Participants: Fred Webb
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000444
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00:23 HELLO EVERYBODY.
00:24 SO GOOD TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU ANOTHER TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:28 PROGRAM WHERE WE TELL STORIES. 00:32 WE INTRODUCE STORY TELLERS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD. 00:38 AND AS I HAVE ENJOYED SAYING ON OTHER OCCASIONS, I AM DELIGHTED TO BE WITH A DEAR, 00:45 DEAR FRIEND TODAY AND HIS NAME IS FRED WEBB. 00:49 BLESS YOU FRED. 00:50 THANK YOU. 00:51 ALWAYS DELIGHTED TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH YOU ON THE SET OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:57 HERE IN COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON AND OUR SITTING TODAY IS IN LATE SEPTEMBER OF 01:03 2012 SO YOU GET KIND OF A PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 01:07 AND WHERE WE ARE. 01:09 FRED, I'VE GOT A KIND OF A BASIC QUESTION TO START WITH. 01:15 WHY ARE YOU A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 01:19 I WANT TO SEE JESUS COME SOON. 01:22 I WORKED AS AN OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS, TWELVE OF THOSE IN THE 01:27 PHILIPPINES AND WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO RETIRE, I WAS INVITED TO JOIN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I 01:33 JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY. 01:35 BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALL ABOUT. 01:39 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:41 HELPING OTHER PEOPLE KNOW WHO GOD IS AND WHAT HE IS LIKE AND HELPING THEM KNOW THAT THEY 01:48 ARE HIS CHILDREN TOO AND HE IS COMING TO GET THEM. 01:51 THERE ARE STILL SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS. 01:55 WE'VE GOT TO TELL THEM. 01:57 NOW YOUR TERRITORY HAS A NUMBER BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ANYBODY, 02:01 WHAT IS THE NUMBER? 02:02 PHILIPPINES, IT IS NUMBER EIGHT. 02:04 NUMBER EIGHT AND IT IS ALL OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE FOR 02:08 TWELVE YEARS. 02:09 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:10 O.K. 02:11 YOU HAVE MORE STORIES FOR US TODAY, I KNOW. 02:14 FRED WEBB IS A WALKING STORY. 02:15 YOU JUST STOP HIM FOR A SECOND AND HE CAN TELL YOU A REMEMBER WHEN OR DID YOU SEE THAT OR 02:25 WHATEVER AND SO THAT IS THE REASON I AM EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE WITH FRED AND 02:30 YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PICTURES FOR US AGAIN. 02:32 YES. 02:33 O.K. 02:34 READY TO GET STARTED? 02:35 I'M READY. 02:36 ALRIGHT. 02:37 THIS IS A HOUSE, YES, BUT IT IS ALSO A CHURCH. 02:40 THIS IS WHERE THE CHURCH MEETS. 02:42 NOW THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HERE HAD BEEN A LITERATURE EVANGELIST AND THEY ASKED HIM 02:49 IF HE WOULD BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HE SAID YES. 02:52 SO HE GATHERED SOME OTHER LITERATURE EVANGELISTS AROUND HIM AND HE HAS BEEN IN THIS 02:56 TOWN NOW OF LLORENTE ON THE ISLAND OF SAMAR FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS 03:02 AT THE TIME I WAS THERE LAST MARCH. 03:05 NOW, TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN COMPARISON WITH BEING A LITERATURE EVANGELIST 03:14 WHAT WILL CHANGE ABOUT HIS WORK AND HIS SUPPORT AND WHATEVER? 03:18 EXPLAIN THAT TO US. 03:20 WELL WHEN HE WAS WORKING AS A LITERATURE EVANGELIST, ACTUALLY HE WAS ONE OF THE 03:27 OFFICE PERSONNEL SUPERVISING LITERATURE EVANGELISTS, OK, AND AT A CONSTITUENCY MEETING 03:31 THEY CHOSE SOMEONE ELSE FOR THE POSITION. 03:33 SO, HE WAS READY FOR A MINISTRY ASSIGNMENT THEN. 03:38 RIGHT. 03:40 GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND HE DID NOT CHANGE MUCH HIS 03:45 MODE OF OPERATION HE STILL USES LITERATURE EVANGELISM AS AN ENTERING WEDGE. 03:50 VERY GOOD. 03:51 SO HE REACHES OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN A GOOD WAY. 03:54 THIS IS BENJAMIN MAHINAY. 03:58 HE IS THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT FOR THE EAST VISAYAN CONFERENCE. 04:02 WHAT IS ALL OF THAT ON THE BACK WALL THERE? 04:05 THAT IS THE HYMN BOOK. 04:07 YOUR WHAT? 04:08 THE HYMN BOOK THEY SING FROM, THOSE ARE SONGS WRITTEN ON THOSE PAGES 04:14 SO THAT IS THE HYMN BOOK. 04:15 THEY DON'T HAVE POWERPOINT LIKE WE DO; WE PROJECT IT ON THE SCREEN THEY JUST PUT THE 04:19 REAL THING UP THERE AND PROBABLY FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM 04:24 THEY NEED PRETTY GOOD EYESIGHT TOO. 04:26 YES. 04:28 I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. 04:31 CREATIVE. 04:32 THEY ARE CREATIVE AND THIS IS QUITE COMMON ACTUALLY AMONG OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 04:36 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE POWERPOINT, THEY CAN'T AFFORD A COMPUTER. 04:39 SURE. 04:40 THIS IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE WILFREDO FUGOSO. 04:46 HE IS IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF LLORENTE ON THE ISLAND OF SAMAR. 04:52 SAMAR IS THE THIRD LARGEST ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINES BUT THERE ARE VAST AREAS OF SAMAR 04:59 WHERE THERE ARE NO SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. 05:01 SO, HE IS TRYING TO ESTABLISH A BEACH HEAD, YOU MAY CALL IT, IN LLORENTE. 05:10 HE HAD PREPARED WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS, HE HAD PREPARED THESE FOR BAPTISM. 05:14 THESE WILL BE THE FIRST BAPTIZED IN THAT AREA. 05:17 NOW WHEN WE WERE THERE IT HAD BEEN RAINING VERY, VERY HEAVY FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND YOU CAN 05:23 SEE THE RIVER IS PRETTY MUDDY. 05:25 THE RIVER IS PRETTY SWIFT IT IS MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL. 05:29 WE HAD TO SEARCH FOR A PLACE THAT WAS SAFE TO BAPTIZE. 05:34 YOU KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT PREPARATION IN SIX MONTHS, IT PUTS IN MY MIND THE CHALLENGE 05:43 OF SPENDING THE TIME WITH THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE UNLESS YOU HAVE THEM ALL TOGETHER IN A 05:48 COMMON CLASS OR SOMETHING. 05:50 I DO BIBLE STUDIES ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS AND I HAVE ONE COUPLE OR ONE PERSON AND I 05:58 SPEND AN HOUR, I HAVE TO GO AND I SPEND AN HOUR FOR EACH TIME. 06:02 THAT REPRESENTS LOTS OF INVESTMENT IN TIME TO PREPARE THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE. 06:09 THAT IS HIS FULL TIME WORK AND HE HAS TWO LITERATURE EVANGELISTS WORKING WITH HIM. 06:14 UH HUH. 06:17 THEY ARE NOT MATURE CHRISTIANS YET, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. 06:21 HE WILL CONTINUE TO NURTURE THEM AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LEARN AND BECOME MORE AND MORE 06:26 LIKE JESUS EVERYDAY. 06:28 BUT FRED, YOU BRING SOMETHING UP, WHO OF US IS A MATURE CHRISTIAN YET? 06:34 IT IS THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO HELP US GROW AND GROW. 06:42 THE WORK IS NEVER FINISHED. 06:43 THAT IS RIGHT. 06:45 SOME ARE FARTHER ALONG THE PATH THAN OTHERS. 06:47 O.K. 06:49 THOSE OF US THAT ARE FARTHER ALONG, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT ONE, THE PATH HAVE THE 06:57 RESPONSIBILITY OF TRAINING THE OTHERS. 07:00 WE HAD THE DEDICATION PRAYER AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU GREET EACH ONE 07:06 AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED. 07:08 IT IS A REAL PLEASURE FOR ME WHEN I GO OUT TO SEE SO MANY BAPTISMS AND SEE THEM GIVE 07:14 THEIR HEARTS TO THE LORD AND BE READY TO STUDY. 07:17 FORGIVE ME FOR LAUGHING JUST A LITTLE BIT, ALL THOSE FOLKS ARE SOAKING WET AND THERE YOU 07:22 GO THROUGH LINE WITH AN UMBRELLA TO GREET THEM. 07:25 YES, BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING. 07:27 I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL BAPTSIMS IN THE RAIN NOW. 07:33 YES. 07:34 THESE ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP THERE AND THEY ARE HAPPY BUT THEY ARE SAD BECAUSE ON 07:41 THIS VERY DAY THEY HAD BURIED THE HUSBAND 07:43 OF ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES THERE WITH THREE CHILDREN. 07:45 REALLY? 07:46 HE DIED OF A DISEASE? 07:48 I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT HIS DEATH BUT THEY NEEDED HOPE NONETHELESS. 07:53 THEY NEEDED HOPE. 07:54 SHE WAS THERE AND SHE IS STILL A PART OF THE GROUP. 07:57 WOW. 07:59 SHE WAS NOT READY FOR BAPTISM YET BUT SHE IS A PART OF THE GROUP. 08:03 BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE GROUP TOGETHER YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE TO MEET 08:07 AND SO THEY HAVE PURCHASED THIS LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE WITH THE BANANA TREES AND 08:10 THE BUSH IS GROWING AND ONE DAY SOON WE HOPE TO SEE A CHURCH STANDING THERE. 08:15 NOW THEY HAVE PURCHASED? 08:18 THE CONFERENCE HAS PURCHASED THE LAND, O.K. 08:20 WE ARE NOW AT ANOTHER PLACE CALLED MACARTHUR. 08:28 OH. 08:30 GENERAL MACARTHUR LANDED ON THE ISLAND OF LEYTI WHEN HE CAME BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES 08:33 DURING THE WAR. 08:34 AFTER HE SAID "I WILL RETURN", THAT'S RIGHT. 08:36 THIS IS LEYTI WHERE HE RETURNED WELL THIS IS JUST NORTH IT IS ONLY, WELL THERE 08:41 IS A BRIDGE ACROSS BETWEEN THE ISLAND OF LEYTI AND THE ISLAND OF SAMAR. 08:44 SO THIS HAS THE NAME MACARTHUR THEN. 08:46 SO THE PLACE THAT WE ARE VISITING RIGHT NOW IS MACARTHUR. 08:50 WOW. 08:51 HE IS A VERY HIGHLY RESPECTED PERSON IN THE PHILIPPINES. 08:55 THIS IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE MACARTHUR, SALDY CIENTOS. 09:01 WE HAD ANOTHER BAPTISM THERE BAPTIZED THREE MORE. 09:05 SOME MORE OF THOSE INTERESTING ISLANDS OF THE PHILIPPINES. 09:08 NOW, WE SEE BAPTISMS WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN ON YOUR TRAVELS THEY HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY ARRANGED 09:16 THOSE TO COINCIDE WITH YOUR TRAVELS, YES, BUT SURELY THEY HAVE BAPTISMS GOING ON ALL THE 09:21 TIME, OH YES, WHETHER YOU ARE THERE OR NOT. 09:24 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:25 IT IS JUST THAT THEY ALWAYS TRY TO ARRANGE FOR BAPTISM WHEN I AM THERE AND 09:29 FURTHERMORE THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE QUALIFIED TO BAPTIZE. 09:33 SO YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT. 09:35 I CANNOT BAPTIZE I AM NOT A MINISTER BUT USUALLY THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT, O.K., OR 09:40 ANOTHER MINISTER TRAVELS WITH US AND SO THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE 09:44 OF THAT PERSON BEING THERE TO HAVE A BAPTISM. 09:50 AND AGAIN JUST THE THREE CANDIDATES IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE; JUST THE BEGINNINGS OF A 09:56 CHURCH IN MACARTHUR AND AGAIN LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO BUILD A CHURCH. 10:02 THERE IS A LADY THERE WHO CAME FROM A VERY INFLUENTIAL FAMILY, I DON'T HAVE HER 10:08 PICTURE ON HERE BUT HER FATHER WAS THE MAYOR OF MACARTHUR AT ONE TIME. 10:15 SHE HAS A DEGREE IN HOTEL MANAGEMENT. 10:19 WHEN HER MARRIAGE FELL APART, SHE DECIDED TO COME TO THE STATES AND SEEK FOR A JOB. 10:24 SHE GOT A JOB WORKING IN A HOTEL IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA AND THE LORD HAS ARRANGED FOR A 10:31 YOUNG MAN TO BE WORKING NEXT TO HER WHO WAS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 10:35 HE INTRODUCED HER TO CHRIST, INTRODUCED HER TO A MINISTER THERE AND SHE WAS BAPTIZED. 10:42 SHE HAS A BURDEN TO BUILD A CHURCH AND TO CONVERT MACARTHUR. 10:47 IS THAT RIGHT? 10:49 SO SHE IS LOOKING TO BUY A PIECE OF LAND AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT SHE IS 10:55 LOOKING AT. 10:56 THIS IS ANOTHER ONE SHE HAS SEVERAL OPTIONS THAT SHE IS CONSIDERING. 11:02 NOW WE ARE AT ANOTHER PLACE. 11:03 THIS IS CALLED GIPORLOS. 11:05 JESSE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE. 11:08 HE IS THE ONE IN THE PURPLE SHIRT THERE IN THE FRONT 11:11 AND YOU CAN TELL THOSE KIDS, THEY LOVE HIM. 11:16 HE HAS WON THEIR CONFIDENCE AND HE IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB THERE IN GIPORLOS. 11:22 AGAIN, THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GET TOGETHER TO SING. 11:25 I THINK WE HAD ALL FOUR OF THEM THERE PLUS SOME OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE. 11:33 ONE OF THE PLEASURES OF THE PHILIPPINES IS TO EAT AND EVERYWHERE WE GO THEY HAVE 11:40 SOME LOCAL FOODS FOR US TO EAT AND HERE WAS A LITTLE PACKAGE OF STICKY RICE. 11:47 ALONG THE WAY WE CAME TO ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THEY ARE BUILDING A CHURCH. 11:53 THIS IS, CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE PLACE NOW, 11:57 ANYWAY THEY ARE BUILDING A CHURCH HERE. 12:00 THEY OWN THE PROPERTY IT IS IN THE NAME OF THE CONFERENCE AND THIS IS THE NEW MEETING HALL. 12:05 ALL OF THE BUILDING MATERIALS HERE HAVE BEEN DONATED BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS WHO RIGHT NEXT 12:12 DOOR TO THIS CHURCH OWNS A MATERIAL SUPPLY STORE. 12:16 IS THAT RIGHT? 12:17 SO THESE HAVE ALL BEEN DONATED BY HIM AND THE BUILDING IS COMING UP. 12:22 INSIDE THESE ARE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE BENCHES THAN MOST OF THE CHURCHES WE HAVE. 12:27 MANY OF THEM HAVE BAMBOO TO SIT ON. 12:30 WILL THEY ENCLOSED THAT CHURCH ALL THE WAY UP OR WILL IT REMAIN OPEN LIKE THAT? 12:34 THEY WILL PROBABLY PUT WHAT THEY CALL SAWALI, IT IS A WOVEN BAMBOO, OH, LET'S THE 12:41 AIR FLOW THROUGH AND YOU KNOW YOU NEED THAT AIRFLOW BECAUSE IT IS HOT, HUMID, HUMID BUT IT 12:50 WILL BE CLOSED IN MORE THAN IT IS NOW ANYWAY. 12:54 NOW THOSE TIMBERS THE UPRIGHTS THERE, THEY DON'T LOOK TOO SQUARE OR STRAIGHT. 13:01 THEY'VE BEEN CUT WITH A CHAINSAW BUT THEY HOLD THE ROOF UP? 13:04 YES. 13:05 AND THEY ARE PRETTY STABLE THEY WILL LAST. 13:10 THIS IS THE BACK, BEHIND THE CHURCH. 13:12 THEY OWN THE PROPERTY BEHIND THE CHURCH THERE SO THEY HAVE ROOM TO EXPAND TO BUILD A 13:18 PLACE FOR THE CHILDREN PERHAPS EVEN A "CR", A COMFORT ROOM. 13:25 OH. 13:26 THOSE COMFORT ROOMS DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COMFORT, NOT FOR US WESTERNERS ANYWAY. 13:33 THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 13:36 WE ARE NOW IN SAN FRANCISCO. 13:43 SAN FRANCISCO I MEAN FROM MACARTHUR TO SAN FRANCISCO? 13:46 YES BUT THIS IS ON LUZON INSLAND THIS IS ANOTHER NEW CHURCH THERE? 13:53 THIS IS ANOTHER NEW CHURCH. 13:56 AGAIN, WHEN OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WIN THE PEOPLE THEY NEED A PLACE FOR 14:00 THEM TO WORSHIP BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO WORSHIP THE PEOPLE WON'T STAY. 14:06 AND THERE PROBABLY IS LESS RESPECT ON THE PART OF THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT, 14:11 AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A VIABLE FELLOWSHIP. 14:14 SO IF YOU BUILD A CHURCH YOU CAN FILL IT BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CHURCH-- THAT IS A VERY 14:21 INTERESTING DIMENSION OF WORK AMONG GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THE 14:27 SAME WAY IN THE WESTERN WORLD. 14:29 RIGHT. 14:30 BUT YOU SEE THEY ARE COMING FROM A BACKGROUND OF THE MAJOR RELIGION THERE, THEY HAVE BIG 14:37 CATHEDRALS AND BIG CHURCHES AND WHEN WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING, IT'S NOT A CHURCH. 14:42 WHAT KIND OF A PEOPLE ARE YOU? 14:43 I UNDERSTAND. 14:45 THIS IS WHAT THE CHURCH LOOKS LIKE FROM THE FRONT. 14:48 OH WOW. 14:49 THAT IS THE SAME CHURCH THAT WE JUST SAW ON THE INSIDE. 14:54 IT WAS KIND OF UNFINISHED ON THE INSIDE BUT THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL ENTRANCE AND THE 15:00 INSIDE WILL EVENTUALLY BE FINISHED. 15:02 HAS THAT GOT, I DIDN'T LOOK EARLIER, BUT HAS THAT GOT AN IRON ROOF ON IT, YES IT HAS 15:07 CORRUGATED IRON ROOF. 15:09 THIS IS A DESIGN THAT IS SEEN THROUGHOUT THE NORTH PHILIPPINE UNION. 15:15 NOW AN EARLIER CHURCH THAT WE SAW, A VERY SMALL ONE, 15:19 WILL IT ULTIMATELY HAVE A FAÇADE LIKE THIS? 15:22 YES, IT WON'T BE AS BIG AS THIS BECAUSE IT WAS A SMALLER VILLAGE BUT THIS IS THE 15:30 GENERAL DESIGN THAT THEY HAVE. 15:32 IS IT POSSIBLE, AND THIS QUESTION HAS CROSSED MY MIND AND YOU SAID SOMETHING EARLIER 15:39 THAT MADE ME THINK OF IT, THAT WHATEVER THE SIZE OF THE CHURCH, WHATEVER THE 15:46 POPULATION OF THE AREA THE CHURCH IS GOING TO BE FILLED EVENTUALLY. 15:50 YES, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT WORKS. 15:52 THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS BECAUSE ALL OF THEM BECOME MISSIONARIES TO THEIR 15:56 COMMUNITY. 15:57 THEY BRING IN THEIR FRIENDS. 15:58 WOW. 15:59 LOOK WHAT WE FOUND. 16:01 THAT'S A WONDERFUL TESTIMONY FOR US TO THINK ABOUT. 16:05 THESE ARE TWO OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH 16:07 THERE SO THERE IS A FUTURE FOR THIS CHURCH. 16:10 YOU KNOW, WHEN IT IS ALL OLD GRAY HEADS LIKE ME, THE CHURCH IS GOING TO DIE. 16:15 IF YOU HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE, THE CHURCH WILL PROSPER. 16:18 I NOTICE IN ALL THE PICTURES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SHARING WITH US THE MAJORITY OF THE 16:22 FOLKS ARE YOUNG. 16:23 YES. 16:24 DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY JUST DON'T LIVE AS LONG OR THE OLD FOLKS ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED 16:31 IN THEIR OWN BELIEFS? 16:32 IT IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO REACH OLDER PEOPLE. 16:35 YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF LIFE AHEAD OF THEM AND WHEN THEY SEE THAT THERE IS 16:39 SOMETHING BETTER IN LIFE THAN WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN AROUND THEM, THEY ARE INTERESTED. 16:43 AND THIS IS RELATED TO A LARGER WORLD VIEW, YES, THAN PERHAPS THEIR OLDER FOLKS HAVE 16:51 EVER BEEN EXPOSED TO. 16:52 RIGHT. 16:54 NOW THESE ARE SOME OF THE OLDER FOLKS IN THE CHURCH THERE AND THE MAN IN THE WHITE 16:57 TSHIRT IS A SHOEMAKER. 17:00 OH REALLY! 17:01 AND HE INTENDS TO TEACH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH HOW TO MAKE SHOES 17:06 AND GIVE THEM A LIVELIHOOD. 17:10 THEY ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH AND THEY ALWAYS WANT ME 17:13 IN THE PICTURE SO IN MANY OF THESE PICTURES YOU SEE THE BIG WHITE GIANT STANDING BEHIND. 17:19 WELL YOU, I KNOW, ARE PROUD TO IDENTIFY WITH ALL OF THEM. 17:23 OH YES, I FEEL LIKE I'M A FILIPINO. 17:25 THIS IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN ANOTHER AREA DOWN SOUTH, VERY FAR SOUTH IN THE 17:37 ISLAND OF LUZON. 17:38 HIS NAME IS DAYSON. 17:40 HIS BROTHER IS THE MISSION PRESIDENT THERE. 17:47 ONE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS THAT HAS COME IN AND THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN WORSHIPING. 17:51 PEOPLE LIVE THAT CLOSE TO THE WATER. 17:53 NOW THAT IS THE OPEN PACIFIC OCEAN BEHIND THEM. 17:56 IS THAT RIGHT? 17:57 AND WHEN THERE IS A STORM, WHEN A TYPHOON COMES THE WATER COMES UP. 18:02 WHAT IS THAT BEHIND HIM? 18:04 THAT'S FIREWOOD OUT TO DRY. 18:05 OH. 18:07 SO, THEY DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO BUILD A CHURCH ON HIGHER GROUND AND SO THEY HAVE FOUND 18:13 A PIECE OF PROPERTY. 18:14 THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING NOW. 18:17 HIGHER GROUND IS PROBABLY NOT A HUNDRED FEET UP? 18:20 IT IS PROBABLY AT LEAST FIFTY FEET. 18:24 ACROSS THE ROAD AND UP THE HILL A LITTLE WAYS AND HERE THEY ARE BUILDING A CHURCH OUT 18:28 OF NATIVE MATERIALS. 18:30 AGAIN, THEY CUT THE LUMBER, THEY CUT THE TREES DOWN AND CUT THEM UP WITH A CHAINSAW 18:33 AND THAT IS THEIR LUMBER. 18:35 THAT IS LOTS OF WORK. 18:38 IT IS A LOT OF WORK BUT LABOR IS CHEAP AND WILLING. 18:42 RIGHT. 18:43 THIS IS THE AREA AROUND THE CHURCH AND THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS IS THE HILL THAT 18:49 THEY PURCHASED TO BUILD THIS CHURCH 18:52 ON IS WHERE THE PEOPLE RUN TO FOR WHEN THE TYPHOON COMES. 18:57 RIGHT. 18:59 SO WHAT A BETTER THING TO DO THAN TO RUN TO THE CHURCH, RUN TO THE CHURCH. 19:03 ENJOYING FRESH COCONUT THAT IS THE MISSION PRESIDENT THERE EATING FRESH COCONUT. 19:10 WE ENJOYED A GOOD TIME TOGETHER. 19:13 IT HAD JUST BEEN CUT DOWN FROM THE TREE BY ONE OF THE LOCAL BOYS CLIMBED UP THERE. 19:17 THEY DON'T USE ANY SAFETY BELTS 19:18 OR ANYTHING THEY JUST GRAB THE TREE AND BAREFOOT TOO. 19:21 THEY HAVE TO BE BAREFOOT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE TREE. 19:26 I DID LEARN FINALLY TO DRINK BUKO JUICE WITHOUT GETTING IT ALL OVER ME. 19:31 THERE ARE SOME PLEASURES OF TRAVELING IN THE PHILIPPINES. 19:35 ANOTHER ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND HIS FAMILY. 19:39 HE HAS DRAWN TOGETHER A GROUP THAT WORSHIP IN HIS HOME. 19:44 A FEW MORE OF THEM ARE GATHERED TOGETHER. 19:46 AGAIN THIS IS NOT ON THE SABBATH. 19:48 YOU KNOW ALL OF THESE PICTURES THOUGH, IT SAYS SOMETHING TO ME, THEY ARE SO COLORFUL IN 19:55 THEIR DRESS AND SO EXPRESSIVE IN THEIR SMILE. 19:58 I KNOW THEY ARE SMILING IN THE PICTURE BUT IS THAT KIND OF DESCRIPTIVE AND CHARACTERISTIC 20:06 OF THE PERSONALITY AND THE DISPOSITION AND THE WAY THESE PEOPLE INTERACT? 20:11 FILIPINOS ARE A HAPPY PEOPLE. 20:14 THEY ARE VERY WARM, THEY ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THEM. 20:20 THEY ARE VERY HAPPY PEOPLE. 20:22 AND SO A JOYOUS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS GOING TO FIT VERY SPECIALLY, YES, WITH 20:30 HIS CULTURE WITH HIS PEOPLE IN A VILLAGE AND IT'S NOT A HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP A 20:37 RELATIONSHIP; BE DOING NICE THINGS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME 20:43 BEFORE YOU CAN BE ACCEPTED. 20:44 THERE SEEMS TO BE A PERSONALITY ABOUT IT. 20:46 YES, THEY GO TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE A SMILE ON THEIR FACE AND ARE FRIENDLY TO THEM AND TREAT 20:53 THEM WELL. 20:55 AND WHEN THEY CAN TELL THESE FOLKS THAT THIS IS THE CHARACTER OF JESUS CHRIST AS 21:01 WELL, THEY CAN RELATE WITH THAT. 21:03 YES. 21:04 AND THEY ACCEPT; WELL THEY ALREADY KNOW JESUS, THEY HAVE HEARD ABOUT JESUS BECAUSE OF 21:10 THEIR BACKGROUND. 21:11 YES MANY OF THEM. 21:12 NOW THE PEOPLE IN THE MOUNTAINS, THE PRIMITIVE PEOPLE MAY NOT. 21:15 BUT THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGES, 21:17 IN THE CITIES THEY HAVE HAD A NOMINAL RELATIONSHIP. 21:24 THIS LITTLE GIRL IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE AND SHE 21:28 KEPT COMING UP AND HUGGING MY LEG AND LOOKING UP AT ME WITH A BIG GRIN ON HER FACE, SO I 21:32 PICKED HER UP AND SHE JUST WAS JUST ABOUT AS HAPPY AS SHE COULD BE. 21:35 SHE NEEDED A BIG OLD GRAY HAIRED GRANDPA TO GIVE HER A LITTLE ATTENTION. 21:41 SHE IS ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS A COUPLE OF MY GRANDCHILDREN. 21:44 WOW. 21:45 SO THAT REMINDED ME OF HOME. 21:47 YES, OLD GUYS LIKE YOU AND ME FRED, WE ARE A SOFT TOUCH FOR THESE GRANDCHILDREN WHEREVER 21:52 WE FIND THEM. 21:53 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:55 THAT IS A CHERISHED PICTURE. 21:58 I PUT THIS IN BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HERE IN THE STATES DON'T KNOW WHAT RICE ACTUALLY 22:02 LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT IS GROWING. 22:04 THIS IS ALMOST READY FOR HARVEST THE RICE PANICLES ARE HANGING THERE. 22:08 NOW DO THEY, WE HAVE THE TERM RICE PADDIES AND SO FORTH, YES. 22:11 ARE THESE PANICLES GROWING IN THAT KIND OF AN ENVIRONMENT? 22:13 THIS IS A RICE PADDY, YES, O.K. 22:16 PADDY RICE IS RICE THAT HAS TO BE FLOODED WITH WATER. 22:20 THERE IS ALSO WHAT THEY CALL UPLAND RICE THAT GROWS MORE LIKE WHEAT. 22:24 OH. 22:25 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FLOODED WITH WATER BUT THIS DOES. 22:31 THIS IS PADDY RICE. 22:33 AND SO THERE IS LOTS OF WORK INVOLVED WITH BUILDING UP THE LITTLE DAM OR WHATEVER YOU 22:39 CALL THAT, RIGHT, THE PADDY, RIGHT AND IN SOME AREAS OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN FACT UP IN THE 22:47 FAR NORTH OF LUZON ISLAND THEY HAVE THE RICE TERRACES IN BANAUE AND THOSE RICE TERRACES 22:54 DATE BACK TO ABOUT THE TIME OF CHRIST. 22:58 IN A PLACE AND I'VE FORGOTTEN WHERE YOU SAY THIS RICE PADDY IS THIS IS SOUTHERN LUZON? 23:03 ARE THESE PEOPLE ABLE TO GROW ENOUGH RICE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR LOCAL CONSUMPTION OR DO 23:10 THEY HAVE TO IMPORT? 23:11 THEY PROBABLY ARE STILL HAVING TO IMPORT SOME RICE. 23:14 THE PHILIPPINES DOES IMPORT RICE EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF RICE 23:19 GROWN, THEY STILL HAVE TO BRING SOME IN. 23:22 BUT LIKE THEY FED YOU IN ONE PLACE SOMEPLACE, THESE GUMMY RICE BALLS, YES, THEY HAVE TO 23:28 HAVE LOTS OF RICE TO COMPLETE THEIR DIET. 23:30 OH, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD RICE YOU HAVEN'T EATEN A MEAL. 23:34 I MEAN THAT IS JUST A FACT. 23:37 THERE HAS TO BE RICE EVERY TIME THEY HAVE A MEAL. 23:40 THE STANDARD DIET IN A PLACE LIKE THAT WOULD BE RICE AND THEN WHERE THEY ARE ON THE 23:44 COAST, FISH I SUPPOSE? 23:46 RICE AND FISH IS THE STAPLE OF MOST OF THE PHILIPPINES. 23:48 AND THEN THERE ARE TROPICAL FRUITS, YES THEY SAY THE FRUITS COST TOO MUCH SO THEY 23:57 DON'T EAT MANY TROPICAL FRUITS. 23:59 I GO THERE, I FEAST. 24:01 YES. 24:02 MANGOS AND PAPAYAS AND PINEAPPLE. 24:07 WELL, AS YOU SHOWED US THAT LAST PICTURE IT WAS ILLUSTRATIVE ALSO OF THE 24:12 FIELDS READY FOR HARVEST, YOU'VE GOT ONE THERE. 24:15 THE FIELD IS READY FOR HARVEST NOT ONLY THE RICE PADDY BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE. 24:21 WE ARE READY FOR THE HARVEST AND THERE ARE MANY 24:24 THAT ARE ACCEPTING JESUS AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR. 24:26 IN OTHER PARTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, I THINK PARTICULARLY OF THE SOUTHERN 24:30 MINDANAO AREA, OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 24:33 HAVE SINCE APRIL HAVE BROUGHT IN 550 SOULS. 24:40 PRAISE THE LORD. 24:41 THEY EXPECT TO REACH AT LEAST 1000 BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 24:45 THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH QUIET HOUR TO HOLD SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND WE 24:49 EXPECT TO HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND BAPTIZED. 24:53 SPEAKING OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND QUIET HOUR, GOSPEL OUTREACH IS 25:00 DELIGHTED AND PLEASED TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIP TO COOPERATE WITH SISTER 25:05 MINISTRIES WHEREVER WE ARE, WHEREVER THEY ARE FOUND 25:08 AND THAT IS THE REASON FOR YOUR SUGGESTION HERE. 25:12 WE HAVE BEEN ON SUCH A ROLL FRED WITH YOUR STORIES THAT I NEGLECTED TO ALLOW OUR PEOPLE 25:18 IN THE CONTROL ROOM TO PUT UP THE ADDRESS, THE PHONE NUMBER, AND ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT 25:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH SO YOU CAN BE IN TOUCH. 25:30 WE WANT YOU TO AT LEAST REQUEST THE NEWSLETTER THAT IS AVAILABLE HERE AT GOSPEL 25:35 OUTREACH SO YOU CAN KEEP UP IN YOUR OWN HOME AND BY THE WAY, YOU CAN GET THE NEWSLETTER ON 25:41 LINE NOW AND A REGULAR REPORT OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 25:47 WELL BROTHER FRED, IT 'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WHERE YOU ARE AND INSPIRED BY THE 25:54 MINISTRY GOD HAS LED YOU THROUGH IN YOUR SEVENTEEN YEARS OF MISSION WORK AND NOW 25:59 YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE KIND OF RETREADED WITH SOME OF THE REST OF US BECAUSE OUR 26:06 OBJECTIVE IS TO INVITE; TO ENCOURAGE TO WELCOME AS MANY AS WE CAN WHOEVER THEY ARE, 26:13 WHEREVER THEY ARE INTO THE KINGDOM WITH US WHEN JESUS RETURNS. 26:17 IT IS AN EXCITING THING TO BE INVOLVED. 26:19 NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. 26:21 WELL GOD SPEED TO YOU, FRED AND TO OUR ARLENE. 26:24 NOW TELL ME AGAIN, WE ARE HERE LATE IN 2012 AS WE ARE DOING THIS, WHEN ARE YOU GOING AGAIN 26:30 TO THE PHILIPPINES? 26:31 NEXT JANUARY. 26:32 THERE YOU WILL GO OVER SOME OF THE SAME GROUND? 26:35 I COVER THE SAME GROUND PLUS I WILL BE WORKING WITH QUIET HOUR FOR EVANGELISTIC SERIES 26:40 AND I'LL BE TEACHING A CLASS A OUR GRADUATE SCHOOL THERE. 26:44 VERY GOOD. 26:46 WELL, GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THANK YOU FOR 26:50 BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AS WELL. 26:52 YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR SUPPORT ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT TO WHAT WE DO RIGHT HERE IN BRINGING YOU THE 26:57 STORIES, BUT MOSTLY WHAT HAPPENS OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINES. 27:03 AGAIN, I'M DAN MATTHEWS UNTIL NEXT TIME. 27:04 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:17 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:20 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:23 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. 27:38 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:40 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. 27:54 HOW CAN I GO? 27:55 I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:58 YOU CAN PRAY. 28:00 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:06 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:08 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. 28:18 FINISH THE WORK. 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
Revised 2015-02-06