Participants: John Duroe
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000423
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00:11 ♪OPENING MUSIC♪ 00:22 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS 00:26 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. WE CALL THEM "ADVENTURES IN 00:30 MISSIONS" AND THIS PROGRAM IS NO EXCEPTION. YOU ARE GOING 00:35 TO SEE ADVENTURES AND THEN SOME AS I INTRODUCE MY GUEST 00:40 FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, JOHN DUROE. 00:44 I CALL YOU MY ENGLISH GOSPEL OUTREACH CONNECTION. 00:48 THANK YOU. 00:50 AND HIS SPEECH WILL BETRAY HIM AND I JUST LOVE TO HEAR HIM TALK BUT I LOVE MORE TO HEAR HIS 00:57 STORIES ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE WORK THAT HE IS INVOLVED IN. 01:01 LET'S CATCH THE FOLKS UP A LITTLE BIT JOHN, 01:04 HOW IS IT THAT YOU ARE A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:08 WELL, I USED TO WORK FOR THE SOUTHERN ASIA PACIFIC 01:11 DIVISION AND ALL COUNTRIES CONNECTED WITH THE DIVISION. 01:17 ONE OF THEM IS BANGLADESH. SO, WHEN I RETIRED THEY SAID WHY 01:21 YOU DON'T BE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR FOR BANGLADESH. 01:26 SO YOU SAID, WHY NOT? 01:28 I HAVE PLENTY OF OLD FRIENDS THERE THAT I LIKE TO SEE. 01:32 I'M SURE YOU DO AND YOU'VE BEEN BACK TO VISIT. 01:35 YES. 01:36 PRETTY RECENTLY I GUESS, HUH? 01:37 WELL I WENT IN JANUARY AND I CHOOSE JANUARY BECAUSE THAT IS THE PERFECT MONTH, 01:44 THE WEATHER AND ALSO THE MARKET STORES ARE JUST FILLED WITH VEGETABLES AT THAT TIME OF YEAR 01:52 SO ITS , AND FOR A PHOTOGRAPHER THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AREN'T THEY? 01:55 OH YES.YES. 01:57 WELL AS I THINK I TOLD YOU ON ANOTHER OCCASION, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO MANY OF OUR GOSPEL 02:03 OUTREACH REGIONS BUT BANGLADESH IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING. 02:09 YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER. 02:11 I DO RECALL AND THERE IS A CERTAIN TUG THAT WANTS TO GET YOU BACK THERE AGAIN, YES. 02:18 OH YES, BECAUSE, OH YES, MASSES OF PEOPLE BUT DEAR, DEAR FOLKS, YES, WHO DESERVE TO KNOW WE CARE 02:26 ABOUT THEM AND DESERVE TO KNOW ABOUT THE GOSPEL. 02:28 YES. 02:30 I ENJOY VISITING WITH JOHN DUROE AND HAVING HIM AS MY GUEST ON THESE PROGRAMS PROBABLY AS MUCH 02:37 OR A LITTLE MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE HE IS SUCH A FINE PHOTOGRAPHER AND WHEN HE BRINGS 02:46 US PICTURES OF WHAT HE DOES, WHERE HE GOES, WHO HE SEES ALL 02:51 OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE SEE THE PICTURES FOR SURE. 02:56 NOW I'M NOT MEANING TO SAY I APPRECIATE ALL THE PICTURES, ALL OF THE RECORD, ALL OF THE 03:00 ILLUSTRATIONS OF EVERYTHING BUT WELL, THE REST OF US ARE JEALOUS. 03:07 WE'D LIKE TO BE PHOTOGRAPHERS, VIDEOGRAPHERS LIKE JOHN IS. 03:11 SO WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TODAY? 03:14 WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT, MY FIRST VIDEO IS GOING TO BE TAKEN IN NORTHEAST INDIA TRIPURA, IN 03:24 THE STATE OF TRIPURA AND THE STATE OF TRIPURA IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST STATES IN INDIA. 03:30 IT IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY BANGLADESH AND IT IS 03:34 VERY UNDER DEVELOPED, VERY UNDERDEVELOPED. 03:38 ABOUT 70 PER CENT IS COVERED WITH TREES AND FORESTS. 03:42 THE ROADS ARE EXTREMELY BAD AND ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WE GOT AMBUSHED. 03:50 THAT'S A STORY. 03:53 THAT IS MY FIRST VIDEO. 03:55 LET'S GO TO YOUR FIRST VIDEO RIGHT NOW THEN. 04:00 IT SOUNDED LIKE A BLOWOUT AND THE TAXI SCREECHED TO A HALT. 04:10 IT SOUNDED LIKE A BLOWOUT AND THE TAXI SCREECHED TO A HALT. 04:17 IT WASN'T, IT WAS STONE. 04:19 THREE YOUNG KIDS WITH SLING SHOTS WERE RUNNING OFF TOWARDS THE VILLAGE. 04:24 ONE OF THEM WE CAUGHT. HE WAS SCARED STIFF. 04:36 IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE A CROWD GATHERED AND A WHOLE LOT OF SHOUTING TOOK PLACE. 04:41 WE FOUND OUT THAT THE BOY'S FATHER WORKED IN THE LOCAL BRICKYARD. 04:46 THERE ARE MANY BRICKYARDS IN INDIA. 04:49 ALL THE BUILDINGS ARE BRICK. NO SPARE WOOD TO BUILD WITH. 04:53 BRICKS ARE MADE AND BRICKS ARE BROKEN FOR THE ROADS. 04:59 IT'S HARD WORK. THE BRICKYARD MANAGER WAS HELPFUL AND AFTER 05:03 A WALK THROUGH THE DRYING BRICKS WE FOUND HIM. 05:07 I WAS THERE WITH MY CAMERA. HE MUST HAVE FELT LIKE HE'D 05:12 BEEN CAUGHT TO BE FILMED IN A CRIME DRAMA. 05:25 WE EVEN ENDED UP IN THE LOCAL POLICE STATION. 05:29 I THOUGHT ABOUT THE LITTLE BOYS DILEMMA, GUILTY AND CAUGHT. 05:35 IN INDIA IT OFTEN APPEARS AS IF FATE IS OUT TO GET YOU. 05:41 THERE IS NO WAY TO ESCAPE. AND THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THE GOOD 05:46 NEWS THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS ARE PREACHING. 05:57 THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN OUT LOOKING FOR SINNERS SO THAT HE CAN FORGIVE THEM. 06:05 JAGUST SANTIL, GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER WORKING IN THE 06:10 VILLAGE OF BRAJABINADINAPUR, TRIPURA NORTHEAST INDIA. 06:15 HE USED TO BE A BRICKYARD MANAGER. 06:18 HE KNOWS WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE CAUGHT IN SIN AND HE IS HELPING GOD SEARCH FOR SINNERS. 06:25 JAGUST NOTICED THAT A YOUNG LADY CALLED BIZANTI WAS OFTEN CRYING WHEN SHE DID HER WORK. 06:33 WHEN HE VISITED THE FAMILY HE FOUND OUT THAT HER HUSBAND WAS REALLY SICK WITH GASTRIC ULCERS. 06:41 THE HOSPITAL FOUND OUT THAT IT HAD DEVELOPED INTO CANCER 06:45 AND BIZANTI'S HUSBAND NEVER LEFT THE HOSPITAL. 06:51 THE DISTRICT PASTOR ZAMINGA INTERVIEWED HER AND FOUND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. 06:57 THEN THE DOCTOR FOUND OUT THAT HIS DISEASE HAS BECOME CANCER SO THEY DID AN OPERATION AND EVEN 07:08 AFTER OPERATION, HE STAYED IN THE HOSPITAL MORE THAN A MONTH. 07:15 BUT AFTER STAYING IN THE HOSPITAL MORE THAN A MONTH HE SUCCUMBED TO DEATH. 07:21 SHE LIKED WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER JAGUST WAS PREACHING AND SHE DECIDED TO TRY JESUS. 07:29 JESUS TOOK THE PLACE OF HER LATE HUSBAND AND JAGUST BUILT HER 07:34 A LITTLE HOUSE ON HIS PROPERTY AND HIS WIFE TOOK CARE OF HER. 07:39 ANOTHER LADY IN THE VILLAGE GOT SICK IN THE STOMACH, SHE WAS ALWAYS IN PAIN 07:44 BUT JAGUST VISITED HER, PRAYED AND STUDIED WITH HER. 07:48 SHE WAS BAPTIZED AND HAD AN AMAZING RECOVERY. 07:57 I SAW HER WELL AND HAPPY. JAGUST IS STILL LOOKING FOR SINNERS. 08:04 HE'S GOT SOME GOOD NEWS TO SHARE. 08:07 IT'S NICE TO GET AMBUSHED BY GOD. HE IS OUR FRIEND. 08:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS LIKE JAGUST NEED THE FINANCIAL HELP THAT YOU CAN GIVE. 08:19 LET'S JOIN IN GOD'S SEARCH FOR GUILTY SINNERS. 08:25 SO MANY PEOPLE NEED HIS FORGIVENESS. 08:31 VERY IMPRESSIVE. NOW, THAT POOR LITTLE BOY WHY 08:38 WAS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY DESCENDING ON HIM IN THAT WAY? 08:42 DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE HAD ANYBODY TO DEFEND HIM. 08:45 THE TAXI DRIVER HE IS ONE STEP UP ON THE LADDER IN INDIA 08:50 AND HE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE HE COULD GET SOME MONEY OUT OF 08:53 THIS SITUATION AND YOU SAW HOW HIS WINDSHIELD WAS ALL TAPED UP, AND HE 08:59 WAS TRYING TO SAY THAT THE STONE HAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD 09:02 AND HAD DONE MORE DAMAGE ON THE WINDSHIELD. 09:04 WELL, HOW COULD YOU PROVE THAT? 09:06 I DON'T THINK THE STONE EVEN HIT THE WINDSHIELD AT ALL. 09:08 I THINK IT HIT THE SIDE OF THE CAR, O.K., BUT HE WAS JUST OUT TO GET 09:12 SOME MORE MONEY FROM THE POOR FATHER OF THIS LITTLE BOY. 09:16 AND IT'S THE SAD COMMENTARY ON THE DESPERATE SITUATION 09:21 OF THESE DEAR PEOPLE. THE BRICKYARD PEOPLE THAT WORK 09:24 IN THE BRICKYARD, THEY ARE THE LOWEST ON THE SCALE. 09:28 THEY GET VERY LITTLE ALMOST WORKING LIKE SLAVES IN THE BRICKYARD. 09:33 YES, YOUR REFERENCE THERE ABOUT MAKING BRICKS AND THEN BREAKING BRICKS THERE IS A WHOLE LEVEL OF 09:42 LIFE THAT SEEMS TO REVOLVE AROUND THE BRICKYARD. 09:44 YES. 09:46 AND I SAW THE POOR WOMEN SQUATTING ALONG THE ROAD BREAKING UP THOSE BRICK, YES, 09:52 MAKING PILES AND I DON'T KNOW THEY PROBABLY GET PAID A PITTANCE FOR DOING THAT. 09:57 JAGUST, YES,FASCINATING MAN. HOW DID YOU FIND 10:01 HIM OR HOW WAS HE FOUND AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER? 10:04 WELL, YOU MAY REMEMBER ON A PREVIOUS PROGRAM WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN CALLED STEVEN, 10:10 WHO HAD NEVER GONE TO SCHOOL BUT HE TRANSLATED FOR ME. 10:16 HE SPEAKS THREE LANGUAGES NOW. HE IS ORDAINED AS A PASTOR 10:20 AND SOMEONE VERY KINDLY, HAS SENT HIM TO SPICER COLLEGE 10:24 SO THAT HE CAN GET A B.A. HE IS THERE STUDYING NOW. 10:27 HE WENT TO JAGUST'S VILLAGE LOOKING FOR SENTALI PEOPLE BECAUSE HE WAS FROM THE SENTALI 10:33 TRIBE AND HE FOUND JAGUST, AND JAGUST LISTENED TO HIM, WENT THROUGH ALL HIS MEETINGS AND HE 10:39 EVENTUALLY BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER HIMSELF. 10:42 WOW. 10:44 YOU KNOW, YOUR STORY IS SIMILAR TO SO MANY STORIES THERE ARE ALMOST, 10:50 WHAT I WOULD CALL DIVINE SEQUENCES, THAT HAPPEN. 10:55 SOMEBODY WAS SOMEPLACE, MET SOMEBODY, CONNECTED WITH THE FAMILY WHOMEVER AND THAT IS 11:02 SIMPLY EVIDENCE THAT GOD IS MOVING TO BRING HIS 11:08 SALVATION HOPEFUL MESSAGE TO PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. 11:13 YES. 11:14 TRYING TO AMBUSH THEM. 11:16 THAT WAS A NEAT CONCEPT. 11:20 IN FACT WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF WORKING WITH GOD AMBUSHING PEOPLE FOR JESUS CHRIST. 11:26 BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL JOHN. NOW BESIDES THIS LITTLE STATE 11:32 KIND OF NESTLED IN THE CORNER THERE, AND I'D LIKE TO GO 11:37 THERE BUT I DON'T THINK WE WILL TAKE THE TIME, 11:39 WHY HASN'T IT BEEN INCORPORATED INTO BANGLADESH AND WHYEVER. 11:44 BUT LET'S GO TO BANGLADESH. THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. 11:47 IT IS ANOTHER STORY I'M SURE THAT IS THE REASON I DIDN'T GO THERE. 11:50 BUT BANGLADESH, HOW DO PEOPLE LIVE IN BANGLADESH? 11:53 WELL YOU KNOW BANGLADESH IS SUFFERING FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AS MANY OTHER COUNTRIES ARE. 12:04 IT IS SUFFERING FROM NATURAL CATASTROPHIES BUT ACTUALLY IT IS A VERY FERTILE LAND. 12:10 BECAUSE IT IS FLOODED QUITE OFTEN EVERYTHING GROWS VERY, VERY NICELY, 12:17 IN FACT IT IS THE FOURTH WORLD PRODUCER OF RICE. 12:21 IS THAT SO? 12:23 SO THEY CAN GROW LOTS OF STUFF THERE BUT MORE THAN 12:27 50 PER CENTOF THE CHILDREN THERE ARE MALNOURISHED. 12:30 BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET FOOD ENOUGH? 12:34 THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS; WELL THERE ARE MANY OTHER REASONS. 12:39 I TELL YOU ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT THE WATER IS SO BAD, THE DRINKING WATER IS SO BAD IN 12:44 PAKISTAN THERE IS ARSENIC IN THE WATER AND EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE WELLS, WELLS THAT AREN'T DUG 12:49 MORE THAN 200 FEET ARE POISONED WITH ARSENIC. 12:53 ARE POLLUTED. 12:55 YES. YOU KNOW I MENTION THAT BANGLADESH IS ONE PLACE 12:59 WHERE I HAVE VISITED AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES THAT 13:03 SOME PEOPLE ARE CARRYING ON THERE IS TO TRY TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE 13:08 WATER SOURCES FOR A LOT OF THE VILLAGES WHERE PEOPLE ARE SICK 13:12 AND THEY DIE YOUNG, YES, BECAUSE OF DISEASE. 13:15 OH YES, YES. 13:17 OK, YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER VIDEO FOR US NOW. 13:20 IT IS ALSO TO DO WITH THE ROADS AS WELL. 13:22 THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD IN BANGLADESH. 13:26 LET ME SHOW YOU. 13:28 ♪CLANGING SOUNDS AND NOISES♪ 13:38 ♪CLANGING SOUNDS AND NOISES♪ 13:57 YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND THE BLACKSMITH AT WORK IN JAIPUR 14:01 VILLAGE BANGLADESH AND THE SAWMILL IS ALWAYS ACTIVE. 14:11 VILLAGE BANGLADESH AND THE SAWMILL IS ALWAYS ACTIVE. 14:17 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER JAMES WAS ON HIS WAY THERE TO MAKE SOME VISITS. 14:24 THE ROAD WASN'T SO GOOD AND JAMES WITH HIS BIKE GOT TANGLED UP WITH A BICYCLE RICKSHAW. 14:32 THE RICKSHAW DRIVER GOT MAD WITH JAMES BUT WHEN JAMES EXPLAINED THAT HE 14:37 WAS A BIBLE WORKER AND APOLOGIZED PROFUSELY HE CALMED DOWN. 14:42 IN FACT, HE ENDED UP INVITING JAMES TO VISIT HIM AT HOME. 14:52 IN FACT, HE ENDED UP INVITING JAMES TO VISIT HIM AT HOME. 14:57 WHEN JAMES VISITED HIS NEW FRIEND PHILIP, HE WAS INTRODUCED TO HIS WIFE AND 15 YEAR OLD SON. 15:05 PHILIP INVITED JAMES TO STUDY THE BIBLE WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 15:10 JAMES BROUGHT ALONG A "THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT" WORKER 15:14 CALLED CHUNKI. THE "THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT" 15:18 IS AN ORGANIZATION STARTED IN THE PHILLIPINES BY DR. LEE. 15:23 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TRAINED TO SPEND ONE YEAR AS MISSIONARIES. 15:27 SOME ARE TRAINED IN BANGLADESH. PHILIP'S WIFE STARTED TO 15:31 OBJECT TO THE VISITS AND HAS STILL NOT SOFTENED COMPLETELY. 15:37 BUT PHILIP AND HIS SON ARE LEADING THE WAY. 15:41 IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO SEE THE TWO OF THEM BEING BAPTIZED THIS 15:45 JANUARY ON A VERY PLEASANT COOL DAY. 15:50 THE ACCIDENT TURNED OUT FOR THE BEST. 15:53 ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR THOSE WHO ARE SERVING GOD. 15:59 LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO HELP 16:03 SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS LIKE JAMES AND CHUNKI. 16:11 SO FASCINATING JOHN. 16:14 YOUR EARLIER VIDEO IS TAKING AN ENCOUNTER THAT COULD BE ALL BAD AND DISCOVERING IT IS AN 16:25 ILLUSRATION OF THE MINISTRY THAT GOD WANTS TO DO FOR ALL OF US IN AMBUSHING US AND NOW LO AND 16:32 BEHOLD, HERE THIS ACCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE ENDED UP IN A FIST FIGHT, A VERY HELPFUL ACCIDENT, 16:39 I LOVED WHAT YOU CALLED IT A HELPFUL ACCIDENT BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE ARE BAPTIZED AS A RESULT 16:46 OF, I DON'T KNOW WHY JAMES COULDN'T KEEP HIS BICYCLE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE OTHER, BUT AS 16:53 A RESULT OF BEING TANGLED THERE, TWO PEOPLE ARE BAPTIZED. 16:56 YES, YES. 16:58 THAT IS QUITE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE DEDICATED ALERTNESS 17:06 OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ISN'T IT? 17:08 YES. YOU NOTICE THERE WAS ANOTHER GIRL, YOUNG LADY 17:11 INVOLVED IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SHE WAS A "THOUSAND 17:16 MISSIONARY MOVEMENT" WORKER AND WHEN I LIVED IN THE 17:19 PHILLIPINES THE"THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT" ORGANIZATION HAD ITS 17:24 HEADQUARTERS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO WHERE WE WERE LIVING. 17:29 IT WAS A REALLY FINE ORGANIZATION THAT TRAINS YOUNG 17:33 PEOPLE TO SPEND ONE YEAR AS A MISSIONARY. 17:36 AND SO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ALSO OUT THERE IN BANGLADESH. 17:40 YES, YES. 17:41 THEY MUST HAVE SOME LEVEL OF COOPERATION WITH OUR 17:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WITH THE CHURCH. 17:49 WELL THAT WAS A THRILLING STORY TO THINK THAT THIS TAXI DRIVER ULTIMATELY INVITES THE PERSON HE 17:57 ENCOUNTERED IN THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TO COME MEET IN HIS HOME EVEN. 18:03 WELL, YOU CAN TELL FOLKS THAT WE CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON 18:10 WITH THESE KINDS OF STORIES. THEY HAPPEN EVERYWHERE THERE 18:15 IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND INDEED THE LORD'S ARM IS NOT 18:21 SHORT THAT HE CANNOT REACHOUT EVERY WHERE TO SAVE. 18:26 AND THESE STORIES THAT JOHN DUROE IS BRINGING TO US ARE CERTAINLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THAT. 18:31 WELL, THIS IS OPPORTUNITIY FOR ME TO REMIND YOU AGAIN WHO WE ARE HERE: GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:37 YOU SEE ALL OF THAT RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN AND ALSO A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE A SISTER 18:48 ORGANIZATION A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 18:55 AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO GIVE YOU A BIG, BIG THANK 18:59 YOU FOR ALL YOUR FAITHFUL SUPPORT BECAUSE THERE WOULDN'T 19:04 BE A JAMES IN BANGLADESH FOR EXAMPLE, WERE IT NOT FOR 19:10 THE FAITHFUL SUPPORT OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY LIKE 19:13 YOU FOLKS AND YOUR PRAYERS ON OUR BEHALF, ON BEHALF OF THIS MINISTRY. 19:20 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND NOW I WANT TO, I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO 19:25 GET BACK TO JOHN DUROE AND THE NEXT VIDEO THAT YOU HAVE 19:28 FOR US, JOHN. SET THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. 19:31 WELL, I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU HOW THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS MANAGE TO GET THEIR INTERESTS. 19:38 HOW DO THEY, HOW DO THEY MANAGE TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE? 19:43 HOW DO THEY GET AN INTEREST? 19:45 THEY RIDE INTO THEM ON A BICYCLE. 19:46 HOW DO THEY GET A FOOTHOLD? 19:48 SOMETIMES OR SOMETIMES THEY LOOK FOR DIFFERENT WAYS LIKE AN 19:55 INTEREST LIKE MUSIC, OR FOOTBALL EVEN, SOCCER SHOULD I SAY. 20:02 EVEN WORKING ON PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND THINGS LIKE THIS. 20:07 LET ME SHOW YOU THREE EXAMPLES IN THIS NEXT VIDEO OF HOW PEOPLE GET INTERESTS FOR JESUS CHRIST. 20:16 GOOD. 20:18 ♪CAR ENGINE♪ 20:30 AS WE DROVE UP A WINDING NARROW ROAD THROUGH THE PAMPAS GRASS 20:35 WE CAME ACROSS A COMMOTION ON THE ROAD. 20:38 SOMEONE HAD DIED. ACTUALLY, THEY HAD DIED 13 DAYS AGO 20:43 SO TODAY WAS THE DAY THAT THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS CAME 20:47 TOGETHER TO FEED THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD PERSON. 20:52 SOME OF THEM HAD BEEN EATING AND DRINKING A LITTLE TOO MUCH THEMSELVES. 20:58 WHEN I APPEARED THEY DECIDED TO PUT ON A SHOW, THEY INVITED ME TO COME AND LOOK. 21:04 I SAW THE WIDOW LOOKING VERY DISTRESSED. 21:07 I FELT SORRY THAT THIS WASN'T A CHRISTIAN FUNERAL BECAUSE THERE 21:11 DIDN'T SEEM TO BE VERY MUCH HOPE. 21:14 WE ARE SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS SO THEY CAN BRING HOPE TO THE PEOPLE LIVING 21:20 IN THE HILLS OF NORTHEAST TRIPURA INDIA. 21:24 BUT HOW DO THEY DO IT? 21:26 HOW DO THEY GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY? 21:32 THESE WERE THE LAST 3 YOUNG MEN GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS SANGHA BAPTIZED. 21:38 THEY WERE PART OF HIS SOCCER COACHING PROGRAM. 21:41 HE ARRANGED A LOCAL TEAM AND HE TOOK THEM WITH HIM TO PLAY AT A YOUTH BIBLE CONFERENCE. 21:49 THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO FOR THE BIBLE STUDY. 21:51 THEY WENT FOR THE SOCCER BUT FOR THESE THREE BOYS, IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE. 22:00 WHEN WE ARRIVED AT ANARDHA VILLAGE IT WAS MARKET DAY AND I SPOKE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:06 VOLUNTEER SINGBANG AND I ASKED ABOUT HIS TECHNIQUE. 22:11 HE HAD ELEVEN BAPTISMS LAST YEAR AND HE TOLD ME ABOUT RANGHIT. 22:16 THIS EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD WAS FROM A HINDU HOME AND SINBANGH WOULD 22:22 OFTEN GREET HIM AS HE PASSED HIM GOING TO SCHOOL. 22:26 ONE DAY HE CAME BY HIS HOME TO VISIT. 22:30 HE ARRANGED FOR SOME BIBLE STUDIES BUT HE FOUND OUT SOMETHING ELSE. 22:36 RANGHIT LIKED MUSIC AND HE WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR. 22:42 SINGBANGH WAS HAPPY TO TEACH HIM. 22:45 HE INVITED HIM TO CHURCH; GOT HIM INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC OF THE CHURCH. 22:49 I JUST GIVE HIM SOME NEW MATERIALS FOR THE CHRIST FOR I SHOW HIM SOME BIBLE TEXTS AND HE 22:57 FOLLOWED THE BIBLE AND HE WAS QUITE INTERESTED ABOUT THE CHRISTIANS. 23:02 HE CAME TO THE CHURCH AND I GAVE HIM SOME BIBLE STUDIES AND HE WAS INTERESTED AND HE ASKED 23:08 ABOUT BAPTISM AND AS NOW HE BECAME OUR CHURCH MEMBER AND I LEARNED THAT HE IS NOT ONLY 23:16 INTERESTED IN SONGS LIKE THIS, BUT HE WAS INTERESTED IN THE MUSIC. 23:22 I KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE SONGS, GUITARS AND I TAUGHT HIM AND NOW HE CAN PLAY AS WELL AS LIKE ME. 23:30 SOMETIMES A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER HAS TO HELP WITH SOME 23:34 OF THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE VILLAGERS. 23:37 TAMFILA IS QUITE A HANDYMAN SO HE HELPS SOME OF THE VILLAGERS 23:42 WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR HOUSES. 23:46 WHILE HE IS WORKING HE BEGINS TO TALK ABOUT JESUS. 23:50 TODAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE RESULTS OF TAMFILA'S WORK IN HIS VILLAGE. 23:56 MORE THAN 65 NEW CONVERTS WERE BAPTIZED THIS LAST YEAR THROUGH TAMFILA'S EVANGELISM. 24:05 THESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEEERS 24:09 CREATE AN INTEREST AND THEN SHARED THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS. 24:15 THESE PEOPLE ALSO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BLESSED HOPE. 24:20 LET'S HELP SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS. 24:24 LET'S MAKE A REGULAR GIFT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 24:34 LET'S MAKE A REGULAR GIFT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 24:46 JOHN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THESE WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATIONS AND THESE APPEALS. 24:54 HOW MUCH DOES IT COST FOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN BANGLADESH? 25:00 ABOUT AS MUCH AS IT COSTS FOR YOU TO GO OUT TO HAVE SUPPER 25:03 WITH YOU WIFE, ABOUT $40, $40 A MONTH. 25:08 FOLKS, I AM GOING TO MAKE AN APPEAL RIGHT NOW THAT I'VE MADE BEFORE AND YOU CORRECT ME 25:14 IF I SAY ANYTHING WRONG, JOHN, BUT YOU ARE EVIDENTLY 25:19 PROBABLY A PART OF A SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS 25:23 AND NOTHING WILL SUPPORT YOU, ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR SABBATH 25:27 SCHOOL CLASS LIKE HAVING A MISSION PROJECT, JUST YOUR CLASS. 25:31 I THINK THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HAVING YOUR CLASS 25:37 SUPPORT TWO MORE WORKERS IN BANGLADESH, $40 DOLLARS. 25:44 IF YOUR CLASS CAN PROVIDE $80 A MONTH, TWO MORE PEOPLE CAN BE DOING WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THESE 25:52 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DOING IN THE VIDEOS THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US, JOHN. 25:57 AND SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THIS SOME VERY, VERY EARNEST SINCERE CONSIDERATION AND I'M SURE YOU 26:07 CAN FIND TWO MORE IF YOU HAD RESOURCES TO PUT THEM ON. 26:11 I HAD AN EMAIL JUST THIS LAST WEEK ASKING FOR TEN MORE GOSPEL 26:17 OUTREACH WORKERS IN TRIPURA. 26:18 ALL RIGHT, ONE SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS COULD HELP WITH TWO OF THOSE. 26:22 YES. 26:24 AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, JOHN AND I PARTICULARLY THANK 26:30 YOU FOR BRINGING THESE VIDEO STORIES THAT ILLUSTRATE SO DRAMATICALLY AND SO TOTALLY WHAT 26:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS REALLY ALL ABOUT AND HOW GOD IS BLESSING 26:41 THE WORKERS IN YOUR PART OF THE FIELD. 26:45 THANK YOU. 26:46 AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE WORDS TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE GOSPEL 26:50 OUTREACH FAMILY, FOR YOUR PRAYERS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND SOON JESUS IS GOING TO COME AND 26:58 THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL BE TOGETHER IN HIS KINGDOM. 27:03 AMEN. LET US BE THERE. 27:05 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ |
Revised 2015-02-06