Participants: Dave Crook
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000518
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00:15 HELLO FRIENDS. 00:16 MY NAME IS DAN MATTHEWS IF YOU'VE FORGOTTEN. 00:19 HOW COULD YOU? 00:20 AND I GET TO BE HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THIS WONDERFUL "ADVENTURES IN 00:27 MISSIOIONSPROGRAM. 00:29 AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, EVERY TIME YOU TUNE IN TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:35 YOU ARE GOING TO BE INTRODUCED TO AN ADVENTURE. 00:39 EVERY PROGRAM IS STRAIGHT FROM THE FRONTLINES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MISSIONS 00:45 D I GET TO BE HERE TO JUST VISIT WITH MY FRIENDS WHOM I IE BECOME 00:50 ACQUAINTNT WITH THROUGH SPELELUTREREH ANANTHISISPROGRAMH 00:56 ONE E THOSE EXPXPIENCES WHEN I GET TO O WITH ONE OF MYMYRIENDS. 01:01 THIS IS DAVE CROOK. 01:03 GOD BLESS YOU, DAVE. 01:04 GOD BLESS YOU TOO. 01:06 IT IS ALWAYS SO GOOD TO GET TO BE WHERE YOU ARE AND NOW THAT WE'VE BOTH 01:11 HAVE SOME ROLE W WH GOGOEL 01:11 TREACH; WEWEE GOGOA TTLELEORE EXCUSE TO GET 01:15 TOGETHER. 01:16 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:17 I USED TO HAVE TO JUST SEE YOU IN EASTERN CANADA WHICH WAS WONDERFUL BUT 01:21 NOW TO HAVE YOU COME TO 01:21 WESTERN WASHINGTON OR TO EASTERN N SHINGTON TO BE 01:25 WITH US S GOGOEL O OREACAC 01:26 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:28 IT WILL BE ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. 01:31 REALLY! 01:32 YES. 01:33 MY OTHER QUESTION THAT I SOMETIMES LODGE FOR YOU FOLKS IS WHY DID YOU 01:40 DECICI TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADER? 01:45 WHEN I SAW THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE 01:49 VOLUNTEERISM AMONGNGHE ADMINISTRATION, I I T VERY EXCITED D D I I VER R OKED 01:55 BACK. 01:57 I HAVE HAD SOME OF OUR LEADERS TELL ME, WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME 02:04 AND HAD THTHPRIVILEGE OF LOOKING AT LOTS OF MINISTRIES AND HOW THINGS 02:09 ARE OPERATAT, TETE ME THAT THIS IS THE BEST DEAL IN MISSIONS IN TODAYS WORLD 02:17 AND JUST LIKE YOU SAID. 02:19 IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS, YOU DESERVE TO KNOW THAT NOBODY BUT NOBODY AT 02:26 GOSPSP OUTREACHHGETSTSNY P P. 02:30 EVERYBODY HERE IS A VOLUNTEER AND THE PLACE IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO 02:36 THIHIBECAUSE THE MINISTRY IS SO EFFECTIVE. 02:39 AMEN, THAT'S RIGHT. 02:40 AND MAYBE WE'LL DO A PROGRAM SOMETIME AND I'LL JUST INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME 02:44 OFOFHE PEOPLE WHO ARE REGULARS AROUNUNHERE. 02:46 YOU SEE, I'M LOOKING AT A CAMERA RIGHT NOW AND BEHIND THE CAMERA IS A 02:50 VOLUNTEER AND I COULD D OK THIS OTHER WAY AT ANOTHER CAMERA AND THERE IS A 02:54 VOLUNTEER AND D LOOKOKVERR AT WAY A A THERE IS A VOLUNTEEEEAND THEN TO GO 02:59 WN THE HALL A LITTLE WAYS AND THERE ARE MOREEVOLUNTES 03:03 GOSPEL OUTREACH MIMISTRY OPERARANG. 03:07 THANK YOU DAVE FOR BEING A VOLUNTEER. 03:09 MY PRIVILEGE. 03:10 AND YOU ARE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 03:12 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 03:13 WELL THAT MEANS THAT I APPROXIMATELY ONCE A YEAR I TRAVEL TO THESE 03:18 COUNTRIES. 03:19 I'M DISTRICT LEADER FOR DISTRICT #7 WHICH INCLUDES EGYPT, ETHIOPIA AND SOUTH 03:26 SUDAN. 03:27 AND SO WHEN I GO THERE I TRY TO DO SOME TRAINING WITH THE WORKERS AS WELL 03:30 AS CHECKING TOTOAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE PROPEPEY BECAUSE 03:34 THAT'S ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THTHIN ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE 03:39 ACCOUNTABIBITY. 03:40 THAT'S WELL SAID. 03:48 HOW DO YOU FIND GOSPEL I'LL TELL YOU I AM V VY EXCITED ABOUT THEM. 03:50 THE MORE I GET TO KNOW THEM-TO SEE THEIR DEDICATION AND TO SEE 03:54 THEIR BRAVERY AND SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCESESHAT THEYEYAVE TO PUT UP WITH. 03:58 I'M ALSO VERY PLEASED TO KNOW THAT ONCE IN A WHILE MEONE DOESEST QUITE WOWO 04:04 T BEBEUSE E HAVE DIFFERENT TALELES ANANSO BUTUTHE ADMINISTRATION 04:10 OVERERHEREREAS BEEN LLININTO GET SOMOMNE TO REPLACE THEM. 04:16 I THINK THATATS VERY IMPORTANT. 04:17 SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE MISSION LEADERSHIP, THAT'S RIGHT, OF THE 04:23 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN THAT AREA SO THAT WE'RE REALLY 04:28 SUPPORTETE OF F E WORK THAT EXISTS THERE, THAT'S RIGHT, IN GOSPEL OUTREACH, 04:32 THAT'S'SIGHTHT 04:33 O.K. 04:34 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT TODAY? 04:36 WELL, YOU KNOW WHEN I READ THE BOOK OF ACTS I GET VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT 04:39 HAPPENED BACK THERE; HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT; HOW THESE PEOPLE 04:43 FACED THE E NGERS AND ALL THE RERE THAHATHEY HAD TO FACE; WHAT THEYEYENT 04:48 ROUGH. 04:49 YOU KNOW THE APOSTLE PAUL TELLS US ABOUT ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT HE HAD AND 04:53 ON N D SOSO LOOOOAT SPELELUTREREH AS THE MODERN BOOK K ACTCT 05:11 TH T T HOLY SPIRIRT T OURURWORT IT IS AMAZING WHATAT TY ARE ABLE TO O COMPLISH.T 05:14 THEN T TRE A A SOMOM WHO HAVE DEGREES. 05:16 WELL, THAT WAS THE SITUATION BACK THERE TOO, WASN'T IT? 05:19 YES ININED. 05:20 SO THE DANGERS AND THINGS THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP THEM 05:25 THEY J JT KEKE ON N RKININ 05:25 IN A MARARLOUSUSAYAY 05:28 SO THE FIRST MAN I'LL TETE YOU ABOUT HERE IS S ALA. 05:33 CHALA WAS RAISED ACTUAUAY A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISIS BUBUHE IS REALLY ON FIRE. 05:38 HE, , THEHERESENT TIME WHEN I WAS THERE INTERVIEWING HIM, HE HAD 05:43 THREE DIFFERENT BIBLE STUDY GROUPS WITH 55 PEOPLE. 05:46 REALLY! 05:47 STUDYING WITH THEM. 05:48 WOW. 05:49 HE TOLD ME, "MY GOAL FOR 2014 IS TO BAPTIZE 70 PEOPLE." 05:53 NOW IT IS NOT EASY IN THTHE PLACES AND THEHEARE NOT WORKING IN PLACES S TH 05:56 A A RGE POPULATION. 05:57 THEY ARE WORKING IN SMALLER VILLAGES AND IN REMOTE AREAS. 06:02 ANYWAY, HEHEAS T TLING ME ABOUT T HUSBSBD AND WIFEFEWHO OL 06:07 LOLO 06:08 MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS SO VIOLENT THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR CAME OVER TO SEE 06:10 IF HE COULD HELP I ISOME WAY Y T HE WAS GETTING NO WHERE SO HE SAID TO THEM, 06:15 "I T TNK Y Y SHOULD 06:15 CALL ON THE SEVENTH DAYYADVENTI" 06:19 SO CHALA WENT OVER THERE D FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE FIGHTHTG ABOUT 06:22 RELIGIGI BECECSE T T MAMAWAS S ORTRTDOX X D THE LALA WAS A MUSLIM. 06:27 SOSOE SASA TO THEMEM"I THINK YOU NEED TO O OOSE ONE OR THE O OER R RIGION 06:32 OROROME AND JOJO US.S. 06:34 WELL HE SAID, I CRIED WITH THEM AND I PRAYED WITH THEM AND I PRESENTED THE 06:39 LOVE OF JESUS AND THEY DECIDED TO HAVE BIBLE STUDIES SO THE L LY HAS 06:46 BEENENAPTIZED ANANTHE HUSBSBD IS STUDYING BE E PTIZED. 06:53 AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT I THOUGHT NOW THERE ARE SOMEMEERY IMPORTRTT POPOTS 06:57 HERERE 06:59 FIRST OF ALL, I FIND THAT IN MOST PLACES ALTHOUGH THE PEOPLE MAY NOT REALLY 07:06 GO ALONG WITH THE TEACHINGS OFOFUR GOSPEL OUTREACH W WKER, OUR 07:10 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKRK IS RESPECTED. 07:12 THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE WILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIM WHICH HAPPENED IN THIS 07:16 RTICICAR CASAS 07:17 THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS THRILLING ABOUT WAS THE FACT THAT THIS MAN WENT 07:24 IMMEDIATATY TO TRY ANDNDHELPLPH. 07:26 HE COULD HAVE MADE UP ALL KINDNDOF EXCUSESESOT TO GO INTO THAT B BAUSE THESE 07:29 DOMESTIC SITITTIONS ARARNOT THE E SIEST TO HANDLE MANY TIMES. 07:39 OVE E L, I IPPREREATEEHOW W PRE LIKED THE TACTFUL WAWATHATATHE T AND FORGIVENESS OF JESUS. 07:44 THTH YOU SEE THE RESEST. 07:46 THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL STORY. 07:49 NOW, HERE IS ANOTHER MAN: HIS NAME IS DARISHE ATANO. 07:52 THE VILLAGE WHERE HE GREW UP THEY WERE DEVIL WORSHIPPERS. 07:59 THEY HAD A WITCH DOCTOR THAT THEY WORSHIPPED. 08:01 THE WITCH DOCTOR WAS THE GRANDFATHER AND HE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME HOW 08:06 HIS FATHER AND NINE BROTHERSRSID NOT BRING THE SACRIFICE THAT THE WITCH 08:14 DOCTOR WAS DEMANDING. 08:15 NINE OF THOSE BROTHERS DIED AND OF COURSE, THEY FELT THAT IT WAS THE EVIL 08:20 SPIRITS THAT BROUGHT THE DISEASE ON THEM. 08:23 THEN LATER ON ACTUALLY HIS FATHER DID ALSO BUT THE MOTHER TOOK THE CHILDREN 08:31 AND WENT TO THE WITCH DOCTOR AND GAVE E E WITCH DOCTOR A LOT OF MONEY. 08:38 I THINK ITITAS, LET ME SEE, I THINK IT WAS AROUND 2000 BIRR WHICH IS THE 08:47 CURRENEN OF ETHIOPOP WHWHH WOWOD BE ABOUTUT100 SHEEP.D TO GIVE E M TWELVE 08:48 THIS WAS SO THAT HER CHILDREN WOULD NOT GET SICK BUT THE PROBLEM WAS 08:55 THAT THE WITCH DOCTOR JUST KEPT DEMANDING MORE AND MORE EVERYTIME THEY WENT. 08:59 MATTER O OFACT, THEY BECAME SO POOR SO THIS YOUNG MAN, DARISIS HADADET 09:04 A SEVENTNTDAY Y VENTNTT Y ATATCHOOOOANAND E BOY HAD TATALK TO HIM ABOUT 09:10 JEJES BUT DARISHE WAS INTO THIS DEVIL W WSHIPIPND H H WOWODN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO 09:13 DO WITH JESUS AT ALL. 09:15 ANYWAY, AFTER A WHILE HE GOT TO THINKING ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW. 09:21 THTHE ISISOMETETNG W WNG WITH THIS RELIGION. 09:23 HE DECIDED HE E S GOING TO GO TO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH WITH HIS 09:28 FRIEND B B THE WITCHCHDOCTOR SA, 09:28 "IF HE GOES TO THAT 09:31 CHCHCH, HE'S GOING TO BECOME MUD OR HE IS GOING TO DIE." 09:33 I GUESS OFOFOURSE IF HE 09:33 BECAME MUD HE E ULD D E BUT ANANAY, BUT HEHEENT 09:39 AND HE STARTED T TING 09:39 BIBIE STUDIES AND WAWA BAPTIZED AND THEN HE -HIS 09:50 WHOLE FAMILY WAS ANGRY THAT HE DID THIS BUT ANYWAY, HE KEPT TALKING TO 09:55 THEM WITNENEING TO THEM. 09:57 FINALLY, HIS BROTHER AND SISTER WERE BAPTIZED. 09:59 FINALLY THE WHOLOL FAMILY WAS BAPAPZED. 10:02 SOME YEARS WENT BY HE BECAME DESPERATELY SICK AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS 10:07 GOING TO DIE. 10:08 SO HE PRAYED TO THE LORD AND SAID, "LORD, IF YOU SAVE ME I WILL BECOME A 10:14 MINISTST. 10:15 I WILL NOT GO BACK TO WITCHCRAFT." 10:17 AND SO HE BEGAN TO GET WELL AND HE BEGAN WITNESSING AND WAS CALLED 10:22 TO BE A GOGOEL OUTREACH WORKER. 10:24 ANYWAY, IN THE PLACE WHERE HE IS HE HAS BAPTIZED 84 PEOPLE AND BUILT A CHURCH 10:31 THERE. 10:32 SO IT IS MARVELOUS HOW THE LORD WORKS THINGS OUT. 10:35 NOW W EN YOU GO DAVE, TO VISIT IN YOUR REGION THERE, YOUR TERRITOROR AND 10:51 HIHIAS A AEVANGELIST'T TYPICALLY OR A LEADER BUT THE LORD IS BLESSING HISIP 10:59 SERVICE SO HE 10:59 BAPTIZES 84 PEOPLE. 11:02 IS THERE SOME KIND OF A SYSTEM THAT HE HAS TO BE AUTHORIZED TO DO THAT? 11:10 OR THE PEOEOPLCOCO TOOHIM M ANHS 11:10 REPRESENTATIVE IN THIS 11:15 PLACE? 11:16 THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS, REALLY BUT IT IS AMAZING DAN, TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS 11:20 WIWITHHESE GOSPEL TREACH WORKERS. 11:22 MOST OF THESE FELLOWS WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY HAVE BEEN 11:26 FAFAERS-NOTHTHG AGAIAIT RMING, NO,O,UT T TY N'T HAVE T THAVE A LOT 11:32 OF EDUCATITI BUTUTHE 11:32 LORD JUST WORKS THROUGH THEM IN A MARVELOUS WAY. 11:35 MATTER OF FACTCT, EN I WAS THERE I HAD SOME SEMININS AND I ASKED THEM TO 11:43 CONSTRUCT A SERMON, A 15 MINUTE SERMONONN THE SALVATION THROROH JESUS. 11:56 BEBEUSUSOF TAKAKG G LONG AUDIENCE W W WASASNAD THEM EXPERIENCED PASTOR.SON 12:04 I EXPECTED THEM TO SORT IDEA BUT EVERYONE THINK NT A ANG WITH IT. GREATEST 12:06 WHEN THESE PASTORS CAME BACK AND GAVE THEIR REPORT, I WAS ABSOLUTELY 12:10 AMAZED. 12:11 THE CONTENT OF THEIR SERMONS; HOW THEY HAD CONSTRUCTED THEM; THE 12:14 ILLUSTRATIONS THTH THEHE PUT INTOTOHEM;M;HE B BLE TEXTS S EY USED AND THE 12:19 WHOLOLTHININ IT T S 12:19 SOLULULY AMAZINGNG 12:24 NOW THAT HAS TO BE THE 12:24 HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN, WORKING THROUGH THTHE PEOPLE.I MEAN, AF? 12:26 THESE YOUNG MEN HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO JESUS AND THEY CAN TRUST HIM, WE CAN 12:32 UST THAT H HWILL BLESSSSTHEM ANY 12:32 USING THEM VERY 12:37 EFFECTCTELY. 12:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 12:39 AND SO WHEN YOU FIND SOMEONE AND I CAN'T RECALL THE NAME RIGHT NOW BUT THE 12:43 YOUNG MAN WHO HAS BAPTIZED 12:43 84 PEOPLE-WHY WOULDN'T'THE BE AH 12:47 WORKER F F US? 12:48 ANYBODY WHO IS THAT EFFECTIVE. 12:50 SO THESE OTHERS WHO ARE COMING NOW, THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN FARMERS AND SO 12:55 FORTRT DO THEY COMEMEO YOU? 12:57 DO YOU FIND THEM? 12:58 HOW DOES THAT WORK? 13:00 THE WAY IT WORKS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE MISSION CHOOSES THE 13:04 PEOPOP. 13:05 THEY MUST GIVE THEM SOME TRAINING WHICH IS RATHER MINIMAL. 13:09 THTH MUST SUPEPEISE E EM. 13:11 WE SUPPLY THE FUNDS FROM OUR GOOD DONORS TO SUPPORT THESE WORKERS. 13:16 BUT YOU GO AND MEET THEM TOO? 13:19 THAT'S RIGHT, AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE IS INDEED WHAT WE 13:24 E TETEING THE PEPELE WHO ARE SUPPPPTERSRSTHATATS TAT. 13:28 THAT'S'SIGHT. 13:30 SO, YOURS-WELL YOU USED THE WONDERFUL CORRECT WORD "ACCOUNTABILITY" MAKING 13:35 SURE THAHATHE WORK ISISOING THE WAY IT IS INTENDED TOTOO. 13:38 SO THAT IS WHAT I AM V VY PLEASED ABOUOUTHE MISSION ADMINISTRATIONS THATATHEHE 13:43 REALLY ARE DOING THAT. 13:44 LIKE I SAY, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME WHO JUST WEREN'T WORKING THAT WELL. 13:47 I MEME AFTFTALL, WHEHEYOU OOSESE WORKER YOU NEVER KNOW EXAXALY HOW IT IS 13:51 ING TO W WOROUT BUBUTWHEN IT HAD 13:51 OUT THEY HAVE HAHATHE 13:57 RESPONSIBILITY OF FINDING SOMEONE ELSE TAKE THEIR PLACE. 14:00 O.K. 14:01 YOU HAVE SOME OTHERS TO TELL US ABOUT? 14:03 YES I DO. 14:04 I HAVE ANOTHER YOUNG MAN HERE WHO IS ADAMU TAFESE. 14:08 ADAMU WAS S ISED A SEVENTH DAY ADADNTISISAND AGAIN A VERY ENERGTIC LAYMAN. 14:13 WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS: THESE PEOPLE WHO BECOME SPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 14:19 HAVE PRORON THEMSELVES A LAYMAN ALREADY ANDNDTHOSOSWHOR 14:23 EMPLOYOYNT AND SEVERAL WHO HAVE EVEN BEEN OTHER PASTSTS IN OTHER 14:28 DEDEMINATIONS, OH, WHEN THEY LEAVE THEY HAVE NO PROMISE OF A JOB. 14:33 YOYODON'N'LEAVAV YOYO PASTORATE OVER HERE AND O.K. 14:36 YOU ARE GOING TO BECOME A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BUT T EY ARE ALWLWS SO 14:41 THUSIASTICICHAT THEY A A OUT THERE WITNTNSING AND SO WHEN THE E SSIOIOSEES 14:47 THIS AND OF COURSE NATURALLY,Y,HEY Y OOSESETHEM TOH 14:50 WORKRKS. 14:51 SO THIS MAN HERE, ADAMU HE WAS VERY ENERGETIC, WAS CHOSEN TO BE A GOSPEL 14:59 OUTRTRCH EVANGNGIST AND HE HAS ONLY WORKED TWO YEYES. 15:04 READY HE HAS BAPTIZED EIGHT PEOPLPL 15:07 NOW, THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE VERY MUCH, NO, BUT THE WAY WE LOOK AT THIS IS 15:11 THIS: THE FIRST YEAR THEY GO TO A STRANGE PLACACE EY H HE TO MAKE FRIENDND 15:14 AND GET THE CONFIDIDCE THE PEOPLE. 15:16 THE SECOND YEAR, HOPEFULLY, THEY ARE GETTING SOME BIBLE 15:18 STSTIES. 15:20 BY THE THIRD YEAR, THEY ARE BAPTIZING SOME BUT IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS HE HAS 15:24 ACCOCOLISHED T THIAND NOT ONLY THAT BUT THEY'VE BUILT A CHURCH THERE. 15:28 SO, ITITS WOWOERFUFU 15:29 BUT HE WAS TELLING ME A STORY THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR VILLAGE THERE 15:34 WAS A MAN BY T T NAME OF MALUTATA 15:37 MALUTA WAS THE CHIEF OF THE VILLAGE BUT HE WAS ALSO A DRUNKARD MOST OF 15:42 HIS LIFEFE 15:43 BUT SOMEHOW HE HAD A BURDEN FOR HIM AND YOU KNOW, TO MANY OF US WE 15:48 WOWOD NOT THINK OF THISSAS A VEE 15:48 FOR CONVERSION BUT HE KEPT 15:53 GOING AND GOININ 15:54 YOU KNOW THINGS WEREN'T GOING ALL THAT GREAT BUT HE WOULDN'T STOP AND 16:03 FIFILLY THIS MAN GAVE UP HIS DRINKING AND HEAND HAD TWO WIVES AND SO HEAND 16:10 DECIDED THAT HE WOULD CHOOSE JUST THE FIRST WIFE. 16:14 HOWEVER, HE WOULD BEBEESPONSIBLE AND FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE 16:21 SO NOW THERE HE IS NOW, EVERY CHANCE HE GETS HE IS TELLING HIS LIFE STORY; 16:25 HE'S SHARIRI THE WONDERFUL LOVE OF JESUS WITH THESE PEOPLE. 16:31 SO THOSE ARE THE THRILL OF HOW W GOES. 16:34 HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKS AND CHANGES THESE PEOPLE. 16:39 YOU KNOW, I THINK WE FAILED, WE WANTNTO COME BACK TO THIS YOUNG MAN BUT 16:44 WE FAILED TO SAY SPECIFICALLY WHERE THIS IS THAT THESE WORKERS ARE 16:50 INVOLVED I IYOUR REGION. 16:51 YES, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. 16:52 NO THAT'S ALRIGHT. 16:54 THE ETHIOPIAN UNION MISSION WHICH IS THE-HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE 16:58 @ 16:58 WHOLE COUNTRY, THEN HAS SEVEN OTHER MISSION FIELDS. 17:03 @@ 17:03 THEY HAD FIVE BUT ST RECECTLY THEY VE T T NEWEWNES. 17:05 SO THERE A A SEVEV FIEIES. 17:07 SO THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COME FROM THESE DIFFERENT 17:11 FIELDS. 17:12 IT MAYBE SOUTH ETHIOPIA; IT MAY BE WEST; IT MAY BE EAST; WHATEVER SO THEY ARE 17:18 FROM ALL DIFFERENT PARTS. 17:19 SO YOUR REGION IS ALL THESE SEVEN FIELDS. 17:21 THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 17:22 O.K. 17:23 LET'S GO TO THE YOUNG MAN YOU JUST HAVE ON THE SCREEN THERE. 17:25 SO, THIS IS BENYAM AND HE WAS A FARMER. 17:28 A VERY ACTIVE LAYMAN. 17:30 HE BELONGED TO A PROTESTANT CHURCH BUT WHILE HE WAS MEDITATING 17:35 AND PRAYING ONE DAY IN HIS HOUSE, THIS PASTST TADEASE CAME ALONG AND ASKED FOR A 17:42 DRINK K WATER. 17:44 WELL, HE FOUND OUT HE WAS A PASTOR AND BENYAM WAS INTERESTED AND THEY GOT TO 17:49 TALKING ABOUT DIDIERENEN SPSPITUAL THINGS ANDNDBOUTUTTHEM 17:54 SAYS, "W"WL, IF YOU CAN SHOW ME IN THE BIBLE WHERE THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE 17:57 SABBATH H LL ACCEPT T ." 17:59 JUST LIKE THAT. 18:00 YES. 18:01 SO ANYWAY, THE PASTOR OF COURSE DID THAT. 18:05 HOWEVER, I SHOULD BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. 18:08 THEY DIDN'T DO THAT RIGHT THEN THEY AGREED TO MEET IN TWO WEEKS. 18:11 SO WHEHETHEYEYAME E TWO WEEKS BENYAM HAD HAD A DREAM ABOUOUTHE SABBATH. 18:16 OH. 18:17 AND THEN WHEN THE PASTOR CAME HE SAID, "NOW BENYAM, YOU GET YOUR BIBLE BECAUSE 18:21 WE WANT TO USE Y YR BIBLE 18:21 AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS." 18:24 SURE E EUGH,OF COUOUE E SABBATH WAS THERE. 18:26 HE BECAME CONVINCED OF THE SABBATH, ACCEPTED THAT AND ALSO BAPTISM BY IMMERSION. 18:33 HE ACCCCEPD THIS A ALS 18:35 SO THEY HAD MORE STUDIES AND HE AND HIS WIFE WERE BAPTIZED BUT THEN HE 18:41 INVITETEHIS S IGHBHBS COME TO HIS HOUSE AND STUDY AND 15 OF THEM WERE 18:46 BAPTIZED. 18:48 WELL, HE BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND NOW IN THAT AREA THEY HAVE 18:51 BAPTIZED 130 PEOPLE ININHAHACHURCH. 18:56 THEN ALSO, A SMALL VILLAGE OF ONLY ABOUT 30 PEOPLE NOT TOO FAR FROM THERE, 19:05 THERE WAS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MAN AND WIFE WHO LIVED THERE. 19:12 MATTER OF FACT,ISTS THEY THOUGHT SHEAME WAS GOING TO DIE. 19:14 SO IMMEDIATELY TWO PEOPLE RAN AND GOT BENYAM TO COME. 19:17 SO HE BROUGHT T S ELDERS AND THEY P PYED OVER HER AND THEN THEY WENT HOMOM 19:22 BUT THE NEXT MORNING HE MET SOMEONE FROM THAT LLAGE AND HE SAID TO 19:27 THEM, "HOW IS THIS LADY?Y? 19:29 THEY SAID, "SHE IS WELL. 19:33 AND AS A RESULT OF THAT EVERY PERSON IN THATR VILLAGE BECAME A SEVENTH 19:38 DAY ADVENTIST. 19:39 WOW. 19:41 SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S JUST MARVELOUS HOW THESE MEN ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH 19:45 THESE PEOPLE. 19:47 WELL, DAVE I WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I 19:54 HAVEN'T REMINDEDEDUR VIEWERS THATATHIS S RK AT P PTOR R OOK K 19:59 TELLING US ABOUT ONLY HAPPENS BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONSTITUENCY OF PEOPOP 20:06 LIKE YOU. 20:07 I CALL YOU NOW, GOSPEL OUTREACH MEMBERS WHO ARE SUPPORTERS OF THE KIND OF 20:14 MIMISTRY THAT PASTOR CROOKOKHAST 20:14 AND I'D LIKE YOU IF YOU 20:24 ADDRESS, THE EMAILNTURESES ADDRESS, PHONEWSLETTERER NUMBER, WHATEVER.HE 20:27 REQUEST YOUR COPY OF THE NEWSLETTER SO YOU CAN GET THESE UP TO DATE STORIES 20:33 ON A R RULAR BASIS. 20:35 ALL THIS IS ABOUT THAT WE DO HERE IS TO BRING YOU THE MISSION STORIES THAT 20:40 ARE E E FRFRTLININ RERERTS S GOSOSL OUTREAEA MININTRY. 20:44 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS AND DAVE, I THINK YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE 20:49 OTHER FELLOWS TELL US ABOUT. 20:51 YES. 20:53 DANIEL TADEASE. 21:00 HE H HRD ABOUT ANDEASE ADVENTIST CAMPMEETING G D HE DECECED WELL HE WOULD 21:05 GO IN, CURIOUS. 21:06 HE WENT IN AND HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE MEETING AND GOT TO TALKING TO THE 21:11 PASTST THERE AND THEN THEY GOT DISCUSSING ABOUT THE SABBBBH AGAIN. 21:14 AND HE SAID, " WELL,SHSH IT TO ME IN THE BIBLE." 21:17 WELL, OF COURSE THAT ISN'T TOTODIFFICULT TO DO AND ANYWAY HE BECAME A SEVENEN 21:22 DAY ADVENTNTT ALONG WITH HIWIFE WHO WAS B BTIZEZE AND THE INTEREREING THING 21:28 WAS THAT A ANG WITH THEM, TWENTY RELATIVES AND CHURCH MEMBERS WERE 21:33 BAPTIZED. 21:34 IS THAT RIGHT? 21:37 SO HE JUST BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN JANUARY, 2014. 21:43 HE E JUSUSSTARTING OUT BUBUWHATATOU ARE ILLUSTRARANG IS GOD IS 21:51 CALLING PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL BACKGROUNDS TO BECOME A 21:58 PARTRTF THTHMODERN BOBO OF ACTS STORY OF TELLING THE GOSPEL. 22:06 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:07 AND HERE WE HAVE A PASTOR FROM ANOTHER DENOMINATION; YOU'VE GOT THESE PEOPLE 22:11 WHWHWEREREAISED D VENTNTHDADAY E 22:11 GONE OTHER WAYS; P PPLE 22:15 FROMOMHE PLOW, SO TO SPEAK. 22:18 RIGHT. 22:19 THE COMMON GROUND THAT THEY MEET ON IS TO BECOME GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 22:24 ANAND U GET THE PRPRILEGE OF GOING AND SEEEEG THEM. 22:27 YES, AND THAT IS A THRILLING THING. 22:29 YOU COME ONE YEAR AND HERE A MAN HAS GONE TO A NEW AREA. 22:32 YOU COME THE NEXT YEAR AND HE H H TALALNG A AUT ALL THE BIBLBLSTUDIES HE HAS 22:35 GIVEN, GOING TO BE STUDYING WITH COME THE NEXT YEAR AND HERE THEY 22:39 HAVE A AHURCH, HAVE A NINICECONR 22:39 IS SINGING AND ALL THIS 22:42 KI OF THING, IT IS THRILLING. 22:44 WOW! 22:45 YOU HAVE ONE MORE? 22:46 YES ONE MORE AND THIS TESHORE BAKALD. 22:48 WELL, IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THERE WAS AN EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN 22:53 MEMEING HELD IN HIS VILLLLE AND SO AT THE AGE 10 0 WENENTO T TSE 23:15 MEETINGS. 23:17 NOW THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT HIS FATHER WAS A WITCH DOCTOR BUT HE TOLD 23:18 ME, "WELL, I WAS ALWAYS A GOOD BOY. 23:20 I WAS ALWAYS RESPECTFUL OF MY FATHER." 23:22 WHEN HE WANTED TO GET BAPTIZED AT AGE 13 THE FATHER DID NOT OPPOSE HIM 23:24 ININNYWAY WHWHICIS REALLY ALMLMT A MIRACLCL 23:26 YES, IT IS. 23:29 ANYWAY, DURING THE TRIED TOTOAKE HIM HIS GIVE UP HIS RELIGIGI. 23:31 MATTER OF FACT, FINALLY HE HAD TO GO TO PRISON FOR IT BUT HE NEVER GAVE IN. 23:34 EN HE E INED THE LITATA ANDNDE WAWAIN E MIMITARYRYOR S SERAL 23:38 YEARS. 23:40 LET'S SEE IT WAS SEVEN YEARS FROM 1986 TO 1993 HE WAS IN THE MILITARY. 23:44 THENENE LELE THEHEILITARY AND HE WENT FARMING AS MANY OF THESE PEOPLE DO 23:47 BEBEUSE 90 PER CENT OF THTHPOPUPUTION OF ETHIOPIA LIVEVEOFF THE LALA. 23:53 THERE ARE ABOUT 78 M MILON PEOPLE THERE AND 90 PER CENT LIVE OFF THE LALA. 23:58 SO HE E NT F FMINGNG 23:59 ANYWAY WHILE HE WAS FARMING OF COURSE, STILL HE WAS BEING VERY FAITHFUL 24:04 AS A AAYMAMA 24:06 SO LIKE I SAY, JUST RECENTLY HE HAS BEEN CALLED AS A GOSPEL 24:11 OUTREACH WORKER. 24:12 BUT WHILE HE WAS IN THE MILITARY HE TOOK SOME MEDICAL TRAINING AND SO HE 24:17 IS U UNG T TT BECAUSE MOSTSTF THESE PLACES NEED HELP IN THIS WAY. 24:22 SO T T PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 24:28 IT IS INTERESTING HOW ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS GOD. OUT FOR THE GLORY OF 24:30 WELL THANK YOU DAVE FOR BRINGING US THESE REPORTS AND INTRODUCING US TO THE 24:36 PEPELE. 24:38 WE CAN SPEAK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN KIND OF GENERAL TERMS-GOSPEL 24:41 OUTREACH WORORRS BUT YOU'VE GONE TO THE TROUBLELEOF . 24:46 DO YOU SPEAK TO THEM IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AT ALL OR DO THEY SPEAK E ELISH? 24:50 SOME SPEAK ENGLISH BUT MANY TIMES I HAVE TO HAVE A TRANSLATOR. 24:56 YES. 24:57 BUT OBVIOUSLY THE LOOK OF JOY ON THEIR FACES AND I KNOW THE JOY THAT COMES 25:02 WITH YOUR R ILE E NNECEC YOYOAND THERE IS NO SEPARATION IN THE FAMIMI 25:08 OF FAITH. 25:09 THAT'S THE WONDERFUL THING. 25:11 I GO TO THESE CHURCHES I CAN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE BUT I FEEL RIGHT AT HOME 25:14 WITH THESE PEOEOE. 25:15 THEY ARE SUCH WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 25:25 THERE E ULDN'T BE A GOSPEL TREACH MINISTRY WHEREOUT WE CAN BE IN TOUCH WITH, 25:31 WHAT'S H HPENING IN THE SEVEN FIFIDS, FOR EXAMPLE, OF ETHIOPIA AND WHWHER 25:37 THESESPEOPOP ARE COMING FROM FARMS AND THEY ARE COMING FROM OTHER 25:40 OFESESONS;S;HEYYARE E EN COMINGA 25:40 SPIRITUALISM, WITCHCRARA 25:46 BACKGROUND BUT GOD IS BRINGING TOTOHE LEVEL OUND OF HIS COMMMMITY Y 25:52 BELIEVERS WHERE ALAL OF US ARE UNITITG IN J JES CHRISIS 25:58 ONE FINAL WORD. 26:05 THTHPLANANNG; ; ERE E THE SEEDING; ALL OF THESESETHINT FARMERS YOU KNOW, THERE IS 26:11 WHATATHEY ARE DOING IS- WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF FARMING THEY ARE ACTUALLY 26:15 BRINGING A SPIRITUAL L RVESES 26:16 NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. 26:19 WELL, IN WHATEVER WAY SEEMS APPROPRIATE DAVE, WHEN YOU ARE IN TOUCH WITH 26:25 YOUR WORKERS IN YOUR REGIONS, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE PRAYING 26:32 FOR R EM AND THAT WE ARE A PART OF THEIR FAMILY. 26:36 THEY ARE A PART OF OUR FAMILY. 26:38 WE ARE ONE IN CHRIST JESUS. 26:40 THEY ARE CONSTANTLY TELLING ME, "THANK THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT US." 26:45 GOOD AND THAT IS A A ANKS TO YOU. 26:49 I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON THIS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:57 PROGRARAANDDI'LL LOOK FORWARD TO 26:57 BYE NOW.TH YOU AGAIN. 26:58 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:00 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:06 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:10 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:14 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:18 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 27:22 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:28 THERE'S NONOING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:33 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:37 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:40 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? 27:58 YOU CAN PRAY. 28:00 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:03 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:06 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:11 MILLIONS OF PEPELE ARE SESECHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 28:19 FINDNDT WIWIOUT YOU. 28:21 BE THE SPARK. 28:23 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:25 FINISH THE WORK. 28:27 FINISH THE WORK. 28:29 BE THE SPARK. |
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