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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000680A
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00:15 HELLO FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM HERE AND WE CALL IT "ADVENTURES 00:19 IN MISSIONS" BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 00:22 WE ARE ADVENTURING WITH THE LORD AS WE SHARE JESUS AROUND OUR WORLD AND 00:26 ESPECIALLY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA 00:30 AND CHINA ENDING IN JAPAN AND WE ARE WELCOMING YOU ALONG FOR THE RIDE AS WE 00:36 TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR AREA IN THE WORLD. 00:39 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AND WE HAVE 00:43 BEV THOMPSON HERE WITH US TODAY. 00:44 HELLO BEV, WELCOME. 00:46 THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME HERE. 00:48 WELL IT IS FANTASTIC HAVING YOU HERE. 00:50 SO, BEV, YOU ARE ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO. 00:55 YES, I DO. 00:57 I KNOW YOU DO BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE JOY OF JESUS IN YOU AND WE ARE GOING TO BE 00:59 TALKING ABOUT ONE AREA OF YOUR TERRITORY TODAY AND WHERE IS THAT? 01:03 IT WEST JHARKHAND. 01:05 THE STATE OF JHARKHAND IS THE WEST SIDE OF IT AND IF WE LOOK ON THE MAP IT 01:10 PROBABLY IS RIGHT ABOUT THERE. 01:12 O.K. 01:13 AND TELL US ABOUT THAT AREA OF INDIA. 01:16 IT'S A VERY POOR AREA. 01:18 THERE IS ONE FAIRLY LARGE CITY IN IT AND THAT IS RANCHI AND WE HAVE AN 01:25 ADVENTIST HOSPITAL THERE AND IT IS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CONFERENCE. 01:30 WONDERFUL! 01:31 WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE HOSPITAL THERE? 01:32 I DON'T KNOW. 01:33 IT'S O.K. 01:34 THAT'S O.K. 01:35 I CALL IT THE RANCHI HOSPITAL. 01:37 THERE YOU GO, WELL YES IN ENGLISH THAT DOESN'T COME ACROSS VERY WELL BUT WE 01:43 KNOW IT IS A GREAT HOSPITAL. 01:44 IT IS A WONDERFUL HOSPITAL. 01:46 SO, TELL US ABOUT HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS YOU HAVE THERE? 01:50 WHAT ARE SOME OF THEIR GOALS? 01:52 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU FOLKS ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON AS YOU 01:56 SHARE JESUS? 01:57 WE HAVE TWENTY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE AND WE HAVE A FEW SCHOOLS AND 02:01 THERE IS ONE THAT IS FROM MY HEART. 02:03 IT TOUCHES MY HEART BECAUSE I SAW IT COME FROM A CHURCH, A HOME CHURCH, 02:05 AND IT BLOSSOMED INTO A FULL CHURCH AND THEN A ONE ROOM SCHOOL ROOM AND THEN 02:14 ADDED FOUR SCHOOL ROOMS TO IT PLUS TOILETS AND THEN IT ADDED ANOTHER ONE ROOM 02:23 AND THEN THE CONFERENCE OFFICE WAS MADE NEW AND THEY LIVED IN TEMPORARY 02:34 QUARTERS OF TIN AND WHEN THEY GOT THE NEW QUARTERS MADE THEY TOOK DOWN THE 02:41 TIN AND THEY DONATED IT TO THE AREA AND THEY BROUGHT THREE MORE CLASSROOMS. 02:45 WOW! 02:46 AND I WAS THERE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER DEDICATION OF ANOTHER ROOM AND THIS IS 02:52 OUT IN THE BOONIES. 02:54 IT IS REALLY FAR, FAR OUT THERE AND WHEN WE STARTED THAT SCHOOL IT STARTED 03:01 WITH A STUDENT FROM SPICER COLLEGE HAVING A VISION AND BEING TOLD THERE IS NO 03:06 SALARY FOR YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR STUDENTS TO GET YOUR OWN SALARY. 03:10 AND HE OR SHE DID THIS? 03:12 HE DID THIS AND THE FIRST YEAR THERE WERE OVER 40 STUDENTS. 03:17 HE HAD TO HAVE A HELPER AND IT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW BUT HE HAS A MISSION 03:22 IN HIS HEART. 03:23 HE HAS TAKEN THE CHILDREN TO THE NEARBY VILLAGES WALKING AND HAVING BRANCH 03:29 SABBATH SCHOOL SABBATH AFTERNOONS WITH THE STUDENTS FROM THAT 03:32 VILLAGE. 03:33 THEN WHEN THEY GOT A RICKSHAW THEY TAKE THEM TO SEVEN VILLAGES EVERY 03:38 SABBATH AFTERNOON AND THEY SING SONGS AND PRAY WITH THE CHILDREN AND HAVE A 03:42 BIBLE STORY. 03:44 SABBATH AFTERNOON IN ALL OF THESE VILLAGES NO WONDER THE COMMUNITY LOVES 03:48 THEM. 03:50 ONE MAN WHO WAS -HAD A VISION AND WHO WAS WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK AND LOOK 03:55 WHAT GOD HAS BLESSED THROUGH HIM. 03:58 YES. 03:59 AND WHEN I GOT TO WEST JHARKHAND THIS TIME THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID, 04:04 THEY TOOK ME STRAIGHT TO PAULA AND I LOVED IT. 04:09 THEY START WITH THE CHILDREN SAYING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS EXODUS 04:13 20:1-17 AND THEY KNOW THAT WHEN THEY SAY THAT THEY'LL GET THIS TOY FROM -THAT I 04:18 BRING WITH THEM-A STUFF TOY AND IF THEY'VE DONE IT ONCE THEY CAN DO IT A 04:22 SECOND TIME BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MEMORY VERSE AND IT CAN BE 04:27 PSALMS 1 OR PSALMS 91 OR 1 CORINTHIANS 13 OR THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGE AND 04:34 SO WE SEE A GRADUAL GROWING OF THE CHILDREN AS THEY TAKE THESE LESSONS. 04:40 FANTASTIC! 04:42 THOUGH IT WAS HOLIDAY TIME IT WAS THE BIGGEST HOLIDAY FOR THE HINDUS AND SO 04:46 THERE WEREN'T MANY STUDENTS THERE BUT THE ONES THAT LIVE CLOSEBY 04:50 THEY CAME AND THOSE THAT WANTED TO GET THEIR TOY CAME. 04:53 YOU CAN SEE THIS BOY -SMILE ON HIS FACE! 04:56 HE HAS JUST SAID THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND I'M SHAKING HIS HAND AND 04:59 GIVING HIM THE TOY AND HE IS SO HAPPY AND YOU KNOW, THE JOY THAT HE EXUDES TO 05:09 THE REST OF THE KIDS MAKES THEM WANT TO LEARN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SO THEY GET A 05:14 TOY ALSO. 05:14 SO, IS THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? 05:16 UP TO I THINK THEY ARE UP TO ABOUT SIXTH NOW. 05:20 SIXTH GRADE. 05:21 O.K. 05:22 YES. 05:23 AND THEN THEY ARE SAYING THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BRINGING GOD'S WORD TO 05:29 THEIR COMMUNITY. 05:31 I THOUGHT THAT WAS LOVELY. 05:33 THEN WE WENT TO THE BUILDING THAT WAS TO BE INAUGERATED AND I CUT THE 05:39 RIBBON. 05:40 WHAT JOYS I HAVE GOING THERE. 05:42 YES. 05:43 AND PRAISE THE LORD. 05:44 YES. 05:45 AND WE GO IN THE BUILDING. 05:47 IT ISN'T QUITE FINISHED YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DOOR-THEY DON'T HAVE THE 05:51 DOOR ON YET AND SO THEY'LL GET A DOOR. 05:54 I THINK THEY HAVE THE DOOR ON IT NOW BUT THE PLASTER IS AROUND THE DOOR AND THE 05:58 WINDOW. 06:00 AFTER THE INAUGERATION WE DID CLASSROOM BY CLASSROOM HAD THEM COME IN AND STAND 06:06 AND HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN AND OH! 06:08 THEY ARE SO DELIGHTED TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN. 06:10 LOOK AT THOSE KIDS AT THE WINDOW LOOKING IN AND WANTING TO HAVE THEIR 06:13 PICTURE TAKEN. 06:14 WONDERING WHAT IS HAPPENING? 06:15 YES, YES. 06:17 ANOTHER GRADE -ANOTHER LEVEL WITH PARENTS AND THIS WAS PROBABLY ALL THE 06:24 STUDENTS AND PARENTS WERE THERE THAT DAY. 06:26 WELL THIS IS A NICE ROOM. 06:28 OH YES, IT IS A NICE, LARGE ROOM. 06:31 AND THEN THE LAST PICTURE WE TOOK THERE IS A VERY FINE LITTLE LINE OR ARROW 06:36 TO A LADY THAT IS HUNCHED OVER- UH HUH, I SEE HER. 06:39 WHITE HAIRED, SHE IS THE LADY I LOOK FOR EVERY TIME I GO THERE BECAUSE I SAW 06:44 HER BAPTIZED AND THE NEXT YEAR WHEN I WENT I ASKED, "DOES SHE COME EVERY 06:49 TIME?" 06:50 OH YES, YES, SHE COMES TO EVERY MEETING. 06:52 SHE IS THE FIRST ONE THERE - FAITHFULLY COMES. 06:55 THE NEXT YEAR I WENT I SAID-THEY SAID, WELL YOU KNOW SHE USED TO BE A 06:59 WITCH DOCTOR AND NOW WHEN PEOPLE COME TO HER THEY GET JESUS CHRIST AND SIX 07:06 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED BECAUSE OF HER WITNESS. 07:10 AND LOOK AT HER SITUATION PHYSICALLY. 07:12 SHE HAS HIP FLEXURE CONTRACTURES AND CANNOT STAND UP STRAIGHT. 07:18 BLESS HER HEART. 07:19 YES. 07:20 BUT THAT'S NOT STOPPING HER FROM SHARING JESUS. 07:22 YES. 07:23 BOY, WHAT A 180 IN YOUR LIFE. 07:25 CAN YOU IMAGINE? 07:26 ISN'T THAT MARVELOUS. 07:27 WOW! 07:27 YES. 07:28 WOW! 07:29 YES. 07:30 AND WE ALL CAN HAVE A STORY TO TELL. 07:31 NOW THIS AREA HAS A BOUNDARY WALL AND THEY LOVED THE SCHOOL BUT THERE 07:36 WAS A PROBLEM IN THE VILLAGE. 07:39 WHY? 07:39 THERE WAS A MURDER. 07:41 OH DEAR! 07:42 AND SOMEBODY SAID THAT THE PRINCIPAL WAS CONNECTED WITH THE MURDER AND WHEN 07:48 THIS CAME UP THEY SAID WE NEED TO BUILD A BOUNDARY WALL AND WHEN THE PEOPLE 07:53 HEARD THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A BOUNDARY WALL PUT UP THEY WENT AND DID A SIT 07:55 IN. 07:56 THEY SAID, "NO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD A BOUNDARY WALL." 07:57 AND THEN THE CONFERENCE TREASURER SAID, "WHY DON'T WE PAY THESE PEOPLE TO 07:59 CARRY THE CEMENT FOR US". 07:59 OH, THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. 08:01 AND CARRY THE BRICKS FOR US AND WE'LL PAY THEM AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING 08:02 THE SIT IN WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO COME AND SAY, "I'LL WORK". 08:15 I'LL HAVE A JOB. 08:17 AND SO, THEY GOT A BOUNDARY AROUND THE WHOLE AREA. 08:22 IT ISN'T COMPLETED THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT NEED TO BE BUILT A LITTLE BIT 08:26 HIGHER BUT THERE IS SOME KIND OF A BOUNDARY TO SAY EVERYONE IS SAFE INSIDE. 08:34 HELP US UNDERSTAND, SO THE ACCUSED PERSON - OH, I HAVE TO FINISH MY STORY 08:39 YES. 08:40 ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER THE BOUNDARY WAS COMPLETE THEY FOUND THE REAL 08:47 MURDERER AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. 08:52 O.K. 08:54 SADLY SOMEONE DIED BUT IT WASN'T THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL, YES AND HE 08:56 NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. 09:00 FALSE ACCUSATION THEN. 09:02 YES, AN ACCOMPLICE TO IT IS WHAT THEY WERE ACCUSING HIM OF. 09:04 SO, NO IT-HE WAS CLEARED. 09:05 WOW, I'M SORRY. 09:06 OK BUT THEY GOT A BOUNDARY WALL, YES, BECAUSE OF IT. 09:09 YES. 09:10 IT WAS WONDERFUL AND UH, THE PRINCIPAL HE WAS SO GOOD THEY WANTED HIM IN 09:19 THE CONFERENCE OFFICE AND I SAID, "OH, THIS IS SAD TO SEE HIM LEAVE PAULA". 09:25 AND THEY SAID, "NO MADAM THIS IS WONDERFUL THAT HE CAN GIVE HIS INFLUENCE THE 09:31 SAME WAY THROUGH ALL OF THE CONFERENCE." 09:33 WONDERFUL. 09:34 OH, I WAS ASHAMED OF MYSELF AND HERE HE IS COMING BACK WITH ME AND HE 09:40 IS THE ONE CARRYING THE FUNNY PACKAGE-OK- IT IS NEWSPAPERS THAT ARE 09:45 WRAPPING STEPS TO CHRIST IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND HE WANTED ME TO BE THE ONE 09:52 WHO HANDED THEM OUT TO EVERYONE WHO CAME. 09:54 HOW NIC! 09:55 SO, WE GAVE OUT STEPS TO CHRIST IN THEIR LANGUAGE TO EVERYONE THAT CAME FOR 09:59 THAT DAY. 10:00 WOW. 10:01 THRILLING. 10:03 I'M STILL HANDING THEM OUT HERE. 10:04 FANTASTIC. 10:05 EVERYONE GOT ONE. 10:09 BEAUTIFUL SMILES. 10:11 AS WE WERE LEAVING EVERYONE WANTED TO TOUCH YOU ONE MORE TIME AND YOU 10:17 KNOW, IT'S JUST AS THRILLING TO ME I WANTED TO SAY GOODBYE, I WANTED 10:20 TO TOUCH THEM TOO. 10:21 ISN'T THAT AMAZING IN THE HUMAN TOUCH. 10:24 JUST THINK THOUGH OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR JESUS WHEN THE PEOPLE PRESSED IN ON 10:28 HIM AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE LADY WHO NEEDED TO BE HEALED AS WE ALL DO BUT 10:34 JUST THINK OF THE HUMAN TOUCH AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS ESPECIALLY FOR 10:38 JESUS BUT WE CAN ALSO HAVE A HUMAN TOUCH TOO-TO TOUCH OTHERS. 10:42 YOU MIGHT NOT BEV, BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THAT PERSON IN THEIR 10:45 LANGUAGE BUT CAN CERTAINLY TOUCH THEM. 10:47 I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO DO THIS. 10:50 UH HUH. 10:51 THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT. 10:53 I LOVE TO BE OUT THERE AND SEE THE HAPPY FACES. 10:56 YES. 10:56 AND WE HAD TO GO ELSEWHERE. 11:01 GOING BACK TO THE CONFERENCE OFFICE THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE SCENES WE 11:05 SAW ALONG THE ROAD. 11:06 YES, RIDING IN THOSE LITTLE TUK TUKS ARE KIND OF AN EXPERIENCE, LET ME 11:09 TELL YOU. 11:10 THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THREE PEOPLE ON A MOTORCYCLE. 11:13 NO THERE IS ROOM FOR ONE MORE BUT WE GOT TO OUR HEADQUARTERS. 11:17 NOW THE NEXT DAY WAS SABBATH AND WE WENT FOR THE RIDE OF MY LIFE. 11:22 AFTER BEING ON A HIGHWAY FOR ONE HOUR WE GOT OFF ON A DIRT ROAD LIKE THIS AND 11:28 THE ROAD GOT NARROWER AND NARROWER AND BUMPIER AND BUMPIER AND WE STARTED TO 11:34 WONDER ARE WE ON THE RIGHT ROAD? 11:37 WE PICKED UP SOME PEOPLE AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SHOW US THE WAY AND HERE 11:42 WAS A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL -A BUNCH OF KIDS OUT ON THE ROADWAY STOPPING OUR CAR 11:48 AND SINGING SOME SONGS AND SHOWING US PLACARDS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT OF 11:54 INDIA HAS SAID-HAS A PROMOTION FOR BUILDING A LATRINE FOR EVERY HOME 12:00 THAT THERE BE A TOILET. 12:01 FANTASTIC! 12:02 I THOUGHT, WOW. 12:03 SO, WERE THEY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OR WHY THE SINGING AND ALL OF THAT? 12:08 OH YES, THEY WERE WANTING TO GIVE US THE MESSAGE COMING IN THE TAXI AND 12:13 TELL ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 12:15 THE GOOD NEWS. 12:16 WE ARE BEHIND THIS. 12:17 WE WANT TO HAVE TOILETS IN EVERY COMMUNITY, EVERY HOME IN EVERY COMMUNITY. 12:21 NOW BECAUSE WE WERE FEELING LIKE THESE LADIES WE PICKED UP DIDN'T QUITE 12:27 KNOW THE WAY WE STOPPED AND ASKED THIS GENTLEMAN AND HE WAS TELLING IN THIS 12:33 WAY AND THAT WAY AND GO THAT WAY AND I THOUGHT OH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL 12:38 REMEMBER ALL OF THIS. 12:40 AND YOU CAN SEE HE WAS POINTING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND AS WE WENT 12:45 ALONG -WHICH WAY ARE YOU GOING TO GO? 12:48 WELL, WHATEVER WAY WE TOOK WE TOOK THE WRONG ONE BECAUSE WE STOPPED AND 12:54 ASKED ANOTHER MAN AND HE POINTED IN ANOTHER DIRECTION AND THEN WE 12:57 STOPPED AND ASKED ANOTHER MAN. 12:59 IT WAS A FUN EXPERIENCE BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING LOST IN THE MANY 13:07 DETOURS IN LIFE AND IF WE HAVE JUST ONE PERSON TO SHOW US THE RIGHT WAY. 13:12 YES, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SHOW US THE RIGHT WAY AND GOD'S 13:18 WORD IS WHAT HE HAS GIVEN US AND THAT'S WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT HERE AT GOSPEL 13:21 OUTREACH BECAUSE WE ARE WANTING PEOPLE TO NOT ONLY READ THE WORD BUT ALSO TO 13:26 KNOW THE WORD AND THAT IS JESUS AND HE IS COMING BACK SOON. 13:30 SO, WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU ARE WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND WE'D LIKE 13:34 TO INVITE YOU TO GET ON BOARD AND TO BE PARTNERS WITH US HERE NOT ONLY 13:38 THROUGH PRAYER BUT ALSO THROUGH DONATIONS. 13:41 AS YOU GIVE THEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CAN BE SHARING JESUS IN THE 10/40 13:45 WINDOW. 13:46 WE'D INVITE YOU TO COME AND VISIT OUR WEBSITE. 13:48 IT IS GOAIM.ORG WHERE YOU CAN ALSO WATCH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS' ON LINE AND 13:55 IT HAS INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ADOPT-A-WORKER AND ABOUT MEGAVOICE AND THE 14:00 NEAT THINGS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HOW THE LORD 14:03 CONTINUES TO BLESS. 14:05 WE HAVE OFFICES IN WASHINGTON STATE. 14:07 WE ALSO HAVE A CANADIAN ADDRESS AND WE'RE ALSO DOWN IN SOUTH AMERICA IN 14:12 BRAZIL AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE OUR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 14:16 NEWSLETTER WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU AND I WOULD 14:20 ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO "LIKE" OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. 14:23 SOCIAL NETWORKING IS VERY IMPORTANT AND IT IS INSTANTANEOUS AND WE 14:27 CANSTAY IN TOUCH WITH YOU AND YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE AT 14:30 GOSPEL OUTREACH THROUGH PICTURES, THROUGH VIDEOS AND WE JUST WOULD INVITE 14:35 YOU TO BE ALONG-COME ALONG WITH US AND ALSO TO PRAY BEV, RIGHT? 14:40 YES. 14:40 PRAYER IS SO HUGE. 14:42 MOST IMPORTANT. 14:43 YES. 14:44 SO, BEV, YOU AND I ARE TALKING A BOUT A SPECIAL AREA IN YOUR REGION-WEST 14:47 JHARKHAND AND YOU'VE TAKEN US ALONG A RIDE AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT RIDE 14:52 SO YOU WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO? 14:55 WELL NEAR THE END OF THE RIDE WE HAD TO WALK AND NOT A VERY LONG DISTANCE 15:01 BUT WE DID WALK AND THEN WE CAME AROUND A BEND IN THE PATHWAY AND THERE WAS 15:05 A HOME AND JUST BEYOND THERE WAS THE CHURCH. 15:09 YOU COULD SEE THEY WERE READY AND STARTING THE SERVICES AND YOU COULD 15:14 HEAR THE MUSIC. 15:15 PEOPLE LOVE TO SING AND WHEN I WAS-I CAME TO THIS CHURCH THEY TOLD ME THESE 15:21 PEOPLE HAVE COME A LONG WAY AND WE ARE WAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY HERE. 15:26 DON'T WE KNOW IT! 15:27 YES. 15:28 IT'S A LONG TRIP BUT THEY SAID DON'T PREACH FOR JUST A HALF HOUR. 15:33 PLEASE GIVE THEM AT LEAST AN HOUR. 15:36 SO, I DID MY WITNESS STORY-MY PERSONAL CONVERSION WITNESS STORY. 15:43 I'VE GOT MANY LITTLE TENDRILS THAT CAN REACH OUT DOCTRINES AND OTHER 15:50 STORIES AND OTHER THINGS FROM GOD'S WORD FROM IT AND I TALKED MY HEART OUT 15:57 FOR AN HOUR. 15:57 YOU SHARED THE LORD. 15:58 YES. 16:00 AND THEN AFTER THAT WE HAD UM, YES HERE THEY ARE WORSHIPING TOGETHER THERE 16:05 BUT THEN WE HAD CANDIDATES FOR BAPTISM. 16:09 I BELIEVE THERE WERE SEVEN OF THEM BUT WE ONLY SEE FIVE HERE. 16:13 WE MET OUTSIDE THE CHURCH AND THE DRUMMERS GOT READY TO GO AND LEAD THE WAY AND 16:19 WE WENT -STARTED OUT FOR THE WATERHOLE AND IT WAS ABOUT A KILOMETER AWAY BUT 16:27 EVERYONE IN THE CHURCH-I MEAN IT WAS A HUGE GROUP THAT WENT DOWN TO THIS 16:31 WATERHOLE. 16:33 BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL AREA BUT YOU COULD SEE FOR MILES AROUND. 16:38 THERE WAS PROBABLY HUTS OR LITTLE UM, POOR HOUSES ALL OVER BUT NOT MANY PEOPLE. 16:49 HERE WE ARE AT THE WATERHOLE AND I WAS SO INTERESTED. 16:53 WHAT ON EARTH IS IN THIS THAT MOVES? 16:56 YOU SEE ON THE LOWER LEFT THERE IS SOME DARK SPOT. 17:00 I SEE A FROG. 17:01 IT IS A FROG, YES. 17:02 HE'S GOT HIS EYES OUT OF THE WATER AND THE REST OF HIS BODY IS BENEATH IT 17:07 THAT'S WHY IT IS SO DARK. 17:09 UP IN THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER THERE IS ANOTHER ONE. 17:11 WELL I HAD TO FIND ONE OUTSIDE OF THE WATER AND IT IS ALMOST LIKE THERE IS 17:17 A TWIG THERE THAT IS POINTING RIGHT TO THE BACK, YES, I SEE THE FROG, 17:21 OF THE BROWN FROG. 17:22 THAT PLACE WAS CRAWLING WITH FROGS BUT WE HAD THE BAPTISM GOING ON AND THE 17:30 BUFFALO WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LITTLE POND AND THEY WERE GRAZING ON 17:37 THE BUSHES THERE WHILE WE HAD THE BAPTISM GOING ON. 17:39 IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. 17:41 PRAISE THE LORD! 17:42 YES, JUST A LOVELY SCENE AND WE MADE IT BACK TO THE CHURCH AND THERE WERE FIVE 17:48 CANDIDATES HERE APPARENTLY NOT SEVEN. 17:50 AND THEY WELCOMED THEM INTO THE CHURCH AND PUT GARLANDS ALL OVER THEM. 17:57 OH. 17:58 EVERY VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE CAME WITH A GARLAND TO GIVE FOR EACH 18:01 CANDIDATE. 18:02 HOW NICE! 18:03 WELCOMING THEM INTO THE CHURCH. 18:04 I THINK THERE IS A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS IN THEIR HANDS ALSO. 18:07 NOW IT IS TIME TO FEAST, FELLOWSHIP OVER FOOD AND SOME OF THEM HAVE THESE 18:15 PLASTIC PLATES BUT YOU'LL LOOK FOR SOME OF THE PLATES WERE BANANA LEAVES. 18:20 WELL NOT EVEN BANANA LEAVES. 18:22 SEVERAL LEAVES PUT TOGETHER AND THEN OUR DINING AREA -SEE THOSE 18:26 LEAVES? 18:27 THERE IS A FEW LEAVES TOGETHER. 18:28 LOOK AT THEIR SMILES. 18:30 YES, AND THEY EAT WITH THEIR HANDS AND THERE IS A POLITE AND COURTEOUS WAY 18:35 TO EAT. 18:37 EVERYONE WAS BEING FED NICELY AND THE CHICKENS -IF ANYONE SPILLED 18:43 ANYTHING OR HAD ANYTHING LEFT OVER AND THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO SAVED SOME 18:48 SPECIAL FOR THE CHICKENS. 18:50 YES. 18:52 THIS MAN WAS SO INTERESTING TO ME. 18:55 HE WAS TEACHING SCHOOL-A CHURCH SCHOOL THAT STARTED IN 2014 AND HE HANDED ME 19:04 THIS LETTER AND THIS LETTER TELLS -IT SAYS THE SUBJECT IS SEEKING HELP 19:12 FOR CHAMPAHABAN'S CHURCH SCHOOL AND IT SAYS THEY HAVE NURSERY, 19:22 KINDERGARTEN, LOWER KINDERGARTEN, UPPER KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST 19:26 GRADE SO THERE ARE FOUR LEVELS OF VERY BEGINNING STUDENTS. 19:29 HE HAS WRITTEN TO YOU IN ENGLISH. 19:30 YES. 19:32 BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND HE SAID, WE GET ENCOURAGEMENT BY HAVING BIGGER DREAMS 19:41 AND DREAMS FOR THEIR CHURCH SCHOOL. 19:44 THE CHURCH MEMBERS SUPPORT THE SCHOOL BY THEIR OWN MEANS IN UNITY WORKING 19:50 TOGETHER TO GIVE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN BUT I FOUND OUT THAT THEY DON'T GIVE 19:55 ENOUGH FOR EVEN A FOURTH OF A SALARY. 19:58 THEY GIVE ABOUT $20 A MONTH TOWARDS THIS AND THAT IS A LOT BUT -THAT'S 20:01 A LOT FOR THEM- THE WHOLE CONGREGATION SURE, IS GIVING ALL THEY CAN GIVE 20:03 TO SUPPORT THESE. 20:04 AT THE END OF THE REQUEST FOR HELP ARE THE NAMES OF ALL OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS 20:05 THAT DONATE TOWARDS THIS SCHOOL. 20:07 OH, BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 20:07 IT JUST TOUCHED MY HEART. 20:08 I SAID, OK WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE OUR LITERACY PROGRAM. 20:31 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A PROGRAM FOR LITERACY AND THAT IS THE FIRST YEAR 20:36 THEY OPERATE THEY GIVE THEM 100 PERCENT OF CHURCH SCHOOL A SALARY FOR THE 20:41 PLACE AND HERE IT IS $75 A MONTH FOR OUT IN THE COUNTRY. 20:45 IT IS POOR PEOPLE AND SO $75 A MONTH FOR THIS LITERACY PROGRAM FOR THE 20:52 FIRST YEAR AND THEN THE SECOND YEAR WE GIVE THEM $50 A MONTH. 20:57 THE THIRD YEAR WE GIVEN THEM $25 A MONTH AND THE FOURTH YEAR WE DON'T GIVE 21:01 THEM ANYTHING MORE. 21:02 SO, IT IS A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM- FOR THEM TO ESTABLISH IT AND GET IT UP 21:07 AND GOING. 21:08 THE FIRST-YEAR 100 PERCENT, THE SECOND YEAR 75 PERCENT AND THE NEXT 21:12 YEAR 50 PERCENT AND NEXT YEAR 25 PRECENT SO THIS HELPS THEM TO GET STARTED 21:16 AND GET GOING. 21:18 THEY CAN HAVE QUALIFIED TEACHERS TO GO OUT AND DO THIS TEACHING. 21:20 I HAVE PROBABLY IN MY DISTRICT ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN 21:28 THIS CONDITION BUT I PRAISE GOD THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE CHURCH SCHOOLS AND 21:33 HAVE THEIR CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. 21:36 IT IS THRILLING TO WORK WITH THEM. 21:40 THAT'S CHAMPAHANS. 21:41 SO, TELL ME BEV, THE STUDENTS IN THESE-LIKE WHERE THE SCHOOL IS, WHERE 21:46 THIS MAN'S APPEAL IS FOR AND ARE THERE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS THAT THESE YOUNG 21:51 PEOPLE CAN GO TO? 21:52 OR IS? 21:54 THE GOVERNMENT BOASTS THAT THEY HAVE SCHOOLS IN EVERY COMMUNITY. 21:58 SOMETIMES THEY MAY HAVE TO WALK FIVE KILOMETERS TO GET TO THE SCHOOL AND OUT 22:03 IN THIS AREA IT IS PROBABLY THAT WAY AND SO CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS CAN 22:10 REALLY HELP. 22:12 ABSOLUTELY BUT BEING ABLE TO READ AND BE LITERATE THAT'S HUGE. 22:15 YES, AND HERE THEY DO WANT TO HAVE TWO TEACHERS. 22:19 THEY HAVE TWO TEACHERS THAT ARE SACRIFICING BY GETTING THEIR $20 A MONTH. 22:24 UH HUH BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE TWO TEACHERS GET AUGMENTATION. 22:29 NOW I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE OUR CONFERENCE WORKERS ARE 22:35 BEING AN EXAMPLE TO THEIR WORKERS. 22:37 THEY ARE OFFERING TO THEIR COMMUNITY TUTORING FOR COMMUNITY CHILDREN AFTER 22:42 SCHOOL. 22:42 WONDERFUL! 22:44 HERE THEY COME TO THE CAMPUS AND EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATORS TAKES TURNS 22:49 IN SPENDING ONE HOUR IN THREE DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS. 22:53 ONE FOR ENGLISH; ONE FOR MATHEMATICS AND ONE FOR MORALS AND THEY DO 22:58 TUTORING FOR THESE CLASSES. 22:59 SO AFTER SCHOOL THE KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO THE PUBLIC GOVERNMENT SCHOOL 23:03 THEY WILL COME HERE TO DO THIS CRAM SESSION. 23:06 YES. 23:06 AT THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. 23:08 BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING TAUGHT BY ADMINISTRATORS. 23:12 WOW. 23:14 THEY ARE GETTING-HERE THEY ARE ON THE FLOOR WEARING UNIFORMS IN THE 23:18 CLASSROOMS. 23:19 THERE ARE DIFFERENT UNIFORMS BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS 23:21 REPRESENTED. 23:22 WHAT A NEAT OUTREACH!! 23:24 AND THEN I HAD MY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 23:26 WE HAD THE PROGRAM FOR THEM TEACHING THEM THE WITNESS STORY AND WHO THEY 23:31 ARE GOING TO BE TARGETING AND THEN S TORYTELLING-MEMORIZING 23:38 GOD'S WORD AND FINDING MEAING FROM IT AND THESE PEOPLE WERE VERY 23:44 INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST SO KEYED UP. 23:47 YOU COULD TELL THEY WERE REALLY RESPONDING TO WHAT THEY WERE LEARNING. 23:51 IT WAS SOMETHING NEW FOR THEM AND I WOULD DIVIDE THEM INTO GROUPS OF TWO 23:56 AND THEY WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT EXERCISES TO DO FOR GROUPS OF TWO AND THEN 24:02 THEY WOULD FIND MEANING FROM THE LARGER GROUPS AND HERE THEY WERE FINDING 24:10 MEANING FROM THE SCRIPTURE. 24:11 IT WAS THRILLING TEACHING THEM AND HERE THE PASTOR IS JUST GOING FROM GROUP 24:17 TO GROUP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ON TRACK; THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY HAVE 24:20 BEEN TOLD AND THIS PASTOR VERY INTUITIVE TO THE PROGRAM THAT I WAS 24:25 TEACHING. 24:26 REMIND US HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS YOU HAVE IN THIS AREA? 24:28 TWENTY. 24:30 TWENTY UH HUH AND THE NEXT MORNING THEY DIDN'T COME FOR ME FOR BREAKFAST UNTIL 24:36 8:20 AND WHEN THEY CAME FOR ME THEY SAID THEY WANT YOU TO COME DOWN TO THE 24:40 ROOM WHERE THEY HAD THE CLASSES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:45 WORKERS WANT TO HAVE PRAYER FOR YOU. 24:51 I THOUGHT OH, THIS IS NEW. 24:53 HERE I COME INTO THIS ROOM AND THEY ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE TRAINING THAT I 24:57 GAVE THEM THEY WANTED TO HAVE SPECIAL PRAYER WITH ME THAT GOD WOULD BLESS ME 25:02 SO THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO TEACH THIS TO OTHER PEOPLE. 25:05 VERY HUMBLING. 25:06 OH, I WAS MORE THAN HUMBLED. 25:11 THERE WERE TWO OR THREE MEN THAT SAID LONG EXTENSIVE PRAYERS BUT JUST 25:16 TO HAVE THEM ALL TOGETHER AND PRAYING FOR ME-OH! 25:19 PRAISE THE LORD, BEV. 25:21 YES, YES. 25:21 PRAISE THE LORD. 25:23 AND AFTER THAT WE HAD OUR -THEY WANTED THEIR PICTURE TAKEN WITH ME AND SO WE 25:28 WENT OUTDOORS AND THE CONFERENCE WORKERS AND ALL OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:33 WORKERS HAD THEIR PICTURE WITH ME. 25:34 SO, LET'S LOOK AT THIS PICTURE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 25:37 SO, VIEWERS AS YOU WERE WONDERING WHO TO PRAY FOR I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO 25:42 LOOK AT THE MAN KNEELING ON THE LEFT BOTTOM CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN IN THE BLUE 25:46 SHIRT. 25:48 I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME AND I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT HIM AND MAYBE 25:54 YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT A WORKER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND BY ADOPTING A 25:59 WORKER YOU ARE ADOPTING ONE OF THESE GENTLEMEN IN THIS PICTURE AND THEY ARE 26:05 THEN GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE SPONSORED BY YOU AND THEN GOING OUT IN THEIR 26:10 VILLAGE AND SHARING JESUS. 26:12 TAKE ANOTHER PERSON IN THE BACK ROW THE MAN IN THE PINK SHIRT AND SAY LORD, 26:16 PLEASE BLESS THE MAN IN THE PINK SHIRT BUT THAT IS WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT BEV? 26:19 YES, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE WE WILL NEVER ON THIS EARTH BE ABLE TO 26:26 VISIT WITH THEM OR WHATEVER BUT WE CAN THINK OF THAT PERSON AND GO YOU 26:29 KNOW WHAT LORD, YOU KNOW THEIR SITUATION AND ALL OF THAT SO. 26:32 MY SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS HAS ADOPTED A WORKER AND THEY GET REPORTS BACK FROM 26:38 ME EVERY QUARTER. 26:39 JOYFUL! 26:40 WELL BEV THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 26:42 THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND MAY THE LORD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AS YOU CONTINUE 26:46 TO WORK WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR 26:50 WATCHING. 26:51 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PRAYING AND DONATING AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU 26:55 TODAY. 26:55 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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