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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000661A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND VERY GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US TODAY AND 00:21 I'M GOING TO SAY HELLO WITH MY VOICE BUT THEN I'M ALSO GOING TO SAY HELLO, 00:27 HI IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:28 H-I. 00:30 AND THE REASON WHY I DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING WITH 00:35 JOHN BLAKE TODAY ABOUT DEAF MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:38 RIGHT. 00:39 DID I DO THAT CORRECTLY? 00:40 YES, H. 00:41 I. 00:42 WE ACTUALLY DROP THE H LIKE THAT, OK, BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE U, OK, AND 00:46 SO IT H. 00:48 I. 00:48 OK. 00:49 H. 00:50 I. 00:51 SO JOHN, DEAF MINISTRY IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL TO YOU AND TELL US THE REASON 00:56 WHY. 00:57 WELL, WHEN OUR MIDDLE GIRL WAS THREE MONTHS SHE GOT A HIGH FEVER WITH CHICKENPOX 01:03 AND SHE BECAME VIRTUALLY STONE DEAF. 01:07 MAYBE A TINY SPECK BUT BASICALLY DEAF. 01:10 SO THIS BROUGHT US INTO ANOTHER WORLD RATHER SLOWLY TO BEGIN WITH. 01:14 I MEAN IT WAS -WELL FIRST WE DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS DEAF BUT GRADUALLY MY WIFE 01:19 BEGAN TO SEE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. 01:23 THEN WE TOOK HER AND SHE HAD HER BRAIN TESTED IN THE HALIFAX HOSPITAL AND 01:27 THEN THEY TOLD US, YES, SHE IS PROFOUNDLY DEAF AND SO WE BEGAN TO GET 01:31 INVOLVED WITH PARENTS OF THE DEAF AND EVENTUALLY WE ENDED UP AT A DEAF CENTER 01:36 IN ARKANSAS WHERE I WAS THE HEAD OF IT. 01:38 AND THAT REALLY PUT US INTO KIND OF A POST GRADUATE COURSE IN THE 01:45 WORLD OF THE DEAF WHICH WE NOW WERE BECOMING A PART OF WITH OUR DEAF KIDS AND 01:50 BY THAT TIME WE HAD ALREADY TAKEN A LITTLE DEAF BOY TO BE A COMPANION 01:53 TO OUR DEAF GIRL AND WE ULTIMATELY ADOPTED HIM. 01:57 FANTASTIC. 01:58 SO THIS IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART AND THEN YOU'VE GOTTEN 02:01 INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, YES, AND YOU HAVE TAKEN OUR DEAF 02:06 MINISTRY WORK HERE TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH THE POWER OF THE LORD. 02:10 WELL, WHEN I RETIRED WE HAD MAYBE FIFTEEN OR SO OR EIGHTEEN WORKERS FOR THE 02:16 DEAF AND I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO WORK UNDER. 02:21 I WASN'T A PASTOR IN MY LOCAL CONFERENCE. 02:23 I WAS RETIRING SO I SAID, "WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO START A DEAF DEPARTMENT 02:28 AND LET ME WORK WITH IT?" 02:29 AND THEY SAID, "ASK". 02:30 SO I ASKED, GOOD, AND THE LORD HAS CAUSED IT TO EXPAND WITH HIS BLESSING 02:37 AND WE NOW HAVE 45 WORKERS FOR THE DEAF IN TEN COUNTRIES AND WE HAVE A 02:42 REQUEST NOW FOR NIGERIA AND CONGO WHERE WE HAVEN'T ANY WORKERS FOR THE DEAF 02:49 YET. 02:51 AND THEY HAVE YET TO BE ACCEPTED. 02:53 WOW. 02:54 SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. 02:58 TELL THIS AS PEOPLE WHO ARE HEARING PEOPLE. 03:03 TELL US WHAT IT'S LIKE AND WHAT YOU'VE HAD THE HISTORY WITH YOUR DAUGHTER 03:07 AND SON AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE CHURCH WHEN THEY CAN'T HEAR, IT'S VERY 03:14 ISOLATING FOR THEM ISN'T IT? 03:16 OH VERY. 03:17 TAKE IF-WELL WE HAD AN ILLUSTRATION IN A MIDDLE EAST COUNTRY. 03:23 THE LORD GAVE A VISION OR A DREAM TO A DEAF MUSLIM LADY AND SHE WAS AFTER THE 03:36 SECOND DREAM, SHE FINALLY AGREED SHE'D BETTER DO SOME INVESTIGATING AND SHE 03:41 TOOK A COUPLE OF FRIENDS AND WENT TO AN ADVENTIST CHURCH ON SABBATH MORNING. 03:47 WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN AN ADVENTIST CHURCH WITH TWO MUSLIM DEAF COMINGTO 03:50 CHURCH ON THE SABBATH MORNING? 03:53 WELL, GOD KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. 03:54 GOD HAD GIVEN THE DREAM AND HE BROUGHT A MAN AH, TO THAT CHURCH WHO DIDN'T 04:01 NORMALLY COME TO THAT CHURCH. 04:03 HE BECAME THE FIRST WORKER FOR THE DEAF AND THAT LADY AND HER TWO FRIENDS BECAME 04:10 THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE DEAF CHURCH IN THAT COUNTRY. 04:15 WOW. 04:16 AND THEIR SON, HER HUSBAND IS NOW A MEMBER AS WELL, THEIR SON BECAME MY 04:24 INTERPRETER WHEN I WENT TO THAT COUNTRY AND I HAD A LETTER FROM HIM THE OTHER 04:29 DAY- HE IS NOW MARRIED AND HE IS WORKING FOR THE CHURCH. 04:31 HIS PARENTS ARE -AND THERE IS A WHOLE DEAF CHURCH IN THAT CITY. 04:37 AND TALK ABOUT THE LORD PAVING THE WAY, JOHN, FOR THIS HOW FANTASTIC! 04:41 YES. 04:42 BUT IT'S THESE AREAS OF OUR SOCIETY WHERE THERE ARE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE 04:47 MET AND SO WHY IS THAT SO SPECIAL TO HAVE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO HAVE 04:51 DEAF MINISTRY? 04:53 BECAUSE WE HAVE-PUT IT THIS WAY, IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AT THIS PARTICULAR 04:58 POINT THERE IS NOW A SPECIAL NEEDS DEPARTMENT IS THE WRONG WORD, THERE 05:05 IS AN OFFICE OF SPECIAL NEEDS WITH DR. LARRY EVANS UNDER OUR GENERAL 05:10 CONFERENCE PRESIDENT AND HE'S DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO TED WILSON, OUR 05:14 PRESIDENT, FOR SPECIAL NEEDS. 05:17 SPECIAL NEEDS IN OUR CONTEXT NOW INVOLVES THE DEAF, OF COURSE, I KNOW 05:24 ABOUT THAT ONE, THE BLIND, ALL THOSE WITH EITHER A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL 05:30 DISABILITY SO IT COULD BE AUTISM OR IT COULD BE ANYONE OF MANY THINGS AND 05:37 THE CAREGIVERS OF PEOPLE LIKE WELL, RIGHT NOW MY ASSOCIATE ALFRED GRIFFITH 05:45 IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE HIS WIFE HAS A VERY SERIOUS DISEASE AND 05:52 SHE HAS TO HAVE HELP IN THE NIGHT. 05:54 YES. 05:54 EVEN TO PULL THE COVERS UP. 05:56 BLESS HER HEART. 05:57 WHO CAN GIVE THAT RIGHT NOW BUT HE HIMSELF? 06:03 SO CAREGIVERS ARE INVOLVED NOW ALSO IN THIS DEPARTMENT AND ORPHANS. 06:08 THERE IS 140 MILLION ORPHANS IN THE WORLD AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THE NEW 06:13 SPECIAL NEEDS EMPHASIS IS TO TRY AND INCLUDE THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE IN THE 06:21 MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH AND THEN IN THE FABRIC OF THE CHURCH AS WE MINISTER. 06:28 WHEN I WAS -WHICH WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO IN A FEW MOMENTS, WHEN I WAS IN 06:33 KENYA IN AUGUST AT A SPECIAL NEEDS ADVISORY THEY HAD A YOUNG LADY 06:39 THERE WHO LOOKED ALMOST RETARDED LIKE YOU MIGHT EXPECT. 06:44 LIKE SHE HAD DOWN'S SYNDROME. 06:47 UH HUH. 06:49 WELL, IT WASN'T DOWN'S SYNDROME IT WAS ANOTHER PROBLEM BUT THE WAY HER 06:52 BODY CONTORTED AND SO ON- BUT HER MIND WAS BRIGHT. 06:58 REALLY? 06:58 SHE HAD GOOD QUESTIONS. 07:00 HER MIND WAS GOOD BUT HER BODY WAS SUFFERING. 07:04 NOW TO LOOK AT HER YOU WOULD WONDER HOW COULD SHE BE PART REALLY OF A 07:08 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHURCH BUT WHEN YOU HEARD HER QUESTIONS OR HER COMMENTS 07:13 SHE WAS THERE, SHE WAS PART OF IT. 07:16 WE NEED TO INCLUDE THESE PEOPLE IN THE OVERALL MINISTRY AND THE FABRIC OF 07:20 THE CHURCH. 07:21 OH PREACH IT, JOHN. 07:23 BUT YES, SO WE SEE SOMEONE LIKE THAT AND WE JUDGE WHO THEY ARE FROM THE OUTSIDE 07:29 AND WHAT THEY HAVE AND WE THEN NEED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP BECAUSE HERE THE 07:34 WOMAN IS FINE. 07:35 RIGHT. 07:36 WOW. 07:37 SO YOU WENT TO KENYA AND YOU ARE PART OF THIS SPECIAL MINISTRY HERE. 07:42 HOW MANY WORKERS DO WE HAVE IN THE DEAF MINISTRY? 07:44 FORTY-FIVE WORKERS. 07:46 FORTY-FIVE WORKERS AND THE NEED FOR MORE AS YOU ARE SHARING. 07:48 OH YES, YES I JUST GOT ANOTHER REQUEST THIS MORNING TO ADD TO THE 07:52 LIST. 07:53 AND YOU HAVE A VIDEO THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US TOO. 07:57 YES, WE'LL WATCH THE VIDEO AND I'LL COMMENT ON IT AS WE GO THROUGH IT. 08:04 ALRIGHT. 08:05 THIS IS DR. LARRY EVANS, UH HUH, AND WE'RE AT A LITTLE DEAF SCHOOL. 08:10 AND THIS IS IN KENYA. 08:12 YES. 08:13 AND IS THIS THE VIDEO? 08:15 THE VIDEO CAN ROLL. 08:16 SURE. 08:18 AND KEEP SHARING WITH US AND HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE HERE? 08:21 THERE WERE-IT IS NOT THE REGULAR SCHOOL TIME AND SO IN THIS THERE WERE 08:26 PROBABLY FIFTEEN OR TWENTY STUDENTS THERE. 08:28 AND SOME OF THEM ARE ORPHANS. 08:29 THIS IS THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS AND SOME OF THE LEADERS, THE CHURCH 08:30 LEADERS FROM THE COMMUNITY. 08:32 THIS LITTLE SCHOOL, WE ARE NOT RUNNING IT BUT IT'S AH-WE'RE HELPING THERE. 08:33 THIS IS MATTHEW AND HE IS DEAF AND HE IS SPEAKING AT THE ADVISORY FOR SPECIAL 08:39 NEEDS FOR THE EAST CENTRAL DIVISION. 08:41 OK. 08:43 IN AFRICA AND THIS WAS DURING THE CAMPMEETING FOR THE DEAF AND WAS A PARADE 08:44 THAT THEY HAD DOWN INTO THE TOWN FROM WHERE WE WERE HAVING THE 08:56 CAMPMEETING AND YOU CAN SEE DR. EVANS THERE AND ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT OF 09:01 ZIMBABWE ONE OF THE ZIMBABWE CONFERENCES. 09:04 AND ALL THESE LITTLE KIDS-NO THESE ARE NOT ALL DEAF. 09:06 OK. 09:07 BUT THERE WERE ABOUT 350. 09:09 NOW THIS IS-THESE ARE THE WORKERS THAT HAD GATHERED TOGETHER. 09:11 WE HAVE ABOUT NINE WORKERS FROM KENYA AND WE HAD TWO WORKERS THERE FROM UGANDA 09:15 AND THIS IS TWO PEOPLE FROM UM, ZIMBABWE AND THEY ARE SIGNING A SONG. 09:17 THE LADY IS DEAF AND THE MAN ACTUALLY HAS A SIGN LANGUAGE SCHOOL. 09:24 ISN'T THAT IRONIC? 09:31 HERE THEY ARE SIGNING TO A SONG THAT THEY CAN'T HEAR. 09:32 NO HE'S HEARING, HE'S HEARING, BUT SHE CAN'T HEAR. 09:34 SHE HAS TO WATCH HIM. 09:34 SHE IS FOLLOWING HIM. 09:35 SHE HAS TO WATCH HIM. 09:36 I WONDERED HOW THAT WAS GOING TO WORK. 09:37 YES, WELL BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 09:38 RIGHT. 09:39 NOW THIS IS DR. LARRY EVANS AND HE HAD TO HAVE AN INTERPRETER. 09:47 THIS IS AT THE CAMPMEETING FOR THE DEAF AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER. 10:03 SO HELP US UNDERSTAND, WHEN THEY ARE SIGNING HERE ARE THEY SIGNING IN THEIR 10:07 DIALECT? 10:08 IS THIS ENGLISH THAT THEY ARE SIGNING IN? 10:09 WHAT ARE THEY LEARNING? 10:12 THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 10:13 IT IS KENYA SIGN LANGUAGE. 10:14 KENYA, OK. 10:16 AS BEST AS I CAN SAY. 10:18 NOW IN ZIMBABWE I'M NOT SURE WHETHER IT'S DIFFERENT OR NOT. 10:22 INTERESTING. 10:24 THERE'S AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 10:25 YES. 10:27 THERE'S -AND HERE IS A BAPTISM AND THERE WERE 87 PEOPLE BAPTIZED. 10:33 MOST OF THEM WERE DEAF. 10:35 THAT LADY THAT IS BEING BAPTIZED RIGHT NOW, IN THE RED, MAY ACTUALLY HAVE 10:39 BEEN BLIND. 10:41 BLESS HER HEART. 10:42 BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME BLIND. 10:45 NOW HERE ARE SOME OF OUR WORKERS. 10:46 AH. 10:48 THIS IS OUR LEAD WORKER FROM KENYA AND HE WAS JUST SIGNING HIS OWN NAME AND 10:52 GIVING HIS, UH, SIGN. 10:55 BY TOUCHING HIS CHIN. 10:57 THIS ONE IS FROM KENYA AND THIS IS HIS SIGN. 11:03 OK. 11:04 THIS LADY IS FROM UGANDA AND THESE TWO LADIES BOTH ARE HEARING AND THEY ARE 11:09 FROM WORKERS FROM UGANDA. 11:13 THE NEXT LADY AH, IS DEAF AND SHE HAS SEVERAL CHILDREN AND SHE IS DEAF 11:23 HERSELF. 11:26 THE OTHER TWO WERE HEARING. 11:28 THIS IS OUR NEW WORKER FROM ZIMBABWE AND HE IS HEARING AND HE IS GIVING 11:33 YOU HIS-OH, I LIKE HIS EYEBROWS. 11:35 AND THIS IS A GROUP THAT ARE BUSY SIGNING A SONG. 11:42 NOTICE HOW THEY ARE MOVING AROUND A LITTLE BIT THERE. 11:45 YES, THEY ARE. 11:47 ENJOYING JESUS. 11:49 YES, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH THE CULTURE. 11:53 SURE. 11:54 AND THEY ARE SIGNING THERE FOR A DEAF AUDIENCE. 11:57 WELL, HOW FANTASTIC JOHN, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THIS AND 12:01 WE WANT TO INVITE OUR VIEWERS -IF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE 12:05 SEEING ABOUT THE LORD'S WORK HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WOULD INVITE 12:08 YOU TO ADOPT A WORKER AND WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN 12:12 DO THAT. 12:16 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 12:20 QUESTION. 12:22 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:23 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS 12:28 WAITING FOR? 12:30 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 12:33 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:37 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 12:41 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 12:46 SHALL THE END COME." 12:50 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE 12:55 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 13:00 PLUS COUNTRIES. 13:02 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 13:05 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 13:07 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. 13:09 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 13:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 13:16 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 13:18 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY DOING WITH 13:23 OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 13:25 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 13:27 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS LARGE A PART IS 13:32 STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 13:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 13:40 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 13:44 WINDOW. 13:46 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 13:49 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 13:53 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 13:55 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 13:59 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER 14:02 HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 14:05 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 14:10 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 14:14 IN NEW TERRITORIES. 14:16 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 14:19 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN. 14:22 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS CHURCH 14:25 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 14:30 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 14:34 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 14:35 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 14:40 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 14:42 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAVE BEEN 14:45 WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 14:47 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 14:51 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 14:53 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 14:57 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 15:02 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 15:06 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 15:15 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 15:17 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 15:19 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 15:23 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 15:27 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 15:31 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 15:35 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 15:39 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED 15:44 TO BE REACHED. 15:45 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 15:50 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 15:56 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 16:00 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A 16:05 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 16:08 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 16:13 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH. 16:17 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 16:21 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 16:26 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 16:30 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 16:34 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 16:39 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE ARE THREE 16:42 WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 16:47 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 16:50 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 16:53 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 16:57 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 17:01 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 17:04 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 17:07 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 17:18 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FINANCIALLY AND ALSO FOR YOUR PRAYERS OF 17:22 OUR OUTREACH HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THAT 17:26 AND WE SAY THANK YOU. 17:27 WE'RE HERE TALKING WITH JOHN BLAKE ABOUT DEAF MINISTRY WORK WITH GOSPEL 17:31 OUTREACH AND WE'VE HAD A LITTLE SIGN LANUAGE LESSON SO THIS HI! 17:34 SO I'M SAYING HI TO YOU AGAIN JOHN. 17:36 AND I LOVE YOU, YES, AND I LOVE YOU THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO. 17:41 SO JOHN, I READ SOMETHING IN MINISTRY OF HEALING TO REACH THE PEOPLE 17:45 WHEREVER THEY ARE AND WHATEVER THEIR POSITION OR CONDITION AND TO HELP THEM 17:49 IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, THIS IS TRUE MINISTRY. 17:53 BY SUCH EFFORTS YOU MAY WIN HEARTS AND OPEN A DOOR OF ACCESS TO PERISHING 17:57 SOULS." 17:58 AND I THINK THAT IS VERY FITTING FOR THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE THAT YOUR 18:01 SPIRIT LEADING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR THE DEAF MINISTRY WORK. 18:05 SO THANK YOU. 18:06 THANK YOU. 18:07 SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DEAF MINISTRY WORK AND YOU'VE GOT SOME 18:09 MORE PICTURES TO SHARE WITH US. 18:11 YES, WE'VE GOT SOME SLIDES HERE TO SHOW AND THIS IS AT THE ADVISORY IN NAIROBI 18:19 AND SITTING RIGHT CLOSE TO ME ARE SOME DEAF AND THIS WAS BRINGING TO THE 18:24 ATTENTION OF THE WHOLE DIVISION THE NEEDS OF DEAF, BLIND, ETC. AND 18:32 THIS IS THE GROUP THAT WAS ASSEMBLED THERE. 18:35 I WAS THERE WITH DR. LARRY EVANS AND WE WERE BOTH SPEAKERS AMONGST OTHERS AT 18:39 THAT ADVISORY. 18:40 UH, THIS IS OUR LEAD WORKER IN KENYA. 18:44 HE JUST GRADUATED SINCE I WAS HERE IN APRIL WITH HIS DEGREE AND HE IS OUR 18:51 COORDINATOR FOR ALL OF KENYA AND WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. 18:56 HE'S DOING A WONDERFUL WORK THERE. 19:00 THIS IS THE LITTLE DEAF SCHOOL OVER NEAR LAKE VICTORIA AT KEYSEE. 19:04 THE NEW SECTION CLOSEST TO US NEEDS TO BE FINISHED ON THE INSIDE ABOUT $2800 WE 19:09 HAVE TO RAISE OR MAYBE NOT QUITE THAT NOW BECAUSE SOME WAS JUST SENT. 19:13 THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS IN THAT SCHOOL. 19:16 THERE ARE PROBABLY BETWEEN TWENTY AND THIRTY DEAF CHILDREN AND ABOUT TWELVE 19:24 OR FIFTEEN OF THEM ARE ORPHANS. 19:28 THIS IS IN THE UNFINISHED SECTION OF THE SCHOOL AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT 19:33 NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE. 19:36 THESE ARE FOUR OF THE TEACHERS. 19:39 THE LADY IN THE BLUE ON THE LEFT IS A LEAD TEACHER AND THE OTHERS ARE HELPERS 19:44 AND IN THIS LITTLE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 19:47 SO DO THESE FOUR WOMEN ALL KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE? 19:49 OH YES. 19:50 THEY HAVE TO KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE. 19:51 THE ONES STANDING HERE ARE ORPHANS. 19:52 WOW. 19:53 SO THEY ARE DEAF AND ORPHANS BOTH. 19:55 UH, WE WERE THERE VISITING WHEN IT WAS NOT THEIR REGULAR SCHOOL TIME. 19:56 AH, THIS IS SPEAKING TO THE DEAF GROUP. 19:58 DR. LARRY EVANS AND HE HAS TWO INTERPRETERS. 19:59 ONE INTO THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND ONE INTO SIGN LANGUAGE. 20:00 THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL AND SHE SLEEPS WITH THE GIRLS IN ONE OF THOSE BUNKS. 20:02 AND THE BOYS ARE SO CROWDED THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THREE TO A MATTRESS. 20:04 BLESS THEIR HEARTS AND ARE THOSE MOSQUITO NETS THAT COME DOWN? 20:06 I THINK SO. 20:06 THE BLUE? 20:07 YES. 20:08 THEY WEREN'T BAD WHEN I WAS THERE. 20:16 THIS IS THE KITCHEN AND IT LOOKS PRIMITIVE TO OUR STANDARDS AND THEY HAVE 20:27 TWO BIG POT THINGS HEATED WITH WOODFIRE. 20:45 LET'S ALL TAKE A VISUAL PICTURE OF THAT AND REMEMBER THAT OF WHEN WE 20:48 GO HOME TO OUR WESTERN KITCHENS AND WE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE 20:55 COLOR OF OUR LINOLEUM OR WHATEVER IN OUR KITCHEN, WOW. 20:59 YES, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS A REAL BLESSING TO THEM TO HAVE SOMETHING 21:03 THAT WAS CUSTOM MADE-WELL, MADE IN A FACTORY FOR THAT PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 21:08 AH, THE CAMPMEETING FOR THE DEAF WITH BETWEEN 350-400 MOSTLY DEAF. 21:15 ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE OF THEM WERE INTERPRETERS AND THEY HAD IT AT KISUMU AND THIS 21:21 WAS THE DEAF GROUP. 21:23 NEARLY ALL DEAF. 21:24 THERE WERE A FEW BLIND AND MULTIHANDICAPPED THERE BUT MOST WERE DEAF. 21:30 HERE THEY ARE SINGING IN SIGN LANGUAGE AND THEY COULD GET QUITE SPIRITED. 21:35 PRAISE THE LORD. 21:37 WE SAW IN THE MOVIE THIS WAS THE PARADE THAT WENT DOWNTOWN. 21:42 I WAS WORRIED ABOUT GETTING MY HEAD BURNED AND SO I-AND IT WAS VERY HOT- 21:48 SO I STOPPED ABOUT HALFWAY AND KIND OF SNUCK BACK WHILE THEY CONTINUED AND I 21:53 STILL GOT A BURN. 21:54 BLESS YOUR HEART. 21:55 YOU NEED A HAT, JOHN. 21:56 I DIDN'T THINK OF BRINGING A HAT THAT MORNING. 21:59 THIS IS WHERE THE FOOD WAS BEING PREPARED. 22:01 YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE RIGHT HAND WORKING BY HAND GETTING THE FOOD READY. 22:05 LOOKS LIKE CARROTS. 22:05 PROBABLY. 22:06 OR PEPPERS. 22:07 AND THEY HAD JUST BROUGHT SOME OF THE FOOD ON THIS MOTORCYCLE. 22:10 SO AND HERE THEY ARE DOLING THE FOOD OUT TO SOME OF THE HUNGRY-LOOKS 22:17 LIKE KIDS ARE RIGHT THERE, MOSTLY. 22:20 THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE EATING. 22:21 THEY HAD ABOUT 195 I THINK IT WAS COMPLETE THE DISCOVER BIBLE LESSONS AND 22:23 HERE THEY ARE BUSY, BUSY CORRECTING THEM BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT WAS GOING 22:25 TO BE BAPTIZED WAS TO HAVE FINISHED THEIR SET OF DISCOVER BIBLE LESSONS AT 22:27 THE CAMPMEETING. 22:29 SOME MIGHT HAVE DONE IT BEFORE BUT HERE THEY WERE BUSY CORRECTING THEM WHEN 22:30 I TOOK THE PICTURE. 22:31 FANTASTIC. 22:31 HERE THEY ARE GOING OVER THE VOWS. 22:33 THE-ALL THE BAPTISMAL VOWS AND THEY WERE BEING INTERPRETED AND THEY WOULD 22:35 RAISE THEIR HAND AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 22:36 HERE IS THE BAPTISM AND IT WAS FAIRLY HOT THERE AND TOOK A PICTURE THERE. 22:38 THERE WERE 87 BAPTIZED MOST OF WHOM WERE DEAF. 22:39 WHEN WE STARTED TEN YEARS AGO, ROUGHLY, IN KENYA THERE WAS VERY LITTLE IF 22:41 ANY, WELL THERE PROBABLY WAS A MINISCULE WORK FOR THE DEAF BUT GOD HAS BLEST 22:47 THERE AND ELDER MOWASA WHO IS NOW THE SPECIAL NEEDS DIRECTOR FOR THE DIVISION 22:51 HE HAS FOSTERED IT SO STRONGLY IN KENYA AND THE WORK IS GROWING, GROWING, 22:56 GROWING IN KENYA. 22:58 I JUST GOT A LETTER FROM THE MAN THAT YOU SAW THERE WITH HIS FAMILY -HE'S 23:18 WANTING TO GET MORE WORKERS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN ADD SO MANY AS 23:22 HE WANTS FOR KENYA. 23:23 IF THE LORD SENDS THE MONEY, THAT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM, WE PRAY. 23:26 SO AND NOW WE HAVE WORK IN FOUR COUNTRIES IN THAT DIVISION BUT WE NEED WORK 23:31 IN THE OTHER SIX. 23:32 THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THIRTEEN DIVISIONS OF THE CHURCH AND OUR WORK 23:36 PARTICULARLY OF COURSE, IS IN ASIA AND AFRICA AND PARTICULARLY IN THE 10/40 23:41 WINDOW. 23:43 THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS AND USUALLY THE DEAF GET LEFT 23:47 OUT. 23:49 WE SEE THEY'RE MUSLIM OR WE SEE THEY'RE HINDU OR WE SEE THEY ARE SHINTOISTS OR 23:57 SOMETHING ELSE AND WE TRY TO WORK FOR THEM AS WE SHOULD BUT IN THAT WE HAVE 24:04 TO REMEMBER THAT IN EVERY DIFFICULT GROUP ARE DEAF THAT WE NEED TO WORK FOR 24:08 TOO. 24:09 OH ABSOLUTELY. 24:10 AND JOHN, WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE REASONS WHY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR LIVES 24:12 OR OUR FAMILIES UNTIL WE GET TO HEAVEN BUT I WAS JUST SITTING HERE THINKING 24:16 ABOUT YOU AND YOUR WIFE AND YOUR DEAR DAUGHTER AND LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS 24:20 BLEST THE WORLD WITH FROM THE MINISTRY OF YOUR FAMILY. 24:35 LOOK HOW HE HAS MADE A GOLD MINE OUT OF SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD. 24:51 AND OUR DAUGHTER IS ON FACEBOOK AND SHE IS BEGINNING TO DO BIBLE 24:54 STORIES TO ADD TO HER FACEBOOK PAGE FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH AND SHE TOLD ME 24:56 THE OTHER DAY THAT SHE HAD 400 WATCHES FOR ONE OF HER STORIES THAT SHE WAS 24:58 SIGNING ABOUT BIBLE STORIES. 24:59 WELL AND IN THE BIBLE WE HEAR OF JESUS HEALING SO MANY PEOPLE-THE CRIPPLED, 25:01 THE MAN WITH THE SPECIAL HAND AND DEAF PEOPLE AND BLIND PEOPLE AND THAT'S 25:08 ALL OF US REALLY. 25:10 THAT'S ALL OF US AS WE -THE LORD FREES US AND OPENS OUR MINDS TO 25:11 ACCEPTING HIM. 25:12 RIGHT. 25:13 WELL, YOU HAVE 45 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? 25:14 YES. 25:14 AND YOU NEED MANY MORE. 25:15 MANY, MANY MORE. 25:16 WELL, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND LET'S DO ANOTHER BIT OF A SIGN LANGUAGE 25:18 LESSON. 25:21 THIS IS JESUS. 25:28 YES. 25:32 JESUS LOVES, LOVES ME OR YOU. 25:52 YES, JESUS LOVES ME OR YOU. 26:04 AND YOU. 26:05 OH I THINK THAT THAT IS FANTASTIC AND THIS IS I LOVE YOU. 26:17 AND THIS IS KIND OF-I WON'T SAY IT'S QUITE UNIVERSAL BECAUSE THERE 26:20 ARE SOME PLACES I HAVE TO TEACH IT. 26:22 OK. 26:23 BUT IT IS SOMEWHAT UNIVERSAL AROUND THE WORLD-I LOVE YOU. 26:27 AND LIKE WHEN I LEFT HOME THIS WEEK TO MY WIFE OUT THE WINDOW -YOU DID THAT. 26:33 WELL, BLESSINGS TO YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 26:35 AND THIS IS THANK YOU, RIGHT? 26:37 THANK YOU. 26:38 THANK YOU AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HERE AT 26:40 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND REMEMBER 26:44 JESUS LOVES YOU AND MAY YOU BE BLEST TODAY. 26:46 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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