[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.43\00:00:33.86 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL 00:00:33.90\00:00:37.47 OUTREACH. 00:00:37.50\00:00:38.67 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO WATCH TODAY. 00:00:38.70\00:00:42.44 SOME OF YOU ARE SUPPORTERS, SOME OF YOU 00:00:42.47\00:00:44.87 ARE JUST CURIOUS. 00:00:44.91\00:00:46.88 I HAVE A THOUGHT-WHAT YOU ARE WATCHING IS 00:00:46.91\00:00:50.95 SOMETHINGTHAT HAPPENED WITH NO CAMERAS AROUND, 00:00:50.98\00:00:54.78 WHO KNOWS HOW MANY YEARS AGO WHEN THE GOSPEL FIRST 00:00:54.82\00:00:58.42 REACHED OUR ANCESTORS? 00:00:58.45\00:01:00.49 THERE WERE MISSIONARIES. 00:01:00.52\00:01:01.82 THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO CAME, WHO HAD BEEN FILLED 00:01:01.86\00:01:04.43 WITH THE JOY OF WHAT JESUS CHRIST HAS DONE FOR US AND 00:01:04.46\00:01:08.26 THEY BROUGHT IT TO OUR ANCESTORS. 00:01:08.30\00:01:10.90 WE INHERITED THAT, DISCOVERED IT WAS REAL FOR 00:01:10.93\00:01:13.84 US TOO. 00:01:13.87\00:01:15.04 WELL, THAT PROCESS IS STILL GOING ON. 00:01:15.07\00:01:17.61 THE GOSPEL IS STILL BEING REACHED IN ALL THE WORLD 00:01:17.64\00:01:22.54 AND THE ORSERS ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY, DEL AND 00:01:22.58\00:01:25.68 BONNIE WELCOME. 00:01:25.71\00:01:27.18 AH, IT'S A JOY TO BE HERE. 00:01:27.22\00:01:28.28 THANK YOU. 00:01:28.32\00:01:29.32 YOU ARE WATCHING PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT JESUS CHRIST 00:01:29.35\00:01:32.25 FOR THE FIRST TIME. 00:01:32.29\00:01:32.95 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:01:32.99\00:01:33.99 AND WHERE IS THAT HAPPENING? 00:01:34.02\00:01:35.86 WELL, WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO INDIA FOR 18 YEARS. 00:01:35.89\00:01:38.76 EIGHTEEN YEARS? 00:01:38.79\00:01:39.83 AND WE HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THESE PEOPLE AND 00:01:39.86\00:01:42.93 IT'S- THE GREATEST JOYS IN LIFE COME AS WE SHARE THE 00:01:42.96\00:01:46.74 BEAUTIFUL TRUTHS OF GODS GLORY WITH THESE PEOPLE. 00:01:46.77\00:01:49.80 NOW INDIA IS SO BIG I BET YOU DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE; 00:01:49.84\00:01:55.24 YOU HAVE A SECTION. 00:01:55.28\00:01:55.91 RIGHT. 00:01:55.94\00:01:56.58 THAT IS YOURS. 00:01:56.61\00:01:57.41 YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT SECTION? 00:01:57.45\00:01:58.45 WE ARE IN REGION 11 WHICH COVERS TWO STATES ANDHRA 00:01:58.48\00:02:05.45 PRADESH AND ORISSA NOW CALLED ODISHA. 00:02:05.49\00:02:09.22 WE HAVE NEARLY 90 MILLION PEOPLE IN OUR AREA. 00:02:09.26\00:02:15.86 WE SERVE 147 BIBLE GOSPEL OUTREACH BIBLE WORKERS AND 00:02:15.90\00:02:16.87 WE TRAIN; WE'VE BEEN TRAINING THEM NOW FOR SIX 00:02:16.90\00:02:20.60 YEARS AS GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTORS. 00:02:20.64\00:02:22.20 SO, THESE 147 YOU SAID? 00:02:22.24\00:02:26.34 RIGHT. 00:02:26.37\00:02:27.38 AND SO, WHEN YOU GO OVER THERE TO TRAIN THEM, MOST 00:02:27.41\00:02:31.41 OF YOUR INTERACTION IS PROBABLY WITH THEM BUT 00:02:31.45\00:02:33.85 OCCASIONALLY YOU GET TO GO TO WHERE THEY WORK DON'T 00:02:34.72\00:02:37.02 YOU? 00:02:37.85\00:02:38.72 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:02:38.75\00:02:39.85 AND YOU GET TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FALLEN IN 00:02:39.89\00:02:41.22 LOVE WITH THEM AND FALLEN IN LOVE WITH JESUS. 00:02:41.26\00:02:42.69 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:02:42.72\00:02:44.03 BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU JUST A FEEL OF 00:02:44.06\00:02:47.50 THE CULTURE IN INDIA. 00:02:47.50\00:02:49.03 I HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT WE PUT IN HERE. 00:02:49.06\00:02:50.70 LET'S LOOK AT THESE. 00:02:50.73\00:02:53.27 AND WE REALIZE THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR AREA, THE 00:02:53.30\00:02:58.24 MAP AND YOU CAN SEE IT COVERS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE 00:02:58.27\00:03:01.14 EAST COAST OF INDIA ITSELF AND BETWEEN THOSE TWO 00:03:01.18\00:03:03.95 AREAS THAT WE SERVE, THE WEATHER PREDOMINANTELY 00:03:03.98\00:03:05.45 CHANGES. 00:03:05.48\00:03:06.92 COMPARED TO -WE USUALLY GO SOUTH FIRST AND PROGRESS 00:03:06.95\00:03:11.82 NORTH AND THAT WAY WE DEAL WITH THE WEATHER CHANGE A 00:03:11.85\00:03:14.96 LITTLE BIT. 00:03:14.99\00:03:16.02 WE USUALLY ARE THERE FOR TWO MONTHS. 00:03:16.06\00:03:17.29 YOU ARE USUALLY THERE FOR TWO MONTHS AND YOU TRY TO 00:03:17.33\00:03:21.00 PROBABLY TO GO NOT DURING THE STORM SEASON. 00:03:21.03\00:03:23.60 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:03:23.63\00:03:25.00 BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE STORMS, RIGHT, IN THE BAY 00:03:25.03\00:03:27.40 OF BENGAL DON'T THEY? 00:03:27.44\00:03:28.90 THEY DO. 00:03:28.94\00:03:30.27 OH MY. 00:03:30.31\00:03:31.31 HERE'S A FEW PICTURES OF WHAT IT'S LIKE IN INDIA 00:03:31.34\00:03:33.24 JUST TO GO UP AND DOWN THE STREETS IN INDIA IN THE 00:03:33.27\00:03:35.51 CITIES IS JUST A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. 00:03:36.21\00:03:38.18 YOU COME HOME SO APPRECIATIVE AND MANY 00:03:38.21\00:03:41.22 DISEASES AND THE CULTURE THERE, OH MY, WHAT IS THIS 00:03:41.25\00:03:45.69 DISEASE? 00:03:45.72\00:03:46.79 THAT'S CALLED ELEPHANTITIS AND WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST 00:03:46.82\00:03:52.69 TO TREAT THESE WITH CHARCOAL AND OTHER NATURAL 00:03:52.73\00:03:55.13 REMEDIES AND IT IS A CHALLENGE UNDERSTANDING 00:03:55.16\00:03:58.53 AND KNOWING THEY HAVE THE BOOK WHERE THERE IS NO 00:03:58.57\00:04:02.37 DOCTOR THAT WE'VE USED MANY TIMES, OK, IT COVERS 00:04:02.40\00:04:05.91 THESE. 00:04:05.94\00:04:08.01 SHE'S CARRYING A BIG LOAD. 00:04:08.64\00:04:10.15 RIGHT. 00:04:10.18\00:04:11.15 AND YOU CAN JUST GET A PICTURE, A FEEL FOR WHAT 00:04:11.18\00:04:14.68 IT IS LIKE. 00:04:14.72\00:04:15.82 THE DUMPSTER IS OVERFLOWING. 00:04:15.85\00:04:17.72 RIGHT. 00:04:17.75\00:04:18.82 YES. 00:04:18.85\00:04:19.95 THIS IS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, A WIDOW, WE 00:04:19.99\00:04:24.36 HAVE A WIDOWS FUND THAT ITS CHANGED NOW BUT IT 00:04:24.39\00:04:29.16 USED TO BE LIKE $5 A MONTH PROVIDE FOOD FOR THESE 00:04:29.20\00:04:32.33 WIDOWS SO THAT THEY CAN- AND HERE IS A LADY 00:04:32.37\00:04:36.07 CARRYING WOOD FOR FOOD, TO COOK HER FOOD ON AND WOOD 00:04:36.10\00:04:40.98 IS OF HIGH VALUE IN INDIA. 00:04:41.01\00:04:42.91 WE'VE SEEN ACTUALLY WALKING MILES CARRYING THE 00:04:42.94\00:04:47.58 WOOD FOR THEIR MEALS. 00:04:47.62\00:04:49.08 THAT COULD PROBABLY MEAN THAT IN SOME AREAS, 00:04:49.12\00:04:52.49 DEFORESTATION IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM? 00:04:52.52\00:04:55.52 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:04:55.56\00:04:56.52 AND THE CHALLENGE OF FUELING OUR LIVES WHETHER 00:04:56.56\00:05:00.06 IT IS AT THAT LEVEL OR EVEN HERE IN AMERICA THIS 00:05:00.10\00:05:03.37 WHOLE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE GET THE ENERGY WE NEED. 00:05:03.40\00:05:07.07 THERE IT IS A VERY FUNDAMENTAL-HOW DO I COOK 00:05:07.10\00:05:10.51 THIS NEXT MEAL? 00:05:10.54\00:05:11.44 RIGHT. 00:05:11.47\00:05:12.47 AH, WHAT'S THE NEXT, NEXT SLIDE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE 00:05:12.51\00:05:17.21 FOCUSED ON? 00:05:19.68\00:05:20.82 WELL, WE WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE 00:05:20.85\00:05:22.95 DO IN OUR REGION. 00:05:22.98\00:05:27.06 BONNIE, MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE THAT? 00:05:27.09\00:05:29.36 WELL, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING AND 00:05:29.39\00:05:31.13 MEETING WITH THE LEADERSHIP IN EACH ONE OF 00:05:31.16\00:05:32.79 OUR SECTIONS AND WE HAVE THREE OF THEM. 00:05:32.83\00:05:34.36 THAT'S THE LEADERSHIP FOR THE GOSPEL WORKERS, THE 00:05:34.36\00:05:36.26 LEADERSHIP OF OUR CHURCH WORK. 00:05:36.30\00:05:38.43 OUR CHURCH WORK. 00:05:38.47\00:05:39.53 YES, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE 00:05:39.57\00:05:40.27 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:05:40.30\00:05:41.10 OK. 00:05:41.14\00:05:42.20 AND SO, WE HAVE WONDERFUL LEADERS THERE THAT WE MEET 00:05:42.24\00:05:43.34 WITH AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY DO THE HIRING 00:05:43.37\00:05:44.31 AND THE FIRING, SO TO SPEAK, OF OUR GOSPEL 00:05:44.34\00:05:45.77 OUTREACH WORKERS AND THE TRAINING AND THEY ARE THE 00:05:45.81\00:05:49.21 ONES WHO DISPERSE THEM TO WHICH VILLAGES THAT THEY 00:05:49.24\00:05:54.32 SHOULD BE REACHING OUT TO. 00:06:02.36\00:06:04.56 SO, WHEN YOU COME WITH TRAINING, UH HUH, YOU ARE 00:06:04.59\00:06:06.70 JUST DOING SOME ADDITIONAL, ON TOP OF 00:06:06.73\00:06:08.93 THEIR NORMAL SCHEDULE OF TRAINING? 00:06:08.96\00:06:10.97 THAT'S CORRECT. 00:06:11.00\00:06:11.77 UH HUH. 00:06:11.80\00:06:12.80 THEY GET MONTHLY TRAINING FOR MOST OF THE SECTIONS 00:06:12.83\00:06:15.14 AND SO WE GO AND SHARE ABOUT THE PERSONAL 00:06:15.17\00:06:21.11 TESTIMONY. 00:06:21.14\00:06:22.11 UH HUH. 00:06:22.14\00:06:23.14 AND TELLING BIBLE STORIES AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL 00:06:23.18\00:06:26.45 TIMES OF PRAYER AND THEY LOVE TO SING. 00:06:26.48\00:06:30.09 AND THEY ARE WONDERFUL DRUM PLAYERS, OH MY. 00:06:30.12\00:06:33.96 WE LIKE THEIR MUSIC. 00:06:33.99\00:06:36.52 AND THEY DON'T LOSE THE RHYTHM DO THEY? 00:06:36.56\00:06:38.13 NO, THEY DO NOT AND IT IS VERY, VERY NICE. 00:06:38.16\00:06:40.83 I PUT UP A SLIDE SHOWING THE LEADERSHIP, UH HUH, WE 00:06:40.86\00:06:45.90 ALWAYS MEET WITH THE LEADERSHIP PRIOR TO 00:06:45.93\00:06:47.74 MEETING WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:06:47.77\00:06:49.54 OK. 00:06:49.57\00:06:50.44 AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA THAT WE FOLLOW. 00:06:50.47\00:06:54.51 WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE MEMORANDUM 00:06:54.54\00:06:57.05 OF AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE SIGNED AND WE GO 00:06:57.08\00:07:00.05 THROUGH THAT SECTION BY SECTION AND MAKE SURE THEY 00:07:00.08\00:07:03.79 UNDERSTAND IT AND FOLLOWING IT AND THAT'S 00:07:03.82\00:07:05.69 WHAT THOSE PICTURES -ONE PICTURE WAS FOR. 00:07:05.72\00:07:08.02 THIS WHOLE IDEA OF BEING ORGANIZED AND NOT JUST 00:07:09.62\00:07:13.26 BEING OFF ON THEIR OWN THAT'S BEEN REALLY THOUGHT 00:07:13.29\00:07:16.20 THROUGH AND PRAYED ABOUT BY GOSPEL OUTREACH HASN'T 00:07:16.23\00:07:18.90 IT? 00:07:18.93\00:07:19.57 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:07:19.60\00:07:20.44 WE WANTED TO MAKE IT A HEALTHY, STRONG 00:07:20.47\00:07:22.67 ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVER WE GO IN THE WORLD. 00:07:22.70\00:07:25.74 RIGHT. 00:07:25.77\00:07:26.81 AND THAT WAS A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE LEADERS THERE 00:07:26.84\00:07:28.41 YOU WERE SPEAKING TO? 00:07:28.44\00:07:29.38 YES, AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH LEADERSHIP. 00:07:29.41\00:07:31.88 THIS WOULD BE IN THE NORTH ORISSA AREA AND WE LIKE TO 00:07:31.91\00:07:37.25 REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS OF THE BIBLE WORKERS, UH HUH, 00:07:37.29\00:07:40.52 AND WE LIKE TO WORK REALLY CLOSE WITH THE LEADERSHIP 00:07:40.56\00:07:43.26 BECAUSE THEY- WITHOUT GOOD LEADERSHIP AND ON BOARD 00:07:43.29\00:07:47.66 WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MISSION, WE WOULDN'T BE 00:07:47.73\00:07:51.63 ABLE TO FUNCTION OVER THERE WITH OUR BIBLE 00:07:51.67\00:07:53.67 WORKERS. 00:07:53.70\00:07:54.64 WHEN YOU ARRIVE, HOW MANY NEW GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:07:54.67\00:07:58.34 WORKERS MIGHT THERE BE TO BE INTRODUCED TO? 00:07:58.37\00:08:00.71 DO THEY EVERY YEAR OR EVERY SEASON DO THEY 00:08:00.74\00:08:04.55 RECRUIT SOME MORE? 00:08:04.58\00:08:06.18 THEY DO AND THEY ARE APPROVED BY GOSPEL 00:08:06.21\00:08:09.45 OUTREACH HEADQUARTERS HERE. 00:08:09.48\00:08:11.39 IT IS QUITE A CRITERIA THAT -RESPONSIBILITIES 00:08:11.42\00:08:14.96 THAT THEY HAVE AND REQUIREMENTS TO BE A 00:08:14.99\00:08:18.26 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:08:18.29\00:08:19.19 OK. 00:08:19.23\00:08:22.86 AND THEY CAN'T OFFER THEM THESE POSITIONS UNLESS 00:08:22.90\00:08:24.20 THERE IS THE MEANS TO SUPPORT THEM CAN THEY? 00:08:24.23\00:08:27.00 THAT'S CORRECT AND SO THIS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:08:27.04\00:08:29.84 IS PART OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF FINDING THAT 00:08:29.87\00:08:32.57 FINANCIAL BASE TO EXPAND WHAT WE HAVE AND I BET IT 00:08:32.61\00:08:38.31 IS A JOY WHEN YOU CAN CALL UP THE LEADERSHIP THERE 00:08:38.35\00:08:41.72 AND SAY, WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING FOR THREE MORE OR 00:08:41.75\00:08:44.69 FOR FIVE MORE. 00:08:44.72\00:08:46.02 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:08:46.05\00:08:47.19 DO YOU EVER GET TO DO THAT? 00:08:47.22\00:08:49.82 YES, AT TIMES. 00:08:49.86\00:08:51.29 THAT'S A JOY. 00:08:51.33\00:08:52.73 WELL, I JUST WANT TO APPEAL TO OUR VIEWERS 00:08:52.76\00:08:54.60 -REMEMBER YOU ARE A PART OF THIS AND ENOUGH OF YOU 00:08:55.43\00:08:58.00 ARE INVESTING THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING 00:08:58.03\00:09:01.00 OVER THERE AND SURVIVING WITH THE THRILL OF BEING 00:09:01.04\00:09:04.81 ABLE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH JESUS CHRIST. 00:09:04.84\00:09:07.08 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICPATION. 00:09:07.11\00:09:09.04 UM, BACK TO YOUR TRAINING WHEN YOU ARRIVE, YOU'VE 00:09:09.08\00:09:14.68 SEEN THE LEADERSHIP AND THEN WHEN DO YOU GET TO 00:09:14.72\00:09:18.49 SIT DOWN WITH YOUR GOSPEL WORKERS? 00:09:18.52\00:09:21.42 THAT'S THE NEXT STEP. 00:09:21.46\00:09:22.26 IT USUALLY STARTS THE FOLLOWING DAY. 00:09:22.29\00:09:25.23 WE MEET WITH EACH WORKER. 00:09:25.26\00:09:28.30 WE HAVE, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL 00:09:28.33\00:09:30.27 TRANSLATOR THAT IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:09:30.30\00:09:32.87 COORDINATOR THAT JOINS US AT THE TABLE AND WE HAVE 00:09:32.90\00:09:36.54 FOUND THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD 00:09:36.57\00:09:39.24 TRANSLATOR IN INDIA AND WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF OUR 00:09:39.27\00:09:43.85 TRANSLATOR. 00:09:43.88\00:09:45.08 HIS NAME IS PASTOR UDAY AND HE HAS BEEN WITH US 00:09:45.11\00:09:50.19 NOW FOR THREE YEARS AND WE HAVE JUST GROWN TO LOVE 00:09:52.59\00:09:55.89 HIM.OH. 00:09:55.92\00:09:56.89 HE'S A WONDERFUL MAN. 00:09:56.93\00:09:57.93 YES, A GOOD TRANSLATOR - AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THE 00:09:57.96\00:10:04.27 PEOPLE HAVE UNDERSTOOD YOUR INTENT. 00:10:04.30\00:10:06.70 RIGHT. 00:10:06.74\00:10:07.30 THAT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE. 00:10:07.34\00:10:08.30 YES, WHEN THEY START WIGGLING THEIR HEAD, YES, 00:10:08.34\00:10:10.97 AS YOU KNOW THEN WE KNOW THEY ARE GETTING THE 00:10:11.01\00:10:13.54 MESSAGE. 00:10:13.58\00:10:14.61 IF THEY JUST SIT THERE AND LOOK AT YOU THEN WE KNOW 00:10:14.64\00:10:16.38 WE DON'T HAVE A VERY GOOD TRANSLATOR. 00:10:16.41\00:10:18.01 SO, SOMETIMES WE DO TRAINING AND THEN WE GIVE 00:10:18.05\00:10:21.92 A LITTLE QUIZ AFTERWARDS AND WE -IF THEY DO WELL ON 00:10:21.95\00:10:25.89 THE QUIZ, WE GIVE THEM MAYBE A HUNDRED OR TWO 00:10:25.92\00:10:27.92 HUNDRED RUPEES. 00:10:27.96\00:10:28.72 IT'S VERY NICE. 00:10:28.76\00:10:29.69 OH. 00:10:29.72\00:10:30.53 AND WE HAVE A NICE TIME WITH THEM. 00:10:30.56\00:10:32.36 OH GOOD. 00:10:32.39\00:10:33.66 WE ALWAYS EXAMINE THEIR BIBLES. 00:10:33.70\00:10:35.70 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN REALLY TELL A LOT ABOUT A 00:10:35.73\00:10:37.93 PERSON'S SPIRITUALITY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR BIBLES 00:10:37.97\00:10:40.47 AND SEE HOW THEY TREATED IT. 00:10:40.50\00:10:42.84 IF ITS MARKED, WELL WORN. 00:10:42.87\00:10:45.47 THAT MUST BE ONE OF THE STANDARDS THAT THEY MUST 00:10:45.51\00:10:47.81 MEET IS TO BE LITERATE AND ABLE TO USE A BIBLE. 00:10:47.84\00:10:51.85 YES. 00:10:51.88\00:10:52.71 AT LEAST TEN PLUS CLASS OR 12 IS BEST. 00:10:52.75\00:10:57.05 AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY, ALL OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS HAVE 00:10:57.09\00:10:59.89 FILLED OUT A FORM THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER. 00:10:59.92\00:11:02.49 WE KNOW IF THEIR WIFE IS A SUPPORT, WHERE THEY LIVE, 00:11:02.52\00:11:05.36 HOW MANY CHURCHES THEY'VE HAD AND THEIR FAMILY 00:11:05.39\00:11:08.46 MEMBERS, IF THEY ARE NEEDING HELP WITH THEIR 00:11:08.50\00:11:12.27 EDUCATION AND IF THEY OWN THEIR OWN HOME AND SO MANY 00:11:12.30\00:11:16.47 THINGS WE'VE FOUND OUT AND WE ALWAYS ASK HOW CAN WE 00:11:16.50\00:11:19.37 PRAY FOR YOU IN CERTAIN AREAS AND WE ADD THIS TO 00:11:19.41\00:11:22.38 OUR LIST AND PRAY FOR THEM. 00:11:22.41\00:11:24.18 WE ALWAYS END WITH PRAYER. 00:11:24.91\00:11:25.91 VERY, VERY PERSONAL. 00:11:25.95\00:11:27.62 YES IT IS. 00:11:27.65\00:11:28.18 AS YOU WORK WITH THEM. 00:11:28.22\00:11:29.52 YES. 00:11:29.55\00:11:30.59 I THINK THEY LIKE IT A LOT BECAUSE THEY REALLY LINE 00:11:30.62\00:11:33.32 UP TO HAVE TIME ONE ON ONE WITH US. 00:11:33.36\00:11:35.96 IT IS VERY NICE. 00:11:35.99\00:11:37.59 YOU HAVE FORMED SOME AMAZING FRIENDSHIPS OVER 00:11:37.63\00:11:39.86 THE YEARS, OH YA, HAVEN'T YOU? 00:11:39.89\00:11:41.10 YOUR QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT IF WE HAVE 00:11:41.13\00:11:43.93 -THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TURNOVER IN OUR BIBLE 00:11:43.97\00:11:46.07 WORKERS. 00:11:46.10\00:11:47.07 LOT OF THE BIBLE WORKERS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MANY 00:11:47.10\00:11:49.10 YEARS. 00:11:49.14\00:11:50.17 I SEE AND SO WE LEARN THEIR NAMES AND THEY LEARN 00:11:50.21\00:11:54.64 OUR NAMES AND WE; YA IT IS VERY NICE. 00:11:54.68\00:11:57.11 VERY NICE AND LOTS OF PRAYER WITH THEM. 00:11:57.15\00:11:59.35 SO, SOME HAVE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE A LIVELIHOOD THAT 00:11:59.38\00:12:04.35 INCLUDES GOSPEL OUTREACH STIPEND, UH HUH, AND THEY 00:12:04.39\00:12:08.72 MAY HAVE SOME OTHER SOURCE. 00:12:08.76\00:12:10.06 I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS AND HE SAID 00:12:10.09\00:12:13.36 THAT HE POINTED OUT A MAN WHO WAS A PRINCIPAL OF A 00:12:13.40\00:12:16.46 GOVERNMENT SCHOOL AND A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AT 00:12:16.50\00:12:20.27 THE SAME TIME. 00:12:20.30\00:12:21.40 UH, KIND OF A BIVOCATIONAL SURVIVAL RATE AND SO MAYBE 00:12:21.44\00:12:27.44 YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE LIKE THAT AS WELL WHO MAYBE 00:12:27.48\00:12:29.94 THEIR WIFE WORKS OR SOMETHING THAT HELPS THEM 00:12:29.98\00:12:33.05 TO KEEP THE FOCUS BUT ALSO THEY ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE 00:12:33.08\00:12:36.15 BECAUSE WHAT WE GIVE TO THEM IS NOT A HUGE A 00:12:36.18\00:12:39.35 SALARY IS IT? 00:12:39.39\00:12:40.39 RIGHT, THAT IS SO TRUE. 00:12:40.42\00:12:42.09 YOU ARE GOING TO SEE; OUR VIEWERS ARE GOING TO SEE A 00:12:42.12\00:12:45.26 REALLY NICE VIDEO ABOUT A BIBLE WORKER WHO USES HIS 00:12:45.29\00:12:49.20 AUTO. 00:12:49.23\00:12:50.23 WE CALL THEM TUTUTS BUT THEY CALL THEM AUTOS AND 00:12:50.27\00:12:53.10 HOW USES THAT IN HIS MINISTRY AS A GOSPEL 00:12:53.13\00:12:56.34 OUTREACH. 00:12:56.37\00:12:57.34 SO, PEOPLE WILL GET TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE TALKING 00:12:57.37\00:12:58.91 ABOUT. 00:12:58.94\00:13:00.04 WE ARE GOING TO SAVE THAT VIDEO FOR THE END, YES, 00:13:00.08\00:13:02.01 AND LET'S RIGHT NOW TAKE A BREAK AND SEE THIS 00:13:02.04\00:13:07.02 ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU TO CALL OUR OFFICE NUMBERS, 00:13:07.05\00:13:10.95 TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND 00:13:10.99\00:13:16.22 SEE IF GOD IS CALLING YOU TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN 00:13:16.26\00:13:20.23 THIS ADVENTURE IN MISSION? 00:13:20.26\00:13:21.80 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 00:13:21.83\00:13:26.90 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 00:13:30.27\00:13:33.44 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 00:13:33.48\00:13:36.48 HUMANITY. 00:13:36.51\00:13:37.21 WE NEED LOVE. 00:13:37.25\00:13:39.61 WE NEED HOPE. 00:13:39.65\00:13:42.02 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 00:13:42.05\00:13:45.32 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 00:13:45.35\00:13:48.06 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 00:13:48.09\00:13:52.06 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 00:13:52.09\00:13:55.16 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 00:13:55.20\00:14:01.40 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:14:01.44\00:14:03.57 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 00:14:03.61\00:14:06.51 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 00:14:06.54\00:14:08.84 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 00:14:08.88\00:14:11.81 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 00:14:11.85\00:14:18.45 JESUS CHRIST. 00:14:18.49\00:14:19.95 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 00:14:19.99\00:14:22.89 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 00:14:22.92\00:14:27.96 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 00:14:30.27\00:14:33.44 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:14:33.47\00:14:36.10 THAT'S INSPIRING ISN'T IT? 00:14:36.14\00:14:37.91 JUST TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A TEAM WHO ARE WORKING AND 00:14:37.94\00:14:41.14 WE ARE NOT ALONE. 00:14:41.18\00:14:42.78 THIS IS NOT THE ONLY ADVENTURE IN MISSION THAT 00:14:42.81\00:14:46.28 GOSPEL IS A WONDERFUL TOOL FOR THIS. 00:14:46.31\00:14:49.22 AMEN. 00:14:49.25\00:14:50.32 DEL, BONNIE WE HAVE A BIT MORE TIME AND I'M GLAD YOU 00:14:50.35\00:14:54.52 HAVE SOME STORIES TO TELL. 00:14:54.56\00:14:56.19 YOU HAVE A BIBLE IN FRONT OF YOU THERE. 00:14:56.22\00:14:58.43 IS THAT A VERSE HERE? 00:14:58.46\00:15:00.06 YES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN 00:15:00.10\00:15:02.46 ENCOURAGING OUR BIBLE WORKERS IS TO REFLECT UPON 00:15:02.50\00:15:05.37 JESUS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THEIR LIVES SO THAT 00:15:05.40\00:15:08.57 THEY HAVE A PERSONAL TESTIMONY AND WE NEED TO 00:15:08.60\00:15:11.67 CHALLENGE OUR VIEWERS TO HAVE A PERSONAL TESTIMONY 00:15:11.71\00:15:14.44 AND IT REMINDS ME OF THIS VERSE IN REVELATION 12:11 00:15:14.48\00:15:19.55 "AND THEY OVERCAME HIM BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF 00:15:22.32\00:15:25.42 THE LAMB AND BECAUSE OF THE WORD OF THEIR 00:15:25.45\00:15:28.46 TESTIMONY AND THEY DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIFE EVEN UNTO 00:15:28.49\00:15:33.09 DEATH." 00:15:33.13\00:15:33.80 YES. 00:15:33.83\00:15:34.76 SO, THIS TELLS US HOW WE OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF 00:15:34.83\00:15:39.30 JESUS AND BY OUR OWN PERSONAL TESTIMONY AND 00:15:39.33\00:15:42.67 WHEN WE TRULY HAVE A TESTIMONY OF WHAT JESUS 00:15:42.70\00:15:45.57 HAS DONE FOR US, WE ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR HIM AND 00:15:45.61\00:15:49.61 THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT WE SHARE WITH OUR GOSPEL 00:15:49.64\00:15:53.75 OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:15:53.78\00:15:55.48 YEARS AGO, I DISCOVERED THAT TESTIMONY IS ONLY 00:15:55.52\00:16:00.96 VALID IF IT IS FIRST HAND. 00:16:00.99\00:16:03.56 GIVING HEARSAY DOESN'T WORK. 00:16:03.59\00:16:05.43 IT IS WHEN THEY HAVE THAT -OUR OWN, WE WERE THERE, 00:16:05.46\00:16:09.43 WE WERE THE EYEWITNESS, WE WENT THROUGH IT. 00:16:09.46\00:16:11.40 UH, THAT'S WHEN THE TESTIMONY, THE WITNESS IS 00:16:11.43\00:16:14.70 VALUABLE. 00:16:14.74\00:16:15.37 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:16:15.40\00:16:16.24 AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE TELLING THEM. 00:16:16.27\00:16:17.17 THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT THEIR OWN PERSONAL 00:16:17.21\00:16:19.67 EXPERIENCE AND WE TELL THEM- WE ASK THE QUESTION 00:16:19.71\00:16:23.01 DO YOU HAVE A TESTIMONY? 00:16:23.04\00:16:25.35 YOU KNOW I BELIEVE TODAY THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE 00:16:25.38\00:16:27.92 THAT ARE NOT WILLING TO SHARE ARE NOT REALLY 00:16:27.95\00:16:30.99 CONVERTED OR HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT THEIR NAME 00:16:31.02\00:16:35.69 IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE. 00:16:35.72\00:16:37.23 WE CAN HAVE THAT ASSURANCE WHEN WE KNOW WE ARE, WE 00:16:37.26\00:16:39.79 HAVE A MOTIVATION THAT CAN'T KEEP US STILL. 00:16:39.83\00:16:43.63 AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT INSTILL IN OUR BIBLE 00:16:43.67\00:16:45.57 WORKERS, FOR THEM TO REALIZE THEY DO HAVE A 00:16:45.60\00:16:48.70 TESTIMONY AND THEY SHARE THAT TESTIMONY WITH EACH 00:16:48.74\00:16:51.41 OTHER, THEY LEARN AND PRACTICE ON EACH OTHER AND 00:16:51.44\00:16:53.84 THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE GOSPEL. 00:16:53.88\00:16:55.81 I'M GOING TO JUST AMAZING JOY TO LISTEN TO THEIR 00:16:55.84\00:16:59.85 STORIES AND DO YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THEM THROUGH THE 00:16:59.88\00:17:02.62 TRANSLATOR? 00:17:02.65\00:17:03.52 DOES HE TRANSLATE FOR YOU? 00:17:03.55\00:17:04.65 RIGHT. 00:17:04.69\00:17:05.39 WELL, I BET IT IS WONDERFUL. 00:17:05.42\00:17:06.69 IT IS. 00:17:06.72\00:17:07.72 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ASK OUR BIBLE WORKERS TO 00:17:07.76\00:17:09.89 DO IS TO WRITE DOWN FIVE NAMES OF PEOPLE. 00:17:09.92\00:17:13.83 WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF PEOPLE THAT 00:17:13.86\00:17:17.07 THEY ARE GOING TO SHARE THEIR PERSONAL TESTIMONY 00:17:17.10\00:17:19.67 WITH. 00:17:19.70\00:17:20.34 OK. 00:17:20.37\00:17:21.37 AND THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO SHARE YOUR STORY, YOUR 00:17:21.40\00:17:25.74 PERSONAL TESTIMONY, THEN THEY SAY, OH, WILL YOU 00:17:25.77\00:17:28.54 SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY WITH MY FAMILY? 00:17:28.58\00:17:31.05 AND THEN, WILL YOU COME AND SHARE WITH MY 00:17:31.08\00:17:33.55 NEIGHBORS-YOUR PERSONAL TESTIMONY. 00:17:33.58\00:17:35.82 THEN THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO SAY, CAN I TELL A 00:17:35.85\00:17:38.75 STORY? 00:17:38.79\00:17:39.79 CAN I TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT THIS BLINDMAN AND 00:17:39.82\00:17:42.72 HOW JESUS RELATED TO HIM? 00:17:42.76\00:17:44.63 THEN THEY TELL THE STORY OF THE BLINDMAN AND JESUS 00:17:44.66\00:17:47.96 AND HOW HE HEALED HIM. 00:17:47.96\00:17:49.26 THEN THEY TELL THE STORY ABOUT ZACCHEUS. 00:17:49.30\00:17:51.17 WILL YOU PLEASE COME BACK NEXT WEEK AND TELL MORE 00:17:51.20\00:17:55.17 STORIES? 00:17:55.20\00:17:55.84 MORE STORIES. 00:17:55.87\00:17:56.74 AND THIS TIME MORE NEIGHBORS HAVE COME. 00:17:56.77\00:17:58.94 THIS IS THE BEGINNING, THE BEGINNING OF A SMALL HOME 00:17:58.97\00:18:04.25 CHURCH AND THIS IS THE WAY THEN THEY START TRAINING 00:18:04.28\00:18:08.15 AN ELDER OR SOMEONE IN THAT CHURCH AND THEN THEY 00:18:08.18\00:18:10.59 CAN MOVE ON TO ANOTHER VILLAGE. 00:18:10.62\00:18:12.15 IT IS VERY, VERY EXCITING AND IT GIVES THEM 00:18:12.19\00:18:15.49 SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO. 00:18:15.52\00:18:17.59 FIRST OUR OWN STORY. 00:18:17.63\00:18:18.83 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:18:18.86\00:18:19.83 THEN THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE INHERITED IN THE 00:18:19.86\00:18:21.10 SCRIPTURES. 00:18:21.13\00:18:21.76 THAT'S CORRECT. 00:18:21.80\00:18:22.43 YES. 00:18:22.46\00:18:23.47 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO ALSO IS WE END WITH A 00:18:23.50\00:18:25.87 CONSECRATION SERVICE AND THIS IS A PICTURE HERE OF 00:18:25.90\00:18:29.24 THEM COMMITING THEIR LIVES TO JESUS AND WE ALSO ASK 00:18:29.27\00:18:34.68 THE QUESTION, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THIS STIPEND 00:18:34.71\00:18:38.08 DRIES UP AND YOU NO LONGER HAVE A STIPEND? 00:18:38.11\00:18:40.25 ARE YOU WILLING TO CONTINUE IN SPREADING THE 00:18:40.28\00:18:42.45 GOSPEL? 00:18:42.48\00:18:43.45 HERE WE SEE IT WAS AMAZING, THEY ALL STOOD TO 00:18:43.49\00:18:45.69 THEIR FEET AND RAISED THEIR HANDS THAT THEY NO 00:18:45.72\00:18:47.72 MATTER WHAT HAPPENED, THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE 00:18:47.76\00:18:49.62 SPREADING THE GOSPEL AND I THINK THAT IS SO WONDERFUL 00:18:49.66\00:18:52.66 AND REASSURING. 00:18:52.69\00:18:53.56 THAT IS, THAT IS BECAUSE MANY OF US MYSELF 00:18:53.60\00:18:57.73 INCLUDED, LIKE THE IDEA OF RETIRING AND WE GET A 00:18:57.77\00:19:03.24 STIPEND SO WE CAN SURVIVE, RIGHT BUT THE CALL OF 00:19:03.27\00:19:06.78 GOD-THERE IS NO RETIREMENT FROM THAT IS THERE? 00:19:06.81\00:19:10.18 NO. 00:19:10.21\00:19:11.15 HE CALLS US TO ALWAYS FIND WAYS TO SHARE. 00:19:11.18\00:19:13.58 RIGHT. 00:19:13.62\00:19:14.68 AND I JUST PRAY THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING 00:19:14.72\00:19:16.65 THAT YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OWN ADVENTURES IN MISSION. 00:19:16.69\00:19:19.59 DO YOU HAVE ANYMORE SLIDES TO SHARE WITH US? 00:19:19.62\00:19:22.52 THAT'S THE LAST ONE I HAD. 00:19:22.56\00:19:23.56 THAT'S THE LAST ONE. 00:19:23.59\00:19:25.09 WELL, TELL ME SOME MORE STORIES SINCE YOU 00:19:25.13\00:19:27.23 MENTIONED STORIES. 00:19:27.30\00:19:28.66 TELL ME AT LEAST ONE STORY THAT CAME TO YOU RECENTLY. 00:19:28.70\00:19:31.80 THERE IS ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE AND THAT IS 00:19:31.83\00:19:34.24 WE HAVE SEVERAL METHODS OF GETTING OUR POINTS ACROSS 00:19:34.27\00:19:38.17 AS WE TRAIN THESE MEN. 00:19:38.21\00:19:40.78 WE'VE DONE-WE'VE BLINDFOLDED THEM AND HAD 00:19:40.81\00:19:43.88 THEM-IT'S A WALK OF FAITH, LEARNING TO WALK THROUGH 00:19:43.91\00:19:48.42 THEIR PARTNER AND AS WE GO UP ON THE ROOF AND WE HAVE 00:19:48.45\00:19:52.15 PUT OUT DIFFERENT OBSTACLES THEY'VE GOT TO 00:19:52.19\00:19:54.06 GO AROUND, AND THEY LEARN TO TRUST THEIR PARTNER AND 00:19:54.09\00:19:59.03 WE ILLUSTRATE IT AS TRUSTING IN GOD OF ALL THE 00:19:59.06\00:20:01.83 THINGS THAT COME INTO THEIR LIFE. 00:20:01.86\00:20:03.16 UH HUH, THE ONE WHO CAN SEE. 00:20:03.20\00:20:04.47 RIGHT, TO GUIDE US WHO ARE PRETTY BLIND SOMETIMES. 00:20:04.50\00:20:09.47 ITS FUN TO DO THAT AND YOUKNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST 00:20:09.50\00:20:12.77 SITTING AND TALKING TO THEM, YES, AND TO GET THEM 00:20:12.81\00:20:15.51 INVOLVED AND OH MY, THEY HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING 00:20:15.54\00:20:19.38 LIKE THAT EVER AND SO IT'S A REAL UNKNOWN FOR THEM. 00:20:19.41\00:20:23.72 AND THEN ANOTHER WE HAVE A BALL THAT WE THROW AND IT 00:20:23.75\00:20:27.19 IS KIND OF A TEAM BUILDING GAME THAT WE PLAY WITH 00:20:27.22\00:20:30.09 THEM AND I'M SURE THAT THEY HAVE SAID, THAT THEY 00:20:30.13\00:20:33.83 HAVE NEVER CAUGHT A BALL IN THEIR LIFE AND SO THIS 00:20:33.86\00:20:36.77 IDEA OF THROWING A BALL TO THEM, YES, AND THEM 00:20:36.80\00:20:39.47 CATCHING IT AND THEN THE WHOLE GAME IS VERY, VERY 00:20:39.50\00:20:43.87 FUN GAME AND THEY ALL -FIRST THEY ARE KIND OF 00:20:43.91\00:20:46.74 AH, I'MNOT SURE BUT BOY WHEN THEY GET INTO IT, 00:20:46.78\00:20:50.08 THEY REALLY HAVE A GOOD TIME. 00:20:50.11\00:20:51.91 AND IT TEACHES THEM PRINCIPLES OF BUILDING A 00:20:51.95\00:20:55.12 TEAM WITHIN THEIR -THE BIBLE WORKERS AND WITHIN 00:20:55.15\00:21:00.19 THE ORGANIZATION, WITH THE LEADERSHIP. 00:21:00.22\00:21:02.52 IT IS JUST A WONDERFUL GAME AND WE DO HAVE A GOOD 00:21:02.56\00:21:05.83 TIME WITH OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:21:05.86\00:21:08.20 WELL, THIS IDEA OF USING GAMES LIKE THIS AS A WAY 00:21:08.23\00:21:13.10 TO BUILD A SENSE OF TEAM, I KNOW IT IS USED HERE IN 00:21:13.13\00:21:16.74 NORTH AMERICA QUITE A BIT, YES, BUT YOU FOUND THAT 00:21:16.77\00:21:19.91 HAS NOT BEEN TRUE THERE. 00:21:19.94\00:21:21.88 YOU ARE INTRODUCING A WHOLE NOVEL WAY OF 00:21:21.91\00:21:25.81 REALIZING THAT WE ARE PART OF THIS TOGETHER. 00:21:25.85\00:21:29.68 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:21:29.72\00:21:30.72 DO YOU THINK-HAVE ANY OF YOU TRIED THE BLINDFOLDED 00:21:30.75\00:21:34.32 OBSTACLE COURSE AND LET THEM GUIDE YOU? 00:21:34.36\00:21:36.26 WE'VE BEEN YOUTH LEADERS FOR MANY YEARS AND WE'VE 00:21:36.29\00:21:38.93 USED IT WITH OUR YOUTH AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL. 00:21:38.96\00:21:40.63 SO, YOU TOOK SOME OF THOSE THINGS FROM YOUTH 00:21:40.66\00:21:42.70 LEADERSHIP, YES, AND DISCOVERED THAT. 00:21:42.73\00:21:45.30 WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THESE THAT WE MIGHT 00:21:45.33\00:21:47.77 CONSIDER YOUTH? 00:21:47.80\00:21:49.50 WHAT IS THE YOUNGEST OF THESE GOSPEL WORKERS THAT 00:21:49.54\00:21:53.14 ARE HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND EVERYTHING 00:21:53.17\00:21:55.68 NECESSARY? 00:21:55.71\00:21:57.68 WELL, THIRTY I WOULD SAY THIRTY. 00:21:57.71\00:21:59.58 OK. 00:21:59.61\00:22:00.32 MAYBE THIRTY. 00:22:00.35\00:22:01.25 YES, SOME OF THEM DO HAVE YOUNG FAMILIES. 00:22:01.28\00:22:04.52 YES. 00:22:04.55\00:22:05.55 WELL, I CAN SEE OUR TIME WORKING DOWN AND I KNOW 00:22:05.59\00:22:08.66 YOU HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL TO SHARE WITH US. 00:22:08.69\00:22:12.06 YES. 00:22:12.09\00:22:13.16 AND IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, YOU HAVE NOT ACTUALLY SEEN 00:22:13.19\00:22:17.20 THE FULLY EDITED VIDEO YOURSELF. 00:22:17.23\00:22:19.47 NO. 00:22:19.50\00:22:20.54 WE HAVE PART OF OUR TEAM, I'LL GIVE AARON A SHOUT 00:22:20.57\00:22:23.47 OUT HERE, THAT HE HAS BEEN EDITING THIS AND WE ARE 00:22:23.51\00:22:26.88 GLAD THAT YOU GET TO SEE IT AND OUR "ADVENTURES IN 00:22:26.91\00:22:30.28 MISSIONS" VIEWERS GET TO SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME 00:22:30.31\00:22:33.78 WHILE YOU ARE WATCHING THIS. 00:22:33.82\00:22:35.05 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW. 00:22:35.08\00:22:36.48 MY NAME IS DISURESH. 00:23:01.58\00:23:04.35 BEFORE I BECAME A CHRISTIAN, I WAS A HINDU 00:23:04.38\00:23:06.61 AND MY FAMILY BELONGED TO A HIGH CASTE BUT GOD IN 00:23:06.65\00:23:10.15 HIS GRACE BROUGHT ME OUT OF IT. 00:23:10.19\00:23:12.49 MY LIFE IN THIS WORLD WAS SO UNEVEN. 00:23:12.52\00:23:14.36 I WAS WORKING AS A MANAGER OF A COMPANY. 00:23:14.39\00:23:17.43 I LIVED ONLY TO FULFILL THE DESIRES OF MY HEART. 00:23:17.46\00:23:21.16 ONE DAY IT SO HAPPENED THAT THE COMPANY I WAS 00:23:21.20\00:23:23.50 WORKING FOR ACCUSED ME OF STEALING THREE LAKH. 00:23:23.53\00:23:26.90 EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS HUGE 00:23:26.94\00:23:29.84 AMOUNT THIS MADE ME VERY DISCOURAGED. 00:23:29.87\00:23:32.24 IN FACT, I WANTED TO COMMIT SUICIDE. 00:23:32.27\00:23:34.88 I THOUGHT DEATH WAS THE ONLY SOLUTION. 00:23:34.91\00:23:38.65 MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AND FATHER-IN-LAW ARE 00:23:38.68\00:23:40.55 CHRISTIANS. 00:23:40.58\00:23:41.72 THEY STARTED TO FAST AND PRAY FOR ME. 00:23:41.75\00:23:44.19 AS A RESULT, THE BLAME ON ME WAS TAKEN AWAY. 00:23:44.22\00:23:47.39 I KNEW IT WAS A MIRACLE. 00:23:47.42\00:23:48.99 I HAD A DESIRE TO GIVE MY LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST. 00:23:49.02\00:23:53.23 I WANTED TO FOLLOW HIM SINCERELY. 00:23:53.26\00:23:55.76 I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HIS GREAT AND MIGHTY POWER 00:23:55.80\00:23:58.87 OVER MY LIFE. 00:23:58.90\00:24:00.54 GOD UNDERSTOOD MY DESIRE TO SERVE HIM AND HE SENT 00:24:00.57\00:24:03.41 ME TWO SERVANTS OF THE LORD TO COUNSEL AND GUIDE 00:24:03.44\00:24:06.24 ME. 00:24:06.27\00:24:07.31 THESE SERVANTS OF GOD TAUGHT ME THE BIBLE TRUTHS 00:24:07.34\00:24:09.38 AND THE DIVINE PRINCIPLES. 00:24:09.41\00:24:11.55 THEY GAVE ME SYSTEMATIC BIBLE STUDIES FOR ONE YEAR 00:24:11.58\00:24:14.65 IN KATAPA CENTRAL CHURCH. 00:24:14.68\00:24:17.29 IT WAS AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE WITH MY GOD. 00:24:17.32\00:24:20.02 SEEING MY INTEREST IN SPREADING THE GOSPEL, I 00:24:20.06\00:24:22.99 WAS TAKEN UP AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER AND WAS 00:24:23.02\00:24:26.73 GIVEN THREE CHURCHES TO CARE FOR. 00:24:26.76\00:24:28.93 SERVING THE LORD BRINGS ME GREAT JOY. 00:24:28.96\00:24:31.63 BY GOD'S GRACE, I AM GETTING THE SUPPORT OF ALL 00:24:31.67\00:24:34.44 THE CHURCH MEMBERS AND I AM TEACHING ABOUT JESUS 00:24:34.47\00:24:37.54 LOVE IN THE STREETS AND CONDUCTING FAMILY PRAYER 00:24:37.57\00:24:40.28 MEETINGS. 00:24:40.31\00:24:41.31 THROUGH GOD'S GUIDANCE, I ACQUIRED AN AUTO FOR 00:24:41.34\00:24:43.68 TRANSPORTATION A FEW YEARS AGO. 00:24:43.71\00:24:45.51 IT HAS BECOME, ME AND MY WIFE'S PERSONAL MINISTRY 00:24:45.55\00:24:48.18 TO USE THIS MODE OF TRANSPORTATION TO HELP 00:24:48.22\00:24:51.15 TRANSPORT PEOPLE IN THIS VILLAGE AND SURROUNDING 00:24:51.19\00:24:54.19 VILLAGES TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN IT IS NEEDED. 00:24:54.22\00:24:56.69 I ALSO PICK UP THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE EVERY 00:24:56.73\00:25:00.30 SABBATH MORNING AND BRING THEM TO CHURCH SO THEY MAY 00:25:00.33\00:25:03.06 WORSHIP WITH LIKEMINDED BELIEVERS IN CHRIST. 00:25:03.10\00:25:06.30 THROUGH THIS MINISTRY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR 00:25:06.33\00:25:08.77 BIBLE STUDIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS LOVING GOD 00:25:08.80\00:25:11.57 THAT WE SERVE. 00:25:11.61\00:25:13.01 MANY PEOPLE HAVE BOLDLY TAKEN A STAND FOR JESUS 00:25:13.04\00:25:15.74 THROUGH BAPTISM EVEN THOUGH THEIR FAMILIES AND 00:25:15.78\00:25:18.05 FRIENDS HAVE DESERTED THEM. 00:25:18.08\00:25:20.15 I ONCE TRANSPORTED THESE WOMEN TO THE HOSPITAL TO 00:25:20.18\00:25:23.12 SEE A DOCTOR. 00:25:23.15\00:25:24.15 THESE TWO WOMEN HAVE NOW ACCEPTED JESUS AND HAVE 00:25:24.19\00:25:27.02 BEGUN VISITING OTHER HOMES IN THEIR VILLAGE AND 00:25:27.06\00:25:29.82 INVITING PEOPLE TO THE HOUSE OF GOD. 00:25:29.86\00:25:32.29 MANY HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR 00:25:32.33\00:25:35.10 EVEN THOUGH THE PERSECUTION FROM THE 00:25:35.13\00:25:37.20 VILLAGE PEOPLE IS STRONG BUT A BURDEN STILL REMAINS 00:25:37.23\00:25:40.37 FOR MY FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND MY RELATIVES 00:25:40.40\00:25:43.17 WHO ARE STILL GROPING IN DARKENESS NOT KNOWING THE 00:25:43.20\00:25:46.31 WAY TO JESUS OUR SAVIOR. 00:25:46.34\00:25:48.74 PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR WORK HERE IN 00:25:48.78\00:25:51.11 INDIA. 00:25:51.15\00:25:52.15 PRAY THAT WE CAN WIN THE BATTLE AGAINST THE ENEMY. 00:25:52.18\00:25:57.19 THAT WAS A FASCINATING VIDEO AND I NOTICED THAT 00:26:12.40\00:26:18.11 SOME OF US IN AMERICA MAY NEED TO LEARN A NEW WORD 00:26:18.14\00:26:21.54 BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A LAKH IS AND I THINK 00:26:21.58\00:26:24.68 THAT'S AN INDIAN MONETARY TERM IS IT NOT? 00:26:24.71\00:26:27.22 YES, RIGHT. 00:26:27.25\00:26:28.25 HE WAS ACCUSED OF STEALING THREE LAKH. 00:26:28.28\00:26:32.65 THREE LAKH-300,000 RUPEES OF THE LOCAL CURRENCY. 00:26:35.66\00:26:39.93 RUPEES. 00:26:39.96\00:26:40.60 OH MY, MY. 00:26:40.63\00:26:41.86 SO, WHEN YOU JUST SAW THIS RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW THIS 00:26:41.90\00:26:46.33 MAN. 00:26:46.37\00:26:47.00 YES. 00:26:47.04\00:26:47.80 HE IS ONE OF YOUR GOSPEL WORKERS. 00:26:47.84\00:26:49.07 THAT'S RIGHT AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S ENJOYING BEING 00:26:49.10\00:26:53.84 THIS ONE WHO CAN GET PEOPLE TO THE EMERGENCY 00:26:53.88\00:26:56.85 HOSPITAL AND THE ONE WHO CAN TAKE THEM TO CHURCH. 00:26:56.88\00:26:59.65 YES. 00:26:59.68\00:27:00.38 AMEN. 00:27:00.42\00:27:01.45 AH, YOU KNOW WE ARE JUST ABOUT OUT OF TIME HERE BUT 00:27:01.48\00:27:05.42 I WANT TO THANK YOU DEL AND THANK YOU BONNIE FOR 00:27:05.45\00:27:08.69 SHARING THE AMAZING STORY FROM OVER THERE AND I WANT 00:27:08.72\00:27:12.29 TO THANK AARON FOR PUTTING IT HERE WHERE WE CAN WATCH 00:27:12.33\00:27:15.10 IT AND SEE IT. 00:27:15.13\00:27:16.43 WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO BE A PART OF GOSPEL 00:27:16.46\00:27:21.54