Adventures in Missions

Rejoicing in Mindanao

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Participants: Fred Webb

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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND I AM SO GLAD THAHA YOU HAVE STOPPED ON THIS
00:21 CHANNEL BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO B BIN FOR A T TP OR YOUR LIFE HERE WITH
00:25 FRED WEBEBAND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PHILIPPINES.
00:28 FRED, TAKE US ON A GREAT TRIP.
00:29 OK WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
00:31 I'D LIKE TO GO BACK BECAUSE YOU KNOW I WORKED THERE FOR TWELVE YEARS AS
00:35 AN ORDINARY MISSIONARY AND NOW W GET TO GO BACK AS GOSPEL OUTREACH AND VISIT
00:40 OUR WORKERS THERE.
00:41 SO HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE HAVE REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND YOU ARE KIND OF IN
00:45 CHARGE OF A PARTICULAR AREA OF THE 10/40 WINDOW.
00:48 YES.
00:49 CORRECT?
00:50 YES.
00:51 YOU ARE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THAT 10/40 WINDOW -THAT GOES FROM 10 DEGREES
00:53 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR.
00:55 YES, AND WE KIND OF THROW AROUND THESE ACRONYMS AND SOMETIMES WE NEED TO MAKE
00:58 SUSU THAT WE ARE EXPLAINING WHAT THOSE PLACES ARE-PEOPLE AREN'T
01:01 FAMILIAR.
01:02 MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.
01:04 BUT IT GOES FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT WHOLE SWATH TO THE
01:10 PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN.
01:11 YES AND THAT'S A HUGELY POPULATED AREA.
01:14 YES, TWO THIRDS OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION.
01:16 ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
01:17 AND A VERY, VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARE CHRISTIANS.
01:21 AND THAT'S WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THERE.
01:23 THAT'S WHY WE WORK THERE.
01:24 WE WANT TO GO TO THE UNREACHED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD.
01:26 SO, LET'S GO ON A TRIP.
01:29 O.K.
01:30 WE'LL START OUT IN THE PHILIPPINES.
01:32 O.K.
01:33 I'D LIKE TO THROW A MAP UP THERE BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAVE NOT MUCH OF AN IDEA
01:36 ABOUT THE PHILILPINES.
01:37 I DIDN'T UNTIL I WENT THERE SO THIS IS THE AREA OF THE PHILIPPINES.
01:42 MANY ISLANDS, RIGHT?
01:44 THERE ARE 7107 ISLANDS-WE USED TO SAY 7105 BUT MORE RECENLTY I'VE HEARD 107.
01:51 MAYBE THE WATER IS DECREASED A LITTLE BIT?
01:55 A FEW MORE ISLANDS SHOWED UP?
01:56 I DON'T KNOW.
01:58 ANYWAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO THE BIG SOUTHERN ISLAND OF MINDANAO.
02:01 IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST ISLAND.
02:03 THE LARGEST ISLAND IS LUZON AND IT IS A LONG, LONG ISLAND.
02:07 THAT'S WHERE MANILA IS UP AT THE TOP SO WE ARE GOING DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND SO
02:11 THIS IS MINDANAO AND WE ARE GOING TO START OUT IN NORTHEASTERN MINDANAO
02:18 WHERE THE HEADQUARTERS ARE LOCATED THERE IN BUTUAN.
02:22 THESE ARE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND THEIR SPOUSES THAT ARE WORKING
02:26 THERE IN THE NORTHEASTERN MINDANAO.
02:28 THEY ARE VERY DEDICATED GROUP OF PEOPLE AND ARE VERY PRODUCTIVE AS FAR AS
02:32 WINNING SOULS FOR JEJES.
02:34 SO FOR A VIEWER WHO MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH HOW THINGS WORK HERE AT GOSPEL
02:38 OUTREACH, HOW DO WE LINK UP WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THIS
02:43 PARTICULAR AREA FOR EXAMPLE?
02:44 O.K.
02:45 WE HAVE NO ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY OVER THEM AT ALL.
02:48 WE PROVIDE THE FUNDING THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE LOCAL MISSION AND THEY
02:56 DO THE RECRUITING, THE TRAINING, THE ASSIGNING AND THE SUPEPEISING.
03:00 SO AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES, BY THE WAY, , AT ARE INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL
03:05 OUTREACH THAT T T PAID.
03:07 THE REST OF US ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS.
03:09 YES.
03:10 I LIKE IT THAT WAY.
03:11 THERE YOU GO.
03:12 O.K.
03:13 THIS IS BROTHER AND SISTER - BROTHER AND SISTER IN THE LORD, THERE YOU GO.
03:22 OH I KNOW THEM VERY WELL.
03:23 ANYWAY THEY ARE LOCATED IN A VILLAGE OF CORRO WHICH JUST NORTH OF BUTUAN A
03:28 YS AND HE IS A SPEL OUTREACH WORKER?
03:30 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND SHE WORKS FULL TIME WITH HIM.
03:35 THEY BOTH ARE THEN.
03:36 IT'S A TEAM.
03:37 THERE YOU GO.
03:38 WHEN WE ARRIVE AT A PLACE, THERE IS ALWAYS A WELCOME AND USUALLY IT'S THE SAME
03:43 OLD THING, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU DO DR. WEBB, HOW DO YOU DO?
03:47 AND THEY GO THROUGH THE WHOLE ROUTINE.
03:50 THEY MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME.
03:51 THEY MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GLAD YOU CAME.
03:56 FILIPINOS SING SO BEAUTIFULLY.
03:58 YES.
04:00 WELL, YOU HAVE FIVE PEOPLE THERE-FIVE OR SIX FILIPINOS YOU HAVE A
04:03 CHOIR.
04:04 I AGREE.
04:05 THEY ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF THEIR NEW CHURCH.
04:07 THE OLDER CHURCH WAS MADE OUT OF MORE NATIVE MATERIALS.
04:11 THIS ONE IS A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND THEY FINALLY GOT PERMISSION
04:14 FROM THE LOCAL MAYAY TO BUILD A CHURCH BUT THE PLACE THAT HE ASSIGNED
04:18 THEM TO BUILD THE CHURCH IS RIGHT DOWN CLOSE TO THIS LAKE AND WHEN WE HAD
04:24 A LOLOOF R RN THTH YEAR, THAT LAKE CAME UP AND WAS ABOUOUFOUR FEET DEEP
04:30 INSIDE THE CHURCRC
04:31 OH DEAR!
04:33 I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF IF THEY HAD CHOSEN ANOTHER PLACE
04:37 AND TOLD THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVIVUS A PLACECEBACA
04:40 WAYS BUT THAT'T' WHERE THEY ARERE
04:44 THIS GENTLEMAN ON THE LEFT IS A RATHER POWERFUL MAN.
04:48 HE'S'SEEN THE MAYOR AT ONE TIME.
04:52 HE IS A LAWYER AND HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR SOME OF THE BIG
04:57 CORPORATIONS.
04:58 HE IS REALLY QUITE WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY AND HE IS A SEVENTH DAY
05:06 ADVENTIST.
05:07 HE HAS BECOME THROUGH THE WORK OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE AND
05:13 THEY ARE NOW USING, OR HE IS USING HIS TALALTS TO FURTHER THE WORK OF THE
05:20 PEOPLE THERE IN THAT AREA.
05:21 GOD BLESS HIM.
05:22 THIS IS HIS HOME.
05:23 BEAUTIFUL.
05:24 SO YOU CAN SEE THAT HE IS NOT LIVING IN A THATCHED ROOF HUT LIKE MAY OF THE
05:29 LOCAL PEOPLE DO.
05:31 THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.
05:32 THIS IS OUR WORKER IN KITI HAI.
05:35 HE AND HIS WIFE WENT TO THIS AREA-WELL THERE IS QUITE A STORY IN THE
05:41 VILLLLE OF KITI HAI.
05:43 YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS PLACE BEFORE BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE NAME.
05:47 I'M GOING TO REVIEW THTH STSTY JUST A L LTLE E T.
05:51 THIS LADY'S FATHER WAS THE DATU THERE-THE CHIEF.
05:54 HE HAD A DREAM ONE NIGHT AND IN THAT DREAM A DIVINE BEING CAME TO HIM AND TOLD
06:00 HIM THAT THEY SHOULD WORSHIP ONONHE VENTNTDAY SABBATH.
06:09 DID NOT AGAGE WIWI THAT, THEY SHOULD NOT ACCEPTNARY THEM INTO THE E LLAGE.AT
06:15 THE FIRST MISSIONARIES THAT CAME IN WERE PENTECOSTAL.
06:20 WELL", HE ASKED THEM, "ARE YOU-WHAT DAY DO YOU WORSHIP ON?"
06:24 "WELL, WE WORSHIP ON SUNDAY."
06:26 WELL THEN WE CAN'T ACCEPT YOU."
06:28 AND DID HE EXPLAIN WHY?
06:29 HE SAID A DIVINE A BEING HAD TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD ONLY ACCEPT
06:34 THOSE THAT WORSHIP
06:34 ON THE SEVENTH DAY.
06:36 THE MISSIONARY THOUGHT A LITTLE BIT AND HE SAID, "WELL, WE CAN DO THAT."
06:41 AND SO THEY ESTABLISHED SEVENTH DAY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH I ITHE VILLAGE.
06:44 DID THEY REALLY?
06:45 PRAISE THE LORD.
06:46 IT IS STILL THERE BUT NOW OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAS COME TO TOWN AND HE
06:52 BEGAN MAKING FRIENDS.
06:54 IT TAKES TIME AND HE MADE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE AND HE USED HIS OWN FUNDS TO
06:59 BUILD A CHURCH.
07:00 HE NOW HAS A NUMBER OF CHURCH MEMBERS IN THAT SAME TOWN.
07:06 THIS LADY THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU THE PICTURE OF WAS JUST RECENTLY
07:11 BAPTIZED.
07:14 THE NEXT PICTURE, IS THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF A DATU.
07:20 NOW THE DATU HAS PASSED AWAWA
07:22 HE IS NO LONGER ALIVE BUT SHE WAS NOT ONLY HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW BUT SHE
07:27 WAS HIS PERSONAL SECRERERY D SO I WAS ABLE-I'D HEARD THIS STORY BEFORE,
07:32 BUT THIS TIME I GOT IT DIRECTLY FROM HER.
07:34 SHE HAD A BOOK WITH ALL THE NOTES IN IT ABOUT THIS STORY.
07:37 SO ABOUT HOW MANY YEARS AGO DID THE DATU HAVE THE DREAM?
07:41 I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN AS MANY AS TEN YEARS AGO.
07:44 SHE BECAME AN ADVENTIST RIGHT SOON AFTER OUR MISSIONARY CAME TO TOWN
07:49 BUT HIS DAUGHTER TOOKOK LITTLE LONGER.
07:52 SHE WAS JUST BAPTIZED LAST YEAR.
07:55 IT'S ALL IN THE LORD'S TIMING.
07:56 THAT'S RIGHT.
07:57 BUT THEY WERE EXCITED AND HAPPY TO BE MEMBERS OF GOD'S TRUE CHURCH.
08:03 ABSOLUTELY.
08:06 THIS IS THE CHURCH THAT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER HAS BUILT THERE.
08:10 IT GOT DESTROYED IN 2012.
08:13 WHY?
08:14 TYPHOON PABLO CAME THROUGH.
08:16 NOW MINDANAO IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE TYPHOONS.
08:21 I LIVED IN MINDANAO FOR EIGHT AND 1/2 YEARS AND I WAS TOLD "WE DON'T GET
08:24 TYPHOONS IN MINDANAO."
08:26 BUT THEY GOT ONE AND IT WAS QUITE DEVASTATING.
08:28 NOT QUITE AS BAD AS THE ONE UP IN TACLOBAN IN 2013 BUT IT DID WIPE THIS
08:35 CHURCH OUT-PREREY WELL LEVELED EVEN THE CONCRETE WALLS AND THE ROOF BUT HE
08:40 HAS REBUILT IT AND IT IS LOOKING VERY PROSPEROUS.
08:43 WELL, FOR EXAMPLE THIS CHURCH FRED, DOES THE CHURCH OWN THE LAND THERE?
08:46 YOU MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE MAYOR AND ALL OF THAT BY THE LAKE, BUT WHAT
08:51 ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CHURCH?
08:52 I'M NOT SURE IF WE ACTUALLY OWN THE LAND BECAUSE IN MANY OF THESE
08:55 TRTRAL A AAS T T LANAN BELONGS TO THE TRIBEBE
09:00 TO THE TRIBE?
09:01 O.K.
09:02 SO YOU CAN GET A CONTRACT FOR PERPETUITY AS LONG AS YOU USE IT FOR THE THING
09:09 THAT YOU HAVE AGREED TO USE IT FOR, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE IT SO WE
09:13 GO AHEAD AND BUILD THE CHURCHES ON IT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOTOTCTUAUAY OWN
09:16 THE PROPERTY.
09:17 NOW THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT AND
09:21 THAT IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE -RIGHT AT THE RIGHT HAND SIDE
09:25 ABOUT-YOU U N'T REALLY SEE IT, BUT JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THAT CHURCH BY ABOUT
09:29 X FEFE, THE GROUND IS SETTLED AWAY FROM IT.
09:35 OH BECAUSE OF THE TYPHOON?
09:38 PROBABLY BECAUSE OF RAIN BUT THE GROUND HAS SETTLED AND PROBABLY THEY DID SOME
09:44 LEVELILI WHEN THEY BUILILTHE CHURCH AND SO PART O OIT IS SETTTTD.
09:48 WE JUST HOPE IT DOESN'T COME ANY CLOSER TO THE CHURCH.
09:50 YES.
09:52 THIS IS INSIDE THE CHURCH.
09:53 I THOUGHT THEY'VE DONE A PRETTY DECENT JOB IN THERE.
09:55 MANY OF THE CHURCHES LOOK MORE PRIMITIVE THAN THIS.
09:59 I LIKE ALL THE FLOWERS ON THE STEPS AND ALTAR THERE.
10:02 OH FILIPINOS LOVE FLOWERER
10:03 YOU HAVE FLOWERS EVERYWHERE WHEN YOU HAVE FILIPINOS.
10:08 I TOOK THIS PICTURE PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I DID A PROGRAM
10:12 ON THIS VILLAGE WE HAD TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE.
10:16 THERE WERE FOUR OF US ON A MOTORCYCLE AND THIS TIME WE GOT ALL THE WAY THERE
10:20 WITH A PICKUKU
10:21 WELL, SO WHERE DID THE PICKUP COME FROM?
10:23 OH IT BELONGS TO THE MISSION-TO T T CONFERENCE THERE.
10:25 SO WE COME ALL THE WAY IN THE PICKUP; NICE AIR CONDITIONING.
10:32 NICE.
10:33 SO, NO LONGER HAD TO RIDE THE MOTORCYCLE.
10:35 THE LORD BLESSES.
10:37 ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH COUPLE THERE IN THE VILLAGE OF MINBAHINDI.
10:46 THIS WAS THE PLACE WHERE LAST YEAR WE HAD TO WELL, ARLENE AND I GOT OUT AND
10:51 WALKED BECAUSE ONE PLACE WAS S NARROW AND RIRIETY AND D OPPEPEUP B BBOARAR
10:57 THAT WE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS VERY SAFE TO RIDE IN A VEHICLE.
11:00 SO WE GOT OUT AND WALKED.
11:01 THE VEHICLE MADE IT ACROSS BUT YOU CAN SEE THE BOARDS FLOP UP, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE
11:04 RAN OVER THEM.
11:05 I'M GLAD I WAS NOT IN IT.
11:07 DO THEY PUT THAT DOWN AFTER THE RAINY SEASON?
11:10 THIS WAS AFTER THE TYPHOON.
11:11 OH, IT WAS AFTER THE TYPHOON.
11:12 THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE THERE THAT HAVE ACCEPTED
11:21 JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR.
11:22 A LOGGING TRUCK- DO TELL US.
11:28 OH MY!
11:29 WHEN HE GETS SOMEWHERE DOES HE HAVE TO HAVE HELP OR FALL OVER?
11:36 WELL, YES I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT HE DOES WHEN HE GETS TO THE END.
11:39 THERE WILLLLE HELP THERE THOUGH.
11:41 THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND.
11:43 WE SAW ONE OF THESE COMING THROUGH A MUD GULLEY AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE
11:50 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE CAN'T TURN T T WHEEL.
11:52 I'M JUST SPEECHLESS HERE WONDERING HOW?
11:54 BUT HE DIDN'T FALL VERY FAR BECAUSE HE WAS DOWN IN THE TRENCH AND THE LOG
11:58 JUST SETTLED DOWN ON THE MUD.
12:01 HE'D GOTTEN OFF, HAD A STICK WITH HIM THAT HE CARRIED WITH HIM, PROPPED
12:05 IT UP A LITTLE BIT, CLIMBED BACK IN GOT BALANCED WITH HIS FEET
12:09 AGAIN, PULLED THE STICK OUT AND AWAY HE WENT.
12:12 BLESS HIS HEART AND HE TOTALLY LOOKS UNFAZED, JUST GOING FOR A NICE RIDE
12:18 THERE.
12:19 THOSE ARE CALLED FALCATA LOGS THERE.
12:22 THEY ARE PLANTED LUMBER USED FOR PAPER AND FOR -ITS POOR QUALITY LUMBER
12:28 BUT IT'S LUMBER.
12:30 THIS IS ONE OF OUR CHURCHES THAT'S BEEN CLOSED IN THERE NOW.
12:34 THIS IS ALSO IN MINBAHINDI.
12:38 THESE ONES, I REMEMBER THEIR NAME VERY QUICKLY.
12:40 THIS IS JALASCO COUPLE.
12:42 THEY ARE WORKING IN AN AREA THAT WELL, NOT JUST ONE VILLAGE BUT THEY ARE
12:48 WORKING IN ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT VILLAGES AT THE SAME TIME.
12:52 THEY ESTABLISHED ONE CONGREGATION IN ONE VILLLLE AND NOW THEY
12:55 EXPANDING OUOUTO OTHERS.
12:56 SO THIS PARTICULAR-THESE THREE VILLAGES WHERE THEY ARE WORKING, IS THIS A
13:00 REMOTE AREA, FRED?
13:02 QUITE REMOTE.
13:03 MOUNTAINS, YES IT IS VERY MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY.
13:06 SO IS IT COOL THERE?
13:07 IS IT HOT?
13:08 IT IS STILL PRETTY WARM.
13:10 IT IS NOT THAT HIGH UNTIL YOU GET UP TO ABOUT 3000 FEET, IT IS STILL PRETTY
13:15 HOT.
13:16 THIS IS THEIR CHURCH IN THAT AREA AND JUST A LITTLE REVIEW OF WHAT I
13:23 TOLD YOU LAST TIME, THIS COUPLE IN THTHCENTER WERE MEMBERS OF A CULT AND SHE
13:28 HAD ATTAINED QUITE A FEW OF THE PARAPHENALIA OF THE CULT AND WE BUILT A LITTLE
13:33 FIRE AND DESTROYED THEM.
13:35 SHE DROPPED EACH ONE IN WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE.
13:39 SHE WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE FREE OF THESE SYMBOLS OF SATAN'S POWER.
13:43 PRAISE THE LORD AND WE NEED TO PRAY FOR HER.
13:47 THIS IS A GROUP THAT GATHERED TO JOIN US THAT DAY.
13:51 THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO TAKE A BREAK.
13:53 YES AND WOW, FRED I JUST THANK YOU EVERY TIME THAT I SIT IN THIS CHAIR I JUST
13:59 AM MOVOV BY THE STORIESSAND THE.
14:02 IT IS ONE THING ISN'T IT VIEWERS, TO HEAR THE STORIES BUT IT IS ONE
14:09 THING TO SEE THE PICTURES HE TAKES THEMLANCING THREE FOR DELIVERY.OTORCYCLE AS
14:11 IT IS ONE THING TO SEE THE LADY WHO IS BEING MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AS SHE IS
14:32 REALIZING THAT SHE WANTS TO WORSHIP THE LIVING GOD AND YOU TOO, CAN GET
14:36 VOLVED WITH ALL OF THESE GREAT STORIES AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE
14:40 ACCEPTING JESUS AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR BY YOUR PRAYERS, YOU CAN PRAY FOR
14:44 THE GOSPSP OUTREACH WORKERS; YOU CAN GIVE AND LOOK AT THE PICTURES TO
14:48 SHOW HERE IN NORTH AMERIRI WEWEAVE SO MUCH AND WE ARE BLESSED WITH SO MUCH AND
14:53 THAT IS THE CALL FOR US TO GIVE.
14:55 SO WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET
14:59 INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH.
15:00 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IS SOMETHING MANY HAVE HEARD
15:03 OF, PROPHESIED O O EVEN WAITING FOR.
15:05 YET HOW MANY OF YOU REALIZE THAT CHRISTIANITY IS NOW THE MOST PERSECUTED
15:08 RELIGIGI IN THE OLE WORLD?
15:10 NOW ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW.
15:13 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS LOCATED IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE BETWEEN TEN AND
15:16 FORTY DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR.
15:18 THIS IS ALL OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION.
15:21 AT LEAST FOUR BILLION PEOPLE LIVE HERE.
15:23 UNFORTUNATELY, 84 PER CENT OF THEM HAVE THE HIGHEST INFANT MORTALITY AND
15:30 LOWEST LIFE EXPECTANCY.
15:31 NINETY PERCENT SUFFERING THE RAVAGES OF POVERTY AND DISEASES LIVING THE
15:37 WORLD'S POOREST QUALITY OF LIFE.
15:39 NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF THESE FOUR BILLION PEOPLE ARE UNEVANGELIZED AND HAVE
15:44 THE LEAST ACCESS TOOCHRISTIAN RS
15:44 AND INVESTMENTS.
15:49 MANY HAVE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST-NOT EVEN
15:53 ONCE.
15:54 THERE ARE SIXTY SIX COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW.
15:58 DID YOU KNOW THAT PROCLAIMING THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL IS ILLEGAL OR
16:03 SEVERELY RESTRICTED IN OVER FIFTY DIFFERENT COUNTRIEIE
16:06 FORTY-NINE OF THOSE COUNTRIES ARE PROCLAIMED THE WORST COUNTRIES IN THE
16:10 WORLD FOR CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION.
16:12 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THESE COUNTRIES EACH GO THROUGH THEIR AMOUNT OF
16:17 AUMA FOR THEIR LOVE I IJESUS CHRIST.
16:20 PUBLIC PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS HAS EMERGED AGAIN WITH NO RESISTANCE
16:24 FROM THE AUTHORITIES, GOVERNMENTS ARE FAILING TO UPHOLD CONSTITUTIONAL
16:28 PROTECTION TO INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS.
16:30 MORE THAN 600 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED SINCE 1996
16:37 DRIVING CHURCH SERVICES UNDERGROUND, IN HIDING STRUGGLING TO PRACTICE
16:41 THEIR FAITH.
16:42 ANYONE CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY CAN BE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM
16:46 THEIR DISTRICT, FACE CHARGES OF TREACHERY, EVEN HAVE THEIR MARRIAGES MADE
16:50 INVALID AND THEIR CHILDREN TAKEN AWAY.
16:52 VIOLENT MOBS HAVE GONE AGAINST EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS.
16:57 EVANGELIZING BEING FORBIDDEN, ILLEGAL OR ONLY ALLOW A PERSON TO BE
17:01 BANISHED OR EXILED FROM THE SOCIETY.
17:04 ANY CITIZEN WHO CONVERTS FROM THE NATIONAL OR REGIONAL RELIGION CAN FACE
17:09 THE DEATH PENALTY.
17:10 IN OTHER CASES, BELIEVERS ARE IMPRISONED IN BARBARIC DEATH CAMPS.
17:16 WE CAN STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
17:18 WE CAN HELP SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST TO THIS FINAL SECTION OF THE
17:21 WORLD.
17:22 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WORK TO INFORM, EQUIP AND MOBILIZE NETWORKS OF
17:26 PRAYER A AOSS THE GLOBE TO EMPOWER EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM, CHURCH GROWTH
17:30 AND DISCIPLESHIP IN THE 10/40 WINDOW.
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17:51 WHAT A GREAT LITTLE REPORTER SHE IS.
17:53 AMEN.
17:54 SHE JUST LAID IT ALL OUT THERE BUT FRED, WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT AND YOU SEE
17:58 THOSE PICTURES AND YOU SEE THAT 10/40 WINDOW -I JUST GOT BACK FROM HONG KONG
18:03 AND I AM JUST OVERWHELMED AT THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE IN ONE CITY WHO NEED TO STILL
18:07 KNOW ABOUT JESUS AND THEN THERE ARE MILLIONON AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
18:11 MORE.
18:12 THAT'S RIGHT.
18:13 THAT'S WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS HERE.
18:15 WE ARE HERE TO PROCLAIM THAT THE LORD LOVES EACH AND EVERY ONE RIGHT?
18:18 AMEN.
18:20 WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES; ABOUT YOUR AREA SO WHY DON'T YOU
18:23 TAKE US BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES.
18:26 O.K.
18:27 WE ARE GOING TO SOUTHERN MINDANAO.
18:29 THE MAP ON THE FIRST PICTURE WILL SHOW YOU JUST WHERE SOUTHERN MINDANAO IS
18:34 LOCATED -DOWN THERE BY GENERAL SANTOS JUST OFF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF
18:38 MINDANAO YOU FIND INDONESIA COMING UP.
18:42 SO IT IS WAY DOWN SOUTH.
18:43 WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE.
18:46 THIS WAS MY WELCOME WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT.
18:49 ISN'T THAT NICE?
18:50 MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE THEY WANT YOU TO COME DOESN'T IT?
18:52 I LIKE IT.
18:53 THEY'VE PREPARED FOR YOU.
18:54 THIS GROUP OF WORKERS HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CLOSE TO 1000 BAPTISMS EACH YEAR
18:59 FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
19:01 VERY, VERY ACTIVE GROUP.
19:02 THEY USE DIFFERENT MEANS AND ONLY THREE OF THESE HAVE A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
19:11 THE REST OF THEM ARE-WELL, SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH.
19:16 ANYONE THAT IS EDUCATED SPEAKS ENGLISH BUT THEY ARE VERY, VERY ACTIVE AND
19:20 THEY BRING IN MANY WORKERSRS
19:22 THE MAN IN THE BLACK IS THE COORDINATOR FOR THE OUTREACH WORK IN THE
19:28 MISSION.
19:29 LOOK AT THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES.
19:31 YES.
19:32 THIS IS THE DOLOTALIO'S-RAY AND HIS WIFE TERRY.
19:35 BOTH OF THEM ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
19:37 RAY IS KIND OF THE LEADER OF THE GROUP.
19:39 BOTH OF THESE HAVE COLLEGE EDUCATIONS.
19:41 HE IS AN AGRICULTURALIST AND SHE IS AN EDUCATOR BUT SHE JUST HAD A STROKE AND
19:48 HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO BEBEVERYRYC.
19:51 SHE-IT HAS NOT AFFECTED HER MIND; IT HAS NOT AFFECTED HER SPEECH; GOOD.
19:56 BUT SHE HAS LITTLE C CTROL OVERERER L LT LEG AND ARM.
20:00 YES, I SEE SHE HAS A CANE.
20:01 WELL, SOMEONE ELSE TO PRAY FOR.
20:03 RIGHT.
20:04 THIS IS THE CHURCH THAT THEY HAVE BUILT THERE WHERE THEY ARE
20:06 WORKING-BUILT OUT OF NATIVE MATERIALS.
20:09 RAY IS AN AGRICULURALIST AND THAT IS ONE OF THE MEANS THAT HE USES TO
20:13 REACH OUT TO PEOPLE.
20:14 HE SHOWS THEM HOW TO RAISE FOOD.
20:16 YOU KNOW WHEN I WORKED IN AFRICA; WE HAD A SAYING, "AN EMPTY BAG CAN'T STAND"
20:21 SO IF YOU U N'T PUT IN THEIR STOMACH, THEY Y E NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO
20:23 YOU.
20:24 TRUE.
20:26 SO HE IS TEACHING THEM HOW TO RAISE VEGETABLES.
20:29 THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION FARM.
20:31 HE ADVISES THEM-THEY ARE DOING THE WORK BUT HE ADVISES THEM HOW TO
20:35 PREPARE THE SOIL; HOW TO ANT; HE PROVIDES THE SEEDS AND WHWH THEY NEED
20:39 TO GET STARTED AND SO HERE YOU SEE SOME TOMATATS.
20:42 BEAUTIFUL.
20:43 HERE IS OKRA WITH CORN IN THE BACKGROUND.
20:45 SO WHO OWNS THIS PROPERTY FOR THE FARM?
20:47 IT IS PUBLIC LAND.
20:49 IT'S-HE HAS A LEASE ON IT FOR FIVE YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
20:54 ANOTHER MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD IS GATHERING FIREWOOD.
21:00 SO THEY TIE IT INTO LITTLE BUNDLES AND THEN THEY HAUL IT DOWN TO WHERE THEY CAN
21:04 SELL IT.
21:07 WE VISITED A LITTLE CHURCH OUT IN A VERY REMOTE AREA DRIVING FOR MILES THROUGH
21:17 A BANANA PLANTATION.
21:20 WE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THIS LITTLE CHURCH AND THIS WAS MY WELCOMING COMMITTEE
21:22 WHENEN ARRRRED T TRE.
21:23 HOW NICE!
21:24 THE KIDS-LOOK AT THEM.
21:25 THEY ALL GATHER TOGETHER.
21:27 COURSE THEY ALWAYS WANT A LITTLE TALK SO I, AT THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT, AFTER
21:33 GIVINGNGHEM A LITTLE TALK; TELL THEM ABOUOUJESUS.
21:36 I TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE PLAN OF SALVATION IN MINIATURE.
21:41 IT IS QUICK BUT THEY SEEM TO ENJOY THAT.
21:45 BECAUSE THAT ALL IT IS, FRED.
21:47 WE JUST HAVE TO SAY YES.
21:49 IT IS SIMPLE.
21:50 IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.
21:52 WE MAKE THIS TOO DIFICULT.
21:54 THIS IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE LEADING OUT IN THE
21:59 OGRARATHAT THEY PUT ON FOR ME.
22:01 THIS IS THE GATHERING OF PEOPLE-OH, THEY LIKE TO HAVE THEIR PICTURES TAKEN.
22:10 FILIPINOS ALWAYSYSIKE TO
22:10 A PICTURE OF ONE PERSONEN THEY ALL CONGREGATE.TOAKE
22:13 YES, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GETA PICTURE ONE PERSON BECAUSE THEY ALL WANT
22:18 TO-T-T MORORTHE
22:18 MERRIER, YES.
22:20 AND SO THIS IS A BANANA PLANTATION THAT YOUR DROVE THROUGH TO GET TO THE
22:23 -RIGHT, WE WEREN'T ON THIS ROAD IT WAS A DIFFERENT ROAD.
22:26 IT WAS A LITTLE BETTER ROAD THAN THIS.
22:28 THOSE BANANAS ARE GOOD AREN'T THEY?
22:30 THESE ARE THE KIND THAT THEY EXPORT.
22:32 THESE ARE THE LACATAN VARIETY.
22:33 YOU KNOW,THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF BANANAS.
22:35 I LIKE THE SHORT, SQUATYTYNES.
22:36 OH.
22:38 I LIKE THE ONES THAT NEVER TURN YELLOW-THEY ARE GREEN AND THEY NEVER TURN YELLOW
22:43 BUT I LIKE THEM.
22:44 THEY DON'T KEEP VERY WELL.
22:46 SO, THEY ARE NOT COMMERCIAL.
22:48 I HAVEN'T HAD THOSE, THAT IS FINE I LIKE THE SHORT, SQUATTY ONES.
22:51 THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT T RIETIES.
22:53 MOST PEOPLE HERE IN THE STATES DON'T REALIZE BECAUSE WE ONLY GET ONE
22:55 VARIETY HERE.
22:56 WELL, YES BECAUSE BY THE TIME THEY GET OVER THE OCEAN OR WHATEVER THEY'D
22:58 BE S SRIPE SO.
22:59 YES, THEY PUT THESE BAGS ON THEM TO HELP THEM TO RIPEN IN A MORE EVEN RATE.
23:09 MAKING CHARCOAL IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF INCOME FOR MANY OF THEM.
23:12 REALLY!
23:13 SO THEY MAKE THIS CHARCOAL.
23:15 THEY GATHER THE WOOD AND PUT IT INTO A BARREL AND START IT ON FIRE AND THEN
23:18 THEY COVOV THE TOP SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET MUCH AIR AND IT'LL SMOLDER AWAY
23:23 THERE FOR A A NG TIME AND LEAVE E IS C CRCOAL.
23:26 AND THEN DO THEY SELL IT?
23:27 DO PEOPLE USE THAT FOR COOKING, FOR COOKING IN THEIR STOVES?
23:29 YES, THEY PUT IT IN THESE BAGS AND THEN THEY LOAD IT ON TO THEIR MOTORCYCLE TO
23:33 HAUL OFF TO MARKET.
23:34 THIS IS THE ROAD WE CAME IN ON.
23:36 IN FACT, THAT'S THE VAN BEHIND THERE THAT WE-SO FRED, YOU ARE SERIOUS.
23:40 THIS DEAR PERSON IS GOING TO DRIVE THAT MOTORCYCLE WITH ALL OF THAT.
23:45 YES.
23:46 WOW.
23:48 ANOTHER THING THEY ARE DOING IS MAKING BARBECUE STICKS, SURE, FOR KABOBS,
23:52 YES, FOR SKEWERS YES AND THESE ARE THTHLITTLE KIDS T TT ARE DOING THIS.
23:59 HEY, G GD JOB.
24:00 I HAD A VIDEO OF THIS BUT IT DIDN'T TURN OUT TOO WELL.
24:04 BUT ONE GIRL HAS A GREAT BIG KNIFE, I MEAN IT IS YOU KNOW-AND SHE HAS SHORT
24:10 PIECES OF BAMBOO AND SHE CHOPS THOSE E TO N NROW STRIPS AND THEN SHE HANDS
24:18 THEM OFF TO THIS GIRL WHO WITH A VERY, VERY SHARP KNIFE SCRAPES THEM, MAKES
24:22 THEM NICICAND SMOOTHTHAND THEN .
24:26 THEN THEY SELL THOSE IN THE MARKET?
24:28 YES, THEY PUT THEM OUT TO DRY OVER AN OVEN, OVER A FIRE.
24:33 THEY DRY THERE AND THEN THEY PUT THEM OUT IN THE SUN FOR A WHILE TO DRY.
24:37 D THEN FINALLY, , EY HAVE A FINISHED PRODUCTTREADY T.
24:41 THIS IS NOEL MING, ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND HE IS WORKING
24:46 IN THIS S LLAGAGAND DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
24:49 VERY BRIEFLY, THIS IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH CHURCH IN A MUSLIM AREA.
24:55 HE IS WORKRKG THERE AND MAMA PEOPLE ARE LISTENING TO WHAT HEHEAS TO SAY.
25:03 NOW TAKE A LOOOOAT THIS C CRCH H D THEN IN THE E ME VILLAGE IS THE
25:08 MOSQUE.
25:09 OH WOW!
25:10 WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO DON'T WE?
25:11 WE DO.
25:12 WE NEED TO IMPROVE WHAT WE ARE DOING SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF
25:18 AT JESUS WANTSTSS TOTO B
25:20 SO, HOW ARE THE BELIEVERS-ARE THEY ACCEPTED BY THE MUSLIMS?
25:24 IS THERE KIND OF A SEPARARION BETWEEN THE TWO?
25:27 THERE IS SOMEWHAT OF A SEPARATION HOWEVER, IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS YOU MIGHT
25:31 THINK.
25:32 THEY ARE APPROACHED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS NOT OFFENSIVE.
25:34 GOOD.
25:35 THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE DOING HERE ALSO IS A DEMONSTRATION FARM.
25:39 YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT, IT IS WAY OFF IN THE DISTANCE ACROSS THE RICE
25:49 PADDY BUT THEY ARE ALSO DOING AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION HERE.
25:54 SO IT'S A REAL PLEASURE FOR ME TO SEE THESE THINGS AND TO SEE THE CHANGES IN
25:59 THE E VES OF PEOPLE.
26:02 WELL, AND HOW INDUSTRIOUS THAT THEY ARE.
26:04 THEY ARE WORKING AT THE CHURCH; THEY ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE
26:07 COMMUNITY.
26:08 THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO EARN THEIR MONEY.
26:11 SO AFTER BEING AT THIS PLACE THAT YOU JUST SHARED THE PICTURES-IS THERE A
26:14 TAKE AWAY, FRED, IS THERE A HUGE NEED THTH YOU NEED TO EXPRESS TO OUR VIEWERS?
26:20 THERERARE E ST SO MANY MORE PEOPLE T TT NEED TO BE REACHED.
26:23 WE WANT TO SEND OUT MORE MISSIONARIES.
26:25 EVERY PLACE I WENT CALLED FOR MORE MISSIONARIES.
26:27 THEY DID, THAT WAS WHAT THEY ASKED YOU?
26:29 THAT WAS THE BIG THING.
26:30 AND HOW TO DO WE GET THOSE?
26:32 DONATIONS FROM YOU.
27:09 WELL, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HEARD IT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE ARE ASKING YOU
27:18 TO BE A PART OF OUR TEAM, OUR TEAM FOR THE LORD THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL
27:29 ABOUT, YES.
27:30 WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PRAY; WE ARE ASKING YOU GET INVOLVED; WE ARE ASKING
27:40 YOU TO MAYBE START A GROUP AT YOUR CHURCH THAT I WANTING TO HELP OUT HERE.
27:50 SPONSOR A MISSIONARY FOR $150 A MONTH.
27:54 THERE YOU'VE HEARD IT -ADOPT A WORKER.
27:58 ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE: GOAIM.ORG.
28:12 AND GOD BLESS YOU ANDFOR THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS".
28:20 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH, I'M LIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND MAY Y E LORD BLESS YOU
28:27 TODAY.
28:28 [CLOSING MUSIC].


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