Participants: Dave Crook
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000458
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:21 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:25 I'M YOUR HOST KEVIN WAITE AND HERE IN THE STUDIO WITH US TODAY WE HAVE DAVE CROOK WHO 00:30 IS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR EGYPT, ETHIOPIA AND SOUTH SUDAN. 00:34 THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 00:36 AND SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TRIP TODAY AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE 00:40 REGIONS AND HOW THE GOSPEL IS SPREADING IN THAT AREA. 00:44 DAVE TO START WITH MAYBE JUST INTRODUCE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING 00:48 AND GET US STARTED OFF HERE. 00:50 WELL AS AN AREA DIRECTOR, KEVIN OF COURSE, 00:53 I VISIT THESE COUNTRIES APPROXIMATELY ONCE A YEAR. 00:56 I TRY TO VISIT AS MANY OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELISTS AS I POSSIBLY CAN. 01:02 I TRY TO HOLD SOME SEMINARS ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE THEM AND OF COURSE, 01:08 TAKE SPECIAL NOTE OF HOW THE WORK IS PROGRESSING IN THOSE AREAS. 01:12 IT HAS BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THIS LAST TRIP. 01:16 HOW LONG ARE YOU THERE? 01:18 ABOUT FIVE DAYS, YES. 01:20 KIND OF A WHIRLWIND TRIP. 01:22 FIVE OR SIX DAYS, YES IT IS AND MAYBE FROM NOW ON I MAY HAVE TO BE SPENDING A LITTLE 01:26 MORE TIME BUT THAT HAS WORKED SO FAR. 01:27 IT MUST BE AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE TO TRAVEL 01:30 AND THE THINGS THAT YOU LEARN WHILE YOU ARE THERE. 01:32 IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING TO LEARN THINGS ABOUT THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS SEEING THE WORK AND 01:38 SEEING THE CHALLENGES THAT THESE WORKERS FACE. 01:41 YES. 01:42 YES. 01:43 YOU KNOW IF YOU HAD TO PUT A FINGER ON ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT YOU'VE SEEN 01:46 OVER THERE THAT THE WORKERS ARE FACING, MAYBE FOR OUR VIEWERS THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR, 01:52 I KNOW I AM PERSONALLY NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA OF THE WORLD LET ALONE HOW THE GOSPEL 01:54 IS SPREADING IN THAT AREA. 01:56 WHAT ARE ONE OR TWO OR THREE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU ARE SEEING THERE RIGHT NOW? 01:59 WELL THIS TIME, I FOUND THAT SOME OF OUR WORKERS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE MIDST OF TRIBAL 02:06 CONFLICT AND THAT MAKES IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 02:11 WELL, THEY FACE MANY CHALLENGES YOU KNOW, THEY ARE WAY OFF ISOLATED AND SO ON AND 02:17 MANY TIMES NO ONE ELSE TO REALLY WORK WITH OR TO HELP THEM AND SO THAT CAN BE A BIT 02:25 OF A PROBLEM TOO BUT ON THE WHOLE, THESE FOLKS JUST FORGE AHEAD AND DO THEIR WORK. 02:30 YES, WELL IT IS AMAZING YOU KNOW WE HERE IN NORTH AMERICA WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE, I 02:37 GUESS, WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD AND WE HAVE THE COMFORTS HERE. 02:42 YES THAT'S RIGHT, AND YOU KNOW WHEN I HEAR SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OVER THERE AND WHEN 02:46 WE SEE SOME OF THE PICTURES AND SO FORTH, I REALIZE THAT IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 03:08 AREA, THAT'S RIGHT, A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AREA. 03:09 AND OF COURSE, THESE WORKERS ARE GOING INTO NEW AREAS AND WHEN YOU GO INTO A NEW AREA, 03:13 OF COURSE, PEOPLE CAN BE A BIT SUSPICIOUS: WHAT ARE YOU ALL ABOUT AND ALL THIS KIND OF 03:17 THING, AND SO THEY HAVE TO BREAK DOWN PREJUDICE AND MAKE FRIENDS AND SO ON. 03:20 SO THERE IS A CHALLENGE THERE BUT ANYWAY WE'LL VISIT 03:23 SOME OF THESE WORKERS IN SOME OF THESE PLACES. 03:25 O.K. 03:26 HERE WE START OUT: THERE IS THE HIGHWAY BUT YOU SEE WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THIS 03:29 HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN AND I'LL TELL YOU IF YOU HIT ONE OF THOSE CREATURES, YOU BETTER 03:33 HAVE SOME MONEY IN YOUR POCKET BECAUSE IF YOU STOP, WHICH OF COURSE YOU SHOULD DO, THERE 03:36 WILL BE SEVERAL PEOPLE THERE DEMANDING SOME COMPENSATION FOR THIS. 03:38 THE ANIMALS ARE VERY VALUABLE. 03:40 YES THEY ARE. 03:41 AND THEN OF COURSE, IT IS ALWAYS INTERESTING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN YOU STOP TO BE 03:45 ABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR WAY OF LIFE. 03:49 THE CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS THERE TO GREET YOU. 03:52 NOW THIS LITTLE HUT, I NEVER REALIZED IT BEFORE I SEE ALL THESE HUTS AND I JUST THOUGHT, 03:56 MY HOW CAN THEY MANAGE EVERYTHING IN THIS LITTLE HUT BUT ACTUALLY, 04:00 THIS HUT IS JUST THE KITCHEN. 04:02 THIS IS WHERE THE COOKING IS DONE, THERE IS THE LADY AND YOU SEE HER POTS AND PANS OVER 04:07 THERE ON THE FENCE AND THEN I NOTICED THESE OTHER HUTS OVER HERE AND I SAID, WHAT IS THAT? 04:13 SHE SAID THAT IS MY HUT THERE WITH THE PINK CURTAIN AND THAT IS THE SLEEPING QUARTERS. 04:18 JUST SLEEPING IS DONE THERE. 04:20 THERE IS NO OTHER LIVING THAT IS DONE IN THERE SO I GUESS SOMETIMES YOU SEE THESE 04:25 DIFFERENT HUTS, IT'S NOT THAT EACH ONE IS A FAMILY HUT BUT EACH ONE SERVES A CERTAIN 04:47 PURPOSE FOR THE FAMILY. 04:48 SO WE HAVE THE PINK AND THE BLUE THING KIND OF GOING ON? 04:51 YES WELL YOU KNOW THEY PAINT IT UP A LITTLE BIT THERE AND KIND OF DECORATE. 04:55 I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF NICE AND KIND OF INTERESTING TOO. 04:57 THIS WAS SOMETHING I WONDERED WHAT ARE THESE LITTLE PILES OF CRUSHED STONE. 05:01 I FOUND OUT THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHERE A BUSINESS PERSON WILL BRING A LARGE ROCK OR 05:04 ROCKS, I SHOULD SAY, AND THEY SIT THERE WITH A HAMMER AND BEAT THAT UP UNTIL THEY 05:08 FINALLY HAVE IT COME TO THIS STATE. 05:10 MANY TIMES IT IS LADIES WHO ARE DOING THIS. 05:12 AS WE TRAVELED ALONG, WE WENT TO A PLACE CALLED BARNAM; WE TRAVELLED A DAY FROM THE 05:16 CAPITAL OF JUBA TO BARNAM. 05:18 WE HAVE A BOARDING SCHOOL THERE BUT THIS TIME; THE EAST AFRICA UNIVERSITY WAS HAVING 05:23 AN EXTENSION SCHOOL. 05:24 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED ABOUT IS TO SEE THAT THESE MISSIONS ARE 05:28 DOING THINGS TO UPGRADE THEIR PASTORS AND HELP THEM LEARN NEW SKILLS AND SO ON THROUGH 05:34 THESE EXTENSION PROGRAMS. 05:36 IS IT A PROGRAM THAT LASTS FOR SEVERAL YEARS OR IS IT A MORE ACCELERATED TYPE PROGRAM THAT 05:42 THEY ARE IN? 05:43 I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE JUST HOW LONG IT TAKES. 05:46 I SUPPOSE IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE FREQUENCY THAT THE PASTOR COULD ATTEND. 05:51 BUT I THINK THROUGH THIS PROGRAM IN A YEAR, THEY WILL GET WHAT THEY CALL A 05:57 MINISTERIAL CERTIFICATE. 05:58 IT WOULD NOT BE A DEGREE AS SUCH BUT A CERTIFICATE. 06:02 SO IT IS NICE TO ACTUALLY SEE THIS HAPPENING. 06:09 THIS LITTLE MAN HERE HEZEKIAH, OR I SHOULD SAID EMMANUEL HEZEKIAH. 06:15 I HAVE TOLD A STORY ABOUT HIM BEFORE BUT HE HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY THE GREAT EQUATORIAL FIELD 06:23 WHICH IS THE FIELD IN SOUTH SUDAN TO GO ON TO COLLEGE TO GET HIS THEOLOGY DEGREE AND 06:29 THEN COME BACK AND WORK AMONG HIS TRIBE. 06:31 HE BELONGS TO A VERY LARGE TRIBE OF ABOUT ONE MILLION PEOPLE. 06:35 OH WOW! 06:37 AND WE ONLY HAVE 350 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS IN THAT WHOLE TRIBE. 06:40 THEY ARE VERY ANXIOUS TO KEEP THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND OF COURSE, THEIR CULTURE AND SO 06:47 THE IDEA IS THAT HE WILL COME BACK AND BE CAPABLE THEN OF DIRECTING OTHER PEOPLE TO WORK 06:54 WITH THAT PARTICULAR TRI BE. 06:56 REALLY YOU ALMOST NEED TO HAVE A WAY OF EXPANDING OUT; I MEAN I'M THINKING ONE PERSON, A 07:02 MILLION PEOPLE IN A TRIBE. 07:04 YES. 07:06 THAT'S RIGHT.YOU HAVE TO TRAIN OTHER PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND SPREAD THE WORD TOO. 07:09 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 07:11 THEN HERE WE HAVE ELIA ABRAHAM AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT HIM BEFORE. 07:15 HE IS AN INTERESTING CHARACTER. 07:17 HE WAS A POLICEMAN, HE WAS IN THE MILITARY, FOUGHT IN THE BUSH FOR SOUTH SUDAN WHEN THE 07:24 WAR WAS ON, HE BECAME AN EPISCOPAL PRIEST FOR A WHILE, HE JOINED ISLAM FOR A WHILE 07:31 AND THEN HE GOT INTO DRINKING AND IN HIS DRUNKEN STATE HE HAPPENED TO STAGGER INTO AN 07:36 EVANGELISTIC MEETING BEING HELD BY ONE OF OUR EVANGELISTS. 07:39 SOMEHOW THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKED ON HIS HEART, HE KEPT COMING AND WAS FINALLY BAPTIZED AND 07:43 THEN WAS SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL THAT THE MISSION CALLED 07:50 HIM TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND THEY COULD SEE HIS POTENTIAL. 07:57 SO HE, 2 ½ YEARS AGO A LITTLE MORE NOW I GUESS, HE WENT TO A PARTICULAR PLACE AND STARTED 08:06 WORKING WHERE THERE WERE NO CHURCH MEMBERS. 08:09 REALLY IN 2 ½ YEARS HE WAS ABLE TO BAPTIZE 270 PEOPLE AND THEN ABOUT 30 ADVENTISTS CAME 08:19 AND TRANSFERRED THEIR MEMBERSHIP TO THAT CHURCH SO HE HAS A CHURCH OF 300 MEMBERS 08:23 AND SO NOW HE ALSO IS BEING SENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EXTENSION PROGRAM TO HELP HIM 08:31 WITH HIS SKILLS AND SO ON TO BECOME A REGULAR PASTOR. 08:35 THE POWER OF A CHANGED LIFE. 08:37 YES, WOW. 08:38 ISN'T IT MARVELOUS? 08:39 OH YES. 08:41 NOW THIS MAN HERE IS RIMOS AMOS JULIUS AND HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST BELONGING 08:48 TO THE KALIKO TRIBE WHO ARE VERY DETERMINED TO KEEP THEIR OWN DIALECT. 08:54 WE HAD NO CHURCH AMONG THESE PEOPLE SO RIMOS WAS SENT TO A VILLAGE CALLED KALIKO, PARDON 09:03 ME, KALIKO IS THE TRIBE, ABORATO IS THE VILLAGE. 09:07 HE STARTED WORKING AMONG THESE PEOPLE. 09:10 AT FIRST THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO SHOW MUCH INTEREST BUT HE JUST KEPT PERSERVERING AND MAKING 09:15 FRIENDS AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING AND FINALLY HE BAPTIZED NINE PEOPLE. 09:21 AS SOON AS HE BAPTIZED THEM, HE ORGANIZED THEM AND TRAINED THEM IN WITNESSING. 09:27 AND SO HE SAID THEY WOULD GO EVERYWHERE. 09:29 THEY WOULD GO TO FUNERALS; THEY EVEN WENT TO THE SCHOOL 09:31 AND TALKED TO THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. 09:33 THEY WENT TO HOMES AND JUST ANYWHERE WHERE THERE WERE PEOPLE THEY WENT WITNESSING. 09:39 AND SO, BEFORE VERY LONG IN A YEAR AND A HALF, YES IN A YEAR AND A HALF, HE HAS BAPTIZED 09:47 THIRTY FIVE PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE BUILT A LOVELY LITTLE TEMPORARY CHURCH. 09:52 HERE YOU SEE IT AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING THERE ON A SABBATH. 09:58 THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO ACTUALLY BE THERE SO THAT WAS A PRIVILEGE. 10:06 HERE YOU SEE THE CONGEGRATION AND NOTICE HOW IT IS BUILT. 10:10 YOU SEE, THESE FOLKS MANY TIMES DON'T HAVE FUNDS BUT THEY DON'T STOP AND SAY I 10:14 CAN'T BUILD A CHURCH BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDS BUT THEY USE WHATEVER MATERIAL THEY GET 10:19 AND YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF WORK BY LOOKING UP AT THE ROOF THERE, THE CEILING: THE WORK 10:23 THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS. 10:24 THERE IS SOME INTRICATE CRAFTSMANSHIP THERE. 10:27 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 10:29 LIKE I SAY, THEY USE WHATEVER THEY HAVE AVAILABLE. 10:30 I CALL THIS THE COMFORTABLE PEW AND IT WAS AMAZING. 10:39 PEOPLE SAT THERE AND LISTENED INTENTLY AND EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE 10:46 TOO COMFORTABLE, THIS PARTICULAR CHAIR IS FOR THE VISITORS. 10:49 IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SIT IN THAT PARTICULAR CHAIR. 10:52 HERE WE HAVE SPECIAL MUSIC AND YOU CAN SEE THE HOME MADE, THE TWO HOME MADE INSTRUMENTS THAT 10:59 THEY ARE USING FOR THIS MUSIC. 11:01 SOMETHING ELSE VERY INTERESTING, HERE IS A LITTLE CLOSE UP YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY 11:06 HAVE THAT BED STICK AND THEN THE PEGS IN THERE WITH THE STRINGS THAT COME DOWN TO A 11:13 LARGER SORT OF A BOX, I GUESS YOU'D CALL, MADE OF LEATHER. 11:17 BUT IT IS AMAZING THE MUSIC THAT THEY CAN GET OUT OF THOSE PARTICULAR INSTRUMENTS. 11:23 THEN THERE IS THE PASTOR, THERE IS REMO. 11:25 HE IS TEACHING A GROUP OF CHILDREN UNDER 11:28 THE TREE THERE FOR THEIR SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON. 11:30 THEN CHARACTERISTIC OF MOST ADVENTIST CHURCHES THERE IS A POTLUCK. 11:36 SO HERE IT IS. 11:39 THERE IS THE CASAVA AND THE BEANS AND THE RICE. 11:44 THE MAN WAITING THERE TO BE SERVED IS THE MISSION PRESIDENT, CLIMINT ARKANGELO. 11:50 IT WAS A VERY, VERY DELICIOUS MEAL. 11:56 I ENJOYED IT. 11:57 THE FOLKS THERE DON'T HAVE TO WASH UTENSILS BECAUSE THEY EAT WITH THEIR HANDS. 12:03 HOWEVER, IMMEDIATELY SOMEBODY RAN AND GOT ME A SPOON WHICH I APPRECIATED. 12:13 THE CONGREGATION THERE, ISN'T COMING UP RIGHT WAY BUT ANYWAY WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE - YES 12:24 THERE IS THE PICTURE OF THE CONGREGATION ALONG WITH VISITORS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE, 12:29 LIKE I SAY WEREN'T INTERESTED AT FIRST BUT NOW WHEN THEY SEE WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND THEY 12:36 SEE OUR PEOPLE, THEN THE WITENESSING THAT WHENEVER THERE IS A FUNCTION AT THE 12:41 CHURCH YOU USUALLY HAVE SEVERAL VISITORS THAT COME ALONG TO BE THERE WITH THEM. 12:47 SO THAT'S ENCOURAGING. 12:48 NOW, THIS MAN HERE IS PETER AWI. 12:51 WHEN HE BECAME A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST HIS ANGRY RELATIVES BURNED HIS HOUSE DOWN. 12:55 JUST SHORTLY AFTER THAT, HIS CHILD DIED SO HE WAS REALLY BEING TESTED BUT HE STOOD FIRM 13:03 THROUGH IT ALL BUT THE INTERESTING THING WAS THE FUNERAL, OF COURSE, WAS A 13:10 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST FUNERAL AND THE PASTOR BROUGHT SUCH COMFORT AND SUCH HOPE THAT THE 13:17 PEOPLE WERE SO IMPRESSED BECAUSE THIS WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT 13:22 EVIL SPIRITS AND IN A FRENZY TRYING TO PLEASE THE GODS AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING THAT 13:33 MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE BECAME VERY INTERESTED IN THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MESSAGE. 13:36 THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED AND AFTER OBSERVING HIS FAITHFUL WITNESSING THE MISSION DECIDED 13:41 TO ASK HIM TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST. 13:45 HE HAS DONE FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC WORK. 13:49 MATTER OF FACT, FIRST OF ALL HE WAS SENT TO A PLACE CALLED NIMULI 13:53 AND THERE HE BAPTIZED 102 PEOPLE. 13:57 THEN HE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PLACE CALLED LOA WHERE HE BAPTIZED 120 AND IN THESE TWO 14:03 PLACES THEY BUILT CHURCHES. 14:05 ALSO, HE STARTED A SCHOOL THAT NOW HAS A THOUSAND STUDENTS IN IT. 14:12 NOW THAT'S A BIG SCHOOL. 14:14 YES, WELL IT IS SEVERAL LITTLE TYPE OF BUILDINGS BUT IT IS WONDERFUL WHAT HE HAS DONE AND 14:22 SINCE THESE PLACES ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE UGANDA BORDER, HE HAS BAPTIZED MANY REFUGEES WHO 14:29 ARE RETURNING NOW TO SOUTH SUDAN. 14:32 NOW SINCE THEY HAVE THEIR INDEPENDENCE, THEY BECAME A NATION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO 14:38 AND THAT'S ALSO VERY NICE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. 14:43 THEN RECENTLY HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER VILLAGE. 14:47 THE VILLAGE OF MUGALI AND ALREADY THERE AFTER BEING THERE JUST A SHORT TIME, 14:53 HE HAS 30 PEOPLE PREPARING FOR BAPTISM. 14:55 MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE REFUGEES BUT THEY ALSO APPRECIATE HOW HELPFUL HE IS 15:01 BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE COMING BACK AND TRYING TO REESTABLISH YOURSELF AND SO ON, NO HOME, 15:07 NOTHING THAT IT IS GREAT TO HAVE SOMEONE 15:10 WHO CAN GIVE SOME DIRECTION, SOME HELP SO HE IS DOING THAT. 15:15 DAVE, I THINK WE WILL CATCH THE REST OF IT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. 15:19 I'M LOOKING AT THE TIME AND SEEING IT IS ABOUT TIME FOR A LITTLE BREAK HERE SO WE WILL 15:24 BE BACK IN JUST A MINUTE. 15:26 AT THE BREAK WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH 15:31 HAS STARTED NOW AND AS YOU WATCH THIS VIDEO TELLING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM, 15:36 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN IT THERE IS CONTACT INFORMATION AT THE END. 15:41 WE HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY LEARNING A LITTLE MORE ABOUT IT NOW. 15:46 [VIDEO PLAYING] GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE 15:50 SIMPLE QUESTION. 15:51 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 15:56 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, WHAT IS 16:01 JESUS WAITING FOR? 16:03 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN 16:09 ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN SHALL THE END COME. 16:16 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER OVER THE PAST TWENTY 16:21 YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 PLUS COUNTRIES. 16:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 16:31 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 16:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN THE 16:39 10/40WINDOW. 16:41 NOW, WHAT EXACLTY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 16:44 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 16:49 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 16:50 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 16:54 NINETY SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 16:56 WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JESUS LIVE HERE. 17:00 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 17:04 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS IN NEW 17:10 TERRITORIES SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 17:13 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED 17:18 THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT 17:24 THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 17:25 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO MEET 17:31 JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 17:33 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 17:34 BIBLE WORKERS RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY 17:39 SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 17:43 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH 17:48 THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE REACHED AND THAT IS WHY IT 17:53 IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 17:58 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 18:01 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 18:07 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 18:11 THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 18:16 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 18:19 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" BY TELLING YOUR 18:23 FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO 18:27 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 18:29 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 18:33 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS IS 18:37 WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 18:43 [END VIDEO]. 18:45 WELL WECOLME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE. 18:47 WE ARE WITH OUR GUEST DAVE CROOK. 18:50 HE HAS BEEN TAKING US ON A TRIP AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF KIND OF FINISHING UP THE 18:54 STORY OF PETER SO TAKE IT AWAY. 18:57 YES, WELL PETER BELONGS TO THE MADI TRIBE AND THEY ARE VERY ANXIOUS ALSO TO PRESERVE THEIR 19:04 DIALECT AND SO ON. 19:06 THE WONDERFUL THING IS THAT PETER READS, SPEAKS AND WRITES IN THAT LANGUAGE AND SO HE IS 19:14 ABLE TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE. 19:15 THAT IS THE DYNAMIC OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS WHERE WE CAN GET THESE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM 19:21 THE PARTICULAR TRIBE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO WORK WITH; THEY KNOW THE CULTURE THEY KNOW THE 19:27 LANGUAGE AND WHAT A GREAT BLESSING THAT IS. 19:30 YES. 19:31 HE SAYS HIS ONE GREAT DESIRE IS TO SERVE GOD. 19:34 OH. 19:35 IF WE COULD ALL JUST SAY THAT WITH GREAT FERVOR YOU KNOW AND I BELIEVE IT IS TRUE. 19:40 YES. 19:41 THIS FELLOW HERE IS JOSEPH SAID. 19:43 NOW THAT IS KIND OF A GOOD NAME FOR A PREACHER, I GUESS, SAID AND HE IS SAYING IT. 19:50 HE IS WORKING WITH THE MUNDARI TRIBE IN CENTRAL EQUATORIAL STATE. 19:56 THERE ARE NO SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS IN THIS TRIBE WHATSOEVER. 20:01 THESE PEOPLE ARE CATTLE KEEPERS, SO THEY ARE NOMADS. 20:06 PROBABLY HERE AND THERE WHEREVER THEY CAN FIND PASTURE FOR THEIR CATTLE. 20:09 THEY ARE ILLITERATE. 20:11 THEY ARE HOSTILE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DEFEND THEIR CATTLE BECAUSE THERE ARE CATTLE 20:16 RUSTLERS AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING. 20:18 THE WONDERFUL THING IS THAT ADRA DID SOME WORK IN THAT AREA AND THESE PEOPLE SAW THE 20:24 GOOD THAT ADRA DID AND THAT HAS CAUSED THEM TO BE VERY ACCEPTING OF JOSEPH. 20:29 SO THAT'S A REAL BLESSING BUT IT IS SO VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE 20:35 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY ARE HERDING CATTLE ALL DAY LONG HERE, THERE EVERYWHERE. 20:40 ANYWAY, HE HAS COME UP WITH A PLAN. 20:43 WHAT HE DOES HE MEETS THEM EARLY IN THE MORNING BEFORE THEY TAKE THE CATTLE OUT AND 20:48 STUDIES WITH THEM THERE BEFORE THEY GO HERDING. 20:55 ANOTHER THING IS THAT THE TRIBE HE BELONGS TO WHERE HE WAS BEFORE, THERE WAS TRIBAL 21:00 CONFLICT THERE. 21:01 MATTER OF FACT, HE WAS, HIS LIFE WAS THREATENED AND SO HE HAD TO LEAVE THERE. 21:07 SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THESE PEOPLE FACE. 21:11 BUT ANYWAY, HE HAS A NICE, I THINK IT IS ABOUT TWELVE PEOPLE HE IS STUDYING WITH NOW 21:15 AND HOPEFULLY WILL BAPTIZE BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE AS 21:23 THEY DO THEIR WORK. 21:25 NEXT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE WESLEY AIR FORZALLAN. 21:29 HE IS WORKING IN A PLACE WHERE THERE IS GREAT TRAVEL CONFLICT 21:35 BETWEEN THE DINKAS AND THE JURS. 21:38 NOW THE JURS ARE FARMERS. 21:41 THE DINKAS ARE CATTLE PEOPLE BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY BRING THEIR CATTLE, THE CATTLE GET 21:48 IN AND EAT THE JURS CROP AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE HOSTILITY THAT WILL DEVELOP IN A 21:54 SITUATION LIKE THAT. 21:56 NOW HE IS A JUR AND THAT PUTS HIM IN GREAT DANGER. 22:01 MATTER OF FACT, THE DINKAS CAME TO THE JUR VILLAGE AND BURNED DOWN EVERY HOUSE EXCEPT 22:07 HIS AND SO HE LOOKS UPON THAT AS A MIRACLE FROM GOD THAT HIS HOUSE WAS SAVED. 22:14 IN 2012, THE FIGHTING BECAME SO BAD THAT THE PEOPLE FLED. 22:20 THOSE THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH SO AGAIN YOU SEE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THESE WORKERS 22:27 HAVE TO FACE IN TRYING TO DO THIS BUT THE PEOPLE OF THIS PARTICULAR VILLAGE BARA GRINDI 22:33 ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MESSAGE. 22:37 HE HAS BEEN STUDYING WITH ABOUT 26 PEOPLE BUT WHEN THEY TAKE OFF AND LEAVE AND THEN 22:42 YOU TRY TO START AGAIN AND SO ON. 22:44 HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO A TIME WHEN SEVERAL OF THESE FOLKS CAN BE BAPTIZED ALSO. 22:54 ANYWAY, AND ALSO HE SAYS THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS PROBLEM HE KNOWS HE COULD BAPTIZE 23:02 ABOUT 100 PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN. 23:05 SO KEVIN, THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THESE PEOPLE FACE. 23:10 IT ALSO SHOWS HOW FAITHFUL AND HOW DEDICACAD 23:13 THEY ARE TO WINNING PEOPLE FOR JESUS CHRIST. 23:16 EVEN IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, THAT IS WHAT AMAZES ME.YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN 23:21 CONFRONTED WITH THIS INFORMATION, I SOMETIMES HAVE TO ASK MYSELF WOULD I DO THE 23:27 SAME, YOU KNOW. 23:28 AND TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP OUT FROM WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT HERE IS SO 23:34 IMPORTANT AND I THINK A POWERFUL THOUGHT FOR EACH OF US TOO. 23:38 SO THESE WORKERS NEED OUR PRAYERS AND OF COURSE WE ALSO NEED THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO 23:44 BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE BUT I HAVE TO SAY THIS THEIR DEDICATION IS GREAT. 23:54 OF COURSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF BAPTISMS THERE ARE SOME AREAS NATURALLY WHERE 23:58 LIKE I SAY, WHERE PETER HAS BEEN HE HASN'T HAD SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT SOME OF THESE 24:01 OTHERS HAVE HAD BUT TO SEE THE ENERGY AND THE DEDICATION THAT THEY PUT INTO THEIR WORK. 24:08 PETER IS 62 YEARS OF AGE AND EVEN TO COME FOR THE INTERVIEW HE HAD TO RIDE HIS BICYCLE 24:15 OVER SOME VERY ROUGH TERRAIN TO GET THERE SO THESE ARE CHALLENGES 24:21 THAT THEY FACE EVEN WITH TRAVELING. 24:24 SO, IT TAKES DEDICATION TO DO THAT AND THEY HAVE THAT. 24:28 SO WHATEVER WE ARE INVESTING IN IS WELL WORTHWHILE PLUS WE HAVE THE COMMISSION TO TAKE 24:35 THE GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD EVERY TRIBE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT. 24:40 HERE IS A TRIBE WHERE THE KNOW SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS AND A WORKER GOES IN THERE AND HE 24:47 GETS A CHURCH ESTABLISHED AND THEN MORE CHURCHES COME INTO BEING. 24:54 THAT'S THE WAY THE WORK GOES. 24:55 YOU KNOW YOU START SEEING THE CHANGE IN THE STORIES YOU PRESENTED HERE TODAY, YOU 24:59 START SEEING THE CHANGE IN PEOPLES LIVES AND YOU REALIZE THAT JESUS IS THE ANSWER. 25:04 YOU KNOW AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE UNREST THAT THERE IS, THE FIGHTING THAT IS GOING 25:09 ON, YOU REALIZE THAT WE ARE IN A WORLD OF DIVISION RIGHT NOW AND JESUS IS THE ONE THAT 25:15 BRINGS THE PEACE AND BRINGS THE ANSWERS THAT WE NEED AND TO BE PART OF THAT IN 25:21 SPREADING THE GOSPEL HERE, BEING PART OF THE GREAT COMMISSION IS A REAL 25:24 PRIVILEGE, REAL PRIVILEGE. 25:27 THE GOSPEL IS GOOD NEWS. 25:28 YES. 25:29 THERE IS LOTS OF BAD NEWS AROUND THESE DAYS BUT THE GOSPEL IS GOOD NEWS AND THAT 25:33 IS ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS TOO THAT WE CAN BRING THIS GOOD NEWS TO THESE PEOPLE THAT 25:38 THERE IS A LOVING SAVIOR, THERE IS A FORGIVING SAVIOR, THERE IS HOPE FOR THEM BECAUSE 25:44 IN SOME OF THEIR IDOL WORSHIP AND SO ON, IT IS A WORSHIP OF FEAR, THEY ARE ALWAYS TRYING 25:48 TO PLEASE THESE GODS AND TO HAVE A POSITIVE MESSAGE LIKE THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING TO 25:54 THEM AND THEY ARE VERY ACCEPTING OF IT. 25:56 YES SO TRUE. 25:58 WELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST THOUGHTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE VIEWERS 26:02 ABOUT THIS AREA, THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE THERE. 26:04 AN INVITATION FOR THEM TO JOIN IN 26:06 AND HELP OUT WITH THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AS WE WRAP UP HERE? 26:15 WELL, THEY NEED OUR PRAYERS. 26:17 SOME OF THEM DO FACE MANY DANGERS IN MANY WAYS, MANY DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. 26:21 THEN GOING WAY OFF INTO THESE REMOTE AREAS BUT IT IS JUST SO WONDERFUL-MANY TIMES I'VE 26:28 WONDERED HOW CAN WE ACCOMPLISH THIS? 26:31 HOW CAN WE GET THE GOSPEL TO ALL THESE PLACES? 26:35 WELL, IT IS HAPPENING AND AS WE ARE SUPPORTIVE THAT IS BEING A BLESSING TO THAT 26:41 PARTICULAR CHALLENGE. 26:43 WELL DAVE, THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH FOR BEING OUR GUEST HERE TODAY AND FOR SHARING JUST 26:48 LITTLE PIECES OF WHAT IS GOING ON. 26:55 THERE IS A BIG PICTURE OUT THERE AND IT IS SO GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF 26:57 WHAT IS HAPPENING. 26:58 VIEWERS AT HOME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BE INVOLVED 26:59 IN THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH TOO. 27:01 WE ARE GOING TO SHOW SOME INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH 27:03 AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 27:07 I'M KEVIN WAITE. 27:09 THANK YOU. 27:10 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:16 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:18 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:22 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:25 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:27 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:30 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 27:36 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:38 THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:39 I GIVE UP. 27:40 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:42 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:43 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:46 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:50 WHERE? 27:51 ALL THE WORLD. 27:53 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:55 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:58 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:03 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:05 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:09 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HELP AND MEANING 28:12 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:14 BE THE SPARK. 28:15 LIGHT THE FIRE! 28:17 FINISH THE WORK. 28:18 FINISH THE WORK! 28:21 BE THE SPARK! |
Revised 2015-02-06