Children are our future.
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They're full of
dreams and desires.
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But in a world of
unspeakable despair
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these ignited minds live
in poverty and privation,
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helpless, and hopeless.
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Child Impact International
is an organization giving hope.
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It is an organization fostering
permanent positive change
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in the lives of
disadvantaged children
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and those who are in need.
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Serving communities in India,
Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
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Myanmar, and beyond.
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For the last 15 years,
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Child Impact has invested
in the futures of children,
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and their investment
has proven infinite returns,
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driven by their
dedication to helping those
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who have the least.
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Child Impact is an
organization focused
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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 expands
from child rescue operations
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to providing an
education for orphans, deaf,
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and the blind children,
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giving them a
sense of place, a home.
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But above all,
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Child Impact 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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Welcome to Myanmar.
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Child Impact International
has been sponsoring
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over 600 children
in Adventist schools
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all across the
Southeast Asian nation.
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Over 95% of the population here
in Myanmar practices Buddhism.
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In fact, Myanmar is
one of the most religious
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Buddhist countries in the world.
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The Seventh-day
Adventist mission
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was established
here 115 years ago
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and Adventist education
has played a central role
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in spreading the
gospel in Myanmar.
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The challenge is
that a decent education
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is expensive.
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Most people can't afford it.
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This is where an
organization, like Child Impact,
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has such a great impact.
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They're concerned and committed
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to the welfare of
children in need here.
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Today, we join Jim Rennie
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on a visit to Myanmar
Union Adventist Seminary
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and see what Child
Impact is doing to bring hope,
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salvation, and a future
to needy children in Myanmar.
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Well, I'm back here in Myanmar
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and I've just had a
four to five hour drive here
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to the seminary.
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And on this trip,
we really want to meet
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some of the students
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that you have
sponsored and see the difference
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that we're
making in their lives.
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Come and join me on this
trip as we meet these students
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and see the
impact on their lives
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which is very real.
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Come with me.
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Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary
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or MUAS as it is commonly known
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is the only
Adventist institution
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of higher learning in Myanmar,
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and it plays a
very important role
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in developing young minds
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who are the future
torchbearers of the church.
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Presently,
there are 600 students
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at the college
taking religion, education,
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and business as
their fields of study.
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Most of them
come from financially
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difficult backgrounds,
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and 160 students are
sponsored by Child Impact.
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These young people
come from all over Myanmar
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and Child Impact
is making it possible
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for them to be able to learn
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and acquire skills
needed for employment.
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I'm here at
Myanmar Adventist College
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with our group
of over 160 students
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that are sponsored by
Child Impact International.
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And just meeting with them
and just talking with them,
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it's so exciting to
see the real difference
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that sponsorship is
making in their lives.
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Standing behind me
of the future doctors,
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the future
dentists, the future nurses,
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teachers and pastors,
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and this will
impact on their lives,
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this will impact on
their family's lives,
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but most of important
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have a big impact on
the church in Myanmar.
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Just looking at their faces,
you can see the difference
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that sponsorship is making,
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not only in the
lives of their children
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but of their
families, their community,
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and the church
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just shows the
success of sponsorship.
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For us in our union
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the Child Impact International
sponsorship is very important
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because it is among the
many sponsorship programs.
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It is the big guest.
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It's sponsored more than
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600 students in our union.
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We have more need
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for the sponsorship.
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The Child Impact International
can sponsor more students,
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more students can learn
and more students can be,
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what to say, in
one or other way,
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they can help the child
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when they
finish their education.
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Education is
vital in this country.
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It is important
education is subsidized
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so that we can
create the environment
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in which children have
an opportunity to learn
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and achieve their dreams.
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And the Adventist school system
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not only helps children
grow mentally and socially,
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but they also
have an opportunity
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to grow spiritually.
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Well, as we all know,
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Seventh-day Adventist education
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was prepared and launched
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through very
intensive information
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that God gave
through Ellen White
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as to how
Seventh-day Adventist education
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ought to be
different from other places.
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It was to reach the
head, the hand, and the heart.
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It was to help people
following in Christ's ministry,
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helping children, young people,
physically, mentally, socially,
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and spiritually, helping
them to become a whole person
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so they can be
sent from those schools
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to be wonderful
testimonies for the Lord.
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Seventh-day Adventist education
is unique and it is powerful
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because it's from heaven.
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To move forward with
its focus in Myanmar,
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Child Impact has established
the Educate Myanmar fund.
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The purpose of this fund
is to help sponsor children
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in Adventist mission
schools here in Myanmar
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and help with resources
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and other needs
such as classrooms.
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The college has many needs.
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And Child Impact also addressed
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another important
issue of congestion
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in the dorms and
other infrastructural needs.
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Currently, it is
helping the college in finishing
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the building of classrooms
for theology students.
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Conn, it's quite exciting to see
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what is
happening in this building.
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Yes.
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I'm here with Dr.
Connally who is the president
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of the Myanmar
Adventist Union College.
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And in talking
with him, I can now see
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how important that the theology
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and religious training is
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from the Myanmar
Adventist Union College.
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It's the only
source of Bible workers
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and pastors for
the country of Myanmar.
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And so Child
Impact International
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is real excited
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that with the
help of our sponsors,
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we can sponsor Bible students
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and theology students
but also, if possible,
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we can help with the finishing
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of this new
theology department building.
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So let's go in the dorm.
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So how many boys you
think there are in the college?
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Only boys in the building.
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The Educate Myanmar
fund is fully committed
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to helping
Adventist schools in Myanmar.
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But more importantly,
it is committed to help
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and give young boys and girls,
from difficult backgrounds,
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an opportunity to
receive an education
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through sponsorship.
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I'm here in the boy's dormitory
at Myanmar Adventist Seminary.
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It's a large room
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with over 20 boys
sleeping on the floor
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which to us is a little
strange but in fact, culturally,
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this is how they
probably live at home,
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in their village, house,
and they sleep on the floor.
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I'm here with Sanga
who is an inspiring story
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from the sponsorship.
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He comes from a
very large family
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of seven siblings
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and he is the only
one getting an education.
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His father is a
farmer, a poor farmer
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and the rest are at
home working in the field.
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Sanga at an early age
was given the chance to go
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to an Adventist school
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and he's been
through the high school,
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and now he's at the seminary
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doing the religious
studies and theology course.
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And we're real proud
of his achievements today.
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Just to show the
pressure for finance
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and how poor his family
is, in those three years,
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Sanga's only been home twice
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because he has to do
a job on the holidays,
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he has to work just to cover
the rest of his overhead costs
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and getting through college,
and he's really got a dream.
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And, Sanga, tell
us about your dream,
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what do you want to achieve?
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I want to be a good pastor,
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so I'm taking
here religion major.
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Right, so Sanga wants to go
on to do his MA in theology,
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and he wants to be a pastor,
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and he wants to be
a successful pastor.
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And once again,
that's really exciting
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and we want to support
Sanga as he goes ahead.
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And it really shows
you how sponsorship,
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through the
different facets of education,
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is now turning this young
man into a real success story
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and we're so proud
of what he has achieved.
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Sanga is one such
story of how sponsorship
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is having an impact on
the lives of these students
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but also on their
families and their communities.
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And as I travel around,
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it's just so exciting to be able
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to meet these students.
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And shortly, I'll introduce
you to two young ladies.
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One, who is
doing a business major
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and wants to
have her own business,
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and it just shows the
impact that sponsorship
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is having beyond the education.
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It's giving their families hope,
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it's giving
their communities hope,
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and it's having an
impact totally on these
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Adventist mission
schools and seminaries.
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I'm so proud of the work
that I see sponsorship is doing
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and I want to thank
you for your support.
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A couple of years ago,
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my daughters and I had
a wonderful opportunity
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to travel to India.
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And while we were there,
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we met yet
another part of our family
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and that's our
sponsored daughter, Sheila.
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We had the
privilege of sponsoring Sheila
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through Child
Impact International
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for more than three years now.
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And, you know,
while we were there,
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she shared with
us that her dream
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was to become a nurse.
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Now, what a wonderful
privilege it is for us,
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now as a family, to know
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that she is
fulfilling that dream.
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Sheila is now
studying to be a nurse.
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She's in college and we
could not be happier for her.
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It's been wonderful to be
part of that journey with her.
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And, you know, sponsoring
a child through Child Impact,
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it's made an incredible
difference for our family.
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And I know that for
you, sponsoring a child
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can make a
difference for you too.
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And most importantly,
it can make the difference
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in a life of a child every day.
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I'm Jim Rennie,
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CEO of Child
Impact International.
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I've just returned from
the country of Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh is
located north east of India.
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Bangladesh has a
population of 163 million
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and is actually
one of the most densely
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populated
countries in the world.
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For instance, Los
Angeles has 2,700 people
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per square kilometer
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but the capital
Dhaka has 23,900 people
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per square kilometer.
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The Adventist church
only has about 30,000 members
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but the church school
system has about 10,000 children
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in small village schools
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and also larger
boarding schools.
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The main religion is
Islam and the education
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is the key
outreach for the church.
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Bangladesh is low-lying land
on a huge area of river delta.
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Late last year,
Bangladesh suffered
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the worst
flooding in its history
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with over eight million
people displaced or affected.
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Thousands died in the floods.
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Unfortunately, farming
was devastated by the flooding
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which caused food
prices to skyrocket in price
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and created food shortages.
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In most of the country,
prices still remain high.
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This has put a
huge financial strain
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on our mission school finances.
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Children are not
getting sufficient nutrition
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and the mission schools
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are really
struggling financially.
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As I visited the
schools, they asked for help.
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I also visited the
villages where the children
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live in the poor areas
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and they are
really struggling also.
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As I saw the reality
of what was happening,
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I realized we just had to help.
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We don't
normally do food appeals
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but we have no option
but to help these children
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and also the mission schools.
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We are asking you to help
us purchase 5,000 bags of rice
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for $35 a bag.
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A bag is about a 110 pound
and feeds about a 105 meals.
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Each bag you can donate
00:15:34.63\00:15:36.67
will ensure the
children are fed,
00:15:36.70\00:15:38.40
but will also save the
school's valuable funds.
00:15:38.43\00:15:42.60
You can donate 1
bag, 10 bags, a 100 bags,
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whatever you can share.
00:15:46.21\00:15:48.01
Each bag will impact on hundreds
00:15:48.04\00:15:50.71
of children's
nutrition and will give urgent
00:15:50.75\00:15:53.92
financial relief to those
struggling mission schools,
00:15:53.95\00:15:57.62
some who are close to closing.
00:15:57.65\00:15:59.85
It's urgent, please help.
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Just one bag for $35
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or maybe 5 or 10 bags, 50 bags,
00:16:04.96\00:16:08.53
whatever you can help
with, please help these kids.
00:16:08.56\00:16:11.50
Wonderful, so wonderful
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Is your unfailing love
00:16:30.85\00:16:35.19
Your cross has
spoken mercy over me
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In mission fields like Myanmar,
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our Adventist
schools are a wonderful place
00:16:40.16\00:16:42.50
for us to introduce Jesus
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to the children
at a very early age.
00:16:43.90\00:16:46.03
But a good Christian
education is not easy to get,
00:16:46.07\00:16:48.67
particularly, in rural areas
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where obtaining a good education
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is not within
reach of a majority
00:16:52.31\00:16:54.08
of Adventist families.
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Poverty is a vicious
cycle and in Myanmar,
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it is very visible.
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The great thing about education
00:17:00.92\00:17:02.42
is that it breaks
that cycle of poverty.
00:17:02.45\00:17:04.79
This is why sponsorship,
in a country like Myanmar,
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is very significant
for not only the child
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but also for their families.
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Well, I'm right here in
a village that's very close
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to the seminary and college
that we've been visiting.
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And I guess it's here
that we see the reality
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of where these
families come from,
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where the students come from,
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and I guess it really emphasizes
00:17:29.38\00:17:32.08
the difference that sponsorship
is making in the lives
00:17:32.11\00:17:35.68
of these
students, these children.
00:17:35.72\00:17:37.59
They simply
wouldn't have had a chance.
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And as you can see, even now,
00:17:40.92\00:17:42.52
there's children here
that aren't at school.
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It's very touching
to visit these places,
00:17:46.16\00:17:49.06
and yet their
parents are so proud
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and so thankful
that their students
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are able to get an
education through your giving
00:17:53.20\00:17:56.74
and your support of
these special children.
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There are many young people
00:18:01.88\00:18:05.15
that just do not
have the opportunity
00:18:05.18\00:18:07.58
but they have a lot of potential
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to be discovered and developed.
00:18:09.62\00:18:13.19
For me, that
without somebody helping me,
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like my aunt provided
me opportunity to study,
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I will not be
having this opportunity
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serving the church.
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Likewise, there
are many young people
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that they has the potential.
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And then I'm so thankful to God,
00:18:26.47\00:18:28.30
and to each of our leaders,
00:18:28.34\00:18:30.67
and the donor of
the Child Impact.
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And I'm really thankful
to God for what we are doing,
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the passion and the mission
00:18:37.45\00:18:38.95
that you have for
this young people,
00:18:38.98\00:18:41.18
and then the reward
that you will be getting
00:18:41.22\00:18:44.05
that is in the heaven.
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You will never realize
00:18:45.59\00:18:47.89
the support that you have given,
00:18:47.92\00:18:49.56
opportunity that you
have given to the young people
00:18:49.59\00:18:53.13
that will really contribute
to the work of the church,
00:18:53.16\00:18:56.20
in the community life
and in the country like
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in Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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Sponsoring a child not
only has short-term effects
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but it has a long-term effect.
00:19:06.17\00:19:09.08
Sponsoring a child is investing
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in the character of a
young person for eternity.
00:19:11.28\00:19:15.05
We're taping this
right here in Myanmar,
00:19:15.08\00:19:18.45
at the Myanmar
Union Adventist Seminary,
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and about
one-third of the students
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or one quarter of the students
00:19:24.66\00:19:26.59
are being
sponsored by Child Impact.
00:19:26.63\00:19:29.53
People who become
workers in God's church,
00:19:29.56\00:19:33.54
people who make an
impact in the community
00:19:33.57\00:19:36.57
have been people
who have been sponsored.
00:19:36.60\00:19:39.47
Your sponsorship is,
absolutely, an investment
00:19:39.51\00:19:43.68
in the future of the church.
00:19:43.71\00:19:45.05
Mu Hsan Hgee or Mumu,
as she likes to be called,
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is a final year
business student at MUAS.
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Her mother passed away
when she and her siblings
00:20:15.91\00:20:17.98
were very young.
00:20:18.01\00:20:19.45
Her father
remarried but found it hard
00:20:19.48\00:20:21.28
to care for the children.
00:20:21.32\00:20:22.85
He came to know
about the Adventist school,
00:20:22.88\00:20:24.99
which is right across
the street from the college,
00:20:25.02\00:20:27.16
through a church pastor.
00:20:27.19\00:20:28.72
Mumu and all
her younger siblings
00:20:28.76\00:20:30.46
are now
sponsored by Child Impact.
00:20:30.49\00:20:33.96
Well, just before
the break I told you that
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we would be sharing the stories
00:20:36.20\00:20:37.87
of two young
ladies here in Myanmar.
00:20:37.90\00:20:40.87
And I'm just so
excited today to be with Mumu,
00:20:40.90\00:20:44.07
and she is
doing business studies
00:20:44.11\00:20:47.34
here at the seminary
and she's in her last year.
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And she comes
00:20:52.81\00:20:54.35
from a very
tough family situation
00:20:54.38\00:20:57.69
where she has five siblings.
00:20:57.72\00:21:00.46
Sadly, her mother passed away
and her father has remarried.
00:21:00.49\00:21:05.56
And she is just so
excited that she has been able
00:21:05.59\00:21:09.80
to be a Child
Impact sponsored child.
00:21:09.83\00:21:12.80
And her dream is that she will,
00:21:12.83\00:21:15.94
when she completes
her studies this year,
00:21:15.97\00:21:18.61
get some work
experience in a business
00:21:18.64\00:21:21.61
or a NGO and then she
wants to start her own business.
00:21:21.64\00:21:26.65
She really feels
00:21:26.68\00:21:28.15
that she can
have her own business.
00:21:28.18\00:21:30.89
So once she has completed
the course and then once
00:21:30.92\00:21:33.76
she has had
some work experience,
00:21:33.79\00:21:37.03
she wants to
start her own business.
00:21:37.06\00:21:39.49
Now she's told me
that she likes cooking
00:21:39.53\00:21:43.06
and playing the piano,
00:21:43.10\00:21:44.60
so maybe she'll end
up in a cooking business
00:21:44.63\00:21:46.97
or a food
business, I don't know.
00:21:47.00\00:21:49.57
But this is just one of the ways
00:21:49.60\00:21:52.24
that sponsorship
is having an impact.
00:21:52.27\00:21:55.11
And here it is,
this is not teaching,
00:21:55.14\00:21:57.58
this is not ministry,
00:21:57.61\00:21:59.05
this is in the
business studies area
00:21:59.08\00:22:01.48
and it's just so
exciting to see a young lady
00:22:01.52\00:22:04.85
that has taken up this
direction with her career.
00:22:04.89\00:22:08.16
And, Mumu, we
really wish you well
00:22:08.19\00:22:10.79
in your business studies
00:22:10.83\00:22:12.53
and we wish you
well in finding a job
00:22:12.56\00:22:16.13
but then we know
that you, one day,
00:22:16.16\00:22:18.23
will be a very
successful business lady
00:22:18.27\00:22:21.74
with your own business.
00:22:21.77\00:22:23.30
And it just shows you
the different directions
00:22:23.34\00:22:26.41
that sponsorship can lead
to, and we're so proud of Mumu
00:22:26.44\00:22:30.78
and what she
has achieved so far.
00:22:30.81\00:22:32.81
Mumu shares her
room with many other
00:22:36.05\00:22:37.79
Child Impact sponsored
girls, like her friend Papa.
00:22:37.82\00:22:41.46
Like the boy's dorm,
00:22:41.49\00:22:42.82
the girl's dorm is
filled to capacity.
00:22:42.86\00:22:44.79
Visiting the girl's
dorm, it is very evident.
00:22:44.83\00:22:47.16
The boarding facilities lack
00:22:47.20\00:22:48.53
the conducive
living environment.
00:22:48.56\00:22:50.47
But students like
Papa consider living
00:22:50.50\00:22:52.47
and studying here a privilege
and want to make the best
00:22:52.50\00:22:55.30
out of this given privilege.
00:22:55.34\00:22:56.67
Papa, your
sponsors are really happy.
00:23:01.64\00:23:05.88
Well, I'm here in the library
00:23:07.55\00:23:08.88
at Myanmar
Adventist Union Seminary
00:23:08.92\00:23:12.12
and I'm really
excited to be with Papa today.
00:23:12.15\00:23:15.46
Papa is in her final
year of education studies
00:23:15.49\00:23:19.56
to become a teacher.
00:23:19.59\00:23:21.16
And Papa has been a
Child Impact sponsored
00:23:21.20\00:23:24.13
all the way
through her education
00:23:24.17\00:23:28.04
up until where she is now.
00:23:28.07\00:23:30.24
Now Papa comes
from Central Myanmar
00:23:30.27\00:23:33.78
which is obviously north of here
00:23:33.81\00:23:35.94
and comes from a
very poor, large family
00:23:35.98\00:23:39.11
and, in fact,
she has 11 siblings.
00:23:39.15\00:23:41.92
Now sadly, her
father passed away
00:23:41.95\00:23:44.59
and now her mother struggles
to bring this family up.
00:23:44.62\00:23:48.29
But the exciting thing is
that sponsorship has given Papa
00:23:48.32\00:23:52.56
and her family an opportunity
for her to have a career.
00:23:52.59\00:23:57.70
Papa, tell me about
what you would like to do
00:23:57.73\00:24:00.97
when you leave this seminary?
00:24:01.00\00:24:04.51
After I finish, I
want to be a teacher
00:24:04.54\00:24:07.71
at Mountain View Academy.
00:24:07.74\00:24:09.44
Right, so Papa
wants to be a teacher
00:24:09.48\00:24:13.18
at the Mountain View Academy,
00:24:13.21\00:24:15.42
which is a key school
for the church located
00:24:15.45\00:24:18.45
in the Central Myanmar
near where she comes from.
00:24:18.49\00:24:22.39
And this is going to make
a big difference in her life
00:24:22.42\00:24:26.23
and in the lives
of other children.
00:24:26.26\00:24:28.80
And I just want to
say to you sponsors
00:24:28.83\00:24:30.97
that if you look
Papa in the face,
00:24:31.00\00:24:33.67
if you can see the
difference in her life,
00:24:33.70\00:24:35.97
her family are a Buddhist family
00:24:36.00\00:24:38.17
and she has been
introduced to Jesus
00:24:38.21\00:24:40.71
and she has
accepted Jesus as her savior.
00:24:40.74\00:24:45.15
And also, you can
see the inspiration
00:24:45.18\00:24:49.28
that this family
has, the inspiration
00:24:49.32\00:24:51.69
that she has to be a teacher
00:24:51.72\00:24:54.26
and make a difference
in the lives of children.
00:24:54.29\00:24:57.13
And this is what
sponsorship is about,
00:24:57.16\00:24:59.49
it's giving the families hope
00:24:59.53\00:25:01.30
but it's inspiring
her to be a teacher
00:25:01.33\00:25:04.40
and to impact in the
lives of other children.
00:25:04.43\00:25:07.40
Talking to the
children at the college,
00:25:10.97\00:25:12.91
Jim learned the
role Child Impact
00:25:12.94\00:25:15.14
and more importantly,
00:25:15.18\00:25:16.51
individual sponsors
are playing in the lives
00:25:16.54\00:25:19.15
of these students that come
00:25:19.18\00:25:20.52
from such
impoverished backgrounds.
00:25:20.55\00:25:23.65
Child Impact is
having a very strong impact
00:25:23.69\00:25:28.12
on many of the students.
00:25:28.16\00:25:29.69
It's an amazing opportunity
in these mission schools
00:25:29.72\00:25:33.90
to touch the
lives of young people,
00:25:33.93\00:25:37.03
not just for
their professional lives
00:25:37.07\00:25:39.87
in the future but eternally.
00:25:39.90\00:25:43.10
Child Impact is an
organization that wants to make
00:25:43.14\00:25:45.94
a significant contribution
in the lives of needy children.
00:25:45.97\00:25:49.94
Today, Child Impact
is making it possible
00:25:49.98\00:25:52.68
to give them that opportunity
00:25:52.71\00:25:54.52
to not just receive an education
00:25:54.55\00:25:56.58
but, as Pastor Wilson said,
00:25:56.62\00:25:58.75
an opportunity for eternal life.
00:25:58.79\00:26:02.39
Well, as you've seen in meeting
these three young students,
00:26:02.42\00:26:05.63
you've actually
got to see the impact
00:26:05.66\00:26:07.90
that you are
having on their lives.
00:26:07.93\00:26:09.96
They come from very
difficult family backgrounds
00:26:10.00\00:26:12.83
and you have given them
the opportunity for education.
00:26:12.87\00:26:16.30
And you can also see the impact
that will have on their future.
00:26:16.34\00:26:20.58
I just want to thank you
00:26:20.61\00:26:21.94
for the difference
that you have made.
00:26:21.98\00:26:23.95