[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.43\00:00:13.88 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSION HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:13.91\00:00:16.98 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THANKS FOR WATCHING TODAY. 00:00:17.01\00:00:19.51 WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. 00:00:19.55\00:00:21.85 WE APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWS OF THESE PROGRAMS. 00:00:21.88\00:00:24.19 WE APPRECIATE YOUR DONATIONS, YOUR PRAYERS AND THANK YOU FOR 00:00:24.22\00:00:28.19 BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:28.22\00:00:29.62 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH, THERE'S AN ACRONYM FOR IT AND IT'S "GO" 00:00:29.66\00:00:34.20 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JESUS SAYS IN MATTHEW 28 WHERE HE SAYS 00:00:34.23\00:00:39.67 "THEREFORE GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS BAPTIZING 00:00:39.70\00:00:44.24 THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY 00:00:44.27\00:00:47.51 SPIRIT." AND HE SAYS ALL. 00:00:47.54\00:00:48.98 HE SAYS GO AND ALL, ALL NATIONS. 00:00:49.01\00:00:51.95 AND WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THAT'S THE 00:00:51.98\00:00:58.89 TARGETED PLACE OF OUR OPERATION HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH RIGHT 00:00:58.92\00:01:01.99 PAT? YES. 00:01:02.02\00:01:03.02 WELCOME PAT GUSTIN TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:01:03.06\00:01:05.66 AND PAT TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOUR JOB IS HERE AT 00:01:05.69\00:01:10.73 GOSPEL OUTREACH. WELL THEY SAID DEAL WITH FIELD OPERATIONS WHICH IS I WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE 00:01:10.77\00:01:15.87 REGIONAL DIRECTORS AS THEY WORK WITH THEIR LOCAL PEOPLE SO I'M 00:01:15.90\00:01:20.31 KIND OF THE PERSON THAT I THINK DOESN'T NECESSARIILY SUPERVISE 00:01:20.34\00:01:24.55 BUT OVERSEES AND HELPS PROVIDE MATERIAL HOPEFULLY AND THINGS THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO 00:01:24.58\00:01:27.55 THEM. 00:01:27.58\00:01:29.12 WELL PAT, WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:01:29.15\00:01:31.82 AND MISSION IS CERTAINLY NOTHING NEW TO YOU. 00:01:31.85\00:01:34.99 SO WHEN DID THE CALL TO MISSION COME TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE? 00:01:35.02\00:01:38.63 WELL IT'S MY MOTHER'S FAULT, THE HOLY SPIRIT I GUESS TO MY 00:01:38.66\00:01:42.33 MOTHER. WHEN I WAS ABOUT NINE SHE BEGAN BUYING ME MISSION 00:01:42.36\00:01:46.20 STORY BOOKS. AND SO WHEN I WAS ABOUT NINE I'D READ "TOMMY GOES TO AFRICA", "BRIDE ON THE 00:01:46.23\00:01:50.91 AMAZON" AND ALL THESE BOOKS SO I TOLD HER I WAS GOING TO BE A 00:01:50.94\00:01:55.11 MISSIONARY ON THE AMAZON RIVER IN AFRICA WHICH IS OF COURSE MY GEOGRAPHY WAS A LITTLE 00:01:55.14\00:02:00.22 MESSED UP. 00:02:00.25\00:02:01.12 SO IN THE END THE LORD SENT ME TO ASIA. 00:02:01.15\00:02:03.72 SO THE LORD HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR BUT ANYWAY IT STARTED THEN AND 00:02:03.75\00:02:07.16 IT REALLY NEVER COMPLETELY DIED. 00:02:07.19\00:02:08.66 IT TOOK A FEW YEARS YOU KNOW FOR IT TO HAPPEN BUT THAT WAS WHERE 00:02:08.69\00:02:12.23 IT BEGAN. SO THE CALL OF THE LORD IN YOUR HEART EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE AND THE LOVE TO SHARE 00:02:12.26\00:02:16.30 HIM WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 00:02:16.33\00:02:17.23 YES. 00:02:17.27\00:02:18.33 SO WHERE DID THE LORD TAKE YOU TO BE A MISSIONARY? 00:02:18.37\00:02:21.24 WELL IT STARTED OUT IN SINGAPORE TEACHING MISSIONARY KIDS FOR SIX 00:02:21.27\00:02:25.04 YEARS. 00:02:25.07\00:02:25.94 AND THAT KIND OF GOT ME HOOKED. 00:02:25.97\00:02:28.98 AND IT WASN'T EXACTLY AS I'D DREAMED AS A KID BUT IT WAS, YOU 00:02:29.01\00:02:33.48 KNOW THERE WAS ENOUGH OF IT. 00:02:33.52\00:02:35.02 AND THEN WHILE I WAS THERE I TOOK A TRIP TO THAILAND AND FELT 00:02:35.05\00:02:39.65 A STRONG CALL THAT GOD WANTED ME TO GO BACK TO THAILAND. 00:02:39.69\00:02:41.29 SO AFTER DOING SOME GRADUATE WORK I CAME BACK AND SPENT 17 00:02:41.32\00:02:47.50 YEARS IN THAILAND. 00:02:47.56\00:02:48.16 AWESOME. 00:02:48.20\00:02:49.10 AND WHAT WERE YOUR ROLES THERE IN THAILAND? 00:02:49.13\00:02:50.47 PRIMARILY A TEACHER IN VARIOUS PLACES AT AN ACADEMY, AT A 00:02:50.50\00:02:55.60 TRIBAL TRAINING SCHOOL AND MISSIONARY KIDS AGAIN IN BANGKOK 00:02:55.64\00:03:01.74 FOR AWHILE. AND THEN I HAD A COUPLE YEARS STINT AS A PASTOR UP IN THE NORTHEAST IN UBON. 00:03:01.78\00:03:06.41 OH YOU DID? 00:03:06.45\00:03:07.12 I DID YES. 00:03:07.15\00:03:07.98 WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? 00:03:08.02\00:03:09.18 WELL IT WAS WONDERFUL. 00:03:09.22\00:03:10.62 YOU KNOW THERE WAS A DISTRICT AND I HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND I 00:03:10.65\00:03:14.86 MADE I'M SURE QUITE A FEW MISTAKES BUT THERE WAS ALSO A LANGUAGE SCHOOL THERE AND 00:03:14.89\00:03:18.03 THERE WERE ALSO REFUGEE CAMPS. 00:03:18.06\00:03:19.23 SO THAT WAS KIND OF MY DISTRICT. 00:03:19.26\00:03:21.70 I HELPED OVERSEE ALL THOSE THINGS. 00:03:21.73\00:03:25.40 AND THEN MY LAST FEW YEARS I WAS DIRECTOR OF ALL THE ENGLISH 00:03:25.43\00:03:28.14 LANGUAGE SCHOOLS AND THE STUDENT MISSIONARIES IN THAILAND FOR THE 00:03:28.17\00:03:30.51 LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS. 00:03:30.54\00:03:31.14 AT ------IN THAT AREA YES. 00:03:31.17\00:03:32.94 YES AND I REMEMBER THAT WELL BECAUSE I WAS IN TAIWAN AND YOU 00:03:32.97\00:03:36.54 WERE IN THAILAND. 00:03:36.58\00:03:37.21 YES. 00:03:37.25\00:03:38.75 AND I REMEMBER EVEN TRYING TO GO TO THE SCHOOL BUT TRAFFIC WAS 00:03:38.78\00:03:41.15 HORRENDOUS THAT DAY AND, ONLY THAT DAY, YES RIGHT. 00:03:41.18\00:03:43.95 EXACTLY. 00:03:43.99\00:03:45.49 SO YES. 00:03:45.52\00:03:46.49 SO YOU DO CERTAINLY HAVE A BIG HEART FOR MISSION. 00:03:46.52\00:03:49.02 AND THEN YOU DID THAT AND THEN YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED WITH 00:03:49.06\00:03:54.10 MISSION HERE STATESIDE. 00:03:54.10\00:03:55.30 YES. 00:03:55.33\00:03:56.83 AFTER I'D BEEN BACK HERE A FEW YEARS I WAS ASKED TO GO WORK 00:03:56.87\00:03:59.33 WITH INSTITUTE OF WORLD MISSION AT ANDREWS WHICH IS THE GENERAL CONFERENCE GROUP THAT 00:03:59.37\00:04:04.04 TRAINS ALL THE MISSIONARIES FOR THE ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:04:04.07\00:04:06.21 SO I DID THAT FOR NINE YEARS AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE EVERYTHING 00:04:06.24\00:04:09.28 I'D EVER DONE IN MY LIFE CAME TOGETHER AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. 00:04:09.31\00:04:11.71 IT WAS FUN AND EXCITING. 00:04:11.75\00:04:13.72 SO HOW MANY MISSIONARIES DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'VE ENCOUNTERED 00:04:13.75\00:04:17.69 PAT? OH, YOU MEAN JUST IN THE TRAINING. 00:04:17.72\00:04:20.22 SOME YEARS WE DID FOUR OR FIVE TRAINING PROGRAMS A YEAR. 00:04:20.26\00:04:24.03 MOST EARS IT WAS ONLY THREE OR FOUR. 00:04:24.06\00:04:26.03 AND EACH TIME WE'D HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 20-30 TO 50-60. 00:04:26.06\00:04:29.40 SO JUST FIGURE IT OUT. 00:04:29.43\00:04:30.73 IT WAS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND THEY'RE ALL OVER THE WORLD. 00:04:30.77\00:04:33.40 AND IN MOST RECENT YEARS OF COURSE AS THE MISSION OF THE 00:04:33.44\00:04:37.37 CHURCH HAS CHANGED IT'S NOT ONLY MISSIONARIES FROM AMERICA GOING EVERYWHERE ELSE BUT ALL OF 00:04:37.41\00:04:40.41 OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE WAY MORE THAN HALF OR A LOT MORE 00:04:40.44\00:04:45.25 THAN HALF IN SOME CASES, PEOPLE FROM OTHER PLACES WHO ARE NOW 00:04:45.28\00:04:48.65 BEING SENT OUT. SO IT'S REALLY EVERYWHERE TO EVERYWHERE NOW. 00:04:48.68\00:04:50.85 SO IN ANY GIVEN INSTITUTE WE MAY HAVE PEOPLE FROM 10 OR 15 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 00:04:50.89\00:04:54.86 ALL TRAINING TOGETHER WHO ARE THEN GOING TO GO OUT TO MAYBE 10 00:04:54.89\00:04:58.19 OR 15 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 00:04:58.23\00:04:59.46 IT'S EXCITING, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 00:04:59.49\00:05:01.30 I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. 00:05:01.33\00:05:02.56 SO THE MISSION INSTITUTE USED TO BE AT ANDREWS. 00:05:02.60\00:05:05.37 IT IS GC DRIVEN AND NOW IT'S ACTUALLY AT THE GC, GENERAL 00:05:05.40\00:05:09.20 CONFERENCE HEADQUARTERS. 00:05:09.24\00:05:10.57 ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES ARE HELD ALL OVER THE WORLD. 00:05:10.61\00:05:12.47 WE HAVE ONE IN BRAZIL, WE DO ONE IN AFRICA, WE'VE DONE ONE IN 00:05:12.51\00:05:16.34 TURKEY, WE DO ONE IN THAILAND AND THEN ONE OR TWO IN THE STATES, SO HELD ALL OVER THE 00:05:16.38\00:05:20.38 PLACE. 00:05:20.42\00:05:21.98 WELL AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO MENTION BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT 00:05:22.02\00:05:25.85 CALLED. 00:05:25.89\00:05:26.69 GREAT, I'M GOING TO BE A MISSIONARY. 00:05:26.72\00:05:28.46 OKAY SO WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO? 00:05:28.49\00:05:30.39 AND THEN NOW WHAT? 00:05:30.43\00:05:31.93 AND SO THERE NEEDS TO BE THAT CONNECTING BRIDGE RIGHT BETWEEN 00:05:31.96\00:05:37.70 THE CALL AND TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING. 00:05:37.73\00:05:39.13 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT YOU WOULD COVER AT THE 00:05:39.17\00:05:40.94 MISSION INSTITUTE? 00:05:40.97\00:05:42.47 WELL WE FEEL, AND I MAYBE CAN'T THINK OF THEM ALL OFF THE TOP OF 00:05:42.50\00:05:44.61 MY HEAD, BUT FIRST OF ALL A PERSON NEEDS TO BE GROWING SPIRITUALLY SO THERE'S A 00:05:44.64\00:05:47.44 DEFINITE FOCUS ON SPIRITUALITY. 00:05:47.48\00:05:49.38 WE NEED TO LEARN TO THINK, THINK BIBLICALLY. 00:05:49.41\00:05:52.11 I MEAN AFTER ALL WE'RE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK RIGHT. 00:05:52.15\00:05:54.52 AND WE WANT TO INTERACT IN A CULTURAL WAY MISSIOLOGICAL IN A 00:05:54.55\00:05:59.62 CULTURAL WAY. 00:05:59.65\00:06:00.89 WE HAVE TO LIVE INCARNATIONALLY. 00:06:00.92\00:06:02.29 HOW DO WE LIVE WITH THE PEOPLE AND INVOLVE OURSELVES IN THEIR 00:06:02.32\00:06:05.93 LIVES AT THE BASIC LEVEL. 00:06:05.96\00:06:07.30 RIGHT. 00:06:07.30\00:06:08.46 AND THERE'S ONE MORE THAT I CAN'T, OH LIVE HOLISTICALLY. 00:06:08.50\00:06:09.96 YOU KNOW OUR FAMILIES, WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILIES, 00:06:10.00\00:06:13.13 OUR HEALTH, OUR MINDS AND SO FORTH. 00:06:13.17\00:06:14.20 SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE BASIC AREAS THAT WE COVER. 00:06:14.24\00:06:17.01 AND OF COURSE I BROUGHT THAT WITH ME WHEN I CAME TO GOSPEL 00:06:17.04\00:06:20.78 OUTREACH SINCE IT'S STILL KIND OF A BIG THING IN MY MIND THAT WHETHER IT'S SOMEONE AT 00:06:20.81\00:06:24.31 THE VILLAGE LEVEL OR WHEREVER THEY ARE, THESE ARE STILL THE 00:06:24.35\00:06:29.72 ELEMENTS THAT MAKE THEM A GOOD MISSIONARY. 00:06:29.75\00:06:31.05 YES. 00:06:31.09\00:06:32.35 WELL AND TOO AS A MISSIONARY YOU ARE GOING INTO SOMEBODY ELSE'S 00:06:32.39\00:06:34.82 COUNTRY AND LEARNING ABOUT THE CULTURE THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE 00:06:34.86\00:06:40.20 SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT BEING OFFENSIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 00:06:40.23\00:06:42.36 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:06:42.40\00:06:43.23 OFFENSIVE, INAPPROPRIATE AND INEFFECTIVE. 00:06:43.26\00:06:44.37 WELL SURE. 00:06:44.40\00:06:45.03 RIGHT. 00:06:45.07\00:06:45.70 ALL THOSE THINGS. 00:06:45.73\00:06:47.20 AND EVEN THOUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH OF COURSE USES LOCAL PEOPLE 00:06:47.24\00:06:48.37 WITHIN THEIR SITUATION, THERE STILL ARE DIFFERENCES. 00:06:48.40\00:06:49.74 YES. 00:06:49.77\00:06:50.87 YOU KNOW EVEN WITHIN A COUNTRY LIKE INDIA YOU KNOW. 00:06:50.91\00:06:51.84 HOW MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES AND LANGUAGES. 00:06:51.87\00:06:53.34 SO PEOPLE CROSSING THOSE BORDERS THEY STILL NEED A LEVEL OF 00:06:53.38\00:06:55.08 SENSITIVITY. YES. 00:06:55.11\00:06:56.51 AND A SENSITIVITY TOWARDS SOMEONE FROM A DIFFERENT RELIGION WHO WE ARE 00:06:56.54\00:06:57.75 ATTRACTING. 00:06:57.78\00:06:58.41 YES. 00:06:58.45\00:06:59.78 AND OF COURSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A HINDU, WELL THIS IS A 00:06:59.81\00:07:01.15 WHOLE DIFFERENT THING. 00:07:01.18\00:07:06.82 AND SO THE ELEMENTS ARE STILL SIMILAR. 00:07:06.86\00:07:11.93 WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT JUST CAME 00:07:16.43\00:07:20.67 TO MY MIND OF SOMEONE IN INDIA FOR EXAMPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE A BUDDHIST BACKGROUND WHO 00:07:20.70\00:07:24.67 HAS BECOME A CHRISTIAN WHO IS THEN WITNESSING AS A CHRISTIAN 00:07:24.71\00:07:30.48 THEN TO A HINDU AND SO HERE THEY'RE BOTH INDIAN FROM INDIA BUT YET THEY HAVE TWO VERY 00:07:30.51\00:07:36.02 DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS. 00:07:36.05\00:07:38.85 THEY MAY SPEAK THE LANGUAGE EVEN, THEY MIGHT NOT BUT THEY 00:07:38.89\00:07:42.49 COULD, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THEY COME FROM THOSE RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND ARE A HUGE 00:07:42.52\00:07:45.49 PART OF OUR CULTURE. 00:07:45.53\00:07:46.33 YES. 00:07:46.36\00:07:47.66 SO YOU CAN BE A CROSS CULTURAL WORKER EVEN IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY. 00:07:47.73\00:07:50.20 YES EXACTLY. 00:07:50.23\00:07:51.57 WELL AND BRINGING UP THE DIALECTS THAT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER 00:07:51.60\00:07:55.60 THING. WELL USE INDIA FOR EXAMPLE. 00:07:55.64\00:07:57.31 THEY COULD SPEAK HOW MANY DIFFERENT DIALECTS AND YET BE 00:07:57.34\00:08:00.74 RIGHT NEXT DOOR. EVEN OF THE MAIN, WHAT IS IT, SEVEN OR EIGHT LANGUAGES THEY'RE HUGE. 00:08:00.78\00:08:04.08 AND THEN THERE ARE ALL THE DIALECTS BESIDES. 00:08:04.11\00:08:07.28 EVEN A MISSIONARY IN INDIA, A LOCAL PERSON, IS PROBABLY A 00:08:07.32\00:08:11.12 CROSS CULTURAL WORKER IN MANY ASPECTS. 00:08:11.15\00:08:12.69 YES. 00:08:12.72\00:08:14.22 BUT TALK ABOUT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF HAVING BEEN A MISSIONARY, GONE TO 00:08:14.26\00:08:19.13 THAILAND, SPEAKING THAI AND ALL OF THAT, WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU 00:08:19.16\00:08:24.17 THEN TO BE INVOLVED WITH AN ORGANIZATION. 00:08:24.20\00:08:25.73 WE JUST TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHALLENGES. 00:08:25.77\00:08:27.47 BUT WHAT IS IT FOR YOU AS A DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION INSTITUTE THEN TO SEE WHAT 00:08:27.50\00:08:33.71 ARE WE BRIDGING THE GAP OF AND MAKING IT CLOSER BY HAVING 00:08:33.74\00:08:38.25 INDIGENOUS WORKERS WORKING IN THE FIELD? 00:08:38.28\00:08:39.81 WELL OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE FEWER BARRIERS TO BE CROSSED. 00:08:39.85\00:08:43.02 YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT TO THAILAND I HAD TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE AND THEN I 00:08:43.05\00:08:46.79 KIND OF TRIED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF A COUPLE OF DIALECTS. 00:08:46.82\00:08:48.86 SO YOU KNOW BUT YOU'RE STILL ON THE BORDERS. 00:08:48.89\00:08:51.43 AND EVERYTHING ABOUT ME IS FOREIGN. 00:08:51.46\00:08:54.10 IF YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH IN A PLACE AND IF YOU TRY REALLY HARD 00:08:54.13\00:08:59.73 I THINK YOU DO COME CLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE. 00:08:59.77\00:09:02.17 BUT THOSE ARE HUGE DIFFERENCES WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH AN 00:09:02.20\00:09:05.21 INDIGENOUS PERSON WHO RIGHT AWAY HE CAN EAT RICE AND CURRY WHATEVER WITHOUT LEARNING 00:09:05.24\00:09:10.65 TO EAT RICE AND CURRY. 00:09:10.68\00:09:12.81 BUT MORE THAN THAT ONE WOULD HOPE THAT IN MOST CASES THERE IS 00:09:12.85\00:09:18.89 A CLOSER AFFINITY TO HOW PEOPLE REALLY THINK AND FEEL. 00:09:18.92\00:09:21.72 BECAUSE REALLY WE NEED TO GET THE PEOPLE'S HEARTS. 00:09:21.76\00:09:25.26 AND THE CLOSER YOU ARE CULTURALLY TO A PERSON THE MORE 00:09:25.29\00:09:29.90 YOU CAN PROBABLY TOUCH THEIR HEART. 00:09:29.93\00:09:30.87 THAT'S ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES I SEE. 00:09:30.90\00:09:32.53 WELL AND ESPECIALLY LIKE LIVING GOING TO EUROPE FOR EXAMPLE. 00:09:32.57\00:09:36.94 YOU KNOW, YOU OR I YES WE COULD LOOK LIKE A FOREIGNER BUT THEN 00:09:36.97\00:09:40.04 WE COULD TRY AND BLEND IN. 00:09:40.08\00:09:41.54 BUT WHEN YOU GO TO ASIA OR TO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES YOU'RE 00:09:41.58\00:09:47.12 STILL GOING TO BE THE FOREIGNER. 00:09:47.15\00:09:47.88 YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT. 00:09:47.92\00:09:49.25 AND IRONICALLY THAT'S BOTH GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS. 00:09:49.28\00:09:51.92 IF DONE BADLY IT'S REALLY BAD NEWS. 00:09:51.95\00:09:54.69 YES. 00:09:54.72\00:09:55.29 WE CAN DO LOTS OF DAMAGE. 00:09:55.32\00:09:57.86 BUT SOMETIMES HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE HAS SOME 00:09:57.89\00:10:01.66 ADVANTAGE. YOU KNOW THERE'S AN ATTRACTION AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A BIG REASON 00:10:01.70\00:10:04.43 THAT YOU SHOULD BE BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT YOU TRY TO BE 00:10:04.47\00:10:07.10 DIFFERENT BUT IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 00:10:07.14\00:10:09.74 RIGHT. 00:10:09.77\00:10:11.24 WELL YES BECAUSE THE FOREIGNER COMES TO TOWN OR THE VILLAGE AND 00:10:11.27\00:10:13.68 IT'S LIKE WELL WHO ARE THEY, WHAT ARE THEY DOING. 00:10:13.71\00:10:15.74 LIKE THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN. 00:10:15.78\00:10:17.25 LITERALLY. 00:10:17.28\00:10:17.91 YES, LITERALLY. 00:10:17.95\00:10:18.71 IT CAN BE THAT, IT CAN BE A CIRCUS. 00:10:18.75\00:10:21.45 YOU WERE THE LEAD ACTOR OF THE CIRCUS RIGHT. 00:10:21.48\00:10:24.52 I HAD NO IDEA. 00:10:24.55\00:10:25.95 BUT NO, IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT YOU HAVE NO IDEA UNTIL YOU GET 00:10:25.99\00:10:31.29 INTO THAT. BUT THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS AREA, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE MAP HERE. 00:10:31.33\00:10:37.97 SO HERE IS OUR 10/40 WINDOW. 00:10:38.00\00:10:40.27 YES. 00:10:40.30\00:10:41.84 SO IT STRETCHES FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY OVER TO JAPAN AND 00:10:41.87\00:10:46.78 FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 00:10:46.81\00:10:49.94 JUST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE RIGHT? 00:10:49.98\00:10:52.11 WELL IT'S LIKE TWO THIRDS OF THE WORLDS POPULATION IN ONE THIRD 00:10:52.15\00:10:56.08 OF THE LAND MASS. 00:10:56.12\00:10:57.12 SO IT'S CROWDED, IT'S DIVERSE AS YOU CAN SEE. 00:10:57.15\00:10:59.59 ALL THE WORLD RELIGIONS BEGAN HERE AND THEY'RE STILL STRONG. 00:10:59.62\00:11:03.43 YOU KNOW THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE STRONGEST. 00:11:03.46\00:11:05.53 AN INCREDIBLE 80 PERCENT OF THE POOREST PEOPLE OF THE WORLD LIVE 00:11:05.56\00:11:07.50 IN THIS AREA. 00:11:07.56\00:11:08.96 AND OF COURSE THERE'S POVERTY, THERE'S WARS, THERE'S JUST YOU 00:11:09.00\00:11:10.17 NAME IT. DISEASE. 00:11:10.20\00:11:10.77 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS. 00:11:10.80\00:11:11.50 AND THE CHALLENGE IS IMMENSE. 00:11:11.53\00:11:12.83 AND RIGHT NOW THE CHALLENGE WE FACE IS HOW CAN WE EMPOWER THE 00:11:12.87\00:11:13.90 LOCAL PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE. 00:11:13.94\00:11:15.44 AND THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL OF MISSION AND IN MANY CASES 00:11:15.47\00:11:17.51 THERE'S PLENTY OF LOCAL PEOPLE WHO CAN DO THIS. 00:11:17.54\00:11:18.51 AND OTHERS THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME EMPOWERING. 00:11:18.54\00:11:19.97 AND I THINK THAT IN ONE WAY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ABLE TO 00:11:20.01\00:11:21.51 PROVIDE SOME FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT THAT OTHER PLACES 00:11:21.54\00:11:26.48 MIGHT NOT HAVE. THEY COULDN'T HIRE PEOPLE. 00:11:26.51\00:11:31.59 WELL GOOD. 00:11:35.02\00:11:35.96 WELL PAT IT'S SO LOVELY TO VISIT WITH YOU. 00:11:35.99\00:11:37.06 AND WE ARE GOING TO ASK OUR VIEWERS TO GET INVOLVED. 00:11:37.09\00:11:38.66 WE HAVE A FANTASTIC DEVICE THAT WE ARE USING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH CALLED THE 00:11:38.69\00:11:40.96 MEGAVOICE AND WE ARE GOING TO TELL OUR VIEWERS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. 00:11:41.00\00:11:46.07 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL "A" HERE AT 00:12:00.05\00:12:03.45 GENERAL CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. 00:12:03.49\00:12:04.85 I AM HERE WITH DARYL. 00:12:04.89\00:12:06.22 HELLO DARYL. 00:12:06.25\00:12:06.92 HELLO, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. 00:12:06.96\00:12:08.89 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US. 00:12:08.92\00:12:11.43 SO DARYL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGAVOICE PLAYER. 00:12:11.46\00:12:14.93 WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE. 00:12:14.93\00:12:17.47 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER. 00:12:17.50\00:12:19.07 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL. 00:12:19.10\00:12:20.64 THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A LOT. 00:12:20.67\00:12:24.14 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED. 00:12:24.17\00:12:25.47 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 DEGREES AND 00:12:25.51\00:12:28.94 WATER RESISTANT. 00:12:28.98\00:12:29.61 WOW. 00:12:29.64\00:12:30.45 THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. 00:12:30.48\00:12:36.75 YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND HOLD. 00:12:36.79\00:12:39.15 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO 00:12:39.19\00:12:41.82 LANGUAGES. OH THANK YOU. 00:12:41.86\00:12:43.32 SO THAT'S GOOD ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A TRADE 00:12:43.36\00:12:47.30 LANGUAGE AND THEN THE HEART LANGUAGE, YOU CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES 00:12:47.30\00:12:51.07 AND THEN YOU HAVE BOTH CHAPTER VERSE FORWARD, BOTH CHAPTER 00:12:51.10\00:12:53.80 VERSE BACKWARD AND THE PAUSE BUTTON IS YOUR BOOK MARK. 00:12:53.84\00:12:56.60 SO IT'S REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR MISSION 00:12:56.64\00:13:02.64 OUTREACH. AND GOSPEL OUTREACH'S GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND THEN THEY GO WITH THE 00:13:02.68\00:13:06.95 REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH 00:13:06.98\00:13:10.32 EARBUDS AND THEN WITH ALSO A SPEAKER RIGHT? 00:13:10.35\00:13:13.02 YES. 00:13:13.05\00:13:14.42 THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER ONBOARD SO IT'S LOUD ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 00:13:14.46\00:13:17.96 15-20 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM. 00:13:17.99\00:13:19.89 AND THEN OF COURSE THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL LISTENING AND IN 00:13:19.93\00:13:24.73 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE CLOSED COUNTRIES IT'S SAFE 00:13:24.77\00:13:29.60 YOU KNOW BECAUSE EVERYONE NOW HAS EARPHONES AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE, 00:13:29.64\00:13:33.74 BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING, TRAINING AND NOT BE YOU KNOW 00:13:33.78\00:13:41.85 BROADCASTING IT TO EVERYONE BUT THEY CAN BE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN AND WE GET TESTIMONIES ON A 00:13:41.88\00:13:46.59 WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO FAITH 00:13:46.62\00:13:51.89 BECAUSE OF HEARING GOD'S WORD. 00:13:51.93\00:13:54.60 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC-SPEAKING WORLD HAVE 00:13:54.63\00:13:58.47 LITERACY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 00:13:58.50\00:14:00.70 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL. 00:14:00.74\00:14:02.30 ABSOLUTELY. 00:14:02.34\00:14:03.14 THEY ARE STORIED CULTURED. 00:14:03.17\00:14:04.47 REALLY I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN THE FIELD. 00:14:04.51\00:14:08.28 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:14:08.31\00:14:12.31 AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 00:14:12.35\00:14:13.72 (MUSIC PLAYING) 00:14:13.75\00:14:29.90 IT'S AWESOME, IT'S GREAT AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING 00:14:29.93\00:14:33.10 INVOLVED. 00:14:33.13\00:14:34.14 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO MEGAVOICE. 00:14:34.17\00:14:36.27 THESE ARE FANTASTIC. 00:14:36.30\00:14:37.81 THE MORE THAT WE CAN BUY OF THESE THE MORE THAT GARY FULLER 00:14:37.84\00:14:41.54 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH CAN DOWNLOAD THE BIBLE, THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND IN THAI, MANDARIN. 00:14:41.58\00:14:45.98 THE BIBLE IN ANY KIND OF LANGUAGE. 00:14:46.01\00:14:48.25 IT IS FANTASTIC TO TURN THIS ON AND TO HEAR ANOTHER LANGUAGE. 00:14:48.28\00:14:51.92 AND THANK YOU AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR REGIONAL 00:14:51.95\00:14:55.92 DIRECTORS HAVING THEIR SUITCASES FULL OF THESE AS THEY GO TO THEIR REGIONS AND SHARE THEM 00:14:55.96\00:15:00.96 WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 00:15:00.96\00:15:04.43 INVOLVEMENT WITH MEGAVOICE. 00:15:04.47\00:15:05.57 CAN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? 00:15:05.60\00:15:06.63 ABSOLUTELY PAT. 00:15:06.67\00:15:07.87 WE'RE HERE WITH PAT GUSTIN. 00:15:07.90\00:15:08.97 YES. 00:15:09.00\00:15:10.41 WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS 00:15:10.44\00:15:12.81 DEVELOPING SOME MATERIALS THAT ARE TOTALLY BIBLE STORY BASED. 00:15:12.84\00:15:16.01 GIVE PEOPLE A STRONG FOUNDATION IN THE BIBLE AS THEY COME TO 00:15:16.04\00:15:19.78 KNOW JESUS, AS THEY COME TO KNOW ABOUT GOD. 00:15:19.81\00:15:21.55 AND THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN BEING ABLE TO PUT IN THE HAND OF 00:15:21.58\00:15:24.99 SOMEONE WHOSE EITHER ILLITERATE OR FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE. 00:15:25.02\00:15:27.59 THEY REALLY DON'T READ MUCH. 00:15:27.62\00:15:29.89 THIS HAS THE WHOLE BIBLE STORY IN IT AND THEY CAN LISTEN TO 00:15:29.92\00:15:33.43 THOSE STORIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 00:15:33.46\00:15:34.93 BECAUSE I FULLY BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN TAKE THE STORIES 00:15:34.93\00:15:38.33 OF THE BIBLE AND CAN TRANSFORM PEOPLE'S HEARTS FROM THE INSIDE 00:15:38.37\00:15:41.37 OUT. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THESE. 00:15:41.40\00:15:43.30 ABSOLUTELY. 00:15:43.34\00:15:44.31 AND THAT IS AT THE CORE OF MY HEART AS WELL. 00:15:44.34\00:15:49.08 THERE'S A PICTURE THAT HAS A WOMAN IN INDIA AND PAT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE CAN READ 00:15:49.11\00:15:54.65 OR NOT BUT PROBABLY NOT AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S AT A LEPER 00:15:54.68\00:15:59.75 COLONY AND WE WILL INCLUDE THIS PICTURE. 00:15:59.79\00:16:01.32 BUT SHE HAS A MEGAVOICE THAT'S UP TO HER EAR AND THE SMILE ON 00:16:01.36\00:16:05.69 HER FACE AND THE JOY. 00:16:05.73\00:16:07.13 AND THAT'S MY SCREEN SAVER ON MY COMPUTER IS THIS WOMAN HOLDING 00:16:07.20\00:16:12.17 THIS MEGAVOICE BECAUSE IT IS A WAY FOR HER TO HAVE THE WORD OF 00:16:12.20\00:16:18.31 GOD AND IT'S VERY POWERFUL. 00:16:18.34\00:16:19.61 AND WE FORGET HOW POWERFUL THE WORD OF GOD IS JUST BY ITSELF. 00:16:19.64\00:16:23.91 YES. 00:16:23.95\00:16:25.45 AND THIS PICTURE TO ME SPEAKS A MILLION BAZILLION WORDS AND NO 00:16:25.48\00:16:29.65 WORD IS EVEN SPOKEN. 00:16:29.68\00:16:30.62 HOWEVER MANY WORDS ARE SPOKEN OUT OF THIS. 00:16:30.65\00:16:32.05 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:16:32.09\00:16:33.05 SO PAT GUSTIN, YOU ARE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:16:33.09\00:16:35.76 YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS HERE. 00:16:35.79\00:16:40.00 YOU ARE A MISSION WOMAN YOU HAVE MISSION AT YOUR HEART, YOU HAVE 00:16:40.03\00:16:44.73 JESUS THAT YOU'RE JUST EXCITED TO SHARE SO WE'RE SO GLAD THAT 00:16:44.77\00:16:47.94 YOU'RE HERE. TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE 00:16:47.97\00:16:51.01 WORKING WITH. WE TALKED ABOUT MISSIONARIES COMING FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO 00:16:51.04\00:16:55.58 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES BUT THE NEAT THING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 00:16:55.61\00:16:59.31 IT'S WORKERS ARE FROM THE PLACES, THE COUNTRIES WHERE THEY 00:16:59.35\00:17:03.82 LIVE AND ARE WORKING. 00:17:03.85\00:17:04.55 BUT THEY ALSO NEED TRAINING. 00:17:04.59\00:17:06.69 SO TALK WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 00:17:06.72\00:17:08.69 WELL ANYBODY TO BE EFFECTIVE IN WHAT THEY DO NEEDS TRAINING. 00:17:08.72\00:17:11.56 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE OR WHAT LEVEL YOU'RE WORKING AT. 00:17:11.59\00:17:14.73 AND SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE THE GRASS ROOTS PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING 00:17:14.76\00:17:18.33 THINGS, MANY OF THEM ARE NOT REALLY HIGHLY EDUCATED. 00:17:18.37\00:17:21.67 MAYBE DON'T HAVE A COLLEGE EDUCATION FOR INSTANCE AND MAYBE 00:17:21.70\00:17:25.21 THEIR OFTEN FAIRLY NEW CHRISTIANS FOR JUST A FEW YEARS AND SO THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF 00:17:25.24\00:17:29.74 SCRIPTURE, THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IS LIMITED. 00:17:29.78\00:17:31.91 AND SO I FEEL REALLY STRONGLY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE 00:17:31.95\00:17:35.95 TO DO IF WE WANT TO MAKE THEM STRONG WORKERS IS TO GIVE THEM BETTER AND BETTER TRAINING 00:17:35.98\00:17:39.65 BEFORE THEY START AND THEN ONGOING TRAINING. 00:17:39.69\00:17:42.26 SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HOPE WE CAN DO EVEN 00:17:42.29\00:17:46.66 BETTER THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AS WE MOVE AHEAD. 00:17:46.70\00:17:48.30 WELL AND AS YOU SAID THAT MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NEW 00:17:48.33\00:17:51.80 CHRISTIANS. OH YES. 00:17:51.83\00:17:52.40 AND SO THEY'RE EXCITED. 00:17:52.43\00:17:53.67 IT'S ABOUT FINDING SOMETHING NEW AND WANTING TO SHARE IT WITH 00:17:53.70\00:17:56.67 EVERYBODY. 00:17:56.71\00:17:58.17 JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE WHEN JESUS HEALED THEM 00:17:58.21\00:18:00.84 THEY WANTED TO TELL EVERYBODY. 00:18:00.88\00:18:01.54 WELL THE DEMONIC. 00:18:01.58\00:18:02.24 WHAT DID HE KNOW ABOUT JESUS? 00:18:02.28\00:18:03.78 HE ONLY KNEW HIS LIFE HAD BEEN A MESS AND JESUS SAVED HIM AND HE 00:18:03.81\00:18:08.05 WANTED TO HANG AROUND AND SAY I NEED TO GO TO COLLEGE AND JESUS SAID NO, GO TELL, GO TELL 00:18:08.08\00:18:11.95 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. 00:18:11.99\00:18:14.09 THAT'S ALL HE KNEW AND YET WHEN THEY CAME BACK LATER THE WHOLE 00:18:14.12\00:18:19.16 AREA WAS READY FOR JESUS. 00:18:19.19\00:18:20.73 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW A LOT BUT THEN THE MORE YOU KNOW THE 00:18:20.76\00:18:23.67 MORE YOU HAVE TO SHARE. 00:18:23.70\00:18:24.57 SO IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS OF TRAINING. 00:18:24.60\00:18:26.70 WELL, AND I KNOW THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS THEY GO AND THEY HAVE 00:18:26.74\00:18:30.34 TRAINING WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE GOALS THAT YOU 00:18:30.37\00:18:33.84 HAVE? 00:18:33.88\00:18:35.38 ARE YOU PREPARING MATERIAL THEN FOR THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS THEN 00:18:35.41\00:18:39.91 TO TAKE? WELL YOU KNOW JULIE THAT WE ARE COMMITTED AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO TAKING THE 00:18:39.95\00:18:44.69 GOSPEL TO THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF JESUS. 00:18:44.72\00:18:46.76 SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WORLD RELIGIONS. 00:18:46.79\00:18:48.12 HINDUS, BUDDHISTS, MUSLIMS, ETC. AND EVEN TODAY'S WORLD SECULAR 00:18:48.16\00:18:51.36 PEOPLE. 00:18:51.39\00:18:52.83 AND SO BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MATERIALS IN OUR CHURCH THAT ARE 00:18:52.86\00:18:56.46 DESIGNED FOR THIS. 00:18:56.50\00:18:58.00 WE'RE VERY GOOD AT HOW WE TALK TO OTHER CHRISTIANS BUT WE JUST 00:18:58.03\00:19:01.50 REALLY HAVEN'T HAD AS MUCH OPPORTUNITY, WELL WE'VE HAD OPPORTUNITY, BUT AS MUCH 00:19:01.54\00:19:06.04 INVESTED IN CREATING MATERIALS. 00:19:06.07\00:19:07.94 SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO DEVELOP 00:19:07.98\00:19:12.08 MATERIALS THAT YOU CAN TAKE TO A HINDU TO BUILD THAT BRIDGE. 00:19:12.11\00:19:16.52 BECAUSE YOU KNOW UNLESS YOU BUILD A BRIDGE OR A FOUNDATION 00:19:16.55\00:19:20.42 WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY YOU NEED TO BUILD A CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION BEFORE YOU CAN 00:19:20.46\00:19:23.89 BUILD ANYTHING ON TOP OF IT. 00:19:23.93\00:19:25.39 WELL YES, BECAUSE HOW DO YOU GO TO A HINDU, SAY THERE'S A HINDU 00:19:25.43\00:19:29.00 WOMAN AND SHE IS FAMILIAR WITH HER THOUSANDS OF HINDU GODS BUT THEN TO SAY THERE'S 00:19:29.03\00:19:34.44 JESUS WHO IS THE LIVING GOD, WELL WHO IS JESUS IF SHE HAS 00:19:34.47\00:19:38.91 NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS. 00:19:38.94\00:19:39.61 RIGHT. 00:19:39.64\00:19:40.31 SO HOW DO WE BUILD BRIDGES? 00:19:40.34\00:19:41.68 AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK INTO 00:19:41.71\00:19:43.65 THE CURRICULUM. 00:19:43.68\00:19:44.55 YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS TASTE AND SEE. 00:19:44.58\00:19:46.08 SO WE NEED TO CHALLENGE PEOPLE TASTE AND SEE, FIND OUT, HAVE A 00:19:46.11\00:19:51.25 GO AT IT. AND SO THIS AND THEN TO BEGIN REVEALING THE STORIES 00:19:51.29\00:19:57.86 OF THE BIBLE BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS THE STORY OF HOW GOD WORKED 00:19:57.89\00:20:01.13 WITH PEOPLE. HOW HE SHARED HIS POWER, HIS LOVE, HIS COMPASSION. 00:20:01.16\00:20:04.80 AND AS PEOPLE SEE THAT I THINK THE HOLY SPIRIT GETS IT INTO 00:20:04.83\00:20:09.10 THEM AND OVER TIME THEY WILL LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT GOD. 00:20:09.14\00:20:11.57 AND ULTIMATELY THEY WILL LEARN WHAT WE MIGHT CALL DOCTRINAL 00:20:11.61\00:20:15.74 THINGS BUT THEY'LL LEARN IT FROM THE STORIES, THEY'RE JUST BUILT 00:20:15.78\00:20:18.51 IN. AND THAT'S THE WAY PEOPLE LEARN IN MOST OF THE WORLD. 00:20:18.55\00:20:20.78 THEY DON'T LEARN ABSTRACTLY WITH A BUNCH OF TEXTS. 00:20:20.82\00:20:23.45 THEY LEARN HOLISTICALLY THROUGH STORIES. 00:20:23.49\00:20:25.49 AND SO WE'RE CREATING THESE STORIES AS THE WEDGE TO GET INTO 00:20:25.52\00:20:30.63 THEIR HEARTS. BUT FOR US COMING FROM, IF WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN BORN INTO A CHRISTIAN 00:20:30.66\00:20:35.13 FAMILY AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME DENOMINATIONS FOR 00:20:35.16\00:20:38.73 GENERATIONS, BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO IS BRAND NEW, FOR THEM TO GO 00:20:38.77\00:20:45.21 FROM THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE YOU AND I MIGHT BE FOR EXAMPLE TO YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH 00:20:45.24\00:20:50.85 THAT HAS TO BE A LEARNING CURVE. 00:20:50.88\00:20:53.11 RIGHT. 00:20:53.15\00:20:54.65 WE SAY TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY AND WE'VE HAD IT 00:20:54.68\00:20:58.49 FROM THE TIME WE WERE CHILDREN AND WE COME TO PEOPLE WITH 00:20:58.52\00:21:01.42 NOTHING. SO WE HAVE, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. 00:21:01.46\00:21:03.63 YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T COME IN WITH A THREE WEEK BOOM AND SUDDENLY 00:21:03.66\00:21:06.93 YOU HAVE, IF YOU DO HAVE LOTS OF BAPTISMS THAT FAST THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT REAL STRONG. 00:21:06.96\00:21:10.77 IT TAKE TIME TO BUILD THIS BRIDGE, TO LAY THIS FOUNDATION 00:21:10.80\00:21:15.80 AND THEN YOU CAN BUILD A STRONG CHRISTIAN HOUSE ON THAT 00:21:15.84\00:21:17.97 FOUNDATION. WELL AND HAVING LIVED IN THAILAND WHERE BUDDHISM IS SO STRONG AND I LIVED IN 00:21:18.01\00:21:24.15 TAIWAN WHERE BUDDHISM IS SO STRONG, SPEAK A LITTLE BIT IF 00:21:24.18\00:21:30.35 YOU WOULD OF THE CULTURAL THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THE BACKGROUNDS 00:21:30.39\00:21:34.79 OF PEOPLE. NOT ONLY IS IT A RELIGION IT IS ALSO A WAY OF 00:21:34.82\00:21:37.73 LIFE. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:21:37.76\00:21:39.29 IT IS A WAY OF LIFE AND IN SOME PLACES, AND THIS IS REALLY STRONG IN THAILAND, 00:21:39.33\00:21:42.76 TO BE THAI IS TO BE BUDDHIST. 00:21:42.80\00:21:44.97 SO TO STEP OUT OF THAT YOU'RE ALMOST DISLOYAL, YOU'RE NOT 00:21:45.00\00:21:50.07 UNPATRIOTIC. BUT EVERYTHING YOU DO, THE WAY PEOPLE THINK, YOUR IDIOMS, THE WAY YOU 00:21:50.11\00:21:52.07 CONDUCT YOUR LIFE EVERY DAY, IT SOMEHOW MAY HAVE A BUDDHIST 00:21:52.11\00:21:54.08 RITUAL AND THOSE AREN'T ALL BAD THINGS. 00:21:54.11\00:21:55.58 YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM ALL UP BUT YET THEY ARE 00:21:55.61\00:21:56.75 THERE, THEY ARE JUST UNDER THE SURFACE. 00:21:56.78\00:21:58.18 AND SO WHEN YOU COME IN WITH CHRISTIANITY AND ESPECIALLY IN 00:21:58.21\00:22:02.58 THE AREA OF GRACE BECAUSE IN ALL OTHER RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD THE FOUNDATION IS THAT YOU CAN 00:22:10.29\00:22:16.03 SAVE YOURSELF. 00:22:16.06\00:22:17.30 AND CERTAINLY WE SEE THAT STRONGLY IN BUDDHISM AND 00:22:17.33\00:22:20.84 HINDUISM. YOU MAKE MARRIAGE, YOU DO THINGS TO SAVE YOURSELF. 00:22:20.87\00:22:23.44 AND SO TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT AND TO FIND THE GRACE THAT'S IN 00:22:23.47\00:22:29.98 THE BIBLE AND THE POWER OF GOD THEN TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. 00:22:30.01\00:22:32.68 YOU DON'T CHANGE YOUR LIFE, GOD DOES IT IN YOU THROUGH HIS 00:22:32.71\00:22:36.58 SPIRIT, THIS IS A HUGE LEARNING CURVE. 00:22:36.62\00:22:37.95 HUGE, HUGE, HUGE. 00:22:37.99\00:22:38.62 AND PEACE. 00:22:38.65\00:22:39.62 LIKE WITH, PEACE IS A HUGE PART OF BUDDHISM. 00:22:39.65\00:22:44.59 AND ASSURANCE. 00:22:44.63\00:22:45.83 YES. 00:22:45.86\00:22:47.30 SEE THERE'S NO ASSURANCE IN THESE SYSTEMS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT 00:22:47.36\00:22:49.43 TO KEEP DOING A LITTLE MORE MERIT. 00:22:49.46\00:22:50.97 SO THE ASSURANCE THAT CHRISTIANITY OFFERS AND THE PEACE, THESE ARE HUGE. 00:22:51.00\00:22:55.54 AND I FEEL WE'VE TOO OFTEN FAILED TO FOCUS ON WHAT CHRISTIANITY HAS TO OFFER. 00:22:55.57\00:23:00.71 AND I USED TO SAY I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THE FULL TRUTHS OF THE 00:23:02.81\00:23:08.88 BIBLE INCLUDING SOME THINGS THAT WE ADVENTISTS BELIEVE BUT THEY NEED TO BUILD IT ON A 00:23:08.92\00:23:13.39 FOUNDATION OF THAT BEAUTIFUL TRUST IN JESUS. 00:23:13.42\00:23:16.22 YES. 00:23:16.26\00:23:16.83 THAT'S WHAT HAS TO BEGIN. 00:23:16.86\00:23:17.73 THAT'S HUGE. 00:23:17.76\00:23:19.36 AND I REMEMBER AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WORKS, I REMEMBER BEING IN A TEMPLE 00:23:19.39\00:23:23.23 AND SEEING THE LADIES SHAKE THE, THEIR KIND OF LIKE STICKS, YES, 00:23:23.26\00:23:28.04 AND ALSO THE LITTLE, THEIR MOON-SHAPED BLOCKS. 00:23:28.07\00:23:31.57 BLOCKS, RIGHT. 00:23:31.61\00:23:33.11 AND HOW THESE THINGS LAND IS WHAT THE GODS ARE GOING TO DO 00:23:33.14\00:23:37.65 AND SO THEY KEEP SHAKING THEM AND THERE'S NO PEACE IN THAT. 00:23:37.68\00:23:39.51 NO. 00:23:39.55\00:23:40.98 BUT THEY TALK ABOUT PEACE ALL THE TIME BUT THEY DON'T REALLY 00:23:41.02\00:23:44.05 HAVE THE PEACE. 00:23:44.09\00:23:44.75 RIGHT. 00:23:44.79\00:23:46.22 SOME OF OUR STUDENTS AT THE LANGUAGE SCHOOL IN THAILAND WHEN 00:23:46.25\00:23:48.12 THEY WOULD FINALLY GET TO THE POINT OF SAYING THEY WANTED TO BE CHRISTIANS WE'D SAY 00:23:48.16\00:23:50.43 WHY. 00:23:50.46\00:23:51.86 YOU'RE GOING TO BE WEIRD IN THIS COUNTRY, WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO 00:23:51.89\00:23:53.66 THAT? AND THEY'D SAY WELL WE WANT WHAT WE SEE THE STUDENT 00:23:53.70\00:23:55.70 MISSIONARIES HAVE. WE WANT THAT ASSURANCE THAT SOMEBODY IS LISTENING WHEN WE TALK, THAT 00:23:55.73\00:23:59.27 SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HELP US, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE THERE 00:23:59.30\00:24:02.20 FOR US. IT'S THIS PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH A LOVING GOD 00:24:02.24\00:24:06.84 THAT IS MISSING IN JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE ELSE. 00:24:06.88\00:24:09.11 YES. 00:24:09.14\00:24:10.55 WELL YES BECAUSE THE LIVING GOD OF THE BIBLE, JESUS SAYS HE'S 00:24:10.58\00:24:13.58 GIVING US LIVING WATER AND HE IS THE LIVING GOD. 00:24:13.62\00:24:15.58 THAT'S RIGHT, HE'S THE LIFE. 00:24:15.62\00:24:16.95 HE IS THE LIFE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THESE STATUES. 00:24:16.99\00:24:19.29 BUT AGAIN AS YOU MENTIONED IT'S CULTURE, IT'S PART OF HOLIDAYS, 00:24:19.32\00:24:23.53 IT'S PART OF FAMILY FUNCTIONS, WEDDINGS, FUNERALS, THE WHOLE 00:24:23.56\00:24:27.40 GAMBIT. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:24:27.40\00:24:28.80 SO WHAT ARE YOU ENJOYING ABOUT BEING INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL 00:24:28.83\00:24:31.80 OUTREACH PAT? WELL IT'S KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP INVOLVED 00:24:31.83\00:24:37.01 IN MISSION EVEN THOUGH I'M RETIRED AND IT'S ALSO A CHANCE TO TAKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT 00:24:37.04\00:24:40.94 I'VE DREAMED ABOUT DOING AND PUTTING THEM INTO PRACTICE AND 00:24:40.98\00:24:46.58 SEEING THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS ALREADY USING THEM WITH THEIR WORKERS AND THEIR SO 00:24:46.61\00:24:51.22 EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING HAPPENING USING A VERY 00:24:51.25\00:24:55.16 SIMPLE METHOD OF TELLING BIBLE STORIES AND IT'S EXCITING. 00:24:55.19\00:24:58.06 YES. 00:24:58.09\00:24:59.29 WELL, AND TO SEE WHAT THE LORD IS DOING AND THE NEED TOO. 00:24:59.33\00:25:02.83 NEEDS ARE GOOD, THEY'RE NOT A BAD THING. 00:25:02.86\00:25:04.50 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:25:04.53\00:25:05.90 YOU KNOW FOR US TO SEE THAT, OH HEY, WE'RE NEEDING NEW MATERIAL, 00:25:05.93\00:25:07.64 WE'RE NEEDING THAT. 00:25:07.67\00:25:09.07 AND, AND THE KIND OF TRAINING THAT WILL NEED TO BE DONE AS WE 00:25:09.10\00:25:12.01 FULLY IMPLEMENT THIS. 00:25:12.04\00:25:13.51 YOU KNOW IT COSTS MONEY TO BRING PEOPLE IN FOR A TRAINING PROGRAM 00:25:13.54\00:25:17.15 AND TO PROVIDE THEM THE MATERIALS THAT THEY NEED TO DO THIS ALTHOUGH THIS IS SIMPLE. 00:25:17.18\00:25:21.62 THE BIBLE STORIES, YOU KNOW YOU DON'T NEED LOTS OF BELLS AND 00:25:21.65\00:25:25.79 WHISTLES TO TELL THE BIBLE STORIES. 00:25:25.82\00:25:27.26 BUT THERE STILL IS, IT'S ONE MORE THING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN 00:25:27.29\00:25:32.89 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FUNDS AND WORKERS. 00:25:32.93\00:25:34.76 HOW CAN OUR VIEWERS AND SUPPORTERS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE 00:25:34.83\00:25:38.10 HEARD ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, HOW CAN THEY GET INVOLVED WITH JUST WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? 00:25:38.13\00:25:42.27 WELL THERE'S ALWAYS NEEDS AND THE BIGGEST THING WE NEED IS 00:25:42.30\00:25:45.51 PRAYERS. WE COULD TALK ABOUT YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT 00:25:45.54\00:25:48.08 PRAYER. AND OF COURSE DONATIONS ARE WONDERFUL TOO. 00:25:48.11\00:25:50.48 SO BUT PRAYING IS HUGE. 00:25:50.51\00:25:53.31 WE DON'T HAVE TIME BUT I JUST HEARD A STORY OF SOMETHING 00:25:53.35\00:25:57.12 AMAZING THAT HAPPENED ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND SOMEBODY SAID WELL HOW CAN 00:25:57.15\00:26:01.36 WE DO THAT AND THEY SAID EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR BEFORE, THE 00:26:01.39\00:26:07.00 LEADERS IN THE CHURCH PRAYER WALKED THEIR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR A YEAR AND THEN 00:26:07.03\00:26:11.67 SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENED. 00:26:11.70\00:26:13.17 SO PRAYER IS POWERFUL. 00:26:13.20\00:26:14.64 WHY DON'T WE HAVE A PRAYER RIGHT NOW. 00:26:14.67\00:26:15.97 GOOD IDEA. 00:26:16.00\00:26:17.51 DEAR LORD, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TIME TO TALK WITH PAT 00:26:17.54\00:26:19.51 AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND FOR THE WORKERS AND LORD YOU KNOW 00:26:19.54\00:26:23.18 THE NEEDS MORE THAN WE DO AND LORD I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BRING 00:26:23.21\00:26:27.42 THE FUNDS. LORD YOU OWN THE CATTLE ON A THOUSAND HILLS AND I PRAY LORD THAT YOU WILL 00:26:27.45\00:26:30.52 IMPRESS UPON ALL OF US AND OUR VIEWERS THAT WE WILL DONATE AND 00:26:30.55\00:26:34.46 THAT WE WILL GIVE AND LORD WE THANK YOU AND PLEASE BLESS IT IN 00:26:34.49\00:26:38.66 YOUR NAME AMEN. AMEN. 00:26:38.69\00:26:40.26 PAT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND MAY THE LORD 00:26:40.30\00:26:43.57 CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:26:43.60\00:26:46.60 THANK YOU. 00:26:46.63\00:26:48.04 AND WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND REMEMBER WE HAVE OUR NEWS 00:26:48.07\00:26:50.94 LETTER WE'D LOVE TO SEND TO YOU. 00:26:50.97\00:26:52.37 PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION 00:26:52.41\00:26:55.64 ON HOW YOU CAN SIGN UP. 00:26:55.68\00:26:57.11 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT 00:26:57.15\00:26:58.85 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 00:26:58.88\00:26:59.81 [CLOSING MUSIC] 00:26:59.85\00:27:04.99