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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000660A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE EXCITED. 00:22 WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT JESUS AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SHARING HIM. 00:27 WE'RE EXCITED THAT HE HAS DONE ALL THE THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE FOR US 00:30 INCLUDING FORGIVING US OF OUR SINS BY DYING ON THE CROSS AND WE WANT TO SHARE 00:34 ALL OF THAT WITH PEOPLE THROUGH HIS WORD AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING 00:38 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH BY WORKING WITH BIBLE WORKERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:43 DEL AND BONNIE ORSER ARE HERE AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AREN'T WE? 00:47 YES, WE ARE. 00:48 YES, WE CERTAINLY ARE. 00:49 SO WE TALK ABOUT THIS 10/40 WINDOW AND THAT'S A TERM FOR AN AREA OF OUR 00:54 GLOBE THAT IS HUGE. 00:56 IT IS A HUGE RECTANGLE FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH NORTHERN 00:59 AFRICA, INDIA WHERE YOU TWO ARE WORKING; NEPAL, CHINA AND JAPAN AND HUGE 01:07 POPULATIONS. 01:08 RIGHT. 01:08 RIGHT, DEL? 01:09 RIGHT AND THEY NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOOD NEWS, RIGHT? 01:13 ITS' A GREAT JOY TO BE HERE WITH YOU. 01:15 WE REPRESENT REGION 11. 01:16 WE ARE DIRECTORS FOR REGION 11WHICH COVERS ORISSA AND FOUR 01:21 CONFERENCES-TWO IN ORISSA AND TWO IN ANDHRA PRADESH. 01:25 AND THOSE ARE STATES IN INDIA, RIGHT? 01:26 THAT'S RIGHT THEY ARE STATES. 01:28 AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US: YOU KNOW I'M HERE TODAY AND A SEVENTH DAY 01:33 ADVENTIST BECAUSE I BELIEVE OUR CHURCH TEACHES TRUTH AND THERE WAS A TIME 01:40 WHEN I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO BE A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST BUT AS I STUDIED I 01:44 REALIZED THE BEAUTIFUL TRUTHS WE HAVE AND I JUST PRAY THAT EVERYONE THAT WE 01:49 MEET THAT IS PART OF OUR CHURCH IN INDIA WHETHER ITS HERE OR THERE BECAUSE 01:53 OF THAT WE ALL NEED TO STUDY FOR OURSELVES AND OF COURSE, THAT'S THE REASON 01:56 WHY WE HAVE ENCOURAGED GIVING THE BIBLES IN INDIA. 02:01 HUGE. 02:02 LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OVER 3250 BIBLES IN FOUR DIFFERENT DIALECTS. 02:04 MANY OF THEM WENT TO OUR SCHOOLS THERE BUT AS WE INTERVIEW OUR BIBLE 02:06 WORKERS WE REALIZE THERE ARE STILL THOSE IN THE CHURCHES THAT DON'T HAVE 02:08 BIBLES. 02:09 WHEN WE ONLY PROVIDE THEM FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN READ AND THAT'S ONE OF THE 02:11 REASONS WE ENCOURAGE LITERACY CLASSES WHICH BONNIE CAN SHARE A LITTLE 02:12 BIT ABOUT BUT LITERACY CLASSES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. 02:14 I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ARE MOST PEOPLE LITERATE IN INDIA? 02:15 NO. 02:16 NO. 02:17 THE DALIT CASTE WHICH -SEE THE GOSPEL APPEALS TO THE DALITS WHICH IS THE 02:19 UNTOUCHABLES BECAUSE THEY JUST ARE-THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED EVEN TO LOOK AT 02:20 THE TEMPLES OF THE HINDUS. 02:22 SO THE PEOPLE WHO MOTHER TERESA HAS SPENT HER LIFE HELPING. 02:22 RIGHT. 02:23 YES. 02:24 AND WHO JESUS HELPED IN THE BIBLE. 02:25 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:26 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ALL- AND HE HELPS ALL OF US. 02:27 THIS IS ONE OF THE PICTURES AT A BAPTISM AND OF COURSE, THEY ARE 02:29 SHOWING THEIR BIBLES AND THAT IS AN EXCITING THING IN ITSELF. 02:30 WE ALWAYS HAVE PRAYER WITH THEM WHEN THEY COME UP OUT OF THE WATER AND WE GIVE 02:32 THEM A BIBLE. 02:34 THIS IS A PICTURE OF GIVING THE BIBLES IN OUR SOUTH ORISSA SECTION AND 02:35 HOW THEY TAKE THESE BIBLES HOME WITH THEM AND HOW THEY CAN CARRY THEM OFTEN 02:37 ON THE BUS, ON THEIR BICYCLES IS AMAZING. 02:38 HOW THEY PUT THEIR PACKS TOGETHER. 03:27 THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE BIBLE WORKERS RECEIVING THE BIBLES. 03:30 SO, BONNIE AND DEL, GIVE US AN IDEA HOW MUCH IS ONE BIBLE IN INDIA? 03:34 IT IS RIGHT AT $5. 03:36 FIVE U.S. 03:37 DOLLARS. 03:38 SO THEY ARE VERY REASONABLE. 03:40 IT USED TO BE $3 BUT IT HAS OVER THE YEARS INCREASED. 03:43 AND THESE ARE THE MEN THAT ARE GETTING READY TO TAKE OFF AND THIS IS A MAN THAT 03:48 HAS A PICTURE ROLL. 03:49 YOU SEE THE BLUE PICTURE ROLL WHICH IS AN AMAZING TOOL TO USE IN THE 03:52 CHURCHES AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SHARE THE LORD AND THE STORIES. 03:56 SO LET'S GIVE A VIEWER WHO MIGHT BE NEW TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURES 04:00 IN MISSIONS"-SO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH WHOM? 04:04 TO HAVE THESE BIBLE WORKERS? 04:09 YOU CAN ANSWER THAT BONNIE, PLEASE. 04:10 WELL, OUR BIBLE WORKERS ARE PART OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND 04:15 THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS BASICALLY AND THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY GOSPEL 04:19 OUTREACH SO THAT THEY CAN BE -UM- REACH THE UNREACHED IN THESE 04:24 DIFFERENT TERRITORIES. 04:26 BUT THEY ALSO ARE PART OF A SMALL LITTLE CHURCH IN A LITTLE VILLAGE. 04:32 THEY ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED. 04:33 THESE BIBLE WORKERS ARE TRAINED TO SHARE THE GOSPEL AND THEY, ALL OF 04:37 THEM, HAVE A PERSONAL WONDERFUL VIBRANT RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS 04:41 CHRIST AND THEY KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF SPENDING TIME IN GOD'S WORD AND IN 04:47 PRAYER. 04:49 THEY HAVE FABULOUS STORIES OF WHERE THEY HAVE COME FROM; HOW GOD HAS SAVED 04:53 THEM AND WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THEIR LIVES AND IN THEIR FAMILIES LIVES AND 04:56 IN THEIR VILLAGE. 04:57 IT IS VERY EXCITING. 04:59 SO THEY ARE SHARING THE TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN, THROUGH THE BIBLE, 05:02 DEL. 05:03 THAT'S RIGHT. 05:03 AS THEY ARE GOING. 05:05 SO THEN HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR TWO STATES? 05:07 WE HAVE 190. 05:09 MEN AND WOMEN? 05:10 YES. 05:11 O.K. 05:12 MOSTLY MEN. 05:13 WE LOVE TO GO TO THE CHURCHES AND OFTEN TIMES WE SEE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL 05:16 STAND UP AND READ. 05:18 WE ALWAYS REFER THEM TO THE BIBLE VERSES AND IT IS SO NEAT TO SEE THEM 05:22 -ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG PEOPLE READ OUT LOUD FROM UP FRONT. 05:26 WE ENCOURAGE OUR BIBLE WORKERS TO HAVE LITERACY CLASSES IN THEIR CHURCHES 05:30 AND MAKE IT OPEN TO ANYONE IN THEIR VILLAGE AND IT IS TRULY A BLESSING. 05:35 SO DO PEOPLE COME THEN? 05:37 OH YES, THEY COME AND YOU KNOW I HAVE SEEN THEM READ FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM 05:42 THE BIBLE. 05:43 IT'S AN EMOTIONAL THING. 05:44 OH, IT IS. 05:46 THE TEARS RUN DOWN YOUR FACE BECAUSE THEY ARE-IT IS A COMPLETELY NEW 05:50 WONDERFUL, WIDE OPEN WORLD THAT NOW THEY HAVE COME FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT. 05:57 ISN'T THAT EXCITING? 05:58 ABSOLUTELY. 05:59 AND YOU KNOW THOUGH, BONNIE WHEN YOU SHARE THAT, THAT HAPPENS 06:03 ANYWHERE. 06:03 OUR NIECE WHO IS JUST LEARNING TO READ. 06:05 WE'D GIVEN HER A BIBLE AND SHE OPENED IT AND SAW ALL THE BLACK ON THE PAGE AND 06:10 SHE SAID, "OH, I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN READ THAT" IN FIRST GRADE AND 06:14 SHE WENT TO JOHN 3:16 AND TO LISTEN TO HER AND TO SEE THE DELIGHTFUL MOMENT 06:19 HAPPEN AS SHE COULD THE WORDS. 06:22 IT WAS VERY, VERY MOVING TO ME AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE TALKING 06:26 ABOUT. 06:27 WOW. 06:28 YES, IT IS VERY EXCITING AND ALSO FOR THE WIVES TO BECOME LITERATE AND NOW 06:33 THEY CAN WORK BESIDE THEIR HUSBANDS AND BE SUCH A BLESSING. 06:36 YES. 06:37 SUCH A BLESSING AND SO THAT IS-WE HAVE DONE IT ONCE NOW IN NORTH 06:39 RAYALASEEMA. 06:41 WE HAVE HAD A LITERACY TEN MONTH PROGRAM AND NOW THIS YEAR GOD WILLING, WE ARE 06:49 GOING TO DO SOUTH RAYALASEEMA AND SO THE WIVES WILL BE ABLE TO COME 06:55 AND HAVE A TEN MONTH PROGRAM. 06:57 FANTASTIC. 06:57 TO BECOME LITERATE. 06:58 IT IS SO EXCITING. 07:00 I MEAN IT REALLY DOES OPEN AND THEN WITH HEALTHY HEART INDIA COMING AND 07:04 TRAINING THE WIVES TO BE VILLAGE HEALTH WORKERS -I MEAN IT IS JUST SO 07:08 EXCITING. 07:09 THE COMBINATION, YES, OF ALL OF THAT. 07:11 IT'S JUST SO EXCITING. 07:13 WELL AND THAT KIND OF GIVES US AN IDEA DEL, AS YOU SHOWED THAT PICTURE OF 07:15 THE WORKER WITH THE PICTURE ROLL AND ALL OF THAT. 07:18 RIGHT, IT KIND OF GIVES OUR VIEWERS AN IDEA OF WHO THIS PERSON IS. 07:21 NOW IF WE CAN GO BACK, SURE, LET'S GO. 07:23 THE PICTURES OF THE LITERACY CLASSES I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE 07:28 RECENT ONES BUT THIS IS A GROUP THAT TOOK TRAINING THERE AT THE DIVISION 07:33 OFFICE-SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION UNDER UMA CHENNIA. 07:39 AND JUST AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE. 07:41 LOOK AT ALL THOSE WOMEN IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL SARIS. 07:43 OH YES. 07:45 THESE ARE WOMEN MOST-A LOT OF THEM IN THE COMMUNITY THERE THAT DID NOT KNOW 07:47 HOW TO READ OR WRITE BEFORE AND SO THEY'VE COME TOGETHER. 07:50 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT THE CURRICULUM IS THAT THEY DON'T JUST 07:54 LEARN THEY DO LEARN THE ALPHABET AND ITS IN TELAGU AND IT IS AND THEY HAVE A 07:57 SLATE AND THEY -IT IS WONDERFUL FOR THEM BUT THEY LEARN NUTRITION; THEY 07:59 LEARN CHILD CARE; THEY LEARN MONEY; THEY LEARN HOW TO MANAGE MONEY. 08:01 THERE IS SO MANY THINGS THAT THEY LEARN AND EVEN AFTER THEY COMPLETE THEY 08:03 ARE EQUIPED TO MAYBE DO A LITTLE SEWING BUSINESS OR A LITTLE GRINDING BUSINESS 08:05 OR WHATEVER AND IT IS JUST OPENS NEW DOORS FOR THEM AND THEY BECOME SO 08:07 VALUABLE. 08:08 SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THEY ARE NOT READING THE BOOK: SEE DICK RUN. 08:10 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:10 NO THEY ARE NOT. 08:12 THEY ARE ACTUALLY LEARNING SOMETHING ABOUT-WHEN THEY ARE DONE THEY ACTUALLY 08:13 HAVE A LITTLE BIO -BIOGRAPHY OF THEIR PAST LIFE AND WHAT CHANGES THAT 08:15 HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THEIR LIFE AND IT IS SO EXCITING TO READ THESE STORIES. 08:17 SO AGE RANGE OF THESE WOMEN WHO ARE COMING? 08:33 OLD TO THE YOUNG. 08:42 OLD TO THE YOUNG BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE DAUGHTERS IN THE VILLAGE DON'T GET TO 08:54 GO TO SCHOOL AND SO THEY GET TO GO TO THE LITERACY CLASS AND THERE ARE OLDER 08:59 LADIES THAT ARE GRANDMAS THAT LIVED IN DARKNESS ALL THESE YEARS AND NOW THEY 09:04 ARE ABLE TO READ. 09:06 IT IS SO EXCITING. 09:07 WE HAVE COMMITTED TO HAVE LITERACY CLASSES IN EVERY ONE OF OUR SECTIONS. 09:10 WE'VE GOTTEN ONE DONE. 09:12 WE'RE IN THE PROCESSS OF THE SECOND ONE AND THEY ARE GIVEN A TEN MONTH 09:17 PROGRAM. 09:18 THEY COME TO THE SECTION OFFICE AND LEARN TO READ. 09:23 I THINK THIS IS JUST FANTASTIC. 09:24 IT IS. 09:25 FANTASTIC. 09:25 VERY EXCITING. 09:27 SO WHO ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS-THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE 09:29 TEACHING? 09:29 NO. 09:30 WHO IS DOING THE TEACHING? 09:31 THERE ARE THOSE FROM THE UNION COMING. 09:33 O.K. 09:33 THE UNION O.K. 09:34 RIGHT. 09:35 BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS SO EASY TO DO ALL THEY NEED IS A SLATE THAT THEY CAN 09:38 -AND CHALK AND THEY HAVE FROM UP FRONT THEY HAVE A POSTER THAT HAS THE 09:43 ALPHABET ON IT. 09:44 BUT PART OF THE COSTS REALLY FOR THIS LITERACY IS THAT THEY DO HAVE 09:48 TRAINED TEACHERS, EXCUSE ME, THEY MAY NOT BE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 09:53 TEACHERS BUT THEY HAVE TO USE THE CURRICULUM THERE BUT THEY ARE TRAINED 09:57 TEACHERS. 09:57 YES, OK BECAUSE THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT. 09:59 SO HOW NEAT. 10:00 SO THEN YOU HAVE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? 10:01 ARE THEY-DO WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO ATTEND A CHURCH? 10:09 DO WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO ATTEND BIBLE STUDIES? 10:12 THE MAIN THING IS TO BE A SUPPORT TO THEIR HUSBANDS. 10:16 THE MAJORITY OF THESE OF COURSE, ARE BIBLE WORKERS WIVES THAT DO NOT READ OR 10:21 WRITE AND SO WE, OH YES, THEY ARE ALREADY BELIEVERS. 10:25 THEY ARE BELIEVERS AND THEN THEY DESPERATELY OF COURSE, THE BIBLE WORKERS 10:29 NEED THEIR WIVES ON BOARD AND ITS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEY TRAVEL WITH THEM 10:33 TO THE CHURCHES OR OUT DOING THEIR MINISTRY. 10:36 WELL, AND JUST THINK OF WHAT THEY CAN DO THOUGH. 10:38 SO WHEN THEY GO TO A HOME AND THERE IS A WOMAN, GRANDMOTHER, KIDS OR 10:43 WHATEVER WHO HAVEN'T AGAIN, LEARNED HOW TO READ THEN THAT WOMAN CAN HELP 10:47 THEM. 10:48 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:49 THE RIPPLE EFFECT. 10:50 BUT I THINK IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE A LITERACY 10:54 CLASS A BIBLE WORKER WHO CAN DO THAT THEY UM, ABSOLUTELY THAT GROWS THE 11:02 CHURCH. 11:04 THEY START FORMING FRIENDSHIPS AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING. 11:06 I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT A BIBLE WORKER: HAS A DEGREE AND 11:12 HE HAS STARTED A MINISTRY OF TUTORING KIDS IN THE VILLAGE IN THEIR HOMEWORK 11:18 AND IT IS NOT JUST READING AND WRITING. 11:20 HE IS TEACHING THEM MATH AND BIOLOGY AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND HE HAS A 11:24 MINISTRY AND THE PARENTS ARE SO APPRECIATIVE. 11:28 IS THAT THIS IS A WOMAN HERE. 11:29 NO THAT'S NOT. 11:30 I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE. 11:31 I'M SORRY I JUMPED THE GUN HERE A LITTLE BIT WITH THE PICTURES.THAT'S FINE, NO 11:34 THAT'S FINE. 11:35 OK, SO WE HAVE THAT PERSON AND THEN WHO IS THIS? 11:37 WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS ENCOURAGE 11:41 OUR BIBLE WORKERS NOT JUST TO BE THE PASTORS OF THE CHURCH WHERE THEY 11:45 ATTEND-THE FIVE CHURCHES, IS TO REACH THE UNREACHED AND SO WE'VE PUT TOGETHER 11:51 SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WE HAVE PRINTED IN THEIR DIALECT AND THEY ARE USING THEM BY 11:56 THE THOUSANDS TO GIVE TO THOSE WHO NEED TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL. 12:02 AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A REAL BLESSING. 12:04 I THINK I HAVE SEVERAL HERE THAT I'VE SHARED ON PREVIOUS PROGRAMS THAT 12:10 HAVE BEEN SUCH A BLESSING IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE THAT THEY CAN READ AND SHARE 12:17 THE GOSPEL. 12:18 FANTASTIC. 12:19 WELL, IF YOU AR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND IF YOU ARE EXCITED 12:21 HERE ABOUT HEARING WHAT'S GOING ON IN INDIA WHERE DEL AND BONNIE ARE SERVING 12:26 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU. 12:28 YOU CAN ADOPT A WORKER IN INDIA AND IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND HERE'S MORE 12:33 INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN DO THAT. 12:37 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 12:42 QUESTION. 12:42 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:44 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS 12:49 WAITING FOR? 12:51 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 12:54 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:57 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 13:03 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 13:07 SHALL THE END COME." 13:11 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE 13:15 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 13:21 PLUS COUNTRIES. 13:23 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 13:26 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 13:28 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. 13:30 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 13:33 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 13:37 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 13:39 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY DOING WITH 13:45 OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 13:46 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 13:48 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS LARGE A PART IS 13:53 STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 13:57 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 14:01 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 14:05 WINDOW. 14:07 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 14:10 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 14:14 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 14:16 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 14:20 NINETY -SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER 14:23 HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 14:26 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 14:31 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 14:35 IN NEW TERRITORIES. 14:36 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 14:40 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN. 14:43 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS CHURCH 14:46 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 14:51 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 14:55 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 14:56 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 15:01 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 15:03 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAVE BEEN 15:06 WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 15:08 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 15:12 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 15:15 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 15:18 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 15:23 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 15:27 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 15:36 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 15:38 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 15:40 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 15:44 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 15:48 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 15:52 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 15:56 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 16:01 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED 16:05 TO BE REACHED. 16:07 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 16:11 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 16:17 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 16:21 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A 16:26 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 16:29 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 16:34 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH. 16:38 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 16:43 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 16:47 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 16:51 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 16:55 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 17:00 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE ARE THREE 17:04 WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 17:08 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:11 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 17:14 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 17:19 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 17:22 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 17:25 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 17:28 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 17:39 AND PRAY. 17:41 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRAYING FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 17:43 WE ALL NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR PEOPLE. 17:46 WE ALL NEED TO BE PRAYING THAT JESUS' NAME WILL BE HEARD AND WILL BE ACCEPTED 17:50 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING PARTNERS WITH US HERE AT GOSPEL 17:53 OUTREACH AND THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE CAN SHARE ALL OF THE EXCITING THINGS 17:56 THAT ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE IT IS A PLACE OF EXCITEMENT HERE AT GOSPEL 18:00 OUTREACH AND HERE IN THE STUDIO WE JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THAT 18:03 EXCITEMENT AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THE JOY OF JESUS AND THAT 18:08 YOU ARE SHARING HIM NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. 18:10 WE HAVE AN ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEND TO 18:14 YOU. 18:15 THERE IS NO COST TO YOU. 18:16 YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION AND YOU CAN 18:21 GIVE US A CALL. 18:22 WE'D LOVE TO SEND THIS TO YOU. 18:23 GREAT INFORMATION. 18:24 STORIES ON THAT AND WE ALSO HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I 18:29 WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AND "LIKE" US ON FACEBOOK AND YOU CAN GET UP-TO-DATE 18:34 INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE POSTED THERE. 18:36 AND PRINTING IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I'M SITTING HERE IN THE STUDIOS HERE 18:41 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH BONNIE AND DEL ORSER AND YOU TWO HAVE JUST RETIRED 18:46 FROM A CAREER IN PRINTING, RIGHT? 18:49 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:50 RIGHT UH HUH. 18:51 AND PRINTING IS POWERFUL, ISN'T IT? 18:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:53 RIGHT. 18:54 AND DEL WAS JUST SHARING WITH ME JOHN 3:16 THAT THEY SHARED IN THE PICTURE 18:59 BEFORE WE WENT TO BREAK ABOUT SOME LITTLE FLYERS THAT YOU HAD DONE WITH 19:04 JOHN 3:16, RIGHT, HOW TO REDEEM YOUR FREE GIVE OF SALVATION, A SIMPLE PRAYER 19:09 AND MAINTAIN YOUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST AND YOU ARE USING THE POWER OF THE 19:14 PRINTED WORD. 19:15 YES, IT'S EXCITING. 19:17 AND YOU PRINT THESE IN WHAT LANGUAGES FOR INDIA? 19:20 WELL, ORIYA AND TELAGU SO FAR. 19:23 THOSE ARE THE TWO AREAS THAT WE GO TO. 19:26 O.K AND YOU DISTRIBUTE THESE HOW? 19:28 THROUGH THE BIBLE WORKERS, MOSTLY BUT IN THE PAST WE'VE DISTRIBUTED THEM ON 19:33 THE STREET BUT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT DOING THAT ANYMORE BUT THE BIBLE 19:38 WORKERS GET THEM OUT. 19:39 THEY CAN DO THAT. 19:39 YES. 19:41 WELL AND TOO BEING THE FOREIGNERS PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY WONDERING, YOU 19:44 KNOW, WHAT YOU FOLKS HAVE AND NICE TO DO THAT, THAT WAY. 19:47 RIGHT. 19:49 AND THEN YOU SHARED THIS LITTLE- THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE, 19:51 REJOICE . 19:53 A LITTLE PLANNER FOR 2017, RIGHT, AND TELL US THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, DEL 19:57 AND BONNIE. 19:58 WELL, GO AHEAD. 19:59 WE GIVE ONE OF THESE LITTLE POCKET CALENDARS AND IT HAS PROMISES IN IT. 20:05 IT IS WONDERFUL TO ALL OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS AND TO THE LEADERSHIP. 20:11 IT IS A GIFT THAT WE TAKE TO THEM WHEN WE GO EVERY YEAR IN JANUARY AND 20:15 FEBRUARY. 20:16 AND YOU KNOW, THESE ARE VERY SPECIAL. 20:17 IN FACT, MY HUSBAND-HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A PASTOR, A SINGER AND MY HUSBAND 20:23 WAS LOOKING THROUGH HIS GRANDPA'S LITTLE BOOKS LIKE THIS. 20:26 YES. 20:26 THESE ARE REALLY SPECIAL. 20:27 THEY ARE. 20:29 WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN HIS LIFE BUT WHAT A GREAT WAY TO HELP THE BIBLE 20:32 WORKERS-THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 20:34 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:35 SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL SORTS OF THINGS HERE AND WE'VE BEEN 20:37 TALKING ABOUT LITERACY, BIBLE DISTRIBUTION, AND SOME OTHER GREAT THINGS 20:41 THAT ARE HAPPENING IN YOUR REGION. 20:43 WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON? 20:45 WELL, WE ARE - I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT REACHING THE UNREACHED IN 20:50 OUR TERRITORY AND WE HAVE SOME PICTURES HERE DOING STREET MINISTRY AND WE ARE 20:57 JUST AMAZED AT THE COURAGE OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 21:02 I MEAN, THEY WILL JUST GO INTO THE STREET AND SET UP AND JUST START GIVING OUT 21:07 AND START PREACHING GOD'S LOVE AND KINDNESS AND IT IS JUST AMAZING, IT IS 21:12 AMAZING. 21:14 AND HERE THE LITTLE FLYERS NOW THAT WOMAN THAT WE JUST SAW THE PICTURE OF, 21:16 IS SHE SO CHALLENGED-SHE HAS CATARACTS- WITH HER EYES THAT SHE HAS TO DO 21:21 THAT. 21:22 SO MANY NEED CATARACT SURGERY IN INDIA BUT YOU KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL 21:26 ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO IT FREE NOW TO THE PUBLIC AND IT'S JUST REALLY AMAZING 21:31 TO SEE. 21:31 WE VISITED ONE OF THOSE. 21:33 WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S SHE'S-YOU CAN TELL SHE'S 21:38 REALLY CHALLENGED THERE WITH HER SIGHT. 21:40 YOU KNOW AND SITTING HERE AT THIS TABLE TALKING WITH ALL OF YOU, AND HAVING 21:45 TRAVELED, EVERY PERSON NEEDS TO VISIT ANOTHER COUNTRY. 21:50 EVERY NORTH AMERICAN TO GO AND IT IS VERY HUMBLING TO SIT HERE IN THIS CHAIR AND 21:56 TO SEE THESE PICTURES OF THESE DEAR PEOPLE, YES. 22:00 DEAR, DEAR PEOPLE WHO ARE NEEDING SO MUCH. 22:03 STRUGGLING.REALLY STRUGGLING. 22:04 SO STREET MINISTRY-SO REACHING THE UNREACHED SO THIS IS SOMEONE THAT ON 22:12 THE STREET THAT BIBLE WORKERS GO UP AND VISIT WITH? 22:14 WELL, THIS LAST YEAR WHEN WE GO FOR USUALLY TWO MONTHS AT A TIME, WE HAD 22:18 ABOUT FOUR DAYS IN HYDERABAD AND WE HAVE BEEN GOOD FRIENDS WITH A MAN 22:25 NAMED SURESH AND HE ASKED US IF WE COULD COME AND DO STREET MEETINGS IN HIS 22:30 VILLAGE. 22:31 AND HE TOOK US THERE AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. 22:35 HE GOT SPEAKERS THAT JUST BLASTED-I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED BUT HE SAID, "NO 22:41 PROBLEM". 22:42 HE KNEW THE PEOPLE IN HIS VILLAGE AND SO THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE 22:46 RIGHT AT THE MEETING BUT ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREETS THEY HEARD US AND 22:49 SO THAT WAS EXCITING THIS LAST TIME. 22:53 SO THIS ONE PICTURE, WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING SOMEONE WAS THERE WITH A 22:56 MICROPHONE, YES WE HAD A MIC, IS THAT YOU? 22:58 YES. 22:58 AND THEN YOU HAD A TRANSLATOR. 22:59 RIGHT. 23:01 AND THEN YOU HAD HUGE SPEAKERS JUST BLARING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 23:03 RIGHT. 23:03 WOW! 23:04 IT IS QUITE LOUD. 23:05 I LOVE IT. 23:05 YES, IT WAS GREAT. 23:06 SO DID PEOPLE COME TO SEE THE WESTERNER? 23:08 YES. 23:08 OH YES. 23:10 WE HAVE A COUPLE -THERE IS A PICTURE OF US SHARING AND THEN WE MET WITH SOME 23:16 OF THE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE LISTENING AND THEY 23:20 WERE-THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE AS I WAS THERE AND SHARED ABOUT OUR SABBATH 23:25 AND THE THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE-THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TO HEAR. 23:28 I WAS AMAZED AND WE SHARED THAT AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE COMMITED TO START KEEPING 23:34 THE SABBATH WHICH IS AMAZING AND WE JUST PRAY FOR THEM DAILY. 23:37 THEY INVITE US TO THEIR HOME. 23:39 THAT IS THE EXCITING PART. 23:40 THAT IS THE EXCITING PART. 23:41 OF COURSE, THEY ALWAYS WANT TO FEED YOU. 23:43 UH HUH. 23:44 AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE. 23:45 THAT'S WHEN YOU PRAY JUST LIKE PAUL TOLD US, THAT'S WHEN YOU PRAY AND JUST BE 23:50 THANKFUL AND SO TELL ME, THE STUDENTS HERE-I SEE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. 23:55 IF THEY GO TO SCHOOL IN INDIA TO PUBLIC SCHOOL, DO THEY GO TO SCHOOL ON 24:00 SATURDAY? 24:01 THEY DO. 24:02 THEY DO, OK. 24:04 AND FOR EXAMPLE, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD THESE PEOPLE, THESE STUDENTS BE 24:07 IN SCHOOL? 24:08 YES. 24:09 IN THIS AREA WHERE YOU ARE. 24:10 O.K. 24:11 NOW ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN THERE IS A SENIOR AT COLLEGE AND HE JUST DRANK 24:15 IN EVERYTHING WE HAD TO SHARE WITH HIM. 24:17 IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE HOW HE HAS ACCEPTED OUR TRUTH. 24:21 SO HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU HAVE THIS LIMITED TIME? 24:25 WHEN YOU CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AS I'M HEARING BOTH OF YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE 24:29 DOING WITH THESE DEAR PEOPLE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO LEAVE? 24:31 OH, IT IS SO HARD. 24:32 OH. 24:34 IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD MET AND STAYED ALL NIGHT PROBABLY. 24:37 IT WAS JUST AMAZING THE HUNGER FOR KNOWING WHAT IS TRUTH AND THAT IS WHAT WE 24:42 LOVE TO SEE. 24:44 SO I'M DOING A BIBLE STUDY ON 2TIMOTHY AND IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE PAUL 24:47 TALKS IN ROMANS, HE'S SAYING, "GREET THIS PERSON. 24:49 GREET THIS PERSON. 24:50 GREET THIS PERSON." 24:51 RIGHT. 24:52 AND THEN HE TALKS ABOUT HOW "I WISH THAT I COULD BE WITH YOU AND MY HEART 24:55 LONGS FOR YOU" AND ALL OF THAT AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THAT AS I 24:58 HEAR THESE STORIES. 25:00 WHEN WE HAVE THESE CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY 25:02 HAVE TO BE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, I MEAN, THAT'S RIGHT, WE COULD SEE NOT 25:05 SEE SOMEONE IN ANOTHER STATE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY BUT I'M FEELING THAT, 25:08 THAT'S RIGHT, WITH WHAT YOU ARE SHARING OF THE URGENCY OF IT. 25:11 WE HAVE BEEN MADE SO MANY FRIENDS IN INDIA. 25:14 IT IS AMAZING AS WE'VE GONE AND HELPED START 75 CHURCHES. 25:18 EACH CHURCH HAS THEIR OWN PERSONALITY AND WE'VE GOTTEN ACQUIANTED WITH SO 25:21 MANY OF THE MEMBERS. 25:22 OF COURSE, THE BIBLE WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IT IS JUST AMAZING. 25:24 IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE AND WE SEE WHAT A GREAT INFLUENCE WE CAN HAVE IN 25:29 THEIR LIVES IN THEIR WALK WITH JESUS. 25:30 IT IS JUST AMAZING. 25:32 SO YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING BACK TO YOUR SPEAKERS ON THE STREET AND YOUR 25:35 OUTREACH MINISTRY? 25:36 SO BONNIE, HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD GO OVER IN THE TOWN THAT YOU AND 25:39 DEL LIVE IN IF YOU SET UP AT WALMART PARKING LOT AND JUST HAD-WHAT I'M SAYING 25:45 IS JUST THINK OF HOW THE LORD IS USING YOU IN INDIA AND WE NEED TO BE DOING 25:50 NEAT THINGS, CRAZY THINGS IN OUR TOWNS. 25:53 WE DO. 25:54 BUT NOT TO BE CRAZY BUTYOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. 25:55 WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE. 25:57 WE CERTAINLY DO. 25:58 WHY DO WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN GO DO THAT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WHEN WE NEED TO BE 26:00 DOING THAT HERE TOO? 26:01 WE NEED TO BE DOING BOTH, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. 26:03 THAT'S RIGHT, IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 26:05 I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT WE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS HAVE SHOWN THE JESUS 26:10 PICTURE-JUST PUT UP A GREAT BIG SHEET AND THE WHOLE VILLAGE WILL COME 26:14 AND WE JUST SET IT UP ON THE MAIN STREET AND EVERYBODY COMES TO THEIR 26:16 HOUSETOPS AND PULLS UP THEIR CHAIRS AND THAT IS LIKE FOUR HOURS AND THEY 26:22 WILL COME AND WATCH THAT MOVIE. 26:24 AND ANOTHER THING THAT IS REALLY SCAREY IS THE WAY THEY CONNECT ALL OF THEIR 26:28 WIRES AND THE ELECTRICITY AND I'M MEAN -THEY THROW A WIRE UP OVER-THAT'S WHEN 26:34 YOU REALLY PRAY. 26:35 I'M THINKING OH MY, ARE WE GOING TO LIVE THROUGH THIS OR ARE WE GOING TO GET 26:38 ELECTROCUTED? 26:39 WHEN YOU USE A SHEET YOU CAN SHOW IT FROM BOTH SIDES. 26:41 HEY. 26:41 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:43 GREAT AND YOU KNOW NOT A BIG EXPENSE FOR PROJECTION SYSTEMS AND EVERYTHING. 26:46 WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE, BONNIE AND DEL, AND MAY THE LORD 26:50 CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND PROTECT YOU. 26:52 THANK YOU. 26:53 AND CONTINUE WITH THIS STREET MINISTRY AND ALL THE PROMOTIONS. 26:56 THANK YOU. 26:56 THANK YOU. 26:58 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL 26:59 OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY AS 27:31 YOU SHARE HIM. 28:14 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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