Participants: Dave Crook
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000396
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00:22 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:24 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND YOU HAVE JOINED US ON A GREAT DAY. 00:27 WE'RE TRAVELING TO ETHIOPIA. 00:29 DAVID CROOK, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:31 THANK YOU. 00:33 YOU ARE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THREE COUNTRIES WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:37 WHERE IS THAT? 00:39 SOUTH SUDAN, ETHIOPIA AND EGYPT. 00:43 ALL VERY INTERESTING PLACES. 00:44 YES, INDEED. 00:46 I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET TO EGYPT BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION THAT EXISTS. 00:50 BUT YOU HAVE BEEN TO ETHIOPIA AND WE'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE ABOUT THAT. 00:54 I WANT TO ESPECIALLY BRING UP THE FACT THAT YOU ARE FROM CANADA, 00:59 AND YOU HEARD ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WHILE IN CANADA. 01:02 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:03 HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? 01:04 ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO. 01:05 WHAT HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH SINCE THEN? 01:06 IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE. 01:09 I JUST APPRECIATE THE WAY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE VOLUNTEERISM, 01:16 WITH ALL THE ADMINISTRATION AND TO SEE THESE PEOPLE SO DEDICATED. 01:22 IT'S THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION THAT I KNOW OF. 01:30 ABSOLUTELY. 01:31 FOR OUR FRIENDS IN CANADA WE'LL GIVE THE ADDRESS UP IN VERNON, B.C. 01:35 A LITTLE BIT LATER HERE IN THE PROGRAM. 01:38 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT ETHIOPIA BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 01:41 GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR TIME TOGETHER. 01:44 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE COUNTRY. 01:46 FOR A LOT OF US WE HEAR ABOUT THESE COUNTRIES HAVING NEVER BEEN THERE, 01:47 BUT YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. 01:48 GIVE US A LITTLE SYNOPSIS. 01:50 I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH ETHIOPIA. 01:52 ACTUALLY IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. 01:55 THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN COLONIZED. 01:58 THE POPULATION IS AROUND 78 MILLION. 02:01 THE LAND MASS IS NEARLY A MILLION SQUARE MILES. 02:06 IT'S A LARGE COUNTRY. 02:08 THERE ARE SOME VERY INTERESTING ASPECTS. 02:12 ONE IS THAT THEY ARE ON THE JULIAN CALENDAR. 02:14 EXPLAIN THAT PLEASE. 02:16 THAT MEANS THEY HAVE 13 MONTHS IN THEIR YEAR, 12 MONTHS WITH 30 DAYS. 02:21 THE 13TH MONTH HAS FIVE DAYS EXCEPT ON A LEAP YEAR, OF COURSE, IT HAS 6 DAYS. 02:29 THAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING. 02:30 THEIR NEW YEAR IS SEPTEMBER 11. 02:33 ISN'T THAT AN INTERESTING DATE. 02:35 THE OTHER THING, WHEN I WAS THERE I WAS LOOKING AT THE CLOCK AND IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY CLOCK 02:38 WAS WRONG UNTIL I REALIZED THAT THE DAY STARTS AT 6 A.M. 02:44 INSTEAD OF 12 A.M. 02:45 YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ON JET LAG THE WHOLE TIME. 02:48 THEY ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THERE. 02:52 IT'S NOT SO HOT THERE BECAUSE IT'S A HIGHER ALTITUDE. 02:56 INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK OF IT AS VERY WARM. 02:59 AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I WAS THERE IN SEPTEMBER 03:04 IT WAS QUITE COOL BECAUSE THAT WAS THE RAINY SEASON. 03:08 ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE TO ME ARE BEAUTIFUL. 03:10 I HAVE EATEN ETHIOPIAN FOOD AND LOVED IT. 03:13 TELL US MORE. 03:16 THEIR CURRENCY IS WHAT THEY CALL A BIRR . 03:18 THERE ABOUT 17 BIRR TO AN AMERICAN DOLLAR SO YOU CAN FEEL VERY RICH WITH A BIG HANDFUL OF 03:27 BILLS BUT IT ISN'T REALLY ALL THAT MUCH. 03:31 SEVENTEEN CENTS TO THE U.S. 03:34 DOLLAR. 03:35 YES. 03:36 THERE ARE ABOUT 83 LANGUAGES AND 200 DIALECTS. 03:39 AND THAT'S WHAT IS SO WONDERFUL ABOUT THE WAY WE CARRY ON THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK WITH THE 03:45 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. 03:47 THEY KNOW THE DIALECTS, THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE. 03:49 ONE PERSON FROM ONE AREA MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONVERSE 03:55 WITH ANOTHER AREA BECAUSE OF A DIFFERENT DIALECT. 03:59 ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE LIVE OFF THE LAND 04:03 INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURE IN SOME WAY LARGER OR SMALL. 04:07 LIKE WHAT KIND? 04:08 ARE THEY GROWING SOME KIND OF CROPS? 04:09 YES, THEY GROW ROOT CROPS AND THEY GROW GRAIN AND SOME FRUIT. 04:15 ANOTHER INTERESTING THING, I THINK I TOLD THIS BEFORE, BUT IN AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF 04:24 OUR ADVENTIST PEOPLE WHO ARE FARMERS THEY HAD TO GO TO A TOWN FOR MARKET DAY WHICH WAS SUNDAY. 04:30 THEY HAD DONE THIS FOR SOME TIME AND THAT WAS PRETTY WELL THEIR ONLY INCOME. 04:37 THE DAY WAS CHANGED TO SATURDAY. 04:39 WHY? 04:41 WELL, WHO KNOWS. 04:43 WE HAVE SOME IDEAS. 04:45 THE INTERESTING THING WAS AND THE WONDERFUL THING WAS THAT NOT ONE SINGLE FARMER, 04:53 ALTHOUGH THEY WERE DEPENDENT UPON THIS FOR ANY INCOME AT ALL, NOT ONE WENT ON SATURDAY SO 05:00 THERE WAS NO MARKET BECAUSE THEY WERE DEPENDING ON ALL THESE PEOPLE. 05:07 SO THE DAY WAS CHANGED BACK TO SUNDAY. 05:09 HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? 05:10 ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. 05:13 THAT'S EATING HUMBLE PIE. 05:16 THAT'S RIGHT. 05:17 THE INTERESTING THING TOO IS THAT IN ETHIOPIA ALMOST HALF OF THE POPULATION IS MUSLIM. 05:26 THE NEXT RELIGIOUS GROUP WOULD BE THE ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX. 05:32 I'M TOLD THAT UNTIL ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEEN HUNDREDS THESE PEOPLE WERE KEEPING THE 05:38 SEVENTH DAY SABBATH. 05:40 AND SOME OF THE VERY ORTHODOX ONES NOW WOULD STILL KEEP THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH. 05:45 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO KEEP BOTH SUNDAY AND SATURDAY. 05:49 THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME. 05:51 I HAD NEVER HEARD OF ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX. 05:55 AS FAR AS THE CHURCH IS CONCERNED, 05:59 THE COUNTRY IS GOVERNED BY WHAT WE CALL A UNION MISSION. 06:05 THAT UNION MISSION HAS FIVE DIFFERENT FIELDS. 06:09 WE DON'T CALL THEM MISSIONS, WE DON'T CALL THEM CONFERENCES, THEY ARE CALLED FIELDS. 06:15 THERE ARE FIVE FIELDS. 06:17 THEN THERE IS THE ATTACHED TERRITORY OF DJIBOUTI . 06:21 THAT IS MOSTLY ALL MUSLIM SO THERE IS NO EVANGELIZING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ALLOWED IN 06:27 THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 06:28 IT'S SO RESTRICTED THEY CAN'T EVEN DO THAT. 06:30 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:32 I MUST SAY THAT I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH ETHIOPIA WITH THE WAY THE CHURCH IS TAKING CARE OF 06:49 MATTERS THERE. 06:50 THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIBLE. 06:52 HERE WE HAVE THE UNION MISSION MAN WHO IS ROBEL GEZAHEGAN WITH HIS DAUGHTER. 06:59 HE IS IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE UNION MISSION. 07:04 THEN THE FIELDS EACH HAVE A MAN WHO TAKES CARE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 07:12 HE HAS A BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER. 07:14 YES. 07:16 THERE IS QUITE A CONSTRUCTION BOOM GOING ON IN ETHIOPIA RIGHT NOW. 07:21 THE INTERESTING THING IS, I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT 12 STORIES THERE, 07:26 BUT THE SCAFFOLDING IS ALL POLES TIED TOGETHER. 07:29 I LOOKED AT THAT AND I SAID I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'D WANT TO GO UP THERE OR NOT. 07:33 BUT ANYWAY, THERE IT IS AND THERE IS REALLY QUITE A BUILDING BOOM GOING ON. 07:38 IN THE LAST FIVE Y EARS I'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS CHANGE THERE. 07:42 ANY REASON WHY? 07:43 IS THE ECONOMY GOOD? 07:44 I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. 07:46 WHAT CITY IS THIS IN? 07:49 ADDIS ABABA. 07:50 BUT EVEN IN OTHER TOWNS I SAW BUILDING GOING ON LIKE THIS. 07:55 THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THAT OUR WORKERS GO OUT INTO REMOTE AREAS WHERE 08:03 THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO CHURCH MEMBERS WHATSOEVER AND THEY BEGIN VISITING, 08:08 STUDYING WITH PEOPLE AND THE NEXT THING THEY ARE BUILDING A CHURCH. 08:14 HERE IS A LITTLE CHURCH AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 08:18 THIS IS NEAR A PLACE CALLED DURAME . 08:22 THAT LOOKS LIKE A BUILDING BOOM TO ME TOO. 08:26 WELL, IT'S ALL BAMBOO POLES. 08:28 IT'S AMAZING HOW THEY DO THAT. 08:31 WHEN WE GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE THIS CHURCH IS WHAT A WONDERFUL WELCOMING COMMITTEE. 08:39 THESE LITTLE GIRLS CAME OUT AND GAVE US BOUQUETS. 08:41 THE MAN ON THE RIGHT BENDING OVER IS GORDON GRAY 08:44 WHO IS A PAST PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 08:46 HERE IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS WORKING THERE, BAPTIZING THE PEOPLE AND 08:55 BUILDING A CONGREGATION. 08:56 I PREACHED HERE. 08:57 YOU CAN SEE IT ISN'T FINISHED BY ANY MEANS BUT WE MET THERE. 09:04 IS IT COLD, HOT, HUMID? 09:05 IT WAS RATHER COOL AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. 09:07 I WAS THERE IN SEPTEMBER WHICH IS THE RAINY SEASON. 09:13 THERE YOU HAVE THE DEAR PEOPLE AND MOST EVERY CHURCH WILL HAVE A LITTLE CHOIR. 09:17 THEY MAKE THESE BEAUTIFUL CHOIR ROBES. 09:19 IT WAS A JOY MEETING WITH THESE DEAR PEOPLE. 09:25 ON THE LEFT IS THE LOCAL CHURCH ELDER. 09:28 HE WORKS FOR THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE TRYING TO HELP FARMERS 09:31 FIND A BETTER WAY OF FARMING. 09:33 THE MAN WITH THE BLACK SUIT IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ALONG 09:37 WITH TWO OF THE GENTLEMEN FROM THE CONGREGATION. 09:40 DO MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BECOME ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS HAVE MUSLIM BACKGROUNDS? 09:44 ARE THEY NON-CHURCH PEOPLE? 09:45 SOME NON-CHURCH PEOPLE BUT MANY FROM DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS. 09:48 THIS MAN WAS BAPTIZED JUST A WEEK BEFORE I ARRIVED. 09:52 THIS IS IN ANOTHER AREA WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS WORKING. 09:56 HIS WIFE WAS GOING TO BE BAPTIZED BUT SHE WAS SICK AND COULDN'T BE BAPTIZED THAT 10:01 SABBATH AND THE SABBATH I WAS THERE SHE WAS STILL SICK. 10:04 WE WENT IN AND HAD PRAYER WITH HER. 10:22 I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THE STYLE OF THESE HOMES THEY HAVE. 10:27 I LIKE IT. 10:28 IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO GO INSIDE. 10:31 IS THAT MUD, IT LOOKS LIKE, AROUND THE HUT THAT THEY USE? 10:33 YES, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 10:36 I SHOULD MENTION THAT THIS MAN WANTED TO DONATE LAND TO BUILD A CHURCH, THE ONE IN THE KAKI. 10:47 HE DOESN'T HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF LAND BUT THAT'S JUST HOW SACRIFICING THESE PEOPLE ARE. 10:58 THIS YOUNG MAN IS AN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN, A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 11:03 HIS NAME IS GEZAHEGN ERABO . 11:06 YOU SAY THAT VERY WELL. 11:07 IF I WAS IN ETHIOPIA THEY MIGHT CORRECT ME ON THAT. 11:12 HERE HE IS WITH THE PASTOR FOR THAT AREA. 11:16 THAT'S ANOTHER WONDERFUL ASPECT OF THE WAY THEY CARRY ON THEIR WORK. 11:21 THEY HAVE A PASTOR WHO WILL OVERSEE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 11:25 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE LAYMEN AND TO HAVE A PASTOR WHO CAN GIVE THEM SOME GUIDANCE AND 11:32 SOME HELP IS A WONDERFUL THING. 11:35 THERE HE IS WITH HIM. 11:36 NOW THIS YOUNG MAN WENT TO A REMOTE AREA CALLED GUBUCHO . 11:41 IN GUBUCHO THERE WERE NO ADVENTIST MEMBERS. 11:47 HE STARTED VISITING THERE AND STARTED SOME BIBLE STUDIES. 11:53 IN HIS VISITATION HE CAME ACROSS A MINISTER OF A DIFFERENT DENOMINATION. 11:58 THIS MINISTER BECAME VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. 12:01 THEY KEPT STUDYING TOGETHER TILL FINALLY THIS MINISTER WAS BAPTIZED. 12:07 THEN GEZAHEGN AND THE OTHER MINISTER STARTED VISITING THE MINISTER'S FORMER MEMBERS AND 12:17 SOME OF THEM WERE BAPTIZED. 12:18 IN FACT, SO MANY WERE BAPTIZED THAT THEY MADE A DECISION THAT THE CHURCH BUILDING THEY HAD 12:24 BEEN USING THAT WAS THEIRS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 12:28 SO IT WAS GIVEN BUT BEFORE VERY LONG IT WAS TOO SMALL AND THEY HAD TO BUILD ANOTHER CHURCH. 12:33 SO THIS IS HOW THE GOSPEL GOES-THESE PEOPLE GOING OUT INTO THESE REMOTE AREAS, 12:40 VISITING FROM HOME TO HOME, STARTING BIBLE STUDIES, 12:43 BAPTIZING PEOPLE THEN SOON BUILDING A CHURCH. 12:46 IT'S MARVELOUS THE WAY THIS WORKS, HOW WE'RE ABLE TO USE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND 12:54 THE CULTURE, UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING. 12:58 ABSOLUTELY. 12:59 IT'S A REAL SUCCESS. 13:01 YOU TOO CAN GET INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BY GIVING YOUR DONATIONS. 13:06 MAYBE YOU CAN'T LITERALLY GET ON A PLANE AND MOVE TO ETHIOPIA, LEARN THE LANGUAGE, 13:11 ALL OF THE DIALECTS, ETC. SO THAT'S WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE MISSIONS AND HIRES 13:14 LOCAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD IN THEIR HEARTS. 13:17 THEY CAN GO OUT AND SHARE WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE 13:19 IN THEIR LIVES AND SHARE THAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 13:21 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED BY SENDING YOUR DONATION TO 13:29 IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET ON THE PHONE AND TALK WITH SOMEONE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 13:48 THAT STANDS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:53 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS.ORG. 13:55 OUR ADMINISTRATION IS ALL DONE HERE BY VOLUNTEERS. 13:59 AS WE HAVE MENTIONED, DAVID IS FROM CANADA. 14:03 HE LEARNED ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH VISITING VERNON, B.C. 14:06 AND THAT'S WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE IS IN CANADA. 14:10 WE WANT TO HAVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OUR CANADIAN FRIENDS AND A "THANK YOU" AS WELL TO ALL OF 14:14 YOU IN CANADA WHO ARE WORKING ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:31 IT'S A REALLY NEAT NEWSLETTER THAT WE SEND OUT TO YOU AND HIGHLIGHTS THINGS THAT ARE GOING 14:38 ON AROUND THE WORLD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 14:44 YOU'RE WELCOME TO RECEIVE THIS IN THE MAIL. 14:48 THE PHONE NUMBER IN CANADA IS 250-545-2212. 14:54 YOU ARE A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WHEN YOU ARE INVOLVED. 14:58 WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:03 THERE ARE 2000 MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU ARE PART OF 15:08 THAT FAMILY AND WE WANT TO SAY "THANK YOU." 15:10 WELL DAVID, TAKE US BACK PLEASE TO ETHIOPIA. 15:13 YES. 15:14 THIS PARTICULAR PLACE WHERE GEZAHEGN WENT WAS A PLACE CALLED GUBUCHO. 15:18 HE HAS BAPTIZED 57 SOULS THERE. 15:21 AFTER WORKING THERE FOR A YEAR HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO WORK AT ANOTHER PLACE AT THE SAME TIME 15:28 SO HE WENT TO A PLACE CALLED HOSANNA , AN INTERESTING NAME. 15:31 I LIKE THAT ONE. 15:33 HE STARTED GIVING BIBLE STUDIES THERE. 15:35 THERE WERE NO ADVENTISTS THERE. 15:36 BEFORE VERY LONG HE HAD BAPTIZED I THINK IT WAS 47 PEOPLE. 15:41 THEY HAVE A LITTLE CHURCH THERE. 15:43 WE VISITED THERE AND HAD A LITTLE SERVICE. 15:46 THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS TIMOTHY. 15:49 TIMOTHY GABISO IS AN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN. 15:53 HERE WE ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE MEMBER'S HOME. 15:59 HERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF TIMOTHY WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH PERSON FROM THE FIELD WHO WOULD 16:08 BE HIS SUPERVISOR. 16:10 TIMOTHY IS ON THE RIGHT WITH NO TIE. 16:15 NOW TIMOTHY WENT TO THIS REMOTE AGRICULTURAL AREA. 16:19 THERE WERE NO ADVENTISTS ANYWHERE NEAR. 16:21 IT WAS REALLY REMOTE. 16:24 HE BEGAN WORKING THERE AND IN ONE YEAR BAPTIZED 131 PEOPLE. 16:29 THEY BUILT A CHURCH. 16:32 THESE PEOPLE DON'T STAY IN ONE PLACE WORKING, THEY LOOK FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND WHILE HE 16:37 WAS NURTURING THAT CHURCH HE WENT TO ANOTHER AREA AND STARTED WORKING AND BEFORE VERY LONG AND 16:43 RAISED UP A CONGREGATION AND BUILT A CHURCH THERE. 16:46 WHEN I WAS IN ETHIOPIA IN SEPTEMBER I WAS SURPRISED TO MEET HIM IN ANOTHER AREA. 16:51 THEY HAVE MOVED HIM TO ANOTHER AREA. 16:53 HE POPPED UP SOMEWHERE ELSE? 16:55 YES. 16:56 I SAID, TIMOTHY, WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN YOUR DISTRICT? 16:58 DID YOU HAVE A THIRD CHURCH? 17:01 HE SAID YES, WE RAISED UP ANOTHER CONGREGATION AND BUILT ANOTHER CHURCH THERE. 17:06 SO NOW HE IS IN A NEW AREA. 17:08 THERE HE IS WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE GIVING BIBLE STUDIES. 17:13 HE HAS ALREADY BAPTIZED SEVERAL SO A NEW CONGREGATION IS STARTING AND BEFORE VERY LONG 17:18 THEY WILL BE BUILDING A CHURCH. 17:20 TALK ABOUT HAVING THE JOY OF THE LORD THAT YOU JUST CAN'T BE QUIET. 17:23 YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP GOING. 17:24 I LOVE IT. 17:25 YES. 17:26 IT'S EXCITING HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS WITH THESE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 17:32 AND WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO. 17:33 IT'S A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS STORY. 17:35 IF WE SENT MISSIONARIES FROM NORTH AMERICA, AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING AGAINST THAT, 17:40 BUT LOOK WHAT IT WOULD COST. 17:43 THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE GIVEN A STIPEND THAT'S EQUAL TO A PROPER SALARY TO GIVE A PROPER LIVING 17:49 FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 17:51 IT'S SO VERY COST EFFECTIVE. 17:53 ESPECIALLY AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE ARE 83 LANGUAGES IN THIS COUNTRY AND 200 DIALECTS. 17:59 HOW COULD SOMEONE POSSIBLY. 18:00 YES, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GIFTED IN LANGUAGES BUT THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO ME. 18:06 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:08 SO BY CHOOSING SOMEONE FROM THE PARTICULAR AREA WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE, 18:12 THE DIALECT AND SO ON, THEY CAN GO TO WORK RIGHT AWAY AND KNOW HOW TO RELATE TO THE PEOPLE. 18:20 A THING OF BEAUTY. 18:22 HOW ABOUT SOME MORE PICTURES. 18:24 THIS IS YOHANNES . 18:25 GOOD NAME. 18:26 YES. 18:28 YOHANNES HAS RAISED UP CHURCHES IN DIFFERENT PLACES BUT THERE IS AN INTERESTING PROJECT THAT HE 18:33 IS DOING RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS A NEW VILLAGE. 18:37 YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S A DIFFERENT STYLE OF A HOUSE. 18:41 THEY ARE SQUARE AND THEY HAVE METAL ROOFS. 18:46 THIS IS A COMPLETELY NEW VILLAGE. 18:47 I HAVE NOT FOUND OUT EXACTLY WHY THEY ESTABLISHED THIS NEW VILLAGE, 18:52 BUT WE KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN TRANSITION THAT'S A VERY GOOD TIME TO APPROACH THEM WITH THE 18:59 GOSPEL MESSAGE. 19:00 THEY ARE MORE WILLING TO CHANGE AT THAT TIME. 19:04 MANY TIMES THEY ARE LIVING AMONG ALL KINDS OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND SO ON THAT MAKE IT VERY 19:12 DIFFICULT TO MAKE A CHANGE. 19:14 SO YOHANNES HAS MOVED RIGHT IN HERE. 19:17 HE STARTED WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE. 19:20 HE HAS BAPTIZED PEOPLE. 19:22 HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE FOR THAT AREA. 19:26 THEY RENTED THIS LITTLE BUILDING WITH JUST A MUD FLOOR. 19:31 A VERY SIMPLE LITTLE BUILDING BUT THERE IS THE CONGREGATION. 19:35 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PREACHING THERE ONE DAY. 19:39 IT WAS THRILLING TO MEET WITH THOSE PEOPLE, TO SEE THEIR ENTHUSIASM. 19:45 IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL THING WHEN WE PRESENT JESUS TO THE PEOPLE. 19:50 MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WORSHIP IN FEAR ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE WORSHIPPING DIFFERENT GODS. 19:57 JESUS GIVES THEM FREEDOM AND JOY AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIR FACES. 20:05 THEN TO HEAR THEM SING, WHAT A JOY THAT IS. 20:09 THEY SING FROM THEIR HEART. 20:10 TO SEE HOW THE WORK IS MOVING AHEAD IS REALLY THRILLING. 20:24 GOD IS BLESSING IN A MIGHTY WAY. 20:25 I BELIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS LED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WHEN YOU SEE HOW 20:32 COST EFFECTIVE IT IS, HOW MOST OF THE MONEY THAT IS DONATED 20:36 CAN GO DIRECTLY FOR PREACHING THE GOSPEL. 20:38 YOU KNOW, AS I'VE STUDIED THE GOSPEL COMMISSION I'VE WONDERED MANY TIMES, 20:42 HOW ARE WE GOING TO CARRY THE GOSPEL TO EVERY TRIBE AND EVERY NATION. 20:49 IT'S OVERWHELMING WHEN YOU THINK OF THESE SCATTERED VILLAGES 20:54 WAY OUT THERE IN THE JUNGLE AND SO ON. 20:55 HOW DO WE DO THAT? 20:57 WELL, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN THE ANSWER. 21:00 ANOTHER THING IS WE DON'T REPORT LARGE BAPTISMS USUALLY FROM AFRICA BECAUSE WE NEED TO 21:06 REALIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE DENSE POPULATIONS. 21:10 THEY ARE SMALL VILLAGES WHERE THESE PEOPLE GO. 21:13 BUT NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE VILLAGE IS, IF JESUS WOULD HAVE COME AND DIED FOR ONE SOUL EVEN 21:20 THOUGH IT'S A SMALL VILLAGE, WE NEED TO TAKE THE GOSPEL THERE. 21:23 AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. 21:25 I CAN'T PRAISE THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH ENOUGH. 21:28 I CAN'T BE EXCITED ENOUGH AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY 21:33 THAT IN MY RETIREMENT I HAVE FOUND SUCH A FULFILLMENT. 21:37 WELL DAVID, IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO HEAR YOUR STORY AND TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT 21:41 YOU HAVE VISITED. 21:42 I CONTINUE TO HEAR THE WORD "JOY" FROM YOU. 21:45 THAT IS A FABULOUS WORD FOR US TO HEAR AND JOY TO SEE THE PEOPLE IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW WHO 21:52 HAVE FOUND JOY IN THE LORD. 21:54 I THINK SOMETIMES IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE WE TAKE AT LOT OF THIS FOR GRANTED, 21:58 THE FACT THAT WE CAN GO TO A BOOK STORE AND CAN CHOOSE 22:00 FROM 57 DIFFERENT BIBLES IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE. 22:03 I THINK WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED. 22:07 IT'S LIKE YES, I KNOW THAT THE LORD LOVES ME AND I KNOW THAT I LOVE THE LORD BUT TO LEARN 22:12 SOMETHING NEW, WHEN YOU'VE FOUND SOMETHING NEW, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT IS, DON'T YOU? 22:16 ABSOLUTELY. 22:17 AND TO HAVE YOHANNES AND TIMOTHY TO GO AND SHARE ALL THOSE THINGS IS WONDERFUL. 22:22 I'D LIKE TO ASK THE VIEWERS WHO ARE WATCHING TO PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE. 22:26 PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS-TIMOTHY, YOHANNES AND THERE ARE SO MANY 22:31 OTHERS WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HERE. 22:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:34 NOT ONLY CAN WE HELP FINANCIALLY BUT WE CAN ALSO PRAY FOR THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT 22:38 THEY ARE GOING THROUGH PERSONALLY. 22:39 I SEE THE ROADS THEY ARE WALKING ON. 22:42 IT'S NOT LIKE THEY ARE IN THEIR NICE CAR DRIVING SOMEWHERE. 22:46 WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THEIR PROTECTION. 22:48 YES. 22:50 IT REALLY IS THRILLING. 22:51 AND SOMETHING ELSE IS TOO. 22:53 I HAVE FOUND THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY FAITHFUL. 22:56 I HAVE HEARD STORIES ABOUT HOW THESE PEOPLE AREN'T ALL THAT STABLE AND ALL THE REST OF IT. 23:02 BUT THEY ARE VERY FAITHFUL. 23:04 ANOTHER THING IS THAT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ENDEAVOR TO KEEP THE WORKER IN THAT 23:08 PARTICULAR AREA WHERE HE HAS RAISED UP A CHURCH 23:10 FOR THREE YEARS TO REALLY TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE. 23:15 AND THAT IS WORKING. 23:17 SO OUR APOSTASY RATE IS VERY VERY SMALL. 23:22 AND THAT'S THE LORD'S PROBLEM. 23:23 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 23:25 WE NEED TO SHARE WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE AND WHAT HE HAS GIVEN IN HIS HOLY BIBLE THEN IT'S UP 23:32 TO HIM TO CONTINUE THAT ON. 23:34 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:36 I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ABOUT A THOUSAND REQUESTS FOR WORKERS 23:40 THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FILL. 23:42 AND WHY IS THAT? 23:43 WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS. 23:45 HOW CAN WE FIX THAT? 23:46 WELL, WE JUST HOPE THAT THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING OUT THERE TODAY WILL SEE THE WONDERFUL 23:52 OPPORTUNITY THAT IS THERE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THIS VERY WORTHY CAUSE. 23:57 ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY FABULOUS ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE. 24:01 THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, IS THE VOLUNTEERS. 24:02 YOU AND I ARE NOT GETTING PAID TO SIT HERE. 24:04 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:06 THE CAMERA OPERATORS, THE PEOPLE IN THE CONTROL BOOTH, THE PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE, 24:10 THEY ARE NOT GETTING PAID. 24:12 IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER. 24:14 SO THAT MONEY CAN GO TO TIMOTHY AND YOHANNES TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO SHARE THE LOVE OF 24:18 THE LORD AND HAVE JOY. 24:20 DAVID, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, AND WE WISH YOU GOD'S SPEED IN ALL OF THE THINGS 24:25 THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON. 24:26 WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR TERRITORY? 24:31 MORE WORKERS. 24:33 THERE ARE SO MANY UNENTERED TERRITORIES, SO MANY VILLAGES THAT NEED TO HEAR THE GOSPEL AND 24:41 SHARE IN THE JOY. 24:43 WHAT IS IT LIKE WITH THESE PEOPLE WHO BECOME CHRISTIANS. 24:47 ARE THEY INTERESTED IN BECOMING GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEMSELVES, 24:52 LIKE THE RIPPLE EFFECT GOING THROUGH? 24:55 HAVE YOU SEEN THAT IN ETHIOPIA WHERE THEY HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO HAS SHARED 24:59 THE LORD AND THEN THEY WANT TO DO THAT? 25:01 YES, THAT'S HAPPENED. 25:02 THERE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO INDIVIDUALS 25:07 WHO HAVE BECOME GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:11 THERE ARE MANY DEDICATED PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO DO THIS. 25:17 MANY WHO ARE NOT ON A STIPEND OR NOT RECEIVING ANY REMUNERATION WHATSOEVER, 25:23 ARE OUT THERE SHARING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. 25:26 WHEN WILL YOU GO BACK TO YOUR TERRITORY? 25:29 IT WILL PROBABLY BE AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE I GO. 25:33 WE TRY TO GO ONCE A YEAR. 25:34 MATTER OF FACT, IN CANADA WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT, ANY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IS 25:41 ENCOURAGED, TO GO ONCE A YEAR TO CHECK ON PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING DONE. 25:45 BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS SORT OF HAD THAT SAME IDEA THAT WE SHOULD GO THAT OFTEN. 25:48 IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO GO AND ENCOURAGE AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND GIVE SOME HELP AND 25:54 ADVICE AND THAT TYPE OF THING. 25:56 THAT'S WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL DID. 25:58 YOU READ THROUGHOUT HIS WRITING AND HE'S ENCOURAGE, ENCOURAGING. 26:02 BLESSINGS TO YOU. 26:03 SAFE TRAVEL AS YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 26:07 OH, MY PLEASURE. 26:09 WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A PART OF THE JOY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, 26:14 THE JOY OF HELPING WITH SPREADING THE LORD'S WORK 26:17 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW IN THE AREA OF AFRICA WHERE DAVID'S TERRITORY IS AND ETHIOPIA, SUDAN AND EGYPT. 26:24 WE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN EGYPT WHO ARE HAVING POLITICAL ISSUES THERE AND WE PRAY FOR GOSPEL 26:30 OUTREACH TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THERE. 26:32 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND BEING PART OF THIS MISSION, 26:35 PLEASE GO TO 26:42 DON'T FEEL THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE WHAT YOU THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE. 26:47 THAT'S WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER WHERE WE EACH GIVE FROM OUR HEART OF WHAT WE HAVE. 26:57 DAVID, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 27:00 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 27:04 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 27:06 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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