Child Impact International
is an organization giving hope,
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previously called Asian Aid.
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Child Impact
International is an organization
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fostering
permanent positive change
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in the lives of
disadvantaged children
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and their communities.
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Child Impact is
committed to making a difference
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in the lives of children
and those who are in need.
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Serving communities in India,
Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
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Myanmar, and will soon
expand to other countries.
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For the last 50 years,
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Child Impact has invested
in the futures of people
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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
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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, 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, 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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Myanmar is a big country
and one gets to realize this
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only when traveling by
road from one place to another.
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We left Mountain
View Academy early morning
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and took a seven hour
drive to Southern Myanmar
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to the Southeast
Adventist Seminary
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or Eric B. Hare School as
it is commonly referred to
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by the locals and visitors.
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Pastor Eric B. Hare was
an Australian missionary
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who established the
Southeast Adventist Seminary
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to serve the Karen people,
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one of the major
tribal communities of Myanmar
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more than 100 years ago.
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Here I get an opportunity today
to sit at a very important spot
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on the Southeast
Adventist Seminary campus.
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This spot has been
chosen to commemorate a vision,
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a seed planted 102 years ago.
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I'm sitting in front
of a very special memorial
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to the person who
God gave this vision to.
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And for the last century or more
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lives have been transformed.
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Let me share with
you what is written
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on the Centennial
Jubilee Commemoration.
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It says, "The Centennial Jubilee
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of Southeast Adventist Seminary,
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Eric B. Hare
Memorial Academy, 1916-2016.
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In honor of Pastor Eric B. Hare,
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a devoted missionary
among the Karen people,
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a master
storyteller, a health worker,
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and educator
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who planted the
seed of true education
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in this community,
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in the township
of the Karen people
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by establishing the
Southeast Adventist Seminary
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in June 1916.
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He lived in this
community from 1915-1934
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and nurtured the
school by his presence."
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What an amazing story.
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The Lord chose
Pastor Eric B. Hare
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102 years ago to plant
a seed in this community.
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And for more than a century,
lives have been transformed
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in the classrooms, on
the walkways, in the halls,
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in the dormitories of
young men and young women
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in whose life this very seed
of ministry has been planted.
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The Karen people
have been affected
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in a beautiful way
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by the messages
proclaimed from this campus.
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And we're gonna
get a chance today
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to see in a very real way
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how that seed
planted is being watered
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by Child Impact International
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and transforming
lives not only for time
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but also for eternity.
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Child Impact International
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considers it a
blessing and a privilege
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to be supporting an
historic institution
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that was
established a century ago.
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Child Impact sponsorship program
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helps this school continue
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to be of service to the children
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from the community,
especially needy children
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from Adventist
lay members' families.
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Here at the
Southeast Adventist Seminary
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there are about 500
children, of those 500 children,
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Child Impact International
sponsors about 25%.
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So Child Impact
International is a key part
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of giving support
to these students,
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it's a key part of
the school's funding,
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it's a key part of the
impact on the community
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that this school serves.
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And I'm really
proud of the support
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that we get from our sponsors.
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So not only child by
child we're making a difference,
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but we're having a big impact
on the finance, the future,
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and the
effectiveness of this school.
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Child Impact's
funding is crucial
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as there is an
influx of students wanting
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to join the school each year.
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This being a boarding school,
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the steady stream of students
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from Adventist and
non Adventist backgrounds
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has, over the years,
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made it difficult to
find accommodation for them.
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This difficult
situation became more striking
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as Pastor Lomacang and
Angela met with Khin Khin,
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the girls' dean who
was overcome with emotions
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as she narrated the
struggles the girls go through
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in a crowded living environment.
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The most important
and the urgent need
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is for the girl's dormitory
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because we need...
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Before we have
only 160 or 170 girls,
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but today we have 200 above.
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So the place is
getting very crowded
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and we really need to expand
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or build a new
hostel for the girls.
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It is a challenge
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to provide
quality accommodation,
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especially for the girls
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but parents really want
their children to be educated.
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And this desire to give
them quality Christian education
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overcomes any
temporary discomfort
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their children may face
in the dorms or classrooms.
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Sala Lawah
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is a ninth-grade
student at the school,
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and she considers it a privilege
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to be studying at the school.
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She is thankful
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that someone is able
to sponsor her education.
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Although Sala is
a boarding student,
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she visits her grandparents
who live close by the school.
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She graciously
invited Pastor Lomacang
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to visit her grandparents.
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Her parents have
moved to Yangon for work
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and so Sala visits
her grandparents every day
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just to help with the
chores and look after them.
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We're glad to get
a chance to meet you.
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Onji, so good to be here today.
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How old are you?
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Ninety.
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Ninety years old.
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And what did you do
throughout the years?
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What was your occupation?
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He used to be a farmer.
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A farmer, in an
agricultural way?
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Yes. Yes.
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And now he's retired?
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Yes.
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See, Onji was a
farmer, but he's now retired.
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He was helping planting
seeds, harvesting crops,
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but now the crops
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are being
harvested in a different way
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through the life of
their granddaughter,
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Sala Lawah.
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The crop of the seeds
that the gospel presented
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are now coming to fruition
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as we see
generation after generation,
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I believe they said they
have about 10 grandchildren
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and two sons,
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and Sala Lawah is the product
of one of their two sons.
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And I also found
out something else
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that in her class of
more than 60 students,
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Sala Lawah is ranking fourth,
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which means she
takes her education
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very, very seriously.
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So you can see that sponsorship
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is not something
that is received lightly
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but it's received very humbly,
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and the lives
are being transformed
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of young people just like
her, just like her siblings,
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and the impact on her
family and on the future,
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it's something that we
can all be excited about
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and thankful about.
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So whenever you participate
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in any kind of sponsorship
for Child Impact International,
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these are the
families that you're changing,
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young people like Sala Lawah,
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the impact on her
grandmother and grandfather,
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on their generations to come.
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As he was a
farmer planting the seeds
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that brought forth
crops to bless many lives,
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the Lord
through your sponsorship
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is planting the gospel
seed in Sala Lawah's life
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through former
students like Khin Khin,
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who is now one of the teachers
at the Eric B. Hare Seminary.
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Thank you for all you
do to make a difference.
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Impacting lives not only for now
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but for eternity.
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Today, the Southeast
Adventist Seminary stands
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as a true testament
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to Pastor Eric B. Hare's vision.
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This school that
was established by him
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to sow the initial
seeds of true education
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among the Karen people
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continues to educate
and nurture young minds
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for tomorrow and for eternity.
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Children and their
future are very important
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to my wife and to me.
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Those are the things
that are close to our heart.
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That's why we enjoy traveling
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with Child Impact International.
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A few years ago,
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they invited us to
go with them to India.
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This time, we're in Myanmar.
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And since we've been here,
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we've seen some amazing stories
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coming to fruition.
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We went to
Mountain View, the academy
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where we saw young
children and their teachers
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working hand in hand together,
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their eyes brightly
lit with hope and a future
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seeing that somebody cares
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about what happens
with them tomorrow.
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Not only is
sponsorship making a difference,
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but the places
they are educated,
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the places that they live,
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the dormitories,
their educational supplies,
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but more important than that,
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the relationship that
they have with their teachers,
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people that are
dedicated to their well-being.
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Here on the Southeast
Adventist Seminary campus,
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I've witnessed
the very same thing.
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We've also saw a student
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who was at one time
going to school here,
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Khin Khin, she's now a
teacher teaching mathematics.
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She's also the
dean for 219 girls.
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And I spoke to her and
had a chance to find out
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why she would
come back to a campus
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when, in fact, she can
make more money elsewhere
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around this country.
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She said, "This place
has transformed my life,
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and I want to give back
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to transform
somebody else's life."
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Your
sponsorship and your support
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is where the future
is going to be secure.
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So when you think about
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how you can be
participating in this mission,
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think of a
child here in Myanmar,
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a child in India,
throughout Southeast Asia.
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One day, you're
gonna stand before the Lord
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and I'm looking
forward to hearing the phrase,
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"As much as you have done it
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to the least of
these my brethren,
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you have done it to Me."
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So thank you, thank you
from the bottom of our heart
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for all that you
do for these children
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here in Myanmar and in India.
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The kingdom is going to be
a beautiful and a bright place
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because the Lord has reached out
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and touched your
heart and you've responded
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by touching the hearts and lives
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of these young children.
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What a wonderful thing to do
knowing that our Lord is near
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and He's called us to stand
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at this very beautiful
and challenging moment.
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Child Impact International
is committed to the vision
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that was started here in Myanmar
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and the vision
of Southeast Asia.
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Thank you for all that you do,
and may God richly bless you.
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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
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that her dream
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 is in college
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and we could not
be happier for her.
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It's been wonderful
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to be part of
that journey with her.
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And, you know,
sponsoring a child
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through Child Impact,
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it's made an
incredible difference
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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 the life of
a child every day.
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At Adventist mission schools
like this one in Bangladesh,
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Child Impact International
sponsors hundreds of children.
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We often think that
sponsorship only impacts
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on the life of the child,
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but it's much wider than that,
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it impacts on the
parents and on the community.
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But more important,
it impacts on the school.
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It becomes valuable
income for the school,
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and then in turn,
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it impacts on
hundreds of other children.
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I just ask that
you would consider
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sponsoring a
child with Child Impact
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or supporting one of
its valuable projects
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that will improve education
in Adventist mission schools
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like this one in right here.
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