OPENING MUSIC. 00:00:00.43\00:00:25.49 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO AFRICA? 00:00:25.52\00:00:26.49 THIS IS ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:00:26.52\00:00:27.86 IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ADVENTURE IT'S GOT TO INCLUDE 00:00:27.89\00:00:33.09 AFRICA. ELDER DAVE CROOK IS HERE WITH ME TODAY AND WE'RE GOING TO 00:00:33.13\00:00:37.13 ETHIOPIA TO START WITH. 00:00:37.17\00:00:38.13 IS THAT RIGHT? 00:00:38.17\00:00:39.13 SOUTH SUDAN. 00:00:39.17\00:00:40.14 SOUTH SUDAN. 00:00:40.17\00:00:41.47 WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR MOST OF US THAT'S PROBABLY NORTH AFRICA. 00:00:41.50\00:00:45.04 YES, RIGHT. 00:00:45.07\00:00:46.74 WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE WHO WERE RAISED IN THAT 00:00:46.78\00:00:51.68 PART OF THE WORLD SO THEY KNOW THE RIGHT LANGUAGES, THEY KNOW THE CULTURES, THE FOOD, 00:00:51.71\00:00:54.75 THEIR COMFORTABLE AND YOU GET TO GO AND SPEND TIME TO MAKE SURE 00:00:54.78\00:00:59.02 THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB. 00:00:59.05\00:01:00.96 BUT WHEN YOU COME HOME YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS INSPIRED, RIGHT? 00:01:00.99\00:01:05.06 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:01:05.09\00:01:07.40 THEY LOVE HAVING YOU BUT YOU COME BACK LOADED WITH STORIES. 00:01:07.46\00:01:11.80 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME LOOK AT THIS. 00:01:11.83\00:01:13.80 THESE ARE THE STORIES SO SIT DOWN, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD STUFF 00:01:13.84\00:01:19.54 COMING UP. TAKE US TO AFRICA. 00:01:19.57\00:01:20.98 OK, WELL YOU KNOW WHEN I THINK OF THE GOSPEL COMMISSION I SAY 00:01:21.01\00:01:27.85 GO YE THEREFORE AND PLANT CHURCHES. 00:01:27.88\00:01:29.38 I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING TO US. 00:01:29.42\00:01:31.82 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IS ALL ABOUT. 00:01:31.85\00:01:36.42 PEOPLE PLANTING CHURCHES. 00:01:36.46\00:01:37.93 THESE PEOPLE GOING OFF INTO REMOTE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO 00:01:37.96\00:01:40.73 ADVENTISTS MEMBERS, MAKING FRIENDS, STUDYING THE BIBLE WITH PEOPLE, BAPTIZING THEM AND 00:01:40.76\00:01:47.27 BUILDING CHURCHES. 00:01:47.30\00:01:48.80 IT'S THRILLING TO SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THESE 00:01:48.84\00:01:53.91 DIFFERENT AREAS. IT'S ALL ABOUT STORIES I THINK. 00:01:53.94\00:01:57.95 YES. 00:01:57.98\00:01:59.28 WONDERFUL THRILLING STORIES OF WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO 00:01:59.31\00:02:03.22 ACCOMPLISH. 00:02:03.25\00:02:05.05 THE FIRST MAN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS WESLEY. 00:02:05.09\00:02:07.52 HE CAME FROM ANOTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATION. 00:02:07.56\00:02:12.63 WHEN HE BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HE WAS SENT TO AN AREA 00:02:14.96\00:02:19.03 WHERE THERE HAD BEEN A LITTLE CHURCH GROUP OF 12 PEOPLE BUT THEIR LAY LEADER HAD 00:02:19.07\00:02:24.54 TO LEAVE AND FIND EMPLOYMENT SOMEWHERE ELSE SO THERE WAS NO 00:02:24.57\00:02:27.41 ONE TO LEAD THEM AND SO THEY HAD SCATTERED. 00:02:27.44\00:02:29.88 AND THAT'S ANOTHER THINK I HAVE FOUND THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:02:29.91\00:02:33.31 WORKERS MANY TIMES GO TO A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE NO ADVENTIST PEOPLE AT ALL BUT OTHER 00:02:33.35\00:02:37.05 TIMES THEY WILL GO WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A CHURCH THAT HAS 00:02:37.09\00:02:40.86 FALLEN APART AND THEY ARE ABLE TO SAY RESURRECT IT ONCE AGAIN. 00:02:40.89\00:02:44.43 SO HE WENT THERE AND BEGAN WORKING. 00:02:44.46\00:02:47.86 HE FOUND FOUR MEMBERS ACTUALLY IN DIFFERENT PLACES. 00:02:47.86\00:02:54.47 HE BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER ALONG WITH-THEY INVITED ONE NONMEMBER 00:02:54.50\00:02:59.24 TO COME. HE BEGAN WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE AND VISITING THE AREA AND WORKING THERE 00:02:59.27\00:03:03.68 AND PRETTY SOON HE HAD BIBLE STUDIES GOING AND BAPTIZED 00:03:03.71\00:03:07.55 PEOPLE. THEN THE TRIBAL CONFLICT BROKE OUT AND THEY HAD TO FLEE. 00:03:12.32\00:03:17.53 SO HE HAD GONE TO ALL THE TROUBLE TO START SOMETHING AND 00:03:17.56\00:03:21.53 NOW IT'S GONE. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:03:21.56\00:03:23.10 ANYWAY, HE WENT TO A PLACE AND BEGAN WORKING THERE AND BEFORE 00:03:23.13\00:03:27.37 VERY LONG HE HAD BAPTIZED 30 PEOPLE THERE AND AT THAT TIME HE HAD EIGHT MORE PREPARING. 00:03:27.40\00:03:32.01 BUT THERE WERE INTERESTING STORIES HE TOLD. 00:03:32.04\00:03:34.01 ONE DAY AS HE WAS GOING TO GIVE A BIBLE STUDY HE CAME TO WHERE 00:03:34.04\00:03:38.38 THERE WAS A BLACK SMITH WORKING. 00:03:38.41\00:03:39.88 THIS BLACK SMITH MADE LITTLE TOOLS AND UTENSILS AND THINGS 00:03:39.91\00:03:42.18 FOR THE PEOPLE TO USE IN THE VILLAGE. 00:03:42.22\00:03:46.65 ANYWAY HE GOT TALKING TO HIM AND NOTICED A BOTTLE OF LIQUOR 00:03:46.69\00:03:52.49 THERE. SO ANYWAY THEY HAD A NICE VISIT. 00:03:52.53\00:03:54.46 FINALLY WESLEY SAID CAN I PRAY WITH YOU. 00:03:54.50\00:03:56.77 THE MAN SAID, WELL OK YOU CAN PRAY. 00:03:56.80\00:03:58.77 AS SOON AS HE FINISHED PRAYING THE MAN TOOK A DRINK AND SAID 00:03:58.80\00:04:02.54 THIS IS REALLY GOOD. 00:04:02.57\00:04:03.44 WESLEY SAID, NO THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOU. 00:04:03.47\00:04:06.17 MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW THIS COULD RUIN YOUR WORK HERE. 00:04:06.21\00:04:12.25 THE MAN SAID, NO DRINKING IS MY FOOD. 00:04:12.28\00:04:17.52 ANYWAY, WESLEY SAID, NO DRINKING IS VERY VERY BAD FOR YOUR 00:04:17.55\00:04:23.59 HEALTH. HE SAID I WANT TO COME TOMORROW. 00:04:23.63\00:04:25.59 HE ORDERED SOME TOOLS AND HE SAID I'LL COME TOMORROW AND GET 00:04:25.63\00:04:28.53 THEM. SO HE CAME BACK AND HE TALKED TO THE MAN AGAIN. 00:04:28.56\00:04:31.53 YOU KNOW, MANY OF US WOULD HAVE SAID WELL, HE'S A HOPELESS 00:04:31.57\00:04:35.00 DRUNK, LET'S GO ON. 00:04:35.04\00:04:36.07 BUT WESLEY CONTINUED GOING AND VISITING WITH HIM. 00:04:36.10\00:04:40.11 FINALLY HE GOT A CHANGE TO GIVE HIM BIBLE STUDIES. 00:04:40.14\00:04:43.95 THEN HE INVITED HIM TO CHURCH. 00:04:43.98\00:04:45.88 THE MAN CAME AND STAYED AT THE CHURCH ALL DAY BECAUSE MANY TIMES CHURCHES OVER 00:04:45.91\00:04:50.49 THERE LAST ALL DAY. 00:04:50.52\00:04:51.49 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:04:51.52\00:04:52.49 HE STAYED ALL DAY LONG. 00:04:52.52\00:04:53.96 ANYWAY, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT BEFORE VERY LONG HE WAS 00:04:53.99\00:04:57.93 BAPTIZED. TODAY HE IS SERVING AS A CHURCH ELDER. 00:04:57.96\00:05:00.43 NOW HIS WIFE REFUSED TO GO TO CHURCH. 00:05:00.46\00:05:03.97 SHE SAID I'M STAYING WITH MY OWN CHURCH AND THAT IS IT. 00:05:04.00\00:05:07.20 BUT SHE ALSO BREWED BEER. 00:05:07.24\00:05:08.80 THE MAN SAID I CAN'T HAVE BEER BEING BREWED IN MY HOME. 00:05:08.84\00:05:14.21 SHE SAID, I'LL GO TO MY NEIGHBORS AND DO IT. 00:05:14.24\00:05:16.95 ANYWAY, WESLEY IS WORKING WITH HER AND SHE HAS MADE SOME CHANGES IN HER LIFE. 00:05:16.98\00:05:21.42 SO WE JUST NEED TO KEEP PRAYING THAT THINGS WILL WORK OUT THERE. 00:05:21.45\00:05:24.05 BUT THE THING THAT AMAZED ME WAS THE FACT THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE 00:05:24.09\00:05:27.22 WORKING WITH THAT PERSON WHEN I WOULD SAY WELL THIS IS A HOPELESS SITUATION. 00:05:27.26\00:05:30.03 I'D BETTER GO ON SOMEWHERE ELSE. 00:05:30.06\00:05:32.06 I WONDER WHERE HE LEARNED THAT-- THE PERSEVERANCE. 00:05:32.09\00:05:36.30 THE DETERMINATION. 00:05:36.33\00:05:37.53 A GOOD GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. 00:05:37.57\00:05:41.27 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:05:41.30\00:05:42.27 SO THAT IS REALLY AN ENCOURAGEMENT. 00:05:42.30\00:05:44.27 NOW HERE IS MOSES. 00:05:44.31\00:05:46.14 MOSES WAS BAPTIZED BACK IN 1995. 00:05:46.17\00:05:52.88 HE SPENT ELEVEN YEARS IN A REFUGEE CAMP. 00:05:52.91\00:05:57.72 ELEVEN YEARS. 00:05:57.75\00:05:58.75 THIS IS A LARGE CAMPUS-SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE. 00:05:58.79\00:06:02.42 NOW DID HE SPEND THAT TIME THERE AS A REFUGEE OR AS A WORKER? 00:06:02.46\00:06:05.99 BOTH. 00:06:08.23\00:06:09.20 OK. 00:06:09.23\00:06:10.17 SO HE WAS WORKING AT HOME. 00:06:10.20\00:06:11.17 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:06:11.20\00:06:12.63 BUT FINALLY, OF COURSE, WHEN PEACE CAME HE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE 00:06:12.67\00:06:19.07 UGANDA AND GO BACK TO SOUTH SUDAN SO HE BEGAN WORKING THERE. 00:06:19.11\00:06:25.31 HE WENT TO A PARTICULAR PLACE. 00:06:25.35\00:06:29.15 THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS THERE. 00:06:29.18\00:06:31.72 THE PEOPLE IN THESE TWO DENOMINATIONS SAID, THESE ARE 00:06:31.75\00:06:36.22 OUR PEOPLE IN THIS PLACE. 00:06:36.26\00:06:37.16 YOU ARE NOT TO COME HERE AND TEACH THEM. 00:06:37.19\00:06:41.30 SO THEY WENT TO THE AUTHORITIES TO STOP HIM FROM TEACHING THERE. 00:06:41.33\00:06:45.53 BUT HE HAD STARTED BIBLE STUDIES WITH THE CHIEF AND THE CHIEF 00:06:45.57\00:06:49.64 SAID, LOOK THIS MAN IS ALLOWED TO TEACH HERE IN OUR VILLAGE. 00:06:49.67\00:06:55.81 HE SAID, THE ADVENTIST MESSAGE HAS A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON OUR 00:06:55.84\00:07:00.85 COMMUNITY AND UPON OUR PEOPLE. 00:07:00.88\00:07:02.75 THESE OTHER CHURCHES HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. 00:07:02.78\00:07:05.15 THEY HAVEN'T REALLY DONE ANYTHING FOR OUR COMMUNITY OR 00:07:05.19\00:07:09.22 FOR OUR PEOPLE. AGAIN TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, THE CHIEF AND HIS FAMILY WERE ALL BAPTIZED 00:07:09.26\00:07:12.06 AND ALONG WITH THAT HE BAPTIZED 27 OTHER PEOPLE THERE. 00:07:12.09\00:07:17.27 HOW WONDERFUL HOW GOD WORKS THINGS OUT FOR THESE 00:07:17.30\00:07:23.51 INDIVIDUALS. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE WAYS OF TRYING TO STOP THEM FROM WORKING YET GOD WORKS 00:07:23.54\00:07:29.88 SOMETHING OUT. 00:07:29.91\00:07:32.35 ANYWAY, LIKE I SAY HE BAPTIZED THE CHIEF. 00:07:32.38\00:07:35.65 HE IS WORKING IN TWO COMMUNITIES THERE. 00:07:35.68\00:07:39.32 THEIR NAMES ARE DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE. 00:07:39.35\00:07:42.69 IN THOSE TWO PLACES HE HAS GROUPS OF BIBLE STUDIES WITH 25 00:07:42.72\00:07:49.50 PEOPLE AT ONE PLACE, 27 AT THE OTHER PLACE AND THAT'S HOW A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 00:07:49.53\00:07:54.20 GOES. 00:07:54.24\00:07:56.74 NEVER GIVING UP. 00:07:56.77\00:07:57.74 NEVER GIVING UP. 00:07:57.77\00:07:59.11 NOW YOU KNOW, IT'S WONDERFUL THAT LADIES ARE HAVING A PART 00:07:59.14\00:08:03.48 TOO. YES. 00:08:03.51\00:08:04.55 HERE IS ESTHER WHO IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:08:04.58\00:08:06.85 A DEAR LADY. 00:08:06.88\00:08:08.05 SHE'S NOT A YOUNG LADY. 00:08:08.08\00:08:10.02 SHE'S 55 YEARS OLD. 00:08:10.05\00:08:11.59 OF COURSE THAT'S NOT TOO OLD BECAUSE WHEN I CONSIDER MYSELF 00:08:11.62\00:08:15.49 AT 78, WELL 55 IS STILL PRETTY YOUNG. 00:08:15.52\00:08:18.09 ANYWAY, THIS DEAR LADY-ENTHUSIASTIC. 00:08:18.13\00:08:21.96 SHE'S GONE TO A PLACE AND WHEN SHE GOT THERE SHE HEARD ABOUT 00:08:22.00\00:08:27.07 THIS COUPLE WHO WERE NOT TREATING THEIR SON VERY WELL. 00:08:30.01\00:08:32.21 THEY WERE SORT OF ABUSING HIM REALLY. 00:08:32.24\00:08:34.88 SO SHE WENT AND SHE SAT THEM DOWN AND SHE SAID NOW LISTEN, 00:08:34.91\00:08:39.71 CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD NOT BE ACTING THIS WAY. 00:08:39.75\00:08:42.38 JUST LOOK AT HER EYES. 00:08:42.42\00:08:43.45 PUT THAT PICTURE BACK. 00:08:43.49\00:08:44.72 I WANT TO LOOK AT HERE EYES FOR JUST A MINUTE. 00:08:44.75\00:08:46.96 THIS IS A MAMA. 00:08:46.99\00:08:48.69 YOU CAN JUST SEE SHE'S GOING TO COME IN AND SAY, YOU CAN'T TREAT 00:08:48.72\00:08:52.03 YOUR CHILD THAT WAY. 00:08:52.06\00:08:53.03 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:08:53.06\00:08:54.56 ANYWAY, THEY LISTENED TO HER AND THEY APOLOGIZED TO THEIR SON FOR 00:08:54.60\00:08:58.83 HOW THEY HAD BEEN TREATING HIM. 00:08:58.87\00:08:59.83 HOW WONDERFUL. 00:08:59.87\00:09:00.90 NOW THEY ARE ATTENDING HER CHURCH. 00:09:00.94\00:09:02.90 IN HER VISITATION SHE CAME ACROSS A BLIND LADY WHO WAS 00:09:02.94\00:09:08.21 SERIOUSLY ILL. THE FAMILY JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN, 00:09:08.24\00:09:13.65 WHAT TO DO. LUCKILY LITTLE ESTHER COMMANDED A SON AND SAID YOU GO TO THE LOCAL MINING 00:09:13.68\00:09:19.19 COMPANY OFFICE HERE AND YOU REQUEST THAT THEY GIVE YOU A VEHICLE TO TAKE YOUR 00:09:19.22\00:09:24.26 MOTHER TO THE HOSPITAL. 00:09:27.96\00:09:29.83 THEY SENT THE VEHICLE. 00:09:29.86\00:09:31.83 SHE PRAYED OVER THE MOTHER THAT SHE WOULD GET WELL AND SHE DID 00:09:31.87\00:09:36.77 RECOVER. WHEN SHE CAME BACK SHE THANKED ESTHER. 00:09:36.81\00:09:39.31 SHE SAID YOU SAVED MY LIFE. 00:09:39.34\00:09:41.54 AND NOW SHE IS ATTENDING ESTHER'S CHURCH ALSO. 00:09:41.58\00:09:44.98 IT'S THE SIMPLE THINGS. 00:09:45.01\00:09:46.55 YES. 00:09:46.58\00:09:48.12 YOU KNOW, LIKE IF YOU CARE ENOUGH YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE 00:09:48.15\00:09:51.45 THAT SHE GETS TO A HOSPITAL, RIGHT? 00:09:51.49\00:09:52.45 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:09:52.49\00:09:53.46 AND HERE WE HAVE GABRIEL. 00:09:53.49\00:09:54.79 I SAY GABRIEL THEY SAY "GOBRIEL" OVER THERE. 00:09:54.82\00:09:59.53 HE WORKS IN A VILLAGE OF A PLACE CALLED -----. 00:09:59.56\00:10:02.33 HE HAS BEEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. 00:10:02.36\00:10:07.37 VERY ENERGETIC, VERY DEDICATED. 00:10:07.40\00:10:09.50 MATTER OF FACT HE'S BUILT FOUR CHURCHES. 00:10:09.54\00:10:11.84 HE'S BAPTIZED 172 SOULS. 00:10:11.87\00:10:14.24 WHEN I WAS THERE HE WAS STUDYING WITH 50 PEOPLE. 00:10:14.28\00:10:19.21 I LISTEN TO THOSE NUMBERS AND AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH DONOR I SAY, 00:10:19.25\00:10:26.19 WOW MY MONEY IS ACTUALLY SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 00:10:26.22\00:10:28.59 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:10:28.62\00:10:29.59 AND THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE DICK TO REMEMBER. 00:10:29.62\00:10:31.59 THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT WORKING IN LARGE POPULATED AREAS. 00:10:31.63\00:10:34.93 THEY'RE WORKING IN SMALLER VILLAGES. 00:10:34.96\00:10:36.93 SO THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT. 00:10:36.97\00:10:40.24 THEY'RE REALLY BIG NUMBERS IN COMPARISON. 00:10:40.27\00:10:42.24 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:10:42.27\00:10:43.24 IT'S NOT 25 OUT OF 20 THOUSAND. 00:10:43.27\00:10:44.91 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:10:44.94\00:10:50.15 DID I GET YOU COMPLETELY OFF? 00:10:50.18\00:10:51.45 NO, WE HAVE ANOTHER MAN COMING UP WHO IS FRANCIS. 00:10:51.48\00:10:53.45 OK, I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. 00:10:53.48\00:10:56.58 THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL AT THE SAME GREEN WALL. 00:10:56.62\00:11:00.52 DID YOU TAKE THE GREEN WALL WITH YOU OR DID ALL OF THESE GOSPEL 00:11:00.56\00:11:04.59 OUTREACH WORKERS COME TO WORK WITH YOU IN A MEETING? 00:11:04.63\00:11:07.83 VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. 00:11:07.86\00:11:10.23 SOMETIMES WE HAVE GONE FROM SITE TO SITE VISITING PEOPLE. 00:11:10.27\00:11:13.90 BUT I HAVE HAD A CONCERN THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE OFF ISOLATED BY 00:11:13.94\00:11:19.64 THEMSELVES. THEY NEED SOME FELLOWSHIP. 00:11:19.67\00:11:21.18 SO I HAVE TO SAY THIS THAT THE MISSION OFFICE THERE HAS BEEN 00:11:21.21\00:11:26.88 VERY COOPERATIVE AND WILLING TO BRING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER SO WE CAN HAVE A SEMINAR, HAVE 00:11:26.92\00:11:32.49 TRAINING AND SO ON. 00:11:32.52\00:11:33.86 SO YES, IT'S THE SAME WALL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE 00:11:33.89\00:11:38.13 DOING. WELL I FIGURED IT MUST BE A GOOD EDUCATION AND EVANGELISM 00:11:38.16\00:11:42.36 AND BIBLE CONFERENCE TIMES. 00:11:42.40\00:11:43.37 YES. 00:11:43.40\00:11:44.70 AND TO HEAR THEIR TESTIMONIES. 00:11:44.73\00:11:46.23 THEN OF COURSE I HAVE THESE INTERVIEWS WITH THEM. 00:11:46.27\00:11:48.24 THAT'S WHERE I GET THIS MATERIAL AND THAT'S ALWAYS THRILLING TO 00:11:48.27\00:11:50.67 HEAR ALL THESE DIFFERENT STORIES. 00:11:50.71\00:11:51.67 OH MY YES. 00:11:51.71\00:11:52.67 AND I'M GLAD I CAN SHARE THEM. 00:11:52.71\00:11:54.51 IT'S EXCITING. 00:11:54.54\00:11:55.51 WELL GO AHEAD. 00:11:55.54\00:11:56.51 OK. 00:11:56.54\00:11:57.48 LET'S SEE HERE, WE HAD FRANCIS SIMON DAVID. 00:11:57.51\00:12:00.95 HE WORKS IN A PLACE IN SOUTH SUDAN. 00:12:00.98\00:12:02.95 HE WENT THERE AS A GOVERNMENT TEACHER. 00:12:02.98\00:12:07.39 THERE WERE 17 TEACHERS. 00:12:07.42\00:12:08.92 HE WAS THE ONLY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 00:12:08.96\00:12:13.96 THEY ALSO PROVIDED THEIR MEALS FOR THEM THERE BUT MOST OF THE 00:12:14.00\00:12:17.97 TIME IT WAS UNCLEAN FOODS SO HE WOULDN'T EAT THESE THINGS. 00:12:18.00\00:12:20.90 OF COURSE THE TEACHERS WERE MAKING FUN OF HIM AND ALL THIS 00:12:20.94\00:12:24.04 KIND OF THING. BUT ONE NIGHT A VERY STRANGE THING HAPPENED. 00:12:24.07\00:12:27.11 AN INDIVIDUAL WHO I GUESS HAD SOME AUTHORITY OF SOME KIND CAME 00:12:27.14\00:12:32.65 WITH A FLASHLIGHT, THEY CALL IT A TORCH, CAME AND SAID IS THERE 00:12:32.68\00:12:37.29 A MAN HERE BY THE NAME OF FRANCIS. 00:12:37.32\00:12:39.25 HE SAID I'M THE MAN. 00:12:39.29\00:12:40.92 HE SAID YOU COME TO MY HOUSE TONIGHT, STAY AT MY HOUSE, AND 00:12:40.96\00:12:46.66 I'M GOING TO FEED YOU. 00:12:46.70\00:12:48.03 BUT HE SAID TO THE OTHER 16 TEACHERS, YOU CAN COME TOO FOR 00:12:48.06\00:12:52.70 THE MEAL. SO THEY GO THERE AND HIS WIFE HAD PREPARED A WONDERFUL MEAL WITH NO 00:12:52.73\00:12:57.34 UNCLEAN FOODS AND SO THESE TEACHERS SAID YOU'RE ADVENTIST 00:12:57.37\00:13:03.85 PRAYERS ARE BEING ANSWERED. 00:13:03.88\00:13:05.18 UP TO THAT POINT THEY HAD NO INTEREST IN STUDYING THE BIBLE. 00:13:05.21\00:13:08.85 HE TRIED TO WITNESS TO THEM AND SO FORTH. 00:13:08.88\00:13:11.52 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. 00:13:11.55\00:13:13.29 BUT AFTER THAT A WHOLE ATTITUDE CHANGED AND MATTER OF FACT THREE 00:13:13.32\00:13:17.09 OF THOSE TEACHERS HAVE NOW BEEN BAPTIZED. 00:13:17.13\00:13:19.59 SO AGAIN I SAY IT'S WONDERFUL HOW THE LORD WORKS. 00:13:19.63\00:13:23.87 IT IS ALL AROUND THE FOOD TABLE. 00:13:23.90\00:13:27.40 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:13:27.44\00:13:28.40 I LOVE THAT. 00:13:28.44\00:13:29.47 IT'S A GREAT PART OF EVANGELISM. 00:13:29.50\00:13:32.97 ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW. 00:13:33.01\00:13:35.11 I THANK YOU FOR THE MAP AGAIN. 00:13:35.14\00:13:39.31 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 00:13:39.35\00:13:41.72 WE'RE MOVING TO ETHIOPIA. 00:13:41.75\00:13:44.22 LIKE I SAID, MANY TIMES IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THESE PEOPLE WILL 00:13:44.25\00:13:48.42 GO TO A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE NO ADVENTISTS OR THEY'LL GO TO A PLACE WHERE THERE HAD 00:13:48.46\00:13:50.89 BEEN A CHURCH AT ONE TIME AND IT DISBANDED OR THEY'LL GO AND 00:13:50.93\00:13:54.93 THEY'LL FIND ADVENTIST PEOPLE THAT NOBODY REALLY KNEW TOO MUCH 00:13:54.93\00:13:58.93 ABOUT. DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE THERE. 00:13:58.97\00:14:01.00 SO THIS IS OUR WORKER THERE. 00:14:01.04\00:14:05.41 THIS ACTUALLY IS THE BEGINNING OF A CHURCH SERVICE. 00:14:05.44\00:14:09.38 WHAT HE DID, HE WENT TO THIS PARTICULAR PLACE. 00:14:09.41\00:14:12.75 AND AS HE-I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED BUT AGAIN GOD DIRECTED-HE FOUND A FAMILY 00:14:12.78\00:14:17.85 WHO HAD BEEN ADVENTISTS. 00:14:21.62\00:14:24.43 THEY HADN'T BEEN TO AN ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR 13 YEARS. 00:14:24.46\00:14:27.23 THIS MAN IS A TECHNICIAN WITH THE POWER COMPANY. 00:14:27.23\00:14:31.20 HE WORKS AT THE HYDRO PLANT. 00:14:31.23\00:14:33.17 AND SO THEY HAD BEEN MOVED THERE AND NO CHURCH OR ANY CHURCH. 00:14:33.20\00:14:36.54 AND AFTER AWHILE YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. 00:14:36.57\00:14:39.11 SO ANYWAY, HE FOUND THEM AND FORTUNATELY THEY HAD A BIG HOUSE 00:14:39.14\00:14:44.68 BECAUSE THE ELECTRIC COMPANY PROVIDED A HOUSE FOR THEM. 00:14:44.71\00:14:47.75 THEN SOMEHOW HE FOUND AN ADVENTIST TEACHER AND HIS WIFE 00:14:47.78\00:14:52.85 SO HE WENT TO THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE OR THE LANDLORD, NOT THE LANDLORD BUT THE MAN WHO WAS 00:14:54.92\00:14:58.49 RENTING THE HOUSE AND GOT PERMISSION TO BRING THE PEOPLE 00:14:58.53\00:15:02.33 TOGETHER THERE AND HAVE SERVICES THERE. 00:15:02.36\00:15:04.57 SO THE MAN AND HIS WIFE WERE SO HAPPY TO DO THAT. 00:15:04.60\00:15:09.44 AND SO THERE THEY ARE GATHERED THERE IN THE HOUSE AND THE MAN 00:15:09.47\00:15:13.21 IN THE BACK WITH THE SUIT AND THE TIE ON IS THE TECHNICIAN. 00:15:13.24\00:15:17.71 THAT DAY HE WAS TEACHING THE SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS. 00:15:17.75\00:15:20.25 THERE ARE THE REST OF THE PEOPLE. 00:15:22.75\00:15:24.72 AND ALSO HE WAS ABLE TO FIND A COUPLE WHO WORKED AT THE 00:15:24.75\00:15:29.09 ELECTRIC COMPANY AND HE INVITED THEM TO COME. 00:15:29.12\00:15:31.03 HE IS STUDYING WITH THEM SO THEY WERE THERE THAT PARTICULAR DAY. 00:15:31.06\00:15:34.46 HERE IS THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE GATHERED THAT DAY. 00:15:39.67\00:15:42.87 ON THE LEFT IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR THE 00:15:42.90\00:15:47.91 CENTRAL FIELD IN ETHIOPIA. 00:15:47.94\00:15:50.68 AND WHERE IS OUR WORKER? 00:15:50.71\00:15:52.48 OUR WORKER IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE IN THE LIGHT SHIRT. 00:15:52.51\00:15:56.25 IN THE LIGHT SHIRT. 00:15:56.28\00:15:57.25 WITH HIS WIFE BESIDE HIM. 00:15:57.29\00:15:58.25 MY MY. 00:15:58.29\00:16:02.39 WHEN YOU'RE OVER THERE AND YOU KEEP HEARING THESE STORIES OF 00:16:02.42\00:16:06.29 CHANCE ENCOUNTERS WHERE-OH I HAPPENED TO DISCOVER THAT THIS POWER WORKER WAS ONCE 00:16:06.33\00:16:12.07 AN ADVENTIST OR THIS IS A TEACHER WHO IS AN ADVENTIST. 00:16:12.10\00:16:16.37 WHAT KIND OF PICTURES GO THROUGH YOUR MIND ABOUT HOW GOD MAKES 00:16:16.40\00:16:20.64 COINCIDENCES HAPPEN? 00:16:20.68\00:16:22.78 YOU JUST SAY PRAISE GOD. 00:16:22.81\00:16:24.88 YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING YOUR TIME TALKING TO JESUS AND ALL 00:16:26.98\00:16:29.72 THE REST AND I'LL GET THERE SOONER OR LATER. 00:16:29.75\00:16:31.72 I WANT TO GO TO THE ANGELS FROM SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS. 00:16:31.75\00:16:34.86 IMAGINE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT EVERY DAY. 00:16:34.89\00:16:39.56 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:16:39.59\00:16:40.96 SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO MEET 00:16:41.00\00:16:44.93 FRANK? AND THEY PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. 00:16:44.97\00:16:46.03 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:16:46.07\00:16:47.24 YES, IT'S AMAZING ISN'T IT. 00:16:47.27\00:16:48.97 WE'RE WORKING WITH A BIG BIG GOD. 00:16:49.00\00:16:50.97 NOW THIS MAN IS NOT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:16:51.01\00:16:54.18 HE IS ACTUALLY A FIELD PRESIDENT. 00:16:54.21\00:16:56.51 BUT IT'S A THRILLING STORY. 00:16:56.54\00:16:57.58 HE GREW UP AS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 00:16:57.61\00:16:59.58 WENT TO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOLS AND FINALLY WENT TO THE 00:16:59.61\00:17:01.95 UNIVERSITY OF MEKELLE WHICH IS THE CAPITAL FOR TIGRAY STATE. 00:17:01.98\00:17:07.06 ANYWAY, HE TOOK LAW, BECAME A LAWYER AND BECAME THE PUBLIC 00:17:09.06\00:17:14.30 PROSECUTOR. AND THEN ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO NEEDED SOMEONE AND THEY ASKED IF HE WOULD 00:17:14.30\00:17:19.60 COME AND WORK FOR THEM. 00:17:19.63\00:17:23.10 WELL IT WAS GOING TO MEAN LESS THAN HALF THE SALARY HE WAS 00:17:23.14\00:17:26.74 MAKING. NOW HE ALREADY IS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AT THIS 00:17:26.78\00:17:28.94 POINT? HE'S A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST OH YES. 00:17:28.98\00:17:30.95 HE'S A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 00:17:30.98\00:17:32.61 BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE UP HALF OF YOUR, OVER HALF OF YOUR 00:17:32.65\00:17:38.15 SALARY. WHY WOULD THEY GO TO THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR TO WORK FOR 00:17:38.19\00:17:41.12 AWR? WELL BECAUSE THEY COULD SEE HE HAD THE TALENT THEY NEEDED 00:17:41.16\00:17:44.13 FOR THE PARTICULAR POSITION. 00:17:44.16\00:17:45.13 LOVE IT. 00:17:45.16\00:17:46.43 HE SAID, GOD HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME HOW CAN I TURN HIM DOWN. 00:17:46.46\00:17:49.23 AND SO HE WENT AND WORKED THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS AND THEN HE WAS 00:17:49.26\00:17:52.93 CALLED TO BE THE FIELD PRESIDENT. 00:17:52.97\00:17:54.44 AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO REALLY BECAUSE HE FELT HE JUST WASN'T 00:17:54.47\00:18:00.34 SUITED FOR THIS ALTHOUGH DURING THE SEVEN YEARS AT ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO HE HAD STUDIED 00:18:00.38\00:18:05.28 THEOLOGY AND HAD GOTTEN HIS DEGREE IN THEOLOGY. 00:18:05.31\00:18:08.15 MY MY. 00:18:08.18\00:18:09.52 BUT HE HAS A REAL BURDEN ABOUT TRANSLATING LITERATURE BECAUSE 00:18:09.55\00:18:13.02 IT'S THE OROMO LANGUAGE THAT THEY USE THERE AND THE ONLY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 00:18:13.05\00:18:19.63 BOOK IS STEPS TO CHRIST IN THAT LANGUAGE. 00:18:19.66\00:18:22.63 SO HE SET TO WORK TRANSLATING. 00:18:22.66\00:18:25.43 HE HAS TRANSLATED SEVERAL BOOKS. 00:18:25.47\00:18:28.07 THOUGHTS FROM THE MOUNT OF BLESSING. 00:18:28.10\00:18:30.07 HE HAS WRITTEN-THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING. 00:18:30.11\00:18:32.07 I WONDER WHY HE WOULD CHOOSE THAT ONE? 00:18:32.11\00:18:34.08 WELL, YOU KNOW WHY HE WOULD CHOOSE THAT DON'T YOU? 00:18:34.11\00:18:36.08 ALL OF THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU ACTUALLY GET AND WHEN LIFE IS 00:18:36.11\00:18:39.78 JUST TOTALLY CONFUSING THAT'S A PERFECT BOOK TO USE. 00:18:39.81\00:18:44.89 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT YES. 00:18:49.69\00:18:54.73 ANYWAY THERE'S A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE THAT THEY PUT OUT AND HE WORKS WITH THAT. 00:18:56.70\00:19:01.80 HE'S TRANSLATED CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS. 00:19:06.17\00:19:10.18 THERE ARE TWO OR THREE OTHER BOOKS THAT HE HAS PRINTED. 00:19:10.21\00:19:14.15 HE SAYS SOME MORNINGS HE GETS UP AT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO 00:19:14.18\00:19:16.99 DO THE TRANSLATING BECAUSE I MEAN HE'S A BUSY MAN AS A FIELD 00:19:17.02\00:19:20.36 PRESIDENT. SURE. 00:19:20.39\00:19:21.89 BUT WHAT DEDICATION AND WHAT A THRILL TO TALK TO HIM AND TO SEE 00:19:21.92\00:19:25.86 HOW WELL HE HAS ORGANIZED HIS WORKERS. 00:19:25.89\00:19:28.83 NOW THE INTERESTING THING THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS THAT WHEN 00:19:28.86\00:19:33.64 GOSPEL OUTREACH BRINGS WORKERS OR HAS WORKERS THERE YOU'RE NOT OUT HERE WORKING SIDEBAR 00:19:33.67\00:19:38.47 TO THE CHURCH. 00:19:38.51\00:19:40.08 YOU ARE VERY MUCH ENMESHED IN EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE MISSION FIELDS. 00:19:40.11\00:19:44.95 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:19:44.98\00:19:46.85 IT'S A SUPPORT MINISTRY IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. 00:19:46.88\00:19:49.82 I LOVE THAT. 00:19:49.85\00:19:51.15 BUT LIKE I SAY, TO SEE THE DEDICATION YOU KNOW OF THIS MAN. 00:19:51.19\00:19:57.19 FIRST OF ALL TAKING A CUT IN HIS SALARY LIKE THAT. 00:19:57.23\00:20:00.96 AND THEN YOU KNOW DOING ALL THIS. 00:20:00.96\00:20:03.40 BUT IF GOD WANTS ME TO DO THAT THAT'S FINE. 00:20:03.43\00:20:05.40 YES. 00:20:05.43\00:20:06.84 AND THEN DOING ALL THIS TRANSLATING BESIDES BECAUSE YOU 00:20:06.87\00:20:10.17 KNOW HE HAS TO GET UP AT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO BE ABLE TO FIT THIS IN. 00:20:10.21\00:20:12.74 HE IS SO DEDICATED TO GETTING MORE LITERATURE IN THEIR OWN 00:20:12.77\00:20:19.01 LANGUAGE. YOU KNOW, ETHIOPIA HAS OVER 200 DIALECTS AND 85 00:20:19.05\00:20:24.55 LANGUAGES. MY LANDS. 00:20:24.59\00:20:25.69 AND SO HE HAS A JOB THAT WILL NEVER STOP. 00:20:25.72\00:20:30.49 YES. 00:20:30.53\00:20:32.13 THAT'S THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT WE CAN GET 00:20:32.16\00:20:34.10 WORKERS WHO CAN SPEAK THIS PARTICULAR DIALECT. 00:20:34.13\00:20:36.16 I MEAN SOMETIMES I HAVE TO HAVE TWO TRANSLATORS BECAUSE OF THAT. 00:20:36.20\00:20:42.74 SO IT'S JUST WONDERFUL HOW GOD IS WORKING THIS WHOLE PROGRAM. 00:20:42.77\00:20:49.01 WE'RE BACK TO THE ANGELS FROM SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS. 00:20:49.04\00:20:51.45 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:20:51.48\00:20:52.95 THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS IN THE RIGHT SPOT AND THEN ONE OF THEM 00:20:52.98\00:20:56.25 SAYS, YOU KNOW WE REALLY NEED A NEW FIELD SECRETARY. 00:20:56.28\00:21:00.62 YOU KNOW THAT LAWYER? 00:21:00.66\00:21:01.76 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:21:01.79\00:21:02.76 LET'S WORK ON HIM. 00:21:02.79\00:21:03.76 THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 00:21:03.79\00:21:05.19 WELL, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL HERE AND THIS 00:21:05.23\00:21:09.83 MAN IS---- AND HE IS WORKING AT A PLACE CALLED DEBRE MARKOS. 00:21:12.63\00:21:15.84 THIS CITY HAS A UNIVERSITY AND HAS A TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE. 00:21:15.87\00:21:20.54 IT HAS MANY OTHER PRIVATE COLLEGES. 00:21:20.58\00:21:23.08 THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING ABOUT ETHIOPIA. 00:21:23.11\00:21:25.08 THE GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING GREAT EMPHASIS ON GETTING EVERY PERSON 00:21:25.11\00:21:31.85 TO HAVE AN EDUCATION. 00:21:31.89\00:21:32.82 THEY HAVE A LOT OF UNIVERSITIES AND SO ON. 00:21:32.85\00:21:36.39 BUT ANYWAY, IN THIS CITY WE HAD TRIED TO DO WORK THERE OVER THE 00:21:36.42\00:21:40.93 YEARS SOMETIMES BUT HAD NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 00:21:40.96\00:21:43.70 SO HE WAS SENT THERE. 00:21:43.73\00:21:44.87 HERE HE HAS THIS CHALLENGE. 00:21:44.90\00:21:46.33 HE RENTS THIS PLACE AND THE LADY LANDLORD WONDERED IF -THERE WERE 00:21:46.37\00:21:52.87 TWO EXTENDED ROOMS-AND SHE ASKED COULD I BRING MY MOTHER TO LIVE 00:21:52.91\00:21:57.51 THERE. SO SHE CAME WITH HER SON. 00:21:57.55\00:21:59.95 AFTER AWHILE SHE BROUGHT HER DAUGHTER THERE. 00:22:00.05\00:22:03.35 THE DAUGHTER WAS NOT FAVORABLE TOWARDS ADVENTISTS AT ALL. 00:22:03.39\00:22:07.09 BUT ANYWAY AS SHE SAW HOW KIND OUR WORKER WAS AND ALL THIS KING 00:22:07.12\00:22:13.09 OF THING SHE STARTED ASKING SOME QUESTIONS. 00:22:13.13\00:22:14.46 WELL, WHY DO YOU KEEP SATURDAY AND OTHER QUESTIONS LIKE THAT 00:22:14.46\00:22:18.67 AND FINALLY HE GAVE HER BIBLE STUDIES. 00:22:18.70\00:22:21.24 ANOTHER UNIVERSITY STUDENT CAME ALONG AND TOOK BIBLE STUDIES TOO 00:22:21.27\00:22:25.47 AND SO THE TWO OF THEM WERE BAPTIZED MUCH TO THE DISPLEASURE 00:22:25.51\00:22:28.98 OF THE MOTHER. BUT THE WONDERFUL THING WAS THAT THIS LADY, AND DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'M 00:22:29.01\00:22:35.08 PRONOUNCING HER NAME RIGHT BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER I 00:22:35.12\00:22:38.79 GUESS. SHE BECAME THE LADY FRIEND OF OUR WORKER AFTER SHE WAS BAPTIZED AND THEY WERE 00:22:38.82\00:22:44.86 MARRIED SO NOW THEY WORK AS A TEAM AND SHE IS JUST WONDERFUL 00:22:44.89\00:22:50.33 AT BEING ABLE TO WELCOME PEOPLE INTO THEIR HOME AND ALL THIS 00:22:50.37\00:22:54.00 KIND OF THING. SO THERE IS A TIME WHEN EVANGELISTIC DATING 00:22:54.04\00:22:58.97 WORKS. YES. 00:22:59.01\00:23:00.08 WELL, YOU NOTICE THAT SHE WAS BAPTIZED FIRST. 00:23:00.11\00:23:02.04 YES, I GOT THAT. 00:23:02.08\00:23:03.04 AND SHE HAD STUDIES AND SO ON. 00:23:03.08\00:23:04.51 ANOTHER PERSON IS WORKING IN THAT PARTICULAR FIELD AND WHEN 00:23:04.55\00:23:09.45 HE WENT TO THIS AREA HE SAID WHAT AM I GOING TO DO, HOW AM I GOING TO REACH THESE 00:23:12.52\00:23:14.86 PEOPLE. 00:23:14.89\00:23:15.86 THINK ABOUT THAT. 00:23:15.89\00:23:17.19 YOU'VE JUST BEEN ASSIGNED A PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW 00:23:17.23\00:23:19.29 ANYBODY. SO HE STARTED ORGANIZING SOME THINGS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CHILDREN. 00:23:19.33\00:23:24.33 THEN HE MET SOME DIFFERENT PROTESTANT PEOPLE THERE AND HE SAID LET'S SIT DOWN 00:23:27.44\00:23:31.47 AND LET'S STUDY WHAT WE BELIEVE IN COMMON. 00:23:31.51\00:23:34.18 AND THEY STARTED DOING THAT. 00:23:34.21\00:23:35.61 AND THEN THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THEIR DIFFERENCES 00:23:35.64\00:23:40.62 AND SO ON. 00:23:40.65\00:23:42.02 SO THAT'S BEEN HIS WAY OF APPROACHING THESE PEOPLE AND AS 00:23:42.05\00:23:45.22 A RESULT AN EVANGELIST FROM ANOTHER DENOMINATION ACTUALLY WAS BAPTIZED AS A RESULT OF 00:23:45.25\00:23:49.99 THIS PARTICULAR APPROACH. 00:23:50.03\00:23:52.19 BUT THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA. 00:23:52.23\00:23:55.43 NO. 00:23:55.46\00:23:56.77 SO LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE AGREE ON. 00:23:56.80\00:23:58.97 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:23:59.00\00:24:00.84 IT'S A PERFECT STARTING POINT. 00:24:00.87\00:24:02.70 NOW I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS PICTURE DICK BECAUSE THIS IS A 00:24:02.74\00:24:07.38 LARGE CHURCH IN JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN. 00:24:07.41\00:24:08.58 BUT SEE THESE LADIES SWEEPING HERE? 00:24:08.61\00:24:10.58 THIS IS PREPARING FOR THE SABBATH BECAUSE THE FOLKS WILL 00:24:10.61\00:24:15.02 BE MEETING OUTSIDE FOR SABBATH SCHOOL AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT SABBATH SCHOOL CLASSES. 00:24:15.05\00:24:18.39 I WAS INTERESTED HOW THEY WERE ACTUALLY MAKING THAT PARTICULAR 00:24:18.42\00:24:22.39 PREPARATION. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE BY CHANCE. 00:24:22.42\00:24:24.96 I WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE VERY TYPICAL TRADITIONAL GRASS BROOMS 00:24:24.99\00:24:30.73 AND THEY ARE SWEEPING THE DIRT. 00:24:30.77\00:24:32.37 YES, MAKING READY FOR THE SABBATH. 00:24:32.40\00:24:35.90 AND IF YOU COME BEFORE ANYONE WALKS ON IT YOU WILL DISCOVER 00:24:35.94\00:24:39.97 THAT IT ACTUALLY HAS LINES. 00:24:40.01\00:24:41.24 IT LOOKS ALMOST LIKE IT'S A CARPET NOW. 00:24:41.28\00:24:45.25 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:24:45.28\00:24:46.75 THE GRASS IS THAT SPECIAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE GOD IS GOING TO HAVE HIS WORD 00:24:46.78\00:24:52.05 STUDIED. 00:24:52.09\00:24:53.05 THAT'S RIGHT EXACTLY, YES. 00:24:53.09\00:24:55.16 I'VE BEEN VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE HELP THAT'S BEEN GIVEN. 00:24:57.23\00:24:59.19 THIS MAN RAVEL ACTUALLY IS STUDYING FOR HIS PHD BUT HE IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:24:59.23\00:25:04.83 COORDINATOR FOR THE UNION MISSION. 00:25:04.87\00:25:07.57 HOW MANY WORKERS DOES HE HAVE THAT HE WORKS WITH? 00:25:07.60\00:25:10.51 HE WORKS WITH ABOUT 25 WORKERS NOW. 00:25:10.54\00:25:15.58 EXCELLENT. 00:25:17.55\00:25:19.31 BUT HE IS OVER THE FIELDS SO HE HAS SEVEN COORDINATORS THAT HE 00:25:19.35\00:25:24.39 IS IN CHARGE OF. 00:25:26.45\00:25:27.42 OK, GOT YA. 00:25:27.46\00:25:28.52 BUT HE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL GIVING INSTRUCTION. 00:25:28.56\00:25:30.43 THERE HE IS DOING THAT PARTICULAR THING THERE. 00:25:30.46\00:25:32.43 SO THIS IS PART OF THE TRAINING SESSION WITH THE GREEN WALL. 00:25:32.46\00:25:36.67 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:25:36.70\00:25:38.07 AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR DONORS WHO HAVE BEEN WILLING TO GIVE 00:25:38.10\00:25:40.37 SOME BICYCLES BECAUSE WHAT A BLESSING THAT HAS BEEN TO HELP 00:25:40.40\00:25:45.01 THESE PEOPLE GET AROUND WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND DOING THEIR 00:25:45.04\00:25:47.74 WORK. WELL DAVE, OUR TIME IS UP. 00:25:47.78\00:25:48.74 THAT'S RIGHT YES. 00:25:48.78\00:25:50.08 THAT MEANS WE GET TO COME BACK AGAIN SOMETIME AND TALK MORE. 00:25:50.11\00:25:52.61 AND ONE OF THESE DAYS I THINK I'M GOING TO SLIP INTO YOUR 00:25:52.65\00:25:55.68 SUITCASE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A MINISTRY HAPPENING IN ETHIOPIA AND SOUTH SUDAN 00:25:55.72\00:25:59.35 THAT IS REALLY CHANGING THAT PART OF THE WORLD. 00:25:59.39\00:26:01.39 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:26:01.42\00:26:02.86 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING IT, FOR MAKING IT ALL POSSIBLE ON 00:26:02.89\00:26:07.66 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:26:07.73\00:26:08.66 CLOSING MUSIC 00:26:08.70\00:26:13.77