Participants: Julie Sanders Keymer (Host), Beverly Thompson & Suzannah Thompson
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000708A
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00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:17 OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING 00:19 US AND DID YOU KNOW THIS: FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A 00:23 SPIRIT OF FEAR AND TIMIDITY BUT OF POWER, 00:26 LOVE AND OF SELF DISCIPLINE. 00:29 THAT'S FROM 2 TIMOTHY 1:7 AND THAT IS A PROMISE TO 00:32 US THAT GOD IS WITH US AND IN TIMOTHY, PAUL WAS 00:36 WRITING TO TIMOTHY. 00:37 THEY WERE QUITE THE DUO AND THEY TRAVELED A LOT 00:39 TOGETHER AND SHARED THE GOSPEL OF JESUS AND TODAY 00:43 HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WE ALSO HAVE A 00:45 DUO HERE. 00:46 BEV THOMPSON, YOU ARE HERE WITH US. 00:48 WELCOME. 00:48 THANK YOU, IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:50 AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL PERSON WITH YOU AND BEV, 00:52 WHO IS THAT? 00:53 THIS IS MY GRANDAUGHTER SUSANNA THOMPSON. 00:56 HI, SUSANNA. 00:56 THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. 00:58 THANK YOU. 00:59 SO, YOU TWO, PAUL AND TIMOTHY, IF YOU WILL WITH 01:03 MY ANALOGY HERE -YOU WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL TOGETHER. 01:06 BEV, YOU ARE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR HERE AT GOSPEL 01:08 OUTREACH. 01:08 YES. 01:09 AND REMIND US WHERE YOUR TERRITORY IS. 01:10 IT IS NORTHEAST INDIA FROM CALCUTTA TO BHUTAN AND 01:14 OVER SOUTH OF NEPAL. 01:16 SO, YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:18 WORKERS? 01:19 ABOUT 130. 01:20 OK, SO IN THAT AREA OF THE WORLD AND HOW DID YOU HAVE 01:23 THE PRIVILEGE OF SUSANNA JOINING YOU? 01:24 WELL, SUSANNA GRADUATED OR SHE FINISHED ALL OF HER 01:27 REQUIREMENTS FOR WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY IN 01:30 DECEMBER AND WHAT WAS SHE GOING TO DO? 01:34 SHE CAN COME WITH GRANDMA. 01:36 PERFECT AND SO SUSANNA TELL US ABOUT ALL THAT 01:39 TRANSPIRED. 01:40 WELL, I WAS QUITE INDECISIVE MYSELF BUT I 01:44 THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND I DO 01:47 LOVE TRAVELING AND I LEARNED A LOT AND I FELT 01:52 THAT IT WAS A BLESSING MORE FOR ME THAN FOR THE 01:56 PEOPLE THAT I GOT TO MEET. 01:58 WELL, I AM SURE THAT THAT'S -I UNDERSTAND THAT 02:00 FEELING BUT I CAN ONLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE 02:04 THINGS AND PLACES THAT YOU SAW AND WE WILL SHARE 02:06 SOME-SEE SOME OF THOSE PHOTOS. 02:08 WHAT IS YOUR DEGREE IN, SUSANNA? 02:10 I HAVE A DOUBLE DEGREE IN SPANISH AND FRENCH. 02:13 AWESOME! 02:14 SO, WERE YOU ABLE TO USE ANY OF THOSE LANGUAGES AS 02:17 YOU TRAVELED ON THIS TRIP? 02:19 NO, NOT ON THIS TRIP BUT I DID ENJOY LISTENING TO THE 02:23 DIFFERENT DIALECTS SINCE THEY SPEAK MANY LANGUAGES 02:26 IN INDIA. 02:27 THIS IS TRUE AND YOU NEVER KNOW, THERE IS ALWAYS 02:29 SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS FRENCH OR SPANISH SOMEWHERE. 02:31 SO, BEV, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRIP THAT 02:34 YOU WENT ON AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT YOU 02:37 MET WITH AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TWO 02:39 ENCOUNTERED. 02:41 THAT'S REALLY THE SUBJECT OF MY WHOLE PRESENTATION 02:44 AND ALL OF MY PICTURES. 02:44 SUSANNA AND I HAD BEEN TRAVELING FOR 54 HOURS 02:49 WHEN WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION SILIGURI AND 02:53 THE PASTORS MET US AND THEY SAID, "WE WILL TAKE 02:56 YOU TO THE NAKSIBARI SCHOOL AND YOU CAN REFRESH 02:59 YOURSELF AND HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT AND WE 03:01 HAVE SIX GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WAITING TO HEAR 03:04 FROM YOU. 03:05 BOOM! 03:06 SO, SUSANNA THAT'S BOOTS ON THE GROUND, HUH? 03:07 YES, WE JUST GOT OUT OF THE PLANE GOT IN THE CAR 03:10 AND STARTED RUNNING. 03:12 OFF WE WENT. 03:13 OK, SO TELL US AGAIN BEV WHERE THIS IS? 03:15 THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF SIKIM, SOUTH OF THE 03:18 SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEPAL AND SILIGURI AREA AND 03:28 NAKSOBARI IS AN ADVENTIST BOARDING SCHOOL AND WE 03:31 HAD-BECAUSE THE NORTH BENGAL SECTION IS QUITE 03:36 SPREAD APART WE HAD SIX OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:41 WORKERS MEET IN THIS ONE AREA. 03:42 THEY WERE READY AND WAITING FOR US. 03:45 AWESOME! 03:46 SO, WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU SUSANNA TO MEET THESE 03:47 PEOPLE YOU'VE HEARD YOUR GRANDMA TALK ABOUT? 03:49 YES, WELL THEY WERE THE FIRST GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:51 WORKERS THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO MEET 03:54 AND THEY WERE ALL VERY DEDICATED WORKERS WHO WERE 03:58 INTENT ON LISTENING AND TRYING TO SPREAD THE 04:02 GOSPEL AND SPREAD WHAT THEY HEARD FROM GRANDMA TO 04:07 ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY REACHED. 04:09 ISN'T THAT NEAT? 04:10 IT'S THE RIPPLE EFFECT AS WE SHARE JESUS AND THEN IT 04:12 GOES ON TO THE NEXT PERSON. 04:13 NAKSOBARI SCHOOL WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL THERE 04:18 BECAUSE THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES WERE OUT ON 04:21 VACATION BUT SOME OF THE DORMITORY STUDENTS WERE 04:23 STILL THERE AND THEY KNEW THAT I CARRIED A BUNCH OF 04:27 TOYS IN MY BAG FOR KNOWING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND 04:30 SO THEY CAME IN AND WANTED TO SAY THE TEN 04:33 COMMANDMENTS BUT THEY GAVE THE ABBREVIATED STYLE. 04:36 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 04:37 IT MEANS THAT IT IS CUT UP INTO VERY SHORT PORTIONS, 04:40 OK, AND SO I SAID, "NO, YOU HAVE TO KNOW EXODUS 04:43 20:1-17." 04:46 I SAID, "YOU GO STUDY IT WHILE I HAVE MY MEETING 04:48 WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ANDCOME BACK AND 04:52 SEE IF YOU CAN SAY THEM." 04:54 AND I BET THEY DID. 04:56 THIS IS THE FIRST GIRL WHO GOT HER TOY. 04:59 WE PROBABLY HAD A DOZEN KIDS BUT IT WAS AFTER WE 05:02 FINISHED OUR TEACHING SESSION SO IT WAS GETTING 05:05 A LITTLE BIT DUSKY, DARK AT NIGHT AND THIS LITTLE 05:09 BOY AH, I WAS TOLD HIS FAMILY ARE HINDU AND YOU 05:14 KNOW, IT'S JUST A REAL BLESSING TO HEAR THEM SAY 05:16 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS KNOWING THAT THEIR FAMILY 05:18 IS NOT A CHRISTIAN. 05:20 SO, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. 05:21 SO, YOU ARE IN AN AREA IN A COUNTRY RATHER AND YOU 05:25 ARE SHARING JESUS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE MANY, 05:28 MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY GODS. 05:29 WHAT WAS THAT LIKE SUSANNA FOR YOU TO SEE THE TEMPLES 05:32 AND TO UNDERSTAND AND ACTUALLY SEE PEOPLE WHO 05:35 ARE OF A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT RELIGIOUSLY THAN 05:38 YOU ARE? 05:39 UM, I CERTAINLY FELT THAT THEY HAD A LOT OF HOPE 05:43 WHEN THEY HEARD THE MESSAGE BECAUSE WHEN WHAT 05:47 YOU SEE IS THEY GO TO THEIR GODS AND MANY TIMES 05:50 THEY CAN GO TO UP TO A DOZEN GODS AND NEVER GET 05:55 ANY HOPE OR ANY ANSWERS BUT WHEN THEY HEAR THIS 05:59 MESSAGE THEY FINALLY REALIZE THAT THERE IS A 06:01 HOPE AND THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD 06:04 TO. 06:04 THAT THERE IS A LIVING GOD. 06:05 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:06 AND AFTER WE FINISHED LISTENING TO THE TEN 06:09 COMMANDMENTS A DOZEN TIMES, WE HAD TO GET IN 06:11 THE TAXI AND TRAVEL FOR FOUR HOURS. 06:14 NOW, JUST IMAGINE OUR 54 HOURS AND THEN TEACHING 06:19 FOR 4-5 HOURS AND THEN GETTING IN A TAXI AND 06:22 TRAVELING FOR FOUR MORE HOURS. 06:24 AND SO, THE NEXT MORNING AT 8 O'CLOCK IT WAS BRIGHT 06:27 AND EARLY. 06:28 OH MY! 06:28 IN THE NORTH BENGAL SECTION. 06:30 WOW! 06:30 THAT WOULD BE BRIGHT. 06:32 AND WE WERE UP MEETING THE PEOPLE AND SUSANNA STARTED 06:35 WITH A SHORT WORSHIP. 06:36 OH WONDERFUL! 06:37 SUSANNA TELL US ABOUT THIS. 06:39 WELL, WE WERE MEETING WITH THE WORKERS SO THEY ALWAYS 06:42 LOVE TO INVOLVE YOUNG PEOPLE AND SO I WAS ASKED 06:46 IN MANY PLACES TO GIVE A FIVE-MINUTE WORSHIP TALK 06:50 AND SO I WOULD PRAY AND USUALLY I WOULD SHARE 06:56 SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP ENCOURAGE EVERYONE BECAUSE 06:59 WE WERE TIRED AND WE ALSO NEEDED THAT ENCOURAGEMENT. 07:04 SO, WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO BE OH LINGUISTICAL 07:08 PERSON, THAT'S A PHRASE, TO WORK WITH THE 07:11 TRANSLATOR? 07:12 WAS THAT KIND OF FUN FOR YOU? 07:13 YES, YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK, HOW TO CHOOSE 07:17 YOUR WORDS SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AND THEY 07:20 CAN CONVEY THE MESSAGE IN THEIR LANGUAGE. 07:25 AND THEN I HAD MY TEACHING SESSION FOR SEVERAL HOURS 07:28 AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO GET READY FOR PERSONAL 07:31 INTERVIEWS WITH EACH OF MY WORKERS. 07:33 AND SO, WE HAD THEM FILL OUT A LITTLE FORM AHEAD OF 07:36 TIME SO THAT I COULD HAVE A QUICK GLANCE AND KNOW 07:39 MORE PERSONALLY ABOUT THEM. 07:42 SO HERE THEY ARE MAKING OUT THEIR FORMS. 07:44 BUT SABBATH MORNING WAS THE HIGHLIGHT. 07:46 THE NEXT DAY, SABBATH MORNING, WE ARRIVED AT 07:50 BERTOLI CHURCH BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE 07:53 A BAPTISM AND NO ONE HAD ARRIVED YET BECAUSE THEY 07:57 SORT OF ALL ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE GUEST OF 07:59 HONOR TO ARRIVE AND SO THE PASTOR AND SUSANNA AND I 08:04 ARRIVE AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CHURCH 08:09 THERE IS THIS ORCHARD, A GROVE OF BEETLE NUT, 08:14 BEETLE NUT TREES AND BELOW THEM A BUNCH OF COWS AND A 08:30 CHICKEN IN THE MIDDLE THERE AS YOU CAN SEE. 08:31 YES. 08:32 AND NEXT DOOR IS A HOME OF ONE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS 08:33 AND THEN THE PEOPLE STARTED TO COME AND WE 08:34 KNEW BY THE NUMBER OF SANDALS OUTSIDE THE DOOR 08:36 THAT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HAD ARRIVED AND SO WE WENT 08:38 ON IT AND THESE PEOPLE WERE LEADING THE SONG 08:42 SERVICE. 08:43 AND IT LOOKS LIKE A LOVELY CHURCH. 08:44 WELL, IT IS A MARANATHA METAL CHURCH BUT THE 08:48 PEOPLE SIT ON THE FLOOR AND AS YOU CAN SEE, QUITE 08:52 A LARGE GROUP HAD GATHERED AND IT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD 08:55 26 CANDIDATES FOR BAPTISM. 09:00 FOR BAPTISM, AND I LOVE SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT 09:02 AGES. 09:03 OH YES. 09:04 AND THIS WAS THRILLING TO SEE THEM TOO. 09:06 NOW, THEY TOLD US THAT THE WALK TO THE RIVER IS QUITE 09:10 A WAYS-WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE? 09:12 AND SUSANNA WHAT DID YOU SAY? 09:13 "OH, I WAS FINE WALKING" AND I SAID "OH, I LOVE TO 09:19 WALK." 09:20 I DECLINED THE PASTOR DID TAKE THEM UP ON IT BUT YOU 09:23 CAN SEE THE JOURNEY WAS A LITTLE BIT LONG AND 09:28 EVERYBODY WENT TO THE RIVER. 09:30 EVERYONE WENT TO THE RIVER, YES. 09:31 WE ARE GETTING FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE RIVER NOW AND 09:34 THESE ARE THE WATERS OF THE RIVER. 09:36 BEAUTIFUL. 09:37 IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 09:39 MAKING A CHANGE AND MAKING A CHOICE IN YOUR LIFE TO 09:41 ACCEPT JESUS THE LIVING GOD. 09:43 THAT'S RIGHT AND HERE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 09:46 ARE LEADING THE SONGS BETWEEN EACH BAPTISM. 09:50 THESE WERE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO HAD 09:52 BROUGHT THE CANDIDATES FOR BAPTISM. 09:54 AND AGAIN, I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THIS BECAUSE 09:57 FOR US IN CHRISTIAN COUNTRY AND IN OUR WESTERN 10:01 SOCIETY AND ALL OF THAT THIS IS A HUGE CHANGE FOR 10:04 THESE PEOPLE. 10:05 WHEN THEY MAKE A CHOICE, THEY ARE NOT ONLY MAKING A 10:08 RELIGIOUS CHOICE THEY ARE MAKING A CULTURAL CHOICE, 10:11 THEY ARE MAKING A CHOICE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND ALL 10:13 OF THAT AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL. 10:15 YES, WE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT TO TARGET A 10:21 YOUNG PERSON IN A HINDU HOME BUT TO TARGET THE 10:24 ELDERLY. 10:25 THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE FAMILY FIRST BECAUSE THEN 10:29 THEY WILL GIVE THEIR APPROVAL TO THE REST OF 10:31 THE FAMILY AND THE CHANGE WILL HAPPEN FROM THE TOP 10:34 DOWN. 10:35 IT WILL START WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY AND WITH ONE 10:37 PERSON THAT WILL BE OSTRACIZED AND SENT AWAY. 10:39 YES. 10:40 ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE WATERS WE KNEW THIS WAS AN 10:43 ADVENTIST HOME BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSED UP. 10:45 EVERYONE WAS AT THE BAPTISM. 10:47 OH INTERESTING. 10:48 ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS THOUGH HAD A LITTLE PIGLET 10:50 THERE IN THE YARD AND WE KNEW THEY WERE NOT 10:52 ADVENTISTS. 10:55 THIS LITTLE GIRL WAS STANDING THERE LOOKING AND 10:58 THIS IS ALMOST THE FAVORITE TOY OR ONE OF THE 11:01 ONLY TOYS THAT YOU SEE KIDS WITH. 11:03 THE KIDS USE THE STICK AND THEY ROLL THE TIRE DOWN 11:06 THE ROAD. 11:07 BUT WHERE SHE WAS LOOKING WAS INSIDE THAT ADVENTIST 11:11 HOME BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING A FEAST. 11:14 OH WOW! 11:14 IS THAT COOKED RICE? 11:15 THAT IS COOKED RICE AND THIS WAS A CELEBRATION FOR 11:19 THE BAPTISM. 11:20 OH, HOW NEAT YES. 11:21 AND THIS IS WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING AT. 11:23 OH, SHE WAS LOOKING AND WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING 11:25 ON.YES. 11:26 HOW EXCITING. 11:26 YES. 11:28 AND THEN AFTER WE FINISHED EATING AND GOING OUTSIDE 11:29 THE KIDS GATHER AROUND ANY YOUNG PERSON LIKE SUSANNA. 11:30 YES, SUSANNA, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? 11:31 WELL, I MEAN THEY ARE ALL VERY BRIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE 11:33 AND IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE SO MANY YOUNG KIDS INSIDE 11:34 OF A CHURCH AND SO INTERESTED IN WHAT WAS 11:35 GOING ON AS WELL. 11:36 I KNOW THAT FEELING BECAUSE I TOO, HAD THE 11:50 OPPORTUNITY OF BEING A TIMOTHY TO A WOMAN BY THE 11:52 NAME OF PAULINE BARNETT WHEN I WAS A STUDENT 11:54 MISSIONARY I TRAVELED WITH HER AND TO HAVE PEOPLE 11:57 FLOCK AROUND YOU LIKE THAT I HAD NEVER HAD THAT 11:59 HAPPEN AND YOU ARE A FOREIGNER AND PEOPLE COME 12:02 AND THE KIDS ESPECIALLY IT IS A VERY SPECIAL TIME TO 12:05 BE ABLE TO MEET AND BOND WITH THE KIDS. 12:07 THIS WHAT WE WERE REALLY OFF TO. 12:09 WE WERE OFF TO SEE THE CANDIDATES RECEIVE THEIR 12:12 BIBLE AND WELCOME THEM INTO THE CHURCH WITH THEIR 12:15 GARLAND. 12:16 THIS IS THEIR TRADITION IS TO GIVE THEM A GARLAND AND 12:18 THEN THEY WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE HAVE A 12:21 BIBLE GIVEN TO THEM ALSO. 12:23 THESE ARE THE CANDIDATES AFTER THEY HAD RECEIVED 12:25 THEIR BIBLE AND GARLAND. 12:27 AND HOW -WHAT A SPECIAL DAY. 12:28 OH, AND THEN THERE ARE THE BOTH OF YOU SITTING WITH 12:31 EVERYBODY. 12:32 EVERYBODY IT'S TRADITION AT THE END OF ANY OCCASION 12:35 LIKE THIS TO HAVE A GROUP PICTURE. 12:37 YES, SURE. 12:38 AND SO, SUSANNA AND I ARE THERE WITH THE PASTORS AND 12:40 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE ON THE OUTSIDE 12:43 EDGES AND THE CANDIDATES THAT WERE BAPTIZED ARE IN 12:46 THE CENTER THERE. 12:47 WELL WHAT A BIG DAY AND HOW FANTASTIC THAT YOU 12:50 WERE BOTH THERE AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR 12:52 VIEWERS-IF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT HEARING WHAT HAS 12:55 HAPPENING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE THANK YOU FOR 12:57 YOUR SUPPORT. 12:58 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS; YOUR FINANCIAL 13:00 GIFTS AND WE THANK YOU FOR WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE TO 13:03 THE WORK FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AS THESE GOSPEL 13:06 OUTREACH WORKERS ARE SHARING JESUS AND AS YOU 13:08 CAN SEE, PEOPLE IN THIS AREA OF INDIA ARE MAKING 13:10 THE CHOICE FOR JESUS. 13:12 PLEASE GO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG FOR 13:15 MORE INFORMATION. 13:16 W E ALSO WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN CONTACT WITH YOU 13:18 VIA OUR NEWSLETTER AND WE CAN SEND THAT TO YOU. 13:21 IT IS FREE OF CHARGE AND THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF 13:22 EXCITING STORIES THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE AND PLEASE 13:25 DO "LIKE" OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. 13:27 GOSPEL OUTREACH ON FACEBOOK AND WE ARE ALSO 13:29 ON INSTAGRAM AND SO WE WANT TO STAY CONNECTED 13:32 WITH YOU THAT WAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 13:34 SO, BEV AND SUSANNA WE ARE ON AN EXCITING TRIP WITH 13:37 BOTH OF YOU-PAUL AND TIMOTHY HERE AND TAKE US 13:39 BACK TO WHERE WE WERE IN INDIA. 13:41 YES, RIGHT AFTER WE HAD THE GROUP PICTURE TAKEN 13:44 THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE CAME TO THE ONE PASTOR WHO 13:46 SPEAKS NEPALI AND THEY HAVE SLANTED EYES IN NEPAL 13:50 AND THEY SAID, "PLEASE CAN YOU SEND US SOMEBODY TO 13:54 TEACH US ABOUT THIS CHURCH. 13:55 WE ARE SO IMPRESSED WITH THE MEMBERS AND THE PEOPLE 13:57 THAT COME HERE AND IF WE JUST HAD SOMEBODY TO COME 14:00 AND TEACH US-THERE IS 26 IN OUR FAMILY AND WE'D BE 14:03 WILLING TO ACCEPT." 14:04 OH, HOW NEAT. 14:06 THEY WERE READY AND WAITING AND IT WAS 14:07 THRILLING TO SEE THIS AND THAT IS THE WORK OF THE 14:09 HOLY SPIRIT PREPARING THE WAY FOR YOU FOLKS AND 14:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 14:13 YES. 14:14 WE WERE OFF THE NEXT DAY ON THE TRAIN. 14:16 WE TRAVEL SECOND CLASS TRAIN BECAUSE: NUMBER 1 IT 14:19 IS CHEAPER THAN THE FIRST CLASS BUT NUMBER 2 IT IS 14:22 MORE FUN. 14:23 YES, SUSANNA TELL ME WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU? 14:25 OH, I MEAN IT IS ALWAYS MORE FUN BECAUSE THERE IS 14:30 A LOT OF NOISE AND BUSTLE AND YOU CAN SEE THE 14:34 VENDORS WALKING UP AND DOWN AND YOU CAN SEE 14:37 FAMILIES RIDING THE TRAIN TOGETHER, TALKING TO EACH 14:40 OTHER. 14:41 SOME PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO THE RADIO AND YOU GET A 14:43 LOT OF EXPOSURE TO JUST DAILY LIFE AND CULTURE. 14:47 YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE THERE IS A BUMP AND A LUMP 14:50 ON THE TOP BUNK AND THERE IS A MAN SLEEPING THERE 14:53 BUT HE WOKE UP AND HE WANTED TO COME DOWN AND HE 14:56 HAS HIS SHOES UP HIGH THERE SO HE HAD TO PUT HIS 14:59 SHOES ON. 15:00 HE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO WALK OFF ON SOMEBODY 15:02 ELSE'S FEET. 15:03 THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CHOICE. 15:04 YES. 15:05 AND ALSO, THOSE RUNGS COMING DOWN THAT LADDER 15:08 ARE NOT COMFORTABLE FOR BARE FEET. 15:11 I'VE TRIED IT. 15:12 YES. 15:13 BUT HE CAME DOWN AND HE SAT ACROSS -THERE ARE SIX 15:19 PEOPLE IN A CUBICLE AND THEY SAT ACROSS FROM US. 15:22 THE MAN IN THE CENTER IS A BAPTIST PREACHER. 15:24 OH INTERESTING. 15:25 AND THE MAN CAME DOWN THE STAIRS WITH THE OTHER MAN 15:28 THERE ARE LIKE MARANATHA WORKMEN GOING TO BUILD A 15:32 CHURCH FOR THE BAPTIST PEOPLE IN NORTH BENGAL. 15:35 SEE AND ISN'T THAT NEAT HOW GOD PUT YOU ALL ON THE 15:38 SAME TRAIN? 15:38 YES. 15:39 AND HIS DAUGHTER SAT RIGHT NEXT TO ME AND WE HAD A 15:42 WONDERFUL CONVERSATION WITH THESE PEOPLE AND I 15:45 WAS THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN 15:48 MEGALAN GOING OVER INTO NORTH BENGAL GOING TO 15:51 BUILD A CHURCH FOR THEIR PEOPLE. 15:53 AND THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO CAN SPEAK 15:55 ENGLISH. 15:56 YES, AND THEY WANT TO PRACTICE THEIR ENGLISH OR 15:58 AND I LOVE BEING ON TRAINS AND SEEING WHAT PEOPLE ARE 16:01 TRANSPORTING BACK AND FORTH. 16:02 THAT'S ALWAYS FASCINATING TO ME. 16:04 OH YES. 16:05 AND JUST A LITTLE VIEW OF THE SCENERY AS WE WERE 16:07 GOING ALONG. 16:08 SOME BUILDING PROJECTS. 16:09 WELL, THIS IS JUST BUILDINGS AND LAND NEAR 16:13 THE RAILROAD STATION AND IT IS A CUSTOM OF THE 16:17 PEOPLE TO JUST TOSS THEIR GARBAGE AND ONCE IN AWHILE 16:21 THEY COME ALONG AND BURN IT. 16:24 SO, SUSANNA WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU WITH CULTURE 16:26 SHOCK? 16:27 DID YOU EXPERIENCE THAT A LITTLE BIT? 16:30 UM, WELL IT IS A LITTLE SHOCKING WHEN YOU REALIZE 16:33 THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN DIRTY CONDITIONS AND YOU ARE NOT 16:38 AS USED TO THAT AND YOU WONDER WHY IT IS STILL 16:42 THAT WAY BUT UM, WHAT IS REALLY ENCOURAGING IS TO 16:45 SEE PEOPLE WORKING AGAINST IT AND ALSO THAT WITH OUR 16:50 NEWSTART AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WORKING 16:53 IN THE VILLAGES WITH ALL THE HEALTH PROGRAMS AND 16:57 THAT HELPS COMBAT IT A LITTLE. 16:58 YES. 17:00 ON THE TRAIN THERE WAS A BEGGAR LADY WITH HER 17:02 CHILDREN AND THIS IS HER DAUGHTER AND SHE HAD GOT 17:06 SOME FOOD AND I GAVE AN ORANGE TO THE SON AND SO 17:10 THE MOTHER DIDN'T HAVE TO GO AND SWEEP AND BEG AFTER 17:14 SWEEPING BY YOUR FEET. 17:16 THE VENDORS COMING BY ARE QUITE AMUSING AND TO SEE 17:20 ALL OF THE WARES THAT THEY HAVE AND I SAY FOR THIS 17:23 "OOPS" THEY HAD A COLLISION. 17:26 ONE VENDOR WAS GOING ONE DIRECTION AND ANOTHER ONE 17:28 THE OTHER WAY AND YOU KNOW THEY ARE YELLING OUT THEIR 17:33 WARES AND ONE OF THE MEN CLOSE TO US HE WAS LOOKING 17:35 AT THEIR TOBACCO-CHEWING TOBACCO AND A MAN CAME BY 17:41 WITH PARED PINEAPPLE. 17:44 IT LOOKED DELICIOUS BUT I DIDN'T DARE TAKE ANY. 17:47 AND THEN THE NUT SALESMAN CAME BY AND WE HAVE TAKEN 17:53 NUTS FROM THEM BEFORE. 17:55 LOOK AT ALL THE PEANUTS. 17:58 YES, PEANUTS AND COOKED DRIED GARBANZOS, ALMONDS, 18:02 AND THEN SOME CHIPPY, GREASIES. 18:05 YES, I CALL THAT ARE DIFFERENT KIND OF SNACKS 18:09 AND I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO TRY STUFF BUT THIS GUY WAS 18:11 REALLY QUITE AMAZING TO ME. 18:12 THERE WERE SIX OF THE MEN THAT WERE IN THE GROUP 18:17 WITH THE BAPTISTS AND THEY WANTED THE TEA AND HE 18:20 OPENED A PACKAGE OF INSTANT TEA AND DIVIDED IT 18:23 BETWEEN THE SIX CUPS AND THEN HE HAD A KETTLE FULL 18:27 OF HOT DILUTE SWEET MILK AND HE POURED THAT INTO 18:32 THE CUP AND THEN THIS WAS WHAT WAS DONE TO STIR IT. 18:36 OH, HE PUT IT BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CUP POURING 18:39 THE LIQUID BACK AND FORTH. 18:40 YES, AND ALSO IT WAS COOLING IT ENOUGH SO THAT 18:42 THEY COULD BE ALE TO DRINK. 18:43 I'D SAY THAT'S AN ART. 18:45 THAT'S ABOUT TWO FEET APART AND IN A MOVING 18:47 TRAIN-THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. 18:49 AND THEN OUTSIDE WE WERE LOOKING AT THE RICE 18:55 PADDIES. 18:56 HERE THEY HAD THE SEEDLINGS READY TO PLANT 18:58 AND OTHER FIELDS HAD BEEN JUST PLANTED AND THEY ARE 19:01 SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE IN ALL THE DIFFERENT STAGES IN 19:03 THE RICE. 19:04 WHAT WAS THAT LIKE SUSANNA FOR YOU TO SEE ALL OF 19:06 THAT? 19:07 WELL, YOU KNOW INDIA MAY BE A LITTLE DIRTY BUT IT 19:10 IS A VERY BRIGHT COUNTRY AND PEOPLE ARE BUSY ALL 19:12 THE TIME AND YOU CAN SEE THE STAGES OF ALL THE 19:13 CROPS GROWING; PEOPLE GOING BACK AND FORTH 19:15 TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND IT IS REALLY FUN BECAUSE 19:16 NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE. 19:17 ABSOLUTELY AND SPEAKING OF BRIGHT, YOU BOTH ARE 19:19 WEARING BEAUTIFUL- ARE THESE SARIS? 19:23 TELL WHAT THE NAME IS BEV. 19:27 THEY ARE PUNJABIS. 19:30 PUNJABIS AND YES, THE COLORS ARE BEAUTIFUL. 19:35 THIS IS THE GANGES RIVER SO IT IS THE FLOODING OF 19:38 THE GANGES RIVER THAT MAKES IT RIPE AND READY TO 19:41 PLANT THE RICE AND THEN AFTER WE CROSSED THE 19:45 GANGES RIVER WE WERE COMING SLOWLY INTO THE 19:47 TOWN WHERE WE WERE GOING TO GET OFF. 19:50 YOU JUST SORT OF SEE THE BACKYARDS AND THE PEOPLE 19:52 AND HERE IS OUR STATION AND WHEN YOU GET OFF THE 19:55 TRAIN THERE ONLY IN THE STATION FOR THREE MINUTES 20:00 AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR MARTA OUR PERSON AND YOU 20:03 KNOW YOU GET OFF AND IT'S A WHIRL AND A TWIRL AND 20:06 WHERE IS MARTA? 20:07 YOU KNOW MARTA SHOWS UP WITHIN ONE MINUTE. 20:10 LOOK AT HER BEAUTIFUL SMILE. 20:11 OH, AND SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON AND SHE HAD OUR 20:16 CHARGE FOR FOUR HOURS WE WAITED FOR THE LOCAL SLOW 20:20 TRAIN BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY WERE GOING. 20:23 HERE WE WERE SEEING THESE PEOPLE COMING AND BUYING 20:25 FOOD AND MORE THAN ONE PLACE AND I THOUGHT WHAT 20:29 IT IS THEY ARE SELLING? 20:30 AND I WENT UP CLOSE AND THESE ARE CHEESEBALLS. 20:34 IT'S THE NATURAL, I SAY NATURAL BUT IT'S THE 20:41 UNCURED CHEESE MIXED WITH FLOUR AND DEEP FRIED AND 20:45 THEN SOAKED IN SUGAR WATER SYRUP. 20:50 AND THEN WHAT'S THE RED? 20:51 THE SEAM? 20:52 COLORED. 20:52 OH INTERESTING. 20:53 YES. 20:54 YES, I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. 20:57 AND THEN THEY HAD SOME BOILED EGGS OR CHAPATTIS 21:00 OR CURRY. 21:01 SO, WHAT DID YOU THINK - I KNOW BEV, YOU'VE HAD A LOT 21:04 OF RICE AND CURRY AND DAL WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE 21:06 FOOD SUSANNA? 21:07 WELL, TRAVELING WITH GRANDMA HAS ITS BENEFITS 21:11 BECAUSE WHEN THE PASTORS FEED US THEY KNOW THAT 21:15 THEY NEED TO MAKE IT MILD BECAUSE IN INDIA THEY 21:19 REALLY ENJOY THEIR SPICES AND UM THEY CAN REALLY 21:24 GIVE YOU BURNING BUT I ENJOYED VERY MILD 21:28 DELICIOUS FOOD THE ENTIRE TIME AND ESPECIALLY WITH 21:31 MARTA -SHE REALLY TOOK CARE OF US AND FED US 21:34 REALLY HEALTHY FOOD AND WE REALLY ENJOYED IT. 21:38 THAT'S GREAT. 21:39 WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR US TO CHANGE PLATFORMS WE HAD 21:41 TO CARRY OUR SUITCASES UP THE STEEP STAIRS OVER TO 21:45 OUR PLATFORM AND WHEN THE TRAIN ARRIVED WE HAD TO GO 21:49 AND FIND A PLACE TO SIT BECAUSE THIS IS FIRST COME 21:51 FIRST SERVED SITUATION BUT WE WERE WITH PASTOR P.K. 21:55 AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET IN AND SAVE US A PLACE 21:58 IMMEDIATELY. 22:00 THIS IS JUST SORT OF LOOKING IN THE THIRD-CLASS 22:02 TRAIN. 22:03 IT IS NOT CROWDED IT IS THE SLOW TRAIN TO THE 22:08 VILLAGES AND THIS IS WHERE WE LANDED AND WE WERE SO 22:12 DELIGHTED TO BE AT BESUMPUR. 22:16 MY BED -IT WAS A LITTLE ON THE CRUDE SIDE BUT I JUST 22:21 HAD MY BLOWUP MATTRESS. 22:23 IT IS JUST 1 ½ INCHES THICK AND IT MAKES MY 22:27 SLEEPING COMFORTABLE EVERY NIGHT. 22:30 BUT THIS IS MARTA SPREAD. 22:31 AND TELL US ABOUT THAT SUSANNA. 22:34 WELL, IT IS REALLY SPECIAL BECAUSE THEY TREATED US TO 22:36 ESPECIALLY HERE YOU CAN SEE THERE IS FRESH BANANAS 22:39 AND NUTS AND RAISINS AND UM FRESH TOMATOES AND 22:44 CUCUMBER. 22:45 EXCEPT OH, THIS LEAVES QUITE AN IMPRESSION IT IS 22:50 BITTER GOURD. 22:52 BITTER GOURD. 22:53 THEY SAY IT IS VERY HEALTHY BUT IT IS VERY, 22:57 VERY BITTER. 22:58 HENCE THE NAME. 22:59 YES. 23:00 I DECIDED THAT SUSANNA HAD TO TASTE INDIAN FOOD AND 23:03 SO I GAVE HER ONE CIRCLE TO EAT AND I ATE ONE 23:07 CIRCLE TOO JUST TO BE POLITE. 23:09 BE POLITE. 23:10 BUT SHE AGREED WITH ME IT WAS NOT FIT FOR FOOD TO 23:14 EAT. 23:15 YOU DON'T QUITE HAVE THOSE TASTE BUDS YET. 23:17 MARTA HAD A SPREAD THAT WASN'T JUST THIS BITTER 23:20 GOURD FOR US. 23:21 SO HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE IN 23:23 THIS VILLAGE? 23:24 IN THIS AREA THERE ARE TWENTY. 23:25 TWENTY AND SERVICING HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE? 23:29 OH, I DON'T KNOW THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS, BUT A 23:32 LOT, JUST SHIFT BY ME BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY. 23:36 YES. 23:37 WE ARE OUT IN THE COUNTRY BUT THERE IS PEOPLE 23:38 EVERYWHERE BUT AT THAT SCHOOL WE SAW THE STUDENTS 23:42 PLANTING TRANSPLANTING THOSE PLANTS IN THE 23:44 FOREGROUND AND THE STUDENTS KEEP THAT GARDEN 23:47 UP AND THIS IS FOOD FOR THE DORMITORY STUDENTS. 23:51 AND HOW MANY STUDENTS ABOUT? 23:52 ABOUT 150. 23:53 WONDERFUL. 23:54 AND WHEN I'M GETTING READY TO TALK WITH THE GOSPEL 24:00 OUTREACH WORKERS I GO THROUGH THE RECORDS WITH 24:02 MARTA. 24:03 SHE IS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR-WELL SHE IS THE 24:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH SPOKESPERSON. 24:08 AND SHE SPEAKS ENGLISH, YES BEAUTIFULLY. 24:10 OK. 24:11 AND SO, WE GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE HAVE OUR 24:12 CLASSES AND AFTER THAT WE DID OUR PERSONAL 24:15 INTERVIEWS. 24:16 I WAS AT ONE END OF THE BUILDING AND SUSANNA WAS 24:19 AT THE OTHER END OF THE BUILDING WITH MARTA AND 24:21 SO. 24:23 SO, THIS IS JUST A CHANCE FOR YOU TO GET TO KNOW THE 24:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS PERSONALLY. 24:26 PERSONALLY, THAT'S GREAT. 24:27 AND KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING PERSONALLY YES. 24:29 AND THEN BEFORE WE LEFT I GAVE MARTA A BUNCH OF 24:34 DONATED FELTS AND THEY LOVE THEM FOR CHILDRENS 24:39 MINISTRIES AND MARTA IS ALSO IN CHARGE OF 24:41 CHILDRENS' MINISTRIES FOR THIS AREA. 24:43 THIS DEAR WOMAN HAS A LOT ON HER PLATE BESIDES 24:46 BITTER GOURD. 24:48 SHE ALSO HAS WOMEN'S MINISTRIES AND SO SHE 24:54 TEACHES WITH THESE FELTS TO THE WOMEN. 24:56 SO, I WANT ALL OF US TO LOOK AT THIS DEAR WOMAN 24:58 MARTA AND WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR US TO BE LIFTING 25:01 PEOPLE UP TO THE LORD, LET'S LIFT UP THIS DEAR 25:04 WOMAN AS SHE HAS SO MANY THINGS THAT SHE IS TRYING 25:06 TO DO. 25:07 YES. 25:08 OH, AND SHE DOES A GOOD JOB OF WHATEVER SHE PUTS 25:10 HER HAND TO DO. 25:11 AND THEN BEFORE I LEAVE I USUALLY REVIEW WHAT I HAVE 25:15 FOUND AND WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AND WHAT I 25:18 THINK IS EXCELLENT THAT THEY ARE DOING AND THIS 25:22 WOMAN IS INNOVATIVE IN HER SUPERVISION. 25:26 SHE SAYS THAT EVERY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER MUST PHONE 25:31 HER BETWEEN TWELVE AND TWO EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR 25:36 A ONE MINUTE CONVERSATION TO KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE 25:38 ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE WEEK AND WHAT THEYARE 25:40 PLANS ARE FOR NEXT WEEK. 25:41 SO, KIND A WRAP UP OF THE WEEK AND ALL OF THAT. 25:43 YES. 25:44 NOW, HAVING SEEN THESE PICTURES, BEV SO HELP 25:46 CORRECT ME IF I'M SPEAKING OUT OF LINE HERE BUT I 25:48 KNOW YOU KEEP IN CONTACT WITH A LOT OF YOUR GOSPEL 25:51 OUTREACH WORKERS ON EMAIL. 25:53 ANY OF THESE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA DO THEY HAVE ANY 25:55 COMPUTERS AND DO YOU COMMUNICATE WITH MARTA ON 25:57 EMAIL? 25:58 DOES SHE HAVE A COMPUTER? 25:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS I DO NOT BUT MARTA AND I 26:02 HAVE TALKED ON THE PHONE, OK. 26:04 TWO OR THREE TIMES. 26:05 SO, SHE IS YOUR KEY PERSON. 26:06 SINCE I CAME BACK, YES. 26:07 AND THEN SHE TALKS WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. 26:09 YES. 26:10 OK.YES SHE IS A WONDERFUL SUPERVISOR FOR THEM. 26:13 YES. 26:14 YES. 26:19 AND THESE FOUR MEN WERE VERY SPECIAL. 26:21 THE ONE I SEE IN NUMBER THREE POSITION WITH HIS 26:24 EYES WIDE OPEN HE IS OUR NUMBER ONE GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:27 WORKER BUT HE HAS ONLY BEEN ON TRIAL AND THESE 26:30 FOUR MEN HAVE BEEN ON TRIAL AND THEY'VE TURNED 26:33 OUT WONDERFULLY AND SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR GOSPEL 26:38 OUTREACH WORKERS - FOUR OF THEM FOR THIS REGION SO WE 26:40 CAN GET MORE WORK DONE FOR GOD. 26:42 SURE, WELL BLESS THEIR HEARTS AND LET'S KEEP 26:44 THOSE MEN 'S FACES IN OUR MEMORY. 26:46 WELL, SUSANNA AND BEV THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 26:49 BEING HERE AND SUSANNA IT WAS QUITE THE TRIP WASN'T 26:51 IT? 26:53 YES, CERTAINLY. 26:55 FOR THE LORD SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER FOR 26:58 A LONG TIME. 26:59 WELL BLESSINGS TO YOU BOTH, PAUL AND TIMOTHY AND 27:03 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND THANK YOU FOR 27:10 JOINING US HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 27:12 MORE PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR AND THANK YOU FOR BEING 27:19 INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:27 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY? 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