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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000590A
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00:15 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS GOSPEL OUTREACHE'S TELEVISION 00:20 SERIES BRINGING YOU UPDATES OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON 00:24 AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE TAKING PLACE LETTING YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW THE GOSPEL 00:30 IS GOING TO ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD. 00:32 TODAY WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US DR. FRED WEBB. 00:39 WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY. 00:41 WELL SO AM I. 00:42 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. 00:43 YES. 00:44 YOU KNOW WE HAVE MET A FEW TIMES. 00:46 I'M MIKE PORTER BY THE WAY. 00:48 DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE FORMALLY MET BEFORE GOSPEL OUTREACH BUT UNDERSTAND 00:52 THAT YOU HAVE WORKED MANY YEARS IN THE PHILIPPINES, THAT YOU DID SOME TIME 00:57 WITH THE CHURCH. 00:58 YES I DID. 00:59 WHAT WAS YOUR WORK WITH THE CHURCH THEN? 01:01 I WAS THE FINANCIAL CONSULTANT AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE FOR EIGHT AND 01:05 A HALF YEARS AND THEN I WAS THE VP FINANCE FOR IAS. 01:09 IT'S A GENERAL CONFERENCE GRADUATE SCHOOL. 01:11 SO IF I'M SICK I SHOULDN'T COME TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THAT KIND OF A DOCTOR. 01:15 I'M NOT A DOCTOR THAT CAN DO YOU ANY GOOD. 01:18 OK. 01:20 YOU'RE A DOCTOR WITH AN EDUCATION BACKGROUND ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON 01:22 FINANCES. 01:23 OK. 01:24 SO YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS 01:26 NOW. 01:27 TEN YEARS NOW SINCE I RETIRED. 01:28 TEN YEARS. 01:29 TEN YEARS OF RETIREMENT. 01:31 SO AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO JUST GO SIT IN THE ROCKING CHAIR ON THE FRONT PORCH. 01:35 ISN'T THAT WHAT RETIREES ARE SUPPOSED TO DO? 01:37 WHAT I UNDERSTAND IF YOU DO THAT YOU DON'T LIVE VERY LONG. 01:40 AND I DIDN'T THINK I WAS READY TO DIE YET SO. 01:43 YOU FIGURED YOU'RE GOING TO JUST KEEP ON MOVING AROUND. 01:45 RIGHT. 01:47 SO LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT I ADMIRE YOU WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 01:50 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RETIRED PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOINED GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:54 THEY ARE MAKING IT ALMOST LIKE A SECOND CAREER. 01:57 AS WE WERE LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM WE REALIZED THAT THERE WERE QUITE A FEW OF 02:04 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRED FOR MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN TEN YEARS. 02:08 RIGHT. 02:09 THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 02:10 THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN MISSIONS YOU CAN CONNECT 02:14 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU CAN BE INVOLVED. 02:17 YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WORK. 02:18 CONTINUE TO WORK. 02:19 WELL TODAY OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR A LONG 02:24 TIME. 02:25 YOU GET TO GO BACK AND SEE YOUR FRIENDS. 02:27 RIGHT. 02:28 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR RECENT TRIP TO MINDANAO AND LEARN SOME 02:33 OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:35 OK. 02:36 TALK TO US FRED. 02:37 ALRIGHT. 02:38 WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH THE TEXANS. 02:41 THE WHO? 02:42 THE TEXANS. 02:43 THE TEXANS. 02:44 WELL I THOUGHT THAT WAS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES. 02:46 BUT THIS IS MR. AND MRS. PERFECTO. 02:48 OK. 02:49 THEY ARE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF CORRO IN 02:56 NORTHEASTERN MINDANAO. 02:57 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING THERE NOW FOR FIVE YEARS AND RAISED UP A CHURCH. 03:04 THERE'S THE CHURCH. 03:05 IT LOOKS PRETTY NICE. 03:06 IT'S A VERY NICE CHURCH. 03:08 IT HAS OPEN SIDES SO THERE IS PLENTY OF AIR VENTILATION. 03:12 THERE IS ONE PROBLEM WITH THAT CHURCH HOWEVER AND THAT IS THAT IT'S VERY 03:15 CLOSE TO THE LAKE AND WHEN THEY HAVE A BIG STORM THEY HAVE HAD WATER UP ALMOST 03:21 TO THE BOTTOM OF THOSE WINDOWS. 03:23 OH MY. 03:24 SO THERE IS A PROBLEM THERE. 03:25 BUT THIS IS WHERE THE GOVERNMENT TOLD THEM THEY COULD PUT A CHURCH. 03:27 NOW I SUPPOSE THAT WOULD ALSO BE A BLESSING WHEN THEY DECIDE TO HAVE A 03:31 BAPTISM. 03:32 YES. 03:34 THEY HAVE A VERY CLOSE BAPTISTERY, IT'S VERY CLOSE AT HAND. 03:35 THE WHOLE CHURCH. 03:37 THEY COULD PROBABLY GO OUT TO THE LAKE FOR A BAPTISM I WOULD THINK. 03:41 RIGHT, ANYTIME. 03:43 BUT RIGHT NEXT DOOR THERE'S ANOTHER CHURCH AND THIS ONE IS A BAPTIST 03:47 CHURCH. 03:49 BUT COMPARE THE INSIDE OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE INSIDE OF OUR 03:54 ADVENTIST CHURCH. 03:56 A REMARKABLE DIFFERENCE ISN'T IT. 03:58 I THINK THERE'S A BIT OF DIFFERENCE THERE. 04:00 WE HAVE THE ADVANTAGE THIS TIME. 04:02 WE DON'T ALWAYS BUT THIS TIME WE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. 04:04 I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN PLACES WHERE OUR ADVENTIST CHURCHES ARE NOT AS 04:07 REPRESENTATIVE AS THEY SHOULD BE. 04:09 I REMEMBER SITTING IN ONE CHURCH WITH AN UMBRELLA BECAUSE THE GI ROOF HAD 04:14 HOLES IN IT. 04:15 YOU HAD TO BRING YOUR OWN ROOF. 04:17 BUT THEY HAVE RAISED UP QUITE A LARGE GROUP OF MEMBERS THERE. 04:21 THIS IS JUST A FEW OF THEM AS THEY STAND IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH. 04:25 NOTICE THERE ARE A LOT OF CHILDREN. 04:27 THERE ARE ALWAYS A LOT OF CHILDREN. 04:29 AND JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVE. 04:33 THESE ARE THE HOUSES THAT THEY NORMALLY LIVE IN. 04:36 THEY ARE MADE OUT OF NATIVE MATERIALS SPLIT WOOD, BARK, THATCHED ROOF 04:43 AND REALLY FAIRLY PRIMITIVE. 04:47 SO THAT WOULD MEAN BIG TROUBLE WHEN THE FLOODS COME. 04:51 YES. 04:52 IT DISAPPEARS VERY QUICKLY. 04:53 THESE HOUSES ARE JUST GONE. 04:55 RIGHT. 04:56 BUT NOTICE THE DECORATIONS IN THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH ON THIS SIDE OF THE FENCE 05:01 AS CONTRAST TO THE HOUSES BEHIND. 05:04 THEY ARE BEAUTIFYING AND SETTING AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 05:10 SO THEY PUT PLANTS AND GARDENS AND REALLY MAKE IT NICE DON'T THEY. 05:14 RIGHT. 05:15 WHILE WE WERE THERE THEY WERE HANDING OUT VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO THE 05:21 PEOPLE TO TRY TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH. 05:24 AND OF COURSE THAT DRAWS PEOPLE TO THE GROUP AS WELL. 05:26 IS THIS AN AREA WHERE THEY ARE NOT VERY SERVED FOR HEALTH CARE? 05:33 YES. 05:34 THERE IS HEALTH CARE SERVICE THERE. 05:36 EVERY BARANGAY HAS A HEALTH OFFICER BUT SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT 05:40 VERY HELPFUL. 05:41 SOME LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA HELP IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED. 05:45 SURE. 05:47 SO WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO TRY TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE. 05:52 SURE. 05:54 THERE IS A LARGE CHURCH NEARBY THAT WAS BUILT BY A DONOR FROM EUROPE AND THE 06:00 BUILDING SAT THERE WITH VERY FEW PEOPLE IN IT FOR A LONG TIME. 06:03 THERE WERE A FEW MEMBERS BUT VERY FEW. 06:06 BUT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE USED THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD THERE 06:12 AND HAVE RAISED UP A MUCH LARGER CONGREGATION. 06:15 SO DR. WEBB, YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THIS WAS AN ADVENTIST CONGREGATION 06:20 THAT THEY GOT A BUILDING BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY MEMBERS. 06:23 RIGHT. 06:24 OK. 06:26 SO NOW OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE PUT SOME MEMBERS IN THERE. 06:28 WONDERFUL, FILLED IT UP. 06:29 WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FULL BUT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT AND THEY HAVE 06:34 GATHERED A LOT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER. 06:36 GREAT. 06:37 THIS IS OUR MISSION PRESIDENT THERE PASTOR ---. 06:40 HE IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM AND TRAVELS WITH 06:45 ME WHEN I GO OUT TO VISIT THE DIFFERENT AREAS. 06:47 AND WHERE DOES HE LIVE? 06:49 HE LIVES IN BUTUAN WHICH IS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE AREA. 06:56 THE REGIONAL CENTER. 06:58 IN THE DISTANCE THERE YOU SEE A SMALL CHURCH BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A VERY 07:04 EASY WAY TO GET THERE. 07:06 WE ACTUALLY HAD TO GO AROUND A DIFFERENT DIRECTION TO GET THROUGH 07:08 THE MUD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO GET MY SHOES ALL MUDDY FOR THE 07:11 REST OF THE DAY. 07:12 SO WE DID FIND A PLACE WHERE THERE WERE SOME BOARDS THAT WE COULD WALK 07:17 ON SO WE DIDN'T GET IN QUITE SUCH DEEP MUD. 07:20 SO NOW IS THIS TYPICAL OF THE RAINY SEASON OR THE DRY SEASON? 07:25 THIS IS THE DRY SEASON. 07:26 EVEN WHEN IT'S DRY THERE'S STILL QUITE A LOT OF MUD AND SOFT SPOTS. 07:30 THERE'S STILL WATER. 07:31 NOT LIKE CALIFORNIA. 07:33 YES, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE PRETTY DRY RIGHT NOW. 07:36 RIGHT. 07:37 SO THIS IS OUR CHURCH THERE IN THIS VILLAGE. 07:44 THEY ARE VERY INNOVATIVE THERE. 07:49 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SIT IN PEWS LIKE THIS? 07:52 WELL, THEY DO HAVE BACKS. 07:55 THEY HAVE BACKS. 07:56 I'M NOT SURE HOW STABLE. 07:58 I WOULD BE AFRAID TO LEARN BACK ON IT. 08:01 THOSE STUBBS. 08:02 ACTUALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE UNIQUE ACTUALLY. 08:04 INDEED. 08:05 INDEED. 08:06 I GUESS THEY'RE NOT VERY WELL PADDED BUT YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN. 08:08 IT'S PROBABLY BETTER THAN THE BAMBOO THAT I'VE SAT ON A FEW TIMES OR JUST A 08:13 ROUGH LOG. 08:14 SURE. 08:16 THESE LITTLE GIRLS WERE COMING BRINGING OUR TREATS FOR THE DAY, SOME FRESH 08:18 COCONUT AND THOSE WERE OPENED UP AND WE HAD A REFRESHING DRINK. 08:21 YOU KNOW THAT COCONUT WATER IS ONE OF THE BEST ELECTROLYTES YOU COULD PUT 08:31 INTO YOUR BODY. 08:33 IN FACT, I UNDERSTAND DURING WORLD WAR II IT WAS USED AS AN INTRAVENOUS FOR 08:38 BLOOD REPLACEMENT. 08:39 HOW INTERESTING. 08:41 CERTAINLY YOU NEED THE FLUIDS WHEN YOU GET DEHYDRATE. 08:44 RIGHT AND THERE'S NOTHING QUITE SO REFRESHING AS A FRESH BUKO JUICE. 08:47 YOU'VE ENJOYED THAT A LOT OUT THERE IN PHILIPPINES I SUSPECT. 08:53 I HAVE. 08:54 I ENJOY IT AND THEY BRING IT FOR ME ALMOST EVERYWHERE I GO. 08:57 I ENJOY. 08:57 HOW DO THEY GET THEM OUT OF THE TREES? 09:01 WELL THEY CLIMB THE TREE. 09:02 IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING TO SEE THESE YOUNG GUYS. 09:05 THEY JUST PUT THEIR HANDS AROUND THE BACK AND THEIR FEET ON THE FRONT AND UP 09:10 THE TREE THEY GO. 09:11 THEY KIND OF LEAP UP A TREE. 09:15 THEY DO. 09:16 HOPEFULLY THEY COME DOWN WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. 09:19 I REMEMBER ONE TIME WE PARKED OUR CAR UNDER A COCONUT TREE AND THE RATS 09:23 AND BEEN UP THERE AND THEY HAD EATEN THE VINE OFF AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A 09:28 BREEZE AND IT CAME AND IT WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE BACK WINDOW. 09:30 OH, THOSE THINGS ARE HEAVY. 09:33 THEY ARE. 09:34 YOU WOULDN'T WANT ONE TO HIT YOU ON THE HEAD. 09:36 IT MIGHT BE THE LAST THING YOU HAVE HIT YOU. 09:38 THIS IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE. 09:41 HE HAS BEEN WORKING THERE FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME BUT HE HAS RAISED UP A SMALL 09:47 CONGREGATION. 09:49 THESE ARE THE ONES WHO HAPPENED TO COME THE DAY WE WERE THERE WHICH AGAIN 09:52 WAS NOT ON A SABBATH. 09:54 BUT THEY DID COME. 09:56 THE MAN ON THE FAR LEFT IS THE ONE IN CHARGE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THAT 09:59 AREA. 10:00 HIS NAME IS NIMROD ------. 10:03 AGAIN VERY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM. 10:07 THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO-DOES HE LIVE THERE? 10:11 YES. 10:12 SO HE WOULD BE LIKE THE LOCAL ELDER? 10:14 HE IS THE MISSION DIRECTOR. 10:15 OK. 10:17 SO HE'S WORKING FOR THE CHURCH AND HE IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GOSPEL 10:22 OUTREACH WORKER THERE. 10:24 RIGHT. 10:25 THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK. 10:28 LET'S SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION WITH YOU FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH RIGHT 10:33 NOW. 10:34 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 10:39 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 10:42 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 10:45 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 10:48 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 10:50 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 10:53 MY HEAD HURTS. 10:55 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 10:57 I GIVE UP. 10:59 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 11:01 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 11:03 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 11:06 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 11:11 WHERE? 11:12 ALL THE WORLD. 11:13 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 11:16 YOU CAN PRAY. 11:18 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 11:23 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 11:27 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 11:29 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 11:32 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 11:35 BE THE SPARK. 11:36 LIGHT THE FIRE. 11:38 FINISH THE WORK. 11:41 FINISH THE WORK. 11:43 BE THE SPARK. 11:46 WELCOME BACK TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:51 MY NAME IS MIKE PORTER AND I HAVE AS MY GUEST HERE TODAY DR. FRED WEBB. 11:57 HE SPENT A LOT OF YEARS IN PHILIPPINES AND HE HAS JUST BEEN SHARING WITH US 12:00 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THERE IN MINDANAO. 12:03 I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF MOVE OUT OF THAT AREA-NO WE'RE GOING 12:06 TO STAY IN THE SAME AREA FOR AWHILE THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO LUZON. 12:09 OK, VERY WELL. 12:11 WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU GOT TO SHARE WITH US? 12:13 IN THE SAME NORTHEASTERN MINDANAO AREA WE ARE GOING UP TO VISIT ANOTHER 12:17 CHURCH. 12:19 AGAIN THIS IS MADE OUT OF MORE NATIVE MATERIALS WITH A GALVANIZED IRON ROOF. 12:25 IT'S AGAIN IDENTIFIED AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH CHURCH AND GOSPEL OUTREACH GETS THE 12:33 CREDIT FOR THIS. 12:35 BUT AS WE WENT ON THE TRAIL GOING UP THERE WE PASSED BY SOMETHING THAT 12:42 CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. 12:44 I SAID WHAT IS THIS. 12:46 THEY SAID THIS WAS THE HOME OF ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS. 12:48 WOW. 12:51 THREE O'CLOCK ONE MORNING THE FAMILY WAS ASLEEP IN THEIR HOUSE, THE FATHER, 12:59 TWIN BOYS AND AN OLDER GIRL AND A BABY ABOUT LESS THAN A WEEK OLD AND THE 13:05 MOTHER. 13:06 NEWBORN. 13:08 THE WALL OF MUD BEHIND THEIR HOUSE CAME DOWN AND ENGULFED THE ENTIRE HOUSE. 13:14 THE TWO BOYS AND THE OLDER GIRL AND THE FATHER WERE ABLE TO DIG THEIR WAY OUT. 13:20 THE MOTHER, HER LEG WAS PINNED BETWEEN TWO HARD OBJECTS AND SHE COULDN'T 13:25 MOVE. 13:27 SHE WAS ABLE TO HAND HER BABY OUT TO HER HUSBAND. 13:31 THEN THE VILLAGE SET TO WORK AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO TRY TO FREE 13:35 HER, DIG HER OUT OF THE MUD. 13:36 TO DIG HER OUT OF THE MUD. 13:38 IT TOOK UNTIL ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO GET HER FREE. 13:44 SO SHE WAS PINNED THERE FOR FIVE HOURS. 13:47 BUT SHE SURVIVED. 13:48 SHE SURVIVED. 13:49 THIS IS THE FATHER STANDING ON WHAT'S LEFT OF HIS HOUSE. 13:54 NOT MUCH LEFT OF IT. 13:56 NOT A WHOLE LOT. 13:58 HERE IS THE FAMILY. 14:00 WHAT A MIRACLE THOUGH THAT THEY DIDN'T LOSE THEIR LIVES. 14:04 NONE OF THEM LOST THEIR LIFE. 14:06 SHE WAS UNABLE TO WALK FOR SOME TIME. 14:11 IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE I CAME THERE. 14:15 THE DAY THAT I CAME WAS THE SECOND DAY THAT SHE HAD TRIED TO WALK. 14:19 BEFORE THAT HER LEG WAS PRETTY WELL PARALYZED. 14:22 IT DIDN'T WANT TO FUNCTION. 14:24 BUT THE DAY BEFORE I CAME SHE BEGAN TO WALK A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS CRUTCH. 14:30 SHE WANTED TO COME WITH THE REST OF THE GROUP BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING A 14:33 BABY DEDICATION AND SHE WANTED THAT BABY TO BE DEDICATED TO THE LORD. 14:36 OH SO SHE WAS DEDICATING HER LITTLE BABY TO THE LORD. 14:39 RIGHT. 14:40 WONDERFUL. 14:41 HERE'S THE FAMILY. 14:43 THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE FAMILY. 14:47 THEY'RE REALLY A VERY DEDICATED COUPLE. 14:51 AND BY THIS TIME THE BABY IS A LITTLE BIT OLDER AS WE SEE THERE. 14:55 JUST A LITTLE OLDER. 14:56 ABOUT A MONTH. 14:57 SURE. 14:59 AFTER THE BABY DEDICATION WE WENT OUT TO A BAPTISM. 15:02 AND CAN YOU FIND A MUCH BETTER SCENE FOR A BAPTISM? 15:07 WOW, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 15:08 VERY SERENE. 15:09 WE DIDN'T HAVE TRUCKS PASSING BY ON THIS ONE NOR CARABAO CARTS. 15:12 WE HAD TO HIKE UP THE RIVER BED A WAYS. 15:14 LOOKS LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD A LITTLE WATER RUNNING INTO THERE. 15:17 THERE'S A LITTLE WATER FALL SO IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL SPOT. 15:21 LOVELY SETTING. 15:22 AND THE SOUND OF THE WATER YOU KNOW, VERY VERY PEACEFUL. 15:24 THIS YOUNG LADY WAS BAPTIZED AND HER BROTHER. 15:31 THESE ARE THE SON AND DAUGHTER OF THE ONE WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY ON WHICH 15:37 THE CHURCH WAS BUILT. 15:40 THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY ARE NOT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST YET. 15:45 YET, BUT THEY PROVIDED THE PROPERTY TO BUILD THE CHURCH. 15:48 THEY PROVIDED THE PROPERTY AND THEY ALLOWED THEIR TEENAGE CHILDREN TO BE 15:51 BAPTIZED. 15:52 OH, THEIR NOT FAR BEHIND. 15:53 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME. 15:55 JUST A MATTER OF TIME AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY WILL JOIN THEM IN BAPTISM. 16:02 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS THERE IN THE CHURCH. 16:05 THEY HAD COME OUT JUST FOR THE BAPTISM. 16:07 AGAIN THIS WAS NOT ON A SABBATH. 16:09 BUT THEY CAME OUT FOR THE BABY DEDICATION AND THE BAPTISM. 16:12 WE DEDICATED, IT SEEMED LIKE IF I COUNTED RIGHT, FIVE OR SIX BABIES THAT 16:17 DAY. 16:19 SO YOU HAD THE BABY DEDICATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK THEN. 16:22 RIGHT. 16:23 AND THE BAPTISM. 16:24 AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE TO ALL THE PLACES ON SABBATH SO YOU 16:27 NECESSARILY NEED TO VISIT SOME DURING THE WEEK. 16:31 RIGHT. 16:32 WELL, YOU KNOW I TRY TO. 16:34 BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY PLACES TO VISIT I TRY TO VISIT AT LEAST TWO 16:38 MISSIONS EACH WEEK. 16:40 SO THREE TO FOUR DAYS IN ONE PLACE IS MAXIMUM. 16:44 AND A MISSION HAS POSSIBLY HOW MANY CHURCHES AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 16:49 THAT YOU'D BE TRYING TO VISIT? 16:50 WELL MOST OF THEM HAVE FOUR OR FIVE WORKERS SO IF I SPEND AN HOUR OR TWO 16:56 WITH EACH ONE THAT'S ABOUT IT. 16:58 KIND OF ABOUT ONE CHURCH A DAY AND YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH OUT OF TIME AREN'T YOU. 17:02 THAT'S WHY MY WIFE DOESN'T LIKE TO GO WITH ME ON THESE TRIPS. 17:06 IT'S TOO MUCH TRAVELING. 17:07 SHE DOESN'T GO HIKING WITH YOU THROUGH ALL THESE VILLAGES. 17:09 WELL SHE DOESN'T MIND THE HIKING BUT IT'S THE LONG DRIVES IN THE CAR. 17:11 OK. 17:12 SOME DRIVES CAN BE, WELL I'VE BEEN ON ONE THAT WAS EIGHT HOURS EACH WAY AND 17:18 MAKE THE ROUND TRIP IN ONE DAY. 17:20 AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY FREEWAY DRIVING IS IT. 17:22 NO. 17:23 NO, SLOW TRUCKS, THREE-WHEELED MOTORCYCLES. 17:31 THEY DON'T GO VERY FAST. 17:32 NO THEY DON'T AND YOU GET TO SHARE THE ROAD WITH THE CARABAO AS WELL. 17:35 WITH OX CARTS AND CARABAOS AND TRACTORS AND PEOPLE AND MOTORCYCLES AND PEOPLE 17:40 ON FOOT, EVERYTHING RIGHT. 17:43 THAT'S RIGHT. 17:44 YOU KNOW SPEAKING OF BEING IN THE PHILIPPINES I NOTICE YOU HAVE A VERY 17:47 ATTRACTIVE SHIRT ON. 17:49 THANK YOU. 17:50 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 17:52 THIS IS THE FORMAL DRESS IN THE PHILIPPINES. 17:57 THIS ONE ACTUALLY IS A BIT SEMIFORMAL IN THAT IT HAS SHORT SLEEVES. 18:00 OK. 18:01 THE LONG-SLEEVED BARONG IS THE COMPLETE FORMAL DRESS. 18:05 IF I WERE GOING TO VISIT WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY I WOULD WEAR A 18:10 LONG-SLEEVED BARONG. 18:11 OK, SO THAT WOULD BE THE FORMAL. 18:13 THIS WAS A DRESS THAT I BECAME VERY FAMILIAR WITH VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE I 18:19 DON'T LIKE A NECKTIE. 18:21 WELL I WAS GOING TO SAY I THINK WE OUGHT TO LEARN SOMETHING FROM THEM. 18:24 I THINK SO TOO. 18:25 IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD GET RID OF THE NECKTIE. 18:27 THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLAN WOULDN'T IT. 18:29 I THINK SO. 18:30 YOU KNOW, ONE FILIPINO TOLD ME ONE TIME HE SAID WE DON'T BUTTON THE TOP 18:33 BUTTON EXCEPT WHEN THEY PUT US IN THE BOX. 18:37 THAT'S THE ONLY TIME? 18:38 THAT'S THE ONLY TIME. 18:39 NOW I NOTICE THAT SOME OTHERS DO BUTTON THE TOP BUTTON OTHERWISE. 18:42 BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD EXCUSE. 18:44 WELL IT CERTAINLY IS A GOOD EXCUSE NOT TO WEAR A TIE SO I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. 18:47 TAKE US BACK ON YOUR RECENT TRIP THERE AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE. 18:54 OK, WE'RE GOING NOW TO THE SOUTHERN LUZON MISSION. 18:59 WE'RE BACK ON THE SAME ISLAND OF LUZON THAT WE WERE ON IN AN INTERVIEW 19:04 PREVIOUSLY BUT THIS IS WAY DOWN IN THE FAR SOUTH. 19:08 NOW THE HEADQUARTERS OF THAT MISSION ARE IN LEGAZPI WHERE THERE IS A 19:14 FAMOUS VOLCANO CALLED MAYON VOLCANO. 19:17 I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT IN THIS SET TODAY BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST 19:22 PERFECT VOLCANIC CONES IN THE WORLD. 19:25 IT DOMINATES THE LANDSCAPE. 19:28 FROM ALL AROUND. 19:29 FROM EVERYWHERE YOU SEE THAT VOLCANO. 19:32 IN THIS PICTURE, I'M CURIOUS AND MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO TELL US, BUT IT 19:35 SURE LOOKS LIKE IT'S INDOORS AND THOSE ARE TENTS IN THE BACKGROUND. 19:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 19:40 THESE TWO GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE HOLDING-WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE SECOND 19:45 ONE HERE-NEXT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE, THERE WE GO. 19:49 OK SO THAT'S HIS TENT A LITTLE CLOSER UP ISN'T IT. 19:52 YES. 19:53 THEY HAVE RENTED THIS HOUSE IN WHICH THEY ARE STAYING AND THERE ABOUT 19:57 SEVEN OR EIGHT OTHERS WORKING WITH THEM, NOT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 20:01 BUT WORKING WITH THEM AND HOLDING SOME MEETINGS AND YOU KNOW FOR PRIVACY THEY 20:05 HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE TENT. 20:06 SO THEY JUST PITCH THEIR TENT INSIDE THE HOUSE. 20:08 INSIDE. 20:09 OH HOW INTERESTING. 20:11 WELL I SUPPOSE IT WOULD ALSO BE GOOD FOR MOSQUITOES. 20:12 YES, RIGHT THAT'S THEIR MOSQUITO NET. 20:14 SURE. 20:15 AND I PRESUME IT WOULD GET QUITE WARM IN THERE. 20:18 I WOULD THINK SO BUT I GUESS IT DOES PROVIDE SOME PRIVACY. 20:21 IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE OK TO TAKE IT OUTSIDE TOO. 20:25 YES. 20:26 WELL THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE CITY. 20:27 OK. 20:29 ACTUALLY THE NAME OF THE CITY IS TOBACO. 20:31 TOBACO, OK. 20:32 THEY PRONOUNCE THIS ONE TOBACO. 20:33 NOW THE THING THAT THEY SMOKE THEY CALL IT TOBACO. 20:40 I SEE, SO IT'S NOT THE SAME THEN. 20:42 NOT THE SAME THEN. 20:43 OK. 20:43 THIS ONLY HAS ONE "C" INSTEAD OF TWO. 20:46 SO THEY PITCH THEIR TENT RIGHT INSIDE THE HOUSE SO THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO 20:51 BE AND BE COMFORTABLE THEN. 20:53 THESE WORKERS HAD ONLY BEEN WORKING LESS THAN A MONTH AS GOSPEL OUTREACH 20:57 WORKERS WHEN I VISITED THEM SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF REPORT. 21:01 THEY WERE ALREADY HOLDING MEETINGS. 21:03 THEY'RE BUSY WORKING. 21:05 THEY ARE BUSY WORKING TAKING THE GOSPEL AND THAT'S WHAT OUR GOSPEL 21:07 OUTREACH WORKERS DO. 21:08 THAT'S WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ABOUT ISN'T IT. 21:10 SURE. 21:11 WE'RE GOING TO GO A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH TO ANOTHER TOWN. 21:15 THIS IS CALLED TOBOGAN IN---- AND BOBBY THERE IN THE RED SHIRT HAS BEEN 21:22 WORKING THERE NOW FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. 21:24 THERE WERE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BEFORE HIM BUT HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 21:29 THREE YEARS AND HE HAS REALLY DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. 21:33 THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE. 21:34 AGAIN WE'RE NOT ON SABBATH BUT SOME PEOPLE HAD JOINED TOGETHER TO GREET ME WHEN 21:39 I ARRIVED AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH COORDINATOR. 21:45 THIS LADY IS NAMED FIDELIA. 21:49 I'VE TALKED ABOUT HER ON ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS ONCE BEFORE BUT JUST AS QUICK 21:53 REVIEW, SHE WAS A CATHOLIC A CATECHIST, A VERY HIGHLY ESTEEMED MEMBER OF HER 22:00 CHURCH BUT WHEN SHE READ HER BIBLE IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT REMEMBER 22:06 THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY, THE SEVENTH DAY WAS THE SABBATH. 22:08 SHE WAS WONDERING IF SOMEBODY HAD FORGOTTEN. 22:10 AND SHE SAID SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE SO SHE ASKED HER PRIEST AND SAID DO WE 22:13 FOLLOW THE BIBLE. 22:14 HE SAID OH YES. 22:16 WELL WHAT ABOUT THE SABBATH. 22:18 OH WE FOLLOW TRADITION. 22:20 WE HAVE A TRADITION WE WORSHIP ON SUNDAY. 22:22 THAT DIDN'T SATISFY HER. 22:24 BOBBY WAS OPERATING AN ADVENTIST CHURCH NOT FAR AWAY AND SHE HAD SEEN THIS 22:31 SO SHE WENT TO SEE BOBBY. 22:33 WHAT ABOUT THE SABBATH? 22:35 RIGHT. 22:36 HE TOLD HER THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SABBATH FROM THE BIBLE. 22:39 SHE BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AND SHE-THIS PICTURE IS TAKEN THIS YEAR 22:46 WHEN I WAS THERE. 22:47 SHE WAS DOWN AT THE MISSION HEADQUARTERS TAKING A COURSE IN MEDICAL 22:51 MISSIONS. 22:52 OK. 22:53 AND NOW SHE IS OUT WINNING SOULS FOR THE LORD. 22:55 SHE HAS ALREADY BROUGHT IN TWO OR THREE FAMILIES. 22:58 SHE IS WORKING PARTICULARLY FOR HER FORMER CHURCH MATES. 23:00 NOW WOULD SHE BE CONSIDERED A GOSPEL OUTREACH PERSON THEN OR IS 23:05 SHE JUST ONE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS THAT'S JUST ON FIRE AND WORKING FOR THE 23:10 LORD. 23:11 SHE'S A CHURCH MEMBER. 23:12 SHE IS NOT BEING PAID BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 23:14 OK. 23:15 SHE'S A VOLUNTEER. 23:16 SHE'S ONE WHO HAS CAUGHT THE SPIRIT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 23:18 SO NOW INSTEAD OF GOING OUT TELLING HER NEIGHBORS TO COME TO MASS SHE SAYS 23:20 OH YOU COME TO CHURCH ON SABBATH MORNING. 23:22 WONDERFUL, PRAISE THE LORD. 23:23 AND SHE VISITS AND SHE'S BRINGING IN SOULS. 23:27 THE NEXT PICTURE WE HAVE HERE IS BOBBY WITH THE LADY TO THE LEFT IN THE 23:31 PICTURE. 23:32 SHE IS BLIND BUT SHE BECAME A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AND SHE WANTED 23:37 TO SHARE. 23:39 SO SHE FOUND ANOTHER FAMILY AND SHE STARTED TELLING THEM ABOUT JESUS. 23:44 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT. 23:45 BUT SHE WOULD COME BACK THE NEXT DAY. 23:48 SHE WAS PERSISTENT. 23:49 SHE WAS PERSISTENT. 23:50 SHE CAME BACK AND SHE CAME BACK. 23:53 THIS IS THE BLIND GIRL. 23:54 SHE'S BLIND. 23:55 BUT SHE STILL COMES BACK. 23:57 STILL COMES BACK. 23:58 SHE CAN GET AROUND THEN. 23:59 AND THAT FAMILY HAS NOW BEEN BAPTIZED. 24:01 OH PRAISE THE LORD. 24:03 SO EVEN YOU MAY HAVE WHAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD CALL A HANDICAP, OTHER PEOPLE 24:07 MIGHT CALL A CHALLENGE. 24:09 SHE HAS USED WHAT SHE HAS FOR THE LORD. 24:14 SHE DOESN'T LET IT SLOW HER DOWN. 24:16 YOU KNOW IN THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS THE ONE WITH THE FIVE TALENTS WAS 24:19 BLESSED THE SAME AS THE ONE WITH THE TEN. 24:22 IT WAS ONLY THE ONE THAT DIDN'T USE THE TALENT THAT WAS REPRIMANDED, THAT WAS 24:26 IN TROUBLE. 24:27 SHE USED EVEN THE ONE TALENT. 24:28 SURE, FOR THE LORD. 24:30 SO WHEREVER WE ARE AND WHATEVER GOD PUTS IN FRONT OF US WE NEED TO JUST BE 24:35 WILLING TO DO WHATEVER HE PUTS IN FRONT OF US. 24:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 24:39 YOU KNOW FOR ME THAT'S WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ABOUT. 24:41 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID YES, SIGN ME UP, USE ME IN SOME WAY. 24:47 AND YOU'VE DONE THAT IN A MARVELOUS WAY. 24:49 WELL THE LORD HAS LED. 24:51 KEEP GOING. 24:54 THEY DON'T HAVE VERY GREAT FACILITIES. 24:56 THIS WAS THEIR EVANGELISTIC HALL. 24:58 THEY PUT A TARP OVER THE TOP OF THAT AND THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD THEIR 25:00 EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. 25:02 CURRENTLY THEY ARE MEETING IN A LITTLE SHED BESIDE. 25:06 THEY HAVE NOW PURCHASED A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THEY SHOULD BE BUILDING A 25:09 CHURCH VERY SOON. 25:10 HE HAS RAISED UP A SMALL CONGREGATION THERE. 25:16 THIS IS ONLY A FEW THAT CAME OUT ON A NON-SABBATH DAY. 25:18 AGAIN DURING THE WEEK. 25:19 YES. 25:20 AND WE HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE HERE. 25:26 I PUT THIS ON PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THIS IS BOBBY AND HIS WIFE ON THE RIGHT. 25:29 OK. 25:31 THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS A FORMER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO IS NOW A 25:33 DISTRICT PASTOR IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. 25:36 OK. 25:37 SO SOMETIMES THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS MOVE ON TO BECOME REGULAR PASTORS 25:41 THEN TOO. 25:42 MANY OF THEM DO. 25:43 IN FACT SOME OF THE CONFERENCES AND MISSIONS USE GOSPEL OUTREACH AS A 25:48 PROVING GROUND. 25:50 IF THEY CAN DO A GOOD WORK WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH THEN THEY COULD BE TAKEN IN AS 25:54 A PASTOR. 25:55 VERY WELL. 25:56 SO THIS HAS WORKED OUT VERY WELL FOR A NUMBER OF THEM AND THE TESTIMONY 26:01 THAT COMES BACK IS THAT THOSE WHO HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH GOSPEL 26:06 OUTREACH HAVE PROVEN TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE PASTORS. 26:10 WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY OUT THERE WORKING AND THEY HAVE SOME 26:15 SUPERVISION, THEY HAVE SOME MODELING, THEY HAVE SOME PEOPLE TO HELP THEM 26:20 LIKE YOURSELF AND THEY ARE EFFECTIVE WORKERS RIGHT. 26:22 RIGHT. 26:23 NOW IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO GO OUT AND I DO SEVERAL THINGS. 26:29 I ENCOURAGE THE WORKER. 26:31 I CHECK TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING THEIR WORK AND THAT THE CONFERENCE IS 26:34 USING THE MONEY PROPERLY THEN WHEN I COME BACK I CAN ASSURE THE DONORS YOUR 26:38 MONEY IS BEING USED THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO BE USED. 26:40 AND THAT'S WHAT SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING ISN'T IT. 26:43 WELL WE JUST APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR JOINING US TODAY WITH OUR ADVENTURES 26:47 IN MISSIONS FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:49 WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE WATCHING A LOT OF THINGS BUT THANK YOU FOR JOINING 26:53 US HERE AT ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:57 ON YOUR SCREEN YOU'LL SEE WAYS THAT YOU CAN CONTACT US. 27:00 PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER LIKE DR. FRED WEBB. 27:05 PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, BUT THANK 27:09 YOU FOR WATCHING TODAY IN OUR PROGRAM. 27:11 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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