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00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:16 OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND TODAY IS A LESSON IN 00:20 GEOGRAPHY 101 AND CAN YOU TELL US WHICH CONTINENT WE 00:24 ARE LOOKING AT AND HOW FAMILIAR ARE YOU WITH THE 00:27 CONTINENT OF AFRICA? 00:29 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WEST AFRICA AND YOU 00:33 CAN SEE THE CONTINENT HERE ON OUR MAP AND I'D LIKE TO 00:36 WELCOME KAREN AND GLEN WINTERMEYER TO THE SET OF 00:39 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:40 WELCOME! 00:40 THANK YOU. 00:41 IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:42 SO, WE ARE HOLDING LITERALLY GLEN, WE ARE 00:45 HOLDING THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA HERE ON THE TABLE. 00:48 HOLDING IT UP. 00:49 YES, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING HERE DURING 00:52 THIS INTERVIEW ABOUT WHICH COUNTRY IN WEST AFRICA? 00:55 IT'S CALLED GUINEA. 00:57 RIGHT HERE. 00:58 THAT'S GUINEA BISSAU. 00:59 YES, RIGHT HERE-THERE WE GO. 01:00 RIGHT HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS 01:03 LITTLE TIP WAY DOWN HERE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF 01:06 GUINEA. 01:07 OK. 01:07 IT IS KNOWN AS GUINEA CONAKRY. 01:09 CONAKRY IS THE CAPITAL A THEY CALL IT GUINEA 01:11 CONAKRY TO DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM ABOUT THREE OTHER 01:15 GUINEAS IN THE WORLD. 01:16 YES, THERE ARE SEVERAL AREN'T THERE? 01:18 YES, THERE ARE. 01:18 HERE WE CAN SET THIS DOWN HERE. 01:23 SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR WORK IN THIS 01:26 AREA. 01:27 YOU, OF COURSE, ARE VOLUNTEERING HERE AT 01:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH KAREN AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN 01:31 INVOLVED HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:34 SINCE 2012-OK. 01:36 SOMETHING LIKE THAT.OK WELL VERY GOOD. 01:38 WELL WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE AND YOU HAVE 01:41 WHICH COUNTRIES THAT YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF? 01:44 WE IN CHARGE OF GUINEA CONAKRY, THE GAMBIA, 01:48 SENEGAL, AH, MALI AND LIBERIA. 01:51 LIBERIA HAS TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN IT BECAUSE IT 01:56 IS A FAIRLY LARGE COUNTRY. 01:58 OK. 01:59 SO, YOU OVERSEE A LOT OF TERRITORY AND WE'VE HEARD 02:02 IN THE NEWS ABOUT A TERRIBLE THING THAT CAME 02:05 THROUGH -A DISEASE THAT CAME THROUGH AND I KNOW 02:07 THAT YOU FOLKS HAVE SOMEONE THAT WAS VERY NEAR 02:10 AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART -A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO 02:12 WAS THERE WHO ACTUALLY DIED, RIGHT? 02:13 YES, IN THE COUNTRY OF GUINEA. 02:15 UH HUH. 02:16 AND YOU STILL SEE VESTIGES OF THE EBOLA CAMPAIGN TO 02:20 SNUFF IT OUT. 02:22 YOU STILL GO INTO SOME RESTAURANTS AND THERE IS 02:24 WATER AND DISINFECTANT OUTSIDE THE DOOR. 02:28 IT WAS A VERY SERIOUS TIME FOR THEM. 02:30 OH ABSOLUTELY. 02:31 AND ANY TIME YOU COME OUT OF A CHURCH THEY GIVE YOU 02:33 HAND SANITIZER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVERYBODY SHAKES 02:37 HANDS. 02:38 YES, SO THEY ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT 02:40 AFFECTED THEM GREATLY. 02:41 YES. 02:42 WELL WONDERFUL. 02:43 SO, TELL US WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS AREA OF GOD'S 02:47 BIG WORLD AND ABOUT HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH 02:49 WORKERS ARE WORKING IN GUINEA, GLEN? 02:51 WE HAVE THIRTEEN WORKERS AND THEY ARE SPREAD OUT 02:55 ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF GUINEA BUT A LOT OF THEM 02:58 ARE DOWN IN THE SOUTH PORTION IN A PLACE CALLED 03:02 NZEREKORE. 03:03 IT IS IN THE FOREST REGION OF GUINEA AND IT IS VERY 03:07 TROPICAL DOWN THERE. 03:09 VERY HEAVY FOREST. 03:10 OK. 03:11 SO, WE'VE BEEN DOWN THERE TEACHING AND SHARING AND 03:17 SOMETHING JUST REALLY INTERESTINGTHIS YEAR KIND 03:21 OF JUST SHOWED IT SELF UNEXPECTEDLY. 03:23 WE HAD BEEN TEACHING SMALL GROUPS AND A YEAR AGO WHEN 03:30 WE WERE THERE WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS 03:32 OF HOW DO YOU START A SMALL GROUP AND REALLY, 03:35 I'VE BEEN A BELIEVER IN SMALL GROUPS EVER SINCE I 03:37 JOINED GOSPEL OUTREACH SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 03:42 AND CAN YOU GIVE-MAYBE THERE IS A VIEWER WATCHING 03:44 WHO ISN'T QUITE FAMILIAR WHAT THE TERM FOR A SMALL 03:47 GROUP IS? 03:48 CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE DEFINITION OF THAT? 03:49 IT'S JUST A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE 8-15 PEOPLE WHO 03:54 GATHER TOGETHER TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD. 03:58 WELL, YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MODEL IN ACTS THEY 04:03 ATE TOGETHER, THEY FELLOWSHIPED TOGETHER, 04:06 THEY SOCIALIZED TOGETHER, THEY PRAYED TOGETHER, THEY 04:09 STUDIED TOGETHER. 04:10 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME AND SHOOK THE RAFTERS. 04:14 HE DID. 04:15 SO THAT'S A DEFINITION OF A SMALL GROUP. 04:17 SO, MEETING TOGETHER OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH 04:19 SERVICE WHERE YOU ARE GETTING TO GETHER AND 04:22 OPENING THE WORD TOGETHER AND STUDYING. 04:24 THERE ARE NO CHURCHES IN THESE AREAS. 04:26 SO, A SMALL GROUP COULD BE THEN A CHURCH THEN IS THAT 04:29 WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? 04:29 IT IS THE CHURCH. 04:30 OK. 04:31 EVENTUALLY IT IS. 04:32 YES. 04:33 SO, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE LEADING OUT IN 04:35 THESE SMALL GROUPS, GLEN? 04:36 YES. 04:37 OK. 04:38 AND A YEAR AGO WHEN WE WERE THERE -THERE WAS 04:41 PROBABLY MAYBE TEN TO FIFTEEN GROUPS, MAYBE 04:44 TWENTY AT THE MOST AND ON AVERAGE TEN PER GROUP SO 04:48 WE WERE RUNNING AROUND 100 PEOPLE. 04:51 THAT WAS A YEAR AGO. 04:53 WOW. 04:54 THIS YEAR WHEN WE WERE THERE I WAS COLLECTING 04:56 SOME STATISTICS AND KAREN SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT 04:59 IS THIS AND WHAT IS THAT? 05:01 I REALIZED THAT WE WERE COLLECTING SOME DATA THAT 05:02 PROBABLY WASN'T USEFUL-WOULDN'T BE WORTH 05:05 MUCH. 05:05 BECAUSE IT WAS OUTDATED? 05:11 NOT OUTDATED SO MUCH -IT IS NOT INFORMATION THAT WE 05:14 WOULD USE YOU KNOW, WE WANT INFORMATION THAT 05:17 TELLS US WHAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE 05:19 DOING, SURE, IF THEY ARE YOU KNOW IMPROVING IN 05:22 CERTAIN THINGS. 05:23 SO, WE WENT BACK AND STARTED ASKING DIFFERENT 05:26 QUESTIONS AND WHAT EMERGED WAS AMAZING. 05:27 WE ASKED HOW MANY GROUPS ARE YOU LEADING AND HOW 05:28 MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THOSE GROUPS? 05:30 AND WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT? 05:30 AN INCREDIBLE SURPRISE. 05:31 ONE YEAR AGO, REMEMBER I SAID TEN TO FIFTEEN GROUPS 05:33 AND 100 PEOPLE. 05:33 OK. 05:34 THIS YEAR 149 GROUPS AND 819 PEOPLE. 05:35 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD! 05:36 SO WHERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING FROM? 05:39 WORD OF MOUTH? 05:43 IS IT GETTING OUT? 05:47 DID YOU EVER HEAR OF THE WORD RELATIONSHIP? 05:56 YES, I HAVE. 06:00 IT IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP. 06:01 THESE PEOPLE ARE INVITING THEIR FRIENDS WHO ARE 06:03 INVITING THEIR FRIENDS WHO ARE INVITING THEIR 06:05 FRIENDS. 06:06 TO HEAR GOOD NEWS. 06:07 THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF A SMALL GROUP IS TO MENTOR 06:11 AND TEACH OTHERS TO BE LEADERS AND THOSE LEADERS 06:16 GO AND START ANOTHER GROUP. 06:18 SO, IT IS DISCIPLES MAKING DISCIPLES. 06:21 WHO ARE MAKING MORE DISCIPLES. 06:22 YES, JUST WHAT THE GOOD BOOK TELLS US TO DO, 06:25 RIGHT? 06:25 ABSOLUTELY. 06:26 SO THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 06:28 WELL AND SO TELL ME, ARE THESE PEOPLE-WHAT IS THEIR 06:31 BACKGROUND RELIGIONWISE? 06:33 ARE THEY MUSLIMS? 06:34 ARE THEY-THEY ARE EVERYTHING. 06:36 THE PEOPLE IN THESE GROUPS THEY ARE JUST A MIXTURE 06:39 BUT PRIMARILY MUSLIMS. 06:40 OK. 06:42 SO HERE THEY ARE INTERESTED. 06:44 THEY'VE GOTTEN THE LORD HAS REACHED THEM SOMEHOW 06:48 AND THEY WANT TO STUDY. 06:49 A YEAR AGO, WHEN WE WERE THERE WE WERE TRAVELING 06:54 FROM GUINEA CONAKRY WHICH IS OUT ON THE OCEAN 600 06:58 MILES INLAND INTO THE JUNGLE. 07:01 UH HUH. 07:02 AND ON THE WAY, WE STOPPED IN A UNIVERSITY TOWN 07:07 CALLED KINDIA AND I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS 07:12 AGROUP OF STUDENTS THERE WHO WERE IN A SMALL GROUP 07:15 BEING LED BY A FRIEND OF OURS WHO WE HAD LEARNED TO 07:21 KNOW A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE, OK, DOWN IN 07:24 NZEREKORE AND THE MISSION PRESIDENT SAID, "GLEN AND 07:27 KAREN, I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A MAN BY THE NAME 07:31 OF NIANKWA AND HE HAS GOT A GROUP STARTED THERE." 07:36 SO, WE WENT THERE, UHHUH, AND WE MET NIANKWA AND 07:41 HERE WE MET FIVE OF HIS FOLLOWERS, IF YOU PLEASE, 07:45 AND FRIENDS. 07:47 SURE ABSOLUTELY. 07:48 AND IN THE PROCESS OF ALL THIS I SAID, "YOU KNOW 07:53 HERE IS A GOLD MINE. 07:54 HERE IS YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN STUDYING ABOUT THE 07:57 LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO ARE IN THE UNIVERSITY WHO ARE 07:59 GOING TO GRADUATE SOME OF WHICH WILL GO BACK HOME." 08:02 RIGHT. 08:02 AND GUESS WHAT THEY TAKE WITH THEM? 08:04 THEY TAKE THE LORD WITH THEM. 08:05 THEY TAKE THE LORD WITH THEM. 08:06 WELL FANTASTIC. 08:07 SO DOYOU HAVE SOME PHOTOS THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH 08:09 US, GLEN AND KAREN OF SOME OF THESE SMALL GROUPS? 08:11 I DO. 08:12 HERE IS THE FIRST ONE. 08:13 THIS IS A FAMILY AND THEY ARE ONE OF NINE GROUPS. 08:19 ONE YEAR AGO, NIANKWA HAD ONE GROUP-NOW THERE ARE 08:25 NINE GROUPS IN JUST ONE YEAR LATER. 08:27 ACTUALLY, HE JUST STARTED IN AUGUST. 08:30 HE GRADUATED THE UNIVERSITY AND THEN BECAME 08:33 A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN AUGUST. 08:36 WOW. 08:37 SO, HE HAS NINE GROUPS WHERE HE IS STUDYING NOW. 08:39 AND WHAT LANGUAGE DO THEY SPEAK THERE? 08:41 FRENCH. 08:42 FRENCH, OK SO IT IS AFRICAN FRENCH, OK. 08:44 RIGHT. 08:45 AND THIS PICTURE THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT IS 08:47 INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S A FAMILY. 08:49 IT IS A WHOLE FAMILY. 08:51 IT IS A BIG FAMILY. 08:52 FATHER, MOTHER, AND RELATIVES. 08:57 FANTASTIC. 08:58 CHILDREN -WHATEVER AND WHEN YOU CAN SHOW JESUS 09:03 CHRIST TO THE FATHER, TO THE PATRIARCH, TO THE MAN 09:06 OF THE HOUSE AND HE CATCHES THE VISION IT IS 09:09 INCREDIBLE. 09:10 UHHUH AND SO WHEN WE WERE THERE JUST THIS PAST 09:14 JANUARY, FEBRUARY WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING 09:19 THIS FAMILY AND SEEING THEM AND THEY WORSHIP IN 09:21 THEIR HOME. 09:22 FANTASTIC. 09:23 THIS FATHER FAITHFULLY TOOK HIS FAMILY TO CHURCH 09:28 WITH HIM AND ACTUALLY A PASTOR FROM THE CHURCH 09:32 WOULD STOP BY IN HIS VEHICLE WOULD TAKE HIS 09:35 FAMILY TO THE CHURCH. 09:37 WELL, THE FATHER STOPPED GOING AFTER SOMETIME WHEN 09:40 HE STARTED STUDYING THE BIBLE WITH NIANKWA. 09:43 HE WAS LEARNING NEW THINGS. 09:45 SO, THE PASTOR ONE DAY CAME AND SAID "WHY ARE YOU 09:48 NOT COMING TO OUR CHURCH ANYMORE?" 09:51 AND HE SAID, "IT'S BECAUSE" HE SAID, "WE HAVE 09:54 STARTED TO STUDY THE BIBLE WITH A YOUNG MAN." 09:57 AND THE PASTOR SAID, "WELL, THAT YOUNG MAN IS 10:01 SUCH A LITTLE BOY HOW COULD HE TEACH YOU 10:03 ANYTHING FROM THE BIBLE?" 10:05 HE SAID, "I'M A PASTOR." 10:08 SO, THE FATHER SAID, "WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING ANY 10:10 PERSON WE ARE FOLLOWING WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS." 10:16 AND HE SAID, "WHY DON'T-IF HE'S SUCH A SMALL BOY," HE 10:19 SAID, "AND DOESN'T KNOW MUCH WHY DON'T YOU COME 10:20 AND STUDY WITH US?" 10:21 AND HE SAID, "WE STUDY ON THIS DAY. 10:22 PLEASE COME AND STUDY WITH US." 10:23 THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE. 10:27 AND TO THIS DAY, THAT PASTOR HAS NEVER COME. 10:32 OH, HE HAS NOT? 10:33 HE HAS NEVER COME. 10:33 BUT ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? 10:35 THAT REMINDED ME OF WHEN PAUL WAS TELLING TIMOTHY, 10:38 DON'T LET ANYBODY TELL YOU JUST BECAUSE OF YOUR AGE. 10:42 GOD USES ALL OF US. 10:43 HE HAS GIFTED US -ALL OF US. 10:45 WELL BLESS HIS HEART. 10:46 SO HERE THESE PEOPLE ARE STUDYING TOGETHER-DO YOU 10:49 WANT TO SEE SOME OF THE PLACES THEY ARE STUDYING? 10:51 I DO, GLEN I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WHERE ARE 10:52 THEY? 10:53 ARE THEY OUTSIDE? 10:54 ARE THEY-WHERE ARE THEY MEETING? 10:55 OH. 10:55 OK. 10:56 ON THE FLOOR. 10:57 WHAT IS- HOW DO YOU LIKE THE FURNITURE? 10:59 I THINK IT IS GREAT. 11:00 IT IS CALLED A CEMENT FLOOR ON A RUG. 11:02 IT LOOKS REALLY COMFORTABLE. 11:04 ON THE PORCH. 11:05 AND NOTICE THE BIBLES. 11:07 WELL WE HAVE THE IPHONE AND WE HAVE - YES. 11:10 SO, WE'RE USING ALL SORTS OF TECHNOLOGY. 11:12 THIS IS THE HEART OF AFRICA. 11:13 THESE ARE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. 11:14 THESE ARE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS THAT'S ONE OF OUR 11:17 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE ON THE LEFT. 11:20 INTERESTING STORY-HE WAS WON TO FAITH BY NIANKWA 11:27 AND LUKE IS HIS NAME. 11:28 HE BECAME A BIBLE WORKER, UH HUH, OFFICIALLY JUST 11:33 THIS PAST JANUARY. 11:34 WOW. 11:34 TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE WERE THERE. 11:36 AND THEN THIS IS MY FAVORITE SHOT. 11:38 YES, THAT IS GOOD. 11:40 THAT IS GOOD, WELL HEY THEY ARE THERE WHERE THEY 11:42 ARE STUDYING THE LORD AND THAT'S TRUE OF NO MATTER 11:45 WHERE WE ARE. 11:46 WE CAN OPEN A BIBLE AND STUDY BUT FOR OUR WESTERN 11:49 CULTURE THIS WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR US. 11:52 WE WOULD, LIKE YOU SAID, SAY WHERE IS THE 11:54 FURNITURE? 11:54 WHERE IS THE COMFORTABLE SOFA? 11:57 I THINK THAT IT MERITS TAKING A LOOK AT THE LIFE 12:01 OF NIANKWA. 12:02 HE IS THE APOSTLE PAUL, IF YOU PLEASE. 12:06 HE IS VERY ENERGETIC, VERY DEDICATED TO THE GOSPEL. 12:11 FANTASTIC. 12:12 WELL, WE ARE HEARING ALL SORTS OF FANTASTIC STORIES 12:14 FROM WEST AFRICA AND IF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS 12:18 WE WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND AS YOU 12:21 HEARD GLEN SAY PLEASE PRAY FOR NIANKWA AS HE 12:24 CONTINUES TO SHARE JESUS WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HE 12:28 INTERACTS WITH AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE A 12:30 PART OF THE MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH THROUGH 12:33 PRAYER, THROUGH YOUR DONATIONS AND ALSO THROUGH 12:36 THE RIPPLING EFFECT. 12:37 WE HOPE THAT YOU DO SHARE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH 12:39 YOUR FAMILY, WITH YOUR FRIENDS TO GET INVOLVED. 12:41 WE HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT. 12:43 WE ALSO ARE ON INSTAGRAM AND WE WOULD LOVE IT IF 12:45 YOU WOULD FOLLOW ALONG AT OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG. 12:48 AND HERE IS SOME MORE INFORMATION. 12:50 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 12:57 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 13:01 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 13:03 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 13:06 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 13:09 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 13:14 HURTS. 13:14 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 13:18 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 13:21 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:24 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:27 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 13:32 WHERE? 13:33 ALL THE WORLD. 13:34 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 13:38 YOU CAN PRAY. 13:40 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 13:42 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 13:45 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 13:48 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 13:50 MEANING. 13:51 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 13:53 BE THE SPARK. 13:54 LIGHT THE FIRE. 13:56 FINISH THE WORK. 13:59 FINISH THE WORK. 14:01 BE THE SPARK! 14:04 AND I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH JESUS LOVES YOU AND I 14:07 HOPE THAT YOU ARE SHARING THAT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS 14:10 AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU INTERACT WITH AT WORK, AT 14:12 THE GROCERY STORE WHEREVER SO THEY CAN SEE THE JOY OF 14:14 JESUS IN YOU AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT HERE 14:16 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AS WE ARE SHARING JESUS IN THE 14:20 10/40 WINDOW AND THAT WINDOW IS HUGE. 14:23 IT IS FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 14:25 EQUATOR AND IT GOES FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY 14:28 THROUGH PAKISTAN, INDIA, CHINA AND WE ARE TALKING 14:31 ABOUT THE LEFTHAND PORTION OF THAT 10/40 WINDOW HERE 14:35 WITH THE WINTERMEYERS-WITH KAREN AND GLEN AND YOU ARE 14:38 LITERALLLY -WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WEST PART OF 14:42 THE10/40 WINDOW. 14:42 WE ARE NEAR THE WINDOW FRAME. 14:45 WE ARE EXACTLY. 14:46 IN GUINEA TODAY. 14:47 SO, YOU'VE BEEN SHARING ABOUT THIS FANTASTIC 14:49 WORKER NIANKWA AND HOW GOD IS LIGHTING THE FIRE IN 14:54 HIS SOUL TO SHARE JESUS AND KAREN YOU'VE GOT SOME 14:57 MORE TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT NIANKWA. 14:59 NIANKWA IS A VERY UNUSUAL PERSON. 15:01 HE IS AN ALBINO AFRICAN. 15:04 REALLY? 15:05 HE HAS WHITE SKIN, HE HAS WHITE HAIR BUT HE IS A 15:09 VERY FRIENDLY PERSON. 15:12 I CAN REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST TIME I MET HIM IN 15:14 SOUTHEAST GUINEA HE WAS THE HEAD DEACON AND IT WAS 15:19 FRIDAY AND WE HAD JUST FINISHED OUR GOSPEL 15:22 OUTREACH MEETINGS TO TEACH TRAINING OUR GOSPEL 15:25 OUTREACH WORKERS AND AS THE HEAD DEACON HE CAME IN 15:28 AND HE MOVED ALL THE PEWS UP FRONT AND HE GOT DOWN 15:31 ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES AND SCRUBBED THE LITTLE CHURCH 15:33 FLOOR. 15:34 WOW! 15:34 AND PUT THEM ALL BACK. 15:35 SO THAT WAS MY FIRST MEMORY OF HIM AND THEN 15:38 SPEAKING TO HIM ON SABBATH AFTERWARDS, HE WAS TELLING 15:42 HOW HE WAS TOLD HE COULD NEVER FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. 15:45 WHY? 15:46 BECAUSE ALBINOS HAVE VERY POOR EYESIGHT. 15:48 SURE. 15:49 AND NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE POOR EYESIGHT BUT THEY 15:54 HAVE SCHOOL ON SABBATH THERE SO HE WOULD NEVER GO 15:58 TO A SCHOOL ON SABBATH AND HIS FRIENDS SAID YOU WILL 16:00 NEVER PASS IF YOU DON'T GO TO SCHOOL ON SABBATH. 16:03 WELL, HE DID. 16:04 HE NOT ONLY PASSED HIGH SCHOOL HE WENT ON TO THE 16:06 UNIVERSITY AND HAD JUST FINISHED THIS LAST SUMMER 16:08 THE UNIVERSITY. 16:10 FANTASTIC! 16:11 SO, HE IS AN UNUSUAL MAN. 16:15 SO, HE STANDS OUT IN MANY WAYS. 16:17 YES, OH YES. 16:18 HE WAS AN ORPHAN. 16:20 BLESS HIS HEART. 16:21 BOTH OF HIS PARENTS DIED AND SO AN AUNT KIND OF 16:24 TOOK HIM UNDER HER WING AND -HOW DID HE FIND 16:27 JESUS? 16:28 DO YOU KNOW THAT STORY? 16:30 I DON'T KNOW. 16:31 WAS IT THE AUNTIE? 16:32 I BELIEVE HIS PARENTS WERE BELIEVERS. 16:34 OK. 16:35 WELL BLESS HIS HEART. 16:36 JUST AN ON FIRE GUY FOR JESUS. 16:42 YES LITERALLY. 16:43 NIANKWA. 16:44 NIANKWA THE NEONLIGHTS OF THE LORD IN AFRICA. 16:46 THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER HIM. 16:48 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 16:50 SO, WE WENT ACTUALLY TO SEE WHERE HE IS HAVING HIS 16:55 SMALL GROUPS AND TO MEET HIM AND HE WAS EXCITED TO 16:58 INTRODUCE US TO ALL HIS FRIENDS AND IN HIS 17:01 UNIVERSITY HOUSING HOUSE WHERE HE LIVES, IS WHERE 17:06 THEY MEET TOGETHER AND THEY PRAY EVERY WEDNESDAY, 17:09 FRIDAY AND SABBATH. 17:11 THIS WAS WHERE HE MET ELAINA. 17:12 YES, AND THEY HAVE SEVEN YOUNG WOMEN THAT MEET 17:16 TOGETHER AND I THINK THERE IS THREE YOUNG MEN THAT 17:19 MEET TOGETHER THERE TO WORSHIP, SING AND PRAY. 17:24 AND ACTUALLY, HE TELLS ABOUT MEETING THISYOUNG 17:28 WOMAN AND IS SHE IN THE PICTURE HERE? 17:30 UH HUH. 17:31 YES, THE ONE ON THE LEFT. 17:32 THIS IS ELAINA ON THE LEFT-THE ONE WITH THE BIG 17:35 SMILE. 17:35 YES, SHE IS BEAUTIFUL. 17:37 SHE IS. 17:38 AND SHE CAME TO NIANKWA TELLING ABOUT A SERIOUS 17:41 PROBLEM SHE HAD AND THAT SHE WAS DEMON POSSESSED 17:44 AND SINCE NIANKWA WOULD TALK ABOUT JESUS AND ABOUT 17:50 PRAYING SHE CAME TO HIM AND ASKED WHETHER HE WOULD 17:53 PRAY FOR HER. 17:54 AND SO, THEY PRAYED EVERYDAY AND HAD THEIR 17:56 FRIENDS JOIN THEM AND THEY HAVE POWERFUL TESTIMONIES. 17:58 HE SAID MOST OF THEM HAD BEEN -HAD EVIL SPIRITS AND 17:59 WERE POSSESSED. 18:00 AND NOW ARE DELIVERED BUT THIS YOUNG WOMAN, SHE 18:01 TELLS HER OWN TESTIMONY IN THESE WORDS: SHE SAID, "I 18:02 WAS NOT INTERESTED IN EVEN STUDYING THE BIBLE A YEAR 18:06 AGO." 18:07 AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD GO TO CHURCH BUT SHE SAID, "I 18:13 WAS NOT WELL." 18:14 SHE SAID, "THE DEMONS WOULD NEVER ALLOW ME TO 18:16 SLEEP AT NIGHT AND I HAD NO PEACE OF HEART." 18:18 AND SHE SAID SHE HAD A DREAM ONE NIGHT THAT 18:19 SOMEBODY GAVE HER A KEY AND TOLD HER IT WAS THE 18:20 KEY TO HEAVEN. 18:21 REALLY? 18:22 AND WHEN I WOKE IN THE MORNING, SHE SAID, "I 18:23 FOUND A KEY ON MY BED" AND SHE SAID, "I WAS POSSESSED 18:24 AN EVIL SPIRIT" AND SHE SAID, "I COULDN'T EVEN 18:26 LIVE WITHOUT ONE BOYFRIEND OR HAVING SEVERAL MEN 18:27 SLEEP WITH ME EVERY NIGHT. 18:28 FINALLY, I TOLD MY PARENTS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE 18:29 GOING TO TAKE ME TO A PLACE TO GET RID OF THE 18:30 DEMONS." 18:31 SHE SAID "BUT IT DIDN'T WORK." 18:32 SO, SHE SAID, "WHEN I HEARD OF NIANKWA I ASKED 18:33 HIM TO PRAY WITH ME AND SO HE TAUGHT SOME TRUTHS FROM 18:34 THE BIBLE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW" AND SHE SAID, "I 18:36 LEARNED JESUS FORGIVES SINS." 18:36 YES. 18:37 AND HE TOLD ME THAT WE NEED TO FAST AND TO PRAY 18:39 AND WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN ON SABBATH AND WE'RE GOING 18:41 TO PRAY FOR THREE DAYS. 18:42 SO, EVERYDAY THAT THEY WOULD GET TOGETHER BUT 18:43 FIRST WHEN THEY STARTED NIANKWA SAID, GIVE ME THAT 18:44 KEY THAT SHE FOUND ON HER BED. 18:45 RIGHT. 18:46 AND HE TOLD ME THIS KEY IS NOT FROM GOD. 18:48 THIS KEY IS FROM THE DEMONS. 18:49 SO, I GAVE HIM THE KEY AND THEN SHE SAID, "WE FASTED 18:51 AND WE PRAYED AND HE TOLD ME NOTHING CAN HARM YOU 18:53 BECAUSE WE ARE CLAIMING THESE BIBLE PROMISES." 18:57 AND SHE SAID, "IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE THIRD DAY THAT I 19:07 WAS DELIVERED FROM DEMON POSSESSION." 19:10 WOW. 19:11 "AND I HAVE REMAINED FREE BY PRAYING TOGETHER 19:17 EVERYDAY" AND SHE SAID, "WHEN I WAS PRAYING I HAVE 19:21 HAD A REAL CHANGE IN MY LIFE." 19:28 OH. 19:29 BLESS HER HEART. 19:32 BUT THIS IS THE REST OF HER STORY. 19:40 THERE IS MORE? 19:44 THIS IS GREAT. 19:47 SHE SAID, "THE LAST MAN I SLEPT WITH WAS A MUSLIM 19:59 MAN AND HE TOLD ME THAT I MUST PRAY AND BECOME A 20:03 MUSLIM" BUT SHE DECIDED TO LEAVE HIM AND TO NOT SLEEP 20:04 WITH MEN ANYMORE AND NOT FORNICATE. 20:06 SHE MADE THAT DECISION BUT AFTER SHE MADE THAT 20:07 DECISION SHE DISCOVERED SHE WAS PREGNANT. 20:08 SO, SHE WENT AND SHE TOLD THE MUSLIM MAN AND HE 20:10 SAID, "NOW YOU NEED TO OBEY ME." 20:11 BUT SHE SAID TO ONE OF HER GIRLFRIENDS, "WHAT DO I 20:13 DO? 20:14 HE IS A MARRIED MAN AND I WOULD HAVE TO BECOME A 20:15 MUSLIM." 20:15 SHE SAID, "I WANT TO ABORT THIS CHILD." 20:16 SO, SHE WAS THINKING OF ABORTING THIS CHILD AND 20:18 SHE ASKED NIANKWA AND HE SAID, "I TOLD HER I'D GIVE 20:19 HER AN ANSWER IN THE EVENING BUT SHE SHOULD 20:21 CONTINUE TO PRAY ABOUT THIS PROBLEM." 20:22 THAT EVENING SHE PRAYED WITH A LOT OF HER FRIENDS 20:23 AND SHE SAW A FRIEND OF HERS WHO HAD ABORTED HER 20:25 CHILD AND SHE TOLD HER THAT I WANT TO ABORT MY 20:26 CHILD JUST LIKE YOU DID. 20:27 SO THAT NIGHT HER FRIEND, ELAINA'S FRIEND, HAD A 20:28 DREAM. 20:29 SHE TOLD ELAINA IN THAT DREAM I SAW THAT IF YOU 20:30 ABORTED YOUR CHILD YOU WOULD DIE. 20:31 SHE SAID, SO WE PRAYED SOME MORE. 20:33 SO, ELAINA TELLS GOD HOW MUCH SHE LOVES JESUS AND 20:34 THAT SHE GIVES HERSELF TO GOD AND NIANKWA TOLD HER 20:36 TO STOP ALL RELATIONS WITH THIS MUSLIM MAN WHICH SHE 20:39 HAS. 20:40 SO, TO THIS DAY, SHE REMAINS TRUE AND FAITHFUL 20:41 TO GOD. 20:41 WOW. 20:42 BUT WHEN SHE GOES TO CHURCH ALL THE WOMEN 21:17 GATHER AROUND HER AND THEY PRAY WITH HER. 21:35 PRAISE THE LORD. 21:42 AND ARE SUPPORTING OF HER IN HER DECISION. 22:06 AMEN. 22:07 AND SO NIANKWA HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE IN 22:26 HER LIFE AND WHAT ABOUT THE BABY? 22:45 THE BABY STILL IS NOT BORN. 22:47 OK. 22:48 SHE IS STILL PREGNANT. 22:49 YES. 22:49 OK. 22:50 YES. 22:52 WOW. 22:53 WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON TO PRAY FOR. 22:54 YES. 22:54 AMEN. 22:55 ISN'T THAT AMAZING? 22:56 IS THERE MORE KAREN? 22:57 WELL ACTUALLY THE YOUNG MAN LUKE WAS ON THE PORCH 23:01 WITH THE TWO MEN STUDYING -HE IS A NEW GOSPEL 23:06 OUTREACH WORKER. 23:07 HE STARTED WORK TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE WERE THERE IN 23:10 FEBRUARY. 23:10 WOW. 23:12 AND HE HAS SIX GROUPS ALREADY WITH 33 PEOPLE IN 23:15 THEM. 23:16 WOW. 23:17 HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF A FORMER PROTESTANT CHURCH 23:21 AND ACTUALLY HE BECAME A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF THAT 23:24 PASTOR AND THAT PASTOR JUST KIND OF TOOK HIM IN 23:28 HIS OWN HOME AND TOLD HIS FAMILY HE IS ONE OF OUR-MY 23:33 SONS SO THEY JUST INCLUDED HIM IN THE FAMILY JUST 23:36 LIKE ONE OF HIS OWN KIDS. 23:38 BUT THAT PASTOR DIED AND LUKE HAD BEEN A YOUTH 23:43 LEADER IN THAT CHURCH AND SO WHILE HE WAS GOINGTO 23:49 THE UNIVERSITY NIANKWA STARTED STUDYING THE BIBLE 23:53 WITH HIM. 23:54 HERE COMES NIANKWA AGAIN. 23:55 HE IS EVERYWHERE. 23:57 HE ACCEPTED JESUS AND HE ACTUALLY HAS BEEN BAPTIZED 24:01 AND NOW ALL OF HIS-THE MEMBERS IN THAT CHURCH ARE 24:05 ASKING HIM -HOW COMEYOU ARE NOT COMING TO CHURCH? 24:09 WHY DID YOU DO THAT? 24:11 SO, HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ABOUT JESUS WITH 24:14 THEM. 24:14 THE LORD HAS A NEW PROJECT FOR HIM. 24:16 YES. 24:17 WE'VE GOT A PICTURE OF THIS GUY SINGING. 24:18 WELL, LET'S SEE IT. 24:19 NIANKWA IS-HE SINGS AWESOMELY. 24:22 OK. 24:23 WOW. 24:24 PRAISE THE LORD IS ALL I CAN SAY. 24:28 AMEN. 24:29 AND YOU KNOW I AM A FIRM BELIEVER IN THINGS THAT 24:33 WELL OF COURSE I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN THE LORD BUT 24:37 HE ALLOWS THINGS TO HAPPEN FOR SO MANY REASONS THAT 24:41 WE DON'T EVEN KNOW AND LOOK AT THE SHINING LIGHT 24:45 THAT THIS NIANKWA IS. 24:47 YES. 24:48 AND HOW HE IS UNFORGETTABLE IN HIS 24:50 CULTURE. 24:51 YES. 24:52 AND PRAISE THE LORD FOR HOW THE LORD IS USING ALL 24:58 OF THAT FOR HIM. 25:15 AMEN. 25:16 FOR HIS GLORY AND JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU GLEN 25:18 AND THE BIBLE I AM JUST THINKING ABOUT THE 25:20 SAMARITAN WOMAN AND WHAT A STORY THAT SHE HAS FOR ALL 25:24 OF US IN THE BIBLE ABOUT HOW SHE WENT BACK TO THE 25:26 VILLAGE AND TOLD EVERYBODY ABOUT JESUS ABOUT HER 25:28 ENCOUNTER AND IT SOUNDS LIKE ELAINA HAS GOT THE 25:31 SAME THING IN HER LIFE. 25:32 YES. 25:33 SO, WHAT ARE SOME NEEDS THAT YOU FOLKS HAVE AS YOU 25:36 VISIT AND AS YOU HEAR THESE STORIES. 25:38 WHAT ARE SOME NEEDS THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH OUR 25:39 GOSPEL OUTREACH VIEWERS? 25:41 FIRST OF ALL, PRAYER. 25:43 PRAY FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN AS THEY SHARE THE 25:46 GOSPEL. 25:47 SOME OF THESE GROUPS THAT WE WERE REFERRING TO 25:49 EARLIER HAVE SPONTANEOUSLY GIVEN BIRTH TO NEW GROUPS 25:55 OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS DOING. 25:58 IT IS JUST SPONTANEOUS GENERATION. 26:02 THERE ARE TEN LEADERS OF GROUPS THAT ARE NOT 26:06 EVEN-HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN STARTED BY OUR GOSPEL 26:08 OUTREACH WORKER. 26:09 IT IS MEN WHO HAVE SEEN WHAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:11 WORKER IS AND THEY WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING AND 26:14 STUDY THE BIBLE WITH OTHERS AND SO EACH OF 26:16 THOSE TEN GROUPS HAVE TEN TO FIFTEEN OTHER PEOPLE 26:20 STUDYING WITH THEM. 26:21 SO, IF YOU TAKE THE LEAST AMOUNT, TEN TIMES TEN THAT 26:23 IS 100 MORE PEOPLE LEARNING ABOUT JESUS AND 26:26 STUDYING THE BIBLE. 26:27 LET'S PRAY REAL FAST HERE ON GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:30 DEAR LORD, I LIFT UP NIANKWA AND ELAINA, I LIFT 26:32 UP THE WINTERMEYERS AS THEY MINISTER TO THESE 26:34 PEOPLE AND LORD, BLESS THESE SMALL GROUPS FOR 26:37 YOUR GLORY SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE YOU WITH MORE 26:39 PEOPLE. 26:39 AMEN. 26:40 KAREN AND GLEN THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND 26:43 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL 26:46 OUTREACH AND YOU'VE HEARD SOME FANTASTIC STORIES AND 26:49 PLEASE DO REMEMBER NIANKWA, ELAINA AND THE 26:51 SMALL GROUPS IN GUINEA. 26:52 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR 26:55 YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 28:00 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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