, it's great to have the ransoms here. it's a great surprise. I didn't know you're coming, so welcome. I, I serve a lot with Sean.
That's the primary focus in the ministry. So come alongside Sean and the team there in the Philippines. And what's been interesting through COVID, it's actually opened up several doors into closed countries. close to missionaries.
So we actually not only are several, groups that I trained in the Philippines that we train in the Philippines, but also the Lord's opened up doors for some, pastors and church leaders in Malaysia and Myanmar. And recently, I came back from Pakistan. That's why I've got this, garb on. this is the traditional formal wear there.
the Lord opened up opportunity about a year ago. I met a man actually in the Philippines, who's a pastor in Pakistan. He was there in the Philippines going to seminary. And he'd been asking us to, to come to Pakistan and, and do some training there with the pastors, but the Lord just did not open up opportunity till COVID hit....