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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000684A
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00:15 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 00:16 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYEMER AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 00:20 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, THANK YOU FOR PRAYING AND THANK YOU 00:23 FOR YOUR DONATIONS. 00:25 YOU CAN WATCH GOSPEL OUTREACH ONLINE, YOU CAN WATCH IT ON A LOT OF THE 00:29 TELEVISION STATIONS THAT WE'RE ON AND WE THANK ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO 00:33 BROADCAST THIS PROGRAM. 00:35 TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF TALKING WITH BEV THOMPSON. 00:38 HELLO BEV. 00:40 IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:41 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE 00:45 REGIONS IN YOUR TERRITORY. 00:46 AND WHERE ARE THEY? 00:48 WEST BENGAL AND SIKKIM. 00:51 AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS WHERE THAT IS HERE ON THE MAP. 00:54 WEST BENGAL FOLLOWS UP ALONG THE BORDER WITH BANGLADESH AND NORTH TO 01:00 NEPAL AND SIKKIM IS A NARROW STATE BETWEEN NEPAL AND BHUTAN AND THAT IS 01:06 WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING THIS AFTERNOON. 01:08 WELL AND SIKKIM, SIKKIM. 01:10 I THOUGHT THAT THAT FLOWED RIGHT INTO MATTHEW 6 IN VERSE 7 WHERE IT SAYS ASK 01:12 AND IT WILL BE GIVEN YOU, SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND, KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE 01:14 OPENED TO YOU. 01:14 FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES. 01:16 HE WHO SEEKS FINDS AND TO HIM WHO KNOCKS THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED. 01:32 IT JUST AMAZES ME THAT YOU CAME UP WITH THAT "SEEK HIM" BECAUSE SIKKIM IS 01:36 SPELLED SIKKIM BUT WHAT AN ANALOGY. 01:41 IN ENGLISH WE HAVE "SEEK HIM" AND IT SAYS FOR EVERYONE WHO RECEIVES. 01:46 IT SAYS EVERYONE. 01:47 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS TO MAKE 01:50 SURE THAT EVERYONE HEARS THE NAME OF JESUS AND CAN KNOW HIM. 01:53 EVERYONE HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY. 01:55 YES, RIGHT. 01:56 AND YOU ARE WEARING A BEAUTIFUL OUTFIT FROM SIKKIM? 01:58 YES. 02:00 THIS WAS A GIFT GIVEN TO ME BY THE SIKKIM PEOPLE IN OUR TARKIN SCHOOL. 02:08 I'VE NEVER HAD ONE LIKE THIS BEFORE SO THIS IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME TOO. 02:12 IT'S VERY SPECIAL AND IT LOOKS VERY CHINESE TO ME AS WELL. 02:15 WELL IT BORDERS WITH CHINA ON THE NORTH SO YOU SEE THAT INFLUENCE IN THEIR 02:21 OUTFITS. 02:22 SO TELL US BEV WHAT ARE YOU SHARING WITH US TODAY? 02:25 HOW ARE THINGS GOING WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 02:27 WELL WE'RE STARTING, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT IS 02:34 HAPPENING IN WEST BENGAL. 02:36 AND WE START DOWN SOUTH AT A SCHOOL. 02:38 IT'S A LARGE SCHOOL ON THE SUNDARBAN ISLANDS. 02:41 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH DID PUT A LARGE CHURCH ON THE SAME PROPERTY AND ABOVE IS 02:47 TEACHERS' QUARTERS AND GUEST ROOMS. 02:50 BUT THE DIVISION, ON A 13TH SABBATH OVERFLOW, BUILT THE CLASS ROOMS AND 02:57 DORMITORIES ARE ON THE TOP TWO STORIES. 02:59 WELL THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEX BECAUSE WE SEE WHEN WE TRAVEL WITH YOU TO 03:03 YOUR AREAS OF THE WORLD WE SEE ALL SORTS OF VERY HUMBLE PLACES AND THIS IS 03:09 A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. 03:10 YES IT IS. 03:11 AND IF YOU NOTICE ON THE BOTTOM STORY THERE ARE A BUNCH OF WHITE DOTS. 03:14 I SEE THAT. 03:15 THOSE ARE CHILDREN'S' UNIFORMS. 03:18 THEY ARE OUT ON THE PORCH SINGING PRAISES TO GOD AT 6 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 03:23 OH THEY'RE ALL LINED UP THERE. 03:24 YES, YES. 03:24 BEAUTIFUL. 03:25 IT IS BEAUTIFUL. 03:26 AND THIS IS A SIGN THAT WAS MADE SPECIAL FOR ME COMING. 03:32 AND ERLING MILLER WHO WAS WITH ME, ERLING WESTFALL MILLER, SHE HAS BEEN A PHD 03:38 IN NURSING AND HAS WORKED AT LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY FOR SOME TIME AND SHE IS 03:43 RETIRED NOW IN TEXAS BUT SHE IS STILL WORKING TOO. 03:48 SO SHE CAME WITH ME AND THEY KNEW HER NAME AHEAD OF TIME SO SHE GOT ON THE 03:55 LIST ALSO. 03:55 THEY WELCOMED HER AS WELL. 03:57 THIS IS WONDERFUL. 03:58 AND THIS IS THEIR TRADITIONAL WELCOME. 04:01 LOOK AT THE KIDS. 04:03 IN THE MORNING WE HAD JUST BARELY STARTED OUR WORSHIP AND ALL THE KIDS CAME 04:08 FILING IN. 04:09 THEY WANTED TO DO THEIR WELCOME FOR ME. 04:11 AND IT WAS JUST ADORABLE. 04:13 ALL OF THESE CHILDREN. 04:14 AND LOOK AT THE GIRLS. 04:15 YES. 04:15 THEIR UNIFORMS ARE BEAUTIFUL. 04:17 OH THEY ARE. 04:18 AND THE TEACHERS STOOD IN THE BACK AND THERE ARE SEVEN TEACHERS. 04:22 AND ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS HERE BEV? 04:24 OH ABOUT 150 TO 200 ARE BOARDING STUDENTS. 04:28 AND THESE THREE YOUNG MEN THEY CAME TO OUR TEACHING PROGRAM BUT THEY ARE NOT 04:34 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, THEY ARE ONES WHO WANT TO PREPARE TO SPREAD THE 04:38 GOSPEL NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO. 04:41 WONDERFUL. 04:42 I COULD SAY THEY COULD BE POTENTIAL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 04:45 YES, BUT THEIR NOT GETTING FUNDING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 04:48 THEY ARE GETTING NO MONEY FROM ANYONE ANYWHERE. 04:50 THEY JUST WANT TO LEARN HOW TO DO SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL. 04:54 WOW AND THEY HAVE JOY IN THEIR FACES AND PRAISE THE LORD THEY WANT TO BE 04:58 TRAINED. 04:58 YES. 05:00 AND HERE WE'RE HAVING ABOUT 50 WORKERS YOU MIGHT SAY OR MEMBERS COME AND 05:06 JOIN US FOR THE TEACHING PROGRAM. 05:09 AND HERE THESE PEOPLE ARE MEMORIZING SCRIPTURE TOGETHER IN GROUPS OF 05:13 THREE. 05:14 OH AND I SEE SOME WOMEN TOO. 05:16 YES. 05:17 HERE WE DO HAVE ABOUT HALF A DOZEN WOMEN OR MORE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 05:21 AND IT IS MARVELOUS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE YOUNG LADIES BECAUSE THESE 05:26 LADIES ARE EDUCATED AND THEY KNOW HOW TO PREACH THE GOSPEL. 05:31 AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM IS A PRIVILEGE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GO AND 05:37 MEET WOMEN IN THE MARKET AND PLACES LIKE THAT WITH THEIR KIDS AND IN THEIR 05:41 HOMES THAT THE MEN AREN'T' ABLE TO DO THAT AND SO THIS ALSO OPEN AN 05:46 OPPORTUNITY. 05:47 BUT LIKE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN OTHER AREAS OF INDIA WHERE YOU'RE THE 05:50 DIRECTOR A LOT OF THE WOMEN DON'T READ AND SO FOR THEM TO HAVE A BIBLE 05:54 AND HAVE A BIBLE STUDY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD FOR THEM. 05:56 OF COURSE THEY CAN LEARN THE STORY AS WELL. 05:59 BUT OUR PROGRAM FOR TEACHING IS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT READ AND 06:04 WRITE. 06:05 WE CALL THEM AUDIO LEARNERS. 06:06 SO IF THEY'RE AUDIO LEARNERS WE'RE VISUAL LEARNERS AND SO WE ARE 06:10 EQUAL. 06:11 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 06:12 AND SO THIS ELEVATES THEM AND GIVES THEM POWER IN THEIR HANDS TO BE ABLE TO 06:15 SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 06:16 WE WANT TO SEE EVERY MEMBERS WORKING FOR JESUS. 06:20 I AGREE. 06:21 PRAISE THE LORD. 06:24 AND HERE THE LADIES ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE MAN IN FINDING MEANING 06:28 FROM THE SCRIPTURE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MEMORIZING. 06:30 ALL AROUND THE ROOM THEY WERE DOING THIS. 06:31 YOU KNOW LET'S PAUSE HERE AT THIS PICTURE BECAUSE I SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE 06:36 AND EACH PERSON THERE HAS A STORY, OH YES, THAT'S RIGHT, OF HOW THEY CAME TO 06:45 KNOW THE LORD. 06:47 AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN PROMOTING WITH THEM IS THAT THEY KNOW THEIR 06:52 OWN WITNESS STORY AND BE ABLE TO TELL IT. 06:54 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN PEOPLE. 06:58 NOT IN YOUR RELIGION BUT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN YOU. 07:00 BUT THEN WHEN THEY FIND WELL MAYBE IT IS Y OUR RELIGION THAT HAS HELPED 07:04 YOU. 07:06 AND SO THIS PICTURE SHOWS ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT FOR THE 07:11 TEACHING PROGRAM THAT WAS GOING ON THERE. 07:14 AND THEN WE WENT TO AN AREA WHERE THIS IS AN EX-MUSLIM MAN AND HE HAS A 07:21 SPECIAL MINISTRY TO REACH THE MUSLIM PEOPLE. 07:24 AND IT IS MARVELOUS WHAT HE IS DOING. 07:27 WE GATHERED IN THIS NEWLY BUILT, IT'S A MINISTRY HOUSE. 07:35 AND AS THEY MET TOGETHER I FOUND OUT THAT THESE PEOPLE REPRESENT ABOUT 100 07:43 BELIEVERS. 07:44 REALLY. 07:45 AND THEY'RE NOT JUST BELIEVERS, THEY ARE BAPTIZED ADVENTIST PEOPLE 07:49 WHO HAVE COME FROM BEING MUSLIMS. 07:51 EXACTLY. 07:52 NOW ARE THEY SAFE IN THIS AREA TO BE LEARNING ABOUT JESUS? 07:54 WELL I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE OWNER OF THIS AREA WHEN HE ACCEPTED ADVENTISM 07:58 HIS HOUSE WAS SURROUNDED BY MUSLIMS WITH FIRE AND WANTED TO BURN THE HOUSE 08:07 DOWN WITH THE FAMILY INSIDE IT. 08:08 BUT AN ARGUMENT BROKE OUT BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING AND THEY 08:18 DISSIPATED, GOD'S PLAN SAVED THEM. 08:23 AND SO HE BELIEVERS THAT ANYONE WHO WILL STAND UP FOR JESUS CHRIST GOD WILL 08:29 INTERVENE FOR THEIR LIFE. 08:30 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:31 SO WHAT A STORY. 08:34 YES. 08:35 THEY WERE TREATING US WITH THEIR BENGALI FOOD AND AS WE SAID GOODBYE IT JUST 08:44 WASN'T GOODBYE IT'S MY FAMILY. 08:47 THEY ARE VERY, VERY DEAR LOVELY PEOPLE. 08:49 HE HAD HIS SONS AND A WIFE OF A SON. 08:54 THEY WERE ALL THERE WORKING TOGETHER SAVING A SOUL. 08:59 AND THE JUTE THAT GROWS THERE AND THEY HAVE IT UP ON THE SIDE. 09:04 IT WAS RAINY SEASON AND SO IT DIDN'T DRY AS FAST AS SOME OF IT DOES IN THE DRY 09:08 SEASON. 09:09 SHARE WITH JUTE IS. 09:10 IT'S BACKING FOR CARPETS BUT THEY CAN MAKE A LOT OF THINGS WITH IT. 09:14 IN FACT THE FINER STUFF THEY WILL MAKE INTO CLOTHING, VERY ELEGANT 09:19 CLOTHING. 09:22 AND WE STOPPED ON OUR WAY BECAUSE THERE WAS A FRIEND WHO HAD A POMELO TREE AND 09:26 THEY KNEW I LIKE POMELO. 09:28 IT'S WONDERFUL. 09:29 SO WE STOPPED AND PICKED POMELO. 09:31 BUT WHILE WE WERE THERE WE HAD PARKED THE TAXI AND I LOOKED DOWN THE PATHWAY 09:38 AND SOMEBODY WAVED AT ME SO I WAVED BACK TO HIM AND THAT LITTLE MAN WAY IN THE 09:42 BACK THERE HE USED TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BUT HE WAS NOW WORKING FOR 09:47 VELLORE IN SOUTHERN INDIA, VELLORE CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTER. 09:51 AND HE CAME RUNNING WHEN HE REALIZED IT WAS ME. 09:54 OH HOW NICE. 09:55 AND THEN OUR ADMINISTRATOR FOR SOUTH BENGAL HE WAS KICKED OUT OF HIS HOUSE 10:01 WHEN HE ACCEPTED ADVENTISM AS A TEENAGER. 10:04 HIS FAMILY KICKED HIM OUT. 10:06 AND SO HE FOUND REFUGE IN THIS HOME WHEN HE WAS A KID, A TEENAGER. 10:11 AND INSIDE THAT'S WHAT THE HOME WAS. 10:15 A VERY SIMPLE HOME BUT IT WAS HOME TO HIM FOR THAT TIME. 10:19 AND THIS IS WHERE HE WENT TO SCHOOL PROBABLY HALF A KILOMETER DOWN THE ROAD. 10:25 WHAT A MIRACLE. 10:26 AND THEN WHEN WE WERE IN DOWNTOWN CALCUTTA MOTHER AND FATHER AND THEIR 10:32 OLDEST SON WITH THEM HERE. 10:35 WHAT A BLESSING. 10:36 AND WE WENT FROM CALCUTTA TO BASANTI WHICH IS ON THE EDGE OF THE SUNDARBAN 10:45 ISLANDS. 10:47 BUT IT WAS NOT ADVENTIST, IT WAS NOT CHRISTIAN IT WAS HINDU AND A MAN WHO 10:52 WAS YOU MIGHT SAY A GOVERNMENT POLITICIAN HAD MET OUR DOCTORS, 10:58 DR. SUNDEEP AND DR. HERB GEIBEL IN VELLORE CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTER 11:02 AND HE WAS SURE WE HAD TO VISIT HIS HOME AND HIS CENTER. 11:06 AND THIS IS HIS SCHOOL CENTER. 11:08 AND I REMEMBER GETTING UP IN THE MORNING AND I TOOK THIS PICTURE EARLY IN THE 11:11 MORNING BECAUSE I SAW THIS SCHOOL RIGHT NEXT TO US AND I COULD HEAR STUDENTS 11:16 OVER THERE. 11:18 AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT WAS WHERE WE WERE GOING TO GIVE A MISSION. 11:22 SO THIS MAN HAS STARTED THIS SCHOOL? 11:24 YES AND AS A POLITICIAN HE WANTS TO SEE HIS SUNDARBANESE MAKE 11:31 SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES. 11:33 THEY HAVE BEEN JUST VERY POOR PEOPLE ON THE ISLANDS OUT THERE. 11:35 AND SO NOW HE IS PROMOTING EDUCATION AND OTHER TRAININGS ALSO. 11:40 SO IS HE PAYING FOR THAT? 11:43 PROBABLY THE TAXES. 11:45 TAXES ARE COVERING THAT. 11:47 YES. 11:47 WOW, OKAY. 11:49 BUT WE WENT OVER TO THAT VERY BUILDING AND I WAS PUT IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE 11:53 SPEAKERS AND DR. GEIBEL NEXT TO ME AND DR. SUNDEEP THERE ALSO. 11:57 AND HERE WE HAD THIS GROUP OF PROBABLY 200 STUDENTS AND ALL OF THE TEACHERS 12:05 AND WORKERS AT THE SCHOOL. 12:07 THEY WANTED EVERYONE TO HEAR WHAT WE HAD TO SAY. 12:11 SO WERE YOU SPEAKING IN ENGLISH? 12:12 DID YOU HAVE A TRANSLATOR? 12:13 YES. 12:14 OKAY SO EVERYBODY SPOKE ENGLISH. 12:15 YES. 12:16 AND DR. SUNDEEP GAVE AN INTRODUCTION. 12:20 HE WAS ASKED TO HAVE A WORSHIP SERVICE WHICH WAS UNUSUAL. 12:25 AND THEN HE ASKED ME TO TELL THE DAVID AND GOLIATH STORY AND SO THAT WAS MY 12:30 SHARE IN THE MEETING THERE. 12:33 BUT LOOKING OUT OVER THE CAMPUS IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 12:36 IT'S VERY GREEN BECAUSE A LOT OF OTHER PLACES THAT YOU TAKE US TO BEV, AS YOU 12:41 REPORT OF THE DIFFERENT REGIONS IT'S VERY DRY BUT THIS AREA IS VERY GREEN. 12:46 OKAY, USUALLY I GO IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH AND THAT IS THE END OF THE DRY 12:51 SEASON. 12:52 THIS TIME I MADE IT SPECIAL DIFFERENT AND I CAME IN SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 12:57 AND THIS IS THE END OF THE RAINY SEASON. 13:00 IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 13:01 SO THAT'S WHY IT IS SO GREEN BUT IT IS BEAUTIFUL. 13:04 THEN WE GOT ON THE TRAIN AND WENT NORTH. 13:08 THE CARGO TRAIN IS THERE. 13:11 INSIDE OUR TRAIN WE SAT WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE TRAVELING. 13:15 WE ATE OUR BANANAS IN FRONT OF THEM AND OFFERED THEM TO THEM AND THEY ATE 13:21 BANANAS LIKE WE DID FOR OUR SUPPER. 13:23 BUT WE ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL AND THESE ARE SCHOOL GIRLS ON THE WAY TO 13:27 THE CLASS ROOM. 13:28 BUT I HAD GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HERE FOR TRAINING FOR TWO DAYS. 13:33 AND SO WE PUT THEM IN THE BENGALI CHURCH AND HERE THEY ARE WRITING THEIR 13:39 TARGET GROUP. 13:40 THIS IS ACTS 1:8. 13:43 THIS IS THEIR JERUSALEM FAMILY MEMBER LIST. 13:46 AND AFTER THAT WE WENT TO JUDEA THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD LIST. 13:51 AND AFTER THAT WE WENT TO SAMARIA, ACQUAINTANCES IN THEIR SITUATION. 13:58 AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S KNOCKING ON DOORS AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE. 14:02 SO IT'S COMING UP WITH A PLAN, AS THE LORD IMPRESSES THEM, ON WHO HE 14:07 WOULD LIKE THEM TO SHARE HIM WITH. 14:11 AND THEY PRAY DILIGENTLY FOR THESE PEOPLE. 14:14 THEY CHOOSE FIVE PEOPLE EVERY WEEK TO HAVE EXTRA PRAYER WITH AND PRAY FOR 14:21 ENCOUNTERS WITH THESE PEOPLE. 14:22 AND THEN SHARE THEIR WITNESS STORY WITH THEM. 14:26 BEAUTIFUL. 14:27 AND YOUR WITNESS STORY IS VERY POWERFUL. 14:30 AND HERE THEY ARE WRITING THEIR WITNESS STORY BECAUSE THEY WANT IT TO BE 14:33 PERFECT SO THAT THEY CAN SAVE OTHER PEOPLE BY OTHERS HEARING THEIR 14:38 WITNESS STORY. 14:40 SO IT'S THINKING ABOUT IT AHEAD OF TIME. 14:42 YES. 14:43 WELL BEV WE THANK YOU FOR SHARING ABOUT BENGAL AND SIKKIM HERE ON ADVENTURES 14:46 IN MISSIONS AND WE INVITE YOU TO GET INVOLVED. 14:49 MAYBE YOU CAN'T PICKUP AND GO AND BE A MISSIONARY BUT YOU CAN GET INVOLVED HERE 14:54 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING. 14:56 WITH YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 15:01 WHO KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE CULTURE, THEY KNOW ALL THAT, 15:04 THEY'RE TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES WHERE THEY LIVE 15:07 ABOUT JESUS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE TO SAVE THEM. 15:10 AND WE INVITE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO YOU INTERACT WITH AS BEV WAS 15:15 SHARING AND COMING UP WITH A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE JESUS 15:18 WITH AS WELL. 15:20 BECAUSE NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE AS CHRISTIANS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SHARE THE GOOD 15:23 NEWS. 15:24 AND PART OF SHARING THE GOOD NEWS HERE AT ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS IS 15:27 USING OUR NEWSLETTER AND WE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 15:32 WE NEED YOUR MAILING ADDRESS. 15:34 IT'S A FREE NEWSLETTER. 15:35 IT'S A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER THAT COMES TO YOU. 15:38 WE ALSO HAVE AN ONLINE VERSION AS WELL, AN E-NEWSLETTER THAT WE'D BE 15:41 HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 15:43 PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG AND THAT'S EASY TO REMEMBER-GOSPEL 15:49 OUTREACH ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS.ORG AND FILL THAT OUT. 15:53 WE ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. 15:56 SO MUCH IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THESE DAYS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALSO THERE AND 16:01 IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT GOSPEL 16:05 OUTREACH. 16:07 AND WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR DONATIONS AND WE ASK THE 16:11 LORD TO IMPRESS UPON YOU WHAT YOU CAN GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 16:15 YOU CAN DONATE RIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE AND I'VE MENTIONED THE ADDRESS 16:18 GOAIM.ORG. 16:19 AND I'M HERE WITH BEV THOMPSON AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE 16:21 TERRITORIES IN HER NECK OF THE WOODS IF YOU WILL IN INDIA IN WEST BENGAL AND 16:23 SIKKIM. 16:24 AND BEV YOU'RE SHARING ABOUT THE TRAINING THAT YOU'VE BEEN HAVING WITH 16:26 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 16:27 NOW YOU CAN SEE THEIR WRITING DOWN THEIR WITNESS STORY. 16:28 THEY'RE WRITING DOWN THEIR WITNESS TARGET GROUPS AND THEN THEY MEMORIZE 16:30 STORIES, STORIES FROM THE BIBLE. 16:43 AND HERE THEY ARE IN GROUPS MEMORIZING STORIES. 16:46 THIS IS ERLINE WESTFALL MILLER AND SHE GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO FIND 16:47 MEANING FROM SCRIPTURE. 16:49 SHE HAD MEMORIZED THE STORY AND SHOWED THEM HOW TO FIND MEANING FROM EVERY 16:50 WORD, EVERY PHRASE, EVERY SENTENCE IN THE STORY. 17:09 THEY WERE ABLE THEN TO GET TOGETHER AND FIND MEANING IN GROUPS, MEANING TO THE 17:17 SCRIPTURES THAT THEY HAD MEMORIZED. 17:19 I HAVE TO SHOW YOU ARE EATING SITUATION. 17:22 WHEN WE HAD THIS GROUP OF PROBABLY 25 PEOPLE THESE ARE OUR COOKS AND WHERE 17:29 THEY PREPARED OUR FOOD. 17:31 RIGHT OUTSIDE. 17:32 WHAT DID HE HAVE INSIDE, WAS THAT A BOWL OF RICE? 17:36 HE WAS PROBABLY STIRRING IT. 17:38 YES. 17:39 AND HE HAD THE PROPANE TANK RIGHT THERE. 17:41 YES, YES. 17:43 UNIQUE. 17:45 NOW I WANT TO SHOW THIS PICTURE BECAUSE IT'S VERY SPECIAL. 17:50 WE HAD FOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO SPOKE A DIALECT OR ANOTHER 17:58 TRIBAL LANGUAGE THAT IS NOT GENERALLY USED BY EVERYONE. 18:03 BUT THEY WANTED TO REACH THESE PEOPLE AND SO I WAS ABLE TO GIVE THEM FOUR 18:08 MEGA VOICE IN THEIR LANGUAGE. 18:11 FANTASTIC. 18:12 HAVING IT IN THEIR LANGUAGE CAN ALSO HELP TO REACH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 18:17 AUDIO LEARNERS. 18:19 YES, AND LET'S SHARE RIGHT NOW WITH THE VIEWERS WHAT A MEGA VOICE IS. 18:22 THIS IS A MEGA VOICE PLAYER. 18:24 IT IS AN MP3 PLAYER AND IT CAN BE DOWNLOADED WITH BIBLE STORIES, WITH AUDIO 18:30 BIBLES, SONGS. 18:32 IT IS SOLAR POWERED AND IT COMES WITH EARBUDS AND IT ALSO HAS A CHARGING UNIT 18:38 AS WELL. 18:39 BUT THE NEAT THING IS BEV IS THAT IT IS SOLAR POWERED WHICH IS 18:41 FANTASTIC. 18:43 IT CAN HOLD HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS OF AUDIO AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE 18:48 HAS THE DRAMATIZED AUDIO BIBLE STORIES FROM THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND ON 18:52 IT AND I'M GOING TO HIT PLAY HERE (MEGA VOICE PLAYING). 18:58 AND YOU SEE ON OUR MEGA VOICE WE HAVE THE BIBLE AND WE CAN ALSO PUT ON THE 19:09 GREAT CONTROVERSY AND DESIRE OF AGES. 19:12 WELL AND IT'S FANTASTIC. 19:13 THAT WAS THE STORY OF MARY AND JESUS GOING TO JERUSALEM. 19:18 AND THE NEAT THING IS IT DOES HAVE THE SPEAKER SO THEY CAN JUST PUT IT ON 19:22 THE TABLE AND PEOPLE CAN GATHER AROUND AND YES THE SKY IS THE LIMIT OF THE 19:27 AUDIO THAT CAN BE PUT ON THESE. 19:29 AND THEIR VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE AND THEY LAST FOR A LONG LONG TIME. 19:32 YES. 19:34 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH VIEWERS HERE AT ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS ON OUR WEBSITE WE 19:37 DO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE. 19:38 FOR ABOUT BETWEEN $35.00 TO $40.00 ONE OF THESE CAN BE GIVEN TO A GOSPEL 19:47 OUTREACH WORKER AND THEY CAN USE THAT IN THEIR TERRITORY. 19:50 AND THEY TREASURE THEM. 19:51 YES. 19:52 AND THEY USE THEM IN THE MARKET PLACE, THEY USE THEM IN THEIR CHURCH, THEY 19:55 USE THEM FOR MEMORIZING SCRIPTURES. 19:56 AND I HAD THE JOY OF HAVING CHINESE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND DOWNLOADED 20:00 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH PROVIDED THAT AND I WAS ABLE TO GIVE SEVERAL OF 20:03 THEM OUT IN CHINA. 20:04 AND THE LOOK ON THE PEOPLES' FACES WHEN THEY REALIZED WHAT IT IS, IT'S 20:07 REALLY FANTASTIC. 20:09 THAT'S GREAT. 20:10 OKAY, TAKE US BACK. 20:11 YES. 20:12 NOW WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO SIKKIM. 20:13 AND THE ROAD TO SIKKIM, IT TOOK US FOUR HOURS FROM HEADQUARTERS TO GET TO 20:19 SIKKIM. 20:21 IT IS FILLED WITH TRAFFIC, FILLED WITH A BUNCH OF TRUCKS AND JUST ONE AFTER 20:27 ANOTHER. 20:29 THIS WAS IN THE MOUNTAIN AREA OR THIS IS THE FOOTHILLS OF THE HIMALAYAS 20:33 BECAUSE SIKKIM DOES GO UP INTO THE MOUNTAIN AREA THERE. 20:36 BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE GUARDS ON BOTH SIDES FOR THIS LITTLE RIVER WE'RE 20:41 CROSSING. 20:42 BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT SIDE OF THE ROAD YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON. 20:45 WELL IN ASIA AND MANY PLACES AROUND OUR WORLD IT DOESN'T OFTEN-YOU DON'T 20:51 KNOW. 20:52 THERE'S NOT A CENTER LINE BUT THEY DO USUALLY KEEP TO THEIR LEFT THERE. 20:54 SO THEIR LIKE THE BRITISH WHERE THEY DRIVE OPPOSITE FROM THE U.S. 20:57 BUT TYPICALLY LITTLE STORES ALONG THE WAY. 21:03 BEAUTIFUL RIVER SCENERY. 21:05 AND THEN WE GOT TO THE ROAD GOING TO THE SCHOOL WE WERE GOING TO AND THE 21:10 ROAD WAS SO ROUGH THAT WE HAD TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND WALK BECAUSE THE TAXI 21:15 DRIVER WOULD NOT TAKE HIS LOADED VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. 21:18 THIS IS THE CHURCH BUILT BY MARANATHA ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO IN THE HIMALAYAS 21:26 THERE IN SIKKIM. 21:28 IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 21:29 IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH. 21:31 BUT WHAT GOES WITH IT IS JUST AS BEAUTIFUL. 21:35 THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH DONATIONS WE HAVE HAD THIS SCHOOL BUILT AND IT'S 21:38 CALLED THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST ACADEMY IN RHENOK AND TARKIN. 21:51 IT STARTED OUT WITH ONE STORY, THE BOTTOM, BUT THEY HAD REBAR AND 21:56 FOUNDATION SO THEY COULD GO UP THREE OR FOUR STORIES. 21:59 AND NOW THEY HAVE IT TO THE THIRD STORY BUT YOU NOTICE THERE ARE NO 22:03 WINDOWS AND NO SIDES ON THE TOP STORY THERE. 22:06 BUT THERE ARE CLASS ROOMS UP THERE AND WE WENT TO VISIT THEM. 22:11 THIS WAS OUR WELCOME. 22:13 THEY CAME IN AND THEY PUT THESE SCARVES ON US. 22:16 YES. 22:18 AND THEN THE TEACHERS CAME AND THEY PUT THESE SCARVES ON US. 22:25 SO TELL US ABOUT THE MEANING OF THE SCARVES. 22:27 THEY ARE A WELCOME. 22:28 OH HOW NICE. 22:30 THEY ARE JUST A WELCOME SITUATION. 22:32 AND THEN THE TEACHERS, SO I'LL FEEL WELCOME, YES. 22:36 THE TEACHERS CAME IN AND PUT THESE ON US AND WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT 20 22:41 SCARVES EACH. 22:42 HOW NICE. 22:43 AND THEY WERE SO HIGH THAT THE WIND WOULD BLOW THEM OFF. 22:46 AND I THINK THEY WOULD PICK THEM UP AND SAVE THEM FOR WHEN THEY NEEDED TO 22:49 USE THEM AGAIN. 22:50 BUT BEV THIS KIND OF LOOKS LIKE, I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM, BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE THE 22:53 PRAYER FLAGS THAT WE SEE FROM PICTURES FROM NEPAL. 22:57 IT'S THE SAME QUALITY. 22:58 YES, IT'S THE SAME QUALITY BECAUSE IN BHUTAN THEY USE THE PRAYER FLAGS. 23:02 YES. 23:03 YOU DO SEE SOME PRAYER FLAGS IN SIKKIM A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH FROM THE 23:08 EDGE WHERE WE ARE HERE. 23:09 THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL. 23:11 YES. 23:13 SO THAT WAS GREAT FUN AND THEN WHEN THEY DID TAKE US OVER TO THE CHURCH THEY 23:16 GAVE ME A GOLD ONE. 23:17 IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPECIAL. 23:18 OH HOW NICE. 23:19 AND THIS IS THE PASTOR, PASTOR TAPPA AND HE IS THE OWNER. 23:24 HIS WIFE IS LEGALLY THE OWNER THERE. 23:27 LEGALLY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. 23:30 OH. 23:31 HIS FATHER DIED AND HE GOT AN INHERITANCE AND IT WAS PROPERTY IN THE VILLAGE 23:36 AND SO HE SOLD IT AND THEY BOUGHT THIS SEVEN ACRES OUT IN THE HIMALAYAN 23:40 FOOTHILLS. 23:42 AND THEY SAID IT'S IN HER NAME BUT IT IS DEDICATED FOR THE SPREADING OF THE 23:46 GOSPEL. 23:47 AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 150-170 STUDENTS THERE BUT 40 OF THEM ARE FREE. 23:54 HOW DOES THAT WORK? 23:55 WELL 40 BECAUSE ALL THE NEIGHBORS AROUND GET FREE TUITION FOR THEIR 24:01 CHILDREN. 24:03 AND ALL THE VERY POOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT THEY MAKE IT AVAILABLE 24:07 TO THEM. 24:07 WELL ISN'T THAT A GIFT. 24:09 YES. 24:10 AND THIS WAS A SIGN THAT WAS ON THE BUILDING. 24:12 THIS SCHOOL BUILDING IS DEDICATED FOR THE GLORY OF OUR GOD FUNDED BY GOSPEL 24:16 OUTREACH U.S.A. 24:18 INAUGURATED BY BEVERLY, SHIRLEY AND P.K. 24:22 TANSING THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR WHO WAS THERE. 24:25 AND SHIRLEY OFTEN TIMES TRAVELS WITH YOU. 24:27 I CALL YOU THE MODERN DAY PAUL AND SILAS. 24:29 SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO GO WITH ME LAST YEAR BECAUSE SHE WAS ILL. 24:32 WE WENT TO EVERY CLASS ROOM AND VISITED EVERY CLASS ROOM AND THE 24:40 CHILDREN STOOD UP AND SAID THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 24:45 TEN KIDS IN THE CLASS ROOM KNEW THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TO SAY AND THIS GIRL HAD 24:49 JUST STARTED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR US. 24:52 AREN'T THEY BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. 24:53 GORGEOUS KIDS. 24:54 SO IF THEIR PARENTS PAID FOR THEM TO GO ABOUT HOW MUCH WOULD IT BE A MONTH. 24:58 WELL HERE IT'S A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION 25:03 NEEDS AND SO HERE THEY WILL PROBABLY BE PAYING $20.00 A MONTH. 25:06 TWENTY DOLLARS A MONTH. 25:08 AND SO THEY HAVE TO BE WANTING THEIR CHILDREN TO BE EDUCATED MORE. 25:13 NOW THIS IS UPSTAIRS I BELIEVE WHERE THEY HAVE, YOU SEE THE THIRD STORY 25:19 THERE WHERE THERE'S NO WINDOWS? 25:20 YES. 25:21 AND THIS IS COLD IN THE WINTER TIME. 25:23 AND SO THAT AREA THAT'S OPEN GETS VERY CHILLY. 25:29 BUT THEN BACK TO OUR CHURCH. 25:32 THE KIDS CAME IN AND THEY SANG SONGS AND ACTION SONGS AND DID A PLAY FOR 25:40 US AND AT THE END WE WENT OUT AND TOOK THE PICTURE. 25:43 OH FANTASTIC. 25:44 AND THEY GO TO TOWN ONCE A YEAR FOR A HEALTH SEMINAR. 25:49 THEY MARCH SEVEN KILOMETERS AND AS THEY MARCH THEY GATHER A CROWD 25:54 AND THEY MAKE A CROWD IN THE VILLAGE AND HAVE DRAMA AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR 26:00 MORE WORKERS TO CONNECT WITH THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL AND GO OUT AND 26:04 SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 26:05 WELL AND THEIR KIND THEY'RE ASKING FOR FOUR MORE WORKERS BUT HERE IT 26:08 SAYS FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES, HE WHO SEEKS FINDS AND TO HIM WHO 26:14 KNOCKS THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED. 26:15 AND THAT IS OUR PRAYER BEV FOR THIS AREA OF SIKKIM. 26:18 FOR SURE. 26:20 AND THAT IS JUST FOR THAT TARKIN SCHOOL AREA. 26:23 WELL WE WILL PRAY FOR THAT. 26:24 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 26:24 PLEASE GREET THE GOSPEL WORKERS. 26:26 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING HERE AT ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 26:30 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR SUPPORT AND REMEMBER THE AUDIO TAKING 26:33 BIBLES ARE FANTASTIC. 26:35 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED 26:38 AND DONATE. 26:39 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 26:40 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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