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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000772A
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00:01 ONE MISSION. 00:03 THE GREAT COMMISSION. 00:04 TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 00:10 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS. 00:12 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:14 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:18 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:22 OUTREACH. 00:23 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE ARE VERY GLAD THAT 00:28 YOU ARE JOINING US HERE TODAY AND TO JOHN AND RUBY 00:34 STAFFORD. 00:34 MERCI BEAU COUP. 00:36 MERCI BEAU COUP. 00:38 WELL, WONDERFUL. 00:39 IT IS LOVELY TO HEAR FRENCH HERE ON THE SET AND 00:45 JOHN, I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID, YOU SAID, "THANK 00:50 YOU." 00:51 UH HUH AND RUBY WHAT DID YOU SAY? 00:55 I SAID, "WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE." 01:00 WELL, IT IS WONDERFUL TO HEAR FRENCH. 01:02 IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE BOTH OF YOU AND YOU BOTH 01:05 ARE BILINGUAL OBVIOUSLY YOU BOTH SPEAK ENGLISH AND 01:07 FRENCH AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 01:11 WELL, I DECIDED TO TAKE FRENCH IN HIGH SCHOOL, 01:14 ACADEMY AND COLLEGE AND WENT TO COLONGE AND-A 01:17 SCHOOL IN FRANCE- AT OUR SCHOOL IN FRANCE AND THEN 01:18 AFTER WE GOT MARRIED WENT BACK TO GET MY MASTER'S 01:19 DEGREE AND RUBY GOT HER FIRST EDUCATION IN FRENCH 01:21 AT COLONGE IN FRANCE. 01:22 AND THEN WE SPENT 17 YEARS IN RAWANDA AND BURUNDI 01:23 WHERE FRENCH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. 01:27 OK. 01:28 AND THEN FAST FORWARD HERE YOU ARE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:35 AND YOU NOW ARE INVOLVED IN WHAT COUNTRIES? 01:42 WELL, THE FRENCH SPEAKING COUNTRIES IN WEST AFRICA. 01:46 THERE ARE MORE THAN JUST FOUR BUT THE FOUR WE 01:48 VISITED WERE BENIN, GABON, TOGO AND CHAD. 01:53 THERE ARE ANOTHER COUPLE THREE COUNTRIES ON THE 01:55 WEST COAST GLEN WINTERMEYER IS COVERING 01:58 THOSE AS WELL. 01:59 WELL, IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU HERE AND 02:02 JOHN COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS HOW GOSPEL 02:04 OUTREACH WORKS AS FAR AS GOSPEL OUTREACH USA AND 02:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 02:09 GOSPEL OUTREACH USA COVERS ASIA AND GOSPEL OUTREACH 02:14 CANADA COVERS AFRICA AND OF COURSE, BOTH OF THESE 02:18 CONTINENTS ESPECIALLY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW IS WHERE 02:23 WE ARE FOCUSING OUR WORK FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:25 YES, FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR FROM 02:28 WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA, PAKISTAN, 02:32 AND PHILIPPINES, THAILAND, CAMBODIA AND ALL THOSE 02:34 COUNTRIES. 02:35 IT IS A HUGE AREA, YES, OF DARKNESS REALLY WHERE THE 02:38 IGNORANCE OF JESUS AND OF THE GOSPEL. 02:41 THAT'S WHY WE ARE FOCUSING ON THOSE AREAS. 02:44 BRINGING JESUS RIGHT, RUBY? 02:45 AMEN. 02:46 TO THESE PEOPLE IN FRENCH. 02:47 SO, YOU - WELL ACTUALLY IT IS NOT ONLY FRENCH. 02:50 THE FRENCH IS MAYBE THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE 02:53 COUNTRY BUT THEY HAVE MANY DIFFERENT DIALECTS. 02:57 LIKE BENIN HAS QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT DIALECTS-46 03:01 DIALECTS. 03:02 OK. 03:03 AND YOU COULD STICK BENIN RIGHT IN EASTERN 03:05 WASHINGTON. 03:06 IMAGINE 46 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES HERE IN EASTERN 03:09 WASHINGTON. 03:10 AND SO, THEN YOU'D HAVE SOMEONE MAYBE WHO AN HOUR 03:12 AWAY MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND YOU, THAT'S RIGHT, WHERE 03:15 YOU LIVE. 03:16 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:17 DO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE NOT SPEAK FRENCH AS WELL? 03:20 EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. 03:22 WELL, YES. 03:22 OK. 03:23 MOST OF THEM DON'T SPEAK FRENCH ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE 03:25 GONE TO SCHOOL. 03:26 WE ONLY HAVE 33 PER CENT LITERACY RATE IN SOME OF 03:29 THESE COUNTRIES. 03:29 THIRTY-THREE PERCENT. 03:30 IN BENIN THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. 03:31 OK. 03:32 WOW, MORE THINGS TO COMPREHEND AND THINK 03:35 ABOUT, RIGHT? 03:36 YES. 03:37 UM, SO YOU GO AND YOU VISIT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:39 WORKERS AND BENIN IS OUR FOCUS HERE TODAY AND RUBY, 03:43 YOU BOTH ARE SPORTING SOME BEAUTIFUL OUTFITS. 03:45 TELL US ABOUT THESE. 03:46 WELL, THESE ARE GIFTS THAT THE LOCAL LEADERS GAVE TO 03:49 US SO WE WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL DRESS TO WEAR ON 03:52 SABBATH AT LEAST AND UH, THEY GAVE US THESE 03:57 OUTFITS. 03:57 WELL, THEY LOOK COMFORTABLE. 03:58 I THINK SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL IN HER OUTFIT. 04:01 WELL, SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND YOU ARE VERY 04:03 HANDSOME, SIR SO YES. 04:05 WELL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I KNOW THAT YOU 04:08 HAVE SOME FANTASTIC STORIES TO SHARE WITH US 04:10 AS TO HOW THE LORD HAS LED AND SOME PHOTOS AND LET'S 04:13 GET GOING. 04:14 WELL, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU TO BENIN AND WE WOULD 04:21 LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHERE BENIN IS LOCATED. 04:25 IT IS IN WESTERN AFRICA, UH HUH, JUST YOU CAN SEE A 04:30 LITTLE RED COUNTRY THERE. 04:31 IT IS A REALLY SMALL COUNTRY AND, IN THAT 04:35 COUNTRY, THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. 04:38 WE MET THIS LADY ALSO AT THE AIRPORT AND THEY ARE 04:42 BEAUTIFUL IN CHARACTER AS WELL. 04:44 UH, WE WERE TAKEN FROM TOGO INTO BENIN BY CAR 04:52 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE LANDED IN TOGO. 04:56 AH, AND TOGO WOULD FIT INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON. 05:00 OK. 05:01 SO THAT IS REALLY GOOD TO HELP US WITH TERRITORY AND 05:03 SIZE AND ALL OF THAT BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THESE 05:05 COUNTRIES ON THE MAP AND WE THINK OK, HOW IS THAT 05:09 YOU KNOW, IN OUR SPECTRUM YOU KNOW. 05:11 SO, YES. 05:12 YES, AND SO YOU HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT NOT JUST 05:15 FRENCH BUT YOU HAVE 46 DIALECTS AND SO IF YOU GO 05:19 FROM ONE CITY TO THE OTHER, THEY DON'T 05:21 UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. 05:22 SO, LIKE THE TOWER OF BABEL RIGHT THERE IN ONE 05:25 COUNTRY. 05:25 YES. 05:26 RIGHT? 05:27 SO MANY OF THESE PEOPLE THEY LIVE IN THEIR VILLAGE 05:29 FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFETIME. 05:30 THEY DON'T TRAVEL. 05:31 THEY DON'T GO AROUND. 05:32 THEY JUST KNOW THE PEOPLE WITHIN THEIR VILLAGE AND 05:35 WHAT KEEPS THEM THERE IS BECAUSE IF THEY GO 05:38 ANYWHERE ELSE, THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. 05:41 SO, HOW DOES THAT WORK THEN WHEN WE HAVE A GOSPEL 05:43 OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS GOING -THE TRANSLATION 05:45 PROCESS THEN DOES TAKE TIME OBVIOUSLY. 05:48 WELL, HE HAS TO FIND SOMEONE IN THAT VILLAGE 05:50 WHO UNDERSTANDS FRENCH AND SO FRENCH IS THE BRIDGE TO 05:54 THAT DIALECT AND SO HE TEACHES IN FRENCH AND THEN 05:58 THE FRENCH KID WHO WENT TO SCHOOL HE HEARS THE STORY, 06:02 THE GOSPEL STORY AND THEN HE TELLS HIS VILLAGERS 06:07 THAT STORY IN THAT DIALECT AND SO THAT'S THE WAY WE 06:10 CAN GET THE ORAL TRADITION OR THE WORD OF MOUTH -GET 06:13 THE GOSPEL OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE. 06:14 FANTASTIC. 06:15 GOOD. 06:17 ALRIGHT LET'S GO BACK TO BENIN. 06:19 YES, LET'S DO IT. 06:20 BENIN HAS 54 DIALECTS -THAT'S QUITE A FEW AND 06:24 THE LITERACY RATE IS 33 PER CENT. 06:26 YES, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER, THAT IS JUST 06:27 STUNNING. 06:28 TWENTY-TWO CHURCHES IN THAT COUNTRY WITH 3634 06:33 MEMBERS AND WHEN WE GOT THERE THESE GUYS WERE 06:36 WAITING FOR US. 06:38 SO, SIXTEEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THEY 06:40 ALL CAME TOGETHER FOR TRAINING. 06:42 UH HUH. 06:43 AND TRAINING IS REALLY IMPORTANT, I WANT TO MAKE 06:46 SURE THAT WE EMPHASIZE THAT HERE BECAUSE WE DO 06:47 TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN 06:49 MISSIONS" AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT RUBY, AND TALK A 06:52 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 06:53 WELL, BECAUSE MANY OF THESE WORKERS HAVE COME 06:57 FROM ANIMIST BACKGROUNDS WE FOUND THAT LIKE 75 PER 07:00 CENT MAYBE CAME FROM ANIMIST BACKGROUNDS AND 07:04 WHICH THEY CALL IT VOO DOO WHICH IS SPIRITUALISM AND 07:09 SO THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THEY DON'T KNOW 07:13 THAT WE KNOW BASICALLY AND ONE OF OUR FIRST EMPHASIS 07:17 HAS BEEN THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GO OUT 07:20 INTO THE VILLAGES AND THEY HAVE THEM-THEY TELL THEM 07:23 BIBLE STORIES. 07:25 SO, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY LOVES A STORY. 07:27 EVERYBODY DOES. 07:28 AND SO, THIS HELPS TO ATTRACT AND THEN THEY 07:31 LEARN THE OTHER BELIEFS AS THEY ARE HAVING THESE 07:33 STORIES TOO. 07:34 SO, THE TRAINING ALSO FOR COMING TOGETHER, 07:37 ENCOURAGING EACH OTHER AND TALKING ABOUT IDEAS THAT 07:39 HAVE WORKED. 07:40 YOU SEE, IF THEY ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 07:44 THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE "GOSPEL" IS. 07:47 AND SO, WE GAVE THEM AN OUTLINE TO MEMORIZE AND SO 07:52 THEY PRACTICED ON EACH OTHER GIVING THE GOSPEL. 07:55 OK, SO ROLE PLAYING. 07:56 THESE PEOPLE HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS AND THEY ARE 07:59 CHRISTIANS BUT IT IS THEN THE NEXT STEP OF HELPING 08:03 TO BE ABLE TO SHARE JESUS. 08:04 THAT'S RIGHT AND YOU KNOW, THE BASICS OF KNOWING WHO 08:09 JESUS IS, ACCEPTING JESUS IN THEIR LIFE AND INVITING 08:13 THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE THERE IN THEIR LIVES 08:15 EVERYDAY-THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE 08:17 EMPHASIZE. 08:18 AND THEN WE TRY TO GET THEM INTO THE WORD OF GOD 08:21 WHERE GOD GIVES ALL OF THESE PROMISES, YES, HE 08:24 DOES, THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT. 08:27 AND WE WERE TALKING PSALM 34:7 "THE ANGEL OF THE 08:32 LORD ENCAMPS AROUND THOSE WHO FEAR HIM AND HE 08:35 DELIVERS THEM". 08:36 AMEN AND SO THESE DEAR PEOPLE I KNOW THAT YOU 08:38 WERE BOOTS ON THE GROUND THERE SEEING ALL THESE 08:40 PEOPLE AND THAT REALLY COMES ALIVE DOESN'T IT 08:43 JOHN? 08:43 ABSOLUTELY IT DOES. 08:45 THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL TO OVERCOME THE DEVIL AND ALL 08:49 THE THINGS HE IS DOING THERE. 08:51 YES. 08:52 YOU KNOW AFTER WE DID SOME TRAINING IN THE MORNING, 08:54 WE TOOK A LUNCH BREAK AND SO OUR LEADERS TOOK US TO 08:59 THE VEGETALIAN RESTAURANT. 09:02 VEGETALIAN-I LOVE THE SPELLING OF THAT BUT 09:04 NOTICE UNDERNEATH WHAT IT SAYS, PEACE FOOD. 09:07 YES, WAS IT GOOD? 09:08 IT WAS GOOD. 09:09 VERY GOOD. 09:11 THEY ACTUALLY HAD -YOU CAN BARELY SEE IT BUT THERE IS 09:14 SOME GLUTEN STEAKS ON THE -THEY WERE GLUTEN STEAKS 09:19 KABOBS AND IT WAS VERY GOOD FOOD. 09:23 THE MAN WHO STARTED THIS RESTAURANT ALMOST WAS 09:26 DYING AND SO HE STARTED THIS VEGETARIAN 09:29 RESTAURANT. 09:30 AND HOW HE IS DOING NOW? 09:30 HE BECAME A VEGETARIAN. 09:31 HE IS GREAT HE IS RUNNING THE RESTAURANT. 09:33 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. 09:34 AND IT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO NOT DIE. 09:36 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS 09:39 AMAZING TO GO SO MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND 09:41 THERE ARE VEGETARIAN RESTAURANTS THAT ARE JUST 09:44 VEGETARIAN. 09:45 AND BY THE WAY, THE R AND THE L THERE IN AFRICA ARE 09:48 INTERCHANGEABLE AT TIMES. 09:50 OH, OK. 09:50 THAT'S WHY IT'S VEGETALIAN. 09:52 OK. 09:53 GOT YOU. 09:54 AFTER LUNCH WE CAME BACK AND WE AH, WERE WELCOMED 10:01 BY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR WHO IS THE 10:04 LIAISON BETWEEN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THE 10:07 MISSION LEADERS. 10:08 WHAT A HAPPY MAN HE LOOKS LIKE. 10:10 AND FRANCIS IS SUCH A NEAT GUY, AH, HE REALLY GOT 10:16 THESE GUYS GOING IN A SONG. 10:19 I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU HEAR THEM SING IT. 10:21 BOY, MAKES ME WANT TO JUST CLAP MY HANDS TOO, JOHN 10:29 AND RUBY. 10:31 PRAISE THE LORD FOR THEM UP THERE-WERE YOU UP ON A 10:39 ROOFTOP? 10:40 WE WERE.UH, IT IS KIND OF LIKE A VERANDA OUT FROM 10:49 THE CLASSROOMS SO THEY ALL WENT OUT THERE AND WE WANT 10:56 TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR BEING A PART OF 10:58 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:00 IF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE HEARING AND 11:02 SEEING FROM BENIN, WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU 11:05 AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT 11:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:09 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 11:17 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 11:20 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 11:23 HUMANITY. 11:24 WE NEED LOVE. 11:26 WE NEED HOPE. 11:29 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 11:32 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 11:35 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 11:39 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 11:42 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 11:48 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 11:50 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 11:53 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 11:56 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 11:59 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 12:05 JESUS CHRIST. 12:07 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 12:10 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 12:17 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 12:20 AND MOST OF ALL WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 12:22 PRAYING FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE 12:25 WORKING DAILY TO SHARE JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 12:28 AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE ALSO SHARING JESUS WITH 12:30 THE PEOPLE IN YOUR AREA AND WE THANK YOU FOR 12:33 PARTNERING WITH US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:36 WE WOULD LIKE TO STAY CONNECTED WITH YOU ON 12:37 SOCIAL MEDIA. 12:38 PLEASE VISIT OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE, OUR FACEBOOK PAGE 12:41 AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU GIVE US A CALL, GO TO OUR 12:44 WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND 12:47 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. 12:50 SO, I WANT TO SAY MERCI, THANK YOU, TO RUBY AND 12:53 JOHN STAFFORD FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY AND 12:55 SHARING ABOUT BENIN. 12:56 AND IT IS EXCITING WHAT WE ARE HEARING AND LET'S HOP 12:59 RIGHT BACK OVER TO BENIN. 13:01 OK, WELL WE ARE IN A CLASSROOM AND WE WANT TO 13:06 TEACH THEM VARIOUS THINGS. 13:09 ONE WAY IS TO GET THEM PRACTISING ON EACH OTHER 13:13 HOW TO LEAD EACH OTHER TO JESUS AND SO THEY PRACTICE 13:17 FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM - HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS USING 13:20 THE FAMILY, TALKING ABOUT FAMILY OCCUPATION, 13:24 RELIGION AND THEN THEY GIVE THEIR TESTIMONIES AND 13:27 SO, I GAVE THEM ALL THAT MATERIAL FOR THEM TO 13:29 MEMORIZE AND THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT WITH EACH 13:31 OTHER HERE. 13:32 ONE IS THE EVANGELIST AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE 13:34 PAGAN, YOU KNOW. 13:35 I BET YOU THEY HAVE FUN DOING THAT. 13:36 THEY HAVE FUN DOING THAT. 13:38 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE 13:40 TAUGHT THEM: LEARN HOW TO GIVE THEIR PERSONAL 13:43 TESTIMONY, HOW TO RECEIVE THE ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL 13:47 LIFE, HOW TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SO 13:49 IMPORTANT AND HOW TO CLAIM THE PROMISES OF GOD. 13:53 WE ALSO GAVE THEM A NEW ELECTRONIC AUDIOBIBLES AND 13:56 THEY LOVE THOSE THINGS. 13:57 THE MEGAVOICE BIBLES ARE FANTASTIC AND THEY ARE 13:58 SOLAR POWERED AND WE CAN PUT WHATEVER BIBLE 14:00 STORIES, BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND WE PUT THOSE ON 14:01 THERE, SONGS, THE BIBLES AND THERE IS A SPEAKER 14:02 RIGHT? 14:03 AND SO, PEOPLE CAN GATHER AROUND. 14:04 YES, IT IS A GREAT WAY AND IT IS IN FRENCH, YOU KNOW 14:06 SO THEY CAN TAKE THESE TO THE VILLAGES WHERE THERE 14:08 IS SOMEBODY THAT SPEAKS FRENCH AND SO THEY PLAY IT 14:11 AND THEN THE FRENCH SPEAKER WHO UNDERSTANDS 14:13 THE BIBLE TELLS THE STORY IN THEIR OWN DIALECT. 14:15 FANTASTIC. 14:16 YES, IT IS A WONDERFUL THING THOSE AUDIOBIBLES 14:17 ARE. 14:18 UH, WE ALSO TAUGHT THEM THE GREAT CONTROVERSY THE 14:19 BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL ANGELS AND HOW JESUS 14:20 AND THE ANGELS ARE SO MUCH MORE POWERFUL. 14:21 AMEN. 14:22 WE ALSO TAUGHT THEM HYDROTHERAPY AND THIS IS A 14:23 NEW THING FOR THEM. 14:24 WE HAD THE MISSION PRESIDENT AND WE PUT HIS 14:25 FEET IN THE HOT WATER, YES, THERE YOU GO, AND 14:27 BACK AND FORTH AND SO HE COULD FEEL HOW HIS FEET 14:28 WERE FEELING SO MUCH BETTER AND THEY ALL TRIED 14:29 THAT. 14:30 SOME OF THEM HAD TRIED THAT THERAPY ALSO. 14:31 WE TAUGHT THEM THAT IT WAS A GOOD WAY FOR 14:33 HEADACHES-TO GET RID OF HEADACHES. 14:34 GOOD, AND SO WHEN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 14:35 THEN ARE GOING OUT TO A VILLAGE AND IF THERE IS 14:37 SOMEONE THERE WHO HAS BEEN ILL AND YOU KNOW, TALK 14:43 ABOUT SOME OF THAT JOHN AND RUBY IN OUR MIND YES, 14:51 WE SEE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND YES, WE SEE THESE 14:55 VIDEOS THAT COME ON THE NEWS. 15:20 YES, WE MAYBE SOME OF US HAVE TRAVELED TO AFRICA 15:34 BUT THEY ARE DEALING WITH THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NOT 15:37 EVEN CONSIDER BEING A BIG DEAL, RIGHT? 15:39 YES, THEY DEAL A LOT WITH EVIL SPIRITS. 15:43 THERE IS A LOT OF VOO DOO. 15:44 THEY CALL IT VOO DOO AND THERE IS SPIRIT POWERS 15:48 THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH. 15:49 WELL, AND THAT IS A BIG DEAL BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT 15:52 LIKE THE SCRIPTURE IN LUKE 10 "I HAVE GIVEN YOU 15:55 AUTHORITY TO TRAMPLE ON SNAKES AND SCORPIONS AND 15:59 TO OVERCOME ALL THE EVIL OF THE ENEMY. 16:01 NOTHING WILL HARM YOU." 16:03 AND HERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITHOUT MEDICAL 16:06 CARE CLOSEBY AND ALL OF THAT. 16:09 AND THEY ARE LIVING IN CONSTANT FEAR AND THEY ARE 16:11 OFTEN ATTACKED PHYSICALLY ACTUALLY BY THE ENEMY 16:15 FORCES AND SO, THIS PROMISE MEANS VERY MUCH TO 16:19 THOSE PEOPLE. 16:20 BECAUSE IT IS GOD'S PROMISE OF PROTECTION THAT 16:23 THEY DO HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THESE EVIL SPIRIT 16:26 POWERS IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 16:28 YES, AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER OFTEN HAS 16:31 AN I SAY, HAS, THE BIBLE AND THE POWER OF PRAYER 16:36 AND WE SAY THAT'S IT, BUT THAT IS ALL THEY NEED. 16:40 THE POWER OF JESUS NAME IS-WE TAKE THAT FOR 16:43 GRANTED BUT THE NAME OF JESUS IS VERY POWERFUL. 16:46 VERY POWERFUL. 16:47 ABSOLUTELY. 16:48 YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED TO TAKE US OUT TO THE 16:51 VILLAGES OUT IN THE BUSH MORE REMOTE THAN IN THE 16:55 CITY AND SO, THEY TOOK US ON A THREE-DAY TOUR AND SO 16:59 WE STARTED OUR TRIP. 17:03 WE ARE LOOKING FUNNY HERE BECAUSE WE ARE WEARING 17:06 THESE MASKS TO KEEP THE DUST OUT OF OUR LUNGS 17:09 BECAUSE WE WERE ON DUSTY ROADS. 17:11 I WAS GOING TO SAY, I DON'T THINK YOU WERE DOING 17:12 SURGERY RIGHT THERE. 17:13 NO. 17:15 AND SO, UH, RUBY IS GOING TO SHARE ABOUT THIS PASTOR 17:24 WHO WAS OUT THERE. 17:30 THEY TOOK US IN THIS CAR. 17:33 THIS IS NOT THE MISSION CAR THIS IS THE OLD 17:38 PEUGEOT 504 I DON'T KNOW HOW OUT IT IS PROBABLY A 17:42 COMBINATION OF SEVERAL PEUGEOTS WELDED TOGETHER. 17:45 THE WINDOWS WERE NOT WORKING. 17:47 ITS CLASSIC, JOHN. 17:48 IT IS A CLASSIC. 17:50 IT IS CLASSIC. 17:51 AND SO, WE WERE RIDING ALONG IN THIS CAR AND 17:54 FEELING EVERY BUMP ALONG THE WAY AND LAUGHING. 17:58 AND LAUGHING -NO SHOCKS I'M SURE THAT WERE 18:01 COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE STATES RIGHT? 18:03 YES, CANADA. 18:05 AND SO, WE GOT OUT TO THIS VILLAGE AND WE MET ANDRE. 18:11 ANDRE'S VILLAGE IS SO ALIVE AND SO IN LOVE WITH 18:15 JESUS UM, PRAISE THE LORD AND WHICH GENTLEMEN IS 18:18 ANDRE? 18:18 IS HE THERE IN THE SUIT? 18:19 HE IS THE ONE IN THE WHITE SHIRT. 18:21 IN THE DRESS SHIRT, OK. 18:23 YES. 18:24 THEY ARE ABOUT TO SING A SONG BUT I WANT RUBY TO 18:26 SHARE THE WORDS OF THAT SONG BEFORE WE, OK, LISTEN 18:28 TO IT. 18:29 THEY SAID, RAISE YOUR HANDS IF GOD DIED FOR YOU. 18:35 OH. 18:36 SO, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE SINGING RAISE YOUR HANDS 18:40 IF JESUS DIED FOR YOU. 18:46 PRAISE THE LORD. 19:00 SO, WE ARE RAISING OUR HANDS BECAUSE JESUS DIED 19:11 FOR US, RIGHT? 19:12 PRAISE THE LORD AND THE JOY OF THOSE PEOPLE AND 19:14 THEN OF COURSE, I CAN SEE THE PEOPLE OVER THERE 19:16 DOCUMENTING IT ON THEIR IPHONES TOO. 19:18 BUT HOW NEAT FOR YOU TO BE THERE. 19:20 WASN'T THAT A SURPRISE TO SEE THESE KIDS TAKING 19:23 PICTURES WITH THEIR MOBILE PHONES? 19:25 HEY, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY. 19:26 I LIKE IT. 19:27 THAT WAS AMAZING. 19:28 PRAISE THE LORD. 19:30 YES. 19:31 AH, YOU KNOW THERE IS A FELLOW WHO TOLD HIS STORY 19:36 AND HIS STORY IS AMAZING HOW A MOSQUITO HAD BITTEN 19:42 HIS LEG BUT IT ENDED UP SATAN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF 19:46 THESE THINGS THESE MOSQUITO BITES AND HIS LEG 19:50 BEGAN TO SWELL UP. 19:51 SO, HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. 19:52 HIS WHOLE BODY WAS SWELLING UP AND ITCHING 19:53 ALL OVER AND HE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AND HE SAW ALL 19:57 THESE PEOPLE HAVING THEIR LEGS AMPUTATED -OTHER 20:05 PEOPLE DYING AND TAKEN OFF TO THE MORGUE. 20:07 HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DIE BUT THEN HE REMEMBERED 20:10 ABOUT JESUS AND HE PRAYED. 20:12 AND THE CHURCH PRAYED. 20:13 AND THE CHURCH PRAYED FOR HIM AND THE LORD HEALED 20:17 HIM AND SO, THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY STORIES WE'VE 20:22 HEARD ABOUT THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD AND THE POWER 20:26 OF PRAYER. 20:26 YES. 20:27 TO HEAL LET'S SAY. 20:28 WELL, AND WE READ EARLIER HERE IN LUKE 10:18,19 20:33 RATHER AND I'LL READ IT AGAIN "I HAVE GIVEN YOU 20:35 AUTHORITY TO TRAMPLE ON SNAKES AND SCORPIONS AND 20:37 TO OVERCOME ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY. 20:40 NOTHING WILL HARM YOU." 20:42 THIS MAN'S TESTIMONY IS TESTIMONY OF THAT. 20:44 BUT LET'S TALK THOUGH -ONE MOSQUITO BITE IT CAN 20:48 CHANGE YOUR WHOLE LIFE. 20:50 ONE TICK BITE -I YOU KNOW THESE ARE THINGS THAT 20:53 PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH AND ESPECIALLY IN 20:56 COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40WINDOW WHERE THEY 20:58 DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ANTIBIOTICS OR MALARIA 21:01 PILLS OR WHATEVER. 21:01 IT IS SERIOUS. 21:03 YES. 21:04 THERE IS MALARIA-OF COURSE, MOSQUITOES 21:05 TRANSMIT MALARIA, YES, AND TRANSMIT ELEPHANTITIS AND 21:10 OF COURSE EVEN HERE YOU CAN GET MOSQUITO BITES AND 21:13 GET LYME DISEASE. 21:14 I GUESS THAT'S THE TICKS, RIGHT? 21:15 YES. 21:16 BUT YOU KNOW, THE ENEMY TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THAT 21:20 AND OF THEIR BELIEF SYSTEM AND HE CAN INSERT HIM-THE 21:24 DEMONS CAN, YES, INSERT RIGHT INTO THE BODY AND 21:28 CAUSE SO MUCH SUFFERING. 21:29 WELL AND THE ANXIETY AND ALL OF THAT SO. 21:31 UH HUH. 21:33 YES, WE HAVE ANOTHER STORY THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU 21:37 SHARE. 21:38 UH, THIS SAME MAN WAS SAYING THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT 21:43 HE WAS CURSED AND SO HE WAS WATCHING THESE PEOPLE- 21:48 ALL THOSE BODIES GOING TO THE MORGUE AND THIS IS WHY 21:51 HE PRAYED AND THE LORD ANSWERED HIS PRAYERS AND 21:55 HEALED HIM. 21:56 PRAISE THE LORD. 21:56 YES. 21:57 NOW HE IS TALKING ABOUT IT AND SHARING IT. 21:59 YES. 22:00 YES. 22:01 AND THE BIBLE SAYS WE NEED TO HAVE OUR TESTIMONY 22:03 READY TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE. 22:04 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:05 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:06 YUP. 22:07 AH, ANOTHER STORY -SO MANY STORIES THAT'S QUITE A 22:12 NAME ISN'T IT? 22:13 YES. 22:14 GIVES HER TESTIMONY AND SHE ALSO SHARES HOW 22:18 SOMEHOW SHE FELT THAT THERE WAS A SNAKE THAT GOT 22:25 INTO HER BODY AND IT GOT INTO HER LEG AND SO 22:30 PEOPLE, THE CHURCH PEOPLE, ALL PRAYED FOR HER AND AN 22:33 ANGEL ACTUALLY CAME TO HER AND TOLD HER TO PRAY AND 22:36 TO GET A BIBLE AND SO THEY GAVE HER A BIBLE AND SHE 22:40 PRAYED AND EVERYBODY PRAYED FOR HER AND THE 22:45 NEXT MORNING SHE FELT THIS SNAKE LEAVE HER LEG. 22:49 SHE SAW A SNAKE GO OUT OF HER LEG. 22:52 REALLY? 22:53 IT GAVE A HISSING SOUND SO THIS WAS REALLY -IT WAS AN 22:57 EVIL SPIRIT, AN EVIL SPIRIT THAT WAS ATTACKING 23:01 HER. 23:01 YES. 23:02 OH. 23:03 AND SO, AFTER SHE WAS HEALED, SHE DECIDED TO 23:07 JOIN THE CHURCH AND WAS BAPTIZED. 23:09 YES. 23:09 BUT HER HUSBAND DIDN'T WANT HER TO JOIN THE 23:12 CHURCH AND HE TOLD HER DON'T GO, I DON'T WANT YOU 23:15 TO GO TO THAT CHURCH AND SO, SHE WENT ANYWAY AND 23:20 WAS BAPTIZED AND THE HUSBAND WHO WAS A SORCERER 23:23 HE CURSED THE PASTOR SAYING THAT HE WAS GOING 23:25 TO KILL THE PASTOR IN SEVEN DAYS. 23:26 THE PASTOR WOULD DIE IN SEVEN DAYS. 23:33 WELL, BEFORE THE SEVEN DAYS WAS UP THAT HUSBAND 23:36 OF HERS DIED IN THREE DAYS. 23:38 OH MY. 23:41 SO, GOD PROTECTED THE PASTOR. 23:42 GOD PROTECTED THE PASTOR AND HER, AND HER. 23:45 BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THAT WHOLE STORY. 23:46 AND SO, NOW HER HUSBAND IS DEAD THERE ARE OTHER GUYS 23:50 WHO WANT TO MARRY HER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SHE HAS 23:53 POWER NOW AND SO THEY DECIDED INSTEAD OF 23:56 FIGHTING OVER HER THEY DECIDED LET'S JUST KILL 24:00 HER. 24:01 AND SO, SHE IS NOW HIDING WITH AN ADVENTIST FAMILY 24:04 AND PRAYING TOGETHER WITH THEM. 24:06 THEY ARE PROTECTING HER. 24:07 CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT, JUST INCREDIBLE? 24:11 AND SOME DAYS WE THINK WE HAVE A BAD DAY, RIGHT? 24:13 OH MY. 24:15 WELL, MAY THE POWER OF THE LORD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, 24:16 AMEN, COME INTO THIS WOMAN IN A MIGHTY WAY. 24:17 I TELL YOU WE NEED TO PRAY A LOT FOR OUR WORKERS OVER 24:22 THERE BECAUSE THEY FACE MANY THINGS ALL THE TIME 24:25 WITH -AS THEY GO OUT TO THE VILLAGES, THEY ARE 24:28 FACING STORIES LIKE THIS CONSTANTLY. 24:31 WOW. 24:32 WE HEARD STORY AFTER STORY AFTER STORY BUT THEY KNOW 24:35 THEN JESUS POWER AND THEY SAY THEY WANT TO SERVE 24:36 JESUS. 24:37 THEY WANT TO FOLLOW HIM. 24:37 YES. 24:38 WELL, IT GOES BACK TO JOHN, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING 24:39 THE POWER OF SAYING JESUS' NAME. 24:41 YES. 24:42 THE POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS IT'S ALL THROUGH THE 24:43 BIBLE AND HOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS, YOU KNOW, THE 24:44 APOSTLES, YES, THEY HEALED. 24:46 YES, YES. 24:47 AH, IT IS JUST VERY ENCOURAGING AND THRILLING 24:57 TO SEE HOW PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT OF ANIMISM AND 25:01 BECOME CHRISTIANS BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT THE POWER OF 25:04 GOSPEL IS GREAT. 25:07 THIS LADY IS ALSO TELLING A STORY ABOUT HOW THE EVIL 25:12 SPIRITS KILLED HER SON. 25:14 OH MY. 25:16 HER SON GOT SICK AND THEY PRAYED AND AH, ASKING THE 25:22 CHURCH TO COME AND PRAY FOR HER AND PRAY FOR HER 25:26 SON AND SHE WAS ABLE TO BE BAPTIZED BECAUSE THE LORD 25:31 DELIVERED HER SON BUT THEN HER SECOND SON-THEY WERE 25:38 THREATENING TO KILL HIM ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE HAD 25:42 SOME EDUCATION SO PEOPLE WERE JEALOUS, OH MY, OF 25:47 THIS BOY AND WANTED TO HAVE HIM KILLED. 25:52 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE EVERYBODY WHO IS 25:54 UNEDUCATED ALL OF SUDDEN ONE OR MORE WANTS TO BE 25:56 EDUCATED, YES, THE HATE THAT PERSON AND THEY WANT 25:59 TO GET RID OF HIM. 26:00 THE JEALOUSY COMES IN AND ALL OF THAT. 26:03 JEALOUSY COMES IN. 26:04 WOW. 26:05 WOW. 26:06 BUT I SAW JOY IN HER FACE THOUGH, THAT'S RIGHT, THAT 26:09 JESUS HAD COME INTO HER LIFE. 26:11 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:12 SO, WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ASK OR WOULD YOU 26:14 LIKE TO SAY TO A VIEWER WHO IS WATCHING RIGHT NOW 26:16 WHO HAS HEARD YOUR PRESENTATION HERE ABOUT 26:18 THESE DEAR PEOPLE? 26:19 WELL, PRAY FOR THEM AND PRAY FOR OUR WORKERS THAT 26:23 THE LORD ARM THEM WITH HIS FULL ARMOUR AND THAT THEY 26:27 WILL NOT BE AFRAID TO BE BOLD AND YOU KNOW, ITS 26:34 MORE-THE MORE YOU SEE THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL AT 26:37 WORK THE BOLDER YOU CAN BECOME. 26:39 YES. 26:40 BECAUSE YOU HAVE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S POWER 26:43 TO OVERCOME. 26:44 ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE THE BIBLE TELLS US TO NOT BE 26:46 AFRAID AND DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED. 26:48 SO, YES. 26:49 RUBY AND JOHN STAFFORD, MERCI BEAU COUP. 26:51 AND WHAT DID YOU SAY? 26:53 YOU ARE WELCOME. 26:54 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AS YOU 26:58 WORK WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BENIN. 27:01 THANK YOU. 27:02 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE ON 27:04 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:06 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND REMEMBER PSALM 34:7 27:09 "THE ANGEL OF THE LORD ENCAMPS AROUND THOSE WHO 27:12 FEAR HIM AND HE DELIVERS THEM". 27:14 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:53 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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