Participants: John Blake
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000411
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00:22 HELLO, FOLKS. 00:24 AGAIN TODAY, GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" IS BRINGING YOU INFORMATION ABOUT 00:31 A SPECIAL DIMENSION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY THAT IS HAVING AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF, 00:41 OF IMPORTANCE IN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THAT'S MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF. 00:47 RIGHT NOW, I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET AGAIN MY BROTHER, OUR LEADER FOR THE DEAF AT GOSPEL 00:54 OUTREACH, JOHN BLAKE. 00:55 JOHN, BLESS YOUR HEART, ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:57 GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:59 AND JUST BEFORE I GET TO TALKING TO JOHN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT DEAF MINISTRY AND WE ARE 01:04 GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT DEAF MINISTRY IN KENYA TODAY, IS THAT CORRECT? 01:09 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:10 JUST BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANT TO REMIND ALL OF YOU THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN 01:16 ESPECIALLY COMMITTED TO MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF, NOT JUST THROUGH THE WORK THAT JOHN 01:25 BLAKE IS DOING IN NOW SEVEN COUNTRIES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE FOR THE LAST 01:34 BIT, QUITE A BIT IN FACT, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS GONE TO THE TROUBLE AND THE EXPENSE OF 01:42 SUBTITILING GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAMS SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO HEAR WILL BE ABLE 01:50 TO GET THE MESSAGES OF THESE VERY PROGRAMS. 01:54 SO, MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH ON THAT SCORE. 02:00 YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. 02:01 YES. 02:03 ON 3ABN, IT COMES THROUGH AND IT MAY COME THROUGH ON HOPE BUT UNFORTUNATELY IN OTHER 02:10 COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA, 02:12 CAPTIONING IS NOT AVAILABLE EVEN IF IT IS ON THE MASTER. 02:16 O.K. 02:17 BUT, GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING WHAT IT CAN. 02:21 YES. 02:22 TO PREPARE THE PROGRAMS SO WHERE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCOMODATING CAPTIONING OR 02:27 SUBTITLING THAT WILL HAPPEN AND WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT DOES HAPPEN IN LOTS OF PLACES. 02:34 JOHN, FIRST OF ALL YOU'VE GOT A STORY ABOUT SOMEBODY WHOSE NAME I CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE EXCEPT 02:39 HIS FIRST NAME. 02:41 HENRY MENAKAMU AND I GOT A LETTER IN THE FALL OF 2006 FROM HENRY. 02:52 AT THAT POINT, HE WAS NOT A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH. 02:55 HE'D BEEN BROUGHT UP AS A MEMBER BUT HE WAS TRYING TO WORK WITH DEAF PEOPLE IN THE 03:01 MOMBASA AREA IN EASTERN KENYA ON THE COAST WHERE IT IS QUITE HOT. 03:05 AND SO WE BEGAN A CORRESPONDENCE BACK AND FORTH. 03:12 I THINK HE HAD FOUND OUR WEBSITE, MY WEBSITE I'M NOT POSITIVE HOW HE FIRST FOUND OUT 03:19 BUT WE BEGAN CORRESPONDING BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH. 03:24 EVENTUALLY HE BECAME A WORKER FOR THE DEAF AND THEN THERE WERE SOME COMPLICATIONS AND HE 03:29 GONE TO WORK FOR A BREAK AWAY CONFERENCE, OR SOMETHING. 03:33 FINALLY, WE GOT EVERYTHING STRAIGHTENED AROUND AND THE LORD HAS NOW WORKED IT, 03:39 HE IS NOW A WORKER, A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER OFFICIALLY. 03:40 HE IS OUR LEAD WORKER IN KENYA AND NOW THE UNION PRESIDENT AWHILE AGO, 03:52 ASKED FOR ANOTHER 4-5 WORKERS AND WE NOW HAVE 6 WORKERS FOR THE DEAF IN KENYA. 04:02 WOW. 04:03 THAT IS WONDERFUL. 04:05 THE WORK, HOWEVER, IN KENYA IS A REAL CHALLENGE BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF DEAF FOLKS, 04:11 IS THAT RIGHT? 04:12 YES. 04:13 WE WILL WATCH SOME VIDEO AND SOME SLIDES. 04:15 O.K. 04:16 LET'S GO TO THAT VIDEO RIGHT NOW THEN. 04:19 THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY INTERESTING PICTURE. 04:22 WHEN I WAS IN KENYA IN FEBRUARY, WE WENT TO AN ORGANIZATION CALLED "DOOR" AND 04:28 IT'S RUN LARGELY BY DEAF PEOPLE AND THEY ARE TAKING SECTIONS OF THE BIBLE AND PUTTING IT INTO 04:36 SIGN LANGUAGE WITH EXPLANATIONS AND SO ON. 04:39 THEY ARE NOT PART OF OUR CHURCH BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THEY'RE DOING SECTIONS ABOUT CREATION. 04:45 YES. 04:46 THEY DO THEIR OWN GRAPHICS AND ALL THE PEOPLE, THERE ARE ELEVEN EDITORS THERE ON THESE 04:51 "MAC" COMPUTERS, AND ALL OF THEM ARE DEAF. 04:54 WOW. 04:56 THEY HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WHO ARE HELPING THEM DO DEMONSTRATION 05:02 OF SOME BIBLE STORIES. 05:04 ACTUALLY, THEY ARE BUILDING THE GRAPHICS. 05:06 I'LL SHOW YOU HOW THEY CAN PULL THESE AND PUT THEM TOGETHER AND BUILD A PICTURE. 05:10 A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE OLD SUNDAY SCHOOL THINGS. 05:14 WE WENT, WHILE I WAS THERE, AND THE MUSIC, YOU CAN HEAR. 05:19 THIS WAS A WEDDING AND THE UNION PRESIDENT ACTUALLY MARRIED THE DEAF COUPLE. 05:24 THEY WERE THE FIRST AS THEY WERE GOING OUT THERE. 05:26 NOW, THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY ARE DOING 05:29 A VERY ANIMATED PRESENTATION ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE DEAF. 05:37 THEN THIS IS IN SABBATH SCHOOL, IT IS THE END OF THE SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS AND YOU CAN SEE 05:43 THIS IS A DEAF MAN AND HE IS REALLY GOING TO IT. 05:46 WOW. 05:47 YOU WOULDN'T FALL ASLEEP TOO FAST. 05:50 NOW WE HAVE IN THE GENERAL CONFERENCE DR. LARRY EVANS AND HE WAS THERE WITH A TEAM OF 05:57 FOUR OF US, WERE ACTUALLY THERE. 06:00 HE WAS SPEAKING THERE. 06:02 THIS IS DAVID TREXLAR, WHO HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE AND HE IS GIVING A LECTURE ON SABBATH 06:08 AFTERNOON AND BEING INTERPRETED THERE INTO THE LOCAL SIGN LANGUAGE. 06:14 THIS IS AT A LITTLE DEAF SCHOOL THAT ACTUALLY WAS GIVEN TO THE CHURCH STARTED BY A DEAF MAN. 06:19 THESE KIDS ARE TALKING ABOUT AIDS. 06:22 NINE OF THE KIDS IN THAT SCHOOL ARE ORPHANS LARGELY BECAUSE OF AIDS. 06:28 NOW, HERE IS A LITTLE PLAY AND THIS MAN IS SAYING, "ME, I COULDN'T BE A FATHER OF A DEAF 06:36 CHILD, DEAF BABY, OH, YOU'VE GOT TO GET RID OF HER, THROW HER OUT, THROW IT OUT, 06:41 THROW IT OUT". 06:42 IT'S QUITE A LITTLE DRAMATIC THAT HE IS TELLING "TAKE IT AWAY, 06:47 TAKE IT AWAY I DON'T WANT A DEAF CHILD IN MY FAMILY". 06:53 AND THE MOTHER, OF COURSE IS PROTESTING AND SO ON. 06:55 IN THE PLAY SOMEBODY TAKES THE CHILD. 07:01 THIS IS A BAPTISM OF 36 DEAF YOUNG PEOPLE IN KENYA. 07:07 AND THIS IS DR. LARRY EVANS IN A WORKSHOP AND HE IS ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FEBRUARY 07:14 ADVENTIST WORLD MAGAZINE THAT FEATURED THE DEAF. 07:17 HERE IS HENRY BEING INTERPRETED 07:20 BY ONE OF THE OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO IS "HEARING". 07:26 HENRY IS DEAF. 07:27 THIS IS ONE OF OUR WORKERS, AS WELL, AND HE HAPPENS TO BE "HEARING". 07:33 HE ACTUALLY HAS ABOUT 200 DEAF YOUNG PEOPLE IN HIS CARE AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. 07:41 NOW, THIS WAS ON THE LAST SABBATH THAT WE WERE THERE AND THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE, 07:47 ALL DEAF AND THEY ARE SIGNING SONGS IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 07:54 THEY CAN GET QUITE ANIMATED. 07:57 WE ACTUALLY HAD, THE LAST SABBATH I WAS THERE, ABOUT 14 OR 15 OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 08:02 THAT PLACE WHERE THEY ARE DOING THE MOVIES IN SIGN LANGUAGE AND BOY, WERE THEY ANIMATED! 08:09 I'M HAVING A CHALLENGE GETTING MY MIND AROUND ALL OF THAT EARLY PART OF YOUR VIDEO WHERE 08:17 THEY ARE DOING THESE PRODUCTIONS. 08:20 THEY ARE ALL DEAF WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK. 08:24 THERE ARE A FEW "HEARING", BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE SIGNING, 08:29 DOING THE VIDEO TAPING, DOING THE EDITING ARE DEAF THEMSELVES. 08:33 THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED TO DO THIS AND IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR THEM TO TACKLE PUTTING THE 08:40 WHOLE BIBLE INTO SIGN LANGUAGE. 08:41 THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES THAT WAS TRYING TO DO THIS AND WORKING ON IT 08:47 FOR TWENTY YEARS. 08:48 REALLY. 08:49 AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T QUITE FINISHED. 08:51 SO, THEY ARE TAKING STORIES FROM THE BIBLE CHRONOLOGICALLY PUTTING IT INTO SIGN LANGUAGE, 08:52 DIFFERENT SIGN LANGUAGES FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND SO WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO VISIT THERE. 08:57 NOW IN THE SLIDES THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE NOW, WE'LL REVIEW, THIS ACTUALLY IS THAT CENTER. 09:06 BEHIND THEM AND PARTIALLY SUPPORTING THEM IS THE WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS WELL KNOWN 09:13 AROUND THE WORLD,RIGHT, FOR PUTTING THE BIBLE INTO LOCAL LANGUAGES. 09:18 THAT'S SOME OF THE PEOPLE. 09:20 THIS WAS RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY HAD THE 11 VIDEO EDITORS AND THAT YOUNG LADY SITTING THERE 09:27 IS ONE OF THE EDITORS PRODUCING THESE MATERIALS. 09:31 OBVIOUSLY, SHE IS PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER, PUTTING THE GRAPHICS AND EVERYTHING 09:36 TOGETHER BUT SHE IS DEAF AND ALL THE OTHER 11 THERE ARE DEAF AS WELL. 09:41 SO, THE MAN STANDING AND LEANING OVER HER, HE IS "HEARING" AND IS HE ONE THAT 09:47 CAN COMMUNICATE WITH HER AND TELLS HER WHAT SHE IS TO DO? 09:50 YES. 09:51 HE IS A SUPERVISOR; I THINK HE IS SORT OF A SUPERVISOR 09:54 FROM A PRACTICAL PART FOR THE WHOLE PLACE. 09:57 THEY HAVE VIDEO EDITORS, THEY BUILD THEIR OWN GRAPHICS AS YOU WERE SEEING AND THEN, 10:03 OF COURSE, THEY DO THE TAPING. 10:04 LET'S GO ON. 10:05 LETS SEE, THIS IS THE WEDDING. 10:07 THI S IS THE WEDDING AND THE UNION PRESIDENT HIMSELF, MARRIED THESE TWO DEAF PEOPLE 10:15 AND WE HAD OUR DR. EVANS AND DAVID TREXLAR THERE AND WE WERE ALL AT THE WEDDING. 10:22 THE LADY WITH HER HANDS UP LIKE THIS, SHE WAS THE INTERPRETER BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME 10:26 "HEARING" IN THE AUDIENCE AND OF COURSE THERE WERE A LOT OF DEAF IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. 10:30 THIS YOUNG MAN ACTUALLY CAME TO A WORKSHOP A FEW DAYS LATER IN NAIROBI. 10:35 HE IS AN ACTIVE PERSON IN THE DEAF COMMUNITY, THE ADVENTIST DEAF COMMUNITY IN, MOMBASA. 10:44 IN MOMBASA, THEY HAVE A LITTLE WORKSHOP WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE MAKING; 10:48 YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MATERIALS HERE. 10:50 THEY HAVE BOUGHT NEW MATERIALS, THE CHURCH ACTUALLY PROVIDED; THE GENERAL CONFERENCE GAVE US 10:55 SPECIAL OFFERING TO HELP IN THAT AREA OF THE WORLD AND PART OF IT WENT FOR DEAF WORK. 11:01 THERE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MAKING DOORS, STEEL DOORS, OH, REALLY, 11:04 AND THERE IS A DEAF YOUNG MAN. 11:07 SO THIS IS AN INDUSTRY, YES THAT IS PROVIDED FOR THEM TO HELP IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 11:12 AND THEN THIS WAS OUR TEAM. 11:16 I WAS PART OF IT. 11:17 ON THE RIGHT IS DR. LARRY EVANS, HE IS THE LIAISON FOR DEAF MINISTRY 11:22 IN OUR GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS 11:24 ALONG WITH THE STEWARDSHIP WORK WHICH IS HIS MAIN WORK. 11:27 THEN DAVID TREXLAR WHO IS IN CHARGE OF "THREE ANGELS DEAF MINISTRY IN NORTH AMERICA" AND 11:34 HE WAS THERE. 11:36 IT WAS WONDERFUL FOR A DEAF MAN TO BE WITH US. 11:40 AT FIRST, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO BUT THE LORD WORKED IT OUT THAT 11:46 HE COULD GO AND IT WAS SO INFORMATIVE THAT WE HAVE A DEAF PERSON WITH US BECAUSE HE 11:51 RELATED SO WELL WITH THE DEAF. 11:53 ALL THE DEAF WOULD KNOW THAT YOU HAD SOMEBODY WHO COULD UNDERSTAND THEM. 11:58 YES, OF COURSE THE SIGN LANGUAGE WAS ENOUGH SIMILAR THAT HE COULD TALK TO THEM 12:02 QUITE A BIT, THOUGH IT WAS SOME DIFFERENT. 12:05 O.K. 12:06 THEY DID DO SOME INTERPRETING BUT HE COULD TO QUITE AN EXTENT, COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. 12:10 THEN, WE HAD THOMPSON KAY WHO USED TO BE WITH THE CHRISTIAN RECORD WHEN THEY HAD DEAF WORK. 12:15 O.K. 12:16 AND THEN THE UNION PRESIDENT AND, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A UNION PRESIDENT, 12:20 SPENDING 12 DAYS IN DEAF MINISTRY, OH..WITH US, HE WENT TO MOMBASA WITH US, 12:27 HE WENT ACROSS THE RIFT VALLEY AND THIS WAS THE MASAI AREA. 12:34 THEY WERE HAVING A BIT OF A DROUGHT THERE AND THE FARMERS OR RANCHERS, 12:42 WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM WERE BY TURN BRINGING THEIR HERDS OF GOATS, MAINLY, 12:47 BUT THEY HAD OTHER THINGS TO WATER. 12:48 REALLY. 12:49 UH. 12:50 HUH. 12:52 IT WAS ALL CAREFULLY ORGANIZED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, I GUESS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. 12:57 THIS YOUNG LADY AT A GOVERNMENT DEAF SCHOOL AND VERY INTELLIGENT YOUNG LADY AND THE 13:05 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THIS SCHOOL THEY WERE FROM ADVENTIST HOMES AND THERE WERE ABOUT 40-45 OF 13:13 THEM FROM THIS SCHOOL OF ABOUT 180 STUDENTS AND THESE STUDENTS ARE TRYING TO FOLLOW THE CHURCH 13:24 BUT OF COURSE, IN A GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION THEY MAY HAVE SOME SABBATH PROBLEMS AND SO, 13:29 THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS 13:31 THAT THEY FACE THERE TO THOSE OF US THAT WERE THERE. 13:33 IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. 13:36 THIS IS THE GROUP IN THE EVENING. 13:37 SOME OF THE CHURCH LEADERS AND MORE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO JOIN US IN THE EVENING. 13:43 I'M GUESSING THERE WERE CLOSE TO 50 STUDENTS, 40-50 STUDENTS IN THAT SCHOOL OF ABOUT 180-200 13:50 STUDENTS FROM ADVENTIST HOMES. 13:52 THEN WE WENT THE NEXT DAY TO VISIT A LITTLE TINY DEAF SCHOOL. 13:58 IT HAD 21 STUDENTS; YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEM THERE. 14:01 THEY ARE DEAF. 14:03 A DEAF MAN STARTED THIS SCHOOL AND IT GOT BIGGER THAN HE COULD HANDLE. 14:12 SO, HE GOT THE LOCAL ADVENTIST CHURCH INVOLVED AND A LADY CAME AND STARTED TO TELL BIBLE 14:21 STORIES TO THESE CHILDREN THAT YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE. 14:24 THE MATRON BECAME INTERESTED; THE FOUNDER OF THE SCHOOL BECAME INTERESTED, 14:25 AND WHILE I WAS THERE THE FOUNDER, A DEAF MAN, WAS ACTUALLY BAPTIZED WITH 36 DEAF 14:41 STUDENTS FROM THREE SCHOOLS INCLUDING THIS ONE. 14:45 WOW. 14:46 AND THIS TINY LITTLE DEAF SCHOOL HAS NOW BEEN GIVEN TO THE CHURCH. 14:51 THIS IS PART OF THE GIRLS DORM JUST IN A RENTED QUARTERS AND THIS WAS WHERE THEY WERE DOING 14:58 THEIR COOKING. 14:59 THAT FIRE WAS ACTUALLY BURNING UNDER THE POT. 15:01 IS THAT RIGHT? 15:03 VERY, VERY PRIMITIVE PERHAPS SOMEWHAT TYPICAL OF HOMES THAT MAYBE THESE CHILDREN MIGHT HAVE 15:08 COME FROM, I DON'T KNOW. 15:09 SO, IT MAY NOT BE AS DIFFICULT TO THEM AS IT SEEMS TO US. 15:14 SOMEBODY HAD JUST GIVEN A BAG OF MAIZE TO THE SCHOOL AND AFTER I LEFT THE UNION 15:21 PRESIDENT ASKED ME,"COULD YOU HELP WITH SOME FOOD FOR THE SCHOOL?" 15:26 SO, SEVERAL OF US GOT TOGETHER IN CANADA AND WE SENT $250. 15:30 OTHERS, LAST WEEK I BELIEVE WE SENT $400 FROM HERE. 15:34 NOW WE ARE NOT MAINLY SUPPORTING THAT SCHOOL. 15:37 WE ARE SUPPORTING THE, SUPPLEMENTING THEIR FOOD NEED, THE BIBLE WORKERS THAT ARE 15:42 WORKING WITH THESE STUDENTS AND THESE SCHOOLS, THIS IS KIND OF AN OVER, 15:47 ABOVE AND BEYOND PROJECT, HELPING THIS LITTLE SCHOOL. 15:51 SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN FOUR ACRES OF LAND TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE SCHOOL ON. 15:57 SO, IT IS QUITE A PROJECT AND THE MAN THAT FOUNDED THE SCHOOL IS ON THE RIGHT THERE. 16:03 YES. 16:05 THESE ARE THE STUDENTS; NINE OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE ORPHANS PROBABLY BECAUSE THE PARENTS 16:12 DIED WITH AIDS. 16:14 THE CAUSE OF THE PARENTS DEATH WAS NOT SPECIFIED BUT NINE OF THEM ARE COMPLETE ORPHANS IS 16:19 WHAT I WAS TOLD. 16:20 HOW DO THEY GET INTO THE SCHOOL? 16:22 WELL, THIS DEAF MAN THAT FOUNDED THE SCHOOL MAYBE THE PARENTS BROUGHT THEM, 16:28 MAYBE HE FOUND THEY WERE GETTING NO TRAINING IN THEIR HOME FOR SOME REASON AND 16:32 BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER. 16:33 I SEE. 16:34 O.K. 16:35 THE SCHOOL IS BEING RUN ON A SHOE STRING. 16:37 NOW IT IS BEING GIVEN TO THE CHURCH AND NOW HERE IS A LONG LINE UP OF STUDENTS FROM TWO 16:44 GOVERNMENT DEAF SCHOOLS AND THIS LITTLE ONE THAT WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT PICTURES OF, 16:48 THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE BAPTISMAL VOWS AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR HANDS RAISED AND 36 16:54 STUDENTS AND THE PRINCIPAL OF THE LITTLE SCHOOL THAT IS JUST BECOMING AND ADVENTIST SCHOOL 17:00 WERE ALL BAPTIZED. 17:01 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 17:02 IN THE NEXT PICTURE, THIS IS THE BAPTISM AND THESE PRECIOUS YOUNG PEOPLE AS FAR AS I KNOW, 17:09 THIS IS THE LARGEST BAPTISM OF DEAF YOUNG PEOPLE 17:12 IN THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH. 17:13 I PRAISE THE LORD FOR THIS. 17:16 AMEN. 17:17 WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE IN FACT, THOMPSON KAY WHO I HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS 17:23 AND YOU MAY KNOW HIM TOO. 17:24 I KNOW HIM BY NAME, YES. 17:25 HE WAS SO MOVED DURING THIS CEREMONY HE HAD TO GO OFF AND CRY A LITTLE BIT. 17:31 YOU CAN TELL THE EMOTION IN MY VOICE TOO, TEARS OF JOY, TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED 17:37 AND HOW GOD HAS OPENED DOORS. 17:40 NOW, WE WENT BACK TO NAIROBI AND THE CHURCH HAS A KIND OF COMPLEX THERE WHERE THEY HAVE 17:46 SEMINARS AND SO ON. 17:48 WE STAYED AT THIS COMPLEX-THERE ARE 55 ROOMS AND WE HAD A WORKSHOP, A FOUR DAY WORKSHOP. 17:54 THE UNION PRESIDENT HAS REALLY GOTTEN BEHIND DEAF WORK AND HE SAID "I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A 18:01 DEAF MINISTRY SEMINAR, I'D LIKE THE PRESIDENTS THAT HAVE DEAF, SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF DEAF IN 18:06 THEIR CONFERENCE TO COME, I WOULD LIKE THE PASTORS FROM CHURCHES WHERE THEY HAVE A 18:11 SIGNIFICANT NUMBER TO COME". 18:13 SO WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 30-33 OF US AT MOST OF THESE WORKSHOPS. 18:19 IT INCLUDED OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, THE FOUR OF US WHO WERE THERE FROM NORTH AMERICA, 18:25 THE PRESIDENTS AND THE PASTORS AND WE HAD SOME OTHER INTERPRETERS AND SO ON THERE. 18:30 SO, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO BE AT A SEMINAR 18:36 WHERE THE CHURCH IS REALLY GETTING BEHIND IT. 18:41 YES. 18:42 BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP JOHN, IN INTRODUCING THIS MINISTRY THE PEOPLE SEE THE 18:46 VALUE OF IT AND THIS SEGMENT OF THEIR POPULATION OF THEIR CONGREGATIONS WHO ARE DEAF AND 18:53 THEY DIDN'T MINISTER TO, THEY SEE HOPE NOW 18:55 AND I'M GLAD GOSPEL OUTREACH CAN BE INVOLVED IN THAT. 18:59 AS WE CONCLUDED ON SATURDAY NIGHT, OUR WORKSHOP, DURING THAT DAY WE HAD QUITE A FEW 19:06 DEAF PEOPLE JOINING US THAT DAY. 19:11 ONE OF THE MEN CAME UP TO ME, I'M NOT SURE IF HE WAS A PASTOR OR DEPARTMENTAL MAN AND HE SAID 19:17 IN THE KENDU BAY AREA HE SAID ABOUT 90 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION IN THAT ONE LITTLE 19:23 AREA ARE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS AND HE SAID THERE IS A DEAF SCHOOL. 19:29 HE GAVE ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHURCH HAD DONE NOTHING FOR THESE YET. 19:36 BUT NOW HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO START DOING SOMETHING. 19:40 WE HAVE 600,000 IF I HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT IN MY HEAD, ADVENTISTS IN KENYA AND THERE 19:50 ARE ABOUT 30 SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF. 19:52 I EXPECT IF THE RATIO, AND OF COURSE THE RATIO IS PROBABLY HIGHER WHERE I VISITED AND 19:59 WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT, YES. 20:01 BUT, THERE ARE GOING TO BE STUDENTS FROM ADVENTIST HOMES 20:04 IN MOST OF THESE 30 DEAF SCHOOLS. 20:09 THE CONFERENCE IS NOW WAKING UP TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING FOR ALL THESE YOUNG 20:15 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THEM 20:20 IN THE CHURCH AND THEY'VE LARGELY DISAPPEARED. 20:23 WE'VE GOT TO WORK IT OUT NOW TO DO SOMETHING FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. 20:27 I EXPECT THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THEM. 20:30 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FOR THE DEAF IN KENYA NOW? 20:35 WE HAVE SIX RIGHT NOW. 20:39 THE CONFERENCE IS ACTUALLY TRAINING SOME OF THEM AND I THINK MAYBE ONE OR TWO MORE WHO 20:44 ARE GOING TO JOIN. 20:45 IN BARATON UNIVERSITY OUR LEAD WORKER HENRY, IS THERE RIGHT NOW AS WE SIT HERE. 20:53 HE IS BEING GIVEN A MORE FORMAL TRAINING IN THEOLOGY TO MAKE HIM A LONG TIME WORKER AND 21:00 HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE HE WILL BE ABLE TO BECOME A REGULAR PASTOR AND NOT ONLY A GOSPEL 21:08 OUTREACH WORKER. 21:09 THE PRESIDENT HAS ACTUALLY ASKED FOR SEVEN MORE WORKERS FOR THE DEAF FROM GOSPEL 21:16 OUTREACH AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. 21:18 SOMEBODY HAS PROMISED ENOUGH FOR ONE YEAR FOR ONE AND THIS WEEKEND WE'LL DECIDE HERE, 21:25 I GUESS, WHETHER THEY CAN GO AHEAD WITHOUT A PROMISE OF MORE THAN ONE YEAR. 21:31 WELL, ALL I CAN SAY IS FOR SOME OF US LIKE ME, WHO HAVE MERRILY GONE ON OUR WAY THINKING THAT 21:43 WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, ALLOWING OURSELVES TO BECOME OBLIVIOUS 21:49 THAT THERE IS A DEAF WORLD AND MANY OF GOD'S CHILDREN WHO FEEL SO ISOLATED AND DESERVE TO KNOW 21:57 THAT SOMEBODY CARES, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE JOHN, IS HELP US BECOME ALERT TO THAT PART OF 22:05 THE OUTREACH MINISTRY, OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE ENTIRE CHURCH. 22:09 I THINK YOU'VE SPOKEN HERE TO THE CHALLENGES NOW IN KENYA BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WORLD FIELD 22:20 NEEDS OF THE DEAF. 22:21 DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT SOME MORE? 22:24 YES, AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE HAVE TWO WORKERS IN THE PHILIPPINES, 22:30 WE HAVE THE SIX IN KENYA, ONE IN GHANA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN AN EARLIER PROGRAM ABOUT, 22:40 WE HAVE ONE IN KAZAKHSTAN, ONE IN KYRGZSTAN AND WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS PASTORING IN 22:47 UKRAINE WHO I THINK, WAS GETTING KIND OF WORN OUT TRYING TO PASTOR AND MAKE DVD'S FOR 22:57 THE DEAF FOR RUSSIA, UKRAINE AND BELARUS. 23:01 AND WE ACTUALLY HELPED GET EQUIPMENT FROM CANADA AS A PRIVATE THING, 23:07 FROM CANADA FOR HIM. 23:10 HE NOW HAS MOVED TO EASTERN SIBERIA TO ACTUALLY WHERE HE GREW UP AS A BOY AND HE AND HIS 23:16 WIFE,THEY JUST HAVE A NEW BABY, AND HE WANTS TO DEVOTE HIMSELF FULL TIME NOW TO DO DVD'S, 23:24 SPIRITUAL DVD'S LIKE EVANGELISTIC SERMONS, HEALTH TALKS AND FAMILY LIFE. 23:32 HIS WIFE IS AN EXCELLENT SIGNER AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE DONE SOMETHING VERY UNUSUAL, 23:38 WE HAVE PARTNERED WITHTHE GENERAL CONFERENCE ON A SPECIAL HELPING HIM TO DO DVD'S FOR THE 23:48 DEAF IN RUSSIAN SIGN LANGUAGE THAT CAN BE USED ALL ACROSS RUSSIA, SIBERIA, 23:53 BELARUS AND UKRAINE. 23:55 THAT IS ONE THING THAT IS WORKING. 23:57 AND OF COURSE, THE NEED FOR DEAF WORK HERE IN NORTH AMERICA IS GREAT TOO. 24:07 BUT IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE, OF COURSE. 24:09 WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONLY TWO FULL TIME WORKERS FOR THE DEAF 24:11 IN NORTH AMERICA PAID BY THE CHURCH. 24:13 ONE IS HERE AND IS GOING TO BE INTERVIEWED SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT INDIA. 24:18 HE IS MY ASSISTANT AND THEN WE HAVE ONE OTHER WORKER IN, RIGHT BESIDE SOUTHERN ADVENTIST 24:25 UNIVERSITY,OH, INTERESTINGLY, ON THE INTERNET HE HAS A SABBATH MORNING CHURCH SERVICE 24:33 IN SIGN LANGUAGE STREAMED TO ANYBODY IN THE WORLD THAT WANTS TO WATCH IT, 24:39 IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AT 11:30 EASTERN TIME IN "DEAF CHURCH ON LINE". 24:46 DEAF CHURCH ON LINE, LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET THAT UP ON THE SCREEN JUST IN CASE THERE IS 24:52 ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET IT : DEAFCHURCHONLINE.ORG AND IF I MADE ANY MISTAKE ON THAT 25:00 THEY CAN WRITE ME AND WE'LL PUT IT IN WRITING. 25:03 YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE RIGHT INFORMATION BY GOING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH ANYWAY AND 25:07 THERE IS THE ADDRESS: GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA 25:16 INDEED YOU MAY BE ABLE TO EVEN LINK DEAF WORK ON LINE, WAS THAT THE WEBSITE? 25:21 DEAFCHURCHONLINE.ORG, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO LINK THAT I DON'T KNOW. 25:26 RIGHT. 25:27 SOMEBODY CAN GET IT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 25:29 NOW NOT EVERYBODY USES THAT SIGN LANGUAGE BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE INTERPRETING IN 25:36 THEIR CHURCH, THEY CAN ACTUALLY, OH WOW THAT'S WONDERFUL, 25:39 THEY CAN GO TO HIS CHURCH. 25:41 NOW, IF THEY HAVE A CHURCH THEY CAN GO TO, WE DON'T WANT THEM WATCHING SOMETHING ON LINE AND 25:45 STAYING HOME BUT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO INTERPRET FOR THEM. 25:48 RIGHT. 25:49 THEY CAN GO TO A CHURCH SERVICE ON LINE. 25:52 OH, THAT IS WONDERFUL. 25:53 WELL, THE WORK HAS DRAMATICALLY GROWN. 25:55 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE MET AND TALKED ABOUT DEAF MINISTRY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:01 AND IT WAS THE BEGINNING. 26:03 YES. 26:04 INDEED AND HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SEVEN COUNTRIES AND THIS NUMBER, 26:08 I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE NUMBER OF WORKERS WE HAVE, JOHN. 26:11 YES. 26:12 AND A LOT MORE ARE NEEDED AND YOU HAVE HEARD THE STORY THAT JOHN HAS TOLD TODAY, 26:16 THE PEOPLE YOU'VE MET: HENRY, WHAT A WONDERFUL ACCOUNT OF HOW GOD HAS LED IN THAT WORK AND 26:23 THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN KENYA, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 26:28 YOUNG PEOPLE MAYBE IN THOSE SCHOOLS BUT SURELY THEY NEED TO BE MINISTERED TO. 26:33 SO, MAY YOU BE MOVED BY THE LORD 26:36 TO HELP SUPPORT DEAF MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 26:41 IN THE MEANTIME, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP, YOUR FRIENDSHIP, 26:46 THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU ARE A PART OF THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 26:50 JOHN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU DO AND TILL NEXT TIME AND FOR THE REST OF YOU, 26:56 WE'LL BE BACK HERE WITH ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 27:01 SO YOU STAY TUNED AS YOU TOO ARE INSPIRED WITH THESE STORIES. 27:06 (CLOSING MUSIC) 27:17 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. 27:37 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. 27:44 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. 28:10 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. 28:18 FINISH THE WORK. 28:24 FINISH THE WORK. |
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