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Series Code: AIM
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00:05 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:16 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. 00:19 AND YOU KNOW AS CHRISTIANS OUR GOAL IS TO SHARE JESUS, RIGHT? 00:23 AND THERE IS HOPE IN JESUS AND I WANTED TO START OUT OUR TIME TOGETHER HERE BY 00:27 READING OUT OF ROMANS 15:13 "I PRAY THAT GOD THE SOURCE OF HOPE WILL FILL 00:32 YOU COMPLETELY WITH JOY AND PEACE BECAUSE YOU TRUST IN HIM THEN YOU WILL 00:36 OVERFLOW WITH THE CONFIDENT HOPE THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT." 00:40 AND THAT CERTAINLY IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO AS CHRISTIANS AND TODAY AS WE 00:44 TALK WITH OUR FIELD DIRECTORS FOR AFRICA, GLEN WINTERMEYER, WE WELCOME 00:49 YOU HERE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TO DWIGHT ROSE PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL 00:53 OUTREACH IN CANADA. 00:54 HOPE IS WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON TODAY, RIGHT? 00:56 AMEN, AMEN. 00:57 LOTS OF IT. 00:57 LOTS OF HOPE. 00:59 SO GLEN WHY DON'T YOU GIVE OUR VIEWERS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE 01:03 REGION THAT YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR OF HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:06 OK. 01:08 JULIE, I'M DIRECTOR OF THE WEST COAST OF WEST AFRICA SO THAT INCLUDES RIGHT AT 01:14 THE MOMENT WE'RE INVOLVED IN SENEGAL WHERE WE HAVE THREE BIBLE WORKERS; 01:17 GAMBIA WHERE WE HAVE SIX BIBLE WORKERS; LIBERIA WHERE WE HAVE FIFTEEN 01:22 BIBLE WORKERS AND I FORGOT ONE-IT WILL COME, IT WILL COME. 01:30 SO YOU HAVE ABOUT HOW MANY- WE HAVE ABOUT HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:33 WORKERS IN ALL OF AFRICA? 01:35 THERE IS ABOUT 135 RIGHT NOW. 01:38 OK AND YOU KNOW WE THINK ABOUT 135 VERSUS LOTS OF PEOPLE IN AFRICA, RIGHT 01:44 DWIGHT? 01:45 THERE ARE PROBABLY MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 01:47 IN AFRICA ITSELF THERE IS OVER A BILLION. 01:51 SEE, YES AND YOU KNOW WHAT WHEN I HEAR MILLION I HAVE A HARD TIME EVEN WRAPPING 01:55 MY MIND AROUND THAT BUT BILLION YOU KNOW, WE HEAR 1.4 BILLION IN CHINA BUT 02:00 THERE ARE ALSO A BILLION HERE IN AFRICA. 02:02 YES. 02:03 SO WE HEAR IN THE NEWS AFRICA CAN KIND OF SEEM CLOSE BUT YET IT CAN ALSO 02:08 SEEM VERY FAR AND WE HEAR ALL SORTS OF THINGS ABOUT AFRICA BUT IN THE NEWS 02:13 WE'VE HEARD ABOUT WHAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? 02:15 OH WE'VE HEARD ABOUT A TERRIBLE PLAGUE. 02:16 IT IS CALLED EBOLA AND IT HAS TAKEN OUT IN EXCESS OF 10,000 PEOPLE IN THE 02:22 COUNTRY BASICALLY WHERE WE SERVE. 02:25 WHERE I SERVE. 02:27 I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO TO WEST AFRICA A YEAR AGO BECAUSE OF THE PLAGUE 02:31 HITTING HEAVILY IN LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE AND GUINEA AND SO SINCE WE'VE 02:38 GOT A LOT OF WORKERS THERE I WASN'T ABLE TO GO. 02:42 AND IT- I REMEMBER ONE TIME YOU SHARED WITH US AND YOU'D BEEN WITH ONE 02:47 PASTOR AND LITERALLY TWO WEEKS LATER THE MAN HAD PASSED AWAY FROM EBOLA, 02:51 THAT'S CORRECT, WITH THAT AND WE SAW THE QUARANTINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON 02:54 THE NEWS. 02:55 YES. 02:56 AGAIN WE HAVE JUST A GLIMPSE OF ALL OF THAT BUT YOU'VE CERTAINLY BEEN 02:59 VISITING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED THERE. 03:00 WELL, I BROUGHT A PICTURE ALONG JUST TO SHOW YOU, GOOD, ONE OF THE TSHIRTS 03:03 WE JUST SAW A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE WERE OVER THERE. 03:06 AH, PREVENTION IS A BIG THING AND IT'S GETTING THROUGH TO THE PEOPLE THAT 03:12 PEOPLE NEED TO BE CAREFUL. 03:14 SO IT SAYS. 03:15 THIS ONE SAYS, READ IT, TOGETHER WE CAN STOP THE EFFECT AND THE SPREAD OF 03:20 EBOLA. 03:21 PROTECT YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR COMMUNITY. 03:23 ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER. 03:26 WE CAN SURVIVE EBOLA IF YOU SEEK TREAMENT. 03:29 AND YOU KNOW THIS TIME, EVERY TIME WE WENT TO A RESTAURANT OUTSIDE THERE 03:35 IS A BIG POT OF WATER WITH A SPIGOT. 03:37 YES. 03:38 NO SOAP JUST A SPIGOT AND YOU WOULD YOUR HANDS, TURN THE SPIGOT ON AND WASH 03:43 YOUR HANDS AND THEN SHAKE THEM DRY OR WIPE THEM DRY. 03:46 SO AT LEAST THERE IS AN ATTEMPT, RIGHT? 03:49 THERE IS AN ATTEMPT. 03:51 SO EBOLA IS WHAT? 03:53 A FEVER? 03:55 PEOPLE GET-IT'S A VIRUS AND A LOT OF HEMORRHAGING FROM THE BODY, THE MOUTH, 04:02 THE NOSE. 04:03 I'VE NOT SEEN IT PERSONALLY. 04:05 I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF IT. 04:06 IT'S A TRAGIC WAY TO, HORRIBLE, DEATH BUT THERE BEYOND THAT NOW. 04:11 OUR BIBLE WORKERS GOT INVOLVED SOME. 04:13 SOME WENT AND HID UNDER THE BEDS AND OTHERS GOT INVOLVED. 04:17 HID UNDER THE BEDS? 04:18 WELL, JUST SYMBOLICALLY SPEAKING. 04:20 OH, OK. 04:21 ALRIGH. 04:22 WELL AND THAT'S WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE HOPE. 04:24 HERE THESE PEOPLE HAVE STRUGGLED, MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED; THEY'VE LOST 04:27 FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEY CERTAINLY NEED THE HOPE OF JESUS. 04:30 YES. 04:31 IT HAS TAKEN OUT WHOLE FAMILIES. 04:33 THERE WAS ONE CHURCH MEMBER I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT SIX MEMBERS IN THE 04:36 WHOLE FAMILY LOST THEIR LIVES. 04:38 THE WHOLE FAMILY? 04:39 YES. 04:40 SEE AGAIN I MEAN THAT'S JUST, THAT'S HUGE. 04:42 HERE I MEAN THIS IS JUST ONE PART OF THE WORLD, RIGHT? 04:45 AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER IN OTHER PLACES AS WELL. 04:48 NOW WE'VE GOT A NEW PLAGUE AROUND IT'S CALLED ZIKA. 04:51 ZIKA? 04:51 YES. 04:52 NOW WHAT'S THAT? 04:54 WELL, IT'S AN-WELL, I'M NOT AUTHORIZED OR INFORMED ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT IT IS. 04:56 IT IS JUST A BAD DISEASE AND IT'S HITTING HEAVILY RIGHT NOW DOWN IN MEXICO. 05:03 I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT YET AND A LOT OF-MOSQUITO DRIVEN. 05:07 OK. 05:08 SO LOT MORE PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR. 05:09 YES, FOR SURE. 05:11 SO GLEN CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA SO WE KNOW THAT EBOLA HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THIS 05:15 PART OF THE WORLD BUT CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF THE RELIGIONS THAT ARE IN THE 05:19 COUNTRIES THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED? 05:21 ARE THEY MUSLIMS? 05:23 WHAT'S THE RELIGION? 05:24 WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF MUSLIMS PARTICULARLY IN SENEGAL THAT'S 95% MUSLIM. 05:29 THEN IN GAMBIA AGAIN A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE; IN GUINEA DEPENDS WHERE YOU 05:36 ARE-THE FURTHER EAST YOU GO IN GUINEA THE MORE ISLAMIC IT IS AND THEN IN 05:40 LIBERIA IT IS A MIXTURE SO WHAT IS IT MIXED UP WITH? 05:44 ANIMISTIC PEOPLE, HEATHEN RELIGIONS. 05:47 YOU KNOW WE GREW UP THINKING YOU KNOW, THE HEATHEN THEY ARE JUST 05:50 SPIRIT LED RELIGION CALLED ANIMISM. 06:01 THEN CHRISTIANITY HAS MADE ITS INROADS THERE WITH A VARIETY OF DENOMINATIONS 06:03 AND THEN THERE IS A LITTLE OF HINDUISM IN SOME OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE THE 06:09 INDIANS FROM INDIA HAVE MIGRATED. 06:12 O.K. 06:13 SO YOU HAVE KIND OF A MIX OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER AND 06:16 ALL OF THAT. 06:16 OH YES. 06:17 SO FOR JOBS WHAT DO PEOPLE DO? 06:19 ARE THEY FARMERS? 06:20 WHAT'S? 06:21 WELL THERE'S A LOT OF FARMING GOING ON. 06:23 A LOT OF PEOPLE HAWKING GOODS. 06:26 THE STREETS ARE JUST FILLED FULL OF HAWKERS PROMOTING THEIR WARES AND 06:31 THEY'LL -WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TEACHING THEM IN MALI HOW TO MAKE SOAP AS A 06:37 COTTAGE INDUSTRY TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES. 06:40 WELL WHICH HELPS WITH THE EBOLA TOO-YES UH HUH SO THAT'S BEEN GOOD. 06:46 AH SOME OF THEM HAVE STORES AND BUSINESSES. 06:49 THERE ARE SOME WEALTHY PEOPLE THERE. 06:51 ONE LITTLE EXPERIENCE I JUST HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU. 06:54 OH DO. 06:54 JUST HAPPENED. 06:56 KAREN AND I WERE IN LIBERIA AND WE WERE JUST FINISHING UP THERE NO IN 07:02 GUINEA I GUESS IT WAS AND SOMEBODY SAID "GLEN, THERE IS A LADY THAT WANTS TO 07:07 SEE YOU." 07:09 AND I THOUGHT WELL BRING A TRANSLATOR BECAUSE I DON'T SPEAK FRENCH AND SO THEY 07:11 BROUGHT IN THE LADY TO WHERE WE WERE AND SHE SAT DOWN A LITTLE BASHFUL AND 07:19 SHE SAID, "GLEN," SHE SAID, "I BROUGHT SOME MONEY FOR YOU." 07:24 THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, A LADY OF THE TOWN. 07:27 A JUNGLE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THING AND SHE PULLED OUT A $100 BILL. 07:33 A U.S. 07:34 $100 BILL? 07:34 A U.S. 07:35 $100 BILL AND GAVE IT TO ME. 07:37 AND HOW DID SHE FIND YOU? 07:40 WELL, SHE WAS THERE IN THE TRAINING THAT WE WERE DOING IN THE CHURCH. 07:44 SHE IS A CHURCH MEMBER. 07:45 BLESS HER HEART. 07:47 SHE HAS A LITTLE FRUIT BUSINESS THAT SHE SELLS HER STUFF AND SHE GAVE ME 07:51 $100 BILL. 07:52 I WAS SO MOVED. 07:53 JULIE, I'VE NEVER WANTED TO GIVE A $100 BILL BACK SO MUCH IN ALL MY LIFE. 07:58 YES, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. 07:59 TALK ABOUT SACRIFICE-THE WIDOW'S MITE. 08:02 AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT BECAUSE I WAS RECENTLY IN CHINA UP IN 08:05 THE MOUNTAINS AND THE WHOLE CHURCH FILED FORWARD TO PUT THEIR OFFERING INTO 08:10 THE BOX AT THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH. 08:12 UH HUH. 08:14 THE WOMEN SAT ON ONE SIDE; THE MEN ON THE OTHER AND THEY ALL FILED FORWARD AND 08:16 I SAW ONE WOMAN AND I SAW WHAT SHE PUT IN AND IT WAS LESS THAN A U.S. 08:20 DOLLAR ABOUT THE EQUIVALENT AND THAT WAS PROBABLY HUGE FOR HER. 08:25 YES. 08:25 HUGE FOR HER. 08:27 YES, SO WHEN YOU SAID THE $100 BILL THAT IS HUGE FOR THAT LADY AND THE $1 BUT 08:30 AREN'T WE ALL CALLED TO GIVE? 08:33 YES. 08:34 THAT IS VERY MOVING. 08:35 WELL GOD BLESS THAT WOMAN-BOTH OF THE WOMEN. 08:37 THAT'S FOR SURE. 08:38 WELL, THAT KIND OF HELPS US GIVE US AN IDEA OF YOUR AREA AND TERRITORY AND 08:42 SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND WHY HOPE IS SO IMPORTANT THROUGH JESUS. 08:45 AND YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHARE WITH US. 08:47 I DO. 08:48 WELL LET'S SEE SOME OF THEM. 08:49 THIS IS A PICTURE AND WE'RE NOT PLAYING IN A SANDBOX THIS IS WELL, I 08:55 WENT OUT ON SUNDAY MORNING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE BEING 08:58 DONE. 09:00 I LIKE TO GET OUT AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. 09:02 UH HUH. 09:03 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID ON THIS TRIP IS TEACH DISCIPLESHIP. 09:07 HOW TO MAKE DISCIPLES AND HOW TO MAKE SMALL GROUPS FUNCTION AND WORK. 09:14 SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 09:16 WELL, WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO THE PEOPLE ARE AROUND US THAT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 09:22 JESUS. 09:23 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE FAR FROM GOD AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE FAR FROM 09:25 GOD AND DON'T KNOW IT OR THEY DON'T CARE. 09:27 AND SO I INVITE EVERYBODY TO DRAW A CIRCLE AND THEN TO WRITE THEIR NAMES OF 09:37 PEOPLE WHO ARE FAR FROM GOD, YES, INSIDE THAT CIRCLE. 09:41 THEN TO CIRCLE THE NAMES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IN THE CIRCLE AND 09:44 THEN TO BEGIN TO PRAY FOR THEM. 09:46 I LIKE THAT. 09:47 SO THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THIS PICTURE. 09:48 AND HERE'S A GRAPHIC. 09:50 WE WERE OUT IN THE VILLAGE THEY ARE MEETING THEIR GROUP WAS UNDER A TREE, A 09:54 MANGO TREE, AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PAPER AND I THOUGHT HOW AM I GOING TO 09:58 DO THIS? 10:00 SO I SAID TO A KID GO OVER THERE AND GET THAT BROOMSTICK AND BRING IT 10:02 OVER HERE AND I WANT YOU TO DRAW A CIRCLE THREE METERS IN DIAMETER. 10:05 HE DID THAT AND THEN I CALLED UP THE PEOPLE TO COME AND TO WRITE THE 10:09 NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FAR FROM GOD IN THEIR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE IN 10:13 THEIR ACQUAINTANCE AND SO THEY CAME UP AND THEY WROTE IN THE SAND THE 10:18 NAMES OF THOSE PEOPLE. 10:19 HOW MOVING. 10:20 AND THEN YOU ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE DID IN THE NEXT PICTURE. 10:22 OH LOOK AT EVERYBODY. 10:24 THIS IS THE SIZE OF THE CIRCLE AND YOU CAN SEE THE INITIALS THERE ON THE, ON 10:29 THE GROUND. 10:30 IN THE SAND YOU CAN SEE AND THERE WE ARE PRAYING. 10:34 THE MISSION PRESIDENT I ASKED HIM, NO I ACTUALLY ASKED THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:38 WORKER TO PRAY FOR THE NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN THE CIRCLE OF 10:43 INFLUENCE. 10:44 ISN'T THAT UNBELIEVABLE. 10:45 IT WAS AWESOME. 10:47 AND WHO IS THIS MAN? 10:49 WELL, THIS IS A GUY THAT HAS REALLY GOTTEN INTO CHURCH BUILDING AND HE HAS 10:53 BUILT EIGHT CHURCHES OUT IN THE JUNGLE FROM THEIR OWN FUNDRAISING. 10:55 REALLY? 10:55 AND HE HAS DONE THIS. 10:56 AND THIS IS ONE OF THE CHURCHES. 10:57 WELL, GLEN THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH DON'T YOU THINK DWIGHT? 11:09 LOVELY. 11:10 THIS IS OUT IN THE JUNGLE AND I WISH YOU COULD SEE THE END. 11:13 IF YOU LOOK AT THE GABLE END OF THE PORCH IN BAMBOO IT SAYS "SDA". 11:20 INTERESTING A CHRISTIAN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 11:25 WELL ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC AND SO THIS MAN HAS BUILT EIGHT OF THESE? 11:28 HE HAS BUILT EIGHT CHURCHES THROUGHOUT THE JUNGLE. 11:30 WOW. 11:31 THIS GUY IS PROBABLY 80'S, 90'S I HAVE NO IDEA HOW OLD HE IS. 11:35 YES, YOU HAVE NO IDEA. 11:37 WE HAD SO MUCH FUN COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER. 11:40 SO TELL ME THOUGH, WE HAVE THE CHURCH AND HERE ARE THE PEOPLE? 11:44 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN TRAINING. 11:46 WONDERFUL. 11:47 WELL ISN'T THIS GREAT. 11:49 WELL GLEN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THESE PHOTOS AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR 11:53 VIEWERS TO GET INVOLVED AND AT GOSPEL OUTREACH THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE 11:57 USE-THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS USE-AND IT IS CALLED MEGAVOICE AND WE WANT TO 12:02 SHARE WITH YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MEGAVOICE. 12:05 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL A HERE AT GENERAL CONFERENCE 12:08 IN SAN ANTONIO AND I AM HERE WITH DARREL. 12:10 HELLO DARREL. 12:12 HELLO GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN. 12:14 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US. 12:17 SO DARREL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGAVOICE PLAYER. 12:21 WHAT IS IT? 12:22 WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? 12:24 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER. 12:26 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A 12:29 LOT. 12:30 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED. 12:31 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 DEGREES AND WATER 12:33 RESISTANT. 12:34 WOW. 12:35 THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. 12:36 YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND HOLD. 12:39 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES. 12:44 OH, THANK YOU! 12:45 SO THIS, SO THAT'S ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A TRADE LANGUAGE 12:51 AND THEN THE HARD LANGUAGE. 12:52 YOU CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES AND THEN YOU 12:56 HAVE BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE FORWARD; BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE BACKWARD; AND THE 13:00 PAUSE BUTTON IS YOUR BOOKMARK. 13:02 SO THEY ARE REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR MISSION OUTREACH. 13:07 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND THEN THEY GO WITH THE 13:11 REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EARBUDS AND THEN 13:15 THERE'S ALSO A SPEAKER, RIGHT? 13:17 YES, THERE IS A LITTLE SPEAKER ON BOARD SO IT'S LOUD ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 13:21 15-20 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM. 13:24 AND THEN OF COURSE, THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL LISTENING AND IN THE 10/40 13:37 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE CLOSED COUNTRIES IT IS SAFE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE 13:41 EVERYONE NOW HAS EARPHONES AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE, 13:44 BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING, TRAINING AND NOT BE, YOU KNOW, BROADCASTING TO 13:48 EVERYONE. 13:49 THEY CAN BE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN AND SO MANY-WE GET TESTIMONIES ON ALMOST 13:53 A WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO FAITH 13:57 BECAUSE OF HEARING GOD'S WORD. 13:58 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC SPEAKING WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH 14:03 TO BE ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 14:05 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL. 14:08 ABSOLUTELY. 14:09 THEY'RE A STORY CULTURE. 14:10 REALLY I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN FIELD. 14:12 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AT MEGAVOICE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:15 THANK YOU. 14:16 AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 14:35 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:37 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE MEGAVOICE UNITS. 14:39 THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC IN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE DON'T READ; WHERE 14:43 THEY NEED TO HAVE A PROGRAM FOR CHURCH; THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED; THEY 14:46 CAN SET THEM ON A TABLE AND THERE ARE SPEAKERS AND PEOPLE CAN HEAR AND WE ARE 14:51 JUST SO THRILLED TO WORK WITH MEGAVOICE AND THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND AND 14:56 OTHER BIBLE ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE THESE UNITS AVAILABLE. 15:00 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PLEASE DO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT 15:03 GOAIM.ORG. 15:04 AND HERE ON THIS TIME TOGETHER ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WE ARE TALKING 15:08 WITH GLEN WINTERMEYER AND DWIGHT ROSE AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WEST AFRICA, 15:13 GLEN. 15:14 THAT'S WERE YOUR AREA IS AND DWIGHT, YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL 15:17 OUTREACH CANADA. 15:19 AND GLEN, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU WERE RECENTLY IN WEST AFRICA. 15:24 ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN I WAS HERE AT THE DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS IN WALLA WALLA I 15:28 WAS VERY EXCITED AND CONVICTED BY A BOOK THAT WAS SHARED, "TRAINING FOR 15:33 TRAINERS-T4T" AND "MIRACULOUS MOVEMENTS" AND I READ BOTH OF THOSE BOOKS 15:35 WHEN I WENT HOME AND I THOUGHT THIS IS GOD DIRECTED. 15:38 THIS IS SO BIBLICAL AND SO I STARTED WORKING ON IT AND THE LONG STORY SHORT 15:48 IS I WORKED IN BUILDING A SYLLABUS OF ABOUT SIXTY PAGES FROM READING BOTH OF 15:54 THESE BOOKS AND IT BASICALLY IS CASTING THE VISION. 15:57 MATTHEW 28:18-20. 16:00 JESUS SAID, "GO MAKE DISCIPLES, BAPTIZE AND TO TEACH". 16:07 WE HAVE IT OPEN RIGHT HERE ON THE DESK. 16:10 YES, SO GO. 16:11 JESUS SAID GO, NOT COME. 16:14 WE HAVE TO GO. 16:16 THE LOST SHEEP KNEW WHERE IT WAS BUT IT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT OF ITS 16:20 PREDICAMENT. 16:21 SOMEBODY HAD TO GO TO REACH THAT LOST SHEEP. 16:24 WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SIT ON THE SOFA AND WORRY HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS. 16:27 THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY. 16:29 AND THEN JESUS SAID MAKE DISCIPLES OF A FEW PEOPLE. 16:34 IT'S NOT WHAT HE SAYS, HE SAYS MAKE DISCIPLES OF EVERYBODY AND SO THEN WE 16:38 MAKE DISCIPLES OF EVERYBODY THEN WE BAPTIZE AND BRING THEM INTO THE 16:43 FAMILY AS A PUBLIC DECLARATION OF THEIR LOVE FOR JESUS. 16:44 AND THEN WHAT DOES IT SAY? 16:46 WE GO RIGHT BACK TO MORE TEACHING AND WE TEACH FOR MORE THAN JUST A SERIES OF 16:52 BIBLE STUDIES. 16:53 IT BECOMES A WAY OF LIFE. 16:57 IT IS A LIFESTYLE AND SO MAKING DISCIPLES THOSE DISCIPLES ARE GONE-ARE 17:06 COMMANDED AS JESUS DID TO GO OUT AND MAKE MORE DISCIPLES TO GO OUT AND 17:09 MAKE MORE DISCIPLES -IT'S THE RIPPLE EFFECT. 17:11 OH YES, IT IS MATRIX MARKETING IF YOU PLEASE. 17:14 EXACTLY. 17:14 I HATE TO USE THE TERM. 17:16 LOTS OF CIRCLES. 17:18 WE WENT OVER THERE TO TEACH AND I HAVE COME AWAY SO EXCITED. 17:23 WE GOT AN EMAIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO THAT SAID WE AS A RESULT OF YOUR TRAINING 17:31 HERE- NOW SOME OF THE BIBLE WORKERS HAVE FIVE TO TEN GROUPS, REALLY, IN 17:39 JUST THREE WEEKS. 17:40 AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AT YOUR DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING? 17:42 OH IN GUINEA THERE WAS ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE. 17:46 OK. 17:47 IN LIBERIA PROBABLY ALMOST FIFTY. 17:50 OK, SO A GOOD NUMBER. 17:51 SO A LOT OF TRAINING WAS GOING ON AND SO THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BITTEN THE 17:57 HOOK, YES, IF YOU PLEASE AND ARE GOING OUT AND ARE MAKING DISCIPLES WHO ARE 17:59 BEING TRAINED TO GO OUT AND MAKE DISCIPLES. 18:00 AMEN. 18:01 YES, WELL AND THAT -GOD DOES GIVE THE HOOK, RIGHT? 18:02 THAT'S CORRECT. 18:03 HE GIVES THE HOOK AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HOOK ON. 18:04 YES. 18:05 AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 18:06 WELL THAT'S FANTASTIC SO DO YOU HAVE MORE PICTURES? 18:07 LET ME SEE HERE. 18:08 OF YOUR TIME GLEN? 18:08 LET ME SEE HERE WHAT DO I HAVE? 18:10 SO AND I THINK WE DO NEED TO SAY AGAIN ABOUT THESE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE SO 18:23 BIG WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS BECAUSE 18:28 THESE PEOPLE NEED HELP AS THEY ARE GOING OUT TO TALK WITH PEOPLE. 18:31 MANY OF THESE ARE NEW CHRISTIANS, THESE PEOPLE ARE NEW CHRISTIANS 18:34 THEMSELVES. 18:35 YES, YES. 18:35 AND SO THEY NEED SOME HELP. 18:36 SO TELL US WHERE WE ARE HERE, GLEN. 18:37 THIS IS IN NORTHERN LIBERIA AT THE CENTRAL LIBERIA MISSION AND THESE 18:44 ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN TRAINING YOU CAN EVEN SEE THEIR NAME TAGS THERE. 18:48 YES. 18:49 THE MISSION PRESIDENT IS ON THE FAR RIGHT THERE WITH HIS WIFE. 18:53 SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL SMILE, YES AND A BEAUTIFUL DRESS, YES, AND HER HUSBAND IS 18:57 MUCH SHORTER THAN HER BUT NEAT, NEAT PEOPLE. 19:01 NEAT. 19:02 AND THIS WAS THE GROUP AND WE HAD THEM PRACTICE IN OUR TRAINING WE WOULD 19:06 TRAIN FOR TWO DAYS AND THEN ON THE THIRD DAY WE WOULD HAVE THEM ACTUALLY 19:09 PRACTICE. 19:10 WONDERFUL. 19:11 HOW TO GIVE BIBLE STUDIES. 19:13 THAT WAS FUN. 19:14 YES. 19:15 GET THE PREACHER OUT OF THEM AND GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED AND JUST TALKING 19:18 RIGHT? 19:19 YES. 19:20 GOOD ALRIGHT. 19:20 HOW ABOUT ANOTHER ONE? 19:23 OH YES, WE HAD A BAPTISM OF TWENTY-NINE PEOPLE. 19:26 DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE. 19:27 ON SABBATH AFTERNOON. 19:28 ACTUALLY THIS IS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 19:29 IS IT REALLY? 19:30 THIS IS. 19:32 SALT WATER AND ALL AND TWENTY-NINE PEOPLE AND THEY MADE A CALL AND ON 19:37 THE CALL ONE MORE CAME FORWARD AND HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO JESUS THERE ON THE 19:41 SPOT AND THEY BAPTIZED HIM ON THE SPOT. 19:43 DUNK THAT MAN DOWN. 19:46 YES. 19:46 IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 19:48 AND HERE THE CANDIDATES ARE ALL LOADED ON THE PICKUP READY TO GO AND BE 19:51 WITNESSES. 19:52 I LOVE THE HIGH FIVE. 19:53 YES. 19:54 HALLELUJAH MOMENT RIGHT THERE. 19:55 THERE YOU GO. 19:58 WELL WONDERFUL. 19:59 SO IT WAS A BLEST TIME THEN. 20:01 OH WE WERE SO REWARDED AND WHAT'S NICE IS THE EMAILS THAT ARE COMING IN AND ARE 20:06 SHARING THE RESULTS. 20:08 WELL AND I GUESS THAT'S YOU KNOW WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU 20:12 COULDN'T GO LAST YEAR AND LOOK HOW THE LORD HAS BLEST. 20:15 I WASN'T READY A YEAR AGO WITH THIS INFORMATION. 20:18 WELL GOD KNEW THAT, GLEN. 20:19 SADLY, YOU KNOW NOT TO THE EXPENSE OF THE DISEASE BUT NO THE TIMING IS ALWAYS OF 20:26 GOD. 20:26 IT WAS PERFECT. 20:27 SO DWIGHT, YOU ARE INVOLVED HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 20:31 I GET TO STAY HOME. 20:34 HE GETS TO MEET ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 20:36 HEY, WELL THE SUPPORT STAFF IS HUGE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THAT'S 20:39 ALWAYS IMPORTANT SO YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH US AS WELL. 20:44 SO YOU HAVE A MAP. 20:47 LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE IDEA, A LITTLE PICTURE OF OUR SITUATION 20:53 IN -RIGHT THERE IS PERFECT- YES. 20:56 OK THIS IS THE AFRICAN PART OF THE 10/40 WINDOW. 21:02 YOU'VE HEARD OF THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM WEST AFRICA ALL 21:06 THE WAY ACROSS TO JAPAN. 21:08 2.8 BILLION PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW HAVE NOT HEARD THE GOSPEL STORY IN THIS AREA. 21:18 A THIRD OF THE WORLD HAS NOT HEARD OF THE STORY. 21:24 WELL NOW MAYBE YOU CAN SEE THESE LITTLE DOTS HERE, YES THE PINK DOTS, WE'RE 21:33 IN THIRTEEN COUNTRIES. 21:36 SENEGAL, GUINEA, LIBERIA, GAMBIA, TOGO, CHAD, NIGER, GABONE DOWN HERE. 21:46 TOGO. 21:47 THERE ARE ANOTHER SIXTEEN COUNTRIES THAT WE ARE NOT IN. 21:54 WE ARE NOT IN ALGERIA HERE. 21:55 FORTY MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN ALGERIA. 21:56 WE ARE NOT IN CAMEROON DOWN HERE. 21:57 TWENTY-TWO MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS JUST THIS LITTLE AREA. 22:16 SO YOU KNOW THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER AREAS. 22:20 THE WORKERS ARE THERE THEY DON'T HAVE A JOB. 22:25 THE WORKERS ARE THERE, DWIGHT? 22:26 THE WORKERS ARE THERE THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THERE BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO 22:32 HIRE THEM TO -A LOT OF THEM ARE WORKING ANYWAY AS THEY CAN-VOLUNTEERING. 22:38 VOLUNTEERING. 22:40 SO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT -HOW MUCH IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PAID IN 22:44 AFRICA? 22:46 WE -IT VARIES FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY BUT BASICALLY IT IS ABOUT $170 CANADIAN 22:54 DOLLARS A MONTH. 22:55 SO IT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT THE SAME AS U.S. 22:57 ABOUT $150 AMERICAN DOLLARS. 23:01 SO FOR $150 AND WHAT YOU ARE TELLING US IS YOU ARE SAYING THAT WE HAVE 23:06 STANDING BY WHO COULD GO TO WORK AND WE JUST NEED THE MONEY. 23:09 YES, WE JUST AS SOON AS WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS WE WILL SEND THEM ON. 23:16 OK. 23:17 SO WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY FOR THE FAITHFUL, THE SEVERAL HUNDRED SPONSORS-PEOPLE 23:27 WHO HAVE ADOPTED A WORKER BUT YOU KNOW WE JUST TO GET THE GOSPEL GOING TO 23:29 ALL OF THE 10/40 WINDOW AND BY THE WAY THIS IS JUST THE 10/40 WINDOW. 23:31 REMEMBER THERE IS THE REST OF AFRICA, THE REST OF AFRICA DOWN LOWER. 23:33 AFRICA HAS OVER A BILLION PEOPLE IN IT AND SO FIRST OF ALL WE ARE DEALING WITH 23:35 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THE REST OF AFRICA IS WAITING BUT IT -YOU KNOW WE HOPE 23:37 TO GET TO THE REST OF AFRICA TOO. 23:38 WELL AND YOU KNOW IT IS ONE THING TO SEE THE BORDERS OF THE COUNTRIES 23:40 AND ALL OF THAT BUT WHEN YOU POINT AND SAY THERE ARE TWENTY-TWO MILLION 24:09 HERE AND THERE YOU KNOW, YES, THAT'S WHERE IT STILL IS A LARGE NUMBER BUT THAT 24:14 PUTS PEOPLE IN MY MIND OF HOW MANY PEOPLE. 24:17 YES. 24:18 NIGERIA, THIS LITTLE GREEN AREA HERE-173 MILLION PEOPLE IN NIGERIA. 24:27 WOW. 24:28 WELL, YOU HAVE CERTAINLY GIVEN US A HUGE CHALLENGE AND OUR VIEWERS HOPEFULLY 24:32 ARE LISTENING AND WE PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL MOVE, RIGHT? 24:35 AMEN. 24:37 BECAUSE IT IS- YOU KNOW MANY OF US CANNOT MOVE TO NIGERIA AND MANY OF US ARE 24:42 NOT CALLED TO DO THAT BUT THE LORD CAN CERTAINLY CALL US TO GIVE. 24:45 I DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE BUT THEY DO. 24:48 THEY DO AND THEY KNOW THEIR COUNTRYMEN AND THEY CAN DO IT BEST. 24:51 YES. 24:53 SO SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS SO THERE FUNDING IS NEEDED AND WHAT ARE SOME OTHER 24:56 THINGS THAT AFRICA NEEDS? 24:58 WELL, WE'RE I MEAN, AFRICA NEEDS A LOT OF THINGS BUT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING 25:02 BUILDINGS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 25:04 WE ARE PROVIDING THE STORY OF JESUS. 25:11 YES, THE HOPE THAT WE TALK ABOUT. 25:15 HOME TO HOME TO HOME. 25:17 HOPE TO HOME, HOPE TO HOME. 25:20 WELL AND IT IS THE HOPE LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHEN YOU HAVE A 25:25 DISEASE, WHEN YOU HAVE AN ILLNESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT COME WHERE ARE YOU 25:28 GOING TO GET HOPE FROM AN IDOL? 25:32 YOU KNOW BUT THERE'S HOPE FROM THE LIVING GOD AND TO HEAR THE STORIES AND 25:35 TESTIMONIES FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED GOD'S HEALING. 25:38 SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT INTERESTED WHEN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CALLS. 25:42 THEY ARE MAYBE NOT INTERESTED BUT THERE IS SOMEBODY IN THE HOME 25:46 THAT'S BEEN HURT OR IS SICK THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER INVARIABLY PRAYS 25:53 FOR THAT PERSON. 25:54 A WEEK LATER WHEN HE COMES BY THEY RUN OUT AND EMBRACE HIM BECAUSE THEIR 26:00 FAMILY MEMBER IS WELL. 26:03 THEY WERE HEALED. 26:04 GOD IS WORKING. 26:06 ABSOLUTELY. 26:08 IT IS JUST EXCITING AND YOU KNOW WE READ IN THE BIBLE OF STORIES LIKE THAT 26:12 BUT JUST LIKE WHAT YOU SAID GOD IS STILL DOING MIRACLES AND NOT JUST IN 26:17 AFRICA BUT AROUND THE WORLD BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT 26:21 WHEN WE PRAY HE IS GOING TO DO IT. 26:22 YES. 26:24 THERE ARE BARRIERS THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CANNOT GET OVER BY HIMSELF 26:31 SO GOD STEPS IN AND HELPS PERFORM THE HEALING AND THE BARRIERS ARE GONE. 26:37 AND THERE'S WHERE THE HOPE COMES. 26:39 GLEN AND DWIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND GOD BLESS YOU 26:42 BOTH IN YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN 26:46 MISSIONS" YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE NEEDS IN AFRICA. 26:48 PEOPLE NEED HOPE IN JESUS AND I PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESSES UPON YOU 26:52 ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GIVE. 26:54 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ON BEHALF |
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