...
[RUSHING WATER]
[MUSIC]
>> I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN
TO A MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAN
THIS IN ALL OF OUR TRAVELS,
AND IT'S A BLESSING.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY EPIC, BEAUTIFUL
REEFS OUT HERE, THE GREAT COLOR
IN THE WATER.
IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY
SPECTACULAR.
>> EMPTY BEACHES, WHITE SAND,
YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL CORAL.
IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> YOU'RE OUT HERE.
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.
YOU TAKE A SMALL, LITTLE BOAT
OUT HERE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO
EACH OF THESE ISLANDS.
THEN YOU'LL COME ACROSS ANOTHER
ISLAND WHERE, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
THEY'RE WELCOMING YOU IN,
AND YOU'VE JUST COME TO A PLACE
WHERE NOT TIME HAS STOOD STILL
BUT WHERE THE REST OF THE WORLD
REALLY DOESN'T MATTER.
AND THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN FOR US.
IT'S JUST BEEN A SIMPLE LIFE
GOING FROM PLACE TO PLACE,
LIVING IN THESE EPIC LOCATIONS,
FRESH FOOD ALL THE TIME.
YOU'RE EATING TUNAS FROM
THE MARKETPLACE THAT'S JUST,
YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL.
>> YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES
WE'VE BEEN IN WAR ZONES
AND TROUBLED AREAS.
YOU KNOW, TO COME HERE
AND REALLY TAKE IN THE SCENERY
AND THE BEAUTY IS QUITE AMAZING.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES
THAT WE WANT TO BRING
THE GOSPEL TO.
THERE'S GREAT MINISTRY
OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
THERE'S STILL TRIBES THAT
HAVEN'T HEARD THE GOSPEL UP IN
THE HILLS, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS WE'RE COMING ACROSS ALL OF
THESE ISLAND CHAINS, AND WE'VE
HOOKED UP WITH ALL THE AOGS,
THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD,
THROUGHOUT THESE REGIONS,
AND THEY'VE GIVEN US
CONTACTS FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN A REAL
BLESSING FOR US, AND WE JUST
LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS.
GOD'S BROUGHT US THIS FAR, AND
WE HAVE GREAT JOURNEYS AHEAD.
[MUSIC]
>> THE SOLOMON ISLANDS ARE
PARADISE ON EARTH, BUT IN THESE
BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS THERE'S A PART
OF WORLD WAR II HISTORY THAT
TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY, ONE OF
INTENSE WARFARE, SACRIFICE,
AND HONOR.
WHEN WE ARRIVED IN GUADALCANAL
WE WANTED TO EXPLORE THIS
HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC CONFLICT,
SO WITH A LOCAL GUIDE WE SET OUT
FOR BATTLE LOCATIONS THAT WERE
TURNING POINTS IN THE WAR.
OUR FIRST STOP WAS BLOODY RIDGE,
WHERE FOR 2 DAYS
LIEUTENANT COLONEL EDSON
AND HIS MARINES REPELLED
JAPANESE ONSLAUGHTS
AND HELD STRATEGIC LOCATIONS.
THIS WAS A VIEW INTO HISTORY
THAT SEEMED FORGOTTEN
IN THE JUNGLE.
>> IS THAT BLOODY RIDGE THERE?
>> THAT'S BLOODY RIDGE.
>> OH, REALLY?
>> AND WE ARE ON BLOODY RIDGE.
>> WOW.
>> JAPANESE WOULD YELL AT
THE MARINES, "DIE, MARINE!"
>> LIKE, HOW FAR WAS
THE JAPANESE POSITION?
>> OH, THEY WERE JUST
THROUGH HERE.
TO THE JAPANESE, THIS RIDGE,
ONE, TWO, AND DOWN ALL ALONG
HERE.
IT WAS KNOWN, NAMED MUKADE.
>> AND WHAT DID THAT MEAN?
>> IT MEANS JUST LIKE THE BACK
OF A CENTIPEDE.
LITTERED WITH JAPANESE DEAD
MEN.
>> WOW.
>> THAT'S WHY IT'S MUKADE.
>> AND WHAT DID THE U.S.
CALL IT?
>> THIS IS BLOODY RIDGE
OR EDSON'S RIDGE.
>> BLOODY RIDGE.
>> THIS IS QUITE A FAMOUS
BATTLE LINE.
AS FAR AS THE PACIFIC WAR IN
A WHOLE, THIS WAS A PIVOTAL
POINT OF BEING ABLE TO REPEL
THE JAPANESE ATTACK AND HOLDING
THE AIR FIELD OF GAUDALCANAL.
THIS WAS ALL MARINE POSITIONS UP
ON THESE HILLS?
HILL, THIS IS TWO, THAT'S ONE,
AND ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE AIR
FIELD.
>> YEP, YEP.
COLONEL EDSON.
HE WAS SO WORRIED THAT THESE
YOUNGSTERS WOULD NEVER STAND
ANOTHER ATTACK, AND HE TOLD
THEM, "SHOULD ANYONE TURN COWARD
AND RUN AWAY, I'LL SHOOT HIM."
>> EDSON SAID THAT?
>> EXACTLY.
>> REALLY?
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT
THE AIR FIELD WAS.
THEY COULDN'T LOSE IT.
>> NO.
>> AND 3,000 WERE KILLED?
3,000 JAPANESE, 72 AMERICAN.
>> YEP.
>> THIS WAS THE SCENE OF JUST
SOME OF THE MOST FIERCE FIGHTING
IN THE PACIFIC WAR RIGHT HERE,
BLOODY RIDGE.
IT'S AMAZING.
>> AND THESE WERE ALL JUST FOUND
IN THE JUNGLE HERE?
>> YEAH.
>> LIKE IN THESE MOUNTAINS BACK
HERE?
>> OH, THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF
STILL LAYING AROUND.
AND THIS IS THE F4F GRUMMAN
WILDCAT, AND THE WING CAN BE
FOLDED.
>> OH, YEAH.
OH, YEAH, LOOK AT THIS.
>> THIS IS A P-36 LOCKHEED
LIGHTNING, AND THIS ONE TOOK
PART IN THE MISSION THAT SHOT
YAMAMOTO OVER BOUGAINVILLE.
>> OH, REALLY?
>> THIS ONE.
>> THIS IS THE PLANE?
>> YEAH, THAT SHOT YAMAMOTO.
>> SHOT YAMAMOTO DOWN.
>> SO, DURING THE WAR YOU HAVE
YAMAMOTO WHO WAS MADE NAVAL
COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE FLEET,
AND YAMAMOTO WAS THE ONE WHO
CALLED IN
THE "TORA! TORA! TORA!"
ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.
>> DECEMBER 7TH, 1941, A DATE
WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.
>> ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO WAS REALLY
PIVOTAL IN THE JAPANESE MILITARY
CAMPAIGN IN THE PACIFIC WAR, AND
ROOSEVELT MADE IT JUST A HUGE
PRIORITY TRYING TO TAKE HIM OUT.
>> IN 1943 THEY HAD RECEIVED
SOME CODE AND TRAFFIC AND BROKE
SOME OF THE JAPANESE SECRET
MESSAGING THAT WAS GOING BACK
AND FORTH, AND THEY KNEW THAT
YAMAMOTO WOULD BE TRAVELING BY
PLANE CONVOY TO SOME ISLANDS
THAT WERE IN NEW GUINEA.
SO WHAT THE U.S.
DID IS THEY HANDPICKED PILOTS,
CRACK ACE PILOTS, TO GO
AND SHOOT HIM DOWN AND TAKE
YAMAMOTO OUT.
>> AS HE WAS LEAVING FOR RABAUL
IN HIS TRANSPORT SHIP, THESE
AMERICAN FIGHTERS SHOT HIM DOWN.
HIS PLANE IS ACTUALLY STILL IN
THE JUNGLES OF SOUTHERN
BOUGAINVILLE.
>> ACTUALLY SEEING IT, SEEING
THE WRECKAGES AND SEEING THE
STORIES BEHIND THESE PLANES, IS
QUITE A IMPACTFUL SCENE AND, YOU
KNOW, QUITE A MEMORY OF AMERICAN
HISTORY.
[MUSIC]
>> AFTER SEEING THE PAST OF
THE PACIFIC WAR WE THRUST INTO
MODERN TIMES.
THE LOCAL CHURCHES HAD WELCOMED
US IN, AND NOW WE WERE SETTING
OUT TO EXPERIENCE THE CULTURE
AND LIFE OF THE SOLOMON
ISLANDERS.
THE FIRST THING WE REALIZED IS
THAT LIFE MOSTLY TAKES PLACE ON
THE WATERS.
EVERYONE IS AN EXPERT FISHERMAN,
AND THIS IS A SKILL WE'D SOON
HAVE TO LEARN.
SO IN THE CLEAR BLUE WATERS, WE
WERE ABOUT TO GET A LESSON OF
HOW TO GET FOOD FROM THE SEA.
>> WILL, WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
>> WE'RE JUST GOING TO ONE OF
THESE OUTLYING ISLANDS HERE
AND GOING TO DO A LITTLE SPEAR
FISHING NOW.
WILL IS GONNA GO IN,
AND I'M GONNA FOLLOW HIM
AND HOPEFULLY GET OUR LUNCH
FOR THE DAY.
WHAT KIND OF FISH ARE WE LOOKIN'
FOR HERE?
>> OH, ANYTHING.
>> ANYTHING?
>> ANYTHING COMES FROM
THE SPEAR.
>> YOU'RE NOT PICKY HERE.
[MUSIC]
>> JUST NAILED THAT ONE.
HE WENT DOWN.
HE DOVE DOWN INTO A LITTLE LIKE
CREVICE REEF AREA.
GREAT LONG SHOT.
THAT WAS A GREAT SHOT.
>> WHAT IS THAT?
A SNAPPER?
>> IT'S A MANGO JACK.
>> OH, REALLY?
>> MANGO JACK, YEAH.
>> YOU HAD TO FIGHT IT DOWN
THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE TOO.
YOU HAD TO FIGHT AND BRING IT
IN.
THAT WAS GOOD.
>> THAT'S A NICE FISH.
>> WOW.
OH, THAT'S A BOX FISH THERE,
YEAH?
>> YEAH.
>> TWO BOX FISH.
>> YEAH, THEY'RE NICE ONES
TO EAT.
YEAH, THAT'S CORAL SHOT.
THIS ONE IS A RABBITFISH.
THIS IS A INDIAN MACKEREL.
>> INDIAN MACKEREL.
AND THEN THE BIG BOY.
>> YEAH, AND A MANGO JACK.
>> MANGO JACK, YEAH.
>> SO FAR TODAY WE'VE COME OUT
OF MUNDA.
WE'VE BEEN ON THE WATERS HERE OF
THESE BEAUTIFUL, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
TURQUOISE WATERS JUST FILLED
WITH FISH AND LIFE, AND WE'VE
BASICALLY JUST COME INTO A SMALL
LITTLE FISHING COMMUNITY, AND
IT'S JUST THIS SMALL, LITTLE
FAMILY HUTS THAT THEY HAVE HERE
RIGHT ON THE BEACH, RIGHT ON
THE OCEAN, AND WE'RE COOKING UP
THE FISH RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE JUST SITTING DOWN
AND HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH
EVERYBODY.
WE'RE OUT ON MINISTRY EFFORTS
ALL AROUND THE WESTERN PROVINCE
IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, AND WHAT
WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE COME OUT
INTO THESE COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT HERE, AND WE'RE
BASICALLY JUST VISITING EACH
FAMILY, WE'RE PREACHING THE
GOSPEL, WE'RE PRAYING, LAYING
HANDS ON SICK, AND THESE ARE
AREAS THAT THE CHURCHES REALLY
WANTED TO COME TO.
>> IN THE NAME OF JESUS, LORD,
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT GOING THROUGH
HIS WHOLE BODY, FATHER GOD, AND,
LORD, THAT YOU'D PUT YOUR WORDS
CLOSE TO HIM, FATHER GOD.
LORD, WE THANK YOU RIGHT--
>> JUST FIND LOTS OF SMALL,
LITTLE POCKETS OF PEOPLE, AND
THERE'S A LOT OF CULTIC GROUPS
THAT ARE KIND OF FORMED IN THIS
AREA AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO
WE'RE GOIN' IN AND PREACHING
THE GOSPEL TO THEM AND PRAYING
FOR THEM, SHARING.
AND SOMETIMES YOU COME INTO A
VILLAGE, AND PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE
BIT LEERY, AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
THEY REALLY WARM UP TO YOU
AND ARE VERY KIND AND OPEN.
AND BY THE TIME YOU LEAVE HERE,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOOD FRIENDS
WITH THEM, SO THAT'S ALWAYS
A BLESSING.
>> THAT'S GOOD, YEAH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
HOW 'BOUT COULD WE PRAY WITH YOU
HERE?
>> YEAH.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE?
>> GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD.
>> LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU RIGHT
NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS, FATHER
GOD, LORD, AND THANK YOU FOR
THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
UPON THIS WHOLE VILLAGE AND ON
THIS PLACE, FATHER GOD.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING
WELCOMED IN, FATHER GOD, AND,
LORD, WE JUST ASK RIGHT NOW
A FIRE AND A RUSHING OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME THROUGH
THIS PLACE.
>> LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU THAT
YOUR WORD WILL CONTINUE TO GO
FORWARD, FATHER GOD, IN THIS
PLACE RIGHT NOW, FATHER.
LORD, THAT IT WOULD CONTINUE TO
GO FORWARD MORE, MORE, MORE.
THERE'D BE MORE TEACHING,
FATHER GOD.
LORD, THAT YOU WOULD STRENGTHEN
THE YOUNG CHILDREN IN EACH OF
THESE PLACES.
>> AS YOU SPEND DAYS MINISTERING
THROUGHOUT THE ISLANDS WE SAW
OPEN HEARTS IN EVERY VILLAGE,
WHETHER WE WALKED TO THE JUNGLES
OR HOPPED RIDES ON BOATS,
WE MADE SURE TO REACH AS MANY AS
POSSIBLE.
>> IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
>> AS THE DAYS PASSED AND AS WE
REACHED OUT TO MORE DISTANT
VILLAGES, WE DISCOVERED THAT
THERE WAS AN UNDERCURRENT OF
CULTURAL BELIEFS THAT MOST
SOLOMON ISLANDERS FEARED.
THEY WERE BELIEFS IN EVIL
PLACES, MOSTLY SMALL ISLANDS
THAT WERE TABOO, ISLANDS THAT
HELD THE REMAINS OF ANCESTORS,
OR AS THEY WERE KNOWN,
SKULL ISLANDS.
>> WE JUST ARRIVED ON WHAT'S
KNOWN AS SKULL ISLAND, AND IT'S
KIND OF A NONDESCRIPT, SMALL,
LITTLE ISLAND DOTTED IN THIS
LAGOON HERE.
YOU KIND OF COME IN,
IT'S VERY QUIET.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NO ONE LIKES
LIVING HERE OR ANYTHING,
SO IT'S A VERY TINY ISLAND.
AND THEN YOU COME ACROSS THIS
AREA THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, HAS
ALL THESE, LIKE, SKULLS PLACED,
AND THESE ARE ACTUALLY FROM THE
HEADHUNTING DAYS IN THE SOLOMON
ISLANDS HERE.
FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD THERE'D BE
JUST MASSIVE, LIKE,
INNER-VILLAGE, INNER-TRIBAL
FIGHTING, AND THEY WOULD TAKE
THE CANOES, THESE BIG, LIKE,
WAR CANOES FILLED, YOU KNOW,
400 PEOPLE.
THEY'D GO IN, RAID VILLAGES, YOU
KNOW, JUST MASSIVE, LARGE-SCALE
WAR HERE ACTUALLY.
IN THE HEADHUNTING PROCESS THEY
BASICALLY JUST CUT THE HEAD OFF,
LEAVE THE BODY, AND THEN KIND OF
DISPLAY IT IN THESE AREAS.
THE RANDOTI CHIEFS DURING THAT
TIME, THEY WOULD GET THEIR
STATUS OF POWER THROUGH THEIR
COLLECTION OF HEADS, SO
THE GREATER BOUNTY OF HEADS IS
BASICALLY, YOU KNOW,
THE STRONGER THE CHIEF IS.
IN 1902 THE MISSIONARIES
CAME HERE.
THEY WERE TOO SCARED TO EVEN GO
ASHORE, SO THEY KIND OF STAYED
ON A SMALL, LITTLE ISLAND OFF
THE MAINLAND HERE OF
NEW GEORGIA.
THEY WERE THE FIRST TO BRING THE
GOSPEL IN HERE, AND EVER SINCE
THEN THEY STOPPED, YOU KNOW,
LEAVING KIND OF THEIR TROPHY
PRIZE OF THE SKULLS AROUND
AND GOING AWAY FROM THE WAYS OF
HEADHUNTING AND THE MASS TRIBAL
WAR THAT WAS HAPPENING.
THEY STARTED SEEING BURIAL PLOTS
RIGHT THERE, AND YOU SEE
THE CROSS AS A BURIAL MARKER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO HEAR
STORIES LIKE THAT OF THE GOSPEL
ACTUALLY MAKING IT ASHORE AND
MAKING AN IMPACT IN THIS AREA.
>> AH, SO THIS IS LIKE
THE ANCESTORS.
>> ANCESTORS.
>> AND DO YOU KNOW WHO
THE SKULLS ARE?
>> MY GRANDFATHER'S SKULL.
>> THIS IS YOUR GRANDFATHER.
AND THEN WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE?
>> THE OTHER ONE IS
A 1942 WORLD WAR JAPANESE.
>> OH, JAPANESE?
OH, THAT'S A JAPANESE SKULL?
>> YOU KIND OF SEE THIS IN
CERTAIN COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE
WILL KEEP, LIKE, THESE THINGS
JUST AWAY FROM THEIR HOUSE LIKE
LITTLE SPIRIT HOUSES BASICALLY
WITH THE HUMAN SKULLS, AND IT
KINDA HAS A TIE IN WITH THE PAST
HISTORY AS WELL TOO FROM
THE HEADHUNTING AND NOWADAYS.
IT'S KINDA LIKE A MIX AND MASH
OF OLDER TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
AND KINDA LIKE PUT TOGETHER JUST
OUT HERE.
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS YOU HAD
A JAPANESE SOLDIER WHO WAS SHOT
DOWN, AND HE PARACHUTED OFF JUST
OFF ONE OF THESE ISLANDS,
JUST OFF OF THIS ISLAND HERE,
AND THEY WENT OVER THERE WITH
LIKE A WAR PARTY AND GOT HIM
AND KILLED HIM, AND NOW HIS
SKULL IS IN ONE OF
THE SHRINES HERE.
>> WOULD THEY GET HIM WITH
AN ARROW OR?
>> THAT ONE.
>> OH, WITH THIS ONE.
OH, REALLY?
SO THEY GOT HIM WITH THIS ONE?
OH, THIS IS WHALE BONE.
IS THIS IS WHAT THE HEADHUNTERS
WOULD USE?
OKAY.
>> THIS ONE.
THIS ONE AND THIS ONE.
>> THIS ONE AND THIS ONE.
OH, AND THAT'S THE SHIELD.
>> OH, I SEE.
>> AND THEN THEY FIGHT
EACH OTHER.
YEAH.
[MUSIC]
>> SEEING THE SKULL ISLANDS, THE
SHRINES, AND HEARING THE PAST
HISTORY OF HEADHUNTING MADE US
CURIOUS ABOUT EVEN MORE DISTANT
AND REMOTE PEOPLE GROUPS IN
THE SOLOMONS.
WE DID SOME ASKING AROUND
AND WERE TOLD THE KWAIO PEOPLE
ON MALAITA ISLAND WERE THE MOST
UNREACHED TRIBE IN ALL OF
THE SOLOMONS, NOT ONLY WITH
THE GOSPEL BUT WITH CONTACT FROM
THE OUTSIDE.
WE THEN QUICKLY PUT TOGETHER
AN EXPEDITION PARTY AND SET OUT
FOR THIS REMOTE AREA.
IT TOOK US DAYS OF TRAVEL JUST
TO REACH MALAITA, AND NOW WE ARE
ABOUT TO SET OFF FOR A MISSION
TO A PEOPLE WHO HAD NEVER HEARD
THE GOSPEL.
>> IT'S EARLY IN THE MORNING,
AND WE CROSSED OVER INTO
MALAITA, AND MALAITA IS ONE OF
THE MORE REMOTE ISLANDS, LESS
DEVELOPED IN SOLOMON ISLANDS,
AND WE'RE GOING OUT TO
THE KWAIO PEOPLE.
AND THE KWAIO PEOPLE LIVE DEEP
IN THE HILLS, VERY DISTINCT
PEOPLE GROUP.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS
ABOUT THEM, BUT THIS IS, YOU
KNOW, A PERFECT MISSION TO BE
ABLE TO GO BACK TO SOME VERY
REMOTE PEOPLE LIVING BACK IN
THE BUSH HERE.
>> FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT
OF THE PEOPLE ARE KIND OF AFRAID
GOING BACK TO BE ABLE TO
MINISTER TO THE KWAIO TRIBE,
AND THE KWAIO TRIBE, EVERYTHING
WE ALWAYS HEAR, IS THEY LIVE WAY
UP ON A MOUNTAIN.
NOBODY GOES UP TO 'EM,
SO THEY'RE KIND OF WAY OFF
THE GRID.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY A MISSION TO
GET BACK TO 'EM.
IT'S GONNA TAKE US SEVERAL DAYS
OF JUST SHEER TRAVEL, BUT WE'RE
GONNA HEAD OUT AND START OUR
JOURNEY TO THE KWAIO TRIBE.
>> IT'S JUST UP THERE IN THE
HILLS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME.
THAT'S WHERE THE KWAIO ARE
LIVING RIGHT NOW, AND QUITE A
FEW OF THE KWAIO HAVE COME DOWN
FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND ARE NOW
CHRISTIANS, BUT THERE'S STILL
QUITE A FEW THAT LIVE UP IN
THOSE HILLS IN THE MOUNTAINS
THERE.
AND YOU ALWAYS KINDA SEE IT'S
KINDA SHROUDED BY MIST AND CLOUD
COVERING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA TO BE
GOING, GOING INTO THOSE HILLS
AND PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO
THE KWAIO UP THERE.
[THUNDER AND RAIN]
>> BEHIND ME IT'S RAINING.
[MUSIC]
>> ALRIGHT, SO WE ARRIVED UP
IN PASTOR ALBERT'S VILLAGE.
>> A LOT OF RAIN.
HELLO.
>> IT'S A GREAT VILLAGE THAT
JUST OVERLOOKS BASICALLY, YOU
KNOW, THE OCEAN IS JUST OUT OVER
THIS TREE LINE HERE, AND BACK
BEHIND US IS THESE HIGHLAND
MOUNTAINS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE KWAIO ARE,
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE
TREKKING UP TO TOMORROW.
SO WE GOT IN HERE, AND
PASTOR ALBERT PUT US UP IN HIS
PLACE WHICH IS EXCELLENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE VILLAGES
JUST KIND OF STRETCH OUT
THROUGHOUT THIS VALLEY SIDE
BEHIND US, BUT IT'S JUST THIS
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL VALLEY
WHERE YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, CLOUDS
JUST ROLL THROUGH OVER
THE MOUNTAINS.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE TREKKING
THROUGH THIS TOMORROW.
PASTOR ALBERT IS ACTUALLY
KWAIO.
THIS IS ALL KWAIO AREA, BUT
THE PLACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO IS
LIKE A REAL TRADITIONAL VILLAGE
OF THE KWAIO THAT STILL BELIEVE
IN ANCESTRAL BELIEFS.
>> DOWN HERE THEY CALL 'EM
HEATHEN PEOPLE UP THERE, SO
WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO UP
THERE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF
MISSIONS WE ALWAYS STRIVE FOR
AND WANT TO GO AFTER.
>> BUT WE GET HERE LAST NIGHT.
THEY ACTUALLY WERE DOING
A SACRIFICE IN THE VILLAGE TO
AN ANCESTOR GOD, SO THIS IS
THE PERFECT TIME TO GO IN
AND PREACH THE GOSPEL.
[MUSIC]
>> WE JUST THANK YOU,
FATHER GOD, FOR THIS TOTALLY
PROTECTED JOURNEY, FATHER GOD.
LORD, THAT YOUR SPIRIT GOES
BEFORE US, THAT THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT RIGHT NOW IS IN THIS
VILLAGE, STIRRING UP THE HEARTS
IN EACH PERSON, FATHER GOD.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR TOTAL
ACCEPTANCE AS WE COME IN,
FATHER GOD.
LORD, THAT THEY WILL JUST KNOW
IN THEIR HEARTS ON THE INSIDE
AND THAT THEY WOULD WELCOME US
IN, FATHER GOD.
LORD, THAT THERE WOULD BE PEACE
AMONG THAT VILLAGE, FATHER GOD,
AND WE SAY UNTO YOU, FATHER GOD,
YOU ARE ABLE AND MIGHTY TO DO
THIS, FATHER GOD.
LORD, TO HAVE A GREAT
AND WONDERFUL JOURNEY TODAY.
AND, LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU,
FATHER GOD, FOR EVERY GREAT WORK
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH
TODAY.
WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY,
THE PRAISE, IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, AMEN.
[MUSIC]
>> SO WE'VE GOTTEN OFF THE BOAT.
WE WERE ON THAT FOR ABOUT
AN HOUR.
NOW WE'RE JUST TREKKING INTO
THE HILLS.
WE ACTUALLY MET SOME KWAIO
WOMEN, AND THEY'RE KIND OF
SHOWING US WHERE THE VILLAGE IS.
SO WE'RE FOLLOWING THEM UP.
COMING THROUGH THIS IT'S GETTING
MUCH MORE DENSE.
IT'S AMAZING BACK HERE.
YOU WOULDN'T EVEN THINK PEOPLE
LIVE IN THIS REMOTE OF AN AREA.
THE KWAIO ARE JUST NORTH OF
WHERE WE ARE, SO WE'RE GONNA GET
THERE SOON.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR WE'VE
COME UP.
WE'VE COME UP ALL THE WAY FROM
THE SEA.
THAT'S A MARCH.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE VILLAGES
WE'VE COME FROM.
WE WALKED ALL THE WAY FROM THAT
VILLAGE DOWN THERE.
WE'RE CLOSE TO THE KWAIO
VILLAGE.
WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAD IN
RIGHT NOW.
MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT--JUST
AN INTRODUCTION WHEN WE GO IN.
IT'S A MONSTER JOURNEY UP HERE.
[MUSIC]
>> SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE COME INTO
THE KWAIO VILLAGE, AND WE'VE
HAD A GREAT, GREAT WELCOMING,
REALLY NICE WELCOMING FROM
EVERYBODY HERE.
THE KWAIO HAVE A VERY, VERY
UNIQUE AND DISTINCT LOOK UP
HERE, VERY DIFFERENT FROM EVEN
JUST THE VILLAGES THAT WE WERE
CLOSE BY WITHIN ABOUT 2 HOURS OF
WALKING.
>> IT'S GOOD BEING HERE.
IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF BE WITH
THE PEOPLE AND SEE 'EM.
YEAH, IT'S REALLY NICE, REALLY
NICE RECEPTION HERE.
THEY'RE VERY, VERY KIND.
WE ALWAYS FIND THAT WHERE IT MAY
SEEM VERY REMOTE OR EXTREME OR
WHATEVER THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY
KIND AND NICE TO YA.
>> WE TRAVELED FROM THE ISLANDS,
ACROSS THE RIVERS, THROUGH THE
JUNGLES, AND NOW HERE WE WERE
WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE
THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST JESUS WITH
A PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT BEEN
FORGOTTEN BY GOD, FOR GOD
FORGETS NO ONE AND DESIRES ALL
TO HEAR OF THE NEW LIFE IN HIM.
>> GOD'S MOVING SO MANY
DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM SO MANY
DIFFERENT PLACES TO COME AND SAY
A MESSAGE TODAY.
THAT'S WHY GOD--I BELIEVE THAT
HE SENT US ALL THE WAY FOR THIS
VERY DAY, THIS VERY MOMENT.
THE MESSAGE THAT WE COME HERE TO
SPEAK--
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> IS THAT JESUS CARES FOR YOU.
HE LOVES YOU, AND HE WANTS TO
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> HE WASN'T A MAN FROM MY RACE.
HE WASN'T FROM MY HOME.
HE WASN'T FROM SOLOMON ISLANDS.
HE WAS FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE--
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> BUT HE WAS THE SON OF GOD--
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> AND HE CAME TO EARTH--
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> AND HE DIED ON A CROSS.
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> SO WHEN YOU SEE THE SYMBOL
OF THE CROSS--
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> THE MESSAGE IS IS THAT HE
WENT TO A CROSS AND DIED
FOR OUR SINS.
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> A SACRIFICE.
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> AND THAT'S WHY IT SAYS THAT
GOD GAVE HIS ONLY SON FOR
THE SINS OF THE WORLD.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS CALL UPON
THE NAME OF THE LORD AND BELIEVE
IN HIM, AND WE WILL BE SAVED
FOREVER.
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> AND HE LIVES IN YOUR HEART--
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> AND GIVES THE ASSURANCE OF
AN ETERNAL KINGDOM TO COME.
AND HE'S HERE WITH YOU
ON THIS EARTH
AND IT SAYS HE HEARS OUR
PROBLEMS.
SO ANYTIME YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
YOU JUST CALL UPON THE NAME OF
THE LORD, AND HE'S ALWAYS
LISTENING.
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> IF AT ANY TIME YOU JUST SAY,
"JESUS, I BELIEVE IN YOU.
SAVE ME.
COME LIVE IN MY HEART," HE WILL
SAVE YOU RIGHT THEN IN THAT
MOMENT.
AND WHEN JESUS COME AND LIVES
INSIDE OF YOU HE SAYS HE MAKES
YOU A NEW CREATION, WASHES ALL
SINS AWAY.
AND I'M TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE
THE BIBLE SAYS IT.
WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE FROM
SOLOMONS, PEOPLE FROM AMERICA,
PEOPLE FROM AFRICA, ALL
DIFFERENT RACES, PEOPLE OF THE
WORLD, THEY CALL UPON THE NAME
OF THE LORD, AND THEY KNOW THAT
THERE'S POWER IN IT.
SO KNOW THIS, THAT GOD HAS
A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR YOU TODAY,
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE COME HERE.
AND GOD'S MOVING HEAVEN AND
EARTH TO SPEAK A MESSAGE TO YOU.
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> SO YOU SEARCH YOUR HEARTS,
AND IF AT ANY TIME, EVEN AFTER
WE LEAVE OR WE GO, ALL YOU DO IS
HAVE TO CALL UPON THE NAME OF
THE LORD AND SAY,
"JESUS, SAVE ME.
COME AND LIVE IN MY HEART."
AND HE WILL DO IT ANYTIME.
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH
THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD IS
ALWAYS AN HONOR.
>> ALRIGHT, WELL, JUST TELL 'EM
THAT WE THANK 'EM FOR WELCOMING
US IN, AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE
A FAMILY NOW IN THE KWAIO.
WE CONSIDER YOU FAMILY.
>> WE LOOK INTO THE FACES AND
HEARTS OF EACH PERSON AND KNOW
THERE ARE MANY MORE AROUND THE
WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD.
FOR WE KNOW THAT THIS GOSPEL OF
THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED TO
THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, AND WE
BESEECH THE LORD DAILY THAT
HE'LL SEND MORE LABORERS INTO
THE HARVEST.
THE TIME IS DRAWING NEAR,
AND SOON ALL MANKIND WILL HEAR
THE GOSPEL.
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