[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.43\00:00:16.08 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:16.11\00:00:20.75 MY NAME IS OLE OLESEN AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT I GET TO HAVE SOME 00:00:20.78\00:00:25.32 SPECIAL GUESTS HERE TODAY. 00:00:25.35\00:00:26.79 I HAVE JOHN BLAKE AND FRED GRIFFITH HERE WITH ME TO SPEAK 00:00:26.82\00:00:31.56 ABOUT DEAF MINISTRIES THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH AROUND THE WORLD I BELIEVE. 00:00:34.93\00:00:40.50 JOHN, I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN WITH THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE. 00:00:40.54\00:00:44.47 YES, I STARTED IN DEAF MINISTRY BECAUSE OF OUR DEAF DAUGHTER AND 00:00:44.51\00:00:49.58 EVENTUALLY WE ADOPTED A DEAF SON AND MY WIFE BECAME A TEACHER OF 00:00:52.55\00:00:56.38 THE DEAF. 00:00:56.42\00:00:57.85 THEN WE GRADUALLY GOT MORE AND MORE INVOLVED PARTICULARLY TO 00:00:57.89\00:01:01.69 START WITH IN INDIA. 00:01:01.72\00:01:03.29 SO THAT WAS YOUR EDUCATION HAVING A FAMILY WHERE YOU HAD TO COMMUNICATE BY SIGN 00:01:03.32\00:01:08.30 LANGUAGE. 00:01:08.33\00:01:09.30 YES. 00:01:09.33\00:01:10.80 BUT HOW OLD WERE YOUR CHILDREN WHEN THAT SKILL TRANSFERRED OVER 00:01:10.83\00:01:14.97 TO INDIA? WELL, I WAS PASTORING IN ALBERTA AND I GOT A FAX FROM 00:01:15.00\00:01:20.08 DOROTHY WATTS IN INDIA. 00:01:25.45\00:01:26.51 SHE SAID WE HAVE A PASTOR WHO IS TOO DEAF TO PASTOR. 00:01:26.55\00:01:30.49 COULD YOU DO ANYTHING TO HELP HIM HAVE AN OPERATION AND A HEARING AID FOR LIKE 00:01:30.52\00:01:33.29 EIGHT OR NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS WHICH WAS WELL. 00:01:33.32\00:01:35.29 YOU WOULDN'T EVEN GET A HEARING AID FOR THAT NOW HARDLY. 00:01:35.32\00:01:38.69 SO WE RAISED THE MONEY AND THEN I SAID TO HER, THERE ARE 19 00:01:38.73\00:01:45.63 MILLION DEAF IN INDIA WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THE DEAF? 00:01:45.67\00:01:51.11 SO WE GOT INVOLVED IN PROVIDING SOME MATS FOR A DEAF SCHOOL THAT 00:01:51.14\00:01:56.41 WAS ACTUALLY AN ADVENTIST DEAF SCHOOL. 00:01:56.44\00:01:59.11 AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PICTURES FROM THERE. 00:01:59.15\00:02:01.18 OK. 00:02:01.22\00:02:02.78 THEN I GOT THINKING MAYBE, MAYBE WE COULD GET A START IN DEAF 00:02:02.82\00:02:07.26 WORK IN INDIA AND I SAID WELL, I'LL GUARANTEE A DEAF WORKER FOR 00:02:10.86\00:02:15.16 HALF THE COST OF A DEAF WORKER FOR THREE YEARS IF YOU CAN RAISE 00:02:15.20\00:02:17.80 THE OTHER HALF. IN A LITTLE WHILE SHE SAID YES, SEND THE 00:02:17.83\00:02:22.90 MONEY. SO WE STARTED WITH ONE FULL TIME REGULAR CONFERENCE 00:02:27.78\00:02:31.98 DEAF WORKER THEN WE GRADUALLY SWITCHED TO WORKING THROUGH 00:02:32.01\00:02:37.62 GOSPEL OUTREACH. I BET THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT PRAYER. 00:02:37.65\00:02:39.62 YES. 00:02:39.65\00:02:41.96 THAT MUST HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING TRANSITION IN YOUR LIFE. 00:02:41.99\00:02:45.79 I WAS JUST THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE HAD A 00:02:45.83\00:02:49.80 PRAYER HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR TALK. 00:02:49.83\00:02:52.00 WOULD MIND PRAYING FOR US? 00:02:52.03\00:02:53.13 OK. 00:02:53.17\00:02:55.24 OUR DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, AS WE TALK TODAY PARTICULARLY ABOUT 00:02:55.27\00:02:59.11 INDIA AND ABOUT MEETING THE NEEDS OF DEAF PEOPLE THERE WE 00:02:59.14\00:03:05.41 ASK THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE HERE. 00:03:05.45\00:03:06.92 BLESS THE PICTURES, BLESS OUR DISCUSSION AND LORD BLESS AS 00:03:06.95\00:03:12.85 PEOPLE WATCH. AND MOST OF ALL PLEASE BLESS THE DEAF PEOPLE IN INDIA THAT WE ARE WANTING 00:03:12.89\00:03:17.56 TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO. 00:03:17.59\00:03:19.66 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND WE ASK THAT YOUR SPIRIT BE WITH 00:03:19.69\00:03:23.67 US NOW WE PRAY IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN. 00:03:23.70\00:03:27.00 AMEN. 00:03:27.04\00:03:29.60 SO INDIA WAS THE SPARK FOR A DEAF MINISTRY. 00:03:29.64\00:03:35.71 HOW LONG WAS IT BETWEEN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE WITH DOROTHY 00:03:35.74\00:03:42.18 WATTS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH? 00:03:42.22\00:03:43.18 WAS THAT PRETTY CLOSE IN TIME? 00:03:43.22\00:03:45.62 WELL I THINK IT PROBABLY TOOK TWO OR THREE YEARS BEFORE WE 00:03:45.65\00:03:48.99 ACTUALLY GOT INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE I WAS SENDING MONEY FROM CANADA. 00:03:49.02\00:03:52.89 WHAT HAPPENED WAS I USED TO HAVE A BOOTH AT THE ALBERTA 00:03:52.93\00:03:57.57 CONFERENCE AT CAMP MEETING NEAR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH BOOTH. 00:03:57.60\00:04:01.17 AND YOU KNOW WHEN IT WASN'T VERY BUSY I'D GET CHATTING AT THE 00:04:01.20\00:04:05.11 GOSPEL OUTREACH BOOTH AND I SORT OF SAID YOU KNOW WOULD YOU CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING 00:04:05.14\00:04:09.58 FOR THE DEAF. 00:04:09.61\00:04:10.61 WELL I WAS TOLD TO ASK. 00:04:10.65\00:04:12.08 WELL FINALLY WHEN I WAS ALREADY FROM CANADA SUPPORTING SOME WORK 00:04:12.11\00:04:15.75 IN INDIA AND I WAS HAVING A BIT OF TROUBLE RAISING ALL THE MONEY 00:04:15.78\00:04:20.36 I ASKED GOSPEL OUTREACH WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING AND THEY SAID 00:04:20.39\00:04:24.19 ASK. SO I ASKED. 00:04:24.23\00:04:26.83 AND NOW GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS OVER 40 WORKERS FOR THE DEAF IN NINE 00:04:26.86\00:04:30.63 COUNTRIES AND WE JUST PRAISE GOD. 00:04:30.67\00:04:32.40 NINE COUNTRIES. 00:04:32.43\00:04:33.94 WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON INDIA BUT COULD YOU NAME THE OTHER 00:04:33.97\00:04:38.74 EIGHT COUNTRIES? WELL IF I CAN GET THEM ALL OFF THE TOP OF MY 00:04:38.77\00:04:41.31 HEAD. WE HAVE OF COURSE INDIA AND WE HAVE THE PHILIPPINES AND 00:04:41.34\00:04:45.28 WE ARE CO-SPONSORING IN BRAZIL AND WE HAVE KYRGYZSTAN AND KAZAKHSTAN, ONE WORKER IN 00:04:45.31\00:04:50.35 EACH. 00:04:52.35\00:04:53.32 AND THEN WE HAVE A WORKER IN GHANA. 00:04:53.36\00:04:56.49 IN FACT WE HAVE FOUR WORKERS THERE NOW. 00:04:56.52\00:04:58.96 WE HAVE EIGHT WORKERS IN KENYA AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A SECOND 00:04:58.99\00:05:04.20 WORKER FOR UGANDA WHERE WE'VE JUST RECENTLY STARTED AND ALSO A SECOND WORKER FOR SOUTH SUDAN. 00:05:04.23\00:05:10.74 AND OF COURSE WE'RE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 00:05:10.77\00:05:13.31 I DID ANOTHER PROGRAM TODAY ON THAT. 00:05:13.34\00:05:15.31 OH MY, WOW. 00:05:15.34\00:05:16.98 SO THAT'S A BROAD REACH. 00:05:17.01\00:05:20.05 IT'S NOT THE WHOLE WORLD BUT IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY OF US HAVE 00:05:20.08\00:05:26.25 TO LIVE WITH THAT LIMITATION ON OUR COMMUNICATION. 00:05:26.29\00:05:29.79 FRED, YOU'RE THE EXPERT ON INDIA THESE DAYS AND I UNDERSTAND JOHN 00:05:29.82\00:05:34.86 SHARED HOW HIS FAMILY CAME INTO DEAF MINISTRY, COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW 00:05:37.77\00:05:42.87 YOUR FAMILY BECAME DEAF AND SIGNING PROFICIENT. 00:05:42.90\00:05:47.81 MY FATHER WHEN HE WAS SEVEN CONTACTED SPINAL MENINGITIS SO 00:05:47.84\00:05:51.28 HE HAD ALREADY LEARNED TO SPEAK AND WRITE AND LISTEN TO MUSIC. 00:05:51.31\00:05:56.35 MY MOTHER WAS BORN DEAF. 00:06:00.32\00:06:01.86 SO THERE WERE FIVE OF US IN THE FAMILY. 00:06:01.89\00:06:05.09 THERE WERE THREE BOYS THAT WERE HEARING AND TWO GIRLS THAT WERE 00:06:05.13\00:06:09.10 DEAF SO I GREW UP IN A DEAF FAMILY. 00:06:09.13\00:06:11.07 WELL WE CAN TELL YOU'RE ONE OF THE HEARING ONES BECAUSE YOU CAN 00:06:11.10\00:06:14.20 COMMUNICATE WITH ME. 00:06:14.24\00:06:15.07 BUT YOU GREW UP BILINGUAL THAT WAY. 00:06:15.10\00:06:19.91 THAT IS CORRECT. 00:06:19.94\00:06:20.91 NOW WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET JOHN? 00:06:20.94\00:06:22.91 WHEN DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN GOSPEL OUTREACH? 00:06:22.94\00:06:29.05 MAYBE JOHN NEEDS TO ANSWER THAT. 00:06:29.08\00:06:32.12 WELL I REMEMBER MEETING ALFRED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA WHEN HE 00:06:32.15\00:06:36.73 WAS PASTORING OR WORKING IN DEAF WORK AND SO ON IN THAT AREA. 00:06:36.76\00:06:40.83 AFTER WE GOT GOING IN INDIA AND SO ON ALFRED CAME WITH ME TO 00:06:43.20\00:06:48.27 VISIT INDIA. 00:06:51.94\00:06:52.91 OH, OK. 00:06:52.94\00:06:54.41 AND THEN GRADUALLY, FIRST OF ALL I THINK HE KIND OF FUNDED SOME 00:06:54.44\00:06:56.81 OF HIS OWN TRAVEL WITH SOME HELP FROM HIS CONGREGATION. 00:06:56.85\00:07:00.48 AND THEN WE FINALLY TOOK HIM ON AS AN ASSOCIATE OR ASSISTANT 00:07:00.52\00:07:05.45 WITH ME. HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN FRED? 00:07:05.49\00:07:08.32 I THINK IT'S FIVE YEARS. 00:07:08.36\00:07:09.56 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 00:07:09.59\00:07:11.03 FIVE YEARS. 00:07:11.06\00:07:13.33 AND I SUSPECT THAT YOU HAVE STORIES TO TELL ABOUT THOSE FIVE 00:07:13.36\00:07:18.47 YEARS. WELL WE CERTAINLY DO BECAUSE GOD PROVIDED SO MANY 00:07:18.50\00:07:23.10 AWESOME THINGS IN THOSE EXPERIENCES. 00:07:23.14\00:07:25.87 SO WHERE DO YOU WANT TO START TODAY? 00:07:25.91\00:07:28.41 I KNOW YOU CAN'T TELL THEM ALL BUT WHERE DO YOU WANT TO START 00:07:28.44\00:07:32.85 WITH US TODAY IN YOUR WORK THERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 00:07:32.88\00:07:36.62 WELL I THINK WE START WITH A GREAT NEED. 00:07:36.65\00:07:40.69 A LOT OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS NOW ARE WORKING IN 00:07:40.72\00:07:46.29 VILLAGES AND I HAVE A REAL BURDEN TO SEE US FIND SOME QUALIFIED WORKERS THAT CAN GO 00:07:46.33\00:07:51.63 INTO THE LARGE CITIES BECAUSE IN A VILLAGE THERE'S A LIMITED 00:07:51.67\00:07:58.27 NUMBER OF DEAF PEOPLE BUT IN SOME OF THESE LARGE CITIES LIKE BANGALORE AND CHENNAI 00:07:58.31\00:08:03.45 THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DEAF PEOPLE. 00:08:03.48\00:08:06.28 THERE ARE ABOUT 19 MILLION DEAF PEOPLE IN INDIA. 00:08:06.31\00:08:11.29 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CHINA, INDIA HAS THE MOST NUMBER OF 00:08:11.32\00:08:16.79 DEAF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. 00:08:16.83\00:08:18.46 SO THERE IS A GREAT NEED THERE. 00:08:18.49\00:08:21.40 IS THAT NUMERIC OR PER CAPITA AS WELL? 00:08:21.43\00:08:23.57 NUMERIC. 00:08:23.60\00:08:25.00 NUMERIC, OK. 00:08:25.03\00:08:27.94 SO ARE YOU FOCUSED IN ONE AREA OF INDIA? 00:08:27.97\00:08:32.84 AT THE PRESENT TIME WE DON'T' HAVE ANY WORKERS IN NORTHERN SO 00:08:32.87\00:08:37.58 MOST OF THEM ARE IN SOUTHERN INDIA. 00:08:37.61\00:08:38.81 SOUTHERN INDIA. 00:08:38.85\00:08:39.81 OK. 00:08:39.85\00:08:40.82 WELL TAKE US TO A STORY. 00:08:40.85\00:08:42.28 I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SOME SLIDES. 00:08:42.32\00:08:44.75 LET'S DO THAT. 00:08:44.79\00:08:45.75 LET'S LOOK AT SOME PICTURES. 00:08:45.79\00:08:46.76 THIS IS A STUDENT WHO IS IN THE 11TH GRADE. 00:08:46.79\00:08:51.96 HE'S GONE TO BANGALORE TO CONTINUE HIS STUDIES. 00:08:51.99\00:08:56.20 THE CHALLENGING PART IS THAT HE HAS TO GO TO A SECULAR SCHOOL. 00:08:56.23\00:09:02.67 HE CAME FROM THE ASIAN AID SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 00:09:02.70\00:09:05.51 HE ALONG WITH 15 OTHER STUDENTS CAME ON SABBATH WHEN I HAD THE 00:09:05.54\00:09:10.61 MEETING FOR THEM AND EVERY ONE OF THEM CAME FORWARD AND SAID WE WANT TO WORK FOR GOSPEL 00:09:14.45\00:09:18.92 OUTREACH. 00:09:18.95\00:09:20.46 THE CHALLENGE THEY HAVE OF COURSE IS THAT OVER THERE THEY 00:09:20.49\00:09:24.49 ARE EXPECTED TO SUPPORT THEIR PARENTS AND THEY STILL HAVE PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX YEARS OF 00:09:24.53\00:09:30.63 SCHOOLING AHEAD OF THEM. 00:09:30.67\00:09:33.10 BUT WE WANT TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM. 00:09:33.13\00:09:35.37 THE LOCAL ADVENTIST COLLEGE, LOWRY COLLEGE IS CONSIDERING 00:09:35.40\00:09:40.48 PROVIDING THE CURRICULUM SO THEY WON'T HAVE THE SABBATH PROBLEMS SO WE'RE PRAYING THAT THAT 00:09:43.35\00:09:47.45 WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THOSE STUDENTS. 00:09:47.48\00:09:51.55 SO IN THE SECULAR SETTING, THE STATE EDUCATION, THEY FACE SOME 00:09:51.59\00:09:56.96 SABBATH CONFLICTS. 00:09:56.99\00:09:57.96 THEY DO, THEY DO. 00:09:57.99\00:09:59.46 THE OFFICIALS WENT TWICE AND WERE TOLD NO WE CANNOT MAKE EXCEPTION FOR THESE 00:09:59.49\00:10:06.07 STUDENTS. 00:10:06.10\00:10:07.54 SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR YOUR LISTENERS TO PRAY FOR IS 00:10:07.57\00:10:12.27 THAT THE ALTERNATIVE WITH LOWRY COLLEGE COULD TAKE PLACE. 00:10:12.31\00:10:16.91 WOW. 00:10:16.95\00:10:18.31 CAN I ASK, WHEN YOU'RE LIVING WITH THAT LIMITATION, IS THE 00:10:18.35\00:10:23.02 FULL RANGE OF EDUCATION OPEN TO THEM IN THE SECULAR STUDY? 00:10:25.75\00:10:30.33 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE HEARING STUDENTS CAN RAISE THEIR 00:10:30.36\00:10:34.50 HAND AND SAY TEACHER I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. 00:10:34.56\00:10:37.87 THE DEAF STUDENTS HAVE TO SIT THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING 00:10:37.90\00:10:43.14 THE TEACHING THROUGH AN INTERPRETER. 00:10:43.17\00:10:46.07 SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK THE QUESTIONS. 00:10:46.11\00:10:49.21 THEY CAN'T INTERRUPT THE INTERPRETER. 00:10:49.24\00:10:51.45 NO. 00:10:51.48\00:10:52.51 THEY CAN ONLY LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS. 00:10:52.55\00:10:54.62 RIGHT. 00:10:54.65\00:10:55.62 WELL, OK. 00:10:55.65\00:10:57.22 WHAT IS THIS? 00:10:57.25\00:10:58.49 THE SECTION IS PROVIDING A SEWING CLASS FOR DEAF LADIES. 00:10:58.52\00:11:03.39 DEFINE THAT JUST FOR A SECOND. 00:11:05.49\00:11:07.36 WHEN YOU SAID SECTION, I THINK THAT'S A TERM USED WITHIN THE 00:11:07.40\00:11:11.57 CHURCH IS IT? FOR A CONFERENCE. 00:11:11.60\00:11:12.83 OK. 00:11:12.87\00:11:13.87 SECTION, OK. 00:11:13.90\00:11:15.40 AND THEY APPEAL TO GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR FUNDS TO HELP RUN 00:11:15.44\00:11:19.94 THE SEWING CLASS. THESE LADIES NOW WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A 00:11:25.11\00:11:29.18 LIVING. AND THEY COME AND THEY HAVE WORSHIP IN THE MORNING AND 00:11:29.22\00:11:33.12 AT THE CLOSE OF THE DAY AND THEY COME TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST DURING 00:11:33.15\00:11:38.93 THIS SEWING CLASS. SO IT'S A GATEWAY FOR UNDERSTANDING 00:11:38.96\00:11:43.73 CHRISTIANITY TOO. IT IS. 00:11:43.77\00:11:44.73 AND THESE ARE ALL DEAF STUDENTS. 00:11:44.77\00:11:46.74 YES, DEAF LADIES. 00:11:46.77\00:11:48.64 WOW. 00:11:48.67\00:11:49.64 THE MEN ARE SECTION OFFICERS WHO ARE THERE. 00:11:49.67\00:11:52.24 HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE THEY PROCESSED THROUGH THIS CLASS DO 00:11:52.27\00:11:55.98 YOU KNOW? THERE ARE SEVERAL SECTIONS SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY BUT IT'S A NUMBER OF 00:12:00.45\00:12:05.89 LADIES. 00:12:05.92\00:12:06.86 THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS? 00:12:06.89\00:12:08.89 YES, THREE YEARS I THINK. 00:12:08.92\00:12:10.46 WE HAVE A WORKSHOP THAT WE PUT ON FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 00:12:10.49\00:12:14.93 FOR THE DEAF AND MY WIFE MADE THAT BANNER "JESUS IS COMING SOON, DO WE BELIEVE THAT." 00:12:18.60\00:12:23.67 THESE DEAF PEOPLE IN INDIA NEED TO HEAR THE GOSPEL AS WELL AS 00:12:26.54\00:12:31.61 ALL THE HEARING PEOPLE. 00:12:31.65\00:12:32.61 PAUL KELLY IS DEAF. 00:12:32.65\00:12:34.72 HE IS A TEACHER FOR THE DEAF IN NEW YORK. 00:12:34.75\00:12:37.52 HE CAME WITH ME AND HELPED ME PUT THE WORKSHOP ON. 00:12:37.55\00:12:41.09 AND HOW DOES THE LANGUAGE, DOES HE HAVE TO BE TRANSLATED OR CAN 00:12:41.12\00:12:46.33 HE USE HIS OWN SKILLS AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM? 00:12:46.36\00:12:49.36 WELL, IT'S SORT OF CHOICE. 00:12:49.40\00:12:51.87 I CHOOSE TO HAVE AN INTERPRETER. 00:12:51.90\00:12:54.94 PAUL SAYS I'M JUST GOING TO TRY IT WITHOUT. 00:12:54.97\00:12:57.37 HE HAD TEXT ON POWER POINT SO THAT HELPED A LOT. 00:12:57.41\00:13:04.21 IT REINFORCED IT, YES. 00:13:04.25\00:13:06.78 THESE ARE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:13:06.82\00:13:09.38 AS YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE FULLY ENTHRALLED. 00:13:09.42\00:13:11.39 ONE IS OVER THERE OPENING HIS BIBLE. 00:13:11.42\00:13:13.59 THE OTHERS ARE WATCHING. 00:13:13.62\00:13:15.79 THEY ARE JUST EAGER TO LEARN HOW TO DO WORK FOR OTHER DEAF PEOPLE 00:13:15.82\00:13:21.33 IN A BETTER WAY. 00:13:21.36\00:13:23.23 ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE DEAF THEMSELVES AND HALF ARE HEARING. 00:13:23.26\00:13:27.24 ACTUALLY THE RATIO IS MORE ABOUT TWO THIRDS ARE DEAF AND ONE 00:13:27.27\00:13:32.34 THIRD ARE HEARING. WE DO HAVE HEARING WORKERS WHO KNOW SIGN 00:13:35.84\00:13:38.65 LANGUAGE. OK, SO THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE YOU. 00:13:38.68\00:13:40.65 THEY'VE GROWN UP IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY KNOW 00:13:40.68\00:13:42.65 BOTH. OR THEY HAVE GONE TO SCHOOL AND LEARNED SIGN 00:13:42.68\00:13:45.29 LANGUAGE. OH. 00:13:45.32\00:13:46.72 THE GENTLEMAN THERE IS HOLDING HIS HANDS UP AND HE IS SAYING IN 00:13:46.76\00:13:52.56 SIGN LANGUAGE I LOVE YOU. 00:13:52.59\00:13:54.63 OH THAT'S JUST WONDERFUL. 00:13:56.97\00:13:59.73 THIS SECTION WHERE ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IS IN 00:13:59.77\00:14:04.91 WHO DOES NOT HAVE A CHURCH BUT SHE MEETS IN A HOUSE AND HAS 00:14:07.14\00:14:13.45 ABOUT 25 MEMBERS. THE SECTION SAID OK, WE'RE GOING TO BUY THIS PROPERTY FOR A CHURCH TO COME. 00:14:13.48\00:14:18.55 JOHN BLAKE AND I WENT THERE AND DEDICATED THAT PROPERTY IN2007 00:14:22.62\00:14:26.29 AS YOU CAN SEE. 00:14:26.33\00:14:27.83 BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED ALL THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T 00:14:27.86\00:14:32.33 HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD THIS CHURCH. 00:14:35.80\00:14:37.14 SO THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE RAISED 65 THOUSAND RUPEES. 00:14:37.17\00:14:42.01 THEY NEED 18 THOUSAND MORE RUPEES IN ORDER TO BEGIN TEARING 00:14:45.11\00:14:50.19 DOWN THIS HOUSE THAT IS ALREADY FALLING DOWN. 00:14:52.89\00:14:54.62 YOU CAN SEE THE CEILING THERE IS RUSTING AND FALLING DOWN. 00:14:54.66\00:14:59.73 THE PRESIDENT IS STANDING THERE LOOKING, DREAMING THAT SOME DAY 00:15:01.73\00:15:06.80 THIS HOUSE WILL BE TORN DOWN AND A CHURCH THAT WILL HOLD ABOUT 50 00:15:09.50\00:15:14.54 MEMBERS WILL BE IN ITS PLACE. 00:15:14.58\00:15:16.04 CAN YOU GIVE A BALL PARK FIGURE FOR HOW 18 THOUSAND RUPEES WOULD 00:15:16.08\00:15:21.12 TRANSLATE INTO U.S. 00:15:21.15\00:15:22.12 DOLLARS? 00:15:22.15\00:15:23.12 OR MAYBE CANADIAN DOLLARS? 00:15:23.15\00:15:24.35 I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY FOUR HUNDRED 00:15:24.39\00:15:29.52 DOLLARS. NOT EVEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, JUST HUNDREDS OF 00:15:36.70\00:15:39.87 DOLLARS. RIGHT. 00:15:39.90\00:15:40.94 OK. 00:15:40.97\00:15:42.17 TELL US ABOUT THIS COUPLE. 00:15:42.20\00:15:43.64 WELL THIS COUPLE IS IN KAKINADA AND THE REASON I PUT THIS 00:15:43.67\00:15:48.88 PICTURE IN IS BECAUSE JOHN WAS SINGLE FOR MANY YEARS AND HE PRAYED LORD I WANT TO 00:15:48.91\00:15:54.82 MARRY SOMEONE AND HAVE A WIFE BUT HOW CAN I FIND A CHRISTIAN. 00:15:54.85\00:15:59.59 AND HE NEVER COULD FIND ONE. 00:15:59.62\00:16:03.79 THIS YOUNG LADY IS NOW STUDYING WITH JOHN AND EXPECTS TO BE 00:16:03.83\00:16:08.86 BAPTIZED IN A SHORT TIME SO WE PRAISE GOD FOR THAT TURN OF 00:16:12.17\00:16:17.54 EVENTS. SO SHE IS ON HER WAY TO BECOMING A CHRISTIAN AND A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 00:16:17.57\00:16:23.48 PERHAPS, YES, AND THEY'RE HOPING TO WORK TOGETHER IN DEAF 00:16:23.51\00:16:29.28 MINISTRY. YES. 00:16:29.32\00:16:30.15 SO BOTH OF THEM ARE SIGNING PEOPLE. 00:16:30.19\00:16:32.25 THEY ARE. 00:16:32.29\00:16:33.25 OK. 00:16:33.29\00:16:34.69 WELL THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO TRANSITION JUST TO MAKE AN 00:16:34.72\00:16:40.06 APPEAL AGAIN. YOU CAN SEE BASED ON OUR TALK ABOUT DOLLARS AND RUPEES HOW LITTLE IT CAN 00:16:40.10\00:16:45.50 TAKE TO DO SOMETHING WONDERFUL OVER THERE IN INDIA. 00:16:45.53\00:16:49.07 AND I JUST, I WANT YOU AS SOMEBODY WHO IS WATCHING AND PRAYING TO THINK ABOUT 00:16:49.10\00:16:55.14 WHAT YOU CAN DO TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. 00:16:55.18\00:16:57.41 YOU CAN MARK, YOU CAN SEND IT IN. 00:16:57.45\00:17:01.28 WRITE DOWN THE ADDRESS, THE EMAILS, ALL THE CONTACT POINTS. 00:17:01.32\00:17:05.59 MAKE CONTACT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17:05.62\00:17:08.22 SHARE THAT CONCERN WITH THEM. 00:17:08.26\00:17:09.72 SAY YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. 00:17:09.76\00:17:12.03 AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT DON'T JUST THINK OF SOMETHING FAR 00:17:12.06\00:17:17.03 AWAY. REMEMBER YOUR OWN COMMUNITY. 00:17:17.07\00:17:18.93 REMEMBER YOUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE AND PRAY THAT GOD WILL 00:17:18.97\00:17:25.24 BE WORKING THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE DEAF TO THE 00:17:25.27\00:17:29.28 VOICE OF GOD. THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE IT. 00:17:29.31\00:17:31.35 YOU CAN HELP INTRODUCE THEM TO WHO THAT GOD IS. 00:17:31.38\00:17:34.12 YOU CAN BE THE SPARK WHERE YOU ARE. 00:17:34.15\00:17:36.89 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 00:17:36.92\00:17:42.92 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 00:17:42.96\00:17:46.63 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 00:17:46.66\00:17:49.16 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:17:49.20\00:17:51.80 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 00:17:51.83\00:17:54.70 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 00:17:54.74\00:17:57.57 MY HEAD HURTS. 00:17:57.61\00:17:59.01 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 00:17:59.04\00:18:01.48 I GIVE UP. 00:18:01.51\00:18:02.91 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 00:18:02.94\00:18:05.31 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:18:05.35\00:18:07.72 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:18:07.75\00:18:10.59 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 00:18:10.62\00:18:15.39 WHERE? 00:18:15.42\00:18:16.39 ALL THE WORLD. 00:18:16.42\00:18:17.56 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 00:18:17.59\00:18:19.76 YOU CAN PRAY. 00:18:19.79\00:18:21.83 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 00:18:21.86\00:18:26.77 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 00:18:26.80\00:18:30.81 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:18:30.84\00:18:33.64 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 00:18:33.68\00:18:36.58 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 00:18:36.61\00:18:38.75 BE THE SPARK. 00:18:38.78\00:18:40.22 LIGHT THE FIRE. 00:18:40.25\00:18:42.25 FINISH THE WORK. 00:18:42.28\00:18:45.15 FINISH THE WORK. 00:18:45.19\00:18:48.02 BE THE SPARK. 00:18:48.06\00:18:50.99 DID THAT INSPIRE YOU? 00:18:51.03\00:18:52.86 IT'S FUN TO SEE THAT PROMO JUST TO INSPIRE ALL OF US. 00:18:52.89\00:18:56.97 WE CAN BE A PART OF FINISHING THE WORK AND THERE IS SO MUCH 00:18:57.00\00:19:01.34 OUT THERE. 00:19:01.37\00:19:02.84 NOW FRED YOU HAVE SOME MORE. 00:19:02.87\00:19:04.57 I DO. 00:19:04.61\00:19:05.51 I HAVE A STORY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. 00:19:05.54\00:19:07.58 LAKSHMI IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:19:07.61\00:19:10.45 SHE DOESN'T USUALLY BUT THIS DAY SHE HAD TO GO AND VISIT A 00:19:10.48\00:19:15.55 HOSPITAL SOME DISTANCE AWAY. 00:19:18.39\00:19:19.89 WHEN SHE WAS THERE SHE SAW A DEAF LADY FRANTICALLY TRYING TO 00:19:19.92\00:19:26.49 TELL A DOCTOR, MY MOTHER IS VERY SICK YOU HAVE TO COME TO OUR HOUSE AND TAKE CARE OF HER. 00:19:26.53\00:19:31.23 THE MOTHER WAS IN A COMA, SHE WAS DIABETIC SO LAKSHMI WAS ABLE 00:19:31.27\00:19:36.34 IN WRITING, BECAUSE SHE COULD TALK TO THIS DEAF LADY AND THEN 00:19:38.57\00:19:43.65 HER BEING DEAF AS WELL, WROTE TO THE DOCTOR. 00:19:45.75\00:19:47.55 THE DOCTOR UNDERSTOOD AND RUSHED OVER TO THE HOUSE WITH GLUCOSE 00:19:47.58\00:19:52.49 AND HER MOTHER LIVED. 00:19:52.52\00:19:57.59 HER MOTHER HAS BECOME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AND THE DEAF LADY WHO IS HER 00:19:57.63\00:20:01.83 DAUGHTER SAYS I AM NOW STUDYING WITH LAKSHMI AND I'VE ACCEPTED 00:20:01.86\00:20:07.87 CHRIST AND I WANT TO BE BAPTIZED SOON. 00:20:07.90\00:20:09.24 SO GOD PROVIDED THAT WORKER TO BE IN THAT HOSPITAL AT THAT 00:20:09.27\00:20:16.04 CERTAIN TIME. 00:20:16.08\00:20:17.05 THAT WAS SPECIAL. 00:20:17.08\00:20:19.15 THAT WAS THERE IN SOUTHERN INDIA. 00:20:20.55\00:20:22.62 WHAT ELSE KEEPS YOU EXCITED ABOUT THE DEAF MINISTRY THERE? 00:20:25.32\00:20:30.86 WELL YOU KNOW, WHEN CHRIST WAS HERE ON EARTH HE HEALED A DEAF 00:20:30.89\00:20:34.93 PERSON. HE DID. 00:20:34.96\00:20:36.80 AND I CAN IMAGINE HE WANTED TO HEEL THEM ALL BUT HE DIDN'T, AND 00:20:36.83\00:20:40.97 HE PROVIDED US WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF CARRYING TO DEAF 00:20:41.00\00:20:46.07 PEOPLE THE HEALING LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL AND THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US 00:20:48.38\00:20:55.22 EXCITED. ARE YOU FINDING THAT THE DEAF THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH THAT SOME OF THEM DO 00:20:55.25\00:21:00.76 HAVE A CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND OR MOST OF THEM NOT? 00:21:00.79\00:21:04.76 WHAT DO THEY BRING WITH THEM WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER LIKE A 00:21:04.79\00:21:10.20 GOSPEL WORKER? WELL I THINK THEY ENCOUNTER PEACE BECAUSE MANY OF 00:21:10.23\00:21:16.57 THEM IN THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTED BY SOCIETY, THEY ARE NOT PART 00:21:16.60\00:21:21.68 OF SOCIETY. 00:21:24.41\00:21:25.88 THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE SIGN LANGUAGE IN PUBLIC AND THEY 00:21:25.91\00:21:29.65 CAN'T GET DRIVER LICENSES, THEY CAN'T GET JOBS SO WHEN THEY FIND 00:21:29.68\00:21:34.92 THE PEACE OF CHRIST IT JUST FILLS THEIR HEART WITH JOY. 00:21:34.96\00:21:38.89 OH HERE'S A PICTURE, THIS MUST BE A STORY TOO. 00:21:38.93\00:21:44.63 THERE'S A FEW LEFT. 00:21:44.67\00:21:46.23 WELL THE REASON I PUT THIS IN IS BECAUSE ASIAN AID SCHOOL FOR THE 00:21:46.27\00:21:52.14 DEAF IS OUR BEST HOPE OF GETTING MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:21:52.17\00:21:55.58 THESE STUDENTS LEARN ENGLISH. 00:21:55.61\00:21:57.28 THEY KNOW AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:21:57.31\00:21:59.28 THEY KNOW INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:21:59.31\00:22:02.45 I PUT THAT PICTURE IN BECAUSE I BELIEVE SIX OR SEVEN OF THEIR 00:22:02.48\00:22:08.72 TENTH GRADERS HAD JUST GRADUATED. 00:22:08.76\00:22:11.69 NOW THOSE ARE SOME MORE STUDENTS THAT HAVE TO GO TO BANGALORE AND 00:22:11.73\00:22:15.36 GO TO A SECULAR COLLEGE. 00:22:15.40\00:22:16.87 THEY HAD 80 STUDENTS THIS YEAR AND AS YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE 00:22:16.90\00:22:23.41 SINGING A SON. AND THEY JUST LOVE TO SING PRAISES TO THE 00:22:23.44\00:22:25.94 LORD. I AM SO TOUCHED BY THEIR SMILES, THEIR GENUINE HEART OF 00:22:25.97\00:22:31.05 DEVOTION TO CHRIST. 00:22:37.32\00:22:38.75 I SPENT FOUR DAYS THERE TWO YEARS AGO AND I FELL IN LOVE 00:22:38.79\00:22:43.83 WITH THOSE KIDS. IN FACT, I HAD TEARS COMING TO MY EYES AS I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE MY 00:22:43.86\00:22:48.36 LAST TRIP TO INDIA BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY OTHER PLACES TO GO 00:22:48.40\00:22:51.30 AND I'M GETTING OLDER. 00:22:51.33\00:22:52.93 AND SOME GIRLS SAW ME CRYING AND WONDERED WHY I WAS CRYING. 00:22:52.97\00:22:57.07 OH YES, YES, THAT SENSE OF LIMITATION. 00:22:57.11\00:23:03.35 SO THAT SCHOOL HAD 80 CHILDREN. 00:23:03.38\00:23:06.98 WHO FUNDS THAT EDUCATION? 00:23:07.02\00:23:09.08 ASIAN AID IS OUT OF AUSTRALIA AND THEY HAVE A GREAT COMMITMENT 00:23:09.12\00:23:14.19 TO ALL CHILDREN IN INDIA. 00:23:16.29\00:23:17.79 THEY HAVE A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 00:23:17.83\00:23:21.00 WE NEED MORE DEAF SCHOOLS. 00:23:21.03\00:23:23.63 WE PRAY THAT SOME DAY THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. 00:23:23.67\00:23:26.20 SO IS THAT PART OF THE COOPERATION BETWEEN ASIAN AID AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 00:23:26.23\00:23:30.57 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH SEES SOME OF THESE AS POTENTIAL GOSPEL 00:23:30.61\00:23:35.08 WORKERS? WELL I CERTAINLY DO. 00:23:35.11\00:23:36.48 I KNOW THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ANXIOUS TO HAVE MORE WORKERS FOR 00:23:36.51\00:23:41.95 THE DEAF. 00:23:41.98\00:23:43.25 THESE ARE SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE GRADUATING AND THE 00:23:43.28\00:23:45.92 PRINCIPAL AND HIS WIFE WERE THERE. 00:23:45.95\00:23:48.42 OH MY. 00:23:48.46\00:23:50.13 AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PUTTING ON A SKIT WITH ENTHUSIASM ON SABBATH 00:23:50.16\00:23:55.76 AFTERNOON. 00:23:55.80\00:23:57.30 HOPE CHANNEL CAME AND THEY WERE INTERVIEWING THESE DEAF STUDENTS 00:23:57.33\00:24:01.94 AND WERE GOING TO PUT A PROGRAM IN HOPE INDIA. 00:24:04.31\00:24:09.94 IN CLOSING I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT A YOUNG DEAF WORKER HE SAID 00:24:09.98\00:24:16.85 WHY IS THIS MAN STARING AT ME. 00:24:16.89\00:24:19.05 AND THEY COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS ANOTHER DEAF PERSON. 00:24:19.09\00:24:22.19 HOW DID THIS OTHER MAN KNOW HE WAS DEAF? 00:24:22.22\00:24:24.66 THEY TALKED TO EACH OTHER AND NOW THEY'RE STUDYING THE BIBLE 00:24:24.69\00:24:28.60 AND SOON THE MAN WANTS TO BE BAPTIZED FOR CHRIST. 00:24:28.63\00:24:31.63 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 00:24:31.67\00:24:33.23 YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S QUITE AN OSTRACISM TO DEAF PEOPLE IN 00:24:33.27\00:24:38.71 THAT CULTURE. THEY'RE NOT ENCOURAGED TO SIGN WHERE OTHERS 00:24:38.74\00:24:42.28 CAN WATCH THEM. ARE SOME OF THE DEAF PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE ENCOUNTERED HAVE THEY BEEN 00:24:45.28\00:24:49.05 PUSHED INTO BEGGING? 00:24:49.08\00:24:51.55 THAT CERTAINLY IS A BIG PART OF A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM BECAUSE 00:24:51.59\00:24:55.72 THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS. 00:24:55.76\00:24:56.99 NO OTHER OPTIONS. 00:24:57.03\00:24:59.86 WELL, IT'S AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT. 00:24:59.89\00:25:03.26 I'M GLAD THAT BOTH OF YOU TOOK YOUR FAMILY HISTORIES AND TRANSLATED THEM INTO 00:25:03.30\00:25:08.34 MINISTRY TO OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD. 00:25:10.77\00:25:13.11 THAT'S A WONDERFUL GIFT. 00:25:13.14\00:25:14.94 I'VE NOT BEEN THERE AS A DEAF PERSON AND I DON'T KNOW HOW 00:25:14.98\00:25:16.95 LIMITING THAT MIGHT BE BUT TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME AND DO THAT KIND OF ENCOURAGEMENT MUST 00:25:16.98\00:25:19.11 BE BEYOND IMAGINATION TO THOSE OF US WHO HAVEN'T BEEN THERE. 00:25:19.15\00:25:24.19 I MAINTAIN THAT DEAF MINISTRY IS THE HARDEST MINISTRY IN THE 00:25:28.72\00:25:34.00 WORLD. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY HARD MINISTRIES 00:25:34.00\00:25:38.23 IN THE WORLD AND WE COULD NAME SOME OF THEM THAT WE MINISTER TO THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:25:38.27\00:25:42.20 BUT INSIDE EVERY ONE OF THOSE HARD ONES IS A DEAF GROUP THAT 00:25:42.24\00:25:47.31 IS EVEN HARDER TO REACH SO THAT'S WHY I MAKE THE CLAIM THAT IT'S THE HARDEST MINISTRY IN 00:25:49.41\00:25:54.65 THE WORLD. 00:25:54.68\00:25:56.05 WELL IF YOU AS A VIEWER WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS 00:25:56.08\00:26:00.76 HARDEST OF MINISTRIES, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU AGAIN TO LOOK ON 00:26:00.79\00:26:04.96 THE SCREEN. SEE THE NAMES, THE ADDRESSES, THE EMAILS, THE WEB ALL OF THAT WHERE YOU 00:26:04.99\00:26:10.03 CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WHETHER IT'S HERE IN 00:26:12.03\00:26:15.60 THE UNITED STATES OR WHETHER IT'S CANADA. 00:26:15.64\00:26:18.61 LOOK AT THAT. 00:26:18.64\00:26:19.44 SEE WHAT GOD IS CALLING YOU TO DO. 00:26:19.47\00:26:22.01 IF YOU SENSE GOD'S APPEAL GO AHEAD. 00:26:22.04\00:26:26.28 FIND A WAY TO CONTRIBUTE. 00:26:26.31\00:26:28.42 BE A PART OF THIS EXERCISE AND DON'T FORGET LIKE IT SHOWED IN 00:26:28.45\00:26:34.49 THE LITTLE PROMO THERE, DON'T FORGET THAT THERE IS YOUR AREA, YOUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE. 00:26:34.52\00:26:39.33 THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND YOU WHO NEED TO HEAR WHO RIGHT NOW HAVE 00:26:39.36\00:26:44.07 NEVER HEARD. 00:26:44.10\00:26:45.40 GOD BE WITH YOU. 00:26:45.43\00:26:47.24 IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:26:47.27\00:26:49.70 GLAD TO HAVE YOU JOHN AND FRED. 00:26:51.67\00:26:53.11 THANK YOU. 00:26:53.14\00:26:58.21 GOD BLESS. 00:28:06.38\00:28:11.45 [CLOSING MUSIC] 00:28:25.00\00:28:40.02