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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000588A
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00:00 OPENING MUSIC.
00:16 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:18 YOU'RE IN TUNE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WHERE WE HAVE WORKERS SCATTERED AROUND 00:22 THE WORLD--SCATTERED, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, PLACED EXACTLY WHERE GOD 00:28 WANTS THEM IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 00:31 TODAY WE'RE INTO A REALLY FASCINATING DISCUSSION ON MINISTRY TO PEOPLE WHO 00:39 CAN'T HEAR VERY WELL. 00:40 IS THAT RIGHT? 00:42 TO DEAF FOLKS? 00:43 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:44 AND WE'RE GOING TO START IN THE PHILIPPINES. 00:46 RIGHT. 00:47 OKAY. 00:48 MY GUESTS ARE DR. FRED WEBB AND JOHN BLAKE AND TAKE ME AWAY PLEASE TO THE 00:51 PHILIPPINES. 00:53 WELL, WE HAVE WORKED FOR THE DEAF IN THE PHILIPPINES AS WELL AS 00:58 EIGHT OTHER COUNTRIES AND DR. FRED WEBB IS IN CHARGE OF MUCH OF OUR WORK FOR 01:08 HEARING AND DEAF IN THE PHILIPPINES AND MY SPECIALTY IS DEAF BUT NOT 01:13 JUST IN THE PHILIPPINES. 01:15 SO IN THE PHILIPPINES WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER VERY CLOSELY. 01:20 YOU KNOW THE LONGER I'M LISTENING TO WHAT THE DIFFERENT COUNTRY 01:23 DIRECTORS DO HERE THE MORE AMAZED I AM AT HOW WELL DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE 01:28 WORK WORK TOGETHER. 01:29 YES. 01:30 SO YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PHILIPPINES AS A COUNTRY. 01:35 RIGHT, ALL OF IT. 01:36 AND HOW MANY WORKERS DO WE HAVE THERE? 01:38 INCLUDING THE FIVE WORKING FOR THE DEAF WE HAVE 74. 01:41 SEVENTY FOUR. 01:42 BUT YOU'VE GOT FIVE THAT WORK SPECIFICALLY FOR DEAF PEOPLE. 01:45 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:47 AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OUR TIME TODAY RIGHT? 01:49 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:50 ALRIGHT. 01:51 SO I DON'T SEE EITHER OF YOU WITH HEARING AIDS. 01:53 NO. 01:54 I GET TO GO OUT AND PUT BATTERIES IN MINE TO BE SURE THAT I'M 01:59 UNDERSTANDING AND HEARING. 02:00 I STILL SOMETIMES WISH I HAD A WAY TO PUT A BATTERY IN MY HEART SOMEPLACE AND 02:05 HEAR AND UNDERSTAND AND THINK FASTER AND BETTER. 02:09 ACTUALLY THERE ARE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 80 AND 200 DIFFERENT SIGN 02:18 LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD. 02:19 DIFFERENT SIGN LANGUAGES? 02:21 YES. 02:22 I WISH IT WAS ALL ONE. 02:24 I'D NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. 02:25 AND IN THE PHILIPPINES WE HAVE AN UNUSUAL SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE LONG 02:30 AMERICAN INFLUENCE. 02:33 MOST OF THE PHILIPPINE SIGN LANGUAGE PROBABLY, GIVE OR TAKE A BIT, 80 02:39 PERCENT IS THE SAME AS AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 02:42 WE HAD A MAN THERE WITH US, PASTOR JEFF JORDAN FROM THE SOUTHERN U.S. 02:49 AND HE IS A PASTOR FOR THE DEAF. 02:51 THE ONLY ACTIVE CHURCH-PAID PASTOR FOR THE DEAF IN THE UNITED STATES. 02:56 HE WENT WITH US AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT REALLY, BEING DEAF HIMSELF, REALLY 03:00 RELATED WITH THE DEAF PEOPLE. 03:07 HE COULD SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE DEAF WITHOUT AN INTERPRETER. 03:10 USING SIGN LANGUAGE. 03:13 YES. 03:14 OK. 03:16 NOW LATER TODAY ON ANOTHER PROGRAM, OR SUNDAY I GUESS IT IS, WHEN HE AND I WERE 03:25 IN BRAZIL THEIR PORTUGUESE SIGN LANGUAGE WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND 03:31 HE SPOKE IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 03:34 I MEAN HE DIDN'T SPEAK HE SIGNED IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 03:37 HIS WIFE SAT THERE, PUT IT INTO VERBAL ENGLISH, BESIDE HER WAS AN 03:43 INTERPRETER PUTTING IT INTO VERBAL PORTUGUESE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY BESIDE THE 03:49 PASTOR FOR THE DEAF IT WAS PUT INTO PORTUGUESE SIGN LANGUAGE. 03:54 BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT IN THE PHILIPPINES. 03:56 HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE LISTENING IN BRAZIL? 03:58 HOW MANY MEMBERS DID YOU HAVE WHO WERE DEAF? 04:00 WELL, IN THAT PARTICULAR SETTING IT WAS JUST A SMALL GROUP BUT IT WAS 04:04 GOING OVER THE INTERNET IN A WEEK OF PRAYER. 04:07 THAT'S FASCINATING. 04:09 I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT. 04:13 IT'S LIKE THE SIMPLE SIGN LANGUAGE IN THE AMERICAN WEST WITH THE DIFFERENT 04:18 TRIBES. 04:19 THEY COULD COMMUNICATE. 04:20 IS THAT ENGLISH SIGN LANGUAGE? 04:22 I CAN'T ANSWER THAT ONE. 04:26 I DON'T KNOW EITHER. 04:27 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO RESEARCH A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS NOW. 04:29 IF IT WAS BETWEEN TRIBES I WOULD SAY NO BECAUSE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE 04:35 ACTUALLY CAME ORIGINALLY FROM FRANCE. 04:41 IT HAS ADAPTED AND CHANGED JUST LIKE ANY LANGUAGE DOES SINCE IT CAME FROM 04:48 FRANCE. 04:49 GALLAUDET WAS THE MAN WHO WENT TO FRANCE AND LEARNED SIGN LANGUAGE AND THEN HE 04:51 BROUGHT LAURENT CLERC WITH HIM BACK WHO IS FROM FRANCE AND THAT'S HOW 05:03 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE STARTED. 05:06 REALLY IT'S FRENCH SIGN LANGUAGE BUT IT'S OF COURSE NOT THE SAME TODAY 05:10 ALTHOUGH THERE WOULD BE QUITE A BIT OF PARALLEL. 05:12 QUITE A BIT OF SIMILARITY I WOULD GUESS. 05:14 AND IN MANILA AND IN THE PHILIPPINES BECAUSE OF THE AMERICAN PRESENCE SOMEBODY 05:19 BROUGHT THAT THEN TO THE ISLANDS. 05:21 BUT THERE IS SOME-I MEAN HE HAS TO LEARN A FEW ADAPTATIONS. 05:28 OH YES, I'M SURE. 05:29 WELL, YES IT HAS EVOLVED THERE A BIT ALSO. 05:32 YES. 05:33 SO IN THE PHILIPPINES WHERE YOU HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, SOME OF 05:38 THEM FOCUS JUST ON DEAF PEOPLE? 05:40 FIVE PEOPLE, FIVE WORKERS ONLY FOR DEAF. 05:43 IN THE BIG CITY OR IN THE COUNTRY SIDE? 05:45 WE HAVE TWO IN MANILA THAT HAVE NOW BEEN WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE. 05:51 WHEN THEY STARTED, WHAT WAS IT FOUR YEARS AGO FIVE YEARS AGO, I THINK WE HAD 05:55 FOUR ADVENTISTS INVOLVED WITH IT. 06:00 THE REST OF THEM WERE NONADVENTISTS. 06:02 THEY COME TO THE CHURCH. 06:03 THEY GET THE SABBATH SCHOOL, THEY GET THE CHURCH THEN THE CHURCH 06:05 FEEDS THEM AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER BIBLE STUDY. 06:07 SO THEY GET-THEY GET THREE GOOD NO FOUR GOOD MEALS. 06:09 RIGHT. 06:19 THREE SPIRITUAL ONE PHYSICAL. 06:21 BUT THAT HAS GROWN NOW TO WHERE THERE ARE OVER 150 PEOPLE COMING ALMOST EVERY 06:26 WEEK AND THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE NOW THAT ARE, I THINK THEY SAID 40, 06:31 ABOUT 35 OR 40 ARE BAPTIZED NOW. 06:35 IN THE FULLY ACTIVE PASTORAL TEAM IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE THERE 06:42 PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH DEAF ALSO OR IS THAT A UNIQUE GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM? 06:48 IT'S JUST A GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM EXCEPT FOR ONE AREA BUT THE LOCAL 06:52 CHURCH PARTICULARLY THE PASSI CITY CHURCH HAS BEEN VERY VERY SUPPORTIVE AND 06:58 THEY GIVE THEM A SPOT UP IN THE FRONT SO THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR THING AND 07:03 THEN IT'S THE CHURCH THAT PROVIDES THE MEAL FOR THEM. 07:07 YOU KNOW JUST SITTING HERE THINKING AND LISTENING TO YOU, I DID AN EVANGELISTIC 07:10 CAMPAIGN ONE TIME IN BUDAPEST AND THAT'S WHERE THE LADY IN FRONT WHO WAS 07:15 DOING THE SIGN LANGUAGE, AT THE END SHE CAME AND SHE JUST TALKED TO ME AND 07:21 SHE TRIED TO TALK IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SIGN LANGUAGE AT THE SAME TIME TO SAY 07:26 HOW MUCH FUN IT HAD BEEN TRYING TO KEEP UP. 07:30 IT MUST BE KIND OF THAT WAY. 07:32 WELL, JUST ABOUT NOW WE ARE COMPLETING AN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE STORY OF 07:41 JESUS' LIFE. 07:45 I THINK YESTERDAY OR TODAY. 07:47 HOW DO YOU MEAN THAT, IN VIDEO? 07:49 YES IN VIDEO. 07:51 I WROTE THE SCRIPT BUT I'M UNFORTUNATELY NOT A GOOD QUALITY SIGNER. 07:58 MY WIFE IS MUCH BETTER AT IT. 08:00 BUT WE DID GET TWO PEOPLE TO WORK WITH THAT PRODUCTION WHO HAVE DEAF 08:05 PARENTS. 08:06 OH MY YES. 08:07 THEY KNEW HOW TO DO THE SIGNING REALLY WELL. 08:10 OH YES. 08:12 BUT THE MAN WHO DID MOST OF IT, WE RECORDED HIM AHEAD SO THAT WE WOULD 08:18 PLAY HIS RECORDING AND HE WOULD SIGN WITH HIS RECORDING. 08:25 BUT WHEN IT CAME TO ACTUALLY PLAYING THE RECORDING HE COULDN'T KEEP 08:29 UP WITH HIS VOICE. 08:30 OH REALLY. 08:32 SO I SAT IN THE BACK OF THE CHURCH WITH THE SCRIPT AND I KEPT READING THE 08:38 SCRIPT AND WE HAD TO RETAKE EVERYONE OF THE 700 PICTURES PROBABLY TWO OR 08:44 THREE TIMES FOR HIM TO BE SATISFIED THAT HE WAS RIGHT. 08:48 AND THEN THE OTHER SIGNER WHO HAD DONE THE INTRODUCTIONS, SHE SAT 08:54 MUCH OF THE TIME, BASICALLY SHE WAS THE AUDIENCE, AND WHEN HE GOT 09:03 STUCK WE WOULD STOP AND SOMETIMES HE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT NOW HOW IS THIS 09:10 AND THEY'D DISCUSS NOW WHAT SHOULD I DO BECAUSE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IS 09:15 NOT A WORD FOR WORD EXACT ENGLISH. 09:18 IT'S CONCEPT AND HE HAD TO STOP AND THINK NOW HOW AM I GOING TO START THIS AND 09:27 THEN, OK, THEN WE GO. 09:28 OK, SO GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING THIS KIND OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT DEAF PEOPLE 09:34 CAN UNDERSTAND JESUS. 09:35 ACTUALLY I WEAR TWO HATS. 09:37 OH YOU DO, WELL YOU DON'T HAVE EITHER ONE TODAY. 09:40 BOTH YOU AND I HAVE THE SAME HAIR STYLE. 09:43 I'M THE DEAF MINISTRY DIRECTOR FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT ALSO FOR THE 09:48 ALBERTA CONFERENCE. 09:49 AND THAT PARTICULAR PART, THE PROJECT OF JESUS' LIFE STORY, OUR WORKERS WILL 09:58 USE IT BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A PRODUCTION OF THE ALBERTA CONFERENCE. 10:02 IF THERE'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED WORKING HERE IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:07 OFFICES THE LAST FEW DAYS IS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A PARTICIPATORY MINISTRY. 10:13 YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ALONE. 10:15 YOU'RE WORKING WITH ALBERTA, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE PHILIPPINE UNION. 10:18 YOU'RE JUST CONSTANTLY BUSY HELPING AUGMENT WHAT'S ALREADY GOING ON. 10:26 NOT ONLY THAT BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME PICTURES IN A MOMENT AND 10:30 THE DEAF SCHOOL THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY A CANADIAN ORGANIZATION, A 10:35 BETTER WORLD, HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. 10:40 WHAT YOU SAID IS REALLY TRUE. 10:43 AND THE ONES OPERATING THE SCHOOL IS THE SULADS WHICH IS A STUDENT MISSIONARY 10:47 PROGRAM. 10:48 IT NEVER STOPS DOES IT. 10:50 NO. 10:51 BUT THAT'S THE THING THAT'S SO WONDERFUL TO ME ABOUT GOD'S WORK. 10:54 THE SYNERGY. 10:55 ALWAYS, ALWAYS. 10:56 AND TO ACCEPT THAT SOMEBODY ELSE PROBABLY HAS A BETTER IDEA, SO LISTEN. 11:01 RIGHT. 11:02 I LOVE IT. 11:03 SHOW US SOME PICTURES. 11:04 OK. 11:05 WE'LL WATCH THE VIDEO FIRST. 11:06 OH MY. 11:07 THIS IS SHIARD WHO IS OUR WORKER ON THE RIGHT AND THESE ARE TWO OF HER 11:13 HELPERS ON THE LEFT AND I BELIEVE BOTH OF THEM ARE DEAF BECAUSE THE OTHER 11:18 SISTER, YOU SEE HER RIGHT THERE, SHE IS KEEPING THEM WITH THE MUSIC. 11:24 THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW HER BECAUSE THEY ARE DEAF. 11:29 THIS IS A HEARING AUDIENCE AND RIGHT BEHIND THERE ARE DEAF. 11:32 NOW THIS IS A LITTLE PLAY AND JUST WATCH IT. 11:38 YOU CAN SORT OF GET THE IDEA. 11:40 HE'S HOLDING A COMPUTER THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GRAB THE COMPUTER AND 11:44 RUN. 11:52 THIS WAS PART OF THE PLAY AND THIS WAS FOR THE HEARING CHURCH. 11:57 NOW WE'RE AT THE DEAF SCHOOL. 11:59 THIS IS ONE OF THE GIRLS AT THE DEAF SCHOOL. 12:04 SHE IS I THINK SIGNING A POEM THERE. 12:07 IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY YOU WERE THERE. 12:09 YES THAT WAS THE POEM. 12:12 THIS IS THE OFFICIAL GROUND BREAKING FOR A NEW DORMITORY AT THE SCHOOL. 12:19 THEY BADLY NEED MORE ROOM. 12:21 THIS WAS THE KITCHEN AND WE WERE GETTING READY TO BE FED. 12:26 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF US AS GUESTS. 12:29 YOU CAN SEE FRED THERE. 12:33 THIS IS DARYL FAMISARAN. 12:34 HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL. 12:36 NOW THIS IS THE YOUNG MAN FROM THE UNITED STATES, JEFF JORDAN, AND THIS WAS 12:42 A SERMON THAT HE PREACHED THAT MADE QUITE AN IMPRESSION ON SOME OF THE 12:45 DEAF. 12:47 IN FACT THERE WAS ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WATCHING WHO DECIDED TO COME TO THE 12:50 SCHOOL AT THE END OF THAT SERMON. 12:54 OK, HERE IS SOME MUSIC GOING ON AND THE AUDIENCE IS SIGNING AND THIS IS A 13:03 DEAF AUDIENCE. 13:04 MOST EVERYBODY IN THAT AUDIENCE IS DEAF. 13:09 AND THEY'RE ALL SINGING. 13:10 THIS IS CONGREGATIONAL MUSIC. 13:11 YES. 13:12 THIS IS THE BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE TO GO ACROSS TO GET TO THE DEAF SCHOOL. 13:16 WE HAVE TO HIKE ABOUT A KILOMETER, TWO OF THESE BRIDGES. 13:21 THIS IS A YOUNG MAN WHO WASN'T IN THE GENERAL BAPTISM OF THE 12 TWO DAYS 13:27 BEFORE AND SO THEY MADE A LITTLE DAM THERE AND GOT THE WATER JUST DEEP ENOUGH 13:31 SO HE COULD GET BAPTIZED. 13:33 HOW AWESOME. 13:34 THAT'S THE DEAF PASTOR AND DEAF NEW MEMBER. 13:36 HERE HE IS KIND OF RECEIVING THE RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP WE MIGHT SAY 13:38 AND SO ON. 13:39 THE RIGHT HUG OF FELLOWSHIP. 13:40 HE HAD A TEAR IN HIS EYE THERE. 13:41 YOU SEE HIM WIPING IT. 13:44 I SEE THAT, YES. 13:51 NOW THIS IS JEFF JORDAN AND HE HAS REALLY GOT THE ATTENTION OF THOSE DEAF. 13:55 YOU CAN SEE HOW DYNAMIC HE IS IN HIS PREACHING. 13:59 I'VE HAD PEOPLE TELL ME THAT I CAN'T TALK WITHOUT MY HANDS AND THERE'S A MAN 14:02 WHO REALLY CAN'T TALK WITHOUT HIS HANDS. 14:05 HE REALLY TALKS WITH HIS HANDS. 14:08 LOVE IT. 14:09 AND HE WAS NOT VOICING AT ALL. 14:12 NO, BUT LOOK AT THE ENERGY. 14:14 OH YES, YES. 14:15 HOW PLEASANT. 14:16 AND IT JUST RAISES ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS FOR ME. 14:20 WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THE GOSPEL AND YOU DO NOT HAVE THE 14:24 ABILITY TO BE HEARD YOU HAVE TO LEARN WAYS TO DO THAT, AND YOU BASICALLY 14:28 HAVE THE WRITTEN WORD AND SIGN LANGUAGE. 14:35 WHAT OTHER TECHNOLOGIES ARE VALUABLE OR BEING USED IN THIS AREA? 14:40 WELL OF COURSE WHAT YOU HAVE HERE. 14:42 MY PHONE? 14:43 YES, THAT'S A CONSTANT PRESENCE. 14:45 THE DEAF ARE USING TEXTING WHICH OF COURSE HEARING PEOPLE ARE USING BUT IT'S 14:51 BEING A FABULOUS HELP TO THE DEAF WORLD NOW BECAUSE TEXTING IS USED ALL OVER 14:55 THE WORLD AND IT'S CHEAPER THAN VOICE USUALLY. 14:57 THEN THINGS LIKE FACETIME OR, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF THE OTHER ONE. 15:07 BUT ONE OF THE APPS THAT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO SEE EACH OTHER. 15:10 YES. 15:11 AND THAT IS FABULOUS BECAUSE THEY CAN SIGN BACK AND FORTH. 15:13 IN THE UNITED STATES THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL VIDEO RELAY. 15:18 YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE CORNER AND MY DEAF DAUGHTER, YOU SEE THE 15:20 INTERPRETER AND I WOULD SEE MY-ANYWAY IT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY OUT SO THAT 15:31 YOU CAN TALK WITH OTHERS. 15:40 ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT THERE'S AN APP THAT I CAN OPEN ON HERE WHERE I CAN 15:46 SPEAK ENGLISH AND IT WILL TRANSLATE IT INTO SIGN LANGUAGE FOR ME? 15:50 NOT REALLY BUT IF YOU WERE TO TALK TO MY DEAF DAUGHTER FOR INSTANCE YOU 15:54 COULD GO THROUGH A VOICE INTERPRETER TO TALK TO HER. 16:03 I DO THAT OCCASIONALLY TO MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE I'M NOT THE WORLDS BEST SIGNER 16:08 UNFORTUNATELY. 16:09 AND SHE WILL SEE THE INTERPRETER AND I TALK TO THE INTERPRETER AND THE 16:16 INTERPRETER GOES BOTH WAYS. 16:17 THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 16:18 YES. 16:20 YOU JUST ANSWERED A QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK. 16:21 WHY DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN THIS? 16:23 BECAUSE OF OUR DEAF DAUGHTER AND WE FEEL A CALL TO MINISTRY TO THE 16:27 DEAF BECAUSE OF OUR DEAF DAUGHTER. 16:29 HOW OLD IS SHE NOW? 16:30 ABOUT 47. 16:31 SO YOU HAVE DONE THIS ALL YOUR LIFE. 16:35 WELL, NOT ALL MY LIFE OBVIOUSLY BUT FOR MANY YEARS. 16:38 BUT MY WIFE BECAME A TEACHER OF THE DEAF SO THAT SHE COULD TEACH OUR 16:44 DEAF DAUGHTER AND WE ADOPTED EVENTUALLY A DEAF BOY BUT TOOK HIM BEFORE WE 16:49 ADOPTED HIM. 16:50 AND WE HAVE SOME SLIDES. 16:51 OK. 16:52 WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THOSE. 16:54 THIS IS THE DEAF GROUP, PART OF THEM, IN THE YOU CAN SEE PASSI CITY CHURCH 17:04 THERE. 17:06 THE WORLD DIRECTOR FOR DEAF MINISTRIES, DR. LARRY EVANS, IS IN THE CENTER OF 17:08 THE CLASS WITH JEFF JORDAN BESIDE HIM. 17:11 I WASN'T THERE YET. 17:14 YOU WEREN'T THERE YET. 17:16 OK. 17:17 THE NEXT PICTURE IS IN THE AFTERNOON. 17:24 YOU TALKED ABOUT THE AFTERNOON. 17:25 THIS IS THE BIBLE STUDY AFTER THE POTLUCK. 17:27 IT WAS SPECIAL THAT DAY BUT THIS IS A DEAF GROUP IN PASSI CITY. 17:36 HOW DO DEAF PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT THE DEAF MINISTRY? 17:42 HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE? 17:43 HOW DO WE MARKET? 17:44 A GREAT DEAL OF IT IS FRIENDS. 17:47 HAND TO HAND. 17:49 BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL THE DEAF PEOPLE ARE--THE DEAF HAVE KIND OF 17:57 A NETWORK BETWEEN THEM. 17:58 YES, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WORLD THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN AND TALKING IN. 18:01 YES. 18:03 AND YOU CAN, ONCE YOU GET NAMES AND ADDRESSES AND SO ON, YOU CAN COMMUNICATE 18:06 THROUGH THAT. 18:07 BUT IN THE CITY OF MANILA, WHICH IS A HUGE CITY, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO TRY 18:13 AND REACH ALL THE DEAF BUT IT'S INTERESTING. 18:16 OK, THIS IS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY WERE WORKING HERE. 18:21 LYCHEL THERE ON THE LEFT IS WORKING HERE WITH SOME OF HER VOLUNTEERS. 18:25 SOME OF THEM MAY BE DEAF. 18:28 SOME OF THEM ARE HEARING. 18:29 YOU SAID LYCHEL ON THE LEFT. 18:30 AND SHE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER? 18:33 SHE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HER DEAF SISTER IS AS WELL. 18:39 SHE IS HEARING BUT HER SISTER IS DEAF. 18:42 OK. 18:43 AND THIS IS OUR WORKER IN CAGAYAN DE ORO. 18:46 YES. 18:48 HE NEEDED TO GET THAT STRAIGHT BECAUSE HE WORKS WITH IT ALL THE TIME. 18:51 AND THIS MAN IS HARD OF HEARING AND HIS WIFE IS DEAF AND HE IS A NEW 18:56 WORKER IN THAT AREA AND HAS BEEN A REAL HELP TO THE WORK SO FAR. 19:01 HIS NAME IS SUNNY AND IT'S S-U-N-N-Y. 19:07 WOW, PERFECT. 19:08 IF YOU LOOK IN THE DISTANCE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE WHITE BUILDING AT 19:11 THE BOTTOM AND THIS IS OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MINDANAO AND THAT'S WHERE 19:17 THE DEAF SCHOOL IS ONE KILOMETER PAST THE ROAD. 19:21 SO WE HAVE TO HIKE IN THERE. 19:22 SO THIS IS REALLY A KILOMETER BEYOND RESUME SPEED. 19:28 THIS IS NO WHERE. 19:29 IT'S BEYOND THE END OF THE ROAD. 19:31 YES, BUT IT'S EVERYWHERE. 19:33 AND ALL THE CONCRETE, SINCE THERE ARE NO READY MIX TRUCKS AND THERE'S NO 19:36 ROAD GOING IN THERE, THE CONCRETE BAGS COME IN ON THE BACKS OF WATER 19:40 BUFFALO. 19:41 YES, CARABAO. 19:42 OK, THAT'S HOW YOU WALK TO GET THERE? 19:46 WE HAVE TO GO OVER THE RIVER TWICE AND TWO OF THESE BRIDGES. 19:50 IT WASN'T REALLY SCARY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THREE OR FOUR-IT'S MUCH BETTER NOW. 19:56 THE FIRST TIME I WENT OUT THERE THAT BRIDGE WAS TEN YEARS OLD AND YOU KNOW 19:59 WHAT HAPPENS TO BAMBOO. 20:00 BAMBOO GETS A LITTLE SLIPPERY, YES IT DOES. 20:05 HERE IS THE SCHOOL. 20:07 THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IS THE BOTTOM BUILDING. 20:09 THEN THE DORMITORY AND THE KITCHEN ARE THE UPPER AND THEN THERE'S A VERY NICE 20:14 AS WE MIGHT SAY OUTHOUSE WITH ACTUALLY A FLUSH TOILET. 20:18 ONE FOR MEN AND ONE FOR LADIES AND THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN WATER SYSTEM 20:24 WITH A BIG TANK UP THE HILL AND THE WATER RUNNING BY GRAVITY DOWN. 20:28 SO THEY HAVE A SHOWER. 20:30 AWESOME. 20:31 A POP BOTTLE WITH HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF IT. 20:34 THAT'S THE SHOWER. 20:35 YES. 20:37 I'VE BEEN THERE-DIFFERENT PLACE. 20:39 THIS IS A LITTLE GIRL THAT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S TEACHING ONE OF THE OLDER STUDENTS 20:44 THE FINGER SPELLING WHICH ACTUALLY IS AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 20:50 SHE'S TEACHING THAT. 20:52 IS THIS PRIMARY SECONDARY? 20:54 PRIMARY. 20:56 SHE IS THE YOUNGEST STUDENT I THINK AT 11 AND THEY HAVE ONE 40 YEAR-OLD 21:01 STUDENT AND ONE 47 YEAR-OLD STUDENT. 21:03 ALL IN GRADES ONE AND TWO. 21:04 AMAZING. 21:06 THIS IS DARYL TEACHING AND SOMEBODY IS TALKING WITH HIM THERE IN SIGN 21:11 LANGUAGE. 21:12 THIS IS IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION, CLASSROOM AND LIBRARY ALL IN ONE 21:16 BUILDING. 21:19 THE GIRLS HAVE A VERY CONDENSED DORMITORY. 21:22 THERE ARE FOUR GIRLS IN THIS LITTLE ROOM. 21:24 ALL DEAF. 21:26 BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S NICE AND NEAT AND CLEAN. 21:30 I HAVE FINALLY SEEN A DORMITORY WHERE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU SNORE. 21:36 OK, AND THE BOY'S DORMITORY IS A LITTLE MORE ROUGH AND READY. 21:40 I SEE THAT BUT IT'S BAMBOO SO IT'S GOOD. 21:45 WE BADLY NEED-LAST YEAR THERE WERE SEVEN STUDENTS AND THIS YEAR THERE ARE 21:51 NOW 24. 21:52 DARYL FINDS IT HARD TO SAY NO TO STUDENTS-I WOULD GUESS SO-TO STUDENTS WHO 21:56 HAVE SUCH A GREAT NEED. 21:57 BUT WHERE DO YOU FIND ROOM FOR 24? 22:00 WELL THEY KEEP TUCKING THEM IN. 22:01 THAT'S THE REASON THEY HAVE THIS UP IN THE BARN. 22:05 FASCINATING. 22:06 HERE ARE SOME OF THE STUDENTS. 22:08 ONE OF THE THINGS THEY GROW ON THE FARM IS CORN AND THEY ARE TAKING THE 22:14 KERNELS OFF THE CORN AND THAT'S THEIR ASSIGNMENT FOR THAT MORNING. 22:18 HERE SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE SIGNING. 22:23 ACTUALLY THAT ONE I'M NOT SURE, YES I THINK THAT WAS THE DAY WE GOT THERE. 22:27 THAT WAS THE WELCOME I THINK. 22:29 THEY WERE PERFORMING FOR US AND YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE SIGN LANGUAGE ON THE 22:32 BACK OF THEIR T-SHIRTS. 22:35 SO FRED, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT STUDENT MISSIONARIES ARE THERE STUDENT 22:39 MISSIONARIES THAT ACTUALLY GO TO WORK AT THIS SCHOOL NOW? 22:43 WE HAVE TWO YOUNG LADIES THAT HAVE JUST STARTED THERE THAT HAVE JUST NOW 22:46 BEEN TAKEN IN AS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 22:49 ONE OF THEM IS A STUDENT. 22:51 THE OTHER ONE HAS FINISHED AND SHE IS CERTIFIED IN SIGN LANGUAGE, NOT AS AN 22:58 INTERPRETER YET. 22:59 SHE HAS THE PROPER QUALIFICATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN BE CERTIFIED BY 23:03 THE GOVERNMENT AS AN OFFICIAL SCHOOL. 23:06 THAT'S GOOD. 23:07 ARE THESE STUDENT MISSIONARIES FROM CANADA, UNITED STATES OR 23:10 PHILIPPINES? 23:11 NO, NO, PHILIPPINES. 23:12 PHILIPPINES. 23:13 NOW THAT'S COOL IF YOU CAN GET STUDENT MISSIONARIES FROM YOUR OWN COUNTRY TO 23:16 GO AND TEACH IN A DEAF SCHOOL. 23:19 IT WORKS. 23:20 WE HAVE A FEW MORE PICTURES HERE. 23:22 OK. 23:23 THIS IS THE STUDENT BODY PLUS SOME VISITORS. 23:27 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL? 23:28 IT SAYS SULADS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF . 23:30 SULADS. 23:32 SULADS WORK FOR THE TRIBAL PEOPLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SULADS IS A WORD IN 23:35 THE TRIBAL LANGUAGE THAT MEANS BROTHERS OR SISTERS. 23:38 OH, THAT'S AWESOME. 23:39 NOW NOT ALL OF THOSE ARE STUDENTS BUT 24 OF THEM ARE STUDENTS AND MOST OF 23:43 THEM WORK RIGHT THERE PLUS SOME VISITORS. 23:45 THE FRONT ROW THERE ARE THE 12 THAT WERE BAPTIZED WHILE WE WERE THERE SO NOW 23:53 IT'S FOUR FROM BEFORE AND NOW 12 AND THEN THE ONE WE SAW IN THE MOVIE SO 17 OUT 24:02 OF 24 ARE NOW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 24:04 SO THIS IS WONDERFUL. 24:05 THEY STARTED WITH ZERO. 24:06 THAT IS WHAT A REALLY PRODUCTIVE MINISTRY IS. 24:08 MY LANDS. 24:09 AND THIS IS A GROUNDBREAKING. 24:14 THEY BADLY NEED, AND WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE SOME MONEY IN CANADA THROUGH A BETTER 24:19 WORLD AND SO ON, TO HELP BUILD THIS SCHOOL WHICH OF COURSE IS VERY CLOSE TO MY 24:26 HEART. 24:28 IF I WERE TO GO TO THE PHILIPPINES, WOULD I FIND MANY DIFFERENT MINISTRIES 24:32 TO THE DEAF OR IS THIS A UNIQUE ACTIVITY IN CHRISTIANITY IN THE 24:37 PHILIPPINES? 24:38 THERE ARE OTHER DEAF SCHOOLS. 24:40 THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS FOR THE DEAF BUT THIS IS THE ONLY ONE BY 24:43 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 24:45 THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES SOME SCHOOLING FOR THE DEAF. 24:48 I KNOW THAT DOWN IN DAVAO THERE IS A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF BY THE GOVERNMENT BUT 24:54 THE BAPTISTS HAVE A DORMITORY THAT THE DEAF STUDENTS STAY IN. 24:59 THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 25:02 IS DEAFNESS MORE PREVALENT IN THE PHILIPPINES THAN IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES? 25:06 WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO DO THIS THERE? 25:10 WELL, THE LORD LEADS US THROUGH PEOPLE. 25:14 WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A DEAF DAUGHTER OF A HEARING PASTOR. 25:22 I MADE A TRIP WHILE HE WAS THERE AND I REMEMBER ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO SITTING 25:27 AROUND IN A KIND OF A ROTUNDA HOW ARE WE GOING TO BEGIN THIS WORK. 25:32 WE HAD AN IDEA BUT THAT IDEA DIDN'T ACTUALLY WORK. 25:37 BUT ONE THAT WAS IN THAT GROUP BECAME A WORKER PLUS ANOTHER. 25:43 A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THE BLIND ALSO WORKED WITH THE DEAF. 25:50 SARAH FAMISARAN WORKED WITH THAT PROGRAM SO SHE WANTED TO GET BACK INTO IT 25:55 AND HER HUSBAND HAD A DEAF SISTER. 25:57 SO THEY WERE INTERESTED IN WORKING FOR THE DEAF. 26:00 SO THEY ARE NOW BOTH WORKING AT THIS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 26:05 SOMETHING THAT MANY OF US WOULD THINK WERE LIABILITIES, I'M BLIND, 26:09 I'M DEAF, I CAN'T HEAR WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK WELL, LOOKS LIKE HAVE BEEN 26:13 TURNED AROUND TO BE ASSETS. 26:16 THE LORD CALLS PEOPLE THROUGH DISADVANTAGES SOMETIMES. 26:22 WITH A DEAF DAUGHTER THE LORD CALLED US TO THIS MINISTRY. 26:32 SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. 26:32 DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE? 26:35 IS YOUR FAMILY FACING SOME INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE? 26:38 NOW THE QUICK ANSWER TO THAT IS IT'S OK BECAUSE GOD MAY BE USING THAT 26:43 EXACT CHALLENGE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN A MINISTRY YOU 26:48 NEVER DREAMED OF BEFORE. 26:50 AND MAYBE THAT MEANS YOU MAY END UP IN PHILIPPINES AT A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 26:55 THAT IS A SCHOOL FROM YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO WANT TO SHARE JESUS. 27:01 THANKS FOR JOINING US ON ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 27:38 CLOSING MUSIC. |
Revised 2015-07-16