Participants: Julie Sanders Keymer (Host), Beverly Thompson & Suzannah Thompson
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000709A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:17 OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW 00:19 ABOUT INDIA? 00:20 HAVE YOU HAD A CALL ABOUT YOUR DELL COMPUTER WITH 00:23 SOMEONE IN INDIA OR IF YOUR CHANGE YOUR DELTA 00:25 FLIGHT AND TALKED WITH SOMEONE IN INDIA? 00:27 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT INDIA IN A 00:29 DIFFERENT CONTEXT BECAUSE INDIA IS ONE OF THE 00:31 LARGEST COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THAT'S 00:34 THE AREA OF CONCENTRATION HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:37 FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR WHICH 00:40 GOES FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA, 00:43 PAKISTAN, CHINA, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA AND ENDS IN THE 00:47 PHILIPINES AND IN JAPAN. 00:50 SO, HERE WE ARE TALKING TODAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO 00:52 WELCOME BEV THOMPSON. 00:53 HI BEV. 00:54 THANK YOU, IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE JULIE. 00:55 AND YOUR GRANDAUGHTER SUSANNA THOMPSON, WELCOME 00:58 SUSANNA. 00:59 THANK YOU. 01:00 SO, IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE AND YOU BOTH 01:03 HAVE TRAVELED TOGETHER AND I HAVE BEEN USING THE 01:06 ANALOGY OF PAUL AND TIMOTHY BEING ABLE TO 01:08 TRAVEL TOGETHER. 01:09 SUSANNA, HOW HAS IT BEEN FOR YOU TO BE ON A JOURNEY 01:12 WITH YOUR GRANDMA? 01:14 WELL, LIKE TIMOTHY I RECEIVED A LOT OF 01:17 INSTRUCTION AND I HOPE THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO USE 01:21 IT NOW THAT I'M HOME. 01:23 AND WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU BEV, TO HAVE GONE 01:25 ON THIS AS YOU CHECK IN WITH YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:27 WORKERS AND TO HAVE YOUR GRANDAUGHTER TRAVEL WITH 01:29 YOU. 01:30 IT'S BEEN A BLESSING TO ME ALSO BECAUSE SUSANNA WAS 01:34 ABLE TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS THAT I WAS 01:36 GIVING TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS REGARDING 01:38 MEMORIZING SCRIPTURE AND SHE WOULD GIVE HER WORSHIP 01:42 TALK AND MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE AND TELL WHAT IT 01:46 MEANT TO HER AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS 01:48 TEACHING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 01:50 FANTASTIC! 01:51 I JUST THINK WHAT NEAT MEMORIES YOU BOTH HAVE 01:53 FROM THIS EXPERIENCE AS YOU CHECKED IN. 01:55 SO, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR 01:57 AREA OF YOUR REGION BEV, AND WHY DON'T YOU SHOW THE 02:01 VIEWERS WHERE THIS IS. 02:03 IN INDIA JUST BELOW THE CENTRAL PART OF NEPAL 02:06 THERE IS THE POOREST STATE OF INDIA - BIHAR. 02:10 AND THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE GIVING YOUR REPORT HERE 02:12 TODAY. 02:13 YES. 02:14 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE IN 02:15 THAT AREA? 02:16 EIGHTEEN. 02:16 EIGHTEEN AND NEED MORE? 02:19 YES, YES, YES. 02:21 THEY ARE LONGING TO HAVE ANOTHER TEN. 02:23 YES. 02:24 SO, THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE WHO IS TUNING IN HERE BEV 02:27 AND SUSANNA WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT A GOSPEL 02:30 OUTREACH WORKER DOES. 02:31 BEV CAN YOU GIVE KIND OF A LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF THEIR 02:34 JOB. 02:35 YES, THEIR OUTREACH IS TO OUTREACH TO PEOPLE WHO 02:38 HAVE NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO BE 02:41 ABLE TO TELL OTHER PEOPLE WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR THEM 02:45 AND THEN MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE AND BE ABLE TO 02:47 PRESENT THOSE SAME STORIES WITH AS MUCH ENTHUSIASM 02:52 AND JOY AS THEY DO THEIR OWN STORIES. 02:56 FANTASTIC! 02:57 SO, I KNOW THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOU CAMERA AND 03:00 SUSANNA I'M SURE YOU HAD YOURS TOO, SO WHY DON'T 03:03 YOU SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT OF A REPORT HERE FROM 03:06 BIHAR. 03:07 ARRIVING IN THE TRAIN STATION JUST BEFORE DAWN 03:11 THIS IS SASIGAM AND WE HAD A RICKSHAW ORDERED AND THE 03:18 PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE MET US AND TOOK 03:22 US AND SAID NOW THIS IS ABOUT A HALF HOUR RIDE IN 03:24 AN AUTO RICKSHAW AND IT'S ALL OPEN, IT'S COLD IN THE 03:28 EARLY MORNING BUT AS WE GO ALONG IT LOOKS LIKE 03:33 BIHAR-THE POOREST STATE AND IT IS THE DIRTIEST 03:37 STATE ALSO. 03:38 THE PEOPLE ARE OUT LEADING THEIR CALVES TO A PLACE TO 03:44 GET THEIR FOOD AND WE CAME TO THE RAILROAD CROSSING 03:49 AND WERE STOPPED BECAUSE THE TRAIN WAS COMING. 03:52 WE HAD ABOUT A TEN-MINUTE STOP THERE AND SO I TOOK 03:54 SOME PICTURES AND ANOTHER RICKSHAW CAME UP NEXT TO 03:57 US AND THEN THE MOTORCYCLES DECIDED THAT 04:00 THEY DIDN'T NEED TO WAIT SO THEY DUCKED UNDER, 04:04 PASSENGER AND THE DRIVER, DUCKED UNDER THE BARRICADE 04:08 AND ON THEY WENT, OFF THEY WENT AND THESE ARE GOING 04:10 THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION SO THE MOTORCYCLES HAD A GOOD 04:14 TIME GOING ANYWAY. 04:15 I'M LOOKING AT THE ROAD KNOWING FROM EXPERIENCE 04:17 HAVING BEEN IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD HOW WAS THE 04:20 RIDE SUSANNA? 04:21 WELL, IT IS REALLY FUN. 04:23 IT IS A ROLLERCOASTER. 04:24 YOU WEAVE BACK AND FORTH AND YOU GO UP AND DOWN IN 04:27 POTHOLES SO THEY ARE REALLY TALENTED DRIVERS 04:30 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LOSE ANYONE OR ANYTHING. 04:34 BUT A RIDE YOU WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, RIGHT? 04:37 IT KEEPS THE BUMPS ARE ETCHED IN YOUR MEMORY. 04:41 YES, EXACTLY, EXACTLY. 04:43 WHEN I STARTED TO GO TO BIHAR I NEVER SAW A 04:47 TRACTOR BUT HERE A TRACTOR IS CARRYING BUILDING 04:50 SUPPLIES. 04:51 SO, THAT'S A GOOD THING SO THEY HAVE SOME ECONOMIC 04:55 CHANGES. 04:56 OH YES, THEY ARE COMING UP IN THE WORLD YES. 04:57 WE STILL PASSED A BRICK MAKING HUSBAND AND WIFE, I 05:00 THINK, ARE HERE MAKING THE MOLDS AND THEN THE ANIMALS 05:04 ARE CARRYING THE DRIED BRICKS TO THE KILN. 05:08 HERE YOU CAN SEE ONE REALLY LOADED POOR DONKEY 05:11 WITH THE OTHERS COMING BACK TO GET MORE. 05:13 AND YOU KNOW WE SEE THESE THINGS AND I THAT'S WHY I 05:17 LOVE TO TRAVEL IS BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THINGS AND GO 05:19 AM I REALLY SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING? 05:21 BUT TO LEARN TO APPRECIATE HOW OTHER PEOPLES LIVES 05:24 ARE. 05:25 NOW THIS PICTURE IS RATHER UNIQUE BECAUSE WE USUALLY 05:28 DON'T GET TO SEE THIS BUT JUST BEFORE SUNRISE OR 05:31 JUST AT SUNRISE EVERYONE GOES FOR THEIR MORNING 05:34 TOILET AND THE LADIES COME DOWN THE ROAD AND GO TO 05:38 ONE SIDE AND THE MEN GO TO THE OTHER SIDE AND THEY 05:42 DON'T USE THE LATRINES. 05:43 WOW. 05:44 THE STRAW- THE RICE STRAW IS OUT FOR THE ANIMALS. 05:50 IT HAS BEEN THE END OF THE RAINY SEASON AND SO ITS 05:54 QUITE DAMP. 05:55 COMING THROUGH THIS VILLAGE I THINK THESE WERE 05:59 POTHOLES. 06:01 YES, SUSANNA BACK TO YOUR ANALOGY OF THE 06:03 ROLLERCOASTER THAT'S KIND OF WHERE YOU BRACE 06:06 YOURSELF. 06:07 THOSE ARE PROBABLY FOUR INCHES TO FIVE INCH THE 06:11 STONES IN THE ROADWAY AND THEN THE PATHWAY BETWEEN. 06:14 SO, THIS IS YOUR JOURNEY TO GO TO MEET THE GOSPEL 06:17 OUTREACH WORKERS, FROM THE TRAIN STATION, SO, ABOUT 06:19 HOW MANY MILES-KILOMETERS IS THIS? 06:21 I DON'T KNOW BUT IT WAS THIRTY MINUTES. 06:23 THIRTY MINUTE RIDE, OK AND SUSANNA WAS THIS YOUR 06:25 FIRST TRIP TO INDIA? 06:26 NO, IT WAS THE SECOND TIME I'D BEEN. 06:29 OK SO WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE THERE? 06:31 I WAS LAST IN 2007 SO A TEN -YEAR DIFFERENCE. 06:35 OK, SO HAVE YOU SEEN SOME CHANGES IN INDIA SINCE YOU 06:37 WERE THERE? 06:38 YES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I WAS IN BIHAR SO 06:42 BIHAR LOOKS LIKE THE REST OF INDIA TEN YEARS AGO. 06:46 THE REST OF INDIA HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY IMPROVING AND 06:50 THERE IS LESS SMOG AND USUALLY THERE IS A LITTLE 06:53 LESS GARBAGE AND THEY'VE BEEN CLEANING TRAIN 06:56 STATIONS BUT IN BIHAR YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS ABOUT 07:00 THE SAME AS IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO. 07:02 YES, IT IS INTERESTING TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL BACK AND 07:05 SEE DIFFERENT PLACES. 07:06 OK BEV, SO WHERE IS THIS? 07:08 THESE PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF COWS AND AS WE WERE GOING 07:12 THROUGH THIS VILLAGE I SAW THIS LADY PICKING UP THE 07:14 DUNG FROM THE COWS AND THEY PUT THEM IN BASKETS 07:18 AND CARRY THEM OUT TO A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE ABLE 07:20 TO WORK AND MAKE THEIR BUFFALO CHIPS. 07:24 SO, THEY MIX STRAW AND A LITTLE BIT OF DIRT. 07:26 THE STRAW HELPS IT TO BURN BETTER AND THE LITTLE BIT 07:30 OF MUD OR EARTH THAT IS MIXED WITH IT HOLDS THE 07:34 HEAT. 07:34 SO, IT MAKES GOOD FUEL. 07:36 SO, THAT'S WHAT THEY USE WHEN THEY ARE USING THEIR 07:38 COOKING. 07:39 YES, THAT'S WHAT THEY COOK WITH BECAUSE THEY DON'T 07:42 HAVE ENOUGH WOOD AROUND AND YOU SEE THE BUFFALO 07:45 CHIPS DRYING THERE. 07:48 YES, AND WHEN WE SEE THIS SHE IS NOT WEARING ANY 07:50 GLOVES. 07:51 NO. 07:51 THEY ARE JUST DOING THAT. 07:53 AND THIS IS A LITTLE GROCERY STORE IN THAT 07:55 LITTLE VILLAGE. 07:56 THE MAN IS SITTING THERE AND HE HAS RICE AND DAL 08:01 AND GHEE OR OIL AND SWEETS AND BISCUITS AND THAT'S 08:07 ABOUT IT. 08:08 YES, SO THE KIDS SUSANNA, DID THE KIDS COME UP TO 08:11 YOU? 08:12 DID THEY WANT TO TOUCH YOU? 08:13 OH, KIDS JUST LOVE TO COME AND FOLLOW US AROUND AND 08:17 TOUCH US AND SHOW US THINGS. 08:19 THEY ALWAYS SMILED VERY BRIGHTLY ESPECIALLY WHEN 08:22 THEY SAW A CAMERA. 08:23 HERE YOU CAN SEE THE OPEN SEWER AND WE WERE QUITE 08:27 TROUBLED BY THIS BECAUSE THIS BARNYARD AND PEOPLE 08:33 LIVING TOGETHER AND WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO OUR 08:37 VILLAGE, OUR SCHOOL WHERE WE WERE GOING AND HERE WE 08:39 ARE AT PATCHESWA AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 08:43 ARE MEETING US AND THIS IS THE SCHOOL RIGHT NEXT TO 08:47 THE CHURCH AND EVERYONE WAS STAYING IN THE SCHOOL. 08:51 WE HAD A COOK HIRED FOR THE 25 PEOPLE THAT WERE 08:55 THERE AND HE MADE HIS OWN STOVE AND BROUGHT THE 08:59 COOKING POTS, OH THERE IS HIS OWN STOVE WITH THE 09:02 BRICKS. 09:03 YES, UH HUH AND THE FOOD THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE 09:06 COOKING YOU SEE THERE IS QUITE A PILE OF HABANERO 09:09 PEPPERS THERE. 09:10 YES, SO THAT WAS RATHER WARM. 09:12 A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS SWEEPING THE PORCH IN 09:14 FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM THAT SUSANNA AND I WERE 09:19 GOING TO STAY IN AND HERE THEY ARE CARRYING OUR BED 09:24 IN. 09:25 IT IS JUST A WOOD PLANK ON SHORT STILTS. 09:29 THEY SET IT UP FOR US. 09:31 SO, IS THAT A MOSQUITO NET? 09:32 THAT IS A MOSQUITO NET AND THEY DO A CRISSCROSS WITH 09:34 BAMBOO AND THE ONE HORIZONTAL AT EACH END AND 09:39 IT HOLDS. 09:40 SO, SUSANNA AND I SLEPT TOGETHER IN THAT BED. 09:43 WOW. 09:46 LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW OF OUR BEDROOM THERE WE SEE 09:49 THE VILLAGE NEXT TO US WITH THE COWS OUT THERE. 09:52 SO, IS THIS-THIS IS A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND THE 09:55 KIDS THEN PAY -THEIR PARENTS PAY TO SEND THEIR 09:58 CHILDREN THERE. 09:58 YES. 09:59 CAN THEY AFFORD THAT? 10:00 UM, THIS IS WHAT IS VERY DIFFICULT. 10:04 THEY PAY APPROXIMATELY $5 A MONTH TO GO TO THIS 10:06 SCHOOL. 10:08 WOW! 10:09 THAT SEEMS LIKE FOR US JUST LOOKING AT THESE 10:09 PICTURES THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A LARGE AMOUNT. 10:12 IT IS A HIGH PRICE, YES. 10:14 NOW THE TWO BIGGEST BOYS HERE SAW THAT THE 18-20 10:18 INCH STEP FROM THE GRASS UP TO THE PORCH WAS A 10:23 LITTLE BIT MUCH AND SO THEY WENT AND GOT BRICKS 10:26 AND MADE A STEP FOR ME. 10:27 DID THEY? 10:28 SUSANNA, WHAT LITTLE GENTLEMEN. 10:30 THEY WERE. 10:31 AS SOON AS WE GOT THERE THEY SAW GRANDMA STEP UP 10:35 ONCE AND THEY WERE RIGHT BUILDING A STEP. 10:38 ISN'T THAT SWEET? 10:39 THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT GRANDMA. 10:41 NO, THAT IS SAYING THAT THEY SAW SOMETHING THAT 10:44 COULD BE CHANGED AND WERE BEING VERY GIVING. 10:46 THEY WERE WONDERFUL. 10:47 NOW THIS IS THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR THEM TO GO TO 10:49 SCHOOL. 10:50 NOW IT ENDS WITH 345 RUPEES A MONTH. 10:53 SO THAT US WHAT THAT IS IN U.S. 10:55 DOLLARS. 10:56 APPROXIMATELY $5. 10:58 WOW! 10:59 SO, IF THESE KIDS DON'T GO TO THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL 11:02 IS THERE A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL CLOSE BY? 11:04 NOT CLOSE BY THIS VILLAGE BUT THE GOVERNMENT LIKES 11:07 TO BOAST THAT THEY HAVE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE REACH 11:10 OF EVERY VILLAGE BUT IN THIS AREA IT IS VERY POOR 11:13 AND THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE THEM THAT CLOSE. 11:17 PROBABLY THREE VILLAGES AWAY. 11:20 SO, WHAT? 11:21 HALF AN HOUR WALK? 11:23 PROBABLY TWENTY-THIRTY MINUTES AWAY. 11:25 WOW! 11:26 AND ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS GO TO THAT SCHOOL? 11:28 AH, THIS SCHOOL HAS ABOUT 100. 11:30 100, WOW OK SO, THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE 11:33 COMMITMENT AND IS IT IN HINDI OR IS IT IN ENGLISH? 11:36 THEY LIKE TO CALL IT ENGLISH MEDIUM BUT USUALLY 11:39 THERE IS ONLY ONE OR TWO TEACHERS THAT SPEAK ENOUGH 11:41 ENGLISH TO BE ABLE TO TEACH IT AT THE BEGINNERS 11:43 LEVEL. 11:43 OK. 11:44 AND AGAIN, THEY WANTED TO FEED US ROYALLY AND THEY 11:49 KNEW THAT I LIKED BOILED POTATOES SO THEY HAD SMALL 11:52 RED POTATOES IN THEIR SKINS, PLAIN BOILED AND 11:57 THEY GAVE US A QUARTER OF A CABBAGE THAT HAD BEEN 11:59 BOILED IN ABOUT A QUART OF WATER FOR ABOUT A HALF 12:02 HOUR AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING A FAVOR AND IT 12:06 WAS -I WAS HONORED TO GET THAT. 12:08 SEE THEY WERE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING SO, SUSANNA HOW 12:11 WAS THE FOOD FOR YOU? 12:12 WELL, EVEN IF YOU ARE TOOTHLESS YOU CAN EAT THE 12:16 CABBAGE THEY SERVED US AND UM, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY 12:21 WENT OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE WHEN WE GOT THERE 12:23 THEY HAD SPENT THREE MONTHS WITHOUT GETTING 12:26 PAY. 12:27 SO, ALL THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS POOLED 12:29 THEIR MONEY TOGETHER AND GOT THE FOOD FOR 12:33 THEMSELVES BUT ALSO FOR TREATING US. 12:36 YOU CAN SEE HERE THEY GOT BANANAS, FRESH FRUIT AND 12:40 NUTS AND RAISINS WHICH ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE. 12:43 THEY DON'T EAT THOSE ON A DAILY BASIS AT ALL. 12:45 AND SO, WE FELT THEIR GENEROSITY AND THEY 12:46 ESPECIALLY ENJOY SEEING US BECAUSE THEY LIKE SEEING 12:48 THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DONORS AND THEIR WORK. 12:49 YES, AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. 12:50 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT 12:52 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:53 WE THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT 12:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK MAYBE YOU ARE WATCHING FOR THE 12:55 FIRST TIME -WE SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR 12:56 BEING A PART OF THIS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN 12:58 MORE YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 13:01 INFORMATION ABOUT YOU CAN EVEN ADOPT A GOSPEL 13:06 OUTREACH WORKER. 13:07 SO, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS AREA OF BIHAR, YES, 13:10 AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS THERE AS WE CAN SEE 13:13 FROM THE PHOTOS. 13:16 OH YES, WHEN I WAS WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:26 WORKERS WE, OF COURSE, DID OUR FIRST TEACHING WITH 13:35 THEM AND WE DID THIS IN THE CHURCH AND HERE THEY 13:39 ARE TELLING THEIR WITNESS STORY TO EACH OTHER SO 13:42 THEY CAN BE IN PRACTICE AND BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND 13:44 PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN YOU NOT WHAT YOUR BOOK 13:47 SAYS AT FIRST BUT THEN IF YOU CAN TELL YOUR WITNESS 13:50 STORIES AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER STORY FOR YOU FROM 13:54 GOD'S WORD AND THEN THEY PRACTICE MEMORIZING AND 13:57 THEN TELLING EACH OTHER MEMORIZED STORIES FROM THE 13:59 BIBLE. 14:02 THIS IS THE PROCESS OF STARTING SIMPLY FOR THE 14:05 PEOPLE WHO ARE AUDIOLEARNERS. 14:07 AND AGAIN I -WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS PHOTO, I MEAN 14:10 LOOK AT THESE GENTLEMEN WHO ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:12 WORKERS -SO EACH ONE OF THESE AS A CHRISTIAN WHO 14:14 HAS LEFT THE HINDU FAITH OR WHATEVER THEIR 14:17 PARTICULAR BELIEF IS -MOST OF THEM HAVE. 14:19 YES, AND HERE THEY ARE AND EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE 14:22 REPRESENT SOMEBODY OR SOMEHOW OR HOW THE HOLY 14:25 SPIRIT HAS WORKED ON THEIR LIFE AND NOW THEY ARE 14:27 WANTING THEN TO SHARE THAT AND SO LET'S NOT TAKE THAT 14:31 YOU KNOW, UNDER-WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE LOOKING 14:34 AT THIS EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE HERE. 14:36 YOU AND I HAVE A WITNESS STORY WHETHER WE WERE 14:39 RAISED IN THE FAITH OR NOT. 14:40 YES. 14:41 THERE IS A PERIOD IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE GAVE OUR 14:42 HEART TO GOD AND WE REALIZED HIS WORKING IN 14:45 OUR LIVES. 14:46 AND THAT SHOULD BE EVERY DAY. 14:47 YES. 14:48 AND THIS-YES, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS 10/40 14:50 WINDOW, YES, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS BIG 14:52 EXPANSE OF THE GLOBE BUT SUSANNA YOU ARE JUST 14:54 GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND YOUR, YOU 14:57 KNOW, IN YOUR SPECTRUM OF WHAT YOU DO YOU KNOW 14:59 SHARING JESUS AND YOU KNOW -WE ALL DO THAT'S WHAT WE 15:03 ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. 15:04 AND WHEN WE FINISH OUR TEACHING SESSION WE HAD A 15:06 WORD OF PRAYER. 15:06 WE CIRCLED THE ROOM. 15:08 BEAUTIFUL. 15:09 AND HAD SEVERAL PRAYERS AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL THEN 15:13 THE TYPICAL AT THE END OF THE MEETING YOU TAKE A 15:14 GROUP PICTURE OF ALL OF THE WORKERS THAT WERE 15:16 THERE AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP AND SUSANNA AND 15:17 I BUT THE VILLAGE RIGHT NEXT TO US THEY HAD HAD A 15:18 DEATH IN THE FAMILY THAT DAY-A THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD 15:20 LADY HAD DIED OF HEPATITIS. 15:20 OH DEAR! 15:22 SO, WE FOLLOWED THE LEADER THROUGH THE MUSTARD FIELDS 15:23 AND WENT INTO THE VILLAGE FROM THE BACK AND WENT TO 15:24 THE HOME OF THE DECEASED. 15:25 THE MOTHER OF THE WOMAN WHO DIED IS IN BLUE THERE 15:26 AND AS WE WERE IN THERE PEOPLE CROWDED IN AND KEPT 15:27 CROWDING IN AND WE HAD PRAYER WITH THEM AND THEY 15:30 ASKED FOR A PICTURE OF FAMILY AND THIS WAS THE 15:31 MOTHER, FATHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THE 15:33 DECEASED. 15:33 ON A GRIEF-STRICKEN DAY. 15:34 AFTER WE FINISHED THIS THE PEOPLE GOT UP AND SAID, 15:35 "WE WANT YOU TO COME TO OUR HOUSE". 15:37 WE WENT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE AND WHEN YOU WENT 15:38 OUT YOU COULD SEE WHY SOMEBODY COULD GET 15:39 HEPATITIS. 15:40 LOOK AT THE OPEN SEWERS THERE. 15:41 YES. 15:41 THEY ARE BLACK. 15:42 WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU SUSANNA? 15:43 WELL, YOU KNOW TREAD CAREFULLY. 15:44 UH HUH. 15:45 BUT -YES KIND OF OVERWHELMING. 15:45 OVERWHELMING. 15:46 THIS WAS THE FIRST HOUSE THAT WE WENT TO. 15:47 THIS YOUNG MAN IS SMILING. 15:48 HE HAS CEREBRAL PALSY AND DOES NOT HAVE GOOD CONTROL 15:49 OF ALL THE MUSCLES IN HIS BODY. 15:51 BLESS HIS HEART. 15:52 BUT THE CHILDREN LOVE HIM ANYWAY. 15:54 IT WAS JUST THRILLING TO SEE THE KIDS ALL AROUND 15:56 HIM AND HIS MOTHER IN THE ORANGE DRESS AND JUST 16:03 LOOKING AT THE KIDS, LOOKING AT THIS DEAR YOUNG 16:09 MAN WHO WAS STRICKEN. 16:12 THIS IS THE VILLAGE WHERE IT IS VERY TYPICAL FOR A 16:19 COW, AND WE JUST SORT OF SAY BIHAR THE MASCOT IS A 17:09 COW OR BUFFALO. 17:11 THEY ARE REVERED IN THIS SOCIETY. 17:14 YOU CAN SEE THE BUFFALO CHIPS IN THE BACKGROUND 17:17 THERE. 17:18 AND BEING IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT I KNOW THE 17:20 FEELING THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN PUT INTO WORDS 17:23 BECAUSE BOTH OF YOU ARE STRUGGLING HERE TO EVEN 17:26 KNOW WHAT TO SAY AND THAT'S WHERE YOU JUST HAVE 17:28 TO PRAY LORD COME NEAR TO THESE DEAR PEOPLE. 17:29 YES. 17:30 INSIDE THE HOME USUALLY YOU MEET A COW OR BUFFALO 17:34 JUST INSIDE AND ACROSS FROM IT MIGHT BE THE 17:37 BUFFALO CHIPS AND IT MAYBE THEIR GROUND UP FEED FOR 17:42 THE CATTLE. 17:43 AH, THIS IS THE KITCHEN AND YOU CAN SEE THE ONE 17:47 BURNER STOVE AND ON THE LEFT, IS THE WHAT DO WE 17:51 CALL IT THE CRUSHER FOR THE HABANERO PEPPERS AND 17:54 BUFFALO CHIPS TO THE RIGHT. 17:57 THIS IS WHAT REALLY TOUCHED ME. 18:01 WE RAN INTO PEOPLE WHO WERE POSSESSED OF THE 18:03 DEVIL AND WE HAD THEM SIT ON A CHAIR AND PRAY FOR 18:08 THEM AND YOU CAN SEE SOMEONE HAS THEIR HAND ON 18:12 THE LADY'S HEAD AND EVERY HOME WE WENT INTO WE 18:13 PRAYED WITH THEM AND HERE WAS ANOTHER LADY IN 18:14 ANOTHER HOME WHO WAS POSSESSED OF THE DEVIL. 18:16 JUST LIKE WHAT IT TALKS ABOUT IN THE BIBLE. 18:17 OH YES, YES. 18:18 THEN THE CHILDREN FOLLOW FROM PLACE TO PLACE. 18:19 THERE IS PRAYER EVERYWHERE AND EVERYONE WANTS US TO 18:20 COME IN TO HAVE PRAYER FOR THEIR HOME AND WE SAW MORE 18:22 THAN ONE OF THESE HOUSES THAT WAS PARTLY FINISHED 18:36 AND WE LEARNED THAT MANY TIMES FAMILIES WILL 18:44 SUPPORT ONE CHILD IN SCHOOL UNTIL THEY GRADUATE 18:49 -THEY SEND THEIR SMARTEST CHILD TO SCHOOL AND THEY 18:52 STOP CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR HOME EVERYBODY COMES TO A 18:56 STANDSTILL BECAUSE THEY WANT THAT PERSON TO BE 18:58 SUCCESSFUL. 18:59 SO, HOW DOES THIS-HOW DO THINGS WORK? 19:01 DOES THE CHILD THEN GO ON TO HIGH SCHOOL FOR 19:05 EXAMPLE, AND LEAVE AND GO TO A DIFFERENT VILLAGE, 19:08 BEV? 19:09 YES, THEY GO TO ANOTHER VILLAGE AND IF YOU SEE THE 19:12 MAN THAT IS BALD IN THE BLUE SHIRT HE HAS BEEN TO 19:18 OUR ADVENTIST SPICER MEMORIAL COLLEGE FOR 19:21 THEOLOGY BUT WHEN HE GOT OUT OF SCHOOL THERE WAS 19:24 NO-THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TITHE MONEY TO PAY A 19:26 SALARY AND SO THEY HAVE ALL THE SALARIES ALREADY 19:29 USED UP SO WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO? 19:31 HIS FAMILY HAVE SACRIFICED TO SEND HIM TO SCHOOL. 19:34 THIS IS HIS FAMILY. 19:35 HIS MOTHER AND HIS SISTERS AND HIS AUNTIES BUT THEY 19:41 DON'T HAVE MONEY, YES AND THEN WHAT, AND SO HE IS 19:44 WORKING ANYWAY AND HE MAY BE ABLE TO GET GOSPEL 19:49 OUTREACH TO SUPPORT HIM. 19:51 GOOD. 19:52 SO THAT HE CAN GET STARTED IN THE MINISTRY THAT HE 19:54 LOVES. 19:55 GOOD. 19:56 WHAT'S THIS PHOTO? 19:56 THIS IS A GRAIN STORAGE. 19:59 YOU TELL THEM. 20:00 WELL HERE THEY KEEP THEIR GRAIN STORAGE AND YOU CAN 20:05 SEE AT THE BOTTOM THEY PUNCH OUT LITTLE HOLES AND 20:08 TAKE OUT ENOUGH FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS OR TWO MONTHS 20:11 AND THEN THEY PATCH UP THE HOLE AND THAT WAY CAN KEEP 20:14 THEIR GRAIN SAFE AND ONLY USE A CERTAIN AMOUNT. 20:17 SAFE FROM THE MICE AND RATS. 20:19 AND THEY HAVE A CROSS THERE, YES THIS IS THE 20:21 CHRISTIAN, I THINK OUR PASTOR'S HOME THERE IN THE 20:25 VILLAGE AND IS THAT LIKE A CLAY? 20:28 YES, IT IS A CLAY. 20:28 CLAY, OK. 20:29 SUSANNA WHAT IS THIS? 20:32 THIS IS THEIR LUXURY MODEL STOVE. 20:35 YOU CAN SEE IT HAS THREE BURNERS AND THEY HAVE 20:38 THEIR CHIP BALLS TO BURN THERE IN THE STOVE FOR THE 20:44 FUEL. 20:45 THERE THEY WERE GETTING READY FOR SUPPER BECAUSE 20:46 WE HAD BEEN VISITING PEOPLE SINCE WE HAD 20:48 FINISHED OUR MEETINGS AND THAT WAS FROM THREE IN THE 20:49 AFTERNOON AND WE WERE GETTING -IT WAS CLOSE TO 20:50 EVENING NOW AND THEY WERE STARTING TO PREPARE THEIR 20:52 SUPPER WHICH WAS DAL AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS 21:04 A LOT OF PEPPERS AND GARLIC AND ONION READY TO 21:09 GO IN. 21:10 OH, SMELLS GOOD AND HERE'S THE INFAMOUS COW AGAIN. 21:12 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:13 ON TO ANOTHER HOME AND PRAYER RIGHT WITH THE 21:17 LADIES IN THE AREA. 21:19 SO, HOW ARE THEY? 21:20 HOW ARE THE HINDUS SO WHEN YOU COME UP FOR EXAMPLE 21:23 AND YOU WANTED TO HAVE PRAYER WITH THE FAMILY, 21:25 WITH THE WOMAN WHO HAD PASSED AWAY WERE THEY 21:26 RECEPTIVE OF THAT? 21:28 WE WANT TO HAVE PRAYER WITH THEM THAT IS A 21:31 MISNOMER. 21:31 THEY WANT US TO HAVE PRAYER WITH THEM. 21:34 OK. 21:35 AND SO, THEY ARE THE ONE THAT'S REQUESTING THAT. 21:36 YES, AND THEY KNOW THAT THE CHRISTIAN GOD ANSWERS 21:42 PRAYER. 21:43 WELL THAT'S TRUE. 21:45 THIS HOME EVEN HAD A WATER FAUCET IN THEIR HOME. 21:49 THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE VILLAGE BUT THIS 21:51 HOME WAS VERY, VERY SPECIAL TO US. 21:55 MY HEART ACHED BECAUSE THIS LADY IS POSSESSED BY 21:59 THE DEVIL. 22:00 THEY HAD HER SIT DOWN ON A CHAIR. 22:03 SHE BURIED HER HEAD IN HER KNEES AND THEN FELL ON THE 22:06 FLOOR AND WRITHED BACK AND FORTH AND YELLING AND 22:10 SCREAMING AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THE 22:14 PASTOR THAT WAS WITH US THEY ALL TRIED TO RESTRAIN 22:17 HER, TO KEEP HER SAFE BUT SHE WAS CALLING OUT AND 22:21 MAKING AN AWFUL SCENE. 22:24 THIS LASTED A LONG TIME. 22:26 WE WERE THERE IN HER HOUSE FOR 45 MINUTES WITH ALL 22:29 THE PASTORS PRAYING AND OF COURSE, WE WERE PRAYING 22:32 TOO. 22:32 AND SO, WHAT HAPPENED? 22:34 WELL, WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY LAID HANDS ON HER 22:37 HEAD AND SHE WOULD PUSH THEM AWAY AND THEN THEY 22:41 PUT A BIBLE OVER HER AND SAID, "SAY JESUS JUST SAY 22:45 THE NAME JESUS" AND FINALLY SHE DID SAY THE 22:49 NAME JESUS AND SHE SAT UP AND THE PASTOR REMINDED 22:54 THEM WHEN THE DEVIL LEAVES HE LEAVES A VOID. 22:57 WE NEED TO FILL IT WITH JESUS CHRIST AND THIS WAS 23:00 A VERY TUMULTUOUS EXPERIENCE FOR ME. 23:04 WOW, I WOULD SAY SO. 23:07 SUSANNA WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU? 23:10 WELL, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T REALIZE WHEN YOU ARE 23:13 LIVING YOUR DAILY LIFE HOW SERIOUS YOUR CHOICES CAN 23:16 BE AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOMENTS WHEN I REALIZED 23:21 THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS MOMENTS IN MY 23:24 LIFE. 23:26 NOT ONLY THAT, WE FOUND OUT WHAT SHE WAS YELLING 23:29 AFTER IT WAS OVERWITH. 23:30 THE PASTOR TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS YELLING "WHY ARE 23:33 YOU DISTURBING ME? 23:34 I'VE BEEN IN THIS PLACE FOR A LONG TIME. 23:37 GET AWAY FROM ME. 23:38 LET ME STAY WITH HER." 23:40 IT WAS THE DEVIL SPEAKING THROUGH HER. 23:42 SO, WAS THERE PEACE THOUGH? 23:44 TELL US WHAT HAPPENED. 23:45 WELL, AT THE END THERE WAS A PEACE AND WHEN WE GOT 23:48 BACK TO THE CHURCH WE HAD A SPECIAL PRAYER MEETING. 23:55 I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I SHOW YOU THOSE PICTURES BUT 23:56 HERE IS THE PASTOR. 23:57 THIS YOUNG MAN WHO HAS GRADUATED FROM SPICER, 24:01 YES, HAS NO JOB-HE IS HELPING AND HE IS WANTING 24:04 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO TO EVERY HOME IN THIS VILLAGE 24:07 AND HAVE PRAYER WITH EVERYONE IN THIS VILLAGE 24:09 AND SO WE WERE GOING FROM HOME TO HOME SEEING THEIR 24:12 COOKING SUPPLIES, SEEING THEIR FOOD SUPPLIES AND 24:16 THIS DEAR LADY HAD CATARACTS-SHE COULD HARDLY 24:19 SEE IN ONE EYE AND THE OTHER ONE WAS COMPLETELY 24:21 OPAQUE. 24:22 JUST-IT WAS REALLY, REALLY SAD AND AS THE SUN WAS 24:29 GOING DOWN WE SAID WE HAVE TO GO AND WE WERE WAVING 24:32 GOODBYE TO THE CHILDREN AND WE TOOK OFF BUT THAT 24:34 NIGHT WE HAD A PRAYER MEETING AND AS WE WERE 24:38 HAVING THE PRAYER MEETING THAT LADY WHO WAS FILLED 24:41 WITH THE EVIL SPIRIT CAME. 24:43 REALLY? 24:44 AND THE PASTOR STARTED-HAD INVITED HER TO SIT ON THE 24:45 CHAIR IN THE FRONT AND SHE WASN'T THERE BUT A SHORT 24:46 TIME WHEN SHE FELL TO THE GROUND AND STARTED TO 24:47 WRITHE AGAIN, OH DEAR, AND SHE DIDN'T YELL OUT SO 24:49 MUCH BUT SHE WAS JUST WRITHING AROUND ON THE 24:50 GROUND AND THE PASTOR KEPT TALKING AND THEN THEY SAID 24:58 IT IS TIME TO GET THE EVIL SPIRIT OUT OF HER. 25:16 AND SO, THEY HAD SPECIAL PRAYER AGAIN FOR HER AND 25:19 THEN SHE SAT UP AND WE KNEW THE SPIRIT WAS GONE. 25:23 THE PASTOR AGAIN SAID TO THE WORKERS THERE PLEASE 25:29 MAKE SURE TO SEE HER TWICE A DAY AND FILL HER WITH 25:33 THE LOVE OF JESUS AND CLAIM THE NAME OF JESUS. 25:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:38 AND IT WAS A REAL BLESSING. 25:40 WOW! 25:41 TO US TO SEE THE POWER OF GOD OVER THE DEVIL. 25:45 WELL ABSOLUTELY, AND YOU DO WE READ IT IN THE 25:48 BIBLE, WE HEAR ABOUT THESE THINGS AND TO SEE IT LIKE 25:52 THAT SUSANNA, I BET WHEN YOU LEFT THAT PLACE IT WAS 25:55 A VERY MOVING DAY FOR YOU. 25:57 YES, I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED -I MEAN SOMETIMES YOU GET 26:00 A FEELING OF DOUBT-YOU WONDER OH, IS THIS PRAYER 26:05 BEING HEARD? 26:06 AND THEN YOU SEE YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU DON'T FEEL IT 26:11 BUT IF YOU CONTINUE PRAYING, IF YOU CONTINUE 26:14 TRYING TO FILL YOUR LIFE WITH GOD IT'S GOING TO 26:21 MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 26:23 THE FAITH AND THE BELIEVING AND INTERESTING 26:25 THAT YOU WENT THROUGH A MUSTARD FIELD ON THE WAY 26:27 THERE. 26:28 YES, BECAUSE WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THE FAITH OF A 26:30 MUSTARD SEED. 26:31 SO. 26:32 YES, YES. 26:33 WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT TO US AND SUSANNA 26:35 THANK YOU FOR JOINING YOUR GRANDMA ON SUCH A NEAT 26:38 TRIP AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT BACK OF THE 26:40 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND TO HAVE AN IDEA AND TO 26:43 SEE THESE PHOTOS AGAIN, IT IS ONE THING FOR US TO 26:45 TALK ABOUT BUT TO SEE THE PHOTOS TO SEE THE VIDEOS, 26:48 TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING LIKE ON A DAY TO 26:49 DAY BASIS HELPS US TO BE APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT WE 26:52 HAVE AND THEN ALSO GIVE RIGHT? 26:54 AND WE ALSO SEE THE NEED FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:57 WORKERS. 26:58 THEYARE ASKING FOR TEN, REMEMBER. 26:59 YES, TEN AND ESPECIALLY FOR THAT ONE MAN WHO COULD 27:02 BE EMPLOYED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:04 SO, BLESSINGS TO YOU AND THANKYOU FOR BEING A PART 27:06 OF THIS MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND PLEASE 27:08 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 27:12 INFORMATION. 27:13 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:58 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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