Participants: Julie Sanders Keymer (Host), John & Alberta Blake
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000644A
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER. 00:19 I KNOW YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS VERY SPECIAL BOOK AND THERE ARE SO MANY 00:23 SPECIAL STORIES AND HEALINGS BUT I'M GOING TO READ SOMETHING VERY 00:26 SPECIAL TODAY BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TOPIC THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE 00:29 TALKING ABOUT. 00:30 IN MARK 8:31 IT SAYS, "JESUS LEFT TYRE AND WENT UP TO SIDON BEFORE GOING 00:35 BACK TO THE SEA OF GALILEE AND THE REGION OF THE TEN TOWNS. 00:39 A DEAF MAN WITH A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT WAS BROUGHT TO HIM AND THE PEOPLE BEGGED 00:43 JESUS TO LAY HIS HANDS ON THE MAN TO HEAL HIM. 00:46 JESUS LED HIM AWAY FROM THE CROWD SO THEY COULD BE ALONE. 00:49 HE PUT HIS FINGERS INTO THE MAN'S EARS THEN SPITTING ON HIS OWN 00:54 FINGERS HE TOUCHED THE MAN'S TONGUE. 00:56 LOOKING UP TO HEAVEN HE SIGHED AND SAID, EPITHA, EPITHA WHICH MEANS BE 01:02 OPENED. 01:03 INSTANTLY THE MAN COULD HEAR PERFECTLY AND HIS TONGUE WAS FREED SO HE 01:07 COULD SPEAK PLAINLY. 01:08 JESUS TOLD THE CROWD NOT TO TELL ANYONE BUT THE MORE HE TOLD THEM NOT TO, 01:13 THE MORE THEY SPREAD THE NEWS. 01:15 THEY WERE COMPLETELY AMAZING AND SAID AGAIN AND AGAIN EVERYTHING HE DOES 01:19 IS WONDERFUL. 01:20 HE EVEN MAKES THE DEAF TO HEAR AND GIVES SPEECH TO THOSE WHO CANNOT SPEAK." 01:26 WOW! 01:26 WHAT A DAY THAT MUST HAVE BEEN. 01:28 JOHN AND ALBERTA BLAKE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US AT 01:32 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:33 I KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL STORY TO YOU AS WELL. 01:37 RIGHT AND TELL US WHY. 01:40 WELL, WE HAVE TWO DEAF CHILDREN AS YOU ARE AWARE AND MY WIFE BECAME A 01:46 TEACHER OF THE DEAF SO THAT OUR DEAF CHILDREN -WELL, FIRST OF ALL OUR 01:51 DEAF DAUGHTER WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOL PROBABLY. 01:55 AND THEN WHEN WE TOOK IN A LITTLE DEAF BOY AND ADOPTED HIM SO NOW HE CAN 01:58 ALSO HAVE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION PRIVILEGES. 02:02 MY WIFE WILL HAVE TO TELL ABOUT THIS. 02:03 YES, DO, DO ALBERTA. 02:05 JUST LISTENING TO YOU AS YOU WERE READING THAT BROUGHT ALMOST TEARS TO MY 02:09 EYES BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD OUR DAUGHTER DEDICATED TO THE LORD AND 02:15 A SPECIAL PRAYER THAT THE LORD WOULD OPEN HER EARS SO SHE COULD SPEAK BUT 02:21 ANYWAY THE LORD DIDN'T CHOSE TO ANSWER THAT IN THE POSITIVE. 02:26 I THINK HE ANSWERED IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND THAT'S ONE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE 02:30 TODAY IS BECAUSE OF HIS ANSWER. 02:35 I THINK OUR DAUGHTER WAS THREE MONTHS WHEN SHE HAD CHICKENPOX AND BECAME DEAF 02:42 AT THAT TIME ALTHOUGH WE WEREN'T SURE. 02:44 I KNEW BY THE TIME SHE WAS FOUR MONTHS THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. 02:50 HER BALANCE WENT WITH IT TOO AND SO THAT -LIKE SHE COULDN'T LAY. 02:53 SHE WAS LEANING FORWARD AND COULDN'T SIT UP AND WHEN SHE DID SHE'D FALL 02:59 BACKWARDS. 03:01 THAT WAS WHEN WE FIRST NOTICED IT BUT THE LORD HAS LED THROUGH THE YEARS 03:08 THROUGH THAT EX PERIENCE. 03:11 IT WAS NOT EASY FOR US TO BEGIN WITH BUT AND I THINK MOST PARENTS HAVE THE SAME 03:17 PROBLEM. 03:18 THEY-IT IS HARD TO FACE, YOU KNOW. 03:20 I GUESS ANY CHILD WITH ANY HANDICAP OR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS LIKE THAT IT IS 03:24 NOT EASY TO FACE BUT THE LORD HAS GIVEN US STRENGTH AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 03:29 CARRY ON. 03:30 BUT IT HAS LED US INTO MANY INTERESTING THINGS TOO. 03:33 YES. 03:34 AND HOW IS SHE TODAY? 03:35 SHE IS A MOM WITH TWO GROWN KIDS AND VERY ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH WORK THERE 03:44 AND DOING WELL. 03:46 WELL AND PRAISE THE LORD AND YOU ARE SO RIGHT, THESE THINGS HAPPEN. 03:49 WE LIVE IN A SINFUL WORLD. 03:51 WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOME OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN BUT GOD BLESSES 03:54 DOESN'T HE? 03:55 YES. 03:56 ALL THE TIME. 03:56 YES. 03:58 AND THE DEAF DAUGHTER THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS WEEK WHEN WE ARE FINISHED 04:01 HERE IS ACTUALLY WORKING IN AN INSTITUTION FOR ELDERLY DEAF WHICH SUITS 04:08 HER PERFECTLY BECAUSE SHE'S DEAF AND SHE SIGNS. 04:11 AND SHE SIGNS SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION. 04:13 YOUR WHOLE FAMILY SIGNS, CORRECT? 04:15 YES, WE ALL LEARNED TO SIGN. 04:18 WHEN WE WERE LEARNING IT WAS NOT TRUE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT WAS 04:24 SORT OF SCHOOL SIGNS AND THAT IS WHAT I LEARNED FIRST BUT LIKE THEY SAID, 04:29 IT IS BETTER TO LEARN SOME SIGNING, LEARN SOME FORM OF COMMUNICATION. 04:35 YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND THEN THEY CAN ALWAYS CHANGE QUICKLY 04:39 AS THEY GET OLDER AND THEN THEY CERTAINLY DID. 04:41 I MEAN THEY'RE WAY BEHOND US NOW. 04:43 YES. 04:44 SO YOUR SON AND YOUR DAUGHTER ARE THEY COMPLETELY DEAF? 04:48 DO THEY HAVE ANY SENSE OF SOUND? 04:51 OUR DAUGHTER IS PRETTY MUCH DEAF. 04:54 OUR SON DOES HAVE SOME HEARING BUT NOT ENOUGH TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE 04:59 EITHER. 05:01 HE SOMETIMES WEARS THEM WHEN HE GOES TO WORK BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED. 05:06 MY WIFE BECAME A TEACHER OF THE DEAF AND TAUGHT IN A DEAF SCHOOL IN ARKANSAS 05:14 AND IN VARIOUS PLACES SHE TAUGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHURCH SCHOOL-OUR DEAF 05:19 CHILDREN AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT GOD ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN SO THAT WE WOULD BE 05:28 ABLE TO WORK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF. 05:32 YES. 05:33 AND GOD HAS WATERED THIS AND PROSPERED IT AND WE PRAISE AND HONOR HIM. 05:39 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 05:41 WELL AND I WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF YOUR KIDS AND I HAVEN'T MET YOUR KIDS BUT 05:48 AS A WOMAN WHO WAS BORN WITH SEVEN FINGERS IT IS THE PARENTS AND I THANK 05:54 YOU BOTH FOR BEING GODLY PARENTS AS WERE MINE BECAUSE MY PARENTS TAUGHT 05:58 ME I COULD DO ANYTHING. 05:59 YES. 06:01 I PLAY THE PIANO, I TYPE, I FLY AN AIRPLANE IT DOESN'T MATTER AND I'M 06:05 HEARING THE SAME THINGTHAT YOU FOLKS HAVE MADE SURE THAT YOUR KIDS HAVE KNOWN 06:09 THAT. 06:10 YES. 06:11 AND THAT IS WHERE THE BLESSING COMES FROM THE LORD AND SO THANK YOU TO 06:14 BOTH OF YOU. 06:14 THANK YOU. 06:16 SO AS YOU MENTIONED, JOHN AND ALBERTA, THIS HAS BROUGHT YOU INTO A WHOLE 06:20 ANOTHER MINISTRY THAT YOU PROBABLY HAD NO IDEA YOU'D GET INVOLVED WITH. 06:23 A NEW WORLD COMPLETELY, REALLY. 06:25 THE DEAF WORLD. 06:26 YES. 06:27 BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT WORLD. 06:28 IT IS NOT-IT'S A DIFFERENT CULTURE. 06:30 IT IS A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. 06:31 IT IS A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW-BUT BY HAVING THE DEAF CHILDREN IT GAVE US 06:39 THAT PERMISSION TO GO INTO THAT FIELD. 06:41 YES. 06:41 AND THE LORD HAS BLEST. 06:43 OH ABSOLUTELY. 06:44 AND HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH JOHN, SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS WHAT YOUR ROLE 06:48 IS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:51 WELL, BACK A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I OFFICIALLY RETIRED ABOUT ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO 06:56 NOW I HAD BEEN STARTING TO GO OVERSEAS PARTICULARLY TO INDIA AT THAT POINT AND 07:03 GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS ALREADY SPONSORING SOME WORKERS AND I KIND OF 07:09 NEEDED AN UMBRELLA TO WORK UNDER BECAUSE MY LOCAL CONFERENCE WASN'T REALLY 07:14 THE RIGHT UMBRELLA TO BE STARTING TO WORK AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE DEAF. 07:17 SURE. 07:18 SO I SAID TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, "WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO START A 07:21 DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEAF AND LET ME WORK WITH IT?" 07:24 AND THEY SAID, "ASK." 07:26 SO I ASKED AND THEY SAID, "YES." 07:28 AND YOU GOT HIRED FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER JOB. 07:32 VOLUNTEER AND GOD HAS LED ONE STEP AT A TIME AND SINCE LAST SUMMER WE JUST 07:34 ADDED OUR TENTH COUNTRY. 07:35 WONDERFUL! 07:36 ZIMBABWE. 07:38 WE ARE IN A TOTAL NOW OF TEN COUNTRIES WITH APPROXIMATELY 47 WORKERS. 07:51 IT VARIES A LITTLE BIT SO I SAY APPROXIMATELY. 07:55 SO HELP VIEWERS UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU BOTH CAN COMMUNICATE THIS 08:00 BEAUTIFULLY. 08:01 WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR A DEAF PERSON AND I KNOW THAT YOU BOTH ARE HEARING, BUT 08:06 HAVING DEAF CHILDREN, WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR THEM? 08:08 THERE'S A BARRIER IN SO MANY WAYS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HEAR. 08:13 THEY CAN'T BE PART OF A CHURCH SERVICE AS YES, THEY CAN GO AND I KNOW 08:18 MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF AND THEY READ LIPS BEAUTIFULLY BUT WHAT ARE 08:21 SOME OF THE GOALS OR WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BRIDGES AND BOUNDARIES THAT YOU 08:26 ARE TRYING TO GO BEYOND TO HELP THE DEAF PEOPLE? 08:29 CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR THEM? 08:32 WELL I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU CAN GET THEM TO MEET TOGETHER AND GIVE THEM 08:38 STRUCTURE THE SAME AS THEIR CHURCH STRUCTURE, THEIR SCHOOL STRUCTURE CAN 08:46 BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE HEARING PEOPLE TOO. 08:50 BUT AS FAR AS SOMEONE WHO CAN'T HEAR ARE THEY OFTEN TIMES FELT LIKE THEY ARE 08:54 LEFT OUT OF SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY, YES, AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING 08:58 BOTH OF YOU USING MY EARS I'M HEARING THAT BOTH OF YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE 09:02 SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE INCLUDED. 09:04 YES, AND THEY APPRECIATE SO MUCH WHEN YOU CARE ABOUT THEM. 09:09 YES. 09:10 THEY FEEL THAT THEY KNOW IT AND THEY LOVE YOU FOR IT TOO. 09:13 YES. 09:14 ONE OF THEIR-SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORKED ON THROUGH THE YEARS; MY WIFE 09:21 TOOK A LESSON, A SET OF YOUTH BIBLE LESSONS AND ADAPTED THEM IN EASY 09:30 ENGLISH AND IDID SOME OF THE GRAPHIC WORK AND SO WE HAVE A SET OF BAPTISMAL 09:37 LESSONS GOING THROUGH WHAT WE CALL THE 28 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS ESPECIALLY DONE 09:43 FOR THE DEAF. 09:44 THE PICTURES ARE DEAR TO THE DEAF. 09:45 OH INTERESTING. 09:46 BECAUSE THE AVERAGE DEAF PERSON READS ON ABOUT A GRADE 4 OR 5 READING 09:51 LEVEL. 09:52 NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SMART, BUT BECAUSE IF THEY ARE FULLY DEAF THEY HAVE 09:58 NOT HEARD THE LANGUAGE AND ABSORBED IT BY HEARING THAT YOU AND I HAVE DONE. 10:04 I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF THAT. 10:06 MOST OF THE VOCABULARY THAT WE HAVE LEARNED WE PROBABLY LEARNED IT BY 10:11 HEARING IT IN CONTEXT. 10:14 SOME OF IT WE HAVE LEARNED BY READING AND OF COURSE, THAT THE DEAF TOO. 10:18 THIS IS FASCINTING BECAUSE WITH MY BACKGROUND WITH THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND 10:22 THE AUDIO, DRAMATIZED AUDIO BIBLE STORIES- SO I WOULD LISTEN TO THOSE IN 10:26 THE EVENING BEFORE I'D GO TO BED AND I WOULD THINK, OH, THERE WOULD BE A NEW 10:30 WORD AND I'D SAY I NEED TO ASK MY PARENTS WHAT THAT WORD IS IN THE MORNING 10:34 BECAUSE I HEARD A NEW WORD. 10:35 SO THAT IS FASCINATING HOW WE LEARN, JOHN. 10:38 WHEN SHE WAS TEACHING OUR TWO DEAF CHILDREN, WHEN THEY GOT TO ABOUT GRADE 4 10:43 OR 5 YES, MY WIFE WOULD GO OVER THEIR VOCABULARY SO SHE NEW THE SIGN AHEAD OF 10:48 THE KIDS, RIGHT, BECAUSE SHE WAS LEARNING SIGNING TOO. 10:50 SURE. 10:52 AND SHE RAN OUT OF WORDS BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ANYMORE. 10:56 IS THAT IT, ALBERTA? 10:57 WELL, ONES IN TRUE ASL-AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE THE ONE SIGN CAN 11:05 INCORPORATE A NUMBER OF WORDS. 11:07 OK. 11:09 THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR, INTERESTING, AND SO YOU DON'T-BUT I DIDN'T KNOW 11:12 THAT AT THE TIME. 11:14 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE JUST LEARNING AND STUFF, YES IT IS ALL NEW. 11:16 YES. 11:17 IT IS ALL NEW. 11:19 WELL, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK HERE AND WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED 11:21 US HERE AS OUR VIEWERS HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 11:24 WE ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THE DEAF WORK IN THE COUNTRIES THAT 11:30 JOHN AND ALBERTA HAVE MENTIONED THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INVOLVED IN 11:33 BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND HERE IS INFORMATION ON HOW 11:36 YOU CAN DO THAT. 11:37 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 11:42 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 11:46 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 11:49 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 11:51 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 11:54 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 11:59 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 12:04 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 12:06 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 12:09 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 12:17 WORLD. 12:18 WHERE? 12:18 ALL THE WORLD. 12:20 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 12:23 YOU CAN PRAY. 12:25 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 12:27 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 12:30 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 12:33 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 12:37 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 12:38 BE THE SPARK. 12:39 LIGHT THE FIRE. 12:41 FINISH THE WORK. 12:44 FINISH THE WORK. 12:47 BE THE SPARK. 12:49 SO HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF THAT TODAY? 12:51 ARE YOU THE SPARK? 12:53 AND LET'S BE SPARKS FOR THE LORD AND SHARE JESUS AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE 12:57 YOU TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE LORD GIVES YOU TODAY AND SHARE 13:00 HIM. 13:01 WE ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER AT GOSPEL 13:03 OUTREACH. 13:04 IT IS FREE. 13:05 WE ARE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 13:06 IT'S GOT GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE HUGE AREA 13:09 OF THE 10/40 WINDOW ALL THE WAY FROM WEST AFRICA GOES ALL THROUGH COUNTRIES 13:13 LIKE INDIA AND PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH AND CHINA, ALL THE WAY TO JAPAN AND WE 13:18 WANT TO SEND THIS TO YOU. 13:19 ALSO WE ARE ON FACEBOOK AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE YOUR FRIEND AND WE WOULD 13:23 LIKE YOU TO BE OUR FRIEND AT GOSPEL OUTREACH SO PLEASE "LIKE" US ON 13:26 FACEBOOK AND SO YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT WAY 13:30 EVERYDAY. 13:32 WELL, TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SPECIAL TOPIC. 13:35 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DEAF MINISTRY THAT'S PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 13:38 ALBERTA AND JOHN BLAKE WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE. 13:41 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 13:42 THANK YOU. 13:43 SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MINISTRY AND JOHN YOU ARE 13:47 INVOLVED WITH AN ADVISORY BOARD AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE AND SHARE A 13:52 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WITH US. 13:54 WELL, OUR GENERAL CONFERENCE PRESIDENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH DR. LARRY 13:58 EVANS WHO MADE A PROPOSAL HAS STARTED A SPECIAL, IF I COULD USE THE TERM 14:05 DEPARTMENT, TECHNICALLY THAT MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT ONE. 14:08 BUT DIRECTLY UNDER OUR GENERAL CONFERENCE PRESIDENT IS NOW A SPECIAL 14:12 NEEDS ADVISORY OR DEPARTMENT. 14:16 DR. LARRY EVANS IS IN CHARGE OF THAT AND UNDER SPECIAL NEEDS COME THE 14:21 DEAF, THE BLIND, ORPHANS AND ALL HANDICAPS. 14:28 WOW. 14:30 WHETHER IT IS AUTISM, WHETHER IT IS BLINDNESS, CRIPPLED OR WHATEVER IT 14:34 MAY BE. 14:36 BECAUSE AS A CHURCH TOO OFTEN, WE HAVE BEEN MINISTERING TO THEM AND 14:37 NOT REALLY WITH THEM-INCORPORATING THEM INTO THE CHURCH STRUCTURE. 14:39 FORTUNATELY, MOST OF OUR MAJOR TELEVISION PROGRAMS NOW HAVE CAPTIONING. 14:41 YES. 14:42 IT DIDN'T USE TO BE THAT WAY. 14:42 SO THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 14:44 AND THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO ASIA AND I WAS RECENTLY IN 14:45 CHINA AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING ON TELEVISION, THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE 14:48 CAPTIONING THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY - YOU HAVE MANDARIN AND 14:52 CANTONESE AND SO - BUT EVERYBODY CAN READ THAT SO THIS IS INTEERESTING TO ME 15:00 THAT WE ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO DO THAT. 15:17 WELL, IT'S BEEN FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. 15:19 BUT THIS IS GOOD. 15:20 WE HELPED TO GET SOME OF THAT STARTED. 15:22 THIS IS GOOD, JOHN. 15:23 AND THERE IS NOW AN ADVISORY FOR THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT. 15:28 GOOD. 15:29 AND I'M ASKED TO BE A PART OF THAT. 15:30 GOOD. 15:32 AND THEN THERE IS A SPECIAL DEAF ADVISORY AND A BLIND ADVISORY AND I 15:36 DON'T JUST HOW MANY THERE ARE GOING TO BE AND WE HAVE YET TO MEET. 15:40 THE GENERAL ADVISORY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS DID MEET A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND 15:47 IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE SPECIAL NEEDS DIRECTORS COMING FROM THE 15:51 DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AROUND THE WORLD. 15:53 WE HAVE A LOVELY TIME TOGETHER. 15:54 OH I'M SURE YOU DID AND IT CRACKS ME UP THOUGH BECAUSE SOME OF THESE 15:57 TERMS THAT WE HAVE IN ENGLISH IT JUST-SPECIAL NEEDS, DISABILITIES, I 16:02 MEAN ISN'T THAT ALL OF US? 16:03 I MEAN WE ALL NEED THE LORD AND WE ALL NEED HEALING SO IT KIND OF 16:07 MAKES ME SMILE BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THESE 16:10 TERMS FOR THINGS SO. 16:13 SO TELL US, YOU ARE ALSO INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH OBVIOUSLY, WITH 16:17 THESE TEN COUNTRIES AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHARE WITH US. 16:21 RIGHT. 16:23 OK, WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST PICTURE AND THIS PICTURE IS AT THE DEAF 16:24 ADVISORY THAT I WAS AT AND ESTHER DOSS IS ON THE RIGHT INTERPRETING FOR A 16:26 DEAF MAN IN THE AUDIENCE, ACTUALLY A DEAF PASTOR JEFF JORDAN FROM SOUTHERN 16:28 U.S. 16:29 AND THE MAN THAT'S SPEAKING I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH PART OF AFRICA HE IS 16:31 FROM BUT OR INTERAMERICA AND HE IS GIVING A REPORT FROM HIS DIVISION ABOUT 16:33 SPECIAL NEEDS. 16:34 OH, THE NEXT PICTURE WILL HAVE TO BE CHANGED I GUESS, RIGHT JUST KEEP 16:36 GOING. 16:36 IT IS ORIENTATION. 16:38 AND THIS PICTURE IS A LADY WHO WAS SPEAKING ON SPECIAL NEEDS ACTUALLY 16:40 FROM ANOTHER DENOMINATION AND SHE HAD SOME VERY GOOD MATERIAL. 16:41 THIS IS ANOTHER PRESENTER IT LOOKS LIKE? 16:42 YES, THIS IS ANOTHER PRESENTER. 16:43 OK. 16:44 AND THEN -WHERE ARE WE HERE? 16:45 ALL OF A SUDDEN HERE NOW WE HAVE ARRIVED IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THIS IS A 16:46 SCHOOL THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INVOLVED WITH. 16:48 WE ARE WORKING HELPING SUPPORT FOUR OF THE TEACHERS FROM THAT SCHOOL 16:52 AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 18 STUDENTS AND THIS IS THEIR NEW BUILDING THAT THEY ARE 17:01 BUILDING. 17:02 SO ARE THESE DEAF STUDENTS? 17:03 YES, ALL DEAF STUDENTS OK. 17:04 SO THIS SCHOOL IS BEING BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM. 17:07 YES, AND I WAS THERE LAST YEAR. 17:10 THESE ARE SOME OF THE TRUSSES THEY MAY ACTUALLY BE UP NOW, I DON'T KNOW. 17:14 WE'VE JUST SENT SOME MONEY FROM CANADA THROUGH "A BETTER WORLD" TO HELP 17:19 BUILD THAT SCHOOL. 17:20 AND JOHN, WE ARE LOOKING A T A PHOTO HERE OF SOME NICE YOUNG PEOPLE. 17:24 YES, THESE ARE THE 18 STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE DEAF SCHOOL THAT WE'VE 17:29 JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN MINDANAO IN THE PHILIPPINES AND 17:32 FORTUNATELY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEND MONEY FROM CANADA AS MENTIONED TO 17:36 HELP WITH THAT. 17:37 SO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHERE WOULD THEY BE IN SCHOOL? 17:41 WHAT WOULD THEY BE DOING IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO THIS SCHOOL? 17:45 PROBABLY MOST OF THEM WOULD SIMPLY BE AT HOME HELPING AROUND IN THEIR 17:50 LITTLE VILLAGE. 17:51 I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN BUT THIS KIND OF BECOMES THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE THERE 17:55 IS OTHER PEOPLE HERE THAT CAN SIGN. 18:06 RIGHT. 18:08 SO AND THEY LEARN JUST TO EXIST, ALBERTA, THEY'VE PROBABLY LEARNED HOME SIGN 18:10 LANGUAGE AS WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR FAMILY BUT 18:15 THAT'S NOT THE OFFICIAL SIGN LANGUAGE, RIGHT JOHN? 18:17 OK, SO WHEN THEY COME TO THE SCHOOL THEY WILL LEARN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. 18:19 THEY ARE LEARNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 18:20 OK. 18:21 NOW THIS IS ANOTHER AREA OF THE PHILIPPINES. 18:22 THIS IS IN MANILA AND ACTUALLY THERE ARE TWO GROUPS WORKING WITH THE 18:24 DEAF IN THE PHILIPPINES. 18:25 THE TWO LADIES ON THE RIGHT -LASHELLE, IN THE BEIGE? 18:31 YES. 18:33 IN THE WHITE YES, AND THERE ARE THE TWO LEADERS OF THE ONE- MAIN ONE IN 18:47 MANILA -THE ORIGINAL ONE. 18:51 SO IF THEY ARE LEARNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE THEY ARE LEARNING ENGLISH 18:56 THEN, IS THAT RIGHT ALBERTA? 18:58 WELL, IT'S LIKE THAT. 19:00 IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, PHILIPPINES SIGN LANGUAGE IS ABOUT EIGHTY PERCENT 19:05 THE SAME AS NORTH AMERICAN BUT IT IS ADAPTED SOMEWHAT TO THE PHILIPPINES. 19:10 NOW THIS IS LASHELLE SINGING AND SHE IS THE DIRECTOR-SHE IS OUR GOSPEL 19:15 OUTREACH WORKER IN THE PHILIPPINES AND HER DEAF SISTER IS THERE AND HER 19:19 DEAF SISTER CAN PREACH AND SHE CAN TEACH AND SHE IS QUITE A CAPABLE YOUNG 19:23 LADY. 19:24 WATCH OUT! 19:25 NOW WE'VE GONE TO AFRICA. 19:25 THIS IS OUR LEAD WORKER IN GHANA. 19:27 WHAT A NICE LOOKING COUPLE. 19:28 AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE STAGE OF GETTING MARRIED IN GHANA AND I 19:35 DON'T UNDERSTAND IT ALL BUT HE GOT THE OFFICIAL CHURCH MARRIAGE PART JUST 19:41 RECENTLY AND THIS WAS HIS PICTURE. 19:42 AND IS HE DEAF? 19:47 YES, HE IS DEAF. 19:54 IF YOU NOTICE AT THE TOP IT SAYS, "PREACHING TO THE HEARING AND THE DEAF". 20:28 HE HAD MEETINGS, EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS WITH A DEAF AND A HEARING 20:37 AUDIENCE AND INSTEAD OF A HEARING PREACHER WITH A SIGNED INTERPRETER HE WAS 20:39 A DEAF PREACHER WITH A HEARING INTERPRETER FOR THE HEARING AUDIENCE. 20:41 GOD BLESS HIM. 20:42 THAT WAS A NEW VERY INTERESTING THING. 20:43 HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME, DO YOU KNOW? 20:44 I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. 20:45 THE MAN ON THE LEFT IS JUST NEWLY ORDAINED. 20:46 HE IS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS FOR DEAF MINISTRY. 20:48 HE IS HEARING AND HE WAS JUST ORDAINED AND THIS WAS SENT TO ME AS HIS 21:03 ORDINATION CERTIFICATE THERE. 21:10 FANTASTIC! 21:11 AND THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE, DR. AMOAH HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR DEAF WORK IN GHANA. 21:17 IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM AND FOR THIS YOUNG MAN, WE'D PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE 21:22 MUCH OF ANY WORK FOR THE DEAF IN GHANA. 21:25 NOW IN KENYA THEY HAD A SPECIAL DAY, I THINK IT WAS KENYA? 21:29 I GET MIXED UP SOMETIMES BETWEEN KENYA AND GHANA AND THEY HAD A SPECIAL DAY 21:33 FOR SPECIAL NEEDS AND THIS LADY, IF YOU NOTICE, SHE IS WALKING ON ALL FOURS, 21:39 YES, AND SHE HAS A PAIR OF SHOELIKE THINGS ON HER HANDS AS SHE IS WALKING 21:51 ACROSS. 21:52 BUT IT WAS A HIGH DAY FOR MULTIHANDICAPS THERE. 21:56 I SEE SOME CRUTCHES THERE. 21:58 YES. 21:59 THIS IS SOME OF THE WORKERS AND SO ON FROM KENYA AND THESE ARE SOME 22:05 OF THE DVD'S. 22:06 I SEND DVD'S IN SIGN LANGUAGE TO ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND 22:11 THIS IS A YOUNG MAN WHO RECEIVED DVD'S AND THAT'S THE PACKAGE ON HIS MAIL. 22:16 YES, AND THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PHOTO BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES WHEN WE SEND 22:20 THINGS IN THE MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT ARRIVED 22:24 AND SO THIS SPEAKS WELL. 22:25 I WANTED A PICTURE AND HE'S GOT THE PACKAGE AS WELL AS THE MATERIAL THAT 22:31 I SENT. 22:33 THIS IS A GROUP THERE AT HOMAL BAY IN KENYA. 22:38 THEY ARE WANTING A TV SET AND SOMETHING TO PLAY THE DVD'S ON THAT WE'RE 22:43 SENDING. 22:44 SO NOW THIS IS A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN KENYA AND I HOPE TO VISIT THAT 22:51 SCHOOL IN AUGUST AND MONEY HAS COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES INCLUDING CANADA TO 22:57 HELP BUILD THAT SCHOOL. 22:59 I THINK THE ROOF MAY ACTUALLY BE ON NOW BUT I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF 23:03 IT. 23:04 WONDERFUL. 23:05 THIS IS THE GROUP-NOW THESE STUDENTS ARE MUCH YOUNGER THAN IN THE 23:08 PHILIPPINES BUT THIS A GROUP OF ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE STUDENTS AND I SUSPECT THE 23:14 TEACHER IS THERE BUT I-BUT THIS IS A GOOD THING THOUGH, TO ME ALBERTA AND 23:18 JOHN, TO HAVE YOUNGER STUDENTS BECAUSE THIS MEANS THAT THEY ARE GOING 23:22 TO BE GOING TO SCHOOL EARLIER WHICH MEANS THEY ARE GOING TO BE LEARNING 23:26 EARLIER AND I LOVE SEEING ALL THESE GIRLS. 23:30 A NUMBER OF THEM ARE ORPHANS. 23:31 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 23:32 THE PARENTS HAVE DIED. 23:36 HERE THEY ARE WORKING OUT IN THE FIELDS GETTING SOME PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN 23:40 LIFE AT THE SCHOOL. 23:44 THIS IS OUR NEW WORKER IN ZIMBABWE. 23:49 SO WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR AN EXPANSION TO THE WORK AND REMIND US AGAIN 23:54 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO THE DEAF? 23:57 ABOUT FORTY-SEVEN. 23:58 ABOUT FORTY-SEVEN. 23:59 AND THIS IS DOWN IN BOLIVIA WHEN JOHN BRADSHAW HAD EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS 24:03 THERE LAST YEAR YOU CAN SEE THE INTERPRETER. 24:05 IT IS NOT A VERY GOOD QUALITY PICTURE; UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS THE 24:08 BEST I'VE GOT OF IT. 24:09 WE SEE HER. 24:10 AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DEAF PEOPLE BAPTIZED THERE AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE 24:15 WORKING ON TRYING TO GET A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN BOLIVIA. 24:18 GOOD. 24:19 WHICH WOULD, OF COURSE, BE OUR FIRST ONE. 24:21 RIGHT THAT IS OUT OF THE 10/40 WINDOW BUT WITH THE DEAF MINISTRY WORK WE ARE 24:25 WANTING TO MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY, RIGHT ALBERTA? 24:27 YES. 24:28 THIS WE ARE HOPING THIS YOUNG MAN CAN BECOME A WORKER IN BURUNDI. 24:35 THEN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CAMERA MAY WANT TO COME ON, YES SO, LET ME 24:43 LOOK AT THIS. 24:45 THE LIFE STORY OF JESUS PRESENTED IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND BIBLICAL ART. 24:49 SO TELL US ABOUT THIS. 24:50 OK THIS HAS BEEN A PRODUCTION OF THE DEAF MINISTRY DEPARTMENT THAT I 24:54 WORK WITH IN OUR CONFERENCE AND IT TOOK ABOUT SEVEN YEARS TO 24:57 FINALLY GET IT READY. 24:58 IT HAS ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED PICTURES FROM JESUS LIFE. 25:02 ABOUT 140 MAPS AND PICTURES OF ALL THE HOLY LAND. 25:05 I WENT TO THE HOLY LAND AND TOOK PICTURES, GOT OTHER PEOPLE'S PICTURES 25:09 AND WE HAD IT BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED NOT BY ME, BUT BY A LADY AND A MAN WHOSE 25:15 PARENTS ARE DEAF. 25:16 WONDERFUL! 25:17 AND IT COVERS THE WHOLE STORY OF JESUS LIFE. 25:20 WELL, THIS IS FANTASTIC. 25:21 SO YES, WE JUST HAD A SCREEN SHOT OF THAT AND HERE IT IS A DVD AND THIS 25:27 IS FANTASTIC. 25:29 IT'S ALL DONE IN SIGN LANGUAGE BUT IT DOES HAVE CAPTIONING AND A VOICE 25:33 TRACK. 25:35 IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR HEARING BUT IT IS INTENDED FOR DEAF PEOPLE AND THEY 25:38 CAN GET IT THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:40 SO DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MANY DEAF THERE ARE IN OUR WORLD, I MEAN IS THERE 25:45 A NUMBER THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? 25:47 WILDLY FROM 50 MILLION TO 200 MILLION. 25:50 WOW. 25:51 IT IS -NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE. 25:53 SURE ABSOLUTELY. 25:54 AND SOME COUNTRIES SEEM TO HAVE MORE THAN OTHERS. 25:56 YES, SURE. 25:57 IT DEPENDS HOW YOU DEFINE DEAFNESS. 25:59 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR NEEDS THAT QUICKLY YOU CAN SHARE WITH OUR VIEWERS 26:02 THAT YOU NEED? 26:03 WE NEED PEOPLE WHO HAVE A BURDEN FOR DEAF MINISTRY AND WHO WILL LEARN SIGN 26:09 LANGUAGE IN THEIR COUNTRY. 26:10 YES. 26:12 AND THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEARN BUT ARE WILLING TO GIVE, 26:16 YES, TO DEAF MINISTRY. 26:17 YES, AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALBERTA AND JOHN BLAKE FOR BEING HERE AND THE 26:22 LORD HAS BLEST YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A BLESSING TO GOSPEL 26:25 OUTREACH. 26:26 AND WOULD YOU SIGN FOR OUR VIEWERS "JESUS LOVES YOU"? 26:33 JESUS LOVES YOU, YES. 26:35 AND JESUS LOVES YOU. 26:39 AND JESUS DOES LOVE US AND HE'S TOLD THAT TO US IN THE BIBLE AND WE THANK YOU 26:44 FOR BEING PART OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 26:46 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:46 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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