I'm trying to get in
shape for my trip to India.
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Christ said to go into all
the world and preach the gospel
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to every creature.
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The problem is we
have no idea who they are.
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How are we supposed to
effectively communicate
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the gospel to a people we know
nothing about; how they think,
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what kind of pressures
they have in their daily lives.
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Come with me and let's
meet India Face to Face.
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So now we're heading out
of the big city of Madras,
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and going cross country to
see what India is all about.
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First we travel to
Pattukotai by night train.
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Sorry, I was sleeping and I
didn't get any video of that
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part of the trip.
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Here's a shrine of the
god that resides in this tree.
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After Pattukotai we get on a bus
and head west to the small city
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of Palani.
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I'm excited about coming
to Palani, but I'm detecting a
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dread in it for Pastor Samuel.
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It's known as a temple city.
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I thought every city
in India had a temple.
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Most of them
have a lot of temples.
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Why is this city any different?
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Then up ahead I began
to see the temple mount.
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I wonder if I'll be
able to go up there.
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I wonder if they allow cameras.
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I'd be really surprised.
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A lot of cultures
don't like cameras.
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They think it steals the soul.
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It takes power
away from their gods.
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I wonder if I'll
get Delhi Belly here.
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Here's the view of Palani
from the roof of our hotel.
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There are actually two
mountains here: a little one,
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and a large one, the temple on
top of each one, and the stairs
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leading up to them,
and there's the entrance.
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So, are you
nervous about being here?
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Ah, just for the moment, but
tomorrow morning we will have
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a fresh day.
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So the people that are going to
be taking me on a tour tomorrow
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are they going to be in danger?
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Yes, they will take a chance,
and they will come with you
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and me to go around to
this town because they are Jesus
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followers to
welcome us in this town.
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Samskallas?
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Samskallas.
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What's that mean?
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So their mind is so filled
with that that they can't think
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of anything else.
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Yes, they can't
think of anything.
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So they do like this.
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What's that mean?
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They're holding their ears?
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Yeah, because they're humbling
themselves before the lord.
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It's looks like they've
got the light on up there.
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Yes, they have it there.
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It's almost sundown and
there's still a lot of people.
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Yes, it's the time
for them to worship.
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So every day it's round
the clock, not only this time.
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But if you want we can take a
short walk around and come back.
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It's pretty creepy being here.
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We're not going to be able to
go into the temple itself with
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the video camera
because they don't like that.
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Samuel was saying they went in
once with their Swedish friends,
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and the guy had a still camera,
a little tiny still camera,
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and they confiscated his camera.
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So I'm not sure whether we're
going to be able to see here
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in Palani, but we're going
to go out and give it a shot.
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Well, I can't believe
they have such good balance.
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I mean I could never do that.
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How are you guys doing?
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Okay, here's a
standard act of worship.
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The bell is to let the god know
that there is a worshipper here
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who would like a blessing.
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So god then, supposedly,
blesses this white powder
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for a little offering.
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The man then puts the
white powder on his forehead,
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sometimes on his chest.
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That's supposed to transfer
that blessing upon them.
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This is Kanesh, the
god with the elephant head,
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and the human body.
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His father cut off his
human head, and they found this
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elephant head for a replacement.
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What are these things?
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What is this again?
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This is the symbol of
Hindu, like how we have it in
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Christianity, with
the cross as a symbol.
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Okay, I see that's a human face.
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Yes.
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Very good.
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Who is that?
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Who's that face?
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Can you ask him who that is?
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Kind of a holy man.
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I see, okay.
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Very good.
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I think we will have to
move away from this place.
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Thank you.
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What happened to his hair?
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In there?
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Ah, okay.
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My name is John.
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Glad to meet you.
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Alright, good.
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God bless.
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Is he like a really holy man?
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Has he given up all of
his family and all of that
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kind of stuff?
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Given up showering and all that?
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Yes.
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Like a rosary!
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Yeah, a rosary.
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Um, I don't have much.
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Is that enough?
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So Samuel, how are
you feeling right now?
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So being in
this kind of place...
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We see those things, you know
the masks and stuff like that.
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We see those as
kind of idle curiosities.
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Kind of like
artwork and stuff like that.
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What does it mean to you?
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What do you think
of when you see that?
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How long does it
take them to get here?
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Wow!
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Are there places all through
India that they have to go?
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Yes.
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And how many gods are there?
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This must be tourist season?
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Yeah, it is not at
all a tourist season.
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Is it pretty crowded here?
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Very much so.
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There's no space to
walk on this road here.
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This is the god.
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This is the god that's up there?
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I see.
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Okay, is that god up there?
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He's up there?
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Uh, this one?
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Which one is up there?
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Okay.
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Well, I'm definitely
feeling the spiritual oppression
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of this place.
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I think I'll call some
family and friends and ask them
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to pray for me.
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They'll be praying to the
strongest God in the universe.
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Yeah, the One that loves me.
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