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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:36 OUTREACH. 00:37 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND ITS ALWAYS A PLEASURE 00:39 TO BE HERE WITH YOU. 00:40 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TUNING IN AND YOU KNOW, IT 00:42 IS REALLY FUN HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:44 BECAUSE WE OFTEN HAVE A FASHION SHOW AND WE KIND 00:47 OF HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT GOING ON TODAY BUT WE 00:50 ALSO HAVE SOME GREAT THINGS TO SHARE ABOUT 00:52 JESUS AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS REALLY ALL ABOUT. 00:55 JOHN BLAKE WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:58 AND YOU ARE THE FASHION STATEMENT HERE TODAY. 01:01 WHEN I WENT TO VISIT IN KYRGYZSTAN, UH, AS I LEFT 01:08 A LOCAL CONGREGATION OF DEAF GAVE ME THIS ROBE AND 01:12 I GET TO WEAR IT ON A SPECIAL OCCASION LIKE 01:14 THIS. 01:14 WELL, IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. 01:15 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND IF ITS OK, I WANT TO 01:18 TOUCH THE CUFF HERE SO ITS VELVET AND THEN IT IS ALL 01:22 STITCHED AND EMBROIDERED AND THERE IS A SPECIAL 01:24 STRING AND A TIE AND THE HAT JOHN, I CAN'T GET OVER 01:28 THE HAT. 01:28 YES, I CAN'T EITHER. 01:29 I LIKE IT SO FROM KYRGYZSTAN FROM SOME DEAF 01:34 BROTHERS AND SISTERS THEY GAVE THIS TO YOU. 01:36 YES, YES. 01:37 WELL, FANTASTIC. 01:38 SO, THAT LEADS INTO OUR TOPIC YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF 01:42 THE WHAT MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:45 WE ARE WORKING WITH DEAF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD 01:47 AND I ALSO HAVE AN ASSISTANT, MARVIN BUDD. 01:50 HE IS LOOKING AFTER INDIA AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY 01:56 LOOKING AFTER SOME OF THE WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES 02:00 ALL THAT'S IN TRANSITION. 02:02 I HAVE THE OTHER COUNTRIES. 02:03 WE ARE IN FIFTEEN COUNTRIES WITH ABOUT 48 02:06 WORKERS. 02:07 SO, THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE JOHN, WHO IS WATCHING THIS 02:08 FOR THE FIRST TIME SO GOSPEL OUTREACH -WE ARE 02:11 TARGETING OUR EMPHASIS ON SHARING JESUS IN THE 10/40 02:15 WINDOW THAT'S FROM TEN TO FORTY DEGREES NORTH OF THE 02:18 EQUATOR AND THAT IS ON THE SIDE OF THE WORLD FROM 02:21 AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA, PAKISTAN AND ALL 02:24 THE WAY TO CHINA, JAPAN, YES, AMAZING COUNTRIES. 02:27 SO, AND YOU HAVE TAKEN A SPECIAL INTEREST IN THE 02:31 DEAF MINISTRY AND FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW 02:33 WHY, TELL THEM. 02:35 WELL, WHEN WE HAD OUR LITTLE GIRL OF THREE 02:40 MONTHS ONE WEEK, WE WERE HAVING A VACATION BIBLE 02:43 SCHOOL AND DURING THE WEEK SHE CAME DOWN WITH 02:46 CHICKENPOX AND WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT WAS GOING 02:49 TO BE QUITE AS SERIOUS AND SHE ENDED UP WITH A VERY 02:52 HIGH FEVER AND SHE LOST HER HEARING. 02:54 BLESS HER HEART, BLESS HER HEART. 02:56 AND INTERESTINGLY NOW, SHE WORKS IN A NURSING HOME 02:59 FOR THE DEAF. 03:00 SEE, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T GOD JUST DO INCREDIBLE THINGS 03:03 AND YOUR DEAR WIFE, ALBERTA, SHE RECENTLY 03:07 PASSED AWAY AND WE ARE SORRY FOR THAT. 03:09 YES. 03:10 AND WE WAS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU, OH VERY MUCH SO, 03:12 AS WORKERS. 03:12 VERY MUCH SO. 03:13 WE WERE IN A DEAF CENTER FOR AWHILE IN ARKANSAS. 03:16 I TAUGHT OLDER DEAF AND SHE TAUGHT THE YOUNGER 03:20 DEAF. 03:21 AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHILD, YOU AND ALBERTA. 03:22 WE HAVE THREE GIRLS-THE MIDDLE ONE DEAF AND WE 03:26 ADOPTED A DEAF BOY. 03:27 SEE, WOW BLESS YOUR HEART. 03:30 WELL, JOHN OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND WE THANK YOU 03:32 FOR CONTINUING ON AND ALBERTA AND YOU WERE A 03:35 GREAT TEAM AND THE LORD IS COMING SOON SO, WE THANK 03:39 YOU. 03:40 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESURRECTION. 03:41 YES, WE ALL ARE AND THERE IS HOPE. 03:43 THERE IS HOPE AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE AT 03:44 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SHARING HOPE WITH PEOPLE. 03:47 RIGHT. 03:47 YES. 03:48 SO, TELL US THIS WHOLE WORK THAT YOU ARE NOT ONLY 03:51 DOING DEAF MINISTRY BUT YOU ARE ALSO HELPING 03:54 PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO MIGHT HAVE SOME 03:56 EXTRA CHALLENGES. 03:58 WELL, IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH WE HAVE NOW A 04:01 SPECIAL -OFFICIALLY IT IS NOT TECHNICALLY A 04:04 DEPARTMENT ITS CALLED THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL NEEDS 04:07 WITH DR. LARRY EVANS. 04:08 THE DEAF ARE INCLUDED IN THIS- THE BLIND, PHYSICAL 04:10 HANDICAPS, MENTAL HANDICAPS, ORPHANS, 04:11 WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND CAREGIVERS. 04:12 SEE. 04:13 SO, WE NEED TO THINK ON A BROADER SCOPE THAN JUST 04:14 DEAF ALTHOUGH MY PARTICULAR SPECIALTY IS 04:16 DEAF. 04:16 RIGHT, RIGHT. 04:31 WELL, AND AS I SAY AS I SIT HERE IN THIS CHAIR 04:34 THAT MANY OF US HAVE THINGS ON THE OUTSIDE THAT 04:38 ARE VISIBLE THAT ARE SPECIAL AND MANY OF US 04:40 HAVE SPECIAL THINGS ON THE INSIDE THAT ARE SPECIAL 04:44 AND SOME OF US HAVE BOTH JOHN, YES RIGHT. 04:46 SOME OF US HAVE BOTH BUT YOU JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, 04:50 FOR YOU NOW ARE A WIDOWER AND I WAS BLESSED WITH 04:53 SEVEN FINGERS AND SO, YOU KNOW, THESE THIS BRINGS US 04:56 ALL TOGETHER DOESN'T IT? 04:57 RIGHT. 04:58 YES. 04:59 RIGHT. 05:00 SO, THERE IS A CHALLENGE THOUGH FOR YOU AS YOU ARE 05:01 LOOKING AT THIS BIG JOB THAT YOU HAVE. 05:06 WELL, I'M 78 NOW AND STILL IN MODERATELY GOOD HEALTH 05:12 BUT NOW I HAVE TO FACE HOW MUCH LONGER SHOULD I BE A 05:17 LEADER IN THIS OR SHOULD I BECOME MORE OF AN 05:20 ASSISTANT LEADER. 05:21 IF I COULD FIND SOMEBODY TO TAKE MY PLACE, BUT IT 05:24 IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY NEED TO KNOW THE DEAF 05:28 CULTURE, THEY NEED TO KNOW, THEY NEED TO BE FREE 05:32 TO TRAVEL THE WORLD, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET PAID 05:34 A SALARY SO IT IS A BIG CHALLENGE. 05:38 SO, JOHN WE ARE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO PRAY THAT 05:41 THE LORD BLESSES YOU WITH HEALTH AND THAT YOU CAN 05:43 CONTINUE ON AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. 05:45 THANK YOU. 05:46 SO, LET'S TALK TODAY ABOUT SOME OF THE EXCITING 05:48 THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THESE COUNTRIES WHERE 05:51 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS WORKING AND HOW THIS IS ALL 05:53 HAPPENING. 05:54 WELL, IF WE CAN GO TO OUR PICTURES, UH HUH, THIS 05:58 ACTUALLY IS MY WIFE IN THE MIDDLE, ALBERTA AND THIS 06:02 WAS ACTUALLY IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR AND WE WERE 06:05 GIVEN AT BURMAN UNIVERSITY A SPECIAL ALUMNI PIONEER 06:11 AWARD. 06:12 THEY CREATED THIS WOOD AWARD FOR US -UP IN 06:15 ALBERTA, CANADA, YES AND MY WIFE AND I BOTH WENT TO 06:19 WHAT USED TO BE CANADIAN UNION COLLEGE AT THE TIME 06:22 NOW BURMAN UNIVERSITY AND THEY HAD ME TALK ABOUT OUR 06:26 DEAF MINISTRY AND MY WIFE WAS STILL ALIVE AT THAT 06:29 POINT. 06:30 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD THAT SHE WAS THERE AND THAT YOU 06:31 COULD DO THAT TOGETHER. 06:32 YES. 06:32 PRAISE THE LORD. 06:33 SO, I KNOW THAT YOU WORK WITH GLOBAL MISSION 06:36 PIONEERS AND WE PARTNER WITH THEM AND WHY DON'T 06:39 YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS. 06:41 WELL, GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS ARE VERY SIMILAR 06:45 TO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HOWEVER, THEY COME 06:48 DIRECTLY UNDER OUR GENERAL CONFERENCE BUT WE NOW HAVE 06:52 AND I REJOICE TO SAY, SEVEN FULL TIME WORKERS 06:57 FOR THE DEAF UNDER THE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEER 07:01 LABEL AS WE HAVE ABOUT 48 UNDER THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 07:05 LABEL. 07:06 WOW. 07:07 AND A YEAR AGO, WHEN I WAS IN KENYA SOME OF THE 07:11 GLOBAL MISSION, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER WE HAD ALL 07:13 THE GLOBAL MISSION ONES BUT WE HAD A MIXTURE OF 07:16 BOTH WHICH WAS THRILLING TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE. 07:19 SO, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. 07:20 SO, YOU KNOW I -YOU'VE MADE MENTION OF YOUR 07:24 DAUGHTER WHO HAD CHICKENPOX AND THEN BECAME 07:27 DEAF, YES, SO, SHARE WITH US ARE PEOPLE, ARE PEOPLE 07:33 BECOMING DEAF DUE TO AN INFECTION LIKE THAT? 07:37 ARE THESE PEOPLE BEING BORN DEAF? 07:39 AND THE REASON WHY I ASK IS WE HAVE A FRIEND AND 07:43 HER SON WAS BORN VERY PREMATURELY AND 07:46 UNFORTUNATELY; HE IS BLIND. 07:48 SO BLIND AND I'M TALKING ABOUT BEING BLIND NOW BUT 07:53 UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS GIVEN OXYGEN TOO EARLY AND 07:57 ANYWAY HE IS BLIND. 07:59 BUT FOR HER TO FIND SOMEONE WHO IS BORN BLIND 08:04 IS A LITTLE BIT HARD FOR HER SO CAN YOU SHARE WITH 08:07 US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE IS IT FROM 08:09 AN INFECTION, A DISEASE OR HOW ARE THEY BORN BLIND 08:12 AND DEAF? 08:14 WELL, I WON'T SPEAK TO THE OTHER AREAS BUT I'LL SPEAK 08:16 TO DEAFNESS. 08:17 ABOUT ONE IN TEN DEAF IS GENETICALLY DEAF. 08:22 IN OTHER WORDS, IT WAS PASSED DOWN AND IT DOESN'T 08:27 MEAN THAT -LIKE I HAVE A FRIEND ALFRED GRIFFITH, 08:30 HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN POSSIBLY HERE WITH ME, 08:33 YES, UH HUH, AND GENETICALLY HE HAS TWO 08:36 SISTERS THAT ARE DEAF BUT HE AND HIS TWO BROTHERS 08:40 ARE HEARING. 08:41 AND YET THEY HAVE A PARENTS THAT ARE DEAF BOTH 08:43 PARENTS ARE DEAF BUT THE FATHER BECAME DEAF THROUGH 08:46 MENINGITIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 08:48 YES, SEE AND THAT'S MY QUESTION SO I HEAR THIS SO 08:51 OK. 08:52 SO, IT'S A COMBINATION. 08:53 A COMBINATION OF BOTH OK. 08:55 WE'LL LOOK AT THE REST OF THE PICTURES. 08:57 UM THIS IS DR. LARRY EVANS AND HE'S BEING INTERVIEWED 09:01 ON THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING ABOUT SPECIAL 09:04 NEEDS AND WE ALREADY TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT. 09:07 THIS IS DR. LARRY EVANS AND JEFF JORDAN ON THE 09:13 RIGHT AND THOMPSON KAY AND THEY ARE OVER IN NIGERIA 09:18 TALKING ABOUT SPECIAL NEEDS AND IN PARTICULAR 09:21 FOCUS ALSO WITH DEAF. 09:23 AND HAS LARRY EVANS TAKEN THIS UPON HIMSELF, DOES HE 09:27 HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WITH A SPECIAL NEED? 09:29 OR HE JUST SEE A NEED FOR IT. 09:31 YES, HE DOES HAVE AUTISM IN THE FAMILY. 09:33 INTERESTING AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER 09:35 COMPLICATIONS. 09:36 HERE IS A CAMPMEETING FOR THE DEAF AND DR. EVANS IS 09:40 THERE AND OF COURSE, THIS LADY IS NOT DEAF BUT SHE 09:43 IS HANDICAPPED. 09:44 AND HERE IS -IT'S A WEDDING- PAUL AND ALICE IN 09:50 THE CENTER AND HE IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 09:53 WORKERS AND HE JUST RECENTLY GOT MARRIED AND 09:56 THE MAN ON THE RIGHT IS OUR COORDINATOR FOR KENYA. 10:00 OK, AND IS THE GROOM DEAF? 10:03 YES, I THINK, OK. 10:05 OOH I-HE'S I BELIEVE HE'S DEAF AND I THINK SHE IS 10:11 BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE ON THAT. 10:14 INTERESTING, BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 10:17 I WOULD HAVE SEEN HIM PROBABLY LAST SUMMER A 10:20 YEAR AGO. 10:20 UH HUH. 10:21 HERE IS PAVEL HE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 10:24 WHERE I GOT THIS GIVEN TO ME. 10:26 YES, THE OUTFIT YOU ARE WEARING. 10:27 IN BISHKEK IN KYRGYZSTAN AND HE'S HAVING-HE'S 10:31 TALKING TO SOME DEAF PEOPLE THERE AND THEY ARE 10:34 HAVING A HEALTH WORKSHOP OR BOOTH WHATEVER YOU WANT 10:40 TO CALL IT THERE FOR THE DEAF. 10:42 WOW. 10:43 AND THAT WOULD BE IN BISHKEK. 10:45 THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN DOING SOME IN THE WAY OF 10:47 MASSAGE. 10:48 SO, I SEE THE RUSSIAN WRITING THERE BEHIND, YES. 10:51 RIGHT. 10:52 AND NOW THIS IS GOING TO AFRICA AND THIS THE MALATA 10:56 SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 10:57 I HAVE VISITED IT THERE AND THAT IS IN AFRICA. 10:58 SO, IS THIS A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OR IS THIS AN 10:59 ADVENTIST? 11:00 THIS IS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOL. 11:01 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. 11:03 OK. 11:04 FOR THE DEAF. 11:17 YES, THAT ONE IS STRICTLY FOR THE DEAF AND THEY JUST 11:19 RECENLTY HAD A WATER WELL DUG FOR THEM BECAUSE WHAT 11:25 THEY HAD WAS NOT ADEQUATE. 11:26 WOW. 11:27 THIS IS FANTASTIC JOHN. 11:28 SO, TELL ME ARE ALL OF THE TEACHERS THEN AT THE 11:31 SCHOOL ARE THEY HEARING AND DEAF OR DO YOU HAVE AN 11:36 IDEA? 11:37 I MEAN THEY WOULD HAVE - IT'S A MIXTURE. 11:39 A MIXTURE, OK. 11:41 YES. 11:42 I WAS ONLY THERE ONCE AND COULD ONLY ABSORB SO MUCH, 11:45 NO, NO THAT'S FINE I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW. 11:47 ONE TIME. 11:48 UH HUH. 11:49 AND THIS IS IN ALSO IN KENYA AND THIS IS A 11:56 DORMITORY AND ACTUALLY SOME MONEY WE JUST SENT 11:58 FROM CANADA TO BUILD THIS DORMITORY FROM "A BETTER 12:01 WORLD" AND THE DEAF BOYS ARE GOING TO BE THERE BUT 12:07 THE SCHOOL IS A BROADER EMPHASIS THAN JUST DEAF 12:12 BUT THEY ARE ALSO THINKING OF SPECIAL NEEDS , WOW, 12:15 BUT I THINK THEY ARE STARTING MORE WITH AN 12:16 EMPHASIS ON THE DEAF. 12:19 AND THAT'S JUST A RECENT PICTURE. 12:21 OH, AND LOOK AT ALL THE RED. 12:22 I LOVE THAT. 12:23 THERE ARE SOME OF THE LITTLE KIDS. 12:25 SO, ARE THEY SIGNING THE SONG? 12:27 I THINK SO. 12:28 YES, IT LOOKS LIKE IT. 12:29 I WAS SENT THIS PICTURE, WONDERFUL. 12:30 A LOT OF MY PICTURES ARE SENT TO ME BECAUSE, YES 12:33 ABSOLUTELY, I CAN'T GET TO FIFTEEN COUNTRIES EVERY 12:35 YEAR. 12:36 NO JOHN, THAT WOULD BE A LOT. 12:38 YES. 12:39 NOW MARVIN BUDD, MY ASSISTANT FOR INDIA IS 12:43 THERE AND HE TOOK -IN THE MIDDLE- HE TOOK CHUCK 12:46 MCGEHEE ON THE RIGHT WHO IS DEAF, UH HUH AND THEN 12:50 THE MAN ON THE LEFT IS OUR DIRECTOR FOR DEAF 12:52 MINISTRY. 12:53 WONDERFUL. 12:54 WORKING WITH THE DIVISION IN INDIA. 12:58 WELL, GOOD. 12:59 WELL, JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING AND WE 13:00 WANT TO SHARE SOME MORE INFORMATION HERE WITH YOU 13:03 AT HOME SO YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:06 AND HOW YOU CAN INVOLVED AND THAT COULD MEAN 13:08 THROUGH PRAYER OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT OR 13:10 VOLUNTEERING YOURSELF. 13:11 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 13:19 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 13:23 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 13:26 HUMANITY. 13:26 WE NEED LOVE. 13:29 WE NEED HOPE. 13:31 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 13:35 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 13:37 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 13:41 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 13:44 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 13:51 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:53 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 13:56 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 13:58 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 14:01 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 14:08 JESUS CHRIST. 14:09 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 14:12 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 14:19 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 14:23 AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT SO ALL THE WORLD, 14:25 ALL THE PEOPLE CAN KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES EACH ONE 14:28 OF US AND THAT HE IS COMING BACK SOON AND KNOW 14:32 THAT YOU ALSO ARE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER NO MATTER 14:34 WHERE YOU LIVE. 14:35 ARE YOU SHARING JESUS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS? 14:37 THE PERSON WHO IS HELPING YOU AT THE GROCERY STORE? 14:40 THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT AS WE SHARE JESUS. 14:42 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US 14:44 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND FOR MORE INFORMATION 14:47 ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT 14:49 GOAIM.ORG. 14:51 YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK, ON INSTAGRAM AND 14:55 WE HAVE GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT EVENTS AND RALLIES 14:57 AND MISSION REPORTS AND CONCERTS AND THINGS THAT 15:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A PART OF. 15:03 WE THANK YOU FOR PRAYING. 15:04 PLEASE LIFT UP THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 15:06 WE HAVE ABOUT 2000+ GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE 15:08 10/40 WINDOW AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL 15:11 GIFTS AS WELL. 15:12 TODAY WE ARE TALKING WITH JOHN BLAKE WHO IS DRESSED 15:16 UP SO NICELY IN AN OUTFIT FROM KRYGYZSTAN. 15:19 KRYGYZSTAN AND WE ARE TALKING HERE ABOUT THE 15:22 DEAF WORK AND OF HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF HEAR 15:26 THE WORD OF JESUS THROUGH SIGN LANGUAGE. 15:30 RIGHT. 15:31 THERE IS A QUOTE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ BY 15:33 ELLEN G. 15:34 WHITE. 15:34 SURE. 15:35 IT SAYS, "I SAW THAT IT IS IN THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD 15:38 THAT WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, THE BLIND, THE DEAF, THE 15:42 LAME AND PERSONS AFFECTED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS HAVE 15:47 BEEN PLACED IN CLOSE CHRISTIAN RELATIONSHIP TO 15:49 HIS CHURCH. 15:51 IT IS TO PROVE HIS PEOPLE AND TO DEVELOP THEIR TRUE 15:54 CHARACTER. 15:55 ANGELS OF GOD ARE WATCHING TO SEE HOW WE TREAT THESE 15:58 PERSONS WHO NEED OUR SYMPATHY, LOVE AND 16:03 DISINTERESTED BENEVOLENCE. 16:05 THIS IS GOD'S TEST OF OUR CHARACTER." 16:07 WOW THAT'S PRETTY PROFOUND. 16:10 YES, EVERYBODY COUNTS. 16:12 YES, EVERYBODY COUNTS. 16:14 RIGHT. 16:15 SO, JOHN YOU'VE GOT SOME PICTURES TO SHARE WITH US 16:16 AND WE'LL CONTINUE LOOKING AT THOSE. 16:18 WE'LL LOOK AT A FEW MORE HERE. 16:19 THIS IS THE ADVENTIST SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN 16:24 SOUTH INDIA, WOW, AT KOLLEGAL AND I'M GUESSING 16:30 AN ENLIGHTENED GUESS THEY PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 80 16:32 DEAF THERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 16:34 AND I'VE BEEN THERE AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE 16:36 KIDS. 16:37 WELL, SURE HOW COULD YOU NOT? 16:38 THEY WERE SO SWEET. 16:39 SO, WHO PAYS FOR THESE KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL? 16:42 THEY RAISE MONEY, I THINK IT IS SOMETHING LIKE 16:44 $45-50 OR $60 A MONTH AND THAT SUPPORTS ONE CHILD AT 16:50 THE SCHOOL SO THEY HAVE TO GET SPONSORS. 16:52 OK. 16:53 AND THIS INSIDE THEIR CHAPEL, UH HUH, AND I CAN 16:57 REMEMBER BEING IN THERE IN THE MORNING WHEN THEY WERE 16:58 SINGING AND IT SOUNDED LIKE HOLY CACOPHONY 17:00 BECAUSE SOME DEAF WERE TRYING TO SIGN AND SING AT 17:01 THE SAME TIME. 17:01 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 17:02 THEY COULDN'T REALLY HEAR THEMSELVES. 17:04 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 17:04 SEE. 17:05 BUT GOD UNDERSTOOD. 17:05 GOD UNDERSTANDS IT ALL. 17:06 ABSOLUTELY. 17:07 RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 17:08 OK, HERE THEY ARE OUT IN THE COURTYARD AND THEY ARE 17:09 PLAYING AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE DEAF TO HAVE FUN THERE 17:19 TOO. 17:20 YES, AND HERE THEY ARE HAVING A TUG OF WAR. 17:21 HERE IS MARVIN BUDD AS HE'S DOING A WEEK OF 17:31 PRAYER THERE IN INDIA. 17:34 SO, ARE -PARDON ME CHUCK MCGEHEE AND MARVIN BUDD IS 17:38 OVER ON THE LEFT WITH A CAMERA, I THINK. 17:42 SO, IS THIS SCHOOL IN ENGLISH? 17:45 UH THEY ARE USING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 17:47 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND WELL OF COURSE, MOST AREAS 17:50 OF INDIA HAVE A DIALECT, RIGHT, ENGLISH IS THE 17:53 COMMON LANGUAGE AT THE SCHOOL. 17:54 ENGLISH IS SPOKEN A LOT IN INDIA. 17:56 YES, OK. 17:57 AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO WENT TO THE 17:59 SCHOOL AND WENT ON TO SPICER COLLEGE AND GOT A 18:01 DEGREE. 18:02 ALL DEAF-LOOK AT THEM.BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, 18:04 HANDSOME YOUNG MEN. 18:05 YES, WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL AND HIS WIFE 18:09 SHYLA. 18:09 WOW. 18:11 AND THIS IS SOME OF THE LEADERS OF THE DEAF IN 18:15 INDIA AND MARVIN BUDD IS THERE IN THE MIDDLE. 18:18 AND SOME OF THEM ARE CHURCH LEADERS; SOME OF 18:23 THEM ARE WORKERS IT'S A MIXED GROUP THERE. 18:26 WOW. 18:27 NOW THIS GOES TO THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SULADS 18:28 STUDENT MISSIONARY MOVEMENT HAS A SCHOOL FOR 18:30 THE DEAF IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THESE ARE 18:31 SOME OF THE STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL. 18:32 YES, WE HAD FRED WEBB HERE TALKING ABOUT THAT BEFORE. 18:35 YES, AND THEY GROW SOME OF THEIR OWN FOOD AND THIS IS 18:37 ALL ON THEIR PROPERTY, I BELIEVE. 18:38 AND LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE HARVESTING CORN OR 18:40 SOMETHING RELATED TO CORN. 18:41 AND THE KIDS ARE HAVING FUN-THEY ARE HAVING TO DO 18:43 SOME COOKING OUT ON THE WATER. 18:44 NOW JOHN, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN 18:46 BEFORE. 18:46 WOW, CHECK THIS OUT. 18:47 YES, AND I WASN'T THERE. 18:48 THIS IS A PICTURE THEY SENT ME. 18:48 LOOKS LIKE A PATHFINDER SOMETHING. 18:49 YES, I THINK IT WAS SOME KIND OF A PATHFINDER 18:56 THING. 18:58 HERE THEY ARE WITH THEIR PATHFINDER THINGS ON AND 19:10 THAT IS THEIR CLASSROOM AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER 19:12 THINGS ALL COMBINED. 19:13 SO, FOR THESE STUDENTS TO COME TOGETHER AND THEY ALL 19:16 HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. 19:18 I MEAN, HOW NEAT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO LEARN 19:20 TOGETHER AND TO YOU KNOW, RUB SHOULDERS TOGETHER AND 19:23 TO BE FRIENDS. 19:25 MANY OF THEM AT THAT SCHOOL COME FROM THE HILL 19:27 COUNTRY OR THE MOUNTAIN COUNTRY OF THE MINDANAO IN 19:31 THE PHILIPPINES. 19:32 AND SOME OF THEM WILL COME TO THE SCHOOL WITH EITHER 19:35 NO SIGN LANGUAGE BASE, NONE, OR VERY LITTLE. 19:39 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH SOMEBODY 19:41 THAT DOESN'T WRITE, HAS NEVER BEEN TO SCHOOL AND 19:44 CAN'T SIGN? 19:45 BUT HOW ISOLATING FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL, YES, YES, 19:49 WHERE THEY ARE SO ISOLATED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A WAY 19:51 TO COMMUNICATE. 19:52 LIKE MY DEAF DAUGHTER HAS A FAIRLY GOOD VOCABULARY 19:56 NOW IF YOU READ A LETTER FROM HER YOU COULD TELL 19:58 SOME OF THE ENDINGS WERE NOT QUITE THE WAY WE WOULD 20:02 PUT IT IN GOOD ENGLISH, SURE, SURE BUT HER 20:03 VOCABULARY IS QUITE GOOD. 20:05 WOW. 20:06 SHE LEARNED IT PARTLY THROUGH HER MOTHER WITH 20:08 THE SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON EVERY DAY. 20:09 SURE. 20:10 SEE. 20:11 AND A FEW MORE PICTURES HERE-SOME OF THE STUDENTS 20:13 ARE TEACHING SOME OF THE OTHER PATHFINDERS AT I 20:14 GUESS SORT OF A CAMPOREE TYPE THING, UH HUH, SIGN 20:16 LANGUAGE. 20:16 HOW NEAT. 20:17 AND THIS IS A CAMPMEETING FOR THE DEAF THIS SUMMER 20:18 IN KENYA. 20:19 THERE WERE TWO CAMPMEETINGS ONE IN EAST 20:20 AND ONE IN THE WEST A TOTAL OF 800 DEAF WERE 20:26 THERE. 20:29 WOW. 20:33 WHICH IF GOSPEL OUTREACH HAD NOT BEEN THERE AND 20:36 BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH PASTOR MUWASA, YES, IN THE 20:39 DIVISION NOW THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE HARDLY ANY AT 20:44 SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 20:45 BUT YOU KNOW JOHN, SOMEONE AS HEARING PEOPLE WORD 20:48 GETS OUT. 20:49 WE SAY, YOU KNOW BY WORD OF MOUTH OR WHATEVER BUT 20:52 THAT TO ME IS PHENOMENAL. 20:53 I MEAN HERE YOU HAVE 800 PEOPLE WHO CAN'T HEAR BUT 20:56 THE WORD STILL GETS OUT. 20:58 YES. 20:58 ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC? 20:59 THEY HEAR. 21:00 AND IN LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS OVER THERE AT THE 21:01 CAMPMEETING FOR THE DEAF, THEY HAD SIX INTERPRETERS: 21:02 TWO ON THE ROSTRUM, TWO IN THE MIDDLE AND TWO TOWARD 21:03 THE BACK BECAUSE YOU CAN'T READ FINGERS TOO FAR, NO, 21:07 NO, AWAY ESPECIALLY IF YOUR EYESIGHT ISN'T VERY 21:12 GOOD. 21:13 WELL, AND YOU KNOW THAT BRINGS UP YOU KNOW JESUS 21:18 WITH THE SERMONS YOU KNOW, FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND 21:24 ALL OF THAT, I DON'T' KNOW WHAT KIND OF MEGAPHONE OR 21:28 GOD JUST MADE HIS VOICE BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT 21:30 STUFF LIKE THAT SO THAT'S INTERESTING THEY HAD 21:33 PEOPLE TO INTERPRET THE WHOLE WAY. 21:34 RIGHT. 21:35 OK. 21:36 THEY ALSO HAD SOME BLIND THERE AS WELL AND THE 21:38 BLIND SANG. 21:41 OK. 21:42 AND THIS IS ALSO IN KENYA THIS SUMMER. 21:45 AND ANOTHER PICTURE I BELIEVE, WHEELCHAIRS, FROM 21:48 KENYA THIS WAS A SPECIAL NEEDS CAMPMEETING 21:50 ALTHOUGHMOST OF THEM WERE DEAF. 21:51 WOW. 21:52 AND HERE THEY ARE UM, IN ONE OF THE AFRICAN 21:58 COUNTRIES AND THEY ARE SIGNING A SONG. 22:00 OK. 22:01 AND HERE ARE TWO RATHER PATHETIC , BLESS THEIR 22:06 HEARTS THEY NEED A WHEELCHAIR, IF IT WAS HERE 22:09 THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A WHEELCHAIR OR BE USING 22:13 CRUTCHES OR PROSTHETIC LIMBS, YOU KNOW, SEEING 22:16 THESE TWO WOMEN JONI ERICKSON TADA WITH HER 22:19 MINISTRY SHE HAS HER "WHEELCHAIRS FOR THE 22:22 WORLD" AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL WHAT 22:25 SHE IS DOING AND I JUST THOUGHT OF THAT MINISTRY 22:28 AS I SAW THOSE TWO WOMEN. 22:29 YES. 22:30 WOW. 22:31 NOW IN THE FEW MINUTES WE'VE GOT LEFT, UH HUH, I 22:35 THINK WE'RE FINISHED WITH PICTURES, AH SOMEBODY MAY 22:37 SAY WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A MINISTRY TO THE 22:40 DEAF? 22:43 AS A FATHER OF TWO DEAF CHILDREN, ONE ADOPTED ONE 22:45 OUR OWN, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN THEY ARE CUT OFF 22:50 FROM SOCIETY BECAUSE IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO 22:53 COMMUNICATE. 22:53 RIGHT. 22:54 AND YES, YOU CAN WRITE BACK AND FORTH AND SOME 22:56 PEOPLE WILL TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO DO THAT 23:00 PARTICULARLY IF THEY HAVE TO DO IT. 23:01 RIGHT. 23:04 BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE IN A CHURCH SITUATION WILL GO 23:08 UP AND SPEND ANY LENGTH OF TIME ON A REGULAR BASIS 23:13 COMMUNICATING WITH THESE DEAF PEOPLE? 23:16 NOW IF YOU ARE DEAF AND THEY ARE DEAF IT'S 23:19 NATURAL. 23:20 YES, NO ABSOLUTELY AND AS YOU SAID THAT IT IS 23:24 INTERESTING BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH AN 23:26 ORGANIZATION CALLED THE LUCKY FIN PROJECT AND 23:28 NAMED AFTER NEMO FROM THE DISNEY MOVIE WHO HAS A 23:31 SPECIAL LITTLE FIN AND IT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE 23:33 SPECIAL HANDS AND ITS BEEN AWESOME FOR ME TO GET 23:37 INVOLVED WITH THAT BECAUSE I'M ABLE TO ENCOURAGE AND 23:40 HELP OTHER PEOPLE WITH THAT. 23:41 I MEAN THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL HANDS WHO YOU 23:45 KNOW THEY ARE STILL WEARING YOU KNOW THEIR 23:47 SHIRT LONG SO THEY ARE COVERING UP THEIR HANDS 23:49 AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 23:50 SO, I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH KNOWING THAT ITS OK AND 23:54 HAVING PARENTS TO ENCOURAGE ME AND UM GREAT 23:57 FRIENDS AND THE LORD BUT SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE 24:01 THAT AND SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AND TO KNOW THAT 24:04 THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS CARING BUT YOU ARE 24:05 RIGHT IT TAKES TIME ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS A 24:08 BRIDGE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO OVER, A HURDLE TO JUMP 24:12 THAT TAKES EXTRA TIME. 24:14 AND ONE THING THAT PERHAPS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW I'M 24:18 NOT SURE HOW COMMON IT IS OVERSEAS I THINK IT IS 24:21 ALSO TRUE THERE BUT DEAF PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA 24:27 TOO OFTEN HAVE BEEN SHORTCHANGED OR CHEATED OR 24:31 BYPASSED OR MADE FUN OF AND IN SOME PARTS OF THE 24:36 WORLD THEY MAY ACTUALLY BE ALMOST HIDDEN FROM THE 24:39 REST OF SOCIETY. 24:40 ABSOLUTELY. 24:41 AND SO, IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD INCLUDING NORTH 24:45 AMERICA IT TAKES TIME IF YOU ARE A HEARING PERSON 24:49 TO BUILD UP TRUST THAT THE DEAF PERSON DOESN'T THINK 24:52 THAT YOU ARE THERE TO MANIPULATE THEM, TAKE 24:54 ADVANTAGE OF THEM, OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM IN SOME 24:56 WAY OR THAT YOU PUT YOURSELF ON A HIGHER LEVEL 25:00 AND YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN AND TREATING THEM LIKE 25:02 CHILDREN. 25:03 RIGHT.YES. 25:04 AND I KNOW ONE OF OUR DEAF FRIENDS WHO IS A DEAF 25:12 LEADER, HE WAS SO THANKFUL THAT MY WIFE HAD LEARNED 25:17 SIGN LANGUAGE AND HAD TREATED DEAF AS IF THEY 25:21 WERE HER EQUALS. 25:22 YES.YES. 25:23 AND SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF 25:28 HAVING TWO DEAF CHILDREN. 25:29 YES. 25:30 BUT IT IS ALSO TAKINGTHE TIME AND TO SEE SOMEBODY 25:34 WE WANT TO BE SEEN. 25:35 WE WANT TO BE HEARD AND ACKNOWLEDGED AND TO SEE 25:38 SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND TO LOOK AT THAT PERSON 25:41 IN THE EYE, THEY ARE SITTING A LITTLE BIT LOWER 25:43 THAN WE ARE AS WE STAND BUT TO SEE PEOPLE TO 25:46 ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE AND WHAT WOULD BE A SUGGESTION 25:49 JOHN, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR SOMEONE IF THERE IS 25:51 SOMEONE WHO IS DEAF IN THEIR CHURCH OR THEY KNOW 25:53 SOMEONE, WHAT COULD SOMEONE DO? 25:56 DON'T BE AFRAID TO WRITE. 25:58 DEAF PEOPLE KNOW THAT MOST HEARING PEOPLE DON'T KNOW 26:01 SIGN LANGUAGE AND UNLESS THEY ARE IN A RUSH, THEY 26:05 USUALLY ARE WILLING TO WRITE. 26:06 I CAN REMEMBER AS A BOY, MEETING A MAN THE FIRST 26:10 DEAF MAN I REMEMBER MEETING AND WE WROTE BACK 26:12 AND FORTH. 26:13 YES, BACK AND FORTH. 26:14 I WAS A KID MAYBE OF TWELVE OR FOURTEEN. 26:16 YOU TOOK THE TIME. 26:17 WELL, YOU KNOW IN THE BIBLE AH, JESUS WAS THERE 26:22 MINISTERING TO SO MANY PEOPLE AND JESUS HEALS A 26:26 DEAF AND A MUTE MAN AND THERE WAS A MAN THERE SOME 26:27 PEOPLE BROUGHT A MAN TO JESUS WHO WAS DEAF AND 26:29 COULD HARDLY TALK AND THEY BEGGED JESUS TO PLACE HIS 26:30 HAND ON THEM AND HE TOOK HIM ASIDE AWAY FROM THE 26:31 CROWD-JESUS PUT HIS FINGERS INTO THE MAN'S 26:33 EARS THEN HE SPIT AND TOUCHED THE MAN'S TONGUE, 26:34 HE LOOKED UP TO HEAVEN WITH A DEEP SIGH AND SAID 26:35 TO HIM, THIS-I'M NOT SURE HOW TO SAY THIS, WHICH 26:37 MEANS BE OPENED. 26:38 AT THIS, THE MAN'S EARS WERE OPENED, HIS TONGUE 26:39 WAS LOOSENED AND HE BEGAN TO SPEAK PLAINLY. 26:40 SO, JESUS DID IT THEN AND HE'S GOING TO DO IT AGAIN 26:46 WHEN HE RETURNS. 26:48 AMEN. 26:49 AND HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH THOUGH WE HAVE 26:54 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE JESUS THROUGH THE DEAF 26:59 MINISTRY AND JOHN I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR -TO 27:06 YOU AND TO YOUR LATE WIFE FOR ALL THAT YOU FOLKS 27:11 HAVE DONE MAY YOU CONTINUE TO BE BLESSED WITH GREAT 27:14 HELP. 27:14 THANK YOU. 27:15 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU. 27:16 THANK YOU. 27:17 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING HERE AT 27:38 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL 27:57 OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE 28:15 LORD BLESS YOU. 28:23 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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