[OPENING MUSIC].
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HELLO GOOD FRIENDS.
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I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO BE
HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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I JUST WISH SOMEHOW I COULD
CONVEY TO YOU THE INSPIRATION
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THAT HAPPENS WHEN GOSPEL
OUTREACH LEADERSHIP AND MANY
VOLUNTEERS COME TOGETHER
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ON A COUPLE OF TIMES EACH YEAR
BASIS TO THINK ABOUT THE WORK,
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TO CONSIDER HOW CAN WE DO
MORE, HOW CAN WE DO IT BETTER.
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AND FRANKLY WHEN THEY COME
TOGETHER THEY EVEN PRAY FOR YOU
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OUT THERE. YOU FOLKS WHO ARE
PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
FAMILY WHO ARE THE SUPPORTERS
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WITHOUT WHOM THIS
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK COULD NOT
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CONTINUE. AND I GET TO BE HERE
WHEN WE ARE COMING TO THE STUDIO
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TO MAKE MORE PROGRAMS SO THAT
YOU GET REPORTS OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE GOSPEL
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OUTREACH WORLD.
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AND I GET TO
INTRODUCE MY DEAR FRIENDS.
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I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN
JOHN BUT I'VE GOTTEN TO WARM MY
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HAND IN YOURS A NUMBER OF
TIMES OVER THE YEARS HERE.
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AND WE GOT SO EXCITED GRASPING
HANDS YOU PUSHED YOUR BUTTON
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RIGHT OFF THE
TABLE BUT THAT'S OKAY.
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WE'LL GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER
HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
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THIS PROGRAM ABOUT JOHN BLAKE'S
VISION AND HIS HARD WORK FOR
MINISTERING TO THE DEAF.
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AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY
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ISN'T IT JOHN. YES, I BELIEVE.
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HOW DID, HOW DID GOSPEL OUTREACH
FIRST GET INVOLVED WITH THIS?
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WELL, I HAD A BOOTH AT OUR
ALBERTA CAMP MEETING AND
SOMETIMES DURING THE DAY
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THE BOOTH ISN'T ALL THAT BUSY
BECAUSE THERE AREN'T MANY PEOPLE
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COMING THROUGH THE DISPLAY TENT.
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WELL GOSPEL OUTREACH HAD A BOOTH
AND I WOULD GO OVER AND TALK TO
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THEM SOMETIMES AT GOSPEL
OUTREACH BOOTH AND I ASKED THEM
IF THEY'D EVER DO ANYTHING FOR
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THE DEAF AND THE SAID WELL ASK.
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WELL I DIDN'T ASK RIGHT THEN
BUT EVENTUALLY AFTER WE WERE
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SUPPORTING SOME WORKERS FOR THE
DEAF IN INDIA I DID ASK AND THEY
CAME UP WITH A SPONSORSHIP
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OF FIVE, THEN THEY CAME UP WITH
A SPONSORSHIP OF 10 OR MORE AND
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WHEN I RETIRED AT THE END OF
2005 I SAID I DON'T HAVE AN
UMBRELLA TO WORK ON OVERSEAS
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REALLY.
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WOULD YOU START A DEPARTMENT AND
LET ME WORK WITH THIS AND THEY
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SAID AGAIN, ASK.
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SO I ASKED AND GOD HAS JUST
BLESSED AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
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ABOUT 47 WORKERS FOR THE DEAF
AND WE'VE JUST ADDED ONE IN
ZIMBABWE OUR TENTH COUNTRY.
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THAT MEANS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH
MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF CROSSES
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REGIONAL LINES IN THE
GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY.
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OH YES.
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YOU'RE IN THE
PHILIPPINES AND AFRICA NOW.
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YOU'RE IN INDIA.
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YES.
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ARE THERE OTHER PLACES?
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WELL WE'RE WORKING
WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL.
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OH BRAZIL THAT'S RIGHT.
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THEY HAVE ONE WORKER THERE
COSPONSORED BETWEEN THE
CONFERENCE AND GOSPEL
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OUTREACH.
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AND THEN WE HAVE ONE IN
KYRGYZSTAN, ONE IN KAZAKHSTAN
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AND SO ON. WELL, IT HAS BEEN
A RICH BLESSING FOR ME TO GET TO
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WATCH YOU IN YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND WATCH THE WORK GROW.
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KIND OF RENEW FOR ME SOME OF
MY OWN MEMORIES OF THE BLESSINGS
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I'VE ENJOYED IN OTHER TIMES AND
PLACES WITH WORKING WITH DEAF.
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AND YOU HAVE BROTHER FRED
GRIFFITH AS A MEMBER OF YOUR
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GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERSHIP TEAM.
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YES.
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AND HIS DEAR OLD DAD WAS SUCH
A GODLY MAN AND A DEAR FRIEND OF
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MINE FOR MANY YEARS WHEN
WE WORKED TOGETHER IN OREGON.
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WELL YOU'VE GOT NEW THINGS
HAPPENING WITH MINISTRY FOR THE
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DEAF AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THOSE.
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WELL ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS
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THAT I HAVE TWO BOSSES.
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IN A SENSE I'VE GOT THREE BOSSES
BECAUSE I'M THE DEAF MINISTRY
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DIRECTOR OF OUR ALBERTA
CONFERENCE AND OF COURSE WHAT I
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DO HERE. BUT I ALSO WORK ALONG
WITH DR. LARRY EVANS WHO HAS
JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS
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BEEN APPOINTED AS THE
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL
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CONFERENCE PRESIDENT OF THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR
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SPECIAL NEEDS. THAT INCLUDES
DEAF, BLIND AND ALL OTHER
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DISABILITIES. REALLY.
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NOW I HAVE BEEN WORKING KIND OF
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH DR. EVANS
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FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
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AND HE WITH HIS VAST KNOWLEDGE
OF THE WORLD AND HOW THE CHURCH
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WORKS IN THE UPPER ECHELONS AND
OUT IN THE FIELD, HE HAS BEEN A
TREMENDOUS INSPIRATION
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AND HELP TO DEAF WORK AROUND
THE WORLD I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
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GOING TO THE PHILIPPINES WITH
HIM IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, 2015
AND I HAD ALREADY BEEN
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WITH HIM TO KENYA AND TO INDIA.
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AND NOW HE IS GOING TO BE
ABLE TO DEVOTE HIMSELF TO THESE
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SPECIAL NEEDS AND WE'RE LOOKING,
AND SINCE HE'S A SPECIAL
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, HE
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HAS A VAST
FIELD OF ENDEAVOR NOW.
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AND SO IT'S JUST A
WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT.
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AND YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE HEAR
THAT THERE ARE NEW EXPERIENCES
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IN OUR WORK IT'S ENCOURAGING AS
WE WAIT TO SEE WHAT GOD IS GOING
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TO DO THROUGH THIS NEW LAUNCH.
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AND I WANT TO CREDIT THE
GENERAL CONFERENCE WITH HAVING
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ESTABLISHED THIS KIND OF AN
OPPORTUNITY WHICH IS NEW, NEVER
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HAPPENED BEFORE. I ALSO
MENTIONED ABOUT THIS-- WE'RE
GOING TO LOOK IN A FEW MOMENTS
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AT A SAMPLE OF THIS.
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THIS IS A DVD SET AND IT'S
CALLED "THE LIFE STORY OF JESUS"
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WITH ALLEN MEESE AND
IT'S ALL IN SIGN LANGUAGE.
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REALLY.
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SO WE CAN WATCH IT NOW A LITTLE
SAMPLE OF IT AND ACTUALLY THERE
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IS VOICE TO GO WITH IT BUT WE'RE
GOING TO COMMENT ON IT AS WE
WATCH SEVERAL MINUTES OF
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THIS AND I'LL TELL YOU
MORE ABOUT IT AS WE WATCH IT.
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OKAY.
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LET'S SEE A LITTLE BIT OF "THE
LIFE STORY OF JESUS" IN SIGN
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LANGUAGE. ALRIGHT, YOU NOTICE
HERE THAT THE PICTURE CAME ON
FIRST, OKAY, AND THIS IS
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ALLEN MEESE.
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HE WAS A PASTOR BUT FELT
THAT HE WOULD DO BETTER AT MAYBE
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TEACHING. AND HIS PARENTS
WERE DEAF AND SO HE'S A NATURAL
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SIGNER. SO THE PICTURE COMES ON
FIRST THAT HE IS GOING TO TALK
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ABOUT. THEN HE SIGNS IT
IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.
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NOW WE RECORDED THIS AND IT TOOK
US CLOSE TO TWO WEEKS BY THE
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TIME WE RECORDED THE SOUND.
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IN THIS SET
THERE'S ABOUT 700 PICTURES.
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ABOUT 500 OF THEM ARE
CHRONOLOGICALLY PICTURES,
PAINTINGS FROM JESUS' LIFE
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BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY WE WEREN'T THERE.
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AND THEN YOU CAN GO IN EITHER
THE FIRST DVD, BECAUSE THERE ARE
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TWO DVDS, YOU CAN GO EITHER IN
THE FIRST DVD OR THE SECOND DVD
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AND YOU CAN GO AND VISIT ANY
OF THE BASIC 29 LOCATIONS WHERE
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JESUS MINISTERED. YOU CAN GO TO
GALILEE, YOU CAN GO TO
BETHSAIDA, YOU CAN GO TO THESE
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DIFFERENT PLACES.
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AND YOU NOTICE ALSO THAT IT'S
CLOSED CAPTION SO THERE WILL BE
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SOME DEAF PEOPLE THAT HAVE
BECOME DEAF MAYBE AT MY AGE AND
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
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PROBABLY LEARN TO SIGN.
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SO IT'S CAPTIONED FOR THEM AND
THEY CAN TURN THE CAPTIONING ON
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IN THE SUBTITLES.
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IS THIS SOMETHING NOW THAT OUR
VIEWERS MAY SECURE, HAVE ACCESS
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TO, TO USE OR IS IT RECOMMENDED
FOR THAT KIND OF USE WITH DEAF
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PEOPLE? OH IT'S RECOMMENDED,
HOWEVER, THERE ARE ABOUT 200
SIGN LANGUAGES AROUND
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THE WORLD SO IT WOULDN'T
BE MUCH USE IN SOME COUNTRIES.
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BUT IN NORTH AMERICA, IN SOME
PLACES IN AFRICA, I THINK IN THE
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PHILIPPINES THERE IS STILL
ENOUGH AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WOULD
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BE A BLESSING.
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AND IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN
GETTING THIS I SELL IT THROUGH
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OUR CONFERENCE AND IT SELLS AT
TWENTY DOLLARS FOR THE TWO DVDS.
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AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS IT, IF
THEY WRITE ME IN CARE OF GOSPEL
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OUTREACH WE CAN WORK OUT A WAY
TO GET IT FOR THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
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YOU KNOW, THIS MAY BE THE
OPPORTUNE TIME FOR US TO MAKE
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SURE THEY HAVE THE ADDRESS, SO
I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE
INTERRUPT THE DVD, WE'VE HAD AN
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EXCELLENT SAMPLE OF WHAT IS
INCLUDED HERE, AND LET'S CALL
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YOUR ATTENTION FOLKS TO THE
ADDRESS, THE TELEPHONE NUMBER,
THE WEB ADDRESS, THE EMAIL
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ADDRESS ALL OF
THE WAYS IN THE U.S.
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AND IN CANADA HOW YOU CAN
GET AHOLD OF GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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AND YOU HEARD JOHN BLAKE JUST
EXPLAIN THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE
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TO PARTICIPATE IN MINISTRY FOR
THE DEAF THIS IS THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY I'VE EVER
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KNOWN THAT WE COULD
MAKE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE
IN MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF, YOU
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MAY WANT TO ORDER ONE OF THESE
DVDS THAT IS ENTITLED "THE LIFE
STORY OF JESUS" AND YOU
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COULD SHARE THIS WITH
SOME OF YOUR DEAF FRIENDS.
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WRITE TO JOHN BLAKE AT GOSPEL
OUTREACH AND AS YOU'VE HEARD HIM
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EXPLAIN IT'S A COST OF TWENTY
DOLLARS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS
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AVAILABLE TO YOU. AND THERE'S A
VERY SPECIAL OFFER IF THEY ORDER
20 OR MORE THAT THEY CAN ASK ME
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ABOUT.
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OKAY.
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AND A QUANTITY ORDER WILL
HAVE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.
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SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A
PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH TODAY.
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AND YOU SAW THE ADDRESS WHERE
YOU CAN WRITE FOR ADVENTURES IN
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MISSIONS AS WELL AS ENQUIRY
FOR "THE LIFE STORY OF JESUS."
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OKAY JOHN, YOU HAVE MADE SOME
REFERENCE IN THE NOTES YOU GAVE
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ME ABOUT A WEB SITE.
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IS THAT SOMETHING NEW?
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THERE IS AN ADVENTIST WEB SITE
FOR THE DEAF AND IT'S CALLED
ADVENTIST DEAF.ORG.
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IT IS FOR THE DEAF PARTICULARLY
OR THOSE WORKING WITH THE DEAF.
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AND IT HAS NEWS FROM AROUND
THE DEAF WORLD THAT WE WORK IN.
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I DON'T RUN THE SITE BUT I
DO CONTRIBUTE MATERIAL FOR THAT
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SITE. SO IT'S
ADVENTIST DEAF.ORG.
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ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP US BE
ALERT TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE
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WORLD WE LIVE IN AND HOW WE MAY
BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN SHARING A
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TESTIMONY ABOUT
JESUS, WE WANT TO KNOW THAT.
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SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.
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NOW I WANT NOT TO SHORT CHANGE
US TODAY JOHN ON THE MATERIAL
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THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO US.
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YOU'VE BROUGHT US SOME SLIDES,
SOME REPORT OF YOUR RECENT TRIPS
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TO SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE
THE DEAF WORK IS GOING FORWARD.
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WE'LL GO AHEAD
WITH THESE PICTURES NOW.
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THIS PICTURE IS AT THE GENERAL
CONFERENCE THAT WE WERE JUST AT
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THIS LAST SUMMER.
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THERE'S LARRY EVANS
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
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RIGHT.
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AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT
BASICALLY WORKED WITH THE BOOTH
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AND SOME OF THEM WERE
INTERPRETERS FOR THE DEAF AT THE
GENERAL CONFERENCE.
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AND MANY OF THE PROGRAMS WERE
INTERPRETED AND PUT OVER THE
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INTERNET ON A SPECIAL CHANNEL
FOR DEAF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
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TO WATCH. NOW OBVIOUSLY IF THEY
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AMERICAN SIGN
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LANGUAGE IT WASN'T MUCH HELP.
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AND THERE IS GOING TO BE THROUGH
THAT WEB SITE A CHANNEL FROM
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HOPE TELEVISION THAT IS GOING TO
HAVE ALL KINDS OF VIDEO
MATERIALS SOON, PERHAPS BY
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THE TIME THIS IS EDITED AND OUT.
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OKAY.
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SO THIS WAS AT THE
GENERAL CONFERENCE.
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MY ASSOCIATE IS ACTUALLY
INTERPRETING OVER ON THE LEFT
THERE, FRED GRIFFITH.
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AND THE OTHER LADY OR MAN
WHICHEVER IT IS, IS INTERPRETING
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FOR THE CAMERA WHICH IS IN THAT
PARTICULAR INSTANCE GOING OVER
THE WEB AT THAT TIME.
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AND DR. LARRY EVANS GAVE A VERY
GOOD TALK ON THE SABBATH MORNING
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AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE
SESSION ABOUT SPECIAL NEEDS.
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AND OF COURSE INCLUDED IN THAT
WAS THE DEAF AND THE BLIND AND
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SO ON. AND HE HAS BEEN A
WONDERFUL PERSON TO WORK WITH.
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HIS DREAM ACTUALLY
WAS WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
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OH REALLY.
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OF HAVING THIS SPECIAL, I DON'T
THINK DEPARTMENT IS THE RIGHT
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WORD FOR IT, BUT HE PROPOSED
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND IT HAS
NOW HAPPENED AND IT'S NOW
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OFFICIAL.
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THIS IS ALFRED GRIFFITH AND
VICTOR SAM THERE HAS BEEN FOR
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SOME TIME OUR SPECIAL
COORDINATOR FOR DEAF WORK IN
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INDIA. I SEE, OKAY.
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I GOT TO SEE HIM FOR THE FIRST
TIME AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE
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SESSION THIS LAST SUMMER.
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NOW THIS IS A CAMP MEETING
FOR THE DEAF WHICH JUST OCCURRED
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THIS SUMMER AND THAT
ONE I THINK IS FROM KENYA.
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OH REALLY.
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WE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT
CAMP MEETINGS FOR THE DEAF THIS
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SUMMER. THERE WERE TWO IN KENYA,
ONE IN UGANDA AND ONE IN GHANA.
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NOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ASK AND
SO I'LL BE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR
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THEM. WHO IS THE LADY IN THAT
BEAUTIFUL GREEN DRESS IN THE
MIDDLE AND FRONT DO
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YOU KNOW?
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NO, I'M SORRY.
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OH DEAR.
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I DON'T KNOW.
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SHE IS VERY PROMINENT THERE, AND
WE'VE GOT THIS WHOLE COLLECTION.
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I ANTICIPATE SHE'S EITHER THE
WIFE OF ONE OF THOSE MEN OR SHE
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MAY BE A MINISTER FOR THE DEAF.
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SHE MAY BE THE WORKER FOR THE
DEAF IN ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES.
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OKAY.
00:14:55.12\00:14:56.52
AND THIS IS A BAPTISMAL GROUP,
WOW, FROM THIS SUMMER ALL DEAF.
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THAT WAS IN KENYA.
00:15:02.30\00:15:06.43
I THINK SO.
00:15:06.47\00:15:07.87
AND THIS IS A YOUNG MAN
HARRISON, AND HE HAD A SPECIAL
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SERIES OF MEETINGS ON
HEALTH AND ON RELIGION.
00:15:17.08\00:15:20.88
AND HE, OKAY NOW THAT IS IN
KAMPALA ND THIS IS A SPECIAL
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CAMP MEETING THAT
WAS HELD IN UGANDA.
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AS I UNDERSTAND IT THE FIRST
CAMP MEETING FOR THE DEAF EVER
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HELD IN UGANDA WHERE WE HAVE
JUST STARTED NOT TOO LONG AGO
OUR SECOND WORKER FOR THE
00:15:39.23\00:15:43.54
DEAF.
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AND THE MAN ON THE LEFT IN THE
PICTURE THERE IS AN ELDER WHO
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HAS DONE SO MUCH TO HELP OUR
WORK IN KENYA AND HELPED US GET
STARTED IN UGANDA ALONG WITH
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PROBABLY SOME OTHERS.
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THIS IS ONE OF THE CAMP MEETINGS
AND MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE
00:15:57.72\00:16:04.13
DEAF. SOME OF THEM WOULD BE
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE DEAF
00:16:04.16\00:16:09.83
AND PERHAPS INTERPRETERS.
00:16:09.86\00:16:11.27
HERE WE ARE AT THIS CAMP MEETING
OVER ON THE COAST NEAR MOMBASA
00:16:11.30\00:16:22.78
IN KENYA. THEY'RE HAVING SOME
FUN THERE PROBABLY IN THE
AFTERNOON OUT ON THE
00:16:22.81\00:16:23.88
BEACH.
00:16:23.91\00:16:29.15
IT'S NICE AT A CAMP MEETING WHEN
THEY CAN TAKE SOME RECREATION
00:16:29.18\00:16:36.12
TIME TOGETHER BECAUSE FOR DEAF
PEOPLE USUALLY YOU'RE A SMALL
00:16:36.16\00:16:37.43
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHEREVER YOU'RE MEETING.
00:16:37.46\00:16:42.56
AND WHEN YOU'RE DEAF YOU ARE
SO ISOLATED THAT WHEN YOU GET
00:16:42.60\00:16:47.54
TOGETHER WITH OTHER DEAF PEOPLE
AND YOU CAN SIGN TO YOUR HEARTS
CONTENT YOU DON'T HAVE TO
00:16:47.57\00:16:50.61
STRUGGLE TO TALK
IT'S SUCH A RELIEF.
00:16:50.64\00:16:57.91
I USED TO GO TO THE CAMP MEETING
FOR THE DEAF AT MILO ACADEMY IN
00:16:57.95\00:17:02.62
OREGON WHEN ARTHUR GRIFFITH
LIKED TO GO AND FRED AND SO ON.
00:17:02.65\00:17:15.46
AND THESE PRECIOUS DEAF PEOPLE
COME THERE AND IT'S SO NICE FOR
00:17:15.50\00:17:26.78
THEM TO BE ABLE TO
TALK IN SIGN LANGUAGE.
00:17:26.81\00:17:29.21
THE NEXT PICTURE, THIS IS SOME
OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE PUTTING UP
00:17:29.24\00:17:30.31
TENTS AND SO ON AT ONE OF
THE CAMP MEETINGS IN AFRICA.
00:17:31.95\00:17:35.68
THIS IS ANOTHER DEAF GROUP.
00:17:35.72\00:17:39.05
I THINK THIS IS THE ONE FROM
GHANA JUST HELD WITHIN THE LAST
00:17:39.09\00:17:40.42
TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
00:17:40.46\00:17:42.29
AND AGAIN A BAPTISMAL GROUP.
00:17:42.32\00:17:44.26
AND THERE WERE MANY
DEAF BAPTIZED THIS SUMMER.
00:17:44.29\00:17:46.26
EACH OF THE FOUR CAMP MEETINGS,
YES THERE WERE FOUR CAMP
00:17:46.29\00:17:47.03
MEETINGS THERE, HAD
A BAPTISM OF THE DEAF.
00:17:50.10\00:17:52.00
AND THAT IS WONDERFUL.
00:17:52.03\00:17:54.20
THIS IS A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS JUST
RECENTLY BAPTIZED AND HE MAY END
00:17:54.24\00:17:55.34
UP AS ONE OF OUR WORKERS YET.
00:17:56.47\00:18:00.21
HE IS BUSY SHARING HIS FAITH
AND HE IS FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY I
00:18:00.24\00:18:04.55
BELIEVE WHERE I HOPE
MAYBE WE CAN BEGIN THE WORK.
00:18:04.58\00:18:10.42
HERE IS AGAIN SPEAKING
AT ONE OF THE CAMP MEETINGS.
00:18:10.45\00:18:12.29
NOTICE OF COURSE
IT'S IN SIGN LANGUAGE.
00:18:12.32\00:18:13.32
YES.
00:18:13.36\00:18:20.56
AND THIS IS AT THE LITTLE
DEAF SCHOOL IN WESTERN KENYA.
00:18:20.60\00:18:27.87
AND THIS LADY IN THE ORANGE IS
THE MAIN TEACHER THERE AT THIS
00:18:27.90\00:18:30.17
DEAF SCHOOL AND GOSPEL
OUTREACH IS SUPPORTING HER.
00:18:30.21\00:18:35.48
AND THEY HAVE
SOMETHING NEW AT THE SCHOOL NOW.
00:18:35.51\00:18:37.81
THEY HAVE A PUMP.
00:18:37.85\00:18:41.72
IT'S NOT ELECTRIC BUT THEY HAVE
A SOURCE OF WATER NOW ON THEIR
00:18:41.75\00:18:44.29
OWN PROPERTY AND
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING NEW.
00:18:44.32\00:18:46.65
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY CHILDREN IN
THAT SCHOOL, HOW MANY STUDENTS?
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I THINK THEY'RE
UP TO ABOUT 25 NOW.
00:18:49.26\00:18:50.56
WOW.
00:18:50.59\00:18:54.00
AND THIS IS SOME
BUILDING THAT'S JUST GOING ON.
00:18:54.03\00:18:56.30
THIS IS THE LAST
PICTURE THAT I HAVE.
00:18:56.33\00:19:00.14
THEY HAVE FOUR CLASSROOMS AND I
THINK ONE OF THEM IS BEING USED
00:19:00.17\00:19:00.94
AS A DORMITORY. AND THIS IS THE
THIRD EXPANSION OF THE SCHOOL
NOW TO BE ABLE TO MORE
00:19:07.41\00:19:09.58
ADEQUATELY TAKE CARE
OF THE DEAF STUDENTS.
00:19:09.61\00:19:18.52
THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEDS THAT
ARE BEING USED AT THAT SCHOOL IN
00:19:18.55\00:19:19.62
WESTERN KENYA.
00:19:19.65\00:19:25.59
AND TEN OF THE STUDENTS
IN THAT SCHOOL ARE ORPHANS.
00:19:25.63\00:19:33.90
NOW THIS, WE'VE NOW SWITCHED
TO THE PHILIPPINES AND THEY HAVE
00:19:33.94\00:19:40.58
ABOUT 20 STUDENTS NOW THIS YEAR
AND THEY ARE OLDER STUDENTS.
00:19:40.61\00:19:45.05
SOME OF THEM HAVE PRETTY WELL
HAD TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE WHEN
00:19:45.08\00:19:49.08
THEY COME BECAUSE BACK IN THE
VILLAGES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
MINDANAO THEY PROBABLY
00:19:49.12\00:19:53.22
HAD VERY LITTLE SIGNING, MAYBE
HOME SIGNS OR VILLAGE SIGNS.
00:19:53.25\00:19:59.46
AND THEY'RE STARTING HERE, THESE
ARE SOME OF THE FOOTINGS FOR THE
00:19:59.49\00:20:00.70
NEW DORMITORY AND KITCHEN.
00:20:00.73\00:20:04.03
AND THIS IS THE LAST
PICTURE THEY SENT ME.
00:20:04.07\00:20:09.77
THEY'RE BUILDING UP HERE IT
LOOKS LIKE IT'S A GOOD SOLID
PLACE AND THIS WILL
00:20:09.80\00:20:11.21
BE THE KITCHEN AND THE DORMITORY
FOR THE STUDENTS THERE AT THIS
00:20:11.24\00:20:15.71
SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES.
00:20:17.45\00:20:18.61
HERE'S THE LITTLE KITCHEN THAT
THEY'RE USING AT THE MOMENT.
00:20:18.65\00:20:21.48
I ATE SITTING AT
THAT TABLE THERE.
00:20:21.52\00:20:23.49
AND THESE ARE
SOME OF THE STUDENTS.
00:20:23.52\00:20:25.49
WHEN I WAS THERE IN MARCH, 13
OF THESE PRECIOUS STUDENTS WERE
00:20:25.52\00:20:27.49
BAPTIZED AND
THAT WAS SO SPECIAL.
00:20:27.52\00:20:28.49
THIS IS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.
00:20:28.52\00:20:33.60
THIS ACTUALLY IS IN SOUTH
AMERICA AND THE SPEAKER THERE IS
00:20:39.33\00:20:43.44
THE SPEAKER FOR THE IT IS
WRITTEN TELECAST IN THE UNITED
00:20:43.47\00:20:45.44
STATES. AND HE IS BEING
INTERPRETED THERE IN
EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN
00:20:45.47\00:20:47.44
BOLIVIA.
00:20:47.48\00:20:48.34
THAT WAS SHAWN
BOONSTRA OR JOHN BRADSHAW?
00:20:48.38\00:20:50.45
YES.
00:20:50.48\00:20:51.45
IS THAT RIGHT.
00:20:51.48\00:20:52.35
AND THIS WAS IN
BOLIVIA IN SOUTH AMERICA.
00:20:52.38\00:20:54.45
AND IT'S WONDERFUL THERE THAT
THEY HAD A BAPTISM WITH SOME
00:20:54.48\00:20:59.55
DEAF. SO WERE BACK.
00:21:07.23\00:21:12.27
YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING WHILE
YOU WERE SHARING THESE ACCOUNTS
00:21:14.27\00:21:19.34
FROM VARIOUS PLACES IN AFRICA,
INDIA, THE PHILIPPINES AND SO
FORTH, WHEN WE FIRST
00:21:24.71\00:21:29.05
STARTED TALKING ABOUT MINISTRY
FOR THE DEAF HERE AT GOSPEL
00:21:29.08\00:21:34.16
OUTREACH WE COULD HARDLY EVEN
IMAGINE OR DREAM THAT THE WORK
WOULD EXPAND TO THE DEGREE
00:21:35.22\00:21:40.30
THAT IT HAS, RIGHT JOHN?
00:21:41.40\00:21:42.63
YES.
00:21:42.66\00:21:43.63
IT'S JUST WONDERFUL.
00:21:43.67\00:21:45.10
WHAT IT TAKES, LIKE WHEN I
WAS AT THE BOOTH AT THE GENERAL
00:21:45.13\00:21:48.37
CONFERENCE WHICH WAS A GREAT
PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE
DAY AFTER DAY WITH LITERALLY
00:21:48.40\00:21:53.48
THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE GOING BY THE BOOTH.
00:21:53.68\00:21:55.98
NOT EVERYBODY STOPPED OF
COURSE, NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS OR
00:21:56.01\00:21:59.61
UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS OF THE
DEAF, BUT TO BE ABLE TO TALK
WITH DEAF, WELL WE DIDN'T REALLY
00:21:59.65\00:22:04.79
HAVE MANY DEAF PEOPLE THERE BUT
TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH LEADERS
00:22:05.59\00:22:09.26
FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND
ENCOURAGE THEM TO HAVE, YOU KNOW
I WOULD TYPICALLY ASK, DO
00:22:09.29\00:22:14.36
YOU HAVE ANY DEAF
IN YOUR CONFERENCE?
00:22:16.43\00:22:18.40
DO YOU HAVE ANY
WORK FOR THE DEAF?
00:22:18.43\00:22:21.20
AND THEN IF THEY SAID, SOMETIMES
THEY WOULD SAY YES, SOMETIMES
00:22:21.24\00:22:25.51
THEY WOULD SAY NO WELL THEN WE'D
TALK ABOUT IF THEY DO HAVE SOME
DEAF HOW COULD THEY GET
00:22:25.54\00:22:30.61
STARTED.
00:22:30.65\00:22:32.11
AND I SAID WELL THE WAY TO GET
STARTED IF YOU HAVE SOME DEAF
00:22:32.15\00:22:35.95
AND YOU WANT TO WORK IS TO HAVE
THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT WRITE
ME A LETTER REQUESTING WE
00:22:35.98\00:22:42.09
HAVE A NEED, HOW DO WE GET
STARTED AND GIVE ME SOME IDEAS
00:22:42.12\00:22:49.00
AND SO ON AND THEN WE CAN START
FILLING IN THE PROPER
APPLICATION BLANK AND THEN WE
00:22:49.03\00:22:53.37
CAN DISCUSS AND
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
00:22:53.40\00:22:55.67
WE CAN'T MAKE A LOT OF RASH
PROMISES TO SATISFY EVERY NEED
00:22:55.70\00:23:00.28
IN THE WORLD BUT AS THE LORD
OPENS THE WAY WE CAN KEEP MOVING
00:23:00.31\00:23:04.91
AHEAD. YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US
WHO HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED WITH
LIVING WITH THE DEAF
00:23:05.91\00:23:10.99
PEOPLE IT'S HARD TO SOMEHOW
IMAGINE THE LEVEL OF NEED THAT
00:23:14.62\00:23:19.69
THERE IS IN THE WORLD.
00:23:21.73\00:23:23.20
YOU'VE TOLD ME HOW MANY MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO HEAR
00:23:23.23\00:23:27.17
AND THEY ARE IN AN ISOLATED
WORLD AND THEY LIVE, MANY OF
THEM, MOST OF THEIR LIVES IN
00:23:27.20\00:23:32.37
THAT KIND OF AN ISOLATED WORLD
WITHOUT KNOWING THE BEAUTY OF
00:23:32.41\00:23:36.85
THE GOSPEL MESSAGE IN JESUS.
00:23:36.88\00:23:38.28
AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE LED GOSPEL
OUTREACH TO UNDERTAKE WITH THIS
00:23:38.31\00:23:43.28
MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF IS
ACCOMPLISHING A PURPOSE THAT AS
00:23:43.32\00:23:49.12
I SAID AWHILE AGO WE COULD
HAVE ONLY IMAGINED WHEN WE FIRST
00:23:49.16\00:23:52.56
STARTED. BUT MY INCLINATION JOHN
NOW IS TO SAY PRAISE GOD FOR ALL
00:23:52.59\00:23:57.63
OF THESE REPORTS THAT YOU CAN
NOW BRING FROM DISTANT PLACES.
00:24:00.57\00:24:03.81
YOU HAD NO IDEA WHO WAS IN SOME
OF THOSE PLACES BEFORE DID YOU.
00:24:03.84\00:24:07.34
RIGHT.
00:24:07.38\00:24:08.78
I STILL REMEMBER I WAS SITTING
IN AN EVANGELISM COUNCIL IN
00:24:08.81\00:24:13.42
ALBERTA AND THE SECRETARY FROM
DOWN STAIRS IN THE CONFERENCE
OFFICE CAME UP STAIRS WITH A FAX
00:24:16.75\00:24:23.32
FROM INDIA.
00:24:23.36\00:24:24.69
IT WAS FROM DOROTHY WATTS
WHO WAS KEY IN OUR MINISTRY FOR
00:24:24.73\00:24:29.50
HEARING AND DEAF IN INDIA.
00:24:29.53\00:24:31.43
AND SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS
A PASTOR WHO WAS TOO DEAF TO
00:24:31.47\00:24:36.24
PASTOR, STOPPED HIM WORKING, BUT
THEY SAID THAT IF HE HAD AN
OPERATION AND HAD A
00:24:36.27\00:24:42.78
HEARING AID THAT THEY THOUGHT HE
COULD HEAR ENOUGH TO PASTOR THE
00:24:42.81\00:24:48.22
HEARING.
00:24:48.25\00:24:50.19
WELL WE RAISED THE 800 AND SOME
DOLLARS THAT WAS NECESSARY FOR
00:24:50.22\00:24:54.16
THE OPERATION AND THE HEARING
AID, UNBELIEVABLE HERE, AND HE
00:24:54.19\00:24:59.26
BECAME OUR FIRST WORKER
ACTUALLY FOR THE DEAF IN INDIA.
00:25:01.40\00:25:04.83
AND THEN THE LORD GUIDED AND WE
STARTED WITH A SECOND WORKER AND
00:25:04.87\00:25:11.07
THEN DOROTHY WATTS FOUND SOME
MONEY FOR A THIRD WORKER AND
THEN GRADUALLY GOSPEL
00:25:11.11\00:25:16.64
OUTREACH GOT INVOLVED THEN THE
DEPARTMENT STARTED AND SO GOD
00:25:16.68\00:25:21.75
HAS JUST KEPT
LEADING AND LEADING.
00:25:23.79\00:25:25.12
AND WE PLEAD FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE
TO OPEN UP MANY NEW AVENUES
00:25:25.15\00:25:29.92
BECAUSE WE REALLY
ONLY SCRATCH THE SURFACE.
00:25:32.16\00:25:34.46
THERE'S SO MUCH NEED.
00:25:34.50\00:25:35.80
WELL JOHN I JUST PRAISE THE LORD
FOR THE VISION THAT HE GAVE YOU.
00:25:35.83\00:25:40.94
I AM RELUCTANT TO PRAISE THE
LORD THAT YOU HAVE DEAF CHILDREN
00:25:43.41\00:25:49.91
THAT BROUGHT YOU TO THIS BUT AT
THE SAME TIME THEY BECOME A
BLESSING BECAUSE OF THE
00:25:49.94\00:25:55.12
INSPIRATION THAT YOU HAVE
FOR MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF.
00:25:55.15\00:25:58.42
SO GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
AND ALL OF YOU FOLKS WHO ARE
00:25:58.45\00:26:04.76
ALSO A PART OF MINISTRY FOR THE
DEAF HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:26:04.79\00:26:08.56
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS
GOING TO GO BUT I BELIEVE THAT
00:26:08.60\00:26:15.34
AS WE CONTINUE TO DEPEND ON
LEADERSHIP LIKE THAT PROVIDED BY
00:26:15.37\00:26:20.08
JOHN BLAKE AND HIS COLLEAGUES
WE'RE GOING TO FIND MORE AND
MORE THAT GOD HAS FOR US TO DO
00:26:20.11\00:26:26.01
IN MANY DISTANT
PLACES ACROSS OUR GLOBE.
00:26:26.05\00:26:29.22
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR
BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:26:29.25\00:26:32.49
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFTS, FOR
YOUR PRAYERS AND PLEASE REMEMBER
00:26:32.52\00:26:37.66
TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL USE GOSPEL
OUTREACH, THIS MINISTRY FOR THE
00:26:37.69\00:26:42.20
DEAF IN PARTICULAR, SO THAT HIS
SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO ARE LONGING
00:26:42.23\00:26:47.90
FOR THE KINGDOM WHERE WE CAN ALL
HEAR AND SING TOGETHER WILL BE A
REALITY IN THE GREAT
00:26:47.94\00:26:54.14
CHORAL EXPERIENCE WITH
THE ANGELS IN GOD'S KINGDOM.
00:26:54.18\00:26:57.98
AMEN.
00:26:58.01\00:26:59.08
[CLOSING MUSIC]
00:26:59.28\00:27:03.32