Participants: Glen & Karen Wintermeyer
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000465
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:16 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER, AND WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE JOINING US TODAY. 00:22 SO WHEN YOU PAY YOUR TITHE AND YOUR OFFERINGS, HOW DO YOU DO IT? 00:26 DO YOU BRING YOUR CHICKENS; DO YOU BRING YOUR CROP OF CARROTS? 00:29 WHAT DO YOU DO? 00:31 WELL, WE ARE GOING TO LEARN WHAT THEY DO IN WEST AFRICA, AND I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO 00:34 BE EXCITED TO LEARN. 00:40 SO WELCOME TO KAREN AND GLEN WINTERMEYER. 00:41 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:42 THANK YOU. 00:44 SO YOU FOLKS ARE THE DIRECTORS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IN WHAT AREA OF THE WORLD? 00:46 WE'RE IN WEST AFRICA, IN THE WESTERN HALF OF WEST AFRICA: BURKINA FASO, GUINEA, GAMBIA, 00:53 LIBERIA, MALI. 00:55 WOW, THAT IS A HUGE TERRITORY RIGHT, KAREN? 00:57 YES. 00:58 LOTS OF, LOTS OF, I CAN JUST PICTURE THE MILES. 01:02 SO TELL ME HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR REGION. 01:05 FIFTY FIVE THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INDIRECTLY SUPERVISING. 01:09 WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING AND FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR MONEY THAT 01:15 WE SEND TO THEM. 01:16 AND THAT COMES FROM THE GOSPEL OUTREACH DONORS WHO GIVE AND THEN IT IS TRANSFERRED TO THEM 01:22 SO THEY CAN SHARE THE LOVE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 01:24 ABSOLUTELY. 01:25 SO WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TITHES AND OFFERINGS, AND HERE IN OUR 01:31 WESTERN CULTURE WE CAN DONATE TO OUR CHURCHES FOR OFFERINGS AND PAY OUR TITHE THROUGH 01:36 CREDIT CARDS THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE LIVING IN THIS AREA OF THE WORLD THAT 01:41 IT IS NOT SO EASY, CONVENIENT? 01:45 TELL US MORE. 01:46 IT IS DIFFERENT. 01:47 THERE YOU GO. 01:48 IT'S DIFFERENT. 01:49 YOU KNOW I HAVE FOR A LONG TIME HAVE SAID THESE PEOPLE NEED TO GIVE FROM WHAT THEY 01:56 HAVE. 01:57 THEY DON'T MAYBE EVEN HAVE MONEY. 01:59 THEY DON'T KNOW MONEY. 02:01 IN ONE PLACE WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, THEY USE SHELLS AS THEIR MONETARY THING. 02:05 BECAUSE THEY ARE CLOSE THE SEA, AND THEY CAN GET SHELLS? 02:10 TELL US MORE. 02:12 THEY ARE A CASHLESS SOCIETY. 02:16 AND THEY USE SHELLS. 02:17 YES, COWRY SHELLS. 02:19 THEY STILL OBVIOUSLY WANT TO GIVE TO THE LORD'S WORK EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH. 02:27 YES, GO AHEAD KAREN. 02:28 EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH, IF YOU LOVE THE LORD YOU WANT TO OBEY HIM, AND WHEN HE SAYS, 02:34 "BRING YOUR TITHE," YOU WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM. 02:38 WHEN I WAS THERE TWO YEARS AGO, I RECOGNIZED THAT STEWARDSHIP NEEDED TO BE 02:44 IMPROVED. 02:46 PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE THE JOY OF GIVING AND, OF COURSE, THE CLASSIC TEXT THAT WE USE IS 02:53 FOUND IN MALACHI 3, AND SO I SHARED THAT THIS TIME WHEN I WAS THERE WITH THE MISSION 03:01 WORKERS, WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 03:03 WE ACTUALLY DID A BIBLE STUDY BASED UPON THAT PASSAGE, AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE WATCHING THE 03:12 PEOPLE RESPOND TO THE JOY OF GIVING. 03:16 WE HAD EVEN SOME OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SAY, " YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND TITHING 03:23 MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY NOW, MUCH MORE CORRECTLY, THE WAY THAT GOD WANTS IT. 03:29 I AM GOING TO START BEING EVEN MORE FAITHFUL IN MY GIVING." 03:34 WOW, THAT IS IMPRESSIVE. 03:36 HUMBLING TOO! 03:37 YES. 03:38 BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY WHO DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH BUT THEY ARE STILL 03:42 WANTING TO GIVE. 03:44 WELL, AND KAREN, LIKE THE WOMAN WITH HER TWO MITES SHE WAS WANTING TO GIVE. 03:47 YES, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT ONE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SAID: HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, 03:50 SOMETIMES WE ROB GOD BECAUSE THE AMOUNT IS VERY SMAL, AND I THINK THAT GIVING SUCH A SMALL 03:57 AMOUNT IS JUST ONLY VERY SMALL AMOUNT TO GOD AND I TELL MYSELF I'LL PAY IT BACK WHEN I 04:02 HAVE A BIGGER AMOUNT OF MONEY. 04:05 OR I THINK WHEN I HAVE PROBLEMS, HOW CAN I GIVE THAT TO GOD? 04:09 I'M NEEDING THE MONEY. 04:12 THE DEVIL IS SAYING THIS TO ME, HE SAYS: "YOU CAN USE THE SMALL AMOUNT. 04:18 NEXT TIME YOU PAY WHEN YOU GET MORE MONEY. 04:21 SO I NOW REALIZE I WANT TO STOP THAT." 04:26 THAT'S HIS OWN WORDS. 04:27 WOW, PRAISE THE LORD. 04:28 BUT ISN'T THAT TRUE THOUGH? 04:30 WE THINK, OH WE CAN'T DO THIS BECAUSE IT IS NOT ENOUGH, OR WE THINK WELL, WHEN I AM MORE 04:36 PREPARED THEN I'LL DO THIS, AND THEN I'LL MAKE SURE TO PAY THIS BACK, AND WE KIND OF 04:39 JUSTIFY IT IN OUR MIND. 04:42 BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THE LORD IS CALLING US TO DO IS IT? 04:44 NO. 04:45 WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF STORIES TO SHARE HERE. 04:47 HERE IS A PICTURE. 04:48 LET'S GO. 04:50 HERE WE ARE HEADING OUT ON INTERSTATE 5 OR 84 OR WHATEVER YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL IT, 04:56 DUSTY, DIRTY, LITERALLY A WHITEOUT FOLLOWING THESE CARS OR MEETING THEM. 05:04 PRETTY INCREDIBLE. 05:05 BUT HERE IS A CHURCH WAY OUT IN THE BUSH OF BURKINA FASO. 05:11 THIS IS A CHURCH BUILT BY THESE PEOPLE; THIS IS THE CHURCH FAMILY THAT WAS THERE 05:19 TO MEET US ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY. 05:22 IT WAS NOT A SABBATH BUT THEY WERE THERE NEVERTHELES, AND THEY HAD SOMETHING THEY WANTED 05:29 TO SHOW US. 05:30 I LIKE THE GREEN SHUTTERS. 05:31 TAKE A LOOK, THIS IS THEIR TITHE JULIE. 05:34 OH WOW! 05:35 THEY ARE SITTING ON THEIR TITHE IN SIDE THE CHURCH. 05:36 PRAISE THE LORD, SO WHAT IS THIS? 05:39 WHAT IS IN THE BAGS? 05:41 THERE IS CORN IN THE BAGS, AND SORGHUM, AND SOME PLACES THEY HAVE RICE, SO THEY BRING THE 05:48 RICE. 05:49 WE WILL ACTUALLY SHOW YOU. 05:50 I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF WHAT'S IN THOSE BAGS. 05:52 HERE IS, ACTUALLY, THE GUY DRESSED IN BLUE HAPPENS TO BE THE MISSION PRESIDENT, AND HE 05:56 WAS SO PROUD OF HIS WORKERS OUT THERE HE JUST WANTED US TO SEE AND ENJOY, AND I WAS 06:01 REALLY AMAZED. 06:03 I MEAN HERE YOU OPEN UP THE DOORS OF THE CHURCH AND HERE IS ALL OF THIS TITHE. 06:07 THE TITHE CHURCH. 06:08 THE TITHE CHURCH, THE TITHE BARN AS YOU CALLED IT A LITTLE EARLIER. 06:11 I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BUT HERE ARE THE SACKS. 06:14 THIS SACK WAS BROUGHT IN BY MASAL, AND HERE IS ACTUALLY A CLOSE UP PICTURE WRITTEN ON 06:19 THE SACK SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHOSE TITHE IS WHOSE. 06:21 HERE IS WHAT WAS IN THAT SACK. 06:23 I TREASURE THIS PICTURE. 06:24 IT IS SORGHUM. 06:25 SO THEY BRING THEM IN AND THEN WHAT DO THEY DO THEN? 06:28 DO THEY TAKE IT TO MARKET THEN? 06:30 THEY HOLD IT UNTIL THE MARKET IS HIGH. 06:32 THE CHURCH HAS A COMMITTEE ALONG WITH THE TREASURER AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SELL IT 06:41 WHEN THE PRICE GOES AS HIGH AS THEY THINK IT WILL, SO THEY GET A GOOD PRICE, THE BEST 06:46 PRICE THEY CAN FOR THE LORD. 06:50 PRETTY AMAZING. 06:55 THEN THEY RECORD ON THE WALL THEIR TITHES AND OFFERINGS, AND THIS IS THEIR CHART. 07:01 THIS LITTLE CHURCH HAS THE THIRD HIGHEST TITHE OUT OF THIS WHOLE COUNTRY, AND IT IS 07:21 A BIG COUNTRY. 07:23 THESE ARE "IN KIND" CONTRIBUTIONS AGAIN JULIE; IT IS BACK TO THE TWO MITES. 07:27 YES. 07:28 I URGED UPON THEM THE STORY, AND WE ACTUALLY USED THE STORY OF THE WIDOW AND HER TWO MITES 07:36 IN OUR TEACHING. 07:38 EVERYBODY CAN GIVE TWO MITES, AND WE ACTUALLY DETERMINED WHAT TWO MITES WOULD BE AS WE 07:45 WERE THERE DIALOGING WITH THE WORKERS. 07:47 OH, SO IN THEIR CULTURE WHAT IT WOULD BE? 07:50 O.K. 07:51 IN THEIR CULTURE AND IN THEIR MONEY. 07:52 HOW DID THAT COME UP? 07:54 WELL THERE THEY USE SIFA WHICH IS THEIR FRENCH MONEY, FRENCH AFRICAN MONEY, AND WE DECIDED- 08:01 I THINK THEY FIGURED OUT THAT 50 FRANCS WOULD BE A MITE. 08:05 OH, O.K. 08:06 THAT'S ABOUT TEN CENTS. 08:07 O.K. 08:08 IT'S NOT VERY MUCH MONEY. 08:10 NO, BUT FOR THEM THAT IS PROBABLY A LOT, AND SO FOR THEM TO FIGURE THAT OUT IN 08:14 THEIR MIND AND THEIR CURRENCY AND ALL OF THAT, HOW FANTASTIC. 08:17 BUT IF EVERYBODY GAVE TWO MITES AND THEN WE DID THE MATH, YOU KNOW, AND WE CARRIED 08:23 IT OUT AND DID THE EXTENSIONS ON IT, AND THEY BEGAN TO SEE THE VALUE OF EVERYBODY GIVING. 08:31 SURE, AND IT IS A JOINT EFFORT OBVIOUSLY. 08:34 YOU CAN SEE THEM AS THEY ARE SITTING ON THE BAGS OF SORGHUM THAT THEY ARE PROUD OF- WHAT 08:39 THEY ARE GIVING TO THE LORD. 08:40 VERY! 08:41 YES, AND WE SHOULD ALL DO THAT. 08:42 THEY ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE GIVING. 08:44 ISN'T THAT GREAT! 08:45 DO YOU HAVE MORE PICTURES GLEN? 08:47 OH YES, YOU BET. 08:48 THIS HERE IS A HOME MADE MARIMBA. 08:50 NOTICE THE GOURDS UNDERNEATH. 08:53 YES! 08:56 I WAS GOING TO SAY ARE THOSE COCONUTS BUT THEY ARE GOURDS. 08:59 THEY ARE GOURDS! 09:00 THEY ARE RESONATERS LIKE A MUFFLER ON A CAR; YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER, THE DEEPER THE 09:05 BOOM. 09:06 SO WAS THAT IN THE CHURCH? 09:07 THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH, AND ACTUALLY, THE MARIMBA WAS SITTING ON THE BAGS OF RICE 09:14 AND THE GRAIN. 09:15 I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU AS A SIDELIGHT HERE, WE HELPED THEIR ECONOMY THAT DAY. 09:22 BY? 09:24 WE BOUGHT BAGS OF RICE AND TOOK THEM TO TOWN OR BAGS OF SORGHUM TOOK THEM TO TOWN AND 09:30 FOR THEIR POOR FUND THERE. 09:32 OH. 09:33 IN THE CITY THEY GIVE FOOD AWAY TO THE POOR. 09:36 HOW NICE! 09:38 SO THERE WERE SEVERAL OF US TRAVELING TOGETHER ON THIS FORAY OUT INTO THE BUSH, AND 09:44 WE FILLED UP THE BACK END OF THAT PICKUP WITH BAGS OF GRAIN AND TWO CHICKENS. 09:50 PRAISE THE LORD, AND OFF THEY WENT. 09:52 THAT WAS THEIR TITHE. 09:53 SEE ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC? 09:55 SO WHAT IS THE AGRICULTURE, THE LAND LIKE? 09:58 I MEAN IS IT EASY FOR THEM TO FARM? 10:02 IS IT DIFFICULT? 10:03 A RAINY SEASON-I MEAN CAN THE RAIN COME AND TOTALLY WASH OUT THEIR WHOLE CROP? 10:09 THEY HAVE TO DO THE TIMING VERY, VERY CAREFULLY. 10:11 THEY HAVE TWO RAINY SEASONS A YEAR THERE DEPENDING UPON WHERE THEY LIVE. 10:15 MAYBE ONE-SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE TIMING. 10:19 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 10:20 IT IS VERY FLAT, AND IT IS VERY HOT, AND IT IS VERY DRY. 10:25 DID YOU SEE HOW SMALL THE GRAINS OF THAT SORGHUM WAS? 10:28 YES. 10:29 IN THAT BAG? 10:30 YES, THAT IS ALL HARVESTED BY HAND. 10:32 WOW. 10:33 WE THINK OF HERE IN THE STATES, YOU KNOW, THE BIG COMBINES AND ALL OF THAT, AND 10:37 YOU HEAR BUSHELS AND BUSHELS AND ALL OF THA, BUT FOR THEM A HUGE BAG OF THIS SORGHUM WOULD 10:44 BE A LOT OF WORK. 10:45 WOW. 10:46 THEY BEAT IT OUT BY HAND. 10:47 THEY HAVE BIG STICKS, AND THEY PUT IT INTO PILES, AND THEN THEY BEAT ON IT. 10:52 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 10:56 SO THAT TRULY IS A GIFT FROM THE HEART. 10:59 YES. 11:00 THEIR WHOLE BODY, EVERYTHING. 11:02 THEY WERE BEAMING; THEY WERE SO HAPPY TO OPEN UP THE DOORS. 11:05 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY THOUGHT GLEN WINTERMEYER HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT 11:07 BEFORE, AND I HADN'T, YOU HADN'T, SO WOW, YOU KNOW, HERE IS THEIR GRAIN HOUSE INSIDE 11:13 THEIR CHURCH, BUT IT SAYS BRING ALL THE TITHES INTO THE STOREHOUSE, AND THAT WAS THEIR 11:20 STOREHOUSE, AND THEY WERE GIVING FROM THEIR HEARTS. 11:25 ABSOLUTELY. 11:26 IN THE BOOK OF MALACHI IT TELLS US WHERE THE LORD SAYS, "BRING YOUR TITHE INTO THE 11:31 STOREHOUSE" AND THERE WAS A STORY WE WERE TOLD THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. 11:35 PLEASE. 11:36 IT WAS A NEW CHURCH MEMBER, AND HE HAD LEARNED ABOUT TITHE AND WHAT GOD ASKS US TO DO BY 11:43 GIVING ONE TENTH TO HIM, TO THE LORD, AND SO HE DECIDED THIS YEAR HE IS GOING TO GIVE 11:50 A TITHE. 11:53 WHEN HE HARVESTED HIS CROP OF CORN HE HAD HE DECIDED THAT EVERY TENTH BAG WOULD BE SET 12:02 ASIDE FOR GOD. 12:04 SO, HE STARTED TO HARVEST, AND THE FIRST NINE BAGS HE PUT IN A PILE FOR HIMSELF AND THEN 12:11 THE TENTH BAG HE PUT IN A PILE FOR GOD. 12:13 BUT AS HE HARVESTED HE NOTICED THAT EVERY TENTH BAG, THE GRAIN WAS MUCH LARGER AND 12:26 BIGGER THEN IN ALL THE OTHER BAGS. 12:30 WONDER WHY? 12:31 SO HE DECIDED HE IS GOING TO SWITCH THE NINTH BAG FOR THE TENTH BAG. 12:38 SWITCH AND BAIT? 12:40 SO THEY SWITCHED HIS FOR GOD'S, SO WHEN HE FINISHED HE HAD A PILE FOR HIMSELF AND HE 12:46 HAD A PILE FOR GOD. 12:49 BUT BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE BAGS HOME, A FIRE SUDDENLY CAME AND BURNED PART 12:59 OF THE FIELD, AND IT BURNED UP ALL OF HIS BAGS, EVERY ONE OF THEM. 13:05 BUT---- YES, GOD'S BAGS WERE IN A DIFFERENT PILE IN THE FIELD, AND THE FIRE NEVER 13:13 TOUCHED THEM. 13:14 GOD'S BAGS WERE ALL O.K. 13:16 THAT MAN WENT TO CHURCH THAT WEEK, AND HE STOOD UP AND HE TESTIFIED TO EVERYONE, AND HE 13:25 SAID, "I ROBBED GOD AND WHAT GOD SAID IS TRUE." 13:29 HE TOLD THE STORY OF HOW ALL OF HIS WAS BURNED UP, AND HOW GOD'S WAS NOT. 13:36 AND THIS MAN SAID THAT GOD TALKED TO HIS HEART. 13:41 HE SAID AND HE DOES NOT EVER WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN. 13:44 WOW, ISN'T THAT AMAZING? 13:46 INCREDIBLE TESTIMONY. 13:47 ABSOLUTELY. 13:48 WELL AND VERY HUMBLING THAT THE MAN SHARED THAT. 13:52 YES, VERY HUMBLING. 13:53 WHAT A STORY. 13:54 VERY, VERY TRANSPARENT. 13:56 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 13:57 WELL PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT STORY FOR ALL OF US, YOU GO AHEAD, NO FINISH. 14:05 YOU SAW THE MAN HOLDING THE GRAIN, THE FARMER THAT BROUGHT THAT GRAIN IN WASN'T A TITHE 14:13 PAYER, AND HE SAID, " IF GOD WILL BLESS ME, DOES THAT RESONATE WITH JACOB? 14:20 IF GOD WILL BLESS ME, THEN I JACOB WILL TITHE WHAT I RECEIVE." 14:27 THIS GUY DID THE SAME THING JULIE, AND HE SAID, "IF GOD BLESSES ME, I WILL GIVE TITHE 14:32 AND OFFERINGS." 14:33 GUESS WHAT? 14:35 HE WAS BLESSED; HE GAVE TITHE AND OFFERINGS, AND NOT ONLY DID HE GIVE TITHE AND 14:38 OFFERINGS, HE GAVE A BONUS TO THE CHURCH OF $100 U.S. 14:43 DOLLARS FOR EVANGELISM. 14:46 WOW, PRAISE THE LORD! 14:48 TO EVANGELIZE THE NEXT VILLAGE OVER. 14:50 THIS IS A POOR FARMER. 14:52 IF A POOR FARMER CAN DO THAT, WE CAN ALL DO WHAT WE CAN RIGHT? 14:56 AMEN. 14:57 WE CAN DO ALL DO WHAT WE CAN. 14:59 THAT IS WHERE YOU COME INTO THE PICTURE. 15:01 IF YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU CAN TO GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE IN THESE 15:07 COUNTRIES THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN, AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM 15:20 CALLED "ADOPT A WORKER," AND GLEN AND KAREN NEED AN ADOPT A WORKER. 15:23 THEY NEED MANY ADOPT A WORKERS IN THEIR TERRITORY, AND WE HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION TO 15:27 SHARE WITH YOU. 15:28 [VIDEO]. 15:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE QUESTION. 15:31 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 15:34 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, WHAT IS 15:37 JESUS WAITING FOR? 15:39 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN 15:43 ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN SHALL THE END COME." 15:51 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER. 15:55 OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS, IT HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 PLUS 16:02 COUNTRIES. 16:03 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 16:06 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 16:09 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN THE 10/40 16:14 WINDOW. 16:16 NOW, WHAT EXACLTY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 16:19 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 16:24 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 16:25 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 16:29 NINETY SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JESUS LIVE 16:34 HERE. 16:36 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 16:39 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS IN NEW 16:45 TERRITORIES SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 16:48 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED 16:53 THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT 16:59 THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 17:01 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO MEET 17:05 JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 17:08 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 17:09 BIBLE WORKERS RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY 17:14 SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 17:18 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH 17:23 THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE REACHED AND THAT IS WHY IT 17:28 IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 17:32 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 17:36 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER, 17:42 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 17:46 THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 17:51 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:54 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM" BY TELLING YOUR 17:58 FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO, AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A 18:03 BIBLE WORKER. 18:04 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 18:08 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS IS 18:12 WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 18:19 AND WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GIVE OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH? 18:22 IT WILL BE BLEST BY THE LORD AND WE WOULD SO APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN GIVE. 18:27 THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE. 18:29 YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG AND THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS FOR YOU TO GIVE 18:34 WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD, YOU CAN CERTAINLY GIVE US A PHONE CALL, YOU CAN DO AUTOMATIC 18:58 WITHDRAWAL, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH WILL BE GREATLY USED BY THE 19:01 LORD. 19:02 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT A WORKER IN THE WEST AFRICAN REGION, GLEN AND KAREN WOULD 19:03 SO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AS WOULD THE PEOPLE IN WEST AFRICA. 19:05 YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE. 19:07 SO, KAREN AND GLEN YOU HAVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS TO SHARE WITH US HERE. 19:09 WE DO. 19:10 EVERYTIME I TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THE INGENUITY 19:12 OF WHAT PEOPLE DO WITH THEIR HANDS, HOW THEY USE THE TOOLS THAT THEY USE. 19:13 HERE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES. 19:15 HERE IS A FARMER, AND HERE IS HIS AXE, AND THIS IS WHAT HE IS USING OUT IN THE WOODS TO 19:24 CUT THE BRUSH, TO MAKE CHARCOAL, TO TAKE HOME FOR FIRES. 19:32 JUST UNBELIEVABLE WHAT THEY DO; HOW THEY DO IT. 19:38 THIS IS A STICK. 19:40 IT LOOKS LIKE A BONE, BUT THIS IS BURL OF A PIECE OF HARDWOOD BRUSH THAT THEY HAVE STUCK 19:49 THAT STEEL INTO AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT LASTS? 19:52 IT SEEMS LIKE IF I WAS SWINGING THAT AXE, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T LAST VERY LONG. 19:57 IT WAS RAZOR SHARP. 19:58 WAS IT REALLY KAREN? 19:59 YES. 20:01 WELL YOU THINK ABOUT GOING TO HOME DEPOT AND HOW MANY DIFFERENT SIZES OF AXE HANDLES 20:04 ARE THERE, SHORT, LONG, TALL, SKINNY OR WHATEVER. 20:07 YES. 20:08 HERE HE HAS MADE HIS OWN, BLESS HIS HEART. 20:12 SO IS HE ONE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS? 20:15 HE IS A CHURCH MEMBER THERE, A BELIEVER, AND HE WAS THERE WITH ALL THOSE MEN WHO BROUGHT 20:20 THOSE SACKS. 20:21 O.K. 20:22 YOU KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TITHING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TITHING. 20:26 MALACHI 3 IS GIVEN AS A RESULT OF MALACHI 1, BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO MALACHI 1:14, THE REASON 20:35 GOD WAS LABORING WITH HIS PEOPLE IS THAT THE PEOPLE WERE BRINGING DEFECTIVE OFFERINGS, 20:41 AND JUST LIKE KAREN SHARED IN THAT STORY, THIS GUY BEGAN TO NOTICE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 20:48 BAGS 1-9 AND BAG 10. 20:51 YES. 20:57 WE HAVE ONE OTHER STORY THAT WE WANT TO SHARE, PLEASE, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE 21:02 THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD BRING OUR SECOND BEST. 21:04 GOD WANTS OUR BEST FROM US PERSONALLY, HE WANTS THE BEST OF OUR MEANS AND HERE IS YET 21:10 ANOTHER STORY FROM THE BUSH. 21:13 THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD A FIELD AND HE DECIDED TO PLANT PINEAPPLE IN THIS FIELD, BUT 21:19 FIRST HE DIVIDED HIS FIELD INTO PARTS: TEN PARTS; NINE WERE FOR HIMSELF AND ONE PART 21:27 WAS FOR GOD. 21:28 THE PART FOR TITHE. 21:31 BUT HE NOTICED THAT GOD'S PART GREW BIGGER AND BIGGER MUCH BIGGER THAN THE REST. 21:39 SO, HE TOLD GOD THAT WAS NOT FAIR. 21:41 SO HE SWITCHED GOD'S PART FOR ONE PART OF HIS BUT NOW HE NOTICED THAT THAT PART HE GAVE 21:49 TO GOD BEGAN TO GROW BIGGER AND NICER PINEAPPLES THAN ALL THE REST. 21:58 SO, HE BECAME VERY ANGRY, AND HE SAID, "I'LL NOT SET A PART ASIDE FOR GOD. 22:02 I'LL JUST WAIT UNTIL THE VERY END, AND I'LL GIVE ONE PART TO GOD," HE SAID. 22:09 BUT BEFORE THE HARVEST, A BIG FIRE CAME AND BURNED UP THE WHOLE FIELD, AND ON SABBATH HE 22:18 CAME TO THIS LITTLE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND HE CONFESSED WHAT HE DID, AND HE 22:27 PRAYED TO BE FORGIVEN BY GOD. 22:30 HE ASKED THE MEMBERS TO PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM, HE SAID, SO THAT GOD WOULD FORGIVE HIM. 22:35 WOW, AGAIN THE HONESTY AND THE HUMILITY OF COMING IN AND SHARING THAT. 22:44 IT IS AMAZING TO SEE THE WAY THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS TO THESE PEOPLE. 22:51 ONE OF THE IMPORTANT WAYS THAT WE TAUGHT WHEN WE WERE THERE IN THE BIBLE STUDY IS THAT WE 22:59 ASK GOOD QUESTIONS AND THEN WE PAUSE AND WAIT. 23:03 WAIT FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SPEAK TO THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND IT BRINGS DEEP CONVICTION. 23:10 I'VE USED THE SAME BIBLE STUDY METHOD HERE JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE IN THE 23:14 UNITED STATES, AND AGAIN, THE PAUSE AND WAIT. 23:18 IT IS AMAZING THE CONFESSIONS, THE OBSERVATIONS THAT PEOPLE MAKE WHEN YOU WILL JUST WAIT 23:28 FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. 23:30 WELL, AS ONE STORY IT IS ONE STORY, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TEN, FIFTEEEN OF THEM, BUT 23:36 IT'S ONE STORY THAT CAN APPLY TO ALL OF US AS WE LOOK AND AS THE LORD LEADS. 23:41 WELL, I THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. 23:44 SHARE WITH US SOME OF THE- AS YOU HAVE COME BACK FROM VISITING WITH THESE DEAR 23:49 PEOPLE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT HITS YOU SO STRONGLY ON WHAT THE LORD IS DOING IN THAT 23:56 AREA? 23:58 I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE TWO THINGS: ONE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A TRAINING BUDGET FOR 24:08 THESE PEOPLE FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SO THAT WE COULD EFFECTIVELY TRAIN THEM, 24:14 BRING THEM TOGETHER AS GROUPS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALLY. 24:19 I CAN'T GO TO ALL THE DIFFERENT REGIONS WITHIN A GIVEN MISSION. 24:23 I CAN PREACH IT, TEACH IT, AND SHARE IT ONCE. 24:27 TWICE IS HARD. 24:28 WE DID IT TWICE IN ONE COUNTRY, BUT, FUNDS FOR TRAINING AND BRINGING ALL THE 24:34 WORKERS TOGETHER. 24:36 THE SECOND IS THAT PARTICULARLY IN MALI AND IN BURKINA FASO, THE DISTANCES 24:44 ARE SO GREAT THAT TO HAVE MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION- A MOTORCYCLE, A SIMPLE 24:51 MOTORCYCLE WOULD MAKE SUCH A DIFFERENCE FOR THESE GUYS. 24:55 HOW MUCH? 24:56 ABOUT $800. 24:57 EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS WOULD BUY A MOTORCYCLE, YES. 24:59 SO THEY COULD TRAVEL MORE EASILY. 25:02 OH YES, MUCH MORE EASILY, AND I WANT THEM TO BE SELF SUFFICIENT, SO I WANT THEM TO 25:09 PUT AWAY A FEW DOLLARS EVERY MONTH TO BUY THAT MOTORCYCLE. 25:14 WE CAN BE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM, BUT ON ROUND TWO THEY WILL HAVE MONEY SAVED, AND 25:19 THEY CAN BUY THEIR OWN MOTORCYCLE FOR THE SECOND TIME AROUND. 25:22 WHEN THEIRS WEARS OUT OR BREAKS OR WHATEVER. 25:26 SURE, SO IF THERE IS A VIEWER WHO IS WATCHING, AND THEY SPECIFICALLY WANT TO BUY A 25:32 MOTORCYCLE FOR WEST AFRICA; THEY COULD EARMARK THAT COULDN'T THEY? 25:36 SURE, GOOD. 25:38 KAREN WHAT ARE SOME OTHER NEEDS THAT YOU ARE SO AWARE OF? 25:43 I AM JUST TOTALLY AMAZED AT THE DEDICATION OF THESE WORKERS. 25:51 THEY LOVE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 25:54 THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH MONEY TO LIVE. 25:56 IT IS DIFFICULT, BUT THEIR COMMITMENT- AND MANY OF THEM HAVE MANY GROUPS THAT THEY ARE 26:04 IN CHARGE OF. 26:05 ONE HAS AS MANY AS THIRTEEN. 26:08 THIRTEEN? 26:09 THIRTEEN LITTLE CHURCHES OR GROUPS THAT HE IS IN CHARGE OF. 26:13 KIND OF HARD TO GET TO THIRTEEN CHURCHES EACH WEEK. 26:16 THEY ARE HARD WORKERS, LET ME TELL YOU. 26:19 YOU KNOW THEY ARE DOING THE WORK THERE. 26:21 IN MOST OF THESE COUNTRIES IF THEY HAD NO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY WOULD HAVE 26:27 SEVERAL COUNTRIES THAT WOULD HAVE TWO OR THREE PASTORS AND THAT IS IT IN THE WHOLE 26:31 COUNTRY. 26:33 SO THAT IS A BLESSING TO HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 26:34 YES, AMEN. 26:36 WELL, KAREN AND GLEN WINTERMEYER THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US ON 26:38 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 26:40 YOU HAVE HEARD THE NEEDS IN WEST AFRICA AND I PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL IMPRESS 26:44 UPON ON WHAT YOU CAN DO. 26:46 AND IF YOU CAN DONATE MONEY FOR MOTORCYCLES, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO GIVE US A CALL AT 27:06 509-525-2951, OR GO ON TO OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG. 27:09 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:13 FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS", I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER, AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 27:18 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:19 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:21 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:23 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? 27:54 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 28:26 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:27 BE THE SPARK, LIGHT THE FIRE, FINISH THE WORK, FINISH THE WORK. |
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