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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:36 I'M DICK DUERKSEN AND GLAD TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME YOU 00:39 TO A PROGRAM THAT TALKS ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:42 DO YOU KNOW THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS WORKING IN 00:46 MORE THAN 100 MISSIONS ALL AROUND THE WORLD RIGHT 00:50 NOW? 00:51 THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HELPING PEOPLE 00:54 UNDERSTAND JESUS CHRIST. 00:56 NOW, OUR SPECIAL GUEST TODAY IS JOHN DUROE AND IF 01:00 YOU DON'T KNOW JOHN, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT HE LIVES 01:02 IN INDIA AND BANGLADESH AND ONCE IN A WHILE COMES 01:06 HOME TO THE UNITED STATES BUT RIGHT NOW, IN THE 01:10 GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE JOHN DUROE WITH A STORY 01:15 ABOUT COMING HOME. 01:17 JOHN. 01:18 YES, IT IS EASIER TO SOCIAL DISTANCE HERE THAN 01:22 IT IS IN INDIA. 01:24 WELL, I BET THAT'S TRUE. 01:25 YOU KNOW I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT. 01:27 I GOT HOME FROM INDIA IN LATE FEBRUARY JUST ABOUT 01:31 THE TIME THAT IT WAS LOOKIN' REALLY 01:33 UNCOMFORTABLE. 01:34 YES, SO DID I. 01:35 AND UNITED AIRLINES WENT THROUGH ALL KINDS OF 01:37 TRAUMA RIGHT THEN GETTING US HOME. 01:39 I ENDED UP STUCK IN DELHI FOR THREE DAYS, DIDYOU? 01:42 I WASN'T SURE WHETHER I WAS GOING TO BE IN DELHI 01:43 THE REST OF MY LIFE OR NOT. 01:46 I WAS GETTING READY TO CALL BRENDA AND TELL HER 01:48 TO COME ON OVER. 01:49 BUT YOU HAD AN ADVENTURE RIGHT AT THE BORDER 01:51 BETWEEN INDIA AND BANGLADESH. 01:53 YES, I HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING OUT OF INDIA 01:56 BECAUSE I HAD A BUS TICKET TO CATCH A BUS TO GO FROM 02:01 BANGLADESH OVER THE BORDER INTO INDIA. 02:04 SORRY, FROM INDIA INTO BANGLADESH. 02:06 OK. 02:07 SO, EVERYTHING WAS FINE. 02:08 YOU'VE GOT A BUS TICKET; YOU KNOW WHAT TIME TO BE 02:11 THERE; YOU'VE GOT A DRIVER WHO GETS YOU THERE ON 02:13 TIME. 02:14 BUT WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE, IT SEEMED DEAD. 02:15 NO ONE WAS AROUND AT ALL AND OF COURSE, THE BUS 02:24 WASN'T THERE. 02:26 WE FOUND OUT THAT MAYBE THE BUS HAD AN ACCIDENT OR 02:29 SOMETHING SO. 02:30 AND THERE JUST WASN'T ONE. 02:33 NO, NO ONE HAD TOLD US. 02:34 SO, WHAT DID YOU DO? 02:36 WELL, I SAID TO MY DRIVER I SAID, WELL JUST DRIVE ME 02:40 AS FAR AS THE BORDER, JUST DROP ME OFF AND I'LL SEE 02:43 WHAT I CAN DO. 02:45 AND SO OF COURSE, WHEN THAT HAPPENS YOU GO 02:48 THROUGH THE INDIA TO BANGLADESH BORDER ON THE 02:51 INDIA SIDE AND THEN YOU WALK-NO MAN'S LAND- THIS 02:54 WONDERFUL NOWHERE PLACE. 02:56 I'VE GOT TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO OK, I'VE GOT IT ALL 02:59 ON VIDEO. 02:59 OH, I WANT TO SEE THIS. 03:05 I WAS SAYING GOODBYE TO TRIPURA, ONE OF THE 03:08 SMALLEST STATES IN INDIA. 03:12 I'D BOOKED A BUS TICKET FROM ARGATALA, THE CAPITOL 03:15 TO DHAKA IN BANGLADESH BUT THE BUS NEVER ARRIVED. 03:22 I HEARD IT GOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. 03:25 THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL. 03:27 A FRIEND GAVE ME A RIDE TO THE BORDER. 03:29 ONCE OUT OF INDIA, I PROCEEDED TO WALK THROUGH 03:34 NO MAN'S LAND TO THE BANGLADESHI BORDER. 03:38 I WAS STOPPED TWICE TO BE INSPECTED AND HAD MY 03:42 TEMPERATURE TAKEN. 03:44 I WAS INSTRUCTED TO WEAR A MASK WHICH FORTUNATELY I 03:48 HAD READY IN MY BAG. 03:50 ONCE MY PASSPORT WAS STAMPED, I FOUND A 03:53 RICKSHAW TO TAKE ME TO THE NEAREST RAILWAY STATION 03:57 WHERE I WAS HAPPY TO FIND A TRAIN TOO. 04:00 WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM A FRIEND WHICH I MADE ON THE 04:03 RAILWAY STATION; I WAS ABLE TO GET ON THE RIGHT 04:06 TRAIN ON MY WAY TO DHAKA. 04:09 THIS YEAR, THE FIRST THING I FILMED IN BANGLADESH WAS 04:13 A BAPTISM. 04:15 WE WERE AT OUR SOUTH BANGLADESH MISSION AND 04:18 FOUR YOUNG BUDDHISTS WERE BAPTIZED. 04:22 ACTUALLY, SEVENTEEN HAD BEEN PREPARED FOR BAPTISM. 04:27 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PRATMAN TRIPURA HAD BEEN 04:31 WORKING IN DUNACHURI VILLAGE. 04:34 THAT'S 80 MILES AWAY AND FOR ME, A FOREIGNER, IT 04:39 WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. 04:41 I WAS PLEASED THAT FOUR WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT FOR 04:45 OUR BAPTISM TODAY. 04:48 THREE HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN THE GREAT 04:53 INDIAN EMPEROR PASAKA REIGNED OVER THE INDIAN 04:57 SUBCONTINENT. 04:59 BUDDHISM WAS THE MAIN RELIGION IN THIS AREA 05:03 UNTIL HINDUISM AND MUSLIMS GAINED A FOOTHOLD IN THE 05:08 12TH CENTURY. 05:10 THE MONASTRY AT COX'S BAZAR IN BANGLADESH CLOSE 05:14 TO THE BORDER WITH MYANMAR IS PART OF A TEMPLE 05:17 COMPLEX WHICH WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE INDIAN 05:21 SUBCONTINENT. 05:23 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE MAKING FRIENDS 05:26 WITH BUDDHISTS. 05:29 I WATCHED GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER EVEREST EXPLAINING 05:33 THE NEED FOR A SAVIOUR THROUGH BUDDHIST CHARTS 05:37 AND SYMBOLS. 05:38 I PRESENTED TALKING BIBLES TO THE CONVERTS, A PRESENT 05:44 FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 05:45 PATMAN EXPLAINED HOW MUCH THE CHILDREN LIKE THE 05:49 STORIES FROM THE BIBLE; MOTHERS APPRECIATED 05:54 PRAYERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 05:56 CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH ARE TAUGHT AT AN EARLY AGE TO 06:00 TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND TO SHARE THE WORK. 06:04 SOMETIMES THE WORK BECOMES TOO HARD AND THE CHILDREN 06:07 SUFFER. 06:09 WHEN MOTHERS SEE HOW OUR MISSION SCHOOLS ARE RUN, 06:12 THEY WANT TO CHOOSE THE BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 06:17 LET'S GIVE THEM A CHOICE AS WE SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL 06:21 OUTREACH WORKERS IN BANGLADESH. 06:24 JOHN, WHAT EMOTIONS GO THROUGH YOUR HEART WHEN 06:32 YOU ARE AT A CHURCH AND YOU ARE WATCHING GOSPEL 06:34 OUTREACH CONVERTS BAPTIZED? 06:39 WELL, IT MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE. 06:41 ALL THE ENCOURAGING THAT WE GIVE TO FOR PEOPLE TO 06:47 GIVE AND ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO AS WELL MAKES IT ALL 06:53 WORTHWHILE WHEN WE SEE SOMEONE GIVING THEIR HEART 06:56 TO CHRIST. 06:57 WHEN I THINK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I THINK OF 07:01 THE WORK YOU DO, ONE OF THE PICTURES THAT COMES TO 07:05 MY MIND IS A SCHOOL CLASSROOM, CONCRETE FLOOR, 07:09 LOUVRED WINDOWS, INTERESTING COLORS, 07:13 EVERYBODY SITTING ON THE FLOOR AND THERE IS A GROUP 07:16 OF MEN ON THIS SIDE CROSSLEGED ON THE FLOOR 07:19 AND A GROUP OF WOMEN ON THIS SIDE. 07:21 THEY'VE ALL GOT BOOKS AND BIBLES AND YOU'RE UP FRONT 07:24 TEACHING. 07:26 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 07:28 AND HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE WORK OF THOSE GOSPEL 07:32 OUTREACH EMPLOYEES? 07:34 WELL, WE'RE SHARING THE GOOD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS IS 07:39 GOOD NEWS. 07:40 YOU GET TO DO THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND EVERYTIME 07:43 YOU ARE THERE THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST EAGER TO LEARN 07:46 AND TO GRASP EVERYTHING THEY CAN. 07:47 YES. 07:50 WHEN YOU ARE DONE, HOW DO YOU FEEL? 07:52 UH, WELL I ALWAYS COME HOME FEELING AS IF I'VE 07:58 GOT COVID 19. 07:59 EVERY PART OF YOUR BODY ACHES, YOU ARE EXHAUSTED 08:02 BEYOND BELIEF, YES, BUT YOU ARE HEALTHY. 08:05 YES. 08:05 SO FAR SO GOOD. 08:07 BUT YOU ARE HEALTHY BECAUSE GOD HAS DONE 08:10 SOMETHING IN YOU WHILE YOU ARE OVER THERE THAT JUST 08:11 IS TRANSFORMING. 08:13 YOU -ONE OF THE PICTURES THAT WE JUST SAW IN THAT 08:15 VIDEO IS OF YOU HANDING A GIFT -THE BIBLE. 08:17 YES, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AT 08:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 08:19 I ALWAYS TAKE ONE CASE OF THOSE TALKING BIBLES WITH 08:22 ME WHEN I GO ON MY TRIP AND I HAND THEM OUT 08:25 USUALLY TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED. 08:27 SO THAT THEY CAN GO AND SHARE WITH THEIR FAMILY 08:29 AND THEIR FRIENDS AND THEY CAN START WITNESSING 08:31 BECAUSE MANY OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T READ AND ITS 08:34 AN IDEAL WAY TO WITNESS. 08:35 AND SO, WITH THAT TALKING BIBLE IT HAS THE ENTIRE 08:41 BIBLE. 08:44 IT DOES. 08:47 IN HOW MANY LANGUAGES- JUST ONE. 09:05 IS IT TAMIL? 09:06 WELL, IT IS PROCESSED AND THE ONES THAT I USE ARE 09:11 DONE WITH BANGLA, OK, SO EVEN IN TRIPURA OVER THE 09:15 BORDER, RIGHT, THEY STILL SPEAK BANGLA SO THAT'S 09:19 WHAT I DO. 09:20 AND SO IT HAS THE BIBLE, YES BUT IT SOLAR POWERED 09:23 SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BATTERIES- LEAVE IT 09:26 OUT IN THE SUN. 09:27 JUST LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS IN THE SUN AND GOD IS 09:29 GOING TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU. 09:30 YES. 09:32 AND PEOPLE LOVE THEM? 09:33 YES. 09:36 YOU KNOW, I'VE GIVEN SOME OF THOSE OUT IN AFRICA A 09:38 NUMBER OF TIMES AND I LOVE THE WAY THE MINUTE YOU 09:41 START LISTENING THERE IS A CROWD. 09:44 GROUPS OF PEOPLE COME - WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 09:46 SURE. 09:47 AND THEY ALL WANT TO KIND OF LISTEN OVER THE 09:48 SHOULDER OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 09:50 YES. 09:51 OR THE NEW BAPTIZED. 09:52 YES. 09:53 COOL. 09:55 IN THE VIDEO, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WAY RELIGIONS 09:58 HAVE SHIFTED OVER THE YEARS WHERE IN THE PART 10:01 WHERE YOU WERE WORKING, AH BUDDHISM WAS THE MAIN 10:05 RELIGION AND THEN HINDU AND MUSLIM CAME IN. 10:07 YES, THEN CHRISTIANITY. 10:08 WE FORGET THAT, WE THINK THAT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN 10:17 MUSLIMS. 10:17 RIGHT. 10:18 BUT THERE WERE BUDDHISTS THERE SO THIS WAS A 10:19 BUDDHIST COUNTRY, BANGLADESH. 10:21 IN THE 12TH CENTURY THAT'S WHEN THESE ISLAMIC TRADERS 10:25 CAME IN AND THEY BROUGHT ISLAM AND THAT'S HOW IT 10:29 ALL GOT STARTED. 10:30 IT IS INTERESTING HOW CHRISTIANITY HAS IMPACTED 10:35 AND FIT INTO ALL OF THOSE CULTURES AND NOW YOU ARE 10:39 BRINGING CHRISTIANITY IN TALKING BIBLES, YES, AND 10:43 THE SMILE OF JESUS CHRIST INTO A LIFE OF PEOPLE WHO 10:47 DON'T SMILE QUITE AS MUCH. 10:48 YES. 10:50 YOU CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. 10:51 YES. 10:52 LIFE IS HARD AND YOU SAW THAT SOME OF THE CHILDREN, 10:57 THE YOUNGER PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH, IT'S VERY 11:00 HARD, VERY HARD. 11:01 THAT LONG LINE OF LITTLE KIDS. 11:04 LOT OF SCHOOLS THAT YOU GET TO WORK AROUND. 11:06 YES, AND WE NEED THOSE SCHOOLS. 11:12 WE NEED THEM AND THERE IS ALWAYS SO MUCH ENERGY IN A 11:15 LITTLE SCHOOL LIKE THAT. 11:16 YES. 11:17 THOSE KIDS THEY WANT TO SING, THEY WANT TO WAVE, 11:19 THEY WANT TO SAY HELLO, YES. 11:21 THEY WANT TO PRACTICE THEIR ENGLISH, YES, WHICH 11:23 IS ABOUT SIX WORDS BUT THAT'S OK. 11:25 THAT'S A BEGINNING. 11:26 NOW WHERE DO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS COME 11:32 FROM? 11:33 WERE THEY MUSLIMS? 11:35 AH, YES. 11:36 NO, MOST OF THE ONES THAT ARE WORKING IN BANGLADESH 11:41 ARE HINDUS.OK. 11:42 BUT SOME OF THEM ARE MUSLIMS BUT SOME ARE 11:46 HINDUS AS WELL. 11:47 NOW, YOU HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW 11:49 ONE OF THOSE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WAS 11:51 CONVERTED, RIGHT? 11:53 YES, AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE GOD WORKING YOU ALWAYS 11:58 HAVE AN OPPOSITION. 11:59 SO, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE 12:02 OPPOSITION COMES AND SEE HOW GOD SORTS IT ALL OUT. 12:06 OK. 12:07 LET'S WATCH THE VIDEO THEN I WANT TO ASK YOU MORE 12:08 ABOUT OPPOSITION. 12:09 HELEN WAS IN TROUBLE. 12:18 SHE HAD BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE VILLAGE COUNSEL 12:22 TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HER CHRISTIAN PREACHING. 12:27 I SHOULD TELLYOU HOW THE STORY STARTED. 12:29 HELEN WAS VISITED ONE DAY BY TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH 12:33 WORKERS. 12:35 SHE LIKED WHAT THEY HAD TO SHARE SO, SHE INVITED THEM 12:39 BACK AGAIN AND LEARNED SOME NEW THINGS. 12:43 IN FACT, SHE WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT SHE ASKED 12:46 IF SHE COULD JOIN THEM ON THEIR VISITS. 12:49 SHE ENJOYED THE WORK ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY 12:52 VISITED THE SICK AND PRAYED. 12:55 SHE EVEN STARTED PRAYING WITH THEM. 12:57 AND THAT WASN'T ALL, WHENEVER SHE COULD SHE 13:03 WOULD DO A LITTLE PREACHING. 13:04 THE VILLAGERS REALLY APPRECIATED HER 13:07 ENCOURAGEMENT AND PRAYERS BUT NOT EVERYONE THOUGHT 13:12 THE SAME WAY. 13:14 SHE HAD OPPOSITION FROM MUSLIMS AND ALSO FROM THE 13:17 CATHOLIC PRIEST. 13:19 THE PRIEST ISSUED A NOTICE FORBIDING HER TO PREACH IN 13:24 THE VILLAGE AND ANOTHER NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE 13:27 SCHOOL WHERE HELEN TAUGHT. 13:29 SHE LOST HER JOB BUT THIS DIDN'T STOP HELEN. 13:34 SHE WAS BAPTIZED AND SHE JUST KEPT PREACHING. 13:38 SHE WAS SO ENTHUSIASTIC THAT SHE WAS INVITED TO 13:42 BECOME A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 13:45 HELEN WAS SO KIND. 13:47 SHE WAS A WIDOW AND SHE WAS VERY SYMPATHETIC TO 13:52 OTHERS IN HER POSITION. 13:54 SHE KNEW JUST HOW THEY FELT. 13:58 SHE TOOK ME TO SEE SOLARE, A MUSLIM WIDOW WITH FOUR 14:02 CHILDREN. 14:03 HER ELDEST SON WAS SELLING VEGETABLES TO HELP HIS 14:07 MOTHER. 14:08 HELEN BOUGHT FROM HIM AND ALSO MADE FRIENDS. 14:12 SHE TOLD HIM ABOUT HER FRIEND, JESUS. 14:15 HE WAS VERY ATTENTIVE AND HE WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD 14:19 HER TO VISIT HIS MOTHER. 14:22 HELEN MADE FRIENDS WITH HER AND WITH HER 14:24 NEIGHBORS. 14:26 THAT WAS WHEN THE PROBLEM DEVELOPED. 14:29 ONE OF THE MUSLIM NEIGHBORS TRIED TO STOP 14:32 HER PREACHING. 14:34 SHE WAS TOLD THIS IS A MUSLIM COUNTRY. 14:38 THEY THREATENED TO TAKE HELEN TO COURT. 14:41 WELL, HELEN PRAYED TO GOD. 14:43 SHE WENT TO SEE PASTOR HAGIDAS AT THE MISSION 14:45 OFFICE AND HE TALKED WITH THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN AND 14:50 BY THE TIME HELEN WAS CALLED BEFORE THE COUNCIL 14:54 PASTOR HAGIDAS AND THE CHAIRMAN WERE FRIENDS. 14:58 IT WAS QUITE A PROCEDURE. 15:00 EVERYONE WAS THERE. 15:01 HELEN WAS ACCUSED BY THE MUSLIMS AND THE CATHOLIC 15:05 PRIEST FOR TEACHING FALSE TEACHINGS BUT PASTOR 15:09 HAGIDAS MADE A GOOD DEFENSE. 15:12 HE EXPLAINED THAT THIS SO-CALLED FALSE TEACHING 15:17 COULD BE FOUND IN THE QURAN AND THE BIBLE. 15:22 WELL, IN THE END THE CHAIRMAN TOOK THE QURAN IN 15:26 ONE HAND AND THE BIBLE IN THE OTHER AND HE ASKED 15:30 HELEN'S ACCUSERS TO PROVE FROM THE HOLY BOOKS THAT 15:35 THE TEACHINGS WERE WRONG. 15:37 WELL, THAT WAS THE END OF THE MATTER. 15:40 HELEN IS STILL PREACHING IN BARADAL VILLAGE. 15:44 CONVERTS ARE BEING BAPTIZED AND WE NEED TO 15:49 KEEP SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIKE 15:53 HELEN IN THE COUNTRY OF BANGLADESH. 15:57 YOU CAN SEE WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS. 16:02 YES. 16:03 MY LANDS, THAT'S FUN. 16:06 THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING WITH GOD. 16:08 THAT'S RIGHT AND YOU DON'T EVER WALK INTO A VILLAGE 16:11 WITHOUT KNOWING THAT YOU ARE WALKING HAND IN HAND 16:13 WITH THE LORD. 16:14 YES. 16:15 AND NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS HERE, IT'S OK. 16:16 THAT WHOLE STORY BEGAN WITH A COUPLE OF GOSPEL 16:19 OUTREACH WORKERS JUST TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO WAS 16:21 WORKING WITH RICE IN THEIR FRONT YARD. 16:24 YES. 16:25 SIMPLE. 16:26 YES. 16:26 NOTHING FANCY. 16:27 NOBODY IS BRINGING A BIG TV SCREEN. 16:31 NO, BUT SHE WAS SO IMPRESSED BY WHAT SHE'D 16:34 LEARNED AND WHAT SHE HEARD THAT SHE WANTED TO GO WITH 16:39 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND IN THE END, 16:42 SHE WAS DOING THEIR JOB FOR THEM. 16:44 THEY COULD GO HOME AND THEY COULD GO TO A 16:47 DIFFERENT VILLAGE BECAUSE SHE JUST TOOK OVER. 16:49 YES. 16:50 I WONDER WHAT IS WAS THAT CAUGHT HER MIND SO 16:52 COMPLETELY? 16:53 WHAT BELIEF FROM JESUS CHANGED HER LIFE THAT 16:57 MUCH? 16:58 I DON'T KNOW. 16:59 I MEAN YOU CAN SEE HOW-WHEN WE WERE TALKING 17:02 TO HER, SHE BROKE DOWN AT ONE POINT AND IT WAS JUST 17:08 NATURAL. 17:09 ALL THE THOUGHTS FROM THE PAST FLOODED INTO HER MIND 17:13 AND THAT'S WHY SHE BROKE DOWN BUT SHE WAS 17:17 SYMPATHETIC BECAUSE SHE'D BEEN THROUGH THOSE SAME 17:21 PROBLEMS HERSELF. 17:22 YES. 17:23 YES, THAT COURT SCENE IS REALLY QUITE INTERESTING. 17:26 I LOVE THE OUTDOOR COUNCIL UNDERNEATH THE BANANA 17:31 TREES AND THE PALM TREES WITH DOGS AND THE CATS. 17:34 YES. 17:35 EVERYTHING IS THERE AND IT IS VERY COMFORTBLE BUT THE 17:39 QURAN AND THE HOLY BIBLE TOGETHER ON THE TABLE-THIS 17:44 IS WHAT SHE TEACHES. 17:45 YES. 17:47 WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE SHE WAS TEACHING THAT MADE 17:50 THEM ANGRY? 17:50 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? 17:52 I'M NOT SURE. 17:53 YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED ENOUGH IN ENVIRONMENTS 17:57 LIKE THAT MY GUESS IS THAT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO 18:01 WITH JESUS IS THE WAY OF SALVATION. 18:04 YES. 18:05 YES. 18:07 AND THAT YOU CAN HAVE HOPE. 18:09 YES, AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH ISLAM IS THAT 18:16 THERE IS NO ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF SIN. 18:20 YES. 18:21 NO ANSWER. 18:22 SHE HAS THE ANSWER. 18:24 SHE HAD THE ANSWER-THE ANSWER IS JESUS CHRIST WHO 18:26 GIVES YOU A WHOLE NEW WAY OF LIVING. 18:29 YES. 18:30 EVERY DAY. 18:31 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND INDIA? 18:38 ACTUALLY, WHERE I AM WORKING IN INDIA, TRIPURA, 18:41 UH HUH, THERE ARE LOTS OF BANGLADESH PEOPLE WHO HAVE 18:47 INFILTRATED OVER THE BORDER AND SO IT'S LIKE A 18:54 BANGLADESH CULTURE THAT SURROUNDS THEM -IT'S IN 18:57 TRIPURA. 18:57 YES. 18:58 IN TRIPURA. 18:59 SO, BASICALLY YOU ARE WORKING WITH BANGLA, THE 19:01 LANGUAGE OF BANGLA IN BOTH AREAS. 19:02 I AM, YES. 19:04 AND SO, IT IS VERY SIMILAR. 19:05 YES. 19:05 NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE. 19:06 I LOVE THE PICTURE OF HER WALKING ALONG NEXT TO 19:11 THESE WONDERFUL RICE PADDYS. 19:14 THAT IS SUCH A PICTURE OF THAT PART OF THE WORLD 19:16 ISN'T IT? 19:18 WELL, I THINK THAT THEY ARE NUMBER FOUR IN RICE 19:24 EXPORTS IN THE WORLD. 19:27 MY LANDS. 19:29 THEY CAN HAVE THREE CROPS OF RICE IN A YEAR. 19:31 RIGHT. 19:32 SOMETIMES EVEN FOUR. 19:35 AND THEY ARE ALWAYS THINKING RICE AND RICE 19:38 PADDYS AND WALKING WITH MUD BETWEEN THEIR TOES. 19:41 YES, YES. 19:42 AND LEANING OVER. 19:44 MY LANDS. 19:46 I'VE THOUGHT MANY TIMES THAT THAT'S A GREAT PLACE 19:48 TO TEACH PEOPLE CREATIVE WAYS OF GETTING RID OF THE 19:51 ACHES IN YOUR BACK BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES - OR 19:56 REDUCING ACHES -BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE THEM SO MANY 19:58 TIMES RUBBING THEIR SPINE AND IT OH, IT STILL HURTS. 20:01 YES. 20:02 BUT IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THAT WHEN YOU COME AND 20:06 LISTEN, THEY ARE SMILING, THEY ARE LAUGHING AND THEY 20:10 ARE SINGING, RIGHT? 20:12 YES. 20:12 ALWAYS SINGING. 20:14 WHEN THE CHRISTIANS GET TOGETHER, THEY SING AND 20:15 SING AND SING. 20:16 YES. 20:17 IN FACT, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES WHERE I GOT A 20:21 DRUM THAT SAID "SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH" ON 20:24 IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE DRUM TO BE ABLE 20:27 TO KEEP THE CADENCE, TO KEEP THE BEAT GOING TO GET 20:30 THE SONG BEAUTIFUL. 20:31 YES. 20:32 AH, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING IN AND OUT OF 20:34 BANGLADESH? 20:37 PROBABLY UH, 15 YEARS MAYBE? 20:41 FIFTEEN YEARS. 20:41 OR MAYBE MORE. 20:42 HOW HAS IT CHANGED YOU? 20:44 AH, IT HAS MADE ME APPRECIATE TENNESSEE. 20:53 REALLY? 20:54 WHY? 20:56 OH, IT IS NICE TO GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING AND 20:59 BE ABLE TO LOOK OVER THE HILLS AND THE MOUNTAINS IN 21:03 TENNESSEE. 21:04 VERY NICE. 21:06 VERY DIFFERENT FROM BANGLADESH. 21:07 YES. 21:08 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CULTURE AND VIEW. 21:11 YES. 21:11 AND YOU GET TO GO HOME. 21:13 YES. 21:16 WHAT INSTRUMENT DO YOUPLAY? 21:18 I DON'T PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT. 21:20 WELL, I THOUGHT YOU PLAYED A HARPSICORD? 21:21 OH MY, I HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU IN MY MIND PLAYING A 21:28 WOODEN INSTRUMENT FROM TENNESSEE. 21:32 THAT'S NOT ME. 21:32 THAT'S NOT YOU. 21:33 OH, I'M SORRY. 21:36 WHY DO YOU DO THIS IN BANGLADESH EVERY YEAR? 21:38 AH, I THINK BECAUSE I JUST FEEL THE PULL OF THE 21:47 PEOPLE THERE IN BANGLADESH. 21:51 SO, YOU WAKE IN THE MORNING YOULOOK OUT OVER 21:53 THE TENNESSEE HILLS AND YOU CAN HEAR BANGLA 21:55 CALLING. 21:56 YOU HAVE ONE MORE VIDEO. 21:58 I HAVE ONE MORE VIDEO THAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW. 22:00 AND THAT'S ONE ABOUT PRAYER. 22:03 AH, YES PRAYER WORKS AND IT TALKS A LITTLE BIT 22:06 ABOUT THE RICE PRODUCTION SO LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT 22:09 IT. 22:10 GOOD. 22:11 EVERY YEAR BANGLADESH SUFFERS HEAVY FLOODING. 22:20 SOMETIMES TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY IS UNDER WATER 22:24 BUT THIS HELPS PREPARE GOOD FARMLAND AND THEY 22:27 PRODUCE ENOUGH TO EXPORT. 22:30 THERE ARE ALSO MANY SMALL FARMERS WHO STRUGGLE TO 22:34 SURVIVE. 22:35 THIS MAN HAD PLANTED HIS REGULAR GARDEN BUT THIS 22:39 YEAR HE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM. 22:42 IT APPEARED THAT SOME INSECT WAS ATTACKING HIS 22:45 PLANTS AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 22:49 HE TRIED SPRAYING BUT IT WASN'T HELPING. 22:52 HE EVEN CALLED THE LOCAL AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST 22:56 FOR ADVICE. 22:57 HE PAID A VISIT; MADE QUITE AN INSPECTION; HE 23:00 OFFERED SOME GOOD ADVICE. 23:02 HE RECOMMENDED ANOTHER SPRAY. 23:04 THE FARMER TRIED EVERYTHING BUT IT DIDN'T 23:08 SEEM TO WORK. 23:10 IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 23:15 MADE AN APPEARANCE. 23:17 HE WAS ON HIS REGULAR VISITS AND HE LISTENED TO 23:21 THE FARMER'S TALE OF WOE. 23:23 HE WASN'T A FARMING EXPERT BUT HE HAD A CONNECTION 23:28 WITH AN EXPERT. 23:30 HE SHARED SOME SCRIPTURE AND HE PRAYED. 23:33 WHEN OUR WORKER MADE A RETURN VISIT, IT WAS A 23:37 DIFFERENT STORY. 23:39 THERE WAS A DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT IN THE 23:42 FARMER'S CROPS. 23:43 A FRIENDSHIP DEVELOPED AND THEY CONTINUED TO SHARE 23:47 GOD'S WORD TOGETHER. 23:50 ONE DAY WHILE VISITING IN THE VILLAGE, OUR WORKER 23:54 CAME ACROSS A SEVERE PROBLEM. 23:56 A YOUNG MAN HAD BECOME POSSESSED BY AN EVIL 24:01 SPIRIT. 24:02 HE RECEIVED SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH AND HIS FAMILY 24:06 HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING HIM. 24:09 THEY TURNED TO OUR WORKER FOR HELP. 24:12 HE WOULD PLACE A BIBLE ON THE YOUNG MAN AND PRAY. 24:17 SOMETIMES HE EVEN READ FROM THE BIBLE AND IN THE 24:19 END, HE WAS PLACING SIX BIBLES ON THE TROUBLED 24:22 BOY. 24:23 GOD HEARD THE PRAYERS. 24:25 THE BOY SCREAMED, THE DEVIL LEFT AND GOD BROUGHT 24:30 PEACE TO THE YOUNG MAN. 24:32 THE FAMILY WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT THIS POWERFUL HEALER 24:36 AND THEY OPENED UP. 24:37 THEY STUDIED GOD'S WORD TOGETHER AND EVENTUALLY 24:40 THEY WERE ALL BAPTIZED. 24:43 PRAYER WORKS. 24:46 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN BANGLADESH ARE 24:49 CONNECTING HURTING PEOPLE WITH A GOD IN HEAVEN WHO 24:55 CARES. 24:56 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND THE SUPPORT YOU GIVE 25:00 TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS IN BANGLADESH. 25:08 YOU CAN SEE WHY WE CALL THE PROGRAM "ADVENTURES IN 25:11 MISSIONS". 25:12 ANYTIME THAT YOU ARE OUT THERE WORKING DIRECTLY 25:16 WITH GOSPEL MISSION AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 25:20 ABSOLUTELY TRANSFORMS YOUR OWN SOUL. 25:23 YES. 25:24 BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO 25:26 MEET. 25:26 NO. 25:27 BUT CHANCES ARE YOU ARE GOING TO MEET THE DEVIL 25:29 LOOKING YOU IN THE EYE AND TRYING TO KEEP YOU FROM 25:31 WORKING. 25:32 HAVE YOU MET THAT KIND OF DEMON POSSESSION MANY 25:35 TIMES? 25:37 OH YES, YES. 25:38 MANY TIMES. 25:39 MANY TIMES. 25:42 WHAT DO YOU DO? 25:43 WELL,THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS PRAY AND THEY 25:47 CONTINUE TO PRAY AND THEY CONTINUE TO PRAY AND THEY 25:50 OPEN GOD'S WORD AND-IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU PUT A 25:53 BIBLE ON THE PERSON AND PRAY, YES, AND IF THAT 25:54 DOESN'T WORK YOU PUT TWO BIBLES ON THE PERSON AND 25:57 YOU GET SIX BIBLES ON THEIR CHEST AND FINALLY, 26:06 THE DEMON SAYS, AH, THAT'S TOO MUCH AND THEY LEAVE. 26:10 YES. 26:15 THE DEVIL CANNOT HANDLE GOD'S PRESENCE. 26:19 NO. 26:19 HE ALWAYS RUNS AWAY. 26:21 YES. 26:22 JOHN, I LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THANK YOU SO 26:24 MUCH FOR ALL OF IT. 26:25 THANK YOU. 26:26 AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING I JUST WANT 26:28 TO REMIND YOU THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH AT P.O. 26:31 BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON 99324 NEEDS TO 26:37 HEAR FROM YOU BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH'S IMPACT 26:41 IS DEPENDENT ENTIRELY UPON YOUR PARTICIPATION. 26:46 THANKS FOR SHARING, FOR PRAYING FOR US BUT ALSO 26:49 FOR SENDING A DONATION BECAUSE THOSE DONATIONS 26:53 KEEP THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVING ENOUGH 26:56 BIBLES TO BE ABLE TO PUT ENOUGH BIBLES AND STACK 26:59 THEM UP HIGH ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THE LORD ALWAYS 27:04 WINS. 27:05 THANKS, SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. 27:08 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 27:09 IT IS ALL ABOUT YOU, REALLY. 27:12 [CLOSINGMUSIC]. |
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