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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000625A
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00:15 HELLO GOOD FRIENDS. 00:16 I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO BE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:19 I JUST WISH SOMEHOW I COULD CONVEY TO YOU THE INSPIRATION THAT HAPPENS 00:26 WHEN GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERSHIP AND MANY VOLUNTEERS COME TOGETHER 00:31 ON A COUPLE OF TIMES EACH YEAR BASIS TO THINK ABOUT THE WORK, TO CONSIDER HOW 00:36 CAN WE DO MORE, HOW CAN WE DO IT BETTER. 00:39 AND FRANKLY WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER THEY EVEN PRAY FOR YOU OUT THERE. 00:44 YOU FOLKS WHO ARE PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY WHO ARE THE SUPPORTERS 00:48 WITHOUT WHOM THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK COULD NOT CONTINUE. 00:52 AND I GET TO BE HERE WHEN WE ARE COMING TO THE STUDIO TO MAKE MORE 00:57 PROGRAMS SO THAT YOU GET REPORTS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE GOSPEL 01:01 OUTREACH WORLD. 01:03 AND I GET TO INTRODUCE MY DEAR FRIENDS. 01:06 I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN JOHN BUT I'VE GOTTEN TO WARM MY HAND IN YOURS A 01:11 NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE YEARS HERE. 01:14 AND WE GOT SO EXCITED GRASPING HANDS YOU PUSHED YOUR BUTTON RIGHT OFF THE 01:18 TABLE BUT THAT'S OKAY. 01:20 WE'LL GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM 01:24 ABOUT JOHN BLAKE'S VISION AND HIS HARD WORK FOR MINISTERING TO THE DEAF. 01:34 AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY ISN'T IT JOHN. 01:38 YES, I BELIEVE. 01:40 HOW DID, HOW DID GOSPEL OUTREACH FIRST GET INVOLVED WITH THIS? 01:45 WELL, I HAD A BOOTH AT OUR ALBERTA CAMP MEETING AND SOMETIMES DURING THE DAY 01:53 THE BOOTH ISN'T ALL THAT BUSY BECAUSE THERE AREN'T MANY PEOPLE COMING THROUGH 01:56 THE DISPLAY TENT. 01:57 WELL GOSPEL OUTREACH HAD A BOOTH AND I WOULD GO OVER AND TALK TO THEM SOMETIMES 02:03 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH BOOTH AND I ASKED THEM IF THEY'D EVER DO ANYTHING FOR THE 02:07 DEAF AND THE SAID WELL ASK. 02:10 WELL I DIDN'T ASK RIGHT THEN BUT EVENTUALLY AFTER WE WERE SUPPORTING SOME 02:16 WORKERS FOR THE DEAF IN INDIA I DID ASK AND THEY CAME UP WITH A SPONSORSHIP 02:25 OF FIVE, THEN THEY CAME UP WITH A SPONSORSHIP OF 10 OR MORE AND WHEN I RETIRED 02:32 AT THE END OF 2005 I SAID I DON'T HAVE AN UMBRELLA TO WORK ON OVERSEAS 02:36 REALLY. 02:37 WOULD YOU START A DEPARTMENT AND LET ME WORK WITH THIS AND THEY SAID 02:39 AGAIN, ASK. 02:40 SO I ASKED AND GOD HAS JUST BLESSED AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 47 WORKERS 02:42 FOR THE DEAF AND WE'VE JUST ADDED ONE IN ZIMBABWE OUR TENTH COUNTRY. 02:44 THAT MEANS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF CROSSES REGIONAL 03:03 LINES IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 03:05 OH YES. 03:06 YOU'RE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND AFRICA NOW. 03:11 YOU'RE IN INDIA. 03:12 YES. 03:13 ARE THERE OTHER PLACES? 03:15 WELL WE'RE WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL. 03:18 OH BRAZIL THAT'S RIGHT. 03:20 THEY HAVE ONE WORKER THERE COSPONSORED BETWEEN THE CONFERENCE AND GOSPEL 03:25 OUTREACH. 03:26 AND THEN WE HAVE ONE IN KYRGYZSTAN, ONE IN KAZAKHSTAN AND SO ON. 03:31 WELL, IT HAS BEEN A RICH BLESSING FOR ME TO GET TO WATCH YOU IN YOUR 03:39 LEADERSHIP AND WATCH THE WORK GROW. 03:42 KIND OF RENEW FOR ME SOME OF MY OWN MEMORIES OF THE BLESSINGS I'VE ENJOYED IN 03:48 OTHER TIMES AND PLACES WITH WORKING WITH DEAF. 03:52 AND YOU HAVE BROTHER FRED GRIFFITH AS A MEMBER OF YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:57 LEADERSHIP TEAM. 03:58 YES. 04:00 AND HIS DEAR OLD DAD WAS SUCH A GODLY MAN AND A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE FOR 04:05 MANY YEARS WHEN WE WORKED TOGETHER IN OREGON. 04:08 WELL YOU'VE GOT NEW THINGS HAPPENING WITH MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF AT GOSPEL 04:12 OUTREACH. 04:13 TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THOSE. 04:15 WELL ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT I HAVE 04:18 TWO BOSSES. 04:20 IN A SENSE I'VE GOT THREE BOSSES BECAUSE I'M THE DEAF MINISTRY DIRECTOR OF 04:24 OUR ALBERTA CONFERENCE AND OF COURSE WHAT I DO HERE. 04:30 BUT I ALSO WORK ALONG WITH DR. LARRY EVANS WHO HAS JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS 04:35 BEEN APPOINTED AS THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE 04:40 PRESIDENT OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR SPECIAL NEEDS. 04:46 THAT INCLUDES DEAF, BLIND AND ALL OTHER DISABILITIES. 04:51 REALLY. 04:52 NOW I HAVE BEEN WORKING KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES WITH DR. EVANS FOR SEVERAL 04:58 YEARS. 04:59 AND HE WITH HIS VAST KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD AND HOW THE CHURCH WORKS IN 05:04 THE UPPER ECHELONS AND OUT IN THE FIELD, HE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS INSPIRATION 05:11 AND HELP TO DEAF WORK AROUND THE WORLD I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO THE 05:17 PHILIPPINES WITH HIM IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, 2015 AND I HAD ALREADY BEEN 05:25 WITH HIM TO KENYA AND TO INDIA. 05:29 AND NOW HE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEVOTE HIMSELF TO THESE SPECIAL NEEDS AND 05:31 WE'RE LOOKING, AND SINCE HE'S A SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, HE HAS A 05:33 VAST FIELD OF ENDEAVOR NOW. 05:34 AND SO IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT. 05:51 AND YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE NEW EXPERIENCES IN OUR WORK 06:00 IT'S ENCOURAGING AS WE WAIT TO SEE WHAT GOD IS GOING TO DO THROUGH THIS 06:05 NEW LAUNCH. 06:06 AND I WANT TO CREDIT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE WITH HAVING ESTABLISHED THIS 06:10 KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY WHICH IS NEW, NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. 06:16 I ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT THIS-- WE'RE GOING TO LOOK IN A FEW MOMENTS AT A 06:19 SAMPLE OF THIS. 06:21 THIS IS A DVD SET AND IT'S CALLED "THE LIFE STORY OF JESUS" WITH ALLEN MEESE 06:29 AND IT'S ALL IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 06:30 REALLY. 06:31 SO WE CAN WATCH IT NOW A LITTLE SAMPLE OF IT AND ACTUALLY THERE IS VOICE TO 06:36 GO WITH IT BUT WE'RE GOING TO COMMENT ON IT AS WE WATCH SEVERAL MINUTES OF 06:40 THIS AND I'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT AS WE WATCH IT. 06:41 OKAY. 06:43 LET'S SEE A LITTLE BIT OF "THE LIFE STORY OF JESUS" IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 06:51 ALRIGHT, YOU NOTICE HERE THAT THE PICTURE CAME ON FIRST, OKAY, AND THIS IS 06:56 ALLEN MEESE. 06:58 HE WAS A PASTOR BUT FELT THAT HE WOULD DO BETTER AT MAYBE TEACHING. 07:02 AND HIS PARENTS WERE DEAF AND SO HE'S A NATURAL SIGNER. 07:09 SO THE PICTURE COMES ON FIRST THAT HE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT. 07:12 THEN HE SIGNS IT IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 07:14 NOW WE RECORDED THIS AND IT TOOK US CLOSE TO TWO WEEKS BY THE TIME WE 07:16 RECORDED THE SOUND. 07:17 IN THIS SET THERE'S ABOUT 700 PICTURES. 07:28 ABOUT 500 OF THEM ARE CHRONOLOGICALLY PICTURES, PAINTINGS FROM JESUS' LIFE 07:33 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WEREN'T THERE. 07:35 AND THEN YOU CAN GO IN EITHER THE FIRST DVD, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO 07:39 DVDS, YOU CAN GO EITHER IN THE FIRST DVD OR THE SECOND DVD AND YOU CAN GO 07:45 AND VISIT ANY OF THE BASIC 29 LOCATIONS WHERE JESUS MINISTERED. 07:50 YOU CAN GO TO GALILEE, YOU CAN GO TO BETHSAIDA, YOU CAN GO TO THESE DIFFERENT 07:54 PLACES. 07:56 AND YOU NOTICE ALSO THAT IT'S CLOSED CAPTION SO THERE WILL BE SOME DEAF 07:57 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BECOME DEAF MAYBE AT MY AGE AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO 07:59 PROBABLY LEARN TO SIGN. 08:01 SO IT'S CAPTIONED FOR THEM AND THEY CAN TURN THE CAPTIONING ON IN THE 08:03 SUBTITLES. 08:04 IS THIS SOMETHING NOW THAT OUR VIEWERS MAY SECURE, HAVE ACCESS TO, TO USE OR 08:05 IS IT RECOMMENDED FOR THAT KIND OF USE WITH DEAF PEOPLE? 08:07 OH IT'S RECOMMENDED, HOWEVER, THERE ARE ABOUT 200 SIGN LANGUAGES AROUND 08:09 THE WORLD SO IT WOULDN'T BE MUCH USE IN SOME COUNTRIES. 08:13 BUT IN NORTH AMERICA, IN SOME PLACES IN AFRICA, I THINK IN THE PHILIPPINES 08:22 THERE IS STILL ENOUGH AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WOULD 08:33 BE A BLESSING. 08:34 AND IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING THIS I SELL IT THROUGH OUR 08:47 CONFERENCE AND IT SELLS AT TWENTY DOLLARS FOR THE TWO DVDS. 08:51 AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS IT, IF THEY WRITE ME IN CARE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WE CAN 09:07 WORK OUT A WAY TO GET IT FOR THEM INDIVIDUALLY. 09:11 YOU KNOW, THIS MAY BE THE OPPORTUNE TIME FOR US TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE 09:17 ADDRESS, SO I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE INTERRUPT THE DVD, WE'VE HAD AN 09:23 EXCELLENT SAMPLE OF WHAT IS INCLUDED HERE, AND LET'S CALL YOUR ATTENTION 09:29 FOLKS TO THE ADDRESS, THE TELEPHONE NUMBER, THE WEB ADDRESS, THE EMAIL ADDRESS 09:37 ALL OF THE WAYS IN THE U.S. 09:40 AND IN CANADA HOW YOU CAN GET AHOLD OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:43 AND YOU HEARD JOHN BLAKE JUST EXPLAIN THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE 09:51 IN MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF THIS IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY I'VE EVER 09:55 KNOWN THAT WE COULD MAKE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE. 09:58 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF, YOU MAY WANT 10:02 TO ORDER ONE OF THESE DVDS THAT IS ENTITLED "THE LIFE STORY OF JESUS" AND YOU 10:08 COULD SHARE THIS WITH SOME OF YOUR DEAF FRIENDS. 10:12 WRITE TO JOHN BLAKE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND AS YOU'VE HEARD HIM EXPLAIN 10:17 IT'S A COST OF TWENTY DOLLARS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO YOU. 10:22 AND THERE'S A VERY SPECIAL OFFER IF THEY ORDER 20 OR MORE THAT THEY CAN ASK ME 10:28 ABOUT. 10:29 OKAY. 10:30 AND A QUANTITY ORDER WILL HAVE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION. 10:32 SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH TODAY. 10:38 AND YOU SAW THE ADDRESS WHERE YOU CAN WRITE FOR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AS 10:43 WELL AS ENQUIRY FOR "THE LIFE STORY OF JESUS." 10:46 OKAY JOHN, YOU HAVE MADE SOME REFERENCE IN THE NOTES YOU GAVE ME ABOUT A 10:56 WEB SITE. 10:57 IS THAT SOMETHING NEW? 11:00 THERE IS AN ADVENTIST WEB SITE FOR THE DEAF AND IT'S CALLED ADVENTIST DEAF.ORG. 11:12 IT IS FOR THE DEAF PARTICULARLY OR THOSE WORKING WITH THE DEAF. 11:17 AND IT HAS NEWS FROM AROUND THE DEAF WORLD THAT WE WORK IN. 11:23 I DON'T RUN THE SITE BUT I DO CONTRIBUTE MATERIAL FOR THAT SITE. 11:28 SO IT'S ADVENTIST DEAF.ORG. 11:30 ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP US BE ALERT TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE WORLD 11:38 WE LIVE IN AND HOW WE MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN SHARING A TESTIMONY ABOUT 11:44 JESUS, WE WANT TO KNOW THAT. 11:45 SO THANK YOU FOR THIS. 11:46 NOW I WANT NOT TO SHORT CHANGE US TODAY JOHN ON THE MATERIAL THAT YOU'VE 11:53 BROUGHT TO US. 11:55 YOU'VE BROUGHT US SOME SLIDES, SOME REPORT OF YOUR RECENT TRIPS TO SOME 12:00 OF THE PLACES WHERE THE DEAF WORK IS GOING FORWARD. 12:03 WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH THESE PICTURES NOW. 12:05 THIS PICTURE IS AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE THAT WE WERE JUST AT THIS LAST 12:10 SUMMER. 12:11 THERE'S LARRY EVANS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. 12:13 RIGHT. 12:14 AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT BASICALLY WORKED WITH THE BOOTH AND SOME OF THEM 12:19 WERE INTERPRETERS FOR THE DEAF AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 12:22 AND MANY OF THE PROGRAMS WERE INTERPRETED AND PUT OVER THE INTERNET ON A 12:29 SPECIAL CHANNEL FOR DEAF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TO WATCH. 12:32 NOW OBVIOUSLY IF THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IT WASN'T 12:36 MUCH HELP. 12:37 AND THERE IS GOING TO BE THROUGH THAT WEB SITE A CHANNEL FROM HOPE 12:42 TELEVISION THAT IS GOING TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF VIDEO MATERIALS SOON, PERHAPS BY 12:49 THE TIME THIS IS EDITED AND OUT. 12:51 OKAY. 12:52 SO THIS WAS AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 12:55 MY ASSOCIATE IS ACTUALLY INTERPRETING OVER ON THE LEFT THERE, FRED GRIFFITH. 13:01 AND THE OTHER LADY OR MAN WHICHEVER IT IS, IS INTERPRETING FOR THE 13:06 CAMERA WHICH IS IN THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE GOING OVER THE WEB AT THAT TIME. 13:10 AND DR. LARRY EVANS GAVE A VERY GOOD TALK ON THE SABBATH MORNING AT THE 13:17 GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSION ABOUT SPECIAL NEEDS. 13:20 AND OF COURSE INCLUDED IN THAT WAS THE DEAF AND THE BLIND AND SO ON. 13:26 AND HE HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL PERSON TO WORK WITH. 13:29 HIS DREAM ACTUALLY WAS WHAT HAS HAPPENED. 13:33 OH REALLY. 13:35 OF HAVING THIS SPECIAL, I DON'T THINK DEPARTMENT IS THE RIGHT WORD FOR IT, BUT 13:40 HE PROPOSED SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND IT HAS NOW HAPPENED AND IT'S NOW 13:45 OFFICIAL. 13:47 THIS IS ALFRED GRIFFITH AND VICTOR SAM THERE HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME OUR 13:56 SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR DEAF WORK IN INDIA. 14:00 I SEE, OKAY. 14:02 I GOT TO SEE HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSION THIS 14:06 LAST SUMMER. 14:08 NOW THIS IS A CAMP MEETING FOR THE DEAF WHICH JUST OCCURRED THIS SUMMER AND 14:16 THAT ONE I THINK IS FROM KENYA. 14:20 OH REALLY. 14:21 WE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT CAMP MEETINGS FOR THE DEAF THIS SUMMER. 14:24 THERE WERE TWO IN KENYA, ONE IN UGANDA AND ONE IN GHANA. 14:29 NOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ASK AND SO I'LL BE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THEM. 14:33 WHO IS THE LADY IN THAT BEAUTIFUL GREEN DRESS IN THE MIDDLE AND FRONT DO 14:37 YOU KNOW? 14:38 NO, I'M SORRY. 14:39 OH DEAR. 14:40 I DON'T KNOW. 14:42 SHE IS VERY PROMINENT THERE, AND WE'VE GOT THIS WHOLE COLLECTION. 14:45 I ANTICIPATE SHE'S EITHER THE WIFE OF ONE OF THOSE MEN OR SHE MAY BE A 14:49 MINISTER FOR THE DEAF. 14:51 SHE MAY BE THE WORKER FOR THE DEAF IN ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES. 14:55 OKAY. 14:56 AND THIS IS A BAPTISMAL GROUP, WOW, FROM THIS SUMMER ALL DEAF. 15:02 THAT WAS IN KENYA. 15:06 I THINK SO. 15:07 AND THIS IS A YOUNG MAN HARRISON, AND HE HAD A SPECIAL SERIES OF MEETINGS 15:17 ON HEALTH AND ON RELIGION. 15:20 AND HE, OKAY NOW THAT IS IN KAMPALA ND THIS IS A SPECIAL CAMP MEETING THAT 15:31 WAS HELD IN UGANDA. 15:33 AS I UNDERSTAND IT THE FIRST CAMP MEETING FOR THE DEAF EVER HELD IN UGANDA 15:39 WHERE WE HAVE JUST STARTED NOT TOO LONG AGO OUR SECOND WORKER FOR THE 15:43 DEAF. 15:45 AND THE MAN ON THE LEFT IN THE PICTURE THERE IS AN ELDER WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH 15:50 TO HELP OUR WORK IN KENYA AND HELPED US GET STARTED IN UGANDA ALONG WITH 15:56 PROBABLY SOME OTHERS. 15:57 THIS IS ONE OF THE CAMP MEETINGS AND MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE DEAF. 16:04 SOME OF THEM WOULD BE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE DEAF AND PERHAPS 16:09 INTERPRETERS. 16:11 HERE WE ARE AT THIS CAMP MEETING OVER ON THE COAST NEAR MOMBASA IN KENYA. 16:22 THEY'RE HAVING SOME FUN THERE PROBABLY IN THE AFTERNOON OUT ON THE 16:23 BEACH. 16:29 IT'S NICE AT A CAMP MEETING WHEN THEY CAN TAKE SOME RECREATION TIME 16:36 TOGETHER BECAUSE FOR DEAF PEOPLE USUALLY YOU'RE A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE 16:37 WHEREVER YOU'RE MEETING. 16:42 AND WHEN YOU'RE DEAF YOU ARE SO ISOLATED THAT WHEN YOU GET TOGETHER WITH 16:47 OTHER DEAF PEOPLE AND YOU CAN SIGN TO YOUR HEARTS CONTENT YOU DON'T HAVE TO 16:50 STRUGGLE TO TALK IT'S SUCH A RELIEF. 16:57 I USED TO GO TO THE CAMP MEETING FOR THE DEAF AT MILO ACADEMY IN OREGON 17:02 WHEN ARTHUR GRIFFITH LIKED TO GO AND FRED AND SO ON. 17:15 AND THESE PRECIOUS DEAF PEOPLE COME THERE AND IT'S SO NICE FOR THEM TO BE 17:26 ABLE TO TALK IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 17:29 THE NEXT PICTURE, THIS IS SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE PUTTING UP TENTS AND SO ON 17:31 AT ONE OF THE CAMP MEETINGS IN AFRICA. 17:35 THIS IS ANOTHER DEAF GROUP. 17:39 I THINK THIS IS THE ONE FROM GHANA JUST HELD WITHIN THE LAST TWO OR 17:40 THREE MONTHS. 17:42 AND AGAIN A BAPTISMAL GROUP. 17:44 AND THERE WERE MANY DEAF BAPTIZED THIS SUMMER. 17:46 EACH OF THE FOUR CAMP MEETINGS, YES THERE WERE FOUR CAMP MEETINGS THERE, 17:50 HAD A BAPTISM OF THE DEAF. 17:52 AND THAT IS WONDERFUL. 17:54 THIS IS A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS JUST RECENTLY BAPTIZED AND HE MAY END UP AS ONE 17:56 OF OUR WORKERS YET. 18:00 HE IS BUSY SHARING HIS FAITH AND HE IS FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY I BELIEVE 18:04 WHERE I HOPE MAYBE WE CAN BEGIN THE WORK. 18:10 HERE IS AGAIN SPEAKING AT ONE OF THE CAMP MEETINGS. 18:12 NOTICE OF COURSE IT'S IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 18:13 YES. 18:20 AND THIS IS AT THE LITTLE DEAF SCHOOL IN WESTERN KENYA. 18:27 AND THIS LADY IN THE ORANGE IS THE MAIN TEACHER THERE AT THIS DEAF SCHOOL 18:30 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SUPPORTING HER. 18:35 AND THEY HAVE SOMETHING NEW AT THE SCHOOL NOW. 18:37 THEY HAVE A PUMP. 18:41 IT'S NOT ELECTRIC BUT THEY HAVE A SOURCE OF WATER NOW ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND 18:44 THAT'S JUST SOMETHING NEW. 18:46 DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY CHILDREN IN THAT SCHOOL, HOW MANY STUDENTS? 18:49 I THINK THEY'RE UP TO ABOUT 25 NOW. 18:50 WOW. 18:54 AND THIS IS SOME BUILDING THAT'S JUST GOING ON. 18:56 THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE THAT I HAVE. 19:00 THEY HAVE FOUR CLASSROOMS AND I THINK ONE OF THEM IS BEING USED AS A DORMITORY. 19:07 AND THIS IS THE THIRD EXPANSION OF THE SCHOOL NOW TO BE ABLE TO MORE 19:09 ADEQUATELY TAKE CARE OF THE DEAF STUDENTS. 19:18 THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEDS THAT ARE BEING USED AT THAT SCHOOL IN WESTERN 19:19 KENYA. 19:25 AND TEN OF THE STUDENTS IN THAT SCHOOL ARE ORPHANS. 19:33 NOW THIS, WE'VE NOW SWITCHED TO THE PHILIPPINES AND THEY HAVE 19:40 ABOUT 20 STUDENTS NOW THIS YEAR AND THEY ARE OLDER STUDENTS. 19:45 SOME OF THEM HAVE PRETTY WELL HAD TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE WHEN THEY COME 19:49 BECAUSE BACK IN THE VILLAGES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MINDANAO THEY PROBABLY 19:53 HAD VERY LITTLE SIGNING, MAYBE HOME SIGNS OR VILLAGE SIGNS. 19:59 AND THEY'RE STARTING HERE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE FOOTINGS FOR THE NEW 20:00 DORMITORY AND KITCHEN. 20:04 AND THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE THEY SENT ME. 20:09 THEY'RE BUILDING UP HERE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A GOOD SOLID PLACE AND THIS WILL 20:11 BE THE KITCHEN AND THE DORMITORY FOR THE STUDENTS THERE AT THIS SCHOOL IN 20:17 THE PHILIPPINES. 20:18 HERE'S THE LITTLE KITCHEN THAT THEY'RE USING AT THE MOMENT. 20:21 I ATE SITTING AT THAT TABLE THERE. 20:23 AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE STUDENTS. 20:25 WHEN I WAS THERE IN MARCH, 13 OF THESE PRECIOUS STUDENTS WERE BAPTIZED AND 20:27 THAT WAS SO SPECIAL. 20:28 THIS IS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. 20:39 THIS ACTUALLY IS IN SOUTH AMERICA AND THE SPEAKER THERE IS THE SPEAKER FOR 20:43 THE IT IS WRITTEN TELECAST IN THE UNITED STATES. 20:45 AND HE IS BEING INTERPRETED THERE IN EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN 20:47 BOLIVIA. 20:48 THAT WAS SHAWN BOONSTRA OR JOHN BRADSHAW? 20:50 YES. 20:51 IS THAT RIGHT. 20:52 AND THIS WAS IN BOLIVIA IN SOUTH AMERICA. 20:54 AND IT'S WONDERFUL THERE THAT THEY HAD A BAPTISM WITH SOME DEAF. 21:07 SO WERE BACK. 21:14 YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING WHILE YOU WERE SHARING THESE ACCOUNTS FROM 21:24 VARIOUS PLACES IN AFRICA, INDIA, THE PHILIPPINES AND SO FORTH, WHEN WE FIRST 21:29 STARTED TALKING ABOUT MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE 21:35 COULD HARDLY EVEN IMAGINE OR DREAM THAT THE WORK WOULD EXPAND TO THE DEGREE 21:41 THAT IT HAS, RIGHT JOHN? 21:42 YES. 21:43 IT'S JUST WONDERFUL. 21:45 WHAT IT TAKES, LIKE WHEN I WAS AT THE BOOTH AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE WHICH 21:48 WAS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE DAY AFTER DAY WITH LITERALLY 21:53 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GOING BY THE BOOTH. 21:56 NOT EVERYBODY STOPPED OF COURSE, NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS OR UNDERSTANDS THE 21:59 NEEDS OF THE DEAF, BUT TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH DEAF, WELL WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE 22:05 MANY DEAF PEOPLE THERE BUT TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH LEADERS FROM ALL AROUND 22:09 THE WORLD AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO HAVE, YOU KNOW I WOULD TYPICALLY ASK, DO 22:16 YOU HAVE ANY DEAF IN YOUR CONFERENCE? 22:18 DO YOU HAVE ANY WORK FOR THE DEAF? 22:21 AND THEN IF THEY SAID, SOMETIMES THEY WOULD SAY YES, SOMETIMES THEY WOULD 22:25 SAY NO WELL THEN WE'D TALK ABOUT IF THEY DO HAVE SOME DEAF HOW COULD THEY GET 22:30 STARTED. 22:32 AND I SAID WELL THE WAY TO GET STARTED IF YOU HAVE SOME DEAF AND YOU WANT TO 22:35 WORK IS TO HAVE THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT WRITE ME A LETTER REQUESTING WE 22:42 HAVE A NEED, HOW DO WE GET STARTED AND GIVE ME SOME IDEAS AND SO ON AND THEN 22:49 WE CAN START FILLING IN THE PROPER APPLICATION BLANK AND THEN WE CAN 22:53 DISCUSS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 22:55 WE CAN'T MAKE A LOT OF RASH PROMISES TO SATISFY EVERY NEED IN THE WORLD 23:00 BUT AS THE LORD OPENS THE WAY WE CAN KEEP MOVING AHEAD. 23:05 YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED WITH LIVING WITH THE DEAF 23:14 PEOPLE IT'S HARD TO SOMEHOW IMAGINE THE LEVEL OF NEED THAT THERE IS IN 23:21 THE WORLD. 23:23 YOU'VE TOLD ME HOW MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO HEAR AND THEY ARE 23:27 IN AN ISOLATED WORLD AND THEY LIVE, MANY OF THEM, MOST OF THEIR LIVES IN 23:32 THAT KIND OF AN ISOLATED WORLD WITHOUT KNOWING THE BEAUTY OF THE GOSPEL 23:36 MESSAGE IN JESUS. 23:38 AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE LED GOSPEL OUTREACH TO UNDERTAKE WITH THIS 23:43 MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF IS ACCOMPLISHING A PURPOSE THAT AS I SAID AWHILE AGO 23:49 WE COULD HAVE ONLY IMAGINED WHEN WE FIRST STARTED. 23:52 BUT MY INCLINATION JOHN NOW IS TO SAY PRAISE GOD FOR ALL OF THESE REPORTS 24:00 THAT YOU CAN NOW BRING FROM DISTANT PLACES. 24:03 YOU HAD NO IDEA WHO WAS IN SOME OF THOSE PLACES BEFORE DID YOU. 24:07 RIGHT. 24:08 I STILL REMEMBER I WAS SITTING IN AN EVANGELISM COUNCIL IN ALBERTA AND THE 24:16 SECRETARY FROM DOWN STAIRS IN THE CONFERENCE OFFICE CAME UP STAIRS WITH A FAX 24:23 FROM INDIA. 24:24 IT WAS FROM DOROTHY WATTS WHO WAS KEY IN OUR MINISTRY FOR HEARING AND 24:29 DEAF IN INDIA. 24:31 AND SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS A PASTOR WHO WAS TOO DEAF TO PASTOR, STOPPED 24:36 HIM WORKING, BUT THEY SAID THAT IF HE HAD AN OPERATION AND HAD A 24:42 HEARING AID THAT THEY THOUGHT HE COULD HEAR ENOUGH TO PASTOR THE 24:48 HEARING. 24:50 WELL WE RAISED THE 800 AND SOME DOLLARS THAT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE 24:54 OPERATION AND THE HEARING AID, UNBELIEVABLE HERE, AND HE BECAME OUR FIRST 25:01 WORKER ACTUALLY FOR THE DEAF IN INDIA. 25:04 AND THEN THE LORD GUIDED AND WE STARTED WITH A SECOND WORKER AND THEN 25:11 DOROTHY WATTS FOUND SOME MONEY FOR A THIRD WORKER AND THEN GRADUALLY GOSPEL 25:16 OUTREACH GOT INVOLVED THEN THE DEPARTMENT STARTED AND SO GOD HAS JUST KEPT 25:23 LEADING AND LEADING. 25:25 AND WE PLEAD FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE TO OPEN UP MANY NEW AVENUES BECAUSE WE 25:32 REALLY ONLY SCRATCH THE SURFACE. 25:34 THERE'S SO MUCH NEED. 25:35 WELL JOHN I JUST PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE VISION THAT HE GAVE YOU. 25:43 I AM RELUCTANT TO PRAISE THE LORD THAT YOU HAVE DEAF CHILDREN THAT BROUGHT 25:49 YOU TO THIS BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY BECOME A BLESSING BECAUSE OF THE 25:55 INSPIRATION THAT YOU HAVE FOR MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF. 25:58 SO GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND ALL OF YOU FOLKS WHO ARE ALSO A PART 26:04 OF MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:08 WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING TO GO BUT I BELIEVE THAT AS WE 26:15 CONTINUE TO DEPEND ON LEADERSHIP LIKE THAT PROVIDED BY JOHN BLAKE AND 26:20 HIS COLLEAGUES WE'RE GOING TO FIND MORE AND MORE THAT GOD HAS FOR US TO DO IN 26:26 MANY DISTANT PLACES ACROSS OUR GLOBE. 26:29 SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:32 THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFTS, FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY 26:37 THAT GOD WILL USE GOSPEL OUTREACH, THIS MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF IN 26:42 PARTICULAR, SO THAT HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO ARE LONGING FOR THE KINGDOM 26:47 WHERE WE CAN ALL HEAR AND SING TOGETHER WILL BE A REALITY IN THE GREAT 26:54 CHORAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE ANGELS IN GOD'S KINGDOM. 26:58 AMEN. 26:59 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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