Participants: John Duroe
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000546A
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00:25 HELLO EVEVYBODY.
00:26 GLAD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN ON AN "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM HERE AT 00:30 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:37 WHEN I SAY H H H H H HERE OUOUTREACH IN COLLEGERTR HEPLACE, WASHINGTON.EL 00:40 WONDERFUL STORY ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SOMETIME IF YOU DON'T 00:45 ALREADY KNOW IT, YOU DEDERVE TO KNOW HOW GOSPEL OUTREACH GOT STARTED AND 00:50 WHAT HAS HAPPENED DURING THE SHORT HISTORY, ACTUALLY, OF THIS 00:54 MINISTRY. 00:56 BUT WE'VE GOT TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE TODAY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE 00:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD AS A RESULT OF F E MINISTRY THAT HAS BEEN GROWING AND 01:05 GROWING AND GROWING IN A NUMBER OF PLACES. 01:08 A MINISTRY THAT STARTED OUT IN ONE COUNTRY-IT IS I THINK, NOW INVOLVED IN 01:13 ABOUT SIXTY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND GOD'D' SPIRIT IS AT WORK AMONG 01:20 EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE TO THE DEGREE THAT FAITHFUL PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND THOSE 01:27 OF US WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH GOSPEPEOUTREACH UNITE OUR HEARTS TOGETETR WITH 01:31 THE LORD TO SEE HIS WORK GO FORWAWA-HIS KINGDOM ESTABLISHED SO TODAY I 01:38 HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE RECECNECTCTG WITH MY FRIEND JOHN DURUR. 01:43 ININACT JOHN, WE DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER UNTIL GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:47 AH, NO. 01:49 SO, GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A BLESSING TO ME BECAUSE I GET TO KNOW JOHN DUROE, 01:53 YES, AND SO FROMOMVERY POINT OF VIEW GOSPEL OUOUEACH IS A WONDERFUL 01:59 BLESSING. 02:00 NOW EXPLAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR VIEWERS JOHN, THIS WHOLE BUSINESS 02:08 OF GOSOSL OUTREACH NEEEENG AND HAVING REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR THE VARIOUS 02:15 PLACES IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD. 02:17 YES, WELL REGIONAL DIRECTORS ARE OFOFN CHOSEN BECAUSE THOSE DIRECTORS 02:25 HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THOSE PLACES DURING THEIR- DURING THEIR MINISTRY. 02:30 SO I'VE WORKED IN BANANADESESA NUMBER OF YEARS. 02:36 I WORKED IN THE SOUTHERN ASIA PACIFIC DIVISION OFFICE AND BANGLADESH WAS 02:41 PART OF THAT TERRITOTO SO I USEDEDO VISIT BANGLADESH ONCE OR SOMEMEMES TWICE 02:47 EVERY YEAR SO I AM QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. 02:51 THE WORK OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE VERY STRUCTURE AND 02:55 FUNCTION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:57 WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR? 03:16 BUT WHEN YOU GO THERE WHAT ADOES THE GOSPEL L TREACHN YOLEADERSHIP HERE IN THEAM 03:24 WEST, THE NORTRTESTT 03:24 AT DO THEY WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU? 03:29 WELL, WE ARE REALLY A LINK BETWEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BANGLADESH AND VIEWERS 03:36 WHO ARARHELPING TO SUPPORT THE WORK IN BANGLADESH ANANPLACES LIKE THAT. 03:44 THEN YOU LET US BE ASSURED THAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE GIVEN TO GOSPEL 03:51 OUTREACH SOMETIMES DESIGNATED FOR BANGLADESH OR WHEREVER, YES, THOSE 03:56 CONTRIBUBUONS ARE ACCOMPLISHING THE MISSION FOFOWHICH THEY HAVE BEEN 04:02 GIVEN. 04:03 THAT IS ONE OF MY JOBS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT WELL AND TO 04:09 GIVE STORIES SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE FRUIT 04:14 OF THAT MONEY THAT'S BEING SPENT. 04:20 AND I USUALLY TALK ABOUT JOHN DUROE'S REPORTS AS MOVING, COLORFUL REPORTS 04:24 OF WHATS HAPPENING OUT THERE. 04:26 NOT ONLY IS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR IMPORTANT TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 04:31 ORGANIZATION BUT YOU ARE IMPORTANT T THE REGION OUT THERE. 04:36 WHATS THE BENEFIT OF YOU GOING THERE TO SEE THEM? 04:42 OHOHIT IS A BIG ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE, 04:45 SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS INTERERTED IN WHWH THEY ARE DOING AND 04:52 WANTS TO HELP AND WE ARE ALL PART OF THIS FAMILY-WE'RE ALL PART OF 04:55 THIS WORLDWIDE FAMILY DOING THE WORK OF GOD. 04:59 YOU KNOW JOHN, A STORY VE HEARD YOU TELL BEFORE AND I DON'T WANT TO FORGET 05:03 IT THIS TIME IS YOU WERE SHARING WITH SOMEBODY ABOUT THE WORK IN 05:10 BANGLADESH-YOUR REGION-AND TALKING ABOUT THE BICYCLES THAT YOU PROVIDE- JUST 05:15 THIS MORNING I BUMPED INTO SOMEBODY AND HE SAID, "I WANT TO GIVE YOU FIVE MORE 05:19 BICYCLES AND I WANT TO ADOPT FIVE MORE WORKERS FOR ANOTHER YEAR I I 05:24 BANGLADESH. 05:25 CAN YOU ARRANGE THAT?" 05:26 WELL OF COURSE I COULD. 05:28 SEE AND FOLKS YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND HOW VERY SIGNIFICANT THIS IS. 05:33 THIS I ILIKE JOHN DUROE HAVING A WHOLE NUMBER OF CHRISTMASES COME ALL AT 05:39 ONCE WITH THESE WONDERFUL GIFTS TO THIHI OF SOMEBODY WHO SAYS I WILL 05:43 SUPPORT-AND NOW YOU'VE TOLD ME THAT IT COSTSTA LOT MORE FOR A WORKER TO 05:48 BE A AIGNED TO DHAKA THANANO A VILLAGE. 05:51 YES. 05:52 SO WHEN THIS WORKER IS TALKING OR THIS PERSON IS TALKING ABOUT ADOPTING A 05:55 WORKER WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IN DOLLARS AND CECES? 05:59 WELL, WE'RE LOOKING ACTUALLY AT PROBABLY MORE THAN $200 YOU SEE, PER 06:01 MONTH, WHEN WE ARE THINKING OF SOMEONE IN A TOWN. 06:03 NOW IN OUR FIRSTSTIDEO THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE,E,E ARE GOING TO SEE 06:07 SOMEONE WORKING IN A CITY SITUATION, A PLACEE 06:07 . 06:12 NOW USUALLY WHEN WE THINK OF BANGLGLESH WE THINK OF LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE 06:23 AND CROWDED CITIES AND SO ON BUT ACTUALLY BANGLADESH HAS THE LONGEST SANDY 06:33 BEACH IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, WE'RE GOING TO START OUR 06:38 VIDEO BY SHOWING YOU WHAT HAPPENS ON A SANAN BEACH EARLY IN THE MORNING. 06:44 SO YOU JOIN US AS WE GO TO THIS VIDEO RIGHT NOW. 06:51 THE WORLD'S LONGEST NATURAL SANDY BEACH IS AT COX'S BAZAAR ON THE BAY OF 06:57 BEBEAL, , NGLADESH. 06:59 NONOI'M A BEACH LOVER SO BEFORE BREAKFAFA I TOOK AN EARLY MORNING WALK OUT TO 07:04 THE BEACH. 07:06 ALREADY THE BEACH WAS ALIVE AND THE WAVES WERE ATTRACTING EXCITED FULLY 07:11 CLOTHED TOURISTS. 07:13 THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION IN BANGLADESH. 07:18 THE TOWN IS NAMED AFTER 07:18 HIHIAM C C AN OFFICER APPOPOTETEBY THE BRITISH 07:24 EAST INDIA COMPANY. 07:27 IT W W RULED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT UNTIL INDEPENDENCE IN 1947. 07:33 THIS IS DRIED D FI- A LOCAL DELICACY AND THIS STRAY Y PPY IS ENJOYING A 07:38 SAMPLE. 07:39 BY THE TIME I LEFT, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WERE FILLING THE BEACH CHAIRS. 07:45 QUICKLY TOOK A CYCLE RICKSHAW BACK TO MY BREAKFAST BECAUSE WE WERE 07:55 HERE TO SEE OUR GOSPEL 07:55 WE COULDN'T GET DISTRACTED BY THIS WEDDING VEHICLE.. 08:05 STARTING EARLY AT 7 O'CLOCK HE HAS A TWO HOUR SESSION FOR HIS YOUNGEST 08:11 CHILDREN AND F FM NINE UNTIL NOON HE IS PREPARING THE OLDER CHILDREN TO 08:18 ATTEND ONE OF OUR CHURCH BOARDING SCHOOLS. 08:21 ON SABBATH REGULAR CLASSES BECOME SABBATH SCHOOL CLASSES. 08:26 ON MY LAST VISIT, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING SOSO OF THE STUDENTS BEING 08:31 BAPTIZED. 08:33 THE CHILDREN AND PARENTS WHO HAD COME TO MEET US ENJOYED THE TREAT OF 08:37 POPOTO CHIPS AND EVEREST SHOWED ME HIS TREAT- THE NEW BICYCLE PROVIDED BY 08:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTETE. 08:48 HE WANTS TO THANK YOU. 08:51 AS WE FOLLOW EVEREST ON SOME OF HIS VISITS AROUND TOWN, LET ME TELL YOU 08:56 ABOUT HIS WORK THERE. 08:59 COX'S BAZAAR HAS A LONG BUDDHIST HISTORY. 09:03 NEARBY IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST BUDDDDST CENTERS. 09:08 THERE ARE MORE THAN 400,000 BUDDHISTS IN THIS AREA. 09:14 EVEREST HAS MADE MANY BUDDHIST FRIENDS. 09:17 SEVEN HAVE ALREADLY JOINED HIM IN BAPTISM AND HE IS CURRENTLY STUDYING WITH 09:22 FIFTFTN MORE INTNTESTSTS 09:25 HE ALSO HAS HINDU FRIENDS IN TOWN AND THREE ARE READY FOR BAPTISM. 09:30 NOW PROPERTY IS EXPENSIVEE IN TOWN SO WE HAVE NO CHURCH YET AND THAT'S A 09:35 PROBLEM. 09:37 WORSHIP TAKES PLACE IN A SMALL DARK SCHOOL ROOM. 09:41 SO I TOOK EVEREST TO THE LOCAL PAINT SHOP AND BOUGHT SOME FRESH PAINT. 09:46 SOME OF MY FRIENDS BACK IN TENNESSEE HAD PUT SOME MONEY IN MY POCKET FOR 09:51 SUCH A TIME AS THIS. 09:52 SO WE ALSO WENT TO THE WOOD YARD AND ORDERED SOME PLANKS CUT TO REPLACE 09:57 ESE E SKTOPS. 10:00 EVEREST WAS SO HAPPY TO GET THE MONEY TO BRIGHTEN UP HIS SCHOOL AND CHURCH. 10:06 U TOO CAN BE PART T 10:06 STORY IN COXOX BAZAAR AS YOU U GI YOUR SUPPORT TO 10:14 GOSPEL OUTREREH. 10:15 WOW! 10:20 YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME EDITING YOUR STORIES DOWN FOR THE BRIEF ACCOUNTS 10:25 THAT WE SHARE HERE. 10:26 I DO. 10:27 AND IT WOULD JUST BE SO EXCITING IF WE COULD HAVE EVERY DETAIL OF WHAT 10:33 HAPPENED THERE AND ALL OF THESESEXPERIENCES. 10:36 YES. 10:37 WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR YOU, JOHN WHEN YOU GET TO GO THERE AND RUB SHOULDERS 10:41 WITH THESE PEOPLE AND WALK ALONG WITH THEM? 10:44 WELL IT'S-THEY ARE MY OLD FRIENDS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN VISITITI BANGLADESH NOW 10:51 FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND SOSOT IS NICE TO SEE THEM AGAGN. 10:54 IN REFERENCE TO BUDDHIST RELIGION THERE, IS THAT A PROMININT RELIGION OF 10:59 BANGLADESH? 11:01 WELL, NO NOT SO O CH BUT OF COURSE THAT PART OF BANGLADESH IS QUITE CLOSE 11:05 TO THE BORDER WITH M MNMAR, O.K. 11:07 AND OF COURSE IN MYANMAR THE BUDDHIST INFLUENCE IS VERY, VERY STRONG. 11:11 SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT BUDDHIST INFLUENCE ON THAT CORNER OF BANGLADESH. 11:22 I SEE. 11:24 BUT THE PRIMARY FAITH OF BANGLADESH IS MUSLIM? 11:32 MOREREHAN 90 PER CENT. 11:33 AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE OTHER ACCOUNT THAT YOU HAVE SHARED WITH US ABOUT 11:39 THE TRACTS, YES, YES, 11:39 THAT ARE MADE CONSIDERATE OF THE MUSLIM. 11:47 YES, SO THEY ARE DESIGNED AND THEY USE MUSLIM TERMS AS SO I WOULD SAY THAT 11:51 THEY ARE MUSLIM IENDLY.YOU KNOW AND THAT WAS SUCH A PRECIOUS LITTLE 11:59 ACCOUNT WHERE YOU GOT TO TAKE A GIFT FROM YOUR FRIENDS BACK HOME TO 12:05 BRIGHTEN UP THAT CLASSROOM. 12:07 YEYE BEFORE I LEAVE ON MY TRIPS MY FRIENDS IN TENNESSEE ALWAYS GIVE ME A 12:14 FEW DOLLARS TO SLIP IN MY POCKET SO THAT IF I SEE SOMETHING WHERE THERE ISIS 12:18 SPECIAL NEED, I'VE GOT SOMETHING THERE. 12:21 AS YOU SEE THOSE DESKS DEFINITELY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND SO WILL THIS 12:28 TEACHER OR SOMEBODY HELPING HIM OF COURSE-THEY ARE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT WHAT 12:33 NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE? 12:34 YES, BUT OF COURSE AS I SAID BEFORE PROPERTY IS EXPENSIVE IN TOWNS AND YOU 12:41 KNOW IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO PROVIDE THE MONEY FOR THE CHURCH IN A PLACE LIKE 12:48 THAT. 12:48 NOW IS THE TEACHER A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER? 12:51 YES, YES HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HE IS JUST RUNNING THEHECHOOL 12:55 FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE MORNRNG; VISITING THE PARERES IN THE A AERNONO. 12:59 WOW. 13:00 AND HE'S GOT A FULL TIME JOB. 13:03 AND WITHOUT MERCHANDISING HIM IN ANY WAY- ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT HIM 13:10 TO DO THAT AMAZING WORK? 13:11 WELL, YOU KNOW I THINK THAT HE PROBABLY NEEDS MOMOREHAN $200 A MONTH 13:19 BECAUSE I MEAN WHAT IS $200? 13:20 AMONG US ANYWAY. 13:21 YES. 13:22 O.K. 13:23 WHAT'S - OH, THE OTHER THING WAS ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE OUT ON THAT LONG 13:33 SANDY BEACH ALL CLOTHED IS THAT CULTURAL? 13:39 YES. 13:40 YES YOU WON'T SEE ANYONE IN A BATHING COSTUME ON THE BEACH THERE IN 13:42 BANGLADESH. 13:43 O.K. 13:45 YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE FOR US. 13:47 YES I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU -FROM A FAMILY CALLED MCNEILUS MANY CHURCHES 13:58 WERE BUILT IN BANGLADESH AND ALSO SOME SCHOOLS. 14:01 WE'RE GOING TO VISIT ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT IN THE 14:03 BEGINNING OF THIS NEXT T ORY. 14:05 YES OUR GRATITUDE TO THE MCNEILUS FAMILY FOR THEIR GENEROSITY, YES, IN 14:10 HELPING BUILDING THE KINGDOM, YES, ACROSS THE WORLD, YES. 14:17 OUR SECOND DAY INN 14:17 BANGE 14:17 ON OUR WAY TO OUR SECOND 14:21 BAPTISM. 14:23 WE WERE TO PASS BY ONE OF OUR SMALL BOARDING ACADEMIES SO OF COURSE; WE 14:28 HAD TO MAKE A STOP. 14:29 WE WERE WARMLY WELCOMED AND WE HAD A TREAT FOR THE STUDENTS-A BAG OF 14:34 CHIPIPRECEIVED WITH MUCH DELIGHT. 14:37 I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO VISITING THIS SPOT WITH THE MCNEILUS FAMILY AND A 14:44 DECISION WAS MADE TO BUILD A SMALL BOARDING ACADEMY. 14:49 BUT THERE WAS A SPECIAL REASON FOR STOPPING BY THE SCHOOL TODAY. 14:53 SOME EXTRA MONEY HAD BEEEE DONATED FROM KOREA AND WE WERE TO HAVE A SPECIAL 14:59 CEREMONY TODAY. 15:01 CEMENT WAS TO BE POURED AS WE CELEBRATED ESTABLISHING THE FIRST CORNERPOST OF 15:07 THE E W SECOND F FOR. 15:09 OF COURSE, WE COULDN'T LEAVE WITHOUT BEING FED A LATE BREAKFAST THE 15:14 MUSHROOMS TODAY WERE AN EXTRA TREAT. 15:18 THESE ARE THE COOKS.YES. 15:19 I'M SURE THE MCNEILUS FAMILY WOULD BE VERY HAPPY IF THEY COULD SEE THE 15:25 PROGRESS OF THE SCHOOL THTH THEHESO KINDLY HAD BUILT MANYNY YRSRSGO. 15:30 WE LISTENED D THE SCHOOL CHILDREN SING. 15:33 WE TOOK A LOOK AT A VERY SPECIAL BABY. 15:44 I WAS HAPPY TO GET TO OUR VILLAGE FOR THE BAPTISM. 15:47 THE LOW WATER LEVEL MADE FOR SOME VERY INTERESTING BAPTISMAL STYLES BUT 15:53 EVERYONE WAS HAPPY THAT DAY. 16:06 PASTOR DILLOK HEIGADAG, OUR BANGLADESH GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR AND I 16:12 PRESENTED SOME OF THE 16:12 LAR BANGLA BIBLE RECORDERS THAT YOU 16:17 PROVIDED AND THEN WE CELEBRATED WITH SOME CHIPS. 16:20 PASTOR HEIGADAG CHOOSES AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING ALL OF THE GOSPEL 16:28 OUTREACH WORKERS. 16:30 HE CHOOSES THE PLACE 16:30 WHERE A NEW CHURCH IS TO BE STARTED AND GOSPEL 16:42 OUTREACH VIEWERS LIKE YOU PROVIDE WAGES FOR THESE WORKERS. 16:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER PINTU HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE SMALL TOWN OF BELTIA. 17:01 HE BAPTIZED TEN LAST YEAR AND HE BROUGHT TWO CANDIDATES TODAY. 17:07 HE'D BEEN BOTHERED BY DRUNKARDS THROWING STONES AT HIS CHURCH. 17:11 THEY WERE QUQUE DANGEROUS MEN BUTT 17:11 PIN. 17:15 HEHERIED TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THEM; HE PRAYED FOR THEM; HE LET THEM SEE WHAT 17:20 GOOD THINGS THE CHURCH HAD BEENENOING IN THE VILLAGE AND HE MANAGED TO PERSUADE 17:25 THEM NOT TO DRINK K MUCUC 17:27 THEY EVEN LISTENED TO BIBLE STUDIES AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOW ASKING FOR 17:33 BAPTISM. 17:34 WHAT A CHANGE! 17:36 NOW ONE OF THE MEN WAS ACTUALLY PINTU'S GRANDFATHER HAS DONATED A 17:41 PIECE OF LAND PART OF HIS BABANA PLANTATION AND A NEW CHURCH HAS BEEN BUILT 17:49 WITH THE HELP OF SOME MONEY DONATED BY CHURCH MEMBERS IN KOREA. 17:55 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 17:58 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 18:02 GOD WORKS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 18:06 ALLOW GOD TO USE YOU AS YOU SHARE IN THE WORK OF SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH 18:14 WORKERS IN BANGLADESH. 18:18 QUICK QUESTION-YES, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS A CHURCH BUILDING? 18:27 OH VERY! 18:28 VERY SIGNIFICANT. 18:31 IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A BUILDING TO GO TO. 18:37 IT SAYS WHAT? 18:38 IT IS SORT OF LIKE A STATUS SYMBOL. 18:42 YOU KNOW WE HAVE A CHURCH, COME TO IT AND WORSHIP. 18:51 AND THAT LITTLE BIT OF FOOTAGE THAT YOU HAD, THEY ARE THROWICHURCH.ES AT THE 18:52 ARE THEY TRYING TO COUNTERACT THE INFLUENCE OR? 18:55 YES, YES. 18:57 BUT THEY WERE DRUNK OF COURSE, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. 18:59 AH, BUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CONTINUED A RELATIONSHIP. 19:06 YES, HE MADE FRIENDS WITH THEM AND THEY GOT OVER THAT PROBLEM. 19:12 HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO E ECT A CHURCH IN A PLACE LIKE THAT? 19:16 LIKE THE NEW CHURCH WE SAW. 19:18 WELL, THE NEW CHURCH THAT WE SAW PROBABLY BETWEEN 5-10,000 PROBABLY. 19:25 ALTHOUGH IN A SESEING WHERE THEY PUT UP A METAL CHURCH, OF COURSE THAT 19:37 WOULD BE MUCH CHEAPER BUT THAT WAS QUITE AIT LOOKED LIKE IT.H. 19:39 THE PROPERTY-BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE SEEING ANOTHER ONE OF THE STORIES YOU BROUGHT 19:45 US, , E PROPERTY WAS SO EXPENSIVE IT MADE IT DIFFICULT T TDO THE 19:49 EXPANSION THAT WAS NECESSARY. 19:51 BUT IN A VILLAGE THE PROPERTY IS NOT EXPENSIVE-OR SOMEBODY WILL 19:55 DONATE IT OR-YES, SO THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM. 19:58 SO IT IS IN THE TOWN THAT THE PROBLEM IS. 20:01 YOU SEE, SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN A VILLAGE PROBABLY $50 A 20:06 MONTH WOULD BE SUFFICIENT BUT YOU ARE ASKING ME WHAT IT WOULD COST TO SUPUPRT 20:11 SOMEONE IN THE TOWN AND SUPPORORNG SOMEONE IN AATOE 20:22 -THAT'S A DIFFERENTT 20:22 STOE 20:22 PLODGING IS EXPENSIVE. 20:23 THE WHOLE LIVING EXPERIENCE, YES, AND SO YOU SAW THAT SCHOOL THAT 20:29 WE HAD WAS VERY, VERY SMALL BUT THEY WERE USING IT. 20:33 ALRIGHT JOHN, WE'VE GOT TO GET INTO THE OTHER VIDEO YOU'VE GOT FOR TODAY. 20:36 O.K. 20:38 NOW BANGLADESH IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S EXPORTERS OF CLOTHING. 20:44 EIEITY P P CENT OF THEIR EXPORTS IN BANGLADESH ARE MANUFACTURED CLOTHES AND 20:50 WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING ABOUT A TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED RECENTLYLYN 20:53 BANGLADESH. 20:54 O.O. 20:56 ON THE 24TH OF APRIL, 2013 RAHN PLAZA- AN EIGHT STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING 21:10 THE SEARCH FOR THE DEAD ENDED ON THE 1 1H OF MAYAY OF BANGLGLESH. 21:10 . 21:21 2515 INJURED PEOPLE WERE RESCUED ALIVE. 21:27 IT'S CONSIDERED THE DEADLIEST GARMENT FACTORY ACCIDENT IN HISTORY. 21:32 CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE BUILDING THE DAY BEFORE AND SOME SHOPS AND A BANK 21:38 WERE CLOSED BUT FACTORY WORKERS WERE ORDERED BACKKTD 21:44 THE BUILDING COLLAPSED THAT MORNING. 21:47 THIS YEAR I VISITED THE SITE STILL IN RUBBLE- A MONUMENT IS THERE ASKING 21:54 US TO REMEMBER. 21:56 I VISITED HERE ONE WITH ASHIS OF OUR CITY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN DHAKA. 22:02 HE WORKS NEARBY WITH WORKERS FROM ANOTHER FACTORY. 22:06 HE IS THEIEIFRIEND. 22:07 HE KNOWS EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY COME TO HIM FOR HELP. 22:13 WHEN WE TOOK A QUICK TOUR, EVERYONE WANTED D STOP AND PASS THE TIME OF DAY. 22:19 WE PASSED THE HINDU SHRINENES 22:19 AREA ARE LEARNING TO SING 22:25 CHRISTSTN SONGS. 22:27 EACH DAY THEY ARE TAUGHT BY ASHIS AND THE PARENTS ARE PROUD OF THEIR 22:32 PROGRESS. 22:34 WE HAVE OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE SUBURBS OF DHAKA THOUGH WE 22:38 NEED MANY MORE. 22:41 IT IS HARDER TO LOCATE CITY WORKERS BECAUSE HOUSING IS VERY EXPENSIVE. 22:47 THE PEOPLE ARE FLOODING INTO T T BIG CITIES AND WE NEED TO SHARE WITITTHEM 22:53 THE GOOD NEWS. 22:54 WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ADOPT A YOUNG MAN LIKE ASHIS WORKING WITH THE 23:00 FACTORY WORKERS OF DHAKAK BANGLADESH? 23:03 THE POOR FOLKS WHO WERE VICTIMS OF THAT KIND OF TRAGEDY HAVE LITTLE PLACE 23:16 THEY CAN TURN. 23:17 NO, THEY HAD INSPECTED THAT FACTORY THE DAY BEFORE. 23:20 THEY SAW THE CRACKS; AND THEY KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. 23:24 BUT THE ECONOMY BEING SO DEPENDENT ON THE GARMENT INDUSTRY, YES, THE PEOPLE 23:37 WHO ARE OPERATING THAT HAVE LITTLE CONCERN FOR HUMAN LIFE, I GUESS. 23:43 YES. 23:45 BUT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHOM YOU INTRODUCED TO US THERE-HE SEEMS TO 23:53 REPRESENT SOME KIND OF HOPE OR STABILITY IN THAT COMMUNITY. 23:59 YES, HE HAS A VERY GOOD SCHOOL RUNNING THERE AND ONE OF THE LOCAL DENTISTS, 24:04 AN ADVENTIST DENTIST IN D DKA, SUPPLIES AND SUPPORTS THAT SCHOOL. 24:10 SO EVERY MORNING HE HAS ALL THE LOCAL CHILDREN IN HIS SCHOOL AND I'VE 24:18 WATCHED THEM SINGING AND HAVING THEIR LESSONS-THEY ARE VERY NICE. 24:33 WEIN A PROGRAM LIKE THISTO LOOK AT THAT CAMERA RIGHT OVER IN FRONT OF YOU AND 24:38 WHAT WOULDLDOU S S TO THAT 24:38 ONE VIEWER WITH H IS WHOLE EXPERIENCE IN THE BACK OF 24:43 YOUR MIND; WHAT T ULDDYOU? 24:45 WELL, I WOULD SAY THE NEED IS SO GREAT AND THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE SO GREAT 24:49 IN BANGLADESH WHY NONOADOPT A WORKER? 24:59 WHY NOT ADOPT A YOUNG MAN WHO CAN GO AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS 25:05 CHRIST? 25:07 SOMEONE WHO CAN GIVE HOPE TO SOMEONE E THAT PLACE CALLED BANGLADESH. 25:14 AND NO DOUBT RIGHT IN YOUR ND RIGHT NOW, JOHN, YOU CAN THINK OF YOUNG MEN WHO 25:21 ARE READY TO GO IF WE CAN FIND SUPPORTERS. 25:25 OH YES, WE HAVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY WHO HAVE BEEN AINED AT COLLEGE WHO ARE 25:31 NEEDING A JOB AND THEY ARE COMMITTED TO JESUS, YES, AND JUST WAITING TO BECOME 25:37 A PART OF THE NETWORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE MAKING A DRAMATITI 25:44 DIFFERENCE, YES, IN THTH 21ST CENTURY WORLD. 25:47 YES. 25:49 THIS IS THE FALL OF 2014. 25:52 WHEN WILL YOU GO BACK TO BANGLADESH? 25:54 IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ICE STORM IN ATLANTA, IN 26:01 TENNESSEE- IF MY WIFE LETS ME. 26:03 AND FOLK WHATEVER IT MAY BE WORTH, PLEASE TELL OUR BANGLADESHI FAMILIES, 26:05 FRIENDS THAT Y Y HAVAVTOLDLDE 26:05 AND THAT YOU HAVE OUR WORD 26:08 THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PRAYING FOFOTHOSE PRECIOUS PEOPLE; THAT'S THE MOST 26:10 IMPORTANT THING. 26:11 THAT WE WILL ALL MAKE PLANS TOGETHER, YES, TO MEET IN GOD'S KINGDOM. 26:13 YES. 26:14 THANK YOU JOHN FOR GOING. 26:15 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THIS STORY AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE 26:17 GOSPELELUTREACH FAMILY. 26:18 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS INDEED. 26:38 THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFTS AND LISTENING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO MAY MOVE YOU TO 26:55 ADOPT A WORKER IN BANGLADESH. 28:18 YES. 28:20 FOR NOW, GOODBYE. 28:26 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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