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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL
00:36 OUTREACH. 00:37 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO 00:39 AFRICA? 00:40 WELL, TODAY YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST 00:41 THAT AND AFRICA IS ONE OF THE CONTINENTS THAT ARE IN 00:45 THE 10/40 WINDOW HERE THAT WE ARE CONCENTRATING 00:47 EFFORTS ON TO SHARE JESUS IN. 00:51 TODAY I WANT TO WELCOME PASTOR JOHN STAFFORD HERE 00:54 TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:55 JOHN, HOW ARE YOU? 00:56 I'M FINE THANKS. 00:57 NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE AND JOHN, YOU HAVE A SPECIAL 01:00 PLACE IN YOUR HEART FOR AFRICA AND WHY IS THAT? 01:02 WELL, WE'D BEEN IN AFRICA FOR SIXTEEN YEARS-IN 01:06 RWANDA, IN BURUNDI, SEYCHELLE ISLANDS. 01:11 THESE ARE FRENCH SPEAKING COUNTRIES. 01:13 I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THESE COUNTRIES BECAUSE I KNOW 01:16 FRENCH AS MY MAJOR AND STUDIED IN FRANCE AT 01:23 COLONGE AND MY WIFE ALSO WAS WITH ME SO SHE AND I 01:27 BOTH SPEAK FRENCH. 01:28 THAT IS FANTASTIC. 01:30 SO, SAY SOMETHING TO OUR VIEWERS WHO MIGHT SPEAK 01:33 FRENCH AND SAY SOMETHING IN FRENCH WOULD YOU 01:36 SPEAKING IN FRENCH 01:44 SPEAKING IN FRENCH 01:45 SPEAKING IN FRENCH 01:46 AH, OUI, OUI WONDERFUL. 01:48 MERCI. 01:49 THANK YOU. 01:51 SO, HERE YOU AND YOUR WIFE RUBY LIVED IN AFRICA AND 01:53 THEN YOU'VE PASTORED AND EVERYTHING AND THEN HOW 01:56 DID YOU GET CONNECTED HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:57 WELL, IN 1999 WE DID A GOSPEL OUTREACH TRAINING 02:00 IN BURKINA FASO WITH JACK THOMPSON, ARNOLD PFLUGRAD, 02:07 MY WIFE WE WENT OVER THERE TO OUAGADOUGOU AND WENT 02:10 TOGO AND DID SOME TRAINING FOR THE WORKERS THERE AND 02:17 THAT'S REALLY THE LAST TIME I WAS INVOLVED UNTIL 02:19 I GOT INVOLVED WITH BEING A REGIONAL DIRECTOR IN 02:23 FRENCH SPEAKING WEST AFRICA INCLUDING TOGO, 02:26 CHAD, BENIN AND GABON. 02:28 PERFECT AND WE HAVE SOME GRAPHICS HERE TO SHARE 02:32 WITH OUR VIEWERS ABOUT THIS AREA, RIGHT, OF THE 02:35 WORLD AND HERE WE HAVE IT AND IT'S FANTASTIC THAT 02:38 YOU DO SPEAK FRENCH, JOHN, SO, HERE WE HAVE IT 02:41 SUBSAHARA WEST AFRICA AND IN TOGO POPULATION 162 02:47 MILLION. 02:48 DOMINANT FAITH VOODOO. 02:50 UH HUH. 02:51 SO. 02:52 A LOT OF WITCHCRAFT GOING ON THERE. 02:56 OK AND WHY DON'T YOU WALK THE VIEWERS THROUGH HERE 02:57 DOMINANT FAITH IS CHRISTIAN IN THIS COUNTRY. 02:59 YES. 03:00 OK. 03:01 AND THEN IN NIGERIA POPULATION 162 MILLION 03:04 DOMINANT FAITH ISLAM. 03:06 UH HUH. 03:07 NICE PICTURES OF THE KIDS THERE AND NIGER HERE IS 03:10 162 MILLION AGAIN DOMINANT FAITH ISLAM AND MANY OF 03:15 THESE COUNTRIES JOHN, THAT WE HEAR ABOUT IN THE NEWS 03:20 AND CHAD DOMINANT RELIGION AGAIN ISLAM. 03:25 UH HUH, YES. 03:26 SO, THIS IS YOUR AREA OF FOCUS AND SAY THIS 03:31 PROPERLY IN FRENCH FOR US WOULD YOU? 03:33 GABON. 03:35 SEE THAT'S THE SILENT-YES. 03:37 SO, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT. 03:41 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT 03:45 ABOUT SHARING JESUS. 03:46 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE IN 03:48 THIS AREA? 03:50 IN THESE FOUR COUNTRIES, I HAVE ABOUT 40. 03:51 FORTY? 03:52 SO, WE HAVE FORTY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE'VE 03:54 JUST SEEN HOW MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES HAVE 162 03:57 MILLION PEOPLE. 03:58 YES, WE ARE JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE. 04:00 SO, WE HAVE A LOT TO DO DON'T WE? 04:02 WE REALLY DO. 04:03 IT IS MIND BOGGLING. 04:04 SO, WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN AFRICA 04:07 AND YOU ARE MEETING SOMEBODY FOR THE FIRST 04:08 TIME AND THEY REALIZE THAT YOU SPEAK FRENCH AND HERE 04:10 YOU ARE THIS AMERICAN WHAT DO THEY THINK? 04:12 OH, IT IS FUN TO WATCH THEIR FACES LIGHT UP, YOU 04:15 KNOW, BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO HEART LANGUAGE FOR THEM 04:18 MUCH MORE THAN ENGLISH. 04:20 THEY UNDERSTAND SOME ENGLISH YOU KNOW, BUT AH 04:22 WITH MY ABILITY TO SPEAK FRENCH WITH THEM THEY JUST 04:26 RELAX AND WE CAN BECOME FRIENDS AND WE CAN DEVELOP 04:29 RELATIONSHIPS. 04:31 YES, YES WELL VERY GOOD. 04:32 SO, YOU ARE HERE TO GIVE US A REPORT ON WHAT IS 04:35 HAPPENING IN THIS AREA AND YOU'VE GOT SOME PICTURES 04:38 TO SHARE WITH US AND WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US ON A 04:41 LITTLE TRIP? 04:44 OK, ALRIGHT. 04:45 WELL, WE MET, I MET WITH GLEN WINTERMEYER IN PARIS. 04:49 I FLEW FROM SEATTLE TO PARIS AND WE MET THERE IN 04:52 PARIS. 04:53 HE IS FROM CHATTANOOGA AND GLEN IS ONE OF OUR 04:56 VOLUNTEERS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 04:58 YES, HE IS REGIONAL DIRECTOR- 4 IN WEST AFRICA 05:01 WHICH IS MOSTLY ENGLISH SPEAKING AND HE HAD ALL OF 05:04 WEST AFRICA AND IT IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO 05:08 COVER IT ALL SO, GOSPEL OUTREACH ASKED ME TO BE 05:11 DIRECTOR FOR REGION 3 WHICH INCLUDES THE FRENCH 05:14 SPEAKING -SOME OF THE FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICAN 05:17 COUNTRIES OF WEST AFRICA. 05:19 OK. 05:20 AND SO, THIS WAS OUR FIRST STOP HERE IN GABON AND WE 05:26 MET THE MISSION LEADERS, THEY FED US WELL. 05:30 THEY FOUND GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS FOR US AND 05:32 MADE SURE WE HAD INTERNET SO WE COULD COMMUNICATE 05:37 WITH OUR WIVES. 05:38 GOOD, GOOD ALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS, BECAUSE 05:41 NORMALLY HE HAD HIS WIFE WITH HIM SO I WAS THERE AH 05:43 TO GO WITH HIM AND HAD HIM INTRODUCE ME TO THE 05:46 LEADERS AND TO ORIENT ME TO THESE COUNTRIES. 05:50 BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH PARTNERS WITH AND IS A 05:52 SUPPORTING MINISTRY TO HELP WITH THE MISSIONS SO 05:54 WE ARE VERY MUCH WITH THE MISSIONS DIRECTOR. 05:56 YES, YES, THEY ARE ANSWERABLE TO THE 06:00 MISSIONS, CORRECT, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW SO, WE 06:02 COMMUNICATE WITH MISSION LEADERS AND THEN WE LOOK 06:08 AT THE REPORTS AND THE ACCOUNTING AND THEN WE 06:12 GATHER THE WORKERS TOGETHER AND WE TRAIN 06:15 THEM-TEACH THEM HOW TO GIVE THE GOSPEL TO SOME; 06:19 HOW TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO TEACH THEM HOW 06:22 TO TELL BIBLE STORIES. 06:24 THIS WAS OUR MAIN EMPHASIS WAS BIBLE STORY 06:28 EVANGELISM. 06:29 AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN, 06:31 YOU KNOW FOR MANY OF US WHO HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO 06:33 HAVE GROWN UP AS CHRISTIANS WE'VE BEEN ABLE 06:36 TO STUDY THE BIBLE BUT FOR A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THIS 06:39 IS ALL NEW TO THEM. 06:40 I MEAN THEY ARE, MANY OF THEM ARE NEW CHRISTIANS 06:43 THEMSELVES. 06:44 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:46 SO, TRAINING IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THESE 06:47 PEOPLE. 06:48 A LOT OF THEIR BACKGROUND HAS BEEN MORE OR LESS 06:50 LEGALISTIC YOU KNOW, AND KIND OF EARNING THEIR 06:53 SALVATION AND IT WAS GOOD NEWS-THAT'S THE GOSPEL 06:56 RIGHT? 06:57 YES. 06:58 TO DISCOVER THAT SALVATION IS A GIFT. 07:00 IT IS A GIFT AND THIS IS WHAT WE FIND IN 1 JOHN 07:06 5:11-13, YES, YES, SAYING HOW IT IS A GIFT AND DO 07:10 YOU WANT TO READ THAT? 07:14 I DO AND IT SAYS HERE. 07:16 "AND THIS IS THE TESTIMONY, GOD HAS GIVEN 07:17 US ETERNAL LIFE AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. 07:19 WHOEVER HAS THE SON HAS LIFE. 07:21 WHOEVER DOES NOT HAVE THE SON OF GOD DOES NOT HAVE 07:24 LIFE." 07:25 IT GOES ON TO VERSE 13 "I WRITE THESE THINGS TO YOU 07:29 WHO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD SO THAT YOU 07:31 MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. 07:34 THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE WE HAVE IN APPROACHING GOD 07:36 THAT IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE 07:38 HEARS US AND IF WE KNOW THAT HE HEARS US WHATEVER 07:42 WE ASK WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE ASKED OF 07:44 HIM." 07:46 AMEN. 07:48 AND WE ARE ASKING FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 07:50 TO, YES, SHARE MORE OF JESUS. 07:53 THAT'S REALLY NEAT AND GABON REALLY NEEDS MORE 07:55 WORKERS THEY ARE TAKING THESE FOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 07:57 WORKERS AND PLANNING TO PUT THEM INTO PASTOR 08:00 POSITIONS AND THEN THEY WILL REPLACE THEM WITH 08:03 OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 08:05 SO, THESE GUYS ARE KIND OF IN TRAINING, SURE, TO 08:08 BECOME PASTORS, SURE, SURE AND SO AS WE VISIT THEM, 08:12 VISIT WITH THE MISSION LEADERS I HAD A CHANCE TO 08:15 PREACH TO THE LOCAL CONGREGATION, IN FRENCH? 08:18 IN FRENCH, YES, THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN. 08:21 IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO SPEAK TO THEM IN FRENCH. 08:24 I PREPARED A HANDOUT ON THE GOSPEL PRESENTATION 08:27 AND HOW TO RECEIVE ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE 08:30 AND IN THAT SABBATH MORNING THEY HAD A 08:34 WONDERFUL SONG WE COULD MAYBE WE COULD LISTEN TO, 08:40 YES, SURE, TO THE CHOIR SINGING THAT SONG IF WE 08:43 CAN GET IT GOING HERE. 08:45 SO, WHILE THEY ARE SINGING IT JUST REMINDS ME OF THE 08:59 SONGS THAT I USED TO SING IN CHOIRS IN COLONGE AND 09:03 IN OUR SCHOOLS IN BURUNDI, RAWANDA AND IT REALLY MADE 09:08 ME FEEL AT HOME TO HEAR THEM SINGING THESE HYMNS. 09:12 COLONGE IS A SCHOOL IN FRANCE WHERE YOU ATTENDED 09:15 TO COLLEGE. 09:16 HOW LONG WERE YOU THERE A YEAR? 09:17 TWO YEARS. 09:19 TWO YEARS, SO I DO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING HERE THAT 09:22 YOU AND YOUR WIFE, OH BEAUTIFUL WOMEN SINGING 09:25 THERE. 09:26 IT IS AND WOMEN ARE IN LEADERSHIP. 09:28 SO MUCH OF THEM IN TOGO THE TREASURER FOR THE 09:30 MISSION IS A LADY AND SHE WAS OUR CHAUFFEUR IN FACT. 09:33 TAKING US TO THE RESTAURANT WHEN WE WERE 09:38 THERE. 09:39 FABULOUS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE -WAS IT GRADUATION? 09:43 NO, IT WAS THEIR CHOIR REGALIA. 09:46 CHOIR REGALIA. 09:48 OK, WELL THEY LOOK FANTASTIC. 09:50 I DO WANT TO BRING THIS UP THOUGH THAT I THINK THAT 09:56 YOU AND YOUR WIFE ARE AN EXCEPTION OF PEOPLE WHO 09:57 SPEAK TWO LANGUAGES BECAUSE WITH GOSPEL 10:00 OUTREACH WITH US HIRING INDIGENOUS WORKERS WHO 10:02 KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE CULTURE AND THEY 10:05 KNOW ALL OF THAT AND WHAT A BLESSING FOR YOU AND 10:08 YOUR WIFE AND YOUR MINISTRY THAT YOU BOTH ARE 10:09 BILINGUAL BUT THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT FOR 10:13 WESTERNERS TO MOVE TO A COUNTRY, LEARN THE 10:16 LANGUAGE AND ALL OF THAT AND THAT'S WHY HERE AT 10:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH BY HAVING INDIGENOUS WORKERS THAT 10:21 KIND OF SEPARATES US FROM MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND BY 10:24 HAVING THOSE PEOPLE THERE THEN THEY ARE ABLE TO 10:28 COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THEIR PEOPLE THAT THEY RUB 10:31 SHOULDERS WITH. 10:32 WE CAN ALSO UNDERSTAND THEIR CULTURE A LITTLE 10:34 BETTER BECAUSE WE WERE MISSIONARIES IN AFRICA FOR 10:37 16 YEARS. 10:38 YES, YES. 10:39 SO, IT IS JUST -AS I SIT HERE IN THIS CHAIR AND HOW 10:43 SO MANY REGIONAL DIRECTORS, SO MANY OF US 10:46 WHO HAVE LIVED IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW AND THEN TO 10:49 BE INVOLVED IN IT NOW HOW GOD HAS PREPARED US ALL 10:52 FOR THAT. 10:53 UH HUH. 10:54 IT IS NEAT BUT A SPECIAL BLESSING THAT YOU DO SPEAK 10:57 FRENCH FLUENTLY. 10:58 OK, KEEP IT GOING. 10:59 OK WELL, FROM GABON WE FLEW TO TOGO AND THERE WE 11:02 MET WITH PASTOR GARMETE, HE IS THE PRESIDENT AND 11:03 HIS ADMINISTRATION ALONG WITH SIXTEEN GOSPEL 11:05 OUTREACH WORKERS AND WE MET WITH THEM AND REVIEWED 11:06 THEIR REPORTS AND ALSO, WE HAD A CHANCE TO DO SOME 11:13 TRAINING WITH THESE GUYS. 11:16 THEN FROM TOGO THE MISSION PRESIDENT IN BENIN CAME IN 11:24 HIS CAR OR THE MISSION CAR WITH HIS TREASURER-DROVE 11:31 FROM BENIN OVER TO LOMEI PICKED US UP AND DROVE US 11:36 OVER INTO BENIN. 11:38 WOW, YOU WERE EVERYWHERE. 11:39 AND SO, WE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY THE RIDE AND ALONG 11:44 THE WAY THEY POINTED OUT A PLACE WHERE THERE WAS 11:47 SLAVE TRADE GOING ON WHERE THE SLAVES WERE BEING SOLD 11:49 TO THE SLAVE TRADERS ALONG THAT COAST YOU KNOW, AND 11:53 SO THAT WAS A LITTLE REMINDER OF WHAT KIND OF 11:56 LIFE WAS GOING ON BACK IN THOSE DAYS. 11:58 GLAD THAT IS NOT HAPPENING NOW. 12:00 VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 12:01 AND SO, WE GOT TO TOGO AND WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT WITH 12:05 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE - LOOK AT 12:09 THE KIDS. 12:10 ON SABBATH MORNING, THE MISSION PRESIDENT TOOK US 12:12 OUT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH CHURCH PLANT AND THE KIDS 12:15 WERE ENJOYING SABBATH SCHOOL SINGING OUTSIDE OF 12:22 THE HOME. 12:24 IT IS A HOUSE CHURCH. 12:25 AND THEN WHEN WE WENT INSIDE WE WERE GREETED 12:29 WITH A LITTLE GROUP THAT WAS MEETING IN THERE AND 12:34 THERE THEY WERE SINGING. 12:36 OH. 12:37 AND THIS IS THE SOUND THAT COMES FROM THEIR SINGING 12:41 -THIS IS SO AFRICAN AND SO THEY LOVE TO JUST GET THE 12:48 RHTHYM GOING IN THERE AND HAVING THE JOY OF JESUS. 12:54 OH YES. 12:55 CLAPPING HANDS. 12:56 YES. 12:57 AND DURING THAT TIME THERE WAS A SABBATH SCHOOL 12:59 PRESENTATION AND THEN GLEN DECIDED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE 13:07 PRODIGAL SON AND SO HE USED THE METHOD OF 13:11 "PRULAPS". 13:12 YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE ACRONYM OF PRULAPSING 13:15 A BIBLE STORY. 13:17 THE "P" WORD IS PRAY FIRST AND THE "R" WORD WOULD BE 13:21 READ THE STORY, UH HUH, AND THEN THE "U" WORD WAS 13:26 UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE STORY THE "L" 13:27 WORD WOULD BE TO LEARN THE LESSONS THAT WE HAVE 13:28 GLEANED FROM THE STORY, THE "A" WORD IS APPLY- HOW 13:38 ARE YOU GOING TO APPLY THESE LESSONS IN YOUR LIFE 13:41 AND THEN THE YOU FINISH WITH PRAYER THEN YOU ASK 13:46 HOW MANY OF YOU CAN NOW TELL THIS STORY BACK IN 13:49 YOUR VILLAGE? 13:50 SURE. 13:51 AND SO, THAT'S HE TOLD THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON. 13:56 HE BROUGHT ONE OF THE KIDS UP AND HAD HIM STAND ON A 13:59 CHAIR PRETENDING LIKE HE IS THE FATHER LOOKING OUT, 14:01 OH YES, FOR HIS SON COMING SO HE TRIED TO GET SOME 14:04 ACTION GOING AND WE ASKED AFTER THE STORY WAS TOLD 14:15 IF THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS ILLITERATE, UH HUH, 14:18 WHO COULD TELL THE STORY AGAIN? 14:20 OH, AND DID SOMEONE DO THAT? 14:23 AND PEOPLE POINTED THEIR FINGER AT THIS FELLOW WHO 14:26 WAS SITTING ON THE BACK SEAT AND SO SAID HE CAN DO 14:31 THIS. 14:32 AND SO, HE CAME FORWARD AND HE TOLD THE STORY 14:33 VERBATIM AND YOU CAN SEE THEM APPLAUDING IN THE 14:40 BACKGROUND THERE BECAUSE HE DID SUCH A GOOD JOB. 14:43 BUT THAT IS FASCINATING TO ME BECAUSE IN THESE 14:45 CULTURES STORIES ARE SO IMPORTANT AND, IN THE 14:47 BIBLE, YES, IT WAS THE LISTENING AND THE HEARING 14:48 AND THE RECITING AND THAT'S WHY WITH 14:49 STORYTELLING AND I'M INTO BIBLE STORIES THAT'S WHY 14:51 IT IS SO IMPORTANT-IT IS SO IMPORTANT. 14:52 YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD THIS STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON 14:54 EVERY SINCE WE CAN REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, BUT 14:56 THESE PEOPLE THAT DAY HEARD IT FOR THE VERY 14:57 FIRST TIME. 14:59 YES. 15:00 OH JOHN, THAT'S FANTASTIC. 15:04 AND SO, IT WAS EXCITING FOR US TO SEE HOW THIS 15:15 METHOD OF EVANGELISM OF BIBLE STORYTELLING. 15:21 YOU KNOW, HE SAID THAT HE WOULD NOW TAKE THAT STORY 15:23 AND TELL IT IN HIS VILLAGE AND SEVERAL OTHERS IN THAT 15:27 GROUP RAISED THEIR HANDS AND SAID THEY'D GO TO 15:30 THEIR VILLAGES AND THEY CAN TELL THE SAME STORY 15:31 TOO. 15:32 AND THEN THEY CAN START A GROUP THERE IN THEIR 15:35 VILLAGE TELLING STORIES. 15:36 WELL, WE ALL LOVE STORIES AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING 15:40 A PART OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 15:43 OUTREACH AND WE WANT TO SHARE SOME MORE 15:45 INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH YOU. 15:48 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 15:49 IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 15:52 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 15:54 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 15:57 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 16:01 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 16:04 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' 16:07 LOVE. 16:08 NINETY SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 16:10 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 16:14 EQUATOR. 16:15 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH WITH THE 16:17 SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU. 16:19 WE SPONSOR LOCAL GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY 16:22 COUNTRIES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THE 16:25 CULTURE AND RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE 16:28 FEWER CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES 16:30 WOULD. 16:31 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 16:34 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 16:36 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 16:41 GOD'S LOVE. 16:42 JOIN US. 16:43 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 16:46 DONATE. 16:46 PRAY. 16:47 MAYBE YOU CAN'T GO BE A MISSIONARY IN WEST AFRICA 16:49 BUT YOU CAN HELP SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BY 16:50 GOING TO OUR WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 16:53 INFORMATION AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU PARTNER 16:56 WITH US THROUGH PRAYER AND THROUGH YOUR FINANCIAL 16:59 SUPPORT OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THIS 17:04 HUGE, HUGE, HUGE AREA OF OUR GLOBE-THE 10/40 WINDOW 17:08 FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 17:10 WE'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU 17:12 THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTER AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND 17:15 THIS TO YOU. 17:16 THERE IS NO CHARGE AND JUST LET US KNOW BY OUR 17:18 WEBSITE, GIVE US A CALL AT 509-525-2951 AND WE WOULD 17:23 MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT YOU ON THE MAILING LIST. 17:25 THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF STORIES, UM, REALLY NEAT 17:28 STORIES FROM THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, THE 17:30 REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND WE ALSO- EVERYBODY SEEMS TO 17:33 BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA- WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE 17:36 YOU FOLLOW US AND "FRIEND" US. 17:38 WE WOULD "LIKE" YOU WE HOPE YOU WILL "LIKE" US ON 17:40 FACEBOOK AND BE ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG AND KNOW WHEN 17:44 THERE WILL BE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR WHO MIGHT BE 17:45 ATTENDING YOUR CHURCH, HAVING A CONCERT OR WITH 17:49 THE MELASHENKOS AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF GOSPEL 17:52 OUTREACH WORK. 17:53 INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR FRIENDS, PEOPLE AT 17:54 CHURCH SO THEY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:57 AS WE ALL GO AND TELL ABOUT THE LOVE OF JESUS 18:00 TOGETHER. 18:01 WE ARE ALSO ON INSTAGRAM AND SO FOLLOW ALONG THERE 18:04 AS WELL. 18:05 SO, TODAY WE ARE TALKING WITH JOHN STAFFORD ABOUT 18:09 WEST AFRICA AND JOHN, I HAVEN'T EVEN ASKED YOU 18:11 WHAT YOU ARE WEARING? 18:13 THIS TOP THAT YOU ARE WEARING THAT IS BLUE AND 18:15 WHITE WHAT COUNTRY IS IT FROM? 18:17 IT IS FROM BENIN AND AS A GIFT OF GRATITUDE FOR WHAT 18:22 WE DID FOR THEIR WORKERS THEY GAVE EACH OF US-GLEN 18:25 AND I, EACH OF US A BENIN SUIT TO WEAR SO. 18:28 OH NICE. 18:28 SO, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. 18:30 SO, GLEN WINTERMEYER HE IS ALSO A REGIONAL DIRECTOR 18:32 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH THE TWO OF YOU TRAVELED 18:34 TOGETHER AND THE GOAL OF THESE TRIPS WHEN YOU GO 18:38 AND MEET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IS TO DO 18:40 WHAT? 18:41 IT IS TO TRAIN WORKERS, GET A CHANCE TO TRAIN THEM 18:43 AND ALSO TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE MISSION LEADERS 18:47 AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALSO ARE ON THE TEAM OF 18:50 TRAINING THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 18:52 WELL AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 18:55 TRAINING AND YOU KNOW SOMETIMES THERE IS ONLY SO 18:57 MUCH YOU CAN DO ON EMAIL AND PHONE CALLS AND SKYPE 19:00 BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO SHOW UP AND HAVE 19:03 THAT FACE TO FACE. 19:04 ABSOLUTELY. 19:05 YES. 19:06 SO, YOU WERE SHARING WITH US SOME PHOTOS AND VIDEOS 19:08 TAKE US BACK TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH US 19:11 NEXT. 19:12 WELL, THE NEXT THING IS ABOUT A GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:16 WORKER WHO WAS CREATIVE AND HE NEEDED TO REACH OUT 19:21 TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND SO HIS COMMUNITY IS 19:25 FULL OF FARMERS AND SO HE HAS DECIDED TO FORM A 19:30 FARMERS CO-OP WHERE THEY WORK TOGETHER IN EACH 19:33 OTHERS FIELDS, UH HUH, AND HE'S KIND OF LEADING OUT 19:37 IN THIS, WOW, AND HE HIMSELF BEING A FARMER 19:40 TOO, YOU KNOW, AND SO, THEY BEGIN EACH MORNING 19:42 WITH PRAYER UH HUH, AND THE MUSLIM-ONE OF THE 19:44 MUSLIMS DECIDED TO DONATE SOME LAND AND BUILD A 19:45 CHAPEL AS A PLACE FOR THE CHRISTIANS. 19:46 ISN'T THAT AMAZING? 19:47 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. 19:48 A MUSLIM MAN BECAUSE OF HIS INTERACTION WITH THIS 19:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THIS FARMING CO-OP, RIGHT, 19:51 DID WHAT? 19:52 HE DONATED SOME LAND TO BUILD A CHAPEL AND PLANT 19:53 ANOTHER CHURCH IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 19:54 OK. 19:55 SEE. 19:56 BUT THAT'S BECAUSE HE HAS DEVELOPED A RAPPORT, A 20:00 RELATIONSHIP, A FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE - THAT'S WHAT IT 20:15 IS ALL ABOUT- THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS NOT 20:22 JUST OUT THERE YOU KNOW, PREACHING THE GOSPEL HE IS 20:25 OUT THERE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER CULTIVATING 20:28 GARDENS AND HE'S DEVELOPED A RAPPORT WITH THEM. 20:32 WELL, ISN'T THAT- PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT. 20:34 SEE, YES. 20:36 GOOD. 20:37 GOOD. 20:38 GOOD. 20:39 AND THEN THE NEXT PICTURE IS A PICTURE OF PASTOR 20:44 MATTHEW COULETTE. 20:45 HE IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY THE MISSION SECRETARY FOR 20:52 BENIN AND I HAD HEARD THAT HE HAD AN ANIMISTIC 20:56 BACKGROUND SO I ASKED HIM, I WANT YOU TO TELL ME YOUR 20:58 STORY AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID. 21:00 HE GREW UP IN AN ANIMISTIC HOME BACKGROUND. 21:03 AND EXPLAIN THAT-A VIEWER MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT THAT 21:05 IS. 21:06 OK. 21:07 ANIMISTIC IS WHEN THEY WORSHIP THE RAIN, THE SUN, 21:10 THE TREES AND YOU KNOW, THEY ARE IDOLATORS, PAGANS 21:12 AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE. 21:15 THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN CHRISTIANITY. 21:18 ANYWAY, HE WAS AS A BOY, HE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL AND 21:22 HE FAILED SO MUCH THAT HIS FATHER WAS ASHAMED OF HIM 21:27 AND SENT TO LIVE WITH HIS AUNT OVER IN TOGO. 21:32 AND SO, HIS AUNT IS ALSO ANIMISTIC AND SO SHE PUT 21:36 HIM TO WORK WATERING AND WEEDING HER FIELD AND NEXT 21:42 TO THE FIELD WAS A GROUP OF ADVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE 21:45 WHO WERE DOING THE SAME THING IN THEIR FIELD-KIND 21:48 OF LIKE A CO-OP OF ADVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE AND 21:50 THEY MADE FRIENDS WITH HIM. 21:53 AND THEY GAVE HIM A BIBLE AND SO HE TOOK IT HOME AND 21:56 STARTED READING IT AND WHEN HIS AUNT FOUND OUT 21:59 -SAW HIM READING A BIBLE SHE KICKED HIM OUT. 22:02 AND SO, HE HAD NO PLACE TO STAY AND SO ONE OF THE 22:06 ADVENTISTS BROUGHT HIM INTO THEIR HOME AND HE WAS 22:10 ACTUALLY GIVEN A JOB AT THE MISSION AS WATCHMAN 22:13 AND GARDNER AND THE MISSION PRESIDENT SAID, 22:18 "YOU KNOW, MATTHEW YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD WORKER I WANT 22:21 YOU TO QUIT YOUR JOB I'M GOING TO SEND YOU BACK TO 22:23 SCHOOL." 22:25 WOW. 22:26 AND SO, HE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL UH HUH, AND 22:28 FINISHED HIS STUDIES THEN HE WENT AS A GOSPEL 22:32 OUTREACH WORKER IN BURKINA FASO WORKING IN 22:35 OUAGADOUGOU. 22:36 SO SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY HE ACCEPTED JESUS. 22:38 HE ACCEPTED CHRIST, OK, PRAISE THE LORD, THAT'S 22:40 RIGHT AND HE ACTUALLY HE WENT CAMAROON ADVENTIST 22:43 UNIVERSITY TO GET HIS STUDIES AND HE ACTUALLY 22:46 MARRIED ONE OF THOSE GIRLS IN THE YOUTH GROUP THAT 22:49 WAS IN THE GROUP NEXT-IN THE FARMER CO-OP? 22:52 YES, IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S, YOUNG PEOPLE'S - 22:54 GOOD JOB. 22:55 SO, ANYWAY UH I HAD ALREADY PRESENTED MY 23:00 GOSPEL PRESENTATION WITH MY SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS, 23:06 ILLUSTRATIONS AND AS HE WAS TELLING ME HIS STORY 23:10 ALL OF A SUDDEN, HIS FACE LIT UP. 23:13 AND NOW I KNOW WHERE I'VE SEEN YOU BEFORE, HE'D SEEN 23:15 YOU BEFORE? 23:16 HE HAD SEEN ME BEFORE IN OUAGADOUGOU BACK IN 1999. 23:21 NO. 23:21 WHEN YOU WERE THERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:24 PREVIOUSLY, RIGHT. 23:25 OH, WHAT A CRACKUP AND I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN HIM 23:27 BEFORE TOO BECAUSE HIS FACE LOOKED SO FAMILIAR. 23:30 HE HAS A BEAUTIFUL SMILE. 23:31 YES. 23:32 AND HIS VOICE IS DEEP AND PERFECT FRENCH. 23:36 IT'S JUST AN AMAZING FELLOW AND SO THE MISSION 23:39 PRESIDENT INVITED HIM TO BECOME SECRETARY OF THE 23:44 MISSION. 23:45 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. 23:46 OH, FANTASTIC. 23:47 AND SO, THAT'S HOW -WHAT POTENTIAL THESE GUYS CAN 23:52 DEVELOP. 23:54 NOW THE MISSION PRESIDENT HIMSELF JEFFREY. 23:57 PRESIDENT JEFFREY I FOUND THAT HIS BACKGROUND WAS 24:02 ALSO INTERESTING. 24:04 REALLY? 24:05 OK. 24:06 HE SAID THAT HIS AUNT WAS A SORCERESS AND SHE WAS 24:12 OUT TO KILL AS MANY MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY AS 24:14 SHE COULD KILL. 24:16 OH DEAR. 24:17 AND WHAT COUNTRY WAS THIS? 24:18 THIS IS IN BENIN. 24:20 BENIN, OK. 24:21 AND SO, UH HE HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST, YES, AND SHE TRIED 24:25 OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO KILL HIM BUT SHE TOLD HIM 24:27 YOU KNOW YOUR GOD IS MORE POWERFUL THAN MY GODS. 24:28 I CAN'T TOUCH YOU. 24:29 REALLY? 24:30 AND SO, HE HAS COME UP THROUGH THE RANKS AND IS 24:31 NOW PRESIDENT OF BENIN AND HE IS SAYING THAT THE 24:32 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE ALSO HAVING A MINISTRY 24:34 AND CASTING OUT DEMONS AND PEOPLE ARE JOINING THE 24:55 CHURCH BECAUSE IN CHRIST IN THE CHURCH THERE IS 25:00 PROTECTION, THERE IS POWER. 25:02 THEY FIND ANYWHERE ELSE. 25:04 THEY RECOGNIZE THAT. 25:05 YES. 25:06 THEY RECOGNIZE THAT. 25:07 SO, PEOPLE RECOGNIZED IT IN JESUS' DAY AND PEOPLE 25:10 ARE RECOGNIZING THAT IN OUR DAY. 25:14 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:14 OH WOW. 25:15 AND SO THAT'S THE FELLOW ON THE RIGHT-THAT'S 25:17 JEFFREY. 25:18 OK, THIS IS JEFFREY ON THE RIGHT AND HERE YOU ARE YOU 25:22 ARE IN ANOTHER LOCATION. 25:24 THERE IS GLEN THERE WITH -ARE THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:27 WORKERS HERE JOHN, WHO ARE SITTING THERE ON THE SOFA? 25:30 THESE ARE MISSION LEADERS IN CHAD. 25:32 WE WENT FROM BENIN INTO CHAD AND WE SPENT SOME 25:36 TIME WITH MISSION LEADERS THERE IN THE HOME OF 25:41 DR. ALIKONI. 25:44 HE IS A WEALTHY LAYMAN THERE WHO HAS OPENED UP 25:46 HIS HOME WHERE WE CAN HAVE MEETINGS THERE, OH NICE, 25:48 AND WE ACTUALLY STAYED AT HIS HOUSE. 25:50 GOOD, GOOD. 25:50 ALRIGHT. 25:51 AND WE -THEY WANTED TO TAKE US OUT TO A GOSPEL 25:57 OUTREACH CHURCH PLANT ALONG THE CHARI RIVER. 26:00 OK. 26:01 AND YOU KNOW IT IS SO INTERESTING THAT ON THE 26:06 WAY WE COULD SEE THE CAMELS, OH MY, THERE IS 26:10 NOT JUST ONE THERE ARE MULTIPLE CAMELS. 26:13 WE NEVER HAVE SEEN SO MANY CAMELS. 26:15 I HAVE NEVER SEEN VIDEO OF SO MANY CAMELS EITHER. 26:18 THESE ANIMALS CAN DRINK 100 LITERS AT ONE TIME AND 26:21 TRAVEL WITHOUT DRINKING AGAIN FOR A WHOLE MONTH 26:24 ACROSS THE SAHARA DESERT. 26:25 OH, MY DID THEY SPIT AT YOU JOHN? 26:28 NO. 26:28 THEY WERE NICE CAMELS? 26:30 THEY WERE NICE CAMELS. 26:31 WOW, TALK ABOUT A HERD OF CAMELS. 26:33 WELL, JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING AND AS WE 26:37 CLOSE HERE WHAT IS A NEED IN YOUR AREA THAT YOU CAN 26:40 SHARE? 26:41 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 26:43 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:44 MORE SPONSORS THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. 26:47 WELL, MERCI BEAUCOUP F SHARING JESUS AND PLEASE 26:50 GREET THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND COME BACK WITH 26:54 SOME MORE STORIES WOULD YOU? 26:56 WILL DO. 26:57 OK, GREAT. 26:58 AND THANK YOU MERCI FOR JOINING US AND WE THANK 27:01 YOU FOR BEING PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:04 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR SUPPORT AND 27:06 PLEASE GO AND TELL SOMEONE ABOUT JESUS TODAY. 27:08 THEY NEED TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS. 27:10 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY? |
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