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00:34 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS.
00:36 I'M LYNELLE ELLIS YOUR HOST AND I HAVE SOME VERY 00:40 INTERESTING GUESTS WITH ME TODAY. 00:41 I HAVE JOEDY AND JUDY MELASHENKO HERE AND 00:44 JOINING US ON THE PROGRAM. 00:46 AND THIS INTERVIEW IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE 00:47 DIFFERENT THAN SOME THAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED ON 00:49 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS BEFORE BECAUSE WE ARE 00:51 GOING TO BE INTERVIEWING THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW 00:54 MUSICAL AMBASSADORS FOR THIS MINISTRY. 00:57 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US TODAY. 01:00 IT'S A JOY TO BE HERE. 01:01 AND I THINK FIRST SINCE YOU'RE NOT HERE TO REPORT 01:05 ON A PARTICULAR REGION OF THE WORLD AS MOST OF OUR 01:07 GUESTS DO I THINK FIRST LET'S HAVE YOU EXPLAIN A 01:09 LITTLE BIT WHAT A MUSICAL AMBASSADOR DOES AND HOW 01:13 YOU CAME TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:15 OH WOW. 01:16 WELL FIRST OF ALL A LITTLE BIT OF OUR BACKGROUND. 01:20 I COME FROM A VERY MUSICAL FAMILY. 01:22 FOUR BROTHERS. 01:24 FIVE OF US GREW UP SINGING TOGETHER. 01:25 THERE ARE ONLY LESS THAN SIX YEARS BETWEEN THE 01:28 OLDEST AND THE YOUNGEST SO WE GREW UP ON THE 01:31 FARMLANDS OF SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA. 01:33 MY DAD WAS A FARMER, A TEACHER. 01:36 BUT WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE SHAVER MY DAD SANG 01:41 BASS WITH THE KING'S HERALDS QUARTET, THE VOICE 01:44 OF PROPHECY. 01:45 AND HE HAD PROBABLY ONE OF THE FINEST BASS VOICES. 01:48 I'M PREJUDICED I KNOW BUT HE REALLY HAD AN 01:51 INCREDIBLE BASS. 01:52 I'VE HEARD HIM. 01:53 I THINK YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT THERE. 01:56 AND TRAGICALLY HE DEVELOPED A THROAT CANCER 02:01 GROWTH THEY THOUGHT WHEN HE WAS SINGING WITH THE 02:05 KING'S HERALDS. 02:06 THIS WAS IN THE DAYS WHEN THEY WOULD COME AT SIX 02:08 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING --------STUDIOS, DO A 02:12 BROADCAST FOR THE EAST COAST AND THEN COME BACK 02:13 AT NINE AND DO A WESTCOAST BROADCAST. 02:15 HMS RICHARDS WAS THERE IN PERSON, HIS WONDERFUL RICH 02:19 VOICE. 02:20 AND SO HE ONLY WAS ABLE TO DO THAT FOR A YEAR AND A 02:23 HALF AND HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST DEJECTED, 02:27 DISCOURAGED, CAMPER AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. 02:29 BECAUSE THIS WAS HIS DREAM. 02:31 YES . 02:31 THIS WAS HIS LOVE. 02:33 SO WE MOVED BACK TO SASKATCHEWAN. 02:35 WE FARMED AND HE WAS TEACHING AND HAD FIVE 02:38 LITTLE BOYS AND HE DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO LEARN HOW 02:40 TO SING. 02:41 MY MOM WAS REALLY A GREAT MUSICIAN AS WELL. 02:44 AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A PIANO BUT SHE HAD PERFECT 02:48 PITCH SO WE'D BE DRIVING TO CHURCH OR WHERE EVER 02:51 SPENDING TIME IN THE HOME WE WOULD LEARN HOW TO 02:54 SING. 02:55 WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD I WAS SINGING ALTO. 02:56 WHAT THEY CALL FIRST TENOR BUT IT WAS ALTO. 03:00 YES BUT IT WAS REALLY ALTO. 03:02 AND OVER THE YEARS THEN IN, I HATE TO TELL YOU BUT 03:06 IT WAS 60 YEARS AGO, THAT MY DAD GOT A CALL TO GO 03:10 BACK INTO THE MINISTRY BACK IN NEW ENGLAND. 03:14 SO WE MOVED BACK TO MASSACHUSETTS. 03:17 MY DAD WAS A SINGING EVANGELISTS FOR AN 03:20 EVANGELIST THAT PROBABLY MANY OF YOUR VIEWERS KNOW 03:22 AND THAT WAS GEORGE VANDERMAN. 03:24 AND THROUGH OUR MUSIC MINISTRY IN OUR FAMILIES 03:29 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD 03:31 AND IT'S JUST TO LIFT UP THE NAME OF JESUS THROUGH 03:35 MUSIC, THROUGH PREACHING. 03:36 AND WE STILL HAVE A FEW YEARS LEFT OF OUR MUSIC 03:40 MINISTRY AND EVEN THOUGH WE RETIRED TWO OR THREE 03:43 YEARS AGO. 03:43 I'LL BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. 03:44 YES. 03:45 YOU WERE WORKING WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION. 03:47 YES BUT I STARTED OFF AS A TEACHER. 03:49 I STARTED OFF AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. 03:51 I LOVE KIDS AND JUST HAVE A REAL PASSION TO SEE 03:55 YOUNG PEOPLE MEET JESUS. 03:58 I'D BEEN TEACHING ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS WHEN I GOT A 04:01 CALL TO JOIN THE PASTORAL TEAM IN THE OREGON 04:03 CONFERENCE AND DID REGULAR PASTORAL MINISTRY FOR A 04:10 COUPLE OF YEARS AND CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT 04:13 GOD HAD GIVEN ME A GIFT TO WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH 04:15 YOUNG PEOPLE. 04:17 SO I TOOK A CALL TO BE A YOUTH PASTOR IN NORTHERN 04:20 CALIFORNIA. 04:21 WE SERVED IN HAWAII AND THEN, AND I NEED TO PAUSE 04:25 BECAUSE IT WAS THAT FIRST EXPERIENCE AS A YOUTH 04:30 PASTOR IN SACRAMENTO, ONE OF MY MENTORS ANOTHER 04:33 YOUTH PASTOR, HAD ASKED ME, HE SAYS HAVE YOU EVER 04:35 BEEN ON A MISSION TRIP? 04:36 NO. 04:38 OKAY. 04:40 THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR MINISTRY. 04:43 AND WE WENT AND HELPED BUILD A LITTLE ORPHANAGE 04:46 DOWN IN CENTRAL MEXICO. 04:48 AND I WANT TO TELL YOU I SAW MORE LIFE CHANGING 04:54 EVIDENCE IN THESE KIDS IN A WEEK OR WEEK AND A HALF 04:58 ON A MISSION TRIP. 05:00 I MEAN THEY CAME FACE TO FACE WITH JESUS. 05:03 YES. 05:04 AND I STILL GET CHOKED UP THINKING ABOUT IT. 05:08 IT WAS AT THAT POINT I REALIZED OKAY THIS HAS GOT 05:12 TO BE A PART OF MY MINISTRY FOR THE REST OF 05:14 MY LIFE. 05:16 MY DEAR WIFE, WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND SHE 05:19 WASN'T ABLE TO DO ALL THOSE MISSION TRIPS WITH 05:21 US. 05:22 DID YOU GET TO GO ON SOME OF THEM? 05:23 MOST OF THEM. 05:24 OKAY, GOOD. 05:24 I ONLY MISSED A COUPLE. 05:25 JUDY SHARE YOUR BACKGROUND BECAUSE SHE HAS A 05:28 BACKGROUND IN NURSING. 05:34 SO I WAS A NURSE AND WHEN WE MOVED AROUND PASTORING 05:38 YOU KNOW I ALWAYS STARTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HEAP 05:41 OF NURSING LIKE YOU KNOW NIGHT JOBS AND THINGS LIKE 05:45 THAT BUT IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE MY 05:48 MOTHER HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A NURSE. 05:50 I NEVER REALLY HAD A DESIRE TO BE A NURSE UNTIL 05:52 I GRADUATED AND THEN DECIDED YOU KNOW WHAT, 05:55 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN USE ALL THE TIME. 05:58 AND I WENT TO SEE A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS OUR FAMILY 06:01 PHYSICIAN AT THAT TIME AND I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT. 06:04 I SAID WHAT DO YOU THINK. 06:05 AND HE SAID YOU KNOW JUDY, GOD CAN ALWAYS USE NURSES 06:09 NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. 06:10 YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND A JOB BUT GOD CAN USE NURSES. 06:14 AND YOU KNOW IT WAS LIKE WORDS THAT ARE SELF 06:19 FULFILLING BECAUSE MY NURSING BACKGROUND HAS 06:22 JUST BEEN INVALUABLE IN MISSION PROJECTS. 06:24 MOST OF THE TIME WE TRY TO TAKE PHYSICIANS WITH US 06:27 BUT THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THERE WERE NO PHYSICIANS 06:29 AVAILABLE AND IT WOULD HELP MAKE BEING IN A 06:36 FOREIGN COUNTRY WITH YOUNG KIDS AND WITH YOUNG PEOPLE 06:39 A BIT EASIER. 06:42 BUT IT WAS SUCH A JOY JUST TO SEE, JUST TO GET A 06:45 GLIMPSE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN THEY GET A 06:48 GLIMPSE OF HOW GOD CAN USE THEM. 06:50 YES . 06:51 IT'S JUST LIFE CHANGING. 06:52 WELL THIS WAS A GREAT COMBINATION FOR YOU AND 06:55 YOU SAID YOU KNEW IT HAD TO BE PART OF YOUR 06:56 MINISTRY SO HOW MANY MISSION TRIPS HAVE YOU 06:59 TAKEN KIDS ON? 06:59 DO YOU EVEN KNOW? 07:01 WELL WE'VE LOST TRACK BUT IT'S CLOSE TO 60 AND MOST 07:05 OF THEM HAVE BEEN WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE 07:08 STUDENTS. 07:09 AND WE GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT MISSION PROJECTS. 07:14 NOW THIS IS CRAZY. 07:19 I HAD BEEN PASTORING FOR OH I GUESS MAYBE 28 TO 30 07:23 YEARS IN TEACHING AND PASTORAL MINISTRY AND OUR 07:27 YOUNGEST SON JUMPED OUT OF THE NEST. 07:30 HE WAS OFF AND AWAY SO JUDY AND I LOOKED AT EACH 07:33 OTHER AND WE SAID NOW WHAT DO WE DO. 07:37 I WAS THE YOUTH PASTOR IN ONE OF THE CHURCHES IN 07:39 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 07:44 WE HAD DONE SEVERAL MISSION PROJECTS WITH AN 07:46 ORGANIZATION THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH KNOWS. 07:48 IT'S CALLED MARANATHA. 07:49 AND SEVERAL OF THE MISSION PROJECTS WE DID WITH THEM 07:53 OF COURSE INVOLVED A LOT OF YOUTH AND WE WERE SO 07:55 IMPRESSED WITH THAT ORGANIZATION THAT JUDY 08:01 RESIGNED HER POSITION AS A DIRECTOR IN ONE OF THE 08:05 ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, I TURNED IN MY 08:08 RESIGNATION, WE BOUGHT A LITTLE MOTORHOME AND WE 08:12 HIT THE ROAD AS AMBASSADORS FOR MARANATHA. 08:14 AND WE RAISED A LOT OF MONEY FOR THEIR CHURCHES . 08:16 AND IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER WE DID THAT 08:18 THAT ONE OF MY PASTORAL FRIENDS WHO WAS ON THE 08:19 BOARD OF QUIET HOUR MINISTRIES WHICH IS AN 08:20 ORGANIZATION THAT'S SUPPORTED A LOT OF GOSPEL 08:22 OUTREACH PROGRAMS. 08:23 ANYWAY THEY INTERVIEWED US AND SAID WE WANT TO EXPAND 08:29 QUITE HOUR TO INVOLVE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE. 08:32 YOU KNOW THIS MINISTRY IS AN AGEING DEMOGRAPHIC SO 08:46 WE ACCEPTED THE POSITION. 08:47 I WAS THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATE 08:49 SPEAKER BUT I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF YOUTH AND 08:51 YOUNG ADULT MINISTRIES. 08:52 THIS IS WHERE WE INVOLVED, OVER THE 14 YEARS WE WERE 08:56 WITH THEM WE PROBABLY SAW AT LEAST FIFTEEN HUNDRED 08:59 TO TWO THOUSAND KIDS COME THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. 09:03 I CERTAINLY HAVE SEEN A SHIFT OVER THAT TIME IN 09:06 QUIET HOUR AS I RECEIVED THEIR EMAILS AND 09:08 INFORMATION FROM THEM. 09:09 IT WAS SO MISSION FOCUSED . 09:12 AND WE, YOU KNOW WE SAW SO MANY KID'S LIVES ETERNALLY 09:17 IMPACTED. 09:19 SO GIVEN THAT LITTLE BACKGROUND ONE OF THE 09:21 THINGS AT QUIET HOUR THAT I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN 09:24 WAS THE FACT THAT I WAS NOT ONLY A PASTOR, I MEAN 09:27 I LOVE TALKING TO KIDS, BUT OUR FAMILY MUSIC 09:31 MINISTRY WAS A WAY WE COULD GET OUT INTO THE 09:34 CHURCHES WHERE WE COULD DO THE CHURCH SERVICE AND 09:37 THEN HAVE AN EVENING CONCERT AND BRING AN 09:39 AWARENESS. 09:40 AND THAT'S WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:42 USING MUSIC. 09:44 THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BRINGING WARM BODIES IN 09:50 FRONT OF WARM BODIES. 09:51 GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER SO THEY CAN HEAR ABOUT THE 09:53 VISION. 09:54 YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO SO MUCH WITH EMAILS AND 09:56 EBLASTS AND WEBSITES BUT BOY THIS GENERATION REALLY 10:00 CRAVES AND STARVES FOR THIS. 10:05 WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT. 10:06 YES. 10:07 YOU KNOW THAT. 10:08 I DO. 10:09 WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, WE'LL PROBABLY 10:10 DO I WANT TO GUESS 25-40 CONCERTS A YEAR WITH THE 10:14 MAIN PURPOSE OF NOT IN BRINGING AN AWARENESS OF 10:22 GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT WE REALLY WANT THE PEOPLE OUT 10:27 THERE TO PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS . 10:30 WE WANT THEM TO START SPONSORING THE WORKERS FOR 10:32 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:33 AND SO HERE WE ARE. 10:37 YOU'RE HERE. 10:38 YOU'RE BRAND NEW REALLY AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:41 I KNOW THE PROGRAM WILL BE DELAYED BUT ACTUALLY THIS 10:43 EVENING IS OUR VERY FIRST GOSPEL OUTREACH CONCERT IN 10:47 ONE OF THE CHURCHES HERE IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY. 11:00 YES JUST TRY TO SAY THAT. 11:01 SO YOU'RE JUST EXCITED TO BE ON BOARD. 11:02 WE CALL OUR MUSIC MINISTRY MUSIC WITH A MISSION. 11:04 YES. 11:05 WE'RE NOT JUST INTERESTED IN GOING OUT AND SELLING 11:06 CDS AND DVDS AND THEN GETTING ENOUGH MONEY TO GO 11:07 TO ANOTHER CONCERT. 11:09 A LOT OF THE PROCEEDS FROM OUR CONCERTS WILL GO 11:13 DIRECTLY TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:14 AND WE'LL JUST SEE WHERE THE LORD LEADS. 11:18 SO YOU RETIRED BUT YOU DIDN'T RETIRE. 11:21 YOU RETIRED FROM THE QUIET HOUR AND FOUND SOMETHING 11:23 ELSE TO DO. 11:24 WE GOT TO A PLACE WHERE YOU KNOW UNFORTUNATELY I 11:27 FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY THAT I AM EXTREMELY 11:32 ALLERGIC TO WELL NOT ONLY BEE BITES BUT I GOT A 11:36 TERRIBLE REACTION IN HONDURAS JUST HAVING BEEN 11:40 BITTEN BY LITTLE ANTS. 11:41 AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE MY GRANDKIDS WITHOUT A 11:46 GRANDPA AND I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW IT'S 11:49 TIME TO JUST TAKE A BACK SEAT. 11:51 OF COURSE IT CAN HAPPEN HERE IN THE U.S. 11:53 OR CANADA AS WELL. 11:54 WELL THE BEES COULD. 11:55 OUR ANTS MAY BE A LITTLE TAMER. 11:56 BUT IT WAS YOU KNOW THE REALISTIC PICTURE WAS WE 11:57 WERE ON THE ROAD SO MUCH AND YOU GET TO THE PLACE 11:58 WE KNOW WE NEED TO HAND THAT BATON OFF TO A LITTLE 12:09 YOUNGER GENERATION. 12:10 BUT YOU KNOW WE STILL HAVE SOME FUEL IN THE TANK AND 12:12 WE SAID YOU KNOW GOD OPEN THE DOOR, WHERE DO YOU 12:15 WANT US TO BE AND IT HAPPENED IN A VERY 12:17 WONDERFUL WAY. 12:18 A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE THAT I WORKED WITH AS A PASTOR 12:21 IN THE OREGON CONFERENCE, PASTOR KEN CRAWFORD. 12:24 HIS LAST ASSIGNMENT HE WAS THE PRESIDENT UP IN 12:26 ALASKA. 12:27 AND HE SAID JOEDY, JUDY, YOU NEED TO TAKE A CLOSE 12:32 LOOK AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:33 HE SAID I'M COMING ON BOARD TO DO SOME PUBLIC 12:36 RELATIONS AND MARKETING AND WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE 12:40 YOU OUT THERE. 12:42 SO WE PRAYED ABOUT IT AND WE JUST FELT, HEY, THIS IS 12:46 IT. 12:47 THIS IS WHAT GOD, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN 12:53 ORGANIZATION THAT'S ALL VOLUNTEERS AND YOU KNOW 12:56 ONE PAGE STAFF PERSON THAT DOES, I'M THINKING, AND I 13:00 CAN TELL YOU JUST IN THE FEW HOURS WE'VE BEEN HERE 13:03 IN GOSPEL OUTREACH THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE. 13:07 AND IF I'M PAID TO DO SOMETHING YOU KNOW I'VE 13:10 GOT TO BE THERE. 13:11 BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE 13:13 INVOLVED. 13:15 THE SPIRIT HERE IS JUST HEAVENLY. 13:17 IT'S TREMENDOUS. 13:18 IT IS. 13:20 I CAN ATTEST TO THAT TOO HAVING HUNG OUT HERE NOW 13:22 FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND GOTTEN TO EAT MEALS 13:24 THEY'VE OFFERED ME AND IT'S SURE A GREAT PLACE TO 13:28 BE. 13:29 WELL YOU HAVE THE INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE OF 13:30 INTERVIEWING THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY OUT 13:33 THERE. 13:33 I MEAN THEY ARE THE TROOPS. 13:34 I KNOW I'M LEARNING SO MANY INTERESTING THINGS. 13:37 AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE A BREAK IN THIS SHOW SO 13:40 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE RIGHT NOW BUT WE WILL BE 13:42 BACK TO HEAR MORE FROM THE MELASHENKOS SO STAY TUNED 13:45 AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 13:46 EARTH. 13:47 VAST... 13:48 BEAUTIFUL.... BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN 13:55 SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 13:59 ITS OWN GREED. 14:01 HUMANITY... 14:01 WE NEED LOVE. 14:04 WE NEED HOPE. 14:06 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 14:10 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S 7 BILLION PEOPLE 14:13 STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS PLAN TO 14:17 SAVE US. 14:18 ONE THIRD. 14:19 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL, BUT 14:25 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:28 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 14:31 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 14:33 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 14:36 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 14:42 JESUS CHRIST. 14:44 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 14:47 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE... 14:51 SO THAT ALL THE WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 14:57 WELCOME BACK TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 14:59 GLAD THAT YOU STAYED TUNED. 15:01 MY GUESTS TODAY ARE JUDY AND JOEDY MELASHENKO AND 15:05 THEY ARE GOING TO BE SHARING SOME MORE WITH US 15:06 IN JUST A MOMENT. 15:07 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:10 IF YOU WATCH THIS SHOW REGULARLY YOU KNOW WHAT 15:14 INCREDIBLE WORK THIS MINISTRY IS DOING AROUND 15:16 THE WORLD AND HOW THEY ARE SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS 15:19 USING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND REACHING PEOPLE IN 15:22 THEIR OWN CULTURE AND IN THEIR OWN PLACE. 15:25 SO YOU SEE THE CONTACT INFORMATION THERE ON YOUR 15:28 SCREEN. 15:29 PLEASE USE IT TO ACCESS OUR ORGANIZATION AND HELP 15:32 WITH THE REALLY WONDERFUL THING THAT IS GOING ON. 15:35 ALSO WE WANT YOU TO KNOW MONTH BY MONTH WHAT'S 15:38 HAPPENING SO BE SURE TO ASK FOR OUR NEWSLETTER 15:41 WHEN YOU CONTACT US AS WELL. 15:42 WE READ IT AT OUR HOUSE AND ENJOY SEEING IT COMING 15:45 EVERY MONTH. 15:46 WE WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE AS YOU 15:49 ARE COMING ON BOARD AS AMBASSADORS FOR GOSPEL 15:51 OUTREACH. 15:52 AND JUDY YOU WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT YOUR 15:54 BACKGROUND IN NURSING AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ON MANY 15:58 MANY MISSION TRIPS. 15:59 TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU INCORPORATE 16:03 THAT WORK OF YOURS IN WITH MISSIONS AND THE KIND OF 16:06 BACKGROUND IT BRINGS FOR YOU AS YOU COME TO GOSPEL 16:09 OUTREACH. 16:10 WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE REALLY ENJOYED 16:12 DOING ON OUR MISSION TRIPS IS I OVERSEE, WE DO OUR 16:14 OWN COOKING AND SO I OVERSEE THE KITCHEN BUT MY 16:17 MAIN FOCUS IS COORDINATING THE MEDICAL WORK. 16:21 WE USUALLY TAKE DOCTORS WITH US AND DENTISTS. 16:26 AND IF WE CAN WE TAKE AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST. 16:28 HOWEVER, OPHTHALMOLOGISTS ARE NOT EASY TO COME BY. 16:31 AND SO I WENT TO THE LIONS CLUB AND WENT THROUGH SOME 16:36 SPECIAL TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO FIT AND EVALUATE 16:40 PEOPLE'S NEEDS FOR GLASSES. 16:41 THE LIONS CLUB HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION TO 16:44 SUPPLY US WITH ABOUT TWO THOUSAND PAIRS OF GLASSES 16:46 FOR MISSION PROJECTS THAT WE DO. 16:48 AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY COME TO US ALREADY TAGGED 16:52 WITH THE PRESCRIPTION ON THEM SO IT'S UP TO US TO 16:57 EVALUATE WHAT THE PRESCRIPTION NEEDS ARE. 16:59 AND SO WE DO EYE TESTS ON THE PEOPLE AND EVALUATE 17:03 THEIR NEEDS AND THEN FIT THEM FOR GLASSES. 17:05 LET ME JUST INTERRUPT HERE FOR A SECOND. 17:07 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW ONE OF THE 17:10 STRATEGIES, YOU KNOW CHRIST'S METHOD OF 17:12 EVANGELISM HE DIDN'T JUST SAY FOLLOW ME. 17:14 NO HE SAW WHAT PEOPLE NEEDED. 17:16 NEEDED, YES. 17:17 HE SAW THEIR NEED, WON THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THEN 17:20 HE SAID FOLLOW ME. 17:21 THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT IN THESE MISSION 17:24 PROJECTS WE GET PEOPLE, WIN THEIR CONFIDENCE AS 17:27 THEY SEE WE'RE INTERESTED IN THEIR PHYSICAL NEEDS. 17:30 AND SO THESE EYE CLINICS THEY'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE 17:32 OF THE BUSH. 17:33 UNDER MANGO TREES. 17:34 PEOPLE HAVE COME, YOU KNOW THREE OR FOUR HOURS. 17:36 I'M IMAGINING THAT SOME OF THEM DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT 17:38 THEY COULDN'T SEE WELL OR THAT THERE WAS A WAY THAT 17:40 THEY COULD. 17:40 YES. 17:41 THIS IS WHAT SHE IS GOING TO SHARE. 17:42 EXACTLY. 17:43 AND SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SEE HAVE NEVER 17:45 SEEN AN EYE DOCTOR IN THEIR LIFE. 17:47 THEY'VE NEVER HAD THEIR EYES TESTED. 17:49 AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET GLASSES. 17:52 YOU KNOW FOR CHILDREN BUT PARTICULARLY A LOT OF WHAT 17:57 WE SEE IS ELDERLY AND SOME OF THEM YOU KNOW HAVE LOST 18:00 THE ABILITY TO READ. 18:03 YOU KNOW THEY CAN READ AND IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY 18:06 THRILLING TO SEE WHEN YOU PUT A PAIR OF GLASSES ON 18:09 AND THEY CAN SEE AND READ THEY START CRYING. 18:13 THEY LITERALLY JUST START WEEPING. 18:15 AND THEN WHAT WE HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS I JUST 18:18 WANTED TO BE ABLE TO READ MY BIBLE. 18:20 CAN YOU IMAGINE. 18:22 JUST SOMETHING SO SIMPLE BUT YET, AND THAT OPENS 18:26 THEIR EYES LITERALLY TO WHERE WE CAN EXTEND THE 18:29 INVITATION TO COME TO OUR MEETING. 18:31 WE'RE HAVING MEETING. 18:32 YOU SEE IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE PHYSICAL EYESIGHT 18:35 DAMAGE BUT IT'S AN EASY TRANSITION TO SAY YOU KNOW 18:40 WE'VE HELPED YOU WITH YOUR PHYSICAL EYESIGHT BUT HOW 18:42 ABOUT YOUR SPIRITUAL EYESIGHT. 18:43 YES. 18:44 DOES IT NEED HELP? 18:45 YES. 18:46 NOW I KNOW WE JUST HAVE A FEW MINUTES LEFT BUT I 18:48 WANT JUDY TO TELL ONE OF THE MIRACLE STORIES THAT 18:52 JUST THRILLS MY HEART ABOUT HOW GOD USED THE EYE 18:54 CLINIC. 18:55 THIS ONE LITTLE GIRL THAT CAME WAS JUST, I MEAN SHE 18:58 HAD A TERRIBLE DISABILITY. 19:00 I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR IT. 19:01 THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 19:02 SO WE WENT THROUGH THE EYE CHART WITH HER AND YOU 19:04 KNOW THE DISTANCE THERE'S THE BIG "E". 19:06 YES. 19:07 OKAY, SO YOU KNOW THIS LITTLE GIRL WAS IN THE 19:09 THIRD GRADE. 19:10 IT WAS IN A SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRY AND HER 19:13 MOM BROUGHT HER. 19:14 WE HAD SEEN A NUMBER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN BUT HER 19:16 MOTHER BROUGHT HER IN THAT DAY. 19:18 AND BEFORE WE START ALL OF OUR CLINICS WE ALWAYS HAVE 19:21 PRAYER AND ASK GOD TO BLESS US AND TO HELP US TO 19:24 BE ABLE TO FIND AND TO HELP THESE PEOPLE. 19:27 SO THIS LITTLE GIRL CAME IN, LOOKED OUT AT THE, YOU 19:30 KNOW, THE CHART AND COULDN'T SEE THE BIG "E". 19:32 THEN I GAVE HER A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER WITH SOME 19:35 SPANISH, YOU KNOW, LIKE A NEWSPAPER WHERE SHE SHOULD 19:38 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO READ THE SIMPLE PRINT IN THERE. 19:41 SHE COULDN'T READ ANY OF THAT. 19:42 AND SO THROUGH AN INTERPRETER I TALKED TO 19:44 THE MOTHER AND SHE SAID THAT NO SHE CAN'T SEE THE 19:47 BLACKBOARD AND SHE CAN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT IS GIVEN 19:49 TO HER TO READ AND SO SHE IS REALLY HAVING PROBLEMS 19:52 . 19:53 SO I STARTED LOOKING FOR GLASSES THAT WOULD FIT 19:54 HER. 19:55 NOW MIND YOU, WE DON'T GET A LOT OF CHILDREN'S 19:56 GLASSES ANYWAY. 19:57 BUT I STARTED LOOKING FOR WHERE HER PRESCRIPTION 19:58 OUGHT TO BE AND STARTED LOOKING THROUGH THE BAG. 20:00 THERE WAS NOTHING THERE THAT WOULD YOU KNOW. 20:01 IT WOULD BE PRETTY EXTREME. 20:02 PRETTY EXTREME TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH OF 20:08 THESE NEEDS . 20:12 I THOUGHT OKAY IF I COULD JUST GET HER SOMETHING TO 20:16 READ CLOSE UP THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR HER 20:19 FOR HER EDUCATION. 20:21 WELL WE LOOKED AND LOOKED AND WE TRIED ON A NUMBER 20:25 OF PAIRS OF GLASSES. 20:26 I THOUGHT OKAY I'M GOING TO GO TO A LITTLE LOWER 20:28 PRESCRIPTION TO SEE IF THAT WILL HELP. 20:29 NOTHING. 20:30 A HIGHER PRESCRIPTION. 20:31 NOTHING HELPED. 20:32 YOU KNOW THE STAFF WAS HELPING ME AND WE WERE 20:35 GETTING KIND OF DISCOURAGED TRUTHFULLY 20:37 BECAUSE WE REALLY REALLY WANTED TO HELP THIS LITTLE 20:40 GIRL. 20:41 WELL I SAID TO THEM I SAID LET'S JUST STOP FOR A 20:43 MINUTE AND LET'S JUST HAVE PRAYER AGAIN. 20:45 AND WE JUST STOPPED AND THREE OR FOUR OF US GOT 20:49 TOGETHER AND WE JUST BOWED OUR HEADS AND SAID LORD 20:53 YOU KNOW OUR SITUATION, WE WANT TO HELP HER BUT 20:56 UNLESS YOU SHOW US AND HELP US FIND THE RIGHT 20:59 GLASSES WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO. 21:01 WOULD YOU PLEASE INTERVENE ON HER BEHALF. 21:03 SO I WENT BACK TO THE BAG THAT I ORIGINALLY STARTED 21:12 WITH AND I OPENED THE BAG THERE BECAUSE WE KEEP THEM 21:14 IN ZIPLOC BAGS SO THAT THEY DON'T GET DAMAGED AND 21:19 DIRTY AND EVERYTHING. 21:21 OPENED THE BAG AND SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ALL OF 21:25 THE GLASSES WAS A LITTLE PAIR OF GIRLS CHILDREN'S 21:29 GLASSES. 21:30 WE PUT THEM ON HER. 21:32 SHE COULD SEE THE BIG "E". 21:34 SHE COULD READ. 21:36 IT WAS JUST A MIRACLE. 21:37 AND THEN SHE STARTED SHOUTING TO HER MOM, LOOK 21:39 AT, LOOK AT THE BIRD AND THE LEAVES AND THE TREES, 21:44 IN SPANISH YES. 21:45 OH IT WAS SO THRILLING. 21:46 AND YOU KNOW I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THOSE GLASSES 21:49 WERE NOT THERE. 21:49 I OPENED THAT BAG. 21:50 I LOOKED AND LOOKED AND LOOKED. 21:52 IT WAS JUST GOD INTERVENING. 21:55 HE JUST PUT THEM THERE. 21:56 AND THAT GIRL AND HER MOM THEY CAME TO THE MEETINGS, 22:00 OUR EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS, AND THE LADY THAT WAS 22:06 HELPING HER SHE CAME AND BROUGHT HER MOM AND OF 22:08 COURSE I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH BUT OH THE GIRL 22:10 WAS SO EXCITED. 22:11 WE DON'T KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY ONLY IN HEAVEN 22:14 WILL WE KNOW, BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS. 22:16 CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU ARE A TEENAGER AND YOU 22:20 EXPERIENCE THAT. 22:23 YOUR FAITH IS GOING TO BE GET RATCHETED WAY UP. 22:26 GOD IS REAL AND HE CARES. 22:29 AND HE CARES. 22:30 HE CARES ABOUT THE SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS AND WE CAN 22:32 GO TO HIM WITH THE SIMPLEST PRAYER AND 22:34 REQUEST AND HE IS THERE TO HEAR AND TO ANSWER. 22:38 IT IS INCREDIBLE REALLY. 22:39 SO FAITHFUL. 22:40 EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING TO BE THIRD HAND I'M GOING TO 22:42 BE SHARING THIS STORY WITH MY CHILDREN AS SOON AS I 22:44 SEE THEM. 22:45 OH BLESS YOUR HEART. 22:46 AND WE COULD MULTIPLY THAT STORY OVER AND OVER AND 22:50 OVER AGAIN. 22:51 AND SO THIS IS YOU KNOW BRINGING IT BACK NOWTO 22:53 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:55 THERE IS A STORY TO TELL TO THE NATIONS. 23:01 TO QUOTE A SONG. 23:02 YES. 23:03 AND GOD CAN USE US IN ANY CAPACITY. 23:07 I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY DO THIS 23:09 INDIRECTLY BUT YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OF YOUR 23:11 VIEWING AUDIENCE THAT IS IN A CHURCH, IN A 23:14 COMMUNITY GROUP THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET THE 23:19 MELASHENKOS TO COME AND DO A CONCERT AND TO SHARE OUR 23:21 STORY WE'D LOVE TO ACCEPT THAT INVITATION IF WE 23:24 COULD MAKE IT WORK. 23:25 YES. 23:26 AND I'D LIKE TO SAY WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO SOME OF 23:29 THE REPORTS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM THE 23:31 DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 23:33 IT IS INCREDIBLE WHAT'S HAPPENING. 23:35 YES IT IS. 23:36 IT REALLY IS AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT IN OUR 23:38 CHURCHES WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT THAT. 23:39 WE NEED TO HEAR THAT STORY. 23:40 RIGHT. 23:41 AND IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HELP AND THAT'S WHAT YOU 23:42 WANT TO DO. 23:43 THAT'S EXACTLY. 23:44 TO HELP CATCH PEOPLE'S ATTENTION SO THEY CAN HEAR 23:45 THE AMAZING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. 23:47 IT IS. 23:47 GOD IS WORKING IN AMAZING WAYS. 23:49 IN THE INTERVIEWS THAT I'VE DONE OVER THE LAST 23:52 COUPLE OF DAYS HERE THAT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN MY 23:54 EXPERIENCE. 23:55 I'M GOING AWAY FROM IT JUST SAYING WOW, GOD IS 23:57 REALLY ACTIVE AND HE IS DOING A LOT. 24:00 JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT 24:02 WAS NOT JUST HAPPENING IN A BIG WAY. 24:05 EXACTLY. 24:06 WELL YOU KNOW THE GREAT GOSPEL COMMISSION WHICH 24:09 I'VE ALWAYS USED THAT ONE WORD "GO" AND THAT'S WHAT 24:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL ABOUT. 24:14 THERE'S A PART OF THAT COMMISSION THAT IS PRETTY 24:17 SPECIFIC. 24:19 THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN THE 24:22 WHOLE WORLD AS A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS. 24:24 YOU KNOW THE LORD COULD VERY SUPERNATURALLY SAY, 24:26 YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO TAKE OVER HERE. 24:28 I'M GOING TO SEND HEAVENLY AMBASSADORS. 24:30 WHO DOES THE PREACHING? 24:31 WHO DOES THE SHARING? 24:32 THE PEOPLE. 24:33 IT'S US. 24:34 IT'S THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE GOD HAS GIVEN 24:37 US. 24:38 INCREDIBLE. 24:39 AND WHEN YOU GET, AND I KNOW NOW I'M SPEAKING TO 24:43 MY NORTH AMERICAN AUDIENCE, BUT WHEN YOU GET 24:47 PEOPLE FROM THIS CULTURE THAT HAVE WAY TO MUCH 24:50 STUFF, WE'RE WAY TO SPOILED AND YOU TAKE THEM 24:53 OUT OF THAT COMFORT ZONE AND THEY EXPERIENCE FOR 24:58 THEMSELVES WHAT IT MEANS TO MINISTER TO THE LEAST 25:03 OF THESE, YOU'LL NEVER BE THE SAME. 25:06 AND I KNOW MOST OF US CAN'T GO INTO THE 10/40 25:08 WINDOW BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET SECOND HAND 25:12 THROUGH THE TELEVISION SHOW THAT YOU PRODUCE OR 25:16 OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE SEE HOW GOD IS WORKING 25:18 IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. 25:19 I KNOW WHEN I WAS SITTING AND LISTENING TO SOME OF 25:21 THE REPORTS THIS MORNING I THOUGHT YOU KNOW I'D LOVE 25:24 TO GO TO THAT COMMUNITY THERE WHERE EVER IT WAS 25:26 AND YOU KNOW RAISE MONEY TO PUT UP A LITTLE CHURCH 25:30 YOU KNOW. 25:31 YES. 25:32 AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE GET 25:33 EXCITED ABOUT. 25:34 ONE OF THE REPORTS I WAS INTERVIEWING I WAS SO 25:37 MOVED BY HOW MUCH $150 DOLLARS A MONTH CAN DO. 25:40 YES. 25:41 YOU KNOW ANOTHER STORY I'M GOING HOME WITH TONIGHT 25:45 IS, YOU KNOW TO MY HUSBAND, IS WE GOT TO DO 25:47 THIS. 25:48 YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A WORKER IN A PART 25:49 OF THE WORLD WHERE THEY CAN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT WHAT 25:53 THEIR DOING BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITIES POLITICALLY 25:56 BUT WHERE INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPEN. 25:58 BUT IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE PICTURE OF HOW GOD CAN USE 26:00 ABSOLUTELY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US WHETHER WE CAN 26:03 GO TO THOSE FIELDS OR NOT WE CAN HELP. 26:05 WE HAVE A PART. 26:06 YES. 26:07 WE CAN YES. 26:07 AND IT IS AN EXCITING PRIVILEGE WHICH WE ARE 26:11 SHARING WITH YOU. 26:12 THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE SOMETHING RIGHT 26:15 NOW TO HELP WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:17 YOU HEAR THE MELASHENKOS ENTHUSIASM ABOUT IT AND 26:20 I'VE BEEN, I GUESS YOU'D SAY KIND OF LOOSELY 26:23 CONNECTED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR A NUMBER OF 26:25 YEARS AND HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING 26:28 INTERVIEWING HERE AND LEARNING EVEN MORE 26:30 INTIMATELY ABOUT THE STORIES THAT ARE 26:31 HAPPENING, IT'S JUST VERY INSPIRING. 26:33 AMEN. 26:35 YES IT IS. 26:36 SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THE CONTACT INFORMATION 26:39 THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. 26:40 REACH OUT. 26:42 FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN GIVE PER MONTH OR THAT 26:44 YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE PER YEAR TO SUPPORT THE 26:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THE INCREDIBLE THINGS 26:50 THAT THEY ARE DOING AND THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING ON 26:52 THEIR OWN, THAT THEY ARE DOING THROUGH THE POWER OF 26:54 GOD'S SPIRIT WORKING THROUGH THEM. 26:56 BECAUSE AS WE LEARNED IN OUR INTERVIEWS THAT WE 26:59 TALK ABOUT HERE ON ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS GOD 27:01 IS AT WORK AROUND THE WORLD. 27:03 AMEN YES HE IS. 27:03 HE IS TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE, HE IS LOOKING FOR 27:06 THEM AND HE IS WORKING AND IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO BE 27:21 A PART OF IT. 27:40 YES , TRUE. 27:55 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND WE'LL SEE |
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