Participants: John Duroe
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000438
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:23 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:25 I AM JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME JOHN DUROE HERE WITH US TODAY. 00:29 THANK YOU. 00:30 SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, JOHN OF TRAVELING TO A COUNTRY 00:33 THAT IS IN GREAT NEED OF MANY THINGS. 00:36 YES. 00:37 AND WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH YOU? 00:38 WE ARE GOING TO BANGLADESH TODAY. 00:41 AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE ARE GOING THERE? 00:44 YOU ARE THE DISTRICT GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR FOR THIS COUNTRY, CORRECT? 00:48 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 00:49 YES AND ALSO NORTHEAST INDIA, THE STATE OF TRIPURA. 00:54 IT IS LIKE A LITTLE TEARDROP THAT COMES DOWN INTO BANGLADESH. 00:58 SO IT IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY BANGLADESH, SO IT'S ALMOST BANGLADESH. 01:02 OK, PERFECT AND WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT, I'VE HEARD IT BANGLADESH AND 01:06 BANGLADESH SO THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS OF REFERRING TO THIS COUNTRY. 01:10 DON'T ASK ME. 01:28 WELL THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GO SO WHY DON'T YOU SHARE 01:30 WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 01:32 YOU'VE PREPARED SOME VIDEOS FOR US ON SOME TRIPS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN. 01:34 YES. 01:36 WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR FIRST VIDEO THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE? 01:38 O.K., WELL THE FIRST ONE IT IS ABOUT A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER THAT GOES INTO 01:40 MACHIARA VILLAGE AND IT WILL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THEY WORK AND SHOW YOU A 01:44 LITTLE BIT OF THE OPPOSITION THAT HE HAD WHEN HE WENT TO THIS VILLAGE EVEN THOUGH HE 01:47 HAD SOME FRIENDS IN THE VILLAGE, IT IS QUITE AN INTERESTING STORY AND THEN 01:49 YOU'LL FIND OUT HOW THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. 01:51 SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO. 01:52 O.K. 01:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER BISUDAB WAS BORN INTO A HINDU FAMILY THAT TWENTY YEARS AGO 01:59 HIS WORLD BEGAN TO CHANGE. 02:14 (VIDEO PLAYING) HE HEARD ABOUT JESUS CHRIST AND WAS BAPTIZED A CHRISTIAN IN THE BAPTIST 02:20 CHURCH BUT AFTER ATTENDING SOME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MEETINGS HE DECIDED TO KEEP 02:26 THE SABBATH DAY AND WAS BAPTIZED A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 02:31 BISUDAB OWNS SOME LAND AND DID SOME FARMING. 02:35 BUT HE ALSO HAD DONE SOME MEDICAL TRAINING IN DHAKA AND HE WORKED AS A VILLAGE DOCTOR. 02:41 HIS REAL PASSION WAS TO SHARE HIS FAITH IN JESUS. 02:50 TWELVE YEARS AGO, 02:52 HE TOOK SOME EVANGELISTIC TRAINING AND BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 03:00 BISUDAB HAD BEEN VISITING THE VILLAGE OF MACHIARA 03:05 AND HAD A HINDU FRIEND THERE CALLED BISHINOF. 03:14 NOW WHEN BISUDAB CAME TO MACHIARA TO DO SOME EVANGELISTIC WORK HIS OLD 03:21 FRIEND, BISHINOF GOT MAD WITH HIM. 03:24 HE TOLD THE VILLAGERS THAT IF THEY BECAME CHRISTIANS 03:27 THEY WOULD BE THROWN OUT OF THE VILLAGE. 03:30 AND THEN TWO YEARS AGO BISHINOF GOT SICK, VERY SICK. 03:35 BISUDAB PRAYED FOR HEALING. 03:38 BISHINOF BEGAN TO FEEL BETTER AND HE INVITED BISUDAB TO STUDY WITH HIM. 03:47 BISUDAB READ HIM THE WORDS OF JESUS: "IF YOU SEEK GOD'S KINGDOM FIRST, HE WILL GIVE 03:54 YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED." 03:56 SHIPODO WAS ANOTHER VILLAGER WHO GOT MAD WHEN BISUDAB PREACHED IN THE VILLAGE. 04:02 SHIPODO WORKED HARD SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND BISUDAB ENCOURAGED HIM TO TAKE A SABBATH REST. 04:12 THEN HE TOLD HIM ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. 04:15 MANY IN MACHIARA VILLAGE GOT UPSET WHEN HE STARTED TO PREACH HIS NEW IDEAS BUT HE 04:21 DIDN'T LET IT UPSET HIM AND HE WAS ALWAYS FRIENDLY. 04:26 BISUDAB HAD TWO SEPARATE STUDY GROUPS IN THE VILLAGE AND EVENTUALLY LAST YEAR, FORTY 04:39 THREE OF THE VILLAGERS WERE BAPTIZED INCLUDING BISHINOF AND SHIPODO. 04:47 THERE ARE MANY MORE VILLAGERS WAITING FOR BISUDAB 04:51 TO SHOW HIS FRIENDLY FACE AND START PREACHING. 04:55 WE CAN HELP SUPPORT HIM WORKING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 05:01 OUR GIFTS CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. 05:11 WOW, JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. 05:13 SO CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BANGLADESH? 05:17 WHAT IS THE CLIMATE LIKE? 05:18 TELL US MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE. 05:20 WE SAW SOME VIDEO THERE SO THAT KIND OF GAVE US AN INTRODUCTION. 05:22 OH, IT IS VERY HOT AND WET BUT IN THE WINTER IT CAN GET A LITTLE COOL AND SO I GO ABOUT 05:30 HALFWAY THROUGH JANUARY WHEN IT IS JUST STARTING TO WARM UP AND BECAUSE IF YOU WAIT UNTIL 05:36 MARCH, IT IS TOO HOT. 05:38 SO AND AT TIMES IT FLOODS QUITE BADLY IN BANGLADESH. 05:43 I MEAN, USUALLY, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY FLOODS EVERY YEAR. 05:48 SOMETIMES UP TO TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY. 05:50 THERE WAS ONE YEAR WHEN THE FLOODS WERE SO BAD THAT 300,000 HOUSES WERE WASHED 05:56 AWAY AND ABOUT 6000 MILES OF ROAD WAS WASHED AWAY THAT YEAR AS WELL. 06:02 NOW ARE THEY GETTING THAT MUCH RAIN? 06:04 WELL, IT IS NOT JUST THE RAIN AND THE WIND, WHAT HAPPENS IS IF INDIA GETS TOO MUCH RAIN 06:14 AND WATER UP IN THE NORTH THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT, THEY 06:18 DON'T WANT FLOODING SO THEY OPEN UP THEIR DAMS AND THEY ALLOW THE WATER TO RUN DOWN 06:24 THROUGH BANGLADESH. 06:25 SO THERE IS NOT A LOT OF FRIENDSHIP SHOWN BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND INDIA. 06:32 WOW. 06:34 NEITHER BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN BECAUSE PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH THEY WERE ONE 06:38 COUNTRY TO BEGIN WITH, PARTITION CAME WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD. 06:43 INTERESTING. 06:45 SO THE PEOPLE THOUGH, THEY LOOK PASSIONATE, THEY LOOK LIKE PASSIONATE PEOPLE. 06:49 YES, YES USUALLY IF YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE ROAD AND YOU ARE NEAR A BUS SOMEWHERE, 06:56 USUALLY THERE IS SOMEBODY SHOUTING AT SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE BUS. 07:01 HAVING BEEN TO BANGLADESH, I WAS THERE WHEN I WAS NINETEEN, OH WERE YOU, YES AND I 07:06 UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HEAT. 07:09 YES, YES. 07:11 YOU KNOW IS SOMETHING FOR US TO SEE HERE IN THIS NICE STUDIO, SITTING HERE LOOKING 07:15 AT THE VIDEO BUT YOU DON'T SMELL, YOU DON'T TASTE, YOU DON'T FEEL EVERYTHING THAT IS 07:21 HAPPENING IN YOUR VIDEO. 07:22 NO, BUT IT MAKES LIFE VERY INTERESTING. 07:25 OH MY, YES. 07:26 OH MY, YES. 07:27 I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE LIVING IN PAKISTAN WE WENT UP TO THE MOUNTAINS FOR A WEEK JUST FOR 07:32 A HOLIDAY. 07:34 WE CAME BACK DOWN AND WHEN WE CAME DOWN BACK TO LAHORE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE MY SON LOOKED 07:38 AROUND, MY SON LOOKED AROUND HE SAID, JUST LOOK ISN'T IT NICE ALL THESE PEOPLE, WE SEE 07:46 ALL THESE PEOPLE AGAIN. 07:48 HE WAS A LITTLE LONELY. 07:49 YES. 07:50 BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE ARE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. 07:52 IN DHAKA THERE ARE THE LITTLE JITNEY THINGS GOING ALL AROUND, IT IS INTERESTING. 07:53 YOU SEE IN BANGLADESH THERE ARE ABOUT 160 MILLION PEOPLE, A 160 MILLION PEOPLE AND THERE 07:59 ARE ABOUT SEVEN MILLION IN DHAKA 08:01 BUT SOMETIMES IT SEEMS AS IF HALF THE COUNTRY IS IN DHAKA. 08:05 YES, EXACTLY, VERY WELL PUT. 08:07 SO THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM JOHN, WITH MALNOURISHED CHILDREN. 08:11 OH YES. 08:12 CHAT WITH US ABOUT THAT. 08:13 ABOUT FORTY SIX PERCENT OF ALL THE CHILDREN ARE ACTUALLY MALNOURISHED. 08:19 THEY SAY IT IS ABOUT FIFTY PER CENT ARE ANEMIC OF ALL THE CHILDREN. 08:24 SO OF COURSE, IT IS VERY EASY FOR THEM TO GET SICK. 08:29 SO AFTER THEY HAVE HAD FLOODING AND SO ON, THEN THERE WILL BE A LOT OF MALARIA AND 08:33 DENGUE FEVER AND THINGS LIKE THIS. 08:34 IT IS VERY EASY FOR CHILDREN TO GET SICK AND DIE SO THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS ABOUT 63. 08:42 SIXTY THREE, AGE SIXTY THREE. 08:44 YES. 08:45 WOW. 08:46 WOW. 08:47 SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR AND HELPING. 08:50 YES. 08:51 SO TELL ME ABOUT-IN BANGLADESH THERE ARE ARRANGED MARRIAGES. 08:56 OH YES, NOW THAT CAN BE VERY CONVENIENT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FINDING 09:01 SOMEONE TO MARRY, IT IS HANDLED, BUT IT'S A BIT SCARY SOMETIMES AND ESPECIALLY IF 09:07 YOU DON'T GET THE RIGHT ONE. 09:08 NOW, I HAVE A VIDEO HERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW 09:11 YOU WHERE A CATHOLIC AND A PROTESTANT GOT MARRIED. 09:20 THIS IS ON THE WAY TO THE VILLAGE OF SANIMARHA, BANGLADESH. 09:41 SUNOTA WAS BORN INTO A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST HOME BUT IN A COUNTRY WHERE MARRIAGES ARE 10:06 ARRANGED, SHE HAD SOMEHOW BECOME MARRIED TO A ROMAN CATHOLIC YOUNG MAN. 10:12 THIS COUPLE CAME TO LIVE IN THE VILLAGE OF SOMINARHA WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER 10:19 FRANCIS IS WORKING TO ESTABLISH A CHURCH. 10:23 FRANCIS NOTICED THAT SUNOTA ALWAYS CAME TO CHURCH ALONE. 10:29 HE ASKED HER WHY AND SHE TOLD HIM THAT HER HUSBAND 10:33 DID NOT WANT TO BECOME A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 10:37 FRANCIS VISITED THE HUSBAND, DISPERSHUM AND GAVE HIM A BIBLE. 10:42 THEY ACTUALLY HAD A FEW BIBLE STUDIES TOGETHER BUT THEN DISPERSHUM BEGAN TO OBJECT. 10:49 HE SAID I DON'T NEED TO LEARN ALL THIS STUFF. 10:53 BUT FRANCIS KEPT VISITING AND EVERY SO OFTEN, THEY WOULD HAVE A BIBLE STUDY. 11:00 FRANCIS PRAYED FOR A WAY TO BREAK THROUGH TO DISPERSHUM AND ONE DAY SAID TO FRANCIS, I 11:08 HAVE A SON BUT NO DAUGHTER; WE NEED A DAUGHTER TO KEEP THE FAMILY NAME. 11:15 THIS IS A MATRIARCHAL SOCIETY. 11:19 HE SAID, IF YOUR RELIGION IS TRUE ASK GOD TO GIVE ME A DAUGHTER. 11:26 THEY PRAYED TOGETHER AND FRANCIS KEPT PRAYING AND GOD DID ANSWER THEIR PRAYERS AND A 11:33 DAUGHTER WAS BORN. 11:35 THE HUSBAND WAS SO HAPPY HE STARTED COMING TO CHURCH 11:39 WITH HIS WIFE AND HAS JUST BEEN BAPTIZED. 11:43 THEY GAVE THE BABY GIRL THE NAME CHAMPUNO WHICH MEANS FULFILLED. 11:50 THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 11:55 FRANCIS WAS HAPPY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS ABLE TO USE HIM. 12:00 WE NEED TO ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONVINCE US OF WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP SUPPORT 12:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS LIKE FRANCIS WITH OUR FUNDS. 12:17 BLESS FRANCIS AND THAT COUPLE, WOW JOHN, AND WHAT FOOTAGE TO SEE. 12:22 IT JUST BRINGS IT ALL BACK, ALL THE MARKET SCENES AND EVERYTHING. 12:25 YES. 12:26 SOMETHING THAT THEY SAID WHEN THE HUSBAND SAID THAT HE WANTED A DAUGHTER-YES, YOU SEE 12:33 OFTEN IN ASIAN COUNTRIES, PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT BOYS, YES, BUT THIS IS A MATRIARCHIAL 12:39 SOCIETY AND SO THEY NEEDED A GIRL TO CARRY ON THE FAMILY TRADITION. 12:45 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING. 12:47 OBVIOUSLY, GOD ANSWERED THAT PRAYER. 12:49 YES, YES. 12:51 WOW, ARRANGED MARRIAGE SOMETHING THAT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CONCEPT FOR US IN THE 12:56 WESTERN CULTURE. 12:57 YES. 12:59 SO, I'VE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THE RECORDER CAN YOU SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 13:02 WHAT THAT IS? 13:03 OH YES, O.K. 13:04 LET ME SHOW YOU A VIDEO FIRST. 13:16 I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE RECORDER, A RECORDING MACHINE PROMOTED BY THE BIBLE 13:23 SOCIETY OF BANGLADESH. 13:26 THEY WANT TO SHARE THESE MACHINES TO BE USED BY ALL THE DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN CHURCHES 13:32 IN BANGLADESH. 13:34 LET ME SHOW IT TO YOU. 13:35 OK THIS LOOKS LIKE A VERY INTERESTING MACHINE THAT YOU HAVE HERE, ISAAC. 13:44 WHAT EXACTLY IS IT THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO NOW? 13:47 WE ARE HEARING SOME NEW TESTAMENT STORIES, BIBLE STORIES. 13:52 WHO IS THIS PRODUCED BY? 13:54 THIS IS PRODUCED BY BIBLE SOCIETY OF DHAKA. 13:57 O.K. 13:59 AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S THE WHOLE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY RECORDED ON 14:03 THIS MACHINE. 14:04 YES, THE WHOLE NEW TESTAMENT IS RECORDED IN THIS. 14:05 NOW, HOW IS IT POWERED, THIS NEW MACHINE? 14:12 WELL, YOU CAN SEE A WONDERFUL SOLAR PANEL. 14:15 IT IS ATTACHED TO IT AND WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY WE CAN USE THIS SOLAR POWER. 14:23 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS ALSO A WINDER HERE AS WELL SO WE CAN CHARGE THIS MANUALLY AS 14:31 WELL. 14:32 YES. 14:33 AND WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC SOCKET RIGHT JUST HERE IF WE HAVE ELECTRICITY. 14:36 RIGHT. 14:37 ISN'T IT WONDERFUL? 14:38 IT IS, YES. 14:40 LET ME, LET ME TURN IT UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE QUALITY ON THIS MACHINE IS EXCELLENT. 14:48 LET'S JUST LET THEM LISTEN TO IT FOR A MOMENT. 14:57 NOW, TELL ME ISAAC HOW MUCH DID THIS MACHINE COST? 15:02 IT IS ONLY ONE HUNDRED TAKAS. 15:05 LET ME TURN THIS DOWN SO WE CAN HEAR THIS. 15:08 WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT THIS IS? 15:10 ONE HUNDRED TAKA YES, HOW MUCH IS THAT? 15:14 A LITTLE MORE THAN $1, JUST OVER $1 AND WE HAVE THE WHOLE NEW TESTAMENT SO SOMEONE CAN 15:34 LISTEN TO THE STORY OF JESUS IN A VILLAGE IN BANGLADESH. 15:36 ONE HUNDRED TAKA, JUST OVER $1. 15:37 YES, THAT IS AMAZING, WONDERFUL, AMAZING, AMAZING. 15:38 I VISITED THE BIBLE SOCIETY IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH AND THE DIRECTOR INTRODUCED ME TO 15:43 ANOTHER SMALLER RECORDER WHICH ALSO INCLUDES MUSIC. 15:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS PRODUCED A RECORDER WHICH IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE SMALLER ONE. 15:54 IT IS COSTING A LITTLE MORE THAN THE BIBLE SOCIETY RECORDERS BUT FOR LESS THAN $5 16:01 IT IS A BARGAIN. 16:02 YOU CAN HELP FUND SOME OF THESE RECORDERS SO THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS CAN 16:09 HELP SHARE THE STORY OF JESUS WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. 16:15 WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. 16:21 AND YOU SAW IT RIGHT THERE ON JOHN'S VIDEO, $1 AND IT CAN BE POWERED BY THE SUN FOR PEOPLE 16:28 TO HEAR THE NEW TESTAMENT ON THAT MACHINE, HOW FANTASTIC IS THAT? 16:33 SO, IF YOU ARE WONDERING, YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO GIVE, 16:38 MOST OF US HAVE A DOLLAR, JUST THINK OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE, THAT YOU GIVE AND YOU 16:42 BUY IN A DAY AND YOU PROBABLY SPEND MORE THAN $1 ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND I WOULD LIKE 16:48 TO URGE YOU AS OUR VIEWERS HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 16:56 TO GIVE A DOLLAR AND MORE IF YOU CAN, TO HELP THIS PROJECT THAT JOHN HAS SHARED WITH US 16:58 TO HAVE THESE RECORDERS. 16:59 IT IS JUST FANTASTIC. 17:01 TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH I WILL GIVE YOU SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES AND 17:03 WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT: 17:10 WEBSITE: WWW.GOAIM.ORG 17:51 WE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH ARE WORKING IN 50 NATIONS WITH A HUNDRED MISSIONS AND THERE ARE 17:56 ABOUT 2000 MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS. 17:58 JOHN, HOW FANTASTIC TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BANGLADESH. 18:01 YES. 18:03 SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE MACHINE THAT WAS THERE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE 18:07 SOMETHING ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE: THIS IS THE MEGAVOICE. 18:11 NOW THIS IS HINDI THAT THIS ONE IS PROGRAMMED WITH. 18:14 YOU CAN PROGRAM THIS WITH ANY LANGUAGE. 18:17 THIS ONE COSTS ABOUT $20. 18:19 SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE. 18:20 YES. 18:22 NOW THE REASON WHY WE ARE NOT; THOSE FROM THE BIBLE SOCIETY THEY ARE LIMITED IN HOW MANY 18:29 WE CAN HANDS ON. 18:31 SURE. 18:32 THESE WE CAN PUT AS MANY AS WE CAN AFFORD. 18:34 WE CAN TAKE- I'M TAKING EIGHTY OF THESE WITH ME WHEN I GO TO BANGLADESH THIS YEAR, NEXT 18:40 YEAR IN JANUARY. 18:41 YES, SO THIS IS IN HINDI RIGHT NOW. 18:43 THAT IS RIGHT, SO I'M DOING IT IN BANGLA, IN BANGLA. 18:46 YES, BUT THE OTHER NAME THAT I JUST LOVE FOR THIS: THIS IS CALLED THE GODPOD. 18:52 YES, SOMETIMES THEY CALL IT GODPOD, YES. 18:54 THAT IS FANTASTIC THE IPHONE, YOU KNOW, IPOD AND ALL THAT THIS IS THE GODPOD. 18:58 YOU CAN'T RECORD ANYTHING ON IT, YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT. 19:03 IT IS AS IT IS; ALL YOU CAN DO IS LISTEN TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. 19:07 SO ARE THESE SOCIETIES IN BANGLADESH ARE THEY, THEY ENJOY LISTENING TO THINGS? 19:12 OH SURE, YES. 19:14 NOW THE ONE IN BANGLADESH BIBLE SOCIETY, THEY HAVE ISLAMIC MUSIC ON SO THAT IF 19:19 SOMEONE COMES BY AND THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE LISTENING TO THE NEW 19:25 TESTAMENT OR SOMETHING, THEY CAN PLAY ISLAMIC MUSIC. 19:27 WE WILL LET GOD SORT ALL OF THAT OUT. 19:31 BUT THE GODPOD HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS", I JUST LOVE IT. 19:35 WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, THAT IS FANTASTIC. 19:38 AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US ABOUT 19:44 THE "WANTED MAN". 19:45 YES, WELL OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS THEY HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. 19:51 IT IS A PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE CAN'T CHANGE RELIGIONS IN BANGLADESH. 19:57 YOU KNOW YOU WERE BORN A CHRISTIAN OR YOU ARE BORN A MUSLIM AND, IS THAT THE 20:02 MINDSET OR IS THAT GOVERNMENT? 20:04 THE GOVERNMENT, THEY DON'T REALLY WANT YOU TO SORT OF SWITCH AND SWATCH AND CHANGE 20:09 THINGS YOU SEE. 20:10 O.K. 20:11 THEY WANT TO STAY EXACTLY AS YOU HAVE BEEN BORN. 20:13 SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY SOMETIMES. 20:17 ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS HAS QUITE AN INTERESTING HISTORY. 20:23 AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU LISTEN TO THIS STORY AND YOU'LL SEE WHY HE IS CALLED 20:28 "THE WANTED MAN". 20:51 WE ARE IN A COASTAL TOWN CALLED COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH. 20:58 MOST OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS ARE YOUNG PEOPLE 21:01 BUT EVEREST SANGBAH IS A LITTLE OLDER. 21:06 I WAS WONDERING WHY HE WAS BEING SO CAUTIOUS 21:09 WITH A SECRET BAPTISM IN A BARREL IN HIS HOUSE. 21:14 THAM, SUJON AND MAUNG WERE SO HAPPY THAT DAY 21:20 AND THEN I FOUND OUT A LITTLE OF HIS BACKGROUND. 21:24 HE HAD BEEN WORKING AMONG THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRIBES ON THE BANGLADESH BORDER OF BURMA 21:30 NOW, CALLED MYANMAR. 21:32 THEY INCLUDE ABOUT TWENTY THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE GROUPS, SOME WITH NO WRITTEN 21:37 LANGUAGE AND NOW HE RUNS A SMALL SCHOOL 21:42 IN HIS HOUSE IN THIS COASTAL TOWN OF COX'S BAZAR. 21:48 THOSE BEING BAPTIZED WERE THREE OF HIS STUDENTS. 21:52 LET'S FOLLOW EVEREST ON HIS VISITS AS I TELL YOU HIS STORY. 21:59 PREVIOUSLY, HE HAD WORKED AS A MEDICAL OFFICER IN A FACTORY THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE PEACE 22:06 CORP, LIBERATION GROUP OPPOSED TO THE GOVERNMENT, 22:10 HAD BEEN CALLING ON HIM ASKING FOR MEDICINE. 22:14 HE HAD TO OBLIGE ON THREAT OF DEATH BUT HE WAS ARRESTED 22:19 BY THE BANGLADESH ARMY AND IMPRISONED. 22:23 HE ESCAPED NINE MONTHS LATER BUT HE WAS PICKED UP BY THE PEACE CORP AND HE ENDED UP 22:30 STAYING WITH THEM FOR 25 YEARS UNTIL PEACE WAS FINALLY MADE IN 1997. 22:39 IN THE YEAR 2000, HE WAS BAPTIZED AS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 22:46 WORKING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, HE HAS BAPTIZED THIRTY FIVE NEW MEMBERS BUT 22:52 TECHNICALLY, HE IS STILL A WANTED MAN. 22:53 VISITING THE NEARBY CHITTAGONG VILLAGE OF HAGARI, 23:03 WE FOUND GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER MINTU GARAZA. 23:09 WHEN MINTU FIRST CAME TO THE VILLAGE, THE LOCAL PEOPLE ASKED HIM FOR MONEY. 23:14 HE TOLD THEM THAT HE HAD NONE AND THEY GOT MAD WITH HIM AND THEY BEAT HIM BUT HE STAYED. 23:20 HE STARTED VISITING PEOPLE AND HE MADE FRIENDS. 23:25 HE INTRODUCED ME TO A COUPLE THAT WAS READY FOR BAPTISM. 23:29 GOPEL DAS AND HIS WIFE NINA. 23:33 GOPEL'S YOUNGER BROTHER WAS ALREADY A MEMBER 23:36 SO MINTU INVITED BOTH TO COME TO HIS HOUSE TO EAT. 23:40 HE ENCOURAGED GOPEL TO STOP SMOKING AND THEN STARTED HAVING BIBLE STUDIES. 23:46 I VISITED GOPEL AND NINA IN THEIR LITTLE BIRDS NEST HOUSE. 24:01 SHARING THE GOSPEL BEGINS WITH MAKING FRIENDS. 24:05 LET'S PRAY FOR THESE NEW BELIEVERS, GOPEL AND NINA, THAM, SUJON AND MAUNG, LET'S 24:12 PRAY FOR OUR CHITTAGONG GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS EVEREST AND MINTU AND LET'S SUPPORT 24:20 THEM WITH OUR GIFTS. 24:23 ALL I CAN SAY IS AMEN. 24:25 ABSOLUTELY WE NEED TO BE SUPPORTING THOSE DEAR PEOPLE. 24:34 SO JOHN, WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU TO GO AND BE ON THE STREETS OF BANGLADESH AND MEET 24:37 THESE PEOPLE AND HEAR THEIR STORIES? 24:39 WELL, I LIVED IN PAKISTAN FOR SIX YEARS AND SO ACTUALLY, IT'S LIKE, A LITTLE BIT LIKE 24:45 GOING HOME WHEN I GO BACK AND I CAN TASTE THE CURRY AND SMELL ALL THE SMELLS AND IT IS 24:52 VERY INTERESTING, VERY BORING IN GREENVILLE, TENNESSEE WHERE I LIVE. 24:57 YES, YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE, EVERYTHING HAPPENING LIKE THE STREEETS OF DHAKA. 25:01 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:02 THE STREETS OF DHAKA SERIOUSLY ARE SOMETHING THAT ARE JUST SOMETHING TO BEHOLD. 25:06 YES. 25:07 ALL THE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. 25:08 YES. 25:09 WHAT IS ON YOUR HEART MOST FOR THESE PEOPLE? 25:10 WELL, THEY NEED TO KNOW THE STORY OF JESUS. 25:14 THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AND EVEN THOUGH THIS LIFE IS 25:19 DIFFICULT AND TOUGH THERE'S A BETTER LIFE TO COME. 25:24 AND YOU WILL BE GOING BACK OVER TO BANGLADESH, I WILL IN JANUARY. 25:27 O.K. 25:29 WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AS YOU MEET WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, ENCOURAGING THEM? 25:33 OH YES, I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH THEM SOME OF THESE RECORDERS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:40 VOLUNTEER, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE HAS VERY KINDLY GIVEN ME. 25:44 WONDERFUL. 25:45 THE GODPODS, I THINK THAT IS AWESOME THE GODPODS. 25:47 YES. 25:48 AND THEN THE OTHER UNITS ARE CALLED 25:49 WHAT WERE THEY CALLED FROM THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY? 25:52 THE RECORDERS, THE BANGLADESH BIBLE SOCIETY. 25:54 YES BANGLADESH, YES, SO DO YOU WATCH THE PEOPLES REACTION WHEN THEY TURN THIS ON? 25:59 WHAT DO THEY DO? 26:00 OH YES, IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE EXPRESSION ON THEIR FACES, YES. 26:04 AS THEY CAN LISTEN IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND IT IS NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S LANGUAGE. 26:07 YES. 26:08 O.K FANTASTIC. 26:11 BLESSINGS TO YOU, OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, THANK YOU. 26:14 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VIDEO IT BRINGS EVERYTHING, THE STREETS AND THE PEOPLE AND 26:19 THE DEAR WORKERS ALIVE FOR US AS WE ARE SITTING IN OUR HOMES AND HERE IN THE STUDIO SET, 26:22 YES, SO THANK YOU. 26:23 THANK YOU. 26:25 SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU IF YOU ARE FEELING CALLED BY THE LORD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO 26:27 GIVE TO HELP WITH THE PURCHASE OF THESE GODPODS SO PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH CAN HEAR ABOUT THE 26:32 LORD IN THEIR LANGUAGE. 26:35 JUST THINK WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR US, WE CAN GO AND WE CAN BUY A BIBLE IN OUR LANGUAGE OR 26:39 WHATEVER LANGUAGES THAT WE WANT. 26:40 FOR PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT OR THEY DON'T HOW TO GET IT OR MAYBE THEY 26:44 JUST DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BUT THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU HAVE THE 26:47 OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE GODPODS TO THE PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH. 26:52 SO PLEASE DO GIVE US A CALL. 26:54 OUR PHONE NUMBER: 509-525-2951 WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU WITH A PLEDGE OF SUPPORT OF 26:56 WHAT YOU CAN WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 27:03 JOHN DUROE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US 27:05 ON GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 27:08 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, I AM JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER. 27:11 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:18 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:20 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:23 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:27 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:29 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 27:33 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:38 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:40 I GIVE UP. 27:42 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:46 ACTUALLY, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:47 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:52 WHERE? 27:53 ALL THE WORLD. 27:54 HOW CAN I GO? 27:56 I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:58 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:58 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:04 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:07 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:11 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. 28:19 FINISH THE WORK. 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
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