[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.76\00:00:21.80 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:00:21.80\00:00:26.13 I'M YOUR HOST KEVIN WAITE AND WITH US IN THE STUDIO TODAY WE HAVE DAVE CROOK WHO IS A 00:00:26.13\00:00:31.90 REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:00:31.90\00:00:33.56 AND COVERS THE AREAS THE AREAS OF EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, AND SOUTH 00:00:33.56\00:00:38.00 SUDAN. WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY, DAVE AND IN A MINUTE I'LL HAVE YOU TELL US 00:00:38.00\00:00:43.80 WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING TODAY BUT FIRST OF ALL FOR NEW VIEWERS WHO MAY 00:00:43.80\00:00:49.60 NOT BE ACQUAINTED WITH YOU, I'D THOUGHT I'D JUST ASK YOU HOW YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT GOSPEL 00:00:49.60\00:00:55.40 OUTREACH, HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT TYPE OF THING. 00:00:55.40\00:00:59.83 WELL, WHEN I RETIRED IT SO HAPPENED THAT THE PRESIDENT FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR CANADA 00:00:59.83\00:01:05.10 LIVED IN THE SAME CITY AS MY MOTHER LIVED, WENT TO THE SAME CHURCH AND SO HE APPROACHED ME 00:01:05.10\00:01:12.03 ABOUT JOINING GOSPEL OUTREACH WHICH I WAS HAPPY TO DO 00:01:12.03\00:01:16.60 AND I'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY EVER SINCE. 00:01:16.60\00:01:18.30 I'VE HAD NO REGRETS. 00:01:18.30\00:01:19.66 IT'S JUST A MARVELOUS ORGANIZATION TO SEE THE DEDICATION OF ALL THESE 00:01:19.66\00:01:24.46 WORKERS GIVING THEIR TIME IN A VOLUNTEER WAY AND TO SEE HOW THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE USED 00:01:24.46\00:01:31.73 IN THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 00:01:31.73\00:01:32.96 IT'S BEEN THRILLING. 00:01:32.96\00:01:35.40 WELL, SPEAKING OF THE WORK IN THESE COUNTRIES 00:01:35.40\00:01:38.13 AND INDIGENOUS WORKERS, WHERE ARE WE GOING TODAY? 00:01:38.13\00:01:40.60 WELL, WE'LL GO TO ETHIOPIA, O.K. 00:01:40.60\00:01:42.56 AND THEN TO EGYPT. 00:01:42.56\00:01:43.90 TWO VERY, VERY OLD COUNTRIES. 00:01:43.90\00:01:45.53 I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE OF THEM WERE EVER COLONIZED. 00:01:45.53\00:01:48.80 I KNOW ETHIOPIA WAS NEVER AND EGYPT NO, THEY ARE BOTH VERY OLD 00:01:48.80\00:01:53.40 COUNTRIES. AND THE GREAT THING IS WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GET INTO AN AIRPLANE TO GO THERE. 00:01:53.40\00:01:58.96 YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR US. 00:01:58.96\00:02:00.70 O.K TAKE IT AWAY. 00:02:00.70\00:02:02.33 WELL, YOU KNOW I WANT TO SAY THIS FIRST THAT TO BE A FIELD DIRECTOR IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE 00:02:02.33\00:02:09.26 BECAUSE YOU NOT ONLY HEAR THE STORIES 00:02:09.26\00:02:11.53 BUT YOU CAN GO AND ACTUALLY SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. 00:02:11.53\00:02:14.76 YOU GO ONE YEAR AND HERE IS A WORKER WHO HAS JUST MOVED OUT INTO A NEW AREA WHERE THERE IS 00:02:14.76\00:02:21.56 NO CHURCH, NO MEMBERS. 00:02:21.56\00:02:23.23 COME BACK THE NEXT YEAR AND HE HAS A GROUP AND PROBABLY HAS BAPTIZED SOME PEOPLE AND MAYBE 00:02:23.23\00:02:28.66 HE'S ALREADY BUILT A CHURCH. 00:02:28.66\00:02:30.26 THAT MUST BE THRILLING. 00:02:30.26\00:02:31.80 AND THE NEXT YEAR OF COURSE, THERE IS A CHURCH AND A CONGREGATION AND THE PEOPLE 00:02:31.80\00:02:36.76 ARE THRILLED AND HAPPY IN JESUS 00:02:36.76\00:02:38.70 AND THAT'S JUST A VERY REWARDING AND WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 00:02:38.70\00:02:41.60 I'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE BEFORE LIKE TIMOTHY BAGSO WHO WENT WAY OFF 00:02:41.60\00:02:46.76 INTO A REMOTE AREA AND WITHIN A YEAR BAPTIZED 130 PEOPLE AND THEN HE STARTED ANOTHER CHURCH 00:02:46.76\00:02:52.26 AND THEN HE STARTED ANOTHER CHURCH AND IN ABOUT SEVEN YEARS NOW THAT HE IS WORKING 00:02:52.26\00:02:57.43 ON HIS FOURTH CHURCH. 00:02:57.43\00:02:58.73 MAYBE HIS FIFTH AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER MAN THAT WE TALKED 00:02:58.73\00:03:03.56 ABOUT HERE BEFORE BY THE NAME OF GESAHEGN. 00:03:03.56\00:03:09.53 HE HAD WONDERFUL SUCCESS IN STARTING A CHURCH. 00:03:09.53\00:03:15.56 MATTER OF FACT THE ONE PLACE HE WENT HE MET A MINISTER OF ANOTHER CONGREGATION AND GOT 00:03:28.50\00:03:33.83 VISITING WITH HIM AND STUDYING WITH HIM AND HE WAS BAPTIZED AND THE TWO OF THEM WENT 00:03:33.83\00:03:39.16 WORKING AND BEFORE VERY LONG SEVERAL OF THAT CONGREGATION HAD 00:03:39.16\00:03:42.93 BEEN BAPTIZED. MATTER OF FACT, THEY GAVE THE CHURCH OVER TO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS AND 00:03:42.93\00:03:48.26 BEFORE LONG IT WAS TOO SMALL THEY HAD TO BUILD A BIGGER 00:03:48.26\00:03:51.43 CHURCH. WELL NOW AS I MENTIONED BEFORE HOW WONDERFUL IT IS HOW THE MISSIONS ARE SENDING SO MANY 00:03:51.43\00:03:56.76 OF THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ON TO COLLEGE TO BE TRAINED IN A 00:03:56.76\00:04:01.83 FORMAL WAY AS PASTORS AND THAT'S WHATS HAPPENING WITH ZRABO. 00:04:01.83\00:04:04.03 SO THAT'S EXCITING TOO TO SEE THESE YOUNG MEN ADVANCING IN THIS WAY THAT YOU KNOW, THEY 00:04:04.03\00:04:09.40 HAVE PROVED THEMSELVES AND NOW BEING ABLE TO BE HIRED AS FULL 00:04:09.40\00:04:13.80 TIME PASTORS. SO IT'S VERY GREAT TO SEE HOW THE WORK WAS GOING FORWARD IN ETHIOPIA. 00:04:13.80\00:04:18.16 ETHIOPIA IS A UNION MISSION THAT HAS FIVE FIELDS THAT THEY 00:04:18.16\00:04:21.96 ADMINISTRATE. AND OF COURSE, EACH ONE OF THOSE FIELDS HAS THEIR OWN ADMINISTRATION. 00:04:21.96\00:04:25.73 ANYWAY, THIS MAN HERE IS TESFAYE SHIBRO AND TESFAYE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR 00:04:25.73\00:04:31.90 FOR THE CENTRAL ETHIOPIAN FIELD ALONG WITH PASTORING A CHURCH. 00:04:31.90\00:04:36.63 ON SABBATH I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO A CHURCH IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT 00:04:36.63\00:04:42.73 LOOKING ARCHITECTURE HERE. 00:04:42.73\00:04:43.60 IT IS IN A BUILDING AND TESFAYE IS THERE. 00:04:43.60\00:04:46.66 THIS IS NOT HIS ACTUAL-HE DOESN'T PASTOR THIS CHURCH BUT HE CAME WITH US AND HE IS 00:04:46.66\00:04:52.23 THERE AT THE DOOR TO WELCOME US THIS PARTICULAR DAY. 00:04:52.23\00:04:55.53 ONE THING I WAS IMPRESSED WITH IN THIS CHURCH IS THE ROLE THAT LADIES WERE PLAYING. 00:04:55.53\00:05:00.83 THIS LADY WAS TEACHING THE SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON THAT DAY AND DOING A VERY FINE JOB AS 00:05:00.83\00:05:06.43 FAR AS I COULD SEE BECAUSE SOME ONE WAS TRANSLATING FOR ME , WHAT SHE WAS SAYING AND 00:05:06.43\00:05:12.33 SHE WAS DOING A NICE JOB OF COVERING THE LESSON. 00:05:12.33\00:05:15.60 AND THEN HERE FOR THE CHURCH SERVICE I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING IN THAT LITTLE CHURCH 00:05:15.60\00:05:21.16 BUT YOU NOTICE THERE ARE TWO LADIES UP FRONT TAKING PART IN THE CHURCH SERVICE AND I 00:05:21.16\00:05:26.76 THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY NICE AND VERY UNIQUE AND I WAS PLEASED TO 00:05:26.76\00:05:33.76 SEE THAT REALLY. THEN LIKE I SAY, IT IS A VERY SIMPLE LITTLE STRUCTURE IN A LARGE ROOM WHERE 00:05:33.76\00:05:39.20 THEY HAVE THE CHURCH BUT HERE THEY ARE BUILDING A NEW CHURCH. 00:05:39.20\00:05:43.86 THERE IS SOME OF THE CONCRETE PUT UP AND YOU KNOW IT'S A BIG 00:05:43.86\00:05:47.26 JOB THE SIMPLE WAY THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THAT. 00:05:47.26\00:05:50.90 LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A LARGE FACILITY. 00:05:50.90\00:05:52.43 IT WILL BE QUITE A LARGE FACILITY THAT'S RIGHT AND SO THAT WILL GIVE THEM A CHANCE 00:05:52.43\00:05:57.70 OF- THIS IS A PART OF ADDIS ABABA, THE CAPITAL OF ETHIOPIA. 00:05:57.70\00:06:03.33 THIS YOUNG MAN-ISN'T HE A BRIGHT LOOKING YOUNG FELLOW? 00:06:03.33\00:06:07.50 YES, HE IS. 00:06:07.50\00:06:09.10 I SPOTTED HIM RIGHT AWAY WHEN WE HAD GATHERED A GROUP OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:06:09.10\00:06:16.33 HIS PARENTS ARE TEACHERS AND HE WAS BROUGHT UP 00:06:16.33\00:06:19.70 IN A VERY STRICT AND RIGID ORTHODOX FAMILY. 00:06:19.70\00:06:24.70 THE ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF COURSE, IS VERY PROMINENT. 00:06:24.70\00:06:27.96 IT COVERS A LARGE PART OF THE POPULATION AND HIS GRANDFATHER 00:06:27.96\00:06:35.26 WAS A PRIEST AND HE TOLD ME HE LOVED GAMBLING. 00:06:35.26\00:06:39.40 NOW HE LIVED IN THE STATE OF TEGRA THAT'S IN THE NORTHERN 00:06:39.40\00:06:44.76 PART OF ETHIOPIA. NINETY SIX PER CENT OF THE POPULATION OF TEGRA 00:06:44.76\00:06:48.93 IS ORTHODOX. SO THEY HAVE A REAL STRONGHOLD THERE. 00:06:48.93\00:06:53.10 MEKELE IS THE CAPITAL BUT THE CITY OF AXUM SEEMS TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE. 00:06:53.10\00:07:00.60 IT IS CALLED A HOLY CITY, ZION. 00:07:00.60\00:07:03.76 THE ORTHODOX THINK THAT THE ARK OF THE COVENANT HAS BEEN STORED IN AXUM AND THERE ARE 00:07:03.76\00:07:11.10 MANY MONASTERIES THERE. 00:07:11.10\00:07:13.26 THERE ARE HOLY POOLS THAT THE WATER ACTUALLY BRINGS HEALING. 00:07:13.26\00:07:20.46 THEY HAVE A LOT OF OBELISKS AND SO ON. 00:07:20.46\00:07:26.93 I HAVEN'T VISITED THERE YET BUT I'D LIKE TO GO THERE SOME TIME. 00:07:26.93\00:07:33.00 THE PEOPLE MAKE PILGRIMAGES TO AXUM AND ALL THE KINGS OF 00:07:36.26\00:07:42.33 ETHIOPIA WENT TO AXUM TO BE CROWNED. 00:07:44.90\00:07:49.23 THE ORTHODOX POPES GO THERE TO BE APPOINTED AND ABOUT 85 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION IS 00:07:49.23\00:07:55.26 ORTHODOX THERE AND I THINK WHY IT'S LESS THAN THE STATE IS BECAUSE THEY BUILT A LARGE 00:08:01.46\00:08:05.96 UNIVERSITY THERE AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE STUDENTS COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD SO I THINK THAT 00:08:05.96\00:08:11.16 DILUTES THE POPULATION A LITTLE BIT. 00:08:11.16\00:08:12.90 A HIGHLY RELIGIOUS AREA, NEVERTHELESS. 00:08:12.90\00:08:14.30 VERY, VERY MATTER OF FACT THE ORTHODOX WOULD NOT EVEN ALLOW 00:08:14.30\00:08:18.13 THE MUSLIMS TO BUILD A MOSQUE THERE. 00:08:18.13\00:08:19.70 THAT SHOWS THE CONTROL THAT THEY HAVE AND IF A MAN HAD A HOUSE TO 00:08:19.70\00:08:25.06 RENT AND YOU WERE NOT, HE WOULD ASK, AND IF YOU WERE NOT ORTHODOX HE WOULD NOT RENT IT. 00:08:25.06\00:08:29.43 HE MAY HAVE TEN HOUSES BUT HE WOULD LEAVE THEM EMPTY RATHER 00:08:29.43\00:08:34.06 THAN TO DO THAT. WELL ANYWAY, THIS LITTLE FELLOW NAHOM, HE ATTENDED THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AND 00:08:34.06\00:08:38.40 HE TOLD ME THERE THAT THE PRIESTS USE A TRADITIONAL LANGUAGE CALLED GEZ AND I'M NOT 00:08:38.40\00:08:43.33 SURE IF I AM PRONOUNCING IT RIGHT BUT THEY USE THIS LANGUAGE AND HE SAID A LOT OF PEOPLE 00:08:43.33\00:08:47.96 DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AND HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT SO HE NEVER 00:08:47.96\00:08:51.13 KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE REALLY TALKING ABOUT. 00:08:51.13\00:08:53.16 NOW HIS GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A PRIEST GAVE HIS MOTHER, WHICH WAS THE GRANDFATHERS DAUGHTER, 00:08:53.16\00:08:57.53 A BIBLE WHEN SHE WAS MARRIED BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THE FAMILY DIDN'T 00:08:57.53\00:09:02.23 READ THE BIBLE. ANYWAY HE HAD THIS INQUIRING MIND EVEN AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND HE WAS 00:09:02.23\00:09:08.26 CONCERNED BECAUSE HE WASN'T UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS HAPPENING YET HE WAS THERE IN CHURCH AND 00:09:08.26\00:09:12.10 SO HE STARTED READING THE BIBLE BUT HE TOLD ME HE HAD TO DO IT SECRETLY WHICH SEEMS STRANGE 00:09:12.10\00:09:16.06 THAT THEY HAD THE BIBLE IN THE HOME BUT STILL THEY DIDN'T READ 00:09:16.06\00:09:19.26 IT. AS HE READ, HE BEGAN WONDERING WHAT ABOUT THIS 00:09:19.26\00:09:23.83 SABBATH BUSINESS? WHAT ABOUT MEDIATION AND HE TALKED TO HIS PARENTS, THEY COULDN'T SEEM TO 00:09:23.83\00:09:29.00 REALLY GIVE HIM ANY ANSWERS ON THIS AND ANYWAY SOMEHOW HE CAME ACROSS A GOSPEL WORKER. 00:09:29.00\00:09:35.06 THE GOSPEL WORKER GAVE HIM SOME TEXTS AND THEN HE WAS STUDYING 00:09:38.10\00:09:42.36 WITH HIM. HE'D HAVE TO GO SECRETLY TO HIS PLACE BECAUSE THE PARENTS DIDN'T WANT HIM 00:09:42.36\00:09:48.63 ASSOCIATING WITH ANYONE ELSE. 00:09:48.63\00:09:49.63 HE KEPT DOING THAT AND FINALLY IT CAME TO THE PLACE 00:09:49.63\00:09:53.63 WHERE THE WORKER SAID NOW WHAT ABOUT BEING BAPTIZED. 00:09:53.63\00:09:56.86 HE SAID NO I'M NOT REALLY READY I CAN'T BE BAPTIZED YET. 00:09:56.86\00:10:01.20 BUT THEN HE WENT TO MEKELE, THE CAPITAL CITY TO FURTHER HIS EDUCATION AND HE TRIED TO 00:10:01.20\00:10:09.10 FIND A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:10:09.10\00:10:11.03 HE TOLD ME HE LOOKED FOR THREE MONTHS AND COULD NOT FIND A CHURCH BUT FINALLY SOMEONE 00:10:11.03\00:10:16.96 MADE CONTACT WITH HIM AND HE WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE CHURCH AND HE 00:10:16.96\00:10:20.66 WAS BAPTIZED. WELL, HE CAME HOME AND HE WOULD SECRETLY STUDY THE BIBLE WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER 00:10:20.66\00:10:26.73 AND HE SAID ALSO SOMETHING ELSE WAS INTERESTING , HE HAD LEARNED 00:10:29.93\00:10:35.53 SOME HYMNS FROM ATTENDING CHURCH AND HE TAUGHT THESE HYMNS TO HIS MOTHER AND TO HIS SISTER AND TO 00:10:35.53\00:10:42.30 HIS BROTHER AND THEY'D SING THESE HYMNS. 00:10:42.30\00:10:44.70 BUT THEN FINALLY HIS FATHER FOUND OUT HE HAD BEEN BAPTIZED AND SO THE FATHER GOT HIS 00:10:44.70\00:10:51.46 SISTER, NAHOM'S AUNT TO COME AND TRY TO PERSUADE HIM TO LEAVE THE 00:10:51.46\00:10:56.93 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH BUT NAHOM TRIED TO EXPLAIN SOME OF 00:10:56.93\00:11:01.30 THE TRUTHS OF THE BIBLE TO HER BUT TO NO AVAIL. 00:11:01.30\00:11:04.70 HOWEVER, HE WOULD NOT CONSIDER LEAVING THE ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:11:04.70\00:11:09.33 FINALLY, THE FATHER CAME AND SAID, LOOK YOU EITHER LEAVE THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 00:11:09.33\00:11:16.10 CHURCH OR YOU LEAVE HOME. 00:11:16.10\00:11:18.16 NAHOM STOOD FIRM AND SAID I CAN'T, I CAN'T LEAVE THESE 00:11:19.16\00:11:23.63 TRUTHS. I CAN'T TURN MY BACK ON JESUS AND SO THE FATHER SAID, 00:11:23.63\00:11:29.40 YOU'RE OUT. SO HE LEFT WITH ONLY AS WE USE THE EXPRESSION, WITH THE SHIRT ON HIS BACK WHICH 00:11:29.40\00:11:34.00 AMOUNTED TO A TSHIRT AND A PAIR OF TROUSERS. 00:11:34.00\00:11:37.26 HE SAID THAT'S ALL HE HAD TO WEAR AND SO EVERY DAY, EVERY NIGHT HE WOULD WASH HIS 00:11:37.26\00:11:42.46 TROUSERS AND HIS TSHIRT. 00:11:42.46\00:11:44.96 HE DID THAT FOR ABOUT A MONTH BUT FINALLY SOMEHOW THE FATHER DID SEND THE CLOTHES TO HIM 00:11:44.96\00:11:50.70 AND ANYWAY HE WAS GOING TO UNIVERSITY AND HE WAS OH BY THE WAY, WHEN THE FATHER PUT 00:11:50.70\00:11:56.73 HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE IT WAS ABOUT TEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. 00:11:59.90\00:12:03.10 SO IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. 00:12:03.10\00:12:06.56 NOW I SUPPOSE WE SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD ON THESE PARENTS WHEN THEY PUT A CHILD OUT OR A 00:12:06.56\00:12:13.40 FAMILY MEMBER OUT BECAUSE OF ANOTHER RELIGION BECAUSE AS HE EXPLAINED TO ME, THE WHOLE 00:12:13.40\00:12:19.43 COMMUNITY IS SAYING TO THE FATHER HERE YOUR SON HAS GONE AND JOINED THIS OTHER GROUP 00:12:19.43\00:12:26.23 AND YOU ARE JUST GOING TO JUST SIT BACK AND DO NOTHING ABOUT 00:12:26.23\00:12:30.00 IT? YOU NEED TO PUT HIM OUT OF THE HOME. 00:12:30.00\00:12:31.76 AN ISSUE OF DISCIPLINE. 00:12:31.76\00:12:33.43 AND SO YOU SEE THE PRESSURE IS ON THE PARENT S TOO ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT REALLY WANT TO DO 00:12:33.43\00:12:38.10 THAT BUT THEY' RE ALMOST FORCED TO DO IT. 00:12:38.10\00:12:41.93 SO THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AND ANYWAY HE DIDN'T GO HOME FOR 00:12:41.93\00:12:47.96 THREE YEARS. IN THE MEANTIME, HE WAS GOING TO UNIVERSITY STUDYING TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND 00:12:50.00\00:12:56.06 FINALLY HE GRADUATED WITH HIS DEGREE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE AND HE WAS OFFERED A JOB AT THE 00:12:58.93\00:13:06.23 UNIVERSITY AND ALSO OFFERED A JOB WITH ETHIOPIAN AIR WHICH IS 00:13:06.23\00:13:12.63 A LARGE AIRLINE. HOWEVER, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT JOB HE HAD TO WRITE A TEST ON SABBATH, ON 00:13:12.63\00:13:18.70 SATURDAY. HE SAID I CAN'T DO THAT. 00:13:21.13\00:13:22.73 WELL, THEY SAID WE CAN'T GIVE YOU THE JOB. 00:13:22.73\00:13:24.53 AND SO HE TURNED THE JOB DOWN. 00:13:24.53\00:13:27.70 SO THEN FOR A WHILE HE WORKED WITH ANOTHER ADVENTIST AND DID WITNESSING AND SO ON BUT THEN 00:13:27.70\00:13:33.73 THIS FRIEND WENT DOWN TO OUR ETHIOPIAN COLLEGE AND SO FINALLY NAHOM SOMEHOW FOUND A 00:13:37.93\00:13:44.00 WAY THAT HE COULD GO AND HE WENT TO OUR ETHIOPIAN COLLEGE AND THERE HE EARNED A DEGREE 00:13:58.70\00:14:03.56 IN THEOLOGY AND AGAIN GRADUATED WITH VERY HIGH MARKS CUM LAUDE AND HERE HE IS, TWO 00:14:03.56\00:14:08.00 BACHELORS DEGREES TWENTY FOUR YEARS OLD WHICH WAS MARVELOUS. 00:14:08.00\00:14:14.73 WHILE HE WAS THERE HE WAS VERY INVOLVED MATTER OF FACT 00:14:14.73\00:14:20.06 HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION. 00:14:20.06\00:14:23.00 HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF HIS GRADUATING CLASS. 00:14:23.00\00:14:25.80 HE WAS THE ADVENTIST YOUTH LEADER. 00:14:25.80\00:14:27.30 HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH BOARD AND LIKE I SAY HE GRADUATED WITH THESE HIGH 00:14:27.30\00:14:32.36 MARKS AND SO NOW HE 'S CALLED TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST. 00:14:32.36\00:14:39.56 SO HE HAS GONE BACK TO HIS HOME STATE OF TEGRA. 00:14:39.56\00:14:43.33 HE IS WORKING IN A PLACE ABOUT FIFTEEN MILES FROM HIS HOME AND HE IS USING, HIS KNOWLEDGE 00:14:43.33\00:14:49.40 OF THE LOCAL RELIGIONS TO KNOW HOW TO APPROACH PEOPLE WHICH HE HAS TO BE VERY CAREFUL. 00:14:52.06\00:14:59.50 YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANY PROSELYTIZING SO HE IS JUST VISITING MAKING FRIENDS AND 00:14:59.50\00:15:05.73 WITNESSING TO THE PEOPLE THIS WAY BUT HE IS SO ON FIRE FOR 00:15:05.73\00:15:09.53 JESUS. HE WAS SUCH AN INSPIRATION. 00:15:09.53\00:15:11.13 MATTER OF FACT I WAS TRYING TO GET PICTURES OF ALL OUR WORKERS THERE., ONE BY ONE AND 00:15:11.13\00:15:14.46 IT WOULD ALWAYS TAKE SO LONG TO TRY -THEY'D BE TALKING TO GET THEM UP THERE AND SO ON 00:15:14.46\00:15:18.70 AND I SAID TO NAHOM CAN YOU HELP ME HERE GETTING THESE FELLOWS 00:15:18.70\00:15:21.63 UP TO TAKE THESE PICTURES. 00:15:21.63\00:15:23.23 WELL, HE HAD THEM ALL LINED UP THERE AND I TOOK THE PICTURE SO FAST THAT THE MAN I WAS 00:15:23.23\00:15:29.43 WITH , THE GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR SAID ARE YOU 00:15:29.43\00:15:32.30 FINISHED ALREADY. BUT THAT'S JUST THE KIND OF A YOUNG MAN HE IS AND SO HE IS SUCH A BLESSING. 00:15:32.30\00:15:36.53 BUT TO THINK HERE IS A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS GIVEN HIS LIFE TO JESUS AND SO ON FIRE FOR THE 00:15:36.53\00:15:42.60 LORD IT WAS JUST A REAL, REAL INSPIRATION. 00:15:45.66\00:15:50.53 IT'S AMAZING. 00:15:50.53\00:15:52.20 YOU KNOW WE WILL TAKE A SHORT BREAK HERE TO THOSE OF YOU AT HOME YOU KNOW IT IS STORIES 00:15:52.20\00:15:57.03 LIKE THESE THAT WE GET TO LISTEN TO HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH ALL 00:15:57.03\00:16:01.53 THE TIME. OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS BRING THESE STORIES BACK AND IT IS A REAL INSPIRATION TO EACH 00:16:01.53\00:16:05.60 ONE OF US TO KNOW HOW GOD IS USING THESE NATIVE WORKERS, 00:16:05.60\00:16:09.73 THESE INDIGENOUS WORKERS TO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 00:16:09.73\00:16:13.16 WE HAVE A PROGRAM NOW AT GOSPEL OUTREACH CALLED THE "ADOPT A 00:16:13.16\00:16:17.86 WORKER PROGRAM". WE ARE GOING TO RUN JUST A SHORT VIDEO THAT TELLS A LITTLE ABOUT THAT 00:16:17.86\00:16:24.03 PROGRAM AND INVITE YOU TO CONSIDER PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM AND BY DOING SO YOU'LL 00:16:24.03\00:16:29.50 HAVE A PART IN THIS WONDERUFL WORK THAT IS BEING DONE. 00:16:29.50\00:16:32.90 LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 00:16:32.90\00:16:34.36 [VIDEO PLAYING] GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO 00:16:34.36\00:16:37.16 BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE QUESTION. 00:16:37.16\00:16:38.66 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS 00:16:38.66\00:16:44.73 JESUS WAITING FOR? IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL 00:16:44.73\00:16:49.60 CALAMITIES, WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 00:16:49.60\00:16:51.43 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN 00:16:51.43\00:16:57.06 ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN SHALL THE 00:16:57.06\00:17:02.46 END COME. INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER OVER THE PAST 00:17:04.73\00:17:09.96 TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 PLUS COUNTRIES. 00:17:09.96\00:17:16.16 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 00:17:16.16\00:17:20.06 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 00:17:20.06\00:17:23.13 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR 00:17:23.13\00:17:26.80 BIBLE WORKERS IN THE 10/40WINDOW. 00:17:26.80\00:17:29.26 NOW, WHAT EXACLTY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 00:17:29.26\00:17:32.96 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED 00:17:32.96\00:17:37.63 BETWEEN 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 00:17:37.63\00:17:39.06 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 00:17:39.06\00:17:42.46 NINETY SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF 00:17:42.46\00:17:46.46 JESUS LIVE HERE. 00:17:46.46\00:17:48.60 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE 00:17:48.60\00:17:52.53 PEOPLE? WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS IN 00:17:52.53\00:17:58.73 NEW TERRITORIES SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 00:17:58.73\00:18:01.46 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTRACH ENTERS A NEW VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 00:18:01.46\00:18:07.10 IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BAPTIZED 00:18:07.10\00:18:12.26 AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 00:18:12.26\00:18:13.83 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO MEET 00:18:13.83\00:18:19.43 JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 00:18:19.43\00:18:21.40 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 00:18:21.40\00:18:22.86 BIBLE WORKERS RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY 00:18:22.86\00:18:27.53 SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 00:18:27.53\00:18:31.16 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH 00:18:31.16\00:18:36.33 THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE REACHED AND THAT IS WHY IT 00:18:36.33\00:18:41.16 IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 00:18:41.16\00:18:46.10 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL 00:18:46.10\00:18:49.66 HELP. IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS 00:18:49.66\00:18:55.76 OF YOUR WORKER SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 00:18:55.76\00:19:00.66 THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: YOU CAN BE A PRAYER 00:19:00.66\00:19:04.90 PARTNER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:19:04.90\00:19:07.83 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" BY 00:19:07.83\00:19:11.60 TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO AND FINALLY, 00:19:11.60\00:19:16.23 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 00:19:16.23\00:19:18.06 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 00:19:18.06\00:19:21.26 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS IS 00:19:21.26\00:19:25.43 WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 00:19:25.43\00:19:33.00 WELCOME BACK. 00:19:33.00\00:19:34.56 WE HAVE BEEN VISITING WITH DAVE CROOK HERE TAKING A LITTLE TRIP 00:19:34.56\00:19:41.16 TO ETHIOPIA AND WE ARE ABOUT READY TO CHANGE GEARS HERE AND HEAD SOMEWHERE ELSE. 00:19:41.16\00:19:44.00 DAVE, WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW? 00:19:44.00\00:19:45.60 WELL, WE ARE GOING TO THAT INTERESTING COUNTRY OF EGYPT. 00:19:45.60\00:19:49.73 A VERY OLD COUNTRY, LOTS OF HISTORY. 00:19:49.73\00:19:52.46 OH YES. 00:19:52.46\00:19:54.10 HERE WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE EGYPT MISSION, LLEWELLEN EDWARDS A VERY DEDICATED MAN 00:19:54.10\00:20:00.16 WITH SOME BIG, BIG CHALLENGES THERE. 00:20:00.16\00:20:02.73 OF COURSE THERE IS NO PROSELYTIZING ALLOWED THERE AND OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW 00:20:02.73\00:20:07.66 ABOUT THE TROUBLES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN IN EGYPT. 00:20:07.66\00:20:11.23 EGYPT HAS A POPULATION OF AOBUT 80 MILLION AND WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 750 SEVENTH DAY 00:20:11.23\00:20:17.10 ADVENTISTS THERE SO THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO BUT I'M 00:20:17.10\00:20:20.93 EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES THERE, TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY. 00:20:20.93\00:20:24.83 WELL THERE IS SOME OF THE CONGESTIVE TRAFFIC IN CAIRO. 00:20:24.83\00:20:27.13 I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY EVER GET AROUND THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL JUST JAMMED TOGETHER. 00:20:27.13\00:20:32.86 IT IS REALLY SOMETHING. 00:20:32.86\00:20:34.93 FORTUNATELY MOST OF THE TIME WE WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL BY TRAIN ALL 00:20:34.93\00:20:41.23 NIGHT LONG IN SOME CASES BUT IT GOT US TO THE DESTINATIONS WHERE 00:20:41.23\00:20:46.63 WE HAD TO GO. WE WENT TO ALEXANDRIA AND THAT WAS THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH IN 00:20:46.63\00:20:53.86 ALEXANDRIA THAT WE JUST SAW FLASHED ON THERE MAYBE WE CAN GO BACK AND JUST HAVE A LOOK AT 00:20:53.86\00:20:57.76 THAT AGAIN. IT'S QUITE A NICE ORNATE LOOKING FRONT. 00:20:57.76\00:21:01.46 TO ENTER THE CHURCH THE CHURCH CONTAINS ASSEMBLY ROOM FOR THE CHURCH SERVICE AND ALSO A 00:21:01.46\00:21:07.53 PASTOR'S APARTMENT ALONG WITH AN OFFICE AND SO SOME OF THE BUILDINGS DON'T ACTUALLY LOOK 00:21:10.26\00:21:14.66 LIKE CHURCHES BECAUSE THEY ARE OTHER TYPE OF BUILDINGS BUT ANYWAY IT'S A NICE LITTLE 00:21:14.66\00:21:20.73 ASSEMBLY ROOM THERE FOR THE CONGREGATION IN THAT PARTICULAR 00:21:24.86\00:21:29.83 PLACE. THEN FROM THERE WE WENT ON TO A PLACE ABU TALAT, I KNOW I AM NOT PRONOUNCING THAT 00:21:29.83\00:21:35.90 CORRECTLY BUT IT IS ABOUT FIFTEEN MILES ALONG THE COAST 00:21:38.03\00:21:42.30 WEST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CITY OF ALEXANDRIA. 00:21:42.30\00:21:44.86 THERE WAS A PASTOR, RETIRED PASTOR, WHO NOW LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES WHO FELT THAT WE 00:21:44.86\00:21:52.10 SHOULD TRY TO PLANT A CHURCH THERE AND SO HE GAVE A DONATION AND SO THE EGYPTIAN 00:21:52.10\00:21:59.36 ADMINISTRATION DECIDED TO PURCHASE A PARTLY FINISHED 00:21:59.36\00:22:02.83 BUILDING THERE TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE. 00:22:02.83\00:22:05.83 SO WHILE I WAS THERE THEY WERE BUILDING, WORKING ON THE BUILDING AND THEY HAD EXTENDED 00:22:05.83\00:22:11.30 IT TO FOUR STORIES AND IN THIS BUILDING WHAT THEY ARE HOPING THEY CAN DO IS THAT THEY CAN 00:22:11.30\00:22:18.36 HAVE A COUPLE COME WHERE PERHAPS A WIFE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A 00:22:18.36\00:22:25.56 CHILDRENS PROGRAM AND THE HUSBAND COULD RUN OTHER PROGRAMS: HEALTH PROGRAMS, OTHER 00:22:25.56\00:22:30.36 OUTREACH PROGRAMS LIKE THAT, STOP SMOKING PROGRAMS AND ALSO SOME SKILLS PROGRAMS. 00:22:30.36\00:22:36.43 THEN AFTER THEY GET A CONGREGATION THEN THEY WOULD APPLY FOR A PERMIT BECAUSE YOU 00:22:38.46\00:22:44.80 JUST CAN'T GO AND START A CHURCH. 00:22:44.80\00:22:48.66 YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A PERMIT FOR THAT. 00:22:48.66\00:22:53.60 NOW HERE WE HAVE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER MINA 00:22:53.60\00:22:57.76 HERE IS A LADY THAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH. 00:22:57.76\00:23:01.40 THE EVENING I WAS THERE I WAS ABLE TO GO WITH HIM 00:23:01.40\00:23:05.70 AND MEET SEVERAL OF THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 00:23:05.70\00:23:08.20 THE MAN ON THE RIGHT THERE IS RASMY, HE WAS A TRAIN CONDUCTOR A RAILROAD CONDUCTOR 00:23:08.20\00:23:14.13 FOR 40 YEARS AND NOW IN HIS RETIREMENT HE WORKS AS A BIBLE 00:23:14.13\00:23:20.73 WORKER. A WONDERFUL DEDICATED MAN INDEED. 00:23:20.73\00:23:24.00 HERE WAS ANOTHER FAMILY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT THERE. 00:23:24.00\00:23:30.03 AT EACH OF THESE PLACES I WAS ABLE TO TAKE SOME TIME AND TALK ABOUT JESUS, SALVATION 00:23:30.03\00:23:36.10 AND SO ON AND THEY WERE VERY ATTENTIVE AND VERY INTERESTED. 00:23:39.33\00:23:45.60 NOW WE HAVE A CITY CALLED SOHAG. 00:23:45.60\00:23:48.96 IN THIS PARTICULAR PLACE AGAIN, THEY ARE WORKING ON A BUILDING 00:23:48.96\00:23:54.13 IT IS GOING TO BE SIX STORIES. 00:23:54.13\00:23:57.63 WE HAVE A DOCTOR AND HIS WIFE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO COME THERE FOR THREE YEARS AND SO 00:23:57.63\00:24:03.26 MINA OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE THE FELLOW WITH THE LIGHTER SHIRT ON BESIDE 00:24:03.26\00:24:09.86 THE MAN WITH THE GRAY CLOTHING, HE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 00:24:09.86\00:24:15.86 THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE IN EGYPT. 00:24:15.86\00:24:17.30 HE WILL WORK ALONG WITH THE DOCTOR AND SO ON. 00:24:17.30\00:24:20.96 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CLINIC THERE THEN? 00:24:20.96\00:24:24.26 YES THEY WILL HAVE SORT OF A CLINIC AND DO OTHER HEALTH RELATED PROGRAMS, CHILDRENS 00:24:24.26\00:24:29.73 PROGRAMS, THIS KIND OF THING. 00:24:29.73\00:24:31.56 NOW I THINK MOST OF OUR PEOPLE REMEMBER YEARS AGO HEARING OF MRS. KRUEGER WHO HAD AN 00:24:31.56\00:24:37.76 ORPHANAGE IN CAIRO. 00:24:37.76\00:24:39.43 WELL, SHE GOT TOO ELDERLY TO RUN THAT ORPHANAGE AND HAD TO LEAVE AND THEY NEVER COULD GET 00:24:39.43\00:24:45.43 ANYONE TO TAKE HER PLACE SO ANYWAY THE BUILDING SAT THERE FOR A WHILE BUT NOW BECAUSE OF 00:24:45.43\00:24:52.00 ALL THE PEOPLE FROM SUDAN WHO ARE REFUGEES THAT HAVE COME TO 00:24:52.00\00:24:57.86 CAIRO, WE HAVE A SCHOOL OF 400 STUDENTS THERE. 00:24:57.86\00:25:00.70 THE IDEA IS THAT IF WE HAD A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE WHO COULD COME AND WORK WITH 00:25:00.70\00:25:06.76 THOSE PARENTS BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM. 00:25:19.33\00:25:21.63 THEY'RE NOT ARABIC OR NOT MOSLEMS SO THAT WAY THEY WOULD HAVE AN INTRODUCTION WITH NO 00:25:21.63\00:25:26.26 PROBLEM TO THOSE PEOPLE. 00:25:26.26\00:25:27.70 ALSO IN KHARTOUM IT IS ESTIMATED THERE ARE 100,000 ERITREANS 00:25:27.70\00:25:31.16 THERE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND AGAIN WE'D HAVE FREEDOM TO WORK WITH 00:25:31.16\00:25:34.33 THOSE PEOPLE. SO WE NEED SOMEONE TO GO AND WORK THERE ALSO. 00:25:34.33\00:25:37.23 SO WE HAVE SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES ACTUALLY IN EGYPT AND PRAISE GOD THEY WILL 00:25:37.23\00:25:41.30 BE ABLE TO PUT THESE THINGS TO WORK. 00:25:41.30\00:25:43.60 I HOPE WE CAN FIND THE WORKERS TO TAKE CARE 00:25:43.60\00:25:46.50 OF THESE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE WE NEED WORKERS. 00:25:46.50\00:25:48.80 SO EGYPT IS LOOKING BRIGHT AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPENING THERE. 00:25:48.80\00:25:53.93 BOY, THAT IS A GREAT REPORT AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU MENTION THE NEED FOR WORKERS I JUST 00:25:53.93\00:25:58.73 APPEAL TO THOSE OF YOU AT HOME WHO ARE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, THIS IS ONE WAY WE 00:25:58.73\00:26:06.56 CAN ALL PARTICIPATE IN SPREADING THE GOSPEL BEYOND 00:26:06.56\00:26:09.36 OUR LOCAL AREA, OUR LOCAL CHURCH. 00:26:09.36\00:26:11.50 WE ARE TOLD TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD, THAT'S RIGHT AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN ORGANIZATION 00:26:11.50\00:26:17.13 THAT IS DOING THAT VERY THING AND IN FACT, IS WORKING IN AN AREA CALLED THE 10/40 WINDOW 00:26:17.13\00:26:19.60 WHICH IS A LOT OF THESE COUNTRIES. 00:26:19.60\00:26:21.93 NINETY SEVEN PER CENT OF THE WORLDS UNREACHED LIVE IN THIS 00:26:21.93\00:26:28.96 AREA OF THE WORLD. YES. 00:26:28.96\00:26:30.33 BY SPONSORING INDIGENOUS WORKERS IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET THE WORK 00:26:30.33\00:26:33.26 DONE. ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT SUBSCRIBING TO THE NEWSLETTER TO 00:26:33.26\00:26:40.26 DO RIGHT NOW IS TO CALL US AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER. 00:26:40.26\00:26:43.03 IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE. 00:26:43.03\00:26:44.46 JUST GIVE US A CALL AT 509-525-2951 AND ASK FOR THE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 00:26:44.46\00:26:50.40 NEWSLETTER AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT OUT. 00:26:54.90\00:26:57.43 THERE IS ALSO SOME OTHER CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN. 00:26:57.43\00:27:00.06 WE ARE JUST DELIGHTED YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO JOIN US TODAY 00:27:00.06\00:27:03.60 AND WE INVITE YOU BACK AGAIN NEXT TIME. 00:27:03.60\00:27:06.26 FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I'M KEVIN WAITE. 00:27:06.26\00:27:07.83 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 00:27:07.83\00:27:16.40 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 00:27:16.40\00:27:19.10 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 00:27:19.10\00:27:22.33 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 00:27:22.33\00:27:25.46 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:27:25.46\00:27:27.73 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 00:27:27.73\00:27:31.33 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 00:27:31.33\00:27:36.60 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 00:27:36.60\00:27:38.40 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 00:27:38.40\00:27:41.80 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:27:41.80\00:27:43.30 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:43.30\00:27:50.36 WHERE? 00:27:50.36\00:27:51.60 ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:51.60\00:27:53.10 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 00:27:53.10\00:27:55.43 YOU CAN PRAY. 00:27:55.43\00:27:57.53 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 00:27:59.33\00:28:02.86 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 00:28:02.86\00:28:06.23 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:28:06.23\00:28:09.53 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE 00:28:09.53\00:28:12.66 AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 00:28:12.66\00:28:14.83 BE THE SPARK, 00:28:14.83\00:28:16.00 LIGHT THE FIRE, 00:28:16.00\00:28:17.43 FINISH THE WORK, 00:28:17.43\00:28:18.50 FINISH THE WORK. 00:28:18.50\00:28:20.20