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00:35 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AT GOSPEL
00:37 OUTREACH. 00:38 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND DID YOU KNOW THAT 00:39 EVERY DAY IS A HARVEST. 00:41 THAT'S WHAT JESUS TELLS US IN MATTHEW 9:37. 00:46 "THEN HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES", SO JESUS SAID 00:48 TO HIS DISCIPLES, "THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT 00:51 THE WORKERS ARE FEW. 00:53 ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST THEREFORE TO SEND 00:56 OUT WORKERS INTO HIS HARVEST FIELD." 00:59 AND HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE SO EXCITED 01:02 TO HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT YOU 01:04 ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 01:07 FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR, FROM 01:09 WEST AFRICA ALL THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST AND INDIA 01:12 AND PAKISTAN AND CHINA AND THAILAND AND CAMBODIA AND 01:16 THE PHILIPPINES. 01:17 AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THESE WORKERS BUT WE NEED 01:20 MORE WORKERS TO SHARE JESUS. 01:22 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT 01:24 HERE TODAY WITH DAVE CROOK. 01:25 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS DAVE. 01:28 THANK YOU. 01:29 AND YOU REPRESENT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO AN AREA IN THE 01:32 10/40 WINDOW WHERE WE NEED MORE PEOPLE. 01:35 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:36 MANY MORE. 01:37 AND WHAT COUNTRIES DAVE ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH? 01:40 ETHIOPIA AND SOUTH SUDAN. 01:42 I DO HAVE ASIA BUT UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE 01:44 TROUBLE THERE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THERE AND 01:46 WE DON'T HAVE WORKERS THERE. 01:47 YES. 01:48 MANY PLACES TO PRAY FOR AND WE CAN CERTAINLY PRAY 01:51 FOR ASIA. 01:51 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:52 AND THE NEED FOR THE LORD THERE. 01:54 RIGHT. 01:55 BUT HERE I READ THE SCRIPTURE, THE HARVEST IS 01:58 PLENTIFUL. 01:59 EVERYDAY IS A HARVEST AND SO MANY PEOPLE STILL NEED 02:01 TO KNOW ABOUT THE NAME OF JESUS. 02:04 AND NOT ONLY A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HEARD HIS NAME 02:06 BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO ACCEPT JESUS. 02:08 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO RIGHT. 02:09 THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 02:12 THAT'S THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 02:15 WORKERS ARE DOING. 02:16 GOING OFF INTO REMOTE AREAS, PLANTING CHURCHES, 02:19 PRESENTING JESUS TO THE PEOPLE. 02:21 AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORSHIPPING IDOLS AND SO 02:25 ON. 02:26 IT'S A WORSHIP OF FEAR THAT WHEN THEY FIND OUT 02:28 THIS FREEDOM IN JESUS IT'S SUCH GOOD NEWS. 02:31 THE GOSPEL IS GOOD NEWS. 02:32 ABSOLUTELY. 02:33 AND IN AN INTERVIEW I WAS LEARNING ABOUT A COUNTRY 02:37 WHERE THERE IS THE GOD MAKER AND THERE'S A NEW 02:40 GOD THAT COMES UP ABOUT EVERY MONTH. 02:42 AND SO THE GOD MAKER HAS GOT A REALLY GREAT 02:44 BUSINESS GOING BECAUSE HE IS MAKING NEW GODS. 02:46 BUT WE HAVE THE LIVING GOD WHO GIVES US THE PEACE AND 02:49 THE LOVE AND HE IS COMING AGAIN SOON. 02:51 AND ALSO, THESE PEOPLE WHO GO TO THESE WITCH DOCTORS 02:55 AND THESE PEOPLE, THE WITCH DOCTOR CHARGES THE 02:59 PEOPLE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT. 03:00 PEOPLE HAVE COME TO POVERTY ACTUALLY AFTER 03:04 GOING AND BEING AFRAID OF EVIL SPIRITS AND THEIR 03:08 RELATIVES GETTING SICK AND THIS KIND OF THING. 03:12 EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM THEM SO IT'S SAD. 03:15 AND THEN JESUS IS FREE. 03:17 ABSOLUTELY. 03:18 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT 03:20 TODAY. 03:21 BUT TODAY WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT SOME SERIOUS 03:24 POLITICAL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR WORLD AND 03:26 HAS AFFECTED PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S CIVIL WAR AND 03:29 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR 03:30 VIEWERS ABOUT YOUR TERRITORY AND HOW YOU'RE 03:33 AFFECTED. 03:34 WE'LL LOOK AT SOUTH SUDAN AND HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN 03:40 THERE. 03:41 IT'S A VERY SAD SITUATION IN SOUTH SUDAN. 03:43 SOUTH SUDAN IS PROBABLY STILL THE NEWEST COUNTRY 03:46 IN THE WORLD. 03:47 PEACE CAME AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO BECOME 03:51 THEIR OWN NATION. 03:53 BECAUSE THERE WAS CIVIL WAR THERE? 03:54 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:55 AND THEY FINALLY GOT OVER THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN 03:57 NORTH AND SOUTH AND THEN I THINK IT WAS 2010 THEY 04:02 BECAME A NEW NATION AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING 04:04 GREAT. 04:06 INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BEING IMPROVED, ALL THIS KIND OF 04:07 THING. 04:08 AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT 04:12 BECAUSE OF DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE 04:15 VICE-PRESIDENT AND THEIR TWO TRIBES BEGAN FIGHTING 04:18 AND THAT'S BEEN GOING ON EVER SINCE. 04:20 AND SO IT HAS COME TO A TERRIBLE SITUATION WITH 04:23 INFLATION GOING FROM THREE SUDANESE POUNDS FOR THE 04:28 AMERICAN DOLLAR TO 137. 04:32 SO JUST FIGURE THAT TYPE OF INFLATION. 04:34 WOW. 04:35 THEY HAVE TO IMPORT. 04:36 IT'S A DESPERATE SITUATION. 04:39 THERE ARE ABOUT A MILLION REFUGEES IN REFUGEE CAMPS 04:44 WHO HAVE HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY GET CAUGHT IN 04:47 THE CROSS FIRE AND ALL THIS TYPE OF THING. 04:49 SO IT'S A DESPERATE SITUATION. 04:51 WOW. 04:52 I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THERE ARE ENOUGH DIGITS ON THE 04:53 CALCULATOR TO CALCULATE SOME OF THESE MONETARY 04:56 CHANGES WITH INFLATION AND WHAT NOT. 04:59 SO SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. 05:02 HOW MANY REFUGEES? 05:03 THERE ARE AROUND A MILLION. 05:05 NOW THERE COULD BE MANY MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE HOW 05:08 DO YOU KEEP TRACT OF ALL THIS TYPE OF THING. 05:09 PEOPLE ARE JUST FLEEING AND FLEEING. 05:11 AND THE SAD THING IS, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW HERE A 05:14 MAN HAS A NICE CROP A NICE GARDEN. 05:17 HE HAS TO GO AND LEAVE IT ALL. 05:18 HE MAY ONLY ESCAPE WITH THE CLOTHES ON HIS BACK. 05:21 IF HE HAS ENOUGH WARNING MAYBE HE TAKES SOMETHING 05:23 WITH HIM AND GOES TO THE REFUGEE CAMP. 05:26 SO, THAT'S THE SAD STUFF. 05:30 CAN YOU TELL US SOME GOOD NEWS? 05:31 WELL, THE WONDERFUL THING IS THAT WE'RE SEEING SOME 05:34 WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING IN THE REFUGEE CAMP 05:36 BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:38 WORKERS ACTUALLY WHO HAD TO FLEE AND ARE IN REFUGEE 05:40 CAMPS. 05:41 SO THEY ARE THERE PREACHING THE GOSPEL AND 05:45 SOULS ARE BEING CONVERTED AND BAPTIZED SO A GREAT 05:49 BLESSING IS COMING THAT WAY. 05:51 SO PAINT FOR THE VIEWERS THOUGH. 05:53 WE HEAR OF REFUGEE CAMPS DAVE AND WE SEE PICTURES 05:56 ON THE NEWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 05:58 WHOSE IN CHARGE OF THESE REFUGEE CAMPS THAT YOU'RE 06:01 SPEAKING OF? 06:01 THE UNITED NATIONS. 06:02 OK, SO THE UNITED NATIONS HAS COME IN AND THEY ARE 06:05 HELPING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. 06:06 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:07 THEY HAVE AN ALLOTMENT OF FOOD THAT THEY GIVE TO THE 06:10 PEOPLE. 06:11 IT'S BARELY ENOUGH FOR THEM TO EXIST ON BUT THEY 06:14 MANAGE WITH THAT. 06:15 AND I OFTEN WONDER HOW THE UNITED NATIONS IS ABLE TO 06:18 TAKE CARE OF ALL THESE MANY MANY PEOPLE. 06:24 HOWEVER, ON ONE NOTE, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 06:29 THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, HAS BEEN DOING A 06:31 WONDERFUL WORK. 06:33 SOMETIME AGO IT SO HAPPENED THAT A 06:35 COMMISSIONER FOR THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH 06:42 COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES CAME TO HAVE A MEETING 06:45 WITH ALL THE CHURCHES. 06:46 BUT BECAUSE OF SOME PREJUDISM, UNFORTUNATELY, 06:49 THEY HADN'T INVITED THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 06:51 CHURCH. 06:52 SO AS HE WENT OVER THE ROLL CALL AND RECOGNIZED 06:54 THE ADVENTIST CHURCH WASN'T THERE HE SAID, WELL 06:56 WHY AREN'T THEY HERE? 06:58 HE SAID, DID YOU NOT INVITE THEM? 07:00 THEY SAID, NO WE DIDN'T. 07:01 HE SAID, WELL I'M NOT HAVING ANY MEETING UNTIL 07:02 THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL WORK 07:06 IN OUR COUNTRY. 07:08 AND THEN THERE'S ADRA, ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT 07:10 RELIEF AGENCY. 07:11 YES. 07:12 AND THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL WORK. 07:13 MATTER OF FACT, THEY CAME INTO ONE OF THE REFUGEE 07:15 CAMPS AND GAVE OUT CARE PACKAGES AND SO ON. 07:19 AND PEOPLE WERE ASKING SOME OF OUR PEOPLE, 07:22 THEY'RE FROM YOUR CHURCH? 07:24 WELL WHAT A WONDERFUL THING THAT THEY WOULD COME 07:25 AND DO THIS FOR US. 07:27 SO HERE'S THIS MAN, THEY'RE STARTING A METING 07:29 AND HE IS LOOKING WHERE EVERYBODY IS, THIS 07:33 DENOMINATION ISN'T THERE. 07:34 HE KNOWS THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HELP AND HE'S 07:36 LIKE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE ON, THAT'S RIGHT, 07:39 UNTIL THEY'RE PRESENT. 07:40 UNTIL THEY'RE PRESENT. 07:41 YES. 07:43 ANYWAY SOUTH SUDAN HAS BEEN DIVIDED. 07:49 WHEN IT WAS FIRST ORGANIZED SOUTH SUDAN WAS 07:52 A FIELD ITSELF. 07:54 BUT IT'S A BIG TERRITORY TO TRY TO ADMINISTRATE. 07:56 SO THEY FORMED NEW FIELDS, THREE NEW FIELDS. 08:01 ONE IS CALLED GREATER EQUATORIA WHICH IS MORE TO 08:04 THE SOUTH AND THE CAPITAL OF JUBA IS IN THAT AREA. 08:08 THEN THEY FORMED ANOTHER TERRITORY MORE TO THE 08:13 NORTH CALLED THE GREATER UPPER NILE. 08:15 THE SAD THING WAS THEY JUST GOT ESTABLISHED THERE 08:18 VERY WELL WITH AN OFFICE AND ALL AND ADMINISTRATING 08:20 THE WORK THERE AND WHEN THIS FIGHTING BROKE OUT 08:24 THEY HAD TO FLEE. 08:25 AND THE ENEMY CAME IN AND THEY RANSACKED THE PLACE. 08:28 THEY TOOK EVERY BIT OF EQUIPMENT. 08:30 THEY TOOK DOORS, WINDOWS. 08:31 SO THE CHURCH OFFICE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 08:33 THAT'S RIGHT YES. 08:34 SO THE CHURCH OFFICE THEY CAME AND RANSACKED THE 08:36 PLACE. 08:37 THE MISSION OFFICE IS JUST A SHELL THAT'S LEFT THERE. 08:39 OH DEAR. 08:40 AND SO NOW THEY HAD TO COME DOWN TO JUBA AND 08:42 THEY'RE JUST OPERATING OUT OF A HOUSE. 08:44 AND WITH THE FIGHTING THERE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT 08:47 TO ADMINISTRATE THE FIELD. 08:49 BUT WE DO HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE 08:51 OUT THERE IN SPITE OF IT ALL WORKING. 08:53 WELL GOOD. 08:54 THE OTHER FIELD IS CALLED THE GREATER BHAR EL GHAZAL 09:00 FIELD. 09:01 AND THEY FIRST MOVED TO A PLACE CALLED WAU IN 09:05 GREATER BHAR EL GHAZAL. 09:08 HOWEVER, THE ENEMY CAME THERE AND THEY HAD TO FLEE 09:10 SO THEY WENT TO THIS PLACE CALLED AWEIL AND THAT'S 09:13 WHERE THEY'RE SITUATED IN TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS 09:15 THERE. 09:16 NOW WHEN YOU SAY ENEMY ARE THESE GUERRILLAS, ARE 09:21 THESE JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST OUT TO STEAL THINGS, 09:25 WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE? 09:26 THERE IS CIVIL WAR GOING ON AND ACTUALLY THE TRIBE 09:30 OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT. 09:32 BUT PEOPLE GET CAUGHT IN THE CROSS FIRE. 09:34 AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S A PSYCHOLOGICAL 09:36 THING IT SEEMS WITH PEOPLE. 09:37 WHEN THERE IS FIGHTING GOING ON LIKE THIS AND 09:39 THERE IS A FEELING TOWARD ANOTHER TRIBE IT MAY NOT 09:42 BE THE ACTUAL TRIBES THAT ARE FIGHTING BUT THEY GET 09:45 INVOLVED TOO. 09:46 AND THEN NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. 09:47 AND THE THING IS, I MEAN WITH CROSS FIRE YOU DON'T 09:51 TAKE CHANCES BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE 09:55 GOING TO GET HIT. 09:56 SO THEY HAVE TO FLEE. 09:57 SO ARE THESE CHURCH WORKERS SAFE NOW? 09:59 YES IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS IN UGANDA AND ALSO A CAMP 10:04 OR SO IN ETHIOPIA THEY ARE SAFE THERE YES. 10:07 OK. 10:08 SO THEY ARE THERE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH 10:11 CARRYING ON THE WORK AT THAT PARTICULAR PLACE. 10:14 SO THIS BHAR EL GHAZAL FIELD, IT WAS FORMED ABOUT 10:20 FIVE YEARS AGO. 10:22 THEY ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THERE. 10:25 HERE THIS COSTUME IS WHEN OFFICIALS OR PEOPLE OF 10:28 NOTE WOULD COME TO THE AREA THEY WOULD BE GREETED 10:32 WITH SOMEONE WITH A COSTUME LIKE THAT. 10:34 AND THIS MAN CAME. 10:36 HE IS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 10:37 HE CAME TO GREET US WITH THIS COSTUME. 10:39 SO WE FELT VERY HONORED AND VERY IMPORTANT 10:41 ACTUALLY. 10:43 BUT THEY REALLY JUST DO EVERYTHING TO TRY AND MAKE 10:45 YOU FEEL AS WELCOME AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. 10:51 JUST WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 10:52 AND THIS IS INSIDE THE REFUGEE CAMP DAVE? 10:54 NO, NO. 10:55 THIS IS IN THE STATE OF BHAR EL GHAZAL AT A PLACE 10:59 CALLED AWEIL. 11:00 NOW THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR 11:02 PLACE IS IT'S QUITE PEACEFUL THERE. 11:03 MOST PLACES YOU GO THERE ARE SOLDIERS AND POLICE 11:05 WITH GUNS AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING. 11:07 YOU HARDLY SAW A PLACEMAN THERE. 11:09 YOU HARDLY SAW, AND I'M NOT JUST EXACTLY SURE WHY 11:12 IT'S THAT WAY, BUT IT IS THAT WAY. 11:14 A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING THERE CAME FROM 11:16 DARFUR. 11:17 REMEMBER ALL THE TROUBLE THERE? 11:18 THEY CAME DOWN HERE. 11:19 BUT THEY ARE VERY VERY POOR. 11:22 IT'S A DESPERATE SITUATION, A DESPERATE 11:24 SITUATION. 11:25 OH LOOK AT THE LADIES. 11:27 THESE DEAR LADIES, THEY COOKED FOR US. 11:30 WE HAD ALL THE WORKERS COME IN AND THE DIFFERENT 11:33 OFFICIALS OF THE MISSION WERE THERE AND THEY 11:37 COOKED. 11:38 YOU SEE THE SIMPLE LITTLE CHARCOAL STOVES THEY 11:42 COOKED ON. 11:43 AND THERE IS THE KITCHEN. 11:45 NOW IT DOESN'T LOOK VERY GOOD BUT I'LL TELL YOU, 11:49 YOU TALK ABOUT LOVELY MEALS AND A NICE VARIETY 11:52 OF FOOD THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE US. 11:55 THE AFRICAN PEOPLE, I'VE JUST FOUND THEM SO 11:58 WONDERFUL, SO WELCOMING AND SUCH A TREMENDOUS, 12:03 TREMENDOUS BLESSING. 12:04 AND I WANT TO PAUSE HERE. 12:06 I ATE AT A PLACE IN CHINA WITH BELIEVERS AT A CHURCH 12:11 AND THIS, WHAT YOU JUST SHOWED, IS EVEN MORE 12:13 PRIMITIVE THAN WHERE I WAS. 12:15 WE SAT OUTSIDE AND ATE AROUND THIS TABLE WITH ALL 12:18 OF THIS FOOD. 12:21 I FELT LIKE I WAS A QUEEN IN THE NICEST RESTAURANT 12:24 AND I WAS UNDER THE HEAVENS OF THE LORD. 12:26 AND YOU COULDN'T PUT ANY VALUE, A MONETARY VALUE ON 12:32 WHERE I WAS. 12:33 AND WHEN YOU JUST SHOWED ME THAT, IT'S THE 12:36 SPECIALNESS OF THEM GIVING OF WHAT THEY HAD. 12:38 THESE LADIES YOU KNOW THEY WERE VOLUNTEERING. 12:42 THEY WERE NOT PAID PEOPLE AS SUCH WHO CAME THERE. 12:46 VERY MOVING. 12:47 SO HERE ARE THE ADMINISTRATORS. 12:49 THE MAN THERE NEXT TO ME IS ISAIAH. 12:55 AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG AGO IT WAS BUT 12:58 IT'S OVER A YEAR AGO, MAYBE IT'S ALMOST TWO 13:01 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A THREE-PART STORY IN OUR 13:04 SABBATH SCHOOL QUARTERLY, OUR LESSON GUIDE ABOUT 13:07 THIS MAN. 13:08 HOW HE HAD BEEN A PRIEST AND GOT TO STUDYING THE 13:12 BIBLE AND REALIZED ABOUT THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH. 13:16 HE WAS BAPTIZED, BECAME A PASTOR AND THEN HAD WORKED 13:21 IN THE MISSION OFFICE IN ADMINISTRATION THERE BUT 13:24 NOW HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THIS GREATER BHAR EL 13:28 GHAZAL FIELD. 13:29 A WONDERFUL MAN. 13:30 I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HIM YEARS AGO WHEN HE HAD 13:33 AN OFFICE IN THE MISSION HOW ORGANIZED HE WAS WHEN 13:38 WE HAD SEMINARS AND SO ON. 13:40 HE ALSO GOES OUT AND HOLDS EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS WITH 13:45 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 13:47 MATTER OF FACT, RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE TEN EVANGELISTIC 13:50 MEETINGS PLANNED. 13:52 WOW. 13:53 SO I JUST APPRECIATE ISAIAH SO VERY VERY MUCH. 13:56 ONE EVANGELISTIC MEETING IS A BIG ENDEAVOR TO PLAN 14:00 BUT HAVING TEN. 14:02 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 14:03 SO WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A BREAK HERE AND THANK YOU 14:06 FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:08 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR SUPPORT 14:09 AND WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN 14:11 GET INVOLVED AND SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL 14:13 OUTREACH. 14:14 EARTH. 14:15 VAST... 14:16 BEAUTIFUL.... BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN 14:22 SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 14:26 ITS OWN GREED. 14:28 HUMANITY... 14:29 WE NEED LOVE. 14:32 WE NEED HOPE. 14:34 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 14:37 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S 7 BILLION PEOPLE 14:41 STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS PLAN TO 14:45 SAVE US. 14:45 ONE THIRD. 14:47 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL, BUT 14:53 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:55 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 14:58 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 15:01 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 15:04 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 15:10 JESUS CHRIST. 15:12 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 15:15 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE... 15:19 SO THAT ALL THE WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 15:25 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING 15:28 TOGETHER WITH US BECAUSE AS WE READ EARLIER IN 15:31 MATTHEW 9 THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE WORKERS 15:34 ARE FEW. 15:35 ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST, THEREFORE,TO SEND 15:37 OUT WORKERS INTO HIS HARVEST FIELD. 15:39 AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE ARE ASKING YOU, 15:42 BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN JESUS, WE ARE ASKING YOU 15:44 TO PARTNER WITH US . 15:46 WE ARE ASKING YOU TO SHARE WHAT THE LORD HAS BLESSED 15:50 YOU WITH SO WE CAN THEN SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH 15:54 WORKERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW IN THIS AREA OF 15:57 AFRICA, INDIA AND CHINA. 15:59 JUST THINK, THERE ARE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THIS 16:02 PART OF OUR GLOBE AND MANY STILL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 16:04 JESUS. 16:05 SO IF YOUR IN CANADA WE SAY THANK YOU. 16:08 IF YOUR IN AMERICA WE SAY THANK YOU AND EVERYBODY IN 16:12 NORTH AMERICA. 16:13 AND MAYBE YOUR WATCHING SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE WE 16:15 DON'T KNOW. 16:16 MAYBE IN SOUTH AMERICA. 16:18 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 16:21 YOU NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. 16:22 YOU MIGHT BE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU MIGHT BE ON 16:24 FACEBOOK, YOU MIGHT BE ON ONE OF THE STATIONS THAT 16:27 CARRIES ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND TO THOSE 16:29 STATIONS WE WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU AND OUR 16:32 PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AS YOU ALSO ARE SHARING JESUS 16:35 TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU SERVE. 16:37 SO TODAY WE ARE TALKING WITH DAVE CROOK. 16:39 HI DAVE, WELCOME BACK . 16:40 THANK YOU. 16:41 AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIAL AREA OF THE WORLD, 16:43 SPECIAL TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR 16:45 FOR WHICH COUNTRIES AGAIN? 16:47 FOR ETHIOPIA, AND SOUTH SUDAN AND EGYPT WHERE I 16:51 HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS 16:54 THERE. 16:55 IT'S NOT SAFE. 16:55 YES. 16:56 SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE LORD TO OPEN 16:58 UP AND TO SEND PEOPLE TO WORK THERE IN THE HARVEST. 17:00 RIGHT. 17:02 SO DAVE YOU'RE SHARING AND GIVING US A REPORT OF THE 17:04 PEOPLE YOU'VE MET WITH AND TAKE US BACK TO SOME 17:07 PICTURES. 17:08 OK. 17:09 HERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE WORKERS THERE IN THE BHAR 17:11 EL GHAZAL FIELD. 17:12 AND WE WERE VERY PLEASED THAT WE COULD GET BICYCLES 17:16 FOR THEM BECAUSE SOME OF THESE MEN ARE WALKING LONG 17:19 LONG DISTANCES. 17:20 SO A BICYCLE IS A REAL BLESSING. 17:22 AND THESE BICYCLES WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THEM 17:25 BECAUSE A GROUP OF SABBATH SCHOOL CHILDREN IN 17:29 TENNESSEE WENT OUT RAISING MONEY, WALK-A-THON, 17:33 BIKE-A-THON OR WHATEVER IT WAS AND RAISED MONEY SO WE 17:39 WERE ABLE TO BUY THESE BICYCLES FOR THESE 17:40 WORKERS. 17:42 SO WHAT A BLESSING AND WE HAVE TO THANK THOSE 17:45 CHILDREN AND THEIR LEADERS FOR HAVING THE WILLINGNESS 17:48 TO DO THAT. 17:49 ABSOLUTELY. 17:50 AND LOOK AT THOSE NICE BIKES AND THOSE GENTLEMEN 17:53 AND THE SMILES. 17:54 HOW NEAT FOR YOU TO BE THERE TO SEE THEIR NEW 17:58 MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. 17:59 YES THAT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, YES. 18:02 AND HERE, HERE'S A GOSPEL WORKER HERE IS TRYING TO 18:08 PLANT A CHURCH THERE. 18:10 THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A SHELTER. 18:13 IT'S PRETTY CRUDE BUT THEY MEET THERE. 18:16 AND THESE PEOPLE LINED UP WELCOMING US. 18:19 WE FELT ALMOST LIKE ROYALTY THE WAY THEY 18:21 WELCOMED US. 18:22 THEY SANG TO US AND THEY SHOOK OUR HAND. 18:26 IT WAS A VERY EXCITING TIME ACTUALLY FOR US. 18:29 WE JUST APPRECIATED THAT SO MUCH. 18:38 THEN WE TO AWEIL. 18:39 AND THIS PARTICULAR AREA, LIKE I SAID, IT'S VERY 18:41 VERY POOR THERE, IT'S VERY DRY THERE. 18:45 SOME PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY LEFT THERE AND GONE TO 18:47 REFUGEE CAMP BECAUSE OF STARVING TO BE ABLE TO GET 18:51 FOOD. 18:51 AND SO HERE THIS IS A SCHOOL. 18:53 YOU SEE HOW THAT SCHOOL IS CONSTRUCTED? 18:55 IT'S JUST, IS IT HAY, IT'S JUST WOVEN MATTS. 18:57 THEY FORM WALLS AND ROOFS AND ALL TYPES OF THINGS 19:06 AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE OLDER STUDENTS THERE. 19:08 AND BEFORE WE MOVE I NOTICE THAT YOU HANDED OUT 19:13 CANADIAN FLAGS, YES, BECAUSE YOU ARE CANADIAN. 19:15 AND I WANT TO REACH OUT RIGHT NOW TO OUR CANADIAN 19:17 VIEWERS AND OUR SUPPORTERS AND SAY THANK YOU OH 19:20 CANADA, YES, WITH THE MAPLE LEAF AND WE HAVE A 19:22 PHONE NUMBER TO SHARE WITH YOU 778-754-2079. 19:24 I'LL READ THAT AGAIN SO YOU CAN GRAB A PEN AND 19:30 PAPER. 19:31 778-754-2079 AND THAT IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE 19:37 IN KALONA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 19:39 SO WE DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR 19:42 CANADIAN SUPPORTERS. 19:43 SO THE FLAG WAS A NICE TOUCH. 19:45 YES. 19:46 I ALSO GAVE OUT LITTLE PINS WITH THE FLAG ON 19:49 THEM, FANTASTIC, SO THEY APPRECIATED GETTING THAT. 19:52 SO THAT WAS THE SCHOOL THERE. 19:56 NOW LOOK AT THIS. 20:00 THERE IS THE BLACK BOARD. 20:01 I SUPPOSE IT'S ABOUT 30 INCHES BY MAYBE 48 INCHES 20:06 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 20:09 BUT THAT'S WHAT THE VOLUNTEER TEACHER IS USING 20:13 THERE IN THAT SCHOOL TO TEACH. 20:14 SO HERE THEY ARE USING WHAT THEY HAVE AND JUST 20:15 THINK IN SCHOOLS IN OUR WESTERN WORLD WE HAVE 20:16 IPADS, WE HAVE COMPUTERS AND THEY'RE USING WHAT 20:17 THEY HAVE. 20:18 THEY ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS. 20:19 WHAT IS THIS? 20:20 THAT IS A CERTIFICATE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PERMITTING 20:21 THEM TO HAVE THAT SCHOOL. 20:21 AS CRUDE AS IT IS IT IS WONDERFUL. 20:23 AND THE OTHER THING IS THE TEACHERS THERE ARE 20:25 VOLUNTEER. 20:25 NOW THEY DO GET A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FROM THE 20:27 PARENTS BUT THAT HAS TO BE VERY LITTLE. 20:28 THERE MUST BE MANY PARENTS THAT CAN'T PAY. 20:30 SO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DEDICATION OF THESE PEOPLE 20:31 WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THAT. 20:32 NOW AS WE TRAVELED FROM KAMPALA TO ADJUMANI WHERE 20:33 THE REFUGEE CAMPS WERE THIS IS THE BUS WE WENT 20:34 ON. 20:35 WE GOT ON THAT BUS AT 9:00 AT NIGHT AND 6:00 THE NEXT 20:46 MORNING WE WERE THERE. 21:07 AN INTERESTING THING IS THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE 21:10 SELLING THINGS. 21:11 PEOPLE GET OFF THE BUS AND THEY BUY ALL KINDS OF 21:13 THINGS. 21:13 THIS FELLOW WAS SELLING CHICKENS. 21:15 YOU SEE THE CHICKENS THERE AND SOMEONE BOUGHT THEM. 21:17 AND PUT THEM ON THE BUS WITH YOU ? 21:19 AND THEY OPENED UP THE LUGGAGE AREA AND PUT THE 21:21 CHICKENS IN THERE WENT ON THEIR WAY. 21:24 THAT WAS A KIND OF INTERESTING PARTICULAR 21:28 THING THAT HAPPENED. 21:29 BUT ACTUALLY THIS WAS LUXURY TRAVEL FOR US. 21:31 BECAUSE MANY TIMES YOU'RE ONLY IN A REGULAR VAN AND 21:34 YOU'RE PACKED IN THERE JUST, WELL AS WE SAY, LIKE 21:36 SARDINES. 21:37 LIKE WITH CHICKENS. 21:38 AND SO IT WAS AN OVER NIGHT TRAVEL AND SOME OF 21:45 THE ROAD WAS PRETTY BUMPY. 21:47 SO GIVE US AN IDEA. 21:48 I HAVEN'T BEEN TO SOUTH SUDAN. 21:50 IS IT HOT THERE? 21:52 VERY HOT. 21:53 IT WAS OVER 40 DEGREES CENTIGRADE SO THAT'S OVER 21:57 100 DEGREES WHEN WE WERE THERE. 22:01 SO IT WAS PLENTY PLENTY WARM INDEED. 22:03 YES, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 22:05 WOW. 22:07 AND THIS IS UGANDA. 22:09 THEY CAN GROW ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN UGANDA AND THEY 22:12 COULD BE DOING THAT IN SOUTH SUDAN. 22:14 BUT LIKE I SAY, BECAUSE OF THE WAR THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 22:17 ABLE TO GROW ANYTHING. 22:18 AND THE SAD THING IS I'M AFRAID THAT THE YOUNGER 22:20 GENERATION IS NOT LEARNING HOW TO GROW THINGS. 22:23 AND SO YOU SEE ALL THE ABUNDANCE OF FRUIT AND 22:27 THINGS THERE IN UGANDA. 22:28 THAT'S JUST OUTSIDE OF KAMPALA. 22:31 AND THAT MAN STANDING THERE IS THE GOSPEL 22:33 OUTREACH LEADER FOR GREATER EQUATORIA. 22:37 A WONDERFUL DEDICATED MAN. 22:39 HIS NAME IS PESCALLI. 22:42 BUT LIKE I SAY THE OTHER SAD THING IS THAT SOUTH 22:47 SUDAN HAS TO IMPORT ALL THEIR FOOD, ALL THEIR 22:50 FUEL. 22:51 IT'S VERY VERY DIFFICULT AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE 22:53 THEY ACTUALLY GET THE MONEY TO DO IT. 22:54 AND SO TELL ME WHAT ABOUT THE GROWING. 22:57 IS THERE SO MUCH TURMOIL THAT, ARE PEOPLE PULLING 23:00 UP WHAT'S PLANTED? 23:01 WELL WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT A PERSON PLANTS A FIELD, 23:05 THE ENEMY COMES IN, HE HAS TO FLEE AND THE ENEMY WILL 23:09 TAKE ALL THE PRODUCE FROM IT WHETHER ANIMALS, PLANTS 23:12 OF WHATEVER IT IS. 23:13 AND WITH ALL THIS UNREST AND PEOPLE IN REFUGEE 23:16 CAMPS REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT THE 23:18 YOUNGER GENERATION IS NOT LEARNING HOW TO GROW FOOD. 23:20 SO IT'S TURMOIL, CONSTANT TURMOIL. 23:22 IT IS, YES. 23:23 ANYWAY THE NEXT PICTURE THERE. 23:26 HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UPPER NILE FIELD. 23:28 THAT'S THE PLACE THAT WAS RANSACKED AND THEIR JUST 23:32 OPERATING OUT OF A HOUSE. 23:33 A VERY VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. 23:35 ANOTHER VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR OUR WORKERS 23:38 TOO. 23:39 HERE WE HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BACK IN 23:42 ETHIOPIA. 23:44 A WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING A 23:48 GREAT WORK. 23:50 FORTUNATELY IT IS PEACEFUL THERE BUT THERE ARE 23:52 DIFFERENT PREJUDICES THAT THEY HAVE TO FACE. 23:54 I MEAN SOME HAVE BEEN BEATEN. 23:56 DIFFERENT THINGS HAVE HAPPENED WITH THEM. 23:57 THIS MAN, TESFOYE, HE IS THE LEADER FOR THE UNION 24:05 MISSION. 24:06 THEY HAVE SEVEN OR NINE FIELDS. 24:08 THEY HAVE INCREASED THE FIELDS THERE. 24:10 I THINK IT'S NINE NOW. 24:11 AND SO HE IS OVER ALL THESE FIELDS. 24:14 OVER THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THOSE 24:15 PARTICULAR FIELDS. 24:17 AND THIS MAN, A YOUNGER MAN, WHO IS THE NEW 24:20 PRESIDENT FOR THE UNION MISSION OF ETHIOPIA. 24:27 A VERY DEDICATED AND WONDERFUL GODLY PERSON. 24:30 I REALLY APPRECIATED HIM VERY VERY MUCH BECAUSE OF 24:35 HIS GOOD LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION. 24:37 GOOD. 24:38 SO I HAVE TO SAY THIS. 24:40 WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL LEADERSHIP IN THESE 24:43 PLACES. 24:45 THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO KIND AND SO LOVING AND SO 24:49 HELPFUL. 24:50 MATTER FACT, MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS SO 24:52 IMPRESSED OF HOW THEY TREATED HER THAT SHE SAID 24:56 IF I WAS IN AFRICA I WOULD BE IN CHURCH EVERY SINGLE 25:00 SABBATH BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE. 25:02 WOW. 25:03 IT'S THE JOY AND THE ACCEPTANCE AND THE 25:05 WELCOMING. 25:07 WELL DAVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING YOUR 25:09 REPORT HERE. 25:10 AND WE CAN SEE THE PICTURES BUT THERE ARE SO 25:15 MANY OTHER STORIES THAT GO ALONG WITH EACH AND EVERY 25:17 ONE OF THESE PEOPLE. 25:19 AND JUST THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO 25:21 MOVE FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRY AND THEY ARE 25:24 LIVING IN AN UNKNOWN PLACE AND HAVING TO PICK UP 25:27 THERE. 25:28 BUT OBVIOUSLY THE LORD IS MAKING A CHANGE IN THEIR 25:31 HEARTS AND THEY ARE SHARING JESUS RIGHT WHERE 25:33 THEY ARE. 25:33 THAT'S TRUE. 25:34 AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT THERE THEY ARE IN THE 25:37 REFUGEE CAMP. 25:38 THEY CAN'T GO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY. 25:39 THEY CAN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE. 25:41 THEY ARE STUCK THERE ACTUALLY AND THIS GOES ON 25:44 FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. 25:46 WE NEED TO PRAY FOR PEACE IN SOUTH SUDAN THAT PEOPLE 25:48 CAN GET BACK TO THEIR HOMES ONCE AGAIN. 25:51 I JUST THINK OF THE LORD LOOKING DOWN AT ALL OF 25:53 THIS AND EVERYONE OF US IS HIS CHILDREN AND HE 25:58 UNDERSTANDS ALL THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND 26:00 THE FACT THAT WE CAN ALL PRAY TO HIM. 26:02 THERE'S PEACE IN THAT BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE STILL 26:06 HAVE A JOB TO DO. 26:07 AND BACK TO THE SCRIPTURE, ASK THE LORD OF THE 26:10 HARVEST THEREFORE TO SEND OUT WORKERS INTO HIS 26:12 HARVEST FIELD. 26:14 WHAT WOULD BE A NEED THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SHARE 26:16 WITH OUR VIEWERS? 26:18 WELL, WE NEED PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE, THE 26:21 DANGERS THEY HAVE TO FACE, THE POLITICAL SITUATION 26:24 ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH SUDAN. 26:26 AND OF COURSE WE APPRECIATE THE DONATIONS 26:29 THAT COME. 26:30 AND AS THE DONATIONS COME WE JUST HIRE MORE WORKERS. 26:32 WE DON'T BANK THE MONEY AS THE MONEY COMES IN BECAUSE 26:35 WE HAVE REQUESTS ALL THE TIME FROM THE FIELDS, CAN 26:39 YOU GIVE US MORE WORKERS. 26:41 WELL AND BY GETTING MORE WORKERS THAT MEANS THAT 26:42 MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS. 26:44 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:45 AND THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING. 26:47 WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT AS WELL AND THEN THEY ARE 26:48 WANTING TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS. 26:50 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:51 DAVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND PLEASE 26:53 GREET THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN SUDAN AND 26:55 ETHIOPIA AND WE'LL KEEP PRAYING ABOUT EGYPT. 26:57 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 26:59 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US AT GOSPEL 27:02 OUTREACH AND OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AS WELL 27:04 BECAUSE WE ARE HOPING AND PRAYING THAT YOU ARE 27:06 WORKING IN THE HARVEST FIELD WHERE YOU LIVE AND 27:09 WHERE YOU WORK AND WITH YOUR FAMILY AND MAY THE 27:11 LORD BLESS YOU. 27:12 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF ADVENTURES 27:13 IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:15 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU 27:17 TODAY. 27:53 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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