Participants: Glen & Karen Wintermeyer
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000464
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00:04 THAT'S WHAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:08 WE ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING TODAY TO LEARN MORE 00:11 ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IN WEST AFRICA. 00:14 SO I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR PASSPORT AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR PLANE TICKET 00:18 BECAUSE WE ARE GOING FAST. 00:19 SO I WANT TO WELCOME GLEN AND KAREN WINTERMEYER HERE TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:24 THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. 00:26 YOU ARE WELCOME, GLAD TO BE HERE. 00:29 WELL, THIS IS EXCITING AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WEST AFRICA AND THAT'S THE REGION WHERE 00:34 YOU FOLKS ARE DIRECTORS ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:37 THAT'S CORRECT. 00:38 GOOD. 01:01 GLEN, TELL US WHAT COUNTRIES THAT YOU ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IN WEST AFRICA. 01:04 I OVERSEE THE WORK IN BERKINA FASO, THE GAMBIA, MALI, GUINEA AND LIBERIA. 01:10 WOW, KAREN THOSE ARE A LOT OF COUNTRIES AND YOU RECENTLY HAVE RETURNED FROM WORKING 01:17 WITH THE FOLKS OVER IN THOSE AREAS CORRECT? 01:19 YES, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. 01:21 GOOD. 01:22 SO WHAT'S IT LIKE? 01:23 WHAT WAS THE WEATHER LIKE KAREN WHEN YOU WERE THERE? 01:26 WELL, WE LEFT WINTER IN TENNESSEE AND SO WE THOUGHT WE'D BE MISSING WINTER. 01:32 WE DID AND IT WAS LOVELY, BUT THAT TIME OF YEAR IN AFRICA IS REALLY VERY NICE. 01:37 IT IS THE DRY SEASON AND THAT'S THE NICEST TIME TO GO. 01:40 IT WAS IN THE 80'S, LOWER 90'S. 01:43 O.K., SO NOT TOO HOT FOR US WESTERN FOLKS. 01:46 O.K. 01:47 , WELL GOOD, SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT 01:51 YOU MET WITH; ARE THEY WORKING IN VILLAGES GLEN? 01:55 WHERE ARE THEY WORKING? 01:56 THEY ARE WORKING PRINCIPALLY IN VILLAGES SOMETIMES IN THE BIGGER CITIES, BUT WE HAVE 55 02:02 OF THEM IN WEST AFRICA IN THE REGIONS THAT I SUPERVISE. 02:08 IT WAS NEAT MEETING WITH THEM. 02:10 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS THERE, THE MISSION PRESIDENT SAID, "GLEN, WE NEED 02:15 TO KNOW HOW TO EXPERIENCE JESUS IN OUR LIVES. 02:18 WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO BECOME LIKE JESUS, AND SO THEY ASKED ME TO PUT TOGETHER A COURSE ON 02:24 TEACHING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HOW TO BECOME LIKE JESUS. 02:29 SO WE DID THAT EXACT THING. 02:30 IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO GATHER THESE MEN AND TEACH THEM THROUGH BIBLE STORIES AND 02:38 PARABLES FROM THE LIFE OF JESUS AND STORIES THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE; HOW TO STUDY THEM 02:44 AND REALLY GET INTO THE WORD AND UNDERSTAND IT EFFECTIVELY. 02:48 BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE FIND JESUS IS IN THE BIBLE. 02:51 SO TELL ME, YOU WERE SPECIFICALLY IN WHICH COUNTRY? 02:54 WHERE YOU DID THIS COURSE? 02:56 WE DID IT IN ALL FIVE OF THE COUNTRIES THAT I JUST MENTIONED. 03:00 WE STARTED IN BURKINA FASO. 03:02 AND WHAT LANGUAGE DO THEY SPEAK THERE? 03:04 THEY SPEAK FRENCH, AND I DON'T. 03:07 AND SO WE HAD A TRANSLATOR, AND IN SOME CASES WE SPOKE: I SPOKE ENGLISH, THE TRANSLATOR 03:13 TRANSLATED INTO FRENCH, AND ANOTHER TRANSLATOR TRANSLATED IT INTO ONE OF THE TRIBAL 03:20 LANGUAGES- ONE OF THE AFRICAN LANGUAGES. 03:23 IT TOOK A LITTLE TIME KAREN? 03:25 YES. 03:26 IT WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. 03:30 SURE. 03:31 SO DO THEY HAVE A BIBLE IN THEIR LANGUAGE? 03:35 I MEAN IF THEY ARE SPEAKING FRENCH OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD, WOULD THEY HAVE A FRENCH BIBLE 03:38 OR ARE THERE CERTAIN THINGS, TERMINOLOGY THAT IS DIFFERENT FOR THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE 03:42 SPEAKING FRENCH? 03:44 WELL, THEY SPEAK FRENCH, READ FRENCH BUT THE INTERESTING PART, AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES 03:49 THE PROGRAM THAT WE TAUGHT; THE REALITY FOR THE GEOS OVER THERE IS THAT 40 PER CENT OF 03:57 WEST AFRICANS ARE ILLITERATE. 03:59 FORTY PERCENT? 04:00 WOW. 04:02 THAT'S A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE, SO YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE BIBLE STUDY SIMPLE- AND SO WE 04:07 CREATED A SYLLABUS, BIBLE STUDY MADE SIMPLE , IN WHICH WE WILL READ A BIBLE PASSAGE AND 04:16 ASK THEM JUST TO SIT BACK AND LISTEN TO THE STORY. 04:19 BECAUSE THAT IS IN SO MUCH OF THEIR CULTURE SO MUCH OF THEIR LEARNING IS THROUGH STORIES, 04:25 RIGHT KAREN? 04:26 SO THEN THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 04:28 YES. 04:29 SO O.K. 04:30 WHEN YOU SAY GEO WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? 04:33 GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST. 04:34 O-OH, I LIKE THAT. 04:35 WE JUST AFFECTIONATELY CALL THEM GEO'S. 04:37 GEOS, SO THIS IS GOOD. 04:39 THERE ARE 55 THAT YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH OVER THERE. 04:42 YES. 04:43 WELL PERFECT, SO YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES FOR US. 04:46 I DO. 04:47 LET'S TAKE A PEEK AND WE ARE GOING TO GOTO WEST AFRICA. 04:51 SO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? 04:52 HERE ARE SOME GUYS THEY ARE IN A SMALL GROUP AND THEY ARE STUDYING THE BIBLE. 04:57 ONE IS FACILITATING THE STUDY AND HE IS READING AND YOU CAN SEE THE GUY THERE ON THE RIGHT 05:05 HE IS MOVING HIS HANDS AROUND AS IF HE IS ACTIVELY TEACHING AND HE IS. 05:11 THESE ARE NOT STAGED PICTURES. 05:13 SURE. 05:15 AFTER WE READ THE BIBLE STORY THE FIRST TIME, THEN THE SECOND TIME WE READ IT, AND WE 05:24 INVITE THEM TO NOTE ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT IN THE BIBLE STORY. 05:28 WHAT DO YOU SEE? 05:30 WHAT STRIKES YOU AS BEING IMPORTANT? 05:33 SO TELL ME KAREN AND GLEN, THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELISTS, ARE THESE PEOPLE 05:38 WHO HAVE JUST COME TO KNOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST? 05:42 ARE THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CHRISTIANS FOR SEVERAL YEARS? 05:46 THEY ARE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH MEMBERS JUST LIKE WE ARE, LAY PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH 05:53 AND THEY LOVE THE LORD AND WANT TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 05:56 SO THEY HAVE LEARNED TO SHARE THE GOSPEL BUT TO SHARE IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE WHO CAN'T READ 06:04 CAN LEARN TO DO IT ALSO. 06:06 AND TO SHARE THE GOSPEL IS THE PURPOSE WE WANTED TO TEACH THEM THE SIMPLE WAY TO DO THE 06:12 BIBLE STUDY. 06:13 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 06:14 O.K. 06:15 LET'S GO BACK. 06:16 THEY LIKE TO HAVE DIPLOMAS, AND HERE THE GUYS ARE WITH THEIR WIVES THAT THEY ARE 06:21 SHOWING THEIR DIPLOMAS TO. 06:23 THIS IS THE GROUP THAT WE TRAINED IN BURKINA FASO. 06:27 NOW IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE IN A STADIUM, ARE YOU IN A FOOTBALL STADIUM? 06:30 OH YES WE FILLED THE WHOLE THING, NO NOT REALLY. 06:34 WE RENTED A ROOM THERE BECAUSE WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE BY THE TIME WE HAD THE MISSION 06:40 WORKERS AND THE MISSION PASTORS AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WIVES AND 06:45 WORKERS THEMSELVES. 06:47 SO WE HAD A GROUP OF ABOUT 30 OR 40 PEOPLE. 06:50 NICE. 06:52 THE MISSION PRESIDENT MADE CERTIFICATES FOR ALL OF THE WORKERS. 06:58 FANTASTIC. 06:59 IT WAS A NEAT, NEAT EXPERIENCE. 07:02 HERE WE ARE IN ANOTHER SETTING AND ANOTHER COUNTRY. 07:05 THIS HAPPENS TO BE IN GAMBIA WHERE I AM TEACHING THE TEN BIBLE WORKERS THAT THEY HAVE 07:13 THER, HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE IN A SIMPLE WAY. 07:16 IT WAS ALL COUCHED IN THE TOPIC OF BECOMING LIKE JESUS. 07:20 PERFECT, NOW ARE YOU IN A CLASSROOM? 07:22 ARE YOU IN A CHURCH? 07:24 IS THIS A SANCTUARY? 07:25 THIS IS A CHURCH SANCTUARY THERE AT THE MISSION CHURCH IN THE GAMBIA. 07:32 ANOTHER PICTURE HERE IS AGAIN WE INVITED, WELL TRUTHFULLY, WE REQUIRED ALL THE 07:41 EVANGELISTS TO LEAD A BIBLE STUDY, OK. 07:43 AS A PART OF THEIR PRACTICUM. 07:44 SURE. 07:46 SO THEY HAD TO PREPARE OVERNIGHT. 07:49 WE ASSIGNED THE TOPIC OR THEY WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE A TOPIC A BIBLE STORY OR A PARABLE AND 07:55 THEN THEY WERE TEACHING THAT JUST LIKE I SHARED. 07:58 THEY READ THE PASSAGE ONCE, READ IT A SECOND TIME, THE THIRD TIME THEY SAY, "YOU 08:02 KNOW, WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT JESUS? 08:03 WHAT DOES THIS STORY TELL US ABOUT ZACCHEUS? 08:07 WHAT DOES THIS STORY TELL US ABOUT THE DISCIPLES?" 08:10 YOU GET LOTS OF INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO REALIZE, HEY I 08:16 CAN PARTICIPATE, I CAN SHARE, I CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT I'M THINKING. 08:21 SURE. 08:23 THEN THE FOURTH STAGE IS WHERE IT REALLY GETS POWERFUL AND WE READ THE BIBLE TEXT AGAIN NOW, 08:27 FOUR TIMES WE HAVE READ IT AND IN THIS FOURTH PASS WE ASK THEM, "HOW IS THE HOLY SPIRIT 08:36 SPEAKING TO YOU? 08:38 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED TODAY? 08:42 AND SHARE IT." 08:43 AND YOU KNOW WHAT KAREN AND GLEN, WE SHOULD ALL BE DOING THIS. 08:46 WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST BE THE FOLKS OUT IN GAMBIA, WE NEED TO BE DOING THIS AT HOME TOO, 08:50 DON'T WE? 08:51 ABSOLUTELY. 08:53 I ALWAYS THOUGHT I NEVER COULD GIVE A BIBLE STUDY BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD TO HAVE THE 08:56 BIBLE MEMORIZED FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END BUT A SIMPLE STORY AND ASKING A FEW 09:03 SIMPLE QUESTIONS AND LETTING THE PEOPLE IN THE GROUP, LET THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAK TO THEM 09:10 AND THEY SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS. 09:11 WE ALL LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. 09:13 IT IS GREAT. 09:14 THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKS. 09:15 ABSOLUTELY, PRAISE THE LORD! 09:17 WE HAD THE LADIES LEARNING HOW TO GIVE BIBLE STUDIES. 09:20 I LOVE HER OUTFIT, I LOVE RED AND LOOK AT HER GREAT HAT. 09:25 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEAR ONE LIKE THAT? 09:28 I THINK I MIGHT LIKE THAT? 09:30 YOU'D LOOK PRETTY COOL. 09:31 I THINK I'D LIKE THAT. 09:33 WELL THIS IS GREAT SO THE LADIES ARE ALSO JOINING. 09:36 NOW IS THIS ONE OF THE WIVES? 09:39 THIS HAPPENS TO BE A WORKER. 09:41 OH SHE IS? 09:42 O.K. 09:43 IN THE MISSION OFFICE AND SHE PARTICIPATED BUT AGAIN EVERYBODY MAN OR WOMAN, 09:47 LITERATE OR ILLITERATE, WE ASK THEM TO LEAD A BIBLE STUDY AS A PART OF THE TRAINING. 09:52 WONDERFUL! 09:54 SO EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TRAINING. 09:57 SHE IS ACTUALLY A CHURCH MEMBER HERE IN THIS CHURCH AND SHE WANTED TO JOIN US SO WE 10:01 WELCOMED HER. 10:02 ABSOLUTELY, GOD BLESS HER. 10:04 HERE IS ANOTHER SETTING THIS HAPPENS TO BE IN GUINEA, CONAKRY, GUINEA AND THIS 10:10 HAPPENS TO BE A HUSBAND AND WIFE. 10:12 I'M NOT SURE WHO IS LEADING AND WHO IS PARTICIPATING BUT AGAIN EVERYBODY HAD THE 10:20 RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD A BIBLE STUDY. 10:24 IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO WATCH THEM. 10:27 THIS HERE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER OBVIOUSLY HE'S GOT A POINT TO BE MADE. 10:34 YES. 10:35 IT WAS SO FUN TO WATCH THEM JUST REALLY GETTING INTO THIS BIBLE STUDY MADE SIMPLE. 10:40 BUT ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH THOUGH FOR ALL OF US? 10:42 I MEAN, LIKE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING KAREN, YOU KNOW WE MIGHT NOT ALL HAVE A DEGREE IN 10:46 GREEK OR HEBREW OR WHATEVER BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN, IF WE ARE LITERATE, WE CAN READ THE 10:51 BIBLE AND IF WE AREN'T WE CAN HEAR THE STORIES AND HAVE SOMEONE READ TO US AND WHAT A 10:57 GREAT EXAMPLE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SHARING. 10:58 LOOK AT THIS PICTURE HERE. 10:59 WOO, SHE IS GETTING INTO IT. 11:00 YES SHE IS GETTING INTO IT DO YOU SEE ANY NOTES? 11:02 NO. 11:03 DO YOU SEE A BIBLE? 11:04 NO. 11:05 THAT'S BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T DO HER ANY GOOD IF SHE HAD IT. 11:07 OH SO SHE CANNOT READ? 11:10 THIS IS ONE OF THE WIVES AND SHE CAN DO IT. 11:13 SO YOU ARE SITTING OUTSIDE? 11:15 IS THIS OUTSIDE THE CHURCH THEN? 11:16 YES, ON THE PORCH OF THE CHURCH. 11:20 WELL AND WE WERE LEARNING ABOUT THE DEAF MINISTRY THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 11:25 PUTTING YOUR HANDS UP LIKE SHE HAS THEM AND SHAKING THEM MEANS PRAISE THE LORD, SO SEE. 11:29 YES, SHE IS PRAISING THE LORD. 11:31 I CERTAINLY LIKE THAT. 11:34 IT IS INCREDIBLE THOSE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT READ HAVE A TREMENDOUS ABILITY TO 11:38 MEMORIZE. 11:40 SO WHEN THEY HEAR A STORY SEVERAL TIMES AND A FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS, THEY'VE GOT IT AND 11:46 THEY CAN SHARE IT WITH ANYBODY. 11:47 SURE. 11:48 WELL, AND VIEWERS, AS YOU ARE WATCHING THESE PICTURES AND YOU ARE HEARING GLEN AND KAREN 11:53 TALK ABOUT THEIR TRIP, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU BECAUSE IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR DONATIONS TO 11:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT WE ARE ABLE THEN TO FORWARD THAT MONEY ON AND HIRE THE GOSPEL 12:04 OUTREACH WORKERS THROUGH THE LOCAL CONFERENCES AND MISSIONS AND WE ASK YOU, IF YOU ARE 12:09 BEING ENCOURAGED, AND IF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO GIVE 12:16 TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. 12:19 WE WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME EASY WAYS FOR YOU TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US. 12:25 OUR WEBSITE IS GREAT. 12:26 YOU CAN GO TO GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE. 12:30 YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT "ADOPT A WORKER". 12:33 IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE YOU CAN ADOPT A WORKER AND 12:39 FIND OUT WHAT THAT PERSON IS DOING IN THEIR PARTICULAR AREA AND HOW THEY ARE SPREADING THE 12:45 LOVE OF THE LORD. 12:46 YOU CAN ALSO SEND A CHECK TO US TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, P.O. 12:50 BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WA 99324. 12:52 IF YOU DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU. 12:57 A VOLUNTEER WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 13:02 OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 509-525-2951 AND WE HAVE A CANADIAN PHONE NUMBER AS WELL. 13:07 OUR PHONE NUMBER IN CANADA IS 778-754-2079 AND OUR ADDRESS IN CANADA IS GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:12 CANADA, P.O. 13:13 BOX 32035, WEST KELOWNA, B.C. 13:14 V4T3G2 AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER. 13:18 IT IS FREE. 13:19 WE ARE HAPPY TO SEND IT TO YOU AND IT WILL HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 13:24 FROM ALL THROUGH THE 10/40 WINDOW, WHICH GOES FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY TO JAPAN 13:30 AND IT IS THE MOST HEAVILY POPULATED AREA OF THE WORLD. 13:34 IT IS WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THE LOVE OF THE LORD. 13:38 SO, WE THANK YOU AND WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR YOUR GIFTS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:43 SO KAREN AND GLEN, HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FOLKS IN YOUR AREA OF WEST AFRICA. 13:49 SO YOU HAVE SOME MORE PICTURES GLEN. 13:51 I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO SHARE. 13:55 PLEASE, PLEASE. 13:56 IT WAS TRANSFORMING TO ME PERSONALLY, WE WERE OUT IN THE FOREST 600 MILES AWAY FROM THE 14:01 CAPITAL CITY IN GUINEA. 14:03 WE TRAVELED ROADS THAT DEFY DESCRIPTION. 14:06 HUGE POTHOLES, YOU COULD BURY YOUR CAR IN SOME OF THE POT HOLES, LITERALLY. 14:11 I LIKE THAT. 14:12 IT WAS QUITE A RIDE. 14:13 SIX HUNDRED MILES OF THIS ONE DIRECTION AND THEN GUESS WHAT? 14:14 WE HAD TO GO BACK. 14:15 SO HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO GO THE 600 MILES? 14:20 OH ABOUT 14-15 HOURS. 14:22 WOW. 14:23 DID YOU BREAK DOWN AT ALL KAREN? 14:25 NO. 14:26 PRAISE THE LORD! 14:28 WE HAD TO STAY OVERNIGHT. 14:29 IT TOOK US TWO DAYS TO GET THERE AND WHEN WE CAME BACK THERE WAS NEWS THAT THERE 14:37 WOULD PROBABLY BE A STRIKE IN THE CAPITAL CITY SO WE WANTED TO GET BACK AS SOON AS WE 14:42 COULD SO WE JUST DROVE STRAIGHT THROUGH -18 HOURS. 14:45 WOW, WHY WERE YOU GOING TO THE END OF THE ROAD? 14:48 WHO WAS AT THE END OF THE ROAD? 14:49 WAS THERE A CHURCH? 14:50 CHURCH MEMBERS? 14:51 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 14:53 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, THE BIGGEST AMOUNT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE 14:55 COUNTRY THERE. 14:56 HOW MANY? 14:57 I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT TEN THERE. 15:00 WE DID ALL OF THE TEACHING THERE. 15:01 WE WENT TO THEM RATHER THAN BRINGING THEM IN TO CONAKRY. 15:04 WE WENT OUT TO WHERE THEY WERE, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE DOING CHURCH 15:09 PLANTING. 15:10 SURE. 15:11 WE SAW SOME OF THOSE SITES. 15:12 WE WANTED THEIR WIVES TO PARTICIPATE AND LEARN HOW TO DO THIS TOO. 15:15 SURE ABSOLUTELY, SO TELL ME ABOUT THAT AREA THERE KAREN. 15:18 IS IT, ARE THERE VILLAGES? 15:20 IS THAT A VILLAGE? 15:21 IS THAT A CITY? 15:22 A TOWN? 15:24 WHERE WE ENDED UP DOING THE TRAINING WAS A FAIRLY LARGE CITY. 15:29 I WOULD SAY TOWN, NOT LARGE LIKE WE THINK OF HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, SURE. 15:35 BUT YOU GO OUT A MILE OR TWO FROM THERE, AND THERE ARE LITTLE MUD HUTS THAT ARE MADE 15:41 WITH MUD BRICK. 15:42 HOUSES AND ACTUALLY WE SAW A GEO, GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE HE WORKS AND THE PEOPLE WERE 15:50 MAKING THE MUD BRICKS THEMSELVES. 15:52 MEN AND WOMEN WERE WORKING TOGETHER, STOMPING IN THE MUD, MIXING IT WITH THEIR FEET, 15:59 HAVING A PARTY, TAKING IT AND PUTTING IT IN THESE WOOD FORMS. 16:04 HAPPY AS COULD BE. 16:06 ONE LADY HAD A LITTLE POT WITH SOME STICKS BURNING UNDER IT AND SHE WAS COOKING RICE TO 16:10 FEED EVERYBODY WHEN THEY WERE DONE. 16:12 THE SUN HEATS THE BRICKS OR WOULD THEY ACTUALLY PUT THEM IN A FIRE? 16:17 OH NO, THE SUN DRIES THEM. 16:19 THEY MAKE THIS MOLD AND, AS SOON AS THEY HAVE THE MUD PACKED IN AND PACKED TIGHTLY, 16:24 THEY PULL THE MOLD OFF AND MAKE THE NEXT BRICK. 16:28 SO I BET WHEN YOU GOT HOME AND YOU GOT ON A FREEWAY HERE IN AMERICA, THAT IT HAD A WHOLE 16:34 NEW CONCEPT FOR YOU BOTH. 16:36 YES WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT EVERY POT HOLE WE'D SEEN WHICH MAYBE WAS ABOUT THAT DEEP. 16:40 HOW WE COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT HERE IN THE STATES. 16:43 KIND OF PUTS A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS DOESN'T IT? 16:46 YES. 16:47 I HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE I WANT TO SHARE HERE WITH YOU. 16:50 OH IT'S AMOVIE. 16:51 YES, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE VOLUME ON THE THING THERE. 16:59 THIS IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE LOOK AT THE HAPPY FACES. 17:06 THIS IS CHURCH SERVICE. 17:09 DO THEY LOOK HAPPY? 17:12 IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER. 17:15 IT WAS SO NEAT WATCHING THEIR FACES AND ALL OF THEIR HAND MOVEMENTS. 17:24 THEY LOOK JUST SO JOYFUL AS THEY WERE SINGING. 17:29 IT WAS IN THEIR HEART AND, ACTUALLY THIS WOMAN IN THIS PICTURE THAT WE JUST SAW, I 17:34 HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. 17:36 WE TAUGHT A STORY OF ZACCHEUS, I HAVE NEVER TAUGHT A BIBLE STORY ABOUT ZACCHEUS BEFORE IN 17:41 MY LIFE, NEVER DONE AN INDUCTIVE BIBLE STUDY ON ZACCHEUS BUT WE WERE CALLED 17:46 UPON AT THE SPUR OF A MOMENT AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, I BELIEVE, LED US TO THAT. 17:50 BUT WE ASKED ON THE THIRD PASS THROUGH, "WHAT DOES THIS PASSAGE SAY ABOUT THE CROWD?" 17:56 AND THE CROWD YOU MEAN WHO WAS THERE LOOKING UP AT ZACCHEUS? 18:00 YES. 18:02 YOU GET THAT THE CROWD TRIED TO KEEP ZACCHEUS AWAY FROM JESUS AND THEN LASTLY, THE 18:11 CROWD ALL GRUMBLED OR COMPLAINED BECAUSE JESUS WAS GOING HOME WITH THE SINNER. 18:19 AND SO I SAID, "WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?" 18:22 KAREN, JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT MOMENT. 18:25 WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CROWD KEEPING ZACCHEUS AWAY FROM JESUS, "DO WE EVER DO 18:30 THAT? 18:31 DO WE EVER DO THINGS TO KEEP THE PEOPLE AWAY FROM JESUS?" 18:35 THEY SAID, "YES." 18:36 WE SAID, " DO WE EVER DO THINGS TO BE JUDGMENTAL AND CONDEMNING LIKE THE CROWD WAS 18:45 ABOUT ZACCHEUS? 18:46 DO WE EVER THINK THAT SOMEBODY IS SUCH A GREAT SINNER THAT THEY ARE BEYOND BEING SAVED?" 18:51 HE JUST WAITED AND THE CROWD STARTED, THE CONGREGATION STARTED SAYING, "YES, YES, 18:59 YES." 19:00 IT WAS JUST LIKE A WAVE IN THE CHURCH. 19:03 THEN THE LADY IN THE FRONT THAT WAS SINGING AND DOING LIKE THIS, SHE SAID "YOU KNOW, 19:09 WE AS A CHURCH NEED TO ASK GOD TO FORGIVE US FOR DOING THIS." 19:15 SO WE JUST BROKE INTO GROUPS OF TWO OR THREE, WHOEVER WAS CLOSE TO YOU, AND WE PRAYED 19:21 AND ASKED GOD TO FORGIVE US FOR DOING THAT. 19:23 HOW POWERFUL. 19:25 IT WAS VERY MOVING. 19:27 THAT IS HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKS. 19:30 ALL FROM ONE STORY OF ONE LIFE. 19:33 SO THE SIMPLE BIBLE STUDY METHOD WORKS NOT JUST FOR A SMALL GROUP. 19:38 HE WAS DOING THIS TEACHING IN A CHURCH. 19:41 PRAISE THE LORD! 19:43 BUT YOU ARE RIGHT THOUGH GLEN, THE JOY, THE JOY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS IS WHAT AS I SIT HERE 19:49 AND LOOK AT THESE PICTURES FROM THIS 10/40 WINDOW, YOU KNOW GOING FROM INDIA, AFRICA 19:54 AND ALL OVER IT IS THE JOY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE JESUS CHRIST AND FOR 20:09 THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN CHRISTIANS ALL OF OUR LIVES AND WHO HAVE GROWN UP AS 20:12 CHRISTIANS AND HAD THAT HERITAGE FROM OUR FAMILIES, WE NEED TO HAVE THE JOY, THE SAME 20:15 JOY, BIGGER JOY AS WE ALL ARE SO EXCITED THAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR US AND IS 20:19 COMING BACK AGAIN. 20:20 AMEN. 20:21 TO SEE THOSE PEOPLE SO EXCITED IN THE CHURCH, IT IS AWESOME. 20:22 THEY THOUGHT THAT ZACCHEUS, I MEAN, THEY HAD WRITTEN HIM OFF AND THEY WERE PLAIN MAD LET'S 20:26 PUT IT IN GOOD ENGLISH, THEY WERE JUST PLAIN MAD. 20:28 SURE, WHO IS THIS GUY? 20:30 YES, HE IS GOING TO HIS HOUSE AND THEY COULD NOT TOLERATE THE IDEA, THEY COULD NOT 20:35 COMPREHEND THAT JESUS WOULD GO TO EAT WITH SOMEBODY THAT THEY HAD WRITTEN OFF. 20:42 AND JESUS SAID, "TODAY SALVATION HAS COME TO YOUR HOUSE." 20:48 HE SAID, "AND HE IS THE SON OF ABRAHAM," HE SAID. 20:53 IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE PLANK IN MY EYE AND THE SPECK IN SOMEONE ELSE'S EYE. 20:57 IT REALLY DOES, IT PUTS IT IN A WHOLE NEW PERSCPECTIVE. 20:59 YES. 21:00 WELL HOW FANTASTIC! 21:01 SO YOU HAVE A COUPLE MORE PICTURES? 21:02 ONE MORE. 21:03 ALRIGHT. 21:05 THE LADY IN PINK RIGHT HERE, AS I HAD GONE THROUGH AFRICA I WANTED TO TEST RUN THIS BIBLE 21:13 STUDY MADE SIMPLE . 21:14 I WANTED TO SEE IF IT REALLY WORKED FOR SIMPLE PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT READ AND WRITE. 21:20 SO FINALLY, I CRANKED UP MY COURAGE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO INSULT ANYBODY. 21:25 I DIDN'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY. 21:26 SURE. 21:27 OR EMBARRASS THEM. 21:28 BUT FINALLY, I CRANKED UP MY COURAGE WITH A LITTLE INTRO HERE IN THE CHURCH IN CEUTA 21:33 CORTI, GUINEA AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW, I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS SOMEBODY HERE WHO IS 21:39 ILLITERATE WHO CANNOT READ, WHO CANNOT WRITE, THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO COME UP AND 21:44 RECITE AS BEST THEY CAN FROM MEMORY, WHAT WE HAVE JUST READ THROUGH FOUR TIMES THIS 21:51 AFTERNOON IN OUR BIBLE STUDY." 21:53 SO THAT HAD BEEN A PERIOD OF WHAT A COUPLE OF HOURS? 21:56 PROBABLY ONE HOUR. 21:59 O.K. 22:00 AND WE HAD READ IT THROUGH FOUR TIMES AND THERE WAS FOURTEEN VERSES IF I REMEMBER 22:04 RIGHT. 22:05 BECAUSE I THINK WE WENT THROUGH FROM VERSES 1-14. 22:08 WHICH SCRIPTURE WAS THIS? 22:10 I THINK IT IS LUKE 19. 22:12 SO WAS THERE A HAND? 22:14 SO SHE RAISED HER HAND AND SHE SAID I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT. 22:17 SERIOUSLY? 22:19 SO SHE CAME UP, YOU CAN SEE A 55 YEAR OLD WOMAN, MORE OR LESS, THAT IS A LITTLE 22:23 DANGEROUS TO FIGURE OUT THAT, BUT ANYWAY SHE CAME UP AND ALMOST VERBATIM, NO, YES, 22:31 ALMOST VERTABIM SHE RECITED LUKE 19:1-14 AND NOT ONLY GOOD RECITATION BUT WITH ALL OF THE 22:42 HAND MOVEMENTS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. 22:44 IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. 22:46 WOW. 22:47 THEN KAREN, WHAT DID YOU OR WHAT DID WE ASK? 22:51 WELL, WHEN SHE IS TELLING THIS STORY SHE IS DOING IT THE BEST SHE CAN BUT SHE NOT ONLY TELLS 23:00 THE STORY, ASKS THE SIMPLE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW. 23:06 WHAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT ASKING YOU TO DO DIFFERENTLY AND ALL THOSE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE 23:11 NEED TO THINK ABOUT? 23:12 WE SAID, "CAN YOU, COULD YOU GO AND TELL A FRIEND THIS?" 23:16 " OH YES," SHE SAID. 23:17 NO PROBLEM. 23:18 EVEN THOUGH SHE CANNOT READ, SHE CAN LEARN A STORY AND SHARE IT. 23:22 ISN'T THAT POWERFUL? 23:23 THAT IS THE WHOLE OBJECT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF 40 PER CENT OF WEST AFRICA CANNOT READ OR 23:29 WRITE, THEN WE NEED TO SUPPLY THEM A METHOD THAT IS SIMPLE BASED ON BIBLE STORIES AND 23:35 PARABLES THAT THEY CAN TAKE INTO THE BUSH, TAKE INTO THE FOREST AND SHARE JESUS CHRIST. 23:39 ABSOLUTELY, SO THEN SHE TAKES IT BACK TO HER VILLAGE, WHO TAKES IT, YOU KNOW. 23:44 YES. 23:45 IT IS THE SAME FOR US THOUGH, YOU KNOW. 23:47 YES. 23:49 IT IS THE SAME FOR US WHEN WE HEAR SOMETHING, A GOOD RECIPE, KAREN, OR WE FIND A GREAT 23:53 SWEATER THAT WE LIKE WE WANT TO TELL FRIENDS ABOUT, WELL, IT IS THE SAME THING. 23:58 WHY SHOULDN'T WE BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, INFORMATION THAT WE 24:02 HAVE FROM THE LORD? 24:04 SO WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST NEED IN YOUR TERRITORY? 24:06 WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT AS YOU CAME HOME THAT YOU WERE ENERGIZED OBVIOUSLY BY ALL THE 24:11 PEOPLE THAT YOU MET WITH, BUT WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR NEED IS? 24:15 I WOULD LIKE NASA TO TAKE ME AND DROP ME IN A PARACHUTE ONCE A MONTH SO I COULD GO AND 24:20 TEACH TO THEM ONCE A MONTH. 24:22 TRAINING, TRAINING JULIE THEY NEED TRAINING BUT IT TAKES FOREVER TO GET THERE AND SO 24:28 HOW DO YOU GET THERE? 24:29 WELL YOU GO THERE ONCE A YEAR, AND YOU TRAIN THEM. 24:33 THE OTHER THING IS MORE GOSPEL WORKERS. 24:36 THERE IS ALWAYS A NEED FOR MORE AND THE NEED FOR TRANSPORTATION. 24:41 THEY WALK MILES AND MILES. 24:44 SO LIKE WHAT A BICYCLE, A LITTLE MOTORCYCLE, SCOOTER, SOMETHING? 24:48 YES, ANYTHING. 24:49 YES. 24:51 MOTOR SCOOTERS, BICYCLES, THE ROADS ARE SO BAD AND SO DUSTY IT IS HARD FOR THE WHEELS TO 24:56 PUSH THROUGH ALL OF THE DUST AND THE GRIME OR THE MUD. 25:03 MOTORCYCLES WORK BETTER. 25:04 WOW. 25:06 THE NEEDS ARE ENORMOUS AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF VILLAGES WHERE LITTLE 25:11 GROUPS, LITTLE COMPANIES COULD BE STUDYING THE BIBLE IN SIMPLE WAYS JUST LIKE WHAT WE 25:16 HAVE BEEN TALKING HERE. 25:19 WE SAW A DESPERATE NEED WHERE THEY ARE NEEDING A PLACE FOR LAND. 25:23 THEY HAVE MET UNDER A MANGO TREE FOR YEARS AND NOW THE LANDLORD IS WANTING TO DEVELOP 25:29 THIS PROPERTY AND BUILD APARTMENT BUILDINGS THERE SO THEY NO LONGER CAN MEET UNDER 25:34 THE MANGO TREE. 25:35 SO THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO MEET AND THIS IS NOT OUT IN THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU COULD JUST 25:41 MOVE OVER UNDER THE NEXT MANGO TREE. 25:43 IT IS IN TOWN, IN A CITY. 25:45 IT IS IN TOWN SO THEY WERE MEETING UNDER A MANGO TREE FOR JUST THE SHADE? 25:49 YES. 25:50 FIFTY-THREE MEMBERS, OH MY. 25:51 I DON'T THINK MANGO TREES ARE THAT LARGE ARE THEY? 25:53 WELL THEY USED IT. 25:54 THEY ARE HUGE. 25:56 THEIR NEED IS TO HAVE A PIECE OF LAND OF THEIR OWN. 25:59 SO YOU HAVE CHALLENGED US AND YOU HAVE ENCOURAGED US WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE 26:06 HEARD AND I THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR WORK ON BEHALF OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND 26:13 THE LORD IN WEST AFRICA. 26:15 THANK YOU. 26:16 WE PRAISE HIM! 26:17 SO YOU HAVE HEARD THE NEEDS OF WEST AFRICA. 26:21 THEY NEED MOTORCYCLES, THEY NEED MONEY TO BUILD A CHURCH MEETING UNDER A MANGO TREE, SO 26:28 JUST THINK THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU GO INTO YOUR CHURCH THINK ABOUT THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS 26:36 WHO DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO MEET IN WEST AFRICA AND MAYBE THE LORD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL 26:44 IMPRESS UPON YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO VISIT OUR WEBSITE. 26:51 IT IS GOAIM.ORG. 26:53 YOU CAN GIVE US A TELEPHONE CALL AT 509-525-2951 WITH YOUR SUPPORT. 26:58 THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HERE AND WE 27:04 WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. 27:06 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND 27:12 GOD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:14 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:15 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:19 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, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:35 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:39 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:41 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:44 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? 27:56 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:57 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:21 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:22 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:24 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING, BUT THEY WON'T FIND 28:26 IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:28 BE THE SPARK, LIGHT THE FIRE, FINISH THE WORK, FINISH THE WORK. |
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