Adventures in Missions

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Program Code: AIM000737A


00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL
00:35 OUTREACH.
00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND JESUS TELLS US IN THE
00:38 BIBLE THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO "GO AND TELL" AND
00:40 THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT HERE AT GOSPEL
00:41 OUTREACH AND GOING AND TELLING FOR US CAN MEAN A
00:44 COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
00:46 IT CAN MEAN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING
00:48 WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
00:51 AND OFTEN TIMES WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED THAT IT
00:54 IS ONLY FOR THE HEARING PEOPLE BUT HERE AT GOSPEL
00:57 OUTREACH WE ALSO HAVE A MINISTRY FOR DEAF WORK
01:00 BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE NO MATTER WHO
01:03 THEY ARE, NO MATTER IF THEY ARE HEARING OR NOT
01:05 HEARING THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT
01:07 JESUS LOVES THEM, THAT JESUS DIED FOR THEM, THAT
01:09 JESUS FORGIVES THEM AND THAT HE IS COMING BACK
01:11 AGAIN SOON.
01:13 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME EXTRA SPECIAL
01:15 WORK HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TODAY WITH MARVIN
01:17 BUDD.
01:18 HI, MARVIN HOW ARE YOU?
01:20 GOOD MORNING.
01:21 GLAD TO BE HERE.
01:23 I SHOULD SAY "HI".
01:23 WELL, "HI" TO YOU TOO.
01:25 SO, MARVIN WE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AS I JUST
01:28 SHARED WE WANT JESUS TO BE KNOWN, WE WANT JESUS TO BE
01:31 UNDERSTOOD, WE WANT JESUS TO BE HEARD ABOUT AND YOU
01:34 KNOW, FOR US AS HEARING PEOPLE THAT'S ONE THING
01:37 THAT WE CAN TALK THIS WAY AND HEAR EACH OTHER BUT
01:40 FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY CAN'T HEAR.
01:42 THAT'S RIGHT.
01:43 AND THEY ARE TYPICALLY ISOLATED AND LEFT OUT.
01:45 SO, OUR WORK IS TO TRY TO GET THE GOSPEL THROUGH TO
01:48 THEM IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
01:50 YES.
01:51 AND I FIRST STARTED LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE
01:54 BACK IN CHURCH ABOUT ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO NOW
01:59 AND IT IS JUST KIND OF STAYED WITH ME AND THE
02:01 WEEKLY CONTACT HAS HELPED ME DEVELOP MY SKILLS.
02:05 SO, YOU ARE-YOU KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE?
02:07 I KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE, I INTERPRET FOR MY CHURCHES
02:10 IN MY AREA, OK, WEEKLY AND I ENJOY BEING WITH THE
02:15 DEAF PEOPLE.
02:16 SO, CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING FOR US HERE?
02:18 WHY DON'T YOU AS YOU ARE TELLING ME A LITTLE BIT
02:20 ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE JUST QUICKLY YOU CAN DO IT HERE
02:23 IN 30 SECONDS.
02:24 YES, WELL I LIVE IN MICHIGAN, OK.
02:27 I WAS WORKING AT ANDREWS UNIVERSITY UH HUH, AND I
02:32 RECENTLY RETIRED AND NOW I AM JUST KIND OF WORKING ON
02:38 THE SIDE AS A TREE TRIMMER AND ENJOYING LIFE AS
02:43 RETIRED.
02:44 AND ALSO, GOING TO INDIA.
02:46 AWESOME!
02:47 SO, HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL
02:48 OUTREACH?
02:49 UH, JOHN BLAKE KIND OF RECRUITED ME AND UH HUH,
02:53 JUST SAID YOU CAN'T SAY NO.
02:56 I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE THAT KNOWS SIGN LANGUAGE.
02:59 WE NEED YOU TO WORK WITH THE DEAF.
03:02 SO, I ACCEPTED TO GO LAST YEAR, UH HUH, AND I WENT
03:06 WITH JEFF JORDAN FROM TENNESSEE AND HE WAS A
03:09 WONDERFUL COMPANION WHEN WE WENT THERE.
03:11 AWESOME.
03:12 AND THIS YEAR HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE, UH HUH, SO I
03:13 ASKED A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE AND CHUCK MCGEHEE
03:14 FROM THE NORTHWEST IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON
03:16 ACCEPTED TO GO.
03:16 WONDERFUL!
03:17 AND HE WAS REALLY A LIFE SAVER BECAUSE HE IS A LAY
03:27 PASTOR, UH HUH, IN HIS AREA.
03:35 HE'S DONE THE DEAF WESTERN CAMPMEETING FOR ABOUT 40
03:45 YEARS NOW.
03:46 THEY HAD THEIR BIG CELEBRATION LAST YEAR.
03:48 I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CAMPMEETING.
03:49 THAT'S FANTASTIC.
03:51 THERE IS ACTUALLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR AND I THINK
03:53 THERE MAY BE FIVE SOON.
03:55 WELL THIS IS GREAT.
03:56 IN THE UNITED STATES AND SO WE WANTED TO HAVE THE
04:00 DEAF WORKING WITH THE DEAF IN INDIA.
04:03 MARVELOUS.
04:04 AND IT IS NOT JUST HEARING PEOPLE ALWAYS HELPING THE
04:07 DEAF BUT TO THE DEAF IT REALLY TAKING A
04:09 RESPONSIBILITY AND I HAVE TO MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT
04:12 IN THE FUTURE.
04:13 YOU KNOW, THAT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE IS
04:15 A CONNECTION THERE AND IT IS ONE THING FOR SOMEONE
04:17 TO COME AND BE EMPATHETIC WHICH I THINK THAT THAT IS
04:20 VERY IMPORTANT BUT TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION AND THAT'S
04:25 HUGE.
04:26 SO, JOHN BLAKE-YOU MENTIONED JOHN AND HE IS
04:27 THE DIRECTOR OF OUR DEAF MINISTRY WORK HERE AT
04:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH SO THE TWO OF YOU ARE PARTNERING
04:31 TOGETHER AND SO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL HEART FOR THIS AND
04:34 WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN THE TREE TRIMMING A TREE IT
04:38 SOUNDS LIKE, THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S A BIGA COMPETITION,
04:40 YES, THERE YOU GO SO UM, TELL US MARVIN INDIA IS
04:43 WHERE YOU ARE FOCUSING MUCH OF YOUR EFFORT AND WE
04:46 HAVE SOME GRAPHICS HERE TO SHOW, YES, ABOUT INDIA.
04:49 INDIA, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR ABOUT INDIA.
04:51 INDIA IS A HUGE COUNTRY AND HERE IS THE DEAF WORK
04:56 HERE IN INDIA.
04:59 YES, AND SO OUR TRIP TO INDIA PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON
05:03 TWO LOCATIONS THIS TIME.
05:06 ONE WAS ON THE CENTRAL EASTERN COAST, UH HUH, IN
05:10 A TOWN CALLED VIZIANAGARAM WHERE THE NORTHEAST ANDHRA
05:14 SECTION IS.
05:15 OK.
05:16 AND THE OTHER WAS DOWN UH WEST AND SOUTH OF
05:20 BANGALORE.
05:21 OK, SO ON THIS WORK ON THIS GRAPHIC WE ARE
05:24 SHOWING ALL OF THE DEAF WORK YOU CAN SEE SOME
05:26 COUNTRIES THERE IN AFRICA, CHINA, OF COURSE, AND THEN
05:29 INDIA BUT OUR TOPIC HERE OR COUNTRY OF FOCUS WILL
05:33 BE INDIA.
05:34 AND IT SAYS THERE ARE SIGN LANGUAGES -120- YOU KNOW
05:38 FOR ME, I HEAR OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE BUT CAN YOU
05:41 BREAK THAT DOWN FOR US, MARVIN?
05:43 WELL, I'M NOT SURE I CAN.
05:45 I'M NOT THAT MUCH OF AN EXPERT IN IT BUT I DO KNOW
05:48 THAT WHEN WE WERE IN INDIA I'VE IDENTIFIED AT LEAST
05:51 FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF FINGERSPELLING.
05:53 SO, JUST WITHIN INDIA THERE ARE SEVERAL.
05:57 INTERESTING.
05:58 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE
06:00 EVEN GETTING A GROUP OF DEAF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND
06:02 THAT KIND OF LEADS RIGHT INTO OUR FIRST, UH VIDEO.
06:05 SURE.
06:06 AND HERE YOU SEE THE MAN THAT'S SIGNING, UH HUH, IS
06:11 SPEAKING TO ANOTHER MAN WHO IS ACTUALLY HEARING,
06:14 THE GUY WITH THE BALD HEAD, UH HUH, AND THEN
06:17 JUST ON THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE YOU WILL SEE CHUCH
06:19 MCGEHEE WHO WAS WITH ME AND THE HEARING PERSON AND
06:24 CHUCK ARE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TOGETHER AND
06:28 THE OTHER DEAF MAN IS INTERPRETING FROM THE
06:33 TELAGU THAT THE HEARINGMAN UNDERSTANDS TO TRY TO GET
06:36 INTO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND SO THE
06:39 FINGERSPELLING THAT HE JUST USED RIGHT THERE IS
06:42 INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE.
06:43 OK, SO THIS IS FASCINATING FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN
06:46 IN MEETINGS WHERE THINGS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED THREE
06:48 TIMES IN THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES BUT I HAVE NEVER
06:51 SEEN IT LIKE THIS BEFORE.
06:53 RIGHT.
06:53 THIS IS FASCINATING.
06:54 IN THE SOUND FOR THIS PARTICULAR VIDEO CLIP IS
06:57 CHILDREN SINGING BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECTION SCHOOL
07:01 THAT IS A BOARDING SCHOOL THERE - AN ELEMENTARY
07:03 SCHOOL.
07:04 OK.
07:05 NOW, THE MAN THAT IS SIGNING RIGHT NOW IS
07:08 TRYING TO COMMUNICATE-TRYING TO HELP
07:09 CHUCK UNDERSTAND - ANSWER THE QUESTION ARE YOU A
07:13 PASTOR?
07:14 OH.
07:15 AND THE PASTOR SIGN THERE IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
07:18 PASTOR SIGN IN AMERICAN.
07:20 OK, SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE-WHAT IS IT IN
07:22 AMERICAN?
07:23 THIS IS PASTOR IN AMERICAN, OK, IS IT LIKE
07:26 OK SIGN?
07:27 THIS IS PASTOR IN INDIA.
07:29 IN INDIA WHERE YOU ARE PULLING DOWN IN FRONT OF
07:32 YOU WITH BOTH HANDS.
07:33 YES, IN AMERICA THAT'S THE SIGN FOR CLIENT.
07:34 OH, HOW FUNNY.
07:35 SO, CHUCK IS MISUNDERSTANDING AND THEY
07:36 ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH SIGNING THERE AND HE IS
07:38 FINGERSPELLING IN AMERICAN WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN
07:41 INDIA.
07:42 AND I'M HEARING A NEW TERM FROM YOU -FINGERSPELLING
07:44 BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS HEARD SIGN LANGUAGE SO.
07:46 IT'S ACTUALLY GOT THREE -SIGN LANGUAGE HAS THREE
07:48 PARTS: FINGERSPELLING, GESTURES, YES, AND THEN
07:51 THE ACTUAL SIGNS.
07:53 THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE I LEARNED THE ALPHABET AND
07:56 SO THAT'S TERMED THE FINGERSPELLING.
07:58 THAT'S FINGERSPELLING.
07:59 OK.
08:00 ALRIGHT, INTERESTING.
08:01 SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU TRY TO LEARN.
08:02 WELL, AND YOU KNOW IT IS INTERESTING HERE BECAUSE
08:04 I'M INVOLVED WITH THIS THE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF
08:06 BIBLE STORIES AND A SPANISH WORD IN MEXICO CAN
08:09 ALSO BE A VERY DIFFERENT SPANISH WORD IN ARGENTINA
08:12 FOR EXAMPLE.
08:12 SURE.
08:13 SO, WE ARE SEEING THE SAME THING HERE.
08:14 YES.
08:15 OH, THIS IS FASCINATING SO DID THEY FINALLY FIGURE
08:17 OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PASTOR AND -YES, HE'S
08:20 ACTUALLY ASKING HIM WHERE ARE YOU FROM IN THE UNITED
08:24 STATES?
08:24 WHERE DO YOU WORK?
08:25 OK.
08:26 AND SO, HE IS INDICATING THAT THERE.
08:29 SO, YES UM THERE ARE FRUSTRATIONS AND
08:32 CHALLENGES.
08:33 WE TRIED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF THEIRS AND THEY
08:35 TRIED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF OURS.
08:36 WELL NOW HE'S POINTING HERE TRYING TO, YES, I
08:38 LOVE IT.
08:39 WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE GOT IT ALL SORTED
08:43 OUT.
08:43 YES.
08:44 SO, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IS THE MAN A PASTOR?
08:47 AH, CHUCK IS A LAY PASTOR.
08:48 LAY PASTOR OK.
08:49 THAT'S WHAT HIS ANSWER WAS IN THE CLIP.
08:50 HE WAS TRYING TO -OK, GOOD.
08:53 SO, OUR MEETINGS WERE AT THE VIZIANAGARAM TOWN,
08:57 CITY THERE, UH HUH, AND AT THE NORTHEAST ANDHRA
09:01 SECTION OFFICE.
09:02 WE -THIS IS THE GROUP THAT WAS THERE.
09:05 THE MIDDLE ROW OF COURSE, ARE ADMINISTRATORS AND
09:08 PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE PICTURE FORMERLY BUT WE
09:12 HAVE PEOPLE FROM ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT STATES IN
09:15 INDIA REPRESENTED IN THIS PICTURE.
09:17 SO, ARE THESE ALL HEARING PEOPLE OR ARE THESE ALL
09:19 DEAF PEOPLE?
09:20 MIXTURE?
09:21 MIDDLE PEOPLE ARE HEARING, OK, AND PRETTY MUCH THE
09:23 MIDDLE SWATH, YES, AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND AND IN FRONT
09:27 ARE DEAF, SO THE WOMEN IN SARIS ARE DEAF?
09:29 YES, ACTUALLY YES, THEY ARE ALL DEAF.
09:35 WOW.
09:36 YES, WELL I'M SORRY THE WOMAN ON THE LEFT IS
09:39 ACTUALLY HEARING, OK, BUT THEY WORK WITH THE DEAF.
09:42 SURE, SURE.
09:44 SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR THEM TO COME TOGETHER AND
09:46 KIND OF HAVE A POW WOW AND-AH, THAT'S SOMETHING
09:50 YOU'RE KIND OF AHEAD OF ME THERE.
09:51 OK.
09:53 AH, LET'S GO AHEAD, SURE, AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL
09:56 INDIA FOOD HERE, OH YES LOOK AT THAT.
10:00 THIS WAS PROVIDED BY MRS. NANCY ROBINSON AND
10:03 SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER TO US THERE BOTH CHUCK AND
10:07 I ENJOYED HER FOOD VERY MUCH.
10:09 GOOD.
10:09 GOOD, GOOD.
10:10 SO, PASTOR AMBROSE ALSO ATE THERE AND THERE IS A
10:13 PICTURE I THINK COMING UP-THAT'S HER SERVING US
10:17 THERE.
10:18 PASTOR AMBROSE IS THE DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR
10:20 SPECIAL NEEDS, UH HUH, WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAF.
10:23 OK.
10:24 AND HERE WE ARE IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECTIONS
10:26 HOME WHICH IS JUST ABOVE IN THE OFFICE THERE AND
10:31 SO, WE REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME AND GOOD CARETAKERS.
10:34 SO, I HAVE BEEN TO THAT AREA OF THE WORLD AND IT
10:38 IS ALMOST LIKE THE SPECIAL NEEDS ARE OUTWEIGHING ALL
10:42 OF THE OTHER NEEDS AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THIS IS
10:45 BECOMING AN INTEREST TO THEM AND THAT THEY ARE
10:47 TAKING-I'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH PASTOR AMBROSE.
10:51 GOOD.
10:52 HE'S IN THE DIVISION HE SEEMS TO BE RIGHT ON TOPE
10:54 OF IT.
10:55 HE IS LEADING PEOPLE.
10:56 HE IS RECRUITING SPECIAL NEEDS DIRECTORS AT THE
10:59 UNION AND SECTION LEVELS.
11:01 GOOD.
11:02 AND WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.
11:04 GOOD.
11:05 IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE NOT JUST TREADING WATER
11:06 ANYMORE.
11:07 GOOD, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
11:08 BUT IT IS STILL VERY, VERY EARLY.
11:10 WELL, AND IT IS OVERWHELMING BECAUSE THE
11:11 NEEDS ARE HUGE.
11:13 YES.
11:14 OK.
11:15 SO HERE ARE A GROUP OF THREE WOMEN, UH HUH, THAT
11:19 ARE MEETING EACH OTHER-MEETING THE ONE ON
11:22 THE RIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND NOTICE THEY ARE
11:27 ALL SIGNING TOGETHER, YES, AND REALLY SHARING
11:30 INFORMATION.
11:31 THEY ARE COMING TOGETHER AH, ONE OF THE LADIES IN
11:34 THE MIDDLE IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE MET HER.
11:38 THE WOMAN ON THE RIGHT -IT'S OBVIOUS THE VERY
11:40 FIRST TIME SHE'S BEEN IN THIS GROUP AND THE WOMAN
11:43 ON THE LEFT IS AN OLD TIME GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
11:46 THE ONE IN THE GREEN?
11:47 OK.
11:48 YES.
11:49 AND I'M SMILING BECAUSE THE WOMAN IS DOING SIGN
11:50 LANGUAGE AND SIGNING WITH HER CELLPHONE.
11:53 OH, THAT'S COMMON, YES.
11:54 SIGNING WITH ONE HAND OR SIGNING WITH SOMETHING IN
11:57 YOUR HAND.
11:58 WELL, GOOD WELL SEE FOR ME I WAS BLESSED WITH SEVEN
12:01 FINGERS THAT IT WOULD BE OK THAT I'M MISSING SOME
12:03 DIGITS I MIGHT NOT - WE SIGN WITH WHAT WE HAVE
12:06 AVAILABLE.
12:06 THERE YOU GO!
12:08 IT'S ALL GOOD.
12:09 YES, SO ARE THEY SIGNING IN WHAT LANGUAGE WOULD BE
12:13 SIGNING IN HERE, MARVIN?
12:14 UM, I THINK PRIMARILY THEIR LANGUAGE THERE IS
12:17 TELAGU.
12:18 TELAGU, SO THEY ARE SIGNING IN TELAGU.
12:21 AH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IF THEY DO ANY FINGERSPELLING
12:24 IT WOULD IN TELAGU PROBABLY BUT I DON'T KNOW
12:26 THAT BECAUSE I AM STILL LEARNING.
12:28 THIS IS SO FASCINATING TO ME.
12:30 OK, ALRIGHT.
12:31 YES, AND ALSO THE LANGUAGE YOU TEND TO USE AFFECTS
12:36 YOUR SENTENCE STRUCTURE.
12:37 TRUE, TRUE.
12:38 SO, TRUE, TRUE BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY AS WOMEN, YOU
12:43 KNOW WHAT, WE CAN COMMUNICATE NO MATTER WHAT
12:46 LANGUAGE WE DO OR DON'T SPEAK.
12:47 THAT'S RIGHT, AND YOU ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT
12:49 HANDICAPPED BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE SIGN LANGUAGE
12:51 IN YOUR MANUAL VOCABULARY.
12:52 RIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU USE WHAT YOU CAN.
12:55 THAT'S RIGHT.
12:55 ALRIGHT, LET'S KEEP GOING HERE.
12:57 MY NAME IS SALINGA.
12:58 I'M DOING WORK AS A PASTOR IN THREE CHURCHES.
13:02 KALUMBRUM, SALUBRUM AND SINGANOR, KUMORA AND
13:10 PANORDITI.
13:11 SECTION?
13:12 SANGO, KARIKAL SECTION.
13:16 COMPLETE WITHOUT HEARING THE ACCENT SO IWANTED YOU
13:19 TO HEAR THIS.
13:19 AND THE HEAD SHAKING TOO, YES.
13:21 ABSOLUTELY.
13:22 NOW, LAST YEAR WHEN I INTERVIEWED-WELL, I
13:25 ACTUALLY ASKED ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE BUS RIDE AS
13:27 WE WENT TO CHURCH AND I USED MY IPHONE TO CAPTURE
13:31 THEIR NAME SIGNS.
13:32 I ASKED THEM TO FINGERSPELL THEIR NAMES
13:34 FOR ME AND SO THEY ALL DID.
13:37 THIS ONE MAN JUST SAT THERE AND SAID, GO ON TO
13:40 THE NEXT PERSON.
13:40 HE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO TALK TO ME.
13:42 REALLY?
13:43 WHICH I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF SHOCKING AND I ASKED
13:45 WHO IS THAT GUY?
13:46 THEY SAID, WELL, HE IS HEARING HE JUST CAME WITH
13:48 SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE FROM TANGIVOR DISTRICT AND
13:51 SO I SAID, OK BUT WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW MORE
13:54 ABOUT HIM.
13:55 SURE.
13:55 THIS TIME HE WAS REALLY -HE CAME ALIVE.
13:57 GOOD.
13:58 HE WANTED TO LEARN THE FINGERSPELLING AND HE
14:01 ACTUALLY HAD THE INDIAN ALPHABET DOWN AND AS YOU
14:04 CAN HEAR, HE HAS THREE CHURCHES IN HIS DISTRICT
14:07 THAT HE IS WORKING WITH AND HE WANTS TO SEE THAT
14:10 THE DEAF KNOW THE GOSPEL.
14:12 WELL, FANTASTIC AND GOOD YOU HAD THE SECOND
14:14 OPPORTUNITY SOMETIMES YOU DON'T GET THAT.
14:16 ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?
14:16 YES, PRAISE THE LORD.
14:18 AWESOME.
14:19 SO, LET'S GO ON TO ANOTHER ONE HERE.
14:23 ONE OF OUR PROJECTS THIS YEAR WAS TO PURCHASE A
14:28 TRICYCLE, A TRIKE, A THREE WHEELED MOTORCYCLE FOR
14:32 THIS MAN WHO IS PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WHICH IS ALSO
14:35 UNDER SPECIAL NEEDS AND HE WORKS FOR THE DEAF.
14:38 HE ACTUALLY WORKS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS WORKING
14:40 WITH DEAF MINISTRY.
14:41 AS YOU CAN SEE, HE HAS A HEREDITARY PROBLEM WITH
14:45 HIS LEFT KNEE AND HE CAN'T RUN A REGULAR MOTORCYCLE
14:49 AND OBVIOUSLY CAN'T WALK SO THIS IS GOING TO BE
14:52 VERY USEFUL TO HIM.
14:53 FANTASTIC.
14:55 SO, A GROUP OF PEOPLE AT THE TENNESSEE DEAF CHURCH
14:57 UH HUH, PUT THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY TOGETHER AND
15:00 THREE OTHER DONORS ALSO GAVE AND HE WAS PRESENTED
15:05 WITH THIS BICYCLE.
15:06 WAS HE JUST OVERWHELMED?
15:08 WELL, HE HAS BEEN ASKING FOR IT FOR QUITE A WHILE,
15:11 YES, HE REALLY NEEDS IT.
15:12 ISN'T THAT NEAT?
15:13 AND HIS YOUNGEST SON ALSO HAS EYE PROBLEMS AND SO WE
15:18 ARE ALSO HELPING THAT -HIS SON TO GET SURGERY.
15:21 BUT HERE, BLESS HIS HEART, HE IS ABLE TO MOVE AND
15:24 ELIJAH HAD A CHARIOT AND THIS MAN HAS A CHARIOT
15:26 TOO.
15:27 AND ANOTHER MAN WAS PROVIDED A BICYCLE, YES,
15:31 AND WELL THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THAT FAMILY.
15:33 YOU CAN SEE THE BOY ON THE RIGHT, OH, WITH THE
15:36 GLASSES.
15:36 SURE.
15:37 SO, LET'S SEE THIS IS THE MAN -WELL, THIS IS THE
15:42 BICYCLE OR TRIKE AGAIN.
15:44 AND OK, HERE IS THE BICYCLE THAT WAS GIVEN TO
15:47 ANOTHER ONE OF HEARING MEMBERS AND HE RECEIVED
15:50 THIS SO THAT HE CAN TRAVEL TO HIS VARIOUS CHURCHES.
15:56 BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS,
15:59 MARVIN, THEY HAVE A LONG WAY TO TRAVEL DON'T THEY?
16:01 THEY DO.
16:03 THEY TRAVEL QUITE A WAYS TO GET BETWEEN THEIR
16:05 DISTRICTS.
16:06 YES, SO ANY KIND OF WHEEL WHATEVER WILL HELP THEM.
16:09 IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME.
16:10 SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
16:12 WE HAD A BRAND-NEW PERSON WITH US THIS TIME.
16:15 SEPHA LAXSHMI AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE BAPTIZED
16:21 AND THIS IS HER BEING BAPTIZED, FANTASTIC, IN
16:24 THEIR BAPTISMAL FOUNT OUTSIDE AND THIS IS THE
16:26 GROUP- THE DEAF PEOPLE ARE IN THE FRONT ROW ALONG
16:27 WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS, UH HUH.
16:28 AND HER HUSBAND ALSO WAS BAPTIZED AND WE HAVE A
16:30 LITTLE VIDEO OF THAT WE CAN WATCH.
16:31 HER HUSBAND WAS JUST INTRODUCED BY ONE OF THE
16:34 DEAF PEOPLE -THEY ARE BOTH DEAF AND THEY WERE
16:52 INTRODUCED TO THE GOSPEL BY OUR DEAF MEMBERS AND SO
16:56 IT WAS VERY PRECIOUS.
16:57 THIS IS THE SECRETARY OF THE SECTION BAPTIZING THIS
17:02 MAN.
17:03 OH.
17:04 THE MAN YOU SEE THE MAN SIGNING TO HIM, YES,
17:06 SAYING YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE BAPTIZED, YES.
17:09 AND HE IS HOLDING THE TOWELS FOR ALL OF THE
17:11 BAPTISMS.
17:12 THERE WERE ALSO SEVEN OF THE SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM
17:16 THE SCHOOL THERE THAT WERE BAPTIZED AT THAT TIME.
17:18 SO AGAIN, PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING A CHOICE TO LEAVE
17:22 HINDUISM AND ACCEPTING THE LIVING GOD.
17:24 RIGHT, AND HERE IS A PICTURE OF HIS FAMILY.
17:27 SO, THEY'RE BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE DEAF.
17:30 YES.
17:31 IS THE CHILD?
17:32 THE CHILD I'M- WOULD GUESS NOT, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR
17:35 SURE.
17:36 OK.
17:37 NOW THIS IS ONE OF THE DEAF PASTORS IN
17:39 VIZIANAGARAM AREA THAT WE VISITED LAST TIME.
17:43 JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF DEAF PEOPLE -WOW, WELL
17:46 MARVIN THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IF YOU ARE EXCITED TO
17:49 HEAR WHAT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING
17:51 TO HELP PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT JESUS, AH, WE WANT TO
17:55 INVITE YOU TO BE INVOLVED EVEN MORE AND HERE IS SOME
17:58 INFORMATION HOW YOU CAN DO THAT.
18:03 (SINGING) YES, JESUS LOVES ME THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO.)
18:24 LET'S GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND SHARE THE GOSPEL
18:38 TO ALL PEOPLE.
18:39 THERE ARE ABOUT THREE BILLION PEOPLE IN THE
18:43 10/40 WINDOW WHO STILL NEED TO HEAR AND KNOW
18:48 JESUS LOVES THEM.
18:50 TOGETHER WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LET'S
18:54 FULFILL CHRIST'S COMMISSION.
18:56 YOU CAN PRAY, VOLUNTEER, OR SUPPORT A BIBLE WORKER
19:01 TO SHARE JESUS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS SO THAT ALL WILL
19:07 KNOW JESUS LOVES THEM.
19:09 HE DIED FOR THEM AND HE IS COMING SOON.
19:15 JESUS IS COMING SOON AND IT IS UP TO US TO SHARE
19:17 WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE THAT WE INTERACT
19:20 WITH AND TO ALSO HELP THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN
19:23 THE 10/40 WINDOW LEARN MORE ABOUT JESUS.
19:25 YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK, ON INSTAGRAM,
19:27 AND ON OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG AND WE WOULD
19:30 LOVE TO HAVE YOU PARTNER WITH US.
19:32 I'M HERE VISITING WITH MARVIN.
19:34 HI, MARVIN AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DEAF
19:38 WORK WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH.
19:40 THIS IS SO EXCITING I AM SO GLAD THAT WE HAVE THIS
19:43 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH SO MORE PEOPLE CAN HEAR ABOUT
19:47 JESUS BUT THEY ARE HEARING IT THROUGH SIGN LANGUAGE.
19:50 RIGHT.
19:51 WELL, OUR FIRST PART WAS UP AT THE SECTION OFFICE
19:53 TRAINING OUR EXISTING WORKERS.
19:54 IN INDIA.
19:55 IN INDIA, UH HUH.
19:56 WE'VE HAD AN EYE FOR THE DEAF SCHOOL DOWN IN
20:00 KOLLEGAL FOR MANY YEARS, GOOD, AND THIS IS A VIDEO
20:04 SHOWING THE SCHOOL THERE AND THE CHILDREN AT THE
20:08 SCHOOL ALL SAYING HELLO IN THE MORNING, GOOD, AS THEY
20:11 GOT UP.
20:12 AND SO, CHUCK MCGEHEE CAME WITH ME AS I MENTIONED
20:16 BEFORE AND HE'S HERE AND HE GAVE THE WEEK OF PRAYER
20:22 FOR THE STUDENTS.
20:23 LOOK AT ALL THOSE SMILES.
20:24 YES, I MEAN WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL.
20:26 EVERYONE OF THEM KNOWS GOOD SIGN LANGUAGE AND HOW
20:29 TO RELATE.
20:30 SO, THESE -ALL OF THESE GIRLS WE ARE SEEING GIRLS
20:32 HERE AND ALL OF THESE STUDENTS HAVE COME AND
20:33 THIS IS A BOARDING SCHOOL.
20:34 WHO SUPPORTS THESE KIDS TO COME?
20:35 THIS IS CHILD IMPACT INTERNATIONAL AND IT IS
20:39 VERY IMPORTANT, LIKE I SAY, WE'VE HAD OUR EYES
20:41 HERE BECAUSE THESE STUDENTS HAVE HAD A
20:43 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND KNOW THE BIBLE STORIES.
20:46 THEY'RE PROBABLY OUR BEST CHANCE OF GETTING A DEAF
20:49 PASTOR SOME DAY.
20:50 NOW THIS SCHOOL IS EXCEPTIONAL.
20:54 THEY HAVE VERY GOOD EFFECTIVENESS AT REACHING
20:57 THE DEAF KIDS.
20:58 AND THE NEXT THING I WANT TO SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW IS
21:01 THE VIDEO OF THEM DOING A DRAMA WITH MUSIC.
21:06 OK.
21:09 (MUSIC.
21:11 YOU RAISE ME UP.) WOW, MARVIN THIS IS THE SECOND
23:02 TIME I HAVE HEARD DEAF STUDENTS DOING SOMETHING
23:06 TO MUSIC.
23:07 SO, HERE ARE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE-THEY CAN'T HEAR THE
23:10 MUSIC BUT HOW MOVING IS THAT?
23:12 AND GOD DOES RAISE US UP AND HE IS GOING TO RAISE
23:14 THOSE EARS SO THEY CAN HEAR.
23:16 YES, ACTUALLY ANOTHER EXCITING PART ABOUT THIS
23:18 THAT HOPE CHANNEL INDIA WAS USING THIS- FILMING
23:23 THIS, THE DAY WE WERE THERE TO USE AS A PROMO SO
23:26 THAT OTHER PEOPLE IN INDIA CAN KNOW ABOUT THE SCHOOL
23:28 AND USE IT MORE.
23:29 FANTASTIC.
23:30 NOW TRAVELING THERE IS ALWAYS COLORFUL THINGS TO
23:33 SEE AND BUY AND-CHUCK WENT TO ONE OF THE UPPER-CLASS
23:37 STORES HERE AND THE GENTLEMEN THAT WERE WITH
23:39 US WERE TRYING TO HELP US SELECT THINGS, YES, HE GOT
23:42 THIS NICE DRESS FOR HIS WIFE AND BROUGHT IT BACK
23:45 HOME AND IT WAS THE WRONG SIZE SO YOU TRY SOME AND
23:48 YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL.
23:49 YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
23:51 SO, WHAT ABOUT SOME DEAF PASTORS IN THE FUTURE?
23:53 YES, THIS IS A YOUNG MAN THAT SELF IDENTIFIED AS
23:57 SOMEBODY THAT IS INTERESTED IN BECOMING A
23:59 PASTOR IN THE FUTURE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT
24:02 HIM TO GO TO SPICER MEMORIAL COLLEGE AT SOME
24:05 POINT BUT HE NEEDS AN INTERPRETER AND SOME
24:07 ACCESSIBILITY.
24:09 SO THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR US THERE.
24:11 YES.
24:12 UM, THE NEXT THING WE HAVE HERE IS JUST A SHORT CLIP
24:16 SHOWING YOU THE GRADUATION.
24:18 OH GOOD!
24:19 CLASS FROM THIS TIME AND-THIS IS FROM THE DEAF
24:22 SCHOOL.
24:23 THIS IS FROM THE KOLLEGAL SCHOOL AND ONE OF THESE
24:27 BOYS IS FROM A MUSLIM FAMILY UH HUH.
24:31 SOME OF THESE STUDENTS COME THERE JUST BECAUSE
24:35 THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE FOR THEM TO GO.
24:37 OTHERS COME BECAUSE THEY'VE TRIED EVERYTHING
24:39 ELSE AND THIS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR THEM.
24:41 SURE.
24:42 SO, THAT WAS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS GENTLEMAN.
24:44 SO, IS THAT THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT?
24:46 HIGH SCHOOL THAT THEY ARE GRADUATING FROM?
24:48 IT IS KIND OF UP TO JUNIOR HIGH.
24:50 JUNIOR HIGH, OH OK.
24:51 I WOULD SAY.
24:52 OK, ALRIGHT.
24:53 AND HERE IS ONE OF THE BOY'S FAMILIES AH, COMING
24:57 THERE.
24:58 WOW.
24:59 SO, WE ARE MAKING IMPACTS.
25:00 THIS IS A FAMILY THAT WA-S BOTH OF THEM ARE GRADUATES
25:05 FROM THE KOLLEGAL SCHOOL.
25:06 HE IS NOW A FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER AND SHE IS
25:09 PERHAPS ONE OF OUR BEST POSSIBILITIES AT HELPING
25:12 TO ESTABLISH A DEAF CHURCH UP AROUND BANGALORE TO
25:16 KEEP OUR GRADUATES FROM THIS SCHOOL IN THE CHURCH
25:19 AS THEY GRADUATE AND TRY TO GO TO TECHNICAL
25:21 COLLEGE, SURE, WHICH IS A BIG PULL FOR THEM TO GO TO
25:24 A BAPTIST OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
25:26 SO, WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE THIS VERY MUCH.
25:30 SO, THIS COUPLE THEY ARE BOTH DEAF?
25:31 YES, BOTH DEAF.
25:32 BOTH DEAF?
25:33 OK.
25:35 THIS IS THE BUS WE WENT ON SABBATH OUT TO A FARM, UH
25:38 HUH, FOR SABBATH AND IN THE AFTERNOON AND ALL OF
25:41 THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL ARE JAMMED INTO THIS BUS.
25:43 OH, BUT THERE IS ROOM FOR AT LEAST A HUNDRED
25:48 MORE.YES, THIS IS THE FARM OUT THERE WITH THE GIRLS
25:52 LEADING THE SONG SERVICE.
25:54 WHAT A NICE BUILDING.
25:56 IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND THIS IS THE
25:58 GROUP PHOTO AFTER THAT.
26:00 NICE.
26:01 AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST PUSHES HERE IS THAT CHUCK
26:05 AND I ARE MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH SOME OF THESE
26:07 KIDS, GOOD, AND TRYING TO INCLUDE THEM IN
26:09 FELLOWSHIP, GOOD, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE THE BIG THINGS
26:12 ABOUT DEAFNESS IS ISOLATION.
26:14 YES, WELL MARVIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF
26:17 THIS AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT YOU WANT TO
26:19 SHARE HERE WITH OUR VIEWERS?
26:21 WELL, I THINK PROBABLY AS WE JUST CLOSE OUT WITH
26:24 THIS LAST VIDEO.
26:25 SO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
26:55 WATCHING AND SUPPORTING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
26:57 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU
28:20 TODAY.


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