Missions is the
absolute adventure.
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So the word is adventures.
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Welcome to another
youth in mission's program.
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I'm standing here
outside of Laymen ministries
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of new mission headquarters
in the town of Mamburao
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and the island of Mindoro
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in the Northern
part of Philippines.
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In this program we're gonna
be interviewing young people
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who have been coming over
with the Laymen Ministries
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youth in mission's program.
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A lot of these young people
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or most all of
these young people
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go out into the far western
side of the island of Mindoro
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and are working in the
villages teaching school.
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Of course one of the reasons
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we're putting
this video together
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is 'cause we are
hoping that may be
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you might want to get
interested in missions
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and like to come over
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and participate in
a project like this
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or may be some other project
with some other organization
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but, it's been just
a tremendous blessing
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to see how these young people
interact with the native people
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in this remote
part of this island
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and the results
of their interaction
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upon the young people
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and when they get done
with the mission service
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the excitement that
they have and how they--
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most of them want to stay here
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or come back next year in fact
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some of the
young people this year
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are actually
coming back next year
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and teach a second year.
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One of the
questions that we asked
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some of the young people is,
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why did you want to
come here in the first place
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and teach in a
remote jungle village
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with Laymen Ministries,
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their answers
were very interesting.
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My name is Joel
Marshall and I'm 26
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and I live in the
Gold coast in Australia.
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Hi, my name is Trina.
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I am student
missionary here in Pinagbayanan,
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I'm 19 years old
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physical
therapy major at college
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and I just took a year off
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to do something
little bit different
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and I'm enjoying it.
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I really did not have a
clue of where I wanted to work
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and the website just said
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where do you want
to work in the world
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and I just put
down some random country
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and got a email back saying
we don't work in that country.
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Okay, my name is Kelsey
Nelson and I'm from California.
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I work as a teacher of
missionary in Pinagbayanan.
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They
recommended the Philippines,
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and I was happy to come here.
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I have known
about Laymen Ministries
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for quite a long time
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but I never even imagined
coming here and working.
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My name is Leroy Abrahams.
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I'm from Atlanta, Georgia.
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I'm 18 years old.
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I work in the
village of Agbalite.
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Honestly when I came, I
had -- some one had told me oh,
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you'll probably be
living in like a hut house
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made out of native
material dirt floor.
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And so when I came to
the village I'm like wow,
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they had like flowers
here and like on the walk way
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as like decorated kind of
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and like I came to the house
and like whoa, seen a floor.
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So, I was kind of
like in reverse like okay,
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it's better than I thought.
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So really
wasn't that bad for me.
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And there is -- I
mean there is little things
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like you get used to kind
of washing your clothes by hand
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and oh, man this stain
is really bad, you know,
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like is it really worth
it sometimes like okay, okay,
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I will step some more
I will step some more.
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But it's really
like after a month or so
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you are kind get used
to, it's just normal like,
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every one else is that way
and if they can do it you can.
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I had gone to the
general youth conference
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in Baltimore, Maryland
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and picked up a DVD
by Laymen Ministries
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and watched it several times
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but it never
really sunk in to me
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that I could do that.
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But I pulled it out again
I watched it with my family
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and my mom said oh,
so your friend's going
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and I said yeah she is deciding
to send in her application.
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And my mom kind of said
well, would you like to go
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and I said well, yeah,
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I think that
will be really neat.
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So I'm schooling
the last six months
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between January of '07 and May
finish up my high school years
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and I was thinking about
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getting involved
with some kind of mission.
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So at first I was
thinking of extreme mission
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but on Hope channel
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Laymen
Ministries has a little show
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that kind of discusses some
of the activities taking place
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here in the Philippines.
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So my mother convinced me
to just send an application
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to be a teacher here.
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So I sent my application
and a little bit later
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I was wondering
what became of it
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because I did not
see or hear of any reply.
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So, I called Jeff
and he said oh, Leroy,
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we kind of put your
application on the back burner
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because you said
you wanted to go like
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six months from
now, like next January.
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He said, but if you want to
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we're sending out a
group of Missionaries
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in a few days in a few weeks
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because at the time
it was like almost May
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around the time when
the first missionaries
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were about to
come to the villages.
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So I said oh, that's interesting
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but well, may be I wont
be able to come in by mid May
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but I would like to
come may be in June sometime.
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He said okay, well,
we're also considering
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two other student
missionaries as well.
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So, I got online and
printed out an application
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and sent it in right about
the same time as my friend did
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and we were both in
between high school and college
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trying to decide what
we are going to do next
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and we waited and we talked
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and pretty soon we heard
back from Laymen ministries
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and the process
started from there.
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First time that I found
out about Laymen Ministries
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was through
satellite TV, watching 3ABN
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and I just saw,
Jeff in the interviews
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that he was doing
and just the ministry
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and when I
started to get interested
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in doing missionary work
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when they popped into my
mind this is an organization
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that I could contact
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and so I looked on the website
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and just applied
and that's basically
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how I came to be here.
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I heard about Laymen
Ministries from my school
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and the missions department.
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I just stepped out
there and I was like okay,
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what is there to do I
want to do something different
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and I want to learn
about different culture.
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I want to -- I want to go
see what God can do with me.
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I want to be more useful,
I want to go to somewhere
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where Christianity
isn't all that prevalent,
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just to see what it's like.
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In America so easy to get
focused on a Christian world
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and converting
may be to Adventism,
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to Baptist, to this to that.
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But here it's different like,
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there are these people
with superstitious beliefs
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and different backgrounds
that is totally different.
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I wanted to see what it's like
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and it makes God more real to me
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to be here and
explain to kind of,
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some of these
kids for the first time
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some of the Bible stories that
they just never heard before.
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And when it
becomes more real to them
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it becomes more real to me too.
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And it's just --
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it's a unforgettable experience
being here, I really enjoy it.
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Being here on the Philippines
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really helps you
break out of your shell.
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Helps you do things
that you would never imagine
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that you would do.
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When I first came to the
village and we got off the boat.
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There was a lot of students --
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not over the
real lot of students
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but there is some
students there to meet us
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and some of the teachers.
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And I remember
being introduced to people
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and I told my--
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I was told my
roommate was going to be Venus
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and I had no idea really
what she look like or anything
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and as I was
shaking people's hands
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I met a girl name, Venus
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and for some reason the first
thought that came to my mind is,
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this is one of my students
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because she just
looked like a student to me
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and then I got introduced
to some of the other people
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and then it hit me.
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That was my roommate's name.
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So I went back and I
said, hi my name is Kelsey
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and said oh,
it's good to meet you
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we walked back to our house and.
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Well, this is my
hut, not really a hut
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but this is my hut.
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This is my room
here in the front
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it wasn't supposed to be room,
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it was supposed
to be a classroom
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but since my roommate
and I moved in we said,
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why can't myself in one
room so, this is my room here
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and this is down the
hall my roommates room.
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This is my small kitchen,
um usually we use gas stove
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but we are out right now
so we cook outside on charcoal
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and this is our CR which is
almost as big as our bedroom
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which is nice.
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You have to
collect your own water
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but we have a house
and we just fill it up.
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So what's this
whole mess right here?
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This is our
electricity, this is our solar,
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our battery, our lives,
every thing all the wires
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and it's pretty good right now.
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Well, this is what we
call the dirty kitchen
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which is
burning up a little bit.
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So I make my rice
and stuff sometime.
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Have you eaten much burnt rice?
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Yeah, sometimes I forget,
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I almost burnt my
rice this morning.
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I just came just in time
the edges just got burnt but --
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What's the sound on your roof?
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Monkey, yeah.
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What? Yeah, pet monkey.
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Yeah, been
careful to let him go,
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it will raid my house.
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You get the monkey
getting in your house?
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Yeah, he tears up everything.
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Actually, pretty clean place.
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Yeah, we try to -
try to keep it clean.
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What do you
actually cook in here,
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you have like a propane cooker.
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Yeah, this circle
no I mean yeah propane.
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They call it gas here right?
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What's this here?
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Some garlic and onions.
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It's part of
our main seasonings.
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You eat a lot of garlic?
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Yeah, not really,
sometimes I order too much,
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I think I did this time.
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I rid off the
onions quicker than the --
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What do you mean
you order garlic,
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I mean you have like
a delivery system here,
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somebody gets
order whenever you want?
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Not really, because we order
what's available in Mamburao.
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We have to text
our order by cell phone
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and once the boat arrives
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we have to carry
out supplies to shore,
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take them to our huts
or well into what ever.
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The air mattress.
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looks like same we set here.
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And if you have
problems of mosquitoes here?
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Um, sometimes if it's raining
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then mosquitoes are pretty bad.
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But now it's not so bad.
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There were times I've woken up
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with a bunch of bumps
and stuff on the face.
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How about the--
if you have those?
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Yeah those are pretty bad
also they are especially bad
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just after rains
they get really sick
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they are so
small but they leave,
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they really pack a punch.
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And do you like the
rest of the teachers here.
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You have your room actually
built right on to the classroom
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so your classroom is
right up the door of your house.
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Yeah, it's just attached, so --
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That's
convenient, in the morning
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if you're really tired you
can stumble out in the class.
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Oh, no may be once if I'm sick,
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they try to get
ready before hand.
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Every morning I notice
too that you are doing like
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worship
together as a group here.
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How long have you been
doing that here in the village?
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Oh, well we've been doing
this since I have come here,
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yeah. Good.
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It's really nice
it really promotes
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unity in--teachers.
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Okay, well we are
going to get down to the hut
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pretty dirty here,
show me your bathroom.
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Explain to me
little bit about your CR,
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what they call it comfort room.
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Yeah, this is the
CR, it's very simple.
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This is bathroom
where you relieve yourself,
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at the same time take a bath.
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How do you take a bath here?
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This is a stumper.
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I don't see a shower head.
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Oh no, no shower head.
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we will use this like this,
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this cold water,
stump on your head.
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The first time you
did that was it like --
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what kind of experience?
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It was very
miserable. I was very hesitant.
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Yeah, was very difficult for me
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but I just got used to it.
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It starts your
day out now right?
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Like shocks you
into wakes situation.
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Yeah, it's kind of
chilling experience
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but yeah, I kind of like it now
since it's pretty hot outside,
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It's nice to get some cool water
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but before, especially
if it's really raining
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sometimes it gets a little cool
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and then plus to
take a bath like this
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it's really, it's really rough.
00:13:01.51\00:13:03.12
Every year when
young people come here
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they always have
some kind of really funny
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and interesting
thing that happens to them.
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Such as what
happen in this situation.
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So I remember when I first came
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I used to be
really afraid of snakes
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and my house had plenty of them
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had more snakes, had so many.
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They started out
may be really small
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then they ranged
anywhere from like
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one foot to three feet or so.
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There is one instance
where I was using the CR,
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the toilet is pretty low
and so as I was sitting down,
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I looked up I
saw there is a snake
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coming through the cogon roof.
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I was like, oh no it
was quite a large to see it,
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oh no a snake.
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So, so I ran out
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and I called once
again my friendly neighbor,
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so afraid to come over
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and he insisted that we
use a stick to get the snake
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but by that
time we got the stick
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the snake went
through the house.
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My mam and mom they
haven't quite perfected yet.
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We're working with it.
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There's a few
students who do say,
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mam but the others laugh at them
00:14:14.80\00:14:16.10
because they are so
used to mom, mom, mom.
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They've been saying it
forever even other coworkers,
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all the time the
same mom, instead of mam.
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But, until they get used to it,
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some of them once
they hear it like -
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once they know that
they should be saying mam,
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then like, oh they are so funny
and sometime its really weird,
00:14:31.68\00:14:35.21
because they will be
like mom, mom, mom, me, me,
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mom, me, mom, me and pretty
soon it sounds like mommy,
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I am like no, no,
no don't call me mommy
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like mam is enough, but yeah.
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Some of the other
things that stand out are
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when I try and do
things that they do
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like go to the
village and pound rice
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and I start pounding
rice and one of the fathers
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will come over and say
oh, you are kinder student.
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Your pounding is like
kinder and the kids laugh
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and yeah, I've
never pounded rice before
00:15:03.68\00:15:06.49
but just to let them
see me experiment new things
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and that I don't do so
well the first time either.
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It's just fun to be with them
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and experience
things they do every day.
00:15:16.15\00:15:18.45
With most of the young
people that have come here
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we have seen that being
involved with mission service
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has been a tremendous
boost for them spiritually.
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We asked some of the
young student missionaries,
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you know, how did they
see God working in their life
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to some of the experience
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that they had
teaching the school year.
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Trusted in God
that's the only thing.
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It's mainly just trust in God,
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God becomes reality in here.
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That's, that's the major thing
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you can learn
from this experience
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that you may not feel
like you have the capability,
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you may not feel like
you have the strength,
00:15:48.23\00:15:49.78
but once you come out
here, once you meet the kids,
00:15:49.81\00:15:52.78
once you look into
their eyes just seems like
00:15:52.81\00:15:55.88
the ideas just come
that God just works with you.
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It's really,
it's really matured me
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in ways that's really
kind of difficult to express.
00:16:00.87\00:16:05.32
I think it's driven
me more to depend on God,
00:16:05.35\00:16:07.55
like before God's
there, now you have to have God
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like you're always doing things
00:16:12.21\00:16:14.42
that you don't
really expect to be doing,
00:16:14.45\00:16:17.00
oh by the way you are
giving a Sermon today,
00:16:17.03\00:16:19.24
like it's okay,
like you can do it.
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If you're having like a
personal relationship with God
00:16:22.01\00:16:25.18
you can just share with others
in a plain simple way like,
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this is what God's doing
it doesn't have to be like,
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okay here is my
three points and his report
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and yeah, this is
a doctrinal approach
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and it's all about being
a friend with the students
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with God with people around you
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and I don't know
00:16:45.09\00:16:48.11
that's what made
the difference for me.
00:16:48.14\00:16:49.99
The kids were just very
forgiving and very loving.
00:17:09.10\00:17:12.89
I was so
surprised, hugs everyday.
00:17:12.92\00:17:15.72
And I taught them for two months
00:17:15.75\00:17:18.81
and we had a
rotation of teachers
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and I got
switched to another grade,
00:17:20.74\00:17:25.38
second grade
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and definitely it
was a lot of different
00:17:26.73\00:17:29.07
than teaching the kinder,
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the kinder were
just learning to read
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verses the second graders,
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you know, they already can read
00:17:34.18\00:17:35.34
and it's pretty easy to
talk to them in English.
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I like you to meet
some of my friends here
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this is, Recelle she
is kinder two student
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and she is a very
good friend to me.
00:17:47.35\00:17:50.14
She always gives me hugs
and yeah, it's very special.
00:17:50.17\00:17:55.37
That's somebody we got there.
00:17:55.40\00:17:57.34
Another one this is Recelle
00:17:57.37\00:17:59.83
and she is also
a kinder student.
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When you say kinder student
what do you mean exactly?
00:18:03.60\00:18:06.91
It means that they --
00:18:06.94\00:18:08.69
Like first grade?
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They are not doing
any periodical testing
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or anything like that
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it's just sort of more
informal teaching, yeah, more --
00:18:12.34\00:18:17.65
It's like a kindergarten
or like pre first grade
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or is it actually first grade.
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It's not first grade.
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It's like kindergarten
and that call them a kinder.
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Yeah.
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Okay, any other girls
you want to introduce.
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Yeah, we'll get there
Margi, over here Margi
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and this one is Jian.
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And they are all kinder.
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They get me in my morning--
morning love and affection.
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Yeah.
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Some of them are
studying to do periodical tests
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and the others
just continuing on
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doing their normal study here.
00:19:13.58\00:19:16.99
So which one's
here are getting ready
00:19:17.02\00:19:18.81
for taking their tests.
00:19:18.84\00:19:20.33
Two students, we have Barnie,
00:19:20.36\00:19:23.35
he is grade three
and Jamel grade four.
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And then the other students,
they just continue on with their
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regular curriculum.
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Yes, and one student is finished
00:19:31.91\00:19:36.38
so, he is my assistant teacher.
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You tell me is it positive,
comparative or supportive,
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Biggest?
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Comparative.
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Cleaner?
00:19:59.08\00:20:02.54
Positive.
00:20:02.57\00:20:04.17
Yes.
00:20:04.20\00:20:05.49
More beautiful?
00:20:09.13\00:20:12.25
Supportive.
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Comparative.
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Right now we are
here in Idaho, at the --
00:20:14.90\00:20:16.84
our house at the
property of Laymen Ministries
00:20:16.87\00:20:19.11
and this week we
have been holding
00:20:19.14\00:20:21.08
a youth in missions boot camp,
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we have group of
young people here
00:20:23.77\00:20:24.80
that are getting
training 'cause this next Sunday
00:20:24.83\00:20:26.59
they are hopping on an airplane
00:20:26.62\00:20:27.65
and they're going for
little over ten months
00:20:27.68\00:20:29.14
to the Philippines.
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So we've been
teaching them about everything
00:20:30.33\00:20:32.16
from how to
purchase their supplies
00:20:32.19\00:20:34.44
about cross culture
ministry interfacing
00:20:34.47\00:20:36.37
with Tagalog
and Katutubo people.
00:20:36.40\00:20:39.20
Then native and the
majority people over there,
00:20:39.23\00:20:41.97
about how to wash clothes
in a tub, how to prepare food.
00:20:42.00\00:20:45.59
Basically preparing
them to be able to step into
00:20:45.62\00:20:49.14
that environment and not
have so much culture shock
00:20:49.17\00:20:51.33
like what we have
seen happen in the past
00:20:51.36\00:20:53.03
we have also
Kelsey and Jenessa here.
00:20:53.06\00:20:56.08
Kelsey was over there last year
and Jenessa was there last year,
00:20:56.11\00:20:59.08
so they are helping
share some of their things,
00:20:59.11\00:21:01.12
you know, how to work
in the classroom and such.
00:21:01.15\00:21:02.82
My daughter's leading out,
00:21:02.85\00:21:04.11
she has been over there
for three and half years.
00:21:04.14\00:21:05.42
My wife is helping leading out
00:21:05.45\00:21:06.95
and I am teaching
some of the classes here.
00:21:06.98\00:21:09.26
We knew some of the young people
00:21:09.29\00:21:10.46
at the boot camp
here at Laymen Ministries
00:21:10.49\00:21:12.70
and I would like to have
them introduce themselves.
00:21:12.73\00:21:15.39
So, you could know who they are
00:21:15.42\00:21:17.35
and Robert, why don't you start.
00:21:17.38\00:21:19.19
Hi, I am
Robert, I'm 19 years old
00:21:19.22\00:21:21.05
from Berrien Springs, Michigan.
00:21:21.08\00:21:23.69
I'm Julia, I'm 21.
00:21:23.72\00:21:25.10
I'm form San Antonio, Texas.
00:21:25.13\00:21:27.32
Hi, my name is Lindsay Charlton,
00:21:27.35\00:21:28.69
I'm 17 and I'm
from Holland Montana.
00:21:28.72\00:21:31.43
Hi, I'm Jess and
I'm from Colorado
00:21:31.46\00:21:33.49
and I'm 20.
00:21:33.52\00:21:34.66
Hi, my name is
Kelsey, I'm from California
00:21:34.69\00:21:36.95
and I'm 20 years old.
00:21:36.98\00:21:38.42
So far with the boot camp,
what have you been learning
00:21:38.45\00:21:41.51
while you've been here
what's been happening, Robert,
00:21:41.54\00:21:43.63
what is your
learning, so far at boot camp?
00:21:43.66\00:21:46.19
I want to say like -- Take two.
00:21:49.80\00:21:51.44
Yeah
00:21:51.47\00:21:52.51
Um...
00:21:52.54\00:21:53.57
all right just to
say it, I didn't think.
00:21:55.12\00:21:57.59
Okay Julia--
00:21:57.62\00:21:58.65
Julia, go to Julia first.
00:21:58.68\00:21:59.71
What have you learnt so far here
00:21:59.74\00:22:00.80
from you've been at boot camp?
00:22:00.83\00:22:01.87
Here at the Laymen
Ministries boot camp
00:22:01.90\00:22:03.70
we've learned a
lot about the food
00:22:03.73\00:22:05.26
we'll be eating how
to prepare those foods
00:22:05.29\00:22:07.56
and some of the difficulties
00:22:07.59\00:22:09.24
that we'll face
while we are there.
00:22:09.27\00:22:11.11
Are you -- do you have any
apprehensions about going there,
00:22:11.14\00:22:13.82
I mean are you are you --
00:22:13.85\00:22:14.92
Not a one, it will be great.
00:22:14.95\00:22:16.76
Are you serious?
00:22:16.79\00:22:17.86
No, I'm scared.
00:22:17.89\00:22:21.24
This is like virtual
television you know it's like
00:22:21.27\00:22:23.58
we are gonna get
these young people here
00:22:23.61\00:22:26.05
before they go they are
going through this training
00:22:26.08\00:22:27.87
and they're
getting all geared up to go
00:22:27.90\00:22:29.58
and they are not afraid
to go as she was just saying
00:22:29.61\00:22:31.44
but we are gonna
go to Philippines,
00:22:31.47\00:22:32.78
that few months we
are gonna video tape them
00:22:32.81\00:22:34.20
while they are over there.
00:22:34.23\00:22:35.26
We're gonna see
if the story changes
00:22:35.29\00:22:36.87
or if it really
turn out to be successful
00:22:36.90\00:22:39.09
and then when they
comeback we will get some more
00:22:39.12\00:22:40.99
video footages to share
with you about their experience
00:22:41.02\00:22:43.15
so, Robert what have you
learnt so far at boot camp?
00:22:43.18\00:22:46.17
Well, I have learnt
more about spirituality
00:22:46.20\00:22:48.49
how to keep, you know,
a connection with the Lord
00:22:48.52\00:22:51.00
because in the Philippines,
00:22:51.03\00:22:52.31
it's gonna be
kind of crazy there
00:22:52.34\00:22:53.46
and everyone is distracted
and everything like that,
00:22:53.49\00:22:55.03
but as long as we
keep connect with God,
00:22:55.06\00:22:56.76
things work out.
00:22:56.79\00:22:57.82
And are you afraid of
like the snakes or the bugs
00:22:57.85\00:23:00.06
or any of that kind of stuff
that we've talked about or?
00:23:00.09\00:23:03.42
Not at all really,
I'm looking for it to,
00:23:03.45\00:23:05.57
you know, chopping
some of them up yeah,
00:23:05.60\00:23:08.81
I was scared of them
but, you know, yeah, no.
00:23:08.84\00:23:11.82
How about you Lindsay
what have you learnt so far
00:23:11.85\00:23:13.31
while you've been here?
00:23:13.34\00:23:14.96
Well, we have learned
00:23:14.99\00:23:16.35
about the different
cultural differences
00:23:16.38\00:23:18.23
and just different cultures
00:23:18.26\00:23:20.27
and how the Philippinos are
and the way they say yes and no
00:23:20.30\00:23:23.53
and how we should
just approach them
00:23:23.56\00:23:25.90
and not being so forward
anymore and just respect their--
00:23:25.93\00:23:29.20
the way they do things
00:23:29.23\00:23:30.60
instead of just coming
right out and hi, you know.
00:23:30.63\00:23:34.96
Are you - do you
have any apprehensions?
00:23:34.99\00:23:36.90
Yeah, I have a
couple of apprehensions
00:23:36.93\00:23:39.02
about my cooking abilities
not so much on that level.
00:23:39.05\00:23:44.51
Jennessa, what have you
learnt so far here at boot camp?
00:23:44.54\00:23:48.56
What kind of things that they've
been impressed on your mind?
00:23:48.59\00:23:51.05
You have been to
the Philippines before
00:23:51.08\00:23:52.36
so, I mean, you know,
00:23:52.39\00:23:53.42
this is kind of
like second return
00:23:53.45\00:23:54.94
like around for you?
00:23:54.97\00:23:57.59
Yeah, I think
mainly cultural things
00:23:57.62\00:23:59.95
that I didn't know about like,
00:23:59.98\00:24:01.96
is that about
sitting down with them--in
00:24:01.99\00:24:03.83
not saying anything.
00:24:03.86\00:24:06.01
What do you mean
sitting down with them
00:24:06.04\00:24:07.29
and not saying anything?
00:24:07.32\00:24:08.35
I mean, you're
there to be a missionary
00:24:08.38\00:24:10.12
you just go down set with
these people ask same thing?
00:24:10.15\00:24:13.08
Well, that's part of
their culture, I guess.
00:24:13.11\00:24:16.59
You explain it
better than me though.
00:24:16.62\00:24:18.28
To bond with them.
00:24:18.31\00:24:19.34
Yeah, just-so they
feel like you trust them.
00:24:19.37\00:24:22.68
I'm learning how much fun
it is to watch young people
00:24:22.71\00:24:25.65
get excited about going there.
00:24:25.68\00:24:27.25
I mean, there
weren't cameras around
00:24:27.28\00:24:28.93
when I was getting ready to go
00:24:28.96\00:24:30.05
and I can tell you
I was really excited.
00:24:30.08\00:24:31.62
But seeing these
people and they are like,
00:24:31.65\00:24:33.99
wow and we're doing that
and I am like, yes you are.
00:24:34.02\00:24:37.34
A lot of fun for
me and I'm enjoying
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the joy that these kids have.
00:24:40.44\00:24:43.39
Really important to understand
00:24:43.42\00:24:44.45
that Julia just
stepped on an ant,
00:24:44.48\00:24:45.51
she was freaked
00:24:45.54\00:24:46.57
and she is going
to the Philippines.
00:24:46.60\00:24:47.70
There it is. The dead ant.
00:24:47.73\00:24:52.72
How about you two you kind of
already been on your own right
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so, this is not going
to be that big of a thing,
00:24:55.03\00:24:57.58
like being separated
from family and stuff as much.
00:24:57.61\00:25:00.21
No, it will be
difficult because there is not
00:25:00.24\00:25:03.03
another American person
00:25:03.06\00:25:05.20
to kind of relate
with and talk to, so you--
00:25:05.23\00:25:07.36
This is in your
village ship it's for -
00:25:07.39\00:25:08.42
Not in my village,
yeah, I mean it's good to have
00:25:08.45\00:25:11.11
companionship here
and meet the people
00:25:11.14\00:25:12.75
you will be working with.
00:25:12.78\00:25:14.20
But certainly it's
going to be difficult
00:25:14.23\00:25:16.44
it's not like
just living on your own
00:25:16.47\00:25:17.83
it's going around the
world, in another country.
00:25:17.86\00:25:21.85
So it will be
difficult. How about of you?
00:25:21.88\00:25:25.45
Um, I think it will
be a time of adjustment
00:25:25.48\00:25:28.49
and I think once I get pass that
00:25:28.52\00:25:29.92
oh, I have all these
kids and it's so hot out
00:25:29.95\00:25:33.13
and it's raining and so
I think once I get into it
00:25:33.16\00:25:36.22
I will start
enjoying it a lot more
00:25:36.25\00:25:37.77
and I wont want to come back.
00:25:37.80\00:25:40.43
Well, the truth is we
will find out that everything
00:25:40.46\00:25:43.26
that they said
will come to pass or not
00:25:43.29\00:25:45.82
or whether it's
true or not true,
00:25:45.85\00:25:47.43
that's part of
reality television.
00:25:47.46\00:25:49.86
My time here has
been life changing.
00:25:49.89\00:25:52.26
This is the last day I guess
00:25:52.29\00:25:53.93
its all over closing
ceremony has finished.
00:25:53.96\00:25:58.36
We've had our
last time at the river
00:25:58.39\00:26:00.80
so, it's about
time to go I guess
00:26:00.83\00:26:04.25
I have mixed feelings about it,
00:26:04.28\00:26:06.23
one hand I am
excited to go home and stuff
00:26:06.26\00:26:08.94
since I've been to the states
nine almost ten months now.
00:26:08.97\00:26:14.18
On the other hand I'm
really sad because you know
00:26:14.21\00:26:16.64
that I really
miss my co-workers,
00:26:16.67\00:26:19.07
I really miss my students
00:26:19.10\00:26:21.16
and I will really
miss all the things
00:26:21.19\00:26:23.32
I've gotten to do here.
00:26:23.35\00:26:24.62
A few days ago I found
out that one of my students
00:26:29.60\00:26:34.88
had newly born sister
yeah, new brother actually
00:26:34.91\00:26:40.69
and the parents
decided to name him Anthony.
00:26:40.72\00:26:44.17
Bye, bye--
00:26:45.60\00:26:47.36
Bye. Bye.
00:26:47.39\00:26:48.63
Bye.
00:26:51.03\00:26:52.06
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00:27:27.20\00:27:29.61
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