[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.43\00:00:23.43 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:00:23.43\00:00:25.70 OUTREACH. I AM JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME JOHN DUROE HERE WITH US 00:00:25.70\00:00:29.63 TODAY. THANK YOU. 00:00:29.63\00:00:30.76 SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, JOHN OF TRAVELING TO A COUNTRY 00:00:30.76\00:00:33.66 THAT IS IN GREAT NEED OF MANY THINGS. 00:00:33.66\00:00:36.40 YES. 00:00:36.40\00:00:37.40 AND WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH YOU? 00:00:37.40\00:00:38.53 WE ARE GOING TO BANGLADESH TODAY. 00:00:38.53\00:00:41.23 AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE ARE GOING THERE? 00:00:41.23\00:00:44.16 YOU ARE THE DISTRICT GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR FOR THIS 00:00:44.16\00:00:48.56 COUNTRY, CORRECT? YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:00:48.56\00:00:49.56 YES AND ALSO NORTHEAST INDIA, THE STATE OF TRIPURA. 00:00:49.56\00:00:54.73 IT IS LIKE A LITTLE TEARDROP THAT COMES DOWN INTO BANGLADESH. 00:00:54.73\00:00:58.10 SO IT IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY BANGLADESH, SO IT'S 00:00:58.10\00:01:02.33 ALMOST BANGLADESH. OK, PERFECT AND WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT, I'VE HEARD IT BANGLADESH 00:01:02.33\00:01:06.16 AND BANGLADESH SO THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS OF REFERRING TO 00:01:06.16\00:01:10.23 THIS COUNTRY. DON'T ASK ME. 00:01:10.23\00:01:16.30 WELL THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GO SO WHY DON'T YOU SHARE 00:01:28.43\00:01:30.96 WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 00:01:30.96\00:01:32.30 YOU'VE PREPARED SOME VIDEOS FOR US ON SOME TRIPS THAT YOU HAVE 00:01:32.30\00:01:34.60 TAKEN. YES. 00:01:34.60\00:01:36.16 WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR FIRST VIDEO THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE? 00:01:36.16\00:01:38.06 O.K., WELL THE FIRST ONE IT IS ABOUT A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER THAT GOES INTO 00:01:38.06\00:01:40.80 MACHIARA VILLAGE AND IT WILL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THEY WORK AND SHOW YOU A 00:01:40.80\00:01:44.06 LITTLE BIT OF THE OPPOSITION THAT HE HAD WHEN HE WENT TO THIS VILLAGE EVEN THOUGH HE 00:01:44.06\00:01:47.13 HAD SOME FRIENDS IN THE VILLAGE, IT IS QUITE AN INTERESTING STORY 00:01:47.13\00:01:49.66 AND THEN YOU'LL FIND OUT HOW THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. 00:01:49.66\00:01:51.13 SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO. 00:01:51.13\00:01:52.60 O.K. 00:01:52.60\00:01:54.20 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER BISUDAB WAS BORN INTO A HINDU FAMILY THAT TWENTY YEARS AGO 00:01:54.20\00:01:59.76 HIS WORLD BEGAN TO CHANGE. 00:01:59.76\00:02:05.03 (VIDEO PLAYING) HE HEARD ABOUT JESUS CHRIST AND WAS BAPTIZED A CHRISTIAN IN THE BAPTIST 00:02:14.63\00:02:20.76 CHURCH BUT AFTER ATTENDING SOME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MEETINGS 00:02:20.76\00:02:26.33 HE DECIDED TO KEEP THE SABBATH DAY AND WAS BAPTIZED A SEVENTH 00:02:26.33\00:02:31.80 DAY ADVENTIST. BISUDAB OWNS SOME LAND AND DID SOME FARMING. 00:02:31.80\00:02:35.73 BUT HE ALSO HAD DONE SOME MEDICAL TRAINING IN DHAKA AND HE WORKED AS A VILLAGE DOCTOR. 00:02:35.73\00:02:41.00 HIS REAL PASSION WAS TO SHARE HIS FAITH IN JESUS. 00:02:41.00\00:02:47.06 TWELVE YEARS AGO, 00:02:50.96\00:02:52.40 HE TOOK SOME EVANGELISTIC TRAINING AND BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 00:02:52.40\00:02:58.03 BISUDAB HAD BEEN VISITING THE VILLAGE OF MACHIARA 00:03:00.10\00:03:05.26 AND HAD A HINDU FRIEND THERE CALLED BISHINOF. 00:03:05.26\00:03:11.33 NOW WHEN BISUDAB CAME TO MACHIARA TO DO SOME EVANGELISTIC 00:03:14.80\00:03:21.00 WORK HIS OLD FRIEND, BISHINOF GOT MAD WITH HIM. 00:03:21.00\00:03:24.03 HE TOLD THE VILLAGERS THAT IF THEY BECAME CHRISTIANS 00:03:24.03\00:03:27.46 THEY WOULD BE THROWN OUT OF THE VILLAGE. 00:03:27.46\00:03:30.13 AND THEN TWO YEARS AGO BISHINOF GOT SICK, VERY SICK. 00:03:30.13\00:03:35.66 BISUDAB PRAYED FOR HEALING. 00:03:35.66\00:03:38.43 BISHINOF BEGAN TO FEEL BETTER AND HE INVITED BISUDAB TO STUDY 00:03:38.43\00:03:44.46 WITH HIM. BISUDAB READ HIM THE WORDS OF JESUS: "IF YOU SEEK GOD'S KINGDOM FIRST, HE WILL 00:03:47.93\00:03:54.23 GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED." 00:03:54.23\00:03:56.00 SHIPODO WAS ANOTHER VILLAGER WHO GOT MAD WHEN BISUDAB PREACHED IN 00:03:56.00\00:04:02.46 THE VILLAGE. SHIPODO WORKED HARD SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND BISUDAB ENCOURAGED HIM TO TAKE A SABBATH 00:04:02.46\00:04:08.50 REST. THEN HE TOLD HIM ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. 00:04:12.03\00:04:15.56 MANY IN MACHIARA VILLAGE GOT UPSET WHEN HE STARTED TO PREACH HIS NEW IDEAS BUT HE 00:04:15.56\00:04:21.90 DIDN'T LET IT UPSET HIM AND HE WAS ALWAYS FRIENDLY. 00:04:21.90\00:04:26.96 BISUDAB HAD TWO SEPARATE STUDY GROUPS IN THE VILLAGE AND EVENTUALLY LAST YEAR, FORTY 00:04:26.96\00:04:33.03 THREE OF THE VILLAGERS WERE BAPTIZED INCLUDING BISHINOF AND 00:04:39.20\00:04:45.26 SHIPODO. THERE ARE MANY MORE VILLAGERS WAITING FOR BISUDAB 00:04:47.73\00:04:51.76 TO SHOW HIS FRIENDLY FACE AND START PREACHING. 00:04:51.76\00:04:55.46 WE CAN HELP SUPPORT HIM WORKING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 00:04:55.46\00:05:01.20 OUR GIFTS CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. 00:05:01.20\00:05:07.26 WOW, JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. 00:05:11.30\00:05:13.93 SO CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BANGLADESH? 00:05:13.93\00:05:17.56 WHAT IS THE CLIMATE LIKE? 00:05:17.56\00:05:18.80 TELL US MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE. 00:05:18.80\00:05:20.06 WE SAW SOME VIDEO THERE SO THAT KIND OF GAVE US AN INTRODUCTION. 00:05:20.06\00:05:22.93 OH, IT IS VERY HOT AND WET BUT IN THE WINTER IT CAN GET A LITTLE COOL AND SO I GO ABOUT 00:05:22.93\00:05:30.70 HALFWAY THROUGH JANUARY WHEN IT IS JUST STARTING TO WARM UP AND BECAUSE IF YOU WAIT UNTIL 00:05:30.70\00:05:36.10 MARCH, IT IS TOO HOT. 00:05:36.10\00:05:38.20 SO AND AT TIMES IT FLOODS QUITE BADLY IN BANGLADESH. 00:05:38.20\00:05:43.56 I MEAN, USUALLY, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY FLOODS EVERY 00:05:43.56\00:05:48.46 YEAR. SOMETIMES UP TO TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY. 00:05:48.46\00:05:50.86 THERE WAS ONE YEAR WHEN THE FLOODS WERE SO BAD THAT 300,000 00:05:50.86\00:05:56.93 HOUSES WERE WASHED AWAY AND ABOUT 6000 MILES OF ROAD WAS WASHED AWAY THAT YEAR AS WELL. 00:05:56.93\00:06:02.53 NOW ARE THEY GETTING THAT MUCH RAIN? 00:06:02.53\00:06:04.93 WELL, IT IS NOT JUST THE RAIN AND THE WIND, WHAT HAPPENS IS IF INDIA GETS TOO MUCH RAIN 00:06:04.93\00:06:11.00 AND WATER UP IN THE NORTH THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT, THEY 00:06:14.06\00:06:18.70 DON'T WANT FLOODING SO THEY OPEN UP THEIR DAMS AND THEY ALLOW THE 00:06:18.70\00:06:24.10 WATER TO RUN DOWN THROUGH BANGLADESH. 00:06:24.10\00:06:25.46 SO THERE IS NOT A LOT OF FRIENDSHIP SHOWN BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND INDIA. 00:06:25.46\00:06:32.53 WOW. 00:06:32.53\00:06:34.06 NEITHER BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN BECAUSE PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH THEY WERE ONE 00:06:34.06\00:06:38.50 COUNTRY TO BEGIN WITH, PARTITION CAME WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS 00:06:38.50\00:06:43.56 OLD. INTERESTING. 00:06:43.56\00:06:45.26 SO THE PEOPLE THOUGH, THEY LOOK PASSIONATE, THEY LOOK LIKE 00:06:45.26\00:06:49.70 PASSIONATE PEOPLE. YES, YES USUALLY IF YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE ROAD AND YOU ARE NEAR A BUS 00:06:49.70\00:06:56.93 SOMEWHERE, USUALLY THERE IS SOMEBODY SHOUTING AT SOMEBODY 00:06:56.93\00:07:01.06 ELSE ON THE BUS. HAVING BEEN TO BANGLADESH, I WAS THERE WHEN I WAS NINETEEN, OH WERE YOU, YES 00:07:01.06\00:07:06.86 AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HEAT. 00:07:06.86\00:07:09.60 YES, YES. 00:07:09.60\00:07:11.16 YOU KNOW IS SOMETHING FOR US TO SEE HERE IN THIS NICE STUDIO, SITTING HERE LOOKING 00:07:11.16\00:07:15.76 AT THE VIDEO BUT YOU DON'T SMELL, YOU DON'T TASTE, YOU DON'T FEEL EVERYTHING THAT IS 00:07:15.76\00:07:21.23 HAPPENING IN YOUR VIDEO. 00:07:21.23\00:07:22.60 NO, BUT IT MAKES LIFE VERY INTERESTING. 00:07:22.60\00:07:25.00 OH MY, YES. 00:07:25.00\00:07:26.26 OH MY, YES. 00:07:26.26\00:07:27.96 I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE LIVING IN PAKISTAN WE WENT UP TO THE MOUNTAINS FOR A WEEK JUST FOR 00:07:27.96\00:07:32.93 A HOLIDAY. 00:07:32.93\00:07:34.60 WE CAME BACK DOWN AND WHEN WE CAME DOWN BACK TO LAHORE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE MY SON LOOKED 00:07:34.60\00:07:38.20 AROUND, MY SON LOOKED AROUND HE SAID, JUST LOOK ISN'T IT NICE ALL THESE PEOPLE, WE SEE 00:07:38.20\00:07:44.26 ALL THESE PEOPLE AGAIN. 00:07:46.20\00:07:48.80 HE WAS A LITTLE LONELY. 00:07:48.80\00:07:49.80 YES. 00:07:49.80\00:07:50.73 BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE ARE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. 00:07:50.73\00:07:52.26 IN DHAKA THERE ARE THE LITTLE JITNEY THINGS GOING ALL AROUND, 00:07:52.26\00:07:53.93 IT IS INTERESTING. YOU SEE IN BANGLADESH THERE ARE ABOUT 160 MILLION PEOPLE, A 160 MILLION 00:07:53.93\00:07:59.66 PEOPLE AND THERE ARE ABOUT SEVEN MILLION IN DHAKA 00:07:59.66\00:08:01.70 BUT SOMETIMES IT SEEMS AS IF HALF THE COUNTRY IS IN DHAKA. 00:08:01.70\00:08:05.43 YES, EXACTLY, VERY WELL PUT. 00:08:05.43\00:08:07.80 SO THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM JOHN, WITH MALNOURISHED CHILDREN. 00:08:07.80\00:08:11.06 OH YES. 00:08:11.06\00:08:12.06 CHAT WITH US ABOUT THAT. 00:08:12.06\00:08:13.76 ABOUT FORTY SIX PERCENT OF ALL THE CHILDREN ARE ACTUALLY 00:08:13.76\00:08:19.26 MALNOURISHED. THEY SAY IT IS ABOUT FIFTY PER CENT ARE ANEMIC OF ALL THE CHILDREN. 00:08:19.26\00:08:24.83 SO OF COURSE, IT IS VERY EASY FOR THEM TO GET SICK. 00:08:24.83\00:08:29.40 SO AFTER THEY HAVE HAD FLOODING AND SO ON, THEN THERE WILL BE A 00:08:29.40\00:08:33.30 LOT OF MALARIA AND DENGUE FEVER AND THINGS LIKE THIS. 00:08:33.30\00:08:34.86 IT IS VERY EASY FOR CHILDREN TO GET SICK AND DIE SO THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS ABOUT 63. 00:08:34.86\00:08:42.36 SIXTY THREE, AGE SIXTY THREE. 00:08:42.36\00:08:44.43 YES. 00:08:44.43\00:08:45.43 WOW. 00:08:45.43\00:08:46.43 WOW. 00:08:46.43\00:08:47.66 SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR AND HELPING. 00:08:47.66\00:08:50.76 YES. 00:08:50.76\00:08:51.93 SO TELL ME ABOUT-IN BANGLADESH THERE ARE ARRANGED MARRIAGES. 00:08:51.93\00:08:56.26 OH YES, NOW THAT CAN BE VERY CONVENIENT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FINDING 00:08:56.26\00:09:01.66 SOMEONE TO MARRY, IT IS HANDLED, BUT IT'S A BIT SCARY SOMETIMES 00:09:01.66\00:09:07.03 AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T GET THE RIGHT ONE. 00:09:07.03\00:09:08.93 NOW, I HAVE A VIDEO HERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW 00:09:08.93\00:09:11.30 YOU WHERE A CATHOLIC AND A PROTESTANT GOT MARRIED. 00:09:11.30\00:09:15.80 THIS IS ON THE WAY TO THE VILLAGE OF SANIMARHA, 00:09:20.63\00:09:26.66 BANGLADESH. SUNOTA WAS BORN INTO A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST HOME BUT IN A COUNTRY WHERE MARRIAGES ARE 00:09:41.83\00:09:47.86 ARRANGED, SHE HAD SOMEHOW BECOME MARRIED TO A ROMAN CATHOLIC 00:10:06.26\00:10:12.73 YOUNG MAN. THIS COUPLE CAME TO LIVE IN THE VILLAGE OF SOMINARHA WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER 00:10:12.73\00:10:19.26 FRANCIS IS WORKING TO ESTABLISH A CHURCH. 00:10:19.26\00:10:23.23 FRANCIS NOTICED THAT SUNOTA ALWAYS CAME TO CHURCH ALONE. 00:10:23.23\00:10:29.73 HE ASKED HER WHY AND SHE TOLD HIM THAT HER HUSBAND 00:10:29.73\00:10:33.30 DID NOT WANT TO BECOME A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 00:10:33.30\00:10:37.53 FRANCIS VISITED THE HUSBAND, DISPERSHUM AND GAVE HIM A BIBLE. 00:10:37.53\00:10:42.86 THEY ACTUALLY HAD A FEW BIBLE STUDIES TOGETHER BUT THEN DISPERSHUM BEGAN TO OBJECT. 00:10:42.86\00:10:49.53 HE SAID I DON'T NEED TO LEARN ALL THIS STUFF. 00:10:49.53\00:10:53.30 BUT FRANCIS KEPT VISITING AND EVERY SO OFTEN, THEY WOULD HAVE 00:10:53.30\00:11:00.53 A BIBLE STUDY. FRANCIS PRAYED FOR A WAY TO BREAK THROUGH TO DISPERSHUM AND ONE DAY SAID TO 00:11:00.53\00:11:06.60 FRANCIS, I HAVE A SON BUT NO DAUGHTER; WE NEED A DAUGHTER TO KEEP THE FAMILY NAME. 00:11:08.96\00:11:15.70 THIS IS A MATRIARCHAL SOCIETY. 00:11:15.70\00:11:19.86 HE SAID, IF YOUR RELIGION IS TRUE ASK GOD TO GIVE ME A 00:11:19.86\00:11:26.43 DAUGHTER. THEY PRAYED TOGETHER AND FRANCIS KEPT PRAYING AND GOD DID ANSWER THEIR PRAYERS AND A 00:11:26.43\00:11:33.60 DAUGHTER WAS BORN. 00:11:33.60\00:11:35.43 THE HUSBAND WAS SO HAPPY HE STARTED COMING TO CHURCH 00:11:35.43\00:11:39.80 WITH HIS WIFE AND HAS JUST BEEN BAPTIZED. 00:11:39.80\00:11:43.96 THEY GAVE THE BABY GIRL THE NAME CHAMPUNO WHICH MEANS FULFILLED. 00:11:43.96\00:11:50.50 THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 00:11:50.50\00:11:55.13 FRANCIS WAS HAPPY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS ABLE TO USE HIM. 00:11:55.13\00:12:00.33 WE NEED TO ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONVINCE US OF WAYS THAT WE 00:12:00.33\00:12:06.80 CAN HELP SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS LIKE FRANCIS WITH OUR 00:12:06.80\00:12:11.36 FUNDS. BLESS FRANCIS AND THAT COUPLE, WOW JOHN, AND WHAT 00:12:17.33\00:12:22.60 FOOTAGE TO SEE. IT JUST BRINGS IT ALL BACK, ALL THE MARKET SCENES AND EVERYTHING. 00:12:22.60\00:12:25.13 YES. 00:12:25.13\00:12:26.73 SOMETHING THAT THEY SAID WHEN THE HUSBAND SAID THAT HE WANTED A DAUGHTER-YES, YOU SEE 00:12:26.73\00:12:33.13 OFTEN IN ASIAN COUNTRIES, PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT BOYS, YES, BUT THIS 00:12:33.13\00:12:39.23 IS A MATRIARCHIAL SOCIETY AND SO THEY NEEDED A GIRL TO CARRY ON THE FAMILY TRADITION. 00:12:39.23\00:12:45.30 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING. 00:12:45.30\00:12:47.96 OBVIOUSLY, GOD ANSWERED THAT PRAYER. 00:12:47.96\00:12:49.60 YES, YES. 00:12:49.60\00:12:51.83 WOW, ARRANGED MARRIAGE SOMETHING THAT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CONCEPT FOR US IN THE 00:12:51.83\00:12:56.63 WESTERN CULTURE. 00:12:56.63\00:12:57.66 YES. 00:12:57.66\00:12:59.23 SO, I'VE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THE RECORDER CAN YOU SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 00:12:59.23\00:13:02.50 WHAT THAT IS? 00:13:02.50\00:13:03.60 OH YES, O.K. 00:13:03.60\00:13:04.60 LET ME SHOW YOU A VIDEO FIRST. 00:13:04.60\00:13:06.66 I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE RECORDER, A RECORDING MACHINE PROMOTED BY THE BIBLE 00:13:16.66\00:13:23.86 SOCIETY OF BANGLADESH. 00:13:23.86\00:13:26.43 THEY WANT TO SHARE THESE MACHINES TO BE USED BY ALL THE DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN CHURCHES 00:13:26.43\00:13:32.60 IN BANGLADESH. 00:13:32.60\00:13:34.13 LET ME SHOW IT TO YOU. 00:13:34.13\00:13:35.83 OK THIS LOOKS LIKE A VERY INTERESTING MACHINE THAT YOU 00:13:35.83\00:13:41.90 HAVE HERE, ISAAC. WHAT EXACTLY IS IT THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO 00:13:44.43\00:13:47.86 NOW? WE ARE HEARING SOME NEW TESTAMENT STORIES, BIBLE 00:13:47.86\00:13:52.26 STORIES. WHO IS THIS PRODUCED BY? 00:13:52.26\00:13:54.13 THIS IS PRODUCED BY BIBLE SOCIETY OF DHAKA. 00:13:54.13\00:13:57.70 O.K. 00:13:57.70\00:13:59.23 AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S THE WHOLE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY RECORDED ON 00:13:59.23\00:14:03.63 THIS MACHINE. 00:14:03.63\00:14:04.60 YES, THE WHOLE NEW TESTAMENT IS RECORDED IN THIS. 00:14:04.60\00:14:05.46 NOW, HOW IS IT POWERED, THIS NEW MACHINE? 00:14:05.46\00:14:12.73 WELL, YOU CAN SEE A WONDERFUL SOLAR PANEL. 00:14:12.73\00:14:15.86 IT IS ATTACHED TO IT AND WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY WE CAN USE THIS SOLAR POWER. 00:14:15.86\00:14:23.86 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS ALSO A WINDER HERE AS WELL SO WE CAN CHARGE THIS MANUALLY AS 00:14:23.86\00:14:31.13 WELL. 00:14:31.13\00:14:32.13 YES. 00:14:32.13\00:14:33.50 AND WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC SOCKET RIGHT JUST HERE IF WE HAVE 00:14:33.50\00:14:36.40 ELECTRICITY. RIGHT. 00:14:36.40\00:14:37.40 ISN'T IT WONDERFUL? 00:14:37.40\00:14:38.40 IT IS, YES. 00:14:38.40\00:14:40.06 LET ME, LET ME TURN IT UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE QUALITY ON THIS MACHINE IS EXCELLENT. 00:14:40.06\00:14:45.46 LET'S JUST LET THEM LISTEN TO IT FOR A MOMENT. 00:14:48.33\00:14:54.36 NOW, TELL ME ISAAC HOW MUCH DID THIS MACHINE COST? 00:14:57.76\00:15:02.03 IT IS ONLY ONE HUNDRED TAKAS. 00:15:02.03\00:15:05.50 LET ME TURN THIS DOWN SO WE CAN HEAR THIS. 00:15:05.50\00:15:08.86 WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT THIS IS? 00:15:08.86\00:15:10.86 ONE HUNDRED TAKA YES, HOW MUCH IS THAT? 00:15:10.86\00:15:14.60 A LITTLE MORE THAN $1, JUST OVER $1 AND WE HAVE THE WHOLE NEW TESTAMENT SO SOMEONE CAN 00:15:14.60\00:15:20.63 LISTEN TO THE STORY OF JESUS IN A VILLAGE IN BANGLADESH. 00:15:34.53\00:15:36.03 ONE HUNDRED TAKA, JUST OVER $1. 00:15:36.03\00:15:37.03 YES, THAT IS AMAZING, WONDERFUL, AMAZING, AMAZING. 00:15:37.03\00:15:38.60 I VISITED THE BIBLE SOCIETY IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH AND THE DIRECTOR INTRODUCED ME TO 00:15:38.60\00:15:43.60 ANOTHER SMALLER RECORDER WHICH ALSO INCLUDES MUSIC. 00:15:43.60\00:15:48.90 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS PRODUCED A RECORDER WHICH IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE SMALLER ONE. 00:15:48.90\00:15:54.63 IT IS COSTING A LITTLE MORE THAN THE BIBLE SOCIETY RECORDERS BUT 00:15:54.63\00:16:01.06 FOR LESS THAN $5 IT IS A BARGAIN. 00:16:01.06\00:16:02.96 YOU CAN HELP FUND SOME OF THESE RECORDERS SO THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS CAN 00:16:02.96\00:16:09.36 HELP SHARE THE STORY OF JESUS WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. 00:16:09.36\00:16:15.33 WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. 00:16:15.33\00:16:19.53 AND YOU SAW IT RIGHT THERE ON JOHN'S VIDEO, $1 AND IT CAN BE POWERED BY THE SUN FOR PEOPLE 00:16:21.60\00:16:28.63 TO HEAR THE NEW TESTAMENT ON THAT MACHINE, HOW FANTASTIC IS 00:16:28.63\00:16:33.76 THAT? SO, IF YOU ARE WONDERING, YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO GIVE, 00:16:33.76\00:16:38.70 MOST OF US HAVE A DOLLAR, JUST THINK OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE, THAT YOU GIVE AND YOU 00:16:38.70\00:16:42.96 BUY IN A DAY AND YOU PROBABLY SPEND MORE THAN $1 ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND I WOULD LIKE 00:16:42.96\00:16:48.06 TO URGE YOU AS OUR VIEWERS HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH 00:16:48.06\00:16:52.80 GOSPEL OUTREACH TO GIVE A DOLLAR AND MORE IF YOU CAN, TO HELP THIS PROJECT THAT JOHN HAS 00:16:56.30\00:16:58.46 SHARED WITH US TO HAVE THESE RECORDERS. 00:16:58.46\00:16:59.56 IT IS JUST FANTASTIC. 00:16:59.56\00:17:01.30 TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH I WILL GIVE YOU SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES AND 00:17:01.30\00:17:03.63 WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT: 00:17:03.63\00:17:06.23 WEBSITE: WWW.GOAIM.ORG 00:17:10.46\00:17:16.16 WE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH ARE WORKING IN 50 NATIONS WITH A HUNDRED MISSIONS AND THERE ARE 00:17:51.20\00:17:56.33 ABOUT 2000 MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS. 00:17:56.33\00:17:58.36 JOHN, HOW FANTASTIC TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BANGLADESH. 00:17:58.36\00:18:01.83 YES. 00:18:01.83\00:18:03.36 SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE MACHINE THAT WAS THERE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE 00:18:03.36\00:18:07.93 SOMETHING ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE: THIS IS THE MEGAVOICE. 00:18:07.93\00:18:11.30 NOW THIS IS HINDI THAT THIS ONE IS PROGRAMMED WITH. 00:18:11.30\00:18:14.73 YOU CAN PROGRAM THIS WITH ANY LANGUAGE. 00:18:14.73\00:18:17.56 THIS ONE COSTS ABOUT $20. 00:18:17.56\00:18:19.60 SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE. 00:18:19.60\00:18:20.96 YES. 00:18:20.96\00:18:22.60 NOW THE REASON WHY WE ARE NOT; THOSE FROM THE BIBLE SOCIETY THEY ARE LIMITED IN HOW MANY 00:18:22.60\00:18:29.63 WE CAN HANDS ON. 00:18:29.63\00:18:31.76 SURE. 00:18:31.76\00:18:32.63 THESE WE CAN PUT AS MANY AS WE CAN AFFORD. 00:18:32.63\00:18:34.90 WE CAN TAKE- I'M TAKING EIGHTY OF THESE WITH ME WHEN I GO TO BANGLADESH THIS YEAR, NEXT 00:18:34.90\00:18:40.16 YEAR IN JANUARY. 00:18:40.16\00:18:41.16 YES, SO THIS IS IN HINDI RIGHT NOW. 00:18:41.16\00:18:43.50 THAT IS RIGHT, SO I'M DOING IT IN BANGLA, IN BANGLA. 00:18:43.50\00:18:46.86 YES, BUT THE OTHER NAME THAT I JUST LOVE FOR THIS: THIS IS 00:18:46.86\00:18:52.13 CALLED THE GODPOD. YES, SOMETIMES THEY CALL IT GODPOD, 00:18:52.13\00:18:54.16 YES. THAT IS FANTASTIC THE IPHONE, YOU KNOW, IPOD AND ALL THAT THIS IS THE GODPOD. 00:18:54.16\00:18:58.33 YOU CAN'T RECORD ANYTHING ON IT, YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT. 00:18:58.33\00:19:03.03 IT IS AS IT IS; ALL YOU CAN DO IS LISTEN TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. 00:19:03.03\00:19:07.43 SO ARE THESE SOCIETIES IN BANGLADESH ARE THEY, THEY ENJOY LISTENING TO THINGS? 00:19:07.43\00:19:12.30 OH SURE, YES. 00:19:12.30\00:19:14.03 NOW THE ONE IN BANGLADESH BIBLE SOCIETY, THEY HAVE ISLAMIC MUSIC 00:19:14.03\00:19:19.30 ON SO THAT IF SOMEONE COMES BY AND THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE LISTENING TO 00:19:19.30\00:19:25.13 THE NEW TESTAMENT OR SOMETHING, THEY CAN PLAY ISLAMIC MUSIC. 00:19:25.13\00:19:27.90 WE WILL LET GOD SORT ALL OF THAT OUT. 00:19:27.90\00:19:31.00 BUT THE GODPOD HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS", I JUST 00:19:31.00\00:19:35.13 LOVE IT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, THAT IS FANTASTIC. 00:19:35.13\00:19:38.23 AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US ABOUT 00:19:38.23\00:19:44.06 THE "WANTED MAN". 00:19:44.06\00:19:45.56 YES, WELL OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS THEY HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. 00:19:45.56\00:19:49.43 IT IS A PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE CAN'T CHANGE RELIGIONS IN 00:19:51.40\00:19:57.46 BANGLADESH. YOU KNOW YOU WERE BORN A CHRISTIAN OR YOU ARE BORN A MUSLIM AND, IS THAT THE 00:19:57.46\00:20:02.50 MINDSET OR IS THAT GOVERNMENT? 00:20:02.50\00:20:04.20 THE GOVERNMENT, THEY DON'T REALLY WANT YOU TO SORT OF SWITCH AND SWATCH AND CHANGE 00:20:04.20\00:20:09.96 THINGS YOU SEE. 00:20:09.96\00:20:10.96 O.K. 00:20:10.96\00:20:11.93 THEY WANT TO STAY EXACTLY AS YOU HAVE BEEN BORN. 00:20:11.93\00:20:13.30 SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY SOMETIMES. 00:20:13.30\00:20:17.30 ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS HAS QUITE AN INTERESTING HISTORY. 00:20:17.30\00:20:23.53 AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU LISTEN TO THIS STORY AND YOU'LL SEE WHY 00:20:23.53\00:20:28.16 HE IS CALLED "THE WANTED MAN". 00:20:28.16\00:20:30.23 WE ARE IN A COASTAL TOWN CALLED COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH. 00:20:51.46\00:20:58.56 MOST OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS ARE YOUNG PEOPLE 00:20:58.56\00:21:01.50 BUT EVEREST SANGBAH IS A LITTLE OLDER. 00:21:01.50\00:21:06.30 I WAS WONDERING WHY HE WAS BEING SO CAUTIOUS 00:21:06.30\00:21:09.66 WITH A SECRET BAPTISM IN A BARREL IN HIS HOUSE. 00:21:09.66\00:21:14.66 THAM, SUJON AND MAUNG WERE SO HAPPY THAT DAY 00:21:14.66\00:21:20.10 AND THEN I FOUND OUT A LITTLE OF HIS BACKGROUND. 00:21:20.10\00:21:24.53 HE HAD BEEN WORKING AMONG THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRIBES ON THE BANGLADESH BORDER OF BURMA 00:21:24.53\00:21:30.03 NOW, CALLED MYANMAR. 00:21:30.03\00:21:32.36 THEY INCLUDE ABOUT TWENTY THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE GROUPS, SOME 00:21:32.36\00:21:37.36 WITH NO WRITTEN LANGUAGE AND NOW HE RUNS A SMALL SCHOOL 00:21:37.36\00:21:42.10 IN HIS HOUSE IN THIS COASTAL TOWN OF COX'S BAZAR. 00:21:42.10\00:21:48.03 THOSE BEING BAPTIZED WERE THREE OF HIS STUDENTS. 00:21:48.03\00:21:52.50 LET'S FOLLOW EVEREST ON HIS VISITS AS I TELL YOU HIS STORY. 00:21:52.50\00:21:59.00 PREVIOUSLY, HE HAD WORKED AS A MEDICAL OFFICER IN A FACTORY THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE PEACE 00:21:59.00\00:22:06.36 CORP, LIBERATION GROUP OPPOSED TO THE GOVERNMENT, 00:22:06.36\00:22:10.60 HAD BEEN CALLING ON HIM ASKING FOR MEDICINE. 00:22:10.60\00:22:14.73 HE HAD TO OBLIGE ON THREAT OF DEATH BUT HE WAS ARRESTED 00:22:14.73\00:22:19.86 BY THE BANGLADESH ARMY AND IMPRISONED. 00:22:19.86\00:22:23.76 HE ESCAPED NINE MONTHS LATER BUT HE WAS PICKED UP BY THE PEACE CORP AND HE ENDED UP 00:22:23.76\00:22:30.20 STAYING WITH THEM FOR 25 YEARS UNTIL PEACE WAS FINALLY MADE IN 00:22:30.20\00:22:36.26 1997. IN THE YEAR 2000, HE WAS BAPTIZED AS A SEVENTH DAY 00:22:39.43\00:22:46.53 ADVENTIST. WORKING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, HE HAS BAPTIZED THIRTY FIVE NEW MEMBERS BUT 00:22:46.53\00:22:52.96 TECHNICALLY, HE IS STILL A WANTED MAN. 00:22:52.96\00:22:53.93 VISITING THE NEARBY CHITTAGONG VILLAGE OF HAGARI, 00:22:53.93\00:23:00.10 WE FOUND GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER MINTU GARAZA. 00:23:03.56\00:23:09.06 WHEN MINTU FIRST CAME TO THE VILLAGE, THE LOCAL PEOPLE ASKED 00:23:09.06\00:23:14.43 HIM FOR MONEY. HE TOLD THEM THAT HE HAD NONE AND THEY GOT MAD WITH HIM AND THEY BEAT HIM BUT 00:23:14.43\00:23:20.26 HE STAYED. HE STARTED VISITING PEOPLE AND HE MADE FRIENDS. 00:23:20.26\00:23:25.43 HE INTRODUCED ME TO A COUPLE THAT WAS READY FOR BAPTISM. 00:23:25.43\00:23:29.63 GOPEL DAS AND HIS WIFE NINA. 00:23:29.63\00:23:33.50 GOPEL'S YOUNGER BROTHER WAS ALREADY A MEMBER 00:23:33.50\00:23:36.16 SO MINTU INVITED BOTH TO COME TO HIS HOUSE TO EAT. 00:23:36.16\00:23:40.80 HE ENCOURAGED GOPEL TO STOP SMOKING AND THEN STARTED HAVING 00:23:40.80\00:23:46.13 BIBLE STUDIES. I VISITED GOPEL AND NINA IN THEIR LITTLE BIRDS 00:23:46.13\00:23:52.20 NEST HOUSE. SHARING THE GOSPEL BEGINS WITH MAKING FRIENDS. 00:24:01.33\00:24:05.83 LET'S PRAY FOR THESE NEW BELIEVERS, GOPEL AND NINA, THAM, SUJON AND MAUNG, LET'S 00:24:05.83\00:24:12.96 PRAY FOR OUR CHITTAGONG GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS EVEREST AND MINTU AND LET'S SUPPORT 00:24:12.96\00:24:20.66 THEM WITH OUR GIFTS. 00:24:20.66\00:24:23.20 ALL I CAN SAY IS AMEN. 00:24:23.20\00:24:25.96 ABSOLUTELY WE NEED TO BE SUPPORTING THOSE DEAR PEOPLE. 00:24:25.96\00:24:32.03 SO JOHN, WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU TO GO AND BE ON THE STREETS OF BANGLADESH AND MEET 00:24:34.36\00:24:37.66 THESE PEOPLE AND HEAR THEIR STORIES? 00:24:37.66\00:24:39.76 WELL, I LIVED IN PAKISTAN FOR SIX YEARS AND SO ACTUALLY, IT'S LIKE, A LITTLE BIT LIKE 00:24:39.76\00:24:45.53 GOING HOME WHEN I GO BACK AND I CAN TASTE THE CURRY AND SMELL ALL THE SMELLS AND IT IS 00:24:45.53\00:24:52.30 VERY INTERESTING, VERY BORING IN GREENVILLE, TENNESSEE WHERE I 00:24:52.30\00:24:57.43 LIVE. YES, YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE, EVERYTHING HAPPENING LIKE THE STREEETS OF DHAKA. 00:24:57.43\00:25:01.10 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:25:01.10\00:25:02.60 THE STREETS OF DHAKA SERIOUSLY ARE SOMETHING THAT ARE JUST SOMETHING TO BEHOLD. 00:25:02.60\00:25:06.23 YES. 00:25:06.23\00:25:07.23 ALL THE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. 00:25:07.23\00:25:08.23 YES. 00:25:08.23\00:25:09.13 WHAT IS ON YOUR HEART MOST FOR THESE PEOPLE? 00:25:09.13\00:25:10.40 WELL, THEY NEED TO KNOW THE STORY OF JESUS. 00:25:10.40\00:25:14.33 THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AND EVEN THOUGH THIS LIFE IS 00:25:14.33\00:25:19.80 DIFFICULT AND TOUGH THERE'S A BETTER LIFE TO COME. 00:25:19.80\00:25:24.30 AND YOU WILL BE GOING BACK OVER TO BANGLADESH, I WILL IN 00:25:24.30\00:25:27.76 JANUARY. O.K. 00:25:27.76\00:25:29.33 WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AS YOU MEET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, ENCOURAGING THEM? 00:25:29.33\00:25:33.30 OH YES, I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH THEM SOME OF THESE RECORDERS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:25:33.30\00:25:40.03 VOLUNTEER, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE HAS VERY KINDLY GIVEN ME. 00:25:40.03\00:25:44.63 WONDERFUL. 00:25:44.63\00:25:45.63 THE GODPODS, I THINK THAT IS AWESOME THE GODPODS. 00:25:45.63\00:25:47.86 YES. 00:25:47.86\00:25:48.86 AND THEN THE OTHER UNITS ARE CALLED 00:25:48.86\00:25:49.93 WHAT WERE THEY CALLED FROM THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY? 00:25:49.93\00:25:52.06 THE RECORDERS, THE BANGLADESH BIBLE SOCIETY. 00:25:52.06\00:25:54.16 YES BANGLADESH, YES, SO DO YOU WATCH THE PEOPLES REACTION WHEN 00:25:54.16\00:25:59.60 THEY TURN THIS ON? WHAT DO THEY DO? 00:25:59.60\00:26:00.96 OH YES, IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE EXPRESSION ON THEIR FACES, 00:26:00.96\00:26:04.90 YES. AS THEY CAN LISTEN IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND IT IS NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S LANGUAGE. 00:26:04.90\00:26:06.96 YES. 00:26:07.66\00:26:08.36 O.K FANTASTIC. 00:26:08.36\00:26:10.50 BLESSINGS TO YOU, OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, THANK YOU. 00:26:11.43\00:26:12.36 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VIDEO IT BRINGS EVERYTHING, THE STREETS AND THE PEOPLE AND 00:26:14.50\00:26:18.03 THE DEAR WORKERS ALIVE FOR US AS WE ARE SITTING IN OUR HOMES AND HERE IN THE STUDIO SET, 00:26:19.70\00:26:22.53 YES, SO THANK YOU. 00:26:22.53\00:26:23.60 THANK YOU. 00:26:23.60\00:26:25.60 SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU IF YOU ARE FEELING CALLED BY THE LORD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO 00:26:25.60\00:26:27.30 GIVE TO HELP WITH THE PURCHASE OF THESE GODPODS SO PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH CAN HEAR ABOUT THE 00:26:27.30\00:26:32.10 LORD IN THEIR LANGUAGE. 00:26:32.10\00:26:35.53 JUST THINK WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR US, WE CAN GO AND WE CAN BUY A BIBLE IN OUR LANGUAGE OR 00:26:35.53\00:26:39.26 WHATEVER LANGUAGES THAT WE WANT. 00:26:39.26\00:26:40.93 FOR PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT OR THEY DON'T HOW TO GET IT OR MAYBE THEY 00:26:40.93\00:26:44.80 JUST DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BUT THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU 00:26:44.80\00:26:47.53 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE GODPODS TO THE PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH. 00:26:47.53\00:26:52.50 SO PLEASE DO GIVE US A CALL. 00:26:52.50\00:26:54.56 OUR PHONE NUMBER: 509-525-2951 WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU WITH A PLEDGE OF SUPPORT OF 00:26:54.56\00:26:56.83 WHAT YOU CAN WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:26:56.83\00:27:03.13 JOHN DUROE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US 00:27:03.13\00:27:05.90 ON GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:27:05.90\00:27:08.40 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, I AM JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER. 00:27:08.40\00:27:11.00 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 00:27:11.00\00:27:18.03 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 00:27:18.03\00:27:20.93 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 00:27:20.93\00:27:23.86 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 00:27:23.86\00:27:27.13 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 00:27:27.13\00:27:29.56 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 00:27:29.56\00:27:33.20 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 00:27:33.20\00:27:38.30 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 00:27:38.30\00:27:40.13 I GIVE UP. 00:27:40.13\00:27:42.16 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 00:27:42.16\00:27:43.93 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:27:43.93\00:27:46.03 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:27:46.03\00:27:47.93 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:47.93\00:27:52.13 WHERE? 00:27:52.13\00:27:53.53 ALL THE WORLD. 00:27:53.53\00:27:54.93 HOW CAN I GO? 00:27:54.93\00:27:56.56 I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 00:27:56.56\00:27:58.03 YOU CAN PRAY. 00:27:58.03\00:27:58.73 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 00:27:58.73\00:28:04.00 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 00:28:04.00\00:28:07.90 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:28:07.90\00:28:11.30 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 00:28:11.30\00:28:14.00 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 00:28:14.00\00:28:16.50 BE THE SPARK. 00:28:16.50\00:28:17.70 LIGHT THE FIRE. 00:28:17.70\00:28:19.06 FINISH THE WORK. 00:28:19.06\00:28:20.63 FINISH THE WORK. 00:28:20.63\00:28:28.03