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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000598A
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:16 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:20 MY NAME IS OLE OLESEN AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT I GET TO HAVE SOME SPECIAL 00:25 GUESTS HERE TODAY. 00:26 I HAVE JOHN BLAKE AND FRED GRIFFITH HERE WITH ME TO SPEAK ABOUT DEAF 00:34 MINISTRIES THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH AROUND THE WORLD I BELIEVE. 00:40 JOHN, I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN WITH THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE. 00:44 YES, I STARTED IN DEAF MINISTRY BECAUSE OF OUR DEAF DAUGHTER AND 00:52 EVENTUALLY WE ADOPTED A DEAF SON AND MY WIFE BECAME A TEACHER OF THE 00:56 DEAF. 00:57 THEN WE GRADUALLY GOT MORE AND MORE INVOLVED PARTICULARLY TO START WITH 01:01 IN INDIA. 01:03 SO THAT WAS YOUR EDUCATION HAVING A FAMILY WHERE YOU HAD TO COMMUNICATE BY SIGN 01:08 LANGUAGE. 01:09 YES. 01:10 BUT HOW OLD WERE YOUR CHILDREN WHEN THAT SKILL TRANSFERRED OVER TO INDIA? 01:15 WELL, I WAS PASTORING IN ALBERTA AND I GOT A FAX FROM DOROTHY WATTS IN 01:25 INDIA. 01:26 SHE SAID WE HAVE A PASTOR WHO IS TOO DEAF TO PASTOR. 01:30 COULD YOU DO ANYTHING TO HELP HIM HAVE AN OPERATION AND A HEARING AID FOR LIKE 01:33 EIGHT OR NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS WHICH WAS WELL. 01:35 YOU WOULDN'T EVEN GET A HEARING AID FOR THAT NOW HARDLY. 01:38 SO WE RAISED THE MONEY AND THEN I SAID TO HER, THERE ARE 19 MILLION DEAF IN 01:45 INDIA WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THE DEAF? 01:51 SO WE GOT INVOLVED IN PROVIDING SOME MATS FOR A DEAF SCHOOL THAT WAS 01:56 ACTUALLY AN ADVENTIST DEAF SCHOOL. 01:59 AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PICTURES FROM THERE. 02:01 OK. 02:02 THEN I GOT THINKING MAYBE, MAYBE WE COULD GET A START IN DEAF WORK IN INDIA AND 02:10 I SAID WELL, I'LL GUARANTEE A DEAF WORKER FOR HALF THE COST OF A 02:15 DEAF WORKER FOR THREE YEARS IF YOU CAN RAISE THE OTHER HALF. 02:17 IN A LITTLE WHILE SHE SAID YES, SEND THE MONEY. 02:27 SO WE STARTED WITH ONE FULL TIME REGULAR CONFERENCE DEAF WORKER 02:32 THEN WE GRADUALLY SWITCHED TO WORKING THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:37 I BET THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT PRAYER. 02:39 YES. 02:41 THAT MUST HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING TRANSITION IN YOUR LIFE. 02:45 I WAS JUST THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE HAD A PRAYER HERE AT 02:49 THE BEGINNING OF OUR TALK. 02:52 WOULD MIND PRAYING FOR US? 02:53 OK. 02:55 OUR DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, AS WE TALK TODAY PARTICULARLY ABOUT INDIA 02:59 AND ABOUT MEETING THE NEEDS OF DEAF PEOPLE THERE WE ASK THAT YOUR HOLY 03:05 SPIRIT WILL BE HERE. 03:06 BLESS THE PICTURES, BLESS OUR DISCUSSION AND LORD BLESS AS PEOPLE WATCH. 03:12 AND MOST OF ALL PLEASE BLESS THE DEAF PEOPLE IN INDIA THAT WE ARE WANTING 03:17 TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO. 03:19 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND WE ASK THAT YOUR SPIRIT BE WITH US NOW WE 03:23 PRAY IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN. 03:27 AMEN. 03:29 SO INDIA WAS THE SPARK FOR A DEAF MINISTRY. 03:35 HOW LONG WAS IT BETWEEN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE WITH DOROTHY WATTS AND GOSPEL 03:42 OUTREACH? 03:43 WAS THAT PRETTY CLOSE IN TIME? 03:45 WELL I THINK IT PROBABLY TOOK TWO OR THREE YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT 03:49 INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE I WAS SENDING MONEY FROM CANADA. 03:52 WHAT HAPPENED WAS I USED TO HAVE A BOOTH AT THE ALBERTA CONFERENCE AT CAMP 03:57 MEETING NEAR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH BOOTH. 04:01 AND YOU KNOW WHEN IT WASN'T VERY BUSY I'D GET CHATTING AT THE GOSPEL 04:05 OUTREACH BOOTH AND I SORT OF SAID YOU KNOW WOULD YOU CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING 04:09 FOR THE DEAF. 04:10 WELL I WAS TOLD TO ASK. 04:12 WELL FINALLY WHEN I WAS ALREADY FROM CANADA SUPPORTING SOME WORK IN 04:15 INDIA AND I WAS HAVING A BIT OF TROUBLE RAISING ALL THE MONEY I ASKED GOSPEL 04:20 OUTREACH WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING AND THEY SAID ASK. 04:24 SO I ASKED. 04:26 AND NOW GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS OVER 40 WORKERS FOR THE DEAF IN NINE COUNTRIES 04:30 AND WE JUST PRAISE GOD. 04:32 NINE COUNTRIES. 04:33 WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON INDIA BUT COULD YOU NAME THE OTHER EIGHT COUNTRIES? 04:38 WELL IF I CAN GET THEM ALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 04:41 WE HAVE OF COURSE INDIA AND WE HAVE THE PHILIPPINES AND WE ARE 04:45 CO-SPONSORING IN BRAZIL AND WE HAVE KYRGYZSTAN AND KAZAKHSTAN, ONE WORKER IN 04:52 EACH. 04:53 AND THEN WE HAVE A WORKER IN GHANA. 04:56 IN FACT WE HAVE FOUR WORKERS THERE NOW. 04:58 WE HAVE EIGHT WORKERS IN KENYA AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A SECOND WORKER FOR UGANDA 05:04 WHERE WE'VE JUST RECENTLY STARTED AND ALSO A SECOND WORKER FOR SOUTH SUDAN. 05:10 AND OF COURSE WE'RE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 05:13 I DID ANOTHER PROGRAM TODAY ON THAT. 05:15 OH MY, WOW. 05:17 SO THAT'S A BROAD REACH. 05:20 IT'S NOT THE WHOLE WORLD BUT IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY OF US HAVE TO LIVE WITH 05:26 THAT LIMITATION ON OUR COMMUNICATION. 05:29 FRED, YOU'RE THE EXPERT ON INDIA THESE DAYS AND I UNDERSTAND JOHN SHARED HOW 05:37 HIS FAMILY CAME INTO DEAF MINISTRY, COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW 05:42 YOUR FAMILY BECAME DEAF AND SIGNING PROFICIENT. 05:47 MY FATHER WHEN HE WAS SEVEN CONTACTED SPINAL MENINGITIS SO HE HAD 05:51 ALREADY LEARNED TO SPEAK AND WRITE AND LISTEN TO MUSIC. 06:00 MY MOTHER WAS BORN DEAF. 06:01 SO THERE WERE FIVE OF US IN THE FAMILY. 06:05 THERE WERE THREE BOYS THAT WERE HEARING AND TWO GIRLS THAT WERE DEAF SO I GREW 06:09 UP IN A DEAF FAMILY. 06:11 WELL WE CAN TELL YOU'RE ONE OF THE HEARING ONES BECAUSE YOU CAN 06:14 COMMUNICATE WITH ME. 06:15 BUT YOU GREW UP BILINGUAL THAT WAY. 06:19 THAT IS CORRECT. 06:20 NOW WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET JOHN? 06:22 WHEN DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN GOSPEL OUTREACH? 06:29 MAYBE JOHN NEEDS TO ANSWER THAT. 06:32 WELL I REMEMBER MEETING ALFRED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA WHEN HE WAS 06:36 PASTORING OR WORKING IN DEAF WORK AND SO ON IN THAT AREA. 06:43 AFTER WE GOT GOING IN INDIA AND SO ON ALFRED CAME WITH ME TO VISIT 06:51 INDIA. 06:52 OH, OK. 06:54 AND THEN GRADUALLY, FIRST OF ALL I THINK HE KIND OF FUNDED SOME OF HIS OWN 06:56 TRAVEL WITH SOME HELP FROM HIS CONGREGATION. 07:00 AND THEN WE FINALLY TOOK HIM ON AS AN ASSOCIATE OR ASSISTANT WITH ME. 07:05 HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN FRED? 07:08 I THINK IT'S FIVE YEARS. 07:09 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 07:11 FIVE YEARS. 07:13 AND I SUSPECT THAT YOU HAVE STORIES TO TELL ABOUT THOSE FIVE YEARS. 07:18 WELL WE CERTAINLY DO BECAUSE GOD PROVIDED SO MANY AWESOME THINGS IN 07:23 THOSE EXPERIENCES. 07:25 SO WHERE DO YOU WANT TO START TODAY? 07:28 I KNOW YOU CAN'T TELL THEM ALL BUT WHERE DO YOU WANT TO START WITH US TODAY IN 07:32 YOUR WORK THERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 07:36 WELL I THINK WE START WITH A GREAT NEED. 07:40 A LOT OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS NOW ARE WORKING IN VILLAGES AND I 07:46 HAVE A REAL BURDEN TO SEE US FIND SOME QUALIFIED WORKERS THAT CAN GO INTO 07:51 THE LARGE CITIES BECAUSE IN A VILLAGE THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF DEAF 07:58 PEOPLE BUT IN SOME OF THESE LARGE CITIES LIKE BANGALORE AND CHENNAI 08:03 THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DEAF PEOPLE. 08:06 THERE ARE ABOUT 19 MILLION DEAF PEOPLE IN INDIA. 08:11 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CHINA, INDIA HAS THE MOST NUMBER OF DEAF PEOPLE IN 08:16 THE WORLD. 08:18 SO THERE IS A GREAT NEED THERE. 08:21 IS THAT NUMERIC OR PER CAPITA AS WELL? 08:23 NUMERIC. 08:25 NUMERIC, OK. 08:27 SO ARE YOU FOCUSED IN ONE AREA OF INDIA? 08:32 AT THE PRESENT TIME WE DON'T' HAVE ANY WORKERS IN NORTHERN SO MOST OF THEM 08:37 ARE IN SOUTHERN INDIA. 08:38 SOUTHERN INDIA. 08:39 OK. 08:40 WELL TAKE US TO A STORY. 08:42 I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE SOME SLIDES. 08:44 LET'S DO THAT. 08:45 LET'S LOOK AT SOME PICTURES. 08:46 THIS IS A STUDENT WHO IS IN THE 11TH GRADE. 08:51 HE'S GONE TO BANGALORE TO CONTINUE HIS STUDIES. 08:56 THE CHALLENGING PART IS THAT HE HAS TO GO TO A SECULAR SCHOOL. 09:02 HE CAME FROM THE ASIAN AID SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 09:05 HE ALONG WITH 15 OTHER STUDENTS CAME ON SABBATH WHEN I HAD THE MEETING FOR 09:14 THEM AND EVERY ONE OF THEM CAME FORWARD AND SAID WE WANT TO WORK FOR GOSPEL 09:18 OUTREACH. 09:20 THE CHALLENGE THEY HAVE OF COURSE IS THAT OVER THERE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO 09:24 SUPPORT THEIR PARENTS AND THEY STILL HAVE PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX YEARS OF 09:30 SCHOOLING AHEAD OF THEM. 09:33 BUT WE WANT TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM. 09:35 THE LOCAL ADVENTIST COLLEGE, LOWRY COLLEGE IS CONSIDERING PROVIDING THE 09:43 CURRICULUM SO THEY WON'T HAVE THE SABBATH PROBLEMS SO WE'RE PRAYING THAT THAT 09:47 WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THOSE STUDENTS. 09:51 SO IN THE SECULAR SETTING, THE STATE EDUCATION, THEY FACE SOME SABBATH 09:56 CONFLICTS. 09:57 THEY DO, THEY DO. 09:59 THE OFFICIALS WENT TWICE AND WERE TOLD NO WE CANNOT MAKE EXCEPTION FOR THESE 10:06 STUDENTS. 10:07 SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR YOUR LISTENERS TO PRAY FOR IS THAT THE 10:12 ALTERNATIVE WITH LOWRY COLLEGE COULD TAKE PLACE. 10:16 WOW. 10:18 CAN I ASK, WHEN YOU'RE LIVING WITH THAT LIMITATION, IS THE FULL 10:25 RANGE OF EDUCATION OPEN TO THEM IN THE SECULAR STUDY? 10:30 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE HEARING STUDENTS CAN RAISE THEIR 10:34 HAND AND SAY TEACHER I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. 10:37 THE DEAF STUDENTS HAVE TO SIT THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING THE TEACHING 10:43 THROUGH AN INTERPRETER. 10:46 SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK THE QUESTIONS. 10:49 THEY CAN'T INTERRUPT THE INTERPRETER. 10:51 NO. 10:52 THEY CAN ONLY LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS. 10:54 RIGHT. 10:55 WELL, OK. 10:57 WHAT IS THIS? 10:58 THE SECTION IS PROVIDING A SEWING CLASS FOR DEAF LADIES. 11:05 DEFINE THAT JUST FOR A SECOND. 11:07 WHEN YOU SAID SECTION, I THINK THAT'S A TERM USED WITHIN THE CHURCH IS IT? 11:11 FOR A CONFERENCE. 11:12 OK. 11:13 SECTION, OK. 11:15 AND THEY APPEAL TO GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR FUNDS TO HELP RUN THE SEWING CLASS. 11:25 THESE LADIES NOW WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING. 11:29 AND THEY COME AND THEY HAVE WORSHIP IN THE MORNING AND AT THE CLOSE 11:33 OF THE DAY AND THEY COME TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST DURING THIS SEWING CLASS. 11:38 SO IT'S A GATEWAY FOR UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIANITY TOO. 11:43 IT IS. 11:44 AND THESE ARE ALL DEAF STUDENTS. 11:46 YES, DEAF LADIES. 11:48 WOW. 11:49 THE MEN ARE SECTION OFFICERS WHO ARE THERE. 11:52 HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE THEY PROCESSED THROUGH THIS CLASS DO YOU KNOW? 12:00 THERE ARE SEVERAL SECTIONS SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY BUT IT'S A NUMBER OF 12:05 LADIES. 12:06 THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS? 12:08 YES, THREE YEARS I THINK. 12:10 WE HAVE A WORKSHOP THAT WE PUT ON FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FOR THE DEAF AND 12:18 MY WIFE MADE THAT BANNER "JESUS IS COMING SOON, DO WE BELIEVE THAT." 12:26 THESE DEAF PEOPLE IN INDIA NEED TO HEAR THE GOSPEL AS WELL AS ALL THE HEARING 12:31 PEOPLE. 12:32 PAUL KELLY IS DEAF. 12:34 HE IS A TEACHER FOR THE DEAF IN NEW YORK. 12:37 HE CAME WITH ME AND HELPED ME PUT THE WORKSHOP ON. 12:41 AND HOW DOES THE LANGUAGE, DOES HE HAVE TO BE TRANSLATED OR CAN HE USE 12:46 HIS OWN SKILLS AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM? 12:49 WELL, IT'S SORT OF CHOICE. 12:51 I CHOOSE TO HAVE AN INTERPRETER. 12:54 PAUL SAYS I'M JUST GOING TO TRY IT WITHOUT. 12:57 HE HAD TEXT ON POWER POINT SO THAT HELPED A LOT. 13:04 IT REINFORCED IT, YES. 13:06 THESE ARE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 13:09 AS YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE FULLY ENTHRALLED. 13:11 ONE IS OVER THERE OPENING HIS BIBLE. 13:13 THE OTHERS ARE WATCHING. 13:15 THEY ARE JUST EAGER TO LEARN HOW TO DO WORK FOR OTHER DEAF PEOPLE IN A 13:21 BETTER WAY. 13:23 ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE DEAF THEMSELVES AND HALF ARE HEARING. 13:27 ACTUALLY THE RATIO IS MORE ABOUT TWO THIRDS ARE DEAF AND ONE THIRD ARE HEARING. 13:35 WE DO HAVE HEARING WORKERS WHO KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE. 13:38 OK, SO THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE YOU. 13:40 THEY'VE GROWN UP IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY KNOW BOTH. 13:42 OR THEY HAVE GONE TO SCHOOL AND LEARNED SIGN LANGUAGE. 13:45 OH. 13:46 THE GENTLEMAN THERE IS HOLDING HIS HANDS UP AND HE IS SAYING IN SIGN 13:52 LANGUAGE I LOVE YOU. 13:56 OH THAT'S JUST WONDERFUL. 13:59 THIS SECTION WHERE ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IS IN WHO DOES NOT 14:07 HAVE A CHURCH BUT SHE MEETS IN A HOUSE AND HAS ABOUT 25 MEMBERS. 14:13 THE SECTION SAID OK, WE'RE GOING TO BUY THIS PROPERTY FOR A CHURCH TO COME. 14:22 JOHN BLAKE AND I WENT THERE AND DEDICATED THAT PROPERTY IN2007 AS YOU CAN 14:26 SEE. 14:27 BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED ALL THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO 14:35 BUILD THIS CHURCH. 14:37 SO THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE RAISED 65 THOUSAND RUPEES. 14:45 THEY NEED 18 THOUSAND MORE RUPEES IN ORDER TO BEGIN TEARING DOWN THIS HOUSE 14:52 THAT IS ALREADY FALLING DOWN. 14:54 YOU CAN SEE THE CEILING THERE IS RUSTING AND FALLING DOWN. 15:01 THE PRESIDENT IS STANDING THERE LOOKING, DREAMING THAT SOME DAY THIS HOUSE 15:09 WILL BE TORN DOWN AND A CHURCH THAT WILL HOLD ABOUT 50 MEMBERS WILL BE 15:14 IN ITS PLACE. 15:16 CAN YOU GIVE A BALL PARK FIGURE FOR HOW 18 THOUSAND RUPEES WOULD TRANSLATE 15:21 INTO U.S. 15:22 DOLLARS? 15:23 OR MAYBE CANADIAN DOLLARS? 15:24 I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS. 15:36 NOT EVEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, JUST HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. 15:39 RIGHT. 15:40 OK. 15:42 TELL US ABOUT THIS COUPLE. 15:43 WELL THIS COUPLE IS IN KAKINADA AND THE REASON I PUT THIS PICTURE IN IS 15:48 BECAUSE JOHN WAS SINGLE FOR MANY YEARS AND HE PRAYED LORD I WANT TO 15:54 MARRY SOMEONE AND HAVE A WIFE BUT HOW CAN I FIND A CHRISTIAN. 15:59 AND HE NEVER COULD FIND ONE. 16:03 THIS YOUNG LADY IS NOW STUDYING WITH JOHN AND EXPECTS TO BE BAPTIZED IN 16:12 A SHORT TIME SO WE PRAISE GOD FOR THAT TURN OF EVENTS. 16:17 SO SHE IS ON HER WAY TO BECOMING A CHRISTIAN AND A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 16:23 PERHAPS, YES, AND THEY'RE HOPING TO WORK TOGETHER IN DEAF MINISTRY. 16:29 YES. 16:30 SO BOTH OF THEM ARE SIGNING PEOPLE. 16:32 THEY ARE. 16:33 OK. 16:34 WELL THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO TRANSITION JUST TO MAKE AN APPEAL AGAIN. 16:40 YOU CAN SEE BASED ON OUR TALK ABOUT DOLLARS AND RUPEES HOW LITTLE IT CAN 16:45 TAKE TO DO SOMETHING WONDERFUL OVER THERE IN INDIA. 16:49 AND I JUST, I WANT YOU AS SOMEBODY WHO IS WATCHING AND PRAYING TO THINK ABOUT 16:55 WHAT YOU CAN DO TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. 16:57 YOU CAN MARK, YOU CAN SEND IT IN. 17:01 WRITE DOWN THE ADDRESS, THE EMAILS, ALL THE CONTACT POINTS. 17:05 MAKE CONTACT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:08 SHARE THAT CONCERN WITH THEM. 17:09 SAY YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. 17:12 AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT DON'T JUST THINK OF SOMETHING FAR AWAY. 17:17 REMEMBER YOUR OWN COMMUNITY. 17:18 REMEMBER YOUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE AND PRAY THAT GOD WILL BE WORKING THERE 17:25 BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE DEAF TO THE VOICE OF GOD. 17:29 THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE IT. 17:31 YOU CAN HELP INTRODUCE THEM TO WHO THAT GOD IS. 17:34 YOU CAN BE THE SPARK WHERE YOU ARE. 17:36 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 17:42 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 17:46 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 17:49 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 17:51 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 17:54 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 17:57 MY HEAD HURTS. 17:59 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 18:01 I GIVE UP. 18:02 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 18:05 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 18:07 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 18:10 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 18:15 WHERE? 18:16 ALL THE WORLD. 18:17 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 18:19 YOU CAN PRAY. 18:21 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 18:26 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 18:30 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 18:33 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 18:36 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 18:38 BE THE SPARK. 18:40 LIGHT THE FIRE. 18:42 FINISH THE WORK. 18:45 FINISH THE WORK. 18:48 BE THE SPARK. 18:51 DID THAT INSPIRE YOU? 18:52 IT'S FUN TO SEE THAT PROMO JUST TO INSPIRE ALL OF US. 18:57 WE CAN BE A PART OF FINISHING THE WORK AND THERE IS SO MUCH OUT 19:01 THERE. 19:02 NOW FRED YOU HAVE SOME MORE. 19:04 I DO. 19:05 I HAVE A STORY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. 19:07 LAKSHMI IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:10 SHE DOESN'T USUALLY BUT THIS DAY SHE HAD TO GO AND VISIT A HOSPITAL SOME 19:18 DISTANCE AWAY. 19:19 WHEN SHE WAS THERE SHE SAW A DEAF LADY FRANTICALLY TRYING TO TELL A DOCTOR, 19:26 MY MOTHER IS VERY SICK YOU HAVE TO COME TO OUR HOUSE AND TAKE CARE OF HER. 19:31 THE MOTHER WAS IN A COMA, SHE WAS DIABETIC SO LAKSHMI WAS ABLE IN 19:38 WRITING, BECAUSE SHE COULD TALK TO THIS DEAF LADY AND THEN HER BEING DEAF AS 19:45 WELL, WROTE TO THE DOCTOR. 19:47 THE DOCTOR UNDERSTOOD AND RUSHED OVER TO THE HOUSE WITH GLUCOSE AND HER 19:52 MOTHER LIVED. 19:57 HER MOTHER HAS BECOME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AND THE DEAF LADY WHO IS HER 20:01 DAUGHTER SAYS I AM NOW STUDYING WITH LAKSHMI AND I'VE ACCEPTED CHRIST AND I 20:07 WANT TO BE BAPTIZED SOON. 20:09 SO GOD PROVIDED THAT WORKER TO BE IN THAT HOSPITAL AT THAT CERTAIN 20:16 TIME. 20:17 THAT WAS SPECIAL. 20:20 THAT WAS THERE IN SOUTHERN INDIA. 20:25 WHAT ELSE KEEPS YOU EXCITED ABOUT THE DEAF MINISTRY THERE? 20:30 WELL YOU KNOW, WHEN CHRIST WAS HERE ON EARTH HE HEALED A DEAF PERSON. 20:34 HE DID. 20:36 AND I CAN IMAGINE HE WANTED TO HEEL THEM ALL BUT HE DIDN'T, AND HE 20:41 PROVIDED US WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF CARRYING TO DEAF PEOPLE THE HEALING 20:48 LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL AND THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US EXCITED. 20:55 ARE YOU FINDING THAT THE DEAF THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH THAT SOME OF THEM DO 21:00 HAVE A CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND OR MOST OF THEM NOT? 21:04 WHAT DO THEY BRING WITH THEM WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER LIKE A GOSPEL WORKER? 21:10 WELL I THINK THEY ENCOUNTER PEACE BECAUSE MANY OF THEM IN THEIR 21:16 LIVES HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTED BY SOCIETY, THEY ARE NOT PART 21:24 OF SOCIETY. 21:25 THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE SIGN LANGUAGE IN PUBLIC AND THEY CAN'T GET 21:29 DRIVER LICENSES, THEY CAN'T GET JOBS SO WHEN THEY FIND THE PEACE OF 21:34 CHRIST IT JUST FILLS THEIR HEART WITH JOY. 21:38 OH HERE'S A PICTURE, THIS MUST BE A STORY TOO. 21:44 THERE'S A FEW LEFT. 21:46 WELL THE REASON I PUT THIS IN IS BECAUSE ASIAN AID SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IS OUR 21:52 BEST HOPE OF GETTING MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 21:55 THESE STUDENTS LEARN ENGLISH. 21:57 THEY KNOW AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 21:59 THEY KNOW INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 22:02 I PUT THAT PICTURE IN BECAUSE I BELIEVE SIX OR SEVEN OF THEIR TENTH 22:08 GRADERS HAD JUST GRADUATED. 22:11 NOW THOSE ARE SOME MORE STUDENTS THAT HAVE TO GO TO BANGALORE AND GO TO A 22:15 SECULAR COLLEGE. 22:16 THEY HAD 80 STUDENTS THIS YEAR AND AS YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE SINGING A SON. 22:23 AND THEY JUST LOVE TO SING PRAISES TO THE LORD. 22:25 I AM SO TOUCHED BY THEIR SMILES, THEIR GENUINE HEART OF DEVOTION TO 22:37 CHRIST. 22:38 I SPENT FOUR DAYS THERE TWO YEARS AGO AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THOSE KIDS. 22:43 IN FACT, I HAD TEARS COMING TO MY EYES AS I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE MY 22:48 LAST TRIP TO INDIA BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY OTHER PLACES TO GO AND I'M 22:51 GETTING OLDER. 22:52 AND SOME GIRLS SAW ME CRYING AND WONDERED WHY I WAS CRYING. 22:57 OH YES, YES, THAT SENSE OF LIMITATION. 23:03 SO THAT SCHOOL HAD 80 CHILDREN. 23:07 WHO FUNDS THAT EDUCATION? 23:09 ASIAN AID IS OUT OF AUSTRALIA AND THEY HAVE A GREAT COMMITMENT TO ALL 23:16 CHILDREN IN INDIA. 23:17 THEY HAVE A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 23:21 WE NEED MORE DEAF SCHOOLS. 23:23 WE PRAY THAT SOME DAY THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. 23:26 SO IS THAT PART OF THE COOPERATION BETWEEN ASIAN AID AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 23:30 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH SEES SOME OF THESE AS POTENTIAL GOSPEL WORKERS? 23:35 WELL I CERTAINLY DO. 23:36 I KNOW THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ANXIOUS TO HAVE MORE WORKERS FOR THE 23:41 DEAF. 23:43 THESE ARE SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE GRADUATING AND THE 23:45 PRINCIPAL AND HIS WIFE WERE THERE. 23:48 OH MY. 23:50 AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PUTTING ON A SKIT WITH ENTHUSIASM ON SABBATH 23:55 AFTERNOON. 23:57 HOPE CHANNEL CAME AND THEY WERE INTERVIEWING THESE DEAF STUDENTS AND WERE 24:04 GOING TO PUT A PROGRAM IN HOPE INDIA. 24:09 IN CLOSING I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT A YOUNG DEAF WORKER HE SAID WHY IS THIS 24:16 MAN STARING AT ME. 24:19 AND THEY COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS ANOTHER DEAF PERSON. 24:22 HOW DID THIS OTHER MAN KNOW HE WAS DEAF? 24:24 THEY TALKED TO EACH OTHER AND NOW THEY'RE STUDYING THE BIBLE AND SOON THE MAN 24:28 WANTS TO BE BAPTIZED FOR CHRIST. 24:31 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 24:33 YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S QUITE AN OSTRACISM TO DEAF PEOPLE IN THAT CULTURE. 24:38 THEY'RE NOT ENCOURAGED TO SIGN WHERE OTHERS CAN WATCH THEM. 24:45 ARE SOME OF THE DEAF PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE ENCOUNTERED HAVE THEY BEEN 24:49 PUSHED INTO BEGGING? 24:51 THAT CERTAINLY IS A BIG PART OF A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T 24:55 HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS. 24:57 NO OTHER OPTIONS. 24:59 WELL, IT'S AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT. 25:03 I'M GLAD THAT BOTH OF YOU TOOK YOUR FAMILY HISTORIES AND TRANSLATED THEM INTO 25:10 MINISTRY TO OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD. 25:13 THAT'S A WONDERFUL GIFT. 25:14 I'VE NOT BEEN THERE AS A DEAF PERSON AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LIMITING THAT 25:16 MIGHT BE BUT TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME AND DO THAT KIND OF ENCOURAGEMENT MUST 25:19 BE BEYOND IMAGINATION TO THOSE OF US WHO HAVEN'T BEEN THERE. 25:28 I MAINTAIN THAT DEAF MINISTRY IS THE HARDEST MINISTRY IN THE WORLD. 25:34 AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY HARD MINISTRIES IN THE WORLD 25:38 AND WE COULD NAME SOME OF THEM THAT WE MINISTER TO THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:42 BUT INSIDE EVERY ONE OF THOSE HARD ONES IS A DEAF GROUP THAT IS EVEN HARDER 25:49 TO REACH SO THAT'S WHY I MAKE THE CLAIM THAT IT'S THE HARDEST MINISTRY IN 25:54 THE WORLD. 25:56 WELL IF YOU AS A VIEWER WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS HARDEST OF 26:00 MINISTRIES, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU AGAIN TO LOOK ON THE SCREEN. 26:04 SEE THE NAMES, THE ADDRESSES, THE EMAILS, THE WEB ALL OF THAT WHERE YOU 26:12 CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WHETHER IT'S HERE IN THE UNITED 26:15 STATES OR WHETHER IT'S CANADA. 26:18 LOOK AT THAT. 26:19 SEE WHAT GOD IS CALLING YOU TO DO. 26:22 IF YOU SENSE GOD'S APPEAL GO AHEAD. 26:26 FIND A WAY TO CONTRIBUTE. 26:28 BE A PART OF THIS EXERCISE AND DON'T FORGET LIKE IT SHOWED IN THE LITTLE PROMO 26:34 THERE, DON'T FORGET THAT THERE IS YOUR AREA, YOUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE. 26:39 THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND YOU WHO NEED TO HEAR WHO RIGHT NOW HAVE NEVER 26:44 HEARD. 26:45 GOD BE WITH YOU. 26:47 IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:51 GLAD TO HAVE YOU JOHN AND FRED. 26:53 THANK YOU. 28:06 GOD BLESS. 28:25 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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