Adventures in Missions

The Deaf are Hearing the Gospel in Mindanao

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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:15 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS."
00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE JOINING US HERE AT
00:20 GOGOEL O OREACH.
00:26 THERE IS A SPECIAL GROUPO OF PEOPLE WHO DESPERATELY NEED TO HEAR A AUT OUR
00:31 LORD JESUS CHRIST.
00:32 WE'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING MORE FROM FRED WEBB.
00:34 HELLO FRED, WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS."
00:36 THANK YOU.
00:38 FRED, YOU ARE ONE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:41 WHY DON'T YOU SHARARWITH US W WRE THAT REGION IS.
00:43 I'M IN R RION 8 WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE PHILIPPINES, SEVEN
00:47 THOUSAND ONE HUNUNED AND SEVEN ISISNDS.
00:49 SEVEN THOUSAND A HUNDRED AND SEVEN.
00:51 SO GOD'S NUMBER RIGHT THERE, TWO OF THEM.
00:53 YES.
00:54 I LIKE IT.
00:55 THE PHILIPPINES IS A SPECIAL PLACE TO YOU?
00:58 YES, I LIVED AND WORKED THERE FOR 12 YEARS AS A GENERAL CONFERENCE
01:04 MISSIONARY SO IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE WORKING WITH GOSPEL
01:08 OUOUEACH AND GO BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES ONCE A Y YR.
01:11 ABSOLUTELY.
01:12 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE STORIES WITH US THAT I
01:16 KNKN WE E E GOGOG TO HEAR.
01:18 BUT AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO SO NEED TO HEAR ABOUT OUR
01:23 LORD IN THE PHILIPPINENE AND WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE?
01:25 THEY ACTUALLY DON'TTHEAR, THEY .
01:28 THE DEAF PEOPLE COMMUNICATE WITH SIGN LANGUAGE AND THAT'S WHAT
01:33 WE'D LIKE TO LK ABOUT TODAY.
01:35 BUT THEY CAN HEAR ABOUT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BY LEARNING FROM THE BIBLE
01:39 AND SEEING OTHER PEOPLE AND IN THAT WAY THEY HEAR TOTO RIGHT?
01:42 RIGHT.
01:43 BUT THEY HAVE TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE FIRST.
01:45 YES THAT'S TRUE.
01:46 SO THAT'S A PART OF THE PROGRAM.
01:48 AND THAT'S HOW THEY HEAR.
01:49 SO WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US ON A LITTLE TRIP.
01:51 OKAY.
01:53 WE'RE GOING TO START OUT, I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A MAP OF THE PHILIPPINES HERE
01:54 JUST A LITTLE BIT.
01:55 SOME PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER THE MAP TOO WELL.
01:58 MANILA IS ON THE LARGE ISLAND IN THE NORTH CALLED LUZON AND THAT IS THTH
02:04 CAPITAL CITY.
02:05 THERE'S ANOTHER LARGE ISLAND IN THE SOUTH CALLED MINDANAO AND WE'LL TALK
02:07 ABOUT THAT ONE A BIBILATETE
02:09 BETWEEN IS WHAT THEY CALL THE VISAYAS.
02:11 THAT'S WHERE THAT BIG STORM CAME THROUGH LAST NOVEMBER.
02:13 THAT BIG TYPHOON IN NOVEMBER OF 2013.
02:15 YOU'RE RIGHT.
02:16 YES.
02:17 SO WE'RE GOING TO START OUT IN MANILA.
02:19 THIS IS A VERY FAMILIAR SIGHT IN MANILA.
02:21 THESE JEEPNIES ARE EVERYWHERE.
02:23 THEY ARE THE CHEAPEST KIND OF TRANSPORTATION, MUCH CHEAPER THAN A MOTORCYCLE,
02:27 MUCH CHEAPAP THAHATHEESIDE CARSH
02:27 CHEAPER THAN TAXIES.
02:31 EY ARE A GOOD MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
02:36 BUT FRED YOUR PICTURE DOESN'T SHOW ALL OF THE MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT
02:41 THEY CAN PACK IN A JEEPNEY.
02:43 OH YES, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE, ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE, MAYBE
02:47 TWO.
02:48 AND THEY'LL STOP EVEN THOUGH IT'S COMPLETELY FULL.
02:50 THEY'L'LSTOP AND TAKE ON ANOTHER ONE.
02:52 ABSOLUTELY.
02:54 THESE ARE THE HEAD WORKERS OF OUR WORK FOR THE DEAF IN MANILA.
02:58 OF COURSE LARRY AND JANE DODDS FROM THE GOSPEL TREACH HEADQUARTERS
03:03 HERE, OUR BOARD CHAIRMAN, WAS VISITING WITH US.
03:07 THE COUPLE ON THE LEFT ARE PASTOR AND MRS. GABUCO.
03:11 THE LADY IN THE CENTER IS OUR GOSPEL OUTRTRCH WORKER, LYCHEL GABUCO.
03:17 THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS DEAF.
03:20 E IS CHEARD GABUCO.
03:23 THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE GABUCO FAMILY IS INTERESTED IN THE DEAF
03:26 BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DEAF DAUGHTER.
03:28 SO THAT HAS BEEN A MISSION THAT THE LORD HAS CALLED THEM TO DO.
03:31 RIGHT.
03:32 A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN JOHN BLAKE AND I WERE THERE WE TRIED TO FIND OUT IF THERE
03:38 WAS SOMEONE WHO WOULD
03:38 TAKE UP THE WORK FOR THE DEAF IN N NILA AND NOBODY
03:42 SEEMEDEDO BE WILLING TOTOIVE UP WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
03:45 BUT FINALLY LYCHEL WROTE AND SAID I'LL DO IT.
03:50 SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY PLEASED THAT SHE HAS TAKEN THAT UP.
03:53 SHE IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
03:54 WELL, AND TOO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS DEAF HOW MIGHT YOU FIND
04:03 OTHER PEOPLE SO YOU HAVE TO BE KIND OF IN A CONNECTION OF OTHER PEOPLE
04:08 WHO HAVE THAT NEED SO PART THAHAIS COMMUNICATION.
04:12 AND ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES IS THAT CHEARDRDS DEAF SO SHE HAS A FEW FRIENDS THAT
04:19 SHE KNOWS AND WE ARE WORKRKG AT THIS S MENT TO TRY TO GET CHEARD ON AS
04:25 ANOTHER WORKEREROR THE DEAF IN MANILA.
04:29 BECAUSE LYCHEL HAS THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS IN MANILA.
04:34 MANILA IS A BIBICITY ABOUT 15 MILLION PEOPLE SO IT'S A BIG FIELD.
04:41 THESE ARE SOME OF THE VOLUNTETES THAT AREREWORE
04:44 LEARNED SISI LANGUAGE E D HAVE JOINED WITH HER TO TRY AND REACH OUT TO THE
04:49 DEAF COMMUNITY.
04:50 SO FRED WHEN THEY SPEAK SIGN LANGUAGE IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE THEY
04:53 SPEAKING IN AMERICAN ENGLISH SIGN LANGUAGE, ARE THEY SPEAKING IN TAGALOG?
04:57 IT'S AMERICANNSIGN LANGUAGE.
04:59 AMERERAN SIGN LANGUAGE.
05:00 FORTUNATELY THEY HAVE PHILIPPINE SIGN LANGUAGE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY
05:08 DIFFERENT BUT VERY, WHEN WE HAD A PASTOR COME FROM THE U.S.
05:11 THAT WAS DEAF HE IMMEDIATELY WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
05:15 MANY PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINENESPEAK ENENISH H READY.
05:17 RIGHT.
05:18 ALL EDUCATED PEOPLE SPEAK ENGLISH.
05:22 HERE IS PASTOR GABUCO TEACHING THE SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS IN THE LARGE
05:26 PASAY Y GLISH CHURCH IN MANILA.
05:31 THIS TAKES PLACE EVERY SABBATH.
05:33 SOMETIMES HIS DAUGHTER CHEARD WORKS WITH HIM AND THEY CO-TEACH THE CLASS.
05:39 IT'S INTERERTING TO WAWAH.
05:41 I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING.
05:43 WELL, YOU KNOW, AFTER WATCHING FOR AWHILE I BEGAN TO PICK UP A SIGN
05:46 NOW AND THEN AND I KNOW WHAT THEIR TALKING ABOUT.
05:48 IT'S FUN TO WATCH WHEN THEY ARE DOING SIGN LANGUAGE BECAUSE THEY GET
05:51 A AMATETEAND SO EXCITED OUT WHAT T TY ARE SAYIYI THTH THEHE IS S LOT T
05:54 CLAPAPNG INVOLVEVE
05:56 FOR US WHO HEAR WE HEAR THE CLAPPING, BUT THEIR INVOLVED WITH THE SIGNING
06:02 OF IT.
06:03 THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE THERE THE SABBATH WE WERE THERE.
06:08 THEY HAVE ABOUT 80.
06:10 WHEN SHE STARTED THIS PROGRAM, I THINK IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO, SHE HAD
06:14 FOUR ONE OF WHICH WAS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST.
06:17 NOW SHE HAS ABOUT 80.
06:19 ABOUT 20 OF THEM HAVE BECOME SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.
06:22 SO FRED, HOW DOES WORK GET OUT, JUST FROM WORD OF MOUTH OBVIOUSLY Y WORD OF
06:27 HANDS WE SHOULD SAY.
06:28 WORD OF HANDS WE SHOULD SAY SO THAT'S HOW IT'S GETTING OUT TO ALL THESE
06:32 DEAR PEOPLE.
06:33 YES.
06:35 AS I SAY SHE HAS THREE CENTERS PASAY CITY BEING THE LARGEST ONE BUT SHE
06:37 S TWO OTHEHE WHEHE SHSHIS A AO WORKING FOR THE DEAF.
06:41 GOD BLESS THIS WOMAN.
06:42 SHE IS A BALL OF FIRE.
06:44 WE'RE HOPING THAT CHEARD CAN HELP HER AND TAKE OVER THE LEADERSHIP OF AT LEAST
06:50 ONE E THOHO CENENRS.
06:51 WONDERFUL.
06:53 THERE IS A REASON WHY WE LIKE TO HAVE A DEAF PERSON THERE BECAUSE AMONG THE
06:57 DEAF COMMUNITY A HEARING PERSON THAT T GNS S ESN'T HAVE THE CREDIBIBITYTYF
07:02 ANOTHER DEAF PERSON.
07:03 WELL SURE, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
07:05 SO WE THINK WE'D LIKE TO HAVE HER IN THE PROGRAM.
07:08 SO YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE PICTURES FOFOUS.
07:10 YOU KNOW THEY COME TO SABBATH SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
07:13 AS I SAID ONLY 20 ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS NOW SO ALL THE REST OF THEM
07:18 ARE NOT.
07:19 THEY COME TO CHURCH EVERY SABBATH.
07:21 THEY GET TO SABBATH SCHOOL, THEY GET TO CHURCH.
07:23 AFTER A MEAL THAT THE CHURCH PROVIDES FOR THEM WE HAVE A BIBLE STUDY.
07:28 SO THEY GET A TRIPLE WHAMMY.
07:30 WONDERFUL.
07:31 SO THEY'RE LEARNING.
07:32 HERE'S CHEARD.
07:34 THIS WAS HER FIRST EXPERIENCE OF PRESENTING A COMPLETE BIBLE STUDY BY
07:37 HERSRSF.
07:38 AND I'M SURE SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
07:40 IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE SHE WAS DOING GREAT.
07:42 SHE WAS VERY ANIMATED AND VERY INTNTIT.
07:44 SHE DID HAVE POWERPOINT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
07:50 HER FATHER SAID HE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH HER AND COACHING HER ALL WEEK TO
07:54 BE ABLBLTO DO THIS.
07:56 BUT HE WAS PLEASED WITH WHAT HE SAW.
07:58 ARE THERE ANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU KNOW OF IN THE PHILIPPINES
08:02 OR MANILA OR THESE OTHERERPLACED
08:02 THAT H HE ANY KINDNDF
08:06 OUTREACHCHIKEETHISISO THE DEAF?
08:08 SOME OF THE OTHER CHURCHES DO.
08:09 THEY DO.
08:10 SO WE'RE CATCHING UP.
08:12 BUT THIS IS WONDERFUL FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND TO KNOW
08:15 ABOUT THESE THINGS AND TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS SIMILAR TO THEM THAT THEY
08:19 CAN MEET ANDNDE INVOLVED WITH.
08:21 THEY HAVE SO MANAN PROBLEMS AS DEAF.
08:25 MANYNYF THE FAMILIES REALLY DON'T CARE FOR THEM, THEY'RE A BURDEN SO
08:29 THEY DON'T GET PROPER CARE.
08:31 IT'S GOOD FOR THEM TO HAVE A LOVING ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN COME AND BE
08:36 ACCEPTED AS PART OF A GROUP.
08:38 WELL BECAUSE COMMUNICATION.
08:39 I MEAN JUST THINK ABOUT IT IN YOUR OWN FAMILY AND JUST WITH FRIENDS AND WORK
08:44 AND D L OFOFHAT.
08:46 IT'S A HUGE COMPONENT AND WHEN YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH SOMEONE, WELL I'M
08:50 SUREREHEY GET THEIR POINT ACROSS, BUT WHEN YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH SOME
08:54 THAT'S V VY FRUSTRTRING.
08:55 OKAY, WELL KEEP GOING HERE YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE PICTURES FOR US.
08:59 WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO MINDANAO.
09:01 DID YOU WANT TO TAKE A BREAK HERE?
09:03 NO KEEP GOING I WANT TO HEAR, LET'S KEEP GOING HERE.
09:05 OKAY.
09:06 MINDANAO IS THE LARGE ISLAND IN THE SOUTH AND WE DO HAVE A SCHOOL FOR THE
09:10 DEAF IN MINDANAO WHERE THAT "A" IS POINTED.
09:13 IT'S IN THE TOWNSHIP OF MALAYBALAY.
09:16 WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT WORD BEFORE I WENT TO THE PHILIPPINES I THOUOU IT
09:24 SHOULD BE PRONOUNCED MALALAALAYAY
09:26 NOW PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY.
09:28 MALAYBALAY.
09:29 IT MEANS MALAY HOUSE.
09:31 BALAY IS A HOUSE.
09:33 OKAY.
09:35 SARA FAMISARAN WAS AT ONE TIME WORKING WITH THE DEAF THROUGH, WHAT DO THEY CALL
09:42 IT N N?
09:43 THE BLIND?
09:46 CHRISTIAN RECORD BRAIL.
09:47 AT ONE TIME SHE ALSO WORKED WITH THTHDEAF.
09:50 SHE WAS WORKING WITH THAT PROGRAM IN MANILA AT ONE TIME.
09:52 BUT THAT CLOSED DOWN ANDNDSHE WG
09:52 WITH THE DEAF AND WHEN WE
10:08 SHE SAID I'DTING ANDNDLYCHEL DIE LIKE TO GET BACK INTO WORKING FOR THE DEAF.D.
10:11 SO SHE BEGAN WORK IN MINDANAO.
10:16 IT SEEMED TO HER THAT THE BEST THING TO DO WAS TO SET UP A SCHOOL.
10:19 AND SO A GROUP IN CANADA HAS PROVIDED FUNDS AND WE HAVE A SCHOOL NOW FOR THE
10:27 DEDE IN N NDANAO.
10:29 OH GOOD.
10:32 YOU SEE THE HAND SIGNAL THERE?
10:33 I DO, I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
10:35 WHAT IS IT?
10:36 I LOVE YOU.
10:37 THAT'S RIGHT.
10:38 WELCOME VISITORS.
10:39 SULADS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
10:41 THIS IS CONNECTED WITH OUR SULADS STUDENT MISSIONARY PROGRAM.
10:44 MANY OF THE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM THE VILLAGES THAT OUR SULADS ARE
10:50 WORKING IN IN THE MOUNTAINS.
10:52 PRETTY GOOD.
10:53 IT'S NOTHING REAL FANCY BUT IT'S DECENT, IT'S FUNCTIONAL.
11:01 SULADS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
11:03 THEY LIKE BIG NAMES THERE.
11:04 HEY, THERE YOU GO.
11:05 THESE ARE THE STUDENTS, ALL SEVEN OF THEM.
11:07 SEVEN IS MY NUMBMB., THAT'S GOOD.
11:09 THE GIRL IN THE PINK ANDNDTHE SE
11:09 RIGHT IN THE WHITE ARE
11:13 SISIERS.
11:14 THEY WENT HOME AT CHRISTMASTIME.
11:16 THEY'RE BOTH DEAF?
11:17 EY'RE BOTH DEAF WITH HEARING PARENTS.
11:19 REALLY.
11:21 WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR SCHOOL TO START AFTER CHRISTMAS THEY DIDN'T COME
11:26 BACK.
11:27 THEY DIDN'T?
11:28 AND AFTER TWO OR THREE WEEKS THEY SENT SOMEONE OUT TO SEE WHAT'S THE
11:32 PROBLEM.
11:33 THIS IS A BOARDING SCHOOL WHERE THEY GO?
11:35 YES.
11:37 THE PROBLEM WAS THEY DIDN'T HAVE MONEY FOR THE FARE TO COME BACK.
11:40 SO THEY BROUGHT THEM BACK.
11:43 NOW THE GIRLS SAY WE MAY AS WELL STAY HERE.
11:46 WE DON'T HAVE A HOME TO GO TO SO WE'LL JUST STAY HERE.
11:49 THE PARENTS BASICALLY, BASICALLY HAD GIVEN UP ON THEM.
11:55 OH FRED.
11:59 AS I SAY MANY OF THESE ARE REJECTED BY THEIR PARENTS TO T T PARENTS. A BURDEN
12:00 THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.
12:02 SO THEY ARE BACK AT THE SCHOOL AND COME SUSUER VACATION THEHEWANTED
12:05 EVERYONE TO GO HOME BUT THTHE TWO GIRLS SAID NO, WE WANT TO STAY HERE.
12:09 SO W WT ISISHE SCHOOLOLOINGNG
12:11 WELL THE FARM MANAGER WILL REMAIN ON CAMPUS AND HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM.
12:17 AND HOW OLDDAGAIN ARE THEY?
12:18 THE YOUNGER ONE I THINK WAS ABOUT EIGHT.
12:21 EIGHT.
12:22 AND BY THE WAY ALL SEVEN OF THOSE ARE IN FIRST GRADE.
12:25 ALL SEVEN OF THEM AT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT AGES.
12:28 YES.
12:29 FROM EIGHT YEARS TO I THINK IT WAS 17 FOR THE OLDER ONE.
12:41 HERE DARYL FAMISARAN JOINS WITH HIS WIFE IN HE IS ONE OF THE TEACHERS.
12:42 I WALKED IN AND I SAW EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE DOING AND I SAW THE TWO OF
12:48 EM S STING THERE AND I SAID BOY THIS ISISDEDIDITS
12:52 WAY OUT IN THE
12:52 MIDDLE OF NO WHERE.
12:54 YOU HAVE TO CROSS A COUPLE OF BAMBOO IDGES TO GET THERE.
12:59 NO TOWN CLOSE BY?
13:00 THERE'S A LITTLE VILLAGE ABOUT MAYBE A KILOMETER AWAY.
13:06 BUT IT'S A LITTLE VILLAGE.
13:08 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SPOT UP ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE.
13:12 IT'S REALLY QUITE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
13:14 SO DARYL IS ALSO ONE OF THE TEACHERS THERE.
13:16 SO IS FUNDING ALL OF THIS?
13:17 DOES THIS ALL COME FROM THE MISSION?
13:19 THE BUILDINGS WERE FUNDED BY AN ORGANIZATION IN CANADA.
13:24 YES, YOU MENENONED THATATOKAY.
13:25 THE OPERATION OF THE SCHOOL IS SUPPOSED TO BE SELF SUFFICIENT.
13:30 BUT T ESE STUDENTS, TH DON'T P P TUITION.
13:32 THESE TWO SISTERS WHOSE PARENTS HAVE BASICALLY DISOWNED THEM THEY
13:35 PROBABLY DIDN'T SEND THEM WITH A CHECK AND SAY HERE.
13:37 THE STIPENDS FOR BOTH DARYL AND SARA COME FROM GOSPEL L TREACH.
13:41 THEY DO?
13:42 OKAY FOR BOTH OF THEM, OKAY.
13:43 YES.
13:44 AND I THINK THEY USE THOSE STIPENDS TO BUY FOOD FOR THE KIDS.
13:46 SURE.
13:47 BLESS THEIR HEARTS.
13:48 WOW.
13:49 OKAY FRED, THIS IS A LOT TO TAKE.
13:51 KEEP GOING.
13:52 OKAY.
13:53 HERE DARYL IS TEACHING THEM A LESSON.
13:55 IT SEEMS THAT THEY HAVE ENJOYED LEARNING AND THEY'VE LELENED QUITE A
13:58 BIT.
13:59 THIS IS JUST THEIR FIRST YEAR AND THEY'RE ALREADY READING.
14:02 OF COURSE E EIR OLD ENOUGH
14:02 AND THEY ARE READING.
14:05 SO MOST OF THESE KIDS HAVEN'T LEARNED ANY KIND OF SIGN LANGUAGE.
14:09 SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY LEARNING AMERICAN SIGN NGUAGE BUT THEN THEY ARE
14:13 ALSOSOHEN NOW STUDYINGNGIN F FS.
14:15 RIGHT.
14:16 THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD SOME KIND OF A SIGN LANGUAGE THAT THEY HAVE GOT BY
14:20 TH, COOKED UP THEHE OWN.
14:22 BUT NOW THEY ARE LEARNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND THEY HAVE TO UNLEARN SOME
14:26 OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LEARNING.
14:29 THIS IS JEFFREY.
14:30 HE'S TELLING US HE LOVES US.
14:32 JEFFREY WE LOVE YOU TO.
14:33 JEFFREY WAS AN ONLY SON.
14:39 ONE DAY HE CAME TO SCHOOL VERY DISCOURAGED.
14:43 THEY SAID JEFFREY WHAT'S THE PROBLEM.
14:45 HE SAID NOBODY LOVES ME.
14:47 I MAY AS WELL NOT EVEN EXIST.
14:48 THEY SAID WHY, DON'T YOU HAVE A MOTHER AND FATHER?
14:51 WELL, MY MOTHER IS OFF IN THE MIDDLE EAST SOMEWHERE.
14:57 I'VE BEEN LIVING WITH MY AUNTIE BUT THEY DON'T WANT ME, I'M IN THE WAY.
15:01 THEY DON'T WANT ME AT ALL.
15:02 WHAT ABOUT YOUR FATHER?
15:03 OH I HATE HIM.
15:04 OH DEAR.
15:05 HE COMES HOME DRUNK EVERY NIGHT AND BEATS ME UP.
15:08 I DON'T LIKE HIM AT ALL.
15:09 SO DARYL SAID BUT HERE YOU HAVE A FAMILY.
15:14 I'M YOUR FATATR, SARA IS YOUR MOTHER, YOUOUAVE FIVE SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER.
15:19 HE SAID WEWEREREYOURURAMILY.
15:22 WELL HE WENT THROUGH THE DAY AND THE NEXT MORNING HE CAME TO SCHOOL JUST AS
15:25 BRIGHT AND HAPPY AND CHEERFUL AS HE COULD BE.
15:28 THEY SAID JEFFREY WHAT HAPPENED?
15:30 WHAT CHANGED?
15:31 HE SAID I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT.
15:35 THE FIRST DREAM I DREAMED THAT I WAS ASLEEP IN MY BUNK AND AN ANGEL CAME AND
15:41 TAPPED ME ON T T SHOULDERR D D ID C COMWIWI ME.
15:44 WE WENT OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW AND WE WENT TO HEAVEN.
15:49 AND THE SECOND DREAM I HAD DIED.
15:52 I WAS IN THE GROUND WITH DIRT OVER MY HEAD.
16:00 I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING AND SUDDENLY THE EARTH NOISE.AND I HEARD A LOUD
16:01 HE HAD NEVER HEARD A NOISE BEFORE, HE WAS DEAF.
16:03 EXACTLY HERE HE'S PLAINING ALL OF THIS.
16:05 I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND I WAS PULLED UP OUT OF THE GROUND AND THERE WAS THIS
16:11 SAME ANGEL.
16:13 WE LOOKED UP AND THERE WAS JESUS AND WE WENT TO HEAVEN.
16:16 WOW.
16:17 HE SAID I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING NOW.
16:19 I'M GOING TO GO TO HEAVEN AND LIVE WITH JESUS.
16:22 PRAISE THE LORD.
16:24 THAT MADE HIM VERY HAPPY.
16:27 HE'S A VERY HAPPY BOY.
16:29 WHEN I MET HIM THERE-WELL YOU COULD SEE ON THAT PICTURE-HE'S GOT LOVE IN
16:33 HIS HEART, HE'S GOT IT IN HIS HAND.
16:35 RIGHT.
16:36 I LOVE YOU.
16:38 THEY HAD A CAMP.
16:39 DEAF STUDENTS AND OTHERS CAME FROM CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY CAME AND JOINED THEM
16:47 AND THEY HAD A DEAF CAMP -----------THERE ON THE GROUNDS.
16:49 I LIKE THEIR MOTTO.
16:55 "THEY SHALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD AND THEY WILL HEAR AND SPEAK OF GOD."
17:00 THERE WILL BE A DAY.
17:01 THERE WILL BE A DAY WHEN THEY WILL HEAR AND SPEAK.
17:06 THIS IS THE DORMITORY THEY LIVE IN.
17:08 NOTICE ALL THE FLOWERS.
17:10 THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
17:11 I LOVE RED.
17:12 THEY LOVE FLOWERS.
17:13 THIS IS THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE DORMITORY.
17:15 IT ALMOST LOOKOK INDONESIAN TO ME, OR THAI, THE ARCHITECTURE.
17:19 THIS IS TYPICAL MANOBO ARCHITECTURE.
17:22 THIS IS AT THE DORMITORY LOOKING DOWN AT THE CLASSROOM.
17:25 SO THERE'S NOT MUCH SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO.
17:28 THE CLASSROOM ASAST STANDS IS PLENTY LARGE FOR THE SEVEN STUDENTS, BUT WE'RE
17:36 HOPING THIS COMING YEAR THERE WILL BE QUITE A FEW MORE STUDENTS.
17:40 NOW YOU MAY THINK IT A BIT STRANGE BUT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THEIR "CR."
17:45 EIR R ?
17:46 THAT MEANS COMFORT ROOM.
17:47 COMFORT ROOM, YES.
17:49 THEIR BATHROOMOM
17:50 YES.
17:51 AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH IT.
17:53 I MEAN IT SESES LIKE SOMETHING STRANGE TOTOE IMPRESSED BUT YOU KNOW
17:55 I'VE BEEN IN MANY "CRS" THAT WERE QUQUE PRIMITIVE.
17:59 A WATER CLOSET.
18:00 NOTHING MORE THAN A HOLE IN THE GROUND IS WHAT MANY OF THEM ARE.
18:04 BUT IN THIS ONE THEY HAD A FLUSH TOILET THAT ACTUALLY FLUSHED.
18:08 NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES YOU FIND FLUSH TOILETS BUT THEY DON'T
18:10 FLUSH.
18:11 THERE'S NO WATER.
18:17 THIS ONE ACTUALLY FLUSHED AND THERE WAS A SHOWER ON WASH BASIN IN THERE.AS A
18:18 I WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSED.
18:25 WELL GOOD FOR THEM.
18:27 THEY TRY TO RAISE MOST OF THE FOOD FOR THEMSELVES.
18:31 THIS IS A PLANT THEY CALL MALUNGGAY.
18:33 MALUNGGAY.
18:34 MALUNGGAY.
18:35 ACTUALLY THIS IS CHINESE MALUNGGAY.
18:37 THEY HAVE A TREE THAT'S A LOCUST-TYPE TREE THAT HAS SMALL LEAVES ON IT AND
18:44 THAT IS THE TRUE MALUNGGAY.
18:45 THIS ONE IS CALLED CHINESE MALUNGGAY.
18:47 BOTH OF THOSE HAVE LEAVES THAT ARE VERY, VERY HIGH IN NUTRITION.
18:51 IT LILI A VEGETETLE?
18:56 THEY PUT IT IN SOUPS AND ROASTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
18:59 COOK IT WITH THEIR FISH.
19:00 BUT IT'S A VERY NUTRITIOUS PLANT.
19:05 THEY RAISE MANY OTHER THINGS.
19:06 THEY HAVE CORN THERE.
19:09 SO THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND THEN THEY WORK IN THE
19:12 TERNRNN?
19:13 THEY WORK IN THE AFTERNOONS WORKING IN THE FIELDS.
19:16 THIS IS CARROTS BETWEEN A ROW OF BEANS ON THE RIGHT AND WHAT THEY CALL CAMOTE,
19:22 A SWEET POTATO ON T T LEFEF
19:24 THAT'S A LOT OF CARROTS.
19:27 I WAS GOININTO SAY.
19:31 THESE ARE SWEEEE POTATO LEAVES.
19:33 THEY EAT THE LEAVES AS WELL AS THE ROOTS ON THIS.
19:37 THE LEAVES ARERECTUALLY QUITE NUTRITIOUS.
19:43 THIS IS ANOTHER VARIETY OF CAMOTE LEAVES.
19:47 THEY REALLY ENJOY THOSE E D AS I SAY IT'S VERY NUTRITIOUS.
19:51 SO THEN DO THEY USE THIS PRODUCE THEN TO EAT THERE AT THEIR SCHOOL?
19:54 YES.
19:55 AND THEN DO THEY ALSO SELL IT?
19:57 IF THEY HAVE SOME EXCESS
19:57 THEY WOUOU SELL IT, YES.
19:59 AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF MARKETS FOR THAT.
20:02 BANANAS.
20:03 THEY HAVE PLANTED SOME BANANAS.
20:04 THEY GROW VERY WELL THERE.
20:08 THEY HAVE A GREENHOUSE IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING RUBBER PLANTS.
20:12 THTHE WIWI DEVELOP INTO TREES THAT THEY CAN TAP AND SELL AND THAT HAS
20:17 BECOME A VERY
20:17 PROFITABLE INDUSTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
20:20 UNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE IS ALMOST SURVIVING ON RUBBER.
20:23 AND DON'T THOSE TREES GET REALLY LARGE, REALLY TALL?
20:26 YES, THEY GET TO BE 40-50-60 FEET TALL.
20:29 THEY TAP THE LATEX FROM THAT AND IF THEY DO IT PROPERLY THEY WILL LAST
20:33 FOR A LONG TIME.
20:37 A STREAM OF WATER THAT COMES BY THAT THEY CAN GET WATER TO IRRIGATE WITH BUT
20:43 UPSTREAMAMROM M IS WATER THERE'S A SPRING.
20:47 THEY HAVE PIPED WATER DOWN TO THE CAMPUS AND THEY HAVE CLEAR POTABLE RUNNING
20:49 TER.
20:50 WELL GOOD FOR THEM.
20:51 AND DO THEY ALSO USE THAT FOR IRRIGATION FOR THE GARDEN?
20:56 YES DURING THE DRY S SSON.
21:03 DURING THEHEAINY SEASON, THISISS DADAL AND SARARATHE LEA. THEY DON'T NEED TO.
21:12 HE IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS S TU BUNGA WHICH MEANS TALKATIVE BIRD.
21:18 BY THE WAY I'M A MONOBO DATU ALSO.
21:21 OH YOU ARE.
21:22 I'M CALLED DATU MAONKOG.
21:24 OKAY.
21:25 THAT MEANS TALL WHITE.
21:26 TALL WHITE, I LIKE IT.
21:28 THERE YOU GO FRED.
21:29 NOW TELL US A LITTLE T MORE ABOUT WHAT HE'S WEARING ON HIS HEAD.
21:31 THAT IS A A ADDRESS
21:31 THAT A DATU WEARS.
21:36 IF YOU'RE WEARING THAT AND YOU GO OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS YOU ARE
21:38 RESPECTETE
21:39 OKAY.
21:41 SO WHEN I GO OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS THERE-YOU WEAR YOURS-- I WEAR MINE.
21:44 I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE ONE THAT I HAVE.
21:46 IT BELONGED TO THE VERY FIRST DATU THAT BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST.
21:51 OH HOW SPECIAL FOR YOU.
21:52 HE WAS THE O O THAT ORDAINED ME AS A DATU SO I'M PROUD OF THAT.
21:56 DON'T LOSE THAT FRED.
21:58 SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND.
21:59 SO HE IS DEAF.
22:02 NO NEITHER ONE OF THEM ARE DEAF.
22:04 BUT THEY BOTH SPEAK SIGN.
22:05 AND THEY BOTH SIGN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.
22:14 WHERE DID THEY LEARN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE?
22:16 WELL, SHE WORKED WITH CHRISTIAN RECORD.
22:18 SHE'S THE ONE WHO DID THAT.
22:19 YES, AND HE HAS PICKED IT UP FROM HER.
22:21 AY, SIGN, LEARN ANOTHER LANGUAGE.
22:23 THEY'RE TRYING T T GET ME TO LEARN BUT I'M KIND O ODUMB.
22:25 WELL THIS IS 'HI' SO YOU CAN PRACTICE THAT FRED.
22:36 I LEARNED THAT.
22:37 AND OF COURSE THE GOAL IS FOR BAPTISMS AND THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL BAPTISMS
22:40 ALREADY.
22:42 NOW THIS LAST PICTURE THE ONE IN THE CENTER IS A MAN BY THE NAME OF SUNNY SWAN.
22:46 I LOLO THEHE NAMES.
22:47 HE IS NOT TOTALLY DEAF BUT NEARLY SO.
22:50 WE'D'DIKE TO GET
22:50 A HEARING AID FOR HIM SO HE COULD BE A TRANSLATOR.
22:53 HE COULD BE A ANSLATOR THEN HE COULDLDREALAL .
22:58 HE IS THE ONE THAT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE BECOME A WORKER FOR T T DEAF
23:02 SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH.
23:04 DOES HE SPEAK SIGN LANGUAGE?
23:05 OH YES, HE'S VERY FLUENT.
23:08 AND HE IS IN CHARGE OF THE WORK ALREADY IN CAGAYAN DE ORO.
23:12 HE HAS A GROUP THERE OF ABOUT 20 THAT ARE MEETING EVERY SABBATH BUT IN ORDER
23:18 TO PROVIDE FOOD FOFOHIS FAMILY HE SPENDS EVERY EVENING DOWN IN THE
23:23 SHOPPING MALL DOING MASSAGE.
23:27 SO IF WE COULD TAKE HIM ON AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THEN HE COULD PUT
23:30 FULL TIME INTO BRINGING PEOPLE TO JESUS.
23:34 AND THAT'S WHAT HE REALLY WANTS TO DO.
23:36 THAT'S ON HIS HEART.
23:37 WELL HE CAN COMMUNICATE AND THEN HE ALSO HAS HIS HEARING IMPAIRMENT SO HE
23:42 HAS SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH EVEVEBODY ELSE.
23:45 HE IS KNOWN AS A DEAF PERSON SO HE IS CREDIBLE.
23:48 WELL FRED, I THANK YOU FOR THOSE PICTCTES.
23:51 I THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND I JUST CAN'T GET OVER THE FACT OF THOSE TWO
23:56 GIRLS.
23:58 HERE THEY WERE, THEY ARE AT THE SCHOOL AND THEIR PARENTS PROBABLY
24:01 ERWHELMED NOT KNOWING WHAT DO WITH THESE TWO YOUNG WOMEN SO HERE THEY
24:05 ARE AT THE SCHOOL.
24:06 AND VIEWERS, YOU WERE HEARING IT HERE.
24:13 YOU ARE SEEING THE PICTURES AND YOU ARE THE PEPELE WHO CANAN HEAR.
24:14 THEY CAN'T HEAR, PHYSICALLY HEAR ON THIS EARTH BUT THEY ARE HEARING
24:19 ABOUT JESUS THROUGH THESE PEOPLE AND THROUGH THEIR HANDS.
24:22 YOU TOO CAN SAY 'I LOVE YOU' TO THE PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES WHO NEED TO
24:27 HEHE ABOBO JESES.
24:28 THEY CAN DO THAT HOW FRED?
24:30 THEY CAN DONATE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH.
24:32 THEY COULD ADOPT EITHER ONE OF THESE WORKERS IF THEY'D LIKE.
24:36 WE HAVE AN A APT A WORKER PROGRAM THAT FOR 150 DOLLARS A MONTH THEY COULD
24:41 BE-ONE OF THESE TWO COULD BE THEIR ADOPTED MISSIONARY.
24:44 AND I ALSO HEARD YOU SAY THAT THERE IS A HEARING AID THAT NEEDS TO BE
24:48 PURCHASED, RIGHT, SO THAT N NDS TO BE DONE.
24:50 LET'S PRAY FOR THESE GIRLS FOR THE PARENTS.
24:52 LET'S PRAY FOR THE PARENTS.
24:54 IF THE LORD USED A VISION WITH THIS OTHER YOUNG MAM HE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT
24:59 WITH THE PARARTS.
25:00 ALSO THE STORY OF-WHAT WAS THE YOUNG MANS NAME?
25:03 -JEFFERY, FOR HIM TO KNOW THAT HE LOVED AND ACCEPTED AND THAT THE LORD LOVES
25:08 HIHIAND TO SEE THE SMILE E HIS FACE.
25:11 HE SAYS I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME.
25:13 I'M STAYING HERE.
25:14 THAT'S HIS HOME NOW BECAUSE HE HAS FELT THE CALL.
25:17 THAT'S WHERE HIS FAMIMI IS NOW.
25:19 AND YOU KNOW IN THE BIBLE WE READ ABOUT ALL THE HEALINGS THAT THE LORD HAS
25:24 DONE AND THAT HE STILL IS G GNG TO DO AND THAT HE WILL DO WHEN HE COMES
25:30 BACK.
25:34 THEY CAN LEARN AND THAT THEY ARE CHILDREN OF OUR LORD, THAT'S JUST HUGE.
25:38 AND THTHR MOMOO HEY Y ALL ALL TAUGHT OF GOD."
25:41 YES, ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
25:44 BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT HERE ON THIS EARTH WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING AND I'M
25:47 OVERWHELMED THAT THESE DEAR PARENTS JUSUSBECAUSE THEIR GIRLS DON'T HEAR
25:53 THATATHEY DIDN'T'TNOW WHAT TO DODOITH H EM AND I'M VERY BLESSSS THAHAMY
25:56 PARENTS DIDN'T DO THAT JUST BECAUSE I WAS LACKING THREE DIGITS.
25:59 SO THAT REALLY HIHI HOME TO ME.
26:00 ANYWAY, WHAT ARE SOME OTHER NEEDS THOUGH FRED THAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT?
26:04 WELL IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYWHERE I WENT WHEN I TRAVELEDEDROUND THE
26:07 ILIPPINES THAT PEOPLE WERE ASKING FOR MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
26:17 THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE THEY CAN G GHER MANY THE WORKERS.WE JUST HAD
26:18 THE HARVEST IS READY BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW.
26:20 AND I KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF SIGN LANGUAGE AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS JEJES.
26:24 YES, I PICKED THAT UP.
26:25 YES, JESUS AND I THINK THAT IS SO APPROPRIATE.
26:27 AND THIS IS LORD.
26:28 LORD YES AND JESUS LOVES ME.
26:30 SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU.
26:31 YOU'VE HEARD IT HERE WITH FRED SHARING.
26:33 FRED THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
26:34 SO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HERE AT "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS."
26:36 PLEASE V VIT OUR WEBSITE.
26:38 IT'S GOAIM.ORG.
26:40 IF YOU'VE BEEN MOVED LIKE I HAVE TO HEAR ABOUT THE DEAF WORK IN THE
26:43 PHILIPPINES, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL NOT ONLY PRAY FOR THEM B B THAT YOU WILL
26:47 ALSOSOIVE E THEHEONDERFUL
26:47 ORGANIZATION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH SO O THEN CAN
27:14 SUPPORT THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
27:24 AND REMEMBER, JESUS LOVES YOU TOO AND FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
27:47 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY, MAY YOU FEEL HIS
28:18 LOVE.
28:20 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.


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