Participants: Fred Webb
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000419
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00:02 OPENING MUSIC.
00:23 THIS IS ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 00:24 YOU KNOW "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" COMES FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:27 THE STORIES THAT WE GET TO KNOW ABOUT FROM THE FRONTLINE. 00:32 IT JUST WOULDN'T BE RIGHT FOR US TO KEEP THESE STORIES SO WE COME TO THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE 00:38 YOU DESERVE TO HEAR THEM TOO. 00:40 YOU DESERVE TO HEAR THEM FOR YOUR INSPIRATION. 00:43 YOU ALSO DESERVE TO HEAR THEM 00:45 BECAUSE MANY OF YOU ARE FAITHFUL FAITHFUL SUPPORTS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:50 YOU ARE PRAYER PARTICIPANTS AND YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW GOD IS USING THE INVESTMENT YOU MAKE 00:58 IN MISSIONS AND HOW YOUR PRAYERS ARE BEING ANSWERED. 01:03 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK OF EACH TIME I GET TO BE HERE IS THERE IS HARDLY ANY DAY OF 01:09 MY LIFE THAT IS MORE SPECIAL THAN THE DAYS I GET TO SPEND AT GOSPEL OUTREACH RECONNECTING 01:17 WITH MY FRIENDS WHO ARE A PART OF THOSE FRONTLINE TEAMS. 01:22 MY GUEST TODAY IS CERTAINLY NO EXCEPTION TO ALL OF THOSE HIGH POINTS IN MY LIFE. 01:29 HE IS FRED WEBB. 01:32 BLESS YOUR HEART FRED. 01:34 THANK YOU. 01:35 WE DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:38 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES WONDERFUL THINGS IN CONNECTING THE FAITH COMMUNITY, 01:44 THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAMILY. 01:47 YOU'LL CATCH ON AS WE GO THROUGH THIS STORY WITH FRED TODAY. 01:52 HE IS A VETERAN MISSIONARY HAVING SPENT HOW MANY YEARS IN THE MISSION FIELD? 01:57 SEVENTEEN TOTAL. 01:58 AND ALL IN THE PHILIPPINES? 02:00 FIVE YEARS IN WEST AFRICA AND TWELVE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 02:04 I THINK HE CONFESSES THAT HE ALMOST FEELS MORE AT HOME 02:10 IN THE PHILIPPINES THAN ANY PLACE ELSE. 02:12 HE AND HIS PRECIOUS WIFE ARLENE HAVE RETIRED. 02:17 THEY LIVE IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NOW AND TRAVEL WIDELY ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:25 AS WE TAPE THIS PROGRAM IN THE SPRING OF 2012 YOU JUST GOT BACK FROM THE PHILIPPINES. 02:33 IT WILL BE A WEEK TOMORROW I GOT BACK. 02:35 NOW THAT YOU'VE SAID TOMORROW, TODAY IS APRIL 15. 02:44 DO YOU KNOW APRIL 15 IS SUCH A HUGE DAY? 02:47 YES. 02:48 A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK INCOME TAX REPORT DAY. 02:50 I THINK OF OTHER THINGS. 02:51 I'VE BEEN A FARMER AND APRIL 15 WAS THE DAY TO PLANT CORN. 02:57 AND IN THE NEWS, TODAY IS THE CENTENNIAL OF THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC. 03:06 RIGHT. 03:08 SO APRIL 15 IS AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR ME BECAUSE I GET TO BE WITH FRED WEBB. 03:13 NOW FRED, BECAUSE OF YOU I KNOW ABOUT SULADS . 03:18 JUST DEFINE FOR OUR VIEWERS SULADS AGAIN. 03:23 SULADS IS AN ACRONYM BUT IT'S ALSO A WORD 03:27 IN THE MANOBO DIALECT THAT MEANS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 03:29 IT'S A STUDENT MISSIONARY PROGRAM THAT REACHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 03:32 WE COULD DO THE WHOLE PROGRAM ON SULADS. 03:35 BUT I DON'T EVEN HAVE A MENTION TODAY. 03:38 WELL, THAT'S THE REASON I THOUGHT I BETTER BRING IT UP BECAUSE I CONTINUE TO BE 03:43 INSPIRED BY THE STORIES OF THESE DEDICATED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GO OUT FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW 03:49 COLLEGE TO WORK IN THE VILLAGES-- HUNDREDS OF THEM AROUND THAT REGION OF MINDANAO . 03:56 WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? 03:59 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER REGIONS 04:01 OF MINDANAO THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS IN. 04:04 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE? 04:06 THE TOTAL IN THE PHILIPPINES IS 56 INCLUDING THREE FOR THE DEAF. 04:13 AND WE'VE DONE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS ABOUT DEAF MINISTRY 04:16 THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH AS WELL. 04:17 WE'VE GOT LOTS OF PICTURES TO SEE TODAY. 04:21 BUT WE WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO OUR WORDS BECAUSE THEY DESCRIBE THE PICTURES YOU WILL SEE. 04:28 LISTEN CLOSELY AS FRED TAKES US THROUGH THESE PICTURES. 04:32 OUR FIRST PICTURE WE ARE GOING TO START OUT IN NORTHEASTERN MINDANAO MISSION. 04:36 THE THREE MEN ON THE MOTORCYCLE ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 04:41 THE ONE STANDING BEHIND IS THE MISSION PRESIDENT. 04:45 HE HAS BEEN A SULAD WHEN HE WAS IN COLLEGE AND IS VERY STRONG ON EVANGELISM. 04:51 SO HERE WE HAVE THE THREE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 04:54 THOSE THREE ACTUALLY RIDE ON THAT MOTORCYCLE TOGETHER? 04:59 OH, THAT'S ONLY THREE. 05:01 I'VE SEEN AS MANY AS SIX GROWN MEN ON ONE MOTORCYCLE. 05:05 WHATEVER IT TAKES. 05:07 THIS IS INSIDE THE HOUSE OF MR. AND MRS. TECSUN. 05:10 THAT'S MR. TECSUN ON THE FAR RIGHT NEXT TO ME AND HIS WIFE IN THE BACK AND HIS DAUGHTER. 05:25 YOU CAN'T QUITE SEE HER FACE. 05:26 WE'LL SEE HER LATER. 05:28 THIS IS INSIDE THEIR HOUSE. 05:29 IT'S A VERY HUMBLE LITTLE PLACE. 05:30 THAT'S MR. AND MRS. TECSUN IN THEIR HOUSE. 05:35 THIS IS THEIR DAUGHTER. 05:36 SHE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EVANGELISTIC TEAM. 05:41 SHE CONDUCTS VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLS. 05:44 SHE TELLS STORIES TO THE KIDS. 05:46 SHE'S AN EARLY TEENAGER BUT SHE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR EVANGELISTIC TEAM. 05:56 THIS IS THEIR HOUSE ON THE LEFT. 05:58 NOT VERY MUCH THERE BUT IT'S A HOUSE AND IT'S NEAT AND CLEAN. 06:02 IS IT THE ONE WITH THE HIP ROOF OR THE ONE BESIDE IT? 06:07 IT'S THE ONE LITTLE SQUARE THERE IN THE FRONT. 06:10 THE ONE IN THE BACK IS THE CHURCH. 06:12 SO THERE'S THE CHURCH AND THE PARSONAGE. 06:15 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:16 THAT'S THE CHURCH COMPOUND. 06:18 NOW THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, IT DOESN'T BELONG TO THE MISSION. 06:21 IT'S JUST ON BORROWED LAND. 06:22 THEY HAVE PURCHASED A PLACE TO BUILD A CHURCH BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO BUILD IT YET. 06:29 MEANWHILE THEY HAVE A PRETTY NICE PLACE THERE TO WORSHIP. 06:33 THIS IS THE CHURCH. 06:35 IT'S VERY NEAT, IT'S TRIM AND IT'S VERY CLEAN. 06:38 THAT'S THE THING THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. 06:40 IT'S NOT THEIR CHURCH? 06:42 OH, IT'S OUR CHURCH BUT IT'S ON BORROWED LAND. 06:46 SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE PROPERTY? 06:51 THEY HAVE PURCHASED PROPERTY BUT THIS IS NOT ON THAT PROPERTY. 06:55 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THIS WHEN THEY GET ANOTHER CHURCH? 06:57 IT WILL ONLY LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS ANYWAY 06:59 THEN THE TERMITES EAT IT UP BECAUSE IT'S ALL NATIVE MATERIAL. 07:03 OH, I SEE. 07:04 EVEN THE ROOF IS NATIVE MATERIAL. 07:07 IT LOOKS LIKE KOGAN GRASS . 07:09 THIS IS IN COLORADO JABONGA . 07:16 SOME OF THESE NAMES ARE KIND OF DIFFICULT TO GET YOUR TONGUE AROUND SOME TIMES. 07:20 THIS VILLAGE IS INTERESTING IN THAT IN AN AREA WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE OF MALAYSIAN 07:30 DESCENT THIS VILLAGE IS LIKE THE AETAS . 07:37 THEY ARE BLACK. 07:39 THEY HAVE KINKY HAIR. 07:40 THEY CLAIM THEY ARE DESCENDED FROM A SLAVE SHIP THAT WAS SENT DOWN NEAR MINDANAO. 07:50 I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THAT MIGHT BE. 07:53 INSIDE THE LITTLE CHURCH ARE THESE BENCHES. 07:55 THEY CONSIDER THEM TO BE QUITE COMFORTABLE. 07:57 I HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH MY WESTERN BACKGROUND. 08:00 IT'S A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE TO SIT ON THESE BENCHES ESPECIALLY WITHOUT A BACK REST. 08:07 THIS IS A VIEW OF THE BACKYARD. 08:09 HE MAKES USE OF EVERY SPACE. 08:10 YOU SEE THE TARO GROWING IN THE FRONT AND SOME CASSAVA IN THE BACKGROUND. 08:17 HE IS SHOWING THEM HOW THEY CAN RAISE THEIR OWN FOOD. 08:22 THAT'S NOT TYPICAL FOR THE NATIVES THERE? 08:25 NO. 08:26 FOR THE MOST PART THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FARM. 08:30 THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT YOU'RE MAKING FRED, THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 08:35 ARE TRYING TO HELP THESE PEOPLE IN THESE PRACTICAL WAYS OF SUPPORTING THEMSELVES. 08:41 WHEN I WAS IN AFRICA I LEARNED THE SAYING THAT THEY HAVE THERE 08:44 AND THAT WAS "AN EMPTY BAG CAN'T STAND." 08:47 SO IF YOU DON'T FEED THEM, THEY PROBABLY ARE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU. 08:50 IF THEY ARE HUNGRY THEY CAN'T LISTEN VERY WELL. 08:55 THAT'S BIBLICAL. 08:56 SO THEY TRY TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD. 08:59 WHEN YOU GAIN THEIR CONFIDENCE THEN THEY WILL LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. 09:05 THIS IS A SHOT OF THE VILLAGE TO SHOW THE TYPES OF HOMES THEY LIVE IN. 09:08 DO THESE HOMES ALSO ONLY LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS LIKE YOU SAID? 09:13 YES, THEY WON'T LAST VERY LONG. 09:15 THEY TAKE A LOT OF REPAIR. 09:17 THEY CAN LAST LONGER IF THEY KEEP THEM REPAIRED BUT IT TAKES QUITE A BIT TO KEEP THEM GOING. 09:24 THEY LIVE ON THE WATER. 09:26 FISH IS A MAJOR PART OF THEIR DIET. 09:29 THEY HAVE THIS PIER GOING OUT INTO THE WATER. 09:31 THERE IS A LAKE THERE. 09:33 LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS THERE IT WAS FLOODED WHERE I AM STANDING TAKING THIS PICTURE. 09:39 SO IT DEPENDS ON THE RAINY SEASON AS TO THE WATER LEVEL. 09:43 YES. 09:44 LAST YEAR THERE WAS A LOT OF RAIN. 09:48 THE KIDS ENJOY SWINGING IN A HAMMOCK. 09:50 IT'S HARD TO GET THEIR PICTURE BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU WANT TO SHOOT A PICTURE THEY DO THEIR 09:55 SPECIAL LITTLE POSE AND I LIKE TO CATCH THEM WHEN THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT. 09:58 THIS CUTE LITTLE GIRL WAS FOLLOWING US ALL AROUND PULLING THIS LITTLE TRUCK ON A STRING. 10:04 SHE WAS SO CUTE I HAD TO TAKE HER PICTURE. 10:08 THIS IS LARRY MATA ANOTHER ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 10:12 I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU THIS LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS VILLAGE. 10:15 IN THIS VILLAGE THE CHIEF HAD A DIVINE ENCOUNTER THAT TOLD HIM HE SHOULD WORSHIP ON THE 10:21 SEVENTH DAY ON SABBATH, ON SABADO AND HE SHOULD EAT CLEAN FOODS AND THAT A MISSIONARY 10:28 WOULD COME AND TELL THEM MORE. 10:29 THE DIVINE ENCOUNTER WAS A DREAM? 10:32 I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS A DREAM, A VISION OR IF IT WAS THE APPEARANCE OF AN ANGEL. 10:41 HE WAS ALSO TOLD THAT HE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT ANY MISSIONARIES UNLESS THEY KEPT THE SABBATH. 10:45 THE FIRST MISSIONARIES TO COME WERE PENTECOSTAL. 10:47 HE ASKED THEM IF THEY KEPT THE SABBATH. 10:50 THEY SAID NO THAT THEY WORSHIP ON SUNDAY. 10:53 HE SAID HE COULD NOT ACCEPT THEM IN THE VILLAGE. 10:57 THEY SAID THEY WOULD WORSHIP ON SATURDAY SO THEY ESTABLISHED A SEVENTH-DAY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. 11:03 IS THAT RIGHT. 11:05 LARRY MATA HAD COME TO LIVE IN THIS VILLAGE BUT THEY DIDN'T ACCEPT HIM. 11:11 HE WAS A LAY WORKER AT THE TIME AND HE WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WAS WORKING. 11:17 BUT HE OWNED SOME PROPERTY THERE IN KIDIHAY . 11:22 GOSPEL OUTREACH DECIDED TO PROVIDE SOME WORKERS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINDANAO MISSION 11:26 AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS CHOSEN. 11:28 THEY ASKED HIM WHERE HE WANTED TO GO. 11:29 HE SAID I WANT TO GO BACK TO KIDIHAY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO KNOW THE FULL MESSAGE. 11:35 HE WENT BACK TO KIDIHAY. 11:37 HE DIDN'T START PREACHING. 11:39 HE PLANTED A GARDEN AND RAISED A LOT OF PRODUCE AND SHARED IT WITH THE VILLAGE. 11:44 THIS MADE FRIENDS WITH THE PEOPLE. 11:48 ONE DAY ONE OF THE FORMER PASTORS OF THIS CHURCH WHO HAD BEEN GONE FOR AWHILE CAME BACK. 11:53 HE GOT TO TALKING WITH LARRY. 11:56 HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO STUDY THE BIBLE WITH HIM. 12:00 LARRY WAS DELIGHTED AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING. 12:02 HE NOW HAS TEN FAMILIES STUDYING WITH HIM AND HE IS ALSO BUILDING A SEVENTH-DAY 12:07 ADVENTIST CHURCH. 12:08 I MENTIONED THAT HE HAD SOME PROPERTY THERE. 12:11 HE CUT THIS TIMBER OFF HIS OWN PROPERTY AND IS DONATING IT FOR THE BUILDING OF THIS CHURCH. 12:18 DOES HE HAVE A LITTLE SAW MILL? 12:21 YES, A CHAIN SAW. 12:24 THAT'S ALL THEY USE TO MAKE LUMBER. 12:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE JUST RESOURCEFUL. 12:29 THEY ARE. 12:30 AND THEY ARE COMMITTED JUST LIKE HIM WANTING TO GO BACK TO KIDIHAY INSTEAD OF SOME PLACE 12:36 ELSE BECAUSE NOT ONLY WAS HIS PROPERTY THERE BUT HIS HEART WAS THERE. 12:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 12:44 UNDER THE PLATFORM OF THIS CHURCH THERE IS A BIG TANK AND IT'S NOT A BAPTISMAL TANK. 12:48 IT'S FOR CATCHING DOMESTIC WATER. 12:50 HE IS PREPARING TO PUT THE CAP ON THE TOP OF THIS WITH CONCRETE. 12:56 IN THE BACK OF THE CHURCH THERE IS THE SPIGOT FOR LETTING THE WATER OUT. 13:00 WHAT THIS REMINDS ME OF IS MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION YOU HAVE SHOWN US BEFORE THESE CURRENT 13:07 PICTURES IS OF THE NATIVE MATERIAL, THIS IS PERMANENT MATERIAL. 13:13 SO THAT MUST BE A TESTIMONY IN ITSELF. 13:16 I THINK SO. 13:18 IF YOU COMPARE THIS BUILDING WITH THE SEVENTH-DAY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH THIS ONE IS 13:23 FAR MORE SUBSTANTIAL. 13:27 WE WILL BE HAVING BAPTISMS THERE VERY SOON. 13:31 NOW WE'RE DOWN IN SOUTHERN MINDANAO. 13:33 THIS IS THE CREW THERE. 13:35 THIS CREW OF WORKERS, SEVEN PEOPLE, HAS BROUGHT IN ONE THOUSAND BAPTISMS EACH OF THE 13:42 LAST TWO YEARS. 13:43 PRAISE THE LORD. 13:45 THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE. 13:47 ONLY ONE OF THEM IS A THEOLOGY GRADUATE. 13:50 ONLY THREE OF THEM ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES. 13:54 THE OTHER FOUR ARE HIGH SCHOOL. 13:58 WE DO NOT DISPARAGE EDUCATION IN ANY WAY. 14:01 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:02 YOU'RE A TEACHER. 14:03 I HAVE A DOCTORATE DEGREE. 14:04 BUT GOD WILL USE WHOM EVER IS AVAILABLE. 14:09 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, ARE THEY WILLING TO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO THE LORD. 14:13 ARE THEY BURNING WITH A DESIRE TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT CHRIST. 14:16 AND EVERYONE OF THOSE WHO HASN'T HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING AN EDUCATION WOULD TAKE 14:19 ADVANTAGE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GET ONE WOULDN'T THEY. 14:21 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:24 WE DECIDED TO GO OUT TO THE ISLAND OF BALUT . 14:27 YOU KNOW WHAT BALUT IS? 14:28 I HAVE NO IDEA. 14:30 BALUT IS AN EGG THAT HAS BEEN FERTILIZED AND HAS BEEN INCUBATED AND JUST BEFORE IT 14:37 HATCHES THEY BOIL IT THEN THEY EAT IT. 14:40 OH, THAT'S A SPECIAL TREAT. 14:42 I'VE NEVER TRIED IT. 14:44 BALUT, THE ISLAND OF BALUT. 14:45 I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT ITS NAME BUT IT'S CALLED BALUT ISLAND. 14:50 IT'S OFF THE VERY SOUTHERN TIP OF MINDANAO. 14:53 IF YOU WENT ANOTHER 60 KILOMETERS YOU'D BE IN INDONESIA. 14:56 IS THAT A SPECIAL DELICACY OF THAT ISLAND? 14:59 WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT THEY SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA. 15:04 THEY JUST LIKE THEM. 15:06 WHETHER IT WAS NAMED FOR THAT OR WHAT I DON'T KNOW. 15:11 WE TOOK A FERRY. 15:13 WE WENT OUT ON A THURSDAY NIGHT AND TRAVELED ALL NIGHT ON THIS FERRY-SEVEN HOURS. 15:16 THIS IS THE CREW AND I AS WE WERE TRAVELLING. 15:18 THAT ISLAND IS SEVEN HOURS OFF THE MAINLAND? 15:20 GENERAL SANTOS IS ON AN INLET SO MOST OF THAT TIME WE HAD LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF US. 15:33 THIS IS OUR FIRST VIEW OF BALUT ISLAND. 15:37 THERE IS ANOTHER ISLAND NEARBY CALLED SARANGANI BUT IT'S A SMALLER ISLAND. 15:42 YOU IMPRESS ME WITH THE NAMES. 15:44 THE BOAT ON THE LEFT IS THE ONE WE ARRIVED ON. 15:49 YOU NOTICE COMING DOWN THAT GANGPLANK THERE IS REALLY NOT MUCH TO HANG ON TO. 15:51 THIS IS EDGAR ITABLE ON THE LEFT AND ELIAS BITOON ON THE RIGHT. 15:58 EDGAR HAS BEEN STATIONED THERE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW. 16:04 WE TOLD HIM HE HAS ONE MORE YEAR TO FINISH HIS WORK BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH WON'T STAY 16:08 LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS. 16:09 ELIAS BITOON HAS BEEN HIS ASSISTANT THERE PART OF THE TIME. 16:12 HE IS NOT ASSIGNED THERE BUT HAS COME TO HELP ONCE IN AWHILE. 16:16 HE IS ACTUALLY ASSIGNED SOMEWHERE ELSE. 16:17 THEY ARE BOTH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 16:19 WHEN YOU SAY TO FINISH HIS WORK WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 16:25 IT MEANS THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH ESTABLISHED AND TRAINED SO THAT 16:31 THEY CAN PRETTY MUCH EXIST ON THEIR OWN 16:35 AND MAINTAIN AND REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AROUND. 16:38 DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE CHURCH WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO THE DEGREE THAT THEY CAN BE 16:43 ASSIGNED A PASTOR THEN? 16:45 YES, BE ASSIGNED A DISTRICT PASTOR THAT MAY MEET THEM ONLY ONCE IN AWHILE. 16:49 MAYBE ONCE A MONTH OR ONCE IN TWO MONTHS. 16:52 MAY THIS MAN WHO HAS BEEN THERE WORKING HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING THE PASTOR OF THAT GROUP? 16:57 HE COULD BE. 16:58 THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR. 16:59 THERE ARE POLICIES THERE IN THE PHILIPPINES 17:01 THAT ONLY A THEOLOGY GRADUATE CAN BE A PASTOR. 17:04 EDGAR ITABLE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS A THEOLOGY DEGREE 17:09 SO HE COULD BE MADE THE PASTOR THERE IF THEY SO CHOSE. 17:13 I'M GLAD FOR THIS EXPLANATION BECAUSE OUR VIEWERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE VALUES 17:17 THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORK OF 17:27 CHURCHES IN THESE VARIOUS REGIONS. 17:29 WE DON'T STAY AND PASTOR CHURCHES. 17:33 WE ESTABLISH THE CHURCHES, PREPARE THEM TO STAND ON THEIR OWN AND THEN TURN THEM OVER TO 17:37 THE LOCAL MISSION. 17:39 SO IF HE WAS TO BECOME THE PASTOR THE LOCAL MISSION WILL ASSUME HIS RESPONSIBILITY AND 17:47 THE SUPPORT THAT HE HAS BEEN ENJOYING WILL BE ASSIGNED 17:50 TO SOMEBODY ELSE IN A NEW TERRITORY. 17:52 RIGHT. 17:54 THE LAST PICTURE WE SAW WAS HIS FAMILY LIVING THERE ON BALUT ISLAND. 18:01 IT'S QUITE ISOLATED BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THEIR LIFE THERE. 18:06 THIS IS HIS HOME. 18:08 OH, WOW. 18:09 DARLING LITTLE FAMILY. 18:11 YOU KNOW, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND FRAME OF REFERENCE I WOULD SAY-"AND THEY ARE WILLING TO 18:19 LIVE IN THIS PLACE?" 18:20 YES. 18:21 THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR SOME TIME. 18:24 THOSE BOARDS ARE JUST SPLIT. 18:27 THEY ARE NOT EVEN SAWED, THEY ARE SPLIT LUMBER. 18:31 THIS IS ONLY A PLACE TO SLEEP AND A PLACE TO SIT. 18:36 THEIR KITCHEN IS OVER HERE MAYBE TWENTY YARDS AWAY. 18:40 THEIR C.R., THEIR COMFORT ROOM THAT WE WOULD CALL A BATHROOM IS OVER THERE. 18:49 IT'S NOTHING BUT A SLAB OF CONCRETE WITH SOME TIN AROUND THE OUTSIDE. 18:54 THIS ONE ACTUALLY HAS SOME CONCRETE BLOCKS AROUND IT. 18:56 NO ROOF. 18:57 AND IT RAINS. 19:01 YES. 19:02 THERE IS A HOLE IN THE FLOOR. 19:03 THAT'S WHERE THEY TAKE THEIR BATHS, THAT'S WHERE THEY RELIEVE THEMSELVES. 19:07 BUT IT IS NOT THE SAME KIND OF CONTRAST THAT COMES TO OUR MINDS BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY 19:15 THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE LIVE. 19:16 YES. 19:18 SO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TRY TO LIVE LIKE THE LOCAL PEOPLE 19:21 SO THAT THEY WILL BE ACCEPTED. 19:22 IF THEY LIVED UP HERE AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE ARE DOWN THERE THEY WON'T BE ACCEPTED. 19:29 THIS IS THEIR CHURCH. 19:30 IT'S A FAIRLY DECENT CHURCH. 19:33 IT DOESN'T LOOK ALL THAT FANCY ON THE OUTSIDE BUT IT IS SUBSTANTIAL AND IT WILL REMAIN 19:37 THERE FOR SOME TIME. 19:38 IS THAT PARTLY STONE? 19:39 NO IT'S PARTLY PLASTERED AND SOME OF IT'S NOT. 19:43 OH I SEE. 19:44 AND THERE IS NO CLOSING DOOR THERE. 19:47 IT'S AN OPEN DOOR. 19:49 THESE ARE THE PEWS INSIDE WITH SOME OF THE 100 MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. 20:00 WHEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WENT THERE, THERE WAS NOTHING. 20:02 AND NOW THERE IS THIS CHURCH WITH 100 BELIEVERS. 20:05 THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER VILLAGE WITH 100 BELIEVERS. 20:07 WE WERE GOING TO TRY AND GO THERE. 20:11 WE GOT INTO SOME CANOES AND WE STARTED OFF AND HERE IS REY AND I IN A CANOE, 20:18 WE ARE STARTING OFF. 20:20 WE GOT OUT A LITTLE FARTHER AND THE WAVES CAME UP AND DUMPED REY AND I INTO THE WATER. 20:27 THIS HAPPENED TO BE MY 71ST BIRTHDAY SO THAT WAS THE WAY I CELEBRATED. 20:34 THEY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU IN A SPECIAL WAY THAT DAY. 20:37 IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT MAST THERE ON THE BOAT DOWN AT THE BASE THERE'S A LITTLE CAP, 20:46 THAT'S ME IN THE WATER. 20:47 THEY WERE ABLE TO DRAG YOU OUT. 20:50 THEY DRAGGED ME OUT ONTO ANOTHER BOAT 20:52 AND WE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED FROM. 20:55 WE WERE HEADED FOR ANOTHER PLACE WHERE HE HAD BEEN WORKING WHERE THERE WERE ANOTHER 100. 21:01 SO THERE WERE 200 BAPTIZED THERE ON BALUT ISLAND. 21:06 SO YOU CAN SAFELY CONCLUDE THAT HE HAS FINISHED HIS WORK. 21:10 HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AND NEXT YEAR WE CAN TURN IT OVER. 21:15 NOW THE DATE YOU SEE THERE IS NOT CORRECT. 21:17 THIS WAS TAKEN ON SOMEONE ELSE'S CAMERA BECAUSE MINE GOT DUMPED IN THE WATER. 21:20 YES, I UNDERSTAND. 21:22 I BOUGHT A NEW ONE. 21:23 THIS WAS CURRENT. 21:29 THE ONLY CLOTHES I HAD TAKEN WITH ME WAS THAT SHIRT THAT YOU SEE THERE. 21:32 FORTUNATELY ONE OF THE OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WAS BIG ENOUGH IN THE WAIST THAT I 21:37 COULD WEAR HIS PANTS BUT HE WAS A LITTLE SHORTER LEGGED THAN ME. 21:41 THEY WENT DOWN TO THE LOCAL STORE AND BOUGHT THE LARGEST UNDERCLOTHES THEY COULD 21:46 FIND-ALL TOO SMALL. 21:47 WHEN YOU GO ON THESE TRIPS DO YOU TRAVEL LIGHTLY? 21:52 YES. 21:53 AND THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST TWO NIGHTS ON THE BOAT AND ONE DAY OUT THERE SO I DIDN'T 22:01 TAKE MUCH ALONG. 22:03 HERE WE ARE HEADED BACK. 22:05 THIS MAN IS I CONSIDER THE STAR OF OUR WORKERS IN THE PHILIPPINES. 22:11 HE DOES NOT HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE BUT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 323 BAPTISMS LAST YEAR. 22:18 GOD BLESS HIM. 22:22 THE HAT? 22:23 HE WORKS WITH THE TASADAY PEOPLE . 22:25 THE TASADAY WITHIN THOSE NOW LIVING WERE LIVING IN A CAVE 22:30 AND WORE NOTHING BUT A G-STRING. 22:35 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY ABOUT THAT. 22:37 THAT'S THE LAST PICTURE I HAVE. 22:39 BUT I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY ABOUT THE TASADAY. 22:43 DARYL FAMISARAN FROM THE SULADS HAD BEEN A SCHOOL TEACHER. 22:48 WE'VE HAD HIM HERE ON PROGRAM. 22:49 RIGHT. 22:51 IN HIS THIRD GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES BOOK THEY HAD A PICTURE 22:55 OF THESE PEOPLE LIVING IN A CAVE. 22:56 HE SAID THAT ONE DAY HE WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT AND EVANGELIZE THEM. 23:01 BUT THEN HE READ IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC THAT IT WAS ALL A HOAX, 23:04 THAT IT REALLY WASN'T TRUE. 23:05 SO HE SAID HE GUESSED HE WOULDN'T BE DOING THAT. 23:09 ONE DAY HE WAS VISITING WITH THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK BERTING ULAW AND BERTING 23:18 MENTIONED SOMETHING TO HIM ABOUT THE TASADAY PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN A CAVE. 23:22 DARYL ASKED IF THAT WAS REALLY TRUE AND BERTING SAID YES. 23:25 DARYL ASKED IF HE WOULD TAKE HIM THERE THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. 23:29 SO THEY HIKED FOR TWO DAYS AND GOT OUT TO WHERE THE TASADAY LIVED. 23:33 THEY MET AN OLD CHIEF THERE. 23:35 DARYL TOLD HIM HE SAW THIS PICTURE IN A BOOK AND READ ABOUT THE TASADAY PEOPLE BUT 23:43 THEN HE HEARD IT WAS A HOAX. 23:45 WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME? 23:46 THE CHIEF EXCUSED HIMSELF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND HE CAME BACK WITH A PICTURE, 23:50 THE VERY SAME PICTURE THAT WAS IN DARYL'S BOOK. 23:53 THE CHIEF SAID I LIVED IN THE CAVE AND I WORE A G-STRING. 23:57 HE SAID HIS PEOPLE NOW HAVE INTERMARRIED WITH THE T'BOLI TRIBE . 24:00 THEY NOW WEAR CLOTHES AND NO LONGER LIVE IN THE CAVE. 24:04 YES, IT IS TRUE. 24:06 DARYL SAID HE WOULD PROVIDE THEM A SCHOOL. 24:08 THE CHIEF SAID PEOPLE HAVE TOLD THEM THAT BEFORE AND DARYL SAID HE WOULD PROVIDE THEM A SCHOOL. 24:13 SO WE NOW HAVE A SCHOOL THERE AND THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST AND HAVE 24:18 ACCEPTED BAPTISM AND WE HAVE A SCHOOL IN THE TASADAY REGION. 24:22 NOW THE HAT. 24:24 IS THAT AN IDENTITY OF THE TASADAY PEOPLE? 24:26 HE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS A CHIEF, AS A DATU . 24:28 HE IS NOW A DATU OF THE TASADAY. 24:34 HOW MANY YEARS HAS HE BEEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER? 24:36 HE HAS BEEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR PROBABLY EIGHT OR TEN YEARS. 24:39 SO HE HAS MOVED AROUND TO TWO OR THREE OR MORE DIFFERENT PLACES. 24:45 YES, MANY DIFFERENT PLACES. 24:46 HE IS THE ONE THAT HAD THE RADIO BROADCAST DOWN THERE THAT BROUGHT IN THE 60 PASTORS FROM 24:53 OTHER CHURCHES. 24:54 AS YOU FOLKS HEAR, THERE IS JUST ONE CONTINUOUS MIRACLE STORY FROM ANYWHERE WE GO IN 25:05 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD. 25:06 I'M SO PLEASED TO GET TO BE HERE WITH MY BROTHER FRED AGAIN AND TO HEAR THESE ACCOUNTS THAT 25:14 ARE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS. 25:16 HE HAS RETURNED, AT THE TIME OF OUR TAPING, JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO. 25:20 YOU'RE HARDLY OVER YOUR JET LAG YET. 25:24 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:25 WELCOME HOME AND GLAD THEY RETRIEVED YOU OUT OF THE WATER. 25:30 SO AM I. 25:32 EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T GET TO SEE EVERYTHING YOU INTENDED TO SEE THERE GOD CERTAINLY BLESSED 25:40 BALUT ISLAND. 25:42 IT'S AN EDUCATION FOR ME TO GET TO MEET ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERS WHO GO 25:50 AND MEET THE PEOPLE WHOM GOD HAS CALLED TO BE HIS REPRESENTATIVES OUT THERE ON 25:56 THE FRONTLINE. 25:57 ADDRESS. 25:59 COMING UP SOON ON YOUR SCREEN IS GOING TO BE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED ABOUT HOW 26:03 TO GET IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE YOU WANT ALL THE STORIES. 26:08 THERE'S A NEW BROCHURE, 26:10 A NEW FOLDER THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN PRODUCED "ONE MILLION FOR JESUS." 26:16 IF YOU REMEMBER IT AND I HOPE YOU WILL PLEASE ASK FOR THAT BROCHURE WHEN YOU'RE IN TOUCH 26:22 WITH THE VOLUNTEERS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:25 AGAIN FRED, GOD BLESS. 26:26 IT'S ALWAYS A DELIGHT AND INSPIRATION TO GET TO BE WHERE YOU ARE 26:33 AND TO HEAR THESE STORIES. 26:34 THIS IS THE WAY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS. 26:36 PEOPLE LIKE YOU RETIRE FROM YOUR WORK OUT THERE AND THEN YOU GET TO GO BACK AND CARRY ON 26:44 THAT SAME MISSION IN A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY. 26:48 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS, ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND KEEP TUNED TO MORE GOSPEL 26:54 OUTREACH REPORTS AND THIS PROGRAM "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 26:59 CLOSING MUSIC. 27:18 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:20 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY. 27:24 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:27 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:29 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:33 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:41 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:43 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:45 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:48 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:52 WHERE? 27:53 ALL THE WORLD. 27:55 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:57 YOU CAN PRAY. 28:00 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:05 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:07 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:11 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 28:14 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:16 BE THE SPARK. 28:17 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:19 FINISH THE WORK. 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
Revised 2015-02-06