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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000807S
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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE 00:38 TO HAVE YOU WELCOME GOSPEL OUTREACH INTO YOUR LIVING 00:41 ROOM. 00:42 MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING ON YOUR IPAD, YOU IPHONE, ON 00:44 TV. 00:45 WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A 00:48 PART OF THE MINISTRY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AS WE ALL 00:51 TOGETHER SHARE JESUS. 00:53 AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE PEOPLE COME HERE ON 00:56 SET AND VISIT WITH US. 00:57 WE HAVE HARALD ZINNER HERE. 00:58 WELCOME HARALD. 00:59 THANK YOU. 00:59 NICE TO SEE YOU. 01:00 THANK YOU. 01:01 SO HARALD WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER HERE TO 01:03 SHARE JESUS IN THIS HUGE AREA OF OUR GLOBE, AND YOU 01:07 REPRESENT WHAT PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:11 EAST AFRICA WHICH INCLUDES EGYPT, SUDAN, ETHIOPIA, 01:16 SOUTH SUDAN. 01:17 AND SOUTH SUDAN ALSO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL 01:20 THE REFUGEES A MILLION PLUS IN NORTHERN UGANDA. 01:24 WOW. 01:25 THAT'S LIKE A HUGE PART OF THE 10/40 WINDOW RIGHT 01:28 THERE. 01:28 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:29 SO YOUR TERRITORY ACTUALLY STARTS ON THE FAR LEFT OF 01:32 THE WINDOW. 01:33 AND WHY DON'T YOU TELL OUR VIEWERS ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE 01:37 FROM BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 01:39 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:40 I'M FROM THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA VERY 01:44 CLOSE TO THE CANADA/US BORDER. 01:47 I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE NOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 01:51 I GREW UP IN THE LOWER MAIN LAND NEAR VANCOUVER 01:53 AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN ALBERTA. 01:54 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA IS IN CHARGE OF AFRICA. 02:00 NORTH AFRICA. 02:01 NORTH AFRICA RIGHT. 02:02 SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE TERRITORY IS AND YOU'VE 02:05 BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH HOW MANY YEARS? 02:06 ABOUT THREE YEARS AND THE LAST TWO YEARS ACTUALLY 02:11 BEING YOU KNOW A DIRECTOR TO ACTUALLY VISIT THESE 02:14 COUNTRIES. 02:15 SO WHAT'S THAT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU AS YOU'VE JOINED 02:18 FORCES HERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 02:20 OH IT'S BEEN ENJOYABLE. 02:21 BUT I CAN ALSO SEE HOW THE LORD HAS HELPED IN 02:25 GUIDING. 02:29 PEOPLE ASK ME YOU KNOW, IS YOUR WIFE GOING ALONG? 02:31 AND SHE SAYS NO WAY. 02:32 I'M NOT TRAVELING AT NIGHT ON AIRPLANES. 02:35 (LAUGHTER) IT'S A LONG WAY. 02:37 IT'S A LONG WAY. 02:38 YES. 02:39 AND THEN THE WAY THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS 02:41 FLIGHTS TO EUROPE FROM NORTH AMERICA ARE ALWAYS 02:43 OVERNIGHT. 02:43 IT'S ALL TRUE, IT'S ALL TRUE. 02:45 IT'S A HAUL, IT'S A HAUL. 02:46 SO TELL ME WHAT IT HAS MEANT TO YOU PERSONALLY TO 02:51 BE INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:53 IT HAS BEEN VERY REWARDING. 02:55 YOU KNOW I SEE THE ENTHUSIASM OF OUR BIBLE 02:58 WORKERS OVER THERE. 03:01 YOU KNOW THEY SHARE WITH ME THE CHALLENGES WHICH 03:03 THEY HAVE BOTH IN ETHIOPIA AND SOUTH SUDAN AND 03:08 NORTHERN UGANDA. 03:10 BUT THEY'RE ENTHUSIASTIC. 03:12 THEY'RE YOU KNOW WILLING TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS 03:16 THAT JESUS LOVES THEM AND JESUS IS COMING AGAIN. 03:18 IT'S VERY INTERESTING. 03:21 AND THEN THE SIDE THING, SINCE WE WORKED OVER THERE 03:24 FOR THE CHURCH BACK IN THE SEVENTIES, THIS LAST TIME 03:27 AROUND IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO VISIT BUGEMA 03:30 UNIVERSITY, IT'S NORTH OF KAMPALA. 03:32 WE HAD A GOOD TIME THERE, A GOOD RECEPTION AND MY 03:39 WIFE WOULD LIKED TO HAVE BEEN THERE. 03:41 YES. 03:42 SO THEN AFRICA IS NOT NEW TO YOU AT ALL. 03:45 NO, NO. 03:46 OKAY, HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU SERVE IN AFRICA? 03:47 WELL WE STARTED IN NAIROBI IN 1974. 03:51 SPENT MOST OF THE TIME IN UGANDA UNDER IDI AMIN. 03:54 OH INTERESTING. 03:55 AND THEN WE WERE TRANSFERRED TO LEBANON TO 03:57 MIDDLE EAST COLLEGE AT THAT TIME NOW MIDDLE EAST 03:59 UNIVERSITY. 04:01 AND THEN WE WERE ASKED TO GO BACK TO KENYA TO START 04:03 THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA BARATON. 04:06 BECAUSE YOUR BACKGROUND IS IN WHAT, WHAT PROFESSION? 04:09 I'M IN EDUCATION AND SO I TAUGHT YOU KNOW VARIOUS 04:13 SUBJECTS YOU KNOW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND AT 04:15 THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LEVEL. 04:17 SO HERE EARLIER IN YOUR CAREER YOU WERE INVOLVED 04:21 WITH AFRICA AND NOW YOU ARE CONTINUING BEING 04:24 CALLED TO AFRICA. 04:25 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:26 SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME 04:28 INTERESTING THINGS SO WHY DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE 04:30 BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT. 04:34 TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST WENT OVER TO EAST AFRICA I 04:40 WAS INVITED TO PREACH AND TALK AT A NUMBER OF OUR 04:43 GROUPS. 04:46 AND THE FIRST GROUP I MET WITH I TALKED AND I 04:47 THOUGHT CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME. 04:49 IT JUST SEEMED THAT I SPOKE AND THE WORDS JUST 04:53 FELL RIGHT DOWN IN FRONT OF ME. 04:55 BECAUSE WERE THERE SO MANY PEOPLE HARALD? 04:56 IT WAS JUST THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE 04:58 FACILITY. 04:59 INTERESTING. 05:01 IT WAS IN A REFUGEE BUILDING. 05:02 AND THEN ON SABBATH I WAS IN A CONGREGATION OF WELL 05:05 OVER 200. 05:06 I THOUGHT TO MYSELF HOW ARE THEY GOING TO HEAR ME 05:10 WAY AT THE BACK? 05:11 I CONSOLED MYSELF AS LONG AS THE INTERPRETER CAN 05:14 HEAR HE'S GOT THE PROBLEM. 05:16 I THOUGHT THIS IS NOT IDEAL. 05:18 YES. 05:19 AND SO I STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS. 05:21 YOU KNOW CAN'T WE HAVE SOME KIND OF A PUBLIC 05:25 ADDRESS SYSTEM. 05:26 BUT I ALSO NOTICED THAT IN THESE REFUGEE CAMPS THERE 05:30 IS NO ELECTRICITY. 05:31 OH WOW. 05:32 AND SO I STARTED TALKING TO THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, 05:35 WHAT DO PEOPLE DO HERE. 05:36 AND I THANK THE LORD THAT TECHNOLOGY IS THERE AND WE 05:41 NEED TO UTILIZE IT. 05:43 ABSOLUTELY. 05:44 BECAUSE THEY TOLD US THAT YES WE CAN GET SOLAR 05:48 POWERED BATTERY OPERATED PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM. 05:50 SO MICROPHONE, SPEAKERS. 05:52 EVERYTHING THE WHOLE PACKAGE. 05:53 A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM. 05:56 RIGHT AND I'M GOING TO SHOW SOME OF THOSE. 06:01 OKAY. 06:03 AND THEN I SAID WELL, IMMEDIATELY THE DOLLAR 06:04 SIGN WAS ON MY MIND. 06:06 THIS MUST BE EXPENSIVE WAY OUT HERE IN NORTHERN 06:08 UGANDA IN A REFUGEE CAMP. 06:09 HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? 06:11 OH MAYBE 500 U.S. 06:12 I THOUGHT HEY THIS IS GREAT. 06:14 YES. 06:15 AND SO I WENT BACK HOME AND I STARTED TALKING TO 06:16 THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO SOMETHING. 06:17 I ASKED THE PRESIDENT OVER THERE, HOW MANY WOULD YOU 06:20 NEED? 06:21 HE SAID WELL WE COULD PROBABLY START WITH FIVE 06:23 AND THEN SOME OF THE LARGER GROUPS THEY WOULD 06:25 HAVE ONE BUT THEY WOULD ALSO ROTATE THEM AMONG THE 06:28 VARIOUS BIBLE WORKERS AND USE THEM FOR PUBLIC 06:30 EVANGELISM. 06:32 WELL GOOD. 06:33 YES. 06:34 SO THEY COULD TAKE IT OUT TO A VILLAGE. 06:35 THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE IT PORTABLE AND HAVE PEOPLE 06:37 BE ABLE TO HEAR. 06:39 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:40 WELL THIS IS FANTASTIC. 06:41 NOW WHEN YOU SAID REFUGEE CAMP SO WHAT CAME THROUGH 06:43 MY SCREEN IN MY BRAIN WERE THE VIDEO THAT I HAVE SEEN 06:48 ON THE NEWS AND INTERNET AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 06:50 IS THAT WHAT THESE REFUGEE CAMPS ARE? 06:53 TENTS, ARE THEY BUILDINGS, ARE PEOPLE, HOW ARE THEY 06:56 LIVING THERE? 06:58 WELL KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE PEOPLE THEY CAME 07:00 FROM SOUTH SUDAN ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW THE 07:03 MORE UPPER CLASS PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE. 07:05 THEY HAD HOUSES SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE. 07:08 AND NOW THEY ARE LIVING IN THE TYPICAL TYPE OF HOUSE 07:11 THAT WE ENVISION YOU KNOW IN AFRICA, GRASS HUTS, MUD 07:16 WALLS. 07:17 AND HERE THEY'VE GONE FROM BEING PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE 07:19 TO, WELL FROM GOING FROM A HOUSE INTO SOMETHING LIKE 07:23 A HUT. 07:23 LIKE A HUT YES. 07:24 UGANDA HAS BEEN VERY VERY GRACIOUS TO THESE PEOPLE. 07:27 THEY GIVE THEM LAND SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A PLACE 07:30 WHERE THEY CAN BUILD A LITTLE HOUSE. 07:32 GIVEN A LITTLE PLOT OF LAND SO THEY CAN START 07:33 GROWING SOME FOOD. 07:34 WOW. 07:36 BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ALL THEY HAD WAS WHAT THEY HAD 07:38 ON THEIR BACK. 07:39 YOU KNOW, AS I SIT HERE IN THIS CHAIR ON THIS SET IT 07:45 JUST AMAZES ME HOW HERE WE ARE IN THE CULTURE THAT WE 07:49 LIVE AND YET WE YOU KNOW WE COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT WE 07:53 HAVE IN THE WESTERN CULTURE AND HERE THESE 07:55 DEAR PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED AND THEY'RE YOU KNOW 07:58 LIVING LIKE THEY'RE LIVING. 08:00 RIGHT. 08:01 AND KEEP IN MIND YOU KNOW THERE ARE OVER ONE MILLION 08:03 PLUS REFUGEES. 08:04 SO IN SOME OF THE CAMPS THAT WE WERE IN THERE 08:07 WOULD BE 20-50 THOUSAND. 08:09 SOME OF THE LARGE CAMPS WERE OVER 100 THOUSAND. 08:12 AND IT'S OKAY HARALD FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO 08:16 COME TO THE REFUGEE CAMPS? 08:17 OH YES. 08:18 TO SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS? 08:20 RIGHT. 08:21 AND THE PEOPLE WE'RE USING ARE ALSO FELLOW SOUTH 08:23 SUDANESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND THEY 08:27 WORK AMONG THEIR PEOPLE. 08:28 WOW. 08:29 THIS IS WHY IT'S NOW PART OF THE SOUTH SUDAN 08:33 JURISDICTION RATHER THAN THE UGANDA UNION FIELD. 08:36 OKAY INTERESTING. 08:37 SO THAT THESE PEOPLE WORK AMONG THEIR OWN PEOPLE. 08:40 THAT'S PART OF THE GAME OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THAT WE 08:43 HAVE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE CULTURE, WHO KNOW THE 08:45 LANGUAGE AND TO BRING EVEN A UGANDAN IN IS NOT 08:51 COUNTERPRODUCTIVE BUT NOT AS EFFICIENT AS IF THEY 08:53 HAVE THEIR OWN. 08:54 SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE THAT 08:56 IS, YOU'VE HIT ON SOMETHING. 08:58 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO 09:02 LIVE, IT'S NOT LIKE I'M MOVING TO THE SUDAN 09:05 LEARNING THE LANGUAGE. 09:06 THAT TAKES HOWEVER LONG. 09:08 SO THAT'S RIGHT. 09:08 THEY WORK WITH THEIR OWN PEOPLE. 09:09 WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT PART OF REASON WHY YOU 09:11 HAVE ALL THESE REFUGEES IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE YOU 09:15 KNOW INTERACTION AMONG THE VARIOUS FACTIONS, TRIBE, 09:16 YOU KNOW WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, THEY ARE NOW 09:21 IN THE SAME CAMP. 09:24 OH THEY'RE ALL LIVING TOGETHER. 09:28 THEY'RE ALL LIVING TOGETHER. 09:30 OH WOW. 09:31 YOU KNOW AND AS WE PRESENT THE GOSPEL TO THEM AND THE 09:34 HOPE IS THAT THEY ULTIMATELY WILL BE ABLE TO 09:36 GO BACK HOME AND THEN THEY WILL SHARE AND THIS WILL 09:39 HELP ACTUALLY FROM A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE 09:41 BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE LEARNED TO GET ALONG 09:44 RATHER THAN TO BE SEPARATE. 09:48 YES YES. 09:49 FIGHT AMONGST THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TO 09:51 LIVE TOGETHER. 09:52 THAT'S RIGHT AND WITH THE GOSPEL THEY CAN THEN TAKE 09:53 IT TO THEIR PEOPLE AND WE KNOW FROM PAST EXPERIENCE 09:56 WHEN THE REFUGEES GO BACK THAT'S WHERE THE WORK 09:59 PROGRESSES. 10:00 FANTASTIC. 10:01 SO HELP US UNDERSTAND TOO SO THE REFUGEES FROM THE 10:04 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND EVERYTHING THEY'RE COMING 10:06 TOGETHER, WHAT IS THE MAIN RELIGION THAT THESE PEOPLE 10:10 WOULD HAVE OBSERVED OR BE OBSERVING. 10:12 WELL WHEN SOUTH SUDAN WAS CREATED AFTER A LONG CIVIL 10:16 WAR IT WAS PREDOMINATELY CHRISTIAN. 10:20 SO THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH CHRISTIANITY. 10:23 BUT YOU HAVE CATHOLICS, YOU HAVE THE ORTHODOX YOU 10:26 KNOW AND THEN SUDAN ITSELF IS MUSLIM. 10:29 BUT IT IS STILL THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE HOPE, 10:37 WHAT IS THE HOPE, THE HOPE OF THE COMING OF JESUS. 10:40 AND THAT'S WHAT BUOY THESE PEOPLE UP. 10:42 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 10:43 WELL HARALD THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND WE'RE GOING TO 10:47 ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS TO GET INVOLVED HERE WITH 10:49 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:50 IT'S EXCITING PEOPLE, THIS IS EXCITING TO BE SHARING 10:53 JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AS TOGETHER WE WANT TO 10:55 SHARE JESUS AS HARALD IS TALKING ABOUT IN THE 10:58 REFUGEE CAMPS AND INTO THE VILLAGES AND THE CITIES 11:01 AND THE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD 11:06 THAT ARE STILL UNREACHED. 11:07 UNREACHED MEANING THAT THEY ARE UNREACHED BY THE 11:10 GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. 11:11 SO WHY DON'T YOU JOIN IN. 11:12 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL 11:15 "A" HERE AT GENERAL CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO 11:17 AND I AM HERE WITH DARYL. 11:20 HELLO DARYL. 11:22 HELLO. 11:23 GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN. 11:24 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US. 11:26 SO DARYL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGAVOICE 11:28 PLAYER. 11:29 WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? 11:31 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER. 11:32 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL. 11:34 THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A 11:36 LOT. 11:37 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED. 11:38 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 11:40 DEGREES AND WATER RESISTANT. 11:42 WOW. 11:43 THEY'RE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. 11:44 YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND 11:48 HOLD. 11:49 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE 11:52 BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES. 11:53 OH THANK YOU. 11:55 SO THAT ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A 11:59 TRADE LANGUAGE AND THEN THE HEART LANGUAGE YOU CAN 12:02 JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES 12:04 AND THEN YOU HAVE BOOK, CHAPTER, VERSE FORWARD, 12:06 BOOK CHAPTER, VERSE BACKWARD AND THE PAUSE 12:08 BUTTON IS YOUR BOOKMARK. 12:11 SO THEY'RE REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR 12:14 MISSION OUTREACH. 12:15 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND 12:18 THEN THEY GO WITH THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO 12:20 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EARBUDS AND THEN 12:24 THERE IS ALSO A SPEAKER RIGHT? 12:26 YES. 12:27 THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER ONBOARD SO IT'S LOUD 12:29 ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 15-20 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM. 12:32 AND THEN OF COURSE THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL 12:35 LISTENING. 12:37 AND IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE 12:39 CLOSED COUNTRIES IT'S SAFE YOU KNOW BECAUSE EVERYONE 12:44 NOW HAS EARPHONES. 12:45 AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE, 12:48 BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING TRAINING AND NOT BE YOU 12:51 KNOW BROADCASTING IT TO EVERYONE. 12:53 BUT THEY'RE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN. 12:57 AND SO MANY, WE GET TESTIMONIES ON ALMOST A 13:01 WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE 13:03 COMING TO FAITH BECAUSE OF HEARING GOD'S WORD. 13:07 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC SPEAKING 13:10 WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO READ AND 13:13 UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 13:14 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL WITH STORIES. 13:16 ABSOLUTELY. 13:17 THEY ARE A STORY CULTURE. 13:20 REALLY. 13:21 I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN THE 10/40 13:22 WINDOW. 13:23 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR GOSPEL 13:25 OUTREACH AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 13:29 (MUSIC PLAYING) THE MEGAVOICE PLAYERS ARE 13:44 FANTASTIC BECAUSE JUST AS THE VIDEO SHARED THEY ARE 13:48 SOLAR POWERED AND PEOPLE CAN HEAR, GET AROUND THE 13:51 SPEAKER AND LISTEN, AND THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND 13:54 IS ON THEM AS WELL AS OTHER SCRIPTURES, SONGS 13:57 AND BIBLE VERSIONS AND IT'S REALLY REALLY REALLY 14:01 NEAT AND WE'RE BIG SUPPORTERS OF THAT HERE AT 14:03 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:04 AND THAT TIES IN HARALD TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 14:07 HARALD ZINNER IS HERE TALKING ABOUT THE WORK IN 14:10 AFRICA AND TECHNOLOGY. 14:12 SO YOU SHARED THAT THERE WAS A NEED IN THE REFUGEE 14:14 CAMPS FOR A PA SYSTEM. 14:16 RIGHT. 14:17 SO WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO TO FIGURE THAT OUT? 14:20 WELL THE FIGURING OUT DIDN'T TAKE VERY LONG. 14:22 THE NEED WAS THERE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WITH NO 14:26 ELECTRICITY. 14:27 YOU KNOW WE'RE USED TO SEEING POWER LINES 14:28 EVERYWHERE. 14:29 THERE NOT OUT THERE YOU KNOW BUT HOW CAN WE 14:31 UTILIZE THAT AND WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, THE 14:33 DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOLAR POWER AND PRICES 14:38 DON'T COME DOWN SO IT'S AFFORDABLE. 14:41 AND SO I WENT BACK HOME, TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT, 14:45 MONIES CAME IN AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO JUST TALK 14:47 ABOUT IS HOW THEY ARE USING IT BECAUSE WE WERE 14:48 ABLE TO SEND THE MONEY OVER AND THEY WERE ABLE TO 14:49 PURCHASE THESE AND USE THEM IN THEIR WORK. 14:51 FANTASTIC. 14:52 SO LAST NOVEMBER I WENT BACK OVER THERE. 14:53 I WAS IN THE CAMP AND THIS GENTLEMAN HERE____HE 14:54 ACTUALLY DROVE US, BUT WE ALSO GAVE HIM A BICYCLE 14:55 BECAUSE YOU KNOW TO WALK ON FOOT JUST TAKES FOREVER 15:21 AND WE TRY TO GIVE THEM BICYCLES SO THAT THEY CAN 15:24 JUST GO FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE AND WORK THERE. 15:27 SO ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON WE WERE GOING TO GO UP 15:33 INTO THIS AREA , OCEA. 15:37 AND UNFORTUNATELY SOMETHING HAPPENED ALONG 15:43 THE WAY THAT PREVENTED US AND SO WE DIDN'T GET UP 15:46 UNTIL SABBATH. 15:48 AND SO WE WENT UP INTO THE AREA TO GO TO THESE 15:51 VARIOUS CAMPS. 15:52 AND SO THE FIRST CAMP WE WENT TO WAS THE RHINO 15:56 CAMP. 15:56 THE RHINO CAMP. 15:58 RHINO CAMP. 15:59 LIKE AS IN RHINOCEROS? 16:00 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:01 (LAUGHTER) AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT YOU SEE 16:02 THERE IS FELIX ____. 16:03 HE'S OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST THERE. 16:04 AND HERE THEY ARE MEETING IN THIS SHELTER. 16:06 SO THIS IS IN THE REFUGEE CAMP. 16:10 THIS IS IN THE REFUGEE CAMP. 16:15 AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS, AND WE FIND IT IN MANY 16:19 PLACES, WHERE'S YOUR CHURCH BUILDING. 16:22 BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT I'M COMING TO A 16:23 BUILDING AND NOT VISITING UNDER A TREE OR SOMETHING 16:26 LIKE THAT. 16:27 OH THEY WANT AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL LOCATION. 16:28 A PHYSICAL LOCATION WITH A ROOF. 16:31 WE HAD SOME CAR PROBLEMS ALONG THE WAY AND THAT'S 16:33 ANOTHER STORY. 16:34 SO WE GOT THERE AROUND NOON. 16:37 THE FELLOW HAD JUST FINISHED HAVING THE 16:40 MORNING SERVICE WHEN WE GOT THERE AND HE SAID 16:42 HARALD NOW IT'S YOUR TURN. 16:43 I SAID HOW LONG DO I HAVE FIVE MINUTES? 16:45 FORTY-FIVE MINUTES. 16:46 (LAUGHTER) SO WE HAD A GOOD TIME IN MEETING WITH 16:50 THE PEOPLE THERE. 16:51 AND THEN WE STARTED HEADING OFF TO ANOTHER 16:55 CONGREGATION THERE. 16:56 AND DID YOU USE THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM? 16:58 NOT IN THIS ONE. 16:58 NOT THIS ONE. 17:00 OKAY. 17:01 THIS IS AGAIN YOU KNOW THE SAME WHERE THEY ARE 17:03 LEADING OUT IN SINGING. 17:05 THEN WE WENT ON TO THE NEXT CAMP. 17:09 AND I WANT YOU TO NOTICE SOMETHING. 17:15 IF YOU TAKE A VERY CLOSE LOOK AT THIS PICTURE YOU 17:18 WILL SEE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOORWAY THERE, IF YOU 17:25 WANT TO CALL IT, A MEGAPHONE. 17:27 YES I SEE IT UP THERE ON THE TOP OF THE, TOP OF THE 17:30 BUILDING. 17:30 YES. 17:31 AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK TO THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE WHAT 17:33 LOOKS LIKE A PODIUM. 17:35 RIGHT. 17:36 THAT'S A SOLAR PANEL. 17:38 OH REALLY. 17:39 SO THAT'S WHAT'S CHARGING. 17:41 INTERESTING. 17:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 17:43 AND WE DROVE IN AND WE COULD HEAR THIS MUSIC. 17:45 WOW. 17:47 AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN BY USING THIS TECHNOLOGY 17:50 WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE AND PEOPLE CAN HEAR. 17:54 TO THE WHOLE OTHER VILLAGES AROUND. 17:56 WELL AND PEOPLE PASSING BY. 17:57 THAT'S RIGHT. 17:59 AND EVEN THOUGH THE FACILITY ISN'T THE 18:02 GREATEST BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO SHARE. 18:05 IN FACT_____THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE WITH THE 18:07 BICYCLE, HE WAS TELLING ME AS SOON AS HE GOT IT HE 18:10 HAD AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING AND AS A RESULT OF 18:12 THAT HE HAD 21 BAPTISMS. 18:14 WOW, PRAISE THE LORD. 18:15 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:16 AND PARTLY IT'S BECAUSE THE PEOPLE COULD HEAR. 18:18 YES YES. 18:19 AND THEY COULD UNDERSTAND CLEAR IN THE BACK ROW. 18:21 RIGHT. 18:22 WELL AND THEY'RE OUT IN THE OPEN FIELD. 18:25 YES. 18:26 AND YOU CAN IMAGINE TRYING TO SPEAK IN THE OPEN AIR. 18:29 I AM ALWAYS AMAZED HOW JESUS WAS ABLE TO SPEAK IN 18:33 THE OPEN AIR. 18:34 YES. 18:35 SO HERE IS JESUS FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND SO WE'RE 18:38 TALKING ABOUT THIS AND YOU THINK ABOUT JESUS OUT 18:41 TALKING TO ALL THESE PEOPLE AND OF COURSE JESUS 18:44 AND GOD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD IT ALL FIGURED 18:47 OUT BUT YOU KNOW WE HUMANS ARE LIKE HOW COULD 18:49 EVERYBODY HEAR. 18:49 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:50 BECAUSE IT SAYS THOSE WHO ARE THE LOAVES WERE FIVE 18:52 THOUSAND MEN NOT COUNTING THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 18:55 SO THERE WERE PROBABLY A LOT MORE PEOPLE THERE. 18:58 I ALWAYS SAY THERE WAS PROBABLY AT LEAST 20 18:59 THOUSAND PEOPLE. 19:00 YOU KNOW EVERY MAN A WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. 19:02 YES AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO THE HOLY LAND HAVE 19:05 SHARED ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW THE ECHOING AND ALL OF 19:08 THAT IN THESE DIFFERENT PLACES. 19:11 BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU KNOW YOU 19:13 HEAR THESE THOUSANDS. 19:14 SO WHEN YOU SHARE THAT YOUR PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR 19:17 IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 19:18 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:19 AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM I FACED THE YEAR BEFORE. 19:22 I MEAN HERE WAS THIS CONGREGATION YOU KNOW IN A 19:25 CHURCH GRASS ROOF TYPE OF THING. 19:29 HOW CAN THEY HEAR ME AT THE BACK? 19:32 HOW CAN THEY HEAR THE TRANSLATOR AT THE BACK? 19:35 YOU KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE GOSPEL MESSAGE, 19:37 THE LOVE OF JESUS, HE'S COMING AGAIN, THE HOPE 19:39 WHICH WE HAVE OUT TO THESE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE 19:41 STRAINING AT THE BACK TRYING TO HEAR. 19:43 AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY CAN HEAR. 19:45 PRAISE THE LORD. 19:46 PRAISE THE LORD. 19:48 AND SO BY GETTING THESE WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THEM. 19:52 AND THERE'S THE UNIT ON THE INSIDE. 19:55 SO WE HAVE THE SOLAR PANEL OUTSIDE. 19:57 INSIDE THEY HAVE THE TRANSMITTER AND YOU CAN 19:59 SEE THE THING. 20:00 AND ALL OF THAT, IT JUST AMAZES ME, FIVE HUNDRED 20:04 U.S. 20:05 DOLLARS WAY UP THERE IN NORTHERN UGANDA IN 20:07 ADJUMANI. 20:08 SO I HAVE TO SMILE AT THAT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN 20:11 PLACES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT HAVE TO BE UN-NAMED 20:16 BUT IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THE CAMERA EQUIPMENT THAT 20:19 COMES OUT. 20:19 IT'S FANTASTIC HOW THE LORD IS WORKING WITH 20:23 TECHNOLOGY. 20:24 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 20:26 SO FROM THERE WE WENT TO A THIRD CAMP THAT SABBATH 20:29 AFTERNOON. 20:33 SO THIS WAS THE CHURCH. 20:35 NOW OF THE THREE CHURCHES THAT YOU SAW THIS WAS THE 20:38 MOST IMPRESSIVE. 20:39 BUT IMMEDIATELY TAKE A LOOK AT THE LEFT IN THE 20:41 MIDDLE. 20:42 I SEE THE SOLAR PANEL. 20:42 THERE'S THE SOLAR PANEL. 20:45 AND BECAUSE OF THAT AGAIN YOU KNOW THEY'RE ABLE TO 20:48 MINISTER TO THE NEEDS OF THE CONGREGATION AND TO 20:51 THE COMMUNITY. 20:52 SO ABOUT HOW LONG, THERE'S PROBABLY SOMEONE WHOSE AN 20:54 ENGINEER AND WANTING TO KNOW, ABOUT HOW LONG. 20:56 DOES IT HAVE TO PRECHARGE OR DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THE 20:59 STATISTICS ABOUT IT? 21:01 NO I DON'T KNOW. 21:02 OKAY. 21:02 JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING. 21:04 AND SINCE THEY'RE IN AFRICA THEY'VE GOT THE SUN 21:06 SHINING RIGHT. 21:06 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:07 SO WELL WHAT A NEAT THING. 21:08 IT'S NOT A BIG PROBLEM. 21:09 YES. 21:10 AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT. 21:11 YOU KNOW I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. 21:13 GOD WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOSPEL IS GOING 21:15 TO BE PREACHED AND THE WORK IS GOING TO BE 21:17 FINISHED. 21:18 YES YES. 21:19 WELL AND LIKE THE MEGAVOICE WE'RE USING 21:20 TECHNOLOGY. 21:21 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 21:22 AND SO HE HAS ALLOWED MAN TO DISCOVER THESE THINGS, 21:26 DEVELOP THESE THINGS AND WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE 21:29 OF THEM. 21:30 BUT YOU KNOW HARALD, AGAIN IT GOES BACK TO WE HERE IN 21:32 OUR WESTERN CULTURE WALK INTO A CHURCH. 21:36 WE ASSUME THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A PA SYSTEM, 21:39 THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A HYMNAL, THAT THERE'S 21:41 ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A PEW OR CHAIR FOR US TO SIT ON. 21:44 MOST LIKELY THERE'S CARPET. 21:46 THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE RESTROOM AND THERE 21:48 WILL BE TISSUE PAPER. 21:49 YOU KNOW THESE THINGS. 21:51 BUT SO MANY OF THESE ARE NOT PART OF PLACES AROUND 21:55 THE WORLD ESPECIALLY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 21:57 NOW THIS PARTICULAR PLACE THAT WE WENT, THIS LAST 22:00 CAMP THE OCEA RHINO CAMP SO WHEN THEY WERE IN THAT 22:07 BUILDING IT WAS DARK. 22:09 THERE WAS NO LIGHTS. 22:10 AND SO WHEN WE GOT THERE INSTEAD OF MEETING INSIDE 22:12 THE BUILDING WE JUST MET OUTSIDE. 22:13 OKAY. 22:14 AND YOU ALSO SEE THE TYPICAL HOUSES THERE IN 22:15 THE BACKGROUND YOU KNOW WHERE THESE PEOPLE LIVE. 22:16 RIGHT. 22:17 THE OTHER REASON WHY THEY ARE OUTSIDE, AND THIS IS 22:18 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE. 22:20 IN THE GREY SUIT? 22:20 IN THE GRAY SUIT. 22:21 AND IT IS BECAUSE BEING A HOT SUNNY DAY IT WAS A 22:23 LITTLE COOLER. 22:23 YES, YES SURE. 22:24 SO IT'S NOT JUST THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM 22:26 THAT'S THE ISSUE BUT HAVING LIGHT AND HAVING A 22:28 REPRESENTATIVE BUILDING. 22:30 SURE. 22:31 AND YOU KNOW LOOK HOW NICE THOSE PEOPLE LOOK. 22:32 AND HERE I DON'T KNOW IF, I THINK OF WHEN I GO 22:33 CAMPING HARALD. 22:34 I DON'T LOOK THAT NICE. 22:34 NO. 22:36 AND HERE THESE PEOPLE, BLESS THEIR HEARTS, ARE 22:37 LIVING IN HUTS AND THEY LOOK FANTASTIC AS THEY 22:39 COME TO CHURCH. 22:40 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:41 WELL WHAT A SPECIAL PLACE. 22:44 SO HOW MANY OF THESE SOLAR POWERED PA SYSTEMS HAVE 22:52 BEEN PURCHASED? 22:53 SO WHEN I GOT BACK AND I ASKED THEM HOW MANY THEY 22:56 NEEDED THEY SAID FIVE. 22:58 THE PEOPLE WERE GENEROUS ENOUGH THAT ACTUALLY I WAS 22:59 ABLE TO HAVE SUFFICIENT MONEY FOR SIX. 23:00 GREAT AND WE PROBABLY NEED MORE. 23:02 WE NEED MORE. 23:02 WE NEED MORE THAN THAT. 23:03 NEED MORE THAN THAT. 23:04 AND SO THEY ARE USING THEM, THEY ARE SHARING 23:05 THEM. 23:06 YOU KNOW THAT PARTICULAR CHURCH THAT WE LOOKED AT 23:17 THERE, IT'S THERE PERMANENTLY. 23:33 BUT SOME OF THESE THEY'RE SHARING THEM AMONG THEIR 23:35 FELLOW WORKERS AND GOING OUT INTO THE VARIOUS 23:38 VILLAGES YOU KNOW HOLDING MEETINGS AND THEY ARE ABLE 23:43 TO HEAR THEM. 23:44 FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC. 23:45 AND THE ADVANTAGE THEY HAVE, IT'S THE SHOW OF THE 23:49 TOWN. 23:50 YES. 23:50 SO PEOPLE COME. 23:51 EXACTLY. 23:52 AND THIS WAY THEY CAN HEAR THE GOSPEL. 23:53 IN FACT THE UNITED NATIONS, ONE OF THE CHIEF 23:54 DIRECTORS THERE TOLD OUR ADRA DIRECTOR THERE IN 23:56 KAMPALA, HE SAID YOU ADVENTIST PEOPLE, YOU HAVE 24:07 THE HOPE. 24:09 HE SAID THAT? 24:10 HE SAID THAT TO OUR ADRA DIRECTOR. 24:11 HE SAID YOU HAVE THE HOPE. 24:13 NOW SHARE THAT WITH ALL THESE REFUGEES BECAUSE 24:15 THEY NEED HOPE. 24:16 THEY NEED HOPE. 24:16 AND WHAT A HOPE WE HAVE. 24:18 YOU KNOW PAUL TALKS ABOUT THAT IN TITUS CHAPTER TWO, 24:20 WE HAVE THE BLESSED HOPE. 24:22 JESUS SAYS I'M COMING AGAIN. 24:24 AND WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE AND TO 24:27 FACILITATE THAT THEY CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE 24:29 PEOPLE. 24:30 YES. 24:30 AND HAVE THE TOOLS. 24:31 AND SO ONE OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES IS MAKE 24:32 SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS SO THEY CAN DO THEIR 24:34 JOB. 24:35 ABSOLUTELY. 24:36 WELL AND YOU SAW THE NEED, THE LORD THEN USED THE 24:37 HOLY SPIRIT THEN TO GET YOU TO BE EXCITED ABOUT IT 24:38 WITH YOUR FRIENDS BACK AT YOUR HOME AND IT HAPPENED. 24:39 SO AS YOU HAVE SHARED THIS AND HAVE SHARED YOUR 24:41 PERSONAL TESTIMONY OF AFRICA OUR VIEWERS 24:44 WATCHING AND THEY MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN TO AFRICA 24:46 OR MIGHT BE INTERESTED OR WHAT CAN YOU ASK OR WANT 24:50 TO PORTRAY TO THAT PERSON ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO 24:57 HELP IN YOUR TERRITORY? 25:03 WELL LIKE WITH THESE SOLAR POWERED BATTERY OPERATED 25:06 PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS PEOPLE RESPONDED. 25:12 THEY RECOGNIZED HERE'S A NEED AND HERE'S SOMETHING 25:14 THAT THEY CAN DO. 25:16 AND THE TECHNOLOGY IS PROVEN SO IT WASN'T A 25:20 MATTER OF SINKING SOMETHING INTO AN UNKNOWN 25:22 INVESTMENT. 25:24 SO THEY ENTRUSTED YOU KNOW AND SO NOW WE CAN SHARE. 25:27 YES THIS IS HAPPENING, THEY ARE USING IT AND IT'S 25:30 BEING EFFECTIVE. 25:32 THEY ARE ABLE TO USE IT SO THEY CAN SHARE THE GOOD 25:35 NEWS OF SALVATION AND THEY'RE HAVING RESULTS. 25:37 ABSOLUTELY. 25:38 WELL AND THEN WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO 25:40 NEEDED THE BIKE. 25:41 YOU KNOW BLESS HIS HEART. 25:42 HE'S TRYING TO GET TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES. 25:45 I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WHAT THEY NEED A TRAILER TO PUT 25:47 THE PA SYSTEM ON? 25:48 I'M NOT QUITE SURE. 25:50 I WAS WONDERING HOW THAT WAS ALL GOING TO GO 25:52 TOGETHER. 25:53 IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY PUT ON THEIR BICYCLES AND 25:56 MOTORCYCLES. 25:57 OH YES IT CAN BE A WHOLE FAMILY A WHOLE FAMILY. 25:59 WELL THIS IS REALLY REALLY NEAT TO SEE. 26:02 AND WITH THE MEGAVOICE PLAYERS AS WE'VE MENTIONED 26:04 AND THIS IS USING TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER WAYS 26:08 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW OF YOU KNOW USING DIFFERENT WAYS 26:11 OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SHARING JESUS IN THIS 26:15 AREA. 26:15 RIGHT. 26:16 AND THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS. 26:17 NOW I JUST HAD ONE OTHER THING IN TERMS OF TOOLS. 26:20 I JUST HAD A REQUEST A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM THIS SAME 26:24 AREA OF YOU KNOW BIBLE STUDY GUIDES. 26:27 AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM. 26:29 IN FACT I HAVE A PICTURE OF THESE SEVEN PEOPLE 26:32 RECEIVING THEIR BIBLES THAT THEY LOVE. 26:34 AND SO WE FIND IT VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE 26:38 THE TOOLS, THEY HAVE THE MATERIALS AND NOT ONLY THE 26:42 PRINTED PAGE BUT ALSO THE TECHNOLOGY SO THAT THEY 26:45 CAN GO FORWARD. 26:46 AND THEY'RE ENTHUSED ABOUT IT. 26:47 WELL THIS IS EXCITING. 26:49 WELL HARALD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF 26:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:51 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. 26:53 YOU'RE WELCOME. 26:54 AND THE LORD BLESS YOU AS YOU MINISTER WITH THEM. 26:56 RIGHT AND SO YOU KNOW I WOULD SAY NUMBER ONE 26:59 CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THEM YOU KNOW AND IF YOU CAN 27:02 PROVIDE THE SUPPORT SO WE CAN GET MORE OF THIS OUT 27:05 THAT WOULD REALLY BE APPRECIATED. 27:07 WONDERFUL. 27:08 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 27:09 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING BECAUSE WE ALL 27:12 NEED TO HEAR AND AS YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT WHAT'S 27:15 HAPPENING IN THIS AREA OF AFRICA WITH THE PA 27:18 SYSTEMS. 27:19 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF 27:20 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL OUTREACH. |
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