Participants: Fred Webb, John Blake
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000384
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00:27 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:29 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER HERE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:31 WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US TODAY. 00:33 I WANT TO WELCOME FRED WEBB AND JOHN BLAKE TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." WELCOME GENTLEMEN. 00:37 THANK YOU. 00:38 IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:39 FRED, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 00:44 I'M THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE PHILIPPINES. 00:46 HAVING WORKED IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR 12 YEARS IT'S A PRIVILEGE 00:49 FOR ME TO GO BACK AND SEE MY FRIENDS. 00:51 BUT MOST OF ALL I GET TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THE LORD IS DOING IN BRINGING SOULS TO JESUS. 00:58 PRAISE THE LORD. JOHN, TELL US WHAT YOUR ROLE IS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:03 I'M IN CHARGE OF THE DEAF MINISTRY DEPARTMENT. 01:06 THERE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 95 AND 200 MILLION DEAF AROUND THE WORLD. 01:10 I WAS ALLOWED TO HAVE A DEAF DAUGHTER, AND WE ADOPTED A DEAF BOY SO OUR 01:17 FAMILY BECAME INVOLVED IN MINISTRY FOR THE DEAF. 01:20 NOW I AM NOT ONLY INVOLVED WITH FRED IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH DEAF WORK BUT IN FIVE OTHER 01:28 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD AS WELL WITH A TOTAL OF ABOUT 40 SOME WORKERS. 01:34 SO THE DEAF ACTUALLY HAVE A MEANING TO YOU PERSONALLY NOT 01:39 ONLY YOU AS A PARENT BUT ALSO AS A CHRISTIAN. 01:44 THE DEAF WORLD IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN THE HEARING WORLD. 01:49 BEING THE FATHER OF TWO DEAF CHILDREN IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE BUT ALSO SOME TIMES A STRUGGLE 01:55 TO ADAPT AS A HEARING PERSON TO THE DEAF WORLD AND HOW THE DEAF THINK AND THEIR CULTURE. 02:05 MY WIFE IS A GOOD SIGNER. I STILL STRUGGLE WITH SIGN LANGUAGE. 02:10 I CAN SIGN BUT I HAVE GREAT TROUBLE READING IT. 02:13 WHEN I'M OVERSEAS VERY OFTEN THEY DON'T SPEAK OUR SIGN LANGUAGE. 02:17 THEY DON'T SIGN OUR SIGN LANGUAGE. 02:20 WHEN I WAS IN UKRAINE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANY SIGN LANGUAGE THAT I MIGHT USE. 02:26 IN THE PHILIPPINES THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF PARALLEL. 02:29 IN INDIA MAYBE FORTY PERCENT PARALLEL. 02:34 SO YOU BOTH HAVE JOINED UP ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU WORK WITH THE DEAF AND FRED 02:42 IS THE DIRECTOR IN THE PHILIPPINES. 02:44 TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE ON A TRIP YOU TOOK THERE. 02:50 LET'S START WITH ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN JOHN FIRST 02:54 CAME TO HELP US GET STARTED WITH THE DEAF. 02:57 OUR FIRST PICTURE IS OF THAT MEETING AND THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED. 03:02 THAT'S JOHN ON THE LEFT AND THE GABUCO FAMILY. 03:13 THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM. THE MOTHER, FATHER AND THE TWO SISTERS. 03:17 THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS SARA FAMISARAN. 03:22 THE ONE IN THE BLACK IS THE ONE WE HAVE TAKEN ON AS A WORKER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE HER 03:30 SISTER, THE ONE DRESSED IN WHITE, IS DEAF. 03:33 BOTH LYCHEL AND HER MOTHER WERE TEACHING IN A DEAF SCHOOL AND BOTH HAD QUITE GOOD SALARIES. 03:45 WE WERE HOPING TO GET SOMETHING STARTED FOR THE DEAF THERE BUT WE NEEDED SOMEONE TO LEAD OUT. 03:49 SO JOHN, TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU ASKED. 03:52 WE WERE SITTING IN THE GROUP THERE AS YOU CAN SEE. 03:59 WE WERE DISCUSSING HOW COULD WE START, WHAT COULD WE DO. 04:03 I LOOKED AT LYCHEL AND I SAID, "WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO BE OUR WORKER." 04:12 SHE SMILED AND DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. 04:15 LATER THAT DAY WE THOUGHT MAYBE HER FATHER COULD BE, 04:19 BUT HE WAS A PASTOR AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. 04:26 BUT THE LORD DIDN'T GIVE HER REST. 04:29 FINALLY SHE BECAME THOROUGHLY CONVICTED AND CONVINCED THAT SHE NEEDED TO BE THAT WORKER AFTER 04:39 SHE HADN'T ANSWERED ORIGINALLY AND HER FATHER DIDN'T WORK OUT. 04:44 SHE ENDED UP RESIGNING HER TEACHING POSITION, GETTING SPECIAL TRAINING AS A LAY WORKER 04:52 AND GIVING UP HER PRIVATE RESIDENCE WHICH WAS PRECIOUS TO A SINGLE GIRL. 04:57 SHE MOVED BACK IN WITH HER PARENTS THEN SHE SAID, "I'M READY, 05:03 WILL YOU TAKE ME ON AS A WORKER?" AND WE CERTAINLY DID. 05:06 WHAT ARE SOME OF HER RESPONSIBILITIES? 05:08 LET'S GO TO THE NEXT PICTURE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE. 05:15 SHE IS WORKING IN THE PASAY CITY ENGLISH CHURCH. 05:22 WHEN I WAS THERE IN FEBRUARY SHE HAD ABOUT 40 PEOPLE COMING EACH SABBATH 05:27 ONLY FOUR OF WHOM WERE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 05:30 THEY COME EACH WEEK AND SHE SIGNS TO THEM THE PROGRAM AND THEY SIGN THEIR SONG. 05:35 WHAT THEY ARE DOING HERE IS SIGNING A SONG. 05:38 AFTER THE SERVICE THE CHURCH PROVIDES FOR THEM OTHERWISE. 05:44 HERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE GROUP SIGNING. 05:49 THIS IS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON IN ANOTHER MEETING--KIND OF A RALLY FOR THEIR DEAF PROGRAM. 05:56 THE YOUTH OF THE CHURCH ARE LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE SO THEY 06:00 CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING. 06:03 SO THE HEARING YOUTH ARE LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE TO 06:07 COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAF MEMBERS? 06:09 RIGHT. 06:10 ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC. FRED, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. ARE THEY SIGNING IN ENGLISH? 06:14 I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES SPEAK ENGLISH. 06:16 ARE THEY SIGNING IN ENGLISH OR ARE THEY SIGNING IN THEIR DIALECT? 06:19 THEY ARE SIGNING IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 06:22 THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT SIGN LANGUAGES. 06:25 IN INDIA IT'S ABOUT 40 PERCENT. 06:28 I WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE A LITTLE WITH CHEARD, THE DEAF GIRL, WITH A BIT OF DIFFICULTY. 06:35 I THINK IT'S MORE LIKE 80 PERCENT SIMILAR THERE. 06:42 SO IT IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE? 06:44 NO, THERE ARE AT LEAST 70 DIFFERENT SIGN LANGUAGES AROUND 06:48 THE WORLD WITH FIVE DIFFERENT ONES IN CHINA ALONE. 06:53 IN FACT, JUST A LITTLE ASIDE, THE WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS ARE WORKING IN KENYA TO TRY AND 07:01 DO SIGN LANGUAGE BIBLE STORIES FOR AFRICA. 07:07 THEY HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 200 DIFFERENT SIGN LANGUAGES THAT 07:11 THEY NEED TO WORK IN, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY. 07:14 I PLAN TO GO TO THEIR OFFICE IN KENYA IN FEBRUARY. 07:18 LET'S GET BACK TO THE PICTURES. 07:19 HERE ARE THE YOUTH IN THEIR SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS. 07:24 AFTER THE CHURCH SERVICE, AND SHE HAS INTERPRETED THE CHURCH SERVICE FOR THEM, THE CHURCH 07:33 PROVIDES FOR THESE PEOPLE A POTLUCK. 07:34 THE CHURCH IS BEHIND THIS PROGRAM. 07:36 THEY SAID IT IS PART OF THEIR EVANGELISTIC PROGRAM. 07:39 THEY PROVIDE FOOD FOR THESE DEAF PEOPLE THEN AFTER THAT THEY HAVE A LECTURE. 07:46 HERE WE HAVE LYCHEL SIGNING THE SERMON SO THE PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND. 07:54 THIS IS THE POTLUCK. I GUESS I GOT THESE A LITTLE BIT MIXED UP. 07:58 THIS IS THE POTLUCK AFTER THE CHURCH SERVICE. 08:04 AFTER THE POTLUCK THEY SIT DOWN FOR A BIBLE STUDY. 08:07 NOW REMEMBER 36 OF THE 40 ARE NOT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, 08:11 BUT THEY ARE FAST LEARNING WHAT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS BELIEVE. 08:15 THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. 08:16 YES, WE SERVE THE DEAF. 08:18 WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE, BUT THE BETTER LIFE WE REALLY 08:21 WANT FOR THEM IS IN THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM. 08:24 HELP US FRED, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THE PHILIPPINES. 08:29 WHERE IS THIS IN RELATION TO MANILA? 08:31 IT IS IN MANILA. PASAY CITY IS A PORTION OF MANILA. 08:38 MANILA IS A BIG CITY OF ABOUT 12 MILLION PEOPLE. IT'S HUGE. 08:41 IN THE AFTERNOON THEY HAD THIS MEETING, AND MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED. 08:48 THESE ARE SOME OF THE YOUTH OF THE CHURCH WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM. 08:53 IN THAT FIRST PICTURE YOU SAW THE LADY ON THE FAR RIGHT, SARA FAMISARAN. 08:58 SHE HAD WORKED WITH CHRISTIAN RECORD WHEN THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE DEAF WORK. 09:03 CHRISTIAN RECORD BRAILLE? 09:04 YES. 09:05 WHEN THEY DISCONTINUED THEIR WORK FOR THE DEAF SHE HAD TO LEAVE THE WORK, 09:12 BUT SHE ALWAYS HAD A SOFT SPOT IN HER HEART. 09:14 SHE IS HEARING, SHE IS NOT DEAF. SHE HAD A SOFT SPOT IN HER HEART 09:18 FOR THE DEAF, SO IT WAS NOT HARD AT ALL TO GET HER TO SIGN UP TO BE A PART OF OUR DEAF PROGRAM. 09:26 THIS IS THE LADY WHO IS LEADING OUT? 09:27 YES, THE LADY IN THE MULTICOLORED SHIRT. 09:30 THIS IS IN MINDANAO WHICH IS IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES ON THE CAMPUS OF MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE 09:37 IN OUR SULADS STUDENT MISSIONARY HEADQUARTERS. 09:40 THE SULADS AND THE DEAF WORK ARE VERY CLOSELY TIED THERE. 09:45 SHE RECEIVES HER PAY FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH VIA SULADS. 09:51 HER HUSBAND IS A FIELD DIRECTOR FOR THE SULADS. 09:53 IT'S ALL VERY TIED TOGETHER AND IT WORKS VERY WELL TO BE SO TIED TOGETHER. 09:58 WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE? 10:01 THEY ARE SIGNING THEIR WELCOME FOR ME. 10:04 OH REALLY, HOW INTERESTING. 10:06 THEY SIGNED A SPECIAL SONG AS A WELCOME FOR ME. 10:13 HOW MOVING FRED. 10:15 I FEEL LIKE A VIP WHEN I GO OUT THERE. 10:18 THEY GIVE ME THEIR VERY BEST, EVERYONE OF THEM. 10:20 IT TOUCHES MY HEART BECAUSE THEY WILL GIVE UP ANYTHING TO MAKE ME COMFORTABLE. 10:27 CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SINCE I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE 10:31 SINCE IT STARTED, I WAS THERE BEFORE IT STARTED, THE STUDENTS WHO COME TO 10:37 THAT SCHOOL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MANY OF THEM DON'T KNOW A FORMAL SIGN 10:44 LANGUAGE AND THEY HAVE TO LEARN IT AT SCHOOL. IS THAT CORRECT? 10:46 THAT'S CORRECT. 10:47 THE ONES WHO COME TO THIS SCHOOL, AND IT IS A SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED THERE IN 10:55 SOUTHERN MINDANAO, MOST OF THEM COME FROM VILLAGES THAT ARE QUITE PRIMITIVE. 11:02 THE CHILDREN ARE LOOKED ON AS ALMOST LIKE ANIMALS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HEAR. 11:08 EACH ONE HAS DEVELOPED THEIR OWN KIND OF MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. 11:15 THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THESE AND THOSE OVER THERE. 11:20 SO THEY ARE KIND OF OSTRACIZED? 11:21 RIGHT. 11:22 WHEN THEY COME TO THE SCHOOL THEY HAVE TO LEARN SIGN 11:24 LANGUAGE IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. 11:27 AS WELL AS READING AND WRITING I PRESUME? 11:29 YES. 11:31 WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER PICTURES HERE. THIS IS A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. 11:35 THE DAUGHTER HEARS BUT THE MOTHER DOES NOT. 11:38 IF YOU NOTICE, THE MOTHER HAS A BANDAGE AROUND HER NECK. 11:42 THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE SHE HAS A BIG GOITER. 11:45 SHE HAS BEEN VERY SELF CONSCIOUS OF THAT. 11:50 WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR HER AND THAT GOITER IS GETTING SMALLER. 11:54 PRAISE THE LORD. 11:56 SHE IS BEING HEALED BY THE LORD, SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY FOR THAT. 12:01 SHE IS PROBABLY THE OLDEST ONE IN THE SCHOOL. 12:03 THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE YOUNGER. 12:08 I BELIEVE IT'S THE ONE ON THE LEFT WHO HAS A VERY INTERESTING STORY. 12:12 SHE FELT COMPLETELY OUTCAST. SHE DIDN'T FIT IN VERY WELL. 12:16 ONE NIGHT THEY REALIZED SHE WAS MISSING. THEY COULDN'T FIND HER. 12:22 THE ONE IN CHARGE, NOT SARA, SHE HAS A VOLUNTEER WHO WORKS WITH HER, BEM BEM. 12:29 THAT'S A COOL NAME. 12:30 OH THAT'S TYPICAL FILIPINO, THEY DO THAT-- LING LING, BEM BEM. 12:34 I LIKE IT. 12:35 SHE WENT OUT AND STARTED CALLING FOR HER. 12:39 THEN SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HEAR HER CALL. 12:43 SO HOW DO YOU LOCATE SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HEAR. 12:48 THEY SEARCHED AND SEARCHED AND FINALLY FOUND HER. 12:50 IN THEIR POOR COMMUNICATION THEY DISCOVERED THAT SHE FELT SO UNWORTHY 12:57 THAT SHE WANTED TO DISAPPEAR AND NOT COME BACK. 13:00 BLESS HER HEART, LOOK AT HER THERE IN THE PICTURE. 13:03 SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S A NEW PERSON. 13:05 THEY PUT THEIR ARMS AROUND HER AND LET HER KNOW THAT SHE IS PART OF THE FAMILY THAT SHE IS 13:12 NOT OSTRACIZED, THAT SHE IS AN IMPORTANT PERSON. 13:14 SHE IS NOW GETTING AN EDUCATION SO THAT SHE CAN BE WORTH WHILE IN THE COMMUNITY. 13:19 AND SHE KNOWS THAT THE LORD LOVES HER. 13:20 RIGHT. 13:22 WE'LL SHOW YOU ONE MORE HERE AND THEN I THINK WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. 13:26 THIS IS JUST TO SHOW A LITTLE OF THE DECOR OF THE CLASS ROOM 13:30 WHICH WAS ACTUALLY BUILT AS A CAFETERIA AT ONE POINT. 13:33 IT IS A CLASSROOM NOW FOR OUR SULADS. 13:35 AT THE TOP IS THE ALPHABET IN SIGN AND THE DIFFERENT SIGNS ACROSS THERE. 13:43 A CLASSROOM HAS TO HAVE SOME DECORATIONS. 13:45 ABSOLUTELY, I LIKE IT. 13:47 WELL, FRED WEBB AND JOHN BLAKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 13:50 HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:52 YOU TOO CAN GET INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:56 WE ARE ASKING YOU TO JOIN FAITHFULLY AND GIVE YOUR SUPPORT OF DONATIONS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:01 TO HELP THE WORKERS AROUND THE WORLD AND MOST SPECIFICALLY HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 14:07 WORKERS WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF. 14:09 YOU CAN SEND YOUR DONATIONS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, 15:20 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." FRED AND JOHN, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WORK IN 15:25 THE PHILIPPINES MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF. 15:31 FRED, DO YOU HAVE SOME MORE PICTURES TO SHARE WITH US? 15:35 YES. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES OF THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN MINDANAO. 15:42 THEY NEEDED BETTER FACILITIES SO THEY FOUND A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO BUILD A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 15:48 AND THEY WANTED TO TAKE ME OUT THERE TO SEE THE PROPERTY. 15:51 WE CAME TO A RIVER AND THIS WAS THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE RIVER. 15:56 PEOPLE ACTUALLY WALK OVER THAT? 15:58 IT'S MADE OUT OF BAMBOO, BUILT IN ABOUT 2000 SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW THE BAMBOO IS. 16:04 I LOOKED AT THAT BRIDGE AND I THOUGHT I'M A LITTLE HEAVIER THAN THESE FILIPINOS. 16:08 I WONDER IF I CAN MAKE IT ACROSS. 16:09 DID YOU? 16:10 I DID. 16:11 WOW, I'M IMPRESSED. 16:13 YOU HAD FAITH IN THE LORD AT THAT POINT. 16:15 THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU GO ACROSS THE BRIDGE. IT'S KIND OF NARROW. 16:20 I ALWAYS HAD TO HAVE SOMETHING TO HANG ON TO. 16:23 I JUST WANTED TO HANG ONTO SOMETHING, 16:25 SO IF IT GAVE WAY I'D HAVE AT LEAST SOMETHING ELSE. 16:28 WERE YOU GOING FROM THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF TO SOMEWHERE ELSE? 16:30 I WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 16:33 ONE OF THE THINGS I TOLD THEM WAS IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A 16:40 SCHOOL OUT HERE YOU'VE GOT TO BUILD A BRIDGE. 16:43 WE GOT ACROSS AND WE LOOKED AND THIS IS WHAT WE SAW. 16:48 BEAUTIFUL FARM LAND, OPEN COUNTRY, A PLACE TO BUILD 16:51 BUILDINGS AND A PLACE TO GROW FOOD. HERE IS DARYL FAMISARAN. 16:56 THIS IS SARA'S HUSBAND WHO IS THE FIELD DIRECTOR FOR THE SULADS. 17:00 HE IS ALSO VERY INVOLVED WITH THIS. 17:02 HE AND HIS WIFE SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN THEIR WORK. 17:05 THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE WE HOPE TO BUILD A SCHOOL. 17:10 I SENT THIS PICTURE TO JOHN AND TOLD HIM IF HE CAME HERE TO 17:13 VISIT WE HAD A GUEST ROOM FOR HIM. 17:16 NICE JOHN. 17:19 THAT'S THE ONLY BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY AT THIS POINT. 17:21 THEY HAVE NOW BEGUN TO GATHER MATERIALS. 17:24 WE HAVE AN ARCHITECT WHO WORKS WITH THE SULADS. 17:27 HE HAS GIVEN UP A GOOD SALARY TO WORK WITH THE SULADS AND HE IS DESIGNING THE BUILDINGS. 17:33 THEY HAVE GATHERED SOME MATERIALS AND THEY WILL BE 17:35 STARTING THE FIRST BUILDING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. 17:38 THEY HAVE ALREADY LAID OUT THE AREA. 17:40 I DON'T HAVE PICTURES OF THAT WITH ME. 17:42 HELP US UNDERSTAND AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE PHILIPPINES. 17:46 THIS IS IN MINDANAO. MINDANAO IS A BIG ISLAND IN THE SOUTH. 17:48 HOW LONG OF A FLIGHT IS IT FROM MANILA? 17:52 ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AND ANOTHER THREE HOURS DRIVE. 17:55 OKAY, THAT KIND OF PUTS ALL THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR US. 17:59 THIS IS CENTRAL MINDANAO THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON WHICH MEANS MOUNTAINS. 18:03 THIS IS THE SCENERY THAT YOU SEE AROUND THE SCHOOL THAT WILL BE BUILT THERE. 18:09 WHEN I GO BACK THIS YEAR I HOPE TO SEE THE PROGRESS. 18:14 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SWING NOW TO ILOILO WHICH IS IN THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINES. 18:20 THIS IS ROBERT WHO HAS RECENTLY COME ON BOARD AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 18:25 HE IS A DEAF MAN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ANOTHER CHURCH. 18:33 HE WAS PASSING OUT LITERATURE AS A MISSIONARY FOR THE OTHER CHURCH. 18:37 HE MET WITH BROTHER GONZALES WHO IS AN ADVENTIST 18:43 LITERATURE EVANGELIST AND THEY EXCHANGED LITERATURE. 18:46 HE BEGAN TO GIVE BIBLE STUDIES TO ROBERT AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, I LIKE THIS." 18:54 AND HE BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 18:56 HE WAS ON FIRE FOR THE LORD AND WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, SO WE TOOK HIM 18:59 ON AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR THE DEAF. 19:02 HE SHARES THAT WORK WITH BROTHER GONZALES. 19:06 BROTHER GONZALES IS THE MAN SITTING IN THE REAR IN THE LIGHT BLUE SHIRT. 19:12 HE IS NOT DEAF, HE IS HEARING. 19:16 HE DOESN'T KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE ALL THAT WELL. 19:17 THE LADY WHO IS STANDING UP IS PARTIALLY DEAF. 19:22 SHE LIP READS AND SHE CAN PRETTY MUCH UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND, 19:26 SO SHE INTERPRETS SOME FOR THEM. 19:28 BROTHER GONZALES GIVES THE BIBLE STUDIES AND ROBERT BRINGS THE 19:32 DEAF PEOPLE IN SO IT'S TEAM WORK EFFORT. 19:36 THIS IS IN SABBATH SCHOOL, AND SHE IS TEACHING THE SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON. 19:42 THEY TOOK TURNS DISCUSSING WHAT THE SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON MEANT TO THEM. 19:48 THESE ARE THE ONES WORKING THERE. 19:49 THE LADY ON THE RIGHT IN THE BLACK IS SOMEONE THEY HAVE 19:54 CONTRACTED TO COME AND HELP WITH TRANSLATION. 19:57 SHE IS HEARING BUT KNOWS SIGN LANGUAGE EXTREMELY WELL. 20:04 WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF TO FEEL A 20:08 CONNECTION WITH THIS CHURCH AND THE WORK THAT JOHN IS DOING? 20:12 WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE THERE FRED? 20:14 IS IT A PLACE FOR THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG? 20:16 THE CHURCH IS OPENING THEIR ARMS TO THEM AND WELCOMING THEM IN AS MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. 20:22 SO THEY DON'T FEEL THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HEAR? 20:31 THEY HAVE SOME CONNECTION? 20:33 RIGHT. IF I MIGHT JUST ADD, WHETHER IT'S HERE IN 20:38 NORTH AMERICA OR OVERSEAS DEAF PEOPLE HAVE A CULTURE OF THEIR OWN. 20:47 BECAUSE THEY CANNOT COMMUNICATE EASILY WITH HEARING PEOPLE NORMALLY, IT DOES MAKE A GREAT 20:54 DIFFICULTY, SO THE CHURCH HAS TO BEND OVER REAL HARD TO MAKE THEM REALLY FEEL AT HOME. 21:06 NOT EVERY CHURCH UNDERSTANDS THIS. 21:09 SOME CHURCHES DO AND DO A WONDERFUL JOB OF IT. 21:11 THEY ACCEPT THEM AND WORK WITH THEM AND MAKE THEM FEEL A PART. 21:15 FOR INSTANCE, A DEAF PERSON WOULD HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY BEING ON THE 21:19 CHURCH BOARD--WHO WILL INTERPRET FOR THEM. 21:21 THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY BEING A HEAD DEACON. 21:23 THEY MIGHT BE AN EXCELLENT DEACON BUT NOT HEAD DEACON WHEN THEY HAVE TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS. 21:27 IT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE. 21:29 SO THIS IS A WAY FOR THEM TO BE INVOLVED AND FEEL THAT CAMARADERIE. 21:33 FRED, ARE THERE A COUPLE MORE PICTURES? 21:36 I THINK THAT'S ALL THE PICTURES, BUT WE CAN STILL TALK ABOUT SOME MORE ACTIVITIES. 21:40 WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR GOALS THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO FOR THE DEAF IN THE PHILIPPINES? 21:47 LET ME JUST THROW OUT SOME THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE. 21:50 LYCHEL IS A REAL GO GETTER. SHE IS ON FIRE, AND SHE KNOWS HOW TO GET THINGS DONE. 21:56 SHE ORGANIZED A TRAINING SESSION FOR ALL OF THE DEAF WORKERS IN THE PHILIPPINES. 22:02 THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER AND HAD A TRAINING SESSION. 22:09 I THOUGHT THIS WAS GREAT. 22:10 THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING ANYONE FROM THE OUTSIDE IMPOSED ON THEM. 22:14 IT WAS SOMETHING THEY DID FOR THEMSELVES. 22:16 ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE? 22:18 THERE WERE ONLY THE THREE WHO WE'RE PAYING. 22:20 THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT CAME. THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE WORKING WITH THEM. 22:25 LYCHEL HAS HER SISTER CHEARD WHO WORKS WITH HER ON A REGULAR BASIS. 22:31 ONE DAY I WOULD LIKE FOR HER TO BE PAID BY GOSPEL OUTREACH AS WELL BECAUSE SHE IS DEAF AND AS 22:40 JOHN HAS SAID THERE IS A BARRIER. 22:42 EVEN THOUGH SOMEONE MAY BE ABLE TO SIGN AND BE ABLE TO TALK 22:47 WITH THEM THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT CULTURE. 22:49 THEY DON'T HAVE QUITE THE CREDIBILITY THAT SOMEONE WHO IS NOT DEAF WOULD HAVE. 22:53 SO CHEARD WOULD BE A VERY VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE PROGRAM THERE. 23:02 IN ILOILO ROBERT ACTUALLY SHARES HIS STIPEND WITH BROTHER GONZALES, 23:09 BECAUSE BROTHER GONZALES IS A SELF-SUPPORTING LAY WORKER. 23:14 SO HE SHARES HIS STIPEND WITH HIM. THAT'S TEAM WORK. 23:22 IN MINDANAO THIS BEM BEM THAT I MENTIONED IS A REGULAR TEACHER 23:29 WITH THE DEAF SCHOOL, BUT SHE IS PAID BY THE SULADS. 23:34 THERE IS SYNERGY THERE. THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER. 23:40 WHEN DIFFERENT GROUPS CAN WORK TOGETHER YOU SEE FAR GREATER 23:44 RESULTS THAN DIFFERENT GROUPS WORKING SEPARATELY. 23:47 SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE 23:49 ON PLUS THE PROPERTY AND THE SCHOOL WILL BE BUILT. 23:53 HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT TAKING? 23:57 IT DEPENDS ON HOW FAST THE MONEY COMES IN. 23:58 I WAS GOING TO SAY, THESE BUILDING PROJECTS, SOMETIMES THEY CAN GO ON AND ON AND 24:01 THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING OUR VIEWERS TO HELP. 24:03 IF I CAN INTERJECT HERE, I HEARD A SUM OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PROJECTED GOAL. 24:10 IS THAT CORRECT? 24:11 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:12 IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 24:14 BROTHER JOHN HAS HELPED US OUT SOMEWHAT ON THAT. 24:17 YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THAT? 24:19 IN OUR CHURCH AT CHRISTMASTIME WE TOOK UP A SPECIAL OFFERING IN CANADA. 24:26 IT'S A SMALL CHURCH ATTENDANCE OF 25 TO 30. 24:30 WE TOOK UP A SPECIAL OFFERING AT CHRISTMAS. 24:32 I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT POINT WHETHER THEY COULD GET RECEIPTS OR NOT SO I SAID PROBABLY NOT SO 24:38 YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO GIVE AND NOT GET A TAXABLE RECEIPT. 24:41 EVENTUALLY WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE ONE. 24:43 BUT WE ENDED UP ADDING A LITTLE BIT TO IT AND WE SENT A THOUSAND DOLLARS. 24:49 IT'S NOT A LOT BUT IT WAS HELPING TO PAY FOR THE PROPERTY WHICH WAS FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. 24:54 WE SUBSEQUENTLY GOT SOME OTHER DONATIONS, ENOUGH TO PAY OFF THE MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY. 25:00 SO THEY OWN THE PROPERTY OUTRIGHT NOW. 25:01 NOW IT'S TO GET THE MATERIALS FOR THE BUILDINGS AND THEY HAVE SOME MONEY FOR THAT. 25:09 FRED, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES WILL YOU BE CHECKING IN WITH THESE WORKERS? 25:13 YES. 25:14 I'LL SEE EACH OF THE WORKERS AGAIN. I HAVE 13 PLACES TO VISIT WHEN I GO. 25:19 I SPEND THREE DAYS AT EACH PLACE. IT TAKES AT LEAST FIVE WEEKS. 25:22 THAT'S BUSY ESPECIALLY AT SOME OF THESE REMOTE PLACES THAT TAKE YOU AWHILE TO GET THERE. 25:27 SOME OF THEM TAKE FOUR HOURS HIKE. 25:29 THIS ONE UP TO THE SCHOOL WAS ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR HIKE. 25:34 BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE MANY TIMES YOU DON'T WANT TOO 25:37 MUCH DISTRACTION WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A SCHOOL. 25:39 YOU WANT IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT REMOTE. 25:42 I WONDER WHAT SONG THEY WILL SIGN FOR YOU THIS NEXT TIME. 25:46 YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND TELL US ABOUT THAT. 25:48 I'LL DO THAT. 25:49 FRED, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 25:51 AND JOHN THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." BLESSINGS TO YOU AS 25:55 YOU DO YOUR WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES FRED AND ALSO WITH YOUR WORK JOHN IN YOUR 26:01 TERRITORIES OF HELPING THOSE WHO ARE DEAF. 26:04 THANK YOU. 26:05 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SCHOOL BEING COMPLETED BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY MORE DEAF PEOPLE 26:09 OUT THERE WHO WOULD COME IF WE HAD THE FACILITIES FOR THEM. 26:14 AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO APPEAL TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN 26:17 MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:19 IF YOU ARE ENCOURAGED AND YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES 26:24 TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF, YOU CAN GIVE YOUR DONATIONS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:27 [ADDRESS] YOU CAN CALL 509-525-2951. 26:31 YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE WEB SITE WHICH IS WWW.GOAIM.ORG AND YOU 26:36 CAN GIVE YOUR SUPPORT TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:39 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR AND 26:42 THAT WILL COME DIRECTLY TO YOU AT YOUR HOME. 26:44 IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN DIAL 509-525-2951 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:55 OUR ADDRESS IS P.O. 26:56 BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WA 99324. 27:00 WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. 27:01 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO GIVE US A CALL HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:06 FRED AND JOHN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 27:08 FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER THANKING YOU FOR JOINING US. 27:12 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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