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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000683A
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00:15 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING TODAY. 00:20 IN MATTHEW 9:35 IT SAYS JESUS WENT THROUGH ALL THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES 00:27 TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES, PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM 00:31 AND HEALING EVERY DISEASE AND SICKNESS. 00:34 WHEN HE SAW THE CROWDS HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE HARASSED 00:38 AND HELPLESS LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHARD. 00:41 THEN HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE WORKERS 00:46 ARE FEW. 00:47 ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST THEREFORE TO SEND OUT WORKERS INTO HIS 00:50 HARVEST FIELD. 00:52 AND DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU, AS A BELIEVER IN JESUS, THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE 00:56 PEOPLE TO SHARE HIS LOVE TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU INTERACT WITH? 00:59 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AS WE 01:02 FOCUS ON THE 10/40 WINDOW FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA AND 01:06 CHINA AND JAPAN. 01:08 SO MANY MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW JESUS AND HIS 01:12 NAME. 01:14 AND TODAY BEV THOMPSON THIS IS SO APPROPRIATE THESE SCRIPTURES TO WHAT 01:17 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 01:18 EXACTLY WHAT I SEE. 01:20 AND YOU KNOW JESUS WENT ABOUT HEALING THE PEOPLE AND THE STORIES THAT I 01:24 RECEIVE FROM MY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS EVERY QUARTER ARE AMAZING HOW 01:28 THEY ARE GOING ABOUT HELPING TO HEAL THE DISEASES USING THE HOME 01:32 METHODS THAT HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO THEM. 01:34 AND YOU ARE ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SHARE 01:38 WITH OUR READERS WHERE YOUR TERRITORY IS. 01:40 MY TERRITORY STARTS WITH BHUTAN IN THE NORTH IN SIKKIM AND COMING AROUND 01:45 IN THIS AREA IN HERE. 01:48 AND TODAY OUR STORIES AND WHAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU IS RIGHT FROM ABOUT THIS 01:53 AREA. 01:54 AND THE NAME OF THAT STATE IS CHHATTISGARH. 01:55 AND WE ARE GOING TO CHAT ABOUT CHHATTISGARH BUT JUST WHAT WE READ IN 02:03 MATTHEW. 02:03 EXACTLY WHAT YOU SEE. 02:05 YOU SEE DON'T YOU. 02:06 YES. 02:07 PEOPLE WHO NEED HEALING FROM DISEASE AND EVERYTHING. 02:11 HEALING OF THE HEART TOO AND THAT'S WHAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THERE 02:14 TO DO. 02:14 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:15 BOTH. 02:16 YES, BOTH. 02:17 AND IT'S AMAZING HOW GOD WORKS SUCH MIRACLES. 02:19 WE TALK ABOUT NO MIRACLES BEING HAPPENING ANYMORE THESE DAY. 02:22 BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. 02:24 MY STORIES THAT COME FROM THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS EVERY QUARTER ARE 02:28 FILLED WITH HEALING STORIES. 02:30 WELL AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO FANTASTIC TO HAVE YOU COME AND JOIN US HERE AT 02:34 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS BECAUSE WE GET TO HEAR OF THOSE STORIES AND I KNOW 02:38 THAT WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN OF COURSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE VIDEO TAPE AND ALL OF 02:42 THAT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT NOW BUT WE DO HAVE AN EYE 02:47 ON THIS TERRITORY AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 02:50 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR TERRITORY? 02:53 ABOUT 120 AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN ADD ANOTHER 20 IN ANOTHER QUARTER. 02:59 WELL, AND JUST LIKE THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST 03:03 THEREFORE TO SEND OUT WORKERS INTO HIS HARVEST FIELD AND THAT'S WHAT 03:07 WE'RE ALSO WANTING TO DO IS ASK OUR VIEWERS TO GET INVOLVED NOT ONLY TO PRAY 03:12 RIGHT BEV, YES, BUT ALSO TO GIVE SO THEN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WILL THEN 03:17 BE ABLE TO GO. 03:18 AND IF YOU COULD SEE THE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THE 03:21 INSPIRATION THAT THEY ARE. 03:23 THEY'RE AN INSPIRATION TO ME AS I GO THERE. 03:26 SO SHARE WITH US ABOUT CHHATTISGARH AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE WITH THE 03:31 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 03:32 YES. 03:33 WE'RE GOING TO START, BECAUSE WE STARTED IN CHHATTISGARH, RIGHT WITH 03:37 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GETTING THEIR TWO DAYS OF TRAINING. 03:40 AND THEY STARTED OUT BY MAKING THEIR LIST, A TARGET LIST, ACT 1:8 WHERE 03:45 IT SAYS YOU START IN JERUSALEM THEN JUDEA THEN SAMARIA THEN TO THE UTTER 03:51 MOST PARTS OF THE EARTH. 03:52 SO THEY ARE STARTING BY WRITING THE LIST OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT DON'T 03:59 KNOW JESUS. 04:01 AND THEN THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEN THEIR ACQUAINTANCES AND THEN THE 04:05 UTTER MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD ARE THOSE THAT THEY'VE NEVER MET BEFORE. 04:10 BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS, IT IS THE GOOD NEWS. 04:12 SO WHEN JESUS HAS IMPACTED US, WHEN WE REALIZE THAT HE HAS FORGIVEN US OF OUR 04:16 SINS, THAT HE IS COMING BACK, THAT IS THE GOOD NEW THAT WE WANT TO SHARE. 04:20 IT'S LIKE IF YOU'VE GOTTEN A GREAT RECIPE OR IF YOU'VE FOUND A NEW 04:23 WHATEVER AND YOU WANT TO SHARE THE NEWS AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 04:25 AND THEY'RE STARTING THE GOOD NEWS IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT HERE. 04:28 THEY'RE WRITING DOWN THEIR WITNESS STORY SO THEY CAN HAVE IT PERFECT SO THAT 04:32 THEY CAN HAVE IT READILY AVAILABLE TO TELL TO ANYONE WHEN THE 04:36 OPPORTUNITY COMES. 04:38 SO I SEE A LOT OF MEN IN THESE PHOTOS. 04:41 IN YOU'RE AREA DO YOU HAVE ANY FEMALE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 04:44 YES I DO. 04:46 THIS AREA THEY HAVE JUST BEEN SORT OF STUCK WITH MALE WORKERS ONLY. 04:51 ONE TIME WE DID HAVE A FEMALE WORKER BUT SOMEHOW THAT FIZZLED OUT. 05:00 WE NEED THEM EDUCATED AND MANY TIMES THE WOMEN ARE NOT THAT EDUCATED. 05:04 AND LITERATE TOO BECAUSE THE MEN I SEE ARE READING THEIR BIBLES. 05:07 YES. 05:09 AND WE TOOK THIS MESSAGE RIGHT OUT TO THE VILLAGE WHERE THEY HAD BAPTISMAL 05:17 CANDIDATES READY. 05:18 THOSE ARE CANDIDATES READY TO BE BAPTIZED. 05:21 BUT LET ME TELL YOU THIS IS NAXALITE TERRITORY. 05:24 NAXALITES ARE COMMUNISTS, ANTIGOVERNMENT PEOPLE AND THEY'RE IN THE MOUNTAINS 05:31 AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT SCARY BEING IN THAT AREA. 05:33 SO THEY ARE KIND OF LIKE GUERRILLAS? 05:35 YES THEY ARE. 05:36 IN FACT THIS VERY PLACE THAT I'M SHOWING THESE PICTURES, WE HAD ARRIVED 05:42 THERE AND THE NEXT MORNING THE HEADLINES OF THE NEWSPAPER WAS SEVENTEEN 05:46 POLICEMEN WERE KILLED ON THE ROAD THAT WE HAD BEEN ON TWO HOURS BEFORE. 05:51 POLICEMEN WERE KILLED. 05:52 BY THE GUERRILLAS. 05:53 THEY WERE ATTACKED BY THE GUERRILLAS. 05:54 BUT HERE THE PASTOR HAS A BAPTISMAL TANK MADE ON HIS BACK PORCH. 06:00 HE MADE THAT ON HIS BACK PORCH? 06:02 YES, AND WE SAW THESE PEOPLE ALL BAPTIZED ON HIS BACK PORCH. 06:06 WHAT A FORWARD THINKING PASTOR. 06:10 HIS WIFE IS A NURSE AND THEY HAVE A CLINIC AND THIS IS HOUSING PROVIDED 06:15 BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE CLINIC. 06:17 BUT HE IS THE PASTOR AND SO THEY HAVE THIS PLACE. 06:20 SO DO THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR CHURCH SERVICES AT HIS HOME AS WELL? 06:24 YES. 06:25 OKAY. 06:27 AND THEY MIGHT HOLD IT IN THE CLINIC ALSO WHEN THEY'RE NOT HAVING CLINIC. 06:30 BUT THEN WE STARTED OUT OF THE VILLAGE AND OUR ROADWAY, NOW THAT'S A 06:36 TRAFFIC JAM, A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRAFFIC JAM. 06:39 WE HAD TO SLOWLY, SLOWLY GO THROUGH THIS CROWD. 06:41 YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A CROWD WHETHER IT IS COWS OR KINE OR MOTORCYCLES OR 06:46 CARS OR TRUCKS. 06:47 BUT WE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE LITTLE HOUSE WHERE WE WERE HAVING THE WORSHIP, 06:49 HOUSE CHURCH. 06:49 AND LOOK HOW COLORFUL IT IS. 06:50 THEY HAVE THIS TARP THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND COLORFUL. 06:59 AND EVERYONE GATHERED AND SANG SONGS AND THEN THE BAPTIZED GROUP CAME BUT 07:16 FIRST THEY HAD TO WELCOME US AND THEY WASH OUR FEET AND GIVE US GARLANDS. 07:21 THEY DO WASH YOUR FEET? 07:22 YES, IT'S AMAZING. 07:25 AND THEN THE BAPTIZED GROUP THAT WE JUST SAW BAPTIZED, THEY SANG A 07:30 SPECIAL SONG. 07:32 SO THEY WERE WELL PREPARED FOR BAPTISM. 07:35 AND THEN WE HAD, THIS PART IS WHERE WE HAD THE MEMORIZING OF SCRIPTURE 07:41 AND I TESTED THE PROGRAM I WAS TEACHING BY HAVING THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME 07:46 MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE WITH ME AND THEN EXAMINE SCRIPTURE TO SEE WHAT MEANING THERE 07:51 IS IN THE SCRIPTURE THAT YOU'VE JUST MEMORIZED. 07:53 AND YOU KNOW BEV, I LOVE TO SEE THE OPEN BIBLES THERE BECAUSE IN OUR 07:57 WESTERN SERMONS IN CHURCHES WE ARE SO NOW USED TO SEEING THE 08:01 OVERHEAD. 08:02 YES. 08:03 SO WE'LL PUT THE SCRIPTURE UP IN THE OVERHEAD BUT YOU'RE NOT HEARING THE 08:05 FLUTTER OF THE BIBLE PAGES AND ALL OF THAT. 08:09 WELL YOU'RE A YOUNG LADY. 08:10 I MISS THAT. 08:11 I KNOW, I MISS THAT. 08:12 AND I STILL DO HEAR THAT AND IN OTHER BIBLE CLASSES YOU DO HEAR THAT. 08:17 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. 08:18 I HEAR YOU. 08:19 I THINK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WITH TECHNOLOGY BUT THEY DON'T 08:22 HAVE THAT AND SO TO SEE THE OPEN BIBLES THAT JUST DOES MY HEART GOOD. 08:25 THE BIBLES ARE USED, THEY'RE WONDERFUL. 08:28 YES. 08:29 DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO BIBLES? 08:30 MOST OF THE TIME YES. 08:32 OKAY. 08:33 AT LEAST WHEN WE SUPPLY THEM. 08:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES GIVE MONEY FOR BIBLES AND SO WE TAKE DONATIONS FOR BIBLES. 08:41 WHEN WE LEFT THERE WE HAD ANOTHER TRAFFIC JAM AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY PILE 08:48 THEIR VEHICLES. 08:50 THAT TRACTOR IS NEW, IT'S NICE. 08:53 AND I SAW MORE TRACTORS THIS YEAR THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE. 08:57 WONDERFUL. 08:58 IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE OUT DOING SOMETHING REALLY PROGRESSING. 09:03 THAT'S GREAT. 09:05 NOW ON OUR WAY HOME THAT NIGHT OUR DEAR TAXI DRIVER HAD THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND 09:12 WE WERE IN THE NAXALITE AREA, REALLY SCARY. 09:15 WE HAD TO STOP TWO TIMES SO THAT WE COULD GET A FUSE TO GETS LIGHTS FOR 09:21 THE CAR. 09:23 AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING WE STARTED OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING TO GO SEE 09:26 OTHER THINGS. 09:27 AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THAT TOOK A RIDE WITH US PART WAY, WHEN WE 09:32 GOT TO THIS INTERSECTION HE JUMPED OUT OF OUR CAR AND RAN OVER TO THIS BUS 09:36 AND GOT ON THE BUS. 09:37 OH HE WAS LEAVING YOU. 09:38 HE WAS LEAVING US. 09:39 HE HAD AN APPOINTMENT TO MEET SOMEONE WHO WAS WANTING A BIBLE STUDY. 09:43 WELL THAT'S PERFECT TIMING RIGHT THERE. 09:45 THEN THIS IS A FESTIVAL TIME AND I SAW THESE LADIES ALL DANCING AT THE 09:52 SERVICE STATION SO I WENT OVER AND I TOOK THEIR PICTURE. 09:55 I WANTED YOU TO SEE THE ROADWAY. 09:58 THE ROADS HAVE BEEN FIXED BEAUTIFULLY BUT LOOK AT THE WAY THEY LOAD THEIR 10:03 TRUCKS. 10:05 IT IS QUITE PRECARIOUS AND WHERE WE THINK THAT THERE ARE NO COWS BECAUSE THIS 10:09 IS A GOOD HIGHWAY, JUST THEN UP COMES ANOTHER COW. 10:14 HEY, LOOK AT ALL THE SEAMSTRESSES. 10:17 THIS IS A TAILORING SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THERE 10:23 ARE ABOUT EIGHT MACHINES IN THIS ROOM AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO TEACHES 10:29 TAILORING AS A MEANS TO GET OUT TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 10:34 THIS IS FANTASTIC. 10:35 SO WOMEN CAN COME THERE AND THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO BE A TAILOR. 10:40 YES. 10:41 AND THEY'LL HAVE A JOB. 10:42 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 10:43 YES, AND YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE MAKING A PATTERN OUT OF NEWSPAPER DOWN 10:46 THERE. 10:47 YES. 10:47 AND SEWING. 10:49 AND THEN AFTER WE HAD OUR PICTURE TAKING AND THE TAILORING CLASS WE WENT 10:55 OVER TO THE CHURCH AND THEY HAD A LITTLE PROGRAM OVER IN THE CHURCH TO 10:59 WELCOME US. 11:01 WE HAD A NICE WORSHIP SERVICE WITH THEM. 11:05 NOW WHOSE THIS MAN? 11:06 THIS IS OUR TAXI DRIVER AND HE IS ENGAGED. 11:10 AND HE GAVE ME A WEDDING INVITATION. 11:14 OH HE DID. 11:15 AND THIS IS THE WEDDING INVITATION HE GAVE ME. 11:19 MADAM BEVERLY. 11:20 I LIKE THAT. 11:22 WELL MAY WE SEE INSIDE? 11:24 THIS IS VERY EXOTIC, VERY LOVELY. 11:29 OH IN THE INVITATION, OH IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 11:30 ALL IN GOLD AND IN ENGLISH. 11:32 YES. 11:33 OKAY. 11:34 ALRIGHT, LET'S FLIP IT OPEN. 11:38 WOW. 11:39 VERY ELABORATE. 11:41 OH LOOK AT THIS. 11:42 VERY ELABORATE, VERY LOVELY. 11:43 IT SAYS, ADAM SAYS THIS IS NOW BONE OF MY BONE AND FLESH OF MY FLESH. 11:46 SHE SHALL BE CALLED WOMAN BECAUSE SHE WAS TAKEN OUT OF MAN. 11:49 GENESIS 2:23. 11:51 YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE WEDDING CEREMONY, WELL HOW NICE, AS SHE 11:56 EXCHANGES THE MARITAL VOW TO ESTABLISH THE CHRISTIAN HOME AND LIFE. 12:01 THIS IS BEAUTIFUL BEV. 12:02 IT IS. 12:03 SO HE IS A CHRISTIAN. 12:03 YES. 12:04 OKAY. 12:05 HE IS AN ADVENTIST YES. 12:06 OKAY. 12:07 THEN OUR TRAVELS HAD TO TAKE US ALSO TO HIS HOME AND SEE THE PREPARATIONS 12:14 THAT ARE BEING MADE FOR THIS WEDDING. 12:16 AND THE GROOM IS IN BLACK. 12:17 YES. 12:18 OKAY. 12:20 AND THEY ARE ADDING A ROOM ONTO THE PARENTS HOME FOR THE BRIDE AND GROOM. 12:25 AND THEY HAVE ADDED TWO TOILETS FOR THE CELEBRATION. 12:29 YES. 12:30 AND THE TOILETS WERE ALREADY FUNCTIONING. 12:33 AND THEY WERE QUITE PLEASED WITH THAT. 12:34 OH VERY PROUD OF IT TOO. 12:36 AND THEN WE WENT TO HIS AUNTIES HOUSE JUST DOWN THE ROAD AND I SAW THAT 12:39 MAN BAPTIZED ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO IN A STOCK TANK. 12:44 A STOCK TANK. 12:45 WELL SEE, YOU WILL FIND WHATEVER WHEN THE LORD CALLS. 12:50 AND THEN WE WENT ON OUR TRAVELS AGAIN AND CAME TO THE HOME OF THE BRIDE TO 12:56 BE. 12:57 AND SHE GAVE ME AN INVITATION-SHE GAVE YOU, SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND. 13:01 THEY DON'T DO ONE INVITATION THEY DO TWO? 13:04 THE GROOM DOES THE INVITATION FOR THE GROOM'S FAMILY AND THE BRIDE DOES 13:09 THE INVITATION FOR THE BRIDE'S FAMILY. 13:10 AND HERE IS THIS LOVELY INVITATION FROM THE BRIDE'S FAMILY. 13:15 WELL ISN'T THIS SOMETHING. 13:16 OKAY AND HER SCRIPTURE ON HERS SAYS THEN THE LORD GOD SAID IT WAS NOT GOOD 13:20 THAT THE MAN SHOULD BE ALONE. 13:22 I WILL TAKE HIM A HELPER AS HIS PARTNER. 13:24 GENESIS 2:18. 13:26 AND AGAIN, OH THIS IS THE CEREMONY OF THE OLDER DAUGHTER. 13:30 WELL ISN'T THAT LOVELY BEV. 13:32 IT IS. 13:33 AND YOU KNOW THEY SINCERELY ASKED CAN YOU COME. 13:36 AH. 13:37 BUT I SAID WELL THIS IS MY OPPORTUNITY I'LL GIVE YOU A WEDDING GIFT NOW AND SO 13:42 I GAVE THEM SOME MONEY. 13:43 WELL BLESS YOUR HEART. 13:44 WELL BLESS YOUR HEART. 13:45 WELL WE WANT TO INVITE YOU AS OUR VIEWERS TO GET INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL 13:49 OUTREACH. 13:50 YOU SAW THE SEWING MACHINES AND THE LADIES THERE WHO ARE LEARNING HOW 13:53 TO SEW. 13:54 AND AS YOU CAN TELL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE WORKING SHARING JESUS NO 13:59 MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN THE VILLAGES, THE TOWNS AND THE CITIES WHERE THEY 14:03 LIVE. 14:05 SO WE WOULD INVITE YOU TO PLEASE PRAY AND WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR DONATIONS SO 14:09 THESE PROGRAMS CAN CONTINUE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW IN THIS AREA WHERE 14:13 BEV IS WORKING WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 14:15 YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG OR GIVE US A CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION. 14:20 WE HAVE A DONATE BUTTON THERE ON THE WEBSITE. 14:24 WE ALSO HAVE OTHER ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN 14:28 WATCH THERE ALONG WITH OUR FACEBOOK PAGE WHICH YOU CAN "LIKE" AND WE ALSO 14:33 HAVE INFORMATION UP THERE THAT WE TRY AND KEEP CURRENT WITH VIDEOS AND 14:36 STORIES AND PHOTOS AND SCRIPTURES AND INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:41 IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET INFORMATION RIGHT NOW. 14:44 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS THAT WE WOULD 14:47 LOVE TO SEND TO YOU. 14:49 IT IS COMPLIMENTARY FREE AND YOU CAN SIGN UP AT OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG OR CALL 14:56 US AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO POP THAT IN THE MAIL TO YOU AND IT HAS ALL SORTS 15:01 OF ALSO GREAT STORIES FROM THIS AREA OF THE WORLD THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 15:05 FOCUSING ON. 15:07 AND BEV, HOW EXCITING. 15:09 IT IS EXCITING. 15:10 WHEN WE WENT TO THIS BRIDE AND GROOM'S HOUSE, WELL THE BRIDE'S HOUSE, THEY 15:16 DIDN'T HAVE ROOM FOR GUESTS BUT HER AUNTIE DID AND WE WERE TAKEN OVER TO 15:21 THE AUNTIES HOUSE AND I WAS GIVEN THE VERY BEST SWEET IN THE HOUSE. 15:27 WELL HOW NICE. 15:29 AND I HAD A PRIVATE BATHROOM. 15:33 WOW. 15:33 AND IT HAD A THRONE. 15:35 YOU DON'T USUALLY SEE THIS. 15:37 IT'S ONLY EASTERN STYLE TOILETS YOU HAVE BUT HERE IT HAD A THRONE. 15:42 YES, WOW. 15:43 THEN WE SAID GOODBYE TO THE FAMILIES THERE AND WE STARTED OUT FOR A CHURCH 15:52 RALLY. 15:53 AND THIS IS AT THE CHURCH RALLY. 15:55 THERE WERE PROBABLY TWO OR THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE HERE. 15:59 THEY WERE NOT ALL ADVENTIST. 16:01 IT WAS A CHRISTIAN CHURCH RALLY. 16:04 WELL HOW NEAT. 16:05 THERE WERE PENTECOSTALS AND BAPTISTS THAT HAD COME FOR THIS RALLY ALSO. 16:08 WELL THIS IS GREAT. 16:09 IT WAS A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. 16:12 I GAVE MY WITNESS STORY AND IT ENDED UP IN SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES 16:18 FOR IN THEM YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE AND THEY ARE THEY WHICH TESTIFY OF ME 16:24 AND NOT TRADITION. 16:27 AND WE WERE ABLE TO COVER THE SABBATH AND THE STATE OF THE DEAD BY NOT 16:32 TRADITION BUT BY GOD'S WORD. 16:35 AND HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO THAT EVENT? 16:37 I WOULD SAY CLOSE TO 300. 16:39 HOW FANTASTIC. 16:43 OH HERE ARE MORE PHOTOS. 16:45 YOU CAN SEE THE HUGE GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE. 16:48 AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE ON BOTH SIDES THERE AND THEY SAID IF WE 16:54 HAD MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WE COULD HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ADVENTIST, 16:57 WE COULD HAVE ALL KINDS OF HINDU PEOPLE COME TO JESUS CHRIST TOO. 17:02 WE JUST NEED MORE WORKERS. 17:04 MORE PEOPLE TO SHARE. 17:06 WE WERE THEN OFF TO A PLACE WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH HAD BUILT A 17:10 CHURCH SOME YEARS AGO BUT IT HAD NEVER BEEN DEDICATED BY ME AND THEY 17:13 WANTED ME TO DEDICATE IT. 17:15 YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHWAY ON THE WAY. 17:17 IT GETS A LITTLE PRECARIOUS. 17:19 A LITTLE CLOSE. 17:20 AND HOW THEY LOAD THEIR VEHICLES UP IT'S NO WONDER EVERY SO OFTEN THEY 17:26 TUMBLE. 17:27 NOW THIS IS OUT IN THE COUNTRY AND IT IS A CLINIC NURSERY SCHOOL. 17:32 OH. 17:34 AND WE WERE GIVEN OUR FOOD OUTSIDE. 17:37 WE COULD REFRESH OURSELVES WITH THE WATER THAT WAS JUST OUTSIDE. 17:40 AND THIS IS INVOLVED WITH THE CHURCH? 17:42 NO THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT ONE NEXT TO THE CHURCH. 17:44 OH DEAR. 17:45 AND THIS WAS THE TOILET THAT I WAS ASKED TO USE. 17:50 AND THIS IS THE SCHOOL ROOM. 17:53 AND HERE IS OUR GROUP STARTING TO GATHER IN THE BEAUTIFUL CHURCH. 17:57 YOU KNOW AGAIN BEV, HUMBLING AS WE SEE THESE PHOTOS. 18:02 IN OUR WESTERN SOCIETY WE DON'T HAVE AN IDEA OF COMPREHENDING ALL THAT 18:07 UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE AND SEE IT. 18:09 AND THAT'S LIFE FOR THEM, THAT IS LIFE. 18:13 YES AND I EXPERIENCE IT BUT I HAVE TO DO MY BEST WITH WHATEVER IS PUT 18:18 BEFORE ME. 18:19 ABSOLUTELY. 18:20 I'M THANKFUL FOR THE PRIVACY. 18:23 YES, WELL BLESS YOUR HEART FOR DOING THAT. 18:26 TAKE US BACK. 18:27 YES. 18:29 AND SO THIS IS AT THE CHURCH AND THEN WE HAD A BAPTISM AND THESE ARE THE 18:34 CANDIDATES FOR BAPTISM TAKEN FROM ONE END AND THEN THE OTHER BUT YOU 18:38 NOTICE THERE ARE ONLY THREE MEN AND THE REST ARE WOMEN. 18:41 AND YOUNG TOO. 18:43 AND THEY'RE YOUNG AND THIS IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE THESE ARE POTENTIAL GOSPEL 18:48 OUTREACH WORKERS. 18:48 ABSOLUTELY. 18:49 AFTER THEY KNOW THE MESSAGE WELL ENOUGH. 18:52 BUT HERE WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO THE WATER. 18:54 AND HERE WE HAVE COME BACK FROM BAPTISM AND WE ARE GIVING EACH CANDIDATE A 19:03 GARLAND AND SOME FLOWERS AND A BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE. 19:08 WONDERFUL. 19:10 AT THIS CHURCH I WAS TOLD THESE PEOPLE HAVE COME A LONG WAY, DON'T GIVE THEM 19:16 20, 30 MINUTES. 19:17 THEY WILL LAUGH AND SAY WHAT HAVE WE COME FOR. 19:19 BECAUSE YOU WERE GIVING THE SERMON? 19:21 YES. 19:23 THEY SAID GIVE AT LEAST ONE HOUR. 19:25 WERE YOU PREPARED FOR THAT? 19:26 WELL I CAN STRETCH IT. 19:27 GOD BLESSES. 19:29 GOD HAS GIVEN EACH ONE OF US A WITNESS STORY AND WE CAN BUILD ON THAT WITNESS 19:35 STORY FOR ALMOST ANYTHING. 19:39 BUT HERE YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE JUST TAKING IT IN AND THE CHILDREN ARE 19:44 FALLING ASLEEP. 19:45 OH BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 19:47 AND YOU SEE THEIR WATER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO GET THIRSTY. 19:51 YES, IT'S A JAR AND IS THERE A CUP ON TOP? 19:55 NO BUT THEY NEVER LET A CUP TOUCH THEIR LIPS. 19:59 THEY POUR IT INTO THEIR MOUTH. 20:01 POUR IT INTO THEIR MOUTH. 20:02 THAT'S MORE SANITARY. 20:03 OH BLESS HIS HEART. 20:04 BUT WE HAVE A GROWING CHURCH AND WE NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 20:12 THEY KEEP ASKING FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 20:15 AS WE WERE LEAVING THERE WE HAD DIFFICULTY. 20:20 WE STARTED OUT WITH A FLAT TIRE AND HAD BARELY ENOUGH AIR TO GET TO THE CLOSEST 20:25 PLACE WHICH WAS JUST A FEW METERS DOWN THE ROAD. 20:27 BUT THIS IS THE OLD TIME STUFF. 20:30 I TOOK SOME PICTURES WHILE WE WERE STANDING THERE WAITING FOR THE TIRE TO BE 20:35 FIXED AND HERE HE IS TESTING THE TIRE TO SEE IF THERE ARE MORE AIR LEAKS. 20:39 JUST TAKE A GREAT BIG TRUCK TIRE AND PUT SOME WATER IN IT AND MAKE SURE 20:43 IT'S OKAY. 20:45 AND HE'S FILING TO MAKE IT ROUGHED UP SO HE CAN PUT A PATCH ON. 20:54 AND STUFFING IT INTO THE TIRE AND PUTTING THE TIRE BACK ON THE WHEEL. 20:59 SO HOW LONG DID THIS ALL TAKE? 21:01 ABOUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF. 21:03 IT COULD HAVE BEEN LONGER. 21:05 YES. 21:06 THAT'S THE DRIVER THERE AND HE IS FIXING SOME OTHER PART. 21:14 AS WE GO ALONG THE ROAD I THINK THAT TIRE LASTED ABOUT FOUR HOURS. 21:22 AND THEN IT STARTED TO GO FLAT AGAIN? 21:24 YES. 21:26 AND AS WE NEED MORE WORKERS WE NEED MORE WORK ON TIRES TOO. 21:32 IN FACT, NOT ONLY THAT, THAT TIRE LASTED UNTIL ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT 21:37 NIGHT AND THEN WE STARTED OUT AGAIN AND AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WE 21:46 HAD ANOTHER FLAT TIRE. 21:48 I SAID OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW BECAUSE I HAVE AN AIRPLANE FLIGHT 21:53 WITH PASTOR AMBROSE THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL MINISTRIES FROM THE 21:58 DIVISION WHO WAS TRAVELLING WITH ME AT THE TIME. 22:00 SO YOU HAD TO KEEP YOUR ITINERARY GOING. 22:02 YES. 22:03 HOW AM I GOING TO GET FROM WHERE WE ARE STUCK AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE 22:06 MORNING TO THE AIRPORT FOR A FLIGHT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 22:10 AND IT WAS HOW FAR AWAY? 22:11 OH, IT WAS STILL ABOUT THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR HOURS AWAY. 22:15 WHAT DID YOU DO? 22:17 WELL THE PASTOR CALLED A MEMBER FROM THE CLOSEST CHURCH WHO HAD A 22:22 VEHICLE-OH PRAISE THE LORD-AND WOKE HIM UP AND HE WOKE UP HIS DRIVER AND 22:27 THE TWO OF THEM CAME AND PICKED US UP. 22:29 AND DID YOU MAKE IT? 22:30 WE MADE IT NIP AND TUCK. 22:33 WE WERE JUST LIKE CLOCK WORK. 22:36 BUT I THINK THE DEVIL PUTS THESE KIND OF THINGS IN OUR PATHWAY AT TIMES. 22:42 BUT YOU KNOW OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE THINGS THROWN AT THEM ALL 22:46 THE TIME ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE IN THAT NAXALITE AREA WHERE THERE ARE 22:50 ANTIGOVERNMENT GUERRILLA PEOPLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. 22:54 I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN WE WERE IN THE CAR STOPPING FOR GASOLINE TO DON'T GET 22:58 OUT OF THE CAR HERE BECAUSE IT WOULD SAY A WHITE PERSON IS HERE AND 23:03 WE ARE ON ONE SIDE OF THEM. 23:05 AND THE OTHER PERSON CAN BE ON ANOTHER SIDE. 23:08 FOR EXAMPLE THERE WAS A CHURCH MEMBER WHO WAS WITH THE GOVERNMENT BUT 23:17 NAXALITES CAME FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND THEY DO THESE KINDS OF RAIDS. 23:21 THEY COME TO A HOME AND SAY YOU HAVE TO FEED US FOR A WHOLE DAY. 23:26 AND DO THEY HAVE GUNS AND EVERYTHING? 23:28 OH YES. 23:29 OKAY. 23:29 AND YOU CAN'T SAY NO TO THEM. 23:32 YOU HAVE TO BORROW MONEY WHATEVER AND GET WHATEVER THEY SAY. 23:35 IF THEY WANT A GOAT YOU HAVE TO BUY A GOAT, A CHICKEN YOU GOT TO BUY A 23:38 CHICKEN. 23:39 HE FED THESE PEOPLE FOR 24 HOURS BUT THE NEXT DAY THE GOVERNMENT CAME AND 23:46 ARRESTED HIM FOR FEEDING THE NAXALITES. 23:48 WELL BUT THEN YOU'RE STUCK. 23:50 OKAY. 23:51 BUT HE IS IN PRISON AND HE IS SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 23:56 AND SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED AND SO HE IS ABLE TO CALL FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:03 WORKER TO BRING THE MEGA VOICE, THE SOLAR POWERED AUDIO BIBLE, AND HE BRINGS 24:11 THIS TO THE PRISON AND THIS MAN-THERE IS ANOTHER MAN IN THE PRISON THAT WAS 24:17 THERE BECAUSE OF A MURDER. 24:19 HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ACCOMPLICE IN A MURDER. 24:21 AND HE WAS SO DISTRAUGHT BECAUSE HE COULDN'T GET OUT OF THIS AND HE DIDN'T 24:28 FEEL LIKE HE WAS PART OF ANY OF IT. 24:29 SO THAT CHURCH MEMBER PRAYED FOR THIS MAN AND THEN HE GOT THIS AUDIO 24:37 BIBLE TO LISTEN TO AND AS THEY WERE LISTENING TO THE AUDIO BIBLE HE WAS GIVING 24:42 HIS HEART TO GOD FROM LISTENING TO THE AUDIO BIBLE. 24:46 AND THEN THEY PRAYED TOGETHER THAT GOD WOULD OPEN THE EYES OF THE JUDGE 24:52 AND LET HIM FREE. 24:53 HE WAS CALLED BEFORE THE JUDGE, PROBABLY AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS IS MY 24:59 SENSE OF WHAT THE TIME FRAM WAS THERE, AND THE JUDGE OPENED UP HIS FILE 25:04 AND SAID I DON'T SEE WHERE THIS MAN HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS MURDER. 25:11 SO HE WAS RELEASED. 25:13 WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO? 25:13 PRAISE GOD YES. 25:15 IT'S A MIRACLE HE WASN'T EXPECTING AND YET YE HAD LEARNED FROM GOD'S WORD TO 25:23 PRAY AND ASK FOR THIS AND GOD WOULD ANSWER HIS PRAYER. 25:26 AND YOU KNOW WHEN HE LEFT PRISON HE WAS TOLD BY THE ADVENTIST MAN TO MAKE SURE 25:32 TO GET THAT AUDIO BIBLE BACK TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 25:36 HE DID AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE STUDYING WITH 25:41 HIM AND NOW HIS WHOLE FAMILY HAVE ACCEPTED GOD'S WORD. 25:46 PRAISE THE LORD. 25:47 I'M SPEECHLESS. 25:48 THAT IS AMAZING. 25:50 I JUST GOT THAT STORY TOO. 25:51 IT WAS THRILLING. 25:53 WELL AND EVERYBODY WAS PROBABLY SO DISTRESSED AND SAD THAT THE POOR MAN WENT 25:57 TO PRISON AND HERE JUST LIKE PAUL AND SILAS THEIR TESTIMONY IN PRISON OF 26:01 SINGING AND SHARING JESUS AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID. 26:04 AND WE THINK THAT THE DEVIL IS COMING IN AND DESTROYING EVERYTHING BY 26:07 PUTTING THIS MAN IN PRISON FOR FEEDING NAXALITES AND GOD IS USING HIM. 26:11 AND GOD WAS USING HIM TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 26:13 A CHURCH MEMBER. 26:14 A CHURCH MEMBER. 26:14 PRAISE THE LORD. 26:16 AND LIKE IT SAYS IN MATTHEW THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL PUT THE WORKERS 26:19 ARE FEW. 26:21 ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST THEREFORE TO SEND OUT WORKERS INTO HIS 26:24 HARVEST FIELD. 26:25 LET'S PRAY RIGHT NOW. 26:26 DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GOOD NEWS OF YOU AND WE ASK YOU LORD 26:30 FOR MORE WORKERS BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE JESUS, WHO NEED TO 26:34 KNOW ABOUT YOU. 26:35 I ASK YOU TO BLESS BEV AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:38 AND THIS FANTASTIC STORY LORD WE PRAISE YOU FOR IT AND WE ASK YOU LORD FOR 26:44 PEOPLE TO PRAY AND FUNDING SO MORE PEOPLE CAN SHARE JESUS IN THIS AREA. 26:47 THANK YOU AMEN. 26:48 AMEN. 26:50 WELL BEV, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL AND WE THANK YOU 26:53 FOR BEING INVOLVED IN ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND WE NEED YOUR HELP AND YOUR 26:56 SUPPORT AND YOUR PRAYERS. 26:57 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 26:59 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
Revised 2017-05-17