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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000759A
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00:01 ONE MISSION. 00:03 THE GREAT COMMISSION: TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND 00:12 CHILD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS. 00:21 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:33 HELLO, I'M LONNIE MELASHENKO YOUR HOST FOR 00:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE 00:38 PARTICULAR COSTUME AND THE NATIVE DRESS FROM THIS 00:41 PART OF INDIA, YOU WILL BE ABSOLUTELY AMAZED FROM THE 00:45 TIPPY TOES OF THOSE VERY SPECIAL SHOES RIGHT TO THE 00:48 TOP AND THE HAT. 00:49 WE ARE TALKING TO JOHN DUROE FROM TRIPURA, INDIA. 00:53 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE THIS IS ON THIS 00:57 PLANET AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE AND WHOSE 00:59 INVOLVED IN GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:01 OK, WELL TRIPURA IS JUST A VERY SMALL STATE. 01:05 ACTUALLY, THE THIRD SMALLEST STATE IN INDIA 01:10 AND IT'S SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY BANGLADESH. 01:13 SO, IT IS RIGHT ABOVE BANGLADESH. 01:16 SO, I TAKE CARE OF BANGLADESH AND ALSO 01:19 TRIPURA. 01:20 NOW, TRIPURA USED TO BE A KINGDOM ALL OF ITS OWN AND 01:25 WHEN THE LAST KING DIED ROUND ABOUT THE TIME WHEN 01:29 I WAS BORN, AH THE QUEEN GAVE IT TO INDIA AS 01:34 ANOTHER INDIAN STATE. 01:35 IS IT AN INDEPENDENT STATE NOW OR IS IT STILL UNDER 01:38 THE CROWN? 01:39 NO, IT IS ONE OF THE - ITS NOT UNDER THE BRITISH 01:43 CROWN ANYMORE IT IS UNDER INDIA, YES. 01:47 SO, WHAT KINDS OF LANGUAGES AND CULTURES AND 01:49 PEOPLES ARE THERE AND EDUCATION? 01:51 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE THERE? 01:53 I KNOW YOU'VE GOT LOTS OF VIDEOS TO SHARE TODAY SO- 01:55 ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY IT IS A VERY BANGLADESHY CULTURE 02:00 BECAUSE LOTS OF BANGLADESH PEOPLE JUST SEEP OVER THE 02:03 BORDER INTO TRIPURA AND THEY LIVE THERE. 02:06 THAT'S A LITTLE UPSETTING FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN 02:10 TRIPURA AND SO THERE ARE CLASHES BETWEEN THE NEW 02:15 REFUGEES COMING OVER THE BORDER. 02:17 SO, THEY STILL HAVE AN IDENTITY AND HAVE PRIDE OF 02:19 THEIR OWN CULTURE AND BACKGROUND. 02:21 OH YES. 02:22 THEY CERTAINLY DO. 02:23 AND WHAT KIND OF RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND WOULD THAT 02:24 INCLUDE? 02:25 WELL, AH THERE ARE QUITE A LOT OF HINDUS THAT ARE 02:29 THERE FROM, FROM BANGLADESH BUT ALSO 02:34 MUSLIMS AS WELL. 02:37 NOT VERY MANY CHRISTIANS. 02:40 NOW WHAT DOES THAT POSE BY WAY OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE 02:43 YOU THINK OF SOME OF THE MILITANT RELIGIOUS 02:48 FACTIONS IN SOME OF THESE GREAT RELIGIONS-DOES THAT 02:51 POSE A PROBLEM WITH EVEN VIOLENCE? 02:53 AH, THERE WAS QUITE A LOT OF VIOLENCE ON THE BORDER 03:00 THERE IN TRIPURA BUT NOW, NOW THINGS HAVE QUIETED 03:04 DOWN AND THINGS ARE MOVING MUCH SMOOTHER NOW. 03:08 DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING HERE TO SHOW US TO GET US INTO 03:11 THE PICTURE OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE AND GIVE YOUR 03:14 REPORT. 03:14 YES, I DO. 03:15 GO AHEAD. 03:16 BECAUSE MUSIC PLAYS A VERY BIG PART ESPECIALLY IN THE 03:20 HINDU CULTURE AND THEY LIKE TO TELL STORIES. 03:24 THEY TELL THOSE STORIES THROUGH MUSIC AND 03:27 SOMETIMES A TROOP WILL COME IN FOR LIKE THREE OR 03:30 FOUR DAYS AND THEY WILL SING DAY AND NIGHT TELLING 03:35 THESE STORIES. 03:36 SO, LET'S LISTEN TO ONE OF THESE NOW. 03:38 ON MY YEARLY TRAVELS IN TRIPURA, NORTHEAST INDIA, 03:46 I USUALLY COME ACROSS A HARI CURTIN FESTIVAL. 03:49 IT IS A HINDU MUSICAL PROGRAM LASTING ABOUT 03:53 THREE DAYS. 03:54 SINGING TROOPS WILL PERFORM MUSIC NONSTOP DAY 03:58 AND NIGHT. 03:59 THEY ARE RECITING TO MUSIC A RELIGIOUS STORY OR 04:04 GIVING DEVOTION TO A CERTAIN GOD. 04:07 THIS YEAR, I ARRIVED IN AMBASSA BY TRAIN AND THE 04:12 FESTIVAL WAS IN FULL SWING. 04:15 BUT WE WERE OFF TO HEAR THE STORY OF GOSPEL 04:18 OUTREACH VOLUNTEER LAL IN THE VILLAGE OF MAINAMA. 04:22 NOW, I DON'T HAVE MUSIC FOR THIS STORY BUT IT IS 04:28 THE KIND OF STORY THAT MAKES GOD SING. 04:32 MAINAMA IS SURROUNDED BY A RUBBER PLANTATION. 04:37 TRIPURA IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING RUBBER 04:40 EXPORTERS. 04:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER LAL HAS BEEN COMING TO 04:44 MAINAMA VISITING AND STUDYING WITH THE 04:47 VILLAGERS. 04:48 SOME HAVE ALREADY BEEN BAPTIZED AND NOW QUITE A 04:52 GROUP WILL MEET FOR HIS VISIT ON SABBATH. 04:56 THEY WANTED TO GIVE ME A GIFT AND PRESENTED ME WITH 04:59 A COUPLE OF SCARVES THAT THEY HAD WOVEN. 05:02 TODAY, WAS TO BE ANOTHER BAPTISM AND OUR AREA 05:05 SUPERVISOR EXAMINED THE CANDIDATES AND THEN WE 05:09 WERE OFF TO A NEARBY POND. 05:12 YOUR SUPPORT MAKES SCENES LIKE THIS POSSIBLE. 05:15 WE APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT YOU HELP OUR GOSPEL 05:19 OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS IN TRIPURA. 05:22 BACK IN THE VILLAGE, I WATCHED THE GROUP LEADER'S 05:25 WIFE COLLECTING HER GOATS TOGETHER FOR THE NIGHT. 05:28 HER HUSBAND WORKS WITH THE RUBBER PRODUCTION BUT THEY 05:32 HAD SOME THING TO TELL ME. 05:33 THEY HAD DONATED A PRIME PIECE OF LAND ON WHICH TO 05:39 BUILD A CHURCH. 05:41 NOW, MY CHURCH BACK IN GREENVILLE, TENNESSEE HAVE 05:45 ALREADY PAID FOR THEIR CHURCH AND THEY HAD PUT 05:48 SOME MONEY IN MY POCKET SO THAT WE COULD PAY FOR THE 05:53 FRAMING OF A CHURCH JUST LIKE THIS. 05:56 THE LOCAL CONFERENCE WOULD PAY FOR A TIN ROOF LIKE 06:00 THIS. 06:01 AND THE GROUP IN MAINAMA WOULD HANDLE THE WALLS. 06:05 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF GOD'S WORLDWIDE 06:11 CHURCH. 06:12 IN THE END WHAT A STORY IT IS GOING TO BE. 06:17 WHEN I GO BACK TO AMBASSA, THE HARI CURTIN FESTIVAL 06:20 WAS STILL GOING STRONG AND I HAD VISIONS OF IT 06:24 PLAYING FULL BLAST THROUGH THE SPEAKERS ALL THROUGH 06:28 THE NIGHT. 06:29 I WAS TO SLEEP IN THE ONLY HOTEL IN TOWN. 06:33 SO, IMAGINE MY RELIEF WHEN THE LOUD SPEAKERS WERE 06:37 TURNED OFF AT 10 PM. 06:40 BUT THEY WERE BACK ON AGAIN BY 4 O'CLOCK. 06:44 JOHN, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING AND SO 06:47 COLORFUL. 06:48 YES. 06:49 AND THE CULTURE THERE IS LENDING ITSELF TO THE 06:51 ORIGINAL BACKGROUND OF TRIPURA. 06:53 YES, BUT IT WAS A RELIEF AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT 06:57 WHEN THE MUSIC STOPPED. 06:59 SO, THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN WATCHING THE CLOCK. 07:03 IT STARTED AGAIN ABOUT 4 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 07:05 WOW! 07:07 WELL, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AS THESE FIRST 07:10 INDIVIDUALS MADE THEIR STEP TO ACTUALLY STEP OUT 07:13 OF THEIR BACKGROUND, THEIR CULTURE AND BECOME SEVENTH 07:15 DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS? 07:17 WAS THAT KIND OF RISKY AND DO THEY FACE ANY KIND OF 07:20 SHUNNING OR? 07:22 YES, WELL NOT SO MUCH IN THAT VILLAGE THERE BECAUSE 07:27 MOST OF THE VILLAGE BECAME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 07:31 IS THAT RIGHT? 07:32 YES, SO, SO THAT WAS VERY GOOD. 07:35 THAT WAS VERY GOOD. 07:37 SO, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IN A VILLAGE WHERE MOST OF 07:40 THEM BECOME ADVENTISTS CERTAIN PLACES ARE CLOSED 07:43 DOWN ON SABBATH AND THEY JUST DON'T BUY AND SELL 07:46 LIKE THEY NORMALLY WOULD? 07:47 OH, ACTUALLY THERE WEREN'T MANY SHOPS OUT THERE. 07:49 I DON'T THINK WERE ANY SHOPS IN THAT VILLAGE. 07:51 MAYBE ONE. 07:53 MAYBE ONE STORE WHERE YOU COULD BUY A FEW BITS AND 07:56 BUMPS AND A FEW THINGS. 07:58 SORRY, THAT WAS AN ENGLISH EXPRESSION -BITS AND 08:00 BUMPS. 08:01 IN TERMS OF THE COMPARISON OF THAT VILLAGE AND OTHER 08:05 VILLAGES IN THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE 08:07 COUNTRY, WHAT KIND OF INFLUENCE DOES THIS HAVE? 08:10 THE WORD MUST GET AROUND. 08:11 PEOPLE MUST TALK AND COME TO SAY, "WHO ARE THESE 08:13 PEOPLE? 08:14 WHAT'S HAPPENING?" 08:15 YES, AND THAT'S HOW THE WORD SPREADS. 08:18 NOW IN THE SECOND FILMTHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU, AH, 08:23 IT BEGINS WITH THE ELEPHANT HAVING HIS 08:26 BREAKFAST. 08:27 THEY STILL USE ELEPHANTS IN THEIR WORK IN INDIA SO 08:30 LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE SECOND VIDEO. 08:33 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO KANCHANRUN VILLAGE IN 08:37 TRIPURA, NORTHEAST INDIA BUT EVERYONE WANTED TO SEE 08:41 THE ELEPHANT HAVING HIS BREAKFAST. 08:45 ELEPHANTS IN INDIA WORK FOR THEIR KEEP AND I COULD 08:49 SEE THAT THIS ONE WAS BEING TAKEN CARE OF RATHER 08:52 NICELY. 08:54 THE ROAD TO KANCHANRUN VILLAGE WAS QUITE 08:57 PLEASANT. 08:58 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER ARGENT HAD BEEN HAVING 09:02 SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. 09:04 THERE ARE GOING TO BE TROUBLES THAT WILL COME TO 09:07 EVERY CHRISTIAN. 09:08 IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO SUCH A YOUNG AND 09:12 ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE. 09:14 SOMETIMES, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS WILL 09:18 WORK TOGETHER IN EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH. 09:21 SO, BIJOY HAD COME TO COME TO KANCHANRUN TO HELP 09:24 ARGENT. 09:26 I WAS PLEASED TO SEE BIJOY WITH HIS NEW WIFE AND BABY 09:29 BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS SINGLE AND HIS GROUP 09:33 LEADER ASKED HIM TO COME TO THE NEXT VILLAGE TO 09:37 MEET SOME INTERESTED PEOPLE. 09:39 WHILE ALL THE TIME HE WANTED TO INTRODUCE HIM TO 09:43 A FUTURE WIFE. 09:44 WELL, THE PLAN WORKED. 09:46 BIJOY IS STILL A GOOD VISITOR. 09:50 TOGETHER WITH ARGENT THEY HAD PREPARED SIXTEEN TO BE 09:54 BAPTIZED TODAY. 09:55 WE LISTENED TO THE CANDIDATES BEING EXAMINED 09:59 THEN WE WERE OFF TO THE NEARBY POOL. 10:02 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WALK AND AN IDEAL SPOT FOR THE 10:05 BAPTISM. 10:07 A NEARBY PASTOR HAD BEEN ASKED TO DO THE BAPTIZING. 10:10 WHAT A SIGHT! 10:11 THIS IS WHY WE ARE SUPPORTERS OF GOSPEL 10:14 OUTREACH IN TRIPURA. 10:16 WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. 10:20 LATER, I SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE NEW MEMBERS, BAPINDRA. 10:25 IT WASN'T EASY FOR HIM TO MAKE A DECISION FOR 10:28 BAPTISM TODAY. 10:29 IT IS NICE TO KNOW THAT YOU'VE MADE THAT DECISION 10:36 TODAY AND PRAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS YOU. 10:54 PLEASE PRAY FOR BAPINDRA AND ALL THE OTHER NEW 11:04 MEMBERS IN KANJANRUN VILLAGE. 11:08 ONE OF THE VILLAGE FARMERS HAS DONATED LAND FOR A NEW 11:12 CHURCH. 11:13 THE OLD PLACE WAS JUST TOO SMALL. 11:15 I PASSED ON SOME MONEY FROM THE CHURCH MEMBERS IN 11:19 MY HOME CHURCH IN TENNESSEE TO HELP THEM GET 11:22 STARTED AND WE ALSO BOUGHT THEM A NEW DRUM. 11:25 THEY SHARED THEIR SPECIAL LUNCHWITH ME. 11:28 NOTHING LIKE A BANANA LEAF DISPOSABLE PLATE. 11:32 ONE MORE MEETING TOGETHER AND WE WERE SHAKING HANDS 11:35 TO SAY GOODBYE. 11:37 BIJOY HAD COME TO HELP ARGENT-A LITTLE MONEY FROM 11:41 TENNESSEE WAS VERY HELPFUL BUT WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS 11:47 FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IN THIS SMALL INDIAN 11:51 STATE OF TRIPURA. 11:55 SO, GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS, PRAYER 11:58 WARRIORS, FINANCIAL DONORS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE 12:02 BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH THE 12:04 LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORKERS. 12:06 HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE IN THAT PARTICULAR FIELD? 12:08 AH, WE HAVE TWENTY. 12:09 TWENTY. 12:10 YES. 12:10 NOW AM IMPRESSED WITH SOMETHING. 12:13 I LOOK AT YOU AND YOU LOOK AT ME AND WE BOTH HAVE A 12:15 SPECIAL COLOR ON OUR BEARD OR ON OUR HEAD. 12:19 I DON'T SEE TOO MANY OLD PEOPLE IN THAT SOCIETY. 12:22 NO, NO, AND THE CHURCH IS VERY YOUNG. 12:24 YES. 12:26 IS THE CULTURE ALL THAT YOUNG AND HOW DO THE OLDER 12:28 FOLKS RELATE TO THIS NEW RELIGION OF CHRISTIANITY 12:31 COMING INTO THEIR COMMUNITY? 12:33 YES, WELL THEY ARE HAPPY THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 12:38 CHOOSING A GOOD WAY OF LIFE. 12:40 IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIFE. 12:42 THEY SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR HABITS AND THEIR 12:44 HEALTH, YES, AND PREVIOUSLY WERE THEY 12:47 SMOKERS? 12:48 AND DRINKERS? 12:49 YES, YES. 12:51 AND OTHER KINDS OF CHEMICAL DRUGS. 12:54 YES. 12:55 SO, NOW THEY ARE SEEING INDIVIDUAL -THEY ARE 12:57 SEEING PURITY, THEY ARE SEEING INNOCENCE. 12:59 WHAT ABOUT THE MORALS OF THE SOCIETY? 13:01 I DON'T HAVE ANY CLUE WHAT WAS THAT LIKE BEFORE? 13:03 YES, WELL I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF THAT. 13:09 SO, WHAT KIND OF RESULTS ARE WE HAVING HERE AND HOW 13:12 DOES THAT AFFECT THE STATE RELIGION? 13:16 ARE WE ABLE TO PROSELYTIZE AND SHARE OUR FAITH 13:19 WITHOUT BEING PUT IN PRISON OR THREATENED? 13:21 AH, WELL SO FAR, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY TROUBLES IN 13:27 TRIPURA BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. 13:32 UM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE FUTURE FOR THAT AREA 13:36 IF YOU HAD THE KIND OF SUPPORT AND THE KIND OF 13:39 RESPONSE FROM YOUR DONORS WHAT WOULD BE PUT IN PLACE 13:42 TO REALLY MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN? 13:44 DO WE HAVE SCHOOLS? 13:46 WE DO HAVE SCHOOLS AND IN ONE OF THE VIDEOS THAT WE 13:49 ARE GOING TO SHOW A LITTLE LATER, WE'LL SHOW YOU 13:52 QUITE A LARGE SCHOOL OF ABOUT 500 STUDENTS. 13:56 WOW. 13:57 IN ONE OF THE REFUGEE CAMPS. 13:58 WHAT KIND IS IT KINDERGARTEN CLEAR UP 14:00 THROUGH HIGHSCHOOL. 14:01 YES, YES. 14:02 WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. 14:04 YES. 14:05 WELL, LET'S TALK TO OUR DONORS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE 14:07 WHETHER YOU ARE JUST LISTENING AND YOU HAPPEN 14:09 TO TUNE IN, I KNOW THAT LIKE I HAVE BEEN SO 14:12 AMAZINGLY JUST THRILLED AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD 14:17 DOESN'T LET THESE MOMENTS HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. 14:19 I BELIEVE YOU ARE WATCHING TODAY BY DIVINE 14:21 APPOINTMENT THAT GOD HAS SOMETHING IN MIND FOR US 14:25 IN THESE END TIME INCREDIBLE DAYS. 14:28 THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES. 14:29 THESE ARE FRIGHTENING TIMES BUT THEY ARE ALSO 14:31 THRILLING TIMES BECAUSE ALL OF US KNOW SOMETHING 14:34 IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND THINGS ARE WRAPPING UP SO 14:38 RAPIDLY ON OUR PLANET. 14:39 YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE, MAKE A 14:42 DIFFERENCE WAY OFF THERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. 14:46 WATCH THE BACKGROUND OF ONE OUR LITTLE PROMOTIONAL 14:49 SPOTS RIGHT NOW. 14:50 WOULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCREEN? 14:52 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 14:55 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 14:57 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 14:59 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 15:02 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 15:05 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 15:08 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 15:11 LOVE. 15:12 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 15:15 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 15:18 EQUATOR. 15:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 15:21 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 15:25 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTEY COUNTRIES. 15:28 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 15:30 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 15:33 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 15:35 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 15:39 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 15:41 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 15:46 GOD'S LOVE. 15:47 JOIN US. 15:49 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 15:51 DONATE. 15:52 PRAY. 15:53 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOUR OUTFIT HERE. 15:55 THIS IS QUITE A UNIQUE AND INDIGENOUS TO THAT PART OF 15:58 THE WORLD. 15:58 YES. 15:59 TELL US ABOUT YOUR HAT AND ABOUT SHOES. 16:00 WE LOOKED AT THOSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW. 16:02 WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? 16:04 YES, WELL ACTUALLY WHEN I VISIT DIFFERENT GOSPEL 16:07 OUTREACH WORKERS IN DIFFERENT VILLAGES, THEY 16:10 WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH ME THEY GIVE ME A 16:13 GIFT. 16:14 AND SO, SOME OF THESE ARE GIFTS THAT WERE GIVEN IN 16:16 DIFFERENT YEARS. 16:17 SO, THIS IS MY SWIBAG HERE AND MY SPECIAL PANTS THAT 16:25 I'VE GOT BUT THESE CAME FROM PAKISTAN. 16:29 THESE WERE ACTUALLY WORN BY MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE 16:32 WAS A BRIDESMAID IN PAKISTAN ROUND ABOUT THE - 16:35 KEEP HOLDING THOSE UP FOR A MOMENT SO WE CAN GET A 16:37 LOOK AT THOSE ON THE CAMERA. 16:39 TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AMAZING SLIPPERS. 16:42 VERY NICE. 16:43 WELL, WE ARE IN A PART OF THE PLANET TRIPURA, INDIA. 16:52 WHAT IS THE PREVAILING LANGUAGE? 16:53 WHAT IS THE PREVAILING RELIGION? 16:56 AND HOW MUCH TENSION DOES THAT CREATE FOR ANYBODY 16:59 THAT IS FROM A CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND AND SEVENTH DAY 17:01 ADVENTISTS IN PARTICULAR COMING WITH A WHOLE NEW 17:04 PICTURE. 17:05 YOU KNOW ACTUALLY, IT IS A CONGLOMERATE OF DIFFERENT 17:08 LANGUAGES THAT ARE -BECAUSE THERE'S OLD 17:12 BANGLADESHI PEOPLE THAT COME OVER -THEY SPEAK 17:16 BANGLA AND THEN THERE ARE LOTS OF HINDU LANGUAGE AND 17:19 HINDI. 17:20 AH, I CAN ACTUALLY MAKE MYSELF UNDERSTOOD BY 17:24 SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT OF URDU BECAUSE I WAS IN 17:31 PAKISTAN FOR SIX YEARS SO I LEARNED A BIT OF URDU 17:35 WHILE I WAS THERE. 17:36 SO, LOTS OF THE WORDS ARE VERY, VERY SIMILAR IN 17:39 THOSE LANGUAGES AROUND THERE. 17:41 AND IS THERE IS A STATE RELIGION? 17:43 HINDI. 17:45 HINDI. 17:45 YES. 17:46 AND HOW DOES THAT-HOW DOES SOCIETY LOOK AT A 17:51 CHRISTIAN AND PARTICULARLY A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 17:53 CHRISTIAN? 17:55 AH, DO THEY TOLERATE IT OR IS IT APPRECIATED OR JUST 18:02 KIND OF WHAT IS THIS? 18:04 WELL, I THINK IT IS PROBABLY THE LATTER-WHAT 18:07 IS THIS? 18:11 AND ARE WE MAKING AN IMPACT THOUGH THROUGH OUR 18:13 PEOPLE? 18:14 YES, LET ME SHOW YOU THE NEXT VIDEO AND IT IS 18:17 CALLED "ETERNAL LIFE". 18:21 THE DAY AFTER I ARRIVED IN TRIPURA, NORTHEAST INDIA 18:26 THIS YEAR, WE SET OFF TO SEE GOSPEL OUTREACH 18:29 VOLUNTEER NABARIN IN JEDABAHADE VILLAGE. 18:32 WE GOT HELD UP A LITTLE ON THE WAY BECAUSE IT WAS 18:37 MARKET DAY IN ONE TOWN. 18:39 IN JANUARY THE MARKETS ARE FULL OF REALLY HEALTHY 18:43 LOOKING VEGETABLES MUCH BETTER THAN OUR FOOD CITY 18:46 IN GREENVILLE, TENNESSEE. 18:48 I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE VEGETABLES BUT THE MARKET 18:52 VENDORS AND THE CUSTOMERS WERE ALSO VERY COLORFUL 18:56 AND INTERESTING TO SEE. 18:58 THE APPROACH BRIDGE WAS A LITTLE TRICKY BUT I DID 19:03 HAVE A HANDRAIL FOR WHICH I WAS VERY GRATEFUL. 19:05 LAST YEAR, I VISITED NEBARIN IN GAMAGUE VILLAGE 19:09 WHERE HE IS ALREADY STARTED A NEW CHURCH. 19:14 THIS YEAR HE IS WORKING IN JEDABAHADE VILLAGE. 19:18 FIRST PERSON HE TALKED WITH WAS A HINDU MAN NAMED 19:22 SAJAIL. 19:23 HE IS AN IMPORTANT FARMER AND HE LIKED WHAT HE 19:27 HEARD. 19:28 HE ASKED NEBARIN IF HE WOULD COME AND HAVE SOME 19:31 MEETINGS IN THE VILLAGE SO THAT HE COULD INVITE HIS 19:34 RELATIVES AND OTHERS TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS. 19:38 NEBARIN VISITED AND STUDIED WITH OTHER 19:41 FAMILIES IN THE VILLAGE AND SEVENTEEN HAVE ALREADY 19:46 BEEN BAPTIZED. 19:47 SAJAILS TWO DAUGHTERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BAPTIZED AND 19:51 TODAY HE AND HIS WIFE ARE TO FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE. 20:02 WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM, HE WAS VERY EXCITED TO KNOW 20:06 THAT BY BELIEVING IN JESUS CHRIST HE WOULD GET 20:11 ETERNAL LIFE. 20:12 HE DESTROYED ALL HIS PREVIOUS GODS. 20:15 HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T NEED THEM ANYMORE. 20:18 HE ALSO DONATED LAND FOR A NEW CHURCH AND HE SHOWED 20:22 ME WHAT'S BEEN BUILT SO FAR. 20:25 THE LOCAL CONFERENCE HAD GIVEN MONEY FOR A TIN 20:28 ROOF. 20:29 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO SEE THE BAPTISM TODAY AND TO 20:33 MEET THE NEW COMPANY OF BELIEVERS IN JEDABAHADE 20:37 VILLAGE. 20:38 I WONDER WHERE I'LL SEE NEBARIN NEXT YEAR? 20:41 HIS JOB AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER IS TO 20:45 START NEW CHURCHES AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 20:49 VILLAGE. 20:51 WE APPRECIATE YOU HELPING TO SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL 20:55 OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS IN TRIPURA, NORTHEAST INDIA. 21:01 I STOPPED TO VISIT THE LOCAL HINDU PRIEST AS I 21:04 PASSED THE NEXT VILLAGE. 21:06 I SEE HIM EVERY YEAR. 21:07 HE IS VERY NICE BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE GOOD NEWS 21:12 ABOUT GOD'S GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE. 21:15 THAT'S WHAT SAJAHIL WAS ANXIOUS TO HEAR AND THAT'S 21:20 WHAT NEBARIN IS SHARING. 21:24 YOU KNOW IN SPITE OF THE FACT I LIVE IN AMERICA, WE 21:27 HAVE CHALLENGES HERE TOO WITH REFUGEES. 21:30 YES, MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY IN THE 21:33 LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH SOME REFUGEES FROM THE 21:35 CONGO AND RAWANDA WHERE THE HUTUS AND TUTSIS WERE 21:38 HACKING EACH OTHER TO DEATH. 21:41 THERE IS SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL ABOUT 21:43 YOUR PART OF THE WORLD THAT HAS TO DO WITH A 21:45 LARGE PROPORTION OF REFUGEES. 21:47 WE'D LIKE TO GET TO THAT VIDEO IF WE COULD RIGHT 21:49 NOW. 21:50 YES, WELL A LOT OF REFUGEES CAME OVER FROM 21:52 MIZORAM OVER INTO TRIPURA. 21:54 WE HAVE WORK WITH THE REFUGEES THERE. 21:57 THE LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP IN THE WORLD IS NEAR COX'S 22:02 BAZAR DOWN IN BANGLADESH WHICH IS ALL PART OF MY 22:05 TERRITORY. 22:06 SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS LAST FILM. 22:10 SOME SEE REFUGEES AS A PROBLEM BUT FOR GOSPEL 22:14 OUTREACH, THEY ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE 22:17 GOSPEL. 22:18 SINCE 1997, MORE THAN 30,000 RYANG TRIBAL 22:24 REFUGEES HAVE FLED FROM THE INDIAN STATE OF 22:27 MIZORAM AND HAVE TAKEN SHELTER IN SIX REFUGEE 22:31 CAMPS IN NORTHERN TRIPURA. 22:34 THEY FLED MIZORAM AFTER ETHNIC CLASHES WITH THE 22:38 MAJORITY MIZAS AFTER THE KILLING OF A MIZO FOREST 22:42 OFFICAL. 22:43 IN NAZEMPARA VILLAGE WITH ABOUT 3500 MAKESHIFT 22:49 HOUSES, WE HAVE A SCHOOL WITH OVER 500 STUDENTS. 22:53 MANY ARE BAPTIZED EVERY YEAR. 22:58 THIS IS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORING CHURCHES THAT 23:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS HELPED TO BUILD IN MAINAMA 23:03 COLONY. 23:05 I WAS TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO STOP FOR A WEDDING 23:07 HERE TODAY. 23:09 BUT FIRST, THEY WOULD HAVE TO WAIT WHILE WE HAD A 23:12 BAPTISM. 23:13 THE BEHANSAY, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER HAD 23:17 SOME CANDIDATES. 23:20 THE VISITING PASTOR HAD TO CHANGE INTO HIS WEDDING 23:23 CLOTHES AND THE CEREMONY BEGAN. 23:26 AFTER THE WEDDING, WE WERE ON OUR WAY AGAIN TO 23:38 ANOTHER BAPTISM. 23:45 I WATCHED OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS 23:48 VISITING THE ONES THAT THEY HAD PREPARED FOR 23:51 BAPTISM. 23:52 WITH US FOR THE BAPTISM WAS MANYAKI. 23:55 SHE IS ALSO FROM MIZORAM BUT A REFUGEE BUT TRAINED 24:00 HEALTH WORKER FROM OUR HOSPITAL IN MIZORAM. 24:03 AFTER THE BAPTISM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE 24:06 THAT ALL OUR RECORDS ARE CLEAR. 24:09 THEN WE CAN ENJOY OUR MEAL TOGETHER. 24:12 THANKS TO SOME EXCELLENT COOKS. 24:16 NEXT DAY, WE WERE ON THE ROAD AGAIN. 24:19 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO KITICHIRA WHERE GOSPEL 24:23 OUTREACH VOLUNTEER MOYA HAD PREPARED ANOTHER GROUP 24:26 FOR BAPTISM. 24:27 I VISITED A LITTLE WITH MOYA ,WAS INTRODUCED TO 24:31 THE YOUNG PEOPLE READY FOR BAPTISM. 24:34 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL RIVER BUT OF COURSE, THE RIVER IS 24:37 USED FOR MANY OTHER THINGS BUT NONE MORE IMPORTANT 24:41 THAT TODAY'S BAPTISM. 24:43 OUR NEXT STOP WAS KALMEGHA VILLAGE. 24:46 I'VE CALLED THIS THE PRAYING VILLAGE BECAUSE 24:49 OUR NEW BELIEVERS ARE VISITING EVERY HOUSE 24:52 PRAYING. 24:53 BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR UNDER THE 24:59 AGE OF FIVE. 25:00 HERE COMES A DOOR TO DOOR SALESPERSON SELLING YAMS. 25:04 NOW, LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY. 25:07 ONE HINDU MAN WAS SICK. 25:10 IN FACT, HE WAS SERIOUSLY ILL. 25:14 HE FELT LIKE HE WAS DYING. 25:15 HIS WIFE WAS TAKING CARE OF HIM BUT THAT WASN'T 25:19 GOOD ENOUGH. 25:21 HE TOLD HER THAT HE NEEDED OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:25 VOLUNTEER TO COME AND PRAY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE THOUGHT 25:28 THAT HE WAS GOING TO DIE, HE WANTED TO BE RIGHT WITH 25:32 GOD. 25:33 WELL, THE MAN DID DIE BUT NOT BEFORE OUR WORKER CAME 25:44 AND PRAYED. 25:45 I VISITED A LITTLE WITH OUR VOLUNTEER AND I COULD 25:48 SEE WHY THE VILLAGE PEOPLE HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIM. 25:52 THE TRIPURA TRIBAL PEOPLE AND THE MIZORAM REFUGEES 25:57 NEED TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS. 25:59 BUT IN AREA FIVE WE HAVE MORE REFUGEES. 26:06 IN THE AREA CALLED COX'S BAZAR IN BANGLADESH, WE 26:10 NOW HAVE THE LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP IN THE WORLD. 26:16 ROHINGYA TRIBES PEOPLE FROM MYANMAR ARE STILL 26:20 FLOODING OVER THE BORDER INTO BANGLADESH. 26:25 WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF OUR 26:28 VOLUNTEERS WORKING WITH REFUGEES? 26:32 WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:37 WOW! 26:38 THAT IS SO IMPRESSIVE. 26:40 YES, WE NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SO THAT 26:45 WE CAN SEND THEM INTO THAT REFUGEE CAMP IN COX'S 26:48 BAZAR. 26:50 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING NOT ONLY A SUPPORTER 26:53 WITH YOUR PRAYERS BUT THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT 26:56 AND SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:57 BE SURE TO GET ON OUR MAILING LIST. 27:00 YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS REACHING INTO THE 27:02 10/40 WINDOW. 27:04 THERE ARE HEADQUARTERS NOT ONLY IN BRAZIL BUT IN 27:07 AMERICA AND IN CANADA. 27:09 SO, THANK YOUFOR WATCHING TODAY AND THANK YOU SO 27:11 MUCH JOHN, FOR BEING WITH US TODAY TALKING TO US 27:13 ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS ON GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:46 THANK YOU. 28:07 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
Revised 2019-02-06