Participants: John Duroe
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000431
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00:22 AND A VERY GOOD DAY TO ALL OF YOU AS I GREET YOU FROM 00:27 GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 00:32 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE REGULARS KNOW WHAT WE DO HERE, 00:36 BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE JUST TUNING IN. 00:40 SO, I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS. 00:42 WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH FRONT LINE MISSIONARIES AND TODAY I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RENEWING 00:50 FRIENDSHIP WITH A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, JOHN DUROE WHO IS ONE OF THOSE FRONT LINE MISSIONARIES 00:57 AND IS IN TOUCH WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD. 01:00 JOHN, WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 01:04 GLAD YOU ARE HERE AND THE FIRST THING THE PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW IS WHAT SECTION OF THE GOSPEL 01:12 OUTREACH WORLD DO YOU REPRESENT? 01:15 WELL, I LOOK AFTER BANGLADESH AND NORTHEAST INDIA, 01:20 A LITTLE PIECE OF INDIA THAT DROPS DOWN INTO BANGLADESH. 01:25 IT IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY BANGLADESH. 01:29 THE STATE IS CALLED TRIPURA. 01:32 GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT OF WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD AS IN CONTRAST 01:41 ECONOMICALLY, AND SO FORTH WITH THE THINGS THAT OUR VIEWERS MAY BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH. 01:48 WELL IT IS QUITE ISOLATED UP THERE, SO IT'S ABOUT 75 PER CENT HILLY AND COVERED IN TREES 02:00 AND SO THERE ARE LOTS OF BIRDS AND THINGS THERE. 02:03 IT IS INTERESTING THAT THERE ARE OVER 300 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BIRDS THAT YOU WILL FIND. 02:10 IS THAT JUST IN THE STATE OF TRIPURA THEN? 02:12 YES. 02:13 ALRIGHT, GIVE US A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND ON TRIPURA. 02:15 YES. 02:16 WELL THE ROADS AREN'T VERY GOOD. 02:18 THERE IS ONE ROAD THAT GOES THROUGH YOU WILL SEE ON ONE OF THE VIDEOS TODAY 02:22 I'LL DEMONSTRATE WHAT THE ROADS ARE REALLY LIKE. 02:26 IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. 02:30 THEY HAVE ABOUT 200 SQUARE MILES OF NATIONAL FOREST THERE. 02:35 SO, THEY ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE THE COUNTRYSIDE THERE. 02:39 HOW IS TRIPURA DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF THE OTHER STATES IN INDIA? 02:44 WELL, IT HAS QUITE A STRONG BENGALI INFLUENCE BECAUSE YOU SEE, IT IS SURROUNDED ON 3 SIDES 02:51 BY BANGLADESH, SO LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM BANGLADESH COME OVER THE BORDER AND THEY TEND TO IMPOSE 03:00 THEIR TRADITIONS AND CULTURE ON THE LOCAL PEOPLE. 03:03 LANGUAGE TOO? 03:04 YES. 03:05 YES. 03:07 ACTUALLY, THERE ARE ABOUT MAINLY 30 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THERE, PROBABLY MORE; FIFTEEN MAIN 03:14 LANGUAGES IN THAT ONE SMALL STATE OF TRIPURA. 03:18 THERE ARE ABOUT 6 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING THERE. 03:21 NOW YOU HAVE SERVED AS A MISSIONARY TO THAT PART OF THE WORLD PRIOR TO YOUR ASSIGNMENT. 03:27 IN BANGLADESH, BANGLADESH. 03:29 ALSO IN PAKISTAN BUT THAT IS OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF INDIA. 03:32 O.K. 03:33 WHAT ABOUT RELIGIOUS BELIEF IN TRIPURA? 03:38 WELL, IT'S ABOUT 85 PER CENT HINDU AND THEN IT IS ABOUT 8 PER CENT MUSLIM 03:45 AND ABOUT 3 PER CENT CHRISTIAN. 03:48 SO, WE DO HAVE SOME CHRISTIANS THERE AND IN THIS FIRST VIDEO THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT, 03:55 YOU 'LL SEE HOW THE CHRISTIANS ARE OPERATING THERE. 04:00 ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW. 04:02 (VIDEO PLAYING) DHANYA WAS BORN INTO A HINDU FAMILY 04:45 BUT HE HAD MANY FRIENDS WHO WERE CHRISTIANS. 04:47 THEY WANTED HIM TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN SO HE VISITED A FEW CHRISTIAN CHURCHES. 04:54 THEN A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST EVANGELIST CAME TO HIS VILLAGE. 05:00 HE ACTUALLY INVITED THE EVANGELIST TO STAY AT HIS HOUSE. 05:04 HE ENJOYED THE MEETINGS AND HE HAD MANY BIBLE STUDIES. 05:09 DHANYA AND FOUR OTHERS WERE BAPTIZED. 05:13 THE OTHERS DIED OR MOVED BUT DHANYA STAYED AND HE TRIED TO SHARE HIS FAITH. 05:19 RECENTLY, HE SAW SOME RESPONSE AND HE ASKED FOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER TO HELP HIM 05:25 ESTABLISH A CHURCH. 05:27 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER REMRUATA CAME TO HIS VILLAGE OF KAPTIPARA 05:33 AND PREPARED 5 FOR BAPTISM. 05:36 REMRUATA AND DHANYA DAMMED THE SMALL RIVER AND MADE A BAPTISMAL POOL. 05:42 THEY MANAGED TO STOP ENOUGH WATER SO THE CANDIDATES COULD BE BAPTIZED ON THEIR KNEES. 05:48 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE CANDIDATES. 05:52 HE WAS A WOODCUTTER AND HE HAD BEEN ASKED TO HELP A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE STATE OF 05:57 MIZORAM ON THEIR MISSION TRIP. 06:00 THEY HAD COME FOR ONE WEEK TO BUILD A TEMPORARY CHURCH FOR THE BELIEVERS IN A NEARBY VILLAGE. 06:06 THE STRUCTURE COST ABOUT $1800. 06:10 DHANYSHUR THE WOODCUTTER, WOULD SIT DOWN DURING HIS BREAKS 06:15 AND TALK WITH THE LOCAL ADVENTIST CHURCH ELDER. 06:19 HE ALSO WATCHED THE ADVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE. 06:23 HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED. 06:25 IN HIS HEART, HE DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO GET BAPTIZED. 06:32 WHEN REMRUATA CAME TO HIS VILLAGE, HE TOLD HIM WHAT HE HAD DECIDED. 06:38 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO SEE THIS GROUP GETTING BAPTIZED. 06:43 LET'S PRAY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER REMRUATA AND WE COULD DO MORE. 06:50 LET'S HELP SUPPORT HIM WITH OUR GIFTS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:56 WHAT A STORY, JOHN. 06:58 THAT'S AMAZING. 07:00 YES. 07:02 THAT CHURCH WAS THERE A MISSION BY YOUNG PEOPLE OR SOMETHING THAT HELPED BUILD THAT? 07:13 YES, ACTUALLY IN MIZORAM THE NEXT STATE OVER, THE ONE THAT IS CLOSEST TO MYANMAR IN MIZORAM, 07:21 THE CHURCH IS QUITE STRONG IN MIZORAM 07:24 AND THEY DO MISSION TRIPS JUST LIKE WE DO IN AMERICA. 07:29 WE SEND PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT PLACES. 07:31 THEY SEND THE YOUNG PEOPLE THEY CAME OVER 07:35 AND THEY BUILT A LITTLE CHURCH FOR THE NEXT VILLAGE. 07:39 AND REMRUATA, IS THAT THE NAME? 07:41 YES, YES, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 07:43 YES. 07:44 TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HIM. 07:46 HE IS ACTUALLY LIVING IN ANOTHER VILLAGE A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY AND I'VE BEEN TO HIS HOUSE 07:52 A NUMBER OF TIMES. 07:53 REALLY. 07:54 JUST A LITTLE WOODEN HOUSE ON TOP OF THE HILL. 07:58 NOTHING IN THE HOUSE; THERE IS A BED, AND THERE ARE 2 LITTLE STOOLS 08:02 THAT YOU CAN SIT ON IN THE HOUSE. 08:04 VERY, VERY NEAT AND TIDY. 08:06 EVERYTHING IS IN ITS PLACE. 08:07 ALL THE COOKING UTENSILS ARE IN THEIR PLACE. 08:10 I MET HIS WIFE AND THEIR NEW BABY THAT THEY JUST GOT. 08:14 HE'S GOT A BEAUTIFUL VIEW AT THE TOP OF THIS HILL BUT THE HOUSE IS VERY, VERY SIMPLE. 08:20 FROM A VERY PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW, I COULDN'T HELP FOCUS ON THE STORY OF THE WOODCUTTER. 08:27 THEN I SAW THOSE TIMBERS THERE, YES. 08:30 DOES THE WOODCUTTER HEW THOSE OUT BY HAND SOMEWAY? 08:34 THEY DO HAVE SAWMILLS AROUND. 08:36 THEY HAVE SAWMILLS AND THAT'S HIS BUSINESS THEN TO REPAIR THAT. 08:40 YES. 08:41 AND $1800 FOR BUILDING A CHURCH? 08:46 WELL, IT'S A TIN CHURCH AND THE TIN IS SO THIN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PRESS IT LIKE THIS WITH YOUR 08:53 FINGER, YOU COULD DENT IT. 08:55 YOU KNOW IT IS SO THIN. 08:56 IT IS NOT VERY GOOD WHEN IT SO HOT OR WHEN IT IS COLD. 09:00 SOMETIMES IN WINTER IT GETS QUITE COLD UP THERE. 09:02 OR IN A RAIN STORM? 09:05 A RAIN STORM IS FINE. 09:07 THAT'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT. 09:09 EVEN THE NOISE? 09:10 AH, WELL, THAT IS A PROBLEM. 09:13 I'VE PREACHED IN TIN CHURCHES BEFORE. 09:17 SO, HOW MANY TRIPS HAVE YOU MADE TO THIS AREA THEN BY NOW? 09:22 I THINK I'VE DONE FOUR TRIPS NOW. 09:25 NO WONDER YOU HAVE BEEN TO THEIR HOUSES OFTEN TO VISIT THEM. 09:30 OH YES, I'VE GOT SOME GOOD FRIENDS LIVING UP THERE NOW. 09:34 NOW THAT WAS A WONDERFUL TITLE FOR THIS PROGRAM "ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER" AND ALL THOSE 09:40 PEOPLE INTERACTING AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER. 09:44 YES. 09:45 AND EVEN THE COOPERATION OF BUILDING THE BAPTISMAL POOL. 09:48 YES. 09:49 I THOUGHT THAT WAS A FASCINATING PART OF YOUR STORY AS WELL. 09:52 NOW YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER VIDEO. 09:55 THIS WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT ARRANGED MARRIAGES. 09:59 SO LET'S WATCH THIS VIDEO. 10:02 çVIDEO PLAYINGÑ SANJIT IS AN AREA EVANGELIST WHO HAS STARTED SEVEN NEW CHURCH COMPANIES IN 10:13 SEVEN YEARS. 10:15 NOW, HE IS JUST HELPING OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER GIRISH IN BRIGUDAS VILLAGE, TRIPURA 10:33 NORTHEAST INDIA. 10:36 GIRISH WAS ONE OF SANJIT'S FIRST CONVERTS IN THIS AREA. 10:40 AND NOW HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 10:44 HE WAS A DRUNKARD AND EVEN ATTENDED SANJIT'S MEETINGS DRUNK. 10:59 HIS SON HAD DIED AND HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HIS HINDU GODS HADN'T SAVED HIM. 11:05 HE HAD MADE PLENTY OF SACRIFICES IN THE TEMPLE. 11:09 HE WAS GIVEN A BIBLE DURING SANJIT'S MEETINGS. 11:12 HE TREASURED IT AND READ IT AND REALIZED THAT HE SHOULD MAKE SOME CHANGES. 11:18 HE WAS BAPTIZED AND HE DID CHANGE COMPLETELY. 11:22 EVERYONE NOTICED THE BIG DIFFERENCE. 11:25 AND SINCE THEN, HIS FAMILY HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN GOOD HEALTH. 11:30 TWO OF THOSE WHO MADE DECISIONS IN THE LATEST MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE BAPTIZED TODAY AND THEN 11:37 THEY ARE PLANNING TO GET MARRIED. 11:40 HE WAS IMPRESSED THAT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS CHRISTIANS TOOK ALL THE BIBLE AS EQUALLY 11:49 IMPORTANT. 11:50 BINAD'S OLDEST SISTER DECIDED TO DO A LITTLE MATCH MAKING 11:56 AND GAVE HIM THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ONE OF HER FRIENDS. 12:03 HER NAME WAS TONI AND THEY STARTED TALKING TOGETHER ON THE PHONE. 12:08 AFTER A WEEK, THEY DECIDED TO MEET FACE TO FACE. 12:12 BINAD CAME TO TONI'S HOUSE. 12:14 THE MOTHER WAS VERY FRIENDLY. 12:17 THEY MET AGAIN AND TOGETHER THEY ATTENDED GIRISH'S EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. 12:23 WHAT A PLEASURE IT WAS TO SEE THEM BOTH BAPTIZED TODAY. 12:27 AND NOW THEY ARE PLANNING FOR ANOTHER BIG DAY. 12:32 YOU MADE THIS ALL POSSIBLE WHEN YOU DECIDED TO HELP SUPPORT 12:37 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS LIKE GIRISH. 12:41 LET'S CONTINUE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS. 12:46 SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE BINAD AND TONI MAKING A DECISION TO START A CHRISTIAN HOME MAKES IT 12:53 ALL WORTHWHILE.[VIDEO PLAYING] NOW HOW OLD ARE THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE, ABOUT? 13:36 ABOUT 24, THEY ARE ABOUT 24. 13:55 AND SO THE YOUNG LADY HAD NEVER BEEN PROPOSED TO BEFORE? 13:58 PROBABLY OR MAYBE? 14:00 NO, NO. 14:01 BECAUSE THERE WAS NOBODY HER PARENTS WOULD APPROVE? 14:05 THEY ARE PROBABLY STILL LOOKING. 14:08 OH. 14:09 THAT IS ANOTHER THRILLING ACCOUNT OF THE CONNECTIONS 14:13 THAT ARE MADE THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:16 YES. 14:17 AND NOW GIRISH, HE WAS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH? 14:21 YES, SEVEN CHURCHES IN SEVEN YEARS SO ON AVERAGE HE IS STARTING A NEW CHURCH COMPANY 14:27 EVERY YEAR BUT WHEN I LISTEN TO HIM TALK WHEN I SAW HIM INTERACTING WITH THE PEOPLE, I 14:32 COULD SEE THAT HE WAS A NATURAL EVANGELIST. 14:36 HE WAS JUST HELPING THIS, HIS NEW GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER IN THAT VILLAGE TO GET STARTED. 14:45 WELL, THOSE ARE STORIES AND I THINK I NEED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO OUR 14:52 GENERAL GOSPEL OUTREACH AUDIENCE JUST A MOMENT. 14:55 THESE STORIES THAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING THAT JOHN DUROE HAS BROUGHT TO US FROM THE 15:01 FRONTLINES OF THE MISSION FIELD, ARE ILLUSTRATIVE 15:04 OF WHAT HAPPENS ALL OVER THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD. 15:08 YOUR GIFTS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH HELP MAKE POSSIBLE THESE CONNECTIONS WITH GOD'S PEOPLE IN 15:18 ALL AREAS OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD. 15:21 MAYBE THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE GOD'S PEOPLE BUT WHEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER COMES AND 15:27 CONNECTS WITH THEM AND READS FOR THEM AND SHOWS FRIENDSHIP TO THEM, THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT 15:32 THESE RELATIONSHIPS. 15:33 YOUR GIFTS HELP THESE CONTACTS BE POSSIBLE. 15:38 SO RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN YOU SEE THE ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS, 15:44 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. 15:45 IT WILL STAY UP THERE LONG ENOUGH SO YOU CAN JOT IT DOWN 15:48 TO BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 16:03 AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU DON'T ALREADY RECEIVE THE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER 16:05 YOU WANT TO REQUEST THAT AS WELL. 16:07 SO, AND YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN GETTING GOSPEL OUTREACH NEWSLETTER FOR A LONG TIME AND 16:10 EVERYTIME IT COMES I SIT RIGHT DOWN AND I OPEN IT UP BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE A THRILLING 16:15 STORY LIKE I REMEMBER FROM MISSION STORIES IN SABBATH SCHOOL WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GUY. 16:18 SO, ENJOY GOSPEL OUTREACH THROUGH YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. 16:20 ALRIGHT, JOHN YOU HAVE ANOTHER STORY FOR US. 16:22 YES, I DO. 16:23 YOU WERE ASKING ME ABOUT WHAT IT IS LIKE IN TRIPURA. 16:26 WELL, THE ROADS ARE NOT TOO GOOD AND IN THIS VIDEO WE ARE GOING TO NOW 16:34 YOU WILL SEE WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. 16:36 O.K. 16:37 [VIDEO PLAYINGÑ TODAY, WE SET OFF TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF INDIA. 16:51 WE STOPPED FOR SOME DIESEL BUT WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE PUMP TO BE REPAIRED FIRST. 16:57 THE ROAD WAS NOT GOOD. 17:11 I SAW MANY SIGNS LIKE THIS. 17:15 SOME CHOSE TO IGNORE THE ADVICE WITH RATHER SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. 17:22 THEY TRIED TO HIDE THE EVIDENCE WITH LITTLE SUCCESS. 17:29 ONE SIGN SAID "DRIVE SLOWLY, WORK IN PROGRESS". 17:35 WELL I DIDN'T SEE MUCH PROGRESS THE ROAD WAS JUST AS BAD WHEN WE DROVE IT LAST YEAR. 17:42 BUT WHEN WE DID STOP IN UNISMIL VILLAGE, WE DID SEE SOME PROGRESS. 17:48 MOYA AND HIS WIFE ZIRI ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER TEAM THERE. 17:53 WE HEARD ABOUT THEIR LATEST BAPTISM OF 6 AND WE WATCHED AS A FEW OF THE BAPTISMAL 17:58 CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED. 18:01 MOYA HAD BEEN STUDYING THE BIBLE WITH KALICUMA AND HIS WIFE BANCHURA. 18:07 THEIR BABY DAUGHTER DIED AND MOYA WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM THE HOPE OF A RESURRECTION. 18:13 TODAY THEY MADE THEIR BAPTISMAL VOWS AND WE SET OFF DOWN TO THE WATER. 18:20 THEY MADE IT PUBLIC THAT THEY HAD DECIDED TO BE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS. 18:27 I ASKED MOYA ABOUT KELICUMA'S DECISION. 18:31 NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT HIS LITTLE BOY OR LITTLE GIRL DIED. 18:36 YES HIS BABY DAUGHTER HAS DIED. 18:40 I TOOK A GOOD TIME TO TELL THEM HOW GOD HAS RISEN UP AS HE RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD. 18:54 AS WE SERVE A CHRISTIAN LIFE, WE HAVE HOPE AND THIS HOPE NEVER FAILS IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, 19:00 AFTER DEATH WE WILL RAISE FROM DEATH. 19:04 I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND DRIVING IN THIS CAR ON THE ROAD WE TRAVELED TODAY. 19:09 THIS IS THE INDIAN TATA NANO. 19:12 THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST ECONOMICAL CAR IN THE WORLD. 19:17 IT COSTS 130,000 RUPEES. 19:22 NOW, THAT IS ABOUT $2600. 19:25 BUT WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN CARS; WE ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THE WORK 19:31 THAT JESUS HAS GIVEN US. 19:33 SHARING THE GOOD NEWS IN ALL THE WORLD AND THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS MOYA AND ZIRI WHO WE 19:43 VISITED TODAY ARE OUR MOST ECONOMICAL WAY OF DOING THIS JOB. 19:48 YOU CAN HIRE SOMEONE LIKE MOYA AND ZIRI WHO SPEAK THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND WILL SHARE THE GOOD 19:55 NEWS FOR ABOUT $10 A WEEK. 19:59 LET'S USE OUR MONEY IN THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY. 20:03 LET'S SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 20:12 POWERFUL, POWERFUL STORIES AND WHAT A POWERFUL APPEAL, JOHN. 20:20 YES. 20:22 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT ALTOGETHER FOR US IN THE WAY YOU HAVE. 20:26 MY INCLINATION IS, IS TO JUST KIND OF PUT A PERIOD RIGHT HERE ON THE STORY AND LET ALL OF YOU 20:37 FOLKS AT HOME JUST REFLECTIVELY PONDER THIS STORY THAT JOHN HAS PREPARED AND WE HAVE COME TO 20:48 HEAR IN THIS ACCOUNT FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 20:51 JOHN, AS I LOOK AT THOSE PEOPLE, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHOM WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF 21:03 KNOWING WERE IT NOT FOR CHRISTIAN MISSIONS, 21:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH MISSIONS TO A PLACE LIKE THIS. 21:12 I GUESS WE WOULD HAVE A TENDENCY TO THINK THAT LIFE MAY NOT BE AS SIGNIFICANT TO THEM AS IT IS TO 21:25 US AFTERALL; THINGS ARE SO, SO KIND OF POOR. 21:30 BUT TO LOSE THE LITTLE CHILD CERTAINLY IMPACTED THAT FAMILY 21:35 IN A WAY THAT WE WOULD BE IMPACTED, RIGHT? 21:39 YES. 21:40 YES. 21:42 LOTS OF CHILDREN DO DIE QUITE YOUNG IN TRIPURA AND MOSTLY IN BANGLADESH. 21:50 THE LIFESPAN IS I THINK 62, I THINK THAT IS THE LIFE SPAN IN BANGLADESH AND AROUND THAT AREA. 22:02 BASICALLY, IT IS BECAUSE OF DISEASES THAT CHILDREN CAN DIE FROM WHEN THEY ARE QUITE YOUNG. 22:09 BUT THEN HAVING EXPERIENCED THAT TRAGEDY IN THIS PARTICULAR FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE, THE GOSPEL 22:17 OUTREACH WORKER I CONSIDERED HOW HE DEALT WITH THAT "INSPIRED" BECAUSE THERE HE IS NOT HAVING 22:27 GROWN UP BECAUSE OF THE OTHER RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENT OF HIS WORLD, HE DIDN'T GROW UP LIKE WE 22:34 DO KNOWING THESE KINDS OF THINGS ALL OF HIS LIFE. 22:36 SO HE HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY THAT MESSAGE THROUGH CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES LIKE YOURSELF, YES, 22:44 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH, YES, SO THAT THE WHOLE MENTALITY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE 22:50 POSSIBILITY OF BEING MORE HOPEFUL. 22:52 YES, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BLESSED HOPE. 22:54 WE HAVE THE HOPE, WE KNOW THAT JESUS DIED AND THAT HE ROSE AGAIN AND THAT GIVES US THE HOPE 23:02 FOR THE FUTURE. 23:03 AND THESE FOLKS HAVING NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE, I'M SURE ARE CAPTURED WITH AN EXCITEMENT THAT 23:10 SAYS "HEY, THIS IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING WE HAVE EVER HAD AND WE'LL TAKE IT." 23:14 YES. 23:15 YOU KNOW I REMEMBER GOING UP TO A VILLAGE IN THE PHILIPPINES, 23:19 ACTUALLY ONE CHRISTMAS WITH MY WIFE. 23:22 WE WENT UP CHRISTMAS EVE WE WERE GOING TO SPEND CHRISTMAS DAY IN THIS VILLAGE AND WE SHARED THE 23:27 STORY OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS AND THESE PEOPLE HADN'T HEARD THE STORY BEFORE. 23:34 AND IT WAS AMAZING THE THRILL THAT THEY HAD WHEN THEY HEARD THE STORY OF JESUS CHRIST. 23:40 WELL, I WANT TO GET BACK TO TRIPURA STORY HERE. 23:46 WHEN YOU SAID AS I UNDERSTOOD IN THE VIDEO, THAT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER LIKE GIRISH AND 23:55 THE OTHERS YOU HAVE MENTIONED TODAY CAN BE EMPLOYED FOR $10 A WEEK? 24:01 WELL, YOU SEE IT IS SOMETHING LIKE- IT'S ABOUT AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD SPEND IF YOU TOOK YOUR 24:09 WIFE OUT TO EAT. 24:10 YOU SEE. 24:11 YOU CAN'T GO OUT TO EAT FOR $10 ANYMORE. 24:14 O.K. 24:15 O.K. 24:17 THAT'S TRUE, AND SO YOU THINK THE MONEY THAT YOU SPEND JUST ON A MEAL COULD BE PAYING WAGES FOR 24:23 SOMEONE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, MAYBE A MONTH? 24:26 AND THESE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT BECAUSE IT IS PROBABLY BETTER THAN WHAT THEY 24:32 WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE. 24:34 YES, THE COST OF LIVING IS VERY, VERY SMALL THERE. 24:37 THEY DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH IN THEIR HOUSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 24:42 THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THE CHILDREN GET SICK AND THAT'S OUR BIGGEST WORRY. 24:52 PEOPLE CAN SURVIVE ON THE SMALL AMOUNTS THAT WE GIVE THEM AS A STIPEND BUT WHEN THEIR CHILDREN 24:58 GET SICK THEN THEY RUN INTO TROUBLE AND PROBLEMS. 25:01 BUT WE TRY TO HELP THEM THERE AS MUCH AS WE CAN ALSO. 25:06 YES WE DO. 25:07 JOHN, WITH ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN YOUR MIND THAT YOU HAVE MET AND YOU HAVE 25:14 SHARED WITH US I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT CAMERA RIGHT OVER THERE AND SPEAK TO OUR VIEWERS 25:20 AGAIN WHAT YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO. 25:26 WELL, WE LOOKED AT THAT SMALL CAR THERE THE MOST ECONOMICAL CAR IN THE WORLD, WHAT WE ARE 25:34 DOING THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY 25:40 OF SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST. 25:44 WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT WE CAN DO THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH IT'S, IT'S AMAZING 25:47 HOW MUCH WE CAN DO WITH SO LITTLE. 25:49 JOHN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH TEAM, FOR THE 25:59 EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE ENTHUSIASM YOU INSPIRE US WITH AS WE SEE THESE 26:08 STORIES THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED. 26:11 AND I JUST WANT TO USE THE REMAINING SECONDS TO THANK YOU PEOPLE, ALL OF YOU OUT THERE, 26:17 WHO ARE VIEWING THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO HELP 26:24 ADVANCE THE WORK OF GOD'S KINDGOM THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:30 LIKE JOHN DUROE, WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO BRING US THESE REPORTS FROM ACROSS THE GOSPEL 26:37 OUTREACH WORLD AND WE WANT TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE AS BEST WE CAN AND PRAY FOR GOD'S 26:44 INSPIRATION IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU WILL SEE HOW YOU MAY ALSO BE A PART OF THIS EXCITING WORK AS 26:53 WE ANTICIPATE OUR HOPE OF THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. 26:59 AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO BEING WITH YOU NEXT TIME, GOD WILLING. 27:05 [CLOSING MUSIC] 27:18 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:21 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:23 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:26 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS 27:29 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 27:32 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:38 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, 27:40 I GIVE UP. 27:41 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:45 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE 27:47 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:51 WHERE? 27:53 ALL THE WORLD. 27:54 HOW CAN I GO? I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:57 YOU CAN PRAY. 28:00 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:02 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:07 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:10 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING 28:14 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:16 BE THE SPARK, 28:17 LIGHT THE FIRE, 28:18 FINISH THE WORK, 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
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