Participants: Fred Webb
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000520
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00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAYBE YOU ARE NEW TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:21 AND IF YOU ARE, THIS IS R TIME TO MEET WITH THE REGIONAL DIRIRTORS AND 00:25 HEAR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR AREA OF THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:29 THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT'S WHERE OUR EMPHASIS IS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT IS 00:34 10 DEGREES NORTH 00:34 UP TO FORTY Y GREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 00:37 IT IS THE HEAVIEST POPULATED AREA IN OUR WORLD AND THAT IS WHERE 00:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS WORKING SO HARD THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE 00:47 WORKRKG IN THE LOCAL 00:47 VILLAGES AND IN THE COCOTRIEIETO SHARE WITH 00:52 THEIR NEIGHBORS ABOUT JESUS. 00:54 SO WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND TODAY FRED WEBB, YOU HAVE JOINED 00:58 US HERE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR AREA OF INTNTEST T THEHE0/40 01:02 WINDOW. 01:03 THANK YOU. 01:05 SO FRED, WHY DON'T YOU TELL THE VIEWERS WHERE THAT AREA IS. 01:07 I WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES. 01:08 THAT IS A NEAR AND DEAR PLACE TO YOUR HEART ISN'T IT? 01:11 IT IS BECAUSE I LIVED THERE FOR 12 YEARS, WONDERFUL, AS A GENERAL 01:14 CONFERENCE MISSISIARY. 01:15 SO YOU HAVE RETIRED AND YET YOU STILL ARE WORKING IN THE PHILIPPINES. 01:20 I WAS PRIVILEGED WHEN I RETIRED TO BE ASKED TO JOIN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 01:23 IT IS A PRIVILEGE. 01:25 SO TELL US HOW THAT WORKS AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR SO OUR VIEWERS WHO MIGHT NOT 01:29 BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT ALL THAT MEANS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 01:32 WELL FIRST OF ALL, ONCE A YEAR WE GO BACK TO THE FIELD TO EVALUATE E W THE 01:38 WORKERS ARE DOING; TO ENSURE THAT THE E NEY THAT IS GIVEN BY THE DONORS IS 01:44 BEBEG USED PROPERLY AND TO ENCOURAGE THE WORKERS THERE AND JUST T TMAKE 01:51 THINGS RUN SMOOTHLY. 01:52 SO IN SOME WAYS YOU ARE PULLED TO THE PHILIPPINES BECAUSE YOU ARE 01:56 ENCOURAGING THE PEOPLE. 01:57 I LIKE THAT, I LIKE THAT. 01:59 WELL, YOU RECENTLY GOT BACK FROM A TRIP OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE 02:04 PEOPLE THERE AND WHY DON'T YOU SHARE SOME PICTURES WITH US. 02:06 O.K. 02:07 FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE'LL START OUT WITH A LITTLE MAP OF THE 02:11 PHILIPPINES SO THAT YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING. 02:14 SO WE HAVE OUR FIRST PICTURE. 02:16 THERE WE GO. 02:18 YOU SEE THE PHILIPPINES IS A LONG DRAWN OUT COUNTRY WITH ABOUT 7107 ISLANDS OR 02:23 SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THE AREA THAT WE ARE GOING TO PARTICULARLRLVISIT THIS 02:29 MORNING IS THE AREA OF THE EAST VISAYAN CONFERENCE CENTERED IN TACLOBAN. 02:34 IF YOU WERE WATCHING THE NEWSWSATELY YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT TACLOBAN 02:38 BECAUSE OF THE HUHUICANE OR THE TYPHOON THAT CAME THROROH THERE. 02:41 DEVASTATION WASN'T IT? 02:43 THE HIGHEST VELOCITY WINDS TO MAKE LANDFALL IN RECORDED HISTORY. 02:48 UNBELIEVABLE. 02:50 AND YOU SEE WHERE TACLOBAN IS KIND OF AT THE POINT OF TWO ISLANDS COMING VERY 02:55 CLOSE TOGETHER. 02:56 RIGHT, WHERE THAT LITTLE RED DOT IS? 02:58 YES. 02:59 SO IT IS LIKE A FUNNEL AND AS THE WATER- THE STORM SURGE CAME FARTHER AND 03:03 FARTHER INTO THAT FUNNEL THE HIGHER THE SURGE WAS. 03:06 UNBELIEVABLE. 03:07 AND IT CREATED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. 03:11 OH, LOOK AT THAT. 03:13 THIS IS OUR SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN TACLOBAN-BUT IT IS STILL 03:17 STANDING. 03:18 IT IS STILL STANDING. 03:19 LOOK AT WHAT THE LORD DOES ON HIS HOUSE WHERE PEOPLE COME. 03:23 ALL OF THAT DEBRIS CAME FROM THE TEN SHANTYS ACROSS THE ROAD. 03:26 THERE IS ABOUT FIFTY METERS TO THE WATER, TO THE OCEAN- TO THE RIGHT 03:30 THERE. 03:31 IT WOULD BE BEHIND WHERE WE ARE STANDING. 03:33 OH, OK. 03:35 AND ALL OF THAT DEBRIS WASHED UP ONTO THE COMPOUND OF OUR MISSION 03:39 THERE. 03:40 JUST ACROSS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SAME COMPOUND IS THE CONFERENCE OFFICE. 03:45 YOU SEE THERERARE TWO BUILDINGS THERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE; YOU 03:49 CAN SEE THE CAR; WOW! 03:50 THE VAN. 03:52 THEY HAD THREE VANS THERE TWO OF THEM ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE THIRD ONE 03:56 THEY THINK THEY CAN RECLAIM. 03:57 WHEN I WAS THERE IT WAS IN THE TOYOTA SHOP WITH A LOT OF OTHER VEHICLES THERE 04:03 TOO SO THEY HAD NO IDEA WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO GET IT BACK. 04:05 SO WERE ANY OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HURT FRED? 04:08 NO. 04:09 PRAISE THE LORD. 04:10 NO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WERE HURT IN THE PROCESS. 04:15 OH, SO THERE IS THE VIEW LOOKING TOWARD THE WATER. 04:17 THAT'S LOOKING TOWARDS THE WATER. 04:19 SO ALL OF THAT CAME IN FROM THE WATER AND ALL THE LITTLE SHANTYS AROUND. 04:22 RIGHT. 04:24 WOW. 04:26 ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE OFFICE BUILDINGS. 04:28 THEN THERE IS THE LITTLE VAN THAT YOU MENTIONED. 04:30 RIGHT. 04:31 AT AN ODD ANGLE. 04:33 YOU SEE THIS IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE OFFICE BUILDING AND THE 04:37 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. 04:39 HE IS POINTING TO THE LEVEL THAT THE WATER CAME TO. 04:42 IT CAME THAT HIGH-CLEAR UP TO THE TOP OF THAT FILE CABINET? 04:45 ON THE TOP OF THE FILE CABINET. 04:47 WHAT FLOOR AGAIN? 04:48 SECOND FLOOR. 04:49 SECOND FLOOR! 04:50 IT BROKE OUT THE WINDOWS OF HIS OFFICE AND JUST CAME RIGHT IN. 04:54 IT TOOK THIRTY MINUTES FOR THE WATER TO RISE TO ITS CREST. 04:57 IT TOOK ANOTHER THREE HOURS FOR IT TO RECEDE. 05:00 NOTICE IT DIDN'T COVER JESUS' PICTURE. 05:02 IT DIDN'T COVER JESUS FACE. 05:03 I WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT POINT. 05:06 I SAW IT. 05:07 THIS IS AFTER IT HAS BEEN PARTIALLY CLEANED. 05:10 WOW! 05:12 THE BEFORE AND THE AFTER! 05:13 BLESS THOSE PEOPLES HEART SO THEY HAD TO HAUL ALL OF THAT DEBRIS AWAY. 05:18 SOME OF IT IS STILL PILED UP ALONG THEIR STREET BUT YES, IT HAS BEEN CLEANED 05:22 UP FAIRLY WELL AND THE CHURCH IS BEING USED. 05:25 THERE WAS DAMAGE INSIDE-QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE ACTUALLY BUT IT 05:28 SURVIVED. 05:29 WOW! 05:30 THE OFFICE BUILDING-I TOOK THIS PICTURE IN EARLY MARCH. 05:37 EARLY MARCH AND THAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE THERE WITH THE BOARDS 05:40 ACROSS IT. 05:42 BECAUSE WAS IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 8, 2013 AND YOU TOOK THIS HERE MARCH 8, 05:47 2014? 05:48 RIGHT. 05:49 WOW! 05:51 THEY HAVE A SMALL WATER PURIFIER THAT THEY ARE USING AND THEY PUT WATER 05:57 IN THOSE BLUE TANKS AND THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED TO COME AND GET DRINKING 06:00 WATER. 06:01 WONDERFUL! 06:02 SO THAT IS A COMMUNITY SERVICE THEN, RIGHT, TO THE PEOPLE THERE. 06:05 BUT JUST THINK WHAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE FRED, FOR WHEN THE WATER 06:08 CAME-NOAH AND THE ARK THOUGH, JUST THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING 06:13 ABOUT THE LEVEL THERE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 06:15 THERE IS THE BAY RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE CHURCH. 06:16 THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE OFFICE BUILDING. 06:18 WOW! 06:20 SO YOU SEE IT IS NOT VERY FAR ACROSS THERE. 06:23 YOU KNOW FRED, I CONTINUE TO BE AMAZED AS I SIT IN THIS CHAIR AND AS I 06:26 INTERVIEW ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE GONE BACK TO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PLACES, IT 06:30 IS ONE THING FOR US TO HEAR THE MINUTE THIRTY CLIP ON THE NEWS AND THEN 06:34 IT IS ONE THING THEN FOR YOU TO COME BACK AND TO SHARE THESE PICTURES OF 06:37 YOU MEETING WITH THE BELIEVERS THERE AND HEARING THESE STORIES OF 06:41 DEVASTATION BUT ALSO WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE. 06:44 RIGHT. 06:45 WE OFTEN TIMES DON'T HEAR ALL OF THAT IN THE NEWS. 06:47 WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT SOME MORE HERE. 06:49 RIGHT, SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS", LADIES AND 06:56 GENTLEMEN YOU ARE HEARING WHAT THE LORD IS DOING FIRST HAND. 07:00 SEVERAL BOATS WERE TOSSED UP ON THE LAND. 07:03 THAT IS NO SMALL BOAT THAT IS A SHIP. 07:06 THAT IS A BIG TANKER. 07:07 THAT CAME CLEAR UP? 07:09 YES AND THIS IS IN ANOTHER PLACE AWAY FROM THE MISSION BUT IT WAS TOSSED 07:13 WAY UP ON THE SHORE. 07:15 HERE YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG AND YOU LOOK OVER AND HERE IS A TANKER. 07:18 A BIG SHIP RIGHT BESIDE YOU. 07:20 TURN RIGHT AT THE TANKER. 07:21 THIS IS ANOTHER PLACE. 07:24 THERE ARE THREE IN THIS PICTURE. 07:26 THREE SHIPS. 07:27 OH, MY THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE JUST THINK OF THE WEIGHT OF THOSE. 07:30 YES, THEY'LL PROBABLY NEVER GET BACK IN THE WATER. 07:33 THIS IS THE LIONS CLUB BUILDING. 07:37 IT WAS THEIR BUILDING. 07:38 OH DEAR. 07:39 ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS IN MY HOME CHURCH OF WATERFORD, CALIFORNIA IS 07:45 THE PRESIDENT OF PARKER AND THEY PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO RED CROSS A 07:52 WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM THAT WOULD PUT OUT 20,000 GALLONS OF WATER, DRINKING 07:56 WATER, PER DAY, COMING FROM A VERY POLLUTED CREEK. 08:02 I SAW THE CREEK AFTER, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THE STORM. 08:06 YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE IMMEDIATELY AFTER. 08:09 WOW, BECAUSE WHAT WOULD THE PEOPLE HAVE DONE IF THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE 08:11 WATER? 08:12 THE WHOLE SYSTEM WAS DOWN-THE WHOLE WATER SYSTEM WAS DOWN. 08:15 IT IS BACK UP AGAIN NOW AND SO THIS IS NO LONGER BEING USED. 08:18 O.K. 08:19 IT PROVIDED A SERVICE AT THE TIME IT WAS NEEDED. 08:21 WELL PLEASE THANK THEM. 08:22 THE RED CROSS WAS VERY, VERY PLEASED FOR THAT. 08:24 OH I'M SURE THAT THEY WERE. 08:25 SOME OF THE PEOPLE WERE VERY RESILIENT. 08:27 THIS YOUNG MAN AND HIS MOTHER RECEIVED SOME MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR 08:34 YOU KNOW, TO REHABILITATE. 08:36 RATHER THAN BUYING FOOD THEY BOUGHT A LITTLE GENERATOR AND THEY ARE 08:41 CHARGING PEOPLE'S CELL PHONES BECAUSE CELL PHONES ARE THE ONLY MEANS OF 08:44 COMMUNICATION OUT OF THERE, SURE, AND SO FOR TEN PESOS APIECE YOU CAN 08:47 GET YOUR PHONE CHARGED. 08:48 WELL GOOD JOB TO THEM. 08:50 ENTREPRENEUR. 08:51 ABSOLUTELY. 08:53 THIS IS TAKEN FROM INSIDE THE COMPOUND. 08:56 THAT HOUSE ACROSS THE WAY THERE-THERE IS A SPECIAL STORY THAT GOES WITH THAT. 09:00 IT BELONGED TO A RETIRED PUBLISHING DIRECTOR. 09:02 HE AND HIS WIFE LIVED THERE AND THEY -NOW YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE 09:08 SECOND STORY BUILDING? 09:09 YES, THE TWO STORY BUILDING ACROSS THE WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 09:15 ROAD. 09:17 THEIR DAUGHTER HAD MARRIED A POLISH MAN AND THEY HAD GONE TO POLAND TO VISIT 09:21 HIS FAMILY. 09:22 THEY LEFT THEIR THREE CHILDREN BEHIND AGES 3, 8 AND 11 WITH THE 09:26 GRANDPARENTS. 09:28 WHEN THE WATER STARTED TO RISE, THEY TOOK THE CHILDREN UP ON THE SECOND 09:31 FLOOR FOR SAFETY. 09:32 SURE. 09:34 THEY WENT BACK DOWNSTAIRS TO DO SOMETHING AND HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN SINCE. 09:37 OH NO! 09:38 SO THE GRANDPARENTS ARE PRESUMED DEAD. 09:42 OH DEAR! 09:43 THEY HAD A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THEM BECAUSE THERE IS NO CHANCE OF 09:45 FINDING G EM ALIVE NOW. 09:46 RIGHT. 09:47 THE CHILDREN-THE ELEVEN YEAR OLD -A PRETTY SMART KID, HE FOUND SOME -WHEN 09:53 THE WATER WAS COMING UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR AS YOU SAW IT THERE IN THE OFFICE 09:56 BUILDING, HE FOUND SOME PLASTIC TUBS AND EACH OF THE THREE KIDS CLIMBED 10:02 INTO A TUB, FLOATED OUT THE WINDOW AND SOMEONE SAW THEM FLOATING IN THE WATER 10:08 AND WENT OUT AND RESCUED THEM. 10:09 SO, WE HAVE A REAL LIFE MOSES IN THE BULLRUSHES. 10:12 THAT'S RIGHT AND THE THREE CHILDREN SURVIVED. 10:15 WELL PRAISE THE LORD BUT THE DEAR GRANDPARENTS BLESS THEIR HEARTS, ARE 10:19 GONE. 10:20 HERE THEY PROBABLY HAD THOSE BINS FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT AND -SMART KID. 10:24 GOD SHARED WITH HIM WHAT TO DO. 10:28 SO WE HAVE THE NEXT PICTURE SLIDE HERE? 10:32 OH YES. 10:33 WE ARE NOW UP ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF SAMAR. 10:38 THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE QUITE AS MUCH DAMAGE UP THERE. 10:43 THIS IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THE PINK SHIRT THERE, GIVING A 10:45 BIBLE STUDY TO A GROUP. 10:47 THERE WERE SEVERAL THERE THAT DAY-THERE ARE MANY OTHERS, BUT THESE WERE THE 10:51 ONES IN THIS PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP. 10:53 SO THIS LOOKS LIKE FRED THAT THEY ARE MEETING IN A HOME? 10:57 IN A HOME, YES. 10:59 IS THAT OFTEN TIMES THE CASE IF THERE ISN'T A CHURCH IN THAT VILLAGE? 11:02 YES THERE IS NO CHURCH IN THIS VILLAGE HOWEVER THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS 11:08 ONE OF OUR ADOPTED WORKERS, YES, AND HIS SPONSOR WANTS TO BUILD A 11:15 CHURCH FOR HIM. 11:16 WONDERFUL! 11:17 THAT'S A PROGRAM HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH, THAT'S RIGHT, WHERE PEOPLE 11:19 CAN-VIEWERS CAN GIVE MONEY AND LITERALLY ADOPT A WORKER FOR $150 THEY CAN 11:24 HAVE THEIR OWN WORKER AND THEN HEAR REPORTS FROM THE FIELD AND ALL OF THAT. 11:27 RIGHT. 11:29 THIS PARTICULAR DONOR IS HOPING TO RAISE FUNDS TO BUILD A CHURCH FOR THEM, 11:33 PRAISE THE LORD, IN CALBIGA. 11:35 THE MAN IN THE CENTER THERE IS THE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT PASTOR BEN 11:40 MAHANI AND HE HAD JUST BEEN TO DAVAO AND HAD BOUGHT SOME VEGETABLE 11:45 SEEDS BECAUSE ALL OF THEIR GARDENS WERE WIPED OUT, SURE, SO HE BROUGHT 11:49 VEGETABLE SEEDS AND PRESENTED THEM TO OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 11:55 WHAT A GIFT! 11:56 HE HAS SUBSEQUENTLY GIVEN THEM TO THE PEOPLE AND THE LAST MESSAGE I GOT FROM 12:01 HIM WAS THAT THEY WERE HAVING A FELLOWSHIP IN APRIL AND WE EXPECT TO EAT 12:06 SOME OF THOSE VEGETABLES. 12:07 WELL PRAISE THE LORD AND I KNOW THAT THE LORD WILL BLESS, FRED. 12:10 WELL, IF YOU ARE SO EXCITED AS YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT WHAT THE LORD HAS 12:13 DONE HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES, YES DEVASTATION BUT YES, LOOK 12:16 AT WHAT THE LORD IS DOING IN EVEN PROVIDING SEEDS FOR THE PEOPLE. 12:19 IF YOU ARE EXCITED AND WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN ADOPT A 12:22 WORKER; HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN GIVING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH; WE HAVE 12:26 SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITITYOU. 12:28 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 12:32 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 12:36 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 12:38 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 12:41 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV? 12:44 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 12:48 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 12:52 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 12:54 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 12:57 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE 13:04 WORLD. 13:05 WHERE? 13:06 ALL THE WORLD. 13:07 HOW CAN I GO I HAVE COMMITMENTS? 13:09 YOU CAN PRAY. 13:11 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 13:16 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 13:20 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 13:23 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING BUT THEY WON'T 13:27 FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 13:28 BE THE SPARK. 13:29 LIGHT THE FIRE. 13:31 FINISH THE WORK. 13:34 FINISH THE WORK. 13:37 BE THE SPARK. 13:39 BE THE SPARK. 13:40 WE HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOU. 13:42 PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT GOSPEL 13:47 OUTREACH. 13:48 OUR WEB ADDRESS IS: WWW.GOAIM.ORG <http://WWW.GOAIM.ORG> FOR 13:52 MORE I IORMATION. 13:53 WE ARE HERE WITH FRED WEBB AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES SO TAKE US 13:57 BACK THERE. 13:58 O.K. 13:59 WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE ISLAND OF SAMAR, TO THE VILLAGE OF MARIBOR. 14:02 WHEN I WAS THERE LAST YEAR I SAW A CHURCH-KEEP TALKING, SOMEHOW IT 14:11 DOESN'T COME UP.IT'S FINE. 14:13 THE CHURCH-THERE IT IS, IT WAS BUILT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THEY TOLD ME 14:18 THIS ISN'T REALLY BIG ENOUGH. 14:19 WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE EXPANSION AND SO IN JULY THEY EXPANDED THE CHURCH 14:24 D BUBUT A A LILE MORE SUBSTANTIAL WITH CONCRETE WALLS AND IT WAS CLOSED 14:28 IN. 14:29 WELL, GOOD. 14:30 WELL YES THAT WAS GOOD BUT NOVEMBER 8 CAME ALONG, OH DEAR, THAT IS WHAT THAT 14:33 CHURCH LOOKS LIKE NOW. 14:34 OH DEAR. 14:35 THIS IS A CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN WHAT SHOULD I SAY, ADOPTED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:42 AND WEWERE R RSING FUNDS TO REBUILD THIS CHURUR IN MARIBOR. 14:45 GOOD. 14:46 THE FUNDS ARE COMING AND WILL SOON BE GOING TO WORK. 14:49 AND YOU KNOW WHAT FRED, THE LORD WILL BLESS AND THAT CHURCH WILL PROBABLY 14:52 BE EVEN BIGGER. 14:54 HE GAINED SOME STATUS IN THE VILLAGE BY THE WAY HE DEALT WITH THE PEOPLE 14:58 DURING T TS CRISIS. 14:59 HE TOOK CHARGE AND SAVED THE LIVES OF MANY. 15:02 WELL, SEE THE LORD BLESSES EVEN THROUGH DEVASTATION. 15:04 EVEN IN DEVASTATION. 15:05 O.K. 15:07 WE ARE GOING UP NOW TO THE VILLAGE OF GIPORLOS, NO I'M SORRY, THIS IS STILL 15:13 IN MARIBOR. 15:14 THIS IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE. 15:16 HE IS DOING A GOOD JOB AND WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE. 15:18 THIS IS AN INTERESTING ISLAND. 15:20 THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE, BEAUTIFUL, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. 15:25 THEY LOOK LIKE MUSHROOMS. 15:27 IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO THE ISLAND OF PALAU, THEY HAVE A LOT OF THESE ALSO. 15:31 THTH AREREIMESTONE AND THTH GET WORN AWAY BY THE WAVES. 15:35 THEY PROVIDED REFUGE FOR R E PEOPLE. 15:38 HOW? 15:39 OH BECAUSE THEY COULD CLIMB UP ON THESE, SURE AND GET OUT OF THE WATER. 15:46 ISN'T THATATOMETHING? 15:47 THIS IS THE GROUP THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH. 15:49 THIS WAS NOT A SABBATH SO THEY WERE NOT ALL THERE BUT THIS IS THE GROUP THAT 15:52 HE I IWORKING WIWI THERE AND GIVING THEM BIBLE STUTUES. 15:56 MANY OF THESE HAVE ALREADY BECOME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS AND MANY MORE 15:59 ARE STUDYING. 16:00 SO, IS THIS A VERY REMOTE LOCATION, FRED THIS IS MARIBOR? 16:03 NO IT IS RIGHT ON ONE OF THE MAIN HIGHWAYS. 16:05 O.K. 16:07 BUT RIGHT ON THE COAST OF THE ISLAND OF SAMAR, THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF SAMAR SO 16:11 IT GOT HIT PRETTY HARD BY THE STORM. 16:13 THE MISSION PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY IN THIS PICTURE ARE GIVING OUR 16:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER A BICYCLE. 16:20 OH ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC? 16:28 SO HE CAN GET AROUND TO NOW WE ARE GOINGMBERS IN TO GIPORLOS.IENT MANNER. 16:31 GIPORLORS IS ANOTHER TOWN ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST THERE AND IT WAS HIT BY 16:38 THE TYPHOON AS WELL. 16:40 THIS IS WHAT-THAT BRUSH THERE THAT JUNK ON THE LEFT THERE IS WHAT'S LEFT 16:45 OF THEIR CHURCH. 16:46 THE TENT WITH THE MAN STANDING IN THE CENTER OF IT IS WHERE THEY ARE NOW 16:51 LIVING AND W WSHIPPING. 16:52 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 16:54 THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE THE FLOOR FROM THE SECOND FLOOR AND THAT IS WHAT 16:57 THEY ARE USING FOR THE FLOOR OF THEIR TENT. 16:59 THESE TENTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION OF REFUGEES AND 17:03 YOYOSEE E ESE TENTS ALL OVER. 17:05 INTERESTING, SO THEY BROUGHT THEM IN. 17:07 YES. 17:08 OD. 17:09 YOU SEE, WHITE ROOFS EVERYWHERE AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE SIDES YOU SEE 17:13 U.N.H.C.R. 17:14 THERE YOU GO. 17:16 JUST A WHOLE FIELD OF TENTS BUT THEY DON'T ALLOW THINGS TO STOP THEM. 17:24 THEY ARE HAVING A VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AND THIS IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 17:27 THERE HOLDING A VACATION BIBLELECHOOOO 17:29 THIS IS THE TENT THEY ARE WORKING IN FOR THAT. 17:33 WONDERFUL! 17:35 THE KIDS WERE EXCITED. 17:37 THEY'VE GOT CROWNS ON, I LIKE IT. 17:39 OH YES. 17:40 CHILDREN OF THE KING, THAT'S RIGHT. 17:42 THEY GET UP AND PERFORM. 17:44 I HAD TO LAUGH A LITTLE BIT ONE TIME THEY HAD ONE ACROSTIK AND IT WAS 17:50 B-I-B-L-E, YES, WHEN THEY GOT THROUGH THEY SAID, "B-I-B-L-E JESUS." 17:56 OH CUTE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT AFTER BEING A STUDENT MISSIONARY I WAS IN THE 18:00 PHILIPPINES, AND THE FILIPINOS SING BEAUTIFULLY. 18:03 OH, YES. 18:04 THEIR CHOIRS ARE FANTASTIC ALL AGE RANGES ARE MARVELOUS. 18:08 I OFTEN SAY, IF YOU GET SIX FILIPINOS TOGETHER YOU HAVE A CHOIR. 18:10 IT IS BEAUTIFUL, YOU ARE RIGHT. 18:11 GENERAL MACARTHUR IS UP ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF SAMARA ISLAND. 18:18 THEY GOT HIT BY THE TYPHOON BUT IT WASN'T QUITE AS HARD THERE. 18:21 HERE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE AND BEING INTRODUCED BY OUR 18:26 CONFERENCE PRESIDENTNT 18:28 THEY ARE WORSHIPPING IN A MAKESHIFT, A LITTLE TENT STRUCTURE RIGHT ON A- JUST 18:36 NOT FAR FROM THE WATERS EDGE. 18:39 THIS WAS EARLY SABBATH MORNING BEFORE SABBATH SCHOOL; IT HADN'T ACTUALLY 18:44 STARTED YET BUT THE PEOPLE WERE STARTING TO COME IN-N-OTS OF CHILDREN. 18:48 THE KIKI ARERET THEY CUTUT 18:49 THEY LIKE TO COME. 18:51 HE ALSO GOT A BICYCLE. 18:54 AND THAT WAS PROBABLY A HUGE DAY FOR HIM. 18:56 OH YES. 18:57 lLORENTE, WE HAVE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE THAT WAS A FORMER PUBLISHING 19:06 DIRECTOR. 19:07 HE USES THAT AS HIS ENTERING WEDGE AND HE HAS ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED A 19:10 CHURCH AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORSHIPPING IN THAT CHURCH NOW FOR ABOUT A YEAR. 19:14 OH. 19:15 I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE QUITE A CONGREGATION THERE. 19:17 ANANTHAT WAS O.K. 19:18 IN THE TYPHOON? 19:19 IT WAS NOT DAMAGED. 19:20 WE HAD A BAPTISM. 19:25 I'VE BEEN THERE NOW FOR THREE BAPTISMS. 19:27 NEAT. 19:28 EVERYTIME I GO THEY HAVE A BAPTISM. 19:30 FANTASTIC. 19:31 AND LOADING INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE YOU CAN SEE THEY -TYPICAL FILIPINO 19:35 THTHE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE. 19:37 THE MORE THE MERRIER. 19:39 BUT THERE WERE 26 LINED UP TO ACCEPT JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR THAT DAY. 19:41 PRAISE THE LORD AND LOOK AT WHAT A BEAUTIFUFUPLACE. 19:44 THIS IS RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE OCEAN WHERE A RIVER JOINS THE OCEAN. 19:49 WOW,W,OOK AT THAT. 19:54 THEY ALWAYS HAVE A PRAYER OF DEDICATION AT THE CLOSE OF THE BAPTISM. 19:58 SO HERE WE HAVE THE WATERS THAT BROUGHT THE TYPHOON T YET IT IS ALSO THE 20:02 SAVING WATER OF BAPTISM, SEE. 20:04 WE'LL TAKE JUST A FEW MOMENTS NOW TO RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE CHURCHES THAT 20:08 WERE DESTROYED. 20:09 THERE WERE 200 CHURCHES THAT WERE DESTROYED IN THIS CONFERENCE ALONE. 20:12 WOWO 20:13 NOW THIS IS NOT THE ONLY AREA THAT WAS HIT BY THE TYPHOON. 20:16 THIS IS THE ONE THAT PROBABLY WAS HIT THE HARDEST AND IT GOT THE 20:21 MOST NEWS COVERAGE. 20:22 THESE ARE ONLY THE CHURCHES THAT WE KNOW ABOUT. 20:25 THERE ARE OTHER CHURCHES IN OTHER DENOMINATIONS, OH YES, THAT WERE AFFECTED AS 20:30 WELL, WOW. 20:31 INTERESTINGLY, THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO CHURCHES PRETTY WELL SURVIVED. 20:34 THEY ARE VERY WELL BUILTLT 20:36 THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL BUT OUR CHURCHES AREN'T ALWAYS QUITE SO SUBSTANTIAL. 20:42 WOW! 20:43 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 20:44 LOOK AT THOSE. 20:45 THIS IS SOME OF THE DESTROYED CHURCHES AS WE GO THROUGH HERE. 20:48 SO FRED, HELP US 20:48 UNDERSTAND THIS AS WE LOOK AT THESE. 20:50 WILL FUNDING COME FROM THE MISSION? 20:52 WILL IT COME FROM THE DIVISION? 20:53 WILL IT COME FROM LOCAL CHURCH MEMBERS? 20:55 WILL IT COME FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH? 20:57 I MEAN WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE PEOPLE? 20:59 IT IS ALL OF THE ABOVE. 21:06 O.K. 21:07 THE DIVISION, OF COURSE, IS PUTTING MONEY INTO IT. 21:10 THE CONFERENCE WILL PUT IN ALL THEY CAN. 21:13 THE UNION IS HELPING ALSO BUT YOU KNOW THIS TYPHOON WENT RIGHT ACROSS THE 21:19 CENTRAL VISAYAS AND THTH'S THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNION. 21:23 SO IT'S S T JUJU TACLOBAN THAT NEEDS HELP. 21:25 THE WHOLE AREA. 21:26 IT'S THE WHOLE AREA. 21:27 WE HAD A LOT OF DAMAGE IN THE ILLOILO AREA AS WELL AND NORTH CEBU. 21:35 LOOK AT THAT. 21:37 VIGYAN WAS PROBABLY HARDER HIT THAN WAS TACLOBAN AS FAR AS THE WINDS WERE 21:45 ISLAND WOULD HAVE E EN THE FIRST PLACE WHERE IT HIT T EN IT HIT LANDFALL. 21:50 REMIND US, THIHI ALALHAPPENED IN A PERIOD OF HOW LONG? 21:54 BASICALLY, ONE DAY. 21:55 ONE DAY. 21:57 THIS ONE SURVIVED A LITTLE BETTER OR LEAST THEY STILL HAVE THE WALLS BUT JUST 22:06 TREMENDOUS DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE YOU GO AND YOU SEE PAINTED ON THE 22:11 ROADWAYS "HELP, WE NEED FOOD". 22:15 OH DEAR. 22:16 IN GREAT BIG LETTERS THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE AIRPLANE. 22:18 SURE. 22:19 WE DID HAVE AN ADVENTIST ORGANIZATION THAT HAS AIRPLANE SERVICE FOR 22:25 MISSIONS AND THEY CAMEMEAND PROT 22:25 OF HELP BUT NOT SO MUCH IN 22:31 TACLOBAN BUT MORE OVER IN THE WESTERN SIDE. 22:35 BUT THEY DID A LOT OF WORK; THEY DID FLEW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE OUT FOR 22:39 HOSPITITIZATATN. 22:40 THEY DELIVERED TONS OF SUPPLIES A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME IN THEIR AIRPLANE. 22:44 WOW. 22:47 OH DEAR ANOTHER CHURCH? 22:48 MANY CHURCHES. 22:50 OH FRED, LOOK AT THE WHOLE WALL THERE IT IS JUST LIKE CRUMBLED IN -RIGHT. 22:58 WOW. 22:59 IT ALMOST MAKES YOU CRY AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE AND YOU SEE 23:03 THE E STRUCTION THAT HAS TAKEN PLPLE. 23:05 NOW I DIDN'T SEE ALL OF THESE CHURCHES THESE WERE TAKEN BY OTHER PEOPLE. 23:10 I SASAENOUGH TO -JUST 23:10 SEEING ONE IS DEVASTATING OUGHGHUT CHURCH H TER 23:16 CHURCH, AFTER CHURCH, WOW. 23:17 OH DEAR! 23:18 THERE IS NOTHING LEFT. 23:19 NO. 23:20 WELL AND YOU SEE THIS AND WE DON'T -WHAT WE DON'T SEE IS THE FUNDRAISING 23:30 THAT HELPED THEM BUY THE MATERIALS TO BEGIN WITH, THE TIME IT TOOK, THE 23:36 EFFORT I ITOOK, THE SWEAT IT T TK AND ALL OF THTHDEAR CHURCRCMEMBERS. 23:39 WOW! 23:41 ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE FACING NOW IS THE PRICE OF CEMENT HAS 23:43 DOUBLED. 23:44 OH. 23:46 WOW. 23:49 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. 23:57 BUT THE PEOPLE ARE VERY RESILIENT. 23:59 YES THEY ARE. 24:00 THIS IS AN ADVENTIST CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN REBUILT. 24:03 BUT DO YOU SEE WHAT THE BANNER SAYS? 24:05 IT SAYS, "NEVER GIVE UP. 24:06 JESUS IS COMING." 24:07 PRAISE THE LORD. 24:09 PRAISE THE LORD. 24:10 THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS, THEY WANT TO SEE JESUS COME. 24:14 THAT IS THE LAST OF MYMYICTURES BUBUI COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE THTHGS 24:18 THAT I'VE SESE AND I JUST-IT BLOWS THE MIND TO SEE SO MANY THINGS 24:22 COMPLETELY DESTROYED. 24:25 WELL, IT DOES BUT YOU KNOW AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, 24:29 YOU DON'T SEE PICTURUR LIKE THAT ON THE NEWS YOU SEE PICTURES LIKE THAT IN 24:32 COCOERSATIONS LIKE THIS WHEN WE HEAR FIRST HAND REPORTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON 24:37 ANANSO T TNK YOU FOR THAT AND WHEN YOU TALK WITH THE PEOPLE IN THOSE LOCATIONS, 24:41 THE GOGOELELUTREACH RKERS, PLEASE TELL THEM THTH WE WEREREOVED BY WHAT 24:45 WE S S ANDND'M S SE THTH 24:45 VIEWERS WILL BE TOO AND PLEASE TELL L EM THAT WE 24:49 KNOW THAT THTHLORD IS WORKING IN EVEN MIGHTIERERAYS NOW. 24:52 YES, THE PEOPLE ARE NOT DISCOURAGED. 24:54 OH, I CAN SEE THAT. 24:56 THEY ARE NOT DISCOURAGED. 24:57 FILIPINOS ARE A VERY RESILIENT PEOPLE TO BEGIN WITH AND THEY HAVE JUST 25:00 DONE VERY WELL, REMARKABLY WELL. 25:02 IN FACT, YOU GO BACK FROM THE SHORE EVEN IN THE CITY OF TACLOBAN-BUSINESS AS 25:08 USUAL. 25:09 SURE, BUT LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS WHERE TWO OF US ARE GATHERED SO THAT'S A 25:14 CHURCH-WE CAN HAVE A CHURCH WITH THE LORD; WE CAN HAVE CHURCH AND IT 25:17 DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BUILDING BUT CERTAINLY WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT THEY DO 25:20 HAVE A PLACE TO WORSHIP. 25:21 IT HAS DRAWN MANY OF THE CONGREGATIONS CLOSER TOGETHER AND WELL, IT'S 25:28 DRAWN THE E OLEEMISSION ORGANIZN 25:28 CLOSER TOGETETR THTHE. 25:32 SO F FD,WHAT IS THE NEED THAT YOU SEE AFTER VISITING THIS PARTICULAR 25:36 AREA, I THTHK THE PICTURES TELL US, BUT IF YOU COULD SHSHE WITH THE VIEWERS. 25:40 WE NEED TO REBUILD SOME OF THESE CHURCHES. 25:43 THE PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING AND GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS PROVIDED A MEANS OF DOING 25:49 THAT. 25:50 IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND MONEY TO GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF 25:53 CHURCHES IN THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINES THERE IS AN ACCOUNT HERE. 25:57 O.K.,THAT IS VERY GOOD TO KNOW. 25:59 FRED WEBB, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BOTH THE GOOD AND THE BAD REPORT FROM THE 26:04 PHPHIPPIPIS AND LIKE I SAID, DODOELL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE IN OUR 26:07 PRAYERS. 26:08 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN 26:12 MISSIONS" AND YOU'U' SEEN IT HERE. 26:14 YOU'VE SEEN THE NEED AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE NEEDS AROUND THE WORLD BUT IF 26:17 YOU HAHA BEEN ESPECIALLY MOVED AS YOU HAVE SEEN THESE PICTURES FROM M ED 26:20 OF T TS AREA OF THE PHILIPPINES THAT GOT HIT SO BADLY BY THE TYPHPHN; 26:24 AND D YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THAT AND 26:50 OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AS THE LORD IMPRESSES UPON YOU OF WHAT YOU CAN DO. 27:21 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: GOSPEL OUTREACH'S WEBSITE IS GOAIM.ORG AND THERE 27:43 WILL BE MORE INFORMATION. 27:51 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 28:08 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 28:28 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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