Participants: John Duroe
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000353
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00:02 OPENING MUSIC.
00:23 MY NAME IS PAUL DYBDAHL 00:28 AND I'M JOINED TODAY IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH STUDIO BY JOHN DUROE. 00:37 JOHN, IT'S VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. 00:39 NICE TO MEET YOU TOO. 00:41 I ENJOYED THE CHANCE TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOU JUST A BIT ALREADY TODAY, 00:44 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH US. 00:48 WHY DON'T YOU BEGIN BY DESCRIBING, IN A FEW SENTENCES, WHAT YOU SEE AS 00:55 THE BASIC MISSION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:00 TO PUT IT IN A NUTSHELL, IT'S SPREADING THE GOSPEL. 01:06 BUT IT'S SPREADING THE GOSPEL IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T SPEND A LOT OF MONEY. 01:14 THAT'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'RE USING ALL LOCAL PEOPLE. 01:22 WE TRAIN THOSE LOCAL PEOPLE. 01:25 MANY OF THEM HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH COLLEGE, ALTHOUGH SOME HAVE. 01:29 WE GIVE THEM BASIC TRAINING ON HOW TO WORK WITH THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN 01:36 THEIR OWN VILLAGE OR THEIR OWN PART OF THE TOWN. 01:39 IT'S USING LOCAL PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE OF SIMILAR CULTURE 01:44 IN THEIR OWN AREA INSTEAD OF SPENDING MONEY 01:48 TO BRING SOMEONE FROM AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CULTURE. 01:52 THESE PEOPLE KNOW ALL ABOUT THE TOWN WHERE THEY ARE WORKING. 01:57 THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE. 01:58 THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOOD MANNERS AND WHAT'S NOT GOOD MANNERS. 02:02 THEY CAN WORK EASILY WITH THE PEOPLE. 02:05 YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR HOW LONG? 02:10 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. 02:12 WHAT PART OF THE WORLD DO YOU PRIMARILY WORK WITH? 02:18 I LOOK AFTER BANGLADESH AND NORTHEAST INDIA. 02:23 IT'S A SMALL STATE IN INDIA CALLED TRIPURA. 02:27 TRIPURA CURLS AROUND THE TOP OF BANGLADESH. 02:33 BANGLADESH IS A COUNTRY THAT IS NOT VERY WELL KNOWN OR UNDERSTOOD BY MANY PEOPLE. 02:42 TELL US ABOUT BANGLADESH. 02:46 BANGLADESH USED TO BE PART OF INDIA. 02:49 PAKISTAN, INDIA AND BANGLADESH WERE ALL ONE COUNTRY TO BEGIN WITH. 02:56 THEN CAME PARTITION AND PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH WERE SEPARATED. 03:03 THEY WERE ONE COUNTRY BUT WERE SEPARATED BY INDIA IN THE MIDDLE. 03:07 LATER ON, BECAUSE THEY COULD SEE THAT IT COULDN'T WORK BEING SEPARATED BY SO MANY MILES, 03:14 THEY BECAME TWO COUNTRIES - BANGLADESH AND PAKISTAN. 03:18 THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR MUSLIM COUNTRIES. 03:22 YOU WERE THERE RECENTLY? 03:28 YES, IN FEBRUARY. 03:30 I CHOSE FEBRUARY BECAUSE FEBRUARY IS THE PERFECT MONTH. 03:35 WHY IS THAT? 03:36 IN JANUARY IT GETS A LITTLE TOO COLD AND MARCH IS SUDDENLY TOO HOT. 03:42 FEBRUARY IS BEAUTIFUL WITH PLENTY OF VEGETABLES IN THE MARKET. 03:46 SINCE I'M RETIRED, I CAN CHOOSE WHICH MONTH OF THE YEAR I GO. 03:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:54 YOU VISITED A TOWN AND I'M TEMPTED TO TRY AND PRONOUNCE IT, 03:58 BUT I'M GOING TO RESIST THAT TEMPTATION. 04:01 IT STARTS WITH A "V". 04:02 YES, VANAKUSHLIA . 04:04 YOU WERE VERY WISE IN NOT TRYING TO PRONOUNCE THE WORD. 04:09 AND YOU HAVE SOME VIDEO FROM THAT VISIT? 04:14 I DO. 04:16 NOW THE GOOD THING TO WATCH FOR IN THIS VIDEO IS HOW ONCE A PERSON IS CONVERTED 04:24 AND THEN THEY START SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 04:30 YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THIS VIDEO. 04:32 ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF BANGLADESH, THEY SHARE A BORDER WITH INDIA. 04:39 ON SUNDAY WE SET OFF TO VISIT THE VILLAGE OF VANAKUSHLIA. 04:44 FAR AWAY FROM THE CROWDS IN DHAKA, LIFE BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN. 04:49 FIELDS ARE PLOWED WITHOUT MODERN MACHINERY. 04:52 THIS OLD MAN AND HIS WIFE HAVE ALWAYS PLANTED RICE IN THE SAME OLD WAY. 04:58 ELEPHANTS ARE STILL USED TO HELP WITH THE HEAVY WORK. 05:03 WE HAD COME TO THE VILLAGE TO SEE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ROBERT MARANDI . 05:08 THERE ARE 43 STUDENTS ATTENDING HIS CHURCH SCHOOL. 05:13 THEY GAVE US AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME. 05:15 THE CHURCH ELDER WAS THEIR ENTHUSIASTIC DRUMMER. 05:18 CHURCH MEMBERS WERE ANXIOUS TO JOIN IN THE WELCOME. 05:21 THE WELCOME ENDED IN A TRADITIONAL FOOT WASHING CEREMONY. 05:26 FORTY TO FIFTY ADULTS JOIN THE STUDENTS FOR WORSHIP EVERY SABBATH. 05:35 I VISITED SOME OF THE VILLAGE PEOPLE WITH ROBERT. 05:38 THEY TOLD ME ABOUT SHUSIL. 05:41 HE IS A HINDU MAN FROM ANOTHER VILLAGE 05:44 WHO STARTED ATTENDING THIS CHURCH EVERY WEEK. 05:46 HE HAD HEARD ABOUT THE CHURCH FROM THE PASTOR OF ANOTHER DENOMINATION. 05:50 HE HAD TOLD SHUSIL THAT HE NEEDED 05:53 TO GO TO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IF HE WANTED TO BE SAVED. 05:57 THE OTHER PASTOR WAS BORN IN VANAKUSHLIA VILLAGE 06:02 AND HE KNEW THAT THE SABBATH WAS THE RIGHT DAY FOR WORSHIP. 06:05 SHUSIL SAID THAT HE COULDN'T FIND SALVATION IN HIS HINDU FAITH. 06:10 HE WAS CONVINCED THAT ONLY JESUS COULD SAVE HIM. 06:13 SHAHIB AND HIS WIFE MIKA HAD ALSO JUST BEEN BAPTIZED. 06:19 SHAHIB LIVES IN THE NEXT VILLAGE. 06:23 HE SAW ROBERT PASSING HIS HOUSE EVERY SABBATH AFTERNOON ON HIS WAY TO 06:27 ANOTHER CHURCH SERVICE. 06:29 SHAHIB QUESTIONED HIM. 06:31 WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS A CHRISTIAN, 06:33 HE ASKED ROBERT FOR SOME BOOKS EXPLAINING HIS RELIGION. 06:37 ROBERT GAVE SHAHIB A BIBLE AND A SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON STUDY GUIDE. 06:41 EACH WEEK ROBERT WOULD STOP BY AND HAVE A BIBLE STUDY WITH SHAHIB . 06:46 HE WAS INVITED TO CHURCH AND NOW HIS WHOLE FAMILY IS BAPTIZED. 06:51 HE HAS A FARM, AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS FOR HIM ENDS UP LISTENING TO A BIBLE STUDY. 06:57 HE PAYS A FAITHFUL TITHE ON ALL HIS PROFITS, BUT HE DOES MORE. 07:01 HE HAS A SHOP AND FROM HIS FIRST CUSTOMER EVERY DAY, HE ALWAYS GIVES AN EXTRA OFFERING. 07:09 WHEN HIS WIFE MIKA PREPARES TO COOK RICE EVERY MORNING, THE FIRST 07:13 THING SHE DOES IS TO PUT HER FIRST HANDFUL OF RICE TO ONE SIDE FOR GOD 07:20 AND BRINGS IT TO CHURCH EVERY SABBATH. 07:23 SHE STUDIES HER BIBLE EVERY DAY AND GIVES BIBLE STUDIES TO OTHER LADIES. 07:27 SHAHIB'S AIM FOR THIS YEAR IS TO BE USED BY GOD TO CONVERT FOUR MORE FAMILIES. 07:34 HE ALREADY HAS ONE EXTRA FAMILY ATTENDING CHURCH. 07:39 THERE IS NO LIMIT TO HOW GOD'S SPIRIT CAN WORK WHEN WE ARE WILLING. 07:45 ALL OF THIS BEGAN WHEN GOD'S SPIRIT ENCOURAGED SOMEONE TO GIVE A GIFT 07:51 SO THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ROBERT COULD BE HIRED 07:55 TO WORK IN THE BANGLADESH VILLAGE OF VANAKUSHLIA . 07:59 AS I WATCHED THAT VIDEO, JOHN, I COULDN'T HELP BUT SMILE AS I LOOKED AT THE SCENES 08:08 AND HEARD THE STORY OF ONE PERSON'S DECISION AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK. 08:16 ALL THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE GENEROSITY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS. 08:26 THE SHARING OF THE GOSPEL HAS A RIPPLE AFFECT THAT CONTINUES, 08:30 EVEN AS WE SIT HERE TODAY. 08:31 YES. 08:33 I NOTICED IN WATCHING THAT OBVIOUSLY THE HOUSES AND THE WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE 08:38 LIVE THERE IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT MANY OF US ARE ACCUSTOMED TO. 08:43 YES, LIFE IS LIVED VERY SIMPLY. 08:49 IS THAT PRETTY MUCH THE WAY IT IS ACROSS BANGLADESH OR IN RURAL AREAS? 08:51 YES. 08:53 IT SEEMS ALMOST AS IF HALF THE PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH ARE LIVING IN DHAKA, THE CAPITAL CITY. 08:58 IT IS VERY NOISY AND VERY CROWDED THERE. 09:01 BUT ONCE YOU LEAVE THE CITY AND YOU GET OUT INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE, 09:06 BANGLADESH IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 09:09 IT IS A VERY SCENIC PLACE. 09:11 LIFE SEEMS QUITE IDYLLIC IN THE VILLAGES TO ME, BUT MAYBE NOT TO SOMEONE 09:19 WHO GETS SICK AND NEEDS A DOCTOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 09:22 DO THEY REALLY USE ELEPHANTS FOR WORK? 09:26 YES, THAT WASN'T JUST A PROP THAT I TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH OF. 09:31 WHAT DOES IT COST TO SUPPORT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SUCH AS ROBERT? 09:48 HE GETS ABOUT $20.00 PER MONTH, THE AMOUNT YOU MIGHT SPEND ON A MEALWHEN YOU GO OUT TO EAT. 09:59 AMAZING! 10:03 DO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WORK IN CONNECTION WITH OTHERS? 10:13 THEY ARE USUALLY CHOSEN BY THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER COORDINATOR IN THE UNION OFFICE. 10:30 HE WILL CHOSE THEM AND THEN TRAIN THEM. 10:35 SOMETIMES THEY ARE TRAINED WITH OTHER WORKERS. 10:40 FOR INSTANCE, THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION CALLED " THE THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT ." 10:45 THAT WAS STARTED IN THE PHILIPPINES BY A KOREAN PROFESSOR AT THE COLLEGE THERE. 10:52 HE TRAINS PEOPLE FOR ABOUT A MONTH OR SO, THEN THEY GO OUT 11:00 AND WORK FOR A YEAR TO TRY AND START A NEW CHURCH IN A NEW TOWN. 11:04 IT WORKED SO SUCCESSFULLY IN THE PHILIPPINES THAT HE DECIDED THEY SHOULD HAVE 11:10 AN EXTENSION OF THIS IN BANGLADESH. 11:13 SO THEY HAVE A THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT ORGANIZED IN BANGLADESH. 11:17 SOME OF THOSE WORKERS ARE TRAINED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 11:23 BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A SIMILAR WORK. 11:25 SOMETIMES THEY ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER IN THE VILLAGE. 11:29 ONE MAY BE A SCHOOL TEACHER AND THE OTHER ONE MAY BE DOING EVANGELISTIC WORK. 11:34 WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE APPROXIMATE LEVEL OF SUPPORT 11:42 IT WOULD TAKE TO PROVIDE A MONTHLY INCOME FOR SOMEONE LIKE ROBERT. 11:48 I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO LET THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING 11:52 KNOW HOW YOU MIGHT BECOME A PART OF THAT SUPPORT NETWORK FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 11:58 YOU CAN CONTACT US BY A VARIETY OF WAYS. 12:49 I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS , 12:57 A NEWSLETTER WITH NEWS AND STORIES ABOUT THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 13:03 WE WERE SPEAKING A FEW MOMENTS AGO ABOUT WORKING ALONG SIDE OTHER WORKERS 13:13 IN A NUMBER OF PLACES. 13:16 YOU HAVE A VIDEO THAT ILLUSTRATES THAT FOR US? 13:21 YES. 13:22 WHEN I TOOK THIS VIDEO, I WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE GLOBAL MISSION 13:30 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR FROM THE DIVISION OFFICE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 13:35 HE TAKES CARE OF BANGLADESH AND MANY OF THOSE OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES. 13:39 HE TRAVELED WITH US, AND YOU WILL SEE HIM IN ONE OR TWO OF THESE PICTURES. 13:44 I TOOK A WALK DOWN ONE OF THE MAIN STREETS IN THE CITY OF DHAKA , 14:06 THE CAPITAL CITY OF BANGLADESH. 14:09 THIS WAS A MARKET STREET. 14:11 AT FIRST IT SEEMED CHAOTIC, BUT AS I BEGAN TO OBSERVE, 14:15 I SAW THAT EVERYONE HAD THEIR OWN SPOT SELLING 14:19 VEGETABLES, SPICES, CHICKEN, SHOES, CLOTH AND MOSQUITO NETS. 14:24 SUGAR CANE WAS BEING SQUEEZED, FOOD PREPARED, FORTUNES TOLD AND TEETH PULLED. 14:30 I COULD BUY JUST ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYONE WAS IMPORTANT. 14:35 SOME WERE JUST SITTING AND WAITING FOR NEEDED HELP. 14:39 OTHERS WERE IN A HURRY TO GET SOMEWHERE. 14:41 I THOUGHT ABOUT THE WAY GOD WORKS IN THIS COUNTRY OF 158 MILLION. 14:47 AS I TRAVELED, I SAW SO MANY OF GOD'S PEOPLE EACH WORKING IN THEIR OWN SPOT 14:55 AND EVERYONE WAS IMPORTANT. 14:57 IN BANGLADESH, I SAW GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AT WORK. 15:02 I SAW THEM BEING HELPED BY THOUSAND MISSIONARY WORKERS , AN ORGANIZATION 15:08 STARTED IN THE PHILIPPINES TO TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE FOR MISSIONARY WORK. 15:13 IN THE VILLAGE OF TELKI, I SAW 22 YEAR-OLD BABON, ONE OF THE TRAINED WORKERS. 15:20 THE WORK HAD BEEN STARTED IN THIS VILLAGE BY BABON'S FATHER. 15:24 THE CHURCH HAD BEEN PAID FOR BY MONEY RAISED IN KOREA BY DR. LEE, THE 15:31 PRESIDENT OF BANGLADESH SEMINARY. 15:33 IT COST JUST $2500.00 . 15:37 BABON DECIDED TO BE A THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT WORKER 15:42 AFTER COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL. 15:44 HE HAD MADE FRIENDS WITH A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS VISITING HOMES AND GIVING BIBLE STUDIES. 15:49 BABON IS LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS BUT IS STARTING NEW WORK IN SURROUNDING VILLAGES. 15:56 THE CHURCH IN TELKI IS SUPERVISED BY A DISTRICT PASTOR 16:01 WHO TAKES CARE OF NINE OTHER CHURCHES. 16:04 (STORY BEING TOLD) THE STORY WAS TOLD THAT DAY IN THE TELKI CHURCH BY 16:17 DR. JAMES BRAVER, THE GLOBAL MISSION COORDINATOR 16:23 FROM THE DIVISION OFFICE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 16:25 IT WAS TRANSLATED BY PASTOR ISAAC MAIRAGEE, GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR BANGLADESH. 16:33 THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE ALL WORKING TOGETHER 16:38 AND DIRECTED BY GOD'S SPIRIT. 16:40 WE VISITED THE JALCHTRA SCHOOL IN MADIPUR BECAUSE 13 STUDENTS 16:46 WERE TO BE BAPTIZED AND SEVEN OF THEM HAD BEEN PREPARED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SHAPAN BALA . 16:53 (SINGING) THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SUITABLE PLACE FOR BAPTIZING STUDENTS SO THEY 17:02 HAD SET UP A LARGE BARREL FOR THE OCCASION. 17:06 ON THIS DAY, FOOT WASHING WAS NECESSARY BEFORE BAPTISM. 17:10 IN THE AFTERNOON, WE VISITED ATHAISH BARI . 17:15 HERE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THOMAS BAZI WAS WORKING. 17:20 IN THAT DISTRICT WAS ANOTHER THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT WORKER, RANGIT . 17:25 THIS CHURCH HAD ALSO BEEN PAID FOR BY KOREAN CHURCH MEMBERS THROUGH DR. LEE. 17:31 WHEN THEY WANTED TO BUILD THIS CHURCH, LOCAL PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT IT BUILT. 17:36 BUT A MUSLIM MAN PROVIDED THE NEEDED LAND. 17:39 HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO SEE A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 17:43 BUILT BECAUSE HE LIKED THE LIFESTYLE OF ADVENTISTS. 17:48 THE STORY JAMES TOLD IN THIS CHURCH WAS REALLY INTERESTING, 17:56 BUT FOR ONE IN HIS AUDIENCE IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH. 18:02 I LISTENED TO THESE GOSPEL WORKERS TALKING ABOUT GOD'S WORK, 18:09 AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM THROUGH OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 18:17 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF GOD'S PLAN FOR BANGLADESH. 18:22 AS I WATCHED IT, I THOUGHT AGAIN OF THE WORDS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL TALKING ABOUT 18:38 THE BODY OF CHRIST. 18:40 EACH ONE OF US IS DIFFERENT. 18:43 WE HAVE DIFFERENT ROLES, DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS BUT EQUALLY VALUABLE. 18:49 YES, WE ALL HAVE OUR SPOT. 18:51 KOREAN CHURCH MEMBERS DONATED MONEY AND THE LAND WAS PROVIDED BY A MUSLIM MAN. 18:59 HE SAID HE LIKED THE LIFESTYLE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 19:07 SOME MUSLIMS DON'T LIKE CHRISTIANS BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY DRINK 19:13 AND DO THIS AND THAT. 19:16 WHEN THEY FIND CHRISTIANS WHO AREN'T DOING THOSE THINGS 19:21 AND WHO ARE LIVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE LIKE SOME OF THEM WANT TO DO, THEN THEY ARE ATTRACTED. 19:28 IN THE VIDEO THERE WAS A WORKER WHO WAS 22 YEARS OLD. 19:36 I WONDERED IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF AGE RANGE THAT A GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:45 WORKER NEEDS TO BE. 19:46 DO THEY HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN AGE? 19:48 NO. 19:50 SOMETIMES THEY ARE OLDER, BUT USUALLY THEY ARE YOUNGER BECAUSE THEY CAN 19:57 LIVE A MORE SPARTAN LIFE. 19:59 THE YOUNGER ONES USUALLY DON'T HAVE A WIFE AND FAMILY TO TAKE CARE OF. 20:03 SOME OF OUR WORKERS DO HAVE FAMILIES 20:07 THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF WITH THAT $20.00 PER MONTH. 20:11 WHY WOULD THEY NEED THEIR FEET WASHED BEFORE THE BAPTISM? 20:18 THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH WATER IN THAT BARREL AND EVERYONE'S FEET GET PRETTY 20:24 DIRTY AND DUSTY AROUND THERE. 20:26 SO THAT IS WHY THEY HAD TO WASH THEIR FEET BEFORE ENTERING THE BARREL. 20:29 USUALLY WE THINK OF IT MAYBE THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 20:32 I'M CURIOUS AS TO SOME OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES TO THE WORK IN BANGLADESH. 20:39 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HURDLES FACED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND 20:47 OTHERS WHO ARE TRYING TO SHARE THE GOSPEL? 20:50 I THINK THE HURDLE SOMETIMES IS EDUCATION. 20:58 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WON'T GET AN EDUCATION THEMSELVES. 21:04 SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT OR THEY DON'T HAVE TIME. 21:08 SO WE HAVE TO SEND THEM OUT TO WORK EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T HAD A 21:12 THOROUGH EDUCATION BEFORE HAND. 21:14 THEN THEY ARE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO READ. 21:18 SO THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TEACH LITERACY TO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. 21:24 THEY NEED TO START SCHOOLS FOR SOME OF THE CHILDREN. 21:27 WHEN IT COMES TO STARTING SCHOOLS, IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE 21:32 AND MORE COMPLICATED. 21:34 IN REFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 21:45 WHAT IS THE PRIMARY HURDLE THAT THEY HAVE IN COMING TO ACCEPT THE GOSPEL? 21:49 MANY OF THEM ARE WORKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE. 21:58 SOMETIMES THEY ARE VIRTUALLY SLAVES TO THAT OTHER PERSON. 22:04 FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY ARE WORKING IN A BRICKYARD, THE BRICKYARD OWNER WILL 22:09 DELIBERATELY GET THE PERSON INTO DEBT. 22:12 THEY LEND THEM MONEY FOR A WEDDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 22:15 THAT PERSON IS THEN BOUND TO THEM TO PAY OFF THEIR DEBT. 22:20 THEY FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO PAY BACK THE MONEY, SO THEY BECOME VIRTUAL SLAVES. 22:24 SOME OF THE VILLAGE PEOPLE LACK THE FREEDOM OF CHOSING WHERE THEY WILL 22:37 GO, WHEN THEY WILL GO, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS? 22:40 YES. 22:41 IF YOU'RE WORKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY I'M NOT 22:46 GOING TO WORK ON SABBATH. 22:48 THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN PRAY ABOUT FOR PEOPLE WHO FIND THEMSELVES CAUGHT 22:54 IN THAT KIND OF A SITUATION. 22:56 YOU HAVE ONE FINAL VIDEO FOR US? 22:59 I DO. 23:00 IN THIS VIDEO YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOMEONE WHO HAD A DREAM. 23:04 YOU KNOW GOD WORKS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 23:08 HE USES LOTS OF PEOPLE BUT SOMETIMES HE JUST USES A DREAM. 23:12 LET'S WATCH THIS ONE. 23:13 BUILDING BRIDGES IS A FULL-TIME JOB IN BANGLADESH IN NORTHEAST INDIA. 23:22 THE LAND IS SO LOW IT IS ALWAYS PRONE TO FLOODING. 23:27 THERE ARE SO MANY RIVERS AND MANY OF THE EXISTING BRIDGES NEED REPLACING. 23:32 I FOLLOWED SOME OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS OVER SOME PRETTY FLIMSY BRIDGES. 23:38 ONE VILLAGE HAD NO BRIDGE AT ALL AND THEY WERE VERY APOLOGETIC. 23:43 THEY DIDN'T GET MANY OUTSIDE VISITORS, AND THEY INSISTED THAT I SHOULDN'T 23:48 GET MY FEET WET. 23:50 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE BRIDGE BUILDERS, BUILDING BRIDGES 23:56 TO ETERNAL LIFE. 23:58 RATTAN IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH BRIDGE BUILDERS. 24:04 HE CONTACTED SHAMA AND THEY TALKED ABOUT GOD. 24:09 @ 24:09 ONE NIGHT SHAMA HAD A DREAM. 24:12 IN THE DREAM A TALL MAN KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR AND SAID, "FOLLOW ME." 24:17 HE DID AND WHEN HE WOKE UP, HE FOUND HIMSELF BY THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 24:24 NEXT DAY HE WENT TO SEE HIS FRIEND BENAL WHO IS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAWYER. 24:31 IN HIS OFFICE SHAMA WAS SURPRISED TO SEE A PICTURE OF JESUS. 24:35 HE TOLD BENAL THAT WAS THE PERSON HE HAD SEEN IN THE DREAM. 24:41 THE LAWYER, BENAL , CALLED HIS FRIEND, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER RATTAN, 24:46 AND TOGETHER THEY EXPLAINED TO SHAMA ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. 24:51 THE NEXT MONTH SHAMA ATTENDED EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN A NEARBY TOWN. 24:56 AFTER MORE STUDIES, HE ASKED IF HE COULD BE BAPTIZED. 25:00 WE COULD HELP WITH THE BRIDGE BUILDING. 25:05 BUILDING BRIDGES CAN BE A LITTLE EXPENSIVE, BUT IN BANGLADESH, A LITTLE MONEY 25:11 CAN GO A LONG WAY. 25:13 LET'S HELP OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BUILD A FEW MORE BRIDGES. 25:20 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY TO OUR VIEWERS AS TO HOW THEY CAN HELP THE WORKERS IN BANGLADESH? 25:40 CONTRIBUTIONS OF MONEY WOULD DEFINITELY HELP SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 25:51 WORKING IN BANGLADESH. 25:54 THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN, FOR SHARING THE VIDEO CLIPS AND THE STORIES WITH US TODAY. 26:02 YOU HAVE BEEN A REAL BLESSING TO US. 26:04 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:07 ON THE SCREEN YOU WILL SEE THE CONTACT INFORMATION. 26:52 REMEMBER TO ALSO ASK FOR THE NEWSLETTER ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS . 26:57 THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR PRAYERS. 27:01 CLOSING MUSIC. |
Revised 2015-02-06