Participants: Fred Webb
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000490
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00:16 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US. 00:22 ARE YOU WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PHILIPPINES AS FAR AS WHAT 00:26 THE LORD IS DOING THERE? 00:27 WELL, TODAY IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. 00:29 GRAB YOUR PASSPORT AND WE'RE GOING ALONG WITH FRED WEBB TO THE 00:32 PHILIPPINES. 00:33 FRED, WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:35 THANK YOU, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY. 00:37 SO, EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING. 00:39 THE LORD IS WORKING IN THE PHILIPPINES RIGHT, FRED? 00:41 THAT'S RIGHT AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE HOLY SPIRITS BEING POURED OUT. 00:43 WELL THIS IS WONDERFUL. 00:45 WELL, YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR GOSPEL 00:49 OUTREACH IS THAT TRUE? 00:50 YES. 00:51 HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE TOTAL IN THE PHILIPPINES? 00:53 I HAVE 56. 00:54 O.K. 00:55 AND YOU ALWAYS NEED MORE, RIGHT? 00:57 WE ALWAYS NEED MORE. 00:58 BUT TODAY YOU ARE GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT TWO AREAS OF THE 01:01 PHILIPPINES. 01:02 RIGHT, SOUTHERN LUZON AND SOUTH CENTRAL LUZON CONFERENCES. 01:06 SO FRED, HOW DOES THAT WORK. 01:08 YOU HAVE THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THEY ARE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 01:11 WHAT DO YOU DO AS FAR AS BEING THE DIRECTOR BETWEEN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE 01:16 ACTUAL FIELD? 01:17 WELL, I GO OUT ONCE A YEAR AND MY PURPOSE IS TO ASSURE THE DONORS THAT 01:23 THEIR MONEY IS BEING SPENT THE WAY THEY WANT IT TO BE SPENT. 01:25 IT IS BEING SPENT TO BRING IN SOULS NOT TO JUST PAY PEOPLE TO SIT IN AN 01:30 OFFICE. 01:31 SO YOU ARE CHECKING IN ON THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS MAKING SURE THAT 01:34 THEY ARE GOING OUT, MEETING THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGES, IN THE TOWNS AND 01:36 ALL OF THAT? 01:38 YES AND I TALK WITH THE MISSION OFFICERS TO ASSURE THAT THEY ARE ON DECK WITH 01:44 US AND EVERYTHING IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY. 01:47 I LIKE TO GET OUT INTO THE VILLAGES AND SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. 01:50 THE PHILIPPINES IS NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART. 01:53 IT IS. 01:54 BECAUSE WHY? 01:55 I LIVED AND WORKED THERE FOR TWELVE YEARS AS A GENERAL CONFERENCE 01:57 MISSIONARY. 01:59 SO, THIS IS JUST A GREAT 01:59 EXTENSION OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY. 02:02 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND SEE MY FRIENDS. 02:05 ABSOLUTELY AND ISN'T THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT? 02:08 IT IS- SHARING THE LOVE OF THE LORD WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 02:10 WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US ON A LITTLE TRIP? 02:13 YOU'VE GOT SOME PICTURES TO SHOW US AND LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING 02:17 AND HEARING FROM THE WORKERS. 02:18 O.K. 02:19 WE ARE GOING TO START OUT WITH A MAP TO SHOW YOU JUST WHAT THE PHILIPPINES 02:21 LOOKS LIKE. 02:22 IT IS A LONG COUNTRY. 02:23 IT HAS 7105 ISLANDS. 02:27 SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIVE? 02:29 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS HIGH TIDE OR LOW TIDE. 02:31 IT PROBABLY CHANGES RIGHT? 02:33 I THINK IT PROBABLY DOES, BUT SOME OF THOSE ISLANDS ARE NOT INHABITED BUT MANY 02:37 OF THEM ARE. 02:38 I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THERE WERE SO MANY. 02:41 BUT THAT IS VERY FEW COMPARED TO INDONESIA. 02:43 INDONESIA HAS ALMOST TWICE THAT MANY ISLANDS. 02:45 I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. 02:46 SO WE ARE GOING TO START TODAY IN SOUTHERN LUZON. 02:48 NOW LUZON IS THE LARGE ISLAND IN THE NORTH AND THERE IS ANOTHER LARGE 02:53 ISLAND, MINDANAO IN THE SOUTH AND ALL THE AREA INBETWEEN IS CALLED THE 02:58 VISAYAS. 02:59 SO THERE ARE THREE AREAS OF THE PHILIPPINES. 03:02 WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING IN SOUTHERN LUZON TODAY. 03:04 LET'S GO. 03:06 ALL RIGHT. 03:07 IN LEGASPI, THE MAIN CITY THERE WHERE OUR CHURCH HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED IS 03:13 DOMINATED BY THE MYAN VOLCANO. 03:16 THE MYAN VOLCANO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PICTURE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE 03:20 MOST PERFECT VOLCANIC CONES IN THE WORLD. 03:22 IS IT ACTIVE? 03:24 IT IS ACTIVE. 03:25 IT BLEW OFF LAST NOVEMBER. 03:27 OH, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS IN THE NEWS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT. 03:30 YES. 03:32 IT BLEW LAST NOVEMBER AND IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY YOU CAN KIND OF SEE KIND OF A 03:35 DARK STREAK DOWN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE FACE THERE- THAT WAS THE LAVA 03:39 FLOW. 03:40 WELL, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN. 03:42 IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN AND HERE IT IS FROM THE AIR. 03:45 DOES IT GET SNOW ON IT EVER? 03:46 NO. 03:47 O.K. 03:48 WE ARE IN THE TROPICS. 03:49 WELL YES I REALIZE THAT BUT SOMETIMES SNOW SHOWS UP ON VERY HIGH PEAKS. 03:54 I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE HAS EVER BEEN SNOW ON IT. 03:59 WE ARE GOING TO START HEADING DOWN FARTHER SOUTH THAT THAN IN AN AREA 04:03 CALLED SAWANGA SORSOGAN. 04:07 THIS IS NESTER DYSON. 04:10 HE HAPPENS TO BE THE BROTHER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION THERE BUT 04:14 HE IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL WORKER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 04:19 WE'RE GOING TO GO UP TO HIS CHCHCH WHICH IS UP ON THE TOP OF A HILL. 04:24 NOW THE VILLAGE IS RIGHT DOWN AT SEA LEVEL. 04:27 SO, IF THERE IS A BIG STORM AND A STORM SURGE THEY HAVE TO RUN TO HIGHER 04:32 MOUNTAIN-HIGHER COUNTRY. 04:34 SO PUT THE CHURCH UP HIGH. 04:35 THE CHURCH IS UP ON TOP- I LIKE IT, ON THE HILL THAT THEY RUN TO SO THE CHURCH 04:39 BECOMES A REFUGE IN TIME OF STORM. 04:41 I LIKE IT BUT YOU KNOW I WAS JUST SITTING HERE THINKING THAT IS NOT 04:45 EXACTLY WHAT MY DRIVE TO CHURCH LOOKS LIKE. 04:48 NO, NO. 04:49 IN FACT, WE HAD QUITE A TIME GOING UP THERE. 04:51 I HAD A PHOTOGRAPHER COME WITH ME, VERNON EMDE, AND WE WENT UP THERE-YOU CAN 04:56 SEE IT IS DAYLIGHT ON THE WAY UP BUT COMING DOWN IT WAS IN THE DARK. 05:02 WOW. 05:03 IT WAS SLIPPERY AND HE WAS CARRYING HIS MULTITHOUSAND DOLLAR CAMERA. 05:06 HE SLIPPED AND FELL BUT HE HELD HIS CAMERA UP. 05:09 SO HOW FAR IS IT? 05:10 IS IT A MILE UP THERE? 05:12 OH NO, IT IS ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS AT THE MOST. 05:16 O.K. 05:17 BUT IT IS QUITE STEEP. 05:18 THAT'S THE TRAIL, IF YOU CAN CALL IT A TRAIL. 05:21 SURE. 05:22 THEY ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A ROAD WHERE YOU CAN TAKE A VEHICLE UP THERE BUT 05:25 I'LL BELIEVE THAT WHEN I SEE IT. 05:28 THE DISTRICT PASTOR WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH NESTER THERE AND THEY ARE 05:35 DEVELOPING AN ACTIVE CHURCH. 05:37 NOW A FEW YEARS AGO I DID A PROGRAM SHOWING THE VERY BEGINNINGS OF THIS 05:42 CHURCH-JUST STICKS OUT OF THE BUSH. 05:45 THEY CUT DOWN TREES AS THE FRAMEWORK AND THIS IS NOW THE COMPLETED CHURCH. 05:51 WELL, I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT AND I KNOW THAT THE LORD MEETS WITH THE PEOPLE 05:56 THERE. 05:57 HE DOES. 05:58 IT IS A VERY ACTIVE GROUP. 06:00 THEY HAVE, LET'S SEE, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 85 MEMBERS-NO 50 BAPTIZED 06:05 MEMBERS THERE NOW. 06:06 THEY ARE WELL ORGANIZED. 06:10 THEY'VE CHOSEN A TREASURER. 06:12 THEY'VE CHOSEN A HEAD ELDER BOTH OF THEM ARE WOMEN, BY THE WAY. 06:18 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 06:19 LOOK AT THE KIDS. 06:20 NOW LET ME ASK YOU THIS FRED, MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD 06:23 SPECIFICALLY IN ASIA, THE KIDS GO TO SCHOOL ON SATURDAY AND SO FOR 06:29 BELIEVERS WHO ATTEND CHURCH ON SABBATH-SATURDAY, HOW IS 06:34 IT IN THE PHILIPPINES? 06:35 NORMAL SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ARE NOT ON SABBATH. 06:38 IT'S FIVE DAYS A WEEK BUT MANY OF THE EXAMS, THE GOVERNMENT EXAMS FALL ON 06:46 SABBATH. 06:47 OH THEY DO? 06:48 BUT WE HAVE HAD A VERY INFLUENTIAL ADVENTIST PASTOR WHO HAS BECOME 06:54 QUITE INFLUENTIAL IN THE GOVERNMENT AND IS NOW AN AMBASSADOR ACTUALLY AND HE 06:58 HAS PUSHED THROUGH AN ORDINANCE THAT ADVENTISTS ARE EXCUSED FROM TAKING 07:05 THE TEST ON SABBATH AND CAN TAKE IT ON ANOTHER DAY. 07:07 WELL PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIM. 07:09 THEY CANNOT BE COMPELED LEGALLY TO ATTEND THE SABBATH EXAM. 07:13 SO, THAT IS A VERY BIG PLUS, YES, AND THAT'S ONLY BEEN IN THE LAST FOUR 07:17 YEARS. 07:18 BEFORE THAT THEY HAD SOME REAL PROBLEMS. 07:22 WELL, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS THERE. 07:24 THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 07:27 HIS NAME IS MR. DATO. 07:28 THERE YOU GO.HE IS LOCATED ON A VERY REMOTE ISLAND OF RAPU RAPU. 07:40 RAPU RAPU- I LIKE THAT NAME. 07:44 IN ORDER TO GET THERE IT TAKES TWO HOURS BY FERRY AND THEN ANOTHER THREE 07:48 HOURS ON FOOT. 07:50 I WAS THINKING OF THE SPANISH WORD FOR FAST AND YES, IF IT TAKES THAT LONG 07:56 TO GET ON A FERRY THEN THAT IS NOT VERY FAST. 08:00 TWO HOURS BY FERRY AND THREE HOURS HIKING. 08:02 RAPIDO! 08:03 NO NOT VERY FAST. 08:04 I'VE NOT BEEN TO THAT PLACE BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT HE HAS DONE A VERY 08:09 GOOD WORK THERE. 08:10 HE HAS TWENTY FIVE BAPTIZED MEMBERS AND HE HAS A REGULAR ATTENDANCE 08:15 OF THIRTY FIVE IN HIS SERVICES. 08:18 HE IS STUDYING WITH ABOUT ANOTHER TWENTY PEOPLE MORE AND SO THE WORK IS 08:23 GROWING. 08:24 BUT SINCE I SAW HIM BUT NOT HIS WORK, THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY PICTURE I 08:29 HAVE TO SHOW OF THAT. 08:31 HE IS DOING AN EXCELLENT WORK OUT THERE. 08:33 ONE DAY I'D LIKE TO GO BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT THREE HOUR HIKE. 08:35 I'M GETTING TOO OLD FOR THAT STUFF I THINK. 08:37 THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU STRENGTH I KNOW, FRED. 08:39 I THINK YOU SHOULD GO SEE HIM. 08:40 THIS IS THE VILLAGE OF SAN FRANCISCO. 08:45 OH, IN THE PHILIPPINES. 08:46 YES. 08:47 DO THEY HAVE A Golden Gate BRIDGE THERE TOO? 08:49 NO, THEY HAVE A BRIDGE BUT IT IS NOT A Golden Gate BRIDGE. 08:57 ALL RIGHT. 08:58 IT'S A LITTLE FOOT BRIDGE TO GET TO THE CHURCH. 09:00 THIS IS RAMUNDO BIASA AND HIS WIFE AND THEY ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 09:02 THERE. 09:05 MRS. BIASA CONDUCTS A SABBATH SCHOOL OUTSIDE THE CHURCH AND THIS IS ONE OF 09:12 THE THINGS I REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, VERY FEW OF THE WIVES ARE 09:15 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BUT THEY ARE ALL INVOLVED. 09:18 THEY COME OUT AND HELP AND THEY TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN. 09:22 THERE ARE NOT VERY MANY OF THEM BUT THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH. 09:27 ABSOLUTELY. 09:28 SO THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THEM. 09:31 NOW OF COURSE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH BRINGING IN PEOPLE, YOU 09:35 HAVE TO CONDUCT BIBLE STUDIES AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE HOMES THAT ARE 09:41 NEARBY THERE. 09:43 SO WE WENT OUT TO VISIT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WITH BROTHER BIASA. 09:47 HE HAS A BIBLE STUDY GOING WITH THIS GROUP. 09:53 NOW THIS IS AN ACTUAL BIBLE STUDY BEING CONDUCTED BY RAMUNDO AND 09:57 IT IS IN RATHER PRIMITIVE CONDITIONS BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE LEARNING AND 10:03 THEY ARE EAGER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT JESUS WANTS THEM TO DO. 10:07 ARE THEY ON THE OUTSIDE? 10:08 IS THAT KIND OF A LEAN TO? 10:10 IT'S KIND OF A LEAN TO ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE, YES. 10:12 WELL HE IS STUDYING THE SCRIPTURES WITH THEM AND THEY ARE VERY ATTENTIVE 10:17 AND LEARNING A GREAT DEAL. 10:19 AS I SAID, HE HAS A RELATIVELY LARGE GROUP THERE. 10:25 THIS WAS SABBATH MORNING SO THESE WERE THOSE ATTENDING ON A 10:28 SABBATHMORNING. 10:30 AND BY THE WAY, THE FRIEND NESTER FROM RAPU RAPU WAS THERE THAT DAY AND HE WAS 10:38 WORKING WITH HIM. 10:39 HE CONDUCTED THE SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS. 10:41 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS --THEY WANT TO BE BUSY. 10:44 THEY WANT TO BE DOING SOMETHING, NOT JUST STANDING BY WATCHING. 10:47 SURE. 10:48 SO THEY ARE VERY MUCH INVOLVED. 10:49 THEY HAVE A NICE LOOKING CHURCH. 10:51 THEY DO. 10:53 NOW IT DOESN'T LOOK QUITE SO NICE ON THE INSIDE YET. 10:56 THAT WILL COME. 10:58 BUT THIS IS WHAT THE PUBLIC SEES. 10:59 WELL, I THINK IT IS VERY SWEET AND THIS IS IN THE TOWN OF SAN FRANCISCO? 11:03 SAN FRANCISCO. 11:04 THIS IS A DESIGN THAT IS APPROVED BY THE NORTH PHILIPPINE UNION. 11:09 SO THEY WANT ALL OF THEIR CHURCHES TO HAVE THIS SAME GENERAL DESIGN SO THEY CAN 11:13 BE EASILY IDENTIFIED. 11:15 SURE. 11:16 YOU SEE THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THERE CALLED IGLESI NECRISTO THAT 11:19 ACTUALLY WAS FOUNDED BY A DISGRUNTLED SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST PASTOR THAT 11:25 SEPARATED FROM THE CHURCH AND FOUNDED HIS OWN CHURCH. 11:27 THEY HAVE A VERY DISTINCTIVE DESIGN ON ALL OF THEIR CHURCHES AND THEY 11:30 ARE VERY POPULAR AND CAN BE SEEN ANYWHERE. 11:34 SO THE CHURCH DECIDED WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING DISTINCTIVE AS WELL. 11:37 O.K. 11:38 SO THEY'VE SETTLED ON THESE DESIGNS. 11:40 SO WE WILL PRAY FOR THAT SITUATION. 11:41 RIGHT. 11:42 OH SHE IS CUTE. 11:45 LOOK AT THAT LITTLE GIRL. 11:47 THIS IS BOBBY AND HERSHEY. 11:50 BOBBY AND HERSHEY AND THEIR LAST NAME IS CHOCOLATE? 11:52 NO. 11:53 NAKARIO IS THEIR NAME. 11:56 HERSHEY, I LIKE THAT. 11:59 THEY HAVE INTERESTING NAMES IN THE PHILIPPINES. 12:02 I LIKE IT-SURE WHY NOT? 12:03 WE HAVE A PHILIPPINO WHO HAS COME AND ACTUALLY MARRIED SOMEONE IN MY 12:07 CHURCH DOWN IN WATERFORD AND HER NAME IS DIAMOND. 12:08 PERFECT. 12:10 BOBBY AND HERSHEY ARE ASSIGNED IN -ARE YOU SITTING STILL? 12:15 -ST. 12:16 HELENA. 12:17 ST. HELENA, PHILIPPINES? 12:19 YES, THIS IS A HOOT. 12:20 THERE IS A ST. HELENA, CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE ST. HELENA, PHILIPPINES. 12:24 RIGHT. 12:26 THEY ARE ASSIGNED THERE AND THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS THERE-I 12:31 THINK ABOUT THREE YEARS. 12:33 THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE MISSION; IT'S A CONFERENCE MINISTERIAL 12:43 SECRETARY MR. HITOSIS- THE MAN WITH THE CAMERA THERE. 12:44 IT GIVES HIM GOOD SUPPORT AND WAS WITH US WHEN WE WENT ON OUR TRIP. 12:51 SO FRED, I'M INTERESTED IN THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIKE BOBBY AND 12:55 HERSHEY FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THEY A COUPLE, IF YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU DON'T 13:01 KNOW, BUT ARE THEY A COUPLE WHO BECAME ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS OR 13:05 WERE THEY-DID THEY GROW UP AS ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS? 13:10 I BELIEVE THAT HE GREW UP AS AN ADVENTIST BUT MANY OF OUR WORKERS DID NOT. 13:15 SO THEY BECAME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS AND THEY ARE JUST SO EXCITED 13:19 THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO SHARE. 13:21 RIGHT. 13:22 ISN'T THAT NEAT? 13:24 IN FACT, WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO THAT WERE PASTORS IN ANOTHER CHURCH 13:26 BEFORE THEY BECAME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. 13:28 IT IS JUST INTERESTING TO FIND OUT WHERE SOME OF THE BACKGROUNDS OF THESE 13:32 PEOPLE. 13:33 SOME OF THEM COME FROM QUITE INTERESTING BACKGROUNDS. 13:35 INTERESTING. 13:36 ALL RIGHT. 13:37 TAKE US TO THE CHURCH. 13:38 O.K. 13:39 THIS IS A TEMPORARY CHURCH. 13:41 IT IS BUILT ON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE BARONGI CAPTAIN. 13:42 KIND OF LIKE THE CHIEF OF THE VILLAGE OR WHATEVER. 13:44 IT'S ON A HILL RIGHT AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION OF TWO HIGHWAYS. 13:50 PERFECT. 13:52 SO IT IS A PERFECT SPOT FOR A CHURCH AND HE HAS INDICATED THAT HE MIGHT BE 13:56 WILLING TO SELL THAT PROPERTY TO THE CHURCH. 13:58 GOOD. 13:59 SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT TO COME ABOUT AND THEN THEY WILL BUILD A PROPER 14:03 CHURCH ON THAT HILL. 14:05 BUT AGAIN, UP ON A HILL WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT- CHURCH ON THE HILL. 14:08 WE LIKE TO BE PROMINENT WHEN WE BUILD OUR CHURCHES. 14:11 CLOSER TO THE LORD, FRED. 14:13 THEY HAVE A GOOD SIZE GROUP THERE. 14:17 I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT TWENTY FIVE NO, THERE ARE FIFTY BAPTIZED MEMBERS 14:25 HERE AND THEY ARE STUDYING WITH MORE. 14:27 WONDERFUL. 14:28 THEY ARE VERY EAGER AND VERY HAPPY TO BE THERE. 14:31 THIS WAS NOT ON THE SABBATH BUT THEY CAME OUT TO MEET THE WHITE MAN THAT 14:37 WAS COMING TO VISIT. 14:38 THE FOREIGNER. 14:40 NOW WAS IT HOT THAT DAY? 14:41 GIVE US AN IDEA. 14:42 IT IS ALWAYS HOT. 14:44 IT IS ALWAYS WARM AND HUMID. 14:45 SO THIS IS THE GROUP OF THE WORKERS THERE. 14:50 NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LIKE TO DO IS TO SING. 14:55 IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONE I HAD WITH THE SINGING DOESN'T REALLY WORK, BUT 15:01 THEY LIKE TO SING AS A GROUP. 15:02 WELL WONDERFUL. 15:04 THAT'S A GOOD WAY OF TEACHING THE GOSPEL. 15:06 SING GOSPEL SONGS. 15:08 ABSOLUTELY. 15:09 THESE TWO LADIES ARE INTERESTING. 15:12 THEY, I THINK, BOTH OF THEM HAVE A LITTLE MENTAL PROBLEMS PARTICULARLY THE 15:21 ONE ON THE LEFT THERE BUT THEY ARE DEDICATED TO JESUS, THEY LOVE THE LORD 15:26 AND THEIR SOULS ARE JUST AS PRECIOUS AS YOURS AND MINE. 15:29 ABSOLUTELY. 15:30 WELL, FRED WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SHARING THESE PHOTOS AND THIS IS 15:33 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:37 IF YOU ARE ENJOYING HEARING ABOUT WHAT THE LORD IS DOING THROUGH 15:40 PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES AS THEY SHARE THE LOVE OF THE LORD, WE ASK YOU TO 15:45 JOIN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACAC AND WE ASK YOU TO JOIN NOT ONLY WITH YOUR PRAYERS BUT 15:50 FINANCIALLY IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT. 15:53 WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU HELP SUPPORT THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 15:56 WE HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR SCREEN ABOUT HOW YOU CAN REACH US. 15:59 THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS. 16:00 WE HAVE OUR ADDRESS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, P.O. 16:02 BOX 8, COLLEGE PLACE, WA 99324. 16:06 IF YOU'D LIKE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND GIVE US A CALL, OUR NUMBER IS 16:09 509-525-2951. 16:12 WE ALSO HAVE A CANADIAN ADDRESS AND OUR PHONE NUMBER IN CANADA IS 16:16 778-752-2079 AND FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE WEB YOU CAN GO TO GOAIM.ORG FOR 16:24 OUR WEBSITE. 16:26 WE HAVE OUR NEWSLETTER AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 16:30 LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR ADDRESS IS AND THE NEWSLETTER IS CALLED 16:34 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS . 16:35 SO THESE ARE SOME WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED, FRED. 16:38 SO YOU HAVE TAKEN US TO ONE PART OF THE PHILIPPINES AND LET'S GO 16:42 AND SEE SOME MORE. 16:44 WE'RE GOING JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF SOUTHERN LUZON TO WHAT WE CAN SOUTH 16:48 CENTRAL LUZON AND THE TOWN OF SAN PABLO CITY. 16:51 YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MIDDLE TAIL OF THE 16:59 ISLAND OF LUZON. 17:00 OVER ON THE FAR LEFT, RIGHT UNDER THE "A" OF LUBANG ISLAND WE HAVE A 17:05 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 17:10 HE IS WORKING IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF LOHOK. 17:12 THERE IS ONE CHURCH IN THE TOWN OF LUBANG BUT HE IS USING THAT AS A BASE TO 17:19 REACH OUT TO LOHOK. 17:23 THIS IS ALAN FLORES AND THE ISLAND IS LOCATED JUST TO THE LEFT OF HIS FACE 17:31 THERE. 17:32 OH, O.K. 17:33 SO THIS IS THE AREA OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL LUZON CONFERENCE. 17:38 HE HAS DONE A GOOD WORK THERE AND IS PLANNING TO HAVE A BAPTISM. 17:44 IT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. 17:46 THE BAPTISM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN SEPTEMBER. 17:48 I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A REPORT YET OF THE RESULTS OF THAT. 17:53 HE HAS ABOUT FIFTY MEMBERS THAT ARE ATTENDING THERE NOW AND SO HE IS DOING A 17:58 GOOD WORK. 17:59 WONDERFUL. 18:00 ONE DAY I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT OUT THERE TOO. 18:03 WE WOULD LIKED TO HAVE GONE THIS YEAR BUT IT IS A DAY'S TRIP OUT THERE AND 18:07 IT WAS STORMING AND SO WE CHOSE NOT TO GO THERE THIS TIME. 18:11 NEITHER DID WE GO TO ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS WHICH IS ON THE ISLAND OF 18:16 MINDORO BECAUSE OF THE STORMY WEATHER. 18:19 ESPECIALLY SINCE JUST ONE WEEK BEFORE A FERRY HAD GONE DOWN IN A STORM AND 18:25 SO WE WERE QUITE CONSCIOUS OF THAT. 18:27 NEXT TRIP. 18:28 MAYBE NEXT TRIP. 18:30 O.K. 18:31 WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO -THIS IS ALAN AGAIN IN FRONT OF THE MISSION 18:37 OFFICE. 18:39 MOVING ON TO MABITAC. 18:41 MABITAC IS A BIT NORTH OF San Pablo CITY AND THEY HAVE HAD A GROUND BREAKING 18:49 FOR A NEW CHURCH THERE. 18:51 YOU SEE DAN SMITH, PASTOR DAN SMITH HAD GONE THERE AND HELD AN EVANGELISTIC 18:55 SERIES AND RAISED UP A GROUP THAT HAD BEEN STARTED BY OUR GOSPEL 19:03 OUTREACH WORKER SO THIS WAS A REAPING MEETING AND THEY NEED A PLACE TO MEET. 19:08 SO THEY'VE GOTTEN A PIECE OF GROUND THERE NOW. 19:10 WE WILL SEE THAT GROUND A BIT LATER. 19:13 THESE ARE SOME OF THE YOUNG FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED THERE AS A RESULT 19:16 OF DAN SMITH'S MEETING. 19:20 THE YOUTH ARE THE ONES THAT CAN REALLY CARRY THE BALL. 19:23 SOME OF US WITH THE OLD GRAY HAIRS WE GET SLOWED DOWN. 19:27 IT TAKES ALL OF US. 19:29 THIS IS OUR WORKER THERE-RODELL ON THE LEFT. 19:34 THE ONE IN THE CENTER IS TREASURER OF THE CONFERENCE. 19:38 THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS THE MINISTERIAL SECRETARY. 19:41 THEY GIVE A LOT OF GOOD SUPPORT TO OUR WORKERS THERE. 19:44 THIS IS A DEAF MAN WHO HAS CONVERTED. 19:49 THE MAN ON THE RIGHT NEXT TO ALAN? 19:50 YES AND HE IS STRUGGLING BECAUSE HE REALLY HAS NO ONE TO INTERPRET THE 19:56 SERMONS FOR HIM. 19:58 HE CAN READ AND SO THEY HAVE TO WRITE FOR HIM SO THAT HE CAN LEARN BUT HE 20:02 IS EAGER AND IS LEARNING VERY WELL. 20:05 YOU KNOW WE TAKE ALL OF THAT SO MUCH FOR GRANTED, FRED. 20:07 I JUST WANT TO INTERJECT THAT, THAT WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS IN OUR WESTERN 20:10 CULTURE TO HELP US IF WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL NEED OR WHATEVER BUT YOU JUST 20:16 THINK THAT MAN THERE AND WHAT KIND OF LIFE WOULD HE HAVE HAD BASICALLY QUIET. 20:20 WONDERFUL THAT THEY ARE TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT FOR HIM. 20:25 I'M HOPING I CAN GET HIM CONNECTED WITH OUR DEAF WORK IN MANILA. 20:28 I'LL BE DOING ANOTHER PROGRAM ON THAT ONE LATER ON. 20:32 GOOD. 20:34 I'M HOPING I CAN GET HIM CONNECTED THERE SO HE CAN FEEL SOME FELLOWSHIP. 20:38 SOMETIMES IT'S JUST ONE, JUST ONE PERSON THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 20:42 ARE THINKING ABOUT. 20:43 GOOD FOR YOU FOR DOING THAT, THANK YOU. 20:45 O.K. 20:46 THE NEXT PICTURE IS THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THIS CONGREGATION. 20:50 SHE IS IN HER 70'S AND THIS IS THREE LADIES ALL IN THEIR 70'S. 20:59 OH WHAT A NEAT PICTURE! 21:01 MY WIFE IN THE CENTER, YES, KIND OF TOWERS OVER THE OTHER TWO. 21:05 ISN'T THAT A NEAT PICTURE THOUGH? 21:07 PHILIPINOS ARE RATHER SMALL PEOPLE. 21:10 OF COURSE, MY WIFE IS RATHER TALL FOR A LADY. 21:12 SHE IS 5'9". 21:14 ISN'T THAT NEAT THOUGH? 21:15 BUT SHE BONDS VERY QUICKLY WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE. 21:19 OH SURE. 21:20 WE ENJOY OUR TIME WHEN WE GET TO GO OUT THERE IT'S JUST A VERY FUN TIME. 21:24 THIS LADY IS A TEACHER AND SHE'S HAD SOME SABBATH PROBLEMS BECAUSE SCHOOL 21:29 DOES NOT MEET ON SABBATH BUT THERE ARE MANY TIMES SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ON 21:33 SABBATH. 21:34 SURE. 21:36 SO SHE HAS HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE SABBATH BUT SHE HAS REMAINED FIRM 21:39 AND, BLESS HER HEART, SO FAR IS STILL DOING WELL. 21:43 NOW, THESE PEOPLE-MOST OF THEM HAVE COME FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH UP ON THE 21:46 HILL. 21:48 NOW WE DIDN'T GO UP THERE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE BUILDING. 21:53 SO THIS IS THE AREA THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN FOR THEIR NEW CHURCH. 21:57 THEY MET UP THERE TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND. 22:01 IT IS QUITE A LARGE GROUP HERE. 22:03 THIS IS ONLY PART OF THE GROUP BUT THEY WENT UP ON THE GROUNDS OF THE CHURCH 22:08 TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE UP THERE. 22:14 WE HAD A GROUP PICTURE TAKEN ON THE GROUNDS. 22:16 SO WE ARE HOPING THAT VERY SOON WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A CHURCH BUILDING 22:22 LOCATED ON THESE GROUNDS. 22:24 SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? 22:25 DO THESE CHURCH MEMBERS ARE THEY THE ONES WHO ARE BUYING THE LAND OR DOES 22:37 THE MISSION BUY THE LAND? 22:39 HOW DOES THAT WORK? 22:40 THE MISSION HAS BOUGHT THE LAND AND IT IS ALL TITLED IN THE NAME OF THE MISSION 22:44 SO THAT IT'S PROPER. 22:45 WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT SOMETIMES WITH LAND THAT HAS BEEN 22:47 DONATED-DOESN'T GET A TITLE TO THE MISSION AND LATER ON AFTER THE DONORS 22:51 PASS ON, THEIR HEIRS COME BACK AND SAY, "THAT'S MY LAND I'M TAKING IT." 22:54 SO WE ARE NOW BECOMING VERY CAREFUL AND DO NOT ALLOW THAT ANYMORE. 22:57 SO YES THIS LAND DOES BELONG TO THE MISSION AT THIS POINT. 23:00 THE MISSION WILL PROBABLY ASSIST THEM IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CHURCH 23:03 BUILDING. 23:04 GOT IT. 23:05 THE LAST PICTURE HERE IS OF A -WELL THESE ARE THE ONES WHO OWN THE LAND AND 23:11 I BELIEVE THEY DONATED IT TO THE MISSION. 23:14 ALL RIGHT, NOW ARE THEY CHURCH MEMBERS? 23:19 ARE THEY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS? 23:20 ONE OF THEM IS AND THE OTHER TWO ARE STUDYING. 23:23 SO WE ARE HOPING THAT VERY SOON THEY WILL ALL BE MEMBERS AND WILL BE ABLE 23:27 TO BE A PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 23:34 IT'S A GREAT THING TO BE A PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD AND WHEN I TRAVEL IT IS 23:40 GREAT ON SABBATH. 23:41 EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE PEOPLE, THEY ARE FAMILY. 23:44 YES AND THAT IS TRUE OF BELIEVING IN GOD THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HIM AS THE 23:51 CENTRAL FOCUS AND THAT WE ARE ALL BELIEVERS IN HIM AND WE ARE BROTHERS AND 23:56 SISTERS AND ALL OF THAT. 23:57 RIGHT. 23:59 SO FRED, AS YOU GO TO THESE DIFFERENT PLACES AND YOU SEE THESE BELIEVERS 24:01 AND AS THEY ARE TROMPING THROUGH THE JUNGLE AND THE BANANA TREES AND ALL OF 24:05 THAT, WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ON YOUR HEART AS YOU COME BACK HERE TO 24:10 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WITH OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE WATCHING -WHAT IS 24:13 SOMETHING THAT IS HEAVY ON YOUR HEART THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE VIEWERS 24:16 THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 24:18 THERE IS SO MUCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 24:20 THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT YET HEARD THE MESSAGE AND WHEN 24:24 THEY DO, THEY USUALLY DRINK IT UP. 24:27 THEY REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 24:29 IN FACT, GOSPEL OUTREACH COOPERATES WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 24:33 LAST MARCH I WORKED WITH QUIET HOUR IN SOUTHERN MINDANAO AND AS A RESULT 24:38 OF THAT ENTIRE PROGRAM WE BAPTIZED 6000. 24:41 WOW. 24:44 COOPERATIVE EFFORT-WORKING TOGETHER THE SYNERGY OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS 24:48 THAT AGREE AND WORK TOGETHER FOR A PROJECT. 24:51 WHAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER VERSUS SAY IN A BIG 24:56 EVANGELISTIC MEETING WHICH IS GREAT BUT WHAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT 25:00 HAVING A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN A VILLAGE OR TOWN? 25:03 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS LIVE IN THE VILLAGE, LIVE WITH THE PEOPLE, LIVE LIKE 25:06 THE PEOPLE EXCEPT THEY LIVE THE CHRISTIAN EXAMPLE FOR THEM. 25:11 IT IS THAT ONE ON ONE CONTACT THAT REALLY MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. 25:15 HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR OUR SEVEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE WITH THE 25:18 QUIET HOUR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 1000 LESS BECAUSE OUR SEVEN WORKERS 25:23 BROUGHT IN 1000 OUT OF THAT 6000. 25:25 THE LORD JUST POURED OUT DIDN'T HE? 25:27 YES. 25:29 I BELIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS REALLY BEING POURED OUT IN THE PHILIPPINES AND YOU 25:33 KNOW I'M BEGINNING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT HERE IN THE STATES TOO. 25:36 HEY, TIME IS SHORT. 25:37 SOMETIMES WE THINK WE GET CAUGHT UP IN SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS BUT WHEN 25:42 YOU HEAR THE STORIES IN THE MISSION FIELDS, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT IS HAPPENING 25:44 RIGHT HERE AT HOME TOO AND WE HAVE A HUGE JOB TO DO HERE AS WELL. 25:47 HOWEVER, FOR YOU OR FOR ME AND YES YOU HAVE BEEN A MISSIONARY AND I WAS A 25:52 STUDENT MISSIONARY BUT TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS THE LOCAL LANGUAGE, WHO 25:57 KNOWS THE CULTURE, WHO KNOWS ALL OF THAT STUFF I DON'T HAVE TO GO FOR TWO 26:00 YEARS FOR LANGUAGE TRAINING OR MORE. 26:02 TO HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE WHO KNOWS ALLTHE QUESTIONS, ALL THE 26:07 CULTURES, ALL THE LANGUAGE, THE DIALECTS. 26:09 THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT ADVANTAGE AND BESIDES THAT WHEN YOU GIVE MONEY FOR 26:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH IT ALL GOES OUT THERE. 26:15 IT DOESN'T STAY HERE BECAUSE ALL THE ONES HERE IN THE OFFICE ARE 26:18 VOLUNTEEERS. 26:19 ABSOLUTELY. 26:20 WELL FRED, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:24 AND OUR PRAYERS WILL BE WITH YOU AS YOU GO BACK. 26:27 I HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND SEE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 26:31 WHO LIVE OUT ON THOSE REMOTE ISLANDS. 26:33 WHEN YOU DO, PLEASE GREET THEM FOR US. 26:35 I WILL DO THAT. 26:36 I WILL TAKE SOME PICTURES AND BRING THEM BACK SO WE CAN SEE THEM. 26:38 ABSOLUTELY. 26:39 WELL, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. 26:42 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. 26:44 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN INSPIRED AND WE 26:48 ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE US A CALL AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:51 GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT 26:55 AND YOUR PRAYERS. 26:56 FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, I'M JULIE 26:59 SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 27:01 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 27:08 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:18 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:22 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:24 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:27 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 27:31 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:39 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:41 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:42 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 27:49 WORLD. 27:50 WHERE? 27:51 ALL THE WORLD. 27:53 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 27:55 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:57 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:02 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:06 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:09 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 28:13 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:14 BE THE SPARK. 28:15 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:18 FINISH THE WORK. 28:22 FINISH THE WORK. 28:26 BE THE SPARK. |
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