[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:01.13\00:00:01.76 ONE MISSION. 00:00:01.80\00:00:03.67 THE GREAT COMMISSION. 00:00:03.70\00:00:06.03 TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD INI THE 10/40 00:00:06.07\00:00:11.14 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS: JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:00:17.35\00:00:22.42 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:00:26.39\00:00:31.46 I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:00:33.46\00:00:36.06 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:00:36.10\00:00:37.70 IT IS SUCH -ALWAYS A FUN TIME TO HEAR THE STORIES 00:00:37.73\00:00:41.00 THAT ARE COMING IN FROM FAR AWAY, FROM NEARBY. 00:00:41.04\00:00:44.74 OUR GUEST TODAY IS DAVID STREIFLING. 00:00:44.77\00:00:47.14 THANK YOU. 00:00:47.18\00:00:48.21 AND YOU ARE GOING TO BRING US SOME STORIES FROM THE 00:00:48.24\00:00:50.11 PHILIPPINES. 00:00:50.15\00:00:50.91 THAT IS CORRECT. 00:00:50.95\00:00:51.98 I THINK IF WE LOOK AT A MAP, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO 00:00:52.01\00:00:55.58 LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, "I KNOW WHERE THAT IS." 00:00:55.62\00:00:58.52 IT'S A -YOU ARE VISITING ALL KINDS OF ISLANDS IN 00:00:58.55\00:01:02.12 THE PHILIPPINES, I UNDERSTAND. 00:01:02.16\00:01:03.93 WELL, THERE IS A MAP IF YOU LOOK AT THE 00:01:03.96\00:01:06.03 PHILIPPINES IT IS LIKE A BIG TRIANGLE, UH HUH, WITH 00:01:06.06\00:01:08.80 THEY SAY 7107 AND NOW I HEARD IT MAY BE 7600 AND 00:01:08.83\00:01:13.10 SOMETHING. 00:01:13.13\00:01:14.17 THERE IS A LOT OF ISLANDS BUT SEVEN LARGE ISLANDS 00:01:14.20\00:01:16.71 PLUS A WHOLE HOST OF LITTLE ONES, YES, AND 00:01:16.74\00:01:18.41 THAT'S WHERE WE JUST ARRIVED FROM A COUPLE OF 00:01:18.44\00:01:20.51 DAYS AGO. 00:01:20.54\00:01:21.64 COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU PHOTOS TO 00:01:21.68\00:01:24.75 SHARE AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN 00:01:24.78\00:01:28.75 HEARING WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE YOU WERE WITNESS OF 00:01:28.78\00:01:31.79 THIS BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I HAVE A VERSE THAT 00:01:31.82\00:01:35.56 YOU HAVE FOUND VALUABLE IN YOUR TIME THERE. 00:01:35.59\00:01:39.13 ITS THERE IN PROVERBS 18:18 "THE PATH OF THE 00:01:39.16\00:01:44.27 JUST IS LIKE THE SHINING SUN THAT SHINES EVER 00:01:44.30\00:01:48.30 BRIGHTER UNDER THE PERFECT DAY." 00:01:48.34\00:01:50.84 AND YOU SEE THAT LIGHT ON THE PATH OVER THERE DON'T 00:01:50.87\00:01:53.51 YOU? 00:01:53.54\00:01:54.51 I SEE THAT LIGHT AND ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST 00:01:54.54\00:01:55.68 STORY I'D LIKE TO SHARE. 00:01:55.71\00:01:56.78 WELL, LETS START THAT STORY. 00:01:56.81\00:01:58.15 I BET THERE IS A SLIDE THAT MIGHT GET US GOING ON 00:01:58.18\00:02:00.62 THAT. 00:02:00.65\00:02:01.18 WELL, THERE PROBABLY IS. 00:02:01.22\00:02:02.25 I'D LIKE TO SHOW A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE OF THE, OF 00:02:02.28\00:02:04.59 THE SETTING IN BAGUIO WAY UP IN THE NORTH END OF 00:02:04.62\00:02:09.56 LUZAN ISLAND. 00:02:09.59\00:02:11.66 THIS IS A COMMUNITY OF DEEP MOUNTAIN TRENCHES AND 00:02:12.73\00:02:17.73 TALL, STEEP, TREE COVERED MOUNTAINS. 00:02:17.77\00:02:20.74 IT'S AN INTERESTING STUDY IN GEOGRAPHY AS WELL. 00:02:20.77\00:02:25.57 THE PICTURES HERE THAT I AM SHOWING, THE TWO 00:02:25.61\00:02:27.41 SLIDES-THE FIRST TWO SLIDES ARE OF THE TOWN OF 00:02:27.44\00:02:30.18 BAGUIO ITSELF WITH THE BRIGHTLY COLORED BUILDINGS 00:02:30.21\00:02:33.21 AND THE, THAT IS BRIGHT, -JUST SHOWING HOW THEY ARE 00:02:33.25\00:02:35.32 TERRACED UP AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN BUT 00:02:35.35\00:02:39.95 ANOTHER SLIDE I'D LIKE TO SHOW HERE IS ONE OF THE 00:02:39.99\00:02:43.32 CHURCHES IN BAGUIO LOOKING DOWN OVER THE CITY ITSELF. 00:02:43.36\00:02:47.30 THIS CHURCH IS SET UP ON A HILL AND WE HAD TO CLIMB A 00:02:47.36\00:02:51.53 ROAD THAT WAS PROBABLY 30 DEGREES PLUS ABOUT 100 00:02:51.57\00:02:54.77 STEPS IT SEEMED LIKE, TO GET UP TO THIS CHURCH BUT 00:02:54.80\00:02:57.24 WHAT A VANTAGE POINT THERE. 00:02:57.27\00:02:59.31 THIS IS A CHURCH THAT WAS RAISED UP BY A GOSPEL 00:02:59.34\00:03:01.54 OUTREACH VOLUNTEER A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE HAD THE 00:03:01.58\00:03:05.31 PRIVILEGE OF MEETING THERE ONE SABBATH. 00:03:05.35\00:03:07.62 I BET THERE ARE MIRACLE STORIES INVOLVED WITH 00:03:07.65\00:03:09.35 THAT. 00:03:09.38\00:03:10.39 WELL, THERE ARE AND OF COURSE, SOME OF THAT IS 00:03:10.42\00:03:11.65 BEFORE MY TIME BECAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME 00:03:11.69\00:03:14.29 THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING THE 00:03:14.32\00:03:16.73 PHILIPPINES AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 00:03:16.76\00:03:19.83 WE'D WORKED THERE AT A.I.I.S- THAT IS OUR 00:03:19.86\00:03:21.76 GRADUATE SCHOOL, OUR GRADUATE UNIVERSITY. 00:03:21.80\00:03:24.17 I WORKED THERE FROM 1997 UNTIL 2002 SO WE KNEW THE 00:03:24.20\00:03:28.24 ISLAND FAIRLY WELL AND UNDERSTOOD THE CULTURE 00:03:28.27\00:03:30.41 SOMEWHAT BUT I'M LEARNING GEOGRAPHY, I'M LEARNING 00:03:30.44\00:03:33.31 NAMES - 75 NEW GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS, THEIR 00:03:33.34\00:03:36.54 WIVES, THEIR CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS AND SO ON. 00:03:36.58\00:03:39.05 THERE IS A LOT OF LEARNING. 00:03:39.08\00:03:40.42 AND EACH OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A STORY OF THEIR OWN, 00:03:40.45\00:03:44.62 A PATH THAT GOD HAS TAKEN THEM ON. 00:03:44.65\00:03:46.65 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:03:46.69\00:03:47.39 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:03:47.42\00:03:48.42 AND SO, I WANT TO TAKE YOU WAY OUT IN THE HILLS. 00:03:48.46\00:03:51.13 I'M LOOKING AT ONE OF THESE MOUNTAIN GORGES AND 00:03:51.16\00:03:53.26 ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE DISCOVERED IS YOU CANNOT 00:03:53.29\00:03:55.86 CAPTURE IT EITHER ON VIDEO OR ON A SLIDE. 00:03:55.90\00:03:59.10 IT JUST SIMPLY CANNOT BUT THIS IS -IF YOU LOOK 00:03:59.13\00:04:02.47 CAREFULLY OVER THE CURB OF THE ROAD YOU CAN SEE IT 00:04:02.50\00:04:04.44 GOES DOWN A LONG WAYS BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THE BOTTOM 00:04:04.47\00:04:06.98 BECAUSE IT IS COVERED WITH TREES AND THIS IS SO 00:04:07.01\00:04:09.11 TYPICAL OF THE COUNTRY THAT IS THERE. 00:04:09.14\00:04:12.51 AND, IN THIS SETTING HERE IS A PICTURE OF A VALLEY. 00:04:12.55\00:04:17.02 IT'S GOT SOME TERRACES, SOME LITTLE 00:04:17.05\00:04:20.82 GARDENS-AGRICULTURAL TERRACES, AGRICULTUREAL 00:04:20.86\00:04:23.76 TERRACES. 00:04:23.79\00:04:24.76 KIND OF TUCKED BELOW A GOVERNMENT ROAD AND IN 00:04:24.79\00:04:27.66 THIS SETTING IS WHERE MARY LIVES AND MARY IS A LADY 00:04:27.66\00:04:31.83 WHO OUR FIRST STORY IS ABOUT AND SHE-HER STORY IS 00:04:31.87\00:04:36.84 REALLY RATHER TOUCHING. 00:04:36.87\00:04:38.27 LOOKING DOWN FROM THE ROAD, WE COULD SEE THIS IS 00:04:38.31\00:04:41.24 THE ROOF OF HER HOUSE BUT YOU CAN'T GET A GOOD LOOK 00:04:41.28\00:04:43.65 AT IT BECAUSE IT SO STEEP. 00:04:43.68\00:04:44.95 EVERYTHING IS UPHILL OR DOWNHILL THERE AND THIS 00:04:44.98\00:04:47.65 WAS AS CLOSE AS WE COULD COME. 00:04:47.68\00:04:49.82 AND SO, WE MOVED INSIDE THERE AND MARY BEGAN TO 00:04:49.85\00:04:53.22 TELL HER STORY. 00:04:53.25\00:04:54.29 SHE WAS A FRIEND, SHE WAS A FRIEND OF THE -BECAME A 00:04:54.32\00:05:01.26 FRIEND OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER WHEN HE 00:05:01.30\00:05:03.50 MOVED THERE PARTICULARLY, HIS WIFE. 00:05:03.53\00:05:06.23 THERE IS MARY AND SHE'S INTERVIEWING ON THE CAMERA 00:05:06.27\00:05:09.94 BUT I WANTED YOU TO JUST SEE HER FACE AND THE 00:05:09.97\00:05:13.64 VOLUNTEERS WIFE WHO IS HER GOOD FRIEND COMES AND SITS 00:05:13.68\00:05:16.58 BESIDE HER PUTS HER ARM AROUND HER. 00:05:16.61\00:05:18.61 THE TWO OF THEM BECAME GREAT FRIENDS. 00:05:18.65\00:05:20.55 YOU SEE THE WIFE WAS -JOSE WAS THE NAME OF THE 00:05:20.58\00:05:26.89 WORKER-JOSHUWANY JOSE AND HIS WIFE WAS SELLING BOOKS 00:05:26.92\00:05:31.03 AND ONE OF HER FIRST CONTACTS WAS MARY. 00:05:31.06\00:05:33.93 REALLY. 00:05:33.96\00:05:34.93 MARY WAS THE ONE WHO WAS SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING 00:05:34.96\00:05:37.33 MORE THAN SHE HAD. 00:05:37.37\00:05:39.53 MARY TELLS HER OWN STORY THAT SHE WAS BORN INTO A 00:05:39.57\00:05:44.94 CATHOLIC FAMILY. 00:05:44.97\00:05:46.01 NOW CATHOLIC THERE IS MORE ANIMIST THAN CATHOLIC IN 00:05:46.04\00:05:48.98 MOST OF THE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES. 00:05:49.01\00:05:50.01 THE WAY IT IS PRACTICED. 00:05:50.05\00:05:51.01 THE WAY IT IS PRACTICED, THAT IS CORRECT AND MARY 00:05:51.05\00:05:54.42 WAS NEVER REALLY SATISFIED WITH WHAT SHE HAD BUT SHE 00:05:54.45\00:05:55.78 GREW TO A MARRIAGEABLE AGE AND MARRIED THE MAN OF HER 00:05:55.82\00:06:00.92 DREAMS. 00:06:04.13\00:06:05.09 THEY HAD FOUR BOYS. 00:06:05.13\00:06:06.56 SHE HAD FOUR SONS TOGETHER THEY HAD FOUR SONS AND 00:06:06.59\00:06:10.10 WHEN THE YOUNGEST WAS ONLY SIX MONTHS OLD, A 00:06:10.13\00:06:13.00 WORKPLACE ACCIDENT TOOK HER HUSBAND IN DEATH AND 00:06:13.03\00:06:15.97 SO SHE WAS LEFT AS A WIDOW TO STRUGGLE ON ALONE AND 00:06:16.00\00:06:19.87 TO TRY TO MAKE A LIFE FOR HER BOYS. 00:06:19.91\00:06:22.74 A SUBSISTENCE LIVING ON THE GARDEN, I GUESS IS 00:06:22.78\00:06:25.88 WHAT THEY WERE USING FOR A LIVING. 00:06:25.91\00:06:27.28 OK, SURE. 00:06:27.32\00:06:28.42 GRADUALLY THE BOYS GREW UP AND HAD THEIR OWN FAMILIES 00:06:28.45\00:06:31.05 AND NOW GRANDCHILDREN ENTERED HER LIFE AND HERE 00:06:31.09\00:06:35.29 SHE IS TELLING ABOUT THE GRANDCHILDREN NOW AND SHE 00:06:35.32\00:06:40.70 HAS, SHE LEFT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND JOINED THE 00:06:40.73\00:06:44.50 PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AND TO JEHOVAH WITNESSES BUT EACH 00:06:44.53\00:06:47.94 TIME THEY SEEMED LIKE WELLS THAT RAN DRY TOO 00:06:47.97\00:06:50.31 QUICKLY AND SHE STILL KEPT ON SEARCHING. 00:06:50.34\00:06:53.01 SHE STILL HAD THAT HOPE, YES, AND SHE STILL WAS 00:06:53.04\00:06:55.61 LOOKING -THE LIGHT THAT WAS GUIDING HER PATH KEPT 00:06:55.64\00:07:00.12 LEADING. 00:07:00.15\00:07:01.15 KEPT LEADING AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE IN THAT STORY 00:07:01.18\00:07:03.62 AND NOW AS SHE MET JOSE'S WIFE AND THEN WENT THROUGH 00:07:03.65\00:07:07.99 A KIND OF A PROGRAM, EVENTUALLY THEY WERE 00:07:08.02\00:07:11.53 INVITED TO BIBLE STUDIES. 00:07:11.56\00:07:12.79 THIS HAPPENED FAIRLY QUICKLY. 00:07:12.83\00:07:14.10 IT WAS JUST LAST YEAR. 00:07:14.10\00:07:15.66 THEY WERE INVITED TO BIBLE STUDIES. 00:07:15.70\00:07:17.47 THEY CAME TO A SERIES OF MEETINGS AND JOSE DROVE 00:07:17.50\00:07:23.44 THEM THERE AND BACK. 00:07:23.47\00:07:24.47 IT WAS IN A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY AND SHE WAS 00:07:24.51\00:07:27.14 BAPTIZED AS WERE FOUR OF HER GRANDCHILDREN. 00:07:27.18\00:07:30.98 AND IF YOU SEE THE SADNESS ON HER FACE IN THAT VIDEO, 00:07:31.01\00:07:33.85 I DO SEE THAT SADNESS, YES, SHE WAS EXPLAINING TO 00:07:33.88\00:07:37.89 ME IN HER BROKEN ENGLISH AND THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T 00:07:37.92\00:07:40.69 PUT HER VOICE ON THERE. 00:07:40.72\00:07:41.79 SHE IS EXPLAINING TO ME THE PUZZLE THAT SHE FEELS- 00:07:41.82\00:07:45.46 WHAT IS SO PRECIOUS TO HER, HER CHILDREN, HER 00:07:45.49\00:07:48.83 SONS DON'T EMBRACE. 00:07:48.86\00:07:50.63 THE GRANDCHILDREN DO AND HER HEART JUST ACHES FOR 00:07:50.67\00:07:55.04 HER SONS AND SHE IS SO SAD WISHING THAT THESE SONS 00:07:55.07\00:07:59.81 COULD GET EXCITED ABOUT WHAT JUST BURNS IN HER 00:07:59.84\00:08:03.75 HEART. 00:08:03.78\00:08:04.78 SHE HAS GONE OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS WITH THE -WITH 00:08:04.81\00:08:07.32 JOSE'S WIFE. 00:08:07.35\00:08:08.28 THEY'VE GONE DOOR TO DOOR AND INVITED THEM. 00:08:08.32\00:08:10.02 SHE IS SO EAGER TO SHARE THE LIGHT THAT SHE ALREADY 00:08:10.05\00:08:14.02 HAS. 00:08:14.06\00:08:14.96 SHE NOT ONLY SHARES IT BUT SHE SHEDS IT. 00:08:14.99\00:08:17.66 RIGHT, EXACTLY AND I THINK TO ME THAT IS JUST A 00:08:17.69\00:08:21.63 REALLY THRILLING STORY HOW GOD HAS LED HER. 00:08:21.66\00:08:24.87 I TRIED TO GIVE HER A CERTAIN COMFORT THAT GOD 00:08:24.90\00:08:28.77 UNDERSTANDS THE HEART AND THAT GOD CAN STILL 00:08:28.80\00:08:32.31 INTERVENE IN THE LIVES OF HER SONS AND YOU KNOW, WE 00:08:32.34\00:08:35.94 HAVE TO LEAVE THAT WITH HIM BUT SHE IS KIND OF 00:08:35.98\00:08:38.28 BLAMING HERSELF FOR NOT GETTING THERE SOONER AND 00:08:38.31\00:08:41.42 THAT'S THE PART THAT DISAPPOINTS ME IN A WAY I 00:08:41.45\00:08:45.22 CAN UNDERSTAND IT THOUGH, YOU KNOW. 00:08:45.25\00:08:46.76 YES, BUT THE HEARTCRY OF ONE WHO REALLY LOVES JESUS 00:08:46.79\00:08:50.09 WANTING EVERYONE ELSE TO SHARE THE SAME EXCITEMENT 00:08:50.13\00:08:52.86 THAT SHE SHARES. 00:08:52.89\00:08:53.90 TO ME THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST THRILLING STORIES 00:08:53.93\00:08:55.90 THAT WE HAD WHILE WE WERE IN THE COUNTRY. 00:08:55.93\00:08:58.67 IT SOUNDS LIKE IT REALLY IMPACTED YOU. 00:08:58.70\00:09:01.47 YOU FELT THE EMOTION OF THAT. 00:09:01.50\00:09:03.37 THERE IS PROBABLY NO PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE PARENTS 00:09:03.41\00:09:07.78 WHOLOVE THE LORD JUST LONG TO SEE THAT GROWING IN 00:09:07.81\00:09:11.35 THEIR CHILDREN. 00:09:11.38\00:09:12.01 THAT'S TRUE. 00:09:12.05\00:09:13.01 BUT LET'S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER AREA MOVING SOUTH 00:09:13.05\00:09:15.48 A LITTLE BIT. 00:09:15.52\00:09:16.45 I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF CHURCHES. 00:09:16.48\00:09:18.09 THIS ONE IS PALMAYO AND IT IS DOWN IN CENTRAL LUZAN 00:09:18.12\00:09:21.46 NOW IN THE CENTRAL LUZAN CONFERENCE AND THIS IS A 00:09:21.49\00:09:24.43 CHURCH THAT IS FUNCTIONING BEAUTIFULLY BUT IT WAS 00:09:24.46\00:09:26.96 RAISED UP BY A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 00:09:27.00\00:09:29.03 OF COURSE, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN UPGRADED NOW THAT 00:09:29.06\00:09:31.57 THE MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN OVER AND HAVE BECOME A 00:09:31.60\00:09:33.44 VIBRANT CHURCH ON THEIR OWN AND THE WORKER HAS 00:09:33.47\00:09:35.50 MOVED ON TO ANOTHER FIELD. 00:09:35.54\00:09:36.47 THAT IS PART OF THE GOAL, THOUGH ISN'T IT? 00:09:36.50\00:09:38.01 THAT'S PART OF THE GOAL AND HERE IS ANOTHER CHURCH 00:09:38.04\00:09:40.04 THAT IS THE SAME, YOU SEE. 00:09:40.08\00:09:41.31 THE WORKER HAS MOVED ON. 00:09:41.34\00:09:43.35 A CONGREGATION IS THERE UNDER THE MANAGEMENT, 00:09:43.38\00:09:45.58 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DISTRICT PASTOR AND 00:09:45.61\00:09:48.52 I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THIS ONE. 00:09:48.55\00:09:50.55 THIS IS VIA MARIA BUT ONLY THE FILIPINOS WOULD 00:09:50.59\00:09:54.32 PROBABLY RECOGNIZE THENAME. 00:09:54.36\00:09:55.99 IT SOUNDS A BIT SPANISH. 00:09:56.02\00:09:58.83 HERE IS ANOTHER STORY AND I TOOK THIS PICTURE OF A 00:09:58.86\00:10:01.86 SCHOOL BECAUSE IT IS VERY CLOSE TO WHERE THE NEXT 00:10:01.90\00:10:04.97 STORY UNFOLDS. 00:10:05.00\00:10:06.27 AND THIS IS A STORY ABOUT ROSELLE. 00:10:06.30\00:10:10.24 I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE AND HERE 00:10:10.27\00:10:12.47 IS A FRIEND OF ROSELLE WORKING VERY NEAR THAT 00:10:12.51\00:10:15.88 SCHOOL. 00:10:15.91\00:10:16.95 THIS IS AN AREA THAT WAS UNDER THE PRETTY WELL, THE 00:10:16.98\00:10:20.82 CONTROL, I WOULD SAY, THE- YOU HAD TO ALMOST GET 00:10:20.85\00:10:24.89 PERMISSION TO GET IN THERE BY THE LOCAL STATE CHURCH. 00:10:24.92\00:10:27.69 OH. 00:10:27.72\00:10:28.76 THE DOMINANT CHURCH OF THE STATE, I SHOULD SAY, AND 00:10:28.79\00:10:31.76 THE VOLUNTEER ROSELLE, WANTED TO GET IN THERE TO 00:10:31.79\00:10:35.80 -BECAUSE THERE WERE A GROUP OF AEATA, THAT IS 00:10:35.83\00:10:38.93 THE NATIONALS, YOU'LL SEE SOME PICTURES OF THEM 00:10:38.97\00:10:40.87 HERE, THE ORIGINAL ALMOST LIKE THE ABORIGINALS. 00:10:40.90\00:10:44.41 OK. 00:10:44.44\00:10:45.47 THE LADY TO THE LEFT IN THAT SLIDE IS A MEMBER OF 00:10:45.51\00:10:47.94 THAT GROUP AND YOU CAN SEE THE DARKER SKIN COLOR AND 00:10:47.98\00:10:51.61 THE CURLY HAIR. 00:10:51.65\00:10:52.51 THIS IS THEIR CHARACTERISTIC AND THIS 00:10:52.55\00:10:57.22 GIRL WAS A FRIEND OF ROSELLE'S. 00:10:57.25\00:10:59.15 ROSELLE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER AND SHE 00:10:59.19\00:11:02.69 WORKS IN THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. 00:11:02.72\00:11:04.29 SHE IS A NURSE. 00:11:04.33\00:11:05.59 SHE'S GOT TRAINING. 00:11:05.63\00:11:06.63 AND IN HER SPARE TIME, SHE WORKS WITH ROSELLE. 00:11:06.66\00:11:09.56 WELL, THE HUSBAND OF THE LADY IN THE PICTURE, YES, 00:11:09.60\00:11:12.43 WAS IN FOR DIALYSIS AND BECAUSE HE WAS HER 00:11:12.47\00:11:15.47 PATIENT, SHE BEGAN TALKING TO HIM AND THROUGH THE 00:11:15.50\00:11:18.67 FRIENDSHIP, ROSELLE WAS ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THIS 00:11:18.71\00:11:21.78 TERRITORY THAT OTHERWISE THERE WOULD NEVER HAVE 00:11:21.81\00:11:23.81 BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO AND SO WE FIND THEM NOW 00:11:23.85\00:11:27.48 WORKING TOGETHER. 00:11:27.52\00:11:28.45 HERE IS SOME OF THE CHILDREN YOU SEE ROSELLE 00:11:28.48\00:11:30.42 ON THE LEFT ON THE SCREEN ONLY AND IN THE BACKGROUND 00:11:30.45\00:11:34.76 THE MOTHER OF THIS HOUSE. 00:11:34.79\00:11:36.56 WE'LL TRY ANOTHER SLIDE HERE AND HERE IS SOME MORE 00:11:36.59\00:11:38.96 OF THE CHILDREN. 00:11:38.99\00:11:39.86 ROSELLE TAKES HER LITTLE LAPTOP OUT THERE. 00:11:39.89\00:11:41.96 THEY USE WHATEVER THEY CAN AND IT CAPTURES THE 00:11:42.00\00:11:44.23 INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN. 00:11:44.27\00:11:45.57 SURE. 00:11:45.60\00:11:46.60 AS SHE PLAYS FOR THEM THE STORY OF JESUS ON HER 00:11:46.63\00:11:49.50 LAPTOP. 00:11:49.54\00:11:50.77 YOU ARE DESCRIBING HOW ALMOST THIS LIGHT THAT WE 00:11:50.81\00:11:55.14 WERE READING ABOUT IN THE BIBLE, YES, IT'S LIKE THE 00:11:55.18\00:11:57.78 LORD MADE IT TURN GREEN FOR HER SO SHE COULD 00:11:57.81\00:12:00.18 ENTER. 00:12:00.22\00:12:01.12 THAT'S A WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT GOD 00:12:01.15\00:12:04.32 DOES TO OPEN DOORS. 00:12:04.35\00:12:06.22 OK, AND ANOTHER THING THAT THEY USE THEY TAKE OUT A 00:12:06.25\00:12:09.82 BIG FIVE GALLON JUG OF LEMONADE OR WHATEVER THE 00:12:09.86\00:12:12.96 DRINK IS AND THEY GIVE THE CHILDREN DRINKS. 00:12:12.99\00:12:14.83 HERE IS SOME MORE OF THOSE AEATA CHILDREN YOU SEE 00:12:14.83\00:12:17.47 THERE. 00:12:17.50\00:12:18.57 THEY ARE A MARGINALIZED GROUP BUT THEIR HEARTS ARE 00:12:18.60\00:12:21.67 REAL AND JESUS LOVES THEM AS MUCH AS HE LOVES YOU 00:12:21.70\00:12:24.04 AND ME. 00:12:24.07\00:12:25.81 HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING AND 00:12:25.84\00:12:28.68 HEARING THESE STORIES? 00:12:28.71\00:12:29.91 WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEART WHEN YOU ARE 00:12:29.94\00:12:33.82 PROCESSING ALL OF THIS AND TRYING TO CAPTURE DOWN AND 00:12:33.85\00:12:36.69 BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH US. 00:12:36.72\00:12:38.35 JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN JUST AS MUCH AS 00:12:38.39\00:12:40.66 HE LOVES YOU AND ME AND THAT'S FOR SURE. 00:12:40.69\00:12:42.46 THAT'S GOOD. 00:12:42.49\00:12:44.09 HOW ABOUT IF WE STOP FOR A MOMENT AND YOU GET TO 00:12:44.13\00:12:47.50 WATCH A SPECIAL PIECE THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCED. 00:12:47.50\00:12:50.80 YOU NEED TO SEE THIS. 00:12:50.83\00:12:51.93 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 00:12:51.97\00:12:56.94 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 00:13:01.08\00:13:04.25 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 00:13:04.28\00:13:07.25 HUMANITY. 00:13:07.28\00:13:07.98 WE NEED LOVE. 00:13:08.02\00:13:11.05 WE NEED HOPE. 00:13:11.09\00:13:12.89 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 00:13:12.92\00:13:16.09 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 00:13:16.12\00:13:18.86 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 00:13:18.89\00:13:22.80 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 00:13:22.83\00:13:25.97 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 00:13:26.00\00:13:32.14 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:13:32.17\00:13:34.31 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 00:13:34.34\00:13:37.21 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 00:13:37.25\00:13:39.55 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 00:13:39.58\00:13:42.55 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 00:13:42.58\00:13:49.19 JESUS CHRIST. 00:13:49.22\00:13:50.66 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 00:13:50.69\00:13:53.63 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 00:13:53.66\00:13:58.67 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 00:14:01.07\00:14:04.21 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 00:14:04.24\00:14:06.68 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:14:06.71\00:14:09.08 ARE YOU ENJOYING THESE STORIES LIKE I AM? 00:14:09.11\00:14:11.48 DAVID STREIFLING IS TELLING US SOME MORE ABOUT 00:14:11.51\00:14:14.55 WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE PHILIPPINES. 00:14:14.58\00:14:16.95 LET'S GO TO THAT NEXT STORY THAT YOU HAVE, 00:14:16.99\00:14:18.99 DAVID. 00:14:19.02\00:14:19.92 OK. 00:14:19.95\00:14:20.99 WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS MOVE TO THE SOUTH, THE 00:14:21.02\00:14:23.73 SOUTH ISLAND MINDANAO WHICH IS THE LARGEST OF 00:14:23.76\00:14:26.66 THE MANY ISLANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND DOWN THERE 00:14:26.70\00:14:30.87 WE HAVE A GENERAL SANTOS THE SOUTHERN MINDANAO 00:14:30.90\00:14:35.70 MISSION IT IS CALLED, AND GENERAL SANTOS IS A CITY? 00:14:35.74\00:14:38.54 GENERAL SANTOS -THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 00:14:38.57\00:14:40.68 GENERAL SANTOS IS A CITY. 00:14:40.71\00:14:42.08 I REMEMBER HOW IT USED TO PUZZLE ME AND YES, IT IS A 00:14:42.11\00:14:45.98 CITY AND THERE WE HAVE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS 00:14:46.01\00:14:50.22 PICTURED WITH SOME OF THE CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP, THE 00:14:50.25\00:14:52.99 MISSION LEADERSHIP AND THESE ARE EXPERIENCED MEN 00:14:53.02\00:14:57.49 WHO ARE WORKING AS GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS IN A 00:14:57.53\00:15:00.30 VARIETY OF VILLAGES WAY OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS. 00:15:00.33\00:15:05.03 ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS HERE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT IS 00:15:05.07\00:15:07.37 WAY UP NORTH BUT ANOTHER THING THAT IS REALLY OF 00:15:07.40\00:15:10.47 INTEREST TO ME IS THAT THE VILLAGES OUT THERE-IT 00:15:10.51\00:15:15.11 SEEMS LIKE THE VILLAGERS LOVE TO BE AT THE VERY 00:15:15.14\00:15:19.21 HIGHTEST POINT POSSIBLE ON THE MOUNTAIN AND SO, 00:15:19.25\00:15:22.08 HERE'S THE CHURCH THAT WE ARE GOING TO VISIT FIRST. 00:15:22.12\00:15:24.35 THIS WAS ON MARCH 14 OF THIS YEAR WE VISITED HERE, 00:15:24.39\00:15:26.96 I TOOK THIS PICTURE, AND MARCH 14, 2019 LET'S GET 00:15:26.99\00:15:32.16 THE RIGHT DATE AND THIS CHURCH HAD JUST BEEN MOVED 00:15:32.19\00:15:35.90 BY THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 00:15:35.93\00:15:37.60 IT WAS FARTHER UP THE VALLEY -LITERALLY UP ON 00:15:37.63\00:15:39.53 THE HILL NOT THE VALLEY AND FROM THIS CHURCH YOU 00:15:39.57\00:15:42.57 CAN LOOK DOWN EVERY DIRECTION. 00:15:42.60\00:15:43.97 IT IS INTERESTING THAT AS WE VISITED THAT CHURCH, WE 00:15:44.01\00:15:48.74 WENT IN THE COMPANY OF A NUMBER OF MILITARY AND 00:15:48.78\00:15:52.95 POLICE. 00:15:52.98\00:15:53.88 THEY STOPPED TO GET THEIR PICTURE TAKEN. 00:15:53.92\00:15:56.42 THIS WAS FOR OUR PROTECTION. 00:15:56.45\00:15:57.69 THIS WAS IN THE SOUTH AND IT WAS IN AN AREA IN CLOSE 00:15:57.72\00:16:00.86 PROXIMITY TO WHERE AN ENCOUNTER WAS TAKING PLACE 00:16:00.89\00:16:05.39 WHICH MEANS THERE WAS A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN 00:16:05.43\00:16:07.66 REBELS AND SOME OF THE RECOGNIZED AUTHORITIES AND 00:16:07.66\00:16:12.63 SO FOR OUR PROTECTION THEY WERE THERE. 00:16:12.67\00:16:15.00 WE DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THE ACTION AND WE WERE 00:16:15.04\00:16:16.87 THANKFUL FOR THAT BUT WE WERE ALSO THANKFUL FOR 00:16:16.91\00:16:19.04 THIS. 00:16:19.07\00:16:20.04 RECOGNIZING THAT THE GOSPEL NEEDS TO GO OUT IN 00:16:20.08\00:16:22.34 EVEN SOME OF THE MORE DIFFICULT PLACES OF THE 00:16:22.38\00:16:24.55 EARTH. 00:16:24.58\00:16:26.98 I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 00:16:27.02\00:16:28.72 IS IT THE LOCAL CONFERENCE, THE LOCAL 00:16:28.75\00:16:31.45 MISSION THAT ARRANGES FOR THESE ESCORTS? 00:16:31.49\00:16:33.32 YES, THEY DO AND THEY ALSO ADVISE US IF THEY THINK A 00:16:33.36\00:16:36.52 PLACE IS UNSAFE FOR US TO GO. 00:16:36.56\00:16:38.76 AH, I MEAN THERE ARE PLACES WHERE AH, A WHITE 00:16:38.79\00:16:41.90 FACE WOULD BE A TARGET WHERE THE ORDINARY PEOPLE 00:16:41.93\00:16:45.67 CAN STILL TRAVEL REASONABLY SAFELY. 00:16:45.70\00:16:47.74 OK. 00:16:47.77\00:16:48.67 SO, THEY ADVISE US WHEN AND THEY MAKE THE 00:16:48.70\00:16:50.37 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THESE ESCORTS AND I THINK THEY 00:16:50.41\00:16:52.64 EVEN GIVE A LITTLE TIP TO THE MILITARY MAN AFTER 00:16:52.67\00:16:56.38 THEY'VE HAD, AS IT TURNS OUT, A RELAXING DAY IN OUR 00:16:56.41\00:16:59.01 CASE. 00:16:59.05\00:16:59.58 WE WERE GLAD FOR THAT. 00:16:59.61\00:17:00.72 I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF IN YOUR TIME WITH HIM, 00:17:00.75\00:17:03.18 THEY END UP UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ARE THERE TO TALK 00:17:03.22\00:17:04.92 ABOUT THE GOSPEL. 00:17:04.95\00:17:05.82 WELL, AND INDEED SOMETIMES THAT IS A PLUS. 00:17:05.85\00:17:06.92 THAT CAN REALLY BE A PLUS. 00:17:06.96\00:17:07.92 HERE IS A VIEW OF THE INSIDE OF THAT CHURCH AS 00:17:07.96\00:17:08.92 THE MEMBERS BEGAN TO ASSEMBLE AND YOU'LL SEE 00:17:08.96\00:17:15.16 TOWARD THE FRONT THEY'VE ALREADY GOT A MEAL PLANNED 00:17:15.20\00:17:19.70 FOR THEIR VISITORS AND INTERESTINGLY FOR ME, THIS 00:17:19.73\00:17:22.97 WAS MY BIRTHDAY AND SOMEHOW, THEY FOUND OUT 00:17:23.00\00:17:25.14 ABOUT THAT. 00:17:25.17\00:17:26.17 UH AND BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER GROUP THAT VISITED 00:17:26.21\00:17:29.11 WITH US THERE AND THIS IS A GROUP THAT I THINK 00:17:29.14\00:17:33.25 DESERVES A COMMENT. 00:17:33.28\00:17:34.48 HERE IS A PICTURE OF THEM ALL. 00:17:34.52\00:17:35.75 IT'S A SHORT VIDEO CLIP. 00:17:35.78\00:17:37.85 THERE ARE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS THERE 00:17:37.89\00:17:39.82 INCLUDING THE LADY WHO HAS BEEN PASTOR OF OTHER 00:17:39.85\00:17:43.02 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES WHO CAME ALONG TO VISIT WITH 00:17:43.06\00:17:46.93 US. 00:17:46.96\00:17:47.93 THESE HAVE NOW BECOME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS 00:17:47.96\00:17:51.27 BELIEVERS. 00:17:51.30\00:17:52.20 IN SOME CASES, THEY'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT A 00:17:52.23\00:17:53.64 CONGREGATION WITH THEM TO JOIN WITH US. 00:17:53.67\00:17:56.00 THERE'S A STORY. 00:17:56.04\00:17:57.57 THERE ARE MANY STORIES THERE IF YOU ONLY KNEW OF 00:17:57.61\00:18:00.74 THE STORIES. 00:18:00.78\00:18:01.41 OH WOW. 00:18:01.44\00:18:02.31 THEY CALL THESE "GIDEONS FOR CHRIST". 00:18:02.34\00:18:04.18 GIDEONS? 00:18:04.21\00:18:05.08 GIDEONS I LOVE THE IDEA-THE CONCEPT AND 00:18:05.11\00:18:07.22 ACTUALLY THOSE WERE SEVEN BUT THEY HAVE 72 00:18:07.25\00:18:10.22 RECOGNIZED INDIVIDUALS DOING THE SAME THING IN 00:18:10.25\00:18:13.19 THAT MISSION ALONE. 00:18:13.22\00:18:14.19 SO, ONCE THEY BECOME BELIEVERS, FOLLOWERS OF 00:18:14.22\00:18:17.59 THE ADVENTIST TRUTH, THEY BRING THEIR CONGREGATIONS 00:18:17.63\00:18:20.16 AND THEY TRY TO GROW THEM-WELL, NOT IN EVERY 00:18:20.20\00:18:23.43 CASE. 00:18:23.47\00:18:24.10 OK. 00:18:24.13\00:18:25.10 THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THEIR 00:18:25.13\00:18:27.47 CONGREGATIONS BUT IN A FEW CASES, THEY HAVE, IN FACT, 00:18:27.50\00:18:31.14 BROUGHT THEIR CONGREGATIONS WITH THEM 00:18:31.17\00:18:32.97 AND SO THE CHURCH GROWS AND THE CONFERENCE THERE 00:18:33.01\00:18:36.28 NOW GIVES THEM A TINY STIPEND. 00:18:36.31\00:18:38.48 IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO LIVE ON BUT IT RECOGNIZES SOME 00:18:38.51\00:18:42.18 VALUE TO THEM. 00:18:42.22\00:18:43.28 OH MY. 00:18:43.32\00:18:44.39 AND THEY CONTINUE AS BIBLE WORKERS NOW WORKING FOR 00:18:44.42\00:18:47.32 THE TRUTH OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MESSAGE. 00:18:47.36\00:18:50.26 AND WHAT IS GOSPEL OUTREACH'S WORK WITH THESE 00:18:50.29\00:18:53.19 GIDEONS? 00:18:53.23\00:18:54.20 THESE GIDEONS, A LOT OF THEM, ARE A PRODUCT OF 00:18:54.23\00:18:56.60 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK. 00:18:56.63\00:18:57.93 OK. 00:18:57.97\00:18:58.93 OK, SO I MEAN THESE WERE INITIALLY CONTACTED BY 00:18:58.97\00:19:01.60 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS AT LEAST IN A LOT OF 00:19:01.64\00:19:04.41 CASES. 00:19:04.44\00:19:05.44 I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IS THE CASE IN EVERY CASE. 00:19:05.47\00:19:07.48 NOW, I'M GOING TO SHOW THE NEXT VIDEO BECAUSE IT HAS 00:19:07.51\00:19:11.08 A PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE TO ME. 00:19:11.11\00:19:12.75 (VIDEO). 00:19:12.78\00:19:13.52 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 00:19:13.55\00:19:16.55 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 00:19:16.58\00:19:19.62 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 00:19:19.65\00:19:22.66 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 00:19:22.69\00:19:25.69 MAY THE LORD GOD BLESS YOU. 00:19:25.73\00:19:30.27 MAY THE LORD GOD BLESS YOU. 00:19:30.30\00:19:34.84 MAY THE LORD GOD, MAY THE LORD GOD, MAY THE LORD GOD 00:19:34.87\00:19:39.94 BLESS YOU.HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM YOUR GO WORKERS. 00:19:44.01\00:19:49.32 ALL OF US FROM SOUTHERN MINDANAO MISSION. 00:19:49.35\00:19:54.66 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THANK YOU I'VE NEVER CELEBRATED THIS 00:19:54.69\00:20:00.76 WAY BEFORE. 00:20:00.80\00:20:02.26 THERE IS A BETTER PICTURE HERE OF A LADY THAT WAS 00:20:02.30\00:20:07.37 ALSO CELEBRATING DRESSED IN HER NATIONAL- I GUESS, 00:20:10.71\00:20:16.24 IT'S WHAT YOU'D CALL A NATIONAL- THE CELEBRATION 00:20:16.28\00:20:19.65 COSTUME. 00:20:19.68\00:20:20.35 OK. 00:20:20.38\00:20:21.35 A LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER THERE AND I THOUGHT THIS 00:20:21.38\00:20:22.65 WAS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. 00:20:22.68\00:20:23.69 THAT IS. 00:20:23.72\00:20:24.79 SHE TOO WAS CELEBRATING JUST HAVINGGUESTS THERE IT 00:20:24.82\00:20:26.62 WAS A TIME TO DRESS UP. 00:20:26.65\00:20:27.92 THIS WAS ACTUALLY ON A THURSDAY THIS YEAR AND SO 00:20:27.96\00:20:30.86 WE HAD MANY OF THEM WERE AT WORK BUT IT IS AMAZING 00:20:30.89\00:20:33.63 HOW MUCH OF THE CHURCH FAMILY IS AVAILABLE FOR 00:20:33.66\00:20:40.30 MEETINGS ON RELATIVELY SHORT NOTICE. 00:20:40.34\00:20:43.24 SO, THAT'S ONE GROUP. 00:20:43.27\00:20:44.24 NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU TO THE FOLLOWING DAY AND 00:20:44.27\00:20:48.31 WE ARE GOING TO VISIT ANOTHER OF THESE HIGH 00:20:48.34\00:20:51.98 MOUNTAIN CHURCHES HERE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE ROADS 00:20:52.01\00:20:55.35 ARE -THAT'S ABIT TRICKY BUT IT AGAIN, IT IS STEEP 00:20:55.38\00:20:59.12 DOWN ON BOTH SIDES. 00:20:59.15\00:21:00.32 THE ROADS OFTEN FOLLOW THE RIDGES, THE RIDGES, AS YOU 00:21:00.36\00:21:02.59 GET INTO THESE HIGH ELEVATIONS AND SO WE COME 00:21:02.62\00:21:05.49 TO THE LAST CHURCH THAT I WANT TO VISIT TODAY AND 00:21:05.53\00:21:08.73 THIS CHURCH-THE VILLAGE WAS RIGHT AT THE TOP BUT 00:21:08.76\00:21:10.63 YOU HAD TO COME DOWN A LITTLE PATHWAY DOWN TO THE 00:21:10.67\00:21:13.60 CHURCH AND HERE IS THE CHURCH ITSELF AND ONE OF 00:21:13.64\00:21:16.94 OUR VOLUNTEERS IS STANDING AT THE DOOR. 00:21:16.97\00:21:19.27 THIS PLACE WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME-IT BECAME 00:21:19.31\00:21:22.48 SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE THE WORKER HERE AND HIS 00:21:22.51\00:21:26.88 DAUGHTER WHO WAS A FORMER SULAD, BUT THAT IS A STORY 00:21:26.92\00:21:30.32 FOR ANOTHER TIME, OK. 00:21:30.35\00:21:31.39 WERE WORKING TOGETHER AND THE MUSIC WAS JUST SUPER. 00:21:31.42\00:21:35.06 THE MUSIC WAS SUPER. 00:21:35.09\00:21:36.83 ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAD KNOWN BEFORE? 00:21:36.86\00:21:39.33 NO. 00:21:39.36\00:21:40.00 NO. 00:21:40.03\00:21:40.66 NO. 00:21:40.70\00:21:41.26 YOU ARE JUST MEETING THEM. 00:21:41.30\00:21:42.36 I WAS LET'S SEE, OK, SO THE - (VIDEO PLAYING) IT'S 00:21:42.40\00:21:47.07 A GOOD THING TO SERVE THE LORD AND WALKING IN 00:21:54.54\00:21:59.58 DELIGHTFUL LIGHT. 00:22:10.93\00:22:14.13 THAT GOES WITH OUR VERSE TODAY TOO. 00:22:14.20\00:22:17.50 THAT DOES GO WITH OUR VERSE TODAY, IT REALLY 00:22:17.53\00:22:20.07 DOES. 00:22:20.10\00:22:21.07 THE THING THAT I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY WAS 00:22:21.10\00:22:22.87 THE-WERE TWO THINGS: 1) I LOVE THE WAY THIS MAN 00:22:22.90\00:22:26.17 HANDLED THE GUITAR. 00:22:26.21\00:22:27.18 I THOUGHT FOR AN OLD INSTRUMENT LIKE THAT HE 00:22:27.21\00:22:29.88 GOT MORE MUSIC OUT OF IT-IT SEEMED TO ME THERE 00:22:29.91\00:22:31.68 WAS A MELODY, THE WAS ON BEAT, THERE WAS OFFBEAT, 00:22:31.71\00:22:33.72 THERE WAS RUNGS IN THE BASE ALTOGETHER LIKE HE 00:22:33.75\00:22:35.85 HAD A SMALL ORCHESTRA THERE. 00:22:35.88\00:22:37.52 THE LADY LEADING THE SINGING IS ACTUALLY HIS 00:22:37.55\00:22:39.55 DAUGHTER. 00:22:39.59\00:22:40.59 THIS IS A CASE OF ANOTHER CHURCH THAT IS VIRTUALLY 00:22:40.62\00:22:43.39 READY FOR INDEPENDENCE. 00:22:43.43\00:22:45.29 AND THIS MAN ALONG WITH FIVE OTHERS FROM THE 00:22:45.33\00:22:50.27 SOUTHERN MINDANAO MISSION WILL BE MOVED THIS SUMMER 00:22:50.30\00:22:54.90 TO MAGINDINAO WHICH IS A DOMINANTELY MUSLIM AREA 00:22:54.94\00:22:58.74 AND THEY WILL BE WORKING IN PAIRS TWO IN EACH OF A 00:22:58.77\00:23:02.41 VARIETY OF COMMUNITIES. 00:23:02.44\00:23:03.71 I THINK ONE OR TWO ARE STILL TO BE CHOSEN. 00:23:03.75\00:23:05.95 TWO OF THE EIGHT ARE ALREADY WORKING IN 00:23:05.98\00:23:07.88 MAGINDINAO AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SIX OF THEM 00:23:07.92\00:23:11.69 INCLUDING THIS MAN WILL BE WORKING THERE BEGINNING TO 00:23:11.72\00:23:17.53 BUILD FRIENDSHIPS AND MUSLIMS ARE OPEN TO 00:23:17.56\00:23:20.73 FRIENDSHIP, WE DISCOVERED. 00:23:20.76\00:23:22.16 YES, WITH SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. 00:23:22.20\00:23:23.73 WE DO HAVE A LOT IN COMMON AS CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM. 00:23:23.77\00:23:27.34 I LOVE THOUGH TO WATCH THE CHILDREN HERE BUT MY HEART 00:23:27.37\00:23:31.01 REALLY RESPONDS TO A STORY LIKE THIS AND AS I LOOK 00:23:31.04\00:23:36.64 FORWARD TO THE STORIES THAT WILL COME AND THEY 00:23:36.68\00:23:40.72 ARE ONLY BEGINNING NOW, I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE 00:23:40.75\00:23:42.78 ANOTHER VIDEO WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO TALKING ABOUT 00:23:42.82\00:23:45.79 WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. 00:23:45.82\00:23:46.79 INDEED IN SOME OTHER PLACES IN THE SOUTH THE 00:23:46.82\00:23:50.29 REMOTE ISLANDS TO THE SOUTH TAWI TAWI FOR 00:23:50.33\00:23:52.46 EXAMPLE. 00:23:52.49\00:23:53.46 WE HAVE WORK THAT IS BEGINNING THERE -STRONG 00:23:53.50\00:23:56.13 FRIENDSHIPS THAT ARE BEING FORMED AND BONDED BETWEEN 00:23:56.16\00:24:00.10 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS AND THE 00:24:00.14\00:24:02.97 INFLUENTIAL MUSLIM LEADERS. 00:24:03.00\00:24:04.67 THE FRIENDSHIPS ARE STRONG AND THEY ARE GROWING. 00:24:04.71\00:24:09.34 INDEED THEY ARE WORKING IN SOME AREAS WHERE IT IS NOT 00:24:09.38\00:24:11.78 SAFE TO TRAVEL BECAUSE THERE IS THE TWO FACTIONS 00:24:11.81\00:24:15.35 THERE, SURE, AND THEY KIND OF WALK A TIGHT LINE BUT 00:24:15.38\00:24:17.45 IN MANY CASES WHEN THEY HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:24:17.49\00:24:20.39 LOGO OR THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LOGO ON THEIR 00:24:20.42\00:24:23.16 VEHICLE THEY FIND THEMSELVES BEING PROTECTED 00:24:23.19\00:24:26.16 RATHER THAN ACCOSTED BY THE REBELS BECAUSE IT IS 00:24:26.19\00:24:29.73 JUST-YOU KNOW, ITS NOT SEEN AS IN CONFLICT WITH 00:24:29.76\00:24:34.57 THEM. 00:24:34.60\00:24:35.57 THEY ARE SEEN AS FRIENDS AND WHAT THEY ARE TRYING 00:24:35.60\00:24:38.41 TO DO IS BE A FRIEND TO BOTH SIDES IN THE ONGOING 00:24:38.44\00:24:40.71 STRUGGLE. 00:24:40.74\00:24:41.74 THAT IS NEVER AN EASY THING. 00:24:41.78\00:24:43.41 NEVER AN EASY THING AND WE NEED TO HOLD THEM UP IN 00:24:43.45\00:24:47.62 OUR PRAYERS AS WELL. 00:24:47.65\00:24:49.08 AND OF COURSE, THIS IS AN EXCITING THING BUT NOW YOU 00:24:49.12\00:24:52.52 ARE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE IT OVER. 00:24:52.55\00:24:53.89 THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE THAT I HAVE TO SHARE. 00:24:53.92\00:24:56.46 LET ME JUST FOR OUR VIEWERS, I JUST WANT YOU 00:24:56.49\00:24:58.89 TO KNOW AGAIN THIS PATH THAT HE IS TALKING 00:24:58.93\00:25:02.30 ABOUT-THIS PATH WHERE THE LORD LEADS-IT OPENS DOORS, 00:25:02.33\00:25:06.74 YOU HAVE THESE GOSPEL WORKERS WHO COME IN, UH 00:25:06.77\00:25:10.34 HUH, AND THEY GATHER A CONGREGATION, THE 00:25:10.37\00:25:13.84 CONGREGATION GROWS. 00:25:13.88\00:25:16.01 THEY MIGHT DEVELOP A SHELTER FOR THEMSELVES AND 00:25:16.04\00:25:19.65 THEN THEY GROW STRONG ENOUGH THAT YOU SAID THEY 00:25:19.68\00:25:21.62 CAN BE INDEPENDENT AND IS THAT WHEN THEY CAN THEN 00:25:21.65\00:25:26.62 TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES WELL ENOUGH THAT THE 00:25:26.65\00:25:28.19 DISTRICT PASTOR CAN SUPPORT THEM ON AN 00:25:28.22\00:25:31.43 OCCASIONAL BASIS RATHER THAN THE GOSPEL WORKER 00:25:31.46\00:25:33.60 BEING THERE ALL THE TIME. 00:25:33.63\00:25:34.83 THAT IS THE PLAN AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING. 00:25:34.83\00:25:37.40 THE LAST TWO CHURCHES INDEED WERE THAT. 00:25:37.43\00:25:39.10 THEY WERE BOTH ABOUT 3 ½ YEARS OLD, RELATIVELY NEW 00:25:39.13\00:25:42.20 BUILDINGS AND WELL OF COURSE, THE PASTORS BUILD 00:25:42.24\00:25:45.17 THE CHURCHS AS WELL AS BUILDING THE REAL 00:25:45.21\00:25:47.38 CHURCH-THE PEOPLE IS THE REAL CHURCH. 00:25:47.41\00:25:48.91 SURE, AND THEY BUILD THE BUILDING TOO AND WE SEE 00:25:48.94\00:25:51.58 THIS HAPPENING AND IT IS EXCITING TO SEE IT HAPPEN 00:25:51.61\00:25:54.62 BUT IN THESE TWO CASES AT LEAST, THESE CHURCHES ARE 00:25:54.65\00:25:57.62 PRETTY MUCH READY FOR INDEPENDENCE. 00:25:57.65\00:25:59.15 YOU CAN SEE HOW THERE IS OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THE 00:25:59.19\00:26:01.96 DAUGHTER THAT WAS LEADING THE SINGING. 00:26:01.99\00:26:04.03 SHE IS MARRIED INTO THAT VILLAGE. 00:26:04.06\00:26:05.59 SHE'LL BE STAYING IN THAT VILLAGE, THAT'S THE PLAN. 00:26:05.63\00:26:08.13 OH. 00:26:08.16\00:26:08.90 SO, THAT IS A UNIQUE ONE THERE. 00:26:08.93\00:26:09.93 SO, THE INDEPENDENCE IS NOT AN INDEPENDENCE OF 00:26:09.96\00:26:14.87 JUST GOING OFF ON THEIR OWN IT IS LIKE FOLDING 00:26:14.90\00:26:18.44 THEM INTO A LARGER ORGANIZATION. 00:26:18.47\00:26:20.74 EXACTLY. 00:26:20.78\00:26:21.81 THEY BECOME A REGULAR CONFERENCE OR IN THIS CASE 00:26:21.84\00:26:24.81 A MISSION CHURCH, RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE OUT 00:26:24.85\00:26:27.05 IN A REMOTE HARD TO GET AT PLACE. 00:26:27.08\00:26:29.15 THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE. 00:26:29.18\00:26:30.72 THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION INTO THE FUTURE 00:26:30.75\00:26:32.59 AND TO GROW. 00:26:32.62\00:26:33.76 WHEN THEY START REPRODUCING AND GETTING 00:26:33.79\00:26:36.02 ANOTHER CHURCH, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO THE 00:26:36.06\00:26:38.69 NEIGHBORING CHURCH THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN TELL ITS 00:26:38.73\00:26:40.90 REALLY A HEALTHY CHURCH TO CREATE ANOTHER CHURCH LIKE 00:26:40.93\00:26:43.23 THEMSELVES. 00:26:43.26\00:26:44.30 IT IS AMAZING TO HEAR THE STORIES BECAUSE YOU KNOW, 00:26:44.33\00:26:46.87 THOSE WHO WATCH THESE PROGRAMS, THESE 00:26:46.90\00:26:49.44 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:26:49.47\00:26:51.84 YOU, MANY OF YOU HAVE DONATED YOUR TIME, MANY OF 00:26:51.87\00:26:55.84 YOU HAVE DONATED YOUR FUNDS AND YOU'VE GONE TO 00:26:55.88\00:26:59.31 THE WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG. 00:26:59.35\00:27:02.35 YOU'VE BEEN THERE, YOU'VE LOOKED AT THESE THINGS. 00:27:02.38\00:27:04.79 I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT AGAIN AND SEE WHERE YOU 00:27:04.82\00:27:08.26 CAN INVEST IN THIS AMAZING PATHWAY THAT THE LORD 00:27:08.29\00:27:12.99 HIMSELF IS LIGHTING UP. 00:27:13.03\00:27:14.83 AND EVERY YEAR THAT GOES BY, THE PATH KEEPS 00:27:14.83\00:27:18.20 EXTENDING LIKE A NETWORK OF ROADS THAT GROWS. 00:27:18.23\00:27:21.64 YOU CAN BE PART OF IT. 00:27:21.67\00:27:23.30 I JUST PRAY THAT GOD WILL BE WITH YOU AND WORK WITH 00:27:23.34\00:27:26.91 YOU AS HE DOES WITH ALL OF THESE VOLUNTEERS IN ALL 00:27:26.94\00:27:30.21 THOSE WHO HELP ENCOURAGE THEM WHEN THEY GO. 00:27:30.25\00:27:32.81 DAVID STREIFLING THANK YOU AGAIN AND MAY YOUR PATH BE 00:27:32.85\00:27:36.62 FILLED WITH LIGHT. 00:27:36.65\00:27:37.65 PRAISE THE LORD. 00:27:37.69\00:27:38.35 THANK YOU. 00:27:38.39\00:27:39.02 THANK YOU. 00:27:39.05\00:27:44.13 [CLOSING MUSIC]. 00:28:04.15\00:28:09.22