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00:33 I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
00:36 FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:38 IT'S ALWAYS A JOY TO SHARE THESE STORIES, TO COLLECT 00:41 THEM, TO HEAR THEM MYSELF. 00:43 SO HERE YOU ARE READY FOR A STORY FROM WEST AFRICA. 00:48 AND I HAVE GUESTS WITH ME TODAY JOHN AND RUBY 00:51 STAFFORD. 00:53 AND I HAVE TO ADMIT THESE ARE OLD FRIENDS OF MINE. 00:56 I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 00:57 IT'S SPECIAL. 00:59 OUR MEMORIES GO BACK A WAYS DON'T THEY. 01:02 YES, YOU EVEN KNEW FRENCH TOGETHER RIGHT? 01:04 AH YES WE DID. 01:05 YOU WENT TO COLLONGES. 01:07 WE DID GO TO SCHOOL IN FRANCE. 01:09 YOU AND I CAN TALK FRENCH. 01:10 BUT WE DON'T DO IT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA RIGHT? 01:12 NO. 01:13 (LAUGHTER). 01:14 BUT MAYBE YOU SHOULD TAKE A TRIP OVER THERE TO A 01:16 FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRY. 01:17 MAYBE SO. 01:18 THAT WOULD BE FUN. 01:20 JOHN HAS PROPOSED THAT I MIGHT BE HIS PSYCHIC 01:23 SOMETIME. 01:24 I MIGHT TAKE THAT UP. 01:25 BUT WHERE DID YOU GO THIS PARTICULAR TRIP? 01:28 WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 01:30 WELL THIS TIME WE WENT FROM TOGO TO BENIN WHICH 01:34 IS JUST A LITTLE HOP ACROSS THE BORDER. 01:37 SO THOSE TWO COUNTRIES ARE SIDE BY SIDE? 01:39 YES. 01:40 TOGO IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF BENIN AND THEN WE HAVE 01:49 BURKINA FASO NIGER AND ON THE EAST SIDE WE HAVE 01:55 NIGERIA. 01:56 THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT SURROUND BENIN. 01:58 AND OF COURSE THE SOUTHERN END OF BENIN IS THE OCEAN, 02:04 THE ATLANTIC. 02:04 THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 02:05 AND SO THEY HAVE PORTS THERE WHERE THEY EXPORT 02:10 COTTON AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 02:16 AND THESE COUNTRIES HAVE A FRENCH INFLUENCE BECAUSE 02:21 OF COLONIAL TIMES IN THE PAST IS THAT RIGHT? 02:24 YES. 02:25 THEY ARE FORMER FRENCH COLONIES BUT THEY ARE 02:29 STILL PART OF FRANCE. 02:30 FRANCE STILL HAS A LARGE INFLUENCE ON THESE 02:33 COUNTRIES. 02:34 THEY HAVE KEPT THEIR TIES KIND OF LIKE THE 02:35 COMMONWEALTH WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM. 02:38 YES, WITHIN THE UK. 02:39 YES. 02:40 WELL TELL US ABOUT BENIN. 02:41 WHAT IS GOD DOING THERE? 02:43 WELL WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWENTY GOSPEL OUTREACH 02:48 WORKERS THERE ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ONLY 13 PASTORS. 02:51 AS WE HAVE SEEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES OFTEN THE 02:54 PASTORS HAVE MULTIPLE TASKS. 02:57 I MEAN THE MISSION PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT 03:00 THE SECRETARY, THEY ALL HAVE CHURCHES. 03:03 AND SO THEY ARE KEPT VERY BUSY. 03:07 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THE MAIN 03:09 INFLUENCE FOR CHURCH GROWTH IN BENIN. 03:12 OKAY. 03:13 IT'S VERY VERY IMPORTANT. 03:15 WE HAVE ACTUALLY EIGHT THOUSAND MEMBERS. 03:19 JUST THIS LAST YEAR, WELL YES LAST YEAR IN MARCH 03:25 THEY ACTUALLY BECAME A FEDERATION WHAT IS CALLED 03:29 IN FRENCH. 03:30 WE WOULD CALL IT A CONFERENCE IN ENGLISH. 03:33 AND FINANCIALLY THAT MEANS THAT THEY ARE MORE ON 03:36 THEIR OWN. 03:37 THEY ACTUALLY FIND OUT THAT WHEN THEY GET ON 03:40 THEIR OWN SOMETIMES IT'S MORE DIFFICULT THAN WHEN 03:43 THEY ARE A MISSION BECAUSE AS A MISSION THEY GET MORE 03:45 FUNDS FROM OUTSIDE. 03:46 AND SO THEY HAVE TO DEPEND MORE UPON THEIR OWN 03:49 PEOPLE. 03:50 THEIR OWN RESOURCES. 03:52 YES. 03:53 AND SO THEY HAVE HAD THEIR CHALLENGES. 03:55 BUT ANYWAY OUR WORK IS GOING FORWARD THERE. 04:02 ON THE MAP IT SHOWED IT'S A LONG COUNTRY. 04:05 HAVE WE SEEN THAT MAP YET? 04:07 YES WE SAW IT. 04:08 AND SO TO GO NORTH WOULD BE LIKE A TEN HOUR TRIP BY 04:12 BUS. 04:12 OKAY. 04:13 AND SO WE ACTUALLY WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS YOU KNOW WE 04:17 HAVE HAD AN EMPHASIS ON TAKING THE GOSPEL TO LARGE 04:21 CITIES AS THERE ARE MANY CITIES THAT DON'T KNOW 04:23 ABOUT JESUS ANY MORE. 04:25 AND SO WE'RE FINDING OUT ----------WHICH IS PART OF 04:28 BENIN, THE CAPITAL. 04:29 I DON'T KNOW IS IT THE CAPITAL? 04:32 NO IT'S NOT THE CAPITAL. 04:34 PORTO-NOVO IS THE CAPITAL. 04:35 BUT IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES. 04:37 IT HAS ALMOST TWO MILLION PEOPLE AND SO A LOT OF OUR 04:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE STATIONED THERE. 04:45 SO ARE THEY DOING WORK IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT OR 04:49 IN THE RURAL OR BOTH? 04:49 WELL IT'S BOTH. 04:50 MOST OF THE POPULATION IS ALL AROUND THE CITIES. 04:57 THAT'S THE WAY IT IS IN MOST COUNTRIES. 04:58 MOST OF THE POPULATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE TROPICS 05:01 WHERE LIVING IS MORE DIFFICULT UP THERE IN THE 05:04 JUNGLES AND IN THE BUSH COUNTRY. 05:06 THE PEOPLE GO UP AND THEY GET EDUCATED AND THEY COME 05:10 TO THE CITY. 05:11 THAT'S WHERE THE WORK IS AND FOR JOBS. 05:13 THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK IS AND THAT'S 05:15 WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE ECONOMY IS. 05:17 I'VE HEARD THAT THAT'S TRUE ALL OVER THE WORLD. 05:19 YES. 05:20 THE CITIES ARE BECOMING THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE 05:21 LIVE. 05:22 THAT'S RIGHT. 05:23 YES. 05:24 WELL THERE WHERE YOU ARE IN BENIN, WHAT KIND OF 05:28 NEEDS ARE THEY NEEDING? 05:30 WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING 05:33 THEIR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK? 05:34 WELL THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO REACH PEOPLE 05:37 WHO DO NOT KNOW JESUS. 05:40 AND THEY'RE TAKING THE GOSPEL TO VILLAGES THAT 05:42 ARE DARK. 05:44 THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE BUSH COUNTRY 05:45 THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JESUS. 05:49 ALL THEY KNOW ABOUT IS VOODOO. 05:52 AND THEY ARE ANIMISTS. 05:53 THAT MEANS THEY WORSHIP ANIMALS. 05:55 THEY WORSHIP THE TREES, THE RAIN, THE SUN. 05:58 THEY WORSHIP THINGS THAT ARE ALIVE AND THINGS THAT 06:00 WE WOULD CALL DEAD LIKE MINERALS SOMETIMES OR 06:01 ROCKS RIGHT? 06:02 AND SO WE TEACH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO TEACH 06:03 PEOPLE INSTEAD OF WORSHIPING THE CREATURES 06:04 TO WORSHIP THE CREATOR. 06:05 THE ONE WHO MADE THESE THINGS. 06:06 AND SO THEY TAKE BIBLE STORIES OUT TO THEM. 06:09 AND WE TEACH THEM HOW TO TEACH THEIR PEOPLE TO TAKE 06:11 CARE OF THEIR BODIES. 06:12 EXAMPLE, WE HAVE GIVEN THEM THE EIGHT LAWS OF 06:15 HEALTH. 06:16 YES. 06:17 NEWSTART. 06:18 YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF NEWSTART. 06:19 SURE. 06:20 N-NUTRITION, E-EXERCISE, W-WATER, S-SUNSHINE, 06:21 T-TEMPERANCE, A-AIR, R-REST, T-TRUST IN GOD. 06:23 OKAY. 06:24 AND SO WE TEACH THEM THESE EIGHT LAWS OF HEALTH AND 06:25 IN DOING SO WE ALSO TEACH THEM HOW TO TAKE CARE OF 06:26 THEIR BODY AND HOW TO TEACH THEIR PEOPLE HOW TO 06:27 TAKE CARE OF THEIR BODY WITH HYDROTHERAPY. 06:33 BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK. 06:56 WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE BESIDES HEALTH MESSAGES, 07:17 HOW TO PRESERVE LIFE. 07:18 WHAT WERE YOU DOING BESIDES THAT. 07:19 WELL DURING THE FIRST TWO DAYS, TWO OR TWO AND A 07:21 HALF DAYS WE HAD TRAINING WHERE ALL THESE GUYS WOULD 07:40 COME DOWN TO THE MISSION HEADQUARTERS AND OF COURSE 07:44 THEY HAD LIVING QUARTERS AND THE LADIES WERE FIXING 07:49 FOOD FOR THEM AND FOR US. 07:50 THEY FED US VERY WELL BY THE WAY. 07:52 ACTUALLY GAINED SOME WEIGHT. 07:53 ANYWAY RICE AND BEANS AND VEGIES YOU KNOW. 08:01 SO ANYWAY DURING THE TRAINING PROGRAM WE TEACH 08:05 THEM FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM. 08:07 AND YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF HOW MARK FINLEY HAS 08:11 TAUGHT US ALL HOW TO DO THE F-O-R-T. 08:13 YES. 08:14 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FAMILY AND OCCUPATION AND 08:17 RELIGION AND HOW TO GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY. 08:21 SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR 08:24 THESE GUYS TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND MEET NEW 08:28 PEOPLE, STRANGERS AND TAKE THE GOSPEL TO THEM. 08:31 AND THEY'RE DOING THAT IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND 08:36 IN THE COUNTRY. 08:36 IT WORKS UNIVERSALLY. 08:38 IT WORKS EVERYWHERE IN ALL CULTURES. 08:40 YES. 08:41 IT'S A WONDERFUL APPROACH TO WINING A FRIEND FOR 08:44 JESUS. 08:45 THAT IS WONDERFUL. 08:46 THAT'S SO ENCOURAGING WHEN YOU SEE THAT FUNCTIONING 08:49 FOR THEM. 08:50 AND YOU SAY THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SEEM TO BE 08:53 FINDING NEW PEOPLE TO JOIN THE CHURCH. 08:55 YES. 08:56 I SUSPECT THAT THEY TRY TO SHARE THAT WITH THEIR 09:01 CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE AS WELL HOPING THAT THEIR 09:04 NUMBERS WILL BE MULTIPLIED IN ONE SENSE. 09:06 AS YOU WILL SEE LATER IN OUR PRESENTATION THAT 09:10 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY FIND SOMEONE 09:14 IN THEIR VILLAGE THAT ARE CONVERTED TO THEIR 09:18 MINISTRY AND THEN THEY BECOME A GOSPEL OUTREACH 09:20 WORKER. 09:21 IN A SENSE. 09:22 YES. 09:23 NOT THE PAID SENSE BUT THEY CAN ALSO GET PAID TO 09:27 DO THAT. 09:28 SO ARE THEY WISHING THEY COULD GROW THE NUMBER OF 09:30 WORKERS? 09:31 THEY HAVE SPIRITUAL CHILDREN AND SPIRITUAL 09:33 GRANDCHILDREN SO THEY ARE GROWING. 09:35 THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK IN GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:37 AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF SPONSORING 09:40 THESE PEOPLE IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT THIS IS MOSTLY 09:45 SPONSORED THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 09:49 AND IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR SCREEN, WE'RE GOING TO PUT 09:51 UP THE CONTACT NUMBERS AND ADDRESS AND EVERYTHING FOR 09:55 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 09:57 IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS WORK THEY WILL TAKE 10:00 FUNDS NOT ONLY FROM CANADIANS BUT FROM ANYBODY 10:03 ELSE IN THE WORLD WHO WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT 10:05 THEM. 10:05 AND DON'T FORGET THAT. 10:08 TELL ME SOME MORE. 10:09 YOU HAVE SOME MORE SLIDES TO SHARE WITH US I THINK. 10:13 YES, WE'D LIKE TO LET YOU LISTEN TO THESE GUYS AS 10:18 THEY SING. 10:19 (MEN SINGING IN HARMONY) WHAT LANGUAGE WOULD THEY 10:39 BE USING THERE? 10:40 WELL THEY'RE SINGING IN FRENCH. 10:41 IN FRENCH, OKAY. 10:43 AND SO, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, I PUT TO MUSIC PSALM 10:47 '91. 10:47 YES YOU DID. 10:48 BUT WE WERE GIVING THEM PSALM 27. 10:51 AND SO WE LEARNED HOW TO TAKE THE PHRASING OF THE 11:02 SCRIPTURE VERSE IN PSALM 27 VERSE 1 AND THE LORD 11:08 HELPED ME PUT SOME NOTES AND SOME RHYTHM TOGETHER 11:12 IN FOUR PART HARMONY AND BEFORE LONG THEY WERE 11:15 SINGING LIKE A CHOIR. 11:17 AND THEY SOUND GOOD. 11:19 THEY SOUNDED PRETTY GOOD I THOUGHT. 11:20 AND BESIDES TEACHING THEM SINGING WE ALSO, JOHN HAD 11:24 DRAWN PSALM 27 AND SO HE ACTUALLY, WE SHOWED THEM. 11:30 WE GAVE THEM THESE CARDS TO EACH ONE, HOW THEY 11:33 COULD LEARN PSALM 27 IF THEY COULD PUT IN THE 11:36 LANGUAGE WHICH THEY DESIRED. 11:39 THEY COULD WRITE IT ON THE BACK OF THE CARD WHICHEVER 11:43 LANGUAGE THE PEOPLE ARE LEARNING AND THAT WAY IT 11:46 HELPS THEM TO MEMORIZE PSALM 27 WHICH TALKS ABOUT 11:52 AND YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE PEOPLE REALLY FACE A LOT 11:54 OF PERSECUTION BECAUSE THE DEVIL DOESN'T LIKE WHEN 11:58 YOU TALK ABOUT JESUS. 12:00 AND SO YOU KNOW IT SAYS THE ENEMY CAME UP THAT 12:05 THEY FELL BEFORE YOU KNOW BEFORE. 12:09 I HAVEN'T MEMORIZED THIS ONE SO WELL IN ANY WAY. 12:12 AND THIS IS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH ON THE BACK. 12:13 YES THAT'S RIGHT. 12:15 BUT BESIDES THE PSALM 27 THAT WE HAD GIVEN THEM 12:18 LAST YEAR WE HAD GIVEN THEM PSALM 91 WHICH ALSO, 12:23 THE SAME IDEA. 12:24 WE ASKED HOW MANY HAD MEMORIZED IT AND THERE 12:26 WERE THOSE WHO HAD MEMORIZED IT. 12:27 AND SO ONE OF THE STORIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE PSALM 12:30 91 WAS THE STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO HE WAS CALLED IN 12:33 THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WELL IT WAS A FRIEND, THE 12:47 FRIEND. 12:49 CALLED HIM ON THE PHONE? 12:50 NO HE WAS CALLED OUT TO GO PRAY FOR HIM. 12:52 OKAY. 12:53 BECAUSE THIS MAN HE HAD SOME FRIENDS WHO HAD DIED 12:59 ONE OF HIS FRIENDS AND HIS SON. 13:02 WELL THE SON "KEPT COMING BACK TO HIM" EVERY NIGHT. 13:08 VISITATIONS. 13:09 A VISITATION AT NIGHT SAYING I DIDN'T WANT TO 13:12 DIE, I WANTED TO LIVE. 13:14 I DIDN'T WANT TO DIE. 13:15 AND THIS SPIRIT WOULD KEEP COMING TO HIM AND TELL HIM 13:21 THIS. 13:22 HE KEPT HIM AWAKE FOR THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW. 13:25 FINALLY A FRIEND OF THE WIFE SAID WELL I KNOW 13:30 SOMEBODY WHO CAN COME AND PRAY FOR YOU. 13:32 WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CALL THEM AND SO THEY DID. 13:35 SO ONE OF OUR GO PASTORS WENT TO PRAY FOR THIS MAN. 13:37 AND HE IS ASKING US TO PRAY FOR THIS MAN TOO. 13:41 HE WENT, HE READ PSALM 91 TO HIM AND PRAYED FOR HIM 13:47 AND WHEN THEY FINISHED WITH THAT IT WAS THE POWER 13:50 OF GOD'S WORD THAT THE EVIL SPIRIT WAS GONE. 13:54 IT WAS FINISHED. 13:55 PRAISE GOD FOR THAT. 13:56 AND SO NOW THEY ARE STUDYING THE BIBLE 13:58 TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY LEARNED AGAIN THE POWER OF 14:00 THE NAME OF JESUS. 14:02 AND THE POWER OF HIS WORD. 14:03 THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO STOP AND SPEAK AGAIN TO 14:11 OUR LISTENERS. 14:12 GOD IS AT WORK. 14:14 YOU JUST HEARD A STORY ABOUT IT. 14:16 THERE ARE SO MANY LIKE THAT ALL OVER THE 10/40 14:19 WINDOW. 14:20 AND I WANT YOU TO JUST GET THAT ENCOURAGEMENT AGAIN 14:23 THAT WE HAVE. 14:24 LOOK AT THE WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE. 14:25 LOOK AT THE WAYS YOU CAN BE INVOLVED INCLUDING 14:27 PRAYING FOR THIS. 14:28 LET'S LISTEN TO THIS WONDERFUL VIDEO. 14:29 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME. 14:30 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 14:40 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 14:42 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 14:46 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 14:48 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 14:54 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 14:57 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 15:01 IN THE AREA FROM 10-40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 15:04 EQUATOR. 15:05 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, 15:10 TO JAPAN. 15:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 15:16 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL 15:19 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 15:23 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 15:25 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 15:28 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 15:30 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 15:36 WORKERS. 15:37 BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 15:38 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 15:43 GOD'S LOVE. 15:44 JOIN US. 15:46 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 15:51 DONATE. 15:52 PRAY. 15:53 SPONSOR, DONATE, PRAY. 15:56 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS", 15:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH JOHN AND RUBY STAFFORD. 16:02 WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO TELL SOME MORE STORIES. 16:05 START WITH ONE. 16:07 WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE ON YOUR LIST THERE? 16:09 WELL WE EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE AND THE POWER 16:12 OF PRAYER. 16:14 SO AS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAD COME, 20 OF 16:18 THEM, AND WE MADE A CIRCLE. 16:20 AND SO WE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY AND TO 16:23 PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER AS WELL. 16:24 WE HAVE ACTUALLY PUT A CHAIR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 16:25 CIRCLE AND THEY ALL CAME AND PLACED THEIR HANDS ON 16:26 THE ONE THAT WANTED SPECIAL PRAYER AND WE 16:28 PRAYED FOR THEM. 16:29 WE TAUGHT THEM BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PRAYER. 16:41 THE ABC OF PRAYER. 16:42 ASK, BELIEVE AND CLAIM THE PROMISES OF GOD. 16:47 THESE ARE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIANITY THAT THESE 16:51 GUYS WILL TAKE TO THEIR VILLAGES. 16:53 AND THE POWER OF PRAYER IS SO VERY IMPORTANT. 16:57 WHILE WE WERE ENCOURAGING THEM TO CONFESS THEIR SINS 17:03 WHAT WE HAD THEM DO IS WRITE THE SINS DOWN ON A 17:06 SHEET OF PAPER AND THEN WE HAD A LITTLE "INCENDIE" 17:11 YOU KNOW, A FIRE OUT IN THE COURTYARD. 17:17 AND SO WE MADE THE CIRCLE AROUND AS THEY SANG WHITER 17:21 THAN SNOW . 17:22 YOU KNOW AS THE SINS ARE CONSUMED IN THE FIRE THE 17:26 HOLY SPIRIT JUST FILLS THEM WITH THE JOY OF 17:29 FORGIVENESS. 17:30 AND THEY SANG THIS SONG WHICH I'LL LET YOU HEAR 17:35 NOW ABOUT WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. 17:40 (MEN SINGING IN HARMONY). 17:59 WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ANOTHER THING 18:04 THAT WE TAUGHT THEM IS WITH THE "WAPI" 18:05 HYDROTHERAPY PRINCIPLE WHICH I THINK RUBY WOULD 18:06 LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT NOW. 18:07 WHAT IS THIS? 18:08 AS I HAVE LOOKED AT THIS I KEEP SEEING A FISHING LURE 18:09 BUT IT'S NOT IS IT. 18:10 IT'S A HOOK BUT IT HOOKS OVER THE EDGE OF A WATER 18:11 POT. 18:12 WATER POT. 18:13 DID WE DO THIS ALREADY? 18:14 WELL JUST SHOW IT UP ONE MORE TIME THERE AND THIS 18:19 IS AN AMAZING THERMOMETER THAT ALLOWS THEM TO 18:22 PASTEURIZE THEIR WATER SO THAT IT IS NOT FILLED UP 18:25 WITH ANY GERMS. 18:29 I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE TEACHING THEM THAT. 18:41 THAT'S AMAZING. 18:42 AND THERE'S YVONNE THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR 18:50 LIST. 18:52 YES. 18:54 YVONNE AND HIS WIFE ARE DOING A GREAT WORK. 19:10 (WOMEN SINGING) MAYBE YOU SHOULD TELL ME A BIT MORE 19:28 ABOUT WHAT IS A VOODOO VILLAGE. 19:40 A VOODOO VILLAGE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN THE 19:44 ANIMISTS. 19:45 IT'S ANIMISM. 19:47 ANIMISM. 19:48 WHERE THEY WORSHIP THE CREATURE INSTEAD OF THE 19:50 CREATOR. 19:50 THIS IS PREVALENT. 19:55 THIS PARTICULAR VILLAGE WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH 20:00 WORKER THAT HAS BUILT A CHURCH AND A CHURCH WITHIN 20:04 THE CHURCH. 20:06 SO THEY ARE ENLARGING THEIR CHURCH. 20:08 THERE IS GOING TO BE A BIGGER CHURCH WHEN THEY 20:09 GET DONE WITH IT AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TEAR DOWN 20:11 THIS ONE THAT'S JUST MADE WITH PALM BRANCHES. 20:14 OH WOW. 20:15 AND THAT ROOF IS A PRETTY ROUGH LOOKING ROOF. 20:19 THIS IS DOWN IN A PLACE CALLED WHEDON. 20:22 YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF OUIJA BOARDS. 20:25 WELL THIS IS WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF EVIL SPIRIT 20:29 WORSHIP. 20:30 I ASKED THE YOUNG MAN HERE, I ASKED HIM ON THE 20:33 LEFT THERE, I ASKED HIM WHAT YOU KNOW DO YOU HAVE 20:39 TO DEAL WITH EVIL SPIRITS HERE? 20:40 HE SAID EVERY DAY THAT HE IS PRAYING FOR SOMEONE. 20:45 AND TELLING THE POWER OF JESUS' NAME AND PRAYING TO 20:48 JESUS THAT THESE PEOPLE WILL BE FREED FROM THESE 20:50 EVIL SPIRIT FORCES. 20:53 BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF LIVING IN THAT 20:55 ENVIRONMENT. 20:56 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:57 THEY END UP HAVING TO RELATE TO THESE SPIRITS 21:01 THAT WANT TO CONTROL. 21:03 IS THAT RIGHT? 21:04 YES. 21:05 AND THIS YOUNG MAN ON THE RIGHT, HE IS ONE OF THE 21:07 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT HAS TRAINED THE 21:09 OTHERS. 21:11 OH, WOW. 21:12 AND IN THE NEXT PICTURE WE HAVE THE ONE WHO TRAINED 21:15 THE COORDINATOR, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 21:17 COORDINATOR. 21:18 THIS GUY ON THE LEFT WAS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO 21:22 HAS BECOME THE MISSION TREASURER. 21:24 AND SO NOW HE HAD DESCENDED YOU MIGHT SAY, 21:31 OKAY, WHO IS NOW THE COORDINATOR. 21:33 SPIRITUAL DESCENDANTS. 21:34 AND THAT COORDINATOR HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO ANOTHER ONE 21:39 SO THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS. 21:40 OH WOW. 21:41 SO THESE GO WORKERS ARE VERY VERY IMPORTANT AND 21:44 ESPECIALLY IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF 21:47 IDOL WORSHIP. 21:51 YOU CAN SEE THE VOODOO IDOL DOWN ON THE BOTTOM 21:53 LEFT CORNER AND WE SEE THESE VOODOO IDOLS IN THE 21:58 VILLAGES AS WE PASS BUY. 22:01 WHAT ROLE DO THEY PLAY? 22:05 THEY ARE WORSHIPED ARE THEY? 22:07 THEY WORSHIP THEM. 22:08 THEY BRING THEM FOOD AND OFFERINGS AND ANIMAL 22:11 SACRIFICES TO APPEASE THE GODS YOU KNOW. 22:15 OKAY. 22:16 AND SO THIS IS PURE PAGANISM AND PEOPLE ARE 22:23 LEARNING ABOUT JESUS AND THE POWER OF JESUS AND THE 22:25 POWER OF HIS NAME. 22:26 THE POWER OF HIS WORDS ARE MUCH GREATER THAN THE 22:28 POWER OF THE DEMONS AND THE IDOLS. 22:29 AS WE COME DOWN TO OUR LAST SECONDS IS THERE ANY 22:32 LAST THING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? 22:34 WE'D LIKE TO JUST LET YOU LISTEN TO ONE APPEAL. 22:37 OKAY. 27:14 IN A LAND WHERE THERE ARE MANY SPIRITS GOD WANT'S 27:15 HIS MINISTERING SPIRITS COME AND CONTINUE TO 27:16 SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS. 27:17 HELP US TO BECOME BETTER INVESTORS. 27:20 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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