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00:33 I'M OLE OLESEN AND I HAVE GOOD FRIENDS HERE JOHN AND
00:43 RUBY STAFFORD AND WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING ABOUT 00:48 GABON. 00:50 ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES IN WEST AFRICA WHERE FRENCH 00:54 IS THE COLONIAL LANGUAGE AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE 00:56 DOZENS OF OTHER LANGUAGES IN THE COUNTRY. 01:00 AND YOU WERE THERE RECENTLY WERE YOU NOT? 01:02 YES WE WERE THERE. 01:04 YOU KNOW I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU AND 01:07 I STUDIED FRENCH. 01:08 I NEVER REALIZED, NEVER DREAMED WHEN I MAJORED IN 01:11 FRENCH AND STUDIED FRENCH IN COLLONGES, WHERE THAT 01:16 LANGUAGE WOULD TAKE ME TO PLACES LIKE GABON AND WEST 01:19 AFRICA AND JUST OPENED DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY TO BE 01:23 ABLE TO TALK WITH PEOPLE THAT I WOULD NO WAY HAVE 01:25 BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH IN ENGLISH. 01:27 AND VERY TRUE. 01:28 YOU HAVE USED THAT NOW FOR YOUR WHOLE CAREER HAVE YOU 01:31 NOT. 01:32 THAT'S TRUE. 01:33 WELL TELL US ABOUT GABON BECAUSE MOST OF US ARE 01:37 FAIRLY UNFAMILIAR. 01:38 I'M SURE SOMEBODY WHO WATCHES THIS, ONE OF YOU 01:41 OUT THERE, WILL KNOW GABON THROUGH AND THROUGH AND 01:44 YOU'LL LISTEN CAREFULLY. 01:47 LET'S SHARE WITH THOSE OF US WHO DON'T KNOW. 01:49 UPDATE US. 01:50 WELL GABON IS A COUNTRY IN THE STEAMING JUNGLE OF 01:55 AFRICA YOU KNOW. 01:57 IS IT NEAR THE EQUATOR? 01:58 IT'S RIGHT ON THE EQUATOR AND SO YOU HAVE TROPICAL 02:02 RAIN AND A LOT OF WATER COMING DOWN IN THE 02:05 JUNGLES. 02:05 AND SO WHEN YOU TRAVEL THROUGH GABON YOU'RE 02:07 TRAVELING THROUGH JUNGLES WHERE ELEPHANTS ROAM AND 02:12 TIGERS ARE ALSO LURKING ABOUT. 02:16 I DON'T THINK THERE ARE TIGERS IN AFRICA. 02:17 AM I WRONG? 02:18 OR MAYBE IT'S LEOPARDS. 02:19 LEOPARDS, THERE YOU GO. 02:20 (LAUGHTER) THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME. 02:23 ANYWAY YES WE ARRIVED IN LIBREVILLE. 02:27 GABON IS A COUNTRY WITH ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED 02:33 THOUSAND PEOPLE AND MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE LIVING 02:37 RIGHT THERE AROUND LIBREVILLE THE CAPITAL 02:39 CITY. 02:40 LIBREVILLE IS ALSO A PORT. 02:42 IT ALSO EXPORTS PRODUCTS FROM LIBREVILLE ESPECIALLY 02:46 WOOD PRODUCTS. 02:47 A LOT OF FORESTRY GOING ON THERE IN GABON. 02:54 EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE, THEY SAY, LIVE IN 02:59 LIBREVILLE. 03:00 EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE WHOLE POPULATION. 03:03 I DON'T KNOW, THAT DOESN'T SOUND QUITE RIGHT TO ME 03:05 BUT STILL. 03:06 SAY THE POPULATION AGAIN. 03:07 ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND. 03:09 ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND. 03:11 SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT 03:12 THERE IN THE CAPITAL. 03:13 AND SO THE PEOPLE COME FROM OUTSIDE AND THIS 03:15 AFFECTS OUR WORK. 03:16 SO IN GABON WE HAVE ONLY FOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:20 WORKERS. 03:21 WE HAVE EIGHT PASTORS. 03:24 WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE WE ALSO HAD A NEW PRESIDENT 03:28 AND SECRETARY OF THE MISSION. 03:30 THEY HAD THE SAME TREASURER AS WHEN WE WENT 03:33 LAST YEAR. 03:34 BUT WE HAVE ALTOGETHER 22 CHURCHES IN THE COUNTRY 03:38 AND 11 OF THOSE CHURCHES ARE ACTUALLY IN GABON. 03:41 AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHOW YOU HERE. 03:45 WE CAN SEE THE LITTLE KIND OF PINK SPOTS ON THE 03:50 COUNTRY OF GABON. 03:51 AND THOSE LITTLE PINK SPOTS, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO 03:56 BE LITTLE PINK CHURCHES. 03:58 AND THOSE WERE BUILT WHEN THEY HAD SOME EVANGELISTIC 04:02 MEETINGS. 04:04 BUT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE, YOU SEE I SAID ONLY 04:07 EIGHT PASTORS WHICH MOST OF THEM, THREE OF THEM, 04:11 THOSE PASTORS ARE PART OF THE MISSION. 04:14 MAKES SENSE. 04:15 OKAY. 04:16 LIKE THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION IS THE PASTOR OF A 04:19 CHURCH PLUS HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION 04:24 PLUS HE'S A GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR. 04:26 A LOT OF HATS TO WEAR. 04:28 A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY ARE HAVING TO DO. 04:31 AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT WITH THESE PEOPLE, WHAT I 04:38 SHOWED YOU ON THIS MAP HERE, THOSE ARE AREAS 04:43 WHERE CHURCHES WERE BUILT WHEN THEY HAD EVANGELISTIC 04:46 MEETINGS. 04:47 OKAY. 04:48 BUT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF WORKERS THESE CHURCHES ARE 04:52 EMPTY. 04:53 AND SO THEY ARE MAKING A REQUEST THAT THEY HAVE SIX 04:57 MORE WORKERS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE THERE. 05:02 BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LEADER AND THEY WERE NEW 05:05 THEY DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH. 05:08 THEY NEEDED A LEADER. 05:10 AND SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:13 WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THESE CHURCHES. 05:15 AND ALSO ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IS UP 05:20 HERE AT OYEM. 05:22 ANOTHER ONE IS HERE AND I WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT 05:27 MORE ABOUT HIM LATER. 05:28 AND ANOTHER ONE IS DOWN HERE. 05:31 SOMEHOW I MISSED WHERE THE OTHER ONE WAS WORKING. 05:35 MOST OF THOSE ARE SCATTERED AWAY FROM 05:38 HEADQUARTERS. 05:38 THEY'RE WAY OUT THERE. 05:40 THEY'RE OUT IN THE JUNGLE. 05:40 YES. 05:42 SO I'LL TELL A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 05:44 OKAY. 05:45 WELL YOU KNOW THAT IS INTRIGUING TO TRY TO 05:48 IMAGINE HOW THEY GET OUT THERE, HOW THEY BRING 05:51 THEIR JOY. 05:52 AND THEY'RE WISHING THAT WE WOULD FUND ANOTHER SIX 05:56 AT LEAST. 05:57 THAT'S RIGHT. 05:58 NOW LET ME JUST MENTION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP 06:01 FUND SOME OF THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN GABON 06:04 YOU NEED TO DO IT THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 06:10 BECAUSE CANADA HAS TAKEN ON THIS OUTREACH IN WEST 06:15 AFRICA. 06:18 SO LOOK FOR THAT TAG ON YOUR TV SCREEN. 06:22 LOOK FOR WHERE TO CONTACT THEM, HOW TO REACH THEM 06:25 AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR DONATIONS 06:27 WHETHER YOU LIVE IN CANADA OR NOT. 06:30 OKAY, JOHN AND RUBY, LET'S GO BACK TO GABON. 06:33 TELL US ANOTHER STORY FROM GABON. 06:35 WELL AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP GABON IS RIGHT THERE 06:40 ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN COAST. 06:44 THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO IS ON THE EAST SIDE. 06:48 EQUATORIAL GUINEA IS ON THE NORTH. 06:51 ANYWAY AS WE SPENT TIME WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 06:56 WORKERS I'D LIKE TO SHARE A STORY. 07:02 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD EAT IN A RESTAURANT 07:07 BY THE WAY. 07:08 LOOKS GOOD. 07:09 AND YOU CAN ENJOY THOSE VEGGIES. 07:12 THEY WERE DELICIOUS. 07:14 BUT ANYWAY I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A STORY 07:17 ABOUT ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 07:25 HE HAD A STORY ABOUT A 17 YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS 07:30 PARALYZED. 07:31 HE COULD NOT MOVE. 07:32 HE DID NOT SPEAK. 07:34 SO HE HAD THOSE PROBLEMS AND SO THEY CALLED UPON 07:40 OUR WORKER TO COME AND PRAY FOR HIM. 07:44 WELL THE ROADS WERE SO BAD AND IT HAD BEEN SUCH A 07:47 HORRIBLE, THEY GET COMPLETELY BLOCKED 07:50 SOMETIMES IN BUSSES AND TRUCKS AND BLOCK THE 07:53 TRAFFIC AND THEY GET BOGGED DOWN IN DITCHES. 07:55 I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF THESE TRUCKS JUST UP TO 07:59 THEIR GILLS YOU MIGHT SAY IN MUD. 08:03 ANYWAY HE COULDN'T GET TO THIS BOY'S HOUSE. 08:05 BUT HE WAS ABLE TO GET TO HIS BROTHER'S HOUSE. 08:08 AND SO HE MET WITH HIS BROTHER. 08:10 NOW HE IS STILL A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THIS BOY. 08:16 SO HE PRAYED. 08:17 HE READ PSALM 103 THAT SAYS BLESS THE LORD OH MY 08:23 SOUL WHO FORGIVES ALL YOUR SINS AND WHO HEALS ALL 08:26 YOUR DISEASES, AND THOSE VERSES WERE POWERFUL. 08:28 AND WITH PRAYER AND WITH SINGING HYMNS HE SPENT 08:29 SOME TIME AND THEY ALL PRAYED FOR THIS BOY. 08:32 AND WHEN THEY FINISHED PRAYING THEY GOT WORD THAT 08:33 HE WAS FEELING BETTER AND HE WAS STARTING TO MOVE 08:37 AROUND. 08:37 AND SO THEY DECIDED TO SPEND ANOTHER DAY IN 08:41 PRAYER AND CLAIMING THESE PROMISES OF GOD AND 08:44 SINGING HYMNS AND THEY GOT WORD AGAIN THAT THE BOY 08:47 WAS COMPLETELY WELL. 08:48 HE WAS TALKING, WALKING AND COMING TO CHURCH. 08:51 AND SO THIS IS AGAIN ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION OF 08:54 THE POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD. 08:55 I HAVE HEARD THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE HEARD THOSE 08:58 STORIES FROM A DISTANCE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN 09:01 AFRICA TODAY CARRY PHONES. 09:02 YES THIS IS VERY TRUE. 09:04 THE CELLULAR PHONES HAVE MADE A TRANSFORMED 09:06 COMMUNICATION. 09:07 AND SO HERE THE MESSAGE OF A HEALING COULD REACH 09:12 THEM. 09:13 EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER KEPT THEM AWAY THE PHONE 09:20 SYSTEM ALLOWED THEM TO PARTICIPATE. 09:22 THAT'S A VERY GOOD OBSERVATION OLE. 09:26 THE CELL PHONE, THE SMART PHONE IS EVERYWHERE. 09:29 AND THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME RING TONE TOO. 09:32 IT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING LITTLE JAZZY 09:35 ONE. 09:36 BUT IT'S INTERESTING HOW IT'S COVERED THAT PART OF 09:39 AFRICA. 09:39 OH WOW. 09:40 WELL THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A THRILLING STORY BOTH TO 09:45 HEAR AND TO BE A PART OF FOR THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:06 WORKER. 10:07 I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT ANOTHER WORKER. 10:12 WHEN WE SAW HIM LAST YEAR HE WAS A LITTLE BIT 10:17 HEAVIER. 10:19 ANYWAY WE SAW HE HAD LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT AND I SAID 10:22 YOU'RE SO SLIM YOU KNOW. 10:24 HOW COME YOU'VE LOST SO MUCH WEIGHT? 10:27 YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ILL HAVE YOU? 10:30 AND HE SAID NO, THAT HE HAD BEEN SO BUSY. 10:34 HE HAS A CHURCH PLUS HE HAS TWO GROUPS PLUS HE HAS 10:41 A PRISON MINISTRY BESIDES. 10:43 A PRISON MINISTRY TOO. 10:44 AND ALWAYS TAKING THE BUS HAVING TO TRAVEL. 10:48 HE'S LIKE ABOUT 600 KILOMETERS, I DON'T KNOW 10:50 WHAT THAT WOULD BE IN MILES, AWAY FROM 10:51 LIBREVILLE. 10:52 ABOUT 400 MILES. 10:53 SO WHEN THEY CAME IN HE HAD COME IN FOR SOME 10:54 PREVIOUS MEETINGS. 10:55 HE HAD JUST GOTTEN BACK HOME AND HE HAD TO COME 10:56 BACK AGAIN TO MEET WITH US BECAUSE HE SAID, OH MADAM 10:57 WE CAN'T TAKE YOU OUT THERE. 10:58 THE ROADS ARE TOO BAD. 10:58 WE CAN'T TAKE YOU. 10:59 THEY WERE BEING PROTECTIVE OF YOU. 11:01 YES. 11:01 YES. 11:02 THEY SAID WE CAN'T TAKE YOU TO OUR VILLAGES 11:03 BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE JUST TOO BAD. 11:05 AND SO ANYWAY IT TOOK HIM A LONG TIME TO COME IN AND 11:06 HE WAS ACTUALLY EXHAUSTED. 11:07 HE SLEPT THROUGH SOME OF OUR CLASSES. 11:08 SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT HE LOST A LOT OF HIS WEIGHT 11:09 JUST BY OVERWORKING ALMOST. 11:10 BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 11:11 AND HE IS NEEDING ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO 11:21 HELP HIM UP IN THAT AREA. 11:24 HE IS NEAR ONE OF THOSE EMPTY CHURCHES. 11:31 OH MY. 11:32 AND SO IF HE CAN GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO HELP HIM 12:00 UP THERE THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 12:02 BUT WE TRIED TO ENCOURAGE HIM. 12:05 WE SAID WELL YOU PRAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A MIGHTY 12:09 GOD AND YOU PRAY THAT GOD WILL HELP YOU GET A 12:12 MOTORCYCLE IF YOU NEED IT OR WHATEVER YOU KNOW I 12:14 MEAN HE SAID GOD HAS, YOU KNOW GOSPEL OUTREACH 12:18 NORMALLY DOES NOT HELP, THEY HELP WITH WORKERS. 12:22 THEY HELP PAY FOR WORKERS BUT WE DON'T HELP BUILD 12:26 CHURCHES. 12:27 YOU KNOW IT'S OTHER PEOPLE WHO DO THAT, BUILD 12:29 CHURCHES OR PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION, PROVIDE 12:31 TRANSPORTATION BESIDES MOTORCYCLES. 12:35 THE MONEY THAT WE GIVE IS USUALLY YOU KNOW TO HELP 12:39 PAY FOR WORKERS. 12:40 AND SO BUT WE TOLD HIM YOU PRAY ABOUT IT BECAUSE GOD 12:44 HAS A THOUSAND MEANS OF ANSWERING YOUR PRAYERS. 12:48 YOU WHO ARE WATCHING THIS YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER YOU 12:51 ARE PART OF THAT. 12:52 GOD HAS USED PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU TO ANSWER THOSE 12:56 KIND OF PRAYERS. 12:58 WE THINK HOW MUCH WE DEPEND ON GOD TOUCHING 13:04 HEARTS. 13:05 YOUR HEARTS WHERE YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO SHARE, THEIR 13:08 HEARTS WHERE THEY DESPERATELY NEED THAT 13:11 LIGHT IN THEIR LIFE. 13:13 LET'S WATCH A WONDERFUL VIDEO THAT'S BEEN PUT 13:16 TOGETHER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:17 EARTH. 13:19 VAST, BEAUTIFUL, BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN 13:24 SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 13:30 IT'S OWN GREED. 13:32 HUMANITY. 13:33 WE NEED LOVE. 13:36 WE NEED HOPE. 13:38 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 13:41 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 13:44 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 13:48 PLAN TO SAVE US. 13:49 ONE THIRD. 13:51 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL, BUT 13:57 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:59 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 14:02 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 14:05 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 14:08 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 14:14 JESUS CHRIST. 14:16 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 14:19 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 14:26 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 14:29 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 14:32 TODAY WE'RE TALKING WITH JOHN AND RUBY STAFFORD AND 14:35 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GABON ON THE WEST COAST, THE 14:39 ATLANTIC COAST OF AFRICA. 14:41 THANK YOU FOR SHARING SOME OF THOSE STORIES. 14:43 YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE I UNDERSTAND ABOUT JHON. 14:47 IS THAT HOW YOU PRONOUNCE HIS NAME? 14:50 JHON. 14:51 I THOUGHT HE HAD MADE A MISTAKE SPELLING IT BUT 14:56 THAT'S HOW HE WANTED IT SPELLED, J-H-O-N. 15:00 HE'S ONE OF YOUR WORKERS? 15:01 YES HE IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 15:07 HE HELD A SERIES OF MEETINGS AND WHEN THEY 15:13 HOLD MEETINGS THEY GET THE LOUD SPEAKERS OUT AND THEY 15:19 PUT UP THESE BIG SPEAKERS AND WHEN HE SPEAKS THE 15:24 WHOLE VILLAGE CAN HEAR IT. 15:27 THEY BROADCAST IT YOU KNOW. 15:28 OVER HERE YOU WOULDN'T DARE DO THAT YOU KNOW. 15:32 WE HAVE OUR CODES, ZONING LAWS. 15:35 YES. 15:36 ANYWAY THE MESSAGE THAT HE WAS GIVING WAS GETTING ALL 15:40 THE WAY TO ANOTHER CHURCH, ANOTHER DENOMINATION. 15:43 OKAY. 15:44 AND THE PRIEST IN THAT CHURCH WAS REALLY GETTING 15:47 ANGRY BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE LISTENING TO WHAT JHON WAS 15:50 SAYING OVER THE LOUD SPEAKER. 15:52 YES. 15:53 AND SO HE GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TOGETHER, A 15:58 DELEGATION TOGETHER, AND HE CAME OVER TO JHON AND 16:01 SAID WE WANT YOU TO STOP NOW AND GET OUT. 16:06 THEY WERE SAYING WE WANT TO HAVE ENOUGH AUTHORITY 16:12 TO CONVINCE YOU TO QUIT ALL THIS BECAUSE IT WAS 16:15 NOT HELPING THEIR MISSION. 16:17 NO. 16:18 AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. 16:20 THEY STOPPED AND THEY GOT OUT AND MOVED TO ANOTHER 16:23 PLACE AND CONTINUED THEIR MEETINGS IN THAT PLACE. 16:28 WELL THIS OPPOSITION THAT WAS EVIDENT, RAISED SOME 16:33 CURIOSITY AMONG SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT 16:37 PRIEST'S CHURCH AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO HEARD THE NEWS 16:41 AND SO THAT INCREASED HIS CROWD. 16:44 AND SO MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO HEAR 16:46 THE GOSPEL TO HEAR THE MESSAGE, THE THREE ANGEL'S 16:49 MESSAGES, WERE CONVERTED AND THEY WERE BAPTIZED. 16:54 OH WOW. 16:56 AND YOU KNOW THIS IS SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE 17:01 CONVERTED AND HE'S PRAYING WITH THEM JUST BEFORE HE 17:06 HAS A BAPTISM. 17:08 AND YOU CAN SEE JHON'S FACE. 17:10 HE IS SO HAPPY TO BE THERE ASSISTING THE PASTOR AS 17:16 THEY BAPTIZE THIS GIRL. 17:19 I CAN TESTIFY THAT BAPTIZING SOMEBODY INTO 17:23 JESUS CHRIST IS ONE OF LIFE'S GREATEST JOYS. 17:27 I HOPE THAT MANY PEOPLE GET TO DO THAT. 17:30 THANK YOU. 17:33 IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE NO TROUBLE FINDING WATER IN 17:35 GABON. 17:36 NO THERE'S LOTS OF WATER, A LOT OF WATER IN GABON 17:39 YOU KNOW. 17:39 OH MY. 17:40 WELL YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WERE THERE, HOW FAR AWAY 17:42 FROM LIBREVILLE DID YOU TRAVEL? 17:49 WERE YOU ABLE TO TRAVEL? 17:51 NOWHERE. 17:52 WE DIDN'T BECAUSE OF WHAT I TOLD YOU THEY SAID THEY 17:55 COULDN'T TAKE US OUT. 17:56 BUT ALSO AS WE ARRIVED THERE THE PRESIDENT AND 18:01 THE SECRETARY WERE BOTH NEWLY ELECTED SO THEY WERE 18:05 BRAND NEW IN THEIR POSITIONS. 18:08 WE SAW THEY WERE OVERWHELMED. 18:10 THEY HAD SO MUCH GOING ON. 18:12 YOU KNOW, JUST ONE MONTH INTO WHERE THEY HAD TAKEN 18:21 THEIR OFFICES. 18:22 SO THEY WERE VERY VERY BUSY. 18:24 BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND TIME AND BESIDES THE FOUR 18:27 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS 18:31 WHO CAME IN TO LISTEN. 18:32 AND OF COURSE WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE ASSURANCE 18:35 OF SALVATION IN JESUS. 18:36 YES. 18:37 THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE ALWAYS TALK TO THEM ABOUT 18:40 AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL UNDERSTOOD OUR 18:44 SALVATION COMES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. 18:47 AND SO WE TAUGHT THEM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 18:52 THINGS. 18:53 WE ALSO TAUGHT THEM HOW TO MARK THEIR BIBLES, TO 18:57 COLOR THEIR BIBLES WITH DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, ONE 19:02 COLOR FOR PROMISES ANOTHER COLOR FOR PRAYERS ANOTHER 19:05 COLOR FOR WHAT GOD DOES TO THE ENEMY, DELIVERANCE 19:12 FROM THE ENEMY. 19:13 I SUSPECT THAT YOU HAVE A VERY COLORFUL BIBLE RUBY. 19:17 YES IT IS. 19:18 I LEARNED FROM MRS. FALK ENBERG. 19:20 OKAY. 19:21 AND SO YOU'RE PASSING ON WHAT HAS BLESSED YOU. 19:24 IT'S A VERY PERSONAL GIFT THAT WAY. 19:27 AND I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED TO FIND THAT ONE OF THE 19:30 WORKERS, YOU KNOW WE'VE ONLY BEEN THERE ONCE, THAT 19:33 HE HAD HIS BIBLE MARKED. 19:36 SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING ALL OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:38 WORKERS EVERYWHERE MARK YOUR BIBLE. 19:41 BECAUSE GOD'S PROMISES ARE TRUE. 19:45 GOD DOES NOT LIE. 19:46 NO HE DOESN'T. 19:47 AND IF WE FULFILL THE CONDITIONS FOR GOD TO 19:50 ANSWER PRAYERS HE WILL AND WE NEED TO PRAY MORE. 19:54 WE NEED TO PRAY MORE THAN WE DO BECAUSE WE HAVE A 19:57 BIG MIGHTY GOD WHO CAN DO ANYTHING. 19:59 NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH HIM. 20:01 THE IMPOSSIBILITY COMES WITH US. 20:04 THERE HAVE BEEN SOME WHO HAVE TRIED TO HONOR THE 20:07 SCRIPTURES BY KEEPING IT TOTALLY FREE OF ANY MARKS 20:11 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT HONOR, BUT NOW THAT THE 20:12 WORD OF GOD HAS BECOME SO AVAILABLE WITH SO MANY 20:13 COPIES OUT THERE WE DON'T HAVE TO PRESERVE A UNIQUE 20:15 VELUM THING. 20:16 WE DON'T HAVE TO PRESERVE IT FROM FINGERPRINTS AND 20:17 STUFF. 20:18 WE CAN MARK IT UP SO THAT OUR EYE CAN CATCH WHERE 20:32 GOD HAS SPOKEN TO US. 20:34 AND IT SPEAKS TO OUR NEEDS YOU KNOW. 20:39 JUST TALKING ABOUT NEEDS, IT MAKES ME THINK I NEED 20:42 TO SHOW THIS LITTLE THING HERE. 20:44 IT'S CALLED A WAPI. 20:46 AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, WE DIDN'T HAVE 20:48 ENOUGH BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ROOM IN OUR SUITCASES 20:51 TO TAKE TO EVERYBODY. 20:52 I BET NOT. 20:53 BUT WE TOOK THIS WITH THE ADDRESS AND WITH PEOPLE 20:57 KNOWING THAT YOU CAN LOOK UP WAPI ON THE INTERNET. 21:01 IT'S NOT A FISHING LURE IS THAT RIGHT? 21:03 THIS IS NOT. 21:04 THIS IS TO PASTEURIZE WATER. 21:08 AND SO YOU START WITH THE LITTLE METAL THING DOWN AT 21:12 THE BOTTOM, THEN YOU HOOK IT UP OVER THE KETTLE AND 21:17 SO WHEN THIS WAX MELTS DOWN TO THE BOTTOM THEN 21:23 YOU KNOW THAT YOUR WATER IS PASTEURIZED AND FREE OF 21:26 BACTERIA. 21:27 THAT'S ENOUGH HEAT TO KILL THE GERMS. 21:29 SO IT'S FORMULATED SO THAT IT IS A THERMOMETER FOR 21:33 EXACTLY THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE. 21:34 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:36 AND IT'S TO HELP PURIFY WATER, MAKE IT 21:38 PASTEURIZED. 21:39 YES, RIGHT. 21:40 AND WE HAVE ENCOURAGED OUR PEOPLE THAT THEY USE THIS 21:43 BECAUSE IT WILL HELP THEM TO STAY WELL. 21:45 IS WATER CONTAMINATION AN ISSUE? 21:50 EVERYWHERE. 21:52 EVERYWHERE. 21:53 EVERYWHERE. 21:54 AND SO THIS WAY IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN 21:59 TAKE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THE GOSPEL WAY 22:02 OUT. 22:02 AND BY THE WAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS. 22:05 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DISCOURAGES, ONE OF THE 22:08 THINGS WE NEED TO PRAY FOR GABON BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS 22:14 FLOCKING TO THE CITIES YOU KNOW LIKE HERE. 22:17 WHOSE OUT DOING THE FARM WORK. 22:19 WHOSE OUT DOING ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS WHERE 22:22 FOOD COMES FROM. 22:24 AND SO OFTEN TIMES OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A HARD 22:27 TIME WANTING TO GO OUT IN THE BUSH TO WORK. 22:33 SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO PRAY FOR GABON IS 22:36 THAT THEY WILL FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING THEMSELVES 22:41 TO BE TRUE MISSIONARIES AND TO BE ABLE TO GO TO 22:44 THESE PLACES WHERE LIFE IS NOT AS EASY AS IN THE 22:48 CITY. 22:50 I BET IT'S NOT. 22:51 IF YOU HAVE TO SURVIVE BY BOILING YOUR WATER, MAYBE 22:54 THEY DO THAT IN SOME CITIES AS WELL, BUT THAT 22:58 PRIMITIVE LIVING IS A HARDSHIP FOR THE BODY, 23:03 SOMETIMES FOR THE SPIRIT BUT WHEN GOD CALLS YOU 23:05 THERE, THERE IS A LIGHT THAT GOES WITH YOU ISN'T 23:10 THERE. 23:10 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:11 I JUST WANT TO MENTION AGAIN TO OUR LISTENERS, 23:13 REMEMBER THIS WORK NEEDS TO GROW. 23:18 YOU CAN BE A PART. 23:19 YOU CAN PRAY FOR IT, YOU CAN DONATE TO IT. 23:21 AND REMEMBER THAT YOUR DONATIONS NEED TO GO 23:25 THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 23:28 AND YOU'LL SEE THE ADDRESS AND THE CONTACT NUMBERS ON 23:32 YOUR SCREEN SO YOU CAN DO THAT. 23:34 DON'T FORGET HOW TO HELP SUPPORT THIS WORK. 23:41 SO THESE CHURCHES ARE SCATTERED AROUND GABON 23:45 SOME OF THEM EMPTY BECAUSE NOBODY COULD SUSTAIN THE 23:50 WORK THERE. 23:51 NOBODY COULD CONTINUE TO LEAD. 23:53 AND SOME OF OUR GOSPEL WORKERS, WHAT DID YOU SAY, 23:56 FOUR THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW? 23:57 SOME OF THEM ARE NEAR THOSE? 24:00 ARE THEY TRYING TO USE THOSE FACILITIES OR DO 24:03 THEY HAVE TO FOCUS ELSEWHERE? 24:06 WELL SOMETIMES OLE WE HAVE NEGLECTED TO TEACH THESE 24:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HOW TO TRAIN LOCAL CHURCH 24:14 ELDERS, LOCAL LEADERSHIP SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE 24:18 MOVED THE WORK CONTINUES ON IN THAT CHURCH. 24:23 SO THAT'S THE NEXT CHALLENGE IS TO GIVE THEM 24:26 SOME LEADERSHIP, HOW TO BUILD LEADERSHIP INTO 24:30 THEIR OWN CONGREGATIONS. 24:32 HERE IN NORTH AMERICA WE HAVE CHURCHES THAT HAVE 24:36 HAD TO HOLE IN OR CLOSE BECAUSE THE DEMOGRAPHICS 24:40 CHANGE. 24:41 WHERE FARMING USED TO BE LABOR INTENSIVE NOW IT CAN 24:44 BE DONE WITH MONSTER MACHINES. 24:45 IS THERE SOME OF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC MOTION THAT 24:46 YOU DESCRIBED IN GABON WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE BUILT 24:48 A CHURCH FOR A POPULATION THAT WAS THERE BUT THE 24:49 POPULATION HAS MOVED AWAY? 24:50 IS THAT PART OF IT? 24:50 THAT'S A GREAT POSSIBILITY. 24:51 THESE KIDS THAT ARE BORN OUT IN THE JUNGLE AND THEY 24:52 GROW UP THEY GO TO SCHOOL AND THEN THEY DISCOVER 24:53 THAT THERE IS A BETTER LIFE IN THE CITY AND SO 24:55 THEY LEAVE MOM AND DAD AND THE FARM AND THEY GO TO 24:56 THE CITY AND THEY LEARN HOW TO BECOME "I T" 24:58 PEOPLE. 24:59 THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S HAPPENED RIGHT HERE 25:00 IN AMERICA YOU KNOW. 25:01 AND WITH THAT DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE I'M SURE IT COMES 25:02 WITH ALL THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT THE WORLD HAS ALWAYS 25:03 EXPERIENCED. 25:04 RURAL LIVING CAN BE WITH GOD OR WITH NATURE. 25:05 CITY DWELLING CAN BE SURROUNDED BY ALL KINDS OF 25:06 INFLUENCES AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOOD. 25:08 THIS MUST BE A CONSTANT PROBLEM IN AFRICA THESE 25:09 DAYS. 25:10 LET'S DO PRAY THAT WHEREVER THE POPULATION, 25:11 WHERE THE FIELD IS RIPE FOR HARVEST WE WILL HAVE 25:22 PEOPLE THERE WHO CAN SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. 25:24 SO TELL ME ONE LAST STORY FROM GABON. 25:26 WELL OUR FOURTH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HIS NAME 25:27 IS HUEG GOMAS. 25:28 AND HUEG WAS BORN IN 1974 INTO A CATHOLIC FAMILY. 25:30 CATHOLIC, CATHOLICISM IS VERY PREVALENT IN GABON. 25:36 HE FINISHED SECONDARY SCHOOL AND GRADUATED WITH 25:43 A BACHELORS DEGREE. 25:45 SO HE IS PROBABLY MORE EDUCATED THAN THE OTHER 25:54 THREE GUYS. 25:56 SO IN 15 SECONDS TELL US HOW HE WRAPPED UP HIS 26:06 STORY. 26:07 WELL HE GOT THREE NEW GROUPS STARTED AND HE IS 26:10 TEACHING THEM ABOUT JESUS AND HOW TO PRAY, PRAYER 26:48 GROUPS AND THEY ARE GOING FROM DOOR TO DOOR STUDYING 26:57 IN PEOPLES HOMES, HOME BIBLE STUDIES. 27:00 THIS IS HIS METHOD OF TAKING THE GOSPEL. 27:03 ESPECIALLY AGAIN HE SAID HE WISHED HE HAD A 27:07 MOTORCYCLE. 27:08 OH MY. 27:09 MY FRIENDS LISTEN TO THOSE NEEDS. 27:12 LISTEN TO GOD'S VOICE IN YOUR HEART. 27:15 GIVE WHERE GOD TELLS YOU TO GIVE. 27:16 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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