Participants: Gerson Araujo
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000368
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00:01 OPENING MUSIC.
00:23 HELLO EVERYBODY. 00:25 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:28 THIS PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE STORIES OF PEOPLE. 00:33 THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT ON THE FRONT LINES TELLING FOLKS WHO JESUS IS 00:38 AND WHAT HE IS REALLY LIKE. 00:40 WELCOME GERSON PIRES DE ARAUJO . 01:01 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:02 I AM SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 01:04 YOU COME TO US FROM BRAZIL. 01:07 THAT IS YOUR HOME TERRITORY, ISN'T IT? 01:10 YES! 01:11 YOU ARE A LIFELONG MISSIONARY. 01:14 THAT'S ALMOST RIGHT. 01:15 I FIRST WORKED FOR 52 YEARS IN OUR WORK. 01:20 THEN IN 2008, I RETIRED AND A NEW LIFE STARTED FOR ME. 01:27 THE UNION PRESIDENT IN BRAZIL CALLED ME INTO HIS OFFICE AND INVITED TO GO TO MOZAMBIQUE. 01:36 HE ALREADY HAD SIX WORKERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 01:54 THEN HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, "TWO OF THEM ARE YOUR CHILDREN". 02:01 WHAT A THRILL! 02:03 DO THEY SPEAK PORTUGUESE IN MOZAMBIQUE ? 02:10 YES, THEY DO! 02:13 HAS MOZAMBIQUE BEEN KIND OF A NATURAL MISSION FIELD FOR BRAZIL? 02:18 NOT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT NOW, YES. 02:24 IT IS BECAUSE THE VICE PRESIDENT IN MOZAMBIQUE IS A BRAZILIAN. 02:31 BEFORE THAT, MY SECOND SON WAS ALREADY WORKING IN AFRICA FOR 26 YEARS. 02:42 HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF BURKINA-FASO MISSION. 02:48 WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO BURKINA-FASO , THEY HAD ONLY 200 CHURCH MEMBERS. 02:56 BURKINA-FASO IS A COUNTRY WHERE OVER 50 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION IS MUSLIM. 03:03 IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PREACH THE GOSPEL THERE. 03:08 WITH THE SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, THE MEMBERSHIP GREW TO 2500 MEMBERS! 03:19 PRAISE THE LORD! 03:20 IT WAS A GREAT INCREASE IN OUR CHURCH. 03:25 THEN HE MOVED TO TOGO WHERE HE ALSO RECEIVED THE HELP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:32 NEXT, HE WAS INVITED TO GO TO SOUTH AFRICA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION. 03:44 HE WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN ZIMBABWE, WHILE THE HEADQUARTERS WAS LOCATED. 03:51 LATER, THEY MOVED TO SOUTH AFRICA. 03:53 I WAS INVITED TO GO TO MOZAMBIQUE. 03:59 THEN IN 2009 AT MOZAMBIQUE, THEY HAD A PROBLEM. 04:06 THEY HAD HAD 17 YEARS OF CIVIL WAR. 04:09 WE COULDN'T PREPARE WORKERS. 04:12 OUR PASTORS ONLY HAD A SECONDARY LEVEL EDUCATION. 04:18 THE DIVISION INITIATED A PLAN FOR THE PASTORS TO COME DOWN TO THE SEMINARY 04:27 EVERY YEAR FOR TWO MONTHS FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING. 04:30 THOSE WORKERS ARE A PART OF WHAT DIVISION? 04:33 THEY ARE FROM THE SOUTH AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION. 04:36 HOW MANY PASTORS ARE THERE IN MOZAMBIQUE? 04:40 WE HAD IN OUR CLASSES ABOUT 32 OR 33 PASTORS. 04:49 NOT ALL OF THEM WERE THERE AT THE SAME TIME. 05:05 WE SPENT A MONTH TEACHING SEVERAL SUBJECTS TO PREPARE THEM TO DO A BETTER WORK. 05:10 IT SADDENS ME THAT THEY RECEIVE SUCH A LOW SALARY. 05:14 THE SALARY IS FROM 80 TO 100 DOLLARS A MONTH. 05:19 HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH THE LOCAL ECONOMY OF WAGE EARNERS? 05:28 IT IS NOT SO BAD; IT IS A COMMON SALARY. 05:35 MOZAMBIQUE IS ONE OF THE FIVE POOREST COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AS A RESULT OF THE 05:44 WAR AND SO FORTH. 05:46 I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT A LITTLE GERSON. 05:50 AS YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT YOUR SECOND SON, 05:56 I COULD HEAR IN YOUR VOICE AND SEE ON YOUR FACE THE PRIDE YOU HAVE IN THE WORK HE HAS BEEN DOING. 06:04 I WAS GOING TO KID YOU A LITTLE. 06:10 I WAS GOING TO LOOK CLOSE TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY BUTTONS ON YOUR SHIRT. 06:14 IN ENGLISH WE TALK ABOUT BUSTING OUR BUTTONS WITH PRIDE AND YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT, 06:26 DIVINELY AND JUSTIFIABLY, TO BE PROUD OF YOUR SONS. 06:30 GOD HAS BLESSED ME WITH MY SONS. 06:37 ALSO, YOU HAVE MADE REFERENCE THAT EARLIER ON, TOGO FOR INSTANCE, 06:45 YOUR SON WAS SUPPORTED IN CERTAIN WAYS IN THE WORK BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:54 HAD YOU KNOWN ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH BEFORE THAT CONNECTION? 06:59 NO. WHEN I FIRST WENT TO BURKINA-FASO WHERE HE WAS WORKING, 07:20 HE DROVE ME INTO THE INTERIOR TO SEE SOME WORK BEING DONE. 07:30 THAT WAS WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 07:35 THIS IS SO THRILLING. 07:38 SOME YEARS AGO YOU WERE INTRODUCED TO GOSPEL OUTREACH 07:45 AND WERE PROBABLY ASKING QUESTIONS AND WONDERING ABOUT HOW IT ALL OPERATED, ETC. 07:51 AND NOW I GET TO SIT WITH YOU HERE ON THE VIDEO SET OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON. 08:00 AT THIS TIME, LET ME ASK OUR VIEWERS TO PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 08:07 YOU ARE A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY AS THIS PASTOR IS NOW. 08:13 WE WANT YOU TO WRITE TO US, TELEPHONE OR SEND AN EMAIL REQUEST. 08:14 AT LEAST HAVE THE NEWSLETTER COMING INTO YOUR HOME 08:19 SO YOU CAN BE UP TO DATE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 08:46 A VOLUNTEER WILL ANSWER THE TELEPHONE WHEN YOU CALL OR RESPOND TO YOUR MAIL. 08:52 THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION COMPLETELY OPERATED BY VOLUNTEERS. 09:02 THE DONATIONS GO TO SUPPORT WORKERS IN PLACES LIKE TOGO . 09:08 YOU MENTIONED MOZAMBIQUE AND THAT THE WORKERS ARE NOT COMPENSATED AS WELL AS 09:13 THEY MAY NEED TO BE TO DO THEIR WORK. 09:20 LET ME TELL YOU FOLKS THAT IT IS YOUR SUPPORT THAT MAY MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR 09:24 US TO IMPROVE THE SUPPORT OF THESE WORKERS OUT ON THE FRONT LINE. 09:28 THERE IS THE ADDRESS AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BE IN TOUCH. 09:31 ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, DON'T FORGET TO PRAY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND FOR 09:38 ALL OF THE WORKERS WHO ARE NOW IN MISSION SERVICE. 09:46 TELL ME ABOUT YOUR SECOND SON. 09:49 HE IS A PHYSICIAN? 09:50 YES, HE IS A SURGEON. 09:52 HE WAS WORKING FIRST IN TANZANIA. 09:55 NOW HE IS A SURGEON IN BLANTYRE HOSPITAL IN MALAWI . 10:01 HE IS HAVING GOOD EXPERIENCES, TOO. 10:04 I WAS TEACHING IN MOZAMBIQU E WHEN I GOT IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:20 THERE ARE SOME PICTURES I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW ABOUT MOZAMBIQUE. 10:24 LET'S DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 10:26 YOU CAN SEE SOME WORKERS IN FRONT OF OUR HEADQUARTER'S BUILDING. 10:39 MOZAMBIQUE IS JUST SOUTH OF TANZANIA? 10:41 IT IS ALMOST ON THE EASTERN OCEAN THERE. 10:47 YES, THAT'S IT! 10:49 THIS A PROJECT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:56 THIS IS A PLACE INLAND WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW BEHIND THE CHURCH IS. 11:07 IT IS ALL OPEN WITH JUST A THATCH ROOF. 11:12 THEY ARE WORSHIPPING UNDER THE TREE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE A CHURCH YET. 11:20 IN SOME PLACES, THEY SOMETIMES CAN MAKE A LITTLE WALL. 11:29 YOU CAN SEE THE CHURCH FAMILY UNDER THE TREE. 11:36 THEY CAN SIT AND LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE. 11:40 THE CHURCH IS THE COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS AND NOT THE BUILDINGS. 11:47 THAT IS RIGHT! 11:48 THERE IS AN URGE IN THE HUMAN SOUL TO WORSHIP GOD. 11:53 IT CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE. 11:55 ONE BIG PROBLEM IS LACK OF WATER. 12:10 SOMETIMES THEY MUST DIG A WELL. 12:16 PEOPLE COME DOWN TO GET WATER. 12:20 THE WELL, AS IN THE BIBLE STORY OF THE WOMAN AT THE WELL, 12:27 IS WHERE THEY GATHER TO GET WATER. 12:29 IN MANY PLACES IT IS LIKE THAT. 12:38 HERE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE CHURCH BUILT BY MARANATHA. 12:42 THERE ARE JUST FINISHING THE BUILDING OF 700 CHURCHES AROUND THE COUNTRY. 12:50 THERE ARE 700 CHURCHES IN MOZAMBIQUE? 12:54 YES. 12:55 THIS IS A "ONE DAY" CHURCH THAT THEY BUILT IN A DAY. 13:00 THEY BUILT THAT CHURCH IN ONE DAY? 13:02 I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT. 13:04 WHAT IS THE ADDITION OF 700 CHURCHES GOING TO DO TO THE WORK IN MOZAMBIQUE? 13:19 IN A COUNTRY LIKE THAT, WHEN YOU HAVE 700 CHURCHES, 13:25 IT IS EASY TO FILL THESE CHURCHES. 13:30 THE BIGGEST NEED IS FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN STAY THERE AND BE THE LEADERS. 13:38 THAT IS REASON THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH RUNS THESE CLASSES FOR PASTORS. 13:48 THEY ARE TRAINED TO KNOW HOW TO CARE FOR THESE CHURCHES. 13:54 WE SEE MORE OF THE "ONE DAY" CHURCHES. 14:06 THESE CHURCHES ONLY HAVE A FRAME PLUS THE ROOF. 14:16 THE MEMBERS MUST PUT UP THE WALLS. 14:18 ARE THE TEMPERATURES WARM ENOUGH SO THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE IT CLOSED IN? 14:28 YES, IT IS NICE ALL YEAR. 14:34 THIS IS THE HOME OF THE MOZAMBIQUE PASTOR. 14:37 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE KITCHEN? 14:39 SURE! 14:40 THAT'S THE KITCHEN WHERE THEY COOK THEIR MEALS. 14:48 THE BUSH CHURCHES ARE FAR FROM CITIES. 15:02 AT THE VILLAGE CHURCHES, MANY PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TO WORSHIP. 15:10 EVEN IF THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE OR HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, THEY ARE SO 15:39 ANXIOUS TO HEAR THE GOSPEL THAT EVERYONE IS QUIET. 15:48 IT IS WONDERFUL! 15:49 IT IS DIFFERENT IN SOME CHURCHES IN BRAZIL. 15:52 THEY TALK TOO MUCH. 15:53 IN AFRICA, THE PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY SILENT. 16:02 WHO IS PREACHING THERE? 16:04 THE UNION VICE PRESIDENT; HE IS A BRAZILIAN. 16:09 WHAT IS THAT HANGING FROM THE CEILING? 16:25 THEY USED COLORED PAPER FOR DECORATING. 16:32 THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT AS SPECIAL AS THEY COULD. 16:38 THIS IS THE VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE THEY COME TO BUY AND SELL 16:47 THINGS BUT MAINLY FOOD. 16:50 DO THEY DO A LOT OF BARTERING OR TRADING IN A VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER? 16:56 YES! 16:57 SOMETIMES WE SAY THAT EVERYONE IS SELLING; WHO IS BUYING? 17:04 THERE IS THE PASTOR'S WIFE. 17:10 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO USE MOSQUITO NETTING. 17:16 MALARIA IS A REAL PROBLEM THERE, ALSO POVERTY, AIDS AND MANY DIFFERENT DISEASES. 17:26 HERE IS OUR ADVENTIST SCHOOL. 17:29 I TAUGHT PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION, PSYCHOLOGY 17:34 AND THE PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH AT THIS SCHOOL. 17:54 YOU ARE A PASTOR, ALSO? 17:56 YES, BUT I TAUGHT FOR 48 YEARS. 18:00 AFTER FOUR YEARS IN THE MINISTRY, I WAS ASKED TO GO INTO THE EDUCATION FIELD. 18:09 IN NORTH BRAZIL, THERE WERE NO SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 18:17 IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEND YOUNG PEOPLE TO BOARDING SCHOOLS. 18:21 AT THAT TIME, NO ONE HAD HEARD ABOUT DAY ACADEMIES. 18:25 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO FOUND THE FIRST DAY ACADEMY IN BRAZIL. 18:31 THIS ACADEMY NOW HAS THE LARGEST ENROLLMENT IN BRAZIL. 18:40 HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE THERE? 18:41 THEY REACHED AN ENROLLMENT OF 2800 STUDENTS. 18:44 DUE TO ECONOMIC REASONS, THERE ARE ABOUT 2300 STUDENTS ATTENDING. 18:56 STUDENTS FROM THE ACADEMY ARE ENTERING OUR THEOLOGY PROGRAM. 19:15 THE THEOLOGY SCHOOLS STARTED JUST THIS YEAR IN BRAZIL, TOO. 19:18 WE HAVE THREE THEOLOGY PROGRAMS, ONE IN THE SOUTHEAST, THE NORTHEAST, 19:24 AND ONE IN THE NORTH. 19:26 PASTOR, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HURRY ON. 19:37 I DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THE EXCITING STORY THAT YOU HAVE TO TELL ABOUT THE 19:45 MIRACLE FROM HEAVEN. 19:47 IS THIS THE CLASSROOM WHERE YOU TAUGHT? 19:54 WE WENT TO TEACH IN ANGOLA. THE UNION PRESIDENT TOLD US THAT THEY STILL HAD MANNA. 20:00 MY WIFE SAID SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. 20:20 HE SAID IT FALLS DOWN ON WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. 20:37 SINCE I WAS WORKING, HE TOOK US THERE ON A SUNDAY MORNING. 20:43 WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THAT MISSION, HE TOOK US TO SEE THE PLACE WHERE MANNA STILL FALLS. 20:50 IN 1939, WHEN THE WAR STARTED, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT. 20:58 THEY HAD A PRAYER MEETING ASKING THE LORD TO PROVIDE SOMETHING TO EAT. 21:05 AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THE PRINCIPAL'S DAUGHTER CAME WITH SOMETHING WHITE 21:12 IN HER HANDS THAT SHE WAS EATING. 21:14 THE MOTHER ASKED, "WHAT ARE YOU EATING?" 21:17 AND SHE SAID THIS IS MANNA. 21:19 HOW DO YOUKNOW THIS IS MANNA? 21:21 MEN IN WHITE CLOTHES SAID THAT GOD HEARD OUR PRAYERS AND NOW I SHOULD EAT THIS MANNA. 21:32 THEN THEY WENT OUT AND PICKED SOME MANNA FROM THE GROUND AND ATE IT. 21:41 FOR SOMETIME, THEY HAD MANNA TO EAT. 21:45 THIS STARTED IN 1939? 21:47 YES! 21:48 THEN THEY DIDN'T NEED ANYMORE MANNA, BECAUSE THEY PLANTED, 21:54 RAIN CAME AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GROW FOOD. 22:00 AND STILL TODAY THEY CAN FIND SOME MANNA THERE. 22:03 I THINK GOD WANTS TO TELL US THAT HE IS THE REAL GOD THAT CAN STILL PROVIDE FOR US TODAY. 22:11 DO YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THIS? 22:13 YES! 22:14 I AM JUST PICKING UP SOME MANNA. 22:19 IT IS THE SMALL WHITE PIECES FROM THE GROUND THAT I HAVE IN MY HAND. 22:29 IT LOOKS LIKE POPCORN, IN A WAY. 22:35 IS IT FALLING AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OF A FOOD SHORTAGE? 22:41 NO! 22:43 THEY PLANTED POTATOES, BEANS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, SO THEY DON'T NEED IT. 22:52 WE KNOW THAT GOD CAN PROVIDE EVEN WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT. 23:00 DID YOU TASTE IT? 23:02 SURE! 23:03 ITS TASTES IS LIKE HONEY BREAD, AS THE BIBLE SAYS. 23:13 HAS ANYONE TESTED THE NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF IT? 23:19 I LEFT A SAMPLE OF IT IN THE BEST LABORTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY IN BRAZIL. 23:28 I AM NOW WAITING FOR THE ANALYSIS. 23:32 THAT IS A THRILLING STORY. 23:48 TELL US WHAT IS HAPPENING IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL. 23:55 WHEN THEY FIRST HEARD ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BRAZIL, THE 24:06 NORTHEAST UNION PRESIDENT SHOWED INTEREST IN IT. 24:08 THERE ARE 650 CITIES WITH NO ADVENTIST CHURCHES. 24:16 @ 24:16 IN SIX YEARS, THEY ARE PLANNING TO ESTABLISH A CHURCH THROUGH 24:23 EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGNS. 24:25 ABOUT TWELVE YEARS AGO, A RETIRED FELLOW FROM THE UNIVERSITY THOUGHT HE 24:48 WOULD START A SCHOOL. 24:51 HE STARTED WITH A COLLEGE LEVEL THEOLOGY PROGRAM. 24:54 NOW HE HAS ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS. 25:01 IN THAT CITY, THERE ARE ABOUT 3000 UNDERGRADUATES AND 2000 GRADUATE STUDENTS. 25:10 THERE IS ALSO A LONG DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM. 25:17 THERE ARE OVER 30,000 STUDENTS. 25:21 IN 2004, HE STARTED A PLAN TO PAY FOR TWO WORKERS. 25:31 EACH YEAR, TWO MORE WORKERS WERE ADDED. 25:36 TODAY HE IS PAYING THE SALARY OF 64 WORKERS TO WORK 25:47 AND PREACH IN THE CHURCHES WHERE THEY WERE ESTABLISHED. 25:52 THE GOAL IS RAISE THAT TO 200 THIS YEAR. 25:55 HE IS A MIRACLE WORKER UNDER GOD'S MIRACLE WORKING POWER. 26:10 PRAISE GOD! 26:22 THANK YOU SO MUCH, BROTHER GERSON, FOR BEING WITH US. 26:32 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US, TOO. 26:35 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. 26:36 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 26:38 STAY IN TOUCH. 26:39 YOU WILL HEAR MORE EXCITING STORIES. 26:41 UNTIL THEN; GOD BLESS. 26:50 CLOSING MUSIC. |
Revised 2015-02-06