Participants: John Blake & Fred Griffith
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000491
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00:16 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US. 00:21 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE ALWAYS WANTING TO SHARE ALL OF THE GREAT 00:24 THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AROUND THE WORLD 00:27 BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO SHARE THE LOVE OF THE LORD AROUND THE WORLD AND WE 00:31 NEED HELP FROM YOU. 00:33 WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME JOHN BLAKE AND 00:37 FRED GRIFFITH TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:40 WELCOME. 00:41 GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:43 WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE I DID MAKE THE COMMENT "AROUND 00:46 THE WORLD WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH." 00:48 HOWEVER, THE 10/40 WINDOW IS THAT SPECIAL SECTION OF THE WORLD THAT HAS THE 00:53 MOST POPULATED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. 00:56 THAT HAS BEEN OUR FOCUS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:59 HOWEVER, BOTH OF YOU ARE PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT YOU ARE ALSO INVOLVED 01:04 WITH THEHEINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ENTIRE 01:09 WORLD AND JOHN WHAT IS THAT? 01:11 IT IS TO DO WITH THE DEAF PEOPLE. 01:14 DEAF PEOPLE, OF COURSE, VARY FROM THOSE WHO ARE BORN DEAF LIKE OUR 01:19 DAUGHTER-WELL OUR DAUGHTER WASN'T BORN DEAF BUT SHE BECAME DEAF AT THREE 01:21 MONTHS TO THOSE PERHAPS AT MY AGE 72 BECOME DEAF AS OLD AGE CREEPS UP. 01:31 SO THERE IS A WHOLE RANGE OF PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE. 01:34 SO HERE WE HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO SHARE CHRIST AND 01:39 THE FACT THAT HE IS COMING AGAIN AND WE NEED TO BE READY TO SHARE WITH 01:42 HEARING PEOPLE. 01:43 HOWEVER, THERE IS, WHATEVER PERCENTAGE THERE IS OF SO MANY PEOPLE WHO 01:47 CAN'T HEAR AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR MINISTRY HERE. 01:50 IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE MAYBE YOU KNOW THE STATISTICS BETTER THAN I 01:55 DO, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 300 MILLION PROBABLY NOT 300 MILLION DEAF 02:00 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. 02:03 MOST OF THEM KNOW NOTHING OR VERY, VERY LITTLE ABOUT CHRIST. 02:08 BECAUSE IT IS THE SIMPLE COMMUNICATION. 02:11 NOW FRED, TELL US YOUR HISTORY WITH DEAF PEOPLE. 02:17 MY MOTHER AND FATHER OF COURSE, ARE BOTH DEAF AND I HAVE TWO SISTERS THAT 02:22 ARE DEAF AND SO I WAS RAISED IN A DEAF FAMILY. 02:26 WHERE DO YOU FALL IN THE LINEUP? 02:28 ARE YOU THE-AS FAR AS THE SIBLINGS? 02:30 I'M THE OLDEST. 02:32 SO A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY WAS PUT ON YOU TO COMMUNICATE. 02:35 YES, I CAN REMEMBER IN CHURCH ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD INTERPRETING FOR MY 02:39 MOTHER AND FATHER SITTING BETWEEN THEM. 02:44 I CAN REMEMBER ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT I MET FRED HE TOLD ME THAT HE 02:49 WAS A HEARING DEAF PERSON. 02:52 NOW THAT WAS A STRANGE WAY TO PUT THINGS. 02:58 HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THAT FRED? 03:00 YOU ARE THE ONE THAT TOLD ME. 03:02 IT'S A COMBINATION OF JUST HAVING BEEN RAISED IN A DEAF FAMILY AND THEN OF 03:08 COURSE, GOING TO SCHOOL IN A HEARING WORLD. 03:13 SO, IN A SENSE YOU ARE IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS AND YOU ARE ABLE TO 03:19 COMMUNICATE THOUGH. 03:20 I THINK THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND THANK YOU FOR SIGNING FOR US FRED. 03:23 SO IT'S ON BOTH OF YOUR HEARTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOSPEL IS GOING TO ALL 03:28 THE PEOPLE, OF COURSE, AND THAT MEANS OUR DEAF COMMUNITY. 03:31 SO, JOHN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE BOTH WORKING ON THROUGH 03:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH? 03:37 WELL, AS THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT WE HAVE WORK IN NINE COUNTRIES AND WE HAVE 03:45 AS OF TODAY, I BELIEVE, ABOUT THIRTY-FOUR WORKERS. 03:48 THE MAJORITY OF THE WORKERS ARE ACTUALLY IN INDIA-ABOUT 20 AND WE'VE 03:54 ASKED FRED TO KIND OF TAKE CHARGE OF THE INDIA PHASE. 04:02 OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO GO TO THESE DIFFERENT PLACES. 04:07 FRED AND I WERE IN INDIA EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WITH A TEAM OF TWO OR THREE 04:13 OTHERS AS WELL, ONE OF WHOM WAS A DEAF PERSON-TWO OF WHOM WERE DEAF PEOPLE- 04:18 PASTOR AND MRS DAVID TREXLER. 04:22 WE CONDUCTED A SPECIAL WORKSHOP FOR OUR WORKERS IN INDIA. 04:27 YOU'VE SPENT SOME OTHER TIME WORKING MORE PRIVATELY DIDN'T YOU FRED? 04:31 WELL, WE SPENT TIME VISITING ALL THE DEAF WORKERS IN INDIA. 04:36 IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO MEET THEM IN THEIR HOMES. 04:41 WE FACE THOUGH A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE IN DEAF WORK AND THAT IS 04:46 GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S A HEARING CHURCH THAT IS SUPERVISING DEAF WORK. 04:55 THIS MAKES IT VERY COMPLICATED. 04:58 BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED? 05:01 THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND GENERAL SPEAKING, THE CULTURE-- THE NEED. 05:06 THEY DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, WHATEVER THE LOCAL SIGN LANGUAGE IS AND 05:10 THERE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEVENTY AND 200 PROBABLY CLOSER TO 200 DIFFERENT 05:15 SIGN LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD. 05:17 WOW, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. 05:19 NOW THEN WE FACE ANOTHER PROBLEM. 05:21 WE HAVE HERE WITH US AT THIS BOARD WEEKEND, DR. WILSON AND HE WAS IN 05:27 CHARGE AT THE DIVISION LEVEL OF DEAF WORK IN INDIA SO WHEN WE HAD 05:33 CONCERNS ABOUT DEAF WORK, WE WOULD CONTACT HIM AND HE WAS WITH US AS WE 05:38 TRAVELED IN INDIA EARLIER. 05:41 BUT HE HAS NOW MOVED FROM THAT POSITION TO BEING A PRESIDENT OF A UNION 05:48 CONFERENCE. 05:49 THERE ARE ABOUT 800 WORKERS FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH IN HIS UNION. 05:54 SO HE IS A LITTLE BUSY. 05:56 THE MAJORITY OF OUR DEAF WORK IN INDIA IS ACTUALLY IN HIS UNION. 06:00 OH INTERESTING. 06:02 BUT THE MAN WHO IS NOW JUST BEEN GIVEN THE JOB OF BEING IN CHARGE OF ALL OF 06:08 INDIA KNOWS VERY LITTLE ABOUT DEAF WORK. 06:13 AND SO, FORTUNATELY WE AREN'T LOSING ALL THE TRAINING THAT DR. WILSON 06:17 GOT BECAUSE HE HAS SO MANY IN HIS AREA BUT WE CONSTANTLY FACE-IT IS A 06:24 CHALLENGE FOR A HEARING CHURCH THAT DOESN'T SIGN TO SUPERVISE AND RELATE 06:30 WITH WORKERS WHO VERY OFTEN ARE DEAF. 06:32 WELL AND FRED, YOU PROBABLY SAW THAT GROWING UP? 06:34 HOW WAS THAT FOR YOUR FAMILY TO ATTEND A CHURCH -WAS YOUR FAMILY THE ONLY 06:39 FAMILY AT YOUR CHURCH THAT HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE HEARING IMPAIRED? 06:44 YES, IN CEDAR CREEK IT WAS JUST MY MOTHER AND FATHER AND MY SISTERS. 06:49 SO WERE THERE SOME BARRIERS THAT YOU HAD TO HELP BRING DOWN FOR THE 06:55 HEARING CHURCH TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF YOU FOLKS? 06:58 WELL, AS WE WENT POTLUCKS WHY WE TRIED, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH THE 07:04 HEARING PEOPLE AND THEY WERE AMAZED AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LEARNED 07:07 AS WE FELLOWSHIPED, YOU KNOW. 07:08 THEY THOUGHT DEAF PEOPLE CAN READ OR THEY THOUGHT SIGN LANGUAGE WAS ALL THE 07:12 SAME SO WE ENJOYED THAT. 07:13 YES THERE ARE SO MANY STEREOTYPES THAT WE SOMEHOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY, 07:21 BUT WE PLACE ON PEOPLE AND SO MAYBE OUT OF IGNORANCE-A LOT OF IT IS. 07:29 MAYBE NOT KNOWING SOMEONE WHO HAS A SPECIAL NEED AND THAT'S WHERE BOTH OF YOU 07:34 ARE INVOLVED. 07:35 SO WHAT ARE SOME AVENUES FOR THIS WORK THAT YOU ARE WANTING TO DO WITH 07:40 REACHING PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF? 07:43 WELL, OF COURSE, THE FIRST PREREQUISITE FOR A WORKER FOR THE DEAF IS THAT THEY 07:48 KNOW HOW TO SIGN. 07:49 I THINK I'M CORRECT, FRED WILL KNOW MORE ACCURATELY, THAT I THINK A LITTLE MORE 07:53 THAN HALF OF OUR WORKERS FOR THE DEAF IN INDIA ARE DEAF THEMSELVES. 07:59 MORE THAN THAT.WOW. 08:00 IN SOME PLACES LIKE IN GHANA, ONE WORKER IS DEAF; ONE WORKER IS HEARING. 08:13 IN KENYA, IT'S JUST ABOUT ROUGHLY BALANCED BETWEEN DEAF AND HEARING. 08:23 SO FRED, WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU WHEN YOU VISITED INDIA AND PEOPLE 08:29 REALIZED THAT SPEAK, DO YOU SPEAK AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE? 08:33 IS THAT WHAT YOU SPEAK? 08:34 YES, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 08:35 SO DO PEOPLE IN INDIA- DO THEY SPEAK AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE OR DO THEY SPEAK 08:38 ENGLISH? 08:39 HOW DOES THAT WORK? 08:41 NO, THEY DON'T THEY HAVE A VERSION OF BRITISH AND INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE SO IT 08:42 IS DIFFERENT THAN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 08:45 O.K. 08:46 SO WERE YOU ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANYBODY IN SIGN LANGUAGE THERE ON 08:57 YOUR TRIP? 08:59 I COULD PARTIALLY BUT YOU KNOW A LITTLE INFORMATION IS DANGEROUS. 09:02 I WAS JUST THINKING, SO YOU KNOW, THE BRITS HAVE THEIR OWN ACCENT SO I'M 09:06 WONDERING DO THEY HAVE AN ACCENT IN SIGN LANGUAGE? 09:09 IN ONE CHURCH WHERE WE HAD JUST KIND OF DEDICATED A SPECIAL UPSTAIRS FOR THE 09:19 DEAF, WE HAD A DEAF PASTOR THERE FROM THE U.S. 09:24 HE SPOKE IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 09:27 HE PUT IT INTO ENGLISH.OH INTERESTING. 09:30 ANOTHER MAN PUT IT INTO THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND ANOTHER MAN PUT IT INTO 09:35 THE LOCAL SIGN LANGUAGE. 09:37 SO IT WAS QUITE A SESSION. 09:42 I'M GETTING ALL TEARY EYED. 09:44 THAT IS FANTASTIC THOUGH-ALL COMING DOWN TO COMMUNICATION. 09:49 OH, THAT IS REALLY NEAT. 09:50 SO YOU BASICALLY, YOU HAD WHAT FOUR INTERPRETERS THERE? 09:53 YES. 09:54 FOUR INTERPRETERS. 09:58 WELL THE SPEAKER AND THREE INTERPRETERS. 10:00 YES. 10:01 HOW NEAT IS THAT? 10:02 HOW IS IT FOR YOU THOUGH WHEN YOU ARE THERE AND THERE IS SOMEONE WHO, AND 10:06 I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THIS WITH YOUR SISTERS AND YOUR PARENTS AND WITH YOUR 10:09 CHILDREN, JOHN BUT HOW IS IT WHEN THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS THERE WHO MIGHT NOT 10:13 THINK, OH, THEY DON'T SPEAK MY LANGUAGE-SIGN LANGUAGE AND THEN WHEN 10:17 SOMEONE COMMUNICATES WITH THEM. 10:19 WHEN THAT LIGHT BULB MOMENT GOES ON-WHAT'S THAT LIKE FOR YOU? 10:24 DEAF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY, RELATE WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S SIGNING, RIGHT,IF 10:28 THEY SIGN AT ALL. 10:29 AND IF THE PERSON IS DEAF, WE NOTICE OR LEAST I NOTICE WHEN I GO OVERSEAS 10:36 WITH A DEAF PERSON WITH ME, I TEND TO GET LEFT OUT A LITTLE MORE. 10:41 THE DEAF GO TO THEM WHICH IS QUITE ALL RIGHT. 10:45 THAT'S THE CONNECTION. 10:47 I EXPECT THAT AND IT'S FINE WITH ME. 10:50 SO, YOU BOTH ARE WILLING TO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES AND THE GOOD 10:57 AND BAD AND YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE THIS, OBVIOUSLY, TO THE NEXT 11:02 LEVEL TO HELP PEOPLE BECAUSE OF YOUR NEED FOR SEEING PEOPLE WHO NEED TO 11:05 KNOW ABOUT THE LORD. 11:06 WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES. 11:08 ABSOLUTELY BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT THOUGH I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE VIEWERS IF 11:11 YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE DEAF WORK AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AS YOU HEAR FRED 11:15 AND JOHN TALK ABOUT IT AND MAYBE YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS DEAF OR LIKE 11:20 JOHN SAID, IT IS BECOMING DEAF AND IS QUITE FRUSTRATED ABOUT THAT AND 11:24 YOUR WANTING TO-YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR HEART THOUGH FOR THOSE 11:26 PEOPLE, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GIVE FINANCIALLY TO GOSPEL 11:31 OUTREACH SO WE CAN HIRE DEAF SPEAKING PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE SIGN 11:42 LANGUAGE FROM THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN GET 11:44 INVOLVED. 11:46 MAYBE YOU CAN'T HOP ON A PLANE AND DONATE TWO TO THREE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE, 11:47 LEARN THE SIGN LANGUAGE AND ALL OF THAT BUT MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE $20, $50, 11:49 $100, $300 TO THIS PROJECT AND WE WOULD SO APPRECIATE THAT. 11:53 OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AS YOU ARE TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT YOU CAN GIVE 11:58 AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOU SO WHEN YOU FEEL 12:02 THE CALL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE LORD TO GIVE WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT 12:08 YOU WILL THINK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:10 OUR NUMBER IS 509-525-2951. 12:12 WE HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION THERE ON OUR SCREEN FOR YOU. 12:15 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH VISIT GOAIM.ORG. 12:20 THAT'S FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS DOT ORG AND IN CANADA, WHERE 12:25 JOHN IS FROM, WE ALSO HAVE A CANADIAN ADDRESS AND OUR PHONE NUMBER THERE IS 12:30 778-754-2079 AND PLEASE ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 12:34 THAT'S OUR FREE NEWSLETTER AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 12:40 JOHN, FRED TAKE US ON A LITTLE TRIP. 12:43 YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES. 12:44 O.K. 12:45 WE HAVE IN OUR GENERAL CONFERENCE DR. LARRY EVANS AND HE IS AN ASSOCIATE IN 12:52 THE STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT BUT HE HAS ALSO ACCEPTED BEING A LIAISON FOR THE 12:57 DEAF. 12:58 HE WAS WITH US IN INDIA AND HE ACTUALLY HERE WAS JUST ABOVE THE ADVENTIST 13:05 COLLEGE AT COLONGE AT THE SWISS FRENCH BORDER WHERE THEY HAD AN INTER-EUROPEAN 13:10 DEAF CONFERENCE.WONDERFUL. 13:12 WE DON'T HAVE ANY DEAF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN EUROPE-YET, MY FRIEND, YET 13:17 BUT THAT CAN CHANGE. 13:21 KEEP GOING. 13:22 BUT HE WAS WITH US IN INDIA SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF HIM. 13:26 THIS IS THE GROUP THAT HAD GATHERED IN FRANCE THERE. 13:33 IT IS THE SECOND MEETING LIKE THIS BUT THERE WERE FROM ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN 13:36 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES INCLUDING SOMEBODY HAPPENED TO COME FROM 13:39 BRAZIL. 13:40 OH WOW. 13:41 SO THAT WAS OVER IN EUROPE. 13:42 SO, THIS GROUP IS THEN TRAINING ON HOW TO HAVE A DEAF MINISTRY BACK IN 13:48 THEIR HOME CHURCHES? 13:50 WELL, HERE IT WAS PROBABLY-I WASN'T THERE-IT WAS PROBABLY-YOU WERE 13:55 THERE FRED. 13:56 I WAS. 13:57 TELL US. 13:58 IT WAS MORE OF A CAMPMEETING; HOWEVER WE DID HAVE SOME WORKSHOPS 14:02 THAT WERE TRAINING TO WITNESS. 14:04 O.K. 14:05 WONDERFUL. 14:07 HE WAS PARTLY AN INTERPRETER FOR A DEAF SPEAKER PLUS HE WAS A 14:10 SPEAKER. 14:11 O.K. 14:13 THIS IS, I BELIEVE IT IS A FATHER AND A DAUGHTER AND SHE WAS INTERPRETING FOR 14:20 HER FATHER, IS THAT CORRECT? 14:21 RIGHT. 14:22 HE WAS DEAF, RIGHT? 14:25 YES AND THAT WAS AT THIS CONFERENCE. 14:28 WHAT COUNTRY WERE THEY FROM, FRED? 14:30 SPAIN. 14:31 THIS IS WHERE WE WERE IN INDIA. 14:38 I WILL ADMIT THAT ONE TIME WHEN I WAS SITTING THERE WATCHING THIS GROUP OF 14:45 DEAF AT THE DEAF SCHOOL AT KOLLEGAL RUN BY ASIAN AID, I WAS SO TOUCHED BECAUSE I 14:50 WAS AFRAID THAT MAYBE I MIGHT NEVER GET BACK THERE AGAIN. 14:56 THERE ARE NINTY SEVEN DEAF KIDS HERE. 15:00 THE TASK OF REACHING THESE PRECIOUS DEAF CHILDREN WITH THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST 15:05 AND SEEING THEM AND SEEING THEM SING IN SIGN LANGUAGE, IT WAS SO 15:09 TOUCHING. 15:11 SOME OF THE GIRLS SAW ME CRYING, THAT'S O.K. 15:14 THIS IS THE DEAF GROUP THAT GRADUATED THIS YEAR FROM THAT SCHOOL AFTER WE 15:19 WERE THERE. 15:20 SO THESE ARE ALL DEAF YOUNG PEOPLE. 15:23 ALL DEAF AND THEY WROTE, I BELIEVE THEY ALL WROTE THE GOVERNMENT EXAMS AND I 15:28 THINK THEY ALL PASSED FROM WHAT WE HEAR. 15:30 WOW. 15:31 I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME FOR THAT SCHOOL. 15:33 WOW. 15:36 WE ARE CONNECTD WITH THAT SCHOOL BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THERE RIGHT NOW 15:40 THAT WE ARE SPONSORING. 15:41 THIS IS OVER IN, I BELIEVE, IT'S IN GHANA AND WE HAVE WORK FOR THE DEAF 15:53 IN GHANA. 15:54 WE HAVE TWO WORKERS FOR THE DEAF THERE. 15:58 THE YOUNG MAN ON THE RIGHT, IN THE SUIT THE GRAY SUIT, YES WITH KIND 16:04 OF A STRIPED SOMETHING THAT HE IS WEARING-HE IS OUR WORKER FOR THE DEAF 16:09 AND HE IS DEAF. 16:11 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS TOLD: WOULD YOU WRITE HIM AND I WROTE HIM AND HE 16:17 TOLD ME THAT HE WAS DISCOURAGED BECAUSE THE CHURCH WASN'T DOING 16:22 ANYTHING FOR THE DEAF AND HIS DEAF FRIENDS HAD LEFT THE CHURCH BECAUSE THERE 16:25 WAS NOTHING FOR THEM. 16:27 SURE. 16:28 HE THOUGHT HE WOULD DO THE SAME. 16:30 WELL, WE SENT HIM DVD'S. 16:31 WE SENT HIM MATERIALS. 16:32 WE WROTE HIM. 16:33 THEY ENCOURAGED HIM THERE AS WELL. 16:36 HE TODAY IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND THE MAN ON THE LEFT IS 16:41 LEARNING TO WORK WITH THE DEAF. 16:43 HE IS A FULL TIME WORKER FOR THE HEARING WITH SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT PART 16:47 TIME WITH THE DEAF. 16:49 WOW. 16:50 SO HE WORKS WITH HARRISON AND I JUST GOT A LETTER FROM HARRISON. 16:54 THEY WERE OFF TO A NEW AREA THIS PAST WEEKEND AND THEY ARE STARTING NEW 17:00 GROUPS AROUND IN GHANA IN THEIR AREA BUT THEY NEED MORE HELP THERE. 17:05 SURE. 17:06 WE HAVE A SECOND WORKER THERE NOW AS WELL. 17:08 SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS JOHN, SO HARRISON HE'S THE MAN IN THE GRAY SUIT. 17:12 YES. 17:13 SO, HE IS SPEAKING--IS HE SPEAKING IN GHANIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 17:18 GHANIAN SIGN LANGUAGE, O.K. 17:19 SO WOW, ARE THERE BOOKS FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN THIS? 17:23 PROBABLY. 17:24 O.K. 17:26 BUT HE WOULD HAVE LEARNED THIS IN SCHOOL BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO A DEAF SCHOOL. 17:31 HE DID, O.K. 17:32 THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW GROUPS AND THE LOCAL ADVENTIST CHURCH HAS SAID 17:38 THEY CAN USE THIS. 17:39 APPARENTLY, IT USED TO BE A HEATHEN TEMPLE AND THIS IS WHERE THE DEAF ARE 17:42 MEETING. 17:43 LOOK WHAT THE LORD CAN DO. 17:44 WOW. 17:45 THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW AREAS WHERE THEY ARE MEETING. 17:49 THIS IS HARRISON AND HIS WIFE AND LITTLE GIRL. 17:53 THEY NAMED THE LITTLE GIRL ALBERTA, WHICH IS THE NAME OF MY WIFE, IN HONOR OF MY 17:58 WIFE AND MYSELF. 17:59 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 18:01 WE HAVE JUST SENT SOME MONEY FROM CANADA APART FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH TO 18:06 BUY A COMPUTER SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE IT IN THE DEAF DEPARTMENT TO SHOW 18:12 OUR VIDEOS AND SO ON THERE. 18:15 NOW, IS ALBERTA IS SHE, WELL SHE'S A BABY SO WE DON'T KNOW YET, IS SHE 18:19 HEARING IMPAIRED? 18:20 SHE IS HEARING AND THE MOTHER, I BELIEVE IS HEARING ALSO. 18:23 O.K THEY BOTH ARE HEARING. 18:24 O.K. 18:26 THIS IS OVER IN KENYA AND THIS IS OUR LEAD WORKER HENRY KIMMEL. 18:31 HE IS DEAF HIMSELF AND HE IS LEADING OUT GOING AROUND TO THE DIFFERENT 18:38 AREAS IN KENYA AND HE HAS VISITED THE DEAF SCHOOL THERE WHICH WE WILL COME 18:43 TO IN A MINUTE. 18:46 O.K. 18:47 THIS IS A DEAF SCHOOL. 18:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEAF SCHOOL BUT WE ARE INVOLVED 18:55 IN THAT DEAF SCHOOL BECAUSE OUR WORKER IS WORKING WITH THAT SCHOOL. 19:01 GOOD, I LIKE TO HEAR THIS. 19:02 THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THAT DEAF SCHOOL. 19:05 IT HAS JUST STARTED AND THERE IS ROOM FOR EXPANSION AND THEY NEED 19:10 MANY MORE-THIS IS A SIDE VIEW OF THE SCHOOL. 19:17 SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS JOHN, SO O.K. 19:20 THIS ANSWERS IT; IT WILL BE A DORMITORY SO STUDENTS WILL ACTUALLY COME LIVE 19:23 HERE? 19:24 WELL, ONE ROOM IS NOW A DORMITORY. 19:26 THEY HAVE AS OF THE OTHER DAY, THEY ONLY HAD SIX STUDENTS BUT THEY WERE 19:31 HOPING TO DOUBLE WITHIN A WEEK. 19:32 SO STUDENTS WILL COME AND ACTUALLY LIVE HERE-A BOARDING SCHOOL. 19:35 YES BUT THEY NEED FAR MORE FACILITIES BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY BASICALLY THEY 19:39 JUST HAVE TWO NICE ROOMS. 19:41 GOT IT. 19:42 NOW THIS IS A DEAF SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES AND OUR WORKER FOR MINDANAO IS IN 19:44 CHARGE OF THIS SCHOOL WITH HER HUSBAND. 19:54 ON THE LEFT IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING. 19:56 ON THE RIGHT IS THE DORMITORY. 19:58 THEY NOW HAVE I THINK, IT'S SEVEN OR EIGHT STUDENTS ALL IN GRADE ONE 20:07 FROM THE AGE OF 8 TO THE AGE OF 20. 20:11 WHY SUCH A VARIATION? 20:12 BECAUSE I PRESUME, NONE OF THESE OR HARDLY ANY OF THEM HAVE EVEN BEEN TO 20:16 SCHOOL BEFORE. 20:17 THEY ARE ALL IN GRADE ONE. 20:18 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 20:19 BECAUSE WHO KNOWS IF THEY HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT? 20:22 YES. 20:23 OR THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT. 20:24 NOW HOW DO PEOPLE PAY FOR THIS? 20:26 TO GO TO A DEAF SCHOOL? 20:28 WELL, THE PARENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY SOMETHING BUT IF THEY CAN'T I THINK 20:32 THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK ON A WAY-SUBSIDIZING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 20:36 I'M NOT SURE OF ALL THAT SINCE I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF THE SCHOOL, SURE, I DON'T 20:41 KNOW ALL THE DETAILS BUT OUR WORKER IS IN CHARGE OF THAT SCHOOL, WONDERFUL, 20:45 ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND. 20:46 THIS IS A CLOSEUP VIEW OF THE DORMITORY. 20:51 NICE ARCHITECTURE. 20:52 THIS WAS THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION AS THEY OPENED THE DORMITORY. 20:56 AH, NEAT. 20:57 THAT MAN IS DEAF WHO IS PRAYING. 20:59 HE IS ONE OF OUR LEAD LAYMEN IN ANOTHER AREA AND CAME TO VISIT AS THEY 21:05 OPENED THAT SCHOOL. 21:07 THIS WAS A SUMMER CAMP FOR DEAF YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY, THAT WAS 21:12 HELD AT THE SCHOOL THIS SUMMER. 21:16 OUR WORKER IS ABOUT THIRD FROM THE RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN SEE HER WITH BLUE 21:20 JEANS ON. 21:21 OH SURE, YES. 21:23 THEY WERE DOING SOME INTERESTING THINGS AT THEIR SUMMER CAMP. 21:25 IT LOOKS LIKE HERE THEY HAD TO LIGHT A FIRE OVER THE RIVER. 21:30 WOW. 21:31 I WASN'T THERE AND OUR WORKER IN THE RED THERE IS--LOOKS LIKE SHE IS IN A 21:35 WATER FIGHT OR SOMETHING BUT HOW FUN THOUGH. 21:38 ANYWAY, THEY ARE HAVING FUN WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING THERE IN THE RIVER. 21:41 ABSOLUTELY. 21:42 THIS BRINGS US TO NORTH AMERICA. 21:44 I'M ALSO INVOLVED THROUGH OUR LOCAL CONFERENCE IN ALBERTA WHERE I'M THE DEAF 21:50 MINISTRY COORDINATOR WITH PRODUCING A SERIES OF DVD'S COVERING JESUS LIFE 21:58 IN SIGN LANGUAGE FOR THE DEAF. 22:01 WOW. 22:01 THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE IT ALSO CAPTIONED. 22:03 WE VIDEO TAPED IT AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S DOING THE SIGNING. 22:06 WE VIDEOTAPED IT IN JUNE. 22:08 THEY ARE EDITING IT RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS OCTOBER AND WE ARE HOPING BY THE 22:15 END OF THIS YEAR TO FINALLY HAVE IT DONE. 22:17 I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS. 22:19 THIS IS THE MAN ACTUALLY, THAT DID THE SIGNING BUT BEFORE HE DID THE SIGNING 22:23 HE HAD TO RECORD IT WITH HIS OWN VOICE. 22:26 OH MY. 22:27 THERE HE IS WITH HIS SCRIPT. 22:29 THIS IS THE MAN WHO IS IN CHARGE, CHIP DOSS AT EDGEMONT VIDEO WHO AT THAT 22:34 PARTICULAR POINT WE WERE WORKING ON PLANS. 22:39 SO HERE WE ARE. 22:40 HOW EXCITING. 22:41 SO SHARE WITH ME ARE OTHER DENOMINATIONS -DO THEY HAVE MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF 22:47 IN THESE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT YOU ARE VISITING, DO YOU KNOW? 22:50 YES, IF YOU PUT DOWN FOR INSTANCE DEAF IN A BURUNDI OR CHRISTIAN DEAF IN 22:58 BURUNDI YOU PROBABLY WILL COME UP WITH, ON GOOGLE OR WHATEVER, WITH SEVERAL 23:04 ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM NORTH AMERICA OR EUROPE WHO HAVE SOME KIND 23:10 OF A MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF IN MOST OF THESE COUNTRIES. 23:14 SO OTHER CHURCHES DO HAVE A WORK FOR THE DEAF BUT IN SO MANY PLACES WHEN YOU 23:21 LOOK AT THE WHOLE DEAF POPULATION IT IS SO MINISCULE THE AMOUNT THAT 23:26 ACTUALLY ARE BEING REACHED WITH THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGES THAT WE BELIEVE 23:31 IS OUR SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY. 23:33 WE'VE BARELY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE UNLESS GOD PERFORMS A MIRACLE. 23:39 AND HE CAN AND WE KNOW HE DOES. 23:41 YES. 23:42 THE DEAF-GOD SAYS THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO HEAR BEFORE JESUS COMES. 23:47 THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF HEARING, RIGHT FRED? 23:49 YES, THERE CERTAINLY ARE AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WANTS 23:56 ON BEHALF OF THE DEAF PEOPLE TO SHARE WITH THEM THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THEIR 24:03 ONLY HOPE AND THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS FAIR IN THE END. 24:07 BEAUTIFULLY SAID. 24:11 I KNOW I HAVE A DEAF DAUGHTER AND SHE AND WE HAVE SOMETIMES WONDERED 24:15 WHY DID GOD ALLOW HER TO HAVE THE CHICKENPOX AT THREE MONTHS AND BECOME 24:21 STONE DEAF, OR VIRTUALLY. 24:23 WE BELIEVE THAT GOD ALLOWED IT SO THAT SHE AND WE WOULD BE DRAWN INTO 24:31 THIS SPECIAL MINISTRY. 24:32 NOW, MAYBE GOD HAD OTHER REASONS BUT THAT'S THE BURDEN THAT WE FEEL AND SO 24:39 AS GOD GIVES ME STRENGTH-EVEN THOUGH I AM 72, I WANT TO CONTINUE IN 24:46 WHATEVER I CAN DO IN HELPING TAKE THE GOSPEL TO THE DEAF AROUND THE WORLD. 24:51 PRAISE THE LORD AND OUR PRAYERS WILL CERTAINLY BE WITH YOU. 24:54 WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU BOTH WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 24:58 WATCHING TODAY AS THEY ARE HEARING ABOUT THE DEAF MINISTRY? 25:03 WELL, I CERTAINLY WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY TO SEARCH OUT AND MEET SOME 25:08 DEAF PEOPLE AND IF YOU ARE IMPRESSED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LEARN SIGN 25:14 LANGUAGE, GO TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE THAT 25:19 YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTACT THEM AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE. 25:24 SO FRED, CAN YOU TEACH US HOW TO SAY HELLO IN SIGN LANGUAGE? 25:28 WELL, FORMALLY YOU COULD SAY HELLO OR YOU COULD SAY HI, YES. 25:35 SO "H", "HI" O.K. 25:38 HOW DO YOU SIGN JESUS LOVES ME AND JESUS LOVES YOU? 25:42 O.K JESUS LOVES YOU AND ME. 25:46 SEE PERFECT. 25:47 YOU KNOW WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN THERE ARE GOING TO BE SO MANY AWESOME 25:57 LANGUAGES AND IT IS JUST AMAZING TO ME TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE LORD 26:02 OBVIOUSLY HE KNOWS ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND HOW HE HAS GIVEN US 26:06 THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND COMMUNICATION IS HUGE. 26:10 NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE BIBLE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES BUT THEN HERE WE 26:15 HAVE SIGN LANGUAGE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. 26:19 WELL, PRAYERS ARE WITH BOTH OF YOU. 26:21 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:24 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HEAR IN A 26:28 DIFFERENT FORM THAN THROUGH SOUND AND THE LORD BLESS BOTH OF YOU. 26:33 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 26:34 THANK YOU. 26:36 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" TODAY AND YOU 26:39 KNOW, AS WE'RE HERE SPEAKING AND ALSO SIGNING WE HOPE THAT THE LORD 26:42 MOVED YOU TO BE A PART OF THIS AND YOU ARE FEELING CALLED TO GIVE TO THE DEAF 26:47 WORK AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT US AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD 26:51 TO TALKING WITH YOU. 26:53 ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONON FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE 26:55 SANDERS-KEYMER AND REMEMBER THAT JESUS DOES LOVE YOU. 26:58 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:10 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. 27:24 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:27 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 27:31 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:36 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. 27:43 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 27:50 WORLD. 27:51 WHERE? 27:52 ALL THE WORLD. 27:53 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 27:55 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:57 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:02 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:06 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:09 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 28:13 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:14 BE THE SPARK. 28:15 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:18 FINISH THE WORK. 28:22 FINISH THE WORK. 28:26 BE THE SPARK. |
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