Lahing Banyaga pero Pusong Pinoy! | Brigada
(Aired October 7, 2023) Alamin natin ang mga istorya ng mga banyagang misyonaryo at kung paano nila natulungan ang mga tao nakasalamuha nila.
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00:00 In the Philippines, there is a clinic that is just a mistletoe.
00:05 But before you get confused or get too excited about its beauty,
00:11 this Korean is a priest.
00:14 He is one of the many missionaries that are here in our country
00:18 to proclaim the word of God
00:21 through the giving of physical and spiritual care to our fellowmen.
00:27 But he is not the only missionary that serves our fellowmen here.
00:32 Let's meet him in my opinion.
00:35 At first glance, he looks like a normal person.
00:39 He is Kim James from Gangnam, South Korea.
00:44 But he is better known as...
00:48 Father Kim.
00:50 Father Kim is from a poor family in South Korea.
00:54 He has a more religious life than a business man.
00:59 I don't know, it was very natural.
01:00 Actually, my brother and I were the altar boy.
01:03 I don't know why, but sometimes I feel the calling from the God.
01:09 So now, I'm here.
01:11 Because of his big drama and K-pop looks,
01:14 people often don't know that he is a priest.
01:18 Call me Oppa.
01:19 Of course, it's very popular.
01:23 But actually, Oppa means in Korea,
01:26 it's like calling a brother.
01:29 But even the old lady, older than me, just call me Oppa.
01:32 So I was shocked at the first time, but now I'm used to it.
01:37 I think that calling is not only just saying, "Make fun of me."
01:40 But I think I know they're expressing some kind of love and interest to me.
01:49 His mission here in the Philippines
01:51 is to run the Joseph Clinic in Malabon.
01:55 This is a medical facility funded by the Archdiocese of Seoul, South Korea.
02:01 Here, people with indigestion or a poor family can see their patients.
02:06 From simple consultations to free treatment
02:15 and other simple operations that their small clinic can do.
02:20 In my experience, getting medical service,
02:24 I thought it's very basic in our lives.
02:28 It's strongly connected with human rights.
02:31 But when I saw the people who cannot get the proper medical service,
02:35 I really have heartbreak.
02:38 So we try to provide medical service to the poor and helpless people.
02:45 Father Kim grew up close to his family.
02:49 So even though he enjoys serving here in the Philippines,
02:52 he is often homesick.
02:55 I'm here alone.
02:59 So sometimes I have some kind of homesick, of course.
03:06 So I cook Korean food.
03:07 I watch Korean dramas or Korean TV shows.
03:11 Even though I like that, I feel lonely, of course.
03:14 His solution to his sadness
03:17 is to talk to his pets, goats.
03:20 But despite his sadness,
03:26 Father Kim knows that his small clinic can help a lot in his community.
03:32 When we go to a mass,
03:34 the first thing that comes to our mind is a big church.
03:37 But do you believe that here in Barangay 8,
03:40 in Kalaokan, in this dark and small street,
03:44 every Sunday, there is a mass here
03:50 led by Korean missionaries.
03:54 They are having a mass now and a lot of people are attending.
03:58 But aside from the spiritual help,
04:02 the Korean missionaries are also giving other help here in Kalaokan.
04:12 And this is where I met Ms. Feli.
04:15 If it wasn't for the missionary parents,
04:18 Ms. Feli wouldn't have known that she has stage 4 breast cancer.
04:23 Ms. Feli, what is the big change in your life
04:29 since the Korean missionaries came to your area?
04:33 Yes, that's why I detected that I have cancer.
04:36 I just got it.
04:38 Before, we had our first chaplain, Sister Rina.
04:44 I told her, "Sister, I think I have cancer.
04:47 I need to bring you to a clinic, let's have you checked up."
04:52 That's when I found out that the situation of my cancer is not good.
04:58 With the help of the Korean mothers, Sister Mina and Sister Sumin,
05:02 Ms. Feli's life is very long.
05:05 If they didn't come, you wouldn't have detected that you have cancer?
05:09 I wouldn't have been able to sit down.
05:10 Maybe with the guidance of the Lord,
05:13 He said, "Mommy, sit down with your chest."
05:19 How are you now?
05:21 I'm on my fifth chemo at East Avenue Medical Center.
05:28 I'm okay.
05:29 Do they help you, Sister?
05:31 Yes, they are there to guide me with prayers.
05:36 I am so blessed because they are there.
05:41 The mothers of the missionaries are often seen here in Barangay 8.
05:49 The children with cancer are very noticeable.
05:51 Sister also noticed them.
05:54 Many of the missionary priests and nuns
05:57 usually live in their parishes
05:59 and visit remote places.
06:02 But the missionary priests and nuns
06:05 are different here at the mission stations in Caloocan.
06:08 Because they live here in the community
06:12 with the people.
06:14 So, this is the house of the two Korean missionary nuns.
06:22 Hello!
06:26 Hello!
06:30 I'm Sister Soonmin.
06:33 I'm Mina.
06:36 So, this is your house?
06:38 This is your kitchen?
06:40 And this is your...
06:42 Your CR?
06:44 Very cute!
06:46 And then, where do you sleep?
06:48 Both sides.
06:50 Oh, you have two rooms.
06:52 Can we see your room?
06:54 Can you see?
06:56 Your room?
06:58 Very small room.
07:00 How many rooms?
07:02 Oh, it's just a bed.
07:04 Yes.
07:06 No TV?
07:08 No radio?
07:10 No.
07:12 We have a refrigerator.
07:14 Oh, you have a refrigerator!
07:16 This is very important.
07:18 No aircon?
07:20 Actually, we have a father who donated us when we started the mission.
07:24 It's really hot here compared to Korea.
07:28 Yes, especially.
07:30 How do you survive?
07:32 Holy Spirit.
07:34 Just the Holy Spirit?
07:36 I hope you understand me.
07:40 Isn't it hard for you to live here?
07:42 It's hard.
07:44 It's hard?
07:46 But...
07:48 But...
07:50 We are trying to survive.
07:52 Why?
07:54 To believe in God's will.
07:56 According to God's will.
08:00 And when we meet our people in the Korean Telecommunication Station,
08:04 we realize that they are very, very lovely people.
08:10 And we can see our God through them.
08:12 So it can give us strength.
08:14 So we can survive.
08:16 Bye-bye.
08:18 [Music]
08:20 In Caloocan,
08:24 the group of mothers from Mexico, Vietnam, and the Philippines
08:28 are facing a serious mission.
08:30 They are Sister Mitzi,
08:32 Sister Vicky,
08:34 Sister Lizbeth,
08:36 and Sister Angeline.
08:38 According to them,
08:40 they are the ones at the center of the war against drugs.
08:42 Sister Mitzi's story is one of the longest assigned here in Caloocan Mission Station.
08:46 They say they witness the sale and use of illegal drugs in their mission station.
08:54 The feelings are different.
08:58 Because sometimes,
09:00 I see children there,
09:02 because they are still young,
09:04 14 years old, 15 years old,
09:06 and they are addicted to drugs.
09:10 Or they are the ones selling drugs.
09:14 But instead of judging or judging people,
09:18 their priority is to fulfill their desire for their children.
09:24 So sometimes I get angry with them.
09:26 Sometimes I try to understand their situation.
09:30 Because there are some who say,
09:32 "Sister, I don't have a job.
09:34 I don't have a job.
09:36 I don't have a job.
09:38 I don't know how to read.
09:40 I don't have a job.
09:42 Then I try to explain them,
09:44 "This is not a job.
09:46 Because what you are doing is wrong.
09:48 It ruined your life.
09:50 It ruined the lives of others."
09:52 So to make their journey worthwhile,
09:54 aside from organizing a rosary session for the aunts and grandmothers of Caloocan,
10:00 "Hail Mary, Mother of God,
10:02 Blessed are You."
10:04 they also go around every house and corner to preach the word of God.
10:10 While on the other side,
10:12 some women are busy with the maritime and playing bingo,
10:16 on this side,
10:20 no matter how loud it is,
10:22 the people of Caloocan do not lose.
10:24 "Hail Mary, Mother of God,
10:26 Blessed are You."
10:28 Alas, it's time for Bible study.
10:30 "Hail Mary, Mother of God,
10:32 Blessed are You."
10:34 I saw the necessity of the people.
10:36 They really need to hear the word of God
10:40 to change their lives.
10:42 I saw how God's word really shines in the hearts and lives of people.
10:50 That's probably the reason why I continue.
10:52 Because my superior knows,
10:54 "Maybe you want to be chained."
10:58 I say, "No, that's not it.
11:00 I'm happy with what I'm doing at Mission Station."
11:02 Aside from the joy of giving the word of God,
11:06 Sister Vicky will miss the happy Filipino Christmas.
11:10 Sister Vicky will return to Vietnam to study again.
11:14 Yes, I will miss Christmas here.
11:16 Because it's very active here.
11:18 And many people,
11:20 maybe the whole year,
11:22 they are only waiting for that moment to go to the mass.
11:26 To come to the mass,
11:28 to complete nine days of the Sembang Gabi.
11:32 And I think the feeling that they are very happy to enjoy.
11:36 Sister Vicky will miss the Filipino Christmas.
11:42 And the food for the hungry children
11:45 that Father Victor will look for,
11:48 a Mexican missionary.
11:50 We were able to reach these children.
11:54 Because today is the feeding program in Paradise Village in Malabon.
11:58 Because most of them are really hungry.
12:04 And they need help to eat on a daily basis.
12:10 This is where they rely on the feeding program
12:12 to be able to eat on a daily basis.
12:15 It's like helping the children,
12:17 adding weight.
12:18 Instead of us feeding them,
12:21 instead of focusing on what we are doing,
12:26 we are the only ones who are participating in the church.
12:29 Because it's easier to participate in God.
12:32 Even though the people here are poor,
12:35 it's still paradise if Father Victor sees it that way.
12:38 It's also because of the willingness of the people.
12:42 For example, the volunteers of the feeding program,
12:46 sometimes they cook twice a week.
12:50 They serve for four hours every day.
12:55 Of course, they have chores to do at home.
12:58 They have children.
13:01 Sometimes they work.
13:03 But they are really willing to help.
13:07 That's why I see the perseverance and hard work of the people,
13:10 the volunteers,
13:12 who sometimes do heavy work,
13:16 but they are willing to help.
13:19 Even though he is not Filipino,
13:21 we noticed that he loves the people here
13:24 in his paradise.
13:26 Almost all of the children he meets
13:29 are helping the Mexican.
13:31 We have been here for five years in the Letre Mission.
13:35 We went to different places.
13:38 At first, we thought it was a small house,
13:41 a small door,
13:43 a family.
13:45 But after a while, we realized that
13:48 in a small house,
13:50 there could be three or five families living there.
13:55 In each room, there is one family.
13:58 In each floor, there is one family.
14:00 That's why we realized that even though we went to many places,
14:04 there are still more places we haven't been to.
14:07 Father Victor saw that people are not just hungry
14:11 for physical food.
14:13 Maybe because the first thing people see
14:17 are the basic needs,
14:21 physical needs,
14:23 food, electricity,
14:25 land,
14:27 to fix the roof of the house.
14:30 That's what people see.
14:33 They don't see their spiritual needs yet.
14:39 We go to the houses,
14:41 and we ask for a chance to share the word of God with them.
14:47 Many people accept it.
14:49 They listen to the message,
14:51 the small message.
14:53 Father Victor lives in a small chapel in the community.
14:58 He is here with the Guatemalan priest
15:01 who is taking his place when he returns to Mexico to study.
15:06 Even though they have a small house,
15:08 they know that they are a part of the whole community
15:11 in the propagation of the word of God.
15:14 To be a missionary,
15:17 someone who goes out and goes to other people,
15:21 to bring a good message of one's own presence,
15:24 that's why a missionary is happy.
15:28 A missionary is happy because he sees the scope of his life,
15:33 he sees talents.
15:35 That's why I hope that Christians and Catholics become missionaries.
15:39 Not only us, but also those who are from other countries,
15:42 but also those who are here,
15:44 willing to become a missionary in their own place.
15:47 Bishop, Caloocan is one of the most populated places,
15:54 in terms of population,
15:56 even the parishioners.
15:57 But you have many priests and churches here.
16:01 Why is there a mission station?
16:03 Now, we made a survey and we found out
16:07 that the majority of people in urban poor communities are Catholics.
16:12 Why don't they go to church in the big churches?
16:15 They do not feel they belong.
16:17 Why don't churches approach them?
16:20 That was the concept of the mission station.
16:23 Churches in the area.
16:24 So these churches are right there in the community?
16:28 Yes. Churches without churches.
16:30 Because outside, there is no church.
16:33 We don't have big parish churches.
16:37 We go to mass there, but on the streets,
16:40 basketball courts,
16:42 basketball courts where there is space.
16:45 Because the priest belongs to the community.
16:49 That's right.
16:50 So these missionaries,
16:54 they do everything to reach out to people.
17:01 They came to our country to preach the word of God,
17:07 but they will return home,
17:09 especially to their families,
17:11 who are considered to be their helpers.
17:14 Even if it is mission impossible
17:16 to consider most of these foreign missionaries to be God's,
17:21 they will not stop until it becomes a mission accomplished.
17:27 I am Kara David, with IISangBrigada.
17:31 It is true to think that many foreigners
17:38 are ready to sacrifice and help our fellowmen.
17:42 I hope they will serve as an inspiration to all of us
17:46 that caring for our fellowmen
17:48 can make us start from within.
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