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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000616A
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00:14 HELLO GOOD FRIENDS. 00:17 GLAD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN ON ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM AND THIS 00:23 PROGRAM TODAY IS LIKE A LOT OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS I GET TO PARTICIPATE IN. 00:28 I GET TO BE WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE ON THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM. 00:34 LET ME PRESENT MY DEAR FRIEND, FRED WEBB. 00:38 FRED, GOD BLESS YOU MAN. 00:40 THANK YOU. 00:41 SO GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU I -I LIKE TO COME BACK TO GOSPEL OUTREACH FROM 00:46 TIME TO TIME HOPING I'LL GET TO SEE YOU AND I'M NOT DISAPPOINTED THIS TIME AND 00:51 YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED EITHER WHEN YOU HEAR THE STORIES THAT 00:55 BROTHER FRED WEBB HAS TO SHARE. 00:57 NOW YOU REPRESENT WHAT CORNER OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VINEYARD? 01:03 THE PHILIPPINES. 01:04 THE PHILIPPINES WHAT'S THAT NUMBER THERE? 01:06 EIGHT - REGION EIGHT, REGION EIGHT AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY REGIONS 01:11 THERE ARE? 01:12 I THINK THERE IS SEVENTEEN. 01:13 SEVENTEEN OF THEM. 01:14 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH REGION EIGHT? 01:17 TEN YEARS AS OF TODAY. 01:19 IS THAT RIGHT? 01:21 NOW YOU WENT BACK TO REGION EIGHT BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE. 01:26 I WORKED THERE TWELVE YEARS. 01:28 AND YOU KIND OF FELL IN LOVE WITH THOSE PEOPLE; SAW THE POTENTIAL OF GOD'S 01:33 WORK IN THAT PLACE. 01:34 YES, I LOVE THE PEOPLE THERE AND AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH I CONSIDER IT A 01:36 PRIVILEGE TO GO BACK AND VISIT MY FRIENDS. 01:39 OH BLESS YOUR HEART. 01:40 NOW YOUR BACKGROUND IS TEACHING? 01:45 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-AT THE COLLEGE, YES, IN THE PHILIPPINES, RIGHT? 01:50 I WAS THE VP OF FINANCE AT AIIAS-ADVENTIST INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 01:53 ADVANCED STUDIES. 01:54 THAT'S THE GENERAL CONFERENCE INSTITUTION OF GRADUATE STUDIES. 01:56 OH, WELL THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, FRED. 02:06 YOU AND YOUR DEAR WIFE HAVE BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO ALL OF US AND AS FRED 02:12 ALWAYS DOES HE BRINGS BACK PICTURES SO THAT IT IS NOT JUST A VERBAL STORY, AS 02:19 IMPORTANT AS THAT IS, WE GET TO SEE WHO HE IS TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT 02:24 THEY WERE DOING AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARTICULAR AREA THAT HE'S BEEN 02:28 VISITING. 02:29 YOU VISIT ONCE A YEAR ALSO? 02:30 ONCE A YEAR. 02:31 WHAT YOU REGIONAL DIRECTORS WHEN YOU GO THERE WHAT'S YOUR REAL 02:36 PURPOSE IN GOING? 02:37 IT'S SEVERAL FOLD: FIRST OF ALL TO ENCOURAGE THE WORKERS. 02:41 SECONDLY, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE DOING THE WORK THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO 02:44 BE DOING AND THIRDLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LOCAL CONFERENCE OR MISSION IS 02:51 USING THE FUNDS THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED AND THE LAST IS TO BE 02:55 ABLE TO COME BACK AND ASSURE THE DONORS THAT YES, THEIR MONEY IS DOING 02:59 WHAT THEY INTENDED IT TO DO. 03:01 AH, USING A WORD THAT SOMETIMES WE DON'T LIKE TO HEAR BUT its TRUE- YOU 03:07 REALLY AUDIT, YES, THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN REGION EIGHT. 03:12 I REQUIRE A SPREADOUT FROM THEIR LEDGER OF THEIR, BOOKKEEPING, ACCOUNT FOR 03:20 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:21 IN OTHER WORDS, NOT SOMETHING THEY'VE MADE UP BUT SOMETHING ACTUALLY 03:23 COMING FROM THE LEDGER. 03:25 SO THAT WHEN THESE REGIONAL DIRECTORS RETURN TO US HERE FOR THE GOSPEL 03:30 OUTREACH PROGRAM AND THEY BRING US STORIES IT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE VERIFIED 03:36 THAT IN FACT, THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT I MAKE, YOU MAKE WE ALL SHARE 03:41 THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH ARE BEING USED IN THE WAY THAT WE PROMISED YOU THEY 03:47 WOULD BE USED. 03:48 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:49 SO, ALRIGHT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY? 03:52 O.K. 03:53 WE ARE GOING TO START OUT IN THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND OF PALAWAN. 03:56 IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL ISLAND IN THE SOUTHWEST OF THE BIG ISLAND OF LUZON. 04:01 AND OUR FIRST PICTURE IS OF A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF ANDY MAGBANOLAN. 04:06 ANDY HAS BEEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH I THINK FOR ABOUT 19 YEARS. 04:10 REALLY? 04:11 HE IS A LONG TERM WORKER. 04:12 HE HAS -HE AND HIS WIFE WORK TOGETHER. 04:14 THEY ARE BOTH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 04:16 THEY HAVE RAISED UP OVER THOSE NINTEEN YEARS THEY HAVE RAISED UP NINE 04:21 CHURCHES. 04:22 WOW. 04:23 AND THE ONE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS NUMBER NINE. 04:25 IS THAT RIGHT? 04:27 AH, NOW HOW DOES A WORKER LIKE HIM-OF COURSE HE HAS BEEN AROUND NINTEEN YEARS 04:33 AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP HIM, RIGHT, BUT HOW DOES A WORKER LIKE THAT GET 04:38 SELECTED AS ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE? 04:41 I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY SELECTED HIM. 04:43 AH, THE CRITERIA THAT THEY USE NOW IS THEY HAVE TO BE A THEOLOGY GRADUATE. 04:47 OH REALLY? 04:48 I DON'T ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THAT MYSELF BECAUSE ANDY HERE IS NOT A 04:51 THEOLOGY GRADUATE, HE IS NOT A COLLEGE GRADUATE BUT HE HAS ONE OR TWO YEARS OF 04:55 COLLEGE BUT HE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN 05:01 THE PHILIPPINES. 05:03 WELL, I THINK WE'LL KEEP HIM HAVING ESTABLISHED NINE FELLOWSHIPS OF 05:08 BELIEVERS. 05:09 RIGHT. 05:10 IT IS WONDERFUL. 05:11 HE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB. 05:12 OK AND IN THIS PICTURE HE ,HE HAS ONLY BEEN IN THIS PARTICULAR TOWN NOW FOR 05:18 TWO YEARS AND HE HAS RAISED UP A CONGREGATION AND HE IS SHOWING US A 05:24 PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THE MISSION HAS PURCHASED TO BUILD A CHURCH. 05:31 THIS IS THE CHURCH SITE, UM, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SITE ACTUALLY IT'S ABOUT TWO 05:37 HECTARES-ABOUT FOUR ACRES- A LITTLE OVER FOUR ACRES AND IT'S -THERE IS PLENTY 05:43 OF ROOM THERE FOR A SCHOOL. 05:46 HE'S LOOKED TO THE FUTURE. 05:47 IS -NOW IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE FROM THE PICTURE THAT THIS IS MAYBE A MORE 05:53 REMOTE AREA OR IS IT CLOSE TO A VILLAGE OR TOWN OR? 05:56 IT IS CLOSE TO A VILLAGE AND IT IS RIGHT ON THE MAIN HIGHWAY. 05:59 AH HA. 06:00 IT IS RIGHT ON THE MAIN HIGHWAY. 06:02 SO THE VISUAL TESTIMONY WILL BE VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE. 06:08 RIGHT. 06:09 AND IT'S ALL BEEN CLEARED NOW. 06:11 HE'S DONE A LOT OF WORK IN CLEANING IT UP. 06:13 THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT, IT WAS JUNGLE. 06:15 WHEN YOU SAY HE HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK HAS HE GOT THE LOCAL CONGREGATION TO HELP 06:19 HIM? 06:21 YES, THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL BYANIHAN-WE CALL IT A WORK BEE. 06:23 AH, I DIDN'T KNOW BYANIHAN. 06:26 THEY ALL COME TOGETHER AND THEY ALL WORK AND THEY HAVE BEEN OUT THERE. 06:30 THEY HAVE REALLY CLEANED THE AREA AND PUT UP A FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY. 06:35 THIS FENCE GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND. 06:37 WOW. 06:39 TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY FROM ANIMALS COMING IN AND THEY'VE BUILT A BUILDING 06:45 THAT THEY ARE USING NOW FOR A CHURCH BUT IT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME A LAMB 06:49 SHELTER. 06:51 EXPLAIN LAMB SHELTER FOR SOME OF US-FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE 06:55 CONGREGATION. 06:56 YOU SEE HIS WIFE, BERNADETTE AND WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE OF HER LATER IS 07:01 A ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN CHILDREN AND SHE DOES EXTREMELY WELL WORKING 07:04 WITH CHILDREN IN VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, SABBATH SCHOOL. 07:08 UM, SHE COULD PREACH A SERMON THOUGH. 07:10 NOW WHEN WE SEE A BUILDING LIKE THAT ERECTED ONA PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS 07:14 DESIGNATED AS CHURCH PROPERTY, WHAT KIND OF AN IMPRESSION DOES THAT MAKE 07:19 ON THE GENERAL COMMUNITY? 07:22 WELL, THEY CAN SEE THAT THERE IS PROGRESS THERE AND IT'S -WHILE IT'S BUILT 07:26 OUT OF NATIVE MATERIALS BUT IT IS STILL VERY NEATLY DONE SO IT WOULD A 07:30 RESPECTABLE BUILDING. 07:32 AND I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT RESPECT BECAUSE IF -IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IF 07:38 A GROUP IS WORTH ANYTHING THEY WILL HAVE A PLACE OF MEETING. 07:43 YES AND IF THEY DON'T THE CONGREGATION WON'T LAST LONG. 07:47 OK MOVING ON. 07:50 MOVING ON- THEY ARE LANDSCAPING THE AREA. 07:53 BERNADETTE IS REALLY GOOD AT LANDSCAPING. 07:55 SHE STARTED MOST OF THESE PLANTS FROM CUTTINGS AND LAYS THEM OUT. 08:01 THIS IS SOME OF THE YOUNG MEN IN THE CHURCH THAT HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO SING. 08:07 THAT IS ONE OF THEIR MEANS OF REACHING PEOPLE. 08:09 ANDY PLAYS THE GUITAR VERY WELL AND WELL SO DOES SHE-BERNADETTE. 08:14 HE TEACHES THEM TO PLAY THE GUITAR AND HOW TO SING. 08:16 WOW. 08:18 WELL AND SO IT'S A PLACE OF WORSHIP AND THEY COME FOR STUDY AND SO FORTH BUT 08:23 IT BECOMES A VERY SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL FELLOWSHIP AS WELL THEN. 08:26 OH YES, YES. 08:29 ANDY DOESN'T SPEND MUCH ON HIMSELF. 08:31 THIS IS HIS HOUSE. 08:32 THIS IS THE PARSONAGE. 08:33 OH MY. 08:34 THE PARSONAGE. 08:35 AND THIS IS THE KITCHEN. 08:41 BUT YOU KNOW WE SMILE ABOUT THAT BUT THERE THAT'S JUST LIKE EVERYBODY 08:46 ELSES KITCHEN. 08:47 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:48 AND THAT'S THE WAY OUR WORKERS ARE ABLE TO BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. 08:52 THEY ARE NOT SET APART. 08:53 THEY ARE NOT DIFFERENT, YES; THEY BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. 08:56 THEY WIN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE BY MEETING THEIR NEEDS AND FULFILLING 09:01 THOSE NEEDS AND WHEN THEY HAVE DONE THAT THEN THEY ARE READY TO LISTEN TO THE 09:05 GOSPEL. 09:06 WOW. 09:09 OK. 09:10 THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS THE DEDICATION OF A SITE FOR A NEW CHURCH BUILDING. 09:19 COULD WE GET THAT PICTURE ON THE SCREEN? 09:21 NOW THIS IS NOT THE SAME ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT? 09:23 NO, THIS IS A NEW CHURCH NOW. 09:25 IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY? 09:26 NO, IT IS IN THE SAME PLACE. 09:29 REALLY? 09:30 NOW THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A REAL CHURCH-OH, I GOT YOU. 09:32 YOU NOTICE I SAID THE OTHER WAS TO BE A LAMB SHELTER. 09:34 YES, YES. 09:36 SO THEY ARE DEDICATING A PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE NOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 09:38 CHURCH. 09:39 NOW WHEN IT COMES TO A DEDICATION CEREMONY LIKE THAT EVERYBODY COMES? 09:42 OH YES. 09:43 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EVENT THEN. 09:45 THE LOCAL MISSION PERSONNEL COME; AH-IT'S A-DOES ANYTHING LIKE THIS 09:51 ALSO ATTRACT OTHER RESIDENTS OF THAT COMMUNITY? 09:54 YES, NOW THEY WANT TO COME AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER HERE. 09:58 VERY GOOD. 09:59 SO THE BUILDING HAS NOW BEEN STARTED. 10:02 THEY'VE LAID IT OUT -GETTING READY TO BUILD THE BUILDING.THERE THEY 10:09 ARE DIGGING THE FOOTINGS AND AGAIN THIS IS ALL VOLUNTARY LABOR. 10:14 AND SO WHEN AND THEY'LL MIX CEMENT FOR THE FOOTINGS, YES, AND 10:19 EVERYTHING AND IT IS ALL DONE BY HAND. 10:21 AND THEY BUILD THEY BUILD IT OF LOCAL STONE, BRICK? 10:25 THEY WILL USE CONCRETE BLOCK ON THIS ONE. 10:27 WE'LL SEE THAT -WE CAN SEE THE BASE-OH, THERE IT IS, YES. 10:32 AND THEY ARE SETTING UP THE STEEL FOR A CONCRETE PILLAR. 10:37 OH. 10:38 ARE THESE PEOPLE ALREADY EXPERIENCED IN THAT KIND OF CONSTRUCTION? 10:41 YES, YES. 10:42 AND ANDY HAS BUILT SEVERAL CHURCHES AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN VERY NICE. 10:48 HE'S BUILT CHURCHES IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES. 10:50 EVERY PLACE HE HAS GONE HE HAS BUILT A CHURCH SO HE'S BECOME QUITE A BUILDER 10:55 HIMSELF. 10:58 THIS IS THE SIDE OF THE CHURCH. 11:00 YOU CAN SEE IT IS WELL BUILT WITH PLENTY OF CIRCULATION. 11:04 IT WILL HAVE A GALVANIZED IRON ROOF AND IT WILL LOOK VERY NICE WHEN IT IS 11:09 COMPLETED. 11:11 YOU SAID THAT IS ALL LOCAL MATERIAL EXCEPT FOR THE CEMENT BLOCKS OR DID THEY 11:13 MAKE THE BLOCKS? 11:15 AH, THEY PROBABLY PURCHASED THE BLOCKS BUT THEY ARE PROBABLY LOCALLY 11:18 MADE; AND THE STEEL TRUSSES THAT'S A-IT'S A BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO 11:26 LAST A WHILE. 11:28 NOW THIS IS THE BEGINNINGS OF THE FRONT THERE. 11:30 THE NORTH PHILIPPINE UNION HAS A DESIGN THAT THEY LIKE ALL OF THEIR CHURCHES 11:36 TO BE BUILD AROUND, OH I SEE, AND THIS IS THE DESIGN FOR A SMALL 11:40 VILLAGE. 11:41 WELL WHEN YOU SEE A CHURCH YOU KNOW IT IS A CHURCH. 11:43 THAT'S RIGHT. 11:45 THE REASON THEY DO THIS I THINK IS BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER CHURCH THERE 11:46 CALLED IGELSIA DE CRISTO THAT THEIR CHURCHES ARE VERY, VERY RECOGNIZABLE 11:51 ANY WHERE AND THIS IS A WAY TO DESIGNATE THAT THIS IS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 11:59 CHURCH. 12:00 AND OF COURSE THEY ENJOY EATING AND ENJOY FELLOWSHIP TOGETHER WHEN 12:04 THEY COME TO GETHER FOR THEIR WORK. 12:06 THE WOMEN WILL SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME COOKING SO THAT THE MEN CAN BE ABOUT 12:09 THE WALL. 12:10 THEN THERE WILL BE A BIG FEAST. 12:14 WOW NOW OBVIOUSLY YOU TOOK THOSE PICTURES SO YOU GOT TO BE THERE, I DID NOT 12:21 TAKE THE PICTURES OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S BEEN SINCE I WAS THERE IN 12:24 MARCH. 12:25 AH, SO THEY'VE SENT THOSE TO YOU. 12:27 YES, SO WE GET A CURRENT UPDATE, RIGHT. 12:29 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS TO FELLOWSHIP WITH THIS COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS, OH 12:33 YES, YES. 12:35 I HAVE BEEN IN THEIR PLACE THERE A NUMBER OF TIMES JUST FELLOWSHIPING WITH 12:43 THEM AND EATING THEIR MEAL WITH THEM. 12:45 NOW ANDY IS HIS NAME? 12:47 ANDY YES, DOES HE THEN WHEN THE CHURCH IS CONSTRUCTED DOES HE HOLD 12:51 AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING? 12:52 HE HAS ALREADY HELD SOME AND HE WILL HOLD MORE. 12:55 AND THE PEOPLE RESPOND TO THAT PREACHING. 12:58 YES, AND HE STARTS THE BIBLE STUDIES -THAT PICTURE THAT WE WERE JUST 13:03 LOOKING AT WAS A BIBLE STUDY HE WAS CONDUCTING IN ONE OF THE HOMES AND HERE 13:10 IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE HE IS CONDUCTING ANOTHER BIBLE STUDY USING A PICTURE 13:14 ROLL. 13:15 PICTURE ROLLS ARE VERY VALUABLE OUT THERE. 13:17 THEY ARE. 13:18 OH YES, SOMEONE GAVE ME SOME PICTURE ROLLS AWHILE BACK. 13:22 IT TOOK THEM OUT THERE AND BOY THEY WERE, THEY WERE EAGER TO GET HOLD OF THOSE 13:25 BECAUSE MANY OF THE PEOPLE ARE ILLITERATE. 13:29 THEY SEE THE PICTURES. 13:30 WOW. 13:32 ANOTHER BIBLE STUDY. 13:34 ANDY IS A VERY BUSY MAN. 13:37 HE NEVER SITS STILL. 13:38 HE HAS A LOT OF ENERGY. 13:40 SO YOU KNOW WHEN I SEE THAT AND KNOW THAT THIS REPRESENTS VERY, VERY 13:48 ACTIVE MINISTRY FOR HIM TO TAKE THE NECESSARY BREAKS FROM THAT TO WORK ON THE 13:55 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MEANS THAT THIS MAN HARDLY STOPS. 13:59 THAT'S RIGHT. 14:00 HE IS CONSTANTLY ON THE GO. 14:03 HE KEEPS ME GOING WHEN I'M THERE. 14:05 DOES HE HAVE A FAMILY? 14:06 HE HAS FOUR CHILDREN, FIVE CHILDREN. 14:08 FIVE CHILDREN? 14:10 FIVE CHILDREN AND HIS WIFE CARES FOR THE CHILDREN, AH ONLY ONE IS LEFT AT HOME, 14:14 OH OK. 14:15 THE OTHERS ARE OFF GOING TO SCHOOL. 14:17 WHERE DO THEY GO TO SCHOOL? 14:19 AH, THEY HAVE BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH DOESN'T PAY A VERY LARGE STIPEND 14:24 THEY HAVE HAD TO GO TO PUBLIC COLLEGES. 14:26 OK AND I THINK THEY DID A LOT OF HOME SCHOOLING ALSO. 14:33 THEY WERE OUT ON THE VERY ISOLATED ISLAND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS CALLED 14:38 CAGAYANCILLO AND THEY DIDN'T GET BACK TO THE MAINLAND VERY FREQUENTLY. 14:42 WHEN THEY DID SENT THE CHILDREN BACK TO GO TO A FORMAL SCHOOL HER PARENTS 14:47 TOOK CARE OF THEM. 14:50 YOU KNOW WHAT YOU REMIND ME OF IS WHILE GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN 14:56 ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT THESE NATIONAL WORKERS THEY, THEY STILL LIVE A 15:04 VERY SACRIFICIAL LIFE. 15:05 YES, THEY DO- VERY SACRIFICIAL. 15:07 AND WE, WE CANNOT POSSIBLY BEGIN TO CONSIDER WELL, WE'RE SUPPORTING THESE 15:14 PEOPLE SO THEY'RE HAVING A LIVING AND ABLE TO SURVIVE AND WHATEVER BUT THEY ARE 15:21 BARELY SURVIVING. 15:23 YES THEY ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE AND THAT'S THE TERM-SURVIVE. 15:26 SO OUR, OUR CONTRIBUTIONS-LET ME JUST BREAK RIGHT HERE A MINUTE 15:30 FRED, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE DOING IT A BIT LATER-WE HAVE SEEN THIS WORKER IN 15:38 THE PHILIPPINES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER -ANDY AND HAVE HEARD THE ACCOUNT OF 15:43 THIS FAITHFUL, FAITHFUL MINISTRY AND LET ME TELL YOU WITH THE KIND OF 15:49 AUDITING THAT LEADERS LIKE FRED WEBB DOES FOR THAT TERRITORY YOUR 15:56 CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH ARE VERY, VERY WELL PLACED AND YOU CAN 16:03 EXPECT THAT GOD IS GOING TO BLESS THAT WORK WITH THE MULTIPLICATION OF 16:07 CHURCH BUILDINGS-YES BUT PEOPLE TO FILL THOSE BUILDINGS AS THEY 16:12 ESTABLISH THEIR FELLOWSHIP IN, IN THE PROCESS OF GOING TO THE KINGDOM. 16:19 SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. 16:21 YOU SEE THE ADDRESS AND ALL ABOUT THAT. 16:23 YOU KNOW WHERE TO SEND THE MONEY AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 16:26 DOING THAT AND ASK AN INTEREST IN YOUR PRAYERS ON BEHALF OF THE "ANDYS" 16:31 OF THE WORLD WHO ARE WORKING SO FAITHFULLY. 16:36 HIS WIFE BERNADETTE IS VERY ACTIVE IN MUSIC. 16:39 AH, HERE SHE IS. 16:41 YES SHE IS LEADING THE MUSIC THERE AND SHE HAS STARTED A CLASS IN THE 16:47 COMMUNITY TEACHING THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THE YOUTH, HOW TO SING AND HERE IS A 16:52 PART OF THEIR CLASS LEARNING TO SING AND PRESENTING-SO THAT'S A 16:58 PART OF THE OUTREACH MINISTRY THAT THEY BRING? 17:00 THAT'S A PART OF THE OUTREACH MINISTRY. 17:02 HERE WE HAVE-WHAT MOUNTAIN IS THAT? 17:04 THAT'S MAYON VOLCANO, AH, ONE OF THE MOST PERFECT CONES FOUND IN THE WORLD 17:10 AND IT BLOWS OFF EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. 17:12 YOU SEE A LITTLE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE TOP THERE RIGHT NOW. 17:14 AH HA. 17:15 THAT IS DOWN IN LEGAZPI IN THE SOUTHERN LUZON MISSION. 17:20 THE MAN ON THE LEFT IS A FORMER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER NOW A DISTRICT 17:24 PASTOR AND THE MAN ON THE RIGHT IS OUR CURRENT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN 17:28 THIS VILLAGE OF TOBACO. 17:32 OH YES, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT TOBACO BEFORE. 17:34 YES HE HAS RAISED UP A GOOD SIZED ORGANIZATION OR GROUP THERE. 17:40 HERE ON THE LEFT OF HIM IS A BLIND LADY. 17:44 SHE DOESN'T LET THAT BOTHER HER. 17:46 SHE WENT TO HER NEIGHBORS AND STARTED TELLING THEM ABOUT JESUS. 17:50 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT. 17:52 SHE CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY -WANTED TO TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 17:54 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT. 17:55 SHE WAS PERSISTENT AND THEY ARE NOW SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS, WOW, CHURCH 18:02 MEMBERS. 18:03 ATHILIA WAS A CATHOLIC CATECHIST TEACHING IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, YES, BUT 18:11 SHE WAS TROUBLED ABOUT THE SABBATH. 18:13 OH REALLY. 18:15 SHE ASKED HER PRIEST, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THE SABBATH? 18:18 WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS BUT WE DON'T FOLLOW THE BIBLE WE, WE 18:23 FOLLOW TRADITION. 18:24 SO SHE WASN'T SATISFIED SHE WENT AND TALKED TO BOBBI AND BOBBI TOLD HER 18:29 ABOUT THE SABBATH AND SHE SAYS THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, I WANT TO FOLLOW 18:32 THAT. 18:33 SO I TOOK THIS PICTURE. 18:34 SHE WAS TAKING A CLASS IN HOW TO BE A MEDICAL MISSIONARY AND IS NOW 18:40 BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 18:42 NOW WHEN SHE TAKES A CLASS ON HOW TO BE A MEDICAL MISSIONARY WHAT DOES THAT 18:46 CONSIST OF? 18:47 AH, SHE'LL LEARN HOW TO DO MASSAGE; TO DO AH, FOMENTATION HYDROTHERAPY 18:53 AND SHE WILL BE ABLE TO RELIEVE A LOT OF SUFFERING AND PAIN. 18:58 AND THOSE SIMPLE TREATMENTS GOD USES TO MAKE A TREMENDOUS 19:03 DIFFERENCE ,YES, IN PEOPLE'S LIVING EXPERIENCE AND WITH THAT THE DOOR IS 19:09 OPENED FOR HER TO SHARE WHO JESUS IS. 19:12 AGAIN, USE THE METHODS THAT JESUS USED AND WHEN YOU WIN THEIR CONFIDENCE 19:17 THEN YOU CAN PRESENT THE GOSPEL. 19:19 AND WHAT YOU REMIND ME OF FRED, IS THE PRINCIPLES OF THE KINGDOM. 19:23 WHAT JESUS DOES AND WHAT HE TAUGHT WORKS EVERYWHERE. 19:28 THAT'S RIGHT, EVEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND IT CROSSES CULTURE. 19:32 YES, BEAUTIFUL. 19:34 OK WE'LL MOVE ON. 19:36 THESE ARE THE ONES-THIS WAS NOT A SABBATH DAY SO IT IS NOT THE WHOLE 19:38 CONGREGATION BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT SHOWED UP TO GREET THE FOREIGNER THAT 19:44 CAME TO TOWN. 19:45 NOW WE'VE GONE DOWN TO MINDANAO TO A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 19:52 AH HA. 19:53 THIS SCHOOL IS SPONSORED BY THE SULADS ORGANIZATION WHICH I THINK YOU ARE 19:57 FAMILIAR WITH. 19:58 IT'S THE STUDENT MISSIONARY ORGANIZATION IN SOUTHERN MINDANAO, YES, I 20:03 HAVE THRILLED WITH THE STORIES YOU'VE TOLD US ABOUT THE SULADS AND THAT 20:07 ALL STARTED IN MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE, RIGHT? 20:09 YES. 20:10 GIVE US THAT A SENTENCE ABOUT THAT. 20:12 A VERY SHORT-IT STARTED WITH JAMES ZACHARY WHEN HE WAS THE CHAIR OF THE 20:17 THEOLOGY DEPARTMENT THERE AND HE STARTED SENDING OUT THEOLOGY MAJORS TO GET 20:23 SOME EXPERIENCE OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS. 20:25 THEY WOULD STAY THERE FOR A YEAR AND BUILD UP A CHURCH. 20:31 THERE WOULD BE OTHERS WHO'D FOLLOW IN THE SAME VILLAGE. 20:34 THE SULADS LIVE IN THEMOUNTAINS WITH THE TRIBES PEOPLE IN THE 20:37 MOUNTAINS, YES, AND I MEAN THEIR WHOLE ECONOMY AND SYSTEM OF LIVING IS 20:44 DIFFERENT FROM THE PEOPLE DOWN ON THE COASTLINE. 20:48 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 20:50 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND YOU MIGHT REALIZE THAT SOME OF THE EARLY PIONEERS 20:56 IN THIS PROGRAM- ONE OF THEM JUST PASSED AWAY PASTOR ALBERTO GOPHAN. 21:01 I DIDN'T KNOW I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 21:03 YES HE JUST PASSED AWAY AND WAS BURIED THIS LAST WEEK. 21:05 OH, SAD. 21:07 HE'D BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN ASIA PACIIC DIVISION FOR EIGHT YEARS, 21:12 I BELIEVE. 21:13 AND UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP THE SULADS GOT STARTED, NO, NO, NO HE WAS ONE OF 21:16 THE FIRST ONES TO GO OUT, OH I UNDERSTAND, AS A STUDENT, AS A STUDENT. 21:20 I UNDERSTAND. 21:22 ALRIGHT LET'S SEE THE REST OF YOUR PICTURES. 21:24 HERE WE HAVE DARYL AND SARAH FAMISARAN WHO ARE THE PRESENT SULAD LEADER? 21:28 LEADERS OF THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 21:30 AH. 21:31 HE IS NOT LONGER THE DIRECTOR OF SULADS. 21:33 HE DID THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT HE IS NOW THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL FOR 21:36 THE DEAF BUT THEY ARE HEARING? 21:38 YES AND SO THEY'VE HAD TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE. 21:40 THEY'VE HAD TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE BUT THEY HAVE LEARNED IT VERY WELL AND 21:44 THEY'VE BEEN TAKING TRAINING EVERY SUMMER THEY GO AND GET MORE TRAINING. 21:50 HERE WE HAVE TWO OF OUR LEADERS-THAT'S AMAGINESE VILLANEUVA ON THE LEFT. 21:55 HE IS THE DEAF COORDINATOR FOR THE SOUTHERN ASIA PACIFIC DIVISION. 22:00 THE MAN IN THE BLUE IS LARRY EVANS, OH, GENERAL CONFERENCE- FROM THE 22:05 GENERAL CONFERENCE, JUST HAS BEEN NAMED AS A SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE 22:10 PRESIDENT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE. 22:12 AH HA. 22:14 THEY CAME TO VISIT THE SCHOOL AND THIS IS THE, THE CONGREGATION -THE 22:19 STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL. 22:21 NOW ARE MOST OF THESE FOLKS DEAF? 22:23 THEY ARE ALMOST ALL DEAF. 22:24 THEY ARE JUST A FEW OF US THAT HEAR. 22:26 WELL, WHAT I'M REMEMBERING FRED, THE PICTURE I SAW OF THIS SCHOOL LESS THAN A 22:31 YEAR AGO DIDN'T HAVE HALF THAT MANY STUDENTS. 22:34 THAT'S RIGHT THEY STARTED OUT WITH SEVEN STUDENTS THE FIRST YEAR. 22:36 THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION THEY HAVE TWENTY-SEVEN AND WHILE WE 22:43 WERE THERE THEY HAD A BAPTISM. 22:45 PASTOR JEFF JORDAN FROM TENNESSEE CAME OUT AND HELD A BAPTISM. 22:51 THAT DAY WE BAPTIZED THIRTEEN; FOUR HAD BEEN BAPTIZE THE YEAR BEFORE SO 22:56 SEVENTEEN OUT OF THE TWENTY SEVEN HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED THROUGH THE WORK 23:00 OF THE DEAF MINISTRY THERE. 23:02 PRAISE THE LORD! 23:04 HERE IS THE DORMITORY BUT AS I SAID; THEY WENT FROM SEVEN TO TWENTY-SEVEN 23:07 -WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT ALL THESE KIDS? 23:10 AND SO THEY'VE BEEN STAYING IN THE BARN ACTUALLY BUT WHILE WE WERE 23:14 THERE THEY BROKE GROUND FOR THE BUILDING OF A NEW DORMITORY. 23:18 NOW YOU SAID KIDS, THEY ARE NOT ALL KIDS ARE THEY? 23:21 WELL, THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM ABOUT EIGHT TO FIFTY. 23:24 YES, SO IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL MINISTRY FOR APPEALING TO PEOPLE WHO 23:32 ARE LARGELY FORGOTTEN BY THE GENERAL POPULATION AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE 23:36 A BURDEN. 23:37 AH. 23:39 THIS DORMITORY IS GOING UP -LOOK AT THAT- AND THIS HAS BEEN SINCE I WAS 23:42 THERE. 23:43 THEY GATHERED THE ROCKS RIGHT OUT OF THE FIELDS. 23:45 YES AND THEN MORTAR THEM TOGETHER. 23:49 AND THIS WILL BE A GIRLS DORMITORY AND A CAFETERIA. 23:52 SO THEY WILL HAVE HOUSING THEN FOR, FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY GET 24:01 THIS ONE COMPLETED. 24:02 THEY'LL HAVE THE GIRLS STAY HERE AND THEN THE BOYS WILL GO INTO WHERE 24:04 THE GIRLS ARE STAYING NOW. 24:07 WELL, WHAT A BLESSING ALL OF THIS MINISTRY HAS BEEN. 24:10 YOU'VE TOLD STORIES ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SULAD MINISTRY OVER THE 24:14 YEARS AS WE'VE VISITED TOGETHER AND IT IS ALL A MIRACLE HOW GOD INTERVENES 24:20 ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE SO THAT THEY CAN KNOW WHO HE IS AND 24:24 PREPARE FOR HIS COMING. 24:26 RIGHT. 24:27 NOW THIS DORMITORY IS NOT COMPLETE YET. 24:29 THE LAST I HEARD THEY WERE STILL LACKING FUNDS TO FINISH BUT WE HAVE FAITH 24:34 THAT IT WILL BE FINISHED. 24:36 YOU HAVE ONE OTHER PICTURE? 24:38 I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. 24:40 THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. 24:41 OK WELL THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FRED, FOR BRINGING US THESE FIRST HAND 24:48 FRONTLINE STORIES. 24:49 IF YOU WERE GOING TO KIND OF PROJECT IN YOUR MIND AND I'VE NEVER ASKED YOU 24:59 THIS QUESTION BEFORE BUT WHERE IS GOSPEL OUTREACH GOING IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT 25:04 WE HAVE BEEN REMINDED OF HERE IN THESE STORIES-WHERE DO YOU THINK 25:10 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS GOING? 25:12 HAS TO GO? 25:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS REACHING OUT TO THE-PRIMARILY THE 10/40 25:17 WINDOW AND I THINK THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING WITH THE WORKERS OR I 25:24 SHOULD PUT IT THE OTHER WAY, OUR WORKERS ARE WORKING WITH THE HOLY 25:27 SPIRIT TO DRAW PEOPLE TO JESUS-PRIMARILY IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND I THINK 25:33 IT IS BEING VERY EFFECTIVE. 25:35 AND EVERY PERSON I DON'T KNOW EXCEPTIONS TO THIS ANYWAY, EVERY PERSON WHO 25:42 RESPONDS TO THE INVITATION TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER GOD IS USING, YES. 25:49 I DON'T KNOW ANY EXCEPTIONS TO THAT AND THEREFORE OUR PRAYERS ARE 25:54 BEING ANSWERED. 25:55 YES. 25:56 AND EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES FROM HERE TO SUPPORT THE SULAD WORK OR WHATEVER THE 26:03 WORK MAY BE IS INVESTED IN THE KINGDOM. 26:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 26:09 AH AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOK FOR EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE 26:13 THAT THAT'S HAPPENING. 26:14 AND YOU OF COURSE, SIGNED ON WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE ABOUT NINETY-EIGHT 26:20 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS CONTRIBUTED TO GOSPEL OUTREACH GOES OUT THERE, 26:24 THAT'S RIGHT, TO HELP WITH THE FRONTLINE MINISTRY. 26:27 WE DON'T KEEP ANYTHING BACK HERE AT THE OFFICE EXCEPT TO KEEP THE LIGHTS 26:29 ON, YES, SO THANK YOU, FOLKS FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING, ALLYOU HAVE DONE 26:37 AND I'M PRAYING GOD'S BLESSING ON YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO WORK SHOULDER 26:43 TO SHOULDER WITH ALL OF THE OTHER FAITHFUL FOLKS WHO ARE A PART OF THIS 26:48 GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY. 26:50 FOR THIS TIME, I'M DAN MATTHEWS AND I'M HONORED, PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE WITH 26:54 YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME WE'RE TOGETHER. 26:57 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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