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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000808S
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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:36 THIS PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT THE WORK OF GOSPEL 00:39 OUTREACH AND I AM SO PLEASED TODAY TO BE 00:42 SITTING HERE WITH HARALD ZINNER WHO IS REPRESENTING 00:45 REGION SEVEN AND THAT AREA IS EAST AFRICA. 00:49 AND WE ARE READY FOR AN UPDATE AND A REPORT ABOUT 00:52 WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR AREA. 00:53 FIRST KIND OF A GENERAL OVERVIEW. 00:56 THANK YOU. 00:57 THE AREA INCLUDES EGYPT, SUDAN, ETHIOPIA, SOUTH 01:02 SUDAN AND ALSO THAT INCLUDES THE REFUGEE CAMPS 01:06 OF NORTHERN UGANDA WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT ONE MILLION 01:11 REFUGEES IN SOUTH SUDAN. 01:13 SO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE LAST 01:14 TWO YEARS TO VISIT THESE AREAS AND PARTICULARLY 01:18 ETHIOPIA AND SOME OF THE REFUGEE CAMPS. 01:20 BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE 01:23 WITH YOU ABOUT ETHIOPIA I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU 01:26 SOME OF THE THINGS BECAUSE YOU KNOW PEOPLE PROVIDE 01:30 FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 01:31 WHAT'S HAPPENING. 01:32 WELL IN THAT REGION WE HAVE 64 GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:36 BIBLE WORKERS. 01:38 AND IN 2018, AND I HAVE THE NUMBERS HERE, THEY 01:42 WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BAPTISM OF JUST UNDER 1600 01:48 INDIVIDUALS. 01:49 PRAISE THE LORD FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE BECAUSE SOME 01:53 OF THOSE AREAS IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE AS WE NOTICE IN 01:57 ETHIOPIA. 01:58 IN ADDITION TO THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH 42 02:03 NEW COMPANIES BECAUSE PART OF OUR WORK IS TO GO INTO 02:06 THE UNENTERED AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO SEVENTH-DAY 02:08 ADVENTIST PRESENCE. 02:10 AND THEY ALSO ESTABLISHED NINE CHURCHES. 02:14 THERE ARE OTHER EXCITING THINGS I'D LIKE TO SHARE 02:17 IF YOU DON'T MIND. 02:18 I DON'T MIND AT ALL. 02:19 I HOPE YOU WILL. 02:20 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:21 I SENT A REPORT OUT TO SOME OF OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE 02:24 SPONSORING YOU KNOW PARTICULAR WORKERS AND I 02:27 MENTIONED YOU KNOW THE AREA INCLUDES EGYPT AND 02:29 SUDAN, ETHIOPIA AND SOUTH SUDAN AND SO ON. 02:32 AND SO THIS ONE LADY FROM EUROPE WROTE BACK, HOW 02:36 MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELISTS DO WE HAVE IN 02:38 THE SUDAN. 02:39 NOW KEEP IN MIND YOU KNOW THE COUNTRY OF SUDAN IS 02:42 PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM. 02:44 YES. 02:45 AND SO I WROTE BACK AND SAID WE DON'T HAVE ANY. 02:47 A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER SHE WROTE BACK, MY HUSBAND 02:50 AND I HAVE DECIDED WE WANT TO SPONSOR A WORKER TO THE 02:53 SUDAN. 02:54 AND THIS STARTED A WHOLE CHAIN OF EVENTS AND BY 02:57 JANUARY OF THIS YEAR WE HAD ONE WORKER AND BY JULY 03:03 WE HAVE THREE WORKERS WORKING IN SUDAN. 03:05 SOME IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS THERE IN KHARTOUM IN 03:08 SOUTHERN SUDAN. 03:09 AND SO WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR HOW HE IS OPENING THE 03:12 DOORS IN THESE COUNTRIES. 03:14 ABSOLUTELY. 03:15 FANTASTIC NEWS. 03:17 YES. 03:18 AND YOU KNOW THAT ALSO POINTS OUT HOW IMPORTANT 03:20 THOSE OF US WHO ARE SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:22 FROM OUR OWN HOMES REALLY, HOW IMPORTANT WE ARE OR 03:26 THAT IS. 03:27 BY WRITING TO YOU SHE REALLY INITIATED A WHOLE 03:31 NEW WORK IN THAT AREA. 03:32 THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 03:33 AND SO WORKING WITH THE MIDDLE EAST UNION OUT OF 03:35 BEIRUT AND THE PEOPLE AND MEETING WITH THEM THEY 03:38 WERE JUST AS EXCITED YOU KNOW. 03:40 AND SO WE KEEP HOPING AND PRAYING. 03:44 AND MY GOAL IS THAT WE WILL ULTIMATELY GET THEM 03:46 ALSO INTO EGYPT INTO CAIRO. 03:50 AND I THINK THE LORD IS OPENING DOORS FOR US. 03:52 YOU'RE WORKING IN A VERY INTERESTING AREA. 03:54 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:55 OF COURSE IT HAS IT'S CHALLENGES BUT OBVIOUSLY 03:57 GOD IS ALIVE AND WORKING THERE. 04:00 THAT'S RIGHT HE IS. 04:03 SO TODAY ON OUR PROGRAM I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO 04:05 FOCUS MOSTLY ON THE AREA OF ETHIOPIA. 04:09 RIGHT. 04:10 SO GO AHEAD AND SHARE WITH US ABOUT THAT. 04:12 SO LAST NOVEMBER WHEN I WAS OVER THERE I HAD MADE 04:19 THE DECISION BEFORE HAND AND HAD ADVISED OUR PEOPLE 04:21 IN ETHIOPIA THAT I'D LIKE TO VISIT NOT ONLY WITH THE 04:26 BIBLE WORKERS BUT VISIT THEM IN THEIR AREAS. 04:30 AND SO WE MADE AN ITINERARY. 04:34 WE STARTED RIGHT THERE IN ADDIS ABABA, THE CAPITAL. 04:37 AND SO ON THE FIRST DAY WE WENT OUT TO THE FIELD 04:42 OFFICE THERE RIGHT THERE IN ADDIS ABABA. 04:44 AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THEIR FIELD 04:47 OFFICE AND THE CHURCH WHICH IS RIGHT BESIDE IT. 04:52 NOW IF WE THINK OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTEXT YOU 04:55 KNOW. 04:56 IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A CHURCH OR A FIELD OFFICE. 04:59 IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A CHURCH. 05:00 BUT THERE WE MET FOR SEVERAL HOURS MEETING WITH 05:02 THE COORDINATOR, AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:08 EVANGELISTS CAME IN SO WE COULD MEET AND TALK 05:12 TOGETHER. 05:14 NOW ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS I WOULD SPEAK TO THEM 05:17 AND THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THE UNION WOULD DO THE 05:20 TRANSLATION AND HE SEEMED TO GO ON FOR EVER AND EVER 05:23 AND I THOUGHT WHAT'S HE SAYING. 05:25 MORE THAN YOU WERE SAYING. 05:26 THAT'S RIGHT, MORE THAN I WAS SAYING. 05:28 AND SO AFTERWARDS WE TALKED AND IN THIS GROUP 05:31 OF SIX, THE MIDDLE PERSON IS THE COORDINATOR FOR 05:33 THAT FIELD. 05:35 IN THIS GROUP OF SIX THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT 05:39 EVEN UNDERSTAND THE AMHARIC LANGUAGE WHICH IS 05:41 ONE OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF ETHIOPIA. 05:43 THEY HAD ANOTHER DIALECT. 05:44 AND SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN THESE 05:46 COUNTRIES ARE THE VARIOUS DIALECTS AND VERNACULARS 05:49 IN THE VARIOUS REGIONS. 05:50 AND SO HE FIRST TRANSLATED INTO AMHARIC AND HE SAID 05:54 YOU KNOW I WAS BLESSED BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THE 05:55 OTHER LANGUAGE TOO. 05:56 AND THEN HE WOULD TRANSLATE INTO THE SECOND 05:57 LANGUAGE. 05:58 AND SO IT MADE IT A REAL CHALLENGE. 05:59 BUT YOU KNOW WE HAD A REAL GOOD TIME AS WE INTERACTED 06:00 WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS. 06:01 YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE. 06:03 BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT THERE IN THOSE VILLAGES WORKING. 06:04 AND IT'S NOT EASY YOU KNOW WITH THE VARIOUS 06:05 DENOMINATIONS OR RELIGION THAT ARE IN THERE OF 06:07 MEETING WITH THEM AND MEETING THEIR CHALLENGES. 06:08 AND SO FROM THERE WE NOT ONLY WERE ABLE TO SHARE 06:24 WITH THEM WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM TO 06:37 GET THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY NEED. 06:40 AND SO HERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ONE OF 06:44 THE OTHER FIELDS. 06:45 WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT THEM YOU KNOW WITH A 06:48 PRINTER SO THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY WORK. 06:51 WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED IN OUR OFFICES. 06:53 ALMOST, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE TROUBLE AT MY OFFICE 06:56 RECENTLY. 06:57 YOU KNOW ALL THE LAP TOPS, THE PCS, THE PRINTERS AND 07:00 WHAT NOT. 07:01 AND THESE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE SOME OF THESE THINGS. 07:04 AND THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE RESOURCES AND AGAIN YOU 07:07 KNOW OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS TO PROVIDE 07:09 THOSE TYPE OF RESOURCES SO THEY TOO CAN HAVE, AND 07:13 THIS ENABLES US TO COMMUNICATE. 07:15 YES, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 07:17 RIGHT. 07:18 SO AFTER THE NEXT DAY, WHICH WAS A FRIDAY, WE 07:22 STARTED GOING TO THE SOUTH PART OF ETHIOPIA. 07:27 AND WE WENT TO A PLACE WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY 07:28 INTERESTING. 07:29 THE NAME WAS HOSANNA. 07:31 OH THAT'S A GOOD NAME. 07:32 THAT'S A VERY GOOD NAME. 07:34 AND HERE WE HAVE THREE GOSPEL OUTREACH 07:36 EVANGELISTS AND HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH 07:39 ONE AND THE LOCAL COORDINATOR. 07:42 AND THIS PARTICULAR EVANGELIST WAS WORKING 07:47 WITH TWO GROUPS. 07:48 AND SO HE WAS GOING TO SHARE WITH US YOU KNOW 07:50 THESE GROUPS. 07:51 AND IT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THESE TWO GROUPS. 07:54 ONE WAS ABOUT 30 KILOMETERS OR 20 MILES 07:57 NORTH OF WHERE HE LIVES, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS 08:01 ABOUT 30 KILOMETERS OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF WHERE HE 08:03 LIVES. 08:04 AND WHAT WE JUST SHOWED YOU IS HIS HOUSE. 08:07 AND THESE CHILDREN WERE SO INTERESTED IN SEEING A 08:10 WHITE MAN (LAUGHTER) BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE 08:13 THAT VERY OFTEN. 08:14 WHEN I WAS IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS IN NORTHERN UGANDA 08:18 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES YOU 08:20 KNOW AND SO THEY TEND TO SEE MORE YOU KNOW OF THE 08:23 EUROPEAN AND AMERICANS AND SO ON. 08:25 YOU WEREN'T SO SPECIAL THERE. 08:26 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:27 BUT HERE THEY ARE AND THOSE CHILDREN WERE YOU 08:30 KNOW EXCITED TO SEE THEM. 08:31 AND IT GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EVANGELIST TO 08:33 GATHER THESE CHILDREN TOGETHER AND TEACH THEM 08:35 ABOUT JESUS. 08:35 YES. 08:36 BUT WE WENT ON. 08:37 NOW ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE OVER THERE 08:40 IS THE ROAD CONDITIONS. 08:43 AND AS WE WERE DRIVING OUT THE COORDINATOR FROM THE 08:47 UNION OFFICE WAS SAYING WE SHOULD BE IN THE DRY 08:50 SEASON AND WE'RE GETTING RAINS. 08:54 AND SO THE DRIVER THAT WAS WITH US WAS RATHER 08:56 CONCERNED BECAUSE IT STARTED TO RAIN AND THE 08:58 ROADS WERE MUDDY. 08:59 AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER ON 09:00 EXACTLY HOW THAT IS. 09:03 BUT WE WENT OUT ANYWAY AND HERE WE MET WITH A GROUP 09:07 AT ____. 09:08 AND THIS LITTLE GROUP OF FIVE MEMBERS THAT HE HAS 09:11 RAISED UP BUILT THEIR OWN CHURCH. 09:16 NOW WHEN WE WERE THERE IT WAS ALREADY DARK, AND WE 09:21 HAD TO WALK ALONG THE PATHWAY. 09:23 SOMEBODY DID HAVE A FLASHLIGHT SO WE COULD 09:25 AVOID THE PUDDLES BECAUSE IT HAD RAINED. 09:26 AS I SAID THE DRIVER WAS CONCERNED. 09:29 BUT HERE THESE PEOPLE ARE SO FAITHFUL YOU KNOW IN 09:32 THIS VILLAGE THAT THEY BUILT THEIR OWN CHURCH. 09:36 AND YOU KNOW WHAT PRECIOUS PEOPLE AS THEY WORKED FOR 09:39 HIM. 09:40 AND SO THAT FRIDAY EVENING WE WENT BACK TO HOSANNA 09:43 AND STAYED THERE. 09:44 AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WANTED TO GO NORTH AND IT 09:50 HAD RAINED. 09:53 AND SO YOU CAN SEE. 09:54 LOOK AT THE ROADS. 09:55 I'M SURE THAT OVER HERE IN SOME PLACES WE HAVE MUDDY 09:59 ROADS TOO BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK IN THE CENTER JUST 10:02 OFF OF THE RIGHT YOU SEE WHAT THEY CALL OVER THERE 10:05 A LORRY, OR IN OUR TERMS YOU KNOW, A TRUCK. 10:09 HE HAD SLID OFF THE ROAD. 10:11 SO WE STOPPED AND WE LOOKED. 10:12 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? 10:14 BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE WERE SO ANXIOUSLY WAITING. 10:18 THEY HAD BEEN TOLD THAT WE WERE COMING. 10:20 AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? 10:21 ARE WE GOING TO DISAPPOINT THEM? 10:23 AND WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE LOOKED AT THE WEATHER 10:25 CONDITIONS AND SAID WE CAN PROBABLY GET DOWN THAT 10:29 ROAD SAFELY. 10:31 BUT COMING BACK AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON 10:33 OR FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON IF IT RAINS ARE 10:36 WE GOING TO GET STUCK. 10:37 AND SO WE HAD TO DISAPPOINT THEM AND WE 10:40 WENT BACK TO HOSANNA AND JOINED THE GROUP THERE IN 10:43 WORSHIP. 10:44 BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE CONTRASTS BECAUSE GOING 10:48 BACK, WELL AND COMING, WE WERE ON THIS ROAD. 10:52 YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WE COMPLAIN ABOUT GRAVEL 10:54 ROADS YOU KNOW. 10:55 (LAUGHTER) THERE ARE SOME BIG CHUNKS OF GRAVEL 10:58 THERE. 10:59 THAT'S RIGHT, BIG ROCKS. 11:00 BUT THE ADVANTAGES OF THAT IT KEEPS THE ROAD SOLID. 11:05 YES. 11:06 AND WHETHER YOU HAVE RAIN OR NOT YOU KNOW AT LEAST 11:09 YOU CAN DRIVE ON IT. 11:10 AND UNFORTUNATELY THE LAST PICTURE THAT WE LOOKED AT 11:13 THE ROADS WERE SO MUDDY THERE WERE NO ROCKS IN IT 11:17 AND IT JUST MADE IT IMPASSABLE. 11:19 THE OTHER THINK WHICH I LIKE YOU TO NOTICE THERE 11:21 ARE, AND THIS IS AGAIN THE CONTRAST THAT YOU SEE IN 11:23 ETHIOPIA, THIS IS HOW THE FARMERS TAKE THEIR HAY AND 11:28 STRAW TO MARKET. 11:30 ON THEIR BACK? 11:31 ON THE BACKS OF DONKEYS. 11:32 OH YES. 11:33 IN FACT WHEN WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAYS WE 11:34 WOULD SEE ALL THESE DONKEYS LOADED DOWN YOU 11:36 KNOW WITH THE STRAW THEY WERE TAKING TO THE MARKET 11:37 OR TO THE MILLS BECAUSE THEY WERE HARVESTING THEIR 11:38 WHEAT, AND THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT. 11:43 AND YET ON THE OTHER HAND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE 11:49 PICTURES A LITTLE LATER ON, OF HOW THEY HAVE THE 11:57 MODERNIZATION. 12:00 AND BY THE WAY, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SIDE ROADS. 12:03 AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE GOOD ROADS 12:05 THAT THEY HAVE THERE. 12:06 SO THERE ARE SOME GOOD ROADS? 12:07 OH THERE ARE GOOD ROADS YES. 12:09 WHY DON'T WE TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME 12:12 BACK AND CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THE WORK IN 12:15 ETHIOPIA. 12:15 SURE, RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 12:17 AND BE SURE TO STAY TUNED BECAUSE RIGHT AFTER THIS 12:19 SHORT BREAK WE WILL BE BACK TO HEAR MORE FROM 12:21 HARALD ZINNER ABOUT THIS EXCITING PART OF THE WORLD 12:23 SO WE'LL SEE YOU IN JUST A BIT. 12:25 (MUSIC) GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SHARING JESUS WITH 12:31 THOUSANDS OF UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 12:34 WINDOW. 12:35 MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO FRANK STANYER AND EGAR 12:39 PANGILINAN SAW THE HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE 12:42 PHILIPPINES WHO STILL NEEDED TO HEAR ABOUT 12:45 JESUS. 12:46 THESE TWO LAYMEN FELT THE LORD CALLING THEM TO SHARE 12:49 THE GOSPEL IN THE PHILIPPINES. 12:51 TO GENERATE AND RAISE FUNDS THE TWO MEN STARTED 12:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL BIBLE 12:57 WORKERS THROUGH A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 13:00 SO FRANK AND EGAR REALIZED THAT BILLIONS OF PEOPLE 13:04 OUTSIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES ALSO NEEDED TO HEAR THE 13:06 NAME OF JESUS AND LEARN ABOUT HIS PLAN OF 13:09 SALVATION. 13:10 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE IN 13:14 THE WORLD LIVE IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES 13:17 NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 13:19 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA 13:24 TO JAPAN WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 13:28 FRANK AND EGAR EXPANDED THEIR SCOPE TO ALSO 13:31 SUPPORT BIBLE WORKERS IN THESE COUNTRIES BY WORKING 13:34 THROUGH THE CHURCH AND PARTNERING WITH MISSION 13:36 ORGANIZATIONS. 13:38 CURRENTLY GOSPEL SUPPORTERS FUND MORE THAN 13:41 2000 BIBLE WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 13:45 GOD IS DOING MIRACLES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 13:48 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 13:51 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'VE STAYED TUNED BECAUSE I'M 13:53 HERE WITH HARALD ZINNER AND WE ARE TO CONTINUE 13:55 TALKING ABOUT THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN 13:57 ETHIOPIA. 14:00 I HAD SHOWN YOU SOME OF THE BACK ROADS, IF YOU 14:03 WANT TO CALL IT THAT, AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. 14:06 AND THE GOSPEL EVANGELISTS HAVE THOSE SAME CHALLENGES 14:10 EVERY DAY. 14:12 HOW TO GET THROUGH MUDDY ROADS AND SO ON. 14:16 BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BETTER ROADS. 14:21 THERE ARE GOOD ROADS. 14:23 THAT IS BETTER. 14:24 BUT AGAIN NOTICE THE CONTRAST. 14:27 HERE'S A PICKUP TRUCK ONE SIDE AND A DONKEY PULLING 14:30 A CART ON THE OTHER SIDE. 14:31 YES. 14:32 YOU KNOW THERE'S THE MOTORCYCLE VERSUS THE CAR 14:35 VERSUS WALKING. 14:36 AND SO YOU SEE THAT CONTRAST ALL THE TIME. 14:42 AND IT'S JUST AMAZING OF WHAT YOU SEE. 14:45 BUT OUR BIBLE WORKERS ARE WORKING HARD YOU KNOW. 14:48 AND SO THE NEXT PLACE THAT WE STOPPED WAS ACTUALLY IN 14:50 A TOURIST TOWN CALLED ORISSA. 14:51 IF YOU LANDED THERE IN FACT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN 14:52 AIRPORT, AS A TOURIST IT'S JUST LIKE IN NORTH 14:53 AMERICA. 14:54 GOOD HIGHWAYS, THEY HAVE TOURS ON THE LAKE AND SO 14:55 ON AND SO FORTH. 14:56 BUT AGAIN THE ONE REASON WE STOPPED AT THE FIELD 15:05 OFFICE BECAUSE WE WENT THERE TO TAKE AND PRESENT 15:18 ANOTHER PRINTER FOR THEM. 15:24 AND IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW GRATEFUL THEY ARE SO THAT 15:28 THEY CAN WORK AND SHARE WITH PEOPLE SALVATION. 15:32 FROM THERE WE WENT ON TO THE SOUTHEAST FIELD, 15:37 ETHIOPIA. 15:39 NOW THE VERY FIRST PICTURE I SHOWED WAS THE OFFICE OF 15:43 THE CENTRAL ETHIOPIAN FIELD, THE CHURCH. 15:47 AND HERE, LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION YOU KNOW. 15:49 IN FACT YOU KNOW I HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE 15:54 SCAFFOLDING. 15:55 I WOULD SUSPECT THAT OVER HERE WE WOULD KIND OF 15:57 WONDER HOW SAFE IS THAT. 16:00 BUT HERE THEY ARE BUILDING A REPRESENTATIVE NOT ONLY 16:03 FIELD OFFICE BUT ALSO A CHURCH FOR WORSHIP. 16:07 AND SO OUR PEOPLE OVER THERE ARE WORKING HARD AND 16:10 THEY'RE STRUGGLING. 16:12 WE MET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THESE 16:17 GENTLEMEN CAME SOME FROM 50 TO 100 KILOMETERS. 16:21 IN OTHER WORDS 30 TO 60 MILES AWAY SO WE COULD 16:25 MEET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. 16:27 AND I IMAGINE THAT GETTING THERE GIVEN WHAT YOU'VE 16:30 ALREADY DESCRIBED TO US, IS VERY CHALLENGING. 16:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:33 AND YOU KNOW THEY MAKE THE EFFORT. 16:36 BUT SOME OF THE STORIES THAT THEY WERE SHARING 16:38 WITH US YOU KNOW, HOW THEY MET UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. 16:42 AT OUR RECENT CAMP MEETING YOU KNOW WE HAD DEREK 16:45 MORRIS WITH US FROM THE HOPE CHANNEL. 16:49 AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE COME TO KNOW ABOUT 16:53 JESUS THROUGH THE RADIO BROADCAST. 16:55 AND THEN OUR GOSPEL EVANGELISTS ARE ABLE TO 16:57 MEET WITH THEM AND FOLLOW UP. 17:00 AND SO THEY'RE MEETING WITH THEM. 17:03 THEY'RE MEETING WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE THERE. 17:05 AND WE NOT ONLY HAVE THE ORTHODOX, NOT ONLY THE 17:07 MUSLIMS, WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL 17:11 RELIGIONS. 17:12 AND SO THEY ARE WORKING WITH THEM FAITHFULLY YOU 17:13 KNOW DAY BY DAY. 17:14 AND THE LORD IS BLESSING THEM YOU KNOW THEY ARE 17:15 HAVING BAPTISMS. 17:17 AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS ARE PRETTY HOT AND SO THEY 17:18 WORK THERE AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION 17:19 THAT THEY HAVE. 17:19 REALLY GOOD NEWS. 17:20 THAT'S RIGHT. 17:21 AND SO EACH ONE HAS THEIR OWN STORY. 17:22 THEY ALSO HAVE YOU KNOW THEIR REQUESTS. 17:23 ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO DO IN 17:25 ETHIOPIA BECAUSE A MESSAGE CAME THROUGH, WE NEED 17:26 MATERIALS. 17:27 WE LIKE TO HAVE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY BOOKS. 17:28 AND SO WE TRY AND MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM. 17:29 AND AGAIN PEOPLE ARE BEING VERY GENEROUS IN PROVIDING 17:31 YOU KNOW FUNDS WHEN WE GO OVER THERE. 17:32 IN FACT IN PLANNING FOR THE TRIP FOR THIS COMING 17:34 DECEMBER I MENTIONED TO THE COORDINATOR OVER 17:35 THERE, TELL ME HOW MANY BOOKS WE NEED SO WE CAN 17:36 TAKE THEM WITH US AND PURCHASE THEM. 17:38 AND THEY ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR THE MATERIALS 18:12 THAT THEY GET. 18:13 AND IT'S IN THEIR LANGUAGE. 18:15 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 18:16 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 18:18 THERE'S NO POINT TAKING ENGLISH BOOKS BECAUSE VERY 18:20 FEW OF THEM SPEAK ENGLISH. 18:22 AND SO BY GIVING THEM IN THEIR LANGUAGE THEY ARE 18:24 ABLE TO UTILIZE IT AND IN THEIR OWN SPIRITUAL LIVES 18:28 AS THEY GO FORWARD. 18:29 YES. 18:31 WELL TO FINISH OFF OUR LITTLE TRIP, WE'RE GOING 18:33 BACK TO ADDIS ABABA. 18:35 THIS IS JUST GOING THROUGH THE RIFT VALLEY, THE GREAT 18:38 RIFT VALLEY WHICH PEOPLE MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT 18:41 COMING ALL THE WAY FROM ISRAEL DOWN THROUGH 18:43 ETHIOPIA INTO KENYA AND SO ON. 18:46 YES. 18:47 YOU JUST NOTICE THE VEGETATION. 18:48 AND WHAT'S INTERESTING YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE 18:53 THIS, BUT IN THIS AREA THEY HAVE WIND POWERED 18:57 GENERATORS. 18:58 JUST LIKE YOU HAVE HERE IN WALLA WALLA. 18:59 WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM NOW. 19:01 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:02 AND THERE THEY ARE WAY OFF IN THE DISTANCE YOU KNOW. 19:04 AND SO YOU HAVE THE CONTRAST WITH THE, I DON'T 19:10 WANT TO SAY TRADITIONAL YOU KNOW, BUT THE FORMER 19:12 WAY OF LIFE TRYING TO MODERNIZE YOU KNOW AND 19:15 UTILIZE YOU KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE 19:17 HERE. 19:18 YOU'RE SEEING QUITE A CONTRAST THEN IN ETHIOPIA 19:21 BETWEEN THE CITIES AND THE TOURIST DESTINATIONS. 19:24 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:24 AND WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE LIVE. 19:26 THAT'S RIGHT, WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE LIVE. 19:27 AND WHERE THESE PEOPLE WORK. 19:29 BUT IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO GO AND SEE 19:34 THESE THINGS SO WE CAN SHARE AND THAT THEY CAN 19:36 SHARE WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. 19:38 JUST TO SHOW YOU A REAL CONTRAST, IN DRIVING BACK 19:41 TO ADDIS ABABA HERE IS THE EXPRESS WAY BETWEEN ADDIS 19:45 ABABA AND DJIBOUTI. 19:47 AND IF YOU LOOK VERY CLOSELY, LIKE CALIFORNIA, 19:50 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:51 IF YOU LOOK VERY CLOSELY THE OUTSIDE LANE THE SPEED 19:54 LIMIT IS 80, IT'S ALL METRIC OVER THERE SO YOU 19:56 KNOW ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND THAT'S FOR 19:57 TRUCKS. 19:58 THE MIDDLE LANE IS 100, YOU KNOW 60 MILES AN HOUR 19:59 AND THEN THE INSIDE LANE THAT'S A PASSING LANE AND 20:01 THERE YOU CAN GO 120 KILOMETER OR 80 MILES AN 20:02 HOUR. 20:03 AND SO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE MODERN. 20:04 AND WHEN YOU THINK OF SOME OF THE OTHER ROADS THAT WE 20:05 WENT ON ALL IN THE SAME COUNTRY. 20:07 AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE YOU KNOW THAT OUR GOSPEL 20:08 OUTREACH EVANGELISTS FACE DAY BY DAY. 20:09 YOU KNOW THE MODERN VERSUS THE TRADITIONAL YOU KNOW 20:11 THE OLD STYLES. 20:12 AND THAT'S A REAL CHALLENGE YOU KNOW. 20:29 AND HOW CAN YOU GET THE GOSPEL OUT. 20:32 BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO GO OUT AND WILLING TO SHARE 20:35 THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION. 20:36 THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY DEDICATED. 20:38 THEY ARE VERY DEDICATED AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE 20:42 THE SUPPORT THAT WE CAN HAVE THESE PEOPLE OUT 20:45 THERE WORKING. 20:47 ONE OF THE FIELDS I WANT TO VISIT IS NORTHERN 20:49 ETHIOPIA WHERE YOU HAVE LOTS OF ERITREAN REFUGEES. 20:54 AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW THE WORK GOES 20:59 AMONG REFUGEES BECAUSE IF THEY EVER GO BACK TO THEIR 21:02 COUNTRY IT ENABLES THEM TO SHARE AND SO IT'S NOT JUST 21:08 HAVING A GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST WORKING THERE 21:10 OR A PASTOR WORKING THERE BUT BY SHARING THE GOOD 21:14 NEWS OF SALVATION WITH THEM THE HOPE WHICH WE 21:17 HAVE THEY CAN THEN TAKE IT BACK TO THEIR OWN 21:20 COUNTRYMEN. 21:21 YES. 21:21 AND THE GOSPEL WILL GO FORWARD. 21:23 IT'S THE RIPPLE EFFECT. 21:24 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:25 IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A RIPPLE IT COULD BE A WAVE 21:27 A TIDAL WAVE EFFECT YOU KNOW. 21:29 IN SOUTH SUDAN THE SAME TYPE OF THING. 21:32 THE REFUGEES ARE HOPING TO GO BACK HOME. 21:35 AND AS THEY GO BACK HOME WHEN YOU THINK OF A 21:37 MILLION PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW AND WE HAVE YOU KNOW 21:41 30-40 THOUSAND NOW BAPTIZED SEVENTH-DAY 21:44 ADVENTISTS GOING BACK SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF 21:46 SALVATION AMONG THEIR COUNTRYMEN. 21:48 WHAT AN IMPACT THAT IS. 21:50 YES, HUGE. 21:50 YOU KNOW THAT'S 30-2-CAN DO . 21:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:53 AND SO IT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING THAT WAY THAT 21:57 THEY CAN GO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY TO THEIR PEOPLE. 22:02 SOME OF THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELISTS IN 22:04 ETHIOPIA THEY'RE MEETING WITH OTHER PASTORS AND 22:09 SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION. 22:11 AND THEY'RE MEETING YOU KNOW WITH OTHER PEOPLE 22:13 GROUPS AND ARE ABLE TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF 22:17 SALVATION. 22:18 AND SO THE WORK IT JUST KEEPS ON GOING. 22:21 IT DOES. 22:22 IF YOU COULD SUM UP FOR US WHAT THE GREATEST NEEDS 22:26 ARE IN REGION 7 WHERE YOU'RE WORKING, WHAT WOULD 22:28 YOU SHARE? 22:31 WHAT COULD WE DO? 22:32 WHAT CAN YOU DO? 22:36 WELL IN SOUTH SUDAN LIKE IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS WE 22:42 NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH INEXPENSIVE 22:45 TECHNOLOGY TOOLS. 22:48 AND SO FOR EXAMPLE IN SOUTH SUDAN WHERE THERE'S 22:52 NO ELECTRICITY WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH SOLAR 22:54 POWERED PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS. 22:58 FORTUNATELY IN UGANDA A LOT OF THEM HAVE CELL 23:00 PHONES BUT IN ETHIOPIA THIS IS A REAL CHALLENGE 23:03 SO THAT THEY CAN COMMUNICATE. 23:07 THEY NEED THE MATERIALS. 23:08 THEY NEED HEALTH MATERIALS SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE THE 23:11 HEALTH MESSAGE YOU KNOW WITH THE PEOPLE OF HOW TO 23:14 LIVE HEALTHFULLY IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. 23:17 AND HAVE THE BIBLE LESSONS. 23:23 BUT IT HAS TO BE IN THEIR LANGUAGE IT CAN'T BE IN 23:26 ENGLISH. 23:27 AND DO WE HAVE SUFFICIENT PEOPLE FOR DOING THOSE 23:29 TRANSLATIONS? 23:31 SOME. 23:32 YOU KNOW WITH THE VARIOUS DIALECTS AND VERNACULARS 23:35 IN ETHIOPIA IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE YOU KNOW SO THEY 23:38 HAVE IT IN SOME OF THE MAIN ONES. 23:41 BUT WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT. 23:42 YOU KNOW WHEN I CHECKED THERE OF THEIR BOOKS THEY 23:45 HAVE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX BOOKS THAT ARE AVAILABLE 23:51 WHEREAS WE HAVE 40-50-60. 23:52 AND SO YOU KNOW THE MORE WE CAN TRANSLATE YOU KNOW 23:57 THE MORE THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM. 23:59 AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES. 24:03 THEN THERE'S A FIELD IN WESTERN UGANDA THAT 24:05 DOESN'T HAVE ANY GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST. 24:07 NONE. 24:08 NONE WHATSOEVER. 24:09 AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE GO INTO THAT AREA. 24:13 AND WE HAVE REFUGEES FROM SOUTH SUDAN IN THERE BUT 24:18 FOR THE BULK OF THE PEOPLE WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY. 24:21 SO WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE TAKE UP THAT CHALLENGE AND 24:23 GIVE YOU A CALL, WRITE IN, GOSPEL OUTREACH CONTACTS 24:27 THROUGH THE WEBSITE. 24:28 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:29 I'M ONLY THE SPONSOR. 24:30 WESTERN UGANDA RIGHT? 24:32 WESTERN ETHIOPIA. 24:32 WESTERN ETHIOPIA. 24:33 WESTERN ETHIOPIA. 24:35 YES. 24:35 THEY NEED A PERSON. 24:36 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:37 AND WHEN I'M OVER THERE I WANT TO TALK TO THEM HOW 24:38 CAN WE FACILITATE THIS SO THEY CAN GET GOSPEL 24:42 WORKERS IN THERE TOO. 24:44 AND I NOW OTHER FIELDS HAVE BEEN ASKING CAN WE 24:45 HAVE MORE. 24:47 AND SO THERE'S THE NEED YOU KNOW OF GETTING 24:50 WORKERS OUT INTO THE FIELD IN THESE UNENTERED AREAS. 24:54 CERTAINLY THEY ARE UNENTERED. 24:55 FOR THOSE WHO ARE REALLY FAMILIAR WITH GOSPEL 24:56 OUTREACH OR WHO ALREADY SUPPORT THE MINISTRY YOU 24:59 ALREADY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE NEXT 25:01 QUESTION I'M GOING TO ASK HARALD, BUT HOW DOES THIS 25:04 PROCESS WORK WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 25:06 YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:08 THEY'RE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE YES? 25:10 THEY'RE INDIGENOUS RIGHT. 25:11 THEY'RE LOCAL PEOPLE. 25:11 THEY SPEAK THE LOCAL LANGUAGE. 25:14 I MEAN IN ETHIOPIA I ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A 25:16 TRANSLATOR. 25:18 THEY DON'T NEED ONE. 25:19 THEY DON'T NEED ONE. 25:19 THEY JUST GO OUT AND THEY CAN MEET WITH THEIR 25:21 PEOPLE. 25:22 AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY BLESSED THAT WE CAN GET A 25:24 LOT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO HELP. 25:26 THEY ALREADY UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE. 25:27 THEY UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE, THEY SPEAK THE 25:29 LANGUAGE AND SO THEY ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE MUCH 25:32 BETTER. 25:34 SURE THEY'RE ATTRACTED YOU KNOW BY A FOREIGNER BUT 25:38 THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS IT GOES. 25:39 IT COULD BE AN INITIAL WAY TO GET SOME ATTENTION. 25:42 YES. 25:43 BUT IT IS REALLY A HUGE STRENGTH OF GOSPEL 25:46 OUTREACH AS A MINISTRY THAT WE ARE USING FUNDS 25:50 GATHERED FROM AROUND THE WORLD AS YOU MENTIONED. 25:52 EUROPE, CANADA, NORTH AMERICA AND OTHER PLACES, 25:55 RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER TO HIRE 25:59 INDIGENOUS WORKERS IN PLACES ALL OVER THE WORLD. 26:02 RIGHT. 26:03 AND IT'S THE LOCAL FIELDS THAT DO THE HIRING. 26:04 YES. 26:05 WE JUST PROVIDE THE FUNDS SO THEY CAN THEN PROVIDE 26:07 THE STIPENDS FOR THEM. 26:08 THAT WAY THE PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL FIELD KNOW WHO WOULD 26:12 BE A GOOD CHOICE. 26:13 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:14 AND THEN AS A REPRESENTATIVE YOU GO TO 26:17 THOSE REGIONS AND WE HAVE DIRECTORS LIKE YOU THAT 26:22 HAVE VARIOUS REGIONS AND YOU GO AND SEE HOW THE 26:24 WORK IS GOING. 26:25 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:26 AND GET THESE WONDERFUL REPORTS. 26:28 AND ENCOURAGE THEM BECAUSE THEY NEED ENCOURAGEMENT 26:32 TOO. 26:32 JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. 26:33 BECAUSE QUITE OFTEN THEY ARE OUT THERE BY 26:35 THEMSELVES AND WHEN WE COME TOGETHER THAT SYNERGY 26:37 IS THERE. 26:38 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 26:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:39 I'VE SEEN THAT SO MANY TIMES. 26:40 I GUESS THAT'S WHY WE WERE TOLD TO GATHER TOGETHER 26:45 WHEN WE'RE WORSHIPPING GOD AND STRENGTHEN EACH OTHER 26:48 AND ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER. 26:50 WELL HARALD I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 26:51 GIVING US THIS GOOD REPORT ABOUT REGION 7 AND 26:54 ESPECIALLY ABOUT ETHIOPIA TODAY. 26:57 AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR 27:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:02 YOU CAN BE A PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS 27:04 AREA IN THE WORLD. 27:05 IT'S REALLY EXCITING AND IT'S EASY TO DO. 27:08 CONTACT US AT OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG OR YOU CAN 27:13 CERTAINLY WRITE AS WELL. 27:14 THERE WILL BE SOME INFORMATION AS THIS 27:16 PROGRAM CLOSES ABOUT HOW YOU CAN CONTACT US. 27:18 AND YOU ALSO MIGHT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE 27:20 SUBSCRIBING TO THE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 27:22 NEWSLETTER. 27:23 A REALLY GREAT WAY TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH WHAT'S GOING 27:26 ON AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:29 SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TUNING IN FOR "ADVENTURES 27:58 IN MISSIONS" AND GOD BLESS. |
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