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00:33 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL
00:35 OUTREACH. 00:36 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 00:37 JOINING US TODAY. 00:39 I HOPE THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL WITH YOU AND 00:41 I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US HERE TO 00:44 WATCH AN EXCITING PROGRAM ABOUT HOW GOD IS WORKING 00:47 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:49 THAT'S 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR AND 00:52 SO MANY MANY MANY PEOPLE LIVE THERE. 00:56 BILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 00:57 AND HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE WANT EVERY 00:59 SINGLE ONE OF THEM TO KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES THEM. 01:02 AND AS CHRISTIANS WE'RE CALLED TO A HOPE. 01:04 A HOPE THAT JESUS IS COMING BACK AGAIN SOON AND 01:07 HE HAS PROMISED THAT IN ROMANS 14:13. 01:11 "MAY THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE 01:14 AS YOU TRUST IN HIM SO THAT YOU MAY OVERFLOW WITH 01:18 HOPE BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT." 01:20 AND AS CHRISTIANS WE ARE FILLED WITH THAT HOPE AND 01:22 WE'RE WANTING TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR BROTHERS AND 01:24 SISTERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 01:26 NOW YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE 01:29 TALKING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE OR THAT WE WOULD BE 01:31 TALKING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE HERE AT ADVENTURES IN 01:33 MISSIONS BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TODAY ABOUT 01:36 BRIDGING. 01:37 AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. 01:40 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME FRED WEBB TO 01:41 ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 01:42 HI FRED. 01:43 HI, GOOD TO BE HERE AGAIN. 01:44 IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE AND YOU ARE 01:47 SPORTING A VERY VERY HANDSOME SHIRT. 01:50 THANK YOU IT'S A PHILIPPINE BARONG TAGALOG. 01:54 WELL VERY NICE AND FRED YOU HAVE BROUGHT SOME 01:57 FRIENDS HERE WITH YOU AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO 01:59 INTRODUCE THEM. 02:00 OKAY. 02:01 SITTING NEXT TO ME HERE IS EDGAR. 02:02 HE IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND HAS 02:07 WORKED FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH SINCE IT'S VERY BEGINNING 02:10 AND JUST RETIRED. 02:11 WELL FANTASTIC EDGAR. 02:13 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. 02:14 AND WITH HIM IS DR. ROB MCCLINTOCK WHO HAS COME 02:18 OUT FROM THE STATES AND COME OUT AND WORKED WITH 02:21 EDGAR SEVERAL TIMES IN MEDICAL CLINICS. 02:24 WELL FANTASTIC. 02:25 SO MAY I REFER TO YOU TWO AS THE THREE AMIGOS HERE? 02:29 SURE. 02:30 ALRIGHT, WE'RE THREE FRIENDS. 02:31 THE THREE FRIENDS. 02:32 SO I SAID IN THE INTRODUCTION THAT WE'RE 02:34 TALKING ABOUT A KIND OF ARCHITECTURE. 02:37 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A KIND OF BRIDGING. 02:39 FRED WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU MEAN BY 02:42 THAT. 02:43 THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU 02:44 HAVE IN MIND. 02:45 WE'RE NOT DOING ARCHITECTURE WE'RE 02:46 ACTUALLY, WE ARE BRIDGING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 02:52 TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:54 SEE I TOLD YOU IT WAS S DIFFERENT KIND OF 02:55 BRIDGING. 02:56 SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT FRED? 02:58 IN THE WORK THAT EDGAR DID BEFORE HE STARTED WORKING 03:04 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH HE HAD CONTACTS WITH THE 03:07 SOCIAL SERVICES WHERE HE WORKED AND SINCE THEN HE 03:12 HAS MADE CONTACTS WITH THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT AND 03:14 WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE HELPED HIM IN 03:20 MANY DIFFERENT WAYS INCLUDING SOME CHURCHES 03:23 HERE IN THE STATES AND PEOPLE LIKE DR. ROB. 03:26 FANTASTIC. 03:27 AND EDGAR YOU WERE AND ARE ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF 03:31 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:32 TELL US BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW THAT CAME TO BE. 03:35 YOU KNOW WHEN I SAW BROTHER FRANK, WE MET IN 03:40 1989. 03:41 THAT'S FRANK STANYER. 03:43 YES. 03:43 WE TALKED ABOUT MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN THE 03:48 PHILIPPINES. 03:49 SO WE STARTED A LITTLE BRAIN STORMING HOW AND 03:54 WHERE. 03:56 SO ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS IF WE CAN START AT THE 04:01 UPLAND BECAUSE THERE IS NO ADVENTIST PRESENCE. 04:08 MANY MINORITIES ALSO TO HAVE THIS KIND OF TO KNOW 04:16 JESUS, WHO IS JESUS. 04:17 NOW THE UPLANDS OF THE PHILIPPINES. 04:19 YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE MOUNTAINS? 04:21 YES. 04:22 BECAUSE ESPECIALLY THE MINORITIES ARE AETAS 04:28 LIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS. 04:31 SO ONE DAY WE WENT THERE AND I TALKED TO FRANK 04:37 STANYER ABOUT THE SITUATION OF THEIR LIVING 04:41 CONDITION IN THAT PLACE. 04:43 MOST OF THEM ARE ILLITERATE AND ALSO THE 04:49 PROBLEM THERE, THERE ARE PROBLEMS HYGIENE ALSO, 04:57 CLEANLINESS AND ABOUT HEALTH. 05:02 THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HEALTH. 05:04 SO THEY NEEDED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JESUS AND MORE 05:06 ABOUT HEALTH. 05:07 YES. 05:08 SO WE STARTED TO DO SOMETHING. 05:12 WE CALLED UP THE KEY PERSON, THE KEY PERSON OF 05:16 THE VILLAGE, THE BARANGAY OFFICERS OR THE LEADERS. 05:21 WE TALKED ABOUT A PLAN AND THEN WE SEE THE FELT 05:27 NEEDS. 05:29 UP THERE WE SEE THE FELT NEEDS. 05:31 WHAT CAN GOSPEL OUTREACH. 05:33 AND THAT'S HOW IT ALL STARTED. 05:36 YES. 05:37 WELL PRAISE THE LORD, PRAISE THE LORD. 05:38 AND ROB THE PHILIPPINES IS NOT A NEW TERRITORY FOR 05:42 YOU. 05:43 NO. 05:44 WALLY MANDIGO, ONE OF THE KEY PEOPLE WITH GOSPEL 05:45 OUTREACH, HAD BEEN MY PASTOR MANY YEARS AGO AND 05:46 HE KEPT ASKING ME TO COME WITH HIM. 05:47 AND FOR SOME REASON I HAD NO INTEREST. 05:49 BUT FINALLY HE WAS VERY PERSUASIVE AND VERY 05:50 PERSISTENT. 05:51 HE GOT ME TO COME WITH HIM AND WE MET THERE WITH 05:52 EDGAR AND HIS WIFE LINDA AND ALL OF THE BIBLE 05:53 WORKERS THAT THEY HAD IN THE AREA. 05:56 AND I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE WHOLE CONCEPT. 06:08 AND MY MOST FAVORITE ELEMENT IN THE WORLD IS 06:13 WITH MY MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND A BACKPACK IN A 06:16 VILLAGE SOME WHERE AND JUST SIT DOWN AND TALK TO 06:18 THE PEOPLE, GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCE 06:22 LIFE WITH THEM, SHARE WHAT I CAN TO ENHANCE THEIR 06:25 LIFE. 06:26 AND I'VE FOUND THAT'S BEEN AN EXCELLENT TOOL TO 06:28 BRIDGE ACROSS YOU KNOW THE CULTURE, THE 06:31 MISCONCEPTIONS, WHATEVER IT IS. 06:34 AND SO WHEN WE DO EVANGELISTIC WORK THOSE 06:36 PEOPLE ARE ALREADY OUR FRIENDS AND WE DON'T HAVE 06:39 TO BUILD ANOTHER BRIDGE TO GET TO THEM. 06:41 AND YOU'RE A PHYSICIAN. 06:42 I WAS AT ONE TIME A NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN. 06:45 I'M RETIRED. 06:47 SO HERE'S YOUR NEW CALLING TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN THE 06:50 PHILIPPINES. 06:51 SO FRED, NOW THAT OUR VIEWERS KIND OF KNOW ABOUT 06:54 YOU AND YOUR TWO AMIGOS HERE, YOUR TWO FRIENDS, 06:57 SHARE MORE ABOUT WHAT THE THREE OF YOU ARE DOING FOR 07:00 THE LORD WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THE 07:02 PHILIPPINES. 07:02 OKAY. 07:03 I THINK WE'LL GO TO THE PICTURES. 07:04 WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND EDGAR IS GOING TO HAVE 07:09 TO TELL YOU ABOUT MOST OF THESE. 07:11 BUT ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THEY DO IS FEEDING. 07:13 BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY 07:15 TO BUY ALL THE FOOD SO WHAT DO YOU DO. 07:17 SO WHAT WE DO BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH BEFORE IT 07:24 WAS THERE CONCENTRATED THEIR STIPEND FOR THE 07:29 WORKER. 07:30 SO WE HAVE NO BUDGET FOR FEEDING. 07:33 SO LINDA, MY WIFE, TALKED WITH TONTON. 07:38 TONTON IS WORKING IN A BIG AGENCY. 07:41 THAT'S HIS SON. 07:42 OKAY, YOUR SON. 07:43 YES. 07:44 WHAT THEY CALL IT AMERICA ONLINE BEFORE. 07:48 BUT THIS COMPANY WAS ----------- SO WHEN LINDA 07:55 DISCUSSED WITH TONTON ABOUT THIS PROBLEM TONTON 07:59 IS THE ONE WHO TALKED WITH CORE EMPLOYEE AND THEN 08:06 THEY GAVE US A BUDGET FOR FEEDING. 08:09 SO YOU'RE FEEDING OUR PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SO 08:12 POOR THAT THEY HAVE JUST NO FOOD. 08:14 YES, VERY VERY NOT SUFFICIENT FOOD. 08:16 NOT SUFFICIENT FOOD. 08:17 AND NOT GOOD NUTRITION. 08:18 SO YOU SAW THE NEED AND YOU TALKED WITH YOUR WIFE 08:21 AND YOUR WIFE TALKED WITH YOUR SON AND CAME UP AND 08:26 WORKED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE 08:28 FOOD. 08:29 YES. 08:29 FABULOUS. 08:30 FABULOUS. 08:31 AND THE PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY RECEIVING THAT 08:35 WELL. 08:36 THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FOOD? 08:37 OH THEY GATHER. 08:38 OKAY LET'S GO ON WITH ANOTHER PICTURE. 08:41 OKAY GREAT. 08:43 AND WHERE IS THIS AREA FRED? 08:46 IT'S NORTH OF MANILLA ABOUT OH ABOUT AN HOUR. 08:49 OKAY. 08:50 AND THEN YOU GO UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS ANOTHER 08:52 HOUR. 08:54 WOW. 08:55 SO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? 08:57 WELL THEY ARE FEEDING THE PEOPLE. 09:00 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED A FEW SLIDES BACK 09:01 THEY HAD INTERESTING PAPER PLATES. 09:03 OKAY TELL US ABOUT THOSE. 09:05 THOSE PAPER PLATES WERE REALLY BANANA STALKS. 09:08 PERFECT. 09:08 HEY YOU USE WHAT YOU HAVE. 09:09 THE CUT THE BANANA STALKS IN ABOUT A FOOT LONG AND 09:12 THEN PEEL THEM OFF AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CLEAN 09:15 PAPER PLATE. 09:16 I HAVE HAD WONDERFUL MEALS ON BANANA LEAVES BEFORE. 09:18 SO WHAT, IS THIS WHERE THEY ARE DISTRIBUTING THE 09:20 FOOD? 09:21 YES. 09:22 YES. 09:23 SO WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION AGAIN EDGAR. 09:26 CONVERGENCE. 09:27 BUT WHAT TONTON DOING HE DISCUSSED WITH THE CORE 09:33 EMPLOYEE WHAT KIND OF FEEDING IS THIS. 09:39 SO WHEN THEY GO THEY SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING. 09:45 NOT ONLY GIVING FOOD BUT AT THE SAME TIME WHAT IS 09:51 THEIR NEED ALSO. 09:53 LIKE IN THE SCHOOL THEY NEED BOOKS, PAPERS, BALL 09:59 PEN. 10:00 SO EVERYTHING SOMETIMES WE GET FOR THEM. 10:04 SO YOU HAVE APPROACHED THESE OTHER AGENCIES AND 10:07 SAID YOU NEED BOOKS AND PENS AND THEY HAVE BEEN 10:11 HELPED. 10:12 YES. 10:13 AND WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE FRED? 10:15 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REFER TO EDGAR. 10:16 YOU SEE THE BOX, THE YELLOW BOX? 10:18 YES. 10:19 THEY ARE THE ONE THAT THEY GIVE, THE SUPPLIES. 10:24 AND YOU SEE THOSE GUYS? 10:28 YES. 10:29 THEY ARE -----EMPLOYEE OF TONTON. 10:31 OF YOUR SON. 10:32 YES. 10:33 OKAY SO HE HAD GOTTEN HIS FELLOW COWORKERS, YES, TO 10:35 THEN COME AND HELP HIM DO THIS. 10:37 SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 10:38 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRIDGING THESE AGENCIES 10:41 AND FINDING THE NEED AND THEN HELPING THE PEOPLE. 10:45 SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE BAGS OF MORE SUPPLIES 10:47 EDGAR. 10:48 NO THIS IS FOOD. 10:49 FOOD YES. 10:50 THIS IS ANOTHER KIND OF LIVELIHOOD OF THE AETAS. 10:57 PRODUCE FROM THE MOUNTAINS. 10:58 A PRODUCTION FOR THEIR VEGETABLES. 11:01 SOMETIMES IF SOMEBODY GOES THERE TO GET THIS PRODUCT 11:06 THEY ALSO DOING NOT GOOD INSTEAD OF GETTING IN A 11:14 GOOD PRICE THEY GET ONLY VERY LOW PRICE. 11:18 BECAUSE THE AETAS DON'T COUNT THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN 11:22 THEY ARE BEING CHEATED. 11:24 OH THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO COUNT. 11:25 RIGHT. 11:26 OKAY SO HERE THESE PEOPLE ARE THEY HAVE RAISED 11:28 SOMETHING TO SELL BUT YET THEY ARE BEING CHEATED. 11:31 RIGHT. 11:31 OH DEAR, OKAY. 11:32 SO WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT. 11:35 EDUCATION. 11:36 AND TONTON HAS REALLY DONE A LOT FOR THEM. 11:39 WHAT HE, GO AHEAD AND TELL US JUST WHAT THEY'RE 11:41 DOING. 11:43 AND THIS IS AT THE MARKET. 11:45 IT'S A SPECIAL MARKET. 11:46 OKAY. 11:48 THAT IS NOT A MARKET SUPPOSED TO BE. 11:51 THAT IS THEIR PLAYGROUND OF THE EMPLOYEE. 11:56 WE BRING THEM TO THEIR OFFICE AND THEN BECAUSE 12:00 THEY HAVE AROUND 5000 EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY GO OUT 12:05 THEY SEE THEIR PRODUCTS SO THEY BUY. 12:10 SO THEY BUY IT THERE. 12:12 SO THIS IS CONVENIENT SHOPPING FOR THE EMPLOYEES 12:15 SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE. 12:17 THEY ARE THE MARKET, THEY HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. 12:19 WELL FANTASTIC. 12:20 YES THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS BECAUSE 12:22 THIS IS ALSO THEIR PROJECT. 12:24 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 12:25 AND THE NAME OF THIS COMPANY AGAIN IS 12:28 CONVERGENCE. 12:29 CONVERGENCE. 12:29 YES. 12:30 AND WHAT DO THEY DO FOR, WHAT IS THEIR PRODUCT? 12:34 THIS COMPANY IS A CALL CENTER. 12:36 OKAY. 12:37 AND THAT'S HIS SON TONTON IN THE BLUE T-SHIRT THERE, 12:40 WITH THE STRIPES. 12:41 WITH THE STRIPE. 12:41 OKAY. 12:42 SO HERE A NEED WAS COMMUNICATED AND THEN 12:45 PEOPLE GOT ON BOARD AND THEY ARE BRIDGING THE GAP 12:48 AGAIN OF THE PEOPLE'S NEEDS. 12:51 WELL THIS IS EXCITING. 12:53 AND THEY BRING ALL THEIR PRODUCE IN AND IF THE 12:56 EMPLOYEES DON'T PURCHASE IT THEN THE COMPANY 12:58 PURCHASES THE REST OF IT TO USE IN THEIR CANTEEN. 13:01 WELL THIS IS GREAT. 13:02 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK HERE AND INVITE YOU 13:04 TO GET INVOLVED. 13:05 IF YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT 13:07 BRIDGING IN THE PHILIPPINES THAT'S WHAT 13:09 WE'RE DOING. 13:10 WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING 13:12 THE NEEDS AND WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE THE NEEDS WITH 13:15 YOU HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:16 EARTH. 13:16 VAST... 13:17 BEAUTIFUL.... BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN 13:22 SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH 13:28 ITS OWN GREED. 13:30 HUMANITY... 13:31 WE NEED LOVE. 13:33 WE NEED HOPE. 13:36 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 13:39 MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S 7 BILLION PEOPLE 13:42 STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS PLAN TO 13:46 SAVE US. 13:47 ONE THIRD. 13:49 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL, BUT 13:55 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:57 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 14:00 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 14:03 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 14:06 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 14:12 JESUS CHRIST. 14:14 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 14:16 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE... 14:21 SO THAT ALL THE WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 14:27 AND WORKING TOGETHER AND SHARING JESUS IS WHAT IT'S 14:30 ABOUT. 14:30 AND WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE MORE WITH YOU. 14:32 WE HAVE OUR NEWSLETTER ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 14:34 THAT WE WOULD BE SO HAPPY TO SEND TO YOU. 14:36 AND I'M SURE YOU WOULD BE EXCITED TO GET SOME GREAT 14:39 NEWS IN YOUR MAILBOX INSTEAD OF BILLS. 14:41 AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU FOLLOW US ON 14:44 FACEBOOK. 14:45 PLEASE FRIEND US ON FACEBOOK. 14:47 WE'RE ALSO ON INSTAGRAM AND PLEASE VISIT OUR 14:49 WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG WHERE YOU CAN WATCH ADVENTURES 14:53 IN MISSIONS THERE AND FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT 14:56 HOW YOU CAN ADOPT A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THE 14:59 10/40 WINDOW. 15:00 AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THAT WE WANT TO SAY THANK 15:02 YOU. 15:03 WE DO HAVE AN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM HERE AT GOSPEL 15:05 OUTREACH WHERE WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU CONNECT 15:08 WITH US AND YOU COULD COMMUNICATE INFORMATION 15:10 ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO YOUR BIBLE STUDY GROUP, 15:12 YOUR CLASS AT CHURCH, YOUR FRIENDS. 15:15 MAYBE YOU EVEN WANT TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT 15:17 GOSPEL OUTREACH IN YOUR CHRISTMAS LETTER OR YOUR 15:19 BIRTHDAY CARDS OR WHATEVER. 15:20 SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. 15:22 SO TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRIDGING. 15:24 AND WE HAVE FRED HERE AND EDGAR AND ROB. 15:27 THANK YOU ALL THREE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. 15:29 AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES. 15:31 AND EDGAR YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 15:35 THAT IS THE CALL CENTER AND BECAUSE OF YOUR SON 15:39 THESE PEOPLE THEN HAVE LEARNED OF THE NEED OF 15:42 PEOPLE IN THE NORTH OF THE PHILIPPINES NEEDING FOOD. 15:44 THIS IS FABULOUS. 15:47 SO FRED YOU HAVE MORE PICTURES FOR US. 15:48 YES WE DO. 15:50 WE NEED TO HURRY ALONG. 15:51 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PICTURES. 15:52 THIS ONE IS BRIDGING WITH THE, WITH THE TOWN HALL 15:57 ACTUALLY. 15:58 YES WE HAD A MASS WEDDING. 16:00 A MASS WEDDING. 16:02 YES. 16:02 WHO PROVIDED THE CLOTHING? 16:05 YOU KNOW WE ORGANIZED THIS MASS WEDDING BUT THE BIG 16:10 PROBLEM, WE HAVE NO MONEY TO BUY SOME GOWNS AND TO 16:15 PREPARE THE BIG CEREMONY, CEREMONY. 16:16 SO WE INVOLVED THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR AND 16:18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BECAUSE THE GOWNS WERE 16:26 SPONSORED BY THIS AGENCY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 16:36 AND MUNICIPAL MAYOR IS THE ONE WHO PROVIDED THE PLAZA 16:38 WHERE WE DO THE CEREMONY AND MUNICIPAL HALL. 16:39 SO THIS IS THE PLAZA. 16:40 SO YOU HAD THESE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT 16:41 YOU APPROACHED AND SAID WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO 16:42 WANT TO GET MARRIED BUT THESE BRIDES DON'T HAVE 16:44 GOWNS AND SO THEY HELPED FUND ALL THAT. 16:53 YES. 16:58 WOW. 16:59 AND HOW MANY WERE THERE? 17:00 THERE ARE 70. 17:02 SEVENTY COUPLES GOT MARRIED. 17:04 SO HERE ALL THESE COUPLES WANTED TO GET MARRIED, 17:06 THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR EXPENSES OF THE 17:08 WEDDING. 17:09 YES. 17:10 AND BECAUSE OF THIS NEED AGAIN WE BRIDGED THE GAP. 17:13 WELL THIS IS FABULOUS. 17:14 NOW WHY THEY NEEDED TO BE MARRIED. 17:15 YOU KNOW IN THEIR CULTURE THEY JUST LIVE TOGETHER. 17:19 THEY HAVE THEIR FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING. 17:20 AND AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED THEY ARE 17:21 MARRIED. 17:22 BUT IT'S NOT LEGAL BY THE GOVERNMENT. 17:24 FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL THEY HAVE TO 17:25 HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE. 17:26 TO HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE THEY HAVE TO 17:28 HAVE MARRIED PARENTS. 17:30 OH SO THIS HAS BIG RAMIFICATIONS. 17:32 SO IT ALLOWS THEIR CHILDREN THEN TO GO TO 17:35 SCHOOL. 17:35 WOW, OKAY. 17:37 SO BIG WEDDING. 17:38 THAT WAS FUN. 17:39 YES. 17:40 AND WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE EDGAR? 17:41 THOSE FELLOWS HERE. 17:44 ONE OF MY SONS, A TEACHER, HE'S WORKING AT BANK. 17:53 ONE DAY THEY SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING. 17:55 SO THE BOSS OF MY SON, OKAY WHY YOU DON'T GO TO 18:04 THE OFFICE, YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER TO GET A 18:10 T-SHIRT SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE 18:16 MOUNTAINS. 18:17 SO WE WENT THERE AND THEY GAVE US AROUND ONE 18:20 THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PIECES. 18:22 ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED T-SHIRTS. 18:24 SO YOUR SON WORKS AT A FACTORY FOR T-SHIRTS? 18:27 NO HE WORKS AT A BANK. 18:29 HE WORKS AT A BANK. 18:30 YES. 18:31 AND SO THEN THE BANK BOUGHT THE T-SHIRTS. 18:34 THEY BOUGHT THE T-SHIRTS FOR THESE PEOPLE IN THE 18:36 MOUNTAINS. 18:37 OH ISN'T THIS FANTASTIC. 18:39 AND THEY'RE GREAT SHIRTS NICE AND COLORFUL. 18:41 BY THE WAY, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS LITTLE GREEN 18:44 PICKUP. 18:44 I DID. 18:45 THAT HAS, WE CALL IT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH TOY TRUCK. 18:49 WELL IT LOOKS LIKE THE LITTLE DONKEY, THE LITTLE 18:52 BURRO OR SOMETHING. 18:53 AND IT GOES EVERYWHERE. 18:54 IT'S 4-WHEEL DRIVE AND IT CAN JUST GO ANYWHERE. 18:57 WE'RE GOING TO HURRY THROUGH SOME OF THESE 18:58 SLIDES BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET TO WHERE DR. ROB CAME 19:01 INTO THE PICTURE. 19:03 LOOK AT THOSE NICE SHIRTS. 19:04 YES, AND EVERYBODY IS HAPPY ABOUT THEM AND ONCE 19:07 YOU GIVE THEM A SHIRT THEN YOU CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT 19:09 JESUS. 19:10 SO HOW ARE THEY, ARE THEY EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT 19:13 JESUS? 19:14 IS THIS SOMETHING NEW FOR THEM? 19:15 ARE THESE MUSLIMS? 19:16 YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING, THIS IS ONLY 19:18 PREPARATION. 19:19 YES. 19:20 SO THAT WE CAN WIN THEIR CONFIDENCE. 19:22 YES. 19:23 AFTER WINING THEIR CONFIDENCE WE CAN START 19:25 DOING SPIRITUAL. 19:27 YES, THEN YOU CAN TALK ABOUT SPIRITUAL THINGS. 19:29 YES. 19:30 SO HERE'S DR. ROB AT WORK AMONG THE PEOPLE THERE. 19:34 SO YES, ROB TELL US ABOUT YOUR CLINIC HERE. 19:37 WELL WE TYPICALLY WOULD SET UP WHEREVER WE COULD 19:39 FIND SOME SHADE, IF WE COULD FIND SHADE, WHERE 19:43 PEOPLE WERE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE THEY WOULD WAIT IN 19:47 LINE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 19:48 SURE. 19:49 AND WE WOULD RUN INTO EVERY KIND OF CONDITION 19:52 YOU CAN IMAGINE. 19:55 AS FAR AS HEALTH CONDITIONS? 19:56 YES. 19:56 HYGIENE IS A BIG ISSUE. 19:57 I THINK A LOT OF THESE DISEASES WOULD BE 19:59 PREVENTABLE IF HYGIENE COULD BE INTRODUCED WHICH 20:02 THE BIBLE WORKERS THERE WILL DO. 20:05 WE ACTUALLY HAD A TRAINING SESSION. 20:06 WENT THROUGH EVERY ASPECT OF HEALTH YOU COULD THINK 20:09 OF. 20:10 SO LET'S BREAK THIS DOWN. 20:11 IN OUR WESTERN CULTURE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BRUSHING 20:13 TEETH, HAND WASHING THINGS LIKE THAT? 20:16 YES. 20:17 BOILING WATER. 20:18 YOU KNOW SANITATION AROUND THE HOUSE YOU KNOW. 20:20 THE BATHROOM . 20:21 YES THE BATHROOM NEEDS TO NOT BE NEXT TO THE HOUSE. 20:24 WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER USING THE RESTROOM . 20:27 THINGS LIKE THAT. 20:27 YES. 20:28 DON'T USE WATER OUT OF THE STREAMS STRAIGHT. 20:30 YOU KNOW ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU 20:32 AND I WOULD JUST NORMALLY AUTOMATICALLY DO. 20:35 THEY HAVE NO CONCEPT OF IT AND CONSEQUENTLY 20:37 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES ARE JUST LIKE SPREAD. 20:39 YES THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. 20:40 AND SO THEN THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE CORRELATION 20:42 BETWEEN DRINKING UNBOILED WATER AND WHY I'M SICK. 20:45 RIGHT. 20:46 THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. 20:47 OKAY. 20:48 SO THEN WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, ANOTHER CLINIC? 20:50 NOW THESE ARE ALL SEPARATE CLINICS THAT THEY HAVE 20:53 DONE. 20:54 MEDICAL CLINICS SOME OF WHICH ROB WAS INVOLVED 20:56 WITH AND SOME MAYBE NOT. 20:58 SO HOW IS IT ROB FOR YOU WHEN YOU SEE THESE PEOPLE 21:00 AND WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND 21:03 HELP WITH EDUCATION, HOW IS THAT FOR YOU AS A 21:05 PHYSICIAN ? 21:06 WELL IT'S REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT 21:08 YOU'RE MAKING AN INCREDIBLY LARGE 21:11 CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR LIFE. 21:13 YES . 21:14 IT'S REALLY A LIFE CHANGER IF SOMEBODY WILL COME AND 21:17 PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION. 21:19 BUT YOU KNOW FOR THE SHORT TERM YOU'RE HELPING THEM 21:23 WITH THE PAIN THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING AT THE 21:24 MOMENT. 21:25 AND THEIR TYPICAL WAY OF THEIR RESPONSE DEALING 21:28 WITH AN ILLNESS, I REMEMBER A YOUNG MAN CAME 21:30 IN AND HE HAD A THREAD WITH GUAVA LEAVES AROUND 21:34 HIS NECK. 21:34 AND I SAID WHAT'S THAT. 21:35 OH THAT'S THE CURE FOR A SORE THROAT. 21:38 OH MY. 21:39 AND THEN WE FOUND A MAN WHO WAS LIMPING UP THE 21:42 TRAIL AND HE HAD GUAVA LEAVES WRAPPED AROUND HIS 21:45 FOOT. 21:46 HE HAD A BAD CASE OF LEPROSY AND THE GUAVA 21:48 LEAVES THE WITCH DOCTOR SAID WAS GOING TO CURE THE 21:50 LEPROSY WHICH OF COURSE IT WASN'T. 21:52 AND SO THEN WE HAD TO PROVIDE SOME YOU KNOW 21:55 ACTUAL CARE. 21:56 SURE. 21:56 BUT DISEASES LIKE TUBERCULOSIS ARE RAMPANT. 22:01 YOU KNOW THEY SLEEP IN THESE LITTLE BAMBOO AND 22:03 GRASS DWELLINGS THAT THEY HAVE. 22:06 THEY'LL HAVE A SMALL LITTLE SMOKEY FIRE IN THE 22:09 MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE AT NIGHT WHICH IT REALLY 22:11 PROVIDES A MOSQUITO COVER I WOULD SAY MORE THAN 22:14 ANYTHING, TO KEEP THE MOSQUITOES FROM EATING 22:15 THEM ALL NIGHT LONG. 22:16 BUT IT GETS COLD IN THE MOUNTAINS. 22:18 YOU THINK OF THE PHILIPPINES AS A STEAMING 22:20 HOT JUNGLE. 22:20 OH MY YES I'VE BEEN THERE. 22:22 COLD AT THE NIGHT TIME AND SO THESE LITTLE KIDS ARE 22:25 LAYING ON THE GROUND AND THE BARE EARTH SOMETIMES. 22:27 COLD. 22:28 WITHOUT A BLANKET AND SHIVERING ALL NIGHT LONG, 22:30 BREATHING SMOKE AND THE NEXT DAY. 22:32 SO THEIR LUNGS ARE WEAK TO BEGIN WITH. 22:35 AND THEN WITH TUBERCULOSIS EVERYWHERE THE RESERVOIR 22:38 OF YOU KNOW THE DISEASE IS PRETTY DEEP AND SO IT 22:41 SPREADS. 22:42 AND SO ONE OF THE JOBS THAT WE WOULD DO IS WE 22:44 WOULD WORK WITH THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 22:48 THEY WOULD PROVIDE US WITH THE CONTAINERS TO COLLECT 22:51 SPUTUM SAMPLES. 22:52 AND THEN WE WOULD GET THOSE ALL COLLECTED. 22:55 EDGAR WOULD SEND ONE OF THE BIBLE WORKERS DOWN TO 22:58 THE CITY AND THEY WOULD RUN THOSE AND PROCESS 23:01 THOSE AND THEN THEY WOULD PROVIDE THE LIST OF WHO 23:04 WAS POSITIVE WHO WAS NEGATIVE. 23:06 AND THEN THEY WOULD SEND UP THE MEDICATIONS WHICH 23:08 THEN THE BIBLE WORKERS WOULD GO EVERY MORNING TO 23:10 THEIR HOUSE AND SAY OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND POP THE 23:12 PILLS IN. 23:13 OTHERWISE THE MEDICINE TO THEM IS MAGIC AND YOU PUT 23:16 IT IN THE CUPBOARD AND SAVE IT FOR LATER. 23:17 OR YOU SELL IT BUT YOU DON'T USE IT. 23:19 YOU DON'T TAKE IT YOURSELF. 23:20 RIGHT. 23:21 SO I WANT TO BRING THIS IN. 23:22 SO EDGAR YOU ARE A RETIRED SOCIAL WORKER AND YOUR 23:26 WIFE, WHAT WAS HER JOB? 23:30 PREPARED, AUDITOR. 23:31 AUDITOR. 23:32 SO WITH YOU WORKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND SHE 23:34 WORKS FOR THE GOVERNMENT YOU WERE VERY DIALED IN 23:36 WITH THESE AGENCIES. 23:37 YES. 23:38 SO THAT'S WHERE YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR 23:40 SON AND THEN ALL OF THIS BRIDGING ALL OF THIS 23:43 BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO TO TALK WITH. 23:45 YES . 23:46 WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR GOVERNMENT WE HAVE CALLED 23:50 INTERAGENCY. 23:52 INTERAGENCY YES SURE . 23:54 SO LIKE IF FOR EXAMPLE I'M WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE IN 23:59 AGRICULTURE, BUT THAT IS NOT MY LINE, I WILL 24:04 CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 24:07 YES. 24:08 AND THEY WILL BE THE ONE TO DO THAT. 24:10 IF THEY NEED SOME FAMILY PLANNING, A LECTURE IN 24:14 THIS DEPARTMENT THEY WOULD CONTACT ME AND I WILL GO 24:17 TO THEIR PLACE AND I WILL TALK ABOUT FAMILY 24:20 PLANNING. 24:21 SO THIS IS WHAT I LOVE IS COMMUNICATING THESE 24:24 THINGS. 24:25 FRED TELL US ABOUT THIS. 24:26 OKAY. 24:27 NOT ONLY DID THEY BRIDGE IN THAT THEY ALSO BRIDGED 24:29 IN CONSTRUCTION. 24:30 WHO PAID FOR THIS BUILDING? 24:32 THE CHURCH LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE 24:39 PICTURE. 24:40 THERE'S THE FINISHED BUILDING. 24:41 THIS IS SPONSORED BY FRESNO CHURCH. 24:45 BY THE FRESNO CHURCH. 24:46 AND THESE ARE THE MEMBERS OF THAT CHURCH. 24:49 SO HERE WE HAVE A CHURCH AND WE HAVE, FRED YOU WITH 24:53 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND ROB AND EDGAR IN THE 24:55 PHILIPPINES AND I JUST LOVE HOW ALL THESE 24:57 CONNECTIONS COME TOGETHER. 25:00 THIS IS FABULOUS. 25:02 I JUST WANTED TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS THAT WE 25:05 SHOULD NOT BE PREJUDICED AGAINST WORKING WITH OTHER 25:08 ORGANIZATIONS. 25:09 OH MY NO. 25:10 OH MY NO. 25:11 WE'RE ALL, THE BIBLE SAYS TO GO AND WE ALL WANT TO 25:14 WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT SHARING JESUS AND 25:17 IT'S HELPING WITH THE HEALTH NEEDS, IT'S HELPING 25:19 WITH THE SOCIAL NEEDS AND IT'S HELPING WITH THE 25:22 SPIRITUAL NEEDS. 25:23 AND THAT'S WHAT JESUS TALKED ABOUT, THAT'S WHAT 25:25 HE SHARED IN HIS BIBLE FOR ALL OF US. 25:28 SO ROB WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU WHEN YOU'RE THINKING 25:30 ABOUT GOING BACK AGAIN AND WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING FOR 25:33 AND HOW EXCITED YOU GET ABOUT THIS. 25:36 OH IT'S AN ADRENALIN RUSH FOR ME BECAUSE HERE IN 25:41 AMERICA WHERE WE DO WHAT WE DO, WE DO IT ALL IN 25:46 COMFORT AND EASE AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A, I 25:49 KNOW TO ME IT'S BORING. 25:50 PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I DO IS BORING. 25:52 BUT WHEN I'M THERE THERE IS NOTHING BORING ABOUT 25:55 WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CONCEPT OF WHAT 25:57 WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH IN EACH VILLAGE AS WE GO 26:00 THERE. 26:01 AND AS THEY MENTIONED WE GET IN THE LITTLE 4-WHEEL 26:03 DRIVE TRUCK AND WE BOUNCE ALONG THROUGH THE PRETTY 26:05 ROUGH ROADS TO GET TO PLACES. 26:07 OH I'VE BEEN ON THOSE ROADS. 26:08 YOU KNOW GO ACROSS THE STREAM OR UP THE STREAM OF 26:11 WHATEVER. 26:12 AND YOU GET TO A VILLAGE AND THERE YOU ARE. 26:15 AND THE WORD GOES OUT AND SUDDENLY PEOPLE COME FROM 26:18 EVERYWHERE. 26:20 YOU ARE THE HOT TOPIC. 26:21 YES. 26:22 YES. 26:23 AND IT'S KIND OF DAUNTING SOMETIMES BUT IF YOU HAVE 26:25 ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS ALONG IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY 26:27 FUN WHEN YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF MEDICAL PROVIDERS 26:29 OR AT LEAST SOME NURSES AND YOU CAN KIND OF TRIAGE 26:33 EVERYBODY AND STREAMLINE IT. 26:34 AND YOU KNOW YOU'LL DEAL WITH INFECTIONS BECAUSE 26:37 WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE HYGIENE, INFECTIONS ANY 26:40 LITTLE CUT OR SCRAPE OR WHATEVER CAN TURN INTO A 26:43 PRETTY LIVELY INFECTION. 26:44 SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFECTIONS. 26:47 THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS WITH 26:50 THEIR RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS AND LUNGS FROM THE SMOKE 26:53 AND ALL OF THAT. 26:54 WELL WE THANK YOU AND EDGAR WE THANK YOU FOR 26:56 WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF GOSPEL 26:59 OUTREACH. 27:00 AND FRED THANK YOU FOR BRIDGING THE GAP AND 27:01 BRINGING YOUR FRIENDS. 27:02 MAY THE LORD BLESS ALL THREE OF YOU. 27:03 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HERE AT ADVENTURES IN 27:05 MISSIONS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:07 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU 27:09 TODAY. 27:47 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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