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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000762A
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00:02 ONE MISSION, THE GREAT COMMISSION, TO REACH EVERY 00:09 MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH GOOD 00:20 NEWS. 00:21 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND IN I THESSALONIANS 00:38 5:16 WE'RE TOLD TO REJOICE ALWAYS, PRAY CONTINUALLY, 00:41 GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THIS IS 00:45 GOD'S WILL FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS. 00:49 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO HERE AT 00:51 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:52 TO DO ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS DAVID STREIFLING, 00:54 DON'T YOU THINK? 00:55 AMEN. 00:57 DAVID WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:59 AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE. 01:01 AND PLEASE TELL OUR VIEWERS WHAT AREA OF THE 01:04 10/40 WINDOW THAT YOU ARE FOCUSING YOUR EFFORTS ON. 01:07 I REPRESENT SOUTHERN INDIA AND SRI LANKA. 01:12 AND THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE THAT YOU HAVE 01:14 DECIDED TO FOCUS ON AND HERE WE HAVE THE 01:17 POPULATION, 1.3 BILLION. 01:19 AND WE KNOW DAVID THAT CHANGES DAILY RIGHT? 01:22 IT'S INCREASING DAILY. 01:23 AND 1.2 PERCENT ARE CHRISTIANS. 01:27 THE OTHER RELIGIONS ARE WHAT? 01:30 THE DOMINATE RELIGIONS OF INDIA ARE THE HINDU FAITH 01:35 AND THE MUSLIM FAITH, 1.2- PERCENT ARE CHRISTIANS. 01:40 AND OF THE CHRISTIAN POPULATION EVEN A TINY 01:43 PERCENTAGE ARE REALLY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 01:46 EVEN AS SMALL AS THAT. 01:47 OKAY. 01:48 BUT THIS PLACE OF THE WORLD ALSO HAS A SPECIAL 01:50 PLACE IN YOUR HEART BECAUSE YOU HAVE SERVED 01:53 NORTH OF THERE PREVIOUSLY CORRECT? 01:56 WELL PAKISTAN. 01:57 WE SPENT THREE YEARS IN THE LATE 1980'S AS AN 02:02 EDUCATION DIRECTOR AT THE PAKISTAN UNION OF 02:05 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 02:06 I TRAVELED THE COUNTRY FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. 02:09 SO THEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME TO JOIN GOSPEL 02:12 OUTREACH? 02:13 AFTER I RETIRED I'D BEEN AWARE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 02:16 FOR SOME YEARS, BUT AFTER I RETIRED I SAID I DON'T 02:20 WANT TO JUST ROLL OVER AND PLAY DEAD BECAUSE GOD HAD 02:24 GIVEN ME HEALTH AND HE PUT MISSION IN MY BLOOD AND SO 02:27 I THOUGHT WHERE BETTER COULD I SERVE. 02:29 AND I DIDN'T JUMP IN RIGHT AWAY. 02:32 I DID SOME RESEARCH ABOUT MISSION STATEMENTS AND SO 02:34 ON AND I DECIDED THIS PHILOSOPHY, THIS APPROACH 02:38 USING INDIGENOUS WORKERS ESPECIALLY TO REACH THEIR 02:41 OWN PEOPLE. 02:42 WE WERE TO BE THE ENABLERS, THE 02:43 FACILITATORS. 02:44 I THOUGHT THIS APPROACH WOULD BE THE RIGHT ONE AND 02:48 SO I'VE JOINED AND I INTEND TO SPEND A FEW MORE 02:52 YEARS SUBJECT OF COURSE GOD GIVING ME THE HEALTH 02:55 AND STRENGTH TO DO IT. 02:57 I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE A FEW MORE YEARS IN THIS 02:59 MINISTRY AS WELL. 03:00 WELL WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE. 03:02 PRAISE THE LORD AND DAVID FOR YOUR EFFORTS. 03:04 AND YOU ALSO, I DO WANT TO BRING THIS UP, YOU ALSO 03:07 REPRESENT GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN 03:10 CANADA. 03:11 AND WE DO HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA AND IN THE 03:13 STATES AND BRAZIL EVEN. 03:15 AND SO YES HERE WE HAVE CANADA REPRESENTED. 03:19 THAT IS INTERESTING. 03:20 I CAN DO RECRUITING BUT TECHNICALLY, NOT 03:23 RECRUITING BUT PROMOTING, OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN 03:25 CANADA. 03:26 I LIVE ON THE FAR EASTERN PART OF CANADA IN NOVA 03:29 SCOTIA. 03:30 BUT THE USUAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 03:36 IS THAT CANADIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON 03:38 AFRICA. 03:39 BUT BECAUSE OF OUR MISSION EXPERIENCE IN PAKISTAN AND 03:42 THEN LATER ON IN THE PHILIPPINES MY HEART WAS 03:45 SO MUCH IN ASIA THAT I SAID COULD I WORK IN AN 03:48 ASIAN SETTING AND OF COURSE THE ORGANIZATION 03:51 AGREED. 03:52 WELL WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND THANK YOU 03:54 TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE. 03:56 SO TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOUR AREA AND THE 03:59 NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE THERE. 04:01 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE IN 04:03 YOUR AREA? 04:05 RIGHT NOW IN SOUTH INDIA, THREE LARGE PROVINCES OR 04:09 STATES I THINK THEY CALL THEM, THERE AND SIR LANKA 04:12 WE HAVE 138 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SPREAD 04:16 OUT OVER THE AREA. 04:18 AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE 138 BUT COMPARED 04:21 TO THE 1.3 BILLION THAT WE SAW THERE IN THE 04:24 POPULATION THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE PER GOSPEL OUTREACH 04:28 WORKER. 04:29 YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEBODY BROUGHT FIVE LOAVES AND 04:31 TWO FISHES TO JESUS THEY SAID WHAT ARE THEY AMONG 04:34 SO MANY. 04:35 BUT WITH GOD'S POWER AND GOD'S BLESSING I THINK 04:38 EXCITING THINGS CAN HAPPEN. 04:40 HE TOOK THE SEVEN AND HE MULTIPLIED IT. 04:42 HE MULTIPLIED YES. 04:43 HE MULTIPLIED IT. 04:44 SO YOU HAVE SOME PHOTOS AND SOME VIDEOS TO SHARE 04:48 WITH US AND WHY DON'T WE SEE THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU 04:51 HAVE. 04:53 OKAY. 04:54 WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE IS AN INTERESTING SLIDE OF 04:58 THE INSIDE OF A CATHEDRAL. 05:01 IT'S A CHRISTIAN CATHEDRAL AND IT'S IN SOUTH INDIA 05:05 NEAR CHENNAI. 05:06 IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE CITY OF CHENNAI, THE OLD 05:08 MADRAS. 05:09 SOME MAY REMEMBER THAT NAME. 05:10 AND IT'S BUILT ON THE SITE WHERE THE APOSTLE THOMAS 05:17 ACTUALLY LOST HIS LIFE. 05:19 YOU KNOW IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH THOSE 05:21 FIRST DISCIPLES WENT ALL OVER THE KNOWN WORLD. 05:24 I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY A TRADITION BUT WHEN I GET 05:26 INTO SOUTH INDIA I DISCOVER THAT THOMAS IS A 05:30 LEGEND THERE BECAUSE HE WAS REALLY THERE AND 05:32 THAT'S WHERE HE DIED AND THIS IS WHERE HIS TOMB IS. 05:35 WELL I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY. 05:37 I DID NOT KNOW THAT. 05:39 INTERESTING. 05:39 AND IN SOUTHEAST INDIA. 05:41 SOUTHEAST INDIA RIGHT NEAR CHENNAI THERE. 05:44 AND WE'LL GO TO ONE MORE SLIDE HERE IN JUST A 05:46 MOMENT. 05:47 THIS IS, I HAD TO TAKE THIS PICTURE THROUGH 05:49 GLASS, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE CAREFULLY YOU 05:52 CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND THERE IS SOMEONE WITH A 05:56 SPEAR IN HIS HAND. 05:57 YES I SEE THAT. 05:58 AND WHILE THOMAS WAS KNEELING IN PRAYER, THIS 06:00 IS THE INFORMATION WE GET, HE WAS ACTUALLY SLAIN FROM 06:05 THE SPEAR IN HIS BACK. 06:07 OH MY. 06:08 HE BECAME A MARTYR FOR THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST. 06:11 I SHARE THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 06:14 REALIZE THAT CHRISTIANITY IS NOT THE NEWEST RELIGION 06:16 IN THE WORLD. 06:17 IT'S BEEN THERE FOR TWO THOUSAND YEARS. 06:19 IN INDIA. 06:20 IN INDIA. 06:21 WOW. 06:22 HE WAS THE FIRST MISSIONARY TO INDIA. 06:24 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 06:26 SO HERE WE HAVE THAT CONNECTION AND THEN THE 06:29 1.2 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRISTIANS. 06:32 AND MOST PEOPLE ARE HINDU AND A WHOLE NUMBER OF 06:36 RELIGIONS IN INDIA. 06:37 WELL MUSLIM IS A SIGNIFICANT. 06:39 I'M TOLD THAT THERE ARE MORE MUSLIMS IN INDIA THAN 06:43 THERE ARE IN PAKISTAN WHICH IS EXTENSIVELY A 06:46 MUSLIM COUNTRY. 06:47 YES. 06:48 HOWEVER THE POPULATIONS ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 10 TO 06:51 1. 06:52 OKAY. 06:53 I THINK THERE ARE TEN TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE 06:53 RESIDENT OR CITIZENS OF INDIA COMPARED TO 06:57 PAKISTAN. 06:57 THAT WOULD BE AN APPROXIMATION. 06:59 OKAY, INTERESTING. 07:00 ALRIGHT, AND YOU HAVE A VIDEO TO SHOW TOO. 07:03 I HAVE A VIDEO HERE AND TO SET IT, FOR THE VIDEO I 07:08 WAS VISITING IN THE FAR NORTHERN CORNER OF 07:12 KARNATAKA N WHICH IS THE PROVINCE. 07:16 AND I WAS INVITED TO GO TO THE HOME OF ONE OF OUR 07:20 GOSPEL OUTREACH MISSIONARIES, IF I CAN USE 07:24 THAT WORD AND, WELL LET'S JUST GO THERE. 07:26 THE PICTURE QUALITY IS NOT GREAT BUT THE STORY IS 07:29 GREAT AND SO JUST BEAR WITH ME. 07:31 SOMEONE ELSE TOOK THE CAMERA TO TAKE IT BUT I 07:34 COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANY BETTER. 07:36 [VIDEO PLAYING] ARE YOU HAPPY? 07:38 I'M VERY HAPPY. 07:39 IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THIS 07:41 FAMILY. 07:42 YES. 07:43 [LAUGHTER] DO YOU KNOW WHOSE THE FAMILY ALL COME? 07:46 WE'RE ALL PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD NOW. 07:48 THIS IS MOST FAMILY. 07:50 THIS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS FAMILY. 07:55 THE NAME OF THE VOLUNTEER COME HERE. 07:59 HE IS COMING HERE. 08:00 HERE'S JOHN WORKING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND FIRST 08:05 OF ALL HE BROUGHT HIS FAMILY MEMBERS TO FAITH 08:08 AND WE THANK HIM. 08:09 DAVID ARE YOU HAPPY TO SEE THE FAMILY OF JOHN? 08:14 JOHN, THIS IS COMMENDABLE BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE REAL 08:17 CHRISTIANITY BEGINS. 08:18 IT BEGINS AT HOME AND FROM HOME IT REACHES OUT TO THE 08:22 REST OF THE COMMUNITY AND FINALLY TO THE WHOLE 08:24 WORLD. 08:25 GOD BLESS YOU MY BROTHER. 08:26 [END OF VIDEO] THAT'S FANTASTIC DAVID. 08:28 SO HE BROUGHT ALL OF HIS FAMILY TO THE LORD. 08:31 WELL IF YOU NOTICED IN THAT PICTURE, THERE WERE A 08:33 COUPLE OF SMALL CHILDREN, YES, BUT THERE WAS ALSO AN 08:36 ELDERLY GRAY-HAIRED MAN. 08:38 THAT REPRESENTS A SPREAD OF FOUR GENERATIONS. 08:40 THE GRANDFATHER WAS THE GRAY-HAIRED MAN, HIS 08:43 PARENTS WERE PICTURED THERE. 08:44 HE'S A SINGLE MAN HIMSELF BUT HIS SISTER AND 08:48 BROTHER-IN-LAW ARE THE PARENTS OF THE TWO SMALL 08:52 CHILDREN AND THERE WERE TWO OR THREE AUNTS IN THE 08:54 PICTURE AS WELL. 08:54 AND THE ONE MAN, OF COURSE, WASN'T AVAILABLE 08:57 TO BE THERE BECAUSE HE WAS WORKING THAT PARTICULAR 09:01 TIME WHEN WE WERE THERE. 09:03 BUT I THINK IT'S SIGNIFICANT WHEN AN 09:05 EVANGELIST, ANYON E WHO GAINS A KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS 09:10 CHRIST AS JOHN DID. 09:12 JOHN WAS THE NAME OF THE WORKER. 09:13 HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN, BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY 09:19 ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN AND BEFORE LONG FOUND HIMSELF 09:22 WANTING TO WORK FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, WORK WITH GOSPEL 09:25 OUTREACH BECAUSE HE HAD THE URGE TO SHOW WHAT HE 09:28 HAD LEARNED. 09:29 TO SHOW WHAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED OF THE LOVE 09:33 AND BLESSINGS OF JESUS CHRIST. 09:35 AND SO HE BEGAN TO WORK IN HIS OWN FAMILY, AMONG HIS 09:38 OWN FAMILY. 09:39 THE STORY THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING IS THE STORY 09:42 OF HIS SISTER. 09:43 BECAUSE HIS SISTER, ABOUT THE TIME HIS MINISTRY 09:46 BEGAN IN THAT AREA, HIS SISTER WAS MARRIED AND 09:49 LIVING WITH HER NEW HUSBAND AT THE HUSBAND'S 09:52 HOME. 09:53 I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY TRADITIONAL IN THAT PART 09:55 OF THE WORLD. 09:56 AND THEY RAN INTO MARRIAGE DIFFICULTIES. 09:59 FINALLY THE SISTER CAME BACK TO THE HOME OF THE 10:02 PARENTS WHERE JOHN WAS STILL LIVING WITH HIS OWN 10:04 PARENTS AND SHE WAS IN TEARS. 10:06 BUT THIS GAVE JOHN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MINISTER. 10:08 AND HE EMBRACED THIS AND TALKED ABOUT JESUS CHRIST 10:13 AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT HE BEGAN TO PRAY AND 10:17 PRAY WITH HIS SISTER AND HER FAITH BEGAN TO OPEN UP 10:22 AS SHE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A POWER THAT COULD 10:26 REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 10:28 AND THE PRAYERS SOON INVOLVED THE HUSBAND. 10:31 AND ER LONG THE TWO OF THEM BEGAN TO STUDY THE 10:33 BIBLE AND THEY GOT INVOLVED WITH JESUS CHRIST 10:37 AND EMBRACED HIM AND LOVED HIM AND GOD BLESSED THE 10:40 FAMILY WITH TWO SMALL CHILDREN. 10:42 YOU SAW THEM THERE IN THE VIDEO. 10:44 I THINK IT'S JUST EXCITING WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE LIKE 10:48 THIS EMBRACE THE TRUTH AND GET SO EXCITED ABOUT IT 10:52 THAT HE WANTS TO BEGIN AT HOME WITH HIS OWN FAMILY. 10:56 ONE PERSON, THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKING ON ONE 10:58 LIFE, AND LOOK WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS DONE. 11:01 PRAISE THE LORD. 11:02 WELL AND IN THE BIBLE LOOK AT WHAT RAHAB DID. 11:05 HER WHOLE FAMILY. 11:06 AND YOU SEE IF WE HAVE ONLY 138 WORKERS, GOSPEL 11:10 OUTREACH WORKERS, WHEN A MAN LIKE THIS BEGINS TO 11:13 WORK AND THERE IS A MULTIPLIER EFFECT, EACH 11:15 ONE OF THOSE IN GOD'S TIMING CAN BECOME ANOTHER 11:18 MISSIONARY TO REACH INTO THEIR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. 11:20 YES AND THAT IS THE RIPPLE EFFECT AND THE SCRIPTURE 11:23 THAT I READ EARLIER WHERE WE ARE TO BE JOYFUL, PRAY 11:27 CONTINUALLY AND IN ALL THINGS GIVE THANKS. 11:29 AND THAT'S WHAT THIS JOHN HAS DONE. 11:31 OH THIS IS EXCITING DAVID. 11:33 THIS IS EXCITING. 11:34 SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR GETTING 11:36 INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:38 AND WE WANT TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT 11:41 HOW YOU CAN GET EXCITED AND JOIN THE FAMILY HERE 11:43 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:44 (CHILDREN SINGING, IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, JESUS 11:55 LOVES ME.) LET'S GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND SHARE 12:12 THE GOSPEL TO ALL PEOPLE. 12:21 THERE ARE ABOUT THREE BILLION PEOPLE IN THE 1040 12:29 WINDOW WHO STILL NEED TO HEAR AND KNOW JESUS LOVES 12:34 THEM. 12:35 TOGETHER WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LET'S 12:39 FULFILL CHRIST'S COMMISSION. 12:41 YOU CAN PRAY, VOLUNTEER OR SUPPORT A BIBLE WORKER TO 12:47 SHARE JESUS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS SO THAT ALL WILL 12:52 KNOW JESUS LOVES THEM. 12:54 HE DIED FOR THEM AND HE'S COMING SOON. 13:00 AND HE DOES LOVE YOU AND HE DID DIE FOR YOU AND HE 13:03 IS COMING BACK FOR YOU. 13:04 AND THAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE SHARING IN THE 13:07 10/40 WINDOW WITH SO MANY PEOPLE. 13:10 NINETY SEVEN PERCENT UNREACHED PEOPLE STILL 13:13 NEED TO KNOW THAT AND WE HOPE THAT YOU DO KNOW THAT 13:15 TODAY AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE SHARING THAT WITH THE 13:17 PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH. 13:19 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT HERE AT GOSPEL 13:21 OUTREACH. 13:22 WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH US ON 13:24 FACEBOOK AND ON INSTAGRAM. 13:26 WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON SOCIAL 13:28 MEDIA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE. 13:30 AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE 13:32 GOAIM.ORG AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER. 13:36 YOU CAN SEE PAST PROGRAMS OF "ADVENTURES IN 13:39 MISSIONS" AND WE WANT TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU IF YOU 13:42 ARE WATCHING ON ROKU, IF YOUR WATCHING ON LINE OR 13:45 ANY OF THE OTHER BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS 13:47 THAT AIR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 13:48 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 13:50 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT 13:52 OUR TV SHOW BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE CAN 13:54 COMMUNICATE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR GOSPEL 13:57 OUTREACH WORKERS. 13:58 THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS COME BACK AND SO WE'RE 14:00 WANTING TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU AND ALSO ASK YOU 14:03 TO PRAY TO GET INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 14:06 TO SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 14:07 SO WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU AND TO YOU FOR WHAT THE 14:11 LORD HAS INSPIRED UPON YOU TO GIVE HERE TO GOSPEL 14:13 OUTREACH. 14:14 TODAY WE HAVE DAVID STREIFLING HERE ON 14:17 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 14:18 HI DAVID, WELCOME BACK. 14:19 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 14:20 IT'S A JOY TO HAVE YOU HERE AND YOU ARE 14:23 CONCENTRATING YOUR EFFORTS IN SOUTH INDIA AND SRI 14:25 LANKA. 14:26 YES. 14:27 RIGHT. 14:27 VERY INTERESTING PLACES. 14:28 I HAVE BEEN TO SRI LANKA AS A STUDENT MISSIONARY. 14:31 A VERY SPECIAL PLACE. 14:33 AND TODAY HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIA AND 14:36 YOU'VE BEEN SHARING ABOUT HOW ONE MAN BROUGHT HIS 14:39 ENTIRE FAMILY TO JESUS CHRIST. 14:41 I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER STORY THEN AND AS 14:44 A SETTING FOR IT I'D LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE OF, 14:47 THERE'S A SLIDE RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF A 14:53 PUNJABI TEMPLE. 14:55 I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER STORY IN JUST A 14:58 MOMENT AND THIS PUNJABI TEMPLE, RATHER A LARGE 15:02 BUILDING, A HUGE STRUCTURE REALLY, IS JUST A MILE OR 15:05 TWO AWAY FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE ONE OF OUR GOSPEL 15:08 OUTREACH WORKERS IS WORKING AMONG THE HINDUS. 15:11 I'M WANTING TO GET ANOTHER SLIDE. 15:14 SO QUESTION ON THAT. 15:15 A PUNJABI, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM A HINDU 15:17 TEMPLE, DIFFERENT. 15:18 IT DOES. 15:19 THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 15:22 RELIGIONS. 15:24 THIS IS ANOTHER RELIGIOUS FAITH. 15:28 THEY TOLD ME WHAT IT WAS BUT FORGIVE ME I CANNOT 15:32 REMEMBER AND I'VE TRIED TO FIND OUT. 15:34 THIS PARTICULAR TEMPLE IS VERY VERY ELABORATE, VERY 15:38 ORNATE BUT IT REPRESENTS SOMETHING BECAUSE IT 15:42 REPRESENTS THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE INDIAN 15:47 PEOPLE. 15:48 THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT FAITHS REPRESENTED THERE. 15:50 MANY DIFFERENT GODS. 15:51 AND THIS ONE IS ONLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MILES AWAY 15:54 FROM THE VILLAGE WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS 15:58 WORKING. 15:59 AND AS I WENT THERE THEY HAD GATHERED. 16:01 IT WAS AN AFTERNOON MEETING AND I IMAGINE 16:02 THERE WERE SOME MEN THAT COULDN'T BE THERE BUT THEY 16:05 QUICKLY GATHERED TOGETHER A NUCLEUS OF THE PEOPLE 16:09 THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAS BEEN WORKING 16:12 WITH AND I JUST SO MUCH ENJOYED THE FELLOWSHIP. 16:16 IT WAS PRECIOUS FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE 16:19 CHILDREN SING. 16:20 MAYBE WE SHOULD GO TO THAT VIDEO RIGHT NOW. 16:22 YES. 16:23 I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT ONE THAT'S ON LINE HERE. 16:41 [VIDEO PLAYING, CHILDREN SINGING] AREN'T THEY 16:42 SWEET. 16:43 AND THESE ARE THE KIDS. 16:44 THIS IS A HINDU COMMUNITY AND AGAIN I BELIEVE THE 16:48 YOUNG MAN WAS ORIGINALLY A HINDU AND HE IS WORKING IN 16:51 THIS AREA. 16:53 ACTUALLY HE IS WORKING IN TWO OR THREE VILLAGES. 16:54 THIS IS JUST ONE OF HIS VILLAGES. 16:56 AND HE BROUGHT THIS GROUP TOGETHER FOR US. 16:58 THEY WERE SINGING. 16:59 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING A SHORT BIBLE 17:01 STORY WITH THEM AND PRAYING WITH THEM. 17:03 AND THEN AFTERWARDS, AFTERWARDS THE MOTHERS 17:06 WOULD COME TO ME AND ASK ONE AT A TIME IF I COULD 17:10 PRAY FOR THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN AS WELL. 17:13 REALLY. 17:14 RIGHT, RIGHT. 17:15 SO THEY RECOGNIZED YOU AND WANTED TO HAVE YOU PRAY 17:19 FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 17:19 RIGHT, RIGHT. 17:20 I'VE GOT ANOTHER OF THE SAME GROUP. 17:22 I'VE TRIED TO REMEMBER HOW THE STORY UNFOLDS. 17:25 THIS IS THE STORY THAT I WAS REALLY INTRIGUED WITH. 17:28 NOW THERE'S NO AUDIO HERE BECAUSE IT IS DONE WITH 17:30 TRANSLATION. 17:31 BUT THIS WAS THE STORY OF A MIRACLE, YES, THAT I 17:35 THOUGHT WAS REALLY PRECIOUS. 17:37 AND IT SEEMS LIKE MIRACLES ARE OFTEN USED BY GOD IN 17:45 ANSWERS TO THE PRAYERS OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:47 THIS LITTLE GIRL HAD BECOME INCAPACITATED AS 17:50 FAR AS WALKING. 17:50 SHE COULDN'T WALK. 17:52 THEY HAD TAKEN HER TO HOSPITAL SEVERAL TIMES AND 17:54 TO MULTIPLE DOCTORS AND NOTHING SEEMED TO WORK. 17:57 AND SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ASKED IF HE COULD 18:01 PRAY FOR THE LITTLE GIRL AND OF COURSE THEY WERE 18:04 HAPPY. 18:05 AND IN JUST A FEW WEEKS, NOW THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW 18:07 YOU THERE ON THE VIDEO, IN JUST A FEW WEEKS SHE WAS 18:09 ABLE TO WALK. 18:10 NOW I ASKED PASTOR RAJU IF HE WOULD HAVE HER WALK 18:14 TOWARD ME AND THERE YOU SEE HER WALKING TOWARD ME. 18:17 I SAID CAN SHE RUN? 18:18 LOOK AT HER RUNNING BACK TO HER MOTHER. 18:20 IT'S EASIER TO RUN TO MOTHER THAN IT IS TO A 18:22 STRANGE OLD MAN. 18:23 YES. 18:24 [LAUGHTER] BUT TO ME IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL STORY OF 18:27 THE WAY GOD CAN USE A MIRACLE TO TOUCH THE HEART 18:32 OF THE MOTHER, OF THE PARENT. 18:34 WE ASKED WHAT DIFFERENCE IT HAD MADE IN HER LIFE. 18:38 WELL SHE WANTS TO COME, SHE WANTS TO WORSHIP, SHE 18:40 WANTS TO GET TO KNOW THIS JESUS BETTER. 18:42 PRAISE THE LORD. 18:43 AND YOU KNOW AS I SEE THIS PICTURE OF THIS LITTLE 18:45 GIRL I JUST CAN'T THINK OF, I THINK OF JAIRUS' 18:48 DAUGHTER AND THE MIRACLES THAT ARE IN THE BIBLE AND 18:51 DAVID, GOD IS STILL DOING MIRACLES. 18:53 THE MIRACLES OF THE LORD ARE NOT JUST IN THE BIBLE. 18:55 LOOK AT THIS YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS WALKING AND 18:57 RUNNING. 18:58 AS I READ THE STORIES FROM THE OTHER WORKERS IT SEEMS 19:05 LIKE MIRACLES ARE HAPPENING IN MANY OF THEIR 19:09 LIVES. 19:10 SOMETIMES IT'S HEALING, SOMETIMES IT'S SOMEBODY 19:11 WHO NEEDS A JOB, SOMETIMES IT'S RECONCILIATION OF A 19:14 TENSION BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING OVER A 19:16 PIECE OF LAND. 19:18 GOD WORKS MIRACLES IN ANSWER TO PRAYER AND THAT 19:21 SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE STRONGEST TOOLS THAT OUR 19:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE IN THAT PART OF THE 19:26 WORLD. 19:27 AND THIS LITTLE GIRL'S LIFE IS FOREVER CHANGED AS 19:33 THE VILLAGE, YOU KNOW WORD GETS OUT ABOUT THIS, AND 19:37 THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE 19:39 LORD'S WORKING IN HER. 19:40 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 19:43 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 19:44 AND THIS IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS 19:46 SPEAKING? 19:47 NO THIS IS PASTOR RAJU WHO IS ACTUALLY SPEAKING 19:49 THERE. 19:50 AND OF COURSE HE IS TRANSLATING MY QUESTIONS 19:52 AND TRANSLATING HER ANSWERS BACK AGAIN. 19:56 THEN SOMEBODY AGAIN GRABBED MY CAMERA AND I 19:58 DON'T KNOW WHO TOOK THIS PICTURE BUT YOU'LL SEE IT 20:00 OBVIOUSLY WASN'T ME. 20:02 HERE I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PRAYING FOR SOME OF THE 20:06 MOTHERS. 20:07 THE SERVICE WAS OVER BUT IT REMINDED ME OF THE TIME 20:10 WHEN THE DISCIPLES, YOU KNOW THE MOTHERS WERE 20:14 PRESSING INTO JESUS AND THEY WERE ASKING FOR HIS 20:20 BLESSING. 20:21 STOP TO THINK WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS FOR A 20:23 GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR TO COME INTO A VILLAGE 20:26 LIKE THAT AND TO BE ASKED TO BE THE HANDS, THE HEART 20:32 THE VOICE OF JESUS TO PRAY FOR THESE PRECIOUS LITTLE 20:37 ONES, TO PRAY FOR THESE CHILDREN. 20:40 THAT LITTLE GUY RIGHT THERE THAT YOU SEE IN THE 20:42 PICTURE RIGHT NOW WAS ONE YOU SAW SINGING BEFORE AND 20:45 THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT HIM. 20:47 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BUT I JUST FELL IN LOVE 20:50 WITH THAT LITTLE GUY. 20:51 I THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO PRAY FOR HIM. 20:54 AND ANOTHER TIME THE MOTHER OF THE LITTLE GIRL 20:56 YOU SEE IN THE BACKGROUND, THE ONE WHO HAD THE 20:58 MIRACLE, THAT HAPPENED. 21:00 AND YOU KNOW I WAS PRAYING IN ENGLISH BUT IN FAITH 21:04 THEY TRUSTED THAT MY PRAYER WOULD BE ANSWERED. 21:06 I'M SURE THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS NO PROBLEM IN 21:09 TRANSLATING THE PRAYER INTO THEIR ANSWER. 21:12 PRECIOUS. 21:13 WHAT SWEET KIDS. 21:14 AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE NOTICED, THE KIDS ARE 21:16 DRESSED SIMILARLY TO THE MOTHERS. 21:18 THE LITTLE BOY IS IN BLUE, THE MOM IS IN BLUE. 21:20 THE GIRL WHO WAS HEALED SHE IS IN GREEN AS IS HER 21:24 MOTHER. 21:24 SO WHAT A SPECIAL MOTHER. 21:26 AND YOU KNOW JESUS IN THE BIBLE, HE TOLD THE 21:29 DISCIPLES LET THE KIDS COME, LET THE KIDS COME. 21:32 HE DID. 21:32 LET THE KIDS COME. 21:34 SO HERE THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE CHANGED AND IT 21:37 IS THE POWER OF PRAYER. 21:38 AND MANY OF THESE PLACES DAVID, THAT'S ALL THEY 21:41 HAVE. 21:42 THEY HAVE SCRIPTURE AND THEY HAVE THE POWER OF 21:45 PRAYER BECAUSE HOSPITALS AREN'T' CLOSE BY. 21:48 THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR LOVED ONE 21:50 AND THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE. 21:52 AND OF COURSE MEDICAL ATTENTION IS EXPENSIVE IN 21:55 THEIR ECONOMY AS WELL AND THEY CANNOT ALWAYS ACCESS 21:58 GOOD MEDICAL HELP. 22:00 RIGHT, RIGHT. 22:01 SO HERE YOU'VE BEEN THERE, YOU'VE SEEN THE NEEDS, 22:05 YOU'VE SEEN THESE KIDS. 22:06 WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO HERE IN OUR 22:09 WESTERN CULTURE TO HELP THIS AREA OF INDIA? 22:13 I CANNOT EMPHASIZE STRONGLY ENOUGH BUT I 22:16 BELIEVE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING MUCH OF 22:19 THE RIGHT THING. 22:20 MORE OF THE SAME THING. 22:21 FOR SURE PRAYER ACCOMPLISHES MORE THAN 22:25 THIS WORLD EVER DREAMS OF EVEN IN OUR OWN LIVES 22:28 HERE. 22:29 I THINK MAYBE WHAT WE NEED IS FOR THEM TO SEND SOME 22:32 MISSIONARIES TO US YOU KNOW TO HELP US. 22:35 BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING OR 22:39 ALMOST NOTHING. 22:40 RELATIVE TO WHAT SOME OF US POSSESS THEY REALLY 22:43 HAVE VERY LITTLE. 22:44 AND MAYBE THAT IS FAITH BUILDING. 22:48 ABSOLUTELY. 22:49 YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT THEY CAN TURN FOR HELP TO 22:55 GOD. 22:56 WE HAVE SO MUCH THAT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE OUR NEED. 22:58 MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. 22:59 WELL, OR WE TRY AND PROBLEM SOLVE IT. 23:01 YOU KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM, WELL I CAN DO 23:03 THIS, I CAN DO THIS, I CAN DO THIS. 23:04 WELL THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THESE OTHER OPTIONS LIKE 23:07 WE MIGHT HAVE. 23:08 BUT THEY DO HAVE THE POWER OF PRAYER AND TO HAVE ONE 23:11 PERSON LIKE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER JOHN WHOSE 23:14 LIFE HAS BEEN IMPACTED AND THEN TO SHARE THAT WITH 23:17 OTHER PEOPLE, THAT'S HUGE. 23:19 SO PRAYER. 23:20 WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP? 23:23 WELL CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM. 23:26 JUST MONTHLY DONATIONS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 23:30 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM SO PLEASED WITH IS THAT 23:33 IN GOSPEL OUTREACH THE OVERHEAD IS PRETTY MUCH 23:35 TAKEN CARE OF BY VOLUNTEERS AND SO YOU KNOW 23:38 THE MAJORITY OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS DONATED 23:42 GETS OUT INTO THE FIELD TO PROVIDE THE STIPENDS THAT 23:46 ENABLE THESE WORKERS TO BE OUT THERE ON THE FRONT 23:48 LINES YOU KNOW REPRESENTING JESUS. 23:53 THE HANDS, THE FEET, THE HEART OF JESUS. 23:56 AND AGAIN WHAT A PRIVILEGE IS MINE TO BE ABLE TO BE 23:59 OUT THERE. 24:00 I'M JUST SO THANKFUL TO GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT I 24:02 HAVE THIS PRIVILEGE THAT EVEN THOUGH I MAY BE OLDER 24:05 I DON'T HAVE TO HANG UP MY SHINGLE, SO TO SPEAK. 24:08 I DON'T HAVE TO HANG UP MY RUNNING SHOES. 24:10 I CAN STILL WORK FOR JESUS EVEN THOUGH I'M RETIRED. 24:13 ABSOLUTELY. 24:14 WELL AND THAT'S THE NEAT THING ABOUT GOSPEL 24:16 OUTREACH. 24:17 THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM ALL SORTS OF 24:19 DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND EVERYTHING AND THE MAIN 24:22 GOAL THAT WE ALL HAVE IS TO SHARE JESUS AND THAT HE 24:24 IS COMING AGAIN. 24:25 SO YOU SHOWED ALL THESE PICTURES OF THESE CUTE 24:28 KIDS. 24:29 AND IN MATTHEW 19:14 JESUS SAID "LET THE LITTLE 24:32 CHILDREN COME TO ME AND DO NOT HINDER THEM FOR THE 24:35 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BELONGS TO SUCH AS THESE. 24:38 WHEN HE HAD PLACED HIS HANDS ON THEM HE WENT ON 24:41 FROM THERE." 24:42 AND THAT'S JUST WHAT YOU DID WHEN YOU PRAYED OVER 24:44 THESE KIDS. 24:45 WHAT A PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS PRIVILEGE YOU KNOW. 24:47 AND I WANT TO GO BACK. 24:49 YES. 24:50 BUT OF COURSE WITH 138 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 24:54 THE CHANCES OF GETTING BACK INTO ANY ONE VILLAGE 24:57 BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MORE THAT I NEED TO VISIT. 24:59 THE CHANCE OF GETTING BACK THERE MAYBE NEVER AGAIN. 25:04 BUT SOME OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE CANDIDATES FOR THE 25:07 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 25:08 ABSOLUTELY. 25:09 AND WE WILL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING THEM 25:11 AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NOT VERY FAR DISTANT 25:14 FUTURE BECAUSE GOD IS WORKING MIRACLES IN INDIA. 25:18 WELL PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT. 25:19 AND YOU KNOW HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH BIRTHDAY 25:22 PARTY TIME, 25 YEARS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE 25:27 THINK OKAY 25 YEARS. 25:29 JESUS, WE WISH THAT HE WOULD HAVE COME YOU KNOW 25:32 YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO BUT AT THE SAME TIME 25:34 HE WAITS ANOTHER DAY FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT LITTLE 25:37 GIRL, SOMEBODY ELSE IN A VILLAGE. 25:39 AND TOGETHER WE NEED TO BE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE 25:41 SHARING HIM AND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT HE WILL COME 25:46 BACK AND WE WANT TO ALL BE READY. 25:48 NOT ONLY IN INDIA BUT ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 25:51 SO WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 25:55 THE NEXT TIME YOU GO TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:58 WORKERS DAVID? 26:00 WE BEGAN, AND I DIDN'T SHARE THIS BEFORE, WE 26:03 BEGAN BY A BIT OF TRAINING IN THE FORMING OF SMALL 26:07 GROUPS, BIBLE STORY TELLING AND I'M HOPING 26:10 THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 26:13 DO THE WORKSHOPS FOR THE LEADERS IN EACH OF THE 26:15 INDIVIDUAL UNIONS. 26:17 THAT WOULD BE MY DREAM. 26:18 WELL AND TRAINING. 26:20 YOU KNOW WE THINK ABOUT, WE THINK ABOUT IF HERE IN 26:24 OUR NORTH AMERICA SO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED 26:27 TO HAVE GONE TO CHURCH AND TO ELEMENTARY, HIGH 26:30 SCHOOL, ACADEMY AND COLLEGE AT A CHRISTIAN 26:32 SCHOOL. 26:33 BUT MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVEN'T HAD THAT 26:35 OPPORTUNITY AND SO TRAINING IS HUGE FOR THEM 26:39 FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME BASIC TRAINING 26:41 FOR WHEN THEY GO OUT. 26:42 SO WE'LL PRAY FOR THAT. 26:44 THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN OUR 26:47 TERRITORY AND MAYBE WE CAN FOCUS ON SOME OF THOSE 26:50 NEXT TIME WHEN WE DO ANOTHER REPORT. 26:53 SOUNDS GREAT. 26:54 WELL DAVID THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND 26:55 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU THE 26:57 STRENGTH OF ISAIAH 40:31 SO YOU CAN RUN AND NOT BE 27:00 WEARY. 27:01 SO THANK YOU. 27:01 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 27:02 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 27:03 AND THANK YOU. 27:03 REMEMBER JESUS LOVES YOU. 27:04 REMEMBER TO PRAY CONTINUALLY, REJOICE AND 27:05 GIVE THANKS. 27:06 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR ALL THAT 27:07 YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:09 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I'M JULIE 27:10 SANDERS KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 27:11 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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