Participants: Bruce Moyer
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000401
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:22 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:25 I AM JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND 00:26 I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR PASSPORT READY BECAUSE WE ARE HEADED TO 00:29 AFRICA. AND WE ARE GOING THERE WITH BRUCE MOYER. 00:31 BRUCE, WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:33 THANK YOU! 00:34 IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU. 00:35 SO BRUCE, YOUR AREA OF CONCENTRATION HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:39 IS TO THE PEOPLE IN THE MUSLIM WORLD. 00:41 YES, EXCITING! 00:43 WONDERFUL PEOPLE! 00:44 AND A HUGE PROJECT! 00:45 YES, WE HAVE ALMOST A BILLION AND HALF PEOPLE TO REACH. 00:49 THE AMAZING THING IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF HELP. 00:53 AND I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT THE HELP THAT WE ARE DOING. 00:58 SO TAKE US THERE. 00:59 TELL US! 01:00 THE AMAZING THING IS THAT GOD IS ACTUALLY KIND OF MOVING AHEAD OF US. 01:04 YOU THINK SO? 01:05 ABSOLUTELY! 01:07 WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT, DON'T WE? 01:08 YES! 01:09 YES! 01:10 IT IS AS IF GOD IS SAYING, "WILL YOU PEOPLE PLEASE KEEP UP WITH ME? 01:13 WILL YOU GET ON THE BALL HERE AND LET'S DO THINGS". 01:17 WHEN I TRAIN PASTORS, FOR INSTANCE, I TAUGHT IN THE SEMINARY. 01:21 WHEN I TRAIN PASTORS, MY COUNSEL TO THEM WAS, "WHEN YOU GO INTO AN AREA, 01:26 THE FIRST THING YOU DO IS FIND OUT WHAT GOD IS DOING AND THEN JOIN HIM". 01:31 I LIKE THAT! 01:32 I LIKE THAT! 01:34 MY JOB NOW IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GOD IS DOING THEN JOIN HIM. 01:39 HE IS FAR AHEAD OF US. 01:40 SO WHAT ARE WE JOINING UP WITH? 01:42 WELL, WE ARE JOINING UP WITH A GOD WHO IS TIRED OF WAITING FOR US. 01:46 BASICALLY, HE IS SPEAKING TO PEOPLE ON HIS OWN WITH ANGELS, ANGELIC PRESENTATIONS, 01:55 VISIONS AND THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING DREAMS. 01:58 AND THEY ARE SAYING, "FIND THESE PEOPLE. 02:02 THEY ARE DIRECTING INDIVIDUALS TO OUR CHANGE AGENTS IN LARGE SECTIONS OF AFRICA, AND SAY, 02:10 "OKAY, WE HAVE HAD THIS VISION. 02:12 TELL ME NOW, TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW." 02:15 TELL SOME STORIES. 02:17 WELL, HERE IS ONE. 02:19 ONE OF OUR CHANGE AGENTS ASKED MY FRIEND, WHO IS KIND OF IN CHARGE OF THAT AREA, 02:24 TO FAST AND PRAY FOR HIM FOUR WEEKS BEFORE RAMADAN MONTH. 02:30 AND RAMADAN MONTH IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL. 02:32 IT IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL. 02:33 IT IS A SACRED MONTH OF FASTING. 02:36 NO ONE EATS FROM SUNDOWN TO SUNSET. 02:38 IT IS A TIME FOR SPIRITUAL REFLECTION, SERIOUS SPIRITUAL REFLECTION. 02:44 THEY WANT TO GET CLOSER TO GOD. 02:47 SO THEY ARE USING THIS MONTH TO DO THAT. 02:50 THIS IS A VERY SACRED TIME FOR THEM. 02:52 YES! 02:54 THIS MAN ASKED, "PLEASE PRAY FOR ME BEFORE RAMADAN COMES". 02:56 HIS PRAYER WAS FOR GOD'S OPENING OF DOORS TO WITNESS DURING THE HOLY MONTH AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A 03:01 MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN A PREVIOUSLY HARD TO REACH REGION NEXT TO WHERE HE WAS WORKING. 03:07 WOW! 03:08 BRUCE THAT IS A BIG REQUEST! 03:09 HE SAID, "WE DID! 03:11 AND GOD ANSWERED!" 03:12 IN THIS COMMUNITY THERE WERE FOUR ANGELIC VISITATIONS THAT ASKED THE PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR 03:19 THIS CHANGE AGENT DURING THE TENTH DAY OF RAMADAN, A SPECIFIC TIME FOUR OF THEM? 03:26 YES! 03:27 AT A SPECIFIC TIME, THEY WERE TOLD TO LOOK FOR THIS CHANGE AGENT. 03:29 THEY SET THEM UP INDIVIDUALLY.THESE PEOPLE ALL SET UP THIS CHANGE AGENT. 03:34 EACH HAD RECEIVED A SIMILAR MESSAGE. 03:37 THEY SUBSEQUENTLY GATHERED THE FOUR TOGETHER AND BEGAN INSTRUCTING THEM. 03:41 WOW! 03:43 THEY HAD STUDIES WITH EACH OF THEM EVERYDAY FOR THE REST OF RAMADAN. 03:48 SO IT WAS THE TENTH DAY THEN THEY HAD 20 MORE DAYS TO GO. 03:53 AFTER THE FIRST WEEK, THE GROUP ROSE TO 45, FROM 4 TO 45 PEOPLE. 04:01 LAST MONTH THEY BAPTIZED, THEY DID IMMERSION TO 38 OF THESE PEOPLE. 04:07 PRAISE THE LORD! 04:08 GOD IS ACTUALLY SAYING, "WOULD YOU PEOPLE, PLEASE?" 04:12 BUT IF WE DON'T, HE SENDS PEOPLE TO US. 04:18 WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING, YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, "THIS IS FANTASTIC!" 04:22 ABSOLUTELY, PRAISE THE LORD! 04:23 DO YOU HAVE MORE? 04:24 THIS IS JUST KEEPING UP WITH GOD. 04:28 THAT IS THE MAIN JOB WE HAVE. 04:30 WE HAVE THIS ONE MAN WE ASSISTED HIM IN SOME OF HIS CONTINUING EDUCATION. 04:36 AND TODAY HE IS A PROFESSOR IN A MAJOR MUSLIM UNIVERSITY. 04:41 I HAVE MET WITH HIM PERSONALLY A COUPLE OF TIMES. 04:45 WONDERFUL! 04:46 HE IS TALL, HANDSOME, STRIKING MAN AND EXTREMELY POPULAR TEACHER AT HIS UNIVERSITY. 04:52 HE IS BUSY IN THAT UNIVERSITY. 04:54 THERE ARE ABOUT 1250 STUDENTS TRAINING IMAN'S IN THAT SCHOOL, YOU SEE. 05:01 NOW EXPLAIN WHAT IMAN'S ARE. 05:02 IMAN'S WILL BE LEADERS OF MOSQUES. 05:04 THEY ARE THE SPIRITUAL LEADERS OF THE PEOPLE. 05:07 HE IS REPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE TRAINING OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SO THEY GO OUT TO THE VARIOUS 05:14 MOSQUES AND THEN WORK WITH THE PEOPLE. 05:16 LAST SABBATH, WE HAD 60 OF THAT 125 PEOPLE 05:22 WHO HAVE BEEN ATTENDING HIS SESSIONS THAT ARE READY FOR BAPTISM. 05:28 PRAISE THE LORD! 05:30 THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO ISA, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY CALL JESUS. 05:36 IF YOU WERE TO GO THERE AND MEET THESE PEOPLE, YOU WOULD SAY, "THEY ARE MUSLIMS." 05:39 I MEAN THEY DRESS LIKE MUSLIMS. 05:41 THEY LOOK LIKE MUSLIMS. 05:42 THEY EAT LIKE MUSLIMS. 05:43 THEY WEAR THE SAME CLOTHES AS MUSLIMS". 05:46 I WOULD SAY, "YES, THAT IS RIGHT BUT YOU NEED TO STOP. 05:50 WHAT IS A MUSLIM? 05:52 WHAT DOES THE WORD, MUSLIM MEAN?" 05:53 PLEASE TELL US! 05:54 IT MEANS; ONE WHO IS SUBMITTED TO GOD. 05:56 SO I GUESS I AM A MUSLIM AND SO ARE YOU. 05:59 YES, IN THAT RESPECT. 06:01 SO THESE PEOPLE SAY, "WE HAVEN'T CHANGED OUR CULTURE." 06:05 WHEN I BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST I WAS A BONAFIED PAGAN. 06:09 WHEN I BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, I DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE MY CULTURE THAT MUCH. 06:14 I DIDN'T CHANGE THE KIND OF CLOTHING I WORE. 06:17 I DIDN'T REALLY CHANGE, TO SOME DEGREE MY DIET CHANGED, BUT NOT ESSENTIALLY, 06:23 NOT SO MUCH THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY, "BOY, YOU ARE REALLY DIFFERENT." 06:28 "WHOA! 06:29 BRUCE, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" 06:29 SO CULTURE AND THE LANGUAGE STAYS THE SAME. 06:32 ALL OF THESE THINGS AND THEY ARE SAYING, "WE WANT THE SAME THING. 06:34 WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO STILL BE WHO WE ARE." 06:37 WHEN I BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE SHOCK TO MY PARENTS. 06:43 IT WAS TEN YEARS BEFORE MY FATHER AND I COULD ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND TALK, TOGETHER. 06:49 WOW! 06:50 BRUCE! 06:51 IT WAS JUST WHERE I, BASCIALLY, LOST MY FAMILY. 06:53 IT WAS HARD. 06:55 IT WAS HARD ON THEM AND IT WAS VERY HARD ON ME. 06:58 I WAS THE ONLY CHILD. 07:00 IT WAS LIKE IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN A BANK ROBBER, THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN HAPPIER. 07:05 OH! 07:06 DEAR! 07:07 WHAT DID WE DO? 07:08 HOW DID WE GO WRONG IN RAISING THIS BOY? 07:13 SO THESE PEOPLE DON'T WANT THAT. 07:14 NO! 07:15 THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE FAMILY. 07:18 FAMILY IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THERE IN THE MUSLIM CONTEXT THAN IT IS HERE. 07:24 FAMILY HERE, WE HAVE COUSINS RIGHT! 07:27 IT IS NOT THE TIGHT SENSE OF BELONGING AND SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE HERE. 07:35 TO ME IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PARTS OF BEING A MUSLIM THAT EVERYTHING IS CENTERED IN 07:42 THAT EVERYTHING OF WHO YOU ARE. 07:43 YES! 07:45 IT IS A LIFESTYLE RELIGION, CULTURE AND IT INVOLVES EVERYTHING. 07:49 EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IS INVOLVED IN THAT FAITH, YOU SEE. 07:53 YOUR POLITICS, YOUR FAITH, YOUR ECONOMICS AND EVERYTHING IS PART OF THAT FAITH. 07:59 THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT PART OF IT. 08:02 WHAT THEY WANT IS, THEY WANT ISA. 08:05 THEY WANT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ISA. 08:07 AND THEY DO! 08:08 I TALK TO THEM AND THEY SAY,"IT HAS CHANGED SO MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE. 08:13 IT HAS FREED ME SO MUCH. 08:15 NOW I NO LONGER FEAR DEATH. 08:18 I NO LONGER FEAR THE JUDGMENT. 08:20 I KNOW WHO WILL STAND WITH ME ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT." 08:24 AND THAT IS HAVING FREEDOM BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE FREEDOM HERE ON EARTH. 08:27 YES! 08:29 BUT THE ASSURANCE FACTOR BECAUSE THE AVERAGE MUSLIM IS NOT HAVING AN ASSURANCE. 08:33 HE IS CONSTANTLY BUILDING UP GOOD WORKS, 08:36 HOPING TO BALANCE ANY OF THE NEGATIVE THINGS IN HIS LIFE. 08:40 HE KNOWS THEY ARE THERE. 08:43 HOW CAN HE BUILD UP ENOUGH GOOD WORKS, YOU SEE, TO COUNTER BALANCE THE NEGATIVE? 08:47 WELL, YOU WERE EVEN TALKING BACK TO RAMADAN, AND YOU WERE SAYING THAT EVEN THE DEVOTE, 08:50 STRICKEST MUSLIM WILL NOT EVEN SWALLOW THEIR OWN SALIVA. 08:54 THAT IS AMAZING TO ME. 08:55 THAT ISN'T LEGALISM. 08:56 THAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW ALLAH. 09:07 THEY WANT TO BE ACCEPTED BY ALLAH . 09:09 THEY ENJOY WHATEVER THEY HAVE, THEY ENJOY. 09:11 AND THEY ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 09:15 YES! 09:16 BUT THEY WANT MORE. 09:17 SURE! 09:18 THEY WANT MORE. 09:20 THEY GET THESE ANGELIC VISITATIONS THAT SAY, "HEY, WHAT YOU HAVE GOT, THANKS, FINE, 09:26 YOU ARE DOING WELL. 09:27 I APPRECIATE THIS." 09:28 GOD IS SAYING TO THEM. 09:29 "THERE IS MORE. 09:31 COME! 09:32 GO FIND SO AND SO AND HE WILL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN ENJOY MORE." 09:36 AND WE KNOW THAT THOSE HAVE HAPPENED, BRUCE. 09:40 TO ME NOT TO QUESTION THAT BECAUSE IN THE BIBLE 09:43 WE KNOW THAT THOSE HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST. 09:45 SO WHY WOULD GOD NOT DO THAT TODAY. 09:48 YES! 09:49 THE AMAZING THING IS THAT YOU GO BACK IN THE BIBLE AND YOU SAY, "WHO DID GOD SPEAK THROUGH?' 09:56 IT IS AMAZING, BALAAM. 09:58 HE WAS NOT JEWISH. 10:00 GOOD POINT! 10:01 HE WAS FROM BABYLON. 10:04 HE WAS NOT JEWISH. 10:06 MELCHISADECH WAS A CANAANITE. 10:09 I MEAN, THAT IS REALLY BAD. 10:12 I MEAN, COME ON! 10:15 A DONKEY! 10:17 GOD SPOKE WITH HIS PEOPLE. 10:18 THE OTHER DAY I WAS SOMEPLACE AND WE WERE REFLECTING ON JONAH. 10:24 AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT IS INTERESTING? 10:26 I SAID, "GOD WAS LISTENING TO THE PRAYERS OF THE SAILORS. 10:31 HERE IS JONAH ASLEEP IN THIS BOAT. 10:34 HE IS NOT TALKING TO GOD. 10:36 THESE SAILORS ARE TALKING TO GOD". 10:37 SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT HERE! 10:40 THEY ARE TALKING TO GOD. 10:42 I TOLD PEOPLE, "GOD IS IN CONVERSATION WITH A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN WE'VE EVER THOUGHT." 10:48 TRUE! 10:49 OUR JOB IS TO FIND OUT. 10:52 MOST PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH GOD JOIN THE CONVERSATION. 10:56 AND THAT IS HAPPENING IN AFRICA. 10:58 YES! 10:59 IT IS HAPPENING AMONG MUSLIMS. 11:01 SO WHEN I GO THERE IT NOT LIKE I HAVE GOT TO GO BANGING ON DOORS. 11:05 PEOPLE ARE OPENING THEIR DOORS. 11:07 "COME IN, PLEASE, TALK TO US AND TEACH US." 11:11 AND MY JOB THEN IS TO TRAIN PEOPLE THERE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 11:16 AND ARE THEY SAFE TO DO THAT? 11:19 DO THEY KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, HOW TO SAY THIS, THE RESTRICTIONS WHERE THE THINGS IN THEIR 11:24 COUNTRIES ARE THEY COMFORTABLE? 11:26 THEY KNOW A LOT OF THEM. 11:27 THEY ARE MORE COMFORTABLE THAN I AM. 11:30 IF I AM IN THE VERGE OF GETTING IN TROUBLE, THEY GET YOU IN LINE. 11:34 THEY WILL. 11:35 THEY WILL. 11:37 I REMEMBER ONE TIME, I WAS OFF AND WE WERE GOING TO MAKE SOME VISITS IN KIND OF AN EDGEY AREA 11:44 AND I TOLD MY FRIEND, I SAID, "I'M ASKING ALL THESE QUESTIONS 11:48 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY MISTAKES". 11:51 HE SAID, "YOU MAKE A MISTAKE," HE SAID, "I WILL PERSONALLY BEAT YOU." 11:57 OH! 11:58 DEAR! 11:59 HE SAID, "I WILL! 12:01 BUT I WILL BEAT YOU WITH MERCY, BECAUSE IF I WON'T BEAT YOU, THEY WILL BEAT YOU WITHOUT 12:07 MERCY." 12:08 YOU ARE BEING SERIOUS ABOUT THIS! 12:10 YES! 12:11 OH! 12:12 MY! 12:13 OKAY! 12:14 SO HE HAD THAT HANDLED FOR YOU. 12:15 YES! 12:16 HE HAD THAT HANDLED FOR ME AND IT WAS IMPORTANT. 12:20 I MEAN, THIS IS VERY REALISTIC. 12:22 I 'VE BEEN AT THE VERGE OF THAT. 12:28 WOW! 12:29 BRUCE! 12:30 THAT IS INTENSE! 12:31 THAT'S INFREQUENT. 12:33 I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT! 12:34 I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT! 12:35 WELL, LET'S ASK OUR VIEWERS TO GET INVOLVED. 12:37 IF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE WORK 12:41 THAT IS BEING DONE IN AFRICA AMONG THE MUSLIMS, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO REALLY GET INVOLVED. 12:46 AND REALLY GET INVOLVED AND IT COME THROUGH YOUR WALLET, 12:49 YOUR PURSE AND YOUR POCKETBOOK TO REALLY, REALLY HELP HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:05 WHAT WE DO IS HIRE VOLUNTEERS IN THE COUNTRIES OR AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE 13:08 BRUCE IS A PART OF BUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW IN THE AREAS THAT ARE ALL THESE 13:12 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THIS CERTAIN AREA. 13:14 AND WE ARE ASKING OUR VIEWERS TO BE A PART OF THAT AND TO GIVE BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE CAN 13:18 HIRE THE LOCAL PEOPLE TO BE THERE. 13:19 WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE LANGUAGE LEARNING AND ALL OF THAT STUFF BECAUSE WE HIRE THE PEOPLE 13:23 THERE, WHO KNOW THE CULTURE, KNOW THE LANGUAGE AND ALL OF THAT. 13:25 SO YOU CAN GET INVOLVED AT GOSPEL OUTREACH BY GIVING US A PHONE CALL. 13:28 AND WE HAVE TWO PHONE NUMBERS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. 13:31 OURADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBERS HERE IN COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON, 13:33 OUR PHONE NUMBER IS: 509-525-5921. 13:47 BUT IF IT IS EASIER FOR YOU, IT MIGHT JUST BE A CLICK AWAY FROM YOU AT YOUR COMPUTER AND IT IS: 13:58 THAT STANDS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 14:02 AND YOU CAN GO ON THERE AND YOU CAN DONATE ONLINE. 14:05 YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL AT THE PHONE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND SAY I 14:09 WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY TAKEN OUT OF MY CHECK EVERY MONTH. 14:13 WE HAVE PAYPAL CREDIT CARDS AND IF YOU LIKE TO SEND A CHECK OUR ADDRESS IS THERE, WELL. 14:18 WE ARE ASKING YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND BE A PART OF THIS. 14:21 RIGHT! 14:22 BRUCE? 14:23 YES! 14:24 ABSOLUTELY! 14:25 EVERYBODY CAN BE A PART OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:26 AND FEEL THAT THEY ARE MAKING A SERIOUS CONTRIBUTION. 14:29 AND THERE IS SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INVOLVED WITH BUT WE ARE 14:33 SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT AFRICA. 14:34 I AM GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE MINE IS ONLY ONE PART. 14:38 THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER DISTRICTS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AROUND THE WORLD. 14:43 WHAT ARE WE SUPPORTING RIGHT NOW? 14:44 WE HAVE 2000 CHANGE AGENTS, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE! 14:50 IT REALLY IS! 14:51 THIS IS A MAJOR OPERATION. 14:53 AMONGST ADVENTISTS THIS IS A STATEGIC OPERATION. 14:55 ABSOLUTELY! 14:57 TO SHARE THE LOVE OF THE LORD WITH PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS THAT IT IS JUST, 15:04 TO HAVE SAY YOU MENTIONED GOING AS A MISSIONARY TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE AND DO ALL THAT. 15:12 THAT TAKES SO MUCH TIME. 15:14 BUT TO HIRE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING THERE LOCALLY AND KNOW ALL THESE CUSTOMS AND KNOW ALL 15:19 OF THIS, TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR NEIGHBOR IS HUGE. 15:22 SO GOOD! 15:23 SHARE WITH US MORE ABOUT AFRICA. 15:24 OKAY! 15:25 WELL, THERE IS ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER AREA OF AFRICA. 15:29 ONE OF THE LADIES RECEIVED A DREAM IN WHICH A TALL HANDSOME MAN DRESSED IN WHITE ASKED HER 15:36 TO SEEK OUT ONE OF OUR LADY CHANGE AGENTS. 15:40 OKAY, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER JOINED RAMADAN. 15:42 THIS CHANGE AGENT LEADS DAILY TEA SESSIONS WITH SCRIPTURE STUDIES EVERYDAY AT LUNCH TIME. 15:49 BUT DURING RAMADAN, OF COURSE THERE WAS NO TEA BUT THY CONTINUED THE BIBLE OR SCRIPTURE 15:54 STUDIES DURING THAT TIME. 15:56 THE CHILDREN WERE FED BUT THE ADULTS CONTINUED IN FASTING. 15:59 THEY CONTINUED THIS. 16:01 THAT GROUP WAS GROWING AND GROWING ALL THE WAY THROUGH RAMADAN. 16:07 WHO KNOWS, IT COULD HAVE BEEN GABRIEL! 16:10 VERY EASILY! 16:12 IT IS JUST EXCITING HOW IT IS HAPPENING. 16:15 HERE AGAIN IS ANOTHER AREA. 16:17 ONE OF OUR CHANGE AGENTS WAS ACTUALLY CAUGHT 16:20 IN SOME CROSSFIRE ACTIVITY THAT WAS GOING ON. 16:26 FORTUNATELY, IT WASN'T SERIOUS. 16:27 HE WAS SHOT IN THE ARM. 16:28 IT WAS A FLESH WOUND. 16:31 NO! 16:32 IT WAS NOT SERIOUS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT! 16:35 OKAY! 16:36 IT WILL HEAL AND IT IS. 16:39 ONE OF THE MOST VOCAL LEADERS AGAINST ANY FORM OF CHANGE, WHATSOEVER HIS SON HAD ACTULLY 16:47 BEEN KILLED IN THE WARFARE. 16:50 OH! 16:51 DEAR! 16:52 SO THIS CHANGE AGENT WENT TO THAT LEADER AND PRAYED WITH HIM. 16:56 WENT THERE AND SAID, "I WANT TO COMMISSURATE WITH YOU OVER THE DEATH OF YOUR SON. 17:01 I HEARD ABOUT IT. 17:02 I FEEL BADLY. 17:04 AND I CAME TO TALK WITH YOU AND SHARE WITH YOU AND TO JUST PRAY WITH YOU." 17:08 SO ALL HE DID WAS GIVE HIM SPIRITUAL SUPPORT. 17:12 AS A RESULT, A FRIENDSHIP DEVELOPED. 17:15 DURING RAMADAN THIS CHANGE AGENT WAS ASKED TO GIVE SEVERAL SERMONS DURING THE PRAYER 17:19 SESSION DURING THE DAY. 17:21 HE DID SO AND THE RESPONSE WAS INCREDIBLE. 17:25 DURING THE FASTING SEASON THE SAME CLERIC HERE RECEIVED A DREAM IN WHICH HE WAS URGED TO 17:32 LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM THIS CHANGE AGENT. 17:35 THE ANGEL SAID, 'HE HAS THE TRUTH FOR THESE TIMES THAT YOUR PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR. 17:40 LISTEN TO HIM." 17:41 WOW! 17:43 HE SAID THAT HE COULD NOT SEE THE FACE OF THE MAN IN THE DREAM BUT HE HAD A DIGNITY UNPARALLEL 17:47 WITH ANYONE HE KNEW OR HAD EVER SEEN. 17:50 THIS LED OUR CHANGE AGENT TO BEGIN GIVING HIM SCRIPTURE STUDIES. 17:54 PRAISE THE LORD! 17:55 A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE MAN WAS READY FOR BAPTISM, IMMERSION AND HE BECAME A BELIEVER. 18:01 ONE OF OUR STRONGEST OPPONENTS NOW BECAME A FERVENT BELIEVER. 18:07 IT IS AGAIN, OUR JOB IS OFTEN JUST TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT GOD IS DOING AND TO LISTEN TO GOD AND 18:17 FIND OUT, "WHERE DO YOU WANT US" AND THE DIRECTION? 18:20 WHAT ARE THE NEEDS? 18:22 I AM HEARING ALL THESE NEW BELIEVERS, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS THAT YOU ARE SEEING? 18:27 MORE WORKERS, MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 18:31 WE NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, TRAINING MATERIALS. 18:33 WE NEED TO BE PUBLISHING. 18:34 THEY ARE DOING SOME OF THIS. 18:35 THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRODUCING SOME OF THEIR OWN MATERIAL NOW AND THIS IS EXCELLENT. 18:40 I HAD AN EMAIL JUST RECENTLY FROM THE SAME PERSON. 18:43 HE HAD READ SOMETHING ELSE THAT I HAD WRITTEN. 18:46 I DON'T KNOW THE CONTEXT. 18:48 AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW," HE SAID, "WHEN I READ THAT I WENT BACK OVER OUR MANUAL THAT WE 18:53 DEVELOPED AND I REALIZED THAT I AM REALLY GOING TO CHANGE A LOT." 18:57 SO, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT. 19:02 IT WASN'T ANYTHING THAT I SAID. 19:03 IN FACT I DON'T READ THAT YET BUT HE JUST DID AND THEY ARE NOW REDEVELOPING THIS AND SAYING WE 19:09 NEED A MUCH MORE RELATIONAL, GRACE BASED APPROACH TO THIS WHOLE THING AND THE ABILITY TO 19:18 BE ACCEPTING OF OTHERS. 19:20 SO IT IS WONDERFUL, SO WE NEED MATERIAL. 19:23 WE NEED TRAINING MATERIAL. 19:26 OCCASIONALLY, WE NEED TO SEND PEOPLE DIFFERENT PLACES TO HELP WITH TRAINING. 19:32 THIS COSTS MONEY. 19:33 PASSAGE ON AN AIRPLANE IS GOING UP AND YOU HAVE GOT TO GET THERE PERIODICALLY. 19:41 I HAVE OFTEN THOUGHT COULD WE DO THIS BY TELEVISION? 19:45 SIT THERE INFRONT OF A PLACE AND JUST SENDING IT. 19:48 I COULD DO IT BY SKYPE. 19:50 BUT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS DO THAT THAT WELL. 19:52 NOW THERE ARE SOMETHINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, LIKE THAT THEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS 19:55 THAT HAVE TO BE FACE TO FACE. 19:56 THESE AREAS ARE RELATIONSHIP BASED SOCIETIES AND YOU NEED TO BE THERE WITH THEM. 20:02 IT IS NOT JUST THE FACT THAT I CAN TEACH BUT IT IS THE FACT THAT I SIT DOWN WITH THEM 20:06 AFTERWARDS AND EAT WITH THEM OUT OF THE SAME DISH. 20:11 JUST SIT AROUND THE COMMON POT AS IT WERE LITERALLY. 20:15 AND EAT WITH THEM AND LISTEN TO THEM AND SHARE. 20:20 AS WE DO SOMETIMES IN BETWEEN SESSIONS, JUST TALKING AND SHARING AND BUILDING A 20:25 RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST. 20:27 AS WE DO THAT THEY BEGIN TO SAY AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT ME AND THEY ARE SAYING,"WHO ARE YOU?" 20:33 YOU SEE, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM. 20:38 THEY KNOW THEIR LEADER KNOWS HIM AND TRUSTS HIM SO I GUESS WE CAN TRUST HIM. 20:42 AND THAT IS INFORMATION. 20:43 I HAVE TO BUILD MY OWN RELATIONSHIPS THERE. 20:46 THAT IS IMPORTANT. 20:48 YOU HAVE TO BE THERE PERIODICALLY. 20:51 IT IS THE ONLY WAY WE ARE TO OPERATE IN MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES. 20:54 OH, VERY TRUE! 20:55 IS IT EXCITING FOR YOU, BRUCE? 20:57 YOU ALSO SERVED IN AFRICA AS A MISSIONARY BUT IS IT EXCITING FOR YOU TO SEE THE WORK THAT IS 21:06 GOING ON WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE POSSIBLITIES AND ALL OF THAT? 21:10 YES! 21:11 YES! 21:12 I ENJOYED IT. 21:13 I TAUGHT. 21:14 I TRAINED PASTOR THERE YEARS AGO. 21:15 WHAT I AM DOING NOW. 21:17 WHAT I AM SEEING HAPPEN IS TO ME EVERY INDICATION SHOWING THAT JESUS IS CERTAINLY COMING SOON, 21:22 BECAUSE GOD IS MOVING IN WAYS THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 21:26 AND TRUE. 21:27 THESE ARE SOME STORIES THAT YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT, SOME TESTMONIALS. 21:30 BUT FOR EVERYONE KNOWS HOW MANY MORE, ONLY THE LORD KNOWS HOW MANY MORE THERE ARE. 21:34 MANY, MANY MORE! 21:36 AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PART IN DOING THIS; THERE IS A SIDE BENEFIT TO ALL OF THIS. 21:45 WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF CONFLICT. 21:49 OUR CHANGE AGENTS ARE PEACEMAKERS. 21:53 YES! 21:54 TRUE! 21:55 THEY GO IN THERE AND THEY ARE BUILDING PEACE. 21:57 THEY ARE SHARING THE GOSPEL OF GRACE. 22:00 AND THAT GOSPEL OF GRACE BRINGS PEACE. 22:03 IT BRINGS PEACE TO THE PEOPLE'S HEARTS. 22:07 THEY FEEL PEACEFUL WITH GOD. 22:09 THEY BEGIN TO FEEL PEACEFUL WITH EACH OTHER. 22:11 THE SPIRIT OF GOD PERMEATES, MOVES WITHIN THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE. 22:17 AND PEACE BEGINS TO PREVAIL. 22:19 I COULD TALK ABOUT COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOTORIOUS FOR THE LACK OF PEACE AND I KNOW WE HAVE 22:26 SERIOUS WORK GOING THERE.BUT PEACEMAKERS SHARING THE PRINCE OF PEACE AND SEEING PEACE TO 22:33 BEGIN TO DEVELOP AND BLOSSOM AMONGST THE PEOPLE. 22:36 AND IT IS NOT JUST ONCE A YEAR AT CHRISTMAS TIME WHEN WE CELEBRATE. 22:39 NO! 22:40 NO! 22:41 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 22:42 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES WHEN I HEAR "PEACE ON EARTH", I THINK,"OH! 22:44 YEAH! 22:45 RIGHT! 22:46 THAT IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN!" 22:47 BUT IT CAN! 22:49 IT CAN HAPPEN WITH EACH OF US ON WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH 22:51 SOMEONE ELSE SO THEY CAN HAVE THE PEACE FROM THE LORD. 22:53 SO I HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT THAT WAY. 22:54 THE CHANGE ALWAYS BEGINS HERE, YOU SEE AND WE SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 22:59 THAT IS TRUE EVERYWHERE. 23:00 AS THEY FIND CHANGE TAKING PLACE IN THEIR LIFE AS JESUS, ISA , BEGINS TO TRANFORM AND BRING THE 23:09 SENSE OF JOY AND HOPE AND ASSURANCE INTO THEIR LIVES. 23:13 THEY CAN'T HELP BUT SHARE IT. 23:15 SO MANY TIMES WE HAVE SEEN ENTIRE MOSQUES TRANSFORMED, TRANSFORMED COMPLETELY INTO, 23:20 ESSENTIALLY, AN ISA MOSQUE. 23:22 ONE PERSON CAN START THAT. 23:24 AND YOU SIT BACK AND SAY, "PRAISE GOD!" 23:28 FOR WHAT CAN HAPPEN. 23:30 I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING THERE. 23:33 I WISH I COULD TAKE PEOPLE WITH ME. 23:36 WELL, YOU KIND OF ARE BY SHARING. 23:39 PART OF THE DIFFICULTY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS WHEN I GO THERE IS A RISK FACTOR. 23:47 NOT TO ME BUT TO THEM, THE GOSPEL WORKERS. 23:52 YES! 23:54 THEY SAY,"WHO IS THIS STRANGER," YOU SEE AND SOMETIMES THAT PUTS THEM IN AN AWKWARD SITUATION. 24:01 SO I HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO ENDANGER THEM. 24:05 I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE I KNOW IF I DO, 24:08 I COULD PUT THEM IN AN AWKWARD SITUATION. 24:11 YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF THAT AND I HAVE BEEN IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT. 24:15 I WAS IN CHINA AND I WAS IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT. 24:19 AND THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY QUESTIONED AFTER OUR GROUP LEFT. 24:23 THERE WERE TWO AMERICANS AND OBVIOUSLY WE WERE CAUCASIAN. 24:27 WE ARE FOREIGNERS AND SO THE PEOPLE WERE QUESTIONED, 24:30 "WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE AND WHY ARE THEY THERE?" 24:33 SO I CAN ONLY JUST IMAGINE WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR YOU GOING INTO A MUSLIM COUNTRY. 24:39 ALMOST EVERYWHERE YOU GO OUTSIDE OF THE WEST, THESE ARE LOCAL SMALL COMMUNITIES AND EVERYBODY 24:43 KNOWS EVERYTHING IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. 24:45 I WANT TO SHARE ONE LAST REQUEST. 24:49 PLEASE DO! 24:50 BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU OR WHEN YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU MENTIONED THE 24:55 NEED FOR FINANCES AND IT IS. 24:57 YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FINANCES TO MAKE THINGS OPERATE. 25:03 I DON'T WANT TO DOWNPLAY THAT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE 25:05 THAT THIS IS A REQUEST FROM THE SAME PERSON. 25:07 HE SAID, "IF YOU EVER HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE, SUPPORTIVE OF OUR WORK, PLEASE, 25:14 TELL THEM THAT WE NEED PRAYERS THE MOST. 25:19 IN THE WEST, OFTEN PRAYER IS A TOKEN STATEMENT WE DO FOR GOOD CHURCH PEOPLE BUT IN OUR 25:25 SETTING, PRAYER IS A REAL LIFELINE OF OUR EXISTENCE. 25:31 ALL MUSLIMS TAKE PRAYER SERIOUSLY. 25:33 IT IS THE ONE THING THAT HELPS THEM BATTLE THE DAILY DEMONIC POWERS AND INFLUENCES THAT 25:39 CONFRONT THEM ON A DAILY BASIS. 25:41 SO WHEN THEY PRAY, THEY MEAN BUSINESS. 25:45 OUR BROTHER AND SISTER IN THE WEST NEED TO TAKE PRAYERS FOR OUR PEOPLE SERIOUSLY. 25:51 GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS AND DAILY REVEALS HIMSELF TO OUR PEOPLE WITH MIRACLES. 25:57 MAYBE GOD APPRECIATES THE POWERS THAT THEY ARE UP AGAINST AND THEIR REAL NEED TO KNOW HIM AND 26:03 AN ENCOUNTER WITH HIM. 26:05 PLEASE ASK THE DEDICATED PEOPLE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:09 TO PRAY INTENSELY FOR MUSLIM WORK GLOBALLY." 26:14 WOW! 26:15 BRUCE THAT WAS REALLY MOVING! 26:18 THAT IS WHAT WE NEED MOST! 26:20 ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO PRAY FIVE TIMES A DAY. 26:23 THAT'S REALLY MOVING. 26:25 WHY DON'T WE HAVE A PRAYER RIGHT NOW? 26:27 LET'S DO THAT! 26:28 WOULD YOU LEAD US, PLEASE? 26:29 GRACIOUS GOD, GOD OF ALL PEOPLE, GOD WHO CONSIDERS EVERY PERSON HIS CHILD. 26:35 WE PRAY TODAY FOR THE MUSLIM PEOPLE, THE MUSLIM WORLD; 26:39 SO MANY ARE REACHING OUT TO KNOW ISA . 26:43 YOU ARE TALKING TO THEM. 26:45 YOU ARE VISITING THEM. 26:46 YOU ARE GIVING THOSE DREAMS AND VISIONS. 26:48 HELP US, FATHER, TO STAND BEHIND YOU IN PRAYER FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. 26:54 TEACH US TO BE PEOPLE WHO PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 26:59 AMEN. 27:00 AMEN. 27:01 THANK YOU, BRUCE. 27:03 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE ON"ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 27:07 AND WE DO, WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS. 27:08 PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AROUND THE WORLD. 27:10 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. 27:12 I AM JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER. 27:14 CLOSING MUSIC. |
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