WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN MISSION" 00:00:33.46\00:00:36.60 AND IT IS AN ADVENTURE AND TODAY WE'RE IN BRENT 00:00:36.63\00:00:39.87 SCULLY'S OFFICE. 00:00:39.90\00:00:41.90 BRENT, WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:41.94\00:00:44.04 WELL, THANK YOU. 00:00:44.07\00:00:44.81 WELCOME TO YOU TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:44.84\00:00:47.31 I THINK WE OUGHT TO SAY IS THANK YOU FOR LETTING US 00:00:47.34\00:00:50.51 USE YOUR OFFICE TODAY. 00:00:50.55\00:00:51.48 WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 00:00:51.51\00:00:53.28 YOU KNOW, I'M SITTING HERE LOOKING AT ALL THE 00:00:53.31\00:00:54.78 PICTURES AND YOUR BOOKS AND IT TELLS ME SO MUCH 00:00:54.82\00:00:58.12 ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO BRENT. 00:00:58.15\00:01:00.22 THE THING THAT IMPRESSES ME THE MOST IS YOU'VE GOT 00:01:00.26\00:01:02.96 A WONDERFUL FAMILY. 00:01:02.99\00:01:05.49 I DO HAVE A WONDERFUL FAMILY. 00:01:05.53\00:01:07.23 I'VE GOT THREE GIRLS AND MY OLDEST IS 21, MY MIDDLE 00:01:07.30\00:01:12.50 IS 20 AND MY YOUNGEST IS 15 AND I HAVE A WONDERFUL 00:01:12.53\00:01:15.77 WIFE. 00:01:15.80\00:01:16.94 WHO SOMEHOW HAS PUT UP WITH YOU FOR ALL THESE 00:01:16.97\00:01:18.64 YEARS? 00:01:18.67\00:01:19.44 SHE IS STILL PUTTING UP WITH ME. 00:01:19.47\00:01:20.64 IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MIRACLE. 00:01:20.68\00:01:21.64 IT'S A BIG MIRACLE. 00:01:21.68\00:01:23.01 SO, AS PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH HOW HAVE YOU BEEN 00:01:23.04\00:01:27.65 TRAINED TO SIT IN THIS CHAIR? 00:01:27.68\00:01:31.62 YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BIGGEST TRAINING HAS BEEN 00:01:31.65\00:01:33.19 BUILDING HOUSES. 00:01:33.22\00:01:34.26 UM, I'VE BEEN A BUILDER MY WHOLE LIFE, UH HUH, I'VE 00:01:34.29\00:01:40.06 HAD CREWS, I'VE HIRED EMPLOYEES, UM BUILT 00:01:40.10\00:01:44.43 ESTABLISHED A BUSINESS. 00:01:44.47\00:01:46.87 I REMEMBER UM, WHEN I GAVE MY LIFE TO THE LORD, UH 00:01:46.90\00:01:51.81 HUH, YOU KNOW I DISCOVERED THERE WAS A BIGGER PURPOSE 00:01:51.84\00:01:54.61 IN MY LIFE, RIGHT? 00:01:54.64\00:01:55.64 AND I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY THE INSTIGATOR OF 00:01:55.68\00:01:58.25 ME REALLY DISCOVERING THE LORD IS MY LIFE WAS SORT 00:01:58.28\00:02:02.08 OF JUST FALLING APART IN EVERYWAY AND I REACHED OUT 00:02:02.12\00:02:07.76 FOR GOD, I SAID, LORD, IF YOU ARE REALLY THERE WOULD 00:02:07.79\00:02:09.96 YOU PLEASE SHOW ME BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU ARE. 00:02:09.99\00:02:13.19 YOU KNOW. 00:02:13.23\00:02:14.00 BUT I NEED SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL. 00:02:14.00\00:02:15.00 I NEED SOMETHING THAT REALLY SHOWS ME BECAUSE 00:02:15.03\00:02:16.97 OTHERWISE THIS ISN'T WORKING. 00:02:17.00\00:02:19.07 THERE IS NO POINT, RIGHT? 00:02:19.10\00:02:20.47 YES. 00:02:20.50\00:02:21.47 YOU KNOW YOU ARE AT THAT POINT IN YOUR LIFE WHERE 00:02:21.50\00:02:22.90 THAT HAS TO BE A POINT OR THERE IS NO POINT AND YOU 00:02:22.94\00:02:25.27 JUST TAKE YOURSELF OUT. 00:02:25.31\00:02:27.11 SO, DID YOU SEE A BRIGHT LIGHT? 00:02:27.14\00:02:29.31 NO, I DIDN'T SEE A BRIGHT LIGHT BUT WHAT I DID 00:02:29.34\00:02:32.41 EXPERIENCE WAS WHEN I PRAYED THAT PRAYER, I FELT 00:02:32.45\00:02:36.48 THIS SORT OF LIKE THIS WARM SENSATION AND LIKE 00:02:36.52\00:02:42.19 GOOSEBUMPS. 00:02:42.22\00:02:43.26 I GOT GOOSEBUMPS ALL OVER AND THIS WARM SENSATION 00:02:43.29\00:02:44.86 FROM MY HEAD IT JUST WENT THROUGH MY BODY ALL THE 00:02:44.89\00:02:48.63 WAY TO MY FEET AND BACK UP AGAIN AND THIS LITTLE, 00:02:48.66\00:02:50.90 STILL SMALL VOICE SAID, WELL, JUST FOLLOW ME. 00:02:50.93\00:02:52.80 H-M-M. 00:02:52.83\00:02:53.97 YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE MOST BIZARRE THING AND I 00:02:54.00\00:02:56.44 EVEN SAID THIS, LORD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT EVEN 00:02:56.47\00:02:58.84 MEANS? 00:02:58.87\00:03:00.34 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FOLLOW YOU? 00:03:00.38\00:03:01.68 YOU KNOW. 00:03:01.71\00:03:03.04 AND HE SAID, JUST FOLLOW ME. 00:03:03.08\00:03:04.68 SO, WHAT THAT MEANT INITIALLY FOR ME WAS THAT 00:03:04.71\00:03:08.42 I NEEDED TO GO WHERE GOD WAS AND IN MY MIND WAS 00:03:08.45\00:03:11.59 THAT WAS CHURCH. 00:03:11.62\00:03:13.22 SO, I STARTED TO GO BACK TO CHURCH. 00:03:13.25\00:03:15.32 SO, YOU GET TO CHURCH. 00:03:15.36\00:03:16.32 I GET TO CHURCH AND INSTEAD OF SITTING ON THE 00:03:16.36\00:03:18.46 BACK ROW, I'M SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW, YOU KNOW. 00:03:18.49\00:03:21.16 IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW YOU BETTER DO IT FROM THE 00:03:21.20\00:03:22.83 FRONT ROW. 00:03:22.86\00:03:23.73 IF I'M GOING TO FOLLOW, I DON'T WANT ANY 00:03:23.77\00:03:25.53 DISTRACTION. 00:03:25.57\00:03:26.60 I WANT TO HEAR THE STUFF; I WANT TO HEAR THE MEAT 00:03:26.63\00:03:29.00 YOU KNOW. 00:03:29.04\00:03:30.04 I WANT THE WHOLE MEAL AND SO I'M SITTING ON THE 00:03:30.07\00:03:30.91 FRONT ROW AND I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. 00:03:30.94\00:03:32.57 I'D GO HOME AND I'D OPEN THE BIBLE. 00:03:32.61\00:03:34.04 I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. 00:03:34.08\00:03:35.11 IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING CLICKED ON IN ME THAT JUST 00:03:35.14\00:03:37.11 SAID JUST FOLLOW ME, LEARN. 00:03:37.15\00:03:39.38 SO, I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW JESUS AND I WAS TRYING TO 00:03:39.41\00:03:41.38 FOLLOW IN THE WORD, IN PREACHING AND EVERYTHING. 00:03:41.42\00:03:43.65 MY PRAYER LIFE AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY. 00:03:43.69\00:03:45.62 YOU KNOW, I WAS SUCH A BEGINNER CHRISTIAN EVEN 00:03:45.65\00:03:47.32 THOUGH I'D GROWN UP AS CHRISTIAN I WAS SUCH A 00:03:47.36\00:03:49.56 BEGINNER. 00:03:49.59\00:03:50.59 I WAS JUST EATING BABY FOOD AND THAT SPARKED THE 00:03:50.63\00:03:53.86 FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I KNEW GOD HAD A PURPOSE FOR 00:03:53.90\00:03:56.80 ME. 00:03:56.83\00:03:57.83 UM, AT THE TIME MY LIFE WAS REALLY DISRUPTED AND 00:03:57.87\00:04:00.64 YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO GO TO COLLEGE AND I WENT TWO 00:04:00.67\00:04:04.14 SEMESTERS AND I JUST WASN'T ABLE TO. 00:04:04.17\00:04:06.11 I WAS FALLING APART. 00:04:06.14\00:04:07.78 SO, I KNEW THOUGH THAT BUILDING WAS SOMETHING 00:04:07.81\00:04:11.78 SPECIAL. 00:04:11.81\00:04:12.85 I UNDERSTOOD BUILDING VERY EASILY, YOU KNOW AND I 00:04:12.88\00:04:15.15 THOUGHT I WAS PRETTY GOOD AT IT IN TERMS OF BEING 00:04:15.18\00:04:16.48 ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND BUILD AND WORK WITH MY 00:04:16.52\00:04:17.82 HANDS AND I GOT RIGHT IN THERE AND STARTED BUILDING 00:04:17.85\00:04:19.19 A BUSINESS AND THEN I GOT MARRIED DURING THAT TIME. 00:04:19.22\00:04:20.52 IT ALL MADE SENSE AND THEN I STARTED HAVING KIDS BUT 00:04:20.56\00:04:21.86 DURING THIS PROCESS OF BUILDING THERE WAS STILL 00:04:21.89\00:04:26.96 SOMETHING BIGGER FOR ME IN TERMS OF GOD'S PLAN. 00:04:30.67\00:04:35.74 IT'S LIKE, OK, THERE'S THE PART ABOUT BUILDING HOUSES 00:04:38.01\00:04:40.91 THAT'S GREAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOUR MAIN THING BUT 00:04:40.94\00:04:43.61 THE MAIN THING WAS GOD KEPT BRINGING ME GUYS WHO 00:04:43.65\00:04:46.48 WERE KIND OF DOWN AND OUT WORKING FOR ME AND I 00:04:46.51\00:04:49.92 REALIZED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I WAS GOING 00:04:49.95\00:04:51.82 TO JUST COMMIT MY BUSINESS TO THE LORD FROM THE 00:04:51.85\00:04:55.02 BEGINNING. 00:04:55.06\00:04:56.12 FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND SO WHAT THAT MEANT WAS 00:04:56.16\00:04:58.59 I WAS JUST GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE WORSHIP EVERYTIME I 00:04:58.63\00:05:01.36 COME TO WORK WITH THE GUYS WHETHER THEY ARE 00:05:01.40\00:05:03.87 CHRISTIANS OR NOT, I WOULD INVITE THEM IN, OF COURSE, 00:05:03.90\00:05:05.90 I'M PAYING THEM TO BE THERE, RIGHT, RIGHT SO 00:05:05.93\00:05:08.44 THEY'RE GOING TO COME. 00:05:08.47\00:05:09.44 THEY COME AND WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE FIVE- OR 00:05:09.47\00:05:10.51 TEN-MINUTE WORSHIPS EVERY MORNING AND SO THE GUYS 00:05:10.54\00:05:11.81 WOULD COME. 00:05:11.84\00:05:12.87 I BUILT MY CREW UP TO SEVEN, EIGHT GUYS AND WE'D 00:05:12.91\00:05:13.94 ALL GATHER AROUND HAVE A LITTLE WORSHIP AND PRAYER. 00:05:13.98\00:05:15.14 UM, BUT IT WAS JUST DIFFERENT. 00:05:15.18\00:05:16.18 I COULD SENSE THAT ALL THROUGH THE DAY THERE WAS 00:05:16.21\00:05:17.15 THIS PEACE ABOUT THE JOB SITE. 00:05:17.18\00:05:18.01 WE'D LISTEN TO CHRISTIAN MUSIC, YOU KNOW. 00:05:18.05\00:05:19.08 I MEAN WHEN YOU ARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS, 00:05:19.11\00:05:20.52 THAT IS NOT A TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS. 00:05:20.55\00:05:21.85 THAT IS NOT A CREW I'M USED TO. 00:05:21.88\00:05:22.52 EXACTLY. 00:05:22.55\00:05:23.52 AND SO, WE JUST COMMITED THE BUSINESS TO THE LORD 00:05:23.55\00:05:24.52 AND I REALIZED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HELP THESE 00:05:24.55\00:05:29.62 GUYS BUT BEING KIND OF A CODEPENDENT MYSELF, I 00:05:38.70\00:05:43.77 DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HELP THEM. 00:05:48.08\00:05:50.88 I WANTED TO RESCUE THEM. 00:05:50.91\00:05:51.95 UH HUH. 00:05:51.98\00:05:52.98 SO, WHAT THAT DID WAS I INVESTED MYSELF INTO A 00:05:53.01\00:05:56.52 THREE YEAR LAY CHRISTIAN COUNSELING PROGRAM TO 00:05:56.55\00:06:01.42 WHERE I WOULD LEARN THE BASIC PRINCIPLES AND 00:06:01.46\00:06:03.32 SKILLS OF HOW TO REALLY HELP PEOPLE. 00:06:03.36\00:06:06.96 HOW TO BE A SUPPORT FOR YOUR OWN TEAM. 00:06:07.00\00:06:09.20 EXACTLY AND HOW TO SET BOUNDARIES AROUND MYSELF 00:06:09.23\00:06:11.73 SO I'M NOT JUST BEING CODEPENDENT I COULD REALLY 00:06:11.77\00:06:14.14 HELP THEM. 00:06:14.17\00:06:14.80 YES, YES. 00:06:14.84\00:06:15.84 AND REALLY YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ENABLE THEM AND SO I 00:06:15.87\00:06:18.47 DID THAT FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN AFTER I FINISHED 00:06:18.51\00:06:22.64 THAT PROGRAM, THEY INVITED ME TO BE THE DIRECTOR 00:06:22.68\00:06:26.85 WHICH WAS KIND OF ODD BUT I ENJOYED THOSE TWO YEARS 00:06:26.88\00:06:30.05 THAT IWAS COUNSELING. 00:06:30.09\00:06:32.15 I REALLY ENJOYED CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE AND 00:06:32.19\00:06:34.56 WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND YOU ASK THE QUESTION HOW, 00:06:34.59\00:06:37.06 WHAT DID MY PREVIOUS JOB PREPARE ME FOR THIS? 00:06:37.09\00:06:38.99 YES. 00:06:39.03\00:06:39.83 AND THAT'S WHY I'M TELLING YOU THIS. 00:06:39.86\00:06:40.86 THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING EMPLOYEES AND 00:06:40.90\00:06:43.83 WORKING AND STRUCTURING A BUSINESS AND UNDERSTANDING 00:06:43.87\00:06:46.57 HOW PEOPLE KIND OF WORK AND STUFF AND THEN THE 00:06:46.60\00:06:50.47 SORT OF THE EMOTIONAL SIDE OF THINGS OF UNDERSTANDING 00:06:50.51\00:06:53.04 MYSELF AND UNDERSTANDING THEM WHERE I COULD TRULY 00:06:53.07\00:06:56.75 HELP THEM. 00:06:56.78\00:06:57.68 I REALLY BELIEVE IT PREPARED ME TO WORK 00:06:57.71\00:07:01.72 WITH-TO BE IN THIS SPOT OF WORKING WITH WONDERFUL 00:07:01.75\00:07:03.82 VOLUNTEERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE PEOPLE. 00:07:03.85\00:07:06.22 WE'RE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW. 00:07:06.25\00:07:07.22 TRAVELING WITH YOU I DISCOVERED SOMETHING THAT 00:07:07.26\00:07:10.83 WAS REALLY HEARTENING TO ME AND THAT WAS THE 00:07:10.86\00:07:12.86 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR WIFE. 00:07:12.89\00:07:14.73 YOU DIDN'T COME AS BRENT WITH A WIFE YOU CAME AS A 00:07:14.76\00:07:18.10 TEAM. 00:07:18.13\00:07:19.60 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS DEVELOPED THROUGH YOUR 00:07:19.63\00:07:21.47 WHOLE PROCESS OF LEARNING? 00:07:21.50\00:07:25.24 HOW TO SHARE? 00:07:25.27\00:07:26.24 HOW TO LEAD AND HOW TO TRAIN OTHERS WITH YOU? 00:07:26.27\00:07:27.98 YES, UM MY WIFE AND I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO, YOU KNOW, 00:07:28.01\00:07:33.82 SHE KNOWS WHAT I ENJOY DOING AND SHE SUPPORTS ME 00:07:33.85\00:07:35.48 IN THAT. 00:07:35.52\00:07:36.25 SHE DOESN'T LIKE TRY TO TAKE OVER. 00:07:36.28\00:07:37.52 UH HUH. 00:07:37.55\00:07:38.22 BUT SHE SUPPORTS ME IN THAT. 00:07:38.25\00:07:40.29 SHE KNOWS THAT I LOVE THE MINISTRY AND I FIND 00:07:41.69\00:07:43.59 PURPOSE HERE DOING THAT AND SHE ALLOWS THAT 00:07:43.63\00:07:46.73 FREEDOM FOR ME TO DO THAT AND THEN SHE HAS HER 00:07:46.76\00:07:48.96 THING. 00:07:49.00\00:07:50.07 YOU KNOW, MY WIFE IS AN INCREDIBLE SUPPORT TEAM SO 00:07:50.10\00:07:51.73 WE HAVE SORT OF AN UNDERSTANDING. 00:07:51.77\00:07:53.07 SO, I'M KIND OF THE VISIONARY, UH HUH, SO I 00:07:53.10\00:07:54.40 SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THINGS AND YOU KNOW, 00:07:54.44\00:07:55.74 THAT'S THAT MEANS THAT SOMETIMES IT IS A DISASTER 00:07:55.77\00:07:57.24 FOR HER BECAUSE-YOU ARE OFF OVER HERE IN NOWHERE 00:07:57.27\00:08:02.41 LAND, YES, SO WHAT I DO IS I GO AND I PULL THE PIN ON 00:08:04.78\00:08:08.28 THE GRENADE, YES, AND THEN SHE PICKS UP ALL THE 00:08:08.32\00:08:10.72 PIECES. 00:08:10.75\00:08:11.35 I UNDERSTAND FAR TOO WELL. 00:08:11.39\00:08:13.09 THAT'S A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF MY WIFE AND I TOO, 00:08:13.12\00:08:16.59 BECAUSE BRENDA IS THE ONE WHO MAKES SURE THERE IS 00:08:16.62\00:08:20.06 FOOD ON THE TABLE AND I'M THE ONE WHO'S OUT 00:08:20.10\00:08:23.50 PHOTOGRAPHING THE GRIZZLY BEARS. 00:08:23.53\00:08:24.90 EXACTLY. 00:08:24.93\00:08:25.93 FOOD ON THE TABLE, THE KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL, THE 00:08:25.97\00:08:28.67 KIDS HOMEWORK-ALL OF THAT STUFF. 00:08:28.70\00:08:31.11 THE DETAIL. 00:08:31.14\00:08:32.11 THE DETAILS AND THEN SHE MANAGES OUR BUSINESS AND 00:08:32.14\00:08:33.54 STUFF. 00:08:33.58\00:08:34.64 SO, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE 00:08:34.68\00:08:37.11 YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED THE JOB OF TAKING THIS CROWD 00:08:37.15\00:08:40.42 OF PEOPLE AND GIVING THEM DIRECTION AND PURPOSE. 00:08:40.45\00:08:43.15 UH HUH. 00:08:43.18\00:08:44.19 IT' S LIKE UM, I'M THIS EMPTY VESSEL AND HE'S 00:08:44.22\00:08:50.69 FILLING ME AND DIRECTING ME UM, TO JUST LISTEN AND 00:08:50.73\00:08:56.10 TO FOLLOW. 00:08:56.13\00:08:56.77 UH HUH. 00:08:56.80\00:08:57.80 AND YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS SENSED THAT I OPERATE 00:08:57.83\00:09:00.97 BETTER FROM A NON-TOP-DOWN SORT OF GOVERNMENT, UH 00:09:01.00\00:09:05.67 HUH, BUT I LIKE TO GET IN THERE AND WORK GO WITH 00:09:05.71\00:09:08.68 EACH OTHER. 00:09:08.71\00:09:09.21 WE GO WITH THE TEAM. 00:09:09.24\00:09:10.01 IT'S A TEAM BUILDING EXPERIENCE. 00:09:10.05\00:09:11.88 THIS MINISTRY IS REALLY ABOUT TEAM. 00:09:11.91\00:09:14.18 IT IS A TEAM EXPERIENCE AND I THINK THAT AS TEAM 00:09:14.22\00:09:20.12 GROWS AND CONNECTS AND UNITES AND UM, 00:09:20.16\00:09:25.73 COLLABORATES THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE MINISTRY. 00:09:25.76\00:09:28.66 IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON. 00:09:28.70\00:09:31.90 THIS OFFICE, THIS DESK DOES NOT MAKE THE 00:09:31.93\00:09:34.60 MINISTRY, YOU KNOW. 00:09:34.64\00:09:36.27 I'M JUST A SMALL PART OF THIS BIGGER PICTURE THAT 00:09:36.30\00:09:39.84 GOD IS PUTTING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW. 00:09:39.87\00:09:41.28 WE'VE GOT A VOLUNTEER TO COME IN WHO WORK IN THE 00:09:41.31\00:09:44.61 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM, THE AMBASSADOR 00:09:44.65\00:09:47.08 PROGRAM, THE CUSTODIAL, THE PRINTING, THE OFFICE 00:09:47.12\00:09:53.52 MANAGER, THE TREASURER, THE FINANCE-ALL OF THESE 00:09:53.56\00:09:57.23 PEOPLE ARE REALLY WHAT MAKES UP THE BIGGER 00:09:57.26\00:09:59.36 PICTURE. 00:09:59.39\00:10:00.33 MY JOB IS TO JUST BE SUPPORT AND LEARN HOW TO 00:10:00.36\00:10:04.27 JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST ENCOURAGE THEM AND ALLOW 00:10:04.30\00:10:06.80 GOD TO BE AT THE CENTER OF OUR RELATIONSHIP. 00:10:06.84\00:10:08.14 I NOTICE THAT YOU AND JEFF AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHERS 00:10:08.17\00:10:09.47 SPEND A LOT OF TIME SITTING, DREAMING UH HUH, 00:10:09.50\00:10:10.84 AND PRAYING BECAUSE IT IS AS IF THERE IS A REALLY 00:10:10.87\00:10:12.17 BIG PURPOSE HERE THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE 00:10:12.21\00:10:17.28 YOU ARE HOLDING ON TO WHILE THE DETAILS ARE 00:10:27.26\00:10:30.53 ACCOMPLISHED.YES. 00:10:30.56\00:10:32.33 IS THAT A FAIR PICTURE? 00:10:32.36\00:10:33.09 IT IS DEFINITELY A FAIR PICTURE. 00:10:33.13\00:10:34.60 UM, YOU KNOW I REALLY BELIEVE PRAYER IS THE 00:10:34.63\00:10:38.03 MUSCLE BEHIND ANYTHING. 00:10:38.07\00:10:40.90 THE ODD THING ABOUT PRAYER, YOU KNOW, WHEN I 00:10:40.94\00:10:43.37 FIRST CAME HERE UM, I WAS PART OF A PRAYER TEAM 00:10:43.41\00:10:46.31 ALREADY. 00:10:46.34\00:10:47.84 UM, BUT I KNEW THAT WHEN I CAME HERE WHAT I REALLY 00:10:47.88\00:10:50.51 NEEDED WAS TO BUILD A PRAYER TEAM. 00:10:50.55\00:10:52.75 UH HUH. 00:10:52.78\00:10:53.88 YOU KNOW, A PRAYER TEAM OF INTERCESSORS THAT UM, HAVE 00:10:53.92\00:10:56.45 A HEART FOR THE MISSION, WHO KNOW THAT GOD IS THE 00:10:56.48\00:10:59.55 ONLY ONE WHO IS GOING TO DO IT BUT HE HAS TO GET 00:10:59.59\00:11:02.39 THIS MINISTRY TO BE WORKING ON THE INSIDE 00:11:02.42\00:11:05.36 BEFORE IT WORKS ON THE OUTSIDE. 00:11:05.39\00:11:06.93 UH HUH. 00:11:06.96\00:11:07.96 IN FACT, THE MINUTE OUR PRAYER TEAM STARTED TO 00:11:07.96\00:11:10.27 PRAY THE YEAR, ALL OF OUR FINANCES TURNED AROUND AND 00:11:10.30\00:11:15.17 IT TURNED AROUND AND IT'S BEEN GOING UP EVERY YEAR 00:11:15.20\00:11:18.04 SINCE THEN AND IT'S LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:11:18.07\00:11:22.38 NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR THE LORD. 00:11:22.41\00:11:24.51 WELL, IT COMES BACK TO THAT ANSWER THAT YOU GOT 00:11:24.55\00:11:26.41 WHEN YOU PRAYED-FOLLOW ME. 00:11:26.45\00:11:27.38 YES. 00:11:27.42\00:11:28.42 YOU ENDED UP ON THE FRONT ROW OF THE CHURCH AND IT 00:11:28.45\00:11:31.49 SEEMS LIKE GOD HAS PUT YOU ON THE FRONT ROW OF 00:11:31.52\00:11:34.96 MINISTRY AGAIN TOO. 00:11:34.99\00:11:35.99 YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY AN AMAZING ASSIGNMENT FOR 00:11:36.02\00:11:38.93 ME. 00:11:38.96\00:11:40.00 I FEEL SO HONORED TO BE IN THIS POSITION, UM I FEEL 00:11:40.03\00:11:43.60 VERY HUMBLED TO BE IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, 00:11:43.63\00:11:46.17 WE ALWAYS CALIBRATE OURSELVES BY OTHER 00:11:46.20\00:11:49.90 PEOPLES' STANDARDS SOMETIMES AND THEIR 00:11:49.94\00:11:52.74 SUCCESSES. 00:11:52.77\00:11:54.21 WHEN GOD SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT ABOUT YOUR 00:11:54.24\00:11:56.14 SUCCESSES, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR TALENTS IT IS WHAT 00:11:56.18\00:11:57.98 I'M GOING TO DO THROUGH YOU. 00:11:58.01\00:11:59.95 SO, I'M OK WITH THAT. 00:12:00.05\00:12:01.98 I'M MUCH BETTER WITH THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I JUST 00:12:02.02\00:12:04.89 DON'T LOOK AT MYSELF AS HAVING THOSE TALENTS AND 00:12:04.92\00:12:08.12 SKILLS THAT WOULD FIT THIS POSITION BUT I SEE NOW 00:12:08.16\00:12:11.03 THAT GOD USED MY OTHER SKILLS IN A WAY, LIKE TEAM 00:12:11.06\00:12:15.53 BUILDING, STRUCTURE BUILDING, WORKING WITH 00:12:15.56\00:12:17.97 PEOPLE TO BE IN THIS POSITION NOW. 00:12:18.00\00:12:20.70 EVEN THOUGH I'M LEARNING AND I'M GROWING EVERY DAY 00:12:20.74\00:12:22.94 YOU KNOW. 00:12:22.97\00:12:23.94 WE'LL BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES BUT I WANT TO 00:12:23.97\00:12:26.74 CHALLENGE YOU TO GO TO GOAIM.ORG AND YOU'LL SEE 00:12:26.78\00:12:33.38 THERE A NEWSLETTER. 00:12:33.42\00:12:35.05 CLICK ON THE NEWSLETTER LINK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE 00:12:35.08\00:12:37.59 HAVE YOUR NAME AND THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING THE 00:12:37.62\00:12:40.86 NEWSLETTER EACH MONTH AND THAT YOU HAVE A CHANCE 00:12:40.89\00:12:43.63 OFFICIAL, REAL, LIVE CHANCE TO BE AN ACTIVE 00:12:43.66\00:12:47.30 PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MINISTRY. 00:12:47.36\00:12:49.70 THANKS FOR JOINING US. 00:12:49.73\00:12:52.00 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 00:12:52.03\00:12:54.27 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 00:12:54.30\00:12:56.47 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 00:12:56.50\00:12:58.54 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 00:12:58.57\00:13:01.54 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 00:13:01.58\00:13:04.98 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 00:13:05.01\00:13:07.75 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 00:13:07.78\00:13:10.95 LOVE. 00:13:10.99\00:13:11.99 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 00:13:12.02\00:13:14.66 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 00:13:14.69\00:13:17.76 EQUATOR FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, 00:13:17.79\00:13:19.93 CHINA TO JAPAN. 00:13:19.96\00:13:20.83 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 00:13:20.86\00:13:22.33 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 00:13:22.36\00:13:25.03 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 00:13:25.07\00:13:27.17 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 00:13:27.20\00:13:30.01 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 00:13:30.04\00:13:32.41 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 00:13:32.44\00:13:34.48 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 00:13:34.51\00:13:38.41 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 00:13:38.45\00:13:40.12 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 00:13:40.15\00:13:45.59 GOD'S LOVE. 00:13:45.62\00:13:46.79 JOIN US. 00:13:46.82\00:13:48.02 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 00:13:48.06\00:13:50.46 DONATE. 00:13:50.49\00:13:51.13 PRAY. 00:13:51.16\00:13:52.19 WHEN YOU FIRST SAT DOWN IN THIS CHAIR, YOU DIDN'T 00:13:52.23\00:13:55.36 REALLY STAY IN COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON VERY 00:13:55.40\00:13:59.10 LONG SITTING IN THE CHAIR. 00:13:59.13\00:14:01.00 HOW DID YOU ATTACK THE CHALLENGE OF LEADING 00:14:01.04\00:14:03.94 GOSPEL OUTREACH? 00:14:03.97\00:14:06.04 WELL, MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:14:07.31\00:14:09.81 ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO INDIA WITH MANZOOR MASSEY 00:14:09.84\00:14:13.05 AND IN FACT, SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THIS UM, SOME OF 00:14:13.08\00:14:18.12 THE VOLUNTEERS FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH CALLED US AND 00:14:20.12\00:14:22.02 ASKED US IF WE WOULD BE WILLING TO HOST SOME OF 00:14:22.06\00:14:24.13 OUR DIRECTORS WHEN THEY CAME INTO OUR YEARLY 00:14:24.16\00:14:26.23 MEETINGS AND RALLIES. 00:14:26.26\00:14:28.00 WE SAID, SURE. 00:14:28.03\00:14:29.00 SO, DR. MANZOOR MASSEY SHOWS UP AT OUR HOUSE, 00:14:29.03\00:14:32.53 COMES IN AND WE GET TO KNOW MANZOOR AND HE BEGINS 00:14:32.57\00:14:33.87 TO TELL US ABOUT HIS INDIA EXPERIENCES AND THE 00:14:33.90\00:14:35.20 STORIES WERE FASCINATING AND HE BEGAN TO HOOK US 00:14:35.24\00:14:36.54 IN. 00:14:36.57\00:14:37.54 AND WE WENT TO INDIA FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH 00:14:37.57\00:14:41.71 MANZOOR. 00:14:41.74\00:14:42.78 UM, HE TOOK US AROUND INDIA -PART OF THE MISSION 00:14:42.81\00:14:46.45 TRIP THAT HE WANTED TO DO WAS HE WANTED TO SORT OF 00:14:46.48\00:14:51.55 WINE AND DINE US. 00:14:53.89\00:14:56.46 HE WANTED US TO GET US IN, UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE AND 00:14:56.49\00:15:01.50 GIVE US A TOUR OF HIS PEOPLE BECAUSE HE IS 00:15:01.53\00:15:03.53 ORIGINALLY FROM INDIA-GIVE US ATOUR AND HELP US TO 00:15:03.57\00:15:08.17 FALL IN LOVE WITH INDIA AND THEN WE DID OUR 00:15:08.20\00:15:10.41 MISSION AND CAME HOME. 00:15:10.44\00:15:11.91 THAT WAS LIKE WOW! 00:15:11.94\00:15:12.91 TALK ABOUT A CULTURE YOU KNOW, YES, PHENOMENON. 00:15:12.94\00:15:13.91 WE JUST HAD NO IDEA WHAT INDIA WAS LIKE AND THE 00:15:13.94\00:15:14.98 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BUT WE WENT TO THE SCHOOL, MET 00:15:15.01\00:15:16.58 THESE 700 KIDS AND DID WE DID A WEEK OF PRAYER FOR 00:15:16.61\00:15:17.95 THEM. 00:15:17.98\00:15:19.08 TOOK MY KIDS, TOOK MY WIFE WENT OVER THERE AND GOT TO 00:15:19.11\00:15:20.12 KNOW THESE KIDS AND THE NEATEST THING WAS THE 00:15:20.15\00:15:21.25 MIRACLE OF THE WHOLE THING WAS NOT WITH OUR MEETINGS, 00:15:21.28\00:15:23.85 NECESSARILY OUR MEETINGS BUT TO WATCH TO MY KIDS 00:15:23.89\00:15:26.12 INTERCHANGE WITH THESE OTHER KIDS AND THEY DO IT 00:15:26.15\00:15:27.62 SO COMFORTABLY. 00:15:27.66\00:15:28.42 THEY DO. 00:15:28.46\00:15:29.46 YOU KNOW, AND HERE THESE KIDS HAVE NOTHING, YES. 00:15:29.49\00:15:32.86 OUR KIDS HAVE EVERYTHING, RIGHT? 00:15:32.89\00:15:35.00 YES. 00:15:35.03\00:15:36.03 AND WE GO OVER THERE AND THESE KIDS ARE ACTUALLY 00:15:36.06\00:15:39.00 HAPPY. 00:15:39.03\00:15:39.67 YES. 00:15:39.70\00:15:40.67 YOU KNOW IT IS KIND OF IRONIC BECAUSE HERE WE 00:15:40.70\00:15:41.74 THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING TO BE HAPPY WITH YOU KNOW, 00:15:41.77\00:15:43.47 EVERYTHING, BECAUSE WE ARE SO BLESSED. 00:15:43.51\00:15:44.81 AND WHEN YOU'R OVER THERE YOU FIND THAT YOU DON'T 00:15:44.84\00:15:46.14 NEED ALL THIS STUFF THAT YOU NEEDED. 00:15:46.17\00:15:47.48 EXACTLY. 00:15:47.51\00:15:48.51 AND THE MIRACLE IS OUR KIDS BEGAN TO SEE THIS. 00:15:48.54\00:15:49.48 YOU KNOW AFTER THE MEETINGS THEY'D SIT AND 00:15:49.51\00:15:50.81 THEY'D BRAID HAIR, THEY'D TELL STORIES TO EACH 00:15:50.85\00:15:52.18 OTHER, UM, THEY JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH OUR KIDS AND 00:15:52.21\00:15:57.25 I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY TO GO OUR 00:16:08.86\00:16:13.94 KIDS WERE HUGGING-THEY ALMOST FOUND SPECIAL 00:16:23.08\00:16:25.65 LITTLE FRIENDS. 00:16:25.68\00:16:26.35 YES. 00:16:26.38\00:16:28.48 AND THEY ARE SPECIAL LITTLE FRIENDS. 00:16:28.52\00:16:30.45 THEY WOULD HUG AND THEY CONTINUE TO HUG AND HUG 00:16:30.49\00:16:32.55 AND THEY JUST CRIED AND WE KNEW THAT THEY JUST REALLY 00:16:32.59\00:16:35.52 MADE A DEEP SOUL CONNECTION WITH THESE 00:16:35.56\00:16:37.93 KIDS. 00:16:37.96\00:16:38.79 THAT'S WAS REALLY THE MIRACLE FOR US. 00:16:38.83\00:16:41.36 SO, WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME TO BE A FULL TIME -TO 00:16:41.40\00:16:44.40 REALLY POUR YOUR SOUL INTO THIS, YES, IT WAS EASY. 00:16:44.43\00:16:48.27 WHAT DID YOUR CHILDREN SAY TO THAT? 00:16:48.30\00:16:49.60 UM, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY AN AWESME 00:16:49.64\00:16:52.97 OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW. 00:16:53.01\00:16:54.01 THEY WERE LIKE DAD; THIS IS LIKE KIND OF A DREAM 00:16:54.04\00:16:56.24 COME TRUE FOR YOU. 00:16:56.28\00:16:57.05 LUCKILY. 00:16:57.08\00:16:58.51 YES, THERE WAS A PART OF THAT TOO, BUT THEY KNOW, 00:16:58.55\00:17:02.32 THEY KNOW THAT YOU KNOW I KNOW GOD DOES BIG 00:17:02.35\00:17:07.52 THINGS-BIGGER THAN I COULD EVER IMAGINE. 00:17:07.56\00:17:09.66 YOU KNOW. 00:17:09.69\00:17:10.73 AND THEY JUST KNEW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING REALLY 00:17:10.76\00:17:14.40 BIG AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE PART OF IT. 00:17:14.46\00:17:17.87 YES. 00:17:17.90\00:17:18.97 SO, IF I HAD THE THREE OF THEM HERE TODAY WHAT WOULD 00:17:19.00\00:17:21.84 THEY BE TELLINGME ABOUT DAD AND GOSPEL OUTREACH? 00:17:21.87\00:17:26.11 THEY WOULD PROBABLY SAY DAD LOVES WHAT HE IS DOING 00:17:26.14\00:17:28.14 HERE. 00:17:28.18\00:17:29.58 HE FEELS REALLY PURPOSEFUL. 00:17:29.61\00:17:31.71 UM, HE FEELS LIKE THIS IS WHERE GOD WANTS ME. 00:17:31.75\00:17:36.62 YOU ARE STILL BUILDING HOUSES? 00:17:36.65\00:17:39.29 I'M STILL BUILDING HOUSES BUT I'VE SHIFTED MY 00:17:39.32\00:17:41.99 BUSINESS SO THAT I'M MORE JUST MANAGING 00:17:42.02\00:17:44.86 SUBCONTRACTORS. 00:17:44.89\00:17:45.59 I DON'T HAVE A CREW ANYMORE. 00:17:45.63\00:17:47.96 I'LL HIRE MAYBE ONE PERSON NOW AND THEN TO HELP ME 00:17:48.00\00:17:50.27 BUT NO, I'M MOSTLY JUST MANAGE WHAT I HAVE AND 00:17:50.30\00:17:55.34 THEN JUST I'M HERE MOSTLY. 00:17:55.37\00:17:57.97 I'M HERE. 00:17:58.01\00:17:58.84 SO, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS TAKEN OVER. 00:17:58.87\00:18:01.14 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS TAKEN OVER AND STILL TAKING 00:18:01.18\00:18:03.11 OVER. 00:18:03.14\00:18:04.21 YOU KNOW WHEN I FIRST CAME IN HERE, DICK, I DIDN'T 00:18:04.25\00:18:06.35 KNOW ANYTHING REALLY ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18:06.38\00:18:08.98 YES. 00:18:09.02\00:18:10.05 YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW THEY OPERATED UM 00:18:10.09\00:18:12.22 AND HOW IT FUNCTIONED AND YOU KNOW OUR RELATIONSHIP 00:18:12.25\00:18:15.66 WITH THE MISSIONS OVER THERE, THE UNIONS, THE 00:18:15.69\00:18:18.03 DIVISIONS, UH HUH, THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND IT 00:18:18.06\00:18:20.43 OPERATED. 00:18:20.46\00:18:21.46 I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, YOU 00:18:21.50\00:18:24.57 KNOW. 00:18:24.60\00:18:25.57 I STILL FEEL LIKE I'M LEARNING AND I STILL AM, 00:18:25.60\00:18:27.37 YES, BUT MAN I'M SURE THE LEARNING CURVE HAS SURE 00:18:27.40\00:18:30.81 BEEN BIG HERE. 00:18:30.84\00:18:31.81 SO, IF YOU COULD PAINT A PICTURE FOR ME OF 2025 00:18:31.84\00:18:36.78 WHAT DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH LOOK LIKE? 00:18:41.25\00:18:44.49 YOU KNOW, UM I'M HOPING IF I WOULD SAY LOOKING DOWN 00:18:44.52\00:18:48.92 THE ROAD FOUR OR FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, I 00:18:48.96\00:18:52.93 WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS LEADING 00:18:52.96\00:18:55.60 THE WAY IN WHAT FOREIGN MISSIONS LOOKS LIKE TO THE 00:18:55.63\00:18:59.73 CHURCH, TO THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY. 00:18:59.77\00:19:02.54 YOU KNOW, I JUST LOVE THE MODEL THAT THEY HAVE HERE 00:19:02.57\00:19:05.07 WHICH IS TAKING INDIGENOUS, NATIVE PEOPLE 00:19:05.11\00:19:08.91 WHO LIVE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY, THEY KNOW THE 00:19:08.94\00:19:12.01 CULTURES, THE LANGUAGE, THE TRADITIONS ALL THE 00:19:12.05\00:19:14.98 LITTLE CULTURAL INTRICACIES THAT MAKE IT 00:19:15.02\00:19:18.09 COMPLICATED THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. 00:19:18.12\00:19:20.79 WE TAKE THESE PEOPLE WHO ABSOLUTELY ARE FULLY 00:19:20.82\00:19:23.83 COMMITED TO THE LORD, WHO DON'T HAVE MUCH BUT A LOT 00:19:23.86\00:19:27.60 OF FAITH AND WATCHING THEM GO OUT INTO THEIR 00:19:27.60\00:19:30.63 COMMUNITIES AND JUST MINISTER TO THEIR PEOPLE. 00:19:30.67\00:19:33.30 SO, THIS IS GRASSROOTS MISSION SERVICE. 00:19:33.34\00:19:35.64 IT IS GRASS ROOTS MISSION SERVICE, YES AND I THINK 00:19:35.67\00:19:39.44 THAT YOU KNOW, AS WE DEVELOP AND WE ARE 00:19:39.47\00:19:41.14 COLLABORATING WITH OTHER MINISTRIES AND I SEE THAT 00:19:41.18\00:19:43.81 THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PLUS FOR US IS HOW WE WORK 00:19:43.85\00:19:46.85 ALONGSIDE AND JOIN OTHER MINISTRIES IN SPREADING 00:19:46.88\00:19:51.02 THE GOSPEL, MAKING A MORE WHOLISTIC PICTURE. 00:19:51.05\00:19:53.99 MY EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE LIKE JIM REYNOLDS FOR 00:19:54.02\00:19:56.79 INSTANCE, ULTIMATE MISSION, WHO YOU NOW ARE 00:19:56.83\00:20:00.80 REALLY PARTNERING WITH IN A VERY PRODUCTIVE WAY. 00:20:00.83\00:20:02.90 JIM HAS TAUGHT ME SOMETHING THAT -OR I'VE 00:20:02.93\00:20:05.97 SEEN IN JIM SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING IS THAT 00:20:06.00\00:20:08.97 JIM NEVER GOES TO A COUNTRY TO DO SOMETHING 00:20:09.00\00:20:13.84 FOR THEM. 00:20:13.88\00:20:15.18 HE GOES THERE TO LEARN ABOUT THEM AND HELP THEM 00:20:15.21\00:20:17.31 PROVIDE THE RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS THEY HAVE. 00:20:17.35\00:20:21.25 IT'S A SUPPORTIVE KIND OF CONCEPT INSTEAD OF A 00:20:21.28\00:20:23.69 DIRECTIVE. 00:20:23.72\00:20:24.62 YES, AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY THE KEY. 00:20:24.65\00:20:27.06 UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT THEM AND INSPIRE 00:20:27.09\00:20:31.86 THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM AND PROVIDE TOOLS. 00:20:31.89\00:20:35.03 AND PROVIDE TOOLS THAT'S THE THING AND THAT'S KIND 00:20:35.06\00:20:38.23 OF OUR JOB IS TO BE THE SUPPORTING, THE SUPPORTING 00:20:38.27\00:20:40.90 MISSION THAT REALLY SUPPLIES TOOLS FOR THESE 00:20:40.94\00:20:43.34 BIBLE WORKERS TO GO OUT AND BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE 00:20:43.37\00:20:46.64 THAT THEY CAN BE AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING 00:20:46.68\00:20:48.91 SUBSTANTIAL. 00:20:48.94\00:20:50.11 NOT JUST IDEA., YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT, OF 00:20:50.15\00:20:52.88 COURSE, FAITH IS AN IDEA RIGHT BUT IT IS MORE THAN 00:20:52.91\00:20:57.12 THAT. 00:20:57.15\00:20:58.22 FAITH HAS TO HAVE HANDS AND FINGERS, TOES AND FEET 00:20:58.25\00:21:00.69 AND I LOVE YOU WITH A HUG, I WANT TO HELP YOU BECAUSE 00:21:00.72\00:21:04.46 YOU ARE SICK. 00:21:04.49\00:21:05.49 YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HELP MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER. 00:21:05.53\00:21:09.10 WE WANT TO SERVE YOU. 00:21:09.13\00:21:10.60 WE WANT TO BE JESUS' HANDS, FEET. 00:21:10.63\00:21:12.43 WE WANT TO BE HIS MOUTH. 00:21:12.47\00:21:13.44 WE WANT TO BE HIS SPOKESPEOPLE. 00:21:13.47\00:21:16.14 YOU KNOW, AND OUR SUPPORTING MINISTRY CAN DO 00:21:16.17\00:21:18.37 THAT FOR THESE PEOPLE OVER THERE. 00:21:18.41\00:21:19.71 IT IS INTERESTING THAT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT 00:21:19.74\00:21:24.55 DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH TEACH, WE ALWAYS END UP 00:21:24.58\00:21:27.65 WITH THE SAME PHRASE: JESUS LOVES YOU AND WANTS 00:21:27.68\00:21:30.99 YOU TO GO HOME WITH HIM. 00:21:31.02\00:21:32.19 AMEN. 00:21:32.22\00:21:32.95 LIVE AS BEST AS YOU CAN HERE. 00:21:32.99\00:21:35.02 WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND WE'RE GOING TO 00:21:35.06\00:21:36.36 GIVE YOU A FUTURE FILLED WITH HOPE. 00:21:36.39\00:21:37.69 UH HUH. 00:21:37.73\00:21:38.39 YEP. 00:21:38.43\00:21:39.29 THERE IS ALWAYS A STARTING POINT, RIGHT? 00:21:39.33\00:21:40.90 AND IF YOU GET ON THAT STARTING POINT THEN GOD 00:21:40.93\00:21:42.20 TAKES IT FROM THERE. 00:21:42.23\00:21:43.23 AND WE ALL HAVE THE SAME TEACHER BUT WE A LOT OF 00:21:43.26\00:21:44.20 TIMES IN DIFFERENT CLASSES. 00:21:44.23\00:21:45.23 YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST ALL GRADUATE AT THE SAME 00:21:45.27\00:21:46.20 TIME. 00:21:46.23\00:21:47.27 WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THIS LORD GROWING US EVERY 00:21:47.30\00:21:48.34 TIME BUT THE POINT IS THAT HE TAKES US AS WE ARE, 00:21:48.37\00:21:49.37 JUST COMPLETELY AS WE ARE BUT HE LOVES US TOO MUCH 00:21:49.40\00:21:53.58 TO LEAVE US THERE. 00:21:53.61\00:21:57.78 SO, HE IS THEN GOING TO MOVE US ALONG IN THE WAY 00:21:57.81\00:22:04.25 IN HIS OWN TIME AND WAY. 00:22:04.29\00:22:08.99 AND SO, GOSPEL OUTREACH'S ROLE IN WORKING WITH 00:22:09.02\00:22:14.10 PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THAT LEARNING TO 00:22:14.13\00:22:16.36 KNOW JESUS AND FOLLOWING ALONG SEEMS TO ME TO BE 00:22:16.40\00:22:19.93 PROVIDING THE RESOURCES AT THEIR SIDE SO THAT THEY 00:22:19.97\00:22:22.70 CAN GO THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 00:22:22.74\00:22:24.97 UH HUH. 00:22:25.01\00:22:25.94 YES, WE DO THAT WE SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY. 00:22:25.97\00:22:30.35 WE SUPPORT THEM WITH MATERIALS TO TRAIN WITH OR 00:22:30.38\00:22:33.52 TO LEAD, TO GUIDE BIBLE STUDIES BUT MOSTLY OUR JOB 00:22:33.55\00:22:38.12 IS A SUPPORTING ROLE. 00:22:38.15\00:22:39.75 YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE WAY THEY TEACH, THEY HAVE 00:22:39.79\00:22:43.36 THE WAY THEY TRAIN AND MOST OF THE TIME, UM, IT 00:22:43.39\00:22:48.30 HELPS IF WE ASK HOW WE CAN BEST BENEFIT THEM. 00:22:48.33\00:22:53.20 YOU KNOW, WE GO THERE WANTING TO KNOW HOW CAN WE 00:22:53.23\00:22:56.30 HELP FACILITATE, BE A BLESSING TO YOU? 00:22:56.34\00:22:59.17 YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER. 00:22:59.21\00:23:01.64 AND YOU ARE NOT A CHURCH. 00:23:01.68\00:23:02.98 WE ARE NOT A CHURCH BUT WE ARE CONNECTED TO THE 00:23:03.01\00:23:06.45 ADVENTIST CHURCH IN TERMS OF OUR MONEY, OUR FUNDS GO 00:23:06.48\00:23:10.42 THROUGH THE MISSION AS THE ADVENTIST FAITH AND YOU 00:23:10.45\00:23:12.59 ARE THERE AS A SUPPORTIVE ELEMENT TO WHATEVER IS 00:23:12.62\00:23:15.26 HAPPENING LOCALLY TO HELP IT BE MORE EFFECTIVE.YES. 00:23:15.29\00:23:18.39 MORE IMPACTFUL. 00:23:18.43\00:23:19.16 UH HUH. 00:23:19.19\00:23:20.10 TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW THIS IS ALL FUNDED. 00:23:20.13\00:23:23.23 WELL, IT IS FUNDED BECAUSE OF OUR WONDERFUL DONORS. 00:23:23.26\00:23:25.57 IT IS LIKE DONORS LIKE YOURSELF WHO SUPPORT THE 00:23:25.60\00:23:28.37 MINISTRY. 00:23:28.40\00:23:29.40 YOU KNOW, WITHOUT OUR DONORS WE WOULD NOT EXIST 00:23:29.44\00:23:30.21 BUT WE HAVE SUCH A RANGE OF DONORS. 00:23:30.24\00:23:31.71 WE HAVE FAITHFUL UM, WIDOWS WHO GIVE FAITHFULLY 00:23:31.74\00:23:33.04 $5-10 EVERY MONTH AND THAT'S ALL THEY CAN 00:23:33.07\00:23:34.41 AFFORD. 00:23:34.44\00:23:35.08 YES. 00:23:35.11\00:23:36.14 AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER DONORS WHO BELIEVE IN THIS 00:23:36.18\00:23:37.11 BIGGER MISSION TOO, THIS OUTREACH, WHO ARE 00:23:37.15\00:23:38.15 SUPPORTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, YOU 00:23:38.18\00:23:39.75 KNOW. 00:23:39.78\00:23:40.82 UM AND WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS 00:23:40.85\00:23:45.15 DESPITE COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS AN 00:23:45.19\00:23:50.26 INCREASE, YES, YES. 00:23:56.33\00:24:00.10 THIS YEAR HAS PARTICULARLY BEEN THE BEST OF THE LAST 00:24:00.14\00:24:02.94 THREE YEARS IN SPITE OF COVID. 00:24:02.97\00:24:05.14 AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOUACTUALLY SUPPORTING 00:24:05.17\00:24:07.71 OVERSEAS NOW? 00:24:07.74\00:24:09.88 IT RANGES- IT IS A LITTLE UNDER 2000. 00:24:09.91\00:24:12.25 OK. 00:24:12.28\00:24:12.91 BUT. 00:24:12.95\00:24:13.75 THAT'S A LOT OF WORKERS. 00:24:13.78\00:24:15.48 IT IS A LOT BUT I THINK GOD HAS SOMETHING BIGGER 00:24:15.52\00:24:16.89 IN MIND. 00:24:16.92\00:24:17.72 NOW THAT'S AN INTERESTING COMMENT. 00:24:17.75\00:24:18.79 AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BUT I 00:24:18.82\00:24:25.23 JUST SENSE THAT YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAINTAIN THOSE 2000 00:24:25.26\00:24:29.63 BUT IF JESUS IS COMING SOON WHICH I REALLY 00:24:29.66\00:24:35.14 BELIEVE HE IS, THEN HE HAS TO STEP THINGS UP A NOTCH 00:24:35.17\00:24:39.71 AND I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH PRAYER. 00:24:39.74\00:24:42.01 IT HAS TO DO WITH US RECOGNIZING WE CAN'T DO 00:24:42.04\00:24:44.98 THIS BECAUSE GOD SAID I WILL FIGHT THOSE BATTLES 00:24:45.01\00:24:47.72 FOR YOU, I WILL GO BEFORE YOU, UM, STAND STILL AND 00:24:47.75\00:24:51.65 WATCH IT HAPPEN. 00:24:51.69\00:24:52.65 SO, THERE IS A PART OF THIS WHOLE CONCEPT OF US 00:24:52.69\00:24:57.19 AS BEING A SUPPORTING, A MINISTRY TO ALSO BEING 00:24:57.23\00:25:00.56 OPEN TO HEARING WHAT GOD IS GOING TO DO IN TERMS OF 00:25:00.60\00:25:03.20 OPENING UP HOW WE TRAIN AND HOW WE COLLABORATE AND 00:25:03.23\00:25:06.43 HOW WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WITH 1.2 PLUS 00:25:06.47\00:25:10.34 BILLION PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN INDIA, I MEAN HOW 00:25:10.37\00:25:11.84 AREYOU GOING TO WITH 2000 BIBLE WORKERS, IF YOU 00:25:11.87\00:25:14.18 FIGURE THAT OUT, YOU KNOW. 00:25:14.21\00:25:15.11 IT'S TAKES A LONG TIME TO TOUCH THEM ALL. 00:25:15.14\00:25:18.51 I KNOW BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THERE IS GOING TO BE 00:25:18.55\00:25:21.05 SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL COMING. 00:25:21.08\00:25:23.22 WORK WHERE GOD IS GOING TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO US WHAT 00:25:23.25\00:25:27.09 WE DO AND I THINK ONE OF THE STEPS HE'S BEEN DOING 00:25:27.12\00:25:30.26 IS JOINING US WITH TEAM LIKE GOAL TO MISSION WHERE 00:25:30.29\00:25:34.13 UM, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING IN THE MEDICAL 00:25:34.20\00:25:38.03 AREA THAT REALLY CAN HELP SERVE HIS PEOPLE. 00:25:38.07\00:25:41.04 I THINK THAT IS JUST A MIRACLE. 00:25:41.07\00:25:42.84 I REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 00:25:42.87\00:25:44.54 I DO BECAUSE THEY LET US IN 100% OF THE HOMES. 00:25:44.57\00:25:46.54 YES, YOU KNOW AND IT IS NOT LIKE WHY ARE YOU HERE, 00:25:46.57\00:25:49.64 IT'S PLEASE COME. 00:25:49.68\00:25:50.58 EXACTLY. 00:25:50.61\00:25:52.41 YES, THEY FEEL THE LOVE. 00:25:52.45\00:25:53.55 A BIG DIFFERENCE. 00:25:53.58\00:25:54.15 IT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. 00:25:54.18\00:25:55.05 IT IS A SHIFT IN THE PARADIGM FOR HERE. 00:25:55.08\00:25:57.19 YES. 00:25:57.22\00:25:57.92 OH MY, SO MUCH TO PRAY ABOUT. 00:25:57.95\00:26:01.26 SO MUCH TO PRAY ABOUT. 00:26:01.29\00:26:02.32 IN 2025, BOY IT IS GOING TO ALMOST LIKE TOMORROW, I 00:26:02.36\00:26:06.90 THINK. 00:26:06.93\00:26:07.56 IT IS. 00:26:07.60\00:26:08.16 IT IS ALL MOVING TOO FAST. 00:26:08.20\00:26:09.90 YOU KNOW, I DON' T WANT TO BE SO UM, SO ADAMANT ABOUT 00:26:09.93\00:26:14.17 THAT THAT I FORGET ABOUT WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US IN 00:26:14.20\00:26:16.50 THE PAST. 00:26:16.54\00:26:17.17 UH HUH. 00:26:17.21\00:26:18.17 YOU KNOW, I THINK WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE 00:26:18.21\00:26:19.91 REMEMBER WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING FOR US IN THE PAST. 00:26:19.94\00:26:22.38 I'M EXCITED. 00:26:22.41\00:26:23.48 I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 00:26:23.51\00:26:24.55 AND THE INCREASE THAT YOU ARE SEEING IN DONATIONS 00:26:24.58\00:26:26.65 TODAY NEEDS TO BE A MONSTER EVEREST CLIMB TO 00:26:26.68\00:26:31.02 BE ABLE TO REALLY IMPACT A COUNTRY LIKE INDIA. 00:26:31.05\00:26:33.96 YES. 00:26:33.99\00:26:34.79 OR OTHER PLACES THAT YOU ARE WORKING. 00:26:34.82\00:26:37.03 YES. 00:26:37.06\00:26:38.46 THE ADVENTURE HAS JUST BEGUN. 00:26:38.49\00:26:40.43 AMEN. 00:26:40.46\00:26:41.40 OH, BRENT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US 00:26:41.43\00:26:43.26 TODAY. 00:26:43.30\00:26:43.83 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 00:26:43.87\00:26:44.43 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 00:26:44.47\00:26:46.03 SEE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS FAR MORE THAN JUST AN 00:26:46.07\00:26:49.24 ORGANIZATION IN A SMALL BUILDING IN COLLEGE PLACE, 00:26:49.27\00:26:51.67 WASHINGTON. 00:26:51.71\00:26:53.44 ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ADD YOUR AND ALL OF THE 00:26:53.48\00:26:56.01 SUPPORT YOU ARE GIVING. 00:26:56.04\00:26:57.41 IT IS A LOT OF US WORKING TOGETHER. 00:26:57.45\00:27:01.98 FOLLOWING JESUS AND SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW. 00:27:02.02\00:27:06.15 DOING WHATEVER HE NEEDS. 00:27:06.19\00:27:07.06 THANKS. 00:27:07.09\00:27:12.16 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 00:27:45.63\00:27:50.67