Participants: Fred Webb
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000557A
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00:14 HELLO EVERYBODY. 00:16 I AM SO GLAD TO GET TO BE HERE WITH YOU FOR ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM. 00:23 THIS IS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIOIO" AND I USE THAT TERM NOT LIGHTLY BECAUSE 00:29 EVERY PROGRAM INTRODUCES US T TADVEVEURES. 00:37 WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES FROM BEFORE OR SOMEPLACE I'M IGLGL TO BE REMEMDEDEOF.F 00:41 AND EACH TIME NOW I GET TO BE WITH DEAR, DEAR FRIENDS WHO HAVE COME TO GOSPEL 00:49 OUTREACH, ACCEPTED A RESPONSIBILITY AND INVITATIONONO BEBE LEAEAR 00:54 IN GOD'S WORK HERE IN THESE DRAMATIC TREMENDOUS DAYS OF THE 21ST CENTURY. 01:01 THE PROGRAM I GET TO BE ON THIS TIME IS NO EXCEPTION BECAUSE I GET TO CONNECT 01:08 WITH MY DEAR FRIEND FRED WEBB. 01:11 FRED, BLESS YOUR HEART. 01:13 WHEN I PUT MY HAND IN YOURS I TELL YOU I KNOW I'VE GOT A HAND IN MINE. 01:17 IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND BE WITH YOU. 01:20 AND FOLKS I'M NOT JUST TALKING. 01:22 FRED JUST CAME INTO THE STUDIO AND WE'VE CONNECTED AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME 01:27 IN QUITE AWHILE. 01:28 SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE CATCH UP FROM WHAT MAY HAVE 01:33 HAPPENED SINCE WE WERE TOGETHER LAST TIME. 01:36 BUT FIRST FRED, , CAUSE WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH-WE FIRST 01:43 MET, THAT'S RIGHT, THROUGH A GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRA AND THIS MINISTRY. 01:49 SISIE WEWEIRST MET 01:49 A FEW YEARS HAVE GONE BY AND HERE WE ARE IN 2014. 01:56 WE'RE TAPING THIS IN THE FALALOF 2014. 01:59 LOOKING OVER THOSE YEARS AND BEING WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF GOSPEL 02:05 OUTREACH, TELL ME WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON GOSPEL OUTREACH NOW IN 2014 SINCE 02:13 WE FIRST MET ANYWAY? 02:14 WELL, IN THOSE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BROUGHT TO JESUS 02:21 THROUGH GOSPEL O OREACH. 02:23 MORE CONFERENCES, MORE MISSIONS ARE ASKING FOR MORE WORKERS BECAUSE THERE 02:28 ARE MORE PEOEOE WHO WANT TO KNOWOWMOREREPEO. 02:32 WE HAVEN'T COMPLETELY FULFILLED THE GOSPEL COMMISSION YET. 02:38 BUT THERE HAS BEEN MIRACULOUS GROWTH, OH YES, WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:45 YES. 02:46 GRANTED, THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE GROWTH. 02:49 YES. 02:51 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE WORKERS YOU MAY BE REQUESTING AT THIS MEETING 02:53 WITH OTHER LEADERS HERE, , T I KNOW THE NEED IS GREAEA 02:58 IT IS GREAT. 03:01 WE NEED MANY MORE. 03:03 PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY FOR THE WORD. 03:06 REALLY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE JUST GETTING AN INTRODUCTION TO GOSPEL 03:12 OUTREACH, GOSPEL OUTRTRCH IS A MINISTRY OF VOLUNTEERS-VOLUNTEERS LIKE 03:19 FRED WEBB AND EVERY OTHER GUEST I'VE HAD ON THE PROGRAM HERE. 03:23 AND IN THE STUDIO WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME DAY ON END TO HELP 03:31 PRODUCE THESE PROGRAMS THAT BRING YOU SOME IDEA OF WHAT THIS MINISTRY IS 03:36 ACCOMPLISHING. 03:37 AND THE WHOLE STRUCTURE, THE WHOLE FUNCTION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY 03:44 IS UNDERTAKEN BY DEDICATED, QUALIFIED, EXPERIENCED VOLUNTEERS WHO 03:51 HAVE INVESTED MOST OF THEIR LIVES IN SOME KIND OF MINISTRY OR SOME KIND 03:55 OF CAREER AND NOW THEY SAY THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT T T 04:01 DO. 04:02 THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO. 04:04 AND SO I REJOICE. 04:16 SOI MEAN AGE IS NOT AW, CHALLENGE HERE BECAUSE OD AWE ARE ALL OLDER.. 04:22 I'M ONE OF THE YOUNGER ONES. 04:24 AND IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO ON AND ON AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I'M 04:30 GLAD WE DO. 04:31 RIGHT. 04:32 NOW, TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR REGION. 04:36 REMIND ME AND THE FOLKS 04:36 WHAT YOUR REGION IS. 04:39 I WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES. 04:41 BECAUSE YOU WORKED IN THE PHILIPPINES BEFORE. 04:43 I WORKED THERE FOR TWELVE YEARS AS A REGULAR MISSIONARY AND NOW I'M 04:48 WORKING THERE WITH THE GOSPEL OUTUTACH WORKERS. 04:51 SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES, AS WITH OTHER FOLKS, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO 04:55 THE PHILIPPINES YOU'RE CONNECTING WITH YOUR FRIENDS. 04:57 THAT'S RIGHT. 04:59 AND MANY OF THESE ARE YOUR STUDENTS I'M SURE WHO ARE IN LEADERSHIP THERE NOW. 05:02 YES, R RHT, MANY OF THEM ARE. 05:03 WHAT DID YOU AND YOUR WIFE DO IN THE PHILIPPINES? 05:06 FOR EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS WE WERE AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 05:09 MY WIFE TAUGHT IN THE COLLEGE AND IN THE KINDERGARTEN AND I WORKED 05:14 AS FINANCIAL CONSULTANT AND ADMIMISTRATOR OF A SMALL HOSPITAL. 05:17 AH HA, VERY GOOD. 05:19 AND THEN LATER WE WENT ON TO A GENERAL CONFERENCE INSTITUTION WHERE I WAS 05:23 THE VP OF FINANCE. 05:26 AND I GUESS AS OTHERS HAVE TOLD ME, ONCE YOU GO AS A MISSIONARY A BUG BITES YOU 05:33 OR SOMETHING, OH YES, AND YOU JUST C C'T SAY NO WHEN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY 05:38 APPEARS. 05:39 THAT BUG BIT US EARLY. 05:40 WE SPENT FIVE YEARS IN WEST AFRICA BACK IN THE 60S. 05:43 IS THAT RIGHT. 05:44 WELL, WHEN I LOOKED ON MY LIST OF PROGRAMS FOR THIS ROUND OF RECORDING AND I 05:52 SAW YOUR NAME I SAID, GOOD I'M GOING TO GET TO BE WITH FRED BECAUSE YOU 05:57 ALWAYS BRING STORIES AND PICTURES. 06:00 RIGHT. 06:01 AND GIVE US AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHO YOU SEE. 06:05 BECAUSE THESE MISSION ADVENTURES ARE ABOUT ORGANIZATION AND TAKING 06:11 CARE OF VAVAOUS DETAILS ANANSO FORTH, BUT PRIMARILY ALL OF THIS IS 06:16 ABOUT PEOPLE. 06:17 YES. 06:19 AND I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE THE PLACES YOU HAVE VISITED AND THE PEOPLE YOU 06:23 HAVE MET AND THE STORIES YOU BRING US ABOUT THOSE. 06:26 SO WHERE DO WE START? 06:28 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE SULADS TODAY. 06:31 THIS IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE SULADS ORGANIZATION. 06:35 THAT ARCHITECTURE IS A TYPICAL MANOBO DESIGN. 06:39 YOU'VE GOT TO TELL US, JUJU FOR BRINGING US UP TO DATE, WHO ARE THE SULADS? 06:44 WELL, SULADS IS AN ACRONYM. 06:47 IT STANDS FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC UPLIFT LITERACY ANTHROPOLOGICAL 06:50 AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 06:52 I'M SORRY I-BUT YOU NOTICE I STUMBLED A BIT ON THAT MYSELF. 06:56 WELL SULADS IS ALSO A WORD IN THE MANOBO DIALECT THAT MEANS BROTHERS OR SISTERS. 07:01 AHAHA. 07:02 AND I LIKE THAT ONE BETTER. 07:03 I DO TOO. 07:04 I CAN REMEMBER THAT. 07:05 AND IT REPRESENTS A SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. 07:07 YES. 07:08 AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO ON AND TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT. 07:10 A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THE PROGRAM HAD DIED FOR LACK OFOFUNDING AND IN 1994 07:16 DADAL FAMISARAN HERE AND WITH SEVERAL OTHERS OF US WERE ABLE TO RESURRECT 07:21 THAT AND GET IT GOING THANKSKSO SOSO SPECIAL NATITIS FROM THE UNITED 07:25 STATES. 07:27 NOW AS I RECALL SULADS IS A KIND OF AN OUTREACH MINISTRY FROM MOUNTAIN 07:31 VIEW COLLEGE. 07:32 YES, IT IS A STUDENT MISSIONARY PROGRAM WHERE A STUDENTS TAKES A YEAR OFF 07:37 OFOFCHOOL AND GOES O O 07:37 INTO A VILLAGE, LIVES IN THAT VILLAGEGEOR A YEAR, 07:42 TEACHES BASIC LITERACY AND AT THE SAME TIME INCLUDING, OF COURUR, 07:48 CHRISTIANITY. 07:49 BUT THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A SCHOOL THERE AND THEY START CLASSES. 07:53 OH, THAT'S IT. 07:54 AND THE PEOPLE WANT AN EDUCATION. 07:56 THEY'RE WORKING WITH ILLITERATE FOLKS. 07:58 AND IT'S A GLORIOUS OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN TO TELL THE STORY OF JESUS. 08:01 RIGHT. 08:03 WE TEACH THEM HOW TO READ AND WRITE SO THEY CAN READ THE BIBLE FOR THEMSELVES 08:05 ANANUNDEDETANDNDHAT IT'S ALL ABOUTUT 08:07 WOW. 08:08 BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL IDEA. 08:10 MY ENTHUSIASM ALWAYS TURNS UP A NOTCH OR MORE WHEN I THINK OF THE SULADS. 08:16 THANK YOU. 08:16 SULADS HAS CHANGED ADMINISTRATION NOW. 08:19 DARYL IS NO LONGER THE HEAD OF THE PROGRAM AS HE WAS FOR SOME TIME. 08:26 HE IS NOW TEACHING FULL TIME IN OUR SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, A SULADS SCHOOL FOR 08:30 THE DEAF. 08:31 AND ALEX PONTIS ON THE RIGHT HERE IS NOW THE CEO AND IT'S STILL BASED IN 08:37 MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE BUT IT IS AN INSTITUTION OF THE SOUTH PHILIPPINE 08:43 ION. 08:44 SO IT'S NOW A UNION PROGRAM. 08:45 THE MAN SITTING NEXT TO ALEX THERE IS A PRODUCTT 08:45 M 08:52 HIMSELF. 08:53 HE IS A MEMBER OF THE MANOBO TRIBE AND IS HIGHLY RESPECTED AMONG THE TRIBAL 08:59 PEOPLE. 09:00 AND SO HE GOT HIS EDUCATION AND NOW HE COMES INTO A LEADERSHIP 09:03 POSITION. 09:04 RIGHT. 09:05 HE IS ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS WHO OVERSEES A NUMBER OF OUR MISSION 09:07 SCHOOLS. 09:08 BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE A HARD TIME SOMETIMES GETTING PASTORS TO COME 09:13 OUT AND BAPTIZE OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS. 09:16 THEY MAY COME ONE TIME AND THEN THEY SAY NEVER AGAIN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HIKE 09:20 SO FAR. 09:21 SO THE UNION HAS NOW DETERMINED THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME OF OUR LOCAL 09:28 PEOPLE ORDAINED TO GO OUT AND SO HERE IS V VTOR,R,ALS 09:33 OF OUR SULADS ORGANIZATITI, AND ALEX BEING ORDAINED NOW AS 09:39 GOSPEL MINISTERS. 09:41 SO THEY WILL LIVE OUT IN THE SULADS COMMUNITY AND BE THERE OFFICIALLY? 09:46 NO, THEY ARE IN ADMIMISTRATION. 09:48 THEY WORK OUT OF THE FRONT OFFICE. 09:50 BUT THEY'RE STILL A PART OF THE SULADS WORK? 09:52 THEY GO OUT PERIODICALLY. 09:54 OK. 09:55 I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES WITH ME TODAY BUT THEY'VE BEEN GOING OUT TO ALL OF 09:58 THE MISSION SCHOOLOLTO EVALUATE THEM TO SEE ARE THEY DOING THEIR JOB THAT 10:02 THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. 10:03 HERE'S THE ACTUAL ORDINATION CEREMONY. 10:07 NOW ORDINATION GOESESOTH WAYS. 10:14 WHERE'S THE NEXT PICTURE. 10:15 IT'S NOT COMING UP. 10:16 GO ON TO EXPLAIN TO US HOW THIS TAKES PLACE. 10:21 OK. 10:22 THE UNION PRESIDENT AND OFFICERS HAVE ALSO BEEN TAKEN IN BY THE MANOBO 10:31 TRIBE AS DATUS SO HERE IS A PART OF THEIR ORDINATION PROCESS WHERE THEY ARE 10:37 REREIVING WHAT THEY CALL THE "TEKOS." 10:40 IT'S A BAND THAT GOES AROUND THEIR LEG. 10:42 WHEN THEY WEAR THAT IF THEY GO OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THTH SHOW 10:47 THAT, THEY WILL BE ACCEPTED AS MANOBOS. 10:50 REALLY. 10:51 THAT IS VERY FASCINATING. 10:52 I'VE ALSO RECEIVED THAT ORDINATION A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. 10:57 THEY GIVE YOU A DATU'S NAME. 10:58 MY NAME IS DATU MAONKAG WHICH MEANS WHITE. 11:01 SO YOU KNOW AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SHOW THEM THAT AND YOU'RE ONE OF 11:07 THEMEM 11:08 I'M ONE OF THEM AND HIGHLY RESPECTED. 11:10 THEY ALSO PUT A HEADDRESS ON YOU AND OF COURSE YOU WEAR THEIR JACKET. 11:17 WE HAVE A QUARTET. 11:18 NOW THESE MEN WERE STUDENTS IN OUR MISSION SCHOOLS AT ONE TIME WAY 11:22 BACK. 11:23 BUT THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF SINGING AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB. 11:26 THEY'VE CUT A FEW DVDS. 11:27 THEY DO A GOOD JOB. 11:33 SORRY YOU COULDN'T HAVE BRWELL I COULD HAVEG TBUT I JUST DIDN'T.. 11:37 WE'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. 11:39 THESE ARE THE LEADERS OF THE SULADS NOW. 11:41 WE WERE THERE FOR OFFICERS MEETING SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE 11:47 LEADERSHIP FOR THEHEULADS. 11:51 I PUT THIS ONE IN BECAUSE HE HAS AN INTERESTING NAME. 11:54 HIS NAME IS DODGE DORANGO. 11:56 IT SOUNDS LIKE A CAR TO ME. 11:59 YES. 12:00 ACTUALLY HE DOES HAVE ANOTHER NAME BUT DODGE IS WHAT THEY CALL HIM. 12:05 HE IS THE PRINCIPAL OF ONENEN 12:05 THE NORTHEASTERN MINDANAO 12:12 AREA. 12:13 HE RECENTLY BECAME A FATHER AND WHEN HIS LITTLE SON WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS 12:18 OLD HE TOOK HIS WIFE AND 12:18 THE LITTLE BOY ON HISSMOTT 12:25 OUT TO THE MOUNTAINS. 12:26 THEY WENT AS FAR AS THEY COULD GO ON THE MOTORCYCLE THEN THEY HAD TO GET OFF 12:30 AND HIKE FOR ANOTHER FOUR HOURS. 12:33 TO GET TO THE SCHOOL? 12:34 TO GET TO THE SCHOOL. 12:36 SO, HE'S A BRAVE YOUNG MAN. 12:38 THAT'S WHERE HE IS THE PRINCIPAL? 12:40 YES. 12:42 AND HE HAS JUST RECENTLY BEEN TAKEN ON AS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH ADOPT 12:46 A A RKERER 12:47 SO HE IS RIGHT ON THE FRONT LINE DOING THE JOB THAT WE WANT DONE. 12:52 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 12:55 THIS YOUNG LADY, I'VE SHOWN PICTURES OF HER BEFORE. 12:57 SHE WAS BORN WITH A BIRTH DEFECT. 13:01 IT DOESN'T SHOW IN THIS PICTURE BUT SHE HAS NO-HER LEGS ARE ONLY ABOUT EIGHT 13:08 INCHCH LONON 13:09 OH BLESS HER HEART. 13:10 AND NO FEET ON THE BOTTOM. 13:11 REALLY. 13:12 BUT SHE WALKS. 13:14 SHE WALKS THE JUNGLE TRAILS AND KEEPS UP WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. 13:17 IS THAT RIGHT. 13:18 AND WE HAD A COUPLE BACK IN FLORIDA THAT TOOK HER ON AS A SPECIAL PROJECT 13:21 BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAD A CHILD THAT WAS BORNN 13:21 . 13:26 THEY PUTUTP A FUND 13:26 AND ARE NOW SEEING HER THROUGH H LLEGE. 13:30 IS THAT RIGHT. 13:31 WHAT'S HER NAME? 13:33 HER NAME IS ANGEL BULARAN. 13:36 ANGEL. 13:37 ANGEL. 13:38 I COULD TELL YOU STORIES ABOUT THAT TOO WHERE SHE RODE A MOTORCYCLE AND WHEN 13:43 SHE WENT TO PAY, THE MOTORCYCLIST SAYS OH, YOU'VE GOT TO PAY FOR TWO. 13:47 SHE SAID NO,O, WAS JUST BY MYSELF. 13:49 NO THERE WERE TWO ON THE MOTORCYCLE. 13:51 SO THERE WERE TWO ANGELS ON THAT MOTORCYCLE. 13:55 IS THAT RIGHT. 13:56 THAT'S A GREAT MISSION STORY. 13:59 THE SULADS OF COURSE HAVE TO HAUL MATERIALS AND PEOPLE SO THEY ACQUIRED 14:07 THIS TRUCK TO HAUL THE MATERIALS AND THINGS AROUND. 14:13 I TOLD YOU A BIT AGO ABOUT SOME THAT HAVE COME TO THE SULADS AND HAVE GONE 14:18 THROUGH THE SULADS EDUCATION THEN HAVE GONE ON TO COLLEGE. 14:22 WELL, THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN FROM THE ISLAND OF MINDORO WHO GREW UP IN A 14:27 VILLLLE WHERE ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSIONS HAD BEEN WORKING. 14:32 THEY SENT HIM OFF TO MOUNTAIN VIEW TO GET HIS EDUCATION. 14:34 WHEN HE FINISHED HE SAID I'M GOING TO GO BACK A A WORK FOR MY PEOPLE BACK IN 14:40 MINDORO AMONG THE MANGYAN TRIBE. 14:42 HE IS A MANGYAN HIMSELF. 14:43 SO HE WENT BACK THERE TO TEACH. 14:46 HE OPENED A SCHOOL BUT NOBODY CAME. 14:48 ONLY ONE PERSON CAME TO SCHOOL. 14:50 AFTER A DAY OR TWO HE STARTED ASKING AROUND WHY, WHY IS NO ONE COMING. 14:57 OH, YOU'RE NOT E OF US ANYMORE. 15:00 BECAUSE OF HIS EDUCATION? 15:02 PARTLY. 15:03 THEY SAID YOU DON'T WEAR OUR CLOTHES ANYMORE. 15:06 SO HE TOOK OFF HIS NICE CLOTHES AND HE WORE JEANS AND A T-SHIRT. 15:11 HE GOT THREE STUDENTS. 15:14 SO HE ASKED SOME MORE AND THEY SAID BUT YOU'RE NOT ONE OF US YET. 15:16 SO HE PUT ON A G-S-SING LIKE ALL THE REST OF THEM AND NOW HE HAS A WHOLE 15:23 CLASS ROOM FULL. 15:24 NO. 15:25 WHAT A-WELL, ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE. 15:28 WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP AND BE ABLE TO TEACH. 15:35 YOU HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE PEOPLE. 15:38 THAT'S QUITE A STORY. 15:39 THAT'S ONE I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. 15:41 IT DOES PRESENT SOME PROBLEMS THOUGH. 15:50 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE OUR PROGRESSIVE CLASS WORK, 15:50 YOU KNOW YOU GET HONORSAND. 15:52 WHERE DO YOU PIN-OH FRED. 15:55 SO THAT'S WHERE THEY PIN THEM. 15:57 SO HERE IS A GROUP OF THEM WITH THE LEADERS WITH ALL THEIR AWARDS AND THINGS 16:02 PINED ON THEIR G-STRING. 16:03 BUT THEY ALLOWED THE OTHERS TO WEAR T-SHIRTS BACK THERE? 16:05 YES, THOSE WERERNOT THE REGULAR TETEHERS. 16:08 OH. 16:09 BUT THE REGULAR TEACHER IS IN THE CENTER. 16:11 HE'S IN THE CENTER WEARING HIS OWN G-STRING. 16:13 AND THE TEMPERATURE IS SUCH THAT IT'S QUITE COMFORTABLE. 16:17 OH IT'S TROPICAL. 16:19 IT'S TROPICAL. 16:20 THAT'S QUITE A STORY. 16:21 YOU MAY WANT TO TELL THEM HOW PEOPLE CAN BE INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF WORK. 16:25 I DO WANT TO. 16:26 YOU'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE WITH ME OF MEETING FRED WEBB WHO IS OUR GOSPEL 16:34 OUTREACH LEADER FOR THE PHILIPPINES. 16:38 AND HAVING MET HIM ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS I CAN TELL YOU THAT HE CAN GO ON 16:43 AND ON AND ON WITH MISSION STORIES TOTOUR D DIGHT. 16:47 IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO MISSION STORIES LIKE FRED'S STORIES ON A 16:54 REGULAR BASIS, YOU NEED TO H HE THE "ADVENTURERE IN MISSION" NEWS LETETR. 17:00 ITITILL COME TO YOU BY MAIL IF YOU REQUEST ITIT 17:04 AND THEREFORE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE THE ADDRESS FOR GOSPEL 17:09 OUTREACH ALONG WITH THE TELEPHONE NUMBER. 17:12 BY THE WAY, A VOLUNTEER 17:12 WILL ANSWER THE TELEPHONE IF YOU CALL HERE AND WANT 17:16 TO HAVE YOUR NAME ON THE LIST FOR THE NEWSLETTER OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOYO 17:21 MAY REQUEST ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:24 WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE INVITED TO BE A PART OF THE GOSPEL 17:30 OUTREACH FAMILY. 17:31 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS. 17:33 THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS FAMILY AND SUPPORTING SULADS, THE 17:40 KINDS OF PEOPLE, THE KINDS OF MISSISIARIES THAT BROTHER R ED WEBB HAS BEEN 17:45 TELLING US ABOUT. 17:46 SO YOU STAY TUNED TO THE REST OF THIS PROGRAM FOR SOME MORE STORIES AND 17:51 WATCH FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" THAT COMES ON TELEVISION IN SOME OF YOUR 17:57 LOCAL STATIONS. 17:58 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS MINISTRY. 18:02 OK FRED. 18:04 OK, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FARTHER NORTH. 18:06 NOW THE SULADS WORK PRIMARILY IN MINDANAO WHICH IS THE BIG SOUTHERN 18:09 ISLAND. 18:10 NOW WE'RE UP IN THE NORTHERN ISLAND OF LUZON DOWN NEAR THE SOUTHERN TIP 18:15 OF LUZON AND THIS IS MT. 18:16 MAYON. 18:17 YOU SEE THAT PLUME OF SMOKE AT THE TOP? 18:20 I JUST READ ON CNN NEWS JUST LAST WEEK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF RUMBLINGS 18:25 THERE AND THEYEY 18:25 AREO 18:25 BLOW OFF VERY SOON. 18:27 REALLY. 18:28 MAYON IS ONE OF THE MOST PERFECT CONES IN THE WORLD. 18:32 I CAN SEE THAT. 18:33 I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER KNOWN ABOUT THAT BEFORE. 18:36 THEY'RE EXPECTING IT TO BLOW OFF. 18:38 IT DOMINATES THE LANDSCAPE AROUND THE CITY DOWN THERE. 18:41 WE HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK IN THAT AREA. 18:46 THIS IS RAMAMAO AND HIS WIFE. 18:49 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING THERE NOW FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND THEY HAVE BEEN 18:54 QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING PEOPLE IN. 18:56 THEY GIVE BIBLE STUDIES. 18:57 THESE ARE SOME OF THEIR INTERESTS WHO HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE BIBLE 19:02 STUDIES THERE. 19:03 THIS NEW CONVERT IS STILL A FISHERMAN. 19:07 THEY LIVE ON THE OCEAN. 19:09 I MEAN THEY LIVE ON LAND BUT THEY SPEND A GOOD SHARE OF THEIR TIME OUT ON 19:13 THE OCEAN FISHING AND THIS IS SOME OF WHAT HE HAS CAUGHT AND WILL BE 19:16 SELLING. 19:19 GOING A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH FROM THAT, STILL ON THE ISLAND OF LUZON, WE 19:22 COME TO A PLACE CALLED SORSOGON. 19:25 BY THE WAY THAT FIRST ONE WHERE RAMANDO WORKS IS SAN FRANCISCO. 19:28 REALLY. 19:30 THAT'S INTERESTING. 19:31 WE WERE IN SORSOGON. 19:33 THIS IS JOSE DAYSON AND THAT THATCHED ROOF BEHIND HIM IS THEIR CHURCH. 19:41 THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD A REGULAR CHURCH SO THEY FOUND NATIVE 19:45 TERIALS AND THEY 19:45 BUILT A CHURCH. 19:48 IS THE CHURCH BUILT ON SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY OR IS THAT CHURCH. 19:52 IT'S CHURCH PROPERTY. 19:53 WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE MONEY YET TO BUILD A PROPER CHURCH. 19:58 BUT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO WORSHIP. 20:00 IT'S UP ON TOP A HILL WHERE PEOPLE GO WHEN THERE'S A BIG STORM. 20:02 THERE WAS A BIG STORM THERE LAST YEAR AND PEOPLE DID COME UP THERE FOR 20:12 REFUGE. 20:13 SOME OF THE LEADERS IN THE CHURCH THERE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH. 20:19 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO TEACH THEM HOW TO FARM, A 20:25 LIVELIHOOD. 20:27 SO HERE THIS IS A FIELD OF 20:27 CASSAVA, ONE OF THE BASIC CROPS THAT THEY RAISE 20:36 THERE. 20:37 BY THE WAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, CASSAVA IS MADE INTO A 20:42 SOFT PELLET THAT THEY USE FOR, OH WHY CAN'T I THINK OF THAT, ANYWAY A SORT OF 20:48 DESSSST. 20:56 WE USE IT HERE IN THE STATES QUITE A BIT BUT WE DON'T-OH, TAPIOCA. 20:59 TAPIOCA, OK. 21:00 WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM M T IT COMES FROM CASSAVA. 21:04 THERE ARE OTHER INGS THERE TOO. 21:06 ON THE PROPERTY OF THE CHURCH THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF COCONUT TREES AND WHEN 21:09 I COME THEY ALWAYS HAHA COCONUT BECAUSE I LOVE COCONUT WATER. 21:14 WHEN YOU'RE HOT AND DRY AND THIRSTY THERER IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE A 21:17 COCONUT. 21:18 IS THAT RIGHT. 21:19 THEY JUST CUT THE TOP OFF AND PUT A STRAW IN FOR YOU? 21:21 WELL, THEY DON'T PUT A STRAW IN, I JUST DRINK IT OUT OF THE HOLE IN THE 21:23 TOP. 21:24 I FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO DO THAT WITHOUT GETTING IT ALL OVER MY SHIRT. 21:27 GOING FARTHER NORTH NOW WE'RE GOING TO A PLACE THEY CALL TOBACO. 21:35 NOW WE THINK OF THAT AS TOBACCO BUT IT'S THE NAME OF A TOWN AND IT'S SPELLED 21:39 WITH ONLY ONE "C" INSTEAD OF TWO. 21:41 THIS IS BOBBY NICARIO. 21:42 HE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE. 21:44 HE HAS BEEN DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB AND HAS BROUGHT IN A NUMBER OF 21:49 PEOPLE. 21:51 THIS IS A BLIND LADY THAT HE H H BEN WORKING WITH AND SHE HAS ACCEPTED AND 21:55 BECOCO A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AND IS NOW DOING 21:55 MISSIOIORY WORK GOING OUT 22:00 FROM DOOR TO DOOR INVITING PEOPLE TO TAKE BIBLE STUDIES. 22:04 A FINE LOOKING YOUNG MAN. 22:09 DOWN BELOW OUR LITTLE TEMPORARY CHURCH WHICH SITS UP ON TOP A HILL, 22:13 THAT NICICBUILDING DOWN BEHIND THERE IS A CATHOLIC CHURCH. 22:19 THEY HAVE SERVICES THERE AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLELE 22:22 THIS LADY, HER NAME IS FIDALIA, WAS A MEMBERERF THAT CHURCH. 22:31 SHE WAS NOT ONLY A MEMBER BUT SHE WAS ONE OF THE TEACHERS. 22:33 AS SHE WAS TEACHING SHE BEGAN TO READ HER BIBLE SO QUESTIONS CAME TO HER MIND 22:36 AND SHE WENT TO THE PRIEST AND SAID WHY IS IT THAT WE 22:36 WORSHIP ON SUNDADAWHEN THE 22:50 BIBLE SAYS WE SHOULD WORSHIP ON THE SEVENTH DAY WHICH IS SABADO, SABBATH. 22:55 OH YES, THE BIBLE SAYSYS 22:55 TY 22:55 THE DAY OF WORSHIP BUT WE 23:01 DON'T FOLLOW THAT BECAUSE WE CHANGEDEDHE DAY. 23:03 WELL, IT DIDN'T SATISFY HER. 23:05 SHE CONTINUED TO STUDY AND TO READ AND THAT RAISED MORE QUESTIONS IN HER MIND 23:13 AND SHE BEGAN TO READ MORE AND MORE. 23:20 BWENT OUT EVERY WEEK ANDD WAS DOING A GOOD JOB OF THATO COMOMTO CHURCH. SHE 23:20 WP 23:23 YOU KNOW, SHE WAS PRETTY VALUABLE TO THE CHURCH. 23:26 SO THE BISHOP SAID LET'S SEND HER OFF TO TRAINING. 23:30 SO SHE WENT TO THE TRAINING BUT AT THAT POINT SHE APPROACHED THE BISHOP 23:33 WITH HER SAME QUESTIONS AND SHE GOT SIMILAR ANSWERS. 23:37 SHE SAID THAT DOESN'T RING WITH WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 23:39 WHY DON'T WE FOLLOW THE BIBLE? 23:41 OH, WE FOLLOW TRADITION OVER THE BIBLE. 23:44 SHE SAID, I WONDER, YOU KNOW THAT CHURCH UP ON THE HILL, THEY WORSHIP ON 23:48 SABBATH. 23:49 I'M GOING TO GO FIND OUT. 23:50 SO SHE WENT UP AND MADE CONTACT WITH BOBBY AND BEGAN TO STUDY THE BIBLE. 23:56 SHE SAID THIS IS RIGHT. 23:58 I WANT TO JOIN. 23:59 SO NOW SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH THERE AND IS A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER AND SHE 24:08 TEACHES A SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS AND SHE GOES AROUND EVERY WEEK ENCOURAGING 24:11 PEOPLE TO COME TO CHURCH ON SABADO. 24:13 WOW. 24:15 SO IT HAS DONE FULL CIRCLE AND SHE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. 24:20 THEIR CHURCH IS JUST A TEMPORARY ONE AND IT'S UP ON A HILL. 24:23 IT WOULD BE A NICE PLACE FOR A CHURCH, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND SINCE I WAS 24:27 THERE E ST MARCH, JUST ABOUT SISIMONTHS AGO, THEY HAVEVEOW P PCHASED A PIECE 24:32 OF PROPERTY NOT ON THIS SPOT AND THEY ARE PLANNING BLD A PERMANENT 24:37 CHURUR THEHE. 24:38 SO THE WORK IS MOVING FORWARD. 24:40 VERY EXCITING FRED. 24:43 AND AS I SAID ATATHE OUTSET I ALWAYS ENJOY SITTING HERE WITH YOU IN 24:49 ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE YOU PRESENT THE PEOPLE. 24:54 WE GET TO KNOW WHO THESE FOLKS ARE AND WHAT GOD IS DOING IN SUCH DRAMATIC 24:59 WAYS TO BRING G E WHOLOLFAMILY TOGOGHER. 25:03 AND I'M PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL FOR THE ACCOUNTS THAT YOU HAVE UPDATED US 25:08 WITH CONCERNING THE SULADS. 25:11 SO DO YOU HAVE PLANS TO GO BACK? 25:14 I PLAN TO GO BACK PROBABLY NEXT JANUARY, BE GONE MAYBE FOR THREE MONTHS. 25:18 THREE MONTHS, NO QUICK TRIPS FOR YOU. 25:21 IT TAKES TWO MONTHS JUST TO GET AROUND TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLACES IN 25:27 THE PHILIPPINES THAT I NEED TO SEE. 25:29 YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. 25:31 I PROBABLY WILL BE WORKING WITH, IN FACT I WILL BE WORKING WITH THE QUIET 25:36 HOUR WITH AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES OUT OF SOUTHERN MINDANAO. 25:40 I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE AND WE USE OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO WORK WITH THEM 25:50 AMINDANAO BROUGUGN 2013A THOUSAND PEOPLEACH WOWOERSTO BAPTISM.OUTHERN 25:53 WE HAVE EIGHT WORKERS THERE. 25:55 THEY BROUGHT A THOUSAND PEOPLE TO BAPTISM THERE FOR THE QUIET HOUR. 25:57 PRAISE THE LORD. 25:59 WELL, WE DO WORK TOGETHER IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO SEE THE KINGDOM 26:07 BUILT T AND GOD'S NAME GLORIFIED. 26:09 WE WANT TO DO THAT. 26:10 I CALL IT SYNERGY. 26:12 SYNERGY, VERY GOOD. 26:14 THAT'S A GOOD 21ST CENTURY WORD. 26:17 RIGHT. 26:18 GOD BLESS YOU FRED. 26:19 THANK YOU. 26:21 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 26:24 D THANK YOU TOO FOR BEING A PART OF TODAY'S PROGRAM BY JOINING US AS 26:33 AS I'VE ALREADY SAID, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRPRERS, YOUR SUPPORT. 26:39 MAYBE YOU'D EVEN LIKE TO 26:39 CONSIDER ADOPTING A WORKER 26:39 FOR FRED WEBB'S SECTION OF 26:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:48 IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT, BE IN TOUCH WITH US. 26:51 THERE'S THE ADDRDRS, THE PHONE NUMBER, EVERYTHING. 26:54 AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT GOD IS GOING TO DO THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:52 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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