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
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and those who are in need,
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serving communities in India,
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Nepal, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Myanmar,
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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 the
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,
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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 need it the most.
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This is Hope in Motion.
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Child impact is very
excited that we can partner
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with the church in India
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with a blind
school, a deaf school,
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and four orphanages.
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These special homes and schools
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are just so exciting to visit.
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I had one of the
most emotional moments
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of my whole work career
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when one day I
visited the blind school
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and a young girl
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was just arrived at
the school that morning.
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They had found
her in the village,
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and she had been locked
in the basement of the house
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for over six years.
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She just sat in the corner.
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She wouldn't talk to anyone,
she wouldn't communicate,
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and she was just totally lost.
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And I thought is there
any hope for this child,
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totally blind by the way.
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Well, I went back
eight weeks later,
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and here she was.
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I couldn't believe it,
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she was talking to
the other children.
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She was playing.
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And then in the
evening it was just so touching
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to see her
singing Jesus loves me.
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It really was
just very emotional.
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And so these children
in a country like India
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have a larger need than here
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because when they're
home in their village,
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they're rejected.
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Their parents
don't know what to do.
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So supporting the blind school,
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the deaf school
or the orphanages
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is a very real way
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in which you can
impact the life of children
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who have a huge need.
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Special Needs
Ministries is an area in which
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we are very, very interested in,
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and very proactively working,
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helping the world
feel to understand that
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there are many
people in various areas
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and sectors of the population
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that have not been touched.
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Special Needs
Ministries in Child Impact
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is also extremely
helpful to God's church
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because those who
are physically impaired,
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those who are visually impaired
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or perhaps hearing impaired,
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they are the individuals
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that are being
wonderfully serviced
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through Child Impact
in India, in other places,
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six different countries
that Child Impact is active in.
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You know, the Lord
really wants us to attract,
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and to be friendly to, and help
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those who are
the least of these.
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And they in turn
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will then become great
missionaries for the Lord
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within their
sector and people group.
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Child Impact is very excited
that we can sponsor children
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and also support financially
the blind school in India,
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which is run by
the Adventist Church.
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The Bobbili blind
school is located,
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as it says near
the town of Bobbili,
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which is about a two hour drive
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from the main city of Vizag.
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The school has
just over 160 pupils,
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and is located in rural India.
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It's just so
exciting to visit this school
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because most of these children
come from very poor backgrounds
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and were rejected by society.
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It not only brings
delight to the children
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but also to the parents
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because the parents
simply don't know what to do
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when the child was born blind.
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And you can see such
looks of satisfaction,
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such looks of happiness
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when they see that
their child is being educated
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and looked after.
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Ball. Ball.
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Who? Who?
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Ball. Ball.
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It's also a
delight in the evenings
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to listen to the
children singing,
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and on Sabbath
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going to Sabbath
school and church.
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They really love this school,
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and this school has a big impact
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and gives them a future
for the rest of their life.
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Jim welcome once again.
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Last year you
invited me to go to Myanmar,
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and it was an eye
opening experience for me.
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I flew into the
capital city of Yangon,
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got in there late at night.
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And I don't know if you remember
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that very early
the next morning.
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Very early. Yes, it was.
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We left,
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and we had this long trip
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full of bumps on the road.
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And it seemed like
it went on forever,
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but it was about
four, four and a half hours.
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And we drove to
the middle of nowhere.
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And we went to the
Myanmar Union College.
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And the things I saw
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have really
encouraged me in many ways.
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And I want to tell the
folks a little bit about it.
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Myanmar is the most
Buddhist country in the world,
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more than 90% of the
population practices Buddhism.
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We passed all kinds of pagodas,
which are Buddhist temples.
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Elaborate ones, simple
ones, we heard them singing,
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we heard them chanting,
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and then we finally
arrived in this area
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where there's a
college, there's a school,
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there's a preschool.
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I was really
moved by the interest
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that the young people have
in learning about Jesus Christ.
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Myanmar is a place
that does not allow
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or permit any kind
of public evangelism.
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So how do you preach the gospel?
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Well, Child
Impact is having a huge,
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a huge presence
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in the lives of
these young people
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who now not only study there,
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they go home,
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they share the
gospel with their families,
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and entire families are
coming to know Jesus Christ.
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So if it wasn't
for this outreach,
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the church
probably wouldn't grow
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like it's
growing there right now
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by the grace of God.
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I remember the
concert we did that afternoon.
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I played with 15
precious beautiful young people,
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all who played the violin,
they were dressed in red.
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We have the pictures.
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We visited the classrooms.
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I also remember the young lady
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who had gone through the school,
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the entire process,
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just a tiny vivacious,
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bubbly young lady, full of joy,
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the joy of Jesus Christ.
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And then the
beautiful thing was that
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when she finished school,
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you know the
story, she went back
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and now she's a
teacher at the preschool.
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Tell me a little
bit about the work?
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It's only been happening
there for a couple of years.
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How did they get started?
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How many young peoples
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do we have
sponsored there currently,
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and what kind of need is there?
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Well, Jaime, we about
two and half years ago
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got approached by the union,
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the Myanmar Union
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that they had an
urgent need for sponsorship.
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A large organization
was withdrawing support.
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And it was going to
have a tragic impact
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not only on the
lives of these children,
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but on the schools
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that they couldn't have support.
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And Myanmar, I think has about
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20 or 30 Adventist schools.
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So we stepped in on
faith and took 600 children,
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we have never done that before.
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We didn't have sponsors.
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We were very
gracious to some people
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who stepped in and
sponsored them initially.
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But we took 600
children and about 12 schools,
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including the Myanmar
College that you've visited.
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Yes.
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That's the only church college
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where they can
learn education, training,
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biblical studies,
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and even for pastor
training, ministerial.
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They go to that college.
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So that college
fulfills a key need
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for the church in Myanmar
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and also for
training teachers in Myanmar.
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So right now we
have 600 children
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and I have to
be honest with you,
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we still have
about 200 un-sponsored.
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So if you want to look up
about the country of Myanmar,
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you will see the
huge need in that country.
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I know we visited
a village, remember,
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and very basic village,
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huge need, huge poverty,
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but you will have noticed
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they really care
for their children.
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Yes, they do.
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And the young girl
that you were talking about
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actually went back...
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Mia was her name.
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Mia, that's right.
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And she went back
and shared the truth
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with her mother
who was converted,
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and her brother,
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and it was just a
privilege to visit with them.
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The people there
are very industrious,
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they are very hard working.
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And we see the schools
are kept neat and tidy,
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you will have noticed that.
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But there's some
huge needs there.
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Yes.
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And I guess our
biggest need is sponsorship,
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once again
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I keep saying
that, but it's real.
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And, or just supporting
the Myanmar Education Fund
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because it's a huge need.
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And we want to grow
our program in Myanmar.
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You know, Myanmar is
ripe for the harvest.
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The people want to
know about Jesus Christ.
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And because of the way
that Child Impact is set up,
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it is basically doing evangelism
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when the country
doesn't really allow it
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to be done publicly.
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And so,
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Child Impact is
having a huge impact
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for lack of a better word
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in the lives of
hundreds of young people
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and their families in Myanmar.
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And we invite
you to please join us
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and be a part of that.
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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
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to know 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 to be
part of that journey with her.
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And, you know,
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sponsoring a child
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,
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it can make the difference
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in the life of
a child every day.
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