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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 AS YOU CAN ONLY 00:38 IMAGINE WORKING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW FROM 10 TO 40 00:41 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR WITH COUNTRIES IN 00:43 AFRICA, INDIA, PAKISTAN, NEPAL, THAILAND, CAMBODIA 00:47 AND THE PHILIPPINES, I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF BREATH 00:49 JUST TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE COUNTRIES. 00:51 JUST THINK OF ALL THE LANGUAGES THAT ARE IN ALL 00:54 OF THIS WHOLE HUGE AREA OF OUR GLOBE. 00:57 AND THERE'S ONE LANGUAGE AND ACTUALLY THERE ARE 01:00 SEVERAL OTHER DIALECTS OF IT AS WELL THAT WE'RE 01:02 GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 01:04 AND I'M GOING TO START OUT AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT 01:07 OF A CLUE. 01:07 "HI" OR "HELLO." 01:10 THAT'S "H E L L O" AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 01:14 BE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER LANGUAGE HERE ON 01:16 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 01:17 AND MARVIN BUDD. 01:18 HI. 01:19 HI. 01:19 NICE TO SEE YOU HERE. 01:20 NICE TO SEE YOU TOO. 01:22 SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HERE MARVIN? 01:25 WELL THIS YEAR IN FEBRUARY ANOTHER DEAF MAN AND 01:31 MYSELF WENT OVER TO INDIA AND SAW THE DEAF PEOPLE 01:38 THERE. 01:39 WE'RE GOING TO START OUT BY WHERE WE FLEW IN TO 01:41 WHICH WAS BENGALURU AND THEN WE WENT SOUTHWEST OF 01:46 THERE TO KALANGAL. 01:48 BEFORE WE DO THAT WE'VE GOT SOME GRAPHICS TO SHARE 01:50 WITH OUR VIEWERS ABOUT THE DEAF WORK, AND WHY DON'T 01:53 YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS WITH OUR 01:55 VIEWERS WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS 01:58 WORK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF. 02:00 YES. 02:01 THIS WAS PIONEERED BY JOHN BLAKE AND IF YOU CAN KIND 02:05 OF VISUALIZE IN YOUR MIND SOUTHERN INDIA IS TAMIL 02:11 NADU AND THEN ON THE NORTH, WELL THE CENTRAL 02:15 EASTERN COAST IS ANDHRA PRADESH. 02:18 WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE TWO PLACES SINCE WE 02:20 HAVE THE MAP HERE. 02:21 I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT ON THE 02:23 MAP. 02:24 SURE AND THESE ARE OTHER PLACES THAT GOSPEL 02:26 OUTREACH IS WORKING AS WELL BUT THE PROFOUNDLY 02:28 DEAF OF 300 MILLION? 02:30 WELL THAT MAY BE IN THE U.S. 02:32 BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS ELSEWHERE. 02:36 WE MAY NOT REALLY KNOW AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE GOOD 02:39 INVENTORY IN OUR CHURCH. 02:41 YES, IT'S HARD TO KNOW. 02:43 WELL BEFORE WE GET INTO YOUR TRIP THOUGH TELL THE 02:45 VIEWERS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU ARE 02:47 INTERESTED IN THIS ASPECT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:51 WELL I TOOK MY TRAINING IN PHYSICS AT ANDREWS AND FOR 02:59 I GUESS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS I JUST DID THAT AND 03:03 IT'S KIND OF NERDY TO BE IN THE COMPUTERS ALL THE 03:05 TIME BECAUSE I DID PHYSICS IN COLLEGE BUT THEN I WENT 03:10 AND DID COMPUTING AT THE OLD COMPUTING CENTER. 03:14 AN OLD 64 K COMPUTER WAS MY FIRST COMPUTER. 03:18 BACK IN THE DAY. 03:19 YES, I CAN STILL REMEMBER MACHINE LANGUAGE BACK 03:23 THERE. 03:24 I STILL GOT A COUPLE OF PRINTOUTS. 03:25 SO AFTER THAT AT ONE OF THE CHURCH SERVICES, THEY 03:33 HAD IN THE BULLETIN A FULL PAGE OF COURSES THAT 03:36 PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH WERE TEACHING. 03:38 AND I GUESS TODAY WE'D CALL THAT SMALL GROUP 03:41 MINISTRY, BUT BACK THEN ONE OF THE LADIES THAT 03:45 TAUGHT IN THE MENTALLY IMPAIRED SCHOOL KNEW SOME 03:48 SIGN LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR MENTALLY 03:52 IMPAIRED KIDS. 03:53 AND SO SHE GOT US TOGETHER IN HER HOUSE FOR ONE 03:57 QUARTER. 03:58 AND THEN THE SECOND QUARTER I TOOK AND AT THE 04:01 SAME TIME THERE WAS AN HOUR CLASS AT THE 04:03 UNIVERSITY. 04:05 AT THE END OF THAT THE INTERPRETER LEFT CHURCH 04:08 AND MOVED AWAY SO THERE WAS NOBODY TO INTERPRET 04:11 AND I SAT DOWN AND INTERPRETED. 04:13 AND YOU GOT A NEW JOB. 04:15 EVERY WEEKEND I WOULD DO MY BEST TO TRANSLATE ABOUT 04:19 ONE SENTENCE PER PARAGRAPH AND ASKING THE DEAF WHAT 04:22 THE SIGNS WERE. 04:23 AT THE END OF A COUPLE OF YEARS WE MOVED TO MARYLAND 04:27 WHERE I STARTED THE GC'S ISS DEPARTMENT. 04:31 AND IN THE PROCESS OF CONTINUING MY EDUCATION IN 04:39 SIGN LANGUAGE I TOOK THREE SHORT COURSES AT 04:42 GALLAUDET. 04:44 OH YOU DID. 04:44 AND CONTINUED TO LEARN. 04:46 AND JUST LAST YEAR I GOT CERTIFIED AS AN 04:50 INTERPRETER. 04:51 WELL CONGRATULATIONS MARVIN. 04:52 THANK YOU. 04:53 SO WHAT IS YOUR SIGN LANGUAGE VOCABULARY? 04:57 HOW MANY SIGNS DO YOU KNOW? 04:59 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? 05:00 I DON'T HAVE A CLUE. 05:00 OH SEE THAT IS FANTASTIC. 05:02 BUT TO HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION THAT'S 05:05 IMPRESSIVE. 05:06 WELL THAT WAS A BIG HURTLE FOR ME AND I DIDN'T KNOW 05:08 IF I WOULD DO IT OR NOT. 05:11 ACTUALLY ANDREWS HAD A HARD OF HEARING STUDENT 05:14 AND PAID FOR MY TESTING TO GET STARTED WITH THAT AND 05:20 THEN THAT STUDENT MOVED AWAY. 05:23 BUT I'VE JUST GONE THROUGH RECERTIFICATION RENEWAL 05:27 AND I'M HOPING MAYBE SOMETIME THIS NEXT YEAR I 05:30 CAN TAKE THE NEXT LEVEL UP BECAUSE I'M REALLY AT THE 05:32 BOTTOM RIGHT NOW. 05:33 SO DO YOU ACTUALLY CURRENTLY DO SIGN LANGUAGE 05:36 INTERPRETING AT CHURCH SERVICES EVEN NOW? 05:38 I DO INTERPRET FOR CHURCH BUT THERE'S NO 05:42 REQUIREMENTS THERE FOR CERTIFICATION. 05:44 OH SURE OF COURSE. 05:46 IN MICHIGAN WE DO HAVE GOOD LAWS THAT PROTECT THE 05:49 DEAF AND TRY TO GET CERTIFIED INTERPRETERS. 05:52 WELL FANTASTIC. 05:53 OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART AND 05:54 SO-THEY'RE MY FAMILY. 05:54 YES. 05:55 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 05:56 WE HAVE NO KIDS SO. 05:56 WELL THIS IS FANTASTIC. 05:57 SO WHAT DO WHAT DO THE DEAF WHEN THEY KNOW THAT 05:58 YOU KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE, DO LIGHT BULBS GO OFF? 06:00 ARE THEY EXCITED? 06:01 WELL THAT'S ONE OF THE IRONIES ABOUT SIGN 06:02 LANGUAGE. 06:03 EVERYBODY OUGHT TO SPEAK IT AND JUST KIND OF BE 06:04 PATIENT WITH THE DEAF. 06:05 YOU DON'T GET BONUS POINTS JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN SIGN 06:06 A COUPLE OF THINGS. 06:07 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE PATIENT AND TO 06:08 INTERPRET. 06:09 I MEAN TO BE PATIENT AND LET THE DEAF HELP YOU 06:10 COMMUNICATE. 06:11 SO IF YOU EVER GET EXPOSED TO A DEAF PERSON AND SAY 06:12 OH WHAT DO I DO NOW. 06:12 DON'T. 06:13 JUST KIND OF WORK WITH THEM. 06:17 KEEP EYE CONTACT. 06:20 DON'T TRY TO HIDE YOUR MOUTH AND TALK UNDER YOUR 06:25 BREATH BUT JUST RELATE WITH THE DEAF PERSON ON AN 06:32 EQUAL LEVEL. 06:51 WELL THE REASON WHY I MENTIONED THAT IS I WAS 06:53 BLESSED TO BE BORN WITH SEVEN FINGERS AND SO I 06:55 NOTICE PEOPLE'S EYES AND OF COURSE THEIR FACE AND 06:57 SMILE AND ALL OF THAT BUT I ALWAYS NOTICE PEOPLE'S 06:59 HANDS. 07:00 HUGE. 07:01 YES IT'S HUGE AND I'M PART OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED 07:03 THE LUCKY FIN PROJECT NAMED AFTER NEMO FROM THE 07:05 MOVIE WHO HAS A SPECIAL LUCKY FIN. 07:07 A LADY STARTED IT. 07:08 HER DAUGHTER WAS BORN WITH A SPECIAL HAND AND THE 07:10 CONNECTION YOU KNOW TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE 07:15 A SPECIAL HAND AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO OH 07:18 WHAT HAPPENED. 07:19 YOU KNOW THAT'S IRRELEVANT. 07:20 RIGHT. 07:21 AND SO TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION SO THAT'S WHY I 07:22 ASKED THAT AND THEN YET TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WHO WILL 07:26 COME UP TO ME AND SAY OH I KNOW SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS 07:28 A SPECIAL HAND. 07:29 WELL THAT'S A CONNECTION ALSO TO SAY THAT THEY 07:30 UNDERSTAND. 07:31 EXACTLY. 07:32 YES. 07:32 WELL FANTASTIC. 07:33 WELL SHARE WITH US MORE AS WE GO INTO THE PROGRAM 07:36 HERE ABOUT YOUR EFFORTS IN INDIA AND LET'S GET GOING. 07:39 OKAY. 07:40 WELL CHUCK AND I WENT OVER TO INDIA. 07:42 HERE'S A PICTURE. 07:43 IN THE FRONT THE GUY THAT'S WAVING IS JACOB. 07:45 HE'S THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL. 07:47 WELL THEIR ALL WAVING MARVIN. 07:49 I GUESS YOUR RIGHT. 07:51 THE FIRST HAND THAT YOU SEE, OKAY IN THE BLUE, 07:55 OKAY, IS JACOB. 07:57 AND HIS SIGN IS KIND OF RUBBING THE BALD SPOT ON 08:01 YOUR HEAD. 08:02 INTERESTING. 08:03 AND THEN THE OTHER TWO GENTLEMEN THERE ARE JUST 08:07 BEAUTIFUL. 08:08 WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER. 08:11 ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WERE INTERESTED IN IS KNOT 08:14 TYING. 08:15 AND AS I'VE RETIRED I'VE GONE INTO TREE CLIMBING 08:19 AND SO I'VE LEARNED SEVERAL KNOTS. 08:22 SO I LOOKED UP ON THE WEB AND FOUND DIFFERENT KNOTS 08:26 THAT THEY COULD LEARN AND PUT THEM TOGETHER SO THAT 08:30 THEY COULD START LEARNING. 08:32 MADE A LITTLE GLUE BOARD OF KNOTS. 08:35 GOOD. 08:36 THE BOWLINE IS VERY IMPORTANT. 08:37 IT IS. 08:37 IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. 08:38 IT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT. 08:40 YES I'M A SAILOR. 08:40 YES. 08:42 WELL I GIVE SPECIAL CREDIT THOUGH TO JACOB AND HIS 08:44 WIFE SHINY. 08:45 SHINY IS THE CELL TEACHER THERE AND SHE USES 08:49 PREDOMINANTLY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE BUT OF 08:51 COURSE IT'S MIXED WITH THE INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE QUITE 08:54 A BIT. 08:54 OH SO THERE ARE TWO. 08:55 SO I DID MENTION THAT. 08:56 SO THERE IS INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE IN INDIA AND 08:58 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 08:59 YES. 09:00 AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE USING AT THIS SCHOOL A LOT 09:02 OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I GUESS BECAUSE YOU KNOW 09:05 AMERICA DOES A LOT OF BUSINESS WITH INDIA. 09:09 YES ABSOLUTELY. 09:10 SO IT HELPS THE STUDENTS. 09:11 THEY'LL KNOW THEIR HOME SIGNS AS WELL WHERE THEY 09:14 COME FROM AND THEN BECAUSE THERE IS OVER 600 DIALECTS 09:18 IN INDIA THEY PROBABLY KNOW THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AS 09:21 WELL. 09:22 BUT PREDOMINATELY IN THIS AREA IS TAMIL, THE 09:25 LANGUAGE TAMIL. 09:26 AND SO THESE TWO PEOPLE THEY REALLY NEED A LOT OF 09:30 CREDIT BECAUSE THEY HAVE KIND OF TAKEN THEIR LIFE 09:33 AND TAKEN ON THIS BIG FAMILY OF ALMOST 100 09:36 STUDENTS. 09:37 BUT THIS IS A SCHOOL WHERE THEY ARE WORKING AND ARE 09:41 THEY BOTH DEAF? 09:42 THEY ARE BOTH HEARING. 09:43 THEY ARE BOTH HEARING. 09:44 BUT WE WENT OUT TO A LOCAL DAM. 09:48 A BEAUTIFUL NATURE SPOT FOR SABBATH SCHOOL AND 09:53 CHURCH ON OUR SABBATH THERE. 09:57 AND IN THIS PICTURE ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE CHUCK 09:59 MCGEE. 10:00 HE WAS THE DEAF PERSON THAT I INTERPRETED FOR AND 10:03 THEN ONE OF THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL. 10:06 IN THE MIDDLE IS PASTOR AMBROSE WHO IS OUR 10:09 DIVISION SPECIAL NEEDS COORDINATOR AND A 10:12 WONDERFUL SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS IN INDIA. 10:16 AND THEN NOTICE THAT WE'RE ALL HOLDING DRAWINGS. 10:19 YES THEIR PICTURES. 10:21 THE CHILDREN WROTE US, SAYS THANKS FOR COMING AND 10:25 FOR BEING THERE TO SUPPORT THEM. 10:27 THOSE ARE EXTRA SPECIAL. 10:28 THEY GO RIGHT ON THE REFRIGERATOR SO YOU CAN 10:30 SEE THEM. 10:31 I HAVE SEVERAL ON OUR REFRIGERATOR RIGHT NOW. 10:33 SO THIS CHUCK WHO YOU MENTIONED WAS HE BORN 10:36 DEAF? 10:37 I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD HIS HEARING 10:41 HISTORY. 10:42 BECAUSE WITH JOHN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO MANY 10:45 PEOPLE ARE EITHER BORN DEAF OR THEY HAVE HAD SOME 10:47 KIND OF INFECTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT 10:49 THEIR HEARING HAS BEEN DAMAGED AND SO I WAS JUST 10:52 WONDERING. 10:52 THAT IS ONE OF THE ROUTES. 10:53 YES. 10:54 AND CHUCK IS VERY ASTUTE AND HE WAS THE SPEAKER 11:00 WHENEVER WE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO SPEAK AND I 11:02 INTERPRETED. 11:03 THAT'S WHERE I'M COMFORTABLE AND HE DOES A 11:06 WONDERFUL JOB OF IT. 11:07 HE DOES POWER POINTS AND WONDERFUL VISUALS. 11:11 YOU KNOW DEAF LANGUAGE IS VISUAL AND HE KNOWS HOW TO 11:15 APPEAL TO THE DEAF. 11:16 FANTASTIC. 11:17 WE REALLY ENJOY OUR TIME TOGETHER. 11:19 SO HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE YOU KNOW THE FULL STUDENT 11:24 BODY. 11:25 THE SCHOOL FOR SPEECH AND HEARING IMPAIRED. 11:27 WHAT A NICE LOOKING GROUP THERE. 11:29 AND ARE THESE STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER INDIA 11:32 MARVIN? 11:33 SOME ARE YES. 11:34 OKAY. 11:35 IN FACT I WAS, JUST SINCE WE WERE THERE I WAS 11:37 SPEAKING WITH ONE BOY WHO WENT HERE AND THEN 11:40 GRADUATED INTO A TECHNICAL COLLEGE THAT'S IN, THIS IS 11:45 THE SIGN FOR IT. 11:46 SORRY I CAN'T HELP YOU WITH THAT. 11:47 YES. 11:48 (LAUGHTER) IT'S WHERE THEY GO FOR THEIR HEARING TEST 11:49 SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS THE SIGN FOR IT. 11:50 OKAY. 11:58 LET'S PUT YOUR HEADPHONES ON. 12:00 THERE YOU GO. 12:03 MYSURU, SO THAT'S WHERE THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE IS, 12:07 BUT HE GRADUATED FROM THERE AND OUR ASIAN AID 12:11 PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE STUDENTS UNTIL THEY FIND A 12:14 JOB. 12:15 OH. 12:16 SO HE WAS UP IN ANDHRA PRADESH OR ACTUALLY JUST 12:19 SOUTH OF THERE IN TELLANGANA AND WAS STILL 12:22 SEARCHING FOR A JOB. 12:23 WONDERFUL. 12:24 BUT WE WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE ON WHAT'S APP 12:27 AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE 12:31 DEVELOPING INTO IS KEEPING TRACK OF SOME OF THE KIDS 12:34 MORE. 12:35 WELL WONDERFUL. 12:36 SO ONE MORE HERE I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS OUR KNOTS. 12:39 THIS IS THE LITTLE BOARD I MADE FOR THEM. 12:42 WE WENT DOWN TOWN AND FOR A VERY ALMOST NO COST WE 12:46 BOUGHT A BUNCH OF ROPE AND WE LEFT THAT WITH THEM TO 12:49 LEARN HOW TO SPLICE AND ALSO HOW TO TIE KNOTS. 12:51 WELL THAT'S WONDERFUL. 12:52 SO IT GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR HANDS. 12:55 AND WHAT IS THIS PICTURE? 12:56 WELL CHUCK AND I FUNDED TWO PROJECTS FOR THEM. 13:01 THEY HAVE A LONG LIST. 13:03 THIS IS THE FAN PROJECT IN THE BOY'S HOSTEL. 13:06 AND THIS IS A BOY PUTTING THEM TOGETHER AFTER WE GOT 13:11 BACK. 13:12 THEY SENT US, LIKE A FAN, LIKE A CEILING FAN? 13:16 A CEILING FAN. 13:17 YES THAT'S THE AIR CONDITIONING THEY HAVE, 13:20 AND I THINK THE NEXT ONE IS SOMEBODY STANDING ON 13:23 TOP OF A BED PUTTING IT UP INSTALLING IT. 13:26 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING. 13:28 SO THESE ARE THE BENEFITS. 13:30 WE ALSO HELPED REPAIR SOME SEWING MACHINES WHICH WERE 13:34 LAYING BROKEN AND WERE PROVIDED I THINK FROM BACK 13:37 IN DR. WATTS DAY. 13:38 OKAY WONDERFUL. 13:39 WELL THIS IS REALLY GOOD. 13:40 WELL WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT 13:44 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 13:45 IF YOU'VE JOINED US HERE TO HEAR ABOUT THE WORK IN 13:48 INDIA FOR THE DEAF WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT YOU'VE 13:50 JOINED US HERE TODAY. 13:51 EARTH. 13:52 VAST, BEAUTIFUL, BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN 14:00 SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 14:04 IT'S OWN GREED. 14:06 HUMANITY. 14:06 WE NEED LOVE. 14:09 WE NEED HOPE. 14:11 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 14:15 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 14:17 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 14:21 PLAN TO SAVE US. 14:23 ONE THIRD. 14:24 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL, BUT 14:30 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:33 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 14:36 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 14:38 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 14:41 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 14:48 JESUS CHRIST. 14:49 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 14:52 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 14:59 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 15:03 AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE 15:06 YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP WITH SO MANY THINGS IN THE 15:08 10/40 WINDOW WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK 15:11 ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TALKING HERE TODAY ABOUT 15:13 THE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF IN INDIA. 15:16 WE HAVE MARVIN BUDD HERE WHO IS WITH US AND MARVIN, 15:18 YOU'RE TAKING US ON A FANTASTIC AND VERY 15:21 EXCITING TRIP HERE AS YOU'RE SHARING WITH US 15:23 ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN INDIA. 15:24 WELL IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE DEAF, CHUCK THAT I 15:27 BROUGHT WITH ME, SO ENTHUSED. 15:30 WE JUST IMMERSED OURSELVES IN THAT GROUP OF KIDS. 15:32 AND HOW MANY KIDS ARE AT THE SCHOOL? 15:35 I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER BUT IT'S UP AROUND 15:37 100 NEAR THERE. 15:39 AND CHUCK AND I BOTH JUST ENJOY THEM IMMENSELY AND 15:44 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP CONTACT WITH SOME OF THEM 15:46 THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEANS SINCE THEN. 15:49 CHILD IMPACT INTERNATIONAL HAS DONE AN AWFUL 15:52 WONDERFUL JOB THERE. 15:54 THERE IS ANOTHER ONE FOR THE BLIND AS WELL. 15:58 GOOD. 15:59 DO THEY SPONSOR THE KIDS? 16:01 WHO FUNDS IT? 16:03 THERE'S A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GO TO SPONSOR 16:07 KIDS, AND THEY NEED SUPPORT JUST LIKE GOSPEL 16:11 OUTREACH DOES. 16:13 AND ESPECIALLY JUST FOCUS IN ON THE DEAF BECAUSE WE 16:16 NEED PEOPLE TO FOCUS IN ON THE DEAF. 16:18 SO ALL AGE RANGES IN THAT PHOTO. 16:20 IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE STUDENTS ARE ALL SORTS OF 16:22 DIFFERENT AGE RANGES. 16:23 YES AND SOME KIDS COME THERE THEY MAY BE OLDER 16:28 BECAUSE NEGLECTED DEAF PEOPLE ARE OFTEN 16:31 CONSIDERED TO BE MENTALLY IMPAIRED. 16:33 WHEN THEY'RE NOT. 16:33 WHEN THEY'RE REALLY NOT. 16:34 ISN'T THAT SAD. 16:36 IT'S DISGUSTING. 16:38 VERY SAD. 16:39 WE WON'T GET INTO THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THAT TOO 16:41 MUCH. 16:41 SO TAKE US BACK. 16:44 WE'VE GOT SOME MORE PICTURES TO SHARE. 16:45 IT WAS REALLY FUN TO BE WITH THE KIDS THERE. 16:48 THEN WE WENT UP TO ANDHRA PRADESH. 16:50 SINCE WE'VE BEEN THERE I'M GOING TO KIND OF SKIP OVER 16:55 ALL THE STUFF BECAUSE IN OUR LAST TWO PART SERIES 17:00 WE TALKED ABOUT THE DEAF CHURCHES. 17:01 WE VISITED A LOT OF THE DEAF CHURCHES. 17:03 SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY CHURCHES THAT HAVE BEEN 17:05 BUILT FOR DEAF PEOPLE TO WORSHIP. 17:07 YES. 17:08 AND THANKS TO CANADIAN GOSPEL OUTREACH DEAF 17:11 MINISTRY AND A VARIETY OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT 17:14 A LOT OF GOOD WORK INTO THOSE. 17:17 SOME OF THEM HAVE FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR AND HERE'S 17:20 A BEFORE SHOT OF ONE OF THE CEILINGS, THINGS THAT 17:23 NEEDED TO BE FIXED IN THIS CHURCH AND I THINK WE'VE 17:28 GOT A COUPLE MORE SHOTS. 17:30 THIS IS THE OLD DOORS. 17:32 OH OH. 17:33 AND THE WINDOWS BEHIND IT THE SHUTTERS FOR THE 17:35 WINDOWS. 17:36 NOW HERE ARE THE NEW ONES. 17:37 OKAY. 17:38 AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GET BRAND NEW SHUTTERS 17:38 THAT WILL HOPEFULLY LAST LONGER. 17:40 SO THE CHURCHES HAVE BEEN BUILT BUT THEY HAVEN'T 17:41 BEEN MAINTAINED. 17:42 RIGHT. 17:43 AND OF COURSE THE WEATHER OVER THERE. 17:44 AND A LOT OF THESE ARE OUT IN A PLACE THAT DOESN'T 17:45 HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN DAILY BE THERE. 17:47 THEY LOCK THEM UP AND THEN THEY GO TO WORK AND THEY 17:48 COME THERE WHEN THEY HAVE MEETINGS. 17:49 SURE. 17:50 SO THAT WAS ONE. 17:51 HERE'S THE GRADING THAT HAD BEEN DONE AT THIS 17:52 CHURCH. 17:55 I'M STILL LEARNING SOME OF THESE SOUNDS THAT YOU FIND 18:15 IN INDIA. 18:16 AND I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE. 18:18 SEE THE GRADING. 18:19 OH IT'S A NICE CHURCH. 18:20 SOME OF THEM JUST LOOK LIKE TRASH AROUND UNTIL 18:23 THEY GET GRADED. 18:24 SURE. 18:25 SO TELL ME IS THERE A PASTOR? 18:26 IS THERE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER? 18:27 IS THERE A PASTOR WHO WORKS MINISTERING TO THESE 18:32 PEOPLE? 18:32 IT DEPENDS ON THE CHURCH. 18:34 WE HAVE SOME CHURCHES THAT HAVE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS 18:39 A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME TOO. 18:40 DOWN SOUTH WE HAVE HEARING PEOPLE THAT PREDOMINANTLY 18:44 WORK THE CHURCH. 18:44 RIGHT. 18:45 AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON THEY SURRENDER IT TO THE 18:47 DEAF CONGREGATION. 18:48 OH INTERESTING. 18:49 AND OTHERS MEET OVER IN THE LOCAL COLLEGE OR 18:53 SOMEWHERE NEAR BY. 18:54 AND THEN OCCASIONALLY WE ALL GET TOGETHER ON 18:57 IMPORTANT EVENTS IN A BIG CHURCH. 18:58 SO THOSE CHURCHES TEND TO BE PRETTY FANCY AND WELL 19:02 KEPT UP, VERY DECORATED. 19:04 OF COURSE THEY GIVE US ALL THE DECORATIONS AND 19:07 EVERYTHING WHEN WE GO. 19:07 OH YES THE GARLANDS AND ALL OF THAT. 19:10 YOU LOOK LIKE A VISITOR WHO HAS COME AND IS 19:12 APPRECIATED. 19:12 YES. 19:13 NOW ONE OF THE NICE THINGS WAS THAT SINCE WE WERE 19:19 THERE IN FEBRUARY, AT THE REQUEST OF THE LOCAL 19:23 SECTION AND NORTHEAST ANDHRA SECTION THESE TWO 19:26 GENTLEMEN HERE WERE REQUESTED TO BE GOSPEL 19:29 OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:30 AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHILE THE PICTURE IS ON 19:32 JUST HOLD THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT. 19:34 YOU SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PICTURE FRAME. 19:37 I SEE THAT. 19:38 SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE THERE. 19:39 YES YES. 19:41 THE GENTLEMAN ON THE RIGHT IN THE YELLOW SHIRT HAS A 19:46 SISTER AND HIS SISTER WAS HEARING AND SHE IS NOW 19:51 DEAF. 19:52 SHE HAD CANCER OF THE FACE OR EYE, OH DEAR, AND NOT 19:56 GOING TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF HER WHEN SHE 19:59 HAD THE DISEASE BUT THEY HAD TO TAKE PATCHES OF 20:03 SKIN OUT OF HER THIGH AND PUT IT OVER HER FACE. 20:06 OH DEAR. 20:07 SO BLESS HER HEART. 20:08 SHE STAYED TRUE TO THE END. 20:11 WOW. 20:11 IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL. 20:13 SO THEY ARE REMEMBERING HER BY HAVING THAT THERE. 20:14 THIS IS THEIR REMEMBRANCE. 20:16 SHE SAT IN THE HOME UNTIL SHE WAS BURIED. 20:19 OF COURSE THAT'S THEIR CUSTOM THERE. 20:22 THE OTHER GENTLEMAN THERE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 20:26 STARTING THE WORK FOR THE DEAF UNDER DR. WATTS YEARS 20:30 AGO. 20:30 OH. 20:31 DR. ____NOT A DOCTOR BUT THE PASTOR WORKED AT THE 20:41 UNION AND AT THE SECTION OFFICES AND HE TOLD ME HIS 20:46 STORY ON THIS TRIP. 20:47 HE SAID THAT FOR ABOUT A YEAR AFTER DR. WATTS ASKED 20:51 HIM TO START A WORK FOR THE DEAF HE RESISTED. 20:55 AND SO AFTER THAT HE REPENTED AND CAME BACK AND 20:59 FOUND THIS OTHER GENTLEMAN AND HIS SISTER AND THEY 21:03 WENT OUT TO REMOTE VILLAGES AND STARTED 21:05 EVANGELISM FOR THE DEAF. 21:07 PRAISE THE LORD. 21:08 AND OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A NEED, THERE'S A BIG NEED, 21:10 OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF AND WE CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A 21:12 NEED. 21:13 AND THERE'S A BIG UNDERSTANDING GAP BETWEEN 21:16 US BECAUSE THIS GENTLEMAN STARTED MEETING WITH DEAF 21:20 WHERE THEY WERE ON SUNDAYS AND WE MISTOOK THAT TO BE 21:23 THAT HE WASN'T REALLY COMMITTED TO THE 21:27 SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH AND WE CUT HIM OFF. 21:30 WELL HE'S RECOMMITTED AND BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE 21:34 CHURCH NOW AND IS BACK AS A GOSPEL WORKER. 21:37 SO THERE IS A BIG AMOUNT OF HISTORY IN THAT ONE 21:40 PICTURE. 21:41 IN THAT ONE PICTURE. 21:42 BUT NOW I'M GOING TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE. 21:45 SINCE THEN THIS GENTLEMAN HAS SENT ME BACK 21:49 "WHATSAPP" OF PICTURES AND VIDEOS. 21:52 HERE IS A VIDEO OF HIM MEETING A BOY ON THE 21:55 STREET WHO HAS A SHOP AND HE IS TELLING HIS STORY 21:59 HERE OF HOW HE MET THIS BOY WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP 22:03 AND TAUGHT HIM BIBLE LESSONS YEARS AGO AND NOW 22:09 HE HAS GROWN UP AND HE HAS KIDS AND THEY HAVE WORKED 22:14 TOGETHER TO STUDY TOGETHER AND ALSO TO STUDY WITH HIS 22:18 CHILDREN. 22:18 SO WHAT LANGUAGE ARE THEY SPEAKING HERE? 22:20 IS THIS AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE OR IS IT INDIAN? 22:23 WELL THIS IS INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND YOU MAY 22:26 NOTICE THAT THE MAN ON THE RIGHT JOHN ____IS SPEAKING 22:31 MORE WHAT HE UNDERSTANDS OF MY FINGER SPELLING AND 22:35 MY SIGN LANGUAGE WHEREAS THE GENTLEMAN ON THE LEFT 22:39 IS SPELLING HIS NAME THERE IN INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 22:41 OH HOW INTERESTING. 22:43 AND SO THE FINGER SPELLING IS DIFFERENT, THERE'S A 22:45 LOT OF SIGNS THAT ARE DIFFERENT AND NOW HERE 22:48 THIS MAN IS INTERPRETING FOR ME INTO AMERICAN SIGN 22:52 LANGUAGE. 22:53 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING. 22:54 HOW FANTASTIC. 22:55 AND HERE IS THE STREET OF INDIA. 22:57 YES RIGHT THERE. 22:58 ISN'T THAT SPECIAL. 22:59 THESE GENTLEMEN ARE JUST AN INSPIRATION. 23:01 SO I SAW THE MAN IN RED. 23:03 HE WENT LIKE THIS ON HIS CHEST. 23:04 THAT WAS INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 23:07 YES HE REALLY ENJOYS STUDYING. 23:10 OKAY AND HERE'S ANOTHER VIDEO. 23:12 HERE'S ANOTHER MAN. 23:13 JOHN ALREADY KNEW THIS MAN FROM BEFORE AND HE HAS MET 23:19 HIM NOW IN THE DEAF SHOP. 23:22 SO THIS IS A DEAF OWNED BUSINESS AND HE IS MEETING 23:26 HIM IN HIS BUSINESS. 23:29 FANTASTIC. 23:29 SO JOHN IS A REAL WORKER. 23:33 HE GOES OUT AND MEETS THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND 23:37 HELPS TO STUDY WITH THEM AND TO BRING THEM TO 23:40 CHRIST. 23:41 SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE THINGS. 23:44 I LOVE THE THUMBS UP. 23:46 YES. 23:46 THAT'S KIND OF A UNIVERSAL SIGN ISN'T IT. 23:49 (LAUGHTER) IT'S UNIVERSAL FOR SURE. 23:52 YES. 23:53 HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF JOHN MEETING A COUPLE OF 23:54 BOYS ON THE STREET AND WORKING WITH THEM. 23:57 AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 24:00 NOW I'M GOING TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE DARKER 24:03 SIDE OF SIGN LANGUAGE HERE BECAUSE THE NEXT THING HE 24:05 SENT ME WAS A BIT CONCERNING. 24:08 NOTICE THAT THIS BOY HERE IS SIGNING THAT HIS 24:13 PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM-OH DEAR-AND 24:14 THROUGH NEGLECT HE WAS NOT GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE OF 24:15 LEARNING ANY LANGUAGE AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW 24:17 WHAT TO DO WITH HIM AND HE WAS A DRAIN TO THEIR 24:19 RESOURCES THEY DROPPED HIM OFF AT THE AIRPORT AND HE 24:22 IS JUST STUCK THERE HOMELESS. 24:24 AND HOW OLD IS HE? 24:29 EARLY 20'S? 24:30 TAKE A LOOK I DON'T KNOW. 24:32 HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HIS PARENTS ARE. 24:36 HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING. 24:38 HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HIS NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM 24:43 AND THEY JUST NEGLECTED HIM HERE. 24:45 THIS IS TRAGIC. 24:46 SO SOMEHOW JOHN FOUND HIM. 24:48 NOTICE THAT HE IS NOT REALLY COMMUNICATIVE. 24:52 NO. 24:53 AND HE IS TRYING. 24:55 RIGHT. 24:56 HE IS DOING THE NORMAL THINGS THAT TRY TO SHOW 25:01 ACCEPTANCE AND UNDERSTANDING BUT I'M NOT 25:04 SEEING A TWO WAY FEEDBACK. 25:06 OH MARVIN THAT JUST BREAKS MY HEART. 25:08 AND THIS HAPPENS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES 25:10 WHERE THERE'S NO SUPPORT AND, OH IT JUST BREAKS MY 25:14 HEART. 25:14 YES. 25:15 SO WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE DO YOU KNOW? 25:16 HAVE YOU HEARD A REPORT YET? 25:17 WELL IT'S A DEVELOPING STORY. 25:19 OKAY WELL YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK BECAUSE I WANT 25:21 TO KNOW AND I KNOW OUR VIEWERS WILL WANT TO KNOW 25:22 WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. 25:23 YOU CAN SEE THE PASSION IN HIS SIGN LANGUAGE THAT 25:27 HE'S SAYING THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. 25:29 YES. 25:30 JOHN IS JUST SAYING VERY EMPHATICALLY THAT HIS 25:33 PARENTS WERE NEGLECTFUL AND JUST DIDN'T DO 25:36 ANYTHING GOOD. 25:37 I HAVE A BIG HEART CONCERN TO SEE THAT MAYBE OUR 25:43 WORKER CAN HELP IF WE DON'T HAVE WORK IN THAT 25:47 AREA AS I'M SURE WE PROBABLY DON'T. 25:49 WE NEED TO FIND OTHER RESOURCES AND BE OF HELP 25:50 BECAUSE EVEN THROUGH OTHER AGENCIES THAT GOD HAS 25:51 PROVIDED, PEOPLE CAN LEARN TO HONOR OUR CREATOR. 25:53 YES. 25:54 SO WE NEED MORE WORKERS TO GO OUT INTO THE FIELD. 25:55 ONE OTHER PLACE JUST BEFORE WE END HERE AND I 25:58 JUST WANT TO MAKE AN APPEAL THAT WE NEED MORE 26:02 WORKERS. 26:03 MORE REGULAR GIVING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:08 WOULD YOU DO THAT. 26:13 AS YOU SPEAK TO US IN ENGLISH WOULD YOU ALSO 26:17 SIGNS US PLEASE. 26:18 MORE REGULAR YOU KNOW EVERY DAY GIVING, GIVING. 26:22 AND TALK ABOUT IT TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS 26:26 BECAUSE THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN WORK FOR 26:30 EVERYONE. 26:31 THE LAST PICTURE I HAVE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE JOYFUL 26:34 BECAUSE ONE OF THE CHURCHES DOWN 26:36 AROUND_____HAS WORKED WITH CHILDREN AS WELL AND LOOK 26:44 AT THESE BEAUTIFUL INDIAN DRESS AND FLOWERS ON THE 26:52 KIDS THAT SHE IS WORKING WITH. 26:54 WILL PRAISE THE LORD. 26:54 WELL MARVIN THANK YOU SO MUCH. 26:56 I APPRECIATE IT. 26:59 AS YOU SHARE JESUS RIGHT. 27:01 YES. 27:01 HE'S THE ONE. 27:02 HE'S THE ONE THE ONLY ONE. 27:04 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 27:05 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF 27:06 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 27:08 I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN INSPIRED HERE AND WE WANT 27:10 TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AND ON BEHALF OF 27:13 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M 27:23 JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 27:50 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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