Child Impact
International is an organization
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that gives hope
and fosters permanent,
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positive change in the
lives of disadvantaged children
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and their communities.
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Countries include
Zambia, Kenya, India,
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Nepal, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
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Child Impact's investment
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in the lives of
more than 3,500 children
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continues to
yield infinite returns.
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Outreach spans from
child rescue operations
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to providing an
education and a home
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for deaf and blind
children and orphans.
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Above all, Child
Impact's sponsors
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give hope to the
ones who need it the most.
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While most hope
in motion programs
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talk about the
life changing benefits
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for children that are sponsored.
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In this episode, we
will look at how sponsorship
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affects the sponsor.
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Giving might seem
like a one way street
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where the person
who is receiving a gift
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is the only one benefiting.
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But as Christians, we
know that is not the case.
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Jesus said, "That
it is more blessed
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to give than to receive."
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The blessings are many
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and not limited
to a positive feeling
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because you are
helping another person.
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Child Impact is the organization
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that helps it sponsors to enjoy
more of the benefits of giving
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by connecting the
sponsor with the child
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they are sponsoring,
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even if they are
half a world apart.
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Child Impact is a
very unique organization.
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Yes, we're a sponsorship agency.
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And yes, we
sort of are the party
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between the sponsor,
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and the child,
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but we actually give the
sponsor a huge opportunity
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to be involved with
a child every morning,
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that child is
dependent on the sponsor,
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their lives have been
changed because of the sponsor.
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So we have a unique opportunity
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to be able to
give the sponsor a way
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that they can be involved
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in the mission
field every morning.
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Seeing the child
whose life is being changed
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by your support is a benefit
that few organizations provide.
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Everyone who
sponsors a child has a story
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about what helped them to
decide to sponsor a child.
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For the Evensons, it
all began on a mission trip.
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Early when we were married,
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Nick and I spent
time over in India,
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and we're working for a mission,
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another mission organization
for about six months.
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And during that time
there, I traveled a little bit,
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Nick was
traveling quite a bit more.
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And one of the opportunities
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we had was to be
in one of the schools
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where children
were being sponsored
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by Child Impact International
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and receiving education there
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as well as
clothing, food, shelter.
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And at that time, we
were given the opportunity
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to meet kids that
still needed sponsors,
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and had, we were able
to meet and pick a kid
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that we wanted to
sponsor personally at that time.
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So we got to meet him,
I think played a little,
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maybe a little cricket with him
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and gave him a
little bit of a gift.
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And even though, since then,
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the child that we're
sponsoring has changed.
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That's how we started
and have decided to continue
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to sponsor a child through
Child Impact International.
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Even though most people
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aren't able to go
to another country
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and help in person,
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they are still able
to positively change
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the life of a child
through sponsorship.
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Another benefit of sponsorship
is that it's a great tool
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to teach your children
about being Christ like,
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by thinking of other people.
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We had, both had opportunities
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to go on other mission projects,
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where we visit orphanages
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and, you know, had
done some mission work
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in other countries.
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And for me, it really showed
me that we are so blessed here
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in America and have so
much and just be able to give
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just a small amount
would have a huge impact
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on these kids in
other parts of the world
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that weren't so fortunate.
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And so when
we're there in India,
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I think for me, one
of the hardest things
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to see was when
we just first arrived
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and we're in the taxi,
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going to the place
where we'd be staying,
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and kids would come up and be
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begging and
knocking on the windows
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and they were
just so many people
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in poverty there.
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And then just to think that,
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you know, just a
small amount from us
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could make a huge impact
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and provide Christian
education for the kids there
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was a really intriguing
and very positive approach.
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One of the things that
I'm trying to teach my boys
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is to always think
about other people's needs
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and think about pleasing
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and making other people
happy before themselves.
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And at two and three
and a half years old,
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that's a really
difficult concept.
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But as they get older,
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I see sponsoring a child
in another part of the country
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as a really
important way to teach my boys,
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"Hey boys, look,
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we're not going to
buy this toy for you today
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because we're going to try
and make other people happy."
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And we have a child that
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we sponsor
halfway around the world,
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and this is all about
following God's calling for us
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to serve other people, and
try and please other people
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make them happy
before ourselves.
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And so I think it's just
going to be a great example
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and a great teaching tool
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to teach my boys
how to follow God.
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The words that parents say
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to their children
are very powerful,
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but their actions
are even more powerful.
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Sponsorship is one
of many teaching tools
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that a parent can use
to help their children
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see the love of God
working in their lives,
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with the added benefit
of forever changing the life
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of a child overseas.
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With Child Impact,
you're able to see that change
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on a more personal level.
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Knowing that in a
very tangible way,
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you're helping
someone and providing for
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what they might need,
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and it's not a gift to one
of many, many organizations
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where you might kind of know
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that it's helping provide
maybe food or medical supplies,
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but it's knowing specifically
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exactly which
person you are assisting,
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and also some feedback as well,
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from that child, on occasion,
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we'll get some colored
hand drawn colored cards,
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a report card, that includes
a note from the teachers,
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a photograph on occasion.
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So we do know, very specifically
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who it's going to
and who it's helping,
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The connection
between sponsor and child
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makes a huge difference.
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You were able to
see the child grow up,
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and know that
because of your help,
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they're able to
break the poverty cycle
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for a better life.
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And they're
being taught about God.
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There's so many
mission fields in the world,
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you know, the kid who lives
just down the street from you,
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that's a mission field.
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Your own
children, your own family,
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that's a mission field.
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But, you know, we were called
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to go into all
nations and make disciples.
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And when you sponsor a
child for a Christian education,
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you know, it's more than
just giving them education.
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It's teaching
them also about Christ,
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and the plan of salvation.
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And so, you know, it's
going to benefit that child,
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it's going to benefit
that child's community,
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and, you know, the money
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that we spend every
month to support this child,
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it's an easy sacrifice for us,
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but it makes just a world
of difference in their lives.
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One person whose
world was changed
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by sponsorship is Sinoy Sicar,
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who was a sponsored
child, and grew up now
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to be a sponsorship
supervisor in Bangladesh.
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The impact that sponsorship
had on him is still felt today.
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When I was a student over here,
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that time I thought,
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if I saw my sponsor,
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if I visited my
sponsor, if I hug him,
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then I will be feel better.
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But I had no
privilege to saw him.
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And even I don't know now,
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I don't know, who
is she or who is he?
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I don't know who is
the person who helping me.
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But I am very
thankful to him or her
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that he is or she
supported me from my childhood,
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to till my college level.
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For their love and for
their financial support,
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I'm able to complete my college
and I am able to reach my goal.
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Sinoy's life has
been forever changed,
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thanks to one person's
decision to sponsor him.
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He is using that
gift to help others,
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which shows what God
can do when we help others.
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The sponsors often only able
to see the effect of the child
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that they are sponsoring,
but even that is powerful.
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You know, when we talk
of child's sponsorship,
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there are different
types of child's sponsorship.
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But the key
outcome, the key purpose,
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and the benefit of having a
child sponsored by a person,
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by an individual, a family,
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is that you
develop a relationship.
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All children, all
people need relationships.
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And sponsoring a
child gives people,
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individuals or
families or groups
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the opportunity to
develop this relationship,
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the beauty of children
is you see them developing.
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And over the long term,
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you can see this child
going from kindergarten
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to university, if
that's what they choose to do,
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and to see that
development is awesome.
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It is the one, the
most transforming thing
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you could see in life.
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So being a sponsor
gives the person and the child
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the opportunity
for this connection.
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It's an eternal connection
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because you transformed
the life of this person.
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And with me, I'm so
privileged to come and see
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some of the
transformations taking place,
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see the children and I've
been involved for many years
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and I've seen them
grow up from kindergarten
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through to university or
technical college or finish,
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get work, get employed,
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get married and
have children themselves.
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That is amazing.
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So that's the connection.
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That's the relationship.
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That's the joy that we
get from sponsoring kids.
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There's nothing like
seeing a life of a child
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be transformed because of you.
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Because of you, that
child has an education,
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food, and an environment
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where they can learn
of God's love for them.
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When you sponsor a child
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through Child
Impact International,
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you do more than
change the life of the child,
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you also help to
support mission schools.
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But that sponsorship
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is not only impacting
on the life of the child,
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it's making a huge difference
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to These church mission schools,
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because the
funds go direct from us
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to that mission school.
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And some of these
mission schools are struggling,
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because they only, they
are located in poor areas.
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So the work that
we do is very exciting
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because we act as the person
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that links the donor
direct to the mission field.
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And we are a very unique role
because over 90% of the funds
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that we send in a country go
direct to the mission schools.
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The impact of your sponsorship
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is more than you will
ever know in this life.
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Thank you to all of
the sponsors and donors
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who are changing
lives in this world
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and for the
world that is to come.
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Even before my wife and
I had biological children,
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we decided to sponsor
two children in India.
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It seemed hard to believe
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that such a
small amount of money
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can make such a
dramatic difference
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in the life of a child.
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But it does.
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My name is Tom Evans,
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CEO of Child
Impact International.
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God has used Child Impact
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to change the lives
of thousands of children.
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Sponsors have
made this possible.
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For less than a dollar a day,
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children can
receive an education
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in the third world countries
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where Child Impact operates.
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As mentioned in the video,
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one of the most beautiful things
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about sponsorship
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is that it impacts both
the sponsor and the child.
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Sponsorship is personal.
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You build a relationship
with the child and the sponsor,
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and that
relationship lasts a lifetime.
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This
relationship is so important
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because it assures the
child that they're not alone.
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Maybe you've been thinking
about sponsoring a child
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with Child Impact.
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We would love to hear from you.
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You can select a
child on our website
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at childimpact.org
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or by calling our
office at 423-910-0667.
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If you aren't quite
ready for that commitment,
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I'd invite you to consider
our unsponsored child fund.
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This fund helps
provide for students
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who are not yet sponsored,
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but are attending the schools
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and are part of the
Child Impact family.
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Thank you for the difference
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you're making
through sponsorship.
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