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00:33 I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
00:36 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:38 IT IS ALWAYS FUN TO GATHER TOGETHER AND HEAR THE 00:42 STORIES. 00:43 WE FEEL PRIVILEGED JUST TO BE THIS CLOSE TO THEM AND 00:47 TO HEAR THEM AND WE HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US 00:50 TODAY. 00:51 WE'RE RECORDING THIS HERE IN COLLEGE PLACE AND WITH 00:55 ME IS JOHN AND RUBY STAFFORD. 00:58 HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? 00:59 WELL, WE DOING AS BEST AS WE CAN. 01:01 BEST AS YOU CAN? 01:03 I WAS FIGURING OUT THAT WE'VE BUMPED INTO EACH 01:06 OTHER FOR OVER 50 YEARS HERE AND THERE, YES, 01:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:09 FUN TO BE A PART OF THIS. 01:11 AMEN. 01:12 SO, THIS MORNING NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SOME 01:16 FAR AWAY PLACE BUT YOU HAVE A MAP THAT CAN SHOW 01:18 US WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. 01:20 YES. 01:21 WHERE IS THAT FIRST MAP? 01:23 WELL, OUR FIRST MAP IS CHAD. 01:26 IT IS UP IN THE SAHARA DESERT IN THE NORTHERN 01:30 PART OF WEST AFRICA. 01:33 IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF CENTRAL AFRICA UNION AND 01:35 ANYWAY, YES, IT IS A HUGE COUNTRY. 01:40 I SUPPOSE YOU COULD PUT TEXAS IN IT AND IT WOULD 01:44 OVERPASS TEXAS. 01:47 IT IS A MASSIVE PLACE. 01:48 IT IS A BIG COUNTRY BUT I BET PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE VERY 01:51 MUCH IN THE DESERT ITSELF CAN THEY? 01:53 NO, THERE IS JUST DUST AND SAND DUNES. 01:57 IN FACT, LAST NIGHT I LOOKED ON GOOGLE EARTH AND 02:01 THERE IS A HUGE VOLCANIC LAVA FIELD, LAVA FIELD, 02:07 YES. 02:08 SO, WHERE DO MOST OF THE PEOPLE LIVE IN CHAD? 02:11 THEY LIVE MORE IN THE SOUTH WHERE IT RAINS AND 02:15 HAS SOME RAIN. 02:16 NOT A WHOLE LOT OF RAIN. 02:18 NOT A WHOLE LOT BUT IT IS MORE LIKE SAHARA, A KIND 02:21 OF A SAVANNAH. 02:22 SAVANNAH WITH BUSH COUNTRY. 02:24 WE WILL SEE SOME OF THAT. 02:25 WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. 02:27 YOU HAVE, YOU WERE THERE RECENTLY AND YOU COME BACK 02:31 WITH THESE VIVID IMPRESSIONS OF THE PEOPLE 02:34 THAT GOD HAS CALLED TO WORK OVER THERE; THE 02:37 PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 02:42 WE ARE SUPPORTING. 02:44 WHAT'S THAT, WHAT'S A FIRST STORY YOU HAVE? 02:47 WE HAVE A QUITE A FEW WORKERS THERE ACTUALLY, 02:51 ALTHOUGH IT IS A LARGE COUNTRY. 02:53 NINETEEN PASTORS WE HAVE BUT MOST OF THEM ARE RIGHT 02:56 AROUND N'DJAMANA, THE CAPITAL. 02:59 THE CAPITAL. 03:00 BUT WE DO HAVE SEVEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 03:02 WHO GO OUT INTO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO 03:05 AH, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET THE GOSPEL OUT TO PEOPLE 03:11 WHO DON'T KNOW IT. 03:12 ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS RECENTLY BECAME A 03:15 PASTOR AND SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR A NEW 03:20 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS RIGHT NOW. 03:22 IN ORDER TO TRY TO SAVE MONEY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, 03:25 THE PASTOR BENJAMIN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION 03:28 HAD US STAY IN HIS HOME WHICH WAS JUST ABOVE THE 03:32 UNION BUILDING, THE MISSION BUILDING. 03:36 OK. 03:38 WE HAD US STAY THERE IN HIS HOME AND OUR REASON TO 03:39 GO THERE WAS TO CHECK ON THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:42 WORKERS AND SO MOST OF OUR TIME THERE WAS ACTUALLY 03:46 SPENT IN TRAVELING TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE 03:50 COUNTRY WHICH WE HAD NOT VISITED BEFORE. 03:53 I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY COULD DREAM OF HAVING 03:57 BETTER ROADS AND THEY PROBABLY DO BUT YOUR 04:00 TRAVEL WAS LABORED AND DIFFICULT YOU TOLD ME. 04:04 RIGHT, YES, I ACTUALLY USE THE WORD BRUTAL, YOU KNOW. 04:08 OK. 04:09 YOU KNOW, WE WENT OVER RUTS AND POTHOLES AND THE 04:13 ROADS WERE PAVED A LONG TIME AGO BUT THEY HAVE NOT 04:18 BEEN FILLED AND REPAIRED AT ALL YOU KNOW, SO WE HAD 04:23 TO TRAVEL SOMETIMES IT TAKES AN HOUR TO AN HOUR 04:27 AND A HALF JUST TO GO FIFTEEN MILES. 04:28 WHEN WE GOT - YES, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT 04:35 CHAD IS THE THIRD MOST UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRY IN 04:38 THE WORLD. 04:39 YOU KNOW, IT IS A VERY POOR COUNTRY AND SO IT HAS 04:42 MANY CHALLENGES. 04:44 GOSPEL WORKERS OVER THEIR FACE ALL OF THOSE 04:49 CHALLENGES EVERYDAY. 04:50 YOU GET TO VISIT THOSE CHALLENGES BUT THEY'RE 04:53 THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. 04:54 BECAUSE OF THE ROAD PROBLEMS, THE PASTOR COULD 04:58 NOT TAKE HIS CAR TO TAKE US OUT TO THESE PLACES AND 05:02 SO INSTEAD, WE RENTED A LAND ROVER THAT WAS GOING 05:08 TO TAKE US OUT TO VISIT, OK, FOR A BAPTISM AND 05:12 WE'LL BE SEEING THESE PICTURES. 05:15 OUR FIRST STOP ON OUR ROAD TRIP WAS IN THE VILLAGE 05:18 WHERE ERNEST WORKS, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, 05:22 ERNEST AND BETSOLEAL WHO WAS AT THE MISSION 05:26 HEADQUARTERS AND HAS DECIDED TO BECOME A PASTOR 05:31 SO HE'S OVERSEEING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 05:34 THAT PART OF CHAD WHICH IS THE SOUTHERN PART AND SO, 05:37 AH PASTOR BETSOLEAL LED OUT IN BAPTISM AND OF 05:43 COURSE, THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING TIME- OVER 100 05:48 PEOPLE WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AND THEY HAD 05:50 ACTUALLY CALLED PEOPLE FROM OTHER CHURCHES-CHURCH 05:56 LEADERS OH, WONDERFUL! 05:59 SO, IT WAS A CELEBRATION. 06:00 THERE WAS REPRESENTATION FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 06:02 THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH, 06:05 REALLY? 06:06 AND, AND PATHFINDERS WERE THERE AND AFTER SINGING 06:11 AND AFTER THE PUBLIC EXAM OF CANDIDATES, UH HUH, WE 06:16 ALL WALKED OUT TO THIS LAKE-TWO MILE WALK TO THIS 06:18 BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LAKE AND WE'D LIKE TO JUST SHOW 06:22 THAT LAKE TO YOU RIGHT NOW. 06:24 WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. 06:26 IT IS FASCINATING TO HEAR THERE WAS SO MUCH 06:30 INVOLVEMENT. 06:31 (VIDEO PLAYING). 06:58 IN A PLACE WITH LITTLE WATER, A LAKE MUST BE A 07:01 PLACE TO CELEBRATE. 07:03 IT WAS VERY, VERY SPECIAL. 07:04 OH MY. 07:05 HOW MANY WERE BAPTIZED THERE YOU SAY, 100? 07:07 SEVEN. 07:08 SEVEN BAPTIZED BUT OVER 100 PEOPLE -MORE THAN 100 07:11 PEOPLE WERE GATHERED FROM THE VILLAGE JUST THE 07:14 POPULATION CAME BECAUSE AS WE WALKED FROM THE CHURCH 07:17 TO THE LAKE, WELL PEOPLE SAW THE ACTIVITY AND SO 07:21 THEY WANTED TO GO ALONG TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO 07:23 HAPPEN? 07:24 AND SO, THE OTHER CHRISTIANS HAD JOINED THE 07:27 CELEBRATION. 07:28 RIGHT. 07:29 BECAUSE CHRISTIANITY IS STILL A MINORITY RELIGION 07:31 THERE? 07:32 YES. 07:33 AH, THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A SPECIAL OCCASION. 07:35 AND SO, RIGHT AFTER THE BAPTISM AFTER WE GOT BACK 07:38 FROM THE LAKE BACK TO THE CHURCH TO THE VILLAGE THE 07:41 CHIEF OF THE VILLAGE TOOK US OUT TO WHERE HE WANTED 07:48 TO SHOW US THE PILE OF BURNED BRICKS THAT HE IS 07:53 DONATING FOR THE NEW CHURCH. 07:55 BURNED BRICKS, BAKED BRICKS SO THEY ARE SOLID. 07:58 THEY ARE NOT GOING WASH AWAY IN THE RAIN. 08:00 THEY ARE NOT SUN-DRIED BRICKS; THEY ARE BURNED 08:03 BRICKS. 08:04 YES. 08:05 THEN HE ALSO SHOWED A PIECE OF PROPERTY WHICH HE 08:08 HAD AH, ALSO DONATED SO, AH- A LOT OF SUPPORT-WE 08:13 HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM AH, AND ME THANKING HIM FOR 08:19 HIS DONATION, HIS GENEROSITY, HIS NAME IS 08:23 IAM. 08:24 IAM. 08:25 IAM INJUSTIN. 08:27 OH, NEAT. 08:28 THAT'S QUITE A NAME TO HAVE ISN'T IT? 08:30 YES IT IS. 08:31 AND IF YOU SEE THE TWO MEN ON THE RIGHT THE GOSPEL 08:34 OUTREACH WORKER ERNEST, IS A FORMER LUTHERAN PASTOR 08:40 AND SO, HE HAS SOME EXPERIENCE IN EVANGELISM, 08:44 SURE, HE IS NOW AN ADVENTIST. 08:46 THERE IS A STORY THERE. 08:48 DID HE EVER GET TO SHARE WITH YOU? 08:49 ABOUT HOW HE GREW IN HIS FAITH? 08:52 I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GET THAT STORY OF HIS BUT 08:55 THE PASTOR NEXT TO HIM IS THE AH PASTOR THAT'S 09:00 OVERSEEING THE BAPTISM. 09:02 HE'S THE ONE WHO DID THE BAPTISM. 09:03 OK. 09:04 OH MY. 09:05 THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. 09:06 THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. 09:08 YES. 09:09 AND THE -WERE SOME OF THOSE BAPTIZED THE FRUIT 09:12 OF OUR OWN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 09:15 IS THAT PART OF THE STORY? 09:17 OH ABSOLUTELY. 09:20 OUR BAPTISMS ARE JUST EXPLODING WITH GOSPEL 09:25 OUTREACH WORKERS. 09:26 THEY ARE THE MAIN WORKERS IN ALL OF THESE COUNTRIES 09:30 AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF THIS AH, 09:34 PASTOR -GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, CHRISTIAN IS HIS 09:40 NAME AND HE HAS THIS GROUP NOT YET ORGANIZED AS A 09:48 CHURCH, UH HUH, AND THIS IS THE LITTLE BUILDING 09:52 WHERE THEY WORSHIP IN AND HE LIVES IN THE OTHER END 09:55 OF THAT BUILDING. 09:56 OK. 09:57 SINGLE FELLOW BUT HE HAS A DEGREE IN LAW AND PROBABLY 10:04 ONE OF THE MOST EDUCATED OF ALL THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:06 WORKERS WE'VE EVER WORKED WITH AND SO HE'S DOING A 10:11 GOOD JOB WHERE HE IS AT. 10:13 THIS MUST HAVE BEEN A REAL CALLING FOR HIM BECAUSE IF 10:16 YOU HAVE A PROFESSIONAL DEGREE AND YOU CHOOSE TO 10:20 LIVE ON A GOSPEL OUTREACH STIPEND, YES, YOU MUST BE 10:25 FEELING THE CALL OF GOD THERE. 10:27 OH ABSOLUTELY. 10:28 YES. 10:29 I THINK HIS PICTURE WAS JUST IN THE PREVIOUS 10:31 PICTURE BUT THAT WAS HIS GROUP THAT HE WAS TAKING 10:36 CARE OF. 10:38 AND HE HAS TWO COMPANIES AND FOUR PRAYER GROUPS 10:40 THAT HE HAS BEGUN IN THAT AREA WHICH IN THE AREA 10:42 WHERE HE IS LIVING THERE ARE LIKE 7000 PEOPLE. 10:45 OK. 10:47 HE'S REALLY DEEP INTO IT. 10:52 YES, A LOT OF PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO. 10:55 NOW, CHRISTIAN'S GROUP IF YOU LOOK AT THIS 10:59 CHRISTIAN'S GROUP THERE IS A FELLOW THERE THAT IS 11:03 HOLDING A BOOK IN HIS HAND AND THIS IS THE FRENCH 11:06 EDITION OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY. 11:08 OK. 11:09 AND SO, THE GREAT CONTROVERSY HAS BEEN A 11:12 STRONG TOOL IN THE HAND OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 11:18 WORKER, CHRISTIAN TO PREPARE THESE PEOPLE FOR 11:22 THE END TIMES. 11:24 OK. 11:26 SO, THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING WELL EDUCATED BY THIS MAN. 11:29 THEY ARE BEING EDUCATED AND OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY HAS 11:34 HAD A CHANCE TO BECOME LITERATE. 11:36 THEY HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT IS OPENING UP 11:40 READING FOR THEM IN THE RIGHT LANGUAGE. 11:42 UH HUH. 11:43 AND THEY HAD JUST HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS IN THIS 11:46 PLACE SO THEY HAD 16 PEOPLE WHO WERE BAPTIZED 11:49 AND THEN 15 PEOPLE THAT WERE STILL ATTENDING WHO 11:52 WERE STUDYING TO BE BAPTIZED. 11:55 THAT'S EXCITING TO HEAR OF THIS GROWTH LIKE THAT. 11:59 NOW AFTER THIS BAPTISM AND MEETING WITH THESE FOLKS, 12:05 AH WE OF COURSE HAD A DINNER. 12:09 THEY OFFERED A MEAL FOR ALL OF US. 12:11 THE LADIES WERE BUSY GETTING FOOD FOR US TO EAT 12:14 AFTER THIS WHOLE EVENT WAS OVER AND WE GOT IN OUR 12:17 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER AND HEADED OUT TO VISIT OUR 12:23 NEXT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND YOU CAN SEE 12:27 THAT THE ROAD HERE AH, WE CAME TO A BRIDGE WHERE 12:30 CATTLE WERE CROSSING, UH HUH, AH THESE ARE 12:34 INTERESTING COWS. 12:38 THEY ARE NOT THE USUAL KIND THAT YOU FIND HERE IN 12:41 THE UNITED STATES. 12:42 DIFFERENT BREED. 12:44 I THINK THEY ARE KIND OF LIKE A BRAHMAN TYPE OF 12:47 CATTLE. 12:48 THEY DO LOOK SIMILAR. 12:49 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THAT SAME ROAD THERE WERE 12:52 SOME CHALLENGES. 12:57 AS THE HOLES IN THE ROAD WERE PATCHED WITH LITTLE 13:00 STICKS AND IT WASN'T ONLY ON THIS BRIDGE THAT WE 13:04 FACED THE CHALLENGE. 13:05 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAS TO TRAVEL 40 13:08 KILOMETERS FROM THE MAIN ROAD AND THE HOLES THAT 13:11 YOU SAW IN THE BRIDGE ARE SIMILAR TO THE POTHOLES, 13:16 THE POTHOLES IN THE ROAD ARE EVEN DEEPER THAN THAT 13:20 AND IT WAS ALL NON PAVED ROAD AND THE GOSPEL 13:23 OUTREACH WORKER IN ORDER TO GET TO ANY BIG TOWN, HE 13:27 HAS TO TRAVEL 40 KILOMETERS ON THAT KIND OF 13:31 ROAD. 13:32 AND SO, NOT ONLY DOES THE VEHICLE HAVE TO SURVIVE, 13:34 THE BODIES OF THOSE WHO RIDE ON THAT ROAD HAVE TO 13:37 SURVIVE TOO. 13:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 13:39 AND SO, IF YOU WANTED TO REALLY DO WELL ON THESE 13:42 ROADS, DON'T TAKE A TRUCK, DON'T TAKE A CAR BUT TAKE 13:45 A MOTORCYCLE. 13:47 THAT WAY YOU CAN MANEUVER AROUND THESE THINGS. 13:49 THAT'S RIGHT. 13:51 YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO FASTER. 13:52 OH YES, THE MOTORCYCLES -THEY WERE JUST BYPASSING 13:55 US AND OF COURSE, IF THE ROAD GOT SO BAD, WE'D 13:59 LEAVE THE ROAD AND GO DOWN ON A DIRT ROAD ALONG THE 14:02 SIDE UNTIL THE WORST OF IT WAS OVER AND THEN WE GOT 14:06 BACK UP ON THE ROAD AND CONTINUED ON GOING. 14:07 ARE MOTORCYCLES EASY TO FIND OVER THERE? 14:10 AH, THEY ARE PLENTIFUL IT'S JUST A MATTER OF 14:16 BEING ABLE TO AFFORD ONE. 14:18 YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT THESE WORKERS NEED. 14:20 REALLY. 14:21 THEY DO NEED MOTORCYCLES OVER THERE. 14:23 OH ABSOLUTELY. 14:24 SO, THEY NEED BOTH THE VEHICLE ITSELF AND THE 14:27 FUEL TO KEEP IT GOING. 14:29 YES. 14:30 WELL, THAT'S AN INTERESTING NEED THAT THEY 14:32 FACE. 14:33 OK. 14:34 WITH A LIMITED INCOME WHICH THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE 14:38 TO RENT A MOTORCYCLE OR A CAR TO GO WHERE THEY NEED 14:41 TO GO. 14:42 AH, ON OUR TRIP TO THE NEXT GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:45 WORKER WE CAME TO THIS INTERESTING VIDEO WHICH 14:49 SHOWS AH, PEOPLE MIGRATING WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLD GOODS 14:56 AND ALONG BEHIND THIS FAMILY THIS CLAN OF 15:02 PEOPLE, CAME ALL THESE CATTLE AND IT REMINDED ME 15:09 THIS MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TO WATCH 15:13 ABRAHAM MIGRATE THROUGH CANAAN LAND, YOU KNOW. 15:16 IT'S JUST -IT LOOKED LIKE -IT REMINDED ME OF WHAT 15:20 COULD HAVE HAPPENED IN BIBLE TIMES. 15:23 ABSOLUTELY, JACOB GOING TO MEET HIS BROTHER ESAU. 15:26 YES, WITH ALL THOSE. 15:27 UH HUH. 15:28 LET ME TAKE A BREAK RIGHT HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO 15:31 INVITE OUR LISTENERS TO CONSIDER YOUR OWN 15:35 INVOLVEMENT IN GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:39 IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE GOSPEL 15:42 OUTREACH WORKERS. 15:44 IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT JOHN OR RUBY STAFFORD WERE 15:47 ABLE TO GO OVER THERE AND BRING BACK THESE REPORTS 15:51 AND ENCOURAGE THOSE WORKERS. 15:53 AND SO, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU DECIDE THAT GOD IS CALLING 15:57 YOU TO INVEST IN THIS. 15:59 TWO IDEAS: YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO SEND YOUR 16:05 DONATIONS. 16:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH, CANADA IS SPONSORING THESE MISSIONS 16:10 IN WEST AFRICA AND CENTRAL AFRICA AND EVEN IN EASTERN 16:14 AND NORTH AFRICA AS WELL. 16:16 NORTH AFRICA AS WELL. 16:18 THEY ALL BELONG IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 16:20 OK. 16:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH, CANADA AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON 16:26 THE SCREEN THE ADDRESS FOR THAT BUT I JUST -I WANT TO 16:28 ENCOURAGE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. 16:30 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE FOR GOSPEL 16:33 OUTREACH. 16:35 EARTH, VEST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 16:43 WILL SEE THE PAIN OF THE WORLD ON A COLLISION 16:46 COURSE WITH Its OWN GREED. 16:48 HUMANITY. 16:50 WE NEED LOVE. 16:52 WE NEED HOPE. 16:54 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 16:57 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD 7 BILLION PEOPLE 17:01 STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS PLAN TO 17:05 SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 17:08 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT IS EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 17:13 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 17:15 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 17:19 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 17:21 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 17:24 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 17:28 JESUS CHRIST. 17:29 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 17:31 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 17:35 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 17:46 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 17:49 JOHN AND RUBY STAFFORD ARE WITH US HAVING VISITED 17:53 AFRICA RECENTLY. 17:54 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHAD THAT LANDLOCKED COUNTRY IN 17:57 THE MIDDLE OF NORTH AFRICA AND WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT 18:01 OF TIME FOR STORIES. 18:03 LET'S -TAKE US TO THENEXT ONE. 18:05 YOU MAY HAVE A SERIES HERE THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO 18:09 GET US TO. 18:12 WELL, AS SOON AS WE LEFT THAT CHRISTIAN GROUP, WE 18:19 VISITED MARK AND HE HAS MANY SMALL GROUPS WHICH HE 18:25 STARTED WITH THE METHOD OF BIBLE STORY TELLING AND SO 18:30 HE IS A VERY FAITHFUL WORKER AND THEN WE HAD A 18:35 MEETING WITH HIM IN THE VILLAGE. 18:37 HE INVITED THE CHIEF AND WE HAD A SUPPER TOGETHER, 18:40 SHOWED SOME PROPERTY THAT WAS DONATED BY THE CHIEF 18:44 AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WE GOT TO DEBOTO HOSPITAL AND 18:52 DR. ODEA ENTERTAINED US FOR BREAKFAST AND HE 18:57 SHOWED US ON A TOUR OF THE HOSPITAL SEVERAL PEOPLE 19:03 WHO HAD BEEN IN ACCIDENTS , MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENTS, 19:08 TRUCK-CAR ACCIDENTS AND THEY 'VE HAD TO AMPUTATE 19:12 LEGS AND THIS LITTLE BOY HAD A LEG AMPUTATED JUST 19:16 REALLY SAD. 19:18 AH, FROM THERE WE TOOK A RIDE TO BARRY HOSPITAL AND 19:26 WE WAITED AND WAITED FOR THE TAXI TO TAKE US. 19:32 FINALLY, PASTOR BEDOUIN FOUND THIS HATCH BACK TO 19:36 DRIVE US TO THE JUNCTION WHERE WE WOULD MEET AH, 19:39 KEITH MOSIER IN HIS CAR AND SO WE DID A QUICK TRIP 19:48 WITH THIS CAR LOADED TO THE HILT WITH BAGS OF RICE 19:52 AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS ALL IN THERE. 19:54 THAT WOULD HAVE TESTED THE SUSPENSION. 19:56 THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO PUT THE SUITCASES UP ON 19:59 THE TOP OF ALL THOSE SACKS AND WE SAID, NO, THEY CAN 20:02 GO IN THE FRONT SEAT WITH US. 20:04 SO, THEY PUT THEM IN THE FRONT SEAT. 20:06 WELL, WE WERE GOING TO BARRY HOSPITAL BECAUSE WE 20:09 HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER NEAR BARRY 20:13 HOSPITAL. 20:13 NEAR THERE. 20:14 AND SO, WE HAD THE SAME KIND OF ROADS. 20:17 WE DECIDED THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO 20:19 PRAY FOR CHAD WAS THAT THE LORD WOULD SOMEHOW DIRECT 20:22 THE LEADERS TO MAKE THE ROADS BETTER IN CHAD. 20:25 THIS WAS SOMETHING WE HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT 20:28 BEFORE. 20:29 WE NEED TO PRAY ABOUT THIS, A GOOD POINT, THAT 20:32 GOD WOULD IMPRESS PEOPLE TO FIX THE ROADS BECAUSE 20:35 BARRY HOSPITAL IS ONE OF OUR FAMOUS PLACES WHERE 20:38 JAMES APPEL WORKED, YES, AND HE TRAINED THAT DOCTOR 20:42 THAT WE JUST SAW. 20:44 NOT FAR FROM THE HOSPITAL IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 20:46 WORKER, VINCENT AND HE IS IN CHARGE OF THIS GROUP 20:51 AH, MCNEILUS ACTUALLY PROVIDED THE FUNDS FOR 20:55 THIS CHURCH BUILDING. 20:57 LET'S JUST MENTION THAT. 20:58 MCNEILUS IS A DONOR, WHO HAS GIVEN FUNDS AND 21:03 EQUIPMENT FOR BUILDING CHURCHES ALL OVER THE 21:05 WORLD. 21:06 YES, AND IT IS A WONDERFUL THING. 21:07 YES. 21:09 AH, IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT IN MANY CHURCHES 21:13 THEY HAVE WELLS. 21:15 THEY DIG WELLS AND THEY NEEDED THOSE WELLS TO GET 21:19 THE WATER TO MIX THE CEMENT SO THAT THEY CAN 21:21 PUT UP THE BUILDING. 21:23 AND IT PROVIDES WATER FOR THE ONGOING MISSION THERE. 21:26 AND FOR A BAPTISTRY, A BAPTISTRY EVEN. 21:29 ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS. 21:30 DOCTOR-IF WE COULD BACK UP A SLIDE HERE, DR. DIETRICH 21:35 AH, HE INVITED US TO HAVE BREAKFAST WITH HIM AND YOU 21:39 SEE OUR PASTOR BENJAMIN, HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF OUR 21:42 MISSION THERE. 21:43 AND SO, WE WERE WELCOMED BY JONATHAN DIETRICH AND 21:48 HIS WIFE AND THREE LITTLE ONES. 21:50 THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS. 21:52 HE RUNS A PRESS, PRINTING PRESS IN THE AIRPORT 21:56 HANGAR AND HE COMPOSES LETTERS AND BOOKS AND 22:02 HANDOUTS AND TRACTS TO GIVE OUT TO THE DIFFERENT 22:06 PEOPLE. 22:07 WHAT LANGUAGE WILL HE BE DOING THIS IN? 22:09 IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE. 22:10 LOCAL LANGUAGE. 22:11 HE HAS TRANSLATORS TO TRANSLATOR TO TRANSLATE IN 22:14 THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND THEN HE PUBLISHES THEM IN 22:16 HIS PRESS. 22:16 OH WOW. 22:17 WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE YOU WERE USING OVER THERE? 22:20 WE WERE SPEAKING FRENCH ALMOST CONSTANTLY UNTIL WE 22:23 GOT TO DIETRICHS AND THE BARRY'S AT THE BARRY 22:26 HOSPITAL ALL THOSE PEOPLE WERE AMERICANS OR 22:29 ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE SO WE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH 22:32 COMMUNICATING WITH THEM YOU KNOW. 22:34 SO, MANY LANGUAGES I'M SURE. 22:36 UH HUH. 22:37 AND SO, BECAUSE OF OUR RIDE OUR RIDE DOWN IN A 22:43 LANDROVER IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HARD ON OUR 70 YEAR 22:47 OLD BODIES, YES, SO EVEN PASTOR BENJAMIN HE WAS 22:52 HURTING BECAUSE THE RIDE WAS IT WAS SO - EVEN THE 22:58 LAND ROVERS- IN FACT, PASTOR BENJAMIN TOLD US HE 23:02 HAS TO CHANGE HIS SHOCKS HOW OFTEN WAS IT? 23:05 EVERY YEAR A NEW SET OF SHOCKS, SHOCK ABSORBERS. 23:07 BECAUSE OF THE ROADS. 23:09 YES. 23:10 IT IS AWFULLY HARD TO CHANGE OUT THE SHOCK 23:11 ABSORBERS IN OUR BODIES, ISN'T IT? 23:13 YES. 23:14 AND SO, HE DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED TO GO BACK ON THE 23:15 BUS. 23:16 OK. 23:17 INSTEAD OF TAKING THE LAND ROVER BACK TO N'DJAMANA 23:19 WHICH TOOK US NINE HOURS ON THE BUS AND SO YOU GO 23:24 NINE HOURS, NO PLACE TO USE THE RESTROOM. 23:28 YOU DON'T DRINK MUCH. 23:29 THE BUS STOPS AND GIVES US A CHANCE TO AH, TAKE CARE 23:31 OF OUR NEEDS YOU KNOW, YES, AND YOU CAN SEE THE 23:35 COUNTRYSIDE OF THAT PART OF CHAD. 23:46 IT'S KIND OF A SAVANNAH WHERE IT IS VERY FLAT AND 23:52 OF COURSE, IF IT DOES RAIN IT CAN FLOOD EASILY. 23:57 AH, IN THIS STOP ALONG THE WAY I NOTICED TWO LADIES 24:04 AH, PRAYING TO ALLAH AND SO, THE MUSLIM RELIGION IS 24:09 VERY -IT'S THE MAJOR RELIGION ACTUALLY OF CHAD. 24:12 OK. 24:13 AND SO, WHILE THESE LADIES WERE OUTSIDE ON THEIR 24:16 PRAYER MAT THEIR HUSBANDS, THE MEN WERE IN THE MOSQUE 24:19 JUST BEHIND ALSO PRAYING. 24:22 THEY GOT INTO THE MOSQUE AND PRAYED WHILE THE REST 24:26 OF US WERE TAKING CARE OF OUR NEEDS. 24:31 THEIR TRADITION OF PRAYER IS VERY STRONG, IS IT NOT? 24:35 YES, I'M SURE IT IS AMONG OUR OWN GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:38 WORKERS TOO? 24:40 THEY MUST RELY ON GOD ALL THE TIME AND CALL ON HIS 24:43 NAME. 24:43 OH, THEY DO. 24:44 AND IT HAS MADE US -WE AS CHRISTIANS WE NEED TO TAKE 24:49 THE EXAMPLE FROM THEM. 24:51 THEY PRAY FIVE TIMES A DAY. 24:52 WE NEED TO BE PRAYING ALL DAY, RIGHT? 24:55 THEY ARE NEVER ASHAMED TO PRAY IN PUBLIC, YOU KNOW. 24:58 WHATEVER RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MARKET THEY 25:01 PUT DOWN THEIR PRAYER MATS AND THEY KNEEL AND BOW 25:04 DOWN TOWARD MECCA, OF COURSE. 25:05 IT IS PART OF THEIR CONFESSION OF THE GOD THEY 25:07 TRUST. 25:08 YES. 25:08 THE GOD THEY CALL ALLAH. 25:10 AND WE HAVE SOME, WE WOULD LIKE FOR OUR AUDIENCE TO 25:12 PRAY, PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN CHAD. 25:14 THERE ARE LEGAL CHALLENGES WITH HIRING WORKERS AND WE 25:15 NEED CHURCH BUILDINGS. 25:16 WE NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO REACH 25:17 OUT IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. 25:18 HOW MANY MORE ARE THEY PRAYING FOR? 25:19 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS COULD THEY USE 25:31 THERE? 25:34 THEY WOULD LIKE TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER. 25:36 DOUBLE THE NUMBER? 25:37 UH HUH. 25:38 THERE WERE SEVEN WHEN YOU WERE THERE. 25:40 THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT GROW. 25:41 MAYBE BY THE TIME SOMEBODY IS WATCHING THIS, GOD WILL 25:45 HAVE ANSWERED THOSE PRAYERS AND THERE MAY BE 25:46 MORE. 25:47 I LOVE THAT. 25:48 WELL, WE ARE GETTING DOWN TO OUR LAST MINUTE. 25:52 WHAT CAN WE FOCUS ON? 25:54 THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AND THEY ARE THINKING AND 25:57 PRAYING AND GOD IS ASKING THEM TO BE -HAVE THEIR 26:00 MINDS FULL OF THIS? 26:03 GOD MAY BE CALLING THEM TO FOCUS. 26:04 WHAT CAN THEY DO? 26:06 WELL, YOU KNOW THEY NEED BUDGETS. 26:10 THEY NEED FUNDS TO AH, SPONSOR THESE WORKERS. 26:14 CURRENTLY, WHAT DOES IT COST TO SUPPORT A GOSPEL 26:21 OUTREACH WORKER RIGHT NOW? 26:23 ABOUT $170 A MONTH AND SO, THEY HAVE TO STRETCH THAT 26:30 AMOUNT YOU KNOW. 26:31 OF COURSE, THE COST OF LIVING IS VERY LOW IN 26:33 THESE COUNTRIES BUT STILL, YOU KNOW THE COST OF 26:37 LIVING REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 26:39 YOU KNOW, AS WE COME DOWN TO THE END OF THIS, I JUST 26:44 WANT TO MENTION THAT THOSE OF US WHO MAY LIVE IN A 26:48 FIRST WORLD AREA WE HAVE MORE MONEY, LET US SEE 26:53 WHERE GOD WANTS US TO PUT IT WHERE IT CAN STILL BE 26:55 OF VALUE. 26:56 AMEN. 26:57 AMEN. 26:57 LOOK ON YOUR SCREEN. 26:59 FIND THE PLACE WHERE GOD IS CALLING YOU TO WORK. 27:01 YOU ARE GOD'S AGENT IN YOUR HOUSE. 27:04 GOD BE WITH YOU. 27:06 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
Revised 2020-06-08