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00:14 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW YOUR GEOGRAPHY IS. 00:23 DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE COUNTRY OF BANGLADESH IS? 00:26 WELL, JOHN DUROE IS HERE WITH ME TODAY AND JOHN WE ARE GOING TO HELP THE 00:30 VIEWERS WITH SOME GEOGRAPHY. 00:32 HI, WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:34 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 00:35 SO JOHN YOU ARE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE COUNTRY OF BANGLADESH. 00:39 YES. 00:40 AND WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A LITTLE LESSON HERE ON EXACTLY WHERE IT IS AND 00:43 THE COUNTRIES AROUND IT. 00:44 WELL MAYBE I SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY AS WELL BECAUSE AT ONE TIME 00:49 PAKISTAN, INDIA AND BANGLADESH WERE ALL ONE COUNTRY. 00:54 AND THEN CAME PARTITION AND THERE WAS THIS SIDE OF PAKISTAN AND THIS SIDE OF 01:02 PAKISTAN. 01:03 THEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY COULDN'T WORK IT OUT TO RULE A COUNTRY THAT WAS 01:08 DIVIDED LIKE THIS SO THIS BECAME IT'S OWN COUNTRY BANGLADESH ON THIS SIDE. 01:13 SO PAKISTAN IS ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THEN INDIA IS THERE. 01:15 THIS ALL HAPPENED AROUND ABOUT THE TIME WHEN I WAS BORN. 01:18 VERY INTERESTING. 01:19 SO IT'S BANGLADESH? 01:22 BANGLADESH. 01:23 BECAUSE I'VE HEARD BANGLADESH, BANGLADESH. 01:27 I SAY BANGLADESH. 01:28 OK, GOOD. 01:29 WELL I WANT TO SAY IT THE CORRECT WAY. 01:31 SO TELL ME, THIS IS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THAT'S WHERE WE CONCENTRATE OUR 01:37 EFFORTS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:39 YES. 01:40 AND HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY? 01:42 WE HAVE, WE SUPPORT, GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTS ABOUT 80. 01:50 BUT WE HAVE OTHER WORKERS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF THERE. 01:57 FANTASTIC. 01:58 AND SO ANOTHER 50 ARE SUPPORTED BY OUR FRIENDS IN KOREA. 02:03 WONDERFUL. 02:04 SO A JOINT EFFORT OF REACHING THESE DEAR PEOPLE. 02:06 YES. 02:07 SO ABOUT THIS SIZE, WHAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF BANGLADESH? 02:10 WELL WE HAVE ABOUT 170 MILLION PEOPLE THERE. 02:14 LIVING THERE. 02:14 YES. 02:16 WELL I WAS THERE WHEN I WAS A STUDENT MISSIONARY AT 19 YEARS OLD AND JOHN 02:21 WHAT A LESSON IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC THAT YOU COULD TASTE AND TOUCH AND SMELL 02:27 AND LOVELY, LOVELY, LOVELY PEOPLE. 02:29 YES. 02:29 LOVELY PEOPLE. 02:30 I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. 02:32 I CAME HOME APPRECIATING SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT THEY 02:36 CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE THERE. 02:38 VERY EYE OPENING. 02:39 YES. 02:41 SO TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT OUR 02:43 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE USING WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELING AROUND IN 02:46 BANGLADESH. 02:48 WELL ARE YOU ASKING ME WHAT I TRAVEL ON OR WHAT THEY TRAVEL ON? 02:54 SURE. 02:55 I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT ALL. 02:57 I TRAVEL ON THE SAME THINGS THAT THEY TRAVEL ON. 03:00 I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT ALL. 03:02 ACTUALLY WE'VE GIVEN ALL OF OUR WORKERS IN BANGLADESH A BICYCLE AND 03:06 THAT'S BEEN FUNDED THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH SO THEY DO HAVE BICYCLES WHICH ARE 03:11 VERY GOOD BECAUSE IN THE VILLAGES SOME OF THE ROADS THEY CAN'T BE REACHED BY 03:16 CARS. 03:17 SO SOMETIMES WHEN I'M VISITING I VISIT WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC 03:22 BUS. 03:23 SOMETIMES I GO BY TRAIN. 03:25 SOMETIMES I'M IN A MINI BUS. 03:26 SOMETIMES I'M IN A LOCAL TUK-TUK BOUNCING ALONG. 03:31 SOMETIMES I'M ON A MOTOR BIKE OR SOMETIMES I'M WALKING. 03:36 YES. 03:38 AND WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT GOING ON THE ROADS I WILL NEVER FORGET AS A STUDENT 03:41 MISSIONARY GOING FROM DHAKA UP TO THE SEMINARY. 03:43 IT WAS I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS LIKE A THREE HOUR TRIP THAT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER. 03:47 YES, IT'S NOT EXACTLY VERY FAR. 03:49 I KNOW BUT IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS FOREVER AND THE ROAD AND EVERYTHING AND SO 03:53 YES, IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE. 03:55 SO DESCRIBE THE PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND WHAT 03:59 YOU'VE LEARNED FROM THEM. 04:01 WELL I'VE BEEN TRAVELLING TO BANGLADESH FOR THE LAST OVER 20 YEARS AND I LIKE 04:10 IT IN BANGLADESH. 04:12 THE PEOPLE ARE VERY NICE, THEY ARE VERY FRIENDLY. 04:15 AND IN THIS FIRST VIDEO THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU'LL SEE HOW THEY WOULD 04:22 WELCOME SOMEONE IF YOU WENT TO A CHURCH OVER THERE. 04:27 SO LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS FIRST VIDEO. 04:30 (MUSIC PLAYING) AS WE WERE VISITING OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN SOUTH 04:40 BANGLADESH WE STOPPED BY LOHANINPARA WHERE WE NOW HAVE A CHURCH BUILDING. 04:47 CHURCH LADIES WERE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC IN THEIR GREETING. 04:52 WE WERE MADE TO FEEL VERY WELCOME. 04:55 BEFORE WE SPOKE THEY BROUGHT WATER AND WASHED OUR FEET SO COOL AND 05:02 REFRESHING. 05:03 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THIS AREA IS BIMAL. 05:06 THE LAST TIME I SAW BIMAL AND HIS FRIEND WE WERE WAVING THEM OFF AS THEY 05:11 TOOK AN OVERNIGHT BUS FROM DHAKA. 05:14 NEXT MORNING WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL. 05:17 THE BUS HAD CRASHED, SEVEN PASSENGERS DEAD, 23 INJURED. 05:23 BUT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAD BEEN PROTECTED. 05:27 I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAD MORE WORK FOR THEM TO DO. 05:30 SAVED TO SERVE. 05:32 BIMAL IS WORKING IN SURROUNDING VILLAGES. 05:36 SEVEN NEW BELIEVERS WERE BAPTIZED LAST YEAR. 05:41 ONE PARTICULAR FAMILY WAS FRUSTRATING HIM. 05:45 EACH TIME HE HAD THEM PREPARED FOR BAPTISM THEY CAME UP WITH SOME KIND OF 05:51 EXCUSE. 05:52 BIMAL PRAYED TO GOD, "WHY CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING GOD." 05:57 WELL, HE FINALLY DID. 06:00 WHAT BIMAL DIDN'T KNOW AND THE ELDER EXPLAINED WAS THAT THE WIFE HAD GROWN UP 06:06 IN A VERY STRONG HINDU HOME AND HER GRANDFATHER HAD TOLD HER THAT IF SHE 06:13 EVER DECIDED TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN SHE WOULD DIE. 06:16 BIMAL CONTINUED TO PRAY AND ONE DAY THE HUSBAND, WIFE AND CHILD TURNED UP 06:26 AND ASKED FOR BAPTISM. 06:28 THEY WERE BAPTIZED AND THEN BIMAL HEARD THE WHOLE STORY. 06:33 WHEN THE GRANDFATHER HEARD ABOUT THE BAPTISM HE BECAME VERY ANGRY AND HE 06:38 CAME TO SCOLD THE WIFE. 06:39 BUT SHE ACCUSED HIM OF BEING A LIER. 06:42 "LOOK," SHE SAID. 06:44 "I'M NOW A BAPTIZED CHRISTIAN AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T DIE." 06:50 WE WERE ON THE ROAD AGAIN TO VISIT OUR NEXT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BUT THERE 06:55 WAS A SLIGHT PROBLEM. 06:57 THIS IS RICE GROWING COUNTRY. 06:59 IT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST PRODUCERS IN THE WORLD. 07:03 MUCH IS DONE BY HAND AND BUFFALO STILL. 07:05 THREE CROPS A YEAR IS NORMAL BUT MUCH OF THE WATER IS CONTAMINATED WITH 07:11 ARSENIC WHICH IS A BIG PROBLEM. 07:15 WELL, THEY CLEARED THE ROAD AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE NEXT BAPTISM. 07:20 WE WERE HEADING FOR A VILLAGE WHERE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAD 07:22 CANDIDATES WAITING. 07:23 (TALKING) SUNALI HAD A HINDU BACKGROUND AND IS ONE OF TODAY'S CANDIDATES. 07:25 SHE HAS BEEN GETTING INTO TROUBLE AT SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE ATTENDANCE ON 07:26 SATURDAY AND SUNALI CHOOSES TO ATTEND CHURCH INSTEAD. 07:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER CALVIN INTRODUCED SAMUEL. 07:29 HIS HINDU PARENTS ARE ALSO STUDYING THE BIBLE AND ARE PREPARING TO FOLLOW 07:56 SAMUEL'S EXAMPLE BEING BAPTIZED TODAY. 08:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SUNELAK HAS ALSO BEEN WITNESSING TO HINDUS AND 08:05 RHEA TOOK HER STAND FOR JESUS TODAY. 08:08 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE GIVING THEIR LIVES TO JESUS CHRIST. 08:14 PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE SOUTH OF BANGLADESH. 08:21 THAT NIGHT WE STARTED OFF BACK TO DHAKA. 08:25 LATE AT NIGHT WE WERE SQUEEZED INTO A SMALL SCHOOL CYCLE TAXI AND WERE 08:33 OFF TO THE RAILWAY STATION. 08:40 (TALKING LAUGHING) YES. 08:45 THERE WE GO. 08:49 EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. 08:53 OUR TRAIN TO DHAKA FINALLY ARRIVED. 08:57 WE WERE HOPING TO GET SOME SLEEP ON THE OVERNIGHT TRAIN. 09:02 WOW JOHN, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE REALLY GLAD YOU DON'T HAVE FOUR SUITCASES 09:05 AND FIVE CARRY-ONS. 09:07 YES, YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL LIGHT. 09:09 YOU DO. 09:10 AND I NOTICED THAT THE MAN WAS ALL WRAPPED UP WITH A SCARF. 09:12 WELL, IT'S QUITE COOL IN FEBRUARY. 09:16 JANUARY AND FEBRUARY IT CAN BE QUITE COOL AT NIGHT. 09:18 IT'S NOT UNTIL THE SUN COMES OUT THAT YOU BEGAN TO FEEL WARM. 09:22 BUT OVERWHELMING TO THINK OF THESE PEOPLE MAKING THESE DECISIONS AND THE 09:27 YOUNG GIRL WHO WANTS TO ATTEND CHURCH ON SABBATH, ON SATURDAY BUT SHE'S 09:32 SUPPOSED TO BE AT SCHOOL. 09:33 YES. 09:34 AND WOW, NO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY OBVIOUSLY. 09:37 NO. 09:38 AND JUST THINK OF US HERE IN NORTH AMERICAN THAT ARE BLESSED TO HAVE THAT AND 09:41 IN OTHER COUNTRIES. 09:42 YES. 09:43 WELL THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT. 09:44 IT'S SO INTERESTING. 09:45 THE ONE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO WAS ON THE BUS THAT WAS IN THE ACCIDENT. 09:49 YES. 09:50 OH MY, PROVIDENCE AND ANGELS PROTECTING HIM. 09:53 YES. 09:53 IT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE. 09:55 WE WAVED HIM OFF ON THE BUS AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING WE HEARD THAT THE 09:58 BUS HAD CRASHED AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE HAD DIED IN THE CRASH AND BEEN INJURED 10:03 BUT HE AND THE OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WERE OK. 10:06 AND TO SEE THE RICE PADDIES AND EVERYTHING BEING PLANTED. 10:10 WOW. 10:11 IN FOUR MINUTES YOU TOOK US AND WE SAW A LOT. 10:14 SO I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT BANGLADESH IS BECOMING QUITE A DANGEROUS AREA. 10:18 WELL IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE. 10:23 THIS IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. 10:26 THERE'S LOTS OF FLOODING BECAUSE ALWAYS AT LEAST ONE THIRD OF THE COUNTRY 10:31 IS FLOODED EVERY YEAR. 10:33 BUT SOMETIMES IT'S TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY. 10:36 IN ONE OF THE WORST FLOOD THAT THEY HAVE HAD IN RECENT YEARS THEY HAD 300 10:41 THOUSAND HOUSES WASHED AWAY AND SIX THOUSAND MILES OF ROAD THAT HAD TO 10:48 BE REPLACED AFTER THAT FLOOD. 10:50 WOW. 10:51 AND I REMEMBER THAT WHEN I WAS THERE AS A STUDENT MISSIONARY SEEING JUST 10:53 WATER, WATER, WATER, WATER AND THEY TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE SEMINARY HOW THE 10:57 WATER WOULD COME INTO THE GIRL'S DORMITORY AND ALL THIS WATER AND WHERE ARE 11:01 YOU GOING TO PUT ALL THESE STUDENTS. 11:03 AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS WATER IS CONTAMINATED WITH ARSENIC AND THAT'S 11:08 THE BIG PROBLEM. 11:10 WELL YES, YOU MENTIONED THAT IN THE RICE GROWING. 11:12 YES. 11:13 THAT IS VERY SERIOUS. 11:14 YES, OH DEAR. 11:15 SO TELL ME ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. 11:19 OKAY, LET ME SHOW YOU THIS NEXT VIDEO "THE HIDDEN BIBLE" BECAUSE THIS SHOWS 11:26 YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT TROUBLES IN BANGLADESH AND IT'S A VERY 11:30 INTERESTING STORY. 11:32 (TALKING) GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BURKISH DASK WORKS IN THE VILLAGE OF DONNUM. 11:46 IT WASN'T EASY GETTING THERE. 11:50 THEY DECIDED THAT A COUPLE OF MOTOR BIKES WOULD BE BEST BUT THERE WAS A RIVER 11:54 TO CROSS ALSO. 11:56 GETTING ON THE FERRY WITH THE BIKES WAS A BIT TRICKY BUT THEY APPEARED TO 12:01 HANDLE ANYTHING. 12:02 THE FERRY MAN TOOK IT ALL IN GOOD HUMOR. 12:06 THERE WAS MORE ON THIS FERRY THAN MEETS THE EYE. 12:10 GETTING OFF WAS EVEN HARDER THAN GETTING ON BUT WE MADE IT. 12:14 THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF PASSENGERS FOR THE FERRY. 12:17 IT WAS NICE TO FEEL THE COOL BREEZE AS WE BIKED DOWN THE COUNTRY ROADS. 12:24 THEY MADE US PAY A TOLL FOR THIS RICKETY BRIDGE. 12:27 COUNTRY SIDE IN BANGLADESH CAN BE VERY PLEASANT WHEN THE FIELDS ARE RICH WITH 12:33 PRODUCE. 12:34 ON OUR WAY WE STOPPED TO SEE ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER GLADSTONE. 12:40 HE IS A B.A. 12:41 THEOLOGY GRADUATE FROM OUR BANGLADESH COLLEGE. 12:44 I VISITED WITH HIM AS HE TOOK ME AROUND THE VILLAGE. 12:49 GLADSTONE WAS BORN IN A HINDU FAMILY BUT HIS MOTHER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT 12:55 HIS BAD BEHAVIOR AND SENT HIM TO OUR CHURCH BOARDING SCHOOL WHERE HE BECAME A 13:01 CHRISTIAN. 13:02 (TALKING) NOW HIS MOTHER AND THREE BROTHERS ARE ALSO CHRISTIANS. 13:06 MEET HIS WIFE. 13:09 THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN MARRIED ONE AND A HALF MONTHS AND ARE STILL 13:15 ENJOYING THEIR HONEYMOON. 13:18 WE WERE SOON ON OUR WAY AGAIN THROUGH ANOTHER SMALL TOWN. 13:22 WE STOPPED TO SEE ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ON OUR WAY AND WE PAUSED TO 13:27 WATCH THE GOD MAKER AT WORK. 13:29 SOME OF THE RICKSHAWS WE USED WERE VERY BUMPY. 13:32 WE TOOK A NOISY BUS BUT AT LEAST WE HAD A SEAT. 13:37 WE SAW LADIES PREPARING VARIOUS KINDS OF FOOD. 13:40 THESE LADIES WERE PREPARING OUR LUNCH. 13:44 VILLAGES WERE PREPARING FISH TRAPS, DRYING RICE, SEWING AND CHILDREN WERE 13:50 ALWAYS PLAYING WITH ANYTHING THEY COULD FIND. 13:53 AND THEN WE WERE BACK VISITING AROUND THE VILLAGE WITH OUR GOSPEL 13:57 OUTREACH WORKER. 13:59 NOW LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY OF BURKISH DASK. 14:02 HIS FATHER WAS A HINDU PRIEST VERY STRICT. 14:08 HE DIDN'T LIKE CHRISTIANS NEITHER DID BURKISH. 14:12 NOW HIS ELDER SISTER WAS MARRIED AND THEIR FAMILY BECAME CHRISTIANS SO 14:19 BURKISH AND HIS FATHER PERSECUTED HER. 14:23 THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT CHRISTIANITY. 14:29 WHEN BURKISH WAS TAKING HIS B.A. 14:31 EXAMS HE WAS STUDYING AND AMONG HIS PAPERS AND BOOKS HE FOUND A BIBLE. 14:38 HE READ THE BOOK OF ACTS. 14:41 HE LIKED IT. 14:43 HE READ SOME MORE AND HE BEGAN TO REALIZE WHAT SIN IS AND HOW HE COULD 14:48 ESCAPE. 14:50 HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS A SINNER AND HE SAW THAT JESUS COULD SAVE HIM. 14:57 HE WENT TO HIS FATHER AND HE SAID "WE WERE WRONG, SALVATION IS THROUGH 15:01 JESUS." 15:02 THEY STUDIED TOGETHER AND THEY REALIZED THAT THEY NEEDED HELP. 15:07 (TALKING) BURKISH'S NEPHEW KNEW A CHRISTIAN PASTOR WHO EXPLAINED A LOT. 15:15 WHEN THEIR NEPHEW SAW THEM BELIEVING HE REPORTED THEM TO THE VILLAGE ELDERS. 15:22 BY THIS TIME BURKISH HAD FOUND A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PASTOR WHO 15:28 TOGETHER WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ARRANGED FOR SOME EVANGELISTIC 15:33 MEETINGS. 15:35 FIFTY PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED INCLUDING BURKISH, HIS FATHER AND ALL THE FAMILY. 15:42 THE HINDU ELDERS EXCOMMUNICATED THEM FROM THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY BUT 15:47 NOW THEY ARE WORKING TO ESTABLISH A NEW CHURCH CONGREGATION. 15:51 PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN SOUTH 15:57 BANGLADESH MISSION AS THEY SHARE THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. 16:04 A HIDDEN BIBLE. 16:06 JOHN, HOW FANTASTIC IS THAT. 16:08 AND WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT BIBLE GOT THERE. 16:11 NO. 16:12 WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL HEAVEN. 16:14 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME IS THAT HE PICKED THE BIBLE UP AND 16:17 THEN IT PROBABLY OPENED AND ACTS WAS THERE. 16:20 YES AND HE STARTED READING. 16:22 HE STARTED READING. 16:23 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HIT ME TOO IS THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ACTS 16:26 AND IT POURED OUT ON HIM TOO. 16:28 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:29 AND LOOK WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HIS FAMILY. 16:30 YES. 16:32 SO IT REMINDED ME OF THE STORY OF THE WOMAN AT THE WELL BUT THIS IS A LITTLE 16:34 BIT DIFFERENT. 16:35 THIS IS THE MAN WHO HAD TO SHARE. 16:37 ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC. 16:38 YES. 16:39 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING ALL OF THAT. 16:41 AND WE JUST WANT TO INVITE YOU TO GET INVOLVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 16:45 IF YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT HOW THE LORD IS LEADING IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW, THIS 16:49 HUGE RECTANGLE ON OUR GLOBE AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BANGLADESH, 16:52 WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND HERE'S SOME INFORMATION ON HOW 16:56 YOU CAN DO THAT. 16:57 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 17:03 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 17:06 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 17:09 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 17:11 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 17:15 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 17:18 MY HEAD HURTS. 17:19 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 17:22 I GIVE UP. 17:24 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 17:26 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 17:29 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 17:32 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 17:38 WHERE? 17:38 ALL THE WORLD. 17:40 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 17:44 YOU CAN PRAY. 17:45 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 17:48 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 17:50 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:53 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 17:56 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 17:58 BE THE SPARK. 18:00 LIGHT THE FIRE. 18:02 FINISH THE WORK. 18:04 FINISH THE WORK. 18:07 BE THE SPARK. 18:09 BE THE SPARK. 18:11 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS IN US WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS AND HE GIVES US THE GIFT THE 18:14 SPIRITUAL GIFTS TO SHARE THAT GREAT NEWS WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT 18:18 WE'RE ALL ABOUT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:20 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 18:22 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS. 18:24 AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:27 PLEASE DO VISIT OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG. 18:31 WE'RE ALSO ON FACEBOOK AND PLEASE LIKE US. 18:34 AND WE PUT VIDEOS AND LINKS TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS INTERVIEWS THAT 18:38 WE'RE DOING HERE. 18:40 WE PUT THOSE THERE AND ALSO INFORMATION ABOUT OUR RALLIES AND STORIES FROM 18:43 OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS. 18:44 SO THAT'S A WAY THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH YOU. 18:46 TODAY WE ARE TALKING WITH JOHN DUROE ABOUT BANGLADESH AND WHAT A 18:50 JOURNEY YOU TAKE US ON JOHN EVERY TIME. 18:53 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROMINENT RELIGIONS IN BANGLADESH? 18:57 WELL TWELFTH CENTURY TRADERS ARRIVED ON THE SHORES OF BANGLADESH AND 19:06 THEY WERE MUSLIMS. 19:09 AND THAT'S HOW ISLAM WAS INTRODUCED TO BANGLADESH. 19:14 SO NINETY PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY IS MUSLIM. 19:18 BUT THEN THERE'S ABOUT NINE PERCENT THAT ARE HINDU. 19:23 THEN WE HAVE . 19:25 3 PERCENT CHRISTIAN. 19:27 . 19:27 3. 19:28 YES. 19:29 AND WE ALSO HAVE BUDDHIST AS WELL AND LOTS OF ANIMISTS TOO. 19:35 SO WE'RE GOING TO, I'VE GOT A VIDEO THAT SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT 19:41 THE BUDDHIST INFLUENCE IS LIKE DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BANGLADESH. 19:47 SO PERHAPS WE SHOULD WATCH THAT NOW. 19:49 LET'S GO. 19:51 THREE HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN THE GREAT INDIAN BUDDHIST EMPEROR 19:57 ASHOKA REIGNED OVER THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT. 20:02 BUDDHISM WAS THE MAIN RELIGION IN THIS AREA UNTIL HINDUISM AND MUSLIMS 20:08 GAINED A FOOTHOLD IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY. 20:12 THE MONASTERY COX'S BAZAR IN BANGLADESH CLOSE TO THE BORDER WITH MYANMAR IS 20:18 PART OF A TEMPLE COMPLEX WHICH WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE INDIAN 20:23 SUBCONTINENT. 20:25 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THIS AREA ARE MAKING FRIENDS WITH 20:30 BUDDHISTS. 20:31 I WATCHED GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER EVEREST EXPLAINING THE NEED FOR A SAVIOR 20:37 THROUGH BUDDHIST CHARTS AND SYMBOLS. 20:39 ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WORKS IN ANOTHER VILLAGE. 20:47 ONE OF THE LADIES IN THE VILLAGE VISITED THE LOCAL MARKET WITH HER FRIEND. 20:53 WHILE SHE WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND THAT A STRANGE FEELING CAME OVER HER AND 20:58 SHE FELT THAT SHE HAD BECOME DEVIL POSSESSED. 21:02 HER LADY FRIENDS TRIED MANY REMEDIES BUT NOTHING SEEMED TO WORK AND SO THEY 21:08 DECIDED TO CALL OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 21:13 HE CAME AND HE PRAYED. 21:16 HE READ THE BIBLE FOR ONE HOUR AND PRAYED AGAIN AND SUDDENLY THE DEMON THREW 21:21 HER DOWN. 21:23 WITH A START SHE WOKE UP AND SHE ASKED "WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?" 21:26 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SAID "IT'S GOD THAT'S DONE THIS." 21:31 SHE IS NOW GIVING HER TESTIMONY TO OTHERS AND SHE IS A BAPTIZED 21:37 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN. 21:40 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ALSO TOLD US ABOUT A MAN WHO DRANK ANYTHING. 21:49 HE WAS AN ADDICT AND DID CRAZY THINGS WHEN HE WAS DRUNK. 21:53 HE STOLE FROM OTHERS AND HE ESPECIALLY MADE PROBLEMS DURING CHURCH 21:57 TIME. 21:59 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER GAVE HIM BIBLE STUDIES AND EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS 22:06 LOVED BY GOD. 22:07 THE MAN BECAME SICK. 22:10 HE TOOK MEDICINE BUT IT DID NO GOOD. 22:13 PEOPLE ASKED THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TO COME AND PRAY FOR HIM. 22:17 HE DID AND THE MAN RECOVERED. 22:19 HE REALIZED THAT GOD HAD BEEN GOOD TO HIM AND HE ASKED FOR MORE STUDIES. 22:25 HE REFORMED. 22:26 HE WAS BAPTIZED AND HE IS NOW PREACHING TO OTHERS. 22:31 THIS WORKER WORKS IN THE VILLAGE OF_____ . 22:32 HE MADE FRIENDS WITH A MAN WHO WAS A RICH MAN BUT ADDICTED TO ALCOHOL. 22:34 HE SAID "I'VE GOT MANY PROPERTIES AND I'M WORRIED." 22:35 OUR WORKER QUOTED THE ADVICE OF JESUS. 22:38 HE SAID DON'T FOCUS ON LAND AND MONEY. 22:54 THINK ABOUT HEAVENLY THINGS AND LET GOD TAKE CARE OF THE REST. 23:00 THE WORKER GAVE HIM A BIBLE TO READ AND EVERYBODY NOTICED THE 23:04 DIFFERENCE. 23:05 IT'S THE BIBLE HE SAID. 23:07 IT'S TRUE. 23:08 AND HE IS NOW PREPARING FOR BAPTISM. 23:11 IN THIS SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BANGLADESH WHERE BUDDHA LEFT HIS FOOTPRINTS LETS 23:18 SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AS THEY SHARE THE STORY OF JESUS. 23:26 ABSOLUTELY JOHN. 23:28 LETS SUPPORT THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE SHARING JESUS. 23:32 HOW EXCITING TO SEE HOW THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE TAKING EVERY 23:35 HOOK THAT GOD GIVES THEM IN THE VILLAGE AND TO SHARE JESUS. 23:39 EVEN WITH THE LOCAL MAN WHO HAS A DRINKING PROBLEM. 23:41 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 23:43 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 23:44 SO TELL US ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 23:48 ARE THEY ENCOURAGED WHEN YOU VISIT THEM? 23:50 OH YES. 23:51 IT'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR, I HOPE. 23:52 YES, ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 24:04 AND WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT TAKING YOU ALONG TO ALL THESE PLACES? 24:07 DO THEY ENJOY SEEING YOUR REACTION? 24:09 YES, YES THEY DO. 24:11 BUT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO BANGLADESH SO MUCH IT'S NOT SUCH A SURPRISE WHEN 24:18 THINGS HAPPEN. 24:20 THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT TRAVELING IN GENERAL BUT ESPECIALLY IN ASIA. 24:24 YOU'RE LOOKING AT PLACES AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THINGS AND YOU HAVE TO 24:27 REALIZE AM I REALLY SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING? 24:29 THAT'S PART OF THE FUN. 24:31 YES. 24:33 SO THESE PEOPLE THOUGH WHO ARE COMING FROM BUDDHISM, ISLAM, HINDUISM AND ALL 24:39 THESE THINGS, WHEN THEY ARE ACCEPTING JESUS WHAT IS THAT LIKE FOR YOU TO 24:43 SEE THAT? 24:45 OH IT'S GREAT, IT'S GREAT. 24:46 IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HIDDEN AND SUDDENLY SEE SOMETHING AND THEY 24:57 REALIZE, OH I DIDN'T KNOW THAT AND IT'S SUCH A SURPRISE TO THEM. 25:03 AND ESPECIALLY TO HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK, THE DEVIL POSSESSED LADY. 25:08 WE HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THAT IN THE BIBLE AND THEN TO SEE THESE STORIES AND TO 25:11 HEAR THESE PEOPLE THAT YES, THE MIRACLES THAT HAPPENED IN THE BIBLE ARE 25:14 STILL HAPPENING TODAY. 25:15 YES. 25:17 SO WHAT CAN WE DO HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO HELP THE WORK IN BANGLADESH? 25:21 WELL WE NEED SUPPORTERS. 25:23 WE NEED HELPERS. 25:25 WE NEED TO EMPLOY SOME MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:30 THERE ARE MANY PLACES THAT I GO TO THAT I SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO KNOW 25:37 ABOUT JESUS CHRIST AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS TO SEND TO THOSE PLACES. 25:44 WELL JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND PLEASE DO GREET THE 25:47 BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN BANGLADESH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VIDEOS 25:51 AND YOUR FRONT-LINE STORIES THAT YOU SHARE WITH US. 25:54 WE APPRECIATE THAT SO. 25:56 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 25:57 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:00 AS JOHN SAID AND AS YOU HAVE HEARD WE NEED TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT. 26:04 WE NEED TO HAVE YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 26:06 PLEASE GO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG ABOUT HOW YOU CAN ADOPT A 26:11 WORKER. 26:13 ON BEHALF OF ADVENTURERS IN MISSIONS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS 26:14 KEYMER. 26:15 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 26:16 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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