WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:00:34.36\00:00:36.33 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE TUNED IN TODAY. 00:00:36.36\00:00:38.70 WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING AN UPDATE FROM MANZOOR 00:00:38.73\00:00:41.10 MASSEY AND IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE ON THE 00:00:41.14\00:00:43.30 PROGRAM. 00:00:43.34\00:00:44.34 I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO TALKING ABOUT THE CHRIST, 00:00:44.37\00:00:46.84 THE CROSS AND COVID. 00:00:46.88\00:00:49.31 IT'S A GREAT TOPIC ISN'T IT? 00:00:49.34\00:00:50.98 WELL, WE CAN'T HELP BUT TALK ABOUT COVID THESE 00:00:51.01\00:00:53.11 DAYS IT SEEMS AND WHAT COULD BE A BETTER TOPIC 00:00:53.15\00:00:55.12 THAN CHRIST. 00:00:55.15\00:00:55.78 THAT'S TRUE. 00:00:55.82\00:00:56.45 SO ABSOLUTELY. 00:00:56.48\00:00:57.45 YOU KNOW, INDIA HAS BEEN HIT REALLY HARD BY COVID 00:00:57.49\00:01:00.66 19 SO, I'M WONDERING HOW HAS THAT AFFECTED OUR 00:01:00.69\00:01:04.69 WORKERS? 00:01:04.73\00:01:05.73 WELL, YOU KNOW INDIA IS SUCH A VAST AREA AND OUR 00:01:05.76\00:01:10.93 WORKERS ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND 00:01:10.97\00:01:15.64 SOME AREAS ARE HIT WORSE THAN OTHERS. 00:01:15.67\00:01:18.81 WE HAVE LOST 130 PEOPLE TO COVID. 00:01:18.84\00:01:22.48 WOW. 00:01:22.51\00:01:23.48 AND MANY TIMES, THE HUSBAND DIES AND LEAVES A 00:01:23.51\00:01:28.02 YOUNG WIDOW WITH LITTLE CHILDREN. 00:01:28.05\00:01:30.55 UH HUH AND WHO HAVE NO INCOME NO SUPPORT. 00:01:30.59\00:01:35.49 AND SO, THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLING. 00:01:35.52\00:01:40.50 YES. 00:01:40.53\00:01:41.50 AND BECAUSE OF THE COVID CHURCHES DIDN'T MEET SO 00:01:41.53\00:01:46.40 PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE TITHES AND OFFERINGS OR ANY 00:01:46.43\00:01:49.40 SUPPORT FOR THE CHURCH. 00:01:49.44\00:01:51.44 SO, THEY'VE HAD A VERY TOUGH TIME TO PAY THE 00:01:51.47\00:01:54.44 SALARIES OF PEOPLE. 00:01:54.48\00:01:57.15 BUT FORTUNATELY FOR US, IN TERMS OF THE GOSPEL 00:01:57.18\00:01:59.78 OUTREACH WORKERS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PAYING THEM 00:01:59.81\00:02:04.09 SALARIES EVEN THOUGH OUR SALARIES ARE WAY LOWER 00:02:04.12\00:02:07.26 THAN THE REGULAR WORKERS RECEIVE AND WHAT WE PAY IS 00:02:07.29\00:02:13.03 REALLY A STIPEND NOT A SALARY, YES, BECAUSE IT IS 00:02:13.06\00:02:16.33 JUST TO KEEP THEM GOING. 00:02:16.36\00:02:18.77 SO, NOT A LOT OF MONEY AND I WANT TO THANK OUR 00:02:18.80\00:02:23.17 DONORS. 00:02:23.20\00:02:24.44 THEY HAVE BEEN VERY FAITHFUL IN THEIR 00:02:24.47\00:02:27.31 SACRIFICE AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY FAITHFUL IN 00:02:27.34\00:02:29.94 PRAYER AND OUR WORKERS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY 00:02:29.98\00:02:32.61 GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 00:02:32.65\00:02:34.32 BUT WE HAVE LOST 130 MEMBERS DURING THIS COVID 00:02:34.35\00:02:39.29 AND IT HIT PRETTY HARD. 00:02:39.32\00:02:41.16 YES. 00:02:41.19\00:02:42.16 MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN AND 00:02:42.19\00:02:44.63 THEREFORE YOU STILL HAVE THE TEACHERS BUT YOU DON'T 00:02:44.66\00:02:48.60 HAVE THE INCOME. 00:02:48.63\00:02:49.30 THE STUDENTS ARE NOT THERE. 00:02:49.33\00:02:50.63 YES. 00:02:50.67\00:02:51.63 AND SO THAT HAS BEEN A REAL, REAL TOUGH TIME. 00:02:51.67\00:02:54.80 MOST OF OUR WORKERS RIGHT FROM THE START OF THE 00:02:54.84\00:02:57.84 PANDEMIC AH, THEY WERE GETTING ONLY HALF 00:02:57.87\00:03:01.94 SALARIES, YOU KNOW. 00:03:01.98\00:03:03.51 UH HUH. 00:03:03.55\00:03:04.41 IN OUR SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES BUT GOSPEL 00:03:04.45\00:03:08.05 OUTREACH WAS GETTING A STIPEND AND WE PAY THEM 00:03:08.08\00:03:11.55 WELL IN ADVANCE. 00:03:11.59\00:03:12.55 YES. 00:03:12.59\00:03:13.62 AND SO, THANK YOU AGAIN ALL OF OUR DONORS AND OUR 00:03:13.66\00:03:17.03 PRAYER WARRIORS. 00:03:17.06\00:03:18.73 GOD HAS BEEN VERY GRACIOUS. 00:03:18.76\00:03:20.66 THEIR FAITH HAS BEEN SUSTAINED BY YOUR PRAYERS. 00:03:20.70\00:03:23.57 UH HUH. 00:03:23.60\00:03:25.30 SO, WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW DURING THE PANDEMIC IN 00:03:25.33\00:03:29.70 ORDER TO CONTINUE TO REACH PEOPLE? 00:03:29.74\00:03:31.81 THERE'S A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS. 00:03:31.84\00:03:33.24 YOU KNOW, THIS MAY SOUND STRANGE BUT I'M GOING TO 00:03:33.27\00:03:35.91 SAY THAT COVID HAS AN UPSIDE ALSO. 00:03:35.94\00:03:40.38 IT HAS BEEN A GREAT BLESSING TO THE WORK AS 00:03:40.42\00:03:45.59 WELL BECAUSE THE SOCIAL MEDIA, THE AVENUES THAT WE 00:03:45.62\00:03:50.66 TOOK FOR GRANTED OR WE IGNORED OR WE NEVER USED 00:03:50.69\00:03:54.56 THEM OR WE DIDN'T LEARN BECAUSE MANY OF OUR PEOPLE 00:03:54.60\00:03:58.30 ARE NOT AS SAVVY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. 00:03:58.33\00:04:01.00 SO, THEY WOULD JUST IGNORE IT. 00:04:01.04\00:04:02.17 UH HUH. 00:04:02.20\00:04:03.07 BUT THIS COVID PANDEMIC BROUGHT OUT THIS 00:04:03.10\00:04:07.94 CREATIVITY. 00:04:07.98\00:04:09.04 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF 00:04:09.08\00:04:12.08 INVENTION. 00:04:12.11\00:04:13.15 SURE IS. 00:04:13.18\00:04:14.22 SO, THIS COVID REALLY WAS A MOTHER OF MANY INVENTVE 00:04:14.25\00:04:17.72 WAYS TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND SO I WILL SHARE 00:04:17.75\00:04:21.72 SOME SLIDES BUT THEY HAVE BECOME SO CREATIVE THAT 00:04:21.76\00:04:25.96 THEY STARTED TELEPHONE MINISTRY, UH HUH. 00:04:25.99\00:04:28.56 YOU KNOW, USUALLY YOU NEVER THOUGHT THAT YOU 00:04:28.60\00:04:30.93 COULD ACTUALLY DO EVANGELISM THROUGH CELL 00:04:30.97\00:04:32.97 PHONES AND SO OUR WORKERS HAVE BEEN VERY CREATIVE 00:04:33.00\00:04:36.44 WITH THAT. 00:04:36.47\00:04:37.47 THEY WILL TAPE A MESSAGE AND BROADCAST IT TO ALL 00:04:37.51\00:04:40.91 THEIR MEMBERS WHO HAVE CELL PHONES JUST ABOUT 00:04:40.94\00:04:43.38 EVERYBODY HAS CELLPHONES IN INDIA. 00:04:43.41\00:04:45.08 YES. 00:04:45.11\00:04:46.18 THERE ARE MORE CELLPHONES THAN TOOTHBRUSHES IN INDIA 00:04:46.21\00:04:50.35 AND SO CELLPHONE MINISTRY ALSO THE PRAYER MINISTRY. 00:04:50.39\00:04:57.03 I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE DONE 00:04:57.06\00:05:02.36 WITH PRAYER MINISTRY. 00:05:02.40\00:05:04.90 AND PRAYER IS REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE I SHOULD SAY 00:05:04.93\00:05:10.74 AND THE -IT'S THE LIFELINE AND THE LIFEBLOOD FOR A 00:05:10.77\00:05:15.01 CHRISTIAN LIFE AND SO, THEY HAVE BECOME SO 00:05:15.04\00:05:18.88 CREATIVE AND THE INDIAN MASSES- THEY DEPEND ON 00:05:18.91\00:05:23.42 THEIR PASTORS A LOT. 00:05:23.45\00:05:26.15 SO, THEY WILL CALL SAY, PASTOR MY CHILD IS GOING 00:05:26.19\00:05:29.76 TO HAVE EXAM TOMORROW COULD YOU PLEASE PRAY? 00:05:29.79\00:05:32.23 OR MY MOM IS SICK OR WHATEVER AND THEY WILL 00:05:32.26\00:05:33.56 KEEP CALLING THE PASTOR - COULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR 00:05:33.60\00:05:34.86 ME AND SO, I REMEMBER MY COUSIN IS A PASTOR AND HE 00:05:34.93\00:05:39.97 CAME TO VISIT US ONLY FOR FOUR HOURS BECAUSE I WAS 00:05:45.47\00:05:49.14 VERY BUSY AND HE WAS BUSY AND IN THAT FOUR HOURS HE 00:05:49.18\00:05:52.78 MAY HAVE FIELDED MAYBE 20 CALLS, 20 OR 30 PHONE 00:05:52.81\00:05:56.48 CALLS. 00:05:56.52\00:05:57.15 UH HUH. 00:05:57.19\00:05:58.15 AND THEY WEREN'T LONG PHONE CALLS, THEY'LL SAY 00:05:58.19\00:06:01.52 WE NEED YOU TO PRAY. 00:06:01.56\00:06:02.52 THIS IS AN URGENT MATTER. 00:06:02.56\00:06:04.86 SO, PRAYER HAS BECOME A REAL LIFELINE OF OUR 00:06:04.89\00:06:09.23 CHURCHES. 00:06:09.26\00:06:09.90 YES. 00:06:09.93\00:06:10.60 AND WHAT A BLESSING THAT IS. 00:06:10.63\00:06:12.30 THE OTHER THING IS THE ZOOM MEETINGS. 00:06:12.33\00:06:15.34 AND I OFTEN SAY TO PEOPLE, THESE DAYS YOU DON'T HAVE 00:06:15.37\00:06:19.61 TO BE ANYWHERE TO BE EVERYWHERE AND THROUGH 00:06:19.64\00:06:22.34 ZOOM YOU COULD REALLY BE ACROSS THE WORLD AND THEY 00:06:22.38\00:06:28.18 HAVE BECOME VERY CREATIVE USING THE ZOOM MEETINGS 00:06:28.22\00:06:32.09 AND THE END I'M GOING TO SHARE HOW THIS PRAYER 00:06:32.12\00:06:35.16 REVOLUTION HAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 00:06:35.19\00:06:38.96 AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE BECOME FAMILY FOCUSED 00:06:38.99\00:06:43.53 AND I SAY THAT IN INDIA PARTICULARLY, YOUR 00:06:43.57\00:06:48.70 APPROACHES HAVE TO SUIT THE ENTIRE FAMILY. 00:06:48.74\00:06:52.04 WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE FAMILY NOT JUST THE 00:06:52.07\00:06:54.84 INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL YOU APPEAL TO 00:06:54.88\00:06:59.28 THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEY GET BAPTIZED AND THEY WILL 00:06:59.31\00:07:02.12 BE ISOLATED FROM THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY. 00:07:02.15\00:07:05.72 THEY'LL BE OSTRACIZED AND THEY'LL BE EXCOMMUNICATED 00:07:05.75\00:07:09.72 FROM THEIR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE REST OF THE 00:07:09.76\00:07:11.96 COMMUNITY IF IT IS A HINDU COMMUNITY OR OTHER FAITH, 00:07:11.99\00:07:15.83 THEY WILL SAY, WELL YOU ARE NO LONGER A PART OF 00:07:15.86\00:07:17.87 THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT HAS MANY RAMIFICATIONS. 00:07:17.90\00:07:21.87 YOUR CHILDREN CANNOT GET MARRIED OUTSIDE OF YOUR 00:07:21.90\00:07:26.71 OWN FAMILY CIRCLE. 00:07:26.74\00:07:29.04 AND SO, THAT IS A BIG THING AND, IN MANY CASES, 00:07:29.08\00:07:34.45 YOU NOW HAVE A JOB ISSUE BECAUSE IN INDIA THE WORK 00:07:34.48\00:07:40.16 IS SIX DAYS A WEEK. 00:07:40.19\00:07:41.72 YES. 00:07:41.76\00:07:42.29 NOT FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 00:07:42.32\00:07:43.39 SO, IT GIVES YOU DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT YOU NEVER 00:07:43.43\00:07:48.20 THOUGHT ABOUT BUT DURING THIS PANDEMIC THEY HAVE 00:07:48.23\00:07:51.63 FOCUSED ON THE FAMILY AND THAT GIVES YOU OPPORTUNITY 00:07:51.67\00:07:55.74 TO PRAY, TO ENCOURAGE AT MANY LEVELS THAT YOU NEVER 00:07:55.77\00:08:00.11 THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE. 00:08:00.14\00:08:01.18 UH HUH, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE WORKERS HAVE REALLY 00:08:01.21\00:08:04.51 BEEN TAKING THEIR CHALLENGES AND TURNING 00:08:04.55\00:08:07.22 THEM TO POSITIVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 00:08:07.25\00:08:09.28 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 00:08:09.32\00:08:10.62 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME SLIDES HERE AND PRAYER AND 00:08:10.65\00:08:13.12 FASTING. 00:08:13.15\00:08:14.16 THEY STARTED A PRAYER AND FASTING FOR THE SOULS. 00:08:14.19\00:08:14.99 THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL INITIATIVE. 00:08:15.02\00:08:16.49 THE CHURCHES WILL COME TOGETHER OR THE PASTORS 00:08:16.52\00:08:17.83 WILL COME TOGETHER AND THEY WILL SAY LET'S PRAY 00:08:17.86\00:08:19.16 FOR THE SOULS AND THEY WILL START FASTING AND 00:08:19.19\00:08:20.50 PRAYING AND WHAT FASTING DOES IS YOU ARE FOCUSING 00:08:20.53\00:08:21.80 ON A PARTICULAR TOPIC OR A PARTICULAR NEED AND HERE 00:08:21.83\00:08:23.16 THEY WERE FASTING JESUS. 00:08:23.20\00:08:24.07 PLEADING WE WANT SOULS FOR YOUR KINGDOM. 00:08:24.10\00:08:25.07 AND WE CANNOT GO AND PREACH, WHAT CAN WE DO? 00:08:25.10\00:08:26.50 SO THEN, THEY WOULD GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE AND YOU 00:08:26.53\00:08:27.84 KNOW WHAT? 00:08:27.87\00:08:28.87 PEOPLE WILL COME FOR PRAYER MEETING AND SO THEY 00:08:28.90\00:08:30.44 HAVE HAD MANY, AND THIS IS OK? 00:08:30.47\00:08:31.91 THEY CAN HAVE THOSE MEETINGS? 00:08:31.94\00:08:32.97 NOW THEY CAN. 00:08:33.01\00:08:33.98 BUT THERE WAS A LITTLE PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THEY 00:08:34.01\00:08:35.74 COULD NOT. 00:08:35.78\00:08:36.75 IN FACT, IN MANY PLACES THE POLICE ARRESTED 00:08:36.78\00:08:38.05 PASTORS WHEN THEY WERE MEETING IN VIOLATION OF 00:08:38.08\00:08:39.38 THE NATIONAL LAW. 00:08:39.41\00:08:40.28 YES, AND I THINK THAT INDIA TOOK A VERY 00:08:40.32\00:08:43.59 PROGRESSIVE OUTLOOK ON THIS AND THEY MADE THE 00:08:43.62\00:08:50.33 RESTRICTIONS OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS VERY 00:08:50.36\00:08:54.50 SERIOUSLY. 00:08:54.56\00:08:55.33 UH HUH. 00:08:55.36\00:08:57.03 THEY NEEDED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS VERY 00:08:57.07\00:09:02.14 SERIOUSLY. 00:09:02.17\00:09:03.14 AND SO, THEY HAVE PRAYER AND FASTING MEETINGS FOR 00:09:03.17\00:09:07.34 THE SOULS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING AND IN THE 00:09:07.38\00:09:10.68 NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL FIND CHILDREN'S MINISTRY, 00:09:10.71\00:09:12.38 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. 00:09:12.41\00:09:13.48 THESE BECAME VERY, VERY POPULAR AND THERE ARE-LOOK 00:09:13.52\00:09:14.55 AT THE CHILDREN WILL COME BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE 00:09:14.58\00:09:16.62 MUCH TO DO. 00:09:16.65\00:09:17.55 THEY ARE OUT OF SCHOOL SO WHAT DO YOU DO? 00:09:17.59\00:09:19.35 WELL, YOU DO CHILDREN'S STORY HOUR. 00:09:19.39\00:09:20.69 YOU DO THE VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. 00:09:20.72\00:09:22.02 LOOK AT THERE, ALL THESE KIDS ARE SO DISCIPLINED 00:09:22.06\00:09:27.13 AND THEY LOVE THESE STORIES AND COMING 00:09:30.97\00:09:33.44 TOGETHER AND LISTENING TO THE PASTOR AND HERE LOOK 00:09:33.47\00:09:38.54 AT THE LITTLE KIDS. 00:09:48.52\00:09:55.16 BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE SHUT DOWN SO, NOW THEY CAN COME 00:09:55.19\00:10:00.26 TO CHURCH AND HAVE PRAYER WITH THE STORYHOUR WITH 00:10:04.67\00:10:09.74 OUR PEOPLE. 00:10:17.85\00:10:18.88 IT IS BEEN JUST CREATIVE AND SOMETIME YOU FEEL THAT 00:10:18.91\00:10:23.59 EVANGELISM IS OUT OF STYLE. 00:10:38.57\00:10:41.94 WELL, NOT FOR THEM. 00:10:41.97\00:10:43.00 THEY TOOK A CHANCE AND THEY HAD OPEN EVANGELISTIC 00:10:43.04\00:10:44.04 MEETINGS. 00:10:44.07\00:10:45.07 THERE IS A -ONE OF THE MEETINGS YOU CAN SEE THAT 00:10:45.11\00:10:46.11 THE BIBLES ARE PILED UP THERE IN THE SLIDE AND 00:10:46.14\00:10:51.08 EVERYONE IS GIVEN A BIBLE AND JUST LIKE THE BIBLE 00:10:51.11\00:10:57.19 SAYS IN BEREA PEOPLE ACTUALLY SEARCH THE 00:10:57.22\00:11:02.36 SCRIPTURES. 00:11:04.29\00:11:05.26 YES. 00:11:05.29\00:11:06.29 AND IN EVERY CHURCH, YOU WILL FIND THAT PEOPLE ARE 00:11:06.33\00:11:11.87 ASKED TO BRING THEIR BIBLES WITH THEM. 00:11:11.90\00:11:15.00 AND UM, SOMETIMES THERE IS A DEBATE WHETHER BIBLE ON 00:11:15.04\00:11:19.84 A CELLPHONE IS OK OR NOT? 00:11:19.87\00:11:22.94 BUT I THINK HAVING A REAL BIBLE WITH YOU AH, TO THEM 00:11:22.98\00:11:27.35 IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. 00:11:27.38\00:11:28.42 THEY WANT TO SEARCH THE BIBLE, YES, AND LOOK AT 00:11:28.45\00:11:31.19 THE REFERENCES FOR THEMSELVES. 00:11:31.22\00:11:33.19 SO, THIS WAS ANOTHER THING THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND 00:11:33.22\00:11:36.76 THEY DID A LOT OF MINISTRY FOR COVID RELIEF. 00:11:36.79\00:11:38.96 UH HUH, VERY IMPORTANT. 00:11:38.99\00:11:40.86 AND THAT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING TO PEOPLE 00:11:40.90\00:11:44.73 BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE THINKING THIS IS THE LAST 00:11:44.77\00:11:48.60 DAYS AND THIS IS A PLAGUE THAT HAS COME IN AND WE 00:11:48.64\00:11:53.01 MAY OR MAY NOT SURVIVE BUT THEY WOULD DO COVID 00:11:53.04\00:11:56.91 RELIEF, DISTRIBUTE MASKS AND ALSO DISTRIBUTE 00:11:56.95\00:12:02.05 GROCERIES BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE COULD NOT -DID NOT 00:12:04.75\00:12:09.49 HAVE JOBS. 00:12:09.52\00:12:11.19 IN FACT, EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN AND THEY COULD 00:12:11.23\00:12:14.50 NOT REALLY LOOK FOR ANY MEAL TO SUPPLY THEIR 00:12:14.56\00:12:18.80 NEEDS. 00:12:18.83\00:12:19.83 SO, OUR WORKERS ARE VERY BUSY AND THEY WILL GIVE 00:12:19.87\00:12:25.61 THINGS THAT WILL JUST SUSTAIN PEOPLE. 00:12:25.64\00:12:28.61 AND YOU KNOW, I SAY MANY TIMES I'VE HEARD PEOPLE 00:12:28.64\00:12:31.48 SAY, THE WAY TO MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH HIS 00:12:31.51\00:12:34.95 STOMACH. 00:12:34.98\00:12:35.55 YES, I'VE HEARD THAT TOO. 00:12:35.58\00:12:36.95 YOU'VE HEARD THAT AND ANYTIME YOU CAN HELP 00:12:36.99\00:12:41.89 PEOPLE FEEL GOOD AND HAVE -MAKE THEIR LIFE MORE 00:12:41.92\00:12:48.56 COMFORTABLE, YES, THEY WANT TO HANG OUT WITH YOU. 00:12:48.60\00:12:51.67 THEY WANT TO COME TO YOU AND I THINK WHAT THAT DOES 00:12:51.70\00:12:55.07 IS IT SHOWS THE PEOPLE THAT YOU CARE. 00:12:55.10\00:13:00.78 AND UH, WHAT THERE IS A SAYING, PEOPLE DON'T' CARE 00:13:00.81\00:13:06.58 HOW MUCH YOU KNOW, BUT THEY KNOW HOW MUCH YOU 00:13:06.61\00:13:10.32 CARE. 00:13:10.35\00:13:11.39 YES. 00:13:11.42\00:13:12.42 AND I THINK THIS COVID REALLY MADE OUR PEOPLE SO 00:13:12.45\00:13:16.16 HELPFUL TO THE OTHER PEOPLE. 00:13:16.19\00:13:21.40 THEY SAW HOW PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND THEY HAD 00:13:21.43\00:13:25.97 HEARD THE STORIES OF JESUS- WENT AROUND AND 00:13:26.00\00:13:29.27 TOUCHING PEOPLE, HUGGING PEOPLE, PRAYING FOR THEIR 00:13:29.30\00:13:34.28 HEALING AND GIVING THEM FOOD AND SO THEY REALLY 00:13:34.31\00:13:40.35 EMULATED THE LIFE OF JESUS. 00:13:40.38\00:13:43.15 UH HUH. 00:13:43.18\00:13:44.15 AND THAT WAS SO INSPIRING THAT INSPITE OF THE 00:13:44.19\00:13:47.46 CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE FACING THEY ARE NOW 00:13:47.49\00:13:50.76 WANTING TO BE HELPFUL TO SOMEBODY ELSE. 00:13:50.79\00:13:54.46 AND SO, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MY PEOPLE BACK THERE 00:13:54.50\00:14:01.47 AND YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS DAY HERE IT IS NIGHT 00:14:01.50\00:14:05.01 THERE. 00:14:05.04\00:14:05.87 WHEN IT IS NIGHT THERE, IT IS DAY HERE. 00:14:05.91\00:14:09.01 SO, AROUND 10 OCLOCK IN THE EVENING WHEN I AM 00:14:09.04\00:14:12.88 READY TO GO TO BED HERE THAT'S THE TIME THEY START 00:14:12.91\00:14:16.15 CALLING ME. 00:14:16.18\00:14:18.25 THE WORKERS AND THE LEADERS UPDATING ME WHAT'S 00:14:19.05\00:14:22.22 HAPPENING AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND SO, BUT THEY 00:14:22.26\00:14:25.86 HAVE BECOME SO SAVVY IN TERMS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE 00:14:25.89\00:14:32.40 AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THE METHODS OF JESUS. 00:14:32.43\00:14:36.07 THE ONLY -ELLEN WHITE SAYS, ONLY THE METHODS OF 00:14:36.10\00:14:40.58 JESUS WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE TO GOD. 00:14:40.61\00:14:45.35 AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT. 00:14:45.38\00:14:47.42 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK RIGHT NOW SO 00:14:47.45\00:14:49.65 WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. 00:14:49.68\00:14:52.65 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 00:14:52.69\00:14:54.96 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO ONE THAT HIS RETURN 00:14:54.99\00:14:58.39 DEPENDS ON. 00:14:58.43\00:14:59.49 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 00:14:59.53\00:15:02.20 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 00:15:02.23\00:15:05.60 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 00:15:05.63\00:15:08.37 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' 00:15:08.40\00:15:11.61 LOVE. 00:15:11.64\00:15:12.67 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 00:15:12.71\00:15:15.28 IN THE AREA FROM TEN TO FORTY DEGREES NORTH OF THE 00:15:15.31\00:15:18.65 EQUATOR. 00:15:18.68\00:15:19.65 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH WITH THE 00:15:19.68\00:15:22.18 SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU. 00:15:22.22\00:15:24.15 WE SPONSOR LOCAL GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY 00:15:24.19\00:15:27.29 COUNTRIES. 00:15:27.32\00:15:28.32 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THE CULTURE AND 00:15:28.36\00:15:30.66 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEY FACE FEWER 00:15:30.69\00:15:33.09 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 00:15:33.13\00:15:35.10 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 00:15:35.13\00:15:39.07 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 00:15:39.10\00:15:40.90 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 00:15:40.94\00:15:46.31 GOD'S LOVE. 00:15:46.34\00:15:47.51 JOIN US. 00:15:47.54\00:15:48.74 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 00:15:48.78\00:15:51.15 DONATE. 00:15:51.18\00:15:51.81 PRAY. 00:15:51.85\00:15:52.48 WELCOME BACK. 00:15:52.51\00:15:53.55 WE ARE READY TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 00:15:53.58\00:15:56.42 INDIA AND YOU'VE GOT TO TELL ME MORE BECAUSE WE 00:15:56.45\00:16:00.26 KNOW THAT COVID 19 HAS REALLY IMPACTED INDIA, 00:16:00.29\00:16:03.99 WELL THE WHOLE WORLD BUT INDIA PARTICULARLY HIT 00:16:04.03\00:16:07.03 HARD BUT THE GOSPEL WORKERS THERE CARRY ON AND 00:16:07.03\00:16:11.03 THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE THINGS. 00:16:11.07\00:16:13.00 TELL US MORE ABOUT IT. 00:16:13.03\00:16:14.00 WELL, I THINK THAT ALL OF OUR LISTENERS AND OUR 00:16:14.04\00:16:17.74 DONORS AND PRAYER WARRIORS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF 00:16:17.77\00:16:21.18 PEOPLE WERE MAKING DECISIONS FOR JESUS. 00:16:21.21\00:16:23.31 ABSOLUTELY. 00:16:23.35\00:16:23.88 DURING THIS PANDEMIC. 00:16:23.91\00:16:24.88 SO, I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME SLIDES HOW PEOPLE 00:16:24.91\00:16:28.82 HAVE BEEN HAVING BAPTISMS. 00:16:28.85\00:16:31.05 THIS WAS SOMETHING NEW AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE MADE 00:16:31.09\00:16:37.96 DECISIONS FOR JESUS AND PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO 00:16:37.99\00:16:42.33 THEIR FAMILY TREE, UH HUH, TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY 00:16:42.36\00:16:45.63 MEMBERS WITHIN THEIR FAMILY AND THEY HAVE 00:16:45.67\00:16:48.14 EXTENDED FAMILIES, YOU KNOW IN INDIA, YES. 00:16:48.17\00:16:51.31 AND THEN THEY WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEIR 00:16:51.34\00:16:53.11 FRIENDS AND REACHING OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND SO 00:16:53.14\00:16:55.64 HERE'S ONE VERY INTERESTING PICTURE OF AN 00:16:55.68\00:16:56.98 ELDERLY WOMAN SAYING, WELL, IF MY FAMILY IS 00:16:57.01\00:16:58.31 GOING TO TAKE BAPTISM AND FOLLOW JESUS WHY AM I NOT 00:16:58.35\00:16:59.65 DOING IT? 00:16:59.68\00:17:00.38 SO, THERE SHE IS. 00:17:00.42\00:17:01.35 IN THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL FIND THEY HAD MASS 00:17:01.38\00:17:02.42 BAPTISMS. 00:17:02.45\00:17:03.49 SO IN THE SLIDE I COULDN'T TAKE PICTURE OF ALL OF 00:17:03.52\00:17:08.19 THEM BUT THEY HAD MASS BAPTISM IN THE RIVER. 00:17:13.33\00:17:18.37 VERY, VERY INTERESTING. 00:17:25.81\00:17:27.28 REALLY GOOD NEWS. 00:17:27.31\00:17:28.34 YOUNG PEOPLE, WOMEN AND MEN JUST MAKING DECISIONS 00:17:28.38\00:17:34.42 FOR JESUS AND THEY TAKE THE BAPTISM VERY, VERY 00:17:34.45\00:17:39.15 LITERAL. 00:17:39.19\00:17:40.59 THEY DO BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU ARE DUNKED DOWN YOU 00:17:40.62\00:17:46.43 ARE ACTUALLY DEAD. 00:17:46.46\00:17:47.56 OH. 00:17:47.60\00:17:48.36 YOUR OLD SELF. 00:17:48.40\00:17:50.90 YES. 00:17:50.93\00:17:51.93 SO, WHEN YOU COME UP YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE 00:17:51.97\00:17:54.54 A NEW LIFE. 00:17:54.57\00:17:55.94 YOU CANNOT BE STAYING -DOING THE SAME OLD STUFF. 00:17:55.97\00:18:00.58 SO THEY WILL GIVE UP THEIR SINGING CINEMA SONGS, UH 00:18:00.61\00:18:03.85 HUH, THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 00:18:03.88\00:18:04.91 AND THEY WILL WANT TO DO THINGS THAT THEY FEEL THAT 00:18:04.95\00:18:10.59 JESUS WOULD BE HAPPY WITH. 00:18:10.62\00:18:12.55 THE NEXT SLIDE WE FIND THIS IS SOMETHING VERY, 00:18:12.59\00:18:16.16 VERY SPECIAL AND SACRED TO MY HEART ALSO-THE PRAYER 00:18:16.19\00:18:20.80 REVOLUTION. 00:18:20.83\00:18:21.80 INDIA HAS STARTED SUCH A PRAYER REVOLUTION AND I 00:18:21.83\00:18:25.30 HAVE BEEN SO ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS PRAYER REVOLUTION. 00:18:25.33\00:18:30.34 I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR IT FOR LONG TIME BECAUSE I 00:18:30.37\00:18:34.44 BELIEVE THAT PRAYER IS FOR SURVIVAL. 00:18:34.48\00:18:41.32 IT IS IMPORTANT FOR REVIVAL, FOR SURVIVAL. 00:18:41.35\00:18:44.89 YES, AND FOR SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND FOR SPIRITUAL 00:18:44.92\00:18:48.76 GROWTH PRAYER IS THE ANSWER. 00:18:48.79\00:18:52.16 ALL OF OUR CHALLENGES WE FACE IN THE CHURCH AND THE 00:18:52.19\00:18:56.43 PRAYER WILL BE THE ANSWER FOR THAT. 00:18:56.46\00:18:58.23 SO, THEY'VE BEEN TEACHING THEIR PEOPLE TO PRAY AND I 00:18:58.27\00:19:03.41 TELL THEM, PRAYER CONDITION YOUR CHURCH. 00:19:06.54\00:19:09.14 IF YOU PRAYER CONDITION YOUR CHURCH, YOU'LL HAVE 00:19:09.18\00:19:12.68 VERY FEW PROBLEMS AS PASTORS. 00:19:12.71\00:19:15.82 SO, WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE. 00:19:15.85\00:19:17.79 WE PRAYER CONDITION OUR HOMES, YES, AND WE PRAYER 00:19:17.82\00:19:20.86 CONDITION OUR SCHOOLS, PRAYER CONDITION OUR 00:19:20.89\00:19:23.56 CHURCHES AND WHEN YOU ARE IN PRAYER CONDITIONED 00:19:23.59\00:19:28.00 PLACES THERE IS A PRESENCE OF GOD. 00:19:28.03\00:19:29.33 YOU ARE, IT'S HARD TO HAVE CONTROVERSIES WHEN 00:19:29.36\00:19:30.67 EVERYONE IS IN A PRAYER ATTITUDE. 00:19:30.70\00:19:32.00 YOU ARE SAYING SO ELOQUENTLY HERE WHEN YOU 00:19:32.03\00:19:33.37 ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, ALL THESE OTHER 00:19:33.40\00:19:38.44 THINGS THEY LOOK SO INSIGNIFICANT. 00:19:40.94\00:19:42.31 UH HUH. 00:19:42.34\00:19:43.38 I LOVE THAT SONG: TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS, YES, 00:19:43.41\00:19:44.41 AND THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD WILL GROW STRANGELY 00:19:44.45\00:19:45.68 DIM. 00:19:45.71\00:19:46.68 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING RIGHT DOESN'T COUNT. 00:19:46.72\00:19:47.68 THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE LAST WORD DOESN'T 00:19:47.72\00:19:49.02 COUNT. 00:19:49.05\00:19:50.09 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING BETTER THAN YOUR NEIGHBOR 00:19:50.12\00:19:51.05 DOESN'T COUNT. 00:19:51.09\00:19:53.12 AND SO, PRAYER JUST PUTS YOU IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD 00:19:59.83\00:20:04.87 AND I GO BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD DAYS WHENEVER I 00:20:17.61\00:20:22.15 WAS WITH MY DAD, I HAD SUCH A DIFFERENT 00:20:22.18\00:20:26.52 ATMOSPHERE THAT I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING THAT HE 00:20:26.55\00:20:32.79 WOULD NOT LIKE. 00:20:32.83\00:20:34.36 AND MY DAD WAS VERY UH, QUIET PERSON. 00:20:34.36\00:20:40.40 HE WOULD BARELY TALK AND HE USED TO TELL IF YOU 00:20:40.44\00:20:44.91 TALK TOO MUCH YOU MAKE TOO MANY MISTAKES. 00:20:44.94\00:20:47.48 JUST TALK LESS. 00:20:47.51\00:20:49.61 SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE WITH THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON. 00:20:49.64\00:20:51.35 YES, SO BECAUSE THE LESS YOU TALK THE LESS PEOPLE 00:20:51.38\00:20:55.82 HAVE TO HOLD AGAINST YOU. 00:20:55.85\00:20:58.72 UH HUH. 00:20:58.75\00:20:59.75 AND SO, UH PRAYER IS A PLACE WHERE YOU SHOULDN'T 00:20:59.79\00:21:05.09 BE TALKING TOO MUCH, OK? 00:21:05.13\00:21:06.73 YOU PRAISE GOD, YOU PRAY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, PRAY 00:21:06.76\00:21:10.80 FOR YOUR CHURCH, PRAY FOR YOUR DONORS, YOUR PRAYER 00:21:10.83\00:21:14.54 WARRIORS AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO MAYBE FACING 00:21:14.57\00:21:18.07 CHALLENGES. 00:21:18.11\00:21:19.51 ONLY AT THE END YOU SHOULD TELL GOD, HERE ARE SOME OF 00:21:19.54\00:21:23.95 MY CHALLENGES WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME OUT. 00:21:23.98\00:21:26.58 YES. 00:21:26.61\00:21:27.55 AND SO, UH I AM SO FORTUNATE TO BE CONNECTED 00:21:27.58\00:21:32.12 TO MY COUNTRY AND ALSO TO OUR PRAYER WARRIORS AND 00:21:32.15\00:21:36.66 DONORS IN THIS COUNTRY. 00:21:36.69\00:21:39.19 BECAUSE THIS PRAYER IS BRINGING US SO CLOSE TO 00:21:39.23\00:21:44.83 ONE ANOTHER. 00:21:44.87\00:21:46.10 THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BLESSINGS OF THE 00:21:46.13\00:21:49.37 PANDEMIC. 00:21:49.40\00:21:51.27 WE HAVE BECOME LIKE A BIG FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD. 00:21:51.31\00:21:54.84 YES. 00:21:54.88\00:21:55.84 WE CAN BE ON ZOOM AND WE COULD BE TALKIING TO OUR 00:21:55.88\00:21:58.61 RELATIVES, OUR FRIENDS, OUR PRAYER WARRIORS IN 00:21:58.65\00:22:01.98 AUSTRALIA, IN ENGLAND OR AFRICA OR CHINA OR HERE. 00:22:02.02\00:22:08.02 SO, PRAYER BRINGS PEOPLE SO CLOSE, SO WHAT HAS 00:22:08.06\00:22:13.06 HAPPENED IN THE EAST CENTRAL INDIA UNION THAT I 00:22:13.09\00:22:16.36 OVERSEE IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK OVER THERE? 00:22:16.40\00:22:19.37 THEY, LAST WEEK, THE UNIONWIDE PRAYER MEETING 00:22:19.40\00:22:24.44 ON ZOOM. 00:22:26.98\00:22:27.88 YES. 00:22:27.91\00:22:28.58 WE HAD 278 PEOPLE LOGGED IN. 00:22:28.61\00:22:32.11 THAT IS GREAT. 00:22:32.15\00:22:32.91 AREN'T YOU-THAT IS REALLY GOOD. 00:22:32.95\00:22:35.68 I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU HAVE 278 PEOPLE MOST 00:22:35.72\00:22:41.19 OF OUR CHURCHES ARE SMALL CHURCHES YOU KNOW, YES, 00:22:41.22\00:22:43.99 BUT HERE WE HAVE BIG GATHERINGS OF BELIEVERS 00:22:44.03\00:22:47.73 AND WE PRAISE GOD AND WE THANK GOD, WE PRAYED FOR 00:22:47.76\00:22:52.80 ALL OUR LEADERSHIP, OUR CHURCH, AND WE ALSO ASKED 00:22:54.97\00:22:58.57 PEOPLE WHAT EXACTLY IS YOUR CHALLENGE THAT WE 00:22:58.61\00:23:01.64 SHOULD PRAY FOR? 00:23:01.68\00:23:02.31 UH HUH. 00:23:02.34\00:23:03.51 YOU KNOW, TO BE VERY SPECIFIC. 00:23:03.55\00:23:06.25 GOD LOVES TO HEAR SPECIFIC REQUESTS. 00:23:06.28\00:23:11.15 MANY TIMES, I SEE PEOPLE THEY PRAY GOD HELP ALL THE 00:23:11.19\00:23:15.16 PEOPLE IN ALL THE WORLD IN ALL THE WAYS. 00:23:15.19\00:23:17.06 WELL, THEN WE HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW IF HE REALLY DID 00:23:17.09\00:23:20.06 ANYTHING. 00:23:20.10\00:23:21.56 SO, THATS KIND OF A TEST FREE REQUEST FOR GOD, YOU 00:23:21.60\00:23:27.84 KNOW. 00:23:27.87\00:23:28.94 SO, I HAVE LEARNED DURING THIS PANDEMIC PARTICULARLY 00:23:28.97\00:23:33.71 TO PRAY FOR SPECIFIC ACTIONS I WANT, A REQUEST 00:23:33.74\00:23:38.71 THAT I WILL MAKE TO GOD. 00:23:38.75\00:23:40.35 I CAN'T COMMAND HIM AND I CAN'T DEMAND ANYTHING BUT 00:23:40.38\00:23:44.22 I WILL SIMPLY SAY HERE IS A CHALLENGE WOULD YOU 00:23:44.25\00:23:47.19 PLEASE INTERVENE. 00:23:47.22\00:23:48.66 WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP. 00:23:48.69\00:23:50.19 AND SO, AH WE HAVE BEEN DOING INTERCESSORY 00:23:50.23\00:23:53.70 PRAYERS, UH HUH, ON BEHALF OF OTHER PEOPLE AND MANY 00:23:53.73\00:23:57.73 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL. 00:23:57.77\00:24:00.47 TWO OF OUR VERY IMPORTANT LEADERS-ONE IS A GO 00:24:00.50\00:24:04.21 COORDINATOR IN NORTHERN INDIA. 00:24:04.24\00:24:06.27 HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS AND THEN 00:24:06.31\00:24:10.48 IN THE CENTRAL INDIA UNION WHICH IS MY UNION OVER 00:24:10.51\00:24:13.82 THERE AH, THE GO COORDINATOR HAD OPEN HEART 00:24:13.85\00:24:17.45 SURGERY. 00:24:17.49\00:24:19.55 AND SO, THERE HAVE BEEN THINGS TO PRAY ABOUT FOR 00:24:19.59\00:24:22.96 SURE. 00:24:22.99\00:24:23.63 OH YES. 00:24:23.66\00:24:24.19 VERY SPECIFIC THINGS. 00:24:24.23\00:24:25.23 AND IT IS SPECIFICALLY COVID RELATED AND OTHER 00:24:25.26\00:24:30.07 HEALTH RELATED ISSUES BUT WE WERE PRAYING FOR 00:24:30.10\00:24:33.34 PEOPLE'S FAITH TO BE SUSTAINED. 00:24:33.37\00:24:36.34 YES. 00:24:36.37\00:24:37.44 BECAUSE MANY TIMES WHEN YOU FACE A CHALLENGE, GOOD 00:24:37.47\00:24:41.68 PEOPLE BECOME BETTER AND BAD PEOPLE BECOME BITTER. 00:24:41.71\00:24:47.58 SO, WE WANT OUR PEOPLE TO BE BETTER. 00:24:47.62\00:24:50.59 TO HAVE TRUST IN THE LORD, YES, AND TO HAVE FAITH IN 00:24:50.62\00:24:56.29 WHAT GOD IS DOING AROUND THE WORLD. 00:24:56.32\00:24:59.43 YOU KNOW, OUR VIEWERS ARE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW HOW 00:24:59.46\00:25:03.13 THEY CAN BE A PART OF IT. 00:25:03.16\00:25:04.37 I KNOW PRAYER IS RIGHT THERE-WE ARE ALREADY 00:25:04.40\00:25:07.87 TALKING ABOUT THAT. 00:25:07.90\00:25:08.64 THAT'S ONE OF THEM. 00:25:08.67\00:25:09.60 HOW CAN OUR VIEWERS DO SOMETHING THAT WILL 00:25:09.64\00:25:13.01 BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OF INDIA AND OUR WORKERS 00:25:13.04\00:25:15.38 THERE? 00:25:15.41\00:25:16.34 I THINK THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. 00:25:16.38\00:25:20.28 THANK GOD FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN INDIA. 00:25:20.32\00:25:23.85 MANY TIMES, WE ARE ONLY ASKING HIM TO HEAL OR TO 00:25:23.89\00:25:27.79 DO THIS BUT LET'S PRAISE GOD. 00:25:27.82\00:25:30.23 LET'S PRAISE GOD THE MORE WE CAN PRAISE HIM FOR WHAT 00:25:30.26\00:25:34.00 HE IS DOING, THE BETTER WE FEEL THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL. 00:25:34.00\00:25:40.00 AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE REALLY IS A LADDER THAT 00:25:40.04\00:25:45.57 REALLY LIFTS US UP TO HEAVEN. 00:25:45.61\00:25:47.84 AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE AND SO MAKE THIS AS A 00:25:47.88\00:25:54.25 CONCERTED EFFORT TO PRAY. 00:25:54.28\00:25:57.39 OUR PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING ECONOMICALLY BECAUSE OF 00:25:57.42\00:26:01.19 COVID BEING SHUT DOWN. 00:26:01.22\00:26:02.49 NO INCOME, SCHOOLS AREN'T OPEN AND CHURCHES ARE 00:26:02.52\00:26:06.80 CLOSED IN MANY PLACES. 00:26:06.83\00:26:09.33 THEY ARE JUST COMING BACK TOGETHER. 00:26:09.36\00:26:11.50 SO, PRAY THAT THE PEOPLE WILL -THEIR FAITH WILL BE 00:26:11.53\00:26:14.94 SUSTAINED. 00:26:14.97\00:26:15.60 YES. 00:26:15.64\00:26:16.67 THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE COURAGE TO TELL THE DEVIL 00:26:16.71\00:26:19.71 THAT GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL AND GOD IS IN 00:26:19.74\00:26:23.18 CHARGE AND HE WILL PULL US THROUGH. 00:26:23.21\00:26:26.58 AND SO, MAKING MAYBE AN APPOINTMENT WITH GOD TO 00:26:26.61\00:26:31.72 PRAY FOR INDIA AND TO PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR BELIEVERS 00:26:31.75\00:26:35.52 EVERYWHERE BUT TO PRAY FOR INDIA. 00:26:35.56\00:26:37.86 THERE IS A BIG CHALLENGE THAT THEY ARE GOING 00:26:37.89\00:26:39.23 THROUGH. 00:26:39.26\00:26:40.20 SO, THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST AND I SHOULD SAY 00:26:40.23\00:26:46.63 THAT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT OUR DONORS HAVE BEEN 00:26:46.67\00:26:50.41 VERY, VERY FAITHFUL EVEN DURING THE COVID. 00:26:50.44\00:26:53.88 YES. 00:26:53.91\00:26:54.54 THEY HAVE. 00:26:54.58\00:26:55.44 THAT IS A BLESSING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:26:55.48\00:26:57.38 YES. 00:26:57.41\00:26:58.38 THEY HAVE BLESSED GOSPEL OUTREACH TREMENDOUSLY. 00:26:58.41\00:27:01.82 I TELL YOU ONE STORY. 00:27:01.85\00:27:03.52 YOU HAVE TO TELL IT REALLY QUICKLY. 00:27:03.55\00:27:05.65 OK. 00:27:05.69\00:27:06.65 I WAS SPEAKING TO A RETIREE ASSOCIATION AND 00:27:06.69\00:27:10.03 ONE LADY JUMPED STRAIGHT TO ME AND CAME TO HUG ME 00:27:10.06\00:27:14.00 AND THANK ME AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:27:14.00\00:27:15.86 I FAITHFULLY GIVE $2 EVERY MONTH TO YOUR 00:27:15.90\00:27:19.23 ORGANIZATION. 00:27:19.27\00:27:21.10 I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES AND I HUGGED HER AND SAID, 00:27:21.14\00:27:24.61 BECAUSE OF YOUR $2 WE ARE IN 52 COUNTRIES. 00:27:24.64\00:27:30.21 KEEP PRAYING FOR US THAT WE WILL CONTINUE DOING 00:27:30.25\00:27:34.45 WHAT GOD HAS PLACED US HERE FOR. 00:27:34.48\00:27:36.62 VERY GOOD. 00:27:36.65\00:27:37.72 AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THANK YOU 00:27:37.75\00:27:40.19 FOR WATCHING TODAY. 00:27:40.22\00:27:41.19 PLEASE TUNE IN NEXT TIME FOR "ADVENTURES IN 00:27:41.22\00:27:43.63 MISSIONS". 00:27:43.66\00:27:44.63 (CLOSING MUSIC). 00:27:44.66\00:27:49.70