Just when I
thought I had seen it all,
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my world wind trip to India
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opens my eyes to a
whole new world of realities.
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I saw children who are hopeful
in spite of their condition,
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met inspiring people who
gave heed to God's calling.
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And Jesus Christ said
"Inasmuch as you have done
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unto one of the
least of these my brethren,
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you have done it unto Me."
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And witness an organization
that is making a difference
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in the life's of
thousands of children in India.
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Well, I think the big difference
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we've made is that
we've been able to give
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so many children are
chance of Christian education.
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Come and join me in
this extraordinary journey
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to this extraordinary land.
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India is a land
full of contrast.
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It's a land great
mystery and beauty.
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It's a land of
unspeakable despair.
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By traveling through India
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one thing is for sure
it's a land filled with people
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who should never
be under estimated.
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For the last 40 years,
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Asian Aid has invested
in the futures of people
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who have never
been given such a chance
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and their investment
has proven infinite returns.
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Driven by the
vision of Helen Eager,
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dedicated to helping
those who have the least,
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Asian Aid is an organization
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implementing
diverse development projects
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and sponsoring
thousands of children.
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Their outreach spans
from Bangladesh to Nepal,
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Srilanka and
beyond, from remote villages
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and empty fields to
sprawling centers of education,
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from nothing to
the unimaginable.
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Now Asian Aid
decided to document the work
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it is been doing all
these years with a desire
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to show the
world what is possible.
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By digging wells
in remote villages
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for clean drinking
water and bringing much needed
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healthcare to
the women of Nepal.
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By providing an
education for orphans, deaf
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and blind children giving
them a sense of place, a home
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but what we really discovered
was being given was hope,
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giving hope to
children, giving hope to women,
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giving hope to the
one's who need it the most.
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This is Hope In Motion.
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Two days of travel and
almost 10,000 miles away,
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we finally arrived
in Bangalore, India,
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only to take
another one hour flight
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to the city of Vishakhapatnam
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in the shores of
the Bay of Bengal.
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It was hard to
imagine what we would see
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when we finally
arrived in India.
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It was also hard to imagine
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that the weather
would be so hot and humid.
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Exhausted from our travel
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we met Jim Rennie
the CEO of Asian Aid USA
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and our production
team at the airport.
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Driving through the
streets of Vishakapatnam
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was an experience in itself.
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I heard lot
about driving in India
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but now I was
able to see for myself,
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that this was the
city of synchronized chaos.
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I thought being
raised in New York City
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prepared me for anything,
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but I was about to be introduced
to quite a different world.
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In a caravan of
cars we made our way
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through the
chaotic streets of the city
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until we arrived at a
very dingy narrow street
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where Jim said, this is it.
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Yeah.
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Intermingling of
smiles and bright colorful
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made of outfits
on that narrow alley
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where the sight and smells
of despair and hopelessness.
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A slum settlement in the city
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and it was quite a
challenge taking it all
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in as we made our
way to the slum school,
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a development project
undertaken by, Asian Aid.
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Well, welcome to
the small city of Vizag,
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here in the slums of India.
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This is one of many cities
around the country of India
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and people come here
gathering looking for work,
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looking for hope,
look for employment,
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often disappointed
after not finding anything
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beyond their daily
wages and daily labor jobs.
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However we've come here
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let you know that
there is an answer
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and Asian Aid
has found the answer
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to situations like this
in the slums of this country
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and that is, to build a school.
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The room is filled
with little children
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and very bright smiles.
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As I tried to put the
entire scene together,
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I was told that
many of these children
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were the children
from this slum community.
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The children sat
on the dusty ground
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uncomfortably close together.
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It was such a joy
to here them saying,
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I was able to share
stories, to let them know
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that Jesus cared
about each of their lives.
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How many of you want to be
in the king's castle one day.
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Naomi as I later discovered
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is the principal
of this small school
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and after looking
around I realized,
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that God had called her
and her team to a special work.
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God was doing something
special here through Asian Aid.
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Jesus told us to
go in to the highways
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and the hedges and
to invite all to come.
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After we saw the
people that are being reached
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in spite of how
terrible things looked,
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we then realized that,
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Asian Aid was serious
about that commission.
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I'm just in awe of what I
see, when I pass the slum area's
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and to see Lord
you have to reach them,
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because we know,
we're told in the Bible
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that this
gospel will be preached
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into all the world as a witness,
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then shall the end come.
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So-- and its not--
the way it's preached
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is through your actions
what you can do for others,
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not just preaching to
them is doing for them
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and so this is what
these facilities are doing.
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They're providing
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the necessities
for these children.
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Had it not been for the
dedication of Asian Aid,
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the gospel might
pass to this community.
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It was not just the
buildings in that community
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that were being transformed,
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but also the lives of
everyone that live there.
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Later that afternoon
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we were taken to the
local conference hall
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that's where we met with
pastors and Bible workers.
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It was a humbling
experience for me to realize
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that I was meeting with people
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who are driven by
the same faith as I have.
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People who are
bringing God's message
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to this part of the world,
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Christ return would be hastened
because of people like this.
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Before we left
we had a wonderful
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time of prayer
and encouragement.
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Our first day with Asian
Aid was a day of incessant
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and frantic activity.
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It was a small peek into
what was in store for us.
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The next day we
drove along the coast,
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toward Asian Aid's
school for the blind in Bobbili,
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about three
hours drive from Vizag.
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As it always
happens during missions
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you expect the unexpected.
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As we reached this
small town of Vijayanagaram
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we took a detour to visit
an Adventist school campus.
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As I spoke to
Rukhma, the school principal,
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I learned a precarious condition
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she and herstaff had
to manage the school with.
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Well, here I am sitting
in one of the classrooms
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in Vijayanagaram in
India, on a relatively hot day
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and its not even summer yet.
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I am sitting in a facilities
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that many of you watching
this program would never
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have the
experience of sitting in,
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desks that are old,
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floor's that are not carpeted
or covered with any kind of wood
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and the ceilings are very hot
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and its not even summer yet.
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When it rains,
the rain comes in,
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when it is hot the
sun and its heat comes in
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and these are the conditions
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under which the students
are learning day by day,
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quite unlike the way
it is in the United States
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and many of the
parts of the world.
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However, there are
some plans in place
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actually we looking
for a brighter future.
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Asian Aid along
with the sponsors
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that partner with it,
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are going to make a
difference in this community.
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This is a large campus,
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these conditions are repeated
from classroom to classroom
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but there is hope,
along with sponsorship
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and those who stand with
Asian Aid there are plans
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and we are looking
forward to building a new campus
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hopefully two storey's
and it's going to be built,
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right over there.
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Now this is a Christian Campus,
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how does that fit
with the community?
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Rukhma explains to me that
people send their kinds here
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even though it's
a Christian school,
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but lack of facilities
is deterring many of them
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from sending them here.
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Place where the
boys are staying.
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This is our church.
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Since we don't have place,
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so we are keeping all
these boys in the church.
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So they are studying here
and they are sleeping here.
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And they worship here?
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They worship here. Okay.
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When Saturday comes we
pack all the things aside,
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then we put chairs.
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Good afternoon, children.
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Say good
afternoon. Good afternoon.
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Good afternoon.
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How are you? Fine, sir.
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Good. Good.
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Wow.
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Well, show us some of their beds
where they lay down each night.
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Actually, they
don't have proper beds.
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They'll only
sleep on mats, mats.
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So they sleep, this
is where they sleep,
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this is some of
their sleeping ports.
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So this is one of
their beds right here?
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Yes sir.
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So where is this --
do they have a pillow?
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No pillow, sir.
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So if I-- could I lay
down here and try it out?
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Could I, could I
try? This is a wow.
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So this is like a--
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now for me this
would be camping,
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but for the
students that live here
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this is what they
sleep on every day,
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a straw mat a
blanket and a hard floor.
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When we think about education,
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when we think about conditions
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that are suitable for children
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this is not our ideal
vision, that's why Asian Aid
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and your sponsorship
could make a difference
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not only in
buildings, but in the ways
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that the students
learn and sleep and live.
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What an amazing revolution
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we can start here if
we join hands together
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and begin to impact the schools
in this region of the world.
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Hey I notice that you're
writing in English over here,
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but then you're
writing in your own language
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in other places
isn't that amazing?
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Wow.
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You know it's a
life changing experience
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when you come here to
schools like this in India
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and this is one of many
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that have some of
the similar conditions.
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We showed you
where the children sleep,
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where they study,
where they worship
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and for the boys it's
in the very same facility,
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this is school, this is home,
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this is also their Church.
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But something
else that impressed me
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is that we have so
much where we live,
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we talk about technology,
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there are no computers here,
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we talk about iPads and iPods
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and even things that can help
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enhance their learning skills,
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but those are nonexistent here.
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Also, there are some
students like this one
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and this one, this is David.
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And what's your name again?
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And Anudeep, these
young boys can learn
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like any of our
students in America can learn
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or any other part of
the world, but an advantages
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that we have is
something that they're missing.
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And there may be some of you
watching this program that say
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well, now how can I experience
this or not only experience
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but how can I make a difference?
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Well, they are learning English
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but conversational English
is something quite different.
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And you may think about
volunteering to come here
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and help out in
the school facility
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and may be even being
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part of the teaching
staff to teach these young men
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and also the young
women, conversational English.
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What a difference can be made
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in this part of the
world if we think about
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how the Lord is
impressing our lives,
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to go forth not
only with preached gospel
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but with the
gospel of experience
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to transform these life's.
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Oh, yeah. This is
the office building.
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This is our
prayer hall for office.
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For time being we
kept all this girls here.
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Twenty eight girls
are staying in this.
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And they're all pretty.
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Hi, girls. Hi, sir.
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It's quite a huge
campus and Asian Aid has dreams
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for this campus to
put up facilities here
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and usher them
towards self growth.
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But more
importantly provide the children
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with a dignified
place to live and study.
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Back on the road,
we're headed towards Bobbili.
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Thank you.
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Yes. Good evening, Sir.
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My name is
Gangadhar. And I am John.
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Good to meet you.
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You are? David, sir.
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How are you?
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How are you doing? Fine, sir.
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Are you also one of
the cricketers? Good.
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Good afternoon,
sir. You are tall one.
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Well, here we are at Asian
Aid High school for the Blind.
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We had a welcome that
I tell you was so warm
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and it is
amazing the percentage,
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there's about a 110 boy students
to about 60 girl students,
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but the girls far away the guys
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when it comes to
beautiful outfits.
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We're gonna take you on a
tour of this wonderful facility
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and let you know what
God is doing here in India
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and what God is doing through
the sponsors of Asian Aid.
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Stay with us.
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I'm here today in
Andhra Pradesh, India
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at the Vijayanagaram
School with my friend Adarsh,
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seven years old and my
family myself sponsor him.
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Every day he's able
to have accommodation,
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food, clothes
and a good education.
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We want you to know
what a blessing this is
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and that you too can make
the difference in the life
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of a child
everyday, through sponsorship.
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Hey.
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Good evening, sir. Good evening.
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What's your name?
My name is Venkatesh.
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What's your
name, sir? I am John.
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A warm welcome awaited us
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at the Asian Aid's
School for the Blind.
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And here the
simple act of a handshake,
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a simple gesture of putting
hand on somebody's shoulder,
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gave a whole
different meaning for me.
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Touch was for them
a communication tool.
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The school for the
blind of Bobbili is in a quite
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location surrounded by
bright green rice fields,
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an ideal location for learning
for those with disabilities.
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I was glad to learn
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from Pastor Paulson
the school principal,
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that there was no preferential
treatment for admission.
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Once they come into the
campus, they are all one.
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And we make it very
clear, no religion, no cast
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or no family background
nothing is going to stop them
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from we giving them admission.
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We take everyone.
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Our stay at the blind
school was quite an eye opener.
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We noticed that
the boys and girls
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really worked
very well together.
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There was a unity
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that I had hardly seen
among people that had sight.
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This what I have noticed just
like we see one bird being hurt
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there are ten
birds coming together,
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this is what we see
in the natural world.
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And I have noticed some
how that one child cries
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all that the other
children come together,
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they catch hold of
him, tell him what it is,
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what is that made you to cry
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and they try to
comfort him as far as possible
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and involve him and tell him
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this is good and we
are all stay together
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and they live together.
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And this becomes their family.
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And this becomes their family.
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And Asian Aid and all the staff
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becomes their
Mom's and their Dad's.
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Yes. Yes.
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In the two days my wife Angela
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and I spent at the blind school,
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I learned a very
valuable phrase there,
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a phrase that helps
and motivates people
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like Pastor Paulson to
work for the blind children.
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There is a phrase that you
used that really opened my eyes
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because sometimes we
use the word disabled,
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but you say they
are not disabled,
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what was the
phrase that you used?
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We usually tell them
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that these children
are differently abled.
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Differently abled.
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Differently abled. Okay.
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That's how we look at them.
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So they're able to learn
differently than we learn.
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Yes.
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All the body parts are
the same except the eye sight.
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All right.
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And we decide by
looking this is this,
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but those children
they tell the same thing
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that we tell in a different
way, since they cannot see.
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Talking to
Pastor Paulson that day
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I noticed that it's not
just the lives of the children
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that we're transforming,
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but we go through a
life changing experience too,
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as Pastor Paulson found out.
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Jesus lived on this earth,
He likes such kind of children,
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He likes such kind of people
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who are rejected
by the community.
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So I thought Jesus
Christ has done that
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and why not I do it,
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may be I thought God
gave me an opportunity
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to serve such kind of children.
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And Jesus Christ said
"Inasmuch as you have done
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unto one of the
least of these my brethren,
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you have done it unto Me."
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I ask the
children walk in faith,
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I look at all of
them observe them
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and talk with everyone,
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I never neglect anyone.
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Even if there is a
purpose, I've got a purpose,
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I talk with them make sure
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that I'm in touch with them.
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Wow. And they are with me.
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Sabbath in Bobbili
was a solemn experience.
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Church was in the
town's center on the terrace
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of the Adventist
day school in town.
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Members from town
as well as children
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from the Sunrise
Home attended the service.
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As I was mentally
preparing for the sermon
00:20:08.84\00:20:10.96
I was to give I was
moved by the reverence
00:20:10.99\00:20:14.28
of the local people,
especially the women.
00:20:14.31\00:20:17.69
Women covering their
heads, bow their heads
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to the ground as they prayed.
00:20:20.67\00:20:23.08
In a more
unfamiliar twist of events,
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someone brought a chicken
to Church as an offering.
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My wife and I were
worried about the faith
00:20:29.09\00:20:30.91
that would befall the chicken
00:20:30.94\00:20:32.07
and decided to pay an
offering double the prize.
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It also provided me an
object lesson for my sermon.
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That Sabbath afternoon
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we made our way to the
Sunrise Children's Home,
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about ten miles
from Bobbili town.
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When we reached there,
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boys and girls were
waiting for us at the gate,
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greeting us and showering
us with beautiful flowers
00:20:57.29\00:21:00.90
as we walked into the campus.
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He said two times.
00:21:17.27\00:21:20.36
Hi.
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This is me and my chicken.
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I officially as the
CEO of Asian Aid USA,
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hereby name this
chicken John Lomacang.
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I also instruct
Rama that this chicken
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must be given VIP
status in the chicken coop.
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That's right. Thanks you Sir.
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That's right.
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He could be in
somebody's kitchen tonight,
00:21:43.98\00:21:46.23
but thanks to
him coming to church
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that's what happens
when you come to church.
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He was saved and now he
can sing because he is happy,
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he can sing because he is free.
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Make sure that you take
care of my chicken, okay.
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Yes.
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I don't want anybody--
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I don't want anybody to
eat my chicken and girls,
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you make sure
that they take care
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of my chicken, is that okay?
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Okay.
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Wow, see I've got a commitment
00:22:12.20\00:22:13.41
out of the children here
at Sunrise Children's Home
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we just visited one of mine
newest friends of my family,
00:22:17.67\00:22:21.03
a chicken that was
saved from church today.
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But this home has
been saving life's
00:22:23.37\00:22:26.23
that are much more
valuable then chickens.
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This is truly where the sunrises
00:22:28.76\00:22:31.08
on the life's of these
boys and girls everyday
00:22:31.11\00:22:34.07
and what a blessing.
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Thank you, to those of you
who are standing and praying
00:22:36.01\00:22:39.04
for the ministry of Asian Aid.
00:22:39.07\00:22:41.34
Look at the difference it's made
00:22:41.37\00:22:43.03
in these colorful
lives, these bright eyes
00:22:43.06\00:22:46.30
and the future of the
church is in good hands,
00:22:46.33\00:22:49.44
because of the
work that you're doing.
00:22:49.47\00:22:51.20
God bless you
for all that you do
00:22:51.23\00:22:53.08
for this wonderful ministry.
00:22:53.11\00:22:54.86
Rajarama, who is
Asian Aid's field officer
00:23:00.91\00:23:04.27
showed me
around this new campus.
00:23:04.30\00:23:06.67
So want you to show me
is this is the quarters,
00:23:06.70\00:23:10.07
this is where the boys
and girls sleep right now.
00:23:10.10\00:23:12.65
Now compared to
where they used to,
00:23:12.68\00:23:14.71
this is a great improvement,
00:23:14.74\00:23:15.92
there are 15 rooms
00:23:15.95\00:23:17.97
and boys occupy ten of those,
the girls occupy five of those.
00:23:18.00\00:23:22.19
One of the greatest blessings
is at the old facility,
00:23:22.22\00:23:24.98
they only had four
toilets for 73 students
00:23:25.01\00:23:29.60
but at this one they have
25 toilets for 73 students.
00:23:29.63\00:23:34.61
But there is
something also in the works
00:23:34.64\00:23:36.05
because they
planning on building
00:23:36.08\00:23:37.27
another dorm to my right
00:23:37.30\00:23:39.50
and its going
to be for the girls
00:23:39.53\00:23:43.44
and that dorm is in the plans
00:23:43.47\00:23:45.18
and in the works and right now
00:23:45.21\00:23:46.83
if you look at this facility
it's a great improvement
00:23:46.86\00:23:49.63
over what they used to sleep
in when they lived in the city
00:23:49.66\00:23:54.49
and what a beautiful campus.
00:23:54.52\00:23:56.08
As Rajarama was
showing me around
00:24:04.68\00:24:07.07
I was constantly
reminded of difference
00:24:07.10\00:24:09.49
Asian Aid is trying to make here
00:24:09.52\00:24:11.58
in this part of the
world for the children.
00:24:11.61\00:24:15.12
Well, I think the big
difference we've made is
00:24:15.15\00:24:17.56
that we've been able
to give so many children
00:24:17.59\00:24:20.95
a chance of Christian education.
00:24:20.98\00:24:25.00
And we take
children based on need
00:24:25.03\00:24:28.23
and they're
sponsored by a person at home.
00:24:28.26\00:24:31.25
And these people are
making a big difference
00:24:31.28\00:24:35.29
in the life of the children
that you've seen everyday.
00:24:35.32\00:24:39.20
This provision for
Christian education
00:24:39.23\00:24:41.73
was all the more
evident as we were taken down
00:24:41.76\00:24:44.45
to the river side
beside the campus.
00:24:44.48\00:24:47.14
When Jesus in the family
00:24:56.47\00:24:58.21
Happy, happy home
00:24:58.24\00:25:00.21
Happy, happy home
00:25:00.24\00:25:02.12
Happy, happy home
00:25:02.15\00:25:03.86
When Jesus in the family
00:25:03.89\00:25:05.94
Happy, happy home
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.82
Happy, happy home
00:25:07.85\00:25:11.02
And well, here we
are, down by the riverside
00:25:22.03\00:25:25.02
at the Sunrise Home
enjoying sun down worship
00:25:25.05\00:25:28.56
on a beautiful
Sabbath afternoon.
00:25:28.59\00:25:30.97
You know, as I am
standing over here I realize
00:25:31.00\00:25:33.55
why we've been given
counsel to come out in nature
00:25:33.58\00:25:37.02
and enjoy what God
has, all the natural beauty,
00:25:37.05\00:25:40.89
the singing of the children.
00:25:40.92\00:25:42.69
This is the place that invites
00:25:42.72\00:25:45.05
the presence of God
without any distractions
00:25:45.08\00:25:47.54
far away from the cities,
00:25:47.57\00:25:49.63
far away from the noise,
00:25:49.66\00:25:51.52
far away from the traffic.
00:25:51.55\00:25:53.23
What beautiful sounds to
here nature speaking to us
00:25:53.26\00:25:56.70
and the voice of the
children as the Sabbath sets,
00:25:56.73\00:26:00.19
this is worship at Sunrise Home.
00:26:00.22\00:26:03.17
On the way back
from Sunrise Home
00:26:13.13\00:26:15.47
a thought kept
ringing in my mind.
00:26:15.50\00:26:17.86
What a change we can
bring about here in India,
00:26:17.89\00:26:20.52
if there are more
schools like this.
00:26:20.55\00:26:23.24
There would be more lives
that will be changed and saved.
00:26:23.27\00:26:27.39
You know, here I'm
sitting at the end of a trip
00:26:34.57\00:26:36.97
that has really revolutionized
the way I look at Asian Aid,
00:26:37.00\00:26:40.17
revolutionized the
way I think of missions,
00:26:40.20\00:26:42.72
particularly in India.
00:26:42.75\00:26:44.51
For so often I've sat
in my living room there
00:26:44.54\00:26:46.36
and watched Asian Aid
when it came on television,
00:26:46.39\00:26:48.82
but what a
difference to come here
00:26:48.85\00:26:50.78
and experience, to see
the lives being changed.
00:26:50.81\00:26:53.63
The children of
the blind school,
00:26:53.66\00:26:55.25
the school in Vizag,
the school in Bobbili,
00:26:55.28\00:26:58.44
Sunrise Home, to meet the staff
00:26:58.47\00:27:01.27
to see that these individuals
are not here for the money
00:27:01.30\00:27:04.63
but boy, the payment is
far greater than anything
00:27:04.66\00:27:08.21
that we can write down on paper.
00:27:08.24\00:27:10.13
And I know by
personal experience
00:27:10.16\00:27:12.24
and by being here that
Asian Aid is not just a program,
00:27:12.27\00:27:15.54
not just a good broadcast,
but really it is something
00:27:15.57\00:27:18.75
that's transforming
lives and I've got to say
00:27:18.78\00:27:20.72
as pastor
preaching and teaching,
00:27:20.75\00:27:22.95
this is really,
really blessed my life.
00:27:22.98\00:27:25.08
Really, I'm
changed by this experience
00:27:25.11\00:27:28.29
and I will really not be
the same, after this trip.
00:27:28.32\00:27:31.07