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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000682A
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00:15 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND IN I TIMOTHY 12 PAUL SAYS "I THANK CHRIST JESUS 00:23 OUR LORD WHO HAS GIVEN ME STRENGTH THAT HE CONSIDERED ME FAITHFUL 00:27 APPOINTING ME TO HIS SERVICE." 00:29 AND AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS WE ARE APPOINTED TO HIS SERVICE TO SHARE THE JOY 00:33 OF JESUS, THE FACT THAT GOD IS COMING AGAIN AND THAT GOD FORGIVES US OF 00:38 OUR SINS. 00:39 AND THAT IS GREAT NEWS. 00:41 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO DO BEV THOMSON, RIGHT? 00:45 THAT'S FOR SURE. 00:46 BEV THOMPSON, YOU ARE ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR WHAT PART OF THE 10/40 00:51 WINDOW, THAT HUGE EXPANSE ON OUR GLOBE? 00:54 IT IS NORTHEAST OF THE MAINLAND INDIA. 00:59 IT STARTS WITH BHUTAN THE LITTLE NECK OVER IN HERE AND THEN OVER IN THIS 01:05 AREA. 01:07 AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE THRILLED ABOUT SHARING JESUS IN THIS PART OF THE 01:10 WORLD. 01:11 I DO WHATEVER I CAN BUT IT'S THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT DO THE REAL 01:14 WORK. 01:16 AND YOU GO AND CHECK IN WITH THEM AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING 01:18 ABOUT TODAY. 01:18 THAT'S THE THRILL AND THE PRIVILEGE I HAVE. 01:21 SO WHAT STATE WILL WE BE SHARING PHOTOS FROM AND STORIES FROM TODAY? 01:26 RIGHT IN BIHAR WHICH IS NEXT TO NEPAL, IN THAT AREA THERE. 01:31 THE POOREST REGION OF ALL OF INDIA ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET. 01:35 WHY IS THAT? 01:37 I REALLY DON'T KNOW BUT I'M TOLD THAT THE LANDOWNERS OF THIS AREA 01:43 ARE IN THE LARGE CITIES OF INDIA AND THEY DIRECT EVERYTHING FROM THERE. 01:48 AND JUST THE VERY POOR PEOPLE GO OUT AND WORK IN THESE GARDENS AND IN THE 01:53 LARGE FIELDS AND THEY GET SOME BARE EXISTENCE SALARIES. 01:59 SO THEY'RE KIND OF STUCK IN A LOT OF WAYS. 02:01 LIKE INDENTURED SERVANTS. 02:02 YES. 02:04 AND ARE THEY ALSO LOOKED DOWN UPON FOR OTHER REASONS? 02:06 FOR SOME REASON BIHAR USED TO BE A VERY LARGE STATE AND IT WAS THE CAPITAL OF 02:13 INDIA. 02:14 I'M TALKING ABOUT CENTURIES AGO. 02:16 BUT GRADUALLY BANGLADESH BROKE AWAY AND NEPAL BROKE AWAY AND THESE DIFFERENT 02:23 STATES BROKE AWAY AND NOW THEY ARE A SMALLER STATE AND A VERY POOR STATE AND 02:31 THEY HAVE A SPECIAL ACCENT TO THEIR LANGUAGE AND SO WHEN ANY PERSON GOES FROM 02:37 BIHAR TO A LARGE CITY IN NEARBY STATES THEY SAY, OH, YOU'RE FROM BIHAR. 02:43 SO THERE'S SOME PREJUDICE INVOLVED THERE AS WELL. 02:45 YES. 02:46 THAT'S TOO BAD. 02:47 WELL THESE PEOPLE CERTAINLY NEED THE JOY OF JESUS DON'T THEY. 02:50 FOR SURE. 02:51 SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR RECENT VISIT AND THE FOCUS OF IT. 02:55 WELL I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO TWO AREAS THAT ARE VERY DEAR TO MY HEART. 03:02 THERE IS THIS SMALL VILLAGE WAY OUT FROM ANYWHERE I THINK BUT WE 03:09 HAVE TRIED TO GIVE THEM SOME EDUCATION IN THIS AREA. 03:13 AND THEY ARE LOVELY, LOVELY PEOPLE. 03:16 OUR LEADERSHIP THERE STARTED A SCHOOL BY USING THE CHURCH. 03:21 THEN GRADUALLY, GRADUALLY FUNDS HAVE COME IN AND THEY HAVE ADDED ANOTHER 03:28 SCHOOL ROOM. 03:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS HELPED WITH THIS ALSO. 03:32 AND A KITCHEN, A KITCHEN IN THEIR STYLE I MIGHT SAY. 03:37 AND THEY ARE STILL A VERY POOR SCHOOL AND THEY'RE USING EVERY OUNCE OF 03:43 ABILITY TO STRETCH WHAT THEY HAVE TO SERVE THE SCHOOL AND THE KIDS THAT 03:49 GO THERE. 03:51 SO THIS IS A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO ATTEND THERE? 03:53 IT IS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SCHOOL. 03:57 THIS SCHOOL PROBABLY COSTS THE PARENTS ABOUT, WELL, IT'S MOSTLY BOARDING IN 04:05 THIS SCHOOL BUT THE LOCAL CHILDREN THAT COME AND GO IT'S ABOUT FOUR DOLLARS A 04:11 MONTH IN THAT SCHOOL. 04:13 FOUR DOLLARS A MONTH AND IS THAT A STRETCH FOR THEM BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE 04:16 SHARED ALREADY? 04:17 WELL WHEN YOU THINK OF PARENTS TAKING THE FARM LAND AND GETTING JUST 04:23 MEAGER EARNINGS OF RICE OR DAHL. 04:27 THE BARE NECESSITIES OF FOOD THAT THEY NEED AND CLOTHING THAT THEY NEED. 04:33 IT'S A STRETCH THAT THEY CAN PAY FOR THEIR UNIFORMS AND THEIR BOOKS. 04:38 SO IF THESE CHILDREN DON'T GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL WOULD THEY HAVE THE 04:43 OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL? 04:46 THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO WALK THREE TO FIVE KILOMETERS TO GET TO A 04:51 PUBLIC SCHOOL. 04:53 AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE TAUGHT IN THE LOCAL TRIBAL LANGUAGE WHEREAS OUR 04:57 ADVENTIST SCHOOLS TRY TO GET THEM ENGLISH BECAUSE IT IS THE LANGUAGE OF 05:03 LEARNING. 05:04 INTERESTING. 05:06 MOST SCHOOLS THAT TEACH ENGLISH ARE HIGHER COST. 05:09 ABSOLUTELY. 05:12 WELL SHOW US SOME PHOTOS BEV WE WANT TO SEE. 05:15 I LOVE TO SHOW THEM. 05:17 AGAIN WE HAVE HERE THE MAP OF INDIA. 05:20 YOU CAN SEE RIGHT UP NEAR NEPAL WHERE WE'RE GOING TO AND WHERE I'VE HIGHLIGHTED 05:26 NEPAL AND BIHAR FOR YOU TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. 05:29 NOW THERE'S A RIVER RUNNING BETWEEN PATNA AND JHARKHAND THERE. 05:34 YOU SEE GAYA DOWN A BIT. 05:36 WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT LEFT OF GAYA. 05:39 BUT GAYA I HAVE TO TELL YOU IS THE SEAT OF BUDDHISM. 05:43 IT IS THE OFF SHOOT OF HINDUISM. 05:47 PEOPLE MAKE MANY PILGRIMAGES TO GAYA THERE AND WE HAVE ABOUT 400 05:52 MEMBERS THERE. 05:54 BUT IF WE'RE GOING OUT TO MOHAMMADPUR FROM TOWN THIS IS IN TOWN AT THE SERVICE 06:00 STATION. 06:02 THEY HAVE COME IN TO TOWN TO GET GASOLINE FOR THE BUS. 06:04 AND LET'S PILE MORE PEOPLE ON. 06:06 I LOVE IT. 06:07 BUT WHEN WE GET OUT NEAR WHERE ARE SCHOOL IS WE GET ONTO A PATHWAY SOMETHING 06:12 LIKE THIS AND THE PEOPLE ARE BRINGING IN THEIR PRODUCE FROM THE GARDEN 06:15 THIS WAY. 06:16 BICYCLES ARE IN ORDER. 06:17 A CATTLE MAN AND WE SHARE THE ROAD WITH THE CATTLE. 06:23 INDEED YOU DO. 06:24 THIS MAN HAS MILKED SOME OF THE COWS AND IS CARRYING THE MILK FOR 06:32 SALE. 06:34 WE KNOW WE ARE CLOSE TO BIHAR AND TO MOHAMMADPUR WHEN WE SEE THIS. 06:37 I RECOGNIZE THE COWS NOW. 06:39 YOU'VE BEEN THERE SO MANY TIMES. 06:41 THAT IS SO FUNNY BEV. 06:42 BUT WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU IN HERE IS, YOU SEE THE DROPPINGS FROM THE 06:48 COWS, THOSE ARE THEIR FUEL. 06:52 AND SO THEY HAVE JUST HAD RAINY SEASON AND THE RAIN LASTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS 06:57 LONGER THAN THEY WERE EXPECTING AND SO THEY ARE OUT OF FUEL FROM THE YEAR 07:01 BEFORE. 07:02 THEY STORE THEIR FUEL IN PILES LIKE THIS. 07:06 SO THEY DRY THE DUNG AND THEY MAKE IT INTO THESE "PATTIES" AND THEN THIS IS 07:12 WHAT THEY USE FOR COOKING THEIR RICE AND BEANS. 07:15 DO THEY USE THIS TO WARM THEIR HOUSES AS WELL OR DO THEY NEED THAT IN THAT 07:17 AREA? 07:18 I'VE NEVER SEEN FUEL USED FOR WARMTH. 07:19 IT'S MOSTLY FOR THEIR STOVES. 07:20 YES. 07:21 AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE FALL THEY HAVE A LOT OF THESE PILES OF DUNG. 07:33 AND THE DUNG IS MIXED WITH SOME DIRT TO HOLD THE HEAT AND IT'S MIXED WITH SOME 07:36 STRAW SO IT WILL BURN GOOD. 07:38 EVERY TIME BEV YOU SHOW THESE IT IS SO HUMBLING TO THINK ABOUT. 07:42 WE GO INTO OUR KITCHEN, WE TURN ON OUR GAS OR ELECTRIC STOVE AND BOOM WE 07:47 HAVE A FLAME. 07:48 YES. 07:50 BUT IN THIS PICTURE NOW I'M SHOWING YOU WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO PREPARE FOR 07:55 MAKING THEM. 07:57 THEY HAVE GATHERED THE DUNG AT THE END OF THE RAINY SEASON EXPECTING IT 08:01 TO BE OVER WITH SOON. 08:03 THEY PILED THE DUNG AND THEN THEY GET READY TO MIX THE STRAW WITH IT. 08:09 THIS DEAR LADY HAS BROUGHT A PILE OF STRAW AND SHE IS READY TO MIX IT AND MAKE 08:14 IT INTO THESE PATTIES. 08:15 THESE TWO LADIES ARE MAKING THEM INTO LITTLE STAND-UP ONES. 08:19 BUT WE SEE THEM PLASTERED AGAINST THE WALLS TO DRY THEM, TO DRY THEM YES. 08:25 AND THEN THEY SORT OF CHIP OFF. 08:29 AND THEY'RE DOING THIS NO GLOVES, NO RUNNING WATER AND SOAP. 08:35 NO PURELL. 08:37 YOU GUESSED RIGHT. 08:38 WOW. 08:39 YOU CAN SEE THEIR HAND MARKS IN THE PATTIES WHEN THEY PUSH THEM UP AGAINST 08:43 THE WALL. 08:44 AND THE COW IS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE WALL WITH THE DUNG IN THE BACK. 08:46 BUT WHEN I SEE THIS I KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO BE MORE THAN ONE FAMILY HERE. 08:51 IN FACT THIS IS THE SCHOOL. 08:54 KIDS HAVE WASHED THEIR OWN CLOTHES AND HUNG THEM ON THE FENCE TO DRY. 08:58 SO I KNOW WE'RE AT OUR SCHOOL. 08:59 THIS IS OUR CHURCH AND THE CHURCH IS USED AS A DORMITORY, AS A CLASSROOM 09:04 AND AS A CHURCH, A WORSHIP PLACE. 09:06 MULTIFUNCTIONAL. 09:07 AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THERE IN THE BACK. 09:10 THEY ARE NOT IN A STRAIGHT LINE BUT THEY ARE BUILDINGS THAT CAN BE USED 09:15 FOR CLASS ROOMS. 09:16 AND IT'S THRILLING TO SEE IT. 09:18 NOW THIS WAS MY ROOM FOR A WEEK. 09:20 IT WAS VERY SPECIAL. 09:24 IT WAS TEACHERS' QUARTERS AND THE TEACHERS MOVED OUT SO THAT I COULD HAVE A 09:27 PLACE TO STAY. 09:29 THAT WAS VERY GENEROUS OF THEM. 09:30 AND THERE WERE TWO TEACHERS. 09:31 AND THE OTHER ROOM RIGHT NEXT TO ME, THIS IS ON THE FLOOR. 09:37 THE PASTOR AND HIS WIFE GOT TO HAVE THAT ROOM AND THE TEACHER MOVED OUT FROM 09:42 THERE SO THEY COULD STAY THERE. 09:44 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 09:45 AND LOOK AT THE OPEN BIBLE. 09:46 LET ME TELL YOU EVERY MORNING AN HOUR BEFORE I WAS WANTING TO GET UP I 09:52 COULD HEAR MUSIC. 09:54 THEY WOULD SING SOME SONGS AND THEN YOU COULD HEAR SOME TALKING AND YOU KNEW 09:58 IT WAS READING. 09:59 THEY WERE READING GOD'S WORD AND THEN IT WAS PRAYING. 10:03 FOR A WHOLE HOUR EARLY IN THE MORNING. 10:07 THAT'S THE WAY THE DAY STARTED. 10:10 OH LOOK AT THE KIDS. 10:11 SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 10:13 IT'S DAWN WITH THE MIST STILL DOWN AND THE KIDS WERE OUT THERE HAVING 10:20 WORSHIP. 10:22 YOU KNOW YOUR HEART JUST BURNS WITHIN YOU BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THEM BEING 10:24 PREPARED FOR GOD'S SOON COMING. 10:27 THESE ARE A GOURD-LIKE VEGETABLE. 10:35 THE KNIFE, THE LADY PUTS HER FOOT ON THE BASE OF THE KNIFE AND THAT SWIRL 10:40 UPWARD IS A SHARP PLACE AND THEN THEY USE THEIR HANDS TO GUIDE THOSE 10:47 VEGETABLES TO BE CUT THAT WAY. 10:49 WELL ISN'T THAT EFFICIENT. 10:51 AND IN THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN SEE THE STOVE. 10:53 SO THAT'S THE STOVE WHERE THEY USE THE BIO FUEL. 10:56 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:58 WELL HERE THEY MAY USE THE LOGS BECAUSE THEY NEED BIGGER FIRES BECAUSE 11:04 THEY'RE FEEDING SO MANY STUDENTS. 11:06 YES. 11:07 AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE FIRE IS FAIRLY BIG. 11:08 INTERESTING. 11:10 AND THEY COOK THE RICE AND WHEN IT'S READY TO GO OUT TO THE STUDENTS THE 11:15 STUDENTS HAVE LINED UP AND YOU CAN SEE THEM HOLDING THEIR DISHES IN THEIR 11:19 HANDS. 11:20 THEY ARE THEIR OWN DISHES AND THEY HAVE TO WASH THEIR OWN DISHES WHEN THEY 11:23 ARE DONE AND STORE THEM IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 11:26 THERE THEY ARE CARRYING IT OUT AND THEN THEY ARE GETTING READY TO TAKE THE 11:29 VEGETABLES OUT. 11:31 THEY LINE UP AND GET THEIR FOOD AND THEIR DINING ROOM IS OUTDOORS. 11:37 OUTDOORS, SO WHAT DO THEY DO IN THE RAINY SEASON IF IT RAINS? 11:41 DO THEY GO INSIDE THE CHURCH WHICH IS THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL BUILDING? 11:45 WELL RAINY SEASON IS USUALLY THAT IT RAINS AT A CERTAIN TIME OF DAY EVERY 11:51 DAY AND BREAKFAST TIME IS USUALLY NOT A TIME. 11:54 WELL SEE, THE LORD PROVIDES DOESN'T HE BEV. 11:57 WELL WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE 12:02 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. 12:03 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT OUR 12:07 WEBSITE, GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED HERE 12:11 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:13 WE ALSO HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOU CAN LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND FOLLOW 12:17 ALONG WITH US WHERE THERE IS UPDATED INFORMATION. 12:19 WE HAVE VIDEOS, PHOTOS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED THAT 12:24 WAY. 12:25 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER WHICH WE WOULD LOVE TO SEND TO YOU. 12:28 IT IS ALSO CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 12:30 IT IS COMPLIMENTARY AND YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT. 12:35 WE NEED YOUR MAILING ADDRESS AND YOU CAN ALSO GIVE US A CALL HERE AT 12:39 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 12:42 THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT INVOLVES YOU AND INVOLVES PEOPLE LIKE BEV 12:47 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AS TOGETHER WE SHARE JESUS IN THIS BIG 12:52 EXPANSE OF OUR GLOBE THE 10/40 WINDOW FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY TO 12:56 JAPAN. 12:58 IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE CHATTING WITH BEV THOMPSON HERE AS WE LEARN MORE 13:01 ABOUT BIHAR IN NORTH-EASTERN INDIA. 13:05 YES, AND WE ARE IN MOHAMMADPUR AND HERE IS A CLASS ROOM. 13:09 THEY START OUT WITH A SONG SERVICE AND THE KIDS ARE LEADING IT. 13:12 AND THEN THEY WELCOMED ME WITH THE GARLAND. 13:17 HOW NICE. 13:18 AND A WELCOME SONG. 13:20 THE KIDS LINE UP TO SAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR ME, EXODUS 20 VERSUS 1 13:25 THROUGH 17. 13:27 THERE WERE ABOUT A DOZEN YOUNG FELLOWS THAT WERE SAYING THE MEMORY VERSES 13:30 HERE. 13:32 I WOULD STAND BACK IN THE AUDIENCE TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE SAYING IT LOUD AND 13:36 CLEAR SO THAT I COULD HEAR AND UNDERSTAND. 13:40 THIS YOUNG BOY THOUGH, HE GOT MIXED UP AND HAD SOME DIFFICULTY IN ONE OF THE 13:45 LONGER COMMANDMENTS SO I SHOOK HIS HAND SAYING THANK YOU BUT I HELD HIS 13:51 TOY BACK UNTIL HE COULD SAY IT TO ME PRIVATELY THEN PERFECT. 13:56 SO THEY GET A TOY FOR DOING THAT. 13:58 I TAKE A TOY FROM DONORS HERE IN MY CHURCH AND COMMUNITY AND THEY GET A 14:04 TOY. 14:04 NOW TOYS OUT THERE ARE VERY UNUSUAL. 14:08 YES. 14:09 AND SO IT IS A VERY SPECIAL THING FOR THEM TO HAVE A TOY. 14:11 AND I HOPE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 14:15 NOT JUST FOR THE JOY OF GETTING THE TOY BUT I ALSO HOPE THAT THERE IS 14:20 DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. 14:22 WELL I CERTAINLY HOPE SO TOO AND THE TEACHERS WHEN THEY ARE TEACHING AND I 14:27 HOPE THEY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 14:28 BUT LOOK AT THE SMILES. 14:29 IT'S A WELL-ATTENDED SCHOOL. 14:31 OH THERE ARE 150 KIDS, YES. 14:34 BUT NOW, RIGHT THERE IN ONE OF THEIR CLASS ROOMS, WE HAVE THE GOSPEL 14:40 OUTREACH TRAINING SESSION. 14:41 FANTASTIC. 14:43 THEY ALWAYS START WITH MUSIC BUT THEN WE HAVE MY PROGRAM THAT I HAD THIS 14:48 TIME WHICH WAS TEACHING THEM TO PREPARE THEIR OWN CONVERSION STORY. 14:53 AND SO THEY ARE PRACTICING BACK AND FORTH HERE WITH EACH OTHER SO THEY CAN 14:58 MAKE A REAL GOOD CONVERSION STORY. 15:02 AND THEN AFTER THAT WE GET SOMEBODY TO TELL IT TO EVERYONE AND IT HAS TO BE 15:06 TOLD WITHIN THREE MINUTES. 15:08 AND THIS DEAR PASTOR, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, HE WAS ABLE TO DO THIS FOR 15:13 EVERYONE. 15:14 OH THAT IS, AND YOU KNOW THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THAT. 15:16 PAUL TALKS ABOUT THAT. 15:17 YES. 15:19 THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN OUR MINDS AND IN OUR HEARTS WHAT WE CAN SHARE 15:22 WITH SOMEBODY. 15:23 AND OF COURSE THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS US WITH THAT. 15:26 BUT TO HAVE AN IDEA, WELL TO KNOW WHAT HAS IMPACTED US AND HOW THE LORD HAS 15:31 MOVED OUR HEARTS AND HOW TO SHARE THAT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 15:33 WELL THE THING IS THAT PERSONAL MINISTRY, PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN YOU AND 15:40 WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW OR HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR YOUR RELIGION THEY'RE STILL 15:45 INTERESTED IN YOU AND THEN YOU CAN SAY HOW GOD HAS HELPED YOU. 15:50 IT'S JUST A THRILLING EXPERIENCE TO TEACH THEM THIS. 15:53 WELL AND AS YOU SAY THAT BEV I WAS READING IN DANIEL ABOUT SHADRACH, 15:58 MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO AND WHAT A TESTIMONY OF THE LORD, TAKING THEM WITHOUT 16:04 SMELLING OF THE SMOKE THROUGH THE FIRE AND THAT'S A TESTIMONY AND 16:10 MAYBE WE HAVEN'T HAD EXACTLY THAT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE BUT WE ALL HAVE BEEN 16:14 THROUGH A FURNACE. 16:15 WE ALL HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING AND ARE WE GOING TO BRING GLORY TO THE LORD 16:18 OR ARE WE GOING TO WHINE ABOUT IT AND TELL ABOUT OUR TRIAL. 16:21 SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT. 16:22 OH YES AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GOT EXCITED. 16:26 THEN I HAD THEM MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE STORIES AND THEN HERE ONE OF THE WORKERS IS 16:34 TELLING IT BY MEMORY AFTER THEY HAD MEMORIZED THE STORY. 16:38 FANTASTIC. 16:40 AND THEN THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT SCRIPTURE AND SAY HOW CAN I GET A BLESSING 16:44 FROM WHAT IS IN HERE. 16:45 WHAT DOES GOD SPEAK TO ME IN THIS VERSE AND WE DIVIDE THEM INTO GROUPS SO 16:50 THAT THEY CAN HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION ON EVERY WORD THAT IS IN THAT. 16:54 AND WE ARE TEACHING THE PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME THING. 16:58 IN FACT I WAS TEACHING THIS AND SO WHEN I WAS ASKED TO HAVE A CHURCH 17:02 SERVICE ON SABBATH OUTDOORS IN A HOME CHURCH I TESTED THE METHOD AND 17:09 THEY WERE SO RESPONSIVE. 17:11 IT WAS BEAUTIFUL GIVING THEIR OWN TESTIMONY AND THEN MEMORIZING SCRIPTURE 17:16 WITH ME AND THEN LOOKING FOR TRUTH IN THAT SCRIPTURE. 17:19 IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 17:21 SPEAKING OF THE TESTIMONY OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 17:23 MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE FORMER HINDUS BEV? 17:26 YES HINDUS AND NATURE WORSHIPERS. 17:28 SO WHERE THEY WORSHIP WHATEVER IS IN NATURE? 17:30 MANY TIMES IT CAN BE A STONE OR A TREE. 17:31 ANYTHING IN NATURE. 17:32 SO THE LIVING GOD. 17:33 NOW YOU KNOW MOHAMMADPUR WAS A VERY POOR SCHOOL. 17:34 BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO THE VILLAGE OF MOHAMMADPUR ON OUR WAY TO 17:36 THE NEXT VILLAGE. 17:37 OF COURSE IT'S GOT TO HAVE SOME COWS AND MORE BIO FUEL. 17:50 AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN A POOR PLACE WHEN YOU SEE THIS. 18:04 AND YOU SEE THE DUNG IS STACKED UP ALONG HERE WAITING TO BE MADE INTO 18:08 PATTIES. 18:10 AND WE GO THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND THE POTATO SELLERS. 18:15 AND HERE IS A TOY. 18:16 IT'S AN OLD INNER TUBE FOR A TIRE? 18:20 I DON'T KNOW, IT MAY BE AN OLD TIRE EVEN. 18:22 IT COULD BE JUST AN INNER TUBE BUT HE HAS A STICK AND HE IS TRYING TO KEEP 18:25 IT ROUND AND MAKE IT ROLL. 18:29 BUT LOOK AT THIS VILLAGE. 18:31 IT DOESN'T HAVE SEWAGE AND THOSE BUILDINGS ARE CLOSE TOGETHER. 18:37 OH DEAR THAT'S RAW SEWAGE RUNNING THROUGH THE STREET. 18:40 PROBABLY COW. 18:41 BUT LET ME TELL YOU. 18:42 YOU LOOK AT THE FACES OF THESE PEOPLE. 18:44 NOW THEY ARE OUT LOOKING AND THEY ARE SMILING WITH CURIOSITY. 18:48 WHEN I FIRST WENT THROUGH THIS VILLAGE IT WAS FROWNS AND NOT LOOKING AT ME BUT 18:54 NOW I SEE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THE PEOPLE. 18:58 FANTASTIC. 18:59 THEY KNOW OUR SCHOOL IS THERE. 19:00 IT'S BEEN THERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AND THEY KNOW THAT IT'S DOING SOMETHING GOOD 19:06 FOR THEIR VILLAGE. 19:08 LOOK AT THE YOUTH EVEN THERE. 19:09 WELL THERE'S SOMEONE EVEN TAKING A PICTURE ON THEIR CELL PHONE. 19:11 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:13 BUT THIS VILLAGE IS THE DEPTHS OF POVERTY. 19:23 OH LOOK AT THE KIDS, OH. 19:25 YES. 19:27 BUT WE'RE ALMOST TO THE SCHOOL NOW AND THERE IT IS. 19:31 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GROUP OF CHILDREN. 19:33 AND WHEN THEY KNOW I'M COMING, THEY CAN HEAR ME COMING DOWN THE LANE, AND 19:38 THEY START SINGING AS SOON AS THEY SEE ME. 19:40 ISN'T THAT SPECIAL. 19:41 YES IT IS. 19:43 AND THE YOUNG GIRLS THAT ARE IN THIS SCHOOL THEY ARE ALL LINED UP ON THE 19:47 SIDE THERE. 19:47 THEY ARE TOO BIG TO BE WITH THE LITTLE KIDS. 19:51 BUT HERE THEY ARE SINGING THEIR HEARTS OUT WITH ACTION SONGS. 19:54 AND HOW MANY STUDENTS AT THIS SCHOOL? 19:56 THERE ARE PROBABLY AROUND 60 OR 70. 20:03 BUT THERE ARE ONLY TWO TEACHERS, TWO LADIES. 20:05 TWO TEACHERS FOR ALL OF THOSE KIDS? 20:08 YES. 20:09 AND THESE ARE LITTLE KIDS THAT WANT TO BE STUDENTS THERE. 20:11 THEY'VE COME WITH THEIR BIG SISTER OR BIG BROTHER. 20:13 YES THEY ARE QUITE YOUNG. 20:15 YES. 20:16 BUT SOME OF THEM COULD BE JUST TOLD TO SIT THERE BUT THEY WANT TO COME TO 20:20 SCHOOL. 20:22 WHEN THEY ARE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OLD THEY CAN START NURSERY SCHOOL THERE. 20:25 BUT THESE PEOPLE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TWO DOLLARS A MONTH FOR THEIR CHILDREN 20:32 TO GO TO SCHOOL THERE. 20:33 THAT'S WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A LITERACY PROGRAM. 20:35 AND IF WE CAN PAY FOR A TEACHER'S SALARY FOR ONE YEAR THEN THEY CAN GET 20:43 STARTED AND PARENTS CAN GIVE THEIR SMALL AMOUNT AS THEY CAN. 20:50 SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WOULD HELP SUBSIDIZE THE LITERACY 20:53 PROGRAM AND THEN PARENTS CAN PAY AS THEY CAN THROUGHOUT THE MONTH? 20:57 YES. 20:58 AND THEN THE SECOND YEAR GOSPEL OUTREACH LITERACY PROGRAM WILL PAY 21:03 SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT. 21:04 THE THIRD YEAR THEY WILL PAY HALF. 21:07 THE FOURTH YEAR THEY PAY TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT SO THAT THEY CAN GRADUALLY 21:10 WORK INTO THE PROGRAM LIKE THAT. 21:12 SO NOT ONLY ARE THESE STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH AND LEARNING OTHER 21:17 SUBJECTS THEY ARE ALSO LEARNING ABOUT JESUS. 21:19 AND WHAT A THRILL IT IS. 21:20 AND YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS LOVE IT WHEN THE KIDS WILL GO MARCHING THROUGH TOWN 21:24 SINGING CHRISTIAN SONGS. 21:25 THEY DO LOVE IT? 21:26 YES. 21:27 AND THEY DO HEALTH TALKS TOO ESPECIALLY AGAINST ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO. 21:34 GOOD. 21:35 BUT WHAT WAS SPECIAL HERE IS HERE WE HAVE ONE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WITH THE 21:38 PASTOR BUT THE TWO MEN IN WHITE STANDING LOOKING MORE AT US, THEY ARE HEAD 21:44 MEN. 21:44 THEY ARE ELDERS OF THE VILLAGE. 21:47 THEY HAVE NEVER COME BEFORE. 21:51 BUT BEFORE I'VE ALWAYS SEEN A LARGE GROUP OF MOTHERS BUT INSIDE, THE 21:57 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE IN THERE SINGING WITH THE MOTHERS. 22:00 OH THE MOTHERS ARE ALL INSIDE. 22:02 I WAS AMAZED. 22:03 AND THEY WERE TEACHING THE MOTHERS. 22:06 YOU SEE, THIS IS PART OF OUR LITERACY PROGRAM. 22:08 SO THE MOTHERS ARE LEARNING TO SING THESE SONGS AS WELL. 22:12 AND THEN THE KIDS COME IN WITH THE MEN AND SO ON. 22:15 THOSE ARE HEAD ELDERS OF THAT VILLAGE TOO. 22:19 SO HOW DID IT GO OVER WITH THE HEAD ELDERS? 22:21 OH THEY JUST DRINK IT UP NOW. 22:23 WHEN I FIRST WENT THERE THOUGH THERE WAS A NEGATIVE FEELING BUT NOW 22:27 IT IS A GOOD FEELING. 22:29 THEY SING THEIR SONG AND WELCOME ME AND THEN THEY DID A DRAMA AGAINST 22:33 ALCOHOL. 22:34 IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. 22:35 THE YOUNG LADIES AND ONE OF THE SCHOOL TEACHERS PERFORMED IN THIS DRAMA. 22:40 AND ISN'T THAT INTERESTING. 22:41 SO HERE YOU HAVE, AND THIS IS TRUE AROUND THE WORLD, YOU HAVE A VERY 22:44 IMPOVERISHED PLACE, PEOPLE THAT STILL HAVE MONEY FOR ALCOHOL. 22:49 THAT STILL HAVE MONEY FOR ALCOHOL. 22:51 AND ALCOHOL IS A DESTROYER OF ANY SOCIETY. 22:55 BUT HERE WE DID OUR MEMORY VERSES ALSO AND THEY ARE LINED UP TO SAY THEIR 23:02 MEMORY VERSES BECAUSE THEIR TEACHERS HAVE TAUGHT THEM. 23:05 I'M IN THE MIDDLE SO THEY WILL SPEAK LOUD AND CLEAR. 23:07 YES YOU'RE A TEACHER BEV. 23:09 AND THEN AFTER THE PROGRAM WAS FINISHED WE WENT OUTSIDE. 23:13 IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE WAS LINGERING AROUND AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY. 23:17 AND THE LADIES STOPPED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TEACHERS' QUARTERS. 23:21 WELL IT SEEMS THAT THESE LADIES WANTED ME TO SEE THE TEACHERS' QUARTERS 23:27 SPECIAL BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST IN THE VILLAGE. 23:31 REALLY. 23:32 AND THIS IS INSIDE THEIR BEDROOM. 23:33 THEY HAVE BUILT-IN CUPBOARDS IN THEIR BEDROOMS. 23:37 WOW. 23:38 AND LOOK AT THE NICE KITCHEN. 23:40 IT'S ONLY ABOUT TWO AND A HALF FEET WIDE BUT IT HAS A CUPBOARD AND IT'S GOT A 23:45 SHELF TO DO COOKING ON. 23:47 THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT ON THE FLOOR. 23:49 AND IT EVEN HAS A BUILT-IN TOILET. 23:53 AND SO I HAD TO GO IN AND VIEW ALL OF THIS AGAIN. 23:55 AND THESE ARE THE TWO TEACHERS THAT LIVE IN THESE QUARTERS. 24:00 BEV, IT IS JUST SO HUMBLING. 24:02 I HOPE THAT YOU VIEWERS, I HOPE THAT WE ARE ALL LOOKING AT THAT. 24:08 THE PRIDE THAT THEY HAD AND THE JOY THAT THEY HAD BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO 24:12 SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 24:12 YES, SO SPECIAL. 24:14 AND HOW OFTEN DO I, HOW OFTEN DO WE IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE COMPLAIN ABOUT 24:21 SOMETHING AND, WOW. 24:22 NOW TODAY I'VE SHOWED YOU ONLY TWO SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE LITERACY PROGRAMS 24:28 GOING BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE JUST MADE A LIST OF THE SCHOOLS IN 24:34 MY REGION THAT NEED HELP WITH LITERACY SCHOOLS. 24:39 THIS IS HUGE. 24:40 AND THERE ARE TEN IN MY REGION ONLY. 24:43 TEN, AND JUST THINK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF INDIA, THE POTENTIAL. 24:47 CHURCH SCHOOLS THAT ARE WANTING TO GET STARTED WANTING TO PREACH THE 24:51 GOSPEL TO THE PEOPLE. 24:53 AND THEN IT IS LIKE A NUCLEUS FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BECAUSE 24:57 EVERY STUDENT THAT GOES THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A FAMILY FROM THAT 25:02 VILLAGE. 25:03 AND THEY CAN GO AND HAVE THAT CONNECTION AND TEACH THEM ABOUT WHAT THE 25:06 CHILDREN ARE LEARNING. 25:07 SO ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEN THEY ARE AFFILIATED WITH THESE 25:10 LITERACY CENTERS WITH THE SCHOOLS SO ARE THEY INVOLVED? 25:13 YES, WE ENCOURAGE THIS VERY STRONGLY AND IT IS PART OF THEIR PROGRAM. 25:21 OK, GOOD, WONDERFUL. 25:23 GOD IS SO GOOD. 25:24 ALL THE TIME. 25:25 AND THERE IS THE HEAD MAN AND WHEN THEY SAW THAT IT WAS TIME TO GO THEY 25:29 STARTED TO LEAVE AND SO THAT WAS OUR QUE TO GO. 25:32 SO WE LEFT AND AS WE'RE GOING OUT THIS IS HOW THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR 25:36 ANIMALS. 25:37 HE WAS GIVING THIS ANIMAL A BATH. 25:40 SCRUBBING IT DOWN, MAKING IT FEEL GOOD. 25:43 BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT YOU KNOW WE DO HEAR ABOUT HOW COWS ARE HOLY 25:47 AND ALL OF THAT IN INDIA. 25:48 BUT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ANIMAL THAT PROVIDES MILK AND ALSO PROVIDES BIO FUEL 25:54 FOR YOU STOVE, HOW YOU COOK YOUR FOOD, I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN 26:00 WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ANIMAL. 26:02 A LOT OF APPRECIATION. 26:03 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 26:05 AND I JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE A TASTE OF WHAT IT IS TO GO THROUGH THE VILLAGE. 26:11 OH BLESS YOUR HEART BEV. 26:12 YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU STEP. 26:14 YES. 26:15 OH BLESS HER HEART. 26:17 WHAT A JOY IT IS. 26:18 BUT AS WE WERE FIXING TO LEAVE THEY SHOWED OFF THIS VEHICLE, A PRIZE VEHICLE 26:25 FOR THEMSELVES AND THEN THIS FAMILY ASKED A SPECIAL PRAYER. 26:29 WHAT A BLESSING IT IS. 26:30 WELL FANTASTIC. 26:32 WELL WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THE GRAIN IS 26:37 RIPE. 26:38 WELL THANK YOU BEV THOMPSON AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS AND 26:42 YOU NEED PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 26:45 RIGHT? 26:46 ESPECIALLY FOR THIS LITERACY PROGRAM ALSO NOW. 26:48 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING HERE AT 26:51 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 26:52 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR DONATIONS 26:55 AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 26:56 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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