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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS."
00:35 I'M YOUR HOST TODAY LONNIE MELASHENKO AND WE'RE JUST 00:38 DELIGHTED YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE I'M SO EXCITED 00:39 ABOUT OUR INTERVIEWS TODAY. 00:41 YOU KNOW WAY BACK WHEN, I WAS JUST READING IN MY 00:44 DEVOTIONAL THE OTHER DAY, WHEN JESUS WAS TAKEN TO 00:47 CALVARY REMEMBER HE COULD NOT CARRY HIS CROSS. 00:49 AND THERE HAPPENED TO BE SOMEONE WHO WAS AN 00:54 AFRICAN, HAPPENED TO BE SIMON FROM CYRENE, AND HE 00:56 WAS COMPELLED TO LIFT UP JESUS' CROSS. 00:58 AND OF COURSE PHILIP WHEN HE MET THE ETHIOPIAN LATER 01:03 AND THE GOSPEL WENT TO THE VERY TOP LEVELS OF 01:07 GOVERNMENT IN AFRICA. 01:08 AFRICA WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PLACES TO RECEIVE 01:12 THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. 01:13 AND OUR GUESTS TODAY ARE FROM THAT AREA WHERE THEY 01:17 ARE IN CHARGE OF MINISTRY. 01:18 WE'RE JUST DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU BOTH GLEN AND 01:21 KAREN WINTERMEYER. 01:22 YOU REPRESENT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 01:26 MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT MAP AND LET'S JUST TAKE A 01:30 QUICK LOOK BECAUSE GUINEA, AND YOU'RE PARTICULARLY IN 01:32 SOUTH GUINEA. 01:34 WOULD YOU POINT TO THAT ON THIS LITTLE MAP HERE. 01:35 PUT A BIG CIRCLE AROUND ROUGHLY THE AREA. 01:38 GAMBIA, GUINEA-BISSAU, GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, 01:41 LIBERIA, BALI. 01:45 SO THIS IS A UNIQUE PLACE FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:50 VOLUNTEERS, OF WHICH YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THEM, ARE 01:54 MINISTERING IN A UNIQUE WAY IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW 01:57 WHERE MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD THE 02:00 NAME OF JESUS. 02:01 SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW DID YOU GET 02:07 INVOLVED IN WORKING IN GUINEA PARTICULARLY? 02:10 WELL YOU KNOW I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO 02:13 THAT QUESTION. 02:14 MISSIONS HAS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE EVER SINCE I 02:18 WAS BORN. 02:19 MY MOM TALKED ABOUT MISSIONS, TALKED ABOUT 02:22 WHAT SHE WANTED ME TO BE, ENCOURAGED ME THROUGH THE 02:25 MINISTRY OR DOCTOR. 02:28 SO I ENDED UP WITH KIND OF A POTPOURRI OF ACTIVITIES 02:31 THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN HEALTH EDUCATION AND THEN 02:35 WITH ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSIONS. 02:37 AND NOW I'M WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL AND 02:41 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 02:43 SO WHAT WAS YOUR CAREER BEFORE THIS PARTICULAR 02:45 INTEREST? 02:46 YOU GREW UP IN MINNESOTA, WENT TO UNION COLLEGE. 02:50 WHAT WAS YOUR MAJOR? 02:51 MY MAJOR WAS THEOLOGY. 02:52 THEOLOGY. 02:53 AND THEN I WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL AT LOMA 02:58 LINDA AND DID PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMUNITY HEALTH 03:00 EDUCATION. 03:01 NOW YOU'VE GOT SOME TOOLS TO BECOME A MISSIONARY. 03:04 SO WE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE MISSIONARIES IT JUST NEVER 03:08 HAPPENED. 03:09 WE GREW UP, I HAD A FAMILY, RAISED THEM AND 03:12 THEN WE ONE DAY GOT A CALL TO GO AND BE ADMINISTRATOR 03:19 OF AN ORPHANAGE. 03:21 WHERE WAS THAT? 03:21 THAT WAS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 03:23 WOW. 03:24 SO WE'RE NOW IN FOREIGN TERRITORY AND SOMETHING 03:27 BRAND NEW. 03:28 YES. 03:28 I KNEW NO SPANISH. 03:29 I BARELY KNEW HOW TO SAY "NO." 03:31 WELL TELL US A LITTLE BIT KAREN ABOUT EMIL. 03:36 EMIL IS A VERY INTERESTING STORY. 03:44 IT STARTED WITH ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 03:49 WHO LIVED IN A VILLAGE AND HE DIDN'T WANT HIS 03:52 CHILDREN TO GO TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL. 03:54 AND WHERE WAS THIS NOW? 03:55 THIS IS IN GUINEA. 03:56 IN GUINEA. 03:57 WE'RE TALKING IN AFRICA. 03:58 IN SOUTHEAST PART OF GUINEA. 03:59 OKAY. 04:00 WAY DEEP IN THE JUNGLE OF THE COUNTRY. 04:04 BUT HE WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL AND HE ASKED THE 04:07 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER WHETHER HE WOULDN'T COME 04:09 SOMETIMES TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS ARE LEARNING WHAT 04:13 THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. 04:15 SURE HE SAID, HE'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT. 04:17 WELL IN THE PROCESS HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT DO YOU 04:20 DO FOR A LIVING, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 04:23 AND WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE? 04:24 AND SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SHARED. 04:27 WELL THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ACCEPTED THE 04:31 WONDERFUL TRUTH IN THE BIBLE AND WAS BAPTIZED. 04:34 BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL. 04:36 NOW ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS TO 04:40 ESPECIALLY GO AND REACH INTO THAT 10/40 WINDOW 04:43 WHICH IS WHERE 97 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION HAVE 04:46 NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE NAME OF JESUS. 04:49 AND IT'S ILLEGAL AND WE'RE AREN'T ABLE TO EVANGELIZE 04:53 OR PROSELYTIZE IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS. 04:55 SO WHAT THEN WAS THE RESULT OF THIS PERSON 04:58 BEING BAPTIZED? 05:00 WELL IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE 05:05 ADVENTIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE WHOLE 05:07 COUNTRY. 05:08 AND IT WAS FAR AWAY IN THE CAPITAL CITY. 05:12 SO THEY DECIDED TO BUILD A SMALL ONE, VERY SMALL, A 05:16 LITTLE SCHOOL. 05:17 A LITTLE ELEMENTARY ADVENTIST SCHOOL IN 05:21 SOUTHEAST GUINEA. 05:23 BUT THEY NEEDED A PRINCIPAL AND TEACHER. 05:27 WELL THIS NEWLY CONVERTED TEACHER NOW BECAME THE 05:32 PRINCIPAL AND THE TEACHER THERE. 05:34 HOW ABOUT THAT. 05:37 SO WHERE DOES THIS WITCH COME INTO PLAY? 05:42 WELL THIS TEACHER, YOU KNOW TEACHERS GET SUMMER 05:46 VACATION. 05:46 THAT'S THEIR VACATION TIME. 05:48 WELL HE DECIDED TO TAKE HIS VACATION TIME AND GO 05:52 AROUND THE SCHOOL AND MEET THE STUDENTS AND THE 05:57 PARENTS. 05:59 SO HE DID THAT VISITING AND SOME OF THE PARENTS 06:02 WOULD ASK HIM, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE, WHY DO YOU 06:06 BELIEVE THAT? 06:07 AND SEVERAL FAMILIES WERE BAPTIZED AND BECAME 06:10 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 06:11 WHAT IS THE PREVAILING RELIGION THERE AND WAS HE 06:14 PERMITTED TO DO THIS OR BECAUSE THEY ASKED HIM HE 06:16 COULD NOW TALK WITH THEM? 06:18 OH HE IS PERMITTED TO DO THAT THERE. 06:21 THEY HAVE MUSLIMS THERE BUT NOT A LOT. 06:24 THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST BELIEVE NOTHING. 06:29 ANIMISM IS A BIG THING IN THEIR COUNTRY. 06:32 IN PARTS. 06:34 THEY WORSHIP STICKS AND STONES AND STRINGS AND ALL 06:39 DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS, THE ANIMALS. 06:43 SO IT'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD THAT OPENS UP WHEN THEY 06:47 COME TO FIND OUT ABOUT A JESUS AND ABOUT ANGELS AND 06:51 ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL AND THEY DON'T HAVE 06:54 TO FEAR WITH THEIR FAITH. 06:55 AMEN. 06:56 THEY LOVE IT. 06:57 AND THIS LITTLE SCHOOL STARTED WITH JUST A FEW 06:59 ROOMS. 07:01 THEY ADDED ON AND ON. 07:02 AT FIRST THEY HAD TEN STUDENTS ONLY. 07:05 TODAY, WE WERE JUST THERE IN JANUARY, THEY HAVE OVER 07:09 200 STUDENTS. 07:11 WOW. 07:12 PRAISE GOD. 07:13 AND THEY CAN TEACH ABOUT THE WONDERFUL GOOD NEWS 07:16 ABOUT JESUS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE. 07:17 SO THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND THE GOVERNMENT IS 07:19 HAPPY TO HAVE EDUCATION TAKING PLACE. 07:21 YES. 07:22 OTHERWISE SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT EVEN GET TO GO 07:24 TO A SCHOOL. 07:24 YES. 07:27 AND SO THE TEACHER IN THE PROCESS OF HIS VISITING 07:30 DECIDED HE IS GOING TO VISIT IN THE NEXT VILLAGE. 07:32 HE KNEW HIS OLDEST BROTHER LIVED THERE. 07:35 HIS OLDEST BROTHER IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. 07:39 AND THE TWO OF THEM WERE TALKING AND HE SHARED WITH 07:42 HIS OLDEST BROTHER WHAT HE BELIEVED. 07:45 AND HE ACCEPTS THE TRUTH. 07:46 THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL. 07:47 THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL. 07:49 WOW. 07:50 SO THEY DECIDE AND TALK AND SAY WE REALLY WANT TO 07:54 SHARE THIS WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHERE WE GREW 07:57 UP. 07:58 THEY GREW UP IN THE FAR NORTH IN MOUNTAINS. 08:04 AND SO I HAVE A FEW PICTURES HERE THAT I'D 08:09 LIKE YOU TO SHOW. 08:11 THIS IS FELIX THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO TAUGHT 08:16 HIS CHILDREN AND BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 08:20 AND THIS IS DANIEL THE TEACHER WHO WENT AROUND 08:28 HIS SCHOOL AND WENT TO HIS BROTHER'S VILLAGE. 08:30 AND THIS IS THE SCHOOL WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. 08:35 WOW. 08:36 THAT IS A FINE LOOKING FACILITY. 08:38 NOW WHO AND HOW DID THEY AFFORD TO BUILD THAT? 08:41 SOMEONE DONATED SOME MONEY AND THEY STARTED WITH JUST 08:44 A FEW ROOMS. 08:46 AND AS THEY HAD THE MONEY THEY WOULD ADD ON TO IT. 08:49 HERE'S DANIEL AND HE WAS SHOWING US THE SCHOOL JUST 08:52 IN JANUARY. 08:53 AND IS THAT IN FRENCH THERE, ADVENTISTE? 08:56 YES, IN FRENCH. 08:57 SO THAT'S THE SCHOOL THAT STARTED FROM 10 LITTLE 09:01 STUDENTS TO OVER 200 TODAY. 09:03 TWO HUNDRED. 09:04 YES. 09:05 AND THEY GO, WHAT IS IT KAREN, K THROUGH 12? 09:09 YES. 09:10 OH SO THEY'RE ALMOST TEACHING PRE COLLEGE. 09:11 YES. 09:12 AND HOW MANY FACULTY DO THEY HAVE? 09:16 I CAN'T TELL YOU. 09:17 THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW TEACHERS THERE NOW. 09:19 BUT IN TALKING ABOUT WHERE THEY WANTED TO GO TO THEIR 09:23 FAMILY, THEIR FAMILY LIVES IN THE NORTH IN THE 09:26 MOUNTAINS I TOLD YOU. 09:28 THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ROADS LIKE THIS THERE. 09:32 THIS IS ONE OF THE ROADS WE DROVE ON. 09:34 I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THIS A ROAD? 09:35 (LAUGHTER) THERE ARE NO ROADS THERE. 09:38 YOU CANNOT EVEN GO WITH A MOTORCYCLE. 09:39 IT IS SO STEEP AND SO UP DOWN THERE ARE NO ROADS. 09:41 SO ACCESS IS BY WALKING. 09:42 ONLY BY WALKING. 09:42 IS THAT RIGHT, IN THE MOUNTAINS. 09:44 AND IT'S NOT AN HOUR JOURNEY. 09:45 OKAY NOW TELL US WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU GOT 09:50 THERE. 09:54 WE DIDN'T GO TO THAT PLACE. 09:55 IT WAS TOO FAR. 09:57 BUT THEY WERE TELLING US THE STORY ABOUT THIS 09:59 PLACE. 09:59 OH PLEASE TELL US. 10:00 THE TWO BROTHERS WENT THERE. 10:01 AND THEY WANTED TO SHARE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND 10:06 FRIENDS. 10:07 SO THEY DID AND WHEN THEY WENT THERE THEY PRAYED AND 10:20 FASTED FOR TWO DAYS. 10:24 WHY? 10:27 IT'S BECAUSE THEY GREW UP THERE. 10:30 THEY KNEW ALL OF THESE PEOPLE BELIEVED JUST LIKE 10:34 THEY USED TO BELIEVE. 10:35 ANIMISTS? 10:36 ANIMISTS. 10:37 THEY BELIEVED IN SPIRITS AND IN THE DEVIL WORSHIP 10:40 AND WITCH CRAFT AND ALL OF THAT. 10:43 WE CAN HARDLY EVEN GET OUR MINDS AROUND THAT HERE IN 10:46 OUR WESTERN WORLD AND OUR WESTERN SOCIETY. 10:49 BUT THIS WAS STILL TAKING PLACE VERY RECENTLY. 10:53 YES. 10:54 AND THEY WERE PRAYING ABOUT GOING UP THERE TO 10:55 TRY AND PLANT SOME SEEDS FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 10:59 PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THERE. 11:01 SO WHAT DID THEY DO AND HOW DID THEY GET ANY 11:03 HEARING FROM ANYBODY? 11:04 WELL I'LL JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 11:06 PEOPLE THERE. 11:07 THEY SURVIVE BY HUNTING ANIMALS. 11:09 THAT'S THE WAY THEY LIVE. 11:11 AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS CLAIMED THAT THE 11:16 DEVIL HIMSELF COMES TO THEIR CELEBRATIONS. 11:18 WOW. 11:20 I MEAN IT IS SERIOUS. 11:23 SO THAT'S WHY THEY PRAYED AND FASTED. 11:25 AND HE REALLY, TEACHER DANIEL, REALLY HAD HIS 11:30 DOUBTS THAT HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER WOULD EVEN ACCEPT 11:33 WHAT HE WAS GOING TO SHARE WITH HIM BECAUSE HE WAS 11:38 KNOWN AS THE BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG CHIEF THERE. 11:42 I MEAN HE IS VERY INFLUENTIAL WITH THE 11:44 PEOPLE. 11:45 AND THE PEOPLE REALLY RESPECT HIM THERE. 11:48 SO THEY REALLY NEEDED TO PRAY. 11:55 WELL WHEN THEY GOT THERE FINALLY WHAT HAPPENED? 11:59 WELL HE STARTED READING AND SHARING FROM HIS BIBLE 12:06 WITH HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER. 12:07 DOOR TO DOOR? 12:09 NO IN HIS HOME, IN THE YOUNGEST BROTHER'S HOME. 12:12 OKAY. 12:13 JUST TO HIS FAMILY AND HIS WIFE. 12:15 SO THEN TO HIS SURPRISE THE WIFE SAID, I DON'T 12:26 CARE WHAT CHURCH THEY REPRESENT, EVERYTHING IS 12:30 FROM THIS BOOK THE BIBLE. 12:34 AND SO HE ACCEPTED THE MESSAGE. 12:36 THE WITCH AS HE WAS KNOWN IN THE WHOLE AREA. 12:39 WOW. 12:40 SO THE TEACHER WHO WAS THE TEACHER OF THE ELEMENTARY 12:42 SCHOOL WHO WENT THERE WITH HIS BROTHER OLDEST BROTHER 12:45 SAID I REALLY, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO 12:48 THIS. 12:49 HE SAID WHAT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME WAS NOT 13:00 DIFFICULT FOR GOD. 13:01 AMEN. 13:02 BECAUSE HE NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD ACCEPT IT. 13:13 AND SO WHEN HE ACCEPTED THE MESSAGE THEY ALSO, 13:19 THIS IS EMIL, THIS IS THE CHIEF. 13:22 AND HE NEEDED TO BE CONTINUED TO BE ENCOURAGED 13:28 TO STUDY THE BIBLE MORE SO ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:35 WORKERS ALSO, THIS IS KLAUS, CAME TO STUDY AND 13:41 WORK WITH THEM FURTHER. 13:44 TODAY THERE ARE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BAPTIZED MEMBERS IN 13:45 THAT VILLAGE. 13:46 THE CHIEF CAME FROM A VILLAGE, HIS VILLAGE HAS 13:47 700 PEOPLE. 13:48 AND IN THE MOUNTAINS THERE ARE TEN MORE VILLAGES. 13:49 HE IS CHIEF OVER ALL OF THEM. 13:50 AND WHAT THE CHIEF DOES IT PERCOLATES DOWN AND PEOPLE 13:51 HEAR ABOUT IT DON'T THEY. 13:52 YES. 13:52 OH VERY MUCH SO. 13:53 YOU GET THE CHIEF'S ATTENTION IF YOU MARKET 13:54 THE PROGRAM, IF THE HOLY SPIRIT MARKETS THE PROGRAM 13:55 AND THE CHIEF SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S REALLY 13:57 GOOD FOR YOU. 13:58 YOU WILL COME TO MY PROGRAM TOMORROW NIGHT YOU 13:59 UNDERSTAND? 14:00 (LAUGHTER) YES. 14:01 BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK THAT WAY. 14:02 NOT ALL OF THEM. 14:04 THE PEOPLE WERE HAPPY AND ACCEPTED. 14:06 SOME OF THE PEOPLE ABANDONED THE CHIEF 14:42 BECAUSE OF HIS ACCEPTING THIS NEW BELIEF. 14:44 REALLY. 14:45 OTHER WITCHES TRIED TO KILL HIM. 14:50 THE TWO BROTHERS WERE TOLD BY A DEMON, NO. 14:55 AND THEY TRIED TO TRANSFORM THEIR YOUNGEST 14:58 BROTHER. 15:00 THEY COULDN'T DO IT. 15:03 AND THERE WAS PERSECUTION AND THE DEMON TOLD THE 15:08 YOUNGEST BROTHER THAT HIS BROTHER DANIEL WHO CAME TO 15:15 SHARE THE BIBLE AND THE GOOD NEWS WITH HIM HE SAID 15:18 HE'S NOT A CHRISTIAN. 15:21 HE IS A WITCH. 15:23 OF COURSE THAT WAS NOT TRUE. 15:27 BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. 15:30 SO THERE'S A REAL MAJOR CONTROVERSY OF THE DARK 15:33 FORCES VERSUS THE LIGHT FORCES IN A VERY REAL WAY 15:38 STILL TAKING PLACE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF AFRICA. 15:41 YES. 15:42 THE GREAT CONTROVERSY RAGES. 15:47 AND THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES. 15:48 AND THAT'S VERY KNOWN AND REAL FOR THESE PEOPLE 15:51 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY LIVE IN. 15:54 YES. 15:55 AND WHEN THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE HAVE A DEATH OR 16:00 WHATEVER THE CHIEF ALWAYS COMES TO DO SOME 16:03 TRADITIONAL WHATEVER HE USED TO DO. 16:07 AND NOW THAT HE BELIEVES DIFFERENTLY HE NO LONGER 16:14 GOES THERE. 16:16 AND THE PEOPLE ARE LIKE PARALYZED. 16:18 THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 16:22 WELL I WANT TO COME BACK TO THIS IN JUST A MINUTE 16:24 AND WELL FIND OUT WELL WHAT DID THEY DO. 16:26 BUT JUST NOW I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE SCREEN TO 16:29 LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THIS 10/40 16:32 WINDOW AND HOW WE'RE DOING THAT WHICH JESUS ASKED US 16:36 TO DO IN MATHEW 24:14 THE GREAT GOSPEL COMMISSION TO 16:39 GO INTO ALL THE WORLD, EVERY NATION, KINDRED, 16:43 TONGUE AND PEOPLE. 16:44 TAKE A LOOK AT THIS JUST NOW ON THE SCREEN. 16:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION 20 YEARS AGO BY 16:53 ASKING ONE SIMPLE QUESTION. 16:55 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 16:57 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND 17:01 STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 17:04 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES 17:06 AND NATURAL CALAMITIES WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 17:10 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 "AND THIS 17:14 GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL 17:16 THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 17:20 SHALL THE END COME." 17:24 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH 17:27 ONE WORKER AND OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS HAS GROWN 17:30 INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 22 HUNDRED WORKERS IN 40 17:34 PLUS COUNTRIES. 17:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY 17:38 ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 17:41 YES YOU HEARD THAT CORRECT. 17:43 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 17:46 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO 17:49 SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 17:51 NOW YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY FROM THE 17:56 WORK THE CHURCH IS ALREADY DOING WITH OVER SEAS 17:58 MISSIONS? 17:59 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 18:01 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION. 18:04 JUST AS LARGE A PART IS STAYING INVOLVED IN THE 18:07 WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 18:10 GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS 18:13 WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE 18:15 WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 18:18 WINDOW. 18:20 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 18:23 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN 18:26 HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF 18:29 THE EQUATOR. 18:30 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 18:33 NINETY SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE 18:35 WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS LIVE 18:38 HERE. 18:39 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO 18:43 REACH THESE PEOPLE? 18:45 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES 18:47 TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS IN NEW TERRITORIES. 18:50 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 18:54 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABERE REUBEN. 18:56 PRABERE IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR 18:59 SPONSORSHIP HIS CHURCH CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO 19:01 THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 19:05 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF 19:07 JESUS, AND THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 19:10 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE 19:13 ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO THE WORK OF PRABERE. 19:16 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS 19:19 CHURCH HAVE BEEN WORSHIPPING IN A HOUSE 19:21 CHURCH. 19:22 RECENTLY A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE 19:25 TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE 19:28 CHURCH. 19:29 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 19:32 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES 19:35 TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 19:36 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL 19:39 OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW VILLAGE IT'S ESTIMATED 19:42 THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 19:50 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO 19:51 CHRIST. 19:52 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF 19:53 GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST 19:57 TIME. 19:58 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 20:02 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PARBERE RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO 20:05 SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE 20:07 UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 20:09 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING 20:13 OUR ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM. 20:14 TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN 20:18 AREAS THAT NEED TO BE REACHED. 20:20 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON 20:23 WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, 20:26 FOR 10 THOUSAND NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 20:31 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS 20:33 LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD. 20:37 THAT IS WHY IT'S OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW 20:40 PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 20:43 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR 20:46 FINANCIAL HELP. 20:48 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS 150 20:50 DOLLARS A MONTH. 20:52 FOR SOME THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN 20:55 BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL 20:57 GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 21:00 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR 21:03 A YEAR. 21:04 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING 21:07 PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER SENDING YOU STORIES AND 21:10 PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 21:14 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM 21:17 THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 21:19 FIRST YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 21:22 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 21:25 SECOND BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR 21:27 ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND 21:29 FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 21:32 AND FINALLY SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 21:35 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 21:38 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 21:41 NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS IS WAITING FOR THE 21:44 FINAL QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 21:54 SO WE'RE HERE SITTING ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS 21:57 TAKEN WAY THERE ON THE COAST OF AFRICA IN GUINEA 22:00 AND THESE EIGHT COUNTRIES WHERE GLEN AND KAREN ARE 22:03 IN CHARGE OF ALL OF THE GOSPEL WORKER VOLUNTEERS 22:06 THAT ARE SERVING THERE. 22:08 AND YOU LEFT US KIND OF HANGING HERE. 22:10 PERSECUTION, ANIMISM, WITCH CRAFT. 22:13 WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? 22:15 EMIL THE CHIEF WHO USED TO BE A WITCH, AND I DON'T 22:21 EVEN LIKE TO USE THAT WORD ANYMORE FOR HIM, HE IS NOW 22:24 GOD'S WORKER. 22:27 HE CAME TO OUR MEETINGS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO LEARN 22:29 WITH ALL THE REST OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 22:31 HOW TO SHARE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS WITH HIS PEOPLE 22:35 SIMPLY. 22:37 AND HE ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY FILL IN FOR HIM 22:44 AS THE CHIEF SO HE COULD COME TO THESE MEETINGS. 22:49 AND HE WANTS TO LEARN. 22:51 HE WANTS HIS PEOPLE WHO EVEN CANNOT READ AND WRITE 22:56 TO LEARN HOW THEY CAN HEAR AND SHARE WHAT THEY HEAR 23:02 WITH OTHERS WHO CANNOT READ AND WRITE. 23:04 THIS IS WAY OUT IN THE BUSH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS 23:07 OF AFRICA WHERE MANY DON'T READ AND WRITE AND HE'S 23:10 WANTING ACTUALLY NOT ONLY TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS BUT 23:12 HAVE THEM BECOME LITERATE. 23:14 WELL THEY WON'T NECESSARILY BECOME 23:16 LITERATE. 23:17 YOU DON'T NEED TO TO SHOW JESUS. 23:18 THAT'S TRUE. 23:20 YOU JUST TELL WHAT YOU KNOW. 23:22 AND SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY TRIED IT. 23:25 GLEN HAS HAD CHURCH SERVICE. 23:29 AFTERWARDS HE SAID NOW I WANT SOMEBODY WHO CAN'T 23:31 READ AND WRITE, I DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS YOU, TO 23:33 COME UP AND TELL THE STORY AND ASK QUESTIONS LIKE 23:37 YOU'VE HEARD IT. 23:39 THEY VOLUNTEER AND THEY CAN UP AND TELL IT. 23:41 WELL THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 23:42 SO HE HAS LEARNED HOW TO DO THAT. 23:44 AND HE SAID I WANT TO SHARE THE BIBLE SIMPLY 23:45 EVEN IF THEY PERSECUTE ME OR WON'T ACCEPT IT HE 23:46 SAID. 23:47 AND HE SAID I WANT NOT JUST MY VILLAGES TO KNOW 23:49 THIS, I WANT THE BIG CITY DOWN BELOW MY MOUNTAINS TO 23:52 KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 24:05 THEY ALSO DO NOT HAVE A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 24:08 PRESENCE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS AND THE WONDERFUL 24:11 NEWS OF WHAT JESUS DID FOR US AND ETERNAL LIFE IS 24:14 OFFERED. 24:16 I MEAN I APPRECIATE HIS NOT JUST BEING INTERESTED 24:20 IN HIS PEOPLE BUT REACHING OUT EVEN TO OTHERS. 24:23 THERE BECAME A PASSION IN HIS HEART TO REACH OUT TO 24:26 OTHERS. 24:26 AMEN. 24:27 WHICH IS WHAT JESUS TOLD THAT DEMONIC TO DO ON THE 24:29 OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA OF GALILEE. 24:30 HE WANTED TO COME BE PART OF THE COLLEGE OF THE 24:33 DISCIPLES. 24:33 NOPE, YOU GO AND TELL. 24:36 HE HADN'T HAD ANY BIBLE STUDIES. 24:38 HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE 23 HUNDRED DAYS OR ALL 24:40 ABOUT THE HEALTH MESSAGE. 24:41 YOU GO AND TELL WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU. 24:43 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE. 24:45 YES. 24:46 AND THAT'S WHAT EVEN PEOPLE WHO CAN'T READ AND 24:48 WRITE, THEY CAN TELL WHAT THEY KNOW. 24:50 AND HOW MANY NOW HAS HE INFLUENCED EVEN OUTSIDE 24:52 THAT AREA AS FAR AS YOU KNOW. 24:54 I DON'T KNOW BUT UP IN HIS AREA THEY HAVE BUILT A 24:57 LITTLE CHURCH OUT OF MUD BRICKS JUST LIKE THEY 25:01 BUILD THEIR HOMES SO THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO 25:02 WORSHIP. 25:04 ANY FINAL WORD BEFORE WE WRAP THIS UP? 25:07 ONE EXCITING THING THAT YOU JUST CAN'T WAIT TO 25:10 TELL. 25:15 WHAT'S EXCITING TO ME IS THAT JESUS WANTS TO BE, HE 25:22 WANTS ALL OF US HOME IN HEAVEN WITH HIM. 25:25 AND IT'S NEAT TO SEE MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN 25:28 ACCEPTING THE GOOD NEWS AND BE PART OF THE KINGDOM 25:32 BUILDING THAT IS GOING ON. 25:35 THAT IS SO EXCITING. 25:36 I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT BECAUSE WE THINK WE 25:39 KNOW WHO ARE THE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES. 25:41 THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY, BUT HE KNOWS A LOT OF THOSE 25:44 PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE INTO WITCHCRAFT AND ANIMISM. 25:47 HE WANTS THEM IN HIS KINGDOM AND MAYBE THAT'S 25:49 ONE OF THE REASONS HE'S POSTPONING FOR JUST A 25:51 LITTLE LONGER. 25:53 AND FRIEND, RIGHT BACK THERE AT HOME YOU CAN HAVE 25:56 A PART IN THIS MINISTRY. 25:58 YOU CAN ACTUALLY FULFILL JESUS' GREAT GOSPEL 26:01 COMMISSION TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD. 26:03 WELL LONNIE I CAN'T NECESSARILY GO INTO ALL 26:05 THE COUNTRIES MYSELF PERSONALLY. 26:07 I CAN'T GO INTO SOUTHERN GUINEA AS YOU HAVE BEEN 26:09 THERE. 26:10 BUT YOU CAN GO THERE IN SEVERAL WAYS. 26:12 NUMBER ONE THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY IS THROUGH 26:15 PRAYER. 26:16 GOD NOT ONLY HEARS PRAYERS HE WILL SPEAK TO PEOPLE 26:19 THROUGH YOUR PRAYER. 26:20 IT RELEASES HIS HANDS TO SEND ANGELS AND TOUCH THE 26:23 LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW. 26:25 YOU'LL NEVER MEET THEM UNTIL YOU GET TO HEAVEN. 26:26 PRAYER. 26:27 PRAY FOR THESE MISSIONARIES, PRAY FOR 26:29 THESE DEDICATED. 26:31 TAKING THEIR LIVES IN THEIR HANDS. 26:32 AND SECONDLY GET INVOLVED IF YOU CAN BY SENDING FOR 26:34 A COPY OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS . 26:36 THIS IS FREE FOR ANYONE WHO WRITES AND WE'LL SEND 26:37 IT TO YOU. 26:38 IT WILL TELL A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE STORIES 26:39 THAT ARE IN IT. 26:40 AND FINALLY IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN DO SO GET 26:41 INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING. 26:42 EVEN PARTIALLY. 26:42 EVERY SINGLE NICKLE. 26:43 IT'S A TOTALLY LAY VOLUNTEER MINISTRY. 26:44 THANKS FOR WATCHING TODAY. 26:45 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 26:55 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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