Participants: Pete and Jessica Barolo
Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000016A
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00:21 Hello, I'm Natalie Wood,
00:22 and I'd like to welcome you to Jesus for Asia Now. 00:25 I have my husband Jon here with me on the show today. 00:27 Hi, darling. 00:28 You know, we've got a lot of different projects 00:30 that we talk about on Jesus for Asia. 00:32 Yes. 00:33 And it's all over Asia, 00:34 and the main thing is we want our viewers to see 00:36 what God is doing 00:38 and also that there is more work to be done out there. 00:40 Lot of opportunities to get involve with God's work. 00:42 Right. 00:43 Even though the time is laid, there's still lots to do. 00:46 Right, there is, 00:47 and today we want to talk about a people group 00:49 that has been unreached. 00:51 Yes. 00:52 Until recently it's beginning to be reached. 00:54 That's right, and that doesn't mean... 00:56 I mean that is just like there may be thousands of villages 00:58 and may be two or three 01:00 or five or six villages are being reached 01:02 and that's exciting 01:03 and we are gonna learn about that, 01:04 but there's still a lot more that could be done. 01:06 Right, and it's about a couple Pete and Jessica. 01:09 And you met this Pete, 01:11 you met Pete in the Philippines. 01:13 You want to tell us a little bit about that? 01:15 Oh, back in 2011, we were at a camp meeting 01:18 and one of my good friends there Filipino friends, 01:21 introduced me to his uncle 01:23 and his uncle was talking about these villages 01:26 that he had found way up in the mountains. 01:28 As he is living in the lowlands, 01:29 he's a teacher and he had a heart to reach up there, 01:32 and so I was looking around 01:34 and I scraped together about $200, 01:36 gave that money to him 01:38 and didn't hear from him for several years. 01:40 And then his nephew started telling me about 01:42 what he had done with that money, 01:44 and I was so impressed 01:46 and so encouraged and so amazed. 01:49 You know, it's neat to see people 01:50 whose hearts are really in the work. 01:52 Yeah. 01:53 Yeah, they're full on 01:54 and they are not doing it for the money, 01:56 they are doing it to see 01:57 people learn about Jesus and to be a blessing. 02:00 Right, so we want to start out with some video, 02:03 just introducing the project. 02:04 Yes. 02:08 Mindoro, the seventh largest island in the Philippines. 02:13 The mountains separate the island into two provinces 02:17 rough and rugged Mindoro Occidental to the west, 02:21 and the more prosperous Mindoro Oriental to the east. 02:25 Not only rich in agriculture 02:27 but also in culture but not for these people. 02:33 Mangyan, a generic name 02:36 for the eight indigenous groups of Mindoro. 02:40 Once the only inhabitants of Mindoro, 02:44 coastal dwellers at first, 02:46 they have moved inland 02:47 and into the mountains to avoid the influx 02:50 and influence of foreign settlers 02:52 such as the Tagalogs. 02:55 To avoid their conquest, 02:56 influence and religious conversion, 02:59 today the Mangyans live secluded 03:01 in remote parts of Mindoro. 03:04 Without proper education and personal hygiene, 03:07 they live with animistic beliefs 03:09 not to mention the scarcity of resources 03:11 for each family's table. 03:14 Mangyans continue with their transient life 03:17 because of fear due to some of their beliefs, 03:20 rituals, and long time customs and traditions. 03:24 Mindoro Outreach is headed by a couple with a big vision 03:28 to uplift thousands of these tribal groups. 03:31 They choose sacrifice instead of comfort, 03:34 giving themselves in doing missions 03:36 to the least of these people. 03:39 Giving formal education, 03:41 teaching proper hygiene, 03:43 freeing them from the bondage of traditions 03:46 and animistic beliefs. 03:50 Wow, you know there is so much 03:53 that they needed to have help with. 03:56 And Pete as a teacher 03:58 went there first to give them education. 04:00 In fact that was the original agreement was that 04:03 it was education only, no religion. 04:06 And we'll hear a little story, 04:07 we've got a miracle story coming up at the end, 04:10 so I just want to let our viewers know, 04:12 you don't want to go away, 04:13 you want to watch, continue to watch. 04:15 That's right. 04:16 But Pete and Jessica have given their hearts to these people, 04:21 and they see the promise of eternity 04:23 for each one of these lives and it's really neat. 04:25 What was it like when they first met these people? 04:28 Pete tells me that the first time 04:29 that they went to see them, 04:31 the people ran away when they showed up, 04:33 they just ran away and come to find out, 04:36 they don't trust civilized people. 04:40 Because they get taken advantage of a lot 04:41 because they don't know how to read, 04:43 they don't know how to write, 04:44 they don't know how to do any mathematics, 04:46 and so they get taken advantage, 04:48 so when they came up to them, they just all disappeared. 04:51 And so they figured out that it was because of his clothes, 04:54 they don't trust anybody with clothes. 04:57 So he decided to go and meet them... 05:00 Dress like they wear. Yeah. 05:02 Which is in a G-string? 05:03 Just a G-string, lowing cloth, G-string and nothing else. 05:07 And then they were willing to talk to him 05:10 and was able to make connection and start working with them. 05:13 This fear they had of people wearing clothing 05:15 or being educator from outside. 05:18 Where did this come from? 05:20 I mean... 05:21 Well, the mainstream Filipino thinks of them as uneducated, 05:25 lazy, backwards. 05:28 In fact you'll hear Pete say 05:30 in the beginning of this next video that umm... 05:34 a leader in mainstream Filipino village 05:38 called them in front of a lot of people, 05:40 barely better than monkeys. 05:42 And so there's a lot of prejudice 05:46 and looking down upon these people, 05:49 so nobody is really reaching out to them 05:51 and trying to help them 05:53 'cause they're thought of as worthless. 05:55 Okay, let's watch that clip now. 05:57 Okay. 06:41 What can we do? What can I do as a teacher? 06:44 So we thought now the only thing 06:46 that can free the Mangyans is through education. 06:49 The development might be very slow. 07:48 Only 5, 07:51 from 20 only 5 remaining. 07:57 I'm working with the brethren. 07:58 I'm a public school teacher. 08:05 We'll just get the tithe, and the offering 08:08 and will just get for food for the family 08:12 and everything goes to the work. 08:47 I said, they're not going home every day to their, 08:50 during lunch time because there is no food there 08:53 in their house, in their individual houses, 08:55 so they will stay in the school 08:58 and wait for the teacher to cook food. 09:00 Maybe the teacher will give them. 09:02 So simply, we cannot teach unselfishness 09:06 if we ourselves are selfish. 09:23 So the Lord expanded their ministry 09:25 by showing them the needs 09:26 of the children there for lunch. 09:28 Yeah, can you imagine the kids, they can, 09:31 I mean coming to lunch at school 09:33 and then not having anything 09:35 and then watching someone else eat. 09:37 So, there is a lot of malnutrition issues 09:41 in those villages as well. 09:43 Yes, and cleanliness is obviously an issue 09:46 that we saw in the first clip, 09:47 with that little baby with his face 09:49 all muddy and everything. 09:50 Yeah, absolutely. 09:52 So the next video we want to talk about 09:53 a little bit of the fear that they live with, 09:56 the superstition and the fear. 09:59 This is a big deal because 10:00 and he doesn't really explain that much in the video 10:02 but with a thing 'bukaw' they believe that 10:06 you can't bury a body 10:08 because when you dig in the ground 10:10 it upsets the spirits in the ground. 10:12 So they'll put the body in the tree 10:14 and then of course it starts to smell 10:15 and so a lot of times the village will just leave 10:17 and go to a different place. 10:19 And leave their crops and whatever. 10:22 And so this is part of the superstition 10:25 that binds them into this fearful way of life 10:29 and always having to move, 10:30 and so this is kind of what that clip is about. 10:32 Okay. 10:46 They walked four hours to reach this Mangyan village. 10:50 It is surrounded by rivers 10:51 and is considered a haunted place, 10:54 for it is near the burial place for the Mangyan. 10:57 They are transient because of their belief, 11:00 that when they bury their dead, 11:01 they should hang the lifeless body on a tree 11:04 and then the corpse will turn into a man eating monster 11:07 or bukaw. 11:19 They put it here... 11:20 the dead body. 11:22 It used to have cellophane over here, 11:26 but the flood took that away now. 11:31 This superstitious belief continued 11:33 until the arrival of Manuel, their teacher. 12:14 Okay, so that's the bukaw, 12:15 that's comes out like a man eating monster 12:18 and so they take off. 12:19 One thing I want to point out is that the villages 12:21 that we're seeing in this video are more of the up, 12:24 more higher class. 12:25 Most of them are wearing clothes, 12:26 maybe still be dirty and everything 12:28 but they're wearing clothes, 12:29 the farther you go into the mountains. 12:32 The more you have to wear the lowing cloth 12:34 and the prospects are worse and worse. 12:36 Right, now they did a aerial survey 12:38 in an airplane once, 12:39 and they saw just mountain after mountain 12:41 with thousands and thousands of villages 12:43 that are completely untouched up in there. 12:46 Wow, so there is a lot of work to be done. 12:48 Yeah, which is why it's so exciting 12:49 what they're doing. 12:50 Right. Somebody's starting something. 12:52 Right, in this next video 12:53 we've got a teacher talking about 12:56 going to his fellow Mangyans, 12:58 so he is a Mangyan himself 13:00 and he is educated and now he is teaching there. 13:03 Praise the Lord. So let's watch this video. 14:42 So he had to show them even the basics. 14:43 Yeah, did you see the kid's hands, 14:45 how dirty they were? 14:46 I know. Wow! 14:48 And he eats with those hands and... 14:50 Everything. Yeah. 14:52 All right, this next video talks a little bit about 14:54 some of the needs there. 14:55 Okay. 15:52 Manuel's cousin Mercy, 15:54 a Mangyan herself was graduated from high school 15:57 also became a volunteer teacher for kindergarten. 16:01 As a teacher, she saw herself as a child 16:04 in these children's daily situation. 16:07 They divided one piece of pencil equally 16:09 between three students. 16:11 They would listen to the teacher 16:13 tell stories for hours 16:14 because even the teachers didn't have the basic supplies 16:17 to teach school. 16:19 We asked her what the immediate needs of the students were. 17:10 Breaks your heart, huh. 17:12 Yeah, so much need. 17:14 One toothbrush for all those people. 17:15 But it doesn't take much to make a huge difference... 17:18 Yeah. 17:19 You know, because the supply is not that expensive over there. 17:22 I mean, how much is the pencil cost... 17:24 Yeah 17:25 Versus dividing one pencil equally between three students. 17:29 Yeah. 17:30 We have another little video here 17:32 where they're talking more about the needs. 19:36 So we are taking these steps forward slowly 19:41 and risking everything. 19:47 So, their hearts are really in it. 19:48 Yeah, they are. 19:50 Taking big risks and going step by step 19:52 as fast as they can. 19:53 So it doesn't take a lot to make a big difference 19:55 in the ministry like this. 19:57 Let's watch this last little clip from them. 20:00 It's talking about why, why they do it they do. 20:03 Yeah. 20:04 Love is the motivation to sacrifice for these people. 20:09 This is not just another good story. 20:12 These are lives interwoven with culture 20:15 and a heritage sustained for many centuries. 20:19 Saving their race is a choice. 20:22 A decision to be made by people 20:24 like you and me. 20:57 Just a precious dirty little faces. 21:00 You know, thinking about someday in heaven, 21:02 they are all clean 21:03 and they are worshipping the Lord of glory. 21:06 That will be a blessing. 21:07 With the golden crown and white robe of light. 21:10 Right. 21:11 You know, those pictures really say a lot, don't they? 21:13 Yes. 21:14 But you know, lot of people would say 21:15 with their complete removal from society, 21:17 from their lack of education. 21:19 Is it worth investing in these people? 21:23 And I think this next clip is going to show 21:25 the kind of faith that these people, 21:28 these people that know almost nothing can produce. 21:32 This is the miracle story 21:33 we promised to everyone at the beginning. 21:35 That's right. 21:36 And what do we call this miracle story? 21:38 "The angel in the G-string." 21:40 Here we go. 25:21 Amazing faith. 25:22 Yeah, God is with me. Yeah. 25:24 And you notice that they weren't preached to, 25:27 they weren't given Bible studies, 25:28 there weren't made appeals, 25:30 there wasn't an evangelistic series. 25:31 They just saw the difference in a life 25:34 that had Christ in it. 25:35 Right. And they wanted that. 25:36 Right, because originally we said this at the beginning. 25:40 Originally the agreement was "no evangelism only education." 25:45 Yeah, don't teach your religion. 25:46 Right, but the children saw the difference, 25:48 and they wanted it. 25:49 Yeah, and then that willingness 25:51 to go through this, the punishment, 25:54 the pain in order to hang on 25:57 to what they found in Christ. 25:59 Really inspiring. 26:00 What faith? 26:02 Very inspiring. Yeah. 26:03 And then that Mangyan, 26:04 that old man wasn't really clearly told in the video. 26:08 But as he walked through the village, 26:10 they all looked at him. 26:11 They had never seen him before. 26:13 Really old guy. 26:15 And he was walking through the village 26:16 and they were really shocked, "Who is this guy?" 26:19 And he looked over and it's like 26:20 he knew what was going on. 26:22 He told them, 26:23 "Those kids have done nothing wrong, 26:25 don't punish them." 26:26 And then he walked down to the river. 26:28 Now, I ask them, 26:30 is there any other trails from the river? 26:32 They said, "No, 26:33 there's only one trail to the river." 26:34 So he went down to the river 26:36 and they never saw him again. 26:39 So we believe and they believe that this was an angel. 26:44 That was sent there to reward the faith 26:46 of these young people. 26:47 Yes. Yeah. 26:48 To strengthen their faith and our faith. 26:50 Right. This is exciting. 26:52 That's neat. 26:53 Yeah, that's what we need. 26:55 So we can see the kind of investment 26:58 that has been made for these people. 27:00 And it inspires me 27:01 to invest more of what 27:03 I have been given into God's work. 27:06 Doesn't it you? 27:07 Yes, very much so. 27:08 And to see the promise, you know, 27:11 to know the value that Christ placed on the soul. 27:13 He came, He would have died 27:15 for one of those dirty faced people. 27:17 Amazing. 27:18 You know, He would have died for me, 27:19 He would have died for one other unreached person. 27:23 Yeah, and what matchless love that is. 27:26 Haven't you been inspired, dear? 27:27 So inspired, honey, to do more, 27:29 to invest more, to love more, 27:32 and appreciate God's love more for me. 27:33 Right. 27:35 You know, I would like to invite our viewers 27:39 to ask the Lord to implant 27:40 that kind of love in your heart also. 27:43 And to ask Him what you should do, 27:45 and where you should be in His vineyard? 27:47 If you would like to send a tax deductible love gift, 27:50 please do so to Jesus for Asia, PO Box 1221, 27:55 Collegedale, Tennessee 37315. 27:59 Call us at 423-413-7321. 28:03 Or check out our website at Jesus4asia.org. 28:07 Thank you so much for joining us today 28:09 for Jesus for Asia Now. 28:10 May God richly bless you as we work together 28:13 to prepare for His soon coming. |
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