Participants: Fred Webb
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000348
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00:01 OPENING MUSIC.
00:16 HELLO EVERYONE. 00:17 I AM SO DELIGHTED TO BE HERE FOR ANOTHER 00:19 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS PROGRAM TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IN GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:25 I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WITH US ON OTHER OCCASIONS. 00:27 YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF SOME OF THE DIMENSIONS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK. 00:31 THIS MINISTRY IS DYNAMIC. 00:34 IT IS ALWAYS ON THE MOVE. 00:35 NEW THINGS ARE HAPPENING. 00:37 WE ARE MEETING NEW PEOPLE. 00:38 TODAY, WE HAVE PASTOR FRED WEBB WITH US. 00:49 WELCOME FRED. 00:50 I AM ALWAYS GLAD TO BE WHERE YOU ARE. 00:51 YOU TELL SUCH FACINATING STORIES ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE, 00:56 WHAT YOU HEAR AND THE PEOPLE YOU MEET. 00:58 I CAN ONLY PASS ON WHAT I SEE. 01:01 BLESS YOUR HEART. 01:02 TELL US ABOUT YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH REGION. 01:06 MY REGION IS THE PHILIPPINES. 01:08 THE PLACE IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART. 01:11 MY WIFE AND I WORKED THERE FOR 12 YEARS. 01:13 WE RETURN AS FREQUENTLY AS POSSIBLE, AT LEAST, ONCE A YEAR. 01:20 AS I HAVE HEARD HER TELL ME, YOU HAVE CHILDREN ALL OVER THE PLACE. 01:29 YES, AND GRANDCHILDREN. 01:37 AS WE ARE TOGETHER TODAY, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TELL OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 01:45 VIEWERS, WHY YOU BECAME A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY? 01:49 I WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE BY DOCTOR STEFANOVIC 01:54 AND I JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY INVOLVED WITH MISSIONS EVEN AFTER RETIRING. 01:59 WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT IT ATTRACTS YOU? 02:03 IT IS SO EFFICIENT AND SO EFFECTIVE. 02:06 WE DON'T RECEIVE A STIPEND OR A SALARY. 02:10 THE ONLY ONES THAT RECEIVE A STIPEND ARE THE ONES 02:13 THAT ACTUALLY ARE WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES. 02:15 ALL THE MONEY GOES TO THEM OUT THERE. 02:17 THEY ARE LOCAL PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE LANGUAGE, KNOW THE CULTURE 02:20 AND WORK FOR A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN IT WOULD COST TO SEND A FOREIGNER OVER THERE. 02:25 JUST IN CASE WE HAVE VIEWERS TODAY, WHO HAVE NOT BEEN WITH US 02:29 OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, TELLS US ABOUT LOCAL ECONOMY. 02:34 THOSE OF US THAT ARE HERE TODAY ARE THINKING OF DOLLARS AND CENTS. 02:40 WHAT DOES A LOCAL WORKER GET PAID? 02:44 IT IS ABOUT 100 TO 150 DOLLARS. 02:48 AND THAT SUPPORTS A FAMILY? 02:50 YES. 02:52 THAT TAKES CARE OF WHATEVER THEY MAY DEAL WITH AS FAR AS THEIR 02:56 OUTREACH IS CONCERNED. 02:58 IT MAY INCLUDE LITERATURE. 02:59 IT MIGHT INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION. 03:01 MANY TIMES THEY GIVE FINANCIAL AID TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE WORKING FOR. 03:06 I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EMPHASIS ON THIS PARTICULARLY TODAY, 03:10 BUT SULADS IS A STUDENT MISSIONARY PROGRAM OF MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 03:17 IT HAS GROWN AND GROWN UNTIL THEY NOW HAVE 30 MISSION SCHOOLS OUT THERE 03:24 AND 3 HIGH SCHOOLS. 03:26 I JUST GOT A MESSAGE FROM DARREL THIS WEEK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO OPEN 10 NEW 03:32 SCHOOLS IN JUNE. 03:33 YOU USUALLY TAKE THOSE NEW SCHOOLS INTO AREAS SO THAT A VILLAGE OR COMMUNITY 03:38 LEARNS ABOUT WHAT THE SULADS ARE DOING? 03:41 THEY ASK US TO COME. 03:43 THEY INVITE US TO COME AND WE HAVE MANY MORE CALLS THAN WE CAN FILL. 03:47 HOW MANY STUDENTS WOULD YOU ESTIMATE ARE IN THE SCHOOLS NOW? 03:50 WE HAVE 30 MISSION SCHOOLS. 03:55 I WOULD GUESS THAT THERE ARE MAYBE 500 STUDENTS THERE. 04:01 THE HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE ANOTHER 300. 04:07 IN SOME AREAS WHERE NO EDUCATION HAS BEEN AVAILABLE, 04:14 ARE THESE SCHOOLS MAKING A CHRISTIAN EDUCATION EMPACK? 04:17 THAT IS RIGHT. 04:18 IT IS CHANGING THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE DRAMATICALLY. 04:21 YOU FOLK THERE IN OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE TODAY, JUST STAY TUNED. 04:26 ALONG THE COURSE OF THESE "ADVENTURE IN MISSIONS" PROGRAMS, 04:31 YOU ARE GOING TO GET TO SEE SOME OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, 04:34 WHO ARE THE PRODUCT OF THESE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE PHILLIPINES. 04:41 WHERE ARE YOU TAKING US TODAY? 04:44 WELL, TODAY WE ARE GOING TO START OUT IN THE ISLAND OF PALAWAN. 04:46 PALAWAN IS A LONG STRING BEAN ISLAND. 04:50 IT GOES OFF OF THE SOUTHWEST FROM MANILA. 04:54 THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE LONGING TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. 04:58 HAVE YOU VISITED THERE RECENTLY? 05:00 I WAS THERE IN FEBRUAURY OF 2011. 05:03 WE ARE TAPING THIS IN THE LATE SPRING OF 2011. 05:06 IT IS LIKE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BACK FOR VERY LONG. 05:09 I ACTUALLY SPENT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS THERE, SO I HAVE ONLY BEEN BACK FOR ONE MONTH. 05:13 IS THAT RIGHT? 05:13 YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES FOR US. 05:15 HERE WE ARE IN THE MSSION VAN. 05:18 WE HAVE GONE AS FAR AS WE COULD GO. 05:21 IT COULDN'T CROSS THAT RIVER. 05:23 IT LOOKS LIKE IT KIND OF SLOPES DOWN THERE BUT IT ACTUALLY DROPS OFF QUITE SHARPLY. 05:28 WE STOPPED BUT THERE WAS AN INTERESTING THING GOING ON. 05:31 WE FOUND A WHOLE GROUP OF PALAWANOS. 05:36 PALAWANOS ARE THE LOCAL TRIBE IN PALAWAN. 05:41 THEY WASHING OUT SOME GINGER ROOT. 05:45 THIS PARTICULAR VARIETY IS RED. 05:50 THEY HAD DUG IT OUT AND WERE WASHING THE DIRT OFF SO THEY COULD SELL IT. 05:53 IT WAS QUITE AN INTERESTING THING TO JUST WATCH. 05:56 THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH PEOPLE, TOO. 05:59 YOU MOVE INTO WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE AND SHOW INTEREST IN THEM 06:04 AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 06:06 THE DOOR IS OPEN FOR OTHER FRIENDSHIPS. 06:09 EXACTLY! 06:10 THEY ENJOY MEETING PEOPLE AND GETTING ACQUAINTED. 06:13 HERE WE ARE JUST MINGLING WITH THE PEOPLE. 06:15 THEY WANTED THEIR PICTURES TAKEN. 06:16 FILAPINOS ALWAYS WANT THEIR PICTURES TAKEN. 06:18 MOST HUMAN BEINGS LIKE TO HAVE THEIR PICTURES TAKEN. 06:23 THERE THE GINGER ROOT IS READY TO GO TO MARKET. 06:26 IS THAT A PRIMARY EXPORT OF PALAWA THEN? 06:30 I HAVE NOT SEEN IT BEFORE BUT THEY SEEM TO BE MAKING A LIVING ON IT. 06:34 HERE IS A CHURCH. 06:37 THIS A CHURCH BUILT BY A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 06:41 IT IS RATHER PRIMATIVE BUT IT KEEPS THE RAIN OFF THEIR HEADS. 06:46 IS THAT THE COMMON KIND OF BUILDING ON THE ISLAND? 06:51 YES! 06:52 WE DON'T NEED TO PUT A WESTERN BUILDING IN THERE. 06:57 AS WE GO ALONG, WE NEED TO EVENTAULLY BUILD SOME PROPER BUILDINGS. 07:08 THIS IS WAY OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS, WHERE THEY DON'T SEE ANYTHING 07:13 MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. 07:14 THIS IS A HOME WHERE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER LIVES. 07:15 THIS IS ELI TUMANO AND HIS WIFE AND HIS DAUGHTER. 07:19 THEY LIVE THERE IN THIS HOUSE. 07:21 IT LOOKS LIKE AN AIR-CONDITIONED HOME. 07:23 IT IS AIR CONDITIONED; IT IS CONTINUOUS AIR. 07:25 THIS IS THE HOME OF A PALAWANO WHERE WE SPENT THE NIGHT. 07:30 YOU COULD ACTUALLY GO UPSTAIRS AND IT WOULD NOT FALL DOWN? 07:34 I SLEPT ON THE FLOOR THERE. 07:37 THEY WERE VERY GENEROUS PEOPLE. 07:41 THEY ARE STUDYING. 07:42 THEY ARE NOT YET MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH. 07:43 THEY ARE LEARNING. 07:47 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THERE AT THAT PLACE? 07:49 IN PALAWAN WE HAVE SIX. 07:51 THAT IS REALLY FACINATING. 07:55 IN THE EVENING WE HAD A MEETING AND THESE CHILDREN CAME. 08:00 THEY WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. 08:04 THEY LIKE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL STORIES. 08:07 WE ARE READY TO HAUL OUR STUFF AWAY. 08:11 WE LOADED IT ALL ON THE CARABAW CART AND AWAY WE WENT. 08:14 THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE MISSION VAN THAT YOU ABANDONED BACK THERE, ISN'T IT? 08:18 YES. 08:19 WE ARE HAULING OUR STUFF BACK OUT FROM WHERE WE SPENT THE NIGHT, 08:21 WHERE THE VAN WAS PARKED. 08:23 IS THAT A CART OR A SLED? 08:24 IT IS A SLED. 08:26 REALLY! 08:26 THAT IS VERY COMMON THERE. 08:28 THEY CAN'T AFFORD WHEELS. 08:29 KNOWING HOW INGENIOUS THEY ARE, THEY MIGHT BUILD SOME WHEELS SOMEHOW. 08:34 THEY MIGHT BUT THIS IS A COMMON SIGHT. 08:37 THAT IS A COMMON BEAST OF BURDEN. 08:39 YES, YES. 08:41 WE CALL IT A CARIBOU BUT IT IS A TYPE OF WATER BUFFALO. 08:45 YOU HAVE SO MANY GREAT PICTURES, FRED. 08:47 I AM AWAYS INSPIRED TO SEE WHAT YOU BRING BACK. 08:49 BY THE WAY, SPEAKING OF INSPIRATION, I HOPE YOU FOLKS WHO ARE VIEWING ARE 08:56 INSPIRED BY WHAT YOU ARE SEEING. 08:59 AND THAT YOU WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:02 I AM GOING TO TAKE THIS SECOND RIGHT NOW TO ASK OUR PEOPLE IN THE CONTROL 09:06 ROOM TO PUT UP THE ADDRESS, THE PHONE NUMBER AND THE EMAIL ADDRESS. 09:12 THIS IS THE WAY YOU CAN BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:15 WE ARE ANXIOUS FOR YOU TO KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT THIS OPERATION, THIS MINISTRY 09:18 THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN. 09:21 WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BE BECOME A PART OF THIS KIND OF MINISTRY, 09:28 LIKE THE MINISTRY THAT YOU SEE ILLUSTRATED WITH PICTURES BY PASTOR FRED TODAY. 09:33 THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR THE ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS NEWS LETTER. 09:40 YOU WILL BE EXCITED EVERY TIME THAT IT COMES. 09:42 I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU, 09:44 FRED. LET US GO ON AND LOOK AT MORE OF YOUR PICTURES. 09:47 YOU HAVE PUT THAT BREAK IN THE RIGHT PLACE BECAUSE NOW WE ARE GOING TO A DIFFERENT PLACE. 09:50 THIS IS IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF PASSI AND SOFRONIA ESPANOLA ON THE ISLAND OF PALAWANO. 09:57 I WILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. 09:59 THIS IS ANOTHER CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN STARTED BY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 10:03 MY WIFE AND I WERE THERE FOR A BAPTISM TWO YEARS AGO. 10:06 THEY BAPTISED THE FIRST THIRTEEN PEOPLE. 10:09 WHAT IS THE MEMBERSHIP NOW? 10:10 IT WAS THIRTEEN UNTIL THE DAY I WAS THERE AGAIN THIS TIME. 10:14 HOW MANY ARE THERE NOW? 10:16 I THINK THEY HAVE ABOUT FORTY. 10:19 WONDERFUL! 10:20 THEY HAD ANOTHER BAPTISM WHILE I WAS THERE THIS YEAR. 10:22 THE WATER IS NOT VERY DEEP. 10:25 IT IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING BAPTISM. 10:27 THIS IS THE WIFE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 10:32 SHE IS A SCHOOL TEACHER AND VERY ANIMATED. 10:34 YOU CAN SEE THAT. 10:35 SHE HAD THOSE CHILDREN JUST EATING OUT OF HER HAND. 10:38 WOW! 10:39 THE CHILDREN ARE PUTTING ON A SPECIAL MUSIC FOR THE WHOLE GROUP. 10:44 THEY LIKE TO SING. 10:46 WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF FORTY, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR A LOT MORE. 10:50 OH! 10:51 YES! 10:52 MANY, MANY MORE! 10:53 THERE ARE SOME EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING. 10:55 THIS IS THE OVERFLOW CROWD OUTSIDE. 10:57 YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE BENCHES ARE NOT JUST TEMPORARY. 10:59 THEY HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY SET. 11:01 APPARENTLY, THEY ALWAYS HAVE AN OVERFLOW. 11:04 IN A COMMUNITY WHERE YOU GO AND MEET WITH THEM LIKE THIS, 11:08 THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE EXCITING THINGS GOING ON THAN THE MEETING THAT YOU ARE HAVING? 11:13 THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IN TOWN. 11:14 SO THE LORD BLESSES THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET THESE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE GOSPEL. 11:20 THIS GIVES THEM THE CUROSITY AND THE WILL TO LEARN AND TO KNOW. 11:25 ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE REACH THEIR HEART IS TO GIVE THEM LITTLE GIFTS. 11:30 THIS ISN'T A VERY VALUABLE GIFT. 11:32 IT IS JUST A LITTLE DRINKING BOTTLE AMD MAYBE A LITTLE CANDY. 11:37 BUT THOSE CHILDREN WERE EAGER TO GET AHOLD OF THAT. 11:41 THEY JUST GATHERED AROUND. 11:43 I HAD A HARD TIME GETTING A PICTURE BECAUSE THERE WAS SUCH A CROWD. 11:45 SOME OF THEM WERE EAGER AND INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT IT. 11:49 OTHERS WERE A LITTLE FRIGHTENED. 11:51 MAYBE HE WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT HE DIDN'T GET WHAT HE WANTED. 11:53 HE HADN'T EVEN LOOKED AT IT YET, BUT HE WAS A LITTLE AFRAID. 11:55 THESE ARE THE ADULTS THAT HAVE ALSO LEARNED TO SING. 12:00 THEY ARE PUTTING ON A SPECIAL MUSIC. 12:02 WOW! 12:03 THEY WERE ALSO GIVEN SOME GIFTS. 12:07 THESE ARE CLOTHES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN 12:09 SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOME CLOTHES TO WEAR. 12:12 I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE A CAREFUL LOOK AT THE MAN IN THE PINK SHIRT, 12:16 STANDING IN THE RIGHT TOP CORNER. 12:18 HE IS HOLDING UP THE ORANGE WHATEVER. 12:20 HE HAD DONATED SOME LAND AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK A LITTLE LATER TO SEE 12:24 WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH IT. 12:25 I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT HE IS A VALUABLE PERSON. 12:28 HE IS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SUPPORTING OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM. 12:30 WHERE DID YOU GET THESE CLOTHES TO GIVE? 12:33 I AM NOT SURE WHERE THEY CAME FROM. 12:34 YOU DID NOT TAKE THEM WITH YOU? 12:36 NO! 12:36 I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM. 12:38 ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WERE HANDING THEM OUT. 12:40 AND I SAID,"OH! 12:41 OKAY!" 12:42 THIS YOUNG LADY IS EXCITING TO ME. 12:46 DURING THE MORNING I HAD GIVEN THE SHORT TALK ON "FROM EDEN TO EDEN". 12:53 IN THE PROCESS I WENT THROUGH THE DAYS OF CREATION. 12:56 I MENTIONED THE SABBATH, KIND OF IN PASSING. 12:59 IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN THEY WERE EXAMINING THE CANDIDATES, 13:02 THIS YOUNG LADY ASKED A QUESTION. 13:05 SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW A FEW WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS AN AMERICAN HERE TELLING US 13:11 THAT SUNDAY WAS THE DAY WE ARE SUPPOSE TO WORSHIP. 13:14 AND TODAY WE ARE HAVING AN AMERICAN HERE TELLING US THAT SATURDAY IS THE DAY 13:17 WE ARE SUPPOSED TO WORSHIP. 13:18 WHICH IS IT?" 13:20 THE PASTOR HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE FROM THE BIBLE THAT SATURDAY IS THE SABBATH. 13:24 SHE SAID, "OKAY, I WILL ACCEPT. 13:27 I WILL BE BAPTISED." 13:29 SHE WAS BAPTISED THAT SAME DAY. 13:30 IT STRUCK ME THAT I HAD A PART IN MAKING HER DECISION. 13:36 PRAISE THE LORD! 13:38 AFTER THE BAPTISM THEY HAVE A DEDICATION PRAYER. 13:41 HERE THEY ARE BEING PRAYED FOR AND GREETED. 13:46 ARE YOU SAYING 27 PEOPLE WERE BAPTISED? 13:49 YES! 13:50 WE HAD A DID BAPTISM THAT DAY. 13:51 THIS IS ON THE LAND NOW THAT THIS MAN HAS DONATED TO US. 13:57 IS HE ONE OF THOSE? 13:58 NO. 14:01 BUT THE MAN ON THE RIGHT NEXT TO THE LADY IS A FORMER SULAD. 14:05 OH! 14:06 YES! 14:07 SO IT TIES IT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT. 14:09 HE IS NOT BEING SPONSORED BY ANYONE, AT THIS POINT, BUT HE IS THERE. 14:13 HE SAID, "THEY NEED A SCHOOL HERE." 14:15 AND I REMEMBER HOW WE USED TO DO THAT WITH THE SULADS. 14:18 SO HE WENT OUT AND RECRUITED THE TWO MEN ON THE LEFT TO COME IN THERE 14:21 AND OPEN A LITTLE SCHOOL. 14:24 I JUST GOT A MESSAGE FROM HIM THIS MORNING, 14:26 SAYING THAT THEY ARE READY TO START IN JUNE. 14:28 THEY HAVE BUILT SOME BUILDINGS THERE. 14:30 THEY ARE TEMPORARILY STAYING IN THIS LITTLE TENT. 14:32 NOW THEY HAVE A COTTAGE FOR THEMSELVES TO LIVE IN. 14:34 THEY HAVE A SCHOOL BUILDING BUILT. 14:35 IN JUNE THEY ARE GOING TO START CLASSES. 14:38 THEY ESTABLISH THEIR OWN CURRICULUM? 14:41 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BOOKS AND SO FORTH. 14:43 HOW DID THEY GET THEM? 14:46 DID THEY GET THEM FROM THE SULADS? 14:47 NO! 14:48 THEY JUST COME UP WITH THEIR OWN. 14:51 WE JUST SAW BOATS THERE. 14:55 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS BEFORE GO ON. 14:58 THIS BOAT IS A SPECIAL ONE THAT HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY A DONOR FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, 15:05 ANDY MAGBANUA , WHO WORKS OUT ON THE ISLAND OF CAGAYANCILLO. 15:09 HE NEEDS THIS BOAT IN ORDER TO GET BACK AND FORTH FROM PALAWANO TO HIS ISLAND, 15:13 WHICH IS 150 MILES OFF THE COAST. 15:15 150 MILES OF OPEN SEA IN THAT! 15:18 YES! 15:19 THEN HE WILL ALSO USE TO EVANGELIZE THE NEIGHBORING ISLANDS 15:24 FROM WHERE HE LIVES IN CAGAYANCILLO. 15:26 SO SOME GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTER PROVIDED THAT BOAT FOR THIS MAN? 15:32 ABSOLUTELY! 15:34 IT IS GOING TO BE NAMED THE "LADY KAREN", AFTER THE DAUGHTER OF THE DONOR. 15:39 WONDERFUL! 15:40 THE BOAT IS ABOUT 50 FEET LONG. 15:44 SO IT IS A GOOD SIZE? 15:46 YES, IT IS A GOOD SIZE BOAT. 15:48 IS IT POWERED BY A GAS MOTOR? 15:49 YES, A DIESEL MOTOR. 15:51 WHAT DO WE GO TO NEXT? 15:54 OKAY, THERE IS THE DIESEL MOTOR AND THE ENGINE THAT KEEPS IT GOING. 15:59 WHERE IS THE NEXT ONE? 16:03 NOW WE ARE IN THE ISLAND OF LUZAN AND THE AREA OF PAMPANGA. 16:08 FOR ORIENTATION FOR THE ISLAND OF LUZON, 16:13 YOU SAID WE WERE A BIT SOUTHWEST OF MANILA, WITH PALAWAN. 16:19 WHERE ARE WE IN LUZON ? 16:20 LUZON IS WHERE MANILA IS LOCATED. 16:23 THIS IS A BIT NORTHWEST OF MANILA BUT ON THE SAME ISLAND IN THE AREA OF PAMPANGA. 16:29 MANY OF THE PEOPLE HAVE HEARD OF THE BATON DEATH MARCH. 16:34 THEY WENT THROUGH THIS TERRITORY. 16:35 SO IT IS ON THE BATON PENNINSULA. 16:38 THESE PEOPLE ARE GATHERING FOR WHAT PURPOSE? 16:40 THEY HAVE HAD AN EVANGELIST SERIES THERE. 16:42 THEY ARE PREPARING FOR BAPTISM THE NEXT DAY. 16:45 THIS MAN IS THE ONE WHO HAD ALLOWED THEM TO USE HIS PROPERTY, 16:51 BUT HE IS A MEMBER OF THE BACK TO GOD CHURCH. 16:54 I HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST IN THAT BECAUSE THE LEADER OF THAT CHURCH 16:58 WAS ONCE ONE OF MY BOYS THAT LIVED WITH US AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 17:01 HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO BRING THEM BACK TO BEING SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS, 17:06 BUT I DON'T THINK SO. 17:08 HE IS MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY FOR WHAT HE IS DOING. 17:10 THEY HAVE ALLOWED US TO USE THAT AREA THERE. 17:13 HE SAT THROUGH THE MEETINGS AND ENJOYED IT. 17:16 NOW THIS MAN IS ONE OF THAT ADHERES TO BACK TO THE BIBLE GROUPS. 17:21 HE IS THE LEADER IN THAT AREA. 17:22 THIS MAN IS THE LEADER IN THAT AREA BUT NOT FOR THE NATION. 17:26 IT IS A RELATIVELY LARGE CHURCH. 17:29 THEY HAVE WELL OVER A MILLION MEMBERS IN THE PHILIPINES. 17:31 THEY HAVE MORE MEMBERS THAN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. 17:34 THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR US, ISN'T IT? 17:37 I THINK WE WENT BACKWARDS. 17:39 THIS IS THE MEETING HALL FOR THE EVANGELISTIC SERIES. 17:46 IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A HALL TO ME. 17:48 YOU NOTICE THE SPEAKER ON TOP? 17:51 THAT IS NOT AIMED TOWARDS THE PEOPLE INSIDE, IS IT? 17:55 NO! 17:56 THE WHOLE VILLAGE HEARD, WHETHER THEY CAME TO THE MEETINGS OR NOT! 17:59 AGAIN THEY NEED A PLACE TO WORSHIP. 18:02 ANOTHER MAN HAS DONATED A PIECE OF PROPERTY. 18:04 THIS IS THAT PROPERTY. 18:06 THIS IS THE DONOR WITH EDGAR PANGILINAN. 18:10 NOW EDGAR IS A SPECIAL PERSON FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:13 HE WAS COOPERATING WITH FRANK STANYER AND WAS A CO-FOUNDER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:19 HE IS NOW THE LEADER OF THE GROUP IN PAMPANGA. 18:23 HE IS THE LEADER OF THE ADVENTIST WORK THERE? 18:27 NO, HE HAS SIX GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WORKING WITH HIM. 18:31 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 18:33 BOTH HE AND HIS WIFE LEFT GOOD GOVERNMENT JOBS TO BECOME GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 18:37 THE SHORT GENTLEMAN IS THE ONE WHO DONATED THE PROPERTY. 18:41 BLESS HIS HEART. 18:43 THIS IS THE HOME OF SOME OF THE ONES THAT WERE BEING BAPTISED THERE. 18:48 AS WE WERE TALKING, THIS JEEP CAME BY LOADED WITH BANANA BLOSSOMS. 18:53 BANANA BLOSSOMS? 18:55 YES. 18:56 THEY MAKE GOOD SALADS. 18:57 IS THAT RIGHT? 19:00 THEY ARE GOING DOWN THE TRAIL TO THE BAPTIST RIVER TO BE BAPTISED. 19:03 THEY WERE RECEIVING THEIR FINAL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE THE BAPTISM WAS TO TAKE PLACE. 19:07 THEY HAD TO SHOW THEM EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT AND HOW 19:14 THEY WERE GOING TO LOWER THEM DOWN INTO THE WATER. 19:15 IT WAS AN INTERESTING PROCESS. 19:17 NOW THESE PEOPLE HAD BEEN TO A BAPTISMAL CLASS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. 19:20 THE PASTOR JUST HADN'T GIVEN THEM THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ACTUAL 19:26 BAPTISM PROCESS. 19:28 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE HAS MET THEM. 19:33 ONLY A PASTOR CAN BAPTIZE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 19:39 NONE OF THEM ARE PASTORS. 19:41 IN FACT, ONLY TWO IN THAT GROUP ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES. 19:45 MOST OF THEM DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. 19:49 SO THAT ILLUSTRATES FOR US, FRED, THE KIND OF PEOPLE GOD IS USING UNDER THE UMBRELLA 19:59 OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY TO ADVANCE HIS WORK IN SOME 20:04 OF THESE REMOTE AREAS. 20:05 YOU DON'T NEED A COLLEGE DEGREE. 20:08 YOU JUST NEED TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE WITH THE LORD. 20:10 WE ARE NOT IN ANYWAY UNDERESTIMATING THE VALUE OF A COLLEGE DEGREE. 20:16 I BELIEVE IN EDUCATION. 20:18 I HAVE A DOCTORATE DEGREE MYSELF. 20:19 THEY DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THAT TO DO THE JOB. 20:21 AMONG THOSE PEOPLE, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO JESUS IS. 20:25 THE STORY OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IS OF MORE VALUE THAN SOME KIND OF 20:31 THEOLOGICAL EXPLANATION. 20:33 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:35 AND WE FIND SOMETIMES THEY WORK BETTER THAN SOME THEOLOGY GRADUATES. 20:38 THAT IS BESIDE THE POINT. 20:40 WE ARE NOT UNDERESTIMATING THE VALUE OF THAT. 20:43 IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE CULTURE. 20:46 WE ARE REACHING OUT TO GOD'S CHILDREN IN THIS PLACE IN THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY. 20:51 THE IMPORTANT THING IS ONE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE LORD 20:55 AND ONE'S DETERMINATION TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL. 20:56 THE BAPTISM TOOK PLACE DOWN IN THE RIVER WITH EVERYONE STANDING AROUND WATCHING. 21:00 IT WAS A MOVING EXPERIENCE. 21:03 IN MY TRIP THIS TIME, I SAW OVER 300 PEOPLE BAPTIZED. 21:06 WOW! 21:07 NO WONDER YOU LIKE TO KEEP GOING BACK. 21:09 YES! 21:10 THIS IS THE LADY WHO DONATED THE PROPERTY AND IS BEING BAPTIZED. 21:15 THESE ARE TWO OF THOSE WHO THEY FEEL WILL BE THE SPIRITUAL LEADERS IN THAT 21:20 COMMUNITY. 21:21 THESE ARE THE MEN THAT ARE GOING TO LEAD OUT. 21:25 WHEN YOU SAY THEY FELT THAT THEY WOULD BE THE SPIRITUAL LEADERS, THEY 21:30 HAVE SHOWN THE LEADERSHIP ABILITY? 21:31 THEY HAVE TALKED WITH THEM. 21:33 HAVE THEY BEEN PART OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME? 21:37 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, 21:41 PROBABLY FOR A YEAR OR SO. 21:42 THEN THEY CULMINATED WITH THE EVANGELIST MEETINGS. 21:45 THESE TWO MEN WERE ALREADY ESTABLISHED BELIEVERS IN THAT AREA? 21:50 NO! 21:51 THEY WERE JUST BAPTISED TODAY. 21:54 THE TESTIMONY OF THEIR LIVES GIVES THEM THE INDICATION THAT THEY ARE CALLED. 22:02 THAT THEY WILL BE THE SPIRITUAL LEADERS? 22:04 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE VIEWING, WE ARE BEING INTRODUCED 22:10 OR EXPOSED TO A REMARKABLE REALITY OF THE WAY GOD'S SPIRIT IS MOVING TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE 22:22 AS HE INVITES HIS FAMILY TOGETHER IN PREPARATION FOR HIS SOON RETURN. 22:28 I WANT TO THANK YOU, FRED, FOR THIS. 22:32 LET US GO ON WITH MORE PICTURES. 22:33 WE WANT TO FINISH AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 22:38 WE WILL GO THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY. 22:41 THEY ARE MAKING PLATES. 22:43 SO THEY CAN SERVE THEM A MEAL. 22:45 WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 22:46 THAT IS A BANANA PLANT. 22:48 THEY CHOP IT UP IN SECTIONS, AND THEN THEY PEEL THEM OFF. 22:50 AND THERE YOU HAVE THE PLATES TO PUT YOUR FOOD ON. 22:51 SOMEONE FIXES THE FOOD AND SOMEBODY BUILDS THE PLATES. 22:53 LOOK AT THAT! 22:55 THAT IS A PRETTY CHEAP PAPER PLATE, ISN'T IT? 22:56 THEY ARE HANDING OUT THE FOOD. 22:58 YOU HAVE EATEN OFF OF THOSE, OF COURSE. 23:01 I HAVE EATEN OFF OF THOSE BEFORE, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T THIS TIME. 23:03 I DIDN'T EAT THERE AT ALL THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY HAD PREPARED THIS SPECIFICALLY 23:06 FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE. 23:08 THEY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SO I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE. 23:13 THAT IS IN NO WAY AN OFFENCE WHEN YOU DIDN'T EAT WITH THEM? 23:17 NO, THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH FOOD TO GO AROUND. 23:21 I HAVE EATEN WITH THEM OUT THERE LIKE THAT. 23:23 WHAT ARE THEY EATING, BY THE WAY? 23:24 RICE, OH! 23:26 THAT WAS RICE PUT ON THERE, EVERYTHING IS RICE. 23:29 YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE RICE. 23:30 IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD RICE, THEN YOU HAVE NOT EATEN. 23:32 DO THEY NOT PUT SOME KIND OF SEASONING OR FLAVORING ON IT? 23:34 THEY PUT FLAVORING ON THE TRADITIONALIST FISH. 23:38 THIS IS ROSITA AND ROSELLE MONTEBON, A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER TEAM. 23:44 BOTH ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 23:47 WE HAVE A LITTLE TOY TRUCK THERE, A VERY SMALL TRUCK. 23:51 THEY WANTED TO LOAD ALL THEIR STUFF INTO THE TRUCK, 23:55 BUT BEFORE THEY COULD GET ALL THEIR STUFF IN, THESE TWO@LADIE. 23:58 THEY WANTED TO RIDE IN THE TRUCK, TOO. 24:00 THEY PUT ALL THE STUFF AROUND THEM. 24:02 THEY COULDN'T GET OUT IF THEY WANTED TO. 24:04 NOW THERE IT IS. 24:06 THEY ARE ALL LOADED UP AND READY TO GO. 24:07 NOW WHERE ARE THEY HEADED? 24:09 THEY ARE HEADED BACK DOWN TO FLORIDA BLANCA WHERE WE WERE HAVING A MEETING THAT AFTERNOON. 24:14 DID YOU RIDE IN THAT, TOO? 24:16 I WAS IN THE FRONT. 24:17 THEY GAVE ME THE "SHOTGUN" SEAT. 24:22 THIS IS THE TEAM OF WORKERS THAT WE HAVE THERE. 24:25 NOT ALL OF THESE ARE BEING PAID BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 24:28 THEY ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK. 24:30 I SEE THE MAN, THAT YOU SAY IS THE LEADER, UP THERE ON THE RIGHT. 24:33 AND THAT IS HIS WIFE ON THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE. 24:35 LINDA WAS AN AUDITOR FOR THE MILITARY THERE IN THE PHILIPINES. 24:42 SHE LEFT THAT HIGH PAYING JOB TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS. 24:48 THE HAPPY EXPRESSIONS ON EVERYBODY'S FACE IS TESTIMONY OF WHO THEY ARE. 24:52 THAT'S RIGHT! 24:54 HOW MANY MORE DO YOU HAVE? 24:55 THAT IS THE END OF MY PICTURES BUT I COULD TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE IF 24:59 YOU HAVE THE TIME. 25:00 WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME, YES. 25:01 TELL US! 25:03 LET US GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE AGAIN. 25:04 THE YOUNG LADY ON THE RIGHT, ROSELLE, IS A COLLEGE GRADUTE. 25:07 SHE AND HER MOTHER ARE BOTH TEACHERS. 25:11 SHE GRADUATED AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS HARD TO GET A JOB. 25:15 IT WAS MID-YEAR. 25:17 SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD SPEND TIME BEING A MISSIONARY FIRST. 25:20 SHE WENT OUT AND STARTED WORKING WITH EDGAR FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS 25:25 UNTIL SHE COULD GET A JOB. 25:26 SHE WAS OFFERED A GOOD JOB TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL. 25:28 SHE SAID, "I AM ENJOYING THIS MISSION WORK. 25:31 I THINK I WILL STAY FOR A YEAR." 25:33 WELL, IT HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS NOW. 25:35 SO SHE IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:37 SHE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, AS WELL AS HER MOTHER. 25:40 SHE RECRUITED HER MOTHER. 25:41 WONDERFUL! 25:42 HER MOTHER IS IN HER 70'S. 25:44 THAT IS STILL YOUNG. 25:46 SOME PEOPLE THINK IT IS TIME FOR HER TO RETIRE BUT SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T WANT TO RETIRE. 25:50 SHE SEES NO REASON TO RETIRE BECAUSE SHE IS STILL A LIVELY LADY WHEN 25:53 SHE LEADS THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN SINGING. 25:55 WELL. 25:57 FRED, YOU ARE A VERY LIVELY GOSPEL OUTREACH REGION DIRECTOR. 26:00 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY 26:02 AND FOR BRINGING US AN ACCOUNT OF YOUR MOST RECENT VISIT TO YOUR TERRITORY. 26:09 THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND OR ANY QUESTION IN ANYBODY'S MIND THAT IS VIEWING TODAY, 26:14 THAT GOD'S SPIRIT IS MOVING ON THIS PLANET. 26:20 WE HAVE GOTTEN AN ILLUSTRATION OF IT FROM THE STORIES 26:23 THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US FROM THE PHILIPPINES. 26:25 THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE TEAM HERE. 26:28 WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO TO ADVANCE THE WORK 26:32 OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR HERE THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:35 UNTIL NEXT TIME, I AM DAN MATTHEWS. 26:42 CLOSING MUSIC. |
Revised 2015-02-06