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00:33 HI. IM JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES
00:36 IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:37 IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US AND I 00:40 LOVE SITTING HERE IN THIS CHAIR AS WE CAN MEET 00:43 TOGETHER. 00:44 AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR FROM SO MANY OF YOU WHO 00:46 ARE WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:47 AND WE WANT TO SAY A "THANK YOU" TO ALL OF YOU 00:50 FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR SUPPORT AND YOU MEAN A LOT 00:52 AND WE'RE PARTNERING TOGETHER. 00:54 SO I HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK YOU. 00:56 DO YOU LIKE MUSIC? 00:57 WELL IF YOU DO WE HAVE A GUEST HERE TODAY WHO I 01:00 KNOW THAT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE. 01:02 AND IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE PROGRAM AND IF YOU'RE NEW 01:05 TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHO ARE GUEST IS WE WANT TO 01:08 SAY WELCOME. 01:09 BUT I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO HUM ALONG 01:11 IF YOU CAN THINK OF SOME INTERESTING SONGS THAT 01:13 YOU'VE HEARD THIS GUEST AND HIS FAMILY SING. 01:15 AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JOEDY 01:17 MELASHENKO. 01:18 JOEDY WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 01:20 IT'S A REAL JOY FOR US TO BE HERE TODAY. 01:22 WELL IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU. 01:23 AND FOR SO MANY YOUR LAST NAME MEANS SO MANY THINGS. 01:28 AND WHAT IS THE NATIONALITY OF MELASHENKO? 01:31 BOTH OF MY GRANDPARENTS, BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY, 01:36 IMMIGRATED TO CANADA BACK ABOUT 1902-1903 FROM 01:41 UKRAINE. 01:42 THEY ACTUALLY WERE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING 01:43 UKRAINIANS. 01:44 SO WE WERE BORN IN CANADA. 01:46 OUR ROOTS ARE IN CANADA BUT YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF 01:49 GOOD PEROGIE I EATERS IN OUR FAMILY. 01:51 HEY, BRING IT ON. 01:52 (LAUGHING) BRING IT ON. 01:53 (SPEAKING UKRAINIAN) YES, YES, YES. 01:55 ABSOLUTELY. 01:56 I LIVED A LITTLE BIT IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA SO. 01:58 OH YES. 01:58 OH YES. 01:59 THE FOOD IS GOOD AND WE HAD A UKRAINIAN FRIEND AND 02:00 OH MY COULD THAT LADY COOK FABULOUS. 02:02 WELL OUR GRANDKIDS IF THEY DON'T HAVE BORSCHT AND 02:03 PEROGIES FOR THANKSGIVING OR CHRISTMAS WE HAVEN'T 02:04 CELEBRATED SO. 02:05 YES, EXACTLY, EXACTLY. 02:06 SO HOW MANY BROTHERS ARE IN YOUR FAMILY? 02:07 JUST GIVE US A LITTLE HISTORY OF YOUR FAMILY AND 02:13 HOW MUCH MUSIC HAS BEEN A PART OF YOUR FAMILY JOEDY. 02:24 WELL MUSIC HAS REALLY ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF OUR 02:27 GENETIC MAKEUP. 02:29 I HAVE FOUR OTHER BROTHERS. 02:31 THERE ARE FIVE YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS BETWEEN THE 02:34 OLDEST AND THE YOUNGEST. 02:36 MY OLDEST BROTHER LONNIE, THEN I COME SECOND, 02:39 DALLAS, EUGENE AND RUDY. 02:41 AND WE STARTED SINGING TOGETHER IN A LITTLE 02:44 SIMPLE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING CHURCH UP IN SASKATCHEWAN, 02:47 CANADA. 02:48 IT WAS ACTUALLY AT ONE TIME THE LARGEST 02:50 RUSSIAN-SPEAKING CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA. 02:54 OH INTERESTING. 02:55 BECAUSE SO MANY OF THESE RUSSIANS AND UKRAINIANS 02:57 THEY KIND OF HUDDLE TOGETHER IN COMMUNITIES 03:01 THAT THEY HAD COMMON LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. 03:02 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT BACK IN THAT PERIOD OF 03:03 TIME WAS OFFERING 160 ACRES OF LAND, A QUARTER 03:12 SECTION OF LAND, IN A HOMESTEAD ACT FOR TEN 03:15 DOLLARS. 03:15 FOR TEN DOLLARS. 03:16 FOR TEN DOLLARS. 03:17 SO ABOUT WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? 03:18 THAT WAS 1902, 03, 04 RIGHT IN THERE. 03:21 OH THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. 03:22 OK. 03:22 BUT THIS WAS BRUSH LAND. 03:23 THIS WAS UNCULTIVATED. 03:25 BUT IF YOU GO BACK UP TO THOSE PARTS OF ALBERTA, 03:29 SASKATCHEWAN THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF RUSSIAN, 03:31 UKRAINIANS UP THERE. 03:33 SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FERTILE LAND IN THE 03:37 COUNTRY. 03:38 SO THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN 03:42 INFLUENCE IN THAT PART OF THE WORK IN OVER A HUNDRED 03:45 YEARS AGO. 03:46 INTERESTING. 03:47 AND SO DID YOUR MOM PLAY THE PIANO? 03:49 DID YOUR DAD? 03:50 MY MOM WAS SELF TAUGHT. 03:52 MY DAD WAS A VERY WELL-KNOWN BASS VOCALIST. 03:56 AND WHEN I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, A YOUNGSTER THEY 03:58 DIDN'T HAVE AMERICA'S GOT TALENT BACK THEN BUT THEY 04:03 HAD, THEY HAD A LIVE TALENT SHOW IN CANADA AND 04:07 MY DAD WAS ASKED TO REPRESENT THE CANADIAN 04:11 TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY. 04:12 OH INTERESTING. 04:13 AND SO HE WOULD GO IN AND THEY WOULD HAVE THIS 04:15 CALL-IN RADIO SHOW AND HE WOULD DO WHATEVER MUSIC 04:18 PEOPLE CALLED IN. 04:19 AND HE WAS VERY, VERY WELL KNOWN FOR HIS REAL DEEP 04:26 BASE VOICE. 04:27 AND THEN WHEN I WAS JUST, I WAS ONLY ONE YEAR OLD, 04:32 HE WAS INVITED TO BE THE BASS FOR THE KING'S 04:34 HERALDS QUARTET. 04:35 A VERY WELL- KNOWN RADIO GOSPEL GROUP. 04:39 THIS WAS ALL LIVE BACK IN THE DAY. 04:40 BACK IN THE DAY. 04:41 AND SO WE MOVED FROM SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA TO 04:45 GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA WHERE THE STUDIOS WERE AND HE 04:48 SANG WITH THAT GROUP FOR ONLY A YEAR BECAUSE HE 04:52 DEVELOPED A THROAT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A 04:55 CANCER OR WHAT. 04:57 BUT THIS WAS WHEN EVERYTHING WAS LIVE. 04:59 SO THEY DID A SIX O'CLOCK SESSION AT THE MUTUAL 05:02 STUDIOS FOR THE EAST COAST. 05:04 THEY'D COME BACK AT NINE O'CLOCK AND DO A NINE 05:06 O'CLOCK FEED. 05:07 YUP, THIS IS LATE 40'S EARLY 50'S RIGHT. 05:08 THIS IS 1949-50. 05:10 YUP. 05:12 AND THE DOCTOR TOLD HIM JOE YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE 05:14 TO SING AGAIN. 05:15 OH MY, DEVASTATING. 05:17 AND YOU TALK ABOUT ONE DISCOURAGED DEPRESSED 05:21 CAMPER BECAUSE TO BE ABLE TO SING WITH THAT QUARTET 05:23 WAS DREAM OF HIS. 05:24 YES, HUGE. 05:25 AND SO ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF LATER. 05:29 BY THE WAY I HAVE TO PAUSE RIGHT HERE. 05:30 DAD WAS TELLING US ONCE WHEN THEY WERE ENROUTE TO 05:34 THE STUDIO AND THEY WERE RUNNING LATE. 05:36 THEY WERE SPEEDING. 05:36 OH, OH. 05:37 AND ONE OF THE WELL-KNOWN L.A. 05:41 POLICE PULLED THEM OVER. 05:42 AND AGAIN THIS IS LIVE. 05:44 THERE'S NO TAPE. 05:45 NOPE, YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW UP. 05:47 THERE'S NO PUSH A BUTTON. 05:48 AND THEY SAID, HEY WE ARE A QUARTET AND WE'RE 05:50 RUNNING LATE. 05:51 OH YES THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL TELL US. 05:52 ALL THESE HOLLYWOOD TYPES. 05:54 RIGHT. 05:55 SO THEY BROKE OUT INTO THIS SONG "LIFT UP THE 05:57 TRUMPET" WHICH IS THEIR THEME SONG. 05:58 HE SAID I BELIEVE YOU. 06:00 SO THEY WENT ON. 06:01 HALLELUJAH FROM THE POLICE OFFICER RIGHT. 06:03 I LOVE IT. 06:04 SO FROM A VERY VERY EARLY AGE MUSIC AND ESPECIALLY 06:05 QUARTET MUSIC, MALE QUARTET, FOUR BROTHERES NO 06:06 SISTERS. 06:07 AND SO AT A VERY YOUNG AGE MY MOM HAD A, MY MOM WAS 06:18 ACTUALLY A BETTER MUSICIAN THAN MY DAD. 06:21 SHE HAD PERFECT PITCH. 06:22 SHE WAS SELF TAUGHT AT THE PIANO. 06:24 SO WE'D BE DRIVING IN THE CAR AND WE NEEDED TO LEARN 06:25 A NEW SONG. 06:26 SO MY MOM WOULD GET LONNIE MY OLDEST BROTHER AND SING 06:27 THE BARITONE PART TO HIM AND THEN SHE WOULD TEACH 06:28 ME THE SECOND TENOR. 06:29 AND MY DAD HE HAD THE BASS COVERED BUT THE OTHER 06:30 PARTS THAT WHAT SHE TAUGHT US. 06:31 ISN'T THAT NEAT. 06:32 AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A PIANO IN OUR HOME SO WE HAD TO 06:42 RELY ON A CAPELLA. 06:50 YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PIANO. 06:51 THE PIANO THAT WAS AVAILABLE WAS AT THE 06:53 CHURCH. 06:54 AT THE CHURCH. 06:55 SO MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH WE WOULD GO. 06:58 BUT IT WAS A CAPELLA. 07:00 AND SO THAT WAS OUR, THAT WAS OUR ROOTS. 07:05 AND WHEN I WAS NINE YEARS OLD, I CAN STILL REMEMBER 07:09 THE OLD TELEPHONE THERE IN OUR HOME, YOU KNOW THE OLD 07:13 PARTY LINE. 07:14 OH YA. 07:15 TWO LONGS AND A SHORT. 07:16 (LAUGHTER) OR TWO LONGS AND TWO SHORTS. 07:18 LATE ONE FRIDAY NIGHT THE PHONE RINGS AND I COULD 07:22 HEAR MY DAD ON THE PHONE. 07:25 AND THE NEXT MORNING HE AND MY MOM WERE TALKING 07:31 ABOUT THE CONVERSATION. 07:32 IT SO HAPPENED THAT MY DAD WAS THE BASS FOR THE 07:35 KING'S HERALDS QUARTET. 07:38 HE DID A SOLO AT, WHAT'S THE BIG, HOLLYWOOD BOWL. 07:44 OH YES. 07:45 THEY HAD A RALLY THERE AND THERE WAS A RETURNED 07:49 MISSIONARY. 07:50 HE WAS AN EVANGELISTS FROM INDIA. 07:53 NOW HE WASN'T INDIAN BUT HE WAS SERVING IN INDIA. 07:55 AND HE CAME UP TO MY DAD AFTERWARDS AND HE SAID 07:58 JOE, WHEN I COME BACK FROM MY EIGHT YEARS IN INDIA 08:02 I'M GOING TO LOOK YOU UP BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO BE 08:04 MY SINGING EVANGELISTS. 08:06 THIS IS BACK IN THE DAY YOU KNOW, BILLY GRAHAM HAD 08:08 GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA AND THOSE GREAT MUSICIANS. 08:11 HE SAID WHEN I COME BACK I'M GOING TO GET AHOLD OF 08:14 YOU. 08:15 WELL, DAD HAD PUT THAT CONVERSATION ON THE BACK 08:17 BURNER YEARS BEFORE. 08:20 BUT THE PHONE RANG, THE PHONE RANG. 08:22 NEXT THING WE KNOW. 08:24 NOW I HAVE TO PUT A PAUSE BUTTON HERE BECAUSE MY DAD 08:28 WAS AT THIS POINT 35 YEARS OLD. 08:30 AND THERE WERE A LOT OF CHURCHES DURING THAT AREA 08:35 THAT DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE THEIR MONEY AND EFFORT ON 08:38 OLDER GUYS. 08:41 AND SO HE HAD COME TO THE DECISION I GUESS THE LORD 08:44 WANTS ME TO STAY HERE ON THE FARM. 08:46 OLD AT 35 JOEDY. 08:47 HE WAS ACTUALLY A TEACHER AND THEN HE HAD 480 ACRES 08:51 THAT HE FARMED DURING THE SUMMER. 08:52 AND HE THOUGHT, I'VE GOT FIVE BOYS. 08:55 THAT'S FIVE HIRED HANDS I DON'T HAVE TO HIRE. 08:57 THERE YOU GO. 09:00 SO WE'LL JUST PLAN TO MAKE OUR LIFE HERE ON THE FARM. 09:02 HE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT A NEW COMBINE, A NEW 09:04 TRACTOR. 09:06 BUT THE PHONE CALL, THE PHONE CALL CHANGED 09:08 EVERYTHING. 09:09 THEN YOU MOVED. 09:10 BUT THERE'S SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THAT 09:12 PHONE CALL. 09:13 NOW THIS IS, THIS IS A, THE SKIN CRAWLS WHEN I 09:16 TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE HE WAS TROUBLED. 09:19 HE THOUGHT YOU KNOW MOVING MY KIDS. 09:21 I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING, CITY 09:24 LIFE, FARM LIFE IS PRETTY GOOD. 09:28 FARM LIFE TO HOLLYWOOD BASICALLY. 09:30 SO HE AND MY MOM THEY HAD INCREDIBLE FAITH. 09:32 THEY HAD AN INCREDIBLE PRAYER LIFE. 09:34 THEY BASICALLY PUT OUT THE FLEECE. 09:35 WHICH WAS? 09:36 MY DAD SAID, AND HE ADMITS SELFISHLY, IT WAS A DRY 09:37 SPRING. 09:38 THEY NEEDED RAIN. 09:39 HE SAID, LORD JUST LIKE GIDEON I'M GOING TO PUT 09:40 THE FLEECE OUT. 09:41 IF THIS IS A CALL YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER AND TO TAKE 09:42 I WANT IT TO RAIN TOMORROW. 09:42 THAT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC. 09:43 YUP, TOMORROW. 09:44 NOW IT WAS I'D SAY DRY, DUSTY. 09:45 MY DAD'S OUT IN THE FIELD ON THE TRACTOR AND HE 10:11 KEEPS WATCHING UP TO THE SKY. 10:13 DID YOU HEAR ME LORD? 10:15 THERE'S NOTHING. 10:17 IN THE EVENING. 10:18 IN THE SUMMERTIME THEY'RE WORKING AWAY. 10:21 HE'S ON HIS TRACTOR DRIVING BACK TO THE HOUSE, 10:25 TO THE BARN AND HE REALIZES THERE'S A LITTLE 10:28 BIT OF A CLOUD COVER. 10:29 AND HE LOOKS UP AND RIGHT OVER. 10:33 I MEAN THIS IS A SMALL CLOUD. 10:36 IT STARTS TO SPRINKLE. 10:37 HE SMILED AND HE SAID, LORD I MEAN MAKE IT POUR. 10:42 MT. 10:43 CARMEL RAIN PLEASE GOD, MT. 10:44 CARMEL RAIN. 10:45 IT RAINED FOR MAYBE TWO MINUTES. 10:50 ALL THE OTHER FARMERS AROUND HIM SAID NO WE 10:53 NEVER GOT ANY RAIN. 10:53 JUST RIGHT ON THE MELASHENKO FARM. 10:55 YES. 10:56 REALLY. 10:57 SO THAT THEN CAUSED A WHOLE SERIES OF THINGS TO 11:01 HAPPEN WHERE HE PUT THE MACHINERY UP FOR SALE HIS 11:05 EQUIPMENT. 11:07 MY COUSIN FARMED THE LAND. 11:10 FROM THAT POINT ON FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS OUR FAMILY 11:14 WAS INVOLVED IN SINGING EVANGELISM. 11:16 WE MOVED TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, MASSACHUSETTS. 11:19 WE WERE THERE THREE YEARS. 11:21 MY DAD DID EVANGELISM WITH THIS RETURNED MISSIONARY 11:27 AND THEN WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY 11:29 WHERE THERE WAS A VERY WELL-KNOWN PREACHER BACK 11:32 IN THE DAY BY THE NAME OF GEORGE VANDEMAN. 11:33 HE HAD A TELEVISION PROGRAM THAT WAS VERY WELL 11:37 KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS CALLED "IT IS WRITTEN". 11:41 HE WAS HOLDING A SERIES OF MEETINGS ON THE LITTLE 11:43 ISLAND OF BERMUDA. 11:45 AND THIS IS WHERE THE FAMILY MOVED FOR THREE 11:50 YEARS. 11:52 BUT THEY ONLY DID A BIG EVANGELISM CAMPAIGN FOR 11:54 TWO MONTHS. 11:55 BUT THEY LOVED MY DAD SO MUCH THEY SAID WHY DON'T 11:57 YOU STAY HERE AND PASTOR A LITTLE CHURCH IN ONE OF 11:59 THE LITTLE REGIONS ON THE ISLAND THERE. 12:01 THE ISLAND IS ONLY 21 SQUARE MILES SO YOU COULD 12:03 GET FROM POINT A TO B QUITE FAST. 12:05 REAL FAST. 12:06 NOT LIKE DRIVING IN CANADA. 12:07 AND SO WE HAD A MUSIC MINISTRY THERE. 12:10 DAD HAD A LIVE RADIO SHOW AND TELEVISION SHOW ON THE 12:16 LOCAL STATION THERE. 12:18 BY THE TIME WE GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL HE FIGURED IT WAS 12:19 TIME TO GET BACK TO THE MAINLAND TO THE U.S. 12:25 BY THE TIME I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD MOVED I 12:27 THINK SEVEN OR EIGHT TIMES. 12:28 ALL STARTING OUT AT THE FARM IN SASKATCHEWAN. 12:31 WELL JOEDY THANK YOU. 12:33 WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE HERE AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY 12:34 THANK YOU TO YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED AND WE HAVE MORE 12:37 INFORMATION ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:39 AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING 12:41 AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND VISIT MORE WITH 12:43 JOEDY BUT HERE'S SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU. 12:45 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME. 12:48 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 12:50 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 12:52 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 12:55 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 12:58 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 13:02 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 13:05 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 13:08 IN THE AREA FROM 10-40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 13:11 EQUATOR. 13:12 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, 13:14 TO JAPAN. 13:15 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 13:16 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL 13:18 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 13:21 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 13:23 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 13:26 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 13:28 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 13:32 WORKERS. 13:32 BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 13:33 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 13:39 GOD'S LOVE. 13:40 JOIN US. 13:42 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 13:44 DONATE. 13:45 PRAY. 13:46 PRAY AND DONATE AND SHARE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH 13:48 YOUR FRIENDS AND WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL TO THE 13:50 LORD THAT HE HAS ASKED US TO GO AND TO TELL. 13:53 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO HERE AT 13:55 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:56 SO WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE HERE 13:57 WITH JOEDY MELASHENKO. 13:58 JOEDY IT'S GREAT TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR FAMILY 14:01 AND THE MUSIC. 14:02 AND IT'S SO INTERESTING FOR ME TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR 14:05 PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE MY GRANDPARENTS KNEW YOUR 14:08 PARENTS. 14:09 MY GRANDPARENTS WERE IN GLENDALE WORKING FOR THE 14:11 VOICE OF PROPHECY AND MY GRANDMOTHER SANG IN THE 14:14 TEMPLE TRIO. 14:14 NO KIDDING. 14:16 AND MY GRANDPAS WORKED AT VOICE OF PROPHECY AND MY 14:18 MOM GREW UP WITH THE KING'S HERALD AND ALL OF 14:20 THAT. 14:21 AND THEN THEY WENT ON TO MONTEREY BAY ACADEMY AND 14:24 STARTED THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND. 14:25 BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY SINGING EVANGELISTS WITH 14:28 FORDYCE DETAMORE BACK IN THE DAY IN KANSAS AND 14:31 MISSOURA, AS IT'S CALLED. 14:32 AND SO YES. 14:34 SO I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE MUSIC. 14:37 YOU CAN RELATE. 14:38 YES. 14:39 AND THEN MY HUSBAND'S GRANDFATHER WAS CHARLES 14:40 KEYMER AND MY GRANDPA RECORDED HIS GRANDPA'S 14:42 FIRST ALBUM. 14:43 WOW. 14:44 SO YOU KNOW THIS HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MUSIC AND 14:47 HYMNS AND THE PARTS. 14:48 AND WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR BROTHERS AND SINGING 14:51 ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS I CAN ALMOST HEAR THEM ALL 14:54 IN MY HEAD. 14:55 AND SO THAT HISTORY OF MUSIC IS SO POWERFUL ISN'T 14:58 IT. 14:58 IT'S JUST POWERFUL. 14:59 WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M SURE THE VIEWERS 15:02 ARE GOING TO ASK IS WHATEVER HAPPENED WITH 15:04 DAD. 15:05 YES WITH HIS VOICE. 15:06 BECAUSE FOR ALMOST A YEAR HE COULD NOT TALK. 15:09 HE HAD TO WRITE NOTES TO MY MOM. 15:11 KIND OF LIKE JOHN AND ELIZABETH. 15:13 YES. 15:14 OR ZECHARIAH AND ELIZABETH. 15:15 HIS VOICE WAS GONE AND THEN MIRACULOUSLY HIS 15:18 VOICE CAME BACK. 15:19 AND OF COURSE MANY PEOPLE KNEW MY DAD AND HIS VOICE 15:22 WAS BETTER THAN EVER. 15:23 AND THAT'S ANOTHER MIRACLE. 15:25 ABSOLUTELY. 15:26 AND YOU KNOW THE GATHERS, THEY DO THEIR FANTASTIC 15:29 SING ALONGS AND YOU FOLKS HAVE DONE THEM THROUGHOUT 15:34 THE YEARS. 15:34 WELL MY BROTHER LONNIE WAS WITH THE VOICE OF 15:38 PROPHECY. 15:39 HE CAME WITH THIS CONCEPT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY 15:43 GREAT MUSICIANS IN SO MANY OF THE CHURCHES AND SO HE 15:46 PULLED A BUNCH OF THESE MUSICIANS TOGETHER AND 15:48 SAID, YOU KNOW LET'S, THEY CALLED IT THE HOME COMING, 15:51 THE REUNION MUSICALS. 15:53 AND OUR FAMILY WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AND TO BE 15:56 ABLE TO SING WITH THE HERITAGE SINGERS AND FAITH 15:59 FIRST AND ALL THOSE GREAT GROUPS, CHRISTIAN EDITION. 16:01 SO THAT REALLY WAS A VERY VERY ENJOYABLE OPPORTUNITY 16:08 FOR US. 16:09 WELL AND YOU KNOW THESE PIVOTAL THINGS, YOU 16:10 MENTIONED GEORGE VANDEMAN. 16:11 I REMEMBER AS A TEN YEAR OLD GOING TO THE STUDIOS 16:14 IN THOUSAND OAKS AND WATCHING IT IS WRITTEN 16:17 BEING TAPED AND YOU KNOW MARILYN COTTON WAS THERE 16:20 AND ALL OF THAT. 16:20 AND I REMEMBER THERE AND I GOT TO GO IN THE 16:23 PRODUCTION VAN WITH DAVID JONES AND I GOT TO WATCH 16:26 THAT MAN WORK AND SEE EVERYTHING AND THEN TO BE 16:28 ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING 16:30 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 16:31 YOU KNOW THE LORD PREPARES US FOR SO MANY THINGS. 16:34 SO JOEDY YOUR FAMILY, WE'VE GOTTEN THE HISTORY, 16:37 BUT NOW YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 16:40 SHARE THE NEAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER WITH 16:43 YOUR FAMILY. 16:45 WELL MY WHOLE CAREER I WAS INVOLVED IN YOUTH 16:49 MINISTRIES. 16:51 AS A YOUTH PASTOR DID MINISTER OF MUSIC, BUT ONE 16:55 OF THE MOST LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES FOR ME WORKING 17:01 WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WAS DOING SHORT-TERM MISSION 17:03 TRIPS. 17:04 AND MY WIFE AND I, OUR LAST 12 YEARS OF 17:09 EMPLOYMENT WE ORGANIZED MORE THAN 50 SHORT-TERM 17:12 PROJECTS FOR THE SISTER ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS 17:15 VERY CLOSELY WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH CALLED QUIET HOUR 17:17 MINISTRIES OUT OF REDLANDS. 17:18 AND WE TOOK THESE YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THIRD WORLD 17:22 AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND BUILT SCHOOLS AND 17:24 CHURCHES AND DID MEDICAL CLINICS AND EVANGELISM AND 17:29 SOUL WINNING. 17:30 AND IT WAS THE MOST LIFE ALTERING EXPERIENCE NOT 17:35 ONLY FOR ME BUT FOR MANY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 17:37 AND WITH THAT MISSIONS IS MY HEART BEAT. 17:43 WE HAD BEEN ACQUAINTED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN 17:46 SOME KIND OF INFORMAL WAYS BUT WHEN WE OFFICIALLY 17:53 RETIRED FROM EMPLOYMENT BOTH JUDY AND I SAID, YOU 17:56 KNOW WE'RE NOT DONE YET. 18:00 WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO. 18:02 WORK TO DO. 18:04 THE LORD HAS GIVEN US A TALENT, HE HAS GIVEN US 18:05 ABILITY. 18:06 WE CAN STILL KEEP OUR SHOULDER TO THE PLOW. 18:09 SO GOD, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOORS ARE AVAILABLE HERE. 18:14 AMAZINGLY WITHIN A FEW WEEKS ONE OF MY GOLF 18:21 PARTNERS DOWN IN SUN CITY IS ONE OF THE FORMER 18:25 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HERE, BOB RAWSON. 18:28 HE SAID, JOEDY YOU GUYS NEED TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER 18:32 BEING AN AMBASSADOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:34 GOOD JOB BOB. 18:36 AND THEN THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, KEN 18:39 CRAWFORD, HE AND I WORKED TOGETHER IN A CHURCH IN 18:45 OREGON CONFERENCE IN VANCOUVER BATTLEGROUND 18:47 AREA. 18:48 AND IT JUST STARTED TO HAPPEN THAT WAY. 18:51 WELL THE MORE WE BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH GOSPEL 18:54 OUTREACH THE WHOLE FAMILY SAID, THANK YOU LORD. 18:58 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET THE WORD OUT. 19:03 IT'S ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS IN THE CHURCH. 19:05 WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW HAS JUST 19:09 THRILLED US. 19:10 YES THAT WHOLE AREA. 19:11 I MEAN YOU JUST THINK ON THE GLOBE, WELL WE HAVE IT 19:13 BEHIND US, THE GLOBE FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY 19:16 FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH THROUGH PAKISTAN AND 19:18 INDIA AND THAILAND, THE PHILIPPINES. 19:20 I MEAN THAT WHOLE EXPANSE. 19:22 PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 19:23 YES. 19:24 AND JUST KIND OF AN ASIDE. 19:28 THE FORMER PRESIDENT SPEAKER FOR QUIET HOUR IS 19:32 BILL TUCKER. 19:33 AND BILL AND JACKIE TUCKER DEAR FRIENDS OF OURS. 19:36 EVERY YEAR BILL GOES BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES WHICH 19:38 IS ONE OF THE REGIONS THAT HE JUST LOVES AND HE TEAMS 19:42 UP WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:44 AND HE WAS TELLING US TWO YEARS AGO THEY WERE THERE 19:47 IN MINDANAO SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES. 19:48 THERE WAS ONLY A HANDFUL OF GOSPEL WORKERS, GOSPEL 19:52 OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:53 THEY DID THE GROUND WORK GETTING THE WORD OUT AND 19:56 AS A RESULT MORE THAN 12 THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE 20:01 BAPTIZED, GAVE THEIR HEART TO JESUS. 20:03 PRAISE THE LORD. 20:04 AND BILL SAID IT WASN'T FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU 20:05 KNOW THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. 20:06 AND SO AS WE'VE, AS WE'VE SEEN WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH 20:11 IS DOING. 20:12 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 20:14 THEY HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE THAT DOES THEIR WEBSITE 20:17 AND THAT TYPE OF THING. 20:17 YES WE HAVE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE JOBS THAT 20:20 ARE HANDLED. 20:21 BUT STILL IT IS SUCH AN EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION. 20:24 WE SAID LORD AS LONG AS YOU GIVE US BREATH WE'RE 20:27 GOING TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS WHICH IS WHAT GOSPEL 20:30 OUTREACH IS DOING. 20:31 LAST SUMMER THE FAMILY, WE WERE INVITED TO GO BACK TO 20:34 OUR ROOTS UP IN CANADA. 20:35 AND SOME OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE CANADIAN 20:38 ORGANIZATION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, THEY OVERSEE THE 20:41 WORK IN NORTH AFRICA, THEY SAID WE HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN 20:47 AREAS IN NORTH AFRICA THAT DESPERATELY NEED A GOSPEL 20:51 OUTREACH WORKER. 20:51 WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS. 20:52 SO IF YOUR FAMILY WOULD COME UP HERE AT CAMP 20:54 MEETINGS AND DO CONCERTS. 20:55 SO WE DID, WE DID A SIX-WEEK CONCERT TOUR IN 20:58 CANADA. 20:59 WE DID THREE CAMP MEETING CONVOCATIONS. 21:01 WE DID A BUNCH OF CONCERTS. 21:03 AND IT'S MUSIC SO GIVE IT LIKE A VIEWER WHO MIGHT 21:05 NOT KNOW WHAT YOU DO. 21:06 SO WE DID, THERE WERE EIGHT OF US SINGING. 21:13 BUT PART OF THE CONCERT IS WE DO A GOSPEL OUTREACH 21:16 PRESENTATION. 21:19 WELL THEY WANTED US TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THOSE 12 21:22 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 21:26 JULIE, PRAISE GOD, IT WAS NOTHING THE FAMILY TAKES 21:29 CREDIT FOR BUT GOD OPENED THE HEARTS AND THE 21:34 GENEROSITY OF THE PEOPLE UP THERE. 21:36 THEY NOW CAN HIRE A HUNDRED MORE. 21:38 WONDERFUL, OH LOVE TO HEAR THAT. 21:40 THANK YOU CANADA. 21:41 YES. 21:42 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 21:43 AND THANK YOU TO YOU FOLKS. 21:44 AND THEN WE'VE BEEN DOING THE SAME KIND OF OUTREACH 21:48 DOWN HERE IN THE LOWER 48. 21:50 UNFORTUNATELY THE TIME WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WE'VE 21:52 HAD TO CANCEL A NUMBER OF OUR CONCERTS-NO 21:55 RESCHEDULE, LET'S USE THE WORD RESCHEDULE, JUST SAY 21:58 RESCHEDULE. 21:58 YES. 21:59 WE'RE RESCHEDULING THINGS JOEDY. 22:00 SO WE STILL PLAN TO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH, CHURCHES, 22:07 COMMUNITY EVENTS TO SHARE GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:10 ONE OF THE THINGS SO MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST AMAZED 22:13 ABOUT AND TO ME AS A PASTOR WHEN I READ MATTHEW 22:19 24:14 IT SAYS THIS GOSPEL IS GOING TO GO INTO ALL 22:22 THE WORLD, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT 97 PERCENT OF THE 22:26 PEOPLE HAVEN'T HEARD THE GOSPEL LIVE IN THAT 10/40 22:29 WINDOW AND YET ONLY ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF EVANGELISM 22:33 BUDGETS AND EFFORTS ARE GOING TO THAT REGION. 22:35 THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO US HERE. 22:36 AND I SAY, YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE A LONG 22:38 TIME BEFORE THE LORD COMES UNLESS WE GET SERIOUS 22:40 ABOUT SENDING YOU KNOW. 22:42 PREACH IT BROTHER. 22:43 EXACTLY. 22:44 PREACH IT. 22:45 SO I MEAN I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PASTORS 22:47 AND EVANGELISTS AND CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS. 22:49 I SAY YOU KNOW FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND HERE IN 22:51 NORTH AMERICA WE OUGHT TO SPEND AN EQUAL AMOUNT IN 22:54 THE 10/40 WINDOW BECAUSE THAT'S THE GREATEST NEED. 22:57 WELL AND THE THING TOO JOEDY IS YOU KNOW FOR YOU 23:00 AND ME TO MOVE TO YOU KNOW WEST AFRICA AND TO LEARN 23:03 THE LANGUAGE, THE CULTURE AND ALL OF THAT IT'S NOT 23:05 GOING TO HAPPEN VERSUS YES WE CAN LEARN THE LANGUAGE 23:08 BUT HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE, ALL OF THAT. 23:11 BUT TO HIRE THE LOCAL PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THAT 23:13 SO. 23:14 I CAN REMEMBER, JULIE, WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS 23:16 OLD AT A CAMP MEETING IN NEW ENGLAND. 23:20 A RETURNED MISSIONARY, YOU KNOW THE JUNIOR TENT, YOU 23:22 LOVE TO HEAR THE MISSION STORIES. 23:25 AND I REMEMBER THIS RETURNED MISSIONARY SAY, 23:27 YOU KNOW WE'VE SERVED IN THIS COUNTRY IN AFRICA FOR 23:31 ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND WE ARE JUST BARELY LEARNING 23:34 THE LANGUAGE. 23:35 WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE 23:36 AND THEIR TRADITIONS AND THE PEOPLE. 23:38 AND IN MY LITTLE 12 YEAR-OLD MIND HERE'S THE 23:41 THOUGHT. 23:42 I CAN STILL REMEMBER IT. 23:43 I SAID LORD DON'T YOU HAVE SOME LOCAL PEOPLE. 23:45 WE CALL THEM INDIGENOUS. 23:46 DON'T YOU HAVE SOME LOCAL PEOPLE THERE THAT WE COULD 23:48 TRAIN WE COULD TEACH THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE 23:51 CULTURE, THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE. 23:54 THEY WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE. 23:59 YUP. 24:00 THAT'S WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS STARTED WHAT 26, 27 24:04 YEARS AGO. 24:04 ABSOLUTELY. 24:05 YES, WE JUST LOVE THIS MINISTRY GREATLY. 24:08 WELL WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU FOLKS WORKING 24:11 WITH US TOGETHER AS WE'RE SHARING JESUS. 24:14 AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SONGS JOEDY THAT YOU FOLKS 24:16 SING IN SOME OF YOUR CONCERTS? 24:19 WELL THERE'S PROBABLY, IF YOU GO TO YOUTUBE, THERE'S 24:23 PROBABLY ABOUT A THOUSAND HITS THERE. 24:24 BUT WE LOVE SOUTHERN GOSPEL. 24:28 "BOUNDLESS LOVE" IS ONE OF THOSE, "STEP INTO THE 24:30 WATER" USES JESUS AS A GREAT ARRANGEMENT BY 24:35 GREATER VISION THAT WE'VE USED. 24:38 WE DO "JESUS SAVES". 24:40 IT'S AN ARRANGEMENT THE CATHEDRALS DID. 24:44 WE'VE RECORDED ABOUT TEN CD'S. 24:46 OF COURSE WE HAD TO SHUT OUR WEBSITE DOWN BECAUSE 24:48 SOMEBODY HACKED INTO IT. 24:50 BUT THEY CAN CONTACT GOSPEL OUTREACH IF THEY 24:52 WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET SOME OF THIS STUFF. 24:53 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 24:55 WHAT DOES JESUS MEAN TO YOU JOEDY? 24:56 WELL YOU KNOW I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN 25:05 HOME. 25:05 THANK THE LORD. 25:08 PRAISE GOD. 25:09 BUT I CAN HONESTLY SAY I NEVER REALLY BECAME 25:13 CONVERTED, SAVED UNTIL I UNDERSTOOD THE PLAN OF 25:22 SALVATION AND GRACE. 25:25 WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR ME IS, I'LL THANK GOD THROUGH 25:29 OUT ETERNITY. 25:30 WE NEED THE TISSUE BOX. 25:31 (LAUGHTER) I FEEL THE SAME. 25:33 I MEAN WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE THEY MISUNDERSTAND 25:39 SALVATION. 25:41 I LOVE THE QUESTION THAT PHILIP YANCEY USES IN ONE 25:47 OF HIS BOOKS BUT PEOPLE SAID YOU KNOW IF CHRIST 25:49 WOULD HAVE RETURNED TODAY AND ASKED YOU WHY HE 25:52 SHOULD TAKE YOU TO HEAVEN WHAT WOULD YOUR ANSWER BE. 25:54 OH WOW. 25:55 WILL I PAID TITHE AND OFFERINGS AND I GO TO 25:58 CHURCH AND I'M A GOOD FATHER. 26:01 WRONG ANSWER, WRONG ANSWER. 26:03 I DON'T DESERVE THIS. 26:04 I DON'T DESERVE THIS BUT JESUS AS MY FRIEND HAS 26:10 MADE IT POSSIBLE. 26:12 SO THAT'S WHEN JESUS SAYS WELCOME. 26:16 AND THAT'S THE STORY THAT WE'RE WANTING TO SHARE. 26:18 AND WE MAKE IT SO, SOMETIMES WE MAKE IT SO 26:21 COMPLICATED. 26:22 YES. 26:22 BUT THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR. 26:25 PEOPLE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 26:26 SO MANY OF THOSE RELIGIONS HAVE A WORK ORIENTATION 26:30 THAT YOU'VE GOT TO ADVANCE IN THE STAGE OF THEIR 26:32 SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. 26:34 CHRISTIANITY IS THE ONLY RELIGION OUT THERE THAT 26:38 DOESN'T REQUIRE A WORK ETHIC. 26:40 YES WE ARE CHANGED BUT WE'RE CHANGED BECAUSE OF 26:44 WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR US. 26:45 AMEN. 26:46 AND WE MAKE THE CHOICE. 26:47 AND YOU SAID PSALM 103. 26:49 PRAISE THE LORD MY SOUL, ALL MY INMOST BEING PRAISE 26:52 HIS HOLY NAME. 26:53 I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO END WITH. 26:55 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT. 26:56 ABSOLUTELY. 26:57 WELL JOEDY KEEP SINGING WITH THE FAMILY AND GOD 26:59 BLESS YOU ALL. 27:00 THANK YOU FOR SINGING HERE AND SHARING JESUS AT 27:02 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:03 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE 27:06 TODAY AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE SURE 27:08 THAT YOU'RE SHARING JESUS WITH THE PEOPLE IN YOUR 27:11 AREA. 27:12 AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF GOSPEL 29:13 OUTREACH AS WE SHARE JESUS. |
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