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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000799S
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00:34 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I'M SO GLAD THAT 00:36 YOU'VE TUNED IN. 00:37 MY GUEST TODAY ON THE PROGRAM IS JOHN DUROE AND 00:41 I'M SO GLAD TO MEET YOU. 00:43 THANK YOU. 00:44 I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ADMIRING YOUR VIDEOS FROM 00:46 THE FIELD FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR QUITE SOME 00:48 TIME. 00:49 WELL GOOD. 00:50 SO, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH YOU 00:52 AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AREA IN THE 00:55 WORLD WHERE YOU ARE SERVING. 00:57 WELL, I GO TO BANGLADESH EACH YEAR IN JANUARY WHEN 01:01 THE WEATHER IS GOOD AND ALSO TO TRIPURA WHICH IS 01:05 IN NORTHEAST INDIA BUT BANGLADESH WRAPS AROUND 01:09 THREE SIDES OF TRIPURA. 01:12 SO, THE INFLUENCE IN TRIPURA IS VERY BANGALI. 01:19 ABOUT 70 PER CENT IS BANGALI. 01:22 SO, IT MAKES SENSE FOR THOSE TWO TO BE THE 01:23 REGIONS THAT YOU ARE WORKING IN TOGETHER. 01:25 YES. 01:26 AND YOU ARE DEFINITELY NOT WEARING WESTERN CLOTHING 01:29 AT THIS MOMENT, SO TELL US ABOUT -NO, I'VE DRESSED IN 01:33 A FEW OF THE GIFTS THAT PEOPLE GIVE ME AS I'M 01:37 TRAVELING SO THIS UH, THESE SCARVES -THIS IS 01:42 FROM TRIPURA. 01:44 SO, YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE IN TRIPURA WEARING SCARVES 01:47 LIKE THIS AND I ACTUALLY -THEY ARE ALL A LITTLE BIT 01:51 DIFFERENT SO YOU CAN TELL WHICH VILLAGE THE PEOPLE 01:55 ARE FROM BY THE PATTERN. 01:57 SO, YOU SEE THIS SCARF IS QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT FROM 02:02 THIS ONE HERE. 02:04 IT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF WEAVE, DEFINITELY A 02:07 DIFFERENT PATTERN, ON THIS ONE HERE. 02:10 AND THIS IS A BAG. 02:12 IT IS VERY, VERY TYPICAL. 02:14 YOU'LL OFTEN SEE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WITH THESE 02:16 SACKS GOING TO SCHOOL WITH THEIR BOOKS IN HERE AND 02:20 THEN THIS IS A VERY NICE WAISTCOAT THAT SOMEONE 02:24 GAVE ME ONE YEAR. 02:25 AND THIS IS CALLED A SALWAR KAMEEZ WITH THE 02:28 PLUMP PANTS LIKE THIS AND THIS FANCY TOP. 02:33 THESE SHOES ARE THE BEST. 02:35 BEST, THEY ARE. 02:36 THE SHOES ARE REALLY AMAZING. 02:38 THEY ARE RIDING SHOES. 02:39 THEY ARE. 02:40 ACTUALLY, THESE WEREN'T GIVEN TO ME. 02:41 I BOUGHT THESE FOR MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS A 02:44 BRIDESMAID IN PAKISTAN BUT THEY FIT ME O.K. 02:50 THAT'S GREAT. 02:52 ALRIGHT, WELL WE WANT TO GET SOME UPDATES ABOUT UM, 02:56 WHAT IS GOING ON. 02:57 LET'S START WITH TRIPURA. 02:59 O.K., NOW I'VE GOT A VIDEO THAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU 03:03 AND IT WILL SORT OF INTRODUCE TRIPURA, HOW IT 03:07 GOT STARTED. 03:08 IT GOT STARTED AROUND THE TIME WHEN I WAS BORN 03:11 ACTUALLY. 03:12 AH, IT TELLS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHY OF 03:17 TRIPURA. 03:18 SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS FIRST VIDEO. 03:22 THE KINGDOM OF TRIPURA JOINED THE INDIAN UNION OF 03:26 STATES IN 1949 WHEN IT'S LAST KING DIED. 03:32 THIS ANCIENT LAND WITH ITS MYSTERIOUS PAST IS LOCATED 03:37 IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION OF INDIA SURROUNDED ON 03:41 THREE SIDES BY BANGLADESH. 03:43 IN THE EAST IT HAS A COMMON BOUNDARY WITH ASSAM 03:46 AND MIZORAM. 03:48 SIXTY PER CENT OF THE STATE IS COVERED WITH 03:51 HILLS AND FORESTS. 03:52 THERE ARE 19 MAIN TRIBES AND A LARGE INFLUX OF 03:57 MUSLIMS AND HINDUS FROM BANGLADESH. 04:00 WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT FIVE MILLION, 85 PER CENT 04:06 ARE HINDUS. 04:07 EIGHT PERCENT ARE MUSLIMS. 04:10 THERE ARE MORE THAN 200,000 CHRISTIANS 04:13 SCATTERED OVER THE STATE BUT ANIMISM IS WOVEN INTO 04:18 MOST OF THE COUNTRIES RELIGIOUS LIFE. 04:21 SO, WHEN WE VISITED THE VILLAGE OF BATAPARA ONE OF 04:25 THE FIRST THINGS WE NOTICED WAS THE ALTAR TO 04:29 THE TREE GOD. 04:30 IF A MAN SHOULD CUT HIMSELF, HE WOULD COME 04:33 STRAIGHT TO THIS TREE TO PRAY BECAUSE GOD LIVES IN 04:38 IT. 04:39 IN THIS VILLAGE WORKS GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER 04:42 NIBARAN MALSAM. 04:44 WE FOUND HIM IN THE HOME OF ONE OF OUR NEW 04:50 BELIEVERS SINGING WITH HIS VILLAGE FRIENDS. 04:54 I WAS INTRODUCED AND I SHARED A BIBLE STORY. 04:59 PASTOR ZAMINGA, THE MISSION PRESIDENT, 05:02 EXAMINED THE ELEVEN BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES AND 05:05 WE WERE OFF DOWN TO THE RIVER. 05:07 IT WAS AMAZING HOW MANY WE HAD SQUASHED INTO THAT 05:12 TINY HOME. 05:13 THEY HAVE NO CHURCH BUT THEY DO HAVE PLANS AND WE 05:18 COULD HELP. 05:20 WHEN NIBARAN FIRST VISITED BATAPARA, HE HAD BEEN 05:24 INVITED BY SOMEONE THAT HE HAD MET IN THE MARKET. 05:28 HE ARRIVED AND FOUND THE VILLAGE CHILDREN HAD NO 05:32 SCHOOL TO ATTEND. 05:33 HE STARTED PLAYING GAMES WITH THEM AND BEGAN 05:36 TEACHING LESSONS. 05:37 THE ADULTS WERE VERY HAPPY. 05:40 BUT WHEN WORD GOT TO THE NEXT VILLAGE, THEY SAID, 05:44 COME OVER AND HELP US. 05:46 SO, HE DID AND THE NEW CHURCH WILL BE IN THE 05:49 MIDDLE OF THIS CONNECTING ROAD. 05:53 I VISITED SOME OF THE HOUSES WITH OUR GOSPEL 05:56 OUTREACH WORKER AND WAS QUICKLY AWARE THAT LIFE 06:00 COULD BE VERY PEACEFUL BUT NOT EASY. 06:04 THE WOMEN APPEARED TO BE DOING MORE THAN THEIR FAIR 06:07 SHARE. 06:09 APART FROM ALL THE CHILDCARE, ALL FOOD IS 06:12 PREPARED FROM SCRATCH. 06:15 THAT RICE POUNDING AND SIFTING IS HARD WORK BUT 06:19 THE COOKING CAN'T START BEFORE WOOD IS BEING 06:23 GATHERED AND THE FIRE STARTED. 06:25 I CHECKED OUT HOW THE FOOD WAS STORED FOR THE WINTER 06:29 MONTHS IN WHICH GOD WAS THANKED FOR THE HARVEST. 06:33 I SAW THE WOMEN WEAVING THEIR COLORFUL SARONGS OR 06:37 SKIRTS AND WITH NO RUNNING WATER, THERE WAS ALWAYS 06:41 ONE MORE BOTTLE TO FILL. 06:43 THAT MADE US AWARE OF A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. 06:49 THERE WAS ONE SOURCE OF WATER AND RIGHT THERE 06:54 EVERYTHING HAPPENED. 06:55 PEOPLE BATHED, CLOTHES WERE WASHED, PANS WERE 06:59 WASHED, KIDS SWAM AND WATER WAS COLLECTED FOR 07:04 DRINKING. 07:05 YES, IT IS WAS THE SAME WATER FOR EVERYTHING. 07:10 TODAY, IT WAS USED FOR SOMETHING EXTRA. 07:13 TODAY IN WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN IDYLLIC SETTING -ELEVEN 07:18 NEW BELIEVERS WOULD BE BAPTIZED. 07:21 NIBARAN, OUR GLOBAL MISSION WORKER, HAD BEEN 07:24 BUSY NOT JUST WITH THE CHILDREN HE'D BEEN MAKING 07:28 FRIENDS WITH GRANDMAS AND BABIES. 07:31 HE'D BEEN HAVING SOME SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH 07:34 FAMILIES, SOME BIBLE STUDIES AND HEATED 07:37 DISCUSSIONS. 07:39 HE'D BEEN VISITING, PRAYING AND PREPARING FOR 07:42 THIS DAY-THIS BAPTISM. 07:45 IT IS NOT EASY FOR NIBARAN IN BATAPARA. 07:50 HE NEEDS CLEAN WATER TOO. 07:52 HE'S ALSO FIGHTING AGAINST ANIMISM AND SPIRIT 07:56 WORSHIP, HEATHEN FESTIVALS AND MANY FALSE GODS. 08:01 HE NEEDS OUR HELP. 08:03 HE NEEDS OUR PRAYERS. 08:05 HE NEEDS OUR CONTINUING FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 08:09 PLEASE REMEMBER NIBARAN IN BATAPARA, TRIPURA 08:14 NORTHEAST INDIA. 08:19 WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY. 08:22 THANK YOU FOR STAYING BY AS WE WATCHED THAT. 08:24 NOW WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT 08:28 MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP WITH THE SITUATION AND 08:30 ESPECIALLY WITH THE WATER AND YOU KNOW, WHAT IS 08:32 GOING TO HAPPEN? 08:34 WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM 08:36 OF THE WATER THERE IS 163 MILLION PEOPLE IN INDIA 08:41 THAT DON'T HAVE CLEAN DRINKING WATER. 08:44 SO, THEY ARE-THEY'VE GOT A WORLD RECORD, YES, FOR 08:49 PEOPLE WITH A NEED TO HAVE CLEAN DRINKING WATER. 08:51 UH HUH. 08:53 SO, I DON'T THINK WE CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. 08:55 CAN'T SOLVE THAT ONE BUT HOW CAN WE HELP? 08:58 WELL, WE CAN HELP BY PROVIDING MORE FUNDS FOR 09:02 MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIKE NIBARAN SEE, 09:06 SO THAT'S HOW WE CAN HELP AND WE CAN PRAY. 09:09 YES. 09:10 WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THEM. 09:11 ABSOLUTELY AND WE ALSO WANT TO GET AN UPDATE 09:13 ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BANGLADESH. 09:15 OH, NOW BANGLADESH AH, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. 09:20 BANGLADESH. 09:21 BANGALDESH IS A PLACE WHERE UH, WELL LET ME SHOW 09:27 THIS VIDEO THAT WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE 09:33 RELIGION IN BANGLADESH. 09:36 SOME RELIGIONS HAVE MANY OFFERINGS AND ELABORATE 09:49 CEREMONIES. 09:52 RINGING OF BELLS, BURNING OF INCENSE AND THE 09:56 SPRINKLING OF HOLY WATER BUT NO REAL SOLUTION TO 10:01 THE REAL PROBLEM WHICH IS SIN. 10:03 DIFFERENT GODS ARE TRIED AND DISCARDED. 10:07 NEW ONES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING MADE, CHOSEN AND 10:11 BOUGHT. 10:12 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS HAVE THE ANSWER 10:16 TO THE PROBLEM OF SIN BUT IT IS NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS 10:20 TO EVERYONE. 10:21 SOMETIMES THE DEVIL GETS EVERYTHING MIXED UP AND 10:24 CAUSES PROBLEMS. 10:26 A CHURCH HAD BEEN BUILT IN DUBICHOR VILLAGE WITH THE 10:30 HELP OF SOME FUNDS FROM KOREA. 10:33 THEY HAD A SCHOOL RUNNING. 10:35 THEY'D BEEN GIVEN SOME SPORTS EQUIPMENT AND 10:37 EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL UNTIL A FIGHT BROKE OUT. 10:41 WHEN THE TEACHER TRIED TO BREAK IT UP, HE FOUND 10:44 HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. 10:46 THE TEACHER WAS BEATEN UP PRETTY BADLY. 10:48 HE HAD TO BE REMOVED AND A NEW ONE PUT IN HIS PLACE. 10:53 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER ASHISH WAS SENT TO 10:57 DUBICHOR VILLAGE BUT ON ARRIVAL HE FOUND THE 11:00 CHURCH LOCKED. 11:03 HE OPENED THE DOOR BUT THE VILLAGERS LOCKED IT AGAIN. 11:07 ASHISH CALLED A VILLAGE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THE 11:09 PROBLEM. 11:11 THEY AGREED TO OPEN IT UP AND START SCHOOL AGAIN. 11:23 THEY DID GET A LITTLE UPSET WHEN THEY CAME TO 11:25 PICK UP THE CHILDREN ON SABBATH AND FOUND THEM 11:28 SINGING RELIGIOUS SONGS BUT ASHISH INVITED THE 11:32 PARENTS TO COME AND JOIN THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE 11:35 DOING. 11:36 SOME OF THEM LIKED WHAT THEY HEARD AND NOW FOUR 11:39 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED AS SEVENTH DAY 11:43 ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS. 11:45 SOME OF THE NEW MEMBERS ARE FISHERMEN AND ASHISH 11:48 NEEDED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW THEY SHOULD PAY THEIR 11:51 TITHE. 11:52 NOW THE VILLAGERS WELCOME THE VISITS OF ASHISH TO 11:55 THEIR HOMES AND THEY ARE ENCOURAGING HIM TO HAVE 11:58 WORSHIP WITH THEM ON FRIDAY EVENINGS. 12:02 THERE IS AN ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF SIN. 12:06 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS HAVE THE 12:09 ANSWER. 12:10 LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM WITH OUR PRAYERS AND 12:14 WITH OUR FUNDS AS THE GOOD NEWS IS BEING SHARED IN 12:18 BANGLADESH. 12:20 ON OUR WAY HOME, OUR SENSES WERE ASSAULTED ONCE 12:23 AGAIN WITH THE SOUNDS OF WORSHIP. 12:34 LADIES WERE DRESSED IN THEIR BEST SARIS. 12:38 CANDLES WERE LIT AND PRAYERS WERE PRAYED. 12:41 SONGS WERE SUNG AND PEOPLE WERE LONGING TO HAVE THEIR 12:46 SINS FORGIVEN. 12:53 NOW, YOUR ADDRESSING IN THIS VIDEO REALLY THE 12:55 PROBLEM OF SIN. 12:56 YES, THAT IS THE MAIN PROBLEM. 13:00 SO MANY RELIGIONS, SO MANY WAYS THAT THEY THINK THAT 13:04 THEY ARE DEALING WITH IT BUT NO SOLUTION TO THE 13:08 PROBLEM OF SIN BUT CHRISTIANITY HAS THAT 13:12 SOLUTION IN JESUS CHRIST. 13:14 YES. 13:16 ITS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHARE THAT MESSAGE. 13:18 LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE LONGING AND LOOKING THAT 13:21 WE COULD SEE THERE. 13:22 YES. 13:23 AND JUST NOT FINDING THE ANSWERS THAT THEY ARE 13:24 LOOKING FOR. 13:25 NOW I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU NOTICED BUT WE 13:27 MENTIONED KOREA. 13:28 NOW WE HAVE A KOREAN PRESIDENT OVER THE CHURCH 13:33 IN BANGLADESH. 13:34 AH. 13:35 AND HE RAISES MONEY IN KOREA EVERY YEAR BECAUSE 13:41 HE ALSO SPONSORS ABOUT AS MANY WORKERS AS WHAT 13:46 GOSPEL OUTREACH SPONSORS AS WELL. 13:49 SO, IT IS VERY INTERESTING HOW IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER. 13:53 WE ARE RAISING FUNDS HERE, HE'S RAISING FUNDS THERE, 13:55 YES, AND THEY ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. 13:56 YES. 13:58 BEAUTIFUL. 13:58 YES. 13:59 SO, THE NEXT THING THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HERE IN 14:04 OUR TIME TOGETHER IS THE INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY. 14:07 WHAT IS THAT? 14:09 AH, MAYBE BEFORE WE SHOW THAT FILM MAYBE YOU SHOULD 14:12 GO TO YOUR BREAK BECAUSE, I SHOULD THANK YOU, IT'S A 14:15 LITTLE BIT LONGER THIS ONE. 14:17 GOOD IDEA. 14:18 LET'S TAKE A SHORT BREAK BEFORE WE GO TO THAT VIDEO 14:20 UM, SO THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO SHOW IT ALL 14:23 TO YOU. 14:24 STAY TUNED AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 14:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS FOUNDED 20 YEARS AGO TO 14:28 HELP INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:32 THE ALL VOLUNTEER STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE 14:35 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 14:37 THE GOAL: RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT NATIVE EVANGELISTS 14:40 AND BIBLE WORKERS. 14:42 THESE WORKERS ARE HIRED AND TRAINED BY LOCAL 14:45 ADVENTIST CONFERENCES. 14:46 THROUGH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH ADOPT-A-WORKER 14:50 PROGRAM, A WORKER CAN BE SPONSORED FOR $150 14:53 MONTHLY. 14:55 COMPARED TO FOREIGN MISSIONARIES COMING INTO A 14:57 COUNTRY NATIVE WORKERS HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES. 15:00 FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ALREADY KNOW THE CULTURE, RELIGION 15:04 AND LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE. 15:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE SOUTHERN 15:10 ASIA DIVISION. 15:11 MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED 15:14 INTO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AS A 15:16 RESULT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH SPONSORED WORKERS. 15:19 NOT ONLY ARE THEY EFFECTIVE THEY ARE 15:21 EFFICIENT. 15:22 ON AVERAGE, EVERY $6 INVESTED IN THEIR WORK 15:26 RESULTS IN A DECISION FOR JESUS THAT LEADS TO 15:29 BAPTISM. 15:30 BY CONTRAST, IT COSTS THOUSANDS TO HUNDREDS OF 15:33 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER BAPTISM IN THE UNITED 15:36 STATES. 15:38 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF 15:40 HONEST HEARTED PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING. 15:42 THEY NEED HOPE, THEY NEED THE SAVIOR. 15:45 YET, THEY'VE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR THE STORY 15:48 OF JESUS. 15:50 TODAY, IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 15:53 WE MUST HELP HASTEN THE LORD'S RETURN. 15:56 WE BELIEVE. 15:57 LET'S ACT. 16:10 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 16:12 AND WE PROMISED THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THE 16:15 INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY. 16:17 YES, YES WHICH COMES IN JANUARY WHILE I'M IN 16:22 TRIPURA. 16:23 I ALWAYS GO IN JANUARY BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS 16:25 PERFECT IN JANUARY. 16:26 SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. 16:34 HE WAS SEARCHED-I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WERE 16:37 EXPECTING TO FIND A GUN, NO DRUGS OR CIGARETTES 16:41 WERE ALLOWED. 16:42 IT WAS REPUBLIC DAY IN TRIPURA NORTHEAST INDIA. 16:47 A DAY TO CELEBRATE. 16:50 INDIA BECAME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY IN 16:53 1947. 16:54 NOW IT'S THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD 17:00 WITH SO MANY PEOPLE WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT OUR 17:04 SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. 17:06 TRIPURA IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST INDIAN STATES. 17:10 IT HAS 19 MAIN TRIBES AND ALL ARE REPRESENTED HERE 17:15 TODAY. 17:16 WE COULDN'T STAY LONG- WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE 17:20 VILLAGE OF TWIBAKLI TO SEE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 17:24 BIPOLA. 17:26 WE WERE TAKEN INTO A CHURCH THAT WE HAD HAD THE 17:29 PRIVILEGE OF HELPING TO PAY FOR AND THEN WE WERE 17:31 OFF TO THE BAPTISM. 17:33 ONE MORE TRICKY BRIDGE TO MANEUVER. 17:37 IT TOOK PLACE IN A FISH POND. 17:40 WHAT A JOY TO SEE CHANGED LIVES MAKING A PUBLIC 17:44 WITNESS TO THEIR NEW LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN. 17:47 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE YOUNG MAN IN THE VILLAGE. 17:54 HE WAS DOING SOME REALLY CRAZY THINGS. 17:57 HIS PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM. 18:00 THEY COULDN'T CONTROL HIM AT HOME. 18:02 HE WAS VIOLENT, DESTROYING THINGS. 18:05 THEY CALLED BIPOLA, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, 18:09 SHE PRAYED OVER HIM AND DECIDED ON A PLAN. 18:13 BIPOLA, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, IS 18:17 ACTUALLY A TEAM WORKER WITH HER HUSBAND WHO WORKS 18:21 FOR ADVENTIST MISSION. 18:22 TOGETHER THEY DECIDED TO TAKE THIS BOY WITH THEM ON 18:27 ALL OF THEIR VISITS. 18:29 THEY STUDIED WITH HIM AND THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE. 18:33 HIS VIOLENCE STOPPED. 18:35 HIS PARENTS WERE REALLY PLEASED AND HE DECIDED TO 18:39 BE A CHRISTIAN AND NOW HE IS BAPTIZED. 18:44 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE LADIES WHO WAS 18:46 BAPTIZED TODAY. 18:48 THE STORY BEGAN WHEN THE LADY WOULD FALL 18:51 UNCONSCIOUS. 18:53 SHE WAS TAKEN BY HER HUSBAND TO SEE THE LOCAL 19:00 HINDU PRIEST TO SEE WHAT HE COULD DO. 19:03 HE CHECKED HER OUT, TRIED TO DRIVE OUT ANY EVIL 19:06 SPIRITS. 19:07 HE WASN'T SUCCESSFUL SO THE HUSBAND TOOK HER TO A 19:11 CHRISTIAN HEALER. 19:13 STILL NO IMPROVEMENT AND THAT'S WHEN BIPOLA AND HER 19:17 VISITING TEAM ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. 19:20 THEY PRAYED OVER HER. 19:22 THEY VISITED REGULARLY. 19:24 THEY STUDIED THE BIBLE TOGETHER. 19:26 THE LADY MADE CHANGES IN HER WAYS OF LIVING. 19:29 GOD GAVE HER THE HEALING THAT SHE'D BEEN LOOKING 19:39 FOR. 19:40 TODAY, SHE WAS BAPTIZED AND NOW SHE IS PART OF THE 19:45 TEAM. 19:46 YOU AN BE PART OF THE TEAM ALSO WITH YOUR PRAYERS AND 19:50 YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT WE CAN HELP BIPOLA AND EMPLOY 19:55 SOME EXTRA HELPERS FOR MANY MORE VILLAGES IN THIS 20:00 GREAT COUNTRY OF INDIA. 20:02 YOU KNOW JOHN, YOU ARE VERY GOOD AT BRINGING 20:06 THESE STORIES TO US AND TELLING THE STORIES THAT 20:08 YOU FIND WHEN YOU GO THERE. 20:10 GOOD STORIES HAVE TO BE SOUGHT OUT. 20:12 HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN WHILE YOU ARE VISITING? 20:16 WELL, WHEN WE VISIT THE VILLAGE AND GREET THE 20:20 PEOPLE, THEY WANT TO SHOW US CERTAIN THINGS AND WE 20:24 FOLLOW ALONG. 20:26 AH, EVERYONE HAS A STORY, YOU KNOW. 20:29 YOU HAVE A STORY; I HAVE A STORY EVERYONE WE MEET HAS 20:33 A STORY BUT THE GOOD THING IS THAT THEY HAVE STORIES 20:38 ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE CHANGED. 20:40 YES. 20:41 HOW THEY ARE CHANGED FROM BEING WORRIED ABOUT 20:43 EVERYTHING, CONCERNED ABOUT EVIL SPIRITS ALL THE 20:49 TIME AND THEN SUDDENLY BEING AT PEACE BECAUSE 20:53 THEY KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR. 20:56 THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SOLUTION TO SIN. 21:00 YES. 21:01 THE SOLUTION THAT EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR. 21:04 THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID. 21:06 THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID. 21:07 NO. 21:08 NOW YOU NOTICE THAT LITTLE CHURCH THAT WAS ON THAT 21:12 VIDEO THERE AND I SAID THAT WE HAD A PART IN 21:14 THAT, YES, WELL, ACTUALLY THE CONFERENCE -THEY WILL 21:19 PROVIDE MONEY FOR A ROOF FOR A CHURCH UH, WHEN I GO 21:25 I ALWAYS GO WITH A FEW DOLLARS IN MY POCKET THAT 21:28 MY CHURCH MEMBERS HAVE RAISED AND GIVEN TO ME AND 21:32 WE SOMETIMES PROVIDE THE MATERIALS SO THAT THEY CAN 21:38 BUILD AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH SO, TOGETHER 21:43 WE CAN RAISE ONE OF THESE CHURCHES. 21:44 THE WALLS AND THE ROOF- YES. 21:46 YES, TOGETHER AND SOME OF OUR CHURCH -SOME OF OUR 21:50 LISTENERS MAY WANT TO HELP WITH SOME OF THIS BUT 21:54 MAINLY WHAT WE NEED IS WE NEED THEIR PRAYERS AND 22:00 THEN WE NEED THE FUNDING FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:03 WORKERS. 22:04 TELL US HOW THAT WORKS. 22:05 WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WATCHING THE PROGRAM ARE 22:08 PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT NOT 22:10 EVERYONE. 22:11 SOME ARE TUNING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME HEARING THIS 22:13 STORY AND WONDERING HOW, HOW DOES IT WORK WITH THE 22:16 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS? 22:17 WHAT'S THE STRUCTURE? 22:18 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU. 22:19 WHAT HAPPENS IS THE LOCAL MISSION LIKE IN 22:23 BANGLADESH, THE LOCAL MISSION THEY WILL DECIDE 22:26 WHERE THERE IS A VILLAGE THAT NEEDS A NEW CHURCH 22:30 -UNENTERED VILLAGE. 22:32 SO, THEY'LL CHOOSE THE VILLAGE AND THEN THEY'LL 22:34 CHOOSE A WORKER. 22:35 OF COURSE, THE WORKER HAS TO BE VETTED. 22:38 WE HAVE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET. 22:42 ONCE THEY'VE DONE THAT THEN THAT LOCAL WORKER IS 22:45 TRAINED. 22:45 SOMETIMES WE HELP WITH THAT TRAINING FOR 22:49 INSTANCE, LAST YEAR WE WERE DOING TRAINING IN 22:53 STORYTELLING TO HELP THE BIBLE WORKERS LEARN HOW TO 22:57 TELL BIBLE STORIES AND TO TELL THE DOCTRINES OF THE 23:02 CHURCH THROUGH BIBLE STORIES. 23:05 ONCE THAT IS DONE, THEY NEED MONEY. 23:08 UH HUH. 23:09 WE NEED WAGES AND SO THIS IS WHERE OUR LISTENERS 23:12 COME IN. 23:13 WE TELL THEM THE STORY, WE TELL THEM WHAT WE NEED, WE 23:16 TELL THEM WHERE THE WORK IS-WHERE THE MONEY IS 23:19 NEEDED AND WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT SOME OF OUR 23:24 LISTENERS WILL NOT ONLY JUST PRAY BUT THEY WILL 23:27 SUPPORT FINANCIALLY TO HELP THAT LOCAL MISSION OR 23:31 THAT LOCAL CONFERENCE. 23:32 THE STRUCTURE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH USES WITH 23:36 INDIGENOUS WORKERS IS NOT COMPLETELY UNIQUE BUT IT 23:39 IS SPECIAL. 23:40 YES, WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING THROUGH THE LOCAL CHURCH 23:43 ORGANIZATION SO WE NEVER WORK APART FROM THE CHURCH 23:47 ORGANIZATION. 23:48 WE ARE ALWAYS WORKING WITH THE LOCAL CHURCH 23:51 ORGANIZATON. 23:52 IT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP. 23:53 YES. 23:54 ANY PARTICULAR THING THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON NOW IN 23:59 YOUR REGION THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE 24:01 ARE AWARE OF? 24:03 WELL, I THINK THAT THIS IDEA OF TEACHING ALL OF 24:08 OUR WORKERS HOW TO TELL STORIES, HOW TO TELL THE 24:13 GOSPEL THROUGH STORIES IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 24:17 BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE CAN EVANGELIZE 24:22 BECAUSE ONCE A PERSON HAS HEARD THE STORY THEN THEY 24:25 CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY CAN REPEAT THAT 24:28 STORY. 24:29 WHEN THEY'VE HEARD THAT STORY, THEY CAN GO AND 24:32 REPEAT THAT STORY. 24:33 BUT WE NEED STORY - WE NEED A STORY. 24:36 ALL OF US LOVE TO HEAR A STORY AND WHEN WE THINK 24:39 ABOUT IT REALLY, WHEN WE READ OUR BIBLE AND WE READ 24:43 -THAT'S WHAT ENGAGES US, YES, AND WE ARE ALL PART 24:46 OF THE LARGE STORY OF GOD BRINGING HIS CHILDREN BACK 24:50 TO HIM. 24:51 YES. 24:52 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE KNOW HOW THE STORY IS 24:55 GOING TO END AS CHRISTIANS. 24:57 YES. 24:58 AND WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH GOD TOWARDS 25:01 THAT END. 25:02 ABSOLUTELY. 25:03 SPEAKING OF WORKING TOGETHER, AS YOU ARE 25:06 WATCHING THIS PROGRAM AS YOU ARE LISTENING TO JOHN, 25:09 I'M SURE YOU ARE THINKING HOW CAN I HELP? 25:12 HOW CAN I BE A PART AND SO I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO 25:16 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT GOAIM.ORG AND FIND OUT 25:20 MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. 25:22 FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE THROUGH YOUR 25:24 PRAYERS, OF COURSE, THROUGH SHARING WITH OTHER 25:27 PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING AND 25:30 THROUGH YOUR FINANCIAL GIFTS TO THE MINISTRY. 25:34 YOU ALSO WILL WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU ARE FINDING 25:36 OUT THE LATEST ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH GOSPEL 25:39 OUTREACH THROUGH THIS NEWSLETTER THAT COMES OUT 25:42 REGULARLY ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 25:45 AND I KNOW AT MY HOUSE, WE ARE HAPPY AND EXCITED 25:49 EVERYTIME THIS COMES IN THE MAIL. 25:51 WE PUT IT RIGHT THERE ON THE COFFEETABLE AND THE 25:53 KIDS, I'VE GOT THREE TEENAGERS AND MY HUSBAND 25:56 AND I WILL FIND VARIOUS ONES OF US OPENING THIS UP 26:00 AND READING THE STORIES AND ONCE IN AWHILE WE READ 26:02 THEM TOGETHER. 26:04 SO, JUST A GREAT WAY TO STAY UP TO DAY ABOUT WHAT 26:08 IS HAPPENING WITH THIS WONDERFUL MINISTRY. 26:10 SO, JOHN AND I AS WE ARE MEETING HERE TOGETHER AND 26:14 HEARING THESE STORIES AND LOOKING AT THE VIDEOS WE 26:17 FIND OURSELVES EXCITED AND INSPIRED AND I HOPE THAT 26:21 YOU ARE HAVING THAT SAME EXPERIENCE AND THAT YOU 26:24 WILL BECOME ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL 26:27 OUTREACH AND THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AROUND THE 26:30 WORLD TO LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW MUCH GOD REALLY LOVES 26:34 THEM. 26:35 HOW HE'S GOT A PLAN FOR THEM AND HE WANTS TO 26:36 RECONCILE EVERY HUMAN BEING TO COME BACK AND BE 26:40 CLOSE TO HIM. 26:42 THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN. 26:44 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 26:45 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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