Participants: Jenny Smith
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000403
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00:02 [OPENING MUSIC]
00:22 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:24 I'M YOUR HOST, KEVIN WAITE. 00:25 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. 00:27 THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" KNOW THAT WE TYPICALLY FEATURE 00:29 STORIES AND NEWS STRAIGHT FROM THE MISSION FIELDS. 00:31 BUT TODAY, WE HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT PLANNED. 00:34 I'M HERE IN THE STUDIO WITH JENNIFER SMITH. 00:37 JENNIE, WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:39 THANK YOU. 00:41 JENNIE IS A RECENT ADDITION TO OUR CREW OF VOLUNTEER AMBASSADORS AND WE ARE DELIGHTED 00:45 TO HAVE HER ON BOARD. 00:47 BUT, LET'S PAUSE FOR JUST A MOMENT FIRST FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEW VIEWERS AND LET ME BRIEFLY 00:51 NOTE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A VOLUNTEER RUN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SHARING JESUS WITH 00:56 PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:58 THIS IS AN AREA OF THE WORLD 00:59 MARKED BY 10 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE TO 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE. 01:12 IT STRETCHES WEST TO EAST FROM NORTH AFRICA TO THE PHILIPPINES AND INCLUDES THE MIDDLE EAST, 01:15 INDIA, CHINA, AND ALL THE MANY NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. 01:17 GOSPEL OUTREACH RAISES MONEY TO SPONSOR NATIVE BIBLE WORKERS IN THIS AREA OF THE WORLD. 01:21 THESE WORKERS ARE HIRED AND TRAINED BY THE LOCAL SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MISSION OFFICES. 01:24 THE GOAL IS TO ENTER UNREACHED AREAS AND LET PEOPLE EXPERIENCE 01:26 AND HEAR THE LOVE OF JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 01:29 IN A NUTSHELL, LET ME SHARE THE REASON WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:31 FOCUSES ON THIS ALL IMPORTANT 10/40 WINDOW. 01:33 THE WORLD POPULATION IS SEVEN BILLION AND JESUS TELLS US THAT FIRST WE ARE TO REACH THE ENTIRE 01:37 WORLD AND THEN HE IS GOING TO COME AGAIN. 01:39 IT'S AN EVENT CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING NOW FOR SOME 2000 YEARS. 01:44 THE US CENTER FOR WORLD MISSION ESTIMATES THAT OUT OF THE TOTAL WORLD POPULATION, 01:49 THERE ARE 2.84 BILLION PEOPLE, SO NEARLY 3 BILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD OF JESUS YET. 01:55 IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT WANTING THE LORD TO COME AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US. 02:00 NOW WHERE DO THOSE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE? 02:02 HERE IS A NUMBER TO REMEMBER FOR THE DAY BEFORE WE GET STARTED. 02:05 VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEM, 97% LIVE IN THAT 10/40 WINDOW AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE MOST EFFICIENT 02:11 AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO REACH THEM IS BY TRAINING AND SPONSORING LOCAL BIBLE WORKERS THAT KNOW 02:16 THE CULTURE, THE LANGUAGE, THE CUSTOMS AND THE RELIGIONS OF THEIR PEOPLE. 02:20 LATER ON IN THE SHOW, WE ARE GOING TO LET YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN BE PART OF THIS EXCITING 02:24 MINISTRY AND HELP HASTEN THE SECOND COMING. 02:27 NOW JENNIE, YOU'RE NOT A LOCAL BIBLE WORKER THAT'S WORKING IN NEPAL OR VIET NAM. 02:33 YOU ARE NOT A REGIONAL DIRECTOR INSTEAD YOU ARE AN AMBASSADOR. 02:38 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 02:41 IT MEANS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE ABOUT THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL 02:47 OUTREACH SO THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE CAN HEAR ABOUT JESUS 02:50 AND ACCEPT HIM AND BE IN HEAVEN WITH US. 02:52 SO YOU'RE WORKING IN NORTH AMERICA? 02:54 I AM. 02:55 O.K., HOW DID YOU FIRST LEARN OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 03:00 I'M NOT SURE HOW I FIRST STARTED RECEIVING THE NEWSLETTER, BUT IT WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO A FRIEND 03:08 WHO WAS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR AT THE TIME IN WEST AFRICA, STEVE EISELE, 03:13 SHARED WITH US ABOUT HIS TRIPS OVER THERE AND HE JUST LOVED BEING A PART OF IT. 03:18 THEN A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, HE JUST SHARED WITH ME HIS HEART FOR THE 03:23 MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HIS DESIRE TO JUST SUPPORT IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO SHARE, 03:29 BECAUSE IT IS JUST SO EFFECTIVE IN SHARING WITH SO MANY PEOPLE. 03:35 YES. 03:37 EVERY DOLLAR GOES SO FAR. 03:40 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, FOR THOSE OF US THAT LIVE HERE IN NORTH AMERICA TO GO TO THE 03:45 MISSION FIELD IN OUR OWN WAY. 03:46 EXACTLY. 03:47 YES. 03:49 HE IS JUST SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT AND IT JUST MADE ME WANT TO BE A PART OF IT. 03:51 SO, AS YOU THINK BACK TO THIS FIRST GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS THERE ANY 03:59 PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU LEARNED ABOUT IT THAT SPARKED 04:04 YOUR CURIOSITY, THINGS THAT GRABBED YOUR ATTENTION, 04:07 THINGS THAT SAID WOW THIS IS INTERESTING? 04:09 WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WERE GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD AS YOU FIRST HEARD ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 04:15 UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME WAS JUST THE FACT 04:18 THAT THE NATIVE PEOPLE ARE REACHING THEIR OWN PEOPLE. 04:22 THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH YEARS OF LANGUAGE LEARNING AND CULTURE, 04:25 UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE AND IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE AND I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, 04:33 JESUS HASN'T CALLED ME TO A FOREIGN MISSION FIELD YET AND I THOUGHT I CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE 04:40 IN, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING HOWEVER I CAN 04:42 AND IN PROMOTING TO OTHER PEOPLE SHARING WITH THEM ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 04:45 I FEEL LIKE I CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH WAY MORE PEOPLE THAN I EVER 04:50 COULD ANY OTHER WAY. 04:51 INTERESTING. 04:52 NOW, WHAT IS YOUR NORMAL DAY OUTSIDE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH LIKE? 04:58 WHAT DO YOU DO AND I'M STILL INTRIGUED BY THE CONNECTION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, 05:05 I'LL JUST SAY FOR MANY OF US WE ARE BUSY WITH OUR DAILY LIVES, WE HAVE WORK, 05:09 WE HAVE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES SOMETHING TO KIND OF, 05:13 YOU KNOW, THUMP US TO GET OUR ATTENTION AND THEN SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, 05:16 THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN THE DAILY GRIND. 05:18 I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND WHAT IT WAS THAT FIRST GOT YOUR ATTENTION. 05:26 WELL, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN MISSIONS. 05:29 I GREW UP READING MISSIONARY BIOGRAPHIES, MISSION STORIES 05:33 AND SO I ALWAYS WANTED TO LIVE THAT LIFE. 05:36 BUT SINCE I HAVEN'T BEEN CALLED TO A FOREIGN MISSION FIELD, I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES 05:42 AND SO FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IT WAS LIKE "WOW, I CAN BE A PART OF THIS". 05:47 AND CURRENTLY, I WORK AS A NANNY TAKING CARE OF 3 CHILDREN AND JUST AS I WOULD MENTION TO 05:54 PEOPLE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AS I WAS BECOMING A PART OF IT, SUPPORTING IT AS I COULD. 06:01 I LIVE IN MICHIGAN AND NO ONE HAD HEARD OF IT. 06:04 PRETTY MUCH THEY ARE LIKE "WELL I THINK", BUT THEY REALLY HADN'T, YOU KNOW. 06:10 SO, ACTUALLY I WAS CALLED THE FIRST TIME I MADE A DONATION I WAS CALLED PERSONALLY BY GOSPEL 06:15 OUTREACH THANKING ME FOR MY DONATION. 06:17 I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THAT. 06:19 I WAS LIKE, "WOW". 06:21 SO, I SHARED WITH THEM THE STORY, A REALLY COOL STORY, OF HOW GOD LEAD ME TO MAKE THAT 06:26 DONATION AND HOW HE PROVIDED AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING. 06:29 AND, I ASKED THEM IF I COULD GET SOME BROCHURES OR DVD'S THAT I COULD SHARE WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE 06:35 PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. 06:37 THE PERSON THAT WAS TALKING ON THE PHONE WAS LIKE, I THINK WE COULD USE YOU AS A VOLUNTEER. 06:43 WOULD YOU BE A VOLUNTEER? 06:45 I WAS LIKE, SURE! 06:46 SO NEXT THING I KNEW I FILLED OUT THE FORM AND I WAS AN AMBASSADOR. 06:51 THEY ASKED ME TO DO CAMP MEETING LAST SUMMER IN MICHIGAN. 06:54 O.K. 06:55 AND A BOOTH AT CAMP MEETING. 06:57 HOW DID IT GO? 06:58 IT WAS AWESOME, I LOVED IT. 07:00 YOU MET A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE? 07:01 I DID. 07:02 PLUS, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MICHIGAN. 07:05 THAT HELPS. 07:06 AND DR. BRUCE MOYER CAME; I NEVER COULD HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HIM. 07:10 HE CAME FOR THE SABBATHS BECAUSE THAT IS THE REALLY BUSY TIME. 07:13 YES. 07:14 AND I LOVE WORKING WITH HIM. 07:16 HE AND HIS WIFE BOTH CAME AND I NEVER COULD HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM. 07:20 SO, IT WAS GREAT GETTING TO DO THAT AND JUST SHARING WITH PEOPLE THAT I KNEW, 07:25 PEOPLE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW, MEETING PEOPLE. 07:28 I REALLY ENJOY DOING BOOTHS. 07:30 YES. 07:31 I THINK, YOU KNOW, MY EXPERIENCE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH HERE MIRRORS SOME OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. 07:35 THERE IS A PERSONAL TOUCH, I THINK, THAT HAPPENS HERE 07:39 AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE JUST ON FIRE. 07:43 THEY WANT THE LORD TO RETURN AND IT COMES OUT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND SOME OF THEM 07:48 ARE JUST LITTLE PERSONAL THINGS LIKE THE PHONE CALL 07:50 THAT YOU RECEIVED THANKING YOU FOR A DONATION. 07:54 THINGS LIKE THAT MANY TIMES YOU DO SOMETHING YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND YOU'RE 08:01 GLAD YOU DID IT, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING EXTRA THAT, YES, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED AND ENJOYED 08:07 TALKING TO PEOPLE ON PHONE AND I'M FINALLY HERE TO MEET THEM. 08:13 NOW, AS YOU WERE DISCUSSING THIS IDEA OF BEING AN AMBASSADOR WHAT WERE YOU TOLD ABOUT THE ROLE, 08:21 THE RESPONSIBILITIES, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT COME OUT OF THAT? 08:25 H-M-M. 08:27 I DON'T KNOW. 08:29 HARD TO SAY? 08:31 I MEAN I GUESS ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE SHARED ACTUALLY ON THE PHONE, 08:37 I THINK ON THAT FIRST PHONE CALL WE DID TALK ABOUT IT, ABOUT THE IDEA OF GOING TO CHURCHES LIKE 08:45 ONCE A MONTH AND SHARING. 08:47 WHICH I HAVE NOT DONE YET, BUT I ANTICIPATE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT BECAUSE I SING AND 08:50 I PLAY PIANO AND GUITAR AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS A PERFECT AVENUE TO CONTACT CHURCHES AND 08:56 OFFER TO DO SPECIAL MUSIC FOR A CHURCH SERVICE ON SABBATH ON THE CONDITION THAT I COULD HAVE FIVE 09:02 OR TEN MINUTES TO SHARE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:04 I FEEL LIKE I ALSO HAVE HAD THE IDEA OF DOING CONCERTS AS PROMOTING GOSPEL OUTREACH, 09:10 LIKE YOU KNOW, BUT I FIGURED THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE AN EVENING THING AND THERE WOULDN'T 09:15 BE AS MANY PEOPLE. 09:17 LIKE, EVERYBODY IS THERE AT CHURCH. 09:19 SO I FIGURE DOING THAT LIKE DOING SPECIAL MUSIC AND THEN HAVING A SHORT TIME TO SHARE 09:22 WOULD BE REALLY EFFECTIVE. 09:23 SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE IDEAS AND THEN CAMP MEETINGS I WAS TOLD WAS A BIG THING DOING A BOOTH AT 09:27 CAMP MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 09:29 WHERE YOU CAN GET OUT AND MEET PEOPLE AND TELL THEM WHAT IS GOING ON. 09:32 YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SO IMPRESSED AS I'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THIS AREA OF THE WORLD, 09:38 THE 10/40 WINDOW, AT HOW LITTLE I KNEW BEFORE ABOUT 09:41 THE GREAT NEED THAT IS OUT THERE IN THE WORLD. 09:45 I REMEMBER THINKING TO MYSELF A FEW WEEKS AGO, HOW WE ARE SO USED TO, IN NORTH AMERICA, 09:51 HAVING A CHURCH ALMOST SEEMS LIKE ON EVERY STREET CORNER. 09:54 YOU KNOW, THERE IS BIBLE CAMPS, THERE ARE PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, CHURCH SCHOOLS THAT KIDS GO TO 10:00 AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE CHRISTIANITY IS EVERYWHERE HERE IN NORTH AMERICA. 10:04 OBVIOUSLY, WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO HERE BUT TO REALIZE THAT THAT IS NOT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE 10:10 10/40 WINDOW WAS SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY GOT MY ATTENTION 10:14 AND I THINK I HEAR YOU SAYING THE SAME THING TOO. 10:16 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT THERE AND DO SOME WORK. 10:20 YES. 10:22 THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE JUST READ IN A BROCHURE OR NEWSLETTER OR SOMETHING JUST THE 10:26 IDEA THAT IT'S AVAILABLE HERE. 10:29 I MEAN I STILL FEEL LIKE EVEN SOME OF MY RELATIVES REALLY HAVEN'T, 10:35 THEY DON'T KNOW WHO JESUS IS, REALLY. 10:37 YES. 10:38 BUT YET IT IS THERE, WHEREAS IN THESE OTHER COUNTRIES IT'S NOT THERE. 10:42 THEY HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD OF JESUS NAME WHICH IS HARD TO BELIEVE. 10:45 RIGHT. 10:46 IT'S NOT LIKE AROUND THEM WHERE THEY COULD GET TO IT WITHOUT OTHER PEOPLE COMING IN, 10:50 YOU KNOW. 10:51 YES. 10:52 IT'S NOT JUST IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT LIKE YOU SAID, DOWN THE STREET. 10:57 YES. 10:58 IT'S A LOT FURTHER AWAY THAN JUST DOWN THE STREET. 11:02 YES. 11:04 WELL, JENNIE I THINK NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK TO TELL VIEWERS AT HOME 11:08 HOW THEY TOO CAN BE PART OF THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 11:13 WHEN WE COME BACK I WANT TO ASK YOU HOW GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS CHANGED YOUR LIFE. 11:17 FRIENDS, PERHAPS YOU HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED THAT TIME ON THIS EARTH IS RUNNING OUT AND YOU'RE 11:21 FEELING CONVICTED THAT GOD IS ASKING YOU TO DO MORE TO WITNESS FOR HIM. 11:26 WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT IN OUR COMMUNITIES BUT THE GREAT COMMISSION CALLS ON US TO REACH 11:31 THE WHOLE WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. 11:34 YOU CAN DO THAT RIGHT THERE AT HOME AND HERE IS HOW. 11:39 IF YOU ARE JUST LEARNING ABOUT THIS MINISTRY, 11:41 I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN UP FOR THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. 11:44 IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE. 11:46 YOU'LL BE THRILLED TO READ TRUE STORIES OF GOD'S LEADING, STORIES OF MIRACLES, 11:50 STORIES OF CHANGED LIVES. 11:53 TO SIGN UP SIMPLY CALL ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS 12:06 YOU CAN ALSO HELP SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY FINANCIALLY BY CALLING OR VISITING THE ONLINE GIVING 12:11 CENTER OR MAIL YOUR GIFT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, P.O. 12:22 . 12:35 IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU CONTACT US 12:43 RIGHT NOW. 12:44 SEEING HOW GOD IS WORKING TO CHANGE OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES CAN HELP GIVE YOUR FAITH A BIG BOOST 12:50 TOO. 12:51 WE ARE HERE VISITING WITH JENNIFER SMITH, A VOLUNTEER AMBASSADOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:58 JENNIE, I JUST HAVE TO ASK YOU, HOW HAS WORKING 13:02 AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH CHANGED YOUR LIFE? 13:05 I WOULD SAY IT'S REALLY GIVEN ME A SENSE OF PURPOSE AND OF MEANING AND I LOVE IT BECAUSE I 13:20 REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M A PART OF SOMETHING. 13:23 IT'S LIKE A PART OF A BODY, PART OF A FAMILY, PART OF SOMETHING THAT'S A MOVEMENT. 13:30 YOU KNOW. 13:31 I LOVE THAT, I REALLY LOVE BEING PART OF SOMETHING AND IT'S A REAL PURPOSE. 13:36 I THINK WE NEED THAT, YOU KNOW AS CHRISTIANS, GOD KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING AND HE GIVES US OUR OWN 13:43 FAMILIES, BUT THEN OUR CHURCH FAMILIES TOO AND AN ENLARGED FAMILY AS WE LOOK OUT AT THE 13:49 ENTIRE WORLD AND I THINK WHEN WE OPEN OUR HEARTS TO THE LORD'S LEADING, 13:56 IT AUTOMATICALLY MEANS WE'RE OPENING UP TO TRYING TO DO OUR BEST 14:01 TO TRY TO REACH OTHERS FOR HIM. 14:02 BEING ON MISSION WITH JESUS, THAT'S A VERY GOOD WAY OF PUTTING IT. 14:08 HAVE THERE BEEN SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE EITHER DONE AS AN AMBASSADOR SO FAR? 14:14 I KNOW YOU ARE KIND OF GETTING STARTED WITH IT, ANY OTHER THINGS? 14:17 YOU MENTION A CAMP MEETING, THINGS THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, 14:24 CHALLENGES THAT YOU ARE THINKING OF AS YOU ARE PLANNING OUT WHERE 14:28 YOU WANT TO GO WITH THIS IN THE FUTURE. 14:30 THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING OR CONTEMPLATING. 14:37 WELL, I JUST REALLY STARTED TALKING TO PEOPLE AND SHARING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH A LITTLE 14:42 BIT AND THEY HADN'T HEARD OF IT, I JUST REALLY, THE LORD HAS REALLY GIVEN ME A PASSION TO 14:48 WANT TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE ABOUT THE MINISTRY SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN BE INVOLVED AND MORE PEOPLE 14:53 CAN KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 14:55 AND SO, ALONG WITH THAT I ALSO REALLY HAVE A DESIRE TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE OF MY GENERATION 15:05 BECAUSE I'VE FOUND THAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT EITHER. 15:08 NOW YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, HAVEN'T YOU? 15:12 YES. 15:13 COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? 15:15 YES. 15:17 SO, LAST SUMMER I MENTIONED IT TO A FRIEND WHO IS INVOLVED WITH YOUTH AND WITH MISSIONS AND MY 15:21 DESIRE TO SHARE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH MY GENERATION. 15:24 HE'S LIKE; WELL GO TO GYC WHICH IS A BIG CONFERENCE GENERATION OF YOUTH FOR CHRIST WHICH IS 15:29 HELD ONCE A YEAR IN DIFFERENT CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. 15:32 I HAD NEVER BEEN TO IT. 15:33 HE'S LIKE, GO TO GYC AND DO A BOOTH BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE. 15:39 I WAS LIKE, OK. 15:41 AND SO JUST STARTED PRAYING ABOUT IT AND TALKED TO PEOPLE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TO MAKE A 15:47 LONG STORY SHORT THAT IS WHAT WE DID. 15:51 AND IT WAS AWESOME. 15:52 THERE WAS ABOUT 5-7000 PEOPLE THERE OF ALL AGES, CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, 15:58 OLDER PEOPLE AND SO MY SISTER AND I DID A BOOTH THERE. 16:02 ON THE WAY THERE I MET SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN A PART OF A BOOTH AND SHE SAID THAT YOU NEED AT 16:08 LEAST 4-5 PEOPLE AND I SAID," WELL THAT'S NICE BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO". 16:11 "OK, JESUS HERE WE ARE THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG CHALLENGE". 16:15 SO, WE ONLY HAD AN HOUR AND A HALF SOMETIMES TWO AND ONE HALF HOURS IN THE EVENING THAT IT WAS 16:21 OPEN AND PEOPLE JUST STREAMED THROUGH SO IT WAS QUITE, NOT REALLY OVERWHELMING, 16:24 BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE. 16:26 WHAT WAS THE CONTENT OF THIS, WHAT AS THE MAIN THRUST OF THIS WHOLE THING THAT WAS GOING ON? 16:31 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, I THINK THERE WERE SIX DIFFERENT 16:36 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED. 16:37 WOW. 16:38 ABOUT 5-7000 AND THEY COME TOGETHER AS GENERATION OF YOUTH FOR CHRIST. 16:41 I HEARD IT SAID THAT IT IS KIND OF SPROUT OF ASI. 16:45 OK. 16:46 BUT, JUST YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT JESUS AND WANTING TO SHARE HIM AND JUST 16:52 REALLY LIVE FOR HIM. 16:54 WHAT KIND OF AN AGE RANGE WOULD YOU ESTIMATE? 16:58 THE LARGEST IS HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE. 17:00 O.K. 17:01 BUT AS I SAID THERE WERE CHILDREN AND ADULTS. 17:02 THERE IS A LARGE EXHIBIT AREA, A LOT OF BOOTHS 17:05 AND SO PEOPLE WOULD JUST BE COMING THROUGH THERE. 17:08 LIKE, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REALLY VISIT THE OTHER BOOTHS BECAUSE IT WAS FULL TIME TALKING 17:14 TO PEOPLE, TURNING FROM ONE PERSON TO THE NEXT JUST GETTING AS MUCH OUT AS I COULD TO TELL 17:20 THEM ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:22 THERE WERE THIS MANY PEOPLE, LIKE HALF DOZEN WHO WERE FAMILIAR WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:26 OUT OF THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO. 17:29 SO, I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A GREAT NEED TO SHARE IN EVERY AVENUE THAT WE CAN FIND. 17:37 YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I THINK OF YOUNG PEOPLE, WHEN I THINK OF HIGH SCHOOL, 17:43 EARLY COLLEGE, LATE GRADE SCHOOL YEARS, I THINK OF PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY BUSY WITH SCHOLASTICS 17:52 AND YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT LIFE AND WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO 17:58 DO AND YET YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT THESE, 18:02 THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING TOGETHER FOR THIS WERE ON FIRE. 18:05 AND, YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF REACTION, WERE THERE ANY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU RECALL 18:14 ANY INTERESTING INTERACTION OR JUST IN GENERAL WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE COMING IN AND VISITING 18:21 THE BOOTH, WHAT KINDS OF QUESTIONS DID THEY HAVE AND WHAT WERE YOU ABLE TO TELL THEM ABOUT 18:27 THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 18:29 SOME OF THE, MOSTLY I WAS JUST SHARING WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS I COULD WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 18:37 AND THEY WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT OR THE METHOD OF YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW, 18:43 THERE WERE A FEW YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE LOOKING FOR MISSION OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW. 18:47 THEY SAW THAT IT WAS A MISSION BOOTH AND I SHARED WITH THEM THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY, 18:52 YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T SEND A FOREIGN MISSIONARY BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE YOUNG PEOPLE COULD BE 18:58 INVOLVED IN A SIMILAR WAY THAT I AM IN SHARING ABOUT IT IF THEY WERE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT 19:04 BUT ALSO, I'VE HEARD OF OTHER MISSION ORGANIZATIONS EVEN GOSPEL OUTREACH, 19:08 WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO REALLY CATCH A VISION FOR IT IN RAISING FUNDS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 19:13 SO, I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT WE CAN ALL BE BEHIND IT. 19:17 YES. 19:18 ONE THING THAT I'VE WONDERED, YOU KNOW, IN TELLING OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:26 WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU FINDING, THINGS THAT YOU ARE FEELING? 19:33 IT'S GOOD FOR THOSE OF US AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:36 TO KNOW WHAT COULD BE HELPFUL TO AMBASSADORS OUT THERE. 19:40 ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT YOU THINK COULD BE DONE TO MAKE THAT KIND OF OUTREACH THAT YOU ARE 19:47 DOING MORE EFFECTIVE? 19:49 WHAT OTHER KINDS OF CHALLENGES DO YOU THINK THERE ARE? 19:52 WHAT KIND OF REWARDS? 19:54 WE ARE COVERING SEVERAL THINGS HERE, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN THE CHALLENGES PART OF IT BECAUSE I 20:01 THINK SOMETIMES THERE MAY BE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING TODAY THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT, "WOW, 20:07 THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I COULD DO BUT, 20:11 " AND THEY ARE THINKING OF A CHALLENGE. 20:13 I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE THOUGHT OF SOME OF THOSE TOO AND IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN ALL 20:18 WORK TOGETHER TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES. 20:22 THE GREATEST CHALLENGE THAT I SEE, IS THAT WE NEED MORE PEOPLE. 20:27 THAT'S TRUE. 20:28 SO, I'M JUST LIKE, JUST WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO CATCH THE VISION BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE EASTERN 20:34 HALF OF THE COUNTRY AND I FIND THAT PEOPLE, LIKE I'VE ALREADY SAID, 20:38 HAVEN'T HEARD OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 20:40 SO, FOR ME I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T --- THE LORD, THIS IS GOD'S WORK. 20:45 I FEEL LIKE HE TAKES CARE OF ALL THE CHALLENGES, HONESTLY. 20:48 I MEAN, I KIND OF STRESSED IN THE PREPARATION OF GETTING READY FOR GYC. 20:52 ALL THESE DIFFERENT DETAILS TO PUT TOGETHER AND JESUS JUST LIKE DURING THAT TIME IMPRESSED ME 20:57 THAT "THIS IS MY WORK" AND YOU ARE JUST JOINING ME IN MY WORK AND I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF 21:01 EVERYTHING AND HE DOES. 21:03 HE TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING SO, HONESTLY LIKE PERSONALLY, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING BECAUSE 21:08 HE TAKES CARE OF IT. 21:10 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 21:11 WE JUST NEED PEOPLE. 21:13 I JUST WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE. 21:18 YES. 21:19 SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE THAT MAY BE THERE IS THE CHALLENGE OF FAITH. 21:24 YOU KNOW FAITH THAT YOU CAN STEP FORWARD AND KNOW THAT GOD IS IN THIS AND THAT HE WILL TAKE CARE 21:33 OF THE DETAILS. 21:34 YOU KNOW, I THINK OF SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY BE NERVOUS OR AFRAID ABOUT, 21:43 WELL" I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO PEOPLE". 21:44 "I'M JUST NOT A PEOPLE PERSON" AND IT'S WONDERFUL 21:48 TO BE A PEOPLE PERSON BUT GOD USES EVERYBODY. 21:51 YOU KNOW, I THINK OF THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT PEOPLE COULD BE THINKING AND YET THEY MAY STILL 21:55 FEEL THAT FEELING INSIDE LIKE, I KNOW GOD WANTS ME TO DO SOMETHING AND YET WHAT I AM 22:04 HEARING YOU SAY WHICH IS VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME, IS THAT YOU ARE FINDING GOD IS PROVIDING 22:12 ANSWERS AND GUIDANCE AS YOU MOVE FORWARD. 22:16 THIS IS UNIQUE. 22:17 I MEAN, HOW MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK FOR THE LORD IN THIS WAY? 22:22 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING. 22:28 I CAN SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH SOMEONE MIGHT NOT BE COMFORTABLE AT A BOOTH, YOU KNOW, 22:34 STEPPING OUT THERE AND I'VE FOUND WITH DOING A BOOTH I LEARNED THIS FROM BRUCE MOYER 22:39 AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT, THAT PEOPLE WILL JUST WALK ON BY 22:42 IF YOU DON'T STEP OUT AND TALK TO THEM. 22:44 YOU KNOW, EVEN AT GYC I'D HAND PEOPLE A BROCHURE, THEY WERE WALKING BY AND I WOULD SAY 22:50 "HERE, WOULD YOU LIKE A MISSION STORY FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH?" 22:52 AND THEY WOULD TURN, OH, SO THEN I WOULD TELL THEM ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THEY WERE LIKE, 22:59 WOW THAT'S REALLY COOL. 23:00 YOU KNOW AND SO I THINK EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT JUST SHARING WITH PEOPLE. 23:07 LIKE I WAS TOLD BY ARNOLD PFLUGRAD, HE GAVE ME A VERY WISE WORD, HE SAID, 23:13 WE HAVE REALLY FOUND THAT IT IS ONE ON ONE, PERSON TO PERSON THAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE. 23:17 YES. 23:18 I REALIZE IN THINKING ABOUT THAT THAT IS WHAT IT WAS FOR ME. 23:19 LIKE MY FRIEND STEVE HE WAS SHARING WITH ME JUST HIS HEART PASSION THAT HE WANTS TO DO 23:25 EVERYTHING HE CAN TO SAVE SOULS THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:30 AND THAT'S WHAT LIT MY FIRE. 23:32 IT'S A RELATIONSHIP THING, IT'S A TESTIMONY THING, I THINK YOU KNOW, 23:39 I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS VERY THING, 23:43 WHEN YOU SENSE THAT SOMEBODY IS ON FIRE ABOUT SOMETHING, EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING THERE IS 23:49 SOMETHING IN OUR HUMAN NATURE THAT WE GET CURIOUS, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. 23:55 YES. 23:56 I CAN TELL JUST TALKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW THAT YOU ARE ON FIRE TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE 24:03 LORD AND WILLING TO GO WHEREVER HE LEADS YOU. 24:07 THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. 24:08 I THINK IT'S THAT STEPPING OUT AND TAKING THOSE STEPS. 24:13 AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE GOSPEL IN PLACES THAT WE NEVER COULD. 24:19 YES. 24:20 BUT WE CAN! 24:21 YES. 24:22 SO, TELL ME AS YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED HERE SO FAR WITH BEING AN AMBASSADOR, 24:27 WHAT KINDS OF ODD THINGS HAVE YOU-THE DOOR HAS BEEN OPENED FOR YOU TO DO THINGS THAT YOU 24:33 PROBABLY NEVER DREAMED THAT YOU WOULD BE DOING. 24:35 LIKE SITTING HERE AND TALKING TO YOU? 24:37 OK. 24:38 ABSOLUTELY. 24:39 I WAS FLYING ON THE PLANE YESTERDAY JUST SITTING THERE JUST KIND OF TALKING TO THE LORD 24:42 LIKE, WOW! 24:43 CAN THIS REALLY BE HAPPENING? 24:44 I'M FLYING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 24:45 YOU KNOW, I'M A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 24:47 IT IS SO AMAZING, GOD. 24:48 I'VE SENSED HIS LEADING THE WHOLE WAY. 24:50 YOU KNOW. 24:52 JUST THE FIRST TIME I TALKED TO SOMEONE ON THE PHONE AND THEY PUT ME ON THE PHONE TO SOMEBODY 24:56 ELSE AND THEY ASKED ME TO BE A VOLUNTEER, THEY ASKED ME TO BE AN AMBASSADOR, 25:00 I DID A BOOTH FOR CAMP MEETING, I DID IT, YOU KNOW. 25:04 JUST SHARING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND HERE I AM. 25:06 ALL I CAN SAY IS ITS GOD, YOU KNOW. 25:08 IT IS HARD TO SAY NO, WHEN HE CALLS US ISN'T IT? 25:11 IT'S AWESOME WORKING WITH GOD. 25:13 THERE IS NOTHING BETTER. 25:14 IT TRULY IS. 25:15 WELL, I KNOW WE ARE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LOW ON TIME BUT YOU KNOW, 25:19 I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK EVERY TIME WE DO A PROGRAM HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 25:25 GOD SPEAKS TO DIFFERENT ONES OF US AT DIFFERENT TIMES ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS. 25:29 I THINK WE EACH HAVE PERSONALITIES, WE HAVE TALENTS, WE HAVE SO FORTH AND THIS WHOLE 25:36 IDEA OF BEING AN AMBASSADOR AND LETTING OTHER PEOPLE KNOW MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE 25:41 WORK THAT IS GOING ON IN THE 10/40 WINDOW MAY BE APPEALING TO SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW. 25:46 GOD MAY BE TALKING TO SOMEONE'S HEART AND BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE, 25:50 WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT HERE, WHAT COULD YOU TELL THEM, COULD YOU GIVE A FEW WORDS OF 25:56 ENCOURAGEMENT TO THEM MOVING FORWARD. 25:59 AS I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS INTERVIEW EARLIER TODAY, I WAS TALKING TO THE LORD ABOUT 26:04 IT, AND I REALLY FELT LIKE HE GAVE ME THE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AS AMBASSADORS AND IN SHARING 26:08 ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE NOT JUST SHARING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:12 WE ARE AMBASSADORS FOR ALMOST THREE BILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT YET HEARD ABOUT JESUS AND 26:19 JESUS CALLS US TO JOIN HIM IN HIS WORK OF INTERCESSION THAT HE IS DOING FOR US IN THE HEAVENLY 26:24 SANCTUARY RIGHT NOW. 26:26 WE CAN INTERCEDE AS AMBASSADORS FOR THESE PEOPLE AND I JUST HAD THAT THOUGHT THAT HE IS CALLING 26:32 US TO JOIN HIM IN HIS WORK. 26:35 THERE IS NOTHING BETTER. 26:38 VERY GOOD. 26:39 JENNIE, SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US TODAY. 26:42 WE PRAY THAT GOD WILL RICHLY BLESS YOUR EFFORTS AS YOU TELL THOSE OF US IN NORTH AMERICA 26:47 MORE ABOUT THIS WORK OF BEING AN AMBASSADOR. 26:50 WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME CONTACT INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN HERE AS WE CLOSE OUT. 26:54 A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR VIEWERS FOR JOINING US. 26:58 WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BE INVOLED WITH THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:04 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, I AM KEVIN WAITE. 27:16 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:19 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY. 27:22 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:25 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:28 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:31 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:37 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:40 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:42 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFERENCE. 27:44 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DEFFERENCE. 27:46 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:50 WHERE? 27:52 ALL THE WORLD. 27:53 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:56 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:57 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:03 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:06 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:09 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 28:13 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:15 BE THE SPARK. 28:16 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:17 FINISH THE WORK. 28:19 FINISH THE WORK. |
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