?OPENING MUSIC? 00:00:01.53\00:00:11.56 ?OPENING MUSIC? 00:00:11.56\00:00:22.70 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS 00:00:22.70\00:00:26.90 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. WE CALL THEM "ADVENTURES IN 00:00:26.90\00:00:30.10 MISSIONS" AND THIS PROGRAM IS NO EXCEPTION. YOU ARE GOING 00:00:30.10\00:00:35.03 TO SEE ADVENTURES AND THEN SOME AS I INTRODUCE MY GUEST 00:00:35.03\00:00:40.96 FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, JOHN DUROE. 00:00:40.96\00:00:44.50 I CALL YOU MY ENGLISH GOSPEL OUTREACH CONNECTION. 00:00:44.50\00:00:48.90 THANK YOU. 00:00:48.90\00:00:50.70 AND HIS SPEECH WILL BETRAY HIM AND I JUST LOVE TO HEAR HIM TALK BUT I LOVE MORE TO HEAR HIS 00:00:50.70\00:00:57.20 STORIES ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE WORK THAT HE IS INVOLVED 00:00:57.20\00:01:01.40 IN. LET'S CATCH THE FOLKS UP A LITTLE BIT JOHN, 00:01:01.40\00:01:04.70 HOW IS IT THAT YOU ARE A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 00:01:04.70\00:01:08.06 WELL, I USED TO WORK FOR THE SOUTHERN ASIA PACIFIC 00:01:08.06\00:01:11.66 DIVISION AND ALL COUNTRIES CONNECTED WITH THE DIVISION. 00:01:11.66\00:01:17.13 ONE OF THEM IS BANGLADESH. SO, WHEN I RETIRED THEY SAID WHY 00:01:17.13\00:01:21.66 YOU DON'T BE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR FOR 00:01:21.66\00:01:26.83 BANGLADESH. SO YOU SAID, WHY NOT? 00:01:26.83\00:01:28.83 I HAVE PLENTY OF OLD FRIENDS THERE THAT I LIKE TO SEE. 00:01:28.83\00:01:32.26 I'M SURE YOU DO AND YOU'VE BEEN BACK TO VISIT. 00:01:32.26\00:01:35.20 YES. 00:01:35.20\00:01:36.33 PRETTY RECENTLY I GUESS, HUH? 00:01:36.33\00:01:37.96 WELL I WENT IN JANUARY AND I CHOOSE JANUARY BECAUSE THAT IS 00:01:37.96\00:01:44.70 THE PERFECT MONTH, THE WEATHER AND ALSO THE MARKET STORES ARE JUST FILLED WITH VEGETABLES AT 00:01:44.70\00:01:52.10 THAT TIME OF YEAR SO ITS , AND FOR A PHOTOGRAPHER THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AREN'T THEY? 00:01:52.10\00:01:55.53 OH YES.YES. 00:01:55.53\00:01:57.63 WELL AS I THINK I TOLD YOU ON ANOTHER OCCASION, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO MANY OF OUR GOSPEL 00:01:57.63\00:02:03.70 OUTREACH REGIONS BUT BANGLADESH IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING. 00:02:03.70\00:02:09.86 YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER. 00:02:09.86\00:02:11.56 I DO RECALL AND THERE IS A CERTAIN TUG THAT WANTS TO GET YOU BACK THERE AGAIN, YES. 00:02:11.56\00:02:18.46 OH YES, BECAUSE, OH YES, MASSES OF PEOPLE BUT DEAR, DEAR FOLKS, YES, WHO DESERVE TO KNOW WE CARE 00:02:18.46\00:02:26.03 ABOUT THEM AND DESERVE TO KNOW ABOUT THE GOSPEL. 00:02:26.03\00:02:28.53 YES. 00:02:28.53\00:02:30.36 I ENJOY VISITING WITH JOHN DUROE AND HAVING HIM AS MY GUEST ON THESE PROGRAMS PROBABLY AS MUCH 00:02:30.36\00:02:37.73 OR A LITTLE MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE HE IS SUCH A FINE PHOTOGRAPHER AND WHEN HE BRINGS 00:02:37.73\00:02:46.80 US PICTURES OF WHAT HE DOES, WHERE HE GOES, WHO HE SEES ALL 00:02:46.80\00:02:51.26 OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE SEE THE PICTURES FOR SURE. 00:02:51.26\00:02:56.33 NOW I'M NOT MEANING TO SAY I APPRECIATE ALL THE PICTURES, ALL OF THE RECORD, ALL OF THE 00:02:56.33\00:03:00.26 ILLUSTRATIONS OF EVERYTHING BUT WELL, THE REST OF US ARE 00:03:00.26\00:03:07.23 JEALOUS. WE'D LIKE TO BE PHOTOGRAPHERS, VIDEOGRAPHERS 00:03:07.23\00:03:11.83 LIKE JOHN IS. SO WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TODAY? 00:03:11.83\00:03:14.03 WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT, MY FIRST VIDEO IS GOING TO BE TAKEN IN NORTHEAST INDIA TRIPURA, IN 00:03:14.03\00:03:24.40 THE STATE OF TRIPURA AND THE STATE OF TRIPURA IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST STATES IN INDIA. 00:03:24.40\00:03:30.40 IT IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY BANGLADESH AND IT IS 00:03:30.40\00:03:34.96 VERY UNDER DEVELOPED, VERY UNDERDEVELOPED. 00:03:34.96\00:03:38.33 ABOUT 70 PER CENT IS COVERED WITH TREES AND FORESTS. 00:03:38.33\00:03:42.76 THE ROADS ARE EXTREMELY BAD AND ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WE GOT AMBUSHED. 00:03:42.76\00:03:50.86 THAT'S A STORY. 00:03:50.86\00:03:53.43 THAT IS MY FIRST VIDEO. 00:03:53.43\00:03:55.16 LET'S GO TO YOUR FIRST VIDEO RIGHT NOW THEN. 00:03:55.16\00:04:00.86 IT SOUNDED LIKE A BLOWOUT AND THE TAXI SCREECHED TO A HALT. 00:04:00.86\00:04:10.90 IT SOUNDED LIKE A BLOWOUT AND THE TAXI SCREECHED TO A HALT. 00:04:10.90\00:04:17.80 IT WASN'T, IT WAS STONE. 00:04:17.80\00:04:19.83 THREE YOUNG KIDS WITH SLING SHOTS WERE RUNNING OFF TOWARDS 00:04:19.83\00:04:24.50 THE VILLAGE. ONE OF THEM WE CAUGHT. HE WAS SCARED STIFF. 00:04:24.50\00:04:36.16 IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE A CROWD GATHERED AND A WHOLE LOT OF SHOUTING TOOK PLACE. 00:04:36.16\00:04:41.80 WE FOUND OUT THAT THE BOY'S FATHER WORKED IN THE LOCAL 00:04:41.80\00:04:46.80 BRICKYARD. THERE ARE MANY BRICKYARDS IN INDIA. 00:04:46.80\00:04:49.53 ALL THE BUILDINGS ARE BRICK. NO SPARE WOOD TO BUILD WITH. 00:04:49.53\00:04:53.76 BRICKS ARE MADE AND BRICKS ARE BROKEN FOR THE ROADS. 00:04:53.76\00:04:59.03 IT'S HARD WORK. THE BRICKYARD MANAGER WAS HELPFUL AND AFTER 00:04:59.03\00:05:03.56 A WALK THROUGH THE DRYING BRICKS WE FOUND HIM. 00:05:03.56\00:05:07.60 I WAS THERE WITH MY CAMERA. HE MUST HAVE FELT LIKE HE'D 00:05:07.60\00:05:12.03 BEEN CAUGHT TO BE FILMED IN A CRIME DRAMA. 00:05:12.03\00:05:25.70 WE EVEN ENDED UP IN THE LOCAL POLICE STATION. 00:05:25.70\00:05:29.03 I THOUGHT ABOUT THE LITTLE BOYS DILEMMA, GUILTY AND CAUGHT. 00:05:29.03\00:05:35.53 IN INDIA IT OFTEN APPEARS AS IF FATE IS OUT TO GET YOU. 00:05:35.53\00:05:41.16 THERE IS NO WAY TO ESCAPE. AND THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THE GOOD 00:05:41.16\00:05:46.13 NEWS THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS ARE PREACHING. 00:05:46.13\00:05:57.46 THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN OUT LOOKING FOR SINNERS SO THAT HE 00:05:57.46\00:06:05.83 CAN FORGIVE THEM. JAGUST SANTIL, GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER 00:06:05.83\00:06:10.10 WORKING IN THE VILLAGE OF BRAJABINADINAPUR, TRIPURA 00:06:10.10\00:06:15.63 NORTHEAST INDIA. HE USED TO BE A BRICKYARD MANAGER. 00:06:15.63\00:06:18.03 HE KNOWS WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE CAUGHT IN SIN AND HE IS HELPING GOD SEARCH FOR SINNERS. 00:06:18.03\00:06:25.66 JAGUST NOTICED THAT A YOUNG LADY CALLED BIZANTI WAS OFTEN CRYING WHEN SHE DID HER WORK. 00:06:25.66\00:06:33.36 WHEN HE VISITED THE FAMILY HE FOUND OUT THAT HER HUSBAND WAS REALLY SICK WITH GASTRIC ULCERS. 00:06:33.36\00:06:41.23 THE HOSPITAL FOUND OUT THAT IT HAD DEVELOPED INTO CANCER 00:06:41.23\00:06:45.43 AND BIZANTI'S HUSBAND NEVER LEFT THE HOSPITAL. 00:06:45.43\00:06:51.03 THE DISTRICT PASTOR ZAMINGA INTERVIEWED HER AND FOUND OUT 00:06:51.03\00:06:57.93 WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEN THE DOCTOR FOUND OUT THAT HIS DISEASE HAS BECOME CANCER SO 00:06:57.93\00:07:08.16 THEY DID AN OPERATION AND EVEN AFTER OPERATION, HE STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL MORE THAN A MONTH. 00:07:08.16\00:07:15.53 BUT AFTER STAYING IN THE HOSPITAL MORE THAN A MONTH HE SUCCUMBED TO DEATH. 00:07:15.53\00:07:21.70 SHE LIKED WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER JAGUST WAS PREACHING AND SHE DECIDED TO TRY JESUS. 00:07:21.70\00:07:29.70 JESUS TOOK THE PLACE OF HER LATE HUSBAND AND JAGUST BUILT HER 00:07:29.70\00:07:34.03 A LITTLE HOUSE ON HIS PROPERTY AND HIS WIFE TOOK CARE OF HER. 00:07:34.03\00:07:39.60 ANOTHER LADY IN THE VILLAGE GOT SICK IN THE STOMACH, SHE WAS 00:07:39.60\00:07:44.63 ALWAYS IN PAIN BUT JAGUST VISITED HER, PRAYED AND STUDIED 00:07:44.63\00:07:48.33 WITH HER. SHE WAS BAPTIZED AND HAD AN AMAZING RECOVERY. 00:07:48.33\00:07:57.93 I SAW HER WELL AND HAPPY. JAGUST IS STILL LOOKING FOR SINNERS. 00:07:57.93\00:08:04.33 HE'S GOT SOME GOOD NEWS TO SHARE. 00:08:04.33\00:08:07.13 IT'S NICE TO GET AMBUSHED BY GOD. HE IS OUR FRIEND. 00:08:07.13\00:08:13.06 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS LIKE JAGUST NEED THE FINANCIAL HELP 00:08:13.06\00:08:19.90 THAT YOU CAN GIVE. LET'S JOIN IN GOD'S SEARCH FOR GUILTY SINNERS. 00:08:19.90\00:08:25.36 SO MANY PEOPLE NEED HIS FORGIVENESS. 00:08:25.36\00:08:31.13 VERY IMPRESSIVE. NOW, THAT POOR LITTLE BOY WHY 00:08:31.13\00:08:38.26 WAS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY DESCENDING ON HIM IN THAT WAY? 00:08:38.26\00:08:42.70 DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE HAD ANYBODY TO DEFEND HIM. 00:08:42.70\00:08:45.96 THE TAXI DRIVER HE IS ONE STEP UP ON THE LADDER IN INDIA 00:08:45.96\00:08:50.00 AND HE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE HE COULD GET SOME MONEY OUT OF 00:08:50.00\00:08:53.76 THIS SITUATION AND YOU SAW HOW HIS WINDSHIELD WAS ALL TAPED UP, 00:08:53.76\00:08:59.30 AND HE WAS TRYING TO SAY THAT THE STONE HAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD 00:08:59.30\00:09:02.96 AND HAD DONE MORE DAMAGE ON THE WINDSHIELD. 00:09:02.96\00:09:04.30 WELL, HOW COULD YOU PROVE THAT? 00:09:04.30\00:09:06.00 I DON'T THINK THE STONE EVEN HIT THE WINDSHIELD AT ALL. 00:09:06.00\00:09:08.63 I THINK IT HIT THE SIDE OF THE CAR, O.K., BUT HE WAS JUST OUT 00:09:08.63\00:09:12.03 TO GET SOME MORE MONEY FROM THE POOR FATHER OF THIS LITTLE BOY. 00:09:12.03\00:09:16.60 AND IT'S THE SAD COMMENTARY ON THE DESPERATE SITUATION 00:09:16.60\00:09:21.20 OF THESE DEAR PEOPLE. THE BRICKYARD PEOPLE THAT WORK 00:09:21.20\00:09:24.86 IN THE BRICKYARD, THEY ARE THE LOWEST ON THE SCALE. 00:09:24.86\00:09:28.60 THEY GET VERY LITTLE ALMOST WORKING LIKE SLAVES IN THE 00:09:28.60\00:09:33.26 BRICKYARD. YES, YOUR REFERENCE THERE ABOUT MAKING BRICKS AND THEN BREAKING BRICKS THERE IS A 00:09:33.26\00:09:42.00 WHOLE LEVEL OF LIFE THAT SEEMS TO REVOLVE AROUND THE BRICKYARD. 00:09:42.00\00:09:44.93 YES. 00:09:44.93\00:09:46.50 AND I SAW THE POOR WOMEN SQUATTING ALONG THE ROAD BREAKING UP THOSE BRICK, YES, 00:09:46.50\00:09:52.33 MAKING PILES AND I DON'T KNOW THEY PROBABLY GET PAID A PITTANCE FOR DOING THAT. 00:09:52.33\00:09:57.50 JAGUST, YES,FASCINATING MAN. HOW DID YOU FIND 00:09:57.50\00:10:01.33 HIM OR HOW WAS HE FOUND AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER? 00:10:01.33\00:10:04.03 WELL, YOU MAY REMEMBER ON A PREVIOUS PROGRAM WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN CALLED STEVEN, 00:10:04.03\00:10:10.40 WHO HAD NEVER GONE TO SCHOOL BUT HE TRANSLATED FOR ME. 00:10:10.40\00:10:16.06 HE SPEAKS THREE LANGUAGES NOW. HE IS ORDAINED AS A PASTOR 00:10:16.06\00:10:20.03 AND SOMEONE VERY KINDLY, HAS SENT HIM TO SPICER COLLEGE 00:10:20.03\00:10:24.70 SO THAT HE CAN GET A B.A. HE IS THERE STUDYING NOW. 00:10:24.70\00:10:27.73 HE WENT TO JAGUST'S VILLAGE LOOKING FOR SENTALI PEOPLE BECAUSE HE WAS FROM THE SENTALI 00:10:27.73\00:10:33.46 TRIBE AND HE FOUND JAGUST, AND JAGUST LISTENED TO HIM, WENT THROUGH ALL HIS MEETINGS AND HE 00:10:33.46\00:10:39.70 EVENTUALLY BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER HIMSELF. 00:10:39.70\00:10:42.73 WOW. 00:10:42.73\00:10:44.36 YOU KNOW, YOUR STORY IS SIMILAR TO SO MANY STORIES THERE ARE 00:10:44.36\00:10:50.90 ALMOST, WHAT I WOULD CALL DIVINE SEQUENCES, THAT HAPPEN. 00:10:50.90\00:10:55.83 SOMEBODY WAS SOMEPLACE, MET SOMEBODY, CONNECTED WITH THE FAMILY WHOMEVER AND THAT IS 00:10:55.83\00:11:02.73 SIMPLY EVIDENCE THAT GOD IS MOVING TO BRING HIS 00:11:02.73\00:11:08.66 SALVATION HOPEFUL MESSAGE TO PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. 00:11:08.66\00:11:13.03 YES. 00:11:13.03\00:11:14.40 TRYING TO AMBUSH THEM. 00:11:14.40\00:11:16.66 THAT WAS A NEAT CONCEPT. 00:11:16.66\00:11:20.53 IN FACT WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF WORKING WITH GOD AMBUSHING PEOPLE FOR JESUS CHRIST. 00:11:20.53\00:11:26.63 BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL JOHN. NOW BESIDES THIS LITTLE STATE 00:11:26.63\00:11:32.26 KIND OF NESTLED IN THE CORNER THERE, AND I'D LIKE TO GO 00:11:32.26\00:11:37.30 THERE BUT I DON'T THINK WE WILL TAKE THE TIME, 00:11:37.30\00:11:39.73 WHY HASN'T IT BEEN INCORPORATED INTO BANGLADESH AND WHYEVER. 00:11:39.73\00:11:44.66 BUT LET'S GO TO BANGLADESH. THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. 00:11:44.66\00:11:47.33 IT IS ANOTHER STORY I'M SURE THAT IS THE REASON I DIDN'T GO 00:11:47.33\00:11:50.60 THERE. BUT BANGLADESH, HOW DO PEOPLE LIVE IN BANGLADESH? 00:11:50.60\00:11:53.56 WELL YOU KNOW BANGLADESH IS SUFFERING FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AS MANY OTHER COUNTRIES ARE. 00:11:53.56\00:12:04.00 IT IS SUFFERING FROM NATURAL CATASTROPHIES BUT ACTUALLY IT IS A VERY FERTILE LAND. 00:12:04.00\00:12:10.96 BECAUSE IT IS FLOODED QUITE OFTEN EVERYTHING GROWS VERY, 00:12:10.96\00:12:17.23 VERY NICELY, IN FACT IT IS THE FOURTH WORLD PRODUCER OF RICE. 00:12:17.23\00:12:21.63 IS THAT SO? 00:12:21.63\00:12:23.46 SO THEY CAN GROW LOTS OF STUFF THERE BUT MORE THAN 00:12:23.46\00:12:27.63 50 PER CENTOF THE CHILDREN THERE ARE MALNOURISHED. 00:12:27.63\00:12:30.76 BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET FOOD ENOUGH? 00:12:30.76\00:12:34.50 THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS; WELL THERE ARE MANY OTHER REASONS. 00:12:34.50\00:12:39.30 I TELL YOU ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT THE WATER IS SO BAD, THE DRINKING WATER IS SO BAD IN 00:12:39.30\00:12:44.53 PAKISTAN THERE IS ARSENIC IN THE WATER AND EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE WELLS, WELLS THAT AREN'T DUG 00:12:44.53\00:12:49.56 MORE THAN 200 FEET ARE POISONED WITH ARSENIC. 00:12:49.56\00:12:53.50 ARE POLLUTED. 00:12:53.50\00:12:55.43 YES. YOU KNOW I MENTION THAT BANGLADESH IS ONE PLACE 00:12:55.43\00:12:59.13 WHERE I HAVE VISITED AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES THAT 00:12:59.13\00:13:03.76 SOME PEOPLE ARE CARRYING ON THERE IS TO TRY TO PROVIDE 00:13:03.76\00:13:08.36 APPROPRIATE WATER SOURCES FOR A LOT OF THE VILLAGES WHERE PEOPLE 00:13:08.36\00:13:12.96 ARE SICK AND THEY DIE YOUNG, YES, BECAUSE OF DISEASE. 00:13:12.96\00:13:15.66 OH YES, YES. 00:13:15.66\00:13:17.70 OK, YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER VIDEO FOR US NOW. 00:13:17.70\00:13:20.03 IT IS ALSO TO DO WITH THE ROADS AS WELL. 00:13:20.03\00:13:22.30 THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD IN 00:13:22.30\00:13:26.70 BANGLADESH. LET ME SHOW YOU. 00:13:26.70\00:13:28.33 ?CLANGING SOUNDS AND NOISES? 00:13:28.33\00:13:38.36 ?CLANGING SOUNDS AND NOISES? 00:13:38.36\00:13:57.43 YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND THE BLACKSMITH AT WORK IN JAIPUR 00:13:57.43\00:14:01.46 VILLAGE BANGLADESH AND THE SAWMILL IS ALWAYS ACTIVE. 00:14:01.46\00:14:11.50 VILLAGE BANGLADESH AND THE SAWMILL IS ALWAYS ACTIVE. 00:14:11.50\00:14:17.80 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER JAMES WAS ON HIS WAY THERE TO MAKE 00:14:17.80\00:14:24.83 SOME VISITS. THE ROAD WASN'T SO GOOD AND JAMES WITH HIS BIKE GOT TANGLED UP WITH A BICYCLE 00:14:24.83\00:14:32.70 RICKSHAW. THE RICKSHAW DRIVER GOT MAD WITH JAMES BUT WHEN JAMES EXPLAINED THAT HE 00:14:32.70\00:14:37.13 WAS A BIBLE WORKER AND APOLOGIZED PROFUSELY HE CALMED 00:14:37.13\00:14:42.70 DOWN. IN FACT, HE ENDED UP INVITING JAMES TO VISIT HIM AT 00:14:42.70\00:14:52.73 HOME. IN FACT, HE ENDED UP INVITING JAMES TO VISIT HIM AT 00:14:52.73\00:14:57.80 HOME. WHEN JAMES VISITED HIS NEW FRIEND PHILIP, HE WAS INTRODUCED TO HIS WIFE AND 15 YEAR OLD SON. 00:14:57.80\00:15:05.63 PHILIP INVITED JAMES TO STUDY THE BIBLE WITH HIS FAMILY AND 00:15:05.63\00:15:10.50 FRIENDS. JAMES BROUGHT ALONG A "THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT" 00:15:10.50\00:15:14.73 WORKER CALLED CHUNKI. THE "THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT" 00:15:14.73\00:15:18.83 IS AN ORGANIZATION STARTED IN THE PHILLIPINES BY DR. LEE. 00:15:18.83\00:15:23.23 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TRAINED TO SPEND ONE YEAR AS MISSIONARIES. 00:15:23.23\00:15:27.66 SOME ARE TRAINED IN BANGLADESH. PHILIP'S WIFE STARTED TO 00:15:27.66\00:15:31.93 OBJECT TO THE VISITS AND HAS STILL NOT SOFTENED COMPLETELY. 00:15:31.93\00:15:37.13 BUT PHILIP AND HIS SON ARE LEADING THE WAY. 00:15:37.13\00:15:41.00 IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO SEE THE TWO OF THEM BEING BAPTIZED THIS 00:15:41.00\00:15:45.70 JANUARY ON A VERY PLEASANT COOL DAY. 00:15:45.70\00:15:50.46 THE ACCIDENT TURNED OUT FOR THE BEST. 00:15:50.46\00:15:53.60 ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR THOSE WHO ARE SERVING 00:15:53.60\00:15:59.10 GOD. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO HELP 00:15:59.10\00:16:03.56 SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS LIKE JAMES AND CHUNKI. 00:16:03.56\00:16:11.60 SO FASCINATING JOHN. 00:16:11.60\00:16:14.36 YOUR EARLIER VIDEO IS TAKING AN ENCOUNTER THAT COULD BE ALL BAD AND DISCOVERING IT IS AN 00:16:14.36\00:16:25.70 ILLUSRATION OF THE MINISTRY THAT GOD WANTS TO DO FOR ALL OF US IN AMBUSHING US AND NOW LO AND 00:16:25.70\00:16:32.76 BEHOLD, HERE THIS ACCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE ENDED UP IN A FIST FIGHT, A VERY HELPFUL ACCIDENT, 00:16:32.76\00:16:39.86 I LOVED WHAT YOU CALLED IT A HELPFUL ACCIDENT BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE ARE BAPTIZED AS A RESULT 00:16:39.86\00:16:46.33 OF, I DON'T KNOW WHY JAMES COULDN'T KEEP HIS BICYCLE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE OTHER, BUT AS 00:16:46.33\00:16:53.46 A RESULT OF BEING TANGLED THERE, TWO PEOPLE ARE BAPTIZED. 00:16:53.46\00:16:56.46 YES, YES. 00:16:56.46\00:16:58.10 THAT IS QUITE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE DEDICATED ALERTNESS 00:16:58.10\00:17:06.80 OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ISN'T IT? 00:17:06.80\00:17:08.66 YES. YOU NOTICE THERE WAS ANOTHER GIRL, YOUNG LADY 00:17:08.66\00:17:11.93 INVOLVED IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SHE WAS A "THOUSAND 00:17:11.93\00:17:16.20 MISSIONARY MOVEMENT" WORKER AND WHEN I LIVED IN THE 00:17:16.20\00:17:19.53 PHILLIPINES THE"THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT" ORGANIZATION HAD ITS 00:17:19.53\00:17:24.53 HEADQUARTERS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO WHERE WE WERE LIVING. 00:17:24.53\00:17:29.40 IT WAS A REALLY FINE ORGANIZATION THAT TRAINS YOUNG 00:17:29.40\00:17:33.03 PEOPLE TO SPEND ONE YEAR AS A MISSIONARY. 00:17:33.03\00:17:36.96 AND SO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ALSO OUT THERE IN BANGLADESH. 00:17:36.96\00:17:40.66 YES, YES. 00:17:40.66\00:17:41.73 THEY MUST HAVE SOME LEVEL OF COOPERATION WITH OUR 00:17:41.73\00:17:45.10 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WITH THE CHURCH. 00:17:45.10\00:17:49.86 WELL THAT WAS A THRILLING STORY TO THINK THAT THIS TAXI DRIVER ULTIMATELY INVITES THE PERSON HE 00:17:49.86\00:17:57.83 ENCOUNTERED IN THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TO COME MEET IN HIS 00:17:57.83\00:18:03.33 HOME EVEN. WELL, YOU CAN TELL FOLKS THAT WE CAN GO ON AND ON 00:18:03.33\00:18:10.93 AND ON WITH THESE KINDS OF STORIES. THEY HAPPEN EVERYWHERE 00:18:10.93\00:18:15.96 THERE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND INDEED THE LORD'S ARM 00:18:15.96\00:18:21.50 IS NOT SHORT THAT HE CANNOT REACHOUT EVERY WHERE TO SAVE. 00:18:21.50\00:18:26.43 AND THESE STORIES THAT JOHN DUROE IS BRINGING TO US ARE CERTAINLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THAT. 00:18:26.43\00:18:31.26 WELL, THIS IS OPPORTUNITIY FOR ME TO REMIND YOU AGAIN WHO WE ARE HERE: GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18:31.26\00:18:37.33 YOU SEE ALL OF THAT RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN AND ALSO A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE A SISTER 00:18:37.33\00:18:48.73 ORGANIZATION A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:18:48.73\00:18:55.63 CANADA. AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO GIVE YOU A BIG, BIG 00:18:55.63\00:18:59.23 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR FAITHFUL SUPPORT BECAUSE THERE WOULDN'T 00:18:59.23\00:19:04.30 BE A JAMES IN BANGLADESH FOR EXAMPLE, WERE IT NOT FOR 00:19:04.30\00:19:10.43 THE FAITHFUL SUPPORT OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY LIKE 00:19:10.43\00:19:13.83 YOU FOLKS AND YOUR PRAYERS ON OUR BEHALF, ON BEHALF OF THIS 00:19:13.83\00:19:20.06 MINISTRY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND NOW I WANT TO, I CAN HARDLY 00:19:20.06\00:19:25.16 WAIT TO GET BACK TO JOHN DUROE AND THE NEXT VIDEO THAT YOU HAVE 00:19:25.16\00:19:28.70 FOR US, JOHN. SET THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. 00:19:28.70\00:19:31.23 WELL, I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU HOW THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS MANAGE TO GET THEIR INTERESTS. 00:19:31.23\00:19:38.43 HOW DO THEY, HOW DO THEY MANAGE TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE? 00:19:38.43\00:19:43.00 HOW DO THEY GET AN INTEREST? 00:19:43.00\00:19:45.33 THEY RIDE INTO THEM ON A BICYCLE. 00:19:45.33\00:19:46.93 HOW DO THEY GET A FOOTHOLD? 00:19:46.93\00:19:48.66 SOMETIMES OR SOMETIMES THEY LOOK FOR DIFFERENT WAYS LIKE AN 00:19:48.66\00:19:55.26 INTEREST LIKE MUSIC, OR FOOTBALL EVEN, SOCCER SHOULD I SAY. 00:19:55.26\00:20:02.06 EVEN WORKING ON PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND THINGS LIKE THIS. 00:20:02.06\00:20:07.53 LET ME SHOW YOU THREE EXAMPLES IN THIS NEXT VIDEO OF HOW PEOPLE GET INTERESTS FOR JESUS CHRIST. 00:20:07.53\00:20:16.70 GOOD. 00:20:16.70\00:20:18.23 ?CAR ENGINE? 00:20:18.23\00:20:30.36 AS WE DROVE UP A WINDING NARROW ROAD THROUGH THE PAMPAS GRASS 00:20:30.36\00:20:35.43 WE CAME ACROSS A COMMOTION ON THE ROAD. 00:20:35.43\00:20:38.10 SOMEONE HAD DIED. ACTUALLY, THEY HAD DIED 13 DAYS AGO 00:20:38.10\00:20:43.26 SO TODAY WAS THE DAY THAT THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS CAME 00:20:43.26\00:20:47.80 TOGETHER TO FEED THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD PERSON. 00:20:47.80\00:20:52.86 SOME OF THEM HAD BEEN EATING AND DRINKING A LITTLE TOO MUCH 00:20:52.86\00:20:58.70 THEMSELVES. WHEN I APPEARED THEY DECIDED TO PUT ON A SHOW, THEY INVITED ME TO COME AND LOOK. 00:20:58.70\00:21:04.40 I SAW THE WIDOW LOOKING VERY DISTRESSED. 00:21:04.40\00:21:07.96 I FELT SORRY THAT THIS WASN'T A CHRISTIAN FUNERAL BECAUSE THERE 00:21:07.96\00:21:11.16 DIDN'T SEEM TO BE VERY MUCH HOPE. 00:21:11.16\00:21:14.50 WE ARE SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS SO THEY CAN BRING HOPE TO THE PEOPLE LIVING 00:21:14.50\00:21:20.36 IN THE HILLS OF NORTHEAST TRIPURA INDIA. 00:21:20.36\00:21:24.00 BUT HOW DO THEY DO IT? 00:21:24.00\00:21:26.70 HOW DO THEY GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY HAVE TO 00:21:26.70\00:21:32.16 SAY? THESE WERE THE LAST 3 YOUNG MEN GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS 00:21:32.16\00:21:38.53 SANGHA BAPTIZED. THEY WERE PART OF HIS SOCCER COACHING PROGRAM. 00:21:38.53\00:21:41.46 HE ARRANGED A LOCAL TEAM AND HE TOOK THEM WITH HIM TO PLAY AT A YOUTH BIBLE CONFERENCE. 00:21:41.46\00:21:49.10 THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO FOR THE BIBLE STUDY. 00:21:49.10\00:21:51.43 THEY WENT FOR THE SOCCER BUT FOR THESE THREE BOYS, IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE. 00:21:51.43\00:22:00.46 WHEN WE ARRIVED AT ANARDHA VILLAGE IT WAS MARKET DAY AND I SPOKE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:22:00.46\00:22:06.90 VOLUNTEER SINGBANG AND I ASKED ABOUT HIS TECHNIQUE. 00:22:06.90\00:22:11.66 HE HAD ELEVEN BAPTISMS LAST YEAR AND HE TOLD ME ABOUT RANGHIT. 00:22:11.66\00:22:16.93 THIS EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD WAS FROM A HINDU HOME AND SINBANGH WOULD 00:22:16.93\00:22:22.76 OFTEN GREET HIM AS HE PASSED HIM GOING TO SCHOOL. 00:22:22.76\00:22:26.70 ONE DAY HE CAME BY HIS HOME TO VISIT. 00:22:26.70\00:22:30.20 HE ARRANGED FOR SOME BIBLE STUDIES BUT HE FOUND OUT 00:22:30.20\00:22:36.16 SOMETHING ELSE. RANGHIT LIKED MUSIC AND HE WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR. 00:22:36.16\00:22:42.50 SINGBANGH WAS HAPPY TO TEACH HIM. 00:22:42.50\00:22:45.00 HE INVITED HIM TO CHURCH; GOT HIM INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC OF THE 00:22:45.00\00:22:49.83 CHURCH. I JUST GIVE HIM SOME NEW MATERIALS FOR THE CHRIST FOR I SHOW HIM SOME BIBLE TEXTS AND HE 00:22:49.83\00:22:57.30 FOLLOWED THE BIBLE AND HE WAS QUITE INTERESTED ABOUT THE 00:22:57.30\00:23:02.50 CHRISTIANS. HE CAME TO THE CHURCH AND I GAVE HIM SOME BIBLE STUDIES AND HE WAS INTERESTED 00:23:02.50\00:23:08.50 AND HE ASKED ABOUT BAPTISM AND AS NOW HE BECAME OUR CHURCH MEMBER AND I LEARNED THAT HE IS 00:23:08.50\00:23:16.80 NOT ONLY INTERESTED IN SONGS LIKE THIS, BUT HE WAS INTERESTED 00:23:16.80\00:23:22.56 IN THE MUSIC. I KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE SONGS, GUITARS AND I TAUGHT HIM AND NOW HE CAN PLAY AS WELL 00:23:22.56\00:23:30.13 AS LIKE ME. SOMETIMES A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER HAS TO HELP 00:23:30.13\00:23:34.43 WITH SOME OF THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE VILLAGERS. 00:23:34.43\00:23:37.16 TAMFILA IS QUITE A HANDYMAN SO HE HELPS SOME OF THE VILLAGERS 00:23:37.16\00:23:42.86 WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR HOUSES. 00:23:42.86\00:23:46.03 WHILE HE IS WORKING HE BEGINS TO TALK ABOUT JESUS. 00:23:46.03\00:23:50.66 TODAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE RESULTS OF TAMFILA'S WORK IN 00:23:50.66\00:23:56.70 HIS VILLAGE. MORE THAN 65 NEW CONVERTS WERE BAPTIZED THIS LAST YEAR THROUGH TAMFILA'S 00:23:56.70\00:24:05.03 EVANGELISM. THESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEEERS 00:24:05.03\00:24:09.46 CREATE AN INTEREST AND THEN SHARED THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS. 00:24:09.46\00:24:15.83 THESE PEOPLE ALSO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BLESSED HOPE. 00:24:15.83\00:24:20.83 LET'S HELP SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS. 00:24:20.83\00:24:24.73 LET'S MAKE A REGULAR GIFT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:24:24.73\00:24:34.76 LET'S MAKE A REGULAR GIFT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:24:34.76\00:24:46.60 JOHN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THESE WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATIONS 00:24:46.60\00:24:54.43 AND THESE APPEALS. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST FOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN BANGLADESH? 00:24:54.43\00:25:00.53 ABOUT AS MUCH AS IT COSTS FOR YOU TO GO OUT TO HAVE SUPPER 00:25:00.53\00:25:03.40 WITH YOU WIFE, ABOUT $40, $40 A MONTH. 00:25:03.40\00:25:08.33 FOLKS, I AM GOING TO MAKE AN APPEAL RIGHT NOW THAT I'VE MADE BEFORE AND YOU CORRECT ME 00:25:08.33\00:25:14.23 IF I SAY ANYTHING WRONG, JOHN, BUT YOU ARE EVIDENTLY 00:25:14.23\00:25:19.30 PROBABLY A PART OF A SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS 00:25:19.30\00:25:23.16 AND NOTHING WILL SUPPORT YOU, ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR SABBATH 00:25:23.16\00:25:27.43 SCHOOL CLASS LIKE HAVING A MISSION PROJECT, JUST YOUR 00:25:27.43\00:25:31.30 CLASS. I THINK THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HAVING YOUR CLASS 00:25:31.30\00:25:37.06 SUPPORT TWO MORE WORKERS IN BANGLADESH, $40 DOLLARS. 00:25:37.06\00:25:44.50 IF YOUR CLASS CAN PROVIDE $80 A MONTH, TWO MORE PEOPLE CAN BE DOING WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THESE 00:25:44.50\00:25:52.40 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DOING IN THE VIDEOS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT 00:25:52.40\00:25:57.83 US, JOHN. AND SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THIS SOME VERY, VERY EARNEST SINCERE CONSIDERATION 00:25:57.83\00:26:07.16 AND I'M SURE YOU CAN FIND TWO MORE IF YOU HAD RESOURCES TO PUT 00:26:07.16\00:26:11.86 THEM ON. I HAD AN EMAIL JUST THIS LAST WEEK ASKING FOR TEN 00:26:11.86\00:26:17.26 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN TRIPURA. 00:26:17.26\00:26:18.76 ALL RIGHT, ONE SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS COULD HELP WITH TWO OF 00:26:18.76\00:26:22.43 THOSE. YES. 00:26:22.43\00:26:24.26 AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, JOHN AND I PARTICULARLY THANK 00:26:24.26\00:26:30.16 YOU FOR BRINGING THESE VIDEO STORIES THAT ILLUSTRATE SO DRAMATICALLY AND SO TOTALLY WHAT 00:26:30.16\00:26:38.33 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS REALLY ALL ABOUT AND HOW GOD IS BLESSING 00:26:38.33\00:26:41.66 THE WORKERS IN YOUR PART OF THE FIELD. 00:26:41.66\00:26:45.00 THANK YOU. 00:26:45.00\00:26:46.73 AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE WORDS TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE GOSPEL 00:26:46.73\00:26:50.73 OUTREACH FAMILY, FOR YOUR PRAYERS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND SOON JESUS IS GOING TO COME AND 00:26:50.73\00:26:58.86 THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL BE TOGETHER IN HIS KINGDOM. 00:26:58.86\00:27:03.06 AMEN. LET US BE THERE. 00:27:03.06\00:27:05.10 ?CLOSING MUSIC? 00:27:05.10\00:27:06.10