Adventures in Missions

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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 WHAT A JOY THAT YOU
00:38 HAVE WELCOMED US WHETHER IT'S ON YOU IPAD, YOUR
00:42 IPHONE, YOUR TV IN YOUR LIVING ROOM OR YOUR
00:44 COMPUTER WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND MAYBE YOU
00:47 ARE WATCHING ON ONE OF THE BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS
00:50 THAT CARRY THIS PROGRAM.
00:52 AND MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE AT OUR WEBSITE
00:54 WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG AND WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND
00:58 WE THANK THE BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS FOR RUNNING
01:01 OUR PROGRAM.
01:02 SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
01:03 AND TODAY WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST AND IT'S
01:06 PASTOR KEN CRAWFORD.
01:07 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
01:08 THANK YOU.
01:09 NICE TO BE HERE.
01:11 WELL IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU AND YOU ARE A VERY
01:15 FAMILIAR FACE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
01:17 AND YOU ARE CHAIRMAN, CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD
01:20 OF DIRECTORS.
01:21 I AM, I AM.
01:23 AND ABOUT HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED
01:25 HERE KEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH?
01:26 I RETIRED MUST BE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO AND
01:32 IMMEDIATELY GOT INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND
01:35 HAVE BEEN A FAN OF IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS EVEN
01:37 BEFORE THAT.
01:39 SO IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO JUST SLIDE RIGHT INTO
01:43 RETIREMENT AND INTO GOSPEL OUTREACH.
01:46 WELL AND YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN TELEVISION
01:48 WORK.
01:49 YOU'VE BEEN A CONFERENCE PRESIDENT AND PASTOR.
01:51 AND WHY DON'T YOU GIVE OUR VIEWERS A LITTLE BIT OF
01:55 HISTORY OF YOUR BACKGROUND.
01:56 WELL THE MAJORITY OF MY VOCATION HAS BEEN
02:01 PASTORING.
02:02 AND I LOVE PASTORING.
02:07 BECAUSE WHY?
02:08 IT IS IN MY MIND PROBABLY THE HIGHEST CALLING THAT
02:14 ANYBODY CAN EVER HAVE.
02:15 TO SHEPHERD PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY IN MY MIND IS
02:19 THE GREATEST CHALLENGE AND PASTORING IS THE GREATEST
02:23 CHALLENGE.
02:24 I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THE
02:28 RESPONSIBILITIES AND HOW DIFFICULT, WHAT A BIG
02:31 CHALLENGE PASTORING IS.
02:34 MOST OF WHAT A CONGREGATION SEES, THEY
02:37 DON'T SEE WHAT A PASTOR REALLY DOES.
02:40 RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF BEHIND.
02:42 AND IT SHOULD BE THAT WAY.
02:44 YES.
02:45 IT SHOULD BE THAT WAY.
02:46 BUT PASTORING IS A, IT'S A WONDERFUL CALLING.
02:49 WELL AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THAT
02:51 MISSION OF THAT HERE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH.
02:54 BUT YOU'VE ALSO HOSTED A TV SHOW UP IN ALASKA.
02:58 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
02:59 WELL I WAS IN ALASKA IN ADMINISTRATION FOR ABOUT
03:03 12 YEARS.
03:04 AND THE BURDEN FOR ALASKA IS THAT WE'VE GOT SUCH
03:07 VAST UNENTERED AREAS THERE.
03:10 THERE ARE 230 NATIVE VILLAGES AND WE WERE ONLY
03:14 OPERATING IN ABOUT 10 OR 12.
03:16 AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER THOSE VIDEOS TO KIND OF
03:18 GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA OF WHAT ALASKA IS LIKE, OF
03:22 COURSE, BUT ALSO TO EXPOSE SOME OF THE NEEDS IN
03:27 ALASKA.
03:28 YES.
03:29 WELL I'VE ENJOYED SEEING YOUR VIDEO WORK.
03:31 AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF FLYING IN YOUR PLANE UP
03:36 IN ALASKA AND I'M A BIG FAN OF THE IDITAROD.
03:39 YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
03:40 BUT WHAT A JOY TO BE IN YOUR PLANE BECAUSE YOU ARE
03:43 A PILOT AS WELL AS I AM AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE
03:46 WITH HOW YOU WOULD GET TO THESE VILLAGES.
03:49 WELL 80 PERCENT OF THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN
03:51 ALASKA ARE ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY WATER IN THE SUMMER OR
03:56 BY AIR.
03:57 AND SO IT'S REALLY PRETTY IMPERATIVE THERE TO BE
04:01 ABLE TO FLY.
04:03 IT GIVES YOU THE LIBERTY TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO A
04:06 LOT OF PLACES THAT YOU CAN'T AND OF COURSE IT'S
04:08 EXCITING.
04:09 YES, FLYING IS, FLYING IS AWESOME.
04:11 WELL BEING IN YOUR PLANE AND FLYING WAS ONE OF THE
04:14 BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE SO THANK YOU.
04:16 AND IT WAS VERY VERY SPECIAL.
04:19 SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU KEN TO FLY INTO THESE
04:22 VILLAGES AND TO MET WITH THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY
04:25 LIVE?
04:26 TELL US ABOUT THAT.
04:27 OH THE PEOPLE IN ALASKA ARE TRULY AMAZING.
04:28 IT'S CALLED THE LAND OF THE INDIVIDUALIST, AND
04:29 THAT'S TRUE.
04:30 I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THAT BEFORE.
04:30 I LIKE THAT.
04:31 YES.
04:32 IT'S TRUE.
04:33 BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT.
04:33 EVERYBODY.
04:34 THEY SAY THE PEOPLE IN ALASKA EITHER ARE RUNNING
04:35 AWAY FROM SOMETHING OR RUNNING TO SOMETHING.
04:37 OH, OKAY, ALRIGHT.
04:39 AND I THINK THAT THAT'S TRUE.
04:43 PEOPLE IN ALASKA ARE A UNIQUE CULTURE.
04:52 AND I LOVE THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WHO THEY ARE.
04:55 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT , WHAT YOU SEE IS
04:59 WHAT YOU GET.
05:00 AND WHEN YOU GO INTO ALL THESE REMOTE AREAS.
05:03 WE HAD ABOUT 40 CHURCHES OR SO, STILL HAVE 40
05:06 CHURCHES, BUT WHEN YOU SHOW UP THERE THEY LOVE TO
05:08 SEE YOU.
05:09 AND ALL OF ALASKA WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE FOUR THOUSAND
05:11 MEMBERS IT BECOMES LIKE FAMILY.
05:12 YES, ABSOLUTELY.
05:13 AND IT WAS JUST, MY WIFE AND I BOTH REALLY CONSIDER
05:14 THAT ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR MINISTRY.
05:15 WELL AWESOME, AWESOME.
05:16 WELL AND NATIVE ALASKANS LIKE YOU SAID ARE VERY
05:17 SPECIAL PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE AND ALL OF THAT.
05:18 SO THE TV PROGRAM THAT YOU DID SO HOW MANY EPISODES
05:20 WAS IT?
05:20 WHERE WAS IT SHOWN?
05:21 WE DID ABOUT 16 OR 17.
05:32 AND WE HIGHLIGHTED DIFFERENT AREAS OF ALASKA
05:45 WHERE WE HAD A WORK GOING ON.
05:47 AND IT WAS, IT WAS TOUGH WORK BECAUSE MOST OF THE
05:53 TIME YOU WERE SHOOTING WHEN IT WAS 30 BELOW OR 40
05:56 BELOW AND YOUR LIPS DON'T WORK VERY WELL.
05:59 AND YOUR HANDS ARE COLD.
06:00 THAT'S RIGHT.
06:01 BUT IT WAS A JOY TO BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE
06:05 TOGETHER.
06:06 SO SIMILARLY UP IN ALASKA TO THE 10/40 WINDOW WHICH
06:10 IS WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING,
06:13 YOU HAD PROBABLY NATIVE AND STILL DO NATIVE
06:17 ALASKANS WHO ARE IN THE VILLAGES SHARING JESUS
06:20 WITH THEIR PEOPLE IN THEIR VILLAGE CORRECT?
06:22 THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE.
06:23 AND THAT'S HOW IT IS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
06:26 THAT'S HOW IT IS.
06:27 BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH
06:29 WORKERS WHO LOVE JESUS AND THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE,
06:32 THEY KNOW CULTURE AND THEY KNOW ALL OF THAT.
06:34 ONE OF MY INTERESTS IN GOSPEL OUTREACH, I MEAN I
06:38 HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST, NUMBER ONE TO THINK THAT
06:42 IT'S A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION AND THAT
06:45 EVERYBODY HERE DONATES THEIR TIME AND VOLUNTEERS.
06:48 IT'S INSPIRING.
06:49 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO
06:52 ARE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTORS.
06:56 BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT I'VE TRAVELED QUITE A
07:00 BIT OVER MY YEARS OF MINISTRY IN DIFFERENT
07:03 PARTS OF THE WORLD AND I HAVE SEEN THE NEEDS IN
07:08 THAT 10/40 WINDOW.
07:09 AND IT'S ALMOST BEYOND WHAT WE CAN COMPREHEND.
07:14 YES.
07:15 IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A DIVINE THING FOR GOD TO
07:17 STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING THERE.
07:19 YES.
07:21 BUT I ALSO FOUND THAT THE PEOPLE, I REMEMBER I WAS
07:24 UP IN THE PUNJAB DOING AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES ONE
07:27 TIME WHICH IS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF INDIA.
07:31 AND EVERYBODY IS SIKH UP THERE.
07:34 AND THEY GAVE US A LITTLE MEETING HALL BUT ONE OF
07:39 THE PROFESSORS FROM THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY BROUGHT
07:41 ALL OF HIS STUDENTS AND ATTENDED THE WHOLE SERIES
07:44 BECAUSE HE WANTED HIS STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND
07:45 WHAT CHRISTIANITY WAS.
07:46 INTERESTING.
07:47 AND THE SIKH POPULATION IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
07:48 POPULATIONS THAT IS CLOSEST IN BELIEFS TO
07:49 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.
07:50 THEY BELIEVE IN THE LITERAL SEVEN DAY
07:51 CREATION.
07:52 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
07:53 THEY BELIEVE IN A LITERAL FLOOD.
07:54 THEY BELIEVE IN THE LITERAL SECOND COMING.
07:55 A LOT OF WHAT THE SIKHS BELIEVE IS VERY SIMILAR TO
07:57 US.
07:58 AND SO WHY IT'S DIFFICULT TO WORK THERE IT'S VERY
07:59 DIFFICULT TO GET INTO THEIR SOCIETY.
08:00 BUT ONCE YOU GET BY THE INITIAL BARRIERS THEY ARE
08:01 VERY OPEN TO DIALOG AND DISCUSSING AND TO
08:03 UNDERSTANDING.
08:04 BUT THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THEM IS
08:05 THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND JESUS.
08:37 THE PIVOTAL PART.
08:38 THE PIVOTAL PART.
08:39 AND SO ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN THE 10/40
08:46 WINDOW IT'S A VERY SMALL GEOGRAPHIC AREA BUT THE
08:51 POPULATION IN THAT 10/40 WINDOW IT'S HUGE.
08:54 IT'S HUGE, HUGE, HUGE, HUGE.
08:57 WE HAVE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE SO WE THROW THIS TERM
08:59 AROUND, "10/40 WINDOW", AND I ALWAYS TRY AND MAKE
09:01 SURE THAT I'M EXPLAINING IF THERE MIGHT BE A VIEWER
09:04 FOR THE FIRST TIME IS HEARING THIS TERM.
09:06 IT'S FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR.
09:08 IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM WEST AFRICA, SO THE
09:11 NORTHERN PART OF AFRICA, ALL OF THOSE COUNTRIES
09:13 THROUGH PAKISTAN, INDIA, NEPAL THROUGH CHINA,
09:16 THAILAND, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, THE PHILIPPINES
09:19 AND IT JUST GOES.
09:20 IT'S A HUGE RECTANGLE.
09:22 AND THAT'S WHERE THE HEAVIEST DENSITY OF PEOPLE
09:26 LIVE.
09:27 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE WORLD POPULATION LIVE
09:29 IN THAT 10/40 WINDOW.
09:31 YES.
09:31 AND WE HAVE ALL AGE RANGES.
09:33 AND ALL THE MAJOR RELIGIONS STARTED THERE.
09:37 YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
09:38 THAT'S RIGHT.
09:39 YES.
09:40 SO IT'S TECHNICALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
09:42 FROM US BUT THAT'S WHERE OUR HEART IS HERE AT
09:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH.
09:46 BUT THE GREAT MASSES OF PEOPLE.
09:49 THE TIMES THAT I'VE BEEN TO INDIA I FOUND THAT THE
09:53 PEOPLE OF INDIA MAY NOT UNDERSTAND CHRISTIANITY
09:57 BUT THEY ARE DEEPLY SPIRITUAL PEOPLE.
10:00 OH VERY MUCH SO.
10:01 AND MANZOOR MASSEY WHO IS AN INDIAN MAN, WHEN HE
10:03 SITS RIGHT HERE HE SAYS THE EXACT SAME THING.
10:06 RIGHT, DEEPLY SPIRITUAL.
10:08 ABSOLUTELY.
10:09 SO THAT MAKES THEM OPEN TO UNDERSTANDING AND
10:14 STUDYING.
10:15 THEY ARE, THEY ARE REAL SEEKERS.
10:16 YES, LITERALLY.
10:17 AND THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES IN THAT PART OF THE
10:20 WORLD.
10:23 I WAS IN NORTHERN THAILAND ONE TIME.
10:24 RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF LAOS.
10:25 WHERE WE WERE MEETING WAS RIGHT ON THE MEKONG RIVER.
10:29 WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW IS TO MEET
10:34 ANYWHERE.
10:36 REALLY.
10:37 THEY SAID THAT THIS IS A LARGELY MUSLIM AREA AND SO
10:41 YOU CANNOT MEET.
10:42 AND THEY KNEW YOU WERE CHRISTIAN?
10:44 AND THEY NEW WE WERE CHRISTIANS.
10:45 AND SO WE WENT TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
10:47 OH YOU DID.
10:48 AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE SAID YOU CAN MEET IN MY
10:51 BACK YARD.
10:52 OH (LAUGHTER) AND SO WE SET UP A BIG TENT IN HIS
10:54 BACK YARD.
10:55 AND OF COURSE EVERYBODY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS
10:58 HAPPENING AT HIS PLACE.
10:59 RIGHT.
11:00 AND WE FILLED THAT FOR TWO AND HALF WEEKS OR THREE
11:02 WEEKS.
11:03 PRAISE THE LORD.
11:05 PEOPLE CAME FROM ALL OVER.
11:06 IT WAS SO FASCINATING TO SEE THEM COME FROM THE
11:08 VILLAGES IN THESE LITTLE TWO-WHEELED TRACTORS WITH
11:11 A BIG WAGON ON THEM FULL OF PEOPLE.
11:13 YES, ONE MORE.
11:14 THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE.
11:16 YES.
11:17 AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THESE
11:19 PEOPLE.
11:19 THEY ARE SEEKERS.
11:21 WE DID ONE IN INDIA ONE TIME OUTSIDE OF NEW DELHI
11:26 AND WE STARTED OFF.
11:28 MY DAUGHTER CAME WITH US, SHE WAS IN COLLEGE, AND I
11:31 SAID IF YOU'LL DO THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMING THEN
11:34 YOU CAN COME WITH US.
11:35 SO SHE SAID OKAY.
11:37 SO SHE CAME WITH ONE OF HER FRIENDS AND THEY
11:39 STARTED THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM.
11:40 THE FIRST NIGHT THEY HAD I THINK 20 CHILDREN.
11:44 THE THIRD NIGHT THEY HAD 100.
11:47 BY THE FIFTH NIGHT THEY HAD 400.
11:49 I WAS GOING TO SAY THEY WERE AT A THOUSAND.
11:51 YES.
11:52 I MEAN IT JUST KEPT GROWING AND GROWING.
11:53 AND THEY LOVED YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WERE PRESENTING.
11:56 WELL WORD GETS OUT.
11:58 THESE PEOPLE ARE SEEKERS.
11:59 THEY ARE SEEKERS.
12:00 WELL KEN THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
12:01 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
12:04 US AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU THAT IF YOU
12:06 ARE EXCITED WITH WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM PASTOR
12:08 KEN ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HOW PEOPLE NEED TO
12:11 HEAR ABOUT JESUS WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET
12:13 INVOLVED.
12:14 THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT.
12:15 YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG AND WE
12:18 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS.
12:20 YOU CAN DONATE THERE ON LINE.
12:22 YOU CAN ALSO WATCH PROGRAMS JUST LIKE THIS
12:24 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" ON OUR WEBSITE AND FIND
12:27 OUT MORE INFORMATION.
12:28 AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR FRIEND ON FACEBOOK
12:31 AND HAVE YOU FRIEND US.
12:33 SO PLEASE VISIT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE'RE DOING
12:35 SOMETHING NEW.
12:36 WE'RE DOING THESE, WE'RE CALLING THEM THE "GO
12:38 MINUTES" SO THE ACRONYM FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IS
12:41 "GO" AND WE'RE DOING SOME DEVOTIONALS AND YOU CAN
12:44 SEE THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE AND ON INSTAGRAM AND OUR
12:47 YOU TUBE CHANNEL.
12:48 SO JUST SEARCH FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE HAVE SOME
12:50 MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU.
12:53 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME.
12:56 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO.
12:59 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON.
13:01 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE
13:05 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD.
13:07 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3
13:13 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE.
13:17 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE
13:20 IN THE AREA FROM 10-40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE
13:23 EQUATOR.
13:24 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA,
13:29 TO JAPAN.
13:31 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH.
13:33 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL
13:38 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES.
13:42 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND
13:44 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER
13:47 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD.
13:49 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE
13:55 WORKERS.
13:56 BUT MORE ARE NEEDED.
13:57 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF
14:02 GOD'S LOVE.
14:03 JOIN US.
14:05 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER.
14:10 DONATE.
14:11 PRAY.
14:13 ALL THOSE WAYS AND ANOTHER WAY IS YOU CAN TELL A
14:15 FRIEND SO THEY CAN GET INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL
14:18 OUTREACH.
14:19 BECAUSE THE MORE OF US WHO ARE SHARING JESUS THAT
14:21 MEANS THAT JESUS IS GOING TO BE COMING SOONER AND
14:24 MORE PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT THE SAVING GRACE OF
14:27 JESUS CHRIST AND THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE EMPOWERMENT
14:30 OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
14:31 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A PARTNER WITH GOSPEL
14:33 OUTREACH.
14:34 SO I'M HERE WITH KEN CRAWFORD WHO IS THE
14:36 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR GOSPEL
14:39 OUTREACH.
14:40 AND WE'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL SORTS OF
14:42 THINGS KEN.
14:42 IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASE TO TALK WITH YOU.
14:44 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE AREA OF INDIA WHICH IS
14:48 PART OF THE 10/40 WINDOW AND SOME OF THE OTHER
14:50 RELIGIONS THAT ARE IN THIS AREA.
14:52 AND IT'S INTERESTING FOR ME THAT I'VE LIVED IN A
14:55 BUDDHIST COUNTRY.
14:56 I HAVE BUDDHIST FRIENDS AND THESE RELIGIONS ARE A
15:01 PART OF THEIR CULTURE.
15:03 IT'S A PART OF THEIR LIFESTYLE, IT'S PART OF
15:05 THEIR FAMILY.
15:06 IT'S PART OF EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM RIGHT?
15:08 RIGHT.
15:09 AND IT'S INTERESTING FOR ME BECAUSE AS CHRISTIANS
15:12 WE HAVE ONE GOD AND ONE SON AND HOLY SPIRIT, THE
15:15 TRINITY.
15:16 AND SO ONE GOD HEAD.
15:17 BUT FOR A LOT OF THESE RELIGIONS THEY HAVE
15:20 LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF GODS.
15:22 THOUSANDS.
15:23 WITH HINDUISM MILLIONS.
15:25 SEE AND THAT JUST BOGGLES MY MIND.
15:28 YOU KNOW WHO DO YOU, WHO DO YOU KNOW TO PRAY TO.
15:30 SO THIS IS A WHOLE SHIFT IN THINKING THAT IT'S JUST
15:34 ONE GOD BECAUSE THEY THINK THE MORE GODS YOU HAVE THE
15:36 BETTER.
15:37 RIGHT, THAT'S TRUE.
15:38 THAT'S TRUE.
15:39 SO IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THIS WHOLE PROCESS YOU
15:42 KNOW TO COME ABOUT.
15:44 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH.
15:45 WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT
15:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH.
15:48 WELL IN THE RESPONSE WHILE YOU WERE TAKING ABOUT
15:50 THAT, THE MIND SHIFT THAT TAKES PLACE FROM GOING
15:55 FROM THOSE MULTITUDE OF GODS TO MONOTHEISM WHICH
15:59 IS ONE GOD IS A HUGE LEAP FOR A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE.
16:03 BUT MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY OPEN
16:10 TO UNDERSTANDING.
16:12 THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE RING OF TRUTH THAT
16:16 PEOPLE RECOGNIZE.
16:17 I WAS JUST HERE NOT LONG AGO I WAS IN VIETNAM AND
16:18 WE WERE IN HO CHI MINH CITY AND I VISITED ONE OF
16:19 THE CHURCHES THERE.
16:20 IT WAS A FAIRLY LARGE CHURCH.
16:21 AND OF COURSE IN VIETNAM BEING A COMMUNIST COUNTRY
16:22 WHEN YOU ATTEND CHURCH OF COURSE THE PASTOR'S NOTES
16:23 HAVE TO BE CLEARED BY THE PARTY, CLEARED, CHECKED,
16:25 AND EVERYTHING HAS TO BE SCRIPTED AND THEN THEY
16:26 HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY
16:51 THAT ATTEND EVERY WEEK.
16:53 WELL THE WEEK THAT I ATTENDED THEY SHARED WITH
16:57 ME THAT THE SABBATH BEFORE THEY HAD A BAPTISM OF THE
17:00 TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNISTS AND SO THE
17:03 COMMUNIST PARTY HAD TO FIND TWO MORE TO SEND, HAD
17:06 TO SCRAMBLE.
17:08 NOW I SAID IN THE LAST INTERVIEW THAT WAS THE
17:10 BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S
17:12 THE OTHER BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD TODAY.
17:14 (LAUGHTER) AND SO I MEAN PEOPLE ARE OPEN.
17:17 YES.
17:18 THEY ARE MORE OPEN THAN WE THINK THEY ARE.
17:21 WE TALK ABOUT UNENTERED COUNTRIES AND WE TALK
17:24 ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF GETTING IN THERE.
17:27 BUT I DON'T THINK WE ALLOW FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT
17:31 WORKING ON PEOPLE'S HEARTS BEFORE HAND.
17:36 AND IT IS DIFFICULT FOR SOMEBODY WITH THE NORTH
17:41 AMERICAN MIND SET TO GO IN BECAUSE WE BRING SO MUCH
17:46 OF OUR CULTURE WITH US.
17:47 YES AND WE'RE THE SAME WAY.
17:49 RIGHT.
17:50 BUT THAT'S THE SECRET OF GOSPEL OUTREACH.
17:53 BECAUSE TO HAVE AN INDIGENOUS WORKER WHO WAS
17:59 BORN AND RAISED IN THAT CULTURE AND WHO
18:01 UNDERSTANDS BUT WHO KNOWS JESUS.
18:03 YES.
18:04 I MEAN THEY HAVE THE LANGUAGE, THEY HAVE THE
18:07 TIES.
18:08 I MEAN THAT'S AN AMAZING THING ABOUT GOSPEL
18:12 OUTREACH.
18:13 YES AND FOR YOU AND FOR ME TO GO AND DO THAT, WE
18:15 COULD DO A SOCIAL FAUX PAS IN TRYING TO EXPLAIN
18:20 SOMETHING AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT BUT THEN
18:22 WITH THEM KNOWING ALL OF THIS.
18:24 I MEAN THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE IN THE MARKET
18:27 PLACE, WITH THEIR KIDS AT SCHOOL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
18:29 AND AGAIN MISSION STARTS AT HOME RIGHT KEN.
18:32 SO WE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHERE WE LIVE.
18:36 THIS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING NEW THAT JUST IN THE 10/40
18:38 WINDOW.
18:39 WE NEED TO BE DOING THE SAME THING WHERE WE LIVE.
18:42 TRUE, ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
18:43 AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE KIND OF FORGET THAT
18:45 BECAUSE WE THINK WELL IT HAS TO BE IN A DIFFERENT
18:47 COUNTRY FROM WHERE I LIVE.
18:48 NO, NO, NO.
18:49 IT STARTS WITH MY INTERACTION WITH THE
18:50 PERSON AT THE GROCERY STORE OR YOU KNOW THE
18:52 PERSON AT THE BANK OR THE POST OFFICE, MY NEXT DOOR
18:55 NEIGHBOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
18:57 BUT NO, I AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OPEN
18:59 ESPECIALLY TO THE HOPE.
19:01 AND FOR ME I WOULD BE RELIEVED YOU KNOW THAT I
19:06 HAVE JUST ONE GOD.
19:08 WELL I AM RELIEVED, I AM RELIEVED.
19:11 BUT YOU KNOW TO THINK ABOUT THAT YOU KNOW WHICH
19:13 GOD DO I PRAY TO OR YOU KNOW ALL OF THAT.
19:15 TO ME THAT IS JUST VERY CONFUSING.
19:17 YES.
19:18 THAT'S MYSELF.
19:18 BUT IT'S NOT FOR THEM.
19:20 I MEAN THAT'S A PART OF THEIR CULTURE.
19:22 YES, THAT'S THEIR LIFE.
19:24 BUT NO, ABSOLUTELY AND WE ARE HEARING FROM OUR
19:26 REGIONAL DIRECTORS THAT PEOPLE ARE OPEN.
19:29 WE NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
19:31 AND WHAT OTHER THINGS CAN YOU SHARE WITH US.
19:35 WELL TO GO VISIT THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
19:39 AND TO SEE THEIR FOCUS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR
19:44 OWN COMMUNITY IS REALLY QUITE INSPIRING.
19:47 OH ABSOLUTELY.
19:48 AND IN MY MIND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH
19:54 IS A SUPPORT NETWORK.
19:56 I MEAN EVERYTHING WE DO IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THOSE
20:01 WORKERS THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINES
20:03 WORKING.
20:04 AND YOU KNOW A LOT OF OUR WORKERS, WE CAN'T TALK
20:07 ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE, WE CAN'T USE THEIR NAME, WE
20:10 CAN'T YOU KNOW.
20:11 BUT THEY ARE OUT THERE TAKING THEIR OWN LIFE IN
20:15 THEIR HANDS CARRYING THE GOSPEL WHILE WE SIT IN
20:19 NORTH AMERICA YOU KNOW AT EASE AND THEY ARE OUT
20:26 THERE DOING THE WORK.
20:27 YES.
20:28 AND THEY DON'T HAVE, AND I CONTINUE TO USE THIS
20:30 EXAMPLE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE IT,
20:33 THAT WE CAN GO TO WALMART AND WE CAN BUY A BIBLE.
20:36 A LOT OF THESE CLOSED COUNTRIES THEY CAN'T GO TO
20:38 THEIR LOCAL BOOK STORE AND BUY A BIBLE BECAUSE YOU
20:41 CAN'T HAVE A BIBLE.
20:42 RIGHT.
20:43 AND SO HERE WE ARE IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE AND I
20:44 CONTINUE TO SAY IT, THAT I AM SO BLESSED AND WHAT AM
20:49 I DOING WITH MY BLESSINGS.
20:50 YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THOSE
20:51 BLESSINGS.
20:52 THE FACT THAT I CAN SAY TO SOMEBODY, MAY GOD BLESS
20:56 YOU OR DO YOU KNOW THE LORD, YOU KNOW VERBALLY
20:59 SAY THAT WHERE IN A LOT OF COUNTRIES YOU KNOW YOU
21:02 CAN'T DO THAT.
21:03 RIGHT.
21:04 SO THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT IS
21:06 YOU AND I MIGHT NOT KNOW THE PERSON WHO IS LIVING
21:09 IN WEST AFRICA BUT THERE IS A MAN WHO IS YOUR AGE
21:12 AND THERE IS A WOMAN WHO IS MY AGE.
21:14 YOU KNOW BEFORE WE GET TO HEAVEN WE DON'T KNOW THEIR
21:16 NAMES BUT PRAY FOR THE PERSON WHO IS YOUR AGE,
21:19 PRAY FOR THE PERSON WHO IS MY AGE OR YOU KNOW YOUR
21:21 GRAND KIDS AGE, THINGS LIKE THAT AND GOD KNOWS
21:24 WHO THAT PERSON IS.
21:25 AND SO THAT'S WHERE I SAY LORD PLEASE BLESS THESE
21:28 PEOPLE.
21:29 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE FACING POLITICALLY,
21:31 SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY BUT GOD DOES.
21:33 THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS REALLY
21:36 THREE FOLD.
21:38 NUMBER ONE IS PRAYER SUPPORT.
21:39 YES.
21:40 YOU KNOW TO UNDERSTAND THE NEED OF INTERCESSORY
21:44 PRAYER FOR THESE.
21:45 I READ HERE PROBABLY A YEAR AGO NOW THAT THERE
21:49 ARE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
21:51 INTERDENOMINATIONAL PRAYER WARRIORS IN THE UNITED
21:55 STATES AND CANADA WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO PRAY
21:59 THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL WORK IN THESE AREAS THAT
22:03 ARE CLOSED TO CHRISTIANITY.
22:05 PRAISE THE LORD.
22:05 A HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND WARRIORS.
22:07 WONDERFUL.
22:08 THAT WE KNOW OF.
22:09 YES.
22:10 I JUST READ THAT IN AN INTERDENOMINATIONAL
22:12 MAGAZINE.
22:12 YES, THERE COULD BE MORE.
22:14 YES THERE COULD BE MORE.
22:15 BUT THOSE ONES ASSIGNED, DELEGATED TO PRAY.
22:18 THAT'S EXCITING.
22:19 AND SO WE NEED PRAYER SUPPORT AND YOU CAN'T
22:24 EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THE POWER OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER FOR
22:27 THESE WORKERS.
22:28 PREACH IT BROTHER, PREACH IT.
22:29 YES.
22:29 SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
22:30 NUMBER TWO WE NEED VOLUNTEERS.
22:34 IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO WALK INTO THIS OFFICE
22:37 COMPLEX AND SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE
22:40 WORKING HERE, VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME, RECEIVING
22:43 REPORTS FROM OVERSEAS, DOING TREASURY ITEMS.
22:49 IT'S ALL TRUE.
22:49 I MEAN IT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING.
22:51 SO WE NEED PEOPLE TO STUFF ENVELOPES.
22:54 WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME IN AND WORK AND HELP US.
22:58 WE NEED PEOPLE WHO CAN DO IT FROM HOME WHO CAN GET
23:00 ON THEIR COMPUTER AND HELP US EDIT STORIES.
23:03 SO THE SECOND THING IS VOLUNTEER.
23:07 AND THE THIRD THING IS OF COURSE, YOU KNOW IT,
23:11 FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
23:12 FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
23:13 THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE THING IS ABOUT.
23:17 YOU DON'T SEE MINISTRIES THAT I'VE EVER SEEN THAT
23:21 OPERATE WHERE OVER 90 SOME PERCENT OF THEIR DONATIONS
23:24 GO DIRECTLY TO THE FIELD BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS
23:27 VOLUNTEER.
23:28 WELL AND I DO TWO THINGS.
23:30 THAT'S HOW WE ARE AT THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND.
23:32 WE'RE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ABSOLUTELY.
23:35 OH REALLY.
23:36 SO YES, TO HAVE THAT IS HUGE.
23:38 IT IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE.
23:39 AND PEOPLE LIKE TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW
23:42 WHERE THEIR MONEY IS GOING.
23:44 THOSE THREE THINGS THINGS IN MY MIND ARE PIVOTAL.
23:46 THEY ARE VERY PIVOTAL.
23:47 TO WHAT MAKES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK.
23:49 ABSOLUTELY.
23:50 SO AS LONG AS WE'RE COUNTING HERE KEN.
23:53 THERE'S A PSALM THAT YOU SAID IS VERY SPECIAL AND
23:57 IT'S PSALM 37.
24:00 AND YOU AND I ARE BOTH PILOTS AND WE ALSO BOTH
24:04 HAVE VERY SPECIAL HANDS.
24:06 WE DO.
24:07 (LAUGHTER) I'M BLESSED WITH SEVEN AND YOU'RE
24:10 BLESSED WITH, I'M BLESSED WITH THREE AND A HALF ON
24:13 THAT HAND AND FIVE ON THIS HAND.
24:16 SEE SO I DO THE HIGH SEVEN AND YOU DO YOURS.
24:19 I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GROW THOSE OUT FOR MANY YEARS.
24:21 YES.
24:22 WELL AND I JUST TALKED TO A MAN, BLESS HIS HEART,
24:24 TODAY AND HE SAID HE LOST A FINGER.
24:25 AND I SAID HEY, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE IN OUR CLUB.
24:29 SO PSALM 37.
24:31 YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE SEVEN VERBS IN PSALM 37.
24:34 I'M DOING THE SEVEN HERE.
24:36 YOU'RE GOT TO DO SEVEN, I CAN'T DO SEVEN.
24:39 (LAUGHTER) BUT ANYWAY.
24:40 SEVEN VERBS.
24:42 A VERB IS AN ACTION.
24:44 IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO RIGHT.
24:47 SO IF YOU GO THROUGH PSALM 37 YOU'LL SEE SEVEN VERBS
24:52 THAT ARE IMPERATIVES FROM GOD.
24:55 OKAY GOOD.
24:56 AND IT STARTS OFF WITH THE VERY FIRST ONE THAT SAYS
25:00 FRET NOT.
25:01 FRET NOT.
25:02 NO, NO, NO.
25:06 HOW MANY PEOPLE SPEND THEIR LIVES WORRYING.
25:11 FRET NOT.
25:11 OKAY NEXT ONE.
25:13 AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH.
25:15 YES, FRET NOT, TRUST, TRUST THE SECOND ONE IS
25:19 TRUST.
25:20 COMMIT, REFRAIN.
25:20 AND THEN IT COMES DOWN TO.
25:23 I LIKE THE THE SIXTH ONE.
25:26 IT SAYS DWELL IN THE LAND.
25:29 AND THE SEVENTH ONE IS FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS.
25:33 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
25:34 DWELL IN THE LAND AND FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS.
25:36 BEAUTIFUL.
25:37 WE'RE HERE FOR A PURPOSE.
25:38 YES WE ARE.
25:39 WE ARE HERE FOR A BIG PURPOSE.
25:42 WE ARE NOT HAPPENSTANCE WE ARE HERE FOR A PURPOSE.
25:45 TO DWELL IN THE LAND AND FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS
25:48 IS THE FUNDAMENTAL ACTION FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN.
25:56 IF WE COULD LEARN TO DO THAT.
25:58 SO THE ENDING OF THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH TO ME ARE JUST
26:03 POWERFUL.
26:04 WELL AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS TO
26:08 READ IT IN YOUR REGULAR STUDY BIBLE TRANSLATION
26:12 AND THEN ALSO GO TO ANOTHER TRANSLATION.
26:15 BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED LATELY BY LOOKING
26:18 AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS.
26:19 AND THEN WE CAN SEE THE SEVENTH.
26:20 YES.
26:21 VERY GOOD.
26:22 SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR
26:25 SERVICE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I GET EXCITED
26:29 WITH THE PASSION THAT YOU HAVE FOR JESUS AND FOR THE
26:35 WORK AND SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RELATING ALL
26:38 OF THAT.
26:38 IT'S MY PRIVILEGE.
26:39 WELL THANK YOU.
26:40 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A
26:42 PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE
26:45 WE'RE PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD AND I HOPE THAT YOU
26:47 HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TODAY.
26:48 I HOPE YOU'VE GOTTEN EXCITED AS WE'VE LISTENED
26:50 TO PASTOR KEN TALK HERE.
26:51 AND I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU VISIT PSALM 37.
26:55 YOU WILL BE BLESSED.
26:56 AND WE DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS
26:58 AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
27:02 YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERISM AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
27:05 GET IN TOUCH WITH US AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOU
27:07 CAN JOIN AND BE A VOLUNTEER PLEASE DO GO
27:09 ONTO OUR WEBSITE, GIVE US A CALL AND WE WOULD LOOK
27:12 FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.
27:14 SO ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
27:15 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND


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