Welcome.
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In this time of
need, I am happy to partner
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with Child Impact International
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to bring you the
mini concert for the kids.
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This has been a time of tragedy
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for many people
around the world.
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And we hope that this
program is a blessing to you.
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Child Impact and its supporters
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make a difference in the lives
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of thousands of
children in six countries.
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And we also
want to remember them
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during this time.
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I've had the
privilege of being an ambassador
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with Child Impact
for a number of years
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and have even
traveled with CEO Jim Rennie
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to India and Myanmar.
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It was an unforgettable
experience both times,
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and I have seen firsthand
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the transformational
impact of sponsorship
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and the work that
Child Impact does.
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Throughout our
program, I will be dedicating
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these songs to the children
in the places where I visited.
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The love of God is dedicated
to Operation Child Rescue.
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This is a home
in Bangalore, India,
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and the fine people
there rescue young ladies,
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young women from brothels
and they give them new hope
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and a new life.
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Child Impact funds an
Adventist Church School
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for the Blind in India.
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These young
people would never be
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able to get an
education because they're blind.
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But provision has been made
for them to have an opportunity
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to have their lives changed.
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I remember playing for them
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and they sang at
the top of their lungs.
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So, "Praise ye praise
ye all ye little children"
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is dedicated to
the special kids.
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Child Impact
supports over 200 orphans
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in Bangladesh and India.
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When I was there, I
got to visit Sunrise Home.
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It is run by a lovely couple
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and they have more
than 110 children there.
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Each has a tragic story.
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But I want to focus on something
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that I believe
is truly miraculous.
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I was told that
that's a part of the country
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where there are snakes
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and poisonous snakes all around.
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People get bitten and
they die all the time.
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However, no orphan
child from that orphanage
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has ever been bitten by a snake.
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I picture an
angel standing outside
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guarding and
protecting those children.
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Truly, God will
take care of them.
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Thank you for joining us.
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And as we get ready to close,
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I just want to share
with you one more experience.
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In fact, it was my very
first experience in India.
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After a long set of flights,
being jet-lagged and exhausted,
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I woke up because
Jim called and said,
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"There is somebody
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I want you to
meet this morning."
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And so we left the
hotel and headed to a slum.
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I'll admit to you,
I've been to many places
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around the world,
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but I've never
seen anything like that.
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But in that slum,
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I found somebody
with a sparkle in her eye,
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with enthusiasm and
excitement for life.
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To protect her identity,
we're going to call her Mary.
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Mary had gone
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to the Adventist
school in that slum.
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Somebody had sponsored
her all the way to graduation.
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And then somebody sponsored
her to go to high school,
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and now she was in college.
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And so I asked her,
"What are you going to be?
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What are you going to
do when you leave college?"
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And she said, "Jamie,
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I am getting ready
to become a nurse."
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Having gone to medical school,
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I was interested
and excited and I said,
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"Mary, why did
you choose nursing?"
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She said, "Jamie, both
of my parents have AIDS.
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In fact, many of my friends
in this slum also have AIDS.
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And so I want to
be able to help them
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when I graduate
and take care of them."
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Had it not been
for those sponsors,
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Mary could have been
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trafficked
several times in her life,
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who knows what
might have happened,
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but now she is
making a huge difference
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in her community.
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This is one of many stories.
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I want to invite you
to go to childimpact.org
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and find out a little bit more
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about the incredible
work Child Impact is doing.
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And if you're able to support,
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I want to invite you
to be a part of the where
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needed most fund
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takes opportunities, resources,
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and then
transforms them into hope
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and a future for
these young people.
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May God bless you.
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May He keep you safe
and may we have the desire
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to continue to serve
Him to make a difference
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in the lives of many people.
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Soon, Jesus will return.
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We will go home and
there will be no more pain,
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no more
suffering, no more death.
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But until then, we
can make a difference
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just like Child Impact
is making a difference,
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but it can't do
so without your help.
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Please consider
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being a part of the
Child Impact Ministry
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and team today.
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