[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.43\00:00:15.54 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL 00:00:15.58\00:00:17.85 OUTREACH. I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING 00:00:17.88\00:00:20.68 US. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR INTERVIEW TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE 00:00:20.72\00:00:24.62 GOING TO BE TALKING WITH JOHN BLAKE ABOUT A VERY SPECIAL MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL 00:00:24.65\00:00:29.09 OUTREACH. 00:00:29.12\00:00:30.09 WELCOME JOHN. 00:00:30.13\00:00:31.06 THANK YOU. 00:00:31.09\00:00:32.06 AND I SHOULD SAY "HI." 00:00:32.09\00:00:33.86 YES "HI." 00:00:33.90\00:00:34.83 "HI, HOW ARE YOU?" 00:00:34.86\00:00:36.10 "I AM WELL, THANK YOU." 00:00:36.13\00:00:38.03 SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEAF MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:00:38.07\00:00:43.57 AND IT IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART. 00:00:43.61\00:00:46.21 YES. 00:00:46.24\00:00:47.21 TELL US WHY. 00:00:47.24\00:00:48.74 WELL, AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE THREE GIRLS AND THE MIDDLE BECAME DEAF 00:00:48.78\00:00:53.42 AT THE AGE OF THREE MONTHS WITH CHICKEN POX. 00:00:56.65\00:00:58.85 SHE GOT A HIGH FEVER AND GRADUALLY WE BEGAN TO DETECT 00:00:58.89\00:01:04.09 THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. 00:01:04.13\00:01:05.09 MY WIFE DETECTED IT FIRST. 00:01:05.13\00:01:06.70 YOU KNOW WE'D MAKE A NOISE BEHIND HER AND THINGS LIKE THIS 00:01:06.73\00:01:10.90 BUT SHE DIDN'T RESPOND. 00:01:10.93\00:01:12.37 SO FINALLY WE TOOK HER TO HALIFAX, WE WERE IN THE MARITIMES IN CANADA AND WE 00:01:12.40\00:01:17.34 LEFT HER AT THE HOSPITAL THERE AND THEY DID A BRAIN TEST AND 00:01:17.37\00:01:24.35 MADE NOISE AND SO ON AND THEY FOUND THAT SHE WAS PROFOUNDLY 00:01:24.38\00:01:27.38 DEAF. THEY DID SAY SHE WOULD OR MIGHT HEAR THE RHYTHM OF SOUND. 00:01:27.42\00:01:31.09 WE DID USE A HEARING AID WITH HER FOR AWHILE BUT IT PROVED TO 00:01:31.12\00:01:37.49 BE VIRTUALLY USELESS. 00:01:37.53\00:01:38.89 SO THROUGH OUR DEAF DAUGHTER WE BEGAN TO FEEL GRADUALLY THAT THE 00:01:38.93\00:01:44.07 LORD WAS CALLING US TO A SPECIAL MINISTRY. 00:01:44.10\00:01:47.00 AND TO BEGIN WITH IT WAS WITH PARENTS OF OTHER DEAF CHILDREN. 00:01:47.04\00:01:50.84 MAYBE HELPING ORGANIZE AND SO ON. 00:01:50.87\00:01:53.78 THEN GRADUALLY FINALLY WE WENT TO A DEAF CENTER IN ARKANSAS. 00:01:53.81\00:01:58.28 THEY HAD ASKED ME TO LEAD IT. 00:01:58.31\00:02:00.78 THAT WAS LIKE A POST GRADUATE COURSE IN MINISTRY TO THE DEAF 00:02:00.82\00:02:03.99 BECAUSE WE LIVED WITH THE DEAF. 00:02:04.02\00:02:05.69 EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T THE WORLDS BEST SIGNER I HAD TO TEACH IN 00:02:05.72\00:02:09.92 SIGN LANGUAGE AND I WOULD TELL THE YOUNG PEOPLE I'LL TEACH YOU THE CONTENT AND YOU TEACH ME 00:02:09.96\00:02:13.90 THE SIGN. 00:02:13.93\00:02:14.86 THERE YOU GO. 00:02:14.93\00:02:15.86 THAT'S A GOOD DEAL. 00:02:15.90\00:02:17.30 I WAS GLAD THAT I HAD A BLACKBOARD OR A WHITE BOARD TO 00:02:17.33\00:02:19.97 WRITE SOME OF THE WORDS THAT I WOULD USE QUITE OFTEN. 00:02:20.00\00:02:21.97 BUT GRADUALLY WE BECAME MORE AND MORE INVOLVED IN THE ADULT WORLD 00:02:22.00\00:02:26.68 OF THE DEAF. 00:02:26.71\00:02:27.68 AND OF COURSE OUR KIDS GREW UP. 00:02:27.71\00:02:29.64 OUR DEAF DAUGHTER IS NOW ABOUT 47 AND OUR DEAF BOY IS ABOUT 43. 00:02:29.68\00:02:34.85 OH YES, I DIDN'T MENTION ABOUT HIM. 00:02:34.88\00:02:36.89 YES, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU. 00:02:36.92\00:02:38.02 WE FELT THAT OUR LITTLE DEAF GIRL WAS GETTING LEFT OUT. 00:02:38.05\00:02:42.42 WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS THERE WAS A NOISE NEXT DOOR WHEN WE 00:02:42.46\00:02:47.50 WERE LIVING IN DARTMOUTH AND THE TWO HEARING GIRLS RAN OVER TO THE FENCE TO SEE WHAT WAS 00:02:50.23\00:02:54.74 GOING ON. 00:02:54.77\00:02:56.14 AND THE DEAF GIRL, THEY DIDN'T COUNT HER AND SHE DIDN'T HEAR 00:02:56.17\00:02:59.91 THE NOISE. AND AFTER AWHILE MY WIFE HAPPENED TO LOOK AND SHE LOOKED UP AND LOOKED 00:02:59.94\00:03:04.45 AROUND AND MY WIFE REALIZED SHE WAS BEING LEFT OUT BECAUSE OF 00:03:04.48\00:03:09.55 HER DEAFNESS. 00:03:11.79\00:03:12.95 SO WE HEARD ABOUT THIS LITTLE DEAF BOY THAT NEEDED A HOME. 00:03:12.99\00:03:15.82 WE DIDN'T HAVE A BOY AND WE WERE NOW EQUIPPED, BECOMING EQUIPPED 00:03:15.86\00:03:21.66 TO WORK WITH A DEAF CHILD SO WE THOUGHT WELL MAYBE WE SHOULD 00:03:21.70\00:03:26.33 TAKE A SECOND ONE. AND THEN THE LORD GRADUALLY LED US MORE AND MORE INTO ADULT WORK. 00:03:26.37\00:03:31.91 AND SO YOU HAVE A SON AND SO YOU HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE DEAF. 00:03:31.94\00:03:35.81 YES. 00:03:35.84\00:03:37.31 AND SO THEN THIS HAS BEEN THE LORD'S CALL TO MANY DIFFERENT 00:03:37.35\00:03:40.85 AREAS INCLUDING GOSPEL OUTREACH NOW. 00:03:40.88\00:03:42.32 YES. 00:03:42.35\00:03:43.32 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 00:03:43.35\00:03:44.79 ACTUALLY WHEN I RETIRED OFFICIALLY THE END OF 2005 ALREADY GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:03:44.82\00:03:49.42 WAS SPONSORING ABOUT 13 WORKERS FOR THE DEAF. 00:03:52.63\00:03:56.33 I THINK THEY WERE ALL IN INDIA AT THAT POINT. 00:03:56.36\00:03:59.87 I WAS A DEAF MINISTRY COORDINATOR FOR OUR ALBERTA 00:03:59.90\00:04:04.67 CONFERENCE WHERE WE LIVED BUT IF I GO OVERSEAS AND I HAD BEEN TO CHINA AND I HAD BEEN TO 00:04:04.71\00:04:11.08 INDIA, WELL THE ALBERTA CONFERENCE DOESN'T REALLY QUALIFY ME TO BE GOING 00:04:11.11\00:04:16.48 OVERSEAS FOR DEAF WORK. 00:04:16.52\00:04:17.62 YES MY CONFERENCE BUT NOT OVERSEAS. 00:04:17.65\00:04:20.26 SO I SAID I KIND OF NEED A HAT TO WEAR THAT QUALIFIES ME TO GO 00:04:20.29\00:04:25.36 OVERSEAS SO I SAID WOULD YOU START A DEAF DEPARTMENT. 00:04:28.66\00:04:30.63 YOU'RE ALREADY SUPPORTING 13 WORKERS AND THEY SAID ASK. 00:04:30.67\00:04:36.34 SO I ASKED AND THIS IS NOW THE RESULT AND THE LORD HAS LED AND 00:04:36.37\00:04:42.04 WE HAVE OVER 40 WORKERS NOW IN NINE COUNTRIES. 00:04:42.08\00:04:44.15 PRAISE THE LORD. 00:04:44.18\00:04:45.71 AND THE LORD JUST KEEPS, WHAT I DO IS I KEEP KNOCKING ON THE 00:04:45.75\00:04:49.98 DOOR OF ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND PLACES AND SO ON 00:04:50.02\00:04:56.32 AND IN BRAZIL IT TOOK SEVEN YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT A WORKER FOR THE DEAF SPONSORED BY 00:04:56.36\00:05:02.50 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:05:02.53\00:05:04.13 AND IN UGANDA WHERE WE JUST STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO IT TOOK 00:05:04.17\00:05:10.41 THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF KNOCKING AND WRITING AND URGING AND FINALLY WE HAVE A WORKER 00:05:10.44\00:05:15.14 AND WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR A SECOND WORKER. 00:05:15.18\00:05:17.55 WONDERFUL. 00:05:17.58\00:05:18.91 AND THAT'S WHERE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH VIEWERS ARE HELPING 00:05:18.95\00:05:21.78 BECAUSE THEY ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY AND ALSO WITH PRAYERS THESE WORKERS. 00:05:21.82\00:05:25.99 AND WE SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT TYPICALLY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS IN 00:05:26.02\00:05:30.73 THE 10/40 WINDOW. THAT'S FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR AND THAT RUNS FROM 00:05:30.76\00:05:34.10 WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA AND ALL THOSE COUNTRIES 00:05:34.10\00:05:37.87 THROUGH ASIA. 00:05:37.90\00:05:39.30 BUT YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED AND GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN CALLED 00:05:39.33\00:05:43.14 TO BRAZIL IN SOUTH AMERICA SO TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT. 00:05:43.17\00:05:46.81 WELL WE SORT OF ARE BEGINNING TO THINK AT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT WE 00:05:46.84\00:05:52.78 WON'T BE TOO WOODEN ABOUT THE 10/40 TO DEAL WITH THE DEAF BECAUSE THERE IS SO 00:05:52.81\00:05:58.32 MUCH NEED IN EVERY COUNTRY OF THE WORLD. 00:05:58.35\00:06:00.69 NOW WE ARE NOT PUTTING WORKERS IN EUROPE NOR IN NORTH AMERICA. 00:06:00.72\00:06:06.43 THIS IS BEING LOOKED AFTER OTHER WAYS WE TRUST AND HOPE. 00:06:06.46\00:06:09.80 YES. 00:06:09.83\00:06:10.93 SO WE ARE CONCENTRATING ON MORE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. 00:06:10.97\00:06:13.60 AND ARE WE GOING TO CALL BRAZIL A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, I'M NOT 00:06:13.64\00:06:18.37 SURE. BUT THERE'S A NEED THERE AND WE'RE GOING THERE. 00:06:18.41\00:06:20.61 YES. 00:06:20.64\00:06:22.71 THE HISTORY OF HOW WE'RE INVOLVED THERE IS DR. JOLIO 00:06:24.01\00:06:29.58 BARBOSA WHO USED TO LIVE HERE IS FROM BRAZIL. 00:06:29.62\00:06:34.76 HE WAS QUITE INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:06:34.79\00:06:38.73 HE WAS ON THE BOARD FOR A TIME. 00:06:38.76\00:06:40.83 HE FELT THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN BRAZIL. 00:06:40.86\00:06:45.33 WELL HE ALSO HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH A PASTOR FOR THE DEAF IN 00:06:45.37\00:06:49.30 ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 00:06:49.34\00:06:50.31 HE HAD HELPED HIM IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 00:06:50.34\00:06:54.78 I HAD BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH DR. BARBOSA THROUGH ALL THIS AS I 00:06:57.65\00:07:03.02 HAD DONE MEETINGS IN GEORGIA WITH A PASTOR THERE. 00:07:03.05\00:07:05.49 SO DR. BARBOSA FOUND THAT THERE WAS A MOVEMENT OF DEAF IN BRAZIL 00:07:05.52\00:07:10.59 AND I ALREADY WAS INVOLVED WRITING BACK AND FORTH. 00:07:15.06\00:07:18.30 SO THERE WAS A TRIP OR TWO AND FINALLY WHEN THEY WENT TO START 00:07:18.33\00:07:23.41 AN OFFICE FOR ALL OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN BRAZIL DR. BARBOSA SAID YOU SHOULD BE THERE. 00:07:26.27\00:07:32.51 SO HE ACTUALLY HELPED ME GO. 00:07:32.55\00:07:34.18 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 00:07:34.22\00:07:35.92 THEN THE WORK THERE HAS FINALLY STARTED A WORKER FOR THE DEAF IN 00:07:35.95\00:07:41.02 JOINT WITH THE LOCAL CONFERENCE. 00:07:46.43\00:07:47.40 IT'S A UNITED EFFORT. 00:07:47.40\00:07:48.93 SO WE DO HAVE A WORK THERE AND WE'LL LOOK AT SOME PICTURES AND 00:07:48.96\00:07:54.44 THEY WILL TELL US MORE ABOUT WORK FOR THE DEAF THERE. 00:07:54.47\00:07:56.47 SO ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THIS BRANCHING OFF INTO BRAZIL? 00:07:56.50\00:07:59.74 IS THERE A NEED THERE? 00:07:59.77\00:08:01.51 ARE YOU STILL FEELING LED THERE THAT WE NEED TO BE THERE WITH 00:08:01.54\00:08:05.08 GOSPEL OUTREACH? 00:08:05.11\00:08:06.48 WELL WE NEED TO BE THERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT SOMETHING 00:08:06.51\00:08:10.99 INTERESTING HAPPENED THERE. 00:08:11.02\00:08:12.35 AFTER I HAD GONE AND DR. BARBOSA WAS INVOLVED WITH THE DEAF THERE 00:08:12.39\00:08:17.93 AND ENCOURAGING ME TO GO AND SO ON, I ALSO WORK WITH OUR GENERAL 00:08:17.96\00:08:22.80 CONFERENCE DIRECTOR OF DEAF MINISTRY DR. LARRY EVANS. 00:08:22.83\00:08:27.27 BETWEEN US AND SO ON WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE SHOULD GO 00:08:27.30\00:08:31.11 TO BRAZIL. 00:08:31.14\00:08:32.47 WELL WHEN HE WENT TO BRAZIL, HE HAS NOW BEEN THERE AT LEAST 00:08:32.51\00:08:36.34 TWICE IF NOT THREE TIMES, WHEREAS BEFORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS HAVING SUCH A STRUGGLE IN 00:08:36.38\00:08:42.12 WORKING WITH THE DEAF, IN TRYING TO GET A WORK STARTED I SHOULD 00:08:42.15\00:08:48.92 SAY, WHEN THE GENERAL CONFERENCE MAN WENT THERE FOR THE DEAF THE 00:08:48.96\00:08:54.00 LOCAL AUTHORITIES, "AH", AND THEY HAVE PUT A NEW EMPHASIS ON 00:08:56.10\00:09:01.24 WORK FOR THE DEAF. WE'LL LOOK MORE INTO THAT AS WE GO ALONG. 00:09:03.41\00:09:06.78 SO SOME CREDIBILITY ALSO HELPS AND TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE 00:09:06.81\00:09:12.28 INTERESTED AND GIVING A STAMP OF APPROVAL IF YOU WILL THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO 00:09:12.31\00:09:16.02 BE REACHING OUT TO THESE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT LITERALLY THEY 00:09:16.05\00:09:20.76 CAN SEE JESUS' LOVE. 00:09:20.79\00:09:22.26 THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR IT AUDIBLY BUT THEY NEED TO BE 00:09:22.29\00:09:25.43 ABLE TO SEE IT WITH SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:09:25.46\00:09:26.43 SO YOU HAVE A VIDEO TO SHARE WITH US. 00:09:26.46\00:09:28.63 WHY DON'T WE TAKE A PEEK AT THAT. 00:09:28.66\00:09:30.63 OK. 00:09:30.67\00:09:31.63 WE'LL WATCH THE VIDEO NOW. 00:09:31.67\00:09:32.90 THIS IS A YOUNG MAN AND HE IS SPEAKING AT HIS OWN GRADUATION. 00:09:32.93\00:09:37.07 HE IS DEAF. 00:09:37.11\00:09:38.07 YOU CAN SEE HIM SIGNING. 00:09:38.11\00:09:39.54 THOSE ARE HIS FORTY PLUS FELLOWS WITH HIM THERE AT THE UNIVERSITY 00:09:39.57\00:09:44.48 AT BALHAM IN NORTH. 00:09:47.95\00:09:49.95 JEFF JORDAN IS THERE. 00:09:49.98\00:09:52.29 YOU CAN SEE HE IS JUST HUGGING SOMEBODY THERE. 00:09:52.32\00:09:54.39 THIS IS THE DEAF COUPLE YOU CAN SEE AND THAT'S THE JEFF JORDAN I 00:09:54.42\00:10:00.93 WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH DR. BARBOSA AND DR. BARBOSA WAS ACTUALLY 00:10:00.96\00:10:05.60 THERE TOO. 00:10:05.63\00:10:07.04 NOW THIS IS DOUG THE THEOLOGY GRADUATE AS HE IS SIGNING HIS 00:10:07.07\00:10:11.67 CHURCH SERVICE IN A HEARING CHURCH THE WEEK END THAT HE 00:10:11.71\00:10:16.54 GRADUATED. NOW HERE HE IS INTRODUCING, HE'S ACTUALLY PRAYING RIGHT THERE SO IT 00:10:16.58\00:10:22.98 COULD BE THE BEGINNING OR THE END. 00:10:23.02\00:10:27.16 JEFF JORDAN IS THERE, WELL, OK THIS IS THE NEXT SCENE. 00:10:27.19\00:10:31.09 NOW JEFF JORDAN WENT WITH US TO BRAZIL WITH HIS WIFE AND HE IS 00:10:31.13\00:10:36.67 SIGNING IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND THE MAN BESIDE HIM IS IN PORTUGUESE SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:10:36.70\00:10:39.43 THIS WAS ON THE WEEK END FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION. 00:10:39.47\00:10:44.54 IT WAS KIND OF THE DOUGLAS'S INAUGURATION WITH THE DEAF AS 00:10:49.28\00:10:56.12 YOU MIGHT PUT IT. 00:10:56.15\00:10:57.12 THESE ARE HIS PEOPLE. 00:10:57.15\00:10:58.32 THEY ARE PROUD OF HIM. 00:10:58.35\00:11:00.19 HE IS A DEAF MAN. 00:11:00.22\00:11:01.92 AND AT THE PROGRAM ON SABBATH AFTERNOON, THIS WAS A LITTLE 00:11:01.96\00:11:06.39 PLAY THAT THEY PUT ON AND YOU CAN WATCH THIS. 00:11:06.43\00:11:08.83 THIS IS DEMONSTRATING SOMETHING THAT WAS WRONG AND YOU KNOW, 00:11:08.86\00:11:13.54 THIS WAS NOT THE WAY TO, NOTICE HE'S GOT THIS KNIFE, NO THAT WAS 00:11:13.57\00:11:19.31 WRONG. SO THE GOOD AND THE EVIL AND REPLACING THE HEART. 00:11:19.34\00:11:24.15 THE GOOD AND THE EVIL. 00:11:24.18\00:11:26.31 HE THREW AWAY THE KNIFE AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN, IS THIS ONE 00:11:26.35\00:11:31.55 NOW GOING TO FIT, IS THIS GOING TO BE THE ANSWER? 00:11:31.59\00:11:33.66 YES, THERE IS THE ANSWER, THE ANSWER IS JESUS. 00:11:35.29\00:11:40.90 VERY PRACTICAL, THEY'RE GIVING A HUG THERE. 00:11:40.93\00:11:44.43 THAT'S ALL BEING ACTED. 00:11:44.47\00:11:46.33 SO WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR THESE OTHER DEAF PEOPLE TO SEE 00:11:46.37\00:11:49.74 SOMEONE WHO IS LIKE THEM AND CAN'T HEAR BUT THE FACT THAT HE 00:11:49.77\00:11:53.78 HAS GRADUATED. 00:11:53.81\00:11:54.78 OH THEY ARE SO PROUD OF HIM. 00:11:54.81\00:11:56.21 ACTUALLY SOMEBODY WITH FUNDING SPONSORED DOUGLAS THE FIRST TWO 00:11:56.24\00:11:58.08 AND A HALF YEARS. 00:11:58.11\00:11:59.55 THEN SOMETHING WENT WRONG AND HIS FUNDING DROPPED OUT, IT WAS 00:11:59.58\00:12:02.78 DONE THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:12:02.82\00:12:04.25 THEN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I THINK DR. BARBOSA WAS INVOLVED SOMEHOW 00:12:04.29\00:12:05.59 IN THIS, SAW TO IT THAT HE WAS FINISHED AND HE WAS SPONSORED TO 00:12:05.62\00:12:10.89 THE END AND NOW DOUGLAS IS TAKEN ON AS A FULL TIME INTERN BY THE PAULISTANA CONFERENCE IN 00:12:14.73\00:12:19.80 BRAZIL. 00:12:22.20\00:12:23.17 IN BRAZIL. 00:12:23.20\00:12:24.54 SO THAT HAS SO MANY RIPPLING EFFECTS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 00:12:24.57\00:12:26.27 DEAF FOR THEM TO KNOW AND TO SEE HERE IS A MAN WHO GRADUATED AND 00:12:26.31\00:12:31.35 MAYBE I CAN DO THAT TOO. 00:12:34.28\00:12:39.35 YES. 00:12:43.12\00:12:46.19 AND THE ONE WHO WENT TO BE WITH HIM, JEFF JORDAN, HE IS THE ONLY 00:12:46.23\00:12:51.27 PASTOR FOR THE DEAF IN NORTH AMERICA WHO IS DEAF AND HE ALSO GRADUATED FROM THEOLOGY 00:12:53.37\00:12:59.84 ONLY HE ALSO, WELL HE GRADUATED FROM THE SEMINARY IN THEOLOGY. 00:12:59.87\00:13:03.61 THE ONLY ADVENTIST DEAF PERSON TO EVER HAVE GRADUATED FROM 00:13:03.65\00:13:08.08 SEMINARY. HE ALSO TEACHES SOME AT SOUTHERN ADVENTIST COLLEGE 00:13:08.12\00:13:12.49 SIGN LANGUAGE. FANTASTIC. 00:13:12.52\00:13:13.49 HOPE, HOPE THAT'S THE WORD. 00:13:13.52\00:13:15.19 AND IF YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING WE WOULD LIKE TO 00:13:15.22\00:13:18.86 INVITE YOU TO BE PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH THROUGH YOUR FINANCIAL 00:13:18.89\00:13:22.30 SUPPORT AND YOUR PRAYERS AND THIS IS HOW YOU CAN GET 00:13:22.33\00:13:24.50 INVOLVED. I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 00:13:24.53\00:13:30.71 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 00:13:30.74\00:13:34.94 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 00:13:34.98\00:13:37.51 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:13:37.55\00:13:40.12 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 00:13:40.15\00:13:43.02 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 00:13:43.05\00:13:45.89 MY HEAD HURTS. 00:13:45.92\00:13:47.32 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 00:13:47.36\00:13:49.72 I GIVE UP. 00:13:49.76\00:13:51.16 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 00:13:51.19\00:13:53.56 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:13:53.60\00:13:55.93 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:13:55.96\00:13:58.80 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 00:13:58.83\00:14:03.67 WHERE? 00:14:03.71\00:14:04.67 ALL THE WORLD. 00:14:04.71\00:14:05.87 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 00:14:05.91\00:14:08.08 YOU CAN PRAY. 00:14:08.11\00:14:13.28 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 00:14:13.31\00:14:16.32 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 00:14:16.35\00:14:19.12 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:14:19.15\00:14:21.96 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 00:14:21.99\00:14:24.89 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 00:14:24.93\00:14:27.03 BE THE SPARK. 00:14:27.10\00:14:28.50 LIGHT THE FIRE. 00:14:28.53\00:14:30.50 FINISH THE WORK. 00:14:30.53\00:14:33.20 FINISH THE WORK. 00:14:33.23\00:14:35.94 BE THE SPARK. 00:14:35.97\00:14:38.74 BE THE SPARK. 00:14:38.77\00:14:40.24 THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT TO DO RIGHT, BECAUSE JESUS HAS CHANGED 00:14:40.28\00:14:43.31 ALL OF US AND WE WANT TO BE THE SPARK AND WE WANT TO SHARE HIM 00:14:43.35\00:14:46.75 WITH OTHERS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ON ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 00:14:46.78\00:14:49.75 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:14:49.78\00:14:51.09 JOHN BLAKE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. 00:14:51.12\00:14:53.19 AND YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR OF DEAF MINISTRIES HERE AT GOSPEL 00:14:53.22\00:14:56.49 OUTREACH. DEAF MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS GONE BEYOND 00:14:56.52\00:15:01.96 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND HAS LED YOU AND GOSPEL OUTREACH TO BRAZIL AS 00:15:02.00\00:15:07.40 WELL. AND WE'VE BEEN JUST SHARING ABOUT THAT. 00:15:07.44\00:15:09.40 THERE IS A HUGE HUGE SIGNIFICANCE OF A DEAF MAN IN 00:15:09.44\00:15:15.01 BRAZIL AND HE HAS GRADUATED WITH A THEOLOGY DEGREE AND HE IS NOW A PASTOR AND THAT HAS GIVEN 00:15:15.04\00:15:19.35 SO MANY PEOPLE HOPE HASN'T IT. 00:15:19.38\00:15:20.88 YES. 00:15:20.92\00:15:21.88 WE'LL LOOK AT THE PICTURES. 00:15:21.92\00:15:22.88 YES, GREAT, LET'S LOOK. 00:15:22.92\00:15:24.59 THIS IS DOUGLAS IN THE OBVIOUS GRADUATION ATTIRE THERE. 00:15:24.62\00:15:30.89 I'M ON THE LEFT AND THEN PASTOR JEFF JORDAN AND HIS WIFE. 00:15:30.93\00:15:34.76 SHE ACTUALLY, I'M NOT A GOOD INTERPRETER AND SO SHE HAD TO GO 00:15:34.83\00:15:38.67 AND INTERPRET FOR HIM. 00:15:38.70\00:15:40.14 THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE HAD EVER BEEN ABLE TO GO ON ONE OF 00:15:40.17\00:15:42.77 THESE LONG TRIPS THAT JEFF GOES ON. 00:15:42.80\00:15:44.11 AND JEFF IS ALSO A DEAF PASTOR, YES HE IS DEAF HIMSELF. 00:15:44.14\00:15:47.84 HE IS DEAF HIMSELF AND HE IS GRADUATED FROM ANDREWS WITH A DEGREE IN THEOLOGY. 00:15:47.88\00:15:51.95 YES. 00:15:51.98\00:15:52.98 AND HIS WIFE IS HIS INTERPRETER WHEN HE NEEDS ONE. 00:15:53.01\00:15:56.72 THEN DOUGLAS AND HIS WIFE AND THEN DR. BARBOSA THE ONE WHO HAS 00:15:56.75\00:16:01.19 BEEN HIGHLY INVOLVED WITH THIS AND WANTED JEFF AND I SO BADLY 00:16:01.22\00:16:06.73 TO GO TO DOUGLAS' GRADUATION IN BRAZIL. 00:16:06.76\00:16:08.46 IN BRAZIL. 00:16:08.50\00:16:09.46 THIS IS THE GRADUATION. 00:16:09.50\00:16:10.87 YOU CAN SEE THERE JEFF JORDAN AND HIS WIFE AND DOUGLAS AND 00:16:10.90\00:16:12.47 THEY REALLY FEATURED DOUGLAS IN THAT GRADUATION. 00:16:12.50\00:16:14.47 HE HAD COME THERE WITH REALLY NO PROPER INTERPRETER FOR ABOUT THE 00:16:14.50\00:16:19.57 FIRST SIX MONTHS. 00:16:28.08\00:16:29.48 THIS LADY THAT YOU SEE HERE CAME AND VOLUNTEERED AND GOT NO 00:16:29.52\00:16:34.19 REGULAR PAY. ONCE IN AWHILE SOMEBODY WOULD GIVE HER 00:16:39.59\00:16:41.53 SOMETHING. BUT SHE HAD NO REGULAR PAY AND FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS SHE INTERPRETED ALL 00:16:41.56\00:16:46.87 DOUGLAS'S CLASSES. 00:16:46.90\00:16:47.94 AND SHE WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL ON THE BUS EVERY DAY. 00:16:47.97\00:16:51.17 SHE WASN'T IN THE BEST OF HEALTH AND SHE WAS POOR. 00:16:51.21\00:16:54.38 BLESS HER HEART. 00:16:54.41\00:16:55.78 AND SO SHE WAS REALLY HONORED THERE WITH THE GRADUATES. 00:16:55.81\00:17:00.88 THERE SHE IS. 00:17:00.92\00:17:01.88 I GET EMOTIONAL. 00:17:01.92\00:17:02.88 I DO TOO. 00:17:02.92\00:17:04.19 JUST THE COMMITMENT OF THIS WOMAN AND HOW DID SHE MEET 00:17:04.22\00:17:08.62 DOUGLAS? SHE WAS INTERPRETING IN CHURCH AND WHEN DOUGLAS CAME 00:17:08.66\00:17:14.30 ALONG OF COURSE HE WAS DEAF SO THEY MATCHED UP. 00:17:14.36\00:17:17.53 SO THEY HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME. 00:17:17.57\00:17:19.53 WELL THE THREE AND A HALF YEARS. 00:17:19.57\00:17:21.54 HERE HE IS WITH, HERE THE TWO OF THEM ARE WITH THE INTERPRETER. 00:17:21.57\00:17:26.11 BLESS HER HEART. 00:17:26.14\00:17:27.48 AND GOD LED HER IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY TO THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AND TO 00:17:27.51\00:17:32.51 DEAF MINISTRY IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH THROUGH DREAMS AND DIRECT 00:17:32.55\00:17:37.82 LEADING. SHE GAVE ME HER LONG STORY. 00:17:37.85\00:17:40.12 FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS ISN'T IT. 00:17:40.16\00:17:42.12 FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. 00:17:42.16\00:17:43.12 RIGHT. 00:17:43.16\00:17:44.13 ISN'T THAT AMAZING. 00:17:44.16\00:17:50.40 DURING THE GRADUATION WEEKEND THEY INTERVIEWED ON HOPE 00:17:50.43\00:17:55.57 TELEVISION JEFF JORDAN AND HIS WIFE AND DR. BARBOSA WAS THE INTERPRETER IN PORTUGUESE. 00:17:55.60\00:18:00.74 HERE DR. BARBOSA IS INTERPRETING ME AS I GIVE A BASIC REPORT OF 00:18:03.21\00:18:08.28 DEAF WORK AROUND THE WORLD TO A CHURCH THERE. 00:18:10.79\00:18:14.92 PRAISE THE LORD. 00:18:14.96\00:18:16.06 AND WHERE SOME OF THE DEAF WORK HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE. 00:18:16.09\00:18:19.86 NOW THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING PICTURE. 00:18:19.89\00:18:21.83 YOU SEE IN THE BACK ON THE RIGHT JEFF JORDAN IN A VERY ANIMATED 00:18:21.86\00:18:26.74 WAY PREACHING. 00:18:26.77\00:18:28.14 HIS WIFE IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM THERE WITH THE LIGHT COLORED 00:18:28.17\00:18:32.81 HAIR AND BESIDE HER IS A LADY WHO IS INTERPRETING. 00:18:32.84\00:18:39.65 THEN YOU SEE THE MAN, YOU CAN'T TELL OF COURSE WHAT HE'S 00:18:39.68\00:18:43.12 INTERPRETING, BUT HE'S PUTTING IT INTO PORTUGUESE SIGN 00:18:43.15\00:18:45.35 LANGUAGE. SO WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN THIS PICTURE. 00:18:45.39\00:18:47.36 RIGHT. 00:18:47.39\00:18:48.82 SO IT STARTS WITH AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, HIS WIFE PUTS IT INTO 00:18:48.86\00:18:54.83 ENGLISH THE LADY IN THE ORANGE PUTS IT INTO PORTUGUESE VERBAL AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE 00:18:54.83\00:19:00.54 VERBAL THE MAN UP THERE IS PUTTING IT INTO PORTUGUESE SIGN LANGUAGE AND THIS WAS 00:19:00.57\00:19:06.61 A WEEK OF PRAYER THAT WAS PUT OVER THE INTERNET AND THERE WERE 00:19:06.64\00:19:10.81 OVER 100 PEOPLE WATCHING OVER THE INTERNET AROUND BRAZIL, AND EVEN SOME OTHER COUNTRIES, THAT 00:19:10.85\00:19:15.62 WEEK OF PRAYER. 00:19:15.65\00:19:16.62 ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC. 00:19:16.65\00:19:18.82 THIS IS SORT OF A CLOSE UP KIND OF ILLUSTRATING THE WHOLE THING 00:19:18.85\00:19:23.12 THAT I JUST EXPLAINED. 00:19:23.16\00:19:24.49 AND THIS WAS IN THE BACK ROOM AS THEY WERE PUTTING THE THING OVER 00:19:24.53\00:19:29.63 THE INTERNET. 00:19:29.66\00:19:31.07 AND GOD HAS PROVIDED A WAY, JEFF JORDAN HAS AN EVERY SABBATH 00:19:31.10\00:19:35.70 SERMON OVER THE INTERNET AT 11:30 EASTERN TIME. 00:19:38.41\00:19:41.41 AND IF HE'S NOT THERE SOMEBODY ELSE DOES. 00:19:41.44\00:19:43.41 IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:19:43.45\00:19:44.41 YES. 00:19:44.45\00:19:46.51 THEN THE WEEKEND THAT WE KIND OF HAD THE INAUGURATION, A RETREAT 00:19:47.45\00:19:51.02 WEEKEND WITH DOUGLAS, WE WERE AT KIND OF A RETREAT EDUCATION 00:19:51.05\00:19:56.73 CENTER. MY ROOM WAS UP IN THE TOP THERE. 00:19:56.76\00:19:59.03 THEY DID HAVE A POOL THERE. 00:19:59.06\00:20:00.63 I DID GO ONCE IN THE POOL. 00:20:00.66\00:20:02.00 THIS IS A VERY OLD MAN WHO WAS ONE OF THE EARLY PIONEERS OF 00:20:02.03\00:20:07.10 DEAF WORK IN BRAZIL. 00:20:10.51\00:20:11.97 THEY FEATURED HIM IN THAT WEEKEND ALONG WITH OTHERS WHO HAD BEEN PIONEERS IN 00:20:12.01\00:20:16.81 DEAF WORK IN BRAZIL. 00:20:16.85\00:20:18.75 HERE THE MAN STANDING NEXT TO ME, DOUGLAS, NO HE IS OUR GOSPEL 00:20:18.78\00:20:23.85 OUTREACH WORKER FOR THE DEAF AND HIS WIFE. 00:20:29.69\00:20:32.49 HE IS HALF PAID BY GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HALF PAID BY HIS 00:20:32.53\00:20:37.30 LOCAL PAULISTANA CONFERENCE. 00:20:37.33\00:20:38.47 HE IS A BIBLE WORKER AND HE IS DEAF AND HIS WIFE IS DEAF. 00:20:38.50\00:20:42.17 THEN DR. BARBOSA ON THE RIGHT. 00:20:42.20\00:20:45.11 SO JOHN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND IF WE 00:20:45.14\00:20:50.71 DIDN'T HAVE THIS INTERACTION WITH THESE PEOPLE, THE DEAF PEOPLE COMING TO CHURCH 00:20:50.75\00:20:56.25 THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INTERACTION BASICALLY. 00:20:56.28\00:20:58.92 YES THEY DO AS FAR AS BEING THERE BUT AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING A SERMON OR 00:20:58.95\00:21:03.46 ANYTHING THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE. 00:21:03.49\00:21:06.36 THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED AND SO THIS IS HUGE. 00:21:06.39\00:21:08.96 WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN BRAZIL NOW THAT DR. LARRY EVANS FROM 00:21:09.00\00:21:13.80 THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, YOU COULD SAY THE DEAF DEPARTMENT, OFFICIALLY IT'S NOT A DEAF 00:21:13.84\00:21:16.87 DEPARTMENT HE'S A LIAISON FOR THE DEAF, BUT SINCE HE HAS BEEN 00:21:16.91\00:21:21.91 THERE THE CHURCH HAS REALLY EMBRACED DEAF WORK IN A WAY THAT THEY HAD NOT DONE BEFORE. 00:21:21.94\00:21:27.42 NOT THAT THEY WERE DOING NOTHING BEFORE BUT THEY HAVE EMBRACED 00:21:27.45\00:21:32.19 IT. THIS MAN IS A BIBLE WORKER AND WE'RE HELPING WITH THAT. 00:21:32.22\00:21:36.09 DOUGLAS IS NOW A FULL TIME WORKER TOTALLY SUPPORTED BY THE 00:21:36.12\00:21:41.33 CONFERENCE, THE PAULISTANA CONFERENCE. 00:21:41.36\00:21:42.60 AND BY THE WAY THE PRESIDENT OF THAT CONFERENCE HAS A DEAF SON 00:21:42.63\00:21:46.37 SO HE HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN THIS. 00:21:46.40\00:21:49.40 AND THEN A LADY WHO HAD WORKED HER HEART OUT IN DEAF MINISTRY 00:21:49.44\00:21:55.64 FOR YEARS IS NOW EMPLOYED FULL TIME BY THE UNION AS A FULL TIME COORDINATOR FOR DEAF WORK 00:21:55.68\00:22:00.82 IN ALL OF THAT UNION WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF SAO PALO AND PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT 00:22:03.72\00:22:08.56 OF TERRITORY AROUND. 00:22:08.59\00:22:10.26 AND THAT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE IS THE FIRST TIME ON A 00:22:10.29\00:22:14.76 UNION LEVEL WE HAVE EVER HAD A FULL TIME COORDINATOR FOR THE DEAF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 00:22:14.83\00:22:19.83 WONDERFUL. 00:22:19.87\00:22:20.84 SO THIS IS A FABULOUS BLESSING. 00:22:20.87\00:22:24.51 WONDERFUL. 00:22:24.54\00:22:25.51 SO ANY MORE PICTURES FOR US? 00:22:25.54\00:22:26.51 YES. 00:22:26.54\00:22:27.51 HERE WE ARE. 00:22:27.54\00:22:28.88 THIS IS A COUPLE THAT LAST TIME I WAS THERE THEY WANTED ME TO 00:22:28.91\00:22:32.91 BAPTIZE. SO I STOOD THERE IN FRONT OF THIS COLLAGE OR PICTURES WITH THIS DEAF 00:22:32.95\00:22:38.09 COUPLE AND THEY'RE STILL FAITHFUL. 00:22:38.12\00:22:40.59 THEY WERE THERE THAT WEEKEND. 00:22:40.62\00:22:42.06 THIS IS A DEAF BOY THAT WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED THAT WEEKEND AND 00:22:42.09\00:22:45.43 PASTOR JEFF JORDAN IS THE ONE DOING THE BAPTIZING THERE. 00:22:45.46\00:22:50.50 THE HEAD OF THE PAULISTANA CONFERENCE THERE IS IN THE 00:22:55.70\00:22:58.34 MIDDLE. I AM THERE, I CAN'T THINK OF THE OTHER MAN'S NAME AT THE MOMENT WHO IS IN 00:22:58.37\00:23:03.51 CHARGE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL. 00:23:06.28\00:23:08.25 I CAN'T THINK OF HIS NAME AT THE MOMENT. 00:23:08.28\00:23:10.39 A GOOD TIME OF MEETING TOGETHER AND WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 00:23:10.42\00:23:14.86 SO IT'S WONDERFUL HOW GOD HAS BEEN LEADING. 00:23:14.89\00:23:19.56 SO THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR GOSPEL 00:23:19.59\00:23:23.30 OUTREACH TO BE THERE. 00:23:23.33\00:23:24.30 YES. 00:23:24.33\00:23:25.67 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT YOU SEE COMING UP ON 00:23:25.70\00:23:29.57 THE HORIZON FOR DEAF WORK IN BRAZIL? 00:23:29.60\00:23:31.57 WELL MAYBE THERE NEED TO BE WORKERS IN OTHER PLACES IN BRAZIL AND OF COURSE 00:23:31.61\00:23:36.68 GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL IS SPONSORING MANY HEARING WORKERS. 00:23:39.61\00:23:45.35 SO IT'S NOT JUST DEAF WORK. 00:23:45.39\00:23:47.69 COMING UP IS THE PLAN THEY WILL HAVE OVER 100 WORKERS AND GOSPEL 00:23:50.93\00:23:57.40 OUTREACH BRAZIL IS ACTUALLY CONCENTRATING ON PORTUGUESE COUNTRIES AND GOING TO BE 00:23:57.43\00:24:02.94 SENDING PORTUGUESE, WELL NOT SENDING BUT SPONSORING, WE DON'T USUALLY SEND WORKERS 00:24:02.97\00:24:06.78 WE SPONSOR WORKERS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. 00:24:06.81\00:24:08.98 RIGHT. 00:24:09.01\00:24:10.35 AND SO NATURALLY THEY SPEAK PORTUGUESE SO THEY ARE 00:24:10.38\00:24:14.25 INTERESTED IN THE PORTUGUESE COUNTRIES. 00:24:14.28\00:24:17.52 SO THIS IS FANTASTIC. 00:24:17.55\00:24:18.55 BUT WHAT ARE SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE. 00:24:18.59\00:24:22.32 WELL ONE OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES IS FINDING PEOPLE WHO 00:24:22.36\00:24:29.16 ARE CAPABLE, READY, WILLING AND ABLE IN THEIR COUNTRY TO WORK 00:24:29.20\00:24:33.60 WITH THE DEAF. BECAUSE VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE THOSE 00:24:33.64\00:24:38.27 QUALIFICATIONS. PROBABLY ONE OF THE IDEAL IS HEARING CHILDREN OF DEAF PARENTS BECAUSE THEY 00:24:38.31\00:24:43.38 TEND TO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN WORK FOR THE DEAF. 00:24:46.15\00:24:49.95 THEY UNDERSTAND THE DEAF CULTURE BECAUSE THEY GREW UP IN IT AND 00:24:49.98\00:24:54.56 SOME OF THEM MAKE THE BEST WORKERS. 00:24:54.59\00:24:56.62 FANTASTIC. 00:24:56.66\00:24:57.86 AND WHAT CAN OUR VIEWERS DO TODAY TO HELP WITH THIS 00:24:57.89\00:25:02.00 MINISTRY? WELL, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL FUND FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IF SOMEBODY, WE DON'T 00:25:02.03\00:25:08.07 WANT TO DETRACT FROM THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE 2000 OF OUR WORKERS 00:25:08.10\00:25:13.17 ARE WORKING FOR HEARING. 00:25:15.44\00:25:16.85 BUT I MAINTAIN THAT THE WORK FOR THE DEAF IS THE HARDEST MINISTRY 00:25:16.88\00:25:21.05 IN THE WORLD BECAUSE FOR EVERY DIFFICULT AREA, AND WE HAVE MANY 00:25:21.08\00:25:24.59 OF THEM WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH, THE DEAF ARE USUALLY LEFT OUT. 00:25:24.62\00:25:28.52 WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL FUND HERE AND IF SOMEBODY DOES FEEL A 00:25:28.56\00:25:34.46 PARTICULAR BURDEN FOR DEAF MINISTRY THEY CAN SEND THEIR DONATION TO THE DEAF FUND HERE 00:25:34.50\00:25:40.47 AND IT WILL GO TO SUPPORT DEAF WORKERS AND RELATED. 00:25:40.50\00:25:44.44 SO WHAT ARE YOU SO EXCITED ABOUT IN RELATION TO THIS DEAF MINISTRY THAT YOU SAW 00:25:44.47\00:25:49.51 IN BRAZIL? 00:25:49.54\00:25:50.85 WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS JUST BROUGHT YOU HOME SO ENERGIZED 00:25:50.88\00:25:54.88 ABOUT? WELL IT IS SO WONDERFUL THAT AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF TRYING 00:25:54.92\00:26:00.06 TO GET A WORKER WE DO HAVE A FOOT IN THE DOOR AND GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL IS ACTUALLY 00:26:02.56\00:26:07.60 PAYING HALF OF THAT WORKER'S SALARY. 00:26:09.66\00:26:11.57 AND I HOPE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO 00:26:11.60\00:26:16.44 EXPAND OTHER WORKERS LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE THERE AROUND BRAZIL IN OTHER AREAS BECAUSE 00:26:16.47\00:26:21.54 THERE ARE MANY OTHER AREAS WHERE WE NEED WORKERS. 00:26:24.98\00:26:26.98 WELL JOHN BLAKE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US AT 00:26:27.02\00:26:32.15 ADVENTURES IN MISSION. 00:26:32.19\00:26:33.15 YOU'RE WELCOME. 00:26:33.19\00:26:34.16 GOD BLESS YOU. 00:26:34.19\00:26:35.66 AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LEARN HERE, THIS IS "JESUS LOVES ME" 00:26:35.69\00:26:41.96 AND CAN WE SAY "JESUS LOVES YOU." 00:26:42.00\00:26:45.07 AND THIS IS THE SIGN FOR "I LOVE YOU." 00:26:45.10\00:26:47.47 IT'S KNOWN AROUND NORTH AMERICA AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES. 00:26:47.50\00:26:51.34 "I LOVE YOU." 00:26:51.37\00:26:52.81 SO ON BEHALF OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M 00:26:52.84\00:26:56.64 JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND REMEMBER THAT "JESUS LOVES YOU." 00:26:56.68\00:26:59.58 AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED HERE AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO 00:26:59.61\00:27:03.85 HELP WITH THE DEAF MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:27:03.89\00:27:06.49 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 00:27:06.52\00:27:07.72 [CLOSING MUSIC] 00:27:07.76\00:27:12.83