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00:35 I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO 00:36 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:39 MY NAME IS OLE OLESEN AND I HAVE A GUEST WITH ME 00:42 TODAY, GARY WAGNER. 00:46 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:48 NICE TO BE HERE AGAIN. 00:50 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING YOU KNOW THAT 00:53 THERE ARE SO MANY ADVENTURES IN THE FIELDS 00:56 OF MISSION. 00:58 THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:59 YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE 01:04 HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JESUS OR IF THEY HAVE THEY 01:08 HAVEN'T HEARD A PICTURE OF HIM THAT THEY CAN FALL IN 01:10 LOVE WITH YET. 01:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH AIMS TO HELP FILL THAT. 01:14 MANY OTHERS BUT WE'RE PRAYING THAT GOD CAN USE 01:17 US. 01:18 AND GARY, INTERESTINGLY, GARY HAS RECENTLY BEEN 01:23 ASSIGNED TO WORK IN A FAR AWAY PLACE IN THE 10/40 01:28 WINDOW BUT HAS NOT YET HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING 01:31 THERE. 01:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:33 AND WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? 01:35 TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WEST INDONESIA. 01:38 WEST INDONESIA. 01:40 WOW. 01:41 THAT'S A LONG WAYS AWAY. 01:43 IT IS A LONG WAYS AWAY. 01:44 IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TALK TO THEM BY ZOOM. 01:50 OKAY. 01:51 THEY HAVE TO BE UP VERY LATE OR I HAVE TO BE UP 01:53 VERY EARLY. 01:54 BECAUSE, WOW, THAT'S ALMOST ON THE OTHER SIDE 01:56 OF THE WORLD. 01:57 YES, IT IS VERY MUCH ON THE OTHER SIDE. 01:59 AND YOU HAVE STORIES FOR US TODAY. 02:02 EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE YOU'VE BEEN 02:05 TALKING TO THEM ON ZOOM. 02:06 YES. 02:07 YOU'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THEM, LISTENING TO THE 02:09 STORIES THAT HAVE MOVED THEM AND YOU BRING ONE 02:13 TODAY. 02:13 WHAT IS THIS ABOUT GARY? 02:17 I WAS FASCINATED TO HEAR ABOUT A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS 02:21 IN PATHFINDERS AND SHE LEARNED THROUGH THE 02:26 PATHFINDER HONOR OF SIGN LANGUAGE HOW TO SIGN. 02:28 TO SPEAK BY SIGNING. 02:29 OKAY. 02:30 HER NAME IS DACEY AND SHE REALLY GOT INTERESTED IN 02:31 SIGN LANGUAGE. 02:32 SO DACEY WHEN SHE LEARNED IT SHE WENT OUT AND FOUND 02:34 SOME DEAF FRIENDS SO SHE COULD PRACTICE. 02:39 NOW IN INDONESIA THERE ARE ABOUT TWO MILLION FIVE 02:41 HUNDRED THOUSAND DEAF. 02:42 AND SO IT'S A VERY LARGE POPULATION. 02:43 WHAT SHE LEARNED WHEN SHE STARTED TRYING TO SPEAK TO 02:55 THEM WITH SIGN LANGUAGE WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T 03:09 UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE THEY SPOKE A DIFFERENT 03:12 LANGUAGE. 03:14 OH SO THE PATHFINDER HONOR WAS NOT THEIR TYPE OF SIGN 03:18 LANGUAGE. 03:19 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:20 IT WAS THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 03:21 OKAY. 03:22 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN. 03:25 IT'S CALLED BISINDO. 03:27 SO I THINK SHE WAS A LITTLE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE 03:30 SHE IMMEDIATELY SET OUT TO LEARN BISINDO SO THAT SHE 03:35 COULD SPEAK TO THEM. 03:36 THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE SHE IS A LADY WHO IS 03:38 EASILY FRUSTRATED TO MAKE THAT DECISION THAT I'M 03:43 GOING TO EXPAND MY LANGUAGE ABILITY IS 03:46 AMAZING. 03:47 WELL I THINK USING HER FRUSTRATION TO MOVE YOU TO 03:53 LEARNING MORE HOW TO SPEAK TO OTHER PEOPLE IS A GOOD 03:58 THING. 03:58 YES, YES. 03:59 SO SHE WAS GROWING UP IN INDONESIA. 04:02 YES SHE IS INDONESIAN. 04:03 AND SHE WAS LEARNING ALL THIS THERE PLUS THIS NEW 04:06 LANGUAGE. 04:08 WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT? 04:09 WELL SHE FOUND AS SHE SPOKE WITH MORE AND MORE 04:14 OF THE DEAF THAT THE DEAF IN INDONESIA, PROBABLY 04:20 MUCH LIKE ALMOST EVERY WHERE IN THE WORLD, THE 04:23 DEAF ARE KIND OF LOOKED DOWN ON OR PRETTY MUCH 04:26 IGNORED. 04:27 AND MANY OF THEIR NEEDS GO UNMET. 04:30 SHE LEARNED THAT THEY WEREN'T TAKEN CARE OF 04:34 MEDICALLY VERY WELL BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T TELL 04:37 WHAT THEIR PROBLEMS WERE. 04:38 NOBODY COULD UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS. 04:40 NOBODY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. 04:42 AND THE BIG THING THAT CONCERNED HER WAS FINDING 04:49 WAYS TO BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE SHE 04:54 WAS BEGINNING TO BUILD A LARGE GROUP OF FRIENDS WHO 04:59 WERE DEAF. 05:00 YES. 05:01 SHE STARTED RECOGNIZING THAT THIS WAS AN AREA OF 05:05 MINISTRY THAT SHE COULD REALLY GET INTO. 05:08 WITH THAT CONVICTION THAT HERE WAS A MINISTRY I'M 05:11 GUESSING THAT IF SHE HAS PATHFINDER BACKGROUND SHE 05:17 OBVIOUSLY WAS COMING OUT OF A CHRISTIAN 05:23 ENVIRONMENT. 05:24 SHE NEW THE LORD HERSELF AND SHE MUST HAVE BEEN 05:27 LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SHARE THAT WITH THIS POPULATION. 05:31 YES. 05:32 NOT JUST WITH THE POPULATION BUT ALSO 05:36 GETTING HER PATHFINDERS INVOLVED BECAUSE BY THIS 05:38 TIME SHE WAS A MASTER GUIDE AND SHE WAS LEADING 05:41 PATHFINDERS. 05:42 SO SHE WANTED TO GET HER PATHFINDERS INVOLVED IN 05:46 SOME OF THE MINISTRY THAT SHE WAS BEGINNING TO 05:48 DEVELOP. 05:49 SO SHE WOULD BEGIN GETTING PEOPLE TO DO MEDICAL 05:56 TRAINING FOR THEM SO THEY COULD INTERPRET. 06:00 YOU KNOW SIMPLE MEDICAL TREATMENTS. 06:01 AND ALSO HELPING THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET OTHER OF 06:08 THEIR NEEDS MET IN THEIR HOMES OR WHEREVER THEY 06:13 WERE BECAUSE MOST OF THE DEAF WOULD NOT HAVE HAD 06:16 THE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE JOBS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T 06:19 COMMUNICATE. 06:20 YES. 06:22 SO THEY WERE PRIMARILY PEOPLE WHO WERE LEFT ON 06:27 THEIR OWN. 06:28 LEFT ON THEIR OWN, DEPENDENT ON OTHERS 06:32 GENEROSITY. 06:33 YES. 06:33 YES. 06:36 AND THE GOVERNMENT NETWORK THERE PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE 06:40 AN EXTENSIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM. 06:43 I'M SURE THE GOVERNMENT HAD TRIED TO DO SOME 06:46 THINGS BUT IT WASN'T A PRIORITY FOR THEM. 06:50 MANY OF THE DEAF WERE CONSIDERED RATHER THAN 06:53 SIMPLY TO HAVE A PHYSICAL HANDICAP, WERE CONSIDERED 06:57 TO BE SICK ILL AND THEY DIDN'T GET AN EDUCATION. 07:05 AS I SAID THEY COULDN'T GET JOBS. 07:08 THEY COULDN'T SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THE 07:09 FAMILIES OFTEN OSTRACIZE THEM AS A RESULT. 07:13 EVEN THEIR FAMILIES DIDN'T FIND A WAY TO INTEGRATE 07:16 THEM INTO THE FAMILY LIFE. 07:17 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:18 OH MY. 07:19 WHAT A DIFFICULTY. 07:21 AND SO THINKING OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, THIS YOUNG LADY 07:29 WITH HER VISION, HER UNDERSTANDING OF HERE WAS 07:33 A POPULATION THAT NEEDED IT APPARENTLY SHE MUST 07:38 HAVE SOMEHOW BUMPED INTO GOSPEL OUTREACH OVER 07:41 THERE. 07:42 WELL THIS CAME QUITE A BIT LATER AND THERE'S A LOT TO 07:47 TELL BEFORE THAT HAPPENED. 07:48 OKAY. 07:49 BECAUSE SHE BEGAN, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WAS A 07:54 PROBLEM WAS YOU KNOW HERE IN THE STATES WHENEVER WE 07:57 HAVE A DISASTER WE HAVE WAYS TO ALERT PEOPLE THAT 08:02 A DISASTER IS HAPPENING. 08:03 YES. 08:05 MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE LARGE SIRENS THAT THEY CAN 08:08 BLOW IF THERE'S A MAJOR WEATHER EVENT COMING. 08:10 TRUE. 08:11 BUT THE DEAF COULD NEVER HEAR THOSE THINGS. 08:13 AND SO THEY WERE LEFT TO BECOME VICTIMS OF DISASTER 08:14 SITUATIONS. 08:15 SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DACEY STARTED 08:16 PICKING UP ON AS A MAJOR WAY TO HELP. 08:17 SHE SAW THAT VULNERABILITY THEY HAVE. 08:19 EXACTLY. 08:20 AND INDONESIA HAS IT'S OWN UNFAIR SHARE OF DISASTERS 08:21 TO COPE WITH. 08:21 YES THEY DO. 08:22 YOU WERE JUST MENTIONING TO ME BEFORE WE CAME ON 08:23 LINE THE TIDAL WAVE THAT HIT THERE. 08:25 YES, THE TSUNAMI THERE IN 2004. 08:25 YES. 08:26 THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF VOLCANOES THAT HAVE TO BE 08:27 AVOIDED. 08:28 YES THEY DO YES A LOT OF MAJOR DISASTERS THERE 08:29 ACROSS ALL THAT SERIES OF ISLANDS. 08:31 RIGHT. 08:32 SO SHE STARTED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT 08:34 POSSIBLE FOR THE DEAF TO BE NOTIFIED. 08:37 AND SHE STARTED WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO 08:40 SEE HOW THE DEAF COULD BE TRAINED AND ALSO THE 08:44 GOVERNMENT COULD DO CERTAIN TYPES OF THINGS. 08:47 AND THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ALL OF THIS THERE WERE 08:50 CERTAIN NATIONAL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT THAT SAID WE 08:55 NEED TO PICK UP ON THIS. 08:59 OH GOOD. 09:01 SO SHE STARTED BECOMING AN ADVOCATE ON THE NATIONAL 09:06 LEVEL AND WHENEVER SHE HAD, I HAD A VIDEO BUT I 09:13 COULDN'T FIND IT OF DACEY COMING INTO A NEWS 09:19 INTERVIEW TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING 09:24 WITH THE DEAF. 09:25 TO BEGIN THE INTERVIEW SHE HAD A GROUP OF PATHFINDERS 09:34 THERE SINGING THE PATHFINDER SONG AND 09:40 SIGNING IT. 09:42 AND SO HERE ALL THE PRESS SITTING OUT FRONT WATCHING 09:46 AND OF COURSE THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY 09:51 WERE YOU HAVING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE IN UNIFORMS 09:55 SINGING THIS PARTICULAR SONG AND SIGNING IT. 09:58 SO THE COUNTRY WAS BECOMING VERY AWARE OF 10:01 PATHFINDERS AND OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 10:04 CHURCH. 10:05 AND SO SHE WAS ON SOME COMMITTEES NATIONALLY AND 10:08 THEN SHE WAS INVITED TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO ALSO 10:12 SHARE WITH THEM BECAUSE THE UNITED NATIONS IS 10:15 CONCERNED ABOUT GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE 10:17 AND SO SHE WAS INVITED THERE AND ADDRESSED 10:32 CERTAIN COMMITTEES ON THE VULNERABILITY OF THE DEAF 11:13 PEOPLE PARTICULARLY IN INDONESIA. 11:24 SO SHE BECAME QUITE AN ADVOCATE FOR THE DEAF NOT 11:27 ONLY IN INDONESIA BUT WORLD WIDE. 11:30 THIS SOUNDS LIKE A REMARKABLE PATHWAY THAT 11:35 GOT HER INTO THE WHOLE WORLD BECAUSE I'M CERTAIN, 11:38 JUST GUESSING OF COURSE, THAT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM 11:42 LIMITED TO INDONESIA. 11:43 OH NOT AT ALL. 11:44 NOT AT ALL. 11:47 THERE ARE DEAF EVERYWHERE. 11:49 WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AS 11:53 WELL. 11:53 YES. 11:54 AND I THINK WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH 11:56 COORDINATOR WHO ACTUALLY FOCUSES ON DEAF MINISTRIES 12:00 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 12:02 YES WE DO. 12:03 JOHN BLAKE. 12:04 JOHN BLAKE IS THE COORDINATOR FOR DEAF 12:06 MINISTRIES FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:07 WE HAVE ANOTHER COORDINATOR WHO WORKS JUST 12:08 WITH DEAF MINISTRIES IN INDIA AND SO IT'S 12:10 SOMETHING THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS NOT PUT 12:11 ASIDE. 12:12 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING. 12:13 I CAN'T SAY "WE" YET BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE 12:14 ANYTHING WITH IT BUT I'M FAMILIAR WITH DEAF 12:15 MINISTRIES FROM MY OWN PREVIOUS PASTORAL 12:25 MINISTRY. 12:35 SO HERE IN WEST INDONESIA WHERE THIS LADY BEGAN HER 12:42 WORK AND EXPANDED IT ALL THE WAY TO THE WORLD 12:47 LEADERS. 12:48 YOU'RE DUE AS SOON AS TRAVEL OPENS UP AND YOUR 12:53 DUE TO GO OVER THERE TO MEET SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. 12:56 BUT YOU HAVE MORE STORY ABOUT THIS TO TELL. 13:00 I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD 13:02 TIME TO TAKE A BREAK AND JUST REMIND YOU WHO ARE 13:07 WATCHING TODAY. 13:08 THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS SUCH AN 13:12 INTERESTING WINDOW I'M GOING TO SAY OF 13:15 OPPORTUNITY. 13:16 A GOD-GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WANT 13:21 TO GROW THEIR OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD OR 13:24 DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD TO TRUST. 13:27 AND I JUST WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS BRIEF PROMO 13:31 THAT WE HAVE. 13:32 LISTEN CAREFULLY. 13:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION 13:39 FULLY DEDICATED TO EXTENDING THE 13:42 INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY AND OUTREACH OF THE 13:45 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN DEVELOPING AREAS 13:48 OF THE WORLD WITH A VERY SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE 13:51 10/40 WINDOW. 13:54 MATTHEW 24:14 EXPLICITLY STATES THAT THE GOSPEL 13:58 WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD BEFORE JESUS 14:01 RETURNS. 14:03 THE WORLD POPULATION IS SEVEN BILLION. 14:06 BY FAR, THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF UNREACHED 14:09 PEOPLE IS FOUND IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:13 OF THE 2.84 BILLION UNREACHED PEOPLE OF THE 14:17 WORLD 97 PERCENT LIVE IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW. 14:23 THIS IS A CHALLENGING REGION. 14:26 ISLAM, HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM ARE THE DOMINANT 14:30 RELIGIONS. 14:32 MANY OF THE COUNTRIES HAVE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND 14:35 DIALECTS. 14:36 POVERTY AND ILLITERACY ARE A WAY OF LIFE FOR THE 14:39 MAJORITY. 14:40 MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS ARE SEARCHING. 14:44 THEY NEED HOPE. 14:45 AN IMPORTANT KEY TO SPREADING THE GOSPEL IN 14:48 THIS AREA IS TO USE INDIGENOUS WORKERS. 14:52 THEY ALREADY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THE RELIGION, 14:56 THE CULTURE OF THEIR PEOPLE. 14:58 BLESSED BY THE SPIRIT THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP WIN A 15:02 PERSON FOR JESUS FOR LESS THAN SIX DOLLARS IN MANY 15:06 AREAS. 15:08 FOR 20 YEARS GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS FOCUSED ON 15:11 BUILDING AWARENESS OF THE NEED IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 15:15 IN ADDITION TO RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT 15:18 INDIGENOUS WORKERS. 15:20 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA AND GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL 15:24 HAVE JOINED IN THIS METHOD OF TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT 15:27 JESUS. 15:29 APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED WORKERS ARE 15:32 SPONSORED THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ITS SISTER 15:36 ORGANIZATIONS. 15:38 THE WORKERS ARE HIRED AND TRAINED BY ADVENTIST 15:40 MISSION OFFICES AND CAN BE FUNDED FOR AN AVERAGE OF 15:44 ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER MONTH. 15:47 THE MISSION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS TO CONTINUE 15:50 WORKING WITH THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 15:53 CHURCH BY SPONSORING WORKERS WHO WILL INTRODUCE 15:56 PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH A GOAL 16:01 OF ONE MILLION NEW BAPTISMS OVER THE NEXT 16:06 THREE YEARS. 16:12 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 16:15 I'M GLAD YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY AND I JUST WANT TO 16:19 TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY. 16:20 YOU MAY ENJOY WATCHING THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS 16:23 THAT COME ON YOUR CHANNEL, YOUR RECEPTION THERE. 16:28 BUT YOU ALSO MAY RECEIVE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS IN 16:33 PRINTED FORMAT. 16:35 WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS AT HEADQUARTERS WHO PUT THESE 16:38 TOGETHER, EDIT THEM, TAKE STORIES FROM PEOPLE LIKE 16:43 GARY AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO READ AND YOU 16:46 CAN BE A PART OF READING THEM. 16:48 SO YOU CAN HAVE THIS COME TO YOUR HOME IS IT EVERY 16:51 MONTH. 16:52 IT'S A LOT WORK BUT OH WHAT A JOY TO READ THOSE 16:56 STORIES AND BE ENCOURAGED BY THEM. 16:58 IT'S FREE. 16:59 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO GOAIM.ORG AND YOU CAN 17:08 ORDER THIS YOURSELF. 17:10 IT CAN COME. 17:11 WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU BE A PART OF THAT ADVENTURES IN 17:14 MISSIONS WORLD. 17:16 BACK NOW TO GARY WAGNER. 17:18 TELL US SOME MORE ABOUT THIS DEAR LADY AND HER 17:23 MINISTRY THERE IN WEST INDONESIA. 17:25 DACEY DEVELOPED A MINISTRY CALLED "THE UNSPOKEN 17:32 MINISTRY" OR "TUM". 17:35 AND THROUGH THAT MINISTRY SHE WAS, WITH HER 17:39 LEADERSHIP, GIVING HEALTH SERVICES TO THE DEAF IN 17:44 THE COMMUNITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL 17:48 INCLUDING REGULAR BLOOD CHECKS AND HEALTHY 17:50 LIFESTYLE, CONSULTATIONS. 17:54 AND SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HAPPENING ON A 17:57 LOCAL BASIS AT THE SAME TIME IT BEGAN HAPPENING ON 18:06 A NATIONAL AND WORLD BASIS AS WELL. 18:08 OH WOW. 18:09 SO THIS MINISTRY, SHE KEPT THE PATHFINDERS INVOLVED 18:10 AND PROBABLY MANY OTHERS AS WELL. 18:12 WELL THAT'S WONDERFUL. 18:14 THAT MUST HAVE MADE THAT DEAF COMMUNITY FEEL LIKE 18:18 THEY WERE NOTICED FINALLY. 18:20 QUITE A FEW OF THEM BECAME INVOLVED WITH IT AND THEIR 18:24 LIVES, MANY OF THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN CHANGED 18:27 DRAMATICALLY NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH 18:33 IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO 18:37 NOW BUT ALSO BECAUSE MANY OF THEM HAVE LEARNED THE 18:41 GOSPEL. 18:42 YES. 18:43 OH MY. 18:44 WELL MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF THAT MINISTRY OR 18:48 SOME OTHER THAT'S RELATED TO DACEY? 18:51 YES WE DO HAVE. 18:53 YOU CAN SEE DACEY TEACHING A GROUP OF WOMEN WHO CAME 19:00 TO LEARN ABOUT BASIC HEALTH. 19:09 THEY DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE BIG FANCY PLACES TO HAVE 19:12 THEIR MEETINGS IN AND MANY OF THE MEETINGS WERE HELD 19:15 JUST IN HOMES. 19:16 OKAY. 19:17 BUT THEY WERE HAPPY TO LEARN AND SHE WAS HAPPY TO 19:22 TEACH THEM. 19:24 AND WAS SHE DOING A MINISTRY THAT WAS 19:27 BILINGUAL BOTH IN SIGN LANGUAGE BISINDO AND ALSO 19:31 IN THE INDONESIAN LANGUAGE. 19:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:33 AND SO THIS PICTURE OF HER SHE MIGHT BE SIGNING AND 19:36 SHE MIGHT JUST BE SPEAKING THERE. 19:39 YES, I CANT TELL WHAT SHE IS DOING AT THAT MOMENT 19:43 BUT SHE MAY HAVE BEEN DOING BOTH. 19:44 SO THEN DACEY VOLUNTEERED WITH ADRA. 19:49 OKAY. 19:50 AND SHE BEGAN WORKING WITH THEM TO HELP THE DEAF WHO 19:57 WERE AT RISK FOR BECOMING VICTIMS TO DISASTERS SO 20:03 ADRA HELPED WORK WITH THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. 20:05 LET'S JUST TAKE A MOMENT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE 20:07 VIEWING. 20:08 MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD THE TERM ADRA BEFORE. 20:11 LET'S JUST REPEAT THIS IS THE ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT 20:16 RELIEF AGENCY. 20:18 IT IS ONE OF THOSE ARMS THAT TRIES TO REACH OUT 20:21 AND HELP PEOPLE WORLD WIDE NO MATTER WHAT THEIR 20:24 BACKGROUND. 20:24 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:25 AND SO IT'S AN AID AGENCY. 20:30 ADRA WE KNOW IT BY THAT NAME. 20:31 THROUGH RESEARCH THAT WAS BEING DONE THERE THEY 20:35 LEARNED THAT 99.45 PERCENT OF THE DEAF WERE AT RISK 20:41 IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. 20:42 WHEW. 20:46 THAT'S ALMOST NOBODY WHO WASN'T. 20:47 THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 20:49 SO THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE OF DACEY WORKING. 20:58 ACROSS THE COUNTRY THEY BROUGHT DELEGATES FROM I 21:02 THINK 26 DIFFERENT PROVINCES SO THAT THEY 21:08 COULD LEARN HOW TO DO WHAT DACEY WAS DOING. 21:11 AND THIS WAS FOR THE DEAF SPONSORED BY THE 21:14 GOVERNMENT. 21:14 OKAY, FOR THE DEAF. 21:16 YES. 21:17 OH WOW. 21:19 LOOKS LIKE THEY GAVE THEM A GOOD MEETING PLACE 21:21 THERE. 21:21 YES. 21:22 AND THEN AS I SAID SHE WAS INVITED TO THE UNITED 21:24 NATIONS AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN AN HONOR, 21:30 AN AWARD BY THE UNITED NATIONS FOR HER WORK FOR 21:34 THE DEAF. 21:35 AND SO THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS. 21:37 I GOT THAT NUMBER WRONG. 21:38 IT WASN'T 26 IT WAS 206 DELEGATES FROM DIFFERENT 21:43 PROVINCES. 21:44 THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE'RE SEEING HERE IN THIS 21:47 PICTURE. 21:47 OKAY. 21:48 SO SHE WAS AWARDED ONE OF ASIA'S LOCAL LEADER 21:52 CHAMPIONS FOR WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO BUILD 21:55 A RESILIENT SOCIETY. 21:57 SO ALSO THE UNSPOKEN MINISTRY ESTABLISHED A 22:05 CHURCH COMPANY IN ONE PART OF INDONESIA. 22:10 OKAY SO THE MINUTE IT SAYS UNSPOKEN MINISTRY THAT'S 22:14 FOCUSED ON THE DEAF MINISTRY. 22:16 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:17 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:18 AND THEY HAVE A CHURCH COMPANY WHERE THEY CAN 22:21 MEET AND WORSHIP TOGETHER. 22:22 AGAIN THAT TERM, ARCANE TERM, A COMPANY IS A GROUP 22:30 THAT IS MEETING UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF A LARGER 22:34 CONGREGATION. 22:35 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:36 SO THE CONGREGATION MIGHT BE A SPOKEN ONE BUT THIS 22:40 GROUP FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T HEAR WOULD BE A 22:45 SMALLER GROUP. 22:47 YES. 22:48 SO THIS BRINGS US TO ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. 22:52 AT THAT POINT GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN LEARNING 22:56 ABOUT DACEY'S STORY AND WAS MAKING A DECISION THAT 23:01 WE WANTED TO BE INVOLVED WITH HER UNSPOKEN 23:05 MINISTRY. 23:07 YES. 23:08 SO IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT A DEAF 23:17 WORKER OVER THERE IN INDONESIA. 23:21 UNFORTUNATELY AT ABOUT THAT TIME DACEY'S HUSBAND 23:26 DIED UNEXPECTEDLY. 23:28 OH MY. 23:29 AND THEN WITHIN THE LAST YEAR ABOUT A YEAR AFTER 23:35 THAT DACEY HERSELF PASSED AWAY. 23:39 OH, HUGH BLOWS. 23:41 TREMENDOUS BLOWS. 23:42 IMAGINE WHAT THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO DO TO KEEP THIS 23:48 MINISTRY FROM REACHING THEIR SPIRITUAL NEEDS AS 23:54 WELL AS THE PHYSICAL NEEDS AND HEALTH NEEDS OF THESE 23:58 TWO AND HALF MILLION PEOPLE IN INDONESIA. 24:01 DACEY AND HER HUSBAND WERE PROBABLY NOT OLD PEOPLE. 24:04 NO THEY WERE NOT. 24:05 IN FACT I HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE I THINK THAT SHOWS 24:12 DACEY AS QUITE A YOUNG PERSON. 24:15 AND SHE HAS THREE CHILDREN VERY YOUNG. 24:20 THE YOUNGEST I BELIEVE IS ABOUT SIX THE OLDEST MAYBE 24:27 12 OR 13. 24:28 OH WHAT LOSSES. 24:30 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH DECIDED TO SUPPORT A DEAF MINISTRY 24:37 WORKER TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL AND AFTER DACEY'S 24:45 DEATH IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO GET THINGS PUT TOGETHER 24:48 BUT I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE 24:53 WEST INDONESIA UNION MISSION AND WE BELIEVE 25:00 THAT WE'VE FOUND A PERSON WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO BEGAN 25:04 DOING THIS WORK. 25:05 SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WILL 25:12 HAVE A ROLE IN CONTINUING THIS WONDERFUL WORK THAT 25:15 DACEY BUILT. 25:17 THAT IS AN AMAZING ADVENTURE IN MISSIONS TO 25:21 BORROW THE PHRASE. 25:22 YES. 25:23 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH TO BECOME THAT AWARE AND THEN 25:28 TO SAY WE MUST NOT LET THIS DIE WITH HER. 25:34 I THINK OF YOU THE LISTENERS AND THE WATCHERS 25:36 AND THINK OF OURSELVES IT'S A REMINDER THAT WHAT 25:40 WE DO WITH GOD AND FOR GOD DOESN'T ALWAYS LAST 25:46 FOREVER IN THIS LIFE. 25:50 WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO WHILE WE CAN DO IT. 25:53 YES WE DO. 25:54 AND IT SOUNDS LIKE DACEY DID EXACTLY THAT. 25:57 YES. 25:58 SHE WAS AMAZING IN HER RESPONSE TO GOD AND HER 26:01 PICKING UP ON THIS AND DEVELOPING IT. 26:04 WE MUST CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HER CHILDREN. 26:07 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:08 AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO FEEL GOD'S CALLING YOUR 26:12 HEART TO BECOME SUPPORTERS TO BECOME INVESTORS IN 26:18 THESE MINISTRIES. 26:19 HERE'S ONE MORE FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH THERE IN 26:22 WEST INDONESIA AN EFFORT TO CONTINUE THIS MINISTRY 26:27 DEVELOPED BY DACEY. 26:29 HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? 26:30 WELL THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF COURSE BUT IF YOU GO TO 26:32 THE WEB SITE YOU CAN SEE A PLACE TO DONATE. 26:36 I'VE DONE IT MYSELF AND IT WORKS VERY NICELY. 26:39 YOU CAN JUST DO IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE. 26:42 YOU CAN REACH GOSPEL OUTREACH BOTH IN THE 26:44 UNITED STATES AND IN CANADA. 26:47 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS THAT'S A PART OF IT. 26:50 YOU CAN BE A PART OF WHAT GOD IS DOING. 26:54 AND GARY YOU CAN HARDLY WAIT PROBABLY UNTIL IT'S 26:58 YOUR TURN TO BE ON THE GROUND TO MAKE THOSE 27:02 CONNECTIONS. 27:02 THAT'S RIGHT I'M READY TO GO. 27:04 YOU ARE THERE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WAITING TO SEE 27:05 YOU AND KNOW YOU. 27:06 I'M GLAD FOR YOUR MINISTRY THAT CONTINUES WITH THEM 27:09 BY ZOOM RIGHT NOW. 27:11 I WANT TO JUST WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN YOUR 27:15 ADVENTURE IN MISSIONS. 27:17 AND I INVITE ALL OF THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING 27:20 PLEASE BECOME PART OF THIS BOTH IN YOUR HOME, YOUR 27:25 TOWN AND THROUGH YOUR FUNDS AND YOUR MEANS 27:29 THROUGHOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW. 27:32 WE ARE ALL SERVANTS OF GOD. 27:34 WE BELONG TO ONE FAMILY AND THERE IN WEST 27:39 INDONESIA THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO LOVE GOD AND TO 27:44 BE ABLE TO EXPAND FOR THEM HOW MUCH GOD LOVES THEM, 27:48 WHAT A GIFT THAT WILL BE. 27:50 WELL IT'S BEEN A JOY TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU AND I JUST 27:54 PRAY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE GOD AT WORK. 27:57 COME AGAIN GARY AND WE'LL DO THIS AGAIN. 27:59 THANK YOU. |
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