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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000779A
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00:01 ONE MISSION. 00:03 THE GREAT COMMISSION. 00:06 TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 00:17 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:32 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:34 I'M LYNELLE ELLIS AND I'M SO PLEASED THAT YOU ARE 00:38 TUNING IN TO WATCH TODAY. 00:39 JOINING ME NOW IS MARVIN BUDD AND MARVIN IS 00:43 REPRESENTING THE WORK WITH DEAF PEOPLE ON BEHALF OF 00:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ACTUALLY PASTOR JOHN BLAKE 00:51 IS THE DIRECTOR FOR ALL DEAF MINISTRIES. 00:54 WE HAVE DEAF MINISTRIES HAPPENING IN ABOUT SIXTEEN 00:56 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND YOUR HIS ASSOCIATE AND YOU 00:59 HAVE BEEN WORKING SPECIFICALLY RECENTLY IN 01:01 INDIA AND HAVE MADE SOME -A TRIP TO INDIA AND I'M 01:07 REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AS YOU 01:10 WERE THERE IN INDIA THIS TIME. 01:12 YES, ON THIS TRIP WHICH IS MY THIRD TRIP TO INDIA UH, 01:15 WE GOT TO VISIT SEVERAL OF THE DIFFERENT CHURCHES. 01:19 THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME WITH THAT. 01:21 BEFORE WE'VE HAD TRAININGS IN A CENTRAL LOCATION. 01:24 THIS TIME WE WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL AROUND TO THE 01:27 DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND I THINK WE VISITED ABOUT 01:30 NINE. 01:31 SO, IN THIS PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART SERIES WE'LL 01:34 BE VISITING SOME OF THE CHURCHES IN SOUTHWEST AND 01:40 SOUTHEAST INDIA. 01:42 SO, NOW YOU MENTIONED THAT WHEN YOU WENT BEFORE YOU 01:45 DIDN'T TRAVEL TO THE CHURCHES SO I'M ASSUMING 01:48 YOU WERE KIND OF IN A CENTRAL LOCATION, PEOPLE 01:50 WERE COMING TO YOU FOR TRAINING. 01:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:53 TYPICALLY, IN THE NORTHEAST ANDHRA SECTION. 01:55 IT WOULD BE HARD TO REALLY GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THE 01:59 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS THERE ARE EXPERIENCING IN THAT 02:02 WAY SO WAS THIS PRETTY EXCITING FOR YOU TO 02:04 ACTUALLY GO? 02:05 IT REALLY WAS AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS FOR ME 02:09 BECAUSE IN THE PAST I'VE KIND OF AND I'LL MENTION 02:13 THIS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LATER THAT I DIDN'T THINK 02:16 AS HIGHLY OF SOME OF THE DEAF PEOPLE BECAUSE IT 02:18 SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE BUTTERING ME UP AND 02:21 ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE HEARING THAT ARE WORKING 02:24 AMONG THE DEAF AND THIS GAVE ME A DIFFERENT 02:28 PERSPECTIVE. 02:29 I HAVE A LOT MORE RESPECT FOR THEM NOW. 02:31 YES, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE PICTURES AND STORIES YOU 02:33 WANT TO SHARE WITH US SO, YES. 02:35 TELL US ABOUT HOW THINGS WENT. 02:37 OK. 02:38 WELL, WE'LL START OUT WITH A SPECIAL PICTURE OF THE 02:42 KOLLEGAL SCHOOL DOWN IN SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST 02:45 INDIA. 02:47 SOUTHWEST OF BENGALURU OR BANGALORE WHICH IS WHAT 02:50 IT'S PREVIOUS NAME HAS BEEN. 02:53 THIS IS THE KOLLEGAL SCHOOL IS RUN BY CHILD 02:59 IMPACT INTERNATIONAL AND IN THIS PICTURE OVER ON 03:03 THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THE SECOND FROM THE RIGHT, IS 03:05 A PASTOR WILSON WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 03:10 HELPINGHAND SOCIETY WHO ALONG WITH ASIAN AID ARE 03:14 RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUALLY SEEING THAT THESE 03:17 GRADUATES FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE GO 03:21 ON TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND IT IS A WONDERFUL 03:23 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS THERE. 03:26 THESE PEOPLE -THESE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE 03:27 PICTURE ARE VERY INTELLECTUALLY ASTUTE, 03:28 STUDYING ELECTRONICS AND VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC AND 03:30 TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE 03:31 UP. 03:32 THIS SCHOOL IS IN MYSURU AND IN THE PICTURE NEAR 03:33 THE CENTER IS A PASTOR RAJ DAS WHO IS FROM THE 03:34 CENTRAL INDIA UNION. 03:35 ONE OF THE GREAT SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE THERE. 03:36 SO, ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING THIS 03:44 SCHOOL ARE DEAF. 04:05 ARE DEAF, YES. 04:06 UH HUH. 04:07 AND NOW THIS BRINGS UP A CURIOSITY FOR ME BECAUSE 04:09 I'M FAMILIAR WITH AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE EVEN THOUGH 04:12 I DON'T SPEAK IT, BUT I'M ASSUMING WE DON'T HAVE 04:15 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IN INDIA? 04:16 THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE BECAUSE 04:20 THEY DO TEACHMORE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE THERE THAN 04:24 IN THE REST OF INDIA. 04:26 MANY OF THE STUDENTS THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE 04:29 BOTH SPEAK THEIR HOME INDIAN SIGN LANUAGE AND 04:34 ALSO WHAT THEY LEARN AT THE SCHOOL. 04:36 OK, SO-SO, WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM MUCH 04:38 MORE EASILY THAN ANY OF THE OTHER DEAF ELSEWHERE 04:41 IN INDIA. 04:42 YES, SO YOU I KNOW, YOU SPEAK AMERICAN SIGN 04:46 LANGUAGE AND NOW YOU ARE GOING TO INDIA YOU ARE 04:49 LEARNING BASICALLY ANOTHER LANGUAGE. 04:51 THAT'S CORRECT. 04:52 THERE IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTO SIGN LANGUAGE YOU CAN 04:56 GO AND GOOGLE INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND YOU'LL SEE 04:59 SEVERAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THAT THERE. 05:01 THIS IS DOWN SOUTH IN TAMIL NADU. 05:03 THE LANGUAGE TYPICALLY SPOKEN THERE IS TAMIL. 05:07 YES. 05:08 AND SO, THE STUDENTS IN THIS SCHOOL ARE LEARNING A 05:11 LOT OF ENGLISH AS WELL AS SPEAKING TAMIL. 05:13 UH HUH. 05:14 IN PRIOR VISITS, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE PASTOR JEFF 05:18 JORDAN WITH ME AND ALSO CHUCK MCGEHEE WHO IS A LAY 05:24 PASTOR IN WASHINGTON STATE AND WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY 05:30 GOTTEN REPORTS FROM PASTOR JOHN BLAKE AND ALFRED 05:35 GRIFFITH AND MANY OTHERS HAVING GONE. 05:37 ALSO, OUR SPEAKER DIRECTOR FOR 3 ANGELS DEAF 05:40 MINISTRY, DAVID TREXLER. 05:43 SO, AFTER WE FINISHED THE KOLLEGAL WHICH WAS OUR 05:47 FIRST PLACE, WE WENT TO THE THAN JAVUR KARAIKAL 05:52 SECTION WHICH IS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THIS 05:56 PICTURE IS A PICTURE OF THE CORNERSTONE OF ONE OF 06:01 THE CHURCHES THERE IN THANJAVUR. 06:04 YEARS AGO, MRS. DOROTHY WATTS BACK IN THE LATE 06:09 1990'S WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL IN THIS AREA. 06:15 IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE, YOU'LL SEE HER 06:16 NAME AS WELL AS OTHERS WHO WERE THERE. 06:18 THESE CORNERSTONES TELL A VERY INTERESTING STORY FOR 06:21 THE CHURCHES THERE. 06:22 AH, NOTE THAT PASTOR JEFFJORDAN'S NAME AND JOHN 06:27 BLAKE ARE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PICTURE AND 06:31 IT'S -ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS TAKE NOTE OF. 06:35 INSIDE THIS CHURCH IT'S QUITE NICE. 06:40 YES. 06:41 UM AND I'D LIKE TO JUST POINT OUT THAT THIS IS A 06:45 CHURCH THAT IS PREDOMINANTELY HEARING 06:47 WITH A DEAF CONGREGATION. 06:49 UH, THE MAN THAT KIND OF LEADS OUT HERE IS A DOCTOR 06:54 THAT IS HEARING AND THEY HAVE AN ACTIVE HEARING 06:59 MINISTRY GOING ON IN PARALLEL WITH THIS. 07:03 HOWEVER, THE PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND THIS IS MY 07:07 HUMBLE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH A GOPRO SITTING OUT THERE 07:10 REMOTE CONTROLLED WITH MY CELLPHONE SO THAT'S WHY IT 07:13 IS TILTED, UM, BUT -THEY STILL LOOK HAPPY TO BE 07:16 GETTING THEIR PICTURE TAKEN. 07:17 YES, WELL THEY ARE VERY ACCOMMODATING. 07:20 NOTICE THE LADIES DRESSES-SEVERAL OF THEM 07:22 ARE ALL COMPLIMENTARY COLORS, YES, AND I WOULD 07:28 SAY AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS PICTURE 07:30 OF ABOUT 50 PEOPLE WERE DEAF AND THERE ARE ABOUT 07:35 FOUR OR FIVE OTHER DEAF SMALL GROUPS MEETING IN 07:39 THIS GENERAL VICINITY. 07:42 LET ME CLARIFY SOMETHING THEN, THE CHURCHES THAT 07:44 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ON THIS EPISODE AS WE ARE 07:47 SHARING, THESE ARE CHURCHES THAT HAVE DEAF 07:49 MEMBERS BUT THEY ARE NOT ENTIRELY DEAF 07:51 CONGREGATIONS? 07:52 THAT'S CORRECT. 07:53 OK. 07:54 AND BY VIRTUE OF THAT THE HEARING PEOPLE WILL TEND 07:56 TO UPKEEP THEM BETTER BECAUSE THEY WANT TO 08:00 WORSHIP THERE. 08:00 AH. 08:02 AND SO OFTEN WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE ACTUAL DEAF 08:06 CONGREGATIONS AND IN PART TWO WE WILL SEE MORE OF 08:10 THOSE. 08:11 AH, BUT YES, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS HERE AND 08:16 ITS HARD TO KNOW WHERE TO SPLIT YOUR MONEY UH HUH, 08:19 BECAUSE THE HEARING PEOPLE LIKE TO USE THAT MONEY AS 08:22 WELL AND THE DEAF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A VOICE 08:25 SOMETIMES. 08:26 SO, THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING CULTURAL 08:28 THING. 08:29 IT CAN GET COMPLICATED. 08:30 YES, IT CAN VERY MUCH GET COMPLICATED. 08:33 SO, FOLLOWING THIS WE WENT JUST ABOUT ANOTHER 15 OR 08:36 20 MILES DOWN THE ROAD TO THIS CHURCH. 08:39 YOU ALSO SEE SOME OF THE SAME NAMES ON. 08:42 THIS IS PATHEKOTI AND ITS ALSO A HEARING DEAF 08:46 CHURCH. 08:47 NOW THE FIRST FLOOR OF THIS CHURCH IS HEARING. 08:50 THE SECOND FLOOR WAS BUILT FOR THE DEAF ON TOP OF AN 08:54 EXISTING CHURCH. 08:55 BY VIRTUE OF THAT, THE SUPPORT ON THE ROOF OF THE 09:01 HEARING CHURCH BUCKLED BECAUSE OF THE -IT WAS TOO 09:05 HEAVY- THE HEAVINESS ON TOP AND THE FLOOR CRACKED 09:10 AND SO IT IS USELESS NOW. 09:12 AND SO, - THEY ARE NOT USING THE BUILDING AT THIS 09:14 POINT? 09:15 THE DEAF REALLY CAN'T MEET THERE BECAUSE MOST OF THE 09:17 FLOOR IS BUCKLED. 09:18 YES. 09:19 IT IS UP ABOUT SIX INCHES BECAUSE OF THE TILES BEING 09:21 BUCKLED. 09:22 AND DO THOSE UNDERNEATH WORRY? 09:24 AH, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S SO MUCH OF AN ISSUE, OK, BUT 09:27 IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT YOU KNOW, YES, WHEN THEY HAVE 09:30 TO SIT ON THE FLOOR OR THEY HAVE TO USE THE 09:32 FLOOR. 09:33 IT'S HARD WITH A BAD FLOOR. 09:36 SO, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF THAT BUT I DID 09:39 GET A PICTURE OF THE LEADERSHIP. 09:42 ON THE LEFT SIDE IS PASTOR TANGORAJ DAVID AND NEXT TO 09:53 HIM IS MYSELF AND THEN CHUCK MCGEHEE WHO WENT 09:56 WITH ME AND HE DID THE SPEAKING ON THE TRIP AND I 09:59 INTERPRETED. 10:00 AND THEN WE HAVE THE MAN THAT'S THE LOCAL ELDER 10:04 THAT OPENED THE CHURCH UP FOR US AND THEN PASTOR 10:07 AMBROSE FROM THE SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION, PASTOR 10:10 KAREN SOLVOMANI THE SECRETARY OF THANJUVUR 10:15 KARAIKAL SECTION AND THEN THE LOCAL PASTOR AND A 10:20 MINISTER THERE THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH-A MEMBER OF THE 10:24 CHURCH. 10:25 SO, THEY CAME DOWN AND LET US SEE THE CHURCH. 10:29 NOW FROM THERE WE TAKE AN OVERNIGHT BUS RIDE AND THE 10:33 NEXT DAY TRAIN RIDE WHERE WE GOT UP TO RAJAMUNDRY 10:38 WHICH IS FARTHER THAN CHENNAI AND UP INTO THE 10:42 CENTRAL PART OF INDIA. 10:44 SO ABOUT HOW FAR ARE YOU TRAVELING? 10:47 I MEAN, THIS SOUNDS ARE THESE SLOW BUSES AND 10:49 TRAINS OR IS THIS REALLY A BIG DISTANCE? 10:51 IT IS NORMAL BUSES AND TRAINS. 10:53 IT'S A PRETTY GOOD DISTANCE WHEN YOU ARE 10:55 TRAVELING. 10:56 INDIA IS A BIGT COUNTRY. 10:57 YES, IT IS. 10:58 AND THEN WE TOOK A TAXI FROM RAJAMUNDRY TO THIS 11:02 LOCATION WHICH IS KAKINADA. 11:07 NOW THIS WORKER THAT'S HERE AND THIS IS HIS 11:10 APARTMENT ON A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION IN TOWN. 11:13 NOTICE THE BIG SIGN AND WE ARE PARKED THERE WITH OUR 11:18 CAR GETTING OUT AND HE'S ON ALL THREE LEVELS OF 11:24 THIS BUILDING. 11:26 THE DEAF CHURCH IS ON THE TOP LEVEL, UH HUH, AND 11:29 THEN HIS LIVING QUARTERS ARE ON THE SECOND LEVEL 11:32 AND THE BOTTOM IS STAIRCASES. 11:35 AH, SO IT IS VERY GOOD LOCATION IN THE TOWN. 11:39 YES. 11:40 AND THIS GENTLEMAN'S FATHER WAS IN THE AIR 11:43 FORCE AND NAVY, I MEAN, AND IS QUITE POLITICALLY 11:48 CONNECTED. 11:49 AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SUCH A GOOD PROPERTY AT 11:52 THIS LOCATION? 11:53 WELL, IT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT I 11:55 DON'T KNOW? 11:56 BUT IT'S JUST INTERESTING THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE 11:59 HAVE BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE OF PEOPLE. 12:01 YES. 12:02 NOW THIS IS A PICTURE IN HIS, IN THE CHURCH AREA 12:06 AH, ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IN THE FRONT ROW IS PASTOR 12:11 PRABHAKAR RAO WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STARTING 12:15 THE DEAF WORK IN INDIA UNDER DR. WATTS. 12:18 AND NEXT TO HIM IS ME AND THEN CHUCK. 12:23 THE SECOND FROM THE LEFT THERE IN THE FRONT ROW IS 12:26 PASTOR SUDAR SANAM -PATAROJHU SUDAR SANAM WHO 12:30 IS THE UNION REPRESENTATIVE AND THEN 12:34 THIS MEMBER JOHN IMMANUEL REDDY. 12:36 HIS SISTER MIRIAM IS ON THE LEFT IN THE RED. 12:43 SHE IS NOT WELL. 12:44 SHE HAS HAD AN EYE TUMOR AND SHE IS HEARING BUT SHE 12:46 KNOWS SIGN LANGUAGE AND SHE'S BEEN VERY 12:48 INSTRUMENTAL SO WE ARE QUITE SAD TO SEE HER NOT 12:53 WELL. 12:54 UH HUH. 12:55 IN THE BACK ROW OF THAT PICTURE IF WE COULD HAVE 13:00 IT UP AGAIN, AH IS THE SECOND FROM THE RIGHT IS 13:08 JOHN IMMANUEL REDDY, OUR WORKER THERE AND HIS 13:13 WIFE'S MOTHER, HIS WIFE IS RIGHT NEXT TO HIM ON THE 13:17 RIGHT HAND SIDE THEN JOHN IMMANUEL REDDY AND THEN 13:20 TWO OR THREE OF THE DEAF MEMBERS THAT MEET WITH HIM 13:26 AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL. 13:27 UH, THE MOTHER DIED WHILE WE WERE STILL IN INDIA AND 13:35 SO THEY'VE BEEN HIT QUITE HEAVILY WITH THE 13:38 HOSPITALIZATION COSTS AND EVERYTHING THERE SO, YES, 13:42 WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY ARE BACK IN AS 13:45 WORKERS. 13:46 THEY HAVE BEEN OUT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS DUE TO A 13:49 MISUNDERSTANDING I MIGHT SAY. 13:51 OK. 13:52 BUT THEY ARE BACK NOW WORKING WITH GOSPEL 13:53 OUTREACH. 13:54 THEY'VE JUST BEEN ACCEPTED BACK SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO 13:57 SAY THAT. 13:58 THAT'S VERY GOOD. 14:00 YES. 14:01 I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A LITTLE 14:03 BREAK. 14:04 THAT WOULD BE FINE. 14:05 RIGHT NOW, AND JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'LL BE 14:08 BACK IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. 14:09 THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO 14:12 LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MINISTRY AS WE GO INTO 14:14 THIS BREAK AND REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS 14:17 CONNECT WITHUS AT GOAIM.ORG AND WE WOULD 14:21 REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO DO THAT. 14:24 AND WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS ON BEHALF OF THE WORKWITH 14:27 DEAF PEOPLE IN INDIA AND ALL AROUND THE REST OF THE 14:30 WORLD AS WELL AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR INVESTMENT 14:34 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN REACHING PEOPLE ALL OVER 14:37 THE WORLD WITH THE GOOD NEWS THAT GOD LOVES THEM 14:40 AND THAT THERE IS HOPE FOR THEM. 14:42 SO, STAY TUNED. 14:43 I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 14:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SHARING JESUS WITH THOUSANDS OF 14:51 UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:54 MORE THAN TWENTY -FIVE YEARS AGO, FRANK STANYER 14:57 AND EDGAR PANGILINAN SAW THE HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 15:01 IN THE PHILIPPINES WHO STILL NEEDED TO HEAR ABOUT 15:04 JESUS. 15:05 THESE TWO LAYMEN FELT THE LORD CALLING THEM TO SHARE 15:08 THE GOSPEL IN THE PHILIPPINES, TO GENERATE 15:11 AND RAISE FUNDS THE TWO MEN STARTED GOSPEL 15:14 OUTREACH TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL BIBLE 15:17 WORKERS THROUGH A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 15:20 SOON FRANK AND EDGAR REALIZED THAT BILLIONS OF 15:23 PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES ALSO NEEDED TO 15:25 HEAR THE NAME OF JESUS AND LEARN ABOUT HIS PLAN OF 15:28 SALVATION. 15:30 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE IN 15:33 THE WORLD LIVE IN THE AREA FROM 10-40 DEGREES NORTH 15:37 OF THE EQUATOR. 15:38 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA 15:43 TO JAPAN WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 15:47 FRANK AND EDGAR EXPANDED THEIR SCOPE TO ALSO 15:50 SUPPORT BIBLE WORKERS IN THESE COUNTRIES BY WORKING 15:53 THROUGH THE CHURCH AND PARTNERING WITH MISSION 15:56 ORGANIZATIONS. 15:57 CURRENTLY, GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS FUND MORE THAN 16:00 2000 BIBLE WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 16:04 GOD IS DOING MIRACLES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 16:08 WELCOME BACK, I'M LYNELLE ELLIS AND GLAD THAT YOU 16:10 ARE TUNED IN NOW AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK WITH 16:13 MARVIN BUDD ABOUT THE WORK WITH DEAF PEOPLE THAT 16:16 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING IN INDIA AND IT JUST 16:19 WOULDN'T BE RIGHT IF WE TALKED ABOUT INDIA AND 16:21 DIDN'T TALK ABOUT FOOD. 16:23 YES. 16:24 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW MY MOUTH CAN KIND 16:26 OFWATER WITH SOME OF THOSE GOOD INDIAN FOODS. 16:29 WOW, LET'S HAVE SOME SWEETS AH, TAKE A LOOK AT 16:32 THIS PICTURE HERE. 16:33 ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WAY AT THE LEFT IS SOME SUGARY 16:38 LIKE PRETZEL THINGS. 16:40 M-M-M. 16:41 THAT I REALLY ENJOYED AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME 16:44 SAMOSAS AND SOME OTHER DISHES THERE AND THE MAIN 16:48 STORE HAS A LOT OF SWEETS THIS IS IN RAJAMUNDRY ONE 16:52 OF THE STORES THERE THAT WE PATRONIZED. 16:54 SO, THERE IS SOME SIDE BENEFITS TO BEING THERE ON 16:58 YOUR TRIP. 16:59 OH, INDIA IS WONDERFUL. 17:01 ITS FUN TO WATCH. 17:03 ALRIGHT. 17:04 I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME MORE STORIES TO SHARE WITH US 17:06 ABOUT PLACES YOU TRAVELED SO. 17:07 YES. 17:08 LET'S HEAR ABOUT THE NEXT ONE. 17:09 WELL, LET'S HEAD UP THE COAST THERE AND FROM 17:13 KAKINADA THAT'S IN THE NORTH ANDHRA REGION WE 17:16 WENT TO THIS. 17:18 AND THIS IS ONE OF THE TYPICAL LITTLE VILLAGES 17:22 AND NOTICE IN THE FRONT OF THE PICTURE YOU CAN ALMOST 17:24 SEE WHERE THE STONES CROSSING OVER THE OPEN 17:28 DRAINAGE DITCH THERE, UH HUH, IMAGINE THE SMELLS 17:31 COMING AS WE GO INTO CHURCH AND THIS IS A VERY 17:33 NICE CHURCH. 17:34 IT REALLY WAS AWESOME. 17:36 THIS IS IN BIOVARAM A SMALL LITTLE PLACE THERE 17:40 AND THIS IS IN THE VISAKHA METRO REGION SO WE DON'T 17:44 HAVE TOO MANY MEMBERS THERE. 17:46 UH HUH. 17:47 AND THIS IS ANOTHER HEARING CONGREGATION WHICH 17:49 MEETS IN THE MORNING AND THEN WE HAVE DEAF PEOPLE 17:52 IN THE AFTERNOON AND AGAIN WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR DEAF 17:56 GROUPS, SMALL GROUPS AROUND THE TOWN HERE. 17:59 DO THEY ALL COME TOGETHER TO MEET HERE THEN? 18:02 THEY DID FOR THIS BUT OFTEN BECAUSE OF 18:05 TRANSPORTATION DIFFICULTIES THEY WILL 18:07 MEET IN SEPARATE PLACES AROUND THE TOWN. 18:09 THIS IS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF VISAKHAPATNAM 18:13 ONE OF THE LARGE AREAS OF INDIA AND WE WOULD JUST 18:15 LOVE TO HAVE A CHURCH THERE HEARING OR DEAF BUT 18:16 WE'D PROBABLY LIKE TO HAVE A DEAF CHURCH THERE TOO. 18:25 SO, WHEN -YOU'RE CASTING A LITTLE DREAM BY SAYING 18:27 THAT. 18:28 I SURE AM. 18:29 YOU ARE VERY CLOSE TO A HIGHLY POPULATED AREA. 18:31 VERY. 18:32 WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO REACH INTO THAT AREA AND BEGIN 18:35 CONGREGATIONS THERE? 18:36 WELL, AH SINCE BUILDINGS AND LAND COST MONEY WE 18:40 NEED DONATIONS TO HELP WITH THIS AND THIS IS NOT 18:43 PART OF OUR NORMAL WORK FOR SUPPORTING WORKERS BUT 18:47 WE NEED SPECIAL DONATIONS TO ACTUALLY DO SOME OF 18:49 THIS DEVELOPMENT WORK. 18:51 SO, DO YOU THINK IF THERE WERE LOCATIONS AND 18:53 BUILDINGS THERE THEN WE COULD ALSO PROVIDE WORKERS 18:55 AND WE COULD BEGIN TO BUILD GROUPS. 18:57 THAT STARTS US IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WHICH 19:01 IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. 19:03 YES, WE NEED THAT VERY MUCH. 19:06 AH, THERE IS A NICE GROUP OF DEAF LEADERS HERE. 19:09 THIS IS INSIDE THE CHURCH AND INSTEAD OF ANOTHER 19:11 FORMAL PICTURE I JUST LOVE JUST LOOKING DOWN THE 19:13 CHURCH HERE, YES, AND SEEING HOW THE YOUNG 19:16 PEOPLE IN THIS CHURCH ARE SO ENTHUSIASTIC. 19:19 IT WAS HARD TO LEAVE BECAUSE IN DEAF CULTURE 19:22 YOU CAN STAY TILL MIDNIGHT AND BEYOND AND YOU JUST 19:27 -YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE YOU 19:30 CAN COMMUNICATE WITH. 19:31 SO, THEY LOVE TO BE TOGETHER. 19:33 THIS IS SUPPORT. 19:34 YES. 19:35 THIS IS FELLOWSHIP AND COMMUNITY. 19:36 UH HUH. 19:37 AH, SO I JUST LOVE THIS. 19:39 SO, THE NEXT PICTURE HERE AH, IS- OK THIS IS THE 19:48 NEXT PLACE WE WENT WAS AT THE PLACE WE'VE HAD 19:50 TRAININGS IN THE PAST. 19:51 THIS IS THE NORTHEAST ANDHRA SECTION. 19:53 A LITTLE MORE FORMAL PICTURE WITH US-MANY 19:56 LEADERS IN THE FRONT NOW, UH HUH. 19:58 I'D LIKE TO NOTICE THAT THE LEADER IN THE FRONT 20:01 THERE THAT HAS THE BLUER SHIRT ON SITTING ON THE 20:03 RIGHT IS THE NEW PRESIDENT PASTOR S. 20:09 ALEXANDER. 20:11 HE IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHEAST ANDHRA 20:14 SECTION. 20:15 AH, THE PREVIOUS OTOMBI ROBINSON AND THEN HIS WIFE 20:22 NANCY HAVE MOVED DOWN TO THE VISAKHA METRO REGION. 20:28 SO, I'D LIKE TO AH, JUST SAY THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF 20:36 LOYALTY IN THIS AREA AND ESPECIALLY THE WORKERS IN 20:40 THIS PICTURE REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING OUR 20:44 PASTOR RAO AND JOHN REDDY WHO ACTUALLY STARTED SOME 20:45 OF THE WORK HERE BACK WHEN IT WAS REALLY NEW. 20:46 PASTOR RAO IS A HEARING PERSON THAT DOESN'T KNOW 20:49 SIGN LANGUAGE AND I WAS ABLE TO HEAR HIM AS WE 20:58 TALKED IN THE CAR. 21:02 I JUST OPENED MY CELLPHONE UP AND SAID "TELL ME THE 21:07 STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE". 21:09 YES. 21:10 BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD THIS AND I WAS RESISTANT 21:13 TO WHAT HE WAS TELLING ME. 21:15 REALLY. 21:16 WHY? 21:17 WELL, I'VE BEEN AROUND DEAF PEOPLE ENOUGH THAT I 21:20 KNOW HOW THEY FEEL AND HOW THE HEARING PEOPLE HAVE 21:24 NOT LISTENED TO THE DEAF WORK AND WHAT THE NEEDS OF 21:27 THE DEAF ARE AND SO, I HAVE A NATURAL CAUTION 21:32 WHEN I HAVE HEARING PEOPLE THAT ARE STARTING TO TELL 21:35 ME THAT THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT. 21:36 UH HUH. 21:38 AND SO, I HAVE BEEN CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT UM, 21:42 PROBABLY TO OUR DETRIMENT IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THIS 21:46 MAN WAS ASKED BY PASTOR WATTS, "I JUST KNOW WE'VE 21:52 GOT TO HAVE A DEAF WORK IN INDIA, WOULDYOU PLEASE 21:54 START IT." 21:55 YES. 21:56 HE TOLD THE STORY OF WAITING A WHOLE YEAR 21:59 BEFORE HE ACTUALLY PRAYED TO GOD AND CONFESSED HIS 22:04 RESISTANCE TO ACTUALLY GO AHEAD WITH THAT. 22:07 HE WAS A UNION REPRESENTATIVE AND DID 22:10 NOTHING-SAT ON IT FOR A WHOLE YEAR UNTIL FINALLY 22:13 THE LORD CONVICTED HIS HEART THAT HE NEEDED TO 22:15 PROCEED WITH THAT. 22:16 SO, HE CHOSE THIS JOHN REDDY WHO KNOWS AND IS 22:23 WELL CONNECTED AND THEY WENT OUT AND STARTED SOME 22:28 CHURCHES. 22:29 YES. 22:30 SO, IT IS REALLY EXCITING STORY OF HOW THAT ACTUALLY 22:33 CAME TO BE AND SO WHEN I TRIED TO KIND OF LIKE TRY 22:37 TO PUSH HIM OFF TO THE SIDE AND LET'S GIVE 22:39 SUPPORT TO THE DEAF PEOPLE, THE DEAF PEOPLE 22:41 RALLIED AROUND HIM. 22:44 THEY KNEW HE WAS THEIR FRIEND. 22:45 I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 22:48 SO, AH AND THE STORY I'D LIKE TO TELL NEXT IS JUST 22:56 KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH THAT. 22:58 NOW, IF YOU JUMP BACK TO WHAT WE SAW IN THANJAVUR 23:01 PREVIOUSLY THAT NICE CHURCH DOWN THERE WITH 23:04 ABOUT FIFTY PEOPLE, UM WHILE I TELL THIS STORY 23:08 I'LL THROW A PICTURE UP HERE OF ONE OF THE LADIES 23:10 THERE AND I THINK I'VE GOT THIS ALL CORRECT, UH HUH, 23:15 BUT I BELIEVE THIS LADY IS DHANA LAKSHMI. 23:18 NOTICE THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WORDS - 23:21 DIFFERENT SOUNDS, YES, SO DHANA LAKSHMI. 23:26 SHE IS NOW A DEAF STREET WORKER AND BEFORE SHE 23:34 FOUND THE BIBLE THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND IT, SHE WAS 23:40 ABOUT 55 YEARS OLD AND MARRIED FOR MANY YEARS AND 23:45 HAD NO CHILDREN. 23:47 AND OVER THERE, THAT'S A BIG THING, YES. 23:49 IN FACT, ONE OF THE LEADERS CAME UP TO ME AND 23:53 ASKED ME, "WELL, HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU HAVE?" 23:56 AND I SAID," NONE." 23:58 OH, I'M SO SORRY. 23:59 I SAID, "THAT IS OUR CHOICE. 24:01 WE WANTED IT THAT WAY." 24:04 REALLY? 24:04 SEEMS UNBELIEVABLE. 24:06 SO, THIS IS A BIG THING. 24:08 AH, AND SHE SAYS WE ARE VERY POOR AND ALONE AND 24:12 YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE. 24:14 SUDDENLY ONE DAY MY HUSBAND BECAME SICK AND 24:17 WAS NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. 24:18 NOW THERE IS REAL THREAT FOR YOU. 24:21 WE VISITED MANY DOCTORS, MANY TEMPLES BUT GOT NO 24:24 RECOVERY FROM HIS ILLNESS. 24:27 ONE DAY OUR CHURCH PASTOR CAME TO MY HOUSE AND 24:29 PRAYED. 24:31 MY HUSBAND'S CONDITION WAS VERY BAD. 24:34 ALL OUR VILLAGE PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT MY HUSBAND 24:36 WOULD DIE TOMORROW. 24:39 I CALLED THE PASTOR AND OUR CHURCH MEMBERS PRAYED 24:42 THE WHOLE NIGHT. 24:43 IN THE MORNING MY HUSBAND STOOD UP WITH NEW STRENGTH 24:46 AND HE WAS HEALED. 24:48 NOW I AND MY HUSBAND ATTEND OUR SDA CHURCH 24:51 EVERY SABBATH. 24:52 AMAZING. 24:53 SO, THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE OVER 24:57 THERE AND IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE FACE OF THAT WOMAN 25:01 AGAIN, YES, IT'S JUST VERY TOUCHING TO SEE THE 25:04 SIMPLICITY OF FAITH THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE 25:07 FINDING OF JESUS IN THOSE COUNTRIES. 25:12 AND LIKE I SAY; I JUST HONOR THE INDIAN PEOPLE 25:18 FOR THEIR ABILITY TO COME TOGETHER. 25:21 SO MANY OF THEM, AS YOU DRIVE DOWN THE STREET 25:25 -CARS COMING RIGHT AT YOU AND RIGHT ACROSS YOUR WAY 25:28 ALL THE WAY BUT THEY SOMEHOW HAVE A VERY 25:32 DISCIPLINED WAY OF GETTING ALONG TOGETHER. 25:35 AND I'VE LEARNED AS A RESULT OF THIS AND THIS IS 25:40 KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M INCORPORATING 25:42 INTO MY NEW CONCEPT OF INDIAN DEAF MINISTRY, THAT 25:50 THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD DIRECTLY JUST LIKE WE 25:54 OVER HERE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE AND WE NEED TO 25:56 RESPECT THAT AND MAYBE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS 26:01 WITH DEAF CULTURE EVEN OVER HERE IN AMERICA WE 26:05 CAN UNDERSTAND AS WELL. 26:06 OFTEN THE NATURAL RESULT OF THE HEARING PERSON 26:09 VISITING A DEAF PERSON OR SEEING A DEAF PERSON IS TO 26:12 WANT TO PROTECT, TO WANT TO HELP AND TO WANT TO DO 26:15 SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES WHEREAS SOMETIMES 26:22 THE BEST THING IS TO PUT RESOURCES THERE TO ENABLE 26:27 AND TO HELP VIA COMMUNICATION. 26:29 WHAT BETTER WAY TO HELP COMMUNICATE THAN TO SPREAD 26:32 THE LORD'S MESSAGE TO THEM AND SAYING NOW THIS IS 26:36 YOUR SAVIOR. 26:37 YOU DON'T NEED TO BE BEHOLDEN TO ME BECAUSE 26:39 I'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE LORD. 26:42 YES. 26:42 IT'S DIRECT. 26:44 THIS IS NOW YOUR SAVIOR TOO. 26:46 VERY GOOD, MARVIN. 26:47 THANK YOU. 26:48 REALLY GOOD THINGS FOR US TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR 26:51 TRIP TO INDIA WORKING WITH THE DEAF. 26:53 I'M TAKING IT TO HEART I HOPE YOU ARE AS WELL AND I 26:58 ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AGAIN, YOU 27:01 CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG AND WE 27:05 APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR FINANCIAL DONATIONS 27:08 OF COURSE, AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP TUNING IN TO 27:11 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE 27:55 MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH.[CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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