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00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
00:35 I'M JULIE AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE PART 00:38 OF THE FAMILY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:40 WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR 00:42 JOINING US HERE AS WE GIVE YOU REPORTS FROM THE 10/40 00:45 WINDOW. 00:46 ALL OF THOSE COUNTRIES FROM WEST AFRICA THROUGH 00:48 THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA. 00:50 AND TODAY, WE ARE TRAVELING TO A SMALL 00:52 COUNTRY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW BUT MILLIONS OF 00:55 PEOPLE LIVE THERE. 00:56 TODAY WE HAVE JOHN DUROE AND HIS WIFE IRENE WITH 00:58 US. 00:59 WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. 01:00 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:01 IT IS NICE TO BE HERE. 01:03 WELL AND YOU BOTH ARE LOVELY. 01:04 IRENE, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OUTFIT YOU ARE 01:06 WEARING? 01:07 THIS IS A SHALWAR KAMEEZ. 01:09 ALL THE LADIES WEAR IT AND THEY PUT THIS OVER THEIR 01:12 HEAD BECAUSE IN THE MUSLIM RELIGION YOU ARE NOT 01:15 SUPPOSED TO SHOW YOUR HAIR. 01:16 OUT OF RESPECT THEY COVER THEIR HEADS. 01:18 YES, THEY COVER THEIR HEADS. 01:19 IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS VERY COMFORTABLE AND I KNOW 01:21 JOHN YOU LOVE WEARING YOURS. 01:23 YES, THIS IS COMFORTABLE BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAIST. 01:26 THEY ARE ALL LOOSE LIKE THAT. 01:28 YES. 01:29 BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL. 01:31 AND WE ARE TALKING TODAY ABOUT WHICH COUNTRY, JOHN? 01:34 WE ARE TALKING ABOU BANGLADESH. 01:37 NOW, WE USED TO LIVE IN PAKISTAN AND THAT WAS ALL 01:42 ONE COUNTRY AT ONE TIME. 01:45 THE PARTITION CAME AROUND ABOUT THE TIME WHEN I WAS 01:49 BORN. 01:50 1946, YES. 01:52 SO, BUT SINCE THEN THINGS HAVE CHANGED QUITE A BIT 01:57 BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND PAKISTAN. 02:01 THEY ARE NOT FRIENDS ANYMORE. 02:02 NO, THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE- AND HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU 02:05 LIVE THERE IN PAKISTAN? 02:06 EIGHT. 02:07 SIX YEARS, SIX YEARS. 02:08 WONDERFUL SO THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE NEAR AND 02:09 DEAR TO YOUR HEARTS. 02:10 YES, YES. 02:11 AND JOHN, WE KNOW THAT YOU TRAVEL AND VISIT THE 02:12 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE AND YOU DO YOUR 02:13 WONDERFUL VIDEOS AND WE ARE GOING TO SHARE SOME OF 02:15 THOSE HERE TODAY. 02:16 YES. 02:17 NOW THE THING WITH THE-IF YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO 02:18 THE NEWS PAKISTAN IS UNDER -TWO-THIRDS OF IT IS UNDER 02:30 WATER AT THE MOMENT WITH ALL THE FLOODS THAT 02:33 THEY'VE HAD. 02:34 AND BANGLADESH IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO THIS BUT 02:38 WHAT IT DOES DO IS WHEN THESE FLOODS COME THROUGH 02:41 THE COUNTRY, IT PROVIDES NICE SOIL FOR GROWING 02:45 THINGS AND SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE 02:49 COUNTRYSIDE AND WHAT'S BEING SHOWN, WHAT'S BEEN 02:52 GROWN IN BANGLADESH THIS MORNING. 02:55 THERE ACTUALLY IS NO SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN 02:58 PAKISTAN IT IS JUST POVERTY. 03:00 PEOPLE CAN'T GET HOLD OF THE RIGHT KIND OF FOOD. 03:03 THEY EXPORT THIS FOOD. 03:05 IT'S ONE OF THE TOP RICE EXPORTERS IN THE WORLD AND 03:10 POTATOES, OH I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, ARE EXPORTED. 03:14 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AND LET'S SEE HOW 03:17 THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WORKS WITH THE 03:20 YOUNG PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH. 03:22 VIDEO PLAYING. 03:25 THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH BUT 03:29 50 PER CENT ARE UNDER NOURISHED AND ANEMIC. 03:34 IT'S BECAUSE OF POVERTY. 03:36 NOT A SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN THE COUNTRY, MARKETS ARE 03:40 FULL OF FOOD. 03:41 FARMERS HAVE THREE CROPS OF RICE EVERY YEAR AND 03:45 BANGLADESH IS ONE OF THE WORLDS TOP EXPORTERS OF 03:49 RICE. 03:51 I STOPPED BY THE BANANA MARKET. 03:53 SO MANY FARMERS WERE BRINGING THEIR CROPS ON 03:56 CYCLE RICKSHAWS AND BICYCLES. 03:59 DEALERS WERE HAGGLING OVER THE PRICES. 04:04 CHILDREN DON'T NEED EXPENSIVE TOYS. 04:07 THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE IMAGINATION AND A FISHING 04:10 POLE OR A HOMEMADE KITE. 04:13 I SAW A LOT OF VARIATIONS WITH A KIND OF HOPSCOTCH. 04:17 THE BOYS WERE VERY CLEVER WITH THEIR SPINNING TOPS. 04:21 I VISITED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HILAL 04:24 RAMEN WHO WORKS IN RANGSHI VILLAGE ON THE BORDER OF 04:28 INDIA. 04:29 I ASKED HIM HOW HE APPROACHS PEOPLE. 04:32 HOW HE INVITES THEM TO CHURCH? 04:35 HE SAID THAT HE PRAYED ABOUT IT AND HE TRIED 04:39 DIFFERENT METHODS AND HE FOUND THAT THE MOST 04:42 EFFECTIVE WAY IS JUST TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOUNG 04:46 PEOPLE. 04:47 I FOUND HILAL TO BE A VERY FRIENDLY PERSON. 04:50 HE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE. 04:53 HE'S A GOOD SOCCER COACH TOO. 04:56 I WATCHED HIM DRILLING HIS NEW TEAM IN HEADING AND 05:00 DRIBBLING AND JUST CONTROLING THE BALL. 05:03 THEY LISTENED TO HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND THEY 05:05 LISTENED TO OTHER THINGS TOO. 05:08 THEY LIKE IT WHEN HE PRAYS WITH THEM BEFORE THE GAME. 05:11 HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT KITE MAKING. 05:12 THAT'S A BIG DEAL IN BANGLADESH. 05:17 SOME SPECIAL DAYS THE SKIES ARE FULL OF KITES 05:21 AND KIDS FIGHT TO HAVE THE LAST KITE FLYING. 05:25 THE GIRLS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN AND EVEN THE 05:27 YOUNG KIDS GET INSTRUCTIONS IN PLAYING 05:30 MARBLES. 05:32 THE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE HILAL'S DIFFERENT LIFE 05:35 STYLE AND SLOWLY THEY ARE MAKING CHANGES THEMSELVES. 05:41 HE ATTENDS THEIR SOCIAL EVENTS AND THEIR CHRISTMAS 05:44 PLAYS. 05:45 THERE ARE SOME OTHER CHURCH GROUPS WHO ARE 05:47 TRYING TO HINDER HIS WORK BUT TWO OF THE YOUNG 05:50 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ATTENDING CHURCH REGULARLY AND TODAY 05:54 THEY WILL BE BAPTIZED. 05:57 THE MISSION PRESIDENT PRESENTED THEM WITH A 06:01 TALKING BIBLE. 06:02 HILAL'S STRATEGY IS PAYING OFF. 06:06 HE HASN'T BEEN WORKING IN RANGSHI FOR LONG BUT THE 06:09 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING. 06:12 PLEASE PRAY FOR HILAL AND KEEP SUPPORTING OUR GOSPEL 06:17 OUTREACH WORKERS IN BANGLADESH. 06:22 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. 06:23 THAT IS EXCITING AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IT IS AMAZING 06:26 THE MINISTRY OF A SOCCER BALL. 06:28 IT TRULY IS AROUND THE WORLD. 06:32 AROUND THE WORLD. 06:34 I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT PAKISTAN WAS A REAL 06:37 BLESSING TO OUR FAMILY BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE THERE 06:40 I WAS A NURSE. 06:42 I WENT INTO THIS LITTLE HUT AND THERE WAS A 06:45 TEN-MONTH-OLD BABY SIX POUNDS. 06:47 SIX POUNDS. 06:48 TEN MONTHS AND ONLY SIX POUNDS. 06:49 SO, WE BROUGHT HER HOME AND NOW SHE IS IN HER 30'S 06:54 AND SHE'S GOT BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BOY CALL JASPA AND 06:57 SO PAKISTAN HAS BEEN A BLESSING TO US. 07:01 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD AND HERE WE ARE JUST WATCHING 07:04 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MALNOURISHED CHILDREN 07:07 HERE. 07:07 YOU'VE BEEN A BLESSING. 07:08 I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE SURVIVED TEN MONTHS SINCE 07:11 SHE WAS SIX POUNDS BUT WE BROUGHT HER HOME AND WE 07:15 FED HER EVERY HOUR. 07:15 JOHN HELPED. 07:16 HE WAS A WONDERFUL HELP AND SHE JUST GREW AND NOW 07:20 SHE IS GOT A LITTLE BOY OF HER OWN CALL JASPA. 07:22 PRAISE THE LORD. 07:23 PRAISE THE LORD. 07:24 SO, THERE IS FOOD BUT ITS JUST THAT PEOPLE ARE SO 07:29 POOR. 07:29 RIGHT. 07:30 YES. 07:30 AND THAT IS JUST SO SAD. 07:31 WELL, WHEN I WAS IN BANGLADESH AS A STUDENT 07:34 MISSIONARY, I REMEMBER GOING TO THE SEMINARY 07:36 THERE AND THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT WHEN THE FLOODS 07:38 CAME THAT THEY WOULD BE BY BOAT AND THAT THE 07:41 DORMITORIES WOULD FLOOD AND I JUST -IT WAS JUST 07:44 AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT THAT OF WHERE I WAS AND 07:47 YOU KNOW WE DON'T-FOR THOSE OF US WHO DON'T LIVE 07:49 IN A FLOOD AREA, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, NO. 07:52 ALWAYS. 07:53 JOHN, TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TALKING 07:55 BIBLE. 07:55 THE MEGAVOICE. 07:56 YES. 07:57 DO YOU WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WITH 07:58 OUR VIEWERS? 07:59 YES, AH WHENEVER I GO TO A BAPTISM I TRY TO MAKE SURE 08:03 THAT I HAVE THESE AS PRESENTS TO GIVE TO THE 08:06 NEWLY BAPTIZED PEOPLE AND SO THIS HAS HOW YOU BEGIN 08:10 TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 08:13 WELL, THEY ARE FANTASTIC. 08:14 WE TALK ABOUT THEM HERE A LOT HERE AT GOSPEL 08:16 OUTREACH. 08:17 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED AND WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF 08:20 DIFFERENT SONGS, WE HAVE THE BIBLE IN THE VARIOUS 08:24 LANGUAGES AND I'M INVOLVED WITH THE BIBLE IN LIVING 08:26 SOUND AND WE HAVE THEM IN MANY ASIAN LANGUAGES AND 08:30 THOSE ARE ALSO PUT ON HERE. 08:32 IT'S WONDERFUL. 08:33 AND THE SPEAKER QUALITY IS VERY GOOD TOO. 08:35 YES. 08:35 SO. 08:36 I SPOKE ABOUT -WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BOATS AND 08:40 FLOODING BUT THE ROADS, THE ROAD SITUATION IN 08:44 BANGLADESH IS SOMETIMES A LITTLE TRICKY WHEN I'M 08:47 THERE BECAUSE THE OPPOSITION PARTY TO THE 08:50 GOVERNMENT THINKS THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE 08:52 TROUBLE IS TO HAVE A STRIKE, A GENERAL STRIKE 08:56 SO EVERYTHING STOPS ON THE ROAD AND YOU CAN'T, YOU 09:01 CAN'T-I WAS CAUGHT IN THE NORTH OF PAKISTAN IN 09:03 BANGLADESH. 09:05 I WAS SUPPOSED TO FLY OUT THE NEXT DAY AND I 09:09 COULDN'T DO IT. 09:10 SOMEONE ON THE BLACK MARKET GOT ME A TICKET AND 09:13 I MANAGED TO GET BACK IN TIME FOR MY PLANE BUT I'VE 09:16 GOT A STORY ABOUT SOME GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 09:19 AND THEIR EXPERIENCE ON THE BUS. 09:22 GO. 09:24 VIDEO PLAYING. 09:27 TRAVELING ON THE ROADS OF BANGLADESH IS NEVER EASY 09:32 ESPECIALLY NOT THIS YEAR. 09:34 THE GOVERNMENT OPPOSITION PARTY WAS USING THEIR MOST 09:38 EFFECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT CALLING FOR 09:41 NATIONAL BUS AND TRANSPORTATION STRIKES. 09:45 FOR ELEVEN DAYS, IT PARALYZED THE COUNTRY. 09:49 SOME BUSES RISKED IT. 09:52 WINDOWS CLOSED FOR FEAR OF PETROL BOMBS AND MORE THAN 09:57 A HUNDRED WERE BURNED. 10:00 I ENDED MY STAY IN THE COUNTRY STRANDED UP NORTH 10:04 WITH A BOOKED FLIGHT OUT FROM DHAKA, THE CAPITAL 10:07 THE NEXT DAY. 10:09 FORTUNATELY, WITH SOME FRIENDS IN THE RIGHT PLACE 10:13 WE WERE ABLE TO PICK UP A COUPLE OF TRAIN TICKETS ON 10:16 THE BLACK MARKET. 10:18 ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TOLD ME HIS SCARY 10:23 BUS STORY. 10:24 KAMALISH HAD BEEN TO A GOSPEL OUTREACH TRAINING 10:28 SESSION IN THE FALL AT OUR BANGLADESH CHURCH COLLEGE. 10:33 HE WAS STUCK ON THE WAY HOME. 10:35 THERE HAD BEEN A TRAFFIC STRIKE SO ALL THE BUSES 10:38 WERE NOW FULL. 10:40 HE'D BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS FOR A CONNECTING 10:43 BUS. 10:44 WHEN ONE FINALLY CAME BY, KAMALISH NOTICED THAT 10:48 THERE WAS NO DESTINATION NAME ON THE FRONT. 10:52 WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO? 10:54 THEY SHOUTED. 10:54 NALITABARI. 10:56 WE'RE GOING THERE THE BUS BOY SHOUTED AND THEY 11:00 GRABBED HIM AND THEY PULLED HIM ON THE BUS. 11:03 AND THEY DID SOMETHING UNUSUAL-CHECKING HIS 11:06 POCKETS, FOR WHAT? 11:09 THE BUS FILLED UP QUICKLY AND LEFT. 11:12 THE BUS BOY STARTED COLLECTING THE FARES FROM 11:15 THE BACK OF THE BUS ASKING NOT FOR THE USUAL 200 TAKA 11:20 FARE BUT 300 TAKAS. 11:22 WHEN PASSENGERS REFUSED TO PAY THEY WERE PUSHED AND 11:25 EVEN BEATEN AS THE BUS DROVE ON KAMALISH WAS 11:29 PRAYING FOR PROTECTION. 11:32 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PAID THE EXTRA 100 TAKA 11:37 BUT THE BOYS DECIDED TO SEARCH HIS BAG. 11:40 KAMALISH HAD AN ARMY BLANKET IN HIS BAG AND 11:44 THIS CAUSED THE BUS BOYS TO THINK THAT HE WAS 11:47 CONNECTED WITH THE ARMY. 11:49 THEY ASKED HIM WHO HE WAS, WHERE HE'D BEEN, WHAT HE 11:52 WAS DOING? 11:53 HE TOLD THEM EVERYTHING. 11:55 AT HIS STOP, THEY DROPPED HIM BUT NO ONE ELSE WAS 11:59 ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE BUS. 12:01 HE ARRIVED HOME THAT NIGHT THANKING GOD FOR HIS 12:05 PROTECTION. 12:06 HE DOES PROTECT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 12:10 BANGLADESH AND I THANK HIM TOO, FOR HIS PROTECTION ON 12:14 THE ROADS THIS YEAR. 12:16 PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR GOSPEL WORKERS IN 12:21 BANGLADESH. 12:23 ABSOLUTELY. 12:24 TRAVELING TO MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES YOU UNDERSTAND 12:29 THE REASON WHY WE PRAY TO THE LORD AND ASK FOR 12:31 SAFETY. 12:32 WHEN I WENT AS A STUDENT MISSIONARY, WOW, THE FIRST 12:35 TAXI RIDE THAT I HAD WAS SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN I 12:38 WENT TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AND IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. 12:40 SO YES, BUT WOW LOOK HOW THE LORD HAS PROTECTED OUR 12:45 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN WAYS THAT WE KNOW AND IN 12:48 SO MANY WAYS THAT WE DON'T KNOW. 12:49 TALKING ABOUT THE ROADS, WE LIVED IN PAKISTAN AND 12:52 THERE IS NOT ONLY CARS BUT THERE IS OX CARTS AND 12:55 THERE'S DONKEYS AND EVERYTHING IS ON THE ROAD 12:58 ALL AT ONCE. 13:00 SO, CAMELS HERE. 13:01 SO YOU ARE SORT OF IN DANGER WHEN YOU OUT ON THE 13:04 ROADS BUT WE WERE ALWAYS PROTECTED. 13:06 YES. 13:07 AND WHEN I SAW THE MAN JESTERING TO COME ON THE 13:11 BUS, SO IN ASIA YOU GO LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, 13:14 THAT'S HOW YOU GET ATTENTION. 13:16 WELL, SO MANY PEOPLE TO PRAY ABOUT. 13:19 SO MANY PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK 13:23 YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE MINISTRY HERE AT GOSPEL 13:26 OUTREACH BECAUSE IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT 13:29 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE WORKING IN THE 13:31 COUNTRY OF PAKISTAN AND IN BANGLADESH. 13:34 SO, WE HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT WE'D LIKE 13:36 TO SHARE WITH YOU. 13:38 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 13:41 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO ONE THAT HIS RETURN 13:44 DEPENDS ON. 13:45 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 13:48 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 13:51 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 13:55 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 13:58 NINETY- SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 14:01 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 14:04 EQUATOR. 14:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH WITH THE 14:08 SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL GOSPEL 14:12 WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 14:14 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 14:16 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 14:19 CHALLENGES THAT FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 14:21 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 14:25 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 14:27 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 14:32 GOD'S LOVE. 14:33 JOIN US. 14:34 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 14:37 DONATE. 14:37 PRAY. 14:38 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF 14:41 YOUR SUPPORT AND AS I SAID EARLIER FOR BEING PART OF 14:43 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 14:45 WE HAVE SO MANY WAYS THAT WE'D LIKE TO CONNECT WITH 14:47 YOU. 14:49 WE HAVE OUR NEWSLETTER, IT'S FREE AND WE WOULD BE 14:50 HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 14:53 WE ARE ALSO ON INSTAGRAM AND ON FACEBOOK AND WE 14:56 ALSO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS SO AWESOME - IT'S 14:59 CALLED "GO TV MISSIONS" AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE 15:01 YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT. 15:03 IT IS GREAT. 15:04 IF YOU LOVED MISSION SPOTLIGHT AS A KID AND ARE 15:06 STILL WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE LORD IS DOING AROUND 15:09 HIS BIG WORLD, THIS IS AWESOME YOU CAN FIND SO 15:12 MANY MISSION STORIES HERE AT GOTVMISSIONS.ORG AND WE 15:16 ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:18 YOU CAN ALSO GO TO OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS GOAIM.ORG 15:21 AND I WOULD ENCOURGE YOU TO PRAY ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN 15:26 DO EACH MONTH TO SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 15:30 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE GIVING 15:32 YOU REPORTS BUT IT WON'T BE THAT UNTIL WE GET TO 15:34 HEAVEN THAT WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS 15:37 DONE WHEN WE SEE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED 15:41 JESUS SO THAT'S THE EXCITING THING. 15:43 SO, WE'RE HERE WITH IRENE AND JOHN DUROE AND WE'RE 15:47 TALKING ABOUT BANGLADESH. 15:49 I HAVE A VERY INTERESTING STORY ABOUT MY VISIT TO 15:53 PANNAPARA VILLAGE CALLED THE BROKEN STONE. 15:57 IT JUST ILLUSTRATES WHAT A HOLD THE EVIL SPIRITS HAVE 16:03 UPON THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT COUNTRY. 16:07 THERE HAD JUST BEEN A MURDER IN THE BANGLADESH 16:10 VILLAGE OF PANNAPARA. 16:12 AS WE STARTED OUR TREK ACROSS THE FIELDS, THEY 16:15 STOPPED TO SHOW ME BLOOD THAT STILL REMAINED. 16:19 IT WAS SOME DISPUTE OF THE LAND BUT THIS WAS NOT THE 16:23 REASON FOR OUR VISIT. 16:25 THEY WANTED TO SHOW ME THE BROKEN STONE. 16:29 WE HAD A LITTLE HIKING TO DO AS WE LEFT OUR VAN ON 16:32 THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 16:34 THE LOG BRIDGES WERE A LITTLE TRICKY. 16:36 THE PATHS WERE RATHER NARROW AND I WAS TRYING TO 16:40 KEEP MY SHOES DRY. 16:42 THEY ACTUALLY PUT SOME NEW BRIDGES TOGETHER 16:45 ESPECIALLY FOR ME. 16:46 I FELT VERY PRIVILEGED. 16:48 WE WERE GIVEN A VERY WARM WELCOME. 16:52 SINGING. 16:53 THEY TOOK US FIRST TO THE LITTLE CHURCH AND GAVE US 16:58 AN OFFICIAL WELCOME. 16:59 (SINGING). 17:00 THEN CAME THE STORY. 17:09 THE VILLAGERS HAD ALWAYS WORSHIPED A CERTAIN STONE 17:13 BY THE RIVER. 17:14 IT WAS A SACRED STONE. 17:16 EVEN ELEPHANTS AND WILD TIGERS WOULD VISIT THE 17:19 STONE IN WORSHIP. 17:21 ONE DAY, A VILLAGE LADY WAS PASSING THE STONE WITH 17:26 HER COW AND SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. 17:29 SHE FELL DOWN UNCONSCIOUS. 17:33 WHEN SHE DIDN'T RETURN HOME, HER FAMILY GOT 17:36 ANXIOUS. 17:38 THEY WENT LOOKING FOR HER. 17:39 THEY FOUND HER UNCONSCIOUS AND CARRIED HER HOME. 17:50 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WENT TO SEE IF HE COULD 17:53 HELP BUT HE WAS REJECTED. 17:57 WHEN SHE DIDN'T RECOVER THE HUSBAND WENT TO SEE 18:03 THE WITCH DOCTOR. 18:05 HE HAD LOTS TO SAY BUT HE DIDN'T HELP. 18:07 HE TOOK SOME MONEY BUT HE DIDN'T HELP THE WIFE. 18:09 THE HUSBAND MADE A DECISION TO CALL THE 18:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 18:12 HE CAME TO LOOK AND HE PRAYED BUT HE ALSO 18:13 ANNOUNCED THAT THE CHURCH MEMBERS WOULD FAST AND 18:15 PRAY. 18:16 WHEN THE LADY RECOVERED, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 18:16 VOLUNTEER MADE A STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT. 18:18 HE SAID, WE CAN ONLY HAVE PEACE IN OUR VILLAGE IF WE 18:19 FINALLY DESTROY THIS TROUBLESOME STONE. 18:21 THE VILLAGERS AGREED AND TOGETHER THEY WENT TO 18:23 BREAK THE STONE. 18:24 NOT ONLY THAT, THEY ACTUALLY BURIED SOME OF 18:26 THE STONE UNDER THE FLOOR OF THEIR CHURCH. 18:29 THE HUSBAND INVITED OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER 18:32 TO STUDY WITH THEM AND SOME DRASTIC CHANGES WERE 18:36 MADE IN THEIR WAY OF LIFE. 18:38 MORE CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. 19:23 LET'S CONTINUE OUR SUPPORT OF OUR WORKERS IN 19:27 BANGLADESH. 19:28 WOW, I'M THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS TO TALK ABOUT 19:33 THAT. 19:34 HERE A STONE WAS AN IDOL IN THE VILLAGE, YES, AND 19:37 HOW GOD WORKED AND IT WAS AMAZING AS THE GOSPEL 19:39 OUTREACH WORKER HAD HIS BIBLE THERE OVER THE 19:40 WOMAN, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IN ACTS WHERE IT 19:41 SAID THAT ANYTHING THAT PAUL HAD TOUCHED, HIS 19:43 HANKERCHIEF, HIS YOU KNOW WHATEVER, THAT HAD THE 19:44 POWER TO HEAL OF THE LORD AND IT JUST MADE ME THINK 19:45 ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 19:47 AND WE, AS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, ARE EMPOWERED 19:56 WITH PRAYER AND THE BIBLE, YES, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, 20:05 YES. 20:06 IT'S POWERFUL. 20:07 YES. 20:08 SO, JOHN WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO VISIT AND TALK 20:11 WITH THESE PEOPLE AFTER THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF 20:13 WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN THEIR VILLAGE. 20:15 OH, IT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING. 20:17 I ENJOYED THE WALK EVEN THOUGH I DID MY FEET A 20:19 LITTLE WET ON THE WAY. 20:21 YES, I COULD SEE THAT MAYBE THEY COULD HAVE A 20:24 TOLL ROAD TO HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT BUT NO, TO 20:27 -THAT'S REALITY FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT VILLAGE. 20:30 YES, YES. 20:31 TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT THE POWER OF GOD. 20:34 I HAVE ONE MORE STORY ABOUT ROADS. 20:36 AND THIS IS A STORY ABOUT MONICA AND THIS IS ONE OF 20:41 THE LADIES WHO WORKS AS A VOLUNTEER. 20:47 SHE IS TEACHING IN THE MORNINGS AND VISITING IN 20:50 THE AFTERNOONS AND I RECORDED THE MIRACLE STORY 20:56 THAT HAPPENED WITH HER. 20:57 SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT MONICA. 20:58 VIDEO PLAYING. 21:02 EARLY MORNING IN THE TOWNS OF BANGLADESH PEOPLE ARE 21:08 OUT BUYING THEIR FISH AND THEIR FRESH VEGETABLES AND 21:13 WAITING FOR WARM NAANS STRAIGHT FROM THE OVEN. 21:16 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO TELIPARA IN WEST 21:20 BANGLADESH. 21:21 PARTS OF THE ROAD WERE IDYLLIC BUT THEN WE HIT A 21:25 PROBLEM. 21:26 A SERIOUS ONE. 21:28 A BRIDGE WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THERE WAS 21:31 NO WAY AROUND. 21:33 WE HAD TO GO BACK AND TAKE A HUGE DETOUR AND DO SOME 21:37 FIXING OURSELVES. 21:38 BUT WHEN WE ARRIVED, AT TELEPARA THE SCHOOL 21:42 CHILDREN WERE STILL WAITING TO GREET US AND 21:48 THE FOOT WASHING SURE FELT GOOD. 21:51 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER HERE IS MONICA. 21:55 SHE TEACHES SCHOOL IN THE MORNING SO I LISTENED IN 21:58 FOR AWHILE. 21:59 THE CHILDREN SANG FOR US, LISTENED TO OUR STORIES 22:10 BUT I KNEW THAT THIS WAS ONLY PART OF MONICA'S 22:13 WORK. 22:14 I KNEW THAT IN THE AFTERNOON SHE COULD BE 22:17 FOUND OUT IN THE VILLAGE VISITING. 22:20 EVERYBODY KNOWS HER, LOVES HER AND RESPECTS HER. 22:23 THEY LISTEN TO WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY AND THEY TELL 22:27 HER THEIR PROBLEMS. 22:29 I HEARD THE STORY ABOUT THE POSSESSED MAN WHO 22:31 COULDN'T FOR THE LIFE OF HIM SPEAK. 22:33 HE USED TO TALK BUT THE DEVIL GOT HIS TONGUE. 22:36 MONICA CALLED ALL THE CHURCH MEMBERS TOGETHER 22:44 AND THEY PRAYED. 22:46 GOD HEARD THEIR PRAYER AND THE MAN SPOKE AGAIN. 22:50 AND MANY IN THE VILLAGE BECAME BELIEVERS. 22:52 NOW IT WAS TIME TO FIND OUR WAY HOME. 22:55 WE TOOK A DIFFERENT ROUTE BUT IF WE THOUGHT IT WAS 23:12 GOING TO BE BETTER, WE NEEDED TO THINK AGAIN. 23:15 WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THEM TO MAKE THE ROAD. 23:17 I MUST SAY THAT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING, I 23:28 LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT ROAD MAKING AND I MADE 23:31 SOME NEW FRIENDS. 23:43 LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR LADY GOSPEL OUTREACH 23:47 VOLUNTEERS LIKE MONICA LIVING IN DIFFICULT PLACES 23:52 TO REACH. 23:56 AND GOD BLESS MONICA. 23:57 WOW. 23:58 SO, SHE IS THE TOWN COUNSELOR, SHE IS THE 23:59 TEACHER; THE PASTOR, THE EVERYTHING, THE HEALER. 24:03 WELL, THAT'S THE LORD. 24:09 AND SHE HAD HER HANDS ON THAT MAN AND JUST 24:12 BEAUTIFUL BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE ALL AFTER SEEING 24:15 THAT WHEN WE GET INTO OUR CARS HERE LIVING IN THE 24:18 WESTERN WORLD, THAT WE CAN DRIVE ON A ROAD THAT ISN'T 24:21 ONE OF THOSE. 24:21 YES. 24:22 GET IN THE CAR AND SAY THANK YOU. 24:23 YES, ABSOLUTELY ESPECIALLY SINCE DROVE MY CAR OFF TWO 24:25 WEEKS AGO. 24:25 ABSOLUTELY, AS A STUDENT MISSIONARY I WAS IN 24:27 SRILANKA AND THEY WERE BUILDING A ROAD AND THE 24:32 LADIES WERE OUT THERE CHISELING THE ROCK TO MAKE 24:39 GRAVEL BY HAND. 24:41 AND I SAW THIS AND I JUST, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT AND 24:45 SO WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR. 24:47 YES, THEY MAKE ALL THE BRICKS IN BANGLADESH AND 24:49 THEN THEY BREAK THEM TO PUT ON THE ROAD. 24:52 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 24:53 YES. 24:54 SO, WE'VE SEEN A LOT HERE TODAY, IRENE AND JOHN, 24:57 WE'VE HEARD ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER WHO WAS A 25:00 MALNOURISHED CHILD. 25:01 WE'VE SEEN A VIDEO OF THAT. 25:03 WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THE LORD'S BEEN ABLE 25:06 TO MAKE THEM SPEAK AGAIN LIKE THEY DID IN THE 25:08 BIBLE. 25:09 JOHN AND IRENE AS YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PART OF 25:11 THE WORLD WHAT WOULD YOU IMPRESS UPON OUR VIEWERS 25:15 AS THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP? 25:18 WELL, THE WAY THAT WE CAN HELP THE MOST IS BY 25:23 HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSEST. 25:25 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITH THESE PEOPLE. 25:30 SO, WE ARE HELPING OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:34 WE'RE HELPING TO SUPPORT THEM. 25:36 OUR VIEWERS THEY ARE SUPPLYING SOME OF THE 25:40 NECESSARY MEANS, THE MONEY FOR LIVING BUT IT IS THE 25:44 WORKERS THAT ARE LIVING RIGHT THERE IN THE 25:47 VILLAGE. 25:48 THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IMPORTANT. 25:50 THEY MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND THEY MAKE 25:52 FRIENDS WITH THE LOCAL CHILDREN. 25:54 THAT'S HOW THEY MAKE CONVERTS-MAKING FRIENDS 25:58 FOR JESUS CHRIST. 26:00 YES. 26:01 ABSOLUTELY. 26:02 WELL, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU AND MAY THE LORD 26:03 CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 26:05 FOR AGAIN BEING PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY 26:08 HERE AS TOGETHER WE SHARE JESUS AND, IN YOUR 26:11 DEVOTIONS, AS YOU PRAY, WOULD YOU PRAY FOR MONICA? 26:13 I'M SURE THAT SHE COULD USE SOME EXTRA PRAYERS. 26:15 SO, ON BEHALF OF "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:17 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, I'M JULIE AND MAY THE LORD 26:19 BLESS YOU TODAY. |
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