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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000774A
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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 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE LOVE LANGUAGES HERE 00:39 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IT IS SO FANTASTIC WHEN WE 00:42 HAVE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK NUMEROUS LANGUAGES VISIT 00:45 US HERE ON THE SET AND ALSO AS WE LISTEN TO THE 00:48 LANGUAGES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW FROM WEST AFRICA 00:51 ALL THE WAY THROUGH PAKISTAN AND INDIA, THE 00:54 PHILIPPINES AND THAILAND AND CAMBODIA AND THE 00:57 DIALECTS, WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT THE DIALECTS 00:59 THAT ARE OUT THERE. 01:01 WE JUST LOVE TO HEAR ALL THESE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES 01:04 AND TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE SHARING AND HEARING 01:07 FROM TWO PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH BUT 01:09 THEY ARE ALSO FLUENT IN FRANCAIS. 01:13 FRANCAIS. 01:14 OUI, MERCI BEAU COUP BON JOUR. 01:16 BON JOUR TO RUBY AND JOHN STAFFORD. 01:18 IT IS A JOY TO HAVE YOU HERE AND YES, YOU BOTH 01:23 SPEAK TWO LANGUAGES THAT I KNOW OF AND DO YOU SPEAK 01:26 ANY OTHER LANGUAGES? 01:28 WE SPEAK SOME KINYARWANDA FROM RAWANDA. 01:31 LITTLE BIT. 01:32 LITTLE BIT. 01:33 AND JUST A FEW WORDS OF KISWAHILI AND A FEW WORDS 01:38 OF KREYOL FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN. 01:40 WE WERE IN SEYCHELLES ISLANDS FOR A WHILE AND WE 01:42 GOT SOME -WE GOT TO LEARN A FEW EXPRESSIONS THERE AS 01:45 WELL. 01:46 A LITTLE BIT FROM SRI LANKA. 01:48 OK. 01:49 AND YOU KNOW LIKE WHAT YOU SAY THOUGH IS THAT YOU 01:51 HAVE TO PICK UP SOME WORDS IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE. 01:55 TO SAY HELLO AND GOOD BYE AND THANK YOU AND THINGS 01:58 LIKE THAT. 01:59 SO, WE'RE GOING TO LEARN SOME MORE LANGUAGES IN 02:01 PITCAIRN ISLAND WHERE WE ARE GOING SOON. 02:03 WELL, SEE THE LORD BE WITH YOU AS YOU FOLKS GO THERE 02:06 AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOF YOUR EFFORTS HERE AS WE 02:09 ARE TALKING ABOUT WEST AFRICA. 02:11 WEST AFRICA. 02:12 AND THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF COUNTRIES IN WEST AFRICA 02:15 AND WHICH ONE IN PARTICULAR WILL WE BE 02:17 TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 02:18 TODAY, WE ARE GOING FROM TOGO WHICH IS ON THE 02:21 COAST, SOUTHERN COAST OF WEST AFRICA WHERE IT IS 02:25 HOT AND HUMID. 02:26 YES. 02:27 AND WE GOT ON THE PLANE AND WE WENT UP TO CHAD AND 02:30 N'JAMENA IS THE CAPITAL CITY. 02:32 N'JAMENA. 02:34 N'JAMENA IS THE NAME OF THE CAPITAL OF CHAD. 02:35 OK. 02:36 AND UH, N'JAMENA IS NEAR THE SOUTHERN PART OF CHAD. 02:42 NOW, IN CHAD IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE SAHARA DESERT AND 02:46 SO WE FOUND A WHOLE DIFFERENT CLIMATE THERE 02:51 WHERE IT IS MUCH LESS HUMID. 02:54 WE WERE RELIEVED TO GET INTO A DRYER CLIMATE BUT 02:57 THEN YOU HAVE THE DUST THAT COMES OFF THE DESERT. 03:02 THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. 03:04 AND THAT'S KIND OF A PROBLEM AND THEN AT NIGHT 03:08 WE WERE AMAZED HOW THE DOGS WERE BARKING AND 03:14 HOWLING ALL NIGHT LONG-KEPT US AWAKE 03:14 SOMETIMES. 03:15 BUT ANYWAY, CHAD IS FULL OF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY IN 03:19 THE SOUTH. 03:20 HARDLY ANYONE LIVES IN THE NORTH IT IS ALL DESERT 03:22 SAND. 03:23 IT IS SO DESERTY. 03:25 SO, IT IS IN THE SOUTHERN PART WHERE OUR WORK IS 03:28 CONCENTRATED AND THIS CHURCH-WE ONLY HAVE TWO 03:30 CHURCHES IN D'JAMENA AND THE PEOPLE IN THOSE 03:33 CHURCHES ARE BASICALLY FINANCING THE WHOLE 03:36 MISSION BECAUSE EVERYWHERE ELSE THEY ARE SO POOR. 03:39 YES, WOW AND THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER TOPIC OF THE 03:42 POVERTY, ILLITERACY AND ALL OF THAT. 03:45 AND DO MOST PEOPLE SPEAK FRENCH OR IS IT A 03:49 COMBINATION? 03:51 FRENCH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE AGAIN. 03:53 AND IN THE CITY ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE IS EDUCATION 03:56 THE PEOPLE SPEAK FRENCH BUT THERE IN CHAD IT IS 04:01 NOT JUST FRENCH, THEY SPEAK ARABIC, OH 04:04 INTERESTING, ALSO. 04:05 OK SO YOU HAVE LOTS OF LANGUAGES THAT WE ARE 04:08 TALKING ABOUT HERE. 04:09 YES, SO WE WERE HOSTED BY A GENTLEMAN NAMED NAPOLEON 04:14 BONAPARTE. 04:16 THE MISSION- HE IS ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS AND THE 04:19 MISSION ASKED IF WE COULD STAY AT HIS HOUSE BECAUSE 04:22 STAYING IN THE HOTELS IS QUITE EXPENSIVE. 04:25 SO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO PASS BY THIS MAN'S NAME - 04:28 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. 04:30 SO, DO TELL. 04:32 I HOPE YOU ASKED. 04:33 WELL, I ASKED HIM HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU GET THAT 04:36 NAME? 04:37 YES. 04:38 AND HE SAID, MY MOTHER CHOSE THAT NAME FOR ME I 04:41 DON'T KNOW WHY SHE DID BUT THAT'S WHAT SHE DID BUT HE 04:44 HAS MADE QUITE A NAME FOR HIMSELF. 04:45 LITERALLY. 04:47 LITERALLY, BECAUSE HE IS A DEPUTY IN THE GOVERNMENT 04:50 WHERE HE IS REPRESENTED. 04:51 HE REPRESENTS HIS PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT PLACES. 04:54 HE IS ALSO A BUILDING CONTRACTOR -BUILDING 04:59 HOSPITALS EVEN FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HE IS BUSY 05:01 WITH THAT. 05:02 WHY HEIS VERY TALL. 05:04 HE IS VERY TALL, YES AND HE ALSO IS THE ASI 05:09 PRESIDENT OF CHAD AND ALSO, HE IS VERY MUCH 05:13 INVOLVED IN EVANGELISM AND HE WAS PREPARING TO HAVE A 05:17 BIG EFFORT DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF CHAD. 05:21 HE WANTS TO GET OUR ADVENTIST CHURCH ON THE 05:24 MAP. 05:25 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD FOR NAPOLEON BONAPARTE WHO 05:27 SPEAKS FRENCH IN CHAD. 05:29 YES. 05:29 THAT'S A NEW ONE FOR ME. 05:32 YES. 05:33 WELL THIS IS THE HOUSE WHICH HE BUILT -HE IS 05:34 QUITE A BUILDER AND WE STAYED UP ON THE SECOND 05:40 LEVEL. 05:43 HE HAD BUILT A WATER TOWER AND HE MADE THIS TOWER SO 05:47 THAT HE COULD ALSO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. 05:50 HE PUMPS THE WATER UP FROM A WELL DOWN BELOW. 05:54 WOW, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. 05:55 SO. 05:56 YES, THE LORD HAS BLEST HIM. 05:57 AND THESE ARE HIS THREE DAUGHTERS. 05:59 THEY ARE GORGEOUS. 06:00 AND WE GOT ACQUAINTED WITH THEM AND WE BROKE THE ICE 06:02 WITH THEM. 06:03 WE DID SOME GAMES WITH THEM ONE NIGHT, YES, AND 06:06 THEY SPEAK FRENCH AS WELL? 06:07 THEY SPEAK FRENCH AS WELL. 06:09 BONAPARTE DROVE US AROUND IN HIS LAND CRUISER AND SO 06:13 HE WAS VERY ACCOMODATING IN HOSTING US TAKING US 06:16 DIFFERENT PLACES. 06:17 BLESS HIS HEART HE CHANGED HIS PROGRAM BECAUSE OF US. 06:20 HOW NICE. 06:21 YOU KNOW THAT WE-CUZ WE WERE THERE FOR NINE 06:24 DAYS-WE ENDED UP SO. 06:26 IN CHAD YOU FIND ALSO CAMELS. 06:29 WE'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY CAMELS IN ALL OF OUR 06:32 LIVES. 06:33 AND THESE CAMELS ARE FEASTING OFF A THORNBUSH 06:35 TREE. 06:36 IT'S JUST LIKE EATING CANDY FOR THEM. 06:38 A THORNBUSH TREE AND IT DOESN'T POKE THEIR TONGUE? 06:40 IT DOESN'T BOTHER THEM THEY THINK THIS IS GOOD 06:43 STUFF. 06:44 WELL, I PICTURE DESERT AND CAMELS SO THIS - THERE IS 06:47 A LITTLE CAMEL HERDER THERE WATCHING HIS 06:50 FATHER'S CAMELS. 06:51 WOW. 06:52 WOW. 06:53 AH, WE'D LIKE TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT 06:56 ADJUWA - OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHICH I 07:01 HAD MET LAST YEAR AND THIS IS A SLIDE FROM LAST YEAR 07:06 AND HE HAD WON MANY FRIENDS AND SOULS IN 07:08 DOMBALA CHURCH. 07:10 HE NOW-HE HAS BEEN WORKING MOST OF THE LAST YEAR AND 07:16 HAS GONE ALONG THE RIVER. 07:18 THERE IS A RIVER NEAR WHERE HE WAS WORKING AND 07:21 HE HAS GONE UP ALONG THAT RIVER AND HE GOES FROM 07:25 DOOR TO DOOR SAYING, I'M A MAN OF GOD AND SO I WOULD 07:31 LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHINGS WITH YOU. 07:33 THAT'S HOW HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF? 07:35 THAT'S HOW HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF AND SO THERE ARE 07:38 PEOPLE WHO INVITE HIM IN AND THEN HE WILL TELL THEM 07:41 THE BIBLE STORIES WHICH WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO 07:44 EMPHASIZE TELLING THE BIBLE STORIES. 07:47 SO, HE'S BEEN TELLING BIBLE STORIES TO PEOPLE 07:50 AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS DRAWS THE CHILDREN TOO. 07:53 HE'LL SAY ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR 07:55 VILLAGE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THESE STORIES? 07:57 AND SO, THEN THEY WILL ALSO COME AND UH SO ONE 08:04 TIME UM, AS HE WAS GOING UP ALONG THE RIVER HE CAME 08:11 TO A HOUSE AND WHEN -BEFORE HE GOT TO THE DOOR 08:16 THIS LADY CAME RUNNING OUT AND SAID, WELCOME, PASTOR. 08:20 AND HE WONDERED HOW DID -HE HADN'T EVEN INTRODUCED 08:23 HIMSELF AND HE WONDERED HOW DID SHE KNOW? 08:27 AND SHE TOLD HIM I HAD A DREAM AND I DREAMED THAT 08:32 THERE WAS A MAN OF GOD-A PASTOR THAT WAS GOING TO 08:35 COME TO MY HOUSE AND THAT HE HAD SOME THINGS TO TELL 08:38 ME. 08:38 SHE SAID, SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO TELL ME? 08:41 AND SO, HE TOLD HER SOME BIBLE STORIES AND THEN HE 08:44 ASKED HER, ARE THERE SOME OTHER LADIES IN YOUR 08:46 VILLAGE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME BIBLE STORIES? 08:49 AND SO, SHE INVITED SOME OF THE OTHER LADIES AND OF 08:53 COURSE, SOME OF THE OTHER LADIES WHEN THEY CAME, 08:55 THEY SAID, NOW ARE YOU WANTING US TO-ARE YOU 08:58 DOING THIS TO MAKE US JOIN YOUR CHURCH? 09:00 AND HE SAID, NO, I JUST-I WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THE 09:04 BIBLE. 09:05 YES. 09:06 AND SO, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE OF DIFFERENT 09:09 RELIGIONS, OF COURSE AND SO, SO THIS IS HOW HE HAS 09:13 OPENED UP THE WORK AND HE HAS WORKED THERE FOR 09:17 ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW. 09:19 IS THAT RIGHT? 09:20 HE ACTUALLY STARTED IN ANOTHER VILLAGE BY GOING 09:25 DOOR TO DOOR AND SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS DURING 09:28 CHRISTMAS. 09:29 A ONE-MAN BAND? 09:30 A ONE-MAN BAND- HE SANG CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND THEN 09:33 AFTER HE FINISHED SINGING, HE ASKED THEM IF HE COULD 09:35 PRAY FOR THEM. 09:36 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, PROBABLY THEY'VE HEARD OF 09:38 CHRISTMAS, YES, AND SO HERE HE IS GOING AROUND 09:40 AND SINGING. 09:41 SO, THE MAN OF GOD WHO SINGS CHRISTMAS CAROLS WHO 09:44 THE LORD HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED IS SHOWING UP. 09:46 I THINK THIS WAS VERY ENCOURAGING TO HIM TO KNOW 09:51 THAT GOD WAS DEFINITELY WORKING WITH HIM. 09:54 ABSOLUTELY, RUBY. 09:55 ABSOLUTELY. 09:56 AND SO, WE BOUGHT HIM A MOTORCYCLE LAST YEAR AND 10:00 HE IS STILL USING IT. 10:02 THERE IS ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THAT IS 10:05 WORKING IN THAT SAME AREA AND SO HE IS -THEY ARE 10:10 BOTH USING THAT LITTLE MOTORCYCLE TO GET ACROSS 10:13 THE SAND DUNES BECAUSE THAT IS NOTHING -YOUJUST 10:16 CAN'T TAKE A BICYCLE ACROSS THE SAND. 10:18 NO. 10:19 YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MOTORBIKE. 10:20 ABSOLUTELY. 10:21 YES. 10:23 I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT BENJAMIN ESEE WHO IS ALSO 10:26 WORKING IN THE SAME AREA IN THE VILLAGE OF DOMBALA. 10:29 DOMBALA THAT IS FUN TO SAY. 10:32 DOMBALA AND THIS VILLAGE BY UNICEF HAS EXPLAINED 10:39 THE IMPORTANCE OF SANITATION. 10:41 AMEN. 10:43 IS THIS THE VILLAGE LEADER? 10:56 THE G. 11:01 O.-THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 11:11 BENJAMIN HAS BEEN THERE FOUR MONTHS. 11:27 SO BENJAMIN GATHERED ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TO COME 11:30 TOGETHER, YES, AND TO PRAY TO THE LORD TO MEET YOU. 11:33 YES. 11:33 AND THERE YOU ARE WITH THE BENCHES. 11:35 YES. 11:36 WELL FANTASTIC. 11:37 WELL WE JUST ARE SO EXCITED TO LEARN MORE 11:39 ABOUT WHAT THE LORD IS DOING IN THE COUNTRY OF 11:42 CHAD AND WE GLAD THAT YOU ARE WATCHING AND WE'RE 11:45 GLAD THAT YOU ARE PART OF BEING INVOLVED IN A 11:48 COUNTRY. 11:50 MAYBE YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO CHAD, BUT HERE WE ALL 11:51 ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO SHARE JESUS IN A COUNTRY 11:54 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD AND WE HAVE SOME 11:56 MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU. 11:57 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 12:04 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 12:09 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 12:12 HUMANITY. 12:13 WE NEED LOVE. 12:15 WE NEED HOPE. 12:18 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 12:21 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 12:24 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 12:28 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 12:31 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 12:37 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 12:39 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 12:42 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 12:44 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 12:47 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 12:54 JESUS CHRIST. 12:55 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 12:58 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 13:05 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 13:08 ALL THE WORLD, ALL THE WORLD THAT MEANS ALL OF US 13:12 WORKING TOGETHER TO SHARE JESUS AND HERE AT GOSPEL 13:16 OUTREACH WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE 10/40 WINDOW FROM TEN 13:19 TO FORTY DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR FROM WEST 13:22 AFRICA WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY ALL 13:24 THE WAY THROUGH THE COUNTRIES OF PAKISTAN AND 13:26 SRI LANKA AND INDIA AND CAMBODIA AND THAILAND AND 13:29 THE PHILIPPINES. 13:30 GET YOUR GLOBE OUT, IF YOU HAVE A GLOBE AT HOME, 13:32 GOOGLE IT ON THE INTERNET- THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THAT 13:36 IS WHERE WE ARE EMPHASIZING OUR WORK HERE 13:38 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND OUR WORK INCLUDES YOU BECAUSE 13:42 YOU ARE PARTNERING WITH US AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. 13:45 IT'S A JOY TO TALK WITH MANY OF YOU WHO ARE 13:47 INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WHO DONATE TO 13:49 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHO PRAY FOR 13:52 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY HERE 13:54 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL 13:56 OF THAT. 13:57 IN 1JOHN 4 WE READ "THIS IS HOW WE KNOW THAT WE 14:01 LIVE IN HIM AND HE IN US. 14:03 HE HAS GIVEN US OF HIS SPIRIT AND WE HAVE SEEN 14:08 AND TESTIFIED THAT THE FATHER HAS SENT HIS SON TO 14:11 BE THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD." 14:13 IT DOESN'T JUST LIST ONE CONTINENT OR ANOTHER 14:16 CONTINENT IT TALKS ABOUT THE WORLD AND THAT'S WHAT 14:20 WE ARE EMPHASIZING HERE -PART OF THE WORLD BUT 14:23 YES, WE WANT JESUS TO COME TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. 14:26 SO, RUBY AND JOHN STAFFORD YOU ARE HERE WITH 14:28 US-BILINGUAL MISSIONARIES WHICH YOU ARE AND LOVERS 14:31 OF JESUS AND YOU ARE SHARING WITH US ABOUT THE 14:34 COUNTRY OF CHAD, YES, AND IT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO 14:38 YOUR HEARTS HAVING SERVED IN AFRICA FOR HOW MANY 14:40 YEARS, RUBY? 14:41 SEVENTEEN YEARS ALTOGETHER. 14:43 SEVENTEEN YEARS AND HERE EVEN IN RETIREMENT YOU 14:45 CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA. 14:48 SO, WE ARE IN THE COUNTRY OF CHAD. 14:49 YES. 14:50 AND YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE STORIES TO SHARE. 14:52 WELL, CHAD IS A POOR COUNTRY AND, IN THIS 15:00 COUNTRY, WE DECIDED TO TAKE A LITTLE FIELD TRIP 15:04 TO ACROSS THE CHARI RIVER AND TAKE THE ROAD DOWN 15:08 ALONG THE RIVER TO THIS VILLAGE OF DOMBALA AND WE 15:14 JUST SAW SOME PICTURES OF THE GROUP THERE AND NOW WE 15:17 ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCHOOL -THE DOMBALA 15:22 SCHOOL. 15:23 UH, THE FURTHER BUILDINGS THERE ARE THE UPPER GRADES 15:26 AND THE KINDERGARTEN, THE PRESCHOOL IS IN THIS 15:29 LITTLE SHED WITH GRASS WALLS AND GRASS ROOF. 15:34 OK, WE'RE GOING TO CAMP ON THIS FOR A MINUTE. 15:36 SO, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME IS THE SCHOOL. 15:39 THIS IS THE SCHOOL FOR THE WHOLE VILLAGE. 15:41 FOR THE WHOLE VILLAGE? 15:42 IT IS QUITE A LARGE VILLAGE. 15:43 SO, THE KINDERGARTNERS ARE IN THE GRASS HUT, YES, IF 15:48 YOU WILL. 15:48 RIGHT. 15:49 AND WOW, THIS KIND OF PUTS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE HOW 15:52 BLEST WE ARE WITH OUR SCHOOLS. 15:54 AND SO, WE DECIDED TO IMPROVE THE FACILITY LAST 15:56 YEAR. 15:57 GLEN WINTERMEYER AND I CAME LAST YEAR TO THIS 15:58 VILLAGE AND WE SAW THE CLASSROOM WITH THESE KIND 15:59 OF BENCHES AND WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD 16:00 AFFORD TO BUY SOME NEW BENCHES FOR THIS SCHOOL. 16:02 GOOD CALL TO YOU AND GLEN. 16:03 AND SO, AH WE PUT OUR MONEY TOGETHER AND THESE 16:04 ARE THE BENCHES. 16:41 SO CUTE. 16:42 I JUST LOVE TO SEE ALL THOSE FACES. 16:44 YES. 16:45 THEY ARE SO FULL OF ZEAL AND ENTHUSIASM OF COURSE, 16:48 THEY ARE EXCITED TO SEE THEMSELVES IN THE CAMERA. 16:51 YES. 16:52 BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE THE CHURCH AH, THIS 16:54 CHURCH-THIS IS WHAT THE CHURCH LOOKED LIKE LAST 16:57 YEAR AND THE THING THAT'S MISSING YET AS YOU CAN SEE 16:58 IS THE ROOF. 16:59 THERE IS ONLY A GRASS ROOF. 17:00 THERE IS NO METAL CORRUGATED ROOFING OVER 17:01 THIS BUILDING. 17:01 TIN OR ANYTHING. 17:03 AND I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE A ROOF PUT ON IT BUT THEY 17:03 NEVER GOT IT DONE. 17:04 COULD THEY NOT AFFORD IT? 17:05 DID THEY NOT JUST GET IT DONE? 17:06 THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT BUT AFTER THE WIND AND THE 17:07 RAIN CAME, THIS IS WHAT WE SAW THIS YEAR. 17:08 OH NO. 17:09 SO, THIS CHURCH IS FALLEN INTO RUIN. 17:10 LITERALLY. 17:11 LITERALLY INTO RUINS AND SO WE ARE RAISING MONEY TO 17:39 PUT A ROOF ON THEIR NEW BUILDING. 17:42 JOHN HOW MUCH- THEY HAVE TO PUT UP THE WALLS -WE 17:45 WILL HAVE A ROOF ON THERE HOPEFULLY. 17:50 WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS GOING TO COST. 17:52 MY GUESS MAYBE $2000 WE COULD PUT A ROOF ON IT AND 17:55 BE DONE. 17:56 WOW. 17:57 YES. 17:58 THIS IS THE CHURCH THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING. 18:05 IT IS JUST MADE OF GRASS MATS AND GRASS ROOFS TO 18:10 KEEP THE SUN OFF. 18:13 LAST YEAR, WE HAD A CHAPEL THAT WAS ALMOST FINISHED 18:19 BUT WE DIDN'T GET -WE DIDN'T HAVE A STEEL ROOF 18:26 TO COVER IT AND SO THE RAIN DESTROYED THE BRICKS 18:33 AND SO THEY HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. 18:39 AND SO, THEY ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A NEW CHAPEL. 18:46 RUBY SAYS SHE LIKES THE GRASS ROOF BECAUSE IT IS 18:49 COOLER, SHADIER.THE CHIEF MOVED ELSEWHERE BUT NOW 18:53 THERE IS ANOTHER CHIEF THAT HAS COME. 18:55 AND I CONTINUE TO SAY IT AS I SIT IN THIS CHAIR, 18:58 THAT WE HAVE CHURCHES HERE IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE WHO 19:02 ARE A LITTLE FRUSTRATED ABOUT THE CARPET COLOR AND 19:05 THE WALL COLOR, YES, AND I'M KIND OF LAUGHING 19:08 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SMILE ABOUT THESE THINGS THAT 19:12 UNFORTUNATELY ARE SO SERIOUS FOR SOME DEAR 19:14 PEOPLE BUT HERE THESE PEOPLE ARE MEETING IN A 19:18 GRASS HUT. 19:19 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:19 UH HUH. 19:20 FORTY PEOPLE ALL THERE AND THEY ARE THRILLED PROBABLY 19:23 TO BE THERE TO SHARE ABOUT JESUS. 19:25 YES, AND IT IS THE LARGEST CHURCH GROUP IN THAT 19:28 VILLAGE AND HERE WE HAVE THIS BUILDING THAT IS 19:31 FALLEN DOWN AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A 19:35 PERMANENT STRUCTURE WHERE YOU HAVE GOOD SOLID BLOCKS 19:39 OR BRICKS, YES, AND MAKE IT A REAL STATEMENT FOR 19:44 CHRIST. 19:45 WELL YES, AND THE SAFETY FACTOR TOO BECAUSE 19:47 OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NEED TO BE IN 19:50 A SAFE ENVIRONMENT SO. 19:51 UH HUH. 19:52 YES. 19:54 SO, CHAD IS A VERY POOR COUNTRY AND OUR WORKERS 19:59 THERE ARE NEEDING MOTORBIKES. 20:02 THEY NEED WAYS TO GET AROUND EXTRA TRAVEL 20:06 BUDGETS BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A LONG DISTANCES. 20:10 JUST HUGE DISTANCES THAT THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL TO GET 20:13 FROM ONE OF THEIR CHURCHES TO THE OTHER OR TO GET 20:17 FROM WHERE THEY ARE WORKING TO DOWNTOWN TO THE 20:20 LOCAL MISSION HEADQUARTERS. 20:22 WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND JUST WAS IT ONE OR TWO DAYS 20:27 -ACTUALLY BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST HAD SOME MEETINGS 20:30 BEFORE WE ARRIVED. 20:32 WE ENDED UP WITH JUST ABOUT WHAT WAS IT? 20:35 FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE THAT WE ENDED UP MEETING WITH 20:38 THIS TIME TO SHARE AND TO INSTRUCT WHAT WE COULD. 20:43 JOHN, YOU HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO TO SHARE WITH US. 20:45 YES, THIS IS A VIDEO OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN UNION 20:49 PRESIDENT. 20:50 HE COVERS CENTRAL AFRICA INCLUDING CAMEROON, 20:54 REPUBLIC OF CENTRAL AFRICA, GABON AND CHAD AND 20:59 SINCE I WAS IN CHAD, HE WAS THERE TOO AND SO I 21:04 SAID, WELL, LET'S HAVE YOU THANK GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR 21:07 WHAT THE WORKERS ARE DOING FOR YOUR AREA. 21:11 AND SO, THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT HE UH, HE SAID. 21:15 HE SAID IT IN FRENCH SO THIS IS AN ENGLISH 21:17 TRANSLATION. 21:18 HE SAID, MY NAME IS ASINYA GRAS ALIMONE. 21:22 I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN UNION OF 21:25 SDA. 21:26 I WANT TO THANK GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA FOR ALL 21:29 THEY DO FOR THIS UNION BASED IN LIBREVILLE, 21:32 GABON. 21:33 WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR OUR LAY 21:36 EVANGELISTS EQUIPPING THEM TO DO A VERY GOOD WORK. 21:40 WE ARE HEARING ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM THE FIELDS 21:44 SAYING THEY ARE BAPTIZING MANY SOULS AND SO WE GIVE 21:48 GLORY TO OUR GOD. 21:50 BLESS HIS HEART. 21:51 WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT AND THE 21:52 REFERENCE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA IS BECAUSE 21:55 CANADA IS IN CHARGE OF ALL OF AFRICA FOR GOSPEL 21:59 OUTREACH. 21:59 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:00 BUT THAT ALSO EXTENDS TO ALL OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:03 DONORS. 22:04 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:05 WELL, THANK YOU FOR TRANSLATING THAT, JOHN, 22:06 FOR US. 22:07 YOU KNOW WHEN YOU THINK OF THE SOULS THAT OUR GOSPEL 22:10 OUTREACH WORKERS ARE WINNING, THE BAPTISMS THAT 22:17 THEY ARE HAVING IS MORE THAN THE PASTORS. 22:20 THE PASTORS ARE HAVING THEIR CHURCHES AND TAKING 22:23 CARE OF THEM AND OF COURSE, THE CHURCHES THAT 22:25 ARE ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED BUT OUR GOSPEL 22:26 OUTREACH WORKERS WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO OUT 22:27 INTO THE BUSH, OUT INTO THE FAR REACHES OF THE 22:29 COMMUNITY AWAY FROM THE CITIES AND SO IT IS LIKE 22:30 MOVING INTO A WHOLE FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR THEM 22:31 ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE DIALECTS THAT THEY HAVE TO 22:33 CONTEND WITH. 22:34 AND SO, THEY NEED WAYS OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO 22:35 AND FROM THEIR WORK, THEIR DISTRICTS WHERE THEY ARE 22:36 WORKING AT. 22:37 WELL, AND WE THINK OF THE LOGISTICAL THINGS OF, YOU 22:38 KNOW, TRANSPORTATION AND GETTING OUT THERE AND THEN 22:39 ITS TALKING TO PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, WE THINK OH 22:41 WELL, MAYBE THEY CAN COMMUNICATE IN THE SAME 22:42 LANGUAGE, BUT NO WHAT YOU ARE SHARING IS THAT THEY 22:43 OFTEN SPEAK DIFFERENT DIALECTS AND SO THERE ARE 22:45 ALL THESE CHALLENGES BUT THE LORD OWNS THE CATTLE 22:46 ON A THOUSAND HILLS DOESN'T HE? 22:47 BUT AND THEY ARE TRYING-WE ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE 22:48 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WITH THE 22:49 STORYTELLING THAT THEY TELL THE STORIES AND THEN 22:51 THEY CHOOSE SOMEBODY FROM THEIR GROUP WHO WILL ALSO 22:52 BE ABLE TO TELL THE STORIES SO THAT THOSE 22:53 -THEY CAN START FORMING SMALL GROUPS AND SO THIS 22:55 ADJUWA, HE HAD LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS GOING 22:56 ALREADY AND ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT HE WENT TO OR 23:05 WHEN HE WENT TO THE DOOR AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR 23:35 THE MAN CAME AND HE SAYS, WELL WHAT CHURCH DO YOU 23:37 BELONG TO? 23:38 AND HE SAYS, WELL I'M A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 23:40 AND HE SAID, THE MAN BEGAN TO CRY BECAUSE HE WAS A 23:41 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST WHO HAD MOVED WAY OUT WITH HIS 23:43 FAMILY AND HAD BEGUN GOING TO A DIFFERENT CHURCH 23:44 BECAUSE HE HAD NO FELLOW BELIEVERS AND SO NOW, 23:45 ADJUWA IS HOLDING, HOLDING YOU KNOW BIBLE STUDIES IN 23:47 HIS HOME AND HAVING CHURCH EVERY WEEK IN HIS HOME. 23:48 AND THIS MAN IS JUST THRILLED AND HE SAID, I 23:49 THOUGHT I WAS LOST. 23:50 I FELT I WAS LOST. 23:51 ALL ALONG. 23:52 I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE COME AND FOUND ME. 23:53 SO, YOU KNOW WE JUST DON'T KNOW EVEN IN OUR HOMES OUR 23:54 PLACES AROUND US HERE IN THE UNITED STATES WE NEED 23:55 TO GO, WE NEED TO FIND OUR LOST SHEEP THAT ARE OUT 23:57 THERE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE LOST SHEEP. 24:02 AND WE HAVE HEARD STORIES HERE TODAY OF HOW GOD HAS 24:18 LITERALLY PUT THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ON 24:27 PEOPLE'S DOORSTEP. 24:30 THE LADY WHO YOU SHARED WITH EARLIER WHO HAD THE 24:44 DREAM AND HERE THE MAN OF GOD AS HE CALLS HIMSELF, 25:00 WHICH HE IS, SHOWS UP AND HERE THIS MAN -JUST 25:07 PROFOUND. 25:08 AND GOD KNOWS THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE OPEN 25:11 HEARTS. 25:12 YES. 25:13 AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRIED TO 25:15 IMPRESS UPON THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS-PRAY FOR 25:18 THE HOLY SPIRIT EVERYDAY AND PRAY FOR THOSE THAT 25:22 GOD WILL LEAD YOU TO BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE ONES 25:25 WHO ARE READY TO HEAR AND WHO ARE SEARCHING FOR 25:29 JESUS. 25:30 ABSOLUTELY. 25:31 THIS HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR 25:34 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE 25:38 OF BEING BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT EVERY DAY. 25:40 EVERY DAY. 25:41 WE ALL NEED THAT. 25:42 ABSOLUTELY. 25:43 EVERYDAY BECAUSE THE RESURRECTION POWER OF 25:45 JESUS THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS THAT WE HAVE 25:48 THAT AND WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS, WE HAVE THE HOLY 25:51 SPIRIT AND WE HAVE TO COUNT ON THAT, THAT WE ARE 25:53 GOING TO HAVE THAT POWER. 25:54 SO, IN THE LAST SECONDS HERE WHAT WOULDYOU WANT 25:57 OUR VIEWERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH TO REMEMBER? 25:59 WELL, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE 26:00 IMPRESSED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MAYBE BY THIS 26:01 VIDEO TO SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 26:03 AH, THERE IS A YOUNG MAN FROM THE CONGO, HE IS 26:04 WORKING IN SAN DIEGO AND HE SAYS, I'M GOING TO FIND 26:05 SOME SPONSORS FOR MY PEOPLE IN THE CONGO. 26:07 GOOD. 26:08 AND SO, LET'S PRAY THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH MAY ALSO 26:09 BE EXTENDED INTO THE CONGO AND SOME OF THESE OTHER 26:10 COUNTRIES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY WORK YET. 26:11 WELL, THANK YOU. 26:12 MERCI TO BOTH OF YOU FOR SHARING YOUR FRENCH WITH 26:14 US TODAY AND ABOUT THE STORIES OF CHAD AND MAY 26:21 THE LORD BLESS YOU. 26:33 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF 26:38 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:44 AND AS JOHN SAID, ADOPT- A-WORKER. 26:48 YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 26:51 INFORMATION. 26:52 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY? |
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