Participants: John Duroe
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000425
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00:22 HELLO AND WELCOME TO THIS SEGMENT OF "ADVENTURES 00:24 IN MISSIONS". I AM GERALD, OR SOMETIMES KNOWN 00:28 AS PASTOR GERALD AND I'M ALWAYS USUALLY AT THE RECEIVING 00:32 END OF THE INTERVIEWS BUT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE ON 00:36 THIS SERIES OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE 00:40 AND HONOR OF INTERVIEWING SOME REALLY FASCINATING FOLKS. 00:47 AND THIS TIME AND THIS OCCASION IS NO EXCEPTION. 00:50 I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING WITH US TODAY JOHN DUROE. 00:56 PASTOR JOHN. 00:57 NICE TO BE HERE. 00:59 IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND I KNOW YOU COME FROM A DISTANT LAND. 01:06 A LAND THAT THE NAME IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HEARD AND IF I CAN ATTEMPT TO PRONOUNCE THE 01:15 NAME OF THE COUNTRY, IT IS TRIPURA. 01:17 YES. TRIPURA. THE STATE OF TRIPURA, THE STATE OF TRIPURA, YES. 01:22 JOHN, I KNOW YOU OVERSEE THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN 01:26 NORTHEAST INDIA, IS IT THAT REGION? 01:28 YES. 01:30 I KNOW THAT THE BRITISH PRESENCE IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD IS HISTORICAL. 01:37 YES. 01:39 I SEE YOU APOLOGIZE FOR EVERYTHING THAT WAS EVER DONE. 01:44 THAT'S ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW WE OVERLOOK HISTORY. 01:47 WE LEARN FROM IT , YES, BUT WE MOVE ON. 01:49 YES. 01:51 AND I UNDERSTAND YOU JUST MADE A RECENT VISIT TO THAT PART OF THE WORLD, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE 01:56 SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION, UPDATE, VIDEO CLIPS THAT I'VE GOTTEN A GLIMPSE OF. 02:03 TELL US MORE. WHAT DO YOU HAVE COMING FOR US? 02:05 YES. WELL, I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR BANGLADESH 02:10 AND FOR TRIPURA. AND TRIPURA IS SORT OF ON THREE 02:16 SIDES, IT IS SURROUNDED BY BANGLADESH. 02:20 A LITTLE TEARDROP THAT COMES DOWN INSIDE BANGLADESH AND IT 02:25 USED TO BE AT ONE TIME, A SEPARATE KINGDOM. 02:30 IT HAD ITS OWN KING AND THE LAST KING DIED JUST AFTER I WAS BORN. 02:36 ANY RELATIONSHIP? 02:37 NO, NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. 02:39 AND HIS QUEEN THEN GAVE THAT STATE TO INDIA, THAT KINGDOM TO INDIA. 02:44 SO IT BECAME AN INDIAN STATE BUT IT'S REMAINED VERY UNDERDEVELOPED THERE. 02:50 ITS STILL ABOUT 70 PER CENT COVERED BY FOREST AND TREES AND 02:55 THE ROADS ARE ATROCIOUS. TERRIBLE ROADS. 03:00 AND IT'S STILL SORT OF INFLUENCED BY BANGLADESH. 03:07 LOTS OF BANGLADESHES COME OVER THE BORDER SO THERE IS A STRONG BENGALI CULTURE IN TRIPURA. 03:15 NOW THERE USED TO BE SORT OF TRIBAL RELIGIONS IN TRIPURA BUT OF COURSE, WHEN THEY CAME FROM 03:21 BANGLADESH THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM ISLAM AND THEY ALSO BROUGHT HINDUS. 03:28 SO NOW THE RELIGION THERE IS VERY MIXED UP, VERY MIXED UP. 03:35 YOU WILL SEE THIS ON THE FIRST VIDEO THAT WE ARE GOING TO SHOW. 03:40 SO WE WILL SHOW THAT RIGHT NOW. 03:41 (MUSIC PLAYING) TELIAMURA, NORTHEAST INDIA IN THE STATE OF 03:51 (MUSIC PLAYING) TELIAMURA, NORTHEAST INDIA IN THE STATE OF 03:57 TRIPURA WAS QUITE NOISY THIS FEBRUARY. 04:01 A THREE DAY HINDU CELEBRATION WAS GOING ON. 04:04 SINGING THE PRAISES OF THE GOD, KRISHNA. 04:16 SO MUCH FOOD HAD BEEN PREPARED SO IT WAS DISTRIBUTED FREELY 04:21 AND IN THE EVENING IT TURNED TO DANCING. 04:25 CONSTANTLY REPEATING KRISHNAS NAME. 04:29 THE DANCERS BECAME QUITE EMOTIONAL. 04:36 THE SINGING CONTINUED DAY AND NIGHT FOR THREE DAYS. 04:41 ON THE THIRD DAY, WE WERE VISITING THE NEARBY VILLAGE OF MARUA. 04:46 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER PREBIA RUBIN HAS BEEN WORKING 04:50 THERE AND NINE PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED BAPTISM. 04:54 WE SANG WE SHARED THE STORY OF JESUS TAKING A POSSESSED 04:58 MAN AND TURNING HIM INTO A FOLLOWER OF JESUS. 05:02 SOMEONE LOST 2000 PIGS THAT DAY AND PEOPLE WERE AFRAID WHEN THEY SAW ALL THE CHANGES. 05:09 ONE OF THE BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES WAS A LITTLE AFRAID 05:13 ON THIS DAY BECAUSE SHE HAD MADE A PROMISE TO THE DEVIL. 05:17 IF HER SICK SON WOULD BE CURED, SHE PROMISED TO SACRIFICE A DUCK. 05:23 NOW, SHE WANTED THE PROMISE ANNULED AND PASTOR ZAMINGA, 05:27 THE AREA SUPERVISOR, PRAYED A PRAYER. 05:30 SHE WANTED JESUS TO BE HER FRIEND AND SAVIOR. THIS IS HOW PREBIA EXPLAINED IT. 05:38 SHE DON'T WANT ANYMORE DEVILS. SHE DON'T WANT TO WORSHIP 05:46 ANYMORE, SHE WANT TO WORSHIP THE TRUE GOD, THE HEAVENLY GOD. 05:53 IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, WARM DAY FOR THE BAPTISM. 05:57 NINE PEOPLE GAVE THEIR HEARTS TO JESUS. THEY WANT HIM TO CHANGE THEM. 06:04 PREBIA IS ENJOYING HIS WORK IN MARUA VILLAGE AND OTHERS ARE 06:08 PREPARING TO LISTEN TO THE STORY OF JESUS. 06:12 WE WENT TO HIS HOME TO MEET HIS NEW WIFE. 06:15 IN THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, WE WATCHED THE VIDEO 06:18 OF THEIR COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE THAT WE HAD MADE LAST YEAR. 06:22 WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE THE NEW BABY BUT WE WERE ALSO HAPPY TO SEE THE NEW CHURCH. 06:28 A SIMPLE TIN STRUCTURE. IT NEEDS A FAN AND SOME SEATING BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. 06:35 WE PASSED THROUGH THE MARKET ON THE WAY TO SEE THE CHURCH. 06:38 SOME THINGS LOOKED GOOD AND SOME DIDN'T. 06:43 PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER PREBIA 06:48 AS HE STARTS NEW CONGREGATIONS IN THE VILLAGES AROUND HIS HOME. 06:54 PEOPLE WILL BE AFRAID WHEN THEY SEE CHANGED LIVES 06:59 BUT THAT'S WHAT CHRISTIANITY IS ALL ABOUT. 07:04 FASCINATING. I HAVE A QUESTION, YES, ON THE DANCE AND THE CHANTING. 07:10 YES. 07:11 WHAT WAS IT ABOUT? 07:12 THEY WERE JUST CONSTANTLY REPEATING THE NAME OF KRISHNA. 07:16 OVER AND OVER THEY WERE SORT OF IN A TRANCE THAT NIGHT AS I WATCHED THEM DANCING THERE. 07:22 WOULD YOU EQUATE THAT WITH DEVIL WORSHIP? 07:27 WHEN YOU SAW THAT WOMAN WITH HER MOUTH WARBLING, IT LOOKED VERY DEVILISH. 07:32 THE ONE THAT WAS, YES. 07:34 TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I AM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT IS A VERY 07:39 COMMON THING TO DO DURING A WEDDING. 07:41 IS IT? 07:43 YES. WHEN THEY HAVE WEDDING CEREMONIES AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BRIDE IS KIND OF ESCORTED 07:48 INTO THE GROOM'S HOUSE AND THE FESTIVITIES THEY GO LIKE THIS. 07:53 THE HINDUS DO IT QUITE THE SAME. 07:55 SO, BUT IT CAN MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES. 07:57 YES, I AM ASSUMING. 07:58 YES, YES. 07:59 THE STRUCTURE, THE CHURCH STRUCTURE ISN'T IT RATHER HOT? 08:05 YES. IN THE SUMMERTIME, VERY, VERY THIN TIN, THOSE CHURCHES ARE MADE OF. 08:12 YOU KNOW, THEY CAN MAKE A MUCH BETTER CHURCH ACTUALLY JUST OF NATIVE MATERIALS. 08:17 JUST OF BRUSH AND SO ON PROBABLY FOR ABOUT $2000. 08:21 USUALLY, THOUGH, THEY WILL HAVE A TIN ROOF ON THE TOP AND A 08:26 CHURCH SUCH AS THE ONE AS WE SEE THERE IS PROBABLY ABOUT $3000. 08:32 REALLY. 08:34 BUT OF COURSE, IT NEEDED SOME FANS; IT NEEDED A FEW OF SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE TO SIT ON. 08:39 O.K. 08:40 SO, I HAD A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN MY POCKET. 08:43 I GAVE IT TO HIM TO BUY FANS AND BENCHES. 08:47 SO THERE IS ELECTRICITY AROUND? SO THEY CAN PLUG IT IN? 08:50 YES. THEY HAVE ELECTRICITY IN THE VILLAGE, YES. 08:53 O.K. YOU MENTION BANGLADESH AND HOW IT SURROUNDS TRIPURA. 09:00 TELL US ABOUT BANGLADESH. 09:02 WELL BANGLADESH IT IS MUCH MORE DEVELOPED THAN TRIPURA, OF COURSE. 09:09 THE MAIN CITY IN BANGLADESH IS DHAKA AND SOMETIMES IT SEEMS AS 09:13 IF THE WHOLE, EVERYONE IN BANGLADESH IS LIVING IN DHAKA. 09:18 IT IS SO CROWDED THERE, SURE, ON THE ROADS. 09:20 ONCE YOU GET OUTSIDE DHAKA THE COUNTRYSIDE IS VERY NICE. 09:24 IT IS VERY PLEASANT. 09:27 SOMETIMES TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY FLOODS SO, TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY? 09:32 YES, OH WOW, SO ONE OF THE INDUSTRIES THERE IN BANGLADESH IS MOVING SOIL FROM ONE SPOT TO 09:38 ANOTHER SPOT TO GET A BUILT UP AREA SO THAT YOU CAN PUT A HOUSE ON THAT BUILT UP AREA SO THAT 09:43 YOU WON'T GET FLOODED WHEN THE FLOODS COME. 09:47 BUT OF COURSE A LITTLE BIT OF CLIMATE CHANGE WILL RAISE THE 09:50 TEMPERATURE JUST ENOUGH TO BRING LOTS OF CHANGES IN BANGLADESH. 09:56 LOTS OF DISEASE AND ALTHOUGH THERE SEEMS TO BE PLENTY OF FOOD THERE. 10:03 ABOUT HALF THE CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH ARE MALNOURISHED. 10:07 BECAUSE? 10:09 WELL JUST BECAUSE THE FOOD IS SO UNCERTAIN. 10:12 SOMETIMES IT IS THERE, SOMETIMES IT IS NOT THERE. 10:16 IF A FLOOD COMES OR IF THE CLIMATE CHANGE OR A MONSOON COMES 10:20 THROUGH EVERYTHING IS WASHED AWAY AND THERE IS LOTS OF DISEASE. 10:23 HOW IS THE WATER? 10:25 BAD WATER VERY BAD WATER. 10:26 O.K. I WAS ASSUMING BECAUSE YOU GET FLOODING YOU KNOW, IS NOT HEALTHY, YES, FOR ANYONE. 10:30 THERE IS LOTS OF ARSENIC IN THE WATER, IN FACT ANY WELL 10:33 THAT IS NOT OVER 200 FEET DEEP IS CONTAMINATED WITH ARSENIC. 10:39 YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE WITH SORT OF NODULES ON THEIR FACE AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S BECAUSE OF 10:46 THE ARSENIC IN THE WATER, CONTAMINATED WATER. 10:48 HAVE YOU BEEN CAUGHT IN ONE OF THOSE FLOODS? 10:50 I HAVEN'T BECAUSE I ALWAYS GO IN JANUARY, THE RIGHT SEASON, I GO THE RIGHT TIME AND LET ME 10:56 SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO OF BANGLADESH THEN YOU WILL SEE 11:00 WHAT IT IS LIKE WITH ALL THE VEGETABLES AND THINGS. 11:03 AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR IN BANGLADESH THE MARKET 11:13 AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR IN BANGLADESH THE MARKET 11:21 STORES ARE LOADED WITH FRESH VEGETABLES. 11:25 IT'S A VERY FERTILE COUNTRY. 11:36 THE HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODS HELP TO PRODUCE A GOOD HARVEST. 11:42 SOME RICE FARMERS WILL GET THREE CROPS A YEAR. 11:46 IT'S STILL AN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 11:49 THE ROADSIDE COOKS MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK SO APPETIZING. 11:54 BUT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS ARE INTERESTED IN SHARING THE BREAD OF LIFE. 12:02 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER PROBATH LIVES HERE IN THE VILLAGE OF RAMISHAR WIPUR. 12:15 HE HELPS HIS WIFE TEACH THE CHILDREN OF THE CHURCH SCHOOL BUT HIS REAL INTEREST IS IN THE 12:20 NEW CHURCH IN SHALHODO VILLAGE THREE MILES AWAY. 12:25 MANY HINDU PEOPLE LIVE IN SHALHODO SO PROBATH STARTED VISITING THEM. 12:31 THEY WERE INTERESTED IN WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. 12:34 HE ORGANIZED SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND INVITED THE 12:37 CONFERENCE SECRETARY TO HELP HIM. 12:39 PEOPLE RESPONDED AND 60 PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED. 12:44 SHALHODO HAS A GOOD CHURCH ELDER TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEW CHURCH. 12:49 SOME GERMAN FRIENDS OF THE BANGLADESH CHURCH ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY PROJECT THAT THEY COULD 12:55 HELP WITH AND THE MISSION SUGGESTED THAT THEY HELP CONSTRUCT 13:00 A NEW CHURCH FOR THE NEW BELIEVERS. 13:04 THE CHURCH IS WELL ON THE WAY TO COMPLETION. 13:06 YOU TOO, CAN HELP GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS LIKE SHALHODO 13:12 AS THEY SHARE THE BREAD OF LIFE IN BANGLADESH. 13:22 ONE COMPLIMENT, JOHN DID YOU MAKE THE VIDEOS YOURSELF? 13:25 YES. 13:26 THEY ARE VERY PROFESSIONAL. 13:27 THANK YOU. 13:28 THE COLORING IS VERY NICE. 13:30 THE EVERYTHING IS JUST DONE RIGHT, PANORAMIC THE MOVES AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. 13:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS HELPED YOU IN THAT REGARD, I AM ASSUMING. 13:40 WHO BUILDS THOSE CHURCHES? 13:43 WELL, WHEN I WAS GLOBAL MISSION COORDINATOR FOR THE DIVISION OFFICE IN THE PHILLIPINES, 13:53 AND BANGLADESH IS PART OF THAT DIVISION, MCNEILUS, 13:58 THE MCNEILUS FAMILY THEY WERE BUILDING CHURCHES IN BANGLADESH. 14:03 AT ONE TIME YOU KNOW, EVERY FEW DAYS A NEW CHURCH WAS APPEARING. 14:07 THEY BUILT OVER 200 NEW CHURCHES IN BANGLADESH AND EVERY CHURCH 14:12 HAD A SCHOOL ROOM AS WELL AND A PLACE FOR THE PASTOR TO LIVE. 14:16 SO, THOSE CHURCHES WERE EXTREMELY USEFUL BUT THAT CHURCH THAT YOU SAW ON THE VIDEO, 14:23 THE FIRST CHURCH THAT YOU SAW WHERE WE SAID THAT THE GOSPEL 14:28 OUTREACH VOLUNTEER'S WIFE WAS TEACHING, SHE WAS TEACHING 14:32 AT THAT SCHOOL THAT WAS ONE OF MCNEILUS' CHURCHES. 14:36 NOW IN THE NEXT VILLAGE WHERE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER WAS WORKING THAT WAS A CHURCH 14:41 THAT WAS BUILT BY SOME FRIENDS FROM GERMANY. 14:44 DO WE NEED MORE CHURCHES DO YOU THINK? 14:46 OH, YES IN THAT AREA. 14:47 OH, YES WE CERTAINLY DO NEED MORE CHURCHES. 14:49 HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO ERECT A CHURCH BUILDING? 14:52 NOT VERY LONG. 14:53 REALLY. TELL ME. 14:54 NOT VERY LONG, JUST A FEW WEEKS. 14:56 REALLY? 14:56 YES. 14:57 WOW! WOW! 14:59 DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE MOVING AROUND 15:01 AND ERECTING CHURCHES IN THIS AREA AND THAT DISTRICT AND ALL? 15:06 WELL THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN BANGLADESH 15:10 SO THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE TOO MUCH TROUBLE. 15:14 GREAT. AS YOU CAN TELL, EXCITING WORK IS GOING ON IN THAT PART 15:20 OF THE WORLD. BANGLADESH, TRIPURA AND JOHN HAS JUST 15:24 SHARED WITH US HOW FANTASTIC THE WORK IS GOING ON 15:28 AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED AND YOU KNOW, HOW BENEFICIAL 15:32 IT IS, HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS TO HAVE THE NATIVES, THE LOCALS 15:36 TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKE CHARGE OF THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON. 15:40 AND IT IS PRETTY MUCH, I WOULD SAY, THE INNOVATIVE PHILOSOPHY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:45 TO INVEST IN THIS PHENOMENON OF UTILIZING 15:50 THE LOCALS AND THE NATIVES IN CONTINUING THE WORK. 15:53 IF YOU WISH TO CONTACT US: I'M PRETTY SURE EVERY SEGMENT SHOWN HERE 15:59 HAS HAD A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE MULTIFACETED APPROACH OF GOSPEL 16:08 OUTREACH IN FINISHING THE GREAT COMMISSION. 16:12 IF YOU ARE MOVED, IF YOU ARE I WOULD SAY, PROMPTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO HAVE A PART IN SEEING 16:21 THIS WORK COME TO FRUITION, THE WAY IT IS WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT US. 16:26 ALL THE CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN. 16:30 IF YOU PREFER TO CALL US, YOU CAN PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL US 509-525-2951; 16:37 WE HAVE A VERY ATTRACTIVE LOOKING WEBSITE ALSO 16:41 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BROWSE YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE 16:44 AND FEAST YOUR EYES AND YOUR HEART AS TO ALL THE ENDEAVORS IN THE 16:50 PROSPECT AND I WOULD SAY THE UNIMAGINABLE INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS CARRYING 16:58 OUT THE COMMISSION IN PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT MAYBE UP UNTIL 20 YEARS AGO, WERE JUST NOT ENTERED 17:04 UNCHARTED AND YET WE ARE ERECTING CHURCHES RIGHT AND LEFT. 17:13 SURGE ON; MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THIS: YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS 17:22 HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOL AND YOU HAVE A VIDEO CLIP OF THIS INDIVIDUAL. 17:28 YES. 17:29 I'M SO IMPATIENT, ANXIOUS TO SEE THIS VIDEO. 17:33 TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS INCIDENT. 17:35 ACTUALLY, I SHOULD INTRODUCE AN OLD GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 17:43 HE IS NOT EMPLOYED AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER AT 17:46 THIS TIME, HE IS SORT OF RETIRED NOW BUT THIS MAN 17:52 IS CALLED SIDURHI AND HE IS A VERY INTERESTING CHARACTER. 17:57 HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN A HINDU PRIEST FOR I THINK 27 YEARS. 18:02 SO, HE'S GOT QUITE AN INTERESTING BACKGROUND BUT YOU WILL SEE HIM ON THIS VIDEO, 18:09 YOU'LL SEE HOW HE REACTS TO PEOPLE AND HOW PEOPLE REACT TO HIM AND WHAT HE DID TO CONVERT 18:18 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER THAT IS NOW WORKING IN THIS VILLAGE. 18:22 SO LET ME SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO. 18:27 HE USED TO BE A DRUNKARD. 18:40 NOW HE IS GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER BIRONCHUK. 18:44 HE IS WORKING IN MYANOKUTHI VILLAGE, TRIPURA NORTHEAST INDIA. 18:50 HE WAS IN SUCH A STATE AND HIS WIFE WAS TREATED SO BADLY SHE FINALLY LEFT HOME. 18:58 THEN CAME GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER SIDURHI. 19:02 HE WAS SO WAS SO GOOD AT MAKING FRIENDS. 19:06 HE VISITED HOMES, SAT IN THE MARKET AND OFTEN JUST TOLD STORIES. 19:11 HE KNOWS ALL THEIR TRIBAL HISTORY. 19:21 HE KNOWS ALL THEIR TRIBAL HISTORY. 19:27 BEFORE HIS CONVERSION HE WAS A HINDU PRIEST FOR 27 YEARS. 19:32 HE IS ALSO A HERBAL HEALER AND HELPED ANYONE IN NEED. 19:38 THEY LOOKED ON HIM AS THEIR FRIEND. 19:40 WHEN HE HAD THESE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS, 55 WERE BAPTIZED. 19:46 THAT'S WHEN SIDURHI MET BIRONCHUK, DRUNK AND ALONE. 19:52 HE STARTED TO VISIT HIM, ENCOURAGED HIM, AND GOT HIM ON HIS FEET AGAIN. 19:57 HE SAW HIM EVERY DAY, BEFRIENDED HIM AND BEGAN TO SHARE THE SCRIPTURES WITH HIM. 20:03 THE DAY AFTER BIRONCHEK WAS BAPTIZED; SIDURHI WENT TO VISIT THE LONG LOST WIFE. 20:13 THE DAY AFTER BIRONCHEK WAS BAPTIZED; SIDURHI WENT TO VISIT THE LONG LOST WIFE. 20:27 HE PERSUADED HER FAMILY TO GIVE BIRONCHEK ANOTHER CHANCE. 20:31 HE SAID HE WAS A NEW MAN AND HE WAS! 20:34 HE WAS COMPLETELY CHANGED. 20:37 SIDURHI MOVED ON TO EVANGELIZE ANOTHER VILLAGE AND BIRONCHEK BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH 20:45 VOLUNTEER HIMSELF AND HE STAYED TO HELP ESTABLISH THE NEW GROUP OF BELIEVERS. 20:52 HE'S LEARNED THE ART OF MAKING FRIENDS. 20:55 WE STOPPED TO WATCH THIS REALLY SERIOUS GAME OF MARBLES. 21:01 I THINK THAT MONEY WAS ACTUALLY CHANGING HANDS. 21:05 THIS LAST YEAR, HE HAS ENCOURAGED ANOTHER 15 VILLAGES TO BECOME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 21:12 CHRISTIANS AND ANOTHER FOUR ARE ALMOST READY TO BE BAPTIZED. 21:19 I SPOKE WITH BERCHANDRHA, ONE OF THE RECENT CONVERTS AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS NEW FOUND FAITH. 21:26 WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A NEW CHRISTIAN IN HINDU SURROUNDINGS AND THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY: 21:36 "SINCE I BECAME A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN I HAVE PEACE OF MIND. 21:40 BEFORE I WAS HINDU ALTHOUGH WE ENJOYED MANY FESTIVALS IN MY LIFE 21:44 THEY CANNOT GIVE ME A LASTING PEACE OF MIND. 21:48 NOW, I HAVE PEACE IN JESUS AND I AM HAPPY BEING A CHRISTIAN." LET'S KEEP SUPPORTING GOSPEL 21:54 OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS LIKE BIRONCHEK AND LET'S GIVE YOUNG 21:58 PEOPLE LIKE BERCHANDRA A CHANCE TO BECOME A FOLLOWER OF JESUS. 22:05 I WONDER IF THIS PERSON HAD HEARD THE STORY OF JESUS BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE. 22:15 YOU KNOW JOHN I NOTICE SOMETHING DURING THAT LAST PART OF THAT, THIS YOUNG MAN'S RESPONSE THAT 22:22 WHAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE NOW THAT YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN COMPARED 22:27 TO WHEN YOU WERE A HINDU, HE SAID PEACE OF MIND. 22:31 I'VE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION FROM AN IRANIAN INDIVIDUAL, IRANIAN LADY FROM ISLAMIC, 22:38 SHIITE ISLAMIC BACKGROUND, SHE GAVE ME THE SAME RESPONSE. 22:42 AND IT IS, I THINK THE VITAL, YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WE 22:45 CHRISTIANS WE OVERLOOK, WE TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED. 22:48 YOU KNOW PEACE OF MIND, YES, YOU KNOW WE ARE SO - IT'S SO ENIGMATIC SOMETIMES. 22:55 YOU KNOW WE DON'T APPRECIATE THAT WHEN YOU DO HAVE PEACE OF MIND YOU ARE NOT LACKING IT. 23:00 AND THESE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE IT AND THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IT, BUT 23:06 WHEN CHRIST COMES INTO THE PICTURE THEN THEY REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN ESSENCE OF 23:14 LIFE AND HE SAID, IT IS SO INTERESTING AS I WAS DISCUSSING THIS WITH THIS IRANIAN LADY, SHE 23:20 SAID THAT IN OUR RELIGION WOMEN HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE IN THE LIFE ABOVE OR IN PARADISE. 23:30 SO, BUT JESUS MAKES THE WAY, PAVES THE WAY BUT AS HE DOES HE ALSO GIVES YOU THE PEACE THAT 23:39 TANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING THAT EVEN A YOUNG MAN OR AN OLD WOMAN CAN APPRECIATE. 23:45 YES, YOU SEE THAT YOUNG MAN IN THE VIDEO, HE WOULD HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT FESTIVALS THAT WOULD 23:51 COME EVERY YEAR - TWELVE OR THIRTEEN DIFFERENT FESTIVALS FOR EVERY MONTH THERE IS SOME 23:56 EXCITEMENT COMES BUT AFTER THAT EXCITEMENT THERE IS NOTHING THERE. 24:02 THE REAL LIFE. 24:03 THERE'S NOTHING THERE. 24:04 YES. 24:06 YOU MENTIONED THE VOLUNTEERS AS FAR AS GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS. 24:12 ARE THEY IN ANY WAY SUPPORTED FINANCIALLY WHEN YOU SAY VOLUNTEERS? 24:16 OH YES, WE CALL THEM A VOLUNTEER, BECAUSE THE ARE NOT EXACTLY REGULAR WORKERS. 24:24 THEY ARE GETTING PAID ABOUT HALF OF WHAT A REGULAR WORKER WOULD BE PAID IN THOSE COUNTRIES. 24:32 SO IN BANGLADESH THERE THEY ARE PROBABLY GETTING PAID ABOUT $40 A MONTH. 24:38 A MONTH, YES AND THEY CAN SURVIVE ON THET $40 BUT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, IF THEY 24:43 GET SICK OR IF THEY WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS 24:47 THEN THERE IS JUST NOTHING LEFT, NOTHING LEFT. 24:51 SO, THEY ARE ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERS. 24:53 THEY ARE WORKING ON A BARE MINIMUM. 24:55 THAT'S IT. 24:55 SO O.K. IT IS THE RATIO OF THINGS. 24:58 NOW WE MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE ON THIS SHOW BUT HERE IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU. 25:05 LOOK INTO THE CAMERA AND I WANT YOU TO CHALLENGE OUR VIEWERS 25:11 WITH YOUR FIRST HAND EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE. 25:14 ENCOURAGE THEM AND TELL THEM HOW THEY CAN BE A PART OF THIS. 25:18 HOW CAN THEY HAVE A ROLE IN THIS VERY SENSITIVE WORK THAT 25:22 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INVOLVED WITH? 25:25 WE HAVE THESE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME 25:31 AND THEIR ENERGY AND THEIR LIVES TO SERVING GOD AND 25:37 WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM. WE NEED TO HELP THEM. NOW, $40 YOU COULD SPEND $40 25:45 JUST GOING OUT TO EAT WITH YOUR WIFE OR WITH YOUR HUSBAND, 25:49 $40 AND THAT $40 COULD PAY A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER FOR A WHOLE MONTH. 25:55 LET'S DO ALL WE CAN TO SUPPORT THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS SO THAT THEY 26:01 CAN HELP FINISH THE WORK THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US TO DO. 26:07 GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND MAKE DISCIPLES. 26:12 AS YOU CAN TELL, JOHN HIMSELF IS VERY EXCITED IN WHAT HE DOES. 26:20 IT IS ONE THING TO HEAR ABOUT IT, IT IS ONE THING TO EVEN WATCH IT ON TV BUT IT IS A 26:28 COMPLETE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU ARE THERE IN PERSON. 26:31 YES. 26:32 AND YOU SEE THE ACTUAL LIVES BEING CHANGED. 26:34 THAT DRUNKARD INDIVIDUAL YES, OR THE PRIEST, THE HINDU PRIEST, AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. 26:40 IT IS VERY EXCITING, JOHN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING. 26:43 GO AHEAD YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. 26:45 I WAS JUST SAYING I VISITED SOME OF THOSE HOMES WITH HIM AS HE DID SOME OF THOSE HERBAL 26:49 TREATMENTS, LATE AT NIGHT SOMETIMES AND VERY INTERESTING. 26:53 AMEN. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE PART IN THIS 26:56 MASSIVE WORK AND UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN REMEMBER JESUS SAID 26:59 THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:03 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ |
Revised 2015-02-06