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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000669A
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00:14 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THE 10/40 WINDOW IS WHERE OUR FOCUS IS HERE AT 00:22 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:24 AND THERE IS A SMALL COUNTRY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT IS A FUN 00:28 COUNTRY TO SAY ITS NAME AND IT'S BANGLADESH. 00:31 IT'S FUN TO SAY BANGLADESH. 00:34 JOHN DUROE YOU ARE HERE AT ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND YOU ARE THE REGIONAL 00:37 DIRECTOR FOR BANGLADESH. 00:39 YES. 00:39 AND IT IS FUN TO SAY ISN'T IT. 00:41 SO BANGLADESH IS A COUNTRY THAT WE HEAR ABOUT IN THE NEWS. 00:45 WE HEAR ABOUT FLOODING THAT HAS HAPPENED THERE AND IT'S A SMALL COUNTRY 00:49 EAST OF INDIA. 00:50 YES. 00:52 AND TELL US ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK THERE. 00:54 HOW MANY WORKERS DO WE HAVE? 00:56 WELL WE HAVE 80 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:59 THESE ARE SUPPORTED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:03 BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THAT COUNTRY IN THE CHURCH THERE, HE'S FROM KOREA. 01:10 HE ALSO HAS ANOTHER 50 WORKERS THAT HE SUPPORTS FROM HIS FRIENDS BACK IN 01:15 KOREA. 01:16 KOREANS ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MISSION OUTREACH. 01:17 THEY ARE YES. 01:18 THIS IS FANTASTIC. 01:19 SO WHAT IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF BANGLADESH? 01:20 DHAKA. 01:21 AND TELL ME ABOUT DHAKA. 01:22 OH, DHAKA. 01:23 YOU CAN HARDLY MOVE IN DHAKA SOMETIMES. 01:24 THE AIR IS VERY THICK WITH SMOKE AND POLLUTION. 01:38 BUT WE HAVE ABOUT, THEY SAY THAT THERE WAS ABOUT SEVEN MILLION BUT I THINK 01:47 IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO 15 MILLION THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY OF DHAKA. 01:53 SOMETIMES IT SEEM AS IF ALL THE PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH ARE ACTUALLY 01:56 LIVING IN THAT ONE CITY DHAKA. 01:59 WELL I WAS THERE WHEN I WAS A STUDENT MISSIONARY AND WOW, WHAT AN 02:03 EXPERIENCE. 02:04 THE CARS GOING ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, THE 02:07 MARKETS. 02:08 IT'S QUITE AN INTERESTING PLACE TO BE. 02:10 SO TELL US ABOUT THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH THOUGH IN THE CITY. 02:14 WELL OF COURSE IT'S NOT EASY TO WORK IN THE CITY. 02:18 YOU KNOW PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS AND THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT. 02:23 IN THE PAST, I'VE BEEN GOING TO BANGLADESH NOW FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, I 02:29 CAN REMEMBER WHEN WE TRIED TO START CITY SCHOOLS IN BANGLADESH IN THE CITIES. 02:38 WE TRIED TO GIVE EXTRA FUNDS FOR WORKERS THAT WOULD WORK IN THE CITY. 02:45 YOU SEE IT'S NOT CHEAP TO LIVE IN THE CITY AND SO EVERYTHING IS MUCH MORE 02:48 EXPENSIVE THAN WORKING IN THE VILLAGE. 02:49 BUT WHEN I WENT THERE THIS YEAR I WENT THERE FOR THE DEDICATION OF A NEW CHURCH 02:51 THAT HAD BEEN FORMED THERE AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED ON 02:53 THAT DAY. 02:54 I WANT TO SEE IT. 02:55 (MUSIC PLAYING) IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE THIS YEAR TO BE IN DHAKA THE CAPITAL CITY 03:16 OF BANGLADESH WHEN A NEW CITY CHURCH WAS DEDICATED. 03:20 THIS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH INAUGURATED BY DR. JOHN DUROE, GOSPEL 03:26 OUTREACH REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR BANGLADESH. 03:30 WHAT IS DIFFICULT IN THE BIG CITY, LAND IS VERY EXPENSIVE. 03:36 WE WERE ABLE TO CUT THE RIBBON BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAD PRAYED, WORKED AND 03:42 SACRIFICED FOR THIS DAY. 03:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS JUST ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE 03:50 SUCCESS OF THIS DAY. 03:52 DHAKA HAS A POPULATION OF 17 MILLION. 03:57 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS HELPED TO SUPPORT WORKERS IN THE CITY BUT LIVING EXPENSES 04:02 ARE HIGH AND MANY MORE WORKERS ARE NEEDED. 04:07 LOCAL POLITICIANS WERE PRESENT. 04:10 MANY PRAYERS WERE PRAYED AND PRAISE WAS GIVEN. 04:12 SOME OF OUR BEST SINGERS WERE THERE AND EVERYONE WAS EXTREMELY THANKFUL. 04:18 ALTHOUGH IT'S ESTIMATED THERE ARE 700 MOSQUES IN DHAKA. 04:23 THERE IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT HINDU PRESENCE. 04:28 HINDUS SEEM TO EMPHASIZE A NEW GOD EVERY MONTH AND THEY ENJOY THEIR 04:33 CELEBRATIONS. 04:34 THEY WELCOME GUESTS AND SOMETIMES PUT ON A SPECIAL SHOW. 04:43 BUT THEY ARE ALSO OPEN TO LISTENING TO THE STORY OF JESUS. 04:48 THEY WILL WILLINGLY ACCEPT CHRISTIAN LITERATURE. 04:52 I VISITED THIS DISTRICT BEFORE AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S OPEN 04:56 TO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 04:59 WE NEED EXTRA MONEY FOR OUR CITY WORK. 05:03 EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE COUNTRIES EXPORTS ARE MANUFACTURED CLOTHES. 05:09 IT'S THE WORLDS SECOND HIGHEST EXPORTER OF READY-MADE CLOTHES. 05:15 THREE YEARS AGO ONE OF THEIR FACTORIES COLLAPSED KILLING ELEVEN HUNDRED 05:20 PEOPLE. 05:22 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER LIVES WITH OTHER GARMENT FACTORY WORKERS JUST 05:27 AROUND THE CORNER IN SUDAR. 05:29 HE TAKES CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN AND THE PARENT'S SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEY 05:34 JOIN HIM FOR WORSHIP ON SABBATH. 05:38 WHILE IN SUDAR I WAS INTRODUCED TO A LADY WHO IS FROM A HINDU 05:44 BACKGROUND. 05:46 HER PARENTS BECAME CHRISTIANS AND THEY WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR 05:48 COMMUNITY. 05:50 SHE WAS MARRIED AND WAS ALSO AGAINST CHRISTIANS BUT SHE WATCHED OTHERS WHO 05:56 BECAME CHRISTIANS AND SHE NOTICED HOW THEIR LIVES ALWAYS CHANGED FOR THE 06:02 BETTER. 06:03 SHE IS NOW ALSO ANXIOUS TO GET BAPTIZED TOGETHER WITH HER HUSBAND. 06:09 OUR WORKER IS WELL LIKED AND KNOWS HOW TO HELP PEOPLE MAKE THAT CHANGE AS 06:15 THEY DECIDE TO BECOME FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST. 06:19 LET'S PRAY FOR THE CITY OF DHAKA, BANGLADESH. 06:23 AND LET'S GIVE TO SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 06:30 ABSOLUTELY. 06:32 LET'S GIVE AND LET'S PRAY AND HOW EXCITING FOR YOU TO BE THERE ON THE OPENING 06:35 OF THE CHURCH. 06:36 YES. 06:37 I BET THAT WAS JUST VERY OVERWHELMING. 06:39 IT WAS VERY NICE. 06:40 AND SO A HOUSE CHURCH BASICALLY RIGHT JOHN? 06:42 YES, YES. 06:43 AND TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE COME AND, OH FANTASTIC. 06:46 WELL THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 06:48 OH VERY EXCITING. 06:50 SO I UNDERSTAND A PART OF BANGLADESH, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, HAS A STRONG 06:55 BUDDHIST INFLUENCE. 06:56 YES. 06:57 NOW I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER TOWN. 06:59 IT'S CALLED COX'S BAZAR. 07:02 THIS TOWN IS THE FAVORITE HOLIDAY PLACE FOR PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH. 07:07 IT'S GOT THE LONGEST UNBROKEN BEACH IN THE WORLD, 70 MILES LONG AND 07:12 YES, A VERY STRONG BUDDHIST INFLUENCE. 07:14 BUT YOU WILL BE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS STORY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW. 07:20 COX'S BAZAR IS THE MOST POPULAR VACATION SPOT IN BANGLADESH WITH THE 07:26 LONGEST UNBROKEN BEACH IN THE WORLD, 70 MILES LONG. 07:32 EARLY MORNING IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TIMES OF THE DAY. 07:37 BUDDHA PASSED BY HERE ON HIS WAY TO BURMA IN THAILAND AND LEFT HIS 07:43 MARK. 07:45 SOME OF THESE REMAINS ARE OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLD. 07:49 EVEREST IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THIS AREA AND I WATCHED HIM AS 07:55 HE USED THE BUDDHIST SYMBOLS TO EXPLAIN THE NEED FOR A SAVIOR. 08:01 WE ENJOYED THE HOSPITALITY OF OUR BUDDHIST HOSTS. 08:06 LAST YEAR DR. LEE, OUR BANGLADESH UNION PRESIDENT, MADE 08:10 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TWO DAUGHTERS OF THIS FAMILY TO STUDY AT OUR CHURCH 08:16 COLLEGE. 08:17 ONE OF THEM HAD A PARTICULARLY GOOD EXPERIENCE AND I WOULD 08:22 LIKE TO SHARE HER STORY THROUGH THIS INTERVIEW. 08:26 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE BEEN AT OUR CHURCH COLLEGE IN BANGLADESH FOR THIS 08:33 LAST YEAR. 08:33 YES. 08:34 HOW DID YOU LIKE IT? 08:36 YES, VERY MUCH. 08:38 WHAT DID YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT THE COLLEGE WHEN YOU WENT? 08:41 THE BEST THING IS THE LIBRARY, THE ___. 08:44 VERY GOOD FOR ME. 08:46 DO THEY HAVE NICE TEACHERS THERE? 08:48 I ALSO LIKED THEM BECAUSE THEY TRAIN US LIKE OUR STUDENTS. 08:52 OH GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. 08:55 WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH YOUR EDUCATION WHEN YOU FINALLY FINISH? 08:59 I THINK I WILL BECOME A GOOD MEDICAL DOCTOR IN THE FUTURE. 09:04 WELL THAT'S VERY NICE., THAT'S VERY NICE. 09:08 NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS LAST YEAR AT COLLEGE SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENED 09:13 TO YOU. 09:14 YES. 09:14 AND YOU WERE BAPTIZED. 09:17 YES, LAST YEAR THE ___I WAS SO ____TO GOD. 09:23 WHAT RELIGION WERE YOU AS YOU WERE GROWING UP AS A CHILD? 09:31 BUDDHIST. 09:32 OH BUDDHIST. 09:33 YES. 09:34 YES. 09:35 BUDDHIST. 09:36 I FOUND THAT WHEN I PRAYING TO GOD I FEEL SO GOOD. 09:44 I THINK SOMEONE HEARING ME. 09:47 YES. 09:49 AND HE SAY TO ME WHAT IS LOVE FOR YOU, WHAT IS BAD FOR YOU. 09:53 YES. 09:54 I WOULD TRY TO ACCEPT THAT. 09:56 OH THAT'S NICE. 09:57 NICE TO HAVE A FRIEND. 09:59 YES, THAT'S ALWAYS THERE. 10:00 I CAN HEAR THE SERMON. 10:03 HE WAS___HEAVEN. 10:04 YES. 10:05 THAT'S WHY I BAPTIZED. 10:07 OH VERY NICE, VERY NICE, VERY NICE. 10:11 WELL I WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS THAT YOU WERE BAPTIZED DURING THE 10:16 YEAR. 10:17 THAT'S VERY NICE. 10:19 I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN I HEAR THAT YOU GRADUATED AS A DOCTOR. 10:22 ______. 10:23 GOD BLESS. 10:26 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 10:27 NOW DR. LEE HAD ANOTHER IDEA FOR THIS AREA. 10:31 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE PAID A BASIC STIPEND SO HE DECIDED TO 10:37 BUY SOME GOATS AND I WATCHED HIM AS HE PRESENTED EACH OF THESE 10:43 GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILIES WITH A GOAT TO HELP THEIR FAMILY INCOMES. 10:49 WE CAN SEE NOW HOW YOU GOT THERE, OUR____WORKERS WHO ARE WORKING IN EAST 10:55 BANGLADESH MISSION OF BANGLADESH. 10:57 ESPECIALLY THEIR STIPEND IS NOT MUCH HERE. 11:00 THAT'S WHY WE ARE GOING TO SHARE ONE GOAT FOR EACH ONE OF THEM. 11:05 THEY CAN EXTEND THEIR INCOME THROUGH THIS PROJECT. 11:10 THAT'S WHY WE ARE GIVING. 11:11 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 11:13 THE BANGLADESH UNION GIVES FULL SUPPORT TO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS FULLY SUPPORTING THE CHURCH BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE. 11:26 PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR BANGLADESH AND JOIN US AS WE WORK TOGETHER. 11:34 OH THAT WAS SO INTERESTING AND I SO APPRECIATE SEEING THE FOOTAGE OF THE YOUNG 11:39 WOMAN WHO IS GOING TO THE SEMINARY. 11:40 YES. 11:41 BLESS HER HEART. 11:42 YES. 11:44 IT WAS A SPARK OF GENIUS WHEN THE PRESIDENT, HE USED TO BE THE PRESIDENT 11:49 OF THE COLLEGE YOU SEE SO THAT'S WHY HE WAS INTERESTED IN EDUCATION, 11:54 AND HE GAVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY IN GOING TO THE COLLEGE BECAUSE HE 11:59 KNEW THAT THIS WAS THE BEST WAY THAT SHE WOULD LEARN ABOUT THE STORY OF 12:04 JESUS. 12:05 YES, AND TO HEAR HER TESTIMONY JOHN. 12:06 HOW FANTASTIC WHEN SHE HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS. 12:10 AND THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT CLAIMING THE NAME OF JESUS AND BLESS HER HEART. 12:13 AND SO THE GOATS. 12:15 WHEN THEY ARE GIVING THE GIFT OF THE GOAT THEN THE GOAT WILL THEN MAKE MILK 12:20 THAT THEY CAN SELL? 12:22 YES. 12:22 JUST AN EXTRA ADDITION TO THE INCOME. 12:24 OK, WELL FANTASTIC. 12:25 WELL IF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOUR HEARING AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WANT TO 12:29 GIVE YOU SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED. 12:32 WE HAVE A NEWS LETTER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND TO YOU AT NO CHARGE TO YOU. 12:37 AND YOU CAN CALL US. 12:38 YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION. 12:41 WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND THIS TO YOU. 12:43 YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPT A 12:47 WORKER. 12:48 NOW YOU CAN ADOPT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT EXTENDS 12:52 FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THROUGH INDIA AND BANGLADESH WHERE WE'RE 12:55 VISITING TODAY OVER TO JAPAN. 12:57 AND PLEASE DO GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. 13:01 WE HAVE INFORMATION FOR YOU THERE AS WELL. 13:04 INFORMATION ABOUT STORIES THAT ARE HAPPENING, RALLIES EVENTS AND THINGS 13:07 LIKE THAT AND SCRIPTURE VERSES, VIDEOS, YOU NAME IT. 13:10 PLEASE TAKE A PEEK THERE. 13:11 SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 13:13 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND THANK YOU FOR TELLING SOMEBODY ELSE 13:17 ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND WHAT THE 13:21 LORD IS DOING THROUGH THIS MISSION ORGANIZATION. 13:23 SO WE'RE HERE VISITING WITH JOHN DUROE ABOUT BANGLADESH. 13:26 IT'S SO FUN TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT VIEWS AND PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET. 13:30 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT GOSPEL 13:35 OUTREACH WORKERS ARE USING IN BANGLADESH. 13:37 YES. 13:38 NOW WE WERE DOWN ON THE SOUTH COAST, SOUTHEAST COAST. 13:41 I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU NOW TO THE NORTH OF BANGLADESH AND WE'RE GOING TO VISIT 13:45 SOME OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE IN THE NORTH OF BANGLADESH. 13:49 (SOUNDS) WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO SEE ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 13:55 RAHUL WORKING IN A VILLAGE. 14:00 BUMPING ALONG ON OUR MOTORBIKE WE HEARD THE SOUND OF SINGING AND 14:05 STOPPED TO SEE A HINDU FESTIVAL JUST GETTING STARTED FOR THE DAY. 14:09 THE PRIEST WAS ACCEPTING GIFTS AND LISTENING TO PRAYER REQUESTS. 14:13 BUT WE WERE NOT THERE TO SIT AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC. 14:18 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO SEE A CHRISTIAN BAPTISM. 14:21 EARLY IN THE MORNING IT WAS PLEASANT RIDING DOWN THE COUNTRY ROADS. 14:27 RICE PLANTERS WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE COOL START TO THE DAY AND SO 14:32 WERE THE FISHERMEN THAT RAHUL HAD MADE FRIENDS WITH IN THE VILLAGE. 14:38 THIS IS A MAINLY MUSLIM AREA BUT RAHUL KNOWS THAT WITH MUSLIMS HE HAS MANY 14:44 THINGS IN COMMON TO TALK ABOUT. 14:47 WE HAD TO WAIT OUR TURN TO USE THE POND BECAUSE THIS WAS WHERE OUR BAPTISM WAS 14:52 TO TAKE PLACE. 14:54 RAHUL HAS A SMALL MISSION SCHOOL WHERE HE TEACHES IN THE MORNINGS. 14:59 (SINGING) AS HE VISITED PARENTS OF HIS PUPILS HE FOUND A VERY INTERESTED 15:09 FAMILY. 15:10 HE STUDIED WITH THEM. 15:12 THEY DECIDED TO BE BAPTIZED. 15:14 UNFORTUNATELY THE HUSBAND SUDDENLY DIED OF A STROKE BUT HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER 15:20 WERE BAPTIZED TODAY. 15:22 ON TODAY'S TRIP WE VISITED A FEW OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ALL 15:28 ANXIOUS TO SHOW ME WHERE THEY WERE WORKING AND WHO THEY WERE WORKING FOR. 15:33 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO OUR CHURCH BOARDING SCHOOL WHERE THERE WAS TO BE 15:37 ANOTHER BAPTISM. 15:39 THE SCHOOL HAD ITS OWN BAPTISMAL TANK. 15:43 WE TRIED TO GIVE ALL THE CANDIDATES A TALKING BIBLE TO USE IN THEIR 15:48 WITNESSING. 15:50 (TALKING) GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BRISEN TOLD ME ABOUT HIS STRATEGY WORKING 16:00 WITH DRUG ADDICTS. 16:02 HE COACHES THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOCCER AND CRICKET. 16:05 BUT ONE DAY THEY GOT UPSET WITH HIM AND HE LEFT. 16:10 LATER THEY CAME BY THE CHURCH AND THEY HEARD HIM PRAYING FOR THEM BY NAME. 16:16 THE NEXT DAY THEY WERE VERY FRIENDLY TO HIM AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD 16:21 LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT HE BELIEVED. 16:25 AFTER TEACHING THEM HE INVITED THEM TO COME WITH HIM TO CHURCH AND TWO OF 16:30 THEM ACCEPTED THE INVITATION. 16:33 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BRISEN TOLD ME ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE WITH DRUNKARDS 16:39 IN HIS VILLAGE. 16:40 ONE DAY AFTER A FIGHT ONE OF THE FIGHTERS ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL. 16:45 BRISEN STAYED WITH HIM, HELPED HIM HOME, STUDIED WITH HIM AND TODAY HE WAS 16:52 ONE OF THOSE BEING BAPTIZED. 16:55 THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WORKS IN _____. 16:57 HE WENT TO ONE MADRASSA, THAT'S A MUSLIM SCHOOL, AND HE SHARED SOME OF OUR 17:05 NEW TRACTS SPECIALLY PREPARED TO APPEAL TO ISLAMIC READERS. 17:10 THEY LIKED THEM AND THEY ASKED FOR MORE AND THEY ASKED HIM TO COME BACK AND 17:16 TALK TO THE STUDENTS. 17:18 HE VISITED THEM MANY TIMES AND THEY HAVE BEEN TO SEE HIM. 17:23 HE SHARED THE STORY ABOUT JESUS CHRIST AND HE HAS BROUGHT A YOUNG MAN TO BE 17:29 BAPTIZED TODAY. 17:31 JOYCE IS A GRADUATE FROM OUR COLLEGE NOW WORKING AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 17:37 HE TEACHES SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND HE NOTICED A STUDENT CRYING AND UPSET. 17:43 IT TURNED OUT THAT HER FATHER WAS SICK AT HOME. 17:46 HE VISITED WITH HIM AND PRAYED AND AFTER THE MAN RECOVERED HE WAS SO HAPPY 17:52 THAT HE DECIDED TO SEND HIS DAUGHTER TO THIS BOARDING SCHOOL AS A 17:56 STUDENT. 17:57 THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT OUR WORKERS ARE DOING EVERY DAY. 18:03 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO VISIT AND ENCOURAGE THE GOSPEL 18:07 OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE NORTH BANGLADESH MISSION. 18:11 I ENCOURAGE YOU TO HELP SUPPORT THESE WORKERS AS THEY SHARE THE STORY OF 18:17 JESUS TO THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD IT. 18:22 JOHN THAT IS PURE JOY. 18:23 THE JOY OF JESUS. 18:25 PEOPLE STOPPING AND SHARING JESUS. 18:28 AND THE TRACTS. 18:29 THE MAN WHO HAD THE TRACTS IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE. 18:34 YES. 18:35 THEY ARE DESIGNED IN AN ISLAMIC WAY, ISLAMIC PICTURES AND EVERYTHING. 18:41 YOU KNOW WE HAVE MANY THINGS IN COMMON WITH THE MUSLIMS AND WE NEED TO 18:48 SHARE THOSE THINGS IN COMMON. 18:50 YES. 18:52 AND I NOTICED THAT THE MEGA VOICE PLAYERS, THE AUDIO BIBLES AND STORIES, 18:56 DRAMATIZED BIBLE STORIES AND SONGS AND EVERYTHING CAN BE PUT ON THESE 19:00 PLAYERS AND YOU TAKE THEM TO BANGLADESH. 19:02 YES. 19:03 SO SOMETIMES WHEN I GO TO A BAPTISM AND THE NEW PERSON HAS BEEN BAPTIZED 19:07 WE GIVE THEM A PLAYER AND TELL THEM TO SHARE THE STORY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS 19:11 AND FRIENDS. 19:13 AND THEY'RE SOLAR POWERED AND THERE ARE EAR PHONES THAT COME WITH IT AND THEN 19:15 THERE'S A SPEAKER AS WELL. 19:16 SO THEY'RE FANTASTIC. 19:17 WELL THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 19:18 SO YOU HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO FOR US. 19:21 I DO. 19:22 I DO. 19:23 YOU'LL SEE MY TRAVELS DOWN TO THE SOUTH OF BANGLADESH AND A VERY INTERESTING 19:30 STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO WAS DEVIL POSSESSED. 19:36 HOW DO WE GET OUT OF HERE? 19:38 LEAVING BY BUS WE WERE HEADING FOR THE SOUTH BANGLADESH MISSION. 19:44 WE HAD ARRIVED AT THE BUS STATION ON TIME BUT I WAS SURE THAT WE WERE NOT 19:47 GOING TO LEAVE ON TIME. 19:49 OF COURSE THE DRIVER HAD SEEN IT ALL BEFORE AND THE BUS OPERATOR WAS ANXIOUS 19:55 TO GET US OUT ON THE ROAD. 19:57 I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID IT. 19:59 THERE WAS ONE OBSTACLE AFTER ANOTHER WITH ONLY INCHES TO SPARE. 20:05 BUT WE FINALLY MADE IT, THE OPEN ROAD. 20:07 WELL WE WERE STILL IN A JAM BUT THINGS FINALLY STARTED TO SORT THEMSELVES 20:13 OUT. 20:15 EVERY SO OFTEN IF THE BUS WOULD SLOW DOWN A NEW FOOD VENDOR WOULD HOP ON AND 20:20 MAKE SOME INTERESTING CONCOCTION. 20:22 THIS BUS TRIP INCLUDED A FERRY TRIP. 20:26 (SOUNDS AND TALKING) I BANGLADESH THERE'S WATER EVERYWHERE. 20:34 WE WERE CROSSING ONE OF THE MAJOR RIVERS IN BANGLADESH. 20:38 EACH YEAR MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY IS FLOODED. 20:43 WE LEFT THE BUS FOR AWHILE TO STRETCH OUR LEGS. 20:46 LEAVING THE PACKED FERRY WAS A LITTLE EASIER THAN LEAVING THE BUS STATION. 20:51 ONCE ON THE ROAD AGAIN WE STOPPED TO CHECK THE GAS. 20:55 NOT SURE WHETHER IT'S FULL OR NOT. 20:57 THEN WE WERE ON OUR WAY. 20:59 OUR HOTEL LAST NIGHT WAS A FIVE DOLLAR SPECIAL CHECKED TWICE IN THE NIGHT 21:07 BY THE POLICE. 21:08 WE KNOW BECAUSE THEY SLIPPED A COUPLE OF NOTES UNDER OUR DOOR. 21:11 NEXT MORNING WE WERE IN A THREE WHEELER TAXI HEADING FOR A BAPTISM. 21:17 TAXI DRIVER HERE ____ AND THIS IS THE LOCAL PASTOR. 21:22 YES, DISTRICT PASTOR. 21:25 THIS IS LUCKY OUR GOV SECRETARY FROM THE UNION AND THESE ARE VERY 21:34 DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMEN IN THE BACK. 21:38 WE PASSED SOME NICE LOOKING RICE FIELDS ON OUR WAY TO SEE OUR GOSPEL 21:42 OUTREACH WORKER. 21:43 BANGLADESH IS ONE OF THE WORLDS TOP RICE PRODUCERS. 21:48 THEY HAVE THREE HARVESTS A YEAR. 21:51 THE MOST OF THE WORK IS STILL DONE BY HAND. 21:55 WE READ THE VOWS, SANG AND THEN SHARED THE BAPTISMAL POOL WITH SOME SURPRISED 22:01 DUCKS AS WE WATCHED ELEVEN NEW BELIEVERS FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS. 22:09 I PRESENTED SOME TALKING BIBLES TO CANDIDATES AND WORKERS. 22:14 MAKE SURE YOU DON'T JUST KEEP THESE FOR YOURSELF BUT YOU USE THEM TO SHARE 22:21 WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 22:23 I DID SOME VISITS WITH ONE OF OUR WORKERS AND THEN ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:28 WORKERS TOLD ME THE STORY OF ONE OF TODAY'S CANDIDATES. 22:35 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS TAKEN TO SEE A MAN DISTURBED BY EVIL SPIRITS, 22:43 UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS MOVEMENTS. 22:45 HE TOOK HIS BIBLE, PLACED IT ON THE MAN'S HEAD AND PRAYED. 22:50 THE MAN SHOUTED ALOUD AND THE SPIRIT LEFT. 22:53 OUR WORKER LEFT AND RETURNED HOME BUT THE SPIRIT WAS NOT FINISHED. 22:59 TWO HOURS LATER THE MAN WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. 23:02 THE SPIRIT HAD RETURNED. 23:04 THEY CALLED OUR WORKER AGAIN AND HE REMINDED GOD OF HOW JESUS HAD CURED A 23:10 POSSESSED MAN AND HE PRAYED. 23:12 HE PRAYED THAT THE MAN MIGHT BECOME NORMAL. 23:15 BUT FOR A THIRD TIME THE MAN RAN WILD. 23:18 AGAIN OUR WORKER PRAYED. 23:20 HE ASKED GOD TO DRIVE OUT THE SPIRIT, SPRINKLED HIM WITH WATER AND THEN GAVE 23:26 HIM WATER TO DRINK. 23:27 THE MAN SAID THAT HE WANTED TO BE A CHRISTIAN. 23:32 HE HAD NO MORE PROBLEMS (TALKING) AND TODAY HE WAS BAPTIZED. 23:35 PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS MAN AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BANGLADESH. 23:37 THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD AND THE POWER OF GOD AND I LOVE THAT THEY PUT THE 23:39 BIBLE ON HIS HEAD JOHN. 23:41 SERIOUSLY I THINK THAT THAT IS POWERFUL. 23:43 SO TO SEE ALL OF THIS TO EXPERIENCE ALL OF THIS WHEN YOU COME HOME DOES IT 23:50 KIND OF TAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT TO REGROUP AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE PLACES 23:57 YOU'VE BEEN. 23:57 YES, IT DOES. 23:59 I HAVE TO START WRITING QUICKLY AS SOON AS I COME HOME SO I DON'T FORGET 24:06 WHAT I'VE SEEN. 24:07 AND NOW I'VE PRODUCED ABOUT 12 OR 14 VIDEOS EVERY YEAR LIKE THIS. 24:24 AND WE THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND YOU SEEING YOUR 24:28 WORKERS AND SEEING THE JOY AND THE SMILES IN THOSE PEOPLES FACES. 24:32 YES. 24:33 WHAT I WAS EXCITED TO SEE WAS THE NEW CHURCH THAT WAS FORMED AND ALSO 24:40 ESPECIALLY TO SEE THAT BUDDHIST STUDENT WHO HAD BEEN AT OUR SCHOOL AND WAS 24:44 BAPTIZED. 24:46 YES. 24:46 THAT'S VERY NICE. 24:48 AND IN THE LAST VIDEO WHEN YOU HAD THE BAPTISM AND THE DUCKS THAT CAME BY. 24:52 I NOTICED THAT THE PEOPLE BEING BAPTIZED THOSE WERE YOUNG KIDS. 24:56 YES. 24:57 SO GOD'S MOVING IN THEIR HEARTS AS WELL. 25:00 WELL THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IN BANGLADESH IS 65 SO MOST PEOPLE DIE YOUNG IN 25:09 BANGLADESH. 25:10 YES. 25:10 ABSOLUTELY. 25:12 FIFTY PERCENT OF THE CHILDREN ARE UNDERNOURISHED AND ANEMIC. 25:16 BECAUSE THEIR NOT GETTING ENOUGH FOOD AND THEIR NOT GETTING ENOUGH VITAMINS 25:19 AND ALL THAT. 25:20 WELL I MEAN THEY GROW ENOUGH FOOD IN BANGLADESH BUT THEY ARE VERY POOR, 25:23 VERY POOR. 25:25 AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY THEY NEED OUR HELP FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE WE 25:31 CAN HELP. 25:33 OH ABSOLUTELY. 25:34 AND I LOVE HOW YOU'RE USING THE MEGA VOICE, THE SOLAR POWERED TALKING 25:37 BIBLES. 25:38 AND I LOVE HOW YOU ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE TO USE THEM. 25:41 SO YOU GIVE THESE OUT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. 25:46 YES EVERY YEAR I TAKE A SUITCASE WITH A PILE OF THESE THINGS IN THEM AND 25:55 WE TRY AND SHARE THEM OUT. 25:56 ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE HAVE JUST BEEN BAPTIZED IT'S A GOOD WAY TO HELP 25:59 THEM SHARE THEIR STORY WITH SOMEONE ELSE, A FRIEND. 26:04 AND I HEARD THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS GOING TO THE SEMINARY, HER ENGLISH WAS 26:07 GREAT. 26:08 DO A LOT OF PEOPLE SPEAK ENGLISH IN BANGLADESH? 26:11 WELL IN OUR CHURCH SCHOOLS THEY DO. 26:14 THEY DO, OKAY. 26:15 YES. 26:16 AND THE SUPPORT OF THE KOREANS. 26:18 BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BANGLADESH UNION THEY'RE GETTING SUPPORT 26:25 THERE AND THAT'S FANTASTIC. 26:26 YES. 26:27 I'M VERY ENCOURAGED. 26:29 THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH THERE WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH GOSPEL 26:37 OUTREACH AND THEY HELP EACH OTHER. 26:39 WELL THANK YOU. 26:40 WELL JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH AND COURAGE AND SAFETY AND PRAYERS TO YOU 26:43 AS YOU GO AND BRING MORE VIDEOS TO US. 26:45 THANK YOU. 26:47 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING HERE AT ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AT 26:49 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:50 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR PRAYERS. 26:51 PLEASE VISIT US ONLINE AT GOAIM.ORG. 26:55 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 26:56 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:33 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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