Participants: Fred Griffith, John Blake
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000460
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00:21 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:25 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US. 00:28 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SPECIAL DEPARTMENT HERE AT GOSPEL 00:32 OUTREACH AND IT IS THE MINISTRY TO THE DEAF. 00:34 I AM VERY INTERESTED TO LEARN MORE AND I BET YOU ARE AS WELL. 00:47 SO I WANT TO WELCOME JOHN BLAKE TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND FRED GRIFFITH. 00:50 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. 00:53 SO JOHN TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARMENT HERE AT GOSPEL 00:58 OUTREACH FOR DEAF MINISTRY AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW AND WHY YOU ARE INVOLVED IN 01:02 THIS PARTICULAR MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:04 WELL THE LORD ALLOWED US TO HAVE A LITTLE GIRL THAT BECAME DEAF AT THREE MONTHS WITH 01:09 CHICKENPOX. 01:10 SO GRADUALLY OUR LIVES CHANGED TO BECOMING PARENTS OF A DEAF CHILD. 01:12 THEN LATER WE TOOK A LITTLE DEAF BOY TO BE A COMPANION TO OUR DEAF GIRL AS WELL AS OUR 01:18 TWO HEARING GIRLS. 01:20 AND THEN GRADUALLY OUR LIVES BEGAN TO EVOLVE INTO WORKING WITH DEAF ADULTS AS OUR 01:26 CHILDREN BECAME OLDER. 01:28 WE EVENTUALLY WORKED WITH A CHRISTIAN DEAF CENTER IN ARKANSAS AN ADVENTIST 01:32 INDEPENDENT MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO CANADA AND BEGAN SOME DEAF 01:40 WORK THERE AND THEN THAT WAS INTERSPERSED SOMEWHAT WITH PASTORING THE HEARING AGAIN. 01:46 THEN GRADUALLY BACK INTO DEAF WORK AND WHEN I RETIRED OFFICIALLY IN 2005, 2006 I 01:55 SAID TO GOSPEL OUTREACH WOULD YOU CONSIDER HAVING A DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEAF AND 01:59 LET ME WORK WITH IT. 02:01 THAT'S WHERE I AM. 02:02 WE NOW HAVE THIRTY THREE WORKERS FOR THE DEAF IN SEVEN COUNTRIES. 02:07 MY ASSOCIATE ALFRED IS BASICALLY IN CHARGE OF INDIA. 02:13 WELL THIS IS FANTASTIC. 02:14 FRED HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT? 02:18 THE LORD GAVE ME TWO WONDERFUL PARENTS AND THEY ARE BOTH DEAF AND I HAVE TWO SISTERS THAT 02:24 ARE DEAF SO I GREW UP WONDERING WHAT I SHOULD DO AND HERE AT WALLA WALLA I MET SOME 02:30 DEAF PEOPLE INTERPRETED FOR THEM, GAVE BIBLE STUDIES AND PRETTY SOON I FOUND MYSELF 02:35 BEING LED INTO DEAF MINISTRY. 02:38 WELL FANTASTIC. 02:39 THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH THE MINISTRY 02:42 SPECIFICALLY. 02:44 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT DEAF MINISTRY IN INDIA SO SHARE WITH US, BOTH OF YOU 02:49 WERE RECENTLY IN INDIA AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WORK THERE.. ALFRED, 02:55 WELL WE HAD A WONDERFUL TEAM WE ALL WENT TOGETHER AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND AT 03:03 FIRST I THOUGHT WE HAVE TOO MANY HERE BUT THE LORD USED EACH ONE OF US IN OUR 03:08 CIRCUMSTANCES AS WE MAY TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER. 03:12 SO TELL ME ABOUT BEING IN INDIA AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF IS IT RATHER 03:19 FRUSTRATING FOR THEM? 03:20 ARE THERE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS? 03:22 ARE THEY LOOKED DOWN UPON BECAUSE THEY CAN'T COMMUNICATE? 03:26 HERE IN THE WESTERN WORLD THERE ARE SO MANY PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF BUT HOW IS 03:33 IT OVER THERE FOR THEM? 03:36 WELL FOR A CHILD BORN INTO A FAMILY IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AND ISOLATING BECAUSE ONLY IN 03:43 ABOUT TWO PER CENT OF ALL INDIAN DEAF CHILDREN ACTUALLY GET TO GO TO SCHOOL. 03:48 MOST OF THEM ARE SENT OUT TO THE FARMS AND THEY WORK AND THEY ONLY LEARN HOME SIGNING 03:55 AND THEY ARE NOT, THEY DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF LEARNING THE READ AND WRITE. 04:01 THERE IS ANOTHER COMPLICATION PERHAPS IN INDIA. 04:04 I DON'T KNOW HOW REALLY ACCURATE THE ASSUMPTION IS BUT IN THE HINDU RELIGION IF YOU 04:14 HAVE A DISABILITY IT MAY BE BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM IN A PREVIOUS LIFE. 04:21 AND SO DEAF PEOPLE HAVE AN EXTRA CROSS TO BEAR SOMETIMES I THINK BECAUSE OF THIS. 04:28 BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY LABELED BECAUSE THEY ARE SPECIAL FOR MANY REASONS BUT 04:35 THEN THEY ARE LABELED THAT TOO SO THEY HAVE THAT STIGMA ON THEM AS WELL. 04:39 IN VARIOUS OTHER COUNTRIES DEAF PEOPLE ARE LOOKED DOWN ON. 04:45 IN NORTH AMERICA IT USED TO BE THAT RETARDED PEOPLE WERE KIND OF LOOKED DOWN ON AND PUT INTO 04:52 INSTITUTIONS MAYBE FROM A CHILD ON. 04:56 NOW, IN NORTH AMERICA WE TEND TO BE MUCH MORE GRACIOUS TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND 05:03 SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE NOT YET COME IN ALL OTHER COUNTRIES. 05:07 SOMETIMES DEAF PEOPLE ARE LOCKED IN A ROOM OR KEPT AT HOME AND DON'T GET TO SEE TOO 05:16 MUCH. 05:17 IT'S NOT THE USUAL CASE I DON'T THINK BUT THERE ARE SOME DIFFICULT ISOLATED INSTANCES. 05:22 WELL FOR MANY OF US WHEN WE SEE THE GOOD LORD COME IT IS GOING TO BE SUCH A BLESSING 05:26 FOR SO MANY REASONS AND CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE TO 05:30 HEAR THE VOICE OF THE LORD WHO HAVE BEEN DEAF. 05:34 RIGHT. 05:35 SO YOU, GIVE AN IDEA AN ESTIMATE GUESSTIMATE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DEAF PEOPLE IN 05:39 INDIA. 05:41 I AM SURE THAT WE CAN'T REALLY; THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT ABLE TO COUNT EVERYBODY BUT IS 05:45 THERE AN ESTIMATE ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF? 05:48 IT IS ESTIMATED ABOUT 19 MILLION BUT I THINK A LOT OF THOSE HAVE BECOME DEAF LATER 05:54 IN LIFE. 05:56 SO IT IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO 14 OR 15 MILLION THAT ARE ACTUALLY TOTALLY DEAF AND USE 06:03 SIGN LANGUAGE. 06:04 O.K. 06:05 SO THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE. 06:07 ABSOLUTELY AND WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF INDIA IS ALL THE DIFFERENT DIALECTS I MEAN 06:12 HOW DO THEY LEARN LIKE A STANDARD ONE MAIN LANGUAGE OR SOMETHING TO SIGN. 06:18 THERE ARE SEVENTEEN OFFICIAL LANGUAGES IN INDIA, IF I'M CORRECT, AMAZING, AND THERE 06:23 ARE A NUMBER AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE REALLY KNOW ACCURATELY HOW MANY DIFFERENT SIGN 06:30 LANGUAGES THERE ARE IN INDIA. 06:31 WE KNOW OF FOUR THAT ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. 06:36 THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THERE THAT IS NOT OF OUR CHURCH WHO IS MAKING VIDEOS AND THEY ARE 06:41 GOING TO BE DOING IT IN FOUR DIFFERENT SIGN LANGUAGES FOR INDIA. 06:44 FANTASTIC. 06:46 UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN VIDEO FOR THE DEAF IN INDIA AT THIS POINT. 06:49 NORTH AMERICA YES, BUT NOT INDIA. 06:51 SURE. 06:53 WELL THIS IS FANTASTIC AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING INVOLVED WITH THIS AND 06:56 BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. 06:57 WE DO HAVE A VIDEO THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US AND SO WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A LITTLE 07:02 BACKGROUND ON THIS VIDEO. 07:03 O.K I'LL GIVE YOU RUNNING COMMENT AS WE WATCH THE VIDEO. 07:10 HERE WE ARE DURING OUR WORKSHOP FOR OUR APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN WORKERS THERE FOR THE 07:16 DEAF. 07:17 HERE THEY ARE SIGN SINGING AND I THINK BOTH THOSE LADIES ARE WORKERS. 07:23 THIS IS THE DEAF LADY THAT WENT WITH US MRS. FRANCISCA TREXLER AND SHE IS DOING A 07:28 DEMO THERE OF HOW TO WORK WITH PEOPLE. 07:31 HERE THE MAN ON THE RIGHT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR WORKERS AND THEY ARE DOING AN 07:36 INTERVIEW OF HIM. 07:38 HERE IS A BAPTISM OF A DEAF MAN BY DAVID TREXLER. 07:42 THIS IS THE HEAD ON THE RIGHT THERE OF THE DIVISION, THE SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION AND 07:46 THIS IS THE HEAD OF OUR DEAF WORK IN INDIA. 07:49 THIS IS A CHURCH THAT IS GOING TO BE FOR THE DEAF ON THE TOP OF THE HEARING CHURCH. 07:55 THERE IS AN INTERESTING STORY THERE IF YOU LOOK HERE YOU CAN SEE THE STAVES THAT ARE 07:59 HOLDING THE ROOF UP BECAUSE IT HASN'T CURED YET. 08:02 HERE IS ACTUALLY ALFRED AS HE IS TALKING WITH SOME OF THE DEAF PEOPLE JUST BEFORE THE 08:10 OPENING OF THIS UPSTAIRS. 08:12 THERE IS THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT AND THE MAN SIGNING FOR THE DEAF THERE IN THE 08:17 MIDDLE IN THE BACK. 08:18 THIS IS THE UNVEILING BY DR. LARRY EVANS OF THE PLAQUE. 08:23 THEY DIDN'T GET THE CHURCH FINISHED BUT WE WERE THERE AND THE ROOF HAD JUST BEEN POURED 08:31 SO THAT'S AS THE CHURCH IS KIND OF OPEN. 08:35 THEY ASKED ME TO OFFER A PRAYER ACTUALLY INSIDE AMONG THE STAVES HOLDING THE ROOF 08:39 UP. 08:41 NOW HERE WE HAVE AN INTERESTING THING THAT THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE INTERPRETING. 08:45 FRED IS INTERPRETING THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE; THE MAN IS PUTTING IT INTO THE 08:49 LOCAL VERBAL LANGUAGE AND INTO THE SIGN LANGUAGE. 08:51 SO THERE IS THREE INTEPRETERS. 08:52 PRAISE THE LORD. 08:54 HERE THEY ARE HAVING A SPECIAL PRAYER OF DEDICATION FOR THREE WORKERS WHO WILL BE WORKING 09:00 THERE. 09:01 TWO OF THEM ARE PAID BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:04 HERE THEY ARE EATING, THAT LOOK LIKE DAL AND CHAPATTI, YOU EAT WITH YOUR HANDS. 09:07 OH, I LIKE IT. 09:09 THIS IS A DEAF SCHOOL THAT WE VISITED RUN BY ASIAN AID AND THERE IS A DRUM IN THE 09:14 BACKGROUND HERE WHICH IS QUITE LOUD AND THEY ARE HERE DOING SOME CALISTHETICS AND SO ON. 09:20 WE LOVE THAT LITTLE SCHOOL WITH 97 DEAF CHILDREN MOSTLY FROM HINDU AND MUSLIM 09:28 BACKGROUNDS. 09:29 THESE ARE THE YOUNG LADIES AND THE CAFETERIA ISN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THEM TO EAT ALL TOGETHER. 09:35 THIS WAS US EATING OUR MEAL AT THE DEAF SCHOOL AND THERE ARE FIVE OF US IN OUR TEAM. 09:43 WE EVENTUALLY ALL GOT THERE. 09:45 HERE THE STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON GETTING READY FOR SABBATH AND CLEANING ON FRIDAY 09:51 AFTERNOON. 09:52 THIS IS DAVID TREXLER. 09:54 HE IS DEAF AND HE IS GIVING A TALK IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE THAT LOOKED LIKE AN AIRPLANE, 10:00 WHICH THEY USE AT THE SCHOOL THERE. 10:03 THEY USE SOME INDIAN SIGNS TOO BUT MOSTLY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 10:07 THIS IS MRS. TREXLER. 10:09 NOW HERE IF YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY THERE IS WHAT I WOULD CALL A HOLY CACOPHONY 10:18 BECAUSE THEY ARE PRAISING THE LORD. 10:23 THIS LITTLE GIRL IS DOING ACTING OUT OF A SONG AND THEY DID A NUMBER OF THESE LITTLE 10:30 DRAMATIZED SONGS OR A DRAMA GIVING A BIBLE STORY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE 10:38 DEAF PEOPLE. 10:40 THIS IS AT THE DEAF SCHOOL. 10:43 HERE THEY ARE OUTSIDE DOING A DRAMA SABBATH AFTERNOON. 10:48 THEY ARE ILLUSTRATING LOVE AND THE CROSS. 10:49 I THOUGHT THIS WAS SO CUTE. 10:53 HOW CUTE IS THAT. 10:56 THIS IS THE NATIVITY SCENE, MARY AND JOSEPH. 11:01 NOW HERE THEY ARE JUMPING A ROPE. 11:03 HERE THEY ARE AT A BAPTISM OF THE FIRST YOUNG LADY TO EVER HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED AS A 11:12 CHRISTIAN FROM THIS SCHOOL AND FRED HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BAPTIZING HER. 11:16 OH. 11:18 SHE ATTENDED FOR FOUR YEARS AFTER LEAVING THE SCHOOL AND SETTING UP A LITTLE BUSINESS 11:23 FOR TAILORING THAT SHE HAD LEARNED AT SCHOOL IN THE TOWN NEXT DOOR. 11:27 PRAISE THE LORD, LOOK AT THAT. 11:29 AT KOLLEGAL. 11:31 SO THAT IS THE END OF THE VIDEO. 11:34 SO IS THIS PRAISE THE LORD! 11:35 PRAISE THE LORD! 11:37 I LIKE THAT. 11:40 WELL HOW INTERESTING AND TO SEE, I HAVE BEEN IN ASIA WHERE YOU HAVE TO TRANSLATE 11:46 SOMETIMES THE SOUNDS VERBALLY BUT TO SEE IT WITH THE SIGN LANGUAGE WITH ONE LANGUAGE TO 11:52 THE NEXT HOW FANTASTIC! 11:53 HOW FANTASTIC! 11:55 SO TELL ME DO THE CHILDREN LIVE AT THE SCHOOL OR IS IT A DAY SCHOOL OR IS IT A BOARDING 12:00 SCHOOL? 12:01 IT IS A BOARDING DORMITORY SITUATION. 12:03 - BOYS AND GIRLS DORMITORY. 12:05 SOME OF THEM DON'T GET HOME AT CHRISTMAS AND A FEW OF THEM MAY EVEN STAY AT THE SCHOOL 12:11 DURING THE SUMMER BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON IT IS BETTER FOR THEM AT THE SCHOOL THAN AT 12:18 HOME. 12:19 INTERESTING. 12:20 NINETY SEVEN. 12:21 WOW. 12:22 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT. 12:23 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" AND THEN WE 12:26 WILL COME BACK AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORK WITH THE DEAF MINISTRY IN INDIA. 12:31 [VIDEO PLAYING]. 12:32 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE QUESTION. 12:36 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:42 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, WHAT IS 12:48 JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:50 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN 12:55 ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN SHALL THE END COME. 13:03 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER OVER THE PAST TWENTY 13:08 YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 PLUS COUNTRIES. 13:15 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 13:18 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 13:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN THE 13:26 10/40WINDOW. 13:28 NOW, WHAT EXACLTY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 13:31 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 13:36 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 13:37 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 13:41 NINETY SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF 13:45 JESUS LIVE HERE. 13:47 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 13:51 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS IN NEW 13:57 TERRITORIES SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 14:00 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTRACH ENTERS A NEW VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 14:05 IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT 14:11 THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 14:12 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO MEET 14:18 JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 14:20 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 14:21 BIBLE WORKERS RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY 14:26 SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 14:30 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH 14:35 THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE REACHED AND THAT IS WHY IT 14:40 IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 14:44 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 14:48 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 14:54 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 14:59 THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 15:03 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 15:06 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" BY TELLING YOUR 15:10 FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE 15:15 WORKER. 15:16 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 15:20 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS IS 15:24 WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 15:29 [VIDEO END]. 15:31 WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL GET EXCITED ABOUT "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" LIKE WE ARE HERE AT 15:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:37 IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPONSOR AND ADOPT A WORKER. 15:40 JOHN AND FRED, YOU HAVE SOME ADOPT A WORKERS WITH THE DEAF MINISTRY IN INDIA. 15:43 ACTUALLY IT IS NOT INDIA, IT'S KENYA WE HAVE A WORKER THERE, HENRY. 15:51 WE HAVE A WORKER IN GHANA AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SHORTLY STARTING A WORKER IN SOUTH 15:58 SUDAN IN THE CAPITAL JUBA. 16:01 THESE ARE ALL ADOPT A WORKERS. 16:03 WONDERFUL BUT I DO THINK YOU NEED ONE IN INDIA TOO SO I'LL ENCOURAGE THE VIEWERS TO HELP 16:07 OUT WITH THAT, DON'T' YOU THINK? 16:09 YES. 16:10 SO TELL ME BRIEFLY WHAT YOU ARE WEARING, JOHN. 16:12 THIS QUITE THE -WELL, IT IS QUITE BRIGHT. 16:15 IT IS BEAUTIFUL. 16:17 VERY OFTEN WHEN YOU COME TO A SITUATION THEY GIVE YOU FLOWERS AND THE PROBLEM WITH 16:23 FLOWERS IS IF YOU HAVE A WHITE SHIRT IT TENDS TO STAIN IT. 16:26 SO IT WAS RATHER NICE TO GET THIS WHICH KEEPS AND I CAN WEAR IT HERE AND IT WAS A 16:32 WELCOME TO WHERE THE CHURCH WAS BEING BUILT ACTUALLY. 16:36 I LIKE IT AND I LIKE THE HEARTS. 16:38 IT IS VERY NICE. 16:40 WELL GOOD. 16:41 WELL THANK YOU. 16:42 FRED, YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHARE WITH US SO WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT THOSE. 16:47 YES THIS PICTURE IS OF THE TEAM: FRANCES TREXLER, DAVID, MYSELF, LARRY EVANS AND JOHN 16:55 BLAKE. 16:55 THE LORD USED EACH ONE OF US ON THIS TRIP. 16:59 THIS IS DR. WILSON. 17:02 HE IS THE DIVISION DEPARTMENT MAN WHO HAS COMMITTED HIS LIFE TO THE WORKERS FOR THE DEAF 17:10 AND WE JUST ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HIM. 17:13 THIS IS THE UNION MAN NAVAROD JACOB AND HE TOOK ME TO THE HOMES OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:26 WORKERS AND BETWEEN THE FOUR OF US WE WERE ABLE TO INTERVIEW ALL OF THESE GOSPEL 17:32 OUTREACH WORKERS WHICH WAS A REAL PRIVILEGE FOR ME. 17:36 AT OUR TRAINING SESSION, OF COURSE OUR PRAYER BANDS ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE 17:41 PROGRAM. 17:43 WE HAD A THREE DAY, FOUR DAY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ABOUT 20 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT 17:49 ARE DEAF. 17:51 DAVID TREXLER IS BAPTIZING A GENTLEMAN AT THE ASIAN AID BLIND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND 18:00 THIS IS OUR GROUP WHEN WE HAD THE TRAINING PROGRAM. 18:04 AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE ABOUT 20 WORKERS THERE WHICH WAS HELD AT THE BLIND SCHOOL. 18:13 EARLIER YOU SAW A VIDEO OF THIS CHURCH AND THE UPPER FLOOR IS FOR THE DEAF PEOPLE 18:19 WHICH WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR. 18:21 WE ARE IN THE DIVISION THERE ELDER JOHN AND THE REST OF US WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT 18:31 HOW WE COULD EXPAND THE WORK FOR THE DEAF IN INDIA. 18:34 WE GREATLY NEED MORE WORKERS IN THE CITY. 18:40 WE HAVE A LOT OF WORKERS IN OUTLYING AREAS AND HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE AND I BELIEVE WILL 18:46 BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE CITIES FROM HIS SUPPORT. 18:51 WHEN WE SAY DIVISION THAT IS THE DIVISION OFFICES OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 18:56 CHRISTIAN CHURCH LOCATED IN THAT AREA IN HOSUR AND THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE TALKING 19:02 ABOUT IS CHENNAI, A LARGE CITY OF OVER 100,000 DEAF PEOPLE. 19:07 SO WE DESPERATELY NEED AT LEAST TWO WORKERS TO BEGIN WITH AND ELDER JOHN, HE SAID I 19:14 AM GOING TO HELP YOU WITH THOSE. 19:17 GREAT. 19:18 THIS IS THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 19:20 IT IS RUN BY ASIAN AID AND IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING TIMES FOR ME TO GO 19:27 BECAUSE SOME YEARS AGO A YOUNG LADY CAME AND SUGGESTED TO THEM, WHY DON'T YOU LEARN 19:33 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE? 19:35 SO WHEN I COME THERE I CAN TALK TO THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY KNOW A LOT OF AMERICAN 19:39 SIGN LANGUAGE. 19:41 BUT IT IS A PRECIOUS SCHOOL AND DR. WILSON WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER SCHOOL STARTED 19:47 FARTHER NORTH BECAUSE MANY OF THESE CHILDREN ARE NOT WANTED BY THEIR PARENTS DUE TO THEIR 19:53 HANDICAP AND THIS IS SUCH A PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH THESE DEAF 19:59 CHILDREN. 20:00 OH BUT IT IS NOT A HANDICAP, FRED. 20:01 NO, NO BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY CALL IT. 20:04 IT IS ALL TRUE. 20:05 TERMINOLOGY. 20:06 THERE THE DEAF STUDENTS ARE SITTING ON THE PORCH AND THEY LOVE TO SING. 20:12 IT IS PART OF THEIR CULTURE AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED BECAUSE OVER HERE IN THE STATES, DEAF 20:18 PEOPLE SAY WELL WE ARE DEAF WE DON'T SING AS MUCH BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO AFFECT THEM. 20:23 GOOD. 20:24 I LIKE IT. 20:25 MAYBE I CAN INTERJECT SOMETHING HERE. 20:28 IN THE VIDEO I HOPE THEY WERE ABLE TO HEAR, I CALL IT THE HOLY CACOPHONY, BECAUSE IT 20:35 SOUNDED TO OUR HEARING EARS TERRIBLE BUT THEY SOME OF THE CHILDREN WERE TRYING TO SING 20:42 AND SIGN AT THE SAME TIME BUT OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T PROPERLY HEAR THEMSELVES BUT 20:47 GOD HEARD IT. 20:48 ABSOLUTELY. 20:49 THAT'S WHY I CALLED IT HOLY CACOPHONY. 20:50 EVERY NOTE. 20:52 AT THIS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF WE HAD SEVERAL PRESENTORS. 21:00 THE PRINCIPAL SAID WHY JUST GO TO IT AND GIVE THE CHILDREN ALL THAT THEY WANTED. 21:05 BUT WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THEM. 21:07 THEIR CHARACTER, THEIR DEVOTION THEY REPEAT ON SABBATH THE LORDS PRAYER, THE 21:15 BEATITUDES AND PSALM 23. 21:19 IN SIGN LANGUAGE? 21:20 IN SIGN LANGUAGE, YES. 21:23 THERE IS JOHN BLAKE. 21:25 HE WAS WITH US THERE THIS LAST TIME. 21:29 OF COURSE, MY HIGHLIGHT WAS THE PRIVILEGE OF BAPTIZING THIS YOUNG LADY. 21:34 SHE IS 26 I UNDERSTAND NOW OR 24 OR 26 ANYWAY, SHE HAD BEEN AT THAT SCHOOL ALL HER LIFE. 21:41 THEY TRAINED HER TO SEW SO WHEN SHE GRADUATED SHE MOVED INTO A NEARBY VILLAGE AND THEY 21:49 TELL ME THAT SINCE SHE GRADUATED TILL THE TIME SHE WAS BAPTIZED SHE HAD NEVER 21:56 MISSED ONE SABBATH ALL THOSE YEARS. 21:57 SO WE WERE JUST THRILLED TO SEE THE FRUIT. 22:00 SOMETHING THAT WAS STARTED A LONG TIME AGO AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL DO THE SAME FOR 22:10 US. 22:11 ABSOLUTELY. 22:12 THE SEED THAT IS BEING SOWN IN THESE YOUNG PEOPLES LIVES BECAUSE IT MAY BE DIFFICULT 22:19 FOR THEM TO OUTWARDLY CHANGE TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN WHILE THEY ARE AT THE SCHOOL SEEDS 22:26 ARE BEING SOWN IN THEIR PRECIOUS HEARTS. 22:28 OH ABSOLUTELY. 22:30 IN FACT THE ATMOSPHERE AT THE SCHOOL THERE WAS SO LOVELY I MADE THE STATEMENT TO SOMEBODY 22:34 THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LIKE HEAVEN AT THE SCHOOL. 22:38 THE STUDENTS WERE SUCH A LOVELY SPIRIT AND SO COOPERATIVE AND SO FRIENDLY WE 22:45 FELL IN LOVE WITH THEM. 22:47 ABSOLUTELY. 22:48 OH ABSOLUTELY. 22:50 SO TELL ME DO THESE STUDENTS AND THE DEAF PEOPLE THAT YOU ENCOUNTER ON YOUR TRIPS OVER 22:56 THERE, DO THEY UNDERSTAND THE HOPE THAT THEY HAVE IN JESUS CHRIST THAT THEY WILL HEALED 23:02 OF THIS TEMPORARY SITUATION OF THEM. 23:05 DO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT? 23:06 IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM? 23:10 THEY LOOK FORWARD TO IT SO MUCH. 23:12 ONE STUDENT SAID OH I WANT TO SIT ON THE FRONT ROW OF HEAVEN'S CHOIR TO SING. 23:20 I LIKE IT. 23:22 BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU READ IN THE BIBLE OF SO MANY OF THE HEALINGS AND FOR PEOPLE WHO 23:27 OUTWARDLY MIGHT NOT HAVE SOMETHING PHYSICAL THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT SOMEONE 23:32 WHO DOES HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU KNOW THE LUKE 6'S OF THE BIBLE WHERE JESUS HEALED, 23:38 THAT IS SO POWERFUL AND THERE IS SUCH HOPE AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE I 23:44 THINK IS JUST HUGE. 23:46 IN THE MEANTIME, THE CHALLENGE IS THAT THERE ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PROBABLY ONE AND TWO 23:51 HUNDRED MILLION DEAF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND AS A CHURCH WE HAVE DONE VERY, VERY 23:57 LITTLE FOR THE DEAF. 23:59 USUALLY THE DEAF HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN THE CRACKS. 24:04 IT'S NOT THAT OUR LEADERS ARE HARD HEARTED IT'S THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SPECIAL 24:10 NEEDS OF DEAF PEOPLE AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WORK FOR THE DEAF IN THE CHURCH, THEY 24:16 PROBABLY WON'T COME AND IF THERE ARE NO DEAF IN THE CHURCH, YES, THE CHURCH 24:23 DOESN'T FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO PREPARE. 24:26 SO IT IS KIND OF A NEVER ENDING CIRCLE AND THE RESULT IS VERY SELDOM DO WE HAVE 24:31 ANYTHING FOR DEAF PEOPLE. 24:33 SURE. 24:34 SO FRED THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE ALL NEED TO BE WORKING ON. 24:38 FRED, WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO BE A WESTERNER AND TO BE ABLE THEN TO COMMUNICATE WITH 24:44 SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 24:47 ARE THEY SURPRISED? 24:49 WELL THEY ASKED ME TO STAY ANOTHER WHOLE YEAR. 24:51 I SAID, OH I HAVE A FAMILY BUT WISH I COULD. 24:55 IT IS A SPECIAL SENSE OF BONDNESS THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE TWO OF US EVEN THOUGH I 25:02 STILL HAVE TO HAVE AN INTERPRETER FOR MOST OF THEM. 25:05 SURE BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU ARE KIND OF ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD THAT THEY 25:10 UNDERSTAND YOU. 25:12 SO WHAT IS IYOUR BIGGEST NEED RIGHT NOW FOR THE DEAF MINISTRY WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 25:18 WELL, WE ARE TRYING TO STRENGTHEN THE WORK IN INDIA. 25:20 WE HAVE RUN INTO SOME COMPLICATIONS THERE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH BUT 25:26 AS I LOOK AT THE WHOLE WORLD FIELD. 25:28 WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR DEAF WORK AND WE NEED THE CHURCH AS A WHOLE TO REALIZE THAT HERE 25:36 IS AGROUP THAT WE HAVE USUALLY MISSED AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PLACE A GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:43 WORKER BUT THE CHURCH NEEDS TO TAKE HOLD AND ASK WHAT CAN WE DO? 25:51 WE NEED MORE WORKERS DESPERATELY BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 33 AROUND THE WORLD 25:56 AND THE CHURCH HAS EMPLOYED VERY, VERY FEW OF THE WORKERS FOR THE DEAF AS PASTORS. 26:02 WELL, HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH THIS A WAY THAT YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH THE "ADOPT A 26:06 WORKER PROGRAM" AND I WOULD, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:10 WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT. 26:15 IF YOU WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF, PLEASE CALL US 26:30 AT 509-525-2951 AND WE HAVE A PHONE NUMBER IN CANADA 778-754-2079. 26:35 SO THOSE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US AND SUPPORT A GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:42 WORKER. 26:44 WELL FRED AND JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND I THINK WE NEED TO PRAISE THE 26:52 LORD TOGETHER. 26:53 PRAISE THE LORD AND BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL. 26:56 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE ON GOSPEL 27:03 OUTREACH. 27:05 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY AND PRAISE THE LORD. 27:10 PUT THOSE HANDS UP. 27:12 BLESSINGS TO YOU. 27:13 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:14 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:18 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:22 THOSE PEOPLE ARE 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,. 27:33 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:34 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:37 I GIVE UP. 27:38 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:41 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:43 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:51 WHERE? 27:52 ALL THE WORLD. 27:53 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:55 YOU CAN PRAY. 28:20 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:21 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:22 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:23 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT 28:27 YOU. 28:28 BE THE SPARK, LIGHT THE FIRE, FINISH THE WORK, FINISH THE WORK. |
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