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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000686A
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00:15 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:21 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE JOINING US JUST TO HEAR 00:23 ANOTHER FEW STORIES FROM THE MISSION FIELD FROM 00:27 PEOPLE WHO KNOW IT PERSONALLY. 00:30 I'M GLAD I'M HERE THIS MORNING WITH JOHN DUROE. 00:33 WELCOME. 00:34 THANK YOU. 00:35 YOU ARE HERE TO REPRESENT A FIELD OF THE WORLD, IT'S 00:39 A COUNTRY, YES, FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IT'S TWO 00:42 COUNTRIES ACTUALLY OR TWO AREAS. 00:43 WHAT ARE THEY AGAIN? 00:44 YES, WELL I VISIT BANGLADESH AND ALSO THE 00:45 SMALL STATE OF TRIPURA WHICH IS AN INDIAN STATE 00:47 AND IT'S SORT OF WRAPPED AROUND BANGLADESH AT THE 00:59 TOP AND PEOPLE WILL GO OVER THE BORDER QUITE 01:02 FREELY SO THE CULTURE THERE IS VERY VERY 01:06 SIMILAR. 01:06 VERY SIMILAR. 01:07 VERY SIMILAR YES. 01:08 ALL OF THIS PART OF THE HISTORY OF HOW THIS 01:10 COUNTRY WAS FORMED. 01:11 BUT YOU'RE THERE FOR A NEW HISTORY. 01:14 YOU'RE THERE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HAVE BEEN NOW 01:16 FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. 01:17 YES. 01:18 DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY? 01:19 WELL I'VE BEEN CONNECTED WITH BANGLADESH FOR MORE 01:22 THAN 20 YEARS BECAUSE BANGLADESH IS PART OF THE 01:25 SOUTHERN ASIA PACIFIC DIVISION. 01:27 OKAY. 01:29 YOU WERE WORKING WITH THEM FIRST? 01:30 I WAS SO I ALWAYS VISITED BANGLADESH SO WHEN I GO 01:34 THERE IT'S LIKE VISITING OLD FRIENDS. 01:36 AH THAT'S GOOD. 01:37 BUT I'VE BEEN THERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR THE 01:39 LAST EIGHT YEARS. 01:41 EIGHT YEARS WORKING WITH THESE WORKERS WHO ARE 01:45 THERE? 01:45 YES. 01:46 AND THESE ARE THE STORIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE 01:49 THIS MORNING. 01:50 YOU HAVE, I THINK, AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT 01:52 STORIES TO SHARE. 01:53 YES. 01:54 MAYBE IT'S TIME TO INTRODUCE THIS FIRST ONE 01:57 AND LET THEM MEET THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN 01:59 SUCH GOOD PICTURES OF. 02:00 OKAY. 02:01 WELL IT'S GOT A STRANGE TITLE AND YOU WONDER WHY 02:03 IT'S CALLED "THE RAT KILLER" BUT LET'S WATCH 02:07 THE VIDEO AND WE'LL, WE'LL SEE. 02:16 (MUSIC PLAYING) I'VE VISITED GOSPEL OUTREACH 02:21 WORKER BIMAL MORE THAN ONCE AND I'VE ALWAYS 02:24 RECEIVED A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME BY 02:28 THE LADIES. 02:29 THEY LOVE TO SING AND DANCE. 02:32 THIS IS THE WAY THAT THEY WELCOME THEIR GUESTS. 02:36 DRESSED IN THEIR COLORFUL SARIS THEY MAKE US FEEL 02:39 VERY SPECIAL. 02:40 WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING OUR FEET WASHED 02:44 BEFORE WE ENTER THE CHURCH. 02:45 TODAY THERE IS TO BE A BAPTISM IN THE CHURCH SO 02:49 THE SINGING CONTINUES. 02:51 I SPEAK AND THE CANDIDATES ARE EXAMINED. 02:55 BIBLE RECORDERS ARE PRESENTED AND OUR UNION 02:58 GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR PRAYS. 03:01 (PRAYING). 03:02 NOW THE STORY GETS INTERESTING. 03:05 WE HAVE A POOL BY THE CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN 03:12 OVER FOR FISH BREEDING. 03:14 WE ARE HEADING FOR A BRAND NEW BAPTISMAL POOL. 03:18 BUT FIRST WE NEED WATER. 03:21 NOW BANGLADESH IS NOT SHORT OF WATER. 03:26 MORE THAN HALF THE COUNTRY FLOODS EVERY YEAR AND THE 03:28 RICE GROWS. 03:30 BUT WE WANT IT HERE AND WE NEED TO GET THIS PUMP 03:34 WORKING BUT IT WON'T WORK. 03:37 SO THEY CHANGE IT (TALKING) AND THEY TRY 03:42 AGAIN AND AGAIN AND FINALLY SUCCESS. 03:48 WE FILL THE POOL, STOP UP THE LEAKS AND WE'RE READY 03:51 TO START THE BAPTISM. 03:53 IT WAS WORTH IT TO SEE THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE 03:56 BAPTIZED. 03:58 NOW BIMAL HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING IN THE VILLAGE OF 04:02 NILPE AND THERE HE IS CALLED THE RAT KILLER. 04:07 LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY. 04:09 AS HE WALKED ON THE ROAD BIMAL MET A WIDOW CALLED 04:14 NIELTA AND SHE TOLD HIM THE SAD STORY OF THE RATS. 04:18 EACH YEAR RATS WERE EATING AND DESTROYING HER CROP OF 04:24 RICE. 04:26 NIELTA WAS A HINDU AND BIMAL EXPLAINED THAT HE 04:30 WAS A CHRISTIAN. 04:31 HE ASKED IF SHE WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO COME TO HER 04:34 FIELD AND PRAY TO HIS GOD AND SHE AGREED. 04:39 (PRAYING) IN FACT SHE EVEN REPEATED THE PRAYER AFTER 04:46 HIM. 04:47 (PRAYING) YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 04:48 THEY REPLANTED THE FIELD AND THE NEXT CROP WAS A 04:54 GOOD ONE. 04:56 NO RATS IN SIGHT. 04:59 SHE DECIDED TO GIVE A TITHE BACK TO GOD. 05:06 SHE ALSO ASKED BIMAL TO PRAY OVER HER VEGETABLE 05:09 VINE. 05:10 SHE ASKED IF HE WOULD STUDY THE BIBLE WITH HER 05:13 AND NOW SHE IS BAPTIZED. 05:16 WHEN OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS INTRODUCE PEOPLE 05:20 TO JESUS EVERYTHING CHANGES. 05:24 LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:28 WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY OF BANGLADESH. 05:32 (MUSIC) WELL JOHN WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD THAT STORY I 05:36 BET THAT WAS QUITE ASTONISHING TO HEAR AND TO 05:40 MEET SOME OF THE PEOPLE. 05:41 YES. 05:42 WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THAT LADY NOW, THIS WIDOW? 05:46 SHE HAS SEEN HER CROPS, SHE HAS GIVEN HER TITHE, 05:49 SHE HAS INVITED HIM TO STUDY THE BIBLE. 05:51 WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HER. 05:53 OH SHE'S BEEN BAPTIZED NOW AND SHE IS A GOOD CHURCH 05:56 MEMBER. 05:57 OH, WHAT A STORY. 05:58 YES. 05:59 NOT MANY OF US PRAY FOR THOSE THINGS HERE IN THE 06:02 FIRST WORLD DO WE. 06:03 BUT THERE IT IS. 06:05 WELL THIS IS ASTONISHING. 06:07 I LOVE THE IDEA THAT THEY HAVE THAT WELCOMING SPIRIT 06:12 WITH THE SINGING AND THE DANCING. 06:14 YES. 06:15 AND SOMEHOW THAT DOESN'T DRAW THEM AWAY FROM GOD 06:17 BUT IT DRAWS ALL THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING GOD CLOSER 06:19 TOGETHER. 06:20 YES. 06:21 THAT'S A NEAT THING. 06:22 YOU HAVE MORE STORIES THOUGH. 06:23 YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE HERE. 06:25 YES. 06:26 THE NEXT STORY "MY NAME IS SAM." 06:29 IT'S ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 06:32 WORKING IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES BUT THEY HAVE THE 06:35 SAME PROBLEM AND THAT IS ALCOHOL AND WE'LL SEE WHAT 06:38 HAPPENS IN THEIR STORY. 06:39 (STREET SOUNDS) YOU WON'T FIND A 7-ELEVEN STORE ON 06:46 THIS STREET IN BANGLADESH BUT THIS IS HOW RICE WINE 06:51 IS MADE. 06:54 DRUNK MEN ARE NOT HARD TO FIND. 06:57 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BAFON WORKS IN THIS 07:00 VILLAGE. 07:01 WHEN HE ARRIVED THERE HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY BUT 07:05 ONE DAY OUT WALKING HE SAW SAM. 07:08 SAM HAD BEEN DRINKING. 07:12 A MOTOR BIKE CAME SPEEDING BY BLOWING IT'S HORN AND 07:15 BAFON PULLED SAM OUT OF THE WAY TO PREVENT AN 07:17 ACCIDENT. 07:19 SAM SAID I'M DRUNK, CAN YOU HELP ME GET HOME? 07:24 AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER DID AND THE NEXT 07:27 DAY SAM TOLD HIS FATHER ABOUT HIS MYSTERIOUS 07:30 HELPER. 07:31 (TALKING) THE FATHER GUESSED IT WAS BAFON WHO 07:36 HAD HELPED. 07:38 SAM WENT LOOKING FOR HIM TO THANK HIM AND A 07:41 FRIENDSHIP STARTED AND SAM HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 07:46 THEY STUDIED THE BIBLE TOGETHER AND SAM WAS 07:48 INVITED TO A BAPTISMAL SERVICE. 07:51 AND THEN SAM'S MOTHER GOT SICK. 07:54 THEY TOOK HER TO SEE SOME QUACK DOCTOR WHO GAVE HER 07:57 A STRANGE MIXTURE TO DRINK BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. 08:03 SAM ASKED BAFON TO COME AND PRAY FOR HER (TALKING) 08:06 AND SHE RECOVERED. 08:07 AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP GREW STRONGER AND SAM ASKED TO 08:13 BE BAPTIZED. 08:15 WHEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PINTU STARTED WORK 08:20 IN A VILLAGE HE WAS STOPPED BY DRUNK MEN ON 08:24 THE ROAD. 08:25 THEY ASKED HIM WHO HE WAS. 08:28 WHEN HE TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 08:31 WORKER THEY GOT ANGRY AND THEY TOLD HIM TO GO AWAY. 08:35 BUT AFTER ONE MONTH HE RETURNED, FOUND THE MEN 08:39 SOBER AND WILLING TO LISTEN. 08:42 HE PRAYED WITH THEM AND THEY INVITED OTHER VILLAGE 08:45 PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO HIM. 08:47 HE SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT HEALTH. 08:49 WHEN THE SUBJECT OF DRINKING CAME UP THEY GOT 08:52 ANGRY AND THEY TOLD HIM TO LEAVE. 08:56 WHEN HE VISITED THE THIRD TIME THINGS WERE 08:59 DIFFERENT. 09:00 THIS WAS A SPIRIT-WORSHIPPING GARO 09:02 VILLAGE. 09:03 GARO PEOPLE WERE IMMIGRANTS FROM MONGOLIA. 09:08 IN GARO SOCIETY LADIES ARE THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY SO 09:13 ON THIS VISIT PINTU, WHO HIMSELF IS GARO, SPOKE 09:17 FIRST WITH THE LADIES AND THEY GATHERED THE MEN 09:21 TOGETHER AND THEY TOLD THEM TO LISTEN. 09:24 (TALKING) THEY ASKED PINTU ABOUT DEATH AND HE 09:28 EXPLAINED THE NEED FOR A SAVIOR IN ORDER TO GO TO 09:32 HEAVEN. 09:33 AFTER MORE VISITS AND BIBLE STUDIES HE ASKED THE 09:36 TWO VILLAGE LEADERS TO GET BAPTIZED FIRST AND THE 09:41 REST OF THE VILLAGE PEOPLE HAVE PROMISED TO FOLLOW. 09:44 THANK YOU BAFON AND PINTU FOR SEARCHING OUT NEW 09:49 PLACES TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF A SAVIOR WHO CAN 09:54 CHANGE THE WAY OF LIFE AND PREPARE PEOPLE FOR A HOME 09:58 IN HEAVEN. 09:59 LET'S SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR WORK. 10:03 JOHN THAT'S AN AMAZING THING. 10:05 HOW DID YOU FIND A GOSPEL WORKER WHO WAS GARO? 10:13 HOW DID HE HAPPEN TO COME TO JESUS BECAUSE HE CAME 10:18 OUT OF THAT CULTURE FIRST? 10:19 YES. 10:20 WELL ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT OF NORTH 10:24 BANGLADESH HE IS GARO HIMSELF. 10:27 SO THERE ARE QUITE A LOT OF GARO MEMBERS IN THE 10:31 NORTHERN PART OF BANGLADESH. 10:34 I SEE. 10:34 SO THERE IS A WHOLE ADVENTIST PRESENCE THERE 10:38 THAT IS SPREADING OUT TO THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW 10:40 ABOUT THIS, MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 10:42 YES. 10:43 WELL, THAT'S AN AMAZING STORY. 10:47 THOSE STORIES OF HOW LANGUAGES, PEOPLE WHO 10:50 SPEAK THOSE LANGUAGES IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS, THERE 10:53 MUST BE A THOUSAND OF THEM BECAUSE ALL OF THEM 10:57 MIRACULOUS I'M SUSPECTING. 10:58 YES. 10:59 IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN. 11:00 NOW YOURSELF. 11:02 ARE YOU MULTILINGUAL IN THAT AREA HAVING BEEN 11:05 AROUND THERE LONG ENOUGH? 11:07 WELL I SPEAK A LITTLE URDU BECAUSE I LIVED IN 11:10 PAKISTAN FOR SIX YEARS. 11:12 OKAY. 11:13 AND BANGLADESH HAD LINKS WITH PAKISTAN. 11:16 THEY WERE PAKISTAN FOR AWHILE. 11:17 THEY WERE. 11:18 WHEN PARTITION CAME THERE WAS PAKISTAN ON ONE SIDE 11:23 AND BANGLADESH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF INDIA. 11:29 ANYWAY THEY ARE THREE COUNTRIES NOW. 11:31 OKAY. 11:32 WELL LISTEN, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK HERE 11:34 BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO TALK TO EVERYBODY ABOUT YOU'RE 11:38 ROLE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:41 WE PRESENT THESE IN HOPES THAT YOUR HEART WILL BE 11:44 STIRRED, THAT THE SPIRIT WILL MOVE ON YOU TO BE A 11:47 PARTNER WITH US IN REACHING OUT TO AREAS 11:50 WHERE WE MAY NEVER LEARN THE LANGUAGE BUT WE KNOW 11:53 PEOPLE WHO DO WHO KNOW HOW TO CARE. 11:56 AND YOUR ROLE CAN BE HUGE IN THAT. 11:59 YOU CAN HELP IT BY SIGNING UP FOR ADVENTURES IN 12:00 MISSIONS NOT ONLY WATCHING IT BUT GETTING A 12:01 PUBLICATION ABOUT IT. 12:02 YOU CAN INVEST. 12:10 YOU ARE STEWARDS OF THE MONEY THAT GOD HAS GIVEN 12:12 YOU AND THAT STEWARDSHIP HELPS YOUR LOCAL CHURCH 12:16 I'M SURE, IT HELPS YOUR LOCAL PASTORS. 12:19 FOR MANY OF YOU IT ALSO REACHES BEYOND THAT AND 12:22 YOU GO BEYOND AND GIVE TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 12:26 ON YOUR SCREEN YOU WILL BE SEEING THE NAME OF GOSPEL 12:30 OUTREACH. 12:31 YOU'LL BE SEEING THE ADDRESSES, THE TELEPHONE 12:34 NUMBERS, EMAIL, ALL OF THOSE THAT YOU CAN USE TO 12:38 REACH OUT AND MAKE US PART OF YOUR LIFE. 12:40 I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. 12:42 YOU LISTEN TO GOD'S VOICE AND DO WHAT HE TELLS YOU 12:45 TO DO. 12:46 JOHN, THERE ARE MORE STORIES, AT LEAST TWO MORE 12:51 I THINK YOU HAVE PREPARED. 12:53 YES. 12:55 IS IT TIME TO INTRODUCE THAT THIRD ONE? 12:56 YES. 12:57 WELL SOMETIMES YOU WONDER HOW OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:00 WORKERS GO ABOUT THEIR WORK. 13:02 HOW DO THEY DO IT? 13:03 WHAT DO THEY DO IN THE MORNING? 13:04 SO THIS NEXT ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW, 13:08 "ANSWERED PRAYER" WILL TELL YOU HOW THE DAY 13:11 STARTS WITH THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 13:14 OKAY. 13:15 OKAY, WE'RE SETTING OFF ON OUR JOURNEY AND THIS IS 13:18 OUR DRIVER THAT WE'VE GOT HERE. 13:21 HE IS A VERY GOOD DRIVER BECAUSE HE DOESN'T NEED A 13:27 SEATBELT. 13:28 SO I'M PRESUMING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY 13:31 SAFE TRIP. 13:33 BUT THE EARLY MORNING FOG AND NO WORKING WINDSHIELD 13:37 WIPERS DID WORRY ME A LITTLE. 13:40 WE WERE STOPPED TO PAY OUR BRIDGE TOLL. 13:43 I WATCHED THE LOCAL TAYLORS AT WORK AND THEN 13:47 WE WERE ON OUR WAY. 13:48 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO ______ VILLAGE. 13:52 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PEARSON DEO HAS BEEN THERE 13:57 NOW FOR ONLY TEN MONTHS. 13:59 WE NOW HAVE A MAKESHIFT SCHOOL AND VERY 14:02 ENTHUSIASTIC STUDENTS. 14:04 I FOLLOWED HIM FOR AWHILE AS HE VISITED AND GREETED 14:08 PEOPLE AROUND THE VILLAGE. 14:10 I HAPPENED TO KNOW THAT HE ALWAYS STARTS HIS DAY WITH 14:16 PRAYER FOR GOD TO GUIDE HIM IN HIS WORK. 14:19 ONE DAY AFTER PRAYING FOR GOD TO LEAD HIM TO SOMEONE 14:24 HE MET A MAN CALLED THOMAS WORKING IN THE FIELD. 14:28 THOMAS WAS A GARO MAN. 14:30 HIS ANCESTORS IMMIGRATED FROM MONGOLIA. 14:34 PEARSON IS ALSO GARO SO THEY MADE FRIENDS QUITE 14:38 EASILY. 14:39 BUT WHEN THEIR CONVERSATION LEAD TO 14:41 RELIGIOUS THINGS THOMAS DIDN'T WANT TO TALK. 14:46 HE SAID THAT HE NEEDED TO WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO 14:49 EARN ENOUGH MONEY FOR HIS FAMILY. 14:52 WHEN PEARSON SUGGESTED THAT EVERYONE NEEDED AT 14:56 LEAST ONE DAY OF REST EVERY WEEK THOMAS ASKED 14:59 HIM TO LEAVE. 15:01 PEARSON PRAYED FOR THOMAS EVERY DAY AND SOMETHING 15:06 STARTED TO HAPPEN IN THE LIFE OF THOMAS. 15:09 HE EXPLAINED LATER THAT HE FELT THAT GOD'S SPIRIT 15:13 SPOKE TO HIM AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO CHANGE 15:17 HIS ATTITUDE. 15:18 SO THE NEXT TIME HE SAW PEARSON HE CALLED HIM OVER 15:21 AND SHOOK HIS HAND WARMLY. 15:25 THEY MADE FRIENDS AGAIN AND PEARSON STUDIED THE 15:28 BIBLE WITH THOMAS AND HIS WIFE. 15:30 HE STOPPED SMOKING, CHANGED HIS WAY OF EATING, 15:34 STARTED ATTENDING CHURCH AND TODAY I HAD THE 15:37 PRIVILEGE OF SEEING HIM BAPTIZED. 15:40 UNFORTUNATELY HIS WIFE DIDN'T AND SHE WANTED TO 15:46 BE BAPTIZED TOO BUT THOMAS IS AN INDENTURED WORKER. 15:52 HE HAS BORROWED MONEY FROM THE LANDOWNER AND WHEN HE 15:55 ASKED PERMISSION FOR HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF TO HAVE 15:59 TIME OFF FOR THE BAPTISM HE WAS ALLOWED BUT HIS 16:03 WIFE WASN'T. 16:05 NEXT TIME SHE WILL BE BAPTIZED. 16:08 WE PRESENTED THE BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES WITH A TALKING 16:11 BIBLE (TALKING) AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO SHARE 16:18 THE GOOD NEWS OF THE STORY OF JESUS WITH THEIR 16:22 FRIENDS. 16:23 PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 16:29 WORKERS IN BANGLADESH. 16:32 JOHN, YOU HAD A WONDERFUL PICTURE OF THEM WITH HIM 16:35 WITH THE BIBLE OPEN STUDYING WITH THESE DEAR 16:38 PEOPLE. 16:39 YES. 16:40 IS THERE A GARO BIBLE THAT THEY ARE WORKING FROM OR 16:43 IS HE TRANSLATING FROM ANOTHER VERSION THAT HE 16:47 WORKS WITH? 16:48 THAT I KNOW 100% SURE. 16:50 OKAY. 16:53 BECAUSE ALL THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE GOING 16:56 TO PEOPLE WITH THE BIBLE MESSAGE. 16:58 YES. 16:59 BUT THERE ARE SO MANY LANGUAGES AND THE STORIES 17:02 OF HOW THE WORD OF GOD GETS TRANSLATED INTO THEIR 17:06 TONGUE IS ALWAYS AMAZING. 17:08 YES. 17:09 BUT IN THIS CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH BIBLE HE MIGHT 17:10 HAVE BEEN USING? 17:11 YES. 17:12 WELL BANGLA IS THE COMMON LANGUAGE FOR THE WHOLE OF 17:15 BANGLADESH. 17:17 SO YOU SAW THOSE RECORDERS THAT WE'RE GIVING AWAY. 17:20 SO THOSE ARE RECORDED IN BANGLA. 17:22 OKAY. 17:23 SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH CAN UNDERSTAND. 17:26 OKAY. 17:27 SO THEIR EDUCATION, THEIR COMMERCE GETS TO THEM IN 17:29 BANGLA AND SO THEY HAVE A HOME LANGUAGE AND THEN THE 17:33 COMMERCIAL LANGUAGE PROBABLY. 17:35 YES. 17:35 OKAY. 17:38 WELL WHAT IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA? 17:41 YOU HAVE ANOTHER STORY TO SHARE WITH US? 17:43 YES I DO. 17:45 AND THIS ONE, THIS ONE IS ABOUT LIFE IN THE CITY 17:49 BECAUSE EVANGELISM IN THE CITY IS A DIFFERENT STORY 17:53 ALTOGETHER. 17:54 IT'S MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE FOR US TO PUT PEOPLE IN 17:58 THE CITY TO WORK. 18:00 IN THESE CITIES DO YOU HAVE THESE SAME LITTLE 18:02 SUBGROUPS OF CULTURES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE 18:05 CITY? 18:06 WE DO, WE DO. 18:07 OKAY. 18:08 AND THIS ONE IS JUST ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY 18:12 SO YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE WHEN I FOLLOW THE 18:15 WEDDING. 18:16 (MUSIC) OVER 17 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN DHAKA THE 18:22 CAPITAL CITY OF BANGLADESH. 18:24 I WAS FOLLOWING A PROCESSION OF COLORFUL 18:26 LADIES GETTING READY FOR A WEDDING WHEN I SAW PEOPLE 18:31 STREAMING FROM EVERY DIRECTION. 18:34 A FAIR HAD SET UP ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN. 18:38 I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE ALL COMING FROM BUT 18:42 THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. 18:45 PAINTED HANDS, THINGS TO TASTE, CLOTHES TO BUY, 18:49 STUFF FOR THE HOUSE AND IF YOU WERE WILLING TO RISK 18:53 YOUR LIFE THERE WERE THRILLS GALORE. 18:56 (SOUNDS) LIFE CAN BE RISKY LIVING IN THE BIG CITY. 19:02 ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IS ASHISH WORKING 19:06 WITH GARMENT FACTORY WORKERS. 19:09 EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE COUNTRIES EXPORTS ARE 19:12 MANUFACTURED CLOTHES. 19:13 IT'S THE WORLDS SECOND HIGHEST EXPORTER OF 19:18 READY-MADE CLOTHES. 19:20 FOUR YEARS AGO ONE OF THEIR FACTORIES COLLAPSED 19:23 KILLING ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE. 19:26 ASHISH TAKES CARE OF THE WORKERS CHILDREN AND THEIR 19:31 SPIRITUAL NEEDS. 19:32 THEY JOINED HIM FOR WORSHIP ON SABBATH. 19:36 DR. MISCALLA A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST DENTIST IN DHAKA 19:41 PROVIDES ABOUT EIGHTY HOT LUNCHES EVERY DAY. 19:45 (SOUNDS) THIS YEAR ASHISH INTRODUCED ME TO AKIEL AND 19:53 HIS WIFE. 19:55 ASHISH USED TO SEE AKIEL DRUNK OFTEN AND HE TRIED 20:00 TO HELP HIM. 20:02 THEY TALKED ABOUT THE RESULTS OF HIS KIND OF 20:04 LIFE. 20:06 (TALKING) AKIEL HAD A HINDU BACKGROUND BUT HE 20:11 ASKED ASHISH FOR BIBLE STUDIES. 20:13 HE GAVE UP DRINKING AND WAS BAPTIZED. 20:17 BUT HIS FORMER DRINKING FRIENDS WERE MEAN TO HIM 20:21 AND BEAT HIM UP. 20:22 AKIEL SLOWLY MADE FRIENDS WITH THEM AGAIN AND HE IS 20:25 NOW TRYING TO HELP THEM. 20:27 NOW I SAID THAT CITY LIFE CAN BE RISKY. 20:32 AKIEL AND HIS WIFE BOTH WORK BUT THEY HAVE SMALL 20:36 CHILDREN NINE AND ELEVEN. 20:39 EACH MORNING THEY PRAY THAT GOD WOULD TAKE CARE 20:44 OF THEM. 20:45 OF COURSE THEY DID HAVE SCHOOL WITH ASHISH AND 20:49 THEY HAD CLOSE NEIGHBORS BUT ONE NIGHT THERE WAS A 20:52 BAD STORM AND THEY COULDN'T GET HOME. 20:56 WHILE AKIEL AND HIS WIFE ASKED THE GOD OF HEAVEN TO 21:00 TAKE CARE OF THEIR THEIR CHILDREN AND AKIEL'S WIFE 21:03 PROMISED TO GET BAPTIZED, THEIR HINDU NEIGHBOR WAS 21:08 PRAYING FRANTICALLY TO HER FAVORITE GOD. 21:12 THEY DIDN'T GET BACK UNTIL MIDNIGHT BUT THE CHILDREN 21:15 WERE FINE. 21:17 I WATCHED ASHISH'S SCHOOL CHILDREN ACTING OUT THE 21:22 BIBLE STORY OF JESUS STILLING THE STORM ON 21:26 GALILEE AND I THINK THAT THE CHILDREN HAD GOTTEN 21:29 THE MESSAGE. 21:31 WE NEED TO PRAY FOR AKIEL'S FAMILY AND FOR OUR 21:35 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIKE ASHISH WORKING IN THE 21:39 BIG CITY OF DHAKA. 21:41 LIVING EXPENSES IN THE CITY ARE ALWAYS MUCH 21:44 HIGHER BUT WE NEED MORE CITY WORKERS LIKE ASHISH. 21:53 WELCOME BACK. 21:54 WHAT A STORY. 21:56 THOSE OF US WHO HAVEN'T LIVED IN A BIG CITY LIKE 21:58 THAT HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE SO 22:03 CROWDED TOGETHER, SO CHEEK TO JOWL AS THEY SAY. 22:08 ABOUT 17 MILLION LIVING THERE. 22:10 SEVENTEEN MILLION IN A VERY SMALL SPACE IS IT? 22:12 YES. 22:13 AND AT RISK. 22:15 THOSE STORMS THAT YOU MENTIONED IN THE STORY. 22:18 STORMS IN BANGLADESH HAVE MADE THE NEWS THROUGHOUT 22:22 MY LIFETIME. 22:23 HAS DONE HORRIBLE THINGS AT TIMES. 22:25 THEY CAN DO TERRIBLE DAMAGE CAN'T THEY. 22:27 YES. 22:28 WELL PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME ARE YOU AFRAID TO GO TO 22:30 BANGLADESH. 22:31 AND I SAY ONLY WHEN I'M SITTING IN A CAR ON THE 22:36 ROAD. 22:38 THE ROADS ARE REALLY TERRIBLE. 22:40 I SUSPECT THAT THE INJURIES ON THE ROADS 22:43 REALLY DO SHOW THAT. 22:44 BUT THIS STORY OF WORKING IN THE CITY, DO WE HAVE 22:50 MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIVING THERE IN 22:53 DHAKA? 22:54 WE DON'T HAVE A LOT. 22:56 WE DO NEED A LOT MORE. 22:59 NOW THAT PLACE WHERE WE VISITED WHERE THE WEDDING 23:03 WAS THERE'S A PASTOR WHO IS DOING SOME WORK THERE, 23:08 SOME FOOT WORK THERE AND HE IS PREPARING THE WAY 23:12 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO GO. 23:15 BUT WE NEED MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO SLOT 23:20 INTO THOSE PLACES THAT HE'S PREPARING. 23:24 AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT APPEAL TO THOSE WHO ARE 23:26 WATCHING TODAY. 23:28 YOU ARE THE ONES WHO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 23:31 DON'T FORGET THAT. 23:33 OF COURSE IT'S MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE FOR PUTTING A 23:36 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THE CITY RATHER THAN IN 23:39 THE VILLAGE. 23:42 LIVING EXPENSES ARE VERY DIFFERENT. 23:43 YES, YES. 23:45 RENT AND HOUSES THEY CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE IN THE 23:49 CITY. 23:50 AND WHEN YOU'RE THERE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HAVING 23:55 BEEN THERE BEFORE WITH THE CHURCH, THE ORGANIZED 24:00 SOUTHERN ASIAN DIVISION, THERE'S A LINK UP BETWEEN 24:03 THESE IT SOUNDS LIKE. 24:04 PASTORS ARE HIRED BY THE REGULAR ORGANIZATION, 24:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE ADJUNCT TO THAT. 24:11 IS THAT CORRECT? 24:12 YES. 24:13 AND ALSO THE PRESIDENT, OUR CHURCH PRESIDENT IN 24:16 BANGLADESH, HE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. 24:20 WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME. 24:22 HE'S KOREAN AND EVERY YEAR WHEN HE GOES HOME TO KOREA 24:26 HE'S RAISING FUNDS BECAUSE HE HIMSELF IS SUPPORTING 24:30 ANOTHER 40 WORKERS. 24:31 SO HE COMES WITH ME. 24:35 WHEN I GO ON MY VISITS HE WILL COME WITH ME AND WE 24:38 WILL WORK TOGETHER. 24:39 HE WILL BE TAKING VIDEO, HE WILL BE TAKING 24:41 PHOTOGRAPHS SO THAT HE CAN TAKE THEM BACK TO KOREA TO 24:45 RAISE MONEY FOR HIS WORKERS AS WELL. 24:48 SO IT'S A HUGE COMBINED EFFORT TO REACH THIS. 24:53 AND THE POPULATION OF BANGLADESH IS OVER A 24:55 HUNDRED MILLION IS IT? 24:57 ABOUT 160 MILLION. 24:59 A HUNDRED AND SIXTY MILLION. 25:00 SOMETIMES IT APPEARS AS IF THE WHOLE OF BANGLADESH IS 25:03 ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE CITY OF DHAKA. 25:08 THAT'S HOW CROWDED IT FEELS. 25:10 YES. 25:10 OH MY. 25:11 THEY ARE ALSO FACING THE QUESTION MARKS OF THE 25:13 CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHETHER THE WATER RISES AND 25:21 EVERYTHING. 25:22 ALL OF THIS. 25:23 IT FLOODS EVERY YEAR. 25:24 EVERY YEAR BUT IT COULD INCREASE IF THE WATER 25:27 LEVELS RISE. 25:28 THIS IS PART OF THE MOTIVATION I THINK FOR 25:30 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND FOR THE OTHERS AS THEY REALIZE 25:34 HOW FRAGILE LIFE IS. 25:35 YES. 25:36 YOU'RE HEART HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. 25:39 YES. 25:40 AND I JUST INVITE THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING TODAY IF 25:44 GOD IS CALLING YOUR HEARTS TO REMEMBER THE PEOPLE IN 25:48 PLACES LIKE DHAKA AND BANGLADESH AND THE GARO 25:52 PEOPLE. 25:53 ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES. 25:55 LISTEN TO HIM, RESPOND TO HIM. 25:57 YOU TAKE THE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT 26:00 EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH YOUR FINANCES 26:03 AND SAY WHERE DOES GOD WANT THIS. 26:06 WHAT DO I HAVE LEFT OVER. 26:08 LIVING EXPENSES ARE HIGH IN AMERICA AS WELL BUT WE, 26:13 AS WE LOOK AT THIS MOST OF US HAVE SOME CASH THAT WE 26:18 GET TO USE AS WE WISH AS IT WERE. 26:20 YES. 26:21 AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE, ALL OF YOU WHO FEEL THAT 26:24 CALL OF GOD, YOU CAN TURN THAT INTO LIVES FOREVER. 26:29 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DAY WHEN WE ALL UNITE IN 26:35 THE GREAT REUNION AND WE LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE. 26:38 NOT BANGLA, NOT GARO NOT ENGLISH. 26:41 WE LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE THAT WILL COMBINE US 26:45 TOGETHER AT THE FEET OF JESUS. 26:47 WHAT AN AMAZING MOMENT THAT WILL BE. 26:49 WELL GOD BLESS YOU JOHN FOR COMING AND BEING A 26:52 PART OF THIS. 26:53 THANK YOU. 26:56 WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT TIME. 26:57 NEXT YEAR. 26:58 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
Revised 2017-07-05