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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000679A
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00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO INDIA? 00:21 WELL, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, TODAY YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO THERE 00:25 WITH US AND TODAY I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BEV THOMPSON HERE TO "ADVENTURES IN 00:30 MISSIONS". 00:30 HELLO, BEV WELCOME. 00:31 THANK YOU. 00:32 IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE AND I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT INDIA. 00:34 WELL, I KNOW YOU DO AND WE ARE JUST EXCITED THAT YOU ARE HERE AND YOU ARE 00:39 LOOKING BEAUTIFUL IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL GOLD AND COBALT BLUE DRESS. 00:43 TELL US ABOUT IT. 00:44 WELL, THE PASTOR'S WIFE WENT WITH EARLENE MILLER WHO WAS WITH ME TO TOWN 00:51 AND THEY WANTED TO BUY US A DRESS EACH AND THEY CAME BACK WITH THIS ONE FOR ME. 00:55 WELL, IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. 00:58 SO, LET'S HELP OUR VIEWERS KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 01:03 HERE TODAY. 01:04 WE ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING TO WHICH STATE? 01:07 JHARKHAND AND IT IS THE EAST PART OF JHARKHAND SO THE EASTERN PART IS RIGHT 01:11 IN THIS AREA HERE. 01:13 AND THEN TELL THE VIEWERS WHERE YOUR TERRITORY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IS. 01:17 MY TERRITORY INCLUDES BHUTAN AND UP IN SIKKIM AND AROUND HERE AND THEN 01:22 IT GOES UP OVER HERE. 01:25 SO, BEV, WHAT DO YOU ENJOY THE MOST ABOUT GOING TO INDIA? 01:27 OH, THE PEOPLE AND SEEING THE WAY THE PEOPLE WORK AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 01:32 I JUST KNOW JESUS IS COMING SOONER BECAUSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 01:36 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD AND THAT'S THE WHOLE GOAL HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:40 SO HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE IN EAST JHARKHAND? 01:43 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NOW BUT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE 130 OR 140 OR A 150. 01:48 BECAUSE WE HEAR THESE NUMBERS OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BUT 01:52 COMPARED WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THE POPULATION, WE HAVE A LONG 01:57 WAY TO GO, DON'T WE? 01:58 A VERY LONG WAY. 02:00 IN MY REGION, PROBABLY ONE OF THE LONGEST WAYS TO GO ESPECIALLY CHHATTISGARH 02:04 AND BIHAR. 02:05 AND THAT'S WHERE THE VIEWERS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS COME 02:08 IN BECAUSE WITH THEIR prayers and with their donations, amen, that 02:12 helps us right? 02:13 Yes, yes. 02:14 SO, share with us here at "adventures in missions" we talk with the regional 02:18 directors and you give us the reports on what is happening and what the 02:21 lord is doing and we look forward to hearing what's going on there. 02:25 well, i especiallly like going to east jharkhand because i know the workers 02:29 there are on fire for god and when we get there we go by train. 02:33 there is a train track and that's the kind of train we TRAVELED IN and many 02:38 times it is second class because it is only a half day journey there from 02:43 where i usually go. 02:45 then we are picked up in a car by the pastor and go out on the road and get 02:53 off the road and into our school. 02:56 and when we started this school it was out in the middle of nowhere-in the 03:00 boonies sort of. 03:03 then there was no boundary walls and in this country it is really important to 03:08 have a boundary wall and at first i thought, you know, this is the 03:11 DIFFERENCE IN CULTURES AND SO ON BUT NO, THEY NEEDED A BOUNDARY WALL. 03:15 YOU SEE THIS BOUNDARY WALL THAT HAS BEEN MADE. 03:18 WE HAD A DONATION THAT WAS AN ESTIMATE FOR ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF IT TO BE 03:25 BUILT. 03:27 THE PASTOR SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS WALL AND SO THE STUDENTS, THE 03:32 PARENTS, THE BIBLE WORKERS, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, PASTORS AND THE 03:39 ADMINISTRATORS THEMSELVES ALL CAME TOGETHER AND DID THE GRANITE WORK AND HIRED 03:44 TWO MASONS AND THEY GOT A BOUNDARY AROUND THE WHOLE SCHOOL YARD. 03:50 NOW, IT IS NOT FINISHED BUT THERE IS A BOUNDARY THERE AND THERE IS A 03:53 RELIEF TO THEM THAT THERE IS SECURITY NOW. 03:55 WAS HIS NAME NEHEMIAH? 03:57 SORRY IT WAS ALFRED KISKU BUT HE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER NAME ATTACHED TO HIM. 04:04 NEHEMIAH? 04:05 YES. 04:06 SO, TELL ME WHY IS THE WALL SO IMPORTANT? 04:08 WHY IS THERE IS A COMPOUND WALL LIKE THAT? 04:11 WELL THE SQUATTERS RIGHTS AND IF THE PROPERTYIS YOURS AND PEOPLE SQUAT ON 04:13 IT AND THEY ARE NOT TAKEN OFF OF IT, WITHIN A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME IT 04:15 IS THEIRS. 04:16 AND THERE WERE SQUATTERS THAT WERE TRYING TO ENCROACH JUST A LITTLE BIT 04:18 AT A TIME AND THEN WHEN THEY STARTED TO PUT SORT OF A GRASS BOUNDARY AROUND 04:27 IT THEY WOULD SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO STEAL THE VEGETABLES IN THE GARDEN 04:38 FOR GROWING AND SO IT WAS DEVELOPING HARD FEELINGS. 04:45 SO, IT WAS TIME FOR THAT COMPOUND TO BE BUILT. 04:49 SO, TELL US ABOUT THE SCHOOL. 04:50 THIS IS THE SCHOOL AND WE DIDN'T HAVE STUDENTS THERE BECAUSE IT'S THE BIGGEST 04:54 HINDU HOLIDAY OF THE YEAR AND SO EVERYTHING IS CLOSED. 05:00 BUT THIS IS THE BUILDING AND IT IS USUALLY ABOUT 150-200 STUDENTS IN 05:05 THIS-AND IT'S A DORMITORY. 05:08 AND PRIMARY SCHOOL? 05:10 ELEMENTARY? 05:11 HIGH SCHOOL? 05:12 IT GOES TO EIGHTH GRADE BUT THE FIRST THING-WE WERE TAKEN TO A CHURCH 05:18 RALLY. 05:19 I ARRIVED ON A FRIDAY AND SO THIS WAS SABBATH. 05:22 WE WENT TO THIS CHURCH ABOUT TWO HOURS AWAY AND IT WAS FILLED. 05:27 IT WAS CROWDED WITH PEOPLE AND THEN THE PEOPLE STOOD AND SAID THEIR VOWS AND WE 05:33 STARTED FOR THE WATER WELL AND LOOK AT OUR ROAD. 05:37 THE RAINY SEASON LASTED LONGER THAN-TWO WEEKS LONGER THAN THEY EXPECTED 05:41 AND THAT WAS OUR PATHWAY TO THE WATER WELL. 05:44 BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT DETERRED ANYBODY. 05:46 NO, IT DIDN'T. 05:48 THEY DID TAKE ME ON A CIRCUITOUS ROUTE SO THAT I WOULD NOT HAVING TO WALK 05:52 IN SO MUCH WATER BUT HERE WE HAVE THE LADIES LINED UP TO GO IN FOR THE 05:57 BAPTISM. 05:57 THE MEN WERE IN THERE. 05:59 THERE IS THE OTHER LINE OF THE MEN. 06:02 SO, THESE ARE PEOPLE ALL WHO HAVE BEEN STUDYING. 06:04 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAD BEEN STUDYING WITH THEM ESPECIALLY 06:07 DURING THE LAST QUARTER AND THEY'VE SAVED THE BAPTISM FOR WHEN I WOULD 06:10 BE THERE. 06:10 OH, HOW SPECIAL, BEV. 06:12 YES, AND THERE'S A HUSBAND AND WIFE THAT WERE BAPTIZED AND THE DEACON 06:17 AND DEACONNESS WAIT FOR THEM TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH SO THEY CAN SHELTER THEM, 06:21 COVER THEM AS THEY COME UP OUT OF THE WATER BECAUSE THEY GET BAPTIZED IN THEIR 06:25 CLOTHING. 06:27 YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. 06:29 AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE THESE RIVER BAPTISMS I JUST THINK WHAT IT WAS 06:33 LIKE FOR JOHN TO BAPTIZE JESUS. 06:37 OH YES. 06:38 AND I JUST THINK TO ME THAT'S WHERE A BAPTISM SHOULD BE -IN THE RIVER 06:42 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT JESUS DID. 06:44 I REMEMBER THE FIRST SONG I TAUGHT MY CHILDREN TO PLAY ON THEIR WIND 06:48 INSTRUMENTS IS "SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER" BUT WE'RE WALKING BACK TO THE 06:53 CHURCH HERE. 06:55 THERE YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE GOT THEIR PANTS ROLLED UP TO THEIR KNEES BUT EARLEEN 07:00 MILLER, EARLEEN WESTPHAL MILLER WHO WAS TRAVELING WITH ME FOR THE FIRST 07:04 THREE WEEKS- SOMEONE TOOK PITY ON HER AND PUT HER ON A MOTORCYCLE AND SHE GOT 07:10 TO RIDE THROUGH IT ALL. 07:13 LOOK AT THE GRIN ON HIS FACE TOO. 07:15 HE WAS ENJOYING HAVING A PASSENGER. 07:18 WHEN THE BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES CAME BACK TO THE CHURCH THEY WERE 07:21 WELCOMED INTO THE CHURCH AND EVERYONE SHOOK THEIR HAND. 07:24 YOU KNOW BEV, LOOKING AT THESE BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES WHO'VE ACCEPTED JESUS BY 07:29 BEING BAPTIZED, AH MADE A STATEMENT OF THAT-THEY ARE YOUNG. 07:33 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU THESE PEOPLE IN THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE ARE 07:37 WHAT WE CALL OUR YOUTH PROGRAM WORKERS. 07:40 THERE WERE FOUR THAT WERE SELECTED TO DO MINISTRY-GOSPEL OUTREACH 07:45 WORK. 07:46 THEY WERE TRAINED AND THEN THEY WERE PUT TO WORK. 07:49 A LOT OF THOSE CANDIDATES ARE FROM THESE YOUNG MEN WHO WERE ON TRIAL AS YOUTH 07:55 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 07:57 FANTASTIC. 07:58 WE HAD TWO DISCHARGES OR THEY HAVE FOUND OTHER WORK AND SO THEN WE WERE ABLE 08:06 TO PUT TWO OF THESE MEN INTO THOSE POSITIONS. 08:09 SO, HELP US UNDERSTAND THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS AND WHO 08:12 HAVE STUDIED THE BIBLE AND THEY HAVE MADE A STAND FOR THE LIVING GOD, ARE THEY 08:18 COMING OUT OF HINDUISM? 08:19 OH, OK I JUST READ ABOUT FORTY REPORTS AND BIBLE STORIES OR STORIES ABOUT 08:30 PEOPLE COMING TOJESUS CHRIST AND OUT OF THOSE I THINK THREE CAME FROM 08:35 ANOTHER DENOMINATION AND THE REST CAME FROM ANIMISM OR HINDUISM. 08:40 AND REMIND OUR VIEWERS WHAT ANIMISM IS. 08:42 ANIMISM IS WORSHIPING OF NATURE. 08:44 OK. 08:46 SO, GOING TO A TREE AND WORSHIPING A TREE OR A STONE OR A PLANT. 08:51 WOW. 08:53 WELL TAKE US BACK. 08:54 YES, WE ARE NOW GOING TO ANOTHER HOUSE CHURCH AND WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE THE 09:02 CHILDREN GREET US WHICH IS A VERY USUAL PATTERN BUT THEN WE WENT INSIDE. 09:07 THIS WAS THE MEETING PLACE AND THERE WAS JUST AN OPEN LARGE ROOM. 09:11 WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RAFTERS IN THE VERY TOP YOU SEE SOME ROLLS. 09:16 I SAW THOSE. 09:18 OK THOSE BECAME OUR FLOOR MATS AND PEOPLE CAME IN AND SAT ON THE FLOOR MATS. 09:23 THEY ARE SPREADING THE MATS OUT THERE AND THE MAN IS CARRYING WATER ON HIS 09:26 SHOULDER WITH THOSE CORNERED SQUARE CANS. 09:33 NOW THE PEOPLE ARE GATHERING IN ON THE FLOOR MATS AND A HALF A DOZEN 09:39 YOUNG PEOPLE STOOD UP AND SANG US A WELCOME SONG AND THEN PUT GARLANDS ON US. 09:45 THEN WE HAD A PREACHING TIME. 09:51 THEY'D COME A LONG WAY AND THEY WANTED ME TO GIVE THEM A MESSAGE AND THEN WE 09:56 WENT FOR A BAPTISM. 09:59 IT WAS QUITE A WALK TO THIS MUDHOLE BUT-AND IT IS MUDDY BECAUSE IT IS THE 10:05 RAINY SEASON AND A LOT OF WASH GOES INTO THE HOLES THERE. 10:10 BUT THEY GATHERED AROUND THERE AND LINED UP AND HAD THEIR BAPTISM IN IT 10:14 ANYWAY. 10:15 IT WAS QUITE AMAZING. 10:19 WE DIDN'T HAVE MANY ONLOOKERS BECAUSE WE HAD TO WALK ALMOST A KILOMETER 10:22 TO GET TO THIS WATERHOLE AND THEN THEY HAD LITTLE BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS TO 10:27 PRESENT TO EVERY, HOW NICE, PERSON THAT WAS BAPTIZED. 10:31 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL DAY AND IF YOU ARE ENJOYING LOOKING AT 10:34 THESE PICTURES HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO GET 10:37 INVOLVED AND YOU CAN DO THAT PLEASE BY PRAYING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, FOR THE 10:42 REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE WORKING 10:46 AND SERVING THE LORD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 10:48 THE NEAT THING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 10:51 THEY LIVE IN THESE VILLAGES, THEY KNOW THESE PEOPLE, THEY KNOW THE 10:55 LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE CULTURE AND SO IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO 11:00 NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH LANGUAGE CLASSES AND ALL OF THAT BECAUSE THEY LIVE 11:03 THERE. 11:05 WE'D INVITE YOU TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 11:09 INFORMATION AND WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND TO 11:14 YOU. 11:15 IT IS COMPLIMENTARY AND IT HAS ALL SORTS OF GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL 11:18 OUTREACH. 11:20 WE ARE ALSO ON FACEBOOK AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO "LIKE" US ON FACEBOOK. 11:23 WE POST PHOTOS AND VIDEOS AND INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT YOU 11:28 AN TAKE A PEEK AT WHEN YOU ARE VISITING THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE OF 11:32 FACEBOOK. 11:34 SO, WE'RE HERE WITH BEV THOMPSON HERE TODAY AND WE ARE EAST JHARKHAND. 11:37 WE'VE JUST EXPERIENCED A FANTASTIC BAPTISM THROUGH YOUR PHOTOS AND BEV TAKE 11:41 US BACK. 11:43 WE ARE OFF TO ANOTHER VILLAGE AND GUESS WHO GETS IN THE ROAD FIRST? 11:47 THE COWS, OF COURSE. 11:49 AND THE BICYCLIST WITH THE BAMBOO. 11:52 THOSE ARE BIG, BIG PIECES OF BAMBOO. 11:55 OH YES, THOSE ARE THICK. 11:56 THEY CAN DO CONSTRUCTION WITH THAT AND THE GOATS TAKE THEIR TURN ALSO. 12:03 THEN WE MET THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE AND WE THOUGHT OH, OH WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? 12:07 AND WE COULD TELL THAT SOME OF THEM WERE DRUNK BUT SEE THE WOOD ACROSS 12:12 THE ROAD? 12:13 YES, I DO. 12:14 THAT WAS TO COMPLETELY BLOCK US SO THAT WE WOULD GIVE THEM A GIFT FOR THEIR 12:18 HINDU FESTIVAL SO THAT THEY COULD GO GET DRUNK. 12:21 OH DEAR, SO WHAT DID YOU DO? 12:23 OH, THEY NEGOTIATED AND NEGOTIATED WITH THEM AND THEY PLAYED WEIRD SONGS. 12:28 THE STICKS THERE THAT ARE TRIANGLE LIKE THAT IS SOMETIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF 12:34 THE ROAD TO STOP YOU ALSO. 12:36 THEY WERE A LARGE GROUP HERE AND THEY WERE REALLY INSISTENT ON US GIVING 12:41 THEM MONEY AND MARTA DID HER BEST TO TRY TO CONVINCE THEM THAT THIS IS 12:47 NOT RIGHT FOR THEM TO BE DOING-WE'RE CHRISTIANS. 12:50 THEN CARS STARTED COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND THEY PUT OUT 12:54 MORE STICKS SO THAT THEY WOULD ALL HAVE TO STOP AND HERE THE FLUTIST IS 12:58 PLAYING. 12:59 IT ISJUST LIKE HE HAS AN EVIL LOOK IN HIS EYE. 13:01 THEY FINALLY GAVE HIM TEN RUPEES ABOUT 15 CENTS AND THEY LET US GO. 13:07 WHILE WE WERE THERE THOUGH, I SAW THESE WOMEN WITH CHILDREN AND I 13:13 THOUGHT WHAT AN EXAMPLE IS HAPPENING HERE FOR THESE DEAR LITTLE ONES. 13:17 BUT WE ARRIVED AT OUR CHURCH-IT IS A HOUSE CHURCH AND YOU CAN SEE 13:22 THAT THERE IS MANY PEOPLE INSIDE. 13:24 THEY LEAVE THEIR SHOES OUTSIDE. 13:25 THAT'S RIGHT. 13:26 THEY WERE COMING FOR A BAPTISM AND IT WAS A LARGE BAPTISM. 13:29 THESE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR BAGS WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN EXTRA SET OF 13:34 CLOTHING TO PUT ON AFTERWARDS. 13:36 WE HEADED FOR ANOTHER WALK OF ABOUT A KILOMETER TO THE WATERHOLE. 13:41 YOU SEE THE BIG LONG LINE GOING, I DO, I DO, TO YOUR LEFT OF THE TREE AND HERE 13:47 IS THE WATERHOLE. 13:48 SEEING ALL THESE PEOPLE BAPTIZED, WHAT A THRILL IT WAS. 13:51 WOW! 13:52 ABSOLUTELY NEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS. 13:56 YES. 13:57 AND WE HAD SOME ONLOOKERS AND YOU KNOW THE ONLOOKERS I THINK WERE IMPORTANT 14:01 BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE THERE IS A RELIGIOUS RITUAL HAPPENING HERE AND MAYBE 14:06 WE'LL WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT AS THEY GET OLDER. 14:09 AND YOU KNOW BEV, IT'S A VERY INTERESTING PART THAT YOU BRING UP BECAUSE OFTEN 14:14 TIMES WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING. 14:17 NO AND IT IS THE LORD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO ARE THE ONES WHO PAVE THE WAY 14:21 BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE, THAT'S RIGHT, IF 14:25 WE ARE THE GROCERY STORE, IF WE YOU KNOW COME IN IN FRONT OF SOMEONE WHO AND 14:30 GET THE PARKING SPOT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE REALLY IN THAT BIG OF A HURRY BUT WE 14:34 DO HAVE PEOPLE WATCHING US AND WE ARE AN EXAMPLE TO THE LORD AND I -THAT'S 14:39 SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I REMEMBER. 14:41 WELL WE CAME BACK TO THE HOME CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE BAPTIZED MADE A 14:46 LONG LINE FOR GREETINGS AND THE REST OF THEM. 14:50 I COULDN'T GET ALL OF THEM IN ONE PICTURE. 14:53 SURE, SURE. 14:54 IT WAS A CROWDED AREA AND THEN WE STARTED OUT BACK HOME AGAIN AND GUESS WHAT. 15:01 OH, THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE? 15:02 NO, ANOTHER BARRICADE IN ANOTHER AREA WITH LITTLE KIDS. 15:05 WITH LITTLE KIDS BUT WE FINALLY GOT BACK TO OUR SCHOOL AND THIS IS A 15:12 DORMITORY FOR GIRLS THAT IS NEW AND SO THEY WANTED TO DO THE GROUND BREAKING 15:18 OR THE RIBBON CUTTING AND INITIATE US SO WE COULD GO IN. 15:22 THEY GAVE ME THE HONOR OF PULLING THE CURTAIN BACK SO THAT THEY COULD SEE THE 15:26 PLAQUE AND THEN WE HAD THE TOUR AND THESE ARE THEIR BEDS. 15:31 THEY'RE-I SEE NO MATTRESSES-THERE IS BOARDS THERE THOUGH YOU SEE AND 15:38 THEY PUT THEIR MATS WHICH IS LIKE A QUILT ON THERE AND THAT'S THEIR BED. 15:45 SO, I WANT TO PAUSE HERE FOR A MOMENT AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO US AS 15:50 WESTERNERS. 15:52 PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEING THAT FOR WESTERN STANDARDS WOULD THINK OH MY, I WOULD 15:57 NEVER SEND MY CHILD TO THAT SCHOOL. 16:00 WELL WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE PEOPLE IN INDIA TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN GO 16:03 TO THIS SCHOOL AND THEY PROBABLY DON'T EVEN NOTICE THE BED THAT DOESN'T HAVE 16:07 A MATTRESS. 16:08 THEY ARE PROBABLY JUST THRILLED THAT THEIR CHILD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO 16:11 TO THAT SCHOOL. 16:11 THEY MAY SLEEP ON THE FLOOR AT HOME. 16:14 ABSOLUTELY SO HERE THEY HAVE A BED AND HOW DO WE IN OUR CULTURE COMPLAIN 16:19 ABOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS AND TO SEE THIS. 16:21 IT IS VERY HUMBLING AND I CONTINUE TO SAY THAT AS I SIT IN THIS CHAIR AND AS I 16:26 ASK QUESTIONS AND LEARN FROM YOU REGIONAL DIRECTORS THAT THIS IS 16:29 SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE GOT TO BE SO THANKFUL FOR THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE. 16:34 MOST OF THE TIME IN THE HOMES THAT I HAVE VISITED THEY HAVE HAD VERY LARGE 16:39 BEDS BUT ALL THEY ARE IS SOME POSTS -FOUR CORNERS, MAYBE SOMETHING TO HOLD IT 16:45 FIRMLY IN THE MIDDLE AND A SHEET OF PLYWOOD PUT OVER IT AND IT IS A FAMILY BED. 16:50 THE MOTHER AND FATHER AND THEIR CHILDREN ALL SLEEP TOGETHER ON THAT BED. 16:55 OK. 16:55 TAKE US BACK. 16:57 YES, AND THEY WERE VERY PROUD OF THIS AREA BECAUSE THIS IS THE TOILET AREA. 17:01 THERE ARE LITTLE EASTERN SQUAT BOXES FOR THE GIRLS TO HAVE A PRIVATE WAY 17:08 -THERE'S THE DIVIDERS SO THAT'S GOOD AND THEN THERE IS A SHOWER AREA BEYOND 17:13 THAT. 17:14 AND THEN WE HAD OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WITH THEIR TRAINING AND AT THE 17:20 END OF THEIR TRAINING I GAVE EVERYONE OF THEM- THANKS TO DONORS LIKE YOU, 17:26 YES, A MEGAVOICE BIBLE. 17:30 FANTASTIC! 17:31 IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE GOT HANDS RAISED UP PRAISING THE LORD, BEV. 17:34 OH, LET ME TELL YOU THE PASTOR -THE PRESIDENT OF THIS CONFERENCE INVITED 17:42 ALL BIBLE WORKERS, ALL PASTORS, ANYONE WHO HAD ANY WORK TO DO WITH THE 17:49 CHURCH TO COME TO THIS TRAINING AND SO WE HAD OVER 50 PEOPLE HERE AND 17:56 ONLY 18 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BUT PRAISE GOD I HAD WITH ME IN THEIR 17:59 LANGUAGE 50 BIBLES-AUDIO BIBLES. 18:01 PRAISE THE LORD. 18:02 WELL HERE AND LET'S SHOW THE VIEWERS WHAT I HAVE A MEGAVOICE UNIT HERE. 18:03 THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. 18:05 THIS IS A SMALL MP3 PLAYER AND IT IS CALLED THE MEGAVOICE PLAYER AND THEY 18:06 CAN BE DOWNLOADED WITH SONGS, WITH CHRISTIAN SONGS, WITH AUDIO BIBLES 18:08 AND I'M WITH THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND AND WE HAVE PUT ON THIS ONE WE HAVE 18:10 THE ENGLISH BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND AND WE ALSO HAVE IT IN CHINESE AND 18:32 THAI AND GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS USED THOSE AND IT IS FANTASTIC BECAUSE SEE HERE 18:41 IT CAN PLAY. 18:42 THERE ARE EARBUDS AND I'LL TURN THAT OFF SO WE CAN TALK BUT IT IS SOLAR 18:47 POWERED SO SOMEONE CAN JUST LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE AND IT IS POWERED BUT THE 18:51 SPEAKER IS FABULOUS AND THAT WAY THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CAN SET IT 18:56 THERE AND THEY CAN GATHER AROUND, RIGHT BEV? 18:58 YES, NOW THEY ARE USED IN MANY WAYS. 19:00 YES. 19:01 THEY MAY TAKE THEIR MEGAVOICE TO CHURCH AND AS PEOPLE ARE GATHERING THEY 19:07 ARE LISTENING TO THE BIBLE BUT THEY CAN ALSO TAKE IT TO THE MARKETPLACE AND 19:14 WHEN THEY TURN IT ON AT FULL VOLUME AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S 19:20 THIS MECHANICAL STUFF AND THEY WILL ALL GATHER AROUND AND LISTEN TO IT 19:24 AND THEN -DO YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE? 19:27 YES. 19:28 AND IT IS A LEAD-A GUIDE INTO THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE. 19:31 WELL, I WANT THE VIEWERS TO KNOW THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING THESE IN 19:36 FANTASTIC WAYS. 19:37 I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SEVERAL OF THESE ON A TRIP TO CHINA THAT I WENT 19:42 WITH BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND AND WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IT WAS AWESOME TO BE 19:47 ABLE TO GIVE THIS TO A DEAR WOMAN. 19:50 SHE SAID TO ME THROUGH THE TRANSLATOR "I DON'T KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THAT." 19:54 WELL THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS YOU PUSH THE ON/OFF BUTTON AND YOU PUSH A 19:58 BUTTON AND IT IS QUITE SIMPLE TO USE, RIGHT? 20:00 YES. 20:02 SO, YOU WERE ABLE TO GIVE THESE TO THE 50 WORKERS WHO WERE THERE. 20:05 YES. 20:06 AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAD THEIR HANDS UP PRAISING THE LORD SHOWING THEIR 20:08 MEGAVOICE. 20:10 I HAVE THE FEELING THAT THEY ALL HAD IN THEIR MIND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO USE 20:14 THAT BECAUSE I HAD TWO DAYS OF TEACHING WITH THEM OF HOW TO SPREAD THE 20:21 GOSPEL. 20:21 THEIR OWN WITNESS STORY. 20:23 WHO THEY ARE GOING TO BE PREACHING TO. 20:26 WHO THEY ARE GOING TO BE MEMORIZING BIBLE STORIES AND TELLING THOSE BIBLE 20:30 STORIES TO AND HELPING THEM TO MEMORIZE AND WITH THE AUDIOVOICE, THE 20:35 MEGAVOICE THEY ARE ABLE TO TEACH PEOPLE IN CHURCH RIGHT FROM GOD'S WORD. 20:40 YES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE VIEWERS ON GOSPEL OUTREACH'S FACEBOOK 20:45 PAGE GO TO THE VIDEO SECTION AND THERE IS A VIDEO WHERE I HAVE 20:50 INTERVIEWED DARREL TEMPLETON FROM MEGAVOICE AND HE GIVES A DEMO OF THE 20:54 MEGAVOICE PLAYER. 20:56 THESE THINGS CAN BE SUBMERGED IN WATER, I MEAN THEY ARE ALMOST 20:58 INDESTRUCTIBLE AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED IS FABULOUS. 21:03 THEY ALSO CAN BE CHARGED BUT THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING OF THE SEVERAL 21:07 DIFFERENT WAYS. 21:09 YOU KNOW I REMEMBER NIRO BINDO HE JUST SAT ON THE EDGE OF ROAD AND HE TURNED 21:14 IT UP FULL VOLUME-NO ONE WAS AROUND BUT WITHIN THREE MINUTES THERE WAS 21:20 ABOUT A DOZEN YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND LISTENING TO THIS. 21:24 WELL, AND I LOVE THE EMPHASIS THAT YOU PUT ON FULL VOLUME BECAUSE IN THE 21:29 10/40 WINDOW THERE IS ONLY FULL VOLUME ON ANYTHING THAT YOU HEAR WITH AUDIO, 21:35 RIGHT? 21:35 AM I, RIGHT? 21:36 YES. 21:38 BUT YOU CAN ALSO ATTACH A CONNECTION TO THAT AND HAVE IT FOR EARS, YES, BUT 21:44 YOU CAN ALSO PLUG INTO THAT SAME SPOT AND GET A LOUDSPEAKER, OH 21:49 ABSOLUTELY, AND THEY PLAY IT TO THE WHOLE VILLAGE. 21:53 IT IS FABULOUS, IT IS FABULOUS. 21:55 SO MEGAVOICE. 21:57 WE ARE HUGE PROPONENTS OF MEGAVOICE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:00 WE ARE TAKING DONATIONS FOR MEGAVOICE BECAUSE THERE ARE ALWAYS MORE 22:04 PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THEM. 22:06 YES. 22:08 THEY LAST ABOUT THREE TO FOUR YEARS BUT IF THEY CAN START MEMORIZING GOD'S 22:12 WORD RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING OF GETTING IT, RIGHT, THEY WILL HAVE IT 22:16 WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS. 22:17 SO, WE PAY FOR-MEGAVOICE PAYS FOR THE UNITS AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO 22:22 ROYALTY FEES FOR THE BIBLES, DRAMATIZED AUDIO BIBLE STORIES, SONGS AND 22:26 THINGS LIKE THAT THOUGH WE ALSO HAVE TO PAY BUT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TO 22:31 SOMEONE AND BEV THERE ARE NO-THERE ARE GUITARS THAT PEOPLE ARE PLAYING BUT TO 22:36 BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME MUSIC AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE TO 22:39 HEAR IN THEIR LANGUAGE IT IS POWERFUL. 22:41 YES, AND GARY FULLER IS THE MAN WHO DOES A LOT OF TRANSFERRING OF 22:45 INFORMATION. 22:47 MANY TIMES, HE'LL PUT GREAT CONTROVERSY OR STEPS TO CHRIST ON IT ALSO AND 22:51 YOU CAN GET A LOT OF INFORMATION. 22:54 IT WILL HOLD HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS ON THIS UNIT. 22:59 BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND ALONE IS 56 HOURS AND THAT'S JUST ONE PART OF 23:03 WHAT A MEGAVOICE PLAYER CAN HOLD. 23:05 SO, WELL, AS YOU CAN TELL I AM QUITE PASSIONATE ABOUT THESE LITTLE 23:09 PLAYERS. 23:10 I AM TOO BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THEM WORK IN THE FIELD. 23:11 IT'S FABULOUS. 23:13 THE PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO GET THEM AND THEN THEY ARE EXCITED WHEN THEY SEE THE 23:17 RESPONSE OF OTHER PEOPLE. 23:20 YES. 23:21 WELL THAT'S FANTASTIC. 23:22 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. 23:25 BEV, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR TERRITORY? 23:31 I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE OUR NEEDS ARE MORE WORKERS. 23:36 WE NEED MORE WORKERS AND IN INDIA THE AVERAGE FOR ALL OF THE WORLD THE 23:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IS ABOUT $150 A MONTH. 23:46 NOW THAT ISN'T VERY MUCH AND WE ARE HAVING TO LOOK AT THEIR SALARIES AND 23:51 POSSIBLY AUGMENT THEM AND MAYBE GIVE THEM SOME OTHER BENEFITS SUCH AS HEALTH 23:56 BENEFITS. 23:59 THESE ARE THINGS THAT-HOW CAN YOU HIRE SOMEONE WITHOUT GIVING THEM SOME 24:04 KIND OF HELP. 24:05 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 24:06 SO, WE ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY AUGMENTING THAT SALARY A BIT BUT WE NEED 24:13 -I CAN USE IN THIS LITTLE REGION RIGHT HERE THEY WOULD USE ANOTHER 20. 24:19 LET'S GET THIS MAP BACK OUT SO EAST JHARKHAND IS RIGHT HERE. 24:26 RIGHT THERE, YES. 24:27 SO, IT'S BASICALLY WHERE MY THUMB IS AND JUST THINK OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT 24:31 OTHER PLACES. 24:33 IF IT WAS A BIG AS WHERE YOUR THUMB IS, I WOULD SAY 50 MORE. 24:36 FIFTY MORE WELL AND AGAIN WE TALK ABOUT HOW HEAVILY POPULATED-I MEAN CHINA 24:43 JUST THINK ABOUT CHINA ALONE A POPULATION BUT INDIA IS CLOSE BEHIND WITH 24:47 HUGE POPULATION. 24:49 ALMOST MATCHING THEM. 24:50 YES 1.4 BILLION HERE AND INDIA IS GROWING. 24:55 INDIA TOUCHES CHINA BOTH NORTH OF SIKKIM AND OVER IN HERE. 24:59 YES. 25:00 SO, OK, SO MORE WHAT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER? 25:02 OH MY, YOU KNOW WHEN I TEACH THEM ABOUT MEMORIZING SCRIPTURE I 25:08 TELL THEM THE FIRST IN THE MORNING TO BE PREPARED TO GO OUT TO TELL OTHERS 25:15 ABOUT JESUS YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR CONNECTION WITH GOD AND THE FIRST HALF 25:21 HOUR YOU CAN SPEND MEMORIZING A STORY FROM GOD'S WORD. 25:27 THE NEXT HALF HOUR YOU CAN FIND MEANING FROM THAT STORY-SOMETHING THAT YOU 25:37 CAN TAKE TO YOUR HEART AND LET IT GUIDE YOU FOR THAT DAY AND FOR THE REST OF 25:42 YOUR LIFE. 25:43 THE THIRD HALF HOUR IS PRAYER. 25:47 IN THE EVENING, YOU CAN REVIEW THAT STORY AND FIND MORE MEANING AND HAVE 25:54 ANOTHER HALF HOUR OF PRAYER. 25:56 SO, PRAYER IS A REAL IMPORTANT PART AND I BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE PRAY. 26:00 LET ME TELL YOU I WAS IN ANOTHER AREA AND I HAD THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT ON 26:07 THE FLOOR IN ONE ROOM AND I WAS ON A LITTLE COT IN THE OTHER ROOM AND WE WERE 26:13 SUPPOSED TO LEAVE AT 4 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND I GOT UP FOR NATURE'S 26:19 NEEDS AT 3 A.M. 26:20 I WAS QUIET AS I COULD BE -DIDN'T THINK I MADE A SOUND BUT THEY HAD AN 26:26 ALARM SET FOR 3 A.M. 26:28 BECAUSE THEY HAD TO HAVE WORSHIP BEFORE THEY LEFT. 26:31 BEFORE THEY LEFT. 26:33 I COULD HEAR THEM FROM MY ROOM SINGING QUIETLY TO EACH OTHER AND THEN I 26:36 HEARD THEM READING AND THEY WERE READING GOD'S WORD AND THEN THEY WERE 26:41 PRAYING. 26:42 WHAT A TESTAMENT OF PLANNING AND MAKING SURE THAT IS PART OF YOUR DAY. 26:47 WELL BEV THOMPSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU 26:50 FOR BEING A PART OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:53 AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 26:55 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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