[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.93\00:00:14.51 WELCOME FRIENDS. 00:00:14.51\00:00:16.18 I AM SO GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU AGAIN AND GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:00:16.18\00:00:22.32 FOR MORE REPORTS OF WHAT GOD IS DOIOI ROUGUGTHIS AMAZING MINISTRY ACROSS WHAT I'VE 00:00:22.32\00:00:28.39 BEGUN TOTOALL L E GOSPEL OUTUTACH WORLD. 00:00:28.39\00:00:31.59 AND EACH TIME I GET 00:00:31.59\00:00:35.63 COME TO THIS STUDIO HERE IN COLLEGE PLACE, 00:00:31.59\00:00:35.63 WASHINGTON I GET TO CONNECT WITH FRIENDS FROM OTHER TIMES 00:00:35.63\00:00:40.24 AND PLACES. BUT MAMANYEOEOE HAHA BECOME M MDEAR, DEDE FRIENDS 00:00:40.24\00:00:44.74 AND COLLEAGUES SIMPLYLYECAUAU OFFGOSPS. 00:00:44.74\00:00:47.08 AND I HOPE THAT SUGGESTS THAT YOU TOO CAN HAVE A SPEGOSPEL 00:00:52.71\00:00:54.18 OUTREACH.WITH IN FACT THIS PROGRAM, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, IS PROVIDED TO INVITE 00:00:54.18\00:01:00.16 YOU TO BECOCO A P PT OFOFHE GOSPSP OUTUTACH H MILY. 00:01:00.16\00:01:02.62 THAT MEANS WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS. 00:01:02.62\00:01:05.49 WE INVITE YOU TO BE FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS. 00:01:05.49\00:01:09.40 AND IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY, THAT YOU COULD EVEN BE AN 00:01:09.40\00:01:14.50 ADOPT-A-WORKER SUPPORTER. 00:01:14.50\00:01:17.77 WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 00:01:17.77\00:01:19.77 THAT WOULD BE EXCITING TOO AND YOU WILL BE BLESSED. 00:01:19.77\00:01:22.71 TODAY I AMAMO DELIGHTETE TO WELCOME M MDEAR FRIENDS FROM THE DEAF MINISTRY O O 00:01:22.71\00:01:24.91 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:01:24.91\00:01:25.81 JOHN BLAKE, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU JOHN. 00:01:25.81\00:01:27.92 YOU'RE ON TOP OF T TSSSO . 00:01:27.92\00:01:33.59 AND ALFRED GRIFFITH. 00:01:33.59\00:01:38.86 ALFRED, BLESS YOUR HEART, SEEMS LIKE WE GO BACK A LOYES.LONG 00:01:43.70\00:01:45.20 TIME. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW PERHAPS, ALFRED'S FATHER 00:01:45.20\00:01:50.77 WAS A DEAR, DEAR PASTOR FOR MANY MANY YEARS AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ASSOCIATING WITH 00:01:53.61\00:01:59.45 HIM IN MINISTRY BACK IN OUR COMMON OREGON DAYS. 00:01:59.45\00:02:03.79 SO I'M BLESSED TO REMEMBER HIM TODAY. 00:02:03.79\00:02:07.26 A SPECIAL MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:02:07.26\00:02:12.39 MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF. 00:02:12.39\00:02:14.90 USUALLY THE FRIENDS I MEET HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A REGION 00:02:14.90\00:02:20.90 SOME PLACE IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD, BUT 00:02:20.90\00:02:27.78 THE DEAF MINISTRY CROSSES REGIONAL BOUNDARIES AND 00:02:20.90\00:02:27.78 FINDNDGOD'S PEOPLE WHO 00:02:27.78\00:02:34.32 ARARDEAFAFN VAVAOUS PLACES AND YOU HAHA DEVEVOPEDEDN 00:02:27.78\00:02:34.32 AZININMINISTRY FOR THEM JOHN. 00:02:34.32\00:02:37.85 GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY TO THE 00:02:37.85\00:02:42.76 DEAF AT THE PRESENT. 00:02:42.76\00:02:44.66 AT THE PRESENT GOD HAS STARTED WITH ONE WORKER AND I THINK NOW 00:02:44.66\00:02:50.73 WE'RE JUST HITTING THE 40 MARK. 00:02:52.93\00:02:54.24 FORTY WORKERS FOR THE DEAF, WOW. 00:02:54.24\00:02:57.71 I JUST GOT APPROVAL IN THE LAST FEW DAYS FOR THE 40TH WORKER 00:02:57.71\00:03:03.48 AND THAT WILL BE THE THIRD ONE FOR GHGHA. 00:03:03.48\00:03:06.51 GHANA, YES. 00:03:06.51\00:03:08.65 AND WE ARE NOW IN NINE COUNTRIES AND THEY SPREAD OUT ALL THE WAY FROM INDIA 00:03:08.65\00:03:14.72 AND THE PHILIPPINES TO KYRGYZSTAN AND BRAZIL. 00:03:16.73\00:03:21.16 THERE ARE NINE COUNTRIES. 00:03:21.16\00:03:22.53 SO GOD KEEPS OPENING ANOTHER DOOR AND ANOTHER DOOR AND 00:03:22.53\00:03:29.10 ANOTHER DOOR. YOU KNOCK ONONHIS DOOR AND SOMETIMES IT DOESNSN 00:03:29.10\00:03:32.07 OPEN. YOU KNOCK ON THAT DOOR AND IT OPENS A LITTLE BIT. 00:03:32.07\00:03:34.68 BRAZIL TOOK ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS BEFORE WE FINALLY 00:03:34.68\00:03:40.68 GOT A WORKER. SO GOD IS WORKING STEP BY STEP TO TAKE U UFURTHER AND FURTHER AND THERE IS 00:03:40.68\00:03:46.86 FAR TO GO. 00:03:46.86\00:03:48.72 BEFORE YOU TELL US HOW WE DISCOVER THIS NEED FOR WORKERS 00:03:48.72\00:03:54.80 I WANT ALFRED TO GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN MINISTRY 00:03:57.67\00:04:03.30 FOR R E DEAF CLEAR TO YOUR PERSONAL BEGINNING IF YOU WISH. 00:04:03.30\00:04:06.11 MY MOTHER AND FATHER ARE BOTH DEAF AND I HAVE TWO SISTERS WHO 00:04:09.31\00:04:14.65 ARE DEAF. I CAN REMEMBER BACK WHEN WE WEMININIRY P PCHURCH AND IN N R TOTO. DEAF 00:04:22.02\00:04:26.70 MY DAD WOULD SAY, "SIT BESIDE ME AND TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON 00:04:26.70\00:04:31.67 IN SABBATH SCSCOL AND CHURCH." 00:04:31.67\00:04:34.30 I WAS TOO EMBARRASSED TO TURN AROUND AND FACE HIM SO I SAT 00:04:34.30\00:04:39.84 BESIDE HIM AND I WOULD SIGN AS SMALL AS I COULD SO NOBODY COULD SEE ME SIGNING. 00:04:39.84\00:04:45.18 BUT THEN OF COURSE THAT GREW TO THE TIME WHEN MY FATHER BECAME 00:04:45.18\00:04:51.25 A MACHINIST AND WORKED IN PORTLAND. 00:04:53.56\00:04:55.59 THERE HE GAVE BIBLE STUDIES AND A SMALL GROUP BEGAN TO GROW. 00:04:55.59\00:05:00.20 ONE DAY HE A AED THEM WHO O EY SHOULD HAVE A A LEADER AND THEY 00:05:00.20\00:05:06.07 ALL POINTED TO HIM. 00:05:06.07\00:05:07.54 SO THE GROUP WENT TO THE OREGON CONFERENCE AND SAID THEY NEEDED 00:05:07.54\00:05:13.14 A LEADER AND OREGON CONFERENCE SAID HE HADN'T BEEN TO TAKE THEOLOGY AND THEY THOUGHT 00:05:16.51\00:05:22.95 WELL, YOU HAVE FIVE GOOD CHILDLDN WE'R'R 00:05:22.95\00:05:26.55 GOING TO T TE YOU ON. 00:05:22.95\00:05:26.55 MINISTRY FOR HIM GREW AND GREW AND WE JUST THANK THE LORD FOR 00:05:26.55\00:05:33.73 THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S HOW I GOT STARTED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY BEING RAISED IN A A AF 00:05:33.73\00:05:39.07 FAMILY I THOUGHT AT FIRST I WOULD TRY TO BE A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR THE DEAF BUT 00:05:39.07\00:05:45.41 GOD INTERVENED AND I ENDED UP BECOMING A PASTOR FOR THE DEAF. 00:05:45.41\00:05:49.84 OF COURSE YOUR F FHER WAS THE LEADING PASTOR FOR THE DEAF IN 00:05:49.84\00:05:55.88 OREGON F F MANY YEARS AND OTHER PLACES AS WELL. 00:06:00.29\00:06:03.99 HIS EFFECTIVENESS AS A BELIEVER AS A LEADER. 00:06:03.99\00:06:10.10 WHEN I MET YOUR DAD THERE WAS NO QUESTION I MET A MAN WHO 00:06:10.10\00:06:16.17 LOVED THE LORD AND WHO WAS EFFECTIVE IN MINISTRY. 00:06:19.41\00:06:21.01 SO IT'S SPECIAL FOR ME ALFRED FOR YOU TO BE HERE TO HAVE THAT 00:06:21.01\00:06:27.78 CONNECTION. AND NOW ALFRED ASSOCIAIAS WITH YOU IN N NISTST FOR THE DEAF THROUGH GOSPEL 00:06:27.78\00:06:33.89 OUTREACH. 00:06:33.89\00:06:34.86 ALFRED IS THE SPECIAL ASSOCIATE FOR INDIA. 00:06:35.92\00:06:42.30 ABOUT HALF OF OUR WORKERS, ABOUOU20, ARE IN INDIA. 00:06:42.30\00:06:46.80 SO MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT BUT 00:06:46.80\00:06:53.34 INDIA IS WHWHE ALFRED GOES E ERY Y YR. 00:06:53.34\00:06:55.51 I'VE BEEN THERE THREE TIMES BUT ALFRED GOES ETAKES SOMEBODY 00:06:59.25\00:07:01.25 WITH HIM.Y OFTEN THAT PERSON IS A DEAF PERSON. 00:07:01.25\00:07:04.19 EVEN THOUGH ALFRED COMES FROM A DEAF FAMILY AND AS HE DESCRIBES 00:07:04.19\00:07:09.82 IT A HEARING DEAF PERSON. 00:07:09.82\00:07:11.29 IN MY CASE I'M THE FATHER OF TWO DEAF CHILDREN, ONE ADOPTED, 00:07:11.29\00:07:16.90 ONE NATURAL. BUT HE REALLY HAS A CLOSER TIE TO THE DEAF WORLD 00:07:19.33\00:07:22.97 THAN I DO. WHEN YOU GO TO INDIA AND YOU HAVE 20 WORKERS FOR THE DEAF THERE--NOW, JUST 00:07:22.97\00:07:29.01 FOR OUR CLARIFICATION, ARE THEY ALL DEAF WORKERS? 00:07:32.48\00:07:37.65 OUT OF THE 20 THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR WHO ARE HEARING BUT 00:07:37.65\00:07:43.76 THEY KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:07:43.76\00:07:44.76 THE REST OF THEM ARE DEAF. 00:07:44.76\00:07:46.09 SO THE MINISTRY IS VIA SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:07:46.09\00:07:48.40 RIGHT. 00:07:48.40\00:07:50.50 WHEN YOU GO, GIVE US A LITTLE EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU DO AS YOU 00:07:50.50\00:07:56.44 GO TO WORK WITH THESE WORKERS AND D TH THE DEAF COMMUNITIES. 00:07:56.44\00:08:00.11 WE HAVE GONENEO LD MEETINGS AT THEIR CHURCHES. 00:08:00.11\00:08:04.71 WE'VE GONE TO VISIT THE WORKERS' HOMES AND OF COURSE A 00:08:04.71\00:08:09.95 BIG FEATURE OF THIS IS THE TRAININGNGORKSHOP. 00:08:09.95\00:08:13.46 WE USUALLY COVER SUBJECTSS 00:08:13.46\00:08:17.76 O 00:08:13.46\00:08:17.76 WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO 00:08:13.46\00:08:17.76 BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE WORKERS. 00:08:17.76\00:08:21.26 AND ARE THERE DEAF CONGREGATIONS PER SE OR ARE 00:08:21.26\00:08:27.34 THERE DEAF PEOPLE WITHIN ANOTHER CONGREGATION THAT YOU ARE MINISTERING TO, OR BOTH? 00:08:29.90\00:08:34.38 WELL, THEY ARE BOTH. 00:08:34.38\00:08:35.68 SOME OF THE DEAF CONGREGATIONS MEET IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER THE 00:08:35.68\00:08:40.75 HEARING CONGREGATION HAS MET ON SABBATH MORNING. 00:08:40.75\00:08:44.19 THEN THERE ARE A FEW WHO HAHA THEIR OWN DEAF CHURCH AND THEY 00:08:44.19\00:08:49.82 MEET IN THE MORNININ 00:08:49.82\00:08:51.23 THEY RANGE ALL THE WAY FROM FIVE PEOPLE TO 50 MEMBERS IN 00:08:51.23\00:08:57.60 EACH GROUP. IS THE D DF GROUP WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH THE BASE OF DOING EVANGELISM 00:08:57.60\00:09:03.67 OR DO YOUR DEAF WORKERS ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN SOME KIND OF 00:09:06.78\00:09:12.21 AN EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH FOR DEAF IN EIR COMMUNITIES? 00:09:12.21\00:09:16.32 WELL IT INCLUDESESOTH. 00:09:16.32\00:09:17.79 THEY HAVE TOLD ME THEY GO AND TRY TO CONTACT THE LEADER IN A 00:09:17.79\00:09:25.29 VILLAGE AND SAY THTH WANT TO HELP THE DEAF PEOPLE. 00:09:25.29\00:09:29.66 THE TENDENCY IS FOR PARENTS TO HIDE THE DEAF CHILDREN IN THEIR 00:09:29.66\00:09:35.44 HOMES. SO THEY HELP EACACOTHER. 00:09:35.44\00:09:37.51 THEN THEY SAY CAN WE GO AND VISIT THE DEAF CHILDREN SO 00:09:37.51\00:09:44.68 THERE IS BOTH. WHEN WE THTHK ABOUT THTH CHALLENGNG OF MINISTRY IN OUR 21ST CENTURY 00:09:44.68\00:09:50.75 AND OUR COMPLEX WORLD AND DEAF PEOPLE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION IS REALLY 00:09:55.96\00:09:57.96 DEAF OR DOES IT VARY FROMOMOUNTNT TO COUNTRY? 00:09:57.96\00:10:00.40 WELL, IT VARIES DRASTICALLY FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY. 00:10:00.40\00:10:06.47 IN NORTH AMERICA FRANKLY THE BULGE OF DEAF IS KIND OF PAST 00:10:12.91\00:10:18.98 BUT IN SOME OTHER COUNTRIES THERE IS A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF DEAF. 00:10:21.58\00:10:25.65 SOME OF IT MAY BE FROM INTER-MARRIAGE AND THUS IT IS 00:10:25.65\00:10:30.56 INHERITED. SOME MAY BE E CAUSE E EY HAVE MORE DISEASES THAT CAUSE DEAFNESS IN THEIR 00:10:30.56\00:10:35.23 CULTURE, IN THEIR THIRD WORLD SITUATION THAT DON'T GET TENDED 00:10:35.23\00:10:40.54 TO IN THE SAMAM Y THTH WE E ULDD RHRHS ININORTHTHMERIRI. 00:10:40.54\00:10:43.47 THE AVAIAIBILITY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF, 00:10:43.47\00:10:46.71 DOES IT MEET WITH VERY, VERY POSITITIV ENTHTHIASM FROM 00:10:46.71\00:10:49.08 THTHE AF COMMUNITY? 00:10:46.71\00:10:49.08 YES, OF COURSE THAT WILL DEPEND ON DIFFERENT PLACES AND DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. 00:11:00.62\00:11:05.46 BUT PARTICULARLY THE DEAFF 00:11:05.46\00:11:13.07 N 00:11:05.46\00:11:13.07 WE H HE A A AF P PSON. 00:11:05.46\00:11:13.07 NOW FOR INSTANCE, , EREE 00:11:13.07\00:11:19.14 T 00:11:13.07\00:11:19.14 CAN, LIKE ME THOUGH I'M 00:11:13.07\00:11:19.14 NOT A GOOD SIGNER PERSONALLY, BUT THERE ARE LEADERS THAT CAN 00:11:22.88\00:11:27.78 RELATE WITH THE DEAF IN THEIR SITUATION. 00:11:27.78\00:11:30.32 BUT WE NOTICE THAT WHEN WE HAVE A DEAF PERSON WITH US, WHEN I 00:11:30.32\00:11:37.93 GO TO A COUNTRY OTHEHETHANANNDIA SAY WITH 00:11:37.93\00:11:40.83 A DEAF PASASR, T TY RELATE 00:11:37.93\00:11:40.83 MUCH FASTER TO T T DEAF 00:11:37.93\00:11:40.83 FASTER THAN THEY DO TO ME BECAUSE I'M STILL SOMEWHAT PERIPHERALALN THTHR WORLD 00:11:40.83\00:11:46.90 AND I DON'T SIGN LIKE I REALLY OUGHT TO. 00:11:52.41\00:11:55.78 THE DEAF PERSON IS ONE OF THEM SO THEY RELATE MUCH BETTER. 00:11:55.78\00:12:02.65 OF COURSE, FRED IS FROM A DEAF HOME CULTURAL BACKGROUND SO HE 00:12:02.65\00:12:08.72 IS ACCEPTED BETTER THAN I AM. 00:12:11.19\00:12:14.30 I WANT TO EXPRESS COMMENDATION FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WILLINGNESS 00:12:14.30\00:12:20.34 TO UNDERTAKE MINISTRY TO THE DEAF. 00:12:23.24\00:12:25.57 YES. 00:12:25.57\00:12:26.94 WE HAVE, I THINK AS A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, TYPICALLY BEEN SLOW 00:12:26.94\00:12:32.61 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO DESERVE MINISTRY AND I 00:12:37.39\00:12:42.16 COMMEND YOU JOHN AND EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT REJOICING THAT 00:12:42.16\00:12:48.23 YOUR DAUGHTERS ARE DEAF, AT THE SAME TIME SINCE YOU HAD DEAF CHILDREN IN YOUR FAMILY 00:12:52.57\00:12:58.64 YOU DISCOVERED A NEED AND I THINK GOD USED THAT FOR THE OUTREACH OF WORK NOW 00:13:02.01\00:13:08.98 IN NINE COUNTRIES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP. 00:13:08.98\00:13:12.15 SO OUR COMMENDATION GOES TO GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERSHIP FOR 00:13:12.15\00:13:17.09 ENDORSING THIS AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. 00:13:17.09\00:13:18.76 THANK YOU. 00:13:18.76\00:13:20.50 ALRIGHT, YOU'VE GOT SOME PICTURES I THINK THAT REFLECT 00:13:20.50\00:13:24.33 SOMETHING OF THE MINISTRY THAT YOU'VE 00:13:24.33\00:13:29.27 BEEN EXPXPIENCING IN THESE NINE COUNTRIESES 00:13:24.33\00:13:29.27 CAN YOU SHARE THOSE WITH US? 00:13:29.27\00:13:31.41 YES. 00:13:31.41\00:13:32.77 THIS FIRST PICTURE IS A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN THE 00:13:32.77\00:13:37.31 PHILIPPINES. IT'S'SN MINDANAO. 00:13:37.31\00:13:39.11 THIS IS THE SCHOOL YEAR CURRENTLY NOW. 00:13:39.11\00:13:42.92 THAT'S THE STUDENT BODY WITH H EIR TEACHER IN THE VERY BACK. 00:13:42.92\00:13:47.22 RARAAMISISAN IS ONE OF OUR W WKERS. 00:13:47.22\00:13:49.59 WE DON'T RUN THE SCHOOL. 00:13:49.59\00:13:51.33 SHE RUNS THE SCHOOL ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND AND IT IS A SULADS 00:13:51.33\00:13:59.30 SCHOOL. WE FUND THE TETEHER. 00:13:59.30\00:14:00.60 THEY HAVE STUDENTS ALL THE WAY FROM 11 TO 47 OR 43 YEARS OLD. 00:14:00.60\00:14:06.94 THE REASON IS BECAUSE THERE IS PROBABLY NO OTHER DEAF SCHOOL 00:14:06.94\00:14:13.11 ANYWHERE NEAR THERE AND THESE STUDENEN DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO READ AND WRITE 00:14:13.11\00:14:17.75 ANDNDOME E THEM A A EVEVELEARARNG FORMRM SIGIGLANGUAGE S S THTH 00:14:17.75\00:14:21.89 CANANOMMUMUCATETEITH OTOTR DEAF NOT JUST HOMOMSIGNING. 00:14:21.89\00:14:24.06 OH THAT'S WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. 00:14:24.06\00:14:25.06 HERE THEY ARE IN THE CLASSROOM. 00:14:25.06\00:14:26.49 AN AGENCY I WORK WITH IN CANADA WE HAVE ACTUALLY SENT THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND 00:14:26.49\00:14:32.23 DOLLARS NOW TOTOELP 00:14:32.23\00:14:38.27 BUILD THISISCHOOL AND D E BUILDINGS THERE IN THE 00:14:32.23\00:14:38.27 PHILIPPINES. 00:14:42.94\00:14:44.25 AND WE ARE STILL COLLECTING MONEY FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY 00:14:44.25\00:14:46.35 NEED MORE BUILDINGS. 00:14:46.35\00:14:47.35 HERE IS SARA OUR WORKER. 00:14:47.35\00:14:49.35 OBVIOUSLY SHE IS DOING A DEMONSTRATION TO SOMEEOFF 00:14:49.35\00:14:55.66 METHING TO DO WITH COOKING AND D TCHEN. 00:14:55.66\00:14:57.89 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S HOW TO HOLOLA KNIFE AND FORK OR 00:14:57.89\00:15:03.87 JUST WHAT IT IS. I WAWA'T THERE WHEN THIS WAS TAKEN. 00:15:03.87\00:15:06.80 HERE THEY ARE WORKING OUT IN THE FIELDS. 00:15:06.80\00:15:09.44 THEY GROW SOME THEIR OWN FOOD THAT THEY EAT AT THE SCHOOL. 00:15:09.44\00:15:12.87 THE MAN ON THE RIGHT I I THE GRAY BENDING OVER IS HER 00:15:12.87\00:15:18.78 HUSBAND DARYL. HE HAS WORKED WIWI E SUSUDS M 00:15:18.78\00:15:22.98 MEMENENFORRMANYH HEARING BUBUNOWW 00:15:22.98\00:15:26.49 WITH T. 00:15:22.98\00:15:26.49 HERE THEY ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH THEIR FIRST RICE PADDY ON 00:15:26.49\00:15:31.26 THE HILL. 00:15:31.26\00:15:32.69 THEY HAD MORE WATER THAN THEY NEEDED SO THEY ARE RUNNING IT 00:15:32.69\00:15:36.33 DOWN THERE. I HAVEVENOTHTH PICTURE SOMEWHERE ELSE WITH US AND THE RICE WAS ABOUT THAT 00:15:36.33\00:15:42.40 HIGH. 00:15:45.97\00:15:46.98 NOW WE'RE MOVING TO GHANA. 00:15:46.98\00:15:48.51 THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE GROUPUP 00:15:48.51\00:15:49.81 THEY JUST HAD A CAMP MEETING FOR THE DEAF AT THE END OF 00:15:49.81\00:15:55.85 AUGUST BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER. 00:15:59.55\00:16:02.19 OUR WORKER IS IN THE FRONT ROW THERE, HARRISON. 00:16:02.19\00:16:10.13 THEY HAVE ABOUT 43 PEOPLE ORORO THERE OROR7 AT THEIR CAMP M 00:16:10.13\00:16:16.17 MTING THAT THEY JUJUSTADADROM AROUND IN DIFFERERT AREAS OF 00:16:16.17\00:16:20.48 GHANA. ONE THING I MIGHT POINT OUT AND THAT IS THAT THE CHURCH 00:16:20.48\00:16:23.28 LEADER THERE, DR. AMOA, ACTUALAL IN N E PICTURE THERE, HAS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK FOR 00:16:23.28\00:16:27.58 THE DEAF. 00:16:27.58\00:16:29.08 THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIME REASONS WHY IT'S GOING SO WELL IS THE 00:16:29.08\00:16:35.92 CHURCH LEADER IN T T CONFERENCE IS PUSHINGNGT. 00:16:35.92\00:16:38.86 GOOD. 00:16:38.86\00:16:39.86 THIS WAS THE DEAF CAMP MEETING. 00:16:39.86\00:16:42.30 YOU CAN SEE IT KIND OF DARK THERE IN THE BACKGROUND, SOME 00:16:42.30\00:16:49.17 OF THE LEADERS AND SO ON AT THE CAMP MEETING. 00:16:49.17\00:16:53.11 HERE THEY ARE SINGING, SIGN SINGING IN THE CONGREGATION. 00:16:53.11\00:16:57.81 WHEN I WAS AT THE DEAF SCHOOL IN INDIA I PURPOSELY WENT DOWN 00:16:57.81\00:17:04.82 AND WENT NEAR THE STUDENTS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAD A LITTLE BIT OF HEARING AND 00:17:04.82\00:17:11.33 THEY WERE TRYING TO SIGN AND SING AT THE SAME TIME BUT IT 00:17:11.33\00:17:18.07 SOUNDED AWFUL, BUT I CACAED IT HOLY CACOPHOHO BECAUSE THISISAS THEIR SINGING TOTOHE L LD ANAN 00:17:18.07\00:17:24.01 THTH LOVOVJESUS. 00:17:24.01\00:17:25.14 THIS IS THE BAPTISMAL GROUP. 00:17:25.14\00:17:29.14 THERE WERE TEN YOUNG MEN WHO WERE BAPTIZED AT THE CAMP MEETING THERE OUT OF 00:17:29.14\00:17:34.52 E 4040OME THAT WEREETHERER 00:17:34.52\00:17:37.59 HERE IS OUT AT ONE OF THE CHURCH AREAS. 00:17:37.59\00:17:40.52 IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE HAVING A COOKING CLASS AND IT IS FOR THE 00:17:40.52\00:17:44.93 DEAF. ININHE NEXT PICTURE E SEE 00:17:53.40\00:17:54.54 SOSO OF F E THINGS THAT THEYCOOKING CLASS.THEIR 00:17:53.40\00:17:54.54 I CAN'T GIVE YOU DETAILS. 00:17:54.54\00:17:55.84 I'VE BEEN IN GHANA ONCE BUT I WASN'T HERE WHEN THIS WAS 00:17:55.84\00:17:59.07 TAKEN. I CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK AT THE FACES AND SEE THE JOY EXHIBITED ON THEIR F FES. 00:17:59.07\00:18:04.78 THIS IS OPENING A NEW WORLD FOR THEMEM 00:18:04.78\00:18:06.82 IT'S GREAT. 00:18:06.82\00:18:08.05 AND NOW WE FLIP OVER TO KENYA WHICH IS OVER IN EAST AFRICA. 00:18:08.05\00:18:15.49 THEY HAVE RAISED SOME MONEY T TRE TO BUILD A SCHOOL. 00:18:15.49\00:18:18.29 WE'VE ALSO SENT ABOUT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM CANADA 00:18:18.29\00:18:22.00 AND READY TO SEND SOMEMEORE. 00:18:22.00\00:18:23.23 THEY BUILT TWO ROOMS AND THEY JUST ADDED TWO MORE ROOMS. 00:18:23.23\00:18:27.24 THIS IS THE INSISI OF ONE OF THE CLASS ROOMS. 00:18:27.24\00:18:31.81 OH, VERY NICE. 00:18:31.81\00:18:32.94 IT LOOKS VERY NICE. 00:18:32.94\00:18:34.44 AND HERE ON THE LEFT IS THE ELDER WHO IS IN CHARGE OF FOR 00:18:44.22\00:18:45.92 ALL OF KENYA.OUP HE HAS GIVEN WONDERFUL SUPPORT. 00:18:45.92\00:18:50.76 I HAVE TRAVELED IN KEA WITH HIM, AND HE IS A GODLDLMAN. 00:18:50.76\00:18:54.10 HE HAS SUCUCA HEHET FOR R AF WORK. 00:18:54.10\00:18:57.37 THE TALL M M THERE, THE WHITE MAN IS DR. LARRY EVANS. 00:18:57.37\00:19:03.61 HE IS FROMOMHE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 00:19:03.61\00:19:07.41 HE IS IN CHARGE OF DEAF WORK FOR THE WORLD FIELD. 00:19:07.41\00:19:11.18 THE LADY ON THE RIGHT THERE AND ON THE LEFTTIN Y 00:19:11.18\00:19:15.72 NATETETHE LAND F F THTHSCHOOL BECAUSE OF HER DAUGUGER ANDNDN 00:19:15.72\00:19:21.29 MEMORYRYF HER. 00:19:21.29\00:19:22.26 HERE THEY ARE OPENING THE TWO NEW CLASS ROOMS. 00:19:22.26\00:19:24.29 OH WONDERFUL. 00:19:24.29\00:19:25.29 AND HERE THEY ARE OUTSIDE. 00:19:25.29\00:19:27.50 OUR LEAD WORKEKEFOR THE DEAF IS THERE SECOND FROM THE RIGHT 00:19:27.50\00:19:32.30 WITH A COUPLE OF LALAES F FM GERMANY. 00:19:32.30\00:19:35.77 THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS STILL THERE AND SHE IS A TEACHER OF 00:19:35.77\00:19:39.07 THE DEAF IN GERMANY AND DEDICATITI SOME TIME TO HELP IN 00:19:39.07\00:19:44.38 KENYA. VERY NICE. 00:19:44.38\00:19:45.48 AND HERE THEY ARE WITH ANOTHER GROUP OF DEAF LEADERS. 00:19:45.48\00:19:50.32 THIS IS THE CACA MEETING FOR THE DEAF THATTT 00:19:50.32\00:19:55.32 THEY. 00:19:50.32\00:19:55.32 THEY GATHEHED THEM TOGETHER FROM ALL AROUND KENYA AND THERE 00:19:55.32\00:19:59.63 WERE TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN. 00:19:59.63\00:20:01.06 AND THEY HAD A BAPTISM HERE OF 43, I THINK IT WAS, DEAF AND 00:20:01.06\00:20:08.34 THAT JUST TOOK PLACE I ITHEE 00:20:08.34\00:20:11.31 LALA SIX WEEKSKS 00:20:08.34\00:20:11.31 SO WE PRAISE GOD FOR THAT. 00:20:11.31\00:20:13.91 THE LADY WHO IS DOING THE INTERPRETING THERE STANDINWORKERS. OF OUR 00:20:20.15\00:20:21.15 HERE ARE THE TWO GERMAN YOUNG LADIES. 00:20:21.15\00:20:24.32 ACTUALLY THE ONE IN THE CENTER IS HEARING. 00:20:24.32\00:20:28.02 HER SISTER ON THE LEFT IS DEAF. 00:20:28.02\00:20:29.96 SHE ACTUALLY GOT SICK WHILE SHE WAS THERE AND ENDED UP IN THE 00:20:29.96\00:20:32.99 HOSPITAL BUBUSHE E DOIOI OKAKANOW. 00:20:32.99\00:20:35.00 OUR LEAD WORKER IS ON THE RIGHT, HENRY KAMO. 00:20:35.00\00:20:41.30 THERE IS A LONG INTERESTING STORY ABOUT HIM BUT WE WON'T GO 00:20:41.30\00:20:44.47 INTO THAT. 00:20:44.47\00:20:45.84 OM I ICANADA AT A OUR BOOTH WE ACTUALLLLGAVE AWAY A KINDLE TO 00:20:51.75\00:20:57.99 SOMEBODY. WE HADAD DRAW AND THEY WOULD FILL IN A AHEETETO 00:20:57.99\00:21:01.46 FFERENT ASPECTS OF DEAF WORK. 00:21:01.46\00:21:04.33 SO WE GAVE THIS AWAY AT THE END OF THE WEEK TO SOME FORTUNATE 00:21:04.33\00:21:10.40 PERSON. NOW, SPEAKING OF KENYA, YOU'VE GOT A REPORT OF THE YES. 00:21:19.21\00:21:20.74 THERE? WE HAVE EIGHT THAT AREW APAID FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH THERAND THE OTHERS AREERE. 00:21:28.58\00:21:32.09 VOLUNTEERS. 00:21:32.09\00:21:33.19 REALLY? 00:21:33.19\00:21:34.09 TEN FOLKS ARE VOLUNTEERING TO SUPPORT THIS? 00:21:34.09\00:21:37.33 YES. 00:21:37.33\00:21:38.49 AND THEY ARE NOT GETTING PAID ANYTHING AS FAR AS I KNOW. 00:21:38.49\00:21:40.40 MAYBE ONE OF THEM IS BUT MOST OF THEM ARE NOT AND THE NUMBER 00:21:40.40\00:21:45.80 OF PEPELE THAT ARE BEING G PTIZIZ, THTH 00:21:45.80\00:21:49.30 MBERERF CENTERERTHEY A A 00:21:45.80\00:21:49.30 WORKING WIWITHND SO ON. 00:21:45.80\00:21:49.30 ENENLDEREROWASASHADD 00:21:49.30\00:21:56.91 THT 00:21:49.30\00:21:56.91 BEAUTIFUL PICTCTES HERE, 00:21:49.30\00:21:56.91 INTRTRUCING THE PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH, OF THE WORK AROUND 00:21:56.91\00:22:01.72 IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS IN KENYA. 00:22:01.72\00:22:03.08 WE PRAISE GOD FOR THIS BECAUSE GOD HAS JUST EXPANDED THE WORK 00:22:03.08\00:22:09.19 AND EXPANDED THE WORK THROUGH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALLOWED GOD TO 00:22:11.53\00:22:16.87 WORK THROUGH THEM. LL, , KNOW I HAVE REASON 00:22:16.87\00:22:22.94 TO REJOICE J JN BECAUSE WE FIRST VISITED ABOUT 00:22:16.87\00:22:22.94 MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH A FEW YEARS 00:22:25.11\00:22:29.91 AGO. YES. 00:22:29.91\00:22:31.38 NOT MANY, A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT STARTING WITH A WORKER 00:22:31.38\00:22:36.48 TWO IN SOME LOCATIONS. 00:22:36.48\00:22:39.42 AND NOW TO BE AT A PLACE IN GOSPEL OUTREACH EXPERIENCE WITH 00:22:39.42\00:22:45.46 40 WORKERS FOR THE DEAF I THINKNK 00:22:45.46\00:22:49.10 IS. 00:22:45.46\00:22:49.10 PRAISE THE L LD. 00:22:49.10\00:22:50.10 AMEN. 00:22:50.10\00:22:52.23 NOW, I'VE MADE SOME REFERENCE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TO THE FACT 00:22:52.23\00:22:59.51 THAT WE'RE KIND OF SLOW IN RECOGNIZININTHE NEED OF MINISTRY TO CULTURES LIKE 00:22:59.51\00:23:07.02 THE DEAFAF 00:23:07.02\00:23:09.68 I WANT TO ASK YOU, WHAT COULD WE DO IN NORTH AMERICA FOR 00:23:09.68\00:23:16.39 EXAMPLE TO BEGIN TO BE MORE SENSITIVE? 00:23:16.39\00:23:18.46 FRED, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS. 00:23:18.46\00:23:20.70 WELL, IN NORTH AMERICA THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DEAF PEOPLE 00:23:22.83\00:23:27.67 THAT COULD ACCESS OUR ADVENTIST CHURCHES IF THE CHURCH COULD 00:23:27.67\00:23:34.31 BEGIN TO THINK IN TERMS OF ASKING SOMEONE WITHIN THEIR CHURCH, IF THEY DON'T ALREADY 00:23:34.31\00:23:39.01 HAVE ONON TO O ARN SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:23:39.01\00:23:41.82 THEN AS THEY OFFER INTERPRETED CHURCH SERVICES TO GROW OR 00:23:41.82\00:23:47.89 DEVELOP A DEAF PERSON WHO COULD TEACH A SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS. 00:23:50.06\00:23:53.53 I'I' ALWLWS SAID THAT WE NEED TWO PEOPLE. 00:23:53.53\00:23:55.53 ONONWHO CAN TEACH SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS AND AN INTERPRETER 00:23:55.53\00:24:00.27 TO GROW A GROUP. 00:24:00.27\00:24:01.67 AND ALL ACROSS, PARTICULARLY IN THE LARGER CITIES, DEAF PEOPLE 00:24:01.67\00:24:07.41 WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ABOUOU CHCHSTSTBUT T EY D D'T HAVE 00:24:07.41\00:24:12.11 ACCESS TO O O CHURCHES. 00:24:12.11\00:24:13.92 OUR CHURCHES COULD GET UP A A SAY THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CALLING 00:24:13.92\00:24:19.29 SOMEONE HERE TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:24:19.29\00:24:21.72 MAY THAT MESSASA, THAT AARE PARTRTF OUOUGOSPSPOF YOUOUOUEACH FAMILY. WHO 00:24:27.46\00:24:30.27 WE'VE GOT BRIEF MOMENTS REMAINING, BUT J JN, YOU HAVE ARTICULATED A FINAL 00:24:30.27\00:24:36.30 CHALLENGE THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER ON BEHALF OF THE DEAF. 00:24:39.34\00:24:44.21 THERE IS SO MUCH OF THE WORLD WHERE, AS A CHURCH FOR 00:24:47.22\00:24:53.76 INSTANCE, WE HAVE NOTHING FOR THE DEAF. 00:24:53.76\00:24:56.59 THERE IS COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY AFTER R UNTRY THAT I KNOW PERSONALLY AT LEAST 00:24:56.59\00:25:03.26 OF NO WORK FORMAL FOR DEAF AT ALL. 00:25:03.26\00:25:06.77 AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 35 OR 40 COUNTRIES WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:25:08.77\00:25:14.84 IS WORKING NOW, BUT WE ONLY HAVE NINE COUNTRIES WHERE WE HAVE A 00:25:16.91\00:25:23.02 WORK FOR THE DEAF. SO WE NEED MORE NDING SPECIFICALLY. 00:25:23.02\00:25:26.42 WE NEED MORE DOORS OPENING. 00:25:26.42\00:25:29.22 WE NEED CHURCH LEADERS SAYING WE WANT TO START A WORK FOR THE 00:25:29.22\00:25:35.26 DEAF, SHOW US HOW. 00:25:35.26\00:25:36.43 WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A WORKER. 00:25:36.43\00:25:39.70 WE NEED TO KEEP EXPANDING. 00:25:39.70\00:25:41.64 I WAS KNOCKING ON THE E OR FOR SOME TIME SEVERAL YEARS IN 00:25:41.64\00:25:47.28 UGANDA. FINALLY NOW WE HAVE 00:25:47.28\00:25:49.91 ONE WORKER IN UGANDA. 00:25:47.28\00:25:49.91 SO THE LORD KEEPS-WE HAVE TO KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND IF THE 00:25:52.45\00:25:58.52 LORD IS READY TO HAVE US GO AHEAD THE DOOR WILL OPEN. 00:26:00.99\00:26:04.26 BUT WE HAVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS A NEED SO PEOPLE 00:26:04.26\00:26:12.03 WILL ASK AND GIVE. 00:26:12.03\00:26:13.47 WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE 00:26:13.47\00:26:19.67 PREACHED IN ALL E WOWOD AS A WITNESS ALL INCLUDING THE DEAF 00:26:19.67\00:26:25.85 W WLD. ANK YOU, THANK YOU ALFRED. 00:26:25.85\00:26:27.72 AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PART IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:26:27.72\00:26:33.92 MINISTRY. PLEASE TAKE NOT OF THE ADDRESS, THE PHONE NUMBER, THE 00:26:33.92\00:26:38.13 WEB ADDRESS, EMAIL ADDRESS AND MAKE CONTACT. 00:26:38.13\00:26:41.00 YOU DESERVE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR THE 00:26:41.00\00:26:46.07 PURPOSE OF BECOMING A PART OF THIS KIND OF EXCITING MINISTRY WITH WHICH GOD IS BLESSING 00:26:46.07\00:26:52.14 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:27:24.57\00:27:30.65 [CLOSING MUSIC] 00:27:56.97\00:28:03.04