 23:31 TRIPURA IS ONE OF INDIA'S SMALLEST STATES- POPULATION ABOUT FOUR 23:38 MILLION. 23:39 IT USED TO BE its OWN KINGDOM BUT WHEN THE LAST KING DIED HIS QUEEN GAVE 23:45 IT TO ANOTHER INDIAN STATE. 23:47 IT IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPED-57 PER CENT FOREST WITH MORE WILD 23:52 ANIMALS THAN ANY OTHER STATE. 23:56 SOME YOUNG MEN JOINED THE NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT AND FOUGHT FOR 24:01 INDEPENDENCE FROM INDIA BUT SINCE 2012 TRIPURA HAS BEEN AT PEACE WITH ORDERLY 24:09 DEMONSTRATIONS. 24:10 I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MANELAL, A LIBERATION FIGHTER WHO HAS NOW FOUND 24:18 FREEDOM. 24:19 BUT FIRST DODGING THE WOODCUTTERS ON THE ROAD AND PASSING THE LOCAL 24:23 SHRINE LET ME TAKE YOU TO THE SIMBUSANG VILLAGE WHERE WE FIND A SMALL 24:29 CATHOLIC CHURCH. 24:32 THIS IS THE HOME VILLAGE OF MANELAL. 24:34 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HERE IS RAJU HALLUM. 24:36 WE DIDN'T SEE HIM TODAY BECAUSE HE HAD TAKEN HIS SICK DAUGHTER TO THE 24:45 HOSPITAL. 24:46 RAJU HAD MET MANELAL ON THE STREET ONE DAY AND HAD INVITED HIM TO CHURCH AND 24:57 HAD STARTED BIBLE STUDIES. 24:59 NOW A PASTOR, GLEN HILL, FROM THE UNITED STATES COMES INTO THE PICTURE. 25:06 HE HAD BEEN ON A MISSION TRIP HOLDING EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN A NEARBY TOWN. 25:13 MANELAL ENCOURAGED HIS RELATIVES WHO LIVED IN SIMBUSAK TO ATTEND WITH 25:19 HIM EACH NIGHT AND THIS WHOLE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE THEY USED TO WORSHIP 25:25 DECIDED TO BE BAPTIZED AND BECAME A SABBATH KEEPING CHURCH. 25:30 NOW THE PRIEST WASN'T TOO HAPPY. 25:32 ALTHOUGH THE MEMBERS HAD BUILT THE CHURCH THEMSELVES HE HAD PROVIDED 25:42 THE METAL ROOF. 25:44 HE SAID THAT HE WANTED IT BACK. 25:46 I TOLD THEM NOT TO WORRY. 25:48 I EXPLAINED THAT BEFORE I LEFT MY HOME CHURCH IN TENNESSEE THEY'D PUT A 25:54 LITTLE MONEY IN MY POCKET FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. 25:57 THEY WILL PAY FOR A NEW ROOF. 25:59 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BELONG TO A WORLDWIDE FAMILY. 26:03 MANELAL NOW IS TRULY FREE. 26:08 THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT GAVE HIM TEN THOUSAND RUPEES WHEN HE STOPPED FIGHTING 26:14 IN 2012 AND SO HE GAVE HIS FIRST TITHE OF 1000 RUPEES AND IS NOW FAITHFULLY 26:23 ATTENDING CHURCH. 26:25 PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS BRAND NEW CHURCH, FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 26:31 TRIPURA, NORTHEAST INDIA AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTER NOW SET FREE, MANELAL. 26:40 THANK YOU JOHN, FOR GIVING US THESE AMAZING WONDERFUL ACCOUNTS OF WHAT'S 26:47 HAPPENING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN TRIPURA MAY GOD BLESS THOSE DEAR, DEAR 26:52 PEOPLE THERE AND GOD BLESS YOU FOLKS TOO. 26:55 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:59 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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