Participants: Kevin Waite, Dan Preas
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000404
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00:02 [OPENING MUSIC]
00:22 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:25 WITH ME TODAY I HAVE TWO VERY, VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS 00:28 AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU 00:30 BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION. 00:32 WE HAVE WITH US DAN PREAS. 00:34 DAN IS THE PRESIDENT FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THEN 00:39 WE HAVE WADE BROOKS. 00:40 WADE BROOKS IS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR OPERATIONS. 00:43 NOW, WADE LET ME ASK YOU WHAT IS THE MISSION OF 00:48 THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION. 00:49 YOU KNOW THE MISSION OF THIS ORGANIZATION REALLY 00:52 IS WHAT REALLY BROUGHT ME HERE. 00:55 FOR YEARS I KNEW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:58 I USED TO KIND OF WONDER SOME 20 YEARS AGO, WHEN I 01:01 USED TO DRIVE DOWN COLLEGE AVENUE, WHAT WAS GOING ON 01:03 IN THAT LITTLE BUILDING? 01:05 AND, ONE AFTER ANOTHER I WOULD MEET FRIENDS WHO 01:07 WERE WORKING DOWN HERE AND FINALLY I RECEIVED A CALL 01:11 ONE DAY FROM DAN, ACTUALLY SAYING YOU'VE GOT TO COME 01:13 DOWN HERE AND FIND OUT 01:14 WHAT IS GOING ON AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:18 IN SHORT, IF I WERE TO CREATE A LITTLE PICTURE 01:20 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IT IS THIS: GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A 01:25 VOLUNTEER DRIVEN MINISTRY. 01:29 NONE OF THE STAFF HERE ARE PAID, 01:30 WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS. 01:32 SO, THERE IS ENERGY A DEDICATION HERE THAT 01:36 REALLY DREW ME IN. 01:37 ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT IS WE WANT TO GET AS 01:42 MANY OF THE DOLLARS THAT ARE DONATED RIGHT TO THE 01:45 FRONT LINES WHERE THE WORKERS ARE WORKING IN 01:48 GOD'S VINEYARD FOR THE HARVEST. 01:49 AND ONE THING ABOUT THIS IS ALSO THAT WAS DIFFERENT 01:54 FOR ME AND IT REQUIRED A LITTLE ADJUSTMENT IN MY 01:57 THINKING BUT WHEN I SAW THE POWER OF IT I REALIZED 01:59 WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS DOING THIS. 02:01 AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE WORKING WITH NATIVE 02:04 WORKERS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. 02:07 AND THROUGHOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE HAVE SOME WELL 02:12 NOW, OVER TWO THOUSAND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS OR 02:16 SPONSORED WORKERS, I SHOULD SAY, THAT ARE 02:18 ACTUALLY HIRED BY THE CHURCHES, THE UNIONS, THE 02:22 CONFERENCES IN THEIR REGION. 02:24 THEY ARE SUPERVISED AND 02:26 TRAINED BY THE LOCAL AREAS. 02:27 BUT WHAT WE DO AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, WE'RE I GUESS 02:30 YOU COULD SAY, AN ADVOCATE FOR THE REGION IN A WAY 02:33 BECAUSE WE WORK WITH CHURCH LEADERSHIP WITH 02:35 THEIR VISION, WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN 02:39 UNENTERED AREAS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW BECAUSE FOR 02:42 THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW THE 10/40 WINDOW MOST OF 02:45 THE UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT DO NOT KNOW 02:48 JESUS CHRIST LIVE FROM 10 DEGREES NORTH TO 40 02:52 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE. 02:53 IT'S THAT STRIP OF LAND THAT INCLUDES NORTH 02:56 AFRICA, ASIA, INDIA, AND MIDDLE EAST. 03:00 ALL THROUGH THAT REGION IS THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH OVER 03:03 TWO BILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HEARD THE NAME OF 03:07 JESUS CHRIST. 03:08 TWO BILLION PEOPLE. 03:09 TWO BILLION PEOPLE. 03:10 SO THE IDEA IS FOR US TO TELL THE STORIES OF WHAT 03:14 GOD IS DOING IN THAT AREA AND TO GET THAT WORD OUT 03:18 TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN TO RAISE THE FUNDS, TO 03:21 HELP THE LOCAL UNIONS, CONFERENCES AND SECTIONS 03:25 TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THE FUNDS TO SEND WORKERS INTO 03:28 NEW UNENTERED TERRITORIES FOR CHRIST. 03:30 SO, YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT YOU HAVE OVER TWO 03:33 THOUSAND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AROUND THE WORLD. 03:37 YES. 03:38 AND IF I WERE TO DONATE ANYTHING, ALMOST 100 PER 03:41 CENT GOES TO SUPPORTING THE MISSION? 03:44 THAT IS TRUE. 03:45 OUR OVERHEAD IS TWO PER CENT. 03:47 SO, TWO PERCENT? 03:48 ESSENTIALLY, 98 PER CENT GETS TO GO TO THE 03:50 FRONTLINE TO BE PUT TO WORK IN GOD'S SERVICE. 03:53 I WISH I KNEW ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION WHEN I WAS A 03:56 YOUNG MAN JUST STARTING MY CAREER. 03:58 WHAT A GREAT WAY TO BECOME A PARTNER WITH PEOPLE LIKE 04:02 THAT AND SUPPORTING GOD'S WORK. 04:05 YOU KNOW IT IS SO EXCITING MANZOOR, EVERY DAY I HAVE 04:07 THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS 04:08 AND EVERY, WE HAVE THE 10/40 04:09 WINDOW BROKEN UP INTO REGIONS. 04:12 WE HAVE REGIONAL DIRECTORS THAT WORK WITH EACH OF 04:16 THOSE REGIONS. 04:17 MY WORK IS TO SERVE THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS IN 04:22 THOSE AREAS. 04:23 I GET TO SEE STORIES COMING OUT ALMOST 04:25 CONTINUOUSLY OF WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THOSE AREAS 04:30 AND SOMETIMES IT LITERALLY IS ALMOST OVERWHELMING TO 04:33 IMAGINE THAT WE COULD BE PART OF SOMETHING SO MUCH 04:36 BIGGER THAN OURSELVES. 04:38 WOW! 04:39 AND DAN, YOU HAVE TAKEN OVER THE LEADERSHIP LAST 04:42 YEAR, IS IT? 04:43 YES. 04:44 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE SET A BOLD VISION FOR THIS 04:49 ORGANIZATION. 04:50 I REALLY WANT TO HEAR THAT. 04:52 O.K. 04:53 SO WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH US THIS BIG VISION 04:55 I'VE BEEN LISTENING ABOUT. 04:56 ABSOLUTELY. 04:57 FIRST OF ALL, THIS ISN'T MY VISION BECAUSE I 04:59 COULDN'T HAVE COME UP WITH ANYTHING LIKE THIS ON MY 05:02 OWN BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHERE IT STARTED. 05:05 IT STARTED LAST YEAR AT AN ASI CONVENTION AS A GROUP 05:08 OF US WERE TALKING AND BRUCE FJARLI AT THAT TIME 05:11 SAID, YOU KNOW MONEY IS NOT REALLY AN ISSUE IN 05:14 GOD'S WORK. 05:15 ALL THE WAY HOME ON THE AIRPLANE I WAS THINKING, 05:18 MONEY IS NOT AN ISSUE WE NEED TO DREAM SOMETHING UP 05:21 THAT IS REALLY BIG FOR GOD BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS 05:25 THAT I'VE NOTICED ABOUT VOLUNTEERS AND GOSPEL 05:26 OUTREACH IS THAT WE ARE ALL INTERESTED IN SEEING 05:28 JESUS COME. 05:29 AMEN. 05:30 SO WE DREAMT SOMETHING BIG AND WE SAID IF WE CAN COME 05:34 UP WITH A PLAN FOR A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO PUT NEW 05:36 WORKERS OUT IN THE FIELD, WHAT A TREMENDOUS IMPACT 05:39 THAT WOULD BE. 05:40 KEVIN WAITE WAS SITTING 05:41 THERE WHEN WE WERE TALKING. 05:42 HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAYS "WHY NOT A MILLION?" 05:45 IT DIDN'T TAKE ONLY A FEW SECONDS TO SAY "YOU ARE 05:48 RIGHT" AND WE KEPT GOING AND WE ENCOURAGED ALL OF 05:51 REGIONAL DIRECTORS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN WITH THE 05:55 DIVISIONS, WITH THE UNIONS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW OF 05:58 WHAT EXACTLY THEY NEEDED. 06:00 IN CAME STREAMS OF PAPER. 06:03 FIRST IT WAS EMAIL BUT WE TURNED IT INTO PAPER. 06:06 THE STACK ON MY DESK WAS ABOUT THAT HIGH AND I 06:09 REALIZED SOMETHING POWERFUL WAS GOING ON. 06:12 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN, I 06:16 STARTED TO SEE A PLAN FORM THAT COULD BE PART OF THE 06:19 FINISHING WORK OF OUR CHURCH TO TAKE THE GOSPEL 06:23 INTO ALL NATIONS. 06:25 TO GET OFF THE PEW AND ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING, YOU 06:29 KNOW JUST TODAY, MANZOOR, I WANT TO SHARE A QUOTE 06:34 THAT I CAME ACROSS. 06:35 IT IS BY LEONARDO DAVINCI, SOMEONE THAT YOU WOULDN'T 06:39 EXPECT-A MAN OF ACTION. 06:41 HE WAS A GREAT PAINTER BUT THIS IS WHAT HE SAID. 06:45 HE SAID, "I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED 06:47 WITH THE URGENCY OF DOING. 06:51 KNOWING IS NOT ENOUGH, WE MUST APPLY. 06:56 BEING WILLING IS NOT ENOUGH WE MUST DO." 07:01 WOW! 07:02 SO THIS NEW PLAN THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS COME 07:04 UP WITH IS A 3 YEAR PLAN ABOUT DOING. 07:08 IT'S ABOUT ADDING 1226 NEW WORKERS ALL ACROSS THE 07:12 10/40 WINDOW. 07:13 WOW, WOW! 07:14 WITH THE GOAL OF BAPTIZING ONE MILLION NEW PEOPLE 07:19 INTO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 07:21 A MILLION FOR JESUS. 07:23 A MILLION FOR JESUS. 07:24 I OFTEN SAY THAT OUR MAIN JOB ON THIS EARTH IS TO 07:28 MAKE FRIENDS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 07:30 EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO IS SIMPLY TO PAY OUR BILLS. 07:33 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:34 IF THE BILLS ARE PAID, WE ARE ON OUR WAY. 07:36 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:37 SO, THIS IS AWESOME. 07:39 I KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE DEDICATED 07:42 PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL 07:45 OUTREACH FOR, AND THEY HAVE DONE FOR YEARS AND 07:47 YEARS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF MORE ADDITIONS 07:50 TO WHAT YOU ARE JUST MENTIONING. 07:52 YOU TALK ABOUT THE WORLD POPULATION AND ALL AND 4.5 07:55 BILLION MILLION PEOPLE LIVING 07:57 IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW. 07:58 THE WORLD POPULATION TODAY HAS REACHED 7.2 BILLION, 08:03 NOT MILLION BUT BILLION AND OUT OF THOSE 230,000 08:06 PEOPLE ARE ADDED DAILY. 08:08 THAT IS A NET GAIN IN WORLD'S POPULATION, 08:15 230,000 PEOPLE AND THAT MEANS 83 MILLION PEOPLE, 08:20 NEW PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. 08:22 YES. 08:23 WOW, THIS IS A BIG CHALLENGE ISN'T IT? 08:26 YES, IT IS. 08:27 AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR VIEWERS ARE INTERESTED 08:31 TO SEE JESUS COME SOON. 08:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:33 AND TALKING TIME IS OVER, 08:35 ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU WERE MENTIONING. 08:37 IT IS TIME TO DO SOMETHING. 08:39 TIME TO DO. 08:40 AND THE MESSAGE COMING FROM LEONARDO DAVINCI IT 08:43 IS TIME TO DO SOMETHING. 08:45 YOU KNOW, HERE IS AN EXCITING THING TO THINK 08:47 ABOUT AS I SIT IN CHURCH FROM WEEK TO WEEK 08:50 WONDERING WHAT IS IT THAT I AM GOING TO DO, I USED 08:54 TO SAY "LOOK AT THE TIMES, 08:56 JESUS SURELY MUST BE COMING SOON"? 08:59 AND THEN IT DAWNED ON ME, WITH 2.76 BILLION PEOPLE 09:04 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 97 PER CENT OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE 09:09 WHO HAVE NOT HEARD OF THE NAME OF JESUS 09:11 LIVE IN THAT AREA. 09:12 IF THEY HAVEN'T HEARD, HE CAN'T COME. 09:15 SO I WAS WONDERING WHAT AM I GOING TO DO. 09:17 HOW ARE WE GOING TO REACH THEM? 09:19 WE ARE SO SMALL WHAT IS IT? 09:21 GOD SAYS, YOU GOT TO STEP OUT IN FAITH, YOU GOT TO 09:24 DO SOMETHING. 09:25 YOU KNOW THE EXCITING THING MANZOOR, I KNOW YOU 09:29 ALREADY KNOW THIS THERE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE 09:31 GROUPS WITHIN INDIA, WITHIN ALL THOSE PARTS OF 09:34 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND IF YOU CAN TOUCH SOMEBODY OR 09:39 SOME GROUP, SOME SMALLER GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THAT 09:42 PEOPLE GROUP, THAT WILL CREATE A SPARK THAT WILL 09:46 GO LIKE WILDFIRE AND SO THAT ONE MILLION PEOPLE 09:49 WILL BECOME PART OF OUR CHURCH IS MORE LIKE A 09:52 HUNDRED MILLION GOING OUT AS A FIRE. 09:56 WELL, YOU MENTIONING ABOUT THIS WILDFIRE, OK, IN 10:03 SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION AS YOU NOTED, 85 PERCENT OF 10:07 ALL THE BAPTISMS IN SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION ARE 10:11 THE RESULT OF THE HARD WORK OF THESE DEDICATED 10:15 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WE HAVE IN INDIA. 10:19 THAT IS 1200 OF THEM AND I RECENTLY MADE A VISIT TO 10:22 THEM AND 600 CAME IN FOR OUR TRAINING PROGRAM AND I 10:27 TELL YOU, THESE PEOPLE ARE SUCH, 10:30 SUCH STRONG BELIEVERS. 10:32 THESE PASTORS, I SHOULD ASK WADE HOW MUCH DO WE 10:36 PAY THEM? 10:37 I TELL YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM IT LOOKS LIKE THEY 10:40 MUST BE GETTING A VERY BIG SALARY AND THAT IS WHY 10:44 THEY ARE SO ENTHUSIASTIC AND SMILING. 10:46 NO, WE ARE ALL JUST VOLUNTEERS HERE AT THE 10:49 OFFICE AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE WORKERS, THE 10:52 SPONSORED WORKERS IN THE FIELD IT'S A GIFT 10:55 OF LOVE FOR THEM. 10:56 ON THE AVERAGE, IT VARIES FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND 11:00 FROM DIFFERENT LOCALITIES 11:01 BUT IT IS ABOUT $150 A MONTH. 11:03 SOME PLACES AS LOW AS $60 OR $70 A MONTH. 11:07 IN INDIA IT IS $75 A MONTH. 11:09 YES. 11:10 WOW. 11:11 AND SO THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A PASSION FOR 11:13 CHRIST, THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING FOR GOD AND 11:16 SOMEBODY IS COMING TO THEM AND SAYING "HOW WOULD YOU 11:19 LIKE TO FULFILL YOUR DREAM FULL TIME FOR THE LORD?" 11:22 AND THEY SAY " WELL YES BUT HOW, 11:23 HOW CAN I STAY ALIVE?" 11:24 WE'RE LIKE; THE LORD WILL PROVIDE A WAY. 11:26 LET'S GO OUT AND TELL THE STORY AND LET YOU DO WHAT 11:30 GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO. 11:31 WE'RE REALLY THERE TO LIFT THE HANDS UP OF THE LOCAL 11:34 WORKERS WHO WANT TO SERVE CHRIST BUT THEY ARE 11:37 LOOKING FOR THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. 11:39 THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO MAKE A CAREER OF IT; IT IS 11:41 A CALLING THAT IS IN THEIR HEART. 11:43 YOU KNOW THE CLIMATE FOR SPREADING GOD'S WORD HAS 11:47 NEVER, NEVER, NEVER BEEN BETTER. 11:49 THAT'S RIGHT. 11:50 YOU KNOW THAT THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ANCHOR THEIR HOPES TO, 11:55 THEY ARE ALL CRUMBLING ALL OVER THE WORLD. 11:59 THAT'S RIGHT. 12:00 AND SO YOU COULDN'T HAVE FOUND A BETTER 12:02 OPPORTUNITY, A BETTER TIMING TO STAND UP FOR 12:05 JESUS AND BRING PEOPLE IN TO BE PART OF HIS KINGDOM 12:09 THAN IT IS TODAY. 12:10 YOU KNOW, MANZOOR WE ARE ON THE EDGE OF ETERNITY WE 12:13 BELIEVE THAT. 12:14 IN THE NEWS TODAY, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SPAIN 12:17 AND ALL OF EUROPE CRUMBLING DOWN AND FALLING. 12:20 WE BELIEVE AS CHRISTIANS THAT JESUS IS COMING SOON 12:22 AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE STANDING ON THE EDGE AND 12:26 WAITING TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 12:28 AS WE LOOK AS THIS PLAN THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, 12:30 ONE MILLION FOR JESUS , IT LOOKS LIKE A GIANT PLAN. 12:34 WHEN WE ADDED UP THE DOLLARS INVOLVED WITH THE 12:36 WORKERS, THE TRAINING AND A FEW PROJECTS, WE CAME UP 12:40 TO $7.5 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS. 12:43 WE LOOK AT THAT $7.5 MILLION WE THINK WOW THAT 12:46 IS HUGE, THAT IS BIG BUT THEN STOP TO THINK OF THIS. 12:51 WHEN WE GET INTO HEAVEN AND THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN 12:53 SOMEDAY SOON, AND WE LOOK BACK AT THIS PLAN WE'RE 12:57 GOING TO BE ASKING OURSELVES WHY WASN'T IT BIGGER? 13:01 THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE TO TOUCH; THERE WAS MORE WORK 13:04 TO BE DONE WHY DIDN'T WE DO IT? 13:06 IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE GET BACK TO THAT QUOTE 13:09 THAT LEONARDO DAVINCI SAID. 13:11 HE MUST HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:13 HE MUST HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF 13:15 CHRIST WHEN HE SAID WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF THE PEWS 13:19 AND START DOING. 13:20 A LOT OF THE PEOPLE CAN'T GET UP AND GO TO INDIA. 13:23 YOU KNOW WHAT, THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH DO YOU 13:25 KNOW, WE DID SOME CALCULATIONS FOR LESS THAN 13:31 $6 A SOUL CAN BE BAPTIZED IN THE SEVENTH DAY 13:36 ADVENTIST CHURCH. 13:37 WOW. 13:38 AMEN. 13:39 YES. 13:40 LESS THAN $6. 13:41 LESS THAN A COST OF A PIZZA. 13:42 WOW. 13:43 AND WADE, YOU SEE THESE REPORTS COMING FROM INDIA. 13:49 I DO. 13:50 LAST YEAR IN ANDHRA PRADESH WITH THE 13:54 INVESTMENT OUR VIEWERS ARE MAKING IN ANDHRA PRADESH, 13:58 THE DEDICATED SUPPORTERS WHO PRAY EARNESTLY AND 14:03 GIVE SACRIFICIALLY THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THIS. 14:07 FORTY NINE THOUSAND NEW BELIEVERS ADDED TO THE 14:11 FAMILY OF GOD JUST IN ONE STATE AND THAT IS ANDHRA 14:14 PRADESH. 14:15 YES. 14:16 THIS IS THE TERRITORY THAT IS ALL TELUGU LAND AND 14:20 49,000 NEW BELIEVERS. 14:23 THEY ARE PREDICTING THAT THIS COULD BECOME THE 14:26 FIRST CHRISTIAN STATE. 14:27 YES. 14:28 HEARTS ARE HUNGRY; PEOPLE ARE VERY HUNGRY TO HEAR THE WORD. 14:31 YES. 14:32 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS AS YOU ARE TALKING 14:33 AND MY MIND IS WHIRLING IS SO MANY THOUGHTS IN THAT 14:36 VEIN, IS I THINK SOMETIMES WE THINK "WHAT COULD I 14:41 DO?" 14:42 AND YOU KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MAKING 14:44 FRIENDS FOR JESUS IN THESE AREAS. 14:46 WHAT I'M ASTOUNDED BY IS HOW GOD ALWAYS AND WE KNOW 14:50 THIS FROM THE BIBLE, BUT HE ALWAYS TAKES LITTLE 14:53 THINGS AND HE BUILDS GIGANTIC THINGS THROUGH 14:56 THE POWER OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT. 14:57 AMEN. 14:58 YOU KNOW, WHEN I RECENTLY TOOK A TRIP TO ETHIOPIA I 15:00 WAS JUST OVERWHELMED AT THE MASSIVENESS OF THE 15:02 TASK. 15:03 TO ME, I FELT IT SEEMED LIKE GOD WAS JUST 15:06 DEVASTATING ME FIRST TO MAKE ME REALIZE THERE WAS 15:09 NO HUMAN SOLUTION. 15:10 BUT IF I WAS WILLING TO BE IN HIS HANDS, HE COULD DO 15:13 THE IMPOSSIBLE AND I SEE THAT HAPPENING WITH THE 15:16 WORKERS AND THE LEADERS AND THE PEOPLE. 15:18 BUT YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH OUR DONORS. 15:20 IT'S PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE WHAT CAN I DO. 15:23 WHAT I'VE SEEN IS GOD IS DOING PHENOMENAL 15:26 MIRACULOUS THINGS WITH THE ORDINARY WHETHER IT'S A -I 15:31 THINK OF A DONATION THAT CAME IN A LITTLE WOMAN WHO 15:34 HAD CANCER, SHE WAS STRUGGLING; SHE HAD SAVED 15:37 UP FOR 3 YEARS FOR A SMALL GIFT. 15:40 WOW. 15:41 SHE SENT IT IN WITH A CRY FOR INDIA TO PUT IT TO 15:44 WORK IN A CERTAIN AREA AND YOU KNOW I GOT THE REPORTS 15:48 FLOODING BACK I JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT GOD DID 15:50 WITH THAT GIFT. 15:51 SO, THERE IS NO GIFT TOO SMALL, WHETHER IT IS MONEY 15:55 OR PRAYERS OR WHATEVER IT IS GOD CAN DO AMAZING 15:59 THINGS WITH LITTLE THINGS. 16:01 I WANT TO SHARE THE STORY WHERE JESUS TOOK THE LUNCH 16:05 OF THIS 10 YEAR OLD BOY , I'M IMAGINING 10 YEAR OLD 16:08 BOY, AND HERE HE IS AND JESUS IS HAVING COMPASSION 16:12 OVER THIS LARGE CROWD THAT HAD BEEN LISTENING TO HIM 16:16 FOR AWHILE AND THE DISCIPLES SAY, LET'S SEND 16:19 THEM HOME. 16:20 JESUS SAYS OK BUT FEED THEM FIRST AND THEY SAID 16:23 WE DON'T HAVE MONEY. 16:24 HARD TO FEED THIS BIG CROWD. 16:26 MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE OR REALIZE THAT THEY WERE 16:30 ONLY 5000 MEN THAT'S WHAT IS SAYS, BUT THE STORY 16:33 DIDN'T HAPPEN IN AMERICA AMONG MEN'S CLUB OR 16:37 SOMETHING, THE STORY HAPPENED IN THE EAST. 16:39 SO, I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU AN EASTERN FLAVOR OF 16:42 WHAT MUST HAVE HAPPENED. 16:43 IF YOU HAVE A BIG FESTIVAL, WHICH THIS WOULD 16:47 BE LOOKING LIKE, A BIG GROUP GOING FROM TOWN TO 16:50 TOWN PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING HIM, IT'S A BIG THING IN 16:53 THE EASTERN COUNTRY. 16:55 IF YOU HAVE 5000 MEN, HOW MANY WOMEN DO YOU THINK 16:58 THERE IS GOING TO BE? 16:59 5000 AT LEAST 10,000 BUT LET'S SAY 5000. 17:02 SO IF YOU HAVE 10,000 PEOPLE, 5000 MEN 5000 17:07 WOMEN HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU THINK THERE MUST BE? 17:09 20,000 IN THE EAST IT COULD EASILY BE ANOTHER 17:13 20,000 KIDS BUT LET'S SAY 10,000 CHILDREN. 17:17 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GOD TAKING A LITTLE LUNCH AND 17:22 MAKING IT SO BEAUTIFUL AN EXPERIENCE THAT 20,000 17:28 MOUTHS MUST HAVE BEEN FED. 17:29 AMEN. 17:30 SO I'M THINKING ABOUT A DOLLAR GIVEN HERE GOES TO 17:33 INDIA BECOMES 45 RUPEES. 17:35 OKAY. 17:36 AND YOU GIVE $50 YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY 45 BY THE 17:42 TIME IT GETS TO INDIA. 17:44 I TELL YOU, GOD HAS HIS WAYS TO SPREAD HIS WORD. 17:47 AMEN. 17:48 YOU WANT TO KNOW THE AMAZING THING ABOUT THAT 17:51 AND JUST HOW TRUE IT IS? 17:53 WE COMPLETED THE ONE MILLION FOR JESUS PLAN AT 17:57 THE END OF DECEMBER. 17:59 WE HAD PEOPLE CALLING IN. 18:00 I WAS HERE; I'M NOT USUALLY HERE IN THE AFTERNOONS. 18:03 I GO UP TO THE PRISON. 18:05 BUT, I FIELDED A PHONE CALL AND HERE WAS A MAN 18:09 AND HIS WIFE LOOKING FOR A PLACE WHERE THEIR MONEY 18:13 COULD BE USED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 18:15 AMEN. 18:16 WOW. 18:17 THIS MAN HAS GIVEN SEVERAL INSTALLMENTS. 18:20 TODAY, OTHERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED AS WELL TO 18:23 THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT IT BEING RELEASED. 18:24 JUST THIS WEEK, IT WENT OUT. 18:27 WE HAVE RELEASED IT OFFICIALLY. 18:29 BUT ALREADY $40,000 HAS COME IN TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. 18:33 SO, IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT JESUS WANTS THOSE 18:36 PEOPLE IN INDIA, IN THE PHILIPPINES, IN THE MIDDLE 18:40 EAST, ALL THOSE AREAS NORTH AFRICA TOUCHED HE DOES. 18:44 HE'S GOT THE VISION. 18:46 IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY 18:49 AND WALK IN FAITH LIKE WALKING THROUGH THE RED 18:51 SEA AND SAY LORD, WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS IS GOING 18:54 TO HAPPEN BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE ALL AROUND 18:59 THE WORLD WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT. 19:00 BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, JESUS CAN'T COME; HE WON'T 19:04 COME UNTIL THIS WORK IS COMPLETED. 19:07 THAT IS WHY WADE AND I ARE PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 19:10 I KNOW THAT IS WHY YOU ARE PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:12 BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE HOW BY DOING THIS WORK, WE GIVE 19:17 PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AND BE A PART AND BE 19:20 BLESSED IN THIS. 19:22 WE GET PEOPLE DONATING $1, $5, $20 ALL THE TIME. 19:27 WE HEAR THEIR STORIES ABOUT HOW THEIR LIVES HAVE 19:30 BEEN BLESSED OVER SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 19:34 IT IS BECAUSE THEY WERE WILLING TO STEP OUT BY 19:36 FAITH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY BUT THEY SAID 19:39 "WE'RE GOING TO GIVE WHAT WE HAVE WE ARE GOING TO 19:40 INVEST IT IN GOD'S KINGDOM SO HE CAN COME". 19:43 YOU KNOW, I AM SO IMPRESSED. 19:45 I WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG TIME, 25 YEARS 19:49 AND WE USED TO LOOK AT OUR OVERHEAD AND EVERY YEAR 19:55 OVERHEAD WOULD BE 46-56 PERCENT AND SO THINK ABOUT 20:01 ANY ORGANIZATION WHERE YOU ARE DONATING. 20:03 YES. 20:04 YOU COULD NOT FIND ANY ORGANIZATION WHERE THE 20:07 OVERHEAD IS 2 PER CENT. 20:09 GUESS WHAT, IT'S NOT JUST TWO PER CENT, TWO PER CENT 20:13 KEEPS THE LIGHTS ON AND IT BUYS A FEW PENS AND PIECES 20:16 OF PAPER BUT THE VOLUNTEERS THAT DON'T GET 20:18 PAID TO COME HERE ARE ALL DONORS TO THE ORGANIZATION. 20:22 YES. 20:23 SO, IT EVEN OFFSETS THAT. 20:24 IT'S A POWERFUL CONCEPT. 20:27 PEOPLE SAY IT CAN'T BE DONE 20:28 BUT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IT IS STILL WORKING. 20:31 I JUST WANTED TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT WE ARE 20:33 TALKING TO DAN PREAS WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL 20:37 OUTREACH AND WADE BROOKS WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT 20:40 FOR OPERATIONS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 20:42 WHAT A GREAT ORGANIZATION. 20:44 I GOT INVOLVED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION ABOUT, I 20:47 WOULD SAY, 4 YEARS AGO AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 20:50 INVOLVED IN GOD'S WORK BUT I TELL YOU, MY LIFE HAS 20:53 BEEN COMPLETELY BLESSED BECAUSE I GOT AN 20:56 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THIS ORGANIZATION THAT HAS 21:01 PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 21:03 AND THEN WHEN I GO AND VISIT MY TERRITORY IS IN 21:06 INDIA, WHEN I GO AND VISIT IT IS SO INSPIRING BECAUSE 21:11 THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU GIVE 21:14 THEM THE MESSAGE. 21:15 THIS IS JUST AWESOME. 21:17 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE TUNING IN TO OUR 21:19 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CALL US 21:22 AT 509-525-2951 IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION. 21:28 YOU CAN ALSO WRITE TO US ON GOSPEL OUTREACH, P.O. 21:32 BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON 99324. 21:37 AND WE HAVE A WEBSITE AND ALSO OUR EMAIL. 21:42 WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 21:44 WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON GOD'S SEARCH AND 21:47 RESCUE TEAM SO WE COULD SEE OUR JESUS COMING SOON. 21:50 AMEN. 21:53 DAN, DO YOU WANT TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 22:02 YOUR VISION? 22:03 WHAT IS YOUR FUTURE VISION FOR THIS ORGANIZATION? 22:04 YOU KNOW MANZOOR, IT'S HARD IN JUST A SHORT 22:06 AMOUNT OF TIME TO TELL THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE 22:09 BEAUTIFUL THINGS WE HAVE IN THIS 3 YEAR PROJECT. 22:11 BUT, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BROCHURE IT'S CALLED " ONE 22:13 MILLION FOR JESUS " AND WITHIN THIS BROCHURE IT 22:17 BREAKS DOWN THE REGIONS OF THE WORLD THAT WE ARE 22:19 GOING TO, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS WE ARE ADDING, THE 22:21 TRAINING THAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED AND SEVERAL OF 22:24 THE PROJECTS. 22:25 MANY OF THE PROJECTS HAVE COME RIGHT OUT OF YOUR AREA. 22:27 LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF JUST 3 OF THOSE 22:30 PROJECTS FROM YOUR AREA WHICH YOU ARE VERY 22:32 FAMILIAR WITH. 22:33 TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO INTO THE WORLD AND 22:37 SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. 22:39 IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO 22:41 GO EXCEPT FOR A FEW LITTLE TOOLS AND A FEW LITTLE 22:45 TRAINING THINGS AND SOME SUPERVISION. 22:48 TRAINING OF WOMEN AND YOU ALSO HAVE A GREAT 22:52 EXPERIENCE ABOUT SOME NONDENOMINATIONAL PASTORS 22:56 WHO ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN IT. 22:59 THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN. 23:02 WE WANT TO TOUCH THOSE PEOPLE'S LIVES RIGHT WHERE 23:04 THEY LIVE EVERY DAY TO SERVICE THEM. 23:06 YOU KNOW WE CAN'T GO ANYMORE AND HOLD BIG 23:09 EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGNS AND PREACH THE 28 FUNDAMENTAL 23:13 BELIEFS THAT WE ALL REALLY BELIEVE IN 23:15 AND EXPECT TO DRAW PEOPLE. 23:17 WE HAVE TO GO SHOW THEM THAT WE CARE ABOUT THEM 23:19 AND THAT WE LOVE THEM AND THAT WE WANT TO WORK SIDE 23:22 BY SIDE WITH THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. 23:25 YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MENTION THAT WHY WE WANT 23:27 THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED. 23:29 NUMBER ONE IS THAT MORE THAN 50 PER CENT OF THE 23:33 WORLD POPULATION IS UNDER THE AGE OF 30. 23:35 YES. 23:36 MORE THAN 50 PERCENT, SO WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING 23:40 OVER THE YEARS IS PROBABLY IRRELEVANT TO MANY OF 23:43 THESE "UNDER 30" PEOPLE, YOU KNOW. 23:46 THERE USED TO BE A YOUNG ADULTS PROGRAM AND I USED 23:50 TO BE PART OF THAT AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I 23:52 HEARD AN ANNOUNCEMENT ONE DAY, NOBODY OVER 30 ALLOWED. 23:57 I SAID, WOW, WELL THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE 24:00 IT RELEVANT. 24:00 I DON'T SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE; I DON'T SPEAK 24:04 THEIR WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS SO MORE THAN 50 24:08 PERCENT UNDER THE AGE OF 30. 24:11 WHAT ARE THEY INTO? 24:12 THEY ARE INTO SOCIAL MEDIA. 24:15 SO IN ANOTHER PROGRAM WE ARE GOING TO COVER THIS 24:19 COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY. 24:21 HOW WE ARE GOING TO REACH THE EVER GROWING 24:24 POPULATION OF THIS WORLD. 24:25 YES. 24:26 BUT, YES, WE NEED YOUTH AND WOMEN. 24:30 EVERY CIVILIZATION THAT HAS REALLY THRIVED WOMEN 24:34 HAVE PLAYED THE MOST PROMINENT ROLE BECAUSE 24:38 THEY ARE THE BUILDERS OF SOCIETY. 24:42 THAT'S TRUE. 24:42 AND IN SOUTHERN ASIA, FOR EXAMPLE, MOST OF OUR 24:44 CHURCHES ARE FILLED WITH WOMEN AND YOUTH AND 24:47 CHILDREN, NOT MEN. 24:50 AND SO, IF WE ARE GOING TO REACH THE NEXT GENERATION, 24:54 AND REACH THIS LARGE POPULATION THAT IS 24:57 EXPANDING EVERY MONTH, WE NEED TO GET THOSE PEOPLE INVOLVED. 25:03 AMEN. 25:04 COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY MUST INVOLVE YOUNG PEOPLE 25:06 AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 25:08 THEY SAY THAT IF YOU TAKE THE CHILD BY THE HAND, YOU 25:12 WILL GRAB THE PARENT BY THE HEART. 25:14 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:15 YOU KNOW, SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. 25:18 SO I IMAGINE WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO FAMILY SERVICE 25:24 BASED MINISTRIES AT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:28 SO COMING TO JESUS MUST TRANSFORM EVERYTHING ABOUT 25:32 A PERSON'S LIFE. 25:33 AMEN. 25:34 THEY SHOULD BE HEALTHIER, THEY SHOULD BE MORE 25:35 INFORMED ABOUT THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS, THEY 25:40 SHOULD BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR FAMILY IN A BETTER 25:45 WAY AND THEY ALSO SHOULD BE WELL GROUNDED IN OUR 25:49 FAITH. 25:50 YES. 25:51 AND SO EVERY ASPECT OF A HUMAN BEING MUST BE 25:53 CHANGED THEN THEY CAN SEE THAT COMING TO JESUS IS 25:56 MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE TO THEIR LIVES. 25:58 AT EVERY LEVEL. 25:59 YES. 26:00 OF COURSE, YOU KNOW IN INDIA WE HAVE GOSPEL 26:02 OUTREACH HAS A VERY LARGE OPERATION TO BUILD CHURCHES. 26:06 YES. 26:07 TEMPLE IS A SIGN OF UNITY A SYMBOL OF UNITY. 26:11 WHEN YOU HAVE A TEMPLE IN A COMMUNITY THEN EVERYBODY 26:14 CAN GET TOGETHER AND WITHOUT THAT THEY JUST 26:16 DISINTEGRATE AND GO RIGHT BACK TO THEIR OWN CHURCHES. 26:20 SO, WE HAVE A BIG PLAN AND EFFORT ABOUT BUILDING 26:24 CHURCHES WHERE THE GROWTH IS SO PHENOMENAL IN 26:28 SOUTHERN ASIA. 26:30 YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 26:33 THAT WE PARTNER WITH OTHER MINISTRIES. 26:35 WE'RE UNITED WITH THE CHURCH; WE WANT TO BRING 26:39 OTHER LAY MINISTRIES INTO THIS BIG PROJECT AND SEE 26:43 HOW GOD WILL LEAD ONE MILLION PEOPLE INTO HIS 26:47 KINGDOM AND BRING GLORY TO HIS SON. 26:50 I WANT TO THANK DAN AND ALSO WADE FOR JOINING US 26:54 AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 26:58 THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US 27:05 PLEASE WRITE TO US AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 27:18 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:20 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY. 27:23 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:26 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:29 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:32 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:38 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:41 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFERENCE. 27:45 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DEFFERENCE. 27:48 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:51 WHERE? 27:53 ALL THE WORLD. 27:54 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:57 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:59 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:05 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:07 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:11 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 28:14 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:16 BE THE SPARK. 28:17 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:19 FINISH THE WORK. |
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