Adventures in Missions

A Day in the Life of a GO Worker

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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:13 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING TODAY.
00:20 YOU KNOW WHAT, THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE BRING TO YOU ARE A COMBINATION OF
00:24 SEVERAL THINGS.
00:25 THEY'RE GEOGRAPHY LESSONS BECAUSE WE BRING YOU INTERESTING NEWS AND
00:28 INFORMATION ABOUT PLACES THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH AND WE'RE
00:31 ALSO SHARING WITH YOU WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE 10/40 WINDOW.
00:35 THAT IS OUR SPECIFIC AREA OF CONCERN ON THIS BIG WORLD THAT THE LARD HAS
00:39 MADE AND WE'RE SHARING WITH YOU WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:44 WORKERS.
00:45 SO THANK YOU FOR COMING ALONG AND WE HOPE YOU DO LEARN SOME MORE
00:47 INFORMATION ABOUT GEOGRAPHY.
00:49 AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TRAVELING TO A VERY INTERESTING PLACE AND JOHN
00:53 DUROE YOU ARE HERE AND YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE US THERE.
00:56 YES.
00:58 WE'RE GOING TO THE THIRD SMALLEST STATE IN INDIA CALLED TRIPURA IN
01:04 NORTHEAST INDIA.
01:05 AND IT USED TO BE A KINGDOM ALL BY ITSELF.
01:09 THE LAST KING DIED AROUND ABOUT THE TIME WHEN I WAS BORN.
01:15 INTERESTING.
01:17 AND HIS QUEEN OFFERED THAT KINGDOM TO INDIA TO BECOME ANOTHER INDIAN STATE.
01:22 SO YOU CAN STILL SEE THE PALACE THERE IN THE CAPITAL CITY.
01:27 THEY'VE MADE IT INTO A MUSEUM NOW.
01:28 IT'S VERY NICE.
01:29 AND WHERE IN INDIA IS TRIPURA.
01:31 IT'S NORTHEAST INDIA.
01:34 IT'S JUST ABOVE BANGLADESH BECAUSE I TAKE CARE OF BANGLADESH AND ALSO
01:39 TRIPURA.
01:40 AND ABOUT WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF TRIPURA.
01:42 OH NOT VERY MANY.
01:44 ABOUT THREE MILLION.
01:46 SO IT'S JUST A SMALL STATE.
01:49 IT'S ABOUT 60 PERCENT HILLY AND WOODED AND JUST ABOUT 30 PERCENT FOR
01:56 AGRICULTURE.
01:57 AND ABOUT HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO WE HAVE IN THIS PARTICULAR
02:01 AREA?
02:02 WE HAVE 20.
02:02 TWENTY, OKAY.
02:04 THEY STARTED THE WORK THERE IN TRIPURA AND NOW THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF
02:09 BUILDING A MISSION OFFICE THERE SO THAT WE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STATIC
02:15 THERE.
02:17 AND TRIPURA IS LOCATED NEXT TO A CHRISTIAN STATE IN INDIA.
02:20 IS THAT CORRECT?
02:21 MIZORAM, YES.
02:22 BUT IT'S NOT VERY EASY TO GET FROM MIZORAM INTO TRIPURA.
02:26 I'VE MADE THAT JOURNEY ONCE BY ROAD AND IT WAS PRETTY HORRENDOUS.
02:32 AND THAT WAS PROBABLY THE LAST TIME YOU'LL DO THAT.
02:35 YES.
02:36 I UNDERSTAND AFTER SEEING SOME OF THE PICTURES AND EXPERIENCING THE ROADS IN
02:40 ASIA.
02:41 THEY ARE SOMETHING INDEED TO REMEMBER.
02:43 YES.
02:44 SO JOHN, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND
02:47 WHAT'S A TYPICAL DAY FOR THEM AND WHAT DO THEY EXPERIENCE.
02:49 OKAY.
02:51 I THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN THE TIME WHEN THEY
02:54 GET OUT OF THEIR MOSQUITO NETS IN THE MORNING TO THE TIME WHEN THEY GET INTO
02:58 THEIR MOSQUITO NETS AT NIGHT.
03:00 SO I'VE FOLLOWED SOME GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU
03:05 NOW A TYPICAL DAY IN THE LIFE OF A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
03:11 (MUSIC) THIS YEAR IN TRIPURA INDIA I FOUND MYSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF
03:19 POLITICAL ELECTIONS.
03:21 (MUSIC) THE LOCAL COMMUNIST PARTY USUALLY WINS THE DAY.
03:27 TRIBAL PEOPLE JOIN TOGETHER TO TRY AND MAKE THINGS BETTER BUT OUR
03:33 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN TRIPURA ARE UNITED UNDER THE CROSS OF JESUS.
03:39 WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
03:44 WELL, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING PROBIR AND MUNLUCKY FROM THE DAYS THEY FIRST FELL
03:49 IN LOVE AND THEIR MARRIAGE WAS ARRANGED.
03:52 NOW THEY HAVE A SON IN SCHOOL.
03:55 LET ME GIVE YOU A PEEK INTO HOW THEIR DAY STARTS IN THE VILLAGE.
03:59 WE CAN'T DO WITHOUT THAT LONG TALK NOR CAN WE DO WITHOUT THE MOSQUITO NET.
04:07 IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER TO START THE DAY WHEN WATER HAS TO BE FETCHED
04:11 FROM THE PUMP AND RICE OR CHAPATI, THAT'S FLAT BREAD NEEDS TO BE COOKED.
04:17 CHILDREN TAKE TIME BUT MUNLUCKY IS A TEACHER AS WELL AS A MOTHER.
04:22 AFTER MORNING DEVOTIONS AND WORSHIP THEY'RE OFF TO SCHOOL.
04:27 LAST YEAR THEIR SCHOOL SQUASHED INTO THE CHURCH BUT THIS YEAR THE PARENTS
04:32 HELPED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW TIN BUILDING.
04:35 BECAUSE OUR CHURCH MEMBERS IN TENNESSEE PUT SOME MONEY IN MY POCKET FOR
04:41 SUCH A TIME AS THIS I WAS ABLE TO LEAVE 10 THOUSAND RUPEES TO PAY FOR AN
04:46 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AND FIVE NEW FANS.
04:51 AFTER SCHOOL I WATCHED PROBIR AND MUNLUCKY VISITING THE PARENTS IN
04:56 THEIR HOMES.
04:58 WHATEVER OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO THEIR ONE AIM IS TO MAKE FRIENDS
05:04 AND TO SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS.
05:08 HOW DO THEY DO THIS?
05:09 HOW DO THEY GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY?
05:15 I VISITED WITH HILO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO WORKS IN RANCHI VILLAGE ON
05:22 THE BORDER OF INDIA.
05:24 I ASKED HIM HOW HE APPROACHES PEOPLE, HOW HE INVITES THEM TO CHURCH.
05:30 HE SAID THAT HE PRAYED ABOUT IT AND HE TRIED DIFFERENT METHODS AND HE
05:36 FOUND THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY IS JUST TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOUNG
05:41 PEOPLE.
05:42 I FOUND HILO TO BE A VERY FRIENDLY PERSON.
05:45 HE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE.
05:48 HE IS A GOOD SOCCER COACH TOO.
05:51 I WATCHED HIM DRILLING HIS NEW TEAM IN HEADING, DRIBBLING AND JUST
05:56 CONTROLLING THE BALL.
05:58 THEY LISTENED TO HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND THEY LISTENED TO OTHER THINGS
06:02 TOO.
06:03 THEY LIKE IT WHEN HE PRAYS WITH THEM BEFORE THE GAME.
06:06 HE KNOWS ABOUT KITE MAKING.
06:07 THAT'S A BIG DEAL IN BANGLADESH.
06:12 SOME SPECIAL DAYS THE SKIES ARE FULL OF KITES AND KIDS FIGHT TO HAVE THE
06:17 LAST KITE FLYING.
06:20 THE GIRLS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN AND EVEN THE YOUNG KIDS GET
06:23 INSTRUCTIONS IN PLAYING MARBLES.
06:27 THE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE HILO'S DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE AND SLOWLY THEY ARE MAKING
06:33 CHANGES THEMSELVES.
06:36 HE ATTENDS THEIR SOCIAL EVENTS AND THEIR CHRISTMAS PLAYS.
06:40 THERE ARE SOME OTHER CHURCH GROUPS WHO ARE TRYING TO KINDER HIS WORK
06:44 BUT TWO OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ATTENDING CHURCH REGULARLY AND TODAY
06:49 THEY WILL BE BAPTIZED.
06:52 THE MISSION PRESIDENT PRESENTED THE WITH A TALKING BIBLE.
06:57 HILO'S STRATEGY IS PAYING OFF.
07:01 HE HASN'T BEEN WORKING IN RANCHI FOR LONG BUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
07:06 RESPONDING.
07:07 PLEASE PRAY FOR HILO AND KEEP SUPPORTING OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN
07:14 BANGLADESH.
07:16 NGHAKI HAS BEEN TRAINED AS A MEDICAL MISSIONARY.
07:20 SHE TREATS PATIENTS AND PRAYS WITH THEM AND FOLLOWS THE EXAMPLE OF
07:25 JESUS.
07:26 THEY LISTEN TO HER.
07:28 EVERYTHING LEADS TO TELLING THE STORY OF JESUS AND GOD'S KINGDOM OF LOVE.
07:35 GOD'S KINGDOM AND REAL CHANGE BEGINS IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO INVITE
07:42 JESUS TO LIVE THERE.
07:44 GANGAMANDHONI HAD NO TIME TO STUDY AND ATTEND CHURCH WITH HIS WIFE.
07:49 HE WAS INTO POLITICS AND DRINKING BUT THIS YEAR THINGS CHANGED IN HIS
07:57 LIFE.
07:58 I VISITED HIS HOME.
08:00 ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T EASY GETTING THERE.
08:04 AND I WATCHED HIM BEING BAPTIZED AS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BEFRIENDED
08:09 HIM.
08:10 I SAW MANY BAPTISMS THIS YEAR EVEN LATE INTO THE NIGHT.
08:15 LIFE ISN'T EASY FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
08:19 SOMETIMES WATER HAS TO BE CARRIED, LIVING CONDITIONS ARE VERY BASIC, NOT MUCH
08:25 FURNITURE BESIDES A BED AND A COUPLE OF STOOLS.
08:29 FOOD PREPARATION ALWAYS TAKES TIME BUT THE FOOD IS SIMPLE.
08:34 I VISITED THIS HOME A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND I
08:39 ALWAYS CALL IT THE ROOM WITH THE VIEW.
08:41 WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THIS COUPLE AND END THE DAY WITH TWOSENRI.
08:47 HOW DOES THE DAY END FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THE VILLAGE WITH NO
08:53 ELECTRICITY.
08:54 WELL, IT'S NOT EASY PREPARING ALL THE FOOD FROM SCRATCH.
08:58 NO KNIVES AND FORKS IN THIS HOUSE.
09:01 I ATE HERE TOO.
09:02 THE VILLAGERS JOINED HIM FOR EVENING WORSHIP.
09:07 AND AFTER PERSONAL DEVOTIONS TWOSENRI AND HIS WIFE PREPARE FOR BED.
09:13 GOD'S KINGDOM IS GROWING IN TRIPURA AND BANGLADESH AND YOU ARE HELPING IT TO
09:21 GROW AS YOU SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
09:26 THANK YOU.
09:27 JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT AND VISITING THOSE WORKERS.
09:31 BLESS THEM ALL.
09:32 YES.
09:33 BLESS THEM ALL.
09:34 AND YOU KNOW AS WE SIT HERE IN THE WESTERN WORLD AND WE SEE WHAT THEY GO
09:40 THROUGH.
09:41 THE MOSQUITO, JUST THE MOSQUITO NET ALONE.
09:43 AND THEN WE LOOK AND SEE HOW THEY COOK THEIR FOOD AND ALL OF THE CHALLENGES
09:48 THAT THEY HAVE BUT FOR THEM IT'S JUST LIFE.
09:51 YES.
09:52 BUT IT MAKES MANY OF US INCLUDING ME EAT HUMBLE PIE AND BE REALLY HAPPY
09:57 AND APPRECIATIVE AND FEEL BLESSED FOR WHAT WE DO HAVE AND THAT WE NEED TO
10:01 SHARE.
10:02 IT DOES ME GOOD TO GO THERE FOR ONE MONTH EVERY YEAR.
10:04 IT PUTS ME BACK INTO LINE AGAIN.
10:07 WELL THE WORD FOR ME IS PERSPECTIVE.
10:09 YES, YES.
10:10 IT GIVES A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE THINGS THAT I MIGHT THINK ARE
10:14 IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE REALLY NOT.
10:16 YES.
10:17 SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT AND I LOVE SEEING THOSE BIBLES OPENED IN
10:20 THOSE PLACES WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SHARING JESUS.
10:24 AND IT IS ABOUT BEING FRIENDS, RIGHT?
10:27 YES, THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT.
10:28 THAT'S THE MAIN THING, HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE.
10:31 BUT THAT'S NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE.
10:33 THAT'S TRUE.
10:34 NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE.
10:35 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOUR
10:38 NEIGHBORS AND ALL OF THAT.
10:40 AND JOHN, YOU DID MENTION SOMETHING IN YOUR VIDEO ABOUT MEGAVOICE THE
10:44 TALKING BIBLE.
10:45 YES, YES.
10:46 I ALWAYS TAKE A FEW OF THOSE WITH ME IN MY SUITCASE.
10:50 SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY GOING THROUGH SECURITY.
10:53 THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THESE THINGS ARE.
10:55 WHAT ARE THEY?
10:57 WELL WE WILL TELL OUR VIEWERS MORE ABOUT WHAT MEGAVOICE THE TALKING
11:01 BIBLES ARE.
11:04 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL "A" HERE AT GENERAL
11:06 CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO.
11:07 I AM HERE WITH DARYL.
11:09 HELLO DARYL.
11:11 HELLO, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
11:12 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US.
11:14 SO DARYL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGAVOICE PLAYER.
11:17 WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE.
11:19 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER.
11:20 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL.
11:23 THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A LOT.
11:25 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED.
11:26 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 DEGREES AND WATER
11:31 RESISTANT.
11:32 WOW.
11:33 THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE.
11:35 YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND HOLD.
11:38 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES.
11:42 OH THANK YOU.
11:44 SO THAT'S GOOD ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A TRADE LANGUAGE AND THEN
11:50 THE HEART LANGUAGE, YOU CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES
11:53 AND THEN YOU HAVE BOTH CHAPTER VERSE FORWARD, BOTH CHAPTER VERSE
11:56 BACKWARD AND THE PAUSE BUTTON IS YOUR BOOK MARK.
11:58 SO IT'S REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR MISSION OUTREACH.
12:05 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH'S GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND THEN THEY GO WITH THE
12:10 REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EARBUDS AND THEN
12:13 WITH ALSO A SPEAKER RIGHT?
12:15 YES.
12:17 THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER ONBOARD SO IT'S LOUD ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 15-20
12:21 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM.
12:23 AND THEN OF COURSE THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL LISTENING AND IN THE 10/40
12:28 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE CLOSED COUNTRIES IT'S SAFE YOU KNOW BECAUSE
12:35 EVERYONE NOW HAS EARPHONES AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE,
12:37 BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING, TRAINING AND NOT BE YOU KNOW BROADCASTING IT TO
12:41 EVERYONE BUT THEY CAN BE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN AND WE GET TESTIMONIES ON A
12:50 WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO FAITH BECAUSE OF
12:55 HEARING GOD'S WORD.
12:57 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC-SPEAKING WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH
13:02 TO BE ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE.
13:03 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL.
13:05 ABSOLUTELY.
13:06 THEY ARE STORIED CULTURED.
13:08 REALLY I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN THE FIELD.
13:11 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY
13:13 THE LORD BLESS YOU.
13:29 (MUSIC PLAYING) THESE ARE LIKE GOLD WHEN YOU GIVE THEM TO A GOSPEL OUTREACH
13:37 WORKER BECAUSE THEY CAN SHARE JESUS THROUGH THESE.
13:40 SO WHAT WE DO HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS GARY FULLER DOWNLOADS WHATEVER
13:44 LANGUAGE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR NEEDS TO TAKE TO THEIR GOSPEL OUTREACH
13:48 WORKERS.
13:49 SO WE HAVE THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND IN MANDARIN AND IN THAI.
13:53 WE HAVE THE BIBLES THAT ARE AUDIO AND THEY CAN BE IN WHATEVER LANGUAGE AND
13:58 SO THESE ARE JUST FANTASTIC TO TAKE.
14:01 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CAN PLAY THEM, CAN PUT THEM ON A TABLE ON THE
14:04 FLOOR AND THE SPEAKER CAN PLAY AND THEY CAN DO BIBLE STORIES AND BIBLE STUDIES
14:09 AND THERE'S MUSIC THAT ALSO PLAYS JOHN AND THESE ARE JUST FANTASTIC.
14:13 NOW ON THE ONES THAT I TOOK THIS YEAR THEY ALSO HAD SOMETHING ELSE ADDED.
14:18 THEY HAD THE NARRATIVE FOR THE JESUS FILM.
14:22 OH WONDERFUL.
14:23 YES.
14:24 OKAY GREAT.
14:25 YES, THE WHOLE NARRATIVE FROM THE JESUS FILM.
14:27 THEY ARE JUST FANTASTIC AND LIKE DARYL WAS SAYING THEY'RE JUST KIND OF
14:34 INDESTRUCTIBLE WHICH IS GREAT.
14:35 ALMOST, YES ALMOST.
14:36 SO JOHN WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR TERRITORY OF TRIPURA AND
14:38 YOU'VE GIVEN US SOME GREAT GREAT INSIGHTS INTO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
14:43 WHO ARE THERE.
14:44 AND HOW DO THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SURVIVE.
14:46 TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
14:50 WELL, IF THEY CAN SURVIVE THE ROADS, THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROADS THEY'RE DOING
14:56 QUITE WELL.
14:57 YES.
14:58 HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED THAT WHERE YOU'RE JUST PRAYING TO THE LORD FOR SAFE
15:03 TRAVEL.
15:04 YES.
15:05 I KNOW SOME STATISTICS.
15:06 IN ENGLAND EVERY DAY FIVE PEOPLE DIE ON THE ROAD BUT IN BANGLADESH 500 PEOPLE
15:14 DIE ON THE ROAD EVERY DAY.
15:15 FIVE HUNDRED.
15:16 YES.
15:18 OH MY.
15:18 YES.
15:20 AND IF YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED TRAFFIC IN ASIA THAT'S ONE THING THAT
15:23 YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE, PEOPLE COMING.
15:26 BUT THAT IS SERIOUS THOUGH.
15:27 FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE.
15:28 YES, YES.
15:29 WOW, WOW.
15:30 WELL YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE VIDEO TO SHOW.
15:32 YES I DO.
15:34 WE HAVE A YOUNG LADY WHO HAS BEEN TRAINED AS A MEDICAL MISSIONARY IN
15:39 AIZAWL THAT'S IN MIZORAM AND SHE'S COME OVER TO WORK IN TRIPURA AND SHE'S
15:46 GOING TO TRAIN OTHER PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME WORK THAT SHE'S DOING.
15:50 SO LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THAT VIDEO NOW.
15:53 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER NGHAKI HAS BEEN TRAINED AS A MEDICAL MISSIONARY AT
15:58 OUR CHURCH HOSPITAL IN AIZAWL, MIZORAM.
16:03 SHE HAS HAD TWO SEPARATE MONTHS OF TRAINING AND SHE WILL TAKE ANOTHER ONE IN
16:08 APRIL AND THEN SHE WILL BE GIVEN A CERTIFICATE SO THAT SHE WILL BE ABLE TO
16:13 WRITE SIMPLE PRESCRIPTIONS.
16:16 IT'S INTERESTING THAT THIS IS A COMBINED PROGRAM OF A NUMBER OF CHURCH
16:20 DENOMINATIONS BUT IT'S BEING RUN IN OUR ADVENTIST HOSPITAL IN MIZORAM.
16:26 ALLOW ME TO LET PASTOR TARTAY, OUR AREA SUPERVISOR FOR THIS
16:30 SECTION OF TRIPURA INTRODUCE NGHAKI.
16:34 THIS IS MISS NGHAKI FROM AIZAWL, MIZORAM.
16:37 SHE IS OUR GOV WORKER WHO IS WORKING HERE.
16:41 SHE IS TO TRAIN THESE COMMUNITY LAY HEALTH WORKER UNDER OUR ADVENTIST
16:53 HOSPITAL.
16:54 SHE HAS BEEN TRAINED AND SHE CAME BACK TO TRIPURA AND SHE IS WORKING HERE
17:03 AND THERE VISITING PATIENTS AND SHE IS VERY EFFECTIVE AND VERY HELPFUL
17:09 IN OUR FIELD.
17:10 NAGHAKI WORKS IN DUIGANG VILLAGE AND I FOLLOWED HERE AROUND AND WATCHED
17:16 HER VISITING SOME OF HER PATIENTS.
17:20 I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HER MANNER AND PERSONALITY.
17:24 SHE WAS WARMLY WELCOMED BY THE SICK VILLAGERS.
17:26 SHE HAD A DEFINITE ADVANTAGE BEING A LADY AND OTHER LADIES WERE READY TO
17:36 EXPLAIN THEIR ACHES AND PAINS.
17:39 I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY SHE ALWAYS PRAYED WITH HER PATIENTS.
17:44 SOMETIMES SHE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT HER PATIENTS CONSULT ANOTHER
17:48 DOCTOR IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE LADIES CALLED HER DOCTOR.
17:54 THIS IS WHAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO FIND.
17:58 RICE WINE BEING PRODUCED.
18:01 PART OF THE PROGRAM IS THAT THOSE TRAINED WILL PROVIDE TRAINING FOR OTHER
18:07 MEDICAL MISSIONARIES.
18:08 PLEASE PRAY FOR NGHAKI AS SHE PLANS TO HELP SOME OF OUR OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH
18:14 WORKERS DO SIMPLE THINGS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.
18:21 JOHN, GOD BLESS THIS WOMAN.
18:23 HERE SHE IS THE HEALING TOUCH.
18:24 I MEAN SHE'S TOUCHING THOSE PEOPLE JUST LIKE JESUS DID AND WHAT WE
18:27 SHOULD ALL DO AND WOW, WHAT A STORY.
18:30 AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS WOMAN.
18:33 HER HUSBAND DIED AND SHE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR GOD AND SO SHE WENT INTO
18:41 THIS TRAINING.
18:43 NOW THE TRAINING IS DONE BY A NUMBER OF CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS.
18:46 THEY ALL GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED ON THIS PROGRAM BUT THEY DO IT AT OUR
18:51 ADVENTIST HOSPITAL IN AIZAWL THE CAPITAL OF MIZORAM.
18:56 THAT'S FANTASTIC.
18:57 SO HOW WILL THIS PROGRAM SUCCEED AND CONTINUE.
18:59 WELL THE THING IS SHE IS TRAINED SO THAT SHE CAN TRAIN OTHERS.
19:04 THAT'S THE IDEA.
19:07 SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL SEE A NUMBER OF WORKERS JUST LIKE HER IN TRIPURA.
19:11 WELL AND THE ADVENTIST HOSPITALS AROUND THE WORLD, WHAT A HEALING
19:15 OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND WHAT A MISSION RIGHT THERE.
19:18 BUT IN ORDER TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO GO OUT, THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
19:23 YES.
19:24 SO WE'VE TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF A GOSPEL OUTREACH
19:27 WORKER.
19:28 WE'VE SEEN THIS DEAR WOMAN WHOSE GOING OUT AND HELPING PEOPLE IN THE
19:31 VILLAGES.
19:32 WHAT ARE SOME OTHER PROBLEMS WITH DISEASE AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE
19:35 EXPERIENCING IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.
19:37 WELL, LIFE EXPECTANCY IS VERY SHORT.
19:42 ABOUT 50 SOMETHING YEARS.
19:44 THAT'S ALL?
19:45 YES, YES.
19:46 WELL THAT'S BECAUSE LOTS OF CHILDREN DIE AND CHILDREN CAN EASILY DIE
19:53 WITH SOMETHING AS EASY AS MALARIA.
19:56 WE HAVE ONE VIDEO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU HOW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN OUR
20:02 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOUND OUT THAT THIS BABY HAD DIED OF MALARIA.
20:07 SO LET'S WATCH.
20:10 THE LAST THING I FILMED ON WEDNESDAY WAS WEDDING CELEBRATIONS.
20:14 THE LADIES WERE PARADING AND THERE WERE SOME SERIOUS THINGS TO DO AT
20:20 THE HINDU TEMPLE.
20:21 BUT DURING THE DAY I HEARD A SAD STORY THAT TURNED OUT WELL.
20:26 IN A VILLAGE LIVES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER MOYA AND HIS WIFE.
20:32 I VISITED MOYA A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
20:36 I REMEMBER THE OLD CHURCH BUILDING BEFORE MARANATHA CAME AND BUILT THEM A NEW
20:40 ONE.
20:42 PAST EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND MIRACULOUS ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
20:46 MOYA IS STILL AN EXCELLENT VISITOR AND THE VILLAGE PEOPLE RESPECT HIM.
20:51 THIS YEAR MOYA INTRODUCED ME TO SOME OF HIS BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES.
20:56 MOYA HAD MADE FRIENDS WITH MONJORAM AND SABITREE.
21:02 HE VISITED THEIR HOME REGULARLY BUT ONE DAY IT WAS SO SAD.
21:07 THEY TOLD MOYA HOW THEIR YOUNGEST CHILD HAD CAUGHT MALARIA AND OVERNIGHT HAD
21:13 DIED.
21:14 THE COUPLE WERE DEVASTATED.
21:17 THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
21:18 THEY HAD NO MONEY AND THEY WERE HEART BROKEN.
21:22 MOYA TOOK CHARGE.
21:23 HE SAID THAT HE COULD HELP.
21:25 HE TOLD THEM THAT HE WOULD HAVE A SERVICE AND WOULD BURY THE CHILD FOR THEM.
21:30 IT WAS A SAD DAY WHEN MOYA TOOK UP THE DEAD CHILD AND HEADED OFF TO THE JUNGLE.
21:36 MOYA DIDN'T LEAVE THEM TO GRIEVE ALONG.
21:38 HE KEPT VISITING THEM AND STARTED STUDYING THE BIBLE WITH THEM.
21:42 THEY HAD GROWN UP AS HINDUS SO THIS WAS ALL NEW TO THEM.
21:45 THE CHURCH M EMBERS ALSO TOOK THE YOUNG COUPLE UNDER THEIR WING AND
21:52 INVITED THEM TO CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THEIR HOME.
21:55 MOYA CONTINUED WITH BIBLE STUDIES AND TODAY I WAS TO WITNESS THEIR BAPTISM
22:01 TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER YOUNG MAN.
22:06 I ASKED HOW THIS YOUNG MAN BECAME INTERESTED IN THE CHURCH AND MOYA TOLD ME
22:11 HOW HE HAD BEFRIENDED HIM AND COACHED HIM AT SOCCER.
22:16 BEFORE WE LEFT THE VILLAGE THERE WAS ONE MORE THING TO DO.
22:19 A SICK MAN IN THE VILLAGE HAD REQUESTED SPECIAL PRAYER SO WE WENT TO HIS
22:25 HOME AND WE PRAYED.
22:27 WE WANT YOU TO PLACE YOUR HAND UPON THIS MAN TODAY.
22:31 THIS WAS A FAMILY THAT MOYA OFTEN STUDIED WITH.
22:35 AS WE LEFT THE HOME WE PASSED SOME LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN PERFORMING A
22:39 TRADITIONAL DANCE.
22:41 EVERY YEAR I STOP AND SAY HELLO TO THIS MAN AND HIS WIFE WHO LIVE BY THE SIDE
22:47 OF THE ROAD.
22:48 WE GOT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE WAY HOME.
22:51 THERE WAS A FIGHT OVER AN ACCIDENT AND SOON WE WERE BACK IN TOWN WITH THE
22:56 WEDDING BAND.
22:59 PLEASE HELP SUPPORT MOYA AND HIS WIFE IN THEIR MISSIONARY WORK IN THEIR
23:05 VILLAGE TRIPURA INDIA.
23:09 WOW JOHN.
23:10 SOME MORE PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR.
23:12 THAT DEAR COUPLE WHO LOST THEIR CHILD AND HOW THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS
23:15 THERE AND WAS ABLE TO HELP THEM.
23:17 YES.
23:18 VERY MOVING, VERY MOVING.
23:19 AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN THEIR HEARTS TO JESUS ISN'T THAT
23:23 WONDERFUL.
23:23 YES, VERY NICE.
23:25 SO WE'VE, WOW JOHN, YOU'VE TAKEN US ON A GEOGRAPHY LESSON, WE'VE LEARNED
23:30 ABOUT A NEW PLACE AND WE'VE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A
23:33 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
23:34 WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT SOME OF THE TRAGEDY OF MALARIA.
23:37 AND THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER DISEASE THAT IS NEW TO ME IS ZIKA.
23:42 YES, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT ZIKA.
23:44 THAT'S COMING FROM SOUTH AMERICA BUT ALREADY THEY'RE GETTING SCARED IN
23:50 ASIA IN BANGLADESH AND IN INDIA THAT ZIKA IS GOING TO SPREAD THERE.
23:55 AND IS IT SIMILAR TO MALARIA?
24:01 WELL YES, YOU GET IT THROUGH MOSQUITOES THE SAY WAY BUT IF A LADY HAS BEEN
24:10 BITTEN BY THIS MOSQUITO AND GETS ZIKA SHE PRODUCES A MALFORMED CHILD IF SHE'S
24:16 PREGNANT.
24:17 OH DEAR, WOW, WOW.
24:19 WELL WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR AND MORE PEOPLE TO BRING HOPE TO.
24:25 AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR NEEDS
24:30 ARE.
24:30 WE'VE HEARD ALL OF THESE THINGS.
24:32 IT SEEMED A LITTLE OVERWHELMING BUT WE KNOW THE LORD IS IN CHARGE.
24:35 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR AREA?
24:38 WELL ACTUALLY WE NEED TO RAISE THEIR STIPEND A LITTLE.
24:41 AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
24:43 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
24:45 OF COURSE, WE ALSO NEED EXTRA FUNDS TO COME IN IF WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM A
24:50 LITTLE BIT.
24:51 WE'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM SOME MORE MONEY FOR IF THEY'RE SICK AND SO ON,
24:56 WHICH THEY OFTEN ARE.
24:58 WELL IN TALKING ABOUT INVESTING IN ETERNITY WHY IS GOSPEL OUTREACH SUCH A
25:03 GREAT PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO INVEST THEIR MONEY?
25:06 BECAUSE ONCE THE MONEY IS INVESTED YOU JUST SEE THE RESULTS AND IT JUST GROWS
25:11 AND IT JUST GROWS AND IT JUST GROWS.
25:13 BY THE WORK THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING AND IT'S JUST FANTASTIC TO
25:18 SEE HOW THEY ARE MEETING THE PEOPLES NEEDS.
25:22 THE LADY WHO IS LEARNING ABOUT THE HEALING HAND OF HEALTH MINISTRY AND ALL OF
25:30 THAT.
25:31 SO JOHN YOU VISIT AS YOU SAID ONCE A YEAR.
25:33 YES.
25:34 AND YOUR GOAL WHEN YOU GO THERE IS TO DO WHAT?
25:38 MY GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
25:42 I TAKE VIDEOS SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THE STORY WITH OUR LISTENERS SO THEY KNOW
25:47 WHAT'S HAPPENING.
25:48 AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT IN THE RIGHT WAY.
25:53 WELL WE SURE APPRECIATE YOUR VIDEOS AND YOU KNOW WHAT JOHN, WHY DON'T YOU
25:56 LOOK IN THAT CAMERA RIGHT THERE AND WHY DON'T YOU MAKE AN APPEAL TO OUR
25:59 VIEWERS WHO ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
26:00 WELL WE HAVE 20 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN TRIPURA BUT WE WOULD LIKE
26:07 MORE.
26:08 WE ALSO NEED TO SPREAD FURTHER NORTH FROM TRIPURA BECAUSE WE H AVE SOME
26:12 STATES FURTHER NORTH WHO DON'T HAVE ANY WORKERS AT ALL.
26:16 SO WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO OPEN UP THE WAY FOR NEW WORKERS TO GO INTO
26:22 UNINTERRED STATES IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF INDIA.
26:26 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH JOHN.
26:27 BLESSINGS TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING ABOUT MEGAVOICE IN YOUR AREA AND
26:32 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND PLEASE GREET THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN YOUR
26:35 AREA.
26:36 THANK YOU.
26:36 YES AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU.
26:38 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TODAY.
26:39 WE WANT TO STAY CONNECTED WITH YOU.
26:41 WE HOPE THAT YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
26:46 HOW YOU CAN DONATE.
26:47 YOU CAN DONATE ONLINE.
26:49 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWS LETTER WHICH WE'D LOVE TO SEND YOU.
26:51 GIVE US A CALL AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND THIS TO YOU.
26:54 ALSO LIKE US ON FACEBOOK AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL
26:57 OUTREACH THERE AS WELL.
26:59 FOR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY.


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