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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000611A
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00:00 [ OPENING MUSIC].
00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:18 EVERYTIME YOU THINK ABOUT MISSIONS WE WANT YOU TO MAKE IT AN ADVENTURE IN 00:22 YOUR MIND. 00:23 WHAT'S HAPPENING? 00:24 WHAT COULD HAPPEN AND HOW COULD I BE INVOLVED? 00:26 WELL, AT GOSPEL OUTREACH THERE ARE A THOUSAND WAYS WE HAVEN'T EVEN DREAMED OF 00:30 YET. 00:32 DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH, UNITED STATES AND A GOSPEL 00:35 OUTREACH, CANADA? 00:36 AH, I DIDN'T THINK YOU DID. 00:38 WELL I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TODAY TO DWIGHT ROSE WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF 00:43 GOSPEL OUTREACH, CANADA, RIGHT? 00:47 WELCOME. 00:48 DO YOU SPEAK NORMAL ENGLISH OR DO YOU SPEAK CANADIAN. 00:50 AH WE SPEAK THE KING'S ENGLISH. 00:52 THAT'S WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF, YES. 00:54 YOU GO ON HOLIDAY WHEN I GO I TAKE VACATION. 00:56 NO, NO I GO ON HOLIDAY - A DAY, OK WELL OK THAT'S RIGHT. 01:00 I'VE BEEN AROUND AUSTRALIANS TOO LONG. 01:02 YES I BELIEVE IT IS AUSTRALIANS THAT GO ON A HOLIDAY. 01:05 THAT'S RIGHT A HOLIDAY AND THAT'S WHERE MY FAMILY IS SO. 01:08 YES. 01:10 KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA THAT'S WHERE OUR HEADQUARTERS IS? 01:13 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 01:15 AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THAT ROLE? 01:17 AH, I STARTED ABOUT JANUARY, 2012 SO BEEN THREE YEARS OR SO. 01:25 AND YOU'RE BACKGROUND AS A LEADER THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE: EDUCATION AREA, 01:31 RIGHT? 01:32 TEACHER. 01:34 YES, YES I'VE BEEN IN CHURCH SCHOOLS ALL MY LIFE AND TEACHING IN CANADA AND 01:41 THEN WE SPENT SEVEN YEARS IN BEIRUT, LEBANON. 01:45 WHAT YEARS WERE THOSE? 01:46 AH, 1977 TO THE 80'S. 01:57 YES, IT WOULD BE WE STARTED '77 TO '83. 02:01 I WAS AT-IN BEIRUT RECENTLY AND FASCINATING TO BE AT MIDDLE EAST 02:11 UNIVERSITY, YES, AND THE SUPPORTING SCHOOL WHICH I THINK YOU HELPED REALLY 02:16 MAKE? 02:17 IT WAS THE SCHOOL THAT WAS DEDICATED MAINLY TO EXPATRIOT CHILDREN? 02:22 YES, BUT THAT'S NOT THAT WAY AT ALL ANYMORE. 02:25 NO, NO IT IS ALL THE- IT WAS IN THE DIVISION COMPOUND WHICH WAS FURTHER 02:31 DOWN THE HILL, THAT'S RIGHT, FROM THE COLLEGE AND THAT HAS ALL BEEN SOLD 02:36 NOW AND IT IS FULL OF HIGH RISE APARTMENTS, IT IS I KNOW, AND WHERE THE SCHOOL 02:41 WAS THERE IS A GAS STATION. 02:43 SO HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL TO GO BACK AND FIND YOUR OFFICE A GAS STATION? 02:49 WELL, DOESN'T FEEL TOO GOOD BUT WE HAVE MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES. 02:53 UH HUH. 02:54 AND WHEN YOU WERE THERE IN THE SCHOOL WAS AN OUT OF COUNTRY SCHOOL. 02:59 YES. 03:00 THAT WAS INCREDIBLY VALUABLE. 03:02 OH YES, AND MANY OF THE NATIONALS WANTED TO COME TO THE SCHOOL AS WELL EVEN 03:09 THOUGH THEY DIDN'T GET-THEY WEREN'T ACCREDITED WITH THEIR 03:12 GOVERNMENT BUT AT LEAST THEY GOT ENGLISH AND THEY GOT BIBLE AND IT WAS YOU 03:19 KNOW A GOOD EXPERIENCE. 03:21 WHEN YOU THINK OF BEIRUT AND THE CHALLENGES OF LEBANON YOU WATCH WHAT IS 03:25 GOING ON TODAY IN THE NEWS WHAT ARE YOU THINKING IN YOUR HEART? 03:30 OH WE ARE ALWAYS THINKING OF OUR PEOPLE THERE; OF OUR WORK THERE. 03:35 UH HUH. 03:37 AND SO WE JUST HOPE THAT SOMEHOW THE WORK WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE BECAUSE 03:46 PEOPLE WERE BEING SAVED ALL THE TIME AND CURED AND EVEN NURTURED BUT THE 03:54 DEVIL WANTS TO PUT AN END TO THAT AS SOON AS HE CAN SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S 03:58 GOT UP HIS SLEEVE. 04:00 SO TAKE ME TO YOUR NEXT POSITION THE ONE DOWN IN EGYPT. 04:04 WELL, WE WENT HOME TO CANADA FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEN THEY, THEY ASKED US 04:08 IF WE WOULD COME TO EGYPT BECAUSE THEY JUST COULDN'T FIND FOR NILE UNION 04:14 ACADEMY WHICH IS LOCATED A LITTLE BIT -VERY CLOSE TO CAIRO, THEY JUST COULDN'T 04:21 SEEM TO MAKE IT WORK. 04:22 THEY DIDN'T HAVE MONEY; THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PRINCIPAL; THEY COULDN'T 04:26 GET ANYBODY TO COME. 04:27 THE SCHOOL KIND OF GONE DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN SO WE DECIDED TO-MY WIFE AND 04:35 I DECIDED TO DO IT AGAIN. 04:37 TO DO IT AGAIN SO WE SPENT TEN YEARS IN EGYPT. 04:42 WHEN A SCHOOL IS BY GOD'S GRACE, NOT BY OUR EFFORT ALONE AND BY GOD'S GRACE 04:49 THE SCHOOL HAS NOW 135 STUDENTS WITH A WAITING LIST OF ABOUT 50 AND IT'S 04:58 A GOING CONCERN. 04:59 IT'S A GOING CONCERN AND THAT'S RIGHT. 05:01 A VERY WELL RESPECTED SCHOOL. 05:03 YES. 05:05 IN FACT ONE OF THE STORIES FROM NILE UNION ACADEMY THAT JUST WILL ALWAYS 05:07 OVERWHELM ME IS WHEN A GROUP OF REVOLUTIONARY TYPES CAME TO DESTROY THE 05:14 SCHOOL THE MUSLIM NEIGHBORS STOOD IN FRONT OF THE GATE, YES, AND 05:19 SAID, "NOT THIS ONE." 05:21 YES. 05:22 THIS IS WHERE OUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL. 05:24 YES. 05:26 WELL NOT MANY FROM THE COMMUNITY COME BUT THEY COME IN ALL THE TIM. 05:31 YES, THEY HAVE A LOT TO DO-IT'S A SAFE PLACE THEY LOVE THAT THERE IS 05:36 APPRECIATION AND HONOR THERE. 05:38 YES. 05:39 AND I RAISE THAT BECAUSE BOTH IN LEBANON AND IN EGYPT THE SCHOOLS YOU LED 05:45 HAVE THAT REPUTATION OF BEING A SAFE PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE JESUS IS 05:51 TAUGHT WELL. 05:54 WAS THAT YOUR GOAL? 05:55 OR WHAT DID YOU -WHEN YOU WENT AS A MISSIONARY WHAT WAS YOUR DREAM? 05:58 WE YOU KNOW, IF WE WANTED GOD'S BLESSING WE NEEDED TO FOLLOW HIS COUNSEL. 06:03 UH HUH, SO WE TRIED TO FOLLOW THE COUNSEL AND WE HAVE LOTS OF IT IN THE 06:08 SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. 06:11 FOLLOW THE COUNSEL IN EVERY AREA IN OUR FINANCES, IN OUR TEACHING, 06:15 IN OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM, OUR RELATIONSHIPS, UH HUH, IN EVERYTHING AND GOD OF 06:23 COURSE, BLESSES IN THAT SITUATION AND THAT'S THE END OF IT RIGHT THERE. 06:28 IT'S A OR SHALL WE SAY THE BEGINNING OF IT. 06:31 THE BEGINNING OF IT, YES. 06:33 SO TELL ME ABOUT YOUR ROLE NOW ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE 10/40 06:37 WINDOW? 06:38 WELL WE CAME BACK FROM EGYPT AND RETIRED. 06:41 WE WERE JUST RETIRING AT THAT TIME AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE I WAS ASKED TO 06:46 TAKE OVER THE LEADERSHIP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, CANAD WHICH BEGAN IN 1996 AND 06:56 HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE THAT TIME. 06:58 AH, SO I HAVE THE TIME TO DO IT NOW. 07:04 I COULDN'T DO IT WHILE I WAS-WHILE YOU WERE RUNNING SCHOOLS- RUNNING SCHOOLS, 07:09 NO. 07:11 BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY A LOT OF FUN. 07:14 WE HAVE 155 WORKERS. 07:17 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS GIVEN AFRICA TO US, SO IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND YOU NEED 07:28 TO TELL ME WHAT THAT IS-THAT SLICE OF AFRICA-YES, IS YOURS. 07:34 YES, YES THAT'S RIGHT. 07:35 WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT AND GOSPEL OUTREACH, BRAZIL IS ALSO HELPING OUT 07:42 A BIT -STARTING TO HELP OUT A BIT NOW BUT THEY ARE QUITE-THEY ARE THE NEWEST 07:47 FELLOW ON THE BLOCK AND THEY ARE JUST GETTING STARTED BUT THEY ARE GOING 07:51 TO HELP US WITH THE AFRICAN, AFRICAN WORK. 07:55 NOW YOU LIVE UP IN CANADA WHERE THE ABORIGINAL, THE FIRST NATION PEOPLE, THE 08:04 INUITS AND THE UPRIKS AND MANY OTHERS DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT GOD. 08:10 WHY AREN'T YOU FOCUSING THERE INSTEAD OF AFRICA? 08:14 THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 08:16 IT'S A QUESTION WE GET - WE DO, THEY ARE JUST AS VALUABLE AS ANYBODY OVER 08:18 IN AFRICA BUT WE BEING PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE 08:21 MANDATE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS ACCEPTED, UH HUH, THAT IS TO FOCUS ON 08:23 THE 10/40 WINDOW BECAUSE IT IS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT WE HAVE THE 08:44 OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF UNBELIEVERS. 08:55 PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER EVER HEARD OF GOD OR THE TRUTH OR THE STORY OF 09:01 JESUS. 09:02 OK. 09:03 SO HELP ME WITH THE 10/40 WINDOW. 09:05 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 09:06 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS THAT PORTION OF THE WORLD THAT'S FROM BETWEEN 10 09:11 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE AND 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE TYPICALLY NORTHERN AFRICA, 09:19 THE MIDDLE EAST, CHINA, INDIA, JAPAN, and THE PHILIPPINES, ALL THROUGH 09:27 THAT AREA. 09:29 IN THAT AREA YOU HAVE TWO-THIRDS OF THE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD LIVE. 09:35 THAT'S BECAUSE OF ITS TEMPERATE ZONE. 09:37 YES, IT- THIS IS FAT PART OF THE GLOBE. 09:40 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 09:42 YES, OK AND SO I MEAN REALLY TWO -THIRDS, IMAGINE TWO-THIRDS OF THE 09:49 PEOPLE IN THESE DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRIES, UH HUH, AH 4.5 BILLION WHO 09:57 LIVE THERE AND THERE ARE ONLY 7 BILLION IN THE WORLD. 10:00 YES. 10:02 SEVEN BILLION PLUS AND DO YOU KNOW ANY STATISTICS ABOUT HOW MANY OF THAT 10:07 FOUR POINT BILLION ARE CHRISTIANS? 10:12 VERY, I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC FIGURES BUT VERY, VERY FEW. 10:16 WE ARE TOLD THAT 2.8 BILLION NOT MILLION, BILLION 2.8 BILLION IT IS 10:25 ESTIMATED HAVE NEVER HEARD THE STORY, HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT CHRIST AND THE 10:29 STORY OF CHRIST. 10:30 IS THAT RIGHT? 10:33 2.8 BILLION PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SO THERE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ABOUT 10:41 CHRIST. 10:42 THEY SEE HIM AS A HISTORICAL FIGURE BUT THEY DON'T THEY HAVEN'T HEARD 10:47 THE REAL STORY OF JESUS AND WHAT HE CAN DO AND WHAT HE DOES DO FOR THEM. 10:51 THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT SALVATION, ABOUT GRACE, NO, ABOUT THE PLAN ABOUT 10:55 THE CREATOR, ABOUT A PERSONABLE GOD. 10:57 SO IT IS MUCH MORE THAN 2.8 BILLION, YES, IT IS PROBABLY MOST OF THE 4.5 11:03 BILLION THAT LIVE THERE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONCEPT OF THE BIBLICAL 11:09 JESUS. 11:11 WHERE DOES YOUR AFRICA 10/40 WINDOW FIT? 11:15 HOW'S THAT GOING ON? 11:16 WELL, LET'S TAKE A LITTLE LOOK AT THIS MAP HERE. 11:20 OK, THIS -THIS IS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 11:25 THIS IS THE 10/40 WINDOW IN AFRICA, ACTUALLY IT CUTS A LITTLE BIT OFF THE 11:31 BOTTOM HERE BUT WE INCLUDE THESE COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 11:36 IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE CONGO BUT IT DOES INCLUDE CAMEROON. 11:42 IT COMES RIGHT ACROSS HERE. 11:45 WELL, YOU GET THE SUDANS, ETHIOPIA, AND OF COURSE NORTHERN AFRICA: MOROCCO 11:51 THROUGH EGYPT, YES, AND ALL OF THAT SO YOU'VE GOT DESERT -A LOT OF DESERT. 11:55 YES. 11:57 AND A LOT OF JUNGLE AND A VERY INTENSE PEOPLE GROUP ALL THROUGH HERE. 12:00 OH MY. 12:01 AND WE AREN'T EVEN GOING TO TALK TODAY ABOUT SOUTHERN EUROPE -NO, NO. 12:05 THAT'S ALL. 12:06 I MEAN GOSPEL OUTREACH WOULD LIKE TO GET TO ALL THESE PLACES TOO BUT 12:07 YOU'VE TO START SOMEWHERE. 12:09 YOU'VE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE SO WE STARTED IN A PLACE THAT NEEDS IT THE 12:10 MOST. 12:11 OK. 12:13 AND BY THE WAY, THE 10/40 WINDOW HAS BEEN THE MOST NEGLECTED AREA OF THE 12:14 WORLD TOO. 12:15 AH. 12:17 SO THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH CHOSE TO WORK IN 12:18 THE 10/40 WINDOW FIRST BUT NOT ONLY. 12:32 AH, NOW YOU MAY WONDER HOW MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES WE ARE IN. 12:38 WE ARE ONLY IN THIRTEEN COUNTRIES. 12:43 YOU KNOW, A FEW OF THEM HERE. 12:44 I HAVE A LIST -YOU HAVE A LIST? 12:46 CAN I JUST KIND OF HOLD THAT OVER? 12:48 SO THAT WE JUST HOLD THAT LIKE THAT AND LIKE THAT SO WE ARE IN THIRTEEN 12:57 COUNTRIES BUT THERE IS ANOTHER EIGHTEEN IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND OF 13:02 COURSE, THERE ARE 54 COUNTRIES IN AFRICA TOTALLY. 13:06 WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN TO WORK DOWN SOUTH. 13:11 SO WHAT PRAYER DO YOU PRAY WHEN YOU WAKE UP EVERY MORNING? 13:15 LORD, SEND US MORE SUPPORTERS. 13:17 IF WE HAD THE FUNDS, UH HUH, WE COULD ENTER THESE, THESE -THIS OTHER LONG 13:23 LIST. 13:24 THIS OTHER LONG LIST IMMEDIATELY. 13:26 MANY OF THEM HAVE COME TO US AND SAID, "PLEASE SEND US GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:30 WORKERS." 13:31 WE SAY, "WITH WHAT?" 13:33 WE CANNOT BUT WE HAVE YOU ON OUR TO DO LIST AND WILL COME TO YOU AS SOON AS WE 13:41 CAN. 13:42 MY, THAT IS JUST OVERWHELMING. 13:44 YES AFRICA IS -THERE ARE OVER ONE BILLION PEOPLE IN AFRICA AND SO MANY OF THEM 13:54 JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 13:56 THEY DON'T HAVE THAT BACKGROUND AT ALL. 13:58 SO HOW ARE WE DOING IN THE THIRTEEN? 14:03 WELL, WE HAVE 155 WORKERS SPREAD OUT AMONG THESE, THESE THIRTEEN. 14:11 SO GIVE ME A FINANCIAL PICTURE OF THIS. 14:16 HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT COST TO PUT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SOME WORKERS IN 14:23 FIFTEEN COUNTRIES? 14:24 WELL, EVERY QUARTER WE SEND ABOUT $60,000 OVERSEAS. 14:29 OK. 14:30 SO $250,000 BASICALLY - A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS. 14:34 YES, TO ACCOMPLISH THIS - YES, AT LEAST. 14:37 HOW DOES-IF I AM ONE OF YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND I'M IN MALI, 14:44 HOW DO I INTERACT WITH YOU AND THE LEADERS FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH? 14:49 WE HAVE -WE DON'T JUST SEND THE MONEY AND LET THEM WORK ON AUTOPILOT. 14:57 UHHUH. 14:59 THEY ARE SUPERVISED AND THEY ARE IN FACT, THEY ARE HIRED BY THE LOCAL 15:03 CONFERENCE. 15:04 WE DON'T HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES. 15:05 OK. 15:07 WE SEND THE MONEY SO THOSE EMPLOYEES CAN -THE CONFERENCE HIRES- CAN THEN 15:13 SPEND THEIR FULL TIME EVERYDAY KNOCKING ON DOORS, GETTING TO KNOW 15:18 PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW JESUS. 15:20 LET ME STOP YOU RIGHT THERE FOR JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE THE NEXT QUESTION 15:23 IS OBVIOUSLY HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED IN HELPING YOU WITH THAT PROCESS. 15:27 BUT LET ME DO A QUICK LITTLE COMMERCIAL HERE ON GOSPEL OUTREACH BEFORE WE 15:32 GET INTO THAT, OK? 15:33 YES, OK. 15:34 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 15:39 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 15:43 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 15:45 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 15:48 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 15:51 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 15:55 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 15:59 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 16:02 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 16:04 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 16:11 WORLD. 16:12 WHERE? 16:13 ALL THE WORLD. 16:14 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 16:16 YOU CAN PRAY. 16:18 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 16:23 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 16:27 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 16:30 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 16:34 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 16:35 BE THE SPARK. 16:37 LIGHT THE FIRE. 16:39 FINISH THE WORK. 16:41 FINISH THE WORK. 16:44 BE THE SPARK. 16:47 BE THE SPARK. 16:50 YOU KNOW I LOVE IT WHEN THE KIDS REMIND US THAT'S IMPORTANT. 16:53 SO THAT BRINGS ME BACK TO CANADA AND DWIGHT, TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 16:59 THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CANADIAN PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO IS 17:02 HELPING YOU THAT'S NOT JUST CANADA, WE KNOW. 17:04 WHO IS HELPING PUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN AFRICA. 17:09 WELL, WE HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE ALL ACROSS CANADA WHO KNOW ABOUT 17:15 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THEY SEND IN THEIR DONATIONS AS THEY CAN. 17:20 UH HUH. 17:21 SOME SEND AS LITTLE AS $10 A MONTH BUT THAT'S THEIR- BUT THAT ADDS UP, THAT 17:29 ADDS UP. 17:30 SOME SEND MUCH MORE THAN THAT AND WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND IT COSTS 17:36 ABOUT $200 A MONTH WE ARE FINDING NOW TO KEEP A WORKER IN THE FIELD BUT 17:45 AND THEY ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT $200 A MONTH- PAYS FOR THEIR FAMILY, YOU 17:52 KNOW UH HUH GIVES THEM A LIVING WAGE; IT DOESN'T MAKE THEM RICH BUT IT 17:57 GIVES THEM A LIVING WAGE IN THEIR COUNTRY AND IT IS STEADY, YOU KNOW, YES. 18:01 IN MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES YOU HAVE A JOB TODAY OR A JOB THAT LASTS FOR A DAY 18:06 OR TWO AND HELP US MOVE THIS OR DIG THIS AND THEN THERE IS NO MORE JOB. 18:12 YES. 18:13 THIS IS STEADY AND REGULAR SO, SO YOU KNOW THE WORKERS APPRECIATE IT. 18:18 AND IT REALLY INVOLVES JUST KNOCKING ON THE DOORS AND GETTING TO, TO KNOW 18:24 AND TO REACH OUT TO THESE PEOPLE THAT KNOW NOTHING-VIRTUALLY NOTHING 18:32 ABOUT JESUS. 18:34 SO IT'S A WONDERFUL WORK. 18:37 I BELIEVE IN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 18:40 HOW CAN I, MY SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS, MY LOCAL CONGREGATION REALLY GET 18:44 INVOLVED? 18:46 WELL YOU CAN CONTACT US AND THEN AH, THERE IS THERE ARE TWO WAYS YOU CAN 18:53 DO THAT. 18:55 YOU CAN EITHER JUST SEND IN A CONTRIBUTION WHENEVER YOU CAN FOR ANY AMOUNT, UH 19:01 HUH, AND AS I SAID SOME GIVE SMALL AMOUNTS BUT IT'S WHAT THEY CAN 19:07 COMFORTABLY AFFORD. 19:10 THEN OTHERS HAVE GONE WITH THE ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM. 19:13 NOW HOW DOES THAT OPERATE? 19:15 WE, WE ACTUALLY MATCH YOU WITH A WORKER OVER THERE. 19:23 SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN LOOK HERE AT BURKINA FASO OR MALI AND SAY, AH, MY 19:27 SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT A WORKER $200 A MONTH AND WE WILL 19:36 GET - THEN WE'LL SET UP A FACEBOOK PAGE-ACTUALLY WE HAVE SET $170 A MONTH, OK, 19:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH USA CHARGES $150 A MONTH, OK, BECAUSE THE AMERICAN 19:46 DOLLAR IS WORTH MORE BUT WE, WE CHARGE $170 A MONTH. 19:50 OUR REAL COST IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT GREATER THAN THAT NOW BUT WE ARE JUST 20:03 LEAVING IT $170. 20:04 SO FOR $170 EVERY MONTH WE MATCH YOU WITH A WORKER. 20:11 WE SEND YOU THEIR INFORMATION, A PICTURE AND WE SEND REPORTS 20:19 PERIODICALLY SO THAT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW MANY VISITS HE'S MAKING AND WE 20:24 WANT YOU TO KNOW IF HE IS GIVING BIBLE STUDIES, UH HUH, AND HOW MANY BAPTISMS 20:30 HE'S HAVING AND ALL OF THAT SO WE SEND THOSE REPORTS OUT AND HOPEFULLY 20:36 EVEN STORIES IF WE CAN GET THEM. 20:38 UH HUH THEY COME -WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS KIND OF DIFFICULT. 20:40 YES, WE'RE STRUGGLING A BIT WITH THE STORIES. 20:44 IT'S THE STORIES AND THE PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY ARE -THAT MAKE 20:49 IT GROW. 20:51 BUT THE OTHER QUARTER WE DID A COUNT OF ALL THE BAPTISMS IN THAT ONE 20:52 QUARTER THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE AREA OUR THIRTEEN COUNTRIES AND WE FOUND OUT 20:54 THAT 400 PEOPLE IN THAT THREE MONTH PERIOD WERE BAPTIZED. 20:56 SO THAT IS A PRETTY CONSTANT YOU KNOW, FIGURE. 20:58 YOU WERE ABLE TO TRACK TRUE IMPACT, YES, BECAUSE THE WORKERS FILL IN 21:00 REPORTS FOR OUR OFFICE, UH HUH, AND THEY TELL US , YOU KNOW, HOW MANY BIBLE 21:09 STUDIES AND HOW MANY BAPTISMS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THEYA RE CONTACTING 21:13 AND THAT SORT OF THING SO WE FIND THAT THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD RECORD -400 21:17 EVERY,EVERY THREE MONTH PERIOD. 21:19 NOW THIS IS JUST FROM OUR THIRTEEN COUNTRIES. 21:24 IF WE HAD MORE OF COURSE, WE WOULD HAVE MORE BAPTISMS. 21:31 BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE KNOW THIS YET BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH 21:36 OVERALL, NOT JUST GOSPEL OUTREACH, CANADA BUT ALL THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK 21:49 HAS NOW REACHED A MILLION BAPTISMS. 22:10 REALLY? 22:11 IN 20, I THINK 23 YEARS NOW SINCE GOSPEL OUTREACH STARTED GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:19 HAS BROUGHT IN A MILLION SOULS INTO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 22:25 I DON'T KNOW OF ANY MINISTRY THAT CAN TALK IN THOSE TERMS NOT THAT WE'RE 22:32 COMPARING , NO BUT IT'S JUST THAT AMAZING, BUT PRAISE GOD THIS IS NOT 22:38 SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR BUT A MILLION SOULS AND WE'VE ONLY GOT 22:44 18 MILLION IN THE CHURCH. 22:45 WOW, OK. 22:47 AND SO -SO I WANT TO PUT THIS UP HERE AGAIN FOR JUST A MINUTE. 22:49 HOLD IT THERE WHERE SHE CAN SHOW IT ON OUR TELEVISION. 22:52 CAN YOU GRAB THAT? 22:54 RIGHT NOW THERE ARE WORKERS IN AND I'M GOING JUST GO DOWN HERE: BENIN, 22:59 BENIN IS HERE. 23:00 I CAN'T FIND IT WHERE IS BENIN? 23:02 BENIN IS-WE CAN'T FIND IT. 23:06 RIGHT THERE. 23:07 OK. 23:08 SO I'VE GOT THIS ONE, BURKINA FASO,CHAD WHICH IS THIS HUGE AREA HERE WHICH 23:12 YOU HEAR ABOUT IN THE NEWS QUITE OFTEN; ETHIOPIA OVER -RIGHT HERE. 23:17 NOW CAN I CHOOSE MY GOSPEL WORKER AND WHETHER WE WANT HIM TO GO? 23:21 AH, NO NOT REALLY? 23:23 WE CHOOSE THE WORKER-OK SO YOU CAN GIVE ME A LIST OF SAY I'VE GOT TEN WORKERS 23:29 IN ETHIOPIA AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUPPORT ONE OF THESE. 23:32 YES, YES IF- WE TRY, WE TRY TO MATCH YOU WITH A WORKER FROM THE AREA. 23:35 SOME EVEN WANT A LADY WORKER OR A YES, A MAN WORKER. 23:37 WE DON'T GUARANTEE THAT WE CAN DO THAT BUT WE TRY AND YOUR GOAL IS TO SUPPORT 23:39 THE PROCESS TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE ALL AROUND CANADA 23:41 AND ELSEWHERE WHO SAY WE ARE SO INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT WE 23:43 NEED TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF OUR WORKER AND WE CAN DO THAT IN CHURCH. 23:45 IT CAN BE PART OF THE WHOLE PROCESS. 23:47 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 23:48 WE SEND OUT THE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE WORKER AND YOU KNOW 23:50 WHETHER HE IS MARRIED, HOW MANY CHILDREN HE HAS BUT WE DON'T SHARE THE ACTUAL, 23:52 WE DON'T TELL THE WORKER THIS AND WE DON'T ENCOURAGE THE SPONSOR TO 24:16 START CORRESPONDING WITH THE WORKER BECAUSE THEN GUESS WHAT, THESE WORKERS 24:34 HAVE ALL KINDS OF NEEDS, RIGHT, AND THEN THEY BEGIN, YES, IT ACTUALLY 24:39 ALTERS THEIR THINKING. 24:41 SO MANY OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY ARE SPONSORED BUT THEY KNOW 24:46 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SPONSORING THEM. 24:48 THEY KNOW EVERY MONTH THERE IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH SALARY THERE. 24:54 SO THE INTERESTING THING YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ME THAT INTRIGUES ME, I WOULD 24:57 SAY THAT IF I WANT TO SPONSOR A WORKER I WANT THEM TO HAVE A FACEBOOK 25:02 PAGE, TO BE ABLE TO TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO SHOW ME COPIES OF 25:06 -SHOWING PICTURES OF THE KIDS, EVERY CELL PHONE IN THE WORLD CAN TAKE A 25:09 PICTURE, PUT IT UP, LET US SEE IT, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT I SHOULD NOT CARE 25:16 ONCE I GIVE YOU THE MONEY. 25:18 THAT ONCE I GIVE YOU THE MONEY I NEED TO TRUST YOU BECAUSE IF I START CARING 25:24 AND WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING 25:27 TO DETERIORATE OUR ABILITY TO BE EFFECTIVE. 25:30 WHEN I GIVE, I LEAVE IT WITH GOD TO TAKE CARE OF. 25:34 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 25:36 NOW THAT'S THE SCARY PART OF DONATING AND BECOMING A SUPPORTER. 25:41 YES, IT IS. 25:43 WE, WE ARE TRYING TO GATHER THE STORIES FROM THE WORKERS AND THEN WE 25:48 WILL SEND THE STORY TO THE APPROPRIATE SPONSOR BUT -SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 25:55 YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE TO ME IS THAT YOU ARE TRUSTWORTHY. 25:59 THAT'S RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY AND THEN WE DO THAT BY COMMUNICATING WITH OUR 26:05 SPONSORS AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE IN THE ADOPT-A-WORKER 26:10 PROGRAM. 26:11 UH HUH, WE REGULARLY COMMUNICATE, REGULARLY COMMUNICATE; KEEP THEM UP 26:14 TO DATE, YES WE DO THAT. 26:18 IF THE WORKER GETS TO KNOW THAT HE IS SPONSORED AND THAT HE'S GOT THE NAME OF 26:23 THE SPONSOR THEN HE WILL START WRITING TO THE SPONSOR, YES, AND WILL 26:28 GIVE HIM NO REST, NO I NEED THIS I NEED THAT, OK, AND HE STARTS TO WORK, 26:34 YES, TO PLEASE THE SPONSOR AND WE WANT HIM TO WORK OT PLEASE GOD. 26:39 THAT'S RIGHT NOT TO PLEASE SOMEBODY WHO IS GIVING HIM A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. 26:44 OK. 26:46 I WOULD LOVE TO GET A LIST OF THE PRAYERS, THE WORKERS WOULD LIKE ALL OF 26:50 US TO PRAY BECAUSE THIS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THAT MEANS [CLOSING MUSIC.] |
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