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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000659A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE WATCHING TODAY. 00:20 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:22 I GET SO EXCITED AS I SIT HERE ON THE SET AND WE'RE JUST EXCITED THAT WE CAN 00:25 SHARE ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT THE LORD IS DOING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 00:29 WITH YOU. 00:30 SO WE DO HAVE A LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT HERE IN OUR STUDIOS AT GOSPEL 00:33 OUTREACH. 00:34 THE 10/40 WINDOW IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT AND IF YOU ARE NEW TO 00:37 GOSPEL OUTREACH -THAT IS A HUGE RECTANGLE AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM WEST 00:42 AFRICA CLEAR TO JAPAN AND THERE ARE MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THIS 00:47 AREA WHO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE. 00:52 AND TODAY I AM HERE AND EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH BONNIE AND DEL ORSER. 00:57 WELCOME. 00:57 WELL WE'RE EXCITED TOO. 00:59 YES, WE ARE. 01:00 IT IS ALWAYS FUN TO VISIT WITH BOTH OF YOU BECAUSE YOU BOTH ARE ENJOYING WHAT 01:03 YOU ARE DOING FOR THE LORD HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IT'S JUST FUN, RIGHT? 01:06 WE DO HAVE A LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT HERE, THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE THE LORD IS 01:09 HERE WITH US. 01:10 IT IS VERY EXCITING TO WALK WITH JESUS. 01:11 ABSOLUTELY. 01:13 SO, UM DEL AND BONNIE YOU FOLKS HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:17 VOLUNTEERING FOR HOW MANY YEARS NOW? 01:19 JUST THREE YEARS. 01:20 O.K. 01:21 BUT BEFORE THAT WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES IN COUNTRIES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN 01:28 SEVERAL. 01:29 WE'VE BEEN ON ABOUT TWENTY-SIX MISSION TRIPS. 01:30 THE LAST SEVENTEEN HAVE BEEN TO INDIA. 01:33 SO THAT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR HEART, RIGHT BONNIE? 01:35 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:36 O.K. 01:36 SO. 01:37 IT IS VERY EXCITING TO GO TO INDIA. 01:39 VERY CHALLENGING TOO. 01:40 THIS IS TRUE BUT THAT'S WHEN THE LORD CAN STEP IN RIGHT? 01:43 RIGHT. 01:43 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. 01:45 SO TELL OUR VIEWERS WHAT AREA OF INDIA THAT YOU ARE FOCUSED ON. 01:49 WE GO TO ANDHRA PRADESH. 01:51 WE HAVE TWO REGIONS IN ANDHRA PRADESH AND THEN WE GO TO ORISSA. 01:56 IT'S NEW TO US. 01:58 WE'VE ONLY BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND WE WILL BE GOING TO ORISSA 02:01 AGAIN AND WE HAVE TWO-A REGION AND A SECTION IN ORISSA AND A WONDERFUL 02:07 SCHOOL. 02:07 BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL AREA. 02:09 IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL BUT IT ALSO IS A CHALLENGING AREA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE 02:13 THEY HAD THE CHRISTIAN PERSECUTIONS SO TERRIBLY IN 2008 AND 2009 AND SO 02:22 YOU ARE STILL PROBABLY HEARING SOME OF THOSE RAMIFICATIONS AND AFTER 02:26 TALKS AND ALL OF THAT. 02:27 RIGHT. 02:28 YES, WE ARE. 02:29 WE -REGION 11 COVERS TWO STATES: ANDHRA PRADESH. 02:33 WE HAVE TWO CONFERENCES - THEY CALL THEM SECTIONS IN INDIA AND TWO SECTIONS 02:41 ALSO IN ORISSA AND THERE ARE ABOUT 42 MILLION PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN ORISSA 02:48 AND ABOUT FORTY, I THINK IT IS 49 MILLION ACTUALLY IN ORISSA AND 42 MILLION 02:54 THAT ARE IN ANDHRA PRADESH. 02:55 WOW AND WE TALK ABOUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 02:59 RIGHT. 03:01 AND HOW, I THINK ABOUT HOW HIGH I LAST COUNTED YOU KNOW, DID YOU COUNT TO 800 03:06 DID YOU COUNT TO 900 BUT THINK ABOUT COUNTING TO 42 MILLION PEOPLE. 03:10 THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE. 03:11 VERY MUCH SO. 03:13 IN THAT, IN OUR TWO AH, OUR FOUR CONFERENCES WE HAVE ALMOST 190 BIBLE 03:19 WORKERS AND THAT COVERS 1049 CHURCHES AND SO THIS MEANS THAT EACH BIBLE 03:28 WORKER HAS ABOUT FIVE CHURCHES APIECE AND THAT REPRESENTS 197,000 SEVENTH 03:35 DAY ADVENTISTS. 03:36 WOW. 03:37 SO IT IS A BIG RESPONSIBILITY. 03:38 HUGE RESPONSIBILITY AND GIVE US AN IDEA -MAJOR RELIGION IN YOUR TWO 03:41 STATES IN INDIA? 03:42 IT IS HINDU. 03:43 HINDU. 03:44 ACTUALLY HINDUISM IS ABOUT 82 PER CENT, I BELIEVE AND CHRISTIANITY IS RIGHT AT 03:47 2.5-3 PER CENT. 03:57 THERE ARE MUSLIMS ALSO IN THAT AREA. 03:59 SO IF THIS AREA OF YOUR TERRITORY DID HAVE SOME CHRISTIANITY PERSECUTION 04:04 HOW ARE THINGS NOW? 04:05 I THINK IT HAS SETTLED DOWN SOME IN ANDHRA PRADESH. 04:09 THERE IS STILL CONCERNS AND IN ORISSA WE ARE VERY CAREFUL IN ORISSA BECAUSE 04:14 OF THE PAST AND WE KNOW THEY ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF US. 04:18 SO WAS IT JUST MISUNDERSTANDINGS? 04:20 WAS IT-IT WAS. 04:20 O.K. 04:21 ISN'T THAT OFTEN TIMES THE CASE. 04:23 I THINK I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND WE REALIZED THAT IT WAS 04:26 MISUNDERSTANDINGS, REALLY THAT CAUSED THE CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION. 04:30 SO YOU HAVE THESE BIBLE WORKERS AND SO GIVE US SOME MORE INFORMATION 04:34 ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON THERE AND THE EXCITING THINGS AND I KNOW YOU ARE 04:37 DOING SOME TRAINING. 04:39 YES. 04:41 THERE IS A PICTURE OF US TRAVELING BETWEEN OUR SECTIONS. 04:46 WE TRAVELED SO FAR AND WE FOUND THE BEST WAY TO TRAVEL IS BY TRAIN AND 04:51 USUALY GET ON THE TRAIN AT NIGHT AND OR-IN THE EVENING AND TRAVEL ALL 04:55 NIGHT AND GET TO OUR SECTION EARLY IN THE MORNING IF WE CAN. 04:58 WELL AND BONNIE, I KNOW IN OTHER COUNTRIES WE DO WALK A LOT WHEN WE ARE THERE. 05:03 WELL, YES, VERY MUCH. 05:05 IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE WALKED A LOT AND DEL YOU ARE BEING A VERY KIND 05:10 HUSBAND. 05:11 THIS IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR AND HE WAS TRULY A BLESSING 05:15 FOR US. 05:16 HE WAS FROM THE ORISSA AREA SO HE COULD SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE AND THAT 05:19 WAS REALLY VERY WONDERFUL. 05:21 HE HAS BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH ORISSA SECTION SO WE'RE THANKFUL 05:26 THAT WE CAN STILL WORK WITH HIM IN ONE OF OUR CONFERENCES OR SECTIONS. 05:30 FORMER HINDU? 05:31 THIS MAN? 05:32 DO YOU KNOW? 05:33 NOT THAT I KNOW OF. 05:34 WELL, WHEN I LOOKED AT HIS PICTURE AND I THOUGHT EVERYBODY, WE ALL HAVE A 05:38 STORY RIGHT? 05:39 AND WHEN YOU JUST SAID THAT DEL, ABOUT HIM BEING THE PRESIDENT I JUST 05:42 THOUGHT WOW, I WONDER WHAT THIS MAN'S STORY IS ABOUT WHERE HE HAS COME FROM TO 05:46 LEARN ABOUT JESUS. 05:48 ONE THING THAT IS REALLY WONDERFUL IS HE KNOWS THE ORIYA LANGUAGE WHICH IS 05:51 THE DIALECT FOR SOUTH ORISSA AND NORTH ORISSA. 05:54 SO THAT'S BEEN A REAL BLESSING FOR US. 05:58 GOOD. 05:59 WE DON'T KNOW HIS BACKGROUND OTHER THAN HE CAME FROM A POOR FAMILY 06:02 AND HE WORKED VERY HARD FOR HIS EDUCATION AND HOW HUNGRY HE WOULD GET BUT HE 06:07 WAS VERY DETERMINED AND GOD HAS REALLY BLEST HIM. 06:11 HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST DEDICATED INDIAN MEN THAT WE HAVE EVER WORKED WITH 06:16 THERE. 06:16 HE WAS JUST A REAL GIFT TO US. 06:18 HE STARTED SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN ORISSA. 06:20 FANTASTIC! 06:21 FANTASTIC! 06:22 OK. 06:23 ALRIGHT, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BIBLE WORKER TRAINING. 06:26 HERE ARE SOME OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS IN NORTH RAYALASEEMA AND UM, NORTH 06:31 RAYALASEEMA IS A WONDERFUL SECTION. 06:35 THEY HAVE A NEW SECTION OFFICE AND WE COULD BRING OUR BIBLE WORKERS THERE 06:39 AND THEY COME AND WE FIX THE MEALS THERE AND THEY SLEEP THERE ON THE FLOOR 06:44 AND ON THE CEMENT. 06:45 IT IS QUITE AMAZING. 06:46 THESE PICTURES WILL SHOW YOU OUR TRAINING WITH THEM AND THIS YEAR OUR FOCUS 06:48 WAS ON OUR ADVENTIST DOCTRINES AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. 06:50 THEY WERE VERY ATTENTIVE. 06:51 ONE THING THAT WE DO IN OUR TRAINING-WE TRAIN ONE DAY AND THE NEXT DAY THEN 06:52 WE START OUR CLASS WITH A QUIZ. 06:55 WE WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE LEARNING. 07:01 INTERESTING. 07:02 AND THOSE WHO GET REALLY HIGH MARKS-IT'S JUST TEN QUESTIONS, BUT IF THEY GET 07:13 8 OR 9 OR 10 WE GIVE THEM A FEW RUPEES. 07:16 OH, I'M SURE THEY APPRECIATE THAT. 07:18 IT REALLY MOTIVATES THEM. 07:19 IT REALLY MOTIVATES THEM BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO KIND OF WALK THE AISLES BECAUSE 07:25 THEY WILL LOOK AT EACH OTHERS PAPER. 07:29 SEE, THEY ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GET IN LINE FOR THOSE 07:33 RUPEES. 07:34 SO WHAT ARE THEY HOLDING UP HERE? 07:35 THIS IS A DIAGRAM THAT I HAVE PUT TOGETHER ON GOD'S GRACE. 07:40 IT INCLUDES JUSTIFICATION, SANCTIFICATION AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE CHRISTIAN 07:45 LIFE AND IT REALLY PUTS IN A NUTSHELL THE SALVATION ISSUE. 07:51 IT'S JUST REALLY A BLESSING AND I COULD TALK A LOT ON THAT BUT IT'S 07:55 BEEN A BLESSING TO SHARE THAT. 07:57 AND THE FOOD-OH, LOOK AT THE FOOD! 08:00 LOOK AT THE DAL AND CURRY AND OH. 08:01 THEY LINE UP AND THEY SERVE RIGHT THERE. 08:04 IT IS A WONDERFUL FACILITY FOR TRAINING. 08:07 IT IS JUST VERY NICE. 08:08 AND IS IT A SCHOOL, BONNIE? 08:09 NO IT IS THE REGION CONFERENCE OFFICE. 08:12 I'M GETTING INTO THE TRAINING. 08:16 GOOD. 08:18 BUT THIS TRAINING IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE -SO YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE 08:23 OF US WHO HAVE BEEN BLEST TO GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOL AND HAVE BIBLE CLASSES 08:27 FROM GRADE SCHOOL UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE EVEN BUT FOR A LOT 08:32 OF THESE PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED JESUS AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD 08:36 ANYTHING LIKE THIS, THIS IS HUGE FOR THEM, RIGHT? 08:39 RIGHT. 08:39 IT IS, IT IS. 08:41 NOW THIS PICTURE IS OF SOUTH RAYALSEEMA AND WE -THIS SECTION IT HAS BEEN 08:48 A VERY CHALLENGING SECTION AND WE'D BEEN REALLY PRAYING FOR GOD TO GIVE US 08:53 WISDOM ABOUT WHAT COULD WE GIVE TO THESE BIBLE WORKERS THAT WOULD CHANGE 08:57 THEIR LIVES? 08:58 AND DEL WILL SHARE LATER UM, ABOUT THIS L.I.G.H.T -IS A MINISTRY THAT CAME 09:05 AND FROM AMERICA AND WE HAVE A 12 DAY TRAINING PERIOD WITH THEM ABOUT THE 09:10 GOSPEL AND THE HEALTH MESSAGE. 09:13 HOW IT WORKS TOGETHER? 09:14 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:16 AND THEY EVEN HAD A HEALTH FAIR AND THEY WENT OUT TO THE VILLAGES AND HE'S 09:18 GOING TO-YOU'LL BE SEEING SOME PICTURES OF PEOPLE WHO CAME BUT IT WAS TRULY, 09:23 TRULY A BLESSING AND THE LEADERSHIP WAS VERY CAUTIOUS. 09:28 THIS IS A NEW-SOMETHING NEW FOR THEM. 09:31 THEY WERE CONVERTED OVER THE LOVE AND GOD'S WORD AND THE WAY THESE-THERE 09:37 WERE SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM THAT CAME AND HOW THEY WITNESS-THESE YOUNG PEOPLE 09:43 FROM THE STATES LOVING THEIR INDIANS -THE INDIAN PEOPLE. 09:47 IT WAS JUST - IT WAS ACTUALLY TRANSFORMING TO THEIR HEARTS. 09:52 WONDERFUL. 09:53 I MEAN TO THE LEADERSHIP'S HEART AND THAT WAS JUST SUCH A BLESSING FOR US. 09:56 IT WAS JUST TRULY-THAT WAS-IT WAS WORTH IT ALL AND THEY WERE THERE TWELVE 10:00 DAYS. 10:02 WE HAD THREE DAYS OF TRAINING WITH THEM AND THEN TWELVE DAYS AND HERE 10:04 THEY LOAD US DOWN WITH GARLANDS AND THEY ARE SO APPRECIATIVE. 10:08 ARE THEY FLOWERS? 10:09 YES, AND THEY ARE SO HEAVY AND YOU KNOW JULIE, THE UM, WHEN THEY START 10:12 LOADINGTHOSE GARLANDS ON YOU, YES, YOU START TO WEEP. 10:18 OH. 10:20 IT IS A VERY EMOTIONAL, VERY EMOTIONAL AS THEY POUR OUT THEIR LOVE ON YOU 10:23 AND APPRECIATION. 10:25 SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME AND THEIR ROOMS ARE VERY ROUGH AND YOU KNOW THAT 10:30 KIND OF THING SO. 10:31 BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS TRAINING UP IN ORISSA. 10:33 THEY HAVE 16 BIBLE WORKERS IN ORISSA AND THEY COME FROM ALL OVER. 10:39 I MEAN WE TO GO TO ONE CHURCH WE TRAVELED 6 ½ HOURS. 10:43 OH WOW. 10:44 SIX AND A HALF HOURS AND THEN THIS ONE IS IN SOUTH ORISSA. 10:48 THEY HAVE ABOUT 40 BIBLE WORKERS HERE. 10:51 THEY ALSO COME FROM A LONG WAYS. 10:53 BUT THESE MEN- WE HAVE A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WE HAVE THEM ALL FILL OUT AND WE 10:58 MEET WITH EVERYONE OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS ONE ON ONE SO WE KNOW THEIR CHILDREN, 11:04 HOW OLD THEIR CHILDREN ARE. 11:05 HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:07 HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY SPEND WITH GOD? 11:11 OH MY, AND BY THE TIME WE LEAVE WE ARE JUST HUGGING AND CRYING AND THEY ARE 11:16 SHARING WITH -THE CHALLENGES BUT ALSO WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THEIR 11:21 LIVES AND IT JUST MOTIVATES THEM, JUST REALLY MOTIVATES THEM. 11:24 OK KEEP GOING. 11:26 I LOVE THIS AND SO DEL THE PICTURE WHERE YOU HAD YOUR ARMS OUTSTRETCHED THAT WAS 11:28 FANTASTIC. 11:29 OH HOW WE LOVE THOSE GUYS. 11:31 WE DO AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE THREE OF US BEFORE WE STARTED MEETING 11:38 WITH THE INDIVIDUALLY THE BIBLE WORKERS AND I HAVE HERE A QUESTIONNAIRE AND 11:44 OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T READ IT BUT WE GET TO KNOW THESE MEN PERSONALLY. 11:49 WE ASK THEM SO MANY THINGS ABOUT HOW THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS-IF THEY OWN OR 11:54 THEY RENT. 11:55 IF THEIR WIFE IS SUPPORTIVE. 11:57 HOW MANY CHURCHES THEY HAVE THAT THEY ARE YOU KNOW, THAT THEY GO TO AND 12:02 HOW THEY TRAVEL THERE. 12:05 HOW -WHY THEY BECAME -WHY THEY ARE A BIBLE WORKER? 12:08 WE ASK THEM QUESTIONS WHY ARE YOU, YOU KNOW, AND WE ASK THEM QUESTIONS LIKE 12:11 HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND DAILY IN GOD'S WORD AND WE GET TO KNOW THEM AND SOME 12:17 OF THE CHALLENGES AND THEN WE ASK IF THEY HAVE ANY REQUESTS AFTERWARDS. 12:21 AH, WE ALSO FIND OUT HOW MANY CHILDREN THEY HAVE. 12:25 THE NEEDS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 12:26 YOU KNOW SO MANY ARE HAVING TO GO TO SCHOOL ON SABBATH AND SO WE'VE BEEN 12:32 DOING OUR BEST TO GET THEIR CHILDREN INTO SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS. 12:36 ASIAN AID HAS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE. 12:38 GOOD. 12:38 GOOD. 12:40 AND WE HAVE ABOUT TWENTY NOW THAT ASIAN AID HAS ACCEPTED AND BEING 12:42 SPONSORED SO THAT'S REALLY A BLESSING. 12:43 ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? 12:45 THIS IS EXCITING AND IF YOU ARE EXCITED AS WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT HOW THE LORD 12:46 IS WORKING IN INDIA, SPECIFICALLY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO 12:49 INVITE YOU. 12:51 YOU CAN ADOPT A WORKER AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE ARE GOING TO SHARE MORE 12:58 INFORMATION WITH YOU ON HOW YOU CAN DO THAT. 13:03 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 13:07 QUESTION. 13:08 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:10 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS 13:15 WAITING FOR? 13:17 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 13:20 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:23 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 13:28 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 13:33 SHALL THE END COME." 13:37 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE 13:41 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 13:47 PLUS COUNTRIES. 13:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 13:52 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 13:54 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. 13:56 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 13:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 14:03 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 14:05 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY DOING WITH 14:11 OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 14:12 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 14:14 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS LARGE A PART IS 14:19 STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 14:23 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 14:27 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 14:31 WINDOW. 14:33 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 14:36 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 14:40 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 14:42 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 14:46 NINETY -SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER 14:49 HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 14:52 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 14:57 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 15:01 IN NEW TERRITORIES. 15:02 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 15:06 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN. 15:09 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS CHURCH 15:12 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 15:17 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 15:21 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 15:22 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 15:27 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 15:29 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAVE BEEN 15:32 WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 15:34 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 15:38 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 15:41 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 15:44 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 15:48 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 15:53 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 16:02 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 16:04 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 16:06 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 16:10 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 16:14 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 16:18 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 16:22 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 16:26 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED 16:31 TO BE REACHED. 16:33 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 16:37 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 16:43 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 16:47 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A 16:52 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 16:55 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 17:00 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH. 17:04 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 17:08 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 17:13 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 17:17 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 17:21 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 17:26 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE ARE THREE 17:29 WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 17:34 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:37 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 17:40 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 17:45 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 17:47 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 17:51 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 17:54 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 18:05 HOW EXCITING IS THAT? 18:07 YOU'VE BEEN CALLED TO DO WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU LIVE BUT YOU CAN 18:11 ALSO PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BY ADOPTING A WORKER TO WORK IN THE 18:14 10/40 WINDOW AND HOW NEAT IS THAT TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE LORD. 18:18 SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SHARING JESUS, 18:22 RIGHT? 18:22 THAT'S RIGHT, RIGHT. 18:24 AND BONNIE AND DEL ORSER ARE HERE AND THE GREAT COMMISSION IT'S HUGE 18:28 BECAUSE GOD HAS ASKED US TO DO SOMETHING AND DEL WOULD YOU READ THE LAST 18:33 VERSES IN MATTHEW FOR US? 18:34 BE GLAD TO. 18:36 MATTHEW 28:18-20 "AND JESUS CAME UP AND SPOKE TO THEM SAYING, ALL AUTHORITY 18:43 HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH. 18:46 GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS AND BAPTIZING THEM IN THE 18:49 NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE 18:53 ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS EVEN TO THE END OF 18:58 THE WORLD." 18:59 A WONDERFUL PROMISE. 19:00 ISN'T THAT? 19:01 ABSOLUTELY. 19:02 AND IT WAS EVEN MENTIONED AGAIN IN MARK IF YOU COULD READ THOSE VERSES TOO 19:06 PLEASE. 19:08 MARK 16:15-16 "AND HE SAID TO THEM, GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE 19:17 GOSPEL TO ALL CREATION. 19:20 HE WHO HAS BELIEVED AND HAS BEEN BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED." 19:25 PRAISE THE LORD AND GOSPEL OUTREACH-THE ACRONYM FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IS GO- 19:31 G.O. 19:32 AND WE JUST WERE READING ABOUT THAT AND GOD TOLD ABRAHAM TO GO. 19:36 HE TOLD JOSHUA TO GO TO JERICHO AND JESUS IS TELLING US TO GO AND HE 19:41 TOLD THE DISCIPLES AND I'M DOING A STUDY RIGHT NOW ON 2 TIMOTHY AND TO TAKE IT 19:46 EVEN FARTHER 2 TIMOTHY 1:14 IT SAYS, "GUARD THE GOOD DEPOSIT THAT WAS 19:51 ENTRUSTED TO YOU. 19:53 GUARD IT WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO LIVES IN US." 19:56 SO THE LORD HAS ENTRUSTED US WITH THE GOSPEL TO SHARE IT AND HE HAS GIVEN 20:02 US THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT. 20:06 ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? 20:07 ISN'T THAT NEAT? 20:07 IT'S WONDERFUL. 20:09 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S JUST BEEN FABULOUS FOR ME AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING 20:12 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS HELPING TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO SHARE, YES, JESUS WHERE 20:17 THEY LIVE. 20:18 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:20 AND SO IF OUR VIEWERS ARE JUST NOW TUNING IN, REMIND US WHERE YOU TWO HAVE YOUR 20:24 CONCENTRATION IN INDIA. 20:25 WELL THE LAST SEGMENT COVERED ABOUT OUR TRAINING. 20:28 THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DO THAT I DIDN'T GET TO COVER. 20:33 NUMBER ONE IS THAT WE GIVE THEM A CALENDAR. 20:37 THIS IS ONE OF THEM HERE. 20:38 IT'S KEEPING TRACK OF WHERE THEY'VE BEEN AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE. 20:42 IT IS SO IMPORTANT HOW THEY USE THEIR TIME. 20:44 IT SEEMS LIKE IN INDIA IT IS SO EASY FOR THEM TO JUST SIT AND DO NOTHING 20:50 AND SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO USE THEIR TIME WISELY. 20:55 AND MANAGE THEIR MONEY. 20:57 MANAGE THEIR MONEY RIGHT AND SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE HAVE ORDERED IN 21:01 THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND THEY USE THESE. 21:04 WE MAKE SURE THEY ARE USING THEM. 21:05 FANTASTIC. 21:07 AND BONNIE WILL SHARE ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN WHO -TIMOTHY. 21:12 TIMOTHY IS ONE OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 21:14 HE HAS HAD POLIO SO HE GETS AROUND WITH CRUTCHES. 21:18 GOD BLESS HIM. 21:20 BUT HE IS TRULY A WORKER FOR THE LORD AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, RIGHT NOW, OF 21:25 BUILDING HIM A HOME AND SO THAT HE HAS A HOME. 21:28 HIS OTHER HOME WAS CRUMBLING AROUND HIM AND LEAKY AND ALL THAT SO THIS 21:34 IS TIMOTHY. 21:35 AND YOU KNOW I SEE TIMOTHY'S SMILE BEFORE I SEE THE CRUTCHES AND WE 21:39 JUST READ THE VERSE IN TIMOTHY AND PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIM. 21:42 HE IS, HE IS A TRULY-HE IS IN OUR SOUTH RAYALASEEMA SECTION IN INDIA. 21:47 AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INDIA HERE TODAY. 21:49 RIGHT, RIGHT. 21:50 NOW WE HAD MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE L.I.G.H.T MINISTRY. 21:52 IT STANDS FOR LAY INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH TRAINING. 21:57 THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME WITH THAT TEAM LAST YEAR FOR OUR SOUTH 22:01 RAYALASEEMA SECTION AND THEY COME FROM WILDWOOD AND WOW! 22:06 DID THEY REFLECT JESUS AND WE REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HEALTH MINISTRY AND 22:12 I THINK MOST OF US ARE AWARE OF PATHWAYS TO HEALTH, WHAT IT IS DOING 22:15 HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 22:17 SO TELL US SOME THINGS IN INDIA THAT PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH. 22:20 ARE THERE BIG SMOKERS THERE? 22:23 ARE THERE DRINKERS? 22:25 DO THEY - I KNOW LIKE IN, YES, PARTS OF ASIA THEY DO BEETLE NUT, YES, BETTLE 22:29 NUT TOO. 22:30 BETTLE NUT. 22:30 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 22:32 SO IT'S A MATTER OF TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR BODY BEING GOD'S 22:35 TEMPLE, THAT'S RIGHT, AND HOW DO THEY TAKE THAT? 22:37 IS THAT KIND OF A NEW CONCEPT FOR THEM THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING THOSE 22:40 SUBSTANCES? 22:41 IT SURE IS. 22:43 THERE ARE SO MANY THAT ARE IN DESTITUTE HEALTH AND THAT WILL COME TO THIS 22:46 HEALTH FAIR THAT WE HAD-THE EXPO AND THEY HELD ONE THERE AND IT WAS JUST 22:51 AMAZING TO SEE. 22:53 WE GOT A STORY IN KADAPA ABOUT HOW WE WERE CONCERNED WHAT WE WERE 22:57 GOING TO DO, WHERE WE WERE GOING TO GO AND HOLD THIS HEALTH EXPO. 23:01 THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE TRAINING OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 23:03 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO - L.I.G.H.T- THEY ACTUALLY GO INTO THE 23:07 VILLAGES INTO THE HOMES AND THEY TALK TO THESE PEOPLE AND THEY TOOK ON 23:12 CERTAIN PROJECTS. 23:13 ONE LITTLE BOY WAS ALMOST BLIND -HAD MATTED EYES AND THEY TOOK THAT PROJECT ON 23:19 AND THEY LOVED HIM. 23:20 THEY HAD PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THE SCHOOL GROUNDS THERE IN KADAPA AND YOU 23:25 WILL SEE SOME LEGS-LETS SEE DO THEY- DID THEY HELP THE LITTLE BOY, BONNIE? 23:31 YES, OH YES. 23:32 VERY MUCH SO. 23:34 THEY HELPED HIS EYES AND THEY HAVE AN INDIAN MEDICAL DOCTOR WHO IS PART 23:36 OF THEIR TEAM. 23:38 THIS MAN HERE WAS A VERY WEALTHY COUNCILMAN IN THE CENTER IN THE WHITE SHIRT, 23:43 IN THE AREA, HE'S A POLITICIAN IN KADAPA AND HE WAS VERY GENEROUS. 23:49 YOU'LL SEE HIS BEAUTIFUL HOME BUT HE UH, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HOMES I 23:54 EVER SAW IN INDIA ACTUALLY. 23:56 BUT HE HAD ANOTHER LOCATION AND HE WAS WILLING -RIGHT THERE IS 24:00 THE LOCATION -IT WAS NEXT TO THE TEMPLE BUT HE HAD THIS WONDERFUL LOCATION 24:05 WHERE WE HAD THE HEALTH FAIR. 24:07 BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE ENCLOSED BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MANAGE ALL THESE 24:09 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 24:11 THEY SET UP TABLES AND THEY HAD THE MEDICAL PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY 24:16 AND THE NURSES THEY ALL CAME. 24:18 SO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A HINDU PLACE. 24:20 YES. 24:21 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. 24:22 I KNOW IT WAS AMAZING. 24:23 GOD ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS. 24:24 ABSOLUTELY. 24:26 I'M LOOKING AT THAT ART WORK AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS INSIDE SOMEONE'S HOME. 24:29 IT WAS LIKE A MIRACLE THAT THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE WE WERE VERY CONCERNED WHERE 24:34 WE WERE GOING TO MEET AND HAVE THIS HEALTH EXPO. 24:36 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD FOR WHERE HE PLACED YOU FOLKS. 24:39 IT WAS AMAZING. 24:40 IT WAS VERY EXCITING, VERY, VERY REWARDING. 24:41 SO THE COMBINATION OF JESUS, THE GOSPEL, MEDICAL -HERE THEY ARE ALL THE 24:47 MEDICAL LADIES FROM THE HOSPITAL. 24:50 WE HAVE AN INDIAN SON AND THEY ARE BOTH IN THE MEDICAL WORLD AND THEY 24:53 HAVE CONNECTIONS AND SHE IS A REGISTERED NURSE AND SO THEY ARE -THEY HAVE 24:59 CONNECTIONS WITH THE MEDICAL. 25:00 NOW THIS IS ANOTHER TEAM THAT WE HAVE JOINED HANDS WITH. 25:05 THIS IS CALLED HEALTHY HEART INDIA. 25:08 NOW OUR BIBLE WORKERS- THEY TOOK A SURVEY OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS AND 50 PER 25:12 CENT OF THEM ARE ILLITERATE. 25:14 WIVES-EXCUSE ME THE BIBLE WORKER WIVES ARE ILLITERATE - 50 PER CENT 25:19 AND SO WE HAVE PUT A LITERACY PROGRAM IN BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN BE A 25:23 BLESSING. 25:24 BUT THESE PEOPLE THIS GROUP HAS COME FROM INDIA, I'M MEAN TO INDIA FROM THE 25:30 STATES AND THEY CALL THEM HEALTHY HEART INDIA AND THEY ARE TRAINING OUR 25:35 BIBLE WORKER WIVES TO BE VILLAGE HEALTH WORKERS. 25:39 WELL FANTASTIC. 25:40 IT IS WONDERFUL AND OUR CHURCHES ARE GROWING JUST FROM THIS MINISTRY AND 25:45 GOING OUT AND MEETING THOSE NEEDS AND WE'RE-NOW THE GENTLEMAN IN THE 25:48 CENTER IN THE GREY SHIRT IS JIM REYNOLDS WHO IS FROM PORTLAND AND HE HAS 25:52 ONE OF HIS LEGS THAT IS A PROSTHESIS AND HE HAS AN AMAZING STORY TO TELL OF 25:58 HOW THE LORD BLEST HIM AND HE HAS PUT THIS TEAM TOGETHER AND IT HAS BEEN 26:01 SUCH A BLESSING. 26:02 WELL AND IS THIS AT A CHURCH? 26:04 YES. 26:05 THIS IS AT ONE OF THEIR TRAINING CENTERS WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINING. 26:12 THEY BRING AND I THINK THEY HAVE TRAINED IN ONE YEAR THERE, THEY HAVE OVER 26:17 60 BIBLE WORKER WIVES THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO BE VILLAGE HEALTH WORKERS. 26:23 IT IS A VERY EXCITING. 26:24 IT IS VERY EXCITING. 26:25 ISN'T THIS FANTASTIC? 26:26 WELL WE THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE LORD'S LEADING 26:30 AND OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND REMIND US HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 26:34 YOU HAVE? 26:35 RIGHT AT 190. 26:36 AND YOU HAVE MEN AND WOMEN? 26:37 YES. 26:38 YOU HAVE SOME WOMEN IN YOUR TEAM AS WELL. 26:39 YES, WE DO. 26:41 WELL, WE WILL CERTAINLY BE PRAYING FOR YOU AND BE EXCITED FOR HOW THE LORD 26:44 IS LEADING AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS THERE. 26:48 IT'S A BLESSING. 26:50 AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR TEAM HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AS 26:53 TOGETHER WE GO AND WE SHARE JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 26:56 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:59 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:00 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:35 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
Revised 2016-12-09