Participants: Manzoor Massey
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000470
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00:16 Welcome to Adventures and Missions at Gospel Outreach.
00:18 I'm Julie Sanders Keymer. 00:19 I'm glad that you've joined us and you are going to hear 00:22 about a very innovative program happening in India. 00:25 And I would like to introduce to you to Manzoor Massey. 00:28 Welcome. Thank you very much for inviting me. 00:30 So people are wanting to know what is the innovative-- 00:35 innovative, super innovative program 00:36 that you're implementing in India. 00:38 That's your territory for Gospel Outreach. 00:41 It is. It is. 00:42 I--my territory is the Andhra Pradesh 00:45 which is about four hours away by car 00:50 from the big city called Hyderabad. 00:53 And we have K-12 school there 00:56 and this is one of the best evangelistic effort 01:00 that we can make to have inroads into the families in India. 01:05 So what is it? 01:06 And that is to educate their children. 01:08 So it's about educating the children 01:11 of the Gospel Outreach workers. 01:13 And the Gospel Outreach office here has been working 01:18 with this K-12 school for some time now. 01:23 And we have--you could say we have adopted this school 01:27 to work with them and try to see 01:31 how we can bring the children of our Gospel Outreach workers 01:34 into the Seventh-day Adventist schools. 01:37 And you also have other children though 01:39 who are attending the school too. 01:41 It's not just the Gospel Outreach workers children. 01:43 Well, this particular school-- 01:45 and we will see a video very shortly. 01:47 This particular school has 750 children. Wow. 01:50 And half of them are orphans. 01:53 And they are left, you know, 01:55 here and there without any parents. 01:58 Maybe parents died or whatever happened to them 02:02 and then the children are brought to the school 02:05 and we take care of them and we feed them, house them, 02:09 we pay for their education. 02:11 And many of these children 02:13 are sponsored by generous donors from overseas. 02:16 Wonderful. Wonderful. 02:17 And it's a boarding school. It's a boarding school. 02:20 And you should see maybe half of these children 02:24 are not from Christian homes but they sing like angels. 02:29 Wow, praise the Lord. 02:30 And you can just see that these children 02:32 are going to be our workers for tomorrow 02:35 and they are going to be leaders for their country. 02:38 So it is one of the best investment 02:40 that we can make to teach them about God and our faith 02:46 how God can really take in everybody into His family. 02:50 Well, feeding them, educating them, loving them, 02:52 giving a house for them to live in and what-- 02:55 praise the Lord, this is fantastic. 02:57 Yes, and the conditions at the school 02:59 they are pretty primitive and we want to show you-- 03:03 This is the Ibrahimpatnam Seventh-day Adventist school. 03:07 This is where they have-- this is the gate 03:10 as we're entering the compound. 03:12 It's a quite a large compound, as many, many buildings, 03:18 although very I should say, 03:24 very temporary type of situation, 03:27 but they have good building, 03:29 they are good for school system. 03:32 And children are coming from all over Andhra Pradesh 03:35 and many of them are very, very, poor. 03:39 Here, this is a one of the dormitory and-- 03:41 The boys dormitory. 03:43 Yes, boys dormitory and we-- 03:45 and here is the water system. 03:47 How these children receive the water. 03:50 There's a water tank and they bath 03:53 and they clean themselves up here. 03:57 And imagine having few of these hand pumps 04:03 for nearly 750 children. Wow. 04:07 We have boys dormitory and we have girls dormitory 04:12 and girls dormitory has few more facilities than boys dormitory. 04:19 And here is one of the water tanks 04:23 where girls come and they wash themselves 04:26 and they also take the water 04:29 for washing their clothes or even drinking water. 04:33 I was gonna say clean water. 04:35 Many of the places that we've seen in India 04:37 they don't have clean water and so-- 04:39 Yeah, many of them have no water and leave alone clean water. 04:44 And so these facilities that we have up there 04:48 mostly hand pump here and there. 04:52 They wash their clothes there. 04:54 And I tell you it's amazing to watch these little kids. 04:58 They are from the age of 7, 8, 05:02 all the way to 13 and 16 and 18 year old. 05:05 Oh, look at the rice and the dal and-- That's right. 05:09 This is--the girls cook all the food 05:12 and then it is brought to the boys dormitory 05:16 and this is how they then distribute the food. 05:20 So there's no table, they are just all sitting nearly. 05:24 Yes, but there are some tables but remember it's a large place 05:30 and we don't have enough tables for everybody. 05:34 And now this is one of the classrooms, 05:37 with the help of Rotary Club we were able to provide 05:42 desks and chairs to all the classrooms. 05:45 You know, the Rotarians are very generous group. 05:48 The Rotarians are very generous and my Rotary Club here 05:52 from Cross Roads Rotary in San Bernardino 05:55 collaborated with midtown Rotary from Vijayawada city. 06:01 And that's how we developed this. 06:03 We provided them equipment for the kitchen area. 06:08 And the equipment for the kitchen area was provided-- 06:15 where we have refrigerators. 06:53 Manzoor Massey Sir was with us. He promised us a project. 06:58 He said very soon you're going to have a school bakery. 07:02 Want to give a big applause for that 07:06 and exactly approved in an year 07:09 we're so happy that our beloved Elder Manzoor Massey Sir 07:14 has made this project come into action and into reality. 07:18 It's a very important occasion it is when something 07:23 getting for fulfillment it brings excitement. Amen. 07:27 Before we start we will ask the blessings. 07:30 I would like to invite 07:33 Mr. Dellorso to offer prayer for us. 07:41 First of all can I say a couple of words? Yes. 07:44 I'm so excited about this today. 07:49 The main reason I'm excited is because I believe 07:52 that we'll provide a work program for the students here. 07:57 When I went to school, boy, I won't tell you how long. 08:01 Many years ago I've had the privilege to earn my way 08:03 through school and I worked in a printing company 08:07 all four years while I was in academy. 08:10 And because of that today I own a printing company. 08:14 Amen. 08:15 And I believe that learning a skill like bakery 08:21 you will be very blessed to-- they will put into practice, 08:25 the things you learn by your working 08:29 and also you will learn quality trades in your character 08:34 that are just essential that you learn at 08:37 while you're going to the classes day to day. 08:41 So I think this is a wonderful step 08:43 in the direction of providing it a better education 08:47 for the kids here and for their tuitions. 08:49 So I'm glad to be a part of this. 08:52 And I thank you, for allowing me to be here. 08:55 Let's bow our heads in prayer. 08:57 Loving Father in heaven, how blessed indeed we are today 09:00 to witness this grand occasion 09:03 when we can lay the foundation stone to facility 09:07 that will increase the knowledge 09:09 and working habits of young people. 09:12 And Lord may this facility, this bakery have a great part 09:18 in spreading the bread of life which is Your bread Lord 09:23 as it goes out in the communities, 09:25 the cities and the surrounding areas 09:27 because really Lord, You are that bread of life 09:30 that they can have a taste of and see that You're good. 09:35 We thank you, for each one here. 09:36 We thank you, for each student. 09:38 We thank you, for Your presence here 09:40 as we lay this foundation stone and we thank you Lord, 09:44 for your wonderful promise that You will guide us, 09:47 protect us, and come into the hearts 09:50 of everyone of these young person Lord, 09:53 as they use their talents, their skill, 09:55 their time in this school and we pray that this bakery 10:01 will go far and hasten Your return, 10:04 so that we can go home with You to live throughout eternity 10:07 and may that be a reality soon. 10:10 We pray in the precious wonderful name of Jesus, amen. 10:14 It is essential to see the needs 10:18 and it is more essential to fulfill the needs. 10:23 And in the last visit Dr. Massey had seen the need 10:27 and we are extremely happy that he promised 10:31 and he went back to US and he found a way 10:36 where we can establish a bakery. 10:39 And the second important point is 10:42 we have close to 1,000 children in this institution 10:48 and our principle is making inroads, 10:52 you will not be surprised if he can get 10:55 another 400 children next year. 10:57 Amen. Praise the Lord. 10:58 There is a need to establish a bakery here. 11:01 And God has promised through Dr. Massey 11:05 and God is fulfilling this promise. 11:08 With this great purpose we wanted to celebrate today 11:12 in laying a foundation stone. 11:16 Well, as you know children are the future 11:20 and many of us may not realize how critical that is. 11:27 In our sharing the idea of banana plant. 11:31 Banana plant yields the fruit only once, 11:34 but before it dies it has created 11:37 many, many other banana plants. 11:41 And we can learn from the nature 11:44 how we could improve where we live and how we do work. 11:50 It is our goal that our young people will replace us. 11:54 They will have the vision. 11:56 They will have the dreams and we want to be simply winds-- 12:02 a wind beneath your wings. 12:04 That is our goal. 12:06 And you're really the eagles that we're looking forward to. 12:11 You're the ones who can take all our dreams 12:14 to the next level with your dreams. 12:17 We're hoping that we'll have 200 children, 12:20 new children who will join you 12:23 that they will be able to go to school here 12:25 who are not able to come to school at this time, 12:28 children of our Gospel Outreach workers and many others. 12:32 So God is opening up doors and you must never decide 12:39 how big the foot can grow. 12:41 And money should never be the limit to accomplish 12:45 what God wants us to accomplish for His future. 12:49 So like all of you to pray for this project. 12:53 I'm not the main person who's actually making this happen. 12:58 The credit goes to God and many other dedicated people 13:02 who are going to be part of this project. 13:04 Brother, Dell and Boney Orsor. 13:08 Brother Dell spoke few minutes ago. 13:11 This couple is very dedicated to make things happen for God. 13:17 And so today we'll be inaugurating 13:22 just the initial beginning of laying a foundation 13:27 for something that will happen very soon 13:29 because we have people 13:31 who can make things happen on this campus. 14:10 Hallelujah. Hallelujah. 14:15 Dear merciful gracious heavenly Father, 14:18 we want to take this opportunity to praise Your name today 14:22 for the beginning of this great project. 14:24 Lord, thanking you that you have made it possible 14:28 by putting the vision in the hearts of people here 14:31 and even across many miles away from here 14:35 a vision for a bakery for this school. 14:38 Lord, this school belongs to you 14:40 and Lord, we know that as our Creator God, 14:44 You created man from the dust of the earth. 14:46 So Lord, once again we're consecrating this dust 14:49 to You today to do something glorious for your name. 14:53 We pray Lord, that you would take these humble bricks 14:57 that are here as a symbol of our desire 15:00 to provide a way for young people 15:02 to earn a weight for a Christian education. 15:06 And Lord, that they might be blessed in many others ways 15:09 as a result of this that You would bless the community 15:11 not just the school but Lord, at this campus 15:15 will become a mighty testament to the power of our God. 15:18 We just pray Lord, that You would breathe 15:21 life into this project, that You would bless that, 15:24 that you would give Brother Prasad and his team 15:26 and all those that will be working on it, 15:28 special God given wisdom. 15:30 Those moments Lord, when there are challenges arise 15:33 make those crooked places straight. 15:35 And Lord, we pray that in a short time 15:37 that this bakery will be cranking out loafs of bread 15:42 not only for food but also Lord, that You the bread of life 15:46 would also flow from this school. 15:48 We ask and dedicate this project to You 15:50 in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. 16:06 So what we've just witnessed 16:08 is the laying of the corner stone 16:11 or the foundation for this bakery. 16:15 And there's something about bringing bread to the people. 16:22 You know, it just symbolizes Jesus is the bread of life. 16:27 And I'm so excited about this bakery. 16:30 Anytime the folks in India 16:33 they become little bit economically better off. 16:36 They want to eat bread hence-- 16:42 He's taken all my sins away 16:46 And that's why I'm singing today 16:51 I'm praying today I'm praying today In Jesus Christ, 16:58 I'm praying today He's taken all my sins away 17:04 And that's why I'm praying today 17:09 I'm sharing my faith I'm sharing my faith 17:14 In Jesus Christ I'm sharing my faith 17:18 He's taken all my sins away 17:23 And that's why I'm sharing my faith 17:28 I'm happy today I'm singing today 17:32 In Jesus Christ I'm praying today 17:36 He's taken all my sins away 17:40 And that's why I'm sharing my faith 17:45 Praise the Lord, Manzoor. 17:47 Amen. I got to say amen. 17:49 I don't think we need to say anything. 17:51 Turn the cameras off. We're done. 17:53 Wow. 17:55 How fantastic is that to hear those young people 17:57 singing about the Lord. Oh my-- 17:59 I could just hardly content myself. 18:02 It's so inspiring. Yeah. 18:04 Half of those children who are sitting there and singing, 18:07 you know, I'm sharing my faith or I'm praising today, 18:12 half of them are not Christians. 18:14 And they don't have parents. And they don't have parents. 18:16 You know they are orphans. 18:18 And these children will consider this school as their home. 18:23 And they will consider those teachers 18:26 and those people who come and visit them as their parents. 18:29 You know, whenever I visit there, 18:31 I just--I'm in love with those children. 18:34 Oh, fantastic. 18:35 And last year when I went there to see them, 18:38 they invited me to visit their dormitories. 18:41 And all 750 children were lined up in two rows 18:46 and they were holding something in their hands. 18:49 Well, what's that? And I didn't know what it was. 18:50 As I started walking they starting throwing flowers on me. 18:55 I cried and I cried and I said look at the love 18:58 that God has put in the hearts of these children. Wow. 19:02 And when you talk to them they want to kind of 19:05 hug you and hang on to you 19:07 because they feel that-- they sense this love. 19:12 And one little girl wrote me a note 19:15 and put it in my pocket and I read it later and it said, 19:19 when you spoke to me I felt love in your words. 19:23 Praise Jesus. 19:24 And you know I just had tears in my eyes. 19:26 I said, these children 19:28 are longing for somebody to hug them. 19:31 So we have 750 of them 19:33 but we have 100s and 1000s of more children out there 19:37 who are not having the privilege to be in a school. 19:40 And right now we're thinking 19:42 about the children of our Gospel Outreach workers. 19:45 We have as I mentioned nearly 600 workers 19:48 right in this vicinity and 200 more in Andhra Pradesh. 19:52 So there are 800 more gospel Outreach Workers there. 19:56 Their children-- many of their children 19:58 can not come to school because they cannot afford. 20:02 So this bakery is going to be 20:05 an avenue to generate resources to support, 20:08 I would say, at least 200 children. 20:11 Because you were saying earlier when people in India 20:14 when they get a little bit more economically stable 20:16 then they feel they are buying bread 20:18 is what on the higher level. They think-- 20:21 It shows that they have the money. Interesting. 20:24 And they want to buy bread. 20:25 Well, convenience. Sure. 20:26 They like to--instead of kneading the flour 20:28 and making their own normal food 20:32 it's easier to buy a loaf of bread. 20:34 So we're gonna take advantage of that hunger for bread 20:38 and have bread and cookies 20:42 and pastries and cakes and all of that. 20:45 And plus right next to the bakery 20:48 we will have a small eatery. 20:50 This is where we'll have breakfast fed. Oh, sure. 20:54 So it's gonna be a real opportunity for us 20:57 to serve the public as well as generate revenue 21:01 and one important concept that we're gonna make 21:03 and implement is what we call work study program. 21:07 Very important. 21:08 So children who are over the age of 16 21:12 we're gonna be giving them the opportunity 21:14 that they will work at the bakery 21:16 and they will be paid for it 21:18 and that would be teaching them dignity of labor, 21:22 that they will be able to have skills to do certain things 21:26 when they graduate from there. 21:27 So and now the kids are excited about the bakery? 21:30 Oh, my-- they are so excited. 21:31 You heard them sing. Yeah, yeah. 21:33 That singing that the girls were singing there and children. 21:36 That was the site where we were laying the corner stone 21:40 for the bakery. Very significant. 21:41 So the site has been selected. 21:43 It is going to be on the main highway, 21:45 right next to the gate to the school. 21:48 And it is very, very ideal location. 21:51 I've been there three times now myself, 21:54 actually four times and it is beautiful site 21:58 for that particular project. 21:59 And Gospel Outreach is involved with that and-- 22:02 The Gospel Outreach is behind this project. 22:05 Because the our--the children of our Gospel Outreach workers 22:09 are going to be going there and benefiting from that. 22:11 Sure. Absolutely, absolutely. 22:13 So what are the next steps for the bakery? 22:17 Well, now we actually have-- the big step is to make sure 22:23 that all the funding is in place. 22:25 We have sent part of the funding already 22:27 and the project has started, 22:29 and the architectural designs have been done. 22:31 Contractor has been selected 22:33 and supervisor is already appointed. 22:36 He's already on the job. Good. 22:38 And our expectation is that within 90 days 22:42 the bakery will be up and running. 22:44 90 days? In 90 days. 22:45 The equipment has been purchased. 22:47 It is sitting at the factory. 22:49 I've already spoken to the factory owners 22:52 and they said as soon as the building is ready 22:54 they will be sending two engineers 22:56 to place the equipment and run it 23:00 and show us that it's working. 23:02 Fantastic, wow. It is a new day. 23:04 Everything we do we must make plans 23:08 to make the work self sufficient. 23:09 Yes, yes, absolutely. Because if we-- 23:11 You know, what do they say, 23:12 don't give them a fish but show them how to fish. 23:15 How to fish, correct. 23:16 This is exactly what we're trying to do here 23:18 that the school will have the opportunity to expand this. 23:22 Well, the next step is 23:23 I haven't spoken to anybody else yet. 23:26 Next step is to put a peanut butter factory there 23:29 and I already have somebody who would like to donate 23:32 some funds towards the peanut butter factory. 23:35 So we want to create this opportunity 23:37 so the school will be able to generate revenue 23:40 to help the Gospel Outreach center. 23:41 So you can buy your loaf of bread 23:43 and then you can put your peanut butter on it. 23:45 Do people in India like peanut butter? 23:47 Oh, yes, they do. 23:49 That's like the big question mark and like-- 23:51 I know Americans do but-- 23:53 In fact in many places they have what they call easy stores. 23:55 Easy stores are the westernized one stop stores 23:59 where you can buy lots of the readymade things. 24:01 And the third one will be we gonna start 24:04 an agricultural program there 24:08 where they will be able to grow their vegetables 24:11 so that vegetables these children will be using 24:14 they will come from their own field. 24:17 So we got some big beautiful plans 24:20 to make this place self sufficient. 24:22 How exciting, now this might be a little premature 24:25 but maybe not if this all gonna be done in 90 days. 24:27 Is there a name for the bakery? 24:29 Right now I just say it is Ibrahimpatnam School Bakery. 24:35 But we will be searching for a good name. 24:38 Yeah. Oh, this is fantastic. 24:40 Oh, this is just wonderful. 24:42 And may we call bread of life bakery. 24:44 Hey, why not? You know, it's very possible. 24:46 And there's time to figure that out. 24:48 But how exciting and-- 24:50 are the Gospel Outreach workers excited 24:51 about this for their children. 24:53 Oh, my, there were 600 of them there 24:55 when we laid the foundation stone. 24:59 And you should have seen the excitement 25:02 among these workers. 25:04 They just busted in cheers when we announced 25:07 that there's gonna be a bakery here 25:09 and also maybe later on a peanut butter factory 25:13 and a little farming project. 25:15 Because right now they would have to pay in order to-- 25:19 the tuition for their child to go to Adventist school. 25:22 And if their child-- they can't afford that 25:24 and the child can't go there-- 25:25 Will the child go then to a public school then if? 25:28 Well, generally they go to public school 25:30 and they missed Saturday's-- Okay, they go to school-- 25:33 They would go to school because Saturday is a school day. 25:36 It is a school day. 25:37 Sabbath is a school day and so all of our children 25:40 will miss that one day of school if they are in public school. 25:43 And sometime if the exams fall on Sabbath 25:46 then they will have to miss the whole year. 25:49 So it's a very critical that we make arrangements 25:52 for all of them to be able to study in our own schools. 25:56 And it's a big challenge in a country like India 26:02 where the exam may fall on Sabbath. 26:05 And there's no grace if it does. There's no grace. 26:07 You have to wait for a year. 26:09 So but in our high schools, 26:11 our high schools recognized by the government. 26:13 And we have Sabbath off, so that's why we want them 26:16 to come to our schools. 26:18 Also there is no better education 26:21 to strengthen ones faith than to have them 26:25 in Seventh-day Adventist schools. 26:26 Where they are learning about the Lord Jesus Christ. 26:28 They are learning about Jesus. 26:29 Well, Manzoor, thank you so much. 26:31 We're excited about the bakery 26:32 and we look forward to hearing more reports on that. 26:34 And if you too are excited about this 26:36 and you would like to give to help 26:38 with this exciting project in India. 26:40 I pray that you will call us or you go on our website 26:43 and make your donation to goaim.org. 26:47 On behalf of Gospel Outreach and Adventures in Missions 26:49 I'm Julie Sanders Keymer and the Lord blesses you today. 27:16 I need to spread the gospel here at home. 27:19 Where is the 10/40 Window anyway? 27:22 Those people live too far away. 27:25 Someone else can tell them about Jesus. 27:27 Maybe they could just watch TV. 27:31 Nearly three billion people to reach. 27:34 My head hurts. 27:36 There's nothing I can do. 27:38 I give up. 27:40 What's the point of trying? 27:41 I can't make a difference. 27:43 Actually you can make a difference. 27:46 And Jesus asked you to go to all the world. 27:50 Where? 27:51 All the world. 27:53 How can I go? I have commitments. 27:55 You can pray. 27:57 You can volunteer your talents. 28:03 You can tell others. 28:06 You can give money to sponsor Bible workers. 28:09 Millions of people are searching for hope and meaning. 28:12 But they won't find it without you. 28:14 Be the spark. 28:15 Light the fire. 28:17 Finish the work. 28:18 Finish the work. 28:21 Be the spark! |
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