Participants: John Duroe
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000494
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:16 HELLO EVERYBODY AND I AM SO GLAD TO BE BACK WITH YOU HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN 00:22 MISSIONS" WHERE YOU GET TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH GOSPEL 00:28 OUTREACH. 00:29 YOU SEE, HOW THIS WORKS- OCCASIONALLY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH REGIONAL 00:34 DIRECTORS VISIT THEIR REGIONS AND FIRST HAND MEET THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:41 WORKER AND BRING US BACK STORIES OF HOW GOD IS BLESSING IN THOSE PLACES 00:46 AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE RESOURCES YOU INVEST IN GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:51 SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US RIGHT NOW AND I'M PARTICULARLY WELCOMING YOU 00:56 BECAUSE I GET TO PRESENT MY FRIEND, JOHN DUROE. 01:00 JOHN, IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WHERE YOU ARE. 01:03 THANK YOU. 01:05 AS I HAVE TOLD OTHERS WHEN JOHN DUROE COMES TO SHARE A PROGRAM, WE SIT ON THE 01:13 EDGE OF OUR SEATS BECAUSE HE HAS CAPTURED IT ON VIDEO IN A WAY THAT WE 01:19 FEEL LIKE WE ARE RIGHT THERE JOHN. 01:21 GOOD. 01:22 SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT YOU INVEST TO DO THIS. 01:24 NOW JUST REMIND US YOUR REGION, WHERE IS IT AND THEN WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN 01:30 DOING THERE? 01:31 WELL, I GO TO BANGLADESH EVERY YEAR AND YOU KNOW BANGLADESH IS A MUSLIM 01:39 COUNTRY, BASICALLY. 01:40 IT STARTED OFF BEING A MUSLIM COUNTRY WHEN ARABIC TRADERS IN THE 12TH 01:46 CENTURY WENT THERE AND THEY TOOK ISLAM TO THAT COUNTRY. 01:50 SURE.NOW MENTIONING BANGLADESH, IT JUST LEAPS RIGHT TO THE FRONT OF OUR 01:58 MEMORIES BECAUSE BANGLADESH HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS A LOT OVER THE LAST 02:04 NUMBER OF MONTHS AND LET ME JUST REMIND YOU VIEWERS WE'RE PREPARING OR 02:08 PRESENTING THIS PROGRAM IN OCTOBER,2013 SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE CURRENT 02:13 TIME THIS YEAR. 02:16 YES, WELL THEY'VE HAD SOME TRAGEDIES IN BANGLADESH. 02:21 I MEAN, THEY ARE NOT STRANGERS TO TRAGEDY IN BANGLADESH. 02:26 BUT THIS YEAR THEY HAVE HAD SOME VERY BAD ACCIDENTS IN THEIR 02:32 CLOTHING FACTORIES AND THEY'VE HAD SOME BAD FIRES AND WHOLE FLOORS HAVE 02:36 COLLAPSED AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. 02:41 I THINK ALL OF US KIND OF SHOOK OUR HEADS IN AMAZEMENT THAT THESE 02:49 PRECIOUS PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE SEVERAL STORIES 02:53 HIGH. 02:54 YES. 02:55 AND THE CONSTRUCTION IS NOT THAT WELL DONE. 03:01 NO. 03:02 THE BUILDING INSPECTORS OVER THERE HAVE BEEN IN A LOT OF TROUBLE RECENTLY 03:07 BECAUSE LOTS OF THESE FACTORIES THEY FIND ARE UNFIT AND YET THEY ARE 03:11 STILL USING THEM. 03:13 THE LIFE IN DHAKA THE CAPITAL CITY, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THERE 03:21 AND IT IS A TEAMING MASS OF HUMANITY ON THE MOVE. 03:26 YES. 03:28 THAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE AT LEAST 7 MILLION. 03:31 YOU KNOW IN BANGLADESH ALTOGETHER, THEY HAVE ABOUT 140 MILLION. 03:36 SEVEN MILLION IN DHAKA BUT IT SEEMS WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY ARE IN THE CITY 03:42 CENTER, THAT JUST ABOUT EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS IN DHAKA. 03:45 YES. 03:47 I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THIS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH US 03:51 AND ARE WE READY NOW TO. 03:55 YES, I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU AROUND DHAKA AND WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE 04:03 CITY WORKERS THERE. 04:07 O.K. 04:09 DHAKA IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF BANGLADESH AND IN TOWN EVERYONE IS BUSY. 04:16 THERE ARE PLENTY OF THINGS THAT NEED FIXING. 04:20 I TOOK AN EARLY MORNING WALK AND EVERYONE WAS HARD AT WORK FIXING THIS AND 04:25 FIXING THAT. 04:26 THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO. 04:28 PEOPLE FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE ARE FLOODING INTO DHAKA AND THAT NEED 04:34 FIXING TOO. 04:36 AND SO, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS CITY WORKERS. 04:49 I WENT TO THE HOME OF ONE OF OUR PASTORS FOR CHURCH ON SABBATH AND THERE I MET 04:55 FOUR OF OUR CITY WORKERS. 04:56 THE MUSIC WAS GOOD. 04:58 THE SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS WAS LIVELY. 05:00 AFTER CHURCH I SPENT A WHILE VISITING WITH THEM. 05:03 I FOLLOWED THEM DOWN ALLEYS, UP STAIRCASES INTO DARK ROOMS. 05:08 I WATCHED THOSE GREETING FRIENDS, LISTENING TO PROBLEMS AND SHARING GOD'S 05:14 WORD. 05:15 I SAW THEM TEACHING A BETTER WAY OF LIFE, GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT 05:20 BIBLE STUDY. 05:23 I SAW THEM WORKING WITH CHILDREN. 05:25 I FOLLOWED ONE OF OUR LADY WORKERS WHO WAS ALWAYS WELCOME IN THEIR HOMES. 05:28 LIVING IN TOWN IS EXPENSIVE BUT WE CAN'T NEGLECT THE DIFFICULT 05:34 PLACES. 05:36 IN TOWN, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO STOP AND LISTEN BUT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 05:41 ARE FINDING WAYS TO BE HEARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE. 05:47 IN CHURCH THAT SABBATH, I MET A YOUNG MAN CALLED PROBAT. 05:54 I VIDEOED HIM WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN IN SABBATH SCHOOL AND I SAW HIM 06:00 GIVING A MASSAGE. 06:01 THEN I FOUND OUT THAT PROBAT HAD GRADUATED WITH AN M.A. 06:06 FROM OUR ASIAN CHURCH SEMINARY IN THE PHILIPPINES. 06:10 HE'D ALSO BEEN TRAINED AND WORKED AS A THOUSAND MISSIONARY WORKER IN THE 06:15 CITY OF MANILA. 06:17 AT THE MOMENT, HE IS WORKING AS A TEACHER IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL BUT HE 06:22 KNOWS WHAT HE SHOULD BE DOING. 06:25 LISTEN. 06:26 I'M A 1000 MISSIONARY MEMBER AND I LEARNED HOW TO GIVE MASSAGE. 06:31 THIS MASSAGE WHAT WE CALL IS ANTISTRESS MASSAGE SO AND THIS IS ONE OF THE 06:41 STRATEGIES WE USE AS A MISSIONARY. 06:43 I COMPLETED MY M.A. 06:46 FROM I.S. 06:48 PHILIPPINES SO I HEARD THAT THERE IS SOMEONE WANTS TO ADOPT, SO I WANT 06:57 TO BE ADOPTED AND I WANT TO WORK AS A MISSIONARY OR FULL WORKER IN THE 07:05 MISSION. 07:07 SO IF THERE IS ANYONE WANTS TO ADOPT ME, I'LL GLAD TO BE ADOPTED SON. 07:16 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 07:17 COULD WE SUPPORT HIM? 07:20 SHOULD WE SUPPORT HIM? 07:22 WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SUPPORT SOMEONE LIKE PROBAT? 07:28 THIS IS DHAKA, A CITY OF SEVEN MILLION AND GROWING EVERY DAY. 07:34 SO MANY PEOPLE, ALL LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT THINGS-OUR JOB IS TO MAKE 07:41 SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE. 07:44 THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH AS IT REACHES INTO THE BIG 07:51 CITIES OF ASIA. 08:00 PROBAT, YES HE IS OBVIOUSLY AN AMAZING YOUNG MAN. 08:05 YES, HE IS VERY ADOPTABLE BECAUSE HE HAS AN M.A. 08:10 FROM OUR SEMINARY IN THE PHILIPPINES AND HE'S ALSO TRAINED AT THE 1000 08:16 MISSIONARY MOVEMENT ORGANIZATION IN THE PHILIPPINES. 08:19 HE IS AN EXCELLENT WORKER. 08:21 HE NEEDS TO BE WORKING. 08:23 HE NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED BY SOMEONE. 08:25 SO, LET ME TRY TO SORT THIS OUT-GET THIS CLEAR. 08:30 HE IS DOING ALL OF THIS WORK BUT HE IS NOT A FULL TIME GOSPEL OUTREACH 08:34 WORKER? 08:35 NO, NO HE IS JUST DOING IT FREE AT THE MOMENT. 08:38 HE IS ACTUALLY WORKING AS A TEACHER, A PRIVATE TEACHER IN A PRIVATE 08:41 SCHOOL BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE DOING THAT. 08:44 HE WANTS TO BE ADOPTED AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 08:48 WE NEED SOMEONE TO ADOPT HIM. 08:50 ALL RIGHT, LET'S BREAK THIS RIGHT DOWN TO THE DOLLARS AND CENTS. 08:55 IF SOMEBODY IS TO ADOPT PROBAT AND UNDERWRITE HIS MINISTRY IN THAT PLACE, 09:04 WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT ON A MONTHLY BASIS? 09:06 I THINK ACTUALLY WITH ALL OF -WHEN EVERYTHING IS PUT TOGETHER I THINK IT IS 09:11 ABOUT $150 A MONTH. 09:13 THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF HIM? 09:15 A PLACE TO LIVE? 09:16 OH, YES. 09:17 NOW THAT IS THE EXPENSIVE THING IN THE CITY BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CITY 09:22 WORKERS AND ACCOMODATION IS EXPENSIVE IN THE CITIES. 09:28 NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT-I MEAN- YOU BROUGHT BACK WONDERFUL MEMORIES TO ME 09:33 WITH ALL THESE CITY WORKERS DOING SO MANY THINGS. 09:36 YES. 09:38 GIFTED PEOPLE, I MEAN, ARTISTIC PEOPLE. 09:41 YES. 09:43 DOING A LOT OF IT AND MANY OTHERS DOING JUST THE MENIAL TASKS THAT HAVE TO 09:46 BE DONE, YES, IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT HE CAN GO RIGHT TO THOSE 09:52 PEOPLE AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH CITY WORKER, HE GOES RIGHT TO THOSE PEOPLE 09:56 AND DEVELOPS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. 09:58 YES, YES. 10:00 I NOTICED HE'S GOT THOSE, THERE WERE THOSE LITTLE GROUPS WHERE THEY WERE 10:03 SINGING THE SONGS AND THAT WAS IN SABBATH SCHOOL. 10:06 HE WAS REALLY GOOD WITH THE KIDS IN SABBATH SCHOOL. 10:10 HOW DID YOU FIND HIM? 10:12 YOU HEARD ABOUT HIM OR? 10:13 NO, NO HE WAS JUST AT CHURCH. 10:15 I JUST WENT TO CHURCH THAT DAY AND HE JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE AND I WENT 10:20 INTO THE CHILDRENS SABBATH SCHOOL ROOM AND THERE HE WAS TEACHING THE CHILDREN 10:24 AND THEN I SPOKE WITH HIM, QUESTIONED HIM AND HEARD MORE OF HIS STORY AND 10:29 FOUND OUT WHERE HE'D BEEN AND HOW HE'D BEEN TRAINED AND WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. 10:34 HE IS A SINGLE YOUNG MAN? 10:35 YES. 10:36 HOW OLD IS PROBAT? 10:38 I THINK HE MUST BE ABOUT 28- SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 10:41 BUT HE HAS AN EYE SINGLE TO GOD'S CALL ON HIS LIFE. 10:43 HE DOES. 10:47 ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT IS A GOOD BREAK FOR ME RIGHT NOW FRANKLY, JOHN. 10:52 I GET TO TALK TO YOU PEOPLE ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT 10:59 SIMPLY IS CALLED "ADOPT A WORKER". 11:01 THAT MEANS THAT YOU AND A FRIEND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT BY YOURSELF OR 11:06 YOU CAN'T DO IT BY YOURSELF, YOU AND SOMEBODY, YOUR SABBATH 11:09 SCHOOL CLASS PERHAPS COULD ADOPT PROBAT IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH WHERE THERE ARE 11:16 THOSE TEAMING MILLIONS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN REACHED, WHO ARE WAITING TO BE REACHED. 11:22 GOD HAS COMMISSIONED PROBAT TO BE THERE AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A 11:26 SPECIAL APPEAL TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE "ADOPT A WORKER 11:30 PROGRAM" TO BE IN TOUCH AND LET'S SEE IF I SPELL IT RIGHT, PROBAT? 11:35 CORRECT. 11:37 IF YOU WOULD LIKE, AND I PRAY YOU WILL, TO BE INVOLVED WITH PROBAT, HIS 11:43 MINISTRY, YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BY TELEPHONE, EMAIL HOWEVER 11:50 YOU CAN. 11:51 YOU SEE THE ADDRESS RIGHT THERE ON YOUR TELEVISION SCREEN. 11:53 YOU GET IN TOUCH AND LET'S DO SOMETHING TO AUTHORIZE PROBAT'S MINISTRY IN 12:01 DHAKA. 12:02 GOOD. 12:03 O.K? 12:04 YES, WOW WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY THAT TOLD, JOHN. 12:08 BUT THAT IS NOT ALL YOU'VE GOT MORE. 12:10 WELL, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU OUTSIDE THE BIG CITY NOW BECAUSE OUTSIDE THE 12:15 CITIES IN BANGLADESH, IT'S VERY, VERY NICE. 12:19 IT'S A VERY NICE COUNTRYSIDE. 12:20 SO, IF YOU CAN GET TO THE PLACE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO AND THAT'S SOMETIMES A 12:26 BIT OF A PROBLEM. 12:27 HOW DO YOU TRAVEL WHEN YOU ARE THERE? 12:30 WE USUALLY GET A VAN AND WE GO EVERYWHERE IN THE VAN AND I HAVE QUITE A 12:37 GOOD DRIVER WHO ALWAYS TAKES US SO I TRUST HIM. 12:41 IT IS VERY DANGEROUS ON THE ROADS THERE. 12:43 YOU DON'T TELL HIM YOU'D LIKE TO DRIVE? 12:47 NO. 12:48 NO. 12:49 THAT IS A DIFFERENT STORY ALTOGETHER DRIVING THERE. 12:52 I JUST CAME FROM ANOTHER FOREIGN COUNTRY AND I SAID TO THE DRIVER, "I AM SO 12:56 GLAD YOU ARE DRIVING. 12:59 I WOULD BE FIRST A NERVOUS WRECK OR WE WOULD BE IN A WRECK." 13:02 YES AND SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. 13:05 O.K. 13:06 YOU ARE GOING TO TAKAK US TO THE COUNTRYSIDE. 13:08 WE'RE GOING TO THE COUNTRYSIDE NOW YES TO SEE A LADY. 13:11 EARLY MORNING IN THE TOWNS OF BANGLADESH, PEOPLE ARE OUT BUYING THEIR FISH AND 13:18 THEIR FRESH VEGETABLES AND WAITING FOR WARM NAANS STRAIGHT FROM THE OVEN. 13:25 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO TALIPARA IN WEST BANGLADESH. 13:29 PARTS OF THE ROAD WERE IDEALIC BUT THEN WE HIT A PROBLEM-A SERIOUS ONE. 13:36 A BRIDGE WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THERE WAS NO WAY AROUND. 13:42 WE HAD TO GO BACK AND TAKE A HUGE DETOUR AND DO SOME FIXING OURSELVES. 13:47 BUT WHEN WE ARRIVED AT TALIPARA, THE SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE STILL 13:53 WAITING TO GREET US AND THE FOOT WASHING SURE FELT GOOD. 14:01 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER HERE IS MONICA. 14:04 SHE TEACHES SCHOOL IN THE MORNING SO I LISTENED IN FOR A WHILE. 14:12 THE CHILDREN SANG FOR US, LISTENED TO OUR STORIES BUT I KNEW THAT THIS WAS 14:20 ONLY PART OF MONICA'S WORK. 14:24 I KNEW THAT IN THE AFTERNOON SHE COULD BE FOUND OUT IN THE VILLAGE 14:28 VISITING. 14:29 EVERYBODY KNOWS HER, LOVES HER AND RESPECTS HER. 14:32 THEY LISTEN TO WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY AND THEY TELL HER THEIR PROBLEMS. 14:38 I HEARD A STORY ABOUT THE POSSESSED MAN WHO COULDN'T FOR THE LIFE OF HIM SPEAK. 14:42 HE USED TO TALK BUT THE DEVIL GOT HIS TONGUE. 14:50 MONICA CALLED ALL THE CHURCH MEMBERS TOGETHER AND THEY PRAYED. 14:58 GOD HEARD THEIR PRAYER AND THE MAN SPOKE AGAIN. 15:06 MANY IN THE VILLAGE BECAME BELIEVERS. 15:10 NOW IT WAS TIME TO FIND OUR WAY HOME. 15:18 WE TOOK A DIFFERENT ROUTE BUT IF WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE BETTER, WE 15:22 NEEDED TO THINK AGAIN. 15:23 WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THEM TO MAKE THE ROAD. 15:34 I MUST SAY THAT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. 15:37 I LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT ROAD MAKING AND I MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS. 15:52 LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR LADY GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS LIKE MONICA 15:58 LIVING IN DIFFICULT PLACES TO REACH. 16:02 MONICA- HOW DOES A BANGLADESHI GET AN ENGLISH NAME LIKE THAT? 16:11 I DON'T KNOW. 16:13 THEY HAVE LOTS OF ENGLISH NAMES OVER THERE. 16:16 YOU KNOW I HEAR VERY INTERESTING STORIES JOHN, THAT PEOPLE HAVE NAMES 16:21 THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUCE AND THEY'LL OPEN A BOOK AND I 16:27 HEARD A STORY YESTERDAY THAT THIS YOUNG MAN OPENED THE BOOK AND IT WAS IN 16:32 GENESIS AND HE SAW THE NAME NOAH, SO HE IS NOAH NOW AND WILL ALWAYS BE 16:37 NOAH. 16:39 I'VE HEARD OTHER STORIES LIKE THAT. 16:41 THEY ARE VERY INTERESTING. 16:43 MONICA TEACHES SCHOOL. 16:45 YES. 16:46 AND WHO OWNS THE SCHOOL? 16:50 IS IT A CHURCH SCHOOL? 16:51 IT IS A CHURCH SCHOOL; YES IT IS A CHURCH SCHOOL. 16:53 IT IS A PART OF THE CONFERENCE SCHOOLS? 16:55 YES, THAT CHURCH AND SCHOOL WERE BUILT BY MCNEILUS A LONG TIME AGO. 17:04 THEY BUILT ABOUT 200 CHURCHES WITH SCHOOLS IN BANGLADESH. 17:09 VERY NICE. 17:10 IS THIS LADY HIRED BY THE LOCAL MISSION OR CONFERENCE THEN? 17:15 SHE IS. 17:16 SHE ONLY TEACHES A HALF DAY. 17:18 NO, NO, NO I MADE A MISTAKE THERE. 17:21 AH. 17:23 HER HUSBAND ACTUALLY IS EMPLOYED BY THE MISSION AND HE IS DOING A SEPARATE 17:28 WORK BUT SHE IS EMPLOYED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:32 SHE TEACHES IN THE MORNING AND THEN SHE DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IN THE 17:35 AFTERNOON. 17:36 SO, THEY ARE-WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM. 17:42 OH YES. 17:43 BUT THEY ARE BLEST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS BASE OF SUPPORT IN THEIR LIVES. 17:46 YES. 17:47 YES. 17:49 BUT SHE OBVIOUSLY IS EARNING EVERY PENNY THAT SHE RECEIVES, OH YES, WITH 17:53 THE KIND OF MINISTRY THAT SHE'S DOING ON BEHALF OF THESE VILLAGE PEOPLE. 17:57 OH YES, VERY WELL RECEIVED. 17:58 IS SHE WORKING IN ONE VILLAGE? 18:00 SEVERAL VILLAGES? 18:01 WHAT IS THE TERRITORY MONICA COVERS? 18:04 SHE WORKS IN THAT VILLAGE. 18:05 HER HUSBAND IS WORKING IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. 18:07 IS HE A PASTOR? 18:09 YES. 18:10 O.K. 18:11 THEY HAVE CHILDREN? 18:13 I DON'T KNOW. 18:15 I SAW PLENTY OF CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL. 18:19 NOW ARE THESE CHILDREN MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OR ARE THEY VILLAGE C CLDREN 18:26 WHO WANT THE ADVANTAGE OF AN EDUCATION? 18:29 DO THEY PAY TUITION? 18:30 HOW DO WE HAVE THIS POPULATION? 18:32 ARE YOU SAYING DO THEY GO TO CHURCH ON SABBATH? 18:34 YES. 18:36 YES THEY ARE THERE IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE ON SABBATH. 18:40 IS THAT RIGHT? 18:41 THAT IS SABBATH SCHOOL. 18:42 WHAT ABOUT THEIR-AH BUT THEY ARE IN HER CLASSROOM THE REST OF THE WEEK AS 18:46 WELL. 18:47 YES, YES, YES. 18:48 THEIR FAMILIES JOIN THEM? 18:50 THEY DO. 18:52 SO THAT'S A HAPPY ADVENTIST ENVIRONMENT, OH YES, WHERE WE'VE GOT 18:57 DADDYS AND MOMMIES AND CHILDREN ALL A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT ABOUT 19:01 THE WITNESS OF THE CONGREGATION IN A COMMUNITY LIKE THAT? 19:08 WELL YOU SAW HOW THEY ALL GOT TOGETHER WHEN THAT MAN HAD LOST HIS VOICE AND 19:12 THEY ALL GOT TOGETHER AND THEY ALL PRAYED TOGETHER WITH HIM AND THINGS 19:17 HAPPENED. 19:18 PEOPLE NOTICE WHEN THINGS HAPPEN LIKE THAT. 19:21 MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 19:23 SO YOU GOT TO MEET THIS MAN AND HEAR HIM NOW SPEAK. 19:26 YES. 19:27 INTERESTING. 19:28 YES. 19:29 A FULFILLMENT OF GOD'S PROMISE: THE LAME SHALL WALK AND THE DEAF SHALL 19:35 HEAR AND THE DUMB SHALL SPEAK. 19:37 YES. 19:38 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 19:39 O.K. 19:41 ON THIS TRIP AND YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE OF VIDEO THAT WE WANT TO 19:44 BE SURE AND SEE. 19:45 I DO. 19:46 TAKE US THERE. 19:47 I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU BACK AGAIN TO THE CITY. 19:49 O.K? 19:51 IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, THERE IS NO SHORTAGE ON FOOD IN BANGLADESH. 20:07 IN EVERY ROADSIDE MARKET, THERE IS SO MUCH CHOICE. 20:12 THE ANNUAL FLOODING IN BANGLADESH PROVIDES GOOD GROWING SOIL AND THE 20:17 COUNTRY IS EXPORTING THEIR EXTRA RICE AND VEGETABLES. 20:23 BAKERS AND COOKS ARE TO BE FOUND ON EVERY STREET CORNER IN DHAKA THE 20:28 CAPITAL CITY. 20:29 THE SEA AND ITS MANY RIVERS PROVIDE FISH FOR ALL. 20:35 ANTONY USED TO BE A COOK AT A BAPTIST COLLEGE BUT NOW HE IS A GOSPEL 20:42 OUTREACH VOLUNTEER AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL ONE TOO. 20:47 THIS SABBATH ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE PREACHED AT HIS HOME 20:51 CHURCH. 20:52 ANTONY IS A CITY WORKER. 20:55 I SHOWED SOME OF THE LADIES ONE OF THE BIBLE RECORDERS PROVIDED BY THE 21:00 BANGLADESH BIBLE S SIETY. 21:02 I HAD ALSO BROUGHT THEM SOME SOLAR RECORDERS PROVIDED BY GOSPEL 21:08 OUTREACH. 21:09 ON MY WAY TO BANGLADESH, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY TIMES I HAD TO EMPTY MY 21:14 BAGS FOR AIRPORT SECURITY AND DEMONSTRATE THEM. 21:19 WHILE AT THE COLLEGE ANTONY MADE GOOD FRIENDS WITH THE COLLEGE 21:24 STOREKEEPER. 21:25 HIS FRIEND ALSO RAN A LAUNDRY NEARBY. 21:29 WHEN ANTONY LEFT THE COLLEGE AND BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER 21:33 THEIR FRIENDSHIP CONTINUED BUT THEY WERE NOT JUST GOOD FRIENDS. 21:40 ANTONY BEGAN SHARING WITH HIS FRIEND HIS NEW FOUND FAITH AND HIS NEW SABBATH 21:45 DAY. 21:51 HE WOULD COME AND VISIT THE HOME. 21:53 THEY HAD BIBLE STUDIES AND THEY TOOK LONG WALKS TALKING. 21:57 ANTONY INVITED THE FAMILY TO CHURCH. 22:00 NOW THEY WORSHIP TOGETHER. 22:04 A YOUNG MAN CALLED ASHISH MARRIED ANTONY'S DAUGHTER. 22:08 ASHISH IS ALSO ONE OF OUR DHAKA'S CITY WORKERS TEACHING SCHOOL IN THE 22:14 POOR DISTRICT OF KAMIPUR. 22:17 THE PEOPLE WORK IN THE NEARBY FACTORY BUT ASHISH TEACHES THEIR CHILDREN. 22:22 HE SANG FOR ME THAT SABBATH AND DID A LITTLE WELCOME DANCE. 22:26 PARENTS ARE SURPRISED OF WHAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING. 22:43 ASHISH HAS BEFRIENDED THEIR PARENTS. 22:45 HE HELPS THEM. 22:50 HE SHARES THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS. 22:55 HE TRIES TO TEACH THEM HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF LIFE. 22:59 IT IS CITY WORKERS LIKE ANTONY AND ASHISH THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO 23:06 SUPPORT WITH OUR GIFTS SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE THE BREAD OF LIFE. 23:15 AS DARKNESS FELL, THE COOKS WERE STILL AT WORK. 23:24 SO MANY FASCINATING STORIES IN JUST FOUR MINUTES OF VIDEO. 23:29 YES. 23:30 IT IS WONDERFUL BUT IN THE INTEREST OF OUR TIME TELL US MORE ABOUT ASHISH. 23:35 WELL ASHISH IS THE SON-IN-LAW OF ANTONY AND HE USED TO BE SUPPORTED BY 23:42 A PRIVATE DONOR, BY A DENTIST IN BANGLADESH. 23:45 HE USED TO BE SUPPORTED AS A SCHOOL TEACHER. 23:48 THAT FUNDING DRIED UP BUT HE IS OPEN FOR ADOPTION NOW AND SOMEONE HAS JUST 23:56 ADOPTED HIM. 23:57 OH REALLY! 23:58 YES, SO THEY ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 24:00 PRAISE THE LORD! 24:01 THAT IS WONDERFUL. 24:03 BUT ALL THOUGH I SAY HE HAS BEEN ADOPTED, THERE ARE PLENTY MORE THAT NEED 24:07 TO BE ADOPTED. 24:09 NOW, HE NO LONGER TEACHES SCHOOL THOUGH. 24:13 YES HE DOES. 24:14 HE IS STILL TEACHING SCHOOL? 24:15 OH YES, THAT IS PART OF HIS WORK AND SO THE ADOPTION HELPS TO CONTINUE 24:19 THAT, SURE, AND IN ADDITION HE IS DOING THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORK 24:25 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE INVOLVED WITH. 24:28 YES, YES IN THE LOCAL CONGREGATION. 24:31 THERE IS NO OTHER CHURCH IN THAT VILLAGE. 24:33 HE IS THE SOLE PERSON IN THAT VILLAGE. 24:35 ALL RIGHT. 24:36 FILL IN-I'VE GOT ENOUGH TIME, I THINK, FILL IN ABOUT HIS FATHER-IN-LAW. 24:39 HIS FATHER-IN-LAW IS ANTONY AND HE ALSO WAS TEACHING A SCHOOL. 24:44 HE IS NOT TEACHING A SCHOOL AT THE MOMENT. 24:47 HIS WIFE IS TEACHING IN THE SCHOOL. 24:49 HE IS NOT TEACHING BECAUSE THAT FUNDING DRIED UP AS WELL AT THE SAME TIME. 24:54 SO, THERE IS MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BUT WE NEED THE FUNDS. 24:59 WE NEED THE MONEY. 25:00 WELL AND THAT'S WHERE ALL OF YOU FOLKS COME IN. 25:04 YES, WE'RE WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:08 BROTHER JOHN GOES THERE TO MEET THE PEOPLE, TO ENCOURAGE THEM AND TO 25:13 BRING US ACCOUNTS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING BUT NONE OF THAT AMOUNTS TO WHAT IT 25:18 NEEDS TO UNLESS YOU FOLKS ARE A PART OF THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY PRAYING 25:24 AND SUPPORTING. 25:26 YOU'VE HEARD THE SPECIFIC STORIES ABOUT SEVERAL OF THESE FOLKS WHO ARE IN 25:30 BANGLADESH AND CERTAINLY YOU WANT THEIR GOOD MINISTRY TO CONTINUE. 25:35 IN 30 SECONDS JOHN, TELL THE FOLKS LOOKING RIGHT AT YOUR CAMERA THERE WHAT YOU 25:40 WOULD LIKE THEM TO DO. 25:42 WELL, YOU'VE HEARD THAT THERE ARE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH WHO 25:47 ARE WANTING TO BE ADOPTED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 25:53 PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LISTEN TO THEIR PLEA AND HELP THEM IN THEIR WORK. 26:01 JOHN, AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND 26:06 FOR THE GIFT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU TO CAPTURE THESE STORIES IN SUCH LIVING 26:11 COLOR THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FIND THE ROAD; WHAT IT 26:16 IS LIKE TO WORK IN THE CITY; WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FIND ALL KINDS OF PRODUCTS 26:20 IN THE CITY. 26:21 MY MOUTH BEGAN TO WATER A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE DELECTABLE 26:26 VEGETABLES AND PRODUCE. 26:28 THAT'S WHY I GO IN FEBRUARY EVERY YEAR. 26:30 IT IS JUST AMAZING AND OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO WASH IT VERY, 26:35 VERY WELL AS YOU ARE PREPARING IT AND GOING TO EAT IT. 26:38 SO, THANK YOU ALL, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE GOSPEL 26:42 OUTREACH FAMILY. 26:44 I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE STORIES FROM JOHN AND YOU KEEP WATCHING "ADVENTURES 26:48 IN MISSIONS" SO WE CONNECT IN THIS WONDERFUL WORK THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US IN 26:56 THE 21ST CENTURY. 27:05 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:11 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:19 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:23 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:26 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:28 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 27:32 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:37 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:40 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:42 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:44 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 27:50 WORLD. 27:51 WHERE? 27:52 ALL THE WORLD. 27:54 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 27:56 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:57 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:03 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 BUT THEY WON'T 28:14 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:15 BE THE SPARK. 28:17 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. 28:26 FINISH THE WORK. |
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