Not 24 hour ago I
was standing overlooking
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the Pacific
Ocean and then I flew
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and I crossed the Atlantic Ocean
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and now I find myself
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at the Bay of Bengal
part of the Indian Ocean.
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It maybe think about
the fact that the ocean
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separates and divides
us however hope unites us.
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And I'm here in the
great country of India
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on a journey to find
out how it is that Asian Aid
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is changing the lives of people,
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particularly the
lives of needy children.
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Asian Aid is an
organization giving hope,
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an organization fostering
permanent positive change
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in the lives of
disadvantage children
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and their communities.
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An organization
that is committed
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to making a difference
in the lives of children
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and those who are in need.
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Serving communities
in Nepal, Bangladesh,
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Sri Lanka, Myanmar and India.
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For the last 40 years
Asian Aid has invested
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in the futures of people
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and their investment
has proven infinite returns.
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Driven by their dedication
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to helping those
who have the least
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Asian Aid is an organization
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focused on the
welfare of children,
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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 child rescue operations
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to providing an
education for orphans,
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deaf and the blind children.
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Giving them a
sense of place, a home
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but above all Asian Aid is
an organization giving hope,
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giving hope to children,
giving hope to communities,
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giving hope to the
ones who needed the most.
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This is Hope in Motion.
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My introduction to India
was one of extreme contrast.
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Here I was exhausted
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after a set of
flights that lasted 30 hours
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and now resting in the comforts
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of a fine hotel room
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over looking the blue
waters of the Bay of Bengal.
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And the next moment
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I was being driven along
chaotic traffic to witness
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the communit living
in squalid conditions.
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A slum community
right in the middle
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of a bustling city.
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I was told about a school
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sponsored and operated by
Asian Aid USA in this slum.
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As Jim, CEO of Asian
Aid USA led me to the school
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we stopped by on the street side
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to say hello to Romani.
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Well, this is Mr. George.
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How are you, sir?
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Jim introduced me
to her and I learned
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she was one of the
graduates of the school
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established
right here in the slum.
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As we continued to make our way
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towards to the school
my heart was troubled.
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Just an hour ago
everything was normal
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but now it wasn't.
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It was like I
was being transported
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into another world.
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When we arrived at the school
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I saw a glimpse of
hope in this neighborhood.
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I was introduced to Naomi
the school teacher in-charge
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and I saw
precious small children
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sitting on small
benches and on the floor.
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They were learning.
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The children were
indeed happy to see us
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and they welcomed us
clambering to shake our hands.
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I was given a brief
tour of the school premises
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and then all the children
gathered on the roof top
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to sing songs for us.
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I was able to tell them
about what I did for a living
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and I played
some violin for them.
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I had the
opportunity to speak with Naomi.
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She struck me as a
passionate servant.
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Now we have 120 students, sir.
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Wow.
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All are coming
from a poor background
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and they all stay
here only in this street.
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Just right here.
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And they really need
the help of the sponsors
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because it's a
great help for them
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Yes.
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It's a great benefit to educate
these children in this school.
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They are coming
from poor background here
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and they are much
benefited by this school here.
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What do you think this
area, this street, this slum
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would be like without
this school right here?
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Now there is lot of change
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after the school was
established since 17 years.
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Since 17 years
this school is here
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and there is lot of change.
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The parents understood
then they changed their lives
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and they are ready
to send their children
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and now lot of
change has taken place
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because of this school.
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Hope is in this slum,
hope is in this street,
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hope is in this community
because of this school.
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Yes. Yes.
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I couldn't help but
look at all of these
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precious children
around me and wonder
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how many doctors,
engineers, teachers
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and software professionals
will come from this school.
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Even though the school
may not have the same features
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and facilities like what
we are used to back at home
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it was right up there
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and making a difference
in the lives of this children
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and in their community.
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This school serves so
many parts of the community.
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First of all the
parents are given hope.
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Can you imagine living
in despairingly situations
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wanting the best for your
child where not got nothing.
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So now the first thing is
it gives the children hope
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which inspires the parents.
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We are also gonna
look at ways of expanding
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into the community further
by took medical follow up
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and doing any vocational
training that's our dream
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but right now as you can
see the community appreciative.
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And we just so prayed of
what the donor have done here.
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Yes.
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Asian Aid is
prayed of what its done
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but with the
help of those people
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that have supported and
sponsored these children--
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Wouldn't be possible.
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Wouldn't be
possible, sponsorship,
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this is one of the
best example of sponsorship
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not only educating the child
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but making the
difference beyond the child.
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Now these parents
are coming to know Jesus,
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they are getting baptized,
they are being converted.
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Correct.
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And the introduction to Jesus
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is happening in a community
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in the way that you
couldn't achieve it any way.
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That's right.
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At that moment I
realized that Asian Aid
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is doing what Christ
commissioned us to do
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in a way that I
hadn't imagined before.
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Well, I've been in
India for just over 24 hours
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and I have seen
reports on television,
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I have seen magazine articles
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but nothing
could really prepare me
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for visiting a slum
right here, right now.
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It is an amazing experience
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and just as we were
coming in I met a young lady
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that almost seemed
to be out of place.
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We greeted her, she smiled
and then we began to talk.
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As it turns out
right here in this slum
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she attended this school.
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She was able to
break free of the path
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that most people have
which is a path to nowhere.
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Her life has been turned around.
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Her life has
been totally different
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than what she might be
if she didn't have the hope
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of attending the school
right here in this slum.
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The story of this young
lady is exactly why I'm here
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and why we are here.
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Her story is the story of hope,
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her story is the
story of opportunity
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which is what this
school does for the children
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and the young people
that live in this slum.
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From the slum we drove
along the coast towards Bobbili.
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Along the way we
took a small detour
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to visit another
Seventh-day Adventist school.
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By the time we
arrived at the school
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it was the
middle of the afternoon.
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But a new dorm is
under construction
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and excitement was in the air.
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I'm in the town of Vizianagaram
which is about an hours drive
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from the city of
Vizag and I'm standing
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on what is part of
the new girl's dormitory.
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It is really a
beautiful facility
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as you can see.
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Over here you
can see the structure
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that is going to
be the new boy's dorm.
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They've actually been
sitting, sleeping, learning,
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and eating in the church
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but provision is being
made by the grace of God
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through the donors
that support the work
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that Asian Aid is
doing so that this building
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which will house 50 boys
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will be erected here soon
as you see it's on the way.
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But we have to
think about the future,
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there are so much need
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and there are so
many young people
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that are coming to
us literally every day
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and so we have set it
up so that we can grow
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and perhaps
build the second floor
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in the near future as
you are able to help us
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and make it possible
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so that more young
people can study here
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and come to know Jesus Christ.
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Jim informed me
that the new boy's dorm
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would be ready in
a few months time.
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When he took me on a
tour of the classroom
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I realized that more
still needs to be done.
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I am sitting in a classroom
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where more than
20 young students
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are able to learn.
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By their standards
this place is quite a luxury
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because their backgrounds
are very disadvantaged
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but the reality is
we need a new place.
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You saw the roof
it has a hole in it.
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Monsoon season is coming
and it rains and it rains a lot
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and they have to
leave this building
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to go to a very crowded place
where they all sit together
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and then try to learn.
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It's also pretty warm in here.
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I have been here for
just a couple of minutes
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and I have to wipe
my face, my forehead
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and my arms because it's so hot.
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I want to see this change
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and I'm thankful
that Asian Aid is here
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to be able to do
something about it.
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This is at Vizianagaram
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is a part of our
school development program.
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We sponsor
children in the school
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but as you can
see the conditions
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of the classroom at the school
are really not acceptable.
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The classrooms,
the roofs in disrepair,
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there are holes in the roof
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and as you can see there
are of very basic construction.
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We are looking forward
to making the classrooms
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apart of our
ongoing development plan
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and churches like
Bonita Valley in California
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have been very
supportive of the school.
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So we are working with donors
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and churches like Bonita
Valley to develop the school.
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It was
heartwarming to learn that
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some churches back
home are actively involved
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in the development work
of Asian Aid here in India
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and I hope that
their necessary funds
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will be raised soon
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to facilitate the building
of a new classroom complex.
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Back on the road
we were headed towards
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Asian Aid School for
the blind in Bobbili.
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When we arrived at
the school for the blind
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all the students were lined up
on either side of the entrance.
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It is a customary
greeting for special visitors.
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How are you?
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Fine, sir.
Welcome to our school.
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Thank you so much.
I'm excited to be here.
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Welcome sir. Thanks.
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Many of these
children are shunned
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and abandoned by their families
because of their blindness
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but here they are
treated with love and kindness
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and they flourish beautifully.
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At the blind school the next day
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Pastor Paulson
principal of the school
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showed me around and educated me
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on how the children are taught.
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I was surprised to find
that these blind children
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were taught how
to use computers.
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These children
are being prepared
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to face the
challenges of the outside world.
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And we do a great job here
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training the
children for the future
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and we are always grateful
to all the sponsors and donors
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who have done their best
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to make this
big dream come true.
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And the buildings are
standard, built in such a way
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that will benefit any
new child that walks inside.
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It just takes a walk once
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and they feel
that is their home.
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And this
structure I hope and pray
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it will remain as a monument
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and as a light for
all the other villages
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and town and the cities
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and especially for
the whole of India.
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That evening I had the honor
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of presenting a concert for them
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and it was moving
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just to seem them
soaking up the music.
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Although blind they
sang along to my music
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with such
conviction and enthusiasm
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it was a powerful moment.
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I've been here
at the blind school
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for just a few hours
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but in hearing them sing
I have been moved to tears.
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It had made me thing about
how music brings us together
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and you know, the music
and the songs of praise Jesus
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are the first
exposure that many of these
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young people have
had to Jesus Christ.
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They have amazing faith.
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It's easy for me to see that
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and it is
wonderful to be in a place
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where they are
learning to develop
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and dedicate
their talents in lives
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to use for
God's honor and glory.
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We've got a lot
done during my time here.
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As exhausted as I was
I couldn't stop my mind
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from replaying
the places I visited
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and the things
that I got to witness
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as well as the work
that Asian Aid is doing
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to reach out to those in need.
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And now at the
school for the blind
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I saw children not
only receiving an education,
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not just going out and
serving, having a career
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but also coming
to know Jesus Christ.
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Oh, but there's more
to come when we come back
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we'll go to a place
I heard so much about.
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Sunrise Children's Home
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and we'll see how it
witnessing for the Lord
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to the community around here.
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Don't go away
we'll be right back.
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My wife Angela and I are
here in Andhra Pradesh, India,
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visiting some of
the Asian Aid projects
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to see for ourselves
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how the work that
is being done here
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is transforming lives,
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especially lives
of orphaned children
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and abandoned children,
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children from the
tribal communities.
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And we've discovered that
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because of sponsors like
you, they now have a place
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that they can call home.
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They have wonderful
clothing, nutritious food
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and they are being
prepared to propel themselves
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into the future
for a promising career.
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But above all that
because of sponsors like you
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they now have hope,
hope for a better future.
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Asian Aid USA has
been involved in projects
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in and around the Bobbili
town for a number of years.
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The school for the blind
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is a fine example
of their conviction,
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a Christian
organization that is committed
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to providing
opportunities for those in need.
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Getting from one
place to another requires
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quite a bit of travel
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and I use this
time with Jim in the car
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to learn a bit
more about Asian Aid.
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How did Asian Aid get started?
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Well, Asian Aid
started 40 years ago
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by start of Australia.
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Our cofounder Helen
Eager actually came to India
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where she met up
with Dorothy Watts,
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Pastor Watts was the
division president on that time.
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And the first orphanage
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Sunshine Home
started in Bangalore.
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In fact, Mrs. Watts
had the home in her house.
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And then Helen saw
the need for sponsorship
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and it grew from
there and now between us
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and Asian Aid
Australia there are about
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just under 8,000
children than have sponsorship.
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Wow, that's amazing.
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Yeah.
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That afternoon we stopped
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by the
Seventh-day Adventist school
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in Bobbili town.
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Asian Aid has undertaken
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some development
projects recently
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and sponsors a
number of students here.
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I have just visited
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a couple of the
classrooms in this school.
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This is a
Seventh-day Adventist school
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right in the
middle of Bobbili town.
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It's packed with
kids that come here.
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They are eager to
learn, this is also the school
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where the
children from Sunrise Home
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come to learn.
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India is a large country
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and traveling on projects here
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involves quite a
bit of sacrifice.
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But despite all that I realized
Jim and his team in India
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are driven by a passion to
work for the welfare of children
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and the community at large.
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We arrived the Sunrise Home
and I immediately understood
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why so many people
were talking to me about it.
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It is a beautiful
campus surrounded by greenery.
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Most of the children
were at the school in town
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and so only a handful
of newcomers were there.
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So I met with Lalitha
Varma the director of the home
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who showed me around and told me
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how God truly
blesses and protects them.
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As a mother I feel great that
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we have shelter, food, clothing.
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And children if
they don't have parents
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they are birds without
nest but it like a nest now.
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What's your name?
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My name is Vijay.
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Okay.
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How old are you?
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And do you like to live here?
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It's hard to imagine
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that some of these very children
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that are here around me
have lived on the streets,
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on the roads, their beds,
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the pavement, the dirt,
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because they have no parents,
no family, no where to turn.
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The work that we do, Jesus said,
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if we do them for
the little children
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we have done that for Him.
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We can all do something.
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We can all make a
difference in the lives
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of some of these young
people that we may never see
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but are otherwise lost,
stranded, hopeless, doomed.
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But there is hope,
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lives are being changed
right here in this place.
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Sabbath morning
was a celebration.
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A huge tent was erected
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right in the
middle of Sunrise Home
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and church members
from nearby villages
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and towns are invited.
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I was fortunate to share
a bit of my life testimony
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and play some music for them.
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After the service
scores of people came
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asking for me to pray for them.
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It was very humbling.
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Who am I to
bless them, I wondered?
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But I made me
realize I'm a servant of God
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and I was there
to glorify His name
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through my testimony and music.
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Our service this
morning at Sunrise Home
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has been an absolute blessing.
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It was a blessing
for me personally.
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We started out and people
just kept coming and coming.
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We had set up 600 chairs
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and even in a rain
people kept on coming.
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We had to set out
another 200 chairs.
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When I made an appeal
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for people to give
their hearts to Jesus
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and rededicate their lives
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so many folks stood
up, it was unbelievable.
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And then afterwards as we prayed
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people were crying
and you could sense
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that the Holy Spirit was
moving in a very powerful way.
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People from all over
the community have come
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and keep on
coming to Sunrise Home.
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There are folks
from around the area,
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the villages that are
here, this place is a blessing.
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That's what
Sunrise Home is about,
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its about reaching people
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and bringing
those that are around,
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that are in the
darkness into the light.
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Sunrise Home, praise God.
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That afternoon I
was given the honor
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of opening and dedicating
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the new boy's
dorm at Sunrise Home.
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Praise God for Sunrise Home
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for the work
that they are doing.
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May God continue
to bless Sunrise Home
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and praise God for the work
that Asian Aid USA is doing.
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And so it is my
great privilege right now
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to cut the ribbon.
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The inauguration of the
boy's dorm that afternoon
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was a moving experience for me.
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This was an underserved honor
but it was gratifying to see
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that positive impact
this dorm is already making
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in the lives of this
children that are living here.
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Sunrise Children
Home, boy's dormitory
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inaugurated by
Elder Jaime Jorge,
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Asian Aid USA ambassador
on August second 2014.
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I'm here overlooking
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the beautiful
campus of Sunrise Home,
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a place in the middle of
nowhere in Karada village.
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You know, when I was growing
up I had a wonderful family,
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I had parents
that taught me to love
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and serve Jesus
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but there was
something I didn't have,
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the opportunity to go
to a Christian school.
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The orphans that are here
don't have a lot of things
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but they do have the opportunity
00:24:52.61\00:24:55.38
and the privilege to
learn about Jesus Christ
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from the moment
that they arrive.
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Sunrise Home is a
place that gives young people
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the opportunity to
have hope and light
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from the moment
that they walk in
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through the front gate.
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Stepping down from
the water tower that day
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I realized how we can all
make a difference in this world.
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We have the
opportunity to give hope.
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We have the
opportunity to show Jesus
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to those who don't know him.
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And we have the opportunity
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to make a
difference in people's lives.
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I'm grateful that I
had that opportunity.
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Well, this is the end
of my trip here in India.
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Over the last few
days we have visited places
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and I have seen things
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that I never
imagined ever existed.
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We went to a slum school,
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then we ventured
off into the country
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to visit a school that is
being remodeled and rebuilt
00:26:01.86\00:26:04.59
so that its
students can learn properly.
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And then we had the opportunity
to go to a beautiful orphanage
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as well as the blind school.
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I was told that my visit here
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would be a
blessing and joy to people
00:26:14.24\00:26:16.03
but in reality I
have been the one
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who has been
blessed and touched.
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You see, I'm
seeing hope in the eyes
00:26:20.59\00:26:23.68
of the precious young people
that are in these schools.
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Without the help
of Asian Aid USA,
00:26:26.97\00:26:29.67
its donors and sponsors
this would not be possible.
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But now so many children
have hope and assurance.
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