Participants: Fred Webb, Julie Saunders-Keymer
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000345
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00:03 OPENING MUSIC.
00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE JOINING US. 00:21 WE ARE JOINED HERE BY DR. FRED WEBB. 00:23 FRED, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. 00:25 THANK YOU. 00:26 IT'S MY PRIVILEGE. 00:27 IT'S GOING TO BE A TREAT TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR AREA OF THE WORLD WHERE YOU 00:31 WORK WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:32 SHARE WHERE THAT IS. 00:33 IT'S THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 00:38 THAT'S A BIG TERRITORY, FRED. 00:41 NOT AS BIG AS SOME OF THE OTHERS BUT IT TAKES ME ABOUT FIVE WEEKS TO COVER IT. 00:47 IT KEEPS YOU BUSY THEN. 00:49 YES. 00:50 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL 00:54 OUTREACH AND WHY YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT TODAY. 00:57 MY WIFE AND I SPENT FIVE YEARS IN WEST AFRICA AS MISSIONARIES. 01:01 WE WENT HOME AND RAISED OUR KIDS. 01:04 THEN WE WENT BACK TO THE MISSION FIELD, THIS TIME TO THE PHILIPPINES. 01:07 WE WORKED AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE FOR EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS. 01:09 FROM THERE WE WENT TO AIIAS (ADVENTIST INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 01:15 ADVANCED STUDIES) WHICH IS A GENERAL CONFERENCE GRADUATE SCHOOL NEAR MANILA. 01:19 WE WORKED THERE FOR ANOTHER THREE AND A HALF YEARS. 01:21 AS I WAS FINISHING THERE I MET DR. STEFANOVIC, AND HE SAID "YOU'RE RETIRING AND 01:28 YOU KNOW THE PHILIPPINES AND YOU KNOW THE SULADS DOWN AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 01:32 WHY DON'T YOU JOIN GOSPEL OUTREACH?" 01:33 HE RECRUITED YOU. 01:35 IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH RECRUITING. 01:37 GOOD JOB ON HIS PART AND GOOD JOB ON YOUR PART. 01:40 I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE A PART OF IT. 01:41 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED?" 01:44 THAT WAS IN 2005. 01:45 YOU'RE A REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 01:47 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN WE USE THE TERM REGIONAL DIRECTOR? 01:50 THAT MEANS THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELISTS WHO 01:57 ARE WORKING IN THAT REGION. 01:58 I GO VISIT THEM ONCE A YEAR TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DOING WHAT WE WANT THEM 02:02 TO DO AND THAT THE MISSION IS TREATING THEM FAIRLY AND EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL. 02:07 YOU CHECK IN ON THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE GETTING EVERYTHING DONE 02:11 AND THEIR NEEDS ARE MET. 02:12 RIGHT. 02:13 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS YOU HAVE? 02:16 HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? 02:18 WE HAVE ABOUT 50 IN THE PHILIPPINES RANGING FROM BAGUIO IN THE NORTH TO 02:23 GENERAL SANTOS CITY IN THE SOUTH, FROM BOOKE'S POINT AND ILOILO IN THE WEST ALL 02:29 THE WAY ACROSS TO TACLOBAN IN THE EAST. 02:33 IT'S BASICALLY THE WHOLE COUNTRY. 02:34 DO THESE WORKERS SPEAK ENGLISH? 02:38 MOST OF THEM SPEAK ENGLISH. 02:40 ENGLISH IS ONE OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES IN THE PHILIPPINES. 02:43 WHAT OTHER LANGUAGES DO THEY SPEAK? 02:45 OH, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF DIALECTS. 02:48 WHEN DO YOU USUALLY GO TO SEE THEM? 02:55 USUALLY IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH. 02:57 THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE DRY SEASON. 02:59 IT'S EASIER TO GET OUT INTO THE MOUNTAINS 03:01 AND TO THE PLACES WHERE THE PEOPLE WORK. 03:03 AND IT'S ABOUT THE ONLY TIME I CAN GET AWAY FROM MY FARM AT HOME. 03:05 SO IT WORKS WELL FOR ALL OF YOU. 03:08 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT SOME OF THE WORKERS THERE. 03:11 IS THERE ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT COMES TO MIND? 03:14 YES, THERE IS ONE LADY. 03:18 WE HAVE LADY WORKERS AS WELL AS MEN. 03:20 THERE'S A LADY IN NORTHERN LUZON WHO WORKS REAL WELL WITH CHILDREN. 03:25 SHE HAS DONE EXTREMELY WELL IN BRINGING PARENTS TO MEETINGS THROUGH THE CHILDREN. 03:31 THAT'S HOW SHE'S SPREADING THE LOVE OF THE LORD--THROUGH THE CHILDREN. 03:36 DO THEY HAVE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS? 03:40 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THEY MINISTER? 03:42 THE GENERAL PLAN IS THAT THEY CHOOSE WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. 03:46 THEN THEY MAKE A PLAN OF HOW THEY ARE GOING TO REACH THESE PEOPLE. 03:50 THEY SURVEY THE VILLAGE TO SEE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND TRY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. 03:55 THEY USUALLY START OUT WITH A SORT OF FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM. 03:58 IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DON'T GO AND START PREACHING THE FIRST DAY. 04:01 THAT'S KIND OF WHAT JESUS DID IN THE BIBLE ISN'T IT? 04:04 RIGHT. 04:05 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WORKERS FINDING OUT AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE? 04:09 ARE THEY HUNGRY TO KNOW THAT THE LORD LOVES THEM? 04:12 DO THEY KNOW THAT? 04:12 MANY ARE VERY HUNGRY. 04:15 IN ONE OF MY OTHER PROGRAMS, I'LL BE TELLING SOME INTERESTING STORIES 04:19 ABOUT HOW PASTORS HAVE WANTED TO JOIN PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE SABBATH. 04:25 SO THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CHRISTIANS. 04:30 THAT'S THE BIG DRAWING CARD. 04:32 FOR WHAT REASONS? 04:33 WELL, THEY HAVE READ THE BIBLE. 04:34 WHEN THEY ASK A QUESTION TO THEIR PROFESSORS IN THE SEMINARY, THEY GET A 04:37 DIFFERENT ANSWER EVERY TIME. 04:38 SO WHEN WE TELL THEM STRAIGHT FROM THE BIBLE, THEY SAY "OH, THIS IS RIGHT." 04:42 DO THEY COME UPON ANY SOCIAL PROBLEMS BY OBSERVING THE SABBATH? 04:48 SOME DO. 04:50 SO THAT'S SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 04:55 WORKERS TO HELP THEM. 04:56 RIGHT. 04:58 TELL US ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS IN THE PHILIPPINES. 05:03 WE HAVE ABOUT A MILLION WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS NORTH AMERICA. 05:07 SO PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO LEARN MORE, WANTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 05:16 SABBATH AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 05:17 THE PHILIPPINES IS THE ONLY CHRISTIAN NATION IN THE FAR EAST. 05:22 YOU WERE THERE RECENTLY AND YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES TO SHARE. 05:28 LET'S LOOK AT THOSE. 05:30 WE ARE GOING TO START OUT IN LEGASPI. 05:32 LEGASPI IS THE HOME OF MAYON VOLCANO . 05:36 OH, I'VE HEARD OF THAT. 05:38 THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST PERFECT CONES IN THE WORLD. 05:42 I WANTED TO GET A PICTURE OF IT. 05:44 THE DAY BEFORE I WAS THERE IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAR. 05:47 I WAS THERE FOR THREE DAYS AND THIS WAS THE BEST PICTURE I COULD GET OF IT. 05:50 I THINK YOU DID WELL. 05:52 SO I BOUGHT SOME PICTURES. 05:53 GOOD JOB. 05:55 OH WOW! 05:56 THAT IS A DIFFERENT LOOK OF IT. 05:58 IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 06:01 IT BLEW OFF NOT TOO LONG AGO. 06:03 THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE LAST ERUPTION. 06:06 IT DOMINATES THE SCENERY WHEN YOU'RE IN LEGASPI . 06:11 IT IS SUCH A BIG AREA. 06:13 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HERE. 06:18 THE MAN ON THE LEFT IS EFRIN DEOPANTE . 06:20 HE HAS JUST STARTED. 06:24 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK BEGAN IN THIS MISSION LAST JULY, SO IT IS REALLY JUST GETTING STARTED. 06:31 THE MAN ON THE RIGHT IS MR. CRISTO . 06:34 THAT'S A GOOD NAME, ISN'T IT. 06:37 I LIKE HIS NAME. 06:39 HE IS ONE BEING STUDIED WITH NOW AND HAS LOANED HIS HOME AS A PLACE FOR WORSHIP. 06:43 WE ARE VISITING IN HIS HOME HERE. 06:45 ARE THERE A LOT OF HOME CHURCHES? 06:49 IS THAT WHERE PEOPLE GATHER ON SABBATH? 06:51 YES, THAT'S WHERE THEY BEGIN. 06:52 THERE ARE CALLS FOR CHURCHES EVERYWHERE WE GO. 06:56 THEY WANT CHURCH BUILDINGS. 06:58 THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE TEASED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE TO WORSHIP. 07:03 OTHER PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO GO AND THEY DON'T? 07:07 RIGHT. 07:08 THIS IS MR. CRISTO AND HIS FAMILY 07:10 AND TWO OF OUR MISSION WORKERS AND MR. DEOPANTE. 07:17 ARE THEY STANDING IN FRONT OF A HOUSE? 07:18 THIS IS THE HOUSE CHURCH. 07:20 WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT HERE IS THEIR HOUSE, AND HERE IS THE CHURCH PART 07:26 ATTACHED TO THE BACK. 07:28 THIS WAS ADDED ON AFTER HE STARTED HIS STUDIES SO THEY COULD HAVE A PLACE TO WORSHIP. 07:31 THEY HAVE ANOTHER PLACE AVAILABLE. 07:36 A FILIPINO ADVENTIST LIVING IN NEW YORK OWNS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. 07:43 HE SAID HE WOULD DONATE IT IF WE COULD BUILD A CHURCH ON IT. 07:47 IF THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A CHURCH, SEND YOUR 07:52 MONEY TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 07:54 WHEN THERE'S ENOUGH THERE, THEN GOSPEL OUTREACH CAN APPROVE A CHURCH. 07:57 WHILE WE'RE HERE, WHY DON'T WE GIVE OUT THAT INFORMATION. 08:01 YOU CAN SEND YOUR CHECK TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, 08:46 THOSE ARE WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN GIVE A DONATION AND SPECIFY IT FOR THE CHURCH? 08:55 YES, GIVE IT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 08:57 I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS PROJECT DONE, BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH NEEDS THE MONEY. 09:04 I TRY NOT TO PLUG ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT. 09:07 YES, I USE THE PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE. 09:11 THAT WAS A GOOD BREAK, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO A DIFFERENT PLACE. 09:15 THIS IS THE LITTLE TOWN OF SAWANGA , AND THAT'S THE ROAD. 09:22 THAT'S NOT A SIDEWALK; IT'S A ROAD. 09:25 IT'S CLOSED IN ON BOTH SIDES. 09:28 WHEN YOU TURN AROUND AND LOOK THE OTHER WAY THAT'S THE OCEAN. 09:32 IT'S THAT CLOSE. 09:33 IF THERE WAS A TSUNAMI, THEY WOULD BE INUNDATED VERY QUICKLY. 09:39 THIS IS ON THE EAST COAST SO THEY WERE VULNERABLE WHEN THE TSUNAMI WENT THROUGH, 09:47 BUT FORTUNATELY THERE WAS VERY LITTLE DAMAGE DONE TO THE 09:50 PHILIPPINES FROM THE JAPANESE TSUNAMI. 09:53 THIS IS JOSE DAYSON OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER ON THE RIGHT. 09:58 THEY MADE A PLACE TO WORSHIP, AND THIS MAN ON THE LEFT 10:02 HAS OFFERED A PLACE FOR THEM TO BUILD A CHURCH. 10:05 SO WE HAVE PLACES TO BUILD. 10:08 HE IS NOT AN ADVENTIST YET, BUT HE SAYS "WELL, YOU NEED A PLACE TO WORSHIP, 10:12 AND I'D BE HAPPY TO LET YOU USE MY PROPERTY." 10:14 IS HE A CHRISTIAN? 10:16 HE IS TAKING STUDIES. 10:17 HERE WE ARE EXAMINING THE PROPERTY A LITTLE MORE CAREFULLY. 10:22 LOOK AT ALL THE BANANA TREES. 10:24 OH YES. 10:25 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I ENJOY OUT THERE. 10:28 I LOVE THE BANANAS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND ALL THE FRUIT. 10:29 OH YES, AND THE MANGOES. 10:31 HERE IS BROTHER DYSON AGAIN WITH A BROTHER IN CHRIST. 10:45 HE IS THE ONE WHO IS STUDYING. 10:48 HE HAD A STROKE AND WAS COMPLETELY PARALYZED. 10:51 BROTHER DYSON PRAYED FOR HIM, AND OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT THREE WEEKS, HE CAN 10:57 NOW STAND AND WALK AND TALK AND PERFORM VERY MUCH. 11:03 YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE STORIES THAT WE KEEP HEARING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:06 IT IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TAKING THE TIME AND GOING TO THEIR GOD 11:11 AND PRAYING FOR ONE OF THEIR FELLOW BROTHERS OR SISTERS AND WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR THEM. 11:17 HE STILL WORKS MIRACLES. 11:19 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT GOING OUT THERE BECAUSE I SEE THESE 11:22 MIRACLES TIME AFTER TIME AND I HEAR THE STORIES. 11:25 SOME OF THEM ARE HARD TO BELIEVE EVEN WHEN I KNOW THE PEOPLE IT HAPPENED TO. 11:30 PRAISE THE LORD! 11:31 WE'RE IN ANOTHER PLACE NOW. 11:37 THIS IS ABOUT AS FAR NORTH AS YOU CAN GO IN THE SOUTHERN LUZON MISSION. 11:40 IF YOU GO A LITTLER FURTHER NORTH YOU WOULD BE IN SOUTH CENTRAL LUZON. 11:43 THIS IS JIMMY TUAZON . 11:45 HE IS THE WORKER THERE, AND HE IS GATHERING A FEW PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WORSHIP THE LORD. 11:52 THIS IS A CHURCH ELDER WITH HIM ON THE RIGHT AND A LADY AND HER CHILDREN. 11:59 JIMMY SAYS IT'S TOO MUCH WORK FOR HIM TO DO ALONE, SO HE HAS RECRUITED THIS 12:06 OTHER YOUNG MAN TO WORK WITH HIM. 12:08 JIMMY IS ON THE RIGHT. 12:12 THE OTHER YOUNG MAN IS WORKING WITH HIM. 12:13 HE RECEIVES NO STIPEND BUT IS WORKING RIGHT ALONG WITH HIM. 12:17 IT'S COOPERATION. 12:20 IT'S SYNERGY. 12:22 I DID A PROGRAM ON SYNERGY A WHILE BACK AND IT WORKS. 12:27 I PROMOTE THAT EVERYWHERE I GO. 12:29 THIS IS A VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL PROJECT. 12:32 TELL ME ABOUT THE KIDS. 12:37 ARE THE CHILDREN INTERESTED IN THIS? 12:40 OH, THEY GET EXCITED. 12:41 FILIPINO CHILDREN LIKE TO COME AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. 12:48 THEY ARE CURIOUS. 12:49 THEY JOIN THESE PROGRAMS AND REALLY GET INTO IT. 12:53 THEN THE PARENTS SAY, "WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE." 12:57 THEY COME AND MANY TIMES THEY JOIN AS WELL. 13:01 THIS IS THAT SAME GROUP. 13:03 THEY ARE WORSHIPPING THERE, AND THEY ARE ENJOYING THEIR TIME TOGETHER. 13:10 MY PRIVILEGE IS TO GO AROUND AND VISIT THEM. 13:13 MANY TIMES I DON'T SEE THE WHOLE GROUP. 13:15 I DID NOT SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. 13:17 THIS IS A PICTURE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME. 13:19 THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING BIBLE STUDIES AND STUDYING. 13:25 NOW WE ARE GOING TO A DIFFERENT PLACE. 13:30 WE'RE NOW IN SOUTH CENTRAL LUZON CONFERENCE. 13:35 BUT THERE ARE STILL MANY, MANY PLACES IN THAT CONFERENCE THAT ARE NOT ENTERED. 13:41 SOME PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN ENTERED NO LONGER HAVE BELIEVERS. 13:47 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS PLACE. 13:48 THIS IS ON THE ISLAND OF MINDORO AND THE TOWN OF ABRA DE ILOG . 13:53 THAT'S A COOL NAME. 13:56 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. 13:57 THIS IS A CHURCH THAT WAS BUILT WHEN THERE WAS A BIBLE WORKER THERE, 14:04 NOT GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT A BIBLE WORKER. 14:06 WHEN THE CONFERENCE MOVED HIM TO ANOTHER PLACE, THE CHURCH DIED, AND THE 14:13 BUILDING SAT EMPTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 14:16 IT BECAME THE HIDEOUT FOR DRUNKARDS AND PEOPLE USED IT AS A BARN FOR THEIR GOATS. 14:25 IT SAT EMPTY FOR MANY YEARS. 14:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH SENT A WORKER THERE AND THIS IS HALF OF THE CONGREGATION. 14:35 LOOK AT THAT. 14:36 HE HAS ONLY BEEN THERE SINCE JUNE. 14:39 WHAT HE DID WAS FIND SOME OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS AND BROUGHT THEM BACK. 14:46 OF COURSE THEY REACHED OUT TO OTHERS AND ARE BRINGING THEM IN. 14:50 I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE. 14:54 THE WORKER ON THE RIGHT IS ROGER GALACIA AND I'M STANDING IN THE BACK. 15:05 THE FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE. 15:11 THEY ARE INTERESTED IN STUDYING THE BIBLE AND ARE TAKING BIBLE STUDIES AND 15:24 ATTENDING CHURCH EVERY SABBATH. 15:26 WE'RE GETTING SOME OF THE INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE AREA. 15:30 IS THIS INSIDE THAT CHURCH? 15:34 YES. 15:34 THIS LADY IS SISTER MERLY . 15:38 SHE WAS ONE OF THE EARLY ONES WHO WERE BAPTIZED. 15:43 WHEN THE CHURCH CLOSED SHE CRIED. 15:47 SHE SAID, "OUR CHURCH IS CLOSED." 15:49 SO SHE PRAYED AND SHE PRAYED AND SHE PRAYED. 15:53 FOR FIVE YEARS SHE PRAYED. 15:55 THEN THE MISSION WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH HELP SEND ROGER TO ABRA DE ILOG . 16:03 THE CHURCH IS NOW REOPENED, AND SHE WAS SO HAPPY THAT HER PRAYERS 16:08 WERE FINALLY ANSWERED. 16:10 THIS IS ROGER AND HIS FAMILY. 16:14 HIS WIFE IS A SCHOOL TEACHER, NOT IN AN ADVENTIST SCHOOL, AND SHE 16:18 HELPS HIM QUITE A BIT TAKING CARE OF THE CHILDREN DURING THE 16:22 SABBATH SERVICES. 16:24 THIS IS ABOUT FIVE OR SIX KILOMETERS AWAY FROM THE CHURCH. 16:32 IT'S OUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE A LITTLE WAYS. 16:35 THIS IS A MANGYAN VILLAGE. 16:38 MANGYAN IS A COLLECTIVE TERM FOR THE TRIBAL PEOPLE OF MINDORO . 16:42 THESE ARE THE KIND OF HOUSES THEY LIVE IN. 16:48 DO THEY LIVE MORE REMOTELY? 16:50 THEY LIVE IN THEIR TRIBAL AREAS. 16:52 THEY ARE STILL FAIRLY PRIMITIVE IN THEIR PRACTICES. 16:57 THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE. 17:00 THEY ARE A LITTLE DARKER COLOR THAN THE AVERAGE FILIPINO. 17:04 THEY ARE VERY NICE PEOPLE FROM WHAT I COULD SEE. 17:09 THEY GET TOGETHER AND SING. 17:12 ROGER HAS TAUGHT THEM HOW TO SING GOSPEL HYMNS. 17:15 HE JUST STRUMMED THE GUITAR AND THEY WOULD SING. 17:21 IT WAS QUITE MOVING. 17:22 HOW FAR IS THIS FROM THE CHURCH THAT WAS REOPENED? 17:25 ABOUT SIX KILOMETERS. 17:27 MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE MILES. 17:29 DID YOU WALK THERE? 17:32 NO, WE RODE OUT IN A CAR. 17:34 ONE OF THE BRETHREN THERE HAD A CAR. 17:39 IT WAS QUITE A MOVING EXPERIENCE FOR ME TO SEE THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN 17:46 HEATHEN WHO ARE NOW STUDYING THE BIBLE AND GOING TO CHURCH EVERY SABBATH. 17:53 AND LEARNING ABOUT THE LOVE OF THE LORD. 17:54 THEY HAVE STARTED BUILDING A CHURCH WITH WHAT LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THEY HAD. 17:57 THEY ARE NOT FINISHED YET. 17:59 THEY NEED MORE MONEY TO FINISH IT, BUT THEY HAVE STARTED. 18:02 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING HOW OFTEN TIMES, IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE LEAST 18:06 THAT ARE THE ONES WHO GET GOING AND THEY GIVE THE MOST. 18:08 THEY ARE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AROUND AND HOPING TO BRING IN MORE 18:17 PEOPLE TO JOIN THEM. 18:19 OH, WHAT A NICE FAMILY. 18:25 THIS IS JUBI ESTRANO , HIS WIFE AND LITTLE BOY. 18:29 THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF MABITAC . 18:34 ONE OF THE WAYS THEY HAVE TRIED TO REACH OUT IS THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICES. 18:42 THIS IS JUBI ALONG WITH A COUPLE WHO ARE STUDYING. 18:48 YOU MAY WONDER WHY HE HAS THAT HANDKERCHIEF AT HIS FACE. 18:52 HE HAD A STROKE AND THAT SIDE OF HIS MOUTH HANGS WAY DOWN. 18:55 HE COVERS IT UP WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO TAKE A PICTURE, BUT HE WAS VERY 19:00 EAGER TO TALK AND WAS NOT ASHAMED TO HAVE HIS PICTURE TAKEN. 19:04 HE JUST WANTED TO COVER THAT SPOT. 19:05 THEY ARE VERY INTERESTING AND FAITHFUL PEOPLE. 19:09 ONE OF THE WAYS THEY HAVE STARTED TO REACH OUT 19:12 TO THE COMMUNITY IS THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE. 19:15 THE COMMUNITY PROCLAIMED A CLEANUP DAY. 19:18 HE RECRUITED SOME CHURCH MEMBERS FROM A NEARBY CHURCH TO COME AND HELP. 19:24 THIS IS THE WAY THEY ARE SHOWING THEY ARE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND ARE A 19:30 PART OF THE PROGRAM. 19:32 THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF THE TEAM AFTER THEY HAD FINISHED ALONG WITH THE 19:36 OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM. 19:39 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IS AN OPENING WEDGE. 19:46 WE FOUND THIS TO BE TRUE IN MANY PLACES. 19:48 YOU REACH THE PARENTS THROUGH THE CHILDREN. 19:50 YOU GET THE CHILDREN INVOLVED AND THE PARENTS WILL COME ALONG. 19:55 IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THESE THINGS HAPPEN. 19:59 HE HAS ONLY BEEN THERE SINCE JUNE OF LAST YEAR. 20:02 THIS WAS IN FEBRUARY WHEN I TOOK THESE PICTURES. 20:06 THEY HAVE MADE REAL PROGRESS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 20:09 OH, LOOK AT THEIR ART PROJECTS. 20:13 THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR WORK. 20:15 THEY ARE CUTE KIDS. 20:17 MANY TIMES I TAKE CLOSE-UP PICTURES OF THEIR FACES BECAUSE THEIR EYES JUST SPARKLE. 20:23 WHEN YOU GET THEM TO SINGING, THEY SING LUSTILY. 20:27 THEY ENJOY SINGING GOSPEL SONGS. 20:30 I HOPE YOU ARE OKAY THERE. 20:35 THEY INVITED ME TO COME IN AND TALK TO THE PRISONERS. 20:39 THIS IS AT A POLICE STATION AND A JAIL. 20:43 THEY HAD ME COME IN AND TALK TO THEM. 20:45 I GAVE THEM A BRIEF GOSPEL STORY AND PRAYED FOR THEM AND TOLD THEM I EXPECTED 20:50 TO SEE THEM IN HEAVEN ONE DAY. 20:51 HOW WAS THAT RECEIVED? 20:53 THEY STOOD THERE QUIETLY. 20:54 THEY ALL BOWED THEIR HEADS WHEN WE PRAYED. 20:56 THEY SEEMED TO RECEIVE IT VERY WELL. 20:58 THE MAN STANDING NEXT TO ME ON MY RIGHT, TO THE LEFT IN THE PICTURE, 21:02 IS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 21:06 THE OFFICER IN THE BLUE? 21:07 YES. 21:09 HE IS A DEPUTY CHIEF. 21:11 HE IS A WITNESS IN THAT COMMUNITY. 21:14 ADVENTISTS ARE VERY WELL ACCEPTED THERE AND APPRECIATED. 21:20 THAT'S ALL THE PICTURES I HAVE. 21:22 THERE IS SO MUCH WORK GOING ON, IT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP UP WITH IT ALL. 21:28 AS WE DROVE THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOWING ME AROUND 21:35 WOULD SAY "WE HAVE NO ADVENTIST PRESENCE IN THIS AREA." 21:38 AND WE'D GO A LITTLE FURTHER AND THEY'D SAY "SINCE WE LEFT THE LAST PLACE, 21:42 THERE'S NO ADVENTIST PRESENCE HERE EITHER." 21:44 WE NEED TO PUT MORE PEOPLE IN THE FIELD. 21:49 THAT'S THE GOAL OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 21:51 THAT'S WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL ABOUT. 21:53 THERE IS SO MUCH LEFT TO BE DONE, AND IN MATTHEW 24:14 JESUS SAYS HE CAN'T 22:00 COME UNTIL THE GOSPEL HAS GONE TO THE WHOLE WORLD, TO EVERY NATION, TRIBE AND PEOPLE. 22:05 YES, A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL NEED TO KNOW THAT THE LORD DIED FOR THEM 22:09 AND FORGIVES THEM AND IS COMING BACK AGAIN. 22:11 HOW EXCITING FOR YOU TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS AND TO GO OUT AND SEE THESE PEOPLE. 22:16 IT'S WONDERFUL FOR THIS JUBI TO HAVE STARTED BACK IN JUNE, LESS THAN A YEAR, 22:22 AND TO HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE LORD. 22:25 THEY GET THE STRENGTH FROM THE LORD OBVIOUSLY, BUT DO THEY GET IT ALSO 22:31 FROM ASSOCIATING WITH OTHER PEOPLE? 22:32 WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE AROUND THEM? 22:34 THE CONFERENCE OR MISSION SUPPORTS THEM VERY WELL. 22:37 THEY TREAT THEM LIKE OTHER WORKERS. 22:39 THEY HAVE THEM COME IN FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING. 22:42 THEY ARE TREATED VERY WELL AND APPRECIATED BY THE CONFERENCE. 22:48 THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE REALLY BEEN GLAD TO SEE IN MOST AREAS. 22:53 IN SOME AREAS IT IS NOT QUITE SO GOOD, BUT IN OTHER AREAS THERE IS VERY 22:58 GOOD COOPERATION AND PEOPLE ARE WORKING TOGETHER VERY WELL. 23:01 YES, IT IS EXCITING TO BE AROUND THESE PEOPLE. 23:04 THEY CAN TELL YOU STORY AFTER STORY. 23:06 WHEN YOU SEE MANY OF THEM YOU THINK, 23:10 THIS PERSON DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE HAS MUCH ON THE BALL. 23:12 BUT WHEN YOU HEAR WHAT THEY ARE DOING IT'S FANTASTIC. 23:16 GOD USES EACH AND EVERYONE OF US WITH THE TALENTS THAT WE HAVE. 23:20 WHAT ABOUT THE INTEREST OF OTHER PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 23:24 LIKE THE MAN WHO HAS HIS FRIEND WHO IS GOING OUT? 23:27 ARE PEOPLE HEARING ABOUT THIS AND WANTING TO GET INVOLVED? 23:30 YES. 23:31 IN ALMOST EVERY PLACE I WENT I WAS ASKED, "COULD YOU SEND US 23:37 TWO OR THREE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS?" 23:39 WE NEED SOME MORE HERE; WE NEED SOME MORE THERE. 23:41 IN FACT, IN ONE FIELD THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT AT A DIFFERENT TIME BUT WILL 23:46 JUST MENTION NOW, THEY HAVE BAPTIZED 54 PASTORS OF OTHER CHURCHES. 23:50 SOME OF THOSE ARE NOW LEADING THEIR CONGREGATIONS AS ADVENTIST WORSHIPPERS. 23:56 THEY'D LIKE TO PUT THEM ON AS GOSPEL OUTREACHORKERS. 24:01 THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE THEM ON AS REGULAR EMPLOYEES. 24:04 THIS IS SOMETHING THEY REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO. 24:08 WHAT DO YOU TELL THE PERSON WHO IS HEARING ABOUT 24:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR THE FIRST TIME? 24:13 WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST EXCITING THING THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH THAT 24:16 PERSON SO THEY CAN SAY HEY, I WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS TOO? 24:19 I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS. 24:21 ONE IS THAT THOSE OF US WORKING IN THE OFFICE AND REGIONAL DIRECTORS ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS. 24:27 WE DON'T GET PAID. 24:28 THAT TOUCHES A LOT OF PEOPLE. 24:30 ALSO, THE FACT THAT THE MONEY GOES DIRECTLY THROUGH THE MISSION. 24:36 WE DON'T HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES OUT THERE. 24:40 IT ALL GOES THROUGH THE MISSION, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY GET THEIR STIPEND. 24:44 THE MISSION CHOOSES THE WORKER, ASSIGNS THEM, TEACHES THEM. 24:50 WE JUST PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THEM. 24:53 IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING WELL. 24:55 THAT SEEMS TO ATTRACT MANY PEOPLE. 24:58 THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR MONEY IS GOING WHERE THEY WANT IT TO GO? 25:01 ABSOLUTELY. 25:02 AND THEN TO SEE PICTURES LIKE WE SAW OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WORKING FOR THE LORD. 25:09 WHAT AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY. 25:11 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BY GIVING YOUR DONATIONS. 25:15 IF YOU WANT TO SEND A CHECK IN THE MAIL, THE ADDRESS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH, 25:45 THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO GET INVOLVED, AND TO SAY YES I WANT TO HELP JUBI IN THE PHILIPPINES. 25:56 THERE'S ALSO A NEWSLETTER. 25:58 IF YOU'RE NOT RECEIVING THE NEWSLETTER, SIGN UP FOR IT. 26:00 IT'S FREE. 26:02 BEFORE WE GO, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SPECIAL SHIRT YOU'RE WEARING. 26:06 THIS IS THE OFFICIAL DRESS IN THE PHILIPPINES. 26:08 IF I WERE GOING TO VISIT THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, THIS IS WHAT 26:12 I WOULD WEAR. 26:13 I WOULD NOT WEAR A SUIT AND TIE. 26:16 THAT WOULD BE AN INSULT. 26:17 THIS IS THEIR OFFICIAL DRESS. 26:19 IT'S VERY NICE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S VERY COOL AND COMFORTABLE. 26:22 THIS WAS A GIFT FROM THE MISSION OVER THERE BECAUSE OF MY SERVICE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:27 THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS. 26:28 YOU'RE REPRESENTING THEM QUITE WELL TODAY. 26:31 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 26:33 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:37 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THANK YOU TO FRED WEBB FOR BEING HERE. 26:40 I'M JULIE SANDERS- KEYMER. 26:41 CLOSING MUSIC |
Revised 2015-02-06