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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000665A
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00:14 HELLO THERE, I'M DICK DUERKSEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TODAY ON 00:20 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" I WANT YOU TO MEET FRED WEBB WHO LIVED AS A MISSIONARY 00:26 IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THEN CAME HOME ONLY TO SAY, I'VE GOT TO GO BACK 00:30 TO HOME IN THE PHILIPPINES. 00:32 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 00:34 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:35 IT WILL ALWAYS BE HOME WON'T IT? 00:36 THAT'S RIGHT IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG TO CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION TO 00:40 GO BACK. 00:41 NOW IN THE UNITED STATES YOU LIVE UP IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SIERRA 00:44 NEVADAS. 00:45 WELL, RIGHT AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS. 00:46 YES. 00:47 IS IT -WHERE IT IS REALLY DRY RIGHT NOW. 00:48 RIGHT. 00:49 VERY DRY. 00:49 VERY DRY. 00:51 AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE PHILIPPINES IT IS NOT VERY DRY. 00:53 AH, NO BUT I USUALLY GO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DRY SEASON. 00:57 SO YOU JUST FEEL RIGHT AT HOME. 00:58 NO, THAT'S ALRIGHT. 00:59 YES, I DO FEEL AT HOME THERE. 01:01 AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU AND THE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME ONE. 01:06 RIGHT. 01:07 THEY LOVE YOU AND YOU LOVE THEM. 01:08 WHEN I TALK TO SOME FILIPINOS HERE IN THE STATES MANY TIMES THEY'VE 01:11 NEVER EVEN BEEN TO THE PHILIPPINES. 01:12 THAT'S ONE MORE FILIPINO THAN YOU. 01:14 THAT'S TRUE. 01:15 SO YOU'VE BROUGHT SOME SLIDES FROM A TRIP THAT STARTS IN SOUTHERN LUZON. 01:19 RIGHT. 01:19 UH, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE BOONDOCKS? 01:22 YES, I HAVE HEARD OF THE BOONDOCKS. 01:24 YOU KNOW WHERE THAT WORD CAME FROM? 01:25 NO-O. 01:26 IT CAME FROM THE PHILIPPINES. 01:27 BECAUSE THERE IS A TOWN CALLED THE BOONDOCKS? 01:29 NO, BOONDOCK MEANS A MOUNTAIN. 01:31 REALLY? 01:32 YES. 01:34 MOUNTAIN WAY OFF OUT BY ITSELF AND SO WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE BOONDOCKS 01:37 TODAY. 01:38 I'M READY. 01:39 THERE FOR SEVERAL REASONS I WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THE BOONDOCKS. 01:42 THIS IS BENJAMIN BASI-UNDER A MANGO TREE. 01:46 UNDER A MANGO TREE WHO WORKS IN THE BOONDOCKS-IN THE BOONDOCK PENNISULA. 01:51 WE WERE DRIVING OUT THERE I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GOING AND WE CAME TO 01:54 A PLACE IN THE ROAD AND IT HAD A SIGN POINTING TO THE BOONDOCK PENNINSULA. 01:59 I HOPE YOU TOOK A GOOD PICTURE OF THAT SIGN. 02:00 I DIDN'T. 02:01 OH, YOU'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND DO THAT. 02:03 AND HE IS WORKING IN THE VILLAGE OF PATOGO WHICH MEANS HIDDEN. 02:09 IF YOU ARE HIDDEN IN THE BOONDOCKS YOU ARE A LONG WAYS AWAY. 02:12 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:13 BUT HE HAS GONE THERE AND HE HAS BEGUN TO WORK AND THIS IS THE HARBOR THERE. 02:19 AH, THOSE BANCAS ARE EVERYWHERE. 02:22 BANCAS? 02:22 BANCA A LITTLE BOAT. 02:24 THAT'S A BOAT. 02:24 AN OUTRIGGER CANOE. 02:25 AN OUTRIGGER CANOE. 02:26 MY LANDS. 02:27 THEY CALL THEM BANCA AND THAT'S WHAT THE FISHERMEN USE. 02:31 THIS IS THE AH, G. 02:33 O. 02:34 COORDINATOR FOR THAT AREA. 02:37 BENJI HAS FOUND THIS MAN. 02:39 HIS NAME ANGELITO MACALENO AND HE LIKES COCONUT JUICE, FRESH. 02:49 OH, SO DO I. 02:50 WHEN YOU GO ANYWHERE IN THE TROPICS THAT BECOMES A DELICACY. 02:54 OH YES, IT DOES. 02:56 AH, HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BE BAPTIZED IN PATOGO, IN PATOGO AND BENJI HAS 03:02 ONLY BEEN THERE JUST A LITTE-ABOUT A YEAR. 03:05 AND THIS MAN IS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER SO HE HAS SOME INFLUENCE AND BECAUSE 03:11 OF HIS POSITION THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HE HAS GOTTEN PERMISSION FOR 03:17 BENJI TO COME IN AND TEACH A CLASS IN VALUES. 03:23 MY. 03:23 SO HOW PRACTICAL. 03:25 IT IS VERY PRACTICAL AND BENJI IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF THAT. 03:32 WHAT A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO COMMUNICATE CHRIST. 03:35 RIGHT. 03:37 AND IN THE PHILIPPINES IT IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW TO TALK ABOUT RELIGION IN 03:41 SCHOOL. 03:42 NO, IT'S GOOD AND IT IS DESIRED. 03:43 RIGHT. 03:45 THIS IS A MAN BY THE NAME OF FRANKLIN GUITIERREZ. 03:48 HE WORKS ON AN ISLA VERDE-GREEN ISLAND. 03:53 I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE. 03:55 I'D LIKE TO GO ONE DAY. 03:56 BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE WORTH VISITING. 03:57 BUT IT'S A LONG WAYS FROM THE HEADQUARTERS THERE AND I MAY OR MAY NOT GET THERE 04:03 ONE DAY. 04:04 IS HE A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER? 04:05 HE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HE HAD COME IN TO THE HEADQUARTERS WHILE 04:09 I WAS THERE SO I WAS ABLE TO GET HIS PICTURE. 04:12 I'VE NEVER BEEN TO HIS PLACE. 04:14 AH, THIS IS ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 04:16 HE WAS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND THEN HE LEFT THAT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE 04:21 AND NOW HE IS BACK AS A GOSPEL-WELL HE WENT BACK AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH 04:24 WORKER AND THEN HE WAS OFFERED A SCHOLARSHIP TO GO GET A MASTER'S DEGREE. 04:28 UH HUH. 04:29 SO HE IS NOT LONGER AT THIS POINT BUT AT THE TIME I TOOK THE PICTURE HE WAS. 04:33 AND HE PROBABLY WILL COME BACK AND DO IT AGAIN IT SOUNDS LIKE. 04:36 WELL, HE PROBABLY WILL COME BACK AS THE PASTOR RATHER THAN A GOSPEL 04:38 OUTREACH WORKER. 04:41 THERE WE HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER SITTING AROUND THE TABLE WITH 04:45 THEIR SUPERVISOR AND THE SECOND ONE FROM THE LEFT IS ALEX PANIS. 04:50 HE IS A MAN THAT I HAVE KNOWN SINCE 1993 WHEN I FIRST WENT TO THE 04:54 PHILIPPINES. 04:55 HE WORKED AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 04:56 HE IS KIND OF MY UNOFFICIAL ASSISTANT OUT THERE. 05:01 HE TRAVELED WITH ME, KEPT ME OUT OF TROUBLE A FEW TIMES AND HAS DONE REALLY 05:08 WELL. 05:08 I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AS A COLLEAGUE. 05:10 YOU KNOW, THE PICTURE-TAKE ME BACK TO THAT ONE FOR JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE THAT 05:17 PICTURE SAYS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL TO ME. 05:19 GROUPS OF WORKERS SITTING TOGETHER AROUND A LOCAL RESTAURANT, A LOCAL 05:24 STARBUCKS KIND OF THING- I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT RESTAURANT. 05:28 TELL ME ABOUT THAT RESTAURANT. 05:29 THAT RESTAURANT IS A CENTER OF INFLUENCE FOR THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 05:33 CHURCH. 05:33 REALLY? 05:35 IT IS A VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE 05:38 PROVINCE. 05:39 WHAT A PERFECT PLACE FOR A GROUP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO SIT TOGETHER, 05:43 PRAY TOGETHER, EAT TOGETHER AND PLAN HOW TO ATTACK THE WORLD FOR GOD. 05:47 RIGHT. 05:48 AWESOME. 05:49 O.K. 05:50 AH, WE'RE DOWN NOW TO ACTUALLY THE FIRST PART WAS CENTRAL -SOUTH CENTRAL 05:56 LUZON NOW WE ARE GOING TO SOUTHERN LUZON O.K., AND THIS IS THE PLACE OF ONE 06:02 OF THE WORKERS THERE. 06:03 AH, THEY HAVE A FEEDING PROGRAM. 06:08 A LIVELIHOOD PROGRAM AND A FEEDING PROGRAM KIND OF COMBINED. 06:13 LIVELIHOOD? 06:14 LIVELIHOOD. 06:15 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 06:16 TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ON. 06:20 AND WHAT DO THEY TEACH THEM? 06:21 WELL, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THEY ARE TEACHING THEM HOW TO MAKE THE FOOD 06:25 AND THEY SELL THAT FOOD. 06:26 THEY CAN SELL IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 06:27 RIGHT. 06:29 AND THAT SEEMS TO BE, WELL, IT IS ONE OF CHRIST'S METHODS, RIGHT? 06:32 IT IS. 06:33 YOU TEACH THEM HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. 06:36 AH, THIS PARTICULAR DAY THEY WERE HAVE A FEEDING PROGRAM -FREE. 06:40 AND SO HERE THE FOOD IS BEING LAID OUT AND READY TO BE DISTRIBUTED. 06:44 AH, NICE MACARONI SOUP WAS GOOD. 06:50 I TRIED IT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD FOOD. 06:52 VERY GOOD, ALRIGHT. 06:54 THEY ALSO MAKE PUTO. 06:55 PUTO? 06:56 WHAT IS PUTO? 06:58 PUTO IS A RICE CAKE IT IS MADE OUT OF RICE FLOUR AND SOME OF THEM PUT COLORING 07:02 IN BUT IT IS ALL THE SAME STUFF. 07:05 AND IT TASTES LIKE? 07:06 RICE FLOUR? 07:07 YES. 07:08 IT'S A VERY, VERY MILD FLAVOR BUT I KIND OF LIKE IT. 07:13 IT IS NOT SWEET BUT IT IS GOOD. 07:17 IT IS HEALTHY. 07:18 IT IS SOMETHING THAT KIDS CAN EAT AT SCHOOL AND ACTUALLY GET SOME BENEFIT 07:21 FROM. 07:21 RIGHT. 07:22 OK. 07:23 YOU SEE THE KIDS ARE KIND OF EAGER. 07:24 THEY ARE JUST WAITING. 07:25 THEY ARE SO CUTE. 07:27 BUT NOW THE FOOD IS FINALLY BEING SERVED UP AND LOT OF PEOPLE COME. 07:33 QUITE A FEW. 07:35 YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE KIDS BOY THEY WERE THERE READY TO GO GET THEIR FOOD AND 07:40 SLURPING IT DOWN. 07:42 THIS PARTICULAR BOY REALLY LIKED HIS. 07:44 BUT THIS ONE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO GET HIS. 07:48 OH AND SO HE CLIMBED UP THE TREE. 07:49 HE CLIMBED UP THE TREE TO EAT IT. 07:52 SO HE'S GOT THE LEOPARD COMPLEX IN HIS LIFE. 07:55 RIGHT. 07:56 IF YOU GOT AN IMPALA TAKE IT UP THE TREE. 07:58 RIGHT. 07:59 OH THAT'S FUNNY. 08:02 THERE WERE QUITE A LARGE GROUP ASSEMBLED THERE THAT DAY. 08:04 THESE ARE NOT ALL PARTICULARLY OUR INTERESTS BUT THESE ARE THE ONES 08:08 THAT WERE BEING FED THAT DAY. 08:10 THEY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME. 08:12 PARDON? 08:13 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING. 08:15 YES, THEY ARE COMING AND OF COURSE THE FEEDING IS A BAIT TO BRING THEM IN AND 08:22 I'LL BET MORE THAN THAT IT IS SOMETHING THEY ACTUALLY NEED. 08:24 RIGHT. 08:26 MY GUESS IS THAT'S A GOOD MEAL EVERYDAY FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET A LOT. 08:28 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:29 IT IS THE BEST FOOD THEY'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. 08:31 THAT'S NICE. 08:34 NOW THIS GENTLEMAN IS 87 YEARS OLD. 08:37 HE IS STUDYING WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND JUST AS I WAS READY TO 08:42 LEAVE HE SAID, I WANT TO RECITE THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE FOR YOU. 08:45 AND HE STARTED WITH GENESIS AND WENT RIGHT THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO 08:49 REVELATION. 08:51 AND HE DIDN'T EVEN NEED A SONG TO HELP HIM DO THAT HE JUST QUOTED THEM. 08:53 NO, HE JUST QUOTED THE NAMES OF THE BOOKS AND I WENT ALONG WITH HIM IN MY 08:57 MIND AND HE NEVER MISSED A ONE. 08:59 AND HOW OLD IS HE? 09:00 EIGHTY-SEVEN. 09:01 EIGHTY-SEVEN AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO HIM FOR A 09:04 BUNCH OF YEARS. 09:06 PROBABLY BUT HE IS NOW STUDYING TO BECOME A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 09:12 THIS IS EDGAR PARDO. 09:14 HE USES THAT MOTORCYCLE TO GET AROUND HIS COMMUNITY TO MEET MORE PEOPLE AND TO 09:23 BE AN INFLUENCE. 09:24 THE TOYOTA IN THE BACKGROUND THERE BELONGS TO THE MISSION AND THAT'S 09:28 THE WAY WE WERE GETTING AROUND TO SEE THE DIFFERENT PLACES. 09:30 BUT FOR EDGAR THE MOTORCYCLE IS MUCH MORE PRACTICAL. 09:33 OH YES, BECAUSE WELL EVEN THIS PLACE HE COULD HAVE GONE FARTHER WITH THE 09:39 MOTORCYCLE BUT HE STOPPED THERE BECAUSE HE KNEW WE COULDN'T GO ANY FURTHER. 09:43 AND WHEN YOU SAY HE COULD HAVE GONE FARTHER THAN YOU COULD, THAT'S BECAUSE OF 09:46 THE ROADS OR WHAT? 09:47 YES, THE ROAD DETERIORATED TO A TRAIL. 09:50 AND HIS MOTORCYCLE CAN GET THERE. 09:51 YES. 09:53 AND IT IS A WHOLE LOT BETTER TO USE THAN A BICYCLE. 09:55 OH YES, IT TAKES A LOT LESS ENERGY AND YOU GET THERE FASTER. 09:57 OK. 09:59 NOW IS THAT MOTORCYCLE GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS HELPED HIM BUY? 10:01 AH, THE MISSION IS HELPED HIM BUY IT. 10:04 GOOD. 10:04 THEY LOAN HIM THE MONEY. 10:06 GOOD. 10:07 HE HAS TO PAY BACK EVERY MONTH. 10:08 SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE 10:11 TO UNDERSTAND BETTER. 10:12 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MISSION AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THE 10:15 PHILIPPINES-IT IS CLOSE. 10:17 WHICH MEANS THEY DEPEND ON US AND WE DEPEND ON THEM? 10:20 RIGHT. 10:21 AND WE'VE ACTUALLY IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT WE WENT THE SOUTH CENTRAL LUZON 10:27 CONFERENCE, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE VERY HAPPY THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH 10:33 THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD ANOTHER MISSION ORGANIZATION THAT CAME IN 10:37 AND THEY SAID WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING, THEY DON'T TELL US WHAT 10:41 THEY ARE DOING AND IN FACT, THEY HAD A CLASS THEY HAD A JOINT PROJECT 10:46 AND THEN THERE THE ORGANIZATION BACK OUT-NO, KICKED THEM OUT. 10:50 OH REALLY? 10:52 WELL, ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH -THIS ORGANIZATION TRUSTS 10:59 THE ADVENTIST LEADERSHIP, RIGHT, AND WORKS WITHIN THE MATRIX OF THE 11:03 CONFERENCE, THEUNION AND EVERYBODY ELSE. 11:08 THEY CHOOSE THE WORKERS. 11:10 THEY ASSIGN WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO GO. 11:12 THEY TRAIN THE WORKERS. 11:14 THEY SUPERVISE THE WORKERS AND IF THEY HAVE TO THEY WILL TERMINATE THE WORKER. 11:18 WE HELP FUND THEM. 11:20 WE FUND IT. 11:22 AND YOU GO ALONG TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. 11:26 SO THERE ARE CHECKS AND BALANCES IN A NUMBER OF WAYS BUT THESE ARE REALLY 11:30 ADVENTIST WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 11:33 IN THE COMMUNITY AND AS I SAID, MOST OF THESE ARE THEOLOGY GRADUATES AND 11:39 THEY SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IF THEY DO WELL HERE THE 11:44 CHANCES ARE THEY WILL BE TAKEN IN AS A REGULAR WORKER. 11:46 AND IS THAT HAPPENING WITH PEOPLE LIKE EDGAR? 11:49 AH YES, AND HIS MOTORCYCLE. 11:51 IN FACT, SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS TOO FREQUENTLY. 11:53 TOO FREQUENTLY BECAUSE - WE HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING CONTINUITY IN THE 11:56 VILLAGE. 11:57 HOW LONG DO GOSPEL OUTREACH-I'LL GET THIS YET- HOW LONG DO GOSPEL 12:01 OUTREACH WORKERS STAY IN A VILLAGE? 12:03 WE GIVE THEM UP TO FIVE YEARS TO RAISE UP A CHURCH, TO TRAIN THAT 12:08 CHURCH, TO TRAIN FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH SO THAT AFTER FIVE YEARS 12:15 THE CHURCH WILL CONTINUE STRONGLY EVEN THOUGH THE DISTRICT PASTOR THAT 12:19 PASTORS TWENTY OTHER CHURCHES MAY ONLY GET THERE ONCE OR TWICE A 12:22 YEAR. 12:24 SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS JOB IS TO WORK HIMSELF OUT OF A JOB. 12:27 THAT'S RIGHT, EXACTLY. 12:30 LOVE IT. 12:31 I LIKE IT. 12:32 THAT'S THE REASON I'M WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 12:33 WELL, LET ME STOP JUST A MINUTE THEN AND BECAUSE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE 12:36 LISTENING AND WATCHING TODAY ISN'T THAT THE KIND OF WORKER THAT YOU WOULD 12:40 LIKE TO SUPPORT? 12:41 LET ME SHOWYOU HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. 12:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 12:51 QUESTION. 12:52 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:54 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS 12:59 WAITING FOR? 13:01 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 13:04 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:07 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 13:12 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 13:17 SHALL THE END COME." 13:21 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE 13:25 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 13:31 PLUS COUNTRIES. 13:32 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 13:36 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 13:37 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. 13:40 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 13:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 13:47 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 13:48 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY DOING WITH 13:54 OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 13:56 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 13:58 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS LARGE A PART IS 14:03 STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 14:07 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 14:11 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 14:15 WINDOW. 14:16 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 14:20 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 14:24 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 14:26 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 14:29 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER 14:33 HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 14:36 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 14:41 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 14:44 IN NEW TERRITORIES. 14:46 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 14:49 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN. 14:52 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS CHURCH 14:56 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 15:01 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 15:05 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 15:06 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 15:11 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 15:12 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAVE BEEN 15:16 WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 15:18 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 15:22 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 15:24 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 15:28 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 15:32 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 15:36 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 15:46 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 15:47 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 15:50 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 15:54 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 15:58 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 16:02 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 16:06 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 16:10 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED 16:15 TO BE REACHED. 16:16 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 16:21 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 16:27 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 16:30 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A 16:35 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 16:39 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 16:44 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH. 16:48 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 16:52 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 16:56 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 17:00 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 17:05 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 17:10 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE ARE THREE 17:13 WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 17:18 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:21 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 17:24 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 17:28 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 17:31 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 17:34 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 17:38 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 17:49 WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 17:51 WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION LET'S GO BACK AND TALK SOME MORE ABOUT 17:55 EDGAR. 17:56 FRED WEBB IS WITH ME AND YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT EDGAR PARDO? 17:59 EDGAR PARDO WHO RUNS A MOTORCYCLE FOR JESUS. 18:02 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:04 HERE HE IS TALKING WITH SOME OF THE INTERESTS IN THIS PARTICULAR FAMILY HAD 18:08 A NAME THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. 18:11 THE FAMILY NAME IS DEJESUS. 18:13 DEJESUS-OF JESUS. 18:14 OF JESUS. 18:15 AND THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THE JESUS THAT WE SERVE. 18:18 IN LEARNING ABOUT THE JESUS THAT THEIR NAME- WHOSE NAME THEY CARRY. 18:22 RIGHT. 18:23 AND HERE AGAIN IS ALEX PANTIS I SHOULD CALL HIM DR. PANTIS BUT I KNEW HIM 18:28 BEFORE HE GOT HIS DOCTORATE DEGREE SO HE IS STILL-TO ME HE IS STILL 18:31 ALEX. 18:33 OK AND EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A DOCTORATE DEGREE I ENCOURAGE HIM TO JUST CALL 18:35 ME FRED-WITH ANOTHER FAMILY THAT ARE INTERESTS THERE AND THEN WE MOVE ON 18:40 TO ANOTHER LADY THAT PUT OUT A WELCOME FOR US WITH JUICE AND SOME GOODIES TO 18:48 EAT. 18:50 WE VISITED ANOTHER HOME AND THIS IS LATE IN THE EVENING AND THAT HOUSE 18:55 LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER HOUSE I'VE EVER SEEN IN THE PHILIPPINES. 18:58 I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IS THIS ON A RESORT? 19:01 NO, IT IS A PRIVATE HOME BUT THE MAN HAD WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS-HE WORKS 19:07 FOR A SHIPPING COMPANY AND HE HAD BEEN IN EUROPE. 19:11 AH HA. 19:13 AND SO THIS IS A ROOF THAT IS THATCHED LIKE THE EUROPEAN HOUSES, UH HUH 19:16 AND IT IS A VERY NICE HOME. 19:18 HE SAW SOMETHING HE LIKED AND HE BROUGHT IT WITH HIM. 19:20 HE BROUGHT IT WITH HIMAND THE FAMILY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO HELP THE MISSION 19:26 AND SO HERE THE LADY IS HANDING OVER A DEED OF DONATION TO THE PRESIDENT 19:30 OF THE MISSION FOR SOME PROPERTY WHERE THEY CAN BUILD A CHURCH ON IT. 19:36 I WANTED TO GET A PICTURE OF THAT PROPERTY BUT IT WAS PRETTY DARK AND THAT'S 19:40 ABOUT ALL YOU COULD SEE WAS THE FRONT. 19:41 YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING BEHIND. 19:43 BUT BEHIND IN THE DARKNESS THERE IS COMING THE LIGHT OF THE CHURCH. 19:47 AMEN. 19:49 THIS IS JOEY BURDAN AND HIS FAMILY. 19:53 THEY ARE WORKING IN ANOTHER VILLAGE. 19:56 THIS IS JOEY WITH THE BARONGI CAPTAIN. 19:59 BARONGI CAPTAIN? 20:00 YES. 20:01 WHAT IS BARONGI? 20:03 BARONGI IS A SUBSIDIARY OF A TOWNSHIP OF A TOWN. 20:08 WE WOULD CALL IT A VILLAGE OR A TOWN. 20:11 O.K. 20:13 AND HE IS THE CAPTAIN WHICH MEANS HE'S THE HEAD MAN, THE MAYOR. 20:15 LIKE THE MAYOR. 20:16 O.K. 20:17 AH MAYBE A LITTLE MORE AUTHORITY THAN A MAYOR. 20:19 IF YOU ARE A CAPTAIN I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN A MAYOR. 20:21 BUT THE BARONGI CAPTAIN WAS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH IN HIS 20:27 TOWN BECAUSE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT THEY ARE BRINGING. 20:31 NOW THIS IS A GROUP THAT GATHERED THERE. 20:32 I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE CAPTAIN. 20:34 O.K. 20:35 WHAT DID HE TELLYOU HE APPRECIATED MOST ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 20:37 BECAUSE THE MORALS THAT WE TEACH AND THE DECREASE IN CRIME THAT HE IS BEGINNING 20:43 TO SEE. 20:45 SO HE-THIS BARONGI CAPTAIN WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY CORRELATE THE CRIME RATE 20:51 IN HIS AREA WITH THE PRESENCE AND GROWTH OF GOSPEL OUTREACH'S, THAT'S 20:56 RIGHT, EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND. 21:00 BOY, WE OUGHT TO PUBLICIZE THAT SOMEWHERE. 21:03 HE IS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE US THERE AND HE CAME AND MADE A SPEECH TO 21:06 WELCOME--THAT'S WONDERFUL, TO WELCOME THE VISITORS THAT CAME TO CHECK UP ON 21:09 THEM. 21:10 SO HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN HE TELLS YOU THAT? 21:11 I FEEL PROUD. 21:13 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE DOING THEIR JOB AND THE POWER OF THE 21:14 GOSPEL IS POWERFUL. 21:15 IT IS POWERFUL. 21:15 IT ACTUALLY CHANGES THINGS. 21:17 THIS IS THE GROUP THAT CAME THERE THAT DAY JUST TO WELCOME THE WHITE MAN. 21:18 IT IS ALWAYS HARD TO GET THE KIDS NOT TO BE IN THE FRONT ROW. 21:27 I LOVE IT. 21:31 OH YES. 21:34 WELL, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THEM IN THE FRONT ROW. 21:36 IT ALWAYS IS BETTER. 21:37 YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE. 21:38 YOU PUT THEM IN THE BACK ROW YOU DON'T SEE THEM. 21:40 THEY'RE JUST BRIGHT EYED. 21:42 THIS MAN HAS QUITE A STORY. 21:43 I'M READY. 21:45 AH, WHAT WAS IT 28 YEARS AGO HE AND HIS BROTHER ATTENDED SOME - LET'S SEE 21:51 NO IT WAS IN 1978 HE AND HIS BROTHER ATTENDED SOME EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND 21:57 HE WAS VERY INTERESTED. 21:59 HE WANTED TO FOLLOWUP BUT HE LIVED IN A DIFFERENT TOWN AND HE HAD A JOB TO 22:02 DO AND HE COULDN'T MAKE IT BACK TO THE MEETINGS AND SO HE NEVER, HE NEVER 22:07 ACCEPTED HIS BROTHER DID. 22:11 NOW, HE HAS RETIRED AND HE LIVES HERE IN THIS VILLAGE AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:16 CAME TO TOWN AND NOW HE IS GOING TO BE BAPTIZED. 22:19 AND HE SAID, OK. 22:21 IT HAS BEEN MANY YEARS AND HE SAID I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS THE 22:24 WAY I WANTED TO GO. 22:25 I'M GLAD I HAVE A SECOND CHANCE. 22:31 JONATHAN FERNANDO AND HIS GUITAR. 22:34 HE USES MUSIC TO -AS AN ENTERING WEDGE. 22:40 YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF US HAVE A DIFFERENT TALENT AND THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:44 WORKERS HAVE TO LEARN TO USE THEIR TALENTS TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR PURPOSE. 22:47 NOW NOTICE HIS NAME IS JONATHAN FERNANDO. 22:50 WE ARE GOING TO COME TO ANOTHER JONATHAN FERNANDO A BIT LATER. 22:52 IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT GOD USES EACH OF OUR TALENTS REGARDLESS OF WHAT 23:00 THEY ARE, THAT'S RIGHT, SOMETIMES IT'S BEING ABLE TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE OUT 23:03 THROUGH THE BUSH, YES, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT HE IS ABLE TO USE AT OTHER TIMES 23:06 IT IS THE GLORY OF MUSIC. 23:08 RIGHT. 23:09 AND EVERYBODY JOINS A BAND SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE. 23:12 YES, ALONG THE WAY. 23:13 OK, THIS IS A GROUP IN SANTA DOMINGO. 23:19 THE HUSBANDS ARE BUSY WORKING IN THE ABACA FACTORY. 23:23 WHAT'S AN ABACA FACTORY? 23:25 ABACA IS WHAT THEY MAKE MANILA HEMP ROPE OUT OF. 23:27 IT IS A FIBER, UH HUH. 23:29 ACTUALLY IT GROWS ON A TREE THAT LOOKS LIKE A BANANA. 23:33 I MEAN IT IS A COUSIN TO THE BANANA. 23:35 BUT IT HANGS DOWN. 23:36 AH, THE FIBER IS THE FIBER IN THE LEAF. 23:40 GOT YOU. 23:41 OK SO I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW. 23:44 O.K. 23:45 SO IT'S GOT THESE BIG HEAVY FIBER AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS TAKING THAT 23:50 AND TURNING IT INTO A ROPE? 23:52 YES, THEY COMB IT ALL OUT, DRY IT AND THEN THEY-ITS TURNED INTO ROPE OR THEY 23:57 MAKE JUTE BAGS OR WHATEVER OUT OF IT. 24:00 SO THE HUSBANDS ARE ALL WORKING IN THE FACTORY BUT THE LADIES WERE THERE. 24:05 YOU STILL GOT ME THINKING ABOUT HEMP ROPE. 24:07 I MEAN ABOUT BANANA ROPE OR ABACA ROPE. 24:10 ABACA ROPE. 24:11 I WAS AT- IT GROWS WILD IN THE MOUNTAINS. 24:14 THAT'S JUST CRAZY BUT I ACTUALLY SAW A UNITED STATES NAVY AIRCRAFT 24:20 CARRIER TIED TO A DOCK WITH ABACA ROPE. 24:25 YES. 24:26 IT IS STRONG. 24:28 VERY STRONG. 24:29 YOU'LL NEVER GO ANYWHERE. 24:30 SO ANYWAY, THESE GUYS ARE WORKING ON BUILDING STRONG ROPES AND LO AND BEHOLD 24:34 GOSPEL OUTREACH SHOWS UP. 24:35 RIGHT. 24:37 OK, OUR NEXT PICTURE HERE THIS LITTLE FELLOW KIND OF TOOK A LIKING TO ME SO I 24:40 PICKED HIM UP AND HELD HIM FOR AWHILE AND WHEN WE STARTED TO GO I WENT TO 24:45 HAND HIM BACK TO HIS MOTHER AND NO-HE DREW BACK TO ME AGAIN. 24:49 DID HIS MOTHER WANT HIM BACK? 24:50 YES. 24:51 AND YOU DIDN'T - YOU WEREN'T QUITE SURE. 24:53 I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT TO DO WITH HIM BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN HERE I HAD A 24:56 BABY ON MY HANDS AND HE WANTED TO GO WITH ME. 24:59 FINALLY GOT HIM BACK IN HIS MOTHER'S ARMS BUT YOU CAN SEE -I STILL WANT TO 25:02 GO; I STILL WANT TO GO. 25:03 DON'T LEAVE, FRED. 25:05 WE HAVE A MINUTE LEFT SO TAKE ME THROUGH HERE. 25:08 O.K. 25:09 VERY QUICKLY THIS IS ONE OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS A PICTURE TAKEN IN 25:11 2015 AND THIS WAS WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE WHEN I WAS THERE IN MARCH OF THIS 25:16 YEAR. 25:18 SOMEHOW HE'D GOTTEN SICK; HE COULDN'T KEEP ANY FOOD IN HIS STOMACH. 25:21 THEY'D RUN ALL KINDS OF TESTS ON HIM AND HE JUST WAS NOT DOING WELL AT ALL. 25:25 I WOULDN'T HAVE RECOGNIZED HIM IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR HIS WIFE. 25:28 HE'S BEDFAST PRETTY MUCH. 25:29 HE IS IN A WHEELCHAIR HERE. 25:32 HE PASSED AWAY IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. 25:34 I'M VERY HAPPY HOWEVER, FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH RESPONSE TO THIS. 25:40 THEY AGREED TO GIVE HIS WIFE HIS STIPEND UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR. 25:47 SHE SHE'LL HAVE TIME TO, GREAT, RE-ESTABLISH HERSELF AND TO TAKE CARE 25:51 OF HER FAMILY. 25:52 THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN. 25:56 FRED, ALL OF YOUR YEARS WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH -THE PHILIPPINES 26:01 AND WORKING WITH JESUS HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL 26:05 US ABOUT GOD? 26:08 THAT HE LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE CAME AND DIED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THE 26:13 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND ETERNITY WITH HIM. 26:16 NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT IS THERE? 26:17 THAT'S IT. 26:18 AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE TEACHING OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERS, THAT'S 26:22 RIGHT, TO TEACH OTHERS. 26:23 THAT'S WHY WE GO TO THAT EFFORT. 26:24 THAT'S WHY WE EXIST. 26:26 IT'S LIKE WHEN JESUS REACHED OUT AND SAID, NICK, I'LL TELL YOU WHY 26:35 I'M HERE MY DAD LOVES YOU SO MUCH HE SENT ME DOWN HERE TO FIND YOU. 26:39 THAT'S RIGHT, HUG YOU AND BRING YOU HOME SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIE DOWN 26:43 HERE BUT CAN LIVE WITH US FOREVER. 26:45 AMEN. 26:45 AND IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 26:48 THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 26:50 I'M DICK DUERKSEN AND YOU'RE IN TUNE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:54 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 26:58 . |
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