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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000595A
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00:15 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 00:20 I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR INTERVIEW TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE 00:24 TALKING WITH JOHN BLAKE ABOUT A VERY SPECIAL MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL 00:29 OUTREACH. 00:30 WELCOME JOHN. 00:31 THANK YOU. 00:32 AND I SHOULD SAY "HI." 00:33 YES "HI." 00:34 "HI, HOW ARE YOU?" 00:36 "I AM WELL, THANK YOU." 00:38 SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEAF MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IT IS 00:43 VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART. 00:46 YES. 00:47 TELL US WHY. 00:48 WELL, AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE THREE GIRLS AND THE MIDDLE BECAME DEAF AT THE AGE OF 00:56 THREE MONTHS WITH CHICKEN POX. 00:58 SHE GOT A HIGH FEVER AND GRADUALLY WE BEGAN TO DETECT THAT SOMETHING WAS 01:04 WRONG. 01:05 MY WIFE DETECTED IT FIRST. 01:06 YOU KNOW WE'D MAKE A NOISE BEHIND HER AND THINGS LIKE THIS BUT SHE DIDN'T 01:10 RESPOND. 01:12 SO FINALLY WE TOOK HER TO HALIFAX, WE WERE IN THE MARITIMES IN CANADA AND WE 01:17 LEFT HER AT THE HOSPITAL THERE AND THEY DID A BRAIN TEST AND MADE NOISE AND SO 01:24 ON AND THEY FOUND THAT SHE WAS PROFOUNDLY DEAF. 01:27 THEY DID SAY SHE WOULD OR MIGHT HEAR THE RHYTHM OF SOUND. 01:31 WE DID USE A HEARING AID WITH HER FOR AWHILE BUT IT PROVED TO BE VIRTUALLY 01:37 USELESS. 01:38 SO THROUGH OUR DEAF DAUGHTER WE BEGAN TO FEEL GRADUALLY THAT THE LORD 01:44 WAS CALLING US TO A SPECIAL MINISTRY. 01:47 AND TO BEGIN WITH IT WAS WITH PARENTS OF OTHER DEAF CHILDREN. 01:50 MAYBE HELPING ORGANIZE AND SO ON. 01:53 THEN GRADUALLY FINALLY WE WENT TO A DEAF CENTER IN ARKANSAS. 01:58 THEY HAD ASKED ME TO LEAD IT. 02:00 THAT WAS LIKE A POST GRADUATE COURSE IN MINISTRY TO THE DEAF 02:04 BECAUSE WE LIVED WITH THE DEAF. 02:05 EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T THE WORLDS BEST SIGNER I HAD TO TEACH IN SIGN LANGUAGE 02:09 AND I WOULD TELL THE YOUNG PEOPLE I'LL TEACH YOU THE CONTENT AND YOU TEACH ME 02:13 THE SIGN. 02:14 THERE YOU GO. 02:15 THAT'S A GOOD DEAL. 02:17 I WAS GLAD THAT I HAD A BLACKBOARD OR A WHITE BOARD TO WRITE SOME OF THE 02:20 WORDS THAT I WOULD USE QUITE OFTEN. 02:22 BUT GRADUALLY WE BECAME MORE AND MORE INVOLVED IN THE ADULT WORLD OF THE 02:26 DEAF. 02:27 AND OF COURSE OUR KIDS GREW UP. 02:29 OUR DEAF DAUGHTER IS NOW ABOUT 47 AND OUR DEAF BOY IS ABOUT 43. 02:34 OH YES, I DIDN'T MENTION ABOUT HIM. 02:36 YES, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU. 02:38 WE FELT THAT OUR LITTLE DEAF GIRL WAS GETTING LEFT OUT. 02:42 WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS THERE WAS A NOISE NEXT DOOR WHEN WE WERE LIVING 02:50 IN DARTMOUTH AND THE TWO HEARING GIRLS RAN OVER TO THE FENCE TO SEE WHAT WAS 02:54 GOING ON. 02:56 AND THE DEAF GIRL, THEY DIDN'T COUNT HER AND SHE DIDN'T HEAR THE NOISE. 02:59 AND AFTER AWHILE MY WIFE HAPPENED TO LOOK AND SHE LOOKED UP AND LOOKED 03:04 AROUND AND MY WIFE REALIZED SHE WAS BEING LEFT OUT BECAUSE OF HER 03:11 DEAFNESS. 03:12 SO WE HEARD ABOUT THIS LITTLE DEAF BOY THAT NEEDED A HOME. 03:15 WE DIDN'T HAVE A BOY AND WE WERE NOW EQUIPPED, BECOMING EQUIPPED TO WORK 03:21 WITH A DEAF CHILD SO WE THOUGHT WELL MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE A SECOND ONE. 03:26 AND THEN THE LORD GRADUALLY LED US MORE AND MORE INTO ADULT WORK. 03:31 AND SO YOU HAVE A SON AND SO YOU HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE DEAF. 03:35 YES. 03:37 AND SO THEN THIS HAS BEEN THE LORD'S CALL TO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS INCLUDING 03:40 GOSPEL OUTREACH NOW. 03:42 YES. 03:43 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 03:44 ACTUALLY WHEN I RETIRED OFFICIALLY THE END OF 2005 ALREADY GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:52 WAS SPONSORING ABOUT 13 WORKERS FOR THE DEAF. 03:56 I THINK THEY WERE ALL IN INDIA AT THAT POINT. 03:59 I WAS A DEAF MINISTRY COORDINATOR FOR OUR ALBERTA CONFERENCE WHERE 04:04 WE LIVED BUT IF I GO OVERSEAS AND I HAD BEEN TO CHINA AND I HAD BEEN TO 04:11 INDIA, WELL THE ALBERTA CONFERENCE DOESN'T REALLY QUALIFY ME TO BE GOING 04:16 OVERSEAS FOR DEAF WORK. 04:17 YES MY CONFERENCE BUT NOT OVERSEAS. 04:20 SO I SAID I KIND OF NEED A HAT TO WEAR THAT QUALIFIES ME TO GO OVERSEAS SO I 04:28 SAID WOULD YOU START A DEAF DEPARTMENT. 04:30 YOU'RE ALREADY SUPPORTING 13 WORKERS AND THEY SAID ASK. 04:36 SO I ASKED AND THIS IS NOW THE RESULT AND THE LORD HAS LED AND WE HAVE OVER 04:42 40 WORKERS NOW IN NINE COUNTRIES. 04:44 PRAISE THE LORD. 04:45 AND THE LORD JUST KEEPS, WHAT I DO IS I KEEP KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF 04:50 ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND PLACES AND SO ON AND IN BRAZIL IT 04:56 TOOK SEVEN YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT A WORKER FOR THE DEAF SPONSORED BY 05:02 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 05:04 AND IN UGANDA WHERE WE JUST STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO IT TOOK THREE OR FOUR 05:10 YEARS OF KNOCKING AND WRITING AND URGING AND FINALLY WE HAVE A WORKER 05:15 AND WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR A SECOND WORKER. 05:17 WONDERFUL. 05:18 AND THAT'S WHERE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH VIEWERS ARE HELPING BECAUSE THEY 05:21 ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY AND ALSO WITH PRAYERS THESE WORKERS. 05:26 AND WE SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT TYPICALLY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 05:30 THAT'S FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR AND THAT RUNS FROM 05:34 WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA AND ALL THOSE COUNTRIES THROUGH 05:37 ASIA. 05:39 BUT YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED AND GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN CALLED TO BRAZIL IN 05:43 SOUTH AMERICA SO TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT. 05:46 WELL WE SORT OF ARE BEGINNING TO THINK AT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT WE 05:52 WON'T BE TOO WOODEN ABOUT THE 10/40 TO DEAL WITH THE DEAF BECAUSE THERE IS SO 05:58 MUCH NEED IN EVERY COUNTRY OF THE WORLD. 06:00 NOW WE ARE NOT PUTTING WORKERS IN EUROPE NOR IN NORTH AMERICA. 06:06 THIS IS BEING LOOKED AFTER OTHER WAYS WE TRUST AND HOPE. 06:09 YES. 06:10 SO WE ARE CONCENTRATING ON MORE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. 06:13 AND ARE WE GOING TO CALL BRAZIL A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, I'M NOT SURE. 06:18 BUT THERE'S A NEED THERE AND WE'RE GOING THERE. 06:20 YES. 06:24 THE HISTORY OF HOW WE'RE INVOLVED THERE IS DR. JOLIO BARBOSA WHO USED 06:29 TO LIVE HERE IS FROM BRAZIL. 06:34 HE WAS QUITE INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:38 HE WAS ON THE BOARD FOR A TIME. 06:40 HE FELT THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN BRAZIL. 06:45 WELL HE ALSO HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH A PASTOR FOR THE DEAF IN ATLANTA, 06:49 GEORGIA. 06:50 HE HAD HELPED HIM IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 06:57 I HAD BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH DR. BARBOSA THROUGH ALL THIS AS I HAD DONE 07:03 MEETINGS IN GEORGIA WITH A PASTOR THERE. 07:05 SO DR. BARBOSA FOUND THAT THERE WAS A MOVEMENT OF DEAF IN BRAZIL AND I 07:15 ALREADY WAS INVOLVED WRITING BACK AND FORTH. 07:18 SO THERE WAS A TRIP OR TWO AND FINALLY WHEN THEY WENT TO START AN OFFICE FOR ALL 07:26 OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN BRAZIL DR. BARBOSA SAID YOU SHOULD BE THERE. 07:32 SO HE ACTUALLY HELPED ME GO. 07:34 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 07:35 THEN THE WORK THERE HAS FINALLY STARTED A WORKER FOR THE DEAF IN JOINT WITH 07:46 THE LOCAL CONFERENCE. 07:47 IT'S A UNITED EFFORT. 07:48 SO WE DO HAVE A WORK THERE AND WE'LL LOOK AT SOME PICTURES AND THEY WILL 07:54 TELL US MORE ABOUT WORK FOR THE DEAF THERE. 07:56 SO ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THIS BRANCHING OFF INTO BRAZIL? 07:59 IS THERE A NEED THERE? 08:01 ARE YOU STILL FEELING LED THERE THAT WE NEED TO BE THERE WITH GOSPEL 08:05 OUTREACH? 08:06 WELL WE NEED TO BE THERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT SOMETHING INTERESTING 08:11 HAPPENED THERE. 08:12 AFTER I HAD GONE AND DR. BARBOSA WAS INVOLVED WITH THE DEAF THERE AND 08:17 ENCOURAGING ME TO GO AND SO ON, I ALSO WORK WITH OUR GENERAL CONFERENCE 08:22 DIRECTOR OF DEAF MINISTRY DR. LARRY EVANS. 08:27 BETWEEN US AND SO ON WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE SHOULD GO TO 08:31 BRAZIL. 08:32 WELL WHEN HE WENT TO BRAZIL, HE HAS NOW BEEN THERE AT LEAST TWICE IF 08:36 NOT THREE TIMES, WHEREAS BEFORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS HAVING SUCH A STRUGGLE IN 08:42 WORKING WITH THE DEAF, IN TRYING TO GET A WORK STARTED I SHOULD SAY, WHEN 08:48 THE GENERAL CONFERENCE MAN WENT THERE FOR THE DEAF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, 08:56 "AH", AND THEY HAVE PUT A NEW EMPHASIS ON WORK FOR THE DEAF. 09:03 WE'LL LOOK MORE INTO THAT AS WE GO ALONG. 09:06 SO SOME CREDIBILITY ALSO HELPS AND TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED AND 09:12 GIVING A STAMP OF APPROVAL IF YOU WILL THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO 09:16 BE REACHING OUT TO THESE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT LITERALLY THEY CAN SEE 09:20 JESUS' LOVE. 09:22 THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR IT AUDIBLY BUT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT 09:25 WITH SIGN LANGUAGE. 09:26 SO YOU HAVE A VIDEO TO SHARE WITH US. 09:28 WHY DON'T WE TAKE A PEEK AT THAT. 09:30 OK. 09:31 WE'LL WATCH THE VIDEO NOW. 09:32 THIS IS A YOUNG MAN AND HE IS SPEAKING AT HIS OWN GRADUATION. 09:37 HE IS DEAF. 09:38 YOU CAN SEE HIM SIGNING. 09:39 THOSE ARE HIS FORTY PLUS FELLOWS WITH HIM THERE AT THE UNIVERSITY AT BALHAM 09:47 IN NORTH. 09:49 JEFF JORDAN IS THERE. 09:52 YOU CAN SEE HE IS JUST HUGGING SOMEBODY THERE. 09:54 THIS IS THE DEAF COUPLE YOU CAN SEE AND THAT'S THE JEFF JORDAN I WAS TELLING 10:00 YOU ABOUT WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH DR. BARBOSA AND DR. BARBOSA WAS ACTUALLY 10:05 THERE TOO. 10:07 NOW THIS IS DOUG THE THEOLOGY GRADUATE AS HE IS SIGNING HIS CHURCH SERVICE 10:11 IN A HEARING CHURCH THE WEEK END THAT HE GRADUATED. 10:16 NOW HERE HE IS INTRODUCING, HE'S ACTUALLY PRAYING RIGHT THERE SO IT 10:23 COULD BE THE BEGINNING OR THE END. 10:27 JEFF JORDAN IS THERE, WELL, OK THIS IS THE NEXT SCENE. 10:31 NOW JEFF JORDAN WENT WITH US TO BRAZIL WITH HIS WIFE AND HE IS SIGNING IN 10:36 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND THE MAN BESIDE HIM IS IN PORTUGUESE SIGN LANGUAGE. 10:39 THIS WAS ON THE WEEK END FOLLOWING HIS GRADUATION. 10:49 IT WAS KIND OF THE DOUGLAS'S INAUGURATION WITH THE DEAF AS YOU MIGHT 10:56 PUT IT. 10:57 THESE ARE HIS PEOPLE. 10:58 THEY ARE PROUD OF HIM. 11:00 HE IS A DEAF MAN. 11:01 AND AT THE PROGRAM ON SABBATH AFTERNOON, THIS WAS A LITTLE PLAY THAT 11:06 THEY PUT ON AND YOU CAN WATCH THIS. 11:08 THIS IS DEMONSTRATING SOMETHING THAT WAS WRONG AND YOU KNOW, THIS WAS NOT 11:13 THE WAY TO, NOTICE HE'S GOT THIS KNIFE, NO THAT WAS WRONG. 11:19 SO THE GOOD AND THE EVIL AND REPLACING THE HEART. 11:24 THE GOOD AND THE EVIL. 11:26 HE THREW AWAY THE KNIFE AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN, IS THIS ONE NOW GOING TO FIT, 11:31 IS THIS GOING TO BE THE ANSWER? 11:35 YES, THERE IS THE ANSWER, THE ANSWER IS JESUS. 11:40 VERY PRACTICAL, THEY'RE GIVING A HUG THERE. 11:44 THAT'S ALL BEING ACTED. 11:46 SO WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR THESE OTHER DEAF PEOPLE TO SEE 11:49 SOMEONE WHO IS LIKE THEM AND CAN'T HEAR BUT THE FACT THAT HE HAS 11:53 GRADUATED. 11:54 OH THEY ARE SO PROUD OF HIM. 11:56 ACTUALLY SOMEBODY WITH FUNDING SPONSORED DOUGLAS THE FIRST TWO AND A HALF 11:58 YEARS. 11:59 THEN SOMETHING WENT WRONG AND HIS FUNDING DROPPED OUT, IT WAS DONE THROUGH 12:02 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:04 THEN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I THINK DR. BARBOSA WAS INVOLVED SOMEHOW IN THIS, 12:05 SAW TO IT THAT HE WAS FINISHED AND HE WAS SPONSORED TO THE END AND 12:14 NOW DOUGLAS IS TAKEN ON AS A FULL TIME INTERN BY THE PAULISTANA CONFERENCE IN 12:22 BRAZIL. 12:23 IN BRAZIL. 12:24 SO THAT HAS SO MANY RIPPLING EFFECTS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF FOR 12:26 THEM TO KNOW AND TO SEE HERE IS A MAN WHO GRADUATED AND MAYBE I CAN 12:34 DO THAT TOO. 12:43 YES. 12:46 AND THE ONE WHO WENT TO BE WITH HIM, JEFF JORDAN, HE IS THE ONLY PASTOR FOR THE 12:53 DEAF IN NORTH AMERICA WHO IS DEAF AND HE ALSO GRADUATED FROM THEOLOGY 12:59 ONLY HE ALSO, WELL HE GRADUATED FROM THE SEMINARY IN THEOLOGY. 13:03 THE ONLY ADVENTIST DEAF PERSON TO EVER HAVE GRADUATED FROM SEMINARY. 13:08 HE ALSO TEACHES SOME AT SOUTHERN ADVENTIST COLLEGE SIGN LANGUAGE. 13:12 FANTASTIC. 13:13 HOPE, HOPE THAT'S THE WORD. 13:15 AND IF YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE 13:18 YOU TO BE PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH THROUGH YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND YOUR 13:22 PRAYERS AND THIS IS HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 13:24 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 13:30 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 13:34 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 13:37 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 13:40 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 13:43 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 13:45 MY HEAD HURTS. 13:47 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 13:49 I GIVE UP. 13:51 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 13:53 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:55 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:58 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 14:03 WHERE? 14:04 ALL THE WORLD. 14:05 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 14:08 YOU CAN PRAY. 14:13 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 14:16 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 14:19 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 14:21 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 14:24 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 14:27 BE THE SPARK. 14:28 LIGHT THE FIRE. 14:30 FINISH THE WORK. 14:33 FINISH THE WORK. 14:35 BE THE SPARK. 14:38 BE THE SPARK. 14:40 THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT TO DO RIGHT, BECAUSE JESUS HAS CHANGED ALL OF US AND 14:43 WE WANT TO BE THE SPARK AND WE WANT TO SHARE HIM WITH OTHERS. 14:46 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ON ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 14:49 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:51 JOHN BLAKE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. 14:53 AND YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR OF DEAF MINISTRIES HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:56 DEAF MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS GONE BEYOND THE 10/40 WINDOW 15:02 AND HAS LED YOU AND GOSPEL OUTREACH TO BRAZIL AS WELL. 15:07 AND WE'VE BEEN JUST SHARING ABOUT THAT. 15:09 THERE IS A HUGE HUGE SIGNIFICANCE OF A DEAF MAN IN BRAZIL AND HE HAS 15:15 GRADUATED WITH A THEOLOGY DEGREE AND HE IS NOW A PASTOR AND THAT HAS GIVEN 15:19 SO MANY PEOPLE HOPE HASN'T IT. 15:20 YES. 15:21 WE'LL LOOK AT THE PICTURES. 15:22 YES, GREAT, LET'S LOOK. 15:24 THIS IS DOUGLAS IN THE OBVIOUS GRADUATION ATTIRE THERE. 15:30 I'M ON THE LEFT AND THEN PASTOR JEFF JORDAN AND HIS WIFE. 15:34 SHE ACTUALLY, I'M NOT A GOOD INTERPRETER AND SO SHE HAD TO GO AND 15:38 INTERPRET FOR HIM. 15:40 THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE HAD EVER BEEN ABLE TO GO ON ONE OF THESE LONG 15:42 TRIPS THAT JEFF GOES ON. 15:44 AND JEFF IS ALSO A DEAF PASTOR, YES HE IS DEAF HIMSELF. 15:47 HE IS DEAF HIMSELF AND HE IS GRADUATED FROM ANDREWS WITH A DEGREE IN THEOLOGY. 15:51 YES. 15:53 AND HIS WIFE IS HIS INTERPRETER WHEN HE NEEDS ONE. 15:56 THEN DOUGLAS AND HIS WIFE AND THEN DR. BARBOSA THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN HIGHLY 16:01 INVOLVED WITH THIS AND WANTED JEFF AND I SO BADLY TO GO TO DOUGLAS' 16:06 GRADUATION IN BRAZIL. 16:08 IN BRAZIL. 16:09 THIS IS THE GRADUATION. 16:10 YOU CAN SEE THERE JEFF JORDAN AND HIS WIFE AND DOUGLAS AND THEY REALLY 16:12 FEATURED DOUGLAS IN THAT GRADUATION. 16:14 HE HAD COME THERE WITH REALLY NO PROPER INTERPRETER FOR ABOUT THE 16:28 FIRST SIX MONTHS. 16:29 THIS LADY THAT YOU SEE HERE CAME AND VOLUNTEERED AND GOT NO REGULAR PAY. 16:39 ONCE IN AWHILE SOMEBODY WOULD GIVE HER SOMETHING. 16:41 BUT SHE HAD NO REGULAR PAY AND FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS SHE INTERPRETED ALL 16:46 DOUGLAS'S CLASSES. 16:47 AND SHE WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL ON THE BUS EVERY DAY. 16:51 SHE WASN'T IN THE BEST OF HEALTH AND SHE WAS POOR. 16:54 BLESS HER HEART. 16:55 AND SO SHE WAS REALLY HONORED THERE WITH THE GRADUATES. 17:00 THERE SHE IS. 17:01 I GET EMOTIONAL. 17:02 I DO TOO. 17:04 JUST THE COMMITMENT OF THIS WOMAN AND HOW DID SHE MEET DOUGLAS? 17:08 SHE WAS INTERPRETING IN CHURCH AND WHEN DOUGLAS CAME ALONG OF COURSE HE 17:14 WAS DEAF SO THEY MATCHED UP. 17:17 SO THEY HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME. 17:19 WELL THE THREE AND A HALF YEARS. 17:21 HERE HE IS WITH, HERE THE TWO OF THEM ARE WITH THE INTERPRETER. 17:26 BLESS HER HEART. 17:27 AND GOD LED HER IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY TO THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AND TO 17:32 DEAF MINISTRY IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH THROUGH DREAMS AND DIRECT LEADING. 17:37 SHE GAVE ME HER LONG STORY. 17:40 FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS ISN'T IT. 17:42 FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. 17:43 RIGHT. 17:44 ISN'T THAT AMAZING. 17:50 DURING THE GRADUATION WEEKEND THEY INTERVIEWED ON HOPE TELEVISION JEFF 17:55 JORDAN AND HIS WIFE AND DR. BARBOSA WAS THE INTERPRETER IN PORTUGUESE. 18:03 HERE DR. BARBOSA IS INTERPRETING ME AS I GIVE A BASIC REPORT OF DEAF 18:10 WORK AROUND THE WORLD TO A CHURCH THERE. 18:14 PRAISE THE LORD. 18:16 AND WHERE SOME OF THE DEAF WORK HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE. 18:19 NOW THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING PICTURE. 18:21 YOU SEE IN THE BACK ON THE RIGHT JEFF JORDAN IN A VERY ANIMATED WAY 18:26 PREACHING. 18:28 HIS WIFE IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM THERE WITH THE LIGHT COLORED HAIR AND 18:32 BESIDE HER IS A LADY WHO IS INTERPRETING. 18:39 THEN YOU SEE THE MAN, YOU CAN'T TELL OF COURSE WHAT HE'S INTERPRETING, BUT 18:43 HE'S PUTTING IT INTO PORTUGUESE SIGN LANGUAGE. 18:45 SO WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN THIS PICTURE. 18:47 RIGHT. 18:48 SO IT STARTS WITH AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, HIS WIFE PUTS IT INTO ENGLISH THE 18:54 LADY IN THE ORANGE PUTS IT INTO PORTUGUESE VERBAL AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE 19:00 VERBAL THE MAN UP THERE IS PUTTING IT INTO PORTUGUESE SIGN LANGUAGE AND THIS WAS 19:06 A WEEK OF PRAYER THAT WAS PUT OVER THE INTERNET AND THERE WERE OVER 100 PEOPLE 19:10 WATCHING OVER THE INTERNET AROUND BRAZIL, AND EVEN SOME OTHER COUNTRIES, THAT 19:15 WEEK OF PRAYER. 19:16 ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC. 19:18 THIS IS SORT OF A CLOSE UP KIND OF ILLUSTRATING THE WHOLE THING THAT I JUST 19:23 EXPLAINED. 19:24 AND THIS WAS IN THE BACK ROOM AS THEY WERE PUTTING THE THING OVER THE 19:29 INTERNET. 19:31 AND GOD HAS PROVIDED A WAY, JEFF JORDAN HAS AN EVERY SABBATH SERMON OVER 19:38 THE INTERNET AT 11:30 EASTERN TIME. 19:41 AND IF HE'S NOT THERE SOMEBODY ELSE DOES. 19:43 IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 19:44 YES. 19:47 THEN THE WEEKEND THAT WE KIND OF HAD THE INAUGURATION, A RETREAT 19:51 WEEKEND WITH DOUGLAS, WE WERE AT KIND OF A RETREAT EDUCATION CENTER. 19:56 MY ROOM WAS UP IN THE TOP THERE. 19:59 THEY DID HAVE A POOL THERE. 20:00 I DID GO ONCE IN THE POOL. 20:02 THIS IS A VERY OLD MAN WHO WAS ONE OF THE EARLY PIONEERS OF DEAF WORK IN 20:10 BRAZIL. 20:12 THEY FEATURED HIM IN THAT WEEKEND ALONG WITH OTHERS WHO HAD BEEN PIONEERS IN 20:16 DEAF WORK IN BRAZIL. 20:18 HERE THE MAN STANDING NEXT TO ME, DOUGLAS, NO HE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 20:29 FOR THE DEAF AND HIS WIFE. 20:32 HE IS HALF PAID BY GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HALF PAID BY HIS LOCAL PAULISTANA 20:37 CONFERENCE. 20:38 HE IS A BIBLE WORKER AND HE IS DEAF AND HIS WIFE IS DEAF. 20:42 THEN DR. BARBOSA ON THE RIGHT. 20:45 SO JOHN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND IF WE DIDN'T 20:50 HAVE THIS INTERACTION WITH THESE PEOPLE, THE DEAF PEOPLE COMING TO CHURCH 20:56 THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INTERACTION BASICALLY. 20:58 YES THEY DO AS FAR AS BEING THERE BUT AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING A SERMON OR 21:03 ANYTHING THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE. 21:06 THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED AND SO THIS IS HUGE. 21:09 WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN BRAZIL NOW THAT DR. LARRY EVANS FROM THE GENERAL 21:13 CONFERENCE, YOU COULD SAY THE DEAF DEPARTMENT, OFFICIALLY IT'S NOT A DEAF 21:16 DEPARTMENT HE'S A LIAISON FOR THE DEAF, BUT SINCE HE HAS BEEN THERE THE CHURCH 21:21 HAS REALLY EMBRACED DEAF WORK IN A WAY THAT THEY HAD NOT DONE BEFORE. 21:27 NOT THAT THEY WERE DOING NOTHING BEFORE BUT THEY HAVE EMBRACED IT. 21:32 THIS MAN IS A BIBLE WORKER AND WE'RE HELPING WITH THAT. 21:36 DOUGLAS IS NOW A FULL TIME WORKER TOTALLY SUPPORTED BY THE CONFERENCE, THE 21:41 PAULISTANA CONFERENCE. 21:42 AND BY THE WAY THE PRESIDENT OF THAT CONFERENCE HAS A DEAF SON 21:46 SO HE HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN THIS. 21:49 AND THEN A LADY WHO HAD WORKED HER HEART OUT IN DEAF MINISTRY FOR YEARS IS 21:55 NOW EMPLOYED FULL TIME BY THE UNION AS A FULL TIME COORDINATOR FOR DEAF WORK 22:03 IN ALL OF THAT UNION WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF SAO PALO AND PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT 22:08 OF TERRITORY AROUND. 22:10 AND THAT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE IS THE FIRST TIME ON A UNION LEVEL WE 22:14 HAVE EVER HAD A FULL TIME COORDINATOR FOR THE DEAF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 22:19 WONDERFUL. 22:20 SO THIS IS A FABULOUS BLESSING. 22:24 WONDERFUL. 22:25 SO ANY MORE PICTURES FOR US? 22:26 YES. 22:27 HERE WE ARE. 22:28 THIS IS A COUPLE THAT LAST TIME I WAS THERE THEY WANTED ME TO BAPTIZE. 22:32 SO I STOOD THERE IN FRONT OF THIS COLLAGE OR PICTURES WITH THIS DEAF 22:38 COUPLE AND THEY'RE STILL FAITHFUL. 22:40 THEY WERE THERE THAT WEEKEND. 22:42 THIS IS A DEAF BOY THAT WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED THAT WEEKEND AND PASTOR JEFF 22:45 JORDAN IS THE ONE DOING THE BAPTIZING THERE. 22:55 THE HEAD OF THE PAULISTANA CONFERENCE THERE IS IN THE MIDDLE. 22:58 I AM THERE, I CAN'T THINK OF THE OTHER MAN'S NAME AT THE MOMENT WHO IS IN 23:06 CHARGE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL. 23:08 I CAN'T THINK OF HIS NAME AT THE MOMENT. 23:10 A GOOD TIME OF MEETING TOGETHER AND WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 23:14 SO IT'S WONDERFUL HOW GOD HAS BEEN LEADING. 23:19 SO THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR GOSPEL 23:23 OUTREACH TO BE THERE. 23:24 YES. 23:25 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT YOU SEE COMING UP ON THE 23:29 HORIZON FOR DEAF WORK IN BRAZIL? 23:31 WELL MAYBE THERE NEED TO BE WORKERS IN OTHER PLACES IN BRAZIL AND OF COURSE 23:39 GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL IS SPONSORING MANY HEARING WORKERS. 23:45 SO IT'S NOT JUST DEAF WORK. 23:50 COMING UP IS THE PLAN THEY WILL HAVE OVER 100 WORKERS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL 23:57 IS ACTUALLY CONCENTRATING ON PORTUGUESE COUNTRIES AND GOING TO BE SENDING 24:02 PORTUGUESE, WELL NOT SENDING BUT SPONSORING, WE DON'T USUALLY SEND WORKERS 24:06 WE SPONSOR WORKERS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. 24:09 RIGHT. 24:10 AND SO NATURALLY THEY SPEAK PORTUGUESE SO THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE 24:14 PORTUGUESE COUNTRIES. 24:17 SO THIS IS FANTASTIC. 24:18 BUT WHAT ARE SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE. 24:22 WELL ONE OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES IS FINDING PEOPLE WHO ARE CAPABLE, 24:29 READY, WILLING AND ABLE IN THEIR COUNTRY TO WORK WITH THE DEAF. 24:33 BECAUSE VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE THOSE QUALIFICATIONS. 24:38 PROBABLY ONE OF THE IDEAL IS HEARING CHILDREN OF DEAF PARENTS BECAUSE THEY 24:46 TEND TO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN WORK FOR THE DEAF. 24:49 THEY UNDERSTAND THE DEAF CULTURE BECAUSE THEY GREW UP IN IT AND SOME OF THEM 24:54 MAKE THE BEST WORKERS. 24:56 FANTASTIC. 24:57 AND WHAT CAN OUR VIEWERS DO TODAY TO HELP WITH THIS MINISTRY? 25:02 WELL, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL FUND FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IF SOMEBODY, WE DON'T 25:08 WANT TO DETRACT FROM THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE 2000 OF OUR WORKERS ARE WORKING 25:15 FOR HEARING. 25:16 BUT I MAINTAIN THAT THE WORK FOR THE DEAF IS THE HARDEST MINISTRY IN THE 25:21 WORLD BECAUSE FOR EVERY DIFFICULT AREA, AND WE HAVE MANY OF THEM WITH 25:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH, THE DEAF ARE USUALLY LEFT OUT. 25:28 WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL FUND HERE AND IF SOMEBODY DOES FEEL A PARTICULAR BURDEN 25:34 FOR DEAF MINISTRY THEY CAN SEND THEIR DONATION TO THE DEAF FUND HERE AND IT WILL 25:40 GO TO SUPPORT DEAF WORKERS AND RELATED. 25:44 SO WHAT ARE YOU SO EXCITED ABOUT IN RELATION TO THIS DEAF MINISTRY THAT YOU SAW 25:49 IN BRAZIL? 25:50 WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS JUST BROUGHT YOU HOME SO ENERGIZED ABOUT? 25:54 WELL IT IS SO WONDERFUL THAT AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF TRYING TO GET A WORKER WE 26:02 DO HAVE A FOOT IN THE DOOR AND GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL IS ACTUALLY PAYING HALF OF 26:09 THAT WORKER'S SALARY. 26:11 AND I HOPE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND OTHER 26:16 WORKERS LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE THERE AROUND BRAZIL IN OTHER AREAS BECAUSE 26:24 THERE ARE MANY OTHER AREAS WHERE WE NEED WORKERS. 26:27 WELL JOHN BLAKE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US AT ADVENTURES IN 26:32 MISSION. 26:33 YOU'RE WELCOME. 26:34 GOD BLESS YOU. 26:35 AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LEARN HERE, THIS IS "JESUS LOVES ME" AND CAN WE SAY 26:42 "JESUS LOVES YOU." 26:45 AND THIS IS THE SIGN FOR "I LOVE YOU." 26:47 IT'S KNOWN AROUND NORTH AMERICA AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES. 26:51 "I LOVE YOU." 26:52 SO ON BEHALF OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS 26:56 KEYMER AND REMEMBER THAT "JESUS LOVES YOU." 26:59 AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED HERE AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO 27:03 HELP WITH THE DEAF MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:06 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:07 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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