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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000698A
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00:14 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL 00:16 OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND DID YOU KNOW THAT 00:23 JESUS LOVES YOU? 00:24 I HOPE THAT YOU DO AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL 00:27 ABOUT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE THAT 00:29 YOU KNOW THAT AND THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 00:33 FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR THAT 00:35 THEY KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES THEM TOO. 00:38 AND JOHN BLAKE WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:41 THANK YOU. 00:42 IT'S GREAT HAVING YOU HERE AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 00:45 VERY SPECIAL TOPIC TODAY AND THAT IS A MINISTRY TO 00:49 THE DEAF AND THAT'S WHY I SIGNED JESUS LOVES YOU AND 00:53 JESUS LOVES ME. 00:54 RIGHT. 00:55 THIS IS RIGHT? 00:56 OK, RIGHT. 00:57 YES. 00:58 SO, JOHN YOU HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR 01:00 HEART FOR THIS MINISTRY BECAUSE -MANY REASONS BUT 01:04 MAINLY BECAUSE WHY? 01:05 WE -OUR LITTLE GIRL, OUR MIDDLE GIRL, AT THE AGE OF 01:10 THREE MONTHS GOT A VERY HIGH FEVER WITH CHICKENPOX 01:13 AND LOST HER HEARING. 01:14 EVENTUALLY, WE TOOK IN A LITTLE DEAF BOY AND 01:17 ULTIMATELY ADOPTED HIM AND WE BEGAN TO FEEL THAT THE 01:20 LORD ALLOWED THIS SO THAT WE WOULD START TAKING THE 01:24 GOSPEL TO DEAF PEOPLE. 01:26 WELL AND PRAISE THE LORD FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND YOU 01:29 AND YOUR WIFE AND YOUR MINISTRY AND WE ARE SO 01:31 THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE NOW TAKEN THIS HERE TO THE 01:35 10/40 WINDOW. 01:36 SO, YOU HAVE A LOT TO SHARE WITH US HERE TODAY 01:39 AND KIND OF GIVE THE VIEWERS, IF YOU WOULD, 01:41 WHAT THIS MINISTRY IS AND THE COUNTRIES THAT YOU 01:52 WORK IN AND ALL OF THAT. 01:53 WELL AT THIS POINT, WE ARE WORKING WITH GOSPEL 01:55 OUTREACH WITH ABOUT 50 LOCAL GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:56 WORKERS. 01:57 THERE IS A FEW OF THEM INVOLVED WITH TWO DEAF 01:58 SCHOOLS AND THE OTHERS ARE MORE OF OUR REGULAR 02:03 WORKERS WITH LITTLE GROUPS THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH 02:06 AND SO ON AND THE LORD HAS BLESSED. 02:09 WE EXPANDED FROM INDIA WHERE WE STARTED IN ABOUT 02:15 2000-2001 AND NOW WE'RE IN 13 COUNTRIES. 02:19 THE LORD HAS OPENED THE DOOR THIS LAST YEAR FOR US 02:24 TO ALSO GET INTO CONGO AND NIGERIA AND BURUNDI. 02:30 WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE FROM BURUNDI SHORTLY. 02:33 AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT WORK BECAUSE 02:38 PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS-DEAF, BLIND, THE 02:40 LIST GOES ON SOMETIMES THEY ARE LEFT OUT OF OUR 02:43 CHURCHES. 02:44 WELL YES, IT IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE CHICKEN AND 02:47 THE EGG WHICH CAME FIRST. 02:49 IF THE CHURCH CONGREGATION DOESN'T HAVE ANY DEAF- 02:53 WELL, WHAT WOULD WE PREPARE FOR? 02:57 AND IF THE DEAF DON'T SEE THAT THERE IS A PROGRAM 03:01 FOR THEM IN THE CHURCH WITH SIGNING WHY WOULD 03:05 THEY GO? 03:06 YES, THERE IS NO ONE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM. 03:07 PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW AND ALL OF THAT. 03:09 SO, THIS -YOU HAVE TAKEN THIS TO ANOTHER LEVEL 03:12 THOUGH. 03:13 YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE GENERAL 03:14 CONFERENCE AND YOU HAVE GOTTEN ATTENTION THERE AND 03:17 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 03:19 WELL DR. LARRY EVANS SEVERAL YEARS AGO ASKED IF 03:22 HE COULD BE THE LIAISON FOR DEAF WORK BECAUSE HE 03:27 SAW THE NEED AND WE WERE GETTING BETTER ACQUAINTED 03:30 AND SO ON. 03:32 THEY AGREED. 03:33 THEN HE SAW A BROAD PICTURE NOT JUST THE DEAF 03:39 BUT THE BLIND AND SO NOW UNDER "SPECIAL NEEDS" AND 03:43 HIS OFFICE IS DIRECTLY UNDER THE GENERAL 03:46 CONFERENCE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH THERE ARE THE 03:50 DEAF, THE BLIND, THOSE WITH OTHER HANDICAPS AS 03:55 WELL AS ORPHANS. 03:57 OK SO IT ENCOMPASSES SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. 04:01 YES. 04:02 AND YOU KNOW JOHN, AS YOU TALK ABOUT THIS AS WE READ 04:04 IN THE BIBLE THERE IS THE MAN WHO HAD THE SHRIVELED 04:08 HAND; THERE IS THE WOMAN WHO NEEDED TO BE-TO 04:12 STRAIGHTEN UP; THERE IS THE BLIND MAN WHO WAS 04:14 HEALED; THERE WAS THE MAN AT THE POOL OF BETHSEDA SO 04:18 THESE ARE ALL STORIES THAT WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH 04:20 AND THEY ARE STORIES BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME AS WE 04:23 SEE PEOPLE AND WE INTERACT WITH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE 04:25 A SPECIAL NEED THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE THE 04:27 EMPATHY AND COMPASSION RIGHT? 04:29 RIGHT. 04:30 THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THINGS 04:32 IS THE EMPATHY. 04:34 YES. 04:35 AND IT IS NOT NECESSARILY TO FEEL BADLY FOR THE 04:37 PERSON -FOR ME I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN BORN 04:40 WITH SEVEN FINGERS AND THE LORD HAS ENABLED ME TO DO 04:44 ANYTHING. 04:45 I TYPE, I PLAY THE PIANO, I FLY AN AIRPLANE AND BUT 04:48 AT THE SAME TIME IT ENABLES ME TO SEE SOMEONE 04:51 ELSE WHO HAS A SPECIAL HAND OR A SPECIAL NEED OR 04:54 SOMETHING AND WE HAVE A CONNECTION THERE AND 04:55 THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING THAT YOU SHARE WITH YOUR 04:57 FAMILY WITH YOUR DAUGHTER BEING DEAF. 05:00 YOU HAVE A CONNECTION HERE. 05:01 YES. 05:02 SO, THE CHURCH THEN IS TRYING TO TAKE THIS AND TO 05:06 HAVE EMPATHY AND TO HAVE CARE FOR ALL PEOPLE. 05:09 LIKE DR. EVANS WAS JUST WITH JEFF JORDAN OUR-THE 05:14 HONORARY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR DEAF MINISTRY 05:17 IN THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. 05:19 THEY WERE JUST IN INDIA AND WE WILL SEE SOME 05:21 PICTURES. 05:22 FANTASTIC. 05:23 FANTASTIC WELL I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND YES YOU 05:25 HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHARE WITH US. 05:27 YES, WE'LL START WITH THE PICTURES. 05:29 ALRIGHT, THIS ACTUALLY IS A GENERAL CONFERENCE 05:33 WEBSITE AH, THROUGH THE HOPE CHANNEL AND DEAF 05:38 PEOPLE CAN GO THERE AND THEY CAN WATCH IN 05:42 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES WITH CAPTIONS OR THEY CAN WATCH 05:43 DIFFERENT SIGN LANGUAGES IN FIVE DIFFERENT 05:44 LANGUAGES AND IT'S A GROWING MINISTRY BECAUSE 05:46 THEY WILL BE ADDING MORE AND MORE SIGN LANGUAGE OR 05:48 CAPTIONED SO YOU CAN EITHER READ IT OR YOU CAN- 05:51 FANTASTIC. 05:52 AND WE WILL BE HAVING THE WEBSITE PUT ON THE SCREEN 05:54 LATER. 05:54 O.K. 05:55 WE'LL GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT. 05:56 WELL, THIS IS A GREAT MINISTRY. 05:58 AND SO, THE NEXT PICTURE-THIS IS CHET DOSS 06:00 AND IS THE DOING OF DVD'S FOR THE DEAF AND THIS WAS 06:02 IN NORTH AMERICA. 06:03 THE LEADERS FROM DIFFERENT UNIONS AROUND IN NORTH 06:04 AMERICA MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE DEAF AND WE HAD 06:05 A GET TOGETHER LAST FALL AND DISCUSSING PLANS FOR 06:06 NORTH AMERICA. 06:07 YOU KNOW THAT IS SO FUN. 06:08 I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN THERE BECAUSE THERE 06:09 IS SUCH EMOTION AND THERE IS SUCH -WITH THE SIGNING 06:10 AND THE GESTURES-I LOVE IT TO SEE PEOPLE AND HEAR 06:13 THEM TALKING. 06:13 RIGHT. 06:14 NOW THIS IS JEFF JORDAN HE JUST CAME BACK A WEEK AGO 06:20 SUNDAY FROM INDIA AND THIS IS HIS FAMILY. 06:28 AND HE IS DEAF, YES AND HIS WIFE IS AN 06:36 INTERPRETER. 06:37 NOW SHE IS NOT WORKING PROFESSIONALLY AS AN 06:40 INTERPRETER NOW BUT SHE INTERPRETS FOR HIM. 06:42 SO, DO THEIR CHILDREN ALL KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE? 06:44 I THINK SO. 06:45 FANTASTIC. 06:46 I CAN'T VOUCH HOW MUCH ANY OF THEM IN PARTICULAR KNOW 06:47 BUT THE FAMILY SIGNS. 06:48 OK THIS IS -HE WAS ASKED TO GO TO ENGLAND AND THERE 06:49 HE IS WITH HIS WIFE AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS 06:52 ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY THERE OR NOT? 06:55 AND THEY WERE HAVING A SPECIAL TIME FOR EDUCATING 06:58 PEOPLE ABOUT DEAF WORK AND SO ON. 07:01 HE WAS INVITED WITH HIS WIFE TO GO TO THIS CHURCH 07:05 IN ENGLAND JUST RECENTLY. 07:06 NICE. 07:07 THIS IS IN KYRGYZSTAN-DR. 07:08 LARRY EVANS THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT ON THE 07:12 LEFT, MY BOSS AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, YES IS 07:15 ON THE LEFT AND OUR WORKER FOR THE DEAF IS AT THE END 07:17 OF THE TABLE WITH BOB. 07:18 AND THERE IS ANOTHER MAN THAT SHE WORKS IS JUST TO 07:20 THE RIGHT OF HER THERE AND THIS IS IN KYRGYZSTAN AND 07:21 BISHKEK AND THERE IS A DEAF CHURCH THERE AND SHE 07:22 IS OUR WORKER. 07:23 THERE IS A DEAF CHURCH THERE? 07:23 YES. 07:24 FABULOUS. 07:25 AND THESE ARE -NOT THE BOY, BUT THESE ARE THREE 07:26 OF OUR WORKERS. 07:27 OUR MAIN, OUR LEAD WORKER IS HARRISON AND THE OTHER 07:28 TWO ARE ALSO WORKERS THERE IN GHANA AND ONE OF THE 07:29 THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS WHEN WE HAVE 07:31 IN THE CHURCH SOMEBODY WHO IS KEEN TO FOSTER THIS 07:32 WORK IT REALLY GOES-LIKE IN KENYA BUT IF WE DON'T 07:33 HAVE THAT SOMETIMES IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. 07:35 WELL BECAUSE THERE HAS TO BE A REASON TO SHARE 07:37 SOMETHING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE SO IF YOU KNOW AT 07:40 YOUR CHURCH OR YOUR GATHERING OR SMALL GROUP 07:42 THAT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS SIGN LANGUAGE THEN 07:45 YOU ARE GOING TO SAY TO THAT PERSON, "HEY" THAT 07:48 YOU KNOW YOU SHARE WITH THEM THAT THEY CAN COME 07:51 AND THERE IS SOMEONE WHO CAN SIGN TO THEM SO IT -I 07:56 UNDERSTAND THAT. 07:57 IF WE HAVE A CHURCH LEADER THAT FOSTERS IT LIKE IN 08:01 KENYA, YES, AND IN GHANA THESE PEOPLE THE TWO 08:04 LEADERS HAVE TAKEN A VERY STRONG INTEREST AND OUR 08:07 WORK IS GROWING BECAUSE OF THAT. 08:08 YES. 08:09 AS WELL AS OTHER FACTORS. 08:12 SURE, ABSOLUTELY. 08:13 OK ANOTHER PICTURE THIS IS IN ONE OF THE AFRICAN 08:17 COUNTRIES AND IS A BAPTISM AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR 08:21 THE WAY IT IS GROWING IN CENTRAL AFRICA. 08:24 SO ARE THOSE ALL DEAF PEOPLE ALL WHO ARE OR 08:27 JUST-I THINK MOST OF THOSE WERE DEAF. 08:29 I WAS NOT THERE, SURE, WHEN THESE PICTURES WERE 08:32 TAKEN. 08:33 FANTASTIC. 08:34 AND HERE THEY ARE SIGNING AND SINGING. 08:35 NOW THIS IS JANVER. 08:36 TWO YEARS AGO, HE CAME FROM BURUNDI WHICH IS 08:38 SOUTH OF KENYA-HE CAME TO A CAMPMEETING IN KENYA AND 08:55 HE SHOWED REAL PROMISE. 09:05 HE WAS DOING ALREADY A WORK. 09:21 HE WASN'T OUR WORKER BUT I MEAN HE WAS ALREADY DOING 09:29 A WORK. 09:30 HE IS DEAF AND SO LAST YEAR TOWARD THE END OF THE 09:42 YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE HIM ON AS A FULL-TIME 09:49 WORKER AND THIS PAST SABBATH THIS MARCH, 09:54 BECAUSE WE ARE STILL IN MARCH OF 2017 THERE WAS A 10:01 BAPTISM OF 25 DEAF IN BURUNDI. 10:05 WOW. 10:06 AND SO, YOU KNOW SOMETIMES I WONDERED ARE WE 10:11 SCATTERING TOO FAR AND NOT DOING ENOUGH? 10:16 THIS YOUNG MAN IS A TESTIMONY THAT WHEN WE 10:22 HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON THE LORD CAN BLESS EVEN THOUGH 10:31 THERE WAS VERY LITTLE WORK THERE BEFORE. 10:36 SO, HELP US UNDERSTAND IN BURUNDI-SO ARE THEY 10:53 SIGNING? 10:58 IS THERE A-I KNOW WE HAVE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE BUT 11:11 THESE SIGN LANGUAGES THAT ARE AROUND THE WORLD IT'S 11:14 FASCINATING TO ME THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO 11:17 COMMUNICATE AND UNDERSTAND EVEN ALL THESE DIFFERENT 11:20 LANGUAGES. 11:21 WELL, AS ENGLISH IS KIND OF THE LANGUAGE OF 11:24 BUSINESS AROUND THE WORLD, NOT EXCLUSIVELY BUT SO 11:28 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE 11:31 PREDOMINANT BUT THERE ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 70 AND 11:37 THE LATEST I SAW ON A WEBSITE WAS 350 DIFFERENT 11:41 SIGN LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD. 11:42 SEE THERE IS MY QUESTION. 11:43 OK. 11:44 THAT ANSWERS IT. 11:45 AND SO, THERE ARE 70 MAIN ONES BUT BY THE TIME YOU 11:50 LOOK AT THE SUB ONES IT IS LIKE 350. 11:54 BUT YOU KNOW JOHN, IF YOU HAVE TRAVELED AND YOU 11:57 DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF THE COUNTRY THAT YOU 12:00 ARE IN AND I'M THINKING OF IN AUSTRIA I KNOW A LITTLE 12:03 BIT OF GERMAN BUT THIS WOMAN AND I COMMUNICATED 12:06 BEAUTIFULLY AND NEITHER OF US COULD SPEAK-SHE 12:09 COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND I'M NOT FLUENT IN GERMAN 12:12 AND YOU KNOW WE ALL FIGURE IT OUT. 12:14 GOOD. 12:14 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 12:15 SO, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT 12:17 LANGUAGES. 12:18 OK NOW THIS IA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF NOW IN KENYA. 12:22 WE DON'T RUN THAT SCHOOL IT IS RUN BY A LOCAL 12:25 CHURCH THERE WITH CONFERENCE HELP AND 12:28 SUPPORT BUT THERE ARE TWENTY OR THIRTY DEAF 12:33 CHILDREN YOUNGER ONES IN THIS SCHOOL AT KEYSEE IN 12:38 WESTERN KENYA. 12:39 I WAS THERE LAST SUMMER. 12:41 THIS IS A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN THE PHILIPPINES 12:47 AND IT IS RUN BY THE SULADS AND WE HAVE SOME OF 12:51 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS-REALLY SULADS 12:54 WORKERS AND WE'RE SUPPORTING SOME OF THE 12:57 FACULTY AT THE SCHOOL AND THIS BUILDING YOU CAN SEE 12:58 IT SAYS 2016-2017 THAT BUILDING IS A DORMITORY 13:00 KITCHEN AND IT IS JUST BEING FINISHED. 13:01 AND IT IS AN AMAZING WORK THERE ISN'T THAT 13:03 FANTASTIC? 13:04 THAT IS THE MOST RECENT PICTURE THAT I JUST GOT. 13:07 THEY HAD AN OFFICIAL OPENING THE OTHER DAY AND 13:21 THIS ACTUALLY -I GOT THAT OFF THE INTERNET. 13:24 WELL AND THE SULADS SO THEY ARE LIKE A STUDENT 13:26 MISSIONARY-THAT'S A TERM IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR 13:29 BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THEY GO OUT AND THEY DO A 13:34 FANTASTIC WORK. 13:34 IT'S THEIR SCHOOL. 13:35 YES. 13:36 BUT WE ARE-WE'RE ALSO THERE. 13:38 YES. 13:39 NOW THIS IS SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE UNITED 13:43 STATES AS WELL AS LOCAL WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN 13:47 THIS SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES AND HAVE BEEN 13:50 INVOLVED IN SIGNIFICANT WAYS ESPECIALLY ONE OF 13:53 THEM. 13:54 FANTASTIC. 13:55 AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO A DIFFERENT AREA OF THE 13:59 PHILIPPINES AND TWO OF OUR WORKERS HAVE BECOME 14:02 INVOLVED IN THIS VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT. 14:05 THEY ARE EMPLOYING DEAF PEOPLE TO WORK IN THAT 14:13 RESTAURANT. 14:13 REALLY? 14:14 AND THE LADY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE WITH THE BIG 14:15 SMILE, YES, SHE IS OUR ONE OF OUR MAIN WORKERS IN THE 14:19 MANILA AREA AND HER SISTER IS RIGHT BESIDE HER ON THE 14:23 LEFT THERE AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH THIS 14:26 VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT AND TRYING TO SHARE THEIR 14:29 FAITH AND WORK WITH DEAF AS WELL HAS HEARING. 14:33 ISN'T THAT A NEAT WAY TO EMPLOY SOMEONE WHO IS 14:37 HEARING IMPAIRED? 14:38 YES. 14:39 SO, THIS LOOKS LIKE SOME PRETTY GOOD FOOD. 14:41 IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS FANTASTIC, YUMMY FOOD. 14:44 I'D LIKE TO GO THERE AND EAT. 14:46 ME TOO. 14:47 OK NOW THIS IS ONE OF THE LITTLE CHURCHES IN INDIA. 14:51 WE'VE NOW GONE TO INDIA. 14:53 I'M NOT SURE BUT I MAY HAVE VISITED THAT LITTLE 14:56 CHURCH I'M NOT QUITE SURE BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER 14:59 OF LITTLE CHURCHES IN INDIA. 15:02 SO, IT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SIMPLE BUT THIS 15:09 IS A CHURCH FOR THE DEAF IN INDIA AND WE HAVE 15:12 VARIOUS BUILDINGS ACTUALLY SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM CANADA 15:15 GAVE MONEY AND SIX OR SO CHURCHES WERE BUILT OR IN 15:20 ONE CASE IT WAS A HOUSE TURNED INTO A CHURCH IN 15:23 INDIA. 15:24 THIS ON THE LEFT AMBROSE AND THIS WAS AT PROBABLY 15:33 THAT WAS EITHER-THEY DID TWO THINGS THEY HAD AN 15:36 ADVISORY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS INCLUDING THE DEAF AND 15:39 JEFF JORDAN THAT WE SAW WAS THERE AND THE 15:41 INTERPRETER HERE IS MARVIN BUDD AND HE IS 15:42 INTERPRETING AMBROSE AND AMBROSE IS REALLY IN 15:45 CHARGE OF OUR DEAF WORK NOW IN INDIA AND HE IS 15:46 TAKING A REAL SERIOUS INTEREST IN DEAF WORK FOR 15:47 WHICH WE ARE VERY THANKFUL. 15:59 AND MARVIN BUDD HAS GOT AN INTEREST NOW IN INDIA TOO. 16:05 THIS WAS THE GROUP THAT WAS AT THE TRAINING AND 16:10 ABOUT THIRTEEN OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 16:13 WERE THERE. 16:14 SOME ARE DEAF SOME ARE HEARING PLUS OTHER 16:17 VOLUNTEERS THAT AT THIS POINT ARE NOT YET EMPLOYED 16:20 WHETHER THEY WILL BE IN THE COMING MONTHS OR TWO 16:22 OR THREE YEARS REMAINS TO BE SEEN. 16:25 AND VARIOUS LEADERS THERE WITH DR. EVANS IN THE 16:28 GREEN SHIRT IN THE MIDDLE. 16:32 THIS WAS IN THE TRAINING SESSION FOR -THIS IS JUST 16:35 IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND SO IT IS VERY RECENT. 16:39 THESE ARE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 16:42 AH, HERE THEY ARE GIVING OUT BIBLES-DR. 16:45 EVANS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LOCAL LEADERS PROVIDED THE 16:50 FUNDING FOR THOSE BIBLES. 16:52 THIS IS NOW IN SOUTH INDIA AND IS THE ASIAN AID 16:54 SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND EACH YEAR WHEN OR EACH 16:56 OTHER YEAR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE GET THERE WE 16:57 USUALLY SPEND SOME TIME IN WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS 16:59 AND THERE IS OVER A HUNDRED STUDENTS NOW. 17:00 THESE ARE ALL STUDENTS THAT ARE DEAF? 17:01 YES. 17:02 AT THIS SCHOOL. 17:03 YES. 17:04 THAT'S THE ASIAN AID SCHOOL NEAR CALEGO AND 17:19 WHEN I WENT THERE I GUESS IT IS THREE YEARS AGO NOW, 17:22 I FELL IN LOVE WITH THOSE KIDS. 17:23 ABSOLUTELY. 17:24 THEY WERE SO SPECIAL AND THEY WERE BUSY WITH THEIR 17:28 TASKS IN THE MORNING WHETHER IT WAS WATERING 17:30 TREES OR SWEEPING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING THERE AND 17:35 THEY WERE SO WELL BEHAVED AND THE DIRECTOR THERE, I 17:39 CALLED HIM THE HEAD AND HIS WIFE THE HEART OF THAT 17:43 SCHOOL AND THEY ARE A WONDERFUL PAIR. 17:47 DAVID BRAGEMAN AND HIS WIFE SHINY. 17:49 SO, TELL ME THIS MUST BE HUGE FOR THESE FAMILIES 17:52 BECAUSE JOHN, YOU AND I ARE BLESSED TO BE FROM 17:55 COUNTRIES THAT HAVE PROGRAMS THERE ARE 17:58 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEARING IMPAIRED BUT 18:03 FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WHO KNOWS WHERE THEY LIVE? 18:06 BUT TO HAVE THEIR CHILD GO TO A SCHOOL LIKE THAT? 18:08 THAT'S HUGE. 18:09 WELL, IN INDIA THE GOVERNMENT IN THE BIGGER 18:12 CENTERS HAS MANY SCHOOLS. 18:15 BUT WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN IS OUT IN THE VILLAGES, 18:18 THE RURAL AREAS, THERE MAY BE MANY PLACES WHERE THERE 18:22 IS LITTLE OR NOTHING. 18:23 YES. 18:24 SO, THESE STUDENTS THAT COME THERE THEY ARE 18:27 LEARNING ABOUT GOD AND THEY ARE LEARNING THE 18:29 THREE "R'S". 18:30 YES, READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC. 18:33 NOW WHAT ABOUT FUNDING THOUGH? 18:34 WHO IS FUNDING THESE KIDS THE TUITION AND ALL OF 18:37 THAT? 18:37 THEY ARE PRIVATELY SPONSORED THROUGH ASIAN 18:39 AID. 18:40 THEY ARE. 18:40 EACH STUDENT HAS A SPONSOR. 18:42 OK. 18:43 FANTASTIC. 18:44 OK AND THIS IS IN THIS IS PROBABLY THIS IS THE 18:48 ASSEMBLY, UH HUH, AND THOSE ARE THE KIDS ALL THE 18:51 WAY FROM ABOUT PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD UP TO 18:52 PROBABLY THE ODD ONE WILL STILL BE THERE WHEN THEY 18:54 ARE TWENTY. 18:54 SO, THEY ARE LITTLE KIDS. 18:55 YES. 18:56 AND IT'S A LIVE-IN SCHOOL SO EVERYBODY-IN THE DORM 18:57 -WELL ALMOST EVERYBODY LIVES THERE AND HERE THEY 18:58 ARE LINED UP OUTSIDE AND IT IS PROBABLY WORSHIP 19:00 TIME. 19:00 AT LEAST IT IS AN ASSEMBLY TIME. 19:15 YOU KNOW I WAS FILMING RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE 19:17 THERE WHEN I WAS THERE AND SOME OF THE GIRLS SAW ME 19:20 SHEDDING SOME TEARS AND THEY WERE-I WAS AFRAID 19:24 THAT MAYBE I WOULD NEVER GET BACK TO THESE PRECIOUS 19:28 KIDS. 19:29 ABSOLUTELY. 19:30 OF COURSE. 19:31 AND THERE IS A MAN THERE WHO HAS BEEN A BUSINESS 19:35 MAN AND HE IS BUILDING AN ICECREAM PLACE ON THE 19:38 BOTTOM AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO MASSAGE AND 19:40 WHATNOT ON THE TOP AND WORK WITH DEAF. 19:42 OK. 19:43 THIS IS IN CALEGO RIGHT NEAR THE SCHOOL SO THIS IS 19:46 GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY AN INDUSTRY FOR DEAF KIDS BY 19:50 THE SCHOOL. 19:52 WONDERFUL. 19:53 AND THIS IS SHINY, THE ONE THAT I SAID WAS THE HEART, 19:56 YES, OF THE SCHOOL AND JEFF JORDAN IS TALKING 19:59 WITH HER. 20:00 THEY WERE JUST-THIS WAS JUST IN THE LAST THREE 20:01 WEEKS AND THAT'S UPSTAIRS IN THAT BUILDING. 20:06 THIS IS THE COUPLE THE LADY ON THE LEFT IS FROM 20:07 ORIGINALLY FROM ROMANIA AND HER HUSBAND IS FROM 20:09 INDIA AND THEY HAVE MARRIED AND YOU KNOW, FOR 20:19 SOMETIME AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE PUSHING TO 20:21 TRY AND HELP THE SCHOOL WITH AN INDUSTRIAL FACTOR. 20:26 WONDERFUL. 20:27 THIS WAS JUST TAKEN A LITTLE WHILE AGO. 20:29 NOW JEFF JORDAN HERE IS TALKING WITH SOME OF THE 20:32 STUDENTS WHO HAVE GONE ON TO LOWRY COLLEGE WHICH WE 20:36 WILL SEE IN A MOMENT. 20:38 THIS IS LOWRY COLLEGE WHICH IS -I THINK IT IS 20:42 NEAR BANGALORE, I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BEEN THERE AND 20:46 THEY ARE INTERPRETING FOR THEM IN SOME OF THE 20:47 CLASSES BUT THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT STUCK BECAUSE 20:50 THEY DON'T ALL TAKE THE SAME CLASSES AND THEY ONLY 20:54 HAVE ONE INTERPRETER. 20:55 WOW. 20:55 SO, IT IS A CHALLENGE. 20:56 I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT SCHOOL IN INDIA THAT 20:59 IS STARTING WITH CHILDREN AS LITTLE AS FIVE AND 21:03 GOING ON UP BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE PHILIPPINES THAT 21:05 THEY HAVE THE FIRST-GRADE CLASS AND THERE WAS A 21:08 YOUNG, YOU KNOW LIKE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD, AND THERE 21:11 WAS A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD SO SOME OF THESE KIDS HAVEN'T 21:14 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO START SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE 21:17 HASN'T BEEN ONE AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO 21:19 FANTASTIC. 21:20 THAT CAN HAPPEN. 21:22 YES. 21:23 HERE JEFF JORDAN IS SPEAKING I THINK IT IS 21:25 PROBABLY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT TO THE ASSEMBLED HIGH 21:29 SCHOOL/COLLEGE. 21:30 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT IS MORE ONE OR THE OTHER AT 21:33 LOWRY AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A FEW DEAF STUDENTS. 21:36 SO, FANTASTIC. 21:37 YOU'VE TAKEN US LITERALLY TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT 21:41 COUNTRIES WHERE THE LORD IS OPENING DOORS AND WHERE 21:46 HIS CHILDREN ARE WHO ARE DEAF. 21:48 SO, YOU SAID THAT THERE IS SOME DVD'S AND THINGS LIKE 21:51 THAT AS WELL FOR STUDENTS? 21:53 UM, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY DVD. 21:56 WE HAVE PREPARED A DVD SET ON THE LIFE OF JESUS AND 22:01 IT IS ALL IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND IT IS 22:03 CAPTIONED IN ENGLISH. 22:04 WE ARE HOPING TO GET IT CAPTIONED IN A COUPLE OF 22:06 MORE LANGUAGES. 22:07 WE HAVE THE MONEY BUT HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE 22:08 TRANSLATION DONE. 22:09 YES. 22:10 AT LEAST SOME OF THE MONEY. 22:10 UH HUH. 22:11 AND SO, I SEND MANY OF THE-WELL A REASONABLE 22:17 NUMBER OF THESE FREE TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE 22:19 WORLD WHERE THEY USE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE OR 22:23 WHERE THEY CAN READ ENGLISH. 22:24 YES. 22:25 NOW, THAT'S NOT EVERYWHERE SO IT IS NOT USEFUL IN 22:27 EVERY COUNTRY. 22:28 IT IS IN NORTH AMERICA AND I'M ALSO THE DEAF MINISTRY 22:31 DIRECTOR OF OUR CONFERENCE IN ALBERTA, CANADA SO I 22:35 WEAR MORE THAN ONE HAT. 22:36 YES. 22:37 YOU ARE DOING WELL AT THAT. 22:39 WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT THE VIEWERS CAN DO JOHN? 22:44 TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS? 22:45 TO PRAY, NUMBER ONE. 22:48 THAT THESE, THAT THE DEAF PEOPLE WHO ARE SEARCHING 22:51 FOR GOD WILL BE LED TO WHERE WE HAVE SOMETHING 22:57 FOR THEM OR WHERE THEY CAN GO TO A CHURCH 23:01 CONGREGATION THAT WILL SET UP SOMETHING FOR THEM EVEN 23:05 IF IT IS JUST SOMEBODY WRITING NOTES FOR THEM 23:07 WHICH IS INDADEQUATE BUT IT IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. 23:11 THEN SECONDLY, IF THEY HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST IN 23:14 DEAF WORK WE HAVE A SPECIAL FUND HERE AT 23:16 GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT THEY CAN GIVE. 23:19 WE HAD A MAN COME FROM ACTUALLY THIS AREA -HE 23:23 CAME IN AND HE HANDED A CHECK TO ONE OF THE FOLK 23:27 HERE AND AS HE WAS LEAVING SHE LOOKED AT IT -IT WAS 23:32 $20,000 WOW. 23:34 NOW WE HAVE SET UP, PRAISE THE LORD, A SPECIAL SUPER 23:37 FUND HERE TO PARTICULARLY HELP US ADVANCE TO NEW 23:41 AREAS AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 23:44 GO TO BURUNDI AND CONGO AND NIGERIA IS BECAUSE OF 23:48 OUR SUPER FUND. 23:49 BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE FUNDS TO GO TO A 23:53 NEW AREA. 23:55 AND BECAUSE OF THAT THEN IT ENABLED YOU TO BE ABLE 23:57 TO DO THAT SO WHAT A GIFT. 23:59 THE LAST TWO OR THREE REQUESTS THAT I PUT IN 24:02 WERE ON CONDITION THAT WE USE THAT SUPER FUND. 24:06 WELL AND PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT DONOR ANDYOU KNOW 24:09 NO MATTER IF THERE ARE MANY ZEROS IN A DONATION 24:13 OR THERE ARE NO ZEROS IN A DONATION AS FAR AS -EACH 24:17 DOLLAR AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, EACH DOLLAR 24:21 ADDS TOGETHER SO THAT TOGETHER WE ARE PART OF 24:24 THIS MINISTRY. 24:25 YES, AND WE APPRECIATE WHETHER IT IS $5 OR $20000 24:26 I THINK ACTUALLY THAT $20000 IS PROBABLY GONE 24:27 BUT SOME OTHER MONEY HAS COME IN FROM CANADA AND 24:28 DIFFERENT PLACES. 24:29 IT IS ALTOGETHER. 24:30 SO, THERE IS STILL SOME THERE BUT WE NEED MORE FOR 24:31 NEW AREAS. 24:32 SO, JOHN YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT IS SO 24:33 IMPORTANT AS BELIEVERS, AS CHRISTIANS GOD WANTS TO 24:37 HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH US AND BY OPENING HIS WORD 24:50 AND HAVING THAT COMMUNION BACK AND FORTH AND YOU 24:52 MENTIONED THE WORD PRAYER. 24:53 I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD PRAY IN SIGN LANGUAGE FOR 24:57 THE TO THE VIEWERS, TO THE LORD TO BE INVOLVED WITH 25:01 THIS AND FOR OUR DEAF BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 25:03 YES, I'M NOT AN EXPERT BUT I'LL PRAY. 25:06 DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE. 25:09 WE THANK YOU FOR JESUS AND THAT JESUS CAME TO OUR 25:11 LITTLE WORLD HERE TO DIE FOR US. 25:16 WE ASK THAT YOU WILL BLESS ALL YOUR WORK AND 25:20 ESPECIALLY THE WORK FOR THE DEAF SO THAT THEY 25:23 DON'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS AND THAT YOU CAN 25:31 BLESS. 25:31 KEEP US NOW, WE ASK IN JESUS NAME. 25:34 AMEN. 25:37 AND THANK YOU. 25:38 THANK YOU. 25:39 AND WE WILL CLAP FOR ALL OF THE -BECAUSE THIS IS 25:42 HOW YOU CLAP, RIGHT? 25:44 YES. 25:44 YOU SIGN THIS, YES, YES. 25:46 WELL IT IS A JOY TO HEAR ABOUT HOW THE LORD IS 25:49 WORKING IN ALL OF THE WORLD BUT SPECIFICALLY IN 25:53 THE 10/40 WINDOW WHERE WE ARE CONCENTRATING OUR WORK 25:56 AND TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW 25:59 THE LORD AND SOMEHOW, WE NEED TO BRIDGE THAT GAP OF 26:02 COMMUNICATION. 26:03 I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT HOW THE HOPE CHANNEL AND 26:06 ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALSO DOING THE, YOU 26:10 KNOW THE CLOSED CAPTION AND ALL OF THAT AND YOU 26:12 SAID THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE INFORMATION THAT 26:15 YOU'LL PROVIDE FOR THAT? 26:16 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN 26:18 THAT WEBSITE, OK, THAT PEOPLE CAN GO AND LOOK AT 26:21 TO UNDERSTAND. 26:22 PERFECT SO WE WILL PUT THAT UP SO IF THERE IS 26:25 SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO GET INVOLVED AND THEY CAN DO 26:28 JUST THAT. 26:29 BUT ANY DONATIONS SHOULD COME, OF COURSE, TO GOSPEL 26:32 OUTREACH. 26:33 YES, GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THEN WE WILL SPECIFICALLY 26:35 EARMARK IT FOR THAT. 26:36 WELL JOHN, MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AS YOU CONTINUE 26:39 TO WORK FOR THE LORD AND AS YOU SHARE HIM AND WE 26:43 PRAY FOR YOUR SAFETY AS YOU TRAVEL TO ALL OF THESE 26:44 PLACES AND PLEASE GREET THEM ALL AND TELL THEM 26:47 THAT WE LOVE THEM AND WE SEND OUR GREETINGS TO 26:50 THEM. 26:51 SO, THANK YOU. 26:52 THANK YOU. 26:53 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE MINISTRY HERE 26:55 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:58 AND "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" MAY THE LORD 26:59 BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:34 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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