[OPENING MUSIC] 00:00:00.60\00:00:22.73 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:00:22.73\00:00:24.43 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND YOU HAVE JOINED US ON A GREAT DAY. 00:00:24.43\00:00:27.46 WE'RE TRAVELING TO ETHIOPIA. 00:00:27.46\00:00:29.26 DAVID CROOK, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:00:29.26\00:00:31.96 THANK YOU. 00:00:31.96\00:00:33.33 YOU ARE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THREE COUNTRIES WITH GOSPEL 00:00:33.33\00:00:37.96 OUTREACH. WHERE IS THAT? 00:00:37.96\00:00:39.50 SOUTH SUDAN, ETHIOPIA AND EGYPT. 00:00:39.50\00:00:43.26 ALL VERY INTERESTING PLACES. 00:00:43.26\00:00:44.86 YES, INDEED. 00:00:44.86\00:00:46.43 I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET TO EGYPT BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION THAT EXISTS. 00:00:46.43\00:00:50.50 BUT YOU HAVE BEEN TO ETHIOPIA AND WE'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE 00:00:50.50\00:00:54.96 ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO ESPECIALLY BRING UP THE FACT THAT YOU ARE 00:00:54.96\00:00:59.70 FROM CANADA, AND YOU HEARD ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WHILE IN CANADA. 00:00:59.70\00:01:02.66 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:01:02.66\00:01:03.66 HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? 00:01:03.66\00:01:04.66 ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO. 00:01:04.66\00:01:05.86 WHAT HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH SINCE THEN? 00:01:05.86\00:01:06.60 IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE. 00:01:06.60\00:01:09.16 I JUST APPRECIATE THE WAY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE 00:01:09.16\00:01:16.36 VOLUNTEERISM, WITH ALL THE ADMINISTRATION AND TO SEE THESE PEOPLE SO DEDICATED. 00:01:16.36\00:01:22.66 IT'S THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION THAT I KNOW OF. 00:01:22.66\00:01:30.06 ABSOLUTELY. 00:01:30.06\00:01:31.36 FOR OUR FRIENDS IN CANADA WE'LL GIVE THE ADDRESS UP IN VERNON, 00:01:31.36\00:01:35.30 B.C. A LITTLE BIT LATER HERE IN THE PROGRAM. 00:01:35.30\00:01:38.26 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT ETHIOPIA BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 00:01:38.26\00:01:41.90 GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR TIME TOGETHER. 00:01:41.90\00:01:44.63 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE COUNTRY. 00:01:44.63\00:01:46.00 FOR A LOT OF US WE HEAR ABOUT THESE COUNTRIES HAVING NEVER 00:01:46.00\00:01:47.70 BEEN THERE, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. 00:01:47.70\00:01:48.70 GIVE US A LITTLE SYNOPSIS. 00:01:48.70\00:01:50.43 I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH ETHIOPIA. 00:01:50.43\00:01:52.53 ACTUALLY IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. 00:01:52.53\00:01:55.66 THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN COLONIZED. 00:01:55.66\00:01:58.03 THE POPULATION IS AROUND 78 MILLION. 00:01:58.03\00:02:01.03 THE LAND MASS IS NEARLY A MILLION SQUARE MILES. 00:02:01.03\00:02:06.46 IT'S A LARGE COUNTRY. 00:02:06.46\00:02:08.90 THERE ARE SOME VERY INTERESTING ASPECTS. 00:02:08.90\00:02:12.00 ONE IS THAT THEY ARE ON THE JULIAN CALENDAR. 00:02:12.00\00:02:14.83 EXPLAIN THAT PLEASE. 00:02:14.83\00:02:16.20 THAT MEANS THEY HAVE 13 MONTHS IN THEIR YEAR, 12 MONTHS WITH 30 00:02:16.20\00:02:21.93 DAYS. THE 13TH MONTH HAS FIVE DAYS EXCEPT ON A LEAP YEAR, OF COURSE, IT HAS 6 DAYS. 00:02:21.93\00:02:29.00 THAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING. 00:02:29.00\00:02:30.66 THEIR NEW YEAR IS SEPTEMBER 11. 00:02:30.66\00:02:33.36 ISN'T THAT AN INTERESTING DATE. 00:02:33.36\00:02:35.06 THE OTHER THING, WHEN I WAS THERE I WAS LOOKING AT THE CLOCK AND IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY CLOCK 00:02:35.06\00:02:38.66 WAS WRONG UNTIL I REALIZED THAT THE DAY STARTS AT 6 A.M. 00:02:38.66\00:02:44.13 INSTEAD OF 12 A.M. 00:02:44.13\00:02:45.66 YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ON JET LAG THE WHOLE TIME. 00:02:45.66\00:02:48.10 THEY ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THERE. 00:02:48.10\00:02:52.00 IT'S NOT SO HOT THERE BECAUSE IT'S A HIGHER ALTITUDE. 00:02:52.00\00:02:56.00 INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK OF IT AS VERY WARM. 00:02:56.00\00:02:59.60 AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I WAS THERE IN SEPTEMBER 00:02:59.60\00:03:04.03 IT WAS QUITE COOL BECAUSE THAT WAS THE RAINY SEASON. 00:03:04.03\00:03:08.20 ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE TO ME ARE BEAUTIFUL. 00:03:08.20\00:03:10.50 I HAVE EATEN ETHIOPIAN FOOD AND LOVED IT. 00:03:10.50\00:03:13.00 TELL US MORE. 00:03:13.00\00:03:16.26 THEIR CURRENCY IS WHAT THEY CALL A BIRR . 00:03:16.26\00:03:18.66 THERE ABOUT 17 BIRR TO AN AMERICAN DOLLAR SO YOU CAN FEEL VERY RICH WITH A BIG HANDFUL OF 00:03:18.66\00:03:24.73 BILLS BUT IT ISN'T REALLY ALL THAT MUCH. 00:03:27.86\00:03:31.73 SEVENTEEN CENTS TO THE U.S. 00:03:31.73\00:03:34.16 DOLLAR. 00:03:34.16\00:03:35.16 YES. 00:03:35.16\00:03:36.10 THERE ARE ABOUT 83 LANGUAGES AND 200 DIALECTS. 00:03:36.10\00:03:39.00 AND THAT'S WHAT IS SO WONDERFUL ABOUT THE WAY WE CARRY ON THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK WITH THE 00:03:39.00\00:03:45.40 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. 00:03:45.40\00:03:47.36 THEY KNOW THE DIALECTS, THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE. 00:03:47.36\00:03:49.73 ONE PERSON FROM ONE AREA MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONVERSE 00:03:49.73\00:03:55.13 WITH ANOTHER AREA BECAUSE OF A DIFFERENT DIALECT. 00:03:55.13\00:03:59.60 ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE LIVE OFF THE LAND 00:03:59.60\00:04:03.46 INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE IN SOME WAY LARGER OR SMALL. 00:04:03.46\00:04:07.00 LIKE WHAT KIND? 00:04:07.00\00:04:08.03 ARE THEY GROWING SOME KIND OF CROPS? 00:04:08.03\00:04:09.96 YES, THEY GROW ROOT CROPS AND THEY GROW GRAIN AND SOME FRUIT. 00:04:09.96\00:04:15.73 ANOTHER INTERESTING THING, I THINK I TOLD THIS BEFORE, BUT IN AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF 00:04:15.73\00:04:21.80 OUR ADVENTIST PEOPLE WHO ARE FARMERS THEY HAD TO GO TO A TOWN FOR MARKET DAY WHICH WAS SUNDAY. 00:04:24.30\00:04:30.93 THEY HAD DONE THIS FOR SOME TIME AND THAT WAS PRETTY WELL THEIR 00:04:30.93\00:04:37.30 ONLY INCOME. THE DAY WAS CHANGED TO SATURDAY. 00:04:37.30\00:04:39.90 WHY? 00:04:39.90\00:04:41.06 WELL, WHO KNOWS. 00:04:41.06\00:04:43.90 WE HAVE SOME IDEAS. 00:04:43.90\00:04:45.46 THE INTERESTING THING WAS AND THE WONDERFUL THING WAS THAT NOT 00:04:45.46\00:04:51.16 ONE SINGLE FARMER, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE DEPENDENT UPON THIS FOR ANY INCOME AT ALL, NOT ONE WENT ON 00:04:53.76\00:05:00.10 SATURDAY SO THERE WAS NO MARKET BECAUSE THEY WERE DEPENDING ON 00:05:00.10\00:05:07.13 ALL THESE PEOPLE. SO THE DAY WAS CHANGED BACK TO SUNDAY. 00:05:07.13\00:05:09.56 HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? 00:05:09.56\00:05:10.76 ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. 00:05:10.76\00:05:13.46 THAT'S EATING HUMBLE PIE. 00:05:13.46\00:05:16.13 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:05:16.13\00:05:17.73 THE INTERESTING THING TOO IS THAT IN ETHIOPIA ALMOST HALF OF THE POPULATION IS MUSLIM. 00:05:17.73\00:05:23.56 THE NEXT RELIGIOUS GROUP WOULD BE THE ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX. 00:05:26.53\00:05:32.60 I'M TOLD THAT UNTIL ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEEN HUNDREDS THESE PEOPLE WERE KEEPING THE 00:05:32.60\00:05:38.36 SEVENTH DAY SABBATH. 00:05:38.36\00:05:40.40 AND SOME OF THE VERY ORTHODOX ONES NOW WOULD STILL KEEP THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH. 00:05:40.40\00:05:45.76 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO KEEP BOTH SUNDAY AND SATURDAY. 00:05:45.76\00:05:49.93 THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME. 00:05:49.93\00:05:51.83 I HAD NEVER HEARD OF ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX. 00:05:51.83\00:05:55.23 AS FAR AS THE CHURCH IS CONCERNED, 00:05:55.23\00:05:59.83 THE COUNTRY IS GOVERNED BY WHAT WE CALL A UNION MISSION. 00:05:59.83\00:06:05.73 THAT UNION MISSION HAS FIVE DIFFERENT FIELDS. 00:06:05.73\00:06:09.00 WE DON'T CALL THEM MISSIONS, WE DON'T CALL THEM CONFERENCES, THEY ARE CALLED FIELDS. 00:06:09.00\00:06:15.53 THERE ARE FIVE FIELDS. 00:06:15.53\00:06:17.40 THEN THERE IS THE ATTACHED TERRITORY OF DJIBOUTI . 00:06:17.40\00:06:21.13 THAT IS MOSTLY ALL MUSLIM SO THERE IS NO EVANGELIZING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ALLOWED IN 00:06:21.13\00:06:27.06 THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 00:06:27.06\00:06:28.36 IT'S SO RESTRICTED THEY CAN'T EVEN DO THAT. 00:06:28.36\00:06:30.93 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:06:30.93\00:06:32.70 I MUST SAY THAT I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH ETHIOPIA WITH THE WAY THE CHURCH IS TAKING CARE OF 00:06:32.70\00:06:38.00 MATTERS THERE. 00:06:49.66\00:06:50.66 THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIBLE. 00:06:50.66\00:06:52.20 HERE WE HAVE THE UNION MISSION MAN WHO IS ROBEL GEZAHEGAN WITH 00:06:52.20\00:06:59.80 HIS DAUGHTER. HE IS IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE UNION MISSION. 00:06:59.80\00:07:04.86 THEN THE FIELDS EACH HAVE A MAN WHO TAKES CARE OF THE GOSPEL 00:07:04.86\00:07:12.83 OUTREACH WORKERS. HE HAS A BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND A BEAUTIFUL 00:07:12.83\00:07:14.56 DAUGHTER. YES. 00:07:14.56\00:07:16.40 THERE IS QUITE A CONSTRUCTION BOOM GOING ON IN ETHIOPIA RIGHT 00:07:16.40\00:07:21.36 NOW. THE INTERESTING THING IS, I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT 12 STORIES 00:07:21.36\00:07:26.03 THERE, BUT THE SCAFFOLDING IS ALL POLES TIED TOGETHER. 00:07:26.03\00:07:29.30 I LOOKED AT THAT AND I SAID I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'D WANT TO GO UP THERE OR NOT. 00:07:29.30\00:07:33.16 BUT ANYWAY, THERE IT IS AND THERE IS REALLY QUITE A BUILDING 00:07:33.16\00:07:38.86 BOOM GOING ON. IN THE LAST FIVE Y EARS I'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS 00:07:38.86\00:07:42.66 CHANGE THERE. ANY REASON WHY? 00:07:42.66\00:07:43.66 IS THE ECONOMY GOOD? 00:07:43.66\00:07:44.86 I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. 00:07:44.86\00:07:46.83 WHAT CITY IS THIS IN? 00:07:46.83\00:07:49.16 ADDIS ABABA. 00:07:49.16\00:07:50.30 BUT EVEN IN OTHER TOWNS I SAW BUILDING GOING ON LIKE THIS. 00:07:50.30\00:07:55.73 THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THAT OUR WORKERS GO OUT INTO REMOTE AREAS WHERE 00:07:55.73\00:08:03.30 THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO CHURCH MEMBERS WHATSOEVER AND THEY 00:08:03.30\00:08:08.46 BEGIN VISITING, STUDYING WITH PEOPLE AND THE NEXT THING THEY ARE BUILDING A CHURCH. 00:08:08.46\00:08:14.06 HERE IS A LITTLE CHURCH AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:08:14.06\00:08:18.76 THIS IS NEAR A PLACE CALLED DURAME . 00:08:18.76\00:08:22.03 THAT LOOKS LIKE A BUILDING BOOM TO ME TOO. 00:08:22.03\00:08:26.26 WELL, IT'S ALL BAMBOO POLES. 00:08:26.26\00:08:28.60 IT'S AMAZING HOW THEY DO THAT. 00:08:28.60\00:08:31.40 WHEN WE GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE THIS CHURCH IS WHAT A WONDERFUL WELCOMING COMMITTEE. 00:08:31.40\00:08:39.16 THESE LITTLE GIRLS CAME OUT AND GAVE US BOUQUETS. 00:08:39.16\00:08:41.70 THE MAN ON THE RIGHT BENDING OVER IS GORDON GRAY 00:08:41.70\00:08:44.50 WHO IS A PAST PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:08:44.50\00:08:46.73 HERE IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS WORKING THERE, BAPTIZING THE PEOPLE AND 00:08:46.73\00:08:52.80 BUILDING A CONGREGATION. 00:08:55.53\00:08:56.73 I PREACHED HERE. 00:08:56.73\00:08:57.90 YOU CAN SEE IT ISN'T FINISHED BY ANY MEANS BUT WE MET THERE. 00:08:57.90\00:09:04.10 IS IT COLD, HOT, HUMID? 00:09:04.10\00:09:05.30 IT WAS RATHER COOL AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. 00:09:05.30\00:09:07.56 I WAS THERE IN SEPTEMBER WHICH IS THE RAINY SEASON. 00:09:07.56\00:09:13.30 THERE YOU HAVE THE DEAR PEOPLE AND MOST EVERY CHURCH WILL HAVE 00:09:13.30\00:09:17.90 A LITTLE CHOIR. THEY MAKE THESE BEAUTIFUL CHOIR ROBES. 00:09:17.90\00:09:19.70 IT WAS A JOY MEETING WITH THESE DEAR PEOPLE. 00:09:19.70\00:09:25.43 ON THE LEFT IS THE LOCAL CHURCH ELDER. 00:09:25.43\00:09:28.10 HE WORKS FOR THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE TRYING TO HELP 00:09:28.10\00:09:31.76 FARMERS FIND A BETTER WAY OF FARMING. 00:09:31.76\00:09:33.73 THE MAN WITH THE BLACK SUIT IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ALONG 00:09:33.73\00:09:37.73 WITH TWO OF THE GENTLEMEN FROM THE CONGREGATION. 00:09:37.73\00:09:40.40 DO MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BECOME ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS HAVE MUSLIM BACKGROUNDS? 00:09:40.40\00:09:44.73 ARE THEY NON-CHURCH PEOPLE? 00:09:44.73\00:09:45.93 SOME NON-CHURCH PEOPLE BUT MANY FROM DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS. 00:09:45.93\00:09:48.73 THIS MAN WAS BAPTIZED JUST A WEEK BEFORE I ARRIVED. 00:09:48.73\00:09:52.03 THIS IS IN ANOTHER AREA WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS 00:09:52.03\00:09:56.03 WORKING. HIS WIFE WAS GOING TO BE BAPTIZED BUT SHE WAS SICK AND COULDN'T BE BAPTIZED THAT 00:09:56.03\00:10:01.36 SABBATH AND THE SABBATH I WAS THERE SHE WAS STILL SICK. 00:10:01.36\00:10:04.86 WE WENT IN AND HAD PRAYER WITH HER. 00:10:04.86\00:10:10.93 I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THE STYLE OF THESE HOMES THEY HAVE. 00:10:22.80\00:10:27.46 I LIKE IT. 00:10:27.46\00:10:28.46 IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO GO INSIDE. 00:10:28.46\00:10:31.13 IS THAT MUD, IT LOOKS LIKE, AROUND THE HUT THAT THEY USE? 00:10:31.13\00:10:33.66 YES, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 00:10:33.66\00:10:36.53 I SHOULD MENTION THAT THIS MAN WANTED TO DONATE LAND TO BUILD A CHURCH, THE ONE IN THE KAKI. 00:10:36.53\00:10:42.60 HE DOESN'T HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF LAND BUT THAT'S JUST HOW SACRIFICING THESE PEOPLE ARE. 00:10:47.53\00:10:53.60 THIS YOUNG MAN IS AN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN, A GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:10:58.03\00:11:03.26 WORKER. HIS NAME IS GEZAHEGN ERABO . 00:11:03.26\00:11:06.13 YOU SAY THAT VERY WELL. 00:11:06.13\00:11:07.50 IF I WAS IN ETHIOPIA THEY MIGHT CORRECT ME ON THAT. 00:11:07.50\00:11:12.40 HERE HE IS WITH THE PASTOR FOR THAT AREA. 00:11:12.40\00:11:16.40 THAT'S ANOTHER WONDERFUL ASPECT OF THE WAY THEY CARRY ON THEIR 00:11:16.40\00:11:21.26 WORK. THEY HAVE A PASTOR WHO WILL OVERSEE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:11:21.26\00:11:25.83 WORKERS. THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE LAYMEN AND TO HAVE A PASTOR WHO CAN GIVE THEM SOME 00:11:25.83\00:11:32.16 GUIDANCE AND SOME HELP IS A WONDERFUL THING. 00:11:32.16\00:11:35.36 THERE HE IS WITH HIM. 00:11:35.36\00:11:36.76 NOW THIS YOUNG MAN WENT TO A REMOTE AREA CALLED GUBUCHO . 00:11:36.76\00:11:41.76 IN GUBUCHO THERE WERE NO ADVENTIST MEMBERS. 00:11:41.76\00:11:47.26 HE STARTED VISITING THERE AND STARTED SOME BIBLE STUDIES. 00:11:47.26\00:11:53.60 IN HIS VISITATION HE CAME ACROSS A MINISTER OF A DIFFERENT 00:11:53.60\00:11:58.60 DENOMINATION. THIS MINISTER BECAME VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT 00:11:58.60\00:12:01.53 HE HAD TO SAY. THEY KEPT STUDYING TOGETHER TILL FINALLY THIS MINISTER WAS BAPTIZED. 00:12:01.53\00:12:07.83 THEN GEZAHEGN AND THE OTHER MINISTER STARTED VISITING THE MINISTER'S FORMER MEMBERS AND 00:12:07.83\00:12:13.90 SOME OF THEM WERE BAPTIZED. 00:12:17.13\00:12:18.80 IN FACT, SO MANY WERE BAPTIZED THAT THEY MADE A DECISION THAT THE CHURCH BUILDING THEY HAD 00:12:18.80\00:12:24.16 BEEN USING THAT WAS THEIRS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 00:12:24.16\00:12:28.20 SO IT WAS GIVEN BUT BEFORE VERY LONG IT WAS TOO SMALL AND THEY HAD TO BUILD ANOTHER CHURCH. 00:12:28.20\00:12:33.40 SO THIS IS HOW THE GOSPEL GOES-THESE PEOPLE GOING OUT INTO THESE REMOTE AREAS, 00:12:33.40\00:12:40.83 VISITING FROM HOME TO HOME, STARTING BIBLE STUDIES, 00:12:40.83\00:12:43.86 BAPTIZING PEOPLE THEN SOON BUILDING A CHURCH. 00:12:43.86\00:12:46.96 IT'S MARVELOUS THE WAY THIS WORKS, HOW WE'RE ABLE TO USE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND 00:12:46.96\00:12:54.80 THE CULTURE, UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE AND ALL THIS KIND OF 00:12:54.80\00:12:58.53 THING. ABSOLUTELY. 00:12:58.53\00:12:59.53 IT'S A REAL SUCCESS. 00:12:59.53\00:13:01.86 YOU TOO CAN GET INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BY GIVING YOUR 00:13:01.86\00:13:06.46 DONATIONS. MAYBE YOU CAN'T LITERALLY GET ON A PLANE AND MOVE TO ETHIOPIA, LEARN THE 00:13:06.46\00:13:11.60 LANGUAGE, ALL OF THE DIALECTS, ETC. SO THAT'S WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE MISSIONS 00:13:11.60\00:13:14.80 AND HIRES LOCAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD IN THEIR 00:13:14.80\00:13:17.76 HEARTS. THEY CAN GO OUT AND SHARE WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE 00:13:17.76\00:13:19.53 IN THEIR LIVES AND SHARE THAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 00:13:19.53\00:13:21.70 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED BY SENDING YOUR DONATION TO 00:13:21.70\00:13:28.60 IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET ON THE PHONE AND TALK WITH SOMEONE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 00:13:29.23\00:13:35.30 THAT STANDS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:13:48.00\00:13:53.76 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS.ORG. 00:13:53.76\00:13:55.33 OUR ADMINISTRATION IS ALL DONE HERE BY VOLUNTEERS. 00:13:55.33\00:13:59.83 AS WE HAVE MENTIONED, DAVID IS FROM CANADA. 00:13:59.83\00:14:03.33 HE LEARNED ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH VISITING VERNON, B.C. 00:14:03.33\00:14:06.66 AND THAT'S WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE IS IN CANADA. 00:14:06.66\00:14:10.23 WE WANT TO HAVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OUR CANADIAN FRIENDS AND A "THANK YOU" AS WELL TO ALL OF 00:14:10.23\00:14:14.23 YOU IN CANADA WHO ARE WORKING ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:14:14.23\00:14:17.10 IT'S A REALLY NEAT NEWSLETTER THAT WE SEND OUT TO YOU AND HIGHLIGHTS THINGS THAT ARE GOING 00:14:31.43\00:14:38.93 ON AROUND THE WORLD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:14:38.93\00:14:44.73 WORKERS. YOU'RE WELCOME TO RECEIVE THIS IN THE MAIL. 00:14:44.73\00:14:48.80 THE PHONE NUMBER IN CANADA IS 250-545-2212. 00:14:48.80\00:14:54.10 YOU ARE A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WHEN YOU ARE INVOLVED. 00:14:54.10\00:14:58.46 WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:14:58.46\00:15:03.46 THERE ARE 2000 MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU ARE PART OF 00:15:03.46\00:15:08.46 THAT FAMILY AND WE WANT TO SAY "THANK YOU." 00:15:08.46\00:15:10.73 WELL DAVID, TAKE US BACK PLEASE TO ETHIOPIA. 00:15:10.73\00:15:13.60 YES. 00:15:13.60\00:15:14.96 THIS PARTICULAR PLACE WHERE GEZAHEGN WENT WAS A PLACE CALLED 00:15:14.96\00:15:18.96 GUBUCHO. HE HAS BAPTIZED 57 SOULS THERE. 00:15:18.96\00:15:21.46 AFTER WORKING THERE FOR A YEAR HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO WORK AT ANOTHER PLACE AT THE SAME TIME 00:15:21.46\00:15:28.00 SO HE WENT TO A PLACE CALLED HOSANNA , AN INTERESTING NAME. 00:15:28.00\00:15:31.80 I LIKE THAT ONE. 00:15:31.80\00:15:33.16 HE STARTED GIVING BIBLE STUDIES THERE. 00:15:33.16\00:15:35.23 THERE WERE NO ADVENTISTS THERE. 00:15:35.23\00:15:36.93 BEFORE VERY LONG HE HAD BAPTIZED I THINK IT WAS 47 PEOPLE. 00:15:36.93\00:15:41.06 THEY HAVE A LITTLE CHURCH THERE. 00:15:41.06\00:15:43.13 WE VISITED THERE AND HAD A LITTLE SERVICE. 00:15:43.13\00:15:46.13 THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS TIMOTHY. 00:15:46.13\00:15:49.96 TIMOTHY GABISO IS AN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN. 00:15:49.96\00:15:53.73 HERE WE ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE MEMBER'S HOME. 00:15:53.73\00:15:59.30 HERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF TIMOTHY WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH PERSON FROM THE FIELD WHO WOULD 00:15:59.30\00:16:05.43 BE HIS SUPERVISOR. 00:16:08.93\00:16:10.83 TIMOTHY IS ON THE RIGHT WITH NO TIE. 00:16:10.83\00:16:15.96 NOW TIMOTHY WENT TO THIS REMOTE AGRICULTURAL AREA. 00:16:15.96\00:16:19.53 THERE WERE NO ADVENTISTS ANYWHERE NEAR. 00:16:19.53\00:16:21.50 IT WAS REALLY REMOTE. 00:16:21.50\00:16:24.00 HE BEGAN WORKING THERE AND IN ONE YEAR BAPTIZED 131 PEOPLE. 00:16:24.00\00:16:29.06 THEY BUILT A CHURCH. 00:16:29.06\00:16:32.66 THESE PEOPLE DON'T STAY IN ONE PLACE WORKING, THEY LOOK FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND WHILE HE 00:16:32.66\00:16:37.40 WAS NURTURING THAT CHURCH HE WENT TO ANOTHER AREA AND STARTED WORKING AND BEFORE VERY LONG AND 00:16:37.40\00:16:43.36 RAISED UP A CONGREGATION AND BUILT A CHURCH THERE. 00:16:43.36\00:16:46.73 WHEN I WAS IN ETHIOPIA IN SEPTEMBER I WAS SURPRISED TO MEET HIM IN ANOTHER AREA. 00:16:46.73\00:16:51.76 THEY HAVE MOVED HIM TO ANOTHER AREA. 00:16:51.76\00:16:53.90 HE POPPED UP SOMEWHERE ELSE? 00:16:53.90\00:16:55.10 YES. 00:16:55.10\00:16:56.13 I SAID, TIMOTHY, WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN YOUR DISTRICT? 00:16:56.13\00:16:58.90 DID YOU HAVE A THIRD CHURCH? 00:16:58.90\00:17:01.13 HE SAID YES, WE RAISED UP ANOTHER CONGREGATION AND BUILT ANOTHER CHURCH THERE. 00:17:01.13\00:17:06.20 SO NOW HE IS IN A NEW AREA. 00:17:06.20\00:17:08.33 THERE HE IS WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE GIVING BIBLE STUDIES. 00:17:08.33\00:17:13.83 HE HAS ALREADY BAPTIZED SEVERAL SO A NEW CONGREGATION IS STARTING AND BEFORE VERY LONG 00:17:13.83\00:17:18.76 THEY WILL BE BUILDING A CHURCH. 00:17:18.76\00:17:20.26 TALK ABOUT HAVING THE JOY OF THE LORD THAT YOU JUST CAN'T BE 00:17:20.26\00:17:23.26 QUIET. YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP GOING. 00:17:23.26\00:17:24.43 I LOVE IT. 00:17:24.43\00:17:25.43 YES. 00:17:25.43\00:17:26.70 IT'S EXCITING HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS WITH THESE INDIGENOUS 00:17:26.70\00:17:32.43 PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO. 00:17:32.43\00:17:33.43 IT'S A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS STORY. 00:17:33.43\00:17:35.33 IF WE SENT MISSIONARIES FROM NORTH AMERICA, AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING AGAINST THAT, 00:17:35.33\00:17:40.50 BUT LOOK WHAT IT WOULD COST. 00:17:40.50\00:17:43.33 THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE GIVEN A STIPEND THAT'S EQUAL TO A PROPER SALARY TO GIVE A PROPER LIVING 00:17:43.33\00:17:49.76 FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 00:17:49.76\00:17:51.33 IT'S SO VERY COST EFFECTIVE. 00:17:51.33\00:17:53.36 ESPECIALLY AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE ARE 83 LANGUAGES IN THIS COUNTRY AND 200 DIALECTS. 00:17:53.36\00:17:59.03 HOW COULD SOMEONE POSSIBLY. 00:17:59.03\00:18:00.73 YES, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GIFTED IN LANGUAGES BUT THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO ME. 00:18:00.73\00:18:06.40 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:18:06.40\00:18:08.00 SO BY CHOOSING SOMEONE FROM THE PARTICULAR AREA WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE, 00:18:08.00\00:18:12.46 THE DIALECT AND SO ON, THEY CAN GO TO WORK RIGHT AWAY AND KNOW HOW TO RELATE TO THE PEOPLE. 00:18:12.46\00:18:18.53 A THING OF BEAUTY. 00:18:20.60\00:18:22.20 HOW ABOUT SOME MORE PICTURES. 00:18:22.20\00:18:24.23 THIS IS YOHANNES . 00:18:24.23\00:18:25.46 GOOD NAME. 00:18:25.46\00:18:26.46 YES. 00:18:26.46\00:18:28.23 YOHANNES HAS RAISED UP CHURCHES IN DIFFERENT PLACES BUT THERE IS AN INTERESTING PROJECT THAT HE 00:18:28.23\00:18:33.16 IS DOING RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS A NEW VILLAGE. 00:18:33.16\00:18:37.63 YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S A DIFFERENT STYLE OF A HOUSE. 00:18:37.63\00:18:41.93 THEY ARE SQUARE AND THEY HAVE METAL ROOFS. 00:18:41.93\00:18:46.63 THIS IS A COMPLETELY NEW VILLAGE. 00:18:46.63\00:18:47.93 I HAVE NOT FOUND OUT EXACTLY WHY THEY ESTABLISHED THIS NEW 00:18:47.93\00:18:52.63 VILLAGE, BUT WE KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN TRANSITION THAT'S A VERY GOOD TIME TO APPROACH THEM WITH 00:18:52.63\00:18:59.06 THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. 00:18:59.06\00:19:00.06 THEY ARE MORE WILLING TO CHANGE AT THAT TIME. 00:19:00.06\00:19:04.20 MANY TIMES THEY ARE LIVING AMONG ALL KINDS OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND SO ON THAT MAKE IT VERY 00:19:04.20\00:19:10.26 DIFFICULT TO MAKE A CHANGE. 00:19:12.23\00:19:14.46 SO YOHANNES HAS MOVED RIGHT IN HERE. 00:19:14.46\00:19:17.56 HE STARTED WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE. 00:19:17.56\00:19:20.23 HE HAS BAPTIZED PEOPLE. 00:19:20.23\00:19:22.03 HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE FOR THAT 00:19:22.03\00:19:26.36 AREA. THEY RENTED THIS LITTLE BUILDING WITH JUST A MUD FLOOR. 00:19:26.36\00:19:31.30 A VERY SIMPLE LITTLE BUILDING BUT THERE IS THE CONGREGATION. 00:19:31.30\00:19:35.16 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PREACHING THERE ONE DAY. 00:19:35.16\00:19:39.36 IT WAS THRILLING TO MEET WITH THOSE PEOPLE, TO SEE THEIR 00:19:39.36\00:19:45.00 ENTHUSIASM. IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL THING WHEN WE PRESENT JESUS TO THE PEOPLE. 00:19:45.00\00:19:50.63 MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WORSHIP IN FEAR ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE WORSHIPPING DIFFERENT GODS. 00:19:50.63\00:19:57.23 JESUS GIVES THEM FREEDOM AND JOY AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIR 00:19:57.23\00:20:03.30 FACES. THEN TO HEAR THEM SING, WHAT A JOY THAT IS. 00:20:05.43\00:20:09.66 THEY SING FROM THEIR HEART. 00:20:09.66\00:20:10.76 TO SEE HOW THE WORK IS MOVING AHEAD IS REALLY THRILLING. 00:20:10.76\00:20:16.70 GOD IS BLESSING IN A MIGHTY WAY. 00:20:24.03\00:20:25.73 I BELIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS LED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WHEN YOU SEE HOW 00:20:25.73\00:20:32.46 COST EFFECTIVE IT IS, HOW MOST OF THE MONEY THAT IS DONATED 00:20:32.46\00:20:36.33 CAN GO DIRECTLY FOR PREACHING THE GOSPEL. 00:20:36.33\00:20:38.96 YOU KNOW, AS I'VE STUDIED THE GOSPEL COMMISSION I'VE WONDERED 00:20:38.96\00:20:42.80 MANY TIMES, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CARRY THE GOSPEL TO EVERY TRIBE 00:20:42.80\00:20:49.83 AND EVERY NATION. IT'S OVERWHELMING WHEN YOU THINK OF THESE SCATTERED VILLAGES 00:20:49.83\00:20:54.10 WAY OUT THERE IN THE JUNGLE AND SO ON. 00:20:54.10\00:20:55.93 HOW DO WE DO THAT? 00:20:55.93\00:20:57.36 WELL, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN THE ANSWER. 00:20:57.36\00:21:00.83 ANOTHER THING IS WE DON'T REPORT LARGE BAPTISMS USUALLY FROM AFRICA BECAUSE WE NEED TO 00:21:00.83\00:21:06.60 REALIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE DENSE POPULATIONS. 00:21:06.60\00:21:10.60 THEY ARE SMALL VILLAGES WHERE THESE PEOPLE GO. 00:21:10.60\00:21:13.26 BUT NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE VILLAGE IS, IF JESUS WOULD HAVE COME AND DIED FOR ONE SOUL EVEN 00:21:13.26\00:21:20.03 THOUGH IT'S A SMALL VILLAGE, WE NEED TO TAKE THE GOSPEL THERE. 00:21:20.03\00:21:23.86 AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. 00:21:23.86\00:21:25.26 I CAN'T PRAISE THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH ENOUGH. 00:21:25.26\00:21:28.73 I CAN'T BE EXCITED ENOUGH AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY 00:21:28.73\00:21:33.33 THAT IN MY RETIREMENT I HAVE FOUND SUCH A FULFILLMENT. 00:21:33.33\00:21:37.70 WELL DAVID, IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO HEAR YOUR STORY AND TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT 00:21:37.70\00:21:41.43 YOU HAVE VISITED. 00:21:41.43\00:21:42.50 I CONTINUE TO HEAR THE WORD "JOY" FROM YOU. 00:21:42.50\00:21:45.20 THAT IS A FABULOUS WORD FOR US TO HEAR AND JOY TO SEE THE PEOPLE IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW WHO 00:21:45.20\00:21:52.90 HAVE FOUND JOY IN THE LORD. 00:21:52.90\00:21:54.33 I THINK SOMETIMES IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE WE TAKE AT LOT OF THIS 00:21:54.33\00:21:58.56 FOR GRANTED, THE FACT THAT WE CAN GO TO A BOOK STORE AND CAN 00:21:58.56\00:22:00.93 CHOOSE FROM 57 DIFFERENT BIBLES IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE. 00:22:00.93\00:22:03.96 I THINK WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED. 00:22:03.96\00:22:07.40 IT'S LIKE YES, I KNOW THAT THE LORD LOVES ME AND I KNOW THAT I LOVE THE LORD BUT TO LEARN 00:22:07.40\00:22:12.90 SOMETHING NEW, WHEN YOU'VE FOUND SOMETHING NEW, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT IS, DON'T YOU? 00:22:12.90\00:22:16.13 ABSOLUTELY. 00:22:16.13\00:22:17.63 AND TO HAVE YOHANNES AND TIMOTHY TO GO AND SHARE ALL THOSE THINGS 00:22:17.63\00:22:22.40 IS WONDERFUL. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE VIEWERS WHO ARE WATCHING TO PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE. 00:22:22.40\00:22:26.20 PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS-TIMOTHY, YOHANNES AND THERE ARE SO MANY 00:22:26.20\00:22:31.16 OTHERS WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HERE. 00:22:31.16\00:22:32.76 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:22:32.76\00:22:34.46 NOT ONLY CAN WE HELP FINANCIALLY BUT WE CAN ALSO PRAY FOR THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT 00:22:34.46\00:22:38.20 THEY ARE GOING THROUGH PERSONALLY. 00:22:38.20\00:22:39.63 I SEE THE ROADS THEY ARE WALKING ON. 00:22:39.63\00:22:42.43 IT'S NOT LIKE THEY ARE IN THEIR NICE CAR DRIVING SOMEWHERE. 00:22:42.43\00:22:46.26 WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THEIR PROTECTION. 00:22:46.26\00:22:48.30 YES. 00:22:48.30\00:22:50.06 IT REALLY IS THRILLING. 00:22:50.06\00:22:51.33 AND SOMETHING ELSE IS TOO. 00:22:51.33\00:22:53.00 I HAVE FOUND THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY FAITHFUL. 00:22:53.00\00:22:56.00 I HAVE HEARD STORIES ABOUT HOW THESE PEOPLE AREN'T ALL THAT STABLE AND ALL THE REST OF IT. 00:22:56.00\00:23:02.20 BUT THEY ARE VERY FAITHFUL. 00:23:02.20\00:23:04.26 ANOTHER THING IS THAT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ENDEAVOR TO KEEP THE WORKER IN THAT 00:23:04.26\00:23:08.86 PARTICULAR AREA WHERE HE HAS RAISED UP A CHURCH 00:23:08.86\00:23:10.90 FOR THREE YEARS TO REALLY TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE. 00:23:10.90\00:23:15.46 AND THAT IS WORKING. 00:23:15.46\00:23:17.86 SO OUR APOSTASY RATE IS VERY VERY SMALL. 00:23:17.86\00:23:22.10 AND THAT'S THE LORD'S PROBLEM. 00:23:22.10\00:23:23.93 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:23:23.93\00:23:25.63 WE NEED TO SHARE WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE AND WHAT HE HAS GIVEN IN HIS HOLY BIBLE THEN IT'S UP 00:23:25.63\00:23:32.16 TO HIM TO CONTINUE THAT ON. 00:23:32.16\00:23:34.73 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:23:34.73\00:23:36.03 I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ABOUT A THOUSAND REQUESTS FOR 00:23:36.03\00:23:40.20 WORKERS THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FILL. 00:23:40.20\00:23:42.06 AND WHY IS THAT? 00:23:42.06\00:23:43.13 WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS. 00:23:43.13\00:23:45.03 HOW CAN WE FIX THAT? 00:23:45.03\00:23:46.63 WELL, WE JUST HOPE THAT THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING OUT THERE TODAY WILL SEE THE WONDERFUL 00:23:46.63\00:23:52.63 OPPORTUNITY THAT IS THERE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THIS VERY WORTHY 00:23:52.63\00:23:57.93 CAUSE. ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY FABULOUS ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE. 00:23:57.93\00:24:01.23 THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, IS 00:24:01.23\00:24:02.13 THE VOLUNTEERS. YOU AND I ARE NOT GETTING PAID TO SIT HERE. 00:24:02.13\00:24:04.73 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:24:04.73\00:24:06.26 THE CAMERA OPERATORS, THE PEOPLE IN THE CONTROL BOOTH, THE PEOPLE 00:24:06.26\00:24:10.83 IN THE OFFICE, THEY ARE NOT GETTING PAID. 00:24:10.83\00:24:12.63 IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER. 00:24:12.63\00:24:14.36 SO THAT MONEY CAN GO TO TIMOTHY AND YOHANNES TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO SHARE THE LOVE OF 00:24:14.36\00:24:18.60 THE LORD AND HAVE JOY. 00:24:18.60\00:24:20.26 DAVID, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, AND WE WISH YOU GOD'S SPEED IN ALL OF THE THINGS 00:24:20.26\00:24:25.20 THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON. 00:24:25.20\00:24:26.66 WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT RIGHT NOW FOR 00:24:26.66\00:24:31.96 YOUR TERRITORY? MORE WORKERS. 00:24:31.96\00:24:33.66 THERE ARE SO MANY UNENTERED TERRITORIES, SO MANY VILLAGES THAT NEED TO HEAR THE GOSPEL AND 00:24:33.66\00:24:40.60 SHARE IN THE JOY. 00:24:41.96\00:24:43.66 WHAT IS IT LIKE WITH THESE PEOPLE WHO BECOME CHRISTIANS. 00:24:43.66\00:24:47.46 ARE THEY INTERESTED IN BECOMING GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 00:24:47.46\00:24:52.03 THEMSELVES, LIKE THE RIPPLE EFFECT GOING THROUGH? 00:24:52.03\00:24:55.30 HAVE YOU SEEN THAT IN ETHIOPIA WHERE THEY HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO HAS SHARED 00:24:55.30\00:24:59.46 THE LORD AND THEN THEY WANT TO DO THAT? 00:24:59.46\00:25:01.13 YES, THAT'S HAPPENED. 00:25:01.13\00:25:02.76 THERE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO INDIVIDUALS 00:25:02.76\00:25:07.86 WHO HAVE BECOME GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:25:07.86\00:25:11.60 THERE ARE MANY DEDICATED PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO DO 00:25:11.60\00:25:17.00 THIS. MANY WHO ARE NOT ON A STIPEND OR NOT RECEIVING ANY REMUNERATION WHATSOEVER, 00:25:17.00\00:25:23.63 ARE OUT THERE SHARING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. 00:25:23.63\00:25:26.10 WHEN WILL YOU GO BACK TO YOUR TERRITORY? 00:25:26.10\00:25:29.66 IT WILL PROBABLY BE AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE I GO. 00:25:29.66\00:25:33.03 WE TRY TO GO ONCE A YEAR. 00:25:33.03\00:25:34.76 MATTER OF FACT, IN CANADA WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT, ANY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IS 00:25:34.76\00:25:41.06 ENCOURAGED, TO GO ONCE A YEAR TO CHECK ON PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING 00:25:41.06\00:25:45.13 DONE. BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS SORT OF HAD THAT SAME IDEA THAT WE SHOULD GO THAT OFTEN. 00:25:45.13\00:25:48.96 IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO GO AND ENCOURAGE AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND GIVE SOME HELP AND 00:25:48.96\00:25:54.46 ADVICE AND THAT TYPE OF THING. 00:25:54.46\00:25:56.76 THAT'S WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL DID. 00:25:56.76\00:25:58.96 YOU READ THROUGHOUT HIS WRITING AND HE'S ENCOURAGE, ENCOURAGING. 00:25:58.96\00:26:02.33 BLESSINGS TO YOU. 00:26:02.33\00:26:03.60 SAFE TRAVEL AS YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING 00:26:03.60\00:26:07.86 HERE. OH, MY PLEASURE. 00:26:07.86\00:26:09.20 WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A PART OF THE JOY OF GOSPEL 00:26:09.20\00:26:14.50 OUTREACH, THE JOY OF HELPING WITH SPREADING THE LORD'S WORK 00:26:14.50\00:26:17.80 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW IN THE AREA OF AFRICA WHERE DAVID'S TERRITORY IS AND ETHIOPIA, SUDAN 00:26:17.80\00:26:24.66 AND EGYPT. WE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN EGYPT WHO ARE HAVING POLITICAL ISSUES THERE AND WE 00:26:24.66\00:26:30.90 PRAY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THERE. 00:26:30.90\00:26:32.96 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND BEING PART OF THIS 00:26:32.96\00:26:35.96 MISSION, PLEASE GO TO 00:26:35.96\00:26:42.86 DON'T FEEL THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE WHAT YOU THINK YOU WOULD 00:26:42.86\00:26:47.53 LIKE TO GIVE. THAT'S WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER WHERE WE EACH GIVE FROM OUR HEART OF WHAT WE 00:26:47.53\00:26:52.06 HAVE. DAVID, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:26:57.63\00:27:00.80 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 00:27:00.80\00:27:04.13 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 00:27:04.13\00:27:06.93 [CLOSING MUSIC] 00:27:06.93\00:28:29.60