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00:34 I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN
00:36 MISSIONS" FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:39 MY NAME IS OLE OLESEN AND WE ARE HERE ME AND OUR 00:44 GUEST TODAY JOHN DUROE, WELCOME. 00:46 GLAD YOU ARE HERE AGAIN. 00:47 THANK YOU. 00:48 I 'VE HAD THIS PRIVILEGE OF TALKING TO JOHN BEFORE. 00:50 IT IS FUN TO BE WITH HIM AGAIN AND I JUST WANT TO 00:54 TELL YOU IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK TO YOU TO KNOW 00:57 THAT YOU ARE WATCHING AND WONDERING WHAT "ADVENTURES 01:01 IN MISSION" GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS TO SHARE 01:03 TODAY. 01:04 WE HAVE SOME INTERESTING ONES. 01:06 TODAY, THEY ARE COMING FROM BANGLADESH AND JOHN 01:11 HAS HAD A MISSION THERE, HAS BEEN WORKING FOR 01:14 GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR HOW MANY YEARS NOW? 01:17 ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH BANGLADESH 01:20 PROBABLY MORE THAN 20 YEARS. 01:23 WHETHER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BEFORE OR AFTER, 01:25 YES BEFORE, OVER TWENTY YEARS AND SO THERE ARE 01:29 STORIES TO BE TOLD AND I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE 01:34 HERE TO DO THAT. 01:35 THANK YOU. 01:36 JOHN, TAKE US, LEAD US WHERE YOU WANT TO GO 01:38 BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME WONDERFUL VIDEOS TO 01:40 SHARE. 01:41 WELL, UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET INTO 01:46 BANGLADESH THIS YEAR. 01:48 SO, YOUR LAST TIME THERE WAS? 01:50 LAST YEAR. 01:51 I GOT IN JUST BEFORE COVID BEGAN TO CLOSE EVERYTHING 01:56 DOWN. 01:57 SO, THAT WOULD BE EARLY IN 2020. 01:59 IT WAS. 02:00 IT WAS IN FEBRUARY. 02:01 FEBRUARY YES. 02:05 NOW I NEARLY DIDN'T GET INTO BANGLADESH AT THAT 02:09 TIME EITHER BECAUSE THE BUS THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO 02:13 GET ON HAD A CRASH, OH, FORTUNATELY IT CRASHED IT 02:16 BEFORE I GOT ON IT. 02:17 OK. 02:18 YOU WERE NOT ONE OF THE CASUALTIES. 02:20 NO. 02:21 OFTEN IN BANGLADESH YOU'LL SEE UPTURNED BUSES BY THE 02:26 SIDE OF THE ROAD SO, THE BUS NEVER CAME AND SO I 02:31 GOT MY FRIEND TO DRIVE ME DOWN TO THE BORDER, UM, I 02:35 SHOWED MY PASSPORT TO CUSTOMS THROUGH THE INDIAN 02:40 SIDE AND THEN HAD TO WALK THROUGH NO MAN'S LAND. 02:43 AH YES. 02:44 BEFORE I GOT INTO BANGLADESH THERE. 02:47 THEY STOPPED ME AND TOOK MY TEMPERATURE AND TOLD ME 02:50 THAT I MUST BE WEARING A MASK AND EVERYTHING. 02:52 SO, YOU WERE THERE WHEN THE CONCERN HAD BEGUN TO 02:55 RISE ALREADY. 02:56 OH YES. 02:57 YES. 02:59 WHEN I GOT BACK TO ATLANTA, THAT'S WHEN I SAW 03:02 THERE WAS NO CONCERN AT ALL. 03:04 EVERYONE WAS JUST CROWDED INTO ATLANTA AIRPORT. 03:07 AH, SO THE CONCERN HAD NOT REACHED THE UNITED STATES 03:12 YET. 03:13 NO. 03:14 AH HA. 03:15 WELL, I'M GLAD YOU MADE IT IN AND OUT AND BACK HOME, 03:19 YES. 03:20 GLAD FOR THAT. 03:21 NOW UH, BANGLADESH IS A MUSLIM COUNTRY, RIGHT, BUT 03:27 THEY HAVE LOTS OF HINDUS AS WELL. 03:30 THE HINDUS HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FESTIVALS. 03:34 THEY CELEBRATE A NEW GOD EVERY MONTH. 03:36 OK. 03:38 AND THEY MAKE A DIFFERENT IDOL AND THE OLD IDOL THEY 03:41 JUST LEAVE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IF THEY DON'T 03:44 CARE ANYMORE. 03:45 WELL, ONE OF THE FESTIVALS IS THE HARI KRISHNA ONE 03:48 AND THEY HAVE THESE SINGERS THAT COME IN AND 03:51 THEY SING FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS. 03:54 OH MY. 03:55 AND THEY JUST KEEP GOING ALL THE TIME. 03:57 SO, ON THIS FIRST VIDEO THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW 04:02 YOU, IT STARTS WITH THE HARI KRISHNA FESTIVAL. 04:06 OK. 04:06 LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT IT. 04:07 OK. 04:08 (VIDEO PLAYING). 04:15 WHEN A HARI KRISHNA FESTIVAL STARTS, IT WILL 04:18 LAST FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS. 04:21 THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT HINDU FESTIVAL AND THE 04:25 MUSIC NEVER STOPS. 04:27 VARIOUS MUSICIANS AND DANCERS TAKE THEIR TURNS 04:31 AND THE AUDIENCE CONSTANTLY CHANGES AND 04:35 BECOMES QUITE INVOLVED IN THE SINGING AND THE 04:38 ATMOSPHERE. 04:39 THE PRIESTS ARE VISITED AND THE PEOPLE ARE 04:42 BLESSED. 04:43 PEOPLE ARE FED BY THE HUNDREDS. 04:47 ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORSHIPERS ARE INVOLVED. 04:52 FOR HINDUS, NEW GODS ARE WORSHIPED EVERY MONTH OF 04:56 THE YEAR. 04:57 TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN AND TO LEAVE ALL THIS BEHIND 05:01 IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 05:04 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HANNA KUMA DEBURMA. 05:08 HE WAS A HINDU IN TUABACLI VILLAGE. 05:13 I'D VISITED HIS VILLAGE THIS YEAR. 05:15 IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT I'D BEEN THERE IN 05:18 FACT, SOME OF THE MEMBERS IN THE CHURCH THAT I 05:21 ATTEND IN GREENVILLE, TENNESSEE HAD HELPED TO 05:24 PAY FOR THE SMALL CHURCH THERE. 05:27 I SHARED WITH THE BELIEVERS SOME OF THE 05:29 STORIES FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL. 05:31 ONE OF THE CITIES IS JERUSALEM AND THAT'S GOD'S 05:35 CITY. 05:37 WE SANG TOGETHER. 05:38 HANNA WAS EXAMINED BY PASTOR ZAMINGA OUR TRIPURA 05:43 MISSION PRESIDENT AND WE SET OFF FOR THE FISH POND. 05:48 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HERE IS GANGA HARI. 05:52 HE HAD BEEN HOLDING EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS FOR 05:55 THE LAST TWO WEEKS HELPED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 06:00 PRITISH AND PRABIR. 06:03 THEY NOW HAVE MORE THAN 30 MEMBERS HERE. 06:07 SOME OF THE VILLAGES ARE HESITATING BECAUSE THEY'VE 06:10 MADE VOWS TO HINDU GODS AND THEY ARE AFRAID TO 06:15 BREAK THEM. 06:16 THEY HAVE CHARMS AND TOKENS IN THEIR HOMES 06:19 REMINDING THEM OF THE PROMISES MADE. 06:22 HANNA HAD SOME DIFFICULT DECIISONS TO MAKE BUT HE 06:27 HAD BEEN CONTACTED PREVIOUSLY IN ANOTHER 06:30 VILLAGE BY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER PRABIR AND THEY HAD 06:33 STUDIED TOGETHER SO DURING THE MEETINGS PRABIR 06:37 VISITED WITH HIM AND ENCOURAGED HIM. 06:40 HE HAD MADE A DECISION AND TODAY HE WOULD BE 06:45 BAPTIZED. 06:47 THE WAY THERE WAS A LITTLE TRICKY BUT I MADE IT WITH 06:51 DRY SHOES AND A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS. 06:55 IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SETTING FOR A BAPTISM. 06:59 LIFE IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY AS A CHRISTIAN IN A 07:04 HINDU COUNTRY. 07:06 SOME WHO HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY OUR GOSPEL 07:09 OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE MADE DECISIONS TO BURN THEIR 07:12 CHARMS AND VOW TOKENS BUT OTHERS ARE STRUGGLING AND 07:17 FIND IT HARD TO GIVE UP THEIR OLD WAY OF LIFE. 07:22 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WILL CONTINUE WITH 07:25 THEIR WORK OF SHARING THE GOOD NEWS. 07:28 WE MUSTN'T FORGET THEM. 07:32 LET'S REMEMBER THEM IN OUR PRAYERS AND CONTINUE TO 07:36 SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY. 07:38 SO, THAT'S 2020 WHEN YOU WERE THERE, YES. 07:40 AND THESE ARE HUGE DECISIONS BECAUSE THESE 07:41 BELIEVERS WHETHER BEFORE THEY BECOME CHRISTIANS AND 07:42 AFTERWARDS, THEY LIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS SURROUNDED 07:44 BY THE FORCES OF THE UNSEEN AREN'T THEY? 07:45 YES. 07:46 AND IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT JUST TO LEAVE 08:13 ALL OF THESE CEREMONIES AND THINGS BEHIND THEM AND 08:18 SOMETIMES THERE'S A VOID WHEN THEY BECOME 08:22 CHRISTIANS. 08:25 I BELIEVE THAT. 08:26 BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A VERY RITUALISTIC, NO, FAITH 08:32 JOURNEY ARE WE? 08:33 NO, AND SO THAT ALL OF THAT DISAPPEARS AND IT HAS 08:37 TO BECOME THAT PERSONAL WALK WITH GOD. 08:41 YES. 08:42 I BET YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THEM ENTHUSED AND EXCITED 08:46 ABOUT THAT PERSONAL TOUCH BETWEEN THEM AND GOD THAT 08:49 HELPS THEM SURVIVE. 08:53 YES. 08:54 AND YOU PROBABLY NOTICED IN THE FILM, IT SPOKE 08:57 ABOUT THESE TOKENS, YES, THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR 09:01 HOMES FOR PROMISES THAT THEY'VE MADE TO A PREVIOUS 09:05 GOD. 09:06 UH HUH. 09:08 SO, THEY'VE MADE A PROMISE AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME 09:11 KIND OF TOKEN AND THEY WILL HANG IT IN THEIR ROOM 09:15 SOMEWHERE, IN THEIR HOUSE AND THIS IS A CONTINUAL 09:18 REMINDER, SURE, THAT THEY MADE A PROMISE TO THAT 09:22 GOD. 09:23 SO, WHEN THEY BECOME A CHRISTIAN WHAT TO DO WITH 09:27 THOSE PROMISES THAT THEY'VE MADE BEFORE. 09:31 OFTEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AND 09:35 THEN WE'LL MAKE THEM SOME FIRE AND WE'LL BURN THE 09:39 SYMBOLS AND SAY, THAT'S IT. 09:41 WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT SYMBOL 09:45 AND THAT GOD AND THAT PROMISE ANYMORE. 09:47 WE ARE FREED. 09:48 FREED FROM IT. 09:49 FREED FROM IT. 09:51 I'M JUST HEARING FROM MY OWN STANDPOINT, THE 09:54 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR PROMISES TO GOD OR THE 09:59 GODS VERSUS GOD'S PROMISES TO US. 10:03 THERE IS A REVERSAL THERE. 10:06 THAT'S WHAT IMPORTANT- GOD'S PROMISE TO US. 10:09 THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A STANDING. 10:10 YOU PROBABLY ALSO NOTICED IN THAT FILM THAT THERE 10:14 WERE ONE OR TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FROM 10:16 DIFFERENT VILLAGES. 10:18 YES, WHO MEET TOGETHER AND THEY'LL DO EVANGELISTIC 10:21 MEETINGS TOGETHER JUST TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND 10:24 ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER. 10:26 SOME OF THESE YOU'VE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS NOW HAVEN'T 10:28 YOU? 10:29 YES, I HAVE YES. 10:30 IT'S LIKE GOING BACK AND VISITING OLD FRIENDS. 10:32 AH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. 10:34 YOU HAVE ANOTHER FILM TO SHARE WITH US. 10:36 ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE BUILD UP THIS FAITH 10:41 JOURNEY, YES, SHARE WITH US. 10:44 WELL, YOU KNOW WHEN JESUS SPOKE HE WOULDN'T SPEAK 10:50 WITHOUT TELLING A STORY. 10:51 TRUE. 10:53 AND SO, WE'VE FOUND THAT THROUGH OUR GOSPEL 10:56 OUTREACH WORKERS IF WE CAN HELP THEM TO TEACH OTHERS 11:00 THROUGH STORIES THAT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY AND 11:06 THEN ONCE THE PERSON HAS HEARD THAT STORY AND 11:09 LEARNS THAT STORY THEN THEY CAN SHARE THAT STORY 11:11 WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 11:12 UH HUH. 11:14 NOW, WE ALSO HAVE, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN PERSONAL 11:21 STORY. 11:23 WE'VE ALL GOT A STORY. 11:24 YES. 11:25 AND IT IS THAT STORY THAT WE NEED TO SHARE WITH 11:27 OTHER PEOPLE. 11:28 PLUS, WE'VE GOT THE STORIES OF JESUS AS WELL. 11:33 SO, WE HAVE HIS STORIES BUT OUR JOURNEY IS UNIQUE 11:37 IN ITS OWN RIGHT. 11:38 YES. 11:38 AND TO SHARE OUR JOURNEY IS ANOTHER WAY TO 11:41 ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER. 11:42 YES, SO WE'VE BEEN TEACHING OUR GOSPEL 11:45 OUTREACH WORKERS HOW TO TELL STORIES AND HOW TO 11:49 TEACH THE TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE, UH HUH, THROUGH 11:53 THESE STORIES. 11:54 SO, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT ONE OF OUR TRAINING 11:56 SESSIONS. 11:57 LET ME JUST TALK TO OUR VIEWERS FOR A MOMENT. 11:59 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STORIES BEING TOLD IN THE 12:03 10/40 WINDOW. 12:05 HERE IT IS BANGLADESH BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A STORY AND 12:10 AS YOU LISTEN TO THIS, THINK ABOUT WHAT GOD CALLS 12:13 YOU TO DO. 12:14 WHAT STORIES DO YOU HAVE THAT NEED TO BE SHARED? 12:22 THIS MORNING AT MY HOME IN GREENVILLE, TENNESEE I 12:26 RECEIVED IN THE MAIL AN INVITATION TO THE 46TH 12:30 YEAR OF THE NATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL IN 12:35 JONESBORO. 12:36 JONESBORO IS THE OLDEST TOWN IN TENNESSEE AND IT 12:40 IS OUR NEIGHBORING TOWN. 12:42 KNOWN AS THE STORYTELLING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. 12:47 EACH OCTOBER, LARGE CIRCUS -LIKE TENTS ARE SPREAD 12:51 THROUGHOUT THE TOWN WHERE WORLD RENOWN TELLERS SPIN 12:56 THEIR TALES. 12:57 WE ARE ALL STORYTELLERS WHEN WE LIVE OUR LIVES 13:01 THROUGH A NETWORK OF STORIES. 13:04 BUT THE GREATEST STORYTELLER WHO EVER LIVED 13:07 IS JESUS. 13:08 AND THE GREATEST STORY IS THE STORY OF JESUS. 13:13 WE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAVE ONE AIM -TO SHARE HIS 13:17 STORY WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN HIM. 13:21 THE DEPARTMENT OF ADVENTIST MISSION AT 13:26 BANGLADESH HEADQUARTERS HOSTED A TRAINING SESSION 13:29 THIS YEAR TO LEARN NEW WAYS TO SHARE THE STORY OF 13:33 JESUS. 13:34 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS DEVELOPED A NEW TRAINING 13:37 MANUAL TO HELP PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW THE GOD OF THE 13:42 BIBLE THROUGH LEARNING HIS STORY. 13:45 WE WANT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS TO USE 13:53 CAREFULLY CHOSEN BIBLE STORIES AS THE BASIS FOR 13:57 ALL THEIR TEACHING. 13:59 JESUS NEVER TAUGHT WITHOUT USING A STORY. 14:02 DOCTOR LEE, OUR CHURCH PRESIDENT IN BANGLADESH 14:09 WAS NOT ONLY A WELCOMING HOST, BUT ALSO AN ACTIVE 14:14 STUDENT. 14:15 HE REALIZES THAT THE GOAL OF WITNESSING PROGRAMS IS 14:20 TO LEAD PEOPLE TO A PERSONAL LIFE TRANSFORMING 14:24 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. 14:26 WE PRAYED A LOT. 14:29 STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT TO BASICALLY FOLLOW SEVEN 14:33 STEPS IN THEIR BIBLE READING AND TEACHING. 14:36 NUMBER ONE: PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. 14:39 TWO: READ OR TELL A CHOSEN STORY. 14:42 THREE: REVIEW ALL THE IMPORTANT POINTS AND 14:51 REREAD. 14:52 FOUR: ASK WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT GOD? 14:57 FIVE: ASK WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT PEOPLE AND THEIR 15:00 CHOICES. 15:01 SIX: ASK WHAT CHOICES DO I NEED TO MAKE IN MY LIFE. 15:10 SEVEN: ASK WHOM WILL I SHARE THIS STORY WITH? 15:26 OUR AIM IS TO LEAD PEOPLE TO TRUST THE HOLY SPIRIT 15:31 FOR UNDERSTANDING AS WE STUDY GOD'S WORD AND THEN 15:35 TO BRING THEM INTO HOME- BASED FELLOWSHIP GROUPS 15:39 WHERE THEY CAN GROW AND MULTIPLY. 15:43 OUR STUDENTS WERE ENJOYING THEIR STUDY. 15:47 WE COULDN'T STOP THEM SINGING. 15:50 PAT GUSTIN FROM OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE SHARED HER 15:54 STORY. 15:55 SHE TOLD US HOW SHE CAME TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP 16:01 WITH JESUS. 16:02 WE ALL PREPARED OUR OWN PERSONAL STORY AND WE 16:05 SHARED IT WITH A PARTNER. 16:07 WE ALL HAVE A STORY AND WE PRAYED. 16:12 WESLEY SAMKO EXPLAINED HOW BIBLE STORIES LAY A 16:16 FOUNDATION FOR THE GREAT SALVATION STORY THAT 16:20 PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK THAT CAN PREPARE A BELIEVER TO 16:24 BE BAPTIZED INTO GOD'S CHURCH. 16:27 THAT'S A GOOD REASON TO SING. 16:31 WESLEY AND PAT PRESSED HOME THE POINT THAT IN 16:35 ORDER TO BE FAITHFUL TO OUR GOAL EACH NEWLY 16:39 ORGANIZED GROUP MUST BECOME A CENTER FOR 16:42 EVANGELISM AND SO, WE PRAYED. 16:46 BIBLE STORIES WERE LEARNED AND RECITED. 16:50 WE HAD SUCH FUN ACTING OUR MEMORIZED STORIES. 16:55 WHAT A JOY TO JOIN WITH GOD AS HE SHARES HIS STORY 17:01 WITH US. 17:03 YOU CAN HELP SHARE THE STORY WITH YOUR DONATION 17:07 TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:08 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PART IN HELPING TO SHARE THE 17:13 GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD. 17:26 JOHN, THOSE ARE EXCITING MOMENTS. 17:29 I LOVE THEIR ENTHUSIASM, YES, AS THEY SANG AND 17:34 HUGGED EACH OTHER, YES. 17:35 I DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN IN MY PART OF THE 17:39 WORLD BUT THAT ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT 17:44 SHARING STORIES. 17:46 YOU'VE SEEN THAT HAVE AN IMPACT OVER THERE HAVEN'T 17:48 YOU? 17:49 OH YES, THEY ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT DOING THIS 17:53 PROGRAM AND OF COURSE, WE ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE 17:57 THEM TO CONTINUE WITH THIS STORYTELLING. 18:00 AND I BET YOU HAD SOME FEEDBACK FROM THAT 18:05 ALREADY? 18:06 BUT LET ME JUST, LET ME MAKE A BREAK HERE. 18:08 WE -BANGLADESH FITS WITHIN THAT WINDOW -THE 10/40 18:15 WINDOW AS WE CALL IT. 18:19 WHAT IS THAT 10 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR TO 40 18:23 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR-THAT WINDOW ACROSS 18:27 AFRICA AND ASIA. 18:29 THAT'S WHERE BANGLADESH IS FOUND AND MANY, MANY 18:31 OTHERS WHO ARE STILL HUNGRY FOR A GOD THEY CAN 18:35 TRUST. 18:36 HUNGRY FOR ONE WHOSE PROMISES WILL BE KEPT BY 18:41 HIM AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH 18:45 THIS LITTLE REMINDER OF WHERE THESE MISSIONS ARE. 18:50 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 18:52 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO ONE THAT HIS RETURN 18:55 DEPENDS ON. 18:56 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 18:59 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 19:03 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 19:06 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 19:10 NINETY- SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 19:12 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 19:16 EQUATOR. 19:17 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH WITH THE 19:19 SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL GOSPEL 19:23 WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 19:25 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 19:28 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 19:30 CHALLENGES THAT FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 19:32 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 19:36 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 19:38 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 19:43 GOD'S LOVE. 19:44 JOIN US. 19:46 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 19:48 DONATE. 19:49 PRAY. 19:49 WELCOME BACK TO THIS INTERVIEW OF JOHN DUROE. 19:55 I MIGHT PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY. 19:57 IT IS FASCINATING TO SEE WHERE GOD IS WORKING AND 20:02 WHAT YOU JUST SAW THERE -REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE 20:06 LISTENING TO JOHN, THESE STORIES ARE ALSO CAPTURED 20:10 IN THIS LITTLE MAGAZINE CALLED ADVENTURES IN 20:13 MISSION. 20:14 IT IS PUBLISHED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 20:17 WE HAVE AN AMAZING CREW OF VOLUNTEERS WHO DO THIS AND 20:21 REMEMBER THAT EVERY CENT THAT YOU GIVE NONE OF IT 20:25 GOES TO SALARIES IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA, 20:29 NONE OF IT GOES TO SALARIES WHERE WE WORK. 20:32 THIS IS VOLUNTEER. 20:34 YOUR MONEY GOES TO SUPPORT THE VERY WORKERS THAT 20:39 YOU'VE BEEN TRAINING AND WATCHING WORK OVER THE 20:41 YEARS. 20:42 THEY HAVE-IT IS NOT A RICH STIPEND IS IT? 20:46 NO. 20:47 IT BARELY KEEPS THEM, BUT THEY FEEL THE CALL OF GOD 20:50 TO KEEP WORKING IN THAT AREA ANYWAY. 20:53 YES, THEIR SALARY IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT A REGULAR 20:58 PASTOR WOULD GET PAID. 21:01 OK. 21:02 AND IF YOU ARE YOUNG AND YOU ARE JUST STARTING OFF, 21:04 YOU CAN MANAGE OK. 21:05 ONCE YOU ARE MARRIED AND START TO HAVE CHILDREN 21:08 THEN IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO 21:10 SURVIVE. 21:11 I BELIEVE THAT. 21:12 ON THE GOSPEL OUTREACH STIPEND. 21:14 WOW. 21:14 THOSE STORIES ARE AVAILABLE. 21:16 YOU CAN GET THIS FOR FREE JUST GO TO GOAIM.ORG. 21:21 YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THIS. 21:23 PLEASE DO IT. 21:24 WELL, JOHN YOU WERE THERE IN 2020, YES, AND BETWEEN 21:30 THEN AND NOW HOW HAVE YOU STAYED IN TOUCH? 21:33 UH, JUST BE EMAIL. 21:35 EMAIL, YES. 21:36 OK. 21:37 WE MANAGE BUT IT IS NOT EASY. 21:41 WELL, I BET IT IS NOT. 21:44 BUT YOU KNOW, GOD IS IN CHARGE. 21:48 TRUE. 21:49 AND GOD WORKS THINGS OUT UH, WHEN YOU DECIDE TO GO 21:55 SOMEWHERE HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH VILLAGE TO GO TO? 22:00 WELL, SOMETIMES GOD IS AT WORK ALREADY AND HE'S GOT 22:05 HIS OWN PLANS. 22:07 IN THIS NEXT VIDEO THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW, IT WILL 22:10 SHOW HOW THE GOSPEL CAME TO THIS CERTAIN VILLAGE. 22:15 SO, LET'S WATCH THAT NOW. 22:16 (SINGING ON VIDEO). 22:27 OUR STORY BEGAN WHEN A YOUNG LADY IN PARMIGAN 22:31 VILLAGE, TRIPURA SAID GOODBYE TO HER MOTHER AND 22:35 WENT TO STAY FOR AWHILE WITH HER SISTER. 22:38 HER SISTER HAD BECOME A CHRISTIAN, A SEVENTH DAY 22:42 ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN. 22:44 OUR YOUNG LADY LIKES THE CHURCH AND THOUGHT IT 22:48 WOULD BE NICE IF HER VILLAGE COULD HAVE ONE 22:51 TOO. 22:52 WELL, SHE KNEW THE PRINCIPAL OF MISORUM 22:55 REFUGEE ACADEMY, VAN LALIANA. 23:00 I KNOW HIM TOO. 23:01 HE IS VERY EVANGELISTIC. 23:03 I VISITED HIS SCHOOL BEFORE AND WITNESSED LARGE 23:06 BAPTISMS AND HE SAID, "I CAN HELP YOU". 23:11 VAN LALIANA HAS CONNECTIONS. 23:15 HE CONTACTED ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 23:18 TANGSNAM TOGETHER THEY VISITED HER VILLAGE AND 23:22 THEY FOUND THE PEOPLE VERY FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING. 23:27 THEY BEGAN MAKING FRIENDS, TAKING AN INTEREST IN 23:31 THEIR WORK. 23:32 THE LADIES WERE DOING SOME VERY FINE WEAVING. 23:36 PEOPLE WERE LISTENING TO THE BIBLE STUDIES AND AS 23:39 THEY INTERESTS GREW, THEY DECIDED TO HOLD SOME 23:44 EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. 23:46 THEY'D ALREADY BAPTIZED NINTEEN BELIEVERS AND 23:49 ANOTHER THREE WERE TO BE BAPTIZED TODAY. 23:53 A YOUNG COUPLE AND THE MAN'S BROTHER BUT FIRST A 23:58 BABY DEDICATION. 24:00 THE YOUNG COUPLE HAD BEEN TAKING CARE OF A PINEAPPLE 24:04 FARM AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE 24:08 BAPTISM THERE. 24:10 THE BRIDGE ON THE WAY WAS A LITTLE TRICKY BUT THE 24:14 SECOND ONE WAS BETTER. 24:16 ONE OF OUR DISTRICT PASTORS WAS WITH US TO 24:19 HELP WITH THE BAPTISM. 24:20 I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE SOME FRUIT THAT CAME FROM THAT 24:26 ONE WOMAN'S DREAM OF A CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 24:29 THIS IS ONE OF THE HOMES WHERE BIBLE STUDIES WERE 24:33 GIVEN TO PREPARE TODAY'S CANDIDATES. 24:37 THE HUSBAND DID HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM. 24:42 PREVIOUSLY, HE HAD MADE A PROMISE TO ONE OF HIS OLD 24:46 GODS. 24:47 HE'D KEPT A TOKEN OF THAT PROMISE IN HIS HOUSE BUT 24:51 TODAY HE WANTED TO GET RID OF IT. 24:55 HE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS OLD HINDU GODS 25:00 SO TODAY WE BURNED IT AND WE PLACED THIS YOUNG MAN 25:05 IN THE HANDS OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN. 25:08 ON THE WAY BACK, WE FOUND THAT SOMEONE HAD TAKEN 25:09 AWAY THAT FLIMSY BRIDGE BUT FORTUNATELY WE HAD 25:11 SOME STRONG YOUNG MEN THAT CAME TO OUR AID. 25:27 IN TRIPURA, NORTHEAST INDIA, THERE ARE SO MANY 25:32 MORE VILLAGES THAT NEED A CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 25:36 WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS AND WE ALSO NEED FINANCIAL 25:41 SUPPORT TO HIRE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:52 (SINGING). 25:55 JOHN, THOSE ARE BIG MOMENTS. 25:58 YOU CAUGHT HOW HE TOOK DOWN THAT TOKEN AGAIN OF 26:04 HIS PREVIOUS VOWS AND BURNED IT UP. 26:07 I'M GUESSING THAT THE SPIRITS THAT HE WORSHIPED 26:15 PREVIOUSLY DO NOT GIVE UP EASILY. 26:17 NO. 26:19 THE POWER OF GOD HAS TO SUSTAIN THROUGH THAT TIME. 26:22 YES. 26:23 AND YOU, YOU HAVE WATCHED THIS, YOU'VE HEARD THE 26:27 STORIES FROM THEM, THAT WE WANT TO CALL IT THE GREAT 26:31 CONTROVERSY. 26:33 IT BECOMES VERY, VERY PERSONAL IN THOSE SETTINGS 26:36 DOESN'T IT? 26:37 YES. 26:38 WHAT IS IT IN THE STORY OF JESUS THAT HOLDS THEM AND 26:43 KEEPS THEM SUSTAINED THERE? 26:45 WELL, I THINK IT IS WHEN THEY SEE THE LOVE OF GOD 26:49 THE LOVE THAT GOD HAS FOR THEM AND THEY WANT TO 26:56 SHARE THAT LOVE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 26:59 AH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 27:00 WE ARE DOWN TO OUR LAST MINUTE AND I THINK THAT 27:04 THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO END. 27:07 JESUS ONCE SAID THAT THEY WILL KNOW YOU ARE MY 27:09 DISCIPLES BY YOUR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER AND WHEN THEY 27:14 CAN ENTER A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THAT INCLUDES 27:18 OTHERS WHO CARE AND LOVE AND THEY SEE THE LOVE OF 27:22 GOD THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL WAY. 27:25 WHEN THAT PRINCIPAL SAID, YES, I CAN HELP YOU. 27:30 YOU YES YOU, CAN ALSO HELP. 27:33 YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT THOSE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 27:37 AMEN. 27:38 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, GOD BLESS YOU AS 27:41 YOU LISTEN TO GOD'S VOICE IN YOUR LIFE. 27:45 IF HE IS CALLING YOU TO SUPPORT, SAY YES. 27:47 IF HE IS CALLING YOU TO GO, SAY YES. 27:51 GOD BLESS YOU ALL. 27:52 HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. 27:53 çMUSIC PLAYINGÑ. |
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