Participants: John Blake & Alfred Griffith
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000556A
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00:14 WELCOME FRIENDS. 00:16 I AM SO GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU AGAIN AND GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR MORE REPORTS 00:22 OF WHAT GOD IS DOIOI ROUGUGTHIS AMAZING MINISTRY ACROSS WHAT I'VE 00:28 BEGUN TOTOALL L E GOSPEL OUTUTACH WORLD. 00:31 AND EACH TIME I GET 00:31 COME TO THIS STUDIO HERE IN COLLEGE PLACE, 00:35 WASHINGTON I GET TO CONNECT WITH FRIENDS FROM OTHER TIMES AND PLACES. 00:40 BUT MAMANYEOEOE HAHA BECOME M MDEAR, DEDE FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES 00:44 SIMPLYLYECAUAU OFFGOSPS. 00:52 AND I HOPE THAT SUGGESTS THAT YOU TOO CAN HAVE A SPEGOSPEL OUTREACH.WITH 00:54 IN FACT THIS PROGRAM, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, IS PROVIDED TO INVITE YOU TO 01:00 BECOCO A P PT OFOFHE GOSPSP OUTUTACH H MILY. 01:02 THAT MEANS WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS. 01:05 WE INVITE YOU TO BE FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS. 01:09 AND IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY, THAT YOU COULD EVEN BE AN 01:14 ADOPT-A-WORKER SUPPORTER. 01:17 WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 01:19 THAT WOULD BE EXCITING TOO AND YOU WILL BE BLESSED. 01:22 TODAY I AMAMO DELIGHTETE TO WELCOME M MDEAR FRIENDS FROM THE DEAF MINISTRY O O 01:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:25 JOHN BLAKE, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU JOHN. 01:27 YOU'RE ON TOP OF T TSSSO . 01:33 AND ALFRED GRIFFITH. 01:43 ALFRED, BLESS YOUR HEART, SEEMS LIKE WE GO BACK A LOYES.LONG TIME. 01:45 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW PERHAPS, ALFRED'S FATHER WAS A DEAR, DEAR 01:53 PASTOR FOR MANY MANY YEARS AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ASSOCIATING WITH HIM IN 01:59 MINISTRY BACK IN OUR COMMON OREGON DAYS. 02:03 SO I'M BLESSED TO REMEMBER HIM TODAY. 02:07 A SPECIAL MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:12 MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF. 02:14 USUALLY THE FRIENDS I MEET HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A REGION SOME PLACE IN THE 02:20 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD, BUT 02:20 THE DEAF MINISTRY CROSSES REGIONAL BOUNDARIES AND 02:27 FINDNDGOD'S PEOPLE WHO 02:27 ARARDEAFAFN VAVAOUS PLACES AND YOU HAHA DEVEVOPEDEDN 02:34 AZININMINISTRY FOR THEM JOHN. 02:37 GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY TO THE DEAF AT 02:42 THE PRESENT. 02:44 AT THE PRESENT GOD HAS STARTED WITH ONE WORKER AND I THINK NOW WE'RE JUST 02:52 HITTING THE 40 MARK. 02:54 FORTY WORKERS FOR THE DEAF, WOW. 02:57 I JUST GOT APPROVAL IN THE LAST FEW DAYS FOR THE 40TH WORKER AND THAT WILL BE 03:03 THE THIRD ONE FOR GHGHA. 03:06 GHANA, YES. 03:08 AND WE ARE NOW IN NINE COUNTRIES AND THEY SPREAD OUT ALL THE WAY FROM INDIA 03:16 AND THE PHILIPPINES TO KYRGYZSTAN AND BRAZIL. 03:21 THERE ARE NINE COUNTRIES. 03:22 SO GOD KEEPS OPENING ANOTHER DOOR AND ANOTHER DOOR AND ANOTHER DOOR. 03:29 YOU KNOCK ONONHIS DOOR AND SOMETIMES IT DOESNSN OPEN. 03:32 YOU KNOCK ON THAT DOOR AND IT OPENS A LITTLE BIT. 03:34 BRAZIL TOOK ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS BEFORE WE FINALLY GOT A WORKER. 03:40 SO GOD IS WORKING STEP BY STEP TO TAKE U UFURTHER AND FURTHER AND THERE IS 03:46 FAR TO GO. 03:48 BEFORE YOU TELL US HOW WE DISCOVER THIS NEED FOR WORKERS I WANT ALFRED TO 03:57 GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN MINISTRY 04:03 FOR R E DEAF CLEAR TO YOUR PERSONAL BEGINNING IF YOU WISH. 04:09 MY MOTHER AND FATHER ARE BOTH DEAF AND I HAVE TWO SISTERS WHO ARE DEAF. 04:22 I CAN REMEMBER BACK WHEN WE WEMININIRY P PCHURCH AND IN N R TOTO. DEAF 04:26 MY DAD WOULD SAY, "SIT BESIDE ME AND TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON IN SABBATH 04:31 SCSCOL AND CHURCH." 04:34 I WAS TOO EMBARRASSED TO TURN AROUND AND FACE HIM SO I SAT BESIDE HIM AND I 04:39 WOULD SIGN AS SMALL AS I COULD SO NOBODY COULD SEE ME SIGNING. 04:45 BUT THEN OF COURSE THAT GREW TO THE TIME WHEN MY FATHER BECAME A MACHINIST 04:53 AND WORKED IN PORTLAND. 04:55 THERE HE GAVE BIBLE STUDIES AND A SMALL GROUP BEGAN TO GROW. 05:00 ONE DAY HE A AED THEM WHO O EY SHOULD HAVE A A LEADER AND THEY ALL 05:06 POINTED TO HIM. 05:07 SO THE GROUP WENT TO THE OREGON CONFERENCE AND SAID THEY NEEDED A LEADER AND 05:16 OREGON CONFERENCE SAID HE HADN'T BEEN TO TAKE THEOLOGY AND THEY THOUGHT 05:22 WELL, YOU HAVE FIVE GOOD CHILDLDN WE'R'R 05:22 GOING TO T TE YOU ON. 05:26 MINISTRY FOR HIM GREW AND GREW AND WE JUST THANK THE LORD FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY 05:33 AND THAT'S HOW I GOT STARTED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY BEING RAISED IN A A AF 05:39 FAMILY I THOUGHT AT FIRST I WOULD TRY TO BE A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR THE DEAF BUT 05:45 GOD INTERVENED AND I ENDED UP BECOMING A PASTOR FOR THE DEAF. 05:49 OF COURSE YOUR F FHER WAS THE LEADING PASTOR FOR THE DEAF IN OREGON F F MANY 06:00 YEARS AND OTHER PLACES AS WELL. 06:03 HIS EFFECTIVENESS AS A BELIEVER AS A LEADER. 06:10 WHEN I MET YOUR DAD THERE WAS NO QUESTION I MET A MAN WHO LOVED THE LORD AND 06:19 WHO WAS EFFECTIVE IN MINISTRY. 06:21 SO IT'S SPECIAL FOR ME ALFRED FOR YOU TO BE HERE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION. 06:27 AND NOW ALFRED ASSOCIAIAS WITH YOU IN N NISTST FOR THE DEAF THROUGH GOSPEL 06:33 OUTREACH. 06:35 ALFRED IS THE SPECIAL ASSOCIATE FOR INDIA. 06:42 ABOUT HALF OF OUR WORKERS, ABOUOU20, ARE IN INDIA. 06:46 SO MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT BUT INDIA IS 06:53 WHWHE ALFRED GOES E ERY Y YR. 06:59 I'VE BEEN THERE THREE TIMES BUT ALFRED GOES ETAKES SOMEBODY WITH HIM.Y 07:01 OFTEN THAT PERSON IS A DEAF PERSON. 07:04 EVEN THOUGH ALFRED COMES FROM A DEAF FAMILY AND AS HE DESCRIBES IT A HEARING 07:09 DEAF PERSON. 07:11 IN MY CASE I'M THE FATHER OF TWO DEAF CHILDREN, ONE ADOPTED, ONE NATURAL. 07:19 BUT HE REALLY HAS A CLOSER TIE TO THE DEAF WORLD THAN I DO. 07:22 WHEN YOU GO TO INDIA AND YOU HAVE 20 WORKERS FOR THE DEAF THERE--NOW, JUST 07:32 FOR OUR CLARIFICATION, ARE THEY ALL DEAF WORKERS? 07:37 OUT OF THE 20 THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR WHO ARE HEARING BUT THEY KNOW SIGN 07:43 LANGUAGE. 07:44 THE REST OF THEM ARE DEAF. 07:46 SO THE MINISTRY IS VIA SIGN LANGUAGE. 07:48 RIGHT. 07:50 WHEN YOU GO, GIVE US A LITTLE EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU DO AS YOU GO TO WORK WITH 07:56 THESE WORKERS AND D TH THE DEAF COMMUNITIES. 08:00 WE HAVE GONENEO LD MEETINGS AT THEIR CHURCHES. 08:04 WE'VE GONE TO VISIT THE WORKERS' HOMES AND OF COURSE A BIG FEATURE OF 08:09 THIS IS THE TRAININGNGORKSHOP. 08:13 WE USUALLY COVER SUBJECTSS 08:13 O 08:13 WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO 08:17 BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE WORKERS. 08:21 AND ARE THERE DEAF CONGREGATIONS PER SE OR ARE THERE DEAF PEOPLE 08:29 WITHIN ANOTHER CONGREGATION THAT YOU ARE MINISTERING TO, OR BOTH? 08:34 WELL, THEY ARE BOTH. 08:35 SOME OF THE DEAF CONGREGATIONS MEET IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER THE 08:40 HEARING CONGREGATION HAS MET ON SABBATH MORNING. 08:44 THEN THERE ARE A FEW WHO HAHA THEIR OWN DEAF CHURCH AND THEY MEET IN THE 08:49 MORNININ 08:51 THEY RANGE ALL THE WAY FROM FIVE PEOPLE TO 50 MEMBERS IN EACH GROUP. 08:57 IS THE D DF GROUP WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH THE BASE OF DOING EVANGELISM 09:06 OR DO YOUR DEAF WORKERS ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN SOME KIND OF AN EVANGELISTIC 09:12 OUTREACH FOR DEAF IN EIR COMMUNITIES? 09:16 WELL IT INCLUDESESOTH. 09:17 THEY HAVE TOLD ME THEY GO AND TRY TO CONTACT THE LEADER IN A VILLAGE AND 09:25 SAY THTH WANT TO HELP THE DEAF PEOPLE. 09:29 THE TENDENCY IS FOR PARENTS TO HIDE THE DEAF CHILDREN IN THEIR HOMES. 09:35 SO THEY HELP EACACOTHER. 09:37 THEN THEY SAY CAN WE GO AND VISIT THE DEAF CHILDREN SO THERE IS BOTH. 09:44 WHEN WE THTHK ABOUT THTH CHALLENGNG OF MINISTRY IN OUR 21ST CENTURY AND OUR 09:55 COMPLEX WORLD AND DEAF PEOPLE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION IS REALLY 09:57 DEAF OR DOES IT VARY FROMOMOUNTNT TO COUNTRY? 10:00 WELL, IT VARIES DRASTICALLY FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY. 10:12 IN NORTH AMERICA FRANKLY THE BULGE OF DEAF IS KIND OF PAST BUT IN SOME OTHER 10:21 COUNTRIES THERE IS A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF DEAF. 10:25 SOME OF IT MAY BE FROM INTER-MARRIAGE AND THUS IT IS INHERITED. 10:30 SOME MAY BE E CAUSE E EY HAVE MORE DISEASES THAT CAUSE DEAFNESS IN THEIR 10:35 CULTURE, IN THEIR THIRD WORLD SITUATION THAT DON'T GET TENDED TO IN THE SAMAM 10:40 Y THTH WE E ULDD RHRHS ININORTHTHMERIRI. 10:43 THE AVAIAIBILITY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF, DOES IT MEET WITH 10:46 VERY, VERY POSITITIV ENTHTHIASM FROM 10:46 THTHE AF COMMUNITY? 11:00 YES, OF COURSE THAT WILL DEPEND ON DIFFERENT PLACES AND DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. 11:05 BUT PARTICULARLY THE DEAFF 11:05 N 11:05 WE H HE A A AF P PSON. 11:13 NOW FOR INSTANCE, , EREE 11:13 T 11:13 CAN, LIKE ME THOUGH I'M 11:22 NOT A GOOD SIGNER PERSONALLY, BUT THERE ARE LEADERS THAT CAN RELATE 11:27 WITH THE DEAF IN THEIR SITUATION. 11:30 BUT WE NOTICE THAT WHEN WE HAVE A DEAF PERSON WITH US, WHEN I GO TO A COUNTRY 11:37 OTHEHETHANANNDIA SAY WITH 11:37 A DEAF PASASR, T TY RELATE 11:37 MUCH FASTER TO T T DEAF 11:40 FASTER THAN THEY DO TO ME BECAUSE I'M STILL SOMEWHAT PERIPHERALALN THTHR WORLD 11:52 AND I DON'T SIGN LIKE I REALLY OUGHT TO. 11:55 THE DEAF PERSON IS ONE OF THEM SO THEY RELATE MUCH BETTER. 12:02 OF COURSE, FRED IS FROM A DEAF HOME CULTURAL BACKGROUND SO HE IS 12:11 ACCEPTED BETTER THAN I AM. 12:14 I WANT TO EXPRESS COMMENDATION FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WILLINGNESS TO 12:23 UNDERTAKE MINISTRY TO THE DEAF. 12:25 YES. 12:26 WE HAVE, I THINK AS A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, TYPICALLY BEEN SLOW TO 12:37 ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO DESERVE MINISTRY AND I 12:42 COMMEND YOU JOHN AND EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT REJOICING THAT YOUR DAUGHTERS ARE 12:52 DEAF, AT THE SAME TIME SINCE YOU HAD DEAF CHILDREN IN YOUR FAMILY 13:02 YOU DISCOVERED A NEED AND I THINK GOD USED THAT FOR THE OUTREACH OF WORK NOW 13:08 IN NINE COUNTRIES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP. 13:12 SO OUR COMMENDATION GOES TO GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERSHIP FOR ENDORSING 13:17 THIS AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. 13:18 THANK YOU. 13:20 ALRIGHT, YOU'VE GOT SOME PICTURES I THINK THAT REFLECT SOMETHING OF THE 13:24 MINISTRY THAT YOU'VE 13:24 BEEN EXPXPIENCING IN THESE NINE COUNTRIESES 13:29 CAN YOU SHARE THOSE WITH US? 13:31 YES. 13:32 THIS FIRST PICTURE IS A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN THE PHILIPPINES. 13:37 IT'S'SN MINDANAO. 13:39 THIS IS THE SCHOOL YEAR CURRENTLY NOW. 13:42 THAT'S THE STUDENT BODY WITH H EIR TEACHER IN THE VERY BACK. 13:47 RARAAMISISAN IS ONE OF OUR W WKERS. 13:49 WE DON'T RUN THE SCHOOL. 13:51 SHE RUNS THE SCHOOL ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND AND IT IS A SULADS SCHOOL. 13:59 WE FUND THE TETEHER. 14:00 THEY HAVE STUDENTS ALL THE WAY FROM 11 TO 47 OR 43 YEARS OLD. 14:06 THE REASON IS BECAUSE THERE IS PROBABLY NO OTHER DEAF SCHOOL ANYWHERE NEAR 14:13 THERE AND THESE STUDENEN DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO READ AND WRITE ANDNDOME E 14:17 THEM A A EVEVELEARARNG FORMRM SIGIGLANGUAGE S S THTH CANANOMMUMUCATETEITH 14:21 OTOTR DEAF NOT JUST HOMOMSIGNING. 14:24 OH THAT'S WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. 14:25 HERE THEY ARE IN THE CLASSROOM. 14:26 AN AGENCY I WORK WITH IN CANADA WE HAVE ACTUALLY SENT THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND 14:32 DOLLARS NOW TOTOELP 14:32 BUILD THISISCHOOL AND D E BUILDINGS THERE IN THE 14:42 PHILIPPINES. 14:44 AND WE ARE STILL COLLECTING MONEY FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY NEED MORE 14:46 BUILDINGS. 14:47 HERE IS SARA OUR WORKER. 14:49 OBVIOUSLY SHE IS DOING A DEMONSTRATION TO SOMEEOFF 14:55 METHING TO DO WITH COOKING AND D TCHEN. 14:57 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S HOW TO HOLOLA KNIFE AND FORK OR JUST WHAT IT IS. 15:03 I WAWA'T THERE WHEN THIS WAS TAKEN. 15:06 HERE THEY ARE WORKING OUT IN THE FIELDS. 15:09 THEY GROW SOME THEIR OWN FOOD THAT THEY EAT AT THE SCHOOL. 15:12 THE MAN ON THE RIGHT I I THE GRAY BENDING OVER IS HER HUSBAND DARYL. 15:18 HE HAS WORKED WIWI E SUSUDS M MEMENENFORRMANYH 15:22 HEARING BUBUNOWW 15:22 WITH T. 15:26 HERE THEY ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH THEIR FIRST RICE PADDY ON THE 15:31 HILL. 15:32 THEY HAD MORE WATER THAN THEY NEEDED SO THEY ARE RUNNING IT DOWN THERE. 15:36 I HAVEVENOTHTH PICTURE SOMEWHERE ELSE WITH US AND THE RICE WAS ABOUT THAT 15:45 HIGH. 15:46 NOW WE'RE MOVING TO GHANA. 15:48 THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE GROUPUP 15:49 THEY JUST HAD A CAMP MEETING FOR THE DEAF AT THE END OF AUGUST 15:59 BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER. 16:02 OUR WORKER IS IN THE FRONT ROW THERE, HARRISON. 16:10 THEY HAVE ABOUT 43 PEOPLE ORORO THERE OROR7 AT THEIR CAMP M MTING THAT THEY 16:16 JUJUSTADADROM AROUND IN DIFFERERT AREAS OF GHANA. 16:20 ONE THING I MIGHT POINT OUT AND THAT IS THAT THE CHURCH LEADER THERE, 16:23 DR. AMOA, ACTUALAL IN N E PICTURE THERE, HAS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK FOR 16:27 THE DEAF. 16:29 THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIME REASONS WHY IT'S GOING SO WELL IS THE CHURCH LEADER 16:35 IN T T CONFERENCE IS PUSHINGNGT. 16:38 GOOD. 16:39 THIS WAS THE DEAF CAMP MEETING. 16:42 YOU CAN SEE IT KIND OF DARK THERE IN THE BACKGROUND, SOME OF THE 16:49 LEADERS AND SO ON AT THE CAMP MEETING. 16:53 HERE THEY ARE SINGING, SIGN SINGING IN THE CONGREGATION. 16:57 WHEN I WAS AT THE DEAF SCHOOL IN INDIA I PURPOSELY WENT DOWN AND 17:04 WENT NEAR THE STUDENTS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAD A LITTLE BIT OF HEARING AND 17:11 THEY WERE TRYING TO SIGN AND SING AT THE SAME TIME BUT IT SOUNDED AWFUL, BUT 17:18 I CACAED IT HOLY CACOPHOHO BECAUSE THISISAS THEIR SINGING TOTOHE L LD ANAN 17:24 THTH LOVOVJESUS. 17:25 THIS IS THE BAPTISMAL GROUP. 17:29 THERE WERE TEN YOUNG MEN WHO WERE BAPTIZED AT THE CAMP MEETING THERE OUT OF 17:34 E 4040OME THAT WEREETHERER 17:37 HERE IS OUT AT ONE OF THE CHURCH AREAS. 17:40 IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE HAVING A COOKING CLASS AND IT IS FOR THE DEAF. 17:53 ININHE NEXT PICTURE E SEE 17:53 SOSO OF F E THINGS THAT THEYCOOKING CLASS.THEIR 17:54 I CAN'T GIVE YOU DETAILS. 17:55 I'VE BEEN IN GHANA ONCE BUT I WASN'T HERE WHEN THIS WAS TAKEN. 17:59 I CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK AT THE FACES AND SEE THE JOY EXHIBITED ON THEIR F FES. 18:04 THIS IS OPENING A NEW WORLD FOR THEMEM 18:06 IT'S GREAT. 18:08 AND NOW WE FLIP OVER TO KENYA WHICH IS OVER IN EAST AFRICA. 18:15 THEY HAVE RAISED SOME MONEY T TRE TO BUILD A SCHOOL. 18:18 WE'VE ALSO SENT ABOUT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM CANADA AND READY TO SEND 18:22 SOMEMEORE. 18:23 THEY BUILT TWO ROOMS AND THEY JUST ADDED TWO MORE ROOMS. 18:27 THIS IS THE INSISI OF ONE OF THE CLASS ROOMS. 18:31 OH, VERY NICE. 18:32 IT LOOKS VERY NICE. 18:44 AND HERE ON THE LEFT IS THE ELDER WHO IS IN CHARGE OF FOR ALL OF KENYA.OUP 18:45 HE HAS GIVEN WONDERFUL SUPPORT. 18:50 I HAVE TRAVELED IN KEA WITH HIM, AND HE IS A GODLDLMAN. 18:54 HE HAS SUCUCA HEHET FOR R AF WORK. 18:57 THE TALL M M THERE, THE WHITE MAN IS DR. LARRY EVANS. 19:03 HE IS FROMOMHE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 19:07 HE IS IN CHARGE OF DEAF WORK FOR THE WORLD FIELD. 19:11 THE LADY ON THE RIGHT THERE AND ON THE LEFTTIN Y 19:15 NATETETHE LAND F F THTHSCHOOL BECAUSE OF HER DAUGUGER ANDNDN MEMORYRYF 19:21 HER. 19:22 HERE THEY ARE OPENING THE TWO NEW CLASS ROOMS. 19:24 OH WONDERFUL. 19:25 AND HERE THEY ARE OUTSIDE. 19:27 OUR LEAD WORKEKEFOR THE DEAF IS THERE SECOND FROM THE RIGHT WITH A COUPLE OF 19:32 LALAES F FM GERMANY. 19:35 THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS STILL THERE AND SHE IS A TEACHER OF THE DEAF IN 19:39 GERMANY AND DEDICATITI SOME TIME TO HELP IN KENYA. 19:44 VERY NICE. 19:45 AND HERE THEY ARE WITH ANOTHER GROUP OF DEAF LEADERS. 19:50 THIS IS THE CACA MEETING FOR THE DEAF THATTT 19:50 THEY. 19:55 THEY GATHEHED THEM TOGETHER FROM ALL AROUND KENYA AND THERE WERE TWO 19:59 HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN. 20:01 AND THEY HAD A BAPTISM HERE OF 43, I THINK IT WAS, DEAF AND THAT JUST 20:08 TOOK PLACE I ITHEE 20:08 LALA SIX WEEKSKS 20:11 SO WE PRAISE GOD FOR THAT. 20:20 THE LADY WHO IS DOING THE INTERPRETING THERE STANDINWORKERS. OF OUR 20:21 HERE ARE THE TWO GERMAN YOUNG LADIES. 20:24 ACTUALLY THE ONE IN THE CENTER IS HEARING. 20:28 HER SISTER ON THE LEFT IS DEAF. 20:29 SHE ACTUALLY GOT SICK WHILE SHE WAS THERE AND ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL 20:32 BUBUSHE E DOIOI OKAKANOW. 20:35 OUR LEAD WORKER IS ON THE RIGHT, HENRY KAMO. 20:41 THERE IS A LONG INTERESTING STORY ABOUT HIM BUT WE WON'T GO INTO 20:44 THAT. 20:51 OM I ICANADA AT A OUR BOOTH WE ACTUALLLLGAVE AWAY A KINDLE TO SOMEBODY. 20:57 WE HADAD DRAW AND THEY WOULD FILL IN A AHEETETO 21:01 FFERENT ASPECTS OF DEAF WORK. 21:04 SO WE GAVE THIS AWAY AT THE END OF THE WEEK TO SOME FORTUNATE PERSON. 21:19 NOW, SPEAKING OF KENYA, YOU'VE GOT A REPORT OF THE YES. THERE? 21:28 WE HAVE EIGHT THAT AREW APAID FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH THERAND THE OTHERS AREERE. 21:32 VOLUNTEERS. 21:33 REALLY? 21:34 TEN FOLKS ARE VOLUNTEERING TO SUPPORT THIS? 21:37 YES. 21:38 AND THEY ARE NOT GETTING PAID ANYTHING AS FAR AS I KNOW. 21:40 MAYBE ONE OF THEM IS BUT MOST OF THEM ARE NOT AND THE NUMBER OF PEPELE THAT 21:45 ARE BEING G PTIZIZ, THTH 21:45 MBERERF CENTERERTHEY A A 21:45 WORKING WIWITHND SO ON. 21:49 ENENLDEREROWASASHADD 21:49 THT 21:49 BEAUTIFUL PICTCTES HERE, 21:56 INTRTRUCING THE PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH, OF THE WORK AROUND IN THE 22:01 DIFFERENT AREAS IN KENYA. 22:03 WE PRAISE GOD FOR THIS BECAUSE GOD HAS JUST EXPANDED THE WORK AND 22:11 EXPANDED THE WORK THROUGH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALLOWED GOD TO WORK THROUGH THEM. 22:16 LL, , KNOW I HAVE REASON 22:16 TO REJOICE J JN BECAUSE WE FIRST VISITED ABOUT 22:25 MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH A FEW YEARS AGO. 22:29 YES. 22:31 NOT MANY, A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT STARTING WITH A WORKER 22:36 TWO IN SOME LOCATIONS. 22:39 AND NOW TO BE AT A PLACE IN GOSPEL OUTREACH EXPERIENCE WITH 40 WORKERS 22:45 FOR THE DEAF I THINKNK 22:45 IS. 22:49 PRAISE THE L LD. 22:50 AMEN. 22:52 NOW, I'VE MADE SOME REFERENCE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TO THE FACT THAT 22:59 WE'RE KIND OF SLOW IN RECOGNIZININTHE NEED OF MINISTRY TO CULTURES LIKE 23:07 THE DEAFAF 23:09 I WANT TO ASK YOU, WHAT COULD WE DO IN NORTH AMERICA FOR EXAMPLE TO 23:16 BEGIN TO BE MORE SENSITIVE? 23:18 FRED, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS. 23:22 WELL, IN NORTH AMERICA THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DEAF PEOPLE THAT COULD 23:27 ACCESS OUR ADVENTIST CHURCHES IF THE CHURCH COULD BEGIN TO THINK IN 23:34 TERMS OF ASKING SOMEONE WITHIN THEIR CHURCH, IF THEY DON'T ALREADY HAVE 23:39 ONON TO O ARN SIGN LANGUAGE. 23:41 THEN AS THEY OFFER INTERPRETED CHURCH SERVICES TO GROW OR 23:50 DEVELOP A DEAF PERSON WHO COULD TEACH A SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS. 23:53 I'I' ALWLWS SAID THAT WE NEED TWO PEOPLE. 23:55 ONONWHO CAN TEACH SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS AND AN INTERPRETER TO GROW A 24:00 GROUP. 24:01 AND ALL ACROSS, PARTICULARLY IN THE LARGER CITIES, DEAF PEOPLE WOULD 24:07 LIKE TO LEARN ABOUOU CHCHSTSTBUT T EY D D'T HAVE ACCESS TO O O 24:12 CHURCHES. 24:13 OUR CHURCHES COULD GET UP A A SAY THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CALLING SOMEONE HERE TO 24:19 LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE. 24:27 MAY THAT MESSASA, THAT AARE PARTRTF OUOUGOSPSPOF YOUOUOUEACH FAMILY. WHO 24:30 WE'VE GOT BRIEF MOMENTS REMAINING, BUT J JN, YOU HAVE ARTICULATED A FINAL 24:39 CHALLENGE THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER ON BEHALF OF THE DEAF. 24:47 THERE IS SO MUCH OF THE WORLD WHERE, AS A CHURCH FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE 24:53 NOTHING FOR THE DEAF. 24:56 THERE IS COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY AFTER R UNTRY THAT I KNOW PERSONALLY AT LEAST 25:03 OF NO WORK FORMAL FOR DEAF AT ALL. 25:08 AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 35 OR 40 COUNTRIES WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS WORKING NOW, 25:16 BUT WE ONLY HAVE NINE COUNTRIES WHERE WE HAVE A WORK FOR THE DEAF. 25:23 SO WE NEED MORE NDING SPECIFICALLY. 25:26 WE NEED MORE DOORS OPENING. 25:29 WE NEED CHURCH LEADERS SAYING WE WANT TO START A WORK FOR THE DEAF, SHOW US 25:35 HOW. 25:36 WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A WORKER. 25:39 WE NEED TO KEEP EXPANDING. 25:41 I WAS KNOCKING ON THE E OR FOR SOME TIME SEVERAL YEARS IN UGANDA. 25:47 FINALLY NOW WE HAVE 25:47 ONE WORKER IN UGANDA. 25:52 SO THE LORD KEEPS-WE HAVE TO KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND IF THE LORD IS READY TO 26:00 HAVE US GO AHEAD THE DOOR WILL OPEN. 26:04 BUT WE HAVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS A NEED SO PEOPLE WILL ASK AND 26:12 GIVE. 26:13 WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL 26:19 E WOWOD AS A WITNESS ALL INCLUDING THE DEAF W WLD. 26:25 ANK YOU, THANK YOU ALFRED. 26:27 AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PART IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 26:33 PLEASE TAKE NOT OF THE ADDRESS, THE PHONE NUMBER, THE WEB ADDRESS, EMAIL 26:38 ADDRESS AND MAKE CONTACT. 26:41 YOU DESERVE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR THE PURPOSE 26:46 OF BECOMING A PART OF THIS KIND OF EXCITING MINISTRY WITH WHICH GOD IS BLESSING 27:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:56 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
Revised 2015-06-18