On this program
we are once again
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taking you to the
country of The Philippines.
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For years Laymen Ministries
has used boats as our lifeline,
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to get the needed
supplies to people and patients
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to and from the
remote villages of Mindoro.
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We have three
projects in remote villages,
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Binuangan,
Pinagbyanan, and Agbalite.
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Taking a boat from
the port in Mamburao
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to the first village
Binuangan can take three hours,
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but if you have to walk
which is the only other option,
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it can take six to eight hours
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depending on weather
and personal stamina.
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Around 17 years ago
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our first boat
was the smallest gift
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powered by a
five horsepower Briggs
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and Stratton engine.
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Taking people and
supplies out in a boat
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like this on the
open South China Sea
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was extremely
dangerous to say the least.
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So we modified it,
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putting in more wave protection
on the front and sides,
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just try to make it safer.
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But since the boat was so small
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we can only carry
a handful of people
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and a few supplies.
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We finally had to
build the new boat,
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this boat started out
as a used fishing boat,
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but after sometime we realized
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we needed to make
some other improvements.
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So we raised the captain
seat for better visibility
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and upgraded the engine,
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powered by a
4-cylinder Isuzu diesel engine.
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This faithful boat
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over the years halt
thousands of pounds of food,
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building
supplies and missionaries
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back and forth over
the open South China Sea.
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We're standing on
the Mamburao River
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and then in front of us here
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is the Laymen
Ministries Express II Boat.
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We use this boat
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because it is the only link
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between the
headquarters here in Mamburao
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and our remote
villages out in the mountain,
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we can by using this boat,
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we can deliver supplies
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and missionaries
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to the villages and
we pick up patients.
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And in this case
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we brought back two
missionary patients.
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The boat is extremely valuable
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for the work that
we are doing here.
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And it has served
us well since 2005,
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we purchased it as
a used fishing boat
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and remodeled it to
use for our purpose.
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However we've
patched all we can patch
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and we patch patches.
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So we're now in the process
of constructing a new boat
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which should be finished
by November of this year.
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The boat as I mentioned
was a surplus fishing boat,
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we have a surplus
4-cylinder diesel engine
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that drives it.
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And we're extremely thankful
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for the safe use
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that we have
received from this boat
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on the South China Sea,
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which itself is
very treacherous,
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especially the
route that we have to take
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around the island
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goes in an area
called the Cavity Passage.
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The Cavity Passages is wicked.
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Many times we
encounter gale force winds
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and three, four
or more meter waves.
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Many people don't
like to travel there
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but God has protected
us for these last 18 years.
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And we have
never had an incident
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that was dangerous.
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We're operating
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in a very critical
salt water environment
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which is hard on the boat.
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Our boats are
all handmade locally.
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And the pounding of the waves
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and the abuse the boat takes
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from the South
China Sea wears on it.
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As you can see we have
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some very serious problems here.
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Thank God, these are
all above the waterline.
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And we have fiberglass
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the outside of the plywood
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on this boat but it's
getting to the point of danger.
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And we're hauling families,
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patients and we do
this trip every two weeks.
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So it is not safe anymore
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for us to operate
Laymen Ministries Express II.
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And we are extremely grateful
that we can build our new boat,
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this one was a surplus.
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But we're building a new boat,
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bigger and stronger
than the existing boat
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because our
number of co-workers,
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teachers in the
village continues to expand.
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So we're hauling more
things back and forth,
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both people and supplies.
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We are now at
the home of Sawlie,
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the master boat builder
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who's been
building fishing boats here
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in Occidental Mindoro
for the last 30 years.
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And we just
stopped here at the house
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before we go to
the building site.
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We have workers
who are applying epoxy.
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So the plywood
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is being prepared here,
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in preparation for
applying to the boat.
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Soon as the ribbing is finished,
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we'll find out as
soon as we get there.
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We are on our way now
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to the actual
boat construction site
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and with me is our boat
captain and Mario Hernandez
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who's been with us now 17 years.
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And Mario is also overseeing
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the
construction of our new boat.
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Okay...
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Yeah.
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Our new boat will be 30,
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will be 11 meters long,
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plus the extension...
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Oh goodness, I forgot now
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what the extensions
are called in English.
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In Tagalog.
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Yeah, in Tagalog...,
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but in English it's the
stern and the bow, right?
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So this is going to give
us quite a bit more capacity.
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Sometimes now when
we go to the village
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to deliver the teachers
at the beginning of the year
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or pick them up,
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we have to make two trips.
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With this we
should be able to make it
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all in one trip
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as well as hauling supplies for,
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and it appears that ribbing
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is approaching a completion.
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So we should be putting
on the siding very soon.
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The bottom of our
boat is 40 inches wide,
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it's one tree,
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that was one
hardwood tree that was dug out
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and it forms the
bottom of the boat foundation,
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and then on the bottom of that
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we have a 3/5 inch,
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4/5 inch...
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Coral protection in the event
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we should ever run into coral,
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it will hit on the,
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the wooden 4/5 inch
that runs the entire 33 feet.
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Very important we
learned from our old boat.
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It had a very deep V bowl.
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So that the boat
sit deeper in the water.
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This boat on purpose
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we have a very
wide base at the bottom.
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So that the boat
will sit up higher,
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especially when we load it down
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with building
materials and people in it,
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but what's very important
for people to understand
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is everything
here started as a tree.
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All of the lumber you see
here started as a tree taken
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out of the forest,
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and cut to
whatever size is needed,
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and all of the work is handwork.
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We can't go to a store here
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and say I want this size lumber,
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it doesn't exist.
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So we set the engine in the boat
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before we started the ribbing
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because it's so heavy and bulky,
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it's dangerous to
move it in and out.
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We are very thankful that
we have had donations come in
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for the construction of the boat
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and we have very
faithful supporters
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who understand the
work we're doing here,
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the necessity of having a boat,
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so we genuinely
appreciate people
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praying about
and if God leads them
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to help us
complete the construction.
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And donations did come in,
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and the boat
construction moved forward.
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Soon the
workers had the sides on
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and started the
finishing touches.
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The New Lifeline
Laymen Ministries Express
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would be ready to launch.
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It has ample seating
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and a large
storage area for cargo.
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The day of the launch
took a large front end loader
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to move the boat to the water.
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Soon the boat was home
free and running smoothly.
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We want to thank all of you
who made this miracle possible.
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A new era for Laymen
Ministries has begun.
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This lifeline involves
a lot more work to keep
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all the food orders
and supplies box labeled
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and packed properly,
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so they can be
shipped to the villages.
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All the supplies have
to be put in reverse order.
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So when they get
unloaded at the boat
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they're in the right order,
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this way the right
supplies for the right villages
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is in its proper
sequencing for each village.
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Otherwise the supplies
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for one village will
be on top of the supplies
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for another village.
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Confused, well it can be
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without a good
systematic method.
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As you can see
there's a lot of work
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to keep the missionary stocked
with their needed supplies.
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As I looked at this boat,
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I was reminded how
bad its condition is.
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This is going to be
the second to the last trip
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before this boat
would be retired.
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I just hope it
makes it to the villages
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and back with no incidents.
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The next trick
is getting this boat
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out of this crowded harbor.
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There's a lot of
boats packed in here
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with their anchor rope
sprawling all over the place
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and the last thing
you want to have happen
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is to have a rope
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get tangled up
in your propeller.
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The boat crew often
have to jump into the water
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to ensure the boat
does not get tangled up
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with the other boats.
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The fishermen in these ports
are often rough characters,
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often sporting hangover
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so you want to prevent
any tempers from flaring.
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Soon we are off headed
for the South China Sea.
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Even though this
was typhoon season,
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we were blessed with
a relatively calm day.
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It's a three to
four hour boat trip
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depending on weather
from the port of Mamburao
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crossing Paluan Bay to
the first village Binuangan.
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We were again blessed
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because the water at the beach
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was relatively calm.
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Sometimes the waves
can be 12 feet high,
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pounding on the shore,
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literally make
unloading the boat impossible.
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After we anchored the boat,
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we started the
unloading process.
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In this village we
have an active school
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for the Iraya tribe.
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We have K through seventh grades
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in this village.
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The graduating
students from the seventh grade
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then moved to our
boarding academy in Mumburao.
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Many of the
buildings here are older.
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Staff housing and classrooms
are right next to each other.
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On the top of the
hill behind these buildings
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we have two more classrooms.
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The students start
their day with some exercises
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and then group worship.
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Following the melody of God
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Following the melody of God
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The students memorize Bible text
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and answer Bible questions.
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After worship all
the students are required
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to brush their teeth.
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They're all
encouraged to have good hygiene.
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We have teachers
that come from many places
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around the Philippines
and other countries as well.
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Sing!
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Okay, now.
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I originally was born in Haiti
and I migrated, if you will,
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to America 1n 1974.
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And so that's where I grew up.
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And that's where
I live currently,
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but, actually now I
live here in the Philippines
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being part of one of
the team members of LMP.
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Okay, now I leave.
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Leaf?
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How did I come about
with Laymen Ministries?
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Seems like its a full circle.
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In 2006-2007, in there,
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I applied with Laymen Ministries
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and for some reason at
the time I was searching
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because I really
desired to be a missionary
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but at the time I
wasn't too sure what to do.
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And then I also applied
at a place called Wild Wood,
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that's for medical training.
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So, I decided to go there
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because I figured
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if I have some kind
of medical background,
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I would be better
used in a mission field.
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So I went on to do that.
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Then shortly after Wild Wood,
I went to my first mission,
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my first long term mission
trip in Thailand and then there,
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right before coming to...
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going to America I
met a Filipino pastor
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and he invited me to
come to the Philippines.
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And so I came, I
was doing my own thing
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as a medical
missionary visiting many people
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doing blood
pressure and whatnot,
00:16:30.72\00:16:32.69
and all of a sudden, it's like,
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I was not satisfied enough
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and I felt very
lonely to tell you the truth,
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because I am going solo.
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So now right before...
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I'm trying to,
not really giving up,
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but a friend of mine,
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I asked for a phone
number to some friends
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I wanted to just get
some American connection,
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or some English connection,
00:16:54.51\00:16:56.14
she gave me the
friends email address,
00:16:56.18\00:16:59.55
and also the email
address of Jim and Moni Webb.
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And basically I'm
like "Jim and Moni Webb"?
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Who are they?
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And they're with
Laymen Ministries.
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I said, "Laymen Ministries!"
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And that brought back 2006-2007,
00:17:12.83\00:17:15.76
so I sent him an
email and then he wrote,
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I sent him an
email just to say "Hi!"
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and left him my email
address, and if he would like,
00:17:21.64\00:17:24.97
if he had time
to please contact me
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because I just wanted
some American connection.
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And he called in,
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would you know
that God had great plans
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and after many,
several conversation here I am,
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5 months later back
in, Laymen Ministries,
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so I am very excited to be here.
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Mom, one, two, three.
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Mom. Hmm.
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Okay, the next word,
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the next letter is the letter N,
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and what sound does the N make?
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Mae Celestre works
with the older students.
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It's amazing to see
these older students
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who have come from
an illiterate background
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advancing in
their comprehension.
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Mae and her husband Boying
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have been with our
ministry for many years.
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It's time to say goodbye
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to the
missionaries at Binuangan,
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pull up anchor and
head to the next village.
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It takes about one
hour in good weather
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to go from Binuangan to
the village of Pinagbyanan.
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Edith and Lowell Ramos
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are village
leaders in Pinagbyanan.
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This village has a
small protected harbor.
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Again the same
thing is repeated,
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the supplies
for the missionaries
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are unloaded.
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Okay, this is the
village of Pinagbyanan.
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This was the second village
Laymen Ministries entered
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after we started to
work here in the Philippines.
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We came here about 17
years ago to this location,
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and somebody attempted to start
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trying to build a
school over here in this area,
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and there was two like
two partial walls erected
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when we came and they
looked like they had been there
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for quite a while.
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Nothing was really happening.
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And I remember Jim and
Moni Webb and I came here
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and we looked over the village,
00:19:28.60\00:19:30.07
and looked over
the school property
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and thought about
starting a project here.
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There was a lot of challenges
00:19:35.00\00:19:36.34
with getting this particular
village up and running,
00:19:36.37\00:19:38.34
and by God's grace
00:19:38.37\00:19:39.94
that building
that was started there
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turned into one of
our first mission houses
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and classrooms here.
00:19:44.28\00:19:45.61
And since then we've expanded
into a really beautiful campus.
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The land is deeded
to Laymen Ministries,
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Philippines for the purpose
of working with the Katatubo.
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So the Katutubo
and Laymen Ministries
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has kind like joint agreement
on this land as a lease.
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And a lot of
things have happened
00:20:01.26\00:20:04.23
in the last 17 years.
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The village used to be
a small simple village.
00:20:06.10\00:20:09.57
We had challenges
with the school at first
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because a lot of the students
00:20:11.74\00:20:13.38
like in Agbalite
were older students
00:20:13.44\00:20:16.11
that came there and
so they only like made it
00:20:16.14\00:20:18.21
through a few years,
00:20:18.25\00:20:19.58
but then the village
started to really grow
00:20:19.61\00:20:21.95
and there was not only Katutubo
that moved into the village
00:20:21.98\00:20:25.85
but some Visayan
and Tagalog Filipinos
00:20:25.89\00:20:28.56
and some of those people
brought in alcohol, tobacco,
00:20:28.59\00:20:32.79
movies and some very less
than desirable type of movies.
00:20:32.83\00:20:37.50
And so there was a lot
of like worldly influences
00:20:37.53\00:20:41.17
started coming into the village.
00:20:41.20\00:20:42.64
The government
built a public school
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right close to
our school over here.
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The teacher shows up
about half of the time
00:20:46.74\00:20:49.31
but the parents
don't really understand
00:20:49.34\00:20:51.68
the value of education,
00:20:51.71\00:20:53.05
so whether going
to a school like ours
00:20:53.08\00:20:55.08
which has a
really high standard,
00:20:55.12\00:20:56.48
we expect a good attendance
versus just going over there,
00:20:56.52\00:21:00.86
you get pass, the
teacher shows up half the time.
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Some of the parents
have sent their students
00:21:03.83\00:21:05.59
over to the public school.
00:21:05.63\00:21:07.50
And what's
happened is some of them
00:21:07.50\00:21:09.26
actually come back now
and are going to school
00:21:09.30\00:21:11.33
because they said, you know,
00:21:11.37\00:21:12.70
the teachers here really love us
00:21:12.73\00:21:14.10
and this school is more serious
the one that we're operating.
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All the villages have a flag
raising ceremony every morning.
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The teachers do
a lot of one-on-one
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with the younger students.
00:21:35.29\00:21:36.62
Edith being a
college level teacher
00:21:36.69\00:21:39.19
knows the
importance of the groundwork
00:21:39.23\00:21:41.03
that needs to be done
with these younger students
00:21:41.06\00:21:43.40
to get them started in English,
00:21:43.43\00:21:45.43
her husband Lowell was testing
some of the older students
00:21:45.47\00:21:48.47
while we were there.
00:21:48.50\00:21:49.84
This campus has been built
and rebuilt over the years.
00:21:55.41\00:21:59.48
These two room schoolhouse
was constructed many years ago
00:21:59.51\00:22:02.45
and was built to
withstand typhoons.
00:22:02.48\00:22:05.12
Kimie teaches the
class on one side,
00:22:11.06\00:22:13.29
while Johan
teaches on the other side.
00:22:13.33\00:22:16.00
Every year we have
student missionaries
00:22:16.03\00:22:18.03
that come to us
from around the world.
00:22:18.07\00:22:20.04
My name is Johan
Lachenal and I'm from France.
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I'm 18 years old.
00:22:40.32\00:22:43.06
So at first I
did not really know
00:22:43.09\00:22:45.19
what to expect when I came here
00:22:45.23\00:22:47.76
because I heard
many different things,
00:22:47.83\00:22:51.87
but I did not really
know what to expect, that,
00:22:51.90\00:22:58.07
I he knew that I would
be in the remote place,
00:22:58.11\00:23:02.78
so, I was not really surprised.
00:23:02.81\00:23:08.35
So I think many
people worried me so I was,
00:23:08.38\00:23:14.92
I would say ready for that.
00:23:14.96\00:23:17.36
It was still a culture shock
00:23:17.43\00:23:20.00
because it's very
different from my place.
00:23:20.03\00:23:22.26
At the end of the day
00:23:26.27\00:23:27.60
there's nothing
like a home cooked meal,
00:23:27.64\00:23:29.24
prepared over hot
coals in your dirty kitchen.
00:23:29.27\00:23:32.84
Don't let the term
dirty kitchen scare you.
00:23:32.87\00:23:34.94
It's what the Filipinos
call an outdoor kitchen.
00:23:34.98\00:23:37.95
The next morning we
made our way to Agbalite,
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our most remote village.
00:23:44.35\00:23:46.05
Again we were
blessed with calm water.
00:23:50.23\00:23:52.53
This beach is
exposed to the open sea
00:23:52.56\00:23:54.73
and has a very
steep and rocky shoreline.
00:23:54.73\00:23:57.33
The children at the school
00:24:01.30\00:24:02.64
were just starting
their flag raising ceremonies
00:24:02.67\00:24:04.94
when we arrived.
00:24:04.97\00:24:06.37
Spirituality is a very
important part of our schools.
00:24:10.58\00:24:14.22
In the villages
00:24:14.25\00:24:15.58
there are so many
heartbreaking situations,
00:24:15.62\00:24:17.82
birth defects,
children getting hurt,
00:24:17.85\00:24:20.56
our missionaries or doctors,
00:24:20.59\00:24:22.29
counselors encourage
us as well as teachers.
00:24:22.32\00:24:25.69
So typical the
child has a deep cut
00:24:30.37\00:24:33.13
but he does not cry,
00:24:33.17\00:24:34.60
he does not show much emotion
00:24:34.64\00:24:36.50
and stays calm
while being treated.
00:24:36.54\00:24:41.94
The children are
taught to lead out
00:24:41.98\00:24:43.71
like this girl
praying before class.
00:24:43.75\00:24:47.18
This girl was
born with spina bifida,
00:24:47.22\00:24:49.88
Laymen Ministries
paid to have her treated
00:24:49.92\00:24:51.89
so today she can
function normally.
00:24:51.92\00:24:55.82
You should be,
you should be loud
00:24:55.86\00:24:57.96
and then you
have the same action
00:24:57.99\00:25:00.13
that is five points.
00:25:00.16\00:25:01.46
Isabelle is another teacher
00:25:10.61\00:25:11.94
who has been with our
ministry for several years
00:25:11.97\00:25:13.81
and is the
village project leader.
00:25:13.88\00:25:16.75
Back in 2004 and
2005 my wife Christy,
00:25:16.78\00:25:20.82
and my youngest daughter
Naselle worked in this village
00:25:20.85\00:25:23.92
for six months as
missionary teachers.
00:25:23.99\00:25:26.52
Christy was now wanting to
find some of her old students,
00:25:32.06\00:25:34.76
right now a girl named Naomi.
00:25:34.83\00:25:36.56
I'm looking for Naomi's house.
00:25:36.63\00:25:38.97
Some of these students
dropped school years ago,
00:25:39.00\00:25:41.40
reverted to their
parents' old lifestyle
00:25:41.44\00:25:43.87
but they still could
speak a little English
00:25:43.91\00:25:45.71
which they learned
when they were just kids.
00:25:45.74\00:25:48.21
Going into this
village will give you an idea
00:25:48.24\00:25:50.21
how the Iraya tribe lives.
00:25:50.25\00:25:52.05
This lady was indeed
Naomi, some 12 years earlier
00:26:04.66\00:26:08.36
she was one of
my wife's students,
00:26:08.40\00:26:10.57
her short time of
education had made some changes,
00:26:10.60\00:26:13.87
she and her children were clean.
00:26:13.94\00:26:15.87
But unless one
embraces a God given education,
00:26:15.90\00:26:19.27
the cycle of poverty
and ignorance will remain.
00:26:19.31\00:26:22.38
Christy had one more mission
to find a girl named Marie
00:26:36.19\00:26:40.13
who is also a
former student of hers.
00:26:40.20\00:26:42.30
Along the way we met
00:26:48.47\00:26:49.80
some of the
parents of our students.
00:26:49.84\00:26:52.17
Many of these young
adults were in the mountains
00:26:52.21\00:26:54.24
tending to their
high land rice fields.
00:26:54.28\00:26:57.45
These people are semi-nomadic,
so change comes slow.
00:26:57.51\00:27:01.68
This is Marie's house,
00:27:01.72\00:27:03.15
she was my
student when I was here.
00:27:03.18\00:27:06.02
And I thought I
would find her here
00:27:06.05\00:27:07.69
but it seems like she's
sleeping in the mountain.
00:27:07.72\00:27:11.19
Sometimes you
don't quite understand
00:27:11.23\00:27:13.43
the answers to the
questions you give.
00:27:13.46\00:27:16.13
Christy prepared some
plastic bins with soap,
00:27:16.16\00:27:18.67
toothpaste and
simple cooking supplies
00:27:18.70\00:27:21.17
for all of her former
students as a token of love.
00:27:21.20\00:27:26.24
Malany, her former
student came by and pick one up.
00:27:26.27\00:27:30.38
The impact of
missionaries is forever.
00:27:30.45\00:27:33.42
Laymen Ministries has projects
in seven different countries.
00:27:45.89\00:27:49.53
By people like you
supporting these projects,
00:27:49.56\00:27:51.83
we are able by God's grace
to keep the lifeline flowing.
00:27:51.87\00:27:56.47
In our next video,
00:27:56.50\00:27:57.84
we'll show you
our boarding academy
00:27:57.87\00:27:59.34
and the fruits of our
labors in these remote villages.
00:27:59.37\00:28:02.68