Participants: John Blake
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000347
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00:02 OPENING MUSIC.
00:15 HELLO EVERYONE. 00:17 I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME YOU TO ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:20 PROGRAM WHERE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING BY WAY OF BLESSING HIS WORK 00:26 THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:29 I'M HERE WITH A DEAR FRIEND AND ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERS, 00:34 PASTOR JOHN BLAKE. 00:36 WELCOME JOHN. 00:37 IT IS SO GOOD TO ALWAYS BE WHERE YOU ARE AND BE REMINDED THAT YOU ARE 00:42 RIGHT OUT THERE ON A VERY SPECIAL CUTTING EDGE OF MINISTRY. 00:46 TELL THE FOLKS WHAT IS YOUR ROLL AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:50 I AM THE DEAF MINISTRY DIRECTOR. 00:55 WE HAVE ABOUT 18 HUNDRED WORKERS ALL TOGETHER, OR MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN 01:00 THAT NOW, FOR THE HEARING AND THE DEAF. 01:04 WE NOW HAVE ABOUT 45 WORKERS IN SEVEN COUNTRIES FOR DEAF MINISTRY. 01:10 WHEN YOU SAY 45 WORKERS, ARE THES4 HEARING PEOPLE OR ARE THEY DEAF WORKERS? 01:18 YES AND NO. 01:20 I WOULD EXPECT THAT. 01:22 CLOSE TO 40 % TO 50% ARE DEAF THEMSELVES AND THE OTHERS ARE ONES THAT HAVE 01:32 EXPERIENCE WITH THE DEAF OR HAVE LEARNED SIGN LANGUAGE. 01:36 THEY MIGHT HAVE A DEAF RELATIVE OR A DEAF FRIEND. 01:39 SOME ARE JUST LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE AND DOING THE WORK IN THEIR AREA. 01:44 I MUST TELL YOU FOLKS THAT HAVING VISITED WITH JOHN BEFORE ABOUT HIS VERY 01:51 SPECIAL, UNQUE MINSTRY THAT THERE ARE WONDERFUL STORIES THAT I AM REMINDED 01:57 OF RIGHT NOW AS I THINK BACK. 01:59 TODAY IN THIS PROGRAM, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT JOHN WANTS TO CALL 02:04 NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE DEAF MINISTRY. 02:07 I AM GOING TO LET YOU START FROM THE TOP. 02:09 WHAT IS ONE OF THE MORE EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOUWANT US TO KNOW ABOUT? 02:13 OUR GENERAL CONFERENCE FOR YEARS HAS HAD NO ONE WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT WAS FOR 02:19 THE DEAF MINISTRY. 02:21 DR. LARRY EVANS AT SPRING COUNCIL THIS YEAR, 2011, WAS JUST APPOINTED A 02:28 LIASON FOR THE DEAF MINISTRY. 02:32 HE IS ASSOCIATE STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR, AS WELL. 02:35 HIS HEART IS IN DEAF MINISTRY. 02:39 HE HAS HAD EXPERIENCE WITH DEAF PEOPLE, WORKING IN OREGON. 02:44 HE HAS WORKED WITH OUR PASTOR IN THE GEORGIA-CUMBERLAND CONFERENCE. 02:49 HE HAS A BURDEN FOR IT LIKE I DO. 02:54 HE DOES NOT HAVE A DEAF CHILD SO IT IS NOT AS STRONG 02:57 BUT HE HAS A HEART FOR THE DEAF WORK. 03:00 I AM JUST THRILLED THAT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE HAS SOMEONE THAT WE CAN LOOK TO NOW. 03:06 IT LOOKS LIKE HE AND I WILL DO A LITTLE BIT OF TRAVELING TOGETHER. 03:10 THE LORD'S ARRANGED IT THAT IN HIS STEWARDSHIP IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE, HE 03:16 IS GOING TO BE VISITING THREE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE WORKED FOR THE DEAF. 03:19 THAT IS WONDERFUL! 03:22 SOME TIME WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING LARRY HERE WITH YOU SO THAT HE 03:30 CAN SHARE SOME OF HIS EXCITEMENT WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 03:34 THAT WOULD BE FABULOUS. 03:35 YOUR OTHER ASSISTANT WHO HAD BEEN WITH YOU FOR SOMETIME IS WELL KNOWN TO 03:42 MANY OF US BECAUSE OF WHO HIS FATHER, ARTHUR GRIFFITH, WAS. 03:46 TELL US ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP AND HOW YOU WORK TOGETHER? 03:51 YOU REFERRED TO ARTHUR GRIFFITH. 03:54 HIS FATHER WAS DEAF. 03:57 HE WAS THE FIRST ORDAINED PASTOR IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AS A DEAF MAN. 04:02 HIS SON CALLS HIMSELF A HEARING, DEAF PERSON. 04:10 BECAUSE HE GREW UP WITH A DEAF FATHER AND MOTHER IN THE DEAF CULTURE, HE 04:14 ACTUALLY FEELS MORE AT HOME IN THE DEAF WORLD THAN THE HEARING WORLD. 04:19 I COULDN'T SAY THAT, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A DEAF CHILD, THE HEARING WORLD 04:24 IS REALLY WHERE I AM MORE COMFORTABLE. 04:27 I DON'T SPEAK SIGN LANGUAGE AS WELL AS I OUGHT TO. 04:30 IN HIS CASE, HE GREW UP WITH SIGN LANGUAGE. 04:33 HE GREW UP IN THE DEAF CULTURE. 04:35 HE HAS BEEN A PASTOR FOR THE DEAF NOW FOR MANY YEARS. 04:39 HE WENT WITH ME TO INDIA IN 2007, I THINK IT WAS. 04:46 THEN HE WENT AGAIN AND DID A WORKSHOP WITH PASTOR TREXLER FOR ABOUT 30 OF 04:54 OUR WORKERS FOR THE DEAF. 04:56 THIS YEAR HE WENT AGAIN. 04:57 JUST BEFORE HE LEFT, GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICIALLY APPOINTED HIM AS MY ASSISTANT. 05:03 I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM HAVING SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN INDIA. 05:11 NEXT TIME HE WILL BE REPORTINGON HIS TRIP TO INDIA. 05:16 VERY GOOD! 05:18 AS A HEARING PERSON, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO REALLY RELATE WITH THE DEAF WORLD. 05:35 WE NEED TO DO ALL WE CAN TO LEARN ABOUT THIS SPECIAL NEED. 05:42 AND WE KNOW THAT THE SCRIPTURES EVEN TELL US THAT THE LORD IS LOOKING 05:47 FORWARD TO OF ALL THE DEAF PEOPLE HEARING WHEN WE ARE RESTORED. 05:54 WE NEED TO BE SENSITIZED TO WHAT THESE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE AND THE 06:02 MINISTRY THAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THEM. 06:06 JUST TO ILLUSTRATE THIS, A DEAF LADY AND HER MOTHER CAME DOWN WITH ME FROM 06:12 CANADA TO HELP DRIVE THIS WEEK-END. 06:17 THIS LADY HAS FOUND IT VERY LONELY IN HER CHURCH SINCE HER SISTER MOVED TO 06:23 THIS AREA AFTER GETTING MARRIED. 06:27 IN HER CHURCH THERE IS NO ONE THAT IS A GOOD SIGNER. 06:31 EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS RELATIVES, WHO LOVE HER AND PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH 06:37 THAT LOVE HER, IT IS LONELY. 06:40 MY WIFE IS A SPECIAL GUARDIAN TO AN ELDERLY LADY OF 90-SOMETHING IN 06:47 THAT SAME AREA. 06:48 SHE IS IN A NURSING HOME AND IS ALSO DEAF. 06:52 THERE IS NOBODY THAT COMES TO VISIT HER EXCEPT MY WIFE, WHO KNOWS HOW TO SIGN TO HER. 06:59 IT IS DESPERATELY LONELY FOR THAT LADY. 07:03 ALL DAY, EVERYDAY, NOBODY TO SIGN TO HER. 07:08 YES, THEY HAVE SOME COMMON JESTICULATIONS THAT THEY CAN USE LIKE WHEN IT IS 07:14 TIME TO GO TO BED AND IT IS TIME TO EAT AND THAT KIND OF THING. 07:17 THERE IS NO MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION. 07:21 YOU ARE UNDERSCORING SOMETHING THAT I AM IMPRESSED TO DO RIGHT NOW. 07:27 I AM SPEAKING TO YOU FOLKS THAT ARE VIEWING WITH US. 07:31 PROBABLY THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR EVERY WORD THAT JOHN AND I SPEAK. 07:41 I WARRANT THAT YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS DEAF. 07:46 YOU HAVE RUN ACROSS SOMEONE THAT IS DEAF. 07:49 BROTHER JOHN HAS BEEN EXPLAINING ABOUT THE LONELINESS, THE ISOLATION 07:56 THAT THESE PEOPLE SUFFER. 07:58 EVEN YOU COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT SNUGGLING UP TO THESE PEOPLE. 08:06 I HAPPEN TO BE BLESSED TO KNOW ALFRED GRIFFITH'S FATHER, ARTHUR, VERY WELL 08:15 IN EARLY YEARS. 08:16 I DO NOT KNOW HOW I GOT TO BE THE ONE THAT HAD THIS PREVILEGE. 08:20 HE WAS THE ONLY DEAF PASTOR IN THE CONFERENCE 08:26 WHERE HE AND I WERE BOTH A PART OF THAT STAFF. 08:30 I FELT CALLED TO SIT BESIDE HIM IN THESE MEETINGS. 08:36 HE COULD NOT HEAR ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON SO I SCRIBBLED NOTES AS FAST AS I COULD. 08:43 HE WAS SUCH A BRILLIANT MAN THAT I COULD ALMOST START A SENTENCE 08:48 AND HE UNDERSTOOD THE REST OF IT. 08:51 WE WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH. 08:53 I THINK, JOHN, THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING AND VIEWING 08:58 RIGHT NOW, WHO COULD ASSIST IN MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF, 09:01 IF THERE IS NO INTERPRETER IN THEIR CHURCH. 09:05 I HAVE SAT RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA AND TAKEN MY PORTABLE COMPUTER AND HAD 09:14 A DEAF PERSON SIT ON EACH SIDE OF ME WHILE I TYPED FROM MY COMPUTER NOTES LIKE YOU DID. 09:20 ONLY YOU DID IT THE OLD WAY. 09:23 I WAS DOING IT IN A NEWER WAY. 09:24 THAT COULD EVEN BE PUT ON A BIG SCREEN FOR OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TO 09:30 WATCH IN A CHURCH WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE AN INTERPRETER. 09:33 IT IS NOT THE IDEAL, BUT IT CAN BE DONE. 09:35 IT HELPS ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE. 09:38 YOU HAVE BEEN ON SEVERAL TRIPS TO INDIA. 09:43 WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO TELL US ABOUT THAT? 09:46 THAT WAS PASTOR GRIFFITH'S TRIP THAT WAS THIS FEBRUARY. 09:51 HE WILL BE WITH US NEXT TIME AROUND TO REPORT WITH HIS PICTURES. 09:56 MY TRIP WAS TO BRAZIL. 09:59 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 10:00 FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A MAN, 10:06 WHO IS AN INTERPRETER IN BRAZIL, FABIANO. 10:10 WE WILL PROBABLY SEE HIS PICTURE SHORTLY. 10:13 WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD GETTING A WORKER STARTED. 10:18 IT WILL PROBABLY COME OUT IN THIS SERIES OF RECORDINGS. 10:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH NOW HAS AN OFFICIAL BRANCH IN BRAZIL, AS WE DO IN CANADA. 10:34 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO BRAZIL. 10:36 ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAD IN BRAZIL WAS A VISION FOR THE DEAF. 10:46 THEY WANTED ME TO BE THERE TO MEET THE DEAF. 10:50 IT WAS A VERY HEARTWARMING EXPERIENCE. 10:53 ESPECIALLY TO MEET THE MAN I HAD NOT MET YET IN PERSON. 10:57 NOW I COULD NOW ACTUALLY TALK WITH HIM AND MEET HIM. 11:01 HE TOOK ME INTO THE MALL. 11:05 THERE WERE MAYBE 80 OR A 100 DEAF JUST VISITING AROUND IN THE FOOD COURT. 11:11 THEY DO THIS ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT ALL MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH. 11:15 THERE WERE SEVERAL WHO WERE BUT BASICALLY THEY WERE JUST DEAF FROM SAO PAULA. 11:20 THEY WERE BUSY SIGNING AND MEETING WHILE SOME WERE SITTING AND OTHERS STANDING. 11:24 THIS WAS THEIR "GETTING TOGETHER" WITH THEIR WORLD. 11:29 THEN IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO MEET THEM. 11:34 WE WILL SEE SOME VIDEO CLIPS. 11:36 I HAVE OBSERVED AND OUR VIEWERS HAVE AS WELL, THAT DEAF PEOPLE ARE 11:46 MAGNIFICALLY DRAWN TO EACH OTHER. 11:49 ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE IS A COMMONALITY 11:53 AND A COMMUNICATION THAT THEY ARE ISOLATED FROM. 11:57 I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING THAT CORRESPONDS TO THAT. 12:03 IT IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE CAN'T LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND KNOW IF WE 12:08 ARE ENGLISH OR GERMAN OR EVEN BELIEVERS. 12:14 IT CAUSES US TO CONNECT AND BEGIN AN IMMEDIATE SHARING IN COMMUNICATION 12:20 BUT NOT SO WITH THE DEAF. 12:22 THE DEAF KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE, IF THEY OBSERVE A SIGN OF COMMINICATION. 12:29 THEY WANT TO GET IN THE CONVERSATION. 12:31 IF A DEAF PERSON HAS BEEN WORKING IN A HEARING SITUATION ALL WEEK, 12:36 THEN ALL THIS TIME THEY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING. 12:41 THEY HAVE WRITTEN TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 12:45 THEY MAY HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF VOICE AND TRIED TO BE UNDERSTOOD. 12:47 OTHER PEOPLE ARE TALKING AND MAYBE THEY CAN CATCH A WORD OR TWO LIP- READING. 12:51 BUT THEY ARE LARGELY LEFT OUT, THEN COMES THE WEEK-END. 12:55 MAY IT IS A DEAF CLUB. 12:56 MAYBE IT IS A CHURCH. 12:58 MAYBE IT IS MEETING WITH DEAF PEOPLE IN A HOME. 13:00 AT LAST THEY CAN TALK. 13:03 THEY CAN SIGN. 13:04 THEY CAN BE UNDERSTOOD. 13:05 THEY CAN RELAX. 13:07 IN A DEAF CHURCH SITUATION IT IS REALLY WONDERFUL. 13:11 NOW TELL US ABOUT THIS JESUS VIDEO PROJECT. 13:17 SOME TIME AGO, I WORKED WITH OTHERS, ESTHER DOOS PARTICULARLY, IN DOING A 13:26 CONDENSATION OF THE BIBLE IN TWO HOURS WITH SLIDES. 13:30 IT COVERS THE WHOLE STORY OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION. 13:33 THAT IS READY. 13:34 IT IS FOR DISTRIBUTION. 13:36 ONLY IT IS IN THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 13:39 WE ALSO HAVE CAPTIONING NOW FOR FRENCH, SPANISH AND ENGLISH. 13:45 I HAVE NOW BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION BY AN AGENCY TO USE MORE SLIDES 13:52 AND TO TAKE THE 19 MINUTES IN THAT. 13:55 WE ARE EXPANDING INTO FIVE AND A HALF TO SIX HOURS COVERING ALL OF JESUS LIFE. 14:01 I HAVE BEEN TO THE HOLY LAND TO GET PICTURES. 14:04 I HAVE ALSO GOTTEN PICTURES FROM OTHERS, SUCH AS FROM AN ARCHEOLOGIST 14:07 AND VARIOUS ONES. 14:09 WE HAVE PICTURES FROM EACH OF THE 29 MAJOR LOCATIONS THAT JESUS VISITED. 14:11 AS WE STUDY, PEOPLE CAN GO BACK, IF THEY WANT, AND SEE NAZARETH OR EPHRAIM OR 14:22 GALILEE OR JERSALEM OR BETHSAIDA OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. 14:26 THEN WE HAVE PAINTINGS TO ILLUSTRATE EACH PART. 14:31 WE NOW HAVE A MAN, BY THE NAME OF ALLEN NESS, IF EVERYTHING GOES AHEAD, WHO 14:36 WILL DO THE SIGNING FOR THIS. 14:38 WE ARE WORKING ON A BUDGET OF $55,000. 14:40 WE HAVE $13,000 OF THAT NOW, SO WE HAVE QUITE A BIT MORE TO RAISE. 14:44 HOW WILL THIS BE DISTRIBUTED OR MARKETED? 14:48 IT WILL BE PRODUCED IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 14:51 WE WOULD DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE ALBERTA CONFERENCE THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:54 AND ALSO THROUGH THREE ANGELS DEAF MINISTRY. 14:58 IT WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE ABC BOOK CENTERS . 15:01 IT IS NOT DONE YET. 15:02 WE STILL HAVE TO FINISH RAISING THE MONEY. 15:04 THOSE OF US WHO ARE CONVICTED ABOUT THIS MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF KNOW 15:09 ANOTHER DIMENSION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK THAT YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 15:15 YOU HAVE GOT 3 ABN INTO USING THE CAPTIONING PROCESS? 15:20 IS THAT WHAT WE JUST GOT THROUGH TALKING ABOUT? 15:22 THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING IS NOW DOING MOST OF THEIR PROGRAMS IN CAPTIONS. 15:32 THE GOAL IS 100%. 15:33 THIS IS WONDERFUL. 15:35 YOU HAVE BEEN INFLUENTIAL IN HELPING THAT HAPPEN. 15:38 I HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT IN IT. 15:42 I WAS THERE FOR AN INTERVIEW AND WE DID TALK ABOUT CAPTIONING ON THAT INTERVIEW. 15:47 THAT WILL BE SHOWN, ACTUALLY, IN A FEW DAYS. 15:50 I THINK, JOHN, THAT YOU ARE JUST UNDERSCORING THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR 15:55 ABSOLUTELY EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU CAN FIND TO SUPPORT, TO 16:00 IDENTIFY THE WORK FOR THE DEAF. 16:03 YES! 16:04 THAT'S THE MINISTRY THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN EVEN HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 16:08 YOU ARE ACCOMPLISHING THAT VERY WELL. 16:10 WE THANK THE LORD FOR YOUR MINISTRY. 16:13 FINALLY, AMONG THE NOTES I AM SEEING HERE IS A DEAF SCHOOL IN THE PHILLIPINES? 16:20 YES, I THINK WE BETTER LOOK AT THE SLIDES. 16:22 I WILL DESCRIBE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO 16:26 RUN OUT OF TIME. 16:28 WE WILL DO THE VIDEO FIRST THEN WE WILL GO TO THE SLIDES. 16:33 THANK YOU. 16:35 THIS IS IN BRAZIL. 16:39 THERE IS THE DEAF GROUP. 16:42 THIS WAS OUR SABBATH THERE. 16:44 THIS IS A PRAYER BAND WITH THE OTHERS AS WE WERE SETTING UP GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL. 16:51 THERE ARE DR. BARBOSA AND TWO INTERPRETERS, BOTH HEARING. 16:56 THE YOUNG MAN THAT IS BY DR. BARBOSA IS GOING TO BE TAKING THEOLOGY AND IS 17:04 BEING SPONSORED THERE. 17:05 THIS WAS THE SIGNING OF THE LEGAL AGREEMENT TO START BRAZIL GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:12 THIS WAS ON SABBATH AT THE UNIVERSITY CHURCH IN SAO PAULO . 17:16 AND THAT IS THE DEAF GROUP. 17:18 THEY HAD JUST GOTTEN A BRAND NEW CAMERA. 17:20 HERE IS ONE OF THE HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE WITH THEM. 17:23 THIS IS WHEN I MET IN THE SABBATH AFTERNOON WITH THE DEAF GROUP. 17:26 WE HAD A LITTLE TIME JUST AS HEARING AND DEAF. 17:30 THAT IS SONG SERVICE. 17:33 THIS WAS A BAPTISM THAT THEY WANTED ME TO CONDUCT AT THE CHURCH. 17:38 THERE IS THE DEAF COUPLE HERE. 17:41 THIS IS THE MAN. 17:43 IT WAS WONDERFUL EVEN THOUGH I HADN'T MET THEM BEFORE TO BE ABLE TO 17:47 BAPTIZE TWO DEAF PEOPLE IN THE ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY CHURCH THERE IN SAO PAULO . 17:54 THEY HAD THIS LITTLE IDEA THAT THEY WANTED TO PUT CROWNS ON TO REPRESENT THE 18:00 CROWN OF LIFE. 18:02 THAT IS THE GOAL FOR ALL OF US. 18:06 THEY GAVE ME ONE, TOO. 18:09 OF COURSE, WE HOPE TO WEAR A REAL ONE IN HEAVEN. 18:12 THAT IS A PRECIOUS EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAD. 18:16 YES! 18:16 YES! 18:18 HERE IN THE LATE SPRING IN 2011, WE ARE DOING THIS PROGRAM. 18:23 WHEN DID YOU DO THE BAPTISM? 18:25 EARLY DECEMBER OF 2010 OF LAST YEAR. 18:28 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. 18:30 YOU HAVE GOT SOME MORE PICTURES THAT WE HAVE GOT TO RUSH THROUGH QUICKLY. 18:32 WE WILL START WITH THE PICTURES. 18:36 THIS IS DR. LARRY EVANS. 18:37 DR. EVANS IS THE NEW LAISON FOR DEAF MINISTRY IN THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 18:45 I AM JUST THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HIM. 18:49 HE IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE. 18:51 HE IS VERY EXPERINCED IN THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 18:53 HE HAS A REAL HEART FOR THE DEAF MINISTRY. 18:55 THIS IS JUST A LITTLE ILLUSTRATION. 18:59 SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW BUT EVERY SABBATH MORNING AT 11:30 EASTERN TIME, 19:04 THEY CAN GO ON THE INTERNET AND GET A SIGNED CHURCH SERVICE BY JEFF 19:11 JORDAN OR BY SOMEBODY WHO IS SUBSTITUTING FOR HIM ON THAT SABBATH. 19:14 THAT SERVICE IS COMING FROM THE MCDONALD ROAD SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 19:19 CHURCH, NEAR SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY. 19:21 THIS WAS TAKEN IN OUR DINING AREA. 19:26 MY WIFE IS THERE WITH A DEAF MAN. 19:28 THIS IS OUR WORKER WITH THE DEAF. 19:31 I CAN STILL REMEMBER WHEN I WAS REFERRED TO HIM. 19:37 I STARTED TO WRITE HIM. 19:39 I REMEMBER HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS DISCOURAGED BECAUSE THE CHURCH WASN'T DOING 19:43 ANYTHING FOR THE DEAF. 19:45 HIS FRIENDS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN THE CHURCH WERE LEAVING THE CHURCH 19:50 BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING FOR THEM. 19:52 HE THOUGHT MAYBE HE WOULD, TOO, AS THE CASE MIGHT BE. 19:58 WE WORKED WITH HIM. 19:59 OTHERS WORKED WITH HIM. 20:00 HE IS NOW OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR GHANA. 20:03 THERE HE IS IN THE SCHOOL PREACHING AND TEACHING THESE DEAF STUDENTS. 20:08 THE LADY ON THE LEFT IS MRS. WITNESS WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR FOR THE DEAF 20:17 MINISTRY FOR KENYA . 20:19 WE HAVE SIX WORKERS IN KENYA. 20:20 DR. EVANS, BY THE TIME THIS ACTUALLY IS SHOWN, WILL ALREADY HAVE BEEN 20:26 THERE AND THAT IS SOME OF THESE FOLK. 20:28 HE HAS GOT A TRIP SCHEDULED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES TO KENYA. THIS IS 20:36 A GROUP IN KENYA THAT IS GETTING READY FOR BAPTISM. 20:39 I BELIEVE IT IS KENYA. 20:41 THEY ARE ALL DEAF YOUNG PEOPLE. 20:44 THIS IS OVER IN KYRGYZSTAN. I WAS JUST TALKING TO OUR MUSLIM 20:53 MINISTRY DIRECTOR AND HE JUST CAME BACK FROM THIS GENERAL AREA. 20:58 I DON'T THINK HE MET THIS MAN BUT HE WENT THROUGH THIS AREA SOMEWHERE. 21:07 THIS MAN IS THE ONE THAT BEGAN OUR WORK FOR THE DEAF IN BISHKEK. 21:15 HE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BUT WE DO HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER NOW IN KYRGYZSTAN . 21:22 THIS WE WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT WHEN ALFRED GRIFFITH TELLS US. 21:28 NOW HE IS SEATED ON THE FRONT ROW, SECOND FROM THE LEFT. 21:33 YES. 21:33 THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN FEBRUARY. 21:35 THIS IS MOST OF OUR WORKERS IN INDIA AND SEVERAL OF THE LEADERS IN 21:39 THE CONFERENCE THERE. 21:40 WE ARE NOW UP TO 38 WORKERS IN INDIA. 21:48 I AM HESITANT ON THE NUMBER BECAUSE THERE IS A BIT OF A FLUX. 21:52 THE IS ALFRED GRIFFITH AND HIS CHURCH. 21:58 I THINK THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE CHURCH INVOLVED THAT PROVIDED A BICYCLE 22:05 FOR EACH OF OUR WORKERS FOR THE DEAF. 22:08 I BELIEVE 40 BICYCLES HAVE GONE TO OUR WORKERS. 22:13 THESE ARE SOME OF THE WORKERS THERE WITH THEIR BICYCLES. 22:17 THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO GET AROUND ON AND DON'T JUST HAVE TO WALK OR TAKE A BUS. 22:23 THEY CAN OFTEN GO ON THEIR BICYCLE. 22:25 THIS IS IN BRAZIL. 22:28 WE JUST LOOKED AT SOME VIDEO CLIPS. 22:30 THERE IS FABIANO. 22:32 I HAVE BEEN WRITING TO HIM FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS.HE IS THE ONE CLOSEST HERE. 22:35 HE IS INTERPRETING. 22:37 GORDON GRAY IS ON THE RIGHT AND DR. TAVARES IS THERE INTERPRETING FOR HIM. 22:43 THIS IS THE DAY THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS SET UP FOR THE WEEK-END IN 22:50 BRAZIL, AS GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL . 22:54 THIS IS THE DEAF GROUP IN BRAZIL. 23:00 THIS IS WHEN WE WERE SETTING UP THE MEETING. 23:06 THIS IS THE SIGNING. 23:09 AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DEAF OR LEADERS OF THE DEAF THERE ON THE LEFT 23:13 THAT ARE SIGNING THE PAPERS. 23:16 THIS WAS THAT BAPTISM. 23:17 THE DEAF FORMED A GROUP AND SIGNED SANGTO TWO OF THE BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES 23:23 THERE, AS IT WAS BEING PLAYED IN AUDIO FOR THE AUDIENCE. 23:29 THERE WAS SIGNING AT BOTH DIRECTIONS. 23:32 THIS IS OVER IN THE PHILLIPINES. 23:34 THIS IS OUR WORKER FOR THE DEAF IN MANILLA ON THE LEFT. 23:37 THIS IS A LITTLE DEAF SCHOOL THAT WE ARE STARTING. 23:41 I SHOULD SAY THAT THE SULADS WILL BE STARTING. 23:44 SULADS? 23:45 YES! 23:47 OUR WORKER IS IN THE BACK OF THE PICTURE IN THE GREEN, SARA FAMISARAN. 23:51 SHE HAS LED OUT IN THIS SO IT IS A COMBINATION BETWEEN GOSPEL OUTREACH, 23:55 AND IN HER CASE, THE SULADS. 23:58 THIS IS A LITTLE DEAF SCHOOL THAT THEY ARE STARTING. 24:01 THESE ARE SOME OF THE STUDENTS. 24:03 THEY HAVE BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY -SEVEN ACRES. 24:08 THIS IS SOME OF THE PROPERTY. 24:10 THEY HOPE TO MAYBE BUILD RIGHT IN THIS AREA OR SOMEWHERE ON THE PROPERTY. 24:15 I HAVEN'T SEEN IT BUT IT WAS SENT TO ME. 24:17 SO GOD IS BLESSING. 24:19 THIS LADY WAS KIND OF FORCED TO MARRY A HEARING MAN BECAUS@HE WAS AVAILABLE. 24:27 THEY DID NOT GET ALONG VERY WELL. 24:29 BUT BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL AND LEARNING TO SIGN, BOTH OF THEM ARE BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. 24:35 THEY ACCEPTED THE LORD AND WERE BAPTIZED. 24:38 THRILLING STORIES ALL THE WAY. 24:43 I WISH WE HAD A LONG TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM BUT WE DON'T. 24:48 I WAS JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE NOTES YOU PROVIDED FOR ME, JOHN. 24:57 WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS WORKED FOR THE DEAF IN SEVEN 25:04 COUNTRIES- CORRECT? 25:06 YES, AND WE NEED MANY MORE. 25:07 DID YOU SAY 38 WORKERS IN INDIA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 25:12 WE HAVE ABOUT 35 TO 38 WORKERS. 25:14 ALL TOGETHER WE HAVE 35 WORKERS? 25:15 WE ARE APPROACHING 50 BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER TEN BEYOND INDIA. 25:20 THERE ARE SEVEN COUNTRIES THAT IN NO WAY REPRESENST THE TOTAL CHALLENGE. 25:26 HOW MANY COUNTRIES? 25:27 WE SHOULD BE IN AT LEAST 200. 25:30 THERE ARE HEARING IMPAIRED, DEAF PEOPLE IN EVERY CULTURE AND EVERY 25:36 LANGUAGE GROUP ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE. 25:39 I MAINTAIN THE DEAF MINISTRY IS THE HARDEST MINISTRY IN THE WORLD. 25:43 FOR EVERY HARD ONE, WHETHER IT IS MUSLIM, OR BUDDIST OR MODERN MIND, IN 25:48 THAT GROUP THERE IS AT USUALLY A DEAF GROUP, WHO WE NEGLECT. 25:51 I WANT TO, ON BEHALF OF ALL YOUR COLLEAGES AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 25:57 TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR VISION AND YOUR DREAM. 26:02 I AM SORRY YOUR DAUGHTER DOES NOT HEAR. 26:06 BUT SINCE SHE DOES NOT HEAR, I AM THANKFUL THAT GOD HAS LAID THE BURDEN, 26:14 THE VISION TO UNDERTAKE THIS SPECIAL MINISTRY TO THE DEAF. 26:18 I PRAY THAT THOSE OF YOU, WHO ARE HEARING, WILL REJOICE FOR THAT GIFT. 26:25 REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO CANNOT HEAR EVERYTHING 26:29 THAT YOU GET TO HEAR. 26:31 PRAY ABOUT IT. 26:32 MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP SOMEONE. 26:37 AT THE LEAST YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:40 UNTIL NEXT TIME, I AM DAN MATTHEWS. 26:42 CLOSING MUSIC. |
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