Participants: John Duroe
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000453
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC]
00:22 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:25 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US. 00:28 I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR PASSPORT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING ON A TRIP WITH JOHN DUROE. 00:33 JOHN, WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:35 THANK YOU. 00:36 TELL ME, YOU USUALLY GO ON A TRIP AND YOU USUALLY GO IN FEBRUARY. 00:41 WHERE DO YOU GO AND WHY? 00:43 WELL, I GO IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE I LIVE IN GREENEVILLE, TENNESSEE AND IT GETS RATHER 00:49 COLD IN FEBRUARY AND FEBRUARY IS A BEAUTIFUL MONTH IN BANGLADESH. 00:54 JANUARY CAN BE A LITTLE COLD. 00:56 MARCH IS SUDDENLY TOO HOT BUT FEBRUARY IS THE IDEAL TEMPERATURE. 01:02 AND WHY DO YOU GO TO BANGLADESH? 01:05 I REPRESENT GOSPEL OUTREACH THERE SO I GO TO CHECK ON ALL OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 01:14 ALSO IN FEBRUARY THERE IS PLENTY OF FOOD. 01:18 THE STREETS ARE FILLED WITH VEGETABLES IN FEBRUARY AND THERE IS PLENTY TO EAT. 01:24 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BANGLADESH AND INDIA. 01:27 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SIMILARITIES. 01:31 ACTUALLY BANGLADESH AND PAKISTAN AND INDIA WAS ALL ONE COUNTRY TO BEGIN WITH. 01:36 IT WAS ALL INDIA. 01:37 THEN CAME PARTITION AND THEY GOT BANGLADESH AND PAKISTAN, THAT WAS THE MUSLIM COUNTRY, 01:45 THEN THEY FINALLY SEPARATED THEM AND BANGLADESH BECAME A COUNTRY ALL BY ITSELF. 01:51 HOW IS CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTING BANGLADESH? 01:54 WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE IN AMERICA. 01:56 YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHAT THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE LIKE THE NEXT MINUTE. 01:59 IT'S LIKE THAT IN BANGLADESH AS WELL. 02:03 BUT THEY ARE MUCH MORE PRONE TO FLOODING AND BAD WEATHER. 02:06 IF THEY HAVE FLOODS IN INDIA WHEN ALL OF THE RIVERS AND THE DAMS BUILD UP THEY RELEASE 02:13 THAT WATER DOWN THROUGH BANGLADESH. 02:16 THEY DON'T WORRY WHETHER IT IS GOING TO FLOOD BANGLADESH. 02:18 IT COMES DOWN THROUGH BANGLADESH AND IT'S NOT VERY GOOD. 02:23 I WAS THERE WHEN I WAS A STUDENT MISSIONARY AND I REMEMBER THE PEOPLE TALKING 02:27 ABOUT THE BOATS THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND THE PEOPLE. 02:30 IT WAS UNREAL TO EVEN IMAGINE AND I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE IT BECAUSE I WASN'T THERE IN THE 02:36 FLOODING. 02:37 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE. 02:39 IN THE WORST FLOOD MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY WAS COVERED IN WATER. 02:45 THEY LOST MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND HOUSES IN THAT FLOOD. 02:49 SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND. 02:51 AND SIX THOUSAND MILES OF ROAD WAS WASHED AWAY. 02:55 SO THAT'S THE KIND OF DEVASTATION THAT COMES WHEN BAD WEATHER HITS BANGLADESH. 02:59 YES, THAT'S THE WORD THAT CAME TO MIND. 03:01 TELL ME HOW GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IS GOING IN BANGLADESH. 03:05 TO DO THAT I THINK I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO THAT WILL SHOW YOU A FEW OF OUR GOSPEL 03:10 OUTREACH WORKERS. 03:11 GREAT, I HAVE MY PASSPORT! 03:13 I WAS SO UPSET THE NEXT MORNING TO HEAR THE SAD NEWS. 03:17 A TRUMPET PLAYER WHO HAD BEEN SO FULL OF LIFE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED THE NEXT MORNING. 03:23 LIFE CAN BE SO UNCERTAIN. 03:26 WHAT A MAGNIFICENT WELCOME WE HAD RECEIVED IN THIS VILLAGE. 03:31 THE LADIES HAD SO MUCH FUN AND THE FOOT WASHING FELT SO GOOD. 03:39 THIS IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THE VILLAGE BUT HE IS ALSO WORKING IN THE 03:50 SURROUNDING VILLAGES. 03:52 HE HAD BAPTIZED 37 NEW MEMBERS LAST YEAR AND TOLD ME OF ANOTHER VILLAGE WHERE 30 04:02 PEOPLE ARE ALMOST READY FOR BAPTISM. 04:06 I VISITED THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THIS VILLAGE AND WATCHED HIM CONDUCTING SPECIAL 04:15 MEN'S MEETINGS AND PRAYING FOR THE SICK. 04:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER JOSEPH WORKS IN A VILLAGE WHERE 28 HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED IN THE LAST 04:30 TWO YEARS. 04:32 SOME VILLAGERS COMPLAINED TO THE VILLAGE CHAIRMAN THAT JOSEPH WAS GIVING MONEY TO 04:38 MAKE PEOPLE CHRISTIANS. 04:40 HE WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL. 04:42 HE DENIED THE CHARGES AND SAID "I'M JUST SHARING WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM THE BIBLE. 04:48 WE SHOULD READ THE BIBLE AS WELL AS THE OTHER HOLY BOOKS AND PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE THEIR 04:53 OWN DECISION." 04:54 THE COUNCIL AGREED WITH JOSEPH AND THE CHAIRMAN SAID THAT IT WAS ALRIGHT FOR JOSEPH TO 05:06 PREACH. 05:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER MANINDRA WAS LOCKED OUT OF HIS CHURCH IN THIS VILLAGE. 05:14 HIS OWN BROTHER HAD HIM ARRESTED BY THE POLICE. 05:18 THE POLICE WERE VERY SYMPATHETIC AND THEY HELPED HIM REMOVE THE TROUBLE MAKERS. 05:25 THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. 05:30 THE BROTHER'S WIFE JUST WALKED OUT AND LEFT HIM WITH FIVE CHILDREN. 05:38 MANINDRA TALKED WITH HIS BROTHER, TRIED TO COMFORT HIM. 05:42 HE GOT THE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE ADVENTIST BOARDING SCHOOL. 05:52 IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BUT NOW HIS BROTHER IS BAPTIZED AND IS A FAITHFUL CHURCH MEMBER. 05:59 SO MANY WORKERS IN THE VILLAGES OF BANGLADESH SHARING THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION. 06:07 SO MANY PLACES WHERE THEY NEED OUR HELP. 06:11 SO MANY REASONS TO REJOICE. 06:15 WHAT A CHURCH SERVICE. 06:20 I LOVE THAT. 06:22 WHAT JOY THE PEOPLE HAD JOHN. 06:24 IT'S TRAGIC ABOUT THAT MAN WHO WAS PLAYING THE TRUMPET. 06:29 BLESS HIS HEART. 06:30 IN THE MORNING I JUST GOT NEWS THAT HE HAD DIED DURING THE NIGHT. 06:36 I THINK HE HAD HAD TROUBLE BREATHING OR SOMETHING AND HE DIED. 06:41 THAT JUST SHOWS HOW UNCERTAIN LIFE IS IN BANGLADESH. 06:45 PEOPLE GET A FEVER AND THEY DIE AND PEOPLE ACCEPT IT. 06:50 WHAT IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY? 06:52 I THINK IT'S ABOUT 62. 06:55 WE NOTICED THERE ARE A LOT OF BRICK CHURCHES. 07:01 TELL US ABOUT THOSE CHURCHES. 07:04 WE HAD A VERY KIND AMERICAN CHURCH MEMBER WHO DECIDED TO GIVE MONEY TO BUILD CHURCHES 07:12 IN BANGLADESH AND THEY BUILT ABOUT 200 NEW CHURCH WITH A SCHOOL ROOM AS WELL. 07:19 WE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. 07:21 THAT'S A HUGE BLESSING. 07:23 IN A MUSLIM STATE, HOW ARE THEY VIEWING CHRISTIANITY IN BANGLADESH? 07:32 THEY WILL ACCEPT CHRISTIANITY BUT THEY DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT A MUSLIM IS GOING TO 07:40 CHANGE HIS RELIGION AND BECOME A CHRISTIAN. 07:43 THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 07:45 BUT YOU SAW THAT WORKER WHO WAS IN THE VILLAGE THERE. 07:49 THEY COMPLAINED HE WAS PREACHING. 07:53 HE SAID MUSLIMS HAVE HOLY BOOKS. 07:57 THEY HAVE THE KORAN, THEY HAVE THE TORAH, THEY HAVE THE INJIL. 08:01 THERE ARE HOLY BOOKS THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT SO HE SAID WHY SHOULDN'T WE TEACH FROM ALL OF 08:10 THESE BOOKS NOT JUST THE KORAN. 08:12 LET'S TEACH FROM ALL THE HOLY BOOKS. 08:14 LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL THE TRUTH. 08:16 SO A LITTLE STUDY IN SEMANTICS. 08:20 WELL JOHN, IT'S SO NEAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH YOUR EYES WHAT YOU SAW ON YOUR TRIP TO 08:26 VISIT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 08:28 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. 08:30 NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 08:33 WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO BE A SUPPORTIVE PERSON TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND OUR WORKERS IN 08:39 THE 10/40 WINDOW. 08:41 IF THE LORD IS IMPRESSING UPON YOUR HEART TO GIVE WE WOULD ASK YOU TO SEND YOUR GIFT OR 08:46 CALL US OR GO ONLINE AND GIVE YOUR DONATION TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 08:50 THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN DO THAT. 09:18 YOU CAN SEND IT IN THE MAIL TO US AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, P.O. 09:27 BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WA 99324. 09:31 PHONE 509-525-2951. 09:33 EMAIL ADDRESS IS OFFICE@GOAIM.ORG <mailto:OFFICE@GOAIM.ORG> . 09:36 WEB ADDRESS IS WWW.GOAIM.ORG. 09:39 OUR ADMINISTRATION IS ALL VOLUNTEER. 09:43 IT'S AWESOME. 09:44 WE HAVE A CANADIAN ADDRESS WHICH IS GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA, P.O. 09:52 BOX 32035, WEST KELOWNA, B.C. 09:56 V4T3G2, CANADA. 10:03 WE WOULD BE HAPPYR NEWSLETTER TO SEND THAT TO YOU.NS. 10:07 OUR PHONE NUMBER IN CANADA IS 778-754-2079. 10:11 JOHN, WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT IN BANGLADESH. 10:12 WE'RE GOING TO THE SOUTH EASTERN PART OF BANGLADESH. 10:16 WE'RE GOING TOWARDS THE CHITTAGONG HILLS. 10:22 THAT'S NEAR THE BORDER WITH MYANMAR SO YOU WILL NOTICE THE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING A LITTLE 10:31 DIFFERENT DOWN THERE. 10:34 EARLY ONE MORNING WE GO TO SEE ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THIS VILLAGE. 10:39 WE WERE HEADING INTO THE CHITTAGONG HILLS ON THE BORDER WITH MYANMAR BUT STILL IN 10:52 BANGLADESH. 10:53 IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING AND WE STOPPED TO WATCH SOME VERY INTERESTING FISHING. 11:00 IT NEEDED A VERY SPECIAL TECHNIQUE BUT AT LEAST IT WAS FUN. 11:05 THE ROAD WASN'T SO GOOD BUT IT WAS IMPROVING. 11:11 EVERYONE WAS UP FOR THEIR MORNING BATH WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE VILLAGE. 11:18 I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE A BRAND NEW CHURCH. 11:21 FUNDS FROM KOREA AND A DENTIST DR. MASALA MADE THAT POSSIBLE. 11:27 BUT WE HADN'T COME TO SEE THE CHURCH, WE HAD COME TO SEE A BAPTISM. 11:32 BINOT TRIPURA WAS PREPARING 12 PEOPLE FOR BAPTISM AND FOUR WERE TO BE BAPTIZED TODAY. 11:40 THEY TOOK THEIR BAPTISMAL VOWS AND WE HEADED DOWN TO THE FISH POND. 11:46 THE MISSION PRESIDENT WAS WITH US TO PERFORM THE BAPTISM AND ANGELS WERE THERE TOO PRAISING 11:52 GOD. 11:54 NOW I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT BINOT TRIPURA. 12:03 AS WE ARE FOLLOWING HIM VISITING, LET ME SHARE WITH YOU. 12:09 FIRST I NEED TO SAY BINOT IS NOT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 12:14 HE WAS, BUT THREE YEARS AGO WHEN MONEY WAS TIGHT GOSPEL OUTREACH CUT HALF THE BUDGET 12:28 IN BANGLADESH AND BINOT LOST HIS STIPEND BUT NOT HIS WILL TO PREACH. 12:33 HE JUST KEPT GOING. 12:35 IT WASN'T EASY. 12:36 HE WAS INVITED TO A VILLAGE. 12:38 THEY BROUGHT HIM A BIBLE AND THEY ASKED HIM TO EXPLAIN IT. 12:50 MANY CAME TO LISTEN AND SOME RELIGIOUS RADICALS QUESTIONED HIM. 12:56 THEY ASKED HIM IF JESUS CAN RAISE THE DEAD WILL HE RAISE YOU IF WE KILL YOU. 13:04 THEY WERE DEADLY SERIOUS. 13:07 THEY TOOK HIM OUT, BLINDFOLDED HIM AND TOOK HIM AWAY. 13:11 THE SECURITY POLICE WERE ALERTED AND THE RADICALS FLED. 13:16 A GRAVE WAS FOUND THAT THEY HAD DUG FOR HIM. 13:20 HE WAS TAKEN TO THE POLICE STATION BUT IMMEDIATELY RELEASED. 13:24 NOW HE IS GETTING SOME PRIVATE TUITION TO HELP PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY. 13:29 THE PRESIDENT T KED ME IFFIT WOE 13:29 HIM BACK AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:37 WORKER AND I WAS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO TELL HIM ABOUT OUR NEW "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM." 13:44 I TOLD HIM WHEN I SHARE THIS STORY WITH MY FRIENDS BACK IN THE UNITED STATES I KNOW THAT 13:52 SOMEBODY WILL BE ALL TOO WILLING TO ADOPT HIM. 13:56 WELL, HERE HE IS, BINOT TRIPURA. 14:01 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADOPT HIM OR SOMEONE LIKE HIM? 14:06 WHAT A STORY OF A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN MAN. 14:14 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 14:15 HERE THAT MAN IS, EVEN UNDER SPECULATION FROM PEOPLE, HE CONTINUES TO PREACH THE WORD 14:23 OF THE LORD. 14:25 THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH RIGHT? 14:27 YES. 14:29 NOW WE COULDN'T GO TO HIS VILLAGE BECAUSE YOU HAD TO GET SPECIAL PERMISSION TO GET UP 14:33 INTO THE CHITTAGONG HILLS TO GO TO HIS VILLAGE. 14:36 THAT'S THE REASON WHY HE CAME AND MET US AT THAT CHURCH THAT YOU SAW IN THE PICTURE. 14:42 WHY WERE YOU RESTRICTED TO GO THERE? 14:45 FOR WHAT REASON, DID THEY TELL YOU? 14:47 THEY JUST SAID IT'S DANGEROUS WITH FIGHTING AND SO ON. 14:52 BUT THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH PEOPLE CAN ADOPT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHICH HELPS 14:56 WITH THEIR STIPENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 14:58 YES. 14:59 SO YOU AND I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GO. 15:02 I DON'T SPEAK THAT LANGUAGE. 15:03 I DON'T THINK YOU SPEAK THAT LANGUAGE, BUT BINOT DOES. 15:06 YOU CAN ADOPT HIM. 15:07 ABSOLUTELY. 15:08 ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE US SOMEWHERE ELSE? 15:10 I HAVE MY PASSPORT, WHERE ARE WE GOING? 15:14 NOW I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE HINDU RELIGION. 15:20 IN BANGLADESH THERE ARE ABOUT 80 PERCENT MUSLIM AND ABOUT 10 PERCENT HINDU AND SOME 15:30 CHRISTIAN AND SOME OTHER RELIGIONS AS WELL. 15:33 MOST OF THEM ARE VERY ANIMISTIC AS WELL. 15:36 THEY WORRY ABOUT THE SPIRITS AND THEY HAVE TO WEAR SPECIAL CHARMS. 15:41 YOU'LL PROBABLY NOTICE IN SOME OF THE PICTURES CHILDREN WITH CHARMS AROUND THEIR NECKS OR 15:48 IF THEY HAVE NO CLOTHES ON YOU WILL SEE THEM WITH A CHARM AROUND THEIR WAIST. 15:51 THEY WILL KEEP THAT CHARM ON BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS GOING TO KEEP AWAY THE EVIL SPIRITS. 15:56 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT RELIGION YOU ARE, YOU ARE STILL WORRIED ABOUT THE DEVIL. 16:00 LET ME SHOW YOU THIS NEXT VIDEO. 16:16 SOME RELIGIONS HAVE MANY OFFERINGS AND ELABORATE CEREMONIES-- RINGING OF BELLS, 16:26 BURNING OF INCENSE AND THE SPRINKLING OF HOLY WATER BUT NO REAL SOLUTION TO THE REAL 16:34 PROBLEM WHICH IS SIN. 16:37 DIFFERENT GODS ARE TRIED AND DISCARDED. 16:39 NEW ONES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING MADE, CHOSEN AND BOUGHT. 16:44 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF SIN, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS 16:52 OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE. 16:54 SOMETIMES THE DEVIL GETS EVERYTHING MIXED UP AND CAUSES PROBLEMS. 16:59 A CHURCH HAD BEEN BUILT IN THIS VILLAGE WITH THE HELP OF SOME FUNDS FROM KOREA. 17:05 THEY HAD A SCHOOL RUNNING, THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN SOME SPORTS EQUIPMENT AND 17:10 EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL UNTIL A FIGHT BROKE OUT. 17:14 WHEN THE TEACHER TRIED TO BREAK IT UP HE FOUND HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. 17:18 THE TEACHER WAS BEATEN UP PRETTY BADLY. 17:21 HE HAD TO BE REMOVED AND A NEW TEACHER PUT IN HIS PLACE. 17:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ASHLISH WAS SENT TO THE VILLAGE. 17:31 ON ARRIVAL HE FOUND THE CHURCH LOCKED. 17:35 HE OPENED THE DOOR BUT THE VILLAGERS LOCKED IT AGAIN. 17:39 ASHLISH CALLED A VILLAGE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM. 17:43 THEY AGREED TO OPEN IT UP AND START SCHOOL AGAIN. 17:55 THEY DID GET A LITTLE UPSET WHEN THEY CAME TO PICK UP THE CHILDREN ON SABBATH AND FOUND 18:00 THEM SINGING RELIGIOUS SONGS, BUT ASHLISH INVITED THE PARENTS TO COME AND JOIN THEM 18:06 TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING. 18:08 SOME OF THEM LIKED WHAT THEY HEARD AND NOW FOUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED AS 18:14 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS. 18:18 SOME OF THE NEW MEMBERS ARE FISHERMEN. 18:20 ASHLISH NEEDED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW THEY SHOULD PAY THEIR TITHE. 18:30 NOW THE VILLAGERS WELCOME HIM T0 HAVE WORSHIP WITH THEIR THEM ON FRIDAY EVENINGS.RAGING 18:34 THERE IS AN ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF SIN. 18:37 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE THE ANSWER. 18:42 LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM WITH OUR PRAYERS AND WITH OUR FUNDS AS THE GOOD NEWS IS 18:49 BEING SHARED IN BANGLADESH. 18:52 ON OUR WAY HOME OUR SENSES WERE ASSAULTED ONCE AGAIN WITH THE SOUNDS OF WORSHIP. 19:07 LADIES WERE DRESSED IN THEIR BEST SARIS. 19:10 CANDLES WERE LIT AND PRAYERS WERE PRAYED. 19:13 SONGS WERE SUNG AND PEOPLE WERE LONGING TO HAVE THEIR SINS FORGIVEN. 19:25 WOW, THEY ARE A COLORFUL PEOPLE. 19:27 LOOK AT ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL COLORS. 19:30 ALL OF THAT RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY, ALL THE IDOLS. 19:35 THESE PEOPLE SO NEED THE LORD. 19:37 WHAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HINDUISM AND ALL THOSE RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIANITY? 19:43 WITH ISLAM THERE IS ONE GOD. 19:50 WITH THE HINDUS THERE ARE MANY GODS. 19:54 EVERY MONTH A NEW GOD APPEARS. 19:56 THE OLD GOD IS JUST DISCARDED BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A NEW GOD WILL BE MADE AND 20:03 PAINTED AND BOUGHT AND WORSHIPED. 20:07 WITH CHRISTIANITY WE HAVE ONE GOD BUT THREE PERSONS. 20:16 WE HAVE JESUS CHRIST AS OUR SAVIOR. 20:19 AND WE HAVE THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF SIN. 20:24 THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE. 20:26 SO TELL ME, WHO IS THE ONE WHO SAYS THAT LAST MONTH'S GOD IS OLD NEWS AND YOU HAVE TO GET 20:47 THE NEW ONE? 20:50 IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS MANDATED OR DO THE MARKET PLACE PEOPLE DO THIS? 21:04 I DON'T KNOW. 21:07 I SAW IN THE MARKET PLACE THEY HAD ALL THE DIFFERENT ONES. 21:16 THE ONES YOU SAW IN THE MARKET PLACE WERE RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE HOTEL ROOM WHERE I WAS 21:25 STAYING THAT NIGHT. 21:26 I WENT OUTSIDE AND IT WAS SO NOISY. 21:29 THAT WAS THE GODDESS OF EDUCATION. 21:31 IF PEOPLE WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL THEY HAVE TO HAVE SPECIAL OFFERINGS TO 21:37 THE GODDESS OF EDUCATION. 21:38 YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND KOREA. 21:41 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? 21:43 THE PRESIDENT OF OUR CHURCH HEADQUARTERS IN THAT PART OF ASIA USED TO BE KOREAN. 21:47 THAT'S WHY HE HAS A SPECIAL AFFINITY FOR PLACES LIKE BANGLADESH AND MYANMAR. 21:50 I REMEMBER THAT HIS WIFE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING THE SCHOOLS IN MYANMAR. 21:53 THE E ESIDENT OF OUR S SINARY IN BANGLADESH IS ALSO KOREAN SO WE HAVE QUITE A STRONG 21:57 CONNECTION WITH KOREA. 21:58 KOREANS ARE ALWAYS WANTING TO DO MISSION PROJECTS. 21:59 THEY ARE VERY GENEROUS. 22:00 WE HEARD AND SAW THE VIDEOS, YOU SHARED THE STORIES. 22:03 IS IT DANGEROUS FOR THESE DEAR BELIEVERS WHO ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE 22:06 WORKING FOR THE LORD? 22:07 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 22:08 IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. 22:09 WHEN PEOPLE START TO GET TOGETHER AND TURN AGAINST SOMEONE THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE A 22:16 PROBLEM. 22:17 I LIVED IN PAKISTAN FOR SIX YEARS. 22:21 I MIXED WITH MUSLIMS IN BANGLADESH. 22:25 THEY WERE ALWAYS VERY VERY FRIENDLY TO ME, ALWAYS VERY NICE, ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW 22:32 WHAT I WAS DOING AND WHY I WAS THERE. 22:34 I NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE AT ALL. 22:37 ACTUALLY I FELT MUCH MORE DANGER ON THE ROADS. 22:42 ABSOLUTELY, TO A FOREIGN PERSON. 22:45 IF HINDU IS SO COLORFUL HOW CAN CHRISTIANITY, AND I USE THE WORD "COMPETE", WITH THIS 22:57 INGRAINED CULTURE, THIS TRADITION OF THE HINDU RELIGION. 23:02 ALTHOUGH THE HINDU RELIGION IS VERY BRIGHT AND VERY COLORFUL, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO 23:10 THE PROBLEM OF SIN. 23:12 THAT'S, I FEEL, WHERE CHRISTIANITY HAS THE EDGE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ANSWER TO 23:19 THAT PROBLEM OF SIN. 23:21 AND IT'S UP TO US TO SHARE THE LOVE OF THE LORD WITH SO MANY DEAR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW 23:26 MORE ABOUT HIM. 23:27 WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART JOHN AS YOU HAVE RETURNED FROM BANGLADESH? 23:32 WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART FOR THESE PEOPLE? 23:34 A WHILE AGO WHEN MONEY WAS TIGHT WE HAD TO CUT SOME OF OUR WORKERS THERE, AND WE WANT 23:44 TO BUILD THAT NUMBER UP AGAIN IN BANGLADESH BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE WE NEED 23:51 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO BE WORKING. 23:54 WE NEED SOME HELP. 23:57 HOW MANY WORKERS ARE THERE RIGHT NOW? 24:00 WE HAVE ABOUT 40 BUT WE'D LIKE TO DOUBLE THAT NUMBER TO 80. 24:05 THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL. 24:06 THE MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE SHARING THE LORD THE BETTER. 24:09 YES. 24:11 WE NEED SOME PEOPLE TO ADOPT WORKERS LIKE BINOT TRIIPURA WORKING UP THERE IN THE 24:15 CHITTAGONG HILLS. 24:16 THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN BE INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 24:20 WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO HELP. 24:23 YOU HAVE HEARD WHAT JOHN HAS SHARED AS HE HAS RETURNED FROM HIS TRIP TO BANGLADESH. 24:29 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED BY ADOPTING A WORKER. 24:32 WE CAN TALK WITH YOU WHEN YOU CALL AND WHEN YOU GO ON OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.GOAIM.ORG 24:38 <http://WWW.GOAIM.ORG> . 24:40 ALL THE INFORMATION IS RIGHT THERE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DONATE. 24:43 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO HERE JOHN. 24:46 SO MANY PEOPLE IN AMERICA AND CANADA. 24:49 THE LORD HAS CALLED US TO A PURPOSE HERE. 24:52 HOWEVER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T HELP SOMEONE WHO GOD HAS CALLED FOR HIS PURPOSE 24:58 IN BANGLADESH. 24:59 WHAT ARE SOME PRAYERS WE CAN OFFER UP TO THE LORD? 25:03 WHAT WOULD BE SOME SPECIFIC PRAYERS ON BEHALF OF THE FOLKS IN BANGLADESH? 25:08 YOU KNOW, WE PAY THEM A WAGE THAT WILL LET THEM JUST SURVIVE. 25:13 IF THEY GET SICK OR IF THEIR CHILDREN NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL, THAT'S WHEN THEY RUN INTO 25:19 PROBLEMS. 25:20 WE NEED TO PRAY THAT THEY KEEP HEALTHY AND ABLE TO WORK. 25:24 AS SOMEONE WHO HAS TRAVELED THERE, IT'S ONE THING TO SEE THE VIDEO JOHN. 25:29 I ALWAYS SAY IT'S ONE THING TO LOOK IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, BUT YOU CAN'T TASTE IT, YOU 25:36 CAN'T SMELL IT, YOU CAN'T FEEL IT. 25:39 THOSE PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO SURVIVE LIKE THOSE FLOODS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE OF 25:45 CLIMATE CHANGE. 25:46 IN BANGLADESH IT IS A VERY HARD LIFE. 25:49 THE LADIES THERE POUNDING THE RICE AND PREPARING ALL THE FOOD. 25:54 THAT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO DO ALL OF THAT. 25:58 YES. 25:59 FIFTY PERCENT OF ALL THE CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH ARE UNDERNOURISHED. 26:02 FIFTY PERCENT? 26:04 THAT IS HUGE. 26:06 AND FIFTY PERCENT HAVE ANEMIA. 26:09 SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE CHILD MORTALITY RATE. 26:12 IT IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE. 26:14 THERE IS A LOT TO PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE THERE. 26:17 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. 26:19 THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:23 WE THANK YOU FOR BEING A PARTNER WITH US AS WE ALL TOGETHER SHARE THE LOVE OF THE 26:33 LORD. 26:35 AS YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT BANGLADESH I PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL IMPRESS UPON YOUR 26:38 HEART WHAT YOU CAN DO. 26:39 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:42 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 26:45 [CLOSING MUSIC] THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14-- AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 26:54 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL COME.NS AND THEN SHALL THE END 26:55 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER AND OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS HAS 27:00 GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED WORKERS IN FORTY PLUS 27:05 COUNTRIES. 27:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 27:09 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 27:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERES IN THE 10/40 27:17 WINDOW. 27:18 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:23 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:27 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:28 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:32 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 27:35 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:39 I GIVE UP. 27:40 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:45 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:52 WHERE? 27:53 ALL OF THE WORLD. 27:54 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:57 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:58 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:22 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:23 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:25 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 28:27 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:28 BE THE SPARK! 28:29 LIGHT THE FIRE! |
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