[OPENING MUSIC]
ON MISSION, THE GREAT
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COMMISSION, TO REACH
EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN
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THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS.
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JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS."
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I THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US TO DAY.
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I'M LONNIE MELASHENKO
YOUR HOST HERE ON "ADVENTURES
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IN MISSIONS."
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AND TODAY, LET ME TELL
YOU, GOSPEL OUTREACH IS
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GOING TO TAKE YOU ON
AN ABSOLUTELY THRILLING
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ADVENTURE.
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ARE YOU READY?
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WE'RE GOING TO BE
DOING SOMETHING WITH REFUGEES
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AND MY WIFE JEANNIE AND
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH
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REFUGEE MINISTRY IN
DAYTON, OHIO TO A SMALL
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DEGREE WITH YOU KNOW THE
HUTUS AND THE TUTSIS THAT
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WERE KILLING
EACH OTHER YEARS AGO.
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WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THE LARGEST
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REFUGEE CAMP IN THE WORLD.
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AND OUR GUEST IS ALSO
GOING TO BE TELLING US
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SOMETHING ABOUT
BAPTISM WITH TADPOLES.
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AND YOU MAY NOT BE
READY FOR THIS WITH YOUR
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APPETITE, TADPOLE SOUP.
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WE HAVE AS OUR
GUEST TODAY JOHN DUROE.
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AND YOU ARE FROM TRIPURA.
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YES.
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I WANT TO SAY STRAIGHT
AWAY, I'VE NEVER TASTED
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TADPOLE SOUP.
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I WAS WONDERING IF YOU
HAD BROUGHT US A SAMPLE TODAY.
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NO, IT'S AGAINST MY RELIGION.
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(LAUGHTER).
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WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
10/40 WINDOW AND THAT'S 10
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DEGREES NORTH AND
40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE
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EQUATOR.
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YES.
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WHICH IS THE LARGEST
LAND MASS ON THE PLANET WITH
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THE MOST POPULATION ON
THE PLANET OF WHICH 97% PLUS
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DO NOT KNOW AND NEVER
EVEN HEARD OF THE NAME JESUS.
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THEY'RE NOT CHRISTIAN.
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YES.
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AND YOU ARE PLANTED
RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
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THAT INCREDIBLE ZONE TO
TRY TO TOUCH PEOPLE IN A
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UNIQUE WAY THROUGH
INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS WHO
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LIVE THERE.
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NOT SENDING
FOREIGN MISSIONARIES.
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NO, NO.
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SO WHERE DID YOU GROW UP?
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WHERE IS YOUR BACKGROUND?
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MY BACKGROUND IS ENGLAND,
SHEFFIELD IN THE NORTH OF
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ENGLAND.
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YOU'RE SPEAKING THE
KING'S ENGLISH THE WAY IT SHOULD
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BE SPOKEN.
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AND I LEFT
THERE A LONG TIME AGO.
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WOW.
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AND NOW YOU ARE INVOLVED
WITH THIS PARTICULAR AREA
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OF TRIPURA.
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VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE
A CLUE WHERE THAT IS.
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BUT WE'VE GOT
SOME VIDEO TO SHOW.
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YES WE HAVE, YES.
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LET'S HAVE A LOOK
AT THIS FIRST VIDEO.
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IN TRIPURA NORTHEAST
INDIA THERE ARE MANY REFUGEES
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FROM ETHNIC CLASHES IN
THE NEIGHBORING STATE OF
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MIZORAM.
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THERE ARE MANY ANIMISTIC
TRIBAL RELIGIONS WITH A
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STRONG HINDU INFLUENCE.
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WE WERE ON OUR WAY
TO VISIT GOSPEL OUTREACH
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WORKERS BIJOY AND MOYA.
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FOR THE LAST COUPLE
OF MONTHS THEY HAVE BEEN
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VISITING IN ONE OF THE VILLAGES.
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THEY WERE HELPED BY A
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, A
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TRAINED HOUSE WORKER.
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WE WERE WELCOMED, GIVEN
GIFTS AND JOINED THEM FOR
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WORSHIP.
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TODAY 12 MORE BELIEVERS
WILL BE BAPTIZED AND JOIN
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THE 11 WHO NOW
WORSHIP EVERY SABBATH.
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WE SEE SOME
INTERESTING BAPTISMAL SIGHTS BUT
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NOBODY COMPLAINS.
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THEY CLEAR THE POOL,
SING, PRAY AND BAPTIZE.
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WHAT A SIGHT FOR OUR
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
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SHARING THE GOOD NEWS
OF A SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
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(SOUNDS FROM VIDEO) WORK
IS NOT EASY WHERE A STRONG
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HINDU INFLUENCE PERVADES.
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ONE HINDU MAN IN THE
VILLAGE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE
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AND MARRIED A CHRISTIAN
LADY FROM ANOTHER PLACE.
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HIS FATHER WAS A
HINDU PRIEST AND MADE DAILY
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SACRIFICES AT THE VILLAGE ALTER.
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AFTER SOME TIME HIS
FATHER DIED AND HIS SON DECIDED
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THAT HE NEEDED TO CONTINUE
THE DAILY PRIESTLY DUTIES.
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BUT HE ALSO WANTED HIS
WIFE TO BECOME A HINDU.
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HE BECAME SO VIOLENT ONE
DAY WHILE DRINKING THAT HE
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THREATENED TO
KILL HER SO SHE RAN.
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SHE STOPPED AT SOME
HOUSE TO ASK FOR HELP AND
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PROVIDENTIALLY SHE FOUND
HERSELF IN THE SAME HOUSE
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WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKER MOYA WAS STAYING.
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HER HUSBAND HAD NO
IDEA WHERE SHE WAS.
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MOYA WAITED UNTIL HER
HUSBAND HAD SOBERED UP AND
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CALMED DOWN.
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AND AT SUNSET
MOYA TOOK HER HOME.
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HE COUNSELED THEM AND
THEY PROMISED TO RESPECT EACH
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OTHER.
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HE KEPT VISITING THEIR
HOME AND INVITING THEM TO
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COME AND WORSHIP WITH HIM.
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THEY REFUSED BUT
AFTER ABOUT THREE MONTHS ONE
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SABBATH THE WIFE
ARRIVED TO WORSHIP.
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AND AFTER ONE YEAR
THE HUSBAND JOINED HER AND
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LAST MONTH THEY
WERE BOTH BAPTIZED.
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ONE OF THE VILLAGE
GIRLS, NOW BAPTIZED, WAS SICK
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WHEN OUR GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORKERS ARRIVED.
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HER PARENTS HAD TAKEN
HER TO THE PRIEST TO MAKE A
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SACRIFICE AND THEN
THEY TRIED THE HOSPITAL.
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OUR WORKERS VISITED
HER THERE AND THEY PRAYED.
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(PRAYING) THEY SENT
HER HOME AND OUR WORKERS
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CONTINUED TO VISIT AND PRAY.
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THEN ONE EVENING HER
PARENTS CALLED OUR WORKERS
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TO TELL THEM THAT SHE
WAS PERFECTLY WELL AGAIN.
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A HINDU UPBRINGING IS
NOT EASY TO BREAK AWAY FROM.
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THERE ARE SO MANY
FESTIVALS TO CELEBRATE.
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IT'S HARD NOT TO BE INFLUENCED.
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OLD GODS ARE EASILY
DISCARDED AND NEW ONES
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TAKE THEIR PLACE.
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CANDLES ARE BURNED
AND OFFERINGS ARE MADE.
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AND OUR GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORKERS IN TRIPURA ARE
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OFFERING A NEW BIRTH AND
A NEW LIFE WITHOUT FEAR AND
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WITH THE
ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
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PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN
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TRIPURA.
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THAT IS ABSOLUTELY INSPIRING.
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A WONDERFUL STORY.
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I'VE MET SOME HINDUS
AND THEY ARE VERY DEDICATED
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PEOPLE.
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YES.
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WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION IS HINDU WHERE
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YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT RIGHT NOW TRIPURA?
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OH PROBABLY ABOUT 90
PERCENT, SOMETHING LIKE
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THAT.
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HOW CONFIDENT ARE THEY
IN THEIR RITUAL AND THEIR
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FAITH OR ARE THEY
OPEN TO NEW LIGHT?
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WELL THEY'RE OPEN TO
NEW LIGHT REALLY BECAUSE YOU
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SEE EVERY MONTH A NEW
GOD APPEARS ON THE SCENE.
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AND THE OLD GODS ARE DISCARDED.
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YOU SAW THEM THERE.
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THEY WERE JUST THROWN
TO ONE SIDE AND A NEW GOD
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TAKES THEIR PLACE AND
THEY HAVE A NEW FESTIVAL WITH
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THAT GOD.
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SO IT MAKES IT VERY
INTERESTING FOR THE LOCAL
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PEOPLE, SOMETHING NEW
AND FRESH EVERY MONTH.
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IT WAS SO INSPIRING TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT
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OF HIS DRINKING AND THE
MISSIONARY WORKER WENT IN
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THERE AND THEY BOTH
STARTED TO ATTEND CHURCH
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AND WERE BAPTIZED.
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DID THAT COUPLE
BECOME PART OF OUR MISSIONARY
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FORCE THERE WITH
THE GOSPEL WORKER?
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OH YES THEY DID.
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YES, YES.
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THEY BECAME GOOD
MEMBERS IN THAT CONGREGATION.
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WOW.
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WELL I'M SURE YOU
HAVE MANY MANY STORIES.
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BUT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I'M MOST INTRIGUED ABOUT.
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SINCE MY WIFE JEANNIE
AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN
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RECENT YEARS WITH
THE REFUGEES COMING IN.
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THE STATE DEPARTMENT
ALLOWS SO MANY IN THE
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UNITED STATES.
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WE WERE SHOCKED TO FIND
OUT THAT A NUMBER OF THESE
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FOLKS WERE ADVENTISTS.
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THEY STARTED A LITTLE
CHURCH IN OUR HOME WITH
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TWO PEOPLE.
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IT'S NOW UP TO ABOUT
130-150 PEOPLE ATTENDING
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ON A REGULAR BASIS.
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BUT WE'RE
TALKING SERIOUS REFUGEES.
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WHERE ARE THESE REFUGEES,
WHY ARE THEY REFUGEES AND
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WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THEM?
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WELL THE REFUGEES IN
TRIPURA THEY HAVE COME
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OVER FROM THE
NEIGHBORING STATE OF MIZORAM.
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THERE IS SOME OFFICIAL
THAT THEY SAY WAS KILLED
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BY THIS CERTAIN
TRIBE AND SO THAT TRIBE WAS
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PERSECUTED.
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THEY LEFT MIZORAM, CAME
OVER INTO TRIPURA AND THEY
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HAVE ALL THESE
REFUGEE CAMPS THERE.
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YOU SAY PERSECUTED, IS
THAT UNDER THE THREAT OF
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LIFE SO THEY HAD TO LEAVE.
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OH YES, OH YES, YES.
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SO THEY HAD TO LEAVE.
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BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF
CHURCHES NOW AMONG THOSE
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REFUGEE CAMPS.
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WE HAVE A SCHOOL THERE.
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BUT IT'S ONE OF
THE LARGEST GROUPS.
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HOW BIG A GROUP OF REFUGEES.
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OH I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY
HOW MANY REFUGEES THERE.
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BUT IT'S ONE OF THE
LARGEST CAMPS THERE?
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WELL KNOW, IF YOUR
TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS AND THE
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LARGEST CAMP WE
HAVE THE LARGEST CAMP IN
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BANGLADESH.
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AND THOSE REFUGEES
THEY COME OVER FROM MYANMAR.
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THOSE ARE THE ROHINGYAS
AND THEY ARE MUSLIMS THAT
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HAVE BEEN DRIVEN OUT
OF MYANMAR AND THEY NOW
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SETTLE IN MUSLIM BANGLADESH.
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THE LARGEST
REFUGEE CAMP IN THE WORLD.
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DO WE HAVE NUMBERS FOR THAT?
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I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW MANY.
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BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE
HAVE SOME GOSPEL OUTREACH
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WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED TO THAT REFUGEE
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CAMP.
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AND THOSE POOR REFUGEES.
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I GET CHOKED UP.
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THEY HAVE NOTHING.
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YES.
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THEY'VE LEFT EVERYTHING.
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YES.
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IN OHIO THEY HAVE TO
LEARN A WHOLE NEW CULTURE, THE
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WESTERN CULTURE.
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OVER THERE I'M SURE IT'S
JUST AS DISRUPTIVE AND I'M
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SURE THOSE CAMPS
ARE NOT HILTON HOTELS.
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NO, DEFINITELY NOT.
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TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT SOME OF THE UNIQUE
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CHALLENGES OF THE
GOSPEL OUTREACH PEOPLE TO REACH
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THEM.
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WHAT DO THEY DO
WHEN PEOPLE ARE HOPELESS?
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THE GOSPEL HAS
SOME HOPE DOESN'T IT.
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WELL ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
IS THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL
VERY FAR FROM ONE VILLAGE
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TO ANOTHER VILLAGE AND
THE LANGUAGE HAS CHANGED.
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BUT FORTUNATELY THESE
LOCAL PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO
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PICK UP THE LOCAL LANGUAGE
MUCH QUICKER THAN WHAT WE
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WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IF
WE WERE ASSIGNED TO THAT
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VILLAGE IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
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AS WE GREW UP IN
THE FIFTIES AND SO FORTH
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MISSIONARIES WERE
KIND OF GETTING, WE SENT
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MISSIONARIES TO
THESE FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
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YES.
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WE HAVE WESTERNIZED
THEM TOO MUCH AND WE REALLY
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COULDN'T
PENETRATE CERTAIN WALLS.
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THIS IS THE ADVANTAGE
OF GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE
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WE'RE USING LOCAL
PEOPLE WHO SPEAK THE LOCAL
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LANGUAGE AND EVEN IF
THEY HAVE TO LEARN A DIFFERENT
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LANGUAGE TO THE NEXT
VILLAGE IT DOESN'T TAKE
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THEM LONG.
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AND THEY ARE MORE
THAN THRILLED, WILLING AND
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EAGER AND ENTHUSIASTIC
TO DO THIS AREN'T' THEY.
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YES.
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WE HAVE A SECOND VIDEO.
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CAN WE LOOK AT THAT?
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WE DO.
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IT'S A LITTLE BIT
SCARY BECAUSE IT'S TO DO WITH
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TADPOLES.
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OH OH, WE'D BETTER WARN FOLKS.
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IF YOU'RE NOT TOO MUCH
INTO TADPOLE SOUP OR BEING
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BAPTIZED WITH TADPOLES.
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HERE WE GO.
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LET'S SEE IT.
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I SPEND THE NIGHT IN THIS
FRESHLY PAINTED GOVERNMENT
00:11:12.10\00:11:15.77
GUEST HOUSE.
00:11:15.80\00:11:17.01
PRICE 100 RUPEES.
00:11:17.04\00:11:20.21
THAT'S ONE
DOLLAR AND A FEW CENTS.
00:11:20.24\00:11:22.94
NOT ALWAYS SO LUCKY.
00:11:22.98\00:11:25.65
I WAS THE ONLY GUEST.
00:11:25.68\00:11:27.95
LOCKED IN FROM THE
FRONT GATE, FROM THE OUTSIDE.
00:11:27.98\00:11:32.69
TODAY WE WILL VISIT JOY
MANIPARA AND CHECK ON TWO
00:11:32.72\00:11:37.59
OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
00:11:37.63\00:11:39.33
THEY ARE FRIENDS.
00:11:39.36\00:11:40.36
THEY DON'T LIVE IN THIS
VILLAGE BUT WHILE IN THE
00:11:40.40\00:11:46.74
LOCAL MARKET THEY MADE
FRIENDS WITH SOME OF THE
00:11:46.77\00:11:49.90
LOCAL PEOPLE.
00:11:49.94\00:11:50.97
IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE
THE VILLAGE PEOPLE REALIZED
00:11:51.01\00:11:54.71
THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT ABOUT OUR GOSPEL
00:11:54.74\00:11:57.51
OUTREACH WORKERS AND
THEY WERE INVITED TO JOY MANI
00:11:57.55\00:12:01.95
TO SHARE WHAT IT WAS.
00:12:01.98\00:12:03.32
THEY HAD BEEN HAVING
MEETINGS SINCE THE MIDDLE
00:12:03.35\00:12:06.02
OF DECEMBER AND TODAY
TEN NEW BELIEVERS WILL BE
00:12:06.05\00:12:10.46
BAPTIZED.
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WE MET ON A PUBLIC
PIECE OF LAND BY THE ROAD AND
00:12:12.09\00:12:16.16
CONNECTED THE PA SYSTEM
TO AN OVERHEAD ELECTRIC WIRE.
00:12:16.20\00:12:20.30
UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS
A POWER CUT AND WE LOST THE
00:12:20.34\00:12:24.61
ELECTRICITY BEFORE
OUR MEETING STARTED.
00:12:24.64\00:12:27.41
THIS VILLAGE DIDN'T
GET MANY VISITORS SO THEY
00:12:27.44\00:12:30.68
WANTED TO KNOW WHERE I WAS FROM.
00:12:30.71\00:12:33.92
OUR DISTRICT LEADER
EXAMINED THE CANDIDATES
00:12:33.95\00:12:38.45
AND WE WERE OFF TO
FIND A BAPTISMAL POOL.
00:12:38.49\00:12:41.29
WELL I SOON REALIZED
THAT WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING FOR
00:12:41.32\00:12:44.93
SPACE WITH THIS
SWARM OF TADPOLES.
00:12:44.96\00:12:48.30
WE READ THE SCRIPTURE,
PRAYED AND WELCOMED THESE
00:12:48.33\00:12:51.83
NEW BELIEVERS
INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD.
00:12:51.87\00:12:55.50
THIS IS WHY WE SUPPORT
GOSPEL OUTREACH IN TRIPURA
00:12:55.54\00:13:00.34
INDIA.
00:13:00.38\00:13:01.34
WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS
AND WE NEED YOUR FINANCIAL
00:13:01.38\00:13:06.38
SUPPORT.
00:13:06.41\00:13:08.05
WHERE WERE OUR GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORKERS SLEEPING?
00:13:08.08\00:13:10.85
WELL, IT WAS IN THIS
SMALL DUSTY SHELTER BY THE SIDE
00:13:10.89\00:13:15.79
OF THE ROAD.
00:13:15.82\00:13:17.06
THEY ASKED ME IF I
WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AROUND THE
00:13:17.09\00:13:19.33
VILLAGE.
00:13:19.36\00:13:20.53
I MET SOME VERY
INTERESTING PEOPLE.
00:13:20.56\00:13:22.70
SOME WERE VERY BUSY.
00:13:22.73\00:13:24.83
OTHERS WERE JUST
STANDING AROUND WASTING TIME AND
00:13:24.87\00:13:28.20
HEALTH.
00:13:28.24\00:13:29.20
THERE IS NO WATER
SOURCE IN THIS VILLAGE, BUT A
00:13:29.24\00:13:31.81
WATER TRUCK COMES TO VISIT.
00:13:31.84\00:13:33.84
I WONDER HOW THE
LADIES CAN CARRY SO MUCH.
00:13:33.88\00:13:37.08
IT SEEMS LIKE ALL
THE LADIES ARE VERY BUSY
00:13:37.11\00:13:41.32
WEAVING, PREPARING FOOD,
CUTTING WOOD, SORTING OUT
00:13:41.35\00:13:45.69
THE CHILDREN BUT THEY
ARE WILLING TO STOP AND TALK.
00:13:45.72\00:13:49.56
THEY ARE WILLING TO
LISTEN TO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:13:49.59\00:13:52.76
WORKERS.
00:13:52.79\00:13:53.70
BUT MANY HOMES
STILL HAVE AN IDOL SHRINE.
00:13:53.73\00:13:58.67
THIS MAN GOT DELAYED
AT WORK AND MISSED HIS
00:13:58.70\00:14:03.57
BAPTISM TODAY BUT HIS
HINDU FRIEND CAME TO SEE
00:14:03.61\00:14:08.14
HIS SON BE BAPTIZED.
00:14:08.18\00:14:11.38
MOST HOMES ARE BUILT
OF LOCAL MATERIALS BUT I
00:14:11.41\00:14:14.65
NOTICED THIS STURDY
FOUNDATION WHERE THIS
00:14:14.68\00:14:17.95
YOUNG BOY WAS STANDING.
00:14:17.99\00:14:19.69
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT
HIM WHILE WE CONTINUE OUR
00:14:19.72\00:14:23.36
TOUR.
00:14:23.39\00:14:24.13
HE LIVED HERE WITH HIS PARENTS.
00:14:24.16\00:14:25.89
HIS MOTHER DIED, HIS
FATHER REMARRIED SOMEONE
00:14:25.93\00:14:28.93
IN ANOTHER VILLAGE.
00:14:28.96\00:14:31.17
A STORM CAME AND THE
HOUSE WAS BLOWN DOWN AND THE
00:14:31.20\00:14:36.37
FATHER MOVED AWAY.
00:14:36.40\00:14:38.37
BUT THE BOY STAYED.
00:14:38.41\00:14:40.18
HE NOW LIVES IN
THIS NEARBY HOUSE AND HAS
00:14:40.21\00:14:43.38
RECEIVED BIBLE STUDIES.
00:14:43.41\00:14:46.08
TODAY HE WAS BAPTIZED.
00:14:46.11\00:14:48.98
THAT WAS THE REASON
THAT HE STAYED IN THE TOWN.
00:14:49.02\00:14:52.22
IT WAS PART OF GOD'S PLAN.
00:14:52.25\00:14:55.56
OH, AND THE TADPOLES?
00:14:55.59\00:14:57.26
WELL THEY WERE
BLENDED INTO SOUP.
00:14:57.29\00:15:01.16
BUT I WASN'T BRAVE
ENOUGH TO ASK FOR A TASTE.
00:15:01.20\00:15:06.33
IT WAS NICE TO GET BACK
TO MY ONE DOLLAR GUEST HOUSE.
00:15:06.37\00:15:10.54
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN
00:15:10.57\00:15:15.01
TRIPURA, NORTHEAST INDIA.
00:15:15.04\00:15:18.78
I'M CHUCKLING TO
MYSELF ABOUT TADPOLE SOUP.
00:15:18.81\00:15:22.68
THAT HAD TO BE A
FIRST EXPERIENCE FOR YOU.
00:15:22.72\00:15:25.22
BUT YOU DIDN'T PARTAKE
OF THAT PARTICULAR PART OF
00:15:25.25\00:15:28.92
THE MENU.
00:15:28.96\00:15:29.96
NO BUT VARIOUS PEOPLE
IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES EAT
00:15:29.99\00:15:32.23
FROGS AND FROGS LEGS
AND LITTLE TINY FROGS.
00:15:32.26\00:15:36.20
WHY NOT EAT TADPOLE SOUP?
00:15:36.23\00:15:38.63
WE WANT TO TELL A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POUNDING
00:15:38.67\00:15:40.50
THERE AND YOU SAW
THE PHENOMENAL COLORS OF
00:15:40.54\00:15:43.54
CLOTHING AND
WEAVING AND SO FORTH.
00:15:43.57\00:15:44.87
OH YES.
00:15:44.91\00:15:45.91
BEFORE WE GO TO OUR
BREAK HERE LET'S JUST TAKE A
00:15:45.94\00:15:46.91
QUICK LOOK.
00:15:46.94\00:15:47.68
I BROUGHT SOME OF THESE SCARVES.
00:15:47.71\00:15:49.58
THE COLORS.
00:15:49.61\00:15:50.38
THEY ARE SO COLORFUL, GORGEOUS.
00:15:50.41\00:15:53.68
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT WEAVES AND
00:15:53.72\00:15:56.72
DIFFERENT DESIGNS
DEPENDING UPON WHICH
00:15:56.75\00:16:00.39
VILLAGE WE COME FROM.
00:16:00.42\00:16:01.72
IF I'M A LOCAL PERSON I
CAN TELL WHICH VILLAGE YOU
00:16:01.76\00:16:07.00
LIVE IN.
00:16:07.03\00:16:08.16
WHERE DO THEY OBTAIN
ALL THESE COLORFUL PIECES OF
00:16:08.20\00:16:10.50
CLOTH?
00:16:10.53\00:16:11.50
WELL THEY DO ALL THE
WEAVING THEMSELVES IN THE
00:16:11.53\00:16:13.54
VILLAGE.
00:16:13.57\00:16:14.27
AND THE COLORS?
00:16:14.30\00:16:14.94
YES.
00:16:14.97\00:16:15.77
WOW.
00:16:15.80\00:16:16.64
SOMETIMES THEY
EVEN HAVE WAIST COATS.
00:16:16.67\00:16:20.54
I'VE GOT A WAIST COAT HERE.
00:16:20.58\00:16:21.98
AND THESE ARE GIFTS
THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN WHEN I
00:16:22.01\00:16:27.08
HAVE VISITED DIFFERENT VILLAGES.
00:16:27.12\00:16:29.15
WELL YOU'D BE OUTSTANDING.
00:16:29.18\00:16:30.35
I SAVE ALL OF THESE.
00:16:30.39\00:16:32.15
I USE THEM AS
DECORATIONS AT HOME.
00:16:32.19\00:16:35.22
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
00:16:35.26\00:16:36.29
PERHAPS YOU'RE WONDERING
ABOUT THIS BRAND NEW REACH
00:16:36.32\00:16:40.26
INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW.
00:16:40.30\00:16:42.46
WE HAVE A LITTLE BROCHURE.
00:16:42.50\00:16:43.67
IT'S CALLED
ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS.
00:16:43.70\00:16:45.20
IT'S FREE.
00:16:45.23\00:16:46.17
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU GET IT.
00:16:46.20\00:16:47.30
JEANNIE AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO THIS COMING IN THE MAIL
00:16:47.34\00:16:49.14
NOW BECAUSE IT TELLS
US SOME OF THESE STORIES.
00:16:49.17\00:16:52.34
BY THE WAY, SOME OF
THE STORIES CAN'T BE TOLD
00:16:52.37\00:16:55.64
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE
DANGER TO THOSE WHO ARE
00:16:55.68\00:16:58.11
THERE, THE INDIGENOUS WORKERS.
00:16:58.15\00:17:00.72
THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS IN
FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS BUT
00:17:00.75\00:17:03.75
GOD IS WORKING
ABSOLUTE MIRACLES.
00:17:03.79\00:17:06.22
THINGS YOU WOULD
NOT EVEN BELIEVE.
00:17:06.25\00:17:07.96
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE
YOU WRITE IN FOR THIS.
00:17:07.99\00:17:10.33
THERE ARE SOME
NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN.
00:17:10.36\00:17:12.09
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS
00:17:12.13\00:17:13.93
FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:17:13.96\00:17:14.86
THERE'S ONE AT WALLA WALLA.
00:17:14.93\00:17:16.36
THERE'S ALSO ONE IN
CANADA, KELOWNA, BRITISH
00:17:16.40\00:17:18.60
COLUMBIA.
00:17:18.63\00:17:19.63
IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN
SOUTH AMERICA THERE'S ONE
00:17:19.67\00:17:21.17
IN BRAZIL.
00:17:21.20\00:17:22.20
AND WE WOULD
APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR
00:17:22.24\00:17:23.27
CONTINUED SUPPORT BECAUSE
IT'S NOT HAPPENING EXCEPT
00:17:23.30\00:17:24.61
WITH YOU.
00:17:24.64\00:17:25.24
AND IT'S A FAITH MINISTRY.
00:17:25.27\00:17:26.34
NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF
ANY DOLLAR THAT IS DONATED
00:17:26.37\00:17:27.34
GOES DIRECTLY TO THE
INDIGENOUS WORKER RIGHT
00:17:27.38\00:17:28.44
THERE, OUT THERE WHERE
YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT
00:17:28.48\00:17:29.94
JOHN.
00:17:29.98\00:17:31.05
NONE GOES TO ME, NONE
GOES TO THE STAFF AROUND HERE.
00:17:31.08\00:17:32.11
WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND
THIS IS A UNIQUE KIND OF A
00:17:32.15\00:17:33.31
MISSION.
00:17:33.35\00:17:38.42
WELL TELL US
ABOUT THE NEXT CHAPTER.
00:17:46.49\00:17:48.70
WELL SOMETIMES WE HAVE
TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND KEEP
00:17:48.73\00:17:52.30
OUR EYES OPEN WHERE
WE'RE WALKING AND HOW WE'RE
00:17:52.33\00:17:56.50
REACHING SOME OF THESE PLACES.
00:17:56.54\00:17:58.61
I'VE GOT A STORY ABOUT
SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T NEED
00:17:58.64\00:18:02.68
TO KEEP HIS EYES OPEN.
00:18:02.71\00:18:04.11
SO LET ME SHOW YOU THE STORY.
00:18:04.15\00:18:08.08
SOME PLACES IN TRIPURA
WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:18:08.12\00:18:11.42
WORKERS VISIT ARE
NOT TOO EASY TO REACH.
00:18:11.45\00:18:14.99
BUT THIS MAN IS BLIND
AND HE DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE
00:18:15.02\00:18:20.56
ANY PROBLEM.
00:18:20.60\00:18:22.10
I HAVE A STORY ABOUT
THIS MAN BUT FIRST LET ME
00:18:22.13\00:18:25.63
INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
00:18:25.67\00:18:29.24
RANCUMA.
00:18:29.27\00:18:30.74
HE HAS BEEN WORKING
HERE IN THIS VILLAGE WHERE
00:18:30.77\00:18:32.84
THERE ARE 145 FAMILY
HOMES HIDDEN AMONG THE TREES.
00:18:32.87\00:18:39.75
WE WERE WELCOMED AND
RECEIVED A GIFT OF LOCAL
00:18:39.78\00:18:42.78
HANDIWORK.
00:18:42.82\00:18:44.79
VILLAGE LADIES ARE
ALWAYS AT WORK WITH THEIR
00:18:44.82\00:18:47.66
WEAVING.
00:18:47.69\00:18:48.66
I THANKED THEM FOR
THE GIFT AND I SHARED FROM
00:18:48.69\00:18:51.99
GOD'S WORD.
00:18:52.03\00:18:52.99
AND AMINGA, OUR
DISTRICT PRESIDENT, CHARGED THE
00:18:53.03\00:18:57.47
CANDIDATES AND PRAYED FOR THEM.
00:18:57.50\00:18:59.77
AND THEN WE WERE OFF
TO THE BAPTISM FOLLOWED BY
00:18:59.80\00:19:03.71
THE BLIND MAN.
00:19:03.74\00:19:05.27
THESE NEWBORN PUPPIES
TRIED TO GET OUR ATTENTION
00:19:05.31\00:19:08.24
AS WE PASSED.
00:19:08.28\00:19:10.11
IT'S ALWAYS A JOY TO SEE
NEW BELIEVERS FOLLOWING IN
00:19:10.15\00:19:13.68
THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS.
00:19:13.72\00:19:15.92
OUR BLIND MAN COULDN'T
SEE THE BAPTISM BUT HE WAS
00:19:15.95\00:19:20.12
PARTICULARLY HAPPY
WHEN THESE TWO CANDIDATES
00:19:20.16\00:19:24.66
STEPPED INTO THE WATER.
00:19:24.69\00:19:26.80
SO WHO IS THIS BLIND MAN.
00:19:26.83\00:19:29.63
HIS NAME IS KUMA DABURMA.
00:19:29.66\00:19:33.90
HE WENT BLIND AT NINE
YEARS OLD DURING MALARIA
00:19:33.94\00:19:37.17
FEVER.
00:19:37.21\00:19:38.21
(SINGING) BEFORE THAT
HE LEARNED TO READ ENGLISH
00:19:38.24\00:19:42.94
AND SINCE THEN BRAIL.
00:19:47.62\00:19:50.09
ALTHOUGH HE CANNOT
SEE AT ALL HE IS EDUCATED.
00:19:50.12\00:19:53.46
HE HELPS WITH OFFICE WORK
AND ACTUALLY RUNS A SOCIAL
00:19:53.49\00:19:57.29
SERVICE SOCIETY
ISSUING REGISTRATION LICENSES.
00:19:57.33\00:20:02.56
HE HAS BEEN A
CHRISTIAN FOR A LONG TIME.
00:20:02.60\00:20:05.80
ONLY RECENTLY HE
HAS BECOME A SEVENTH-DAY
00:20:05.83\00:20:08.67
ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN.
00:20:08.70\00:20:10.97
SOMETIMES HE USED TO
PREACH WITH THE HELP OF
00:20:11.01\00:20:14.14
HIS WIFE.
00:20:14.18\00:20:15.91
HE HAD KNOWN OUR GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORKER FOR SOME
00:20:15.94\00:20:19.95
TIME BECAUSE THEY
ARE FROM THE SAME TRIBE.
00:20:19.98\00:20:23.69
SO HE WAS VERY HAPPY
TO WELCOME HIM TO THE
00:20:23.72\00:20:25.02
VILLAGE.
00:20:25.05\00:20:26.02
HE WAS VERY INTERESTED
IN WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
00:20:26.05\00:20:29.09
RAM KUMA EVEN
BROUGHT ZAMINGA TO EXPLAIN
00:20:29.12\00:20:34.20
EVERYTHING.
00:20:36.20\00:20:37.40
HE LIKED WHAT HE
HEARD BUT HE STILL HAD MANY
00:20:37.43\00:20:40.64
QUESTIONS AND THEN ONE
DAY HE CALLED RAM KUMA AND HE
00:20:40.67\00:20:46.01
SAID I'VE STUDIED AND
I'VE THOUGHT THROUGH EVERYTHING
00:20:46.04\00:20:49.78
AND I'M CONVINCED.
00:20:49.81\00:20:51.05
I WANT TO BE BAPTIZED.
00:20:51.08\00:20:53.45
IMAGINE HOW HAPPY HE
WAS TODAY WHEN HE KNEW THAT
00:20:53.48\00:20:58.72
HIS PARENTS WERE ALSO
STEPPING INTO THE WATERS
00:20:58.75\00:21:02.99
OF BAPTISM.
00:21:03.02\00:21:04.93
WHEREVER SECUMA GOES HE
STEPS OUT WITH CONFIDENCE
00:21:04.96\00:21:09.23
AND HE SHARES THE
GOOD NEWS OF A SOON COMING
00:21:09.26\00:21:12.60
SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
00:21:12.63\00:21:14.27
NOW LET ME TELL YOU
ABOUT TWO MORE OF THOSE
00:21:14.30\00:21:18.14
BAPTIZED.
00:21:18.17\00:21:19.91
ONE VILLAGE MAN OPPOSED
OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
00:21:19.94\00:21:26.21
RIGHT FROM THE START.
00:21:26.25\00:21:27.58
HE TOLD HIM NOT TO
COME PREACHING ABOUT JESUS
00:21:27.62\00:21:31.79
CHRIST.
00:21:31.82\00:21:33.15
BUT HIS WIFE BEGAN
TO ATTEND MEETINGS.
00:21:33.19\00:21:37.09
HE TRIED TO STOP HER
BUT SHE KEPT ATTENDING FOR
00:21:37.13\00:21:40.40
THREE MONTHS AND TRIED TO
SHARE WHAT SHE WAS HEARING
00:21:40.43\00:21:44.67
WITH HER HUSBAND.
00:21:44.70\00:21:46.47
OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKER HAD PREPARED HIS OWN
00:21:46.50\00:21:49.00
TRACTS ON THE SABBATH
AND SHE TOOK THEM HOME.
00:21:49.04\00:21:51.51
HER HUSBAND
STARTED TO READ THEM.
00:21:51.54\00:21:54.38
HE WAS CONVINCED AND
ALSO STARTED TO ATTEND CHURCH.
00:21:54.41\00:22:00.08
THEY WERE BOTH
BAPTIZED TOGETHER.
00:22:00.12\00:22:03.35
WHAT A JOY.
00:22:03.39\00:22:04.39
I COULD TELL YOU SO MANY
STORIES ABOUT THE WORK OF
00:22:04.42\00:22:09.62
OUR GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORKERS IN TRIPURA,
00:22:09.66\00:22:12.49
NORTHEAST INDIA.
00:22:12.53\00:22:14.03
PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM.
00:22:14.10\00:22:15.70
AND IF YOU CAN,
SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY.
00:22:15.73\00:22:20.70
YOU'LL BE GLAD THAT YOU DID.
00:22:20.74\00:22:24.61
I'M TOUCHED.
00:22:24.64\00:22:25.64
I AM TOUCHED.
00:22:25.67\00:22:26.71
AND WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT
IN MY THINKING IS THAT, YOU
00:22:26.74\00:22:31.65
KNOW I MAY PHYSICALLY
NOT BE ABLE TO GO OVER THERE
00:22:31.68\00:22:33.98
PLUS THERE ARE SO MANY
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND
00:22:34.02\00:22:35.55
DIALECTS FOR A WESTERN
WHITE MISSIONARY TO THERE.
00:22:35.58\00:22:38.82
BUT YOU CAN GO THERE
BY HELPING ONE OF THESE
00:22:38.85\00:22:41.36
INDIGENOUS GOSPEL WORKERS.
00:22:41.39\00:22:43.66
AND THEY ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE TO FULFILL THE
00:22:43.69\00:22:45.83
GREAT GOSPEL COMMISSION
OF JESUS IN MATTHEW 24:14
00:22:45.86\00:22:49.76
WHERE HE SAID "GO
YE INTO ALL THE WORLD."
00:22:49.80\00:22:53.44
WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT TOO WELL.
00:22:53.47\00:22:55.17
WE'VE SENT MISSIONARIES
OVER AND OVER AND OVER
00:22:55.20\00:22:56.81
AGAIN TO SOME PLACES
REPEATEDLY BUT WE'VE LEFT
00:22:56.84\00:23:00.14
OUT THE 10/40 WINDOW
BY AND LARGE BECAUSE OF
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THREATS AND
DIFFICULTIES THAT ARE BEYOND OUR
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ABILITY TO MANAGE BUT GOD
SAID GO INTO ALL THE WORLD
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AND I WILL BE WITH YOU.
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YES.
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EVEN TO THE END.
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YES.
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SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT
FULFILLED IN A UNIQUE WAY.
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HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU
HAVE WORKING WITH YOU IN
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TRIPURA?
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WE HAVE ABOUT 20 PEOPLE
WHO ARE WORKING THERE IN
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THAT AREA IN TRIPURA.
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I JUST HAD A PHOTOGRAPH
SENT TO ME THIS WEEK FROM
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TRIPURA.
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THEY JUST ORGANIZED A
NEW SECTION OFFICE IN THAT
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TOWN.
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OFFICE, WOW.
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SO THE ONE WHO IS
IN CHARGE OF OUR GOSPEL
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OUTREACH WORK THERE NOW
HAS BECOME THE PRESIDENT
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OF THAT SECTION.
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SO WE'VE GOT A
PRESIDENT WHOSE FIRST MISSION IS
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GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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I LOVE IT.
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SO THAT'S GOOD.
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YOU KNOW I SPENT MANY
MANY YEARS AT THE VOICE OF
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PROPHECY.
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MY DAD SANG BASE IN THE
KING'S HERALDS QUARTET WAY
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BACK THERE IN 1948 TO 50.
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AND ELDER H.M.S.
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RICHARDS THE DEAN OF
BROADCASTING, THE ALL TIME
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OLDEST RELIGIOUS
BROADCASTING PROGRAM IN
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THE WORLD, VOICE OF
PROPHECY, WOULD ALWAYS BE
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ASKED "WHEN IS
JESUS GOING TO COME?"
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WHEN IS JESUS GOING TO COME.
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HIS CLASSIC ANSWER WAS
WHEN ALL THE PREACHERS ARE
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IN JAIL.
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AND MOST OF OUR LAY
PEOPLE DON'T CATCH ON.
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IT IS NOT GOING TO BE
DONE BY MARK FINLEY OR DOUG
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BATCHELOR OR SOME OF
THESE GREAT EVANGELISTS WE'VE
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SEEN EVEN IN MY LIFETIME.
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AND THEY ARE WONDERFUL,
I'VE BEEN PART OF THAT.
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BUT IT'S GOING TO BE
DONE WHEN WE HELP EMPOWER THE
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LAYMEN.
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YES.
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AND MY CHURCH, THE
SPIRIT OF PROPHECY SAYS, WE NEED
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TO LET, THE CONFERENCE
NEEDS TO, SHE SAYS LET
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THEM JUST SHUT UP.
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LEAVE THE LAYMEN
ALONE, LET THEM GET TO WORK.
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AND WHAT GOSPEL
OUTREACH IS DOING IS FULFILLING
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THAT.
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NOW WE NEED THE OTHER, WE
NEED THE CHURCHES, WE NEED
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THE ORGANIZATION, WE
NEED THE GENERAL CONFERENCE,
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YES, BUT WE NEED TO
EMPOWER THAT LAYMAN OUT
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THERE WHO IS
MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
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YES AND WE CAN LEAVE IT
TO BLIND MEN AS WELL BECAUSE
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THAT BLIND MAN WHO HAS
NOW BEEN BAPTIZED, HE IS NOW
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WITNESSING TO OTHERS.
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IT WAS NICE TO SEE
HIS PARENTS BE BAPTIZED ON
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THAT OCCASION.
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OH THAT WAS SO TOUCHING.
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ABSOLUTELY, WOW.
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SO HOW OLD WOULD YOU SAY
HE IS AND IS HE RECEIVING
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A LITTLE STIPEND WHICH
IS ABOUT $150.00 A MONTH?
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THE BLIND MAN ISN'T NO.
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HE'S NOT?
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NO, NO.
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BUT HE'S DOING
WHAT RICHARD SAID.
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LET 'EM GO, LET 'EM
FINISH DOING THE WORK.
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HE IS.
00:25:28.16\00:25:29.12
ALTHOUGH HE'S BLIND
HE'S QUITE EDUCATED AND HE
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HELPS SOME OF THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOT SO EDUCATED TO
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FILL OUT FORMS
AND DO THINGS AND GETS
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CERTIFICATION
FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
00:25:39.93\00:25:43.61
THIS BROCHURE, BY THE
WAY FRIEND, WILL TELL YOU HOW
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YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
IN SUPPORTING THESE FOLK.
00:25:46.54\00:25:49.18
JEANNIE AND I HAVE JUST
TAKEN ON, JUST MONTHS AGO,
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WEEKS AGO, TO HELP SUPPORT
ONE OF THESE MISSIONARIES.
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THEY ONLY GET A SMALL STIPEND.
00:25:54.52\00:25:55.82
IT HARDLY PAYS FOR THE
GAS LET ALONE THE FOOD.
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THEY HAVE TO CREATE THEIR
ON FOOD AND CLOTHES AND SO
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FORTH.
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ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY DOLLARS A MONTH.
00:26:01.56\00:26:03.39
NOW FOR MOST AMERICANS
WHO GO OUT TO EAT THEY SPEND
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THAT EASILY IN
A VERY SHORT TIME.
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AND YOU DON'T HAVE
TO PAY $150.00 A MONTH.
00:26:08.80\00:26:11.23
WE EXIST HERE AT
GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH THE GIFTS
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THAT ARE $5.00 A MONTH,
$10.00 A MONTH, $20.00 A
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MONTH AND BECAUSE OF THAT
YOU'RE HEARING THE KIND OF
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STORIES THAT JOHN
DUROE HAS JUST SHARED.
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THANK YOU FOR COMING TO
US FROM TRIPURA AND TELLING
00:26:22.58\00:26:25.31
US ALL ABOUT-ONE
FINAL WORD BEFORE WE CLOSE?
00:26:25.35\00:26:27.45
WELL NO ONE HAS TO PAY ME
AND EVEN MY HOTEL OF $1.30
00:26:27.48\00:26:32.92
A NIGHT, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO PAY THAT EITHER.
00:26:32.95\00:26:34.99
IT'S ALL FREE, VOLUNTEER.
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THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
00:26:36.52\00:26:38.43
THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US TODAY ON GOSPEL OUTREACH
00:26:38.46\00:26:41.56
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS."
00:26:41.60\00:26:42.90
YOU MAY HAVE SOME ADVENTURES AND
00:26:42.93\00:26:44.80
DIFFICULTIES GOING ON
IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW BUT
00:26:44.83\00:26:46.97
YOU KNOW WHAT,
UNDERNEATH OF THE EVERLASTING
00:26:47.00\00:26:49.30
ARMS-THAT'S THE
GREATEST WORDS IN ALL OF
00:26:49.34\00:26:51.44
SCRIPTURE-AND JESUS IS
INTERESTED IN YOU JUST AS
00:26:51.47\00:26:55.24
HE IS INTERESTED IN THOSE
PEOPLE GETTING BAPTIZED IN
00:26:55.28\00:26:57.25
THOSE RIVER BEDS WITH
THE TADPOLES AND THE TADPOLE
00:26:57.28\00:27:00.25
SOUP.
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HE IS INTERESTED IN YOU
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE TODAY.
00:27:01.38\00:27:04.32
THANKS FOR BEING PART OF US.
00:27:04.35\00:27:05.29
THANK YOU FOR
PRAYING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:27:05.32\00:27:07.69
THANK YOU FOR PRAYING
FOR THOSE INDIGENOUS WORKERS
00:27:07.72\00:27:09.76
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRAYERS AND YOUR FINANCIAL
00:27:09.79\00:27:11.89
SUPPORT.
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THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
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SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
00:27:14.40\00:27:15.03
[CLOSING MUSIC]
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