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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000777A
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00:02 ONE MISSION THE GREAT COMMISSION TO REACH EVERY 00:09 MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH GOOD 00:20 NEWS JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:33 I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:36 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:37 IT IS SUCH ALWAYS A FUN TIME TO HEAR THE STORIES 00:41 THAT ARE COMING IN FROM FAR AWAY, FROM NEARBY. 00:44 OUR GUEST TODAY IS FRED WEBB AND I UNDERSTAND THAT 00:49 WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES. 00:51 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:52 ONE OF THESE TIMES I'VE GOT TO PUT UP A MAP OF THE 00:55 PHILIPPINES ON THERE AND WE ARE GOING TO GET TO SEE 00:57 WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 00:58 OK. 00:59 GEOGRAPHY IS AN AMAZING THING. 01:01 YOU KNOW THOSE ISLANDS PROBABLY BETTER THAN MANY, 01:03 MANY PEOPLE. 01:04 TRUE. 01:05 HOW MANY DID YOU SAY THAT THERE ARE? 01:06 THERE ARE 7107-WITH 103 MILLION PEOPLE ON THEM. 01:10 YES. 01:11 AND THERE IS THEY THINK THERE IS FIVE MILLION THAT 01:14 HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT JESUS. 01:15 THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT. 01:16 WOW! 01:17 AND THE PHILIPPINES HAVE BEEN PART OF YOUR LIFE FOR 01:22 HOW LONG? 01:23 WELL, I LIVED THERE FOR 12 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN 01:25 WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR 14 SINCE THEN 01:29 - GO BACK EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN. 01:31 SINCE THEN AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT YOU 01:33 ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE 01:35 INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN THIS. 01:38 YOU HAVE SO MANY SLIDES, THAT'S RIGHT, THAT YOU 01:41 WANT TO GO, GO, GO. 01:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:43 WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO THERE TO VISIT- WE- IT'S 01:45 GO, GO, GO. 01:46 IT IS. 01:47 SO, BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELTS WE ARE ON OUR WAY. 01:49 YES, AND WATCH YOUR SCREEN FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW 01:54 TO CONTACT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:56 WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PICTURES. 01:58 GO AHEAD, FRED TELL US A STORY. 02:00 ALRIGHT WELL, THE FIRST SLIDE IS THAT WE ARE WAY 02:04 OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS UP ON A VERY HIGH RIDGE DROPPING 02:07 OFF ON BOTH SIDES AND WE -IT STARTED RAINING A 02:10 LITTLE BIT THE DAY BEFORE SO THEY SAID, WAIT A 02:12 COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE YOU GO SO WE DID. 02:14 WE GOT OUT THERE AND WE FOUND THIS LITTLE CHURCH 02:17 THAT'S BEEN RAISED UP BY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER 02:20 AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT CHURCH, UH, 02:24 LOT OF CHILDREN AND HERE IS SOME MORE OF THE 02:28 AUDIENCE. 02:29 NOTICE THE BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES THAT SOME OF THOSE 02:31 LADIES ARE WEARING. 02:33 IS THAT A LOCAL DRESS? 02:34 YES, THAT'S TBILISI DRESS AND AFTER WE WERE 02:38 FINISHED, WE STARTED TO GO BACK. 02:40 WELL, IT RAINED WHILE WE WERE THERE AND THIS ROAD 02:42 HAD JUST BEEN CUT WITH A BULLDOZER THE DAY BEFORE 02:45 AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A FOUR WHEELED DRIVE PICKUP, 02:48 IT COULD NOT PULL THAT HILL. 02:50 WE ALMOST GOT SIDEWAYS IN THE ROAD AND STARTED TO 02:53 SLIDE OFF BUT WE STARTED PRAYING FOR AN ANGEL TO 02:56 COME AND PUSH US UP THE HILL. 02:57 THE LORD SENT 25. 02:59 TWENTY-FIVE ANGELS? 03:00 YES, IN HUMAN FORM WITH ROPES. 03:02 WITH ROPES. 03:03 AND THEY HOOKED ON TO THE FRONT OF THE PICKUP AND UP 03:06 THE HILL WE WENT. 03:07 SO, THEY MUST HAVE BEEN WATCHING TO SEE HOW THAT 03:09 ROAD WORKED. 03:10 RIGHT. 03:12 OK, NOW WE ARE GOING ON TO OUR SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 03:14 WE HAVE A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN MINDANAO AND THEY 03:20 RAISE MOST OF THEIR OWN FOOD. 03:21 OUR FARM MANAGER THERE IS A MANOBO TRIBESMAN HIMSELF 03:24 AND KNOWS HOW TO RAISE THE LOCAL FOODS. 03:27 THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER THINGS THEY DO FOR A 03:30 LIVELIHOOD. 03:31 THEY WEAVE THOSE RUGS AND MATS AND THEY MAKE AND 03:35 SELL SOME DELICACIES. 03:37 AH, THIS IS A SKIT THEY PUT ON, ON THE BIRTH OF 03:42 CHRIST. 03:42 WOW. 03:43 BY THE DEAF STUDENTS. 03:44 AND HOW IS YOUR SIGN LANGUAGE? 03:47 ARE YOU ABLE IN THAT? 03:48 I CAN SAY THANK YOU AND CAN SAY I LOVE YOU. 03:51 SO, YOU HAVE AN INTERPRETER WITH YOU. 03:56 YES. 03:58 IT'S AMAZING. 03:59 THEY PUT ON A CULTURAL DANCE FOR US WHICH IS 04:04 ALWAYS FUN TO WATCH. 04:06 THESE ARE MANOBOS. 04:08 HOW MANY TRIBES ARE THERE IN THE PHILIPPINES? 04:10 M-M-M I DON'T EVEN KNOW BUT THERE ARE MANY. 04:12 MANY. 04:13 MANY. 04:14 EACH WITH THEIR OWN DIALECT. 04:15 UM, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT YES. 04:16 THIS FAMILY WITH DAVID STREIFLING AND I ARE ALL 04:19 DEAF EXCEPT FOR THE LITTLE BOY IN THE FRONT. 04:23 THAT'S MOTHER, FATHER AND DAUGHTER AND SON AND THEY 04:26 HAVE ANOTHER SON, I THINK IT IS, THAT'S ALSO DEAF. 04:27 SO, THEY ARE STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL. 04:28 WONDERFUL. 04:29 THE WHOLE FAMILY ARE STUDENTS. 04:29 THE WHOLE FAMILY? 04:30 THE WHOLE FAMILY. 04:31 THAT' S UNUSUAL. 04:32 THIS TABLE THEY'VE SET UP FOR CELEBRATION FOR US ALL 04:33 TO BE THERE AND IT REMINDED ME OF THE LONG 04:39 TABLE WE ARE ALL EXPECTING TO SIT AT WHEN THE LORD 04:47 COMES TO TAKE US HOME. 04:48 AH. 04:49 THEY ARE A VERY PRAYING GROUP AND BEFORE WE LEFT, 04:53 THEY HAD THE TWO OF US STAND OUT IN THE CENTER OF 04:55 A CIRCLE AND THE WHOLE GROUP PRAYED FOR US. 04:58 AND THEY WERE PRAYING WITH SIGN LANGUAGE? 05:00 IN SIGN LANGUAGE AND SO WHILE WE WERE-WE DID BOW 05:05 OUR HEADS BUT KIND OF KEPT OUR EYES OPEN SO WE COULD 05:07 SEE WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. 05:08 YES. 05:09 WE DIDN'T HEAR WHAT THEY WERE SAYING BUT-OK, NOW WE 05:13 ARE IN ANOTHER PLACE IN SOUTHERN LUZON. 05:15 THIS IS A CHURCH, AH, IT IS KIND OF PRIMITIVE BUT 05:20 IT SERVES THE PURPOSE. 05:21 IT DOESN'T SPEND MUCH MONEY ON AIR CONDITIONING. 05:23 NO, NO. 05:25 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL THOUGH. 05:25 LOOKS VERY PRETTY. 05:26 YES. 05:27 NOW WE JUMP ALL THE WAY UP INTO NORTHERN LUZON AND 05:29 THIS IS THE GREAT CITY OF BAGUIO, THE CITY OF THE 05:32 PINES. 05:33 ITS ALWAYS COOL UP THERE SO I CARRY A JACKET WITH 05:35 ME EVERYWHERE I GO TO WEAR FOR THE TWO DAYS WE ARE IN 05:38 BAGUIO. 05:39 UM, THE HOUSES ARE BUILT ONE ON TOP OF THE ANOTHER 05:42 AS THEY GO UP THE HILLS. 05:44 MANY PLACES YOU CAN'T DRIVE TO THE HOUSES YOU'VE 05:46 GOT TO HIKE. 05:48 WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS THERE IN BAGUIO? 05:50 QUITE A FEW. 05:52 BUT ALSO, PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE REACHING OUT TO WHO 05:54 HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED. 05:55 RIGHT. 05:56 UM, I'M STANDING ON LEVEL GROUND BUT YOU SEE THAT 05:59 JEEPNEY UP BEHIND THE WALL? 06:01 IT IS ON THE ROAD. 06:02 OH, THAT'S STEEP. 06:04 ITS FAIRLY STEEP AND HERE IS THE CHURCH-WOW- THERE 06:06 WERE ABOUT 50 TO 75 STEPS GOING UP AND THOSE STEPS 06:12 WERE ABOUT A FOOT IN HEIGHT EACH ONE. 06:15 THAT WAS AN EXERCISE. 06:16 IT WAS AN EXERCISE. 06:17 I HAD TO STOP AND HUFF AND PUFF A LITTLE BIT ALONG 06:19 THE WAY. 06:20 YES. 06:21 SO, HOW MANY PEOPLE MIGHT COME TO A CHURCH LIKE 06:22 THAT? 06:23 THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 20-30 THERE. 06:24 20 OR 30? 06:25 BUT THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE CHURCH OUT OVER THE 06:27 CITY. 06:28 THE CHURCH MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE THAT DAY- WE 06:33 HAD A PRETTY GOOD GROUP. 06:35 THEY PUT ON A PRETTY GOOD POTLUCK MEAL TOO. 06:39 AH, THIS IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THAT IS 06:41 THERE WITH HIS WIFE AND ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS. 06:45 HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH? 06:48 AH, HE HAS BEEN ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS, I BELIEVE. 06:50 UM, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CHURCHES. 06:54 THIS GO WORKER HAS BEEN WITH US NOW FOR ABOUT 06:56 SEVEN YEARS BUT THIS IS HIS HOUSE CHURCH. 07:00 HE DOESN'T LIVE HERE BUT IT IS A HOUSE THAT THEY 07:02 HAVE RENTED IN WHICH THEY HAVE CHURCH. 07:04 THERE IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT ONE. 07:08 THAT'S INTERESTING THAT PEOPLE WOULD FIND THAT THE 07:10 PLACE WHERE THEY COULD FIND GOD. 07:13 THIS LADY WAS BORN INTO THE MAJOR RELIGION THERE 07:17 IN THE PHILIPPINES BUT SHE NEVER WAS SATISFIED WITH 07:20 THAT. 07:20 UH HUH. 07:21 SO, SHE STARTED SEARCHING AND SHE CAME ACROSS 07:24 ANOTHER RELIGION THAT SHE TOOK UP WITH BUT SHE STILL 07:27 WASN'T SATISFIED BUT WHEN OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH CAME 07:29 AND STARTED TELLING FROM THE BIBLE SHE SAYS, 07:31 "THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, THAT'S WHAT I WANT 07:33 TO KNOW". 07:34 AND SO, SHE ACCEPTED AND HAS NOW BEEN BAPTIZED. 07:35 NOW SHE IS WORRYING HERSELF BECAUSE HER BOYS 07:37 WERE NOT RAISED AS SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. 07:38 SURE. 07:39 AND THEY ARE NOW GROWN AND SHE PRAYS FOR THEM. 07:40 WE TOLD HER, YOU KNOW YOU DID THE BEST YOU KNEW. 07:41 YOU GOT TO ACCEPT THAT. 07:42 YES. 07:43 SO, SHE'S REALLY HAD A ROUGH LIFE. 07:44 SHE'S HAD A ROUGH LIFE BUT SHE HAS FOUND PEACE WITH 08:02 GOD THROUGH THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WHO 08:04 REACHED HER. 08:05 THAT'S RIGHT. 08:06 AND WAS HE ONE OF THOSE THAT WE GOT TO SEE 08:08 EARLIER? 08:09 YES, YES, THE ONE THAT WAS STANDING DOWN AT THE FOOT 08:10 OF THE HILL THERE, YES, IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH. 08:12 SO, IT WAS HIS TESTIMONY, HIS STUDYING WITH HER THAT 08:15 BROUGHT THAT JOY. 08:16 AND HE'D ONLY BEEN THERE NINE MONTHS. 08:19 OH MY, WELL YOU KNOW THAT'S THE KIND OF STORY 08:23 THAT THOSE WHO WATCH THIS WE HUNGER AND WE PRAY FOR 08:27 THIS DON'T WE? 08:28 AS SOME OF YOU HAVE WATCHED THESE PROGRAMS 08:30 MORE THAN ONCE, YOU KNOW THAT THIS "ADVENTURES IN 08:34 MISSIONS" IS A WORLDWIDE EVENT THAT YOU ARE A PART 08:39 OF THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS, THROUGH YOUR DONATIONS IF 08:42 YOU GO TO GOSPEL OUTREACH -WHAT IS IT? 08:46 GOAIM.ORG. 08:47 YES, YOU CAN FIND EVERYWAY THAT YOU CAN BE A PART OF 08:49 THIS. 08:49 EVEN VOLUNTEERING. 08:51 YOU MAY BE WATCHING THIS THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY 08:53 FROM WHERE WE ARE FILMING IT BUT GOD IS THERE AND 08:57 HE'S CALLING ON YOU TO BE A PART. 09:00 I WANT YOU TO WATCH CAREFULLY NOW WHILE WE 09:02 TAKE A LITTLE BREAK AND WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY -JUST 09:06 THAT WHOLE HOPE THAT WE BRING IN OUR WORK FOR THE 09:09 WORLD. 09:10 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME? 09:12 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 09:15 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 09:17 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 09:20 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 09:23 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS SEVEN BILLION BUT 09:26 THREE BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUTJESUS' 09:29 LOVE. 09:30 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 09:33 IN THE AREA FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 09:36 EQUATOR FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, 09:38 CHINA TO JAPAN. 09:39 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 09:41 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WE SPONSOR LOCAL 09:43 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN FIFTY COUNTRIES. 09:45 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 09:48 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 09:51 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 09:53 TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 09:57 WORKERS BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 09:58 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 10:04 GOD'S LOVE. 10:05 JOIN US. 10:06 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 10:09 DONATE. 10:09 PRAY. 10:10 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 10:13 FRED WEBB AND I ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 10:15 PHILIPPINES RIGHT NOW AND FRED, YOU HAVE MORE 10:18 STORIES TO TELL US. 10:19 THAT ONE ABOUT THE LADY WHO FOUND THAT PEACE WITH 10:20 GOD IS A WONDERFUL ONE, KEEP US GOING WHERE, WHAT 10:21 NEXT? 10:22 I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE OF THAT FROM 10:23 SOMEONE ELSE WHO'LL BE TELLING THIS STORY IN MORE 10:25 DETAIL. 10:31 SO, I JUST GAVE THE BASICS. 10:33 OK, THE NEXT PICTURE WE HAVE IS WHAT WE WERE MET 10:37 BY WHEN WE WALKED INTO THE OFFICE OF THE NORTHEASTERN 10:41 MINDANAO CONFERENCE OR MISSION. 10:42 THOSE PEOPLE UP ON THAT BALCONY THERE ARE ALL OUR 10:44 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THERE. 10:46 WE HAVE 18 IN THAT FIELD. 10:47 THEY WERE SINGING, WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. 10:50 OH, HOW SPECIAL. 10:51 LOOKS LIKE A PLACE THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL 10:54 SOUND. 10:54 IT WAS, IT JUST FULL, FILLED THE ROOM. 10:57 YES, BUT THEY WERE THERE FOR SOME MEETINGS WITH 11:00 YOU. 11:01 THEY CAME TO GIVE ME REPORTS. 11:02 GIVE YOU REPORTS. 11:03 THEY GAVE ME A LOT OF REPORTS I CAN'T RECITE 11:06 THEM ALL JUST NOW, OH I'M SURE, BUT THEY WERE REALLY 11:09 GOOD REPORTS. 11:12 AH, THESE ARE THE WORKERS IN A LITTLE MORE FORMAL 11:13 SETTING ALONG WITH THE- ACTUALLY SITTING TO THE 11:17 RIGHT IN THAT PICTURE IS THE TREASURER OF THE 11:20 CONFERENCE OF OUR MISSION WHO IS ALSO THE GOSPEL 11:24 OUTREACH DIRECTOR, COORDINATOR. 11:25 AND OVER ON THE ONE NEXT TO ME IS THE ONE IN CHARGE 11:29 OF SULADS. 11:30 WE HAVE SULADS WORKING THERE TOO. 11:32 NOW, SULADS WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE MORE LATER 11:34 BUT IT IS A STUDENT MISSIONARY PROGRAM IN 11:37 -IT'S IN OUR UNIVERSITY THERE ISN'T IT? 11:39 FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 11:40 MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE. 11:42 THE-WHEN YOU SHOWED THE PICTURE OF THE TREASURER 11:46 FOR THE MISSION, IS GOSPEL OUTREACH DO A LOT OF WORK 11:50 IN COORDINATION WITH THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP THERE? 11:53 WELL, YES, WE DO THROUGH ALL OF THE WORKERS WE SEND 11:56 THE MONEY TO THE FIELD, TO THE MISSION OR CONFERENCE 12:00 AND THE WORKERS ARE THEIRS. 12:01 THEY ARE NOT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY ARE 12:02 UM, WE DON'T SAY THE WORD EMPLOYED, THEY ARE 12:03 CONTRACTED. 12:04 THEY ARE CONTRACTED. 12:05 WE PROVIDE, YOU AS A DONOR PROVIDE THE FUNDING THAT 12:06 REACHES THEM THROUGH OUR ORGANIZED WORK. 12:07 THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER. 12:08 AND MANY OF THE OFFICERS APPRECIATE GOSPEL OUTREACH 12:10 BECAUSE WE ARE NOT RUNNING BESIDE THE CHURCH WE ARE 12:11 WORKING THROUGH THE CHURCH. 12:27 WORKING THROUGH-SO, THEY ARE THE ONES IN CHARGE. 12:29 WE ARE, WE ARE VISITORS. 12:31 OK. 12:31 SUPPORTERS. 12:33 OK, WE WENT OUT TO A PLACE ITS ABOUT FOUR HOURS DRIVE 12:40 FROM THE OFFICE. 12:42 WE STARTED UP THIS LITTLE HILL AND YOU CAN SEE THE 12:45 TRACKS IN THE ROAD RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. 12:47 THAT'S AS FAR AS WE GOT, WE TRIED ON THE OTHER ROAD 12:50 AND YOU CAN SEE HE IS CROSSWISE ON THAT ROAD. 12:53 IS THAT BECAUSE OF WETNESS OR? 12:54 NO, IT WAS JUST TOO STEEP AND LOT OF RUBBLE AND 12:57 PEBBLES. 12:58 OH, JUST LIKE LITTLE ROLLER BEARINGS YOU KNOW. 13:00 YES. 13:01 AND WHEN WE FINALLY GOT TO THE TOP OF THE HILL, THIS 13:03 IS THE CHURCH THAT IS BEING BUILT. 13:05 OUR WORKER THAT HAS BEEN THERE JUST A LITTLE BIT 13:07 OVER A YEAR NOW BUT HE HAS AN AREA THAT'S BEEN QUITE 13:13 PRODUCTIVE. 13:14 WHERE DOES THE FUNDING FOR A BUILDING LIKE THAT COME 13:17 FROM? 13:17 THEY, UH, GET IT LOCALLY. 13:20 LOCALLY? 13:21 YES. 13:22 SO THAT'S NOT A GOSPEL OUTREACH BUILDING PER SE, 13:24 RIGHT. 13:25 IT IS A WHOLE LOCAL PROGRAM. 13:28 IT'S A LOCAL PROGRAM BUT THE LEADERSHIP FOR IT IS 13:31 FUNDED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:33 RIGHT. 13:34 AH, IT IS ACTUALLY NOT BUILT ON LAND THAT IS 13:37 OWNED BY THE CHURCH BECAUSE IT IS TRIBAL LAND. 13:40 OK. 13:41 AND TRIBAL LAND CANNOT BE OWNED. 13:43 SO, THEY HAVE TO SAY YOU MAY USE THIS LAND. 13:46 WE GOT PERMISSION FROM THE BARANGAY CAPTAIN. 13:49 OK. 13:50 THIS IS LARRY MATTA AND HIS WIFE. 13:54 THEY ARE THE WORKERS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE. 13:57 THEY HAVE AN INTERESTING HISTORY. 13:59 THEY RAISED UP A CHURCH IN A PLACE WHERE A DATU HAD A 14:02 DREAM AND TOLD HIM TO KEEP THE SABBATH AND THERE 14:06 WOULD BE MISSIONARIES THAT WOULD COME. 14:08 WELL, THE FIRST MISSIONARIES THAT CAME 14:09 WERE PENTECOSTAL, OK, BUT THEY WOULDN'T, THEY DIDN'T 14:12 KEEP THE SABBATH SO, HE SAID, "NO, WE CAN'T ACCEPT 14:14 YOU." 14:15 THEY SAID, "WELL, WHY?" 14:17 BECAUSE I CAN'T ACCEPT ANYONE THAT DOESN'T KEEP 14:19 THE SABBATH. 14:20 THEY SAID, "WELL, WE COULD DO THAT." 14:22 SO, THEY SET UP A SEVENTH-DAY PENTECOSTAL 14:25 CHURCH. 14:25 DID THEY REALLY? 14:26 BUT WHEN LARRY MELTA CAME, THEY BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT 14:30 THEY HAD BEEN DUPED. 14:31 OH. 14:32 SO, THEY- YOU MENTIONED THE DATU AND THAT-IS THAT 14:36 A WORD? 14:37 THAT'S A CHIEF. 14:37 THAT'S THE CHIEF IN THAT LANGUAGE. 14:39 YES, I'M A DATU. 14:40 YOU ARE? 14:41 I WAS ORDAINED AS DATU FROM THE MANOBO TRIBE. 14:45 WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. 14:46 I'M HONORED TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE. 14:50 THE- S0 GO ONE WITH THAT STORY. 14:53 THEY MADE THAT TRANSITION THEN TO ONE THAT WORSHIPED 14:57 THE SABBATH EVEN BETTER. 14:58 YES, AND THEY- THE DAUGHTER OF THE CHIEFTAIN, 15:04 THE DATU AND HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WHO WAS 15:07 HIS SECRETARY AT THE TIME ARE NOW SEVENTH DAY 15:09 ADVENTISTS AND I HAVE A COPYOF THE STORY WRITTEN 15:14 UP IN HER OWN HANDWRITING. 15:15 OH, WONDERFUL AND THIS IS A TREASURE FOR THEM-THIS 15:17 STORY OF HOW THIS ALL CAME TOGETHER. 15:19 RIGHT. 15:19 HOW OLD IS THE STORY? 15:20 I WOULD SAY PROBABLY TEN YEARS. 15:21 TEN YEARS. 15:22 OK. 15:23 ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT PICTURE IS IN ANOTHER 15:32 CHURCH IN NORTHEASTERN MINDANAO. 15:36 YOU'LL NOTICE THE PEWS THEY ARE STUMPS THAT 15:40 THEY'VE NAILED A BACKREST ON TO. 15:41 THAT WORKS, I BET. 15:44 WELL, THE PROBLEM IS THEY WERE MISTAKEN WHEN THEY 15:46 BUILT THE CHURCH. 15:47 THEY BUILT IT ON THE WRONG PROPERTY. 15:49 OH NO. 15:50 THEY OWNED A PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE AND THEY 15:52 THOUGHT THIS WAS IT BUT IT WASN'T SO THE OWNER SAYS, 15:54 "I WANT MY PROPERTY" SO THEY ARE BUILDING A NEW 15:56 CHURCH NEARBY ON OUR PROPERTY THIS TIME OK, ITS 16:00 BEEN DEEDED TO THE CONFERENCE, OK, AND THEY 16:02 ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THIS ONE BUT THIS WAS THE 16:04 CONGREGATION THAT CAME NOT ON A SABBATH. 16:07 THIS WAS DURING THE WEEK. 16:08 OK. 16:09 SO, THAT MUCH JUST FOR A MEETING IN A WEEK. 16:13 YES. 16:13 AND ONE OF THOSE WAS A MUSLIM. 16:18 SO THERE'S A MUSLIM POPULATION IN THAT PART OF 16:20 MINDANAO. 16:20 YES. 16:21 THAT'S THE SOUTHERN ISLAND, IS IT? 16:22 YES, IT IS THE BIG SOUTHERN ISLAND. 16:24 BIG SOUTHERN ISLAND. 16:25 THIS IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE AND 16:27 HIS WIFE. 16:28 HE HAS JUST COMPLETED A DEGREE IN THEOLOGY WHILE 16:30 HE WAS STILL WORKING AND PROBABLY WILL BE TAKEN IN 16:34 AS A REGULAR EMPLOYEE. 16:35 AND THAT MEANS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO REPLACE HIM WITH 16:37 ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 16:39 WE'LL HAVE TO REPLACE HIM. 16:40 AH, THIS IS ANOTHER CHURCH. 16:42 NOW THIS IS ONE-THEY'VE ONLY BEEN THERE THREE 16:44 MONTHS. 16:45 THEY HAVE TEN MEMBERS. 16:48 THAT'S AMAZING. 16:49 MOST OF THESE HOWEVER, WERE BACKSLIDDEN 16:52 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW 16:53 EXISTED. 16:54 OK. 16:55 BUT AND THIS IS JUST A SAMPLING. 16:56 IT WAS THE SAME DAY. 16:57 IT WAS RAINING VERY, VERY HARD AT THAT POINT BUT 17:00 FORTUNATELYTHE ROAD COMING IN WAS QUITE LEVEL. 17:02 WELL, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT -THERE'S AN 17:07 INTERESTING STORY THERE ABOUT THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:09 WORKER WHO GOT HIS DEGREE WHILE HE WAS WORKING, UH 17:13 HUH, SO THAT STIPEND THAT HE WAS RECEIVING HELPED 17:17 HIM AND HIS FAMILY SURVIVE AND DO WORK FOR GOD EVEN 17:20 WHILE HE WAS TRAINING. 17:21 EVEN WHILE HE WAS STUDYING. 17:22 IS THAT A KNOWN PATHWAY FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:24 WORKES THAT WE EMPLOY OVER THERE? 17:25 MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS BECOME REGULAR 17:26 EMPLOYEES AND THE MISSION OFFICERS TELL ME THAT THE 17:28 ONES THAT HAVE BEEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS MAKE THE 17:29 BEST PASTORS. 17:30 THEY ARE MOST PRODUCTIVE. 17:31 THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW BECAUSE YOU KNOW, 17:32 WHEN THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING UNDERSTAND THAT 17:33 WHAT THEY ARE GIVING NOT ONLY BUILDS THE FAMILY OF 17:35 GOD IT BUILDS LEADERS FOR GOD'S CHURCH FOR YEARS TO 17:55 COME. 17:56 THAT'S POWERFUL. 17:58 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT STORY. 17:59 OK, OUR NEXT SLIDE IS IN ANOTHER CHURCH SOME 18:04 DISTANCE AWAY BUT THIS ONE HAS BEEN THERE NOW FOR 18:07 THREE YEARS. 18:08 THESE FOUR YOUNG LADIES ARE SINGING US A SONG THAT 18:11 WHEN, WELL, WHEREVER WE GO WE HAVE A WORSHIP SERVICE 18:15 AND WHERE THERE IS WORSHIP THERE IS MUSIC. 18:17 THERE IS MUSIC. 18:18 AND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE GOOD ON THAT. 18:21 AH, THIS IS NOW IN THE WEST VISAYAN CONFERENCE. 18:27 IS THAT A DIFFERENT ISLAND? 18:30 YES, THIS IS ON THE ISLAND OF NO, ITS NEGROS 18:33 OCCIDENTAL CONFERENCE SO THIS IS ON THE ISLAND OF 18:37 NEGROS, YES. 18:38 WE HAVE ALSO WORK OVER IN PANAY BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY 18:43 PICTURES OF THAT ONE. 18:44 OK. 18:45 SO, THIS IS A BUILDING THAT IS IN PROCESS? 18:47 IT IS IN PROCESS. 18:48 THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE A YEAR AGO, AH, IT WAS 18:51 CLEARED. 18:52 OK. 18:53 THE LAND WAS CLEARED. 18:54 I'D SEEN IT BEFORE BUT LAST YEAR IT WAS CLEARED 18:58 AND NOW THEY HAVE THIS BUILDING UP. 19:00 HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO --I SUPPOSE IT DEPENDS ON 19:03 THAT PARTICULAR CONGREGATION OR WHATEVER? 19:05 IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH MONEY THEY CAN RAISE. 19:09 THIS IS INSIDE THAT SAME CHURCH STILL ABIT 19:12 PRIMITIVE BUT IT IS MUCH BETTER THAN SOME. 19:14 AND I NOTICE THE CONCRETE BLOCK - I THINK IT'S 19:18 CONCRETE? 19:19 YES. 19:20 HOW DOES THAT STAND UP TO THE STORMS THAT COME 19:23 THROUGH? 19:23 USUALLY PRETTY WELL. 19:25 HOWEVER, A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THEY HAD THAT BIG 19:28 TYPHOON THAT WENT THROUGH TACLOBAN, WE LOST I THINK 19:32 IT WAS OVER A HUNDRED CHURCHES. 19:35 IN SPITE OF HAVING CONCRETE. 19:37 BUT THE WINDS WERE OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR. 19:42 YES. 19:43 IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, THEY FOUND SHIPS UP ABOUT 19:45 100 METERS FROM THE SHORE. 19:48 I MEAN SHIPS, NOT JUST LITTLE BOATS. 19:49 YES. 19:50 SHIPS. 19:51 OK, THESE ARE THE THREE OF THE FOUR WORKERS IN 19:55 NEGROS. 19:56 THE FOURTH ONE WAS FAR DISTANT SO WE DIDN'T GET 19:58 HIM IN THE PICTURE. 20:00 TELL ME ABOUT HE BACKGROUND OF THESE 20:02 WORKERS. 20:03 WHAT DRAWS THEM TO GOSPEL OUTREACH? 20:08 IN SOME RESPECTS, THEY ARE KIND OF PUSHED INTO IT 20:10 BECAUSE THEY ARE THEOLOGY GRADUATES THAT HAVEN'T 20:13 BEEN HIRED. 20:13 OK. 20:14 SO, THIS IS A PROVING GROUND. 20:16 OK. 20:17 IF THEY DO WELL HERE, THEN THEY ARE TAKEN IN AS 20:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 20:20 OK. 20:21 OH-THEY ARE TAKEN IN AS REGULAR WORKERS -REGULAR 20:23 WORKERS BUT OK. 20:25 THAT'S - THESE ARE THE WORKERS NOW IN PALAWAN. 20:29 PALAWAN IS A LONG SKINNY STRINGBEAN KIND OF AN 20:32 ISLAND. 20:33 IT IS ABOUT FORTY MILES WIDE AND ABOUT 200 MILES 20:36 LONG. 20:36 IS THAT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES? 20:38 YES, IT IS ON THE WEST SIDE KIND OF GOING DOWN AT 20:40 AN ANGLE FROM LUZAN. 20:42 THAT LADY SITTING BETWEEN US, SHE AND HER HUSBAND 20:48 HAVE BEEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FOR TWENTY-ONE 20:49 YEARS. 20:50 HER HUSBAND DOES JUST LAST YEAR, JUST DURING THIS 20:53 PAST YEAR HAS BEEN TAKEN IN BY THE CONFERENCE, BY 20:57 THE MISSION BUT HE CAN'T BE ORDAINED BECAUSE HE 21:00 DOESN'T HAVE A THEOLOGY DEGREE. 21:02 INTERESTING. 21:03 BUT THEY HAVE TAKEN HIM IN NOW SO THEY CAN HIRE 21:05 ANOTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 21:07 THAT'S A LONG TIME. 21:08 IN THAT TWENTY-ONE YEARS THEY'VE RAISED UP NINE 21:10 CHURCHES AND AFTER HE HAS LEFT THE CHURCHES, THEY 21:14 CONTINUE TO GROW. 21:16 THAT'S A RECORD. 21:17 GOD IS WITH HIM OBVIOUSLY. 21:19 WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY LEAVE IS A REAL TEST TO 21:21 THEM. 21:22 SURE. 21:23 SURE WOW. 21:24 NOW THIS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH CHURCH THAT WAS 21:25 RAISED UP BY A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 21:27 WE SURPRISED THEM THERE THAT MORNING. 21:28 THEY DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE COMING, UM, WE DON'T HAVE 21:34 A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IN THAT PLACE RIGHT NOW, 21:36 BUT WE BROUGHT SOME WITH US AND THEY WERE ASKED TO 21:40 TAKE OVER THE SABBATH SCHOOL AND THE CHURCH 21:42 SERVICE WHICH THEY DID VERY EFFICIENTLY. 21:45 IT WAS AS IF IT HAD BEEN PLANNED THAT WAY. 21:46 OH. 21:47 THEY JUST KNOW HOW TO DO IT. 21:49 NOW WHEN YOU RAISE UP A CHURCH YOU ARE ACTUALLY 21:51 TALKING ABOUT FIRST GETTING THE PEOPLE, YES, 21:54 AND THEN BUILDING THE SHELTER FOR THEM. 21:56 RIGHT OH, WOW. 21:59 MANY OF THESE PLACES HAVE NEVER HAD AN ADVENTIST 22:03 PRESENCE IN THEM. 22:04 RIGHT. 22:05 THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA OF GOSPEL OUTREACH ISN'T IT, 22:08 TO TAKE THE JOY THAT IS GOTTEN INTO OUR HEARTS AND 22:12 TO PASS IT ON TO OTHERS AND THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:15 WORKERS ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS. 22:18 GOD IS DOING IT THROUGH THEM. 22:19 OK. 22:20 NEXT SLIDE IS OUR WORKERS IN -ACTUALLY THE THREE IN 22:25 THE FRONT ARE THE WORKERS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL LUZAN 22:28 CONFERENCE AND THE PRESIDENT, LET'S SEE, THE 22:31 PRESIDENT IS IN THE GREEN SHIRT, THE EXECUTIVE 22:34 SECRETARY IS IN THE BLACK JACKET, UH, THE TREASURER 22:38 IS IN THE BLUE SHIRT AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:41 COORDINATOR IS IN THE RED SHIRT. 22:42 AH, WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME THERE TO GO OUT TO THE 22:47 FIELD TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE WORKING. 22:48 THESE THREE MEN ARE BRAND NEW GO WORKERS. 22:52 THE ONE IN THE BLUE SHIRT HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE 22:53 JANUARY AND THE OTHER TWO HADN'T BEEN TO THEIR FIELD 22:55 YET. 22:56 OK. 22:56 BRAND NEW. 22:58 BRAND NEW, WOW. 22:59 HOW LONG AGO WAS THIS AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, IS THIS 23:04 A FEW WEEKS AGO? 23:05 ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. 23:06 TWO WEEKS AGO. 23:07 THAT IS. 23:08 THESE ARE SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF ONE OF THE 23:10 CHURCHES OUT THERE IN THAT AREA. 23:12 THIS IS THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE. 23:18 THIS IS IN SOUTHERN LUZAN. 23:21 LUZAN HAS THAT COMBINATION OF BIG CITY, YES, IS THAT 23:26 MANILA? 23:26 MANILA. 23:27 AND ALSO, VERY RURAL AREAS LIKE WE'RE SEEING HERE. 23:30 OH YES. 23:31 VERY RURAL AREAS. 23:32 AH, NOW WE ARE DOWN IN SOUTHERN MINDANAO. 23:38 YOU NOTICE THE ARMED GUARD THAT WE HAD. 23:41 I DO SEE THE ARMED. 23:42 THEY WERE THERE FOR OUR PROTECTION. 23:45 THERE IS A LOT OF TROUBLE DOWN THERE. 23:47 THIS IS AREA OF COMMUNIST REBELS. 23:51 OK. 23:52 AND SO, THESE MILITARY ACTUALLY THEY ARE POLICE 23:56 WERE ALONG WITH US TO PROTECT US. 23:58 THE MAN IN THE CHECKERED SHIRT IS THE CONFERENCE 24:00 PRESIDENT THERE. 24:01 HOW HAS THE CONFLICT DOWN THERE IMPACTED OUR 24:04 OUTREACH? 24:05 IN SOME WAYS IT HAS HELPED. 24:09 BECAUSE? 24:10 BECAUSE THE PEOPLE FEEL THEY FEEL ALL ALONE. 24:14 ISOLATED, ALONE. 24:15 WE BRING HOPE. 24:17 AND IN THAT HOPE, THERE IS A CULTURE THAT INCLUDES 24:21 CHRISTIANITY BUT IT IS NOT THE ONLY RELIGION THERE IS 24:24 IT? 24:25 NO, IN FACT, IT IS KIND OF A MINORITY RELIGION, 24:26 CHRISTIANITY. 24:27 CHRISTIANITY IS A MINORITY. 24:28 THERE IS A LOT OF MUSLIMS. 24:29 A LOT OF MUSLIMS. 24:32 OUR NEXT SLIDE I THINK WHAT IS THAT, OK, THAT IS 24:35 THE T'BOLI TRIBE. 24:37 THE LADIES WEAR A LOT OF BEADWORK. 24:39 OK. 24:42 EACH TRIBE HAS ITS OWN DISTINCTIVE DRESS, I'M 24:44 SURE. 24:45 YES. 24:45 YES. 24:46 IS THAT TRUE EVERYDAY OR DO THEY JUST DO THAT FOR 24:48 SPECIAL OCCASIONS? 24:49 IT IS USUALLY FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. 24:51 WHEN WE COME OF COURSE, THAT'S A SPECIAL OCCASION 24:53 FOR THEM. 24:54 WELL, IF YOU ARE A DATU I CAN SEE WHY. 24:55 THEY DON'T KNOW THAT. 24:57 OH. 24:58 THIS IS A GROUP THERE THAT HAS BEEN RAISED UP BY OUR 25:02 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HIS DAUGHTER. 25:05 THE DAUGHTER IS THE ONE IN THE BRIGHT GREEN SHIRT AND 25:09 THE -LET'S GO BACK TO THE -THAT ONE - THE FELLOW IN 25:14 FRONT OF HER IN THE YELLOW SHIRT IS THE GOSPEL 25:16 OUTREACH WORKER. 25:17 AND HE PLAYS THE GUITAR BEAUTIFULLY AND SHE -THE 25:22 TWO OF THEM JUST WORK TOGETHER HAND IN GLOVE IN 25:24 LEADING THOSE PEOPLE TO SING JUST FANTASTIC MUSIC. 25:28 AND WHEN YOU GET A CHRISTIAN FAMILY LIKE THAT 25:31 TOGETHER, A NEW CHURCH, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO 25:35 THESE PEOPLE? 25:36 OH, WE ARE GETTING SHORT ON TIME HERE TOO. 25:38 IT BRINGS HOPE. 25:39 AH, LET'S JUST END UP WITH THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE. 25:43 THE MAN ON THE LEFT IS A, UH, IS THE CHIEF OF 25:47 INTELLIGENCE IN MAGINDINAU WHICH IS A MUSLIM 25:51 TERRITORY AND HE IS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 25:53 REALLY? 25:54 WE MET HIM IN CHURCH AND HE SAYS, AH, COME ON UP I 25:56 WANT TO SHOW YOU MY COUNTRY. 25:58 YES. 25:59 WE STAYED INSIDE THE CAR EXCEPT WHEN WE GOT TO THE 26:00 POLICE STATION, THEY SAID IT IS SAFE TO GET OUT 26:02 HERE. 26:03 BUT HE IS SUPPORTING OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH IN A VERY 26:09 STRONG WAY AND LETS THEM KNOW IF THERE IS A PROBLEM 26:10 BREWING. 26:11 THANK YOU. 26:12 IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, OUR CONFERENCE PRESIDENT 26:13 THERE IS ASSIGNING ALL EIGHT OF HIS WORKERS IN 26:14 THE MUSLIM AREA. 26:15 WE HAVE TO END IT NOW BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO 26:16 TELL, I KNOW. 26:17 OH, IT'S FINE. 26:18 I JUST WANT TO TALK TO OUR VIEWERS AGAIN AND INVITE 26:19 YOU TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG AND BE SURE YOU 26:31 LOOK AT HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE. 26:40 DON'T FORGET TO PRAY. 26:41 THIS IS A MIRACULOUS BUSINESS AND THESE FORCES 26:45 THAT ARE AT PLAY IN THESE ISLANDS AND IT IS ALL OVER 26:47 THE WORLD, THEY ARE AFTER THE SOULS OF BROTHERS AND 26:52 SISTERS THAT YOU AND I CAN HAVE FOR ETERNITY. 26:55 LET'S NOT FORGET THEM AND IF YOU CAN DONATE, IF YOU 26:58 COULD BECOME A REGULAR SUPPORTER OF THESE, YOU 27:00 MIGHT EVEN SUPPORT ONE PARTICULAR WORKER. 27:03 GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU THINK OF WHAT THIS IS. 27:06 YOUR TIME WITH GOD. 27:08 DON'T LET THIS GO OUT OF YOUR MIND. 27:10 GOD BE WITH YOU NOW. 27:11 ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 27:14 THANK YOU. 27:51 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
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