Participants: Dave Crook
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000418
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00:22 A VERY HAPPY HELLO AND A WARM WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU 00:24 AS YOU JOIN US HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:26 AND BY NOW MOST OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE BEEN WATCHING THESE PROGRAMS FOR SOME TIME KNOW 00:31 THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION. 00:36 A VERY WONDERFUL MINISTRY CALLED GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:40 AND MANY OF YOU MAY ALREADY RECEIVE THE NEWSLETTER. 00:43 IF YOU DO NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO REQUEST IT WHEN 00:47 YOU COME TO THE END OF THIS PROGRAM TODAY. 00:50 I ENJOY SO MUCH GETTING TO BE HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND RECONNECTING WITH SO MANY DEAR 00:58 FRIENDS AND THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE TAPING IN THE SPRING OF 2012 THIS PROGRAM IS 01:07 CERTAINLY NO EXCEPTION BECAUSE I HAVE MY DEAR BROTHER DAVID CROOK. 01:13 DAVID, SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US TODAY. 01:16 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 01:17 AND DELIGHTED THAT YOU ARE PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS. 01:22 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT YOUR REGION THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM AND SO ALL OF YOU 01:28 FOLKS BE SURE TO STAY TUNED. 01:30 DAVID YOU AND I HAVE HAD THE BLESSING, A BLESSING FOR ME ANYWAY, 01:36 TO CROSS PATHS IN EARLIER TIMES, YES, WHEN YOU WERE A PRESIDENT, YES, 01:42 OF ONE OF THE CONFERENCES IN CANADA, RIGHT AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ITINERATING THERE 01:47 AND SO YOU AND YOUR PRECIOUS YVONNE HAVE BEEN DEAR FRIENDS FOR BETSY AND ME EVER SINCE. 01:53 YES. 01:54 WE LOVE TO SEE YOU WHEN WE CAN. 01:56 SO DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU HERE. 01:58 TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR IMPRESSION, 02:02 WHAT'S SO POSITIVE FOR YOU ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 02:06 THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS DAN THAT ARE VERY POSITIVE. 02:09 I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THE PASSION OUR WORKERS HAVE. 02:14 WHEN YOU THINK OF ALL OF ITS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, ALL THE SECRETARIES, TREASURERS, 02:19 PRESIDENTS, TECHNICIANS, ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THE COMMISSION TO GO 02:25 INTO ALL THE WORLD GIVING THEIR TIME AS VOLUNTEERS. 02:28 YES. 02:29 THAT IS FANTASTIC. 02:30 THEN WE HAVE THESE VOLUNTEERS WORKING OVERSEAS. 02:33 THESE WORKERS WHO WE JUST GIVE A STIPEND TO AND SO FAITHFUL IN TAKING THE GOSPEL TO ALL THESE 02:39 LITTLE VILLAGES AND PLACES. 02:44 AND THIS IS TRUE IN EVERY CORNER OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD AND WITH EVERY ONE OF 02:52 THESE WORKERS WE CALL THEM VOLUNTEERS AND THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE THE STIPEND IS SO BASIC 02:58 BUT EVERYONE OF THESE PEOPLE IS SO COMPLETELY DEDICATED AND THEY THEMSELVES ARE A WONDERFUL 03:06 STORY ABOUT GOD'S BLESSING IN THEIR LIVES 03:09 AND THROUGH THEIR LIVES WITH THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 03:13 ALRIGHT, TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR REGION DAVID. 03:17 WELL, I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ACTUALLY, EGYPT WHERE I HAVE NOT BEEN BECAUSE OF THE 03:22 POLITICAL SITUATION THERE, ETHIOPIA AND THEN SOUTH SUDAN WHICH IS THE NEWEST COUNTRY IN 03:29 ALL THE WORLD AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND. 03:31 YOU KNOW, THEY HAD ABOUT 60 YEARS OF WAR, WELL THERE WAS SOME BREAKS BUT THEN THERE WAS 03:37 IN 1983 THE LAST WAR STARTED WENT FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 03:42 FINALLY THEY WERE ABLE TO GET PEACE AND ON JULY 9, I BELIEVE IT WAS, 03:48 IN 2011 THEY GOT THEIR INDEPENDENCE. 03:51 SO IT'S A NEW DAY FOR THAT TERRITORY. 03:53 THERE ARE STILL SOME DIFFICULTIES THERE BUT I FOUND THE PEOPLE SO VERY POSITIVE AND 03:59 REJOICING IN THIS NEW SITUATION THAT THEY HAVE. 04:02 AND YOU HAVE RECENTLY VISITED THERE WHICH IS THE PRACTICE OF ALL REGIONAL DIRECTORS, 04:07 THAT'S RIGHT, YES.YES IN SEPTEMBER I WAS THERE OF 2011,THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 04:12 AND SO THE NATIONHOOD OF SOUTH SUDAN WAS REALLY, REALLY AN EXCITING NEW THING. 04:19 OH ABSOLUTELY. 04:20 YES, IT WAS MARVELOUS. 04:22 THERE WE HAVE A MAP, O.K., OF SUDAN AND THE SOUTHERN REGION. 04:28 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT BUT ONE OF THOSE RED CIRCLES 04:31 OR THE BOTTOM ONE IS JUBA WHICH IS THE CAPITAL. 04:35 JUBA WAS A MILITARY POST FOR THE NORTHERN ARMY, SO THERE WAS VERY LITTLE MAINTENANCE DONE 04:41 THERE AND IT WAS NOT A VERY GOOD SITUATION AS FAR AS BUILDINGS AND SO ON. 04:45 BUT IT IS AMAZING TO SEE HOW THEY HAVE IMPROVED THEM. 04:48 THE OTHER THING IS WITH SUDAN, SOUTH SUDAN ESPECIALLY-NO INFRASTRUCTURE, 04:54 NO PROPER ROADS, NO REAL PROPER ROADS AND NO BANKING, NO POSTAL SERVICE, NO TELEPHONE SERVICE. 05:00 SO IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE HOW THEY ARE WORKING ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE NOW AND TRYING 05:07 TO IMPROVE THINGS. 05:09 WELL JUST FOR THE SAKE OF OUR VIEWERS, YOU SEE ETHIOPIA TO THE EAST AND EGYPT TO THE NORTH 05:16 AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHERE THE WHOLE SUDAN IS AND THEN SOUTH SUDAN DOWN AS DAVID 05:22 HAS EXPLAINED. 05:23 O.K. 05:24 YOU HAVE WONDERFUL PICTURES. 05:25 LET'S GO THROUGH THOSE. 05:27 YES, NOW HERE IS A ROAD AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY FOR SOUTH SUDAN THIS IS A SUPER HIGHWAY. 05:32 YOU CAN SEE THE RUTS AND THE POTHOLES AND SO ON. 05:36 BUT WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THAT AND TO TRAVEL IN THESE PLACES YOU WOULD NEED A LAND 05:41 ROVER AND THIS IS LAVERICK, OUR DRIVER. 05:44 I WAS AMAZED AT WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO AND WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DODGE IN SOME OF THE 05:55 DIFFICULT PLACES THAT WE WENT BECAUSE IT WASN'T ALL LIKE THIS PARTICULAR ROAD HERE. 05:58 THERE ARE THE REMINDERS OF WAR. 06:00 THERE YOU SEE SIGNS MAKING US WAIT FOR SO LONG AS THEY CLEAR LAND MINES AND SO THAT IS 06:05 SOMETHING ELSE THAT OUR WORKERS HAVE TO FACE. 06:07 SOME OF THE DANGERS THEY HAVE TO FACE. 06:09 HERE WAS A MACHINE THAT WAS DETECTING THE LAND MINES THERE. 06:15 SO THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS BEFORE YOU CAN TRAVEL DOWN THESE ROADS THEY ARE STILL 06:22 CLEARING THE RESIDUE OF WAR. 06:24 THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 06:26 YES. 06:27 AND OF COURSE AS YOU GO ALONG YOU HAVE THE LITTLE VILLAGES. 06:30 THERE YOU SEE THE MAIZE GROWING. 06:31 THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO GROW THEIR FOOD THAT'S HOW THEY GET ALONG. 06:36 THEN YOU SEE THE LITTLE BUSINESSES - HERES A LITTLE RESTAURANT AS WE WENT ALONG 06:43 THIS PARTICULAR ROAD. 06:46 HERE IT SAYS KARIBU CUSTOMERS. 06:48 I AM TOLD THAT IN SWAHILI KARIBU IS WELCOME, WELCOME VISITORS. 06:54 LET ME ASK YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THERE. 06:58 IS THE ECONOMY THERE LARGELY BASED ON AGRICULTURE? 07:02 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY? 07:03 WELL YOU SAY THE ECONOMY, THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT. 07:09 IT'S THIS WAY THAT FOR THEIR PROFITS FROM IT FOR EXPORT, 07:15 ANY INCOME 98 PER CENT COMES FROM OIL. 07:19 OH. 07:20 APART FROM ANY COUNTRIES HELPING THEM SO REALLY WHAT THEY GROW MAINLY IS JUST FOR 07:27 THEMSELVES BECAUSE WITH ALL THIS WAR 07:29 THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REALLY DEVELOP THINGS PROPERLY EITHER. 07:31 YES. 07:32 SO IT IS A CHALLENGE. 07:35 NOW THE MAN IN THE WHITE HAT THERE IS ISAAC. 07:39 ISAAC WAS A PRIEST IN A PROTESTANT DENOMINATION WHO BECAME A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 07:44 BECAME A PASTOR AND NOW HE IS WHAT WE CALL A MINISTERIAL DIRECTOR FOR THAT MISSION AND 07:50 HE ALSO IS IN CHARGE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELISTS. 07:55 HE IS STANDING THERE WITH ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE ACTUALLY. 08:01 NOW, THIS IS A TYPICAL SOUTH SUDAN COMMUNITY OF HOUSES, IS THAT WHAT YOU SEE ORDINARILY? 08:09 YES, SOMEWHAT. 08:10 WE HAD TO TRAVEL A LONG WAYS TO EVEN GET TO THIS AND THERE WEREN'T MANY HOUSES HERE. 08:16 THERE WERE A FEW AND THESE PEOPLE OF COURSE ENTERPRISING, TRYING TO CARRY ON A LITTLE 08:20 BUSINESS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL ALONG THIS PARTICULAR ROAD. 08:25 NOW THIS WAS INTERESTING, WE SAW MANY INTERESTING THINGS OF COURSE AS WE WENT ALONG BUT 08:29 THIS WAS AT A SCHOOL AND YOU NOTICE WHAT THEY ARE USING FOR A BELL. 08:34 THAT LOOKS LIKE AN OLD TRUCK HUB OR SOMETHING. 08:36 THAT'S A STEEL RIM FROM A TRUCK AND THEY HAVE A PIECE OF METAL THAT THEY BANG ON THAT. 08:40 THIS WAS ANOTHER PLACE. 08:42 THIS ONE WAS INSTALLED IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY. 08:43 THIS IS ACTUALLY A BOARDING SCHOOL AT BARNAM. 08:47 AND SO, DOES THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH OPERATE THE BOARDINIG SCHOOL? 08:51 YES. 08:52 REALLY. 08:54 THEY HAVE A MISSIONARY THERE FROM THE UNITED STATES WHO IS TEACHING INDUSTRIAL ARTS. 08:59 O.K. 09:00 I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT HE HAD TAKEN THERE WITH HIM, 09:05 SMALL ENGINE REPAIRS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH CAN BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE 09:13 THEN THEY CAN GO HOME AND START A LITTLE BUSINESS OF THEIR OWN, REPAIRING MOTORCYLES AND SO ON. 09:17 NOW THESE STUDENTS ARE THESE STUDENTS AT THE BOARDING SCHOOL? 09:21 NO, THIS ONE HERE IS NOT A BOARDING SCHOOL. 09:23 THE OTHER ONE THAT I SHOWED WAS A BOARDING SCHOOL. 09:28 OK. 09:29 BUT ANYWAY, NOW WE ARE GOING BACK TO JUBA. 09:32 JUBA HAS SEVERAL CHURCHES AND ONE VERY LARGE CHURCH BUT THIS IS SORT OF ONE THE OUTSKIRTS. 09:40 THIS LITTLE CHURCH IS BUILT WITH BAMBOO STICKS AND OF COURSE THEY PAINTED IT BUT THE 09:45 INTERESTING THING WAS GETTING THERE. 09:47 IT WAS THE RAINY SEASON AND AS I SAY, THERE IS NO REAL INFRASTRUCTURE BUT THIS WAS A , 09:54 REALLY A PATH BUT AFTER VEHICLES HAD GONE OVER IT AND SO ON, 09:58 YOU CAN SEE IT HAD GOTTEN INTO PRETTY BAD SHAPE. 10:01 HERE YOU CAN SEE THE STREET AGAIN BUT YOU WILL NOTICE IN THE BACKGROUND THAT THERE ARE 10:05 SOME MODERN HOMES BEING BUILT BECAUSE A LOT OF BUSINESS MEN, BUSINESSES ARE COMING INTO JUBA 10:12 TO HELP WITH BUILDING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. 10:14 SO, IT IS AN INTERESTING DAY FOR THE COUNTRY. 10:17 HERE YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED. 10:20 WHILE WE WERE IN CHURCH THIS FELLOW CAME ALONG I GUESS AND GOT STUCK. 10:23 SO I SAID HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET HOME? 10:26 I GOT TO GET THAT FELLOW OUT OF THERE. 10:28 WELL, LAVERICK OUR GOOD DRIVER WITH A LAND ROVER PUT IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND THE GRASS THERE 10:33 TO THE RIGHT OF THE, OF THE REAR END OF THAT TRUCK, HE WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH THERE. 10:38 I DON'T KNOW HOW HE EVER DID BUT THERE IT WAS. 10:41 SO YOU SEE THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE. 10:46 THEN HERE IS THE CHOIR COMING OVER; THEY HAD PUT THEIR GOWNS ON IN THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR AND 10:52 THEY ARE COMING OVER TO THE CHURCH GOING THROUGH THE MUD THE BEST THEY CAN. 10:56 THERE THE LADY WITH THE WHITE SHOES, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE WHEN SHE 11:01 FINALLY GOT THROUGH THERE. 11:03 THE WHITE ROBE, YES, IN THAT KIND OF WEATHER, YES, HOW DO THEY EVEN KEEP THOSE OUT OF THE 11:08 MUD YOU WONDER. 11:10 WELL THEY ARE LIFTING THEM UP THERE AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING THERE ON SABBATH. 11:15 MY TRANSLATOR THERE BESIDE ME AND THERE THE CHOIR IS AND OF COURSE THE MUSIC, 11:19 THE SINGING IS JUST WONDERFUL. 11:21 AND THE THING THAT IMPRESSED ME WAS THE CHILDREN. 11:24 THEY WERE SO ATTENTIVE AND SO QUIET ALL THE WHILE I SPOKE AND OF COURSE WHENEVER YOU SEE 11:31 CHILDREN IN A CHURCH YOU KNOW THERE IS A FUTURE THERE. 11:33 YES, YES. 11:34 SO HOW INSPIRING. 11:36 NOW YOU'LL NOTICE THE MAN STANDING WITH THE LADY BESIDE HIM WHO IS HIS WIFE, 11:40 THIS MAN IS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST WHO ATTENDS THIS 11:44 HUMBLE LITTLE CHURCH. 11:45 THE MAN JUST TO HIS RIGHT TO OUR LEFT THERE DRESSED IN A BLACK SUIT, 11:52 HE ALSO IS A GOVERNMENT WORKER BUT HE IS A DEACON IN THAT CHURCH. 11:55 SO IT WAS INSPIRING TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE, THE MIX YOU HAVE OF PEOPLE WHO ATTEND. 12:03 AND THEN WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE WENT TO BARNAM WHERE THIS BOARDING SCHOOL WAS WHERE 12:09 I SHOWED THE BELL AND THEY WERE HAVING THEIR WHAT WE CALL THEIR WORKERS BEE. 12:13 THIS IS A MEETING OF THE PASTORS, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELISTS, 12:20 ELDERS FROM CHURCHES, AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SPEAKING THERE SEVERAL TIMES AND BEING 12:27 ABLE TO VISIT WITH THE WORKERS THERE. 12:30 THEY SERVED US FOOD THERE AND THERE IS ISAAC WITH HIS. 12:34 YOU NOTICE HOW HE IS EATING WHICH IS THE PRACTICE THERE THAT YOU EAT WITH YOU FINGERS 12:37 BECAUSE FINGERS WERE MADE BEFORE FORKS. 12:39 BUT THIS ISAAC, I WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSED. 12:43 HE HAD THAT PROGRAM SO WELL ORGANIZED AND IT WAS A REAL DELIGHT TO SEE HOW HE HAD 12:52 THINGS TAKEN CARE OF. 12:54 DAVID JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE AND INFORMATION, HOW MANY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS IN SOUTH SUDAN 13:01 ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? 13:03 I WISH I COULD GIVE A NUMBER BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THEY CAN COME UP WITH A NUMBER BECAUSE 13:10 THERE ARE PEOPLE RETURNING FROM REFUGEE CAMPS AND PEOPLE COMING BACK TO THESE VILLAGES THAT ARE 13:16 WAY OFF THAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME BEFORE THEY CAN MAKE A PROPER CALCULATION. 13:23 AS I SEE THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE FOR US ABOUT SOUTH SUDAN, 13:29 IT SEEMS TO BE KIND OF A DRAMATIC CONTRAST FROM SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES WHERE WE 13:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH FOLKS GET TO WORK. 13:39 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 13:41 AND WITH THE CHALLENGE ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE YOU WERE MENTIONING AND AT THIS POINT OF 13:47 THE YEAR THE WEATHER AND ALL OF THAT, YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE TO BE VERY 13:54 COMMITTED TO EVEN FIND SOMEBODY TO WORK WITH. 13:58 THAT IS THE INSPIRING THING, IS TO SEE THEIR PASSION TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL; 14:04 TAKING THE GOSPEL COMMISSION THERE IN MATTHEW VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY AND GETTING OFF INTO 14:09 EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTRY. 14:12 AND WE HAVE TO REALIZE ALSO THAT AS I GIVE NUMBERS FOR BAPTISMS THEY ARE NOT LARGE 14:19 NUMBERS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING OFF TO THESE LITTLE 14:22 VILLAGES AND ESTABLISHING WORK THERE. 14:26 THESE PLACES ARE ISOLATED SO EVEN TO TRY AND BRING SEVERAL VILLAGES TOGETHER IS VERY 14:31 DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK AND BUT YET, THESE WORKERS ARE GOING OFF INTO 14:37 AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS AND THEY START VISITING AND WORKING WITH 14:43 THE PEOPLE AND FINALLY THEY HAVE AN INTEREST AND A BAPTISM AND A CHURCH IS ESTABLISHED. 14:48 IS IT TRUE THAT IN SOME OF THESE VILLAGES THERE ARE NO BELIEVERS IN JESUS? 14:56 IN SOME PLACES THAT'S TRUE. 14:59 OTHER PLACES THERE MAY BE SOME BELIEVERS IN GOD AND SO ON. 15:03 AND SO LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING WHERE JESUS HAS NOT BEEN 15:10 INTRODUCED YET. 15:11 THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 15:13 AND CONSEQUENTLY IT IS A VERY, VERY REWARDING BUT CHALLENGING EXPERIENCE TO MAKE FRIENDS FOR 15:22 JESUS, THAT'S RIGHT, FIRST AND THEN PROCEED WITH THE PROCESS WE CALL EVANGELISM. 15:29 THAT'S RIGHT. 15:31 THE INTERESTING THING IS TOO THAT MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORSHIPPING GODS AND SO ON 15:38 THEY DON'T HAVE PEACE BECAUSE IT'S A RELIGION OF FEAR AND WHEN THEY FIND OUT ABOUT JESUS 15:44 AND GRACE AND GOD'S LOVE, THIS IS SUCH A REWARDING THING FOR THEM. 15:51 THE OTHER THING IS, I'M SORRY, NO. 15:52 THE OTHER THING IS THAT THESE PEOPLE WHAT I HAVE FOUND CONTRARY TO STORIES I HAVE 15:58 HEARD, THEY ARE VERY FAITHFUL IN STAYING WITH THE CHURCH. 16:03 WOW, PRAISE THE LORD. 16:04 NOT TOO MANY APOSTASIES AT ALL. 16:06 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 16:08 O.K. 16:09 LET'S GO ON WITH YOUR PICTURES HERE. 16:10 O.K. 16:12 WE ARE GOING TO START OFF WITH SOME OF THE WORKERS AND THIS YOUNG MAN IS STEPHEN. 16:15 STEPHEN JUST BEGAN WORKING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHEN HE GOT BIT BY A SNAKE. 16:20 WHAT? 16:22 A VERY SERIOUS THING AND HE ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL FOR FIVE MONTHS AND LOST HIS LEG. 16:27 SO PEOPLE SAID WELL, YOU MIGHT AS WELL FORGET ABOUT THIS EVANGELISTIC WORK. 16:31 YOU CAN'T, THEY HAVE TO WALK EVERYWHERE OR RIDE A BICYCLE IF THEY ARE LUCKY. 16:36 ANYWAY, SOMEHOW HE WAS ABLE TO GET A PROSTHESIS AN ARTIFICIAL LIMB AND AGAIN, 16:43 THEY SAID YOU STILL CAN'T, HOW CAN, YOU CAN'T WORK LIKE THIS. 16:46 IN HIS ENTHUSIASM HE HAS ESTABLISHED THREE CHURCHES. 16:51 THE LAST ONE HE BAPTIZED 80 PEOPLE AND THE INTERESTING THING WAS THAT 20 OF THESE 80 16:59 WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE RETURNING FROM REFUGEE CAMPS. 17:02 AMAZING. 17:03 AND NOW WHEN I WAS THERE, HE WAS WORKING ON THE FOURTH. 17:08 YOU SEE WHAT THEY DO, THEY GO OFF INTO A PLACE ISOLATED, NO ADVENTISTS, 17:14 THEY START A CHURCH THERE BUT THEY DON'T JUST GET BOGGED DOWN 17:20 THERE THEY GET LOOKING AT ANOTHER SPOT. 17:22 AND SO THEY KEEP NURTURING THE FIRST CHURCH 17:25 AS THEY WORK ON OTHER INTERESTS AND BUILD OTHER CHURCHES. 17:28 WOW. 17:29 SO IT'S A MARVELOUS, MARVELOUS WORK. 17:32 WE'LL REMEMBER STEPHEN. 17:33 NOW WE GO TO, YES, WE GO TO SAMUEL NOW. 17:37 SAMUEL WENT TO A PLACE WHERE THERE WAS A CHURCH AND BUT AS IT HAPPENED WITH WAR AND 17:43 EVERYTHING, THE MEMBERS HAD FLED. 17:45 SO THE CHURCH WAS JUST STANDING THERE. 17:47 BUT HE GOT VISITING AROUND AND HE'D FIND A FEW FORMER MEMBERS AND HE BEGAN VISITING AND 17:53 STUDYING WITH PEOPLE AND BAPTIZING 17:55 AND FINALLY HE HAD A NICE CONGREGATION THERE OF 61 PEOPLE. 18:01 WOW. 18:02 AND HE HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED TWO OTHER CHURCHES. 18:03 AND THEN WE HAVE DAVID. 18:10 NOW DAVID BECAME AN ADVENTIST IN THE REFUGEE CAMP. 18:17 THAT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING THING TOO HOW OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE WORKED IN 18:21 THE REFUGEE CAMPS. 18:23 WONDERFUL. 18:24 ANYWAY, HE BECAME A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST THEN HE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO HIS, 18:30 TO HIS VILLAGE BUT THERE WAS TREMENDOUS PREJUDICE. 18:34 THERE WERE NO ADVENTISTS THERE. 18:36 THAT POOR MAN HAS BEEN BEATEN, HE HAD BEEN FALSELY ACCUSED AND PUT IN JAIL AND A MOB CAME AND 18:46 DESTROYED HIS HUTS AND SO HIS FAMILY WANTED TO RETALIATE BUT HE SAID, "NO, 18:51 NO YOU DON'T DO THAT. 18:52 THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO DO THINGS". 18:55 THIS NEXT MAN IS AN INTERESTING CHARACTER. 18:57 WELL, ALL OF THEM ARE INTERESTING DAVID. 19:00 BUT THIS FELLOW HERE ELIA ABRAHAM, HE WAS A POLICEMAN AND FOUGHT IN THE WAR IN THE BUSH 19:08 WHERE MOST OF THE WAR TOOK PLACE ACTUALLY WAS IN THE BUSH. 19:12 HE JOINED ISLAM FOR A LITTLE WHILE, HE BECAME A PRIEST IN A PROTESTANT DENOMINATION THEN HE 19:18 GOT INTO DRINKING AND BECAME QUITE A DRUNKARD. 19:22 ACTUALLY HE WENT IN, HE WENT IN A DRUNKEN STATE THERE WAS AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING BEING 19:27 CARRIED ON AND HE WENT INTO THE MEETING. 19:30 SOMEHOW THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE TO HIM 19:33 AND HE KEPT GOING NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AND FINALLY WAS BAPTIZED. 19:37 AFTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH SO MANY OF THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE SO ENTHUSIASTIC AFTER BEING 19:45 BAPTIZED ABOUT SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS AND AFTER DOING THIS FOR A WHILE THE 19:48 MISSION COULD SEE THE POTENTIAL IN HIM AND SO THEY ASKED HIM TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 19:52 SO HE WENT OFF TO A DESOLATE PLACE, ISOLATED PLACE I SHOULD SAY, 19:57 AND THERE ESTABLISHED A CHURCH OF 47 MEMBERS. 20:00 SO IT JUST GOES THROUGH THIS STORY. 20:03 AMAZING, ALL OF THIS. 20:05 NOW JABI HERE, HE WAS ALSO A DRUNKARD AND IT SOME OF THESE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, 20:11 IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TIMES AND SO THEY TURN TO ALCOHOL. 20:15 ANYWAY, AS HE WAS WALKING ALONG ONE DAY HE NOTICED A POSTER THAT WAS ADVERTISING 20:21 EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND SO HE DECIDED WELL, I'LL GO AND SEE ABOUT THIS. 20:25 HE WENT AND HE BELIEVED WHAT HE HEARD BUT HE JUST BALKED WHEN IT CAME TO BAPTISM. 20:34 SO HE STARTED A CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS, WAS IN THAT FOR A WHILE BUT FINALLY HE WAS SO 20:42 VERY, VERY CONVICTED ABOUT BAPTISM THAT HE WALKED FIFTEEN MILES TO BE BAPTIZED. 20:49 WELL, THEY SENT HIM TO AN AREA AFTER A WHILE OF WITNESSING AND SO ON I HAVE TO SAY WITH ALL 20:56 THESE MEN; HE BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 20:59 BUT THE WAR WAS ON IN THAT AREA, SO WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO? 21:03 I MEAN IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO GET CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE AND SO ON. 21:05 BUT SOMEHOW HE GOT PERMISSION TO LIVE WITH THE SOLDIERS IN THE BARRACKS. 21:11 AND SO HE WOULD WITNESS TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LEFT AROUND THERE AND TO SOME OF THE 21:16 SOLDIERS AND BAPTIZED TWENTY PEOPLE UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. 21:21 THRILLING STORIES. 21:22 I WISH WE HAD TIME TO TELL ALL OF THESE STORIES 21:25 BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RACE ALONG HERE. 21:27 YES, O.K. 21:28 ANYWAY HERE WE HAVE, HAVE JUMA. 21:34 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST TOO WHO STUDIED 21:38 WITH AN ELDER ACTUALLY IN THE VILLAGE. 21:44 HE WAS BAPTIZED. 21:46 WELL I SHOULDN'T SAY HE WAS BAPTIZED RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE HE HELD OFF FOR A WHILE, 21:51 FOR A YEAR AND A HALF BUT FINALLY THE CONVICTION WAS SO STRONG THAT HE BECAME AN 21:55 ADVENTIST AND HE WAS FINDING TERRIBLE OPPOSITION WHERE HE WAS WORKING. 22:01 MATTER OF FACT A MOB GATHERED AND THEY SAID "WE ARE GOING TO DRIVE YOU OUT OF HERE". 22:07 BUT THE CHIEF, OF ALL PEOPLE, SPOKE UP AND SAID, "NO, THIS IS A GOOD MAN I'M GOING TO TAKE 22:14 HIM IN TO LIVE WITH ME." 22:15 OF COURSE THE MOB WAS QUIET RIGHT AWAY. 22:18 SO IT JUST TELLS HOW THESE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO WORK. 22:23 NOW, THIS IS MOSES. 22:27 SO MANY BIBLE NAMES THAT IS FASCINATING. 22:29 YES, YES. 22:30 HE WAS CONVERTED IN A REFUGEE CAMP ALSO. 22:32 AND AFTER WITNESSING AND SO ON THEY SEE HIS POTENTIAL, HE BEGAN WORKING IN THE ADGUMENI 22:41 REFUGEE CAMP WHICH I VISITED ONCE WITH 60,000 PEOPLE. 22:44 WOW. 22:46 WE HAD ELEVEN CHURCHES THERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH, IN A REFUGEE CAMP, 22:50 IN A REFUGEE CAMP. 22:51 NOW 60,000 PEOPLE. 22:52 THAT CAMP WENT FOR MILES UPON MILES, UPON MILES IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. 22:57 ANYWAY, HE BEGAN WORKING ACTUALLY IN ADGUMENI REFUGEE CAMP AND BEFORE VERY LONG HE 23:07 HAD CONVERTED, BAPTIZED 30 PEOPLE IN A PARTICULAR AREA 23:10 AND STARTED A LITTLE CONGREGATION THERE. 23:13 THEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER REFUGEE CAMP AND THIS TIME HE FOUND A CHURCH THERE 23:18 WITH NO ONE AROUND BECAUSE PEOPLE OF COURSE, WERE CONTINUALLY TRYING TO RETURN 23:23 BACK TO THEIR VILLAGES AND THIS KIND OF THING, SO IT WAS EMPTY. 23:28 SO ANYWAY HE STARTED, HE REPAIRED IT AND STARTED WORKING THERE 23:32 AND BEFORE VERY LONG HE HAD BAPTIZED 20. 23:35 NOW THE EXCITING THING IS THE MAN STANDING BESIDE HIM IN THE WHITE SHIRT IS HIS FIRST 23:40 CONVERT WHO NOW IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 23:44 I HOPE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING THIS ARE SINGING PRAISE GOD 23:49 FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW. 23:50 THIS IS A THRILLING STORY. 23:53 THEN WE HAVE EMANUEL. 23:56 EMANUEL BECAME; THE CHURCH ELDER I THINK OF THE VILLAGE WAS AN ADVENTIST AND STUDIED 24:04 WITH HIM BUT HIS FAMILY WAS TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY OPPOSED. 24:08 FINALLY, THE FATHER SAID "WELL OK YOU CAN BE BAPTIZED BUT LEAVE US ALONE". 24:15 THE WONDERFUL THING IS THAT ALL HIS FAMILY HAVE BECOME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS, 24:20 ELEVEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 24:22 SO YOU KNOW, THE LORD WORKS IN ALL THESE MARVELOUS AND DIFFERENT WAYS. 24:27 SO, THIS IS REALLY HOW THE WORK GOES. 24:29 WELL, IT IS THRILLING AND KNOWING YOU DAVID, YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND SEE THESE PEOPLE 24:39 LOTS MORE, THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. 24:44 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:45 YOU FOLKS WHO WATCH THESE PROGRAMS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, 24:49 I PRAY YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AS YOU REALIZE IT IS YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR GIFTS 24:56 SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT MAKE POSSIBLE THIS LONG LIST OF THRILLING STORIES THAT PASTOR 25:05 DAVID CROOK HAS BROUGHT TO US FROM HIS FIELD IN SOUTH SUDAN. 25:10 WHERE DO YOU SEE THINGS FOR THE FUTURE, DAVID? 25:13 WELL EVERYTIME I GO BACK IT IS ALWAYS INTERESTING TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE AND FIND OUT THAT 25:18 THEY HAVE ESTBLISHED ANOTHER CHURCH OR TWO CHURCHES OR THREE CHURCHES. 25:21 AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY IN SUDAN TODAY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING 25:26 BACK TO THEIR VILLAGES AND WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE AS THEY COME BACK BECAUSE 25:32 PEOPLE IN TRANSITION ARE MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT 25:35 GIVES THEM SECURITY AND THE GOSPEL DOES THAT. 25:38 SO I THINK THERE IS A GREAT DAY AHEAD. 25:39 WE MUST TAKE OPPORTUNITY OF THAT, DAN. 25:41 WOW. 25:43 WELL THANK YOU DAVID FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK THE LORD FOR WHAT HE IS DOING IN THIS 25:51 PARTICULAR CORNER OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD. 25:53 I HAVEN'T INTERRUPTED TO GIVE YOU THE NAME OF OUR ORGANIZATION, 25:58 YOUR ORGANIZATION GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH THE ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER AND ALL OF 26:02 THAT BUT IT IS RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN. 26:07 WE WANT YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY 26:10 OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND BE IN TOUCH YOURSELF SO THAT YOU CAN 26:15 SOMEHOW CONNECT WITH THE MOSES, THE ABRAHAM, THE STEPHEN, THE DAVID, 26:20 THE SAMUEL AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART 26:24 OF THIS SOUTH SUDAN STORY. 26:26 SO AGAIN DAVID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN LEADING THE WORK IN 26:32 THIS VERY SIGNIFICANT PLACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY WORLD. 26:38 AND GOD'S ARM IS NOT SHORT. 26:40 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:41 HE CAN REACH OUT IN THE MUDDY STREETS, YES, THE ISOLATED PLACES AND EVEN THE WAR TORN 26:46 AREAS, THAT'S RIGHT, TO FIND HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND WELCOME THEM TO HIS KINGDOM. 26:54 SO AGAIN, THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOU KEEP WATCHING 26:58 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH STORIES. 27:01 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 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. 27:27 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:29 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:33 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:38 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:42 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:44 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:45 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:47 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. 28:04 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. 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
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