I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I wanna spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I wanna spend my life
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Mending broken people.
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Hello, and welcome to a
very special 3ABN Today.
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My name is CA Murray
and allow me once again
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to thank you for sharing just
a little of your day with us,
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so thank you for your love,
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your prayers and your support
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of Three Angels
Broadcasting Network.
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This is a very,
very special program.
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For a number of reasons,
it is an evangelism roundup,
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the first of many,
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we hope as 3ABN
preachers and teachers go out
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to do exploits for the
Lord in the field of evangelism,
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we want to let you
know what we're doing
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so that we can
focus our prayers together
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on these
meetings that we're having
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and the work that the
Lord is calling us to do.
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So after each one,
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we will be having
an evangelism roundup
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to let you know
how God has blessed?
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How you can support the work?
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How you can pray for the work
that God is asking us to do?
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I'm very, very excited
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because I'm
joined by my wife, Irma.
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Irma, good to have
you here, on the set.
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You're a guest, and
you probably should be here
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but it's easier for the camera
people if you're over there.
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Yes, this is fine.
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Yeah, but we're still in
touching range to each other.
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Yeah. So it's,
okay, we could touch.
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We praise the
Lord for that. Yes.
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On the other end
of the Skype line,
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our two very, very
dear friends of ours,
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Ray and Raquel
Rosenberg, and he and she both
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of Be Transformed Lifestyle
Center in Coloma, Michigan,
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almost as small as
Thompsonville, Illinois.
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But they're...
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Ray and Raquel,
how are you doing?
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We're both good.
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And you're looking good.
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Yes, thank you. Praise the Lord.
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Particularly you, Raquel,
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because we know
that you came back
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from the
Philippines recently with a bug
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and that really
kind of bugged you,
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so have you gotten over that,
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are you pretty
much recovered now?
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I'm pretty much recovered.
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Very good.
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You see when the nurse
practitioner comes down
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and can't get rid of it,
then it's pretty rough...
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'Cause Raquel's
pretty healthy girl.
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But we're glad that
you're doing better.
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Yes, I am. Praise the Lord.
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Now, Ray is a pharmacist.
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I will say semi-retired for CVS
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and Raquel is a nurse
practitioner but together,
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they run the Be
Transformed Lifestyle Center.
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And I remember I went up there
just a couple of years ago.
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They are 3ABN
supporters, Boo. Yes.
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They support 3ABN.
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And we met them as they
came down for camp meeting.
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Yes, yes, a few years ago.
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Seems like a long time
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but we have been
wonderfully friends since then.
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They are just lovely people.
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They are
wonderful, wonderful people.
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And as we said,
we have just recently
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within the last several days,
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returned from an extended tour
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of the Philippines doing
two evangelistic meetings.
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One, in the city of Tarlac
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and the other, in the
city of Victorias and...
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And Bacolod. And Bacolod.
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Bacolod, yes.
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B-a-c-o-l-o-d.
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Yes. Hard to pronounce it.
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Yes, but two separate meetings.
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Raquel is Filipina
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and she has had a
burden for a while
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to do some evangelism
there in her home country,
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and that burden
was shared by Ray
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and as we got to know them
and we put our heads together,
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they decided to do a
medical/evangelistic effort
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there in Tarlac and Bacolod.
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And that's what we
want to tell you about today
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and to let you know
how God has blessed.
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Just a wonderful
time, 21 plus days...
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Two separate meetings,
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God blessed in
a very special way
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as we worked with a conference,
there in Negros Occidental.
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And with a school,
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just outside of
Philippine of Manila,
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in the city of Tarlac.
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I have to, Tarlac, yeah. Yes.
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That's where we started.
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Yes, wonderful,
wonderful experience.
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We are teasing
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because they were
asking about and I said,
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"Other than the
Volkswagen size cockroaches
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and a bat that
was in a hotel hall,
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everything was
pretty much good."
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Yes.
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Ray and Raquel,
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we've got some
pictures we want to go through,
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but I want to do
a couple of readings
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on the book, 'Evangelism,'
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because early this year
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Danny was
impressed to bring to 3ABN
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the idea that this was going
to be the year of evangelism,
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you remember that, Boo? Yes.
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I call her 'Boo,' so if
you hear Boo or Irma or...
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They are interchangeable.
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Boo, Feta,
Babe, all of them fit,
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so it could be any
one of the three or four,
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during the course
of our time together
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but Danny
brought to us this idea
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that we need to move
aggressively into evangelism,
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so 3ABN called this
the year of evangelism.
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And, of course, the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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has also sees on
this, under the direction
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of our president
elder Ted Wilson,
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who has inaugurated,
Every Member Evangelism.
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He and... Yes.
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Duane McKey, our
buddy and Mark Finley
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and the cognoscente there
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at the general conference
have seen the need to have
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the church move into aggressive,
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Every Member Evangelism
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and 3ABN also
moving into evangelism.
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And so we erected our blessings
on the Go Evangelistic team,
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Pastor John Lomacang
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is the director
of world evangelism.
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I know Shelley's got
some meetings coming,
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we have other meetings coming,
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working with the
General Conference,
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we'll be in Romania
sometime in 2017 working
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with Elder
Wilson and Elder Mckey.
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So the world is
getting this idea,
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3ABN has picked up this idea,
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the General Conference
has picked up this idea
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that time is late and
men and women must move out
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and preach the name of Jesus,
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lift up Jesus to warn the world
that Christ is coming soon.
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And Ray and Raquel
were also struck by this
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and have for a while
been saving up some money
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for a meeting that
was on Raquel's heart
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shared by Ray.
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To go to the
Philippines and do a great work,
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a medical work combined
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with an evangelistic
crusade in two places
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and since my wife
has medical background,
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she is a lab tech by training
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and has taken a
number of nursing courses.
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And I'm a bit of a preacher,
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we thought that it was a
bit of a good combination.
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Yes, it was. Yeah.
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It was nice working with you.
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But it was tough and also nice
working with Ray and Raquel.
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Absolutely.
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Difficult work, but a
great harvest of souls.
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I want to read
a couple of things
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from the book, 'Evangelism,'
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then I'm going to talk to Ray
and Raquel just a little bit.
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And I find my glasses here
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and due to the
vicissitudes of age,
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I'm in a book Evangelism,
I date all of my books
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and I bought
this in May of 1973,
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so we've had
this book a long time.
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But on page, I
wanna start with page 17
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because Ellen White
has something for us to say
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and something for
us to hear rather.
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And here, "Evangelism,"
she says "are rare work.
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Evangelistic work, opening
the scriptures to others,
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warning men and women of
what is coming upon the world
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is to occupy more and still more
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of the time of God's servants."
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So evangelism is something
that is going to take up
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more and more of our time,
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that God is calling us
to do with increased energy
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and with increased emphasis.
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"We have warnings
now which you may give,
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a work now which you may do,
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but soon it will
be more difficult
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than we can't imagine.
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God, help us to keep
in the chamber of light,
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to work with our
eyes fastened on Jesus,
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our leader, and
patiently, perseveringly
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press on to gain the victory."
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So it's getting
tougher and tougher
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to do the work of the Lord
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because the devils
puts up road blocks
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and the world is
getting tougher and tougher
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to evangelize and yet,
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that is the call
for these last days.
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"I appeal to our
brethren," this is page 34.
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"I appeal to our brethren
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who have heard this
message for many years.
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It is time to
wake up the watchmen.
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I have expended my
strength in giving the message
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the Lord has given me.
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The burden of the needs
of our cities has rested
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so heavily upon me
that it has sometimes seemed
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that I should die."
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Powerful.
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Ellen White is
saying that the burden
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to warn men and
women who are dieing
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has rested upon her so heavily,
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and we have picked up
that burden here at 3ABN.
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And certainly our good friends,
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Ray and Raquel Rosenberg,
also have that burden.
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She had a great burden to do
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a work for her
in her home country
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and so we took off right
after camp meeting of this year
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and, man, getting
to the Philippines
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is not an easy...
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No, it is not. Not
an easy trip at all.
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But it was well worth it.
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It was worth it. The
trip was a real blessing.
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It was wonderful
to see so many people
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being take care of...
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You know, by not
only by the Word of God
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but also by being
help through the health.
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Yes.
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And by the
direction so far, Raquel...
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Yes.
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She is such a wonderful person,
she has wonderful personality.
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Yes.
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Calm and everybody
like that and so is Ray,
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I was glad to work
with him in the pharmacy.
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In the pharmacy, yes, you've
become quite a pharmacist.
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Yes.
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Or pharmacist
assistant during that time.
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So we've got a lot of
pictures to go through.
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Ray and Raquel, get ready
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'cause we're gonna
want you to weigh on,
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on some of this stuff.
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You will see these
pictures and just comment,
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just pop in.
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Our first meeting was in
Tarlac, we met in Chicago.
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You came in from what?
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South Bend
Airport to Chicago. Yes.
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We met in Chicago,
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Chicago to SOU, SOU to Clark,
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Clark to Angeles.
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Was that Angeles in
there? Clark was in Angeles.
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Yeah, yeah.
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And Clark was in
Angeles and there to.
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Negros Occidental after
Zurich. So let's get started.
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We wanna go to
our first meeting.
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We started out in Tarlac.
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That's just a
picture of the Philippines.
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Beautiful
country, hills, mountains,
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volcanoes, you name it.
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It's got it all.
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And then some of the,
just the beautiful trees.
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Boo, you remember this? Yes.
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We took a day and
we went out and...
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Oh, yes, that mountain.
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That mountain, yeah. Beautiful.
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Pretty flowers, pretty--
Just a gorgeous country.
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Everything very
green and luscious.
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Yes, yes, yes.
Very, very beautiful.
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Those are some of
the flowers in the area.
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Yeah. Now that's a jeepney.
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Yes.
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I took an empty one
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because you never
see an empty jeepney in,
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it's a public
transportation bus that holds
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I guess about 20, usually,
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they get about
40 people in there.
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Oh, yes.
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And it's quite an
adventure, isn't it, Raquel?
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Yes, yes.
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Sometimes during rush hours,
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the jeepneys will be full even
up to the roof and up to the...
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Yes.
00:13:02.88\00:13:04.21
Yeah, we've
seen people on a roof
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of those things, yeah.
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And we got into
one. And hanging out.
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Yeah, and
hanging out the sides...
00:13:09.32\00:13:10.65
Hanging out at all the time.
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Yeah, yeah, we got
into one of those empty,
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within two blocks,
there were 40 people on it.
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Yes.
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They safely get into a jeepney
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and you're just friends,
by the time you get off,
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you'll be married because
you're jammed in it so tightly.
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But it's quite a
ride, everybody should ride
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a jeepney once in their life.
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It's really something to see.
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Let's go on to the next picture.
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Now, Raquel, do you remember
the name of this school,
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this is an Adventist school
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that we had the
first medical clinic at.
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Yes, that was in Tarlac.
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This school is in Santa Ignacia,
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near Camiling, Tarlac.
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and it's owned by
a couple, Adventist.
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The name of the
lady is Esther Biscara.
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and the school is
named after her husband,
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late husband,
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I forgot his name
but it's named after him.
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So they live or she
lives now in the States,
00:14:07.51\00:14:09.98
but she's running the
school there from the States
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or her family is assisting her?
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Yes.
00:14:14.32\00:14:15.65
So our first
evangelistic/medical effort
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was at the school.
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And as you could
see from that picture,
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a lot of young people,
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a lot of young
ladies with babies,
00:14:23.12\00:14:25.93
a lot of children,
you remember that, Boo,
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a lot of children.
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Lots of
children. Lots of children.
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And as you can see
most of the mothers
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with children that came,
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where mothers were
fairly young children.
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Yes.
00:14:36.34\00:14:38.04
Some of the mothers
looked like 14 years old.
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Yeah, though they
were already in their 20s.
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Yes, yes.
00:14:42.68\00:14:44.01
The Filipinos have
been blessed by God to do,
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to look very, very young.
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Yes. For a long time.
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Yeah, and there is the
pharmacy you're setting up there
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with the medications and those
are people getting medications.
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Irma and Ray, you
guys were the pharmacists.
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Did a pretty good job, guys.
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Now hold on this
picture for just a second
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because that's
Dr. Rosemarie Pica.
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She was the dentist.
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She also works with
Raquel's son in a...
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Otto. No, Raquel's son.
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Oh, Raquel's son, yes.
00:15:16.11\00:15:17.45
In that company,
but her son is Otto.
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But she was the dentist there
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and Irma and Ray are
doing the pharmacy work.
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Wonderful person too. Yeah.
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Wonderful person.
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You didn't have a lot of trouble
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bringing in
medications into the country,
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did you, Ray, with this?
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No problem at all,
they're very willing
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and look forward
to trips like ours.
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A-ha, a-ha, because they knew
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you're coming
to help the people.
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Absolutely. Yeah.
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Give us your impression
that very first day as we began,
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you know, it was kind
of hard, we're setting up.
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Were you excited?
Was it a tiring thing?
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How did you feel
that very first day?
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I was happy to see
the Philippines again
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and see the people.
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And I was ready to
serve that first day.
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I was really very anxious,
I had energy at that time.
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And it was a great pleasure
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helping lot of my country men.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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We didn't know what
to expect, did we, Boo?
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We're just kind of
going along, whatever happens,
00:16:24.51\00:16:26.38
we're going to
take it in stride.
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Yes, we have no idea what
we were going to encounter,
00:16:28.42\00:16:31.75
but the people were
just really so gracious
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and very thankful
for what we had...
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Yes. We did for them there.
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Praise the Lord. Yes.
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Let's go back to our pictures.
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After each person received
their medical treatment,
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I prayed with
them before they go,
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we prayed with
each person that morning
00:16:50.94\00:16:53.38
for the first couple of
days, then I had to, sort of,
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lack down on my
sermons but we wanted pray
00:16:55.28\00:16:56.85
with as many as
possible to let them know
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that healing is part of...
00:16:59.08\00:17:01.05
That prayer is part of healing
00:17:01.08\00:17:02.55
and we wanted to
bring them to the Lord.
00:17:02.58\00:17:03.92
So when they're
finished with pharmacy,
00:17:03.95\00:17:05.42
they had to come to
prayer before we let them go.
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Now this is a, Boo,
tell us what this is?
00:17:07.66\00:17:10.96
A little boy he was very,
very nervous but, Dr. Pica,
00:17:10.99\00:17:14.86
she's very nice, very gentle.
00:17:14.90\00:17:17.47
And she was there, he was
there to have a tooth pull.
00:17:17.50\00:17:21.54
Yeah, and I
think she did about 30
00:17:21.57\00:17:24.47
during the day that first day,
that morning, she did a lot.
00:17:24.51\00:17:26.94
Now there is another
one. Yes, she did quite a few.
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Yes.
00:17:28.34\00:17:29.68
Yeah, she knows what she's
doing and for the most part,
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no crying, no tears.
00:17:32.21\00:17:33.72
No. No. Yeah.
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Everything was very quiet there.
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Everything was very, very quiet.
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Amazingly. Yeah.
00:17:38.85\00:17:40.49
So, Raquel, what was
your part in this first,
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I think they saw
you first and then...
00:17:42.56\00:17:44.13
What was your, what were
you doing that and, you know,
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doing the medical part?
00:17:47.00\00:17:49.60
I was seeing patients.
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I tell them, I diagnose them
and then tell them what to do,
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and I give some medications.
00:17:58.51\00:18:00.11
And I send them to
pharmacy, to Irma and Ray,
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to get their medications.
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I've seen about
150 there in one day.
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Yes.
00:18:13.36\00:18:15.22
I received
patients every five minutes.
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Yes. A 150 in one day?
00:18:17.39\00:18:19.49
Yeah. That's pretty good work.
00:18:19.53\00:18:22.03
That's putting them in
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and picking em up
and letting em down,
00:18:23.83\00:18:25.27
that is pretty good work on 50.
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I don't think it was that many
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because we were finished
by mid afternoon I think
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or late afternoon
I should say rather.
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Yes, I counted the
papers that the nurses,
00:18:35.84\00:18:40.38
they do their blood
pressure and their blood sugars
00:18:40.42\00:18:43.89
and I counted
them after we were done
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and it was like 150 people.
00:18:46.62\00:18:48.52
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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Yeah, that first
day we only had Raquel
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doing the consultations.
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So it was a lot of work
for her and it was very hard...
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It was hard
enough. At that school.
00:19:00.77\00:19:04.07
Yeah, very, very hard.
00:19:04.11\00:19:05.84
Let's go back to the pictures.
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Now the evening meetings
were held just a few doors down
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in the chapel of the school.
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And again, you see young people
00:19:14.78\00:19:17.52
and one of the things
that you notice is that...
00:19:17.55\00:19:21.36
Irma, there are lot of young
people involved in the church.
00:19:21.39\00:19:23.89
Oh, yes. Yeah.
00:19:23.93\00:19:25.26
That is a wonderful
thing for me to see.
00:19:25.29\00:19:28.73
There are so many young people,
00:19:28.76\00:19:30.33
there are older people,
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sits and follow as the
young people leads in songs
00:19:31.83\00:19:36.04
and reading the scriptures
and introducing the pastor.
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It's just really
wonderful to see them working.
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Yeah, because that
was our Sabbath crowd.
00:19:44.61\00:19:46.21
Yes.
00:19:46.25\00:19:47.62
That was our Sabbath
morning crowd and, of course,
00:19:47.65\00:19:49.12
that place really
couldn't hold another person,
00:19:49.15\00:19:51.29
it was quite full.
00:19:51.32\00:19:52.95
Yes.
00:19:52.99\00:19:54.39
You know, of people
and again, young audience.
00:19:54.42\00:19:56.26
Yes, and Sabbath we
have this place a full
00:19:56.29\00:19:59.79
and there was also a tent.
00:19:59.83\00:20:01.86
Outside, yeah.
Outside that was also full.
00:20:01.90\00:20:04.20
Correct.
00:20:04.23\00:20:05.57
And people were sitting along
the other side of the walk...
00:20:05.60\00:20:09.14
Yeah, I forgot that. A
side walk in the school.
00:20:09.17\00:20:11.44
Under walk, yeah,
it was quite full.
00:20:11.47\00:20:13.44
Ray, how did that
Sabbath crowd impress you?
00:20:13.48\00:20:16.48
Because that
building was really quiet full
00:20:16.51\00:20:18.58
and I don't know if you've
done an evangelistic thing
00:20:18.61\00:20:21.68
like that before,
00:20:21.72\00:20:23.05
you didn't know
what to expect either,
00:20:23.08\00:20:24.42
but that first Sabbath
crowd, there in Tarlac?
00:20:24.45\00:20:28.02
The thing that
impresses me most is the love
00:20:28.06\00:20:30.99
that these people emanate.
00:20:31.03\00:20:33.50
They just generate love
00:20:33.53\00:20:37.00
and that's so grateful
not only for the evangelism
00:20:37.03\00:20:41.97
but also for the medical care.
00:20:42.00\00:20:44.17
These are people who are hungry.
00:20:44.21\00:20:46.51
They want to be recognized
00:20:46.54\00:20:48.41
and it's just a
delight to serve them.
00:20:48.44\00:20:50.81
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:20:50.85\00:20:53.25
Let's go back to our pictures
because we've got a lot.
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These are some of the people
00:20:57.72\00:20:59.05
that assisted us
during that time.
00:20:59.09\00:21:02.16
I think at the
end of this meeting
00:21:02.19\00:21:03.63
and this a short meeting,
just Wednesday through Sabbath,
00:21:03.66\00:21:07.83
we had 10 people give
their heart to the Lord.
00:21:07.86\00:21:10.43
We could not
stay for the baptism
00:21:10.47\00:21:12.27
because Sunday morning,
00:21:12.30\00:21:13.64
we had to get on a plane
and fly another 500 miles
00:21:13.70\00:21:16.37
but that's some of the
group that worked with us.
00:21:16.40\00:21:18.61
The lady to
Irma's left on the end
00:21:18.64\00:21:24.18
was my translator.
00:21:24.21\00:21:25.91
And did a very, very fine job.
00:21:25.95\00:21:28.48
But there were
some of the people
00:21:28.52\00:21:29.85
that worked with us to end,
00:21:29.88\00:21:31.22
some of the people that
gave their heart to the Lord.
00:21:31.25\00:21:33.36
This little baby I
felt so bad for her,
00:21:33.39\00:21:35.12
they passed a little
child around so much,
00:21:35.16\00:21:36.96
she was in every picture.
00:21:36.99\00:21:39.49
Yes.
00:21:39.53\00:21:40.86
Every time
someone took a picture,
00:21:40.90\00:21:42.23
that little baby got in
that picture some, kind of, how,
00:21:42.26\00:21:44.63
so she was there.
00:21:44.67\00:21:46.00
But you remember that,
Ray, that little child,
00:21:46.03\00:21:48.34
every picture I think
was taken on that Sabbath,
00:21:48.37\00:21:50.21
that little child got into.
00:21:50.24\00:21:51.61
Yes.
00:21:51.64\00:21:53.11
Just a baby that
was shared by everybody.
00:21:53.14\00:21:56.51
Indeed. Indeed.
00:21:56.54\00:21:59.81
She was cute
though. She was cute.
00:21:59.85\00:22:02.18
The parents, very nice,
the parents of the little one.
00:22:02.22\00:22:05.29
We did, that was
Sabbath afternoon,
00:22:05.32\00:22:08.29
we hugged, kissed,
cried, said goodbye.
00:22:08.32\00:22:11.39
Sunday morning,
we jumped on a plane
00:22:11.43\00:22:13.19
and flew to Negros Occidental,
00:22:13.23\00:22:16.33
a beautiful
island, volcanic again.
00:22:16.36\00:22:18.97
The sugar capital
of the Philippines,
00:22:19.00\00:22:22.44
sugar factories,
sugar plantations,
00:22:22.47\00:22:25.04
sugarcane everywhere,
just a really pretty,
00:22:25.07\00:22:28.61
pretty island, right, Boo?
00:22:28.64\00:22:29.98
They're all
beautiful. Really beautiful.
00:22:30.01\00:22:32.18
That's where
we've had the privilege
00:22:32.21\00:22:34.02
to go to that school.
00:22:34.05\00:22:35.78
Yes. Yes.
00:22:35.82\00:22:37.15
To the college. To the college.
00:22:37.19\00:22:38.72
To the college, yes, yes.
00:22:38.75\00:22:40.09
And see what they
are doing in there.
00:22:40.12\00:22:41.52
Pictures too, of
the college, yes.
00:22:41.56\00:22:42.89
So we flew Sunday,
00:22:42.92\00:22:44.56
Monday morning we got up
and we cranked it up again.
00:22:44.59\00:22:47.03
Let's go back to our pictures.
00:22:47.06\00:22:49.33
Now, Ray and Raquel,
you've got to walk me
00:22:49.36\00:22:51.77
through the medical
work that was done there
00:22:51.80\00:22:53.50
because I as
home writing sermons.
00:22:53.54\00:22:55.37
Give us a little feel of
what was done in the mornings
00:22:55.40\00:22:59.24
at this, the Civic Center.
00:22:59.27\00:23:02.61
Okay, Irma and Ray
were trying to label
00:23:02.64\00:23:07.32
all the medications and
trying to organize them,
00:23:07.35\00:23:11.69
while I was looking
patients on the other side.
00:23:11.72\00:23:15.52
I was alone, oh,
with two other doctors
00:23:15.56\00:23:19.49
that volunteered from
the sanitarium over there.
00:23:19.53\00:23:23.80
We were seeing about
300 to 400 in one day,
00:23:27.14\00:23:32.91
there are three
doctors in all in Pura.
00:23:32.94\00:23:35.81
Me, and I was seeing most
of the kids and the adults.
00:23:35.84\00:23:40.68
And I sent them to pharmacy
to get their medications
00:23:40.72\00:23:44.75
and Dr. Marie Pica
00:23:44.79\00:23:48.89
donated through
Rachael Allen Services.
00:23:48.92\00:23:53.93
Most of them made it medicines,
00:23:53.96\00:23:55.66
the antibiotics
the pain medications,
00:23:55.70\00:24:00.37
something for codes,
00:24:00.40\00:24:02.50
something for
anemia, iron, vitamin C...
00:24:02.54\00:24:05.54
Blood pressure.
Blood pressure medicines.
00:24:05.57\00:24:08.24
She all wrote
those in two big boxes.
00:24:08.28\00:24:13.28
In two big boxes. Very big.
00:24:13.31\00:24:16.32
So during the day, I mean,
00:24:16.35\00:24:17.69
the numbers of
people that you saw,
00:24:17.72\00:24:19.05
that's quite
300, 400 people a day,
00:24:19.09\00:24:21.42
so you're really being efficient
00:24:21.46\00:24:23.22
and doing your work
each and every morning.
00:24:23.26\00:24:26.73
The first three days
she really worked hard
00:24:26.76\00:24:30.27
and she had two other doctors
00:24:30.30\00:24:33.54
that they were
not at the same time.
00:24:33.57\00:24:35.34
Raquel. Raquel, yes.
00:24:35.37\00:24:37.61
And but then on
the Sunday meeting,
00:24:37.64\00:24:42.31
we had many, many
doctors and nurses, actually,
00:24:42.34\00:24:46.92
Ray and I just supervised
because we had so much help
00:24:46.95\00:24:51.22
but we saw many,
many people that day.
00:24:51.25\00:24:53.49
Yeah, now you even did
and I have to this advisedly,
00:24:53.52\00:24:57.76
they did circumcisions there
as part of the medical care,
00:24:57.79\00:25:02.60
correct?
00:25:02.63\00:25:04.07
Oh, yes. Yes, yes. Yeah.
00:25:04.10\00:25:05.97
There are about
more of less 20 children,
00:25:06.00\00:25:12.21
aged from four
to eleven years old,
00:25:12.24\00:25:17.51
and three even cried.
00:25:17.55\00:25:22.48
I know in the Philippines
00:25:22.52\00:25:23.85
because when we were
there a couple of years ago,
00:25:23.89\00:25:25.69
I found out that
they do circumcisions
00:25:25.72\00:25:27.69
fairly late in life.
00:25:27.72\00:25:29.46
In the States,
it's in the first what?
00:25:29.49\00:25:31.89
Couple of
weeks, but they do them
00:25:31.93\00:25:33.86
into the teens
in the Philippines,
00:25:33.90\00:25:37.07
which is a quite an experience.
00:25:37.10\00:25:40.04
And older. And
older, yes, yes, yes.
00:25:40.07\00:25:42.67
I'd remember
driving at one place
00:25:42.70\00:25:44.97
and there was a big,
big sign that it says,
00:25:45.01\00:25:49.11
'Wednesdays,
circumcisions free.'
00:25:49.14\00:25:51.81
Yeah.
00:25:51.85\00:25:53.18
And then they
have an address there
00:25:53.21\00:25:54.55
and I thought that was amazing.
00:25:54.58\00:25:57.49
Yeah, it was kind of
a culture shot for us.
00:25:57.52\00:26:00.49
But do you remember
the name of the doctor,
00:26:00.52\00:26:02.66
I think he's one of
the leading physicians
00:26:02.69\00:26:04.36
in the Adventist hospital.
00:26:04.39\00:26:05.79
He took charge of a lot of that.
00:26:05.83\00:26:07.23
Raquel, do you
remember his name?
00:26:07.26\00:26:09.53
I think his
name is Dr. Falabino.
00:26:09.56\00:26:13.34
That's pretty close.
00:26:13.37\00:26:14.80
We have a picture of them
coming up in just a little bit.
00:26:14.84\00:26:17.01
But he was a pleasant fellow
00:26:17.04\00:26:19.57
and I was not there
for that I was in the hotel
00:26:19.61\00:26:23.31
writing sermons
but he was moving them
00:26:23.35\00:26:25.65
in pretty good
and doing a good job.
00:26:25.68\00:26:27.02
Let's go back to our
pictures 'cause we've got a lot.
00:26:27.05\00:26:30.42
That is the same
place, the nightly meeting,
00:26:30.45\00:26:33.96
that was the back
wall behind the stage,
00:26:33.99\00:26:36.73
Abundant Life crusade
00:26:36.76\00:26:39.79
and there's a
little picture of me there.
00:26:39.83\00:26:41.53
There's my translator
and Elder Randy, our friend,
00:26:41.56\00:26:45.33
who's the local elder district
leader there on the stage.
00:26:45.37\00:26:51.07
And that's me with my translator
00:26:51.11\00:26:53.34
pastor Guadadencio Buke.
00:26:53.38\00:26:55.54
What a nice guy,
Ray, do you remember him?
00:26:55.58\00:26:58.38
Absolutely.
00:26:58.41\00:26:59.75
Once you meet him, you
never could forget him,
00:26:59.78\00:27:01.78
wonderful and
warm and full of love.
00:27:01.82\00:27:04.89
Very much so,
wonderful Christian fellow.
00:27:04.92\00:27:07.12
And that's an idea of
our audience each night.
00:27:07.16\00:27:09.79
We averaged in the four to five,
00:27:09.82\00:27:12.89
sometimes 600
nightly and then, of course,
00:27:12.93\00:27:16.77
that number zoomed to about 750,
00:27:16.80\00:27:18.73
maybe a little
bigger on Sabbath.
00:27:18.77\00:27:20.24
That's the group, that
sort of worked closely with us.
00:27:23.41\00:27:26.78
Our friend, the little
skinny one in the middle there,
00:27:26.81\00:27:28.81
it's Otto,
that's Dr. Pica's son.
00:27:28.84\00:27:30.85
What a wonderful young man.
00:27:30.88\00:27:32.78
Yes. Yeah.
00:27:32.81\00:27:34.15
I have to say that I
was impressed about Otto.
00:27:34.18\00:27:37.69
Otto is a wonderful young
teenager or just of teenager,
00:27:37.72\00:27:43.26
a 17 I believe, but he
could not help anymore.
00:27:43.29\00:27:48.56
He was in everything
helping, he was carrying boxes,
00:27:48.60\00:27:51.63
anything that we
needed assisting...
00:27:51.67\00:27:54.54
Yes.
00:27:54.57\00:27:55.90
He was there taking pictures,
just being nice to the people
00:27:55.94\00:28:01.24
and making the children
00:28:01.28\00:28:03.58
that they were
going to the doctor...
00:28:03.61\00:28:05.65
Yes.
00:28:05.68\00:28:07.02
To put them at ease,
he was just wonderful,
00:28:07.05\00:28:10.39
very sociable, very
nice, very respectful.
00:28:10.42\00:28:13.76
Very much though. Wonderful.
00:28:13.79\00:28:15.46
We told Otto we're going
to get him to 3ABN one day
00:28:15.49\00:28:18.86
because he loves
to take pictures,
00:28:18.89\00:28:20.23
he loves photography,
wonderful, helpful young man,
00:28:20.26\00:28:23.06
very, very godly
young man, we liked him.
00:28:23.10\00:28:25.20
Yes.
00:28:25.23\00:28:26.57
We had a good time with
Otto, did we not, Ray, Raquel?
00:28:26.60\00:28:28.30
Yes, we did.
00:28:28.34\00:28:29.77
And there are lot
of the teenagers there,
00:28:29.80\00:28:32.01
they kind of had crush on him.
00:28:32.04\00:28:34.04
Oh, yes. Yes.
00:28:34.08\00:28:35.41
Very much though.
00:28:35.44\00:28:36.78
All the pretty
girls went out with him.
00:28:36.81\00:28:38.58
Yes, all the pretty
girls went out to Otto.
00:28:38.61\00:28:41.42
It seems meeting by
the end of the time,
00:28:41.45\00:28:44.09
we changed his name
through, from Otto to Casanova.
00:28:44.12\00:28:47.22
Yeah, and he didn't go
seeking, they came seeking him.
00:28:50.23\00:28:52.56
No, he was such a gentleman.
00:28:52.59\00:28:56.23
He was really so.
00:28:56.26\00:28:57.63
All right, let's go
back to our pictures.
00:28:57.67\00:28:59.43
That's one of the buses that
came to the nightly meeting,
00:28:59.47\00:29:02.47
see people piled on the top,
00:29:02.50\00:29:03.91
people hanging out
the doors, people full.
00:29:03.94\00:29:07.08
The people really
tried to get there
00:29:07.11\00:29:08.98
to those meetings each night.
00:29:09.01\00:29:10.45
And we appreciated their effort
00:29:10.48\00:29:11.91
because some had to
come a great distance
00:29:11.95\00:29:13.88
but this is a group
of Adventists on the top,
00:29:13.92\00:29:16.58
on the back, inside,
standing up, sitting down,
00:29:16.62\00:29:19.25
just a bus full of people
00:29:19.29\00:29:20.96
coming to the
meetings each night.
00:29:20.99\00:29:24.19
And on Sabbath, we
had to go to another place
00:29:24.23\00:29:27.03
because the meeting hall
was being used by another group,
00:29:27.06\00:29:30.60
so they put us in a
covered basketball court.
00:29:30.63\00:29:32.87
And that's just a
small picture of the group
00:29:32.90\00:29:35.57
of our Sabbath audience
00:29:35.60\00:29:37.34
but the camera
doesn't cover everybody
00:29:37.37\00:29:39.14
but really we were up
around 750, 800 on Sabbath.
00:29:39.17\00:29:42.24
And it was
really quite wonderful.
00:29:42.28\00:29:43.61
There is Raquel
DeLeon Rosenberg.
00:29:43.65\00:29:47.28
She gave a health lecture
each night as did Dr. Pica.
00:29:47.32\00:29:51.12
When Dr. Pica had to go
back to the Philippines,
00:29:51.15\00:29:53.96
Raquel took over and gave
a wonderful health lecture
00:29:53.99\00:29:56.69
each night before the sermon.
00:29:56.73\00:29:58.39
It was very, very well received.
00:29:58.43\00:29:59.76
Do you remember
that, Boo? Oh, yes, yes.
00:29:59.79\00:30:01.13
They were really happy. Yeah.
00:30:01.16\00:30:02.86
About that and they
were coming early, early,
00:30:02.90\00:30:05.77
and I noticed also young
kids, even 10, 12-years-old
00:30:05.80\00:30:10.84
sitting and with
all the attention.
00:30:10.87\00:30:13.91
Yes. Listening
to those lectures.
00:30:13.94\00:30:15.94
Yes. Incredible.
00:30:15.98\00:30:17.51
Raquel, what were
some of the things
00:30:17.55\00:30:18.88
that you talked
about each night?
00:30:18.91\00:30:21.32
Every night, I
will choose some things
00:30:21.35\00:30:24.75
that are local to the people,
00:30:24.79\00:30:26.99
I mean, diagnosis like
colds, fever, cough, sore throat
00:30:27.02\00:30:30.76
and then I will tell the mothers
00:30:30.79\00:30:33.50
what natural remedies
that are within their reach
00:30:33.53\00:30:36.87
that they can use.
00:30:36.90\00:30:38.23
Yes.
00:30:38.27\00:30:39.60
People going to the doctor
00:30:39.63\00:30:41.60
and then I tell them how
to develop their immune system
00:30:41.64\00:30:44.64
and Dr. Pica talk about diet,
better vegetarian or vegan,
00:30:44.67\00:30:51.25
vegetables and
those kind of things.
00:30:51.28\00:30:55.32
Then everyday, I
addressed other diseases
00:30:55.35\00:31:01.72
like diabetes and cancer,
so and then the last days,
00:31:01.76\00:31:07.93
I talked on about
herbs that are local
00:31:07.96\00:31:12.10
and what is
good for like asthma,
00:31:12.13\00:31:15.94
diabetes, kidney
failure and other things.
00:31:15.97\00:31:21.91
And the people
are just wonderful,
00:31:21.94\00:31:27.02
I can see their faces that,
oh, oh, it's like something,
00:31:27.05\00:31:31.82
it's new to them and so I figure
00:31:31.85\00:31:35.92
we need a lot of this kind
of education for the people
00:31:35.96\00:31:40.10
there in the Philippines.
00:31:40.13\00:31:41.46
I saw that you
let them know that,
00:31:41.50\00:31:44.07
you don't have to
necessarily run to the doctor,
00:31:44.10\00:31:46.50
and spend a lot of
money for everything,
00:31:46.53\00:31:47.87
there are natural things
00:31:47.90\00:31:49.54
that you can take that
are very, very effective,
00:31:49.57\00:31:52.57
that are growing
right along side the road
00:31:52.61\00:31:54.34
or in your
backyard that you can get,
00:31:54.38\00:31:56.28
that will save you some money
and have the desired effect.
00:31:56.31\00:32:00.72
Yes, I said that and
they were so amazed about it.
00:32:00.75\00:32:05.19
Yes, praise the Lord.
00:32:05.22\00:32:06.76
All right, let's go
back to our pictures,
00:32:06.79\00:32:08.12
we still got a
lot to get through.
00:32:08.16\00:32:09.49
Ray, did you have something?
00:32:09.52\00:32:10.86
Yeah, I just wanted to say
it's really very important,
00:32:10.89\00:32:15.03
we come all ready
and we bring medicine
00:32:15.06\00:32:17.10
and we can give them medicine
00:32:17.13\00:32:18.47
and may be for blood
pressure for a month.
00:32:18.50\00:32:21.30
But at the end of the month,
00:32:21.34\00:32:22.74
when it comes time to
renew their prescription,
00:32:22.77\00:32:25.41
they don't have money to buy it.
00:32:25.44\00:32:27.48
So the lectures
that Raquel gave,
00:32:27.51\00:32:30.95
how to make yourself healthy
and keep yourself healthy
00:32:30.98\00:32:34.85
and how to treat
certain conditions from plants
00:32:34.88\00:32:37.92
growing on the side of a
road or growing in a yard
00:32:37.95\00:32:42.12
somewhere are
still very important
00:32:42.16\00:32:44.73
because these people
just can't afford to pay
00:32:44.76\00:32:48.00
for good health but no
matter how poor people are,
00:32:48.03\00:32:51.77
everybody wants to be healthy.
00:32:51.80\00:32:53.70
Amen, well said.
00:32:53.74\00:32:55.50
All right, our time
is getting away from us
00:32:55.54\00:32:57.61
and we got a big
surprise at the end of this that
00:32:57.64\00:32:59.77
we want to stay by for.
00:32:59.81\00:33:01.14
This is a sign outside
of the Adventist hospital
00:33:01.18\00:33:05.15
in the city of Bacolod.
00:33:05.18\00:33:06.58
We were living in or staying
in the hotel in Victorias.
00:33:06.61\00:33:10.82
Yes.
00:33:10.85\00:33:12.19
And then they moved
us to the guest house
00:33:12.22\00:33:13.56
at the
Conference Office in Bacolod
00:33:13.59\00:33:15.46
right across the street
from the Adventist hospital.
00:33:15.49\00:33:17.59
So that's just a sign
announcing the street.
00:33:17.63\00:33:19.36
And then that's the new
wing of the Adventist hospital.
00:33:19.39\00:33:22.40
Very, very nice,
very nice cafeteria,
00:33:22.43\00:33:24.73
a good sized
hospital, serving the community,
00:33:24.77\00:33:27.57
they go out and
do free health care,
00:33:27.60\00:33:29.20
that's the new wing
and the old wing there,
00:33:29.24\00:33:31.77
of the hospital,
very nice facility,
00:33:31.81\00:33:34.04
right across the
street from the, excuse me,
00:33:34.08\00:33:36.11
Adventist Conference Office.
00:33:36.14\00:33:38.45
And now that's the doctor
that did the circumcisions.
00:33:38.48\00:33:42.78
Yes.
00:33:42.82\00:33:45.15
He had a wonderful
time. He was a funny guy.
00:33:45.19\00:33:47.76
He was having fun.
Yes, he is a funny fellow.
00:33:47.79\00:33:49.56
He is very funny. Yes.
00:33:49.59\00:33:50.93
Yeah.
00:33:50.96\00:33:52.29
He said the young
people that had no problem,
00:33:52.33\00:33:54.43
that is the chaplaincy staff.
00:33:54.46\00:33:57.30
And they all look like children
00:33:57.33\00:33:58.83
but these are college graduates.
00:33:58.87\00:34:01.14
Two young men
and the woman, Chona,
00:34:01.17\00:34:05.94
and those chaplains, they sing.
00:34:05.97\00:34:08.68
They are called
'The Singing Chaplains.'
00:34:08.71\00:34:10.58
They sang for us
that couple of nights,
00:34:10.61\00:34:11.95
do you remember that, Boo?
00:34:11.98\00:34:13.31
Yes, they did. They did.
Yeah. That's very, very nice.
00:34:13.35\00:34:14.78
Yeah, that's the
chaplaincy staff.
00:34:14.82\00:34:16.15
And Chona. Yeah.
00:34:16.18\00:34:18.15
She is a young lady,
00:34:18.19\00:34:20.06
who we were trying to
find a husband for her
00:34:20.09\00:34:24.73
because she is
such a consecrated lady
00:34:24.76\00:34:28.03
but she is just wonderful.
00:34:28.06\00:34:29.80
Yes.
00:34:29.83\00:34:31.17
You know, very obedient, happy
and she just loves the Lord.
00:34:31.20\00:34:34.57
Yes. And she's ready.
00:34:34.60\00:34:36.24
She's ready, you're right.
00:34:36.27\00:34:37.61
So if you are a consecrated
young man looking for a good
00:34:37.64\00:34:40.71
consecrated
Filipino wife, write us,
00:34:40.74\00:34:43.51
and may we can hook you guys up
00:34:43.55\00:34:45.35
because she's
ready to serve the Lord
00:34:45.38\00:34:47.75
with a mate by her side.
00:34:47.78\00:34:49.72
Only serious people need apply
00:34:49.75\00:34:52.09
because she is not and we
were teasing her, we said,
00:34:52.12\00:34:55.99
"We're gonna put your
name out there, Chona,"
00:34:56.02\00:34:57.63
because she's such
a sweet godly woman
00:34:57.66\00:35:00.46
there in the Philippines.
00:35:00.50\00:35:01.83
Yeah. Very good looking too.
00:35:01.86\00:35:03.63
Very good
looking. Very good looking.
00:35:03.67\00:35:05.67
Do you remember that Ray,
00:35:05.70\00:35:07.04
we're kind of
giving her rough time?
00:35:07.07\00:35:08.40
Absolutely.
00:35:08.44\00:35:10.34
She went along with it just well
00:35:10.37\00:35:12.61
and should be very
receptive to the right man.
00:35:12.64\00:35:15.51
Amen and amen. All right.
00:35:15.54\00:35:17.48
Let's go back to our picture.
00:35:17.51\00:35:19.61
That is the famous durian.
00:35:19.65\00:35:23.85
I took a picture of that
because we ate some durian
00:35:23.89\00:35:26.32
when we were there
couple of years ago.
00:35:26.35\00:35:27.79
They say and I
say this advice me,
00:35:27.82\00:35:29.46
forgive me if I offend you.
00:35:29.49\00:35:30.89
Taste, smells like
hell, taste like heaven.
00:35:30.93\00:35:33.36
That's what they said. To
me it didn't taste heaven.
00:35:33.40\00:35:36.06
It didn't taste like well.
00:35:36.10\00:35:37.63
It has a smell of
rotten, just rotten stuff.
00:35:37.67\00:35:42.34
But if you can
get it in your mouth,
00:35:42.37\00:35:44.04
it taste pretty good,
00:35:44.07\00:35:45.41
but on the way to your
mouth it will kill your nose.
00:35:45.44\00:35:47.58
It goes through your nose.
00:35:47.61\00:35:48.94
Is that it
absolutely murder your nose.
00:35:48.98\00:35:50.95
But it's called durian,
it's a famous fruit there,
00:35:50.98\00:35:52.91
either you like it or you don't.
00:35:52.95\00:35:55.02
And if you don't,
you probably won't ever
00:35:55.05\00:35:56.69
because it's an acquired taste
00:35:56.72\00:35:58.09
and we haven't
quite acquired it.
00:35:58.12\00:35:59.45
Yeah.
00:35:59.49\00:36:00.82
And this was a lady selling
right outside the hospital.
00:36:00.86\00:36:03.43
Right outside the
hospital, in fact right across
00:36:03.46\00:36:04.79
Philippines Conference office.
00:36:04.83\00:36:06.16
Yes. That's pastor Fiesta.
00:36:06.19\00:36:07.96
Wonderful fellow,
00:36:08.00\00:36:09.63
he is working with
the Hope channel there
00:36:09.66\00:36:11.90
in and a mad driver,
this guy drives, right.
00:36:11.93\00:36:15.30
He really very drives.
00:36:15.34\00:36:16.67
Okay, we got to go faster,
tell me, we got to go faster,
00:36:16.71\00:36:19.07
we got some rolls coming.
00:36:19.11\00:36:20.44
Brand new health food store.
00:36:20.48\00:36:21.81
We ate there right
at the end of our trip
00:36:21.84\00:36:23.48
called the Health Hut.
00:36:23.51\00:36:25.08
It's center of influence
there in town that ASI,
00:36:25.11\00:36:27.72
working with the
conference opened up great food.
00:36:27.75\00:36:29.98
Some of the best
vegetarian food we ever ate.
00:36:30.02\00:36:31.95
That's a staff.
00:36:31.99\00:36:33.32
And that's a staff inside,
00:36:33.36\00:36:34.69
we took some pictures with them.
00:36:34.72\00:36:36.06
We kind of moving faster
00:36:36.09\00:36:37.43
as we got some
video rolls coming up
00:36:37.46\00:36:38.79
that we want to get time for.
00:36:38.83\00:36:40.16
We went to the college,
you remember Ray and Raquel,
00:36:40.20\00:36:41.53
we went up to the college there
00:36:41.56\00:36:43.50
and a lot of the
work is still done
00:36:43.53\00:36:45.67
with water buffaloes.
00:36:45.70\00:36:47.20
And that's the local water
buffalo that was hauling sand.
00:36:47.24\00:36:51.47
And he seem to like
to be petted, kind of big
00:36:51.51\00:36:54.94
and but so
that's one of the place
00:36:54.98\00:36:57.25
where we have to get, yeah.
00:36:57.28\00:37:00.05
That's a local
water buffalo. Yes.
00:37:00.08\00:37:01.62
And that's us in
front of the church there
00:37:01.65\00:37:03.42
on the campus of
the college there.
00:37:03.45\00:37:09.62
And let's see
what we got coming up
00:37:09.66\00:37:12.19
after that is that's
myself and Pastor Buke,
00:37:12.23\00:37:15.56
that's my translator.
00:37:15.60\00:37:16.93
We love this guy. What
a consecrated young man.
00:37:16.97\00:37:19.20
He's got a son who has autism,
00:37:19.23\00:37:20.94
he's got lot of burdens
00:37:20.97\00:37:23.51
to carry as
communication director
00:37:23.54\00:37:25.71
and does other
work for the conference,
00:37:25.74\00:37:27.08
beautiful wife who is
a nurse at the hospital.
00:37:27.11\00:37:29.48
Just a wonderful couple,
00:37:29.51\00:37:30.85
we really fell in love with him.
00:37:30.88\00:37:32.41
Oh, yes, he was
wonderful and his wife too.
00:37:32.45\00:37:35.35
And here is where we
were staying the last week.
00:37:35.38\00:37:39.42
To the right is
the conference offices
00:37:39.45\00:37:42.99
and then upstairs to the left
is I think they're the guest,
00:37:43.02\00:37:47.20
guest rooms.
00:37:47.23\00:37:48.56
The guest rooms, yeah.
00:37:48.60\00:37:50.17
They're not bad,
very nice, very good.
00:37:50.20\00:37:51.67
Yeah, they're very nice.
That we took a picture of Otto.
00:37:51.70\00:37:53.37
There is Otto. That's Otto.
00:37:53.40\00:37:54.74
Yeah, that's our buddy.
00:37:54.77\00:37:56.37
Seventeen...
00:37:56.40\00:37:57.74
And that was at the
college. At the college.
00:37:57.77\00:38:00.41
And those, as you see
the stairs are just beginning
00:38:00.44\00:38:03.31
to be covered by tile
00:38:03.35\00:38:06.05
but it's still
in construction...
00:38:06.08\00:38:09.15
Yes. A lot of it.
00:38:09.18\00:38:10.95
Yeah.
00:38:10.99\00:38:12.32
Plus, I don't know
if we have a picture
00:38:12.35\00:38:13.96
but we have across from there,
00:38:13.99\00:38:16.52
they are building an auditorium,
00:38:16.56\00:38:18.69
so that they can have
people coming for concerts.
00:38:18.73\00:38:22.03
Apparently that is
one of the worldwide
00:38:22.06\00:38:27.90
top of music school.
00:38:27.94\00:38:30.04
Music school in that
part of the world, yeah.
00:38:30.07\00:38:31.97
And they get a lot
of tunes from China
00:38:32.01\00:38:34.64
and another places
who are very gifted.
00:38:34.68\00:38:36.41
The conference president
son is a gifted musician,
00:38:36.44\00:38:38.41
singer and pianist.
00:38:38.45\00:38:39.78
So they're building
a whole music center
00:38:39.81\00:38:42.25
to train and teach young people.
00:38:42.28\00:38:43.99
Now let's go
back to those pictures
00:38:44.02\00:38:45.35
because that one I want to show.
00:38:45.39\00:38:46.72
That's our buddy in
the middle, that's Freddy.
00:38:46.76\00:38:48.96
Freddy, yeah. Randy.
00:38:48.99\00:38:50.46
Randy. Yes, I keep telling it.
00:38:50.49\00:38:51.89
Randy, yes he
is the local elder.
00:38:51.93\00:38:53.93
Wonderful Randy.
00:38:53.96\00:38:55.30
Of that district a
first elder, what a great guy.
00:38:55.33\00:38:56.67
Yes.
00:38:56.70\00:38:58.03
Randy directs the
choirs, sings, beautiful voice,
00:38:58.07\00:38:59.57
plays the piano
00:38:59.60\00:39:00.94
on the conference committee,
very, very talented fellow.
00:39:00.97\00:39:03.34
That's Randy. Full of energy.
00:39:03.37\00:39:05.04
And full of energy. He
never loses his energy.
00:39:05.07\00:39:06.74
No.
00:39:06.78\00:39:08.11
That's the pastor
of the host church
00:39:08.14\00:39:09.81
where we were in Victoria,
that's Pastor Christopher.
00:39:09.84\00:39:12.65
Wonderful young man,
has two very energetic boys,
00:39:12.68\00:39:15.75
wonderful wife, so
he was the host pastor.
00:39:15.78\00:39:17.95
This is one of his
first, just got out of school,
00:39:17.99\00:39:20.39
one of his first charges.
00:39:20.42\00:39:21.76
And that's
Pastor Buke and myself,
00:39:21.79\00:39:24.16
preaching on Sabbath morning.
00:39:24.19\00:39:26.06
He is my translator.
00:39:26.09\00:39:27.43
What a good...
00:39:27.46\00:39:28.80
As I got
excited, he got excited.
00:39:28.83\00:39:30.17
When I calmed
down, he calmed down,
00:39:30.20\00:39:31.53
and if I moved, he moved.
00:39:31.57\00:39:32.90
That's some of
the baptismal people.
00:39:32.93\00:39:34.67
These are the people answered
that, responded to the call.
00:39:34.70\00:39:38.17
Responded to the call.
00:39:38.21\00:39:39.74
On Sabbath as we
made a call for baptism,
00:39:39.77\00:39:41.11
and these are some of
the people that came up
00:39:41.14\00:39:42.48
and responded to the call.
00:39:42.51\00:39:44.01
Those are some of
the baptismal candidates,
00:39:44.05\00:39:46.55
they're dressed in white.
00:39:46.58\00:39:49.28
Just wonderful people.
00:39:49.32\00:39:50.65
This young lady just
kind of endeared herself,
00:39:50.69\00:39:52.25
she ended up in
a lot of my shots.
00:39:52.29\00:39:53.96
If my camera was
over to the left,
00:39:53.99\00:39:55.46
she kind of eased to the left,
00:39:55.49\00:39:56.83
as my camera was
over to the right,
00:39:56.86\00:39:58.19
she kind of eased to the right.
00:39:58.23\00:39:59.76
Just a wonderful
young lady, and she was one
00:39:59.79\00:40:01.76
of the
baptismal candidates also.
00:40:01.80\00:40:04.40
And some more
baptismal candidates just...
00:40:04.43\00:40:06.27
We had all ranges
of ages. Yes, yes.
00:40:06.30\00:40:09.44
And some more
baptismal candidates, yes.
00:40:09.47\00:40:11.54
From very young to very...
00:40:11.57\00:40:14.14
And really we thought some
of these baptismal candidates
00:40:14.18\00:40:16.58
were too young but really
they're older than they look.
00:40:16.61\00:40:19.75
That's some of the food
that they had prepared for us
00:40:19.78\00:40:23.25
because we had
church service, then we ate,
00:40:23.28\00:40:25.52
then baptism and Raquel,
00:40:25.55\00:40:27.19
that's about the time
that you sort of came down
00:40:27.22\00:40:29.46
whatever bug got a hold of you.
00:40:29.49\00:40:31.53
There is a pastor's wife in
the middle in the dark blue.
00:40:31.56\00:40:33.86
And you weren't there
with us for that last Sabbath,
00:40:33.90\00:40:35.76
we missed you.
00:40:35.80\00:40:37.63
Well, I missed
everything in the last day
00:40:37.67\00:40:44.11
but I had fever at that
time so I couldn't really come.
00:40:44.14\00:40:47.54
Yes, yes.
00:40:47.58\00:40:49.54
Ray, talk to us
about your response,
00:40:49.58\00:40:52.01
your feeling to
that last Sabbath
00:40:52.05\00:40:55.62
to see all of those
baptismal candidates
00:40:55.65\00:40:57.39
and just to be
part of that experience?
00:40:57.42\00:41:00.12
That's an experience
that I will never forget.
00:41:00.16\00:41:04.33
It's an experience
that we dream about,
00:41:04.36\00:41:11.00
it's a dream that we
had hope to come true
00:41:11.03\00:41:15.10
and we were so happy
that, that it finally did.
00:41:15.14\00:41:18.97
The warmth of the people
or the love of the people
00:41:19.01\00:41:22.04
is something that
you can't even express.
00:41:22.08\00:41:25.38
They were so
warm, so friendly...
00:41:25.41\00:41:28.08
Excuse me, it was
like a large family.
00:41:28.12\00:41:33.05
And everyone was so grateful
and so happy and 66 baptisms
00:41:33.09\00:41:39.59
and all these people smiling.
00:41:39.63\00:41:42.73
Just so beautiful to see
and the pastors were happy
00:41:42.76\00:41:47.77
and the president of
the conference was so happy.
00:41:47.80\00:41:50.64
Yes.
00:41:50.67\00:41:52.01
And it was one speech after
another and everybody just...
00:41:52.04\00:41:57.61
It just was like a stone
rolling down the mountain,
00:41:57.65\00:42:01.85
it got better and
better and better.
00:42:01.88\00:42:04.55
All right, very good.
00:42:04.59\00:42:06.05
Now, I'm going to talk to
my director just a minute.
00:42:06.09\00:42:09.09
Robert, we're going
to have run out of time
00:42:09.12\00:42:11.23
so we gonna have to cut
some of this stuff short.
00:42:11.26\00:42:13.19
I want to go
right to the baptisms,
00:42:13.23\00:42:15.93
if you can do that for me.
00:42:15.96\00:42:18.23
We're going to take out Buke,
00:42:18.27\00:42:19.60
we're going to take
out the president for now
00:42:19.63\00:42:22.10
and go right to the baptism.
00:42:22.14\00:42:23.54
There we go because Irma
was saying, you know what?
00:42:23.57\00:42:26.24
I see a big black crowd.
00:42:26.27\00:42:27.71
And if they don't stop
talking and get to that pool,
00:42:27.74\00:42:29.88
we're going to be
in a rainy baptism
00:42:29.91\00:42:31.71
and sure enough what happen Boo?
00:42:31.75\00:42:34.28
Sure enough, as soon
as we got to the pool
00:42:34.32\00:42:38.35
it started
raining and not little...
00:42:38.39\00:42:40.66
Yeah. It was
raining really hard.
00:42:40.69\00:42:42.52
Yeah, pouring
down. Pouring down.
00:42:42.56\00:42:44.43
But did that stop anybody?
00:42:44.46\00:42:45.79
They did not,
oh, not, not at all.
00:42:45.83\00:42:47.86
Not even the people
that they were looking.
00:42:47.90\00:42:50.13
Yes. To see the baptism.
00:42:50.17\00:42:53.23
Everybody was just
so happy to be there,
00:42:53.27\00:42:55.90
I ran away because I
didn't want to get soggy
00:42:55.94\00:43:00.94
and I have my camera so.
00:43:00.98\00:43:03.21
I got it perhaps so,
I kept my camera dry,
00:43:03.24\00:43:04.81
but outside half,
half of me got soaked.
00:43:04.85\00:43:06.98
Robert, can you find
the picture of everybody
00:43:07.02\00:43:09.42
at the baptismal pool
that kind of the group picture
00:43:09.45\00:43:11.85
that kind of big one
for me and let's go to that.
00:43:11.89\00:43:14.49
That's the one. Thank you.
00:43:14.52\00:43:16.06
These guys are...
00:43:16.09\00:43:17.43
Oh, they're so sharp in there.
00:43:17.46\00:43:18.79
That's the one, that
was our baptismal group,
00:43:18.83\00:43:20.80
66 in total and there
were some that didn't get there
00:43:20.83\00:43:24.40
because our
numbers really were higher
00:43:24.43\00:43:25.93
but at the end
we ended up with 66
00:43:25.97\00:43:28.77
and it was just so wonderful
00:43:28.80\00:43:30.14
and what happened right
after the baptism was over,
00:43:30.17\00:43:32.17
weather wise?
00:43:32.21\00:43:33.54
Oh, the sun just shine.
00:43:33.58\00:43:36.31
Just came out like...
00:43:36.34\00:43:37.68
The sun came
right back out, yeah.
00:43:37.71\00:43:39.05
Just as the rain
stopped, the sun came out.
00:43:39.08\00:43:41.38
That's the conference
president Pastor Inapan,
00:43:41.42\00:43:43.42
wonderful person.
00:43:43.45\00:43:44.79
Talking to and congratulating
the baptismal candidates,
00:43:44.82\00:43:47.46
just a wonderful group.
00:43:47.49\00:43:48.89
It was a great Sabbath
afternoon, wasn't it, Ray?
00:43:48.92\00:43:51.26
It was, it really was.
00:43:51.29\00:43:52.63
Certainly was.
00:43:52.66\00:43:54.00
Only thing missing
was Raquel. That's true.
00:43:54.03\00:43:57.00
Yes, that's true.
We had another pastor.
00:43:57.03\00:43:59.03
That was the oldest
person that got there that time.
00:43:59.07\00:44:01.67
Yes, he was and he had a stroke.
00:44:01.70\00:44:03.91
A stroke, yes.
00:44:03.94\00:44:05.27
So he was walking with
a cane. With a cane, yes.
00:44:05.31\00:44:07.81
But he was just so happy.
00:44:07.84\00:44:10.01
He was so happy
to be baptized, yeah.
00:44:10.05\00:44:11.38
To be baptized, yes.
00:44:11.41\00:44:12.75
Those robes we found out,
that green and black robe,
00:44:12.78\00:44:14.88
we found out that
when you get ordained
00:44:14.92\00:44:17.29
they give you
that robe for baptism.
00:44:17.32\00:44:19.45
So our host pastor
is not ordained yet
00:44:19.49\00:44:21.92
so he didn't get
one but Pastor Buke
00:44:21.96\00:44:23.99
and the other
pastor got those robes
00:44:24.03\00:44:27.43
when they were ordained,
00:44:27.46\00:44:28.86
so they baptized in those robes,
00:44:28.90\00:44:30.23
and of course the
conference president
00:44:30.27\00:44:31.60
just baptized in
a street clothes.
00:44:31.63\00:44:32.97
He didn't mind, he was quite,
00:44:33.00\00:44:34.34
he was quite
fine with everything.
00:44:34.37\00:44:35.70
Yeah, I don't know if
we'll have another picture
00:44:35.74\00:44:37.11
of this lady but
right of that picture
00:44:37.14\00:44:39.94
there is a lady
behind with the umbrella
00:44:39.97\00:44:42.58
for the older man and she
is the lady that every night
00:44:42.61\00:44:48.18
she was ready with
gifts for the people
00:44:48.22\00:44:51.72
at the end of the meeting.
00:44:51.75\00:44:54.02
At the end of the
meeting they had a quiz
00:44:54.06\00:44:55.96
at the end of the meeting
and they had bags of gifts
00:44:55.99\00:44:58.79
and this lady, she was an elder,
00:44:58.83\00:45:00.23
she would give out the...
00:45:00.26\00:45:01.86
Ask the questions
00:45:01.90\00:45:03.23
and people would
answer the questions
00:45:03.26\00:45:04.60
and get their gifts.
00:45:04.63\00:45:05.97
Very, very exciting,
then we had a big circle,
00:45:06.00\00:45:07.34
we joined hands, and you
know, gave out those gifts,
00:45:07.37\00:45:11.71
Just an
exciting wonderful thing.
00:45:11.74\00:45:13.34
Now we got to
tell you something,
00:45:13.38\00:45:14.71
this is really cool.
00:45:14.74\00:45:16.08
On Friday night
just before the baptism,
00:45:16.11\00:45:19.05
we preached at
the Bacolod Central
00:45:19.08\00:45:22.65
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:45:22.68\00:45:24.02
It was something
that was kind of added to,
00:45:24.05\00:45:25.65
it was a one day off
and we didn't get a day off,
00:45:25.69\00:45:27.66
we preached there.
00:45:27.69\00:45:29.02
And I'm so glad that we did.
00:45:29.06\00:45:30.39
Irma came, Raquel
was not feeling good
00:45:30.43\00:45:32.43
but she came
anyway and Ray came.
00:45:32.49\00:45:34.66
And we met a group, and
Robert this is the 3ABN group.
00:45:34.70\00:45:38.67
This group and hold
that picture for just minute.
00:45:38.70\00:45:40.80
This is a group of doctors
and lawyers and business people
00:45:40.84\00:45:47.11
who pay out of
their pockets to have 3ABN
00:45:47.14\00:45:51.25
on in that lead
city there in Bacolod.
00:45:51.28\00:45:55.52
They've been
doing it for 15 years.
00:45:55.55\00:45:58.32
Yes.
00:45:58.35\00:45:59.69
Now let me give
their names just so that
00:45:59.72\00:46:01.06
we give them some recognition.
00:46:01.09\00:46:02.42
Starting from the far right,
00:46:02.46\00:46:05.29
the man in the
white is Antonio Devalia.
00:46:05.33\00:46:08.83
His wife Jobinee
Devalia is next to him, then me,
00:46:08.86\00:46:12.23
then Irma, then doctor,
00:46:12.27\00:46:15.80
he is a doctor/attorney
Wilfred Tubliera.
00:46:15.84\00:46:20.91
Then Dr. Nana Lee Rollius,
00:46:20.94\00:46:24.85
then Lenora Brassa,
00:46:24.88\00:46:28.02
then going up to lady
in the yellow is Norletta,
00:46:28.05\00:46:32.39
she is a land owner.
00:46:32.42\00:46:34.16
She owns a big plantation,
00:46:34.19\00:46:35.76
then let's see
00:46:35.79\00:46:38.63
is Teresa Formanarius,
00:46:38.66\00:46:45.03
then the first
elder who is Asher Scion,
00:46:45.07\00:46:48.80
then the pastor is Nedro Golfa.
00:46:48.84\00:46:52.94
That's the 3ABN club.
00:46:52.97\00:46:56.28
And they've been together.
00:46:56.31\00:46:58.31
Their motto is
3ABN till Jesus comes.
00:46:58.35\00:47:02.45
Yes.
00:47:02.48\00:47:04.22
You remember that? That's right.
00:47:04.25\00:47:05.59
And they
introduced themselves to me,
00:47:05.62\00:47:07.32
a group of doctors and lawyers.
00:47:07.36\00:47:09.16
And now we got a quick video,
I want to go to that right now.
00:47:09.19\00:47:13.50
The first thing
or the first time
00:47:13.53\00:47:15.43
that I discover this program,
00:47:15.46\00:47:17.53
the 3ABN program
was in Iloilo city,
00:47:17.57\00:47:22.64
then we were on our
way to our free clinic
00:47:22.67\00:47:25.61
at the house of Mr. Chu.
00:47:25.64\00:47:29.61
When he opened the television,
00:47:29.64\00:47:31.91
I was so inspired to see
00:47:31.95\00:47:35.38
and to hear singing
Jesus is coming again.
00:47:35.42\00:47:39.22
And so I said to myself,
00:47:39.25\00:47:41.52
this program should also
be with us in Bacolod city.
00:47:41.56\00:47:46.70
And so upon coming
here to our province,
00:47:46.73\00:47:52.37
I went together with my wife,
00:47:52.40\00:47:55.27
I went to the conference office
00:47:55.30\00:47:59.74
and told the president
then Pastor Chad Lee Hondonero,
00:47:59.77\00:48:06.01
and I was telling him
to have this 3ABN program
00:48:06.05\00:48:11.29
here in the
province of the Negros.
00:48:11.32\00:48:16.12
And he told me, well,
we had it planned already
00:48:16.16\00:48:20.96
about three years ago.
00:48:21.00\00:48:23.06
So what happened?
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Actually there were
already the gadgets.
00:48:27.27\00:48:30.94
This satellite,
oh, what's that, this?
00:48:30.97\00:48:35.58
The satellite dish.
Satellite dish, yeah.
00:48:35.61\00:48:39.48
And I said to Pastor Hondonero,
00:48:39.51\00:48:43.69
we need to get it right away.
00:48:43.72\00:48:47.66
And I went also
00:48:47.69\00:48:50.66
to the then Pastor Solis,
00:48:50.69\00:48:56.87
he is the communication director
00:48:56.90\00:48:59.70
and encouraged him to get
the gadgets as soon as possible
00:48:59.73\00:49:05.97
so that we can have the program
00:49:06.01\00:49:07.68
here in our own province.
00:49:07.71\00:49:11.78
And it was so, it was
done that very Sunday morning
00:49:11.81\00:49:16.85
he went to Cebu city
to take all the gadgets,
00:49:16.89\00:49:21.26
and one problem
that they were talking
00:49:21.29\00:49:26.86
was about the money.
00:49:26.90\00:49:29.16
Because the
company, the sky cable
00:49:29.20\00:49:34.34
is requiring us to
pay 24,000 then per month,
00:49:34.37\00:49:39.34
24,000 pesos as a payment.
00:49:39.37\00:49:43.21
So I said that should be easy.
00:49:43.24\00:49:47.35
We head together
00:49:47.38\00:49:48.95
all the brethren
from five districts
00:49:48.98\00:49:53.29
and so solicit the
fund for this program.
00:49:53.32\00:49:58.96
So all of you together
are funding 3ABN in Bacolod.
00:49:58.99\00:50:04.47
Yeah.
00:50:04.50\00:50:07.34
We gathered, for the first
time we gathered five districts.
00:50:07.37\00:50:12.41
But now I think by either
00:50:12.44\00:50:18.81
solicitations
or promised pledges
00:50:18.85\00:50:24.35
from the brethren.
00:50:24.39\00:50:26.12
We've to sustain this...
00:50:26.15\00:50:27.49
And...
00:50:27.52\00:50:28.86
We've to sustain this program.
00:50:28.89\00:50:30.23
Yeah, this
program must be sustained
00:50:30.26\00:50:32.46
up to the moment
by the grace of God.
00:50:32.49\00:50:35.76
Now our time is getting away
from us but I did want to hear,
00:50:35.80\00:50:38.73
want you to hear from
the pastor of the churches
00:50:38.77\00:50:40.50
is pastor
Golfan, wonderful fellow.
00:50:40.54\00:50:42.97
He was very, very impressed
00:50:43.00\00:50:44.34
about what this
group is doing also.
00:50:44.37\00:50:47.31
Pastor Golfan is the
pastor of the church.
00:50:47.34\00:50:50.35
Pastor, just give me a
word how having this ministry
00:50:50.38\00:50:53.21
in your church has
helped this church?
00:50:53.25\00:50:56.32
It's really been a
blessing for the community
00:50:56.35\00:50:59.82
and also for those our brethren
00:50:59.85\00:51:01.62
who personally commit themselves
00:51:01.66\00:51:03.83
because it not only
inspire them to continue
00:51:03.86\00:51:10.20
to do the ministry that
God has entrusted to them
00:51:10.23\00:51:12.87
but their faith really
grow when they continue to do
00:51:12.90\00:51:17.71
this support to
the major ministry,
00:51:17.74\00:51:21.24
and I really praise
God for this brethren.
00:51:21.28\00:51:24.38
Amen.
00:51:24.41\00:51:26.28
Now in the video
that was just prior,
00:51:26.31\00:51:28.52
you saw over the shoulder of man
00:51:28.55\00:51:30.85
was talking a
women standing there,
00:51:30.89\00:51:32.32
tall woman in gray,
00:51:32.35\00:51:34.86
that woman actually
was a person who walked
00:51:34.89\00:51:38.33
into the church
from watching 3ABN
00:51:38.36\00:51:42.03
and was ready for baptism.
00:51:42.06\00:51:44.37
She owns one or
two large factories.
00:51:44.40\00:51:47.34
She is a woman of means,
and she joined the group,
00:51:47.37\00:51:50.67
and she is
putting her money there.
00:51:50.71\00:51:52.17
You see her
there in the picture.
00:51:52.21\00:51:53.81
The fellow with the
purple shirt and tie
00:51:53.84\00:51:55.58
right over his shoulder,
00:51:55.61\00:51:57.48
right over the doctor's
shoulder is the lady in gray.
00:51:57.51\00:52:00.92
She is a woman of
means, walked into the church
00:52:00.95\00:52:04.19
and is part of the 3ABN team,
00:52:04.22\00:52:06.89
was baptized into
the church after year.
00:52:06.92\00:52:08.82
Next to her is a
woman in the yellow.
00:52:08.86\00:52:12.03
She is a large plantation owner,
00:52:12.06\00:52:14.56
owns a sugar plantation.
00:52:14.60\00:52:15.96
She has the same testimony,
00:52:16.00\00:52:17.47
walked into the
church after watching 3ABN,
00:52:17.50\00:52:20.67
and is now part of the
group that is supporting 3ABN.
00:52:20.70\00:52:23.74
If we can go
back to that picture
00:52:23.77\00:52:25.11
for just a second,
Robert, if you will.
00:52:25.14\00:52:27.44
All right, you
see the lady in gray,
00:52:27.48\00:52:29.54
the lady in yellow.
00:52:29.58\00:52:30.91
If you go to the
fellow in the purple shirt,
00:52:30.95\00:52:32.71
white tie just over
his shoulder is Asher Saya,
00:52:32.75\00:52:36.75
he is the first
elder of the church,
00:52:36.79\00:52:38.49
also works at the hospital
and was kind of the person
00:52:38.52\00:52:41.06
who got this group together.
00:52:41.09\00:52:42.59
Now the Dr. Davalia on the end
sort of coordinates the group,
00:52:42.62\00:52:46.23
but these people are
all very, very invested
00:52:46.26\00:52:48.96
and we didn't have
time to hear from them all
00:52:49.00\00:52:50.37
but they all have
the strong testimony
00:52:50.40\00:52:52.13
about what 3ABN is
doing in the church
00:52:52.17\00:52:54.57
and of course their motto
Irma is 3ABN till Jesus comes.
00:52:54.60\00:53:01.11
Amen.
00:53:01.14\00:53:02.48
Now, we've gone over,
00:53:02.51\00:53:03.85
we're gonna go to our newsbreak,
00:53:03.88\00:53:05.21
come back, say
goodbye to Ray and Raquel,
00:53:05.25\00:53:06.58
and then have a closing thought.
00:53:06.61\00:53:07.95