(dramatic orchestral music)
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- Hello, and welcome
to "Jesus for Asia Now."
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My husband Jon is
here with me today,
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and we'll be talking
about the mountains of Mindoro.
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You may remember
that project, and today,
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we get to see a little bit
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of a glimpse into
what's happening now,
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how the Lord has blessed
and is progressing this project.
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Welcome to the show, dear.
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- Hi, darling, how are you?
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- I'm doing fine.
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You know I'm
excited about this show
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because it just, it's so good
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to see how
things are progressing.
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Sometimes, we
don't get to see it.
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We just hear that the
work is going forward,
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but to see the progress,
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and to see how the Lord
has expanded the ministry
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is such a privilege.
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- Well, every project
starts out with a vision,
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and a lot of effort,
and a lot of sacrifice,
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and a lot of pain, and it
goes forward little by little,
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but after a few years,
you start to see the results.
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- Right, and you see how
God has expanded the vision,
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or redirected the vision.
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- And you see the lives changed.
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- Right, that's the main thing.
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- Yes, that's the big payoff.
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So today, we're gonna
see an amazing miracle story
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in a physical miracle story
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and in the lives of
some of our kids over there.
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- Right, right.
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Well, the first video
we have today is kind of
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an introduction to what's
going on in the ministry now.
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(soft orchestral music)
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(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
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- [Translator] If
you ask any Mangyan
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whether they're educated
or still wearing a loincloth,
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ask any of them, and
you'll hear the same answer.
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All of them are
discriminated against.
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- All of them are discriminated.
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(speaks in foreign language)
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- [Translator]
They've all been told
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that they're only a
little bit higher than the ape.
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(water sprinkles)
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- [Pete] I was before
public school teacher.
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- [Translator] I was
a public school teacher.
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I quit my job to
focus on the mountains.
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(Pete speaks in
foreign Language)
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But what can I do?
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Why did I leave teaching?
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(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
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I'm now full time in this
effort to teach these natives,
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especially the
Mangyan in the mountains.
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(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
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From my
perspective, it would be unfair.
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- It would be unfair
to give so much privilege
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(speaks in foreign language)
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- [Translator] To give
so much privilege to those
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who live on the coast
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while those who are
truly in need are the Mangyans
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in the mountains who have
never been given any help.
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(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
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- [Translator] Those who benefit
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from our medical evacuation work
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are those who
need health assistance.
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We bring
patients to the hospital.
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(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
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Before we leave them there,
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we make sure they have food
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and enough money to
pay for their medicine.
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(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
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Then we continue visiting them.
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(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
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- [Translator] My
wife and I prayed,
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Lord, give us a way
to help these natives.
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(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
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- [Pete] And then, less
than two weeks after that.
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- [Translator] And then,
less than two weeks after that,
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a native came from the
mountains, asking for a teacher,
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so that is how
this ministry started
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sending teachers
to the mountains.
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(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
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We connected
with another ministry
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for our volunteer teachers.
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- [Pete] Volunteer
teachers, Hasulag, specifically.
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- [Translator]
Hasulag specifically.
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They sent two
volunteer teachers at first,
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and that's how it started.
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From then until
now, we have been working
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for seven years
in the mountains.
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In the beginning, the
children didn't even know
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how to take a bath
or use a toothbrush.
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They knew nothing
but to play all day
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and wait for
their parents to return
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from foraging in the jungle.
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Now, praise the
Lord, most of them are now
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in grade six or seven,
and I am grateful to the Lord
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that most of them get the
highest grades in their class.
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(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
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After Kimali,
other villages learned
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that we could
send teachers to them.
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Saramayba
followed, then Bayabasan,
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and other villages, on and on.
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(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
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- [Translator] We find
they can learn much better
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since we started
the free lunch program.
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(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
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Now they can
concentrate on the lessons.
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(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
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It's not just the free
lunch food in every school,
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it's not just
the hospitalization,
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and how we bring them there
and help them with their needs.
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It includes their
coming to our house.
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(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
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- 19 villages under our care.
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- [Translator]
There are so many of them.
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Every now and then,
somebody comes knocking,
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often in the early morning.
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Ma'am, there is
hunger in the mountains.
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They stop by here
because we always feed them.
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It would be nice
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if every group was
only two to three people.
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Sometimes, there are
more than 10 of them,
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especially
groups that have walked
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for two days just to get here,
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and there's a lot of them.
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- That's such a
cool thing to see,
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that, after
these years, these kids
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that were
considered, you know, hopeless,
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unintelligent, unable to learn.
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- They were filthy
children, unhealthy children.
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- They could hardly concentrate
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'cause they were so
hungry all day long,
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and now, the kids that have gone
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into the public
school system are getting
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the best grades in the class.
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- I know, that's really awesome.
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That's really,
really, really awesome.
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- Oh, yeah, it makes
everything worthwhile,
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because it shows
that these are, you know,
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all men are created equal,
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it shows that to be really true,
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that God loves these people,
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and they just
haven't had the advantages,
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a mindset, or a
religion, or a way of thinking
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has held them back from doing
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and being all that
they could be in Christ.
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- Right, right.
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- And we're gonna
see a little video
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about one of these kids,
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and how she's doing.
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- In a little bit.
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- Yes.
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- But first, we
have another video,
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and this is from
a little while ago,
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showing and describing
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what it was like
before for the children.
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- That's right.
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You know, we
don't really understand,
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I mean, if we
say, well, I'm hungry,
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that means that, you know,
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I've been an extra 20 minutes
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or half hour, an hour, you know,
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since my regular lunch.
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- It's been five hours
since I've eaten, or six hours.
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- Yeah, but these kids,
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their parents leave
early in the morning
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to go foraging in the forest,
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and the kids
have no food all day,
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just waiting for their parents
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to get home in the evening,
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hoping that
they'd found something,
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and so this describes
what these kids are like
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when they're trying to
study in school with no food.
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- Okay.
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(lively orchestral music)
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(Alexia speaks
in foreign language)
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- [Translator] Their
parents don't grow anything
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because they fear many spirits,
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so they don't
make permanent gardens,
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and so the kids
are undernourished.
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Often, all they can
think about is food.
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They can't concentrate.
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The thing about them is
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that you will
never hear them complain
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or murmur about being hungry.
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Instead, you will
notice their behavior.
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While the morning
class is in session,
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they will often ask,
ma'am, what time is it?
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Then, after a few minutes,
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they would ask the
same question again.
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They would have no breakfast,
but drink lots of water
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to stave off the hunger pains.
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They go to the faucet outside
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and drink water
every now and then.
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The children see lots of plants
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on their way to school,
and they eat the leaves.
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They will first try to
touch and feel the leaves,
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and then taste them.
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If it tastes
bad, they spit it out,
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but if it's tasteless,
they will just swallow it.
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This is what happens when the
children have nothing to eat.
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Extreme hunger
causes severe headaches,
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and you will usually see
them hitting their heads.
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(Alexia speaks
in foreign language)
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They're always looking around
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to find something to eat.
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- So it's really neat to
see, after all these years,
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how the kids start improving,
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but it's so sad to
remember what it was like,
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and how hard their
life was, and the headaches.
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- And the death of the children.
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There's quite a number of kids
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that would die every year
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from
complications of malnutrition,
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and now, that's gone.
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- And one of the scary things is
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that they'll go taste a leaf,
or a plant, piece of plant,
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and see if it tastes
anything bitter or whatever.
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If it's bitter,
they'll spit it out,
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but if it has no
taste, then they'll eat it.
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It's like, what are they eating?
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- Well, I know a
friend, her father,
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she's seen him so
hungry, she's seen him go out
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in the backyard and eat dirt
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just to fill his
stomach with something,
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and so, you know,
this extreme hunger is real
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in a lot of parts of the world,
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and it's a
privilege and an honor
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to be able to serve that and to.
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- Help them with food.
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- Yeah.
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(laughs)
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- Yeah, what a
blessing. - And then see them
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do so well because of that.
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- Right, and
speaking of doing well,
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that's our next video.
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Our next video, we go
to, we call it graduation,
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they called it, I
think, a recognition,
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and it's a recognition
of how well they've done
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in the current grade level,
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and that they're
going to the next one.
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- Yeah, and I want to point out
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that the teacher
that you'll see talking
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about this recognition
is the same young lady
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that was in a previous show
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where she was talking
about the faceless man, okay?
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So this is that village,
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and this is after that
experience that she had.
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It's just really awesome
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because you'll see
some of the people,
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the parents of the children,
how much they appreciate this.
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- Okay.
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(soft orchestral music)
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(people chatter)
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(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
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- [Translator] Kamambugan
is about a 30 minute hike
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from the highway.
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No one has gone to high
school from this village,
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even though it's close.
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That is why they're happy to
have a school recognition day,
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because these
students will just play
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even when
attending public school.
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(Krezzia speaks
in foreign language)
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- [Translator] You
can see the happiness
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in the faces of the
youth and the parents
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because it is
their first time to see
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or experience
this kind of program,
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a program that inspires them
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and teaches them
the value of education.
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- [Translator] Earlier,
I was having a conversation
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with the village
elders, and they are thrilled
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that, for the first
time in their entire lives,
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they get to witness
a recognition program
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with their children
as the lead characters.
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(woman speaks in
foreign language)
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- [Translator] I
was happy when I heard
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that there will be
real teachers coming.
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(woman speaks in
foreign language)
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Finally, my
children can go to school
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instead of just playing all day.
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(woman speaks in
foreign language)
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I can't help but cry knowing
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that my child will
finally have a chance to learn.
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If it were up to me,
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I hope they will
be able to continue.
00:13:16.99\00:13:18.86
(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
00:13:25.20\00:13:28.00
- [Translator] Our dream is
to not just teach them to read,
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but to produce professionals
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that would go
back to their villages
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and become missionary teachers
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that would
benefit their own tribes
00:13:36.38\00:13:38.28
and the rest of
the Mangyan people.
00:13:38.28\00:13:40.78
(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
00:13:40.78\00:13:44.39
(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
00:13:44.39\00:13:48.56
(Krezzia speaks
in foreign language)
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- [Translator]
They're a continued presence
00:13:52.09\00:13:53.23
here in this village.
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They are gradually
learning about God.
00:13:54.46\00:13:56.40
(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
00:13:58.10\00:13:59.33
- [Translator] We
still need volunteers.
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We need people
that will sacrifice
00:14:00.80\00:14:03.07
for these native groups.
00:14:03.07\00:14:04.54
- Wow, that's really beautiful.
00:14:30.90\00:14:32.60
- Yeah, just simple
people, one little village,
00:14:32.60\00:14:36.60
the world has passed them by.
00:14:36.60\00:14:37.91
Nobody would notice them,
00:14:37.91\00:14:39.81
but the heart of the father
in heaven inspires the hearts
00:14:39.81\00:14:44.11
of his children that
know him, that go out,
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and go out of their way
00:14:47.35\00:14:49.68
to make a
difference in their lives.
00:14:49.68\00:14:51.35
- Right, and the mother's
happiness is just beautiful.
00:14:51.35\00:14:55.59
- It really is, and I know
00:14:55.59\00:14:57.09
that makes the heart
of the father happy also.
00:14:57.09\00:14:59.23
- Yes, yes.
00:14:59.23\00:15:00.30
The next video that
we have is the story
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of one of the young people
00:15:03.47\00:15:04.80
that came up through the school,
00:15:04.80\00:15:07.50
and then is now
in a public school.
00:15:07.50\00:15:09.80
- Yeah, so she's
from the original village
00:15:09.80\00:15:12.11
that we started in, Kimali,
00:15:12.11\00:15:13.78
that we visited, that you
and I walked to and almost died.
00:15:13.78\00:15:17.28
- Yeah, well, we
felt like we were,
00:15:17.28\00:15:19.78
but we
survived, it was very hot.
00:15:19.78\00:15:22.18
- It was an
awesome experience though.
00:15:22.18\00:15:23.99
- Yeah, so this is neat.
00:15:23.99\00:15:25.32
This is the next step for her
00:15:25.32\00:15:27.29
when she came down
out of the mountains
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to go to the next grade level
00:15:28.99\00:15:31.33
beyond where they
teach in the mountains.
00:15:31.33\00:15:33.76
- Yeah, and so
she's actually living
00:15:33.76\00:15:35.06
with Pete and
Jessica to go to that school.
00:15:35.06\00:15:38.03
- Right, right,
so here's the video.
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(soft orchestral music)
00:15:41.40\00:15:44.74
(Carmita speaks
in foreign language)
00:15:46.44\00:15:48.34
- [Translator] If I
had not been sponsored
00:15:48.34\00:15:49.74
to go to high school,
00:15:49.74\00:15:51.28
maybe now, I would just
be another ignorant Mangyan,
00:15:51.28\00:15:54.88
always afraid of
our Tagalog visitors.
00:15:54.88\00:15:57.89
(Carmita speaks
in foreign language)
00:15:57.89\00:16:01.36
I feel indifferent
about our way of dress,
00:16:01.36\00:16:03.59
being barefoot all the time,
00:16:03.59\00:16:05.59
and shaking when we
talk to the Tagalogs
00:16:05.59\00:16:07.86
because we don't know anything.
00:16:07.86\00:16:09.36
(Carmita speaks
in foreign language)
00:16:09.36\00:16:13.80
- [Pete] Our daughter, Kay.
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- [Translator] Our
daughter Kay was the first one
00:16:24.91\00:16:26.75
to befriend Carmita.
00:16:26.75\00:16:28.08
The first time I saw Carmita,
00:16:30.79\00:16:32.72
I thought she
was mentally retarded
00:16:32.72\00:16:35.19
because of the way she behaved.
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- She behaved
(speaks in foreign language)
00:16:37.33\00:16:41.66
- [Translator] She stared
at everything in the house.
00:16:41.66\00:16:44.50
It made me wonder what
kind of character she has.
00:16:44.50\00:16:47.00
Then I realized that she just
00:16:47.87\00:16:49.50
never had seen
any of these things.
00:16:49.50\00:16:52.21
(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
00:16:52.21\00:16:53.51
She had never
been in a modern house.
00:16:53.51\00:16:55.81
- Civilized home.
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Almost three years ago.
00:17:00.52\00:17:01.78
- [Translator] That
was almost three years ago.
00:17:01.78\00:17:03.39
- [Pete] Look at her now.
00:17:03.39\00:17:04.62
- [Translator]
And look at her now.
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She is trusted by the teacher.
00:17:06.02\00:17:07.76
She is one of the
most faithful readers
00:17:08.89\00:17:10.23
when it comes to the Bible.
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She's always bringing
her Bible to school with her.
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At first, we thought that
Carmita was a hopeless child.
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- Hopeless.
00:17:17.53\00:17:18.73
- [Translator] But
she is strong evidence
00:17:18.73\00:17:19.93
that Mangyan
children are not hopeless.
00:17:19.93\00:17:22.60
- Mangyan children
are not hopeless people.
00:17:22.60\00:17:26.71
(Carmita speaks
in foreign language)
00:17:29.54\00:17:32.61
- [Translator] Some of my
friends are already married
00:17:32.61\00:17:34.28
and have their own children.
00:17:34.28\00:17:35.92
Some are
pregnant without husbands.
00:17:38.45\00:17:41.09
(Carmita speaks
in foreign language)
00:17:41.09\00:17:44.59
Most of them tell me, you're
lucky you're not yet married.
00:17:44.59\00:17:48.63
(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
00:17:51.23\00:17:54.67
- [Translator]
Carmita is a lesson
00:17:54.67\00:17:56.07
that we want to show
to the village of Canron
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and nearby villages that their
children can learn like her.
00:17:58.74\00:18:02.88
- [Pete] By God's grace.
00:18:02.88\00:18:04.38
- [Translator]
By the grace of God,
00:18:04.38\00:18:05.51
we continue to support her.
00:18:05.51\00:18:07.88
It's our joy to
see when people change
00:18:07.88\00:18:10.45
because of the
sacrifices that we make.
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- All of us, you.
00:18:13.59\00:18:15.29
(speaks in foreign language)
00:18:17.99\00:18:19.49
- [Translator] To those who
have been watching our videos,
00:18:19.49\00:18:20.90
and to those who keep on praying
00:18:20.90\00:18:22.50
and supporting this ministry,
00:18:22.50\00:18:24.90
let us continue to
change lives just like Carmita,
00:18:24.90\00:18:29.14
because she is just
one of the many Mangyans
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that have been reached.
00:18:32.04\00:18:33.44
- Isn't that beautiful?
00:18:49.52\00:18:51.53
- Yeah, just to think
about where her life would be
00:18:51.53\00:18:56.50
without these schools.
00:18:57.23\00:18:58.50
I mean, she said
her friends are married
00:18:58.50\00:19:00.37
and husbandless,
basically, and pregnant.
00:19:01.57\00:19:05.74
- Two or three children by now.
00:19:05.74\00:19:07.11
Yeah, so the contrast
00:19:07.11\00:19:09.11
between what her
life could've been,
00:19:09.11\00:19:10.95
and what her life is now,
00:19:10.95\00:19:12.65
and what benefit she
could be to her tribes back home
00:19:12.65\00:19:16.48
with the education that she's
getting, it's just inspiring.
00:19:16.48\00:19:19.52
- Right.
00:19:19.52\00:19:20.72
You know, Pete said
there that she was like,
00:19:20.72\00:19:24.53
she had no brain.
00:19:24.53\00:19:25.93
It was like she was just
looking around the house, like.
00:19:25.93\00:19:30.67
- What is everything?
00:19:31.40\00:19:32.50
What is this?
00:19:32.50\00:19:33.34
How do they live?
00:19:33.34\00:19:34.47
- I think it's
really key to realize
00:19:34.47\00:19:36.44
what a
difference education makes.
00:19:36.44\00:19:38.57
You know, people that we think,
00:19:38.57\00:19:40.41
I mean, he thought she
was stupid at the beginning,
00:19:40.41\00:19:42.68
he thought she was
incapable of learning,
00:19:42.68\00:19:46.28
but that's not true.
00:19:46.28\00:19:47.98
Now, she's one of those ones
00:19:47.98\00:19:49.25
that's at the top of the class,
00:19:49.25\00:19:50.79
so that's really a God thing.
00:19:51.89\00:19:55.12
- Yes, it's very special,
00:19:55.12\00:19:57.39
and it's a privilege to
be able to support a ministry
00:19:57.39\00:19:59.66
that does that graphic a change,
00:19:59.66\00:20:02.50
an impact in people's lives.
00:20:02.50\00:20:03.97
- Yeah, that's true.
00:20:03.97\00:20:05.20
- So this next video
is just a little bit more
00:20:05.20\00:20:06.94
of a summary of the ministry
00:20:06.94\00:20:09.34
to give you an
overview of what's happening,
00:20:09.34\00:20:11.57
and it's kind of a
joyful, kind of a reason
00:20:11.57\00:20:15.88
why they do what they do.
00:20:15.88\00:20:18.18
- Okay.
00:20:18.18\00:20:19.01
(soft orchestral music)
00:20:20.05\00:20:21.88
(woman sings in
foreign language)
00:20:21.88\00:20:24.25
(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
00:20:24.25\00:20:25.52
- [Translator]
While in the eyes of many,
00:20:25.52\00:20:26.79
they are little
better than monkeys or apes,
00:20:26.79\00:20:29.06
I believe their
case is not hopeless.
00:20:29.06\00:20:32.39
Now, they have aspirations.
00:20:32.39\00:20:34.46
Some of them
see a higher calling
00:20:34.46\00:20:36.83
in learning to read and write
00:20:36.83\00:20:38.40
instead of marrying
at 13 or 14 years of age.
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They want to
study and have dreams.
00:20:41.90\00:20:44.51
(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
00:20:44.51\00:20:47.84
- [Jessica] It's
really heartbreaking
00:20:47.84\00:20:49.81
that they are hopeless
00:20:49.81\00:20:51.08
unless someone has
the heart to help them.
00:20:51.08\00:20:53.58
(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
00:20:53.58\00:20:57.45
They will just barely survive
00:20:57.45\00:20:59.29
until their last
breath leaves them.
00:20:59.29\00:21:01.82
(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
00:21:03.06\00:21:07.50
But since we have a lot for
these people, they see hope.
00:21:07.50\00:21:11.50
(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
00:21:11.50\00:21:16.50
And their life is made
better by the grace of God.
00:21:17.87\00:21:19.67
(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
00:21:21.14\00:21:23.24
- [Translator] We don't
have a retirement plan in place.
00:21:23.24\00:21:26.25
We don't have plans
to retire from this work.
00:21:26.25\00:21:28.58
(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
00:21:30.05\00:21:32.49
When will this end?
00:21:32.49\00:21:33.82
When Jesus comes.
00:21:33.82\00:21:34.82
If we don't do
this, then who will?
00:21:35.92\00:21:38.49
If we leave this work,
00:21:38.49\00:21:40.06
the next generation
will once again be victims
00:21:40.06\00:21:43.37
of the same cruelty.
00:21:43.37\00:21:44.63
(Jessica speaks
in foreign language)
00:21:46.20\00:21:49.57
- [Translator] That
is why we have schools
00:21:49.57\00:21:51.31
in their places and
choose to stay with them.
00:21:51.31\00:21:54.68
We endure many things
00:21:54.68\00:21:56.01
and overlook the difficult parts
00:21:56.01\00:21:58.21
just to be with them,
00:21:58.21\00:22:00.12
to be able to change
their perspective in life
00:22:00.12\00:22:03.18
and help them see that
God has wonderful things
00:22:03.18\00:22:06.39
in store for them.
00:22:06.39\00:22:07.56
Their life should
not just be the way it is
00:22:10.83\00:22:13.93
and always has been.
00:22:13.93\00:22:15.43
(Pete speaks in
foreign language)
00:22:17.73\00:22:18.97
- [Translator] We
want those who help here
00:22:18.97\00:22:20.44
to really make
sacrifices so that they will see
00:22:20.44\00:22:23.37
that true joy comes
from serving others,
00:22:23.37\00:22:26.37
not in costly clothes,
or touring around the world.
00:22:26.37\00:22:30.08
You will only find it when
you see somebody needing help,
00:22:30.08\00:22:33.52
and then you help them,
and it changes their lives.
00:22:33.52\00:22:36.72
- There's a higher
joy and peace in it.
00:22:36.72\00:22:38.32
- [Translator]
There's a higher joy
00:22:38.32\00:22:39.85
and a peace in doing that.
00:22:39.85\00:22:41.76
- I love what he
said there, you know,
00:22:55.84\00:22:58.17
that seeing
someone needing help,
00:22:58.17\00:23:02.34
and then helping them
is a higher joy and peace.
00:23:02.34\00:23:06.15
I love that.
00:23:06.15\00:23:07.65
- Yes, and this is
what's such a beautiful thing,
00:23:07.65\00:23:09.08
is that missionaries first went
00:23:09.08\00:23:11.02
to the
Philippines a long time ago,
00:23:11.02\00:23:13.39
and now, they are
getting the identity
00:23:13.39\00:23:16.16
of being missionaries,
and they're tasting that joy,
00:23:16.16\00:23:19.66
and that blessing that
only comes from mission work.
00:23:19.66\00:23:23.26
Christ's way.
00:23:24.27\00:23:25.83
- Right, right, of course,
00:23:25.83\00:23:27.54
and you know,
this brings out a point
00:23:27.54\00:23:29.30
that we say over and over again,
00:23:29.30\00:23:30.94
and that is, wherever you
are, you are a missionary.
00:23:30.94\00:23:34.81
When you believe in Christ,
00:23:34.81\00:23:36.78
Christ was a missionary, and
when we want to be like Jesus,
00:23:36.78\00:23:40.95
then we will identify
ourselves as missionaries.
00:23:40.95\00:23:44.49
Wherever we are,
wherever God has put us,
00:23:44.49\00:23:48.06
wherever he's given us
the privilege to grow up,
00:23:48.06\00:23:50.19
we start there as missionaries.
00:23:50.19\00:23:52.29
Sometimes, he
sends us to another land,
00:23:52.29\00:23:54.50
or he sends us to another place
00:23:54.50\00:23:56.03
in our own land as missionaries.
00:23:56.03\00:23:58.57
- Yes, and sometimes,
we look for that sending,
00:23:58.57\00:24:02.80
you know, we say, well, if
God sends me, then I'll go,
00:24:02.80\00:24:06.07
but the truth is
that he's already sent us.
00:24:06.07\00:24:10.35
He's already given us the word,
00:24:10.35\00:24:11.95
and it's a call for obedience.
00:24:11.95\00:24:14.15
A lot of times, we sit
there waiting for something,
00:24:15.52\00:24:18.09
for a word from God, when
he's already given it to us.
00:24:18.09\00:24:21.59
These people are
finding that, you know,
00:24:21.59\00:24:23.89
they have to go up
into the mountains,
00:24:23.89\00:24:26.26
and sometimes, it's
harder to go across the mountain
00:24:26.26\00:24:29.76
than it is to go
around the world.
00:24:29.76\00:24:32.17
Sometimes, that's a
more difficult thing to do
00:24:33.40\00:24:36.44
because it's so easy
just to relax at home.
00:24:36.44\00:24:39.14
I found a huge
blessing in going overseas
00:24:40.28\00:24:42.21
because, when I go,
there's a big commitment to go,
00:24:42.21\00:24:45.65
and then, when I get there,
00:24:45.65\00:24:46.88
I identify
myself as a missionary,
00:24:46.88\00:24:49.58
whereas I tend to fall into,
you know, when I'm at home,
00:24:49.58\00:24:53.79
kind of a normality,
00:24:53.79\00:24:55.42
taking care of
myself. - I'm at home.
00:24:55.42\00:24:56.89
I can relax.
00:24:56.89\00:24:57.73
- Just doing my thing.
00:24:57.73\00:24:58.83
- [Natalie] Be comfortable.
00:24:58.83\00:24:59.96
- Mm-hm, and so
there's a huge blessing
00:24:59.96\00:25:02.33
for the church in going,
changing our physical location,
00:25:02.33\00:25:07.34
and finding where
the need is the greatest,
00:25:08.64\00:25:11.01
and filling that need,
00:25:11.01\00:25:12.44
because where the
need is the greatest
00:25:12.44\00:25:13.91
is where the holy
spirit is the strongest,
00:25:13.91\00:25:17.08
and you can see the
greatest evidence of his work.
00:25:17.08\00:25:19.81
- At the
beginning of this episode,
00:25:20.98\00:25:22.42
we saw, when they were
taking people to the hospital,
00:25:22.42\00:25:24.72
they had a van
that they were using,
00:25:24.72\00:25:26.92
and then, later, when
they were going to the village,
00:25:26.92\00:25:28.42
they had a truck
that they were using.
00:25:28.42\00:25:29.86
We rode in that truck
when we went up there,
00:25:29.86\00:25:32.26
but both of those vehicles
are a present broken down.
00:25:32.26\00:25:35.83
- They're dead, completely.
00:25:35.83\00:25:37.57
- They need new vehicles.
00:25:37.57\00:25:38.80
They're riding
bicycles right now,
00:25:38.80\00:25:40.70
which doesn't help
with transporting rice,
00:25:40.70\00:25:43.67
and it doesn't help
with transporting people.
00:25:43.67\00:25:46.34
- To the hospital.
00:25:46.34\00:25:47.54
- To the
hospital, or to the base
00:25:47.54\00:25:49.54
of the mountains
where they can hike back in
00:25:49.54\00:25:51.38
with the vegetables and rice
00:25:51.38\00:25:53.75
for the children's ministry.
- Children's meals, sure.
00:25:53.75\00:25:56.38
- So we need to
provide them a new vehicle.
00:25:56.38\00:26:00.09
- A new vehicle
is about $18,000,
00:26:00.09\00:26:02.96
and so, if they
put a down payment
00:26:02.96\00:26:06.26
and then pay the
rest off over five years,
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it'll end up costing $22,000,
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so I don't see the reason
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why we should spend another
$4,000 in interest alone.
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- Right.
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- So if we can just get
them that $18,000 vehicle,
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that's gonna allow
them to transport people,
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transport the
food, and missionaries,
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and medical needs,
and things like that.
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You saw the human ambulance.
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You know, this
vehicle's not gonna be able
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to go up into the
mountains like that.
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- But, once they get to
the base of the mountains,
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that's how they take them
on to the hospital from there.
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- That's correct, yeah.
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- What a
blessing it is to be able
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to partner with them,
and be a tool for God to use
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to facilitate
their ministry there.
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- This is one of those
seed planting ministries
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where we here in America,
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or in the western
world, can plant a seed,
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and we won't see the
fruit until the second coming,
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but when we see that fruit.
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- [Natalie]
That will be awesome.
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- Yeah.
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- That will be awesome.
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- Can you imagine the look
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on some of these
little Mangyan children
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when they walk into heaven?
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- No.
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- And they see
such a clean beauty?
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- Beautiful, beautiful place.
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- And to see Jesus
put a crown on their head,
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that's gonna be amazing.
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- It makes your heart full.
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- Yes, even now.
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- Right.
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I invite you to
pray for this ministry,
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that they'll have the
vehicle that they need,
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and that this ministry
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that makes such
a huge difference
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in the lives of these
simple people would continue
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to go forward, and blossom,
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and become
everything God needs it to be.
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If you would
like to be involved,
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please contact us
at Jesus For Asia,
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PO Box 1221,
Collegedale, Tennessee, 37315.
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Call us at (423) 413-7321,
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or visit our
website at jesus4asia.org.
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May God richly bless you
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until we see you next
time on "Jesus For Asia Now."
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(dramatic orchestral music)
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