Adventures in Missions

Come with Us to India, Part 2

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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 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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