Adventures in Missions

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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:14 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING IN TODAY.
00:20 IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO BE IN YOU HOME, TO BE ON YOUR COMPUTER, YOUR IPAD,
00:25 IPHONE, WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AND THANK
00:29 YOU SO MUCH.
00:31 IN THE BIBLE IN ROMANS 15:13 PAUL SAYS "I PRAY THAT GOD THE SOURCE OF
00:35 HOPE WILL FILL YOU COMPLETELY WITH JOY AND PEACE BECAUSE YOU TRUST IN
00:40 HIM.
00:42 THEN YOU WILL OVERFLOW WITH CONFIDENT HOPE THROUGH THE POWER OF THE
00:44 HOLY SPIRIT."
00:45 AMEN.
00:46 AND ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AS CHRISTIANS.
00:48 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO OVERFLOW.
00:50 AND WE HAVE A GUEST HERE THAT OVERFLOWS WITH SO MUCH JOY SO MUCH LOVE SO
00:55 MUCH HOPE AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MANZOOR MASSEY.
01:00 MANZOOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
01:01 I'M PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE.
01:02 AND YOU ARE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR WHAT PART OF INDIA?
01:06 EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION.
01:08 AND BECAUSE OF YOUR JOY, BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE FOR JESUS AND BECAUSE OF YOUR
01:13 LOVE TO GO TO INDIA AND SHARE JESUS WITH PEOPLE YOU HAVE ENCOURAGED
01:18 HEATHER AND BRENT SCULLY TO GET INVOLVED.
01:20 IS THAT TRUE?
01:21 THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME AND TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND
01:25 TO MY PEOPLE IN INDIA.
01:27 I AM ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT GOD TOOK THIS YOUNG FAMILY BY THE HAND AND
01:33 SAID THIS MISSION IS FOR YOU.
01:35 AND THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO ME PERSONALLY AND TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE
01:43 WE'VE BEEN GOING.
01:44 AND THIS IS THEIR SECOND TRIP.
01:47 SECOND TRIP.
01:48 SO THE EXCITEMENT AND THE JOY FOR JESUS IN GOING TO INDIA AND SHARING HIM,
01:52 HEATHER AND BRENT, HAS JUST OVERFLOWED TO BOTH OF YOU AS WELL AND TO YOUR
01:56 THREE DAUGHTERS .
01:58 AND SO TELL US ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND GOING
02:01 TO INDIA.
02:03 WELL IT KIND OF STARTED WITH US JUST HOSTING MANZOOR DURING A GOSPEL
02:06 OUTREACH RALLY HERE AND HIS INFECTIOUS LOVE FOR INDIA SORT OF, WE CAPTURED
02:14 THAT AND HE INVITED US TO GO FOR THE FIRST TIME.
02:17 AND WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT BECAUSE WE'D NEVER BEEN TO INDIA.
02:20 WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL WAS LIKE AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT REALLY
02:23 OUR MISSION WAS OTHER THAN WE WERE GOING TO DO A YOU KNOW A WEEK OF PRAYER
02:27 THERE.
02:28 AND WE WENT AND WE DID A WEEK OF PRAYER AND WE ABSOLUTELY FELL IN LOVE
02:31 WITH THE KIDS.
02:32 WE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
02:34 WE JUST, OUR KIDS FELL IN LOVE WITH THE KIDS.
02:38 THEIR KIDS FELL IN LOVE WITH OUR KIDS AND SO WE CAME HOME JUST WITH OUR
02:42 HEARTS FILLED.
02:44 AND THINKING, YOU KNOW ORIGINALLY THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO DO A MISSION
02:48 TRIP BUT THE MISSION TRIP WAS REALLY FOR US AND GOD BEGAN TO OPEN UP THAT
02:53 VISION FOR US THAT IT WAS REALLY A MISSION TRIP FOR US.
02:55 THAT'S AWESOME.
02:57 THAT'S AWESOME AND HEATHER YOU AND BRENT HAVE HOW MANY DAUGHTERS?
02:59 WE HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS AND ALL THREE OF THEM HAVE GONE BOTH TIMES WITH US
03:04 AND IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THEM GROW AND TO JUST ENJOY THE KIDS
03:12 OVER THERE AND BE ABLE TO GET UP FRONT AND DO SOME OF THE STUFF UP FRONT.
03:17 IT'S REALLY FUN.
03:19 HOW OLD ARE YOUR DAUGHTERS?
03:20 MY OLDEST IS 16 AND MIDDLE IS 14 AND MY YOUNGEST IS 10.
03:26 AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A REAL EDUCATION FOR THEM AS AMERICAN GIRLS GOING TO
03:32 INDIA AND I'M SURE THAT THE IMPACT, I KNOW THE IMPACT BECAUSE I'VE TALKED
03:36 WITH THEM AND IT'S BEEN EXCITING AND I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW BEING CALLED TO
03:40 GO AND THEN TO EXPERIENCE NEW THINGS HAS REALLY BEEN A SPECIAL THING FOR YOU.
03:44 YES.
03:46 SO MANZOOR WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU TO HAVE THIS FAMILY COME ALONG WITH YOU
03:49 AND MEET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS?
03:51 WELL IT HAS MADE MY WORK EASIER, MORE ENJOYABLE, MORE REWARDING AND MORE
03:58 EFFECTIVE.
04:00 AND THE LIFE BLOOD AND THE LIFE LINE OF THE CHURCH IS OUR CHILDREN.
04:07 ABSOLUTELY.
04:08 AND SO HERE THE YOUNG MINDS, CLEAN ANXIOUS TO LEARN, READY TO PRACTICE
04:16 AND WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
04:18 AND THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS FAMILY, HEATHER AND BRENT, THEIR FAMILY
04:28 ACTUALLY CAN IDENTIFY WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
04:32 I'M KIND OF OVER THE, A LITTLE BIT ELDERLY.
04:35 NO, NO.
04:36 BUT I TELL YOU THEY HUG EVERY CHILD IN THE MEETINGS.
04:42 THOSE KIDS WHERE WE GO, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS RIGHT.
04:46 THERE'S A LOT, YES.
04:47 SIX HUNDRED FIFTY CHILDREN.
04:49 HALF OF THEM ARE ORPHANS AND THEY LONG TO HAVE A TOUCH.
04:53 YES.
04:54 AND THEIR DAUGHTERS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, LOVELY.
04:57 THEY HUG EVERY CHILD.
04:58 THE YOUNGEST ONE, I MEAN SHE GETS ANIMATED.
05:01 YES, SHE'S A REAL MISSIONARY.
05:03 SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TAPE, A VIDEO, WONDERFUL, THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SHOW
05:09 TO OUR VIEWERS.
05:11 IT IS AWESOME.
05:13 IT TELLS YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING AND TO CHANGE THE FACE OF A COUNTRY YOU'VE
05:18 GOT TO GO AFTER CHILDREN.
05:20 WE HAVE 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE IN INDIA 60 PERCENT UNDER THE AGE OF 30 AND 50
05:22 PERCENT UNDER THE AGE OF 15.
05:22 I'M GOING TO PULL UP MY MAP HERE.
05:24 OH THIS IS GOOD.
05:25 SO WE HAVE 1.2 BILLION HERE IN INDIA YES.
05:26 AND WE HAVE 1.4 BILLION IN CHINA AND LOOK AT HOW CLOSE THEY ARE.
05:41 AND I AM HEARING THAT INDIA COULD SOON PASS THE POPULATION OF CHINA SOON.
05:47 WE MAY, WE MAY VERY SOON.
05:49 BUT THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT INDIA IS THAT THIS GENERATION IS VERY HUNGRY
05:57 BECAUSE THEY ARE FINDING OUT THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN,
06:01 POSITION, POWER, POPULARITY, PRIVILEGES, NONE OF THAT IS CUTTING
06:05 IT.
06:06 TO HAVE PEACE AND INDIA IS A VERY SPIRITUAL COUNTRY, TO HAVE PEACE YOU NEED TO
06:12 GO BEYOND THAT.
06:14 AND SO THIS YOUNG GENERATION IS SO HUNGRY.
06:16 AND SECONDLY THEY ARE ALL INTO TECH INDUSTRY.
06:19 OH MY YES.
06:20 INDIA IS THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD FOR TECH.
06:23 WELL YES BECAUSE THERE ARE CALL CENTERS THERE, YOU MAKE A CALL AND I'LL Be
06:28 TALKING TO SOMEONE IN INDIA AND HAVE A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT FOOD
06:32 MANZOOR.
06:32 [LAUGHTER] .
06:33 YOU'LL BE PUSHING ME TO HAVE A RESTAURANT IN HERE.
06:36 YES THAT'S TRUE.
06:37 BUT I TELL YOU THE YOUNG GENERATION NEEDS NEWER MISSIONARIES AND HEATHER
06:42 AND BRENT'S FAMILY, THEIR ADDING THAT DIMENSION.
06:43 AND WE'RE HOPING THAT AMONG OUR VIEWERS MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL CONNECT
06:45 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THEY WILL GIVE THIS OPPORTUNITY A GIFT OF LIFE
06:50 TO THEIR CHILDREN, TO THEIR GRANDCHILDREN THAT THEY CAN REALLY SEE WHAT
07:01 GOD HAS REVEALED TO US, WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
07:03 AND THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN THAT SCRIPTURE OF OVERFLOWING WITH JOY.
07:05 THERE IS JOY IN JESUS RIGHT.
07:05 ABSOLUTELY.
07:07 WELL WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT THIS VIDEO THAT YOU HAVE.
07:14 [MUSIC] TO HAVE LIFE COME TO ME.
08:18 THIS IS THE ONLY SAFE PLACE FOR YOU [MUSIC AS VIDEO PLAYING] ONE, TWO,
10:46 THREE, THANK YOU.
11:20 WOW, HOW NEAT WAS THAT.
11:22 LOOK AT ALL THOSE KIDS.
11:23 HOW MANY KIDS HEATHER?
11:25 WAS THERE ABOUT 650.
11:26 OKAY SO THIS IS AT A SCHOOL MANZOOR RIGHT?
11:30 YES.
11:31 OKAY SO AND YOU'RE GETTING CARRIED AROUND.
11:33 AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE BRENT.
11:35 I WAS EXPLAINING TO THE KIDS ABOUT FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND AND I WAS TELLING
11:38 THEM THAT YOU KNOW THROUGH LIFE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH YOU SEE
11:42 TWO FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND AND THEN WHEN LIFE GETS DIFFICULT AND YOUR
11:46 STRUGGLING YOU SEE ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS AND YOU ASK GOD WHERE ARE YOU, WHERE
11:50 WERE YOU WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES AND IT WAS ACTUALLY
11:53 GOD CARRYING YOU WHEN ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS.
11:57 OKAY.
11:58 AND THAT'S WHEN JASON PICKED ME UP AND CARRIED ME OFF TO THE BACK.
12:00 YES, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE READ THAT RIGHT BUT THEN TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT
12:04 HAPPEN.
12:05 THE CORRELATION THERE IS FANTASTIC.
12:09 SO YOU HAD KIDS.
12:11 YOU WERE DOING WEEK OF PRAYER HEATHER.
12:12 YES.
12:14 AND THEN MANZOOR YOU WERE DOING GOSPEL OUTREACH TRAINING.
12:17 YES WE DID A WELLNESS CLINIC BECAUSE MOST OF OUR WORKERS DO NOT HAVE ANY
12:23 BENEFITS.
12:24 SO WE ALWAYS TAKE A MEDICAL TEAM WITH US AND WE DO MEDICAL DENTAL
12:28 SCREENING FOR PARTICULARLY DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE SCREENING.
12:32 YES, BIG.
12:33 INDIA IS THE DIABETES CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
12:35 I DIDN'T KNOW.
12:36 OF TEN PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH DIABETES SIX LIVE IN INDIA.
12:39 SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BENEFIT.
12:43 AND LAST TIME WE WERE THERE WE ONE PERSON WHO HAD A HEART ATTACK IN
12:47 FRONT OF US.
12:47 OH NO.
12:49 AND SO WE HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY FOR HIM AND HE SURVIVED.
12:52 AND THEN ANOTHER ONE HAD A DIABETIC COMA.
12:54 SO WE ALWAYS DO A MEDICAL SCREENING FOR OUR WORKERS.
12:58 SO WHY IS DIABETES SO HIGH?
13:00 STARCH?
13:01 WELL MANY MANY ISSUES.
13:03 DIET IS ONE OF THEM AND WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT THE LAST TRIMESTER THEY
13:08 REMOVE HER OF ALL FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND SHE IS GIVEN NUTS, GRAINS, BUTTER
13:14 AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
13:15 AND SO THE BLOOD VESSEL STRUCTURE OF A CHILD MAY ALREADY BE COMPROMISED
13:19 BEFORE THEY'RE BORN.
13:20 OKAY.
13:21 SO IT'S MANY FACTORS.
13:22 SO EDUCATION IS SO IMPORTANT.
13:24 EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
13:26 SO WE DO THE SCREENING AND AT THE SAME TIME WE DO LEADERSHIP TRAINING
13:29 BECAUSE BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR LEADERS MAKES MY WORK EASIER.
13:34 OH ABSOLUTELY.
13:35 AND SO THEN WE DO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH TRAINING.
13:37 WE HAD OVER THERE THIS TIME ABOUT 377 OF THEM TOGETHER.
13:42 AND WE WANT CONSISTENCY IN OUR GOSPEL, CONSISTENCY IN ALL OF OUR PROTOCOLS,
13:48 CONSISTENCY IN WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM, THEIR ROLE.
13:52 WE ARE ALSO ESTABLISHING SERVICE-BASED MINISTRY.
13:56 IT THE LIFE OF A PERSON DOES NOT IMPROVE BY COMING TO JESUS THEN ALL OUR
14:01 GOSPEL IS OF NO EFFECT.
14:04 BECAUSE IT'S THE WHOLE PERSON.
14:05 WE'RE THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD.
14:07 WE MUST SERVE THE PERSON, NOT JUST THE BRAIN.
14:13 AND I THINK WE HAVE TO GO BEYOND INTELLECTUAL CONCURRENCE.
14:18 AND THE METHODS OF JESUS ARE THE ONLY METHODS THAT WILL HELP US SAVE THE
14:25 WORLD.
14:26 AND WE HEAR THAT IN A GREAT COUNSEL FROM ELLEN WHITE THAT ONLY THE
14:30 METHODS OF JESUS WILL BE EFFECTIVE.
14:33 SO WE ARE PROMOTING SERVICE-BASED MINISTRY FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
14:39 NOT JUST THE MAN OF THE HOUSE.
14:43 AND WE CAN SEE THAT WITH THE KIDS THERE AND ALL OF THAT SO WONDERFUL.
14:47 WELL WE WANT TO ASK OUR VIEWERS TO GET INVOLVED WITH MEGA VOICE.
14:51 THIS IS A FANTASTIC SOLAR POWERED TALKING BIBLE IF YOU WILL AND HERE'S THE
14:56 INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED.
14:58 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL "A" HERE AT GENERAL
15:01 CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO.
15:02 I AM HERE WITH DARYL.
15:04 HELLO DARYL.
15:05 HELLO, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
15:07 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US.
15:09 SO DARYL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGAVOICE PLAYER.
15:12 WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE.
15:14 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER.
15:16 IT'S THE "ENVOY S DUAL".
15:17 THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A LOT.
15:20 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED.
15:21 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 DEGREES AND WATER
15:25 RESISTANT.
15:26 WOW.
15:27 THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE.
15:28 YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND HOLD.
15:32 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES.
15:36 OH THANK YOU.
15:38 SO THAT'S GOOD ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A TRADE LANGUAGE AND THEN
15:43 THE HEART LANGUAGE, YOU CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES
15:47 AND THEN YOU HAVE BOTH CHAPTER VERSE FORWARD, BOTH CHAPTER VERSE
15:51 BACKWARD AND THE PAUSE BUTTON IS YOUR BOOK MARK.
15:54 SO IT'S REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR MISSION OUTREACH.
15:59 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH'S GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND THEN THEY GO WITH THE
16:05 REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EARBUDS AND THEN
16:08 WITH ALSO A SPEAKER RIGHT?
16:10 YES.
16:12 THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER ONBOARD SO IT'S LOUD ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 15-20
16:15 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM.
16:17 AND THEN OF COURSE THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL LISTENING AND IN THE 10/40
16:23 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE CLOSED COUNTRIES IT'S SAFE YOU KNOW BECAUSE
16:27 EVERYONE NOW HAS EARPHONES AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE,
16:31 BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING, TRAINING AND NOT BE YOU KNOW BROADCASTING IT TO
16:39 EVERYONE BUT THEY CAN BE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN AND WE GET TESTIMONIES ON A
16:45 WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO FAITH BECAUSE OF
16:49 HEARING GOD'S WORD.
16:51 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC-SPEAKING WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH
16:56 TO BE ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE.
16:58 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL.
17:00 ABSOLUTELY.
17:01 THEY ARE STORIED CULTURED.
17:02 REALLY I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN THE FIELD.
17:05 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY
17:11 THE LORD BLESS YOU.
17:13 (MUSIC PLAYING) AND THANKS TO YOU THIS, THE BIBLE, CAN BE ON THIS.
17:27 AND THE BIBLE CAN BE ON MEGAVOICE IT CAN BE IN ALL KINDS OF LANGUAGES, THEY
17:37 ARE DOWNLOADED.
17:38 THESE THINGS ARE BASICALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE.
17:40 THEY'RE SOLAR POWERED SO PEOPLE DON'T NEED ANY BATTERIES, THEY DON'T NEED
17:44 ANY CHARGERS.
17:45 THEY'RE GREAT.
17:47 SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW ARE ILLITERATE SO TO HAND THEM
17:49 A BIBLE IN THEIR LANGUAGE IS GREAT BUT IF THEY CAN'T READ IT THEN HOW ARE THEY
17:53 GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT JESUS.
17:55 SO I'M HERE WITH MANZOOR AND HEATHER AND BRENT AND YOU ALL THREE RECENTLY GOT
18:00 BACK FROM A TRIP TO INDIA AND TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU TOOK WITH YOU.
18:05 WELL WE TOOK 130, WAS IT 100 OR, 130 OF THOSE SO WE TOOK THOSE TO THE GOSPEL
18:11 OUTREACH WORKERS THAT WERE GOING TO BE THERE.
18:14 AND WE ALSO TOOK CLOTHES FOR SOME OF THE NEEDY CHILDREN.
18:18 WE TOOK TOOTHBRUSHES AND TOOTHPASTE.
18:21 AND THANK YOU TO OUR DOCTORS THAT HELPED FROM THIS COMMUNITY.
18:24 THEY GREATLY HELPED WITH THAT SO WE WERE LOADED DOWN GOING THERE BUT IT
18:28 WAS WONDERFUL.
18:29 WONDERFUL.
18:31 SO HEATHER AND BRENT YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTERS WERE INVOLVED WITH THE WEEK OF
18:34 PRAYER AT THE SCHOOL AND THEN MANZOOR YOU WERE ALSO DOING TRAINING FOR THE
18:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND I COULD SEE FROM THE VIDEO THE BIG CONTAINERS
18:43 OF RICE THAT YOU WERE FEEDING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
18:47 SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS?
18:50 WHAT WERE SOME OF THE THINGS HEATHER THAT WERE, SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY
18:53 REALLY SPECIAL FOR YOU THIS TRIP.
18:55 WELL AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS WE STARTED OPENING UP THE, WE STARTED ASKING
19:02 THEM IF THEY HAD ANY QUESTIONS AND WE WANTED THEM TO WRITE THEM DOWN SO
19:06 WE COULD MAKE SURE WE KIND OF UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO ASK US.
19:09 THE STUDENTS?
19:10 YES, THE STUDENTS.
19:11 BIBLE QUESTIONS.
19:12 AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE HOW IN DEPTH THEY KNEW THEIR BIBLE AND THE
19:18 QUESTIONS TOLD US THAT THEY KNEW THEIR BIBLE AND THEY HAD QUESTIONS.
19:22 SO THEN WE COULD REALLY COME AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY REALLY NEEDED TO
19:27 TALK ABOUT, WHAT THEY HAD QUESTIONS ON.
19:29 AND IT WAS JUST REALLY NEAT TO HEAR AND TO HEAR THEM SAY THAT YOU KNOW WE
19:35 HAD ANSWERED THEIR PRAYERS WITH COMING BECAUSE THEY NEEDED MORE CLARITY AND WE
19:39 GAVE THEM CLARITY SO THAT WAS BRENT.
19:42 BRENT MOSTLY TALKED MOST OF THE TIME DURING THE WEEK OF PRAYER.
19:46 SO BRENT WAS THERE A SPECIAL THING FOR YOU THAT WAS MOVING.
19:50 WELL THERE WAS ONE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS FILLED WITH A COUPLE OF DOUBTS ABOUT THE
19:54 BIBLE THAT SORT OF HE FELT THEY HAD A CONTROVERSY.
19:58 AND SO SITTING DOWN WITH HIM.
20:00 WE SAT DOWN WITH HIM PROBABLY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND WE JUST CROSS
20:04 REFERENCED IN OUR BIBLE BECAUSE OVER THERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE CROSS
20:07 REFERENCE.
20:08 AND WE WERE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR HIM.
20:09 AFTER THAT HE SAID I HAVE NO MORE DOUBT ABOUT THE BIBLE AND OF JESUS AND I
20:13 WANT TO BE BAPTIZED.
20:14 HE HAD A HINDU BACKGROUND.
20:15 AND HE WAS SOLIDIFIED IN HIS MIND THAT JESUS WAS THE WAY TO GO AND THAT WAS
20:20 REWARDING.
20:21 AND BEFORE HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE WAS AT PEACE BUT AFTERWARDS HE HAD A SMILE
20:24 ON HIS FACE AND HE TOLD ME HE SAID I HAVE NO MORE DOUBTS, I HAVE NO MORE
20:28 DOUBTS.
20:29 AND THESE KIDS SPEAK ENGLISH SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE TRANSLATORS OR
20:32 ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
20:33 RIGHT.
20:34 AND MANZOOR A LOT OF THESE KIDS ARE ORPHANS.
20:35 HALF OF THEM ARE ORPHANS AT THE SCHOOL.
20:38 WOW.
20:39 AND THEY JUST, THEY ARE SO LOVED YOU KNOW.
20:44 THERE IS A REAL JOY ON THEIR FACES.
20:47 WE DO SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE WITH THEM.
20:49 EVERYBODY HAS A UNIFORM.
20:52 WE DON'T WANT THEM TO KNOW WHO IS AN ORPHAN AND WHO IS NOT AN ORPHAN.
20:56 ONLY THE SCHOOL KNOWS OR THE SPONSOR MIGHT KNOW.
21:00 BUT THE KIDS DON'T KNOW WHO HAS PARENTS AND WHO DON'T.
21:04 ONE GIRL GAVE ME A TOUR OF THE DORM AND I ASKED, I SAID HONEY TELL ME A
21:09 LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PARENTS.
21:10 SO SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SHE SAID SIR I DON'T HAVE PARENTS.
21:11 AND SHE JUST HUNG TIGHTLY TO MY HAND AND SHE SAID I'M SO GLAD.
21:15 CAN I CALL YOU DADDY?
21:22 ISN'T THAT SWEET?
21:24 IT IS, IT JUST WARMS YOUR HEART.
21:26 YOU TAKE THE CHILD BY THE HAND, YOU'LL GRAB THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARENTS
21:30 BY THE HEART.
21:32 AND SO 70 TO 80 PERCENT OF ALL OUR CHURCHES IN SOUTHERN ASIA ARE FILLED
21:37 WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
21:38 AND I THINK WE WILL BE MISSING OUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A TOTAL MINISTRY.
21:43 AND WHENEVER JESUS WAS GOING FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE IT WAS A
21:48 FAMILY-BASED MINISTRY.
21:49 IT WASN'T JUST TALKING TO THE GUY AND NOBODY ELSE.
21:53 WELL AND WE TALKED WITH THE SAMARITAN AT THE WELL.
21:55 EXACTLY.
21:56 SO HIS METHODS ARE SO CRITICAL FOR US.
22:01 WE NEED TO BECOME SERVICE BASED AND LOVED BASED.
22:05 IF YOU LOVE THE PEOPLE RATHER THAN BE CRITICAL.
22:09 YOU KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE DOUBT THE INTEGRITY OF WORKERS OR WHATEVER AND I
22:15 TELL THEM JESUS NEVER ASKED FOR RECEIPTS FROM JUDAS.
22:18 YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
22:23 BUT HE LOVED HIM TILL THE END YOU SEE.
22:25 AND I THINK AND I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO BECOME IRRESPONSIBLE.
22:29 WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE BUT I TELL YOU WE SOMETIMES JUMP FROM THE
22:36 POSITIVE ZONE TO THE OTHER ZONE AND WE MISS OUT IN REALLY OPENING THE DOOR,
22:41 BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS AND LOVING PEOPLE AND SHARING JESUS WITH THEM.
22:45 AND THAT'S THE HUGE BARRIER.
22:47 WE THINK ABOUT THAT, I MEAN WE THINK ABOUT THIS MAP HERE AND YES WE'VE GOT
22:52 BORDERS ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES BUT WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE
22:56 HEATHER AND BRENT FOR YOUR FAMILY.
22:57 I MEAN TO THINK OF OKAY THERE'S THAT COUNTRY INDIA AND YES IT'S ON THE GLOBE,
23:01 YES OUR DAUGHTERS ARE LEARNING ABOUT IT, YOUR DAUGHTERS ARE LEARNING
23:04 ABOUT IT IN SCHOOL.
23:06 BUT WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO THEN EXPERIENCE ALL OF THIS.
23:09 WELL FIRST OFF I WANT TO MENTION ABOUT MY KIDS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE LIVE
23:13 IN A VERY NICE COMMUNITY, KIND OF A SHELTERED COMMUNITY FROM THE WORLD
23:16 PERSPECTIVE.
23:17 WE LIVE IN A NICE HOUSE.
23:18 WE DRIVE NICE CARS.
23:20 WE GO TO NICE SCHOOLS AND WE CAN BUY PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER WE NEED.
23:23 AND YOU GO TO A CHURCH THAT HAS OPERATING BATHROOMS.
23:26 YES IT'S EVERYTHING AND SO YOU KNOW TO TAKE OUR CHILDREN TO FROM WHERE WE
23:30 ARE HERE AND MOVE THEM INTO ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD WHERE IT'S TRUE
23:35 POORNESS AND DEPRAVITY IT REALLY OPENS UP THEIR EYES AND IT SHOWS WHAT THE
23:40 NEEDS ARE OUT THERE.
23:42 AND IT JUST GIVES THEM A HEART FOR MISSIONS AND THAT'S BEEN LIFE CHANGING
23:46 FOR US REALLY TO SEE MY KIDS RESPOND AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH KIDS ALL THE
23:50 WAY AROUND THE WORLD JOIN HANDS.
23:52 AND THE LETTERS THESE KIDS WRITE TO MY GIRLS.
23:55 YOU SHOULD READ THE LETTERS THEY WRITE TO THEM AND HOW THEY CRY WHEN WE
23:58 LEAVE AND IT'S JUST SO HEART TOUCHING.
24:02 AND THERE WILL BE THAT CONNECTION UNTIL HEAVEN AND WHAT A PLACE IT'S
24:06 GOING TO BE.
24:06 AMEN.
24:08 SO HEATHER WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR
24:10 GIRLS.
24:12 OH IT'S BEEN SO NEAT BECAUSE THEY YOU KNOW THEY HAVE FRIENDS OVER THERE
24:18 AND TO SEE THEM JUST CRYING BECAUSE THEY'RE LEAVING AND THE KIDS THERE
24:22 CRYING AND ASKING PLEASE COME BACK NEXT YEAR, NEXT YEAR PLEASE COME BACK AND
24:27 THEY'RE JUST CRYING AND HUGGING YOU AND IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY REALLY
24:33 TOUCHING.
24:34 AND I THINK IT BRINGS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MANZOOR, IT BRINGS THE
24:37 BORDERS DOWN, IT BRINGS, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT, THE WORD I USE IS PERSPECTIVE.
24:39 YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON YOUR LIFE AND HOW YOU VIEW THINGS
24:45 AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND ALL OF THAT.
24:47 BUT MANZOOR AS YOU'RE WORKING WITH THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND HOW
24:50 MANY AGAIN IN YOUR REGION?
24:51 WE HAVE 377 AS OF M ARCH 31.
24:54 BUT IN MY MIND I THINK 377 AND YOUR REGION IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL IN INDIA
25:00 BUT THEN I THINK OF THE 1.2 BILLION THAT HAS PROBABLY JUST CHANGED IN
25:05 THE LAST ONE MINUTE.
25:06 I MEAN THIS IS OVERWHELMING TO THINK ABOUT.
25:11 YOU KNOW THIS IS GOD'S WORK AND WE HAVE BENN PROMISED IN HIS WORD THAT
25:15 HE IS GOING TO FINISH HIS WORK.
25:17 SOME AMAZING THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN MY UNION.
25:21 WE ARE SETTING UP A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING CENTER.
25:24 EVERY BELIEVER WILL BE TRAINED TO BECOME A DISCIPLE.
25:28 SO NOT JUST MEMBERS, BELIEVERS ARE GOING TO BECOME DISCIPLES.
25:33 AND SO DISCIPLESHIP MEANS THAT THEY WILL BE MOBILIZED.
25:38 WE ARE TEACHING WOMEN TO WORK WITH WOMEN, YOUTH TO WORK WITH YOUTH, BUSINESS
25:43 PEOPLE TO WORK WITH BUSINESS PEOPLE.
25:46 SO THIS IS A NEW DAY IN SOUTHERN ASIA.
25:49 OUR LEADERSHIP FROM SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION ALL DOWN TO THE CONFERENCE
25:54 LEVEL EVERYBODY IS ABOARD THAT SOMETHING MAJOR NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO REACH 1.2
26:00 BILLION PEOPLE.
26:01 YES, I MEAN REALLY, YES.
26:02 AND SO THIS CENTER WHICH IS NOW BEING DEVELOPED IS GOING TO HAVE A VERY MAJOR
26:11 INFLUENCE THROUGHOUT THE DIVISION TO TRAIN OUR WORKERS AND ONE OF THE
26:15 REASONS WHY I ALWAYS CONNECT THE YOUNG PEOPLES PROGRAM IS BECAUSE WE WANT
26:19 TO TEACH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THROUGH OUR EXAMPLE THAT THEY NEED
26:25 TO INCLUDE WOMEN AND YOUTH IN ORDER TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL TO THE ENTIRE
26:29 FAMILY.
26:30 YES.
26:31 AND THEY ARE MIXED.
26:32 YOU SHOULD SEE THE SABBATH SERVICES.
26:34 WE HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH PEOPLE SITTING AT THE BACK THERE AND YOU
26:38 HAVE NEARLY 600 TO 700 KIDS LIKE A CARPET JUST SITTING IN FRONT OF THE
26:43 STAGE.
26:44 FANTASTIC.
26:45 IT IS SUCH A HEAVENLY SCENE TO SEE THESE PEOPLE BECOME LIKE A FAMILY.
26:50 WELL FANTASTIC.
26:51 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY MANZOOR, THANK YOU.
26:54 AND IN THE BIBLE JESUS SAYS TO GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES, IT DOESN'T SAY
26:59 OF THE NATIONS, IT SAYS ALL THE NATIONS.
27:01 THANK YOU FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH.


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