Adventist World Aviation
is an aviation based ministry
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with the mission of
reaching the unreached people
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all around the world.
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Currently they have
mission outposts in Guyana,
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Alaska and the Philippines.
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Today, we travel to the
Philippine Island of Palawan,
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where Adventist World
Aviation has an airbase.
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Adventist World Aviation
primarily focuses their efforts
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on aviation operations and
support. However, they also
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do much more to
minister to the local people.
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Evangelism is an
important component of what
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Adventist World Aviation
does both internationally
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and domestically.
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That is building the kingdom
of God in the hearts of people
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is always the first
and foremost objective,
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and that is just what they
are doing here in Palawan today.
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Adventist World
Aviation has had a presence here
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in Palawan for over 8 years.
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Their airbase and mission
outpost is in the heart of the
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community of Sagpangan.
Within the community is a
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simple bamboo church
which, Adventist World Aviation
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leadership helped plant.
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Years ago, a series of
evangelistic meetings was held
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here in this area, which
lead to a bountiful baptism.
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Shortly after, a simple
bamboo structure was built
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for the new
members to worship in.
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Since then the church membership
has continued to grow.
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Sadly to say, the
building is deteriorating.
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Now, years later,
Adventist World Aviation leaders
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are back again
to visit the church.
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They plan to restore and grow
the membership while improving
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the house of the
Lord here, in Sagpangan.
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We are standing here in
the Philippines in Sagpangan.
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We are here with our
lay pastor, pastor Edgar.
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Pastor is our airbase manager.
For the lack of a better term.
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Edgar is been working
with Adventist World Aviation
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now for nearly 7
years, yeah 7 years.
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Edgar, we have worked
hard to build this church here
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in this area. I know
that Adventist World Aviation
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was crucial in the formulation
of this church here in Sagpangan
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Just right next door
airbase, really just basically
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across the street. Isn't it?
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Edgar tell us, how did
this church get it's start?
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It started when I first
came here in 2007. There was an
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evangelistic meeting here with
the request of Nemy Marcelo.
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When I came, the evangelistic
meeting was already started
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And many were
baptized, 55 souls.
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Because we did not have any
church, we went to different
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houses to have a
meeting, but we were so many,
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so we did this church.
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Nemy is our Adventist
World Aviation ambassador here.
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Nemy had asked Adventist
World Aviation if we could help
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sponsor evangelism here.
Seeing there is an airbase was
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in this area some time ago. We
have no Adventist presence here
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Up until then, about 7 years ago
So we held a series of meetings
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here. It was a great success
resulting in a church plant.
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A church plant
not only needs people,
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but it needs a
place to worship in.
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Ric Swaningson, president
of Adventist World Aviation
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speaks with the
Palawan Mission president about
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working together to expand
the church here in Sagpangan.
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It is always the goal of
AWA to support the world wide
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Seventh-day Adventist
Church and work together
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to grow the kingdom of
God in the hearts of people.
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So we are standing inside the
sanctuary here which was just
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freshly built it's as I
look around Edgar, it looks like
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this sanctuary, it looks
old, but really, how old is it?
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2008, so it's
already 6 years old.
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It is 6 years old
and it's suffering some
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condition problems, isn't it?
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Jah, because of the
termites are coming very fast.
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They say this place was on
top of the house of termites.
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Termites are really fast
eating the light materials,
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as you can see.
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2008 the church was built.
Since than there's been great
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amounts of deterioration. Of
course termites are a problem
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all throughout the Philippines,
but it has especially been
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a problem here. I think
the devil would like to destroy
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what we are doing here.
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Termites of course, the weather
conditions. We had enough money
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to put a metal
roof on this structure,
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which has saved this
building I think, hasn't it?
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That is the reason why this
building is still exists today
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because of this roof.
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When it was
originally built 6 years ago,
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the Sagpangan church
also included detached
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mission housing, and an
exterior children's room.
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At the time, there was not
enough funding to put metal
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roofing on these
exterior structures.
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So within a few short years,
unfortunately the buildings
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have completely deteriorated
due to the natural elements.
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Now all that is left, is the one
room church, with no place for
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the youth to meet,
and no place to house
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Bible workers for this area.
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This foundation actually is
the remnants of a construction
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that happened just 7
years ago. Is that right? Right!
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This is our
children's department,
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our children's department, they
would sing and had their Sabbath
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school songs here and worship
here. They would have children's
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programs going on here.
I understand even maybe the
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pathfinders would meet
in here from time to time.
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This was their building.
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Unfortunately we didn't have
the money to put the metal roof
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on this structure. It
was just a typical flat roof
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on this structure. As a result
of that the weather has totally
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deteriorated the building
to where it is gone. A common
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lawnmower was able to
care of the cleanup after the
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deterioration. That's how
poorly, quickly deteriorated.
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Had we had a metal roof like
we have on our church over here
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this building still would
be here. Again a metal roof
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doesn't sound like it's a lot
of money. Something as simple
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as that. If we can get the
right construction material
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build this thing back
up again. Due we need this?
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Yes, we really need it.
Because we do not have any
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children's division.
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We don't have a shelter
for children and the youth.
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This church desperately
needs to rebuild both their
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children's room and
their missionary housing.
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The work they are trying to
accomplish here is being greatly
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impeded with the
lack of facilities.
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Without housing, no
long-term Bible worker
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can come to this area.
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And without a
place for the children,
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their growth
potential is extremely limited.
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So it is the prayer of Adventist
World Aviation, to be able to
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restore and expand this church.
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One of the goals of Adventist
World Aviation is of course
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to continue
supporting the work that we done
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again just a matter of tools.
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We fly the mechanics in to
work on our equipment here.
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We fly the construction workers
in here to work on our project
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to build a church and
to continue maintenance.
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Unfortunately as this
church was built during
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the economic decline. Funding
has been less than desirable
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As a result our
church is suffering for it.
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Now one would think, why isn't
the local church membership
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just jump in and
pay for the church?
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No money!
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What seems to be a
simple expense to us, could be
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a year's wages to a local,
that lives in remote areas
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of the Philippines. You know,
quite often we take for granted
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the simple things in life, but
a $100 is a lot of money here.
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The materials here, sadly
for metal roof and for timber
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and all the other things
is about the same, as it is
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in the United States. It
might be a little bit less.
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But none the less, when it
is out of reach, when it takes
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a year's salary just to put
up a simple wall. It becomes
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extremely difficult for
our locals to be able to that.
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So it is our hope and our prayer
that we'll be able to continue
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to support our church here,
that we affectionately call our
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little home church
here for our AWA airbase.
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We are proud that we
have pastor Edgar on our team.
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He is our airbase caretaker and
he makes sure that the church
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is well taken care of as well.
We are hoping that we will be
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able to accomplish some
good work here in our church,
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so we just thank you. I
hope you'll pray for what's
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taking place in our little
church that AWA was involved
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in helping structure and build.
So thanks for your prayers.
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Renovating the church
building is not the only concern
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of Adventist World Aviation.
The primary focus is on
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filling the inside of
the church with souls.
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Yes, evangelism is a large
part of the Adventist World
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Aviation's work.
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One of the things that Adventist
World Aviation is trying to do,
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is of course lead as
many as many souls to Christ.
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Aircraft is just
tools, means to an end.
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We use our tools the
best we can to build churches,
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to heal the sick, to help
the poor. What ever we can do.
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What Jesus would do. In
the Bible. He spent more time
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healing, and walking and
talking amongst the people.
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We're excited, that
Adventist World Aviation is able
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to sponsor continued evangelism
here, it's not a - evangelism
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is not an event, it's
a process. It's ongoing.
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Adventist World Aviation is
sponsoring evangelism right here
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at the airbase church and
throughout this area here.
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This is our
primary concern right here.
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We want to see this
church flourish. Our church can
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currently can seat probably
how many, would you say?
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50, We can hold maybe 50
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That's if we pack
them in real tight.
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We need a larger church.
This one is in desperate need
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of repair, so the appeal is
that we can continue to grow.
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And continue to expend our
church here at the airbase.
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The AWA team has assembled
a group of Evangelists from
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North America to come and
conduct meetings in this area
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for the next couple of weeks.
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Adventist World Aviation
is doing everything possible
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to grow and expand the airbase
and the church here in Sagpangan
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Holding meetings here to
reach new souls will surely
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grow the church
family. However the old church
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building is
already at full capacity.
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For AWA, expanding this church
building is a high priority,
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so that they'll be able
to welcome many new sheep
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into God's fold.
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Adventist World Aviation called
9 evangelists to the Palawan
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Island to hold
meetings simultaneously
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throughout the island.
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Gene Porter, a rancher
from Oregon felt impressed to
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respond to Adventist World
Aviation's call for evangelists.
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Gene was invited to stay in
the home of Edgar and his family
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so that Gene could
live in the community
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he came to minister to.
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I am Gene Porter and I
was at the Sagpangan church.
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About 3 years ago my wife died.
I thought you know one on the
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ways I can get back at the devil
I am not strong enough to get
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back at him. But one of the ways
I can get back at him, is if I
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do more of God's work. And so
this is the second mission trip
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that I've been on since she's
died. I hope to do many more,
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not just mission
trips, but helping out
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in my own local church also.
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Evangelism is important to
me, because I want the Lord
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to come back. One of the
things that He is waiting on, to
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come back is to get this gospel
spread to the whole world,
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so that everybody has a chance
to make their decision for
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or against Him. And the
sooner that He comes back,
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the sooner I will like it.
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Holding this crusade is
very important to Gene. He truly
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wants to make an impact
here in the hearts of the people
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and grow the church.
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Since the current
church building is so small,
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the meetings in Sagpangan
are scheduled to be held
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in the down town
plaza, under the open sky.
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The site where we were
at, was called the town plaza.
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There was a basketball court and
some bleachers there and a stage
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so we set up on the stage and
set chairs out on the basketball
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court for the people to be able
to watch and there were people
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on the bleachers also.
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The town plaza is essentially
a basketball court with a
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stage beside it. It's
not an elaborate set up,
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but it's all that is needed.
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The simplistic nature of
the meetings doesn't discourage
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Gene or the
people from attending.
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Each evening,
community members bring chairs
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from their homes, so
they will have a place to sit.
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There is also a
bleacher for people to sit on.
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Each night, the outdoor
basketball court is turned
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into an amphitheater.
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Since the meetings are
held in the town center,
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they are in the public eye
and many people are curious,
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they stop to listen to Gene
preach. For the next few weeks
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Gene preaches every night.
And the community responds
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to his messages.  Hundreds of
people, both children and adults
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are curious to hear
the message of God's love,
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that Gene presents to them.
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Our response was more than
they were expecting. We probably
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averaged. We would average
over a 100 people a night there.
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I think one of the reasons why
so many people are coming out
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to our meetings because we are
holding them on neutral ground.
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If we held them in the church
here. It was not near big enough
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to hold all the people that
are coming. We were told, that
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if we held meetings in the town
plaza, that there would be many
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more people that would
come and that is holding true.
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I think the church has really
supported in helping to bring
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people to these meetings.
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Each night's meeting begins
with a children's program.
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Up to 80 children
flock to the plaza nightly.
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Excited and eager
to listen and learn.
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They do crafts and
listen to Bible stories.
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As Gene looks into the
children's faces, he wonders
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what will happen
to these children
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after his meetings are over?
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Friends, there is clearly a
desperate need here to rebuild
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the youth room at this church,
so these children will have
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a place to worship.
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Following the children's
program Gene turns his attention
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to the adults. They seem
to be a bit more shy and often
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listen from the shadows.
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As the meetings progress, the
bleachers fill more and more.
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A diverse group of people attend
the meetings including the local
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leaders, police
officers, as well as the pastor
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of another denomination.
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Night after night Gene unpacks
the mysteries of the Bible
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and the audience soaks
in the news like a sponge.
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Holding meetings in an
open air settings doesn't go
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without challenges however.
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Weather, especially in
the topical setting of the
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Philippines can
be quite challenging.
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With no roof, one would
think rain would give reason
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to stop or cancel a meeting.
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But this is not the
case here in Sagpangan.
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Undeterred, Gene
preached through the rain,
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and the
audience stays to listen.
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They were so focused on
hearing the message, that
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they didn't let a
little rain drive them away.
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Instead, they sit in
the rain attentively.
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I would like the people
from my meetings to know
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that Jesus Christ loves
them so much, that He gave up
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all heaven and He came to
this earth. And He died to pay
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the penalty for each one of our
sins and that there is nothing
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that we can do to
make Him love us more.
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I hope the people here can
see that there is hope no matter
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what they are faced with
and that they realize that
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their hope is in Jesus Christ.
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While Gene is holding
his meetings in Sagpangan,
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other meetings are also being
held within 20 miles distance.
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One of the meetings is being
held in the Bagong Sikat area
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with Joseph and Jimmie Story.
The Storys are retired ministers
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who also have a desire to
make an impact in this area
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of Palawan.
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They have given their
entire lives serving the Lord
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and desire to continue sharing
God's love in their retirement.
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I am a retired pastor from
the Dakota conference. We are
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from Hot Springs South
Dakota. This is my wife Jimmie.
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We've been working in
the village of Bagong Sikat.
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On the island of Palawan.
We been working with the church
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their Seventh-day Adventist
Church. We had a retired pastor
00:20:36.50\00:20:40.67
working with us. We've been
reaching out to people there
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in that village.
00:20:45.51\00:20:46.84
The Story's have much different
accommodations then Gene.
00:20:46.88\00:20:50.85
They are stationed
in an existing church.
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Holding an evangelistic
series in a foreign country
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brings with it many
unknowns, including the people's
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reception of the message.
Opening night of the meetings
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could be a very nerve racking
thing when you don't know
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what to expect, or how the
people are going to respond.
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But they move forward in faith.
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Well, the first night we
didn't think anybody was coming.
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Started off nobody was there
no children came. We were ready
00:21:22.51\00:21:30.55
for a health program.
Nobody came. We started singing
00:21:30.59\00:21:34.19
a little bit. We had
just a handful of workers,
00:21:34.22\00:21:38.66
maybe 6 people and we started
singing and all the sudden
00:21:38.69\00:21:41.73
the people came. And we
had 80 people there that night.
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As the night progresses more and
more people attend the meetings.
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The children's program
especially is overflowing
00:21:52.27\00:21:55.01
with excited kids.
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It's clear just by looking
at them how trilled they are
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to have a program
going just for them.
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For an hour each night,
they sing, they do crafts and
00:22:04.55\00:22:08.42
listen to stories all focused
on their best friend, Jesus.
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Last night we had, I counted
44 children and I am not sure
00:22:13.36\00:22:20.44
I may have stopped counting too
soon. There were a whole lot of
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children there.  Altogether
we had over 120 people there.
00:22:24.71\00:22:29.08
It's growing. It seems to
be an interest in what we have
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to present and
the Lord is blessing.
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Pastor Story is paired with
another local retired minister
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to translate for him.
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The pastor that I am
working with is proved to be
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a very fine man, I just
really enjoy working with him.
00:22:46.06\00:22:49.70
I have enjoyed working
with the AWA personnel.
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Everyone here is just been great
And the people out there that
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we're working with
are just special people.
00:22:57.87\00:23:01.68
They're really nice. Both my
wife and I are really enjoying
00:23:01.71\00:23:07.65
the fellowship
with these people.
00:23:07.68\00:23:10.85
Winning hearts to Jesus
is Adventist World Aviation's
00:23:11.05\00:23:16.16
main objective.
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Aircraft and aviation are tools
used to expand their reach.
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Reaching people with the
good news of the gospel message
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is always the primary focus.
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Here in Palawan, the evangelists
are able to do just that.
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And the people are responding
to the Biblical messages
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they hear each night.
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We had decisions for Christ,
We had decisions for baptism.
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We had people who are
in the valley of decision.
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It's been a very exiting time.
Winning souls is what it's about
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I just enjoy reaching out.
I'm also a nurse practitioner,
00:23:57.80\00:24:02.04
but I found, no matter what
I am doing, I am ministering.
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That's just what God has called
me to do. Because I like to see
00:24:06.11\00:24:12.28
people come to
the Lord, be baptized
00:24:12.31\00:24:15.25
and get ready to meet Him.
00:24:15.28\00:24:16.62
I've done mission
trips. Evangelism mission trips
00:24:16.65\00:24:20.22
on several occasions.
The Lord has blessed me,
00:24:20.26\00:24:24.06
given me souls for His Kingdom.
Many people has been baptized.
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I am just looking forward
to seeing more of that happen
00:24:30.27\00:24:32.90
Seeing people get
ready to meet the Lord.
00:24:32.93\00:24:35.87
I guess I just have to say
that's something that I really
00:24:35.90\00:24:40.61
enjoy seeing happen.
00:24:40.64\00:24:42.88
This evangelistic crusade
has left a spiritual birthmark
00:24:42.91\00:24:48.45
on both the
attendees and the presenters.
00:24:48.48\00:24:52.72
I would say it has
confirmed again my love of doing
00:24:53.76\00:25:01.36
evangelism and we have enjoyed
working together, we always have
00:25:01.40\00:25:08.37
I guess personally it's been a
good experience. I've enjoyed it
00:25:08.40\00:25:16.71
In reaching out to others,
and helping them prepare,
00:25:16.75\00:25:20.58
it helps us too. It's an
opportunity to be fellow workers
00:25:20.62\00:25:25.49
with our heavenly Father. With
the God Head and with the Angels
00:25:25.52\00:25:31.39
The biggest thing I
find that people everywhere
00:25:31.43\00:25:34.66
even though cultures are
different, people still respond
00:25:34.70\00:25:40.24
to love. Respond to the
message of the Bible and
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the soon coming Savior.
00:25:44.01\00:25:45.74
I would like everyone to
remember Jesus. He is our hope
00:25:45.77\00:25:53.68
He is our salvation,
He is why we are here.
00:25:53.72\00:25:56.85
The Bible unmistakably
has a transforming power
00:25:58.25\00:26:02.12
that was at
work here in Palawan.
00:26:02.16\00:26:04.73
At the end of the 2 weeks,
all 7 meetings come to a close
00:26:04.76\00:26:09.70
across the island.
00:26:09.73\00:26:11.30
The evangelists are
incredibly happy with the work
00:26:11.33\00:26:14.60
God has done through them.
00:26:14.64\00:26:16.24
As a result of the meetings,
over 150 souls were won for
00:26:16.27\00:26:21.08
the kingdom and baptized into
fellowship with Jesus Christ.
00:26:21.11\00:26:26.88
On the last Sabbath in Palawan,
the evangelists were given
00:26:26.92\00:26:31.22
the honor of
having a mass baptism.
00:26:31.25\00:26:33.62
Joseph Story, an ordained
minister, was among those
00:26:33.66\00:26:38.33
that were
baptizing the new believers.
00:26:38.36\00:26:40.93
Joy and
excitement filled the air.
00:26:40.96\00:26:43.90
God's church family here
in Palawan has grown again.
00:26:43.93\00:26:49.17
We praise God!
00:26:49.20\00:26:51.57
I found out with these
evangelistic meetings they take
00:26:51.61\00:26:55.14
a lot of time and energy.
Sometimes you wonder how much
00:26:55.18\00:26:59.98
good you are doing, but
when you see all the baptisms
00:27:00.02\00:27:02.65
that come from it it
makes it all worth it.
00:27:02.68\00:27:06.05
If AWA is not around here, maybe
the church would not be here.
00:27:08.46\00:27:15.30
We need to keep working
for Jesus till He comes.
00:27:15.33\00:27:17.87
It's become very evident
that there is a desperate need
00:27:17.90\00:27:22.94
for a new church building.
00:27:22.97\00:27:24.81
The membership now has
outgrown the current structure
00:27:24.84\00:27:28.41
here in Sagpangan.
00:27:28.44\00:27:30.61
It is the goal of Adventist
World Aviation to provide
00:27:30.65\00:27:34.55
the needed updates and
expansions for this church,
00:27:34.58\00:27:38.22
so the church body can
continue to grow and thrive
00:27:38.25\00:27:42.62
as a new
expending family of God.
00:27:42.66\00:27:47.10
Please continue to keep
Adventist World Aviation
00:27:47.13\00:27:50.23
in your thoughts your
prayers and your giving.
00:27:50.27\00:27:55.34
As God's loving hope of
salvation is shared with every
00:27:55.37\00:27:59.97
person here in this
island of Palawan Philippines.
00:28:00.01\00:28:05.78
Jesus said in the great Gospel
commission of Matthew 28:19-20
00:28:05.81\00:28:11.75
That we are to go
into all the world.
00:28:11.79\00:28:13.96
Well Adventist World Aviation
is dedicated to doing just that.
00:28:13.99\00:28:18.29
There are now over 7 billion
people that live on planet earth
00:28:18.33\00:28:22.76
And 2 billion of them have
never heard of Jesus Christ.
00:28:22.80\00:28:26.60
Out of that 2 billion,
800 million of them are only
00:28:26.63\00:28:31.41
accessible by means like
aircraft, or through aviation
00:28:31.44\00:28:34.88
support. Adventist
World Aviation goes into those
00:28:34.91\00:28:38.55
unreached areas of the world.
00:28:38.58\00:28:40.25
Bringing the good
news of Jesus Christ.
00:28:40.28\00:28:43.02
Through aviation we're
able to bring health, hope
00:28:43.05\00:28:47.22
and life eternal.
Through aviation we can spread
00:28:47.26\00:28:51.83
the Gospel message to
the far corners of the world
00:28:51.86\00:28:54.56
and show them the love of Jesus.
00:28:54.60\00:28:56.56
The message that we
bring them is absolute hope.
00:28:57.40\00:29:00.20
We do not do this alone.
Jesus calls everyone of us
00:29:00.24\00:29:04.41
to be a part of this great
work of reaching the unreached
00:29:04.44\00:29:07.34
of this world.
00:29:07.38\00:29:08.84
We desperately need your prayers
00:29:08.88\00:29:11.01
If you would like to
get involved or find out
00:29:11.05\00:29:14.02
more information about
Adventist World Aviation
00:29:14.05\00:29:16.82
Please call Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
00:29:16.85\00:29:20.16
and ask for
Adventist World Aviation.
00:29:20.19\00:29:24.06