[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:00.50\00:00:14.88 HELLO THERE, I'M DICK DUERKSEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TODAY 00:00:14.91\00:00:20.15 ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I WANT YOU TO MEET FRED WEBB WHO LIVED AS A MISSIONARY 00:00:20.18\00:00:26.19 IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THEN CAME HOME ONLY TO SAY, I'VE GOT TO GO 00:00:26.22\00:00:30.89 BACK TO HOME IN THE PHILIPPINES. 00:00:30.93\00:00:32.89 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 00:00:32.93\00:00:34.30 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:00:34.30\00:00:35.03 IT WILL ALWAYS BE HOME WON'T IT? 00:00:35.06\00:00:36.50 THAT'S RIGHT IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG TO CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THE 00:00:36.53\00:00:40.50 INVITATION TO GO BACK. 00:00:40.54\00:00:41.90 NOW IN THE UNITED STATES YOU LIVE UP IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE 00:00:41.94\00:00:44.11 SIERRA NEVADAS. 00:00:44.14\00:00:45.04 WELL, RIGHT AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS. 00:00:45.07\00:00:46.47 YES. 00:00:46.51\00:00:47.41 IS IT -WHERE IT IS REALLY DRY RIGHT NOW. 00:00:47.44\00:00:48.54 RIGHT. 00:00:48.58\00:00:49.21 VERY DRY. 00:00:49.24\00:00:49.88 VERY DRY. 00:00:49.91\00:00:51.05 AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE PHILIPPINES IT IS NOT VERY DRY. 00:00:51.08\00:00:53.78 AH, NO BUT I USUALLY GO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DRY SEASON. 00:00:53.82\00:00:57.25 SO YOU JUST FEEL RIGHT AT HOME. 00:00:57.29\00:00:58.29 NO, THAT'S ALRIGHT. 00:00:58.32\00:00:59.25 YES, I DO FEEL AT HOME THERE. 00:00:59.29\00:01:01.19 AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU AND THE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME ONE. 00:01:01.22\00:01:06.36 RIGHT. 00:01:06.39\00:01:07.13 THEY LOVE YOU AND YOU LOVE THEM. 00:01:07.13\00:01:08.53 WHEN I TALK TO SOME FILIPINOS HERE IN THE STATES MANY TIMES 00:01:08.56\00:01:11.43 THEY'VE NEVER EVEN BEEN TO THE PHILIPPINES. 00:01:11.47\00:01:12.80 THAT'S ONE MORE FILIPINO THAN YOU. 00:01:12.83\00:01:14.14 THAT'S TRUE. 00:01:14.17\00:01:15.64 SO YOU'VE BROUGHT SOME SLIDES FROM A TRIP THAT STARTS IN 00:01:15.67\00:01:19.01 SOUTHERN LUZON. RIGHT. 00:01:19.04\00:01:19.94 UH, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE BOONDOCKS? 00:01:19.97\00:01:22.91 YES, I HAVE HEARD OF THE BOONDOCKS. 00:01:22.94\00:01:24.58 YOU KNOW WHERE THAT WORD CAME FROM? 00:01:24.61\00:01:25.91 NO-O. 00:01:25.95\00:01:26.61 IT CAME FROM THE PHILIPPINES. 00:01:26.65\00:01:27.65 BECAUSE THERE IS A TOWN CALLED THE BOONDOCKS? 00:01:27.68\00:01:29.05 NO, BOONDOCK MEANS A MOUNTAIN. 00:01:29.08\00:01:31.45 REALLY? 00:01:31.49\00:01:32.45 YES. 00:01:32.49\00:01:33.99 MOUNTAIN WAY OFF OUT BY ITSELF AND SO WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE 00:01:34.02\00:01:37.06 BOONDOCKS TODAY. 00:01:37.09\00:01:38.43 I'M READY. 00:01:38.46\00:01:39.76 THERE FOR SEVERAL REASONS I WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THE 00:01:39.79\00:01:42.66 BOONDOCKS. THIS IS BENJAMIN BASI-UNDER A MANGO TREE. 00:01:42.70\00:01:46.03 UNDER A MANGO TREE WHO WORKS IN THE BOONDOCKS-IN THE BOONDOCK 00:01:46.07\00:01:51.04 PENNISULA. WE WERE DRIVING OUT THERE I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GOING AND WE CAME TO 00:01:51.07\00:01:54.01 A PLACE IN THE ROAD AND IT HAD A SIGN POINTING TO THE BOONDOCK 00:01:54.04\00:01:59.51 PENNINSULA. I HOPE YOU TOOK A GOOD PICTURE OF THAT SIGN. 00:01:59.55\00:02:00.92 I DIDN'T. 00:02:00.95\00:02:01.78 OH, YOU'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND DO THAT. 00:02:01.82\00:02:03.15 AND HE IS WORKING IN THE VILLAGE OF PATOGO WHICH MEANS HIDDEN. 00:02:03.18\00:02:09.19 IF YOU ARE HIDDEN IN THE BOONDOCKS YOU ARE A LONG WAYS 00:02:09.22\00:02:12.09 AWAY. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:02:12.13\00:02:13.60 BUT HE HAS GONE THERE AND HE HAS BEGUN TO WORK AND THIS IS THE 00:02:13.63\00:02:19.67 HARBOR THERE. AH, THOSE BANCAS ARE EVERYWHERE. 00:02:19.70\00:02:21.97 BANCAS? 00:02:22.00\00:02:22.70 BANCA A LITTLE BOAT. 00:02:22.74\00:02:24.11 THAT'S A BOAT. 00:02:24.14\00:02:24.64 AN OUTRIGGER CANOE. 00:02:24.67\00:02:25.77 AN OUTRIGGER CANOE. 00:02:25.81\00:02:26.57 MY LANDS. 00:02:26.61\00:02:27.81 THEY CALL THEM BANCA AND THAT'S WHAT THE FISHERMEN USE. 00:02:27.84\00:02:31.58 THIS IS THE AH, G. 00:02:31.61\00:02:33.18 O. 00:02:33.21\00:02:34.45 COORDINATOR FOR THAT AREA. 00:02:34.48\00:02:37.05 BENJI HAS FOUND THIS MAN. 00:02:37.09\00:02:39.32 HIS NAME ANGELITO MACALENO AND HE LIKES COCONUT JUICE, FRESH. 00:02:39.35\00:02:44.43 OH, SO DO I. 00:02:49.56\00:02:50.87 WHEN YOU GO ANYWHERE IN THE TROPICS THAT BECOMES A DELICACY. 00:02:50.90\00:02:54.77 OH YES, IT DOES. 00:02:54.80\00:02:56.27 AH, HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BE BAPTIZED IN PATOGO, IN PATOGO 00:02:56.30\00:03:02.88 AND BENJI HAS ONLY BEEN THERE JUST A LITTE-ABOUT A YEAR. 00:03:02.91\00:03:05.45 AND THIS MAN IS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER SO HE HAS SOME INFLUENCE 00:03:05.48\00:03:11.52 AND BECAUSE OF HIS POSITION THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HE HAS GOTTEN PERMISSION FOR 00:03:11.55\00:03:17.66 BENJI TO COME IN AND TEACH A CLASS IN VALUES. 00:03:17.69\00:03:23.13 MY. 00:03:23.16\00:03:23.80 SO HOW PRACTICAL. 00:03:23.83\00:03:25.33 IT IS VERY PRACTICAL AND BENJI IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF THAT. 00:03:25.37\00:03:32.04 WHAT A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO COMMUNICATE CHRIST. 00:03:32.07\00:03:35.91 RIGHT. 00:03:35.94\00:03:37.41 AND IN THE PHILIPPINES IT IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW TO TALK ABOUT 00:03:37.45\00:03:41.28 RELIGION IN SCHOOL. 00:03:41.32\00:03:42.05 NO, IT'S GOOD AND IT IS DESIRED. 00:03:42.08\00:03:43.62 RIGHT. 00:03:43.65\00:03:45.75 THIS IS A MAN BY THE NAME OF FRANKLIN GUITIERREZ. 00:03:45.79\00:03:48.49 HE WORKS ON AN ISLA VERDE-GREEN ISLAND. 00:03:48.52\00:03:53.33 I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE. 00:03:53.36\00:03:55.16 I'D LIKE TO GO ONE DAY. 00:03:55.20\00:03:56.16 BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE WORTH VISITING. 00:03:56.20\00:03:57.77 BUT IT'S A LONG WAYS FROM THE HEADQUARTERS THERE AND I MAY OR 00:03:57.80\00:04:03.51 MAY NOT GET THERE ONE DAY. 00:04:03.54\00:04:04.24 IS HE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER? 00:04:04.27\00:04:05.77 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HE HAD COME IN TO THE 00:04:05.81\00:04:09.81 HEADQUARTERS WHILE I WAS THERE SO I WAS ABLE TO GET HIS 00:04:09.84\00:04:12.38 PICTURE. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO HIS PLACE. 00:04:12.41\00:04:14.25 AH, THIS IS ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:04:14.28\00:04:16.22 HE WAS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND THEN HE LEFT THAT TO DO 00:04:16.25\00:04:21.72 SOMETHING ELSE AND NOW HE IS BACK AS A GOSPEL-WELL HE WENT BACK AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:04:21.76\00:04:24.59 WORKER AND THEN HE WAS OFFERED A SCHOLARSHIP TO GO GET A MASTER'S 00:04:24.63\00:04:28.13 DEGREE. UH HUH. 00:04:28.16\00:04:29.70 SO HE IS NOT LONGER AT THIS POINT BUT AT THE TIME I TOOK THE 00:04:29.73\00:04:33.67 PICTURE HE WAS. AND HE PROBABLY WILL COME BACK AND DO IT AGAIN 00:04:33.70\00:04:36.14 IT SOUNDS LIKE. WELL, HE PROBABLY WILL COME BACK AS THE PASTOR RATHER THAN A GOSPEL 00:04:36.17\00:04:38.74 OUTREACH WORKER. 00:04:38.77\00:04:40.84 THERE WE HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SITTING AROUND 00:04:41.54\00:04:45.15 THE TABLE WITH THEIR SUPERVISOR AND THE SECOND ONE FROM THE LEFT 00:04:45.18\00:04:50.42 IS ALEX PANIS. HE IS A MAN THAT I HAVE KNOWN SINCE 1993 WHEN I 00:04:50.45\00:04:54.42 FIRST WENT TO THE PHILIPPINES. 00:04:54.46\00:04:55.29 HE WORKED AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 00:04:55.32\00:04:56.36 HE IS KIND OF MY UNOFFICIAL ASSISTANT OUT THERE. 00:04:56.39\00:05:01.20 HE TRAVELED WITH ME, KEPT ME OUT OF TROUBLE A FEW TIMES AND HAS 00:05:01.23\00:05:07.97 DONE REALLY WELL. 00:05:08.00\00:05:08.94 I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AS A COLLEAGUE. 00:05:08.97\00:05:10.54 YOU KNOW, THE PICTURE-TAKE ME BACK TO THAT ONE FOR JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE THAT 00:05:10.57\00:05:16.98 PICTURE SAYS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL TO ME. 00:05:17.01\00:05:19.01 GROUPS OF WORKERS SITTING TOGETHER AROUND A LOCAL RESTAURANT, A LOCAL 00:05:19.05\00:05:24.89 STARBUCKS KIND OF THING- I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT 00:05:24.92\00:05:28.36 RESTAURANT. TELL ME ABOUT THAT RESTAURANT. 00:05:28.39\00:05:29.79 THAT RESTAURANT IS A CENTER OF INFLUENCE FOR THE SEVENTH DAY 00:05:29.82\00:05:33.16 ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:05:33.19\00:05:33.83 REALLY? 00:05:33.86\00:05:35.23 IT IS A VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAPITAL CITY 00:05:35.26\00:05:38.43 OF THE PROVINCE. 00:05:38.47\00:05:39.93 WHAT A PERFECT PLACE FOR A GROUP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO 00:05:39.97\00:05:43.30 SIT TOGETHER, PRAY TOGETHER, EAT TOGETHER AND PLAN HOW TO ATTACK 00:05:43.34\00:05:47.78 THE WORLD FOR GOD. RIGHT. 00:05:47.81\00:05:48.44 AWESOME. 00:05:48.48\00:05:49.18 O.K. 00:05:49.21\00:05:50.68 AH, WE'RE DOWN NOW TO ACTUALLY THE FIRST PART WAS CENTRAL 00:05:50.71\00:05:56.79 -SOUTH CENTRAL LUZON NOW WE ARE GOING TO SOUTHERN LUZON O.K., AND THIS IS THE PLACE OF ONE 00:05:56.82\00:06:02.49 OF THE WORKERS THERE. 00:06:02.52\00:06:03.49 AH, THEY HAVE A FEEDING PROGRAM. 00:06:03.53\00:06:06.80 A LIVELIHOOD PROGRAM AND A FEEDING PROGRAM KIND OF 00:06:08.80\00:06:13.54 COMBINED. LIVELIHOOD? 00:06:13.57\00:06:14.34 LIVELIHOOD. 00:06:14.37\00:06:15.14 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 00:06:15.17\00:06:16.30 TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ON. 00:06:16.34\00:06:20.48 AND WHAT DO THEY TEACH THEM? 00:06:20.51\00:06:21.94 WELL, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THEY ARE TEACHING THEM HOW TO 00:06:21.98\00:06:25.61 MAKE THE FOOD AND THEY SELL THAT FOOD. 00:06:25.65\00:06:26.45 THEY CAN SELL IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:06:26.48\00:06:27.78 RIGHT. 00:06:27.82\00:06:29.12 AND THAT SEEMS TO BE, WELL, IT IS ONE OF CHRIST'S METHODS, 00:06:29.15\00:06:32.69 RIGHT? IT IS. 00:06:32.72\00:06:33.69 YOU TEACH THEM HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. 00:06:33.72\00:06:36.83 AH, THIS PARTICULAR DAY THEY WERE HAVE A FEEDING PROGRAM 00:06:36.86\00:06:40.83 -FREE. AND SO HERE THE FOOD IS BEING LAID OUT AND READY TO BE 00:06:40.86\00:06:44.73 DISTRIBUTED. AH, NICE MACARONI SOUP WAS GOOD. 00:06:44.77\00:06:50.41 I TRIED IT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD FOOD. 00:06:50.44\00:06:52.64 VERY GOOD, ALRIGHT. 00:06:52.67\00:06:54.28 THEY ALSO MAKE PUTO. 00:06:54.31\00:06:55.78 PUTO? 00:06:55.81\00:06:56.44 WHAT IS PUTO? 00:06:56.48\00:06:58.01 PUTO IS A RICE CAKE IT IS MADE OUT OF RICE FLOUR AND SOME OF 00:06:58.05\00:07:02.28 THEM PUT COLORING IN BUT IT IS ALL THE SAME STUFF. 00:07:02.32\00:07:05.05 AND IT TASTES LIKE? 00:07:05.09\00:07:06.96 RICE FLOUR? 00:07:06.99\00:07:07.62 YES. 00:07:07.66\00:07:08.72 IT'S A VERY, VERY MILD FLAVOR BUT I KIND OF LIKE IT. 00:07:08.76\00:07:13.50 IT IS NOT SWEET BUT IT IS GOOD. 00:07:13.53\00:07:17.17 IT IS HEALTHY. 00:07:17.20\00:07:18.67 IT IS SOMETHING THAT KIDS CAN EAT AT SCHOOL AND ACTUALLY GET 00:07:18.70\00:07:21.10 SOME BENEFIT FROM. 00:07:21.14\00:07:21.77 RIGHT. 00:07:21.80\00:07:22.44 OK. 00:07:22.47\00:07:23.24 YOU SEE THE KIDS ARE KIND OF EAGER. 00:07:23.27\00:07:24.51 THEY ARE JUST WAITING. 00:07:24.54\00:07:25.74 THEY ARE SO CUTE. 00:07:25.77\00:07:27.61 BUT NOW THE FOOD IS FINALLY BEING SERVED UP AND LOT OF 00:07:27.64\00:07:33.68 PEOPLE COME. QUITE A FEW. 00:07:33.72\00:07:35.22 YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE KIDS BOY THEY WERE THERE READY TO GO GET 00:07:35.25\00:07:40.36 THEIR FOOD AND SLURPING IT DOWN. 00:07:40.39\00:07:42.22 THIS PARTICULAR BOY REALLY LIKED HIS. 00:07:42.26\00:07:44.49 BUT THIS ONE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO GET HIS. 00:07:44.53\00:07:48.50 OH AND SO HE CLIMBED UP THE TREE. 00:07:48.53\00:07:49.83 HE CLIMBED UP THE TREE TO EAT IT. 00:07:49.86\00:07:52.33 SO HE'S GOT THE LEOPARD COMPLEX IN HIS LIFE. 00:07:52.37\00:07:55.84 RIGHT. 00:07:55.87\00:07:56.77 IF YOU GOT AN IMPALA TAKE IT UP THE TREE. 00:07:56.81\00:07:58.57 RIGHT. 00:07:58.61\00:07:59.24 OH THAT'S FUNNY. 00:07:59.27\00:08:02.44 THERE WERE QUITE A LARGE GROUP ASSEMBLED THERE THAT DAY. 00:08:02.48\00:08:04.61 THESE ARE NOT ALL PARTICULARLY OUR INTERESTS BUT THESE ARE THE 00:08:04.65\00:08:08.35 ONES THAT WERE BEING FED THAT DAY. 00:08:08.38\00:08:10.39 THEY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME. 00:08:10.42\00:08:12.82 PARDON? 00:08:12.85\00:08:13.46 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING. 00:08:13.49\00:08:14.99 YES, THEY ARE COMING AND OF COURSE THE FEEDING IS A BAIT TO 00:08:15.02\00:08:19.36 BRING THEM IN AND I'LL BET MORE THAN THAT IT IS SOMETHING THEY 00:08:22.40\00:08:24.83 ACTUALLY NEED. RIGHT. 00:08:24.87\00:08:26.27 MY GUESS IS THAT'S A GOOD MEAL EVERYDAY FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T 00:08:26.30\00:08:28.50 GET A LOT. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:08:28.54\00:08:29.57 IT IS THE BEST FOOD THEY'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. 00:08:29.60\00:08:31.14 THAT'S NICE. 00:08:31.17\00:08:34.28 NOW THIS GENTLEMAN IS 87 YEARS OLD. 00:08:34.31\00:08:37.01 HE IS STUDYING WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND JUST AS I 00:08:37.05\00:08:42.15 WAS READY TO LEAVE HE SAID, I WANT TO RECITE THE BOOKS OF THE 00:08:42.18\00:08:45.29 BIBLE FOR YOU. AND HE STARTED WITH GENESIS AND WENT RIGHT THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO 00:08:45.32\00:08:49.82 REVELATION. 00:08:49.86\00:08:51.33 AND HE DIDN'T EVEN NEED A SONG TO HELP HIM DO THAT HE JUST 00:08:51.36\00:08:53.83 QUOTED THEM. NO, HE JUST QUOTED THE NAMES OF THE BOOKS AND I WENT ALONG WITH HIM IN MY 00:08:53.86\00:08:57.50 MIND AND HE NEVER MISSED A ONE. 00:08:57.53\00:08:59.67 AND HOW OLD IS HE? 00:08:59.70\00:09:00.40 EIGHTY-SEVEN. 00:09:00.44\00:09:01.90 EIGHTY-SEVEN AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING IMPORTANT 00:09:01.94\00:09:04.94 TO HIM FOR A BUNCH OF YEARS. 00:09:04.97\00:09:06.34 PROBABLY BUT HE IS NOW STUDYING TO BECOME A SEVENTH DAY 00:09:06.37\00:09:12.58 ADVENTIST. THIS IS EDGAR PARDO. 00:09:12.61\00:09:14.75 HE USES THAT MOTORCYCLE TO GET AROUND HIS COMMUNITY TO MEET 00:09:14.78\00:09:19.85 MORE PEOPLE AND TO BE AN INFLUENCE. 00:09:23.12\00:09:24.46 THE TOYOTA IN THE BACKGROUND THERE BELONGS TO THE MISSION AND 00:09:24.49\00:09:28.60 THAT'S THE WAY WE WERE GETTING AROUND TO SEE THE DIFFERENT 00:09:28.63\00:09:30.83 PLACES. BUT FOR EDGAR THE MOTORCYCLE IS MUCH MORE 00:09:30.87\00:09:33.27 PRACTICAL. OH YES, BECAUSE WELL EVEN THIS PLACE HE COULD HAVE GONE FARTHER WITH THE 00:09:33.30\00:09:39.27 MOTORCYCLE BUT HE STOPPED THERE BECAUSE HE KNEW WE COULDN'T GO 00:09:39.31\00:09:43.78 ANY FURTHER. AND WHEN YOU SAY HE COULD HAVE GONE FARTHER THAN YOU COULD, THAT'S BECAUSE OF 00:09:43.81\00:09:46.72 THE ROADS OR WHAT? 00:09:46.75\00:09:47.58 YES, THE ROAD DETERIORATED TO A TRAIL. 00:09:47.62\00:09:50.62 AND HIS MOTORCYCLE CAN GET THERE. 00:09:50.65\00:09:51.95 YES. 00:09:51.99\00:09:53.09 AND IT IS A WHOLE LOT BETTER TO USE THAN A BICYCLE. 00:09:53.12\00:09:54.99 OH YES, IT TAKES A LOT LESS ENERGY AND YOU GET THERE FASTER. 00:09:55.02\00:09:57.43 OK. 00:09:57.46\00:09:59.03 NOW IS THAT MOTORCYCLE GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS HELPED HIM BUY? 00:09:59.06\00:10:01.33 AH, THE MISSION IS HELPED HIM BUY IT. 00:10:01.36\00:10:04.33 GOOD. 00:10:04.37\00:10:04.90 THEY LOAN HIM THE MONEY. 00:10:04.93\00:10:06.30 GOOD. 00:10:06.33\00:10:07.07 HE HAS TO PAY BACK EVERY MONTH. 00:10:07.10\00:10:08.64 SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE THAT IS 00:10:08.67\00:10:11.37 SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER. 00:10:11.41\00:10:12.71 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MISSION AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IN 00:10:12.74\00:10:15.34 THE PHILIPPINES-IT IS CLOSE. 00:10:15.38\00:10:17.71 WHICH MEANS THEY DEPEND ON US AND WE DEPEND ON THEM? 00:10:17.75\00:10:19.98 RIGHT. 00:10:20.02\00:10:21.48 AND WE'VE ACTUALLY IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT WE WENT THE SOUTH 00:10:21.52\00:10:25.75 CENTRAL LUZON CONFERENCE, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE VERY HAPPY THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH 00:10:27.89\00:10:33.16 THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD ANOTHER MISSION ORGANIZATION THAT CAME 00:10:33.19\00:10:37.53 IN AND THEY SAID WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING, THEY DON'T 00:10:37.57\00:10:41.47 TELL US WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND IN FACT, THEY HAD A CLASS THEY HAD A JOINT PROJECT 00:10:41.50\00:10:46.78 AND THEN THERE THE ORGANIZATION BACK OUT-NO, KICKED THEM OUT. 00:10:46.81\00:10:50.88 OH REALLY? 00:10:50.91\00:10:52.61 WELL, ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH -THIS ORGANIZATION TRUSTS 00:10:52.65\00:10:59.05 THE ADVENTIST LEADERSHIP, RIGHT, AND WORKS WITHIN THE MATRIX OF 00:10:59.09\00:11:03.63 THE CONFERENCE, THEUNION AND EVERYBODY ELSE. 00:11:03.66\00:11:08.13 THEY CHOOSE THE WORKERS. 00:11:08.16\00:11:10.07 THEY ASSIGN WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO GO. 00:11:10.10\00:11:12.60 THEY TRAIN THE WORKERS. 00:11:12.63\00:11:14.17 THEY SUPERVISE THE WORKERS AND IF THEY HAVE TO THEY WILL TERMINATE THE WORKER. 00:11:14.20\00:11:18.17 WE HELP FUND THEM. 00:11:18.21\00:11:20.41 WE FUND IT. 00:11:20.44\00:11:22.28 AND YOU GO ALONG TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE 00:11:22.31\00:11:26.58 SUPPOSED TO DO. SO THERE ARE CHECKS AND BALANCES IN A NUMBER OF WAYS BUT THESE ARE REALLY 00:11:26.61\00:11:30.62 ADVENTIST WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 00:11:30.65\00:11:33.96 IN THE COMMUNITY AND AS I SAID, MOST OF THESE ARE THEOLOGY 00:11:33.99\00:11:39.56 GRADUATES AND THEY SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IF THEY 00:11:39.59\00:11:44.57 DO WELL HERE THE CHANCES ARE THEY WILL BE TAKEN IN AS A 00:11:44.60\00:11:46.94 REGULAR WORKER. AND IS THAT HAPPENING WITH PEOPLE LIKE 00:11:46.97\00:11:49.00 EDGAR? AH YES, AND HIS MOTORCYCLE. 00:11:49.04\00:11:51.14 IN FACT, SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS TOO FREQUENTLY. 00:11:51.17\00:11:53.68 TOO FREQUENTLY BECAUSE - WE HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING CONTINUITY 00:11:53.71\00:11:56.31 IN THE VILLAGE. 00:11:56.34\00:11:57.71 HOW LONG DO GOSPEL OUTREACH-I'LL GET THIS YET- HOW LONG DO GOSPEL 00:11:57.75\00:12:01.12 OUTREACH WORKERS STAY IN A VILLAGE? 00:12:01.15\00:12:03.08 WE GIVE THEM UP TO FIVE YEARS TO RAISE UP A CHURCH, TO TRAIN THAT 00:12:03.12\00:12:08.36 CHURCH, TO TRAIN FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH SO THAT AFTER FIVE 00:12:08.39\00:12:15.03 YEARS THE CHURCH WILL CONTINUE STRONGLY EVEN THOUGH THE DISTRICT PASTOR THAT 00:12:15.06\00:12:19.53 PASTORS TWENTY OTHER CHURCHES MAY ONLY GET THERE ONCE OR TWICE 00:12:19.57\00:12:22.67 A YEAR. 00:12:22.70\00:12:24.11 SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS JOB IS TO WORK HIMSELF OUT OF A 00:12:24.14\00:12:27.94 JOB. THAT'S RIGHT, EXACTLY. 00:12:27.98\00:12:30.01 LOVE IT. 00:12:30.05\00:12:31.11 I LIKE IT. 00:12:31.15\00:12:32.18 THAT'S THE REASON I'M WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:12:32.21\00:12:33.62 WELL, LET ME STOP JUST A MINUTE THEN AND BECAUSE THOSE OF YOU 00:12:33.65\00:12:36.12 WHO ARE LISTENING AND WATCHING TODAY ISN'T THAT THE KIND OF WORKER THAT YOU WOULD 00:12:36.15\00:12:40.46 LIKE TO SUPPORT? 00:12:40.49\00:12:41.39 LET ME SHOWYOU HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 00:12:41.42\00:12:43.99 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE 00:12:47.40\00:12:51.50 SIMPLE QUESTION. 00:12:51.53\00:12:52.73 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 00:12:52.77\00:12:54.10 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS 00:12:54.14\00:12:59.51 JESUS WAITING FOR? 00:12:59.54\00:13:01.08 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 00:13:01.11\00:13:04.45 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 00:13:04.48\00:13:07.12 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE 00:13:07.15\00:13:12.55 KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 00:13:12.59\00:13:17.49 SHALL THE END COME." 00:13:17.53\00:13:19.59 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, 00:13:21.00\00:13:25.83 AND OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 00:13:25.87\00:13:31.44 PLUS COUNTRIES. 00:13:31.47\00:13:32.94 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 00:13:32.97\00:13:36.31 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 00:13:36.34\00:13:37.81 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. 00:13:37.85\00:13:40.35 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 00:13:40.38\00:13:42.85 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR 00:13:42.88\00:13:47.42 BIBLE WORKERS IN UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 00:13:47.46\00:13:48.96 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY 00:13:48.99\00:13:54.56 DOING WITH OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 00:13:54.60\00:13:56.43 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 00:13:56.46\00:13:57.97 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS 00:13:58.00\00:14:03.20 LARGE A PART IS STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 00:14:03.24\00:14:07.01 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT 00:14:07.04\00:14:11.15 DIRECTLY TO THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 00:14:11.18\00:14:15.05 WINDOW. 00:14:15.08\00:14:16.72 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 00:14:16.75\00:14:20.42 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED 00:14:20.46\00:14:24.06 BETWEEN 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 00:14:24.09\00:14:26.46 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 00:14:26.49\00:14:29.90 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE 00:14:29.93\00:14:33.13 NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 00:14:33.17\00:14:36.04 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE 00:14:36.07\00:14:40.98 PEOPLE? WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 00:14:41.01\00:14:44.85 IN NEW TERRITORIES. 00:14:44.88\00:14:46.41 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 00:14:46.45\00:14:49.85 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN. 00:14:49.88\00:14:52.62 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS 00:14:52.65\00:14:56.39 CHURCH CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO 00:14:56.42\00:15:01.13 SHARE THE GOSPEL. THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES 00:15:01.16\00:15:05.03 HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 00:15:05.07\00:15:06.50 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL 00:15:06.53\00:15:10.97 BAPTISMS DUE TO THE WORK OF PRABIR. 00:15:11.01\00:15:12.67 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH 00:15:12.71\00:15:16.21 HAVE BEEN WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 00:15:16.24\00:15:18.08 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND 00:15:18.11\00:15:22.45 DONATED A PIECE OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 00:15:22.48\00:15:24.65 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 00:15:24.69\00:15:28.46 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW 00:15:28.49\00:15:32.59 HERE IN INDIA. WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 00:15:32.63\00:15:36.77 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 00:15:36.80\00:15:41.87 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 00:15:46.01\00:15:47.58 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE 00:15:47.61\00:15:50.08 ARE GETTING TO MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 00:15:50.11\00:15:54.15 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 00:15:54.18\00:15:58.42 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM 00:15:58.45\00:16:02.09 AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 00:16:02.12\00:16:06.06 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 00:16:06.09\00:16:10.53 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS 00:16:10.57\00:16:15.10 IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE REACHED. 00:16:15.14\00:16:16.60 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, 00:16:16.64\00:16:21.04 RETIRED SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 00:16:21.08\00:16:27.08 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE 00:16:27.12\00:16:30.92 PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A 00:16:30.95\00:16:35.69 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 00:16:35.72\00:16:39.39 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL 00:16:39.43\00:16:44.40 HELP. THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH. 00:16:44.43\00:16:48.20 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT 00:16:48.24\00:16:52.54 TOGETHER WITH YOUR CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE 00:16:52.57\00:16:56.61 WORK BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A 00:16:56.64\00:17:00.72 YEAR. IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS 00:17:00.75\00:17:05.22 OF YOUR WORKER SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 00:17:05.25\00:17:10.46 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE 00:17:10.49\00:17:13.60 ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 00:17:13.63\00:17:18.43 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 00:17:18.47\00:17:21.34 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 00:17:21.37\00:17:24.41 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE 00:17:24.44\00:17:28.64 A DIFFERENCE TOO. AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 00:17:28.68\00:17:31.61 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 00:17:31.65\00:17:34.82 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT 00:17:34.85\00:17:38.45 YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 00:17:38.49\00:17:43.53 WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 00:17:49.46\00:17:51.60 WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION LET'S GO BACK AND TALK SOME MORE ABOUT 00:17:51.63\00:17:55.07 EDGAR. 00:17:55.10\00:17:56.44 FRED WEBB IS WITH ME AND YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT EDGAR 00:17:56.47\00:17:59.24 PARDO? EDGAR PARDO WHO RUNS A MOTORCYCLE FOR JESUS. 00:17:59.27\00:18:02.74 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:18:02.78\00:18:04.28 HERE HE IS TALKING WITH SOME OF THE INTERESTS IN THIS PARTICULAR 00:18:04.31\00:18:08.88 FAMILY HAD A NAME THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. 00:18:08.92\00:18:11.25 THE FAMILY NAME IS DEJESUS. 00:18:11.29\00:18:13.02 DEJESUS-OF JESUS. 00:18:13.05\00:18:14.09 OF JESUS. 00:18:14.12\00:18:15.56 AND THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THE JESUS THAT WE SERVE. 00:18:15.59\00:18:18.86 IN LEARNING ABOUT THE JESUS THAT THEIR NAME- WHOSE NAME THEY 00:18:18.89\00:18:22.43 CARRY. RIGHT. 00:18:22.46\00:18:23.90 AND HERE AGAIN IS ALEX PANTIS I SHOULD CALL HIM DR. PANTIS BUT I 00:18:23.93\00:18:28.64 KNEW HIM BEFORE HE GOT HIS DOCTORATE DEGREE SO HE IS STILL-TO ME HE IS STILL 00:18:28.67\00:18:31.77 ALEX. 00:18:31.81\00:18:33.27 OK AND EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A DOCTORATE DEGREE I ENCOURAGE HIM 00:18:33.31\00:18:35.04 TO JUST CALL ME FRED-WITH ANOTHER FAMILY THAT ARE INTERESTS THERE AND THEN WE MOVE 00:18:35.08\00:18:40.88 ON TO ANOTHER LADY THAT PUT OUT A WELCOME FOR US WITH JUICE AND 00:18:40.92\00:18:45.99 SOME GOODIES TO EAT. 00:18:48.92\00:18:50.73 WE VISITED ANOTHER HOME AND THIS IS LATE IN THE EVENING AND THAT 00:18:50.76\00:18:55.46 HOUSE LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER HOUSE I'VE EVER SEEN IN 00:18:55.50\00:18:58.37 THE PHILIPPINES. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IS THIS ON A RESORT? 00:18:58.40\00:19:01.37 NO, IT IS A PRIVATE HOME BUT THE MAN HAD WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF 00:19:01.40\00:19:07.21 YEARS-HE WORKS FOR A SHIPPING COMPANY AND HE HAD BEEN IN 00:19:07.24\00:19:11.48 EUROPE. AH HA. 00:19:11.51\00:19:12.98 AND SO THIS IS A ROOF THAT IS THATCHED LIKE THE EUROPEAN 00:19:13.01\00:19:16.75 HOUSES, UH HUH AND IT IS A VERY NICE HOME. 00:19:16.79\00:19:18.49 HE SAW SOMETHING HE LIKED AND HE BROUGHT IT WITH HIM. 00:19:18.52\00:19:20.52 HE BROUGHT IT WITH HIMAND THE FAMILY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO 00:19:20.56\00:19:26.80 HELP THE MISSION AND SO HERE THE LADY IS HANDING OVER A DEED OF DONATION TO THE PRESIDENT 00:19:26.83\00:19:30.77 OF THE MISSION FOR SOME PROPERTY WHERE THEY CAN BUILD A CHURCH ON 00:19:30.80\00:19:36.10 IT. I WANTED TO GET A PICTURE OF THAT PROPERTY BUT IT WAS PRETTY 00:19:36.14\00:19:40.14 DARK AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL YOU COULD SEE WAS THE FRONT. 00:19:40.18\00:19:41.68 YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING BEHIND. 00:19:41.71\00:19:43.01 BUT BEHIND IN THE DARKNESS THERE IS COMING THE LIGHT OF THE 00:19:43.04\00:19:47.15 CHURCH. AMEN. 00:19:47.18\00:19:49.88 THIS IS JOEY BURDAN AND HIS FAMILY. 00:19:49.92\00:19:53.36 THEY ARE WORKING IN ANOTHER VILLAGE. 00:19:53.39\00:19:56.02 THIS IS JOEY WITH THE BARONGI CAPTAIN. 00:19:56.06\00:19:59.19 BARONGI CAPTAIN? 00:19:59.23\00:20:00.46 YES. 00:20:00.50\00:20:01.10 WHAT IS BARONGI? 00:20:01.13\00:20:02.96 BARONGI IS A SUBSIDIARY OF A TOWNSHIP OF A TOWN. 00:20:03.00\00:20:08.90 WE WOULD CALL IT A VILLAGE OR A TOWN. 00:20:08.94\00:20:11.84 O.K. 00:20:11.87\00:20:13.21 AND HE IS THE CAPTAIN WHICH MEANS HE'S THE HEAD MAN, THE 00:20:13.24\00:20:15.44 MAYOR. LIKE THE MAYOR. 00:20:15.48\00:20:16.24 O.K. 00:20:16.28\00:20:17.28 AH MAYBE A LITTLE MORE AUTHORITY THAN A MAYOR. 00:20:17.31\00:20:19.88 IF YOU ARE A CAPTAIN I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN A 00:20:19.91\00:20:21.85 MAYOR. BUT THE BARONGI CAPTAIN WAS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE GOSPEL 00:20:21.88\00:20:27.72 OUTREACH IN HIS TOWN BECAUSE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT THEY ARE 00:20:27.76\00:20:31.19 BRINGING. NOW THIS IS A GROUP THAT GATHERED THERE. 00:20:31.23\00:20:32.53 I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE CAPTAIN. 00:20:32.56\00:20:34.10 O.K. 00:20:34.13\00:20:35.46 WHAT DID HE TELLYOU HE APPRECIATED MOST ABOUT GOSPEL 00:20:35.50\00:20:37.80 OUTREACH? BECAUSE THE MORALS THAT WE TEACH AND THE DECREASE IN CRIME THAT HE IS BEGINNING 00:20:37.83\00:20:43.94 TO SEE. 00:20:43.97\00:20:45.41 SO HE-THIS BARONGI CAPTAIN WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY CORRELATE THE 00:20:45.44\00:20:51.75 CRIME RATE IN HIS AREA WITH THE PRESENCE AND GROWTH OF GOSPEL 00:20:51.78\00:20:56.92 OUTREACH'S, THAT'S RIGHT, EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND. 00:20:56.95\00:21:00.92 BOY, WE OUGHT TO PUBLICIZE THAT SOMEWHERE. 00:21:00.96\00:21:03.43 HE IS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE US THERE AND HE CAME AND MADE A 00:21:03.46\00:21:06.16 SPEECH TO WELCOME--THAT'S WONDERFUL, TO WELCOME THE VISITORS THAT CAME TO CHECK UP 00:21:06.19\00:21:09.76 ON THEM. 00:21:09.80\00:21:10.73 SO HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN HE TELLS YOU THAT? 00:21:10.77\00:21:11.77 I FEEL PROUD. 00:21:11.80\00:21:13.20 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING THEIR JOB AND THE POWER OF 00:21:13.23\00:21:14.44 THE GOSPEL IS POWERFUL. 00:21:14.47\00:21:15.10 IT IS POWERFUL. 00:21:15.14\00:21:15.84 IT ACTUALLY CHANGES THINGS. 00:21:15.87\00:21:17.31 THIS IS THE GROUP THAT CAME THERE THAT DAY JUST TO WELCOME 00:21:17.34\00:21:18.64 THE WHITE MAN. IT IS ALWAYS HARD TO GET THE KIDS NOT TO BE IN THE 00:21:18.67\00:21:23.55 FRONT ROW. I LOVE IT. 00:21:27.98\00:21:31.55 OH YES. 00:21:31.59\00:21:33.99 WELL, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THEM IN THE FRONT ROW. 00:21:34.02\00:21:36.66 IT ALWAYS IS BETTER. 00:21:36.69\00:21:37.26 YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE. 00:21:37.29\00:21:38.29 YOU PUT THEM IN THE BACK ROW YOU DON'T SEE THEM. 00:21:38.33\00:21:40.23 THEY'RE JUST BRIGHT EYED. 00:21:40.26\00:21:42.00 THIS MAN HAS QUITE A STORY. 00:21:42.03\00:21:43.53 I'M READY. 00:21:43.57\00:21:45.00 AH, WHAT WAS IT 28 YEARS AGO HE AND HIS BROTHER ATTENDED SOME - 00:21:45.03\00:21:49.30 LET'S SEE NO IT WAS IN 1978 HE AND HIS BROTHER ATTENDED SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND 00:21:51.37\00:21:57.78 HE WAS VERY INTERESTED. 00:21:57.81\00:21:59.28 HE WANTED TO FOLLOWUP BUT HE LIVED IN A DIFFERENT TOWN AND HE 00:21:59.31\00:22:02.45 HAD A JOB TO DO AND HE COULDN'T MAKE IT BACK TO THE MEETINGS AND SO HE NEVER, HE NEVER 00:22:02.48\00:22:07.82 ACCEPTED HIS BROTHER DID. 00:22:07.86\00:22:11.23 NOW, HE HAS RETIRED AND HE LIVES HERE IN THIS VILLAGE AND OUR 00:22:11.26\00:22:16.00 GOSPEL OUTREACH CAME TO TOWN AND NOW HE IS GOING TO BE BAPTIZED. 00:22:16.03\00:22:19.70 AND HE SAID, OK. 00:22:19.73\00:22:21.20 IT HAS BEEN MANY YEARS AND HE SAID I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT 00:22:21.24\00:22:24.61 THIS WAS THE WAY I WANTED TO GO. 00:22:24.64\00:22:25.57 I'M GLAD I HAVE A SECOND CHANCE. 00:22:25.61\00:22:27.68 JONATHAN FERNANDO AND HIS GUITAR. 00:22:31.68\00:22:34.82 HE USES MUSIC TO -AS AN ENTERING WEDGE. 00:22:34.85\00:22:40.49 YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF US HAVE A DIFFERENT TALENT AND THESE 00:22:40.52\00:22:44.96 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE TO LEARN TO USE THEIR TALENTS TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR PURPOSE. 00:22:44.99\00:22:47.93 NOW NOTICE HIS NAME IS JONATHAN FERNANDO. 00:22:47.96\00:22:50.30 WE ARE GOING TO COME TO ANOTHER JONATHAN FERNANDO A BIT LATER. 00:22:50.33\00:22:52.77 IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT GOD USES EACH OF OUR TALENTS 00:22:52.80\00:22:57.84 REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY ARE, THAT'S RIGHT, SOMETIMES IT'S BEING ABLE TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE 00:23:00.08\00:23:03.45 OUT THROUGH THE BUSH, YES, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT HE IS ABLE TO USE AT OTHER TIMES 00:23:03.48\00:23:06.85 IT IS THE GLORY OF MUSIC. 00:23:06.88\00:23:08.25 RIGHT. 00:23:08.28\00:23:09.85 AND EVERYBODY JOINS A BAND SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE. 00:23:09.88\00:23:12.25 YES, ALONG THE WAY. 00:23:12.29\00:23:13.12 OK, THIS IS A GROUP IN SANTA DOMINGO. 00:23:13.15\00:23:19.39 THE HUSBANDS ARE BUSY WORKING IN THE ABACA FACTORY. 00:23:19.43\00:23:23.23 WHAT'S AN ABACA FACTORY? 00:23:23.26\00:23:25.03 ABACA IS WHAT THEY MAKE MANILA HEMP ROPE OUT OF. 00:23:25.07\00:23:27.90 IT IS A FIBER, UH HUH. 00:23:27.94\00:23:29.67 ACTUALLY IT GROWS ON A TREE THAT LOOKS LIKE A BANANA. 00:23:29.70\00:23:33.38 I MEAN IT IS A COUSIN TO THE BANANA. 00:23:33.41\00:23:35.84 BUT IT HANGS DOWN. 00:23:35.88\00:23:36.75 AH, THE FIBER IS THE FIBER IN THE LEAF. 00:23:36.78\00:23:40.05 GOT YOU. 00:23:40.08\00:23:41.05 OK SO I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW. 00:23:41.08\00:23:44.32 O.K. 00:23:44.35\00:23:45.79 SO IT'S GOT THESE BIG HEAVY FIBER AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS 00:23:45.82\00:23:49.99 TAKING THAT AND TURNING IT INTO A ROPE? 00:23:50.03\00:23:52.13 YES, THEY COMB IT ALL OUT, DRY IT AND THEN THEY-ITS TURNED INTO 00:23:52.16\00:23:57.80 ROPE OR THEY MAKE JUTE BAGS OR WHATEVER OUT OF IT. 00:23:57.83\00:24:00.94 SO THE HUSBANDS ARE ALL WORKING IN THE FACTORY BUT THE LADIES 00:24:00.97\00:24:05.01 WERE THERE. YOU STILL GOT ME THINKING ABOUT HEMP ROPE. 00:24:05.04\00:24:07.48 I MEAN ABOUT BANANA ROPE OR ABACA ROPE. 00:24:07.51\00:24:09.98 ABACA ROPE. 00:24:10.01\00:24:11.28 I WAS AT- IT GROWS WILD IN THE MOUNTAINS. 00:24:11.31\00:24:14.72 THAT'S JUST CRAZY BUT I ACTUALLY SAW A UNITED STATES NAVY 00:24:14.75\00:24:20.69 AIRCRAFT CARRIER TIED TO A DOCK WITH ABACA ROPE. 00:24:20.72\00:24:25.83 YES. 00:24:25.86\00:24:26.49 IT IS STRONG. 00:24:26.53\00:24:28.43 VERY STRONG. 00:24:28.46\00:24:29.03 YOU'LL NEVER GO ANYWHERE. 00:24:29.06\00:24:30.60 SO ANYWAY, THESE GUYS ARE WORKING ON BUILDING STRONG ROPES 00:24:30.63\00:24:34.04 AND LO AND BEHOLD GOSPEL OUTREACH SHOWS UP. 00:24:34.07\00:24:35.47 RIGHT. 00:24:35.50\00:24:37.01 OK, OUR NEXT PICTURE HERE THIS LITTLE FELLOW KIND OF TOOK A 00:24:37.04\00:24:40.68 LIKING TO ME SO I PICKED HIM UP AND HELD HIM FOR AWHILE AND WHEN WE STARTED TO GO I WENT TO 00:24:40.71\00:24:45.81 HAND HIM BACK TO HIS MOTHER AND NO-HE DREW BACK TO ME AGAIN. 00:24:45.85\00:24:49.65 DID HIS MOTHER WANT HIM BACK? 00:24:49.68\00:24:50.72 YES. 00:24:50.75\00:24:51.65 AND YOU DIDN'T - YOU WEREN'T QUITE SURE. 00:24:51.69\00:24:53.15 I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT TO DO WITH HIM BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN 00:24:53.19\00:24:56.22 HERE I HAD A BABY ON MY HANDS AND HE WANTED TO GO WITH ME. 00:24:56.26\00:24:59.03 FINALLY GOT HIM BACK IN HIS MOTHER'S ARMS BUT YOU CAN SEE -I 00:24:59.06\00:25:02.03 STILL WANT TO GO; I STILL WANT TO GO. 00:25:02.06\00:25:03.53 DON'T LEAVE, FRED. 00:25:03.57\00:25:05.60 WE HAVE A MINUTE LEFT SO TAKE ME THROUGH HERE. 00:25:05.63\00:25:08.14 O.K. 00:25:08.17\00:25:09.67 VERY QUICKLY THIS IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS A 00:25:09.70\00:25:11.44 PICTURE TAKEN IN 2015 AND THIS WAS WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE WHEN I WAS THERE IN MARCH OF THIS 00:25:11.47\00:25:16.91 YEAR. 00:25:16.95\00:25:18.31 SOMEHOW HE'D GOTTEN SICK; HE COULDN'T KEEP ANY FOOD IN HIS 00:25:18.35\00:25:21.32 STOMACH. THEY'D RUN ALL KINDS OF TESTS ON HIM AND HE JUST WAS NOT 00:25:21.35\00:25:25.05 DOING WELL AT ALL. I WOULDN'T HAVE RECOGNIZED HIM IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR HIS WIFE. 00:25:25.09\00:25:28.32 HE'S BEDFAST PRETTY MUCH. 00:25:28.36\00:25:29.49 HE IS IN A WHEELCHAIR HERE. 00:25:29.52\00:25:31.99 HE PASSED AWAY IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. 00:25:32.03\00:25:34.10 I'M VERY HAPPY HOWEVER, FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH RESPONSE TO 00:25:34.13\00:25:40.80 THIS. THEY AGREED TO GIVE HIS WIFE HIS STIPEND UNTIL THE END 00:25:40.84\00:25:46.98 OF THIS YEAR. SHE SHE'LL HAVE TIME TO, GREAT, RE-ESTABLISH HERSELF AND TO TAKE CARE 00:25:47.01\00:25:51.61 OF HER FAMILY. 00:25:51.65\00:25:52.18 THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN. 00:25:52.21\00:25:56.12 FRED, ALL OF YOUR YEARS WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH -THE 00:25:56.15\00:26:01.59 PHILIPPINES AND WORKING WITH JESUS HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL 00:26:01.62\00:26:05.76 US ABOUT GOD? 00:26:05.79\00:26:08.10 THAT HE LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE CAME AND DIED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE 00:26:08.13\00:26:13.34 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND ETERNITY WITH HIM. 00:26:13.37\00:26:16.04 NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT IS THERE? 00:26:16.07\00:26:17.37 THAT'S IT. 00:26:17.41\00:26:18.77 AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE TEACHING OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:26:18.81\00:26:22.24 LEADERS, THAT'S RIGHT, TO TEACH OTHERS. 00:26:22.28\00:26:23.48 THAT'S WHY WE GO TO THAT EFFORT. 00:26:23.51\00:26:24.81 THAT'S WHY WE EXIST. 00:26:24.85\00:26:26.25 IT'S LIKE WHEN JESUS REACHED OUT AND SAID, NICK, I'LL TELL YOU 00:26:26.28\00:26:31.29 WHY I'M HERE MY DAD LOVES YOU SO MUCH HE SENT ME DOWN HERE TO 00:26:35.59\00:26:39.79 FIND YOU. THAT'S RIGHT, HUG YOU AND BRING YOU HOME SO YOU DON'T 00:26:39.83\00:26:43.90 HAVE TO DIE DOWN HERE BUT CAN LIVE WITH US FOREVER. 00:26:43.93\00:26:45.23 AMEN. 00:26:45.27\00:26:45.90 AND IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 00:26:45.93\00:26:48.20 THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY ON "ADVENTURES IN 00:26:48.24\00:26:50.81 MISSIONS". I'M DICK DUERKSEN AND YOU'RE IN TUNE WITH GOSPEL 00:26:50.84\00:26:54.31 OUTREACH. [CLOSING MUSIC]. 00:26:54.34\00:26:58.65 . 00:26:58.68\00:27:13.76