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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000778A
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00:01 ONE MISSION. 00:03 THE GREAT COMMISSION. 00:06 TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD INI THE 10/40 00:17 WINDOW WITH GOOD 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 DAVID STREIFLING. 00:47 THANK YOU. 00:48 AND YOU ARE GOING TO BRING US SOME STORIES FROM THE 00:50 PHILIPPINES. 00:50 THAT IS CORRECT. 00:52 I THINK IF WE LOOK AT A MAP, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO 00:55 LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, "I KNOW WHERE THAT IS." 00:58 IT'S A -YOU ARE VISITING ALL KINDS OF ISLANDS IN 01:02 THE PHILIPPINES, I UNDERSTAND. 01:03 WELL, THERE IS A MAP IF YOU LOOK AT THE 01:06 PHILIPPINES IT IS LIKE A BIG TRIANGLE, UH HUH, WITH 01:08 THEY SAY 7107 AND NOW I HEARD IT MAY BE 7600 AND 01:13 SOMETHING. 01:14 THERE IS A LOT OF ISLANDS BUT SEVEN LARGE ISLANDS 01:16 PLUS A WHOLE HOST OF LITTLE ONES, YES, AND 01:18 THAT'S WHERE WE JUST ARRIVED FROM A COUPLE OF 01:20 DAYS AGO. 01:21 COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU PHOTOS TO 01:24 SHARE AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN 01:28 HEARING WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE YOU WERE WITNESS OF 01:31 THIS BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I HAVE A VERSE THAT 01:35 YOU HAVE FOUND VALUABLE IN YOUR TIME THERE. 01:39 ITS THERE IN PROVERBS 18:18 "THE PATH OF THE 01:44 JUST IS LIKE THE SHINING SUN THAT SHINES EVER 01:48 BRIGHTER UNDER THE PERFECT DAY." 01:50 AND YOU SEE THAT LIGHT ON THE PATH OVER THERE DON'T 01:53 YOU? 01:54 I SEE THAT LIGHT AND ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST 01:55 STORY I'D LIKE TO SHARE. 01:56 WELL, LETS START THAT STORY. 01:58 I BET THERE IS A SLIDE THAT MIGHT GET US GOING ON 02:00 THAT. 02:01 WELL, THERE PROBABLY IS. 02:02 I'D LIKE TO SHOW A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE OF THE, OF 02:04 THE SETTING IN BAGUIO WAY UP IN THE NORTH END OF 02:09 LUZAN ISLAND. 02:12 THIS IS A COMMUNITY OF DEEP MOUNTAIN TRENCHES AND 02:17 TALL, STEEP, TREE COVERED MOUNTAINS. 02:20 IT'S AN INTERESTING STUDY IN GEOGRAPHY AS WELL. 02:25 THE PICTURES HERE THAT I AM SHOWING, THE TWO 02:27 SLIDES-THE FIRST TWO SLIDES ARE OF THE TOWN OF 02:30 BAGUIO ITSELF WITH THE BRIGHTLY COLORED BUILDINGS 02:33 AND THE, THAT IS BRIGHT, -JUST SHOWING HOW THEY ARE 02:35 TERRACED UP AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN BUT 02:39 ANOTHER SLIDE I'D LIKE TO SHOW HERE IS ONE OF THE 02:43 CHURCHES IN BAGUIO LOOKING DOWN OVER THE CITY ITSELF. 02:47 THIS CHURCH IS SET UP ON A HILL AND WE HAD TO CLIMB A 02:51 ROAD THAT WAS PROBABLY 30 DEGREES PLUS ABOUT 100 02:54 STEPS IT SEEMED LIKE, TO GET UP TO THIS CHURCH BUT 02:57 WHAT A VANTAGE POINT THERE. 02:59 THIS IS A CHURCH THAT WAS RAISED UP BY A GOSPEL 03:01 OUTREACH VOLUNTEER A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE HAD THE 03:05 PRIVILEGE OF MEETING THERE ONE SABBATH. 03:07 I BET THERE ARE MIRACLE STORIES INVOLVED WITH 03:09 THAT. 03:10 WELL, THERE ARE AND OF COURSE, SOME OF THAT IS 03:11 BEFORE MY TIME BECAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME 03:14 THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING THE 03:16 PHILIPPINES AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 03:19 WE'D WORKED THERE AT A.I.I.S- THAT IS OUR 03:21 GRADUATE SCHOOL, OUR GRADUATE UNIVERSITY. 03:24 I WORKED THERE FROM 1997 UNTIL 2002 SO WE KNEW THE 03:28 ISLAND FAIRLY WELL AND UNDERSTOOD THE CULTURE 03:30 SOMEWHAT BUT I'M LEARNING GEOGRAPHY, I'M LEARNING 03:33 NAMES - 75 NEW GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS, THEIR 03:36 WIVES, THEIR CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS AND SO ON. 03:39 THERE IS A LOT OF LEARNING. 03:40 AND EACH OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A STORY OF THEIR OWN, 03:44 A PATH THAT GOD HAS TAKEN THEM ON. 03:46 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:47 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:48 AND SO, I WANT TO TAKE YOU WAY OUT IN THE HILLS. 03:51 I'M LOOKING AT ONE OF THESE MOUNTAIN GORGES AND 03:53 ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE DISCOVERED IS YOU CANNOT 03:55 CAPTURE IT EITHER ON VIDEO OR ON A SLIDE. 03:59 IT JUST SIMPLY CANNOT BUT THIS IS -IF YOU LOOK 04:02 CAREFULLY OVER THE CURB OF THE ROAD YOU CAN SEE IT 04:04 GOES DOWN A LONG WAYS BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THE BOTTOM 04:07 BECAUSE IT IS COVERED WITH TREES AND THIS IS SO 04:09 TYPICAL OF THE COUNTRY THAT IS THERE. 04:12 AND, IN THIS SETTING HERE IS A PICTURE OF A VALLEY. 04:17 IT'S GOT SOME TERRACES, SOME LITTLE 04:20 GARDENS-AGRICULTURAL TERRACES, AGRICULTUREAL 04:23 TERRACES. 04:24 KIND OF TUCKED BELOW A GOVERNMENT ROAD AND IN 04:27 THIS SETTING IS WHERE MARY LIVES AND MARY IS A LADY 04:31 WHO OUR FIRST STORY IS ABOUT AND SHE-HER STORY IS 04:36 REALLY RATHER TOUCHING. 04:38 LOOKING DOWN FROM THE ROAD, WE COULD SEE THIS IS 04:41 THE ROOF OF HER HOUSE BUT YOU CAN'T GET A GOOD LOOK 04:43 AT IT BECAUSE IT SO STEEP. 04:44 EVERYTHING IS UPHILL OR DOWNHILL THERE AND THIS 04:47 WAS AS CLOSE AS WE COULD COME. 04:49 AND SO, WE MOVED INSIDE THERE AND MARY BEGAN TO 04:53 TELL HER STORY. 04:54 SHE WAS A FRIEND, SHE WAS A FRIEND OF THE -BECAME A 05:01 FRIEND OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER WHEN HE 05:03 MOVED THERE PARTICULARLY, HIS WIFE. 05:06 THERE IS MARY AND SHE'S INTERVIEWING ON THE CAMERA 05:09 BUT I WANTED YOU TO JUST SEE HER FACE AND THE 05:13 VOLUNTEERS WIFE WHO IS HER GOOD FRIEND COMES AND SITS 05:16 BESIDE HER PUTS HER ARM AROUND HER. 05:18 THE TWO OF THEM BECAME GREAT FRIENDS. 05:20 YOU SEE THE WIFE WAS -JOSE WAS THE NAME OF THE 05:26 WORKER-JOSHUWANY JOSE AND HIS WIFE WAS SELLING BOOKS 05:31 AND ONE OF HER FIRST CONTACTS WAS MARY. 05:33 REALLY. 05:34 MARY WAS THE ONE WHO WAS SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING 05:37 MORE THAN SHE HAD. 05:39 MARY TELLS HER OWN STORY THAT SHE WAS BORN INTO A 05:44 CATHOLIC FAMILY. 05:46 NOW CATHOLIC THERE IS MORE ANIMIST THAN CATHOLIC IN 05:49 MOST OF THE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES. 05:50 THE WAY IT IS PRACTICED. 05:51 THE WAY IT IS PRACTICED, THAT IS CORRECT AND MARY 05:54 WAS NEVER REALLY SATISFIED WITH WHAT SHE HAD BUT SHE 05:55 GREW TO A MARRIAGEABLE AGE AND MARRIED THE MAN OF HER 06:04 DREAMS. 06:05 THEY HAD FOUR BOYS. 06:06 SHE HAD FOUR SONS TOGETHER THEY HAD FOUR SONS AND 06:10 WHEN THE YOUNGEST WAS ONLY SIX MONTHS OLD, A 06:13 WORKPLACE ACCIDENT TOOK HER HUSBAND IN DEATH AND 06:16 SO SHE WAS LEFT AS A WIDOW TO STRUGGLE ON ALONE AND 06:19 TO TRY TO MAKE A LIFE FOR HER BOYS. 06:22 A SUBSISTENCE LIVING ON THE GARDEN, I GUESS IS 06:25 WHAT THEY WERE USING FOR A LIVING. 06:27 OK, SURE. 06:28 GRADUALLY THE BOYS GREW UP AND HAD THEIR OWN FAMILIES 06:31 AND NOW GRANDCHILDREN ENTERED HER LIFE AND HERE 06:35 SHE IS TELLING ABOUT THE GRANDCHILDREN NOW AND SHE 06:40 HAS, SHE LEFT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND JOINED THE 06:44 PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AND TO JEHOVAH WITNESSES BUT EACH 06:47 TIME THEY SEEMED LIKE WELLS THAT RAN DRY TOO 06:50 QUICKLY AND SHE STILL KEPT ON SEARCHING. 06:53 SHE STILL HAD THAT HOPE, YES, AND SHE STILL WAS 06:55 LOOKING -THE LIGHT THAT WAS GUIDING HER PATH KEPT 07:00 LEADING. 07:01 KEPT LEADING AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE IN THAT STORY 07:03 AND NOW AS SHE MET JOSE'S WIFE AND THEN WENT THROUGH 07:08 A KIND OF A PROGRAM, EVENTUALLY THEY WERE 07:11 INVITED TO BIBLE STUDIES. 07:12 THIS HAPPENED FAIRLY QUICKLY. 07:14 IT WAS JUST LAST YEAR. 07:15 THEY WERE INVITED TO BIBLE STUDIES. 07:17 THEY CAME TO A SERIES OF MEETINGS AND JOSE DROVE 07:23 THEM THERE AND BACK. 07:24 IT WAS IN A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY AND SHE WAS 07:27 BAPTIZED AS WERE FOUR OF HER GRANDCHILDREN. 07:31 AND IF YOU SEE THE SADNESS ON HER FACE IN THAT VIDEO, 07:33 I DO SEE THAT SADNESS, YES, SHE WAS EXPLAINING TO 07:37 ME IN HER BROKEN ENGLISH AND THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T 07:40 PUT HER VOICE ON THERE. 07:41 SHE IS EXPLAINING TO ME THE PUZZLE THAT SHE FEELS- 07:45 WHAT IS SO PRECIOUS TO HER, HER CHILDREN, HER 07:48 SONS DON'T EMBRACE. 07:50 THE GRANDCHILDREN DO AND HER HEART JUST ACHES FOR 07:55 HER SONS AND SHE IS SO SAD WISHING THAT THESE SONS 07:59 COULD GET EXCITED ABOUT WHAT JUST BURNS IN HER 08:03 HEART. 08:04 SHE HAS GONE OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS WITH THE -WITH 08:07 JOSE'S WIFE. 08:08 THEY'VE GONE DOOR TO DOOR AND INVITED THEM. 08:10 SHE IS SO EAGER TO SHARE THE LIGHT THAT SHE ALREADY 08:14 HAS. 08:14 SHE NOT ONLY SHARES IT BUT SHE SHEDS IT. 08:17 RIGHT, EXACTLY AND I THINK TO ME THAT IS JUST A 08:21 REALLY THRILLING STORY HOW GOD HAS LED HER. 08:24 I TRIED TO GIVE HER A CERTAIN COMFORT THAT GOD 08:28 UNDERSTANDS THE HEART AND THAT GOD CAN STILL 08:32 INTERVENE IN THE LIVES OF HER SONS AND YOU KNOW, WE 08:35 HAVE TO LEAVE THAT WITH HIM BUT SHE IS KIND OF 08:38 BLAMING HERSELF FOR NOT GETTING THERE SOONER AND 08:41 THAT'S THE PART THAT DISAPPOINTS ME IN A WAY I 08:45 CAN UNDERSTAND IT THOUGH, YOU KNOW. 08:46 YES, BUT THE HEARTCRY OF ONE WHO REALLY LOVES JESUS 08:50 WANTING EVERYONE ELSE TO SHARE THE SAME EXCITEMENT 08:52 THAT SHE SHARES. 08:53 TO ME THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST THRILLING STORIES 08:55 THAT WE HAD WHILE WE WERE IN THE COUNTRY. 08:58 IT SOUNDS LIKE IT REALLY IMPACTED YOU. 09:01 YOU FELT THE EMOTION OF THAT. 09:03 THERE IS PROBABLY NO PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE PARENTS 09:07 WHOLOVE THE LORD JUST LONG TO SEE THAT GROWING IN 09:11 THEIR CHILDREN. 09:12 THAT'S TRUE. 09:13 BUT LET'S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER AREA MOVING SOUTH 09:15 A LITTLE BIT. 09:16 I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF CHURCHES. 09:18 THIS ONE IS PALMAYO AND IT IS DOWN IN CENTRAL LUZAN 09:21 NOW IN THE CENTRAL LUZAN CONFERENCE AND THIS IS A 09:24 CHURCH THAT IS FUNCTIONING BEAUTIFULLY BUT IT WAS 09:27 RAISED UP BY A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 09:29 OF COURSE, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN UPGRADED NOW THAT 09:31 THE MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN OVER AND HAVE BECOME A 09:33 VIBRANT CHURCH ON THEIR OWN AND THE WORKER HAS 09:35 MOVED ON TO ANOTHER FIELD. 09:36 THAT IS PART OF THE GOAL, THOUGH ISN'T IT? 09:38 THAT'S PART OF THE GOAL AND HERE IS ANOTHER CHURCH 09:40 THAT IS THE SAME, YOU SEE. 09:41 THE WORKER HAS MOVED ON. 09:43 A CONGREGATION IS THERE UNDER THE MANAGEMENT, 09:45 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DISTRICT PASTOR AND 09:48 I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THIS ONE. 09:50 THIS IS VIA MARIA BUT ONLY THE FILIPINOS WOULD 09:54 PROBABLY RECOGNIZE THENAME. 09:56 IT SOUNDS A BIT SPANISH. 09:58 HERE IS ANOTHER STORY AND I TOOK THIS PICTURE OF A 10:01 SCHOOL BECAUSE IT IS VERY CLOSE TO WHERE THE NEXT 10:05 STORY UNFOLDS. 10:06 AND THIS IS A STORY ABOUT ROSELLE. 10:10 I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE AND HERE 10:12 IS A FRIEND OF ROSELLE WORKING VERY NEAR THAT 10:15 SCHOOL. 10:16 THIS IS AN AREA THAT WAS UNDER THE PRETTY WELL, THE 10:20 CONTROL, I WOULD SAY, THE- YOU HAD TO ALMOST GET 10:24 PERMISSION TO GET IN THERE BY THE LOCAL STATE CHURCH. 10:27 OH. 10:28 THE DOMINANT CHURCH OF THE STATE, I SHOULD SAY, AND 10:31 THE VOLUNTEER ROSELLE, WANTED TO GET IN THERE TO 10:35 -BECAUSE THERE WERE A GROUP OF AEATA, THAT IS 10:38 THE NATIONALS, YOU'LL SEE SOME PICTURES OF THEM 10:40 HERE, THE ORIGINAL ALMOST LIKE THE ABORIGINALS. 10:44 OK. 10:45 THE LADY TO THE LEFT IN THAT SLIDE IS A MEMBER OF 10:47 THAT GROUP AND YOU CAN SEE THE DARKER SKIN COLOR AND 10:51 THE CURLY HAIR. 10:52 THIS IS THEIR CHARACTERISTIC AND THIS 10:57 GIRL WAS A FRIEND OF ROSELLE'S. 10:59 ROSELLE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER AND SHE 11:02 WORKS IN THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. 11:04 SHE IS A NURSE. 11:05 SHE'S GOT TRAINING. 11:06 AND IN HER SPARE TIME, SHE WORKS WITH ROSELLE. 11:09 WELL, THE HUSBAND OF THE LADY IN THE PICTURE, YES, 11:12 WAS IN FOR DIALYSIS AND BECAUSE HE WAS HER 11:15 PATIENT, SHE BEGAN TALKING TO HIM AND THROUGH THE 11:18 FRIENDSHIP, ROSELLE WAS ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THIS 11:21 TERRITORY THAT OTHERWISE THERE WOULD NEVER HAVE 11:23 BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO AND SO WE FIND THEM NOW 11:27 WORKING TOGETHER. 11:28 HERE IS SOME OF THE CHILDREN YOU SEE ROSELLE 11:30 ON THE LEFT ON THE SCREEN ONLY AND IN THE BACKGROUND 11:34 THE MOTHER OF THIS HOUSE. 11:36 WE'LL TRY ANOTHER SLIDE HERE AND HERE IS SOME MORE 11:38 OF THE CHILDREN. 11:39 ROSELLE TAKES HER LITTLE LAPTOP OUT THERE. 11:42 THEY USE WHATEVER THEY CAN AND IT CAPTURES THE 11:44 INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN. 11:45 SURE. 11:46 AS SHE PLAYS FOR THEM THE STORY OF JESUS ON HER 11:49 LAPTOP. 11:50 YOU ARE DESCRIBING HOW ALMOST THIS LIGHT THAT WE 11:55 WERE READING ABOUT IN THE BIBLE, YES, IT'S LIKE THE 11:57 LORD MADE IT TURN GREEN FOR HER SO SHE COULD 12:00 ENTER. 12:01 THAT'S A WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT GOD 12:04 DOES TO OPEN DOORS. 12:06 OK, AND ANOTHER THING THAT THEY USE THEY TAKE OUT A 12:09 BIG FIVE GALLON JUG OF LEMONADE OR WHATEVER THE 12:12 DRINK IS AND THEY GIVE THE CHILDREN DRINKS. 12:14 HERE IS SOME MORE OF THOSE AEATA CHILDREN YOU SEE 12:17 THERE. 12:18 THEY ARE A MARGINALIZED GROUP BUT THEIR HEARTS ARE 12:21 REAL AND JESUS LOVES THEM AS MUCH AS HE LOVES YOU 12:24 AND ME. 12:25 HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING AND 12:28 HEARING THESE STORIES? 12:29 WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEART WHEN YOU ARE 12:33 PROCESSING ALL OF THIS AND TRYING TO CAPTURE DOWN AND 12:36 BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH US. 12:38 JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN JUST AS MUCH AS 12:40 HE LOVES YOU AND ME AND THAT'S FOR SURE. 12:42 THAT'S GOOD. 12:44 HOW ABOUT IF WE STOP FOR A MOMENT AND YOU GET TO 12:47 WATCH A SPECIAL PIECE THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCED. 12:50 YOU NEED TO SEE THIS. 12:51 EARTH- VAST, BEAUTIFUL BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU 13:01 CAN SEE THE PAIN OF A WORLD ON A COLLISION 13:04 COURSE WITH ITS OWN GREED. 13:07 HUMANITY. 13:08 WE NEED LOVE. 13:11 WE NEED HOPE. 13:12 WE NEED A SAVIOR. 13:16 MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN BILLION 13:18 PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT GOD'S LOVE AND HIS 13:22 PLAN TO SAVE US-ONE THIRD. 13:26 IN SUCH A BIG WORLD, IT'S EASY TO FEEL SMALL BUT YOU 13:32 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 13:34 PARTNER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO FUND BIBLE 13:37 WORKERS WHO ARE MISSIONARIES IN THEIR OWN 13:39 VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES. 13:42 THEY SHARE THE LIFE CHANGING LOVE AND STORY OF 13:49 JESUS CHRIST. 13:50 THANK YOU FOR GIVING. 13:53 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SO THAT ALL THE 14:01 WORLD MAY KNOW JESUS. 14:04 WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 14:06 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:09 ARE YOU ENJOYING THESE STORIES LIKE I AM? 14:11 DAVID STREIFLING IS TELLING US SOME MORE ABOUT 14:14 WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE PHILIPPINES. 14:16 LET'S GO TO THAT NEXT STORY THAT YOU HAVE, 14:19 DAVID. 14:19 OK. 14:21 WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS MOVE TO THE SOUTH, THE 14:23 SOUTH ISLAND MINDANAO WHICH IS THE LARGEST OF 14:26 THE MANY ISLANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND DOWN THERE 14:30 WE HAVE A GENERAL SANTOS THE SOUTHERN MINDANAO 14:35 MISSION IT IS CALLED, AND GENERAL SANTOS IS A CITY? 14:38 GENERAL SANTOS -THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 14:40 GENERAL SANTOS IS A CITY. 14:42 I REMEMBER HOW IT USED TO PUZZLE ME AND YES, IT IS A 14:46 CITY AND THERE WE HAVE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS 14:50 PICTURED WITH SOME OF THE CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP, THE 14:53 MISSION LEADERSHIP AND THESE ARE EXPERIENCED MEN 14:57 WHO ARE WORKING AS GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS IN A 15:00 VARIETY OF VILLAGES WAY OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS. 15:05 ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS HERE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT IS 15:07 WAY UP NORTH BUT ANOTHER THING THAT IS REALLY OF 15:10 INTEREST TO ME IS THAT THE VILLAGES OUT THERE-IT 15:15 SEEMS LIKE THE VILLAGERS LOVE TO BE AT THE VERY 15:19 HIGHTEST POINT POSSIBLE ON THE MOUNTAIN AND SO, 15:22 HERE'S THE CHURCH THAT WE ARE GOING TO VISIT FIRST. 15:24 THIS WAS ON MARCH 14 OF THIS YEAR WE VISITED HERE, 15:26 I TOOK THIS PICTURE, AND MARCH 14, 2019 LET'S GET 15:32 THE RIGHT DATE AND THIS CHURCH HAD JUST BEEN MOVED 15:35 BY THE GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER. 15:37 IT WAS FARTHER UP THE VALLEY -LITERALLY UP ON 15:39 THE HILL NOT THE VALLEY AND FROM THIS CHURCH YOU 15:42 CAN LOOK DOWN EVERY DIRECTION. 15:44 IT IS INTERESTING THAT AS WE VISITED THAT CHURCH, WE 15:48 WENT IN THE COMPANY OF A NUMBER OF MILITARY AND 15:52 POLICE. 15:53 THEY STOPPED TO GET THEIR PICTURE TAKEN. 15:56 THIS WAS FOR OUR PROTECTION. 15:57 THIS WAS IN THE SOUTH AND IT WAS IN AN AREA IN CLOSE 16:00 PROXIMITY TO WHERE AN ENCOUNTER WAS TAKING PLACE 16:05 WHICH MEANS THERE WAS A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN 16:07 REBELS AND SOME OF THE RECOGNIZED AUTHORITIES AND 16:12 SO FOR OUR PROTECTION THEY WERE THERE. 16:15 WE DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THE ACTION AND WE WERE 16:16 THANKFUL FOR THAT BUT WE WERE ALSO THANKFUL FOR 16:19 THIS. 16:20 RECOGNIZING THAT THE GOSPEL NEEDS TO GO OUT IN 16:22 EVEN SOME OF THE MORE DIFFICULT PLACES OF THE 16:24 EARTH. 16:27 I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 16:28 IS IT THE LOCAL CONFERENCE, THE LOCAL 16:31 MISSION THAT ARRANGES FOR THESE ESCORTS? 16:33 YES, THEY DO AND THEY ALSO ADVISE US IF THEY THINK A 16:36 PLACE IS UNSAFE FOR US TO GO. 16:38 AH, I MEAN THERE ARE PLACES WHERE AH, A WHITE 16:41 FACE WOULD BE A TARGET WHERE THE ORDINARY PEOPLE 16:45 CAN STILL TRAVEL REASONABLY SAFELY. 16:47 OK. 16:48 SO, THEY ADVISE US WHEN AND THEY MAKE THE 16:50 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THESE ESCORTS AND I THINK THEY 16:52 EVEN GIVE A LITTLE TIP TO THE MILITARY MAN AFTER 16:56 THEY'VE HAD, AS IT TURNS OUT, A RELAXING DAY IN OUR 16:59 CASE. 16:59 WE WERE GLAD FOR THAT. 17:00 I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF IN YOUR TIME WITH HIM, 17:03 THEY END UP UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ARE THERE TO TALK 17:04 ABOUT THE GOSPEL. 17:05 WELL, AND INDEED SOMETIMES THAT IS A PLUS. 17:06 THAT CAN REALLY BE A PLUS. 17:07 HERE IS A VIEW OF THE INSIDE OF THAT CHURCH AS 17:08 THE MEMBERS BEGAN TO ASSEMBLE AND YOU'LL SEE 17:15 TOWARD THE FRONT THEY'VE ALREADY GOT A MEAL PLANNED 17:19 FOR THEIR VISITORS AND INTERESTINGLY FOR ME, THIS 17:23 WAS MY BIRTHDAY AND SOMEHOW, THEY FOUND OUT 17:25 ABOUT THAT. 17:26 UH AND BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER GROUP THAT VISITED 17:29 WITH US THERE AND THIS IS A GROUP THAT I THINK 17:33 DESERVES A COMMENT. 17:34 HERE IS A PICTURE OF THEM ALL. 17:35 IT'S A SHORT VIDEO CLIP. 17:37 THERE ARE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS THERE 17:39 INCLUDING THE LADY WHO HAS BEEN PASTOR OF OTHER 17:43 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES WHO CAME ALONG TO VISIT WITH 17:46 US. 17:47 THESE HAVE NOW BECOME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS 17:51 BELIEVERS. 17:52 IN SOME CASES, THEY'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT A 17:53 CONGREGATION WITH THEM TO JOIN WITH US. 17:56 THERE'S A STORY. 17:57 THERE ARE MANY STORIES THERE IF YOU ONLY KNEW OF 18:00 THE STORIES. 18:01 OH WOW. 18:02 THEY CALL THESE "GIDEONS FOR CHRIST". 18:04 GIDEONS? 18:05 GIDEONS I LOVE THE IDEA-THE CONCEPT AND 18:07 ACTUALLY THOSE WERE SEVEN BUT THEY HAVE 72 18:10 RECOGNIZED INDIVIDUALS DOING THE SAME THING IN 18:13 THAT MISSION ALONE. 18:14 SO, ONCE THEY BECOME BELIEVERS, FOLLOWERS OF 18:17 THE ADVENTIST TRUTH, THEY BRING THEIR CONGREGATIONS 18:20 AND THEY TRY TO GROW THEM-WELL, NOT IN EVERY 18:23 CASE. 18:24 OK. 18:25 THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THEIR 18:27 CONGREGATIONS BUT IN A FEW CASES, THEY HAVE, IN FACT, 18:31 BROUGHT THEIR CONGREGATIONS WITH THEM 18:33 AND SO THE CHURCH GROWS AND THE CONFERENCE THERE 18:36 NOW GIVES THEM A TINY STIPEND. 18:38 IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO LIVE ON BUT IT RECOGNIZES SOME 18:42 VALUE TO THEM. 18:43 OH MY. 18:44 AND THEY CONTINUE AS BIBLE WORKERS NOW WORKING FOR 18:47 THE TRUTH OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MESSAGE. 18:50 AND WHAT IS GOSPEL OUTREACH'S WORK WITH THESE 18:53 GIDEONS? 18:54 THESE GIDEONS, A LOT OF THEM, ARE A PRODUCT OF 18:56 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK. 18:57 OK. 18:58 OK, SO I MEAN THESE WERE INITIALLY CONTACTED BY 19:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS AT LEAST IN A LOT OF 19:04 CASES. 19:05 I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IS THE CASE IN EVERY CASE. 19:07 NOW, I'M GOING TO SHOW THE NEXT VIDEO BECAUSE IT HAS 19:11 A PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE TO ME. 19:12 (VIDEO). 19:13 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 19:16 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 19:19 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 19:22 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 19:25 MAY THE LORD GOD BLESS YOU. 19:30 MAY THE LORD GOD BLESS YOU. 19:34 MAY THE LORD GOD, MAY THE LORD GOD, MAY THE LORD GOD 19:44 BLESS YOU.HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM YOUR GO WORKERS. 19:49 ALL OF US FROM SOUTHERN MINDANAO MISSION. 19:54 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THANK YOU I'VE NEVER CELEBRATED THIS 20:00 WAY BEFORE. 20:02 THERE IS A BETTER PICTURE HERE OF A LADY THAT WAS 20:10 ALSO CELEBRATING DRESSED IN HER NATIONAL- I GUESS, 20:16 IT'S WHAT YOU'D CALL A NATIONAL- THE CELEBRATION 20:19 COSTUME. 20:20 OK. 20:21 A LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER THERE AND I THOUGHT THIS 20:22 WAS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. 20:23 THAT IS. 20:24 SHE TOO WAS CELEBRATING JUST HAVINGGUESTS THERE IT 20:26 WAS A TIME TO DRESS UP. 20:27 THIS WAS ACTUALLY ON A THURSDAY THIS YEAR AND SO 20:30 WE HAD MANY OF THEM WERE AT WORK BUT IT IS AMAZING 20:33 HOW MUCH OF THE CHURCH FAMILY IS AVAILABLE FOR 20:40 MEETINGS ON RELATIVELY SHORT NOTICE. 20:43 SO, THAT'S ONE GROUP. 20:44 NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU TO THE FOLLOWING DAY AND 20:48 WE ARE GOING TO VISIT ANOTHER OF THESE HIGH 20:52 MOUNTAIN CHURCHES HERE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE ROADS 20:55 ARE -THAT'S ABIT TRICKY BUT IT AGAIN, IT IS STEEP 20:59 DOWN ON BOTH SIDES. 21:00 THE ROADS OFTEN FOLLOW THE RIDGES, THE RIDGES, AS YOU 21:02 GET INTO THESE HIGH ELEVATIONS AND SO WE COME 21:05 TO THE LAST CHURCH THAT I WANT TO VISIT TODAY AND 21:08 THIS CHURCH-THE VILLAGE WAS RIGHT AT THE TOP BUT 21:10 YOU HAD TO COME DOWN A LITTLE PATHWAY DOWN TO THE 21:13 CHURCH AND HERE IS THE CHURCH ITSELF AND ONE OF 21:16 OUR VOLUNTEERS IS STANDING AT THE DOOR. 21:19 THIS PLACE WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME-IT BECAME 21:22 SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE THE WORKER HERE AND HIS 21:26 DAUGHTER WHO WAS A FORMER SULAD, BUT THAT IS A STORY 21:30 FOR ANOTHER TIME, OK. 21:31 WERE WORKING TOGETHER AND THE MUSIC WAS JUST SUPER. 21:35 THE MUSIC WAS SUPER. 21:36 ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAD KNOWN BEFORE? 21:39 NO. 21:40 NO. 21:40 NO. 21:41 YOU ARE JUST MEETING THEM. 21:42 I WAS LET'S SEE, OK, SO THE - (VIDEO PLAYING) IT'S 21:54 A GOOD THING TO SERVE THE LORD AND WALKING IN 22:10 DELIGHTFUL LIGHT. 22:14 THAT GOES WITH OUR VERSE TODAY TOO. 22:17 THAT DOES GO WITH OUR VERSE TODAY, IT REALLY 22:20 DOES. 22:21 THE THING THAT I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY WAS 22:22 THE-WERE TWO THINGS: 1) I LOVE THE WAY THIS MAN 22:26 HANDLED THE GUITAR. 22:27 I THOUGHT FOR AN OLD INSTRUMENT LIKE THAT HE 22:29 GOT MORE MUSIC OUT OF IT-IT SEEMED TO ME THERE 22:31 WAS A MELODY, THE WAS ON BEAT, THERE WAS OFFBEAT, 22:33 THERE WAS RUNGS IN THE BASE ALTOGETHER LIKE HE 22:35 HAD A SMALL ORCHESTRA THERE. 22:37 THE LADY LEADING THE SINGING IS ACTUALLY HIS 22:39 DAUGHTER. 22:40 THIS IS A CASE OF ANOTHER CHURCH THAT IS VIRTUALLY 22:43 READY FOR INDEPENDENCE. 22:45 AND THIS MAN ALONG WITH FIVE OTHERS FROM THE 22:50 SOUTHERN MINDANAO MISSION WILL BE MOVED THIS SUMMER 22:54 TO MAGINDINAO WHICH IS A DOMINANTELY MUSLIM AREA 22:58 AND THEY WILL BE WORKING IN PAIRS TWO IN EACH OF A 23:02 VARIETY OF COMMUNITIES. 23:03 I THINK ONE OR TWO ARE STILL TO BE CHOSEN. 23:05 TWO OF THE EIGHT ARE ALREADY WORKING IN 23:07 MAGINDINAO AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SIX OF THEM 23:11 INCLUDING THIS MAN WILL BE WORKING THERE BEGINNING TO 23:17 BUILD FRIENDSHIPS AND MUSLIMS ARE OPEN TO 23:20 FRIENDSHIP, WE DISCOVERED. 23:22 YES, WITH SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. 23:23 WE DO HAVE A LOT IN COMMON AS CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM. 23:27 I LOVE THOUGH TO WATCH THE CHILDREN HERE BUT MY HEART 23:31 REALLY RESPONDS TO A STORY LIKE THIS AND AS I LOOK 23:36 FORWARD TO THE STORIES THAT WILL COME AND THEY 23:40 ARE ONLY BEGINNING NOW, I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE 23:42 ANOTHER VIDEO WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO TALKING ABOUT 23:45 WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. 23:46 INDEED IN SOME OTHER PLACES IN THE SOUTH THE 23:50 REMOTE ISLANDS TO THE SOUTH TAWI TAWI FOR 23:52 EXAMPLE. 23:53 WE HAVE WORK THAT IS BEGINNING THERE -STRONG 23:56 FRIENDSHIPS THAT ARE BEING FORMED AND BONDED BETWEEN 24:00 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS AND THE 24:03 INFLUENTIAL MUSLIM LEADERS. 24:04 THE FRIENDSHIPS ARE STRONG AND THEY ARE GROWING. 24:09 INDEED THEY ARE WORKING IN SOME AREAS WHERE IT IS NOT 24:11 SAFE TO TRAVEL BECAUSE THERE IS THE TWO FACTIONS 24:15 THERE, SURE, AND THEY KIND OF WALK A TIGHT LINE BUT 24:17 IN MANY CASES WHEN THEY HAVE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 24:20 LOGO OR THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LOGO ON THEIR 24:23 VEHICLE THEY FIND THEMSELVES BEING PROTECTED 24:26 RATHER THAN ACCOSTED BY THE REBELS BECAUSE IT IS 24:29 JUST-YOU KNOW, ITS NOT SEEN AS IN CONFLICT WITH 24:34 THEM. 24:35 THEY ARE SEEN AS FRIENDS AND WHAT THEY ARE TRYING 24:38 TO DO IS BE A FRIEND TO BOTH SIDES IN THE ONGOING 24:40 STRUGGLE. 24:41 THAT IS NEVER AN EASY THING. 24:43 NEVER AN EASY THING AND WE NEED TO HOLD THEM UP IN 24:47 OUR PRAYERS AS WELL. 24:49 AND OF COURSE, THIS IS AN EXCITING THING BUT NOW YOU 24:52 ARE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE IT OVER. 24:53 THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE THAT I HAVE TO SHARE. 24:56 LET ME JUST FOR OUR VIEWERS, I JUST WANT YOU 24:58 TO KNOW AGAIN THIS PATH THAT HE IS TALKING 25:02 ABOUT-THIS PATH WHERE THE LORD LEADS-IT OPENS DOORS, 25:06 YOU HAVE THESE GOSPEL WORKERS WHO COME IN, UH 25:10 HUH, AND THEY GATHER A CONGREGATION, THE 25:13 CONGREGATION GROWS. 25:16 THEY MIGHT DEVELOP A SHELTER FOR THEMSELVES AND 25:19 THEN THEY GROW STRONG ENOUGH THAT YOU SAID THEY 25:21 CAN BE INDEPENDENT AND IS THAT WHEN THEY CAN THEN 25:26 TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES WELL ENOUGH THAT THE 25:28 DISTRICT PASTOR CAN SUPPORT THEM ON AN 25:31 OCCASIONAL BASIS RATHER THAN THE GOSPEL WORKER 25:33 BEING THERE ALL THE TIME. 25:34 THAT IS THE PLAN AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING. 25:37 THE LAST TWO CHURCHES INDEED WERE THAT. 25:39 THEY WERE BOTH ABOUT 3 ½ YEARS OLD, RELATIVELY NEW 25:42 BUILDINGS AND WELL OF COURSE, THE PASTORS BUILD 25:45 THE CHURCHS AS WELL AS BUILDING THE REAL 25:47 CHURCH-THE PEOPLE IS THE REAL CHURCH. 25:48 SURE, AND THEY BUILD THE BUILDING TOO AND WE SEE 25:51 THIS HAPPENING AND IT IS EXCITING TO SEE IT HAPPEN 25:54 BUT IN THESE TWO CASES AT LEAST, THESE CHURCHES ARE 25:57 PRETTY MUCH READY FOR INDEPENDENCE. 25:59 YOU CAN SEE HOW THERE IS OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THE 26:01 DAUGHTER THAT WAS LEADING THE SINGING. 26:04 SHE IS MARRIED INTO THAT VILLAGE. 26:05 SHE'LL BE STAYING IN THAT VILLAGE, THAT'S THE PLAN. 26:08 OH. 26:08 SO, THAT IS A UNIQUE ONE THERE. 26:09 SO, THE INDEPENDENCE IS NOT AN INDEPENDENCE OF 26:14 JUST GOING OFF ON THEIR OWN IT IS LIKE FOLDING 26:18 THEM INTO A LARGER ORGANIZATION. 26:20 EXACTLY. 26:21 THEY BECOME A REGULAR CONFERENCE OR IN THIS CASE 26:24 A MISSION CHURCH, RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE OUT 26:27 IN A REMOTE HARD TO GET AT PLACE. 26:29 THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE. 26:30 THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION INTO THE FUTURE 26:32 AND TO GROW. 26:33 WHEN THEY START REPRODUCING AND GETTING 26:36 ANOTHER CHURCH, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO THE 26:38 NEIGHBORING CHURCH THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN TELL ITS 26:40 REALLY A HEALTHY CHURCH TO CREATE ANOTHER CHURCH LIKE 26:43 THEMSELVES. 26:44 IT IS AMAZING TO HEAR THE STORIES BECAUSE YOU KNOW, 26:46 THOSE WHO WATCH THESE PROGRAMS, THESE 26:49 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 26:51 YOU, MANY OF YOU HAVE DONATED YOUR TIME, MANY OF 26:55 YOU HAVE DONATED YOUR FUNDS AND YOU'VE GONE TO 26:59 THE WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG. 27:02 YOU'VE BEEN THERE, YOU'VE LOOKED AT THESE THINGS. 27:04 I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT AGAIN AND SEE WHERE YOU 27:08 CAN INVEST IN THIS AMAZING PATHWAY THAT THE LORD 27:13 HIMSELF IS LIGHTING UP. 27:14 AND EVERY YEAR THAT GOES BY, THE PATH KEEPS 27:18 EXTENDING LIKE A NETWORK OF ROADS THAT GROWS. 27:21 YOU CAN BE PART OF IT. 27:23 I JUST PRAY THAT GOD WILL BE WITH YOU AND WORK WITH 27:26 YOU AS HE DOES WITH ALL OF THESE VOLUNTEERS IN ALL 27:30 THOSE WHO HELP ENCOURAGE THEM WHEN THEY GO. 27:32 DAVID STREIFLING THANK YOU AGAIN AND MAY YOUR PATH BE 27:36 FILLED WITH LIGHT. 27:37 PRAISE THE LORD. 27:38 THANK YOU. 27:39 THANK YOU. 28:04 [CLOSING MUSIC]. |
Revised 2019-05-29