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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000629A
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00:16 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:25 GOSPEL OUTREACHE'S OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE YOU TO COME ALONG WITH US ON 00:30 SOME OF THE WILD TRIPS WE MAKE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:33 WITH ME TODAY ARE TWO PEOPLE WHO SPEND MORE TIME IN INDIA EACH YEAR THAN 00:40 THEY PROBABLY DO AT HOME. 00:41 I KNOW YOU'RE OVER THERE ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT IT MAY SEEM LIKE 00:44 FOREVER. 00:45 BONNIE AND DEL ORSER. 00:46 NOW WE'RE GOING TO JUST JUMP AHEAD AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU WE HAVE STARTED 00:52 AND WE WENT HALF WAY ON ANOTHER SHOW. 00:54 IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE ORSER'S TALK ABOUT THEIR LOST LUGGAGE, ABOUT GOING 00:58 TO JEYPORE, ABOUT A BUNCH OF OTHER GOOD STORIES GO TO YOUTUBE. 01:03 PUT IN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THEN PUT ORSER AND THAT WILL HELP YOU GET TO SOME 01:08 OF THE INTERVIEWS THAT THEY HAVE DONE HERE BEFORE. 01:13 BUT TODAY TAKE US TO HOW YOU TRAIN YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN INDIA. 01:19 WELL GREAT. 01:20 WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE ABOUT THAT. 01:22 WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR LITERACY CLASSES A LITTLE BIT FIRST. 01:25 THAT WORKS FOR ME. 01:26 WE REALIZED THE GREAT NEED FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS TO BE SUPPORTED BY THEIR 01:31 WIVES AND SO YOU KNOW ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT OF THEM WE FOUND ARE 01:36 ILLITERATE. 01:37 CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT. 01:38 THEY CAN'T READ OR WRITE, NEVER HAD THAT CHANCE. 01:40 AND SO WE HAVE SECURED COMMITMENT BY THE WOMEN'S MINISTRY. 01:45 SHE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR LITERACY CLASSES. 01:48 OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE YEAR AT A TIME. 01:51 IT'S A TEN MONTH CLASS SO WE ARE GOING TO START IN ONE OF OUR SECTIONS AND 01:56 THEY HAVE STARTED AND WE HAVE SOME PICTURES HERE TO SHOW THE TRAINING A LITTLE 02:01 BIT. 02:02 THE EXCITING PART OF THAT LITERACY CLASS IS THAT THEY LEARN ABOUT NUTRITION 02:06 AND THEY LEARN ABOUT THE GOSPEL. 02:08 THEY LEARN ABOUT PARENTING AND SOMETIMES THEY EVEN CAN LEARN ABOUT HAVING A 02:14 LITTLE INDUSTRY. 02:15 SO LITERACY FOR THESE WOMEN IS JUST WONDERFUL. 02:18 AND PERSONALLY I CAN'T IMAGINE NOT BEING ABLE TO READ OR WRITE BUT THEY 02:24 HAVE TOLD US IT COMPLETELY CHANGES THEIR WORLD. 02:27 COMPLETELY CHANGES THE RESPECT THEY HAVE. 02:30 WELL THEY CAN NOW DO THINGS THEY NEVER WERE ABLE TO DO BEFORE. 02:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:33 IT'S SO EXCITING. 02:34 THIS YOUNG LADY IS SHOWING US HOW SHE CAN NOW READ THE BIBLE. 02:37 ISN'T THAT EXCITING AND THEY ALL GET BIBLES AFTER THEY FINISH THE CLASS. 02:40 THE LEADERSHIP IN THE LITERACY CLASSES ACTUALLY MAKES A LITTLE BIO OF 02:45 THESE LADIES AND TELL THEIR PAST HISTORY A LITTLE BIT AND THEN OF 02:49 COURSE THE CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE IN THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF THEM 02:53 LEARNING TO READ. 02:54 IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL. 02:56 SO WE HAVE MORE PICTURES. 02:57 DEL, DON'T WE HAVE MORE? 02:58 A COUPLE MORE. 02:59 THIS IS ACTUALLY A CLASS THAT JUST SENT ME THESE PICTURES THIS LAST WEEK OF 03:03 THE FIRST FINISHING OF THE LITERACY CLASSES IN THE FIRST OF ONE OF OUR 03:10 SECTIONS. 03:11 SO THIS IS GRADUATION. 03:13 YES, AND THESE ARE BIBLE WORKER WIVES. 03:15 WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THEY WILL BE A REAL BLESSING TO 03:20 THEIR HUSBANDS. 03:21 CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE A TEAM IS TOGETHER WHEN THEY CAN 03:25 BOTH READ AND WRITE. 03:26 RIGHT, OH MY. 03:27 AND THEN TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE WOMEN OF THE VILLAGE. 03:31 I HAVE TO INSERT THIS ALSO. 03:33 ANOTHER PART OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR BIBLE WORKERS IS WE'RE 03:37 WORKING WITH HEALTHY HEART INDIA AND THEY HAVE A TEAM OF MEDICAL PEOPLE THAT 03:43 COME AND TRAIN OUR BIBLE WORKERS' WIVES TO BE VILLAGE HEALTH WORKERS. 03:47 ISN'T THAT EXCITING. 03:48 IT IS. 03:50 AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN POUR INTO OUR BIBLE WORKERS AND THEIR WIVES 03:52 AND THEIR FAMILIES THEY ARE MORE OF A BLESSING IN THEIR MINISTRY. 03:59 I NEED TO ASK YOU, WHAT EDUCATION DO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS COME TO 04:05 THEIR JOB WITH? 04:06 CAN YOU ANSWER THAT BONNIE. 04:08 I THINK IT'S LEVEL 10. 04:09 SO LEVEL 10. 04:10 YES. 04:12 AND IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE KNOW BECAUSE IT'S THE BRITISH SYSTEM SURE. 04:15 RIGHT. 04:16 BUT THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES. 04:20 I MEAN THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE VERY, VERY EDUCATED. 04:25 AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, COMBINE IT 04:29 WITH THE SKILLS THAT YOU'RE ADDING AND REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT IN A LITTLE 04:33 VILLAGE. 04:34 THAT'S CORRECT. 04:35 DESCRIBE TO ME A TYPICAL LITTLE VILLAGE IN ORISSA. 04:40 WELL YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO START FIRST BY EVERYONE REALIZING THE HINDU 04:46 RELIGION. 04:47 IT'S WONDERFUL IN SOME RESPECTS WITH THE FAMILY TIES AND ALL BUT THE DALIT 04:51 CASTE IS THE LOWEST CASTE IN THE HINDU RELIGION AND CONSEQUENTLY THE GOSPEL 04:58 APPEALS TO THEM THE MOST. 05:00 AND YOU'LL FIND THAT ALL OF THE CHURCHES, BY THE WAY WE HAVE ONE THOUSAND 05:07 FORTH NINE CHURCHES IN OUR REGION. 05:10 AND OF THESE CHURCHES WE HAVE ACTUALLY 197 THOUSAND MEMBERS. 05:16 CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THESE PEOPLE. 05:19 BUT OF THESE MEMBERS 99 PERCENT OF THEM IF NOT MORE ARE THE DALIT, THE 05:27 LOWEST CASTE IN THE HINDU RELIGION. 05:30 SO CONSEQUENTLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXPLAINING A TYPICAL VILLAGE IT'S THE 05:35 POOREST OF THE POOR IN INDIA. 05:38 IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW YOU GO THERE AND THE SMELLS AND THE FILTH AND ALL ARE JUST 05:44 REALLY HARD. 05:46 IF IT WASN'T FOR GOD PUTTING A LOVE IN OUR HEARTS FOR THESE PEOPLE IT 05:50 WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GO. 05:52 THE FIRST TIME I WENT I ALMOST PUT MY CAMERA DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS SO, I FELT 05:59 INTRUSIVE, BUT IT WAS LIKE GOING TO A DISNEY MOVIE SET OF WHAT ANCIENT INDIA 06:04 MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE. 06:06 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:07 THERE WAS NOTHING MECHANICAL. 06:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:09 THE CLOSEST THING TO THAT WAS AN OX CART AND THE ONLY THING I SAW THAT 06:11 WOULDN'T FIT 400 YEARS AGO WERE THE PLASTIC BARRELS THEY PUT THE WATER IN. 06:21 THAT'S TRUE. 06:22 THEY HAVE NO INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE THINK OF INFRASTRUCTURE. 06:26 DEALING WITH THEIR HUMAN WASTE AND DEALING WITH THEIR PURIFICATION OF 06:33 WATER, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. 06:35 THEIR ANIMALS LIVE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT IN THEIR FRONT DOOR. 06:38 WELL MANY TIMES IN THE LIVING ROOM. 06:40 THAT'S CORRECT. 06:41 SPECIAL BEDROOM IF IT'S A COW. 06:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:44 SO I GUESS THAT'S HOW I WOULD EXPLAIN YOU KNOW A TYPICAL VILLAGE WHERE WE 06:48 GO. 06:50 IF YOU HAVE A PUMP THAT PROVIDES WATER IN YOUR HOME YOU ARE WEALTHY. 06:56 YES THAT'S RIGHT. 06:58 BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME THERE'S ONE PUMP AND SOMETIMES FOR TWO OR THREE 07:00 VILLAGES. 07:03 AND YOU KNOW WE GO DURING THE DRY SEASON. 07:06 I TRY TO IMAGINE THE CONDITIONS WHEN THERE IS RAIN AND MUD EVERYWHERE. 07:11 IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW IT'S JUST REALLY YOUR HEART GOES OUT TO THEM IN THEIR 07:15 CONDITION. 07:16 IT IS, IT'S HARD. 07:17 DIDN'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE GOING BACK IN HISTORY. 07:20 TOTALLY. 07:21 YOU KNOW IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS LIKE WOW THIS LOOKS THE WAY IT WAS WHEN JESUS 07:25 WALKED ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 07:28 WE ARE SO SPOILED AS A NATION. 07:30 YOU KNOW IF WE GO THERE IF ONLY THOSE OF US THAT ARE IN AMERICA THAT ARE SO 07:36 SPOILED COULD GO THERE AND SEE THE CONDITIONS WE WOULD COME BACK AND NEVER 07:40 COMPLAIN AGAIN. 07:42 WE'D PROBABLY NEVER COMPLAIN AGAIN. 07:44 BUT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT OUR WATER WAS CLEAN. 07:46 YES WE WOULD WOULDN'T WE. 07:47 WHICH IS SOMETHING I KNOW YOU TEACH THEM TOO. 07:49 OH YES WE DO. 07:51 HOW TO MAKE SURE TO PURIFY YOUR WATER, SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO MAKE SURE 07:53 YOUR WATER IS SAFE. 07:54 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 07:56 WELL I LOVE IT BECAUSE NOW THAT'S THE KIND OF GROUP THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH. 07:59 RIGHT. 08:01 MANY TIMES YOU'LL GO INTO A VILLAGE LIKE THAT AND THERE ISN'T ONE PERSON WHO 08:04 CAN READ OR WRITE. 08:06 AND YOU'RE GOSPEL WORKER COMES IN AND STARTS TALKING WITH THEM, HELPING 08:11 THEM WITH CLEANLINESS WITH BASIC MEDICAL AND LITERACY CLASSES. 08:15 I MEAN YOU MEET THEIR NEEDS. 08:17 THAT'S WHAT JESUS DID WASN'T IT. 08:19 HE MET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. 08:20 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:22 ACTUALLY ONLY ABOUT 5 TO 7 PERCENT OF THE MEMBERS IN OUR CHURCHES ARE LITERATE. 08:28 THAT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND. 08:30 AND THAT'S OUT OF THE WHAT DID YOU SAY 197 THOUSAND MEMBERS. 08:34 THAT'S PRETTY SCARY. 08:35 THAT'S RIGHT, IT IS. 08:38 OKAY SO WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE? 08:39 I WANT TO SHOW YOU ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH OUR BIBLE WORKERS TO TRAIN THEM. 08:43 THIS IS YOUR BIBLE? 08:44 IT IS MY BIBLE. 08:44 OKAY SO THIS IS WHAT YOU USE TO TRAIN THEM. 08:47 I DO. 08:48 IN INDIA AFTER MOST PRAYERS THEY SAY THE LORD'S PRAYER. 08:50 AND SO THIS LAST TIME WE WENT WE SUGGESTED THAT THEY START TEACHING THEIR 08:52 MEMBERS MEMORIZATION OF THE BIBLE LIKE JOHN 3:16, THE 23RD PSALM, THE TEN 09:06 COMMANDMENTS. 09:08 WE SAID YOU HAVE LEARNED AND YOU SAY THE LORD'S PRAYER BUT IT'S LIKE WHAT 09:13 DOES IT MEAN. 09:15 BUT NOW WE ARE ENCOURAGING AND WORKING IN EVERY ONE OF OUR SESSIONS WE HAD A 09:19 NEW SCRIPTURE THAT WE WERE TEACHING THEM. 09:21 A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE BARRIER BUT WE 09:25 WANTED THEM TO LEARN SCRIPTURE, MEMORIZATION OF SCRIPTURE AND THEN I WANT 09:29 TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING ELSE WE DID WITH THEM. 09:31 I HAVE THIS BAG. 09:32 YOU HAVE A SHOPPING BAG I SEE. 09:34 I DO. 09:35 SO GO AHEAD AND LIFT IT UP ON THE TABLE, MAKE SOME NOISE. 09:37 AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO TAKE SOMETHING BECAUSE OH WHEN THEY SEE A BAG THEY KNOW 09:43 SOMETHING IS COMING OUT OF THE BAG. 09:46 ALRIGHT I'M READY. 09:47 ARE YOU VISUAL DICK? 09:48 I AM. 09:49 I'M VISUAL. 09:50 I'M VERY VISUAL. 09:51 MY LEFT BRAIN WAS EXCISED AT BIRTH. 09:53 THIS REALLY IS SUPPOSED TO BE A BLINDFOLD. 09:59 A BLINDFOLD? 10:00 A BLINDFOLD. 10:01 WHY. 10:02 BECAUSE WE WANT TO TEACH THEM TO WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT. 10:05 OKAY SO YOU GIVE ME MY BLINDFOLD AND THEN YOU PUT IT ON, YOU TIE IT AND THEN 10:09 I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO EVEN KNOW WHAT'S COMING IN YOUR BAG? 10:12 NO, NO. 10:13 WE TAKE THEM FOR A WALK. 10:14 IT'S PART OF OUR TRAINING. 10:17 WE BLINDFOLD THEM AND THEN WE MAKE THIS OBSTACLE COURSE AND WE HAVE TWO 10:21 PEOPLE ONE GOOD AND ONE BAD GIVING THEM DIRECTIONS TO MISS THE OBSTACLES. 10:26 IT IS SO MUCH FUN. 10:28 OH I BET THEY WOULD LOVE IT. 10:30 AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN TELL A LOT ABOUT YOUR BIBLE WORKERS. 10:35 SOME ARE JUST PARALYZED. 10:36 SOME ARE HANGING ON TO THE ONE IN FRONT. 10:38 AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE JUST OUT THERE GOING. 10:41 THEY'RE OUT THERE GOING. 10:42 SO YOU'LL PICK UP PERSONALITIES QUITE QUICKLY. 10:44 YES, YES. 10:45 AND IT'S REALLY REALLY FUN AND THE ONES WHO ARE WATCHING THEY CAN HARDLY 10:49 BELIEVE WHAT'S GOING ON. 10:51 BUT IT SPEAKS TO THEIR HEART. 10:53 I MEAN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY, REALLY ENJOY AND THEN WE COME 10:58 BACK AND WE DISCUSS IT. 10:59 AND THEY NEED TO DETERMINE WHICH VOICE TO LISTEN TO. 11:02 I WAS GOING TO SAY, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IS THE GOOD VOICE, THE BAD VOICE. 11:05 THEY HAVE TO DETERMINE. 11:07 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 11:08 AND AT THE END, AT THE END WE POUR WATER ON THEIR FEET AND OH MY THEY DON'T 11:14 KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING SO THAT'S REALLY FUN. 11:17 THE BLINDFOLD STAYS WITH THEM? 11:19 YES IT DOES. 11:20 AND LET ME JUST HOLD IT. 11:22 SO THAT'S A TOWEL. 11:24 IT IS. 11:26 AND THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE IN TOWN WHO HAVE A TERRY CLOTH TOWEL THAT 11:29 WILL REALLY ABSORB THINGS. 11:31 IT'S TRUE. 11:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 11:33 OKAY, WE PLAY ANOTHER GAME WITH THEM, A BALL. 11:37 OH MY. 11:38 I WATCHED A MOVIE ONE TIME ABOUT WILSON. 11:40 YOU KNOW WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL TRAINING GAME THAT WE PLAY WITH THEM. 11:45 WE GET THEM IN A CIRCLE AND WE HAVE TWO CIRCLES AND THEY HAVE TO LISTEN 11:51 FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS, THEY HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED, THEY HAVE TO NOT LET THEIR 11:56 PHONES DISTRACT THEM. 11:58 THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS AND WHEN WE FIRST START DOING IT 12:02 THEY SAY OH, THEN WHEN THEY GET TO UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS IT GETS TO BE 12:08 SO MUCH FUN. 12:09 AND THEN WHEN DEL HAS A CIRCLE AND I HAVE A CIRCLE I SAY YEAH, YEAH, GO, GO 12:14 BECAUSE WE TIME THEM, WE TIME THEM. 12:16 A LITTLE COMPETITION IS A GOOD THING. 12:18 IT IS. 12:19 BUT THAT GAME IS A VERY MUCH A TEAM BUILDING AND THE GOAL IS TO TEACH THEM 12:26 THAT WE ARE A TEAM. 12:27 WE ARE AN ARMY FOR JESUS AND WE WORK TOGETHER. 12:30 SO THE PICTURE THAT I SEE RIGHT NOW IS THE BLINDFOLDED ARMY. 12:33 NO, NO, NO. 12:34 NO, NO, NOT YET. 12:35 THAT'S A SEPARATE THING. 12:37 BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THE BLINDFOLD. 12:39 OH THERE WE GO. 12:41 YES. 12:42 AND THERE WE ARE PLAYING THE GAME. 12:44 OH MY. 12:45 AND THEY REALLY LOVE IT DON'T THEY. 12:48 OH YES. 12:49 YOU KNOW IT'S HARD, IT'S HARD TO REALIZE THAT A SIMPLE THING LIKE A BALL 12:55 AND A LITTLE BIT OF DESIGN AND THE NEXT THING YOU'VE GOT IS YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH 12:59 OF KIDS OUT ON THE PLAYGROUND JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME TOGETHER. 13:02 BUT YOU ASK THEM DICK, WHEN DID THEY CATCH A BALL LAST. 13:06 OH IT WOULD BE YEARS AGO. 13:07 AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT COORDINATED ENOUGH BUT BY THE TIME WE'RE THROUGH 13:11 WITH THE GAME THEY'RE CATCHING THE BALL AND THEY'RE FOCUSED AND 13:14 THEY'RE HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME. 13:16 BUT YOU SEE THAT REALLY IS CHANGING FOR THEM, IT'S LIFE CHANGING FOR THEM. 13:21 SO ARE WE GOING TO GO TO YOU PREACHING OR ARE WE GOING TO GO TO THE REST OF 13:24 THE BAG. 13:24 I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT PICTURE WAS COMING UP. 13:26 BUT IT LOOKS GOOD YOU ALL. 13:28 SO WHILE SHE'S BUSY PLAYING BALL YOU'RE PREACHING. 13:30 NO NOT REALLY. 13:31 I WANTED TO COVER, WE CAN TAKE THAT PICTURE OFF, IT'S COMING HERE IN A 13:34 MINUTE. 13:35 OKAY. 13:37 I WANTED TO COVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE TEACH AT OUR TRAINING SESSIONS AND 13:40 I WAS THINKING THAT WAS UP BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE SUBJECTS. 13:45 WE FIRST NEED TO REALIZE THE GREAT NEED OF THESE MEN TO HAVE A SPIRITUAL 13:52 WALK WITH THE LORD AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO EMPHASIZE. 13:54 AND SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME WERE GOD'S 13:59 AMAZING GRACE, UNDERSTANDING RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH, 14:02 THE BEAUTY OF THAT. 14:04 DO YOU KNOW JESUS. 14:05 MAKE SURE THAT THEY REALIZE THAT THEY ARE CONVERTED SO THAT THEY CAN 14:09 BE MOTIVATED TO DO A GOOD JOB FROM THEIR LOVE FOR THE LORD. 14:13 WE TALKED ABOUT THE LIFE OF VICTORY WHICH IS REALIZING THAT THERE IS 14:16 POWER IN GOD'S WORD TO HAVE THAT VICTORY OVER THE TEMPTATIONS THAT COME IN 14:21 LIFE. 14:22 WE TALK ABOUT HEART GRAPHICS WHICH I'VE TITLED WHICH IS UNDERSTANDING THE 14:25 NEW COVENANT, UNDERSTANDING THAT GOD'S LAW NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN IN 14:29 PRINCIPLE UPON THE HEART. 14:32 WE TALK ABOUT THE GLORY OF THE CROSS, THE PROPHECY THAT FAILED WHICH IS SO 14:37 ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD DOES HAVE A LAST DAY REMNANT CHURCH. 14:41 THE PROPHECY THAT FAILED OF COURSE IS COVERING REVELATION 10 AND REALIZE 14:44 THAT GOD IS BEHIND THIS MOVEMENT. 14:47 A SANCTIFYING LIFE, SIGN I SHOULD SAY, AND THE SEAL OF THE SABBATH WHICH IS 14:52 ANOTHER SUBJECT THAT WE TEACH. 14:54 THE CHURCH THAT DOESN'T KNOW. 14:56 THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TEACHING ARE YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 14:59 THEY ARE, THESE ARE OUR WORKERS. 15:01 WELL, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW, RIGHT. 15:03 I'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE MORE WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE THE 15:05 LAODICEAN CHURCH AND WE TALK ABOUT THE THREE THINGS WE NEED, THE EYE 15:09 SALVE AND GOLD TRIED IN THE FIRE AND THEN HOW TO MANAGE MONEY AND TIME 15:16 MANAGEMENT. 15:17 AND HOW TO HAVE A GOOD SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP AND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE 15:20 PROBLEMS IN YOUR CHURCH IS SO ESSENTIAL. 15:22 SO I WANTED TO COVER THOSE AS SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WE'VE BEEN TEACHING IN 15:26 TRAINING OUR BIBLE WORKERS AND 192 OF THEM IN OUR REGION. 15:30 I THANK YOU FOR THAT PRACTICALITY. 15:32 YOU'RE NOT TRAINING SOMETHING THAT IS ESOTERIC, YOU'RE TRAINING, 15:34 YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 15:36 LET'S LEARN HOW TO GET ALONG BETTER IN THE VILLAGE. 15:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 15:40 BUT WHILE I DIDN'T MENTION THIS BEFORE, I WONDERED WHAT YOU HAD IN THE BAG, 15:41 BUT HE'S GOING TO KEEP ME FROM FINDING OUT RIGHT? 15:43 NO YOU CAN TELL HIM, GO AHEAD, SHE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE BAG. 15:45 SHE'LL TELL YOU TO GIVE ME A PAUSE? 15:53 I'M GOING TO GIVE A DOUBLE PAUSE HERE. 16:01 LAUGHING. 16:02 I WANT TO TEACH YOU ABOUT SPARKS. 16:06 WATCH THIS. 16:07 OKAY. 16:08 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 16:13 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 16:16 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 16:19 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 16:22 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 16:24 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 16:27 MY HEAD HURTS. 16:29 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 16:31 I GIVE UP. 16:33 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 16:35 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 16:37 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 16:40 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 16:45 WHERE? 16:46 ALL THE WORLD. 16:47 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 16:49 YOU CAN PRAY. 16:51 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 16:56 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 17:00 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:03 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 17:06 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 17:08 BE THE SPARK. 17:10 LIGHT THE FIRE. 17:11 FINISH THE WORK. 17:13 FINISH THE WORK. 17:17 BE THE SPARK. 17:21 SO DID YOU GET THE SPARK? 17:22 PLEASE JOIN US. 17:24 BE AS INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:28 I AM. 17:29 I HAVE WILSON. 17:30 SO WHAT ELSE IS IN YOUR BAG. 17:32 WELL I HAVE THIS FOR PURIFYING WATER. 17:35 FOR PURIFYING? 17:36 YOU'RE GOING TO TEACH THEM HOW TO DO PURIFICATION. 17:38 TO MAKE SURE THEY DRINK PURIFIED WATER. 17:41 OKAY. 17:42 AND THEN THIS BOOK RIGHT HERE IS A BIG THICK BOOK. 17:45 ARE YOU FAMILIAR? 17:46 "WHERE THERE IS NO DOCTOR." 17:48 AND THIS IS A BOOK THAT WE TRAIN FROM AND WE HAVE GIVEN TO MANY OF OUR BIBLE 17:53 WORKERS TO BE A BLESSING IN THEIR VILLAGE AND ITS, DO YOU KNOW HOW HEAVY THAT 17:57 IS? 17:58 I KNOW IT'S VERY HEAVY. 17:59 WE BUY THEM IN INDIA THOUGH. 18:01 WE DON'T CARRY THEM OVER. 18:02 OH DO YOU. 18:03 YES AND THEY ARE IN TELUGU AND ORIYA. 18:06 AND SO THEY ARE VERY BASIC. 18:08 AND WE HAVE ENCOURAGED OUR BIBLE WORKERS TO HAVE ONE OF THESE TO BE A BLESSING. 18:12 MY WIFE IS A NURSE AND HAS SPENT MUCH OF HER LIFE LEADING JUNGLE, BUSH, 18:18 DESERT CLINICS AROUND THE WORLD. 18:20 OH. 18:21 WHEN I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND LOOK OVER AT BRENDA AND IF I LOOK JUST 18:23 BEYOND HER IS THE BOOKCASE AND I THINK THERE ARE AT LEAST FIVE DIFFERENT 18:28 LANGUAGE VERSIONS UP IN OUR BOOKCASE OF "WHERE THERE IS NO DOCTOR." 18:31 ------- IT'S JUST WONDERFUL. 18:32 IT IS. 18:34 I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD CUSTOMS PEOPLE STEAL THEM, BEG FOR THEM OUT OF MY 18:40 LUGGAGE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. 18:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:43 IT'S A WONDERFUL GIFT TO OUR GOSPEL WORKERS. 18:46 OH TO YOUR GOSPEL WORKERS? 18:47 OH MY LANDS THAT WOULD BE A HELP. 18:49 YES. 18:50 WE GIVE THEM. 18:51 HESPERIAN BOOKS WHO DOES THIS IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. 18:53 THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY DO THE WRITING. 18:55 THEY GOT IT RIGHT. 18:57 THIS IS THE MOST VALUABLE. 18:59 IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE GO TO WHEREVER, AMAZON AND BUY A COPY OF "WHERE THERE 19:05 IS NO DOCTOR." 19:06 IT'S THE MOST PRACTICAL HEALTH BOOK EXISTING TODAY. 19:09 NEXT TO THE BIBLE, NEXT TO THE BIBLE. 19:11 YES THAT'S TRUE BUT THIS ONE DOES PRETTY WELL ON WHAT TO DO WHEN THE 19:14 MEASLES COME TOO. 19:16 AND THEN I ALSO WHEN I BRING OUT MY LEMON THIS IS A LITTLE HEALTH TIP AND I 19:21 HAVE ONE EVERY DAY AND I COULDN'T GIVE YOU ALL OF THEM. 19:25 YOU HAVE A LEMON EVERY DAY? 19:26 YES I DO. 19:27 OKAY, GO AHEAD. 19:28 LEMONS ARE VERY VERY GOOD FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE WE ARE TOO ACETIC. 19:33 OUR SYSTEMS ARE TOO ACETIC AND LEMON MAKES YOUR SYSTEM ALKALINE. 19:39 CANCER CANNOT LIVE IN AN ALKALINE BODY. 19:42 AND IF PEOPLE WHO HAVE INDIGESTION AND HEARTBURN AND REFLUX, IF THEY DRINK 19:48 LEMON WATER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING HALF HOUR BEFORE THEIR BREAKFAST 19:53 THAT GOES AWAY. 19:54 ANYWAY, SO IN INDIA. 19:56 YOU'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS AREN'T YOU. 19:58 I AM VERY SERIOUS ABOUT IT. 19:59 THAT IF I DRINK LEMON WATER EVERY MORNING I'M NOT GOING TO BELCH AS MUCH 20:01 DURING THE DAY. 20:02 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:03 AND I PROBABLY WILL NOT GET CANCER, MAYBE. 20:10 MAYBE. 20:11 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT PART. 20:12 CANCER CANNOT LIVE IN AN ALKALINE BODY. 20:17 AND A LEMON MAKES IT ALKALINE INSTEAD OF ACETIC? 20:20 THAT'S CORRECT. 20:21 BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT LEMONS WERE ACID. 20:23 NO, NOT TRUE. 20:24 OH MY. 20:25 WELL I'M LEARNING NEW THINGS. 20:26 AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO LISTEN, I MEAN I COULD 20:30 TELL YOU MANY STORIES BUT THIS IS PART OF OUR TRAINING WITH OUR BIBLE 20:34 WORKERS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE. 20:36 BUT WE PROVIDE THE FOOD AND THE MEALS AND SO DEL AND I BUY BAGS OF LEMONS 20:42 IN INDIA AND WE GIVE THEM AS A GIFT AT THE END OF OUR TRAINING, A LEMON 20:48 SQUEEZE, SO THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO USE LEMON WATER FIRST THING IN THE 20:52 MORNING. 20:53 AND IN MY TRAVELS I THINK I COULD FIND LEMONS MOST EVERYWHERE. 20:56 THAT'S CORRECT, YOU COULD. 20:58 BUT IT'S VERY, VERY, I MEAN YOU SHOULD NOT LEAVE TOWN WITHOUT A LEMON. 21:02 I'LL TRADE YOUR WILSON FOR YOUR LEMON. 21:04 ALRIGHT YOU GOT IT. 21:05 WHAT ELSE IS IN THE BAG. 21:07 THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. 21:08 THAT'S IT? 21:09 YES. 21:10 I MEAN I COULD HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN MY BAG. 21:12 SO THAT'S THE KIND OF PRACTICAL WORK THAT YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY 21:14 TRAINING GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 21:16 THAT'S CORRECT. 21:17 I LOVE IT. 21:18 AND I ALSO DO A LOT WITH CHARCOAL. 21:20 ONCE AGAIN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN FIND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD 21:24 AND IT REALLY HEALS A LOT OF THINGS. 21:26 OH IT'S WONDERFUL FOR FOOD POISONING, SNAKE BITES AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 21:31 AND YOU DO ALOE VERA TOO? 21:32 YES I DO. 21:33 IT WORKS AMAZINGLY WELL. 21:34 WE NEVER GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT ALOE VERA. 21:36 RIGHT. 21:38 BUT YOU'LL FIND YOU'LL GO LESS WITH ALOE VERA AND MORE WITH LEMONS. 21:41 AND MORE LEMONS. 21:42 AND WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHEN THE LUGGAGE ALL GOT LOST? 21:44 OH GOOD QUESTION. 21:46 I WANT TO SHARE, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOUR CLOTHES, YOU DIDN'T HAVE 21:49 ANYTHING. 21:50 RIGHT. 21:51 I WORE THE SAME CLOTHES FOR A WHOLE WEEK. 21:55 BUT THOSE ARE BLUE JEANS, NOBODY WOULD NOTICE. 21:58 WELL I WAS VERY BLESSED BECAUSE THERE WERE THOSE WHEN WE ARRIVED THAT WERE 22:03 WILLING TO GET CLOTHES FOR ME EVENTUALLY AT THE JEYPORE SCHOOL ACTUALLY. 22:06 WELL YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN I AM. 22:08 THEY NEVER WOULD FIND ANYTHING THAT WOULD FIT ME. 22:10 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY WAS A BLESSING AND REALLY SHOWED GOD'S 22:14 PROVIDENTIAL MIRACLE REALLY, WHEN WE GOT THERE I DID NOT HAVE MY 22:20 PROJECTOR WHICH I'D PLANNED ON USING A LOT AND MY NOTES. 22:24 AND SO WE WERE SCHEDULE TO HAVE A FOUR-DAY REVIVAL SERIES AND THAT'S THIS 22:30 PICTURE THAT CAME UP EARLIER. 22:32 IF YOU'LL NOTICE THERE HE'S WAITING FOR YOU, AN ILLUSTRATION OF JESUS THAT 22:37 WAS PAINTED FOR US. 22:39 WHERE HE'S CALLING. 22:40 RIGHT. 22:41 AND THAT WAS LORETTA JENKINS PAINTED THIS ILLUSTRATION FOR US. 22:45 AND SO IT WAS YOU KNOW BASICALLY CHRIST WAS THE CENTER OF OUR WHOLE SERIES 22:50 THERE. 22:52 AND WE ENDED UP, WELL I NEVER USED ANY NOTES DURING THAT WHOLE TIME. 22:55 IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. 22:57 IN FACT I HAD NO NOTES WHILE I GAVE MOST OF MY TRAINING BECAUSE IT WAS 23:03 ALL IN THE LOST LUGGAGE. 23:04 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:05 GOD WAS TEACHING YOU A LESSON. 23:06 IT WAS. 23:07 YOU DID HAVE YOUR BIBLE THOUGH. 23:09 YOU KNOW IT REMINDED ME OF IN FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE BIBLE THERE ARE 23:17 PROMISES THAT GOD, WE DON'T NEED TO PLAN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY WHEN 23:21 THAT TIME COMES. 23:22 AND IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF GOD BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IN 23:28 MY OWN LIFE AND HE CAN DO IT IN EVERYONE'S LIFE. 23:30 YES BUT YOU HAD BEEN PLANNING. 23:31 YES I HAD. 23:33 WHEN I TEACH HOMILETICS AND THE KIDS SAY BUT GOD SAYS I DON'T NEED TO PLAN. 23:38 I SAY YOU HAVE TO PLAN AHEAD OF TIME, IT HAS TO BE IN YOUR HEART. 23:40 BECAUSE IT WAS IN YOUR HEART. 23:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:43 IF IT'S IN YOUR HEART THEN GOD CAN USE YOU. 23:45 THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS. 23:46 WHICH MEANS MEMORIZE, WHICH MEANS READ, WHICH MEANS FILL YOUR HEART WITH 23:48 EVERYTHING GOD HAS SAID. 23:50 AS WE STUDY GOD'S WORD AND WE DEVELOP PRINCIPLES AND THAT'S OUR HEART MESSAGE. 23:51 WE CAN HAVE ALL KINDS OF HEAD KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE BUT OUR HEART 23:53 AND OUR MIND HAVE TO BE IN UNITY AND AS THEY ARE THEN GOD CAN USE US. 23:55 IT'S AMAZING. 23:56 WE HAD, AS A RESULT OF THAT FOUR-DAY EFFORT, HERE'S A PICTURE OF IT, WE 24:19 HAD, AND THIS WAS WHERE? 24:21 THIS IS IN AMALAKRIM AND IT WAS 12 CHURCHES WHERE WE ALREADY HAD 10 CHURCHES 24:27 THAT WE HAD ESTABLISHED THERE AND THERE WERE TWO OTHER CHURCHES THAT CAME. 24:30 BUT WE HAD ABOUT 300 PEOPLE THAT CAME AND THESE WERE THE, I DIDN'T EVEN 24:35 EXPECT A BAPTISM, BUT WE HAD 24 BAPTIZED PEOPLE. 24:40 AWESOME. 24:41 HERE'S ONE OF THE BAPTISMS. 24:43 BUT DICK WE DIDN'T GET TO GO TO THE BAPTISM BECAUSE THEY ASKED US NOT TO COME 24:50 BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 24:53 YOU KNOW THERE ARE JUST A LOT OF CHALLENGES LIKE THAT AROUND THE WORLD 24:56 WHERE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS RELATE COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY TO 24:59 SPIRITUAL THINGS. 25:00 YES. 25:02 AND SPIRITUALITY BECAUSE OF ITS COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM AND ITS TRUST IN 25:07 GOD INSTEAD OF THOSE AROUND YOU WHO ARE YOUR POLITICAL LEADERS IT'S 25:10 TERRIBLY THREATENING TO MOST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. 25:14 IT IS. 25:16 SO YES THERE'S AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO DEAL WITH THE GOSPEL BECAUSE 25:20 YOU KNOW PAUL WAS REALLY PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT AND JESUS TOO. 25:23 PAY YOUR TAXES TO CAESAR. 25:25 IF ONLY HE HAD TAUGHT US WHICH FISH TO CATCH. 25:28 IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER WOULDN'T IT. 25:32 OH YES, YES. 25:33 BUT I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS OF LEARNING TO ADAPT TO EACH CULTURE 25:38 APPROPRIATELY. 25:39 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:40 WE HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT. 25:41 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL EVERYBODY IN THAT MINUTE? 25:45 WELL, BASICALLY EVERYONE WHO IS WATCHING TODAY CAN BE INVOLVED. 25:50 THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE FUNDS, THE FINANCES TO SUPPORT BUT THEY CAN PRAY 25:54 FOR US. 25:56 YOU KNOW WE HAVE A HARD TIME AT TIMES UNDERSTANDING HOW PRAYER 26:00 WORKS BUT GOD CAN DO THINGS THAT HE OTHERWISE COULD NOT DO IF WE ARE IN 26:04 PRAYER. 26:05 THAT WOULD BE MY COMMITMENT. 26:07 WELL WE ARE HUMBLED ALWAYS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE ROLE THAT GOD HAS CALLED 26:11 US TO FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS 26:16 ORGANIZATION. 26:17 ALL OF US ARE VOLUNTEERS. 26:18 ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? 26:19 YOU NEED TO SLICE THAT. 26:20 I DON'T HAVE A KNIFE, I FLEW WITH CARRY-ONS. 26:23 I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IF YOU JUST SLICE THIS AND PUT IN YOUR 26:31 WATER EVERY MORNING AND WAIT A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE BREAKFAST IT'S GOOD FOR 26:35 YOU IF IT INCLUDES A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, IF IT INCLUDES A COMMITMENT 26:41 TO HELPING OTHERS LEARN ABOUT JESUS. 26:43 YOU SLICE THIS AND PUT IT IN YOUR WATER AND IT'S LIKE SPARKLY HAPPINESS. 26:49 YES IT IS. 26:50 IT'S WONDERFUL. 26:51 AND IT FILLS YOU WITH HOPE. 26:54 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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