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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000614A
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00:15 HELLO GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 00:17 GLAD TO BE IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF YOU AGAIN TODAY. 00:19 WE ARE IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH STUDIO IN COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON. 00:25 OF COURSE YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT ALREADY IT IS JUST A DELIGHTFUL 00:30 ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE HAVE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP MAKE THESE PROGRAMS 00:35 POSSIBLE AND KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON A LOT OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S 00:41 HAPPENING OUT IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FRONTLINE AND TODAY I HOPE TO TELL A 00:49 LOT MORE STORIES WITH OUR DEAR, DEAR FRIENDS LIKE MY FRIEND -OUR FRIEND JOHN 00:55 DUROE. 00:56 JOHN WHERE IS HOME NOW FOR YOU? 00:59 TENNESSEE. 01:00 TENNESSEE, BEAUTIFUL TENNESSEE, SMOKEY MOUNTAINS AND SO JOHN HAS 01:05 TO LEAVE HOME FOR A WHILE AND COME ALL THE WAY OVER HERE TO WASHINGTON SO WE 01:09 MAKE THESE PROGRAMS FOR YOU HERE AND JOHN YOU MAKE IT ABOUT AS EASY AS 01:15 ANYBODY I GET TO WORK WITH BECAUSE HE PUTS TOGETHER THESE VIDEOS AND YOU'LL 01:22 SEE THE COLOR AND YOU'LL HEAR THE SOUND AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE DRAMA OF 01:29 THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AREAS WHERE JOHN REPRESENTS GOSPEL 01:34 OUTREACH. 01:35 AH REMIND OUR AUDIENCE AGAIN TODAY WHERE IS THAT? 01:39 I LOOK AFTER BANGLADESH AND ALSO ONE OF THE SMALLEST STATES IN INDIA, 01:45 TRIPURA WHICH IS JUST ABOVE BANGLADESH. 01:47 AND THAT'S CALLED REGION WHAT? 01:50 REGION FIVE. 01:51 REGION FIVE AND I ASK JOHN THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE SEVENTEEN OR EIGHTEEN 01:57 REGIONS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS DIVIDED THE TERRITORY INTO AND THERE 02:05 ARE JOHN DUROES ALTHOUGH I ALLOWED TO HIM AWHILE AGO THAT I'D LOVE IT IF JOHN 02:09 DUROE WAS GOING TO A LOT OF THESE PLACES AND BRINGING US THESE KINDS OF 02:17 PICTURES- ANYWAY VIDEOS. 02:19 THERE ARE ABOUT SEVENTEEN OTHERS LIKE JOHN WHO ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF GOSPEL 02:25 OUTREACH AND THEY GO THERE TO CONNECT WITH THOSE PEOPLE TO LET THEM KNOW 02:31 -GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS-TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE WITH THEM. 02:35 WE STAND WITH THIM. 02:36 WE PRAY WITH THEM AND WE SUPPORT THEM. 02:39 TODAY JOHN YOU ARE BRINGING US REPORTS FROM BANGLADESH, RIGHT? 02:43 YES AND IT WASN'T EASY THIS YEAR ON MY TRIP TO BANGLADESH BECAUSE THERE 02:48 WAS A GOVERNMENT STRIKE -TRAFFIC STRIKE AND NOTHING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 02:54 ON THE ROAD SO LET ME SHOW YOU THIS FIRST VIDEO, OK, AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I AM 02:58 TALKING ABOUT. 03:02 IN THE SOUTH OF BANGLADESH THE COUNTRYSIDE IS VERY PLEASANT. 03:07 THE PEOPLE ARE HARD WORKING. 03:09 HE'S STOKING A RICE FURNACE AND FRIENDLY. 03:14 WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE OF THE MANY FERRIES ON OUR WAY. 03:18 MELTING SNOW FROM THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTH RUNS THROUGH MORE 03:22 THAN 800 RIVERS TO EMPTY IN THE BAY OF BENGAL. 03:27 TYPICALLY, EACH YEAR MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY IS FLOODED LEAVING 03:33 RICH SOIL TO GROW A GREAT VARIETY OF CROPS. 03:37 MANY ARE PRODUCED FOR EXPORT. 03:41 ON MY VISIT THIS YEAR THE POLITICAL SITUATION WAS VERY UNEASY. 03:47 I FOUND MYSELF TRAPPED IN AN ELEVEN DAY TRAFFIC STRIKE CALLED BY THE 03:52 GOVERNMENT OPPOSITION PARTY. 03:54 THIS TROUBLE WAS REFLECTED IN THE DAILY LIVES OF PEOPLE BUT MOST PEOPLE 04:01 TOOK IT WITH A SMILE. 04:04 WE TOOK ANOTHER SMALL FERRY TO THE VILLAGE OF DONNUM WHERE OUR GOSPEL 04:08 OUTREACH WORKER HAD BEEN WORKING HARD. 04:11 THIS LADY VOLUNTEERED A SONG. 04:13 VAKISH HAD BEEN VISITING, PRAYING AND STUDYING WITH MANY OF THE VILLAGE 04:21 PEOPLE. 04:23 HE'D MORE THAN SIXTY INTERESTS AND SO HE INVITED THE DISTRICT 04:31 LEADER, PASTOR BAROY TO COME AND HELP HOLD SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. 04:39 FORTY-FIVE MADE THE DECISION TO BE BAPTIZED BUT ON THE WAY TO THE 04:46 NEARBY POND THEY WERE WARNED OF TROUBLE AHEAD. 04:51 SOME OF THE VILLAGE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT ANY CHANGES IN THEIR VILLAGE AND THEY 04:55 WANTED TO STOP THE BAPTISM. 04:58 PASTOR BAROY CHANGED THE DIRECTION AND HE DECIDED TO HEAD TO ANOTHER POND IN 05:04 A DIFFERENT PLACE AND THE BAPTISM TOOK PLACE. 05:08 BUT ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THE CHURCH THEY WERE STOPPED BY ANOTHER GROUP 05:14 INCLUDING REPORTERS FROM THE LOCAL TV STATION. 05:17 PASTOR BAROY EXPLAINED THAT THEY WERE JUST ON THEIR WAY TO THE CHURCH 05:22 FOR A SOCIAL GATHERING AND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO PASS AND THEY DID HAVE A 05:28 CELEBRATION WITH SOME VERY SPECIAL LOCAL CANDY. 05:33 IN NEARBY CHAKSING TOWN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TOPAN WAS ALSO HAVING 05:39 TROUBLE MAKING CHANGES. 05:42 THE TOWN ALREADY HAD FIVE DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND SO THEY DEFINITELY DIDN'T 05:48 WANT ANOTHER ONE BUT TOPAN HAD BEEN WORKING HARD VISITING AND TEN PEOPLE 05:54 HAD DECIDED TO BECOME SABBATH KEEPERS AND WERE BAPTIZED. 06:00 LOCAL TROUBLE MAKERS INSULTED AND BEAT TOPAN BUT HE STILL CONTINUED TO 06:05 VISIT AND TEACH AND EIGHT MORE WERE BAPTIZED. 06:10 TOPAN NEEDS OUR PRAYERS SO THAT ONE MORE CHURCH OR SABBATH KEEPERS CAN BE 06:17 ESTABLISHED IN CHAKSING TOWN. 06:20 IN DIFFICULT TIMES OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE WORKING EXTRA HARD TO 06:27 SHARE THE GOOD NEWS IN BANGLADESH. 06:33 THE PERSISTENCE OF THAT DEAR MAN IS AMAZING. 06:37 HOW DOES HE MAKE THESE CONTACTS? 06:40 AH, WELL THE VARIOUS. 06:45 VARIOUS WORKERS WORK IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 06:50 YOU SEE, HE WAS WORKING JUST GIVING BIBLE STUDIES AND SO ON BUT I'VE GOT A 06:57 VIDEO THE NEXT VIDEO WE ARE GOING TO SEE YOU'LL SEE ONE OF OUR YOUNG 07:00 WORKERS HE DECIDED THAT THE BEST WAY TO CONTACT YOUNG PEOPLE IS TO WORK 07:06 WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN TEACHING THEM SPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THIS. 07:10 SO LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS NEXT VIDEO AND YOU'LL SEE HOW HE, THIS ONE 07:14 WORKS. 07:15 O.K. 07:16 THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH BUT FIFTY PER CENT ARE 07:24 UNDERNOURISHED AND ANEMIC. 07:26 IT IS BECAUSE OF POVERTY. 07:29 NOT A SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN COUNTRY MARKETS ARE FULL OF FOOD. 07:34 FARMERS HAVE THREE CROPS OF RICE EVERY YEAR AND BANGLADESH IS ONE OF THE 07:40 WORLDS TOP EXPORTERS OF RICE. 07:43 I STOPPED BY THE BANANA MARKET. 07:45 SO MANY FARMERS WERE BRINGING THEIR CROPS ON CYCLE RICKSHAWS AND 07:51 BICYCLES. 07:52 THE DEALERS WERE HAGGLING OVER THE PRICES. 07:56 CHILDREN DON'T NEED EXPENSIVE TOYS; THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE IMAGINATION 08:02 AND A FISHING POLE OR A HOMEMADE KITE. 08:05 I SAW LOTS OF VARIATIONS WITH A KIND OF HOPSCOTCH. 08:10 THE BOYS WERE VERY CLEVER WITH THEIR SPINNING TOPS. 08:13 I VISITED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HILLAL RAMEN WHO WORKS IN RANCHI 08:19 VILLAGE ON THE BORDER OF INDIA. 08:22 I ASKED HIM HOW HE APPROACHES PEOPLE; HOW HE INVITES THEM TO CHURCH. 08:28 HE SAID THAT HE PRAYED ABOUT IT AND HE TRIED DIFFERENT METHODS AND HE 08:34 FOUND THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY IS JUST TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOUNG 08:39 PEOPLE. 08:40 I FOUND HILLAL TO BE A VERY FRIENDLY PERSON. 08:43 HE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE. 08:46 HE'S A GOOD SOCCER COACH TOO. 08:49 I WATCHED HIM DRILLING HIS NEW TEAM IN HEADING AND DRIBBLING AND JUST 08:54 CONTROLLING THE BALL. 08:55 THEY LISTEN TO HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND THEY LISTEN TO OTHER THINGS 09:00 TOO. 09:01 THEY LIKE IT WHEN HE PRAYS WITH THEM BEFORE THE GAME. 09:05 HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT KITE MAKING. 09:07 THAT'S A BIG DEAL IN BANGLADESH. 09:09 SOME SPECIAL DAYS THE SKIES ARE FULL OF KITES AND KIDS FIGHT TO HAVE THE 09:15 LAST KITE FLYING. 09:18 THE GIRLS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN AND EVEN THE YOUNG KIDS GET 09:21 INSTRUCTIONS IN PLAYING MARBLES. 09:24 THE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE HILLAL'S DIFFERENT LIFE STYLE AND SLOWLY THEY ARE 09:31 MAKING CHANGES THEMSELVES. 09:34 HE ATTENDS THEIR SOCIAL EVENTS AND THEIR CHRISTMAS PLAYS. 09:38 THERE ARE SOME OTHER CHURCH GROUPS WHO ARE TRYING TO HINDER HIS WORK 09:42 BUT TWO OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ATTENDING CHURCH REGULARLY AND TODAY 09:47 THEY WILL BE BAPTIZED. 09:49 THE MISSION PRESIDENT PRESENTED THEM WITH A TALKING BIBLE. 09:55 HILLAL'S STRATEGY IS PAYING OFF. 09:59 HE HASN'T BEEN WORKING IN RANGSHI FOR LONG BUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 10:03 RESPONDING. 10:05 PLEASE PRAY FOR HILLAL AND KEEP SUPPORTING OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 10:12 BANGLADESH. 10:16 SO THAT WAS HILLAL'S STRATEGY FOR REACHING THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 10:19 UM, WHO IS TO SAY AS YOU SAID EARLIER IN YOUR VIDEO THAT THE FIRST LINE OF 10:31 APPROACH FOR ALMOST EVERY GOSPEL WORKER WOULD BE TO MAKE FRIENDS. 10:36 YES. 10:38 WITH THE PEOPLE, YES AND THAT'S WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SO EFFECTIVE BECAUSE 10:44 ALL OF THOSE WORKERS ARE LOCAL WORKERS WHO KNOW THE AREA, KNOW THE PEOPLE, 10:50 KNOW THE CULTURE AND THEY CAN MAKE FRIENDS. 10:53 I'M SO GLAD YOU REMINDED US OF THAT JOHN BECAUSE THAT IS AND I'M GOING TO 10:59 SAY IT THIS WAY, THE DIVINE GENIUS, YES, OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:04 YES, THAT THOSE DEAR PEOPLE I USED TO SAY THEY ALREADY KNOWN AND THEY FIT 11:10 THE CULTURE AND THEY LIKE THE FOOD, YES, AND ALL OF IT IS JUST A NATURAL SO 11:16 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS SEEN AS ONE OF US. 11:20 YES, YES. 11:22 NOW HOW DOES THIS -LET'S TAKE AN EXTRA MINUTE HERE - HOW DOES- BECAUSE THEY 11:29 WERE ATTACKING HIM AT SOME POINT-THOSE WHO OPPOSED HIM, YES, DOES HE JUST GO 11:37 AWAY AND COME BACK A LITTLE LATER OR? 11:39 SURE. 11:40 HE -THAT HASN'T STOPPED HIM AT ALL. 11:45 IN EVERY , IN EVERY CULTURE THERE ARE ALWAYS HOOLIGANS AND YOUNG PEOPLE 11:51 WHO ARE GOING TO BE DOING THE WRONG THING, YES, SO WE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED 11:58 THAT THE GREAT CONTROVERSY SHOWS UP IN INTERESTING WAYS IN DIFFERENT PLACES. 12:02 YES. 12:05 YOU KNOW THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO INTERJECT A LITTLE GREETING TO ALL OF 12:10 YOU WHO ARE PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 12:13 THERE WOULDN'T BE A WORK IN BANGLADESH AS BROTHER JOHN DUROE IS ILLUSTRATING 12:22 US AND FOR US HAD IT NOT BEEN THAT THERE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 12:27 ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU WHO SEND YOUR SACRIFICIAL 12:34 GIFTS, YOUR SUPPORT TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A WORKER LIKE THE ONE WE'VE 12:40 SEEN PERSISTENTLY GOING ON AND EVEN DEPENDING UPON THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DIRECT 12:45 HIM IN KNOWING HOW TO COME CLOSE TO THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE THE ONES 12:51 WHO ARE GOING TO DESIGN HOW EVER FAITH GOES IN THE FUTURE. 12:56 YES. 12:57 BECAUSE OF THEIR COMMITMENTS. 12:58 SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. 13:00 RIGHT ON THE SCREEN RIGHT THERE RIGHT NOW YOU'LL SEE THE ADDRESS, THE PHONE 13:05 NUMBER EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO GET A HOLD OF GOSPEL 13:08 OUTREACH. 13:10 I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET THE MONTHLY "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 13:14 NEWSLETTER THAT WILL COME TO YOUR HOME AND YOU ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE 13:18 PICTURES THAT ARE INCLUDED THERE AND HEAR THE STORIES-READ THE STORIES 13:22 AND BE REMINDED OF WHAT YOU ARE A PART OF AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTER. 13:26 SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND BY THE WAY WHILE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT THESE 13:31 DEAR FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN ILLUSTRATED FOR US IN THE VIDEOS NEED OUR PRAYERS SO 13:36 PLEASE INCLUDE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN YOUR PRAYERS. 13:42 NOW THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TRIBES IN BANGLADESH AND THERE'S ONE 13:47 TRIBE THAT EVEN CAME FROM AS FAR AWAY AS TIBET AND OH, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU 13:53 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TRIBE IN THIS NEXT VIDEO NOW. 13:57 OK. 14:01 ON THE BANGLADESH BORDER WITH INDIA THERE' S A GROUP OF PEOPLE CALLED 14:06 GARO. 14:07 THEY ARE A TRIBE THAT CAME FROM TIBET ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 14:13 THEY TRAVELED ALONG THE BRAHMA PUTRA RIVER USING BANANA STALK RAFTS AND 14:20 SETTLED IN THIS AREA. 14:23 PREVIOUSLY, THEY WERE SPIRIT WORSHIPPERS BUT THEY ALL -100 PER CENT 14:29 BECAME CHRISTIANS. 14:31 BEPO HOWI IS GARO AND HE WORKS IN SARGHUPUR AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 14:40 IN HIS TOWN LIVED A YOUNG MAN CALLED DAVID WHO WAS VERY SICK EVEN COUGHING UP 14:46 BLOOD. 14:47 THEY THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE TB. 14:49 HE WAS A BAPTIST AND SO HE CALLED SOME OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS TO PRAY BUT WITH 14:54 NO RESULTS. 14:55 DAVID TOLD HIS MOTHER TO CALL THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:57 WORKER TO PRAY FOR HIM AND HE CAME AND PRAYED AND HE RETURNED THE NEXT DAY WITH 15:16 OTHER CHURCH MEMBERS. 15:18 NEXT DAY DAVID ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS FEELING MUCH BETTER AND BEPO ARRANGED 15:24 TO HAVE BIBLE STUDIES WITH HIM ON A REGULAR BASIS. 15:31 TODAY I WATCHED HIM BEING BAPTIZED. 15:36 DAVID IS SIXTEEN YEARS OLD -ALREADY THINKING OF COLLEGE AND HE WANTS TO BE 15:42 A PASTOR. 15:43 I ASKED BEPO TO HAVE HIM CHECKED OUT AT THE HOSPITAL FOR ANY LINGERING 15:47 TB. 15:49 BEPO HAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND HE VISITS IN THE 15:54 AFTERNOON. 15:56 HE STOPPED BY SARGEN REMA'S HOME TO ENCOURAGE THE FAMILY TO HAVE BIBLE 16:01 STUDIES. 16:02 FATHER WAS WORKING OUT OF TOWN IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF DHAKA. 16:07 WHEN HE MADE A RETURN VISIT HE ASKED BEPO WHAT HE WAS DOING. 16:11 HE GOT A LITTLE UPSET AND HE WANTED NO PART IN THE WHOLE BUSINESS BUT THE 16:18 MOTHER ENCOURAGE SAJAN TO HAVE BIBLE STUDIES AND LISTENED IN HERSELF. 16:24 SAJAN IS BEING BAPTIZED TODAY. 16:27 HE IS FIFTEEN YEARS OLD AND HE WANTS TO BE A TEACHER WHEN HE GRADUATES. 16:33 ANOTHER STUDENT WHO NEEDS A SPONSOR. 16:37 EARLIER THIS MONTH HE ALSO BROUGHT A TWELVE YEAR OLD GIRL TO BE BAPTIZED. 16:43 JUMA'S PARENTS ARE BOTH DRUNKARDS AND SHE SAID THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO 16:49 LIVE THAT KIND OF LIFE. 16:50 ANOTHER GARO GLOBAL OUTREACH WORKER IS TANOY HAGIDAK. 16:56 WHEN HEMET A YOUNG MAN ALFONS HE WAS TOLD THAT ALFONS HAD BEEN INTERESTED 17:03 IN BECOMING A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST BEFORE BUT NO PASTOR OR TEACHER HAD 17:08 APPROACHED HIM. 17:09 HE'D WATCHED OTHER SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE AND HE LIKED THEIR 17:13 LIFESTYLE. 17:14 IN FACT, HIS OLDER BROTHER HAD BEEN SPONSORED AS A STUDENT IN THE SEVENTH DAY 17:19 ADVENTIST SCHOOL AND HE WAS NOW A CHURCH MEMBER. 17:24 AFTER BIBLE STUDIES ALFONS CAME TODAY TO BE BAPTIZED. 17:28 HE WANTS TO BE A TEACHER. 17:30 SO MANY YOUNG GARO BELIEVERS ALL WILLING TO DO GOD'S WORK. 17:36 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE GARO PEOPLE AND HELP US TO SUPPORT THE YOUNG STUDENTS 17:43 AND THE GARO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BANGLADESH. 17:50 JOHN, DID I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY THAT THESE GARO PEOPLE FROM TIBET THEY 17:59 CAME ALL AS CHRISTIANS? 18:01 NO, BUT MOST OF THEM BECAME CHRISTIANS AND SO IT HASN'T BEEN A LONG LEAP 18:10 FOR THEM TO ACCEPT THE ADVENTIST MESSAGE. 18:14 RIGHT, RIGHT. 18:16 AND IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE TO THE PEOPLE -THE CHANGES THAT 18:21 ARE MADE IN THE LIVES OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. 18:24 YES, AND NOW I NOTICE THAT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING GOING TO SCHOOL. 18:29 IS SCHOOL READILY AVAILABLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE THIS? 18:32 YES, WE HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM OF SCHOOLS IN BANGLADESH. 18:35 MR. MCNEILUS BUILT -SPONSORED ABOUT 200 CHURCHES WITH SCHOOLS. 18:37 WOW. 18:39 WITH SCHOOL ROOMS AND BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS WELL-BOARDING 18:45 SCHOOLS FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE HAVE A GOOD COLLEGE FOR OUR YOUNG 18:55 PEOPLE. 18:57 IT IS JUST STARTED A MEDICAL STUDY, REALLY, AT THE COLLEGE AS WELL. 19:02 SO EDUCATION IS AVAILABLE IN BANGLADESH AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM 19:07 ALSO. 19:08 YES. 19:09 YES. 19:10 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BANGLADESH? 19:14 WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHTY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:17 EIGHTY? 19:18 YES, THE BANGLADESH IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT MISSIONS. 19:22 WE HAVE ABOUT TWENTY IN EACH MISSION. 19:24 UH HUH. 19:26 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN WORKING IN BANGLADESH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS 19:30 ALREADY THEN? 19:31 YES, YES OK. 19:33 ALRIGHT. 19:34 YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER STORY FOR US. 19:36 ONE MORE VIDEO AND IT WILL ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES THAT OUR 19:41 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FACE ON THE ROADS. 19:43 WELL IN AN EARLIER VIDEO WHEN YOU SAID THERE WAS A STRIKE ON THE ROADS AND 19:50 NOT ABLE TO GET ABOUT, YES, TYPICAL I REMEMBER HAVING BEEN IN BANGLADESH 19:58 AND I THINK I WOULD HAVE PRAYED FOR A STRIKE ON THE ROADS BECAUSE IT IS VERY 20:02 DIFFICULT TO GO ANYWHERE ON THE ROADS IN BANGLADESH. 20:05 VERY DANGEROUS. 20:06 OK LET'S WATCH THIS NEXT VIDEO. 20:12 TRAVELING ON THE ROADS OF BANGLADESH IS NEVER EASY ESPECIALLY NOT THIS YEAR. 20:19 A GOVERNMENT OPPOSITION PARTY WAS USING THEIR MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST 20:25 THE GOVERNMENT CALLING FOR NATIONAL BUS AND TRANSPORTATION STRIKES. 20:30 FOR ELEVEN DAYS IT PARALYZED THE COUNTRY. 20:34 SOME BUSSES RISKED IT WINDOWS CLOSED FOR FEAR OF PETROL BOMBS AND MORE THAN 20:42 A HUNDRED WERE BURNED. 20:45 I ENDED UP MY STAY IN THE COUNTRY STRANDED UP NORTH WITH A BOOKED FLIGHT OUT 20:51 FROM DHAKA THE CAPITAL THE NEXT DAY. 20:54 FORTUNATELY, WITH SOME FRIENDS IN THE RIGHT PLACE WE WERE ABLE TO PICK UP A 20:59 COUPLE OF TRAIN TICKETS ON THE BLACK MARKET. 21:03 ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TOLD ME HIS SCARRY BUS STORY. 21:09 KAMALISH HAD BEEN TO A GOSPEL OUTREACH TRAINING SESSION IN THE FALL AT OUR 21:15 BANGLADESH CHURCH COLLEGE. 21:17 HE WAS STUCK ON THE WAY HOME. 21:20 THERE HAD BEEN A TRAFFIC STRIKE SO ALL THE BUSSES WERE NOW FULL. 21:25 HE'D BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS FOR A CONNECTING BUS. 21:29 WHEN ONE FINALLY CAME BY KAMALISH NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO DESTINATION 21:35 NAME ON THE FRONT. 21:37 WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO? 21:38 THEY SHOUTED. 21:40 NALITIBARI-WE ARE GOING THERE THE BUS BOY SHOUTED AND THEY GRABBED HIM AND 21:46 THEY PULLED HIIM ON THE BUS AND THEN THEY DID SOMETHING UNUSUAL CHECKING 21:52 HIS POCKETS FOR WHAT? 21:54 THE BUS FILLED UP QUICKLY AND LEFT. 21:57 THE BUS BOY STARTED COLLECTING THE FARES FROM THE BACK OF THE BUS ASKING 22:02 NOT FOR THE USUAL 200 TAKA FARE BUT 300 TAKA WHEN PASSENGERS REFUSED TO PAY 22:09 THEY WERE PUSHED AND EVEN BEATEN AS THE BUS DROVE ON KAMALISH WAS PRAYING FOR 22:15 PROTECTION. 22:17 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PAID THE EXTRA 100 TAKA BUT THE BOYS DECIDED TO 22:23 SEARCH HIS BAG. 22:25 KAMALISH HAD AN ARMY BLANKET IN HIS BAG AND THIS CAUSED THE BUS BOYS 22:31 TO THINK THAT HE WAS CONNECTED WITH THE ARMY. 22:34 THEY ASKED HIM WHO HE WAS; WHERE HE HAD BEEN; WHAT HE WAS DOING; HE TOLD THEM 22:38 EVERYTHING. 22:40 AT HIS STOP THEY DROPPED HIM BUT NO ONE ELSE WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE BUS. 22:46 HE ARRIVED HOME THAT NIGHT THANKING GOD FOR HIS PROTECTION. 22:51 HE DOES PROTECT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BANGLADESH AND I THANK HIM 22:57 TOO FOR HIS PROTECTION ON THE ROADS THIS YEAR. 23:01 PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL WORKERS IN BANGLADESH. 23:09 MY OWN EXPERIENCE WILL TESTIFY ANY SAFE RETURN FROM A TRIP ON A 23:15 BANGLADESHI ROAD WOULD BE A MIRACLE. 23:19 YES, PEOPLE ASK ME ARE YOU AFRAID TO GO TO BANGLADESH. 23:22 I SAY ONLY WHEN I'M ON THE ROAD. 23:25 AS YOU KNOW SO WELL, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO BE RIDING ALONG IN A BUS OR SOME 23:30 OTHER VEHICLE AND THERE IS ONE UPSIDE DOWN WHERE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR 23:35 LIVES. 23:36 YES, BECAUSE LITERALLY THESE VEHICLES DRIVE RIGHT AT EACH OTHER AND IT'S AT 23:43 THE LAST MINUTE ONE OF THEM OR THE OTHER IS SUPPOSED TO TURN, YES, TO 23:47 GET OUT OF THE TRAFFIC LANE AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS DO IT. 23:51 EVERY, EVERY MINUTE TWENTY TWO PEOPLE DIE. 23:57 EVERY MINUTE? 23:58 IN BANGLADESH? 23:59 WAIT IS IT EVERY MINUTE OR EVERY HOUR? 24:01 IT IS 500 PEOPLE A DAY DIE ON THE ROADS. 24:04 FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE A DAY. 24:06 WELL, ANYWAY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET ABOUT AND DO THE GOSPEL WORK IN THAT 24:14 ENVIRONMENT IS AN INTERVENTION OF GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY. 24:18 YES. 24:19 JOHN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING US THESE VERY, VERY REAL STORIES OF 24:26 LIFE AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE AREAS WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INVOLVED. 24:33 AH, AS YOU SAW THOSE CHILDREN IN SOME OF THOSE VIDEOS THEY ARE STANDING 24:40 AROUND, THEY ARE SINGING, THEY ARE PARTICIPATING- IN YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW IN 24:43 ABOUT ONE MINUTE CAN YOU THINK OF SOMEBODY THAT WAS IN ONE OF THOSE 24:49 EXPERIENCES THAT IS A PARTICULAR STORY THAT IMPRESSED YOU? 24:53 SOMEBODY YOU SAW THERE, AH, THAT WOW, THAT'S WHAT LIFE AND WORK IS LIKE IN 25:00 THAT PLACE? 25:02 WELL I LOOK AT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE BAPTIZED IN OUR STORY AND THEY WERE 25:08 GIVEN BIBLES, TALKING BIBLES, UH HUH, AND I THOUGHT YES, THAT'S WHAT 25:13 WE NEED IN BANGLADESH. 25:16 WE NEED MORE TALKING BIBLES BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE CAN'T READ AND THIS IS 25:22 VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE. 25:24 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES. 25:26 WE PROVIDE THESE TALKING BIBLES FOR -REMIND US WHAT DOES IT COST TO PROVIDE A 25:32 TALKING BIBLE? 25:34 I THINK IT COSTS ABOUT I THINK IT IS ABOUT $20, I THINK FOR ONE OF THOSE. 25:40 BUT THEY HAVE BIBLE STUDIES ON THESE TALKING BIBLES AS WELL AS 25:44 SCRIPTURE. 25:45 THEY DO, THEY DO YES, YES. 25:47 SO IT WOULD BE A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY FOR A PERSON TO GET A TALKING BIBLE, 25:53 RETURN TO THEIR OWN LITTLE VILLAGE AND HAVE A COMMUNICATION IN PROCESS 25:58 OF THE GOSPEL. 26:00 YES, THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE. 26:02 YES. 26:03 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:05 AGAIN, BROTHER JOHN THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HAVE 26:09 GOD USE YOU IN WORKING WITH THOSE PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGING THEM BUT ALSO 26:15 YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PUT THESE VIDEOS TOGETHER SO THE REST OF US WHO DIDN'T 26:21 GO THERE DON'T HAVE THE SAME CONTACT THAT YOU HAVE WE CAN UNDERSTAND, WE KNOW 26:26 WHAT TO PRAY ABOUT, YES, AND WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE GIFTS 26:31 THAT GO TO GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR HELPING SUPPORT THESE FAITHFUL WORKERS. 26:36 IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE LIVES CHANGED, YES INDEED. 26:40 WELL, AGAIN I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE GOSPEL 26:45 OUTREACH MINISTRY AND THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN TO THE "ADVENTURES IN 26:49 MISSIONS" PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU KEEP UPDATED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE 26:55 GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 26:57 THANK YOU. 28:06 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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