Adventures in Missions

A Perfect Sabbath

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00:34 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH'S "ADVENTURES IN
00:36 MISSIONS".
00:37 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU
00:38 ARE ALONG TODAY.
00:40 DID YOU KNOW, AND I HOPE YOU KNOW, THAT THIS GOOD
00:43 BOOK IS FILLED WITH MANY, MANY WONDERFUL WORDS FOR
00:46 US.
00:47 THE WORDS OF LIFE, THE WORDS OF JESUS BUT THIS
00:49 BOOK, THE BIBLE, IS ALSO FULL OF COLOR.
00:52 THERE IS THE TALK OF JOSEPH'S COAT OF MANY
00:55 COLORS AND WHEN WE READ ABOUT THE TABERNACLE THERE
00:57 IS THE LINENS, THE PURPLE AND THE BLUE AND TODAY, WE
01:01 ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT COLOR NOT ONLY
01:04 TALKING ABOUT COLOR BUT I'M GOING TO BE SHOWING
01:07 YOU SOME COLORS.
01:08 SO, COME ON FOR THE RIDE AND THE COLOR TO START OFF
01:11 WITH TODAY IS JOHN DUROE AND HE IS WEARING AN
01:14 OUTFIT OF MANY COLORS.
01:16 JOHN, DO TELL WHAT YOU ARE WEARING.
01:18 YES, I HAVE ON MY FEET I HAVE SHOES THAT CAME FROM
01:24 PAKISTAN.
01:25 NOW, THESE ARE ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD BECAUSE MY
01:29 DAUGHTER WORE THESE WHEN SHE WAS A BRIDESMAID IN
01:32 PAKISTAN LONG TIME AGO.
01:34 AND I LOVE THE CURL AT THE TOP.
01:36 YES, VERY NICE, VERY NICE.
01:38 AND THEN I HAVE THE SHALWAR KAMEEZ- THE PANTS
01:41 AND THE TOP THAT'S THE SHALWAR KAMEEZ.
01:44 THAT'S FROM BANGLADESH AND THEN THE HAT IS ALSO FROM
01:48 BANGLADESH.
01:49 THE WAISTCOAT AND THE SCARF AND THE BAG YOU WILL
01:53 NOTICE THEY ARE ALL VERY SIMILAR COLORS BECAUSE
01:56 THEY ARE ALL FROM ONE VILLAGE.
01:58 SO, THE WEAVE WILL TELL YOU WHICH VILLAGE THESE
02:02 THINGS ARE FROM AND OVER THE YEARS THEY'VE GIVEN ME
02:05 GIFTS, YOU SEE, SO ONE YEAR THEY GAVE ME A SCARF
02:09 ANOTHER YEAR THEY GAVE ME A WAISTCOAT ANOTHER YEAR
02:11 THEY GAVE ME A BAG TO GO WITH IT SO THIS IS MY
02:14 INDIAN BANGLADESH OUTFIT.
02:16 AND DON'T FORGET THE HAT, I PERSONALLY LOVE THE HAT.
02:19 YES, THAT'S FROM BANGLADESH.
02:22 UH, THE MUSLIM MUST HAVE A HAT LIKE THIS IF HE GOES
02:28 TO PRAYER AND SINCE THEY PRAY FIVE TIMES A DAY IT
02:31 IS GOOD TO HAVE A HAT ON ALL THE TIME.
02:33 SO-THEN YOU ARE ALWAYS READY FOR PRAYER.
02:35 I LIKE THAT.
02:36 I HOPE WE ARE ALL READY FOR PRAYER.
02:38 SO, THE MUSLIM MEN WEAR-COVER THEIR HEAD
02:40 GOING INTO THE MOSQUE.
02:41 YES.
02:43 AND ISN'T THAT INTERESTING BECAUSE IN WESTERN CULTURE
02:45 THE MEN WOULD TAKE OFF THEIR HAT, YES, TO COME
02:49 IT, YES, AND SO VERY DIFFERENT TRADITIONS.
02:52 WELL JOHN, YOU LOOK GREAT AND WE ARE, THANK YOU, SO
02:54 EXCITED THAT YOU ARE HERE ALONG WITH US TODAY AND
02:57 JOHN IS GOING TO BE TAKING US ON A TRIP TODAY TO
03:00 BANGLADESH AND JOHN IS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR
03:03 BANGLADESH ALONG WITH TRIPURA, INDIA IN
03:06 NORTHEAST INDIA AND JOHN ALWAYS HAS LOTS OF
03:10 FANTASTIC STORIES TO SHARE.
03:11 HE GOES AND VISITS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
03:13 THERE AND IT IS SO GREAT FOR US BECAUSE WE THEN,
03:17 HEAR ABOUT THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND WHAT'S
03:19 HAPPENING IN THESE COUNTRIES AND
03:21 JOHN-BANGLADESH WHAT AN INTERESTING, INTERESTING
03:24 COUNTRY.
03:25 YES, VERY INTERESTING.
03:26 AH, IN THIS FIRST VIDEO THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE
03:30 YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRAVEL IN
03:31 BANGLADESH AND I'VE CALLED IT "A PERFECT SABBATH"
03:35 BECAUSE IT TELLS YOU ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THREE
03:39 VOLUNTEERS BRING THEIR CANDIDATES TOGETHER FOR A
03:42 BAPTISM.
03:46 TRAVELING IN BANGLADESH IS NOT EASY.
03:50 DAY OR NIGHT THE ROADS GET JAMMED BUT EVENTUALLY
03:54 THINGS START MOVING AGAIN.
03:56 THE TRAIN IS NOT MUCH BETTER.
03:58 IT IS NOT EASY TO GET ON BUT ONCE SETTLED THE
04:03 SCENERY IS VERY RESTFUL.
04:06 WE WERE HEADING FOR THE VILLAGE OF GADAIPUR.
04:09 IN THE VILLAGE IT IS LIKE A DIFFERENT WORLD.
04:13 LIFE IS SIMPLE AND QUIET.
04:16 WE'VE COME TO GADAIPUR BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHURCH
04:19 WITH A BAPTISTRY AND WE HAVE INVITED THREE GOSPEL
04:24 OUTREACH WORKERS TO BRING THEIR BAPTISMAL
04:27 CANDIDATES.
04:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BASHUDAV TOLD ME ABOUT
04:32 RATAN DAS WHO HAD BEEN SICK FOR A LONG TIME.
04:36 HE TRIED MANY DOCTORS.
04:39 HE HAD ASTHMA AND SEVERE MIGRAINES.
04:43 HIS FRIENDS TRIED TO HELP BUT IT WAS WHEN BASHUDAV
04:47 TOLD HIM ABOUT THE HEALING WORK OF JESUS AND THEY
04:50 PRAYED FOR HIM THAT THINGS STARTED TO IMPROVE.
04:55 HE HAD BIBLE STUDIES, SAW A GOOD DOCTOR AND BECAME A
04:59 NEW MAN.
05:00 HE WILL BE BAPTIZED TODAY.
05:02 I TOOK A BREAK AND I LISTENED TO SOME OF OUR
05:08 CONGREGATION PRACTISING FOR SPECIAL MUSIC.
05:11 NOT SURE WHERE HE HAD LEARNED TO PLAY LIKE THAT.
05:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER RASHKUMA TOLD ME ABOUT HOW
05:25 DIFFICULT THE WORK WAS IN HIS VILLAGE.
05:28 THE MUSLIMS TOLD HIM THAT HE COULDN'T PREACH ABOUT
05:33 JESUS CHRIST BUT ONE CAME TO HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT
05:37 MUSLIMS DO BELIEVE IN JESUS AND ASKED HIM TO
05:41 SHARE MORE.
05:42 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO SHARE WITH OUR MUSLIM FRIENDS
05:46 THE FACT THAT JESUS IS COMING AGAIN.
05:51 I CHECKED IN ON THE PROGRESS OF THE LUNCH AND
05:55 I ALSO CHECKED ON THE BAPTISMAL TANK.
05:58 THEY DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH THE BAPTISMAL SERVICE
06:02 AND TO EAT LATER.
06:05 EVERYONE JOINED IN ENTHUSIASTICALLY WITH THE
06:08 MUSIC.
06:09 WE WERE PRESENTED WITH FLOWERS.
06:11 THE CANDIDATES WERE EXAMINED AND THE BAPTISM
06:15 BEGAN.
06:17 I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER WAS BUT WHEN
06:20 EVERY NAME WAS COUNTED GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
06:23 SAMIR BROUGHT NINE OF THESE PEOPLE TO BE
06:29 BAPTIZED TODAY.
06:31 THE COOK GAVE THE LAST FEW STIRS TO THE CABBAGE AND
06:36 THE LUNCH WAS FINALLY READY AND WAS THOROUGHLY
06:42 ENJOYED BY ALL.
06:44 WHAT A WAY TO CELEBRATE A PERFECT SABBATH.
06:50 LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
06:54 WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY OF BANGLADESH.
06:59 I LOVE THAT.
07:01 PRAISE THE LORD!
07:03 AND LOOK AT THE COLOR.
07:05 LOOK AT THE COLOR ON THOSE PEOPLE WHAT THEY ARE
07:07 WEARING, THEIR SMILES AND THE MAN WHO WAS HEALED ON
07:10 THE-THERE AND THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT A HEALING ON A
07:14 SABBATH, YES, AND HERE IN MATTHEW 9 JESUS FORGIVES
07:17 AND HEALS THE PARALYZED MAN.
07:18 SO, HE JESUS, SAID TO THE PARALYZED MAN "GET UP,
07:22 TAKE YOUR MAT AND GO HOME."
07:25 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS THERE
07:27 PRAYING WITH THE MAN, I LOVED HOW HE HAD THE BIBLE
07:30 ON THE MAN, YES, WHEN HE PRAYED.
07:32 YES, YES.
07:34 THERE IS POWER IN THIS BOOK.
07:35 YES, YES AND THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER.
07:37 YES.
07:38 OH, AND TO HAVE THE BAPTISMS-I ASK YOU THIS
07:41 EVERYTIME YOU ARE HERE-WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR
07:43 YOU TO BE THERE WATCHING THOSE BAPTISMS?
07:44 OH, SO NICE TO SEE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO TAKING A
07:49 STAND FOR JESUS.
07:50 YES.
07:51 OH AWESOME.
07:52 OK, SO TAKE US MORE-YOU HAVE MORE STORIES FOR US.
07:54 OK, "TILL DEATH DO US PART", WE ARE GOING TO SEE
07:58 A FUNERAL NOW AND LIFE IS VERY UNCERTAIN IN
08:03 BANGLADESH.
08:03 YES.
08:04 AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE WORK THAT THE GOSPEL
08:07 OUTREACH WORKERS DO WITH SICK PEOPLE.
08:09 SO, LET'S START WITH A FUNERAL.
08:12 THIS IS A SIGHT SEEN FAR TOO OFTEN IN BANGLADESH.
08:22 LIFE IS SO UNCERTAIN.
08:25 MOURNING FOR THE DEAD TAKES ON DIFFERENT FORMS.
08:28 SOMETIMES OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WILL HAVE
08:32 TO BURY A COUPLES' DEAD CHILD.
08:35 DEATH COMES QUICKLY.
08:38 THIS MAN PLAYED HIS TRUMPET ONE DAY FOR OUR
08:40 WELCOME DANCE AND I HEARD THAT HE'D DIED THAT NIGHT.
08:48 THIS HINDU MAN THAT WE VISITED WAS MOURNING THE
08:51 DEATH OF HIS FATHER.
08:52 MY DRIVER EXPLAINED-THIS IS THE SIGN OF THAT HIS
08:56 FATHER HAS PASSED AWAY.
08:58 THIRTEEN DAYS WITHOUT FOOD HE HAS TO STAY AND HE HAS
09:01 TO HOLD THIS ONE AND WHEREVER HE GOES HE HAS TO
09:04 HOLD THIS IRON AND SOME GRASS STICKS AND HE HAS TO
09:09 START CUTTING THIS.
09:11 AND WHEREVER HE WANTS TO SIT HE HAS TO PUT DOWN
09:13 THIS ONE AND HE HAS TO SIT.
09:15 THIS IS THE PROOF AND THE SIGN THAT HIS FATHER IS
09:18 EXPIRED.
09:20 THIS WAS THE PLACE WHERE THE FATHER WOULD WORSHIP.
09:23 SO MANY GODS TO KEEP HAPPY BUT WHO CAN HELP?
09:26 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE SHARING THE
09:30 GOOD NEWS ABOUT A SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
09:34 THE ONE WHO OFFERS LIFE ETERNAL.
09:37 THE ONE WHO WALKS THIS EARTH HEALING THE SICK.
09:41 WHEN DOCTORS ARE SCARCE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH
09:44 WORKERS ARE THE FIRST ONES TO BE CALLED.
09:47 WHEN THEY VISIT THEY WILL OFTEN FIND SOMEONE SICK IN
09:51 THE HOUSE.
09:52 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SODEKUJUR WAS TALKING TO A
09:57 MAN ON THE ROAD WHO ASKED HIM TO VISIT HIS SICK
10:00 WIFE.
10:01 THEY TALKED, THEY PRAYED AND THE VISITS CONTINUED.
10:05 MEANWHILE, THE WIFE WAS TAKEN TO SOME KIND OF
10:08 DOCTOR BUT IT DIDN'T HELP.
10:11 SODEKUJUR CONTINUED TO VISIT.
10:14 THEY HAD BIBLE STUDIES, PRAYED TOGETHER, TALKED
10:18 ABOUT LIFE STYLE CHANGES AND THEN ONE DAY HE
10:21 ARRIVED TO FIND ALL THE BEDDING GONE.
10:24 SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE FELT LIKE A NEW PERSON AND SHE
10:28 WANTED TO GET BAPTIZED.
10:31 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIKE SUDDUTH IN
10:34 DAMIKETRA ALWAYS MAKES LIFESTYLE TEACHING A
10:37 PRIORITY IN THEIR WORK.
10:40 FLIPCHARTS LIKE THIS ARE USED BUT WE NEED TO
10:45 PRODUCE MORE.
10:46 PERHAPS YOU CAN HELP US.
10:49 IN THE LOCAL VILLAGE, LIFE IS HARD AND FAKE DOCTORS
10:53 LIKE THIS WILL OFTEN BE CONSULTED AND PAID BUT OUR
10:57 VIEWERS LIKE YOU ARE SUPPLYING WORKERS LIKE
11:01 MANYAKI WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED AS HEALTH WORKERS.
11:05 WE NEED TO TRAIN MORE.
11:08 SOMETIMES THE DEVIL IS OBVIOUSLY AT WORK.
11:13 THIS GIRL RAMELA, USUALLY APPEARED LIKE A HAPPY
11:17 SCHOOL GIRL BUT OFTEN SHE WOULD APPEAR TO BE
11:20 POSSESSED.
11:21 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WOULD BE CALLED IN.
11:25 HE MADE SEVERAL VISITS AND PRAYED OFTEN IN RAMELA'S
11:29 HOME BUT SHE IS NOT BOTHERED BY THE DEVIL NOW
11:32 ANYMORE.
11:34 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BIPAL HOWIE ALWAYS BEGINS
11:37 HIS WORK WITH A HEALTH EMPHASIS AND HE VISITED
11:41 THE VILLAGE OF GOSHA IN BANGLADESH.
11:45 BECAUSE HE WAS FROM THE GARO TRIBE, IT WAS EASY
11:48 FOR HIM TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH ANOTHER GARO FAMILY.
11:52 THEY TALKED ABOUT HEALTH AND THEN SHARED FROM THE
11:55 BIBLE BUT THE FATHER SMOKED AND DRANK.
11:59 THROUGH BIPAL'S HELP HE HAS NOW STOPPED SMOKING
12:03 AND THE FAMILY HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES.
12:07 RISHA, THEIR OLDEST DAUGHTER DECIDED TO BE A
12:10 BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST AND TODAY SHE WILL BE
12:15 BAPTIZED.
12:16 HER FAMILY HAS PROMISED TO FOLLOW HER EXAMPLE.
12:20 WE SAID GOODBYE TO BIPAL BUT AS SOON AS WE'D DRIVEN
12:23 THROUGH TOWN WE CAME ACROSS THIS ACCIDENT.
12:27 A TRUCK HAD OVERTURNED.
12:30 FORTUNATELY, THE DRIVER WAS UNHURT AND STILL
12:33 SMILING BUT IT REMINDED ME AGAIN OF HOW UNCERTAIN
12:39 LIFE CAN BE IN BANGLADESH.
12:42 PLEASE HELP US AS WE SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF ETERNAL
12:47 LIFE.
12:48 PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE AND MEETING THE PEOPLE THAT'S
12:53 WHAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING -JUST
12:58 LIKE JESUS DID, JOHN.
13:01 YES, YES.
13:02 AND THE FLIPCHARTS -THOSE WE NEED TO SEE THINGS, WE
13:05 NEED TO HEAR THINGS BUT HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE
13:07 FLIPCHARTS WHEN TALKING ABOUT OUR HEALTH?
13:09 WE NEED A NEW PRINTING OF THOSE CHARTS BECAUSE WE
13:13 DON'T HAVE MANY LEFT.
13:15 I JUST SEE A FEW APPEAR EVERY SO OFTEN BUT WE NEED
13:18 MORE.
13:19 YES.
13:20 VERY USEFUL.
13:20 AND I ALSO SAW IN THE VIDEO THE MEGAVOICE
13:22 PLAYERS.
13:23 YES, WE GIVE THOSE A LOT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
13:25 WHY DON'T YOU TELL THE VIEWERS WHAT THOSE ARE?
13:26 YES, WELL, IN BANGLADESH MOST OF THE PEOPLE DON'T
13:29 READ OR WRITE SO WE GIVE THOSE RECORDERS WITH THE
13:35 WHOLE BIBLE ON AND THEY CAN SHARE THE STORIES OF
13:39 JESUS WITH THEIR RELATIVES AND THEIR FRIENDS.
13:41 THEY ARE FANTASTIC.
13:42 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED.
13:43 SOLAR POWERED, YES.
13:44 SOLAR POWERED AND PEOPLE CAN GATHER AROUND THERE IS
13:45 A SPEAKER, YES, AND BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND IS
13:48 INCLUDED, SONGS, YES, AND IT IS GREAT SO WHEN A
13:51 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BASICALLY, THEY CAN HAVE
13:54 CHURCH RIGHT THERE AND BIBLE STUDIES AS YOU
13:56 MENTIONED, AND HAVE EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE.
13:57 YES, I ALWAYS TAKE ABOUT 50 WITH ME WHEN I GO BUT
14:01 OF COURSE, THEY COST ABOUT $20 EACH.
14:02 YES, YES WELL AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR OUR DONORS
14:06 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WHO HAVE GIVEN.
14:08 AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SHARE ABOUT BANGLADESH IT
14:11 MAKES MY HEART SMILE AND I SMILE BECAUSE AS A STUDENT
14:15 MISSIONARY I WAS 19 YEARS OLD AND I HAD THE
14:17 OPPORTUNITY OF TRAVELING TO BANGLADESH AND IT WAS
14:21 AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME FOR ME.
14:23 I WAS ABLE TO VISIT AT THE SEMINARY AND MANY PEOPLE
14:26 HAVE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT LADIES WHO POLYWOG WHO DO
14:30 THE, YES, EMBROIDERY IT IS A BUSINESS FOR THE LADIES,
14:33 YES, AND THEY DO BEAUTIFUL WORK.
14:34 I WENT TO A SHOP THE OTHER DAY HERE BUYING SOME
14:37 APPLES AND SHE HAD THEM ALL FOR SALE.
14:39 SHE DID.
14:40 I KNOW OF WHERE YOU SPEAK BUT FOR ME TO SEE THESE
14:43 PEOPLE AND TO -FOR ME IT WAS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
14:47 ALIVE BECAUSE I CAN SEE, SMELL, TOUCH, TASTE AND
14:50 THE PEOPLE THOUGH, WHAT JOY THAT THEY HAVE.
14:53 A LOT OF THEM HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT
14:56 THEY HAVE THE JOY.
14:57 YES, YES.
14:57 SO, I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT.
14:59 AND I APPRECIATE YOU WATCHING.
15:01 I APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU AND WE HERE AT GOSPEL
15:05 OUTREACH THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT, FOR YOUR
15:07 PRAYERS, FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND
15:09 THANK YOU FOR TELLING YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOUR FRIENDS.
15:11 MAYBE YOU SHARE SOMETHING THAT WE PUT ON FACEBOOK
15:14 WITH SOMEONE WITH YOUR FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK AND WE
15:17 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
15:18 WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT
15:20 GOSPEL OUTREACH.
15:21 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME?
15:23 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO, ONE THAT HIS RETURN
15:27 DEPENDS ON.
15:28 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE
15:32 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD.
15:34 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION, BUT 3
15:37 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE.
15:41 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE
15:45 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE
15:48 EQUATOR.
15:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH.
15:50 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL
15:54 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES.
15:57 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND
16:00 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEY FACE FEWER
16:02 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD.
16:05 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND
16:08 BIBLE WORKERS, BUT MORE ARE NEEDED.
16:10 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF
16:13 GOD'S LOVE!
16:14 JOIN US!
16:15 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER.
16:18 DONATE.
16:19 PRAY.
16:21 AND THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US HERE AT
16:23 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE HAVE A WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG
16:27 AND THERE YOU CAN WATCH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
16:30 AND YOU CAN ALSO ADOPT-A-WORKER WHERE YOU
16:34 ADOPT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER.
16:35 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
16:37 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS THAT YOU CAN
16:39 MAKE SAFELY ON OUR WEBSITE.
16:40 WE DO HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE AND Its FUN.
16:43 WE POST A LOT OF THINGS THERE -SOME SHORT VIDEOS
16:46 THAT WE FILM ON THE SET OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
16:49 WE ALSO HAVE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER WHICH
16:52 WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND TO YOU AND IT IS GREAT
16:55 NEWS TO COME IN YOUR POST BOX AND JUST LET US KNOW
16:57 YOUR PERSONAL ADDRESS AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND
17:00 THAT TO YOU.
17:01 WE ARE ALSO ON INSTAGRAM SO IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR
17:03 IPHONE, YOUR IPAD, YOUR COMPUTER AND YOU WANT TO
17:06 FOLLOW ALONG WITH SOCIAL MEDIA WE WOULD LOVE FOR
17:08 YOU TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH US SO YOU CAN KEEP UP TO
17:10 DATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
17:12 IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU, WITH US AND OF COURSE
17:15 WITH THE LORD AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AS
17:17 TOGETHER WE ARE SHARING JESUS AND WE SHARE A LOT
17:21 OF STORIES HERE ON THE SET OF "ADVENTURES IN
17:23 MISSIONS" BUT IT WON'T BE UNTIL WE GET TO HEAVEN
17:25 WHERE WE WILL SEE OUR LORD JESUS AND MEET AND HEAR
17:29 MORE OF THE PEOPLE AND THE STORIES AND HOW WE'VE ALL
17:32 WORKED TOGETHER, JOHN TO SHARE JESUS.
17:35 SO, JOHN DUROE IS HERE AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
17:38 BANGLADESH AND IT'S, YES, ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO CHAT
17:41 WITH YOU.
17:42 YOU'VE GOT GREAT STORIES AND VIDEOS AND MAYBE A
17:44 VIEWER IS JUST JOINING US AND HERE YOU ARE IN YOUR
17:47 REGALIA YES, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT COLOR HERE.
17:50 THE BIBLE IS FULL OF COLOR, YES, AND TODAY YOU
17:53 ARE WEARING COLOR.
17:54 YES, YES THIS IS MY OUTFIT.
17:57 WE HAVE THE SHOES FROM PAKISTAN.
17:59 WE'VE GOT A SHALWAR KAMEEZ FROM BANGLADESH AND A HAT
18:09 FROM BANGLADESH AND ALL THE REST OF THIS IS FROM
18:12 TRIPURA IN NORTHEAST INDIA.
18:15 AND THOSE ARE THE TWO LOCATIONS WHERE YOU MEET
18:17 WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
18:19 YES.
18:20 AND IN BANGLADESH JOHN, ABOUT HOW MANY WORKERS DO
18:22 WE HAVE THERE?
18:23 WE HAVE ABOUT 50.
18:24 POPULATION OF BANGLADESH IS?
18:26 170,000,000 MILLION, SORRY, NOT THOUSAND.
18:31 SO, WE HAVE A WAY TO GO.
18:34 OH YES, YES.
18:36 NOW OUR PRESIDENT IN BANGLADESH HE IS FROM
18:39 KOREA.
18:40 HE IS ALSO GOT ANOTHER 40 WORKERS THAT ARE BEING
18:45 SPONSORED BY PEOPLE BACK IN KOREA.
18:49 YES, AND THE KOREANS ARE VERY MISSION MINDED.
18:52 YES.
18:53 AND THEY ARE TAKING IT UPON THEMSELVES TO REALLY
18:56 GO OUT AS WELL.
18:58 YES.
18:59 THE KOREAN CHURCH IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THAT.
19:01 YES.
19:01 YES.
19:02 SO, YOU'VE SHARED SOME VIDEOS WITH US AND YOU'VE
19:04 GOT MORE STORIES TO TELL.
19:06 YES, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW COLORFUL IT CAN BE
19:10 ON THE ROADS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU COME ACROSS A
19:12 PARADE AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
19:16 ARRANGED MARRIAGES.
19:18 OOH, INTERESTING.
19:19 THE ADVANTAGES OF AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE.
19:22 SO, LET'S SEE THE PARADE.
19:26 WE WERE CAUGHT IN A MAJOR TRAFFIC JAM.
19:29 NOT UNUSUAL FOR INDIAN ROADS BUT I WAS CURIOUS.
19:34 USUALLY, THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM ON THIS PARTICULAR
19:38 ROAD SO I GOT OUT TO DO A LITTLE INVESTIGATING.
19:43 NO CRASH, NO ROADWORKS IT WAS A PARADE.
19:48 SO MANY FLOATS AND DANCES.
19:51 SO MANY DIFFERENT COSTUMES AND DRESSES.
19:54 SO MUCH MUSIC.
19:55 SO COLORFUL.
19:57 WELL, EVENTUALLY IT HAD ALL CROSSED THE ROAD AND
20:02 THE POLICE TRIED TO SORT OUT ALL THE MESS.
20:05 WE WERE OFF TO ANOTHER CELEBRATION IN BRAGUDAS
20:09 VILLAGE.
20:10 WE HAD MUSIC.
20:12 I WAS PRESENTED WITH A LOCAL BAG TO MATCH THE
20:15 WAISTCOAT THAT I'D BEEN GIVEN LAST YEAR.
20:18 WE HAD SOME CANDY AND THEN WE WERE OFF FOR THE
20:22 BAPTISM.
20:23 I REMEMBER WHEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PRABIHA
20:27 WAS COURTING HIS WIFE.
20:29 HE WENT TO VISIT HER RELATIVES.
20:32 NOW THEY ARE MARRIED WITH A SON AND RUNNING A
20:36 SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL.
20:37 QUITE A TEAM.
20:39 TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE.
20:43 I ALSO REMEMBER WHEN THEY STARTED BUILDING THE
20:45 CHURCH IN ADONAI.
20:47 ON THE DRUMS THIS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
20:50 PRITUS RUPINI.
20:52 HE AND HIS WIFE WERE MARRIED LAST WEEK.
20:56 PRITUS AND SANTIYA, HIS WIFE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
21:00 ACTIVE DOING MISSIONARY WORK.
21:03 THEY BOTH BELONG TO A GROUP CALLED THE "BLESSED
21:06 GROUP".
21:07 THEY ARE CHURCH MEMBERS WHO ARRANGE EVANGELISTIC
21:10 MEETINGS IN VARIOUS CHURCHES.
21:13 NOW PRITUS TOOK A LIKING TO SANTIYA.
21:16 THEY TALKED TOGETHER AND PRITUS ALSO SPOKE TO HIS
21:19 PARENTS.
21:20 HE SAID, "I LOVE THIS GIRL.
21:23 CAN YOU ARRANGE A WEDDING?"
21:26 WELL, THEY VISITED HER FAMILY.
21:28 THEY LIKED WHAT THEY SAW AND THEY MADE PLANS FOR
21:31 THE WEDDING.
21:31 TWO ARE DEFINITELY BETTER THAN ONE.
21:36 I ALWAYS STOP TO SAY HELLO TO THIS SHOPKEEPER WHO HAS
21:40 A STORE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
21:44 NEXT STOP WAS TAKROMA VILLAGE.
21:52 THE ROADS IN INDIA ARE OFTEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION
21:55 AND WE WERE A LITTLE WORRIED THAT WE MIGHT NOT
21:58 MAKE IT.
22:06 BUT WE DID.
22:07 WE DID IT.
22:08 WE WERE THERE TO SEE TEN YOUNG PEOPLE BEING
22:11 BAPTIZED.
22:12 BUT THERE WAS MORE GOOD NEWS.
22:13 BEJOY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAD ALSO JUST GOT
22:20 MARRIED.
22:21 AS YOU WATCH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING BAPTIZED I
22:25 WILL TELL YOU THE STORY.
22:27 THE CHURCH ELDER TOOK BEJOY WITH HIM TO THE NEXT
22:31 VILLAGE TO MILL SOME RICE.
22:33 HE TOLD BEJOY THAT THERE WAS SOME YOUNG PEOPLE TO
22:36 EVANGELIZE.
22:38 ONE OF THE GIRLS BEJOY TOOK A LIKING TO.
22:41 HE STARTED TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH HER SISTER AND
22:45 HUSBAND AND THROUGH THEM HE MADE CONTACT WITH HIS
22:50 WIFE TO BE.
22:51 HE INVITED THEM ALL TO A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT THE
22:54 CHURCH.
22:55 THEN HE STARTED BIBLE STUDIES WITH THE GIRL.
22:58 AFTER THAT, SHE WAS BAPTIZED AND THEY MADE
23:02 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEDDING.
23:03 TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE.
23:06 LAST YEAR THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO THE CHURCH BURNED
23:10 DOWN AND WE LEFT SOME MONEY FOR THEM SO THAT
23:16 THEY COULD BUY A NEW TIN ROOF FOR THE NEW HOUSE
23:21 THAT THEY BUILT.
23:23 EVERYTHING IS LOOKING SPIC AND SPAN THIS YEAR.
23:27 THERE WAS PLENTY TO CELEBRATE TODAY BUT
23:29 REMEMBER WHETHER IT IS A SINGLE YOUNG MAN OR A
23:33 NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE THEY NEED YOU TO HELP SUPPORT
23:38 THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN TRIPURA
23:43 NORTHEAST INDIA.
23:45 THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELPING THESE YOUNG COUPLES AS
23:49 THEY GIVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TOGETHER.
23:54 WOW!
23:55 LOOK AT ALL THOSE GREAT LITTLE KIDS.
23:57 NOW I SHOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE VILLAGE BECAUSE
24:01 HE WAS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER BUT NOW BECAUSE THE
24:05 CHURCH IS ESTABLISHED IN THE VILLAGE THE LOCAL
24:09 CONFERENCE HAVE TAKEN HIM ON AS A REGULAR WORKER.
24:12 SO, NOW WE CAN USE THAT BUDGET FOR SOME OTHER
24:15 VILLAGE AND SOME OTHER WORKER.
24:17 BUT WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER WORKER.
24:19 SURE.
24:20 YES.
24:21 BUT SO, THEY HAVE STARTED THIS SCHOOL?
24:23 THIS COUPLE?
24:23 YES, YES.
24:24 HOW OLD ARE THESE KIDS?
24:25 THEY LOOK QUITE YOUNG.
24:26 IS THIS A BOARDING SCHOOL?
24:27 OR IS IT A DAY SCHOOL?
24:29 NO, NO, NO IT IS JUST A DAY SCHOOL.
24:31 OK.
24:32 AND THE PARENTS ARE ALL VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT.
24:34 YES.
24:34 AND DO THEY PAY TUITION?
24:36 IS THIS EXPENSIVE FOR THEM?
24:38 YES, THEY DO.
24:39 NO, NO.
24:40 WELL, SO INTERESTING TO SEE ALL THE COLORFUL
24:43 PEOPLE AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC JAMS I
24:45 HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT IN BANGLADESH.
24:47 IT IS SOMETHING TO EXPERIENCE.
24:49 WHAT ABOUT THE ARRANGED MARRIAGES?
24:50 HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED THAT?
24:51 NO, I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THAT, NO, BUT IN A LOT OF
24:54 WAYS YES, ARRANGED MARRIAGES IN A LOT OF WAYS
24:57 I'M SURE HAVE ITS BENEFITS.
24:58 THEY DO.
24:59 THEY HAVE LOTS OF ADVANTAGES.
25:01 WELL, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE I
25:03 MEAN I WAS THINKING ABOUT PAUL AND BARNABAS, YES,
25:06 AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT PAUL AND TIMOTHY AND I WAS
25:09 THINKING ABOUT THE DUO OF THESE FIRST MISSIONARIES
25:14 WHO WENT OUT, YES.
25:15 AND THEN TO HAVE THESE COUPLES IN YOU KNOW,
25:17 AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE WORKING TOGETHER BUT
25:20 SPECIFICALLY, YES, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BANGLADESH.
25:22 BUT OF COURSE, WHEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER
25:24 TAKES ON A WIFE IT IS EXTRA EXPENSE AND THEN
25:27 WHEN THE CHILDREN COME ALONG IT IS EXTRA EXPENSE.
25:30 YES.
25:31 AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE ARE FUNDING
25:34 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
25:35 SO, YOU'VE SHARED WITH US.
25:37 WE'VE GONE -HAD A SABBATH AND WE'VE SEEN A FUNERAL
25:42 AND WE'VE SEEN BAPTISMS AND AS WE ARE FINISHING
25:46 THIS PROGRAM JOHN, WHAT ARE SOME NEEDS THAT YOU
25:48 HAVE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE VIEWERS?
25:50 WELL, I SHOULD TELL YOU THAT THIS YEAR I WENT TO A
25:54 CAMPMEETING IN CAROLINA AND WE WERE ADVERTISING
25:57 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND A GENTLEMAN CAME TO ME AND
26:00 HE SAID, "COULD I WRITE YOU A CHECK?"
26:02 AND I SAID, "OH, YES".
26:05 AND HE TOOK OUT HIS CHECKBOOK AND HE WROTE A
26:07 CHECK FOR $2000.
26:08 PRAY THAT THERE IS SOMEONE WATCHING TODAY THAT COULD
26:12 WRITE A CHECK FOR $2000.
26:15 YES.
26:16 AND ANY AMOUNT LIKE WE TALK ABOUT, YES, IS SO
26:18 APPRECIATED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE TAKE THE
26:21 DONATIONS VERY SERIOUSLY, YES, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT
26:25 THOSE ARE APPROPRIATED AND WE TAKE THAT VERY
26:29 SERIOUSLY.
26:30 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND YOU'VE
26:32 BEEN INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR HOW MANY
26:34 YEARS NOW?
26:35 AH, ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.
26:36 SEVEN YEARS.
26:37 YES.
26:38 AND WE CAN TELL THAT YOU ENJOY THIS.
26:39 WELL, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT EVEN BEFORE THAT,
26:41 YES.
26:42 WELL, WE THANK YOU, WE THANK YOU.
26:43 YES.
26:44 WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND WE WANT
26:45 TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF "ADVENTURES IN
26:48 MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IN MATTHEW 28
26:52 JESUS SAID, "THEREFORE GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES."
26:56 HE DIDN'T SAY OF NATIONS HE SAID OF ALL NATIONS
26:59 BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON
27:02 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT AND TOGETHER THAT'S WHAT
27:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ABOUT THE ACRONYM -GO.
27:08 G.O.
27:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TOGETHER WITH YOU WE PRAY
27:12 THAT WITH THE LORD'S LEADING THAT WE CAN DO
27:14 THAT.
27:15 FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND GOSPEL
27:16 OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE
27:17 LORD BLESS YOU TODAY AND PLEASE PRAY FOR


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