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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000771A
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00:01 ONE MISSION. 00:03 THE GREAT COMMISSION. 00:06 TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 00:17 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS. 00:21 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:33 BON JOUR. 00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND YES, I DID JUST GREET 00:39 YOU IN FRENCH AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY AS THE 00:42 INTERVIEW PROCEEDS. 00:43 WE DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A 00:46 PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:48 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR SUPPORT, 00:50 TELLING FRIENDS ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE 00:52 HOW TOGETHER WE ARE SHARING JESUS IN THE 10/40 00:55 WINDOW. 00:56 SO, TODAY I WANT TO WELCOME RUBY AND JOHN 00:58 STAFFORD. 00:59 BON JOUR TO BOTH OF YOU. 01:00 BON JOUR. 01:01 THANK YOU SO MUCH- MERCI FOR BEING HERE AND WHY AM 01:06 I SPEAKING IN FRENCH TO BOTH OF YOU? 01:08 WE HAVE BEEN IN FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA AND ITS 01:12 NOT THE FIRST PLACES WE'VE BEEN IN FRENCH. 01:15 WE HAVE SPOKEN IN FRENCH FOR MANY YEARS IN RAWANDA 01:18 AND BURUNDI AS TEACHERS AND PASTORS. 01:21 SO, YOU BOTH ARE FLUENT IN FRENCH, RUBY? 01:23 OUI, OUI. 01:24 YES, AND HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU SERVE IN RAWANDA? 01:28 WE WERE- WELL ALTOGETHER IN RAWANDA AND BURUNDI WE 01:31 WERE THERE FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS ALTOGETHER SO, AND 01:36 JOHN WAS A FRENCH MAJOR WHEN HE BEGAN AND THAT'S 01:39 HOW WE GOT CALLED TO AFRICA. 01:41 AND I HAD TO LEARN FRENCH WHILE WE WERE THERE. 01:43 HOW DID THAT GO FOR YOU? 01:45 BY THE SEVENTEEN YEARS WERE UP, IF A FRENCHMEN 01:49 TELLS YOU SPEAK FRENCH WELL YOU TAKE IT AS A REAL 01:52 COMPLIMENT. 01:53 THAT'S A REALLY BIG COMPLIMENT AND YOU HAVE 01:55 HAD SOMEONE COMPLIMENT YOU THEN. 01:57 YES. 01:58 THAT IS FANTASTIC. 01:59 A FRENCHMEN. 02:00 THAT IS FANTASTIC, YES AND THOSE COMPLIMENTS I KNOW 02:03 DON'T COME LIGHTLY SO, THAT -VERY GOOD TO BOTH OF 02:06 YOU. 02:07 YES, SOMEONE ACTUALLY SAID THAT WE WERE SPEAKING 02:09 PARISIAN FRENCH WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN 02:12 AFRICAN FRENCH SO, WOW. 02:13 THEY UNDERSTOOD US SO WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT. 02:17 AND THIS IS WHAT MADE THE TRIP THAT WE TOOK SO MUCH 02:20 FUN BECAUSE WE GOT TO USE OUR FRENCH AFTER THIRTY 02:22 YEARS. 02:23 WELL ABSOLUTELY, SEE. 02:25 FANTASTIC. 02:26 ITS BEEN A LONG TIME. 02:27 SO, YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 02:30 WE SHOULD SAY THAT WEST AFRICA, THAT STARTS THAT 02:33 BIG RECTANGLE OF THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT GOES FROM 10 02:37 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH AND IT STARTS OUT IN WEST AFRICA, 02:40 YES, AND THE REASON FOR YOUR VISIT WAS TO DO WHAT? 02:45 WE WENT TO TRAIN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND TO 02:49 TEACH THEM HOW TO GIVE THE GOSPEL TO THEIR PEOPLE AND 02:52 THEY ARE THE BEST ONES TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE 02:55 IN THEIR OWN CULTURE, THEY ARE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE 02:59 ALTHOUGH THEY ALSO ARE CHALLENGED BECAUSE THERE 03:02 ARE MANY DIALECTS WHICH THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW 03:04 THEMSELVES. 03:05 OH REALLY. 03:06 AND SO, THEY HAVE TO STUDY AND LISTEN CAREFULLY AND 03:09 LEARN SOME OF THOSE LANGUAGES WITHIN THEIR OWN 03:13 COUNTRY. 03:14 SO, THOSE ARE THE LOCAL DIALECTS OF GABON. 03:16 SO, THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE IS FRENCH, YES, BUT THEN 03:19 THERE ARE OTHER DIALECTS. 03:20 THERE ARE OTHER DIALECTS. 03:22 THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS IN ALL OF OUR COUNTRIES. 03:26 WOW. 03:26 SO, DO MOST PEOPLE SPEAK LIKE WHAT? 03:29 HOW MANY LANGUAGES RUBY WOULD SOMEBODY MAYBE 03:31 SPEAK? 03:32 WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE COUNTRIES BUT IN SOME 03:34 COUNTRIES, THERE WERE ONLY, LIKE THERE WERE 47 03:37 DIALECTS. 03:38 FORTY-SEVEN IN ONE COUNTRY? 03:39 WOW. 03:40 AND YOU KNOW, TAKE FOR EXAMPLE BENIN OR TOGO. 03:44 YOU CAN PUT THAT WHOLE COUNTRY INSIDE OF EASTERN 03:49 WASHINGTON. 03:50 OK. 03:51 AND SO, IF THAT WAS THE CASE HERE, WE WOULD NOT BE 03:54 ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE IN SPOKANE BECAUSE 03:57 THEY SPEAK SPOKANESE, YOU KNOW AND KENNEWICKESE-WE 04:00 DON'T KNOW THAT LANGUAGE EITHER YOU KNOW AND SO, 04:06 THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE FACING IS THE RESULTS OF 04:09 THE TOWER OF BABEL. 04:10 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT OF AND HOW THIS 04:12 ALL CHANGED. 04:13 AND HOW SO MANY OF THEM, MANY OF THEM HAVE TO 04:15 LEARN. 04:16 THEY KNOW FRENCH SO THEY TAKE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS 04:18 FRENCH AND THEN THEY WILL TEACH THAT PERSON THE 04:20 GOSPEL AND THEN THAT PERSON HAS TO GO BACK TO 04:25 THEIR PEOPLE. 04:26 SO, FRENCH IS THE BRIDGE TO THOSE OTHER DIALECTS. 04:30 AND SO, PEOPLE LEARN OBVIOUSLY FRENCH IN SCHOOL 04:33 AND ALL OF THAT. 04:33 YES. 04:34 BUT YOU KNOW WE THINK ABOUT THAT ABOUT SHARING 04:36 JESUS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY AND HERE IN AMERICA YES, 04:39 WE ARE THE MELTING POT AND THERE ARE SO MANY 04:42 LANGUAGES BUT YOU THINK ABOUT SHARING JESUS WITH 04:45 YOUR NEIGHBORS AND HERE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS YOU 04:48 KNOW, AN HOUR AWAY THEY COULD BE SPEAKING A WHOLE 04:50 DIFFERENT DIALECT. 04:51 YES. 04:52 AND THAT TAKES EVEN MORE TIME. 04:52 YES. 04:54 SO, YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH WEST AFRICA UM, WHY DON'T 04:57 YOU SHARE WITH THE VIEWERS JOHN AND RUBY, ABOUT HOW 05:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA WORKS. 05:03 OK, AT GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA THEY ACTUALLY 05:06 COVERS ALL OF AFRICA THAT INCLUDES FROM ETHIOPIA UP 05:09 INTO EGYPT AND ACROSS OVER INTO WEST AFRICA. 05:13 AND OF COURSE, WEST AFRICA YOU HAVE BOTH ENGLISH AND 05:17 FRENCH COLONIES OR USED TO BE COLONIES THEY ARE ALL 05:20 INDEPENDENT NOW. 05:21 THOSE WHO SPEAK FRENCH WERE FROM FRANCE, FRANCE 05:23 COLONIES AND THOSE WHO ARE ENGLISH FROM BRITISH 05:27 COLONIES. 05:30 SO, COLONIALISM IS STILL RESIDUAL THING GOING ON IN 05:34 ALL THROUGH WEST AFRICA. 05:36 AND SO, YES, GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA COVERS 05:38 AFRICA AND GOSPEL OUTREACH USA COVERS ASIA. 05:42 AND SO, WE ARE HERE TO SAY A BIG HURRAH FOR GOSPEL 05:47 OUTREACH CANADA FOR AFRICA. 05:49 ABSOLUTELY. 05:50 IT WAS DEFINITELY BECAUSE OF THE FRENCH THAT WE 05:53 CHOSE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN WE DECIDED TO COME WITH 05:58 GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT THEY WERE SEPARATE ACTUALLY. 06:01 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA WAS FOR AFRICA BUT 06:05 BECAUSE WE WANTED TO USE OUR FRENCH. 06:08 IT WAS A TALENT THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN US THAT WE 06:12 WEREN'T USING HERE. 06:13 YES. 06:14 SO. 06:15 AND THE GREAT COMMISSION GO INTO ALL NATIONS AND 06:17 SINCE THE LORD HAS GIVEN YOU AND BLEST YOU WITH 06:20 ANOTHER LANGUAGE THAT'S FANTASTIC. 06:21 AND IT WAS MARVELOUS IN FACT, I HAD A GIRL AT 06:24 CHURCH TELL ME THAT SHE HAD BEEN IN IMPRESSED TO 06:26 PRAY FOR US WITH THE LANGUAGE. 06:29 AND I WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZED HOW THE FRENCH 06:34 LANGUAGE CAME BACK TO ME. 06:35 I MEAN WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN YOU KNOW, FLUENTLY FOR 06:38 MANY YEARS. 06:39 RIGHT. 06:40 AND BUT IT WAS-THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST BROUGHT WORDS 06:42 INTO MY MIND. 06:44 IT WAS AMAZING. 06:45 OH, THAT IS FANTASTIC. 06:46 YES, IT WAS WONDERFUL. 06:48 THE HOLY SPIRIT HE IS AN AMAZING POWER OF THE SUPER 06:52 THREE ALL IN ONE AND SO YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF HAVE 06:55 TO THINK MAYBE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF GIFT OF 06:57 LANGUAGES BECAUSE NORMALLY I WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, OH 07:01 ABSOLUTELY, BE SPEAKING IT THAT FLUENTLY. 07:03 YES. 07:04 AND YOU KNOW, WE REALLY FELT LIKE WE WERE ON THE 07:07 SAME TEAM WITH GOD. 07:09 YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS YOU KNOW WE WERE PRAYING 07:13 FOR THE FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT EVERY DAY AND 07:16 IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY DAY GOD WOULD BRING SOMEONE 07:19 INTO OUR LIVES ACROSS OUR PATHWAY THAT WE COULD 07:22 WITNESS TO AND SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH. 07:24 JOHN, I LOVE THAT. 07:25 YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE ON THE SAME TEAM WITH GOD. 07:28 UH HUH. 07:29 BOY, IF WE COULD ALL FEEL THAT EVERYDAY. 07:31 WOW. 07:31 THAT'S POWERFUL. 07:32 YES. 07:33 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 07:34 RUBY, TELL US WHAT YOU ARE WEARING. 07:36 ALRIGHT. 07:37 THESE ARE OUTFITS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US ACTUALLY 07:40 IN THE COUNTRY OF BENIN AND OR WAS IT TOGO? 07:45 IT WAS BENIN. 07:46 YES AND OF COURSE, THEY TOLD US WE WERE TO WEAR 07:50 THESE ON SABBATHS. 07:51 SO, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE OUTFITS THAT PEOPLE 07:53 WEAR -THEY ARE A SPECIAL OUTFIT. 07:56 A SPECIAL OUTFIT THAT THEY GAVE TO US AS A GIFT. 07:58 HOW NICE. 07:59 AND SO, IN MANY COUNTRIES THAT WE WENT TO THEY 08:02 ALWAYS HAD TO GIVE US A GIFT OF THEIR COSTUMES. 08:05 YES. 08:06 AND WHEN I WAS A STUDENT MISSIONARY THAT WAS THE 08:08 SAME. 08:09 I HAVE AN INDONESIAN OUTFIT AND THAT'S THE GIFT 08:12 THAT THEY GIVE. 08:13 WELL, THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL. 08:14 SO, YOU KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA OF YOUR HISTORY AND 08:18 ALSO THE ABILITY THE LORD HAS BLEST YOU WITH IN 08:22 FRENCH SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT GABON THE 08:25 COUNTRY THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 08:28 THE NEEDS THERE. 08:29 YOU HAVE SOME PHOTOS AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE 08:32 SO YOU CAN GIVE A REPORT. 08:33 OK. 08:34 MAYBE WE CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THE PICTURE THERE 08:40 IS OUR PICTURE WITH THESE SAME OUTFITS UH, BUT THEN 08:44 WE HAVE A MAP OF AFRICA AND THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA 08:48 WHERE WE WENT. 08:50 WE FLEW FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. TO ADDIS ABBA, 08:53 ETHIOPIA- A 14 HOUR FLIGHT. 08:55 I LOVE THAT NAME EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT IT MAKES 08:58 ME SMILE AND SO FROM THERE WE WENT ON DOWN TO GABON. 09:06 UH HUH. 09:08 AND GABON IS KIND OF IN THE -DOESN'T SOUND VERY 09:13 NICE - IN THE ARMPIT OF AFRICA BUT IT IS RIGHT IN 09:16 THE CORNER WHERE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN COMES ALONG 09:20 THE GOLD COAST, YOU KNOW. 09:21 AND SO, THERE IN GABON - LIKE THE ELEPHANT EAR, 09:25 YES, I'VE ALWAYS REFERRED TO THAT PART OF AFRICA AS 09:28 AN ELEPHANT EAR, YES THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE. 09:31 THAT SOUNDS BETTER AND SO IN GABON WE HAVE OUR 09:35 CAPITAL CITY OF LIBREVILLE AND THAT'S WHERE THE 09:37 HEADQUARTERS FOR CENTRAL AFRICAN UNION IS LOCATED. 09:42 JUST RECENTLY ARRIVED CENTRAL AFRICAN UNION HAS 09:45 JUST MOVED JUST WITHIN A DAY OR TWO THAT WE GOT 09:49 THERE, THEY JUST ARRIVED FROM REPUBLIC OF CENTRAL 09:52 AFRICA. 09:53 THEY WERE FLEEING THE WAR THAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT 09:54 COUNTRY. 09:55 YES, SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 09:57 WELL, UH THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN CENTRAL 10:01 AFRICA HAD BECOME DIFFICULT SO THEY DECIDED 10:06 THEY MOVED ALL OF THEIR FURNISHINGS. 10:08 THEY DROVE WITH TRUCKS AND MOVED ALL OF THEIR 10:10 FURNISHINGS DOWN TO LIBREVILLE WHICH WAS KIND 10:14 OF A LITTLE BIT UPSETTING FOR THE MISSION BECAUSE 10:18 THE UNION ACTUALLY MOVED INTO THE MISSION BUILDINGS 10:21 AND SO WHEN WE ARRIVED THINGS WERE A LITTLE BIT 10:25 TOPSY TURVY SO IT WASN'T QUITE LIKE WHAT WE WOULD 10:28 HAVE EXPECTED WHEN WE WERE VISITING OUR GOSPEL 10:30 OUTREACH WORKERS. 10:31 YES. 10:32 BUT THE PEOPLE WERE VERY, VERY GRACIOUS AND WE WERE 10:36 ABLE TO MEET THE CENTRAL AFRICAN UNION PRESIDENT 10:39 ALSO. 10:40 AND WHICH WE LATER MET IN CHAD WHEN WE WERE 10:43 VISITING, SO. 10:44 BUT THE LEADERS THERE ARE SAFE AND ALL OF THAT. 10:48 YES, THEY ARE SAFE. 10:49 BUT WHAT WE FOUND VERY INTERESTING IS THAT 10:52 EVERYONE OF THE MISSION LEADERS AND THE CENTRAL 10:56 AFRICAN UNION LEADERS, EVERYONE OF THOSE LEADERS 11:00 ALSO HAS A CHURCH OH, SO THEY HAVE THEIR JOB AT THE 11:05 UNION MISSION, YES, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A CHURCH. 11:08 THEY ALSO EACH HAVE A CHURCH. 11:09 THEY PASTOR. 11:10 OH, INTERESTING AND LIKE HOW FAR AWAY? 11:13 SOME DISTANCES? 11:14 WELL, WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE THE MISSION 11:16 PRESIDENT WHICH YOU WILL GET TO SEE HE ACTUALLY HAD 11:20 TO LEAVE TO GO INTRODUCE ONE OF THE NEW PASTORS 11:24 GOING TO AN ISLAND WHERE WE HAVE NOT WORKED YET. 11:27 OH INTERESTING. 11:28 AND SO, YOU KNOW GOD ALWAYS USES AN UPSET TO 11:33 HELP THE GOSPEL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. 11:35 THIS IS TRUE. 11:35 THIS IS TRUE. 11:36 AND SO, AS THEY HAD COME DOWN FROM REPUBLIC OF 11:39 CENTRAL AFRICA THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS OF GABON 11:42 CAME IN ALSO AND THEY WERE LODGING THEM AND FEEDING 11:44 THEM SO THAT WE COULD GIVE THEM SOME TRAINING. 11:45 AND SO, WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO NOW IF WE 11:48 COULD LISTEN TO THE MISSION PRESIDENT, GEORGE 11:59 MEDU AND HE WILL SHARE WITH US THE NEEDS OF THE 12:06 GABON MISSION. 12:07 HELLO, I AM PASTOR MEDU PRESIDENT OF THE GABON 12:13 ADVENTIST MISSION. 12:16 I AM HAPPY TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR NEEDS IN GABON. 12:21 WHERE THE HARVEST IS RIPE BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW. 12:27 WE HAVE 2000 MEMBERS WORSHIPING IN 23 CHURCHES 12:33 AND COMPANIES. 12:34 TODAY, WE HAVE SIX UNENTERED AREAS WHERE 12:39 THERE ARE SIX CHAPELS BROUGHT BY MCNEILIUS. 12:41 THEY ARE STANDING EMPTY FOR LACK OF WORKERS TO 12:44 EVANGELIZE THIS AREA. 12:45 WE NOW HAVE ONLY FOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 12:47 WE NEED SIX MORE WORKERS. 12:48 THIS AREA NEEDS GOSPEL WORKERS. 12:49 WE ALSO NEED MOTORBIKE TO COVER OUR WIDE AREAS. 12:51 NOW, ONLY THEY TRAVEL BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITH 13:02 MUDDY ROADS OFTEN FLOODED WITH RAIN. 13:10 ONE OF OUR WORKERS HAS TO TAKE A BUS TO REACH HIS 13:26 CHURCHES LOCATED ALONG THE RIVER SIDE. 13:34 FOR THIS REASON, WE NEED YOUR HELP. 13:43 PLEASE REMEMBER US IN YOUR PRAYER AND FURNISH OUR 13:50 SERVANTS. 13:51 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU IN JESUS NAME? 13:55 AMEN. 13:57 GOD BLESS HIM FOR SHARING THAT AND HIS ENGLISH IS 14:00 PERFECT, RUBY. 14:01 YES, HE DID VERY WELL. 14:04 HE PRONOUNCED IT VERY WELL AND I JUST THOUGHT THIS 14:08 WOULD BE A GOOD UH, ADDITION TO OUR 14:13 PRESENTATION TODAY. 14:14 ABSOLUTELY. 14:15 BUT HE WAS UNDER SO MUCH PRESSURE HAVING US COME 14:20 AND HAVING ALL THESE, THE UNION PEOPLE COMING AT THE 14:23 SAME TIME SO, WE CAN PRAY FOR PASTOR MEDU. 14:27 WELL, AND WE HEARD HIM-MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:29 WORKERS, YES, PRAYER, SUPPORT AND SO THAT'S YES, 14:34 ONE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TO GIVE THESE REPORTS. 14:36 AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU ARE EXCITED 14:38 ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE HEARING AS HAPPENING IN WEST 14:40 AFRICA HERE WITH RUBY AND JOHN AND THEIR SHARING, 14:43 WHAT THE LORD IS DOING IN GABON WE WOULD JUST SO 14:46 APPRECIATE MORE PRAYERS AND MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT 14:49 AS YOU HEARD THE MISSION PRESIDENT SAY, THEY NEED 14:51 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND TOGETHER WE 14:54 CAN WORK IN GABON. 14:55 WE'VE GOT SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL 14:56 OUTREACH TO SHARE WITH YOU. 14:57 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 15:06 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 15:09 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 15:12 HUMANITY. 15:13 WE NEED LOVE. 15:15 WE NEED HOPE. 15:18 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 15:21 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 15:24 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 15:28 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 15:31 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 15:37 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:39 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 15:42 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 15:44 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 15:47 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 15:54 JESUS CHRIST. 15:55 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 15:58 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 16:06 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 16:09 TOGETHER WE ARE SHARING JESUS NO MATTER WHERE WE 16:12 LIVE AND ALSO HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, WE ARE 16:14 SHARING JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND WE ARE 16:17 PARTNERING WITH YOU TO DO THAT AND WE WANT TO SAY 16:19 THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA AND 16:22 GOSPEL OUTREACH IN AMERICA AND TOGETHER NORTH AMERICA 16:26 WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND WE ALSO HAVE GOSPEL 16:28 OUTREACH IN BRAZIL. 16:29 SO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED PLEASE VISIT 16:32 OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG. 16:34 AND IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT THE AIM STANDS FOR 16:38 THAT'S "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" - THE NAME OF 16:41 THIS TV SHOW AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE WITH 16:44 US HERE AND WE ALSO ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IF YOU'VE 16:47 GOT FACEBOOK OPEN RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 16:50 "LIKE" GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE 16:53 ONE OF OUR FRIENDS AND THERE YOU CAN FIND UP TO 16:56 DATE INFORMATION AS EVENTS ARE COMING AND TO GIVE 17:01 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SOME EVENTS THAT WE 17:03 SPONSOR AND ARE PART OF AND IT IS ALSO A GREAT 17:05 PLACE FOR YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT GOSPEL 17:09 OUTREACH. 17:10 SO, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. 17:12 SO, MERCI TO RUBY AND JOHN STAFFORD FOR BEING A PART 17:15 OF OUR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AND BOTH OF 17:18 YOU ARE FLUENT IN FRENCH. 17:23 TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS, RUBY? 17:25 WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. 17:26 WELL, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE AND JOHN, 17:28 WOULD YOU SAY SOMETHING IN FRENCH BECAUSE THERE MIGHT 17:30 BE SOMEONE UP IN GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA AND 17:32 MONTREAL WHO IS LISTENING. 17:58 AND WHAT DID YOU JUST SHARE WITH ME? 17:59 I JUST PLEADING WITH THOSE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT GOSPEL 18:02 OUTREACH FOR OUR FRENCH SPEAKING COUNTRIES IN 18:05 AFRICA. 18:06 AH, FANTASTIC. 18:07 WELL, MERCI TO BOTH OF YOU MY FRENCH IS QUITE LIMITED 18:10 SO I LOVE TO LISTEN TO FRENCH THOUGH. 18:12 I LOVE TO LISTEN TO FRENCH. 18:13 UM, YOU BOTH HAD A SCRIPTURE THAT YOU SHARED 18:17 PSALM 2:8 AND IT SAYS, "ASK ME AND I WILL MAKE 18:21 THE NATIONS YOUR INHERITANCE AND THE ENDS 18:24 OF THE EARTH YOUR POSSESSION". 18:25 SO, TELL ME BOTH WHY THAT SPOKE TO BOTH OF YOU IN 18:29 REGARDS TO WEST AFRICA. 18:30 WELL, THE GREAT COMMISSION IS GO YE INTO ALL THE 18:32 WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY NATION, 18:36 KINDRED TONGUE AND PEOPLE AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF 18:40 GOSPEL OUTREACH ISN'T IT? 18:42 AND SO, THAT PROMISE TELLS US THAT GOD IS GOING TO 18:46 GIVE US THOSE NATIONS- THAT HE WILL. 18:49 WHEN OR HOW WE WERE SO AMAZED IS THAT IT SEEMED 18:55 LIKE IN EVERY COUNTRY WHERE WE WENT, WE MET 18:56 PEOPLE THAT WE HAD BEEN IN TOUCH WITH IN RAWANDA AND 19:00 IN BURUNDI. 19:01 HOW NEAT. 19:03 YEARS AGO, YES THAT WERE OUR STUDENTS AND SO YOU 19:07 KNOW, IT JUST, IT WAS AMAZING HOW THE ADVENTIST 19:12 CHURCH IS A NETWORK ALL ACROSS THE CONTINENT AND 19:15 WE WERE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT NETWORKING AMONG THE 19:19 FRENCH SPEAKING STUDENTS THAT WE HAD WAY MANY YEARS 19:22 AGO IN RAWANDA. 19:24 AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS, COMING TOGETHER WITH THE 19:27 COMMON GOAL OF SHARING HIS LOVE. 19:29 SO, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GABON, YES. 19:32 SO, WE'VE HEARD THE PLEA FROM THE MISSION PRESIDENT 19:36 FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, FOR PRAYERS AND 19:38 FINANCIAL SUPPORT, UH HUH, AND UM YOU'VE GOT MORE 19:43 PHOTOS. 19:44 YES, I HAVE A STORY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. 19:46 THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, HIS NAME IS JHON. 19:49 HE SPELLS IT DIFFERENTLY JHON INSTEAD OF JOHN LIKE 19:54 MINE IS SPELLED BUT JHON WAS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:58 WORKER SINCE 2004 AND IN HIS MINISTRY, HE HAS 20:02 PLANTED THREE CHURCHES AND TWO GROUPS AND OVER THE 20:07 YEARS HE'S BAPTIZED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE. 20:09 WOW. 20:11 SO, NOW HE IS WORKING IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT AND ONE 20:15 SABBATH HE TELLS THE STORY THAT ONE SABBATH A BROTHER 20:18 CAME TO HIM AND SAID, "JHON, WE NEED YOUR HELP 20:21 TO DELIVER A YOUNG GIRL FROM EVIL SPIRITS" WHICH 20:25 POSSESSED HER DURING A DEATH AND DANCE CEREMONY. 20:29 OH MY. 20:30 AH, IN THEIR CULTURE THEY PRACTICE THE RITUAL FOR 20:34 THE DEAD AND SO SHE WAS HIRED TO DANCE DURING A 20:38 DEATH RITUAL FOR A CHILD WHO HAD RECENTLY DIED AND 20:42 SO, THEY DRESSED HER IN THE CLOTHES OF THE 20:46 DECEASED AND BEGAN TO DANCE AROUND HER GRAVE. 20:49 OH MY. 20:51 SHE THEN FELL TO THE GROUND FULLY POSSESSED AND 20:54 HER PARENTS SAW THAT SHE WAS CRAZY AND POSSESSED SO 20:58 THEY TOOK HER TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND TRIED 21:01 TO HAVE THE CATHOLIC PRIEST CAST OUT THE DEMONS 21:05 BUT HE FAILED. 21:07 HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP HER. 21:09 SO, THEY BROUGHT HER TO JHON'S CHURCH AND HE BEGAN 21:13 TO PRAY FOR HER. 21:14 WOW. 21:15 AND SO, THE LORD IMPRESSED HIM TO HAVE HER READ 21:17 PSALMS 91. 21:19 OK. 21:20 BY THE TIME SHE GOT TO VERSE FIVE ANOTHER VOICE 21:24 SPOKE OUT OF HER MOUTH SAYING, "SHE BELONGS TO 21:26 ME, I WILL NOT LEAVE." 21:28 AND SO, SHE KEPT READINGPSALMS 91 AND THEN 21:32 A BIG LOUD VOICE YELLED, "I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE. 21:35 I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS CHILD'S BODY BELONGS TO 21:38 ME. 21:39 I REFUSE TO LEAVE." 21:40 WOW. 21:42 BUT THEN SHE FELT TO THE GROUND AND WRITHING ON THE 21:45 GROUND. 21:46 SO, PASTOR JHON TOOKTHE BIBLE AND CONTINUED TO 21:49 READ PSALM 91 AND THE DEMONS CRIED, "ITS GETTING 21:52 TOO HOT. 21:53 ITS GETTING TOO HOT, I'M OUT OF HERE". 21:55 AND SO, THE DEMONS LEFT. 21:57 WOW. 22:00 SO, SHE WAS DELIVERED AND SHE REGAINED HER SANITY. 22:02 WOW. 22:04 THIS EXPERIENCE REALLY TELLS HOW THE POWER OF 22:06 GOD'S WORD OVER THE EVIL SPIRITS AND THE GIRL AND 22:10 HER PARENTS BEGAN ATTENDING THE ADVENTIST 22:12 CHURCH AND SO, PLEASE PRAY FOR HER AND HER FAMILY, 22:16 ABSOLUTELY, BACK THERE IN THE COUNTRY OF GABON. 22:19 AND IN PSALM 91 IT STARTS, "WHOEVER DWELLS IN THE 22:22 SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL REST IN THE SHADOW OF 22:25 THE ALMIGHTY" AND SHE NEEDED REST. 22:28 "I WILL SAY UNTO THE LORD, HE IS MY REFUGE AND MY 22:31 FORTRESS IN MY GOD IN HIM I TRUST". 22:36 SEE WOW, POWERFUL. 22:37 WELL, AND YOU BRING UP SOMETHING THAT WE TALK 22:40 ABOUT HERE AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT 22:42 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:43 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY DON'T HAVE 22:46 ANTIBIOTICS, THEY DON'T HAVE A HOSPITAL THAT'S 22:48 WITHIN, YOU KNOW, MINUTES, YES, THEY HAVE THE WORD OF 22:52 GOD. 22:53 GOD'S WORD AND THE POWER OF PRAYER, YES, AND THAT'S 22:56 WHAT GOD GAVE THE DISCIPLES AND THAT'S WHAT 22:59 THEY USE. 23:00 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:01 AND WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THESE STORIES, UH HUH, AND 23:03 GOD'S NOT JUST DOING THIS IN WEST AFRICA. 23:05 GOD CAN DO THIS WHEREVER. 23:07 ALL OVER THE WORLD. 23:08 WE ARE TOLD THE POWER THAT JESUS HAD WHEN HE WAS ON 23:10 EARTH IS IN HIS WORD, YES, THAT'S WHY SATAN TRIES TO 23:14 KEEP US AWAY FROM THE WORD BECAUSE THERE IS POWER. 23:17 THE HOLY SPIRITS POWER IS IN HIS WORD. 23:19 IN EPHESIANS 2 IT TALKS ABOUT THE RESURRECTION AND 23:22 POWER OF GOD BEING IN US WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT SO 23:25 POWERFUL. 23:26 WELL BLESS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER JHON'S HEART. 23:29 YES. 23:30 HE IS A VERY FAITHFUL WORKER AND NEARLY ALL THE 23:34 WORKERS HAVE HAD THESE EXPERIENCES. 23:37 IN FACT, MANY OF THESE WORKERS COME FROM VOO DOO 23:42 BACKGROUNDS. 23:43 THEY ARE NOT LIKE SECOND OR THIRD GENERATION 23:44 ADVENTISTS, THESE ARE FIRST GENERATION PEOPLE. 23:47 AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD AGAIN TO SAY BECAUSE WE DO 23:50 TALK A LOT ABOUT TRAINING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:53 BECAUSE MANY OF US WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL 23:55 OUTREACH WE HAVE BEEN BLEST TO HAVE GONE TO 23:58 CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, GONE TO CHURCHES, THINGS LIKE THAT 24:01 BUT FOR THESE NEW BELIEVERS, THAT'S RIGHT, 24:03 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW FOR THEIR LIFE, YES, 24:06 AND THEY ARE JUST WANTING TO SHARE JESUS BUT THE 24:09 TRAINING IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 24:11 SEE, WHEN THEY SEE-WHEN PEOPLE SEE HOW THE POWER 24:14 OF GOD'S WORD AND THROUGH PRAYER FROM THESE 24:16 ADVENTIST PASTORS OVERCOME THE EVIL SPIRITS, THEY 24:19 LEAVE THOSE RELIGIONS, THE HEATHEN RELIGIONS THE, 24:24 SURE, THE VOODOO RELIGIONS AND THEY ARE COMING INTO 24:28 THE ADVENTIST CHURCH BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE 24:30 POWER OF GOD'S WORD IS GREATER THAN THE POWER OF 24:32 THE EVIL SPIRIT. 24:33 THE LIVING GOD. 24:34 THE LIVING GOD, THE LIVING GOD. 24:35 SO, HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THERE 24:38 RIGHT NOW IN GABON? 24:39 THERE ARE FOUR. 24:40 WE NEED SIX MORE. 24:42 OH, JOHN I THINK YOU NEED MORE THAN SIX. 24:45 WE NEED MORE THAN SIX - THEY ARE ASKING FOR SIX. 24:46 THEY ASKED FOR SIX TO COVER THESE CHURCHES 24:48 THERE. 24:49 OK. 24:50 THAT ARE EMPTY. 24:51 THESE CHAPELS ARE JUST STANDING THERE EMPTY. 24:52 THERE ARE NO PASTORS TO GET THE PEOPLE INTO THESE 24:54 CHAPELS. 24:55 THEY HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS BUT THEY DID NOT 24:57 HAVE PEOPLE THERE TO FILL IN, IN THOSE CHURCHES TO 25:01 FOLLOW UP. 25:02 SO, YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE FELL AWAY BECAUSE THEY 25:04 WERE NOT TAUGHT AND DIDN'T LEARN BUT THOSE PEOPLE CAN 25:07 COME BACK, YES, IF THEY CAN HAVE WORKERS. 25:10 WE NEED SOME LEADERSHIP. 25:12 LEADERSHIP. 25:12 WE NEED SOME PEOPLE TO HELP. 25:14 SO, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER STORY TO SHARE WITH US? 25:17 I'VE GOT ANOTHER STORY YES; THIS STORY IS A STORY 25:22 OF FOSTEIN AND FOSTEIN IS A WORKING IN A VERY 25:27 DIFFICULT AREAS ALSO IN GABON. 25:30 A LOT OF DARKNESS. 25:32 ALSO, HE WAS SAYING. 25:35 AND INSPITE OF THIS HE WAS ABLE TO START UP A GROUP 25:39 OF 15 MEMBERS. 25:41 GOOD. 25:42 WHICH WAS ABLE TO BUILD UP TO A 120 MEMBERS IN THIS 25:44 CHURCH. 25:46 HE TELLS A STORY ABOUT A SAILOR WHOSE CHILDREN WERE 25:51 TROUBLED BY EVIL SPIRITS AND THE TROUBLE WAS 25:54 ESPECIALLY COMING FROM THE EVIL SPIRITS FROM THEIR 25:56 MOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY. 25:58 THESE SPIRITS WERE TRYING TO MAKE HER KILL HER 26:00 CHILDREN AND SO, GOD GAVE HIM OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE 26:04 THE GOSPEL WITH HER AND THE POWER OF THE CROSS WAS 26:08 ABLE TO DELIVER THEM, WOW, FROM THESE EVIL SPIRITS 26:11 AND SO THEY ARE ATTENDING CHURCH, THEY TOOK BIBLE 26:15 STUDIES AND THE HUSBAND BECAME A CHURCH ELDER AND 26:17 HIS WIFE BECAME A SABBTH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND 26:21 SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SAMPLE OF THE POWER OF THE 26:27 CROSS. 26:28 THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL IN AFRICA. 26:30 ABSOLUTELY. 26:31 WELL, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU -MERCI- AND THANK YOU 26:35 FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAYBE JOHN, 26:38 IF YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING QUICKLY IN FRENCH AGAIN AS 26:41 WE CLOSE. 26:45 AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO SPEAK ONLY ENGLISH, WELL 26:58 WE JUST WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 27:03 WORKERS WHO ARE PREACHING IN THEIR CULTURE, IN THEIR 27:07 LANGUAGE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. 27:09 WELL, MERCI TO BOTH OF YOU AND GODS BLESSING TO BOTH 27:11 OF YOU. 27:12 THANK YOU, JOHN AND RUBY, FOR BEING WITH US AND WE 27:15 WANT TO SAY MERCI, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE 27:18 ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 27:19 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH THANK YOU FOR 27:22 BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY THE LORD |
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