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WELCOME TO
ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS.
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I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER
HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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WE ARE GLAD THAT
YOU HAVE JOINED US.
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TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT A COUNTRY THAT WE
HAVE HEARD OF BUT THAT WE REALLY
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MAYBE REALLY
DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT.
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BRUCE MOYER, I WANT TO WELCOME
YOU TO ADVENTURES IN MISSION S.
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THANK YOU; IT IS A
PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
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BRUCE, WE ARE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT A COUNTRY CALLED
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IRAN. IRAN.
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I'VE HEARD IT ERAN, IRAN AND ALL
SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS,
DIFFERENT PRONUNCIATIONS.
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IT IS ALSO CALLED PERSIA.
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WELL, THERE YOU GO.
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SO WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THIS COUNTRY HERE TODAY.
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YES, I'D LIKE TO PUT IT
IN CONTEXT IF I CAN FIRST,
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THE WHOLE ISSUE OF
MISSION AMONG MUSLIMS.
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I'VE GOT A SLIDE THAT I'D
LIKE TO PUT UP ON THE SCREEN
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THAT KIND OF GIVES US AN
IDEA OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
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BECAUSE YOU'RE INVOLVEMENT
HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH
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IS YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH
MISSIONS TO THE MUSLIM WORLD.
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YES, BUILDING RELATIONS
WITH MUSLIMS AND REACHING OUT.
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WE HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS IN THE
MUSLIM WORLD THAT IT IS
EXCITING, IT REALLY IS.
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ISN'T THAT A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT?
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I THINK SOMETIMES WE HEAR ABOUT
EXTREMISTS IN ALL SORTS OF
DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND MAYBE WE
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HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT A LOT IN
THE NEWS AND SO WE HEAR THE WORD
MUSLIM HERE IN THE WESTERN WORLD
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AND WE ARE A LITTLE CONCERNED.
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YES, WE ARE AND THE PROBLEM IS
WE HAVE BAD PERCEPTIONS OF EACH
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OTHER. MUSLIMS HAVE A
VERY BAD PERCEPTION OF US.
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A MUSLIM, FOR INSTANCE BELIEVES
THAT TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN: #1
YOU HAVE TO EAT PORK;
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YOU HAVE TO DRINK ALCOHOL;
YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH MOVIES LIKE
BAYWATCH CONSISTENTLY.
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YOU'VE GOT TO BE IDOLATROUS;
YOU'VE GOT TO BE A SECULAR
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MATERIALIST. THAT'S
CHRISTIANITY TO THEM.
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AND THEY SAY NO, NO
I WOULD NEVER BE THAT.
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IT WOULD SHAME MY FAMILY TO EVEN
THINK OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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BECAUSE IN THEIR MIND, THAT IS
COMING FROM THE WESTERN WORLD
WHICH IS CHRISTIANITY, TO THEM.
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INTERESTING.
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THAT IS THEIR PICTURE.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE A
PICTURE OF MUSLIMS AS PEOPLE WHO
GO AROUND WITH BOMBS STRAPPED TO
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THEIR BODIES, BLOWING THEMSELVES
UP AND WOMEN COVERED IN BURKAS.
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YES, AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND
THAT #1: MUSLIMS ARE DEEPLY
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SPIRITUAL PEOPLE. WE
WORSHIP THE SAME GOD.
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THERE IS ONE THING, I KNOW THERE
IS A LOT OF NOISE GOING AROUND
THAT YOU WILL HEAR BUT BASICALLY
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WE WORSHIP THE SAME GOD.
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WE ALL GO BACK TO FATHER
ABRAHAM AND WE LOOK TO HIM.
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HE IS THE BEGINNING.
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THEY SAY HE WAS THE FIRST MUSLIM
AND WE SAY HE IS THE FIRST
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BELIEVER. WE ARE AGREED ON THAT
AND THE GOD OF ABRAHAM IS THE
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SAME GOD THAT THEY
WORSHIP AND THAT WE WORSHIP.
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ALLAH IS THE NAME FOR GOD THAT
HAS BEEN USED BY ARAB CHRISTIANS
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FOR CENTURIES. SO, WE USE
THE TERM GOD BUT THAT'S NOT
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BIBLICAL. THAT HAS ITS OWN
ROOTS THAT PROBABLY HAVE HEATHEN
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CONNOTATIONS IF
YOU GO BACK FAR ENOUGH.
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SO, IT IS THIS MISCONCEPTION.
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BUT THEY ARE A DEEPLY SPIRITUAL
PEOPLE FOR US, SEVENTH DAY
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ADVENTISTS. HOW MANY
FUNDAMENTALS DO WE HAVE?
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I DON'T KNOW.
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28.
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OH, OF THE BELIEFS.
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YES, 28 AND WE SAY THESE ARE
WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IN
ORDER TO BE A SEVENTH DAY
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ADVENTIST, YOU SEE.
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MUSLIMS, HOW MANY?
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FIVE, REALLY, WHAT ARE THEY?
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FIVE!
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THEY ARE, AND I'VE WRITTEN THEM
DOWN SO I MAKE SURE I HAD THEM,
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GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. NUMBER 1
SHAHADA, SHAHADA, THE
DECLARATION THERE IS NO GOD BUT
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GOD, MOHAMMED IS HIS PROPHET.
THAT IS THE BASIC DECLARATION.
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TO BECOME A MUSLIM YOU STAND UP
IN A MOSQUE AND YOU SAY THAT 3
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TIMES. O.K.
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AND YOU ARE NOW A MUSLIM.
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YOU MAKE THE DECLARATION
AND MUSLIMS DO THIS ON A REGULAR
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BASIS. THIS IS PART OF THEIR
PRAYERS ON A REGULAR BASIS, THE
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SHAHADA. THEY CALL
IT GOD IS THE GREATEST.
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THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD
AND MOHAMMED IS HIS PROPHET.
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I DON'T HAVE ANY
PROBLEM WITH THAT.
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NO.
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THE SECOND IS
PRAYER 5 TIMES A DAY.
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MY GOODNESS, THIS IS BAD?
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NO!
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I HOPE IT'S MORE.
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NO, I HATE TO SAY IT; I
HAVE A LOT OF CHRISTIAN FRIENDS
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THAT COULD PRAY A
LOT MORE AND BENEFIT.
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FIVE TIMES A DAY AND
THEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
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THE CALL TO PRAYER GOES OUT OVER
THE MINARETS AND PEOPLE STOP,
THEY GO TO THE MOSQUE OR THEY'LL
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STOP IN THE STREET WHEREVER
THEY ARE, WHEREVER THEY ARE.
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I REMEMBER WATCHING A MAN AT AN
AIRPORT OUT ON THE GROUND,
ROLLED OUT ON THE GROUND HIS
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CARPET RIGHT THERE AND WAS
DOING HIS PRAYERS RIGHT THERE.
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REALLY?
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WOW!
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NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE, THEY
ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS AND IT IS
EASY FOR US TO SAY,
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"THAT IS REALLY LEGALISTIC".
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WELL, KEEPING
SABBATH IS LEGALISTIC.
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YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON
YOUR ATTITUDE BEHIND IT.
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TRUE.
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WHY ARE YOU DOING IT?
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AM I LEGALISTIC
BECAUSE I PRAY A LOT?
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I HOPE NOT.
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NO.
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I PRAY BECAUSE I
LIKE TO TALK TO GOD.
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ABSOLUTELY.
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MUSLIMS DO THE SAME, SO WHEN I
AM IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY AND THE
CALL GOES OUT FROM THE MINARET
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TO PRAY, I STOP, I STOP RIGHT
THERE, I HOLD MY HANDS OUT, LIKE
THIS: WHICH IS A MUSLIM FORM OF
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PRAYER AND I PRAY,
ACCEPTING THE LORD.
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I ACCEPT GOD AND WE PRAY
FOR ALL OF GOD'S PEOPLE IN THAT
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PARTICULAR LAND. I WANT TO
BE PART OF IT AND I WANT THEM TO
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SEE ME DOING IT. I
DON'T WANT TO HIDE THIS.
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NO.
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TOO OFTEN CHRISTIANS
HIDE THEIR SPIRITUALITY.
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RIGHT.
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WE MIGHT THINK IT IS POLITICALLY
INCORRECT TO GO THERE.
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YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT, THE
WAITRESS COMES AND SETS YOUR
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FOOD DOWN. YOU'VE
JUST SAID YOUR BLESSING.
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OH SURE, I SEE
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
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YES.
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COME ON.
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COME ON.
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MY POOR DAUGHTERS,
THEY HAD TO LIVE WITH ME.
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WE'D GET IN A RESTAURANT AND
I WOULD ALWAYS SAY "LET'S PRAY".
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ABSOLUTELY.
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YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU DO
SOMETHING ELSE, JUST LIKE TAKING
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YOUR GLASSES OFF? OK LORD,
SILENTLY YOU PRAY FOR YOUR FOOD.
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YES.
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I DON'T WANT TO BE
OBVIOUS ABOUT BEING A CHRISTIAN.
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YES.
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THEY DON'T MIND BEING
OBVIOUS ABOUT BEING MUSLIMS.
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YES.
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THEY ARE VERY
STRAIGHT FORWARD ABOUT IT.
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THEY ARE HAPPY TO BE MUSLIMS.
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SURE.
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THEY ARE PROUD OF WHO THEY ARE.
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SO, THOSE ARE 3
THINGS, YOU HAD 2 MORE.
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NO, THOSE ARE 2.
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OK.
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SHAHADA AND
PRAYERS 5 TIMES A DAY.
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ZAKAT , THE REGULAR
ANNUAL DONATION FOR THE POOR.
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OH!
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NOT FOR THE
CLERGY, BUT FOR THE POOR.
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OK.
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EVERY YEAR?
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EVERY YEAR AND IT COMES OUT
TO ABOUT 15 PER CENT OF THEIR
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INCOME. SOME PEOPLE GIVE A LOT
MORE BUT 15 PER CENT TO ZAKAT.
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I HAVE SAT IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES
WITH PEOPLE, AND I HAVE SEEN
THEM FIGURING IT OUT,
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WORKING OUT IN THEIR HOMES, THIS
IS WHAT WE WILL BE GIVING THIS
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YEAR. AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
THEY GET ALL THEIR BOOKS OUT
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THERE. SURE.
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SO, REGULAR DONATIONS.
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THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE HADJI.
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THE HADJI.
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IN THEIR LIFETIME EVERY MUSLIM
WHO CAN SHOULD MAKE A TRIP TO
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MECCA. IT'S NOT ANY TIME OF THE
YEAR; THERE IS A CERTAIN TIME TO
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GO. IT HAS BECOME A HIGHLY
COMMERCIAL SITUATION TODAY, THE
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PILGRIMAGE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS
CONVERGING ON MECCA AT THIS ONE
POINT, SO HAS TO BE HIGHLY
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ORGANIZED. THEY ARE BUILDING
HUGE HOTELS AROUND THERE, EVEN
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MORE. WOW!
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BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
COMING THERE FOR THE HADJI .
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IT IS A REGULAR RITUAL
OF ACTIVITIES THAT REMEMBERS
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DIFFERENT THINGS, DIFFERENT
PARTS OF MOHAMMED'S LIFE OR OF
THEIR FAITH AND IT IS A
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WONDERFUL WAY TO
REENACT THEIR FAITH, YOU SEE.
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COMMUNION SERVICE IS
A SIMILAR THING FOR US.
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SURE.
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IT IS A REENACTMENT, YOU SEE.
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SURE.
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THERE IS THE HADJI.
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THE LAST ONE IS THE
FAST OF RAMADAN FOR 30 DAYS.
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NO MUSLIM WILL EAT OR
DRINK FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET.
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PIOUS MUSLIMS WILL NOT
EVEN SWALLOW THEIR SALIVA.
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REALLY!
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YES!
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OK, NOW THAT IS NEW TO
ME, I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT.
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YES.
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INTERESTING.
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I HAVE BEEN IN RESTAURANTS IN
THESE COUNTRIES AND WE GO IN AND
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YOU SIT DOWN. THE PLACES
ARE CROWDED, PEOPLE ARE THERE.
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YOU ORDER YOUR FOOD AND
THEN YOU WAIT, THEN YOU WAIT.
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THEY MAY BRING YOU YOUR FOOD AND
YOU SIT THERE AND EVENTUALLY YOU
WILL HEAR THE CALL FROM THE
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MINARET, RAMADAN IS OVER.
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AND THEN
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY EATS.
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WOW, FASCINATING!
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RAMADAN IS SORT OF LIKE
CHRISTMAS, THANKSGIVING AND
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BIRTHDAYS, IT IS A TIME OF
CELEBRATION AND VISITING EACH
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OTHER AND A TIME FOR
SERIOUS SPIRITUAL REFLECTION.
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THE IDEA OF FASTING IS
TO INCREASE THE SPIRITUAL
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CAPACITIES. IT'S
NOT A PUNISHMENT.
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IT IS NO MORE
LEGALISTIC THAN WHEN WE FAST.
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IT DEPENDS ON THE ATTITUDE.
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SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
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SO, YOU KNOW FOR US TO BE ABLE
TO WORK AMONG MUSLIMS YOU HAVE
TO UNDERSTAND THEM.
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YOU HAVE TO BEGIN TO THINK A
LITTLE BIT LIKE THEY THINK AND
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SYMPATHIZE. YOU HAVE
TO LIVE OUT THEIR WORLD.
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PAUL SAID IT IN 1 CORINTHIANS 9,
HE SAID "I TRIED TO BECOME AS
MUCH A PART OF THEIR WORLD AS I
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CAN, NEVER LOSING MY BEARINGS IN
CHRIST, I TRY TO SEE THINGS THE
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WAY THEY SEE THEM, I WANT TO
REACH ALL PEOPLE NO MATTER WHERE
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I AM". WHAT A GOOD
EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US.
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YES.
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THIS IS PART OF THE
PROCESS OF DOING IT.
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HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND WHO
WE ARE AND OUR SPIRITUALITY.
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SURE.
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I TELL MUSLIMS, I SAY YOU KNOW
YOU BELIEVE IN CERTAIN DIETARY
RESTRICTIONS, BUT I SAY,
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I AM MORE KOSHER THAN YOU,
NOT KOSHER, I AM MORE HALAL THAN
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YOU. AND HALAL MEANS?
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CLEAN.
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OK.
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SEE, I WILL NOT EAT
SHELLFISH, I WILL NOT EAT CAMEL.
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HOW DO THEY RESPOND TO THAT?
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OH, YOU ARE SERIOUS.
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I SAY YES, I AM.
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AND WHEN THEY ASK WHERE YOU
GET THAT FROM WHERE DO YOU SAY?
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I SAY, I GET IT FROM THE TORAH .
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THEY LOVE THE TORAH ; THEY KNOW
THAT THERE ARE BASICALLY FIVE
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FILES. THERE ARE CERTAIN HOLY
BOOKS THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO
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READ. TORAH; ZABOOR , THE
WRITINGS; AND INJIL , NEW
TESTAMENT AND THE QURAN .
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THOSE ARE THE FOUR SACRED BOOKS.
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THEY KNOW THAT, BUT THEY
RARELY READ THE FIRST THREE.
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INTERESTING.
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WHAT I HAVE FUN WITH, IS GOING
THERE AND SAYING "LET ME
INTRODUCE YOU TO THESE".
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WE READ THE QURAN TOGETHER
AND I'LL ASK THEM, "DO YOU
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UNDERSTAND THIS? DO YOU
KNOW WHAT IT IS SAYING?"
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NO, NO.
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QURAN TO THEM, THEY LISTEN TO IT
AND THEY HEAR IT HERE, NOT HERE.
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THERE IS THE DIFFERENCE.YES.
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AND IT IS LIKE SOUL FOOD.
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INTERESTING, BRUCE.
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YES.
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SO I TELL THEM DO YOU
UNDERSTAND THIS, NO I DON'T.
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I'LL TAKE THEM TO THE
PASSAGE IN THE QURAN ;
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IF YOU LACK UNDERSTANDING
GO TO THE FOUR BOOKS.
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I SAY, WHAT ARE
THESE FOUR BOOKS?
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THEY SAY, OH, THE TORAH , THE
INJIL , THE ZABOOR , LET'S GO.
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THAT'S WHERE WE GO AND
THEY SAY, WOW, THIS IS AMAZING.
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I NEVER REALIZED THIS.
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IT IS EYE OPENING, SO
IT IS A TWO WAY STREET.
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YES.
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I HAVE HAD MY
EYES OPENED BY MUSLIMS.
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I HAVE HAD MY OWN DEPTH OF
SPIRITUALITY CHALLENGED BY
WORKING AMONG THE MUSLIMS.
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I REALIZED SHORTLY AFTER I
STARTED, BASICALLY I WAS A
PRETTY SECULAR PERSON.
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WOW, THAT WAS PRETTY DEEP!
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ALL OF THIS TIME I'VE BEEN A
MINISTER AND TRAINING MINISTERS.
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I THOUGHT YOU KNOW IN
COMPARISON I AM PRETTY SECULAR.
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THEY CHALLENGE MY SPIRITUALITY.
00:12:07.36\00:12:12.40
I HAVE GROWN.
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SO IT HAS BEEN A TWO WAY STREET.
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ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC?
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I AM BLESSED BY THEM,
THEY ARE BLESSED BY ME.
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AND THAT IS WHAT I
THINK IT IS ALL ABOUT.
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YES.
00:12:23.13\00:12:24.10
THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND IT
IS FASCINATING TO TALK WITH
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BRUCE HERE AND LEARN
ABOUT THE MUSLIM WORLD.
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YOU TOO CAN BE IN PART INVOLVED
HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH BY
GIVING OF YOUR DONATIONS AND WE
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WILL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE A
LITTLE BIT LATER WITH BRUCE'S
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TERRITORY. BUT IF YOU ARE
EXCITED ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH
AND YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF
00:12:41.86\00:12:46.96
THIS AND YOU WANT TO GIVE, WE
WOULD SO APPRECIATE YOUR
DONATIONS BECAUSE IT HELPS WITH
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GOSPEL OUTREACH. IT HELPS US TO
SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST AROUND
THE WORLD AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS
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10/40 WINDOW WHERE WE ARE
CONCENTRATING AND WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE MUSLIM WORLD THOUGH,
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BECAUSE THAT IS
AROUND THE WORLD.
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SO AT GOSPEL OUTREACH HERE,
YOU CAN REACH US AT THIS ADDRESS
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IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING A
DONATION AND WHAT YOU CAN GIVE.
00:13:03.83\00:13:08.23
WITH YOU ABOUT ACCEPTING YOUR
CREDIT CARD OR HOW YOU WOULD
00:13:13.16\00:13:16.80
LIKE TO GIVE. THAT STANDS FOR
GOSPEL OUTREACH ADVENTURES IN
MISSION DOT ORG AND THAT IS A
00:13:29.46\00:13:35.86
GREAT WAY TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT ALL OF THE FASCINATING AND
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EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDRESS
IN CANADA AND THAT IS GOSPEL
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OUTREACH CANADA, WE'D ALSO LIKE
TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR
"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
00:13:53.33\00:13:57.93
NEWSLETTER AND THAT
COMES TO YOU IN THE MAIL.
00:13:57.93\00:13:59.93
WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT.
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IT HAS ALL SORTS OF GREAT
ARTICLES, PICTURES AND THINGS
LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
00:14:01.66\00:14:05.13
ARE KNOWING EVERYTHING
THAT IS GOING ON HERE AT GOSPEL
00:14:05.13\00:14:08.73
OUTREACH. GOSPEL OUTREACH IS
CURRENTLY WORKING IN 50 NATIONS
WITH 100 MISSIONS AND WE
00:14:08.73\00:14:14.73
CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 2 THOUSAND
MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS WHO ARE
SERVING IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW.
00:14:14.73\00:14:19.30
WE ALSO HAVE A PHONE NUMBER IN
CANADA, IT IS 250-545-2212
AGAIN, 250-545-2212.
00:14:19.30\00:14:25.36
WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT
BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH OUR
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DONATIONS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
CONTINUE GOING HERE AT GOSPEL
OUTREACH AS WE SHARE THE LOVE OF
00:14:32.33\00:14:36.43
THE LORD TO OTHERS.
00:14:36.43\00:14:38.70
SO, BRUCE,
LET'S GO BACK TO IRAN.
00:14:38.70\00:14:40.20
YOU WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE MUSLIM WORLD AND
SPECIFICALLY IN IRAN.
00:14:40.20\00:14:45.53
YES, FIRST OF ALL LET'S PUT THE
FIRST SLIDE UP ON THE SCREEN.
00:14:45.53\00:14:48.30
O.K.
00:14:48.30\00:14:49.20
I JUST WANT TO SHARE
WITH YOU A PERSPECTIVE.
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THIS IS ACTUALLY A FEW YEARS OLD
BUT IT HASN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH.
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THIS PICTURE GIVES YOU AN IDEA
OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
WORKING IN MISSIONS AND THE
00:14:56.20\00:15:02.30
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THEY ARE WORKING AMONGST.
00:15:04.73\00:15:07.90
GOT IT.
00:15:07.90\00:15:09.33
AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN YOU
SEE MISSIONARIES WORKING AMONG
00:15:09.33\00:15:13.90
WESTERN PEOPLE, SAY IN
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA.
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THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF
THEM AND YET THERE ARE VERY FEW
00:15:16.40\00:15:21.03
PEOPLE. IT'S A SMALL
PORTION OF THE POPULATION.
00:15:21.03\00:15:24.00
GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
BOTTOM, YOU SEE THIS HUGE MUSLIM
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POPULATION. WOW!
00:15:29.00\00:15:30.23
LOOK OVER AT THE OTHER SIDE AND
YOU SEE THE ALMOST INFINTISIMAL
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NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WORKING AMONG MUSLIMS.
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THIS PERHAPS IS ONE OF OUR
BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS PEOPLE WHO
WILL GO AND LEARN LANGUAGE AND
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LEARN TO UNDERSTAND AND BE
EMPATHETIC AND BE ABLE TO SHARE
00:15:44.90\00:15:50.93
WITH MUSLIMS,
NOT ANTAGONISTICALLY.
00:15:50.93\00:15:52.73
CERTAINLY NOT.
00:15:52.73\00:15:54.50
NO, AS I SAY SENSING THE FACT
THAT IT IS A TWO WAY STREET THEY
ARE LEARNING AS MUCH AS THEY ARE
00:15:54.50\00:15:58.83
SHARING RIGHT NOW.
00:15:58.83\00:16:00.36
BUT WE CERTAINLY
NEED MORE PEOPLE.
00:16:00.36\00:16:02.20
THIS IS A MAJOR
LACKING IN MISSIONS TODAY.
00:16:02.20\00:16:05.20
THIS NEXT SLIDE I WANT TO
SHOW IS A PICTURE OF THE PERSIAN
00:16:05.20\00:16:12.73
EMPIRE. TAKE US THERE, BRUCE.
00:16:12.73\00:16:14.40
GO BACK 600 YEARS BEFORE JESUS,
THE TIME OF DANIEL, RIGHT?
00:16:14.40\00:16:18.40
WHEN DANIEL HAD HIS VISIONS
THIS IS WHAT THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
00:16:18.40\00:16:22.83
LOOKED LIKE. IT
IS HUGE ISN'T IT?
00:16:22.83\00:16:23.83
YES.
00:16:23.83\00:16:25.33
ALL THE WAY OVER AND A BITE INTO
EUROPE THERE ACROSS WHERE TURKEY
00:16:25.33\00:16:31.23
MEETS EUROPE. ALL THE GRAY AREA
THERE, ALL THE GRAY AREA DOWN
THROUGH MUCH OF EGYPT INTO THE
00:16:31.23\00:16:37.30
UPPER NILE AND THEN ALL THE WAY
OVER, IT DOESN'T EVEN TAKE YOU
AS FAR AS IT GOES TO THE INDUS
00:16:40.56\00:16:45.20
RIVER. THAT IS
THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.
00:16:45.20\00:16:46.76
IT WAS A HUGE EMPIRE.
00:16:46.76\00:16:49.50
THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH AN
INCREDIBLE HISTORY AND THEY KNOW
00:16:49.50\00:16:55.03
THEMSELVES. THEY UNDERSTAND
THEIR PLACE IN HISTORY.
00:16:55.03\00:16:57.93
THEY UNDERSTAND WHO THEY
HAVE BEEN AND WHAT THEY HAVE
00:16:57.93\00:17:01.00
ACCOMPLISHED. AND
DO THEY APPRECIATE IT?
00:17:01.00\00:17:02.03
THEY DO!
00:17:02.03\00:17:03.80
THEY DO, THEY VALUE, THEY HAVE A
STRONG POSITIVE SELF IDENTITY AS
IRANIANS AND THIS IS IMPORTANT
00:17:03.80\00:17:10.80
FOR ANY PEOPLE TO HAVE.
00:17:10.80\00:17:12.40
THE SECOND SLIDE IS A
PICTURE OF IRAN TODAY.
00:17:12.40\00:17:15.70
OK.
00:17:15.70\00:17:16.70
THIS IS THE CURRENT COUNTRY.
00:17:16.70\00:17:19.56
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS SHRUNK.
00:17:19.56\00:17:21.20
YES, INDEED.
00:17:21.20\00:17:22.90
YES.
00:17:22.90\00:17:23.90
THIS IS THE AREA
WE ARE WORKING IN.
00:17:23.90\00:17:25.66
IT IS BORDERED, AS YOU CAN SEE
BY AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA, TURKEY,
IRAQ, TURKMENISTAN, AFGHANISTAN,
00:17:25.66\00:17:29.73
AND PAKISTAN.
00:17:29.73\00:17:30.73
THESE ARE THE
BORDERS OF THE COUNTRY.
00:17:30.73\00:17:33.16
IT IS A LARGE COUNTRY, VERY
VARIED COUNTRY FROM DESERT TO
LUSH MOUNTAINS AND HILLSIDES,
00:17:33.16\00:17:39.23
A LAND OF INCREDIBLE BEAUTY.
00:17:45.30\00:17:48.03
I HAVEN'T HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF BEING THERE YET,
00:17:48.03\00:17:50.40
BUT EVERYTHING I HAVE
SEEN IN PHOTOGRAPHS AMAZES ME.
00:17:50.40\00:17:55.16
WE HAVE BEEN BROADCASTING INTO
THIS COUNTRY FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS
00:17:55.16\00:18:02.23
NOW, I THINK. FANTASTIC!
00:18:02.23\00:18:03.33
SATELLITE TV IN FARSI.
00:18:03.33\00:18:05.70
SO, IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE.
00:18:05.70\00:18:09.76
THE IRANIANS LOVE SATELLITE TV.
00:18:09.76\00:18:12.33
BECAUSE?
00:18:12.33\00:18:13.26
THIS IS THEIR CONTACT
WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
00:18:13.26\00:18:15.36
IT IS ALMOST A POLICE STATE.
00:18:15.36\00:18:17.46
IT IS A POLICE STATE.
00:18:17.46\00:18:18.56
IT IS A VERY
RESTRICTIVE GOVERNMENT.
00:18:18.56\00:18:20.53
BUT IT'S O.K.
00:18:20.53\00:18:21.56
FOR THE SATELLITE TV TO
GO IN AND GET THESE CHANNELS?
00:18:21.56\00:18:23.10
WELL, I'M TOLD BY MY IRANIAN
FRIENDS EVERY FAMILY HAS 3
DISHES, SATELLITE DISHES.
00:18:23.10\00:18:30.83
THREE?
00:18:30.83\00:18:31.83
THREE.
00:18:31.83\00:18:32.83
YES.
00:18:32.83\00:18:34.26
ONE THAT WORKS, ONE THAT IS A
DECOY IN CASE THE POLICE COME,
00:18:34.26\00:18:38.83
YOU SEE. INTERESTING.
00:18:38.83\00:18:40.56
AND A THIRD ONE DOWN IN THE
BASEMENT THAT THEY CAN PUT UP IF
ONE OF THE OTHER ONES IS TAKEN.
00:18:40.56\00:18:43.50
THESE ARE PREPARED PEOPLE!
00:18:43.50\00:18:44.83
YES.
00:18:44.83\00:18:45.83
YES.
00:18:45.83\00:18:47.26
THEY ARE VERY, IN TERMS OF
TECHNOLOGY, THEY ARE VERY, VERY
00:18:47.26\00:18:51.96
HIGHLY ADVANCED.
VERY SHARP PEOPLE.
00:18:51.96\00:18:54.16
SO, THEY LOVE SATELLITE TV.
00:18:54.16\00:18:55.86
THAT IS THEIR MAJOR
CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
00:18:55.86\00:18:58.36
THEY WILL SPEND HOURS A
DAY WATCHING SATELLITE TV.
00:18:58.36\00:19:02.00
ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC?
00:19:02.00\00:19:03.36
SO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING IN FARSI, OBVIOUSLY.
00:19:03.36\00:19:08.10
SURE.
00:19:08.10\00:19:09.10
THEY AREN'T
GOING TO WATCH ENGLISH.
00:19:09.10\00:19:10.46
THEY ARE GOING TO WATCH
SOMETHING IN FARSI WHERE THEY
00:19:10.46\00:19:12.83
FEEL COMFORTABLE. SO WE HAVE
BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 3
YEARS AND WE HAVE HAD INCREDIBLE
00:19:12.83\00:19:17.00
RESPONSE. WE ARE BROADCASTING ON
HOPE CHANNEL, WE ARE
BROADCASTING ON A COMMERCIAL,
00:19:17.00\00:19:20.66
IRANIAN SATELLITE. OH!
00:19:20.66\00:19:22.23
SO IN NUMEROUS WAYS WE ARE
GETTING TO THE COUNTRY AND WE'VE
HAD WONDERFUL RESPONSE.
00:19:22.23\00:19:26.30
GOOD!
00:19:26.30\00:19:27.93
ONE MAN WHO HAD JUST RECENTLY
COME OUT OF THE COUNTRY, HE
ATTENDED THE CHURCH SERVICE
00:19:27.93\00:19:33.76
WHERE OUR SPEAKER HAS CHURCH AND
HE CAME UP AFTERWARDS AND SAID
"I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL YOU SAT
00:19:33.76\00:19:40.50
DOWN AT THE PIANO WHO YOU WERE?"
00:19:40.50\00:19:43.40
OH REALLY!
00:19:43.40\00:19:44.40
HE PLAYS ON THE PIANO.
00:19:44.40\00:19:45.43
HE IS A CONCERT PIANIST
AND HE PLAYS ON THE PROGRAM.
00:19:45.43\00:19:48.90
UH, HUH.
00:19:48.90\00:19:50.20
HE SAID, "YOUR PROGRAM IS THE
MOST POPULAR PROGRAM TODAY IN
00:19:50.20\00:19:53.96
IRAN". ISN'T THAT FASCINATING?
00:19:53.96\00:19:55.70
IT IS ANECDOTAL BUT AT LEAST IT
MAKES US FEEL GOOD THAT THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO REALLY THINK THAT
00:19:55.70\00:20:00.66
AND WE'VE GOTTEN NUMEROUS PHONE
CALLS, EMAILS, FAXES FROM THE
00:20:00.66\00:20:05.13
COUNTRY. THE PEOPLE ARE
SO HUNGRY FOR THE GOSPEL.
00:20:05.13\00:20:08.73
ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC?
00:20:08.73\00:20:10.10
THEY ARE JUST
STARVING FOR THE GOSPEL THERE.
00:20:10.10\00:20:13.13
THEY ARE OPEN, WIDE OPEN.
00:20:13.13\00:20:15.60
HOW DO WE GET IN, WHAT DO WE DO?
00:20:15.60\00:20:18.03
TELL US.
00:20:18.03\00:20:19.00
WELL, WE HAVE MANAGED
TO SEND SOME MATERIALS IN.
00:20:19.00\00:20:23.80
BIBLES, STUDY MATERIALS.
00:20:23.80\00:20:25.73
WE MANAGED TO GET MATERIAL INTO
THE COUNTRY AND THAT HAS BEEN
00:20:25.73\00:20:31.66
HELPFUL. WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WE
KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
GROUPS THAT ARE MEETING AROUND
00:20:31.66\00:20:36.96
THIS PROGRAM AS THEIR CHURCH.
00:20:36.96\00:20:38.96
OH, INTERESTING.
00:20:38.96\00:20:40.10
SO, THEY ARE
GRABBING ON TO THAT.
00:20:40.10\00:20:41.73
OTHER THAN THIS, THERE NEVER HAS
BEEN A FARSI ADVENTIST CHURCH,
00:20:41.73\00:20:48.66
EVER. WE HAVE HAD ARMENIAN
CHURCHES IN IRAN BUT NOT FARSI,
00:20:48.66\00:20:52.36
NOT IRANIAN. THE FIRST FARSI
IRANIAN CHURCH IS THE ONE WE
JUST STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS
00:20:52.36\00:20:58.43
AGO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
00:20:58.43\00:20:59.43
WOW, WOW!
00:20:59.43\00:21:00.96
SO, WE NOW HAVE GROUPS THAT ARE
MEETING, GATHERED AROUND THEIR
00:21:00.96\00:21:06.90
TV SATELLITES AND
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM.
00:21:06.90\00:21:08.80
HOUSE CHURCHES!
00:21:08.80\00:21:09.80
THIS IS THEIR CHURCH, YOU SEE.
00:21:09.80\00:21:11.40
HOW DO WE MAKE
CONTACT WITH THESE PEOPLE?
00:21:11.40\00:21:12.93
HOW DO WE TRAIN THESE PEOPLE?
00:21:12.93\00:21:15.53
SO WE'VE DECIDED THAT WHAT WE
MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO-BY THE WAY,
00:21:15.53\00:21:18.16
LET ME GO BACK
TO THE THIRD SLIDE.
00:21:18.16\00:21:19.63
O.K., LET'S GO BACK.
00:21:19.63\00:21:21.13
SIMPLY, BEFORE I GET INTO THAT,
BECAUSE IRAN IS SO CRITICAL IN
00:21:21.13\00:21:25.96
THE WORLD TODAY. THIS IS A VERY
CONTENTIOUS SPOT IN THE WORLD
00:21:25.96\00:21:30.33
TODAY, RIGHT NOW. THIS
IS THE STRAITS OF HERMUZ.
00:21:30.33\00:21:32.90
CAN WE GO BACK
TO THE SECOND ONE?
00:21:32.90\00:21:36.26
SECOND SLIDE?
00:21:36.26\00:21:37.16
OK, RIGHT DOWN AT THE
BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE IT.
00:21:37.16\00:21:39.53
OH YES, I SEE IT, THE
PERSIAN GULF RIGHT THERE.
00:21:39.53\00:21:42.30
I SEE WHAT YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT.
00:21:42.30\00:21:47.00
NOW GO BACK TO THE STRAITS
OF HORMUZ SLIDE, IF YOU WOULD.
00:21:47.00\00:21:51.20
O.K., OMAN IS
RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP.
00:21:51.20\00:21:54.00
LOVELY COUNTRY,
WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
00:21:54.00\00:21:55.46
JUST OVER, NOT THAT FAR, 30
SOME MILES ACROSS THE STRAITS OF
00:21:55.46\00:22:00.83
HORMUZ INTO IRAN. JUST RECENTLY,
THEY HAVE BEEN THREATENING TO
00:22:00.83\00:22:03.73
BLOCKADE THIS. FOR THE
SHIPPING AND ALL OF THAT?
00:22:03.73\00:22:05.50
SOMETHING LIKE 80 PER CENT OF
THE OIL IN THE WORLD GOES
THROUGH THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ.
00:22:05.50\00:22:08.76
WOW!
00:22:08.76\00:22:10.46
IT IS ONE OF THEMOST STRATEGIC
PIECES OF REAL ESTATE IN THE
00:22:10.46\00:22:15.43
WORLD. IRAN IS NOW THE MOST
IMPORTANT NATION, THE MOST
POWERFUL NATION IN CENTRAL ASIA.
00:22:15.43\00:22:21.50
THEY ARE TO CENTRAL ASIA
WHAT THE UNITED STATES IS TO THE
00:22:25.03\00:22:30.26
WEST. IF WE WANT TO DO BUSINESS,
WE NEED TO KEEP THAT OPEN.
00:22:30.26\00:22:35.20
WE NEED TO BE DEALING
WITH THE IRANIANS, SOMEHOW.
00:22:35.20\00:22:38.86
THE PROBLEM IS THEY
ARE NOT EASY TO WORK WITH.
00:22:38.86\00:22:42.96
IRANIAN POLITICS IS HIGHLY
NUANCED TO SOME DEGREE IT SEEMS
00:22:42.96\00:22:47.60
VERY FRAGMENTED AND
YET IT ISN'T TO THEM.
00:22:47.60\00:22:49.43
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US.
00:22:49.43\00:22:52.16
SO, WE ARE WORKING IN
A VERY AWKWARD SITUATION.
00:22:52.16\00:22:56.40
IT IS NOT AT ALL EASY.
00:22:56.40\00:22:57.90
BUT WE HAVE THESE
PEOPLE AND SO WE HAVE DECIDED
00:22:57.90\00:23:01.66
THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS
DO SOMETHING ON THE BORDER.
00:23:01.66\00:23:06.53
BETWEEN?
00:23:06.53\00:23:07.56
BETWEEN IRAN AND ONE OF
THEIR NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.
00:23:07.56\00:23:09.43
GOT YOU.
00:23:09.43\00:23:10.80
DO SOMETHING ON THE BORDER,
BECAUSE MANY OF THESE BORDERS
00:23:10.80\00:23:14.86
ARE POROUS. THERE IS
TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH.
00:23:14.86\00:23:16.36
BUSINESS FLOWS BACK AND FORTH.
00:23:16.36\00:23:17.86
TRADE?
00:23:17.86\00:23:18.86
YES.
00:23:18.86\00:23:19.86
ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING.
00:23:19.86\00:23:21.50
I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE IN
UZBEKISTAN WHO HAVE BUSINESS IN
IRAN AND GO THERE REGULARLY.
00:23:21.50\00:23:25.03
OH.
00:23:25.03\00:23:26.03
INTERESTING.
00:23:26.03\00:23:27.03
THERE IS NO
PROBLEM GETTING IN AND OUT.
00:23:27.03\00:23:28.03
SURE.
00:23:28.03\00:23:29.10
SO, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS
HAVE SOME SORT OF AN OUTPOST
00:23:29.10\00:23:31.70
NEAR ONE OF THE BORDERS
WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TO.
00:23:31.70\00:23:36.40
WE CAN MEET WITH THEM THERE.
00:23:36.40\00:23:37.40
WE CAN DO TRAINING THERE.
00:23:37.40\00:23:38.60
IT IS SORT OF A
SAFE HOUSE SITUATION.
00:23:38.60\00:23:43.56
SO, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GO
THERE WITH OUR SPEAKER AND BE
00:23:43.56\00:23:49.63
ABLE TO LOOK AROUND AND BEGIN TO
SET UP SOME SORT OF AN OUTPOST.
00:23:52.03\00:23:56.00
AGAIN, WE ARE
GOING TO NEED FUNDS.
00:23:56.00\00:23:57.46
YES.
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WE NEED SERIOUS FUNDS TO SETUP
SOME SORT OF A PERMANENT HOUSE
FOR WORSHIP AND FOR TRAINING.
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THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN FEATURES
THAT IT WILL HAVE TO CONTAIN.
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SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS
WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS COMING
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YEAR. OK.
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IT IS EXCITING, BUT WE NEED
TO TRAIN LEADERSHIP IN IRAN.
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WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
PEOPLE IN THERE THAT KNOW WHO WE
ARE, THAT WE KNOW THEM,
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THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH
PERIODICALLY, SET UP ROUTES OF
COMMUNICATION SO THAT WE CAN
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KNOW HOW TO CONTACT.
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THESE ARE THE ISSUES
THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.
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IT IS NOT YOUR
GRANDFATHER'S MISSION STATION.
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NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YOU
THINK ABOUT THIS LOGISTICALLY
AND THEN YOU THINK OF ALL THE
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DIFFERENT OTHER IMPLICATIONS
THAT ARE INVOLVED AND IT'S A
00:24:44.63\00:24:48.80
HUGE PROJECT. WHEN I FIRST WENT
OUT AS A MISSIONARY, I WENT TO
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ZIMBABWE. IT WAS IN RHODESIA.
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IT WAS RELATIVELY SIMPLE.
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IT REALLY WAS.
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EVERYTHING WAS ALL SET UP.
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THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT MADE SURE
OF THAT AND CHRISTIANS FOLLOWED
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND
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EVERYTHING WAS SIMPLIFIED.
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NOT THE WAY IT IS TODAY.
00:25:06.00\00:25:08.30
NO.
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NOT THE WAY IT IS.
00:25:09.30\00:25:10.60
NO.
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AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE OUR
GOVERNMENTS ARE RATTLING SABRES
AT EACH OTHER PEOPLE LOVE EACH
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OTHER.
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IT'S TRUE.
00:25:19.40\00:25:20.80
THE IRANIAN PEOPLE LOVE
AMERICANS AND THE MORE WE KNOW
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THEM, BELIEVE ME,
THE MORE WE'LL LOVE THEM.
00:25:24.13\00:25:25.80
THEY ARE OUR BROTHERS AND OUR
SISTERS AND THEY ARE CALLING TO
US, THEY ARE CRYING TO US,
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PLEASE HELP US, AND PLEASE
TEACH US MORE ABOUT JESUS.
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HELP US TO KNOW
HOW TO RELATE TO HIM.
00:25:35.63\00:25:37.56
GOSPEL OUTREACH IS PROBABLY THE,
VIRTUALLY THE ONLY WAY THAT OUR
CHURCH IS REACHING INTO THIS
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COUNTRY, THE MOST STRATEGIC
AND IMPORTANT COUNTRY IN ALL OF
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CENTRAL ASIA. WELL, BRUCE I
THINK YOU'VE JUST SHARED WITH US
THE PROJECTS, I THINK YOU'VE
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SHARED WITH US THE VISION AND
THAT'S WHERE OUR VIEWERS CAN GET
00:25:59.13\00:26:02.36
INVOLVED. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:26:02.36\00:26:03.36
YES.
00:26:03.36\00:26:05.20
BECAUSE AS YOU HAVE JUST HEARD
FROM BRUCE, IT IS GOING TO TAKE
A LOT OF FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
00:26:05.20\00:26:08.93
TO HELP WITH THIS AND
THAT'S WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS
00:26:08.93\00:26:12.93
APPEALING TO YOU. IF YOU ARE
THINKING ABOUT YOUR DONATIONS
AND WHERE YOU CAN ALLOCATE
00:26:12.93\00:26:16.30
THOSE, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL
THINK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE
MISSION WORK THAT IS GOING ON IN
00:26:16.30\00:26:20.20
IRAN AND ALL OF THIS, GATHERING
PLACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT
BECAUSE IT IS A WONDERFUL
00:26:20.20\00:26:23.53
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND
SISTERS OVER IN IRAN TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE LOVE THAT JESUS
00:26:23.53\00:26:28.83
HAS FOR THEM AND TO DO IT IN A
SENSITIVE MANNER AND EVERYTHING,
JUST LIKE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT,
00:26:28.83\00:26:32.46
RIGHT BRUCE?
00:26:32.46\00:26:33.46
HOPEFULLY, YES.
00:26:33.46\00:26:35.30
SO, WHAT ARE SOME, YOU'VE GOT
EXCITEMENT, YOU'RE PLANNING FOR
THINGS AND OUR PRAYERS WILL BE
00:26:35.30\00:26:39.33
WITH YOU AS YOU DO ALL OF THAT.
00:26:39.33\00:26:40.76
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
00:26:40.76\00:26:42.26
WE ARE, WE-CHRISTIAN MISSION IS
PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORLD'S
GREATEST ADVENTURES.
00:26:42.26\00:26:47.50
WHEN WE SAY ADVENTURES IN
MISSION THAT IS VERY REALISTIC.
00:26:47.50\00:26:52.86
WE ARE REALLY MEANING IT, RIGHT?
00:26:52.86\00:26:54.66
THERE IS NOTHING MORE EXCITING
THAN CHRISTIAN MISSION AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE JESUS IN
00:26:54.66\00:27:00.10
LANDS WHERE HE IS NOT KNOWN,
WHERE PEOPLE ARE DYING FOR HOPE,
00:27:00.10\00:27:07.36
FOR INFORMATION, FOR
RELATIONSHIP, IT'S JUST A
TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY.
00:27:07.36\00:27:11.63
WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY; WE DO,
00:27:11.63\00:27:13.33
THROUGH SATELLITE TV. WE DO.
00:27:13.33\00:27:15.00
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN
MISSIONS" AND YOU'VE HEARD IT
00:27:15.00\00:27:19.20
HERE FROM BRUCE.
00:27:19.20\00:27:21.00
I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER,
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
00:27:21.00\00:27:22.96
[CLOSING MUSIC]
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