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Series Code: AIM
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00:14 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 00:20 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE A PART OF THIS MINISTRY. 00:23 WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ARE WATCHING AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL 00:26 SUPPORT, YOUR PRAYERS AND TOGETHER WE ARE TAKING JESUS' NAME TO THE 10/40 00:32 WINDOW. 00:33 THAT'S A HUGH HUGE RECTANGLE ON OUR GLOBE FROM WESTERN AFRICA ALL 00:36 THE WAY THROUGH COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA, BANGLADESH AND THAILAND AND CHINA AND 00:41 JAPAN AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. 00:44 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME AND TO SHARE WITH YOU 00:48 THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WITH THE GOSPEL 00:51 OUTREACH WORKERS AND THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND TODAY WE HAVE BRYAN 00:54 GALLANT HERE WITH US. 00:56 BRYAN WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:57 THANK YOU. 00:59 BRYAN YOU ARE FROM A PART OF OUR COUNTRY HERE IN AMERICA AND WHERE ARE YOU 01:04 FROM? 01:05 I CURRENTLY LIVE IN MISSOURI. 01:06 AND YOU WORK WHERE? 01:07 I WORK WITH THE IOWA-MISSOURI CONFERENCE WHERE WE ARE MOBILIZING 01:10 THE CHURCH TO SERVE REFUGEES. 01:12 YES. 01:14 SO THIS IS A NEAT NEW STEP HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND DEAN CORIDAN, AND YOU 01:19 WORK WITH HIM. 01:20 WHY DON'T YOU GIVE OUR VIEWERS A LITTLE BACKGROUND AS THIS IS ALL 01:23 KIND OF NEW TO THEM OF HEARING ABOUT REFUGEE WORK. 01:25 SURE. 01:27 WELL DEAN HAS TAKEN IT ON HIS HEART AND LED A WHOLE CONFERENCE BEHIND HIM IN 01:32 THE PROCESS OF MOBILIZING OUR CHURCH TO SERVE THE REFUGEES WHOM GOD IS 01:34 BRINGING TO THE UNITED STATES HERE. 01:35 BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT DEAN ALSO GOES TO THE REFUGEE CAMPS TO SERVE 01:46 THEM. 01:47 SO REFUGEES, OF COURSE, EVERYONE IS HEARING ABOUT THOSE ALL THE TIME AND THE 01:52 TRAGEDY THAT IT IS. 01:53 BUT JUST IMAGINE JULIE TO BE IN YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR PLACE, YOUR CULTURE AND 01:59 WHETHER THROUGH WAR OR THROUGH PERSECUTION OR DISASTERS YOU ARE 02:05 DISPLACED WITH NO WARNING AND LITERALLY IS THE PHRASE WE SAY "SHIRT ON 02:10 YOUR BACK" SORT OF THING. 02:12 WELL LITERALLY THAT'S WHAT THEY DO AND THEY ARE CARRYING THESE THINGS AND 02:16 EVERYONE IS SEEING PICTURES ON THE NEWS MEDIA AND EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE 02:19 RISKING THEIR LIVES TO GET ON A BOAT TO CROSS FROM SYRIA AND EVENTUALLY 02:23 GETTING TO GREECE AND THAT ONE ICONIC PICTURE OF THE POLICE OFFICER CARRYING 02:29 THE DROWNED BOY. 02:30 YES. 02:31 NO LIFE JACKETS. 02:33 BASICALLY RAFTS. 02:34 HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN ONE OF THOSE INFLATABLES AND YES THE PICTURES, WE'VE 02:38 SEEN THEM. 02:39 RIGHT. 02:41 SO WE SEEM TO HAVE A TOP OF MIND AWARENESS OF WHAT REFUGEES ARE AND THE 02:48 IMMENSE CHALLENGE THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. 02:49 IN FACT MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT IT'S THE GREATEST REFUGEE CRISIS 02:52 EVER IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY EVEN NOW SURPASSING WHAT HAPPENED 02:56 IN WORLD WAR II. 02:57 AND SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE NOT JUST FROM SYRIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST BUT YOU HAVE 02:59 PEOPLE THAT HAVE LITERALLY BEEN IN A REFUGEE CAMP FOR DECADES. 03:02 WE WORK IN IOWA-MISSOURI AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF LARGE CITIES, LARGER 03:13 CITIES, NOT LARGE COMPARED TO CALIFORNIA BUT YOU KNOW KANSAS CITY, ST. LOUIS, 03:17 DES MOINES AND COLUMBIA AND CEDAR RAPIDS. 03:21 IN THOSE PLACES THE REFUGEES ARE COMING TO US. 03:25 YOU KNOW THE FANTASTIC STATEMENT IN THE BOOK EVANGELISM. 03:29 ONE HUNDRED TWO YEARS AGO ELLEN WHITE SAID THAT GOD IN HIS PROVIDENCE WOULD 03:33 BRING THE FOREIGNERS TO THIS COUNTRY SO THAT WE CAN REACH THEM HERE AND 03:37 THEN THEY CAN REACH THE WORLD. 03:38 WELL WE'RE SEEING THAT. 03:40 AND SO AS WE WORK WITH REFUGEES LIKE FROM NEPAL, I'VE BEEN IN A HOME HAVING 03:44 A BIBLE STUDY WITH ONE OF THE NEPALI LEADERS WHO REPRESENTS MORE THAN 2000 03:49 REFUGEES FROM NEPAL IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA. 03:53 AND HIS FAMILY WAS IN A CAMP FOR 20 YEARS. 03:58 20 YEARS. 03:59 YES. 04:01 THERE WERE CHILDREN BORN AND RAISED IN THAT CAMP, SO WE HAVE REFUGEES THAT 04:07 HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE AND THE HORRIBLE TRAGEDY THERE. 04:13 THERE ARE STILL THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES IN CERTAIN PLACES FROM 04:17 THAT EVENT IN THE NINETIES. 04:20 I HAVE A FRIEND WHO WAS SERVING AS A STUDENT MISSIONARY IN RWANDA AND 04:23 SHE WAS ON ONE OF THE LAST ENVOYS OUT WITH THE UN AND WE HEAR THESE STORIES. 04:29 BUT YOU KNOW THE THING THAT GETS ME THOUGH BRYAN IS WHEN I HEAR THE WORD 04:32 CAMP. 04:33 TO ME THAT MEANS OKAY WE'RE GOING TO GO CAMP FOR THREE DAYS AND THEN WE'RE 04:36 COMING HOME. 04:38 SO IT'S KIND OF AN IRONIC WORD TO USE AND A WRONG WORD AND WHEN I'M HEARING 04:43 THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN A CAMP FOR 20 YEARS. 04:47 RIGHT. 04:48 SO THAT PARTICULAR FRIEND I'M REFERENCING HE WAS SHARING WITH ME. 04:50 I SAT IN HIS ROOM AND HERE THEY ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES 04:58 AND TO BE IN AN APARTMENT THAT YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT CHOOSE TO LIVE IN YET 05:03 THE'RE GRATEFUL. 05:03 THEY'RE THRILLED. 05:05 YOU KNOW IF I GO TO THE BATHROOM IN THEIR HOME I'M NOTICING THE SUBSTRUCTURE 05:09 OF THE FLOORING IS KIND OF GETTING CLOSER TO MY EXPERIENCE TO LIVING IN 05:12 ASIA. 05:14 YOU CAN SEE THROUGH AND THERE ARE ALWAYS EXTRA CRITTERS WATCHING YOU AND 05:17 SO FORTH IN DIFFERENT SIZES THAT AMERICANS DON'T LIKE TO PLAY WITH. 05:19 BUT HERE HE IS GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. 05:23 BECAUSE I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS IT LIKE LIVING IN THE CAMP. 05:27 OF COURSE WE THINK OF A CAMP IN THE WOODS. 05:29 BUT NO. 05:30 THEY HAD A HOME THAT NO MATTER WHAT THEY WOULD EVER DO THE ROOF ALWAYS 05:33 LEAKED AND WE'RE TALKING MONSOON SEASONS AND ALL THOSE THINGS. 05:37 BUCKETS OF WATER COMING DOWN, PEOPLE BEING SICK, PEOPLE DYING FROM 05:42 PNEUMONIA, CHILDREN BEING RAISED IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU ARE CRAMMED INTO 05:49 THIS VERY SMALL PLACE. 05:51 YOUR FAMILY, YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY, WHOEVER ELSE. 05:54 THE FOODS THAT ARE PROVIDED ARE WE MIGHT CONSIDER EVEN PRISON 05:59 LEVEL. 06:00 BUT THEY'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE FOOD. 06:02 AND THE BIG CHALLENGE WE'VE FOUND ALSO IS THE WATER THAT THEY CAN DRINK 06:09 IS A LONG WAYS AWAY. 06:11 AND SO MANY OF THEM ARE NOT DRINKING NORMAL WATER AND IT'S NOT EVEN CLEAN IF 06:15 THEY DID GO GET IT. 06:17 THEY'RE BEING OFFERED SODA POP. 06:18 OH DEAR SO THEY'RE DRINKING THAT. 06:20 SO YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE DRINKING SODA POP LIKE WATER AND SO NOW WE'RE 06:23 FINDING IN ALMOST ALL THE REFUGEES HUGE PERCENTAGES, ABOVE EIGHTY PERCENT, ARE 06:27 ALREADY DIABETIC. 06:28 BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DRINKING FOR FLUID. 06:30 RIGHT. 06:32 OH SEE THAT'S A WHOLE NEW TOPIC THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 06:35 RIGHT. 06:36 WOW. 06:37 AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING AS GOD BRINGS THE REFUGEES TO US MY WORK IS TO TRY TO 06:42 MOBILIZE THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AROUND THE REGION TO BEGIN TO SERVE THOSE 06:47 REFUGEES, GOING INTO THEIR HOMES, HELPING THEM LEARN ABOUT HEALTHY COOKING AND 06:52 NOT TO DRINK ALL THE SODA POP STILL. 06:54 RIGHT. 06:56 BUT IN THEIR MENTALITY THOUGH, I MEAN TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY KNOW THAT 06:59 THEY SHOULDN'T DRINK THE WATER IF THEY DO GET IT, BECAUSE THEY'D GET SICK 07:02 AND SO THEN HERE'S THE SAFER ALTERNATIVE. 07:04 RIGHT. 07:06 SO THIS WHOLE WORK OF REFUGEES AND WORKING WITH DIFFERENT RELIGIONS IS NOT 07:10 ANYTHING TO YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIVED OVERSEAS. 07:13 YOU LIVED IN INDONESIA AND WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 07:17 RIGHT. 07:18 MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS IN THREE DIFFERENT 07:21 COUNTRIES. 07:22 IN MICRONESIA FOR AWHILE AND THEN CAMBODIA AND THEN MORE RECENTLY INDONESIA. 07:28 SO MOSTLY SOUTHEAST ASIA. 07:29 OKAY. 07:30 WE'RE INTO ISLANDS AND RICE. 07:31 HEY THERE YOU GO. 07:32 I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT. 07:33 SO WE HAVE WORKED BY AND LARGE WITH ACTUALLY MUSLIM PEOPLE AND OF COURSE A 07:42 GOOD PORTION OF REFUGEES NOW WHO ARE COMING TO THE STATES ARE THE SYRIAN 07:46 REFUGEES WHO ARE PREDOMINATELY GOING TO BE MUSLIM. 07:48 SO WE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE IN A CROSS CULTURAL SETTING AS WELL AS THE 07:50 SETTING OF BRIDGING BETWEEN BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAMIC 07:52 VIEWS AND ARE VERY COMFORTABLE IN DOING THAT. 07:53 AND YOU KNOW WHAT BRYAN THAT IS SO NEAT TO HEAR YOUR HISTORY ABOUT THAT 07:55 BECAUSE GOD HAS PREPARED YOU AND YOUR WIFE FOR DOING JUST WHAT YOU'RE 07:57 DOING NOW BECAUSE IF YOU HADN'T HAD THE BACKGROUND OF LIVING IN INDONESIA THE 07:59 HIGHEST POPULATION OF MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD RIGHT. 08:00 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:01 YES. 08:02 SO IF YOU HADN'T HAD THAT AND THEN JUST THINK. 08:03 I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. 08:04 SO HOW IS THIS FOR YOU HAVING THAT BACKGROUND WORKING WITH THE 08:06 CONFERENCE AND THEN BRIDGING THIS GAP BECAUSE WHEN I HEAR IOWA-MISSOURI 08:07 CONFERENCE AND WHEN I HEAR DES MOINES, ST. LOUIS, CEDAR RAPIDS AND KANSAS 08:15 CITY. 08:17 I MEAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA AND MEAT AND POTATOES AND 08:30 ALL OF THAT. 08:31 HAVING PEOPLE COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD WHO ARE EATING CURRY 08:33 AND RICE AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU KNOW YOU THINK OKAY GREAT I'M 08:35 GOING TO GO TO NEW YORK, L.A., SEATTLE, WHEREVER AND MORE COSMOPOLITAN MORE 08:37 INTERNATIONAL. 08:38 BUT HOW IS THIS BRIDGING HAPPENING IN YOUR AREA? 08:40 WELL AS YOU JUST DESCRIBED WE EXPECT THE ETHNIC GROUPS TO BE ON THE COASTS 08:41 AND THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN MORE LIKE THAT AS WE REMEMBER FROM WORLD WAR 09:09 II. 09:12 BUT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS FINDING IS REAL ESTATE COSTS AND SO FORTH ARE SO 09:16 PROHIBITIVE THERE THAT THAT'S WHY THEY ARE SENDING THEM TO HOMELAND 09:20 AS IT WERE AND TO THE MIDWEST AREA. 09:23 AND SO WE ARE SEEING ALL THESE PLACES BOOM AND GROW. 09:25 BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. 09:27 THAT MEANS YOU HAVE MOM AND POP ADVENTISTS IN THE MIDWEST FARMERS AND 09:34 WONDERFUL FOLKS AND HERE THEY'RE FINDING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE 09:37 DRESSED DIFFERENT AND TALKING DIFFERENTLY. 09:39 MY WORK IS TRYING TO BRIDGE THAT GAP WHERE I GO INTO AS MANY CHURCHES AS 09:49 POSSIBLE AND BEGIN TO DO WHAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER CROSS CULTURAL AWARENESS 09:54 AND TRAINING AND SHARING STORIES AND INVITING PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT 09:58 THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE FOR GOD. 10:01 BIBLICALLY IN ACTS 17 GOD LITERALLY SAYS OR PAUL DESCRIBES THE FACT THAT 10:05 GOD IS THE ONE WHO DETERMINES THE TIMES AND THE PLACES AND THE PLACES 10:08 WHERE PEOPLE WOULD LIVE SO THAT THEY WOULD SEEK AFTER HIM. 10:10 SO POLITICS COMPLETELY ASIDE FROM A KINGDOM OF GOD PERSPECTIVE, GOD IS 10:18 THE ONE WHO IS DETERMINING WHERE PEOPLE ARE. 10:21 AND AS WE CHOOSE TO PARTNER WITH HIM IN REACHING OUT REALIZING 10:26 THAT THE FOLKS WE HEAR ABOUT IN MISSION STORIES OF OVER THERE AND THINK 10:30 THAT IT HAS TO REQUIRE A SUITCASE, NOW GOD HAS BROUGHT IT HERE. 10:35 YES. 10:36 YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST TALKING WITH A YOUNG LADY JUST LAST WEEK WHO IS 10:41 PRAYERFULLY CONSIDERING, AS A YOUNG ADULT AND PRAISE GOD FOR THIS, TO 10:47 CHOOSE TO MOVE AND TO MOVE INTO ONE OF THESE PLACES WHERE IT'S NOTHING BUT 10:52 REFUGEES. 10:53 WOW. 10:53 HERE IN THE STATES. 10:55 IN THE STATES RIGHT IN KANSAS CITY. 10:56 LITTLE NEPAL WHERE EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBOR WILL BE A NEPALI. 11:00 AND FOR HER TO CHOSE TO LIVE THERE AND TO MAKE HER HOME AVAILABLE FOR 11:06 TEACHING ENGLISH CONVERSATIONALLY BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH AS A REFUGEE 11:09 COMES TO ANY COUNTRY, AND WE HEAR ABOUT THIS IN EUROPE AND SO FORTH, WHERE 11:13 THEY ARE NOT INTEGRATING INTO SOCIETY, ONE OF OUR GREATEST DESIRES IS TO 11:20 CREATE THE WAY SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME PART OF THE GOOD OF AMERICAN 11:24 SOCIETY AND NOT TO BE AUTOMATICALLY SUCKED INTO THE BAD. 11:28 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING IS ALLOWING FOR EDUCATION. 11:31 SO THE IOWA-MISSOURI CONFERENCE HAS CREATED AN EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND SO 11:34 ANY REFUGEE CHILD THAT WANTS TO ATTEND AN ADVENTIST SCHOOL WE HELP 11:38 TO SUPPORT THEM. 11:38 THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. 11:40 WONDERFUL. 11:41 SO WE HAVE MORE THAN 50 DOING THAT. 11:43 WELL BRYAN, LET'S GIVE OUR VIEWERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED. 11:46 IF YOUR EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT HOW GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 11:50 PARTNERING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WE WANT TO INCLUDE YOU. 11:54 AND HERE'S INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN BE INCLUDED. 11:57 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 12:02 QUESTION. 12:03 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:04 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION, WHAT IS JESUS 12:09 WAITING FOR? 12:11 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 12:14 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:17 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 12:22 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 12:27 SHALL THE END COME." 12:31 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER AND OVER THE 12:35 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED 12:39 WORKERS IN FORTY PLUS COUNTRIES. 12:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 12:46 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 12:48 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECT. 12:50 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 12:53 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 12:57 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 12:59 NOW YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORK THE CHURCH IS ALREADY 13:04 DOING WITH OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 13:06 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 13:08 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION. 13:12 JUST AS LARGE A PART IS STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING 13:15 THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 13:17 GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 13:21 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 13:25 WINDOW. 13:27 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 13:30 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 13:34 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 13:36 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 13:40 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE 13:43 NAME OF JESUS LIVE HERE. 13:46 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 13:51 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 13:55 IN NEW TERRITORIES, SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 14:00 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBEN. 14:03 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP HIS CHURCH 14:06 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THIS SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUAH TO SHARE THE 14:11 GOSPEL. 14:12 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 14:15 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 14:16 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 14:21 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 14:23 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAD BEEN 14:26 WORSHIPPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 14:28 RECENTLY A NEW MEMBER NAMED ARISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 14:32 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 14:35 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 14:38 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 14:43 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 14:47 VILLAGE IT'S ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 14:56 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 14:58 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 15:00 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 15:04 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 15:08 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 15:12 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 15:16 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR ADOPT A WORKER 15:21 PROGRAM. 15:22 TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE 15:25 REACHED. 15:27 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 15:31 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10 THOUSAND NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 15:37 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 15:41 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD. 15:44 THAT IS WHY IT'S OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 15:48 NEXT THREE YEARS. 15:49 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 15:54 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS A 15:58 MONTH. 15:59 FOR SOME THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 16:03 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 16:07 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 16:11 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 16:15 SENDING YOU STORIES AND PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 16:20 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU 16:24 CAN GET INVOLVED. 16:26 FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR 16:29 OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 16:31 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM BY TELLING 16:35 YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 16:39 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 16:42 CALL OR VISIT THE WEB SITE TODAY. 16:45 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 16:48 JESUS IS WAITING FOR THE FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 16:59 AND WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 17:01 THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP THE PHONE, GIVE US A CALL, GO TO OUR 17:04 WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOU. 17:08 WE THANK YOU FOR HOW THE LORD IS MOVING IN YOUR LIFE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING 17:10 TO SHARE HIM IN THE TOWN AND CITY THAT YOU LIVE IN AND WE THANK YOU FOR 17:12 PARTNERING WITH US BY HAVING GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE 10-40 17:16 WINDOW AND THROUGH YOUR SUPPORT IN PRAYER THAT IS MAKING IT POSSIBLE AND THE 17:24 BLESSING OF THE LORD. 17:26 WE ALSO HAVE OUR NEWSLETTER ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND WE'RE HAPPY 17:29 TO SEND THIS TO YOU. 17:31 WE THANK YOU ALSO FOR GOING TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND FOR LEARNING MORE 17:34 ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT WAY AND LIKING OUR PAGE AND BEING INVOLVED WITH 17:38 THAT. 17:39 I'M HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:40 THE ACRONYM IS GO, G-O, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JESUS TELLS US IN MARK AND 17:45 IN MATTHEW. 17:46 IN MARK 16:15 HE SAID TO THEM "GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOOD 17:51 NEWS TO ALL CREATION." 17:53 AND TODAY WE'RE HERE TALKING WITH BRYAN GALLANT. 17:56 AND BRYAN WHAT IF THE WHOLE WORLD COMES TO US HERE IN AMERICA? 18:00 LESS AIRFARE. 18:01 THAT'S SO TRUE. 18:02 LESS SUITCASES AND ALL OF THAT. 18:04 BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING IN THE IOWA-MISSOURI 18:08 CONFERENCE WORKING WITH REFUGEES. 18:10 AND YOUR CONFERENCE HAS TAKEN THIS PROJECT ON. 18:14 RIGHT. 18:14 HUGE PROJECT. 18:16 SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING AND WE USED THESE 18:19 WORDS, REFUGEE CAMP, BUT HERE IN AMERICA PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY LIVING IN 18:25 APARTMENTS THEY'RE NOT IN TENT CITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MIGHT BE IN 18:28 OTHER COUNTRIES. 18:30 SO TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE REFUGEES THAT YOU'RE 18:34 WORKING WITH THAT ARE COMING TO KANSAS CITY, DES MOINES, ST. LOUIS. 18:38 WHAT ARE THOSE RELIGIONS? 18:40 WELL OF COURSE FROM SYRIA THERE WILL BE MUSLIM, FROM NEPAL THERE ARE GOING TO 18:44 BE EITHER HINDU OR CHRISTIAN ALREADY AND MANY OF THEM FROM AFRICA ARE 18:49 POTENTIALLY ALREADY CHRISTIAN. 18:51 IN FACT, A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM ARE ALREADY ADVENTIST. 18:53 WOW. 18:55 AND SO WHEN THEY ARRIVE THEY ARE IMMEDIATELY SAYING "WELL WHERE IS MY 18:59 CHURCH." 19:00 AND SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO MOBILIZE THE CHURCH TO ACTUALLY SERVE 19:02 THAT. 19:04 LITERALLY JUST TWO WEEKS AGO I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM A PARTICULAR TOWN 19:08 WHERE A WOMAN WAS RETURNING FROM A WOMEN'S RETREAT. 19:11 SHE IS FROM AFRICA. 19:12 SHE SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE AND SHE REMARKED TO HER CAR MATE "I'D LOVE TO 19:16 SERVE REFUGEES BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE." 19:19 AND TWO DAYS LATER THEY GOT A PHONE CALL THAT 25 FAMILIES HAD JUST COME TO 19:22 THEIR CITY SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE. 19:24 SO NOW THAT CHURCH CALLED ME UP AND SAID OKAY HOW DO WE SERVE THEM. 19:27 SO WE'RE MOBILIZING OUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY CENTERS TO PROVIDE CLOTHES 19:32 AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND TO BRING THOSE TO THE REFUGEES BECAUSE OFTEN 19:37 TIMES THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION OR ANYTHING. 19:39 BUT WE HAVE BUDDHIST REFUGEES. 19:41 EVERY WORLD RELIGION AND THE CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THEM. 19:46 SO I HAVE LEARNED A NEW TERM AND I THINK IT'S HUGE AS CHRISTIANS. 19:51 WE ARE CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATORS. 19:53 AND I LOVE THIS TERM AND A BIBLE STUDY TEACHER HAS USED THAT AND JUST WHAT 19:59 YOU SHARED IT IS SAYING SOMETHING. 20:00 IF GOD IS PUTTING IT ON YOUR HEART YOU HAVE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO 20:02 SOMEBODY ELSE. 20:03 THAT WOMAN DID THAT AND WOW, LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT JUST 20:04 OPENED TO HER TO BEING A CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATOR. 20:05 SO THERE ARE HUGE OPPORTUNITIES. 20:07 ABSOLUTELY. 20:08 BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME CHALLENGES. 20:09 RIGHT. 20:10 WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU'RE FACING? 20:11 WELL THE CHALLENGES ARE IT'S ONE THING FOR PEOPLE TO COMMIT MONEY LIKE WE 20:13 HAVE CREATED AN EDUCATION FUND WHERE WE'RE LOOING FOR A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN 20:15 OUR CONFERENCE TO GIVE TEN DOLLARS A MONTH SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE THE YOUNG 20:19 PEOPLE. 20:20 BECAUSE THE CHALLENGE WE FACE IS THE CHILDREN ARE LEARNING FASTER OFTEN 20:21 TIMES THAN THE ADULTS ARE IN LANGUAGE. 20:23 AND SO THE CHALLENGE WILL BE HELPING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY 20:25 BEING ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH. 20:26 BUT THE CHALLENGE WE FACE WITH THE CHURCH IS IT'S OFTEN EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO 20:27 GIVE MONEY THAN TO GIVE TIME. 20:29 AND REFUGEE WORK IS VERY TIME INTENSE BECAUSE YOU BECOME THEIR FAMILY. 20:30 AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NETWORK OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SAY YES WE'RE 20:32 WILLING TO CONNECT WITH THESE PEOPLE AND INVEST CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF TIME TO 20:36 BLESS THEM. 20:37 TO HAVE CHURCHES BEGIN TO PROVIDE ESL CLASSES, JUST CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH 20:38 WHICH ANYONE CAN DO IF YOU HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE. 20:40 HELPING THEM TO GO SHOPPING. 20:48 BUT THERE'S AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT. 20:52 WHICH IS WHAT? 20:53 THEY MAY COME HERE AND THEY LEARN TO FUNCTION, THEY LEARN TO LIVE IN OUR 20:59 CULTURE AND SO FORTH BUT FAMILY STYLE, PARENTING STYLES. 21:02 SO JUST IMAGINE QUICKLY IF YOU'RE COMING FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES WHERE SOMETIMES 21:06 THE PARENTING TECHNIQUES ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE PHYSICAL THAN WHAT WE ARE 21:08 ALLOWED TO DO HERE. 21:09 YOU'RE TALKING AS FAR AS DISCIPLINE. 21:10 RIGHT, DISCIPLINING YOUR CHILD. 21:12 AND IMAGINE A PARENT TRYING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THEIR 21:13 PRE-TEEN CHILD WHO IS MAKING SOME POOR CHOICES AND THE CHILD HAS ALREADY 21:15 LEARNED ABOUT 911 AND THEY BECOME THE TRANSLATION BRIDGE BETWEEN ANY 21:17 AUTHORITIES AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND MORE ENGLISH THAN THEIR 21:19 PARENTS DO. 21:21 YOU HAVE THIS HUGE GENERATION GAP NOW AND THEY ARE NOT CONNECTING 21:22 WITH THE SOCIETY, THE PARENTS AND THE CARE GIVERS. 21:24 AND WE'RE SEEING WHERE THERE ARE SERIOUS CHALLENGES WHERE THE 21:26 CHILDREN ARE BEGINNING TO ALMOST DESTROY THEIR FAMILY STRUCTURE BECAUSE 21:29 THEY GET MAD AT DAD AND SO THEY CAN CALL 911. 21:32 SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THEY ARE ABUSING THE OPPORTUNITY. 21:36 YES. 21:36 WOW. 21:37 ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL ISSUES. 21:39 SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO LONG-TERM HEALTHY 21:42 PARENTING IN THE WESTERN CULTURE THAT DOESN'T GET YOU CALLED INTO JAIL. 21:47 YES. 21:47 WOW. 21:49 WELL, JUST THINK OF ALL THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF ALL OF THIS. 21:52 I MEAN NOT ONLY ARE THESE PEOPLE DISPLACED FROM THEIR COUNTRY BUT THEN YOU 21:58 HAVE ALL OF THESE CULTURAL THINGS AND SOCIAL THINGS. 22:00 EVEN SHOPPING, EVEN GOING TO A GROCERY STORE. 22:49 WHEN YOU HAVE HAD NO CHOICES FOR SO LONG, TO WALK INTO A WALMART YOU 22:55 HAVE A WHOLE ROW OF CEREAL. 22:56 WE HAD OUR NORWEGIAN RELATIVES COME AND WE TOOK THEM TO COSTCO AND OH TO 23:02 SEE THEIR FACES. 23:04 I MEAN THEY WERE TAKING PICTURES AND EVERYTHING AND ONE OF THE COSTCO 23:06 EMPLOYEES CAME UP AND SAID WHY ARE YOU TAKING PICTURES. 23:09 I SAID WELL THE RELATIVES ARE HERE FROM NORWAY AND IT'S ALL NEW TO THEM, IT'S 23:13 ALL NEW TO THEM. 23:14 THEN THE COSTCO PERSON SAID OH, OKAY. 23:16 WELL YOU KNOW THE EXCITING THING HERE THOUGH IS GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS THE 23:20 OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY CREATE SOME PROJECTS WHERE THEY ARE EQUIPPING PEOPLE 23:26 TO SERVE THE REFUGEES IN THOSE CAMPS IN BEIRUT AND IN SYRIA AND THESE ARE 23:32 SOME PROPOSALS THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT CAN BE BROUGHT ON IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS 23:36 SUPPORT IS RAISED FOR THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES AT 23:39 THAT TIME OF NEED AND CHANGE. 23:41 THEY ARE READY FOR GOD TO SPEAK INTO THEIR LIFE. 23:42 YES. 23:44 SO YOU ARE SHARING WHAT YOU FOLKS ARE DOING IN YOUR CONFERENCE. 23:45 BUT THEN THIS IS ALSO DEAN WORKING WITH US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU'RE 23:47 WORKING WITH HIM BECAUSE THERE ARE REFUGEE CAMPS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW OF COURSE 23:48 THAT ARE HUGE AND CAN YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU FOLKS ARE 23:51 PROPOSING? 23:51 RIGHT. 23:53 WE'RE PROPOSING THAT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE NAMES IN HAND OF PEOPLE WHO COULD 23:54 GO INTO THE REFUGEE CAMPS RIGHT THERE IN BEIRUT, AND BEGIN TO SERVE THE SYRIANS 23:57 DOOR TO DOOR SHARING THE BIBLE ALREADY SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE. 24:00 YOU KNOW ONE OF THE POWERFUL REALITIES ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IS 24:18 IT'S NOT SENDING WHITE IGNORANT FOLKS OR ME BUT PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW 24:23 THE CULTURE, KNOW THE LANGUAGE AND CAN HANDLE THE FOOD. 24:26 SO WE HAVE WORKERS WE WANT TO SEND AND THE FIRST EVER WORKERS INTO SYRIA AND TO 24:31 BEGIN TO WORK RIGHT THERE. 24:33 WE ALREADY HAVE A COUPLE THAT IS VOLUNTEERING TO DO THAT AND IT'S JUST A 24:35 QUESTION OF BEING ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT. 24:39 AND THERE'S A YOUNG MAN THAT YOU'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT. 24:42 YES, IN THE BEIRUT AREA WHO WOULD THEN BE WORKING WITH THE SYRIANS WHO HAVE 24:46 MADE IT OUT OF THE COUNTRY INTO THE CAMPS THAT ARE THERE. 24:49 THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO TEACH ENGLISH. 24:50 THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTUALLY JUST START DOING BIBLE STUDIES AND OTHER 24:52 GROUPS ARE ALREADY DOING THAT. 24:54 BUT WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO THAT NOW AND TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THIS CHANGE 24:55 OF EVENTS AND BE ABLE TO BRING THE GOSPEL TO THESE PEOPLE AT A TIME OF NEED 25:02 AND BROKENNESS THAT WE CAN HARDLY EVEN IMAGINE. 25:05 WELL AND THAT'S WHAT YOU MENTIONED IS THAT WHEN THESE DISASTERS HAPPEN 25:10 PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE CARED FOR. 25:11 THEY NEED WATER, THEY NEED BLANKETS, JUST THE PHYSICAL THINGS THAT WE 25:18 NEED AND THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND IT'S HUGE. 25:20 BUT IN ADDITION TO THOSE THINGS WHICH SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CONSIDER THE SOCIAL 25:29 GOSPEL AND THIS STUFF, IT'S ALSO HAVING PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO 25:39 SHARING THE BIBLE. 25:40 RECENTLY THERE WAS AN AMAZING STORY THAT CAME OUT OVER THE NATIONAL NEWS 25:44 MEDIA AND SO FORTH OF A YOUNG MAN WHO TOOK TWO MONTHS OF HIS OWN TIME TO 25:48 GO INTO THESE CAMPS AND TO JUST START GOING DOOR TO DOOR DOING BIBLE STUDIES. 25:53 AND AT ONE POINT HERE HE IS IN THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP FUNCTIONING IN THE 26:00 LANGUAGE AND SO FORTH. 26:01 AS HE ENTERS THIS HOME, THERE WERE ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE THERE, AND HE SAYS 26:05 "HI, I'M DANIEL. 26:06 I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT JESUS." 26:09 EVERYONE LOOKED AT HIM, LOOKED TO EACH OTHER AND THEY STARTED YOU KNOW 26:13 SPARKING OFF AND SOME JUMPED UP TO GO GET SOME ONE AND THEY CAME BACK AND 26:16 HE'S JUST DUMBFOUNDED THINKING OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO ATTACK. 26:18 MAYBE THIS IS A TERRORIST CELL AND THEY'RE GOING TO KILL ME. 26:20 BUT THEY SAID PLEASE, PLEASE, TELL US, TELL US. 26:23 HE SAID OKAY AND HE STARTED TELLING THEM ABOUT JESUS THEN THEY SHARED 26:26 WITH HIM. 26:28 THE DAY BEFORE WHILE THEY WERE IN THEIR TENT A MAN IN WHITE CAME JUST BLAZING 26:33 AND BRIGHT AND SAID "I'M JESUS, I WILL BE SENDING A MAN NAMED DANIEL TOMORROW 26:38 TO TELL YOU MORE." 26:39 FANTASTIC. 26:40 PRAISE THE LORD. 26:41 AND THAT OPENED THEIR EARS. 26:45 WELL THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT VISIONS RIGHT. 26:48 GOD'S NOT DEAD, HE'S STILL WORKING. 26:50 HE'S STILL ALIVE. 26:51 WELL BRYAN GALLANT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 26:53 BLESSINGS TO YOU AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ALL THIS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE 26:56 TO THE REFUGEES. 26:57 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AT GOSPEL 27:00 OUTREACH. 27:01 EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT 27:19 AND YOUR PRAYERS. 28:06 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. |
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