The Resilient Filipinos, a Glimpse into the Philippine Economy, and Outsourcing

Hi, my name is Elder Jonas and I'm a missionary in the Philippines for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Right now I'm living on a small island in the heart of the Philippines called Marinduque. And some people know that the language they speak in the Philippines, in a lot of the Philippines, their national language is Tagalog. I am learning Tagalog. Matuto akon non Tagalog. I love it. I love it here. Right now, we're taking food to people that are in need. Here's our friend. His name is Nathan. We're teaching him a little bit about Jesus, which is awesome. And his uncle is a member of our church here in Marinduque. But he lost his job recently because his eyes were having problems. But he got his eyes fixed now so he's able to get a job again. Where my friend Mark Gem lives, he lives in this hut with his wife and newborn baby live here and we teach them and we love them because we're close friends with them here. We have food packs we're going to take to people just down the street that are starving. They're sick and hungry and they're not able to work. And the reason there are people in need here is because of the economy has gone to crap here. But Mark Jem here is very talented. He has a four year degree and he's worked for a graphic design company, so he's able to work for people. Right now, Mark Jem is finishing his application for online jobs and he's taking the tests he needs to take to have a good profile, which is awesome. My camera won't focus but say, Hi, Mark Jem. MarcJem's looking for a job and he's gonna get one. Isn't that right? Yeah. Gonna bless his life. Okay, so here's his house. It's simple. This is where him and his wife live. This is where they keep their baby, and this is where they love their life. Here in the Philippines, most people just drive scooters around because it's way easier and it's always warm. It's beautiful. The reason the Philippines is in such an economic issue right now, and there's many reasons, but the biggest reason in my mind is because especially on little islands like this, there are families and they're loving families and they're good, honest people. But they are buying and importing products from the mainland and other mainlands like China, and they're not exporting anything. So they send their money out, but they don't receive any money back. If that makes sense to you. And because of that, they're not. They have a deficit of money. So what happens is Filipinos, in order to make up for this lack of money in the economy, there's no jobs. So what they have to do is they have to move abroad. You know, the parents have to leave their kids here with their grandparents and destroy their family and go and work just to help feed their kids in another land. And you know, you might think like in America you can just look and find a job. Like you just had to work hard not to find a job, but like there's legitimately not jobs. And I've lived here long enough to know that I speak the language and I know the people and it's hard. But you can help. And that's the amazing thing is while I'm literally physically here helping people, you can help by going to onlinejobs ph and hiring people to work for you and for your business and help bless these people's lives like I am. Because I really care about these people and you can too. And not only will you bless their lives, they'll bless you. Because these people are honest and hard working. Let me tell you, these talented people like Mark Jem, who are kind and amazing, are living in little tiny houses like this and they have computers and they're able to do competent and diligent and good work. I've seen it the morning after a typhoon, they're out at their working their jobs, doing what they're supposed to do even when there's floods. So go to onlinejobs PH and help bless these people's lives and they will bless you back.