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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000648A
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00:13 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:17 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TODAY AND WE WANT TO THANK 00:20 YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS AND THANK YOU 00:23 FOR BEING A PART OF THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:26 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SPECIAL WORK THAT GOSPEL 00:30 OUTREACH IS INVOLVED WITH. 00:31 EVERYTHING THAT WE TRY AND DO IS SPECIAL BECAUSE WE'RE WANTING TO SHARE 00:34 JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:36 BUT WE HAVE RECOGNIZED AND REALIZED THAT THERE IS A SPECIAL NEED IN THIS 00:40 PARTICULAR PART OF THE WORLD FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO IN SO MANY WAYS 00:43 HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT. 00:45 WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AND THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE WITH 00:48 FRED WEBB. 00:49 HI FRED, HOW ARE YOU? 00:50 HI, JUST FINE THANK YOU. 00:51 SO FRED YOU ARE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR IN THE PHILIPPINES. 00:55 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:56 AND I HAVE JUST BEEN REFERRING TO SOME PEOPLE AND CAN YOU TELL US WHY 01:00 THEY ARE SPECIAL. 01:01 THEY ARE DEAF, THEY CAN'T HEAR. 01:04 BUT THEY STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS RIGHT? 01:06 THEY HAVE A SOUL JUST LIKE YOURS AND MINE. 01:08 ABSOLUTELY. 01:10 AND THE GREAT COMMISSION THAT JESUS HAS GIVEN TO US THAT WE NEED TO GO AND TO 01:13 TEACH AND WE DO KNOW THAT-TO ALL NATIONS, TONGUES AND PEOPLE. 01:18 THIS IS TRUE. 01:19 TONGUES-THEY CAN'T SPEAK EXCEPT FOR THEIR HANDS. 01:21 THEIR HANDS, EXACTLY. 01:22 AND IN MARK 7 THERE'S THE PART HERE WHERE JESUS HEALS THE DEAF MAN. 01:27 "AND A DEAF MAN WITH A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT WAS BROUGHT TO JESUS AND THE 01:31 PEOPLE BEGGED JESUS TO LAY HIS HANDS ON THE MAN TO HEAL HIM." 01:35 BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING TO ME IS THEY PROBABLY HAD HEARD ABOUT JESUS LAYING 01:39 HANDS ON PEOPLE BUT WHAT JESUS DID HERE IN VERSE 33, "HE PUT HIS FINGERS 01:45 INTO THE MAN'S EARS, THEN SPITTING ON HIS OWN FINGERS HE TOUCHED THE 01:49 MANS TONGUE." 01:51 AND I LOVE THIS, JESUS SAYS "BE OPENED", AND THE WORD HERE IN THIS VERSION 01:57 IS "INSTANTLY THE MAN COULD HEAR PERFECTLY AND HIS TONGUE WAS FREED SO HE 02:01 COULD SPEAK PLAINLY." 02:02 WHAT A DAY THAT MUST HAVE BEEN RIGHT? 02:05 EXCITING. 02:06 HE MUST HAVE BEEN SO EXCITED. 02:07 ABSOLUTELY. 02:09 AND IT SAYS THAT HE WENT ON THEN TO TELL EVERYBODY AND THAT'S WHAT'S WERE 02:13 WANTING TO DO HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:14 BUT WE HEAR STORIES LIKE THAT AND THEN WE ARE HEARING OF THE NEEDS IN 02:19 OUR AREA OF THE 10/40 WINDOW WO TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND 02:24 WHERE THE PARTICULAR AREA IS IN THE PHILIPPINES. 02:26 OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO START OUT IN MINDANAO WHICH IS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE 02:30 PHILIPPINES. 02:31 WE HAVE THERE TWO AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING IN. 02:34 ONE IN CAGAYAN DE ORO WHICH IS THE NORTHERN MOST CITY IN, WELL NOT THE 02:40 NORTHERN MOST CITY I GUESS, BUT THE MAIN CITY IN THE NORTH. 02:44 AND THE OTHER ONE IS IN ABOUT THE CENTRAL PART OF MINDANAO IN AN AREA CLOSE 02:48 TO THE CITY OF MALAYBALAY. 02:52 BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SULADS BUT THE WORKERS ARE 02:57 SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:58 WORKING TOGETHER? 02:59 WORKING TOGETHER. 03:00 DESCRIBE TO OUR VIEWERS WHAT SULADS IS. 03:01 SULADS IS A, WELL, IT'S AN ACRONYM STANDING FOR SOCIOECONOMIC UPLIFT 03:03 LEADING TO ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES. 03:04 WOW, THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. 03:05 CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I SAID? 03:06 IT'S SULADS. 03:07 SULADS IS ALSO A WORD IN THE MANOBO DIALECT THAT MEANS BROTHERS. 03:08 OK. 03:09 SO I PREFER THAT ANYWAY. 03:10 WORKING TOGETHER. 03:11 BUT IT'S A STUDENT MISSIONARY PROGRAM STARTED AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE 03:12 BY JAMES ZACHERY BACK IN 1970, OH THE SEVENTIES, IN THE SEVENTIES. 03:14 HE WAS CHAIR OF THE RELIGION DEPARTMENT OF MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 03:16 AND HE BEGAN THE PROGRAM AND IT HAS, WELL IT DIED FOR LACK OF FUNDING AT ONE 03:18 POINT BUT IT HAS BEEN RESURRECTED AND IS NOW FLOURISHING. 03:20 WELL THIS IS GREAT. 03:21 WITH ABOUT 100 WORKERS REACHING OUT TO MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE 03:22 ISLANDS. 03:24 AND IN THE PHILIPPINES THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF ISLANDS, YES, AND HOW 03:25 MANY? 03:26 THERE ARE SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVEN. 03:27 WOW. 03:28 AND HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO WE HAVE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 03:30 WE HAVE 74 AT THIS POINT. 03:31 OK, AND IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE SULADS ABOUT HOW MANY? 03:50 SULADS HAVE FIVE, FOUR OF THEM AT A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND ONE IN CAGAYAN DE 04:19 ORO. 04:20 OKAY. 04:21 AND YOU ALSO WORK WITH JOHN BLAKE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 04:22 YES, HE IS THE ONE IN CHARGE OF THE DEAF WORK, BUT BECAUSE I'M THERE 04:26 EVERY YEAR AND HE'S NOT AND I HAVE SOME INTEREST IN THE DEAF, I DON'T KNOW 04:28 WHY BUT I DO. 04:29 THEY HAVE SOULS. 04:30 I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'M INTERESTED. 04:31 THEY HAVE SOULS, I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'M INTERESTED. 04:33 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 04:35 WELL FRED, YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB OF SHARING PHOTOS WITH US SO WHY 04:40 DON'T YOU TAKE US ALONG ON A TRIP TO THE PHILIPPINES HERE. 04:43 OKAY. 04:44 WE'RE GOING TO START OUT IN CAGAYAN DE ORO. 04:46 THIS IS SONNY SWAN. 04:47 SONNY IS PARTIALLY HEARING. 04:52 SONNY IS THE MAN OR THE WOMAN? 04:53 THE MAN. 04:54 HE CAN HEAR WITH A HEARING AID SO I'M ABLE TO CARRY ON A CONVERSATION WITH 05:01 HIM. 05:02 BUT HIS WIFE IS STONE DEAF, DOESN'T HEAR ANYTHING. 05:05 THEY HAVE CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE HEARING. 05:10 INTERESTING. 05:11 I WANT TO READ WHAT, THIS IS THE SON IN THE MIDDLE? 05:15 YES. 05:16 I HEAR WITH MY EYES AND SPEAK WITH MY HANDS. 05:19 ISN'T THAT NEAT. 05:22 IT'S TRUE. 05:23 YES, REFERRING TO HIS PARENTS. 05:24 RIGHT. 05:25 WELL, OF COURSE, GROWING UP WITH NON-HEARING PARENTS THEY HAD TO LEARN 05:29 SIGN LANGUAGE. 05:29 ABSOLUTELY. 05:31 IT MUST BE QUITE A STRAIN, HOWEVER, TO GET THAT ALL PUT TOGETHER. 05:34 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, KIDS ARE AMAZING. 05:36 THEY ARE. 05:37 AND THEY'VE GROWN UP LIKE THAT. 05:38 OK, SO WHAT'S THIS GROUP HERE DOING. 05:39 THIS IS JUST A GROUP OF DEAF THAT HE HAS GATHERED TOGETHER. 05:44 THEY ENJOY FELLOWSHIP TOGETHER IN A CHRISTIAN ATMOSPHERE. 05:48 LOOK AT THE SMILES AND THE FOOD. 05:50 SO FRED, TELL ME WHAT WOULD THESE YOUNG PEOPLE BE DOING IF THEY DIDN'T 05:54 HAVE EACH OTHER. 05:55 I MEAN YOU KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOUR ISOLATED AND ALL OF THAT I WOULD THINK. 06:00 AND THIS BROADENS THEIR HORIZONS. 06:02 MANY OF THE DEAF IN PHILIPPINES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE, BY THEIR PARENTS, 06:08 TO BE AN OBSTACLE. 06:10 THEY WISH THEY'D JUST GO AWAY. 06:14 AND IN SOME CASES THEY ABANDON THEM. 06:16 TERRIBLE. 06:18 AND IN BETTER CASES THEY DON'T ABANDON THEM BUT THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF 06:22 THEM VERY WELL. 06:23 THEY'RE KIND OF SECOND CLASS CITIZENS. 06:26 AND THAT'S SO HARD FOR US IN THE WESTERN SOCIETY WHERE WE ARE HAVING SO 06:30 MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND FUNDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL 06:34 PEOPLE THAT WE KIND OF HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THAT. 06:37 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THERE BUT THEY NOT-FIRST OF ALL THEIR NOT CHRISTIAN 06:42 ORIENTED AND SECONDLY THEY'RE NOT REALLY VERY FRIENDLY TOWARDS THE 06:48 PEOPLE. 06:50 WELL I'M JUST THRILLED TO HEAR THIS ALRIGHT, KEEP GOING HERE WITH THE GROUP. 06:53 HERE'S SONNY WITH TWO OF THE OTHER DEAF THAT HE'S WORKING WITH. 06:57 OH, AND I KNOW WHAT THEIR SIGNING. 06:59 I LOVE YOU. 07:00 THAT'S RIGHT. 07:02 THEY LIKE TO DO THAT FOR THE PICTURES. 07:04 FOR ALMOST ANY PICTURE YOU TAKE YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THEIR PICTURE. 07:07 YUP, THERE IT IS AGAIN. 07:09 HERE HE IS WITH ANOTHER GROUP. 07:12 HE HAS SEVERAL SMALL GROUPS THAT HE MEETS WITH. 07:16 THEN ON SABBATH THEY COME TO CHURCH IN THE CENTRAL CHURCH IN CAGAYAN DE ORO. 07:21 IT'S A CHURCH OF ABOUT A THOUSAND MEMBERS. 07:22 WELL ATTENDED? 07:23 YES. 07:24 AND THEY ASKED ME TO SPEAK ON THE SABBATH THAT I WAS THERE. 07:25 SO THIS WAS THE CONGREGATION AT THAT POINT. 07:36 HERE IS SONNY. 07:38 IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY YOU CAN SEE THE HEARING AID BEHIND HIS EAR. 07:41 AND THAT HELPS HIM SO HE CAN BE AN INTERPRETER FOR THE GROUP. 07:46 AND WHAT WAS SONNY PRIOR TO BE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FRED? 07:50 HE WAS WORKING WITH SOME OTHER DEAF FRIENDS AS MASSEURS-----------. 07:56 THEY GO DOWN TO THE BIG SHOPPING CENTER, LIMKETKAI, IN THE EVENINGS 08:01 AND THEY WOULD GIVE MASSAGES. 08:03 OKAY. 08:04 THAT WAS THE WAY THEY EARNED THEIR LIVING. 08:06 BUT NOW HE'S WORKING FOR THE LORD. 08:08 NOW HE'S WORKING FOR THE LORD. 08:11 WE'VE HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM. 08:12 I THINK OUR VIEWERS NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN THE FIELD. 08:19 AT ONE POINT HE WAS NOT BEING SUPERVISED VERY WELL AND HE DIDN'T GET A 08:23 STIPEND FOR FOUR MONTHS. 08:25 BUT HE NEVER COMPLAINED. 08:25 HE KEPT ON WORKING. 08:27 BUT I THINK THAT'S BEEN RESOLVED NOW AND HE'S GOING TO BE SUPERVISED 08:30 WELL AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT MORE. 08:34 GOOD. 08:35 SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE DONATING REALIZE THAT YES, WE HAVE PROBLEMS BUT WE 08:39 RESOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS WHEN WE BECOME AWARE OF THEM AND THE LORD'S WORK 08:44 PROGRESSES. 08:45 AND THAT'S ALSO A GOOD WAY TO ALSO LET OUR VIEWERS KNOW THAT THAT IS WHY WE 08:48 HAVE THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS, THAT'S WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO AND THE 08:52 OTHER REGIONAL DIRECTORS GO OUT. 08:53 THEY'RE MEETING, COMMUNICATING WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 08:56 AND THAT CONNECTION ONCE A YEAR IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 08:58 IT'S TOO BAD IT CAN'T BE MORE THAN THAT BUT WE'RE GLAD FOR THAT. 09:02 BUT WE WANT THE DONORS TO KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING OUR VERY BEST TO MAKE THEIR 09:06 MONEY GO AS FAR AS IT WILL GO AND ACCOMPLISH AS MUCH AS IT CAN. 09:09 WONDERFUL. 09:10 WELL GOOD. 09:11 OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO THE CONGREGATION HERE AND SONNY. 09:13 OKAY. 09:13 SONNY HERE IS INTERPRETING. 09:15 YOU CAN SEE HIM THERE IN THE PINK SHIRT. 09:17 THE PEOPLE IN THE ROW FACING HIM ARE THE DEAF. 09:22 THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF THEM THERE THAT DAY BECAUSE, WELL, HE HAD BEEN 09:26 BUSY WITH HAVING TO EARN A LIVING. 09:28 BUT I THINK THE GROUP WILL PICK UP NOW THAT HE HAS FULL TIME THAT HE CAN 09:34 SPEND WITH THAT AGAIN. 09:36 YES. 09:37 THIS WAS A GROUP THAT WAS THERE WITH US THAT DAY. 09:39 THEY ALWAYS LIKE ME TO JOIN THEM SO I, YOU SEE, AND THE FOREIGNERS ALWAYS 09:43 GO IN THE MIDDLE. 09:44 RIGHT. 09:45 OR THE BACK BECAUSE I CAN LOOK OVER THEIR HEADS. 09:47 YES. 09:48 OKAY, WE ARE NOW GOING TO TRAVEL UP COUNTRY A WAYS FROM CAGAYAN DE ORO. 09:54 WE'RE GOING SOUTH TO MALAYBALAY. 09:56 AND JUST BEYOND MALAYBALAY WE HAVE A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 10:01 IT WAS ESTABLISHED I THINK THREE YEARS AGO NOW BY DARYL AND SARA FAMISARAN. 10:06 AND WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE WE WERE MET BY A GROUP SIGNING THEIR WELCOME TO 10:11 US. 10:12 OH HOW NICE. 10:14 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SIGN MEANS. 10:15 APPARENTLY IT'S WELCOME. 10:16 I LIKE IT. 10:17 THEY WERE SIGNING THEIR WELCOME. 10:19 THIS IS KHALIL. 10:21 HE IS A DEAF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 10:22 JUST STARTED WITH THEM LAST JANUARY ACTUALLY. 10:23 BEFORE THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH A DEAF GROUP IN ANOTHER CITY NOT CONNECTED 10:25 TO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 10:27 BUT HIS PARENTS ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS EVEN THOUGH HE HAS A 10:27 MUSLIM NAME KHALIL HAGE. 10:28 OKAY. 10:29 BUT HE IS A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST AND HE IS WORKING THERE WITH A GROUP 10:31 AND THEY FIND THAT VERY GOOD TO HAVE A DEAF WORKER BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS. 10:52 YOU KNOW THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT CULTURE. 10:53 IT'S NOT THE SAME AS THE HEARING CULTURE EVEN IN THE SAME CITY OR THE SAME 10:56 TOWN. 10:58 SO HE UNDERSTANDS THE DEAF CULTURE AND HAS BEEN VERY USEFUL IN KEEPING PEACE ON 11:04 CAMPUS. 11:05 SO HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE HERE AGAIN? 11:07 THERE ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 20 STUDENTS THERE RIGHT NOW. 11:09 AND H OW DOES WORD GET OUT ABOUT THE SCHOOL. 11:12 IS THERE TUITION? 11:14 DO THEIR FAMILIES HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS? 11:15 YES THERE IS A TUITION BUT MOST OF THE FAMILIES CAN'T PAY IT SO WE OFFER THEM TO 11:22 WORK. 11:23 THEY HAVE SEVERAL HECTARES THERE. 11:25 I THINK IT'S ABOUT FIVE HECTARES. 11:28 THAT'S WOULD BE ABOUT ALMOST TEN ACRES AND THEY CAN FARM MOST OF THAT 11:32 EXCEPT THIS YEAR IT'S BEEN TOO DRY. 11:34 OH OH. 11:35 SO THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT. 11:36 AND THEN THEY SELL THE PRODUCE AND ALL OF THAT? 11:38 THEY EAT IT THERE AT THE SCHOOL. 11:39 OKAY. 11:40 ALRIGHT GREAT. 11:41 YES, THEY TRY TO RAISE MOST OF WHAT THEY CAN EAT THERE. 11:42 INTERESTINGLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LIKE TO USE IS ADLI. 11:43 IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, IS IT A GRAIN? 11:47 IT'S A GRAIN KIND OF LIKE A SORGHUM. 11:49 IT'S A TYPE OF SORGHUM. 11:51 BUT THE GRAIN IS VERY VERY NUTRITIOUS ABOUT TEN TIMES THE NUTRITION OF RICE AND 11:58 IT'S GOOD. 11:58 WELL GOOD. 11:59 IT TASTES GOOD. 12:00 IN FACT I LIKE THE FLAVOR BETTER THAN RICE. 12:04 I LIKE RICE BUT THIS IS EVEN BETTER. 12:07 OKAY. 12:08 SO KHALIL WAS SIGNING A PRAYER IN THAT LAST PICTURE. 12:10 I WONDERED IF THAT, IT KIND OF SEEMED TO ME LIKE THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS. 12:14 BUT IN THEIR PRAYERS, OF COURSE, THEY DON'T CLOSE THEIR EYES, THEY HAVE TO 12:17 SEE WHAT THE PERSON IS SAYING. 12:19 OKAY THE NEXT PICTURE IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE SULADS. 12:24 HIS NAME IS PATOGO, EPHRAIM PATOGO. 12:28 HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HOPE CHANNEL IN CAGAYAN DE ORO BUT IS NOW WORKING 12:36 WITH THE SULADS AS THE PRESIDENT. 12:38 HE HAS JUST ON THIS TRIP BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE DEAF WORK. 12:42 HE HADN'T REALLY GONE INTO THAT BEFORE. 12:44 BUT I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH HIS ATTITUDE AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO SUPERVISE 12:49 AND TO KEEP THINGS GOING SMOOTHLY. 12:51 AND BE SUPPORTIVE. 12:52 AND BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THAT'S GOING ON. 12:57 THIS IS A CHOIR OF ANGKLUNGS. 13:00 I LOVE HEARING ANGKLUNGS. 13:06 YOU WANT TO HEAR ANGKLUNG? 13:23 YES. 13:26 THE NEXT VIDEO. 13:35 (VIDEO PLAYING) WOW, ISN'T THAT AMAZING. 13:55 AND IT MAKES YOU WONDER HOW CAN THEY DO THAT? 14:13 WELL, HERE'S OUR NEXT PICTURE I THINK GIVES US THE ANSWER TO THAT. 14:19 ALRIGHT. 14:20 YOU SEE THAT CHART? 14:21 IT HAS THE NAMES OF THE NOTES AND HE HAS A STICK AND HE POINTS TO WHICH 14:27 ONES, HE HOLDS IT THERE AND THEY'LL KEEP SHAKING AS LONG AS HOLDS IT THERE. 14:33 THEY HAD ONLY HAD THESE ANGKLUNG FOR TWO DAYS. 14:35 AND THEY DID THAT AFTER TWO DAYS? 14:36 AND THEY DID THAT AFTER TWO DAYS. 14:38 WOW, WOW. 14:39 YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS, THEY HAVE PHYSICAL PROBLEMS BUT THEIR BRAINS ARE SHARP. 14:45 ABSOLUTELY. 14:46 AND THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. 14:48 I WAS JUST SO TOUCHED, VERY TOUCHING, BY THE ANGKLUNG. 14:52 AND AGAIN IT SHOWS THAT NOBODY CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN OR CAN'T DO. 14:57 THAT'S AMAZED. 14:59 THAT'S FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC. 15:02 OKAY, WELL I'M GOING TO REMEMBER THAT FOR A LONG TIME. 15:05 OKAY KEEP GOING. 15:06 THE NEXT PICTURE IS SOME GIRLS THAT ARE SIGNING A POEM, RECITING A POEM FOR 15:10 US AND THEY'RE SIGNING. 15:11 YOU SEE THE LADY SITTING OUT IN FRONT THERE. 15:12 SHE'S LEADING THEM. 15:13 THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME DIRECTION OTHERWISE THEY WOULD GET ALL MIXED UP. 15:14 IT'S LIKE A CHOIR. 15:16 SO I'M UNDERSTANDING OF THIS WORK THAT THEY ARE USING AMERICAN SIGN 15:17 LANGUAGE. 15:18 IS THAT KIND OF THE STANDARD? 15:18 YES AND NO. 15:20 THERE IS A FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE, RIGHT, BUT THE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE CAN 15:21 BE UNDERSTOOD. 15:22 OKAY, SO THERE'S KIND OF A CROSSOVER. 15:23 RIGHT. 15:24 AND THEN ALSO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT OBVIOUSLY IF YOU WERE A 15:44 HEARING IMPAIRED PERSON WHOSE GROWING UP IN A HOUSEHOLD THAT THE PARENTS 15:49 DON'T KNOW EITHER OF THOSE LANGUAGES THEN YOU HAVE WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED IN 15:53 YOUR HOUSEHOLD FOR FUNCTIONING. 15:55 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DIALECT. 15:56 YES, EXACTLY, OKAY. 15:57 OKAY, THEN WE HAVE THE STUDENTS RECITING A POEM. 16:07 THEY DID A LOT OF RECITATION FOR US. 16:09 IT'S VERY INTERESTING JUST TO WATCH THEM. 16:13 I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. 16:16 SOMETIMES THEY SIGN. 16:17 THEY MAKE NOISES. 16:18 OH SURE. 16:19 OF COURSE THEY'RE NOT UNDERSTANDABLE NOISES BUT THEY MAKE NOISES AND NOT 16:23 VERY HARMONIOUS EITHER. 16:25 BUT TO THEM THEY'RE SINGING PRAISES TO THE LORD. 16:29 ABSOLUTELY. 16:30 AND THE NEXT ONE IS A DANCE. 16:38 NEXT VIDEO. 16:50 (VIDEO PLAYING) I BET THEY LOVED HAVING AN AUDIENCE TOO. 16:59 OH YES. 16:59 THERE WERE SEVERAL OF US THERE. 17:02 DR. ALJANDRO PANES WAS TRAVELING WITH ME, THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF SULADS 17:08 ACTUALLY. 17:10 SO HE WAS ABLE TO GO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WITH ME WHILE I WAS THERE AND 17:14 TAKING PART HERE AS WELL. 17:15 VERY NICE. 17:17 OKAY, OUR NEXT PICTURE IS THE STAFF THERE. 17:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH PAYS FOR FOUR OF THESE STAFF MEMBERS. 17:24 THE OTHERS ARE VOLUNTEERS. 17:25 WE HAVE TWO COUPLES. 17:26 THE WIVES ARE TRAINED IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 17:27 THE HUSBANDS ARE LEARNING BUT THEY'RE NOT JUST STANDING BY. 17:28 THEY'RE NOT PAID. 17:29 THEY ARE COMPLETE VOLUNTEERS. 17:30 METHALIN, THE ONE HOLDING THE CHILD WITH THE RED THERE, IS THE DIRECTOR OF 17:49 THE SCHOOL AND HER HUSBAND JUST IN TALKING WITH HIM I PERCEIVED THAT HE HAS A 17:56 VERY SHARP BUSINESS MIND. 17:57 AND HE IS THE ONE SUPERVISING A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WHICH WE'RE GOING 18:01 TO LOOK AT IN JUST A BIT AND KEEPING TRACT OF THE BUSINESS OF THE SCHOOL. 18:06 ALL VOLUNTEER. 18:07 AND WE HAVE TWO YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO WORK WITH THEM. 18:14 ONE OF THEM IS KAHLIL THE DEAF MAN AND THE OTHER ONE IS JUST A GRADUATE FROM 18:18 COLLEGE AND HE WANTED TO SERVE THE DEAF. 18:21 HERE ARE THE STUDENTS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL HOLDING THE 18:29 ANGKLUNG. 18:31 HOLDING THE ANGKLUNG BECAUSE THEY HAD ONLY HAD IT FOR TWO DAYS AND THEY 18:33 WERE KIND OF PROUD OF THAT. 18:34 SURE. 18:34 THEY'RE MADE OUT OF BAMBOO RIGHT. 18:35 SECTIONS OF BAMBOO THAT ARE TONED, TUNED FOR THE TONE. 18:41 RIGHT. 18:42 OKAY, WHEN WE WERE THERE LAST YEAR WE BROKE GROUND FOR A DORMITORY, 18:43 CAFETERIA. 18:44 AND THIS IS WHAT I T LOOKED LIKE WHEN I WAS THERE THIS YEAR. 18:46 THEY'VE GOT SOME OF THE WALLS UP BUT THEY HAD RUN OUT OF MONEY. 18:56 HOWEVER, THERE IS A DOCTOR IN CANADA WHO TOOK THIS ON AS A PERSONAL PROJECT AND 19:06 THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION IN CANADA THEY HAVE NOW RECEIVED THE FUNDS. 19:10 I JUST GOT WORD THIS MORNING THAT THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TO 19:13 COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING. 19:15 WONDERFUL. 19:15 AND I SEE TRUSSES THERE. 19:17 THOSE TRUSSES WERE READY TO GO UP. 19:20 IN FACT THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD BE PUT UP THE VERY NEXT DAY. 19:23 FANTASTIC. 19:24 I THOUGHT I SAW A PICTURE SOMEWHERE OF THE TRUSSES ON TOP BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN 19:28 ABLE TO FIND IT IN MY FILE SO I COULDN'T PUT THAT IN. 19:30 WELL YOU'LL HAVE TO SHARE THAT WITH US NEXT TIME. 19:32 WELL FRED, THANK YOU FOR TAKING US ALONG HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DEAF 19:36 MINISTRY WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES. 19:37 AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND WE'RE WANTING 19:38 TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU ON HOW YOU CAN DO THAT. 19:43 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND I'M IN EXHIBIT HALL "A" HERE AT GENERAL 19:47 CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. 19:48 I AM HERE WITH DARYL. 19:50 HELLO DARYL. 19:51 HELLO, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. 19:53 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHATTING WITH US. 19:55 SO DARYL TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEGAVOICE PLAYER. 19:58 WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE. 20:00 THIS IS OUR MAIN PLAYER. 20:02 IT'S THE ENVOY S DUAL. 20:04 THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS USING A LOT. 20:06 THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED. 20:07 THEY ARE SHOCK RESISTANT, HEAT RESISTANT TO 150 DEGREES AND WATER 20:12 RESISTANT. 20:13 WOW. 20:14 THEY ARE VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. 20:15 YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THE POWER BUTTON YOU PUSH AND HOLD. 20:18 AND THIS ONE IS BILINGUAL SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES. 20:23 OH THANK YOU. 20:24 SO THAT'S GOOD ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE A TRADE LANGUAGE AND THEN 20:31 THE HEART LANGUAGE, YOU CAN JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO LANGUAGES 20:34 AND THEN YOU HAVE BOTH CHAPTER VERSE FORWARD, BOTH CHAPTER VERSE 20:37 BACKWARD AND THE PAUSE BUTTON IS YOUR BOOK MARK. 20:40 SO IT'S REALLY MADE FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW FOR MISSION OUTREACH. 20:46 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH'S GARY FULLER RECORDS THESE AND THEN THEY GO WITH THE 20:51 REGIONAL DIRECTORS INTO THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THEY COME WITH EARBUDS AND THEN 20:54 WITH ALSO A SPEAKER RIGHT? 20:56 YES. 20:57 THERE'S A LITTLE SPEAKER ONBOARD SO IT'S LOUD ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 15-20 21:01 PEOPLE IN A QUIET ROOM. 21:03 AND THEN OF COURSE THE EARBUDS FOR PERSONAL LISTENING AND IN THE 10/40 21:08 WINDOW AND ESPECIALLY THOSE CLOSED COUNTRIES IT'S SAFE YOU KNOW BECAUSE 21:13 EVERYONE NOW HAS EARPHONES AND SO THEY CAN BE LISTENING TO SCRIPTURE, 21:18 BIBLE STORIES, TEACHING, TRAINING AND NOT BE YOU KNOW BROADCASTING IT TO 21:22 EVERYONE BUT THEY CAN BE LISTENING ON THEIR OWN AND WE GET TESTIMONIES ON A 21:24 WEEKLY BASIS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD WHERE THEY ARE COMING TO FAITH BECAUSE OF 21:31 HEARING GOD'S WORD. 21:38 ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE ARABIC-SPEAKING WORLD HAVE LITERACY ENOUGH 21:42 TO BE ABLE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. 21:44 THAT'S WHY AUDIO IS SO POWERFUL. 21:46 ABSOLUTELY. 21:47 THEY ARE STORIED CULTURED. 21:48 REALLY I'VE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN THE FIELD. 21:51 WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH AND MAY 21:54 THE LORD BLESS YOU. 21:57 (MUSIC PLAYING) AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE 22:14 OF THE MEGAVOICE PLAYERS. 22:19 THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. 22:20 THEY HOLD HOURS OF BIBLE STORIES AND SOMEONE READING THE BIBLE AND IT'S 22:26 GREAT BECAUSE THEY CAN BE IN THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND 22:29 THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS TAKE THEM OUT. 22:31 SO THIS IS JUST ONE WAY THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS WANTING TO SHARE JESUS AND 22:36 WE'RE DOING THIS WITH THE MEGVOICE PLAYERS. 22:38 MANY PEOPLE DON'T READ SO TODAY WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT HERE ON OUR 22:42 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO 22:46 MEET THE PEOPLES NEEDS WHO DON'T READ. 22:48 AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT HERE FRED HERE AT 22:52 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:53 SO WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TALKING RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE DEAF WORK IN THE 22:57 PHILIPPINES AND IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE AND IS DOING 23:03 AND HOW THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER AND FEELING A SENSE OF 23:06 COMMUNITY. 23:07 SO TAKES US BACK TO SOME MORE PHOTOS THAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE. 23:10 OKAY. 23:11 WE'LL GO BACK TO MANILLA THIS TIME. 23:12 MANILLA IS ON THE BIG ISLAND IN THE NORTH AND THIS IS LYCHEL STANDING AT 23:16 THE MICROPHONE. 23:18 LYCHEL GABUCO IS THE LEADER OF OUR PROGRAM THERE IN MANILLA. 23:24 SHE HAD A GOOD JOB WORKING IN A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND SHE GAVE THAT UP TO 23:29 WORK AS A MISSIONARY AND SHE IS RECEIVING MUCH LESS. 23:33 AND THE REASON SHE WAS INTERESTED IN DOING THAT IS THAT HER SISTER CHEARD, 23:37 THAT YOU SEE THE OTHER ONE IN THE PICTURE, IS DEAF. 23:41 SO AS LYCHEL SAN A SOLO CHEARD WAS INTERPRETING IT INTO SIGN LANGUAGE. 23:47 WONDERFUL. 23:48 THEY WORK TOGETHER VERY WELL AS A TEAM AND NOT ONLY THE TWO OF THEM BUT 23:52 THEY HAVE MANY VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THEM. 23:56 THESE GIRLS HAVE ALL VOLUNTARILY JOINED THE GROUP AND HAVE LEARNED 24:02 SIGN LANGUAGE SO THAT THEY CAN INTERPRET AND THEY CAN LEAD OUT IN THE 24:07 ACTIVITIES. 24:08 NOW WHEN THESE PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH ON SABBATH MORNING THEY GET SABBATH 24:14 SCHOOL, THEY GET CHURCH SERVICE, THEY GET A FREE MEAL AND THEY GET A BIBLE 24:18 STUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. 24:19 SO THEY ARE GETTING A FULL LOAD. 24:21 WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. 24:24 HERE'S ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS INTERPRETING DURING THE CHURCH SERVICE. 24:29 AND OF COURSE WE HAD TO HAVE A GROUP PICTURE AGAIN. 24:32 THIS IS JUST A PART OF THE GROUP THAT THEY HAVE THERE THAT HAPPENED TO BE THERE 24:36 ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY. 24:37 PASTOR AND MRS. GABUCO ARE ON THE FAR LEFT OF THAT PICTURE. 24:43 THEY ARE THE PARENTS OF LYCHEL AND CHEARD AND ARE VERY, VERY HELPFUL AND ARE 24:49 WORKING WITH THEM IN A VERY STRONG WAY. 24:53 HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THEIR BOARD AND THEY DO HAVE A BOARD THAT MEETS 24:57 AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR HOW THE GROUP IS GOING TO WORK. 25:00 SO THEY ARE VERY INVOLVED, THE WHOLE FAMILY. 25:05 THE PARENTS ARE BOTH RETIRED NOW SO THEY CAN JUST SPEND THEIR FULL TIME 25:08 WITH IT. 25:09 OH, THAT LAST PICTURE, I'M SORRY, WAS THE VOLUNTEERS. 25:15 THESE ARE THE DEAF THAT THEY ARE WORKING FOR. 25:19 WONDERFUL. 25:20 WELL FRED THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ALL OF THESE AND IT WAS VERY 25:24 MEANINGFUL FOR ME TOO TO SEE SONNY BECAUSE REMEMBER ON A PAST ADVENTURES IN 25:31 MISSIONS THAT WE DID HOW YOU SHARED THE NEED FOR HAVING SOME SPECIAL 25:34 HEARING AIDS AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH DONORS WHO 25:38 HELPED WITH THAT. 25:40 IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO SEE. 25:42 WE HEAR ABOUT SOMETHING AND THEN TO SEE THE RESULTS AND SEE A BUILDING 25:46 BUILT OR WHATEVER. 25:48 BUT WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU FRED WHEN YOU MEET WITH THIS GROUP AND YOU 25:51 SEE HOW THE LORD CONTINUES TO BLESS THEM. 25:54 IT JUST AMAZES ME THAT THE PROGRESS THAT CAN BE MADE IN A SHORT TIME WHEN YOU 25:58 START MEETING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND HOW THEY LISTEN. 26:02 NOW THIS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DOWN IN MINDANAO, THERE ARE BAPTISMS THERE 26:08 EVERY YEAR. 26:10 BASICALLY ALL OF THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED. 26:13 MAYBE NOT QUITE ALL BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED AS SEVENTH-DAY 26:17 ADVENTISTS BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL ONLY. 26:19 WELL AND TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL CONNECTED THAT THEY HAVE SOME COMMONALITY WITH 26:23 PEOPLE AND I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE LEARNING 26:26 SIGN LANGUAGE. 26:28 PEOPLE IN ASIA AND EUROPE THEY LEARN LANGUAGES SO QUICKLY AND I JUST THINK 26:31 IT'S FANTASTIC. 26:33 WELL THANK YOU FRED AND BLESSINGS TO YOU AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, I 26:37 THINK THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT, AND YES. 26:39 AND I LOVE HOW THE DEAF GO LIKE THIS TO PRAISE THE LORD AND TO CLAP. 26:44 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 26:47 ON BEHALF OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS 26:50 KEYMER. 26:50 AND THIS IS I LOVE YOU. 26:52 MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE HEARS THAT FROM YOU TODAY. 26:55 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. 26:55 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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