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00:33 [OPENING MUSIC]
00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:35 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'VE TUNED IN. 00:37 I'M HERE WITH JOHN DUROE WHO IS ONE OF OUR REGIONAL 00:39 DIRECTORS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:41 AND JOHN IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:43 THANK YOU. 00:44 NICE TO BE HERE TO SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT 00:47 BANGLADESH. 00:48 UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T ABLE TO GET THERE THIS 00:52 YEAR. 00:53 NOT REALLY A SURPRISE. 00:54 IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO TRAVEL EVERYWHERE. 00:57 BUT I DID GET THERE LAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY. 01:00 JUST BEFORE EVERYTHING CLOSED DOWN I WAS ABLE TO 01:04 GET INTO BANGLADESH. 01:06 ALTHOUGH I NEARLY DIDN'T GET INTO BANGLADESH 01:09 BECAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO COME DOWN BY BUS FROM 01:14 TRIPURA WHICH IS ONE OF THE STATES IN INDIA AND I 01:17 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMING DOWN FROM THE NORTH DOWN 01:20 INTO BANGLADESH. 01:21 BUT THE BUS NEVER ARRIVED. 01:23 I HEARD THAT IT PROBABLY CRASHED ON THE WAY. 01:30 SO I'M PLEASED I WASN'T ON THAT BUS. 01:33 I'M GLAD YOU WEREN'T ON IT WHEN THAT HAPPENED. 01:35 SO I DECIDED, WELL THE PERSON THAT WAS WITH ME, 01:38 MY FRIEND IN INDIA, I SAID JUST DRIVE ME DOWN TO THE 01:42 BORDER. 01:43 SO WE DROVE DOWN TO THE BORDER. 01:45 I GOT THROUGH THE CUSTOMS, WALKED THROUGH NO MAN'S 01:46 LAND UNTIL I GOT TO THE BANGLADESHI CUSTOMS 01:48 OFFICE. 01:57 I WAS STOPPED A FEW TIMES ON THE WAY TO TELL ME I 02:00 HAD TO WEAR A MASK. 02:04 THEY WERE VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT COVID. 02:08 ALTHOUGH I WAS UPSET BECAUSE THEY HAD MY 02:11 PASSPORT AND EVERYONE WAS LOOKING AT IT AND PASSING 02:15 IT AROUND FROM PERSON TO PERSON AND THEN THEY GAVE 02:19 IT BACK TO ME. 02:20 I THOUGHT WELL THAT'S NOT VERY GOOD HYGIENE. 02:21 (LAUGHTER) BUT I BET YOU WERE GLAD TO GET IT BACK. 02:25 ANYWAY I GOT INTO BANGLADESH AND GOT A TAXI 02:30 TO TAKE ME TO THE NEAREST TRAIN STATION WHICH THEY 02:34 DID AND THEN A VERY KIND MAN AT THE STATION HELPED 02:39 ME FIND THE RIGHT TRAIN TO GET ON. 02:42 THERE WERE PEOPLE SITTING ON TOP OF THE TRAIN. 02:45 FORTUNATELY I HAD A SEAT INSIDE THE TRAIN AND THAT 02:49 TOOK ME DOWN TO DHAKA THE CAPITAL CITY. 02:52 SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT 02:55 VISIT AT THAT TIME SINCE, OF COURSE, YOU HAVEN'T 02:59 BEEN ABLE TO GO BACK FOR AWHILE. 03:00 BUT DID YOU GET SOME VIDEO WHILE YOU WERE THERE? 03:03 I DID AND YOU KNOW IT'S VERY VERY INTERESTING 03:08 WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN BANGLADESH. 03:11 WHEN I GOT BACK TO TENNESSEE IT WAS SO BORING 03:15 DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. 03:16 (LAUGHTER) NOTHING HAPPENING ON THE STREETS 03:18 IN TENNESSEE. 03:19 NOTHING HAPPENING. 03:20 SO LET ME SHOW YOU IN THIS FIRST VIDEO WHAT IT'S LIKE 03:23 ON THE BANGLADESH STREET. 03:24 (SOUNDS OF MOVING CARS, HONKING, VOICES) THERE'S 03:34 NEVER A DULL MOMENT ON A BANGLADESH STREET. 03:37 WE HAVE SO MUCH MOVEMENT, COLOR, NOISE. 03:42 SO MUCH HAPPENING AT ONCE. 03:45 I HOPE THIS MAN KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING AND KEEPS SAFE. 03:48 EVERY SMALL SPACE IS IN USE. 03:52 WE STOPPED TO EAT AT THIS SMALL BUT WELL-STOCKED 03:56 CAFÉ. 03:57 THEY SPECIALIZED IN SWEET TREATS. 04:00 BUT WE HAD COME TO SAMPLE THIS SPECIAL YOGURT AND 04:04 OUR MISSION TREASURER WAS OFFERING TO PAY. 04:07 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO CHOCKATAL VILLAGE TO VISIT 04:12 GLOBAL OUTREACH WORKER CORNELIUS. 04:16 THIS IS A TRIBAL ANIMIST VILLAGE. 04:19 I WATCHED THIS PRIEST PREPARING HIS ALTER FOR A 04:23 SACRIFICE. 04:24 IN ORDER TO PLEASE THE VARIOUS GODS AN ANIMAL 04:27 SACRIFICE IS USUALLY NECESSARY. 04:31 CORNELIUS AND HIS WIFE ALWAYS PRAYED FOR GOD'S 04:36 LEADING AND PROTECTION. 04:38 BUT IT DIDN'T PREVENT THEM FROM PREJUDICE AND 04:41 TROUBLE. 04:42 ONE DAY VILLAGES TRIED TO STOP HIM AND BEAT HIM. 04:45 IT DIDN'T STOP CORNELIUS BECAUSE THERE WAS ALWAYS 04:49 SOMEONE WILLING TO LISTEN AND SICK PEOPLE WERE 04:53 ALWAYS READY TO BE PRAYED FOR. 04:55 (MAN PRAYING) SOME OF THOSE WHO HAD MISTREATED 05:01 CORNELIUS WATCHED HIM CLOSELY AND THEY NOTICED 05:06 THAT HE SPOKE LIKE A DOCTOR. 05:08 THEY WATCHED HIM ESPECIALLY WHEN HE VISITED 05:12 AND PRAYED FOR THEIR FRIEND. 05:15 HE TAUGHT THEM BASIC HEALTH RULES BUT HE ALSO 05:18 PRAYED. 05:20 THIS MAN MADE A GOOD RECOVERY AND CORNELIUS 05:23 BEGAN TO HAVE BIBLE STUDIES WITH THE MAN AND 05:26 HIS FAMILY. 05:27 VILLAGE PEOPLE BEGAN TO HAVE A CHANGE OF MIND AND 05:32 THEY WERE WILLING TO LISTEN TO CORNELIUS. 05:35 THEY EVEN JOINED HIM WHEN HE HAD TIMES OF WORSHIP. 05:39 A SICK MAN NOW FULLY RECOVERED IS BAPTIZED. 05:46 ANOTHER FAMILY OF FOUR ARE BAPTIZED AND OTHERS ARE 05:50 PREPARING. 05:51 VILLAGE YOUTH ARE WANTING CORNELIUS TO STUDY THE 05:55 BIBLE WITH THEM. 05:57 THERE ARE SO MANY VILLAGES LIKE CHOCKATAL IN 06:01 BANGLADESH. 06:03 SO MANY PLACES THAT NEED SOMEONE LIKE CORNELIUS TO 06:08 TEACH HEALTH PRINCIPLES AND THEY NEED TO HEAR 06:12 ABOUT A NEW WAY OF LIVING. 06:13 SO MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED A SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 06:19 WILL YOU HELP SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 06:24 BANGLADESH? 06:25 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS. 06:34 (MAN SPEAKING) WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY. 06:38 RIGHT NOW ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS COME TO MY MIND. 06:43 HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE IN BANGLE DASH? 06:46 DO YOU KIND OF HAVE A ROUGH NUMBER? 06:49 OH, IT SEEMS ABOUT 170 MILLION I THINK AT THE 06:52 MOMENT. 06:53 HUGE POPULATION. 06:54 YES. 06:55 THERE'S ABOUT 17 MILLION THAT LIVE IN DAKA THE 06:59 CAPITAL CITY. 07:00 SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE THERE IN DAKA IT FEELS AS 07:03 THOUGH THE WHOLE POPULATION OF BANGLADESH 07:06 IS THERE. 07:07 (LAUGHTER) AGAIN WHY WHEN YOU GOT BACK TO THE UNITED 07:11 STATES IT SEEMED SO BORING. 07:14 FOR SURE. 07:15 SO WE OBVIOUSLY NEED PEOPLE TO INVEST IN THE 07:19 WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN BANGLADESH. 07:22 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THERE BECAUSE 07:25 THOSE OF US WHO CARE ABOUT THE MINISTRY ARE 07:27 SUPPORTING. 07:28 YES YES. 07:30 SO WE NEED PEOPLE NOT JUST TO SUPPORT THEM WITH THEIR 07:35 FINANCES BUT WITH THEIR PRAYERS. 07:37 YES. 07:39 ESPECIALLY AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW BEFORE 07:45 COVID-19 IF SOMEONE DIED DURING THE NIGHT YOU WOULD 07:49 SAY WHAT DID THEY DIE OF? 07:52 AND THEY WOULD SAY OH THEY HAD A TEMPERATURE YOU KNOW 07:55 AND THEY DIED. 07:57 AND THEY WOULD JUST ACCEPT THAT. 07:59 IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE NOW. 08:02 IMAGINE HOW MANY TIMES THAT THING IS BEING 08:06 REPEATED. 08:07 YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A TEMPERATURE AND HE DIED. 08:09 YES, REALLY HARD. 08:12 REALLY REALLY HARD. 08:15 AND I KNOW YOU HAVE MORE TO SHARE WITH US. 08:18 YOU MAKE THE MOST FASCINATING VIDEOS. 08:20 I REALLY LOVE THEM. 08:21 NOW IT'S NOT JUST STREETS THAT ARE VERY INTERESTING. 08:25 BUT ONCE YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN AND YOU'RE IN THE 08:27 COUNTRYSIDE IT'S LIKE YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT 08:30 WORLD. 08:31 IT'S SO PLEASANT TO BE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. 08:35 AND SOMETIMES YOU SEE THEM PLOWING IN THE OLD 08:39 BIBLICAL FASHION YOU KNOW WITH A YOKE OF OXEN YOU 08:44 KNOW AND THEY'RE JUST PLOWING THE FIELDS. 08:46 SO LET ME SHOW YOU ANOTHER VIDEO AT THIS TIME. 08:48 (SOUND OF A MOTOR, ROOSTER CROWING, VOICES) WE WERE 08:53 APPROACHING VANAKUSHLIA VILLAGE IN BANGLADESH. 08:56 THEY WERE PLOWING PREPARING FIELDS FOR THE 09:01 YEAR'S FIRST CROP OF RICE. 09:04 USUALLY RICE IS HARVESTED THREE TIMES EVERY YEAR. 09:08 IT'S HARD WORK WHEN PLOWING IS STILL OFTEN 09:13 DONE USING BUFFALO. 09:15 AND ALL THE RICE IS PLANTED BY HAND. 09:19 FAMILIES WERE IN THE FIELD PICKING POTATOES. 09:22 BANGLADESH EXPORTS RICE AND POTATOES. 09:26 IT WAS SO NICE TO ARRIVE AND HAVE OUR FEET WASHED 09:32 IN COOL WATER. 09:34 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN VANAKUSHLIA IS CALLED 09:38 CORNELL AND HIS WIFE IS A KEEN SUPPORTER. 09:42 BEFORE THEY SET OFF VISITING THEY NEVER FAIL 09:46 TO PRAY. 09:47 WHEN THEY VISIT THEY CONTINUE PRAYING. 09:50 MOST PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO BE PRAYED FOR. 09:53 THEN THEY WERE CONFRONTED BY A MAN WHO WAS DRUNK. 09:58 HE ORDERED THEM TO LEAVE THE VILLAGE. 10:03 CORNELL DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT. 10:06 HE WASN'T SURE WHAT TO DO SO HE PRAYED AND THEY 10:10 CONTINUED TO VISIT. 10:12 NEXT TIME THE TROUBLE MAKER SAW THEM HE FOLLOWED 10:15 THEM TO LISTEN IN ON WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. 10:19 HE ENDED UP APOLOGIZING FOR HIS BEHAVIOR AND EVEN 10:25 ASKED IF HE COULD VISIT WITH THEM. 10:28 THEY STUDIED TOGETHER AND HE LIKED WHAT HE HEARD. 10:32 HE STARTED TO MAKE SOME GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT HIS 10:36 LIFE. 10:37 HE STOPPED HIS DRINKING AND HE ENJOYED VISITING 10:40 WITH CORNELL. 10:42 HE WOULD GO ON SICK VISITS AND LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY 10:46 TO THE PRAYERS. 10:47 HE WANTED GOD TO MAKE CHANGES IN HIS LIFE. 10:52 I WAS HAPPY TO BE THERE ON THE DAY THAT CORNELL HAD 10:55 CHOSEN TO HAVE A BAPTISM. 10:58 SOME MEMBERS FROM A NEARBY CONGREGATION CAME TO JOIN 11:02 IN AND SING. 11:04 WE HAD A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR A SICK LADY, EXAMINED 11:08 THE CANDIDATES AND GUESS WHO WAS THERE WITH US. 11:12 SUN JOY A REFORMED TROUBLE MAKER. 11:16 ONE OF THE SICK LADIES THAT THEY HAD PRAYED FOR 11:19 NOW SHE WAS WELL AGAIN. 11:21 BEFORE WE SET OFF FOR THE BAPTISMAL POND WE ENJOYED 11:25 A DRINK OF COCONUT MILK TOGETHER. 11:28 ON OUR WAY TO THE BAPTISM A 12 YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN 11:32 MADE A DECISION THAT HE ALSO WANTED TO PREPARE FOR 11:38 BAPTISM. 11:39 PRAYER MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 11:43 CORNELL PRAYED WITH HIS WIFE AND GOD'S SPIRIT 11:48 WORKED ON HEARTS. 11:50 AFTER THE BAPTISM A CALL WAS MADE FOR DECISIONS AND 11:54 ANOTHER FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE DECIDED TO ASK FOR 11:59 BAPTISM. 12:00 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO PRAY FOR GOSPEL 12:04 OUTREACH WORKER CORNELL TOGETHER WITH ALL THE 12:08 OTHER WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY OF BANGLADESH. 12:12 (WOMEN SINGING) JOHN IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE THESE 12:24 PEOPLE AND TO SEE YOU RIGHT THERE WITH THEM AND 12:26 TO JUST WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND THE FACT THAT THESE 12:30 ARE REAL PEOPLE IN REAL PLACES WITH REAL CHANGES 12:33 HAPPENING IN THEIR LIVES. 12:35 YES. 12:36 THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING FAR FAR AWAY IS 12:40 INCREDIBLE. 12:41 YES I MISS MY VISIT THIS YEAR. 12:44 I'M SURE YOU DO. 12:45 BUT ACCORDING TO OUR SUPERVISOR WHO SUPERVISES 12:50 THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH THERE THINGS ARE 12:53 STILL GOING WELL IN SPITE OF COVID-19. 12:57 YES THEIR FINDING WAYS TO WORK THROUGH IT. 12:59 YES. 13:00 THAT'S GOOD. 13:01 I HOPE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO GET TOGETHER WITH 13:02 OTHERS EVEN IF THEY ARE MASKED AND THAT SORT OF 13:05 THING. 13:05 YES THEY ARE. 13:06 THAT'S VERY GOOD. 13:08 SO I'M REALLY THANKING YOU FOR BRINGING US THESE 13:11 PICTURES BECAUSE AS THOSE OF US WHO CARE ABOUT 13:15 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THOSE OF US WHO SUPPORT IT, YOU 13:17 AS YOU'RE WATCHING AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT 13:19 WE CAN DO IT'S SO HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE 13:22 PLACES AND SEE THE PEOPLE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE 13:25 GIFTS THAT WE GIVE THE PRAYERS THAT WE OFFER ARE 13:28 VERY VERY VALUABLE. 13:31 YES. 13:32 AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK RIGHT NOW BUT 13:35 I WILL BE BACK WITH MORE WITH JOHN DUROE. 13:40 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION 13:43 FULLY DEDICATED TO EXTENDING THE 13:46 INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY AND OUTREACH OF THE 13:49 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN DEVELOPING AREAS 13:52 OF THE WORLD WITH A VERY SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE 13:56 10/40 WINDOW. 13:58 MATTHEW 24:14 EXPLICITLY STATES THAT THE GOSPEL 14:02 WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD BEFORE JESUS 14:06 RETURNS. 14:07 THE WORLD POPULATION IS SEVEN BILLION. 14:10 BY FAR THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF UNREACHED 14:13 PEOPLE IS FOUND IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:17 OF THE 2.84 BILLION UNREACHED PEOPLE OF THE 14:21 WORLD 97 PERCENT LIVE IN THIS 10/40 WINDOW. 14:28 THIS IS A CHALLENGING REGION. 14:30 ISLAM, HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM ARE THE DOMINANT 14:35 RELIGIONS. 14:36 MANY OF THE COUNTRIES HAVE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND 14:39 DIALECTS. 14:40 POVERTY AND ILLITERACY ARE A WAY OF LIFE FOR THE 14:43 MAJORITY. 14:44 MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS ARE SEARCHING. 14:48 THEY NEED HOPE. 14:49 AN IMPORTANT KEY TO SPREADING THE GOSPEL IN 14:52 THIS AREA IS TO USE INDIGENOUS WORKERS. 14:57 THEY ALREADY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THE RELIGION, 15:00 THE CULTURE OF THEIR PEOPLE. 15:02 BLESSED BY THE SPIRIT THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP WIN A 15:06 PERSON FOR JESUS FOR LESS THAN SIX DOLLARS IN MANY 15:10 AREAS. 15:12 FOR 20 YEARS GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS FOCUSED ON 15:15 BUILDING AWARENESS OF THE NEED IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 15:19 IN ADDITION TO RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT 15:22 INDIGENOUS WORKERS. 15:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA AND GOSPEL OUTREACH BRAZIL 15:28 HAVE JOINED IN THIS METHOD OF TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT 15:32 JESUS. 15:33 APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED WORKERS ARE 15:36 SPONSORED THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ITS SISTER 15:40 ORGANIZATIONS. 15:42 THE WORKERS ARE HIRED AND TRAINED BY ADVENTIST 15:45 MISSION OFFICES AND CAN BE FUNDED FOR AN AVERAGE OF 15:48 ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER MONTH. 15:52 THE MISSION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS TO CONTINUE 15:54 WORKING WITH THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 15:57 CHURCH BY SPONSORING WORKERS WHO WILL INTRODUCE 16:01 PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH A GOAL 16:05 OF ONE MILLION NEW BAPTISMS OVER THE NEXT 16:10 THREE YEARS. 16:11 EARTH. 16:12 VAST, BEAUTIFUL, BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN 16:21 SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 16:25 IT'S OWN GREED. 16:27 HUMANITY. 16:28 WE NEED LOVE. 16:30 WE NEED HOPE. 16:33 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 16:36 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 16:39 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 16:43 PLAN TO SAVE US. 16:44 ONE THIRD. 16:46 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL, BUT 16:52 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 16:54 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 16:57 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 17:00 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 17:03 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 17:09 JESUS CHRIST. 17:11 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 17:14 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 17:21 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 17:25 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 17:27 I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE 17:29 RECEIVING THE GOSPEL OUTREACH NEWSLETTER AT 17:32 YOUR HOME. 17:34 AND IT'S ALMOST MORE LIKE A LITTLE MAGAZINE 17:36 ACTUALLY. 17:37 WE REALLY ENJOY GETTING THIS AT OUR HOUSE AND 17:39 READING THE STORIES AND GETTING THE UPDATES AND 17:41 FINDING OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH GOSPEL 17:43 OUTREACH. 17:44 SO YOU CAN RECEIVE THE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 17:46 NEWSLETTER BY CONTACTING US AT GOAIM.ORG AT OUR 17:51 WEBSITE. 17:52 SO BE SURE TO GO THERE, REQUEST IT. 17:54 IT'S FREE AND IT WILL COME TO YOUR HOME EVERY MONTH. 18:00 THIS ISSUE HAPPENS TO SAY MAY OF 2021. 18:03 I HAVE THE MORE RECENT ONE AT MY HOUSE. 18:05 BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY GET THESE AND GET ALL OF THE 18:10 IMPORTANT UPDATES THAT YOU'LL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT 18:12 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:13 SO BE SURE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG. 18:15 JOHN YOU NEED TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 18:19 PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH WITH THEIR RELIGION. 18:22 WHAT IS IT PRIMARILY AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE 18:26 SMALLER GROUPS? 18:27 WELL YOU DON'T THINK OF BANGLADESH AS A BUDDHIST 18:30 COUNTRY BUT BUDDHISM WAS VERY STRONG IN BANGLADESH 18:35 UNTIL ISLAMIC TRADERS CAME AND STARTED VISITING THE 18:42 COASTLINE IN BANGLADESH AND STARTED SPREADING 18:47 ISLAM. 18:48 SO NOW IT'S ABOUT 93 PERCENT MUSLIM BUT THERE 18:54 ARE STILL BUDDHISTS THERE, THERE ARE STILL CHRISTIANS 18:57 THERE. 18:58 AND OF COURSE, LET'S WATCH THE NEXT VIDEO AND YOU'LL 19:05 SEE SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE WORK WITH BUDDHISTS AND 19:08 HOW WE TALK TO THEM. 19:09 (NOISE, TALKING) HOW DO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 19:18 SHARE THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST IN 19:22 BANGLADESH. 19:24 WELL FIRST THEY MAKE FRIENDS. 19:27 THEY LEND A HAND ON THE WAY TO MARKET, PRAY FOR 19:30 THE LEPER. 19:31 WHEN THE MEN ARE TOO BUSY PLAYING CARDS THERE ARE 19:34 ALWAYS CHILDREN WILLING TO LISTEN. 19:37 LONELY PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS OPEN FOR A VISIT. 19:41 THIS MAN'S FAMILY IS BUDDHIST BUT THEY STILL 19:44 WELCOME A VISIT AND A PRAYER FOR THEIR HOME. 19:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER EVEREST HAS MADE FRIENDS 19:51 WITH THIS MAN WHO IS OPEN TO PRAYER. 19:54 I'VE WATCHED EVEREST BEFORE EXPLAINING BUDDHIST 19:57 SYMBOLS AND THROUGH THEM TEACHING ABOUT THE GOD OF 20:01 HEAVEN. 20:03 SOME PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE ARE CONTENT TO SIT AND 20:05 SMOKE BUT OTHERS ARE WILLING TO LISTEN TO THIS 20:09 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AS HE LECTURES ON HEALTH 20:14 PRINCIPLES. 20:16 THIS YOUNG MAN WAS TRAINED AS A THOUSAND MISSIONARY 20:21 MOVEMENT WORKER BEFORE HE BECAME A GOSPEL OUTREACH 20:25 WORKER. 20:26 (NOISES, MAN SPEAKING, MORE NOICE) AROUND THIS 20:29 VILLAGE ARE VARIOUS HINDU SHRINES LOOKED AFTER BY 20:40 HINDU PRIESTS. 20:42 IF A CHILD IS SICK THE MOTHER WILL COME TO HAVE 20:46 HIM MAKE A SACRIFICE AND SOMETIMES THE PRICE CAN BE 20:49 QUITE HIGH AND THE MOTHER CANNOT AFFORD IT. 20:52 SO IT'S ALWAYS A SURPRISE WHEN THEY BRING THEIR SICK 20:56 CHILDREN TO SEE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 20:59 THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOME MEDICAL TRAINING AND CAN 21:03 GIVE GOOD ADVICE AND SIMPLE TREATMENTS. 21:06 BUT PRAYER IS ALWAYS ON THE TOP OF THE LIST. 21:10 THIS FAMILY RESPONDED TO AN INVITATION TO STUDY 21:13 GOD'S WORD. 21:15 OUR WORKERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO TEACH DOCTRINES 21:19 THROUGH THE ART OF CHRISTIAN STORY TELLING. 21:21 OUR PURPOSE IS FOR OUR MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO GO 21:25 OUT AND SHARE THE STORY WITH OTHERS RIGHT? 21:29 THIS FAMILY DECIDED TO ASK FOR BAPTISM. 21:32 WE THANK OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FOR 21:36 MAKING FRIENDS AND SHARING GOD'S WORD IN BANGLADESH 21:39 AND WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND WE WOULD LIKE 21:43 TO ASK YOU TO ALSO HELP SUPPORT OUR GOSPEL 21:48 OUTREACH WORKERS ON A REGULAR BASIS. 21:51 (SOUNDS, TALKING). 22:00 SO ONE OF THE WORKERS THAT WE SAW IN THIS VIDEO 22:04 MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT, OR YOU MENTIONED AS WE 22:06 WERE SEEING HIM, THE THOUSAND MISSIONARY 22:08 MOVEMENT. 22:09 WHAT IS THAT? 22:10 YES. 22:11 THAT'S THE MOVEMENT THAT WAS STARTED BY A KOREAN 22:14 PROFESSOR WHILE HE WAS WORKING IN THE PHILIPPINES 22:19 AND HE STARTED TRAINING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A 22:21 MONTH'S TRAINING AND THEN HE SENT THEM OUT FOR THE 22:25 REST OF THE YEAR ON MISSION ASSIGNMENTS TO 22:29 START NEW CHURCHES. 22:31 SO SOMETIMES WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED AS 22:34 THOUSAND MISSIONARY MOVEMENT WORKERS THEY MAKE 22:38 VERY GOOD GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 22:42 WE HAVE PICKED UP QUITE A FEW OF THEM AND WE'VE 22:45 STARTED SUPPORTING THEM. 22:47 OH THAT'S REALLY GOOD. 22:48 AND ANOTHER THING THAT INTERESTED ME IN THAT 22:50 VIDEO WAS WHEN ONE OF THE WORKERS WAS THERE WITH A 22:52 BIG ROUND CHART WITH SOME OF THE BUDDHIST SYMBOLS 22:55 AND INFORMATION AND USING THAT TO HELP PEOPLE 22:58 UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL. 23:00 THAT'S PRETTY NEAT. 23:01 YES BECAUSE THE WAY TO REACH PEOPLE IS TO START 23:06 WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY KNOW ALREADY. 23:09 SO IF YOUR WORKING WITH HINDUS THEN YOU WOULD 23:12 START WITH SOME HINDU IDEA OR SAYING. 23:15 SOMETHING THAT'S WRITTEN IN THEIR SCRIPTURE AND 23:18 THEN YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES. 23:22 AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS TO BUDDHISTS AS WELL. 23:24 SO EVEREST, THAT MAN WAS CALLED EVEREST, HE'S QUITE 23:30 GOOD AT WORKING WITH BUDDHISTS IN THAT WAY. 23:34 AND THAT'S REALLY AN OLD IDEA. 23:36 I'M THINKING OF IN THE NEW TESTAMENT PAUL USING THAT 23:41 CONCEPT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE. 23:44 YES. 23:45 NOW YOU PROBABLY ALSO NOTICED IN THAT VIDEO WE 23:47 TALKED ABOUT STORY TIME. 23:48 YES. 23:49 SO WE TRY AND TEACH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 23:53 HOW TO TEACH THROUGH TELLING STORIES. 23:58 SO ONCE THEY HAVE TOLD THE STORY THEN YOU ASK THEM 24:02 CERTAIN QUESTIONS AND YOU LEAD THEM AND THEN FINALLY 24:07 IF YOU CAN GET THEM TO LEARN THE STORY THEMSELVES 24:09 THEN THEY CAN GO AND SHARE THAT STORY AND THE 24:12 TEACHING THAT THEY'VE LEARNED WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 24:14 AND WE ALL LOVE A STORY. 24:15 YES. 24:16 AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE GOSPEL ITSELF AND 24:17 REALLY THE BIBLE IT IS A STORY. 24:18 THERE'S QUITE A NARRATIVE GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE 24:27 WHOLE BIBLE ABOUT HOW WE CAME TO BE IN THIS 24:31 DIFFICULT SITUATION WITH SIN, ABOUT HOW WE'RE 24:33 REDEEMED AND ABOUT THE FUTURE. 24:35 IT'S AN AMAZING STORY. 24:37 OF COURSE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ALWAYS HAVE A 24:40 STORY. 24:41 (LAUGHTER) AND YOU ARE GOOD AT TELLING THOSE 24:44 STORIES AND SHARING THEM WITH US. 24:46 AND I NOTICED THERE THAT YOU HAD A GENTLEMAN WITH 24:49 SOME OF YOUR FOOTAGE WHO WAS GIVING SOME 24:52 INSTRUCTION TO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ON HOW TO 24:56 TELL STORIES. 24:56 YOU WERE THERE FOR THAT TRAINING? 24:58 YES. 24:59 WE HAD A TRAINING WITH THE SOUTHERN ASIA PACIFIC 25:00 DIVISION. 25:01 THAT GLOBAL MISSION DIRECTOR AND THE GOSPEL 25:03 OUTREACH DIRECTOR TOO, HE CAME OVER TO BANGLADESH 25:04 AND TOGETHER WITH THE UNION TEACHERS THERE AND 25:05 THE UNION PASTORS WE HAD A TRAINING SESSION WHERE WE 25:23 TRAINED ALL THE PASTORS AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:26 WORKERS HOW TO DO THIS EVANGELISM THROUGH TELLING 25:29 STORIES. 25:30 YES. 25:31 NOW JOHN, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE YOU MIGHT BE 25:33 ABLE TO GO BACK TO BANGLADESH. 25:36 WELL I HOPE I CAN GET BACK IN JANUARY BECAUSE JANUARY 25:40 IS THE PERFECT MONTH, THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE. 25:44 JUST LOW SEVENTIES, COOL IN THE EVENINGS AND NOT 25:49 TOO WARM IN THE DAYS. 25:50 YOU SO YOU PLAN THAT CAREFULLY FOR YOURSELF TO 25:52 KIND OF GO DURING THE COOLER SEASON. 25:55 ALTHOUGH I MUST SAY THAT SINCE YOU'RE FROM 25:57 TENNESSEE AND I HAVE LIVED IN TENNESSEE IN THE PAST, 25:59 IF YOU HAVE A FEW TENNESSEE SUMMERS YOU'LL 26:02 KIND OF GET YOURSELF READY TO GO OVER WITH A LITTLE 26:05 BIT OF HUMIDITY. 26:07 YES. 26:08 AT LEAST COMPARED TO WHERE I LIVE NOW IN WASHINGTON 26:09 STATE WHERE IT'S MUCH DRIER. 26:11 OH YES. 26:12 SO WHAT WOULD YOU WISH THAT THOSE WHO ARE 26:15 WATCHING WOULD REALLY TAKE AWAY FROM OUR TIME 26:19 TOGETHER TODAY? 26:21 WELL I THINK THEY SHOULD TAKE AWAY THE FACT THAT 26:24 THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SHARE THE 26:29 GOSPEL, THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS. 26:32 BUT WE DO NEED FUNDS TO HELP EMPLOY THESE YOUNG 26:38 PEOPLE. 26:39 BUT ONCE WE'VE GOT THE FUNDS AND ONCE WE TRAIN 26:42 THEM THEN THEY ARE READY TO GO. 26:46 AND UNTIL THEN WE WANT YOU TO PRAY. 26:50 WE WANT OUR LISTENERS TO PRAY FOR THOSE YOUNG 26:54 PEOPLE AND TO PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH 26:58 ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF COVID-19. 27:01 YES. 27:03 SO YOU HEAR THESE WORDS OF DESIRE, WHAT HE WOULD LIKE 27:07 TO SEE HAPPEN AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BECOME A 27:11 PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:13 AND SOME OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW ALREADY 27:15 ARE. 27:16 YOU'RE ALREADY GIVING YOU'RE ALREADY PRAYING AND 27:18 WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. 27:20 AND THEN SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE JUST TUNED IN THIS 27:22 SHOW, IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE EVEN HEARD OF 27:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:25 SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE 27:27 AND FIND OUT A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS VERY VERY 27:30 IMPORTANT MINISTRY THAT USES INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. 27:33 THAT'S AT GOAIM.ORG. 27:35 SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND TO 27:38 BECOME INVOLVED YOURSELF IN WHAT IS HAPPENING 27:42 AROUND THE WORLD IN A VERY VERY EXCITING WAY. 27:45 AND JOHN I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 27:48 SHARING THESE THINGS WITH US TODAY. 27:53 NICE TO BE HERE. 28:10 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. |
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