Participants: Leo Ranzolin
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000369
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00:02 OPENING MUSIC.
00:23 I GET TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM. 00:28 IT IS SPECIAL FOR SEVERAL REASONS. 00:30 THE FIRST ONE IS THIS IS A REPORT OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:36 THE NEXT REASON IS THAT THE REPORT FROM THE FRONT LINES IS ALWAYS SO EXCITING. 00:44 SO STAY TUNED BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING. 00:48 AND THIRD, IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY, MY DEAR FRIEND, LEO RANZOLIN. 00:55 MANY OF YOU WILL KNOW HIM BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN SUCH A MARVELOUS LEADER OF YOUNG 01:16 PEOPLE WITHIN OUR CHURCH. 01:21 I AM GOING TO BE TALKING MORE TO YOU ABOUT THAT. 01:23 TELL US LEO, WHERE WERE YOU BORN? 01:35 WHAT TYPE OF WORK HAVE YOU DONE? 01:39 AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? 01:42 I WAS BORN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF BRAZIL. 01:44 MY HOME TOWN IS ONE OF THE COLDEST CITIES IN BRAZIL, WAY DOWN SOUTH. 01:46 THAT MAY NOT BE VERY COLD. 01:47 I DIDN'T BECOME AN ADVENTIST UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 14 YEARS OLD. 01:55 MY FATHER WAS A RACE DRIVER. 01:58 YOU KNOW THE ITALIANS! 02:00 MY FATHER CAME FROM ITALY AND HE HAD RACING IN HIS BLOOD. 02:03 I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT BACK IN 1940, HE HAD HIS FIRST RACE ACROSS BRAZIL 02:07 AND TOOK SECOND PLACE. 02:08 HE HAD MONEY. 02:09 LATER ON BECAUSE OF THE WAR, 02:11 HE COULD NOT DO VERY MUCH BECAUSE HE HAD A FAMILY OF SEVEN. 02:15 I AM THE OLDEST ONE. 02:16 IN HIS FIRST RACE, DID HE USE A BRAZILIAN MADE CAR? 02:38 NO, IT WAS AN AMERICAN CAR, A BRAND NEW, BEAUTIFUL 1940 FORD. 02:43 I CAN STILL REMEMBER BEING SIX YEARS OLD AND THE SMELL OF THAT BRAND NEW CAR. 02:47 AFTER THE WAR, HE GOT A 1947 FORD. 02:54 HE DROVE IT IN MY HOME STATE IN A RACE. 02:57 BEFORE HE WENT OVER THERE, AN OLD ITALIAN LADY GAVE HIM A BIBLE. 03:03 OF COURSE, THAT CAUSED A LOT OF PROBLEMS 03:05 IN OUR FAMILY THAT I DON'T WANT TO MENTION RIGHT NOW. 03:08 I SAW THAT SOMETHING WAS DISRUPTING OUR FAMIILY. 03:11 I DID NOT KNOW IF MY PARENTS WOULD BE SEPARATED. 03:16 WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM THAT RACE, HE HAD FINISHED IN SECOND PLACE AGAIN. 03:19 I WANTED TO GO PLAY SOCCER AND GO TO THE MOVIES. 03:27 MY FATHER HAD MADE SOME MONEY. 03:30 I WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND HE ASKED ME WHERE I WAS GOING. 03:34 I SAID I AM GOING TO PLAY SOCCER THEN I GO TO THE MOVIES. 03:38 HE SAID, "LEO, INSTEAD OF PLAYING SO MUCH SOCCER AND GOING TO THE MOVIES, 03:42 YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK." 03:44 AND HE SHOWED ME THE BIBLE. 03:46 THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD SEEN A BIBLE. 03:49 WAS YOUR FAMILY CATHOLIC? 03:53 YES! 03:54 WE WERE RAISED CATHOLIC BUT HAD NEVER SEEN A BIBLE. 03:58 THERE WAS AN OLD GENTLEMEN THAT CAME AND GAVE BIBLE STUDIES TO US. 04:08 IT WAS AN INTERESTING SITUATION. 04:13 HIS WIFE WAS AGAINST THE BIBLE. 04:15 SHE WAS AGAINST THE CHURCH. 04:16 ONE TIME, SHE WENT TO THE CHURCH AND DRAGGED HIM OUT, AND THEN BURNED ALL HIS BOOKS. 04:21 SHE WAS A MEAN LADY. 04:23 SEE HOW GOD WORKS! 04:26 OUR WHOLE FAMILY CAME TO THE TRUTH. 04:30 MY MOTHER BECAME A FRIEND TO THIS BIBLE WORKER, THE OLD ITALIAN MAN. 04:35 ONE DAY I WAS WITH MY MOTHER 04:38 AND WE WERE LISTENING TO TWO PROFESSORS AT THE COLLEGE. 04:58 THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT BRAZIL COLLEGE. 05:01 I PROBABLY HAD BEEN A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST FOR THREE MONTHS. 05:05 MY MOTHER SAID THAT WAS THE SCHOOL I SHOULD GO TO. 05:09 THREE MONTHS LATER, I WAS THERE. 05:12 I FINISHED MY NORMAL SCHOOL WITH THEOLOGY. 05:33 I GOT INTO THE MINSTRY. 05:35 I HAD ABOUT SEVEN CHURCHES WHEN I STARTED MY MINSTRY. 05:40 THEN THE DESIRE CAME TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES. 05:42 I WAS INSPIRED BY MISSIONARIES THAT CAME IN AND SPOKE ENGLISH. 05:47 YOU WERE IN BRAZIL IN THE LEO HOLLOWAY DAYS? 05:54 I SURE WAS! 05:55 HE WAS FAMOUS. 05:58 EVERYONE KNEW HIM. 06:00 AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE HIS NAME. 06:02 I WAS HERE WITH MY FATHER IN LAW, WHO WAS THE SPEAKER OF THE VOICE OF PROPHECY. 06:09 I MET LEO JUST BEFORE HE DIED. 06:11 WE WERE VISITING IN THE HOSPITAL IN L.A. 06:14 THEN I CAME HERE TO STUDY AT LA SIERRA COLLEGE, 06:18 FOLLOWED BY POTOMAC UNIVERSITY AND THEN ANDREWS UNIVERSITY. 06:28 AFTER FINISHING IN THE 1960'S, I WENT BACK TO BRAZIL AND STARTED IN THE YOUTH MINISTRY. 06:35 LET ME JUST REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE IN TOUCH WITH US. 08:11 WRITE IT DOWN AND BE SURE TO REQUEST THE NEWSLETTER FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 08:14 THAT MONTHLY PUBLICATION CONTAINS MANY WONDERFUL LITTLE STORIES. 08:23 WE WANT YOU TO PRAY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 08:24 THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME INTERUPT. 08:26 ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT INTO YOUTH WORK. 08:35 ELDER PIERCE WANTED TO MAKE THE CHURCH A LITTLE MORE INTERNATIONAL. 08:39 I WAS THE YOUTH DIRECTOR FOR THE SOUTH BRAZILIAN UNION. 08:42 IN 1970, IN ATLANTIC CITY, ALL OF SUDDEN MY NAME APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. 08:50 I WAS ELECTED THE ASSOCIATE YOUTH DIRECTOR. 08:58 VICE PRESIDENT ELDER M.S. 09:02 NIGRI AND I WERE THE FIRST BRAZILIANS TO SERVE IN THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 09:05 I WAS THERE FOR 33 YEARS WITH THE FIRST YEARS ASSIGNED TO YOUTH MINISTRY. 09:08 IN 1980, I TOOK THE PLACE OF JOHN HANCOCK WHO IS WELL KNOWN IN THE NORTH PACIFIC UNION. 09:13 IN 1985 I BECAME THE ASSOCIATE SECRETARY. 09:16 YOU KNOW THE REST. 09:18 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR 13 YEARS. 09:21 IT WAS A TOTAL OF 33 YEARS IN THE OFFICE. 09:24 THAT IS A LONG TIME. 09:26 IT ALL STARTED BACK THERE WITH THAT FAITHFUL, FAITHFUL LADY, WHO GAVE 09:30 YOUR FATHER A BIBLE. 09:32 I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT LADY, VITORIA BASSI. 09:35 SHE HAD A SON THAT WAS A MINISTER. 09:37 EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT SHE WOULD COME TO OUR HOUSE AND SHARE THE WORD OF GOD. 09:44 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE VIEWING OUR PROGRAM, 09:49 I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU. 09:57 DON'T HESITATE TO GIVE A BIBLE TO SOMEONE. 10:01 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME MAY BE. 10:02 HERE YEARS AND YEARS LATER AND WITH MANY, MANY MORE SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM, 10:08 WE SEE THE RESULTS OF THE TESTIMONY OF THAT DEAR SISTER, VITORIA, AND HER WITNESS. 10:14 MAY I TELL YOU OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD ON ONE OF MY TRIPS WITH A BIBLE? 10:17 SURE! 10:18 I WAS TRAVELING FROM NAIROBI TO NEW YORK IN THE 1980'S. 10:21 EVERY TIME I GO INTO AN AIRPLANE, I LIKE TO READ THE BIBLE. 10:27 I'VE HAD SOME INTERESTING EXPERIENCES. 10:29 PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT THEY ALSO HAVE A BIBLE OR THEY ARE IN A BIBLE GROUP STUDY. 10:33 LET ME TELL YOU A STORY. 10:47 I WAS READING MY BIBLE AND HAVING PRAYER BEFORE LEAVING NAIROBI 10:52 AND THIS MAN ASKED ME WHO I WAS. 10:55 I SAID THAT I AM A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MINISTER. 10:57 HE SAID, "OH! 10:58 I AM A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER, 11:01 AND I AM A BRAZILIAN, TOO. 11:03 I AM GOING BACK ON FURLOUGH TO BRAZIL." 11:04 WE SPENT THE WHOLE NIGHT STUDYING THE BIBLE TOGETHER. 11:08 WHEN HE LEFT, I SAID TO HIM, "MY FRIEND, MY FELLOW BRAZILIAN, 11:15 INSTEAD OF HAVING HALF OF THE TRUTH, WHY DON'T YOU SOMEDAY HAVE THE WHOLE TRUTH?" 11:22 THAT STUCK IN HIS MIND. 11:25 HE WENT BACK TO BRAZIL AND HE STARTED STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD WITH VONNIE GARCIA, 11:30 WHO IS A WORKER AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:33 HER FATHER IS A MINISTER. 11:34 IN 1994, I WAS A VICE PRESIDENT SPEAKING 11:40 AT THE CENTENNIAL OF THE FIRST BAPTIST IN BRAZIL AND THIS MAN COMES TO ME. 11:46 HE SAYS, "SIR, DO YOU REMEMBER ME?" 11:48 OF COURSE, YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WE MEET IN OUR WORK. 11:55 IS HE A LAWYER OR A DOCTOR NOW? 11:56 I ASK HIM TO GIVE ME SOME CLUE. 11:58 HE TELLS ME, "MY CLUE IS, REMEMBER THE TRIP FROM NAIROBI TO NEW YORK?" 12:03 SURE! 12:04 "I AM THAT MAN. 12:05 I STARTED STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD AND COULD NOT BE A MINISTER ANY MORE. 12:11 I BECAME A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 12:13 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM A LOYAL ELDER IN MY CHURCH." 12:19 I COULD HAVE JUMPED THROUGH THE CEILING. 12:21 BECAUSE I OPENED MY BIBLE AND SHARED THE WORD OF GOD WITH HIM ON THE PLANE, 12:25 HE IS NOW A MEMBER OF MY CHURCH. 12:30 I HAVE THE LETTER AND I CARRY THAT LETTER WITH ME ALL THE TIME. 12:33 THAT IS SUCH A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE TO REALIZE THAT WE, SIMPLE HUMAN BEINGS, 12:45 GOD WILL USE FOR THE GLORY OF HIS NAME AND THE BUILDING OF HIS KINGDOM. 12:52 I AM HONORED TO HEAR YOU TELL THAT STORY. 12:57 YOU WERE ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE CHRISTIAN RECORD SERVICES? 13:07 YES! 13:08 TELL US ABOUT THAT ORGANIZATION AND YOUR WORK THERE. 13:19 ELDER FOLKENBERG, AT THE TIME, CHOSE EACH VICE PRESIDENT TO BE ON DIFFERENT BOARDS. 13:28 I ALSO HAD ADRA AND CHRISTIAN RECORD. 13:31 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT BEAUTIFUL ORGANIZATION FOR 13 YEARS. 13:36 I AM STILL A MEMBER OF THEIR BOARD. 13:38 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW BOB WILSON. 13:41 HE IS BLIND AND HAS A PHD. 13:44 HE BECAME BLIND WHEN HE WAS 2O YEARS OLD. 13:46 HE USED TO TEACH AT COLUMBIA UNION COLLEGE WHICH NOW IS CALLED 13:52 WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY. 13:53 MANY TIMES HE CRIED AND SAID TO ME THAT HE HATED TO BE BLIND. 13:57 GOSPEL OUTREACH NOW HAS A MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF. 14:04 WE WANT TO SERVE THE BLIND AND DEAF PEOPLE IN BRAZIL BECAUSE MANY TIMES THEY ARE FORGOTTEN. 14:08 THIS IS THE PICTURE OF THE PRESIDENT OF CHRISTIAN RECORD SERVICES. 14:12 IT OPERATES BY FAITH, JUST LIKE GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:16 MANY, MANY TIMES, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WOULD SURVIVE. 14:20 IT WAS STARTED 20 YEARS AGO AND IS STILL THERE. 14:25 WHAT DOES CHRISTIAN RECORD PROVIDE TO THE DEAF AND THE BLIND? 14:33 THEY PREPARE BOTH WRITTEN AND AUDIO MATERIALS. 14:38 THEY RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC 14:43 AND THEN THEY CAN GIVE AWAY EVERYTHING FREE TO THE BLIND. 14:47 THEY ARE HELPING THE BLIND TO SEE AND KNOW JESUS. 14:51 I SPOKE WITH LARRY PITCHER ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE EXPERIENCE IN OUR 15:02 VISITATION MINISTRY FOR THE BLIND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 15:06 HE WAS WITH ME IN FLORIDA THE OTHER DAY AND WE WENT TO VISIT A BLIND PERSON. 15:15 IT IS A TREMENDOUS MINISTRY, JUST LIKE GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:19 IT HAS BEEN PART OF MY HEART AND MY LIFE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 15:23 AS YOU SAY, WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER AS CAREFULLY AND FAITHFULLY AS WE CAN. 15:30 WE HAVE THE DEAF MINISTRY AS PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:34 WE HAVE JOHN BLAKE, WHO WAS IN BRAZIL WITH US. 15:38 I SHOULD TELL YOU HOW I GOT INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:41 I HAD BEEN SPENDING SOME SUMMERS IN THIS AREA AND ONE DAY, VONNIE GARCIA, 15:50 WHO WORKS HERE AS A VOLUNTEER, WANTED ME TO TRANSLATE SOME MATERIALS. 15:55 IN 2007 WAS THE VERY FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND CAME TO THE HEADQUARTERS. 16:01 I HAD HEARD ABOUT MANY OF THESE MINSTRIES AND SUPPORTED THEM, 16:05 SUCH AS ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSIONS AND MARANATHA. 16:14 I HAD BEEN WITH THEM IN MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, 16:17 AS WELL AS 3ABN AND GOSPEL OUTREACH. 16:20 THEY WORK COOPERATIVELY WITHIN THE CHURCH. 16:21 THEY ARE NOT INDEPENDENT. 16:23 THAT IS THE KEY, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH AMERICA. 16:25 I FINALLY BECAME INVOLVED AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE BOARD. 16:30 THERE WAS A DESIRE TO START GOSPEL OUTREACH IN BRAZIL. 16:34 WE HAD GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA AND USA. 16:36 JUST RECENTLY, THE WORK WAS STARTED IN BRAZIL. 16:44 BRAZIL IS THE FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY OF THE WORLD. 16:46 BRAZIL IS BOOMING RIGHT NOW. 16:47 I HAVE FLOWN MANY TIMES TO BRAZIL IN THESE SMALL PLANES. 16:49 AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO BRAZIL WITH A TEAM. 16:56 WE HAD A VERY NICE GROUP WITH GORDON GRAY, JOILO BARBOSA AND I. 17:06 DR. RON FLECK AND RICHARD MADSEN HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE. 17:12 IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE BRAZILIANS ARE NOT USED TO THE WORD, 17:21 "INDEPENDENT" MINISTRIES. 17:23 EVERYTHING IS OFFICALLY DONE THROUGH THE CHURCH. 17:29 IF YOU TALK ABOUT INDEPENDENT MINISTRIES, THEY DO NOT EVEN OPEN THE DOOR. 17:33 WE HAVE A PRESIDENT NOW, ERTON KOHLER , WHO WANTS TO BE PART OF THE WORLD CHURCH. 17:37 HE WANTS TO WORK WITH SUPPORTED MINISTRIES. 17:40 I HAVE CONVINCED HIM AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH. 17:45 WE MET IN WASHINGTON, WHEN I WAS THERE TRANSLATING IN PORTEGUESE FOR THE LEADERS. 17:50 THEY WERE ENCHANTED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:58 THEN I HAD THE GREEN LIGHT. 18:00 LAST DECEMBER WE WENT DOWN THERE AND ESTABLISHED AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND ALSO A BOARD. 18:17 THEY ASKED ME TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. 18:21 SO WE ARE NOW ON OUR WAY. 18:23 THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS TO GET THE THING ORGANIZED. 18:28 LET ME TRY TO PUT A CONTEXT HERE FOR OUR VIEWERS. 18:33 FOR GENERATIONS, MOST MISSIONARIES OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 18:41 HAVE ORIGINATED IN NORTH AMERICA TO GO TO FAR FLUNG CORNERS 18:52 OF THE EARTH. 18:54 EUROPE CAME LATER. 18:56 WE HAVE COME TO A TIME IN THE 21ST CENTURY WHERE NOW BRAZIL CAN BE A HOME FOR 19:05 MISSIONARY OUTREACH EVEN AS NORTH AMERICA STILL IS AND HAS BEEN FOR SO LONG. 19:19 BRAZIL IS BOOMING TODAY. 19:22 I AM TRYING TO GET MY MIND AROUND THE FACT THAT THE WORK OF GOD CAN ORIGINATE 19:28 IN MANY PLACES AND MULTIPLY THE RESOURCES AND THE INVESTMENT OF TIME. 19:34 THIS ASSOCIATION WITH BRAZIL IS SO EXCITING. 19:38 BRAZIL RIGHT NOW IS NUMBER ONE IN MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD. 19:42 IT IS THE LARGEST CATHOLIC COUNTRY AND THE LARGEST SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST COUNTRY. 19:47 WHAT IS THE MEMBERSHIP? 19:48 IT IS OVER 1 MILLION 600 THOUSAND, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 19:51 WOW! 19:52 IT IS BOOMING. 19:54 THEY ARE SENDING MISSIONARIES NOW. 19:57 THE PLAN IS THAT 30% OF ALL WE DO IN BRAZIL WILL GO FOR THE NEEDED AREAS OF THE NORTHEAST. 20:23 THE UNION PRESIDENT THERE IS PASTOR GEOVANI. THERE ARE MANY UNENTERED AREAS 20:32 IN EAST BRAZIL WHERE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD THE GOSPEL. 20:35 AND WE HAVE ALREADY HAD A REQUEST FOR TEN WORKERS TO GO OVER THERE. 20:41 YOU HAVE HEARD THE STORY OF BROTHER OSCAR GONZALES, JR. HE STARTED 12 YEARS AGO 20:48 AND HAS 5000 STUDENTS AND THEN 30 THOUSAND. 20:50 DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SPONSORS HE HAS NOW? 20:53 64 WORKERS! 20:54 HE WAS HERE WITH US AND HAD 100 WORKERS. 21:03 LEO GETS SO EXCITED WHENHE TELLS THE STORY. 21:05 IN THE LATE SPRING OF 2011, 21:12 OSCAR TOLD US ABOUT STARTING HIS OWN UNIVERSITY IN HIS CITY 12 YEARS AGO. 21:22 NOW HE HAS MORE THAN 5000 STUDENTS IN THIS SCHOOL. 21:30 THE CURRICULUM STARTED WITH BIBLE STUDY OF THEOLOGY. 21:35 HE HAS AN ARAY OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS. 21:41 MOST OF THESE STUDENTS ARE NOT ADVENTISTS. 21:46 THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH INSPIRED HIM 21:52 WHEN HE VISITED THE HEADQUARTERS AND BECAME PART OF THE BOARD. 21:55 HE HAS 64 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT HE IS SPONSORING TO WORK. 22:09 THIS YEAR, HE WANTS TO HAVE 100 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 22:15 YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS NORTHEAST TERRITORY 22:17 WHERE THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WILL BE PLACED. 22:19 WE CAN SAY THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IN BRAZIL IS ALREADY PROSPERING WITH 100 WORKERS. 22:24 WHAT DOES IVE STAND FOR? 22:27 IT IS THE SAME WORD AS "GO". 22:29 IT MEANS," THE INSTITUTO FOR THE DISSEMINACAO DO EVANELHO . 22:33 IT IS AN INSTITUTE TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL. 22:35 THE WORD IN PORTUGUESE IS "ID" FOR GO. 22:41 THIS IS KIND OF EXCITING TO"GO, GO"! 22:44 EXACTLY! 22:46 THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF "GO, GO". 22:53 IF YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING PAST EPISODES OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS", 22:56 YOU HAVE ALREADY MET GERSON AND OSMAR. 23:04 HIS ENTHUSIASM IS ALSO MAGNETIC WITH THIS MAN, OSCAR, AND HIS WIFE. 23:07 HE WAS HERE IN COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON, AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 23:14 THESE PEOPLE GOT EXCITED AND INSPIRED. 23:21 THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE IN NOVEMEBER. 23:23 I AM GOING NOW TO AN APPOINTMENT THAT I HAVE IN BRAZIL. 23:25 WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH. 23:27 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MOVE AHEAD SLOWLY WITH BUREAUCRACY. 23:32 BEFORE WE STARTED THERE, WE NEEDED TO CATCH THE VISION HERE. 23:38 THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS ALL ABOUT. 23:40 THEIR EYES HAVE NOW BEEN OPENED. 23:42 THEY WERE JUST SO INSPIRED THAT THEY LEFT THIS PLACE ON FIRE. 23:46 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH HEADQUARTERS IS WHERE THE ORGANIZATION WAS BORN BY 23:57 THE VISION OF ONE MAN IN 1993. 24:03 WE HAVE STRUGGLED, LOOKED AND WORKED TO HAVE A HEADQUARTERS FACILITY. 24:09 LEO PUFFED OUT HIS CHEST AND THREW HIS SHOULDERS BACK TO SAY THAT IN BRAZIL, 24:15 @ 24:15 THEY ALREADY HAVE A HEADQUARTERS. 24:18 WE SURE DO! 24:19 THIS IS A BUILDING THAT IS CLOSE TO A SCHOOL. 24:22 THE UNIVERSITY HAS THREE CAMPUSES. 24:24 THE SCHOOL THAT I ATTENDED WAS IN THE CITY OF SAO PAULO, CAMPINAS AND UNASP 24:31 WAS THE MAIN PLACE. 24:33 ONE OF MY FORMER TEACHERS WAS ELDER KORSKI. 24:39 HE IS IN CHARGE OF THIS BUILDING THAT IS BEING USED ONCE A MONTH 24:45 OR EVERY QUARTER FOR THE RETIREES. 24:47 HE TOLD US THAT IT WAS OUR BUILDING. 24:49 HE GAVE THE ADDRESS AND WE HAVE THE P.O. 24:52 BOX NUMBER, SO WE ARE READY TO GO. 24:55 ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS WADE THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY. 24:57 IT TOOK THE PRESIDENT SEVEN TRIPS TO GET THE BANK ACCOUNT READY. 25:06 WHEN HE WAS JUST ABOUT DONE, HE HAD TO GO TO THE CENTRAL BANK. 25:09 WITH BUREACRACY THE WAY IT IS, I ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:16 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 25:18 IT IS OSMAR REIS. 25:22 HE IS A FORMER DIVISION LEADER. 25:25 HE IS THE ONE THAT STARTED THE SMALL GROUPS MINISTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA. 25:30 SINCE HE IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE, HE KNOWS EVERYONE. 25:36 I WISH THE FOLKS COULD HAVE BEEN HERE TO HEAR HIM ON SABBATH. 25:43 I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD THAT HE SAID BUT I COULD UNDERSTAND HIS ENTHUSIASIUM. 25:50 YOU DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE YOUR EYES OFF OF HIM OR BE DISTRACTED IN ANY WAY. 25:55 LEO WAS RIGHT THERE TO TRANSLATE EVERYTHING. 25:57 WHAT A WONDERFUL MESSAGE. 25:59 THAT MAN IS PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN BRAZIL. 26:02 HERE IS THE SECRETARY THAT YOU INTERVIEWED. 26:06 ONE OF OUR FORMER MINISTERS IS THE TREASURER. 26:12 WE HAVE MANY BUSINESS MEN THAT ARE PART OF IT. 26:14 AND MAYBE YOU KNOW DR. MILTON AFONSO? 26:16 YES! 26:17 THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH ALL THE MEN. 26:22 THEY WILL PRESENT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO THEM. 26:24 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. 26:26 THE TIME HAS JUST RACED BY FOR US, LEO. 26:29 GOD BLESS YOU! 26:30 WHAT A JOY TO SEE YOU AGAIN! 26:32 IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU WITH US HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 26:36 WE WILL BE BACK HERE NEXT TIME. 26:40 AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE PRAYING FOR US AND BE WITH US AS WELL. 26:45 GOD BLESS! 26:46 CLOSING MUSIC. |
Revised 2015-02-06