Participants: Alfred Griffith
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000421
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00:01 OPENING MUSIC.
00:23 HELLO GOOD FRIENDS. 00:25 I AM SO PLEASED TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE ON THE SET OF GOSPEL OUTREACH TO BRING YOU 00:33 ANOTHER PROGRAM OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:36 AS YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY ON OTHER OCCASIONS, THESE DAYS WHEN I GET TO BE HERE 00:43 HELPING PRESENT THESE PROGRAMS ARE SOME OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE BECAUSE I GET TO CONNECT 00:52 WITH THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE MAKING THESE PROGRAMS 00:56 POSSIBLE AS FAR AS TECHNOLOGY IS CONCERNED. 00:58 I WON'T START NAMING THEM BECAUSE I KNOW I'D MISS SOMEBODY, 01:03 BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE THE CREW WHO MAKE THESE PROGRAMS POSSIBLE. 01:09 WHEN WE COME HERE TO DO THESE PROGRAMS IT IS USUALLY IN CONNECTION WITH A PART OF THE 01:16 GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERSHIP PROCESS AND THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE REPRESENTING THE WORLD 01:22 FIELD OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WHO ARE TOGETHER HERE. 01:25 TODAY THIS PROGRAM IS CERTAINLY NO EXCEPTION AMONG THE HIGH POINTS OF MY LIFE BECAUSE I GET 01:37 TO INTRODUCE TO YOU A VERY DEAR MAN, 01:40 A LEADER IN GOSPEL OUTREACH BY THE NAME OF FRED GRIFFITH. 01:44 FRED, WELCOME. 01:46 THANK YOU. 01:47 I ASKED HIM AWHILE AGO IF IT IS FRED OR ALFRED BECAUSE I SEE IT ON HIS NAME TAG "ALFRED" BUT 01:55 I'VE ONLY KNOWN HIM AS FRED ALL OF HIS LIFE AND THE REASON I HAVE KNOWN HIM AS FRED IS 02:01 BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY HIS DEAR PARENTS ALWAYS REFERRED TO HIM. 02:06 WITH THE MENTION OF THAT I'D LIKE TO GO TO YOUR FIRST SLIDE BECAUSE THE FIRST ONE IS A 02:16 REMINDER TO ME. 02:18 THERE IS YOUR DEAR, DEAR DAD. 02:24 WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING CONTRADICTED HE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHOM I'VE LOVED VERY 02:33 VERY MUCH IN MY EARLIER MINISTRY. 02:36 THERE IS ARTHUR GRIFFITH, A DEDICATED MAN OF GOD IF I EVER MET ONE. 02:46 A MAN WHO WITH HIS DEAFNESS WAS ABLE TO MINISTER TO NOT JUST THE DEAF COMMUNITY BUT 02:56 MINISTERED ALSO TO ALL OF US WHO WERE HIS DEAR FRIENDS. 03:00 I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD THE LITTLE STORY BECAUSE IT HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME THAT I USED TO GET 03:08 TO SIT WITH YOUR FATHER IN THE PASTOR'S MEETINGS. 03:11 I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT THE PRIVILEGE BUT I'D TRY TO SCRIBBLE NOTES AS FAST AS I 03:19 COULD ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THAT MEETING AND YOUR DAD WAS SO BRILLIANT THAT IF I JUST 03:28 STARTED A SENTENCE HE'D NON AND HE HAD GOTTEN THE WHOLE THING AND WOULD RESPOND WITH A WORD 03:34 OR WHATEVER AND WE KEPT UP PRETTY WELL WITH THE SPEAKERS. 03:40 I MENTION THAT TO YOU FRED 03:44 BECAUSE YOU'RE MOTHER ALICE, YOUR DAD ARTHUR WERE SO PRECIOUS. 03:52 THEY REST NOW WAITING FOR JESUS TO COME. 03:57 YOUR MOTHER IS STILL LIVING? 04:01 MY MOTHER IS STILL LIVING. 04:02 OKAY. 04:04 AFTER I SAID THAT I THOUGHT YOUR MOTHER IS STILL LIVING AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 04:09 YOU HAVE LIVED WITH GODLY PARENTS AND YOU COULD MAKE NO OTHER CHOICE 04:17 BUT TO WALK IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS. 04:19 TELL ME ABOUT THAT. 04:22 I HAD A CHOICE OF WANTING TO BECOME A DOCTOR BUT GOD JUST TOOK AHOLD OF MY SHOULDER AND 04:29 SAID NO, YOU'RE GOING TO BECOME A PASTOR FOR THE DEAF. 04:32 I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A CHILD MY FATHER AND MOTHER AND THE REST OF US BROTHERS AND 04:40 SISTERS GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 04:44 MY FATHER APPROACHED THE LEADERSHIP AND SAID WE MUST DO SOMETHING FOR THE DEAF. 04:53 ONE OF HIS PROPOSALS WAS TO MAKE A SERIES OF 35 MM FILMS 04:59 THAT WERE BIBLE STUDIES FOR THE DEAF. 05:01 NOW GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS ALSO UNDERTAKEN A SPECIAL EVANGELISTIC MISSION OUTREACH 05:02 SERVICE FOR THE DEAF AS WELL. 05:03 AND YOU ARE A LEADER AT GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR MINISTRY TO THE DEAF. 05:21 YES. 05:23 DR. WILSON AND I ARE WORKING TOGETHER AS CURRENT LEADERSHIP. 05:31 HOWEVER, BEFORE I CAME ALONG THE SCENE THERE WAS DOROTHY WATTS AND JOHN BLAKE. 05:39 JOHN BLAKE SUGGESTED TO DOROTHY IF THERE WAS ANYTHING WE COULD DO FOR THE DEAF IN INDIA. 05:45 SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS JUST GROWN. 05:48 AMEN. 05:50 NOW YOU LIVE IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BUT YOU TRAVEL ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN 05:58 YOUR MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF. 05:59 YES. 06:00 I GREATLY ENJOYED ABOUT THREE WEEKS IN FEBRUARY. 06:05 THIS WILL BE MY FOURTH TRIP TO INDIA. 06:07 I UNDERSTAND IN VISITING WITH JOHN BLAKE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF IN 06:15 SEVEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES NOW? 06:17 YES. 06:18 JUST LIST THOSE FOR US IF YOU DON'T MIND. 06:21 WELL, JOHN COULD DO THAT BETTER THAN I CAN BUT I BELIEVE 06:25 IT INCLUDES RUSSIA, SOUTH AMERICAN, PHILIPPINES, INDIA, AFRICA. 06:35 AND THERE ARE OTHER COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND THERE ARE OTHER PLACES IN EVEN RUSSIA AS WELL 06:44 WHERE THE WORK AMONG THE DEAF IS GOING FORWARD SO THAT'S HOW WE GET THE SEVEN COUNTRIES. 06:51 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT TODAY? 06:55 I CERTAINLY WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DEAF PEOPLE WITHIN HEARING 07:04 GROUPS OF OUR CHURCH AND WE ARE FAR BEHIND IN WHAT WE COULD BE DOING FOR DEAF PEOPLE. 07:13 DEAF PEOPLE HAVE GREAT CHALLENGES IN THAT THEY ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE BIBLE, 07:18 SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, THE QUARTERLY BECAUSE OF THEIR DIFFICULTY IN READING. 07:23 THEY ENJOY BEST TO RECEIVE THE GOSPEL BY SIGN LANGUAGE. 07:32 THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR INTERPRETERS, FOR MORE WORKERS AND FOR A GREATER UNDERSTANDING 07:39 BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND DEAF PEOPLE AS TO THEIR NEEDS. 07:43 SO WITH THE UNDERSTANDING BEING GREATER WITH SIGNED COMMUNICATION, 07:53 ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE SABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS AND ALL OF THE EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH NEEDS TO 08:02 BE SOMEHOW PREPARED WITH OUR MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN SIGN LANGUAGE? 08:09 THAT'S HAPPENING BY "THREE ANGELS DEAF MINISTRY." 08:13 THEY ARE PREPARING MATERIALS 08:15 FOR THE SABBATH SCHOOL QUARTERLIES SO THAT WE HAVE EASY ENGLISH. 08:20 A NUMBER OF THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY BOOKS ARE BEING TRANSLATED INTO EASY ENGLISH. 08:30 EXCUSE ME FOR BEING A LITTLE PERSONAL HERE, BUT YOU HAVE COME TO THIS YES BY DIVINE 08:40 DIRECTION BUT KIND OF NATURALLY IN THAT YOU WERE RAISED IN A HOME 08:46 WHERE BOTH YOUR PARENTS WERE DEAF. 08:50 DID YOU LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE AS A VERY SMALL CHILD 08:54 AND IT'S JUST A NATURAL PART OF YOUR EXPERIENCE? 08:59 YES. 09:00 SIGN LANGUAGE WAS THE FIRST LANGUAGE THAT I LEARNED. 09:04 THEN MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD COME AND READ TO US. 09:07 MY FATHER COULD SPEAK SOME TOO SO GRADUALLY I LEARNED ENGLISH LATER. 09:12 YOU SAID "YOUR SIBLINGS." 09:16 HOW MANY CHILDREN IN YOUR FAMILY? 09:18 THERE WERE FIVE CHILDREN. 09:20 THREE BOYS AND TWO GIRLS. 09:22 AND YOU ARE ALL HEARING? 09:25 THE BOYS WERE ALL HEARING, BUT THE TWO GIRLS WERE DEAF. 09:29 INTERESTING. 09:31 WE WON'T GO INTO A DISCUSSION OF THAT BECAUSE I'D BE WAY OVER MY DEPTH TO TRY AND CONSIDER 09:38 WHAT MAY HAPPEN BIOLOGICALLY FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE. 09:43 ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF YOUR RECENT TRIPS TODAY IN THIS PROGRAM? 09:48 YES. 09:49 IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF THIS YEAR I WENT TO INDIA. 09:56 WE ARE TAPING THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW IN THE MONTH OF APRIL 2012, 10:01 SO YOU'VE ONLY BEEN BACK A SHORT WHILE. 10:04 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SOME MORE OF YOUR SLIDES NOW AND THESE WILL INCLUDE STORIES OF YOUR 10:13 RECENT MISSION TRIP. 10:15 THE FIRST PLACE WE WENT WAS TO JOIN WITH MANZOOR AND HIS 550 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 10:26 PART OF THE TIME WE JOINED THEM AND IT WAS INTERPRETED FOR OUR DEAF WORKERS. 10:33 PART OF THE TIME DR. WILSON AND I GAVE LESSONS TO THEM. 10:38 SO IT WAS UNDER THE NEW BANNER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WHICH IS "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS." 10:47 WHERE ARE WE HERE? 10:49 THIS IS IN THE SAME PLACE AND THOSE ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FOR THE DEAF WHO CAME 10:56 TO THE TRAINING PROGRAM. 10:58 THERE IS DR. WILSON BESIDE ME AND THE WORKERS IN THE BACKGROUND. 11:02 HOW MANY DEAF WORKERS DO WE HAVE? 11:08 WELL, THAT'S A CHALLENGING QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF 11:13 TRANSITION IN THAT WE CAME UP TO ABOUT 37 WORKERS. 11:18 SOME OF THE WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES SO WE'RE IN THE 11:27 PROCESS OF REFINING THAT NUMBER. 11:29 THE QUESTION THAT ALWAYS COMES IN THE MIND WHEN WE STOP TO THINK ABOUT THIS, 11:38 THE QUESTION THAT ALWAYS COMES TO THE MIND OF A HEARING PERSON IS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE 11:43 POPULATION ARE DEAF SUCH AS WHERE THE 37 THAT YOU DID HAVE OR WHATEVER ARE CALLED TO WORK. 11:52 I'M TOLD THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 17 MILLION DEAF PEOPLE IN INDIA. 11:58 WOW. 12:00 A LOT OF DEAF PEOPLE. 12:02 BUT THE NUMBER IS PROBABLY HIGHER THAN THAT BECAUSE THERE IT'S A SHAME TO HAVE A 12:08 HANDICAPPED CHILD. 12:10 SO WHEN THE CENSUS WORKER COMES THEY HIDE THEM AND THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO BE COUNTED. 12:16 DO THEY BECOME ALMOST NONPERSONS? 12:22 THEY DO. 12:23 AND DEFINITELY ISOLATED. 12:24 I ALWAYS KIND OF LOCK ONTO THE WORD THAT YOU AND JOHN BLAKE HAVE BEEN USING-THE ISOLATION 12:33 THAT HAPPENS AND THUS THE LOSS OF COMMUNICATION, THE LOSS OF INDICATION OF CARING AND THEY 12:39 MISS OUT ON THE GOSPEL. 12:40 THEY DO. 12:41 WHAT'S OUR NEXT PICTURE? 12:46 THIS IS A GROUP WHERE WE MET WITH DEAF PEOPLE WHO CAME TO ORISSA. 12:58 THE MAN ON THE RIGHT IS JOHN AND HE IS DEAF. 13:03 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 13:05 IN THE YEAR 2003 I BELIEVE, ONE OF OUR WORKERS CAME TO A SUNDAY CHURCH 13:17 AND ASKED FOR ALL THE DEAF PEOPLE. 13:19 THEN HE MET THEM AND SAID HE'D LIKE FOR THEM TO COME TO OUR CHURCH. 13:26 OH, PRETTY BRAZEN. 13:27 YES. 13:28 JOHN CAME AND HE LEARNED A LARGE PORTION OF THE GOSPEL BUT NOT ALL OF IT. 13:37 THEN JEFF JORDAN WHO IS A PASTOR 13:39 FOR THE DEAF IN GEORGIA CAME AND HE PREACHED ON THE SABBATH. 13:46 JOHN SAT THERE AND HE SAID THIS IS THE PART I'M MISSING. 13:51 HE ACCEPTED THE SABBATH AND WAS BAPTIZED 13:54 AND SINCE HAS BECOME ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 13:59 LET'S GO ON THROUGH YOUR PICTURES BECAUSE I DON'T WANT 14:03 TO MISS ANY THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT. 14:05 THIS IS THE SAME GROUP EXCEPT THAT I WANTED TO MENTION THE YOUNG MAN IN THE FRONT. 14:10 HE CAN SIGN AND HE AND I CARRIED ON A GOOD CONVERSATION THROUGH JOHN WHO IS AN 14:15 INTERPRETER BECAUSE I SIGN IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND HE SIGNS IN INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 14:21 YOU'LL NOTICE THE LADY IN THE BLUE BEHIND HIM WHO IS ALSO DEAF, BUT SHE CANNOT SIGN. 14:29 I FOUND THAT MANY OF THE DEAF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RAISED 14:34 IN ISOLATION DON'T EVEN USE SIGN LANGUAGE. 14:37 SO IT'S A VERY NARROW ISOLATING EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE. 14:38 SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH DEAF MINISTRY 14:49 ALSO INCLUDES LITERACY IN THEIR OWN SUBCULTURE AND LANGUAGE. 14:56 YES. 14:57 LET'S GO AHEAD. 14:59 THE NEXT PLACE WE STOPPED WAS A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DEAF LADIES IN ORDER TO MAKE A LIVING. 15:09 JOHN BLAKE BROUGHT SEWING MACHINES OVER AND THESE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CLASS IN THE 15:17 CHURCH LEARNING HOW TO SEW. 15:19 WHAT A VERY PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN APPEAL. 15:25 IT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM BE RESOURCEFUL. 15:28 THIS IS YOU AGAIN IN FRONT WITH DR. WILSON? 15:30 NO, IT WAS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH WHERE THE SEWING MACHINE CLASS WAS BEING TAUGHT. 15:36 WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS IN THE BACK, 15:40 THE LADY IN THE PURPLE IS THE SEWING CLASS TEACHER. 15:44 SOMEONE ASKED ME HOW COME THEY ARE NOT ALL DEAF PEOPLE TAKING THIS CLASS. 15:50 SHE SAID THEY COLLECT ALL THE DEAF PEOPLE THEY CAN BUT IF THERE ARE HEARING PEOPLE THEY 15:56 MAKE UP THE REST OF THE CLASS. 15:58 SHE IS HEARING? 15:59 YES. 16:02 THIS LADY IS A FORMER GRADUATE OF THE SEWING CLASS. 16:06 YOU CAN SEE HOW HAPPY SHE IS. 16:10 SHE IS MAKING A LIVING. 16:12 SHE IS COMING TO CHURCH REGULARLY AND PAYING A FAITHFUL TITHE TO GOD. 16:18 WHAT A THRILLING STORY. 16:20 AS I'VE SAID EVERY TIME, EACH OF THESE PERSONS IS A STORY IN HER OWN RIGHT OR HIS OWN RIGHT. 16:27 IT IS BECAUSE LOOK AT THIS LADY. 16:30 MANY OF THE TIMES I MET PEOPLE IN A SMALL HUMBLE HOME, SAD EYES, SAD FACE. 16:38 LOOK AT HER. 16:39 SHE IS SO HAPPY. 16:41 I ASKED A DEAF LADY WHY DID SHE ACCEPT CHRIST AND SHE SAID ALL MY LIFE I WAS RAISED UNDER THE 16:46 FEAR OF THE GODS AND NOW I FIND CHRIST AND THERE IS SUCH PEACE IN MY LIFE. 16:52 AMEN. 16:53 BEAUTIFUL. 16:56 THIS IS DR. WILSON TALKING WITH ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN A DEAF CHURCH. 17:03 THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF REACHING THE DEAF. 17:08 IN OTHER WORDS, THE DEAF DO NOT KIND OF BLEND INTO THE HEARING COMMUNITY WITH THEIR MINISTRY? 17:22 THEY DO TO A CERTAIN EXTENT BUT THE LIMITATION IS COMMUNICATION. 17:26 SURE. 17:28 NOTICE THEY ARE SINGING AND I'M IMPRESSED THAT THEY LOVE TO SING. 17:32 KAKINADA IS WHERE JOHN HAS HIS CHURCH AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF HIS CHURCH, 17:42 A GROWING, VIBRANT, YOUTHFUL CHURCH. 17:47 WHAT DOES IT DO FOR THEM, BEFORE WE GO TO THIS SLIDE, WHAT DOES IT DO FOR THEM TO 17:52 HAVE YOU COME AND VISIT THEM FRED? 17:56 OH, THEY ARE FULL OF SMILES. 17:58 THEY ACTUALLY EMBARRASS ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH HONOR. 18:03 I SAY I'M JUST ONE OF YOU, A CHILD OF GOD. 18:05 THE PICTURE I JUST SHOWED BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT MORE WORKERS FOR THE 18:11 DEAF AND THEY ARE A POTENTIAL COUPLE. 18:17 ARE THEY BOTH DEAF? 18:18 YES, THEY ARE BOTH DEAF AND THEY ARE COMING TO HIS CHURCH. 18:21 THEY SAID THEY WERE READY TO GO TO WORK FOR GOD. 18:24 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 18:26 YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THEIR FACES TOO. 18:28 YES. 18:29 WE DO HAVE SOME BRIGHT SPOTS. 18:31 THEY ARE IN CHANI AND TANJORE AND ANOTHER PLACE. 18:38 THOSE THREE ARE KIND OF BRIGHT SPOTS. 18:41 THIS IS A PICTURE OF TANJORE. 18:43 THE MAN ON THE RIGHT IS THE OLDEST DEAF MEMBER. 18:47 MY FATHER BEGAN WRITING TO MESHACH YEARS AND YEARS AGO. 18:52 THIS MAN? 18:53 NO, BUT HE SAID HE KNEW MESHACH. 18:56 OH. 18:57 ANOTHER BRIGHT SPOT IS THE ASIAN AID SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 19:06 DR. WILSON SAID WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL NEAR THE BORDER OF ORISSA RIGHT IN THE NORTHERN 19:15 PART OF INDIA AS OPPOSED TO WHERE THIS SCHOOL IS. 19:18 NOTICE THE YOUNG BOYS. 19:20 THERE ARE 100 STUDENTS THERE AT THAT SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE SUCH JOYFUL FACES. 19:28 THESE ARE ALL DEAF CHILDREN? 19:30 DEAF CHILDREN. 19:31 IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS SCHOOL THEY WOULD HAVE NO PLACE TO GO TO SCHOOL? 19:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:39 FOLKS I HOPE YOU'RE CATCHING ALL OF THAT. 19:41 THIS IS SO SIGNIFICANT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY IN COOPERATING WITH THIS KIND OF 19:48 WORK OF DR. WILSON AND OTHERS WHO ARE THERE LEADING OUT 19:53 AND WE GET FIRST-HAND INFORMATION THROUGH FRED HERE. 19:56 LET'S CONTINUE. 19:58 OF COURSE, EVERY TEACHER HAS TO SAY "BE QUIET." 20:01 THIS YOUNG MAN IS SO EXCITED THAT HE IS SHOUTING DURING THEIR SINGING 20:09 AND SHE IS SAYING "SHHH." 20:11 OH, ISN'T THAT SWEET. 20:13 BUT I APPEAL THAT DEAFNESS WILL NOT BE KEPT QUIET. 20:19 AS THEY LEARN CHRIST THEY WILL WITNESS FOR CHRIST IN HEAVEN THROUGH ALL ETERNITY. 20:25 AMEN. 20:26 SO THIS CONCLUDES YOUR SLIDES THEN? 20:31 YES IT DOES. 20:34 I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES FRED TO LOOK AT THE JOY ON THE 20:41 FACES OF THESE PEOPLE WHEN SUDDENLY THEY SEE THERE IS OPPORTUNITY 20:47 TO BE FREE FROM THEIR ISOLATION. 20:51 AND THERE IS A COMMUNITY THAT NOT ONLY JUST LIKES THEM BUT PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM AND PEOPLE 20:58 LIKE YOU WHO ARE WILLING TO GO AND SAY YOU'RE A PART OF A WORLD FAMILY OF BELIEVERS. 21:04 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT THAT IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF 21:13 WHAT YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER WERE DEDICATED TO. 21:16 I KNOW YOU HAVE A VIDEO THAT IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT AND WE DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT OF TIME 21:26 BEFORE WE GET TO SEE THAT SO LET'S GO TO THAT VIDEO RIGHT NOW. 21:29 WE ARE ON A TOUR TO VISIT SOME BELIEVERS WHO ARE HEARING IMPAIRED. 21:36 IN THE PICTURE YOU SEE PASTOR ALFRED GRIFFITH AND TO HIS RIGHT IS THE TREASURER OF 21:49 ORISSA SECTION AND WE HAVE JOHN THE DEAF PASTOR AND THE LOCAL PASTOR ALSO IS HERE. 22:01 WE HAVE SOME DEAF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ORISSA STANDING BEHIND THEM. 22:09 THESE ARE PRECIOUS YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE EAGER TO KNOW THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST. 22:15 JUST NOW PASTOR ALFRED EXPLAINED ABOUT THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS 22:22 AND THEY ENJOYED THE STORY. 22:26 ORISSA IS AFFECTED MANY WAYS NEGATIVELY. 22:30 CHRISTIANITY IS NOT WELL ACCEPTED BUT THE LORD IS SLOWLY OPENING THEIR DOORS. 22:36 THESE PEOPLE BELONG TO A FISHERMAN'S COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE VERY POOR. 22:43 THEY HAVE NO GOVERNMENT SUPPORT. 22:46 UNFORTUNATELY THESE YOUNG LITTLE CHILDREN ARE ALL DEAF. 22:52 THEY CANNOT SPEAK. 22:54 THE PARENTS LIVE ON THE DAILY WAGES. 23:00 THEY DO NOT HAVE MONEY TO SEND THEM TO SCHOOL WHICH MEANS 23:05 THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THESE DEAF CHILDREN. 23:10 IT IS OUR PRAYER THAT THROUGH THE ADVENTIST CHURCH WE WILL HAVE AT LEAST A FEW OF THESE 23:16 CHILDREN SENT TO AN ADVENTIST SCHOOL WHERE THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT JESUS AND THE BLESSING WE 23:27 HAVE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. 23:31 WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE A DEAF TEACHER AND THEY ARE PRAYING THAT THE LORD WILL OPEN THE 23:37 WINDOWS OF HEAVEN SO THAT THESE CHILDREN WILL BECOME ADVENTIST DEAF WORKERS SO THAT 17 MILLION 23:46 PEOPLE IN INDIA WHO ARE DEAF WILL HAVE FUTURE HOPE 23:51 TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS CHRIST THE SAVIOR OF ALL HUMANITY. 23:55 WE REQUEST YOU TO GIVE YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT AS WE ARE ON THE LORD'S BUSINESS AND 24:06 THE DIFFICULT PLACE OF ORISSA STATE. 24:09 GOD BLESS EACH ONE OF US. 24:11 AMEN. 24:14 FRED, IN CASE I MISSED A PART OF THE AUDIO THAT ACCOMPANIES THAT VIDEO THAT YOU SHARED WITH 24:26 US IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE FACES OF SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS? 24:32 TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE GROUP AGAIN. 24:35 THERE WAS ONE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS THERE AND I TALKED TO HIM AND ASKED HIM QUESTIONS. 24:44 HE SAID EVERY DAY I GO OUT TO WORK ON THE FARM. 24:50 ON MY WAY TO THE FARM PEOPLE THROW ROCKS AT ME BECAUSE I'M CURSED. 24:57 AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, DR. WILSON'S APPEAL REALLY TUGGED AT MY HEART BECAUSE HERE 25:05 THIS YOUNG MAN COULD BE IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. 25:08 EVENTUALLY WHEN HE GRADUATES HE COULD BECOME A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 25:14 ABSOLUTELY. 25:16 AND TO SEE THE SMILES ON THE STUDENTS AT THE ASIAN AID SCHOOL COMPARED TO HIS. 25:21 IT JUST TOUCHES YOUR HEART. 25:25 SO WHAT YOU HAVE SHARED WITH US IS THE CONTINUING NEED POTENTIAL FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:36 TO TOUCH THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE AND INTRODUCE THEM TO JESUS. 25:41 TO CHANGE THOSE EXPRESSIONS OF LOSTNESS AND CONCERN TO ONE OF JOY AND FULFILLMENT AND HOPE. 25:53 THAT'S WHAT ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IS PRESENTED TO THESE PEOPLE. 26:01 FRED, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE HERE WITH US. 26:06 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:09 I KNOW IF THERE IS ANYBODY VIEWING WHO KNOWS SOME DEAF PEOPLE AND NEED MINISTRY I KNOW 26:19 THAT BROTHER FRED GRIFFITH WOULD BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO YOUR INQUIRY AND SERVE IN 26:24 WHATEVER CAPACITY HE CAN. 26:28 WITH WONDERFUL MEMORIES HONORING THE MEMORY OF YOUR PARENTS I AM BLESSED TO BE ABLE 26:34 TO BE WITH YOU HERE AND TO GREET ALL OF YOU IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 26:40 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR SUPPORT. 26:43 WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE EXCITING REPORTS OF WHAT GOD IS DOING EVEN AMONG THE DEAF. 26:51 CLOSING MUSIC. 27:18 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:21 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY. 27:24 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. 27:48 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:52 WHERE? 27:53 ALL THE WORLD. 27:55 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:57 YOU CAN PRAY. 28:00 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:05 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:08 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. 28:17 BE THE SPARK. 28:18 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:19 FINISH THE WORK. 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
Revised 2015-02-06