Participants: Dwight Rose
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000434
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00:22 HELLO, I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A HAPPY DAY LIKE I AM HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:28 WE ARE IN THE STUDIO OF GOSPEL OUTREACH BRINGING TO YOU STORIES OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE 00:35 FRONTLINES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 00:39 AND THIS PROGRAM, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW IS CALLED "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:44 LET ME JUST KIND OF UNDERSCORE EVERY MISSION ACCOUNT THAT I AM EXPOSED TO AND I HEAR ABOUT HERE 00:52 IN THIS PROGRAM IS INDEED AN ADVENTURE. 00:56 AND TODAY, I GET TO ADVENTURE WITH KIND OF A NEW FRIEND OF MINE, BUT HE HAS BECOME MORE AND 01:03 MORE SPECIAL FOR REASONS THAT I WILL EXPLAIN IN JUST A MINUTE. 01:06 I WELCOME TO OUR SET TODAY DWIGHT ROSE. 01:10 WELCOME, DWIGHT GLAD TO HAVE YOU IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY ON THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND BY WAY 01:18 OF IDENTITY, DWIGHT ROSE LONG TIME EDUCATOR IN THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IS ALSO NOW THE 01:27 PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 01:30 YOU HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT YOU'VE GOT DREAMS 01:34 FOR THE FUTURE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 01:39 MANY, BUT IT IS A HUGE AREA THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR THE WHOLE CONTINENT OF AFRICA OVER 1 01:49 BILLION PEOPLE, 54 COUNTRIES AND WE ARE IN 13 OF THE 54. 01:56 WOW. 01:57 SO, WE'VE GOT SOME FAITHFUL REGIONAL DIRECTORS NAME THEM FOR US: GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA HAS 02:06 THREE REGIONAL DIRECTORS, DAVE CROOK, ED EISELE, AND GLEN WINTERMEYER. 02:14 WE'VE HAD ALL 3 OF THOSE ON OUR PROGRAMS HERE AND VIEWERS WILL PROBABLY REMEMBER THE ACCOUNTS 02:21 THEY HAVE BROUGHT US FROM THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THEY ARE WORKING BUT THE HUGE CHALLENGE 02:27 IS 41 MORE COUNTRIES ON THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA. 02:34 I WAS THINKING JUST AS I HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE WITH YOU THAT MY WIFE AND I, WE ARE TAPING 02:39 THIS IN LATE SEPTEMBER, 2012, MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY RETURNED FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND THAT'S AN 02:47 ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLD FROM THE CENTRAL PART OF AFRICA, LARGELY, OR WEST AFRICA, YES. 02:55 BUT THERE ARE SOME REAL CHALLENGES TO THE GOSPEL IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THERE ARE 03:00 PLACES WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH COULD BE INVOLVED IN SOUTH AFRICA, I'M SURE AS WELL. 03:06 YES. 03:07 WELL, I SAID AT THE OUTSET THAT I WAS GLAD TO CONNECT WITH YOU HERE AGAIN AND I HAVE LEARNED TO 03:15 LIKE YOU MORE BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL DAUGHTER YOU HAVE, DWIGHT, WHO IS ONE OF OUR 03:22 PASTORS AT LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHURCH IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SHAWNA CAMPBELL. 03:26 I JUST HESITATED FOR A SECOND THERE. 03:34 SHE IS DOING A REMARKABLE WORK AS OUR PASTOR FOR FAMILY MINISTRY. 03:40 YES. 03:41 EVERYTHING SHE IS DOING WE RESPOND WITH "WOW". 03:43 WE ARE BLESSED AND SHE AS YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCED SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL FOR HER AND NEW IN HER 03:54 MINISTRY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO NOW WHEN SHE BAPTIZED A YOUNG LADY AT OUR WORSHIP 04:02 SERVICE AND WE WERE ALL SO BLESSED WITH SHAWNA'S LEADERSHIP IN THAT REGARD AS SHE EXPLAINED 04:09 HOW SHE HAD WORKED WITH THIS FAMILY WITH THIS YOUNG LADY, A TEENAGER I BELIEVE. 04:15 YES. 04:16 DID YOU GET TO SEE THAT? 04:17 I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW WE WERE AWAY AT CHURCH AND SOMEHOW WHEN WE WATCHED IT LATER, 04:28 THE BAPTISM WAS LEFT OUT. 04:30 I GUESS FOR TIME REASONS. 04:31 WELL, I'LL TELL YOU. 04:33 SO WE MISSED IT. 04:35 AS A FATHER, YOU AND YOUR WIFE, YOU PARENTS DESERVE TO SEE THAT, SO IF YOU JUST LET ME KNOW 04:43 SOMEHOW WE WILL ARRANGE FOR YOU TO GET A COPY OF THAT. 04:46 IN FACT, AFTER THIS INTERVIEW WE ARE GOING ON DOWN TO LOMA LINDA AND SO WE WILL BE SHOWN IT. 04:53 OH GOOD. 04:55 ALRIGHT. 04:56 YOU'LL GET TO SEE IT AT THAT TIME. 04:59 WELL, WE ARE HERE IN THE CONTEXT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND EVERY CONTACT WE HAVE IS A CHALLENGE 05:10 BUT THERE ARE WONDERFUL REWARDS AS WELL AS WE SEE THE WAY GOD IS LEADING IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:19 MINISTRY ACROSS THE PLANET. 05:23 AND OUR PRIMARY TERRITORY, AS ALL OF OUR VIEWERS ALREADY KNOW I'M SURE, IS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 05:31 AND YOU HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE IN THAT 10/40 WINDOW AS YOU HAVE BEEN AN EDUCATOR IN EGYPT FOR A 05:40 NUMBER OF YEARS. 05:41 TELL US A BIT ABOUT WHERE YOU WERE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES THERE. 05:45 WELL, IT WAS MY WIFE AND I ARE PRIVILEGED TO SPEND 10 YEARS AT NILE UNION ACADEMY 05:54 WHICH IS JUST OUTSIDE OF CAIRO. 05:57 AND IT WAS A VERY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TELLING THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM NOT 06:07 ADVENTISTS, TELLING ALL ABOUT THE BIBLE, AND ALL ABOUT JESUS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MUSLIMS 06:19 BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO PROSELYTIZE ANYONE FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD 06:30 BUT WE DID HAVE MUCH CONTACT WITH PEOPLE AND WHEN THEY ASKED AND SHOWED INTEREST WE CERTAINLY 06:37 CAN RESPOND AND THAT WE DID. 06:41 YOU HAVE UNDERSCORED SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US, NO MATTER WHERE WE 06:47 LIVE IN THE WORLD AND THAT IS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. 06:51 THAT'S WHAT I READ BETWEEN THE LINES OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING HERE. 06:57 EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT WE SOMETIMES IDENTIFY AS WE'VE GOT TO BE EVANGELISTS AND WE'VE 07:04 GOT TO TELL IT AND SOMETIMES I CRUDELY SAY WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO SIT STILL WHILE WE INSTILL 07:14 AND IT DOESN'T WORK IN ANY CULTURE, TO DO THAT REALLY. 07:19 NO. 07:20 BUT WHAT ALWAYS WORKS IS BEING FRIENDLY, 07:23 THAT'S RIGHT, IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE. 07:26 AND SO YOU AND YOUR WIFE REMEMBER, I AM SURE, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 07:32 YES, WE REALLY APPRECIATED THE FRIENDSHIP OF AN ARCHITECT WHO LIVED VERY CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL. 07:44 HE WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE ADVENTIST HEALTH MESSAGE. 07:49 HE WAS IMPRESSED ALSO WITH THE HONESTY AND MORALITY AND SINCERITY OF ADVENTISTS AND HE 07:59 HAS BEEN A FRIEND OF OUR ACADEMY THERE. 08:02 HE HAS BUILT OUR GIRLS DORMITORY AND THEN LATER HE BUILT OUR INDUSTRIAL ARTS COMPLEX AT NILE 08:12 UNION ACADEMY. 08:14 HE HAS JUST HELPED THE SCHOOL, BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO HELP THE SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW, 08:20 HE IS A MUSLIM BELIEVER. 08:22 HE CALLS HIMSELF AN ADVENTIST MUSLIM. 08:26 AND THAT IS NO DISRESPECT TO EITHER. 08:29 NO. 08:30 NO. 08:32 AND OF COURSE, WE'VE TALKED ALL ABOUT MANY TOPICS AND HE IS REALLY QUESTIONING WHETHER OR 08:40 NOT GOD WOULD TORTURE PEOPLE IN FIRE FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER. 08:49 AND OF COURSE, THAT IS THE TEACHING OF MOST RELIGIONS BUT WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGING HIM ON 08:55 THAT AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES AND HE SAYS, 08:59 YOU KNOW YOU'VE ALMOST GOT ME CONVINCED ABOUT THAT. 09:02 IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO MY COMMON SENSE BUT YET HIS THEOLOGY SAYS DIFFERENTLY. 09:10 SO, WE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS BROTHER AND I'VE TOLD HIM THAT I'M AN 09:18 ADVENTIST MUSLIM TOO. 09:20 SO WE, BECAUSE MANY OF THE THINGS THEY TEACH AND BELIEVE AND LIVE I RESPECT VERY MUCH. 09:30 NOW YOU EXPLAINED TO ME THAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ANYWAY, RETURNED 09:37 TO EGYPT FOR A VERY SPECIAL OCCASION. 09:40 YES, WE WERE THERE JUST 2 MONTHS AGO. 09:43 JUST TWO MONTHS AGO? 09:44 YES, WE WERE ASKED TO BE THE GRAD SPEAKERS FOR THIS YEARS GRADUATING CLASS. 09:51 OH WOW. 09:52 WHAT A PRIVILEGE. 09:54 SO IT WAS OUR PRIVILEGE TO COME BACK OVER AND DO THAT AND OF COURSE, WE WERE ALSO STARTING 10:00 OUR FIRST GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN EGYPT WAS JUST 3 MONTHS IN THE FIELD AND HE USED TO BE A 10:11 FORMER STUDENT OF OURS. 10:12 IS THAT RIGHT? 10:14 SO WE KNOW THIS YOUNG MAN VERY, VERY WELL AND WE OF COURSE, MADE TIME TO VISIT WITH HIM ON SITE 10:22 WHERE HE IS IN TOWN IN UPPER EGYPT WHERE HE IS LOCATED 10:26 AND IT WAS REALLY A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 10:30 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DEDICATED PEOPLE WHO ARE ALERT TO THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL 10:42 REALITIES OF WHERE THEY ARE SO I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS NEW GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHEREVER HE IS, 10:51 IS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. 10:55 YES, HE TOOK US AROUND AND SHOWED US ALL HIS FRIENDS, ALL THE SHOPKEEPERS AND OF COURSE 11:00 BEING A YOUNG PERSON, IN FACT, RIGHT IN THE CHURCH THERE HE HAS GOT 2 ROOMS; ONE THAT HE CAN USE 11:10 FOR THE SANCTUARY PART FOR PEOPLE TO SIT WHILE HE HOLDS SABBATH SERVICES BUT THEN THE 11:17 OTHER SIDE HE IS GOING TO MAKE INTO A YOUTH CENTER. 11:22 BRING IN A PINGPONG TABLE AND SOME COUCHES AND MUSIC AND SO ON AND THEY ARE GOING TO HANG OUT 11:30 THERE AT THE CHURCH. 11:31 WOW. 11:32 SO HE'S GOT 3 OR 4 YOUNG PEOPLE ALREADY. 11:35 YOUNG PEOPLE ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE AND HE IS JUST BEGINNING TO MOVE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS AREA. 11:43 SO THERE IS ALREADY A CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE HE IS WORKING? 11:46 YES, YES THE CHURCH HAD A BUILDING BUT IT'S BEEN DECADES 11:53 NOW SINCE THERE WAS ANY WORK THERE. 11:56 THE WORK IS COMPLETELY DEAD. 11:57 NO WORSHIP SERVICES? 11:59 NOW WITH HIM WE ARE RESURRECTING THE WORK IN THIS TOWN BUT YES, THERE WAS AN OLD BUILDING HE HAD 12:08 TO CLEAN IT OUT AND PAINT IT AND ALL OF THAT YOU KNOW, TO GET IT READY. 12:14 HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING HIM A MONTH TO BE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE? 12:21 CAN YOU PUT THAT IN DOLLARS? 12:23 WELL, IT WOULD YES IT WOULD BE ABOUT 1500 POUNDS DIVIDE BY 5, SO $300 A MONTH? 12:33 THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT. 12:37 WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO ARE GOING TO GO VERY FAR 12:41 OR DO VERY MUCH FOR $300 A MONTH. 12:44 NO. 12:46 AND TO BEGIN KIND OF LIKE A PIONEER WORK IN A PLACE WHERE NOTHING HAS BEEN HAPPENING. 12:54 I AM GLAD TO CONTRIBUTE TO A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN EGYPT. 13:00 YES. 13:01 COULD YOU USE ANYMORE? 13:03 YES, THE CHURCH IN CAIRO HAS TAKEN AN OLD ORPHANAGE THAT THEY HAD AND THE ORPHANAGE WORK IS 13:13 FINISHED SO THEY HAVE CONVERTED IT INTO A SCHOOL FOR THE SUDANESE. 13:19 BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF TROUBLE IN SUDAN STILL AND THEY ESTIMATE THAT CAIRO 13:27 CONTAINS A MILLION SUDANESE THAT HAVE FLED FROM THE WAR IN SUDAN. 13:36 BUT NOT MUCH IS BEING DONE TO HELP SUDANESE. 13:40 EDUCATIONALLY WHY YOU KNOW, TO EMPLOY THEM, TO GIVE THEM HOSPITAL BENEFITS THE SUDANESE 13:48 ARE SORT OF ON THEIR OWN THERE. 13:50 SO THE ADVENTIST CHURCH HAS TAKEN THIS ORPHANAGE AND HAS MADE IT INTO A SUDANESE SCHOOL. 13:57 WE HAVE ENOUGH SUDANESE TEACHERS, ADVENTIST SUDANESE TEACHERS TO TEACH BUT WE COULD, 14:04 YOU KNOW, THEY ARE TEACHING FOR NOTHING. 14:07 THEY ARE TRYING TO LIVE; THEY HAVE FAMILIES SO WE NEED TO SPONSOR SOME OF THEM. 14:15 ONE MILLION POPULATION AND THEY ARE LARGELY REFUGEES THEN? 14:18 THEY ARE REFUGEES AND THEY ARE JUST LEFT ON THEIR OWN. 14:21 SO WE HAVE A SCHOOL OF ABOUT 300, IS THAT RIGHT? 14:25 IN FACT THEY ARE VERY MUCH CROWDED THERE. 14:29 WE NEED A WORKER THAT WILL WORK WITH THE FAMILIES. 14:32 THESE ARE ALL NOT ADVENTISTS AT ALL AND SO WE NEED SOMEONE TO WORK WITH THE FAMILIES. 14:43 THEY HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 14:44 THEY HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS. 14:46 WE NEED TO HELP THE TEACHERS WHO ARE TEACHING FOR NOTHING OR FOR VERY LITTLE IN THE SCHOOL. 14:54 DID YOU VISIT THE SCHOOL WHILE YOU WERE THERE? 14:57 YES, OH YES AND IT WAS THERE ALL THE 10 YEARS THAT WE WERE THERE TOO. 15:03 THE SUDANESE SCHOOL? 15:04 YES. 15:05 I SEE. 15:07 WHILE THEY GET SOME HELP FROM SOME GOVERNMENTS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE GOVERNMENT OF SWEDEN AND 15:10 THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED AT TIMES TO BUY DESKS AND SO ON. 15:21 THE SUPPORT FOR THE TEACHERS IS NIL YOU KNOW AND THE LOCAL FIELD DOESN'T REALLY HAVE MONEY TO BE 15:29 ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE TEACHERS SO THEY ARE JUST ON THEIR OWN. 15:33 ARE YOU ABLE TO EXPRESS TO US THE MEMBERSHIP OF THAT UNION CONFERENCE THERE? 15:43 YES, THE MEMBERSHIP IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 1000 BUT MOST HAVE MOVED AWAY BECAUSE OF TROUBLE, 15:54 DIFFICULTY OF GETTING JOBS SO PROBABLY YOU KNOW ON A SABBATH MORNING IF WE WERE TO COUNT 16:02 AMONG THE 10 CHURCHES WE HAVE IN EGYPT, YOU MIGHT COME UP WITH 300 MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE ON AN 16:12 AVERAGE SABBATH MORNING. 16:13 WOW. 16:14 THEY WOULD ALL FIT INTO ONE OF OUR CHURCHES BACK IN CANADA. 16:21 SO, BUT THERE AREA LOT OF EGYPTIAN BELIEVERS AND ADVENTISTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE 16:28 WORLD BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT, BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF LIVING THERE. 16:32 YES. 16:34 YOU KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED THE ORPHANAGE THAT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A SCHOOL. 16:44 I, THERE WAS A LADY WHO WAS KIND OF THE OPERATOR, 16:51 THE MOTHER OF THAT ORPHANAGE YEARS AND YEARS AGO. 16:54 DID YOU REMEMBER THAT HISTORY? 16:56 YES AND WE MET HER. 16:57 SHE IS A GERMAN LADY, MAMA KRUEGER. 17:03 I MET HER YEARS AND YEARS AGO ON MY VISIT TO EGYPT WHILE SHE WAS OPERATING AND SHE WAS INDEED 17:12 MAMA KRUEGER TO THESE CHILDREN. 17:15 YES. 17:16 SHE WORKED THERE, I THINK SERVED THERE, 25 YEARS. 17:20 AND HER HUSBAND DIED IF I REMEMBER THE STORY, 17:23 YES, BUT SHE REMAINED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ORPHANAGE. 17:26 YES, AND MANY OF HER CHILDREN ARE NOW GROWN UP, 17:31 GONE TO COLLEGE AND ARE WORKING IN THE CHURCH. 17:34 IS THAT RIGHT? 17:35 SO SHE WILL HAVE MANY, MANY STARS IN HER CROWN. 17:42 SO WHAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA IS SUPPORT AT LEAST IN SOME 17:53 FASHION, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE STRUCTURE HERE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS, BUT SOME 17:58 SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THOSE TEACHERS IN THAT SCHOOL, YES, OR FUNDING A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 18:06 THAT MIGHT SUPPORT THE SCHOOL PROGRAM THERE 18:09 BECAUSE IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THAT IS AN OPEN OPPORTUNITY FOR MINISTERING TO PEOPLE. 18:14 SOMEONE NEEDS TO VISIT THE FAMILIES. 18:16 YOU SEE THE TEACHERS HAVE ALL THEY CAN DO JUST TO PREPARE 18:21 AND THE PRINCIPAL IS BUSY BEYOND DESCRIPTION. 18:25 SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD A WORKER THAT COULD GO AROUND AND VISIT THE FAMILIES AND HELP THEM WITH 18:34 THEIR CHALLENGES AND SO ON AND GIVE BIBLE STUDIES TO THEM AS THEY REQUEST, 18:40 THIS IS A VERY GREAT NEED. 18:43 YOU KNOW WE, IN THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, ARE PRESENTLY CHALLENGED BY OUR GENERAL 18:52 CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP WITH AN EVANGELISTIC INITIATIVE THAT IS TARGETING MAJOR CITIES OF THE 19:01 WORLD AND CERTAINLY CAIRO MUST BE ONE OF THOSE MAJOR CITIES. 19:06 WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF CAIRO? 19:08 WELL, YOU HEAR VARIOUS ACCOUNTS FROM ANYHING FROM 18 MILLION TO 22 MILLION. 19:17 I'VE HEARD ALL KINDS OF FIGURES. 19:19 I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY KNOWS BUT IT SOMEWHERE AROUND 20 MILLION. 19:24 WELL, AT ANY RATE IT IS A MAJOR CITY ON THE PLANET THAT DESERVES SOME ATTENTION AND I THINK IT 19:33 OUGHT TO PROVIDE PAUSE FOR US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH THE REALIZATION THAT AT PRESENT WE 19:42 HAVE BUT ONE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN ALL OF EGYPT. 19:47 AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE CAN BE ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR MORE THAN ONE WORKER, WE HERE AT THIS 19:57 PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THAT BUT I WOULD SAY, DWIGHT, THAT YOU 20:06 AND I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE OUR VIEWERS TO THINK ABOUT SUPPORT FOR WORKERS IN EGYPT. 20:14 YES, WE NEED ANOTHER 3 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN EGYPT. 20:19 AND AS FAR AS YOU ARE CONCERNED IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY WE DISTRIBUTE WORKERS, YOU COULD 20:29 GET THOSE WORKERS PLACED IF THEY WERE AVAILABLE. 20:31 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 20:34 DO YOU THINK, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD FIND THOSE WORKERS FROM AMONG YOUR STUDENTS 20:41 THAT YOU USED TO HAVE? 20:42 WELL SOME OF THEM WOULD BE SUDANESE WORKERS IN THIS SUDANESE SCHOOL. 20:47 O.K. 20:48 AND YES, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF POSSIBILITIES THERE. 20:53 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO GO WHERE THERE IS BETTER JOBS AND SO MANY OF OUR FORMER STUDENTS 21:00 ARE SOMEPLACE ELSE OR STUDYING IN OTHER UNIVERSITIES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER WITH 21:08 SABBATH CLASSES OR SABBATH EXAM PROBLEMS AND SO THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF EGYPT RIGHT NOW BUT YES, WE 21:15 CAN GET SOME TO COME BACK. 21:18 BUT AS IS TYPICALLY THE CASE, I'M SURE THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF THOSE EGYPTIANS WHO MAYBE 21:26 SOMEPLACE ELSE STILL FOCUS BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND. 21:29 ABSOLUTELY. 21:31 BEFORE WE CONCLUDE OUR LITTLE VISIT HERE TOGETHER DWIGHT, I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK AND 21:37 SPEAK WITH OUR VIEWERS. 21:39 I HAVE A PARTICULAR REQUEST THAT I'M IMPRESSED TO SHARE WITH US RIGHT NOW AS YOU ARE THINKING 21:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA IN THE CONTEXT OF DWIGHT'S EXPLANATION TO US 21:58 ABOUT THE WORK THERE, I AM GOING TO ASK YOU 22:01 TO PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR EGYPT AND THESE BELIEVERS. 22:09 THE SUDANESE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE ESCAPED THERE JUST TO TRY AND RESCUE LIFE. 22:16 PRAY FOR THESE FOLKS. 22:18 EGYPT IN PARTICULAR AND THAT GOD WILL SOMEHOW INTERVENE SO THAT MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS CAN 22:21 BE PROVIDED FOR THE WORK IN EGYPT. 22:23 THAT'S YOUR PRAYER ASSIGNMENT. 22:25 CAN I JUST, PLEASE INTERRUPT, ADD TO THAT DAN, THAT RIGHT NOW AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE ONLY IN 22:48 13 COUNTRIES OUT OF 54. 22:51 FIFTY FOUR IN TWO TERRITORIES SO WE HAVE REALLY ONLY BEGUN THE WORK IN THIS GREAT CONTINENT 22:59 WITH OVER A BILLION PEOPLE. 23:03 WE ARE IN WEST AFRICA AND THEN OVER IN EGYPT AND SUDAN. 23:09 ALL THE MIDDLE PART, THE NORTHERN PART AND THE SOUTHERN PART AND EVEN MOST OF THE 23:15 WESTERN WEST AFRICA -WE ARE NOT THERE. 23:18 WE NEED WORKERS. 23:21 YOU KNOW I CAN TELL YOU BY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IT TAKES YOU NEARLY 10 HOURS TO FLY BY 23:27 AIRLINER FROM THE NORTH OF THE CONTINENT TO THE SOUTHERN TIP 23:31 OF THE CONTINENT AS I JUST DID IT RECENTLY. 23:35 AND I THOUGHT OF THAT GREAT EXPANSE OF TERRITORY AND THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE A 23:42 PART OF THAT GREAT CONTINENT. 23:47 AFRICA IS BIGGER THAN NORTH AMERICA. 23:50 MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THE SAHARA DESERT IS 3.5 MILLION SQUARE MILES THAT'S 9 TIMES THE 24:01 SIZE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 24:03 WELL, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A PRAYER ASSIGNMENT. 24:06 YES, YES IT INCUDES EGYPT BUT JUST AS DWIGHT ROSE HAS EXPLAINED, LET'S REMEMBER THE 24:15 MILLIONS, A BILLION SOULS, ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA WHO ARE ALSO GOD'S CHILDREN AND 24:21 THEY DESERVE TO KNOW IT. 24:23 SO IN YOUR CONSIDERATION OF SUPPORT FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:28 YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPECIFY SOMETHING FOR AFRICA. 24:44 YOU CAN JOT THAT DOWN AND IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, REQUEST YOUR COPY OF THE ADVENTURES IN 24:47 MISSIONS NEWSLETTER. 24:49 DWIGHT, ANY FINAL WORDS? 24:52 WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MINUTES. 24:53 ANY FINAL WORDS THAT WE DESERVE TO KNOW, OH I WANTED TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION, DID YOU SEE THE 24:59 ARCHITECT WHEN YOU WENT BACK THIS LAST VISIT? 25:00 OH YES, OH YES, WE HAD LUNCH WE HAD A BIG MEAL IN HIS HOME. 25:05 HE NEVER WILL ALLOW ME TO COME TO EGYPT WITHOUT HAVING ME OVER 25:10 AND YOU KNOW A BIG SPREAD AND SO ON. 25:12 THAT'S AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS, YES, THAT NEED TO BE BUILT AMONG THOSE PEOPLE. 25:19 WE NEEDN'T BE AFRAID OF GOD'S OTHER CHILDREN SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS AND 25:24 WHAT HE IS LIKE. 25:25 NO THAT IS RIGHT. 25:26 ANY OTHER FINAL WORDS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY. 25:29 WE'VE GOT A MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS. 25:32 WE HAVE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY BUT A HUGE PRIVILEGE TO SHARE WITH SOME OF THE MOST WONDERFUL 25:41 PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS 25:44 AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE OPEN NOW IN THIS AGE NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE . 25:50 THEY WANT TO KNOW. 25:52 WE HAD A YOUNG WOMAN JUST COME TO THE ACADEMY 25:58 JUST FROM WHERE WE DON'T KNOW, JUST SOMEWHERE IN CAIRO. 26:02 SHE WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND I MEAN PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY AND THERE ARE A LOT 26:08 OF PEOPLE IN AFRICA THAT ARE HUNGERING FOR THE TRUTH. 26:17 ALL OF THE OTHER OBSTACLES DO NOT GET IN THE WAY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 26:22 REACHING INTO PEOPLE'S HEARTS. 26:24 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:25 THANK YOU, THANK YOU DWIGHT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR YOUR EXPERIENCES, FOR BEING WITH US 26:32 HERE TODAY AND AGAIN I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:38 FAMILY, FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOR YOUR INTEREST IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE 26:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD. 26:49 I WANT TO AGAIN ASK YOU TO ESPECIALLY REMEMBER AFRICA. 26:56 AND WE ARE GOING TO REMEMBER TO INVITE YOU BACK HERE NEXT TIME FOR MORE "ADVENTURES IN 27:01 MISSIONS" STORIES. 27:04 UNTIL THEN, THIS IS DAN MATTHEWS. 27:07 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:18 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:20 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, 27:40 I GIVE UP. 27:42 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:46 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. 27:58 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 WIHTOUT YOU. 28:16 BE THE SPARK, 28:17 LIGHT THE FIRE, 28:19 FINISH THE WORK, 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
Revised 2015-02-06