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Series Code: AIM
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00:32 HI, I'M JULIE AND WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN
00:35 MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:37 SO, DO YOU SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE? 00:39 MAYBE YOU SPEAK TWO LANGUAGES? 00:40 MAYBE YOU SPEAK THREE LANGUAGES? 00:42 WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND SHE SPEAKS 12 00:45 LANGUAGES. 00:46 YES, PEOPLE. 00:47 12 LANGUAGES. 00:48 WELL, I SPEAK ENGLISH AND I HAVE LIVED OVERSEAS AND 00:51 I HAVE TAUGHT ENGLISH IN TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 00:54 AND I KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF MANDARIN. 00:56 I KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF RUSSIAN AND I KNOW A 00:58 LITTLE BIT OF SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:59 SO, I'M GOING TO SAY HI TO YOU AND YOU ARE GOING TO 01:03 UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THAT AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE 01:05 MEETING SOMEONE WHO IS ARTICULATE IN SIGN 01:09 LANGUAGE AND WHO SPEAKS SIGN LANGUAGE AND I JUST 01:11 KNOW SOME SIMPLE WORDS. 01:13 BUT WE WANT TO WELCOME MARVIN BUDD TO "ADVENTURES 01:15 IN MISSIONS" AND HI, MARVIN. 01:18 HI. 01:19 I'M MARVIN BUDD. 01:19 THIS IS MY NAME SIGN. 01:20 I'M FROM BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICHIGAN AND I ENJOY 01:21 INTERPRETING FOR MY DEAF FRIENDS ON WEEKENDS, ON 01:23 SABBATH. 01:24 SO, I REALLY LOVE THE DEAF AND I ENJOY BEING WITH 01:25 THEM. 01:26 I'M NOT A PREACHER OR A TEACHER BUT I USE MY 01:27 SKILLS FOR JESUS. 01:27 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. 01:28 ISN'T THIS PRAISE THE LORD? 01:29 PRAISE THE LORD. 01:29 YES, PRAISE THE LORD. 01:30 ANYWAY. 01:31 WELL, AND I KNOW THIS IS THANK YOU. 01:32 YES, WELL, THANK YOU. 01:33 YOU ARE WELCOME. 01:34 WELL THANK YOU, MARVIN AND HOW MANY YEARS, HOW MANY 01:35 YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN AH - MY FIRST YEAR WAS BACK IN 01:36 2017 UH, WITH JOHN BLAKE. 02:06 UH HUH. 02:07 JOHN BLAKE. 02:08 HE WAS THE LEADER FOR ADVENTIST DEAF MINISTRIES 02:15 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR MANY YEARS AND HE'S 02:18 RECENTLY RETIRED. 02:20 HE LIVES IN CANADA AS YOU KNOW. 02:24 HIS FIRST WIFE HAS NOW DIED HER NAME WAS ALBERTA. 02:28 SHE WAS LOVELY. 02:29 SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AND SHE WAS FLUENT IN SIGN 02:33 LANGUAGE AND WE LOVED HER BUT WE'RE SORRY TO KNOW 02:38 THAT WE WILL SEE HER AGAIN WELL, SORRY THAT SHE IS 02:41 NOT HERE ANYMORE, YES, BUT WE WILL SEE HER AGAIN. 02:45 SO, JOHN HAS NOW RETIRED IN CANADA AND HE HAS FOUND 02:50 A NEW WIFE, INGARIA, I THNK IS HER NAME. 02:53 PRAISE THE LORD. 02:54 AND SHE IS VERY AH MUCH INVOLVED IN THE INTEREST 03:00 THAT JOHN HAS. 03:01 BUT BECAUSE OF JOHN'S AGE AND HEALTH HE HAS HAD TO 03:04 RESIGN FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:06 BUT WE STILL HONOR HIM VERY MUCH BECAUSE OF ALL 03:10 THAT HE'S DONE AND WE WANT TO CARRY ON THE WORK. 03:13 SO, JOHN HAS GIVEN US A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE. 03:18 HE'S ACTUALLY WRITTEN A HISTORY OF DEAF MINISTRY 03:21 IN THE CHURCH AND PUT IT UP ON THE ADVENTIST 03:26 POSSIBILITIES MINISTRY WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GO 03:29 TO SEE IT. 03:31 AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, IN OUR RECENT GENERAL 03:33 CONFERENCE SESSION, ADVENTIST POSSIBILITIES 03:36 MINISTRIES WAS FORMALLY INSTATED TO HAVE A 03:38 REPRESENTATIVE IN OUR VARIOUS AH, REGIONS IN THE 03:40 CHURCH. 03:41 SO, WE LOOK FORWARD TO A MORE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT 03:43 FOR THE DEAF IN THE FUTURE. 03:51 ABSOLUTELY, AND THE BLAKES THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN WHO 03:54 ARE DEAF AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY BOTH DECIDED THAT WE 03:58 NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR 04:00 CHILDREN AND LOOK HOW THE LORD HAS BLEST IN SO MANY 04:02 WAYS BECAUSE OF THAT. 04:03 YES, THEY WERE INVOLVED IN MINISTRY IN LINCOLN, 04:07 NEBRASKA AND MANY PLACES FOR MANY YEARS. 04:10 YES. 04:11 JOHN'S VERY PROUD OF HIS DAUGHTER'S SON, LUKE WHO 04:15 HAS BECOME A DOCTOR AND BECAUSE OF HIS PARENTS NOW 04:20 IS A MULTILINGUAL DOCTOR WHICH WILL HELP THE DEAF 04:26 FEEL INCLUDED AND WELL CARED FOR. 04:28 ABSOLUTELY SO THAT WAY -THOSE ARE RARE. 04:30 YES, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT DON'T HAVE TO HAVE 04:32 SOMEONE TO DO SIGN LANGUAGE FOR THEM BECAUSE 04:34 WELL SEE, AND THAT'S RIGHT THE BLAKES DAUGHTER IS 04:38 MARRIED TO A DEAF MAN AS WELL, I'D FORGOTTEN THAT. 04:41 ABSOLUTELY. 04:42 AND THEN PASTOR FRED HE HAS BEEN PART OF GOSPEL 04:44 OUTREACH FOR MANY YEARS. 04:45 MANY YEARS. 04:46 YES, SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO BOTH OF THOSE 04:50 FAMILIES. 04:51 HIS HEALTH AND HIS WIFE'S HEALTH DOESN'T PERMIT HIM 04:53 TO SERVE ANYMORE. 04:54 SO, WE DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE NOW THAT ARE LEADING OUT 04:58 IN DEAF MINISTRY. 05:00 ONE IS PAUL KELLEY IN THREE ANGELS DEAF 05:03 MINISTRIES AND JEFF JORDAN IS A PASTOR DOWN IN 05:07 TENNESSEE FOR THE DEAF AND THE DEAF- THEY ARE POP 05:11 STARS, THEY ARE ROCK STARS ALL OVER THE CHURCH. 05:14 YES. 05:15 WELL, AND YOU KNOW, I YOU KNOW THIS IS VERY SPECIAL 05:17 TO ME BECAUSE MANY OF US HAVE SPECIAL THINGS ON THE 05:21 OUTSIDE. 05:22 MANY OF US HAVE SPECIAL THINGS ON THE INSIDE. 05:24 SOME OF US HAVE BOTH AND I'M BLESSED WITH SEVEN 05:27 FINGERS AND SO TO FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PART OF 05:32 THIS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE THAT 05:34 WE ARE REACHING PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF, IT IS, YOUA ARE 05:37 RIGHT, IT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING 05:39 EVERYBODY WITH WHATEVER SPECIAL NEEDS THAT WE ALL 05:41 HAVE. 05:42 AND THERE IS A SCRIPTURE VERSE IN EXODUS THAT WE 05:43 WERE CHATTING ABOUT AND THAT'S IN EXODUS 4 AND I'M 05:45 GOING TO FIND HERE THE VERSE HERE. 05:47 GIVE US A LITTLE UPDATE ON WHAT THIS IS ABOUT WITH 05:50 MOSES. 05:51 WELL, THE CONTEXT IS THAT MOSES WAS CALLED BY GOD 05:58 OUT OF THE BURNING BUSH TO GO AND CALL THE CHILDREN 06:05 OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT, OUT OF SLAVERY AND MOSES 06:09 KNOWING HIS PAST AND FEELING VERY AWKWARD AND 06:13 HAVING BEEN 40 YEARS SINCE HE'D BEEN THERE TOLD THE 06:17 LORD I DON'T THINK I'M ABLE TO DO THIS. 06:21 AND SO NOW THIS VERSE IS THE LORD'S ANSWER AND I 06:23 THINK THE WAY IT IS STATED IS VERY INTERESTING. 06:26 YES. 06:27 SO, IT'S EXODUS 4:11 "THE LORD SAID TO HIM," SO THE 06:30 LORD SAID TO MOSES, "WHO GAVE HUMAN BEINGS THEIR 06:34 MOUTHS. 06:35 WHO MAKES THEM DEAF OR MUTE? 06:37 WHO GIVES THEM SIGHT OR MAKES THEM BLIND? 06:39 IS IT NOT I THE LORD?" 06:41 AND THEN I LOVE THE NEXT ONE "NOW GO, I WILL HELP 06:44 YOU SPEAK AND WILL TEACH YOU WHAT TO SAY." 06:46 IN OTHER WORDS, GET OUT OF HERE, GO DO YOUR JOB. 06:49 IT IS TIME TO GET BUSY, RIGHT? 06:51 YES, WELL AS WE KNOW MOSES WASN'T TOTALLY CONVINCED. 06:55 NO, HE WASN'T BECAUSE REMEMBER HE SAID I NEED 06:57 AARON AND ALL OF THAT. 06:58 YES. 06:59 BUT THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE 07:02 LORD SAID HE MADE THESE PEOPLE AND HE MAKES ALL OF 07:06 US WITH OUR IDIOSYNCRASIES AND OUR WEAKNESSES. 07:09 AND SO, TRUSTING THE LORD IS THE ONLY WAY THROUGH 07:12 FOR US EVEN FOR THE DEAF AND THE MUTE AND THE 07:16 SEEING AND THE BLIND. 07:18 YES. 07:19 AND THOSE OF US WITH SPECIAL HANDS IN PSALMS 07:21 139 IT SAYS THAT GOD CREATED US IN THE 07:24 INNERMOST BEING AND THAT WE ARE ALL UNIQUE, YOU 07:27 KNOW. 07:28 WE ARE ALL UNIQUE. 07:29 YES. 07:30 AND WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE TO HELP 07:31 SOMEBODY ELSE AND THAT'S WHAT I FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS 07:33 THAT WE GO THROUGH THINGS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE 07:36 EMPATHY AND COMPASSION AND HAVE A CONNECTION WITH 07:39 SOMEBODY ELSE. 07:40 YES, I THINK THE LORD HAS PUT A WONDERFUL MINISTRY 07:44 IN THE HANDS OF LARRY EVANS WHO LED OUT IN APM 07:48 AND HIS CENTRAL FOCUS WAS TO TEACH UNDERSTANDING OF 07:54 ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS. 07:55 THERE ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT AREAS. 07:57 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE. 07:58 BUT THE INCLUSION IN THAT ALSO MEANS THAT OUR 08:04 CHURCH'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IN MANY AREAS IS FOR THE 08:06 PEOPLE THAT ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED AND I 08:07 THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL UNIFYING FOCUS FOR OUR 08:08 CHURCH NOW GOING FORWARD. 08:09 YES. 08:10 WELL, NOW LET'S TAKE IT THEN A STEP FURTHER AS WE 08:11 THEN GO TO THE AREA OF THE WORLD WHERE YOU ARE 08:20 FOCUSING WITH DEAF MINISTRY IN - IN INDIA. 08:27 AND MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 08:29 WINDOW THAT'S FROM TEN TO FORTY DEGREES NORTH OF THE 08:32 EQUATOR. 08:33 ALL THOSE COUNTRIES FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY 08:37 THROUGH MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA. 08:38 AH, I HAVE LIVED IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. 08:42 I HAVE TRAVELED TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND 08:45 SOMEONE LIKE ME AND SOMEONE WHO IS DEAF ARE 08:50 LOOKED AT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 08:52 YES. 08:53 INCLUSION IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE ISN'T IT? 08:57 YES, SEEING OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR EYES RATHER 09:00 THAN SEEING THEM THROUGH OUR EYES. 09:03 SO, WHEN I TRAVEL TO INDIA I ALWAYS TRY TO TAKE A 09:08 DEAF PERSON WITH ME AND IN MOSES CASE HE HAD HIS 09:15 BROTHER AS HIS MOUTHPIECE. 09:17 I LOOK AT THE DEAF PERSON AS MY MOUTHPIECE BECAUSE 09:20 I'M NOT A PREACHER OR A SPEAKER AND I WOULD PREFER 09:25 TO INTERPRET AND THAT'S WHERE MY SKILLS ARE. 09:29 SO, I LOOK FOR THE DEAF PERSON TO BAIL ME OUT WHEN 09:32 CALLS TO A CHURCH. 09:34 ABSOLUTELY, BUT ALSO IN THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WHO 09:38 HAVE SOMETHING UNIQUE GOING ON MIGHT NOT BE AS, 09:42 YOU KNOW, INCLUDED IN SOMETHING BECAUSE FOR 09:46 WHATEVER REASON PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, OR 09:48 THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY OR WITH THE DEAF OF 09:51 HOW DO I COMMUNICATE. 09:52 NOW, MARVIN I HAVE NO PROBLEM COMMUNICATING WITH 09:55 ANYBODY, ANY LANGUAGE, ANY COUNTRY BUT FOR SOME 09:58 PEOPLE THAT IS A CHALLENGE AND SO, IT'S LIKE WE'RE 10:01 TRYING TO BRIDGE THE GAP OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE 10:03 COMMUNICATING. 10:04 RIGHT. 10:05 WELL YOU HAVE A LOT OF STORIES TO SHARE AND YOU 10:07 HAVE SOME VIDEO TO SHARE SO LET'S DIVE IN AND. 10:10 I HAVE AN EXCITING STORY. 10:12 FOR MANY YEARS, OUR SCHOOL IN KOLLEGAL WHICH IS 10:18 SOUTHEAST OF BANGALORE OR BENGALURU HAS HAD A 10:22 WONDERFUL MINISTRY FOR DEAF CHILDREN. 10:26 THIS IS A SCHOOL RUN BY CHILD IMPACT 10:28 INTERNATIONAL. 10:29 IT USED TO BE ASIAN AID AND THESE STUDENTS GO UP 10:33 THROUGH 10TH STANDARD AND IF AH, SO THAT WOULD BE 10:37 WHAT? 10:38 SOPHOMORE YEAR FOR US OR IS IT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL 10:40 SYSTEM? 10:41 I THINK OF IT AS JUNIOR HIGH BUT I MAY BE WRONG. 10:44 OK, SO WE'RE TALKING EARLY TEENAGE. 10:46 YES, SOME OF THEM GO RIGHT OUT FROM THERE INTO 10:49 MARRIAGE SO THEY ARE CLOSE TO THAT AGE. 10:52 OK. 10:53 AH, BUT THE NEXT STEP FOR THEM IS THAT THEY NEED TO 10:58 QUALIFY FOR A JOB AND IF THAT LOOKS LIKE NURSING, 11:03 THEY MAY HAVE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE 11:06 THEY CAN BE ACCEPTED AT LOWRY COLLEGE OR IF THEY 11:10 ARE GOING INTO A TECHNICAL VOCATION OR COMPUTER OR 11:14 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AH AREA THEY MAY GO TO A 11:18 TECHNICAL COLLEGE UP IN MYSORE. 11:21 SO, EITHER BENGALURU OR MYSORE, MISURU IS WHERE 11:26 THEY WILL PROBABLY END UP. 11:28 SO, THEY ARE GOING FROM A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND THEN 11:31 THEY ARE GOING THEN TO A TECHNICAL PUBLIC SCHOOL. 11:34 RIGHT. 11:34 OK. 11:35 BUT THE TECHNICAL SCHOOL IS NOT GOING TO BE 11:37 TAILORED FOR SOMEONE WHO IS DEAF AND THERE IS NO 11:40 ADVENTIST CHURCHES FOR THE DEAF THERE. 11:42 SO, FOR A LONG TIME WE'VE HAD A BURDEN ON OUR HEART 11:46 WHAT CAN WE OFFER THESE STUDENTS AS THEY CONTINUE 11:50 ON? 11:50 SURE. 11:51 AND SO, THE AH, THE NEED HAS BEEN TO HAVE SOMEBODY 11:55 TO HAVE PRAYER WITH THEM, TO HAVE CHURCH, WEDNESDAY 12:00 EVENING BIBLE STUDY AND TO CONTINUE THEIR MINISTRY. 12:03 YES, CONNECTION BECAUSE IT IS BROKEN WHEN THEY LEAVE 12:07 THE SCHOOL. 12:08 YES, AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR 12:12 DEAF PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN MINISTRY. 12:15 YES. 12:16 HOW RARE THAT THEY CAN DO THAT. 12:19 ABSOLUTLEY. 12:20 AND SO, WE HAVE RECENTLY HIRED TWO OF THE STUDENTS 12:24 THE GRADUATES FROM THIS AH SCHOOL. 12:27 THEY ARE HERE ON THE LEFT WITH THEIR BOY IN THE 12:32 GREEN. 12:32 AND ARE THEY BOTH DEAF? 12:34 THEY ARE BOTH DEAF AND WHEN I WAS THERE A COUPLE 12:37 OF YEARS AGO BEFORE COVID, THEY IMPRESSED ME AS ONE 12:41 OF THE MOST DEDICATED WONDERFUL DEAF COUPLES 12:45 THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. 12:46 AND IS THEIR CHILD HEARING? 12:48 I WOULD EXPECT SO BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU 12:50 AUTHORITATIVELY. 12:51 INTERESTING. 12:52 AND THEN THESE OTHER 3? 12:53 BUT THESE OTHERS STUDENTS ARE GRADUATES OF THE 12:55 SCHOOL AS WELL THAT THEY STUDY WITH. 12:57 OK. 12:58 I THINK THIS MAY BE IN THEIR HOME. 13:00 OK. 13:01 IT IS A LITTLE HARD TO COMMUNICATE BUT THAT WOULD 13:04 BE ONE OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT I WOULD MAKE. 13:09 NOW HARD TO COMMUNICATE BECAUSE OF THEIR SPEAKING 13:13 OBVIOUSLY IN HINDI? 13:15 WELL, THEIR SPEAKING MORE OF AN ASL THAN REGULAR 13:20 DEAF ARE. 13:21 SO, EXPLAIN WHAT ASL IS? 13:24 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 13:25 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND INDIA SIGN LANGUAGE IS 13:29 SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS 13:30 STANDARDIZING IN INDIA. 13:32 OH, INTERESTING. 13:33 SO, THEY WOULD FLIP KIND OF BETWEEN BOTH SIDES. 13:37 OK. 13:37 AND UNDERSTAND BOTH PARTS. 13:41 SO CONTINUING ON HERE, HERE THEY ARE IN MINISTRY 13:45 AT ONE OF THE HOMES AND IF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING 13:49 US, THEN THEY RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE STUDENTS HERE. 13:53 THESE ARE FAMILIAR FACES TO ME HAVING BEEN THERE 13:55 THREE TIMES AND THE VARIOUS PLACES THEY 14:01 MINISTER IS INTERESTING. 14:03 THEY SENT US THIS PICTURE AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS A MORE 14:05 WEALTHY HOME, A MUCH NICER PLACE. 14:08 SO, THEY ARE INVOLVED IN LOTS OF MINISTRY IN 14:13 WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE THERE. 14:15 SO, HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT THERE 14:17 IS A FAMILY AND THEY LEARN THAT THEIR CHILD IS DEAF. 14:22 MARVIN, HOW DO THESE PEOPLE LOOK UPON THEIR 14:25 CHILD? 14:25 UM. 14:27 WELL, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS MAYBE A 14:31 CURSE FROM THE GODS AND SO THAT CHILD NOT BEING ABLE 14:35 TO EARN A LIVING THE SAME AS OTHERS AND THE PARENTS 14:40 NOT KNOWING HOW TO TEACH THEM, THEY MIGHT BE 14:42 ABANDONED. 14:43 AND SO, MANY OF THESE STUDENTS AT THIS SCHOOL 14:45 ARE EITHER ABANDONED OR UH THE PARENTS ARE 14:49 FINANCIALLY BURDENED SO THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO 14:52 SEND THEM TO SCHOOL. 14:53 AND THIS SCHOOL STEPS IN AND HELPS. 14:56 AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, I THINK A LOT OF 14:58 PEOPLE, RIGHT, THAT JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 15:00 THAT'S TRUE IN AMERICA TOO BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. 15:02 YES, WELL AND IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE MY 15:05 FRIEND RUTH HAS WRITTEN A BOOK IT IS CALLED 15:07 SINGLEHANDEDLY AND SO BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE WERE 15:10 BORN AH, THERE WAS NO ULTRASOUND AND ALL OF THAT 15:13 SO, HERE SHE WAS BORN AND THE NURSE AT THE HOSPITAL 15:15 TOLD HER PARENTS YOU TAKE THIS LITTLE GIRL HOME AND 15:18 SHE WAS BORN WITHOUT A LEFT HAND AND THEY SAID, 15:20 YOU TREAT HER LIKE YOU WOULD DO ANY OTHER CHILD. 15:23 RIGHT. 15:24 AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. 15:25 UM, BUT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A LOT OF 15:27 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, YOU KNOW JUST LIKE WHAT YOU 15:29 ARE SAYING IS UM, YOU KNOW THEY LOOK AT IT AS SOME 15:32 KIND OF A CURSE. 15:33 RIGHT. 15:33 FROM THEIR GODS, SO. 15:34 SO, THE WOMAN IS PETERANI AND HER HUSBAND RAJAVENDRA 15:38 AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE VIDEO OF RAJAVENDRA 15:43 WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS HERE AND YOU CAN SEE HOW 15:46 HE IS TELLING THEM THAT GOD WILL SUPPORT THEM AND 15:50 THAT THEY CAN GO AND MINISTER IN SMALL GROUPS 15:54 AND PRAY TOGETHER AND, HE'S SAYING YES. 15:59 YES. 15:59 I SAW THAT. 16:00 SEE EVERYBODY IS SUPPORTING. 16:02 GOD IS GOING TO SUPPORT YOU AND SUPPORT YOU. 16:04 DON'T WORRY JUST KEEP GOING FORWARD GOD WILL BE 16:08 NICE TO YOU AND WILL SUPPORT YOU. 16:10 AND SO, THESE STUDENTS NOW HAVE IDENTITY AND THEY 16:17 HAVE MUTUAL SUPPORT WHICH IS SOMETHING I THINK ANY 16:20 CHURCH SHOULD HAVE. 16:20 YOU KNOW ABSOLUTELY. 16:22 AND SO, THIS IS YES, UH HUH AND THIS IS JESUS, 16:26 JESUS. 16:26 AND WHAT IS GOD? 16:27 THE SIGN. 16:28 FOR US, GOD I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS IN ISL. 16:31 YES. 16:32 OK. 16:33 SO, WHEN THEY ARE SPEAKING THOUGH, ARE THEY SPEAKING 16:34 IN ENGLISH THEN? 16:36 SIGN LANGUAGE OR ARE THEY SPEAKING IN? 16:38 THEY'VE BEEN LEARNING ENGLISH AS WELL. 16:40 OK. 16:41 MOST INDIANS KNOW BOTH THEIR DIALECT AND ENGLISH 16:42 BECAUSE OF THE LAW IN INDIA. 16:44 YES, SURE. 16:45 WELL, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR 16:48 PARTNERING HERE WITH US AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THIS 16:52 IS WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO HERE AT GOSPEL 16:55 OUTREACH. 16:56 WE'RE TOLD IN MATTHEW AND MARK TO GO INTO ALL THE 16:58 WORLD AND THAT MEANS TO COMMUNICATE IN ALL SORTS 17:02 OF LANGUAGES AND IN ALL SORTS OF FORMS AND WITH 17:04 ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WANTING 17:06 TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT DEAF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 17:10 JESUS IS COMING BACK AND HE LOVES THEM. 17:12 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 17:19 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 17:23 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 17:25 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 17:28 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 17:31 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD 17:35 HURTS. 17:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 17:40 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 17:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 17:45 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 17:49 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 17:54 WHERE? 17:55 ALL THE WORLD. 17:56 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 18:00 YOU CAN PRAY. 18:02 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 18:04 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 18:07 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 18:10 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 18:12 MEANING. 18:13 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 18:15 BE THE SPARK. 18:16 LIGHT THE FIRE. 18:18 FINISH THE WORK. 18:21 FINISH THE WORK. 18:24 BE THE SPARK! 18:27 SO, BE THE SPARK. 18:28 MARVIN SAYS THAT IS LIKE LIGHTING A MATCH FOR A 18:30 FIRE SO BE THE SPARK AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK 18:33 YOU FOR BEING A PARTNER WITH US AND FOR GIVING SO 18:37 THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF CAN KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES 18:40 THEM. 18:41 SO, WE ARE HERE WITH MARVIN BUDD AND SO 18:43 EXCITING SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DEAF MINISTRY 18:45 OUTREACH FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IN INDIA AND 18:49 WE'VE HAD A COUPLE YEARS OF SOME TIMEWARP HERE AND 18:51 WE ARE GOING FORWARD AND SO SHARE WITH US ABOUT 18:55 SOME TRAINING THAT'S HAPPENING. 18:56 SURE. 18:57 IN MAY, WE HAD THE NORTHEAST ANDHRA SECTION 19:02 CONDUCT THEIR OWN TRAINING FOR THE DEAF. 19:04 NORMALLY, WE GO OVER THERE AND DO THAT FOR THEM. 19:06 SO THEY DEVELOPED THIS PROGRAM AND AH, HERE THEY 19:12 ARE WELCOMING THE PEOPLE THAT CAME AND THERE WERE 19:17 ABOUT 22 PEOPLE THERE AND WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WE 19:22 HADN'T SEEN BEFORE BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOSPEL 19:26 OUTREACH WORKERS WILL BRING THEIR FRIENDS ALONG 19:30 SOMETIMES AS WELL. 19:31 SO, HERE THEY ARE JOYOUSLY TOGETHER. 19:34 OH. 19:35 FOOT WASHING. 19:36 ONE OF THE SPECIAL PARTS OF THIS WAS THAT THEY GOT 19:38 TO HAVE THEIR OWN ORDINANCES TOGETHER. 19:40 NICE. 19:41 AND THIS WAS A TRAINING LED BY THE SECTIONS THAT 19:44 WERE IN THAT AREA. 19:46 RIGHT. 19:47 SO, MANY OF THE PEOPLE THERE WERE HELPING OUT AND 19:52 YOU SEE HERE THE WOMEN SEPARATE FROM THE MEN, 19:54 YES. 19:54 PARTAKING TOGETHER. 19:55 SO, WE WERE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONDUCTED BY THEM. 20:00 THEY DID IT WELL. 20:01 HERE ARE THE LEADERS. 20:02 THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE IS THE ADVENTIST PERSONNEL 20:07 MINISTRIES, NOT PERSONNEL BUT POSSIBILITIES 20:11 MINISTRIES DIRECTOR FOR THE SECTION. 20:13 ALL THE OTHERS ARE EITHER DEAF OR IN DEAF MINISTRY. 20:17 ONE OF THEM IS HEARING. 20:18 AND THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE GROUP 20:23 TOGETHER. 20:24 SO, THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL AND WE COMPLIMENT 20:27 THE SECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING THIS TRAINING 20:29 ON THEIR OWN. 20:30 USUALLY WE DO IT WHEN WE GO OVER THERE. 20:33 UH HUH. 20:34 BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING THEY WERE ABLE TO DO. 20:36 NOW UH, A NEW PROJECT THAT WE JUST COMPLETED AND IT 20:42 HASN'T YET BEEN DEDICATED BUT WILL BE NEXT MONTH IS 20:46 FOR THIS CHURCH. 20:47 HERE IS A PICTURE OF WHEN I WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY, UH 20:51 HUH, AND WE LOOKED AT THIS CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE TOLD 20:54 US THEIR NEEDS UH, VERY NICE FARM PEOPLE THAT ARE 20:59 JUST GENUINE TRUE GOLD LED BY A HEARING MAN THAT IS 21:04 VERY HUMBLE AND GUIDES OUT -LEADS OUT IN THIS CHURCH. 21:06 SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED WAS A WALL 21:08 AROUND THIS COMPOUND SO THAT THE ANIMALS AND UH, 21:12 WHATEVER ELSE WOULDN'T BE IMPEDING IN THEIR WORSHIP 21:16 SERVICES. 21:21 SO, HERE IT IS, FOR THE DEAF PEOPLE. 21:23 THIS IS A DEAF CHURCH. 21:24 OK, WELL THIS MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T HEAR 21:26 IF A DOG OR SOMETHING CAME IN BUT VISUALLY 21:29 DISTRACTING THINGS, YES, ABSOLUTELY. 21:32 AND THEN KEEPING THE CHURCH LOOKING NICE, YES 21:34 AND SAFE. 21:36 UH HUH. 21:37 SO NOW THEY HAVE A REALLY RESPECTABLE PLACE IN THEIR 21:39 SMALL VILLAGE AND BEING THERE I FELT LIKE THIS WAS 21:43 A SMALL HOME, YES, VILLAGE. 21:45 SURE. 21:46 AH, BUT THEY HAVE A NICE WALL AROUND THIS. 21:49 THIS WAS PROVIDED BY A DONOR AND I THINK THERE 21:54 MIGHT BE ONE MORE HERE, YES. 21:56 AH, HERE IS THE APM DIRECTOR FOR THE SECTION 22:00 AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE BUILDER. 22:03 APM FOR? 22:04 ADVENTIST POSSIBILITIES MINISTRIES FOR NORTHEAST 22:07 ANDHRA SECTION. 22:08 OK. 22:09 SO, WE REALLY COMPLIMENT THEM ON GETTING THIS DONE. 22:13 ALL OF THIS IS WHILE WE WERE HERE DURING COVID 22:17 TIME. 22:18 AND SO, THIS IS A MINISTRY THAT IS NOW STARTING YOU 22:22 KNOW, IT'S BEEN IN THIS AREA FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 22:24 NOW WE'RE KIND OF HELPING THEM TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT 22:28 IN THE SECTION. 22:30 AND WE WANT TO GROW THIS MINISTRY AND CONTINUE THAT 22:33 AND NOT ONLY IN THAT AREA BUT ALSO TO BUILD IT OUT 22:36 INTO OTHER PARTS OF INDIA BECAUSE INDIA IS A GREAT 22:38 BIG PLACE. 22:39 YES IT IS. 22:40 AND WE ONLY HAVE AH DEAF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 22:44 FIVE SECTIONS. 22:46 THAT SECTION IS LIKE A CONFERENCE HERE IN THE 22:49 UNITED STATES BECAUSE THEIR NUMBERS ARE SMALLER 22:53 AND DUE TO THE WORKING POLICY OF THE GENERAL 22:56 CONFERENCE WE CALL THEM SECTIONS. 22:57 UH HUH. 22:59 AH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON IS 23:04 TO GROWING THIS OUT AND TWO THINGS GIVE ME 23:08 COURAGE. 23:09 AH, ONE IS THE OWNERSHIP. 23:12 SECONDLY, IS THE STUDENTS FROM THIS AH, KOLLEGAL 23:16 DEAF SCHOOL COMING UP AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR 23:20 THE MINISTRY AND THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED BY PASTOR 23:24 JACOB BAHAGIAN AND HIS WIFE SHINY. 23:27 VARGHESE, I THINK IS HER MAIDEN NAME. 23:31 THEY ARE WONDERFUL LEADERS AND HE'S FINISHING HIS 23:36 DEGREE UP AT SPICER COLLEGE AND THE 23:39 POSSIBILITIES ARE JUST ENDLESS THERE FOR WHAT 23:42 MIGHT HAPPEN IF WE CAN FIND THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT. 23:47 ONE THING WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS INSTEAD OF US HAVING 23:50 OWNERSHIP OF ALL THIS, AH, OVERSIGHT FOR THE DEAF IS 23:54 POSSIBLY HAVING SOMEBODY IN COUNTRY TO TAKE THAT 23:58 OVER AND TO WORK UNDER OUR FACILITY THAT WE CAN THEN 24:02 MONITOR. 24:03 BUT IN ORDER FOR HIM TO GO TO SPICER COLLEGE AND TAKE 24:06 THE TRAINING HE'S GOING TO NEED SOMEONE TO TRANSLATE 24:09 AND TO INTERPRET FOR HIM. 24:10 IF WE FIND A DEAF POSSIBLE MINISTER, YES, THAT COULD 24:15 COME AND BE THIS PERSON, YES, THAT WOULD BE JUST 24:20 TREMENDOUS. 24:20 WOW. 24:21 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE ONE ORDAINED PASTOR 24:25 UH, THAT'S ACTIVELY WORKING AS A PASTOR IN THE 24:29 NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION. 24:31 WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN 24:34 THERE, RIGHT, UH AND GOT ANOTHER ONE THAT IS DEAD 24:38 NOW PASTOR ARTHUR GRIFFITH BUT WE NEED SOMEBODY IN 24:41 THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE 24:45 HAVE THERE. 24:46 INDIA HAS ALMOST HALF OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:48 WORKERS AND SO WE NEED PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY START 24:54 LEADING OUT AND START OWNING THAT MINISTRY 24:56 BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR MINISTRY. 24:58 IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE UNITED STATES IS 25:01 COMING OVER THERE, PAY THEM TO DO. 25:03 WE CONNECT THEM WITH GOD AND THEN GOD THROUGH THE 25:06 HOLY SPIRIT WORKS IN THEIR LIVES TO FINISH THE WORK. 25:11 ABSOLUTELY. 25:12 WELL, AND AGAIN ONCE YOU HAVE SOMETHING STARTED 25:14 THERE IS A CONNECTION AND THEN WORD GETS OUT OF HEY, 25:16 AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 25:18 REACHING MORE PEOPLE. 25:19 AND I LOVE THE NAME OF THIS-THE MINISTRY, THE 25:21 POSSIBILITY MINISTRY. 25:23 ADVENTIST POSSIBILITIES MINISTRY. 25:24 I LOVE THAT. 25:25 DR. ROBERT SHULLER HAD THE POSSIBILITY THINKERS 25:28 CREATED -WHEN FACED WITH A MOUNTAIN I WILL NOT QUIT 25:31 AND WITH GOD'S HELP THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT INTO A 25:34 GOLDMINE AND I LOVE THAT. 25:35 I LOVE THAT. 25:36 UNDERNEATH THAT MONIKER THERE IS ANOTHER ONE FOR 25:41 ADVENTIST DEAF MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL. 25:43 UH HUH. 25:44 AND I THINK IF YOU GO TO ADMI.ORG YOU WOULD FIND 25:47 REPORTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ON WHAT'S HAPPENING 25:49 IN DEAF WORLD. 25:50 OK, AWESOME. 25:51 AND THAT WEBSITE IS MAINTAINED AND EDITED BY 25:56 OUR PEOPLE. 25:58 OK. 25:59 SO, WE'VE HEARD THE NEED. 26:01 WE'VE HEARD THE NEED OF THE TRAINING AND WE'VE 26:03 HEARD THE NEED OF UM, SO MANY THINGS. 26:06 MARVIN, IT'S EXCITING, IT IS, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE 26:09 ENDLESS. 26:10 IT IS AND OUR CHALLENGES ARE TOO. 26:12 THIS IS TRUE. 26:13 AND YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING AS I WAS SEEING 26:14 THESE PICTURES OF AH THE DEAF BROTHERS AND SISTERS 26:18 TOGETHER, IT IS FUN TO BE AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE 26:22 SIGNING BECAUSE THERE IS ALL SORTS OF, YOU KNOW, AS 26:26 YOU GUYS SIGN AND DO ALL OF THAT THERE IS MUSIC AND 26:29 THERE IS NOISE AND THERE IS - ITS NEAT. 26:31 IT'S NEAT. 26:32 YES. 26:33 WELL, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 26:36 YOU ARE WELCOME. 26:37 MY PLEASURE. 26:38 AND PRAISE THE LORD IS THIS, RIGHT? 26:41 AND PRAISE THE LORD. 26:42 PRAISE THE LORD. 26:43 YES. 26:44 JESUS. 26:45 THE DEAF IN INDIA, YES, JUST LOVE TO SIGN AND SING 26:50 AT THE SAME TIME. 26:52 THAT'S MUSIC. 26:53 IT IS WONDERFUL TO WATCH THEM. 26:54 AND IN ZEPHANIAH IT SAYS THAT GOD SINGS OVER US AND 26:59 THAT HE'S THE ONE THAT WILL HELP US IN ALL WAYS. 27:03 WELL, MARVIN THANK YOU SO MUCH. 27:05 YES. 27:06 AND PLEASE GREET THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN 27:08 INDIA FOR US. 27:08 I WILL. 27:09 THANK YOU. 27:10 AND THANK YOU IF YOU'VE BEEN INSPIRED ABOUT WHATA 27:11 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT GOD 27:14 IS DOING TO REACH OUR DEAF BROTHERS AND SISTERS I 27:17 WOULD INVITE YOU TO JOIN HERE AND TO SPECIFICALLY 27:20 GIVE TO THE DEAF MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:23 AND THANK YOU AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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