Participants: Fred Webb
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000386
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00:17 ♪OPENING MUSIC♪ 00:27 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:29 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND WE ARE JOINED BY FRED WEBB. 00:32 FRED, WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:34 THANK YOU. 00:35 IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:37 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR TERRITORY. 00:39 I WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES IN REGION 8. 00:41 WE HAVE ABOUT 52 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 00:45 IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO GO AND VISIT THEM ONCE A YEAR. 00:48 THE PHILIPPINES IS NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART FOR MANY REASONS. 00:51 I LIVED THERE AND WORKED FOR 12 YEARS. 00:53 SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO BE THERE. 00:56 I GET TO GO BACK AND SEE MY FRIENDS AND AT THE SAME TIME DO THE LORD'S WORK. 01:00 THAT'S FANTASTIC. GREAT RETIREMENT. 01:02 WHAT COULD BE BETTER. 01:03 TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SPORTING HERE WITH YOUR SHIRT. 01:09 THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A BARONG TAGALOG. 01:13 IT'S THE NATIONAL FORMAL DRESS IN THE PHILIPPINES. 01:17 IF I WERE GOING TO VISIT THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT, I WOULD WEAR THIS SHIRT. 01:20 I WOULD NOT WEAR A COAT AND TIE, I WOULD WEAR THIS SHIRT. 01:23 THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS COOLER THAN A COAT AND TIE WOULD BE. 01:27 IT IS. THIS HAS QUITE A HISTORY. 01:28 SPAIN RULED THE PHILIPPINES FOR 350 YEARS. 01:33 THEY WANTED TO KEEP THE FILIPINOS UNDER CONTROL SO THEY MADE SOME SHIRTS OUT OF 01:38 PINEAPPLE FIBERS THAT THEY COULD SEE THROUGH. 01:42 NO POCKETS SO THEY COULDN'T HIDE ANY WEAPONS. 01:45 AFTER THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR THE SPANIARDS WERE RUN OUT. 01:54 THE FILIPINOS BECAME SEMI-INDEPENDENT UNDER AMERICAN 01:57 GOVERNMENT AND THEY SAID THEY WANTED THEIR OWN UNIFORM. 02:02 SO THEY ADOPTED THE BARONG TAGALOG AS THEIR UNIFORM. 02:06 IT'S BECOME FANCY SINCE THEN. 02:07 OH IT'S BEAUTIFUL WITH THE EMBROIDERY. IT'S VERY HANDSOME ON YOU. 02:11 THANK YOU. 02:12 YOU'RE HERE TO TELL US ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE AREAS WHERE YOU WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES. 02:18 YES. WE'RE GOING TO START IN THE EAST VISAYAN CONFERENCE. 02:21 I ARRIVED THERE AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD A BRAND NEW VEHICLE THIS YEAR. 02:27 WHAT WAS IT? 02:28 IT WAS A BRAND NEW TOYOTA VAN, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE REGISTRATION ON IT YET. 02:34 IT WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND THEY SAID WE COULDN'T USE IT. 02:36 THEY SAID WE'D HAVE TO USE AN OLD ONE. 02:38 SO HERE WE ARE GETTING IT STARTED. 02:40 OH MY, THIS IS HOW YOU START IT. 02:43 THAT'S THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT IN THE GREEN BARONG. 02:45 HE'S IN THERE WORKING WITH THE REST OF THEM. 02:48 HE IS A GREAT GUY. I ENJOY BEING WITH HIM. 02:51 FRED, HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS AREA OF THE PHILIPPINES IS. 02:55 THE CONFERENCE HEADQUARTERS IS IN TACLOBAN WHICH IS ON THE ISLAND OF LEYTE. 03:03 THOSE WHO HAVE STUDIED HISTORY REMEMBER MACARTHUR CAME BACK AND LANDED ON RED BEACH. 03:08 IT'S ABOUT 10 TO 15 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF TACLOBAN. 03:13 HOW FAR A FLIGHT IS IT FROM MANILA? 03:16 ABOUT AN HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES. 03:18 IT'S ON THE VERY EASTERN SHORE WHICH MADE IT 03:22 CONVENIENT FOR MACARTHUR TO COME IN THERE AND LAND. 03:26 THAT'S HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW. 03:28 THE WORK THAT WE DO IN THAT CONFERENCE IS NOT ON THE ISLAND 03:31 OF LEYTE, IT'S ON THE ISLAND OF SAMAR. 03:33 SAMAR IS THE THIRD LARGEST ISLAND. 03:37 LUZON IN THE NORTH IS THE LARGEST, MINDANAO IN THE SOUTH IS SECOND AND THEN SAMAR. 03:42 THAT'S HELPFUL. 03:43 THANK YOU FOR THE GEOGRAPHY LESSON. LET'S GO BACK TO THE PICTURES. 03:48 HERE WE HAVE OUR FOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE--FOUR VERY DEDICATED YOUNG MEN. 03:54 THEY ARE SCATTERED ALL OVER THE ISLAND OF SAMAR. 03:58 IT TAKES HOURS AND HOURS TO GO FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. 04:01 SAMAR HAS A ROAD THAT GOES ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND THE 04:06 PERIMETER BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW ROADS INLAND. 04:10 PEOPLE LIVE THERE BUT THERE ARE NO ROADS. 04:13 SO THESE MEN HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE 04:16 PERIMETER WHERE THEY CAN GET TO THEM ON ROADS. 04:20 THIS IS IN THE VILLAGE OF MACARTHUR WHICH IS NOT WHERE MACARTHUR LANDED. 04:26 SO THERE'S AN ACTUAL VILLAGE NAMED FOR HIM? 04:28 OH YES. 04:29 HE'S A GREAT MAN IN THE PHILIPPINES. HE IS THEIR HERO. 04:31 YOU KNOW, "I SHALL RETURN." MACARTHUR IS A REAL HERO TO THE FILIPINO. 04:35 YOU KNOW, MACARTHUR GREW UP IN THE PHILIPPINES. 04:38 I DID NOT KNOW THAT. 04:41 THOSE GUYS WERE HIS BUDDIES AND THAT'S THE REASON HE WANTED TO SAVE THEM. 04:43 THIS IS IN THE VILLAGE OF MACARTHUR AND OUR 04:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HIS FAMILY IN THEIR HOME. 04:51 IT'S AN INTERESTING PLACE BECAUSE IT IS BUILT OUT OVER THE WATER. 04:55 THAT'S LOOKING OUT FROM THEIR HOUSE? 04:57 YES. 04:58 RIGHT BESIDE THAT IS WHERE THEY HAVE A MEETING PLACE, AND HERE 05:04 WE ARE IN THE MEETING HALL WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE. 05:08 NOW IT'S DIRT WHERE THEY ARE SITTING, BUT THE HOUSE IS BUILT OUT OVER THE WATER. 05:12 THAT'S THE WAY MANY HOUSES ARE BUILT IN THE PHILIPPINES ALONG THE COAST. 05:20 THEY BUILD OVER THE WATER. IT'S EASY GARBAGE DISPOSAL. 05:23 OH DEAR. 05:24 EASY SEWAGE DISPOSAL. IT'S VERY CONVENIENT. 05:27 HE HAS QUITE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE AND THEY ARE HAPPY. 05:33 SHE IS BEAUTIFUL. 05:34 YES, FILIPINO PEOPLE ARE BEAUTIFUL. 05:37 I LOVE THE FILIPINOS. THEY ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 05:41 THEY ARE GIVING A LITTLE SNACK, SOMETHING THEY LIKE TO DO THERE, 05:46 TO EVERYBODY WHO COMES TO THE MEETING. 05:48 A KIND OF LITTLE INCENTIVE. 05:49 ABSOLUTELY. 05:51 THEY DON'T MAKE RICE CHRISTIANS OUT OF THEM BUT THEY DO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT. 05:56 THIS YOUNG LADY TOOK SOME BIBLE STUDIES AND LEARNED ABOUT THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH. 06:03 SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO FOLLOW HER MASTER . 06:06 SHE ACCEPTED THE SABBATH AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 06:09 SHE WAS AN ORPHAN LIVING WITH HER AUNT. 06:14 HER AUNT SAID IF SHE WAS GOING TO KEEP THE SABBATH SHE 06:18 COULDN'T LIVE WITH HER AND SHE COULDN'T GO TO SCHOOL. 06:22 SHE WAS THAT STRICT ABOUT IT. THE GIRL SAID SHE HAD TO ACCEPT 06:27 WHAT GOD TOLD HER TO DO, AND THE AUNT TOLD HER TO GET OUT. 06:31 HOW OLD WAS SHE? 06:32 SHE'S ABOUT 13 IN THAT PICTURE. 06:34 SO WHERE WAS SHE GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL? 06:36 WHILE OFFICIALLY EDUCATION IS FREE, THERE ARE FEES THAT HAVE TO BE PAID. 06:50 SHE HAD NO ONE TO PAY THEM AND SHE HAD NO PLACE TO LIVE. 06:52 SOME OF THE ADVENTIST MEMBERS IN THAT AREA LEAD BY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAVE PROVIDED 06:58 HER A PLACE TO LIVE AND THE FEES SO SHE CAN GO TO SCHOOL. 07:03 SHE HAS REMAINED FAITHFUL. 07:05 PRAISE THE LORD BECAUSE THERE ARE PROBABLY ALL SORTS OF OTHER 07:07 ALTERNATE PLACES THAT SHE COULD GO. 07:09 SHE COULD HAVE STAYED WITH HER AUNT AND GIVEN UP THE CHURCH, BUT SHE CHOSE TO HONOR GOD. 07:14 A VERY DEDICATED YOUNG LADY. 07:17 I HAD A HARD TIME GETTING HER TO SMILE THOUGH. 07:22 WE VISITED IN THE HOME OF ONE OF THE INTERESTS. 07:26 THIS IS A HOME WHERE THERE IS A MOTHER, A FATHER, THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN. 07:31 THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS PROBABLY 12 FEET SQUARE. 07:34 I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ALL SLEEP. 07:37 IT'S GOT TO BE JUST SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. 07:40 WE WENT THERE AND HAD A WORSHIP SERVICE WITH THEM AND PRAYED WITH THEM. 07:44 THEY ARE NOT YET BELIEVERS BUT THEY ARE STUDYING. 07:54 THEY ARE NOT YET BELIEVERS BUT THEY ARE STUDYING. 08:00 YOU SEE HE STILL HAS HIS CIGARETTE. 08:03 THIS IS THE PATRIARCH AND MATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY. 08:10 THE LORD WORKS ON OUR HEARTS IN MANY WAYS. 08:12 SOME OF THESE HOUSES ARE NOT VERY TALL. 08:14 THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE HARD FOR YOU FRED. 08:18 THE PASTOR HERE IS ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT AS I AM. 08:23 HE IS BIG FOR A FILIPINO SO HE MUST HAVE SPANISH DESCENT BECAUSE THE SPANIARDS WERE TALL. 08:31 IS THIS ALSO OUT OVER THE WATER? 08:32 NO, IT'S CLOSE TO THE WATER. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE HERE. 08:41 THEY NEEDED A PLACE TO MEET. 08:52 YOU SEE THAT LITTLE BALCONY OVERHEAD THERE? 08:55 THAT'S THE MEETING PLACE. HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF IT. 08:57 IT'S JUST A HOUSE AND THAT'S A LITTLE BALCONY UP THERE. 09:03 THEY WANT TO BUILD A CHURCH. 09:07 THEY HAVE FOUND A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO BUILD ON, 09:10 AND THEY HAVE STARTED TO GATHER SOME LUMBER. 09:13 THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE THEY ARE MEETING. 09:17 ARE THEY RENTING IT? 09:18 IT'S THE HOME OF ONE OF THE PROSPECTS, ONE OF THOSE WHO HAS 09:21 BEEN TAKING BIBLE STUDIES AND THEY OFFERED THE MEETING PLACE. 09:24 THEY HAVE BEGUN TO GATHER LUMBER SO THEY CAN BUILD A CHURCH. 09:30 PRAISE THE LORD. 09:31 THEY ARE VERY RESOURCEFUL PEOPLE. 09:33 THEY THINK AHEAD AND IT'S VERY ENJOYABLE TO LIVE AND WORK WITH THEM. 09:38 WE WENT TO ANOTHER PLACE AND HERE ARE SOME MORE INTERESTS WHO ARE TAKING BIBLE STUDIES. 09:45 THE PASTOR IS STANDING IN THE BACK WITH ME. 09:47 IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, PEOPLE WANT ME TO BE IN THE PICTURE SO THEY ALWAYS HAVE THIS 09:53 BIG WHITE GIANT STANDING IN THE BACK. 09:55 I'M NOT ALL THAT BIG, MAYBE SIX FEET, BUT I TOWER OVER THEM. 10:03 THIS LADY HAS ALSO UNDERGONE SOME PERSECUTION BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO BE A CHRISTIAN. 10:10 HER HUSBAND LEFT HER BECAUSE SHE BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. 10:15 SHE HAS THIS LITTLE BOY TO TAKE CARE OF. 10:19 SHE IS STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. 10:21 BUT AGAIN THE OTHER BELIEVERS IN THE AREA HAVE CLOSED THEIR ARMS AROUND 10:28 HER PROVIDING HER A PLACE TO LIVE AND GIVING HER SOME COMFORT. 10:34 SHE DOES HAVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS EVEN THOUGH SHE NO LONGER HAS A HUSBAND. 10:41 NOW WE'RE GOING UP TO THE VERY NORTHERN PART OF SAMAR ISLAND TO THE LITTLE TOWN OF ALLEN. 10:46 ALLEN IS THE JUMPING OFF POINT FOR THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY 10:52 THAT GOES FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH. 10:54 THIS IS WHERE YOU CATCH THE FERRY TO GO ACROSS TO LUZON 10:57 ISLAND OR COME TO IF YOUR GOING SOUTH. 11:01 THIS IS THE TRANSITION POINT. 11:04 WE HAVE A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THERE. 11:08 MANY YEARS AGO ALBERTO GULFAN, WHO IS NOW THE DIVISION PRESIDENT, HELD EVANGELISTIC 11:14 MEETINGS IN THIS TOWN AND RAISED UP A CHURCH. 11:17 THEY BOUGHT SOME PROPERTY TO BUILD A CHURCH THEN AFTER MANY YEARS 11:26 THE PEOPLE DISINTEGRATED AND THE CHURCH KIND OF FELL APART. 11:30 WHEN OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WENT THERE AND BEGAN TO CANVASS THE COMMUNITY HE LEARNED THAT 11:37 THERE WERE A LOT OF FORMER SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 11:40 SO HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DRAW THEM BACK INTO THE CHURCH AND TO ESTABLISH A CHURCH THERE. 11:45 THIS IS THE SIGN HE HAS OUT ON THE ROAD. 11:47 THIS IS RIGHT ALONG THE MAIN ROAD WHERE PEOPLE PASS THROUGH 11:50 EVERY DAY AND THEY SEE THIS SIGN. 11:52 SO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IS PROMINENT THERE. 11:55 THAT'S A NICE SIGN. 11:57 THIS IS HIS MOTORCYCLE. IT SAYS "JESUS IS COMING" ON THE SIDE. 12:03 ALL OVER IT THERE ARE LITTLE SLOGANS THAT DRAW PEOPLE TO CHRIST. 12:11 HE ENJOYS ADVERTISING FOR THE LORD. 12:14 HE DOES FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM. HE PLAYS TENNIS WITH THE MAYOR. 12:22 HE RIDES BICYCLES WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE TRYING TO BREAK DOWN 12:27 ALL THE PREJUDICE AGAINST SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 12:29 HE HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING BACK THESE FORMER 12:34 ADVENTISTS AND IN WINNING OTHERS ALSO. 12:36 I LIKE THAT - FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM. 12:38 IT WORKS. THIS IS THE MEETING HALL, THE UPSTAIRS OF A BUILDING. 12:45 THOSE BENCHES DON'T LOOK VERY COMFORTABLE BUT THEY ARE BENCHES. 12:50 THEY ARE MORE COMFORTABLE THAN THE ONES WE SAW PREVIOUSLY THAT HAD NO BACK. 12:55 THESE AT LEAST HAVE A BACK. 12:57 BUT FOR ME THEY DON'T FIT TOO WELL. 12:58 THEY ARE COMPLETELY VERTICAL. 13:01 I HAVE A LITTLE BACK PROBLEM AND I NEED TO LEAN BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT. 13:05 HERE YOU'RE AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE AND IT DOESN'T FIT ME VERY WELL. 13:12 IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BOTHER THEM FRED. 13:14 NO, THAT'S THE WAY THEY BUILD THEM. 13:17 THAT EVENING THEY HAD A MID-WEEK PRAYER SERVICE AND THESE 13:22 ARE SOME OF THOSE WHO CAME TO THE SERVICE. 13:26 THIS IS ON THE SITE THAT THEY PURCHASED FOR A CHURCH MANY 13:31 YEARS AGO WHEN PASTOR GULFAN HELD HIS EVANGELISTIC SERIES THERE. 13:36 BUT THE CHURCH HAS NEVER BEEN BUILT. 13:37 IT'S JUST THE BARE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 13:44 IT MAY HAVE BEEN A GOOD PLACE FOR A CHURCH AT ONE TIME. 13:47 AT THIS POINT IT IS NOT, SO THE PLAN IS TO SELL THIS PROPERTY AND BUY SOME OTHER PROPERTY THAT 13:53 WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS, SOMETHING MORE VISIBLE. 13:57 THIS IS KIND OF BACK ON A SIDE ROAD WHERE NOBODY WOULD SEE IT. 14:01 ONE OF THE WAYS OF EARNING MONEY IS TO DRIVE ONE OF THESE BICYCLE CABS. 14:07 WE HAD ONE FELLOW WHO BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AND THIS IS THE WAY HE EARNED HIS MONEY. 14:11 RIDING ONE OF THESE BICYCLES AND CARRYING PEOPLE AROUND LIKE A TAXI. 14:16 HE WAS EARNING ABOUT 100 PESOS A DAY. 14:20 THERE ARE 43 PESOS TO A DOLLAR SO HE WAS EARNING A LITTLE OVER TWO DOLLARS A DAY. 14:30 THERE ARE 43 PESOS TO A DOLLAR SO HE WAS EARNING A LITTLE OVER TWO DOLLARS A DAY. 14:36 HE HAD A WIFE AND CHILDREN AND WASN'T MAKING MUCH OF A LIVING. 14:41 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, OUT OF HIS OWN SMALL STIPEND, 14:47 LOANED HIM ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD A CART TO SELL PEANUTS. 14:52 YOU SEE HOW HE HAS DECORATED IT? 14:54 YES, "JESUS IS COMING." DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IT TALKS ABOUT THE 14:58 ADVENTIST CHURCH AND WHERE THE SERVICES ARE. 15:02 HE NOW GOES AROUND SELLING PEANUTS PARTICULARLY DOWN AT THE WHARF WHERE THE FERRY COMES IN. 15:09 WHEN PEOPLE COME IN HE'S DOWN THERE TO SELL THEM THE PEANUTS. 15:13 INSTEAD OF MAKING 100 PESOS A DAY HE IS MAKING 900 PESOS A DAY. 15:17 PRAISE THE LORD. 15:18 IT WAS BRAND NEW WHEN WE WERE THERE SO PASTOR DEDICATED THIS CART TO THE SERVICE OF THE LORD. 15:27 LOOK AT THE SMILE ON HIS FACE. HIS SMILE IS BIG. 15:31 FRED, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ABOUT THAT. 15:34 WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN SHARING YOUR RESOURCES TO HELP 15:40 FURTHER THE NEWS THAT THE LORD IS COMING SOON AND THAT JESUS LOVES. 15:50 FURTHER THE NEWS THAT THE LORD IS COMING SOON AND THAT JESUS LOVES. 16:48 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT YOU CAN GET. 16:52 IT'S CALLED ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND YOU CAN ASK FOR THE NEWSLETTER TO BE SENT TO YOU. 16:56 WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 16:57 I'M HERE WITH FRED WEBB, AND HE IS SHARING SOME INFORMATION 17:02 ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES WHERE HE IS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 17:05 WE'VE JUST VISITED ONE AREA OF YOUR TERRITORY. 17:08 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH US THE SLIDES WE ARE GOING TO SEE NEXT. 17:11 WE'LL GO UP INTO NORTHERN LUZON. 17:14 LUZON IS THE BIG ISLAND IN THE NORTH. 17:16 THAT'S WHERE MANILA IS LOCATED. 17:17 YES, MANILA IS LOCATED IN CENTRAL LUZON. 17:20 WE ARE GOING NORTH OF MANILA ABOUT 300 KILOMETERS. 17:25 THESE ARE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 17:28 THEY ARE A VERY DEDICATED GROUP. 17:31 THE ONE WHO HAS COMMUNICATED WITH ME THE MOST - YOU KNOW YOU TEND 17:37 TO MAKE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE WHO COMMUNICATE. 17:40 WELL, THE LADY THERE HAS BEEN VERY COMMUNICATIVE. 17:43 HER NAME IS AMOR. 17:44 DO YOU KNOW WHAT AMOR MEANS? IT MEANS LOVE. 17:48 OF COURSE, THAT IS A COMMON NAME THERE. 17:51 THEY WILL NAME A GIRL LOVE AND THEY WILL CALL HER LOVE LOVE. 17:57 THEY LIKE TO REPEAT THE NAME. HER NAME IS AMOR. 18:00 SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A GROUP IN A VILLAGE CALLED MATOLONG. 18:06 IT WAS STARTED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 18:14 SHE DOES A LOT OF HOME VISITATION AND SHE 18:18 GETS YOUNG CHILDREN INVOLVED WORKING WITH HER. 18:20 SHE CALLS THEM HER MISSIONARY KIDS. 18:23 SHE TEACHES THEM HOW TO GIVE BIBLE STUDIES AND HOW TO BE LEADERS. 18:29 SHE TRAINS THEM FOR LEADERSHIP. 18:31 HERE WE ARE MEETING TOGETHER ON A SABBATH MORNING GETTING READY 18:36 FOR THE CHURCH SERVICE AT THE CHURCH IN MATOLONG. 18:40 HERE ARE THE CHILDREN ENJOYING THEIR SABBATH SCHOOL. 18:48 THIS COUPLE ARE SOME OF THOSE SHE HAS DRAWN TOGETHER TO BECOME A PART OF THIS CHURCH. 18:56 A BAPTISM HAS BEEN HELD THERE, AND THEY HAVE BUILT UP A GOOD 19:01 SIZED MEMBERSHIP OF PEOPLE WHO COME ON A REGULAR BASIS. 19:04 YOU CAN SEE A NUMBER OF THEM BEING BAPTIZED. 19:06 THIS IS NOT IN THEIR OWN CHURCH. THIS WAS IN ANOTHER CHURCH NEARBY. 19:10 A GROUP OF FILIPINOS FROM FRESNO, CALIFORNIA APPROACHED ME ONE DAY AND SAID THEY WOULD LIKE 19:19 TO BUILD A CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES AND DID I HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE THEY COULD BUILD ONE. 19:27 I SAID, "OH YES, I COULD GIVE YOU MANY." I HOOKED THEM UP 19:31 WITH AMOR AND THEY PROVIDED THE FUNDS TO BUILD THIS CHURCH. 19:35 IT'S A LOVELY LOOKING CHURCH. 19:37 THERE WAS MONEY LEFT OVER AND THEY BUILT A SECOND CHURCH IN CENTRAL LUZON. 19:41 PRAISE THE LORD. 19:43 ANYONE OUT THERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM COULD BUILD A CHURCH. 19:47 IT ONLY COSTS ABOUT FIVE TO SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BUILD A CHURCH LIKE THAT. 19:53 IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT PLEASE CONTACT GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:58 AND WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT. 20:01 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH INSIDE. 20:03 IT HAS THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS. 20:07 IT REALLY LOOKS NICE. 20:08 AMOR IS STANDING ON THE RIGHT. 20:09 THIS FAMILY IS ONE OF THE FAMILIES SHE HAS BROUGHT IN. 20:12 THERE IS A VERY INTERESTING HISTORY OF THIS FAMILY. 20:15 THIS IS ONE FAMILY? 20:16 YES. THERE WERE ELEVEN CHILDREN. 20:23 I'M COUNTING EIGHT. 20:25 THEY'RE NOT ALL THERE. 20:26 SOME OF THEM ARE MARRIED AND GONE ALREADY. 20:29 THE LADY STANDING NEXT TO AMOR WAS KIND OF THE LEADER OF THE FAMILY, NEXT TO THE YOUNGEST. 20:37 THESE OTHERS ARE, I THINK, SOME OF THE CHILDREN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 20:40 SHE HAS AN EXTRA FINGER SO WHEN I ASKED HER HOW MANY CHILDREN 20:46 THERE WERE IN THE FAMILY SHE HELD UP HER HANDS. 20:48 I SAID, "TEN, NO ELEVEN." WELL, I NEED TO TALK TO HER. 20:53 YOU NEED AN EXTRA ONE? 20:54 YES. 20:55 SHE'D SHARE. 20:56 I'M SURE SHE WOULD. 20:57 WE RAISED SOME MONEY TO GET THAT FINGER TAKEN OFF, 21:00 BUT THE FAMILY FINALLY DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT IT TAKEN OFF. 21:04 SO WE HAVE SET ASIDE THE FUNDS FOR HER COLLEGE EDUCATION. 21:07 I THINK THAT'S A GOOD USE OF THE MONEY. 21:09 THE MOTHER DIED IN CHILDBIRTH WITH THE CHILD JUST YOUNGER THAN HER. 21:11 WHEN THE MOTHER DIED THE FAMILY DRIFTED AWAY FROM THE CHURCH. 21:14 THEY HAD BEEN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS AND THEY DRIFTED AWAY AND WENT THEIR OWN WAY. 21:22 WHEN THE EVANGELISTIC MEETING WAS HELD THERE, AMOR WENT TO THE MEETING AND SHE WAS IMPRESSED. 21:30 SO SHE WENT BACK HOME AND SHE RECRUITED SOME OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO COME WITH HER. 21:35 THEY CAME AND SHE KEPT THEM COMING EVERY NIGHT AND SEVERAL 21:40 OF THEM BECAME SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 21:42 AMOR HAD BEEN VERY RELUCTANT TO BE OUT IN PUBLIC BECAUSE OF HER FINGER. 21:50 BUT WORKING WITH THE CHURCH SHE CAME OUT OF THAT SHELL AND NOW SHE IS A LEADER. 21:55 SHE IS UP FRONT EVERY SABBATH. SHE HAS MID-WEEK BIBLE STUDY IN HER HOME. 22:01 SHE IS A REAL MISSIONARY FOR THE LORD. 22:03 SHE IS ONE OF THOSE MISSIONARY KIDS. 22:05 NOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY FRED. 22:07 SHE IS A VERY ACTIVE YOUNG LADY AND HAS DONE MUCH FOR THAT CHURCH. 22:15 THIS IS THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHURCH. 22:17 I'M TOLD THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR WEEK THERE WERE JUST THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. 22:24 PREVIOUSLY WHEN I'VE BEEN THERE THE CHURCH HAS BEEN FULL, BUT IT WAS A FELLOWSHIP WHERE 22:28 THEY HAD OTHER CHURCHES JOIN THEM. 22:30 THIS IS JUST THE MEMBERS OF THAT CHURCH SHE HAS RAISED UP. 22:34 LOOK AT ALL THE CHILDREN. 22:36 SHE HAS WORKED PARTICULARLY WITH THE CHILDREN. 22:37 SHE IS A SCHOOL TEACHER BY PROFESSION AND NOW A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 22:42 SHE LOVES CHILDREN. 22:44 YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CHILDREN LEARN A SONG THEY GO HOME AND SING IT. 22:49 THEY LEARN A MEMORY VERSE THEY GO HOME AND REPEAT IT. 22:52 THE PARENTS WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE LEARNING AND SAY THEY BETTER GO FIND OUT. 22:58 AND THEIR TELLING THEM THAT THE LOVE LADY AT CHURCH TAUGHT THEM THAT SONG. 23:03 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:05 THEN THE PARENTS BEGIN TO COME AND HEAR THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. 23:06 IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE THAT JESUS IS COMING AGAIN. 23:08 JESUS LOVES ME. 23:10 ON SABBATH MORNING THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM INSIDE THE CHURCH FOR ALL THE CLASSES SO 23:16 THEY HAVE TO MEET OUTSIDE. 23:18 THIS IS A YOUTH CLASS THAT IS MEETING IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH. 23:23 THESE ARE MEETINGS FOR THE CHILDREN. 23:29 SHE ENJOYS WORKING WITH CHILDREN. 23:31 I'VE GONE WITH HER AS SHE GOES OUT TO HOMES AND HAS A BRANCH SABBATH SCHOOL. 23:37 SHE'LL HAVE FIVE OR SIX KIDS THERE AND SHE PUTS EVERYTHING INTO IT 23:39 AND THE KIDS SIT THERE EATING IT ALL UP. THEY REALLY ENJOY IT. 23:45 THESE ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH GATHERED FOR THEIR PICTURE. 23:50 THIS WAS A SPECIAL DAY. 23:52 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A POLICY THAT WE STAY IN A PLACE LONG ENOUGH TO NURTURE A CHURCH, TO 23:58 TRAIN THEM, TO GET THEM WHERE THEY CAN STAND ALONE. 24:02 THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE WITHIN FIVE YEARS. 24:04 AMOR HAS BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS AND THIS IS THE DAY OF TRANSITION. 24:09 HERE IS AMOR AND HER HUSBAND. 24:12 HER HUSBAND WAS THE DISTRICT PASTOR OF THAT DISTRICT AND WAS 24:17 TRANSFERRED TO TEACH AT OUR COLLEGE NEARBY. 24:21 THE TWO OF THEM HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO BUILD THIS CHURCH UP. 24:24 HERE THE CHURCH IS HONORING THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO BUILD UP THIS CHURCH AND 24:30 TO BRING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL TO THEM THAT THEY HAD NOT HEARD BEFORE. 24:35 SO THEY ARE BEING PRAISED AND HONORED FOR THEIR HARD WORK. 24:39 THEN IT IS TURNED OVER TO THE DISTRICT PASTOR. 24:44 THIS IS THE IDEAL. 24:45 THIS IS WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL ABOUT TO RAISE UP A NEW CHURCH AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO 24:52 THE MISSION AND SAY THIS IS A GROUP NOW THAT YOU CAN NURTURE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE. 25:00 I CONSIDER THIS ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL ADVENTURES BECAUSE 25:05 THIS HAS GONE THROUGH TO THE END RIGHT ON SCHEDULE. 25:09 EVERYTHING HAS WORKED WELL. 25:10 SHE HAS NOW TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER CHURCH WHERE SHE IS 25:12 TRYING TO BUILD IT UP AND ESTABLISH ANOTHER CHURCH. 25:13 AMOR IS GOING TO BE SPREADING MORE LOVE OF THE LORD. 25:22 BECAUSE HER HUSBAND IS TEACHING AT THE COLLEGE SHE 25:24 IS ALSO TEACHING ONE CLASS AT THE COLLEGE. 25:26 SHE RECRUITS THOSE STUDENTS TO COME AND HELP HER IN HER WORK. 25:31 SHE NOW HAS A GROUP OF STUDENTS COMING FROM THE NORTHERN LUZON ADVENTIST COLLEGE WHICH IS RIGHT 25:35 ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE MISSION HEADQUARTERS. 25:37 THEY ARE HELPING HER IN ESTABLISHING ANOTHER CHURCH. 25:43 ISN'T THAT WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT - FINDING THE LOVE OF THE LORD AND HAVING IT IN YOUR HEART 25:48 THEN SHARING IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 25:49 AND GETTING OTHER PEOPLE TO BECOME INVOLVED. 25:51 ABSOLUTELY. 25:53 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FRED FOR BEING HERE. 25:56 WHEN YOU GO BACK PLEASE TELL AMOR THAT WE HAVE SO ENJOYED HEARING HER STORY AND WE'RE SO 26:02 THANKFUL THERE ARE WOMEN LIKE HER OUT THERE. 26:04 I WON'T WAIT, I'LL WRITE IT TO HER IN AN EMAIL. 26:06 OH WOULD YOU DO THAT PLEASE. 26:09 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ALL OF THAT. 26:11 YOU'LL BE HEADING BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES. 26:13 YES I PLAN TO GO AGAIN IN FEBRUARY. 26:15 WONDERFUL. WE'LL BE ANXIOUS TO HEAR MORE OF YOUR STORIES AND 26:18 SEE MORE OF YOUR PICTURES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 26:21 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. 26:22 THANK YOU. 26:23 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING 26:25 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:28 IF YOU HAVE THE LORD'S LOVE IN YOU AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD THAT JUST LIKE THIS WOMAN 26:34 AMOR IN THE PHILIPPINES, YOU CAN GIVE YOUR DONATIONS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND IT WILL HELP SPREAD 26:41 THE LOVE OF THE LORD AROUND THE WORLD. 26:42 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE IN 26:44 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER. 26:47 ♪CLOSING MUSIC♪ |
Revised 2015-02-06