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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000701A
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00:15 WELCOME AGAIN TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:18 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:19 WE'RE SO GLAD YOU ARE WATCHING. 00:20 WE ARE GLAD WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT 00:23 SOME WONDERFUL STORIES TO YOU. 00:26 KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. 00:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT NEEDS 00:33 SPONSORS AND ALTHOUGH EVERYBODY WORKING HERE IS 00:37 DOING IT VOLUNTARILY, FREE OF CHARGE, WE ARE 00:41 SPONSORING PEOPLE WHO ARE BARELY MAKING IT 00:45 FINANCIALLY TO GO AND TELL THEIR NEIGHBORS ABOUT 00:48 JESUS CHRIST AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL 00:52 SENSE GOD'S CALL TO BECOME A PART OF THAT. 00:55 SO, LISTEN TODAY AS WE-I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO 00:59 TWO DEAR PEOPLE. 01:00 IT IS KAREN, YES, AND GLEN WINTERMEYER. 01:03 THANK YOU. 01:04 AND YOU TWO HAVE NOW BEEN WORKING FOR GOSPEL 01:07 OUTREACH FOR HOW MANY YEARS? 01:09 WELL WE STARTED IN 2011 WAS OUR FIRST TRIP OVER TO 01:13 WEST AFRICA. 01:14 AH, SPEAKING OF WEST AFRICA SHALL WE PULL OUT 01:17 THIS MAP AND SHOW PEOPLE WHERE IT IS THAT YOU'RE 01:22 FAMILIAR WITH. 01:23 DOES WEST AFRICA START DOWN HERE? 01:25 OR UP HERE? 01:26 IT STARTS RIGHT ABOUT HERE WITH CAMEROON, CAMEROON 01:29 AND THEN NIGERIA, TOGO, BENIN, IVORY COAST, GHANA 01:37 -KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES THERE. 01:40 GHANA. 01:41 OK SIERRA LEONE, GUINEA, GUINEA BISSAU, GAMBIA, 01:46 SENEGAL SO WE'RE JUST ALONG THE WHOLE COAST 01:49 LINE. 01:50 THE WHOLE COAST LINE AND THAT'S A LONG WAYS. 01:52 OH, I BET THAT IS AND MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES? 01:55 AH, ENGLISH, SEVERAL OF THE COUNTRIES ARE ENGLISH. 01:59 ONE IS PORTUGUESE, PORTUGUESE AND THEN THE 02:02 REST ARE FRENCH. 02:03 FRENCH. 02:04 A LOT OF FRENCH. 02:05 AND OF COURSE, LANGUAGES UNDERNEATH THOSE OR ON TOP 02:09 OF THOSE-EARLIER THAN THOSE. 02:10 MIXED UP WITH THOSE. 02:12 THEY CALL THEM CREOLE. 02:14 ABSOLUTELY, YES SO YOU HAVE STORIES TO SHARE WITH 02:19 US TODAY FROM OVER THERE. 02:22 WHY DON'T YOU START OUT KAREN, AND TELL US ONE OF 02:24 THOSE STORIES? 02:25 WELL THE STORY I WANT TO BEGIN WITH FIRST IS FROM 02:28 THE COUNTRY OF TOGO. 02:29 WE WERE JUST THERE IN NOVEMBER, OK, AND IT'S 02:34 FROM ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND TOGO 02:39 IS KNOWN TO BE THE CAPITAL OF THE VOODOO-WORLD 02:45 CAPITAL OF VOODOO. 02:47 IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL IT THERE? 02:49 IS THAT THE NAME THAT IS LOCAL VOODOO? 02:51 OR IS THERE ANOTHER LOCAL NAME FOR IT? 02:54 WELL, MANY OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE 02:56 -SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN BACKGROUND FROM VOODOO. 02:59 THEY GREW UP IN THIS. 03:00 AND THEY SAY, I USED TO BE FROM VOODOO. 03:04 SOME OF THEM SAY, I USED TO BE FROM IDOL WORSHIP. 03:06 OK. 03:07 I MEAN, SOME SAY I USED TO BE IN DEVIL WORSHIP. 03:11 OK. 03:12 SO THAT'S HOW THEY DESRIBE IT AS. 03:13 OK. 03:14 ONE SIZE CAN FIT A BUNCH. 03:15 OK. 03:16 BUT IT IS INTERESTING THAT FROM THIS COUNTRY THE 03:22 FIRST TWO STORIES ARE MIRACLES THAT GOD HAS 03:26 DONE. 03:27 THE DEVIL IS NOT TOTALLY IN CONTROL THERE. 03:31 THERE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO HAVE GIVEN 03:34 THEIR LIFE TO THE LORD AND THESE STORIES HAVE 03:38 HAPPENED TO THEM IN ANSWERS TO THEIR PRAYERS. 03:41 LET'S HEAR ONE! 03:44 THE FIRST ONE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ONE DAY 03:46 HEARS A KNOCK ON HIS DOOR AND HE OPENS IT UP AND A 03:51 FRIEND SAYS, "GRAB YOUR BIBLE AND HURRY AND COME 03:55 TO THE HOSPITAL WITH ME. 03:57 MY YOUNGER BROTHER IS IN THE HOSPITAL AND HE IS 03:59 DYING." 04:02 SO, THEY WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TOGETHER AND AS 04:06 THEY ENTERED THE DOCTORS WERE AROUND THE BEDSIDE OF 04:10 HIS YOUNGER BROTHER AND THEY WERE TALKING AND 04:14 STUFF SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HIS 04:17 FRIEND STOOD TO ONE SIDE AND THEY JUST STARTED TO 04:20 PRAY. 04:23 AFTER A BIT THE DOCTORS DECIDED THEY WERE FINISHED 04:28 AND ONE OF THE DOCTORS TURNED AND SAW THEM 04:30 PRAYING AND HE CAME OVER TO THEM AND SAID, "THERE 04:33 ISN'T ANYTHING MORE WE CAN DO FOR HIM AND SO WE'RE 04:37 JUST TELLING YOU THAT THIS YOUNG BOY IS GOING TO 04:40 DIE." 04:42 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER LOOKED AT HIM AND HE SAID, 04:46 "OUR GOD CAN DO ANYTHING" AND SO THE DOCTORS LEFT 04:51 AND THEY CONTINUED TO PRAY BUT THEY WENT OVER TO THE 04:53 BEDSIDE, UH HUH, AND THEY HELD THE YOUNG BOY'S HAND 04:57 AND HE WAS STARTING TO BREATHE SLOWER AND 05:05 SLOWER-JUST WHAT THE DOCTORS HAD BEEN 05:07 OBSERVING. 05:08 AND HE WOULD NO LONGER BREATHE ANYMORE AND AS 05:11 THEY STOOD AND HELD HIS HAND, HIS HANDS GOT COLDER 05:15 AND COLDER. 05:15 HE DIED. 05:16 HE DIED RIGHT WHEN THEY WERE THERE. 05:19 BUT THEY CONTINUED TO PRAY. 05:20 I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY PRAYED AND I ACTUALLY 05:23 DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS THEY PRAYED BUT ALL OF A 05:27 SUDDEN, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS 05:29 IMPRESSED THAT HE SHOULD ASK GOD THAT GOD WOULD 05:34 MAKE THIS YOUNG BOY START TO BREATHE BY THIS 05:38 AFTERNOON. 05:40 SO, THAT IS WHAT THEY STARTED TO PRAY. 05:43 THEY SET KIND OF A TIME SCHEDULE ALMOST. 05:47 SO, THEY STARTED TO PRAY THAT AND AS THEY WERE 05:49 PRAYING AWHILE THEN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS 05:53 IMPRESSED TO ASK ALL OF THE PATIENTS IN THIS BIG 05:57 ROOM IF THEY WOULDN'T BE WILLING TO PRAY WITH THEM. 06:02 OH. 06:03 AND ASK GOD TO MAKE THIS YOUNG BOY START TO BREATHE 06:05 BY THIS AFTERNOON SOMETIME. 06:07 YES. 06:08 SO, ALL OF THE PATIENTS SAID YES, THEY WOULD PRAY 06:12 WITH THEM. 06:14 UH HUH. 06:15 SO, THEY CONTINUED TO PRAY. 06:18 WELL, THAT AFTERNOON YES THAT YOUNG BOY IS STARTING 06:23 TO BREATHE BUT NOT ONLY THAT HE STOOD UP- HE GOT 06:28 OUT OF BED AND HE WAS HEALED. 06:32 I BET THERE WAS CHEERING IN THAT ROOM? 06:34 BUT THAT IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY. 06:39 THERE WAS AN OLD MAN WHO HAD JOINED THEM IN PRAYING 06:43 FOR THIS YOUNG BOY. 06:45 OK. 06:46 HE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT GOD BUT HE JUST HAD SEEN 06:51 WHAT GOD COULD DO TO THIS YOUNG BOY. 06:54 OK. 06:55 COULD RAISE HIM TO LIFE AND MAKE HIM BREATHE AGAIN 07:01 AND SO HE HAD SEEN WHAT GOD IS REALLY LIKE. 07:05 SO, HE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD. 07:09 I WOULD IMAGINE. 07:10 SO, THEY - THE OLD MAN ALL OF A SUDDEN SAID, "YOU 07:17 KNOW I'M HEALED. 07:19 I FEEL DIFFERENT." 07:21 GOD HAD HEALED HIM WHILE THEY WERE PRAYING FOR THE 07:25 YOUNG BOY ALSO. 07:26 OH. 07:27 SO, THEY INVITED HIM TO COME AND DO BIBLE STUDIES 07:33 AND TODAY HE FAITHFULLY ATTENDS THE CHURCH WITH 07:36 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 07:39 AND SO THAT'S WHAT GOD CAN DO. 07:41 HE CAN DO ANYTHING. 07:43 SO, IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE VOODOO AND THE 07:47 NATIVE CULTURE OF HEALING WHERE EVEN THE TRAINED 07:51 DOCTORS HAD GIVEN UP HOPE SUDDENLY YOU HAVE THE GOD 07:56 OF FAITH OF THE GOSPEL WORKER WAS REPRESENTING. 07:58 AMEN, YES. 08:00 O-O-H. 08:01 AND THERE IS A TEXT THAT SPEAKS TO THIS IT IS JOHN 08:05 14:12 AND IT SAYS, "THE TRUTH IS ANYONE WHO 08:10 BELIEVES IN ME WILL DO THE SAME WORKS I, JESUS, HAVE 08:14 DONE AND EVEN GREATER WORKS." 08:18 EVEN GREATER. 08:19 "BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BE WITH THE FATHER." 08:22 HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BE HERE BUT YOU WILL BE 08:26 HERE, MY SPIRIT WILL BE WITH YOU AND YOUR GOING TO 08:28 DO EVEN GREATER WORKS. 08:31 AN ASTONISHING FULFILLMENT OF THAT PROMISE ISN'T IT? 08:34 WE HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN IN AFRICA AGAIN AND AGAIN. 08:38 AN INCREDIBLE STORIES OF DREAMS AND VISIONS, UH 08:41 HUH, THIS IS YOUR STORY HOUR TODAY. 08:45 YES. 08:45 WONDERFUL. 08:48 THAT-I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE PROMISES OF SCRIPTURE 08:52 BECOME SO REAL TO THOSE WHO ARE OUT THERE, AMEN, 08:56 FACE TO FACE WITH THEM. 08:58 SOME OF US THINK LIKE IT HAPPENS EASIER IN A PLACE 09:02 THAT'S NOT QUITE AS FIRST WORLD AS OURS BUT WHEREVER 09:06 IT HAPPENS EVEN IN A MODERN HOSPITAL WE LOVE TO 09:09 SEE GOD IN ACTION, DON'T WE? 09:10 YES. 09:10 YOU HAVE MORE STORIES. 09:12 OK LET'S KEEP GOING HERE. 09:25 OK. 09:28 THE NEXT STORY IS ALSO FROM TOGO AND ACTUALLY HE 09:34 SAID THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN LONG AGO, HE SAID TO ME. 09:37 SO, IT HAS JUST BEEN RECENT. 09:40 HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR GOSPEL WORKERS 09:43 OVER THERE? 09:45 WE VISIT ONCE A YEAR-FACE TO FACE, FACE TO FACE AND 09:49 WE DO TEACHING AND TRAINING OF THEM DURING 09:51 THAT TIME. 09:52 OK. 09:53 AND SO, WE LIKE TO GET TO KNOW THEM PERSONALLY, EACH 09:56 ONE OF THEM. 09:57 OFTEN TIMES WE ASK THEM HOW THEY GOT TO KNOW 10:01 JESUS. 10:02 OK. 10:03 AND IF THEY HAVE ANY STORIES THAT GOD HAS DONE 10:06 FOR THEM TO SHARE. 10:08 AND THEY KEEP SHARING THOSE STORIES PROBABLY 10:10 WHEN YOU ARE APART FROM EACH OTHER. 10:13 I HOPE SO. 10:14 OK BUT THE STORIES YOU ARE SHARING WITH US WERE 10:17 RECEIVED FACE TO FACE. 10:18 YES. 10:19 OK. 10:20 YES. 10:21 NOW THESE ARE I GUESS YOU'D CALL THEM SECONDHAND 10:23 STORIES. 10:24 THAT'S OK. 10:25 HE SAID THERE WAS A MAN IN THE CHURCH THAT STOPPED 10:29 COMING TO CHURCH BECAUSE HE NEEDED SOME MONEY SO HE 10:32 FIGURED HE NEEDED TO WORK ON SABBATH. 10:34 SO, HE WORKED ON SABBATH BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE 10:36 NEEDED THE MONEY. 10:38 HE WAS A BUSINESSMAN BUT ONE DAY HE WAS INVOLVED IN 10:42 A TERRIBLE CAR ACCIDENT AND ACTUALLY HE FELL OFF A 10:48 BRIDGE- IN HIS VEHICLE? 10:51 NO, NO HE WAS OUT OF THE VEHICLE-HE FELL OFF THE 10:54 BRIDGE DOWN TO THE RIVER, THE WATER BELOW. 10:57 ALL THAT HE REMEMBERS IS THAT A PERSON IN WHITE 11:04 GRABBED HIM AND SAVED HIM. 11:08 THEN HE DIDN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING MORE. 11:11 WELL, WHAT HAPPENED WAS HE BECAME UNCONSCIOUS AND 11:15 SOMEONE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. 11:17 OK.SO, SOMEHOW, HE DIDN'T DROWN, NO, THEY GOT HIM TO 11:22 SHORE -TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. 11:25 SO, HE WOKE UP THREE OR FOUR DAYS LATER FROM BEING 11:28 UNCONSCIOUS AND HE SAID, "WHERE AM I? 11:32 WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?" 11:33 AND THEY STARTED TO TELL HIM THE STORY AND THEN THE 11:38 ONLY PART HE REMEMBERS WAS ABOUT THIS PERSON IN WHITE 11:43 WHO GRABBED HIM AND SAVED HIM. 11:45 OK. 11:48 BUT WHEN HE AWOKE HE DISCOVERED HE WAS TOTALLY 11:52 BLIND. 11:54 HE COULD SEE NOTHING. 11:57 SO, THE CONSCIOUSNESS WAS BACK, THE VISION WAS GONE. 12:01 TOTALLY BLIND. 12:03 SO, HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR EIGHT DAYS AND THE 12:10 DOCTOR SAID THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO 12:12 FOR HIM AND SO HIS SISTER CAME AND TOOK HIM HOME. 12:17 STILL BLINDED. 12:18 STILL BLIND AND THEN ONE EVENING OUR GOSPEL 12:25 OUTREACH WORKER GETS A KNOCK ON HIS DOOR AND IT'S 12:29 ONE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS AND THEY SAID, "DID YOU 12:33 KNOW THAT THIS MAN HAD AN ACCIDENT AND HE IS BLIND 12:38 NOW?" 12:38 AND HE SAID, "NO." 12:40 HE SAID, "I NEED TO GO VISIT HIM." 12:43 SO, HE WENT TO VISIT HIM AND WHEN HE WENT HE WENT 12:46 IN AND HE WENT OVER TO HIM AND HE HELD HIS HAND AND 12:50 SAID YOU KNOW I AM -TOLD HIM HIS NAME AND I'M HERE. 12:54 AND HE SAID, "TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" 12:57 SO, THE BLIND MAN TOLD HIM THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED 13:01 AND THAT THE ONLY PART HE REMEMBERED WAS FALLING 13:05 INTO THE WATER AND THIS PERSON IN WHITE GRABBING 13:07 HIM AND SAVING HIM. 13:09 UH HUH. 13:11 SO, HE WAS CONCERNED. 13:14 I MEAN IF YOU HAD VISION ALL YOUR LIFE AND ALL OF A 13:19 SUDDEN WAS BLIND-HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT BEING ABLE 13:22 TO SEE AGAIN. 13:23 OF COURSE. 13:24 AND HE SAID, "WHAT CAN I DO TO SEE AGAIN?" 13:28 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SAID, "WELL, I DON'T 13:30 KNOW." 13:31 HE SAID, "I DO KNOW THEY HAVE A SPECIAL HOSPITAL 13:36 THAT HAS JUST HAS EYE DOCTORS THERE MAYBE IF YOU 13:39 WENT TO THEM THEY COULD HELP YOU." 13:42 UH HUH. 13:43 SO, THE FAMILY WAS LISTENING TO THAT AND HAD 13:46 MADE NOTE OF THAT AND DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO 13:49 TRY TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR HIM. 13:53 SO, THIS HAPPENED ON A TUESDAY THAT OUR WORKER 13:56 WENT THERE AND THEN HE-BEFORE HE LEFT HE SAID, 13:59 "WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PRAY WITH YOU?" 14:00 AND HE SAID "YES." 14:04 AND THE WORKER SAID, "YOU KNOW HE CONFESSED HIS SINS 14:08 AND WE PRAYED TOGETHER BEFORE I LEFT." 14:13 AND SO, HE LEFT AND WENT HOME-THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:15 WORKER BUT THE NEXT DAY HE HEARD ANOTHER KNOCK ON HIS 14:18 DOOR AND IT WAS HIS CHURCH FRIEND WHO CAME AND SAID, 14:25 "DID YOU KNOW THAT TODAY THAT MAN CAN SEE?" 14:30 OH, SO THE GOSPEL WORKER WENT BACK TO HIS OWN HOME, 14:33 YES, AND THE CHURCH MEMBER CAME TO HIS DOOR. 14:37 YES. 14:37 OK. 14:38 AND HE SAID, "NO," HE SAID, "I NEED TO GO SEE 14:41 THIS MIRACLE." 14:41 YES. 14:43 SO, HE WENT TO SEE HIM AND YES, TODAY THE VERY NEXT 14:49 DAY WAS A WEDNESDAY THAT BLIND MAN COULD SEE AFTER 14:54 BEING BLIND FOR 8 DAYS. 14:57 TOTALLY BLIND. 14:59 AND THE FAMILY-NEVER DID MAKE IT TO THE EYE 15:01 HOSPITAL. 15:02 NO BUT THE FAMILY HAD ALREADY MADE AN 15:04 APPOINTMENT FOR THE VERY NEXT DAY ON THURSDAY. 15:06 THURSDAY. 15:08 BUT HE DIDN'T NEED IT. 15:10 SO, THAT MAN WHO HAD BEEN BLIND WAS SAVED, YES, 15:16 PHYSICALLY SAVED FIRST, PHYSICALLY SAVED OUT OF 15:19 THE RIVER FROM FALLING IN FROM THAT ACCIDENT AND HE 15:23 WAS NOW GIVEN HIS SIGHT BACK. 15:25 HIS SIGHT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE HE FOUND NEW REASONS 15:30 TO STAY CLOSE TO GOD. 15:31 YES, HE FAITHFULLY ATTENDS CHURCH TODAY AND THAT IS 15:37 WHAT OUR GOD CAN DO ANYTHING. 15:39 AH, HECAN CAN'T HE? 15:41 YES, WELL THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TWO. 15:44 WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN PICK UP 15:45 A COUPLE MORE. 15:46 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK RIGHT NOW AND 15:49 INVITE YOU WHO ARE WATCHING THIS BE THE SPARK 15:54 YOURSELF IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 15:55 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 16:02 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 16:06 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 16:08 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 16:11 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 16:14 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 16:18 HURTS. 16:19 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 16:23 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 16:26 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 16:29 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED 16:33 YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 16:37 WHERE? 16:38 ALL THE WORLD. 16:39 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 16:43 YOU CAN PRAY. 16:45 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 16:47 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 16:50 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 16:53 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 16:55 MEANING BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 16:58 BE THE SPARK. 16:59 LIGHT THE FIRE. 17:01 FINISH THE WORK. 17:04 FINISH THE WORK. 17:07 BE THE SPARK. 17:09 YOU CAN BE A PART OF THAT INVESTMENT. 17:12 FINISH THE WORK THE KIDS WERE SAYING. 17:15 IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, WE GET LITTLE SMALL 17:18 WINDOWS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES IN ORDER TO FINISH GOD'S 17:21 WORK IN THEIR LIFETIME, DON'T WE? 17:24 AND SO, YOUR INVESTMENT CAN TOUCH A LIFE THAT IS 17:28 HERE, IT MAY BE GONE IN A FEW YEARS OR SOONER BUT 17:32 YOU CAN TOUCH THEM FOR JESUS CHRIST. 17:34 CHECK YOUR SCREEN, WRITE DOWN THAT ADDRESS IN 17:37 CANADA OR THE UNITED STATES AND MAKE SURE THAT 17:41 YOU BECOME AN INVESTOR. 17:42 LET'S GO BACK TO A STORY THOUGH WITH THE 17:45 WINTERMEYERS. 17:46 KAREN AND GLEN, YOU HAVE TWO MORE STORIES FOR US WE 17:49 ARE HOPING TO HEAR. 17:51 YES, AND THESE ARE STORIES FROM LIBERIA. 17:53 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY ENOY HEARING IS 17:57 WHEN OUR GOE'S-OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELISTS ARE 18:00 MENTORING YOUNGER MEN HOW TO BE DISCIPLEMAKERS. 18:07 DISCIPLEMAKERS - VERY IMPORTANT. 18:09 JESUS TAUGHT THAT IN MATTHEW 28:19,20 "GO AND 18:13 MAKE DISCIPLEMAKERS". 18:15 LUKE AH, 2 TIMOTHY 2:2 PAUL WAS MAKING A 18:19 DISCIPLE. 18:20 HE WAS. 18:21 HERE IS A SITUATION HERE WHERE AH, A GOE WAS 18:28 MENTORING A YOUNGER MAN BY THE NAME OF HENRY. 18:31 SO GOE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST, YES SIR. 18:36 OK. 18:37 WELL, HENRY CAME FROM A BACKGROUND WHERE HIS 18:41 GRANDMOTHER, HIS GRANDFATHER, HIS MOTHER 18:44 AND HIS FATHER ALL WERE MEMBERS OF A PROTESTANT 18:47 DENOMINATION. 18:48 ALREADY CHRISTIANS. 18:49 AND HIS MOTHER ACTUALLY WAS THE CHOIR DIRECTOR IN 18:51 THE CHURCH AND HENRY CAN SING WONDERFULLY HIMSELF. 18:56 SO, HENRY SAID HE WENT TO THE CHURCH OF THE 19:00 DENOMINATION THEY WENT TO -WENT TO THE CHURCH SCHOOL 19:04 THERE AND ACTUALLY THEY PROMISED HIM WHEN HE GOT A 19:08 LITTLE OLDER THEY WANTED HIM TO GO TO THE SEMINARY 19:12 AND BECOME A PASTOR, THEY RECOGNIZED HIS CALLING 19:15 MAYBE, IN THEIR DENOMINATION. 19:18 AND HE SAID, "BUT I NEVER READ THE BIBLE IN THAT 19:22 CHURCH." 19:23 HE SAID, "IN 2013 I STARTED HAVING DREAMS 19:29 EVERY NIGHT ABOUT BIG SNAKES COMING AT ME FIRST 19:34 FROM ONE DIRECTION AND I WOULD RUN THE OTHER WAY 19:36 AND THEN A SNAKE WOULD COME FOR ME FROM THAT 19:38 DIRECTION AND THEN A SNAKE WOULD COME FROM THE 19:41 BACK-AT ME AND ONE FROM THE FRONT -FOUR SNAKES 19:45 COMING ALL AT ONCE", HE SAID. 19:46 EVERY NIGHT I WOULD DREAM THIS. 19:48 WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WORD FOR THAT THAN DREAM. 19:51 WE CALL THAT A NIGHTMARE. 19:52 IT WAS. 19:55 AND HE SAID, "BUT I NEVER PRAYED BECAUSE I NEVER 19:59 KNEW JESUS." 20:02 AND HE SAID, "A YOUNG MAN BECAME A FRIEND OF MINE 20:06 AND FINALLY I ASKED HIM ONE DAY WHAT DO YOU DO?" 20:12 SO, HE DESCRIBED HIS WORK. 20:14 HE WAS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 20:16 OK. 20:17 AND HE SAYS, "I GO VISIT PEOPLE AND WE STUDY THE 20:19 BIBLE TOGETHER". 20:21 AND HE SAID, "I WAS CURIOUS AND IWANTED TO 20:24 KNOW WHAT HE BELIEVED." 20:25 SO, HE SAID, "JUST COME WITH ME." 20:27 OH. 20:28 "SO, I WOULD GO WITH HIM VISITING AND TO BIBLE 20:30 STUDIES BUT I ALSO TOLD HIM ABOUT THESE DREAMS I 20:34 HAD OF SNAKES EVERY NIGHT." 20:36 AND HE TOLD ME, "WE NEED TO FAST AND TO PRAY BUT I 20:42 DIDN'T KNOW HOW." 20:44 THOSE WERE NOT PRACTICES HE HAD LEARNED. 20:46 SO, HE EXPLAINED TO ME AND HE SAID, "WE WILL DO THIS 20:50 TOGETHER. 20:51 AND HE TOLD ME TO COME TO HIS HOUSE EVERYDAY AND WE 20:55 WOULD PRAY TOGETHER" AND ON THE THIRD DAY AFTER I 21:00 WENT TO SLEEP I WAS AWAKENED BY A PERSON I 21:04 SAW. 21:06 BUT THEN THERE WERE ANOTHER TWO PEOPLE BUT 21:09 THEY WERE DRESSED IN WHITE AND THE TWO SAID TO THE 21:13 FIRST PERSON, "WHY ARE YOU BOTHERING HIM?" 21:19 AND AFTER THAT, I NO LONGER HAD DREAMS ABOUT 21:22 SNAKES COMING AFTER ME, CRAWLING ALL OVER ME. 21:25 GOD ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS. 21:26 OH MY. 21:31 "SO, I TOLD MY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FRIEND," 21:34 HE SAID, "I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU." 21:36 "AND SO, WHEN I ENTERED THE CHURCH WITH HIM I WAS 21:43 SURPRISED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO DANCING IN THIS 21:46 CHURCH BUT THE SINGING REALLY IMPRESSED ME. 21:51 IT SEEMED TO ME I WAS HEARING THE SOUND OF 21:56 HEAVEN." 21:56 AH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE TRUE DISCIPLESHIP. 22:01 YES. 22:02 WHEN YOU TEACH A PERSON HOW TO APPLY IT TO LIFE 22:05 RATHER THAN JUST A THEORY. 22:09 AND SO, HE SAID, " I WAS BAPTIZED IN THIS CHURCH 22:12 WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD BUT I WANTED TO BE 22:14 BAPTIZED IN THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SO I 22:17 WAS." 22:19 "BUT WHENEVER I HAD QUESTIONS MY GOSPEL 22:23 OUTREACH FRIEND WOULD ALWAYS SAY, "WELL, LET'S 22:26 LOOK IN THE BIBLE." 22:27 " LOOK IN THE BIBLE. 22:29 AND EVERYDAY I WOULD BE WITH HIM AND WENT WHEREVER 22:33 HE WENT AND HE ASKED ME TO LEAD OUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE 22:37 AND SO, I DID AND WHENEVER US YOUNG PEOPLE HAD A 22:39 QUESTION WE WOULD GO AND ASK HIM AND HE WOULD 22:40 ALWAYS SAY, "WELL LET'S LOOK IN THE BIBLE FOR THE 22:41 ANSWER." 22:42 YES, AMEN. 22:43 AND SO, THAT IS THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HOW 22:56 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS MAKE GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:58 WORKERS. 22:59 THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS BECAUSE I THINK EVERY, 23:02 EVERY DENOMINATION WHETHER THEY ARE CHRISTIAN OR NOT 23:06 HAS CHILDREN WHO GROW UP IN OUR MIDST WHO SOMEHOW 23:09 MISS THE CORE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP. 23:12 AMEN. 23:13 AND I'M GLAD THAT HE FOUND IT. 23:15 YOU KNOW WE ARE DOWN TO JUST A FEW MINUTES BUT YOU 23:17 HAVE ANOTHER STORY THAT NEEDS TO BE SHARED. 23:19 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO IT. 23:20 OK, THIS IS ALSO FROM LIBERIA AND HE SAYS YEARS 23:25 AGO IT WAS HEARD THAT THERE WERE A GROUP OF 23:28 PEOPLE KEEPING SABBATH WAY OUT IN THE BUSH AND I 23:33 WANTED TO FIND THEM AND HE SAID IT WAS TOLD THAT AN 23:38 ANGEL TOLD THEM-CAME AND TOLD THEM HOW TO KEEP 23:40 SABBATH. 23:42 SO, I WALKED FIVE HOURS TO FIND THESE PEOPLE AND THE 23:46 ROAD WAS SO TERRIBLE YOU CANNOT DRIVE A CAR THERE 23:51 AND IT COSTS TOO MUCH TO GO BY MOTORCYCLE SO HE 23:54 WALKED FIVE HOURS. 23:56 AND HE SAID, I WAS JUST THERE LAST SABBATH AND HE 23:59 SAID, THAT HE LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO FOUR OR FIVE 24:03 GENERATIONS AGO HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG THE 24:06 PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER -WHEN A WOMAN HAD A DREAM 24:10 AND SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE PEOPLE SHOULD ONLY WORSHIP 24:17 ON THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH -ON SATURDAY AND HOW TO 24:20 KEEP THE DAYNOT TO DO ANY WORK, AND SO SHE DIDN'T GO 24:25 AND TELL THE PEOPLE RIGHT AWAY BUT SHE CLIMBED UP ON 24:29 HER ROOF TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE ROOF AND THE LADDER 24:31 SHE HAD THERE WHEN SHE WENT TO GO DOWN THE LADDER 24:34 HAD FALLEN ON THE GROUND. 24:35 NOT A GOOD TIME. 24:36 SO, SHE HURRIED AND GOT DOWN SOME WAY BUT THEN SHE 24:39 REALIZED SHE NEEDED SOMETHING ELSE SHE WANTED 24:41 TO PUT ON THE ROOF. 24:42 SO, SHE PUT THE LADDER BACK UP AND SHE ALSO WENT 24:45 TO GO BACK DOWN AND YES, THE LADDER HAD FALLEN ONCE 24:48 AGAIN. 24:49 FALLEN BACK DOWN ON THE GROUND. 24:52 SO, WHEN SHE WAS BACK IN HER KITCHEN THERE WAS 24:54 VOICE OUT LOUD SAID, "WHY HAVEN'T YOU GONE AND DONE 24:59 WHAT I ASKED YOU TO DO?" 25:02 SO, SHE DID GO TO TOWN AND SHE CALLED THE PEOPLE 25:05 TOGETHER AND TOLD THEM ALL NOT TO WORK ON SABBATH. 25:09 THEY WERE TO REST AND ONE MAN DECIDED NO, HE'S GOING 25:13 TO CUT A TREE DOWN. 25:15 SO, HE WENT TO CUT THE TREE DOWN BUT THE TREE 25:17 FELL AND IT FELL ON PART OF HIS LEG AND INJURED 25:20 HIM. 25:21 SO, SOMEBODY WENT CRYING INTO TOWN, UH HUH, CRYING 25:24 AND SAID DON'T WORK ON SABBATH, DON'T WORK ON 25:26 SABBATH, HE WAS INJURED. 25:28 OTHER PEOPLE STARTED CRYING DON'T WORK ON 25:30 SABBATH SOMEBODY ELSE HAD AN ACCIDENT HERE OR THERE. 25:33 SO, ALL THE PEOPLE SAID NOBODY, NOBODY WORK ON 25:37 SABBATH ANYMORE. 25:38 SO, THAT VILLAGE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS HAS KEPT 25:42 SABBATH. 25:43 INTERESTING. 25:45 YES. 25:46 IT HAD ALMOST COME TO THEM AT A LEVEL OF FEAR BECAUSE 25:49 OF THE DANGER OF DOING IT BUT THE DAY WAS SACRED TO 25:53 THEM BY THEN. 25:54 YES, VERY MUCH SO. 25:56 EVEN TODAY. 25:57 SEVERAL GENERATIONS-FOUR OR FIVE GENERATIONS, 26:00 THAT'S A LOT, THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO. 26:02 AND EVEN THE INFLUENCE PASSED TO THE NEXT VILLAGE 26:07 TO THEM. 26:08 OK. 26:09 WHERE THE PEOPLE DECIDED, THEY WERE NOW GOING TO 26:10 WORSHIP ON SABBATH. 26:11 SO, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN HE GOT THERE HE FOUND THESE 26:14 PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNEW ABOUT A SPECIAL DAY FROM 26:18 GOD, YES, AND HE COULD TELL THEM MORE ABOUT WHO 26:20 THAT GOD IS. 26:22 YES, AND ACTUALLY THIS YEAR THEY DECIDED TO HAVE 26:25 A SMALL CAMPMEETING NEAR THERE. 26:27 OK. 26:28 AND FOUR OF THOSE PEOPLE FROM THAT VILLAGE ATTENDED 26:30 CAMPMEETING AND WERE JUST THRILLED. 26:32 OH. 26:34 WELL IS IT TRUE THAT YOU-THAT THIS ONE PERSON 26:37 IN PARTICULAR IN THAT STORY THAT YOU WANTED TO 26:39 SHOW US A PICTURE OF? 26:40 YES, OH YES, WE JUST THERE IS ORNA OUR STUDENT 26:42 MISSIONARY, I MEAN OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ON 26:43 THE RIGHT, UH HUH, AND THEN KAREN THERE ON THE 26:45 LEFT AND HE SHARING THE STORY. 26:56 HE IS WAY OUT THERE IN THE BUSH AND WALKING. 26:58 THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET THERE. 27:00 SO THAT'S HOW YOU HEARD THE STORY. 27:02 YES. 27:02 RIGHT THERE WITH ORNA -PERSONALLY. 27:04 PERSONALLY. 27:05 THAT'S AND I SEE YOU TAKING YOUR NOTES. 27:07 I'M GLAD YOU DID. 27:09 WELL, WE ARE DOWN TO OUR LAST SECONDS AND I JUST 27:12 WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN KAREN AND GLEN 27:15 WINTERMEYER. 27:16 GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR TRIPS OVER THERE. 27:18 THANK YOU. 27:18 AND YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT. 27:19 LET US REJOICE THAT GOD IS AT WORK AND WE HAVE A 27:24 CHANCE TO MAKE THIS AMAZING MOMENTS FOR 27:26 PEOPLE. 27:27 I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU ARE 27:28 WATCHING, DON'T FORGET THAT WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY 27:29 YOU HAVE TO MAKE THIS A PART OF YOUR FAMILY 27:31 BUDGET. 27:41 YOU LOOK AT THAT ADDRESS, YOU LOOK AT THAT TELEPHONE 27:44 NUMBER. 27:45 GET IN CONTACT WITH US. 27:46 WE CAN TRANS-GOD CAN TAKE THAT MONEY AND MULTIPLY 27:50 IT, AMEN, UNTIL IT'S FILLED WITH STORIES THAT 27:53 YOUR MIND CAN'T EVEN HOLD. 27:55 TOO MANY OF THEM BUT WE ARE GLAD WE CAN SHARE A 27:57 LITTLE BIT OF IT WITH YOU HERE. 27:59 THANK YOU. 28:00 GOD BLESS. 28:01 BYE, BYE. 28:22 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
Revised 2017-09-05