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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000587A
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00:25 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO AFRICA? 00:26 THIS IS ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:27 IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ADVENTURE IT'S GOT TO INCLUDE AFRICA. 00:33 ELDER DAVE CROOK IS HERE WITH ME TODAY AND WE'RE GOING TO ETHIOPIA TO START 00:37 WITH. 00:38 IS THAT RIGHT? 00:39 SOUTH SUDAN. 00:40 SOUTH SUDAN. 00:41 WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR MOST OF US THAT'S PROBABLY NORTH AFRICA. 00:45 YES, RIGHT. 00:46 WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE WHO WERE RAISED IN THAT PART OF THE 00:51 WORLD SO THEY KNOW THE RIGHT LANGUAGES, THEY KNOW THE CULTURES, THE FOOD, 00:54 THEIR COMFORTABLE AND YOU GET TO GO AND SPEND TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE 00:59 DOING THEIR JOB. 01:00 BUT WHEN YOU COME HOME YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS INSPIRED, RIGHT? 01:05 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:07 THEY LOVE HAVING YOU BUT YOU COME BACK LOADED WITH STORIES. 01:11 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME LOOK AT THIS. 01:13 THESE ARE THE STORIES SO SIT DOWN, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD STUFF COMING UP. 01:19 TAKE US TO AFRICA. 01:21 OK, WELL YOU KNOW WHEN I THINK OF THE GOSPEL COMMISSION I SAY GO YE 01:27 THEREFORE AND PLANT CHURCHES. 01:29 I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING TO US. 01:31 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IS ALL ABOUT. 01:36 PEOPLE PLANTING CHURCHES. 01:37 THESE PEOPLE GOING OFF INTO REMOTE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO ADVENTISTS 01:40 MEMBERS, MAKING FRIENDS, STUDYING THE BIBLE WITH PEOPLE, BAPTIZING THEM AND 01:47 BUILDING CHURCHES. 01:48 IT'S THRILLING TO SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS. 01:53 IT'S ALL ABOUT STORIES I THINK. 01:57 YES. 01:59 WONDERFUL THRILLING STORIES OF WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO 02:03 ACCOMPLISH. 02:05 THE FIRST MAN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS WESLEY. 02:07 HE CAME FROM ANOTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATION. 02:14 WHEN HE BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HE WAS SENT TO AN AREA WHERE 02:19 THERE HAD BEEN A LITTLE CHURCH GROUP OF 12 PEOPLE BUT THEIR LAY LEADER HAD 02:24 TO LEAVE AND FIND EMPLOYMENT SOMEWHERE ELSE SO THERE WAS NO ONE TO 02:27 LEAD THEM AND SO THEY HAD SCATTERED. 02:29 AND THAT'S ANOTHER THINK I HAVE FOUND THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS MANY 02:33 TIMES GO TO A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE NO ADVENTIST PEOPLE AT ALL BUT OTHER 02:37 TIMES THEY WILL GO WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A CHURCH THAT HAS FALLEN APART AND 02:40 THEY ARE ABLE TO SAY RESURRECT IT ONCE AGAIN. 02:44 SO HE WENT THERE AND BEGAN WORKING. 02:47 HE FOUND FOUR MEMBERS ACTUALLY IN DIFFERENT PLACES. 02:54 HE BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER ALONG WITH-THEY INVITED ONE NONMEMBER TO COME. 02:59 HE BEGAN WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE AND VISITING THE AREA AND WORKING THERE 03:03 AND PRETTY SOON HE HAD BIBLE STUDIES GOING AND BAPTIZED PEOPLE. 03:12 THEN THE TRIBAL CONFLICT BROKE OUT AND THEY HAD TO FLEE. 03:17 SO HE HAD GONE TO ALL THE TROUBLE TO START SOMETHING AND NOW IT'S GONE. 03:21 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:23 ANYWAY, HE WENT TO A PLACE AND BEGAN WORKING THERE AND BEFORE VERY LONG HE 03:27 HAD BAPTIZED 30 PEOPLE THERE AND AT THAT TIME HE HAD EIGHT MORE PREPARING. 03:32 BUT THERE WERE INTERESTING STORIES HE TOLD. 03:34 ONE DAY AS HE WAS GOING TO GIVE A BIBLE STUDY HE CAME TO WHERE THERE WAS A BLACK 03:38 SMITH WORKING. 03:39 THIS BLACK SMITH MADE LITTLE TOOLS AND UTENSILS AND THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE 03:42 TO USE IN THE VILLAGE. 03:46 ANYWAY HE GOT TALKING TO HIM AND NOTICED A BOTTLE OF LIQUOR THERE. 03:52 SO ANYWAY THEY HAD A NICE VISIT. 03:54 FINALLY WESLEY SAID CAN I PRAY WITH YOU. 03:56 THE MAN SAID, WELL OK YOU CAN PRAY. 03:58 AS SOON AS HE FINISHED PRAYING THE MAN TOOK A DRINK AND SAID THIS IS 04:02 REALLY GOOD. 04:03 WESLEY SAID, NO THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOU. 04:06 MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW THIS COULD RUIN YOUR WORK HERE. 04:12 THE MAN SAID, NO DRINKING IS MY FOOD. 04:17 ANYWAY, WESLEY SAID, NO DRINKING IS VERY VERY BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH. 04:23 HE SAID I WANT TO COME TOMORROW. 04:25 HE ORDERED SOME TOOLS AND HE SAID I'LL COME TOMORROW AND GET THEM. 04:28 SO HE CAME BACK AND HE TALKED TO THE MAN AGAIN. 04:31 YOU KNOW, MANY OF US WOULD HAVE SAID WELL, HE'S A HOPELESS DRUNK, LET'S GO 04:35 ON. 04:36 BUT WESLEY CONTINUED GOING AND VISITING WITH HIM. 04:40 FINALLY HE GOT A CHANGE TO GIVE HIM BIBLE STUDIES. 04:43 THEN HE INVITED HIM TO CHURCH. 04:45 THE MAN CAME AND STAYED AT THE CHURCH ALL DAY BECAUSE MANY TIMES CHURCHES OVER 04:50 THERE LAST ALL DAY. 04:51 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:52 HE STAYED ALL DAY LONG. 04:53 ANYWAY, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT BEFORE VERY LONG HE WAS BAPTIZED. 04:57 TODAY HE IS SERVING AS A CHURCH ELDER. 05:00 NOW HIS WIFE REFUSED TO GO TO CHURCH. 05:04 SHE SAID I'M STAYING WITH MY OWN CHURCH AND THAT IS IT. 05:07 BUT SHE ALSO BREWED BEER. 05:08 THE MAN SAID I CAN'T HAVE BEER BEING BREWED IN MY HOME. 05:14 SHE SAID, I'LL GO TO MY NEIGHBORS AND DO IT. 05:16 ANYWAY, WESLEY IS WORKING WITH HER AND SHE HAS MADE SOME CHANGES IN HER LIFE. 05:21 SO WE JUST NEED TO KEEP PRAYING THAT THINGS WILL WORK OUT THERE. 05:24 BUT THE THING THAT AMAZED ME WAS THE FACT THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE WORKING 05:27 WITH THAT PERSON WHEN I WOULD SAY WELL THIS IS A HOPELESS SITUATION. 05:30 I'D BETTER GO ON SOMEWHERE ELSE. 05:32 I WONDER WHERE HE LEARNED THAT-- THE PERSEVERANCE. 05:36 THE DETERMINATION. 05:37 A GOOD GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. 05:41 THAT'S RIGHT. 05:42 SO THAT IS REALLY AN ENCOURAGEMENT. 05:44 NOW HERE IS MOSES. 05:46 MOSES WAS BAPTIZED BACK IN 1995. 05:52 HE SPENT ELEVEN YEARS IN A REFUGEE CAMP. 05:57 ELEVEN YEARS. 05:58 THIS IS A LARGE CAMPUS-SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE. 06:02 NOW DID HE SPEND THAT TIME THERE AS A REFUGEE OR AS A WORKER? 06:08 BOTH. 06:09 OK. 06:10 SO HE WAS WORKING AT HOME. 06:11 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 06:12 BUT FINALLY, OF COURSE, WHEN PEACE CAME HE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE UGANDA AND 06:19 GO BACK TO SOUTH SUDAN SO HE BEGAN WORKING THERE. 06:25 HE WENT TO A PARTICULAR PLACE. 06:29 THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS THERE. 06:31 THE PEOPLE IN THESE TWO DENOMINATIONS SAID, THESE ARE OUR PEOPLE IN THIS 06:36 PLACE. 06:37 YOU ARE NOT TO COME HERE AND TEACH THEM. 06:41 SO THEY WENT TO THE AUTHORITIES TO STOP HIM FROM TEACHING THERE. 06:45 BUT HE HAD STARTED BIBLE STUDIES WITH THE CHIEF AND THE CHIEF SAID, LOOK THIS 06:49 MAN IS ALLOWED TO TEACH HERE IN OUR VILLAGE. 06:55 HE SAID, THE ADVENTIST MESSAGE HAS A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON OUR COMMUNITY 07:00 AND UPON OUR PEOPLE. 07:02 THESE OTHER CHURCHES HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. 07:05 THEY HAVEN'T REALLY DONE ANYTHING FOR OUR COMMUNITY OR FOR OUR PEOPLE. 07:09 AGAIN TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, THE CHIEF AND HIS FAMILY WERE ALL BAPTIZED 07:12 AND ALONG WITH THAT HE BAPTIZED 27 OTHER PEOPLE THERE. 07:17 HOW WONDERFUL HOW GOD WORKS THINGS OUT FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. 07:23 EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE WAYS OF TRYING TO STOP THEM FROM WORKING YET GOD WORKS 07:29 SOMETHING OUT. 07:32 ANYWAY, LIKE I SAY HE BAPTIZED THE CHIEF. 07:35 HE IS WORKING IN TWO COMMUNITIES THERE. 07:39 THEIR NAMES ARE DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE. 07:42 IN THOSE TWO PLACES HE HAS GROUPS OF BIBLE STUDIES WITH 25 PEOPLE AT ONE 07:49 PLACE, 27 AT THE OTHER PLACE AND THAT'S HOW A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 07:54 GOES. 07:56 NEVER GIVING UP. 07:57 NEVER GIVING UP. 07:59 NOW YOU KNOW, IT'S WONDERFUL THAT LADIES ARE HAVING A PART TOO. 08:03 YES. 08:04 HERE IS ESTHER WHO IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 08:06 A DEAR LADY. 08:08 SHE'S NOT A YOUNG LADY. 08:10 SHE'S 55 YEARS OLD. 08:11 OF COURSE THAT'S NOT TOO OLD BECAUSE WHEN I CONSIDER MYSELF AT 78, 08:15 WELL 55 IS STILL PRETTY YOUNG. 08:18 ANYWAY, THIS DEAR LADY-ENTHUSIASTIC. 08:22 SHE'S GONE TO A PLACE AND WHEN SHE GOT THERE SHE HEARD ABOUT THIS COUPLE 08:30 WHO WERE NOT TREATING THEIR SON VERY WELL. 08:32 THEY WERE SORT OF ABUSING HIM REALLY. 08:34 SO SHE WENT AND SHE SAT THEM DOWN AND SHE SAID NOW LISTEN, CHRISTIAN PARENTS 08:39 SHOULD NOT BE ACTING THIS WAY. 08:42 JUST LOOK AT HER EYES. 08:43 PUT THAT PICTURE BACK. 08:44 I WANT TO LOOK AT HERE EYES FOR JUST A MINUTE. 08:46 THIS IS A MAMA. 08:48 YOU CAN JUST SEE SHE'S GOING TO COME IN AND SAY, YOU CAN'T TREAT YOUR CHILD 08:52 THAT WAY. 08:53 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:54 ANYWAY, THEY LISTENED TO HER AND THEY APOLOGIZED TO THEIR SON FOR HOW THEY HAD 08:58 BEEN TREATING HIM. 08:59 HOW WONDERFUL. 09:00 NOW THEY ARE ATTENDING HER CHURCH. 09:02 IN HER VISITATION SHE CAME ACROSS A BLIND LADY WHO WAS SERIOUSLY ILL. 09:08 THE FAMILY JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN, WHAT TO DO. 09:13 LUCKILY LITTLE ESTHER COMMANDED A SON AND SAID YOU GO TO THE LOCAL MINING 09:19 COMPANY OFFICE HERE AND YOU REQUEST THAT THEY GIVE YOU A VEHICLE TO TAKE YOUR 09:27 MOTHER TO THE HOSPITAL. 09:29 THEY SENT THE VEHICLE. 09:31 SHE PRAYED OVER THE MOTHER THAT SHE WOULD GET WELL AND SHE DID RECOVER. 09:36 WHEN SHE CAME BACK SHE THANKED ESTHER. 09:39 SHE SAID YOU SAVED MY LIFE. 09:41 AND NOW SHE IS ATTENDING ESTHER'S CHURCH ALSO. 09:45 IT'S THE SIMPLE THINGS. 09:46 YES. 09:48 YOU KNOW, LIKE IF YOU CARE ENOUGH YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE GETS TO 09:51 A HOSPITAL, RIGHT? 09:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:53 AND HERE WE HAVE GABRIEL. 09:54 I SAY GABRIEL THEY SAY "GOBRIEL" OVER THERE. 09:59 HE WORKS IN A VILLAGE OF A PLACE CALLED -----. 10:02 HE HAS BEEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. 10:07 VERY ENERGETIC, VERY DEDICATED. 10:09 MATTER OF FACT HE'S BUILT FOUR CHURCHES. 10:11 HE'S BAPTIZED 172 SOULS. 10:14 WHEN I WAS THERE HE WAS STUDYING WITH 50 PEOPLE. 10:19 I LISTEN TO THOSE NUMBERS AND AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH DONOR I SAY, WOW MY MONEY 10:26 IS ACTUALLY SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 10:28 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:29 AND THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE DICK TO REMEMBER. 10:31 THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT WORKING IN LARGE POPULATED AREAS. 10:34 THEY'RE WORKING IN SMALLER VILLAGES. 10:36 SO THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT. 10:40 THEY'RE REALLY BIG NUMBERS IN COMPARISON. 10:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:43 IT'S NOT 25 OUT OF 20 THOUSAND. 10:44 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:50 DID I GET YOU COMPLETELY OFF? 10:51 NO, WE HAVE ANOTHER MAN COMING UP WHO IS FRANCIS. 10:53 OK, I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. 10:56 THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL AT THE SAME GREEN WALL. 11:00 DID YOU TAKE THE GREEN WALL WITH YOU OR DID ALL OF THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 11:04 WORKERS COME TO WORK WITH YOU IN A MEETING? 11:07 VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. 11:10 SOMETIMES WE HAVE GONE FROM SITE TO SITE VISITING PEOPLE. 11:13 BUT I HAVE HAD A CONCERN THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE OFF ISOLATED BY THEMSELVES. 11:19 THEY NEED SOME FELLOWSHIP. 11:21 SO I HAVE TO SAY THIS THAT THE MISSION OFFICE THERE HAS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE 11:26 AND WILLING TO BRING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER SO WE CAN HAVE A SEMINAR, HAVE 11:32 TRAINING AND SO ON. 11:33 SO YES, IT'S THE SAME WALL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING. 11:38 WELL I FIGURED IT MUST BE A GOOD EDUCATION AND EVANGELISM AND BIBLE 11:42 CONFERENCE TIMES. 11:43 YES. 11:44 AND TO HEAR THEIR TESTIMONIES. 11:46 THEN OF COURSE I HAVE THESE INTERVIEWS WITH THEM. 11:48 THAT'S WHERE I GET THIS MATERIAL AND THAT'S ALWAYS THRILLING TO HEAR ALL 11:50 THESE DIFFERENT STORIES. 11:51 OH MY YES. 11:52 AND I'M GLAD I CAN SHARE THEM. 11:54 IT'S EXCITING. 11:55 WELL GO AHEAD. 11:56 OK. 11:57 LET'S SEE HERE, WE HAD FRANCIS SIMON DAVID. 12:00 HE WORKS IN A PLACE IN SOUTH SUDAN. 12:02 HE WENT THERE AS A GOVERNMENT TEACHER. 12:07 THERE WERE 17 TEACHERS. 12:08 HE WAS THE ONLY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 12:14 THEY ALSO PROVIDED THEIR MEALS FOR THEM THERE BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT WAS 12:18 UNCLEAN FOODS SO HE WOULDN'T EAT THESE THINGS. 12:20 OF COURSE THE TEACHERS WERE MAKING FUN OF HIM AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING. 12:24 BUT ONE NIGHT A VERY STRANGE THING HAPPENED. 12:27 AN INDIVIDUAL WHO I GUESS HAD SOME AUTHORITY OF SOME KIND CAME WITH A 12:32 FLASHLIGHT, THEY CALL IT A TORCH, CAME AND SAID IS THERE A MAN HERE BY THE 12:37 NAME OF FRANCIS. 12:39 HE SAID I'M THE MAN. 12:40 HE SAID YOU COME TO MY HOUSE TONIGHT, STAY AT MY HOUSE, AND I'M GOING TO 12:46 FEED YOU. 12:48 BUT HE SAID TO THE OTHER 16 TEACHERS, YOU CAN COME TOO FOR THE MEAL. 12:52 SO THEY GO THERE AND HIS WIFE HAD PREPARED A WONDERFUL MEAL WITH NO 12:57 UNCLEAN FOODS AND SO THESE TEACHERS SAID YOU'RE ADVENTIST PRAYERS ARE 13:03 BEING ANSWERED. 13:05 UP TO THAT POINT THEY HAD NO INTEREST IN STUDYING THE BIBLE. 13:08 HE TRIED TO WITNESS TO THEM AND SO FORTH. 13:11 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. 13:13 BUT AFTER THAT A WHOLE ATTITUDE CHANGED AND MATTER OF FACT THREE OF 13:17 THOSE TEACHERS HAVE NOW BEEN BAPTIZED. 13:19 SO AGAIN I SAY IT'S WONDERFUL HOW THE LORD WORKS. 13:23 IT IS ALL AROUND THE FOOD TABLE. 13:27 THAT'S RIGHT. 13:28 I LOVE THAT. 13:29 IT'S A GREAT PART OF EVANGELISM. 13:33 ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW. 13:35 I THANK YOU FOR THE MAP AGAIN. 13:39 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 13:41 WE'RE MOVING TO ETHIOPIA. 13:44 LIKE I SAID, MANY TIMES IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THESE PEOPLE WILL GO TO A PLACE 13:48 WHERE THERE ARE NO ADVENTISTS OR THEY'LL GO TO A PLACE WHERE THERE HAD 13:50 BEEN A CHURCH AT ONE TIME AND IT DISBANDED OR THEY'LL GO AND THEY'LL 13:54 FIND ADVENTIST PEOPLE THAT NOBODY REALLY KNEW TOO MUCH ABOUT. 13:58 DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE THERE. 14:01 SO THIS IS OUR WORKER THERE. 14:05 THIS ACTUALLY IS THE BEGINNING OF A CHURCH SERVICE. 14:09 WHAT HE DID, HE WENT TO THIS PARTICULAR PLACE. 14:12 AND AS HE-I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED BUT AGAIN GOD DIRECTED-HE FOUND A FAMILY 14:21 WHO HAD BEEN ADVENTISTS. 14:24 THEY HADN'T BEEN TO AN ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR 13 YEARS. 14:27 THIS MAN IS A TECHNICIAN WITH THE POWER COMPANY. 14:31 HE WORKS AT THE HYDRO PLANT. 14:33 AND SO THEY HAD BEEN MOVED THERE AND NO CHURCH OR ANY CHURCH. 14:36 AND AFTER AWHILE YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. 14:39 SO ANYWAY, HE FOUND THEM AND FORTUNATELY THEY HAD A BIG HOUSE BECAUSE THE 14:44 ELECTRIC COMPANY PROVIDED A HOUSE FOR THEM. 14:47 THEN SOMEHOW HE FOUND AN ADVENTIST TEACHER AND HIS WIFE SO HE WENT TO THE 14:54 OWNER OF THE HOUSE OR THE LANDLORD, NOT THE LANDLORD BUT THE MAN WHO WAS 14:58 RENTING THE HOUSE AND GOT PERMISSION TO BRING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER THERE AND 15:02 HAVE SERVICES THERE. 15:04 SO THE MAN AND HIS WIFE WERE SO HAPPY TO DO THAT. 15:09 AND SO THERE THEY ARE GATHERED THERE IN THE HOUSE AND THE MAN IN THE 15:13 BACK WITH THE SUIT AND THE TIE ON IS THE TECHNICIAN. 15:17 THAT DAY HE WAS TEACHING THE SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS. 15:22 THERE ARE THE REST OF THE PEOPLE. 15:24 AND ALSO HE WAS ABLE TO FIND A COUPLE WHO WORKED AT THE ELECTRIC COMPANY 15:29 AND HE INVITED THEM TO COME. 15:31 HE IS STUDYING WITH THEM SO THEY WERE THERE THAT PARTICULAR DAY. 15:39 HERE IS THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE GATHERED THAT DAY. 15:42 ON THE LEFT IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR THE CENTRAL FIELD IN 15:47 ETHIOPIA. 15:50 AND WHERE IS OUR WORKER? 15:52 OUR WORKER IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE IN THE LIGHT SHIRT. 15:56 IN THE LIGHT SHIRT. 15:57 WITH HIS WIFE BESIDE HIM. 15:58 MY MY. 16:02 WHEN YOU'RE OVER THERE AND YOU KEEP HEARING THESE STORIES OF CHANCE 16:06 ENCOUNTERS WHERE-OH I HAPPENED TO DISCOVER THAT THIS POWER WORKER WAS ONCE 16:12 AN ADVENTIST OR THIS IS A TEACHER WHO IS AN ADVENTIST. 16:16 WHAT KIND OF PICTURES GO THROUGH YOUR MIND ABOUT HOW GOD MAKES COINCIDENCES 16:20 HAPPEN? 16:22 YOU JUST SAY PRAISE GOD. 16:26 YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING YOUR TIME TALKING TO JESUS AND ALL THE REST 16:29 AND I'LL GET THERE SOONER OR LATER. 16:31 I WANT TO GO TO THE ANGELS FROM SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS. 16:34 IMAGINE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT EVERY DAY. 16:39 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:41 SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO MEET FRANK? 16:44 AND THEY PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. 16:46 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 16:47 YES, IT'S AMAZING ISN'T IT. 16:49 WE'RE WORKING WITH A BIG BIG GOD. 16:51 NOW THIS MAN IS NOT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 16:54 HE IS ACTUALLY A FIELD PRESIDENT. 16:56 BUT IT'S A THRILLING STORY. 16:57 HE GREW UP AS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 16:59 WENT TO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOLS AND FINALLY WENT TO THE 17:01 UNIVERSITY OF MEKELLE WHICH IS THE CAPITAL FOR TIGRAY STATE. 17:09 ANYWAY, HE TOOK LAW, BECAME A LAWYER AND BECAME THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. 17:14 AND THEN ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO NEEDED SOMEONE AND THEY ASKED IF HE WOULD 17:19 COME AND WORK FOR THEM. 17:23 WELL IT WAS GOING TO MEAN LESS THAN HALF THE SALARY HE WAS MAKING. 17:26 NOW HE ALREADY IS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AT THIS POINT? 17:28 HE'S A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST OH YES. 17:30 HE'S A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 17:32 BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE UP HALF OF YOUR, OVER HALF OF YOUR SALARY. 17:38 WHY WOULD THEY GO TO THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR TO WORK FOR AWR? 17:41 WELL BECAUSE THEY COULD SEE HE HAD THE TALENT THEY NEEDED FOR THE PARTICULAR 17:44 POSITION. 17:45 LOVE IT. 17:46 HE SAID, GOD HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME HOW CAN I TURN HIM DOWN. 17:49 AND SO HE WENT AND WORKED THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS AND THEN HE WAS CALLED TO BE 17:52 THE FIELD PRESIDENT. 17:54 AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO REALLY BECAUSE HE FELT HE JUST WASN'T SUITED FOR 18:00 THIS ALTHOUGH DURING THE SEVEN YEARS AT ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO HE HAD STUDIED 18:05 THEOLOGY AND HAD GOTTEN HIS DEGREE IN THEOLOGY. 18:08 MY MY. 18:09 BUT HE HAS A REAL BURDEN ABOUT TRANSLATING LITERATURE BECAUSE IT'S 18:13 THE OROMO LANGUAGE THAT THEY USE THERE AND THE ONLY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 18:19 BOOK IS STEPS TO CHRIST IN THAT LANGUAGE. 18:22 SO HE SET TO WORK TRANSLATING. 18:25 HE HAS TRANSLATED SEVERAL BOOKS. 18:28 THOUGHTS FROM THE MOUNT OF BLESSING. 18:30 HE HAS WRITTEN-THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING. 18:32 I WONDER WHY HE WOULD CHOOSE THAT ONE? 18:34 WELL, YOU KNOW WHY HE WOULD CHOOSE THAT DON'T YOU? 18:36 ALL OF THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU ACTUALLY GET AND WHEN LIFE IS JUST TOTALLY 18:39 CONFUSING THAT'S A PERFECT BOOK TO USE. 18:49 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT YES. 18:56 ANYWAY THERE'S A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE THAT THEY PUT OUT AND HE WORKS WITH THAT. 19:06 HE'S TRANSLATED CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS. 19:10 THERE ARE TWO OR THREE OTHER BOOKS THAT HE HAS PRINTED. 19:14 HE SAYS SOME MORNINGS HE GETS UP AT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO DO THE 19:17 TRANSLATING BECAUSE I MEAN HE'S A BUSY MAN AS A FIELD PRESIDENT. 19:20 SURE. 19:21 BUT WHAT DEDICATION AND WHAT A THRILL TO TALK TO HIM AND TO SEE HOW WELL HE 19:25 HAS ORGANIZED HIS WORKERS. 19:28 NOW THE INTERESTING THING THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS THAT WHEN GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:33 BRINGS WORKERS OR HAS WORKERS THERE YOU'RE NOT OUT HERE WORKING SIDEBAR 19:38 TO THE CHURCH. 19:40 YOU ARE VERY MUCH ENMESHED IN EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE MISSION FIELDS. 19:44 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:46 IT'S A SUPPORT MINISTRY IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. 19:49 I LOVE THAT. 19:51 BUT LIKE I SAY, TO SEE THE DEDICATION YOU KNOW OF THIS MAN. 19:57 FIRST OF ALL TAKING A CUT IN HIS SALARY LIKE THAT. 20:00 AND THEN YOU KNOW DOING ALL THIS. 20:03 BUT IF GOD WANTS ME TO DO THAT THAT'S FINE. 20:05 YES. 20:06 AND THEN DOING ALL THIS TRANSLATING BESIDES BECAUSE YOU KNOW HE HAS TO 20:10 GET UP AT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO BE ABLE TO FIT THIS IN. 20:12 HE IS SO DEDICATED TO GETTING MORE LITERATURE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. 20:19 YOU KNOW, ETHIOPIA HAS OVER 200 DIALECTS AND 85 LANGUAGES. 20:24 MY LANDS. 20:25 AND SO HE HAS A JOB THAT WILL NEVER STOP. 20:30 YES. 20:32 THAT'S THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT WE CAN GET WORKERS WHO CAN 20:34 SPEAK THIS PARTICULAR DIALECT. 20:36 I MEAN SOMETIMES I HAVE TO HAVE TWO TRANSLATORS BECAUSE OF THAT. 20:42 SO IT'S JUST WONDERFUL HOW GOD IS WORKING THIS WHOLE PROGRAM. 20:49 WE'RE BACK TO THE ANGELS FROM SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS. 20:51 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:52 THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS IN THE RIGHT SPOT AND THEN ONE OF THEM 20:56 SAYS, YOU KNOW WE REALLY NEED A NEW FIELD SECRETARY. 21:00 YOU KNOW THAT LAWYER? 21:01 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:02 LET'S WORK ON HIM. 21:03 THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 21:05 WELL, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL HERE AND THIS MAN IS---- 21:12 AND HE IS WORKING AT A PLACE CALLED DEBRE MARKOS. 21:15 THIS CITY HAS A UNIVERSITY AND HAS A TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE. 21:20 IT HAS MANY OTHER PRIVATE COLLEGES. 21:23 THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING ABOUT ETHIOPIA. 21:25 THE GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING GREAT EMPHASIS ON GETTING EVERY PERSON TO HAVE AN 21:31 EDUCATION. 21:32 THEY HAVE A LOT OF UNIVERSITIES AND SO ON. 21:36 BUT ANYWAY, IN THIS CITY WE HAD TRIED TO DO WORK THERE OVER THE YEARS 21:40 SOMETIMES BUT HAD NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 21:43 SO HE WAS SENT THERE. 21:44 HERE HE HAS THIS CHALLENGE. 21:46 HE RENTS THIS PLACE AND THE LADY LANDLORD WONDERED IF -THERE WERE TWO 21:52 EXTENDED ROOMS-AND SHE ASKED COULD I BRING MY MOTHER TO LIVE THERE. 21:57 SO SHE CAME WITH HER SON. 22:00 AFTER AWHILE SHE BROUGHT HER DAUGHTER THERE. 22:03 THE DAUGHTER WAS NOT FAVORABLE TOWARDS ADVENTISTS AT ALL. 22:07 BUT ANYWAY AS SHE SAW HOW KIND OUR WORKER WAS AND ALL THIS KING OF THING SHE 22:13 STARTED ASKING SOME QUESTIONS. 22:14 WELL, WHY DO YOU KEEP SATURDAY AND OTHER QUESTIONS LIKE THAT AND 22:18 FINALLY HE GAVE HER BIBLE STUDIES. 22:21 ANOTHER UNIVERSITY STUDENT CAME ALONG AND TOOK BIBLE STUDIES TOO AND SO THE TWO 22:25 OF THEM WERE BAPTIZED MUCH TO THE DISPLEASURE OF THE MOTHER. 22:29 BUT THE WONDERFUL THING WAS THAT THIS LADY, AND DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'M 22:35 PRONOUNCING HER NAME RIGHT BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER I GUESS. 22:38 SHE BECAME THE LADY FRIEND OF OUR WORKER AFTER SHE WAS BAPTIZED AND THEY WERE 22:44 MARRIED SO NOW THEY WORK AS A TEAM AND SHE IS JUST WONDERFUL AT BEING ABLE TO 22:50 WELCOME PEOPLE INTO THEIR HOME AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING. 22:54 SO THERE IS A TIME WHEN EVANGELISTIC DATING WORKS. 22:59 YES. 23:00 WELL, YOU NOTICE THAT SHE WAS BAPTIZED FIRST. 23:02 YES, I GOT THAT. 23:03 AND SHE HAD STUDIES AND SO ON. 23:04 ANOTHER PERSON IS WORKING IN THAT PARTICULAR FIELD AND WHEN HE WENT TO THIS 23:12 AREA HE SAID WHAT AM I GOING TO DO, HOW AM I GOING TO REACH THESE 23:14 PEOPLE. 23:15 THINK ABOUT THAT. 23:17 YOU'VE JUST BEEN ASSIGNED A PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW ANYBODY. 23:19 SO HE STARTED ORGANIZING SOME THINGS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CHILDREN. 23:27 THEN HE MET SOME DIFFERENT PROTESTANT PEOPLE THERE AND HE SAID LET'S SIT DOWN 23:31 AND LET'S STUDY WHAT WE BELIEVE IN COMMON. 23:34 AND THEY STARTED DOING THAT. 23:35 AND THEN THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THEIR DIFFERENCES AND SO 23:40 ON. 23:42 SO THAT'S BEEN HIS WAY OF APPROACHING THESE PEOPLE AND AS A RESULT AN 23:45 EVANGELIST FROM ANOTHER DENOMINATION ACTUALLY WAS BAPTIZED AS A RESULT OF 23:50 THIS PARTICULAR APPROACH. 23:52 BUT THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA. 23:55 NO. 23:56 SO LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE AGREE ON. 23:59 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 24:00 IT'S A PERFECT STARTING POINT. 24:02 NOW I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS PICTURE DICK BECAUSE THIS IS A LARGE CHURCH IN 24:07 JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN. 24:08 BUT SEE THESE LADIES SWEEPING HERE? 24:10 THIS IS PREPARING FOR THE SABBATH BECAUSE THE FOLKS WILL BE MEETING OUTSIDE 24:15 FOR SABBATH SCHOOL AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT SABBATH SCHOOL CLASSES. 24:18 I WAS INTERESTED HOW THEY WERE ACTUALLY MAKING THAT PARTICULAR PREPARATION. 24:22 CAN YOU GO BACK ONE BY CHANCE. 24:24 I WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE VERY TYPICAL TRADITIONAL GRASS BROOMS AND THEY ARE 24:30 SWEEPING THE DIRT. 24:32 YES, MAKING READY FOR THE SABBATH. 24:35 AND IF YOU COME BEFORE ANYONE WALKS ON IT YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT IT 24:40 ACTUALLY HAS LINES. 24:41 IT LOOKS ALMOST LIKE IT'S A CARPET NOW. 24:45 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:46 THE GRASS IS THAT SPECIAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE GOD IS GOING TO HAVE HIS WORD 24:52 STUDIED. 24:53 THAT'S RIGHT EXACTLY, YES. 24:57 I'VE BEEN VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE HELP THAT'S BEEN GIVEN. 24:59 THIS MAN RAVEL ACTUALLY IS STUDYING FOR HIS PHD BUT HE IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:04 COORDINATOR FOR THE UNION MISSION. 25:07 HOW MANY WORKERS DOES HE HAVE THAT HE WORKS WITH? 25:10 HE WORKS WITH ABOUT 25 WORKERS NOW. 25:17 EXCELLENT. 25:19 BUT HE IS OVER THE FIELDS SO HE HAS SEVEN COORDINATORS THAT HE IS IN 25:26 CHARGE OF. 25:27 OK, GOT YA. 25:28 BUT HE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL GIVING INSTRUCTION. 25:30 THERE HE IS DOING THAT PARTICULAR THING THERE. 25:32 SO THIS IS PART OF THE TRAINING SESSION WITH THE GREEN WALL. 25:36 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 25:38 AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR DONORS WHO HAVE BEEN WILLING TO GIVE SOME 25:40 BICYCLES BECAUSE WHAT A BLESSING THAT HAS BEEN TO HELP THESE PEOPLE GET 25:45 AROUND WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND DOING THEIR WORK. 25:47 WELL DAVE, OUR TIME IS UP. 25:48 THAT'S RIGHT YES. 25:50 THAT MEANS WE GET TO COME BACK AGAIN SOMETIME AND TALK MORE. 25:52 AND ONE OF THESE DAYS I THINK I'M GOING TO SLIP INTO YOUR SUITCASE BECAUSE 25:55 IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A MINISTRY HAPPENING IN ETHIOPIA AND SOUTH SUDAN 25:59 THAT IS REALLY CHANGING THAT PART OF THE WORLD. 26:01 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:02 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING IT, FOR MAKING IT ALL POSSIBLE ON ADVENTURES IN 26:07 MISSIONS. 26:08 CLOSING MUSIC |
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