Participants: Julie Sanders Keymer (Host), Fred Webb
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000691A
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00:14 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:16 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE 00:18 JOINING US HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:21 AS YOU KNOW SEVEN IS A VERY IMPORTANT NUMBER IN 00:24 THE BIBLE. 00:25 THERE WERE SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION, JESUS RESTED ON 00:28 THE SEVENTH DAY, THE PEOPLE WALKED AROUND 00:31 JERICHO AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU CAN ALSO 00:33 THINK ABOUT HOW MANY SEVENS THERE ARE IN A 00:37 COUNTRY. 00:38 AND I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND FRED WEBB WELCOME 00:41 TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:42 THANK YOU. 00:43 SO I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT SEVEN AND AS PEOPLE 00:46 WHO KNOW ME WELL KNOW THAT SEVEN IS A VERY NEAR AND 00:48 DEAR NUMBER TO MY HEART. 00:50 BUT AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS A COUNTRY THAT HAS A 00:52 LOT OF SEVENS IN IT. 00:53 WHICH COUNTRY IS IT? 00:55 SEVEN THOUSAND A HUNDRED AND SEVEN ISLANDS IN THE 00:58 PHILIPPINES. 00:59 AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE ISLANDS. 01:02 FANTASTIC. 01:03 A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE WORLD AND YOU HAVE A 01:06 SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR HEART FOR THE SEVEN 01:09 THOUSAND SEVEN ISLANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES. 01:13 I HAVE, YES I LIVED THERE FOR TWELVE YEARS AND SINCE 01:18 I RETIRED TWELVE YEARS AGO I'M NOW WORKING WITH 01:23 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND GO BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES 01:24 ONCE A YEAR. 01:25 FANTASTIC. 01:26 SO TELL OUR VIEWERS WHAT YOU ARE WEARING THAT IS SO 01:29 COLORFUL. 01:30 I DON'T THINK THAT YOUR NAME IS JOSEPH. 01:32 I THINK YOUR NAME IS FRED BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY 01:34 COLORFUL JACKET. 01:36 THIS IS A JACKET THAT WOULD BE WORN BY A MANOBO 01:38 DATU OR CHIEF AND I WEAR IT LEGALLY BECAUSE I HAVE 01:42 BEEN ORDAINED AS A DATU. 01:44 YOU HAVE BEEN? 01:45 YES. 01:46 WOW. 01:46 THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. 01:47 AND THEN YOU HAVE A TIE. 01:48 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH THE VIEWERS WHAT YOU'RE 01:50 WEARING. 01:51 THIS IS BEAD WORK THAT IS DONE BY THE TRIBAL PEOPLE 01:53 OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ALL THE SULADS HAVE THESE. 02:01 FANTASTIC. 02:02 AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SULADS TODAY. 02:04 YES. 02:05 THERE IS A CONNECTION WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH, HOWEVER, 02:07 NOT JUST THROUGH BECAUSE I WORK WITH BOTH BUT GOSPEL 02:11 OUTREACH FUNDS FIFTEEN WORKERS FOR SULADS. 02:17 AND WHY DON'T YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEFINITION 02:19 OF WHAT SULADS MEANS FOR THE VIEWERS. 02:21 WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN THE PROGRAM. 02:23 OKAY GOOD. 02:25 SO OUR FIRST SLIDE. 02:26 EXCELLENT, LET'S GO. 02:27 REACHING THE UNREACHED THE SULADS. 02:31 IT ORIGINATED HERE AT MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE AND 02:33 THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING SO YOU CAN SEE 02:36 THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN. 02:37 IT'S TROPICAL AND A VERY VERY NICE PLACE. 02:42 BACK IN THE LATE SIXTIES MR. SUGWAN WAS A WORKER AT 02:46 MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 02:48 AND ONE NIGHT HE HAD A DREAM. 02:54 HE DREAMED THAT HE WENT DOWN TO THE LOCAL TOWN OF 02:56 VALENCIA AND HE MET A TRIBAL MAN. 03:00 AND HE JUST WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THAT DREAM. 03:05 IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THE SAME NIGHT DATU 03:07 TIBALAWAN, WHO BY THE WAY IS THE ONE WHO ORDAINED 03:10 ME, HAD A DREAM. 03:11 HE DREAMED THAT HE WENT DOWN TO VALENCIA AND HE 03:15 MET A MAN FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 03:18 REALLY. 03:19 AND SO THEY MET AND DATU TIBALAWAN ASKED FOR SOME 03:25 MISSIONARIES TO COME TO HIS VILLAGE. 03:28 SO THE NEXT DAY, OR VERY SOON THEREAFTER, DAVE 03:33 SUGWAN, WHO WAS A SON OF MR. SUGWAN AND PETER 03:36 DAUNTON WERE SENT OUT TO DO A SURVEY. 03:42 VERY SOON AFTER THAT WE SENT OUT TWO MEN. 03:47 JIM ZACHERY, ELDER JAMES ZACHERY WAS THE DEAN OF 03:50 THE SCHOOL OF RELIGION AT THAT TIME, SENT OUT TWO 03:57 YOUNG MEN TO THE VILLAGE OF CONCEPTION AND LATER 04:01 SOME TO A COUPLE OF OTHER VILLAGES AND OF THOSE FOUR 04:07 THAT WENT OUT ENDED UP THREE OF THEM WORKING IN 04:11 THE HIGH LEVELS OF OUR CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES. 04:13 WOW. 04:14 THE STUDENT MISSIONARY PROGRAM DIED FOR LACK OF 04:17 FUNDS ALONG SOMEWHERE ABOUT EARLY 1990. 04:20 OH THAT MAKES ME SAD. 04:22 IT MADE ME SAD TOO. 04:23 I WAS THERE FOR A YEAR BEFORE I EVER KNEW WHAT IT 04:25 WAS ALL ABOUT, THE STUDENT MISSIONARY PROGRAM. 04:29 SO IN 1994 IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME AND IT WAS 04:34 REVIVED THROUGH A GROUP OF MIRACLES THAT I DON'T HAVE 04:37 A CHANCE OR TIME TO TELL RIGHT NOW. 04:39 BUT IT WAS A GROUP OF MIRACLES. 04:40 IN NOVEMBER 13, 1994 WE SENT OUT ANOTHER BATCH OF 04:47 WHAT WE CALLED SULADS. 04:48 THE STUDENT MISSIONARY PROGRAM BECAME SULADS. 04:50 NOW I UNDERSTAND. 04:52 AND THIS IS THE THEME OF SULADS PROGRAM. 04:55 GO YE THEREFORE AND TEACH ALL NATIONS BAPTIZING THEM 04:59 IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY 05:01 GHOST. 05:02 TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER I 05:04 HAVE COMMANDED YOU. 05:04 AND LO I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS EVEN UNTO THE END 05:07 OF THE WORLD. 05:08 NOW SULADS IS NOT A COMMON WORD FOR US AMERICANS. 05:13 NO IT'S NOT. 05:14 IT COMES FROM A MANOBO WORD SULAD WHICH MEANS 05:17 BROTHER OR SISTER. 05:18 IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN THE GENDER. 05:19 SO SULADS WOULD BE BROTHERS OR SISTERS. 05:22 BUT IT'S ALSO AN ACRONYM STANDING FOR SOCIOECONOMIC 05:29 UPLIFT, LITERACY, ANTHROPOLOGIC AND 05:33 DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES. 05:35 THAT'S A MOUTH FULL. 05:35 IT'S A WHOLE MOUTH FULL. 05:36 SULADS IS EASIER FRED. 05:38 IT IS AND I PREFER SULADS BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR 05:40 BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUT THERE THAT ARE IN CHRIST. 05:44 THE VISION OF SULADS IS TO EMPOWER AND EQUIP 05:47 UNREACHED COMMUNITIES TO REACH THEIR OWN PEOPLE AND 05:50 BECOME EFFECTIVE AGENTS OF CHANGE IN THIS WORLD TO 05:52 COME. 05:53 SOUNDS JUST LIKE GOSPEL OUTREACH. 05:54 YES, VERY VERY SIMILAR. 05:56 THE MISSION IS TO REACH, TRAIN AND SERVE UNREACHED 06:00 COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE AVENUES OF HEAL, ANOTHER 06:03 ACRONYM. 06:04 HEALTH, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE AND 06:08 LIVELIHOOD. 06:08 I LIKE IT. 06:12 SO WHEN I HAD TRAINING FOR OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 06:14 WORKERS THIS TIME I USED THE RESOURCES OF SULADS 06:18 FOR TEACHING THEM BECAUSE WHAT YOU'LL SEE LATER ON 06:21 IN THIS PROGRAM WHY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN 06:24 SUCCESSFUL IN WORKING BOTH WITH THE TRIBAL PEOPLE AND 06:26 WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. 06:28 AND ARE PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IN THE 06:30 PHILIPPINES? 06:30 OH YES. 06:31 I'LL EMPHASIZE THAT A LITTLE MORE AS WE GO TOO. 06:36 HEALTH WE REACH OUT TO TRY TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS. 06:39 MINGLE WITH PEOPLE. 06:40 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 06:42 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 06:44 MINGLE WITH THE PEOPLE THROUGH HEALTH, THROUGH 06:47 EDUCATION, THROUGH AGRICULTURE AND LITERACY. 06:54 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL 06:55 PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING OPERATED BY THE SULADS 06:56 PROGRAM. 06:57 WON'T TAKE TIME TO READ ALL OF THAT BUT YOU CAN 06:58 SEE WE HAVE ABOUT SIXTY ACRES OF TIMBER PLANTED. 07:00 WELL AND I DO LIKE TO SEE THE SULADS FOR THE DEAF 07:01 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A VERY ACTIVE PROGRAM 07:07 IN THE PHILIPPINES AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT HERE AT 07:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH JOHN BLAKE AND WITH YOU FRED. 07:19 AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT LISTED THERE. 07:21 AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM OF THAT ONE LATER 07:23 ON. 07:25 NOTICE THERE IS ALSO BEE CULTURE. 07:26 THEY HAVE FIFTY COLONIES OF BEES. 07:30 THEY TEACH THEM LIVELIHOOD. 07:31 NOW IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER THERE YOU SEE THEM DRYING 07:33 ABACA. 07:34 WHAT IS ABACA? 07:35 WELL ABACA IS A PLANT THAT LOOKS LIKE A BANANA PLANT. 07:39 THEY STRIP THE VEINS OUT AND USE THAT AS A FIBER 07:43 AND THAT'S WHAT THEY MAKE MANILLA HEMP ROPE OUT OF. 07:45 OH INTERESTING. 07:47 THE ONE DOWN WITH THE GUY WHO LOOKS LIKE HE IS SCUBA 07:50 DIVING THERE HE'S RAISING SEAWEED FOR AGAR AGAR. 07:52 WHAT'S AGAR AGAR FRED. 07:52 IT'S A GELATIN THAT IS OFTEN USED TO REPLACE 07:54 JELL-O. 07:54 IT'S A VEGETARIAN JELL-O. 07:55 OH INTERESTING. 07:56 AND IT'S USED FOR A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AS WELL. 07:58 BOY, WE'RE JUST HAVING QUITE THE EDUCATION HERE 08:03 AT ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS TODAY. 08:06 AND THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE THERE HE'S GATHERING THOSE 08:09 LONG CANES. 08:09 THEY USE THAT FOR MAKING FURNITURE. 08:10 YOU KNOW IF YOU GET CANE FURNITURE THIS IS WHERE IT 08:12 COMES FROM. 08:13 INTERESTING. 08:13 AND THEN THE CORN OF COURSE. 08:14 THEY RAISE CORN. 08:15 AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF REACHING 08:26 DIFFERENT PLACES AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT 08:33 SOME OF THESE TRANSPORTATION METHODS 08:34 HERE. 08:35 I LOVE THAT THREE ANGELS MESSAGE RIGHT THERE ON 08:37 THAT BOAT. 08:38 RIGHT. 08:39 AND YOU'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT BOAT LATER BUT 08:41 NOT ONLY DO THEY GO BY BOAT, A FAST BOAT LIKE 08:43 THAT, BUT SOME PLACES WHERE THEY GO TAKES SIX TO 08:48 TEN HOURS TO HIKE. 08:50 WOW. 08:51 ROUGH TRAILS CARRYING THEIR LOADS BECAUSE 08:53 THERE'S THERE NO VEHICLE THAT CAN GET THERE. 08:55 SO THE SULADS ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS IS THAT 08:57 CORRECT? 08:58 THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS. 08:59 THEY GET PAID A VERY SMALL STIPEND. 09:00 STIPEND JUST LIKE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:02 MUCH SMALLER THAN GOSPEL OUTREACH, MUCH SMALLER. 09:04 OH, OKAY. 09:05 AND SOME OF THEM TAKE TWO DAYS TO GET OUT TO THEIR 09:08 CANADA LITERACY CENTER. 09:10 IN BABOW IT TAKES TWO DAYS HIKE. 09:12 THEY'RE POINTING TO THAT PEAK THAT YOU SEE JUST 09:13 BELOW THE WORD CENTER. 09:14 AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE HEADED. 09:15 YES. 09:16 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 09:17 SOMETIMES THEY CROSS RIVERS ON FOOT. 09:23 SOMETIMES THEY CROSS IN MAKESHIFT CANOES OR RAFTS. 09:27 SO VIEWERS I HOPE THAT YOU'RE SEEING ALL OF THIS. 09:29 THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING IN THEIR 4-WHEEL 09:32 DRIVE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING IN THEIR HELICOPTER THEY 09:35 ARE GOING THE SLOW WAY HERE WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. 09:38 WAIT TILL I HAVE SOME SURPRISES FOR YOU. 09:40 WOW. 09:41 THERE'S ANOTHER RAFT TAKING THEIR MOTORCYCLES 09:43 ACROSS. 09:44 AND WATER BUFFALO. 09:46 SOMETIMES THEY CROSS BY CANOES AND SOMETIMES BY 09:50 TOYOTA SUBMARINE. 09:52 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 09:53 AND JUST AS AN ASIDE I'M SITTING IN THE PASSENGER 09:54 SEAT OF THAT VEHICLE. 09:55 YOU ARE FRED, WITH THE WATER COMING IN? 09:56 YES. 09:57 AND IT KEPT GOING? 09:58 WE WENT ALL THE WAY ACROSS. 09:59 WELL I SEE THAT'S A MUFFLER THAT COMES UP ON 10:00 THE SIDE SO THAT, NO THAT'S THE AIR INTAKE, THE 10:01 AIR INTAKE AND IT'S A DIESEL ENGINE. 10:06 OKAY SO THEN THEIR PREPARED FOR THIS. 10:10 WOW. 10:11 I GUESS THEY WENT SHOPPING AT WALMART THAT DAY. 10:17 IT LOOKS LIKE IT DOESN'T IT. 10:21 (LAUGHTER) WOW. 10:22 AND THE FAMILY VEHICLE. 10:23 YES. 10:24 I COUNT SIX PEOPLE THERE. 10:25 YES THERE ARE SIX PEOPLE THERE. 10:26 IT COULD BE SOMEBODY ELSE. 10:27 AND THEY USE THEM FOR LOGGING TRUCKS. 10:29 THEY GO UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND HAUL THE 10:31 LOGS DOWN TO WHERE THE TRUCKS CAN GET TO THEM. 10:34 AND NOTICE NO HELMETS. 10:35 WELL NO. 10:36 OH MY. 10:37 THIS ONE THEY CALL A SKY LAB. 10:39 YOU NOTICE IT HAS WINGS ON THE SIDE. 10:40 NOW I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. 10:42 OKAY, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, 10:45 EIGHT. 10:45 I SEE EIGHT PEOPLE BUT THERE COULD BE TWO MORE 10:47 PEOPLE. 10:47 THERE COULD BE MANY MORE. 10:48 I WAS OUT WALKING IN THE BUSH ONE DAY AND ONE OF 10:50 THOSE CAME BY AND OFFERED ME A RIDE AND I LOOK AT IT 10:52 AND I SAID I DON'T THINK SO. 10:53 (LAUGHTER) OKAY, OH THERE IS A HELICOPTER. 10:58 WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP NOW WITH WHAT 11:06 THEY CALL THE PAMAS, PHILIPPINE ADVENTIST 11:10 MEDICAL AVIATION SERVICES. 11:12 FANTASTIC. 11:13 THEY WILL SOMETIMES PICK UP THE PEOPLE, TAKE THEM 11:16 OUT TO ONE OF THEIR MISSION SCHOOLS. 11:19 AND A HIKE THAT MAY TAKE EIGHT TO TEN HOURS THEY 11:24 CAN BE THERE IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. 11:27 SO THESE PEOPLE, SO THE SULADS ARE GOING INTO 11:30 THESE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS, THESE VILLAGES TO TAKE ALL 11:33 OF THESE MESSAGES TO THESE PEOPLE. 11:34 SO THAT'S THEIR WHOLE GOAL IS TO MEET THE PEOPLE 11:37 WHERE THEY ARE. 11:37 RIGHT. 11:40 BUT THERE ARE SOME DISCOURAGEMENTS. 11:42 THIS SULAD, NOTICE HE'S WEARING A JACKET LIKE THE 11:46 ONE I HAVE, WAS OUT IN A VILLAGE. 11:48 HE WASN'T TEACHING A CLASS THAT MORNING. 11:52 HIS TEAM MATE WAS. 11:55 HE WAS DOWN WASHING HIS CLOTHES WHEN THERE WAS A 11:58 MAN FROM ANOTHER VILLAGE WAS ON A MAGAHAT WHICH 12:01 MEANS THEY WILL KILL ANYBODY THEY SEE THAT'S 12:03 NOT FROM THEIR VILLAGE. 12:04 OH NO. 12:05 AND HE JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE WRONG PLACE AND HE 12:07 WAS SHOT AND KILLED. 12:08 I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT. 12:11 BUT MANY GOOD THINGS CAME FROM THAT. 12:14 YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT ALL THINGS WORK 12:17 TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD. 12:19 SO TELL US WHAT HAPPENED. 12:21 TWO OF HIS SIBLINGS RETURNED TO THE CHURCH 12:23 BECAUSE OF IT. 12:25 THREE OF THEM JOINED SULADS, TOOK HIS PLACE IN 12:28 THAT VILLAGE. 12:28 WOW, BLESS HIS HEART. 12:30 AND THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THEM. 12:31 ALEX PONTUS ON THE LEFT AND SEMIA VELASCO ON THE 12:34 RIGHT THEY WERE COMING BACK FROM A MISSION TRIP 12:38 THAT THEY HAD BEEN ON DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF 12:40 THE MINDANAO. 12:41 AND ALEX WAS DRIVING, IT WAS HIS CAR, AND HE WENT 12:43 TO SLEEP. 12:44 OH DEAR. 12:45 THERE WERE EIGHT PEOPLE IN THE CAR INCLUDING A VERY 12:49 YOUNG BABY. 12:50 NO ONE WAS INJURED IN ANY WAY. 12:52 PRAISE THE LORD. 12:53 THE BYSTANDERS SAID THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED 12:55 BECAUSE IT WAS BUMPED OFF THE ROAD BY A THING THEY 12:59 CALL SATAN. 13:00 IT SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH NO HEAD AND 13:02 BLOOD RUNNING OUT OF HIS NECK. 13:05 THIS IS THEIR BELIEF. 13:07 THEIR BELIEF THAT THAT IS LIKE A SPIRIT. 13:09 INTERESTING. 13:10 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO SCHOOL SWIMMING. 13:11 SWIMMING FROM ONE ISLAND TO ANOTHER JUST TO GO TO 13:12 SCHOOL. 13:13 WOW. 13:14 CARRYING HER PAPERS IN HER PLASTIC BAG TO KEEP THEM 13:15 DRY. 13:16 BECAUSE THERE'S NO BOAT, THERE'S NO FERRY. 13:18 THERE WAS NOT AT THAT TIME. 13:19 THERE IS NOW A SCHOOL ON HER ISLAND. 13:28 WOW. 13:31 CAN YOU IMAGINE THE COMMITMENT. 13:33 TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE HERE. 13:35 ONLY TWO OF THESE ARE NOT MARRIED. 13:39 THE ONE KIND OF IN THE CENTER THAT'S BEHIND IN 13:42 THE FRONT ROW IS NOT MARRIED AND THE LITTLE 13:45 BABY IS NOT YET MARRIED. 13:46 WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THESE LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS IN 13:48 THE FRONT ARE MARRIED? 13:49 THEY ARE MARRIED. 13:50 HOW OLD ARE THEY EIGHT? 13:52 OR LESS. 13:53 FRED, TELL US MORE QUICKLY. 13:54 WELL IT'S JUST THEIR CULTURE. 13:57 SO THESE KIDS ARE MARRIED AT THIS AGE. 14:00 AND MANY TIMES ABUSED SEXUALLY. 14:03 OH MY. 14:04 THIS IS DEVASTATING. 14:05 SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE DEAL 14:08 WITH. 14:09 SO THIS IS A CULTURAL, MONEY EXCHANGED AND ALL OF 14:12 THAT. 14:12 RIGHT. 14:13 SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CULTURAL THINGS THAT ARE 14:15 HAPPENING HERE. 14:16 AND IF THE FATHER OF THE BRIDE ACTUALLY REFUSES TO 14:23 HAND OVER THE BRIDE, HE COULD BE KILLED. 14:28 OH MY. 14:29 OR HE COULD REPAY DOUBLE THE DOWRY. 14:30 OH MY. 14:31 SO WE'VE GONE FROM GREAT NEWS TO THEN THIS 14:36 EDUCATION OF PEOPLE AND, WOW. 14:40 OKAY WE'RE WORKING IN NINETEEN MUNICIPALITIES 14:42 AND TEN PROVINCES WITH 30 LITERACY CENTERS, FIVE 14:46 HIGH SCHOOLS AND ONE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 14:49 SO VERY VERY WIDE. 14:52 YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF THE TRIBAL NAMES THERE. 14:54 THERE ARE THIRTEEN TRIBES WE WORK WITH. 14:55 MANY OF THESE, THE TAUSUG, THE SAMA, THE BADJAO, BUT 15:02 THOSE THREE ARE MUSLIMS. 15:03 OKAY. 15:04 AND I CAN SEE THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE HEADSCARF. 15:12 YES. 15:12 THEY HAVE ORGANIZED THEM INTO SEVEN CLUSTERS, 15:17 SEVERAL SCHOOLS HERE, SEVERAL SCHOOLS HERE. 15:19 AND WE LIKE SEVEN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEVEN IN 15:21 THIS PROGRAM. 15:22 RIGHT. 15:25 SO THIS IS CLUSTER ONE BUKIDNON. 15:27 THAT'S WHERE MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE IS LOCATED AND 15:30 THIS PICTURE HAPPENS TO BE OUR HIGH SCHOOL THERE IN 15:32 BUKIDNON. 15:35 ZAMBOANGA THIS IS AMONG THE MUSLIMS. 15:41 ANOTHER ONE AMONG THE MUSLIMS IS DOWN IN SOUTH 15:43 COTA BATO DAVAO. 15:44 THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO CLIMB A SLIPPERY HILL 15:47 THERE. 15:48 SO THE SULADS ARE WORKING IN THESE CLUSTERS TO SHARE 15:51 JESUS AND ALL OF THAT. 15:52 YES RIGHT. 15:55 SOMETIMES THE ROADS ARE NOT VERY GOOD. 15:56 NO. 15:58 TAWI TAWI IS ANOTHER MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND 16:02 MINDORO IS VERY VERY PRIMITIVE. 16:05 THEY WEAR G-STRINGS. 16:07 SO WE HAVE MUSLIMS, WE HAVE PROTESTANTS, 16:11 CATHOLICS AND ALL IN THE PHILIPPINES. 16:14 YES. 16:15 MAJOR RELIGIONS. 16:16 PLUS MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN SEEING HERE IN 16:20 THE MOUNTAINS ARE ANIMISTS. 16:22 ANIMISTS OKAY, WITH NO FORMAL RELIGION. 16:24 OKAY. 16:25 NOW YOU SEE THE TEACHER STANDING THERE WEARING HIS 16:26 G-STRING ONLY. 16:27 YES YES. 16:28 WHEN HE FIRST WENT THERE. 16:29 NOW HE WAS BORN AND RAISED AS A MANGYAN TRIBAL PERSON 16:35 BUT THERE WAS A MISSIONARY IN HIS VILLAGE FROM AFM 16:37 MISSIONARIES, ADVENTIST FRONTIER MISSIONS, YES. 16:40 AND HE GOT AN EDUCATION AND HE WENT OFF TO 16:42 MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE, GOT A DEGREE AND WANTED TO GO 16:45 BACK TO WORK FOR HIS PEOPLE. 16:47 SO HE WENT BACK YOU KNOW DRESSED IN DECENT WESTERN 16:49 CLOTHES. 16:50 IT DIDN'T WORK. 16:51 ONLY ONE PERSON SHOWED UP FOR CLASS. 16:53 YES, DIDN'T WORK. 16:54 SO HE WENT TO WEARING A T-SHIRT AND A PAIR OF 16:59 SHORTS AND HAD THREE. 17:01 AND HE SAID WHY AND THEY SAID WELL YOU'RE NOT ONE 17:02 OF US. 17:03 SO HE PUT ON THE G-STRING AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY 17:05 STUDENTS HE HAS. 17:06 WELL BLESS HIS HEART. 17:08 THIS IS A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 17:09 OH AND THEY'RE TELLING US THAT THEY LOVE US, I LOVE 17:12 YOU, BACK TO THOSE NICE YOUNG LADIES. 17:17 AND WE HAVE NEWLY OPENED FIELDS THAT HAVE JUST 17:19 STARTED. 17:20 SEVERAL IN BUKIDNON AND IN SOUTH COTA BATO, SULTAN 17:25 KNDARAT AND BABO AND AGUSAN. 17:31 MAYBE YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY IN MID 17:34 PROGRAM? 17:35 YES. 17:36 IT'S WHO WE REACH THAT COUNTS ISN'T THAT THE 17:38 TRUTH FRED. 17:39 IT IS WHO WE REACH AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS 17:42 YOU READ THE GREAT COMMISSION AND WE WANT TO 17:44 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 17:46 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH AS TOGETHER WITH THE GOSPEL 17:50 OUTREACH WORKERS WITH THE SULADS WE WANT TO SHARE 17:53 JESUS WITH PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM. 17:56 WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE. 17:59 IT'S GOAIM.ORG AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOU 18:02 CAN SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 18:05 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEND 18:07 TO YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HOPE INSTEAD OF 18:09 BILLS AND OTHER THINGS IN YOUR MAIL BOX. 18:12 WE'D LOVE TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 18:13 IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE HOPE IN YOUR IN-BOX IN YOUR 18:16 EMAIL WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT WE'D BE 18:19 HAPPY TO SEND TO YOU. 18:20 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ALSO ON FACEBOOK AND WE KEEP THAT 18:24 ACTIVE WITH VIDEOS AND STORIES AND WE'D ENCOURAGE 18:27 YOU TO "LIKE" OUR PAGE AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW 18:30 US ON INSTAGRAM AND WE HAVE PHOTOS AND THINGS 18:33 LIKE THAT. 18:34 AND IT'S A GREAT WAY ALSO FOR YOU TO SHARE AND 18:36 INVITE PEOPLE TO THESE PAGES WHO WOULD BE 18:38 INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AT GOSPEL 18:40 OUTREACH. 18:41 AND WE THANK YOU FOR DONATIONS FRED BECAUSE 18:44 THAT IS WHAT HELPS CONTINUE. 18:46 THERE ARE TWO THINGS PRAYER AND DONATIONS HERE 18:49 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TRAINING IS HELPFUL. 18:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 18:52 SO YOU'RE SHARING, FRED WEBB, WITH THE VIEWERS 18:54 ABOUT THE SULADS. 18:55 TELL US A LITTLE BIT HOW THE SULADS, IS THERE 18:57 OVERLAP WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE SULADS? 18:59 TELL US HOW THAT WORKS. 19:00 WELL GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ONE OF THE DONORS FOR 19:06 SULADS WORKERS. 19:09 FIFTEEN OF THE WORKERS FOR SULADS IS FUNDED BY GOSPEL 19:13 OUTREACH. 19:14 SO THAT'S THE TIE IN THERE. 19:16 AND THAT TOOK PLACE BEFORE MY TIME BUT I WAS VERY 19:18 HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE WORK WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:22 BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS ME TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE 19:24 SULADS. 19:24 FANTASTIC. 19:27 AND YOU HAVE SOME MORE PICTURES FOR US? 19:28 I HAVE A FEW MORE. 19:29 THESE ARE THE LUMADS. 19:31 NOW LUMADS IS A POLITICALLY CORRECT TERM 19:35 FOR THE NATIVES. 19:37 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS. 19:39 THEY ARE ANIMISTS. 19:40 THEY WORSHIP THE TREES AND THE ROCKS AND WHATEVER. 19:44 AND THE MUSLIMS, AND THIS IS WHERE I GET EXCITED, 19:47 BECAUSE WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD SUCCESS AMONG THE 19:49 MUSLIMS. 19:50 I DON'T KNOW BUT MOST PEOPLE HAVEN'T HEARD OF 19:53 THE MILF BUT THEY ARE MUSLIMS THAT WOULD LIKE TO 19:57 SPLIT AWAY FROM PHILIPPINES, THE COUNTRY. 20:02 SOMETIMES YOU HEAR OF SOME KILLINGS AND THINGS THAT 20:08 MILF ARE INVOLVED. 20:09 AND MNLF IS ANOTHER ORGANIZATIONAL GROUP A 20:10 LITTLE MORE VICIOUS THAN MILF. 20:11 WOW. 20:12 BUT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED IN THE MNLF AREA IN THE 20:13 ISLAND A SCHOOL AND A HIGH SCHOOL AND WE HAVE DONE 20:14 VERY VERY WELL THERE. 20:29 THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR CLASS ROOM. 20:31 THEY GET A LITTLE IMPROVEMENT FOR SECOND 20:33 YEAR. 20:34 THIRD YEAR IS A LITTLE BETTER THAN THAT AND 20:36 FINALLY AT FOURTH YEAR THEY GET AN ENCLOSED 20:37 BUILDING. 20:38 AND LOOK AT THAT AND BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 20:41 THEY'RE USING WHAT THEY HAVE. 20:43 AND THIS IS AN ISLAND WHERE THERE IS VERY 20:45 LITTLE. 20:45 NOW THIS IS ABU SAYYAF. 20:47 ABU SAYYAF IS AN AL QAEDA OPERATIVE THAT IS VERY 20:50 COMMON IN THE PHILIPPINES. 20:52 THEY ARE THIEVES, THEY ARE KILLERS, THEY ARE 20:56 KIDNAPPERS. 20:57 WE HAVE WORK AMONG THEM ON BUNAUN ISLAND. 21:01 WE HAVE A SCHOOL THERE ESTABLISHED ON THAT ISLAND 21:04 RIGHT THERE AMONG ALL OF THE ABU SAYYAF. 21:07 THESE CHILDREN ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE KILLERS. 21:10 WOW. 21:12 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 21:13 SO WE'RE HAVING A REAL INFLUENCE ON THEM. 21:16 SO HOW DO THEY LET CHRISTIANS THERE FRED? 21:20 WE DON'T CALL OURSELVES CHRISTIANS. 21:21 WE CALL OURSELVES SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS AND 21:24 THEY THINK OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, OH YOU'RE 21:27 BETTER MUSLIMS THAN WE ARE BECAUSE YOU DON'T EAT PORK 21:29 YOU DON'T, SIMILARITIES WITH MUSLIMS. 21:32 RIGHT. 21:33 SO WE HAVE SCHOOLS THERE TEACHING THEM HOW TO READ 21:38 AND WRITE AND THEY WIL NOT ALLOW ANY OTHER SCHOOLS TO 21:43 COME IN. 21:43 ONLY OUR SULADS. 21:47 ANOTHER SHOT OF THEIR VILLAGE. 21:48 SO THEY'RE OUT OVER THE WATER. 21:49 NOW HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THAT SAME BOAT. 21:50 I WANTED TO SAY A LITTLE MORE ABOUT IT. 21:52 I LIKE THIS BOAT. 21:52 THIS WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE MUSLIMS. 21:53 THIS IS ONE OF THEIR SPEED BOATS THAT THE PIRATES USE 21:55 TO CATCH THE OTHER BOATS OUT ON THE OCEAN AND SO 21:56 THEY GAVE ONE TO THE SULADS SO WE CAN GET 21:58 AROUND FASTER. 21:58 OKAY. 21:59 BUT THEN THE SULADS THEN PAINTED IT WITH THREE 22:00 ANGELS. 22:01 RIGHT RIGHT. 22:02 BUT THEY KNEW FULL WELL WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH IT. 22:03 INTERESTING. 22:04 AND HERE'S A GROUP OF OUR SULADS OUT RIDING IT. 22:05 AGAIN THE MANGYANS IN MINDORO. 22:06 THIS IS THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF PLAYING ANGKLUNG 22:07 WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE BELLS, BAMBOO BELLS. 22:08 AND ISN'T THAT AMAZING SO HERE PEOPLE ARE PLAYING AN 22:10 INSTRUMENT THAT THEY CAN'T HEAR. 22:11 THEY CAN'T HEAR IT. 22:12 THAT'S NEAT, JUST MIRACULOUS. 22:12 AND THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES. 22:14 SULADS DREAM OF BEING AN AGENT OF CHANGE TO MAKE A 22:14 BETTER WORLD THROUGH EDUCATION. 22:15 AND I THINK I'M COMING CLOSE TO THE END HERE BUT 22:16 THIS IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF SULADS ON THE CAMPUS OF 22:18 MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE AND THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THE 22:20 DECISIONS ARE MADE TO CARRY FORWARD. 22:21 BUT SULADS HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS 22:22 RECOGNIZED IT. 22:23 THIS IS A TROPHY WE RECEIVED BACK IN 1997 FOR 22:26 BEING THE BEST LITERACY PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY. 22:29 OH GOOD. 22:30 WE RECEIVED THE SAME AWARD IN 2008 I BELIEVE. 22:33 YES 2008 FROM THE GOVERNMENT. 22:35 FROM THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 22:37 AND AGAIN IN 2014. 22:39 FANTASTIC. 22:40 SO SULADS IS NOT ONLY TAKING THE GOSPEL OUT BUT 22:43 WE'RE BEING RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOLS 22:46 FOR TAKING THE MESSAGE TO OR YOU KNOW, EDUCATION TO 22:49 THE PEOPLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. 22:51 SO THERE'S KIND OF AN ARRAY OF SOME OF THE 22:54 AWARDS THAT WE HAVE WON FROM THE GOVERNMENT. 22:57 FROM THE GOVERNMENT. 22:58 NOW DARYL FAMISARAN WAS THE DIRECTOR OF SULADS FOR 23:01 MANY YEARS. 23:02 HE HAPPENED TO BE OVER IN PALAWAN THINKING OF 23:03 STARTING A SCHOOL THERE WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO THE 23:38 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THEY SAID YOU KNOW 23:41 THERE'S A SCHOOL IN BUKIDNON, A HIGH SCHOOL, 23:53 THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PATTERN SOME SCHOOLS 24:00 AFTER. 24:14 AND HE SAID WELL WHAT SCHOOL IS THAT. 24:16 WELL THEY CALL IT SULADS HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY SAID 24:19 WE'D LIKE TO GO AND SEE IT BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO 24:21 MAKE ARRANGEMENTS. 24:22 AND DARYL SAID WELL I COULD WORK THAT OUT FOR 24:23 YOU. 24:24 I CAN FIGURE THAT OUT FOR YOU. 24:25 THEY SAID OH WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SCHOOL. 24:28 I FOUNDED IT. 24:30 OH. 24:31 SO YES HE JUST VERY RECENTLY HAS TAKEN THEM 24:34 OUT TO THE SCHOOL AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY INTENDING TO 24:38 USE THAT AS A PATTERN OF HOW TO DEVELOP SCHOOLS FOR 24:41 THE PEOPLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. 24:42 BUT THEY SAY WE CAN'T FIND TEACHERS THAT WILL GO OUT 24:46 THERE. 24:47 AND THAT'S WHERE SULADS COME IN. 24:49 YES. 24:50 WE MAY, WE'RE NOT SURE YET, BUT WE MAY BE WILLING 24:57 TO STAFF SCHOOLS THAT THEY WILL PAY FOR. 25:00 OH FANTASTIC. 25:01 NOW MUSLIMS ARE ALREADY DOING THAT IN SOME PLACES. 25:05 THEY'RE PAYING OUR WORKERS TO COME AND TEACH THEIR 25:09 PEOPLE. 25:09 WOW. 25:10 AND IF I HAD TIME I'D TELL YOU A WHOLE LOT MORE ABOUT 25:13 THAT, WELL AND ISN'T THE LORD JUST INTERCONNECTED 25:15 HOW HE HAS ALL OF THAT FIGURED OUT. 25:18 THAT'S FANTASTIC TO ME. 25:20 AND THE TRAVEL BY HELICOPTER. 25:21 THAT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED SOME THINGS. 25:23 I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE. 25:23 THIS IS OUR GOAL. 25:24 THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL 25:25 THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 25:27 SHALL THE END COME. 25:28 AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT SULADS IS ALL ABOUT. 25:29 WE WANT TO SEE JESUS COME, WE WANT TO SEE HIM COME 25:30 SOON AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO 25:31 THE UNREACHED PEOPLE. 25:32 I JUST READ THAT SCRIPTURE TODAY AND SEE THAT'S GOD'S 25:35 TIMING AND YOU'RE SO RIGHT. 25:38 THE GREAT COMMISSION TO SHARE JESUS NO MATTER HOW 25:52 THAT IS. 25:55 IN THE MUSLIM AREA THERE THEY ARE HAVING TO DO IT 26:04 IN A DIFFERENT WAY BUT PRAISE THE LORD THAT THEY 26:06 HAVE THE PRESENCE THERE. 26:08 AND THANK YOU FRED FOR SHARING WITH US ABOUT THE 26:11 SULADS. 26:11 I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE SULADS BUT I HAVEN'T 26:13 ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT IS. 26:15 ABOUT HOW MANY SULADS ARE THERE? 26:17 IN THE RANGE OF A HUNDRED. 26:19 A HUNDRED OKAY. 26:20 AND THEN TOGETHER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TO 26:23 HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP THROUGH FUNDING AND 26:25 TRAINING AND ALL OF THAT. 26:27 WELL WE THANK YOU SO MUCH AND DO WE CALL YOU CHIEF 26:31 FRED NOW. 26:32 DATU MAONKOG. 26:34 DATU MOANKOG, OKAY. 26:35 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH AND PLEASE GREET THE SULADS 26:38 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 26:39 AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HERE AT 26:41 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 26:42 WE HOPE THAT YOU'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE 26:44 SEVENS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE PHILIPPINES. 26:48 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SULADS. 26:50 WE THANK YOU FOR Y OUR SUPPORT. 26:53 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 26:55 INFORMATION. 26:57 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 26:58 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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