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Series Code: AIM
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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