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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000140S
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00:21 - Hello and welcome to Jesus for Asia Now. 00:24 I'm Natalie Wood 00:25 and my husband Jon is here with me today. 00:27 We're going on a trip together to the Philippines. 00:31 Hello love. 00:31 - Hi darling, how are you? 00:33 - I'm doing all right. 00:34 How are you? - Awesome. 00:35 I'm doing good. 00:35 - Good. 00:37 So we're going to Philippines today. 00:38 - [Jon] Yes. 00:39 - But where exactly are we going? 00:40 - Well, this is kind of the interesting thing 00:42 because we have not been to where we're going. 00:44 Because where we're going today 00:47 is a little too dangerous for us to go. 00:50 If you go there, 00:52 if I went there I'd have to have an armed escort. 00:54 - Okay. - In fact, 00:55 our Filipino video team 00:57 had to have an armed escort for them to go. 00:59 - Okay. - Because they're Christians. 01:01 - Okay, so it's in the Philippines. 01:03 - [Jon] It's in the Philippines. 01:04 - But it's very dangerous there. 01:04 - Yeah, and this is the area 01:06 way to the very farthest south part of the Philippines, 01:11 on the west side of the farthest south part 01:13 of the farthest south island. 01:16 (Jon laughs) 01:16 - Okay well, if we have a map. 01:18 (Natalie laughs) - Yep, there is a map. 01:20 You can see this is the peninsula 01:22 and then the islands that trail off the end 01:25 of the peninsula; 01:26 The farthest island is about three hours by boat, 01:29 so not very far, just a few miles from Malaysia, 01:32 the island of Borneo. - Oh, okay. 01:34 So, why don't you start us out on this journey. 01:36 - Okay, so this area has been closed 01:39 for centuries to Christians. 01:41 We didn't know how to work with Muslims, 01:44 we didn't know how to be a blessing there, 01:46 and therefore, the doors were mainly closed. 01:48 - Mhm. 01:50 - But as Adventists, we have some advantages, 01:51 including the fact that we don't eat pork. 01:53 - Right. - And so our volunteers, 01:57 we have this group of volunteers 01:59 in the Philippines called the SULADS. 02:01 - Right. 02:02 - And they've been working in these areas 02:04 for many years as teachers. 02:06 - Right. 02:07 - As the people there in those islands 02:09 got to know who we were, 02:11 they really appreciated these young people as teachers, 02:15 as friends, as people that were there to bless. 02:18 - Right. - And bring light and truth 02:20 and uplift the people without any strings attached. 02:22 - Right. And just for clarity's sake, the SULADS 02:25 is not a JFA ministry. - [Jon] Right. 02:27 - It's not something Jesus for Asia started. 02:29 - [Jon] No. - In fact, 02:31 it started before we started. 02:32 - [Jon] Right. - It's a group 02:33 that likes to go and be a blessing, 02:36 particularly as teachers helping with the literacy issues. 02:40 - Yeah, and it's a movement more than a group. 02:42 It's an organization- - Right, that's true. 02:44 - that works with the church, but it's a whole movement. 02:45 It's like a mindset when you talk about SULADS, okay? 02:49 You talk about self-sacrifice. 02:51 You talk about giving of your life to go into 02:55 unentered dark areas- - Yeah. 02:57 - difficult areas, challenging areas. 02:59 We have the testimony of one young SULAD 03:01 that says "yeah, sometimes I don't have time 03:03 to go down to the lowlands to get food 03:06 and so I just, when I'm hungry, I just go back to my room 03:10 and I just sleep until my hunger goes away." 03:13 This is the kind of sacrifice. 03:15 We've had some SULADS that have been killed 03:17 in the line of service. - Right. 03:19 - And they knew what they were getting into. 03:22 And so these are serious young people 03:24 who are devoting everything to the love and service of God 03:27 and they're happy about it. - Right. 03:29 - But with the success of these SULADS programs, 03:31 we have a burgeoning need for pastors. 03:35 - So because there are pastors, 03:38 now there's a need for more churches. 03:40 - Oh yeah, absolutely. 03:41 And so this is what this show is about, 03:43 is looking at, there's so many churches, 03:46 it's really hard to track. 03:47 - [Natalie] Right. - We hear a request 03:50 for this church in this area and a church in that area 03:52 and seven churches up in these hills 03:54 and two churches down here and we're like, 03:56 so we can't keep track of all the names of the churches, 03:59 and so this is just like a general call. 04:02 There's a lot of churches out there that need to be built. 04:04 Thousands of people are coming to the faith. 04:06 - [Natalie] Right. - A lot of churches 04:07 need to be built and so, we have like a church building fund 04:11 where people can donate to that 04:13 and they know that it will go a church. 04:16 - Let's go there and let's see it for ourselves 04:18 and let's hear from the leadership, 04:20 the need for churches. - [Jon] Okay. 04:23 (calming instrumental music) 04:36 (speaks foreign language) 04:39 - [Translator] The area is large. 04:41 It covers seven provinces, 80 cities and municipalities, 04:45 including many islands of the region. 04:47 That is why we are expanding really well. 04:51 - Right now, in this area that you have visited, 04:54 the mountain area, there are still villages after villages 04:58 up there in the mountains who have never heard the gospel. 05:03 - We're really having a hard time to put up some churches, 05:09 especially that our resources is only very scarce. 05:14 So, we do some solicitations, 05:17 we do some initiatives to reach out 05:19 to some friends and brethren abroad to help us. 05:23 (speaks foreign language) 05:27 - [Translator] Right now, we can only contribute little 05:29 for our brethren desiring to build a church. 05:31 - We have baptized, as of last year, as of December, 05:36 we had like more than 1,000 baptisms. 05:39 And so imagine the need to build churches 05:43 for these congregations. 05:45 (speaks foreign language) 05:47 - [Translator] We, at Zamboanga Peninsula Mission 05:50 strive to find resources to answer our need 05:52 of building new churches in addition to 05:54 the existing 349 churches of the mission. 06:03 (calming instrumental music) 06:12 - Isn't that stunningly beautiful? 06:13 - Oh, wow. - Yeah. 06:15 (Natalie laughs) And they've got the mountains 06:17 and the islands and that whole mixture there 06:20 in that amazing place. 06:22 - And you see the need. - [Jon] Yeah. 06:23 - I mean, that little place where they were worshiping 06:25 didn't even have walls. 06:26 It's was just a roof. - Right. 06:28 - So, it helps somewhat with the sun maybe, 06:31 but, it's yeah, there's definitely a need. 06:34 - Well, they only had a thousand dollars 06:35 to build the whole church with, 06:37 so that's as far as they could get. 06:38 They could put up some posts, put up the roof. 06:41 And this is how a lot of times 06:43 they have approached us is they say 06:46 they'll start the church in faith and they're say, 06:48 "Hey, can you, you know, give us a thousand dollars 06:50 to finish the church." 06:52 And so we say, "okay", so we give them a thousand dollars 06:54 and then a few weeks later, they'll say, 06:56 "Okay, well we've got this part of it done, 06:58 we need another thousand dollars for the next." 07:00 And so they go step by step like that. 07:05 At least they're happy with part of the church. 07:07 - Right. 07:08 - Maybe not the whole church, but eventually they believe 07:10 that they're gonna get through the whole church. 07:12 - Yeah, they obviously started worshiping there 07:14 even though there's no walls, there's no floor, you know. 07:16 - [Jon] Right. - Still a long way to go. 07:18 - Yeah. - So, but they've started 07:19 using the place anyway. 07:21 - [Jon] Right. - Yeah. 07:22 - So, what's our next video? 07:24 - We're going to the village of Tagay and see what we find. 07:28 - [Natalie] Okay. 07:30 (calming instrumental music) 07:33 (speaks foreign language) 07:34 - [Translator] Welcome to the village of Tagay, Datagan. 07:38 Here is one of the most remote places in the Siyayan area. 07:44 Last December, the mission conducted an evangelistic meeting 07:47 and some student missionaries came here to work. 07:53 We baptized 92 natives here. 07:58 Toto Alas was one of them. 08:02 He is from royal blood in their tribe, 08:04 from a high profile Subanian tribe. 08:09 This corner of acre lot is donated by Toto 08:12 here on top of this hill. 08:18 The mission gave one thousand dollars for a church building 08:21 and this is the result. 08:24 The woods and other stuff were donated. 08:29 In this remote area, we have three more churches, 08:32 built like this. 08:36 They gave one thousand dollars to start pilot churches. 08:41 Now, this is the result. 08:44 It's the prerogative of the brethren of the district 08:47 to initiate the finishing of the building 08:49 because we lack many things. 08:54 Almost all the churches here in the mountains 08:56 lack many things. 09:00 It's because this is a remote place 09:02 and also the church in town is financially unstable. 09:08 So we still see the need for support for projects 09:11 here in the mountains. 09:23 - So that's an amazing situation 09:25 where they conducted evangelistic series 09:27 and one of the baptism candidates was royal blood. 09:31 - Right. 09:32 - And so he donated a quarter of an acre 09:34 and the conference gave a thousand dollars 09:36 and they built that wood structure with a roof. 09:39 - Right. 09:41 Probably the roof was the majority of that thousand dollars. 09:43 - [Jon] Yeah, definitely. - Yeah. 09:45 - You can see the need. - [Natalie] Yeah. 09:46 - You can see that in their faces. 09:48 They have a heart for the work to go forward 09:50 and to have a good place for people to come and worship 09:52 the Lord in. 09:53 - We have another video of another area 09:56 where there's a need for the church there. 09:58 - [Jon] Okay. 09:59 (calming instrumental music) 10:09 (speaking foreign language) 10:11 - [Translator] The couple who owned this land 10:12 decided that their cock fighting pit would be donated 10:15 and used to build a church for the Seventh-day Adventists. 10:22 As you can see, we are little by little 10:24 constructing the church. 10:27 We have these temporary chairs for our church. 10:32 We plan to slowly convert from wood to concrete 10:35 if donors would like to help. 10:39 We will be thankful for them. 10:43 Little by little, we are working on our church 10:45 as we are able. 10:50 We cannot build it fast because our brethren 10:52 have other responsibilities like farming. 10:55 Honestly speaking, our church had a budget 10:57 to start building the church, 10:58 but it was only to begin building. 11:01 We don't have the budget to finish building this church. 11:05 One of our challenges is to have our other members 11:07 worship with us again. 11:10 They are asking to have this church completed 11:12 and they will worship with us. 11:15 Our challenge is, as Jesus for Asia's bible worker, 11:18 is to develop and finish building the church. 11:28 (calming instrumental music) 11:39 - So there's one of our bible workers 11:41 that our viewers are supporting 11:42 and the problem with being a successful bible worker 11:46 is they need a church. (Natalie laughs) 11:48 - That's a big problem. - [Jon] Yeah. 11:50 - But it's also a good problem. 11:51 - Yes. 11:53 And you can see how they're moving forward by faith. 11:54 You know, trusting that we'll do a little bit 11:56 and a little bit, little bit and God will provide 11:59 as they go. - Right. 12:00 - It's very encouraging and inspiring. 12:02 - [Natalie] Yeah. - That they're not waiting 12:04 until they have everything 12:05 and then they'll build a nice church. 12:07 They're just going forward with what they have. 12:09 - [Natalie] Right. - And thankful 12:10 for what they have. 12:12 - Yeah and they figure they'll replace the wood 12:14 at some point with what- 12:15 - [Jon] With cement. - [Natalie] Yeah. 12:16 - But did you hear what it used to be? 12:18 - [Natalie] Yeah. - It used to be 12:19 their cock fighting pit. - Yeah. 12:21 - And now it's going to be a Seventh Adventist church. 12:24 - [Natalie] Yeah. - That's definitely 12:25 an upgrade. - Oh, definitely. 12:27 (both laugh) For sure. 12:29 - Yeah. - Okay, we have another video 12:31 but there's a little bit of story 12:33 that you need to share with us before we watch that one? 12:35 - Yeah. In this video, they talk a little bit about 12:38 working with Muslims. - Okay. 12:41 - And we go into a Muslim area 12:43 and they mention that it's dangerous. 12:44 There's a lot of fighting between Christians and Muslims. 12:47 - Mmm. - And so, 12:49 going into a Muslim area as a Christian, 12:52 is not a safe thing. 12:53 And sometimes you'll need armed escort. 12:56 But this is where our bible workers live and work 13:00 and who they minister to. - [Natalie] Okay. 13:02 - And so, this is normal for them. 13:04 And yet they have to learn how to walk, 13:07 but walk in the protection of the Lord 13:09 and be friends with them. 13:11 And so he talks about going into this new area 13:13 and that they were receptive and kind to them. 13:17 - Okay. All right, let's watch it. 13:19 - [Jon] Okay. 13:21 (speaking foreign language) 13:22 - [Translator] The majority of the population 13:23 in this area is Muslim. 13:26 Working here as a Christian is dangerous. 13:29 But with the help of God, 13:30 the people welcomed us with warmth. 13:32 (inspirational instrumental music) 13:39 (speaking foreign language) 13:40 The pastor is a kind and friendly person. 13:43 He regularly visits the people in this area, 13:46 even though we are Muslims. 13:49 When he visits my house, he always brings food 13:52 and we often eat together. 13:54 That's why he is my best friend. 13:56 (speaking foreign language) 13:58 He brought me to his mosque, 13:59 the biggest mosque here on the island. 14:03 And he taught us what the Muslims do before entering 14:05 their mosque. 14:07 He showed us the rituals of washing and praying. 14:11 They have been very welcoming. 14:14 We can feel their sincerity and their acceptance of us 14:16 as their brothers. 14:20 No other religion has visited the Muslims here, 14:23 except yours. 14:25 Only Seventh-day Adventists, because nothing unclean 14:29 can come to this place. 14:30 Nothing. 14:32 I have found that the Seventh-day Adventists I have met 14:34 are generous, responsible, and trustworthy. 14:43 And regarding diet, they don't eat anything unclean, 14:46 so we love Seventh-day Adventists. 14:51 Praise be to Allah. 14:56 (chanting in foreign language) 15:04 - Wow, do you realize how profound that is? 15:07 To have a Muslim Iman talking so good 15:11 about his Adventist brothers and friends. 15:13 - Yeah. 15:14 - [Jon] He realizes that we're not enemies. 15:16 - Right. - We're not there 15:17 to take over, we're there to be a blessing. 15:19 - [Natalie] Yeah. - And we can be brothers 15:21 and sisters together. 15:22 But what a tremendous opportunity. 15:25 - [Natalie] Yeah. - For Christ's love 15:26 to be seen across the divides. - Right, right. 15:29 Wow. Powerful. - Yeah. 15:33 So amazing. 15:34 And the- - I love how he said, 15:35 the pastor was his best friend. 15:36 - Yeah, yeah. 15:38 - [Natalie] That's really awesome. 15:38 - Yeah, yeah. 15:39 Young pastors, our JFA bible worker. 15:41 - Right. 15:43 - This is the message. This is the message. 15:44 You know of all the world religions, 15:46 Muslim is the closest to Seventh-day Adventism, 15:50 of any other religion. - Right. 15:51 - In some ways, we're closer as Adventists to Muslims 15:55 than we are to Christians, the general Christians. 15:57 - Right. 15:58 Well one thing he specifically said, 15:59 actually he referred to it several times, 16:02 "nothing unclean can come here" 16:04 and the Adventists don't eat anything unclean 16:06 and so, that's one of the reasons they're accepted there 16:09 because if we ate anything unclean, 16:12 they wouldn't be accepted there. 16:13 - [Jon] No. - They wouldn't be allowed 16:14 to come. 16:15 They definitely wouldn't be welcomed. 16:16 - Right. 16:17 And some of our missionaries are total vegetarians. 16:19 And so, when they go an live in these villages, 16:22 the Muslim villages, the Muslims say, 16:23 "Wow, you're better Muslims than we are." 16:25 - Right. 16:26 - Sometimes they have meetings with the Muslims 16:28 and we call them family reunions. 16:30 - Right. - Between Issac and Ishmael. 16:32 - Right. 16:33 - And it's a beautiful joining together, you know? 16:35 Because nobody really likes to fight with each other. 16:38 And when there's a way to bring in peace, 16:40 especially, you know the Muslims, they get a bad wrap 16:43 by the Extremists in the world. 16:45 - Right. - A lot of Muslims 16:46 are peace loving. 16:48 Great emphasis on hospitality. - Yeah. 16:51 - And so when they find a way to bring peace 16:53 and brotherly love, they just love it. 16:57 It's an amazing thing. 16:58 They're beautiful people. - Yeah. 16:59 - And Christ died for them. - Right. 17:01 So we have another video, it's very short. 17:03 About this church in this area. 17:06 - [Jon] Okay. 17:07 - [Translator] We are inside our church here in Paiya. 17:11 In this area the majority of the population is Muslim. 17:15 Our church is big. 17:17 Our only request is to help renovate this church. 17:21 We renovated the middle part, 17:24 but we need help with the open area since we lack funds. 17:26 We are requesting help so that when we invite 17:29 our Muslim brothers, they will find our church comfortable. 17:33 When we visited their mosque, we saw that it was beautiful. 17:38 I hope they will also find our church unique 17:40 when they visit us. 17:43 - That's the thing, you know. 17:44 When people come to a church, it's like, 17:46 does it look like people care about the church? 17:49 - [Natalie] Right. - And so that's part of 17:51 the witness, is how we take care of our churches. 17:54 - Right, right. 17:55 We have another video from one of our bible workers 17:58 down in the islands. - Okay. 18:01 - [Translator] My father has many prohibitions for himself 18:04 and his family. 18:05 It is forbidden to mingle with ungodly people, 18:08 especially Christians who are considered Islams enemies. 18:12 (spiritual instrumental music) 18:19 I joined one group of Muslims. 18:21 These Muslim activists encourage non-Muslims 18:24 to accept Islam. 18:27 The versus in the quran that talk about Jesus 18:29 caught my attention. 18:30 I wanted to know, learn, and deeply understand 18:33 the versus that I was reading 18:34 because what the activists are teaching is different. 18:37 They say that the versus about Jesus in the quran 18:40 are no longer valid. 18:41 We do not need to accept, understand, 18:43 or even acknowledge them. 18:46 I wondered why. 18:51 The quran says we should know the profits, 18:53 that we should accept them equally. 18:56 So I asked, "If you know other profits, 18:58 why don't you know Jesus?" 19:01 We study what the Christians were fighting for, 19:03 whether right or wrong. 19:06 I learned that the bible and the quran unite 19:08 in acknowledging the savior. 19:10 We are the ones who do not understand the truth. 19:15 The light has come to the darkness, 19:17 but the darkness detests light. 19:19 As for me, I was in darkness, but I accepted the light 19:22 and here I am today. 19:25 For many years, I've been prayed for Allah 19:27 to show us the straight path. 19:29 I didn't know that Jesus was the straight path. 19:32 He said in John, Chapter 14, Versus 6: 19:35 I am the way, the truth, and the life. 19:37 No one comes to the father except through me. 19:40 Then I learned about one commonly attacked sect, 19:43 who have the truth, the Seventh-day Adventists. 19:46 I learned that the thing I assumed to be wrong, 19:48 was in fact right. 19:50 It is true, I joined that group. 19:52 I am learning things I didn't know. 19:54 I hope that you will be like me. 19:56 I hope that we will continue to learn until we die 19:59 and then after death, when we meet God face-to-face. 20:02 (spiritual instrumental music) 20:15 - That's a profound testimony. - Mhm. 20:17 - Wow. 20:19 How many more out there are like that? 20:21 - Yeah. - [Jon] Wow. 20:23 - Yeah. 20:25 - Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful testimony. 20:27 - Mhm. - [Jon] I think that 20:28 we should support this work. 20:30 That's the sense that I get. 20:32 (Natalie laughs) 20:33 That this work should be supported 20:35 because they're really putting their lives on the line 20:36 and if we're getting testimonies like that, 20:39 we need to be there. 20:40 So when they do have these profound conversions, 20:44 they have some place to go. 20:46 - Right. - Yeah. 20:47 - Right. 20:49 - He was praying to Allah for the straight path. 20:51 - [Natalie] Right. - And then he found that 20:52 in Christ. - Right. 20:54 - Reminds me of the time in Indonesia 20:56 when the lady was praying to Buddha for the truth. 21:00 Who was the true God? 21:01 And Buddha came to her, the image of Buddha came to her 21:05 in a dream at night and says, "You need to follow Jesus." 21:09 - Right, right. 21:11 - So God's working. - [Natalie] Yeah. 21:12 - If we're there. - Yeah. 21:14 We've got another story from another bible worker. 21:17 - [Jon] Okay. 21:19 (speaking foreign language) 21:21 - [Translator] When we are in a Muslim area 21:23 the good thing is that when we provide something they need, 21:26 they will defend us, 21:27 fight for us because we are helping them 21:28 in their survival and livelihood. 21:36 The first impression they have of us seems to be critical. 21:41 When we are in a Muslim area, we must seek wisdom 21:43 from above so that we may be guided by the holy spirit 21:46 and the holy angels before we visit homes. 21:53 In working among Muslims, 21:54 it is not the tail we need to meet, but the head. 21:58 We need to seek and get permission from the local chief 22:00 or look for the Iman, the religious leader. 22:03 And the Iman will introduce you to the members. 22:06 As I approach Muslims, I do not teach the bible at first 22:09 because they might think and question why 22:11 I am in their area. 22:13 They would ask what I am doing here. 22:15 So, I wait until they start asking me. 22:18 When they ask, I speak about Ishmael and Issac. 22:24 I have been amazed that they started calling me 22:26 younger brother. 22:27 One Muslim told me not to worry about any danger 22:30 in their area because many people know me 22:32 and call me younger brother. 22:35 In response, I would also address them as elder brothers. 22:40 I decided to build my own small skiff boat. 22:43 Now, I can join them when they are fishing 22:45 for their livelihood. 22:47 After a week stay, I have learned how to approach 22:50 and be near them by helping them. 22:53 They embraced and hugged me, 22:55 wondering why I was helping them. 22:57 I have been praying to the Lord 22:58 that each time I am visiting Muslim people, 23:00 they would not see me but instead 23:02 see the holiness in me so that my life 23:04 would no be in danger. 23:08 I know you are watching me, 23:10 but I pray that your face would shine in me. 23:16 My goal is to introduce Adventism to the Muslim community 23:19 so they will know who we are and our relationship 23:22 with them. 23:23 My task is only to share Adventism. 23:25 We will not convert them. 23:27 This is the work of the holy spirit. 23:29 The important thing that matters is that many will be saved 23:32 when Jesus comes because Jesus died for them. 23:39 - That's so beautiful, seeing a bible worker go into an area 23:43 that's new and how he approaches them 23:45 with tact, with love, with care, and with kindness. 23:49 - Right and lots and lots of prayer. 23:51 - [Jon] Yes. - Before hand 23:52 in where he's going. - [Jon] Absolutely. 23:54 - 'Cause he wants them to see Jesus in him. 23:57 - Yes. (both laugh) 23:58 That's beautiful. 23:59 - Yeah. Well we have one more. - [Jon] Okay. 24:01 - From another area. - [Jon] Okay. 24:03 (calming instrumental music) 24:28 - We are now in Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi, 24:30 one of the far flung islands. 24:33 This is the only Adventist church in Tawi-Tawi, 24:37 outside the mainland. 24:40 And as you can see, this has been in existence 24:42 for the last 40 years and it has not been repaired. 24:49 And so, it is painful to see that this is dilapidated. 24:52 This is falling apart, you know? 24:54 As you see, we have concrete walls here. 24:56 This used to be a beautiful church. 24:59 However, because of the security situations 25:02 that happened here before, so many of our members here 25:05 have either left for other areas or have backslidden. 25:12 And so, we are trying to revive this church 25:14 because this is the only church we have. 25:17 It's pathetic to see the condition, 25:19 especially for brethren living this area. 25:25 For now, according to our information, 25:28 we have only about six or seven members 25:30 worshiping here every Sabbath. 25:33 So, we intend to revive this area, send in our workers, 25:39 JFA workers, if possible. 25:41 Look at the surroundings. 25:42 Most of these people are Sama people 25:45 and their livelihood is simply planting seaweeds. 25:49 And that's why this area, they call this 25:51 the "Venice of the South" because it's all waterways. 25:55 You know, the only mode of transportation here 25:58 is only by boat. 25:59 No vehicles here except boats. 26:03 And so it is of prime importance that we have a boat 26:06 for the use of our brethren here. 26:09 And they've been longing, they been praying, 26:12 that one day this church can be alive again 26:18 and we can revive it. 26:19 And so, we are appealing if you can help out, 26:23 you know, dig from your pockets, 26:25 that we can help revive this church. 26:28 (speaking foreign language) (calming instrumental music) 26:51 (calming instrumental music continues) 26:59 - So this is the area where they needed the armed guard, 27:02 even the Filipinos going in there, 27:04 needed an armed guard. - Wow. 27:06 - And this is in the farthest island, 27:07 the island closest to Malaysia. 27:10 - Wow. - And we have a church there. 27:11 - [Natalie] Yeah. - We don't have to 27:13 start from scratch. - [Natalie] Right. 27:14 - There's a church building there that's just in disrepair. 27:17 - Right. - And, so they want to put 27:18 a bible worker there, JFA bible worker, 27:21 and they want to start the work and get it going. 27:24 And praise God there's still six or seven members. 27:26 - Right. - So let's keep that 27:27 Sitangkai church specifically in our prayers. 27:31 - Right, right. 27:32 - I think we'll make an exception with this church. 27:34 Have a special fund just for this church. 27:36 So if people want to donate to this church, 27:38 let's make this thing beautiful again. 27:41 - Okay. 27:42 All right, well I would like to invite you. 27:44 If you would like to be a part of this amazing work 27:46 please contact us at Jesus for Asia 27:50 P.O. Box 1221, Collegedale, Tennessee 37315. 27:55 Call us at (423) 413-7321. 27:59 Or visit our website at Jesus4asia.org. 28:03 May God richly bless you, 28:05 until we see you next time on Jesus for Asia Now. 28:09 (upbeat instrumental music) |
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