[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:01.13\00:00:01.76 ONE MISSION. 00:00:01.80\00:00:03.67 THE GREAT COMMISSION. 00:00:03.70\00:00:06.00 TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 00:00:06.03\00:00:11.11 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS. 00:00:17.18\00:00:21.62 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:00:21.65\00:00:26.05 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:00:26.09\00:00:33.03 BON JOUR. 00:00:33.06\00:00:34.03 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:00:34.10\00:00:35.66 OUTREACH. 00:00:35.70\00:00:36.70 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND YES, I DID JUST GREET 00:00:36.73\00:00:39.70 YOU IN FRENCH AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY AS THE 00:00:39.73\00:00:42.30 INTERVIEW PROCEEDS. 00:00:42.34\00:00:43.37 WE DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A 00:00:43.41\00:00:46.41 PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:46.44\00:00:48.38 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR SUPPORT, 00:00:48.41\00:00:50.41 TELLING FRIENDS ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE 00:00:50.45\00:00:52.85 HOW TOGETHER WE ARE SHARING JESUS IN THE 10/40 00:00:52.88\00:00:55.48 WINDOW. 00:00:55.52\00:00:56.45 SO, TODAY I WANT TO WELCOME RUBY AND JOHN 00:00:56.48\00:00:58.62 STAFFORD. 00:00:58.65\00:00:59.35 BON JOUR TO BOTH OF YOU. 00:00:59.39\00:01:00.62 BON JOUR. 00:01:00.66\00:01:01.66 THANK YOU SO MUCH- MERCI FOR BEING HERE AND WHY AM 00:01:01.69\00:01:06.06 I SPEAKING IN FRENCH TO BOTH OF YOU? 00:01:06.09\00:01:08.63 WE HAVE BEEN IN FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA AND ITS 00:01:08.66\00:01:12.67 NOT THE FIRST PLACES WE'VE BEEN IN FRENCH. 00:01:12.70\00:01:14.97 WE HAVE SPOKEN IN FRENCH FOR MANY YEARS IN RAWANDA 00:01:15.00\00:01:18.74 AND BURUNDI AS TEACHERS AND PASTORS. 00:01:18.77\00:01:21.21 SO, YOU BOTH ARE FLUENT IN FRENCH, RUBY? 00:01:21.24\00:01:23.18 OUI, OUI. 00:01:23.21\00:01:24.25 YES, AND HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU SERVE IN RAWANDA? 00:01:24.28\00:01:28.38 WE WERE- WELL ALTOGETHER IN RAWANDA AND BURUNDI WE 00:01:28.42\00:01:31.79 WERE THERE FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS ALTOGETHER SO, AND 00:01:31.82\00:01:36.12 JOHN WAS A FRENCH MAJOR WHEN HE BEGAN AND THAT'S 00:01:36.16\00:01:39.36 HOW WE GOT CALLED TO AFRICA. 00:01:39.39\00:01:41.83 AND I HAD TO LEARN FRENCH WHILE WE WERE THERE. 00:01:41.86\00:01:43.93 HOW DID THAT GO FOR YOU? 00:01:43.97\00:01:45.80 BY THE SEVENTEEN YEARS WERE UP, IF A FRENCHMEN 00:01:45.83\00:01:49.50 TELLS YOU SPEAK FRENCH WELL YOU TAKE IT AS A REAL 00:01:49.54\00:01:51.97 COMPLIMENT. 00:01:52.01\00:01:52.97 THAT'S A REALLY BIG COMPLIMENT AND YOU HAVE 00:01:53.01\00:01:55.74 HAD SOMEONE COMPLIMENT YOU THEN. 00:01:55.78\00:01:57.65 YES. 00:01:57.68\00:01:58.31 THAT IS FANTASTIC. 00:01:58.35\00:01:59.61 A FRENCHMEN. 00:01:59.65\00:02:00.75 THAT IS FANTASTIC, YES AND THOSE COMPLIMENTS I KNOW 00:02:00.78\00:02:03.55 DON'T COME LIGHTLY SO, THAT -VERY GOOD TO BOTH OF 00:02:03.59\00:02:06.35 YOU. 00:02:06.39\00:02:07.42 YES, SOMEONE ACTUALLY SAID THAT WE WERE SPEAKING 00:02:07.46\00:02:08.99 PARISIAN FRENCH WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN 00:02:09.02\00:02:12.26 AFRICAN FRENCH SO, WOW. 00:02:12.29\00:02:13.86 THEY UNDERSTOOD US SO WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT. 00:02:13.90\00:02:17.27 AND THIS IS WHAT MADE THE TRIP THAT WE TOOK SO MUCH 00:02:17.30\00:02:20.14 FUN BECAUSE WE GOT TO USE OUR FRENCH AFTER THIRTY 00:02:20.17\00:02:22.87 YEARS. 00:02:22.90\00:02:23.77 WELL ABSOLUTELY, SEE. 00:02:23.81\00:02:25.67 FANTASTIC. 00:02:25.71\00:02:26.54 ITS BEEN A LONG TIME. 00:02:26.57\00:02:27.54 SO, YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 00:02:27.58\00:02:30.25 WE SHOULD SAY THAT WEST AFRICA, THAT STARTS THAT 00:02:30.28\00:02:33.78 BIG RECTANGLE OF THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT GOES FROM 10 00:02:33.82\00:02:37.12 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH AND IT STARTS OUT IN WEST AFRICA, 00:02:37.15\00:02:40.52 YES, AND THE REASON FOR YOUR VISIT WAS TO DO WHAT? 00:02:40.56\00:02:45.39 WE WENT TO TRAIN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND TO 00:02:45.43\00:02:49.40 TEACH THEM HOW TO GIVE THE GOSPEL TO THEIR PEOPLE AND 00:02:49.43\00:02:52.90 THEY ARE THE BEST ONES TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE 00:02:52.93\00:02:55.37 IN THEIR OWN CULTURE, THEY ARE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE 00:02:55.40\00:02:59.24 ALTHOUGH THEY ALSO ARE CHALLENGED BECAUSE THERE 00:02:59.27\00:03:02.28 ARE MANY DIALECTS WHICH THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW 00:03:02.31\00:03:04.48 THEMSELVES. 00:03:04.51\00:03:05.55 OH REALLY. 00:03:05.58\00:03:06.61 AND SO, THEY HAVE TO STUDY AND LISTEN CAREFULLY AND 00:03:06.65\00:03:09.92 LEARN SOME OF THOSE LANGUAGES WITHIN THEIR OWN 00:03:09.95\00:03:13.79 COUNTRY. 00:03:13.82\00:03:14.76 SO, THOSE ARE THE LOCAL DIALECTS OF GABON. 00:03:14.79\00:03:16.19 SO, THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE IS FRENCH, YES, BUT THEN 00:03:16.22\00:03:19.43 THERE ARE OTHER DIALECTS. 00:03:19.46\00:03:20.90 THERE ARE OTHER DIALECTS. 00:03:20.93\00:03:22.33 THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS IN ALL OF OUR COUNTRIES. 00:03:22.36\00:03:25.97 WOW. 00:03:26.00\00:03:26.77 SO, DO MOST PEOPLE SPEAK LIKE WHAT? 00:03:26.80\00:03:29.44 HOW MANY LANGUAGES RUBY WOULD SOMEBODY MAYBE 00:03:29.47\00:03:31.31 SPEAK? 00:03:31.34\00:03:32.34 WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE COUNTRIES BUT IN SOME 00:03:32.37\00:03:34.78 COUNTRIES, THERE WERE ONLY, LIKE THERE WERE 47 00:03:34.81\00:03:37.35 DIALECTS. 00:03:37.38\00:03:38.25 FORTY-SEVEN IN ONE COUNTRY? 00:03:38.28\00:03:39.85 WOW. 00:03:39.88\00:03:40.85 AND YOU KNOW, TAKE FOR EXAMPLE BENIN OR TOGO. 00:03:40.88\00:03:44.59 YOU CAN PUT THAT WHOLE COUNTRY INSIDE OF EASTERN 00:03:44.62\00:03:49.32 WASHINGTON. 00:03:49.36\00:03:49.99 OK. 00:03:50.03\00:03:51.09 AND SO, IF THAT WAS THE CASE HERE, WE WOULD NOT BE 00:03:51.13\00:03:54.03 ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE IN SPOKANE BECAUSE 00:03:54.10\00:03:57.53 THEY SPEAK SPOKANESE, YOU KNOW AND KENNEWICKESE-WE 00:03:57.57\00:04:00.67 DON'T KNOW THAT LANGUAGE EITHER YOU KNOW AND SO, 00:04:00.70\00:04:06.04 THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE FACING IS THE RESULTS OF 00:04:06.07\00:04:09.14 THE TOWER OF BABEL. 00:04:09.18\00:04:10.18 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT OF AND HOW THIS 00:04:10.21\00:04:12.91 ALL CHANGED. 00:04:12.95\00:04:13.88 AND HOW SO MANY OF THEM, MANY OF THEM HAVE TO 00:04:13.92\00:04:15.88 LEARN. 00:04:15.92\00:04:16.89 THEY KNOW FRENCH SO THEY TAKE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS 00:04:16.92\00:04:18.15 FRENCH AND THEN THEY WILL TEACH THAT PERSON THE 00:04:18.19\00:04:20.22 GOSPEL AND THEN THAT PERSON HAS TO GO BACK TO 00:04:20.26\00:04:25.33 THEIR PEOPLE. 00:04:25.36\00:04:26.33 SO, FRENCH IS THE BRIDGE TO THOSE OTHER DIALECTS. 00:04:26.36\00:04:30.73 AND SO, PEOPLE LEARN OBVIOUSLY FRENCH IN SCHOOL 00:04:30.77\00:04:32.97 AND ALL OF THAT. 00:04:33.00\00:04:33.64 YES. 00:04:33.67\00:04:34.64 BUT YOU KNOW WE THINK ABOUT THAT ABOUT SHARING 00:04:34.67\00:04:36.17 JESUS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY AND HERE IN AMERICA YES, 00:04:36.20\00:04:39.44 WE ARE THE MELTING POT AND THERE ARE SO MANY 00:04:39.47\00:04:42.21 LANGUAGES BUT YOU THINK ABOUT SHARING JESUS WITH 00:04:42.24\00:04:45.61 YOUR NEIGHBORS AND HERE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS YOU 00:04:45.65\00:04:48.52 KNOW, AN HOUR AWAY THEY COULD BE SPEAKING A WHOLE 00:04:48.55\00:04:50.69 DIFFERENT DIALECT. 00:04:50.72\00:04:51.55 YES. 00:04:51.59\00:04:52.32 AND THAT TAKES EVEN MORE TIME. 00:04:52.35\00:04:52.95 YES. 00:04:52.99\00:04:54.02 SO, YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH WEST AFRICA UM, WHY DON'T 00:04:54.06\00:04:57.93 YOU SHARE WITH THE VIEWERS JOHN AND RUBY, ABOUT HOW 00:04:57.96\00:05:01.86 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA WORKS. 00:05:01.90\00:05:03.43 OK, AT GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA THEY ACTUALLY 00:05:03.47\00:05:06.20 COVERS ALL OF AFRICA THAT INCLUDES FROM ETHIOPIA UP 00:05:06.23\00:05:09.94 INTO EGYPT AND ACROSS OVER INTO WEST AFRICA. 00:05:09.97\00:05:13.78 AND OF COURSE, WEST AFRICA YOU HAVE BOTH ENGLISH AND 00:05:13.81\00:05:17.71 FRENCH COLONIES OR USED TO BE COLONIES THEY ARE ALL 00:05:17.75\00:05:20.68 INDEPENDENT NOW. 00:05:20.72\00:05:21.92 THOSE WHO SPEAK FRENCH WERE FROM FRANCE, FRANCE 00:05:21.95\00:05:23.25 COLONIES AND THOSE WHO ARE ENGLISH FROM BRITISH 00:05:23.28\00:05:27.49 COLONIES. 00:05:27.52\00:05:30.23 SO, COLONIALISM IS STILL RESIDUAL THING GOING ON IN 00:05:30.26\00:05:34.76 ALL THROUGH WEST AFRICA. 00:05:34.83\00:05:35.96 AND SO, YES, GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA COVERS 00:05:36.00\00:05:38.83 AFRICA AND GOSPEL OUTREACH USA COVERS ASIA. 00:05:38.87\00:05:41.97 AND SO, WE ARE HERE TO SAY A BIG HURRAH FOR GOSPEL 00:05:42.00\00:05:47.38 OUTREACH CANADA FOR AFRICA. 00:05:47.41\00:05:49.18 ABSOLUTELY. 00:05:49.21\00:05:50.21 IT WAS DEFINITELY BECAUSE OF THE FRENCH THAT WE 00:05:50.25\00:05:53.68 CHOSE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN WE DECIDED TO COME WITH 00:05:53.72\00:05:58.15 GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT THEY WERE SEPARATE ACTUALLY. 00:05:58.19\00:06:01.62 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA WAS FOR AFRICA BUT 00:06:01.66\00:06:05.86 BECAUSE WE WANTED TO USE OUR FRENCH. 00:06:05.89\00:06:08.60 IT WAS A TALENT THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN US THAT WE 00:06:08.63\00:06:12.50 WEREN'T USING HERE. 00:06:12.53\00:06:13.47 YES. 00:06:13.50\00:06:14.14 SO. 00:06:14.17\00:06:15.17 AND THE GREAT COMMISSION GO INTO ALL NATIONS AND 00:06:15.20\00:06:17.47 SINCE THE LORD HAS GIVEN YOU AND BLEST YOU WITH 00:06:17.51\00:06:20.21 ANOTHER LANGUAGE THAT'S FANTASTIC. 00:06:20.24\00:06:21.84 AND IT WAS MARVELOUS IN FACT, I HAD A GIRL AT 00:06:21.88\00:06:24.81 CHURCH TELL ME THAT SHE HAD BEEN IN IMPRESSED TO 00:06:24.85\00:06:26.88 PRAY FOR US WITH THE LANGUAGE. 00:06:26.92\00:06:29.85 AND I WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZED HOW THE FRENCH 00:06:29.88\00:06:34.39 LANGUAGE CAME BACK TO ME. 00:06:34.42\00:06:35.56 I MEAN WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN YOU KNOW, FLUENTLY FOR 00:06:35.59\00:06:38.46 MANY YEARS. 00:06:38.49\00:06:39.16 RIGHT. 00:06:39.19\00:06:40.23 AND BUT IT WAS-THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST BROUGHT WORDS 00:06:40.26\00:06:42.86 INTO MY MIND. 00:06:42.90\00:06:44.03 IT WAS AMAZING. 00:06:44.07\00:06:45.20 OH, THAT IS FANTASTIC. 00:06:45.23\00:06:46.77 YES, IT WAS WONDERFUL. 00:06:46.80\00:06:48.30 THE HOLY SPIRIT HE IS AN AMAZING POWER OF THE SUPER 00:06:48.34\00:06:52.71 THREE ALL IN ONE AND SO YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF HAVE 00:06:52.74\00:06:55.01 TO THINK MAYBE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF GIFT OF 00:06:55.04\00:06:57.41 LANGUAGES BECAUSE NORMALLY I WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, OH 00:06:57.45\00:07:01.28 ABSOLUTELY, BE SPEAKING IT THAT FLUENTLY. 00:07:01.32\00:07:03.62 YES. 00:07:03.65\00:07:04.65 AND YOU KNOW, WE REALLY FELT LIKE WE WERE ON THE 00:07:04.69\00:07:07.92 SAME TEAM WITH GOD. 00:07:07.96\00:07:09.26 YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS YOU KNOW WE WERE PRAYING 00:07:09.29\00:07:13.73 FOR THE FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT EVERY DAY AND 00:07:13.76\00:07:16.46 IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY DAY GOD WOULD BRING SOMEONE 00:07:16.50\00:07:19.20 INTO OUR LIVES ACROSS OUR PATHWAY THAT WE COULD 00:07:19.23\00:07:22.44 WITNESS TO AND SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH. 00:07:22.47\00:07:24.31 JOHN, I LOVE THAT. 00:07:24.34\00:07:25.37 YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE ON THE SAME TEAM WITH GOD. 00:07:25.41\00:07:28.41 UH HUH. 00:07:28.44\00:07:29.34 BOY, IF WE COULD ALL FEEL THAT EVERYDAY. 00:07:29.38\00:07:31.21 WOW. 00:07:31.25\00:07:31.88 THAT'S POWERFUL. 00:07:31.91\00:07:32.58 YES. 00:07:32.61\00:07:33.31 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 00:07:33.35\00:07:34.12 RUBY, TELL US WHAT YOU ARE WEARING. 00:07:34.15\00:07:36.65 ALRIGHT. 00:07:36.69\00:07:37.69 THESE ARE OUTFITS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US ACTUALLY 00:07:37.72\00:07:40.22 IN THE COUNTRY OF BENIN AND OR WAS IT TOGO? 00:07:40.26\00:07:45.39 IT WAS BENIN. 00:07:45.43\00:07:46.80 YES AND OF COURSE, THEY TOLD US WE WERE TO WEAR 00:07:46.83\00:07:50.30 THESE ON SABBATHS. 00:07:50.33\00:07:51.33 SO, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE OUTFITS THAT PEOPLE 00:07:51.37\00:07:53.64 WEAR -THEY ARE A SPECIAL OUTFIT. 00:07:53.67\00:07:56.00 A SPECIAL OUTFIT THAT THEY GAVE TO US AS A GIFT. 00:07:56.04\00:07:58.51 HOW NICE. 00:07:58.54\00:07:59.51 AND SO, IN MANY COUNTRIES THAT WE WENT TO THEY 00:07:59.54\00:08:02.14 ALWAYS HAD TO GIVE US A GIFT OF THEIR COSTUMES. 00:08:02.18\00:08:05.28 YES. 00:08:05.31\00:08:06.31 AND WHEN I WAS A STUDENT MISSIONARY THAT WAS THE 00:08:06.35\00:08:08.38 SAME. 00:08:08.42\00:08:09.42 I HAVE AN INDONESIAN OUTFIT AND THAT'S THE GIFT 00:08:09.45\00:08:12.69 THAT THEY GIVE. 00:08:12.72\00:08:13.82 WELL, THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL. 00:08:13.86\00:08:14.89 SO, YOU KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA OF YOUR HISTORY AND 00:08:14.92\00:08:18.83 ALSO THE ABILITY THE LORD HAS BLEST YOU WITH IN 00:08:18.86\00:08:22.16 FRENCH SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT GABON THE 00:08:22.20\00:08:25.60 COUNTRY THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 00:08:25.63\00:08:28.70 THE NEEDS THERE. 00:08:28.74\00:08:29.74 YOU HAVE SOME PHOTOS AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE 00:08:29.77\00:08:32.31 SO YOU CAN GIVE A REPORT. 00:08:32.34\00:08:33.81 OK. 00:08:33.84\00:08:34.84 MAYBE WE CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THE PICTURE THERE 00:08:34.88\00:08:40.45 IS OUR PICTURE WITH THESE SAME OUTFITS UH, BUT THEN 00:08:40.48\00:08:44.22 WE HAVE A MAP OF AFRICA AND THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA 00:08:44.25\00:08:48.76 WHERE WE WENT. 00:08:48.79\00:08:50.36 WE FLEW FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. TO ADDIS ABBA, 00:08:50.39\00:08:53.16 ETHIOPIA- A 14 HOUR FLIGHT. 00:08:53.19\00:08:55.46 I LOVE THAT NAME EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT IT MAKES 00:08:55.50\00:08:58.27 ME SMILE AND SO FROM THERE WE WENT ON DOWN TO GABON. 00:08:58.30\00:09:03.44 UH HUH. 00:09:06.51\00:09:08.18 AND GABON IS KIND OF IN THE -DOESN'T SOUND VERY 00:09:08.21\00:09:13.15 NICE - IN THE ARMPIT OF AFRICA BUT IT IS RIGHT IN 00:09:13.18\00:09:16.05 THE CORNER WHERE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN COMES ALONG 00:09:16.08\00:09:20.16 THE GOLD COAST, YOU KNOW. 00:09:20.19\00:09:21.39 AND SO, THERE IN GABON - LIKE THE ELEPHANT EAR, 00:09:21.42\00:09:25.43 YES, I'VE ALWAYS REFERRED TO THAT PART OF AFRICA AS 00:09:25.46\00:09:28.10 AN ELEPHANT EAR, YES THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE. 00:09:28.13\00:09:31.13 THAT SOUNDS BETTER AND SO IN GABON WE HAVE OUR 00:09:31.17\00:09:35.44 CAPITAL CITY OF LIBREVILLE AND THAT'S WHERE THE 00:09:35.47\00:09:37.94 HEADQUARTERS FOR CENTRAL AFRICAN UNION IS LOCATED. 00:09:37.97\00:09:42.01 JUST RECENTLY ARRIVED CENTRAL AFRICAN UNION HAS 00:09:42.04\00:09:45.55 JUST MOVED JUST WITHIN A DAY OR TWO THAT WE GOT 00:09:45.58\00:09:49.15 THERE, THEY JUST ARRIVED FROM REPUBLIC OF CENTRAL 00:09:49.18\00:09:52.12 AFRICA. 00:09:52.15\00:09:53.19 THEY WERE FLEEING THE WAR THAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT 00:09:53.22\00:09:54.76 COUNTRY. 00:09:54.79\00:09:55.66 YES, SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 00:09:55.69\00:09:57.29 WELL, UH THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN CENTRAL 00:09:57.33\00:10:01.73 AFRICA HAD BECOME DIFFICULT SO THEY DECIDED 00:10:01.76\00:10:06.27 THEY MOVED ALL OF THEIR FURNISHINGS. 00:10:06.30\00:10:07.97 THEY DROVE WITH TRUCKS AND MOVED ALL OF THEIR 00:10:08.00\00:10:10.47 FURNISHINGS DOWN TO LIBREVILLE WHICH WAS KIND 00:10:10.51\00:10:14.21 OF A LITTLE BIT UPSETTING FOR THE MISSION BECAUSE 00:10:14.24\00:10:18.41 THE UNION ACTUALLY MOVED INTO THE MISSION BUILDINGS 00:10:18.45\00:10:21.85 AND SO WHEN WE ARRIVED THINGS WERE A LITTLE BIT 00:10:21.88\00:10:25.09 TOPSY TURVY SO IT WASN'T QUITE LIKE WHAT WE WOULD 00:10:25.12\00:10:28.02 HAVE EXPECTED WHEN WE WERE VISITING OUR GOSPEL 00:10:28.06\00:10:30.23 OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:10:30.26\00:10:31.03 YES. 00:10:31.06\00:10:32.09 BUT THE PEOPLE WERE VERY, VERY GRACIOUS AND WE WERE 00:10:32.13\00:10:36.30 ABLE TO MEET THE CENTRAL AFRICAN UNION PRESIDENT 00:10:36.33\00:10:39.53 ALSO. 00:10:39.57\00:10:40.50 AND WHICH WE LATER MET IN CHAD WHEN WE WERE 00:10:40.54\00:10:43.37 VISITING, SO. 00:10:43.41\00:10:44.41 BUT THE LEADERS THERE ARE SAFE AND ALL OF THAT. 00:10:44.44\00:10:48.14 YES, THEY ARE SAFE. 00:10:48.18\00:10:49.58 BUT WHAT WE FOUND VERY INTERESTING IS THAT 00:10:49.61\00:10:52.51 EVERYONE OF THE MISSION LEADERS AND THE CENTRAL 00:10:52.55\00:10:56.28 AFRICAN UNION LEADERS, EVERYONE OF THOSE LEADERS 00:10:56.32\00:11:00.16 ALSO HAS A CHURCH OH, SO THEY HAVE THEIR JOB AT THE 00:11:00.19\00:11:05.86 UNION MISSION, YES, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A CHURCH. 00:11:05.89\00:11:08.26 THEY ALSO EACH HAVE A CHURCH. 00:11:08.30\00:11:09.90 THEY PASTOR. 00:11:09.93\00:11:10.80 OH, INTERESTING AND LIKE HOW FAR AWAY? 00:11:10.83\00:11:13.13 SOME DISTANCES? 00:11:13.17\00:11:14.04 WELL, WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE THE MISSION 00:11:14.07\00:11:16.40 PRESIDENT WHICH YOU WILL GET TO SEE HE ACTUALLY HAD 00:11:16.44\00:11:20.48 TO LEAVE TO GO INTRODUCE ONE OF THE NEW PASTORS 00:11:20.51\00:11:24.51 GOING TO AN ISLAND WHERE WE HAVE NOT WORKED YET. 00:11:24.55\00:11:27.05 OH INTERESTING. 00:11:27.08\00:11:28.05 AND SO, YOU KNOW GOD ALWAYS USES AN UPSET TO 00:11:28.08\00:11:33.62 HELP THE GOSPEL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. 00:11:33.66\00:11:35.19 THIS IS TRUE. 00:11:35.22\00:11:35.86 THIS IS TRUE. 00:11:35.89\00:11:36.86 AND SO, AS THEY HAD COME DOWN FROM REPUBLIC OF 00:11:36.89\00:11:39.69 CENTRAL AFRICA THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS OF GABON 00:11:39.73\00:11:42.16 CAME IN ALSO AND THEY WERE LODGING THEM AND FEEDING 00:11:42.20\00:11:44.17 THEM SO THAT WE COULD GIVE THEM SOME TRAINING. 00:11:44.20\00:11:45.83 AND SO, WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO NOW IF WE 00:11:45.87\00:11:48.60 COULD LISTEN TO THE MISSION PRESIDENT, GEORGE 00:11:48.64\00:11:53.71 MEDU AND HE WILL SHARE WITH US THE NEEDS OF THE 00:11:59.68\00:12:06.49 GABON MISSION. 00:12:06.52\00:12:07.52 HELLO, I AM PASTOR MEDU PRESIDENT OF THE GABON 00:12:07.56\00:12:13.93 ADVENTIST MISSION. 00:12:13.96\00:12:16.46 I AM HAPPY TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR NEEDS IN GABON. 00:12:16.50\00:12:20.97 WHERE THE HARVEST IS RIPE BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW. 00:12:21.00\00:12:27.18 WE HAVE 2000 MEMBERS WORSHIPING IN 23 CHURCHES 00:12:27.21\00:12:33.21 AND COMPANIES. 00:12:33.25\00:12:34.15 TODAY, WE HAVE SIX UNENTERED AREAS WHERE 00:12:34.18\00:12:39.62 THERE ARE SIX CHAPELS BROUGHT BY MCNEILIUS. 00:12:39.65\00:12:41.52 THEY ARE STANDING EMPTY FOR LACK OF WORKERS TO 00:12:41.56\00:12:43.99 EVANGELIZE THIS AREA. 00:12:44.03\00:12:44.99 WE NOW HAVE ONLY FOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:12:45.03\00:12:47.03 WE NEED SIX MORE WORKERS. 00:12:47.03\00:12:48.36 THIS AREA NEEDS GOSPEL WORKERS. 00:12:48.40\00:12:49.73 WE ALSO NEED MOTORBIKE TO COVER OUR WIDE AREAS. 00:12:49.76\00:12:51.93 NOW, ONLY THEY TRAVEL BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITH 00:12:51.97\00:12:57.04 MUDDY ROADS OFTEN FLOODED WITH RAIN. 00:13:02.54\00:13:07.62 ONE OF OUR WORKERS HAS TO TAKE A BUS TO REACH HIS 00:13:10.42\00:13:15.49 CHURCHES LOCATED ALONG THE RIVER SIDE. 00:13:26.17\00:13:31.24 FOR THIS REASON, WE NEED YOUR HELP. 00:13:34.04\00:13:39.11 PLEASE REMEMBER US IN YOUR PRAYER AND FURNISH OUR 00:13:43.25\00:13:48.32 SERVANTS. 00:13:50.43\00:13:51.73 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU IN JESUS NAME? 00:13:51.76\00:13:55.13 AMEN. 00:13:55.16\00:13:57.43 GOD BLESS HIM FOR SHARING THAT AND HIS ENGLISH IS 00:13:57.47\00:14:00.20 PERFECT, RUBY. 00:14:00.24\00:14:01.27 YES, HE DID VERY WELL. 00:14:01.30\00:14:04.01 HE PRONOUNCED IT VERY WELL AND I JUST THOUGHT THIS 00:14:04.04\00:14:08.18 WOULD BE A GOOD UH, ADDITION TO OUR 00:14:08.21\00:14:13.48 PRESENTATION TODAY. 00:14:13.52\00:14:14.15 ABSOLUTELY. 00:14:14.18\00:14:15.18 BUT HE WAS UNDER SO MUCH PRESSURE HAVING US COME 00:14:15.22\00:14:20.02 AND HAVING ALL THESE, THE UNION PEOPLE COMING AT THE 00:14:20.06\00:14:23.49 SAME TIME SO, WE CAN PRAY FOR PASTOR MEDU. 00:14:23.53\00:14:27.40 WELL, AND WE HEARD HIM-MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:14:27.46\00:14:29.90 WORKERS, YES, PRAYER, SUPPORT AND SO THAT'S YES, 00:14:29.93\00:14:34.04 ONE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TO GIVE THESE REPORTS. 00:14:34.07\00:14:36.40 AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU ARE EXCITED 00:14:36.44\00:14:38.94 ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE HEARING AS HAPPENING IN WEST 00:14:38.97\00:14:40.81 AFRICA HERE WITH RUBY AND JOHN AND THEIR SHARING, 00:14:40.84\00:14:43.41 WHAT THE LORD IS DOING IN GABON WE WOULD JUST SO 00:14:43.45\00:14:46.05 APPRECIATE MORE PRAYERS AND MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT 00:14:46.08\00:14:49.38 AS YOU HEARD THE MISSION PRESIDENT SAY, THEY NEED 00:14:49.42\00:14:51.72 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND TOGETHER WE 00:14:51.75\00:14:53.99 CAN WORK IN GABON. 00:14:54.02\00:14:55.22 WE'VE GOT SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL 00:14:55.26\00:14:56.76 OUTREACH TO SHARE WITH YOU. 00:14:56.79\00:14:57.89 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 00:14:57.93\00:15:03.00 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 00:15:06.30\00:15:09.47 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 00:15:09.50\00:15:12.47 HUMANITY. 00:15:12.51\00:15:13.21 WE NEED LOVE. 00:15:13.24\00:15:15.61 WE NEED HOPE. 00:15:15.64\00:15:18.01 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 00:15:18.05\00:15:21.32 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 00:15:21.35\00:15:24.05 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 00:15:24.09\00:15:28.06 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 00:15:28.09\00:15:31.23 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 00:15:31.26\00:15:37.37 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:15:37.40\00:15:39.53 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 00:15:39.57\00:15:42.44 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 00:15:42.47\00:15:44.77 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 00:15:44.81\00:15:47.78 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 00:15:47.81\00:15:54.48 JESUS CHRIST. 00:15:54.52\00:15:55.95 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 00:15:55.98\00:15:58.92 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 00:15:58.95\00:16:04.09 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 00:16:06.46\00:16:09.60 TOGETHER WE ARE SHARING JESUS NO MATTER WHERE WE 00:16:09.63\00:16:12.23 LIVE AND ALSO HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, WE ARE 00:16:12.27\00:16:14.94 SHARING JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND WE ARE 00:16:14.97\00:16:17.14 PARTNERING WITH YOU TO DO THAT AND WE WANT TO SAY 00:16:17.17\00:16:19.74 THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA AND 00:16:19.77\00:16:22.84 GOSPEL OUTREACH IN AMERICA AND TOGETHER NORTH AMERICA 00:16:22.88\00:16:26.41 WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND WE ALSO HAVE GOSPEL 00:16:26.45\00:16:28.75 OUTREACH IN BRAZIL. 00:16:28.78\00:16:29.78 SO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED PLEASE VISIT 00:16:29.82\00:16:32.52 OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG. 00:16:32.55\00:16:34.46 AND IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT THE AIM STANDS FOR 00:16:34.49\00:16:38.73 THAT'S "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" - THE NAME OF 00:16:38.76\00:16:41.63 THIS TV SHOW AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE WITH 00:16:41.66\00:16:44.37 US HERE AND WE ALSO ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IF YOU'VE 00:16:44.40\00:16:47.80 GOT FACEBOOK OPEN RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 00:16:47.84\00:16:50.41 "LIKE" GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE 00:16:50.44\00:16:53.88 ONE OF OUR FRIENDS AND THERE YOU CAN FIND UP TO 00:16:53.91\00:16:56.48 DATE INFORMATION AS EVENTS ARE COMING AND TO GIVE 00:16:56.51\00:17:00.98 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SOME EVENTS THAT WE 00:17:01.02\00:17:03.02 SPONSOR AND ARE PART OF AND IT IS ALSO A GREAT 00:17:03.05\00:17:05.89 PLACE FOR YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT GOSPEL 00:17:05.92\00:17:09.26 OUTREACH. 00:17:09.29\00:17:10.03 SO, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. 00:17:10.06\00:17:11.99 SO, MERCI TO RUBY AND JOHN STAFFORD FOR BEING A PART 00:17:12.03\00:17:15.83 OF OUR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AND BOTH OF 00:17:15.86\00:17:18.60 YOU ARE FLUENT IN FRENCH. 00:17:18.63\00:17:20.70 TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS, RUBY? 00:17:23.84\00:17:25.04 WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. 00:17:25.07\00:17:26.61 WELL, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE AND JOHN, 00:17:26.64\00:17:28.91 WOULD YOU SAY SOMETHING IN FRENCH BECAUSE THERE MIGHT 00:17:28.94\00:17:30.75 BE SOMEONE UP IN GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA AND 00:17:30.78\00:17:32.95 MONTREAL WHO IS LISTENING. 00:17:32.98\00:17:35.05 AND WHAT DID YOU JUST SHARE WITH ME? 00:17:58.34\00:17:59.37 I JUST PLEADING WITH THOSE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT GOSPEL 00:17:59.41\00:18:02.71 OUTREACH FOR OUR FRENCH SPEAKING COUNTRIES IN 00:18:02.74\00:18:05.65 AFRICA. 00:18:05.68\00:18:06.72 AH, FANTASTIC. 00:18:06.75\00:18:07.85 WELL, MERCI TO BOTH OF YOU MY FRENCH IS QUITE LIMITED 00:18:07.88\00:18:10.32 SO I LOVE TO LISTEN TO FRENCH THOUGH. 00:18:10.35\00:18:12.55 I LOVE TO LISTEN TO FRENCH. 00:18:12.59\00:18:13.89 UM, YOU BOTH HAD A SCRIPTURE THAT YOU SHARED 00:18:13.92\00:18:17.09 PSALM 2:8 AND IT SAYS, "ASK ME AND I WILL MAKE 00:18:17.13\00:18:21.20 THE NATIONS YOUR INHERITANCE AND THE ENDS 00:18:21.23\00:18:24.10 OF THE EARTH YOUR POSSESSION". 00:18:24.13\00:18:25.90 SO, TELL ME BOTH WHY THAT SPOKE TO BOTH OF YOU IN 00:18:25.93\00:18:29.17 REGARDS TO WEST AFRICA. 00:18:29.20\00:18:30.54 WELL, THE GREAT COMMISSION IS GO YE INTO ALL THE 00:18:30.57\00:18:32.91 WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY NATION, 00:18:32.94\00:18:36.18 KINDRED TONGUE AND PEOPLE AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF 00:18:36.21\00:18:39.98 GOSPEL OUTREACH ISN'T IT? 00:18:40.02\00:18:42.08 AND SO, THAT PROMISE TELLS US THAT GOD IS GOING TO 00:18:42.12\00:18:46.15 GIVE US THOSE NATIONS- THAT HE WILL. 00:18:46.19\00:18:49.16 WHEN OR HOW WE WERE SO AMAZED IS THAT IT SEEMED 00:18:49.19\00:18:55.03 LIKE IN EVERY COUNTRY WHERE WE WENT, WE MET 00:18:55.06\00:18:56.43 PEOPLE THAT WE HAD BEEN IN TOUCH WITH IN RAWANDA AND 00:18:56.46\00:19:00.40 IN BURUNDI. 00:19:00.44\00:19:01.90 HOW NEAT. 00:19:01.94\00:19:03.20 YEARS AGO, YES THAT WERE OUR STUDENTS AND SO YOU 00:19:03.24\00:19:06.54 KNOW, IT JUST, IT WAS AMAZING HOW THE ADVENTIST 00:19:07.44\00:19:12.15 CHURCH IS A NETWORK ALL ACROSS THE CONTINENT AND 00:19:12.18\00:19:15.82 WE WERE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT NETWORKING AMONG THE 00:19:15.85\00:19:19.79 FRENCH SPEAKING STUDENTS THAT WE HAD WAY MANY YEARS 00:19:19.82\00:19:22.46 AGO IN RAWANDA. 00:19:22.49\00:19:24.59 AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS, COMING TOGETHER WITH THE 00:19:24.63\00:19:27.60 COMMON GOAL OF SHARING HIS LOVE. 00:19:27.60\00:19:29.50 SO, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GABON, YES. 00:19:29.53\00:19:32.33 SO, WE'VE HEARD THE PLEA FROM THE MISSION PRESIDENT 00:19:32.37\00:19:36.20 FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, FOR PRAYERS AND 00:19:36.24\00:19:37.97 FINANCIAL SUPPORT, UH HUH, AND UM YOU'VE GOT MORE 00:19:38.01\00:19:41.98 PHOTOS. 00:19:43.41\00:19:44.38 YES, I HAVE A STORY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. 00:19:44.41\00:19:46.75 THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, HIS NAME IS JHON. 00:19:46.78\00:19:49.88 HE SPELLS IT DIFFERENTLY JHON INSTEAD OF JOHN LIKE 00:19:49.92\00:19:54.06 MINE IS SPELLED BUT JHON WAS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:19:54.09\00:19:58.63 WORKER SINCE 2004 AND IN HIS MINISTRY, HE HAS 00:19:58.66\00:20:02.46 PLANTED THREE CHURCHES AND TWO GROUPS AND OVER THE 00:20:02.50\00:20:07.40 YEARS HE'S BAPTIZED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE. 00:20:07.44\00:20:09.57 WOW. 00:20:09.60\00:20:11.61 SO, NOW HE IS WORKING IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT AND ONE 00:20:11.64\00:20:15.28 SABBATH HE TELLS THE STORY THAT ONE SABBATH A BROTHER 00:20:15.31\00:20:18.41 CAME TO HIM AND SAID, "JHON, WE NEED YOUR HELP 00:20:18.45\00:20:21.28 TO DELIVER A YOUNG GIRL FROM EVIL SPIRITS" WHICH 00:20:21.32\00:20:25.49 POSSESSED HER DURING A DEATH AND DANCE CEREMONY. 00:20:25.52\00:20:29.19 OH MY. 00:20:29.22\00:20:30.26 AH, IN THEIR CULTURE THEY PRACTICE THE RITUAL FOR 00:20:30.29\00:20:34.83 THE DEAD AND SO SHE WAS HIRED TO DANCE DURING A 00:20:34.83\00:20:38.60 DEATH RITUAL FOR A CHILD WHO HAD RECENTLY DIED AND 00:20:38.63\00:20:42.60 SO, THEY DRESSED HER IN THE CLOTHES OF THE 00:20:42.64\00:20:46.54 DECEASED AND BEGAN TO DANCE AROUND HER GRAVE. 00:20:46.57\00:20:49.54 OH MY. 00:20:49.58\00:20:51.11 SHE THEN FELL TO THE GROUND FULLY POSSESSED AND 00:20:51.15\00:20:54.32 HER PARENTS SAW THAT SHE WAS CRAZY AND POSSESSED SO 00:20:54.35\00:20:58.45 THEY TOOK HER TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND TRIED 00:20:58.49\00:21:01.06 TO HAVE THE CATHOLIC PRIEST CAST OUT THE DEMONS 00:21:01.09\00:21:05.53 BUT HE FAILED. 00:21:05.56\00:21:07.13 HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP HER. 00:21:07.20\00:21:09.36 SO, THEY BROUGHT HER TO JHON'S CHURCH AND HE BEGAN 00:21:09.40\00:21:13.10 TO PRAY FOR HER. 00:21:13.13\00:21:14.24 WOW. 00:21:14.27\00:21:15.27 AND SO, THE LORD IMPRESSED HIM TO HAVE HER READ 00:21:15.30\00:21:17.94 PSALMS 91. 00:21:17.97\00:21:19.37 OK. 00:21:19.41\00:21:20.84 BY THE TIME SHE GOT TO VERSE FIVE ANOTHER VOICE 00:21:20.88\00:21:24.31 SPOKE OUT OF HER MOUTH SAYING, "SHE BELONGS TO 00:21:24.35\00:21:26.68 ME, I WILL NOT LEAVE." 00:21:26.72\00:21:28.12 AND SO, SHE KEPT READINGPSALMS 91 AND THEN 00:21:28.15\00:21:32.12 A BIG LOUD VOICE YELLED, "I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE. 00:21:32.15\00:21:35.76 I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS CHILD'S BODY BELONGS TO 00:21:35.79\00:21:38.29 ME. 00:21:38.33\00:21:39.29 I REFUSE TO LEAVE." 00:21:39.33\00:21:40.93 WOW. 00:21:40.96\00:21:41.96 BUT THEN SHE FELT TO THE GROUND AND WRITHING ON THE 00:21:42.00\00:21:45.10 GROUND. 00:21:45.13\00:21:46.13 SO, PASTOR JHON TOOKTHE BIBLE AND CONTINUED TO 00:21:46.17\00:21:49.07 READ PSALM 91 AND THE DEMONS CRIED, "ITS GETTING 00:21:49.10\00:21:52.07 TOO HOT. 00:21:52.11\00:21:53.11 ITS GETTING TOO HOT, I'M OUT OF HERE". 00:21:53.14\00:21:55.74 AND SO, THE DEMONS LEFT. 00:21:55.78\00:21:57.71 WOW. 00:21:57.75\00:22:00.05 SO, SHE WAS DELIVERED AND SHE REGAINED HER SANITY. 00:22:00.08\00:22:02.92 WOW. 00:22:02.95\00:22:04.45 THIS EXPERIENCE REALLY TELLS HOW THE POWER OF 00:22:04.49\00:22:06.15 GOD'S WORD OVER THE EVIL SPIRITS AND THE GIRL AND 00:22:06.19\00:22:10.06 HER PARENTS BEGAN ATTENDING THE ADVENTIST 00:22:10.09\00:22:12.56 CHURCH AND SO, PLEASE PRAY FOR HER AND HER FAMILY, 00:22:12.59\00:22:16.60 ABSOLUTELY, BACK THERE IN THE COUNTRY OF GABON. 00:22:16.63\00:22:19.40 AND IN PSALM 91 IT STARTS, "WHOEVER DWELLS IN THE 00:22:19.77\00:22:22.24 SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL REST IN THE SHADOW OF 00:22:22.27\00:22:25.24 THE ALMIGHTY" AND SHE NEEDED REST. 00:22:25.27\00:22:28.44 "I WILL SAY UNTO THE LORD, HE IS MY REFUGE AND MY 00:22:28.48\00:22:31.21 FORTRESS IN MY GOD IN HIM I TRUST". 00:22:31.25\00:22:36.18 SEE WOW, POWERFUL. 00:22:36.22\00:22:37.59 WELL, AND YOU BRING UP SOMETHING THAT WE TALK 00:22:37.62\00:22:40.19 ABOUT HERE AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT 00:22:40.22\00:22:42.79 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:22:42.82\00:22:43.83 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY DON'T HAVE 00:22:43.86\00:22:46.33 ANTIBIOTICS, THEY DON'T HAVE A HOSPITAL THAT'S 00:22:46.36\00:22:48.93 WITHIN, YOU KNOW, MINUTES, YES, THEY HAVE THE WORD OF 00:22:48.96\00:22:52.67 GOD. 00:22:52.70\00:22:53.74 GOD'S WORD AND THE POWER OF PRAYER, YES, AND THAT'S 00:22:53.77\00:22:56.84 WHAT GOD GAVE THE DISCIPLES AND THAT'S WHAT 00:22:56.87\00:22:59.54 THEY USE. 00:22:59.57\00:23:00.28 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:23:00.31\00:23:01.38 AND WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THESE STORIES, UH HUH, AND 00:23:01.41\00:23:03.24 GOD'S NOT JUST DOING THIS IN WEST AFRICA. 00:23:03.28\00:23:05.58 GOD CAN DO THIS WHEREVER. 00:23:05.61\00:23:07.12 ALL OVER THE WORLD. 00:23:07.15\00:23:08.18 WE ARE TOLD THE POWER THAT JESUS HAD WHEN HE WAS ON 00:23:08.22\00:23:10.69 EARTH IS IN HIS WORD, YES, THAT'S WHY SATAN TRIES TO 00:23:10.72\00:23:14.06 KEEP US AWAY FROM THE WORD BECAUSE THERE IS POWER. 00:23:14.09\00:23:17.49 THE HOLY SPIRITS POWER IS IN HIS WORD. 00:23:17.53\00:23:19.23 IN EPHESIANS 2 IT TALKS ABOUT THE RESURRECTION AND 00:23:19.26\00:23:22.26 POWER OF GOD BEING IN US WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT SO 00:23:22.30\00:23:25.70 POWERFUL. 00:23:25.73\00:23:26.74 WELL BLESS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER JHON'S HEART. 00:23:26.77\00:23:29.57 YES. 00:23:29.60\00:23:30.61 HE IS A VERY FAITHFUL WORKER AND NEARLY ALL THE 00:23:30.64\00:23:34.61 WORKERS HAVE HAD THESE EXPERIENCES. 00:23:34.64\00:23:37.18 IN FACT, MANY OF THESE WORKERS COME FROM VOO DOO 00:23:37.21\00:23:42.35 BACKGROUNDS. 00:23:42.38\00:23:43.32 THEY ARE NOT LIKE SECOND OR THIRD GENERATION 00:23:43.35\00:23:44.85 ADVENTISTS, THESE ARE FIRST GENERATION PEOPLE. 00:23:44.89\00:23:47.46 AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD AGAIN TO SAY BECAUSE WE DO 00:23:47.49\00:23:50.66 TALK A LOT ABOUT TRAINING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:23:50.69\00:23:53.29 BECAUSE MANY OF US WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL 00:23:53.33\00:23:55.90 OUTREACH WE HAVE BEEN BLEST TO HAVE GONE TO 00:23:55.93\00:23:58.50 CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, GONE TO CHURCHES, THINGS LIKE THAT 00:23:58.53\00:24:01.07 BUT FOR THESE NEW BELIEVERS, THAT'S RIGHT, 00:24:01.10\00:24:03.51 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW FOR THEIR LIFE, YES, 00:24:03.54\00:24:06.41 AND THEY ARE JUST WANTING TO SHARE JESUS BUT THE 00:24:06.44\00:24:09.08 TRAINING IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 00:24:09.11\00:24:11.21 SEE, WHEN THEY SEE-WHEN PEOPLE SEE HOW THE POWER 00:24:11.25\00:24:14.15 OF GOD'S WORD AND THROUGH PRAYER FROM THESE 00:24:14.18\00:24:16.52 ADVENTIST PASTORS OVERCOME THE EVIL SPIRITS, THEY 00:24:16.55\00:24:19.95 LEAVE THOSE RELIGIONS, THE HEATHEN RELIGIONS THE, 00:24:19.99\00:24:24.89 SURE, THE VOODOO RELIGIONS AND THEY ARE COMING INTO 00:24:24.93\00:24:28.40 THE ADVENTIST CHURCH BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE 00:24:28.43\00:24:30.83 POWER OF GOD'S WORD IS GREATER THAN THE POWER OF 00:24:30.87\00:24:32.83 THE EVIL SPIRIT. 00:24:32.87\00:24:33.80 THE LIVING GOD. 00:24:33.84\00:24:34.60 THE LIVING GOD, THE LIVING GOD. 00:24:34.64\00:24:35.87 SO, HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THERE 00:24:35.90\00:24:38.44 RIGHT NOW IN GABON? 00:24:38.47\00:24:39.51 THERE ARE FOUR. 00:24:39.54\00:24:40.88 WE NEED SIX MORE. 00:24:40.91\00:24:42.08 OH, JOHN I THINK YOU NEED MORE THAN SIX. 00:24:42.11\00:24:44.98 WE NEED MORE THAN SIX - THEY ARE ASKING FOR SIX. 00:24:45.01\00:24:46.88 THEY ASKED FOR SIX TO COVER THESE CHURCHES 00:24:46.92\00:24:48.65 THERE. 00:24:48.68\00:24:49.32 OK. 00:24:49.35\00:24:49.98 THAT ARE EMPTY. 00:24:50.02\00:24:50.99 THESE CHAPELS ARE JUST STANDING THERE EMPTY. 00:24:51.02\00:24:52.55 THERE ARE NO PASTORS TO GET THE PEOPLE INTO THESE 00:24:52.59\00:24:54.92 CHAPELS. 00:24:54.96\00:24:55.92 THEY HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS BUT THEY DID NOT 00:24:55.96\00:24:57.59 HAVE PEOPLE THERE TO FILL IN, IN THOSE CHURCHES TO 00:24:57.63\00:25:01.66 FOLLOW UP. 00:25:01.70\00:25:02.70 SO, YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE FELL AWAY BECAUSE THEY 00:25:02.73\00:25:04.70 WERE NOT TAUGHT AND DIDN'T LEARN BUT THOSE PEOPLE CAN 00:25:04.73\00:25:07.74 COME BACK, YES, IF THEY CAN HAVE WORKERS. 00:25:07.77\00:25:10.54 WE NEED SOME LEADERSHIP. 00:25:10.57\00:25:11.97 LEADERSHIP. 00:25:12.01\00:25:12.71 WE NEED SOME PEOPLE TO HELP. 00:25:12.74\00:25:14.51 SO, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER STORY TO SHARE WITH US? 00:25:14.54\00:25:17.68 I'VE GOT ANOTHER STORY YES; THIS STORY IS A STORY 00:25:17.71\00:25:22.28 OF FOSTEIN AND FOSTEIN IS A WORKING IN A VERY 00:25:22.32\00:25:27.86 DIFFICULT AREAS ALSO IN GABON. 00:25:27.89\00:25:30.63 A LOT OF DARKNESS. 00:25:30.66\00:25:32.86 ALSO, HE WAS SAYING. 00:25:32.89\00:25:35.20 AND INSPITE OF THIS HE WAS ABLE TO START UP A GROUP 00:25:35.23\00:25:39.70 OF 15 MEMBERS. 00:25:39.73\00:25:40.97 GOOD. 00:25:41.00\00:25:42.04 WHICH WAS ABLE TO BUILD UP TO A 120 MEMBERS IN THIS 00:25:42.07\00:25:44.91 CHURCH. 00:25:44.94\00:25:46.27 HE TELLS A STORY ABOUT A SAILOR WHOSE CHILDREN WERE 00:25:46.31\00:25:51.35 TROUBLED BY EVIL SPIRITS AND THE TROUBLE WAS 00:25:51.38\00:25:54.25 ESPECIALLY COMING FROM THE EVIL SPIRITS FROM THEIR 00:25:54.28\00:25:56.28 MOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY. 00:25:56.32\00:25:58.69 THESE SPIRITS WERE TRYING TO MAKE HER KILL HER 00:25:58.72\00:26:00.86 CHILDREN AND SO, GOD GAVE HIM OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE 00:26:00.89\00:26:04.63 THE GOSPEL WITH HER AND THE POWER OF THE CROSS WAS 00:26:04.66\00:26:08.26 ABLE TO DELIVER THEM, WOW, FROM THESE EVIL SPIRITS 00:26:08.30\00:26:11.57 AND SO THEY ARE ATTENDING CHURCH, THEY TOOK BIBLE 00:26:11.60\00:26:15.80 STUDIES AND THE HUSBAND BECAME A CHURCH ELDER AND 00:26:15.84\00:26:17.64 HIS WIFE BECAME A SABBTH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND 00:26:17.67\00:26:21.68 SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SAMPLE OF THE POWER OF THE 00:26:21.71\00:26:27.28 CROSS. 00:26:27.32\00:26:28.32 THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL IN AFRICA. 00:26:28.35\00:26:30.49 ABSOLUTELY. 00:26:30.52\00:26:31.59 WELL, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU -MERCI- AND THANK YOU 00:26:31.62\00:26:35.02 FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAYBE JOHN, 00:26:35.06\00:26:38.63 IF YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING QUICKLY IN FRENCH AGAIN AS 00:26:38.66\00:26:41.33 WE CLOSE. 00:26:41.36\00:26:45.67 AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO SPEAK ONLY ENGLISH, WELL 00:26:45.70\00:26:57.41 WE JUST WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:26:58.25\00:27:03.72 WORKERS WHO ARE PREACHING IN THEIR CULTURE, IN THEIR 00:27:03.75\00:27:07.09 LANGUAGE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. 00:27:07.12\00:27:09.19 WELL, MERCI TO BOTH OF YOU AND GODS BLESSING TO BOTH 00:27:09.22\00:27:11.89 OF YOU. 00:27:11.93\00:27:12.93 THANK YOU, JOHN AND RUBY, FOR BEING WITH US AND WE 00:27:12.96\00:27:15.70 WANT TO SAY MERCI, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE 00:27:15.73\00:27:18.00 ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:27:18.03\00:27:19.47 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH THANK YOU FOR 00:27:19.50\00:27:21.44 BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY THE LORD 00:27:22.24\00:27:25.64