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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000637A
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00:13 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND THE NEAT THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THAT YOU 00:20 GET TO TRAVEL. 00:22 YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO HAVE A PASSPORT OR A PLANE TICKET. 00:24 SO COME ALONG. 00:25 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE WITH JOHN DUROE. 00:27 HI, JOHN. 00:28 HELLO, JULIE. 00:30 AND JOHN YOU ARE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR WHAT PART OF THE WORLD FOR GOSPEL 00:33 OUTREACH? 00:35 I LOOK AFTER BANGLADESH AND TRIPURA WHICH IS A SMALL STATE JUST ABOVE 00:41 BANGLADESH. 00:43 AND SO WE ARE GOING ON A TRIP WITH YOU AND LET ME HOLD THIS HERE FOR THE 00:48 CAMERA AND WHY DON'T YOU POINT OUT EXACTLY WHERE TRIPURA IS JOHN. 00:51 SO THIS IS BANGLADESH AND TRIPURA SORT OF CIRCLES AROUND THE TOP PART OF 00:57 BANGLADESH THERE. 00:58 SO THE INFLUENCE OF BANGLADESH IN TRIPURA IS VERY STRONG. 01:03 AND ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS NORTHEAST STATE IN INDIA? 01:08 WELL, IT'S THE THIRD SMALLEST STATE AND THERE'S ONLY ABOUT THREE MILLION 01:12 PEOPLE LIVING THERE. 01:14 WOW! 01:14 WOW! 01:15 SO TELL ME HOW OFTEN DO YOU VISIT TRIPURA? 01:18 I GO THERE EVERY YEAR. 01:19 I GO IN FEBRUARY. 01:22 I CHOSE FEBRUARY BECAUSE FOR A FEW REASONS: FIRST OF ALL, THE WEATHER AND 01:27 ALSO THE FOOD BECAUSE THERE IS SO MANY VEGETABLES AND THINGS ALL 01:34 AVAILABLE IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. 01:36 IT'S THE PERFECT MONTH. 01:38 WONDERFUL, YES BECAUSE IT IS PROBABLY NOT HOT- NOT TOO COLD, NOT TOO COLD, 01:42 NOT TOO HOT. 01:44 YES, THE HEAT IS CAN BE THE HARD THING FOR US FOLKS FROM THE WESTERN 01:47 PART OF THE WORLD. 01:48 YES. 01:49 SO TELL US ABOUT THE PROGRESS THERE AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 01:51 AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT OUR FRIENDS THERE. 01:56 WELL, WE HAVE A STRONG WORK THERE AND WE HAVE ABOUT TWENTY GOSPEL 02:03 OUTREACH WORKERS THAT WORK IN TRIPURA.AND BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GOING THERE FOR 02:09 A NUMBER OF YEARS I CAN SEE THE PROGRESS AS IT IS TAKING PLACE. 02:14 SO IN THE FIRST VIDEO THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU BACK TO 02:19 LAST YEAR AND ALSO THIS YEAR AS WELL AND SHOW YOU WHAT PROGRESS WE'VE MADE 02:25 THERE. 02:25 LET'S GO. 02:26 OK. 02:37 THESE WERE THE LAST SCENES I RECORDED IN BANGLADESH SHARING THE STORY OF JESUS 02:43 WITH YOUR FRIENDS. 02:45 EVERY YEAR I VISIT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BANGLADESH IN THE 02:50 NORTHEAST STATE OF INDIA CALLED TRIPURA. 02:53 THIS YEAR I CAME INTO INDIA THROUGH THE NEIGHBORING CHRISTIAN 02:57 STATE OF MIZORAM. 02:59 IT'S CAPITAL AIZAWL APPEARS TO BE JUST HANGING IN THE MOUNTAINS. 03:04 THE MIZO CONFERENCE HERE OVERSEES OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 03:09 TRIPURA. 03:10 THE ROAD TO TRIPURA NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION MORE THAN THIS ELEPHANT CAN 03:15 GIVE. 03:16 THIS CAR WE PASSED BARELY MADE IT. 03:19 MY FIRST STOP IN TRIPURA WAS TO A BARBER SHOP BECAUSE INDIAN AIRPORT 03:24 SECURITY HAD STOLEN MY MUSTACHE SCISSORS. 03:28 OUR NEXT STOP WOULD BE HASICHERA VILLAGE BUT TODAY JUST IT HAPPENED TO 03:33 BE THE AREA MARKET DAY AND EVERYONE WAS THERE. 03:37 WHERE DID ALL THOSE VEGETABLES COME FROM? 03:40 THIS IS ONE REASON I ALWAYS VISIT TRIPURA IN FEBRUARY. 03:44 EVERYTHING HAS TO BE EXAMINED BEFORE IT IS BOUGHT. 03:48 DRIED FISH IS A STAPLE AND WATCH HOW IT IS WRAPPED- THAT'S BETTER THAN A 03:53 PLASTIC BAG. 03:54 CHICKENS ARE FRESH AND BETEL NUT DRUGS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE. 03:59 THERE ARE PLENTY OF CLOTHES FOR THE LADIES BUT I'M NOT SURE WHERE ALL THE 04:03 TRAIDITONAL JEWELRY COMES FROM. 04:06 WE EVEN HAVE THE POLITICAL RALLY FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS. 04:10 THE COMMUNIST PARTY ALWAYS WINS THE DAY AND THE RED FLAG WILL KEEP ON FLYING 04:15 HERE. 04:17 AT LAST, WE ARRIVED AT HASICHERA VILLAGE AND SPOTTED THE NEW CHURCH. 04:23 NOW I SHOULD TELL YOU THAT THIS SMALL VILLAGE HAS ANOTHER SEVENTH DAY 04:28 ADVENTIST CHURCH AND A CHURCH SCHOOL. 04:31 THIS NEW CHURCH CAME ABOUT AFTER SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS BY ONE OF OUR 04:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 04:40 ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BELIEVERS CHURCH DECIDED TO BECOME ADVENTISTS. 04:47 THE BELIEVERS CHURCH HEADQUARTERS COMPLAINED THAT WE'D STOLEN THEIR 04:51 CHURCH BUILDING SO WE MADE AN APPEAL LAST YEAR AND YOU BUILT THEM A NEW 04:57 CHURCH. 04:59 BUT FOR $5000 RAISED WE ALSO MANAGED TO BUILD ANOTHER NEW CHURCH IN A 05:05 NEARBY VILLAGE. 05:07 NOW THE HASICHERA CHURCH HAS NOT BEEN IDLE SINCE LAST YEAR. 05:11 SO TODAY WAS TO BE A BAPTISMAL DAY. 05:14 AFTER WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND MAKING SOME VOWS WE WERE OFF TO 05:19 THE RIVER. 05:21 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BIANZA WAS PROUD TO PRESENT FIFTEEN CANDIDATES 05:27 FOR BAPTISM. 05:28 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO SEE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE MAKING A DECISION FOR JESUS CHRIST. 05:36 BIANZA HAS BEEN FAITHFUL IN HIS VISITATION AND HIS BIBLE STUDIES AND ALSO 05:42 EVANGELISM IN OTHER VILLAGES. 05:45 KANGRAI VILLAGE IS ONE EXAMPLE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS JOINING 05:50 TOGETHER TO START EVANGELISM IN NEW UNENTERED PLACES. 05:55 I WAS VERY HAPPY THIS LAST YEAR TO VISIT KANGRAI VILLAGE AND TO SEE THEIR 06:00 ENTHUSIASM; REJOICE WITH THEM AS MORE PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED. 06:05 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO SEE ANOTHER TWENTY-TWO PEOPLE TAKE A STAND FOR JESUS 06:10 CHRIST. 06:11 TUSUNRAI IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE-A FAITHFUL WORKER. 06:16 LAST YEAR HE FALLEN OFF A BUS AND INJURED HIS FOOT. 06:21 TODAY HE IS UP AND RUNNING. 06:23 THE BAPTISM ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE IN THE DARK. 06:27 MONEY HAS BEEN DONATED BY THE SOUTHERN ASIA CHURCH IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND 06:33 THE GROUND HAS BEEN LEVELED. 06:34 PRESENTLY, IT IS USED FOR VOLLEYBALL AND MONEY IS NOW IN THE BANK READY FOR 06:39 GROUND BREAKING. 06:41 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BELONG TO A WORLDWIDE CHURCH HELPING EACH OTHER AS WE 06:47 DO WHAT JESUS HAS INSTRUCTED US TO DO. 06:50 LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AS NEW CHURCHES 06:56 ARE ESTABLISHED. 06:57 THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. 07:01 WOW! 07:01 JOHN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING US ALONG. 07:03 HOW INTERESTING AND TELL ME THEY WERE TAKING OFF SOMETHING BEFORE THEY WERE 07:08 BAPTIZED - OFF OF THEIR NECKS WHAT WAS THAT? 07:10 YES, WELL THEY WERE TAKING OFF THEIR JEWELRY BUT ESPECIALLY THEIR AMULETS. 07:15 THEY'RE THINGS THAT ARE CHARMS AGAINST THE EVIL SPIRITS AND THE DEVIL. 07:20 OH. 07:21 SO THEY HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COLLECTED ALL OF THOSE BECAUSE THEY 07:26 WOULDN'T BE NEEDING THEM ANYMORE AS CHRISTIANS. 07:29 NO, FOR THE LIVING GOD. 07:30 PRAISE THE LORD AND WHY WAS THE BAPTISM AT NIGHT? 07:33 OH WE WERE JUST RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 07:35 THEY WERE SAYING SHALL WE COME BACK AGAIN TOMORROW FOR THE BAPTISM? 07:38 THEY SAID, "NO, NO, NO, NO." 07:40 SO WE JUST WENT AHEAD THAT NIGHT IN THE DARK WITH FLASHLIGHTS. 07:43 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 07:45 WHEN SOMEONE HAS MADE THE COMMITMENT THEN IT IS TIME TO DO IT RIGHT THEN. 07:48 YES, YES. 07:49 WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 07:50 SO ARE THE PEOPLE IN TRIPURA RELIGIOUS? 07:52 YOU DID MENTION THAT THERE IS A CHRISTIAN STATE THAT YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH SO 07:57 TELL ME ABOUT ALL OF THE RELIGIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. 08:00 WELL, IT'S ABOUT EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT HINDU IN TRIPURA THERE AND THERE 08:04 ARE SOME CHRISTIANS AND SOME BUDDHISTS AS WELL AND THERE'S LOTS OF LOCAL 08:14 RELIGIONS. 08:16 SO EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE ONE RELIGION THEY ARE STILL THINKING ABOUT THE 08:19 SPIRITS. 08:20 OH. 08:21 AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE SPIRITS AND PLEASE THE SPIRITS; MAKE SURE 08:25 THEY DON'T UPSET ANYBODY. 08:26 BECAUSE WHEN-WE DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL 08:31 RELIGIOUS THINGS BUT WHEN PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT JESUS THAT IS A WHOLE NEW 08:35 VIEWPOINT FOR THEM AND SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY -COMING 08:39 FROM WHERE THEY'VE COME FROM WHEN THEY LEARN ABOUT JESUS, WHAT ARE SOME OF 08:43 THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY ARE HAVING TO BE FREED FROM. 08:45 WELL, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT AT SOMETIME IN THE PAST THEY MAY HAVE MADE 08:50 SOME PROMISES TO THE DEVIL OR TO EVIL SPIRITS. 08:54 FOR INSTANCE, YOU SEE, IF THEIR CHILDREN ARE SICK AND THE DOCTORS CAN'T HELP 08:59 THEM THEY'LL MAKE A PROMISE TO THE DEVIL OR TO SOME SPIRIT AND THEY'LL 09:04 SAY I'M GOING TO SACRIFICE A COCK OR A COW OR A GOAT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF 09:10 MY CHILD GETS WELL. 09:12 WELL WHEN THEY BECOME CHRISTIANS WHAT DO THEY DO? 09:14 WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THOSE OLD PROMISES? 09:16 RIGHT. 09:18 SO IN THIS NEXT VIDEO THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IT WILL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS 09:22 WHEN PROMISES ARE MADE, GOOD. 09:28 FOR SOMEONE WITH A HINDU BACKGROUND A PROMISE TO JESUS CHRIST COULD 09:33 CONFLICT WITH A PROMISE MADE TO SOME OTHER GOD OR EVEN TO THE DEVIL. 09:39 HAMIN SHARON AND KRISHNAHAN LIVE IN MARVA VILLAGE AND THEY HAVE MADE 09:44 A PROMISE TO KALI. 09:46 HINDUS BELIEVE THAT SHE IS THE CHIEF OF THE DEVILS. 09:50 THEY HAD PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD SACRIFICE A DUCK TO HER IF THEIR BABY 09:54 DAUGHTER GOT WELL AGAIN. 09:56 SHE WAS VERY SICK AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 09:59 THEY'D TAKEN HER TO THE DOCTOR. 10:01 THEY TRIED ALL SORTS OF MEDICINE AND THEY HAD MADE THE PROMISE TO KALI. 10:05 WELL, SHE DID GET WELL AGAIN AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AT THAT TIME 10:10 TO BUY A DUCK SO THEY PROMISED TO BUY THE DUCK LATER AND THEY WRAPPED A 10:15 RUPEE AS A TOKEN OF PROMISE. 10:18 THEY LEARNED ABOUT JESUS AND TODAY THEY MADE SOME PROMISES TO JESUS CHRIST 10:24 AND I TOLD THEM NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE PROMISE TO KALI. 10:28 WE ARE NOT TO BE AFRAID OF THE SPIRITS WHEN JESUS IS THERE. 10:36 SO TODAY, TODAY THIS COUPLE IS GOING TO MAKE PROMISE TO JESUS. 10:44 THEY ARE GOING TO BE BAPTIZED AS A SIGN OF THAT PROMISE. 10:52 AND THIS RUPEE IS GOING RIGHT INTO THE RIVER AND THAT'S THE END OF THAT 11:02 PROMISE. 11:03 IN FACT, HAMIN SHARON THREW AWAY THE RUPEE AS SOON AS HE WAS BAPTIZED. 11:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER NEBARON IS THE ONE WHO WORKS IN THIS VILLAGE OF 11:17 MARVA. 11:18 HE BAPTIZED FOUR IN JANUARY AND ANOTHER FOUR TODAY. 11:21 HE VISITS REGULARLY AROUND THE VILLAGE AND HIS NEW CHURCH CONSTRUCTED BY 11:26 MARANATHA IS SURE TO GROW. 11:30 IN TIBIRUMPARA GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ARGENT LIVES AND HE WORKS. 11:36 TODAY WAS TO BE A BAPTISM. 11:38 SOME NEIGHBORING WORKER APOLLO HAD ALSO BROUGHT SOME BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES 11:43 TO BE BAPTIZED. 11:45 I ADDRESSED THE GROUP AS THE CANDIDATES WERE BEING EXAMINED. 11:49 WHEN YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN, THEN YOU HAVE TO CHANGE. 11:56 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT JESUS WE BECOME MORE LIKE HIM. 12:06 MY PRAYER IS THAT GOD WILL BLESS ALL OF YOU WHO ARE BEING BAPTIZED TODAY. 12:12 AS YOU STUDY YOUR BIBLE, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL CHANGE TO BECOME MORE LIKE JESUS. 12:25 IT WAS QUITE A WALK TO THE POOL BUT IT WAS WORTH IT TO SEE NINETEEN BELIEVERS 12:34 BAPTIZED. 12:35 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST. 12:40 ONE OF THOSE MAKING A PROMISE TO JESUS CHRIST HAD ALSO MADE A PROMISE TO 12:46 OTHER SO CALLED GODS AND THEN THE TIME FOLLOWING HAD BEEN TROUBLED BY FITS. 12:54 HE DIDN'T KNOW WHY BUT HE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT A LITTLE GOD CALLED THRIPNI 13:00 BONNIE LIVED IN THE FOREST-HOPS FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND OFTEN LANDS ON 13:06 UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE CAUSING THEM TO GO UNCONSCIOUS. 13:11 HE PROMISED BONNIE THAT HE WOULD SACRIFICE A COCK IF HE GOT BETTER. 13:16 HE ALSO MADE AN EXTRAVAGANT PROMISE TO GANGA THE GOD OF WATER 13:21 THAT HE WOULD SACRIFICE A GOAT. 13:23 TO REMIND HIM OF THE PROMISES HE WRAPPED A TOKEN AND HE KEPT IT 13:28 TOGETHER WITH A STICK IN HIS HOUSE. 13:30 WELL, SINCE HE STARTED STUDYING THE BIBLE WITH ARGENT, HE HAD BEEN 13:35 FEELING MUCH BETTER SO HE WORRIED ABOUT HE PROMISES. 13:40 I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT WHEN HE MADE PROMISES TO JESUS ALL THOSE OTHER 13:45 PROMISES MEANT NOTHING AT ALL. 13:48 HE BURNT THOSE TOKENS AND WE PRAYED TOGETHER. 13:52 FATHER IN HEAVEN WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU THAT YOU ARE A GREAT 13:57 GOD AND YOU CAN DO GREAT THINGS. 14:00 PLEASE PRAY FOR HAMIN SHARON, KRISHNAHAN NIVARAM AS THEY KEEP THEIR NEW 14:07 PROMISES TO THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 14:13 JOHN, THAT WAS VERY MOVING TO ME. 14:14 TALK ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE FREEDOM FROM BEING A SLAVE TO IDOLS. 14:19 YES. 14:21 THAT WAS-AND THE ACTUAL BURNING AND WOW! 14:24 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE AND TO SHARE 14:28 JESUS IN YOUR PRAYER THAT YOU HAD FOR THOSE PEOPLE WAS VERY MOVING. 14:31 YES, THANK YOU. 14:33 SO AND I NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A MEGAVOICE PLAYER THERE AT THE END. 14:35 THE SOLAR POWERED MEGAVOICE UNIT. 14:37 YES, EVERY YEAR I TAKE SOME OF THOSE WITH ME TO BANGLADESH AND 14:41 -WONDERFUL-I TAKE THEM IN BANGLA BECAUSE THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND BANGLA BETTER 14:45 THAN HINDI ACTUALLY. 14:47 INTERESTING. 14:47 YES. 14:48 WELL THANK YOU. 14:49 WELL WE ARE GOING TO INVOLVE YOU NOW BECAUSE REMEMBER YOU ARE ON THE 14:52 TRIP WITH US AND WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU 14:56 CAN GET INVOLVED WITH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND OUR WEBSITE IS: 14:59 GOAIM.ORG AND HERE IS SOME MORE INFORMATION. 15:02 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 15:08 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 15:12 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 15:15 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 15:17 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 15:20 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 15:24 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 15:28 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 15:31 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:33 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 15:40 WORLD. 15:41 WHERE? 15:41 ALL THE WORLD. 15:43 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 15:45 YOU CAN PRAY. 15:47 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 15:52 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 15:56 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 15:59 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 16:03 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 16:04 BE THE SPARK. 16:06 LIGHT THE FIRE. 16:07 FINISH THE WORK. 16:10 FINISH THE WORK. 16:13 BE THE SPARK. 16:15 I LAUGH EVERY TIME I SEE THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS SO CUTE BECAUSE YES, WE DO 16:19 NEED TO BE THE SPARK AND AREN'T THOSE KIDS JUST GREAT AND THE HOLY SPIRIT 16:22 IS IN EACH ONE OF US. 16:24 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US AS WE TALK ABOUT TRIPURA. 16:27 INTERESTING AREA OF THE WORLD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND JOHN DUROE YOU ARE 16:31 HERE WITH US. 16:32 YES. 16:34 SO YOU'VE TAKEN US ON A TRIP AND WE HAVE SOME MORE PLACES TO GO WITH YOU SO 16:38 HOW DO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS-WHAT IS THE TYPICAL DAY LIKE FOR THEM? 16:43 AND SHARE WITH US SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WORKERS THERE. 16:46 WELL, ACTUALLY FIRST OF ALL WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT VIDEO, WE 16:51 ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S LIKE IN TRIPURA. 16:53 IT CAN BE VERY BEAUTIFUL IN THE COUNTRYSIDE THERE. 16:57 STILL QUITE WILD AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 17:03 DO. 17:04 NOW THE ONE THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT TAMFILA, HIS NAME IS, HE IS A 17:09 CARPENTER. 17:11 I'VE WATCHED HIM BEFORE HELPING CHURCH MEMBERS AND NONCHURCHMEMBERS BUILD 17:15 THEIR NEW HOUSES AND TODAY IN THIS NEXT VIDEO YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HIM HELPING 17:18 TO CONSTRUCT A NEW CHURCH FOR SOME PEOPLE AS WELL. 17:20 SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT NOW? 17:21 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. 17:33 OK. 17:36 TRIPURA IS THE THIRD SMALLEST STATE IN INDIA. 17:40 SIXTY PERCENT HILLY AND FOREST WITH 300 DIFFERENT KINDS OF BIRDS. 17:45 IT HAS OVER 200 SQUARE MILES OF NATIONAL PARK WITH ONLY THREE MILLION 17:56 POPULATION. 17:58 THERE ARE OVER SIXTEEN MAIN LINGUISTIC GROUPS WHICH MAKE COMMUNICATION 18:02 DIFFICULT. 18:03 TAMFILA IS ONE OF THE OUR ACTIVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 18:11 HE KEEPS IN CONTACT WITH EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE. 18:14 MANY PEOPLE WORK FROM THEIR HOMES. 18:15 FOOD TAKES A LONG TIME TO CLEAN AND PREPARE. 18:18 KNIVES HAVE TO BE KEPT SHARP. 18:25 OLD PEOPLE MUSN'T BE NEGLECTED. 18:31 PRAYER NEVER FAILS.THIS YOUNG LADY STARTED SUFFERING FROM SEVERE 18:38 STOMACH CRAMPS. 18:39 SHE WAS FORCED TO STOP HER WORK. 18:41 HER MOTHER DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HER. 18:43 SHE TRIED TO CARE FOR HER AT HOME. 18:45 SHE TRIED THE LOCAL DOCTOR AND HE PRESCRIBED MEDICINE BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. 18:50 SHE THOUGHT THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS POSSESSED BY SOME EVIL SPIRIT AND THEN 18:55 SHE CALLED TAMFILA OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 18:59 HE CAME AND HE PRAYED FOR HER. 19:02 THEY TOLD ME THAT AFTER A LOUD CRY SHE LAY STILL AND THEN SHE STARTED TO 19:08 RECOVER. 19:10 TAMFILA CONTINUED TO VISIT AND PRAY AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE SHE WAS UP AND 19:15 ABOUT AND WEAVING AGAIN. 19:19 TAMFILA TOLD ME TO SEE THE CHURCH IN KALIGANG THE NEXT VILLAGE. 19:24 IT HAD BEEN BUILT BY MARANATHA. 19:26 SO WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE MATERIALS FROM THE OLD CHURCH CONSTRUCTION? 19:31 WELL, WE CARRY IT ALL TO THE NEXT VILLAGE BIFEMRAI AND WE START ALL OVER 19:36 AGAIN. 19:38 FORTUNATELY, TAMFILA IS A GOOD HANDYMAN AND FORTUNATELY I ARRIVED AT 19:43 THE RIGHT TIME. 19:44 BEFORE I LEFT TENNESSEE OUR CHURCH MEMBERS PUT SOME MONEY IN MY POCKET 19:49 FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. 19:51 SO I WAS ABLE TO LEAVE 10,000 RUPEES -ENOUGH TO BUY THE NEW CHURCH A TIN 19:57 ROOF. 19:58 BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS AREA LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN 20:03 KALANG VILLAGE. 20:04 HIS NAME WAS INGMAWAY. 20:07 THIS IS HIS HOME. 20:08 HIS WIFE IS IN THE JUNGLE TODAY COLLECTING GRASS THAT SHE SELLS FOR A 20:13 LITTLE EXTRA CASH. 20:15 HE TOLD ME HOW HE ORGANIZES HIS MEMBERS INTO SMALL GROUPS THAT VISIT 20:21 ALL THE HOMES IN THE VILLAGE AND PRAYS-EVEN IN HINDU HOMES. 20:26 THEY APPRECIATE THE PRAYER VISITS. 20:28 INGMAWAY IS A GOOD VISITOR AND HAS TAUGHT HIS CHURCH MEMBERS WELL. 20:34 I KNOW THAT THIS CHURCH WILL GROW. 20:37 ONE LADY EXPLAINED TO ME ABOUT HER YOUNG SON WHO APPEARED TO BE ALWAYS 20:41 AFRAID UNTIL THE MEMBERS STARTED PRAYING FOR HIM. 20:45 NOW HE IS HARDLY AFRAID AT ALL. 20:48 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO VISIT THIS BEAUTIFUL STATE OF TRIPURA. 20:53 IT WASN'T EASY GETTING BACK THROUGH TOWN THAT EVENING BUT WE MADE IT. 20:59 PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THIS PART OF 21:04 NORTHERN INDIA. 21:07 WELL, JOHN WHAT A TRIP WE HAVE BEEN ON TO TRIPURA. 21:10 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE DIDN'T HAVE HARDLY DO ANYTHING. 21:13 IT WAS A PLEASURE. 21:14 IT WAS NICE TO REVISIT IT MYSELF. 21:16 WELL IT IS SO INTERESTING. 21:17 I LOVE THOSE MARKET SCENES. 21:19 I JUST LOVE BEING IN ASIA AND SEEING ALL THE SCENES AND WHAT IS GOING ON BUT 21:24 TO GO BACK TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, WHAT A BIG JOB THAT THEY HAVE. 21:28 YES. 21:29 AND THERE ARE HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 21:31 IN TRIPURA? 21:32 WE HAVE ABOUT TWENTY AT THE MOMENT BUT WE WOULD LIKE SOME MORE. 21:36 AND TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT. 21:39 WELL YOU SEE, TRIPURA IS JUST ONE OF THE STATES BUT THERE ARE OTHER STATES 21:45 AROUND TRIPURA THAT WE NEED TO BE ENTERING. 21:48 ALTHOUGH MIZORAM THE NEXT STATE IS A CHRISTIAN STATE, THEY SEEM TO HAVE 21:54 SKIPPED OVER ALL OF THOSE STATES AROUND TRIPURA AND THEY'VE GONE SOMEWHERE 21:58 ELSE. 21:59 I DON'T KNOW BUT THEY DO SEND SHORT MISSION TRIPS IN THERE BUT WE NEED SOME 22:03 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 22:05 AND HOW DO YOU GET MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 22:09 WELL, WE PRAY AND WE SHOW VIDEOS LIKE WE'VE DONE TODAY AND WE SAY PLEASE 22:18 HELP US. 22:19 WE NEED SOME HELP. 22:21 BECAUSE WE DO, WE DO PAY THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, YES, AND IT'S 22:24 THEIR JOB AND SO WE DO NEED TO HAVE FUNDING TO HELP PEOPLE TO HAVE THESE 22:28 JOBS TO SHARE JESUS WITH THEIR PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGES WHERE THEY ARE. 22:32 YES. 22:33 AND YOU SHARED THAT VIDEO OF THE WOMAN WHO HAD THE STOMACH PROBLEMS AND HOW 22:36 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CAME AND AS I SAW THE VIDEO OF HER WEAVING IT 22:42 MADE ME THINK OF LYDIA IN THE BIBLE WHO WAS A WEAVER AS WELL, YES. 22:46 AND WHAT A LIFE CHANGING STORY THAT THIS WOMAN THEN CAN TELL OF HOW THE LORD 22:50 HEALED HER AND HOW A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CAME AND PRAYED FOR HER. 22:53 YES. 22:53 YES. 22:55 AND YOU KNOW WE READ IN THE BIBLE ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS BUT WE THINK, 22:58 WELL OH MAYBE THAT HAPPENED JUST IN JESUS' DAY. 23:00 WELL NO, HE STILL DOING THESE MIRACLES ISN'T HE? 23:02 OH YES, PRAYER CHANGES THINGS. 23:04 ABSOLUTELY. 23:05 SO WHEN YOU GO BACK EACH TIME AND YOU MEET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 23:09 WHAT DOES IT DO FOR YOU? 23:11 IT IS LIKE SEEING AN OLD FRIEND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I SEE THE SAME 23:15 ONES EVERY YEAR AND I SEE THE PROGRESS THAT THEY'VE MADE AND THEY TELL ME 23:20 THEIR STORIES AND IT IS FUN. 23:22 YES. 23:24 WELL AND IT'S GREAT BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN BRING THESE STORIES BACK AND 23:27 LIKE YOU SHARED WITH THE VIEWERS TO SHOW YOU KNOW, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. 23:32 YES. 23:34 AND GOING BACK TO THESE PEOPLE THOUGH WHO HAVE SUCH A HISTORY, A CULTURE 23:38 OF PRAYING TO IDOLS LIKE THE ONE -THE IDOL THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEONE CAN BE 23:44 JUST, YES, WHAT'S MY WORD? 23:46 THAT THEY ARE NOT FUNCTIONING, LIKE A STROKE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 23:51 YES, AND THIS DEVIL CAN GO-I MEAN I JUST- TO LIVE IN SUCH FEAR, YES, I THNK 23:57 THAT THAT IS SUCH A FEARFUL THING TO BELIEVE AND THEN HERE TO HAVE 24:02 JESUS COME AND TO BE FREE FROM THAT. 24:04 THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE GOSPEL, YES, THE GOSPEL TAKES AWAY FEAR. 24:07 YES. 24:09 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF CHANGE. 24:12 ONCE THEY'VE MADE THAT CHANGE AND THEY'VE TURNED TO JESUS CHRIST, IT MAKES 24:16 A WHOLE BIG DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES. 24:18 BUT HOW MANY TIMES IN THE BIBLE DO WE READ DO NOT BE AFRAID; DO NOT BE FEARFUL 24:24 AND YET SOMETIMES WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT BUT TO HEAR THESE STORIES AND TO 24:28 SEE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED TO HAVE THE FREEDOM FROM THAT IS HUGE. 24:32 YES, YES. 24:33 SO YOU HAVE HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AGAIN? 24:36 WE HAVE TWENTY. 24:37 TWENTY, OK BUT A GREAT NEED FOR MORE. 24:39 WE WOULD LIKE SOME MORE. 24:41 AND DO YOU DO TRAINING WITH YOUR WORKERS IN TRIPURA SO THAT THEY CAN 24:45 KNOW WHERE TO GO? 24:46 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 24:48 YES. 24:49 WE HAVE TWO ORDAINED PASTORS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN TRIPURA AND THEY- SO 24:54 ONE LOOKS AFTER ONE HALF AND THE OTHER ONE LOOKS AFTER THE OTHER HALF. 24:58 THEY ARE VERY GOOD PASTORS. 24:59 THEY ARE VERY GOOD TRAINERS AND THEY LOOK AFTER THEIR WORKERS VERY, 25:05 VERY WELL. 25:07 GOOD SO THEY ARE THEN THE MAIN PEOPLE THERE, YES, WHO THEN HELP EVEN THOUGH 25:11 YES, YOU GO ONCE A YEAR, YES BUT THAT ISN'T ALWAYS ENOUGH SO. 25:14 YES. 25:15 SO TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE KIDS. 25:17 ARE THERE SABBATH SCHOOL CLASSES FOR THE KIDS AT THE CHURCHES? 25:21 HOW -WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE KIDS? 25:24 OH YES, YES THEY DO. 25:26 WE TRY AND GET CHURCH SCHOOLS GOING. 25:29 WE HAVE ONE ACADEMY THERE IN TRIPURA. 25:31 IT'S RUN VERY, VERY WELL. 25:33 IT'S RUN BY A LADY FROM MIZORAM THAT CAME OVER LIKE A MISSIONARY, OH 25:35 REALLY? 25:36 AND SHE SAYS, "I'M GOING TO START A NEW CHURCH IN THIS AREA." 25:43 AND THEN SHE HAS THIS ACADEMY THERE WITH ABOUT 200 STUDENTS NOW. 25:48 WOW. 25:49 I TOOK A PROJECTOR FROM MY CHURCH TOOK A PROJECTOR OVER THERE THIS YEAR -AN 25:53 OLD ONE THAT WE'D FINISHED WITH AND SHE WAS THRILLE TO BITS TO GET THIS 25:58 PROJECTOR FOR THE SCHOOL. 25:59 ABSOLUTELY, WELL AND AS WE CAN SEE FROM THE VIDEO-VERY PRIMITIVE IN 26:03 MANY OF THESE PLACES. 26:04 YES. 26:05 SO ARE PEOPLE THERE CAN THEY READ? 26:08 UM DOES IT-WHAT'S THE LITERACY RATE? 26:11 WELL, OH YES, YES THEY CAN. 26:13 THEY ARE VERY LITERATE ACTUALLY. 26:15 OK. 26:16 AT THIS SCHOOL THIS ACADEMY, MOST OF THE TEACHING IS DONE IN 26:20 ENGLISH. 26:20 OH IT IS? 26:21 OH YES. 26:22 OH, OK. 26:22 YES. 26:23 WELL THAT'S GOOD. 26:24 WELL JOHN YOU HAVE GIVEN US A CHALLENGE HERE TO OUR VIEWERS. 26:28 HERE IS THE MAP AGAIN AND TRIPURA IS RIGHT OVER HERE IN THIS AREA AND SO AS YOU 26:33 PRAY I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS AREA. 26:36 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND ALSO GIVE, RIGHT JOHN? 26:40 YES. 26:41 WELL GREAT. 26:42 WELL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 26:42 THANK YOU. 26:43 AND BLESSINGS TO YOU. 26:44 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:47 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:48 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND AS THE LORD IS IMPRESSING UPON YOU I ASK 26:52 YOU TO PLEASE GIVE. 26:53 PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION AND MAY THE 27:32 LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 28:19 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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