OPENING MUSIC. 00:00:00.43\00:00:16.24 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:00:16.28\00:00:18.75 YOU'RE IN TUNE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE WE HAVE WORKERS 00:00:18.78\00:00:22.65 SCATTERED AROUND THE WORLD--SCATTERED, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, PLACED EXACTLY WHERE 00:00:22.68\00:00:28.82 GOD WANTS THEM IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 00:00:28.86\00:00:31.83 TODAY WE'RE INTO A REALLY FASCINATING DISCUSSION ON MINISTRY TO PEOPLE WHO 00:00:31.86\00:00:36.90 CAN'T HEAR VERY WELL. 00:00:39.00\00:00:39.97 IS THAT RIGHT? 00:00:40.00\00:00:42.00 TO DEAF FOLKS? 00:00:42.04\00:00:43.00 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:00:43.04\00:00:43.97 AND WE'RE GOING TO START IN THE PHILIPPINES. 00:00:44.01\00:00:46.01 RIGHT. 00:00:46.04\00:00:47.01 OKAY. 00:00:47.04\00:00:48.54 MY GUESTS ARE DR. FRED WEBB AND JOHN BLAKE AND TAKE ME AWAY 00:00:48.58\00:00:51.21 PLEASE TO THE PHILIPPINES. 00:00:51.25\00:00:53.35 WELL, WE HAVE WORKED FOR THE DEAF IN THE PHILIPPINES AS WELL 00:00:53.38\00:00:58.05 AS EIGHT OTHER COUNTRIES AND DR. FRED WEBB IS IN CHARGE OF MUCH 00:00:58.09\00:01:03.22 OF OUR WORK FOR HEARING AND DEAF IN THE PHILIPPINES AND MY SPECIALTY IS DEAF BUT NOT 00:01:08.03\00:01:13.74 JUST IN THE PHILIPPINES. 00:01:13.77\00:01:15.04 SO IN THE PHILIPPINES WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER VERY CLOSELY. 00:01:15.07\00:01:18.17 YOU KNOW THE LONGER I'M LISTENING TO WHAT THE DIFFERENT 00:01:20.14\00:01:23.75 COUNTRY DIRECTORS DO HERE THE MORE AMAZED I AM AT HOW WELL DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE 00:01:23.78\00:01:28.28 WORK WORK TOGETHER. 00:01:28.32\00:01:29.28 YES. 00:01:29.32\00:01:30.92 SO YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PHILIPPINES AS A COUNTRY. 00:01:30.95\00:01:35.56 RIGHT, ALL OF IT. 00:01:35.59\00:01:36.62 AND HOW MANY WORKERS DO WE HAVE THERE? 00:01:36.66\00:01:38.66 INCLUDING THE FIVE WORKING FOR THE DEAF WE HAVE 74. 00:01:38.69\00:01:41.63 SEVENTY FOUR. 00:01:41.66\00:01:42.90 BUT YOU'VE GOT FIVE THAT WORK SPECIFICALLY FOR DEAF PEOPLE. 00:01:42.93\00:01:45.43 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:01:45.47\00:01:47.17 AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OUR TIME TODAY RIGHT? 00:01:47.20\00:01:49.17 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:01:49.20\00:01:50.17 ALRIGHT. 00:01:50.21\00:01:51.17 SO I DON'T SEE EITHER OF YOU WITH HEARING AIDS. 00:01:51.21\00:01:53.17 NO. 00:01:53.21\00:01:54.54 I GET TO GO OUT AND PUT BATTERIES IN MINE TO BE SURE 00:01:54.58\00:01:59.08 THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING AND HEARING. 00:01:59.11\00:02:00.68 I STILL SOMETIMES WISH I HAD A WAY TO PUT A BATTERY IN MY HEART 00:02:00.72\00:02:05.42 SOMEPLACE AND HEAR AND UNDERSTAND AND THINK FASTER AND 00:02:05.45\00:02:09.29 BETTER. ACTUALLY THERE ARE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 80 AND 200 DIFFERENT SIGN 00:02:09.32\00:02:14.36 LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD. 00:02:18.13\00:02:19.90 DIFFERENT SIGN LANGUAGES? 00:02:19.93\00:02:21.44 YES. 00:02:21.47\00:02:22.44 I WISH IT WAS ALL ONE. 00:02:22.47\00:02:23.97 I'D NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 00:02:24.01\00:02:25.44 AND IN THE PHILIPPINES WE HAVE AN UNUSUAL SITUATION BECAUSE OF 00:02:25.47\00:02:30.31 THE LONG AMERICAN INFLUENCE. 00:02:30.35\00:02:33.92 MOST OF THE PHILIPPINE SIGN LANGUAGE PROBABLY, GIVE OR TAKE 00:02:33.95\00:02:39.35 A BIT, 80 PERCENT IS THE SAME AS AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:02:39.39\00:02:42.52 WE HAD A MAN THERE WITH US, PASTOR JEFF JORDAN FROM THE 00:02:42.56\00:02:49.36 SOUTHERN U.S. AND HE IS A PASTOR FOR THE DEAF. 00:02:49.40\00:02:51.57 THE ONLY ACTIVE CHURCH-PAID PASTOR FOR THE DEAF IN THE 00:02:51.60\00:02:56.20 UNITED STATES. HE WENT WITH US AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT REALLY, BEING DEAF HIMSELF, REALLY 00:02:56.24\00:03:00.54 RELATED WITH THE DEAF PEOPLE. 00:03:00.58\00:03:02.94 HE COULD SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE DEAF WITHOUT AN INTERPRETER. 00:03:07.52\00:03:10.89 USING SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:03:10.92\00:03:13.56 YES. 00:03:13.59\00:03:14.56 OK. 00:03:14.59\00:03:16.16 NOW LATER TODAY ON ANOTHER PROGRAM, OR SUNDAY I GUESS IT IS, WHEN HE AND I WERE 00:03:16.19\00:03:20.66 IN BRAZIL THEIR PORTUGUESE SIGN LANGUAGE WAS COMPLETELY 00:03:25.10\00:03:31.64 DIFFERENT AND HE SPOKE IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:03:31.67\00:03:34.44 I MEAN HE DIDN'T SPEAK HE SIGNED IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:03:34.48\00:03:37.78 HIS WIFE SAT THERE, PUT IT INTO VERBAL ENGLISH, BESIDE HER WAS 00:03:37.81\00:03:43.42 AN INTERPRETER PUTTING IT INTO VERBAL PORTUGUESE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY BESIDE THE 00:03:43.45\00:03:49.92 PASTOR FOR THE DEAF IT WAS PUT INTO PORTUGUESE SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:03:49.96\00:03:54.73 BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT IN THE PHILIPPINES. 00:03:54.73\00:03:56.70 HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE LISTENING IN BRAZIL? 00:03:56.73\00:03:58.87 HOW MANY MEMBERS DID YOU HAVE WHO WERE DEAF? 00:03:58.90\00:04:00.94 WELL, IN THAT PARTICULAR SETTING IT WAS JUST A SMALL GROUP BUT IT 00:04:00.97\00:04:04.57 WAS GOING OVER THE INTERNET IN A WEEK OF PRAYER. 00:04:04.61\00:04:07.88 THAT'S FASCINATING. 00:04:07.91\00:04:09.41 I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO 00:04:09.44\00:04:13.31 HAVE TO DO THAT. IT'S LIKE THE SIMPLE SIGN LANGUAGE IN THE AMERICAN WEST WITH THE DIFFERENT 00:04:13.35\00:04:18.82 TRIBES. 00:04:18.85\00:04:19.82 THEY COULD COMMUNICATE. 00:04:19.85\00:04:20.82 IS THAT ENGLISH SIGN LANGUAGE? 00:04:20.86\00:04:22.76 I CAN'T ANSWER THAT ONE. 00:04:22.79\00:04:26.63 I DON'T KNOW EITHER. 00:04:26.66\00:04:27.96 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO RESEARCH A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS NOW. 00:04:27.96\00:04:29.70 IF IT WAS BETWEEN TRIBES I WOULD SAY NO BECAUSE AMERICAN SIGN 00:04:29.73\00:04:35.40 LANGUAGE ACTUALLY CAME ORIGINALLY FROM FRANCE. 00:04:35.44\00:04:39.07 IT HAS ADAPTED AND CHANGED JUST LIKE ANY LANGUAGE DOES SINCE IT 00:04:41.44\00:04:47.98 CAME FROM FRANCE. 00:04:48.02\00:04:49.55 GALLAUDET WAS THE MAN WHO WENT TO FRANCE AND LEARNED SIGN LANGUAGE AND THEN HE 00:04:49.58\00:04:51.02 BROUGHT LAURENT CLERC WITH HIM BACK WHO IS FROM FRANCE AND 00:04:51.05\00:04:56.06 THAT'S HOW AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE STARTED. 00:05:03.37\00:05:06.17 REALLY IT'S FRENCH SIGN LANGUAGE BUT IT'S OF COURSE NOT THE SAME 00:05:06.20\00:05:10.07 TODAY ALTHOUGH THERE WOULD BE QUITE A BIT OF PARALLEL. 00:05:10.11\00:05:12.71 QUITE A BIT OF SIMILARITY I WOULD GUESS. 00:05:12.74\00:05:14.71 AND IN MANILA AND IN THE PHILIPPINES BECAUSE OF THE AMERICAN PRESENCE SOMEBODY 00:05:14.74\00:05:19.38 BROUGHT THAT THEN TO THE ISLANDS. 00:05:19.41\00:05:21.38 BUT THERE IS SOME-I MEAN HE HAS TO LEARN A FEW ADAPTATIONS. 00:05:21.42\00:05:28.06 OH YES, I'M SURE. 00:05:28.09\00:05:29.19 WELL, YES IT HAS EVOLVED THERE A BIT ALSO. 00:05:29.22\00:05:32.13 YES. 00:05:32.16\00:05:33.90 SO IN THE PHILIPPINES WHERE YOU HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 00:05:33.93\00:05:38.03 SOME OF THEM FOCUS JUST ON DEAF PEOPLE? 00:05:38.07\00:05:40.00 FIVE PEOPLE, FIVE WORKERS ONLY FOR DEAF. 00:05:40.04\00:05:43.67 IN THE BIG CITY OR IN THE COUNTRY SIDE? 00:05:43.71\00:05:45.67 WE HAVE TWO IN MANILA THAT HAVE NOW BEEN WORKING WITH A NUMBER 00:05:45.71\00:05:51.28 OF PEOPLE THERE. WHEN THEY STARTED, WHAT WAS IT FOUR YEARS AGO FIVE YEARS AGO, I THINK WE 00:05:51.31\00:05:55.45 HAD FOUR ADVENTISTS INVOLVED WITH IT. 00:05:55.48\00:06:00.39 THE REST OF THEM WERE NONADVENTISTS. 00:06:00.42\00:06:02.36 THEY COME TO THE CHURCH. 00:06:02.39\00:06:03.73 THEY GET THE SABBATH SCHOOL, THEY GET THE CHURCH THEN THE 00:06:03.76\00:06:05.36 CHURCH FEEDS THEM AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER BIBLE 00:06:05.39\00:06:07.36 STUDY. SO THEY GET-THEY GET THREE GOOD NO FOUR GOOD MEALS. 00:06:07.40\00:06:09.33 RIGHT. 00:06:09.36\00:06:11.43 THREE SPIRITUAL ONE PHYSICAL. 00:06:19.81\00:06:21.31 BUT THAT HAS GROWN NOW TO WHERE THERE ARE OVER 150 PEOPLE COMING 00:06:21.34\00:06:26.25 ALMOST EVERY WEEK AND THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE NOW THAT ARE, I THINK THEY SAID 40, 00:06:26.28\00:06:31.69 ABOUT 35 OR 40 ARE BAPTIZED NOW. 00:06:31.72\00:06:35.39 IN THE FULLY ACTIVE PASTORAL TEAM IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE 00:06:35.42\00:06:42.33 THERE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH DEAF ALSO OR IS THAT A UNIQUE GOSPEL 00:06:42.36\00:06:46.37 OUTREACH PROGRAM? IT'S JUST A GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM EXCEPT FOR ONE AREA BUT THE LOCAL 00:06:48.34\00:06:52.77 CHURCH PARTICULARLY THE PASSI CITY CHURCH HAS BEEN VERY VERY 00:06:52.81\00:06:58.85 SUPPORTIVE AND THEY GIVE THEM A SPOT UP IN THE FRONT SO THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR THING AND 00:06:58.88\00:07:03.72 THEN IT'S THE CHURCH THAT PROVIDES THE MEAL FOR THEM. 00:07:03.75\00:07:07.66 YOU KNOW JUST SITTING HERE THINKING AND LISTENING TO YOU, I DID AN EVANGELISTIC 00:07:07.69\00:07:10.63 CAMPAIGN ONE TIME IN BUDAPEST AND THAT'S WHERE THE LADY IN 00:07:10.66\00:07:15.53 FRONT WHO WAS DOING THE SIGN LANGUAGE, AT THE END SHE CAME AND SHE JUST TALKED TO ME AND 00:07:15.56\00:07:21.44 SHE TRIED TO TALK IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SIGN LANGUAGE AT THE 00:07:21.47\00:07:26.44 SAME TIME TO SAY HOW MUCH FUN IT HAD BEEN TRYING TO KEEP UP. 00:07:26.47\00:07:30.55 IT MUST BE KIND OF THAT WAY. 00:07:30.58\00:07:32.48 WELL, JUST ABOUT NOW WE ARE COMPLETING AN AMERICAN SIGN 00:07:32.51\00:07:37.59 LANGUAGE STORY OF JESUS' LIFE. 00:07:41.99\00:07:44.06 I THINK YESTERDAY OR TODAY. 00:07:45.29\00:07:47.46 HOW DO YOU MEAN THAT, IN VIDEO? 00:07:47.50\00:07:49.63 YES IN VIDEO. 00:07:49.66\00:07:51.80 I WROTE THE SCRIPT BUT I'M UNFORTUNATELY NOT A GOOD QUALITY 00:07:51.83\00:07:58.27 SIGNER. MY WIFE IS MUCH BETTER AT IT. 00:07:58.31\00:08:00.21 BUT WE DID GET TWO PEOPLE TO WORK WITH THAT PRODUCTION WHO 00:08:00.24\00:08:05.35 HAVE DEAF PARENTS. 00:08:05.38\00:08:06.75 OH MY YES. 00:08:06.78\00:08:07.75 THEY KNEW HOW TO DO THE SIGNING REALLY WELL. 00:08:07.78\00:08:10.62 OH YES. 00:08:10.65\00:08:12.05 BUT THE MAN WHO DID MOST OF IT, WE RECORDED HIM AHEAD SO THAT WE 00:08:12.09\00:08:18.56 WOULD PLAY HIS RECORDING AND HE WOULD SIGN WITH HIS RECORDING. 00:08:18.59\00:08:20.66 BUT WHEN IT CAME TO ACTUALLY PLAYING THE RECORDING HE 00:08:25.37\00:08:29.74 COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH HIS VOICE. 00:08:29.77\00:08:30.91 OH REALLY. 00:08:30.94\00:08:32.44 SO I SAT IN THE BACK OF THE CHURCH WITH THE SCRIPT AND I 00:08:32.47\00:08:38.45 KEPT READING THE SCRIPT AND WE HAD TO RETAKE EVERYONE OF THE 700 PICTURES PROBABLY TWO OR 00:08:38.48\00:08:43.99 THREE TIMES FOR HIM TO BE SATISFIED THAT HE WAS RIGHT. 00:08:44.02\00:08:48.76 AND THEN THE OTHER SIGNER WHO HAD DONE THE INTRODUCTIONS, SHE 00:08:48.79\00:08:54.73 SAT MUCH OF THE TIME, BASICALLY SHE WAS THE AUDIENCE, AND WHEN 00:08:54.76\00:08:59.83 HE GOT STUCK WE WOULD STOP AND SOMETIMES HE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT NOW HOW IS THIS 00:09:03.67\00:09:08.74 AND THEY'D DISCUSS NOW WHAT SHOULD I DO BECAUSE AMERICAN 00:09:10.81\00:09:15.85 SIGN LANGUAGE IS NOT A WORD FOR WORD EXACT ENGLISH. 00:09:15.88\00:09:18.72 IT'S CONCEPT AND HE HAD TO STOP AND THINK NOW HOW AM I GOING TO 00:09:18.75\00:09:23.83 START THIS AND THEN, OK, THEN WE GO. 00:09:27.20\00:09:28.73 OK, SO GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING THIS KIND OF WORK TO MAKE SURE 00:09:28.76\00:09:33.97 THAT DEAF PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND JESUS. 00:09:34.00\00:09:35.44 ACTUALLY I WEAR TWO HATS. 00:09:35.47\00:09:37.61 OH YOU DO, WELL YOU DON'T HAVE EITHER ONE TODAY. 00:09:37.64\00:09:40.58 BOTH YOU AND I HAVE THE SAME HAIR STYLE. 00:09:40.61\00:09:43.35 I'M THE DEAF MINISTRY DIRECTOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT ALSO FOR 00:09:43.38\00:09:48.15 THE ALBERTA CONFERENCE. 00:09:48.18\00:09:49.72 AND THAT PARTICULAR PART, THE PROJECT OF JESUS' LIFE STORY, 00:09:49.75\00:09:54.56 OUR WORKERS WILL USE IT BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A PRODUCTION OF THE ALBERTA CONFERENCE. 00:09:58.03\00:10:02.56 IF THERE'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED WORKING HERE IN THE 00:10:02.60\00:10:07.24 GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICES THE LAST FEW DAYS IS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A PARTICIPATORY MINISTRY. 00:10:07.27\00:10:13.24 YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ALONE. 00:10:13.27\00:10:15.94 YOU'RE WORKING WITH ALBERTA, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE 00:10:15.98\00:10:18.61 PHILIPPINE UNION. YOU'RE JUST CONSTANTLY BUSY HELPING AUGMENT WHAT'S ALREADY GOING ON. 00:10:18.65\00:10:23.72 NOT ONLY THAT BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME PICTURES IN A 00:10:26.79\00:10:30.59 MOMENT AND THE DEAF SCHOOL THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY A CANADIAN ORGANIZATION, A 00:10:30.63\00:10:35.70 BETTER WORLD, HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH THAT PARTICULAR 00:10:35.73\00:10:40.87 PROJECT. WHAT YOU SAID IS REALLY TRUE. 00:10:40.90\00:10:43.34 AND THE ONES OPERATING THE SCHOOL IS THE SULADS WHICH IS A 00:10:43.37\00:10:47.28 STUDENT MISSIONARY PROGRAM. 00:10:47.31\00:10:48.28 IT NEVER STOPS DOES IT. 00:10:48.31\00:10:49.98 NO. 00:10:50.01\00:10:51.35 BUT THAT'S THE THING THAT'S SO WONDERFUL TO ME ABOUT GOD'S 00:10:51.38\00:10:54.15 WORK. THE SYNERGY. 00:10:54.18\00:10:55.15 ALWAYS, ALWAYS. 00:10:55.18\00:10:56.62 AND TO ACCEPT THAT SOMEBODY ELSE PROBABLY HAS A BETTER IDEA, SO 00:10:56.65\00:11:01.16 LISTEN. RIGHT. 00:11:01.19\00:11:02.16 I LOVE IT. 00:11:02.19\00:11:03.16 SHOW US SOME PICTURES. 00:11:03.19\00:11:04.16 OK. 00:11:04.19\00:11:05.16 WE'LL WATCH THE VIDEO FIRST. 00:11:05.19\00:11:06.16 OH MY. 00:11:06.19\00:11:07.60 THIS IS SHIARD WHO IS OUR WORKER ON THE RIGHT AND THESE ARE TWO 00:11:07.66\00:11:13.57 OF HER HELPERS ON THE LEFT AND I BELIEVE BOTH OF THEM ARE DEAF 00:11:13.60\00:11:18.31 BECAUSE THE OTHER SISTER, YOU SEE HER RIGHT THERE, SHE IS KEEPING THEM WITH THE MUSIC. 00:11:18.34\00:11:24.15 THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW HER BECAUSE THEY ARE DEAF. 00:11:24.18\00:11:28.98 THIS IS A HEARING AUDIENCE AND RIGHT BEHIND THERE ARE DEAF. 00:11:29.02\00:11:32.19 NOW THIS IS A LITTLE PLAY AND JUST WATCH IT. 00:11:32.22\00:11:38.79 YOU CAN SORT OF GET THE IDEA. 00:11:38.83\00:11:40.36 HE'S HOLDING A COMPUTER THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GRAB 00:11:40.40\00:11:44.87 THE COMPUTER AND RUN. 00:11:44.90\00:11:46.97 THIS WAS PART OF THE PLAY AND THIS WAS FOR THE HEARING CHURCH. 00:11:52.57\00:11:57.85 NOW WE'RE AT THE DEAF SCHOOL. 00:11:57.88\00:11:59.38 THIS IS ONE OF THE GIRLS AT THE DEAF SCHOOL. 00:11:59.41\00:12:04.32 SHE IS I THINK SIGNING A POEM THERE. 00:12:04.35\00:12:07.72 IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY YOU WERE THERE. 00:12:07.76\00:12:09.72 YES THAT WAS THE POEM. 00:12:09.76\00:12:12.73 THIS IS THE OFFICIAL GROUND BREAKING FOR A NEW DORMITORY AT 00:12:12.76\00:12:19.43 THE SCHOOL. THEY BADLY NEED MORE ROOM. 00:12:19.47\00:12:21.17 THIS WAS THE KITCHEN AND WE WERE GETTING READY TO BE FED. 00:12:21.20\00:12:26.11 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF US AS GUESTS. 00:12:26.14\00:12:29.41 YOU CAN SEE FRED THERE. 00:12:29.44\00:12:33.88 THIS IS DARYL FAMISARAN. 00:12:33.92\00:12:34.95 HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL. 00:12:34.98\00:12:36.95 NOW THIS IS THE YOUNG MAN FROM THE UNITED STATES, JEFF JORDAN, 00:12:36.99\00:12:42.62 AND THIS WAS A SERMON THAT HE PREACHED THAT MADE QUITE AN IMPRESSION ON SOME OF THE 00:12:42.66\00:12:45.79 DEAF. 00:12:45.83\00:12:47.23 IN FACT THERE WAS ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WATCHING WHO DECIDED TO 00:12:47.30\00:12:50.43 COME TO THE SCHOOL AT THE END OF THAT SERMON. 00:12:50.47\00:12:54.27 OK, HERE IS SOME MUSIC GOING ON AND THE AUDIENCE IS SIGNING AND 00:12:54.30\00:12:59.37 THIS IS A DEAF AUDIENCE. 00:13:03.38\00:13:04.25 MOST EVERYBODY IN THAT AUDIENCE IS DEAF. 00:13:04.28\00:13:09.32 AND THEY'RE ALL SINGING. 00:13:09.35\00:13:10.29 THIS IS CONGREGATIONAL MUSIC. 00:13:10.32\00:13:11.39 YES. 00:13:11.42\00:13:12.92 THIS IS THE BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE TO GO ACROSS TO GET TO THE DEAF 00:13:12.95\00:13:16.56 SCHOOL. WE HAVE TO HIKE ABOUT A KILOMETER, TWO OF THESE BRIDGES. 00:13:16.59\00:13:21.06 THIS IS A YOUNG MAN WHO WASN'T IN THE GENERAL BAPTISM OF THE 12 00:13:21.10\00:13:26.97 TWO DAYS BEFORE AND SO THEY MADE A LITTLE DAM THERE AND GOT THE WATER JUST DEEP ENOUGH 00:13:27.00\00:13:31.91 SO HE COULD GET BAPTIZED. 00:13:31.94\00:13:33.34 HOW AWESOME. 00:13:33.38\00:13:34.31 THAT'S THE DEAF PASTOR AND DEAF NEW MEMBER. 00:13:34.34\00:13:36.34 HERE HE IS KIND OF RECEIVING THE RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP WE 00:13:36.38\00:13:38.31 MIGHT SAY AND SO ON. 00:13:38.35\00:13:39.31 THE RIGHT HUG OF FELLOWSHIP. 00:13:39.35\00:13:40.32 HE HAD A TEAR IN HIS EYE THERE. 00:13:40.35\00:13:41.32 YOU SEE HIM WIPING IT. 00:13:41.35\00:13:44.69 I SEE THAT, YES. 00:13:44.72\00:13:51.33 NOW THIS IS JEFF JORDAN AND HE HAS REALLY GOT THE ATTENTION OF 00:13:51.36\00:13:55.73 THOSE DEAF. YOU CAN SEE HOW DYNAMIC HE IS IN HIS PREACHING. 00:13:55.76\00:13:59.13 I'VE HAD PEOPLE TELL ME THAT I CAN'T TALK WITHOUT MY HANDS AND 00:13:59.17\00:14:02.87 THERE'S A MAN WHO REALLY CAN'T TALK WITHOUT HIS HANDS. 00:14:02.90\00:14:05.61 HE REALLY TALKS WITH HIS HANDS. 00:14:05.64\00:14:08.14 LOVE IT. 00:14:08.18\00:14:09.14 AND HE WAS NOT VOICING AT ALL. 00:14:09.18\00:14:11.98 NO, BUT LOOK AT THE ENERGY. 00:14:12.01\00:14:14.52 OH YES, YES. 00:14:14.55\00:14:15.78 HOW PLEASANT. 00:14:15.82\00:14:16.85 AND IT JUST RAISES ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS FOR ME. 00:14:16.89\00:14:20.66 WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THE GOSPEL AND YOU 00:14:20.69\00:14:24.23 DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE HEARD YOU HAVE TO LEARN WAYS TO DO THAT, AND YOU BASICALLY 00:14:24.26\00:14:28.80 HAVE THE WRITTEN WORD AND SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:14:28.83\00:14:35.67 WHAT OTHER TECHNOLOGIES ARE VALUABLE OR BEING USED IN THIS 00:14:35.70\00:14:40.71 AREA? WELL OF COURSE WHAT YOU HAVE HERE. 00:14:40.74\00:14:42.71 MY PHONE? 00:14:42.74\00:14:43.71 YES, THAT'S A CONSTANT PRESENCE. 00:14:43.75\00:14:45.71 THE DEAF ARE USING TEXTING WHICH OF COURSE HEARING PEOPLE ARE 00:14:45.75\00:14:51.39 USING BUT IT'S BEING A FABULOUS HELP TO THE DEAF WORLD NOW BECAUSE TEXTING IS USED ALL OVER 00:14:51.42\00:14:55.46 THE WORLD AND IT'S CHEAPER THAN VOICE USUALLY. 00:14:55.49\00:14:57.49 THEN THINGS LIKE FACETIME OR, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF THE 00:14:57.53\00:15:02.63 OTHER ONE. BUT ONE OF THE APPS THAT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO SEE 00:15:07.87\00:15:10.31 EACH OTHER. YES. 00:15:10.34\00:15:11.54 AND THAT IS FABULOUS BECAUSE THEY CAN SIGN BACK AND FORTH. 00:15:11.57\00:15:13.94 IN THE UNITED STATES THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL VIDEO RELAY. 00:15:13.98\00:15:18.01 YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE CORNER AND MY DEAF DAUGHTER, YOU SEE 00:15:18.05\00:15:20.58 THE INTERPRETER AND I WOULD SEE MY-ANYWAY IT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY 00:15:20.62\00:15:25.69 OUT SO THAT YOU CAN TALK WITH OTHERS. 00:15:31.36\00:15:36.36 ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT THERE'S AN APP THAT I CAN OPEN ON HERE 00:15:40.20\00:15:46.34 WHERE I CAN SPEAK ENGLISH AND IT WILL TRANSLATE IT INTO SIGN 00:15:46.37\00:15:50.15 LANGUAGE FOR ME? NOT REALLY BUT IF YOU WERE TO TALK TO MY DEAF DAUGHTER FOR INSTANCE YOU 00:15:50.18\00:15:54.08 COULD GO THROUGH A VOICE INTERPRETER TO TALK TO HER. 00:15:54.12\00:15:59.19 I DO THAT OCCASIONALLY TO MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE I'M NOT THE 00:16:03.19\00:16:08.10 WORLDS BEST SIGNER UNFORTUNATELY. 00:16:08.13\00:16:09.56 AND SHE WILL SEE THE INTERPRETER AND I TALK TO THE INTERPRETER 00:16:09.60\00:16:14.20 AND THE INTERPRETER GOES BOTH WAYS. 00:16:16.20\00:16:17.91 THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 00:16:17.94\00:16:18.91 YES. 00:16:18.94\00:16:19.97 YOU JUST ANSWERED A QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK. 00:16:20.01\00:16:21.91 WHY DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN THIS? 00:16:21.94\00:16:23.91 BECAUSE OF OUR DEAF DAUGHTER AND WE FEEL A CALL TO MINISTRY TO 00:16:23.95\00:16:27.75 THE DEAF BECAUSE OF OUR DEAF DAUGHTER. 00:16:27.78\00:16:29.75 HOW OLD IS SHE NOW? 00:16:29.78\00:16:30.79 ABOUT 47. 00:16:30.82\00:16:31.79 SO YOU HAVE DONE THIS ALL YOUR LIFE. 00:16:31.82\00:16:35.59 WELL, NOT ALL MY LIFE OBVIOUSLY BUT FOR MANY YEARS. 00:16:35.62\00:16:38.93 BUT MY WIFE BECAME A TEACHER OF THE DEAF SO THAT SHE COULD TEACH 00:16:38.96\00:16:44.00 OUR DEAF DAUGHTER AND WE ADOPTED EVENTUALLY A DEAF BOY BUT TOOK 00:16:44.03\00:16:49.30 HIM BEFORE WE ADOPTED HIM. 00:16:49.34\00:16:50.31 AND WE HAVE SOME SLIDES. 00:16:50.34\00:16:51.94 OK. 00:16:51.97\00:16:52.94 WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THOSE. 00:16:52.97\00:16:54.44 THIS IS THE DEAF GROUP, PART OF THEM, IN THE YOU CAN SEE PASSI 00:16:54.48\00:16:59.51 CITY CHURCH THERE. 00:17:04.79\00:17:06.32 THE WORLD DIRECTOR FOR DEAF MINISTRIES, DR. LARRY EVANS, IS 00:17:06.35\00:17:08.52 IN THE CENTER OF THE CLASS WITH JEFF JORDAN BESIDE HIM. 00:17:08.56\00:17:11.49 I WASN'T THERE YET. 00:17:11.53\00:17:14.20 YOU WEREN'T THERE YET. 00:17:14.20\00:17:16.83 OK. 00:17:16.87\00:17:17.70 THE NEXT PICTURE IS IN THE AFTERNOON. 00:17:17.73\00:17:23.97 YOU TALKED ABOUT THE AFTERNOON. 00:17:24.01\00:17:25.61 THIS IS THE BIBLE STUDY AFTER THE POTLUCK. 00:17:25.64\00:17:27.94 IT WAS SPECIAL THAT DAY BUT THIS IS A DEAF GROUP IN PASSI CITY. 00:17:27.98\00:17:33.05 HOW DO DEAF PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT THE DEAF MINISTRY? 00:17:36.52\00:17:42.49 HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE? 00:17:42.52\00:17:43.49 HOW DO WE MARKET? 00:17:43.53\00:17:44.49 A GREAT DEAL OF IT IS FRIENDS. 00:17:44.53\00:17:47.46 HAND TO HAND. 00:17:47.50\00:17:49.00 BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL THE DEAF PEOPLE ARE--THE 00:17:49.03\00:17:53.54 DEAF HAVE KIND OF A NETWORK BETWEEN THEM. 00:17:57.51\00:17:58.91 YES, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WORLD THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN AND 00:17:58.94\00:18:01.61 TALKING IN. YES. 00:18:01.64\00:18:03.18 AND YOU CAN, ONCE YOU GET NAMES AND ADDRESSES AND SO ON, YOU CAN 00:18:03.21\00:18:05.98 COMMUNICATE THROUGH THAT. 00:18:06.01\00:18:07.52 BUT IN THE CITY OF MANILA, WHICH IS A HUGE CITY, OBVIOUSLY YOU 00:18:07.55\00:18:13.12 HAVE TO TRY AND REACH ALL THE DEAF BUT IT'S INTERESTING. 00:18:13.15\00:18:16.56 OK, THIS IS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY WERE WORKING HERE. 00:18:16.59\00:18:21.20 LYCHEL THERE ON THE LEFT IS WORKING HERE WITH SOME OF HER 00:18:21.23\00:18:25.90 VOLUNTEERS. SOME OF THEM MAY BE DEAF. 00:18:25.93\00:18:28.00 SOME OF THEM ARE HEARING. 00:18:28.04\00:18:29.84 YOU SAID LYCHEL ON THE LEFT. 00:18:29.87\00:18:30.94 AND SHE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER? 00:18:30.97\00:18:33.84 SHE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HER DEAF SISTER IS AS WELL. 00:18:33.88\00:18:39.25 SHE IS HEARING BUT HER SISTER IS DEAF. 00:18:39.28\00:18:42.58 OK. 00:18:42.62\00:18:43.55 AND THIS IS OUR WORKER IN CAGAYAN DE ORO. 00:18:43.59\00:18:46.09 YES. 00:18:46.12\00:18:48.16 HE NEEDED TO GET THAT STRAIGHT BECAUSE HE WORKS WITH IT ALL THE 00:18:48.19\00:18:51.26 TIME. AND THIS MAN IS HARD OF HEARING AND HIS WIFE IS DEAF AND 00:18:51.29\00:18:56.87 HE IS A NEW WORKER IN THAT AREA AND HAS BEEN A REAL HELP TO THE 00:18:56.90\00:19:01.50 WORK SO FAR. HIS NAME IS SUNNY AND IT'S S-U-N-N-Y. 00:19:01.54\00:19:07.24 WOW, PERFECT. 00:19:07.28\00:19:08.61 IF YOU LOOK IN THE DISTANCE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE WHITE BUILDING 00:19:08.64\00:19:11.88 AT THE BOTTOM AND THIS IS OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MINDANAO AND 00:19:11.91\00:19:17.49 THAT'S WHERE THE DEAF SCHOOL IS ONE KILOMETER PAST THE ROAD. 00:19:17.52\00:19:21.09 SO WE HAVE TO HIKE IN THERE. 00:19:21.12\00:19:22.76 SO THIS IS REALLY A KILOMETER BEYOND RESUME SPEED. 00:19:22.79\00:19:28.36 THIS IS NO WHERE. 00:19:28.40\00:19:29.36 IT'S BEYOND THE END OF THE ROAD. 00:19:29.40\00:19:31.37 YES, BUT IT'S EVERYWHERE. 00:19:31.40\00:19:33.10 AND ALL THE CONCRETE, SINCE THERE ARE NO READY MIX TRUCKS 00:19:33.13\00:19:36.44 AND THERE'S NO ROAD GOING IN THERE, THE CONCRETE BAGS COME IN ON THE BACKS OF WATER 00:19:36.47\00:19:40.64 BUFFALO. 00:19:40.68\00:19:41.64 YES, CARABAO. 00:19:41.68\00:19:42.51 OK, THAT'S HOW YOU WALK TO GET THERE? 00:19:42.54\00:19:46.15 WE HAVE TO GO OVER THE RIVER TWICE AND TWO OF THESE BRIDGES. 00:19:46.18\00:19:50.89 IT WASN'T REALLY SCARY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THREE OR FOUR-IT'S 00:19:50.92\00:19:56.19 MUCH BETTER NOW. THE FIRST TIME I WENT OUT THERE THAT BRIDGE WAS TEN YEARS OLD AND YOU KNOW 00:19:56.22\00:19:59.93 WHAT HAPPENS TO BAMBOO. 00:19:59.96\00:20:00.90 BAMBOO GETS A LITTLE SLIPPERY, YES IT DOES. 00:20:00.93\00:20:05.27 HERE IS THE SCHOOL. 00:20:05.30\00:20:07.20 THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IS THE BOTTOM BUILDING. 00:20:07.24\00:20:09.47 THEN THE DORMITORY AND THE KITCHEN ARE THE UPPER AND THEN THERE'S A VERY NICE 00:20:09.50\00:20:14.18 AS WE MIGHT SAY OUTHOUSE WITH ACTUALLY A FLUSH TOILET. 00:20:14.21\00:20:18.41 ONE FOR MEN AND ONE FOR LADIES AND THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN WATER 00:20:18.45\00:20:24.62 SYSTEM WITH A BIG TANK UP THE HILL AND THE WATER RUNNING BY 00:20:24.65\00:20:28.79 GRAVITY DOWN. SO THEY HAVE A SHOWER. 00:20:28.82\00:20:30.16 AWESOME. 00:20:30.19\00:20:31.76 A POP BOTTLE WITH HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF IT. 00:20:31.79\00:20:34.46 THAT'S THE SHOWER. 00:20:34.46\00:20:35.60 YES. 00:20:35.63\00:20:36.97 I'VE BEEN THERE-DIFFERENT PLACE. 00:20:37.00\00:20:39.17 THIS IS A LITTLE GIRL THAT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S TEACHING ONE OF THE 00:20:39.20\00:20:44.07 OLDER STUDENTS THE FINGER SPELLING WHICH ACTUALLY IS AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:20:44.11\00:20:50.78 SHE'S TEACHING THAT. 00:20:50.81\00:20:52.68 IS THIS PRIMARY SECONDARY? 00:20:52.71\00:20:54.68 PRIMARY. 00:20:54.72\00:20:56.15 SHE IS THE YOUNGEST STUDENT I THINK AT 11 AND THEY HAVE ONE 40 00:20:56.18\00:21:00.99 YEAR-OLD STUDENT AND ONE 47 YEAR-OLD STUDENT. 00:21:01.02\00:21:03.56 ALL IN GRADES ONE AND TWO. 00:21:03.59\00:21:04.69 AMAZING. 00:21:04.73\00:21:06.16 THIS IS DARYL TEACHING AND SOMEBODY IS TALKING WITH HIM 00:21:06.19\00:21:11.07 THERE IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 00:21:11.10\00:21:12.40 THIS IS IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION, CLASSROOM AND LIBRARY ALL IN ONE 00:21:12.43\00:21:16.77 BUILDING. 00:21:16.81\00:21:19.71 THE GIRLS HAVE A VERY CONDENSED DORMITORY. 00:21:19.74\00:21:22.44 THERE ARE FOUR GIRLS IN THIS LITTLE ROOM. 00:21:22.48\00:21:24.71 ALL DEAF. 00:21:24.75\00:21:26.05 BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S NICE AND NEAT AND CLEAN. 00:21:26.08\00:21:28.35 I HAVE FINALLY SEEN A DORMITORY WHERE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU 00:21:30.39\00:21:33.46 SNORE. OK, AND THE BOY'S DORMITORY IS A LITTLE MORE ROUGH 00:21:36.86\00:21:40.80 AND READY. I SEE THAT BUT IT'S BAMBOO SO IT'S GOOD. 00:21:40.83\00:21:43.20 WE BADLY NEED-LAST YEAR THERE WERE SEVEN STUDENTS AND THIS 00:21:45.90\00:21:51.27 YEAR THERE ARE NOW 24. 00:21:51.31\00:21:52.77 DARYL FINDS IT HARD TO SAY NO TO STUDENTS-I WOULD GUESS SO-TO 00:21:52.81\00:21:56.61 STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUCH A GREAT NEED. 00:21:56.64\00:21:57.78 BUT WHERE DO YOU FIND ROOM FOR 24? 00:21:57.81\00:21:59.95 WELL THEY KEEP TUCKING THEM IN. 00:22:00.05\00:22:01.85 THAT'S THE REASON THEY HAVE THIS UP IN THE BARN. 00:22:01.88\00:22:05.69 FASCINATING. 00:22:05.72\00:22:06.69 HERE ARE SOME OF THE STUDENTS. 00:22:06.72\00:22:08.66 ONE OF THE THINGS THEY GROW ON THE FARM IS CORN AND THEY ARE 00:22:08.69\00:22:14.40 TAKING THE KERNELS OFF THE CORN AND THAT'S THEIR ASSIGNMENT FOR 00:22:14.46\00:22:18.13 THAT MORNING. HERE SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE SIGNING. 00:22:18.17\00:22:23.74 ACTUALLY THAT ONE I'M NOT SURE, YES I THINK THAT WAS THE DAY WE 00:22:23.77\00:22:27.61 GOT THERE. THAT WAS THE WELCOME I THINK. 00:22:27.64\00:22:29.11 THEY WERE PERFORMING FOR US AND YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE SIGN 00:22:29.14\00:22:32.31 LANGUAGE ON THE BACK OF THEIR T-SHIRTS. 00:22:32.35\00:22:35.75 SO FRED, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT STUDENT MISSIONARIES ARE THERE 00:22:35.78\00:22:39.75 STUDENT MISSIONARIES THAT ACTUALLY GO TO WORK AT THIS 00:22:39.79\00:22:43.02 SCHOOL NOW? WE HAVE TWO YOUNG LADIES THAT HAVE JUST STARTED THERE THAT HAVE JUST NOW 00:22:43.06\00:22:46.59 BEEN TAKEN IN AS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 00:22:46.63\00:22:49.76 ONE OF THEM IS A STUDENT. 00:22:49.80\00:22:51.30 THE OTHER ONE HAS FINISHED AND SHE IS CERTIFIED IN SIGN LANGUAGE, NOT AS AN 00:22:51.33\00:22:55.97 INTERPRETER YET. 00:22:58.01\00:22:59.77 SHE HAS THE PROPER QUALIFICATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN 00:22:59.81\00:23:03.61 BE CERTIFIED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS AN OFFICIAL SCHOOL. 00:23:03.65\00:23:06.21 THAT'S GOOD. 00:23:06.25\00:23:07.88 ARE THESE STUDENT MISSIONARIES FROM CANADA, UNITED STATES OR 00:23:07.92\00:23:10.32 PHILIPPINES? 00:23:10.35\00:23:11.29 NO, NO, PHILIPPINES. 00:23:11.32\00:23:12.29 PHILIPPINES. 00:23:12.32\00:23:13.79 NOW THAT'S COOL IF YOU CAN GET STUDENT MISSIONARIES FROM YOUR 00:23:13.82\00:23:16.06 OWN COUNTRY TO GO AND TEACH IN A DEAF SCHOOL. 00:23:16.09\00:23:19.19 IT WORKS. 00:23:19.23\00:23:20.96 WE HAVE A FEW MORE PICTURES HERE. 00:23:20.96\00:23:22.93 OK. 00:23:22.96\00:23:23.90 THIS IS THE STUDENT BODY PLUS SOME VISITORS. 00:23:23.93\00:23:27.54 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL? 00:23:27.57\00:23:28.80 IT SAYS SULADS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF . 00:23:28.84\00:23:30.54 SULADS. 00:23:30.57\00:23:32.11 SULADS WORK FOR THE TRIBAL PEOPLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SULADS IS A WORD IN 00:23:32.14\00:23:35.64 THE TRIBAL LANGUAGE THAT MEANS BROTHERS OR SISTERS. 00:23:35.68\00:23:38.15 OH, THAT'S AWESOME. 00:23:38.18\00:23:39.61 NOW NOT ALL OF THOSE ARE STUDENTS BUT 24 OF THEM ARE STUDENTS AND MOST OF 00:23:39.65\00:23:43.28 THEM WORK RIGHT THERE PLUS SOME VISITORS. 00:23:43.32\00:23:45.45 THE FRONT ROW THERE ARE THE 12 THAT WERE BAPTIZED WHILE WE WERE 00:23:45.49\00:23:50.56 THERE SO NOW IT'S FOUR FROM BEFORE AND NOW 12 AND THEN THE ONE WE SAW IN THE MOVIE SO 17 00:23:53.19\00:23:58.23 OUT OF 24 ARE NOW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 00:24:02.10\00:24:04.64 SO THIS IS WONDERFUL. 00:24:04.67\00:24:05.67 THEY STARTED WITH ZERO. 00:24:05.71\00:24:06.71 THAT IS WHAT A REALLY PRODUCTIVE MINISTRY IS. 00:24:06.74\00:24:08.81 MY LANDS. 00:24:08.84\00:24:09.81 AND THIS IS A GROUNDBREAKING. 00:24:09.84\00:24:14.88 THEY BADLY NEED, AND WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE SOME MONEY IN CANADA THROUGH A BETTER 00:24:14.92\00:24:19.25 WORLD AND SO ON, TO HELP BUILD THIS SCHOOL WHICH OF COURSE IS 00:24:19.29\00:24:24.33 VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART. 00:24:26.76\00:24:28.20 IF I WERE TO GO TO THE PHILIPPINES, WOULD I FIND MANY DIFFERENT MINISTRIES 00:24:28.23\00:24:32.83 TO THE DEAF OR IS THIS A UNIQUE ACTIVITY IN CHRISTIANITY IN THE 00:24:32.87\00:24:37.84 PHILIPPINES? 00:24:37.87\00:24:38.84 THERE ARE OTHER DEAF SCHOOLS. 00:24:38.87\00:24:40.41 THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS FOR THE DEAF BUT THIS IS THE ONLY ONE BY 00:24:40.44\00:24:43.38 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 00:24:43.41\00:24:45.91 THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES SOME SCHOOLING FOR THE DEAF. 00:24:45.95\00:24:48.48 I KNOW THAT DOWN IN DAVAO THERE IS A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF BY THE 00:24:48.52\00:24:54.16 GOVERNMENT BUT THE BAPTISTS HAVE A DORMITORY THAT THE DEAF 00:24:54.19\00:24:59.49 STUDENTS STAY IN. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 00:24:59.53\00:25:02.86 IS DEAFNESS MORE PREVALENT IN THE PHILIPPINES THAN IN MANY 00:25:02.90\00:25:06.67 OTHER COUNTRIES? WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO DO THIS THERE? 00:25:06.70\00:25:10.51 WELL, THE LORD LEADS US THROUGH PEOPLE. 00:25:10.54\00:25:14.38 WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A DEAF DAUGHTER OF A HEARING 00:25:14.41\00:25:19.28 PASTOR. I MADE A TRIP WHILE HE WAS THERE AND I REMEMBER ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO SITTING 00:25:22.25\00:25:27.42 AROUND IN A KIND OF A ROTUNDA HOW ARE WE GOING TO BEGIN THIS 00:25:27.46\00:25:31.99 WORK. WE HAD AN IDEA BUT THAT IDEA DIDN'T ACTUALLY WORK. 00:25:32.03\00:25:37.27 BUT ONE THAT WAS IN THAT GROUP BECAME A WORKER PLUS ANOTHER. 00:25:37.30\00:25:43.91 A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THE BLIND ALSO WORKED WITH THE DEAF. 00:25:43.94\00:25:50.01 SARAH FAMISARAN WORKED WITH THAT PROGRAM SO SHE WANTED TO GET 00:25:50.05\00:25:54.98 BACK INTO IT AND HER HUSBAND HAD A DEAF SISTER. 00:25:55.02\00:25:57.69 SO THEY WERE INTERESTED IN WORKING FOR THE DEAF. 00:25:57.72\00:26:00.59 SO THEY ARE NOW BOTH WORKING AT THIS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 00:26:00.62\00:26:05.23 SOMETHING THAT MANY OF US WOULD THINK WERE LIABILITIES, I'M 00:26:05.26\00:26:09.33 BLIND, I'M DEAF, I CAN'T HEAR WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK WELL, LOOKS 00:26:09.36\00:26:13.87 LIKE HAVE BEEN TURNED AROUND TO BE ASSETS. 00:26:13.90\00:26:16.84 THE LORD CALLS PEOPLE THROUGH DISADVANTAGES SOMETIMES. 00:26:16.87\00:26:22.28 WITH A DEAF DAUGHTER THE LORD CALLED US TO THIS MINISTRY. 00:26:22.31\00:26:26.95 SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. 00:26:32.02\00:26:32.85 DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE? 00:26:32.89\00:26:35.26 IS YOUR FAMILY FACING SOME INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE? 00:26:35.29\00:26:38.66 NOW THE QUICK ANSWER TO THAT IS IT'S OK BECAUSE GOD MAY BE USING 00:26:38.69\00:26:43.87 THAT EXACT CHALLENGE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN 00:26:43.90\00:26:48.80 A MINISTRY YOU NEVER DREAMED OF BEFORE. 00:26:48.84\00:26:50.27 AND MAYBE THAT MEANS YOU MAY END UP IN PHILIPPINES AT A SCHOOL 00:26:50.31\00:26:55.48 FOR THE DEAF THAT IS A SCHOOL FROM YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO WANT TO SHARE JESUS. 00:26:55.51\00:27:01.72 THANKS FOR JOINING US ON ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:27:01.75\00:27:06.82 CLOSING MUSIC. 00:27:38.85\00:27:43.93