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Series Code: AIM
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00:33 I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:37 THIS IS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND ANOTHER 00:40 CHANCE TO PEAK INTO A PART OF THE WORLD THAT MANY OF 00:44 US DON'T GET TO GO TO BUT FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE 00:47 LIVING THERE WE ARE SO GLAD THAT WE GET TO COME 00:50 AND VISIT YOUR COUNTRY. 00:52 I HAVE WITH ME JOHN AND RUBY STAFFORD FRIENDS FROM 00:56 A LONG TIME AGO WHO HAVE BEEN THERE RECENTLY AND 01:01 YOU WERE IN THIS COUNTRY OF TOGO. 01:05 UH HUH. 01:07 TELL US ABOUT THAT, JOHN. 01:08 WELL TOGO IS A TINY LITTLE COUNTRY YOU COULD PROBABLY 01:12 FIT IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF EASTERN WASHINGTON. 01:16 JUST A NARROW COUNTRY BUT QUITE A PROSPEROUS 01:20 COUNTRY. 01:21 PROBABLY THE MOST PROSPEROUS OF ALL THE FOUR 01:25 COUNTRIES WE VISITED IN OUR TRIP TO WEST AFRICA 01:28 THIS TIME. 01:29 IS IT NARROW BECAUSE IT FOLLOWS A RIVER COURSE OR 01:32 SOMETHING? 01:33 WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHY IT IS SO NARROW BUT I THINK 01:35 IT DOES PROBABLY DOES HAVE A RIVER BORDER. 01:37 RIVERS ARE ALWAYS COMING DOWN EMPTYING OUT OF THE 01:41 HILLS, THE BACK HILLS INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN THERE, 01:45 THE GULF STATES. 01:47 THIS COUNTRY IS AH, A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. 01:57 IT HAS SEVERAL INDUSTRIES LIKE COTTON THAT HELPS 02:03 THEM AH, FINANCE THEIR PROJECTS. 02:09 OUR MISSION IS RECENTLY THE LAST COUPLE THREE 02:13 YEARS HAS BECOME A CONFERENCE INSTEAD OFA 02:15 MISSION. 02:16 NOW A CONFERENCE THAT MEANS IT IS SELF 02:18 SUPPORTING AND IT HAS 21 PASTORS. 02:19 SOME OF THEM WHO ARE CONFERENCE LEADERS AND 02:23 THERE ARE 18 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THIS 02:26 LITTLE COUNTRY. 02:28 AND SO, THEY ARE COVERING THE TERRITORY QUITE WELL 02:33 AND MOST OF THE BAPTISMS COME FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH 02:36 WORKERS. 02:38 AND THIS FUNDING FOR THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IS 02:41 COMING THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH, CANADA. 02:44 IS THAT RIGHT? 02:45 YES, THAT IS CORRECT. 02:47 I WILL ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS IF YOU WOULD LIKE 02:50 TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS, YOU CAN LOOK AND YOU'LL SEE ON 02:53 YOUR SCREEN AH WHERE TO CONTACT IN CANADA. 02:56 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN OFFICE AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT 02:59 THEY ARE PARTNERS WITH THIS. 03:01 UH HUH. 03:02 SO, GO AHEAD. 03:03 WELL, SO THERE IS ABOUT 9000 MEMBERS IN TOGO AND 03:08 SEVEN OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE 03:11 STUDYING TO BECOME PASTORS AND SO THIS IS KIND OF THE 03:16 TRACK THAT THEY ARE ON WHEN THEY BECOME GOSPEL 03:19 OUTREACH WORKERS. 03:20 IT'S KIND OF LIKE INTERNS, YOU KNOW, AND SO, INTERNS 03:24 OK, SO THEY ARE PLANNING TO BECOME PASTORS 03:27 EVENTUALLY AH, WE'VE GOT 18 OF THEM AND SO THEY 03:30 HAVE -ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO IS THE COORDINATOR FOR 03:34 THE REST OF THEM. 03:37 OK. 03:38 AND SO, HE HAS AN EXTRA TRAVEL BUDGET TO GO AND 03:41 VISIT THE OTHER GUYS AND ENCOURAGE THEM ALONG THE 03:44 WAY. 03:45 SOMETIMES IT IS THE MISSION PRESIDENT HIMSELF 03:48 WHO IS THE COORDINATOR AND THAT'S THE CASE FOR 03:50 ACTUALLY IN TOGO. 03:52 AH, AND SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE IS IN 03:57 GOOD SHAPE SO IT'S A NARROW COUNTRY BUT YOU CAN 04:01 GET WHERE YOU NEED TO GO FAIRLY EASILY? 04:03 YES. 04:04 IT IS STILL IF YOU WERE TO TRAVEL UP NORTH IT WOULD 04:07 PROBABLY TAKE A WHOLE DAY ON A BUS. 04:09 OK. 04:10 TO GET THAT FAR. 04:11 AND YOU CAN GET IN MUDDY ROADS AND HAVE TRAVEL 04:14 CHALLENGES. 04:15 I'M SURE THERE ARE WEATHER CHALLENGES. 04:17 ALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES HAVE TRAVEL CHALLENGES. 04:19 YES. 04:20 AND SO, YES AH WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED THE FIRST 04:25 THING, I DO WAS TAKE MUG SHOTS OF EACH OF THE 04:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND SO WE HAVE A RECORD OF 04:31 THAT FOR AH, OUR SPONSORS. 04:34 SO, A HEADSHOT OF ALL OF THEM. 04:36 THE SPONSORS GET A PICTURE NOW OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 04:38 WORKER AND THEIR STORIES, THEIR CONVERSION STORIES 04:41 OR THEIR MIRACLE STORIES AND SO THIS RAISES THE 04:45 INTEREST TO SPONSOR SOMEONE SO THAT THEY CAN 04:49 GET TO KNOW THESE GUYS A LITTLE BETTER. 04:51 WELL THAT PROVIDES A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY 04:54 IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR ONE OF THESE GOSPEL 04:57 OUTREACH WORKERS, YOU CAN GET REPORTS FROM THEM AND 05:01 SO JUST CONTACT GOSPEL OUTREACH, CANADA AND SEE 05:03 WHAT ROLE YOU CAN TAKE IN THAT. 05:07 AND WHEN YOU GET THERE, WHAT IS THE FIRST WELL, 05:13 I'M TAKING YOU OFF SCRIPT BUT WHEN DOES THE - WHEN 05:18 DO YOU START HEARING THE STORIES OF HOW GOD IS AT 05:21 WORK? 05:22 IS THAT ALMOST FROM THE BEGINNING THEY TALK ABOUT 05:25 THIS? 05:26 YES, WELL WHEN WE GOT THERE, THEY ARE ALL 05:28 GATHERED TOGETHER AT THE MISSION, AT THE CHURCH 05:32 HEADQUARTERS, OK. 05:33 IN LOMAY AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU LISTEN TO THESE 05:38 GUYS SINGING WITH ENTHUSIASM. 05:40 LISTEN TO THIS. 05:43 (SINGING) 06:11 WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE-NOT JUST SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN TELL BY WATCHING THAT THAT SONG 06:18 IS IN THEIR HEARTS. 06:19 THEY KNOW IT BY MEMORY. 06:21 THAT WAS RIGHT FROM THEIR HEART. 06:22 IT WAS SO FULL OF ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT AND ZEAL 06:26 FOR THE WORK THEY ARE DOING. 06:28 SO, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW FRENCH YOU BETTER 06:30 TELL THEM WHAT IT MEANS. 06:32 YES, ANAMAME IS GO FORWARD, MOVE FORWARD AND 06:35 OUR CHIEF, OUR MASTER IS ALL POWERFUL AND LOVE AND 06:41 PRAYER ARE THE AH, WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE YOU KNOW, 06:48 AND SO, AH YES. 06:49 THAT GIVES THE GENERAL MEANING OF THE SONG. 06:54 LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR GOD. 06:55 YES. 06:56 I LOVE IT. 06:57 I LOVE IT. 06:58 WHILE THEY WERE THERE, WE HAD EACH ONE STAND UP AND 07:01 GIVE THEIR TESTIMONY TO GIVE US A STORY -MIRACLE 07:04 STORY. 07:05 I WISH YOU COULD BE THERE TO LISTEN TO THEM. 07:08 THERE IS THE INSPIRATION. 07:09 YES. 07:10 OF COURSE, YOU'D HAVE TO KNOW FRENCH TO UNDERSTAND 07:12 IT. 07:13 WE-THEIR FRENCH IS REALLY A CHALLENGE THOUGH, RUBY 07:15 AND I WERE BOTH TAKING NOTES WE PRETTY MUCH 07:18 PIECED THEIR STORIES TOGETHER BUT THOSE STORIES 07:22 WILL COME AS THE SPONSORS GET THEIR PICTURES. 07:26 WELL, JUST LIKE IN ENGLAND THERE ARE MANY VARIETIES 07:29 OF ENGLISH AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF 07:31 THEM SO IN FRENCH, YES, THERE ARE VARIATIONS I'M 07:34 SURE. 07:36 NOW IN THAT COUNTRY THERE IS ABOUT 46 DIALECTS YOU 07:39 KNOW, AND SO THOSE ARE NOT FRENCH AT ALL. 07:41 THAT IS NOT FRENCH AT ALL AND SO, MANY OF THESE 07:45 DIALECTS ARE NOT EVEN PRINTED -IT'S UNPRINTABLE. 07:48 YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO BIBLE AND SO THESE PEOPLE 07:52 WILL HAVE TO LEARN FRENCH TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE 07:55 WITH ONE ANOTHER. 07:56 YOU'VE LEARNED A STORY WHILE YOU WERE THERE RUBY. 07:59 YES, AND I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE YOUNG MAN 08:03 JACQUE WHO WANTS TO EVENTUALLY, HE WILL BE A 08:07 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 08:09 HE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE. 08:10 HE WAS-HE HAD ACCEPTED JESUS; HE WAS WORKING IN 08:14 THE VILLAGE BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPOSITION AND 08:18 THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO KILL HIM AND 08:21 THEY WOULD PUT A CURSES ON HIM TO TRY TO KILL HIM. 08:24 BUT THE CURSES DIDN'T WORK AND SO THIS PERSON 08:28 FINALLY, HE HIRED THREE PEOPLE TO ATTACK HIM SO HE 08:32 WAS ON A MOTORBIKE RIDING AND THEY KNOCKED HIM OFF 08:37 AND STARTED HITTING HIM WITH A MACHETE, YOU KNOW 08:41 TO KILL HIM. 08:43 UH HUH. 08:44 BUT GOD JUST PROTECTED HIM OUR ALL-POWERFUL GOD, AND 08:49 HE ONLY HAD ONE SMALL CUT ON HIS ARM. 08:52 THE LORD HELPED HIM ESCAPE THAT GROUP SO HIS LIFE WAS 08:57 VERY MUCH IN DANGER THERE. 09:00 THEN HE HAD A DREAM AND IN THIS DREAM AH, GOD TOLD 09:05 HIM THAT HE WANTED HIM TO GO AND STUDY TO BE A 09:08 PASTOR AND BUT TO LEAVE THIS PLACE. 09:12 WHICH IS INTERESTING YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOMETIMES 09:16 JESUS TOLD THE APOSTLES -IF THEY DON'T ACCEPT, 09:20 TURN AROUND, RIGHT, GO TO ANOTHER. 09:22 RIGHT. 09:23 SO, HE HAD THIS DREAM BUT HE SAID, LORD, I DON'T 09:27 HAVE ANY MONEY TO GO TO SCHOOL. 09:29 YOU KNOW. 09:30 WHAT CAN I DO? 09:31 IT WAS LIKE THE LORD SAID, GO. 09:33 SO, HE WENT TO THE SCHOOL AND TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS 09:38 SUPPOSED TO STUDY TO BECOME A PASTOR AND HE WAS 09:41 SIGNING UP BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY YET. 09:43 I CAN IMAGINE THEIR SKEPTICISM. 09:44 AND HE GOT HOME, HE GOT HOME AND HERE WAS A NUMBER 09:50 ON HIS TELEPHONE. 09:52 YES. 09:53 AND SO, HE CALLED THAT NUMBER AND IT WAS ACTUALLY 09:56 SOMEBODY IN FRANCE AND HE IS IN TOGO, RIGHT? 10:01 YES. 10:02 THIS LADY IS CALLING FROM FRANCE AND SHE SAYS, WHAT 10:06 IS YOUR NAME? 10:08 AND HE TOLD HER, JACQUE AND SHE SAYS AND WHY ARE 10:12 YOU CALLING? 10:13 AND WHAT IS YOUR NEED? 10:16 AND SO, HE TOLD HER AND SHE SAID, WELL, I HAD A 10:20 DREAM AND, IN MY DREAM, I SAW THIS PHONE NUMBER AND 10:26 I WAS TO CALL AND HELP THIS PERSON. 10:28 AND SO, OH MY, I MEAN DO WE WORSHIPA POWERFUL GOD 10:33 OR WHAT? 10:34 AMEN. 10:35 WE DO. 10:37 I MEAN, AND SO SHE BECAME PART OF THE FUNDING FOR 10:39 HIS EDUCATION. 10:41 THAT'S RIGHT. 10:43 AND SO, YOU KNOW WHEN HE GOT UP THERE TO TELL US 10:45 HIS STORY, I WISH WE COULD HAVE RECORDED THAT BECAUSE 10:48 WAS HE EVER EXCITED. 10:50 OH MY. 10:51 THE EXPERIENCE THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM SO THE LORD 10:54 WAS REALLY REAL TO HIM. 10:56 WHEN THE LORD PUTS HIS HAND ON PEOPLE, THERE ARE 10:59 STORIES TO SHARE. 11:01 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL ONE. 11:02 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL ONE. 11:03 SO, NOW HE IS STUDYING IN BAMAKO AND THAT'S WHERE 11:07 HE'S GETTING TRAINING FOR BECOMING A PASTOR. 11:11 AND BAMAKO IS NOT A COUNTRY? 11:14 NO. 11:15 BAMAKO IS THAT THE CAPITAL? 11:18 NO WHERE IS BAMAKO? 11:20 ARE YOU SURE IT WAS BAMAKO? 11:22 I'M NOT, I CAN'T REMEMBER. 11:29 THAT'S THE NAME I HAD WRITTEN IN MY NOTES. 11:30 MAYBE THE WRONG COUNTRY? 11:32 WE CAN ALL GO NOW TO OUR PHONES AND WE CAN LOOK IT 11:35 UP ON THE MAP AND SEE EXACTLY WHERE BAMAKO IS? 11:37 YES, ANYWAY WE HAVE A SCHOOL THERE WHERE THEY 11:41 ARE SENDING THEM FOR, OK, STUDYING. 11:43 YES. 11:44 AH WHILE THEY ARE THERE, WE TRY TO GIVE THEM AS 11:51 MUCH INSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THEIR WORK. 11:54 AH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS TEACH THEM HOW TO 11:59 TAKE CARE OF THEIR BODY TEMPLES, UH HUH, BECAUSE 12:02 THE TEMPLE IS-THE BODY TEMPLE IS THE AH, 12:07 INHABITED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT SO YOU WANT TO TAKE 12:10 CARE OF YOUR BODY AND SO, WE TEACH THEM HOW TO TAKE 12:14 CARE OF THEMSELVES, HOW TO ALSO DO HYDROTHERAPY AND 12:18 WE ALSO TAKE TIME TO SHOW THEM HOW TO MEMORIZE 12:23 SCRIPTURE. 12:24 RUBY IS GOING TO SHOW THAT PART IN A FEW MINUTES BUT 12:28 RIGHT NOW I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE WAPI. 12:33 WAPI THERE IS A NEW WORD FOR US. 12:38 RUBY IS GOING TO HOLD UP THIS WAPI IN HER HAND AND 12:40 WE CAN SEE A PICTURE OF IT ALSO ON THE SLIDE. 12:45 THERE IT IS. 12:47 IT LOOKS LIKE A FISHING LURE, A FISHING LURE 12:50 DOESN'T IT? 12:53 ACTUALLY IT IS A TUBE WHICH IS AH, ACRYLIC TUBE 12:56 THAT IS SEALED ON BOTH ENDS, UH HUH AND INSIDE OF 13:00 THE TUBE IS WAX COME FROM SOYBEAN PLANT AND SO THIS 13:05 WAX MELTS AT 65 DEGREES CENTIGRADE AND THAT'S AS 13:09 HOT AS THE WATER NEEDS TO BE TO KILL THE BACTERIA TO 13:14 KILL THE-IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BOIL, BECAUSE BOILING 13:19 IS 100 DEGREES CENTIGRADE? 13:21 THAT'S RIGHT. 13:23 RIGHT. 13:24 AND SO, THIS IS LOWER THAN THAT AND SO THIS HELPS 13:26 THEM CONSERVE ON FUEL AND TIME, YES. 13:28 ESPECIALLY IN POOR COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS 13:30 NOT A LOT OF WOOD AND A LOT OF FUEL TO BURN AND SO 13:32 THIS HELPS PEOPLE DRINK WATER THAT IS POTABLE. 13:36 IT'S A PASTEURIZING THERMOMETER WHICH LETS YOU 13:40 KNOW WHEN THE WAX FLOWS FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM 13:45 OF THE TUBE THEN IT HAS MELTED AND THEN WE KNOW 13:49 THAT THE WATER IS HOT ENOUGH TO DRINK SAFELY. 13:52 REALLY, SO IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY ADD ANYTHING TO 13:56 THE WATER NO, IT JUST IS A SIMPLE MEASUREMENT OF 13:59 TEMPERATURE. 14:01 YES, SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW THAT WHATEVER THE DISEASES 14:05 ARE THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE AT THAT TEMPERATURE, THEY 14:07 ARE GONE. 14:08 YES. 14:09 THEN THE WATER IS SAFE TO DRINK. 14:11 SURE. 14:12 AND SO, MY BROTHER TOM IS IN TOUCH WITH BOB TATE IN 14:16 VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON AND THEY MAKE THESE BY THE 14:18 HUNDREDS SO THEY ARE SENDING THEM OUT TO THESE 14:22 FOUR DIFFERENT MISSION PLACES AS WELL AS OTHER 14:25 PLACES AROUND THE WORLD. 14:27 YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO ON LINE AND TYPE IN W A P I 14:30 AND IT WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. 14:33 WAPI. 14:35 SO, 65 DEGREES CENTIGRADE HOW WOULD THOSE OF US WHO 14:37 LIVE IN THE FAHRENHEIT WORLD IS THAT LIKE 150 14:39 DEGREES, 160 DEGREES? 14:41 PROBABLY SOMETHING CLOSE TO THAT. 14:44 I WISH I KNEW EXACTLY. 14:46 AGAIN, OUR SMART PHONES COULD EASILY TELL US. 14:49 YOU CAN FIND THAT OUT. 14:50 SORRY I DIDN'T GET THAT RESEARCH DONE BUT ANYWAY 14:53 RUBY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT HOW WE 14:56 TAUGHT THEM HOW TO MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE. 14:59 MEMORIZING SCRIPTURE HAS BEEN A PART OF YOUR LIVES. 15:03 YES, IT HAS. 15:04 FOR PROBABLY FROM THE BEGINNING OF YOUR 15:07 MINISTRY. 15:08 YES. 15:09 AND SHARE WITH US THIS AMAZING METHOD THAT YOU 15:11 HAVE. 15:12 OK WHEN JOHN WAS AH, WHEN OUR BOYS WERE JUST YOUNG 15:19 WE HAD GONE TO A SEMINAR WHERE THEY SAID, IT HELPS 15:23 IF YOU DRAW A PICTURE AND SO JOHN DID PSALMS 91 15:27 DRAWING A PICTURE TO ILLUSTRATE THE PSALMS 91 15:31 AND SO, "HE THAT DWELLETH IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE 15:40 MOST HIGH SHALL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE 15:42 ALMIGHTY. 15:43 I WILL SAY OF THE LORD HE IS MY REFUGE AND MY 15:47 FORTRESS, MY GOD IN HIM WILL I TRUST. 15:49 SURELY, HE SHALL DELIVER THEE FROM THE SNARE OF THE 15:54 FOWLER AND THE NOISE AND PESTILENCE." 15:56 ETC. ANYWAY, WE TAUGHT THESE PEOPLE, WE TOLD THEM 16:00 YOU CAN WRITE ON THE BACK OF THE CARD WHICHEVER 16:03 LANGUAGE YOU WANT. 16:06 IF IT IS FRENCH OR THE LOCAL LANGUAGE, WHATEVER 16:08 THEY WANT TO MEMORIZE IT IN, UH HUH, AND THIS WILL 16:11 HELP THEM. 16:12 AND SO, WE GAVE PSALMS 91 CARDS TO ALL OF THE 16:14 WORKERS THERE AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE DON'T HAVE 16:20 ENOUGH TO TAKE EVERY TIME TO EVERY COUNTRY SO EACH 16:25 YEAR THAT WE GO TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WE ARE 16:28 TAKING THE PSALMS. 16:31 THIS TIME WE TOOK PSALMS 91 TO TOGO. 16:35 AND SO, GOD IS HELPING THE PEOPLE TO MEMORIZE THESE 16:38 SCRIPTURES THIS WAY AND ALL OF US WE ALL NEED TO 16:41 MEMORIZE THE SCRIPTURES. 16:43 ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE FACING THE LAST TIME OF 16:46 TROUBLE. 16:47 THIS IS POWERFUL. 16:48 PART OF PSALMS 91 SAYS THERE SHALL NO EVIL BEFALL 16:51 THEE NEITHER SHALL ANY PLAGUE COME NIGH THY 16:54 DWELLING. 16:55 AND WE NEED THAT. 16:56 WE DO AND WE HAVE STORIES OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 16:58 THAT HAVE READ TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK OR WHO ARE 17:02 UNDER ATTACK BY DEMONS AND THEY READ THIS CHAPTER TO 17:05 THESE PEOPLE AND THE DEMONS HAVE TO GO THE 17:08 PEOPLE ARE SET FREE. 17:10 GOD IS GOOD. 17:11 THE WORD OF GOD, THE POWER IS IN THE WORD OF GOD. 17:14 THIS IS PART OF WHAT WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 17:19 TRAIN, YOU ARE TRYING TO BUILD UP THEIR CONVICTION 17:22 ON THIS AREN'T YOU? 17:24 YES. 17:25 I NEED TO TAKE A BREAK RIGHT HERE JUST TO REMIND 17:29 PEOPLE HOW THIS WHOLE EMPHASIS OF GOSPEL 17:33 OUTREACH. 17:34 YOU CAN BE A PART OF THIS. 17:35 THOSE STORIES COME BACK TO US AND THEY GO OUT TO THEM 17:39 AND THE WORD IS THERE BECAUSE GOD IS AT WORK 17:42 THROUGH YOUR INVESTMENT. 17:44 THOSE OF YOU WHO SPONSOR -I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE 17:48 AGAIN THE ENCOURAGEMENT T HAT COMES WITH THAT LITTLE 17:52 VIDEO CLIP THAT WE HAVE. 17:53 LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO WATCH IT. 17:56 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 17:57 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 17:59 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 18:02 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 18:06 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 18:08 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 18:13 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 18:16 LOVE. 18:18 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 18:21 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 18:24 EQUATOR FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, 18:28 CHINA TO JAPAN. 18:30 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 18:33 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 18:38 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 18:41 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 18:45 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 18:47 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 18:49 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 18:55 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 18:58 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 19:02 GOD'S LOVE. 19:04 JOIN US. 19:05 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 19:07 DONATE. 19:09 PRAY. 19:13 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 19:16 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 19:17 OUR GUESTS JOHN AND RUBY STAFFORD AND YOU JUST SAW 19:20 THERE THAT WE SPONSOR A COUPLE THOUSAND GOSPEL 19:24 OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:26 YOU KNOW ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE DOING THIS 19:28 IS BECAUSE WE'D LOVE TO SPONSOR MORE. 19:31 YOU CAN BE A PART OF THIS AND TODAY WE ARE TALKING 19:34 ABOUT TOGO. 19:35 TOGO IS SUPPORTED THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH, CANADA. 19:40 YOU CAN LOOK ON YOUR SCREEN AND FIND THE 19:43 ADDRESS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, CANADA. 19:45 BECOME A SPONSOR TO SOME OF THESE AMAZING PEOPLE. 19:48 YOU HAVE A STORY ABOUT ONE OF THEM RIGHTNOW. 19:50 YES, AND I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO TELL OUR AUDIENCE THAT 19:54 YOU KNOW LAST YEAR WE DID A PROGRAM ON TOGO AND WE 20:00 SHOWED A PICTURE LAST YEAR OF A GIRL NAMED BEAUTY AND 20:04 BEAUTY HAD SICKLE CELL ANEMIA. 20:08 SHE WAS 15 YEARS OLD AND SHE WAS DYING. 20:11 I THINK WE EVEN SHOWED A PICTURE OF OUR PRAYING 20:14 WITH HER AND WE ASKED YOU, THE AUDIENCE, WE ASKED YOU 20:20 WHO WATCH GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ASKED YOU ON 20:23 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS", WE ASKED YOU TO PRAY FOR 20:26 HER. 20:28 WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHO ALL PRAYED OR 20:31 WHAT ALL HAPPENED BUT WE KNOW THAT PRAYER HAS AN 20:33 INFLUENCE BECAUSE WHEN WE PRAY IT IS GOD AT WORK. 20:37 YES. 20:38 ANYWAY, SHE WAS HEALED IN NOVEMBER AND SO WHEN WE 20:41 WENT BACK THERE THIS TIME, WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT AND 20:44 YOU SEE THE YOUNG GIRL HERE THIS IS BEAUTY WHO 20:48 WAS HEALED BY THE LORD AND SHE WAS TEACHING THE 20:53 CHILDRENS SABBATH SCHOOL. 20:55 ALL OF THE CHILDREN THAT SHE WAS TEACHING YOU SEE 20:59 THEM HERE FROM VERY YOUNG TO ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD. 21:02 SHE HAD QUITE A GROUP OF LITTLE CHILDREN THAT SHE 21:06 WAS TEACHING AND WHAT ABSOLUTELY AMAZED ME, YOU 21:10 KNOW SHE IS THANKFUL FOR WHAT JESUS DID FOR HER. 21:13 SHE WOULD HAVE-SEE THAT LITTLE GIRL IN THE GREEN 21:17 THERE-SHE WOULD HAVE THESE CHILDREN COME UP IN FRONT 21:21 OF ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN AND SAY NOW YOU TELL THEM 21:23 WHAT JESUS DID FOR YOU THIS WEEK. 21:25 AND SO, THESE LITTLE CHILDREN THEY WOULD SAY, I 21:30 AM THANKFUL THAT JESUS BROUGHT ME SAFELY TO 21:34 SCHOOL. 21:35 YES. 21:36 OR I AM THANKFUL THAT AH, I SLEPT OK LAST NIGHT. 21:40 YOU KNOW WHATEVER IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE 21:42 LOCAL LANGUAGE SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE 21:46 SAYING. 21:47 RIGHT. 21:48 BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THAT 21:49 SHE WAS TEACHING THESE YOUNG CHILDREN BETWEEN 21:52 AGES 4-10. 21:55 UHHUH. 21:56 SHE WAS TEACHING THEM ALREADY TO THANK JESUS FOR 21:59 WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US. 22:00 THERE ARE A FEW OF US ADULTS THAT COULD BUILD UP 22:03 THAT HABIT COULDN'T WE? 22:05 YES. 22:06 RECOGNIZING GOD. 22:07 WE PRAYED FOR HER LAST YEAR YOU KNOW, THE PASTOR 22:10 WHO CAME WITH US THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION, 22:13 HE PRAYED INTENSELY FOR HER OF COURSE, SHE WAS I 22:16 BELIEVE SHE WAS LIKE HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, UH, OR 22:20 NIECE. 22:21 OK. 22:22 ANYWAY, SHE YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS THAT IT WAS 22:27 THE SAME GIRL. 22:28 AND SHE WAS LYING DOWN SHE COULDN'T EVEN GET UP, OH, 22:31 AND THEY WERE AFRAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. 22:34 I'M AFRAID MY FAITH WAS VERY WEAK BUT WHEN WE SAW 22:38 HER LEADING THESE KIDS, PRAISE GOD. 22:39 HE IS POWERFUL TO HEAL HER. 22:43 SO, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO KEEP PRAYING 22:46 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:47 WHEN YOU PRAY SPECIFICS, THEN WE KNOW IF GOD 22:51 ANSWERS SPECIFIC. 22:52 UH HUH THAT'S TRUE. 22:55 PRAYER IS SO IMPORTANT AND THIS TIME WE HAD ON OUR 23:00 LAST COUPLE OF COUNTRIES THAT WE WENT TO WE 23:04 ACTUALLY MADE PRAYER LISTS. 23:06 HERE SHE IS JOINING THE CHOIR. 23:08 YOU CAN HEAR IN THE BACKGROUND. 23:11 SHE IS SINGING WITH THE CHURCH CHOIR. 23:14 HOW SPECIAL. 23:15 YES. 23:16 YOU KNOW THE LONGER I'VE LIVED IN MINISTRY; I BEGIN 23:20 TO LOOK AT EVERYBODY I MEET AS A MIRACLE BECAUSE 23:23 NOBODY IS ALIVE BY ACCIDENT. 23:25 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:27 WE ARE THERE FOR A REASON AND GOD KNOWS THE 23:30 SITUATION SO WONDERFUL TO HEAR THE STORIES. 23:33 SO WONDERFUL. 23:34 SO, THERE SHE IS WITH THE CHOIR. 23:36 IT WAS A WARM DAY SHE IS FANNING HERSELF BUT THESE 23:41 PEOPLE ARE VERY ZEALOUS AND VERY GIFTED CHOIR 23:49 DIRECTOR. 23:50 HE KNOWS, HE PLAYS THE KEYBOARD AND HE KNOWS HOW 23:54 TO TEACH THESE PEOPLE HOW TO SING IN FOUR PART 23:58 HARMONY. 23:59 IT IS AMAZING. 24:00 THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO THE LAST FEW MINUTES AND YOU 24:04 COME AWAY FROM TOGO. 24:07 I'M GUESSING YOU VISITED THE AREA NEAR THE COAST? 24:10 OR DID YOU GO DEEP INLAND THERE IN TOGO? 24:13 WE JUST STAYED IN LOMAY. 24:15 ACTUALLY, WE DID DO A LITTLE EXCURSION OUT AWAY 24:20 FROM THE CITY BUT NOT FAR. 24:22 TELL US, TELL THE VIEWERS OUR OUTREACH WORKERS, OUR 24:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY GO ALL THE WAY, THE 24:30 WHOLE LENGTH OF THE COUNTRY DO THEY? 24:34 YES. 24:35 AH AND YOU SAY THAT THE MANY VARIATIONS OF THE 24:39 DIALECTS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE GROUPS THROUGHOUT THERE. 24:42 AND SO, THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR THE GOSPEL 24:44 OUTREACH WORKERS. 24:45 THEY MAY KNOW FRENCH IF THEY WERE EDUCATED. 24:48 MOST OF THEM ARE EDUCATED IN EITHER FRENCH OR 24:50 ENGLISH. 24:51 OK. 24:52 BECAUSE THEY WILL GO STUDY IN EITHER CAMEROON OR 24:55 NIGERIA. 24:56 SO, IF THEY'VE GONE TO NIGERIA IT IS ENGLISH, 24:58 SURE. 25:00 IF THEY'VE GONE TO CAMEROON THEY'VE STUDIED 25:03 IN FRENCH. 25:04 AND BUT WHEN THEY GO OUT TO THESE PLACES, THEY HAVE 25:06 TO ALSO LEARN -UNLESS WHAT OUR LEADERS ARE TRYING TO 25:12 DO, THEY ARE TRYING TO CHOOSE PEOPLE FROM THOSE 25:19 AREAS, UH HUH, SO THAT THEY KNOW THE LOCAL 25:22 DIALECT. 25:23 THAT'S THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. 25:24 YES, AND SO THIS HELPS THEM TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK. 25:26 BUT UNTIL THEN, THEY NEED A TRANSLATOR TO TRANSLATE 25:30 TO THOSE PEOPLE. 25:31 RIGHT. 25:32 AND DID I HEAR YOU MENTION GOSPEL OUTREACH, BRAZIL? 25:35 DO WE HAVE A SISTER ORGANIZATION THERE TOO? 25:36 WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH, BRAZIL IS INVOLVED 25:39 ESPECIALLY IN NIGER- WAS INVOLVED. 25:42 THEIR HOPE IS TO GET REINVOLVE -TO REINVOLVE 25:46 GOSPEL OUTREACH, BRAZIL AND WOULD HOPE TO GET INTO 25:50 NIGER BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY. 25:52 OK. 25:53 BUT ANYWAY, THEY HAVE ALSO SPONSORED SOME GOSPEL 25:56 OUTREACH WORKERS IN TOGO AS WELL AS IN BENIN. 26:00 WE NEED OUR PEOPLE TO PRAY. 26:03 WE REALLY TRUST OUR PRAYER AUDIENCE OUT THERE THAT 26:08 THEY WILL PRAY. 26:09 THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A RADIO PROGRAM, OK, IN 26:13 TOGO, YES, THAT'S ONE THING WE NEED TO PRAY 26:15 ABOUT AND PRAY FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 26:18 THAT GOD WILL GIFT THEM WITH THE GIFT OF 26:22 LANGUAGES, THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO ALL 26:25 THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 26:28 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, AS WE COME DOWN 26:31 AROUND THE END HERE I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO 26:34 ASK GOD TO POINT OUT A PLACE WHERE WE WORK DURING 26:39 THIS 10/40 WINDOW -A PLACE THAT YOU CAN PRAY FOR, A 26:42 PLACE THAT CAN BE SPECIFIC. 26:44 YOU CAN GET OUT A MAP. 26:46 YOU CAN CALL IT UP ON YOUR PHONE OR WHATEVER, AND SAY 26:49 THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO SEE YOU IN ACTION, GOD. 26:52 SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE. 26:54 THERE IS NO PLACE THAT DOESN'T NEED GOD'S TOUCH. 26:59 AMEN. 27:00 AND THIS IS WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AFTER. 27:02 LOOK ON YOUR SCREEN. 27:04 FIND THOSE ADDRESSES. 27:05 YOU BE A PART OF THIS. 27:07 WE RELY ON YOU AND WE REJOICE THAT WE ARE A TEAM 27:11 TOGETHER WORKING FOR GOD. 27:12 DREAMING, HOPING FOR THAT GREAT DAY WHEN HE 27:16 INTERRUPTS ALL OF THIS AND WE SEE HIM FACE TO FACE. 28:29 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
Revised 2020-06-17