[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.43\00:00:05.23 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I'M SO GLAD THAT 00:00:34.20\00:00:36.67 YOU'VE TUNED IN. 00:00:36.70\00:00:37.70 MY GUEST TODAY ON THE PROGRAM IS JOHN DUROE AND 00:00:37.73\00:00:41.67 I'M SO GLAD TO MEET YOU. 00:00:41.70\00:00:43.57 THANK YOU. 00:00:43.61\00:00:44.54 I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ADMIRING YOUR VIDEOS FROM 00:00:44.57\00:00:46.74 THE FIELD FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR QUITE SOME 00:00:46.78\00:00:48.88 TIME. 00:00:48.91\00:00:49.54 WELL GOOD. 00:00:49.58\00:00:50.58 SO, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH YOU 00:00:50.61\00:00:52.15 AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AREA IN THE 00:00:52.18\00:00:55.25 WORLD WHERE YOU ARE SERVING. 00:00:55.28\00:00:57.25 WELL, I GO TO BANGLADESH EACH YEAR IN JANUARY WHEN 00:00:57.29\00:01:01.79 THE WEATHER IS GOOD AND ALSO TO TRIPURA WHICH IS 00:01:01.82\00:01:05.53 IN NORTHEAST INDIA BUT BANGLADESH WRAPS AROUND 00:01:05.56\00:01:09.93 THREE SIDES OF TRIPURA. 00:01:09.96\00:01:12.17 SO, THE INFLUENCE IN TRIPURA IS VERY BANGALI. 00:01:12.20\00:01:17.27 ABOUT 70 PER CENT IS BANGALI. 00:01:19.71\00:01:22.21 SO, IT MAKES SENSE FOR THOSE TWO TO BE THE 00:01:22.24\00:01:23.88 REGIONS THAT YOU ARE WORKING IN TOGETHER. 00:01:23.91\00:01:25.25 YES. 00:01:25.28\00:01:26.31 AND YOU ARE DEFINITELY NOT WEARING WESTERN CLOTHING 00:01:26.35\00:01:29.35 AT THIS MOMENT, SO TELL US ABOUT -NO, I'VE DRESSED IN 00:01:29.38\00:01:33.02 A FEW OF THE GIFTS THAT PEOPLE GIVE ME AS I'M 00:01:33.05\00:01:37.33 TRAVELING SO THIS UH, THESE SCARVES -THIS IS 00:01:37.36\00:01:42.63 FROM TRIPURA. 00:01:42.66\00:01:44.00 SO, YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE IN TRIPURA WEARING SCARVES 00:01:44.03\00:01:47.90 LIKE THIS AND I ACTUALLY -THEY ARE ALL A LITTLE BIT 00:01:47.94\00:01:51.51 DIFFERENT SO YOU CAN TELL WHICH VILLAGE THE PEOPLE 00:01:51.54\00:01:55.04 ARE FROM BY THE PATTERN. 00:01:55.08\00:01:57.71 SO, YOU SEE THIS SCARF IS QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT FROM 00:01:57.75\00:02:02.75 THIS ONE HERE. 00:02:02.78\00:02:03.99 IT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF WEAVE, DEFINITELY A 00:02:04.02\00:02:07.49 DIFFERENT PATTERN, ON THIS ONE HERE. 00:02:07.52\00:02:10.06 AND THIS IS A BAG. 00:02:10.09\00:02:11.99 IT IS VERY, VERY TYPICAL. 00:02:12.03\00:02:13.96 YOU'LL OFTEN SEE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WITH THESE 00:02:14.00\00:02:16.30 SACKS GOING TO SCHOOL WITH THEIR BOOKS IN HERE AND 00:02:16.33\00:02:20.67 THEN THIS IS A VERY NICE WAISTCOAT THAT SOMEONE 00:02:20.70\00:02:24.41 GAVE ME ONE YEAR. 00:02:24.44\00:02:25.37 AND THIS IS CALLED A SALWAR KAMEEZ WITH THE 00:02:25.41\00:02:28.74 PLUMP PANTS LIKE THIS AND THIS FANCY TOP. 00:02:28.78\00:02:33.55 THESE SHOES ARE THE BEST. 00:02:33.58\00:02:35.28 BEST, THEY ARE. 00:02:35.32\00:02:36.62 THE SHOES ARE REALLY AMAZING. 00:02:36.65\00:02:38.15 THEY ARE RIDING SHOES. 00:02:38.19\00:02:39.15 THEY ARE. 00:02:39.19\00:02:40.02 ACTUALLY, THESE WEREN'T GIVEN TO ME. 00:02:40.06\00:02:41.82 I BOUGHT THESE FOR MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS A 00:02:41.86\00:02:44.86 BRIDESMAID IN PAKISTAN BUT THEY FIT ME O.K. 00:02:44.89\00:02:50.47 THAT'S GREAT. 00:02:50.50\00:02:52.73 ALRIGHT, WELL WE WANT TO GET SOME UPDATES ABOUT UM, 00:02:52.77\00:02:56.50 WHAT IS GOING ON. 00:02:56.54\00:02:57.94 LET'S START WITH TRIPURA. 00:02:57.97\00:02:59.47 O.K., NOW I'VE GOT A VIDEO THAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU 00:02:59.51\00:03:03.85 AND IT WILL SORT OF INTRODUCE TRIPURA, HOW IT 00:03:03.88\00:03:07.35 GOT STARTED. 00:03:07.38\00:03:08.55 IT GOT STARTED AROUND THE TIME WHEN I WAS BORN 00:03:08.58\00:03:11.62 ACTUALLY. 00:03:11.65\00:03:12.72 AH, IT TELLS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHY OF 00:03:12.75\00:03:17.69 TRIPURA. 00:03:17.73\00:03:18.66 SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS FIRST VIDEO. 00:03:18.69\00:03:20.46 THE KINGDOM OF TRIPURA JOINED THE INDIAN UNION OF 00:03:22.63\00:03:26.40 STATES IN 1949 WHEN IT'S LAST KING DIED. 00:03:26.43\00:03:32.31 THIS ANCIENT LAND WITH ITS MYSTERIOUS PAST IS LOCATED 00:03:32.34\00:03:37.35 IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION OF INDIA SURROUNDED ON 00:03:37.38\00:03:41.05 THREE SIDES BY BANGLADESH. 00:03:41.08\00:03:43.52 IN THE EAST IT HAS A COMMON BOUNDARY WITH ASSAM 00:03:43.55\00:03:46.76 AND MIZORAM. 00:03:46.79\00:03:48.46 SIXTY PER CENT OF THE STATE IS COVERED WITH 00:03:48.49\00:03:51.03 HILLS AND FORESTS. 00:03:51.06\00:03:52.89 THERE ARE 19 MAIN TRIBES AND A LARGE INFLUX OF 00:03:52.93\00:03:57.47 MUSLIMS AND HINDUS FROM BANGLADESH. 00:03:57.50\00:04:00.77 WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT FIVE MILLION, 85 PER CENT 00:04:00.80\00:04:05.97 ARE HINDUS. 00:04:06.01\00:04:07.54 EIGHT PERCENT ARE MUSLIMS. 00:04:07.58\00:04:10.68 THERE ARE MORE THAN 200,000 CHRISTIANS 00:04:10.71\00:04:13.85 SCATTERED OVER THE STATE BUT ANIMISM IS WOVEN INTO 00:04:13.88\00:04:18.45 MOST OF THE COUNTRIES RELIGIOUS LIFE. 00:04:18.49\00:04:21.32 SO, WHEN WE VISITED THE VILLAGE OF BATAPARA ONE OF 00:04:21.36\00:04:25.56 THE FIRST THINGS WE NOTICED WAS THE ALTAR TO 00:04:25.59\00:04:29.26 THE TREE GOD. 00:04:29.30\00:04:30.70 IF A MAN SHOULD CUT HIMSELF, HE WOULD COME 00:04:30.73\00:04:33.23 STRAIGHT TO THIS TREE TO PRAY BECAUSE GOD LIVES IN 00:04:33.27\00:04:38.34 IT. 00:04:38.37\00:04:39.57 IN THIS VILLAGE WORKS GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER 00:04:39.61\00:04:42.78 NIBARAN MALSAM. 00:04:42.81\00:04:43.98 WE FOUND HIM IN THE HOME OF ONE OF OUR NEW 00:04:44.01\00:04:50.62 BELIEVERS SINGING WITH HIS VILLAGE FRIENDS. 00:04:50.65\00:04:54.22 I WAS INTRODUCED AND I SHARED A BIBLE STORY. 00:04:54.26\00:04:59.63 PASTOR ZAMINGA, THE MISSION PRESIDENT, 00:04:59.66\00:05:02.53 EXAMINED THE ELEVEN BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES AND 00:05:02.56\00:05:05.67 WE WERE OFF DOWN TO THE RIVER. 00:05:05.70\00:05:07.80 IT WAS AMAZING HOW MANY WE HAD SQUASHED INTO THAT 00:05:07.84\00:05:12.04 TINY HOME. 00:05:12.07\00:05:13.64 THEY HAVE NO CHURCH BUT THEY DO HAVE PLANS AND WE 00:05:13.68\00:05:18.41 COULD HELP. 00:05:18.45\00:05:20.32 WHEN NIBARAN FIRST VISITED BATAPARA, HE HAD BEEN 00:05:20.35\00:05:24.05 INVITED BY SOMEONE THAT HE HAD MET IN THE MARKET. 00:05:24.09\00:05:28.76 HE ARRIVED AND FOUND THE VILLAGE CHILDREN HAD NO 00:05:28.79\00:05:31.99 SCHOOL TO ATTEND. 00:05:32.03\00:05:33.19 HE STARTED PLAYING GAMES WITH THEM AND BEGAN 00:05:33.23\00:05:36.20 TEACHING LESSONS. 00:05:36.23\00:05:37.47 THE ADULTS WERE VERY HAPPY. 00:05:37.50\00:05:40.77 BUT WHEN WORD GOT TO THE NEXT VILLAGE, THEY SAID, 00:05:40.80\00:05:44.01 COME OVER AND HELP US. 00:05:44.04\00:05:46.14 SO, HE DID AND THE NEW CHURCH WILL BE IN THE 00:05:46.17\00:05:49.81 MIDDLE OF THIS CONNECTING ROAD. 00:05:49.84\00:05:53.21 I VISITED SOME OF THE HOUSES WITH OUR GOSPEL 00:05:53.25\00:05:56.45 OUTREACH WORKER AND WAS QUICKLY AWARE THAT LIFE 00:05:56.48\00:06:00.46 COULD BE VERY PEACEFUL BUT NOT EASY. 00:06:00.49\00:06:04.83 THE WOMEN APPEARED TO BE DOING MORE THAN THEIR FAIR 00:06:04.86\00:06:07.96 SHARE. 00:06:07.96\00:06:09.23 APART FROM ALL THE CHILDCARE, ALL FOOD IS 00:06:09.26\00:06:12.83 PREPARED FROM SCRATCH. 00:06:12.87\00:06:15.27 THAT RICE POUNDING AND SIFTING IS HARD WORK BUT 00:06:15.30\00:06:19.94 THE COOKING CAN'T START BEFORE WOOD IS BEING 00:06:19.97\00:06:23.04 GATHERED AND THE FIRE STARTED. 00:06:23.08\00:06:25.95 I CHECKED OUT HOW THE FOOD WAS STORED FOR THE WINTER 00:06:25.98\00:06:28.98 MONTHS IN WHICH GOD WAS THANKED FOR THE HARVEST. 00:06:29.02\00:06:33.59 I SAW THE WOMEN WEAVING THEIR COLORFUL SARONGS OR 00:06:33.62\00:06:37.19 SKIRTS AND WITH NO RUNNING WATER, THERE WAS ALWAYS 00:06:37.23\00:06:41.63 ONE MORE BOTTLE TO FILL. 00:06:41.66\00:06:43.47 THAT MADE US AWARE OF A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. 00:06:43.50\00:06:49.00 THERE WAS ONE SOURCE OF WATER AND RIGHT THERE 00:06:49.04\00:06:54.44 EVERYTHING HAPPENED. 00:06:54.48\00:06:55.64 PEOPLE BATHED, CLOTHES WERE WASHED, PANS WERE 00:06:55.68\00:06:59.85 WASHED, KIDS SWAM AND WATER WAS COLLECTED FOR 00:06:59.88\00:07:04.25 DRINKING. 00:07:04.29\00:07:05.29 YES, IT IS WAS THE SAME WATER FOR EVERYTHING. 00:07:05.32\00:07:10.03 TODAY, IT WAS USED FOR SOMETHING EXTRA. 00:07:10.06\00:07:13.29 TODAY IN WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN IDYLLIC SETTING -ELEVEN 00:07:13.33\00:07:18.30 NEW BELIEVERS WOULD BE BAPTIZED. 00:07:18.33\00:07:21.60 NIBARAN, OUR GLOBAL MISSION WORKER, HAD BEEN 00:07:21.64\00:07:24.74 BUSY NOT JUST WITH THE CHILDREN HE'D BEEN MAKING 00:07:24.77\00:07:28.48 FRIENDS WITH GRANDMAS AND BABIES. 00:07:28.51\00:07:31.35 HE'D BEEN HAVING SOME SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH 00:07:31.38\00:07:34.42 FAMILIES, SOME BIBLE STUDIES AND HEATED 00:07:34.45\00:07:37.65 DISCUSSIONS. 00:07:37.69\00:07:39.19 HE'D BEEN VISITING, PRAYING AND PREPARING FOR 00:07:39.22\00:07:42.72 THIS DAY-THIS BAPTISM. 00:07:42.76\00:07:45.79 IT IS NOT EASY FOR NIBARAN IN BATAPARA. 00:07:45.83\00:07:50.20 HE NEEDS CLEAN WATER TOO. 00:07:50.23\00:07:52.77 HE'S ALSO FIGHTING AGAINST ANIMISM AND SPIRIT 00:07:52.80\00:07:56.50 WORSHIP, HEATHEN FESTIVALS AND MANY FALSE GODS. 00:07:56.54\00:08:01.74 HE NEEDS OUR HELP. 00:08:01.78\00:08:03.45 HE NEEDS OUR PRAYERS. 00:08:03.48\00:08:05.71 HE NEEDS OUR CONTINUING FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 00:08:05.75\00:08:09.78 PLEASE REMEMBER NIBARAN IN BATAPARA, TRIPURA 00:08:09.82\00:08:14.92 NORTHEAST INDIA. 00:08:14.96\00:08:17.03 WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY. 00:08:19.76\00:08:22.76 THANK YOU FOR STAYING BY AS WE WATCHED THAT. 00:08:22.80\00:08:24.70 NOW WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT 00:08:24.73\00:08:28.50 MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP WITH THE SITUATION AND 00:08:28.54\00:08:30.44 ESPECIALLY WITH THE WATER AND YOU KNOW, WHAT IS 00:08:30.47\00:08:32.41 GOING TO HAPPEN? 00:08:32.44\00:08:34.11 WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM 00:08:34.14\00:08:36.54 OF THE WATER THERE IS 163 MILLION PEOPLE IN INDIA 00:08:36.58\00:08:41.78 THAT DON'T HAVE CLEAN DRINKING WATER. 00:08:41.82\00:08:44.02 SO, THEY ARE-THEY'VE GOT A WORLD RECORD, YES, FOR 00:08:44.05\00:08:49.36 PEOPLE WITH A NEED TO HAVE CLEAN DRINKING WATER. 00:08:49.39\00:08:51.96 UH HUH. 00:08:51.99\00:08:53.70 SO, I DON'T THINK WE CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. 00:08:53.73\00:08:55.36 CAN'T SOLVE THAT ONE BUT HOW CAN WE HELP? 00:08:55.40\00:08:58.30 WELL, WE CAN HELP BY PROVIDING MORE FUNDS FOR 00:08:58.33\00:09:02.50 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIKE NIBARAN SEE, 00:09:02.54\00:09:06.44 SO THAT'S HOW WE CAN HELP AND WE CAN PRAY. 00:09:06.47\00:09:09.44 YES. 00:09:09.48\00:09:10.05 WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THEM. 00:09:10.08\00:09:11.05 ABSOLUTELY AND WE ALSO WANT TO GET AN UPDATE 00:09:11.08\00:09:13.18 ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BANGLADESH. 00:09:13.21\00:09:15.22 OH, NOW BANGLADESH AH, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. 00:09:15.25\00:09:20.16 BANGLADESH. 00:09:20.19\00:09:21.22 BANGALDESH IS A PLACE WHERE UH, WELL LET ME SHOW 00:09:21.26\00:09:27.66 THIS VIDEO THAT WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE 00:09:27.66\00:09:33.03 RELIGION IN BANGLADESH. 00:09:33.07\00:09:36.34 SOME RELIGIONS HAVE MANY OFFERINGS AND ELABORATE 00:09:36.37\00:09:41.44 CEREMONIES. 00:09:49.78\00:09:52.89 RINGING OF BELLS, BURNING OF INCENSE AND THE 00:09:52.92\00:09:56.29 SPRINKLING OF HOLY WATER BUT NO REAL SOLUTION TO 00:09:56.32\00:10:01.30 THE REAL PROBLEM WHICH IS SIN. 00:10:01.33\00:10:03.77 DIFFERENT GODS ARE TRIED AND DISCARDED. 00:10:03.80\00:10:07.34 NEW ONES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING MADE, CHOSEN AND 00:10:07.37\00:10:11.21 BOUGHT. 00:10:11.24\00:10:12.44 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS HAVE THE ANSWER 00:10:12.47\00:10:16.41 TO THE PROBLEM OF SIN BUT IT IS NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS 00:10:16.44\00:10:20.18 TO EVERYONE. 00:10:20.22\00:10:21.62 SOMETIMES THE DEVIL GETS EVERYTHING MIXED UP AND 00:10:21.65\00:10:24.62 CAUSES PROBLEMS. 00:10:24.65\00:10:26.92 A CHURCH HAD BEEN BUILT IN DUBICHOR VILLAGE WITH THE 00:10:26.96\00:10:30.66 HELP OF SOME FUNDS FROM KOREA. 00:10:30.69\00:10:33.33 THEY HAD A SCHOOL RUNNING. 00:10:33.36\00:10:35.06 THEY'D BEEN GIVEN SOME SPORTS EQUIPMENT AND 00:10:35.10\00:10:37.70 EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL UNTIL A FIGHT BROKE OUT. 00:10:37.73\00:10:41.47 WHEN THE TEACHER TRIED TO BREAK IT UP, HE FOUND 00:10:41.50\00:10:44.14 HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. 00:10:44.17\00:10:45.97 THE TEACHER WAS BEATEN UP PRETTY BADLY. 00:10:46.01\00:10:48.64 HE HAD TO BE REMOVED AND A NEW ONE PUT IN HIS PLACE. 00:10:48.68\00:10:53.28 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER ASHISH WAS SENT TO 00:10:53.31\00:10:57.09 DUBICHOR VILLAGE BUT ON ARRIVAL HE FOUND THE 00:10:57.12\00:11:00.89 CHURCH LOCKED. 00:11:00.92\00:11:03.06 HE OPENED THE DOOR BUT THE VILLAGERS LOCKED IT AGAIN. 00:11:03.09\00:11:07.13 ASHISH CALLED A VILLAGE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THE 00:11:07.20\00:11:09.93 PROBLEM. 00:11:09.96\00:11:11.00 THEY AGREED TO OPEN IT UP AND START SCHOOL AGAIN. 00:11:11.03\00:11:15.74 THEY DID GET A LITTLE UPSET WHEN THEY CAME TO 00:11:23.41\00:11:25.71 PICK UP THE CHILDREN ON SABBATH AND FOUND THEM 00:11:25.75\00:11:28.42 SINGING RELIGIOUS SONGS BUT ASHISH INVITED THE 00:11:28.45\00:11:32.32 PARENTS TO COME AND JOIN THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE 00:11:32.35\00:11:35.36 DOING. 00:11:35.39\00:11:36.42 SOME OF THEM LIKED WHAT THEY HEARD AND NOW FOUR 00:11:36.46\00:11:39.76 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED AS SEVENTH DAY 00:11:39.79\00:11:43.16 ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS. 00:11:43.20\00:11:45.60 SOME OF THE NEW MEMBERS ARE FISHERMEN AND ASHISH 00:11:45.63\00:11:48.20 NEEDED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW THEY SHOULD PAY THEIR 00:11:48.24\00:11:50.97 TITHE. 00:11:51.01\00:11:52.47 NOW THE VILLAGERS WELCOME THE VISITS OF ASHISH TO 00:11:52.51\00:11:55.44 THEIR HOMES AND THEY ARE ENCOURAGING HIM TO HAVE 00:11:55.48\00:11:58.68 WORSHIP WITH THEM ON FRIDAY EVENINGS. 00:11:58.71\00:12:02.02 THERE IS AN ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF SIN. 00:12:02.05\00:12:06.05 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS HAVE THE 00:12:06.09\00:12:09.12 ANSWER. 00:12:09.16\00:12:10.49 LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM WITH OUR PRAYERS AND 00:12:10.53\00:12:14.30 WITH OUR FUNDS AS THE GOOD NEWS IS BEING SHARED IN 00:12:14.30\00:12:18.37 BANGLADESH. 00:12:18.40\00:12:19.97 ON OUR WAY HOME, OUR SENSES WERE ASSAULTED ONCE 00:12:20.00\00:12:23.71 AGAIN WITH THE SOUNDS OF WORSHIP. 00:12:23.74\00:12:26.34 LADIES WERE DRESSED IN THEIR BEST SARIS. 00:12:34.58\00:12:38.35 CANDLES WERE LIT AND PRAYERS WERE PRAYED. 00:12:38.39\00:12:41.36 SONGS WERE SUNG AND PEOPLE WERE LONGING TO HAVE THEIR 00:12:41.39\00:12:46.06 SINS FORGIVEN. 00:12:46.09\00:12:51.13 NOW, YOUR ADDRESSING IN THIS VIDEO REALLY THE 00:12:53.23\00:12:55.60 PROBLEM OF SIN. 00:12:55.64\00:12:56.67 YES, THAT IS THE MAIN PROBLEM. 00:12:56.71\00:13:00.54 SO MANY RELIGIONS, SO MANY WAYS THAT THEY THINK THAT 00:13:00.58\00:13:04.55 THEY ARE DEALING WITH IT BUT NO SOLUTION TO THE 00:13:04.58\00:13:07.98 PROBLEM OF SIN BUT CHRISTIANITY HAS THAT 00:13:08.02\00:13:12.39 SOLUTION IN JESUS CHRIST. 00:13:12.42\00:13:14.96 YES. 00:13:14.99\00:13:15.99 ITS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHARE THAT MESSAGE. 00:13:16.02\00:13:18.39 LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE LONGING AND LOOKING THAT 00:13:18.43\00:13:21.50 WE COULD SEE THERE. 00:13:21.53\00:13:22.26 YES. 00:13:22.30\00:13:23.26 AND JUST NOT FINDING THE ANSWERS THAT THEY ARE 00:13:23.30\00:13:24.83 LOOKING FOR. 00:13:24.87\00:13:25.77 NOW I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU NOTICED BUT WE 00:13:25.80\00:13:27.90 MENTIONED KOREA. 00:13:27.94\00:13:28.90 NOW WE HAVE A KOREAN PRESIDENT OVER THE CHURCH 00:13:28.94\00:13:33.51 IN BANGLADESH. 00:13:33.54\00:13:34.88 AH. 00:13:34.91\00:13:35.88 AND HE RAISES MONEY IN KOREA EVERY YEAR BECAUSE 00:13:35.91\00:13:41.25 HE ALSO SPONSORS ABOUT AS MANY WORKERS AS WHAT 00:13:41.28\00:13:46.92 GOSPEL OUTREACH SPONSORS AS WELL. 00:13:46.96\00:13:49.86 SO, IT IS VERY INTERESTING HOW IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER. 00:13:49.89\00:13:53.03 WE ARE RAISING FUNDS HERE, HE'S RAISING FUNDS THERE, 00:13:53.06\00:13:55.40 YES, AND THEY ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. 00:13:55.43\00:13:56.77 YES. 00:13:56.80\00:13:58.03 BEAUTIFUL. 00:13:58.07\00:13:58.70 YES. 00:13:58.73\00:13:59.83 SO, THE NEXT THING THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HERE IN 00:13:59.87\00:14:04.44 OUR TIME TOGETHER IS THE INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY. 00:14:04.47\00:14:07.94 WHAT IS THAT? 00:14:07.98\00:14:09.24 AH, MAYBE BEFORE WE SHOW THAT FILM MAYBE YOU SHOULD 00:14:09.28\00:14:12.48 GO TO YOUR BREAK BECAUSE, I SHOULD THANK YOU, IT'S A 00:14:12.51\00:14:15.85 LITTLE BIT LONGER THIS ONE. 00:14:15.88\00:14:17.52 GOOD IDEA. 00:14:17.55\00:14:18.59 LET'S TAKE A SHORT BREAK BEFORE WE GO TO THAT VIDEO 00:14:18.62\00:14:20.82 UM, SO THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO SHOW IT ALL 00:14:20.86\00:14:23.66 TO YOU. 00:14:23.69\00:14:24.49 STAY TUNED AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 00:14:24.53\00:14:26.13 GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS FOUNDED 20 YEARS AGO TO 00:14:26.16\00:14:28.66 HELP INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:14:28.70\00:14:32.50 THE ALL VOLUNTEER STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE 00:14:32.53\00:14:35.07 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:14:35.10\00:14:37.04 THE GOAL: RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT NATIVE EVANGELISTS 00:14:37.07\00:14:40.71 AND BIBLE WORKERS. 00:14:40.74\00:14:42.61 THESE WORKERS ARE HIRED AND TRAINED BY LOCAL 00:14:42.64\00:14:45.15 ADVENTIST CONFERENCES. 00:14:45.18\00:14:46.41 THROUGH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH ADOPT-A-WORKER 00:14:46.45\00:14:50.15 PROGRAM, A WORKER CAN BE SPONSORED FOR $150 00:14:50.19\00:14:53.79 MONTHLY. 00:14:53.82\00:14:55.39 COMPARED TO FOREIGN MISSIONARIES COMING INTO A 00:14:55.42\00:14:57.63 COUNTRY NATIVE WORKERS HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES. 00:14:57.66\00:15:00.80 FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ALREADY KNOW THE CULTURE, RELIGION 00:15:00.83\00:15:04.83 AND LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE. 00:15:04.87\00:15:06.30 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE SOUTHERN 00:15:06.33\00:15:10.17 ASIA DIVISION. 00:15:10.21\00:15:11.21 MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED 00:15:11.24\00:15:14.08 INTO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AS A 00:15:14.11\00:15:16.34 RESULT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH SPONSORED WORKERS. 00:15:16.38\00:15:19.01 NOT ONLY ARE THEY EFFECTIVE THEY ARE 00:15:19.05\00:15:21.58 EFFICIENT. 00:15:21.62\00:15:22.78 ON AVERAGE, EVERY $6 INVESTED IN THEIR WORK 00:15:22.82\00:15:26.39 RESULTS IN A DECISION FOR JESUS THAT LEADS TO 00:15:26.42\00:15:29.26 BAPTISM. 00:15:29.29\00:15:30.26 BY CONTRAST, IT COSTS THOUSANDS TO HUNDREDS OF 00:15:30.29\00:15:33.73 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER BAPTISM IN THE UNITED 00:15:33.76\00:15:36.30 STATES. 00:15:36.33\00:15:37.97 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF 00:15:38.00\00:15:40.64 HONEST HEARTED PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING. 00:15:40.67\00:15:42.74 THEY NEED HOPE, THEY NEED THE SAVIOR. 00:15:42.77\00:15:45.34 YET, THEY'VE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR THE STORY 00:15:45.37\00:15:48.74 OF JESUS. 00:15:48.78\00:15:50.28 TODAY, IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:15:50.31\00:15:53.25 WE MUST HELP HASTEN THE LORD'S RETURN. 00:15:53.28\00:15:56.48 WE BELIEVE. 00:15:56.52\00:15:57.15 LET'S ACT. 00:15:57.19\00:16:02.32 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:16:10.17\00:16:12.60 AND WE PROMISED THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THE 00:16:12.63\00:16:15.34 INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY. 00:16:15.37\00:16:17.94 YES, YES WHICH COMES IN JANUARY WHILE I'M IN 00:16:17.97\00:16:22.51 TRIPURA. 00:16:22.54\00:16:23.51 I ALWAYS GO IN JANUARY BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS 00:16:23.55\00:16:25.38 PERFECT IN JANUARY. 00:16:25.41\00:16:26.88 SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. 00:16:26.92\00:16:28.98 HE WAS SEARCHED-I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WERE 00:16:34.19\00:16:37.03 EXPECTING TO FIND A GUN, NO DRUGS OR CIGARETTES 00:16:37.06\00:16:41.36 WERE ALLOWED. 00:16:41.40\00:16:42.66 IT WAS REPUBLIC DAY IN TRIPURA NORTHEAST INDIA. 00:16:42.70\00:16:47.90 A DAY TO CELEBRATE. 00:16:47.94\00:16:50.51 INDIA BECAME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY IN 00:16:50.54\00:16:53.48 1947. 00:16:53.51\00:16:54.44 NOW IT'S THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD 00:16:54.48\00:17:00.82 WITH SO MANY PEOPLE WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT OUR 00:17:00.85\00:17:04.39 SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. 00:17:04.42\00:17:06.96 TRIPURA IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST INDIAN STATES. 00:17:06.99\00:17:10.96 IT HAS 19 MAIN TRIBES AND ALL ARE REPRESENTED HERE 00:17:10.99\00:17:15.80 TODAY. 00:17:15.83\00:17:16.83 WE COULDN'T STAY LONG- WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE 00:17:16.87\00:17:20.17 VILLAGE OF TWIBAKLI TO SEE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 00:17:20.20\00:17:24.64 BIPOLA. 00:17:24.67\00:17:25.97 WE WERE TAKEN INTO A CHURCH THAT WE HAD HAD THE 00:17:26.01\00:17:29.08 PRIVILEGE OF HELPING TO PAY FOR AND THEN WE WERE 00:17:29.11\00:17:31.95 OFF TO THE BAPTISM. 00:17:31.98\00:17:33.78 ONE MORE TRICKY BRIDGE TO MANEUVER. 00:17:33.82\00:17:37.39 IT TOOK PLACE IN A FISH POND. 00:17:37.42\00:17:40.32 WHAT A JOY TO SEE CHANGED LIVES MAKING A PUBLIC 00:17:40.36\00:17:44.79 WITNESS TO THEIR NEW LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN. 00:17:44.83\00:17:47.36 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE YOUNG MAN IN THE VILLAGE. 00:17:47.40\00:17:54.00 HE WAS DOING SOME REALLY CRAZY THINGS. 00:17:54.04\00:17:57.01 HIS PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM. 00:17:57.04\00:18:00.48 THEY COULDN'T CONTROL HIM AT HOME. 00:18:00.51\00:18:02.54 HE WAS VIOLENT, DESTROYING THINGS. 00:18:02.58\00:18:05.85 THEY CALLED BIPOLA, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, 00:18:05.88\00:18:09.48 SHE PRAYED OVER HIM AND DECIDED ON A PLAN. 00:18:09.52\00:18:13.66 BIPOLA, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, IS 00:18:13.69\00:18:17.16 ACTUALLY A TEAM WORKER WITH HER HUSBAND WHO WORKS 00:18:17.19\00:18:20.96 FOR ADVENTIST MISSION. 00:18:21.00\00:18:22.76 TOGETHER THEY DECIDED TO TAKE THIS BOY WITH THEM ON 00:18:22.80\00:18:27.37 ALL OF THEIR VISITS. 00:18:27.40\00:18:29.54 THEY STUDIED WITH HIM AND THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE. 00:18:29.57\00:18:33.61 HIS VIOLENCE STOPPED. 00:18:33.64\00:18:35.31 HIS PARENTS WERE REALLY PLEASED AND HE DECIDED TO 00:18:35.34\00:18:38.98 BE A CHRISTIAN AND NOW HE IS BAPTIZED. 00:18:39.01\00:18:44.05 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE LADIES WHO WAS 00:18:44.09\00:18:46.89 BAPTIZED TODAY. 00:18:46.92\00:18:48.69 THE STORY BEGAN WHEN THE LADY WOULD FALL 00:18:48.72\00:18:51.93 UNCONSCIOUS. 00:18:51.96\00:18:53.06 SHE WAS TAKEN BY HER HUSBAND TO SEE THE LOCAL 00:18:53.09\00:18:58.13 HINDU PRIEST TO SEE WHAT HE COULD DO. 00:19:00.30\00:19:03.57 HE CHECKED HER OUT, TRIED TO DRIVE OUT ANY EVIL 00:19:03.61\00:19:06.57 SPIRITS. 00:19:06.61\00:19:07.64 HE WASN'T SUCCESSFUL SO THE HUSBAND TOOK HER TO A 00:19:07.68\00:19:11.45 CHRISTIAN HEALER. 00:19:11.48\00:19:13.25 STILL NO IMPROVEMENT AND THAT'S WHEN BIPOLA AND HER 00:19:13.28\00:19:17.29 VISITING TEAM ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. 00:19:17.32\00:19:20.66 THEY PRAYED OVER HER. 00:19:20.69\00:19:22.79 THEY VISITED REGULARLY. 00:19:22.82\00:19:24.89 THEY STUDIED THE BIBLE TOGETHER. 00:19:24.93\00:19:26.56 THE LADY MADE CHANGES IN HER WAYS OF LIVING. 00:19:26.59\00:19:29.40 GOD GAVE HER THE HEALING THAT SHE'D BEEN LOOKING 00:19:29.43\00:19:34.50 FOR. 00:19:39.27\00:19:40.34 TODAY, SHE WAS BAPTIZED AND NOW SHE IS PART OF THE 00:19:40.38\00:19:45.81 TEAM. 00:19:45.85\00:19:46.95 YOU AN BE PART OF THE TEAM ALSO WITH YOUR PRAYERS AND 00:19:46.98\00:19:50.75 YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT WE CAN HELP BIPOLA AND EMPLOY 00:19:50.79\00:19:55.72 SOME EXTRA HELPERS FOR MANY MORE VILLAGES IN THIS 00:19:55.76\00:20:00.26 GREAT COUNTRY OF INDIA. 00:20:00.30\00:20:02.56 YOU KNOW JOHN, YOU ARE VERY GOOD AT BRINGING 00:20:02.60\00:20:06.10 THESE STORIES TO US AND TELLING THE STORIES THAT 00:20:06.13\00:20:08.84 YOU FIND WHEN YOU GO THERE. 00:20:08.87\00:20:10.67 GOOD STORIES HAVE TO BE SOUGHT OUT. 00:20:10.71\00:20:12.91 HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN WHILE YOU ARE VISITING? 00:20:12.94\00:20:15.98 WELL, WHEN WE VISIT THE VILLAGE AND GREET THE 00:20:16.01\00:20:20.25 PEOPLE, THEY WANT TO SHOW US CERTAIN THINGS AND WE 00:20:20.28\00:20:24.79 FOLLOW ALONG. 00:20:24.82\00:20:26.15 AH, EVERYONE HAS A STORY, YOU KNOW. 00:20:26.19\00:20:29.82 YOU HAVE A STORY; I HAVE A STORY EVERYONE WE MEET HAS 00:20:29.86\00:20:33.90 A STORY BUT THE GOOD THING IS THAT THEY HAVE STORIES 00:20:33.93\00:20:38.93 ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE CHANGED. 00:20:38.97\00:20:40.84 YES. 00:20:40.87\00:20:41.80 HOW THEY ARE CHANGED FROM BEING WORRIED ABOUT 00:20:41.84\00:20:43.24 EVERYTHING, CONCERNED ABOUT EVIL SPIRITS ALL THE 00:20:43.27\00:20:49.68 TIME AND THEN SUDDENLY BEING AT PEACE BECAUSE 00:20:49.71\00:20:53.01 THEY KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR. 00:20:53.05\00:20:56.62 THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SOLUTION TO SIN. 00:20:56.65\00:21:00.59 YES. 00:21:00.62\00:21:01.49 THE SOLUTION THAT EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR. 00:21:01.52\00:21:04.13 THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID. 00:21:04.16\00:21:06.19 THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID. 00:21:06.23\00:21:07.40 NO. 00:21:07.40\00:21:08.86 NOW YOU NOTICE THAT LITTLE CHURCH THAT WAS ON THAT 00:21:08.90\00:21:12.07 VIDEO THERE AND I SAID THAT WE HAD A PART IN 00:21:12.10\00:21:14.50 THAT, YES, WELL, ACTUALLY THE CONFERENCE -THEY WILL 00:21:14.54\00:21:19.31 PROVIDE MONEY FOR A ROOF FOR A CHURCH UH, WHEN I GO 00:21:19.34\00:21:25.85 I ALWAYS GO WITH A FEW DOLLARS IN MY POCKET THAT 00:21:25.88\00:21:28.68 MY CHURCH MEMBERS HAVE RAISED AND GIVEN TO ME AND 00:21:28.72\00:21:32.65 WE SOMETIMES PROVIDE THE MATERIALS SO THAT THEY CAN 00:21:32.69\00:21:37.99 BUILD AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH SO, TOGETHER 00:21:38.03\00:21:42.96 WE CAN RAISE ONE OF THESE CHURCHES. 00:21:43.00\00:21:44.37 THE WALLS AND THE ROOF- YES. 00:21:44.40\00:21:46.17 YES, TOGETHER AND SOME OF OUR CHURCH -SOME OF OUR 00:21:46.20\00:21:50.37 LISTENERS MAY WANT TO HELP WITH SOME OF THIS BUT 00:21:50.41\00:21:54.31 MAINLY WHAT WE NEED IS WE NEED THEIR PRAYERS AND 00:21:54.34\00:22:00.15 THEN WE NEED THE FUNDING FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:22:00.18\00:22:03.65 WORKERS. 00:22:03.69\00:22:04.49 TELL US HOW THAT WORKS. 00:22:04.52\00:22:05.45 WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WATCHING THE PROGRAM ARE 00:22:05.49\00:22:08.29 PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT NOT 00:22:08.32\00:22:10.49 EVERYONE. 00:22:10.53\00:22:11.59 SOME ARE TUNING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME HEARING THIS 00:22:11.63\00:22:13.40 STORY AND WONDERING HOW, HOW DOES IT WORK WITH THE 00:22:13.43\00:22:16.53 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 00:22:16.56\00:22:17.60 WHAT'S THE STRUCTURE? 00:22:17.63\00:22:18.33 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU. 00:22:18.37\00:22:19.47 WHAT HAPPENS IS THE LOCAL MISSION LIKE IN 00:22:19.50\00:22:23.24 BANGLADESH, THE LOCAL MISSION THEY WILL DECIDE 00:22:23.27\00:22:26.81 WHERE THERE IS A VILLAGE THAT NEEDS A NEW CHURCH 00:22:26.84\00:22:30.41 -UNENTERED VILLAGE. 00:22:30.45\00:22:32.08 SO, THEY'LL CHOOSE THE VILLAGE AND THEN THEY'LL 00:22:32.11\00:22:34.88 CHOOSE A WORKER. 00:22:34.92\00:22:35.78 OF COURSE, THE WORKER HAS TO BE VETTED. 00:22:35.82\00:22:38.72 WE HAVE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET. 00:22:38.75\00:22:42.09 ONCE THEY'VE DONE THAT THEN THAT LOCAL WORKER IS 00:22:42.12\00:22:45.03 TRAINED. 00:22:45.06\00:22:45.93 SOMETIMES WE HELP WITH THAT TRAINING FOR 00:22:45.96\00:22:49.26 INSTANCE, LAST YEAR WE WERE DOING TRAINING IN 00:22:49.30\00:22:53.17 STORYTELLING TO HELP THE BIBLE WORKERS LEARN HOW TO 00:22:53.20\00:22:57.64 TELL BIBLE STORIES AND TO TELL THE DOCTRINES OF THE 00:22:57.67\00:23:02.21 CHURCH THROUGH BIBLE STORIES. 00:23:02.24\00:23:05.38 ONCE THAT IS DONE, THEY NEED MONEY. 00:23:05.41\00:23:08.48 UH HUH. 00:23:08.52\00:23:09.52 WE NEED WAGES AND SO THIS IS WHERE OUR LISTENERS 00:23:09.55\00:23:12.79 COME IN. 00:23:12.82\00:23:13.92 WE TELL THEM THE STORY, WE TELL THEM WHAT WE NEED, WE 00:23:13.96\00:23:16.19 TELL THEM WHERE THE WORK IS-WHERE THE MONEY IS 00:23:16.22\00:23:19.29 NEEDED AND WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT SOME OF OUR 00:23:19.33\00:23:24.90 LISTENERS WILL NOT ONLY JUST PRAY BUT THEY WILL 00:23:24.93\00:23:27.80 SUPPORT FINANCIALLY TO HELP THAT LOCAL MISSION OR 00:23:27.84\00:23:31.34 THAT LOCAL CONFERENCE. 00:23:31.37\00:23:32.74 THE STRUCTURE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH USES WITH 00:23:32.77\00:23:36.11 INDIGENOUS WORKERS IS NOT COMPLETELY UNIQUE BUT IT 00:23:36.14\00:23:39.05 IS SPECIAL. 00:23:39.08\00:23:40.12 YES, WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING THROUGH THE LOCAL CHURCH 00:23:40.15\00:23:43.75 ORGANIZATION SO WE NEVER WORK APART FROM THE CHURCH 00:23:43.79\00:23:47.39 ORGANIZATION. 00:23:47.42\00:23:48.39 WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING WITH THE LOCAL CHURCH 00:23:48.42\00:23:51.13 ORGANIZATON. 00:23:51.16\00:23:52.53 IT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP. 00:23:52.56\00:23:53.63 YES. 00:23:53.66\00:23:54.66 ANY PARTICULAR THING THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON NOW IN 00:23:54.73\00:23:59.07 YOUR REGION THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE 00:23:59.10\00:24:01.00 ARE AWARE OF? 00:24:01.04\00:24:03.10 WELL, I THINK THAT THIS IDEA OF TEACHING ALL OF 00:24:03.87\00:24:08.64 OUR WORKERS HOW TO TELL STORIES, HOW TO TELL THE 00:24:08.68\00:24:13.38 GOSPEL THROUGH STORIES IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 00:24:13.42\00:24:17.09 BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE CAN EVANGELIZE 00:24:17.12\00:24:22.16 BECAUSE ONCE A PERSON HAS HEARD THE STORY THEN THEY 00:24:22.19\00:24:25.76 CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY CAN REPEAT THAT 00:24:25.79\00:24:28.40 STORY. 00:24:28.43\00:24:29.43 WHEN THEY'VE HEARD THAT STORY, THEY CAN GO AND 00:24:29.46\00:24:32.03 REPEAT THAT STORY. 00:24:32.07\00:24:33.67 BUT WE NEED STORY - WE NEED A STORY. 00:24:33.70\00:24:36.00 ALL OF US LOVE TO HEAR A STORY AND WHEN WE THINK 00:24:36.04\00:24:39.04 ABOUT IT REALLY, WHEN WE READ OUR BIBLE AND WE READ 00:24:39.07\00:24:43.18 -THAT'S WHAT ENGAGES US, YES, AND WE ARE ALL PART 00:24:43.21\00:24:46.95 OF THE LARGE STORY OF GOD BRINGING HIS CHILDREN BACK 00:24:46.98\00:24:50.82 TO HIM. 00:24:50.85\00:24:51.49 YES. 00:24:51.52\00:24:52.49 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE KNOW HOW THE STORY IS 00:24:52.52\00:24:55.26 GOING TO END AS CHRISTIANS. 00:24:55.29\00:24:57.56 YES. 00:24:57.59\00:24:58.53 AND WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH GOD TOWARDS 00:24:58.56\00:25:01.76 THAT END. 00:25:01.80\00:25:02.80 ABSOLUTELY. 00:25:02.83\00:25:03.73 SPEAKING OF WORKING TOGETHER, AS YOU ARE 00:25:03.77\00:25:06.74 WATCHING THIS PROGRAM AS YOU ARE LISTENING TO JOHN, 00:25:06.77\00:25:09.84 I'M SURE YOU ARE THINKING HOW CAN I HELP? 00:25:09.87\00:25:12.37 HOW CAN I BE A PART AND SO I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO 00:25:12.41\00:25:16.01 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG AND FIND OUT 00:25:16.04\00:25:20.82 MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. 00:25:20.85\00:25:22.75 FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE THROUGH YOUR 00:25:22.78\00:25:24.95 PRAYERS, OF COURSE, THROUGH SHARING WITH OTHER 00:25:24.99\00:25:27.42 PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING AND 00:25:27.46\00:25:30.69 THROUGH YOUR FINANCIAL GIFTS TO THE MINISTRY. 00:25:30.73\00:25:34.10 YOU ALSO WILL WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU ARE FINDING 00:25:34.10\00:25:36.73 OUT THE LATEST ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH GOSPEL 00:25:36.77\00:25:39.53 OUTREACH THROUGH THIS NEWSLETTER THAT COMES OUT 00:25:39.57\00:25:42.50 REGULARLY ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:25:42.54\00:25:45.57 AND I KNOW AT MY HOUSE, WE ARE HAPPY AND EXCITED 00:25:45.61\00:25:49.54 EVERYTIME THIS COMES IN THE MAIL. 00:25:49.58\00:25:51.31 WE PUT IT RIGHT THERE ON THE COFFEETABLE AND THE 00:25:51.35\00:25:53.85 KIDS, I'VE GOT THREE TEENAGERS AND MY HUSBAND 00:25:53.88\00:25:56.62 AND I WILL FIND VARIOUS ONES OF US OPENING THIS UP 00:25:56.65\00:26:00.39 AND READING THE STORIES AND ONCE IN AWHILE WE READ 00:26:00.42\00:26:02.92 THEM TOGETHER. 00:26:02.96\00:26:04.46 SO, JUST A GREAT WAY TO STAY UP TO DAY ABOUT WHAT 00:26:04.49\00:26:08.70 IS HAPPENING WITH THIS WONDERFUL MINISTRY. 00:26:08.73\00:26:10.90 SO, JOHN AND I AS WE ARE MEETING HERE TOGETHER AND 00:26:10.93\00:26:14.44 HEARING THESE STORIES AND LOOKING AT THE VIDEOS WE 00:26:14.47\00:26:17.04 FIND OURSELVES EXCITED AND INSPIRED AND I HOPE THAT 00:26:17.07\00:26:21.04 YOU ARE HAVING THAT SAME EXPERIENCE AND THAT YOU 00:26:21.08\00:26:24.91 WILL BECOME ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL 00:26:24.95\00:26:27.52 OUTREACH AND THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AROUND THE 00:26:27.55\00:26:29.98 WORLD TO LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW MUCH GOD REALLY LOVES 00:26:30.02\00:26:34.19 THEM. 00:26:34.22\00:26:35.19 HOW HE'S GOT A PLAN FOR THEM AND HE WANTS TO 00:26:35.22\00:26:36.69 RECONCILE EVERY HUMAN BEING TO COME BACK AND BE 00:26:36.73\00:26:40.70 CLOSE TO HIM. 00:26:40.73\00:26:42.33 THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN. 00:26:42.36\00:26:44.00 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 00:26:44.03\00:26:45.27 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 00:26:45.30\00:26:46.03