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00:03 12,000 newsletters a month. 00:06 You know, the stories that have come out, 00:08 they made a real impression on people 00:10 as far as inspiring them with 00:12 what's going on in the mission field. 00:14 So Dan, what's the involvement now 00:16 with Gospel Outreach in Sunshine Orchards? 00:19 Well, our purpose of going there was to find out 00:22 what their needs were 00:23 and if Gospel Outreach could fit in with our mission, 00:26 if we could help them or if we could work together somehow. 00:29 Now, the exciting news that I have for 00:31 you today is my wife and I are leaving in six days 00:34 as of filming this video to go film. 00:37 Season two of Destination 10/40. 00:39 Welcome to Adventures in Mission 00:41 I'm Julie and so glad that you've joined us today. 00:44 I have a question for you. 00:45 Do you receive our free newsletter from Gospel Outreach? 00:48 Well, if you do, you'll enjoy learning 00:50 more about what is involved 00:52 in producing the publication and meet our editor. 00:55 And later 00:57 on, we'll be telling you about an exciting new opportunity 00:59 that Gospel Outreach 01:00 has involving teachers and a school in Thailand. 01:03 All of that and more. So please stay tuned. 01:05 Gospel Outreach presents Adventures in Missions. 01:38 Gospel Outreach has been 01:40 publishing the newsletter pretty much since the very beginning. 01:44 So the point, of course, was to let people know what was going 01:48 on, where the needs, what the needs were, 01:50 and how people could help, as well as to inspire people 01:54 with stories from the mission field. 01:56 Oh yeah. 01:57 I'm. I'm Kevin Waite. 02:00 I've. 02:00 I've helped out here at Gospel 02:02 Outreach for a couple of decades now. 02:05 I've been working on the 02:07 newsletter since 2003 in various roles. 02:11 It's been my privilege to do so, 02:13 branching out into technical support with computers, 02:18 networking, even taking out the trash. 02:21 I enjoy all aspects and help out wherever I can. 02:31 We send out about 02:32 12,000 newsletters a month. 02:35 Some of that goes to Canada and is mailed out from Canada 02:39 to the gospel reach Canada subscribers and the rest goes 02:43 here in the States as well as some bulk 02:47 that's mailed out to ambassadors 02:51 that distribute them 02:52 in their churches, their local churches. 02:56 Yeah, this was this was an interesting story. 03:00 You know, the stories that have come out, I think have 03:04 they made 03:06 a real impression on people as far as inspiring them with 03:08 what's going on in the mission field. 03:10 I think here in North America, we tend to be removed 03:15 quite a bit from the mission field. 03:18 So, you know, the newsletter and the people 03:21 that have worked on it have have made a real impression 03:25 on me and inspired me. 03:29 Yeah 03:30 when Jesus said to go, yea, 03:35 I think a lot of us may just think in terms 03:38 of the disciples or missionaries 03:42 that go, 03:45 but I think it's a personal 03:47 imperative that Jesus is telling each one of us 03:52 that we all are part of this 03:56 grand storyline that stretches from 03:59 creation all the way to eternity 04:03 and as we can participate and as our eyes are open, as 04:07 as the Holy Spirit works with us, 04:09 we will find and discover ways that we can become involved. 04:17 Gospel Outreach is unique in tha 04:22 it's basically all volunteer. 04:27 It was started that way 04:29 30 some odd years ago with the idea that 04:33 rather than sending missionaries out and that maybe, 04:38 you know, people who live locally in various countries 04:42 that have a passion for sharing 04:45 their own testimonies and what Jesus is doing and 04:49 truths in the Bible could be used far more efficiently. 04:52 Their ability to know the language already, the customs, 04:56 the various religions or belief systems that are around them 05:01 to be able to build bridges of understanding far 05:04 easier than it would be for somebody, 05:06 you know, 05:07 coming in 05:08 fresh from the, say, the United States or North America. 05:10 And so you know, for that concept to be there 05:15 from the beginning in Gospel Out 05:18 the organization a lot different than many other organizations. 05:22 I think there's a place for virtually all ways of outreach. 05:37 One of the stories that ran 05:39 in the newsletter quite a few years ago now 05:41 was about a little girl named Dawn West. 05:46 She was four years old, 05:47 and we became aware of her here in the office, a four year 05:51 old girl with congenital heart lung defect. 05:55 She and her parents had heard about the work 05:57 being done in the Philippines through the Sulad 06:00 Student missionaries from Mt. 06:02 View College. 06:03 Well, Little Dawn, despite the fact 06:06 she was only four years old, somehow latched on to this 06:10 and she decided to raise funds and have a project 06:13 for raising funds. 06:15 So over the months, as the word spread about Dawn's passion 06:18 to help in the Philippines, more than $30,000 were raised. 06:24 Then, unfortunately, in January of 2007, 06:28 six year old Dawn died. 06:31 But she left behind a legacy in the Philippines 06:34 as Gospel Outreaches. 06:36 Littlest missionary. 06:38 That was a story that really, really touched my heart. 06:41 And we ran several little stories along the way about her 06:46 and her treckathons 06:47 and in different ways that she raised money. 06:50 And and as people read about it in the newsletter, 06:53 they ended up donating to it as well. 06:55 So she left behind quite, quite a legacy for a little girl. 06:59 And I missed hearing about her now. 07:05 I would 07:06 definitely encourage people to subscribe 07:09 to Gospel Outreach Adventures in 07:12 as easy as going to the website which is goaim.org. 07:18 That's G-O-A-I-M which stands for Gospel Outreach, 07:23 Adventures in Missions dot org goaim.org. 07:26 And it's really easy to find the online subscription form. 07:31 There takes all of about a minute to subscribe. 07:34 The newsletter comes in two different formats. 07:37 You can either have it as an e-newsletter, 07:40 which goes straight to your email box 07:43 on a monthly basis, or you can have the printed version, 07:47 or you can have both, really, if you want Both, 07:51 you'll definitely find inspiration in the pages. 07:55 You'll find encouragement as well. 07:58 You'll find perspectives on what's going on in in 08:01 the mission field. 08:03 Anyhow, 08:04 you'll see God's hand at work through through the stories 08:08 that you'll read. 08:26 Dan, it's wonderful to have you here. 08:28 And Adventures in Missions at Gospel Outreach. 08:30 It's good to be here. 08:32 So, Dan Neisner, you have been familiar with Gospel Outreach, 08:37 but we kind of did a big recruit job on you, didn't we? 08:41 Yeah, we were. 08:42 We've lived in Walla Walla 20 some years and then, 08:46 yeah, we've gone to the 08:48 the rallies regularly that you have here 08:50 and we're interested in supporting them 08:52 and aware of Gospel Outreach and the work you're doing. 08:55 And I went to the rally you had last October, 08:58 Gary Wagner and other people gave a little testimony 09:00 and I said, Well, you know, I can probably help out. 09:03 And I thought I'd give them a few hours here, a few hours 09:05 there, doing a little bit here 09:06 and there, and they got me involved. 09:08 And in six months or so, I was in Indonesia with Gary Wagner. 09:12 But mission 09:13 work is nothing new to you. No,, we've done some work. 09:17 I was a student missionary 09:18 a couple of years in Japan, and then my wife and I 09:20 and our kids, we served in Hong Kong. 09:23 I was chaplain there at the hospital. So wonderful. 09:25 So what's it like 09:26 for you to be back in Asia now with Gospel Outreach? 09:29 It was good and the durian was awesome. 09:32 So I knew that I like you. 09:34 We haven't talked about that yet. Oh, Isn't it good? 09:37 It is so good. 09:38 We got to Indonesia and the first thing we 09:40 I mean, within a few days 09:41 they brought us this big feast of durian. 09:43 We were Gary loves it too. 09:45 And we had a great time. 09:47 See, I knew we had a kindred spi there Dan. 09:48 So for 09:49 for people, a viewer who is thinking, 09:52 what are these people talking about? 09:54 Describe here quickly what a durian is. 09:57 A durian is a beautiful fruit, a little bit 10:00 domed on the outside, but each one of those domes, 10:02 it's very spiky. Extremely painful. Yeah. Yeah. 10:04 You think I was going to say which part you describing dan? 10:08 You don't pick it up with your bare hands. 10:10 Usually if you have leather gloves, 10:11 that's a great way or a bunch of newspaper 10:13 because they're pokey and they're very sharp. 10:15 They're not just a little bit sharp. No, very hard. 10:17 They're not. 10:18 I mean, a cactus, you can bend them over. 10:19 But these are they're very hard and they're oblong. 10:22 Yeah, oblong and pretty good size fruit. 10:25 But the inside of each one of those little humps 10:27 there is is just as beautiful. 10:29 Well, they fruit, 10:29 they have to use a chisel and a hammer 10:31 to get those things in or something. 10:33 A good life will do it. Yeah. 10:34 So once you open the pillows of the durian, 10:37 then you can pick them up and they have a big seed inside. 10:40 But the flesh on the outside, it smells very bad. 10:44 Yes, many people. So yeah, you have to let it go like this. 10:46 You did it to your mouth. 10:47 The flavor is memorable 10:49 It's like custard, isn't it? 10:51 It's very sweet and very. 10:53 it's just wonderful. Yeah. Yeah. 10:55 So you have to have 10:56 the whole conversation about the durian, so. 10:59 Yes. Well, I'm glad we did that. 11:00 So, Gary Wagner, you brought Gary up, 11:02 so he is our regional director for which countries 11:06 for Southeast Asia is a regional director 11:08 and he and that includes Indonesia, 11:11 Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. 11:14 And there are some other countries 11:15 in Southeast 11:16 Asia that we're not working in 11:17 right now as Gospel Outreach, but hopefully soon. 11:21 So you and Gary travel together and this is more of a 11:24 scouting trip. 11:25 And what were you scouting besides durian Dan? 11:29 It was a scouting trip, but there's a number of gospel 11:31 outreach workers in each of those countries. 11:33 Gary had been there 11:34 a number of times before and gotten work started, 11:37 and so we were 11:38 supporting workers there and looking to train new workers 11:41 and support new workers 11:42 and looking for new possibilities 11:46 for Gospel Outreach to to take up the work. And. 11:49 And you found one? We found a beautiful place. 11:51 Yeah. Tell us about it. 11:53 Gary got this email. 11:55 shortly after we got to Indonesia 11:58 and he showed it to me and it talked 12:00 about a possibility in Thailand. 12:02 Well, we're in Indonesia, 12:03 but it was some 12:05 five or six weeks later we're in Thailand 12:07 and it worked out that we were able to visit 12:09 this place called Sunshine Orchards that had a school, 12:14 a large school that is growing dramatically. 12:18 And they wanted to see 12:19 if maybe Gospel Outreach wanted to help out there. 12:23 And so the school is has about 12:26 how many students there? Well when we were there. 12:29 We were actually there between school term. 12:30 So there were no children there 12:32 to speak of except for the home. 12:33 We stayed 12:34 and we stayed at Lina and Paul 12:35 Adams are the ones that started the school 12:37 and we stayed in their home 12:38 and Paul was in the States on the trip, but Lina was there 12:41 and they had like 28 kids in that home,. 28 kids! 12:46 I don't think they all belonged in the home. 12:47 I don't think they were all adopted into that home. 12:49 But they're all they're all there. 12:51 And what was that like? 12:52 You and Gary show up and you've got kids everywhere. 12:54 I love it. 12:55 It was a great setting and the kids are so well behaved 12:58 and the home is very, very well run and very well organized. 13:02 And the children took care 13:03 of the chores and the cooking and different things, 13:07 and they just had it scheduled out. 13:08 So Lina and Paul have have biological children. 13:12 They've adopted children. They've welcomed children. 13:14 Is that where they've gotten to the number of 28? 13:17 Well, the 28, like I said, I'm not sure with all those theirs, 13:20 but they were all there that day. 13:21 There may be I don't know how many they've adopted, 13:24 but the days couple of days we were there, 13:25 there were 28 kids in the house. 13:27 So give us a little history on Sunshine Orchards 13:30 and Lina and Paul. 13:32 Lina, is she 13:33 She she's from Sweden and she grew up there and 13:37 found the Lord. 13:38 And shortly after that she moved to the States and got married. 13:41 That didn't go very well. 13:42 They have a couple of girls from that marriage. 13:44 And finally he left the home. 13:46 So she she found another man and 13:49 have a couple more children, another daughter and a son. 13:53 And then he passed away from cancer. Wow. 13:56 And so she's had a lot of grief in her life. Yes. 13:59 She was living in Montana at a small church 14:02 and somehow the Lord brought another man into her life. 14:05 Paul, That's Paul just by chance. 14:07 And he was willing to take on this family. 14:10 And he has a heart for the Lord and a heart for mission 14:14 and a heart for kids. And they were going to 14:18 they were looking at their kids getting older, 14:20 and they realized they wanted their kids 14:22 to have a mission experience before they left the home. 14:25 And so they were planning to go to India. 14:28 Originally, that didn't work out, 14:31 but they decided then they had an 14:33 opening the door to Thailand and they had things planned. 14:36 And so they went to Thailand not knowing what they'd be doing. 14:39 And they got to 14:40 Thailand and went up to kind of northwestern Thailand. 14:44 And they got there and weren't 14:45 sure what they were, what the Lord wanted with them, 14:47 what are they supposed to do? 14:49 And they began to look and to figure out what was going on. 14:54 And shortly after they were there, there was 14:57 some civil war going on in 15:00 Burma, currently called Myanmar. 15:03 And many people 15:06 from that side of the border were flooding across the border. 15:10 And there were many, many children. 15:11 And it was 15:13 they were living at a place just oh 15:16 500 yards from the border or something like that. 15:18 There's a river that flows through there. 15:20 Yeah, oftentimes that's the case dividing countries. 15:22 And the Burmese army is very careful not to attack on 15:26 the Thailand side. 15:27 They don't want to 15:29 create any animosity with the Thai government. Anyway 15:33 But the people 15:34 they can get across the border, they often feel like thats safe. 15:36 And so they were there. 15:37 So they have all these refugees on the Thai side 15:40 and Lina and Paul are going, What do we do? 15:42 What do we do? 15:43 And they took them in and provided housing 15:45 and pretty soon they realized we needed a school. 15:47 So these kids have a future. 15:48 And so they started this school. 15:50 So what year was that? 15:52 2009, I think is when they got the school started 15:55 and they were able to purchase some property. 15:58 The property they have used to be a lemon orchard. 16:01 It was right near right like next door 16:03 to where they were living at the time. 16:04 And it's a little more expensive property. And 16:09 these people have put everything on the line 16:11 and they just happened to have they looked at Paul Savings 16:13 and they looked at Paul's savings from his retirement 16:16 and they looked at the 16:18 price of the school when it came on or the 16:20 the land when it came on the market 16:22 and it just covered it. Wow. They went ahead. 16:24 And it's amazing. 16:24 And these people are 16:27 they just listen to what the Lord says and follow him, 16:29 do the best they can 16:31 and provide and help and help fill a need there at the school. 16:35 So do the young people live there? 16:37 Is this a boarding school? 16:38 How does it work Dan? 16:40 we were talking about the growth of the school 2009. 16:42 Last year. 16:44 Last school year, they had about 360 students in the school. 16:47 And this year with the 65% increase in enrollment 16:50 they've started the school term started shortly 16:52 after we left in June, I think, and they had 600. Wow. 16:56 So a dramatic increase. 16:58 And I don't know exactly what percent is boarding students 17:01 and other students live in. 17:03 They find a place to live nearby, 17:05 or some of them are Thai students. 17:07 They come to that school. 17:08 I see. 17:09 So you've got Thai and Burmese students living together there. 17:12 You've got languages. 17:13 English, of course, is 17:15 kind of the one that brings them together. 17:17 But many of the Thai students obviously don't speak. 17:19 Karen, which is the Burmese language, 17:21 and the Burmese people don't speak any Thai or English. 17:25 So it's confusing. 17:26 But there are students, 17:27 there are children there, you know, 17:29 and even though six year old Lina doesn't understand Thai, 17:32 there's another little girl over here that does. 17:34 And so they can kind of make it work. 17:36 So here we have this couple, they have four kids. 17:38 And you're telling me that 17:39 when you were there, they had 28 kids. 17:41 Now we've got 600 kids between these campuses. 17:44 So it's not just one campus. 17:46 We have a total of two other satellites. 17:48 There's a couple other schools that they have helped 17:51 start up over on the Burmese side of the border. 17:55 Yeah, and up in the mountains. 17:57 And these are really up in the mountains they're. 17:59 There was we met the the leader of one of the villages 18:03 and he brought us to his home and fed us there. 18:06 And donated land for the school 18:08 because they want land for their school 18:11 and it's their school and the villagers 18:12 are providing the timber and whatever 18:14 it takes to make that work. 18:15 And it's exciting. 18:17 So yeah, there's two mountain schools, they call them, 18:20 that are satellite schools, part of that. 18:22 And here 18:23 these kids are learning subjects, 18:26 but they're learning about Jesus, too. right. 18:27 They're learning, you know, 18:29 Karen, everybody learns some Karen and Tai and English 18:33 and Bible and geography and history 18:34 and all the basic things 18:35 and they also try to have some vocational 18:38 training for the students, get some practical skills. 18:41 So, Dan, what's is the involvement now 18:43 with Gospel Outreach in Sunshine Orchards? 18:46 Well, our purpose of going there was to find out 18:49 what their needs were 18:50 and if Gospel Outreach 18:52 could fit in with our mission, if we could help them 18:54 or if we could work together somehow. 18:57 And we got there and Gary and I were overwhelmed 18:59 with many things, the number of kids 19:00 there, the the shoestring budget they were running on 19:04 and the enormous needs they had. 19:07 We were also very impressed that this young lady Anna their 19:11 youngest daughter, 19:13 Paul, and Lina's youngest daughter 19:15 is not an accountant by trade, but she was very skilled at 19:19 just putting all the numbers together. 19:20 She had big spreadsheets of the number of students 19:23 where they were staying, what their expenses were, 19:25 and of course, these are students 19:26 that can't really pay tuition. 19:28 You know, that's not really a possibility. 19:30 They have a number of 19:31 boarding students, so there's needs for building. 19:34 They just got a new building recently. 19:36 So I think they're pretty well 19:37 situated there. But if they keep growing, 19:39 they're going to need more buildings. 19:41 And for teachers and gospel as well, we can't do everything. 19:45 We can't help in every way. 19:46 But they agreed to help fund the teachers. 19:48 And that's just exciting. 19:50 This is exciting. How many teachers then? 19:52 They're funding about 40 teachers. 19:54 40 teachers. Yeah. 19:56 And many of these teachers are from 19:59 they came to that school Sunshine Orchards as students 20:02 and then as students. 20:02 They got excited and began to do it. 20:04 And when the opportunity him to come back and serve 20:07 after they were educated, they came back 20:09 and they're teaching there now. Wow. 20:11 So so here you have gone from sitting in a Gospel 20:14 Outreach rally going, yes, I know about Gospel Outreach. 20:17 Isn't this great? 20:18 Then the Lord worked on your heart and good job, Gary Wagner, 20:23 for getting you to come. 20:24 And so then here you went on this 20:26 trip, got to see Sunshine Orchards. 20:27 Here you are sitting here. 20:29 So what's it meant for you to be part of all of this? 20:32 It's it's good. It's very good. 20:34 It's meant a lot because I realize, as you know, 20:37 I'm retired now and it's easy to sit at home 20:40 and twiddling my thumbs or find things to do. 20:42 And I've got three grandkids now. 20:44 I enjoy spending time with them, but I also want to be involved 20:47 in the Lord's work. 20:48 And this is an opportunity to to make a difference there 20:51 and to help people find out about Jesus and his soon return. 20:56 Yeah, So, so special Bible verse. 20:58 Okay, Hebrews 11, verse 10. Okay. 21:02 Yeah. 21:03 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations. 21:06 who's architect and builder is God. 21:09 Tell me about that. Just reminds me of Paul and Lena. 21:11 They're building doing a work there. 21:14 Thats very important to be done, 21:15 but their eyes are not just on what's happening there. 21:18 Their school, their eyes are on what God has in store down 21:22 the road. 21:22 Yeah, He's got a plan 21:23 and God has come through for them so many times. 21:26 It's just been amazing. 21:27 Well, and that is the faith chapter, as we well know. 21:30 But just think about Lena. 21:31 I mean, here she left Sweden, comes to the States. 21:34 Now she's got all these kids that she's helping and yeah. 21:37 And she had no idea when she you know, she had no idea 21:42 where God was leading or how he was leading. 21:44 Just trusted him. 21:45 And when the need came up, she did her best to fill 21:48 that need. 21:49 And God is using her in a mighty way. 21:50 There she is. The 21:53 how is it? 21:54 She says in there, 21:55 in there, in the school there, she's the one that wants to, 21:58 you know, take in more kids and spend, spend, spend and 22:01 Anna has to help rein her in. Now mom. 22:03 Yeah and Paul is the stable one that, you know, 22:07 is just the mighty force there. Yes. 22:10 But she's seeing the need and maybe you've heard about 22:14 Katie Davis in Uganda, and she is a single woman 22:17 adopted these 11 kids. 22:19 And when you see the need, you know, you don't want to wait. 22:22 Your heart goes out and you want to help everybody. 22:25 So that that's powerful. 22:27 So, Dan, as we close here, what's something 22:30 that you might want to share with our viewers 22:32 as we've talked about Sunshine Orchard schools 22:36 and what would you like to impress upon their heart? 22:39 we have a world. 22:40 There's people that longed to know about Jesus. 22:42 They need to know about Jesus. 22:43 And life with Jesus is so much better. 22:47 And people there, 22:50 they have so many questions. 22:51 There's so many people with so many questions. 22:54 And when they find out about a creator God that made them 22:57 and makes life work and makes life work well, 23:02 it makes their lives. 23:03 It makes a huge difference. 23:04 And I being there, I saw so many lives of people 23:07 that have been changed by Jesus is just amazing. 23:10 And I'm just excited to be part of that. 23:12 Yeah, because he's changed mine 23:14 and we have a lot of lot to share. 23:16 So thank you for being here. 23:17 And when you head back next time, have a couple bites. 23:20 Well, have more than that of durian for me. All right. 23:23 You can be sure that. 23:24 All right. Thank you, Dan, so much. 23:27 Today, I want to talk to you a little bit 23:29 about the new Gospel Outreach show called Destination 10/40. 23:32 Now, the goal of this show 23:33 is to take you into the mission field and give you a personal 23:37 look into the lives 23:39 of our Gospel Outreach Bible workers and health workers 23:41 showing you their struggles, their challenges, and also 23:44 how the Lord is blessing them in their ministry. 23:48 Now, my wife and I have had the privilege of producing 23:51 this show for Gospel Outreach, and it has been such a blessing 23:54 in our lives to be able to be so intimately involved 23:57 with Bible workers out there in the mission field. 24:01 If you want to watch the show, you can find it on Gospel. 24:03 Outreach's personal streaming service. Now, 24:06 It's called Go to Missions, GOTV Missions. 24:09 If you search that in the App Store, 24:11 the Google Play Store, or on any smart 24:13 TV like Roku or Apple TV, 24:15 you can find the app, download the app, 24:17 go to the Gospel Outreach sectio 24:18 and from there you can watch Destination 10/40. 24:21 It's also airing on Hope 24:23 Channel and 3ABN 24:24 and probably wherever you're watching this show right now. 24:28 But one of the things that I wanted to get into today 24:30 is when my wife and I 24:31 went to film season one of this show, we had a goal, 24:35 we had a vision, and that vision was to raise $100,000 24:39 to support 55 Bible workers for one year. 24:43 So I wanted to just report back to you, the viewer 24:47 and the donors who are interested 24:48 in Gospel Outreach and let you know 24:50 that we reached that $100,000 within the first three episodes 24:54 of the show. 24:55 And we want to thank you so much 24:57 for donating to Gospel Outreach 24:59 and marking your donation as Destination 10/40. 25:03 And so if you want to make a donation to Gospel Outreach 25:06 by watching Destination 10/40, we always encourage you to mark 25:10 your donation as such. If you donate online, 25:13 there's a dropdown menu, you can click Destination 10/40 25:16 or if you send in a check just right in the memo line. 25:19 Destination 10/40. 25:20 By doing that, 25:21 we can figure out 25:23 how much money we have raised 25:24 through the producing of this show. 25:26 I want to personally tell you that Destination 25:28 10/40 has been quite a journey for my wife and I. 25:32 You know, producing a show like this is no easy task 25:35 and it has taken a lot of work 25:37 and dedication on our part to not only film the show, 25:41 but we are also editing the show as well. 25:43 And so for those of you who have seen the show, 25:45 we want to thank you so much for watching 25:48 and we ask that you continue to watch and to support 25:51 what we are doing, 25:52 because this is something that we hope to be 25:54 doing for some time for Gospel Outreach. 25:57 Now, the exciting news that I have for 25:59 you today is my wife and I are leaving in six days 26:02 as of filming 26:03 this video to go film season two of Destination 10/40. 26:07 So we want to ask you to pray. 26:09 Pray for us, pray for the people that we interact with. 26:12 Pray that their hearts will be touched 26:14 by the work that we are doing. 26:16 After praying about it quite a bit, 26:17 my wife and I have decided that this year 26:20 our goal is to raise $250,000 for Gospel Outreach 26:25 through season two of Destination 26:27 10/40 Last year, our goal was to raise $100,000, 26:30 which supported 55 Bible workers for one year with $250,000. 26:36 We are going to be able to support 26:38 those 55 new Bible workers for one more year. 26:42 Plus, we're going to be able to add extra. 26:45 So we're going to be supporting 137 Bible workers 26:49 for one year with this $250,000. 26:53 Imagine what the Lord will be able to do with 137 new 26:57 Gospel Outreach Bible workers and health workers 27:00 working throughout the 1040 window, telling 27:02 people about Jesus and showing them 27:04 the love of Jesus in their daily lives. 27:07 So my last appeal once again, would be, 27:09 if you want to get involved with Gospel Outreach, 27:11 if you have been blessed and impressed 27:14 by what this organization does, 27:15 just as me and my wife have been, 27:17 I want to encourage you to go to the Gospel Outreach website. 27:20 Visit goaim.org 27:24 It stands for Gospel Outreach, Adventures in Missions. 27:28 Go to the website. 27:29 From there you can find out how you can pray for us. 27:32 You can also donate. 27:33 If you want to do that, just go to the donation page 27:36 and if you are donating by watching Destination 10/40, 27:39 mark your donation as Destination 10/40 27:43 so that we can keep track of the money raised 27:45 and we can reach our goal of $250,000 27:49 and 137 frontline missionaries 27:52 spreading the gospel throughout the 1040 window. 27:55 That's all I have for you today. 27:57 Thank you for joining me. 27:58 And until next time, God bless you. 28:00 Get involved. 28:01 Find your mission field and I'll talk to you next time. 28:05 Thank you so much for joining 28:07 us here at Adventures in Missions. 28:08 And if you would like to receive 28:10 our free newsletter, just go to our website at 28:12 goaim.org and we just want to say 28:16 thank you for partnering with us here at Gospel Outreach. 28:19 We hope that you've enjoyed learning 28:20 more about the Sunshine Orchard School. 28:22 Please continue to pray for the school, 28:24 the teachers and the students there 28:26 and we thank you 28:27 for your financial support of the school as well. 28:29 May the Lord bless you today. |
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