HI, I'M JULIE AND WE'RE HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN 00:00:32.59\00:00:36.00 MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE'RE SO GLAD 00:00:36.03\00:00:38.10 THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US TOO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH 00:00:38.13\00:00:40.94 FOR YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR DONATIONS AND FOR BEING A 00:00:40.97\00:00:43.24 PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE YOU ARE. 00:00:43.27\00:00:45.64 SO, WE WANT TO SHARE SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION 00:00:45.67\00:00:48.64 HERE WITH YOU TODAY. 00:00:48.68\00:00:50.15 ALWAYS GREAT NEWS TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING IN 00:00:50.18\00:00:53.15 THE 10/40 WINDOW ALL THOSE COUNTRIES ON THE OTHER 00:00:53.18\00:00:55.88 SIDE OF THE WORLD FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW 00:00:55.92\00:00:58.45 FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE 00:00:58.49\00:01:00.79 EAST AND ASIA AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT A MAP 00:01:00.82\00:01:04.13 WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON A VERY TIP OF A COUNTRY 00:01:04.16\00:01:07.20 HERE TODAY AND I HOPE THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS 00:01:07.23\00:01:10.77 COUNTRY THAT WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING TO THE LORD THAT 00:01:10.80\00:01:13.30 YOU THINK ABOUT THIS AREA AND WE'LL TELL YOU A 00:01:13.34\00:01:16.10 LITTLE BIT MORE. 00:01:16.14\00:01:16.74 SO, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 00:01:16.77\00:01:17.74 SO, LARRY BROWN YOU ARE HERE WITH US HERE AT 00:01:17.77\00:01:20.61 GOSPEL OUTREACH WELCOME. 00:01:20.64\00:01:22.01 THANK YOU. 00:01:22.04\00:01:23.11 SO, LARRY YOU ARE A PASTOR AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE 00:01:23.14\00:01:25.88 WITH OUR VIEWERS UM, WHO YOU ARE. 00:01:25.91\00:01:27.75 YOU ARE NEW TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:01:27.78\00:01:29.48 WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE REGIONAL 00:01:29.52\00:01:31.19 DIRECTORS AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT 00:01:31.22\00:01:33.15 ABOUT YOURSELF. 00:01:33.19\00:01:34.26 I LOOKED FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS OR SO OF MY MINISTRY 00:01:34.29\00:01:37.86 AT WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO SPEND 00:01:37.89\00:01:41.56 RETIREMENT YOU KNOW THE BIG QUESTION AND I KEPT 00:01:41.60\00:01:44.50 NOTICING GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:01:44.53\00:01:47.07 AND SO, ONE DAY RIGHT AFTER I RETIRED I MADE 00:01:47.10\00:01:51.61 CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND 00:01:51.64\00:01:54.21 THEY SAID, WELL, WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP A RALLY 00:01:54.24\00:01:57.21 NEXT WEEK. 00:01:57.25\00:01:58.01 YOU SHOULD BE THERE. 00:01:58.05\00:01:59.05 AND THIS IS NOW THE THIRD OF THE RALLIES I'VE BEEN 00:01:59.08\00:02:02.08 TO. 00:02:02.12\00:02:03.15 IT'S BEEN AROUND TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING AS A 00:02:03.18\00:02:04.29 REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 00:02:04.32\00:02:06.05 AND WHAT AREA DO YOU FOCUS ON IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, 00:02:06.09\00:02:08.46 LARRY? 00:02:08.49\00:02:09.39 I AM IN INDIA AND TECHNICALLY SRI LANKA BUT 00:02:09.42\00:02:14.46 MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 00:02:14.46\00:02:16.00 UH HUH. 00:02:16.03\00:02:17.03 I AM JUST AT THE VERY IN FACT I THINK THE TIP OF 00:02:17.07\00:02:20.94 INDIA POKES OUT OF THE 10/40 WINDOW BUT WE STILL 00:02:20.97\00:02:23.94 COUNT IT AS PART OF THAT AREA. 00:02:23.97\00:02:25.41 AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IN 00:02:25.44\00:02:27.11 INTRODUCTION FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THAT TO 00:02:27.14\00:02:29.81 ON THE MAP TO THINK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE AND TO PRAY 00:02:29.84\00:02:32.41 FOR THEM. 00:02:32.45\00:02:33.11 YES. 00:02:33.15\00:02:34.15 AND PRAYER VERY MUCH NEEDED AND VERY WELCOME IN 00:02:34.18\00:02:36.18 THAT PART OF THE WORLD AS IN MANY OTHERS. 00:02:36.22\00:02:38.09 AH, THIS REGION IS AT THE VERY SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA 00:02:38.12\00:02:44.43 AND RUNS UP THE EAST COAST, THAT'S ON THE RIGHT 00:02:44.46\00:02:47.60 HAND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CHALLENGES WITH MAPS UP AS 00:02:47.60\00:02:50.83 FAR AS THE CITY WE USED TO CALL MADRAS WHICH THEY NOW 00:02:50.87\00:02:54.34 CALL CHENNAI AND ON THE LEFT SIDE THE WEST SIDE WE 00:02:54.37\00:02:58.74 RUN UP TO AH, THE CITY OF GOA AND THE TERRITORY 00:02:58.77\00:03:04.18 INBETWEEN AND I'VE BEEN IN THAT JUST RECENTLY VISITED 00:03:04.21\00:03:08.68 OVER THERE. 00:03:08.72\00:03:09.35 GOOD. 00:03:09.38\00:03:10.35 SPENT AROUND SIX WEEKS IN SOUTHERN INDIA AND ON 00:03:10.39\00:03:15.12 ANDAMAN ISLAND OVER ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BAY OF 00:03:15.16\00:03:18.99 BENGAL IS PART OF THE SAME TERRITORY AND I MEANT TO 00:03:19.03\00:03:22.86 VISIT SRI LANKA TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THE WORK 00:03:22.90\00:03:25.60 THERE RESTARTED BUT THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE WATCHING 00:03:25.63\00:03:28.94 THE NEWS KNOW THAT RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME I WAS THERE 00:03:28.97\00:03:31.61 THE GOVERNMENT WAS IN TURMOIL AND THE PRESIDENT 00:03:31.64\00:03:34.34 WAS DEPOSED AND I WAS GLAD I CANCELLED THAT PART OF 00:03:34.38\00:03:36.64 THE TRIP. 00:03:36.68\00:03:37.65 YOU KNOW, ISN'T THAT INTERESTING EVEN THOUGH 00:03:37.68\00:03:39.25 ALL THESE YEARS LATER WHEN I WAS A STUDENT MISSIONARY 00:03:39.28\00:03:41.28 UM, I UM, WE WENT TO SRI LANKA AND AT THAT TIME 00:03:41.32\00:03:45.39 YEARS AGO NOW, THERE WAS AN UNREST AND WE WERE 00:03:45.42\00:03:48.96 UNSURE IF WE COULD EVEN GO THERE AND HERE THESE 00:03:48.99\00:03:51.26 THINGS CONTINUE IN THESE COUNTRIES. 00:03:51.29\00:03:53.03 I AM GLAD THAT THE LORD CONTROLS OUR SCHEDULES. 00:03:53.06\00:03:55.23 YES, DOESN'T HE? 00:03:55.26\00:03:56.30 I WAS JUST READING THAT TODAY ABOUT WE CAN SAY, 00:03:56.33\00:03:58.60 YES, WE'RE GOING TO GO HERE OR GO THERE BUT YES, 00:03:58.63\00:04:00.97 WE'RE SUPPOSED GO IN THE LORD'S WILL, RIGHT? 00:04:01.00\00:04:03.44 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:04:03.47\00:04:04.51 BUT SRI LANKA IS THAT'S NOT A NEW PLACE FOR YOU 00:04:04.54\00:04:07.64 BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE SOME MINISTRY THERE. 00:04:07.68\00:04:09.58 I LIVED THERE FOR A FEW YEARS SOMETIME BACK, YES. 00:04:09.61\00:04:11.95 SO, UM BACK TO INDIA SO, HEAVILY POPULATED THE 00:04:11.98\00:04:15.65 SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA. 00:04:15.68\00:04:17.79 THIS IS A TERRITORY AH WHICH I THINK YOU JUST SAW 00:04:17.82\00:04:21.16 ON A MAP ON THE SCREEN THAT IS A LITTLE BIT 00:04:21.19\00:04:27.20 SMALLER THAN THE STATE OF MONTANA. 00:04:27.23\00:04:29.50 OK, SO THAT PUTS IN PERSPECTIVE. 00:04:29.53\00:04:31.00 THESE STATES THAT I'M WORKING IN AND THERE IS A 00:04:31.03\00:04:34.24 POPULATION OF ABOUT 173 MILLION. 00:04:34.27\00:04:37.57 173 MILLION WHICH MAKES IT A COMBINED POPULATION OF 00:04:37.61\00:04:43.14 THE MOST POPULATED NINE STATES IN THE UNITED 00:04:43.18\00:04:46.72 STATES COMBINED. 00:04:46.75\00:04:48.52 WOW. 00:04:48.55\00:04:49.52 THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LARRY IN A TERRITORY THE 00:04:49.55\00:04:51.42 SIZE OF MONTANA. 00:04:51.45\00:04:52.35 THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. 00:04:52.39\00:04:54.09 AH, IN THAT AREA THERE ARE 20 DIFFERENT CONFERENCES, 00:04:54.12\00:04:59.66 SECTIONS AND REGIONS AS THEY CALL THEM AND THAT 00:04:59.69\00:05:03.33 INCLUDES OVER ON ANDAMAN ISLAND. 00:05:03.37\00:05:06.13 SO, TELL ME -HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE 00:05:06.17\00:05:07.67 SECTION IS? 00:05:07.70\00:05:08.54 SO, WE MIGHT SAY CONFERENCE LIKE YOU JUST 00:05:08.57\00:05:10.94 MENTIONED BUT HOW DO THEY DETERMINE WHAT A SECTION 00:05:10.97\00:05:13.01 IS? 00:05:13.04\00:05:14.04 YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK THEM, YES, OK 00:05:14.08\00:05:15.54 WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN THOSE. 00:05:15.58\00:05:17.28 YES, I KNOW WE HEAR THAT HERE AND I'M JUST THINKING 00:05:17.31\00:05:20.08 THAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS SO. 00:05:20.12\00:05:21.62 UM, YES, NEXT TIME. 00:05:21.65\00:05:22.52 I COULD GUESS BUT THAT WOULD BE A GUESS. 00:05:22.55\00:05:24.09 NEXT TIME. 00:05:24.12\00:05:25.39 AH, IN THOSE AREAS WE HAVE 228 GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:05:25.42\00:05:31.46 WORKERS. 00:05:31.49\00:05:32.13 OK. 00:05:32.16\00:05:32.69 SO, HERE WE DO IT AGAIN. 00:05:32.73\00:05:33.73 OK, WE HAVE 228 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, UH HUH, 00:05:33.76\00:05:36.73 AND THE POPULATION AGAIN IS 173 DID I HEAR YOU 00:05:36.77\00:05:39.97 CORRECTLY? 00:05:40.00\00:05:40.64 173 MILLION. 00:05:40.67\00:05:41.34 YES. 00:05:41.37\00:05:42.20 WOW. 00:05:42.24\00:05:43.07 UH HUH. 00:05:43.10\00:05:44.87 OK. 00:05:44.91\00:05:45.84 I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET ALMOST ALL OF THOSE 00:05:45.87\00:05:47.64 WORKERS OVER THE COURSE OF MY VISIT AND ALL OF THE 00:05:47.68\00:05:50.38 LEADERS. 00:05:50.41\00:05:51.05 GOOD. 00:05:51.08\00:05:52.08 AND I HAVE TO SAY I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE 00:05:52.11\00:05:55.08 WORK GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN DOING THERE. 00:05:55.12\00:05:58.25 WE FOUND ALL LEVELS OF SKILL AND GIFTEDNESS IN 00:05:58.29\00:06:03.76 THE LEADERSHIP. 00:06:03.79\00:06:04.86 SOME GREAT ORGANIZATIONS, SOME GREAT EFFORT AND SOME 00:06:04.89\00:06:08.03 PLACES WHERE SOME EFFORT IS NEEDED. 00:06:08.06\00:06:10.70 ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT IT'S A, IT 00:06:10.73\00:06:13.47 WAS A BLESSING TO GET TO ACQUAINTED WITH THEM AND 00:06:13.50\00:06:17.14 WITH WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY DOING AND SOME EXCELLENT 00:06:17.17\00:06:19.97 ENTHUSIASTIC SPIRITFILLED WORKERS. 00:06:20.01\00:06:22.61 AWESOME. 00:06:22.64\00:06:23.65 SEVERAL OF THE WORKERS IN EACH FIELD ALMOST EACH 00:06:23.68\00:06:28.68 FIELD HAD NOT YET MET ANYBODY FROM GOSPEL 00:06:28.72\00:06:32.45 OUTREACH IN NORTH AMERICA. 00:06:32.49\00:06:33.69 I WAS THE FIRST REGIONAL DIRECTOR THAT BECAUSE OF 00:06:33.72\00:06:36.26 THE INTERRUPTION WITH COVID, SURE, WITH COVID 00:06:36.29\00:06:38.46 SURE. 00:06:38.49\00:06:39.46 THAT HAD BEEN THERE TO MEET THEM SO I SPENT A 00:06:39.49\00:06:41.03 FAIR AMOUNT OF MY TIME NOT ONLY WORKING WITH THE 00:06:41.06\00:06:43.33 LEADERS UH HUH, AND DOING ADMINISTRATIVE WORK BUT 00:06:43.37\00:06:47.04 ALSO PROVIDING ORIENTATION FOR WORKERS WHO HAD NOT 00:06:47.07\00:06:50.11 YET HAD ANY FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:06:50.14\00:06:52.01 OK. 00:06:52.04\00:06:52.97 YES, IT IS ALMOST LIKE WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF 00:06:53.01\00:06:54.51 REGROUP WITH THIS TIME WARP THAT WE'VE ALL HAD. 00:06:54.54\00:06:57.25 SO, YES IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. 00:06:57.28\00:06:59.01 IT'S A RESTART FOR MANY OF OUR ESTABLISHED FIELDS. 00:06:59.05\00:07:02.65 ALSO, IN THE CASE OF SOUTHERN INDIA THERE ARE 00:07:02.68\00:07:08.29 THREE FIELDS UNLESS MY SCHEDULE HAS MIXED ME UP 00:07:08.32\00:07:12.76 TOO BADLY, THERE ARE THREE FIELDS THAT I WAS FIRST 00:07:12.79\00:07:16.77 VISITOR THERE FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:07:16.80\00:07:18.63 THEY HAVE STARTED WITH US SINCE THE LAST TIME WE 00:07:18.67\00:07:21.60 SENT A REGIONAL DIRECTOR OVER. 00:07:21.64\00:07:24.17 UH HUH. 00:07:24.21\00:07:25.17 SO, IF I MAY I'D LIKE TO FOCUS JUST A LITTLE BIT, 00:07:25.21\00:07:26.24 YES, TO CATCH PEOPLE UP ON WHAT THOSE THREE NEW 00:07:26.27\00:07:27.54 FIELDS ARE. 00:07:27.58\00:07:28.21 ABSOLUTELY. 00:07:28.24\00:07:28.74 LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. 00:07:28.78\00:07:29.78 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE NAMES THAT YOU'VE NEVER 00:07:29.81\00:07:30.88 HEARD BEFORE AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU PRONOUNCE THEM 00:07:30.91\00:07:32.45 ALL. 00:07:32.48\00:07:33.42 WE'LL DO OUR -AND I'M DOING MY BEST AND MY 00:07:33.45\00:07:36.38 PRONOUNCIATION CHANGED AS I WENT AND LISTENED. 00:07:36.42\00:07:40.69 YES, SO WE WANT TO DO A LITTLE PAUSE HERE FOR 00:07:40.72\00:07:47.40 ANYBODY WHO IS NATIVE SPEAKER OF ANY OF THESE 00:07:47.40\00:07:50.97 LANGUAGES OF HINDI OR WHATEVER WE ARE SORRY. 00:07:51.00\00:07:53.10 WE JUST APOLOGIZE RIGHT AT THE START. 00:07:53.13\00:07:54.94 WE'RE TRYING. 00:07:54.97\00:07:55.60 RIGHT. 00:07:55.64\00:07:56.17 THE LORD UNDERSTANDS US. 00:07:56.20\00:07:57.27 BEFORE I NAME ANY OF THOSE FIELDS I WANT TO TELL YOU 00:07:57.31\00:08:00.88 THAT IN NORTH AMERICA, UH HUH, I CHECKED JUST NOT 00:08:00.91\00:08:03.88 TOO LONG AGO AND WE HAVE IN OUR POPULATION, WE HAVE 00:08:03.91\00:08:08.35 292 PEOPLE FOR EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 00:08:08.38\00:08:12.59 292 PEOPLE FOR EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 00:08:12.62\00:08:15.32 CHRISTIAN. 00:08:15.36\00:08:16.26 SO, KEEP THAT NUMBER IN MIND, OK 292, FOR 00:08:16.29\00:08:18.53 COMPARISON. 00:08:18.56\00:08:19.56 IN OUR FIRST SECTION I BELIEVE YOU SAW THE MAP 00:08:19.59\00:08:20.86 THERE JUST A MOMENT AGO, YES, IS ERONIGIRIS 00:08:20.90\00:08:23.50 SECTION. 00:08:23.53\00:08:25.30 THE YELLOW PART? 00:08:25.33\00:08:26.33 THAT'S THE LITTLE YELLOW SPOT ON THE MAP THERE AND 00:08:26.37\00:08:27.97 THAT'S A VERY CREATIVELY INTERPRETED FREE HAND 00:08:28.00\00:08:31.64 DRAWING THERE SO, DON'T HOLD ME TO IT. 00:08:31.67\00:08:34.11 BUT THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE 3200 SQUARE MILES THAT'S 00:08:34.14\00:08:38.31 ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF CONNETICUTT IN 00:08:38.35\00:08:41.48 LAND AREA. 00:08:41.52\00:08:42.52 WELL, I SHOULD SAY IT'S ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF THE 00:08:42.55\00:08:44.69 SIZE OF CONNETICUTT. 00:08:44.72\00:08:46.89 THE POPULATION HERE IN ERONILGIRIS DISTRICT OF 00:08:46.92\00:08:50.59 THE CHURCH IS 3.8 MILLION WHICH COMPARES TO 3.6 IN 00:08:50.63\00:08:56.43 CONNETICUTT. 00:08:56.46\00:08:57.40 SO, 60 PER CENT OF SIZE, LITTLE BIT LARGER 00:08:57.43\00:08:59.87 POPULATION AND I'M WAITING FOR THE NEXT NUMBER YOUR 00:08:59.90\00:09:02.20 GOING TO SHARE AND IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE ONE 00:09:02.24\00:09:05.11 ADVENTIST FOR EVERY 395 PEOPLE. 00:09:05.14\00:09:08.48 WOW. 00:09:08.51\00:09:09.58 SO, IT - NORTH AMERICA WAS 292 WE'VE GONE TO 395 AND 00:09:09.61\00:09:13.72 IN THAT AREA, WE DID NOT HAVE FOR A TIME ANY GOSPEL 00:09:13.75\00:09:18.45 OUTREACH WORKERS BUT THEY HAVE COME ON BOARD WITH 00:09:18.49\00:09:19.79 NINE WORKERS. 00:09:19.82\00:09:20.76 GOOD, GOOD WHO HAD FORMERLY BEEN WORKING FOR 00:09:20.79\00:09:21.79 ANOTHER MINISTRY BUT THEY'VE BEEN LEFT STRANDED 00:09:21.82\00:09:23.12 THERE. 00:09:23.16\00:09:24.03 I DON'T' KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES BUT THEY 00:09:24.06\00:09:25.16 -GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS ASKED TO ADOPT THEM AND SO WE'VE 00:09:25.19\00:09:26.49 DONE THAT. 00:09:26.53\00:09:27.13 GOOD. 00:09:27.20\00:09:28.13 AND THEY GOT THEIR FIRST INTRODUCTION TO GOSPEL 00:09:28.16\00:09:29.00 OUTREACH AS AN ORGANIZATION DURING THIS 00:09:29.03\00:09:30.47 VISIT AND WHAT A WONDERFUL GROUP. 00:09:30.50\00:09:31.80 I HOPE THAT YOU SAW A PHOTO OF THEM THERE ON THE 00:09:31.83\00:09:34.54 SCREEN. 00:09:34.57\00:09:35.57 A REALLY A NICE GROUP OF WORKERS AND IMPRESSIVE, 00:09:35.60\00:09:36.54 IMPRESSIVE TO SEE. 00:09:36.57\00:09:37.24 WONDERFUL. 00:09:37.27\00:09:37.91 AND TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH. 00:09:37.94\00:09:38.57 WONDERFUL. 00:09:38.61\00:09:39.57 SO, YOU WERE MENTIONING IT EARLIER YOU WERE 00:09:39.61\00:09:40.61 MENTIONING SOME OF THE TALENTS AND THINGS THAT 00:09:40.64\00:09:41.74 YOU OBSERVED IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, AH, WHAT 00:09:41.78\00:09:47.02 ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS? 00:10:01.80\00:10:02.66 JUST WHAT? 00:10:02.70\00:10:04.03 RELATIONSHIPS AH BUILDING? 00:10:04.07\00:10:06.37 I WOULD PROBABLY SAY THE FIRST THING THAT STANDS 00:10:06.40\00:10:09.10 OUT FOR ME IS A SIMPLE AND OVERWHELMING FAITH. 00:10:09.14\00:10:13.07 UH. 00:10:13.11\00:10:15.24 WHATEVER TRAINING SKILLS OR SHORTCOMINGS THERE 00:10:15.28\00:10:19.68 MAYBE I'VE RUN INTO PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE 00:10:19.71\00:10:24.02 SAYING AND ARE WILLING TO GO OUT AND PUT THEMSELVES 00:10:24.05\00:10:26.09 ON THE LINE FOR IT. 00:10:26.12\00:10:27.59 SO, IN OTHER WORDS IF THE BIBLE TELLS US, IF GOD 00:10:27.62\00:10:30.09 TELLS US, IF JESUS TELLS US TO HAVE PEACE OR TO NOT 00:10:30.13\00:10:32.83 FEAR THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BELIEVE IT AND GO 00:10:32.86\00:10:34.56 LIVE IT. 00:10:34.60\00:10:35.63 THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING PROMISES ON THAT BASE. 00:10:35.66\00:10:37.70 YES. 00:10:37.73\00:10:38.57 WOW. 00:10:38.60\00:10:39.37 AND A LOT OF GOOD PERSONAL CONTACT. 00:10:39.40\00:10:43.17 THEY ARE OUT THERE VISITING WITH PEOPLE AND 00:10:43.20\00:10:45.61 SUPPORTING AND HELPING THEIR NEIGHBORS AH, CARING 00:10:45.64\00:10:50.28 FOR THEIR PHYSICAL NEEDS. 00:10:50.31\00:10:51.71 IT'S IMPRESSIVE TO WATCH. 00:10:51.75\00:10:52.78 WOW. 00:10:52.81\00:10:53.65 ISN'T THAT -THAT WARMS MY SOUL, LARRY. 00:10:53.68\00:10:56.15 PRAISE THE LORD. 00:10:56.18\00:10:57.05 I HAVE I CAME AWAY BLESSED. 00:10:57.09\00:10:59.59 YES. 00:10:59.62\00:11:00.39 I CAN SAY THAT WITHOUT A DOUBT. 00:11:00.42\00:11:02.06 YES. 00:11:02.09\00:11:03.09 WE HAVE ANOTHER AREA TO LOOK AT NOW THAT LOOKS 00:11:03.12\00:11:05.86 LIKE A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF MAP BECAUSE IT 00:11:05.89\00:11:08.40 TAKES US THE AREA WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS THE ANDAMAN 00:11:08.43\00:11:11.00 AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. 00:11:11.03\00:11:12.67 IF YOU WANT TO FIND THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT A MAP 00:11:12.70\00:11:14.90 OF MAINLAND INDIA AND THEN GO TO THE RIGHT ACROSS THE 00:11:14.94\00:11:18.54 BAY OF BENGAL. 00:11:18.57\00:11:19.44 IT'S ACTUALLY CLOSER TO SOUTHEAST ASIA. 00:11:19.47\00:11:21.74 OK, SO IT'S EAST OF INDIA. 00:11:21.78\00:11:23.45 EAST OF INDIA. 00:11:23.48\00:11:24.15 LIKE HOW FAR OFF THE COAST? 00:11:24.18\00:11:26.18 100 MILES? 00:11:26.21\00:11:26.85 200 MILES? 00:11:26.88\00:11:27.95 OH, IT'S A COUPLE HOURS FLYING FROM, OH IT IS THAT 00:11:27.98\00:11:29.95 FAR? 00:11:29.98\00:11:30.62 YES. 00:11:30.65\00:11:31.29 OK. 00:11:31.32\00:11:32.39 I DON'T KNOW THE MILES, YES, BUT THAT PUTS IT INTO 00:11:32.42\00:11:34.69 THE PERSPECTIVE WITH THE PLANE FLIGHT. 00:11:34.72\00:11:36.39 IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF AREA THOUGH STILL VERY 00:11:36.42\00:11:38.89 MUCH A PART OF INDIA AND THAT ALSO IN LAND AREA IS 00:11:38.93\00:11:42.66 ABOUT THE SIZE OF CONNETICUTT, CURIOUSLY 00:11:42.70\00:11:44.70 ENOUGH. 00:11:44.73\00:11:45.63 THE POPULATION THERE THROUGHOUT ALL THOSE 00:11:45.67\00:11:48.07 ISLANDS 435,000. 00:11:48.10\00:11:49.50 OH. 00:11:49.54\00:11:50.97 THAT PUTS US AT ABOAUT 80 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION 00:11:51.01\00:11:55.11 OF THE STATE OF WYOMING. 00:11:55.14\00:11:56.18 OH. 00:11:56.21\00:11:57.75 SO, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT DENSITY THERE, YES, YES. 00:11:57.78\00:12:00.85 IT'S A MUCH MORE, MUCH LESS DENSELY POPULATED 00:12:00.88\00:12:05.19 TERRITORY. 00:12:05.22\00:12:06.25 UM, AND IN THAT AREA WITH THAT POPULATION WE HAVE 00:12:06.29\00:12:11.16 ONE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND THAT'S IN THE 00:12:11.19\00:12:14.30 CAPITAL OF PORT BLAIR. 00:12:14.36\00:12:15.83 BUT THAT'S JUST ON ONE ISLAND? 00:12:15.86\00:12:17.67 THAT'S JUST ON ONE ISLAND, THAT'S THE ONLY CHURCH, 00:12:17.70\00:12:19.80 THE ONLY ADVENTIST CHURCH, YES, IN THAT REGION. 00:12:19.83\00:12:21.54 AND THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF ISLANDS IN THAT STRING 00:12:21.57\00:12:23.47 OF ISLANDS. 00:12:23.51\00:12:24.21 SEVERAL ISLANDS THERE, YES. 00:12:24.24\00:12:25.27 I GOT TO VISIT ONE OF THEM AND IN THE POPULATION OF 00:12:25.31\00:12:30.98 ANDAMAN NICOBAR ISLAND REGION WE HAVE ONE 00:12:31.01\00:12:34.92 ADVENTIST, I ALMOST WANT TO MAKE THE GUESS -WE HAVE 00:12:34.95\00:12:38.15 ONE ADVENTIST FOR EVERY 1474 PEOPLE. 00:12:38.19\00:12:42.72 SO, WE WENT FROM 292 TO 343 OR SOMETHING AND NOW 00:12:42.76\00:12:47.30 WE'RE AT 1000. 00:12:47.36\00:12:48.46 RIGHT. 00:12:48.50\00:12:49.50 SO, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THERE IS REALLY NOT MUCH 00:12:49.53\00:12:52.30 OF A PRESENCE AT ALL AND IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE JUST 00:12:52.33\00:12:56.81 PUT ON WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ONE 00:12:56.84\00:12:59.51 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:12:59.54\00:13:01.01 WOW. 00:13:01.04\00:13:02.11 OK, WELL LARRY YOU HAVE PAINTED A PICTURE HERE FOR 00:13:02.14\00:13:04.41 ALL OF US WITH THIS BAR GRAPH THAT WE CAN HAVE 00:13:04.45\00:13:06.78 GOING ON IN OUR MINDS SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK 00:13:06.82\00:13:09.65 YOU FOR THAT AND IF YOU ARE IMPRESSED ABOUT THESE 00:13:09.68\00:13:14.09 NUMBERS AND I WANT TO SAY IMPRESSED BECAUSE THAT'S 00:13:14.12\00:13:17.03 WHERE THE LORD IMPRESSES UPON OUR HEARTS TO GET 00:13:17.06\00:13:20.00 INVOLVED. 00:13:20.03\00:13:20.96 I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR 00:13:21.00\00:13:23.83 DONATION IS HERE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH SO THAT MORE 00:13:23.87\00:13:26.70 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CAN GO INTO THESE AREAS. 00:13:26.74\00:13:29.47 THE HIGHLY POPULATED THE LESS POPULATED. 00:13:29.50\00:13:32.01 EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE HOPE, THE JOY 00:13:32.04\00:13:35.84 AND THE RETURNING OF OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 00:13:35.88\00:13:39.21 SO, WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT THAT DURING THE BREAK? 00:13:39.25\00:13:43.18 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SHARING JESUS WITH THOUSANDS OF 00:13:43.22\00:13:46.59 UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:13:46.62\00:13:49.82 MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO, FRANK STANYER AND EDGAR 00:13:49.86\00:13:53.73 PANGOLINIAN SAW THE HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE 00:13:53.76\00:13:56.93 PHILIPINES WHO STILL NEEDED TO HEAR ABOUT 00:13:56.97\00:13:59.80 JESUS. 00:13:59.83\00:14:01.14 THESE TWO LAYMEN FELT THE LORD CALLING THEM TO SHARE 00:14:01.17\00:14:04.27 THE GOSPEL IN THE PHILIPINES TO GENERATE AND 00:14:04.31\00:14:07.08 RAISE FUNDS THE TWO MEN STARTED GOSPEL OUTREACH TO 00:14:07.11\00:14:10.71 PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL BIBLE WORKERS THROUGH A 00:14:10.75\00:14:13.38 VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 00:14:13.42\00:14:15.62 SOON FRANK AND EDGAR REALIZED THAT BILLIONS OF 00:14:15.65\00:14:18.59 PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE PHILIPINES ALSO NEEDED TO 00:14:18.62\00:14:21.29 HEAR THE NAME OF JESUS AND LEARN ABOUT HIS PLAN OF 00:14:21.32\00:14:24.36 SALVATION. 00:14:24.39\00:14:25.69 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE IN 00:14:25.73\00:14:29.00 THE WORLD LIVE IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES 00:14:29.03\00:14:32.47 NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 00:14:32.50\00:14:34.17 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA 00:14:34.20\00:14:38.94 TO JAPAN WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:14:38.97\00:14:43.45 FRANK AND EDGAR EXPANDED THEIR SCOPE TO ALSO 00:14:43.48\00:14:46.21 SUPPORT BIBLE WORKERS IN THESE COUNTRIES BY WORKING 00:14:46.25\00:14:49.08 THROUGH THE CHURCH AND PARTNERING WITH MISSION 00:14:49.12\00:14:51.55 ORGANIZATIONS. 00:14:51.59\00:14:52.95 CURRENTLY, GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS FUND MORE THAN 00:14:52.99\00:14:56.12 2000 BIBLE WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 00:14:56.16\00:15:00.23 GOD IS DOING MIRACLES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:15:00.26\00:15:05.80 HI, AND WELCOME BACK. 00:15:05.83\00:15:07.07 IF YOU ARE MOVED BY WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING AT 00:15:07.10\00:15:11.54 GOSPEL OUTREACH I WOULD THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU CAN 00:15:11.57\00:15:14.51 DO AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 00:15:14.54\00:15:16.31 PLEASE GO TO GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW 00:15:16.34\00:15:20.42 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 00:15:20.45\00:15:21.38 AND TODAY WE HAVE LARRY BROWN HERE ON SET. 00:15:21.42\00:15:23.82 LARRY, WELCOME. 00:15:23.85\00:15:24.52 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INDIA. 00:15:24.55\00:15:25.85 YES, AND THE SOUTHERN PART AND YOU'VE BEEN SHARING 00:15:25.89\00:15:28.92 SOME BIG STATISTICS WITH US ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 00:15:28.96\00:15:31.69 PEOPLE WHO STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS AND MAKE 00:15:31.73\00:15:34.03 A COMMITMENT AND WE ARE FOCUSING ON SOME ISLANDS 00:15:34.10\00:15:38.10 ON THE EAST COAST OF INDIA AND REMIND ME THE NAME OF 00:15:38.13\00:15:40.60 THOSE. 00:15:40.64\00:15:41.60 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, THEY CALL THEM 00:15:41.64\00:15:43.81 AND THEY ARE QUITE A STRING OF THEM. 00:15:43.84\00:15:45.47 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT JUST ONE OF THEM 00:15:45.51\00:15:48.61 WHICH IS THE LARGEST ONE THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE 00:15:48.64\00:15:51.25 MAP IN THE NORTH. 00:15:51.28\00:15:52.25 THAT'S NORTH ANDAMAN ISLAND AND THE CAPITAL OF 00:15:52.28\00:15:55.75 THAT PORT BLAIR IS DOWN TOWARD THE SOUTH END OF 00:15:55.78\00:15:57.92 THE ISLAND. 00:15:57.95\00:15:59.19 OUR WORKER IS SOME 12 HOURS BY BOAT RIDE I'M 00:15:59.22\00:16:03.26 TOLD UP ON THE NORTH END OF THE ISLAND. 00:16:03.29\00:16:05.16 OH, FOR PETE'S SAKE. 00:16:05.19\00:16:06.46 I WANTED TO TAKE THAT TRIP BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT 00:16:06.49\00:16:09.03 THAT WAY BUT THAT AH, THAT'S A GOOD TIME FOR ME 00:16:09.06\00:16:12.87 TO INTRODUCE WHAT I THINK IS OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE OF 00:16:12.90\00:16:17.04 A GENTLEMAN THAT IS ON THE SCREEN THERE. 00:16:17.07\00:16:19.91 THAT IS NOT OUR WORKER. 00:16:19.94\00:16:21.98 THIS TURNS OUT TO BE THE ONLY ORDAINED SEVENTH DAY 00:16:22.01\00:16:24.38 ADVENTIST MINISTER IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND 00:16:24.41\00:16:28.55 AND HE WAS MY HOST WHILE I WAS THERE AND HE GOT 00:16:28.58\00:16:30.79 CALLED ON FOR SOME VERY UNUSUAL DUTIES. 00:16:30.82\00:16:33.39 SUCH AS? 00:16:33.42\00:16:34.62 WELL, HE WAS MY NURSEMAID. 00:16:34.66\00:16:36.46 DID YOU GET SICK? 00:16:36.49\00:16:38.76 THE DAY I ARRIVED IN THE ANDAMAN ISLAND I STARTED 00:16:38.79\00:16:41.33 FEELING THE SYMPTOMS THAT TURNED OUT TO BE COVID. 00:16:41.36\00:16:43.73 OH NO, LARRY. 00:16:43.77\00:16:44.87 I WAS DIAGNOSED A FEW DAYS LATER AND THAT MAN BROUGHT 00:16:44.90\00:16:48.24 ME THREE MEALS A DAY IN MY QUARANTINED HOTEL ROOM FOR 00:16:48.27\00:16:52.01 SEVEN DAYS. 00:16:52.04\00:16:52.84 WOW. 00:16:52.87\00:16:53.54 SO, HE ISN'T FORGETABLE THEN. 00:16:53.58\00:16:55.48 THERE IS A SPECIAL CONNECTION THERE, YES, 00:16:55.51\00:16:58.61 WITH THAT I HOLD FOR HIM. 00:16:58.65\00:16:59.81 THESE ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH WE MUST DEPEND ON 00:16:59.85\00:17:03.08 THE LORD TO TAKE CARE OF US WHILE WE ARE DOING THIS 00:17:03.12\00:17:07.96 WORK. 00:17:07.99\00:17:08.56 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 00:17:08.59\00:17:09.56 WELL, AND GOD PUT YOU AT SUCH A TIME AS THAT TO 00:17:09.59\00:17:14.56 HAVE HIM THERE TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU. 00:17:14.56\00:17:16.36 ALL I COULD THINK OF MUCH LESS COMFORTABLE PLACES TO 00:17:16.40\00:17:19.37 BE QUARANTINED. 00:17:19.40\00:17:20.34 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND. 00:17:20.37\00:17:22.44 SO. 00:17:22.47\00:17:23.10 YES. 00:17:23.14\00:17:24.04 LOVELY PLACE AND VERY HOSPITABLE PEOPLE. 00:17:24.07\00:17:26.88 YES. 00:17:26.91\00:17:27.94 AH, BUT I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER LOCATION HERE 00:17:27.98\00:17:29.88 ALSO. 00:17:29.91\00:17:30.91 I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER MAP LINED UP FOR YOU AND 00:17:30.95\00:17:33.11 THIS IS THE THIRD OF OUR NEW TERRITORIES FOR GOSPEL 00:17:33.15\00:17:39.19 OUTREACH IN SOUTHERN INDIA AND THIS IT TOOK ME QUITE 00:17:39.22\00:17:42.56 A WHILE TO PRACTICE UP FOR THIS NAME BUT IT IS OUR 00:17:42.59\00:17:46.70 SOUTH KARNATAKA SECTION. 00:17:46.73\00:17:47.66 I HOPE THAT THE INDIAN SPEAKERS WOULD RECOGNIZE 00:17:47.73\00:17:50.60 THE PRONUNCIATION. 00:17:50.63\00:17:52.37 THAT IF YOU AH, ARE ABLE TO SEE THE SLIDE FOR THAT, 00:17:52.40\00:17:56.87 THAT IS IN AH THE LEFT SIDE A LITTLE WAYS UP THE 00:17:56.91\00:18:02.08 COAST LEFT SIDE OF INDIA AND IT ACTUALLY GOES OVER 00:18:02.11\00:18:06.88 UP TO AND OVER TO THE AH, FAIRLY WIDELY KNOWN CITY 00:18:06.92\00:18:11.25 OF GOA UP THE COAST WHICH IS NOW A STATE OF ITS OWN 00:18:11.29\00:18:14.76 BUT STILL PART OF THE SAME TERRITORY WITHIN THE 00:18:14.79\00:18:16.79 CHURCH. 00:18:16.83\00:18:17.49 OK. 00:18:17.53\00:18:18.56 THAT'S AN AREA NOW THAT COMPARES-I'M NOT GOING TO 00:18:18.59\00:18:20.56 READ THE NUMBERS TO YOU, BUT THAT COMPARES TO THE 00:18:20.60\00:18:22.63 STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA ALMOST AS LARGE AS THE 00:18:22.66\00:18:25.90 U.S. 00:18:25.93\00:18:26.77 STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA IN LAND AREA. 00:18:26.80\00:18:29.54 A LITTLE BIT OF IT GOES OVER TO THE COAST MOST OF 00:18:29.57\00:18:31.91 IT IS INLAND AND WE HAVE A POPULATION IN THAT 00:18:31.94\00:18:37.61 TERRITORY OF 25 MILLION. 00:18:37.65\00:18:39.48 THAT INCLUDES, THAT'S ENTIRELY CORRECT, IT COMES 00:18:39.51\00:18:44.59 VERY NEAR TO THE CITY OF BANGALORE BUT THAT'S A 00:18:47.42\00:18:49.99 DIFFERENT FIELD. 00:18:50.03\00:18:51.06 SO, 25 MILLION IN SOUTH KARNATAKA AND IN THE U.S. 00:18:51.09\00:18:55.03 THAT COMPARES TO JUST ALMOST AS LARGE A 00:18:55.06\00:18:59.03 POPULATION AS THE STATE OF TEXAS. 00:18:59.07\00:19:01.20 OK. 00:19:01.24\00:19:02.57 TEXAS IS AROUND 29 MILLION. 00:19:02.60\00:19:04.54 SEE, THAT'S SO HELPFUL. 00:19:04.57\00:19:06.11 THANK YOU FOR PAINTING THIS PICTURE FOR US 00:19:06.14\00:19:07.74 BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT THE MAP AND YOU DON'T 00:19:07.78\00:19:09.88 KNOW HOW BIG IS THAT COUNTRY AND IT'S LIKE WHEN 00:19:09.91\00:19:12.31 OUR RELATIVES COME FROM NORWAY AND THEY WANT TO GO 00:19:12.35\00:19:14.15 TO SEATTLE AND THEN THEY WANT TO DRIVE THE NEXT DAY 00:19:14.18\00:19:16.02 TO L.A., UH HUH, YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT'S A LITTLE 00:19:16.05\00:19:18.42 BIT FARTHER THAN THAT AND SO, PERSPECTIVE CHECK. 00:19:18.45\00:19:21.02 YES, PERSPECTIVE YES THANK YOU THAT'S HELPFUL. 00:19:21.06\00:19:23.16 SO, ROUGHLY THE SIZE IN AREA OF WEST VIRGINIA BUT 00:19:23.19\00:19:28.00 COMPARING MORE WITH TEXAS FOR POPULATION. 00:19:28.03\00:19:30.47 POPULATION. 00:19:30.50\00:19:31.20 SO THAT MAKES IT MUCH MORE DENSE. 00:19:31.23\00:19:33.57 YOU DON'T GO VERY FAR BETWEEN TOWNS OR VILLAGES. 00:19:33.60\00:19:37.04 IT ALL KIND OF FLOWS KIND OF LIKE-THERE'S 00:19:37.07\00:19:40.11 AGRICULTURE OUT THERE BUT USUALLY THERE IS A 00:19:40.14\00:19:43.31 SETTLEMENT OF SOME KIND WITHIN SIGHT OR CULTIVATED 00:19:43.35\00:19:46.75 FIELDS, YOU KNOW. 00:19:46.78\00:19:47.85 SO, IT'S A MUCH MORE DENSE POPULATION THAN I ANYWAY, 00:19:47.88\00:19:51.52 HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO. 00:19:51.55\00:19:52.69 OK. 00:19:52.72\00:19:53.46 IN THAT AREA, WE HAVE 24 CHURCHES. 00:19:53.49\00:19:56.79 WELL, THAT'S GOOD. 00:19:56.83\00:19:57.59 24 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCHS. 00:19:57.63\00:19:59.76 NOW IN AN AREA THE SIZE OF WEST VIRGINIA, YES, UM AND 00:19:59.79\00:20:04.30 IN THAT AREA ARE YOU READY FOR THIS NUMBER? 00:20:04.33\00:20:08.10 I'M SITTING DOWN, I'M SITTING DOWN. 00:20:08.14\00:20:10.24 WE HAVE FOR EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MEMBER THERE 00:20:10.27\00:20:14.91 ARE 6188 POPULATION. 00:20:14.94\00:20:19.75 SO MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW. 00:20:19.78\00:20:21.08 IN SOUTH KARNATAKA. 00:20:21.12\00:20:22.05 SAY THAT AGAIN PLEASE. 00:20:22.08\00:20:23.12 6188 FOR EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 00:20:23.15\00:20:29.59 YOU SPOKE A FEW MOMENTS AGO ABOUT NEED. 00:20:29.62\00:20:32.06 UH HUH. 00:20:32.09\00:20:33.03 THIS IS WHERE I START TALKING ABOUT NEED. 00:20:33.06\00:20:34.96 YES. 00:20:35.00\00:20:36.03 THE NUMBERS ARE ALREADY THERE IT IS VERY CLEAR IN 00:20:36.06\00:20:38.57 THAT AREA WE HAVE FOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:20:38.60\00:20:41.27 FOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, WE COULD HAVE SO 00:20:41.30\00:20:45.34 MANY MORE. 00:20:45.37\00:20:46.21 AND TWO OF THOSE ARE VERY SPECIALIZED. 00:20:46.24\00:20:49.14 THEY ARE AMONG THOSE WHO CAN WORK WITH OUR DEAF 00:20:49.18\00:20:51.45 POPULATION. 00:20:51.48\00:20:52.31 OH GOOD. 00:20:52.35\00:20:53.31 AND THE OTHER TWO ARE GENERAL POPULATION AND 00:20:53.35\00:20:56.69 THESE FOUR ARE ALSO WORKERS THAT WE HAVE 00:20:56.72\00:21:00.26 ADOPTED FROM AN EARLIER MINISTRY THAT THEY HAD 00:21:00.29\00:21:02.82 WORKED FOR. 00:21:02.86\00:21:03.49 OK. 00:21:03.53\00:21:04.23 THAT IS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL. 00:21:04.26\00:21:05.16 OK. 00:21:05.19\00:21:06.23 AND THEY ARE THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE FIRST WORKERS 00:21:06.26\00:21:09.83 IN INDIA THAT I MET. 00:21:09.86\00:21:12.33 THEY WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF MY TOUR AND WE JUST HAD 00:21:12.37\00:21:15.07 A VERY GOOD VISIT TOGETHER AND I FORMED A VERY GOOD 00:21:15.10\00:21:18.37 FIRST IMPRESSION. 00:21:18.41\00:21:20.48 IT ISN'T EVERY WORKERS MEETING THAT YOU GO TO 00:21:21.38\00:21:24.78 WHERE ONE OF THE WORKERS IS A YOUNG MOTHER WHO 00:21:24.81\00:21:28.72 BROUGHT HER CHILD WITH HER TO THE MEETING. 00:21:28.75\00:21:30.29 SO. 00:21:30.32\00:21:30.95 OH, REALLY. 00:21:30.99\00:21:31.95 IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE THE LAST ONE EITHER. 00:21:31.99\00:21:33.96 YES. 00:21:33.99\00:21:34.86 BUT IT WAS AN INTERESTING INTRODUCTION. 00:21:34.89\00:21:36.99 WOW. 00:21:37.03\00:21:37.96 SO, WE HAVE FOUR GO WORKERS IN THAT AREA AND 00:21:37.99\00:21:41.26 TWO THINGS ARE GOING ON THERE THAT ARE WORTHY OF 00:21:41.30\00:21:44.50 MENTION. 00:21:44.53\00:21:45.53 ONE IS WHEN I LEFT THE AREA, THE PRESIDENT THERE 00:21:45.57\00:21:49.90 MADE A VERY POINTED APPEAL TO ME. 00:21:49.94\00:21:52.04 HE DID HIS BEST TO DESCRIBE THE SIZE OF HIS 00:21:52.07\00:21:55.98 TERRITORY AND TO TELL ME HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH 00:21:56.01\00:21:59.85 AREA IT COVERED, HOW VAST THE AREA IS AND HE SAID, 00:21:59.88\00:22:04.79 WE HAVE THESE FOUR WORKERS THAT ARE IN THESE SPECIFIC 00:22:04.82\00:22:08.26 LOCATIONS RIGHT HERE, HE SAID, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO 00:22:08.29\00:22:10.19 DO WITH THE REST OF THIS FIELD? 00:22:10.23\00:22:11.53 I KNOW. 00:22:11.56\00:22:12.36 WE NEED MORE WORKERS HERE. 00:22:12.39\00:22:13.73 I WANT TO GET MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN SOUTH 00:22:13.76\00:22:16.23 KARNATAKA. 00:22:16.26\00:22:17.13 AND WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM? 00:22:17.17\00:22:18.43 I TOLD HIM THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO DO 00:22:18.47\00:22:21.64 THAT AND I TOLD HIM THAT IT DEPENDED UPON THE 00:22:21.67\00:22:24.81 RESOURCES THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE AT ANY GIVEN 00:22:24.84\00:22:28.34 TIME AND THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON GETTING HIS 00:22:28.38\00:22:32.81 PREFERENCES KNOWN AND THEN WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THE 00:22:32.85\00:22:36.15 FUNDS TO COVER THOSE NEEDS. 00:22:36.18\00:22:37.75 SO, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. 00:22:37.79\00:22:38.85 SO, FUNDING IS ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT BUT ARE THERE 00:22:38.89\00:22:41.72 PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO BECOME GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:22:41.76\00:22:44.29 WORKERS? 00:22:44.33\00:22:45.39 THIS MAN WHEN HE MADE THIS REQUEST SAID, I HAVE SOME 00:22:45.43\00:22:47.83 PEOPLE IN MIND WHO WOULD BE WELL QUALIFIED FOR 00:22:47.86\00:22:49.96 THIS. 00:22:50.00\00:22:50.83 I WOULD LIKE THEM TO PUT THEM TO WORK. 00:22:50.87\00:22:52.57 HOW CAN WE DO IT? 00:22:52.60\00:22:54.04 YES. 00:22:54.07\00:22:55.07 BUT AGAIN, PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN THEY HAVE TO PUT 00:22:55.10\00:22:58.31 FOOD ON THE TABLE AND THAT'S WHERE BY BECOMING A 00:22:58.34\00:23:00.58 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THAT THEY GET A STIPEND 00:23:00.61\00:23:02.74 AND THEN THAT IS WHAT IS ENABLING THEM TO CONTINUE 00:23:02.78\00:23:06.11 WITH LIFE AND SHARE JESUS. 00:23:06.15\00:23:08.35 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:23:08.38\00:23:09.02 THE GIFT IS THERE. 00:23:09.05\00:23:10.95 THE VISION IS THERE. 00:23:10.99\00:23:13.22 THE MOTIVATION IS THERE BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO PUT 00:23:13.25\00:23:16.66 FOOD ON THE TABLE. 00:23:16.69\00:23:17.39 YES, EXACTLY. 00:23:17.43\00:23:18.46 WELL, AND AGAIN I'VE SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES SO, IS 00:23:18.49\00:23:22.73 OUR GLASS HALF FULL OR IS IT HALF EMPTY? 00:23:22.76\00:23:25.17 ARE WE GOING TO GO, OH, THERE ARE 6000 PEOPLE TO 00:23:25.20\00:23:28.57 ONE PERSON AND ALL OF THIS? 00:23:28.60\00:23:30.01 IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY, LARRY. 00:23:30.04\00:23:32.21 I MEAN THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE CAN 00:23:32.24\00:23:34.71 BE DEPRESSED ABOUT THESE NUMBERS. 00:23:34.74\00:23:36.54 WE HAVE TO GO WOW, WE HAVE A JOB TO DO BECAUSE TIME 00:23:36.58\00:23:39.58 IS TICKING. 00:23:39.61\00:23:40.65 JESUS NEEDS TO COME AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 00:23:40.68\00:23:42.38 HIS LOVE, RIGHT? 00:23:42.42\00:23:44.25 WHEN YOU SAY HALF EMPTY OF HALF FULL I GUESS THERE IS 00:23:44.29\00:23:46.82 ANOTHER PIECE I SHOULD MENTION TO YOU. 00:23:46.86\00:23:49.46 WHILE WE WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. 00:23:49.49\00:23:52.16 SITTING IN INDIA, THERE ALSO TELLING ME THAT THERE 00:23:52.19\00:23:56.13 IS AGITATION GOING ON IN THE POLITICAL SCENE TO 00:23:56.16\00:24:00.54 OUTLAW WHAT THEY CALL UNETHICAL OR FORCED 00:24:00.57\00:24:03.81 CONVERSIONS. 00:24:03.84\00:24:05.11 AND IS THIS CONSIDERED CHRISTIANITY? 00:24:05.14\00:24:07.24 WELL, THE NEWS CAME THROUGH JUST A COUPLE OF 00:24:07.28\00:24:13.35 WEEKS AGO THAT THE KARNATAKA STATE 00:24:13.38\00:24:15.28 LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED AN ANTICONVERSION BILL. 00:24:15.32\00:24:18.12 IT IS OFFICIAL NOW. 00:24:18.15\00:24:19.35 IT IS LAW IN THAT STATE. 00:24:19.39\00:24:20.69 SO, ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT SOMEONE WHO IS HINDU, 00:24:20.72\00:24:22.96 IF THEY BECOME A CHRISTIAN WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 00:24:22.99\00:24:26.03 THE WORDING IS QUITE TECHNICAL, UH UH AS I READ 00:24:26.06\00:24:29.86 IT IN THE NEWSPAPER. 00:24:29.90\00:24:30.87 THE WORDING IS QUITE TECHNICAL AND YOU COULD 00:24:30.90\00:24:33.40 DESCRIBE IT AS SIMPLY IN DETAIL PREVENTING WHAT 00:24:33.44\00:24:37.21 THEY CALL THE UNETHICAL CONVERSIONS WHICH IS FOR 00:24:37.24\00:24:41.81 FINANCIAL BENEFITS OR FOR ADVANCED LIVING CONDITIONS 00:24:41.84\00:24:45.55 OR THEY HAVE A DOZEN DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS. 00:24:45.58\00:24:47.78 OH, SO INTERESTING. 00:24:47.82\00:24:49.12 BUT IN IF I WERE BEING VERY PICKY I COULD MAKE 00:24:49.15\00:24:54.32 THE CASE THAT SAYS AN ETHICAL SPIRIT BASED 00:24:54.36\00:24:58.76 CONVERSION IS EXEMPTED FROM THIS LAW BUT ON THE 00:24:58.79\00:25:02.13 OTHER HAND SOMEONE HOSTILE TO CHRISTIANITY COULD BE 00:25:02.16\00:25:06.23 MAKING THE OPPOSITE CASE AND IT DEPENDS WHO THE 00:25:06.27\00:25:09.44 AUTHORITY IS AND WHICH COURT YOU TAKE IT TO. 00:25:09.47\00:25:11.27 SO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO THEN START QUESTIONING 00:25:11.31\00:25:13.11 PEOPLE-WELL, YOU BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND DO YOU 00:25:13.14\00:25:15.38 REALLY LOVE JESUS, I MEAN. 00:25:15.41\00:25:17.45 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE ASKING THOSE 00:25:17.48\00:25:19.55 QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THEM ARE WORKING FULL TIME AT 00:25:19.58\00:25:22.78 IT AS I UNDERSTAND IT. 00:25:22.82\00:25:23.89 AH. 00:25:23.92\00:25:24.89 BUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IN MY MIND IS BEAR IN 00:25:24.92\00:25:28.06 MIND THAT WHILE THAT CONVERSATION IS GOING ON, 00:25:28.09\00:25:30.59 THERE ARE FAITHFUL WORKERS IN INDIA WHO ARE SAYING 00:25:30.63\00:25:33.03 SEND ME MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:25:33.06\00:25:34.83 YES, RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. 00:25:34.86\00:25:36.50 WELL. 00:25:36.53\00:25:37.30 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEPTIVE. 00:25:37.33\00:25:39.40 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONDING. 00:25:39.43\00:25:41.77 THERE ARE AREAS WHERE NO ONE IS PAYING ALL THAT 00:25:41.80\00:25:44.87 MUCH ATTENTION TO THIS AND IN OTHER AREAS IT IS VERY 00:25:44.91\00:25:47.81 MUCH A FACTOR. 00:25:47.84\00:25:48.61 RIGHT. 00:25:48.64\00:25:49.68 AND THIS IS PART OF THE BEAUTY OF THE COOPERATION 00:25:49.71\00:25:51.65 WITH THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP. 00:25:51.68\00:25:52.71 YES. 00:25:52.75\00:25:53.72 WELL, AND BACK TO THE ISLANDS YOU KNOW, HELLO, 00:25:53.75\00:25:55.58 LET'S BE FOCUSING THERE AND ALL THESE OTHER 00:25:55.62\00:25:57.85 PLACES. 00:25:57.89\00:25:58.52 UH HUH. 00:25:58.55\00:25:59.59 LARRY YOU HAVE GIVEN US SO MUCH TO THINK ABOUT. 00:25:59.62\00:26:01.22 SO, OBVIOUSLY NEEDS ARE BIG. 00:26:01.26\00:26:05.09 THEY ARE. 00:26:05.13\00:26:06.16 THEY ARE AND THE FIRST ONE I HEARD ABOUT OF COURSE, 00:26:06.19\00:26:09.20 WAS SOUTH KARNATAKA. 00:26:09.23\00:26:10.17 THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHERS THAT HAVE COME TO 00:26:10.20\00:26:11.73 MIND THAT WE HAVEN'T SPENT ANY TIME TALKING ABOUT YET 00:26:11.77\00:26:15.00 HERE TODAY. 00:26:15.04\00:26:16.14 I LOOK AT THE CITY OF BANGALORE. 00:26:16.17\00:26:19.31 I BELIEVE THE POPULATION IS ABOUT 13 MILLION. 00:26:19.34\00:26:22.34 UH HUH. 00:26:22.38\00:26:23.28 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE? 00:26:23.31\00:26:24.71 NONE. 00:26:24.75\00:26:26.48 NOW THERE IS A CHURCH PRESENCE THERE, RIGHT, BUT 00:26:26.51\00:26:29.15 IN THAT CITY, I THINK THERE IS MORE WORK WE 00:26:29.18\00:26:31.89 COULD DO. 00:26:31.92\00:26:33.02 WELL, I THINK YOU'VE GIVEN US LOT TO PRAY ABOUT AND I 00:26:33.05\00:26:34.92 KNOW THERE IS A BIBLE VERSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO 00:26:34.96\00:26:36.73 SHARE HERE TODAY. 00:26:36.76\00:26:38.16 I WAS GOING TO REFER YOU TO 1 TIMOTHY 2:1-4 "I URGE 00:26:38.19\00:26:40.53 THEN FIRST OF ALL THE PETITIONED PRAYERS, 00:26:40.56\00:26:42.40 INTERCESSION AND THANKSGIVING BE MADE FOR 00:26:42.43\00:26:43.73 ALL PEOPLE. 00:26:43.77\00:26:44.87 FOR KINGS AND ALL THOSE IN AUTHORITY THAT WE MAY LIVE 00:26:44.90\00:26:45.83 PEACEFUL AND QUIET LIVES IN ALL GODLINESS AND 00:26:45.87\00:26:48.30 HOLINESS. 00:26:48.34\00:26:49.30 THIS IS GOOD AND PLEASES GOD OUR SAVIOR WHO WANTS 00:26:49.34\00:26:50.84 ALL PEOPLE TO BE SAVED AND TO COME TO A KNOWLEDGE OF 00:26:50.87\00:26:52.64 THE TRUTH." 00:26:52.67\00:26:53.74 IT DOESN'T SAY JUST PEOPLE IT SAYS ALL PEOPLE AND IT 00:26:53.78\00:26:54.48 SAYS HE MADE FOR ALL PEOPLE. 00:26:54.51\00:26:55.41 HE SAYS IT TWICE. 00:26:55.44\00:26:56.54 AND THIS IS THE TIME TO BE PRAYING FOR THOSE IN THESE 00:26:56.58\00:26:57.41 DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. 00:26:57.45\00:26:57.98 WELL, LARRY THANK YOU. 00:26:58.01\00:26:58.98 YOU'VE GIVEN US A LOT TO PRAY FOR AND A LOT OF 00:26:59.01\00:27:00.08 PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 00:27:00.12\00:27:06.96 WITH US TODAY. 00:27:06.99\00:27:11.23 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. 00:27:11.26\00:27:16.30 AND THANK YOU. 00:27:22.80\00:27:23.77 YOU'V HEARD THE NEED, YOU'VE HEARD THE REQUEST 00:27:23.81\00:27:26.54 AND WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR WHAT GOD CAN DO IN 00:27:26.57\00:27:28.88 THIS TIP, THESE AREAS OF INDIA AND I PRAY THAT THE 00:27:28.91\00:27:32.78 LORD WILL IMPRESS UPON YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO SO ALL 00:27:32.81\00:27:35.55 PEOPLE CAN KNOW JESUS. 00:27:35.58\00:27:37.09 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 00:27:37.12\00:27:42.19