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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000656A
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00:15 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN WITH ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:20 MY NAME IS OLE OLESEN AND I'M HAVING FUN INTERVIEWING AMAZING 00:24 PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT AMAZING PLACES, TALKING MOSTLY ABOUT GOD AT WORK. 00:32 IT'S JUST SO INSPIRING TO HEAR THE STORIES THAT PEOPLE BRING FROM ALL OVER 00:37 THE WORLD. 00:39 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NORTHERN INDIA AND I HAVE TWO GUESTS WITH ME. 00:45 ONE IS BEVERLY THOMPSON AND THE OTHER IS SHIRLEY PANASUK. 00:51 THE TWO OF YOU LADIES, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW EACH OTHER. 00:54 I BET YOU EVEN COORDINATED YOUR DRESS TODAY. 00:56 [LAUGHTER] WE JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER. 00:59 BUT LET ME TELL YOU SHE AND I THINK VERY SIMILARLY. 01:02 VERY GOOD. 01:04 AND SO THE OUTFITS, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY BELONG IN ONE SECTION OF INDIA. 01:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:09 WHAT IS THAT? 01:11 THEY'RE CALLED PUNJABIS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THE PUNJAB OF INDIA WEAR THESE 01:14 THE MOST COMMONLY. 01:15 I BELIEVE SARIS ARE STILL THE MOST COMMON IN INDIA BUT WE SEE THESE USED A 01:17 LOT MORE FREQUENTLY AND I AM COMFORTABLE IN THEM. 01:21 FROM THE TIME WE HIT INDIA WE WEAR THESE COSTUMES AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE. 01:24 IF WE CAN WE PUT THEM ON IN THE AIRPORT. 01:35 THERE YOU GO. 01:36 AND THEN WE GO, OFF WE GO. 01:38 OFF YOU GO AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG. 01:41 YES. 01:43 AND THEY CAN TELL I'M SURE THAT, WELL WAIT A SECOND, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF 01:48 I UNDERSTAND YOU WELL ENOUGH AND MAYBE YOU TOO, YOU HAVE BEEN THERE OFTEN 01:53 ENOUGH THAT THERE ARE SOME OF THE LANGUAGES THAT YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH. 01:57 IS THAT TRUE? 01:58 WELL, I HAVE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH A FEW OTHER LANGUAGES IN MY LIFE AND I PICK OUT 02:03 WORDS FROM WHAT THEY ARE SAYING BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE WORDS ARE USED IN 02:07 THEIR LANGUAGE ALSO. 02:08 BUT MOST OF THEM ARE SANSKRIT LANGUAGES. 02:11 YES AND INDIA DOES HAVE IN THE TWENTIES OF RECOGNIZED LANGUAGES, ALTHOUGH ABOUT 02:17 HALF A DOZEN OF THEM ARE USED THE MOST FREQUENTLY. 02:20 OKAY. 02:21 AND THE WORD I REMEMBER THE MOST IS "CHALO" LET'S GO. 02:24 CHALO, CHALO. 02:24 I REMEMBER ONE WORD FROM THE AREA. 02:29 IT'S CALLING A TAXI AND I'D ALWAYS SAY------. 02:31 USUALLY THEY WERE A SIKH DRIVER. 02:39 [LAUGHTER] HERE'S A QUESTION. 02:41 THIS IS PART OF NORTHERN INDIA. 02:43 THE PUNJAB IS YOUR OUTFITS BUT THAT'S IN THE WHAT, THE EASTERN PART OF INDIA? 02:45 PUNJAB IS IN THE WEST BUT WE ARE IN THE EAST. 02:51 YOU ARE IN THE EAST. 02:56 YES. 02:57 MY REGION GOES FROM CALCUTTA UP NORTH AND INCLUDES BHUTAN BUT 03:03 BORDERS WITH THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF NEPAL AND THEN GOES SOUTH INTO CENTRAL 03:09 INDIA AND ACROSS. 03:10 ALL THE WAY INTO CENTRAL INDIA. 03:13 IS THIS BECAUSE IT FOLLOWS SOME STATE LINES? 03:16 YES. 03:17 AND THAT'S BIHAR FOLLOWED BY CHHATTISGARH. 03:21 CHHATTISGARH, VERY GOOD. 03:23 AND TO SOMEBODY OVER THERE THAT'S HOME FOR THEM. 03:26 YES. 03:27 AND SO HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN YOUR REGION? 03:28 SINCE ABOUT 2004. 03:32 OKAY. 03:33 SO THAT'S OVER 10 YEARS NOW. 03:34 YES, 12 YEARS. 03:35 12 YEARS. 03:37 AND YOU OVERSEE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS OVER THERE IS THAT CORRECT? 03:43 YES. 03:45 MY JOB AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR IS TO GO AND SEE THAT THE DONATED FUNDS ARE 03:50 BEING USED THE WAY WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO BE USED AND THEY ARE DOING THE 03:54 WORK WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO DO. 03:56 NOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN EASY SENTENCE TO SAY BUT IT TAKES SOME CAREFUL 04:03 INVESTIGATION AND CAREFUL PLANNING IN DISCRETE WAYS. 04:07 SO YOU PROVIDE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. 04:10 RIGHT. 04:11 AND YOU PROBABLY ALSO PROVIDE SOME TRAINING? 04:15 YES. 04:16 TRAINING, MOTIVATION, ENCOURAGEMENT. 04:18 HOW OFTEN DO YOU MEET WITH THESE PEOPLE? 04:23 ONCE A YEAR. 04:23 ONCE A YEAR. 04:24 YES. 04:25 I GO FOR BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT WEEKS AT A TIME. 04:28 AND I BET YOU LIKE TO CHOSE THE SEASON THAT'S THE MOST COMFORTABLE BUT 04:33 YOU MAY HAVE TO BE THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOTTEST SEASON. 04:36 WELL I HAVE BEEN BOTH. 04:38 YES. 04:40 I USUALLY GO IN FEBRUARY, MARCH AND IT'S LOVELY THEN. 04:46 YES. 04:47 THIS YEAR I'VE CHOSEN TO GO IN THE FALL BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DO A FRUIT 04:53 BASKET UPSET OF LEADERSHIP EVERY FIVE YEARS AND THIS IS THE YEAR FOR DOING 04:58 THAT. 05:00 THE NEW LEADERSHIP ARRIVES IN THEIR NEWLY ASSIGNED LOCATION THE FIRST OF 05:06 APRIL. 05:07 SO IF I GO BEFORE APRIL I'M DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO WILL PROBABLY NOT BE 05:12 THERE. 05:13 AND THEN IF I GO JUST AFTER THAT THEN THEY ARE TOO NEW TO UNDERSTAND. 05:16 SO I GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANCE TO SET UP AND I'LL SEE THEM IN THE 05:21 FALL. 05:22 STRATEGIC PLANNING. 05:23 RIGHT. 05:24 I WAS TALKING TO YOU SHIRLEY AND YOU MENTIONED THAT PART OF WHAT YOU DO 05:31 IS SOMETHING I HEAR FROM MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATORS IS THAT YOU 05:36 FIND WAYS TO TOUCH THE WHOLE PERSON. 05:39 RIGHT. 05:40 YOU DON'T JUST DEAL WITH MATTERS OF THEOLOGY. 05:43 NO. 05:44 TELL US WHAT ELSE YOU TOUCH IN THEIR LIVES. 05:46 HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE. 05:48 HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE. 05:49 YES. 05:50 HOW BIG AN ISSUE IS THAT? 05:51 OH, A BIG ISSUE. 05:54 I THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL VEGETARIAN OVER THERE. 05:56 NO, NO, NO. 05:57 NOT AT ALL. 05:59 AND SO MANY PEOPLE SMOKE AND SO MANY PEOPLE DRINK ALCOHOL, CHEW TOBACCO. 06:08 AND THEIR TEETH ARE JUST DESTROYED. 06:09 SO THEY FIND THEIR OWN WAYS TO DAMAGE THE BODY. 06:17 ABSOLUTELY. 06:18 AND AMONG OUR WORKERS IS IT ENCOURAGING TO THEM TO FIND NEW WAYS OF SHARING 06:25 THESE PRINCIPLES THAT CAN BE SO HELPFUL? 06:27 YES. 06:29 IN FACT THE GENTLEMAN THAT WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT, WE'LL SHOW PICTURES. 06:33 WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PICTURES. 06:35 YOU HAVE PICTURES TO SHARE? 06:36 YES. 06:36 SHOULD WE GET TO THEM? 06:37 YES. 06:38 WELL YOU NARRATE AND YOU TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS. 06:41 BOTH OF US WILL DO THAT. 06:42 OUR FIRST PICTURE HAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND THE MAN IN THE 06:49 LIGHTEST COLORED SHIRT THERE HIS NAME IS BEPAN. 06:52 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO WE GAVE ALL 06:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN INDIA TRAINING IN HOME HEALTH TREATMENTS AND NEW 07:04 START METHODS OF HEALTHFUL LIVING. 07:07 BEPAN CAUGHT ON TO THIS. 07:11 HE SAW IT AS AN OPENING WEDGE INTO THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE AND HE IS STANDING 07:16 WITH A FAMILY HERE AS WELL AS ME AND SHIRLEY AND ANOTHER PASTOR OR TWO. 07:22 ANYWAY, BEPAN GETS CALLED ALL OVER HIS AREA UP TO 30 KILOMETERS AWAY. 07:25 HE MIGHT GET A CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO COME HELP. 07:32 MY MOTHER IS SICK, MY WIFE IS SICK. 07:36 AND HE WILL GO AND PRAY AND DO A HOME HEALTH TREATMENT, WATER 07:42 TREATMENTS, HYDROTHERAPY, CHARCOAL TREATMENTS, MASSAGE FOR RELAXATION. 07:50 WITH THE PRAYER AND THEIR BELIEF IN THE GOD THAT BEPAN WORSHIPS GOD WORKS 07:58 MIRACLES. 07:59 AND HE IS SO KIND. 08:01 THEY HAD A PERIOD OF PRAYER AND FASTING FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY 08:06 JUST LAST FALL AND HE DID SO MANY TREATMENTS AND SO MANY PRAYERS THAT HE 08:14 BROUGHT MANY PEOPLE, I BELIEVE IT WAS 12 OR 15 JUST WITHIN 10 PEOPLE WHO 08:21 WERE INTERESTED IN JESUS. 08:23 AND THAT WAS JUST SO THRILLING. 08:25 AND HE IS SO DEDICATED. 08:28 HE WALKS. 08:29 DOES HE HAVE A BIKE? 08:30 I'VE FORGOTTEN. 08:32 HE DOES HAVE A BICYCLE BUT WE HAD A TAXI THAT DAY SO HE CAME IN THE TAXI WITH 08:36 US. 08:38 AND HE ALWAYS LOOKS JUST SPIC AND SPOTLESS YOU KNOW WHEN HE GOES AROUND FROM 08:42 PLACE TO PLACE. 08:43 HE IS MARRIED. 08:44 HE HAS A FAMILY AND I KNOW THAT HIS WIFE TAKES CARE OF HIS CLOTHES. 08:46 BUT HE IS JUST EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHRISTIANITY. 08:48 WITH THIS IN MIND IT SOUNDS LIKE I THINK INDIA HAS IT'S OWN MEDICAL 08:59 ESTABLISHMENT AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE THEIR OWN VILLAGE HEALERS. 09:04 SO WHERE DOES HE FIT INTO THAT MIX OF PEOPLE SEEKING WELLNESS. 09:11 I THINK THEY'RE ALL SEEKING WELLNESS BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO REACH 09:14 IT. 09:15 BEPAN IS A WONDERFUL EDUCATOR. 09:16 WE NEED ANOTHER PICTURE. 09:17 OKAY. 09:18 THE PICTURES WE'RE GOING TO RUN THROUGH RATHER RAPIDLY. 09:23 AND THEY RAN THROUGH TOO RAPIDLY. 09:26 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN BRING THAT BACK UP. 09:28 I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THAT. 09:30 THERE THEY GO. 09:30 OKAY. 09:31 THIS IS A FAMILY THAT BEPAN HAD TREATED. 09:34 BEPAN IS THERE SHOWING US AND WITH US. 09:36 THE WIFE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SICK AND HE DID WATER THERAPY WITH PRAYER AND 09:46 WAS HEALED. 09:47 NEXT. 09:49 BUT WE WANT TO LEAD YOU TO ANOTHER PHENOMENA AND THAT IS THE SCHOOLS AND HOW THE 09:52 SCHOOLS CAN BRING HEALTH AND WELL BEING TO THE COMMUNITY. 09:56 THIS WAS A FOUR-ROOM SCHOOL IN SIKKIM IN THE BEGINNING OF THE HIMALAYA 10:02 MOUNTAINS THERE. 10:03 YES. 10:04 AND THEY HAVE THIS FOUR-ROOM SCHOOL BUT THAT FOUR-ROOM SCHOOL WASN'T 10:10 VERY PRESTIGIOUS BUT THEY WERE WANTING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT 10:12 MORE. 10:13 BUT HERE WE GOT THE NEW SCHOOL. 10:15 A CEMENT, A BRICK AND CEMENT PLACE. 10:19 A CONCRETE REINFORCED IT LOOKS LIKE. 10:20 AND NOW THEY ARE ABLE TO REALLY GET OUT AND SHARE WITH THE TOWN THAT THEY 10:25 BELIEVE IN GOD AND HIS POWER IN HEALTHFUL LIVING. 10:28 AND SO HERE THEY GO ON A SEVEN KILOMETER TREK FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE CLOSEST 10:35 TOWN AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE GIVING A HEALTH RALLY IN TOWN. 10:41 OKAY. 10:42 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE GOING ALONGSIDE OF THE CHILDREN. 10:47 AS THEY GET CLOSER INTO TOWN MANY PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING THEM BECAUSE 10:51 HERE'S THIS PARADE GOING THROUGH TOWN. 10:53 AND PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS SEE THEIR KIDS GOING THERE AND THEY KNOW 10:59 THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING AND THE CHILDREN HAVE MADE SIGNS FOR PROMOTING 11:03 DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEALTH EDUCATION. 11:07 THEN THE KIDS ALL LINE UP IN THE TOWN SQUARE AND HOLD THEIR BANNERS HIGH. 11:12 AND THE PRINCIPAL STANDS OUT THERE AND HE HAS A MICROPHONE WITH A BLASTING 11:17 OUT WITH THE SPEAKER THERE. 11:19 AND YOU CAN SEE THE KIDS ALL LINED UP. 11:22 ALONG THE OTHER SIDE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE. 11:24 YES. 11:25 AND THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL HE CAN TALK. 11:29 HE HAS A WONDERFUL PERSONALITY. 11:31 NOW THEY MAKE UP DRAMAS ALSO AND THESE KIDS ARE DOING DRAMAS AGAINST 11:38 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO. 11:40 OH YES. 11:41 IS ALCOHOL A PROBLEM? 11:43 AROUND THE WORLD IT'S A PROBLEM. 11:44 IN THIS AREA THEY ARE COLLECTING SAP FROM DATE PALMS, OH YES, TO BE THEIR 11:51 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. 11:53 EVERY CULTURE HAS A WAY TO MAKE IT. 11:55 OH YES. 11:55 EVERY CULTURE. 11:57 I'VE SEEN IT FROM CORN AND RICE AND BANANAS, EVERYTHING. 12:00 YOU CAN SEE THIS POOR TREE. 12:01 THEY SAPPED IT OUT EVERY FOOT OR TWO. 12:04 EACH YEAR THEY DO ANOTHER STINT UP. 12:09 WHERE ARE THE BEER PARLORS, AND WHO MAKES THE BEER? 12:12 THE WOMEN MAKE THE BEER AND THEY CARRY IT TO A PLACE WHERE THEY KNOW THAT 12:19 THEY USUALLY SELL IT AND THE MEN BUY IT. 12:23 THIS PICTURE IS SO SAD TO ME BECAUSE I SEE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE THERE. 12:31 THEY'RE STARTING WITH THIS ALCOHOL AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. 12:35 IS THIS A PART OF THEIR ECONOMY THEN? 12:37 WELL ESPECIALLY FOR A WOMAN WHO HAS NO WAY TO MAKE MONEY. 12:40 YES, YES. 12:42 IF SHE CAN MAKE SOME ALCOHOL SHE CAN EARN MONEY QUITE EASY THIS WAY. 12:44 SO IT IS A MEANS TO AN END FOR THE POOR WOMEN. 12:49 OH SURE, SURE. 12:50 AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER VICE, BETEL NUT. 12:53 BETEL NUT. 12:53 THIS VILLAGE I RECOGNIZE IT. 12:56 IT IS A TRIBAL VILLAGE BUT IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BETEL NUT ORCHARD AND 13:03 WE HAVE A CHURCH NEXT TO THIS. 13:06 RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BETEL NUT ORCHARD. 13:09 AND THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL. 13:11 A LITTLE NORTH OF THERE, SEE THE BETEL NUTS LINING THE BUILDING THERE? 13:16 THOSE ARE THE TREES THAT GROW THEM. 13:17 THAT'S THE BETEL NUT TREE AND WHAT IS THE BUILDING NEXT TO IT? 13:22 A CHURCH. 13:23 A CHURCH. 13:25 YOU'RE CHURCH? 13:26 AN ADVENTIST CHURCH. 13:27 ADVENTIST CHURCH WITH A SCHOOL NEXT DOOR. 13:29 BUT IN DEFENSE TO THEM THESE TREES DO GIVE THEM SOME SHADE. 13:33 I'M SURE. 13:35 NOW WHAT ETHNICITIES ARE YOU DEALING WITH IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD? 13:39 IF WE'RE LOOKING UP NORTH PROBABLY THE MIXTURE WITH THE TIBETANS AND THE 13:49 CHINESE MIXING WITH THE INDIANS. 13:54 SIKKIM ITSELF, SOMETIMES IT HAS BELONGED TO CHINA, SOMETIMES TO TIBET OR TO 13:58 NEPAL OR TO BHUTAN OR INDIA. 14:01 AND THE LATEST JUST A FEW YEARS AGO CHINA SAID I RELEASE IT TO INDIA, IT'S 14:08 THEIRS. 14:09 SO THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT THERE. 14:10 YES, AN AGREEMENT WAS MADE A LONG TIME AGO. 14:12 SO YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS HEALTH MINISTRY. 14:15 OH YES BECAUSE THAT'S JUST STARTED. 14:18 OH IT'S JUST STARTED? 14:19 WELL AND NOT ONLY THAT WE'RE BOTH NURSES. 14:21 YES. 14:23 SO WE'RE, WE HAVE A HEALTH SECRETARY FOR THE WEST JHARKHAND SECTION. 14:33 AND HE WANTS TO PROMOTE HEALTH. 14:36 AND HE HAS DEVELOPED A SYSTEM TO DO A HEALTH RALLY. 14:43 AND HE GOES TO SCHOOLS AND TEACHES THE KIDS ABOUT TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL AND 14:48 THE BAD THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU WITH ALL OF THIS. 14:51 AND THEN HE HAS LARGE POSTERS AND RALLY BANNERS AND HE TEACHES THEM RALLY 14:57 SLOGANS YELLING OUT AT THE TOP OF THEIR VOICE, DON'T DRINK, ETC. DON'T SMOKE. 15:02 AND THEN HE TAKES THESE TRAINED YOUTH TO GO TO THE TOWN AND DO A RALLY IN 15:10 TOWN. 15:11 AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THIS MOUNT OLIVE SCHOOL HAS BEEN BRINGING THEIR 15:14 STUDENTS IN. 15:16 THEY GO THROUGH THE TOWN AND EVERYBODY SEES THIS PARADE OF KIDS GOING 15:19 THROUGH TOWN JUST LIKE THE OTHER ONE WE SHOWED YOU. 15:22 AND THEY MEET IN THE MIDDLE, THEY GIVE TALKS, THEY SHOW THEIR POSTERS 15:27 AND KIDS WILL SING SONGS AGAINST THE EVILS OF BAD THINGS. 15:31 THEY DO THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 15:32 THEY EVEN WENT TO A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL, THE JANTA GOVERNMENT SCHOOL 15:42 WITH 410 STUDENTS. 15:44 AND THEY HAVE ASSEMBLY OUTSIDE. 15:47 AND WHEN THEY'RE ALL ASSEMBLED OUTSIDE THEY GET A LECTURE ABOUT THE EVILS 15:52 OF ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO. 15:54 AND THEY MAY HAVE TRAINED SOME OF THE KIDS TO DO DRAMAS AGAINST TOBACCO AND 15:58 ALCOHOL. 16:01 AND THEN WHEN THEY WENT TO LEAVE THIS SCHOOL THE HEADMASTER STOOD UP AND 16:05 SAID, STUDENTS REPEAT AFTER ME, I WILL NOT USE ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO. 16:11 EVERYONE TOGETHER. 16:13 AND THEY REPEAT AFTER HIM I WILL NOT USE ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO. 16:18 THIS SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A WELL ACCEPTED CULTURAL WEDGE, IF YOU WILL, TO LET 16:27 THEM KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE, THAT PEOPLE ARE THERE. 16:29 ULTIMATELY, I'M GUESSING, THAT YOU DON'T JUST FOCUS ON THE PHYSICAL JUST LIKE 16:36 YOU DON'T JUST FOCUS ON THE SPIRITUAL BUT THERE'S THAT CROSS OVER, BUT 16:40 THERE'S THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. 16:43 SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, I'M GUESSING, WHO SAY YOU'RE DOING SUCH GOOD THINGS 16:48 WITH HEALTH, TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAITH? 16:51 IS THAT TRUE? 16:52 YES, THE BIG THING IS, MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO DO YOUR, AH, OKAY WE CAN. 16:59 LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS JUST FOR A MOMENT. 17:02 THIS IS ONE MORE WAY OF GETTING THE WORD OF GOD INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES. 17:09 THEY'RE CALLING IT MEGA VOICE AND IT IS A , BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A SOLAR 17:15 POWERED, SOLAR RECHARGED DEVICE THAT YOU CAN PUT THE WHOLE BIBLE OR 17:22 PORTIONS THEREOF ON THIS IN AN AUDIO FORMAT SO THAT SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T WANT 17:28 TO HAVE TO KEEP BUYING BATTERIES THEY CAN LISTEN TO THE WORD OF GOD. 17:35 I THINK WE HAVE A PROMO ON THAT DON'T WE? 17:38 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL "A" HERE AT GENERAL 17:42 CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. 17:43 I AM HERE WITH DARYL. 17:45 HELLO DARYL. 17:46 HELLO, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. 17:47 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US. 17:49 SO DARYL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGAVOICE PLAYER. 17:52 WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE. 17:54 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER. 17:57 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL. 17:58 THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A LOT. 18:00 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED. 18:01 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 DEGREES AND WATER 18:06 RESISTANT. 18:07 WOW. 18:08 THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. 18:09 YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND HOLD. 18:12 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES. 18:17 OH THANK YOU. 18:20 SO THAT'S GOOD ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A TRADE LANGUAGE AND THEN 18:25 THE HEART LANGUAGE, YOU CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES 18:28 AND THEN YOU HAVE BOTH CHAPTER VERSE FORWARD, BOTH CHAPTER VERSE 18:32 BACKWARD AND THE PAUSE BUTTON IS YOUR BOOK MARK. 18:36 SO IT'S REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR MISSION OUTREACH. 18:41 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH'S GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND THEN THEY GO WITH THE 18:45 REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EARBUDS AND THEN 18:48 WITH ALSO A SPEAKER RIGHT? 18:51 YES. 18:52 THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER ONBOARD SO IT'S LOUD ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 15-20 18:57 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM. 18:58 AND THEN OF COURSE THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL LISTENING AND IN THE 10/40 19:03 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE CLOSED COUNTRIES IT'S SAFE YOU KNOW BECAUSE 19:08 EVERYONE NOW HAS EARPHONES AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE, 19:12 BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING, TRAINING AND NOT BE YOU KNOW BROADCASTING IT TO 19:20 EVERYONE BUT THEY CAN BE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN AND WE GET TESTIMONIES ON A 19:25 WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO FAITH BECAUSE OF 19:30 HEARING GOD'S WORD. 19:32 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC-SPEAKING WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH 19:35 TO BE ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 19:39 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL. 19:40 ABSOLUTELY. 19:41 THEY ARE STORIED CULTURED. 19:42 REALLY I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN THE FIELD. 19:46 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY 19:49 THE LORD BLESS YOU. 20:08 (MUSIC PLAYING) WELCOME BACK TO OUR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS INTERVIEW WITH 20:12 TWO WONDERFUL LADIES BEVERLY THOMPSON AND SHIRLEY PANASUK. 20:18 BEVERLY HAS A STORY FOR US. 20:20 OH THESE MEGAVOICES ARE JUST SO WONDERFUL. 20:23 I JUST HAVE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT HERE. 20:25 RECENTLY WE HAD ONE OF THESE DISTRIBUTED TO A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND 20:30 HE WENT INTO THE MARKET PLACE AND TURNED IT UP FULL VOLUME. 20:33 OF COURSE ANYTHING DIGITAL THE PEOPLE COME RUNNING AROUND AND WANT TO SEE AND 20:38 GAWK AND THEN THEY HEAR THIS MESSAGE. 20:40 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PLAYS AND PLAYS IT IN THE MARKET PLACE AND GATHERS 20:46 MORE OF A CROWD THERE THAN GOING SHOPPING FOR WHAT THEY NEED. 20:49 THEN HE SAYS I CAN COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND PLAY MORE FOR YOU AND WE CAN STUDY 20:54 MORE. 20:55 AND HE GETS MANY LEADS THIS WAY. 20:57 OH WONDERFUL. 20:58 BUT YOU HAVE SOME MORE PHOTOS TO SHARE WITH US DON'T YOU. 21:01 I DO. 21:02 LET'S GO. 21:02 I WANTED TO SHOW THIS SCHOOL. 21:04 THIS IS NOT AN ADVENTIST SCHOOL BUT OUR ADVENTIST KIDS ARE GOING TO THIS 21:10 SCHOOL TO TEACH THEM ABOUT THE HEALTH MESSAGE AND THEY, OUR ADVENTIST KIDS, 21:15 ARE HOLDING THE POSTERS. 21:16 THE ANGLICAN SCHOOL KIDS ARE COMING BY AND LOOKING AT EVERY POSTER. 21:21 IT'S THEIR DUTY TO COME BY AND SEE EVERY POSTER AND ASK QUESTIONS OF THE 21:28 STUDENTS THAT ARE HOLDING THEM. 21:31 WHEN THEY FINISH DOING THIS THEN THEY WILL HAVE A RALLY AND GO OUT INTO THE 21:35 COMMUNITY. 21:37 AS THEY GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY THEY CAN DO AS MUCH AS THIS. 21:41 THEY GO DOWN TO THE TRAIN STATION. 21:44 THERE'S PEOPLE THERE. 21:45 THERE'S PEOPLE THERE AND AT THE TRAIN STATION THEY LINE UP IN FRONT OF THE 21:50 TRAIN AND AS THE TRAIN STOPS THE KIDS WILL BE YELLING SLOGANS OR GET 21:55 TOGETHER AND SING A SONG AGAINST ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO AND THEN AFTER 22:00 IT'S ALL FINISHED THEY PUT THEIR SIGNS DOWN AND START PICKING UP GARBAGE. 22:06 OH YES. 22:08 CAN YOU IMAGINE BY THE TRAIN STATIONS HOW MUCH GARBAGE IS AROUND THERE. 22:11 OH. 22:12 HERE WE HAVE OVER 200 KIDS PICKING UP GARBAGE. 22:13 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THIS DID TO THE COMMUNITY. 22:19 THEY NOTICED. 22:20 AND THE MAYORS OR THE HEAD MAN, THEY COMPLIMENT THEM. 22:25 AND HERE THE CHILDREN ARE TRAINED TO KEEP THEIR AREA CLEAN. 22:30 WHAT A BLESSING IT IS. 22:32 AND THEN THEY WILL SING MORE SONGS AND PLAY DRAMA. 22:35 THIS MAN IS TEACHING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HOW TO PERFORM THESE AND 22:47 AS THEY DO THAT THEY CAN GO OUT TO VILLAGES AGAIN AND AGAIN AND DO AWAY WITH 22:53 SOME OF THE EVILS OF ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO. 22:56 IS THAT OFTEN LINKED UP WITH A PERSON'S INTEREST IN THE GOSPEL ITSELF? 23:00 LET ME TELL YOU. 23:05 ONE TIME THEY HAD ONE OF THESE RALLIES CONNECTED WITH EVANGELISM. 23:11 OKAY. 23:12 THIS IS WHAT THE REPORT IS ON THESE RALLIES. 23:17 THE PEOPLE THERE RESPECT US AND THEY WELCOME US. 23:21 THEY WELCOME THEM TO COME BACK AGAIN. 23:23 THEY SHOW THEIR APPRECIATE TO THEM. 23:25 SOMETIMES THEY WILL GIVE CANDIES TO THE CHILDREN OR A DRINK OR SOMETHING. 23:32 NONALCOHOLIC. 23:33 RIGHT, WATER. 23:35 AND ONE HEADMASTER GAVE THEM MONEY TO ENSURE THAT THEY WOULD RETURN. 23:43 AMAZING. 23:44 AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED TEN THOUSAND COPIES OF LITERATURE 23:49 AGAINST ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO. 23:51 AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED HEALTH CORRESPONDENCE FORMS. 23:55 AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO FOLLOW 23:59 UP BECAUSE WHEN THEY HAVE THESE HEALTH CORRESPONDENCE FORMS THEY 24:04 GET TO GO BACK INTO THEIR HOMES AND WITH A HOME VISIT THEN THEY CAN ALSO 24:11 ASK HOW GOD BLESSES. 24:13 AND GOD'S BLESSINGS ARE FILLED WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT HEALTHFUL 24:18 LIVING. 24:20 THESE RALLIES ALSO BRING PEACE. 24:23 THEY BRING HEALTH AND SPIRITUALITY TO THE NEIGHBORS. 24:27 IT'S A WONDERFUL PHENOMENA. 24:29 SO IT'S A NEW APPROACH TO THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF LIFE. 24:34 YES. 24:35 IT INCLUDES THE WHOLE OF YOU. 24:36 AND WE HAVE A SCHOOL NAMED POLA OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE I THINK. 24:43 THEY WENT OUT AND DID THIS TRAINING ALSO. 24:46 BUT THE THING WAS THAT EVERY CHURCH MEMBER AS WELL AS EVERY STUDENT 24:50 WORKED TOGETHER TO PUT ON THIS RALLY. 24:53 SO IN THE DISTRICT NEWSPAPER THERE WAS A BIG WRITE UP. 24:58 IT'S HARD TO SEE THIS PICTURE BUT THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE KIDS LINED 25:02 UP WITH THEIR POSTERS IN THE DOWN TOWN AND THE WRITE UP IN THE NEWSPAPER 25:06 ABOUT THEM COMING AND HOW THEY INVITED THEM BACK. 25:10 THEY WANT TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE WITHOUT ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO. 25:15 THEY CAN. 25:16 THERE MUST BE A WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION THAT THESE ARE NOT HELPING THEIR 25:20 FAMILIES, NOT HELPING THEIR BODIES, NOT HELPING THEIR SOCIETY. 25:25 IN FACT THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA THIS YEAR HAS PASSED A LAW THAT THEY WANT TO 25:29 EDUCATE THE PEOPLE AGAINST USING ALCOHOL. 25:32 WE HAD THIS ONE RALLY CONNECTED WITH EVANGELISM. 25:36 AND THIS WAS THE REPORT THAT THE PASTOR SENT. 25:40 NOVEMBER 4 THEY WENT TO A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL AND A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND THEY 25:45 TAUGHT WATER. 25:47 OKAY. 25:48 THE USE OF WATER. 25:49 AND THEY WENT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL AND AGAIN THEY TALKED ABOUT WATER, AND 25:52 ABOUT THE EVILS OF TOBACCO. 25:55 AND ANOTHER DAY THEY HAD A RALLY AT TWO SCHOOLS AND THEY HAD WALKED SEVEN 26:01 KILOMETERS CALLING SLOGANS ANTI ALCOHOL, ANTI TOBACCO, DO YOUR EXERCISES 26:07 AND EAT FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND THEY SANG SONGS TO THESE HEALTH 26:11 MESSAGES. 26:13 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS INVITED THEM ALL TO COME BACK AND DO IT AGAIN NEXT 26:17 YEAR. 26:19 THESE ARE THE SUBJECTS THAT THEY TAUGHT, WATER, TOBACCO, DISEASE, ETC. 26:24 AND THEN I SEE THESE KIDS THAT ARE TRAINED IN OUR SCHOOLS AND I SAY IMAGINE 26:30 WHAT THIS ARMY OF YOUTH CAN DO. 26:33 BEVERLY, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 26:35 DON'T YOU JUST IMAGINE HER. 26:37 SHE'D LIKE TO BE WITH THOSE KIDS WITH ALL THOSE SLOGANS. 26:40 I CAN JUST HEAR IT IN HER VOICE. 26:41 SHE'D BE OUT THERE WITH THEM. 26:42 GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU PICK UP EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO. 26:47 CONTRIBUTE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:49 HELP THESE KIDS TO DO IT AND MAY YOUR LIFE BE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS 26:55 TO BE FREE AND LOVED YOUR WHOLE SELF BY THE GOD WHO CREATED US. |
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