Adventures in Missions

Bangladesh - Waiting for Us

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Participants: John Duroe

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00:24 HELLO DEAR FRIENDS, SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON ANOTHER
00:33 ADVENTURES WHWH WE E VEM
00:33 THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSESEYOD
00:33 MISSIONS" AND WE REALLY GO
00:39 PLACES AND ACTIVITIES THAT AREN'T JUST EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES.
00:44 IN FACT, MOST OF THESE ACTIVITIES ARE ALMOST A WORLD AWAY FROM US HERE IN
00:50 THE NORTHWEST T D WHEN I SAY THE NORTHWEST I'M TALKING ABOUT THE
00:53 HEADQUARTERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN COLLLLE PLACE, WASHINGTON.
00:57 WE ARE IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH STUDIO HERE IN COLLEGE PLACE.
01:02 THIS IS THE FALL OF 2014 AND ASASE DO A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAEAWE GET
01:08 TOGETHER W WH THE
01:08 LEADERSHIP OF THE GOSPEL
01:08 OUTRTRCH FAMILY AND WORLD-
01:13 ACROSS THE WORLD AND THIS PROGRAM AT THIS TIME IS NO EXCEPTION.
01:19 I GET T RECONNECTCTITH MYMYRIEND JOHN DUROE.
01:23 BROTHER JOHN, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
01:26 THANK YOU.
01:27 I ALWAYS AM SO PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU AS WITH ALL THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
01:34 LEADERSHIP BECAUSE YOU IN PARTICULAR, BRING US THE SSIOIOSTORY IN MOVING,
01:40 LIVING COLORORND W WLOVE TO HAVE THOSE REPORTS.
01:47 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE
01:59 VDISCOVOV AND "ADVENTUREST HIN MISSIONS" PROGRAM A AH YOU RUN INTO SOMEBODY WHO
02:05 ASKS, "GOSPEL OUTREACH?
02:07 WHAT'S THAT?"
02:08 WHAT KIND OF AN ANSWER DO YOU GIVE THOSE PEOPLE WHEN THEY ASK ABOUT GOSPEL
02:13 OUTREACH?
02:14 WELL, IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS TO FUND NATIONAL WORKERS WHO ARE
02:24 WANTING TO START A NEW CHURCH IN A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO CHURCH AT THIS
02:30 TIME AND ALL OF OUR FUNDS THAT WE RAISE-THEY ALL GO THROUGH THE LOCAL MISSION
02:37 D THTHCONFNFERCECEND THAT'S HOWOWT WORKS.
02:40 AND SPEAKING ECONOMICALLY, THE ECONOMY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH USING A C CDE
02:49 VERNACULAR THAT SOMETIMES REFER TO IN OUR ENGLISH PARLANCE IS A
02:55 "GOOD DEAL".
02:56 OH YES, EVERYONE IS A VOLUNTEER.
02:59 EVERYBODY IS A VOLUNTEER AND FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT A VIEWER OR GOSPEL
03:05 OUTREACHCHAMILY OUT THERE SOMEWHERE SENDS IN TO GOSPEL OUTREACH 98 CENTS
03:07 OUT OF THAT DOLLAR GOES TO THE SUPPORT OF THAT FRONTLINE WORKRK OUT
03:19 THERE.
03:20 YES.
03:21 SO THAT'S THE REASON SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO BOLD AS TO CALL THIS A "GOOD
03:25 DEAL", OH YES, FOR MISSIONS AND CERTAINLY THE BEST DEALS WE OUGHT TO
03:29 LOOK F F IS HOW WE CAN ADVANCE THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
03:33 YEYE
03:34 NOW, TELL US ABOUT YOUR ROLE AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADER.
03:42 WHAT DO YOU DO?
03:43 WHY ARE YOU HERE?
03:44 ETC. WELL, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT A COUPLE OF AREAS IN THE WORLD:
03:50 BANGLADESH AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF F DIA A AT'S JUST ABOVE BANANADESH.
03:57 SO, I VISIT BANGLADESH AND
03:57 INDIA EVERY YEAR AND I TRY AND VIVIT AS MANY OF T TSE
04:06 LOCAL WORKERS IN THEIR HOME SITUATION WHERE THEY ARE WORKING IN A VILLAGE
04:11 OR WHETHER THEY ARE WORKING IN A TOWN-I TRY AND VISIT THEM, ENCOURAGE
04:15 THEM; SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING; LISTEN TO THEIR STSTIES S D THEN I VIDEO
04:23 THEIR STORIES AND I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THESE VIDEOS WITH YOU TODAY.
04:28 JUST BEFORE WE DO THAT, WHY OR HOW IS YOUR VISIT IMPORTANT TO THEM?
04:37 OH, FOR THEM TO SUDDENLY THINK THAT SOMEONE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS
04:50 WORLD HAS COME TO VISIT THEIR VILLAGE TO LOOK AT THOW IMPORTANT IS THAT?,
04:51 WOW!
04:53 I WANTED TO HEAR YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE
04:59 ARARTHOSE WHO MAY THINK JOHN DUROE JUST WENT TO BANGLADESH.
05:03 WHY DID HE GO OVER THERE?
05:05 THAT'S A LONG WAY FROM HOME AND IT MUST BE KIND OF AN EXOTIC TRIP AND ALL
05:10 OF THAT BUT THERE IS A MINISTRY THAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A GOSPEL
05:16 OUTREACH LEADER.
05:17 YES.
05:18 AS A LEADER, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN "YOU'RE A LEADER"?
05:24 IT MEANS FIRST OF ALL IS I AM A FRIEND OF THE ONE WHO IS I ICHARGEGEVER THERE IN
05:31 BANGNGDESH AND H HKNOWS THAT HE HAS MY SUPPORT AND WE'RE HELPING EACH OTHER.
05:39 AND FOR OUR VIEWERS AND FOR THE LEADERSHIP, ALL VOLUNTEER OF COURSE, OF
05:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH BACK HERE HOME YOU BRING G RST HAND ACCOUNTS OF WHAT'S
05:51 HAPPENING OUT THERE ON THE FRONTLINE IN THAT PART OF THE GOSPEL O OREACH WORLRL
05:56 YES, THESE STORIES THAT YOU WILL HEAR TODAY ARE ALL FROM THIS YEAR.
06:02 WELL, RATHER THAN USE MORE O OOUR TIME JUST YOU AND ME SITTING HERE AND
06:07 TALKING I WANT YOU T TTAKE
06:07 US TO THTHFIRST VIDEO.
06:10 NOW I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT THIS FIRST VIDEO ONLY JUST HAPPENED BECAUSE OF
06:16 THE WEWEHER IN FEBRUARY.
06:18 YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT THE WHOLE OF ATLANTA WAS STUCK IN ICE IN THE MONTH
06:26 OF FEBRUARY AND THAT WAS THE DAY THAT I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE.
06:29 OUR RECORDININHERE IS IN THTHFALLLLF 2020 SO IT WAS BACK IN FEFEUARY OF THIS
06:38 YEAR, YES.
06:39 O.K.
06:40 LET ME SHOW YOU THE VIDEO.
06:42 THE ICE STORM, WOW, IN ALTANTA THIS YEAR DELAYED MY ARRIVAL TIME IN
06:47 BANGLADESH SO WHEN PICKED UP AT 9 A.M.
06:51 AT THE AIRPORT WE WERE ALREADY ON OUR WAY TO THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE
06:57 BANGLADESH UNION.
06:59 OF COURSE, WE HAD A FEW MORE PROBLEMS ON OUR WAY BUT THERE WERE PLENTY OF
07:03 MECHCHICS ALONG G E
07:03 WAY TO FIX THINGS.
07:06 THAT EVENING WE WERE INTO OUR FIRST BAPTISM IN A BARREL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT
07:13 SAFE TO USE THE RIVER OUTSIDE THE COMPOUND WALL.
07:16 WHEN WE ARRIVED THE SPRING FLOWERS THERE WERE AT THEIR BEST.
07:22 NENEANDIDATES MADE A DECISION TO FOLLOW JESUS IN BAPTISM AND FOLLOWING
07:29 NGRARALATITIS BY OUR N N UNION PRESIDENT DR. LEE, WE PRESENTED THEM EACH
07:36 WIWI ONE OF THE SOLAR BIBLE RECORDRDERPROVIDED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH.
07:41 THESE ARE RECORDERS WITH THE BIBLE IN BANGLA AND THEY COST US ABOUT $20
07:48 EACH.
07:48 YOU CAN HELP US PROVIDE MORE OF THESE.
07:52 THIS WAS NOT THE ONLY PRESENTATION MAMA THAT NIGHT.
07:56 EIGHT GOSPEL O OREACH VOLUNTEERS H H COME TO RECEIVE THEIR BRAND NEW
08:02 BICYCLE.
08:03 ALSO PROVIDED BY A SPECIAL GIFT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH.
08:07 THANK YOU DR. DUROE AND DONORS TO GIVE A G G GD KE FOR THE MISSION OF GOD.
08:21 YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HI WAS EXCITED TOO; IL OUHAD TO TAKE A RIDE..
08:24 THIS IS JUST WHAT THE WORKERS NEED AS THEY CRISSCROSS THE FIELDS AND
08:30 COUNTRYSIDE OF BANANADESH.
08:32 SO YOU ARE VERY HAPPY Y W.
08:34 YES, I AM VERY HAPPY.
08:41 SO TTHANK YOU VIEWERSKFUL TOFOR YOUR GENEROSITY.RK.
08:45 I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THESE CANDIDATES WHO WERE BAPTIZED THIS EVENING: A
08:51 THERERA SON AND A YOUNGER SISTER.
08:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER RAUL DAS WORKS IN THE VILLAGE OF GUJADEA.
09:01 ANDON'S FATHER IS A FISHERERN ANANSELLLLFISH IN THE VILLAGE MARKET.
09:07 WHILE TALKING, RAUL FOUND OUT THAT THE FATHER WAS A CHRISTIAN.
09:13 SOMEONE HAD COME TO ANOTHER VILLAGE WHERE HE LIVED AND TATAHT HIM AND
09:18 BAPTIZED HIM.
09:20 RAUL ASKED IF HE COULD HAVE PERMISSION TO TALK TO HIS FAMILY AND HE SAID
09:26 YES.
09:27 THE HINDUS IN THE VILLAGE HAD SCARED ANY WHO HAD LISTENED TO CHRISTIAN
09:32 TEACACNG.
09:33 BUT RAUL HAD B BLE STUDIES WITH THE FAMILY AND TODAY CHANDON, M MHER AND SISTER
09:39 WERE B BTIZED.
09:42 RAUL FOUND THAT THE FATHER HAD ACTUALLY BEEN BAPTIZED AS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
09:48 CHRISTIAN AND NOW HE IS ATTENDING CHURCH AGAIN WITH HIS WIFE AND FAMILY.
09:54 NEXT MORNING WE HAD ONE MORE SURPRISE FOR OUOU GOGOSP O OUTACACWORKERS-A
10:00 NEW SET OFOFRACTS PROVIDED BY THE UNION LEADERSHIP FOR ISLALAC READERS.
10:06 THIS MAINLY TRANSLSLED IN THE MATRIN DIALOG SO WE CAN TALK WITH EASILY WITH
10:13 OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS.
10:15 WE EXPXPT A BIG INTEREST IN THESE "PEOPLE OF THE BOOK" TRACTS.
10:20 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MANY MORE BAPTISMS AS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
10:27 VOLUNTEEEE USE THEIR NEW BICYCYES AND LITERATURE IN THEIEIWORK OF SHARING THTH
10:39 GOOD NEWS IN BANGLADESH.
10:42 THANK YOU, JOHN.
10:45 AS ALWAYS -SHOWS THE PICTURES WORTH THOUSANDS OF WORDS ALBEIT I'M SO
10:52 GRATEFEF FOROROUR WORDS.
10:54 I SEE THREE SPECIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY
11:02 RIGHT THERE.
11:04 YOU MADE AVAILABE THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH TRACTS, YES, AND THAT'S A GREAT
11:10 STORY I'M SURE WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO TELL OF A KOREAN DONOR, YES, WHO
11:17 MADE THAT CONTRIBUTION AND THOSE GIFTS POSSIBLE.
11:21 YES.
11:22 MAYBE BEFORE WE ARE THROUGH WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE LEADER OF THE WORK
11:25 THERE WHO IS KOREAN, YES, YES, AND THE SECOND THING IS THE BICYCLE, YES, HOW-
11:34 WELL I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE ADVANCE OF THE WORK WHEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH
11:39 WORKER HAS TRANSPORTATION, YES.
11:41 THAT HE CAN GO FARTHER AND FASTER.
11:43 YES, MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN A CAR.
11:50 YES, BECAUSE A CAR CAN'T GO TO SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE THBICYCLES.KE THOSE
11:51 AND THE BIBLES, YES.
11:52 TELL ME JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE.
11:54 NOW THOSE ARE SOLAR POWERED BIBLES AND SO IF SOMEONE CAN'T READ AND
12:01 THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH WHO CACAOT AD WE CAN N VE THEM ONE
12:05 THESE SOLAR BIBLES AND THEY CAN LISTEN THEMSELVES AND THEY CAN THEN SHARE IT
12:10 WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.
12:12 WELL, WE HAVE SEEN A VISUAL REPORT OF THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN
12:27 BANWANT YOU TO MAKEHER SURE YOU'VE GOT DOWN THEO ADDRESS, THE PHONE NUMBER
12:31 D ALL THE INFORMATION FOR GETTING IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE
12:34 I'M GIVING YOU AN ININTATION TO SIGN ON WITHTHL
12:39 OUTREACH FAMILY SO THAT YOU KNOW YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS MINISTRY IS G GNG T T
12:46 THE KIND OF WORK THAT JOHN IS ILLUSTRATED.
12:48 ALRIGHT, YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER VIDEO FOR US?
12:50 YES.
12:52 BEFORE I START I SHOULD MENTION I SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE GUEST ROOM ON THE
13:03 CAMPUS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL BOARDING SCHOOL IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF
13:12 BANGLADESH.
13:14 WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE KIND GENEROSITY OF THE MCNEILUS FAMILY.
13:22 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO KATDUR IN BANGLADESH FOR A BAPTISM.
13:27 RLY IN THE MORNING THE
13:27 BUTCHERS WERE AT WORK CUTTING UP THE DAYS MEAT
13:32 AND PEOPLE WERE ITING TO BUY.
13:35 THE DOGS WERE ALSO WAITING FOR A FREE HANDOUT.
13:39 HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
13:40 ASKED THE BUTCHER.
13:42 WE PASSED A FEW WRECKS ON THE WAY.
13:45 THIS ONE WAS STILL BEING CLEARED AWAY.
13:48 WEWERRIVED AND THE SINGING STARTED.
13:50 I TRIED TO OPEN THE WINDOW TO LET MORE LIGHT IN BUT I GOT T TO TROUBLE AND AS I
14:01 LEFT I REALIZED THAT WASPS ARE BETTER KEPT UNDISTURBED.
14:07 WE WERE WELCOMED AND I SHARED SOMETHING WITH THE BAPTISMAL CANDIDATAT.
14:12 HEHEAME E WN TO BE WITH US IN OUR C CL.
14:17 THEY WERE QUESTIONED ON THEIR DECISION TO BE BAPTIZED.
14:24 MADE OUR WAY THROUGH THE VILLAGE TO THE LOCAL POND.
14:27 E AREA PASTOR HAD COME TO BAPTIZE FIFTEEN CANDIDATES THAT THE LOCAL
14:32 GOSPEL OUTUTACHH
14:32 WORK.
14:35 THE UNION PRESIDENT DR. LEE PRESENTED THE CANDIDATES WITH A GIFT
14:40 FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH-THE COMPLETE BANGLA BIBLE ON A SOLAR POWERED RECORDER.
14:47 HAD BROUGHT SOME
14:47 IN MY SUITCASE.
14:50 THEY COST US ABOUT $20 EACH.
14:53 YOU CAN HELP US PROVIDE MORE OF THESE RECORDERS.
14:58 WE ALSO HAD SOSO CHIPS TO HELP CELEBRATE THE OCCASION.
15:02 WE LEFT BEHIND SOME VERYRYAPPY PEOPLE.
15:07 WE DROVE INTO THE NEARBY VILLAGE OF HATIARE AND WERE WELCOMED BY THE
15:12 VIVIAGERER
15:13 I HAD TO STOP AND TAKE A LOLO AT THESE NEWBORN KIDS FINDING THEIR LEGS.
15:18 THIS IS WHERE A GOSPELELOUN
15:18 SERKHAR AND HIS WIFE WORK.
15:24 THEY TOLOLME T T STORY OF PROTIMA.
15:28 PROTIMA WAS A HINDU LADY WHO HAD SUFFERED PAIN ALL OVER FOR TWO MONTHS.
15:34 SIMSMS ANDNDIS WIFE
15:34 VISISID HEHEAND D KED
15:34 THEM TO PRAY FOR HER.
15:40 THEY ASKED HER IF SHE BELIEVED THAT JESUS COULD HEAL HER.
15:45 SHE SAID THAT SHE BELIEVEDEDHAT HE COULD AND THEY PRAYED.
15:53 THEY CAME AGAIN A FEW TIMES TO VISIT TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE OTHER
15:57 URCH MEMBERS AND THEY PRAYED WITH HER TOGETHER.
16:02 NOT LONG AFTER SHE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS FEELING MUCH BETTER.
16:07 E PAIN HAD ALL G GE.
16:10 SHE WANTED TO LEARN MORE
16:10 OF THIS JESUS AND BIBLE STUDIES BEGAN IN EARNEST.
16:16 TODAY Y OTIMA IS A A
16:16 BER
16:16 STORY WITH OTHERS.
16:22 LET'S CONTINUE TO HELP GOSPEL OUTREACACVOLUNTEERS LIKE SIMSON AND HIS WIFE
16:29 AS T TY BRING HEALING TO THE PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH.
16:34 BEAUTIFUL, JOHN.
16:36 WOW!
16:38 WHAT A BLESSING.
16:40 I HAVE NO DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING WHY YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING BACK, NOT
16:47 JUST TO SEE THE PEOPLE T TO WITNESS GOD'S POWER
16:47 WORKINININ THE LIVES OF
17:02 HIS CHILDREN WAY OVER WOULDN'T KNOW WHO JESUS GIS AND WHAT HE CAN DO.Y
17:05 YES.
17:07 AND I AM SO BLESSED TO BE REMINDED AGAIN THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS PROVIDING
17:15 THTHE SOSOR BIBIES, YES, FOR THESE PEOPLE AND YOU FOLKS WHWHARE CONTRIBUTORS
17:20 TO GOSPEL OUTREACH IN PROVIDIDG THTHSOLAR BIBLES -I HOPE YOU SAW THAT IN
17:29 THIS VIDEO THAT JOHN BROUGHT TO US.
17:31 THEY WILL TAKE THEIR SOLAR BIBLE AND FIND THEIR OWN PERSONAL INSPIRATION BUT
17:39 WHO DO WE KNOW?
17:40 NOBODY CAN TELL HOW FAR THE WORD OF GOD WILL GO IN THE HANDS OF THOSE
17:45 FAITHFUL PEOPLE, YES,
17:45 YES, AS THEY SHARE.
17:49 WELL, TO MAKE SURE WE GET IN ALL THE REPORTING YOU WANT TO GIVE, LET'S SEE
17:56 YOUR NEXT REPORT.
17:57 O.K.
17:58 NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ONE OF THE SUBURBS OF DHAKA AND ONE OF THE
18:04 PASTORS THERE IS GOING TO TAKE IS AROUND AND SHOW US HOW THE FIELDS ARE READY
18:10 FOR HARVEST.
18:12 AND DHAKA OF COURSE, IS THE CAPITOL CITY OF BANGLADESH.YES.
18:15 DHAKA IS A CROWDED CITY OF 15 MILLION PEOPLE.
18:19 IT IS ALSO NAMED THE RIRISHAW CAPITOL OF THE WORLD WITH OVER 400,000
18:26 CYCLE RICKSHAWS.
18:33 SQUASHED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGH RISE APARTMENTS, WE HAVE A THSCHOOL.CITY DAY
18:34 I STOPPED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR ANNUAL SPORTS DAY.
18:38 SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ARRIVING IN THE CITY EVERY DAY ALL LOOKING FOR A
18:44 BETTER LIFE.
18:45 PASTOR DRONG HAS BEEN A CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR FOR MANY YEARS BUT HE HAS
18:51 ALWAYS BEEEEAN EVANGELIST.
18:54 TODAY HE WANTED TO SHOW ME SOMETHING A CITY WAITING TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS FROM
19:01 WILLLLG WORKERS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH.
19:15 WE FOUND A MAKESHIFT TAXAX THAT WOULD HARDLY STOP AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY.
19:26 MANY SHOPS WOULDN'T OPEN UNTIL LATER WHEN COOLER.
19:30 IT IS HARD TO KEEP THESE TAXIS IN GOOD SHAPE.
19:34 IT WAS HARD TO KEEP UP WITH PASTOR DRONG BECAUSE HE HAD SO MUCH TO SHOW ME
19:39 BUT EVERYWHERE HE WENT PEOPLE STOPPED WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO SAY
19:44 HELLO-WHETHER THEY WERE WASHING CLOTHES, FIXING FOOD OR PREPARING FOOD FOR
19:49 SALE.
19:55 SOME WERE SICK AND NEEDED SPECIAL PRAYER.
19:58 ALL THE CHILDREN KNEW WHAT
19:58 WAS IN THE BLACK BAG -THAT SOMETIMES OUT OF HIS BAG
20:08 WOULD COME HIS BIBLE THAT HE NEEDED TO READ.
20:12 PEOPLE WERE BUSY.
20:13 WE SPOKE TO THE HARMONIUM CRAFTSMAN-A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT USED IN
20:18 WORSHIP.
20:19 WE WATCHED THE IDOL MAKER SHAPING HIS FIGURES FROM WIRE, STRAW AND PLASTER.
20:30 SOMEDAY THEY WOULD BE WORSHIPPED IN THE SHRINE.
20:34 CHILDREN WERE AT WORK GATHERING GREENS TO EAT OR PLAYING ON THE SLIDE OR
20:39 WAITING FOR CANDY FROM THE BLACK BAG.
20:52 WHENEVER I COME HERE I BUY FOOD FROM HERE AND WHEN I AM GOOD PEOPLE. HERE.
20:57 SHOPKEEPERS WERE ALWAYS READY TO TALK TO PASTOR DRONG AND EVEN THE SERIOUS
21:02 CARD PLAYERS WOULD TAKE TIME TO CHAT.
21:06 PASTOR DRONG TOOK ME TO THE SEWING SCHOOL WHERE YOUNG LADIES ARE TAUGHT TO
21:11 MAKEKELOTHES -A PROGRAM OF THE ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
21:17 WE TOOK A BICYCLE RICKSHAW RIDE TO THE NEXT SUBDIVISION WHERE SOME
21:21 REALLY SERIOUS FOOD PREPARATION WAS ININROGRESS.
21:25 THIS WAS FOOD FOR THE MULTITUDES.
21:29 TODAY WAS A SPECIAL HINDU FESTIVAL AND PASTOR DRONG AND I WERE QUICKLY
21:37 WELCOMED.
21:39 I HAD VISIONS OF FUTURE DAYS IN MINUTES I WAS SURROUNDED BY THE
21:51 CHANTING.
21:53 AROUND THE CORNER WERE THE PROFESSIONAL SINGERS.
22:00 HUNDREDS WERE MESMERIZED BY A CAPTIVATING TALE.
22:05 THIS MAN HAD OBVIOUSLY HEARD IT ALL BEFORE BUT THIS LADY WAS CLEARLY
22:12 IMPRESSED.
22:13 THE ACCOMPANIST WAS DEFINITELY PLAYING TO THE CAMERAS.
22:24 THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN DHAKA IS WAITING FOR SOMETHING AND ITHE E ACK K G. FROM
22:25 IT IS GOD'S WORD.
22:27 THANK YOU PASTOR DRONG FOR OPENING OUR EYES.
22:31 THE HARVRVT IS RIPE, THE LABORERS ARE FEW.
22:35 CAN YOU HELP?
22:36 CAN YOU SPONSOR A YOUNG PERSON TO HELP SHARE THE GOOD NEWS IN THIS
22:42 SPRAWLING CAPITOL CITY OF DHAKA, BANGLADESH?
22:49 PASTOR DRONG MUST BE AN AMAZING PERSONALITY.
22:52 HE IS.
22:53 HE IS.
22:55 HE IS JUST APPARENTLY COMFORTABLE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
23:01 YES,S,IGHT.
23:05 DO SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW HIM?
23:07 OH YES, YES.
23:08 HE VISITS THAT AREA QUITE FREQUENTLY SO THAT'S WHY HE IS SO WELCOME T TRE.
23:15 AND I FOUND IN SOME OF THE SCENES THAT HE WAS AS COMFORTABLE SITTING DOWN
23:20 WIWI A BIBLE WITITTHEM, YES, AS SOME OF THE OTHEHE THINGS HE WAS DOING, YES.
23:27 SO HE IS RECOGNIZED AS A BELIEIER.
23:30 YES, AS A PASTOR.
23:32 THEY KNOW THAT HE IS A PASTOR.
23:35 EVEN DURURG THE HINDU FESTIVAL IT SEEMS LIKE THAT-YES AND THEY WERE- IT
23:40 WAS SO INTERESTING HOW THEY JUST WELCLCED HIM AND WAWAED US TO B BPART OF
23:48 THEIR CELEBRATION.
23:50 IS THAT JOHN, A PART OF THE ENTRÉE AS FAR AS MISSIONS IS CONCERNED-THE
23:58 ABILITY TO JUST SNUGGLE UP TO WHOMEVER IT MAY BE?
24:03 YES, YES I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF THE GOSPEL IS TO MAKE FRIENDS
24:08 WITH PEOPLE THAT'S JUST WHAT JESUS CHRIST DID EN HE WAS ON THIS EARTH.
24:14 WELL, WE CAN SEE BY THE STORIES THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT US IT WORKS IN
24:19 BANGLADESH.
24:20 I'M GOING TO BE SO BOLD AS TO SUGUGST THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY WORK IN AMERICA
24:25 AS WELL.
24:26 SURE.
24:27 AND MAYBE WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM OUR BANGLADESHI BROTHERS AND
24:32 SISTERS, YES, IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH.
24:35 NOW, WHAT WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER IS THAT IS AN AREA THAT WANTS TO HEAR
24:38 THE GOGO NEWS BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT IN A CITY SITUATION TO
24:50 SITUATE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
24:52 IT IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
24:55 ACCOMMODATION IS EXPENSIVE.
24:57 SO HOW MANY WORKERS DO WE HAVE HERE?
25:03 IN THE CITY OF BANGLADESH PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT OR SO BUT WE NEED MANY MORE.
25:08 AND EACH OF THOSE TO SUPPOPO THEHEIN THAT PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT?
25:13 A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH?
25:15 MORE THAN THAT.
25:16 MORE THAN THAT AND THEREFORE WE NEED YOU, MY FRIEND, TO BE WITH US IN
25:25 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY OF SUPPORT SO THAT MORE WORKERS CAN REACH THROUGH
25:31 THAT AMAZING-HOW MANY PEOPLPLIN DHAKA?
25:34 WELL, THEY PROBALBY THINK IN THE LARGER AREA ABOUT 15 MILLION, 15 MILLION.
25:41 AND WE HAVENEN EVEVEGOTTTT SOME OF THE INTNTESTING DETAILS WHICH ARE TRAGIC
25:46 REALLY OF WHAT HAPPENS IN DHAKA WITH THE COLLAPSE OF SOME OF THE FACTORIES.
25:52 WEWEREREOING TO SEE THAT LATETEAND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LILING JUST ON THE
25:59 EDGE, YES, AND I SAW IT
25:59 IN SOME OF YOUR PICTURES.
26:03 THE PEOPLE LIVE AND THEY DIE RIGHT THERE AT THE EDGE OF THTHSTREET.
26:07 YES.
26:08 AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN NOTICE AS THEY WALK BY.
26:12 YES, SO BROTHER JOHN THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERSHIP
26:18 AND FAMILY.
26:19 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE REPORTS TO US AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART
26:26 OF THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH COMMUNITY AS WELL.
26:30 EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU CONTRIBUTE GOES TO INVESTING FOR GOD'S
26:37 KIKIDOM AND I BELIEVE WHEN JESUS COMES WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF
26:45 THESE BOYS AND GIRIR, THEIR PARERES, THEIR MILILI FROM THTH
26:56 ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE OBSERVED HERE FROM A FAR AWAY PLBANGLADESH.AKA IN
26:57 GOD BLESS YOU WHERE YOU ARE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS.
28:06 [CLOSING MUSIC].


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