[Music]
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[People speaking in Hindi]
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[Music]
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It has stood the test of
time, God's book, the Bible;
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still relevant in
today's complex world.
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It Is Written,
sharing hope around the globe.
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[Traffic] I'm John Bradshaw
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and this is It Is Written.
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Thanks for joining me today.
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Let me ask you a question.
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How do you think you would
feel if you lost your eyesight?
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In the developed world, if
you develop vision problems,
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well, there is usually an
eye doctor not too far away
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and with modern eye care
techniques being what they are,
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you know that if you develop
an everyday vision problem,
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it's going to be
easily corrected.
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But what if you live in a
part of the world where eye care
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is not readily available.
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If you were then to develop
vision problems, you would find
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that not only is an eye
care professional hard to find,
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but that the eye care
might be impossible to afford.
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The World Health Organization
says there are 285 million
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people in the world
who are visually impaired.
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Of those, 39 million are blind
and of the world's 39 million
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blind people, 15 million
of them live in one country,
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India.
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The World Health Organization
says that 80 percent of vision
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impairment can be avoided
or cured and the Times of India
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has reported that 75
percent of India's 15 million
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cases of blindness
could have been avoided.
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Now, let's think about that.
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15 million is a really big
number and of India's 15 million
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blind, 11 and a quarter million
really ought to be able to see.
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Now, ask yourself: If you were
blind unnecessarily, would you
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not want something
to be done about it?
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Well, in India,
something is being done.
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Here in Punjab state,
very close to India's border
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with Pakistan, the
very work that Jesus did
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is being carried forward.
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When Jesus was alive
on this earth, he opened
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the eyes of the blind
and here in Northern India,
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in fact, across
India, thanks to the work
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of a small team of
dedicated medical professionals,
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well, that same
work is being done.
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I have come to India
to find out what they
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are doing and to let
you know how you can help,
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how you can give
sight to the blind.
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The India of today is
not the India of yesterday.
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India is now an industrialized
nation with a booming
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tech industry.
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More than 1.2 billion people
make India the most populous
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democracy in the world.
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Depending on how you measure,
the Indian economy is a global
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force to be reckoned with.
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But for all of that,
there is still plenty
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of poverty in India.
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It is estimated that India
is home to more than a third
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of the world's poorest people
and in 2010 the World Bank
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reported that 68.7% of India's
population live on less than $2
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a day.
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So for the country's 15 million
blind people, life can be
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a real hardship.
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[Woman speaking in the Hind]
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Despite the growing numbers
of blind people in India,
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there is a severe shortage
of eye care professionals.
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The country only has 20%
of the optometrists it needs
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and there is one ophthalmologist
for every 100,000 people
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in a rapidly growing population.
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Now compare that to one
ophthalmologist for every 13,000
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in the United States.
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So what has happened
is that people who suffer
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from vision problems
often go untreated and something
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as simple as cataracts
become so bad that people end up
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losing their sight.
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Somewhere else and
they would have had simple
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cataract surgery.
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Here, frequently, their vision
deteriorates and blindness
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is often the result.
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So, how do you
address a problem so vast?
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One eye at a time.
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Doctor Jacob Prabhakar
is an ophthalmologist who
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has devoted his life
to providing eye care
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to some of
India's poorest people.
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In the years since he and
his team have been performing
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the cataract operations,
they have restored the sight
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of thousands of God's children.
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"Year after year, the
requirement of operating
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upon patients
has been escalating.
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As an ophthalmologist, I
could not ignore this fact that
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so many people are suffering
blindness, which is treatable,
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and I realize that the only way
is to go in search of friends,
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partners, philanthropists,
donors who will come
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forward to help this
very humanitarian cause."
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So how does all this happen?
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Well that's where you come in.
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It Is Written is
partnering with a dedicated team
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of medical professionals
to provide life-changing eye
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surgery to thousands of
God's precious children.
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And what is incredible is
that each cataract surgery
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performed costs only $75 ...
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$75!
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That's less than most people's
monthly cell-phone plan.
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$75 doesn't buy much but
it does buy Eyes for India.
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Here is how you can
give the gift of sight.
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In the United
States, call 1.800.253.3000
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and say you want to
help Eyes for India.
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That's 1.800.253.3000.
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You can call right now or you
can write to Eyes for India at
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It Is Written, Box O,
Thousand Oaks, California,
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91359.
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Or, give the gift of sight
on-line at itiswritten.com.
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Every $75 you give gives
someone the gift of sight,
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soone who
desperately wants to see again.
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How would it feel to be
given the gift of sight?
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We will find out
in just a moment.
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"I'm so thankful to the
people who make this possible.
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Without them, so many people
would not see again but because
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of them, they
have the gift of sight.
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[Woman speaking Hindi]
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[Music]
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In Matthew 4:4, the Word
of God says, "It is written,
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man shall not live by
bread alone but by every word
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that proceeds
from the mouth of God.
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Every Word is a one-minute
Bible-based daily devotional
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presented by Pastor
John Bradshaw and designed
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especially for
busy people like you.
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Look for Every Word on selected
networks or watch it on-line
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everyday on our
website, itiswritten.com.
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Receive a daily spiritual boost.
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Watch Every Word.
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Here's a sample.
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[Theme Music]
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The Bible not only helps us
to understand what we should
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believe, but what kind of
people we ought to be and how we
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ought to treat others.
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I think it's fair to say
there's a lack of civility
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in the world today, and people
tell me is that we're living
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in a "Me" generation.
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Paul's counsel in Romans
12:10 has probably never been
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more relevant.
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"Be kindly
affectionate to one another
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with brotherly love,
in honor giving preference
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to one another."
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Kindness - now
THERE'S a thought.
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And seeking honor for others
rather than for ourselves.
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God will give you opportunities
to treat people well,
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and to look for ways to
lift up or bless others.
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It's what Jesus did,
and the more Jesus' people
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do that, the more
others will be convinced
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that there's something
good about faith in God.
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I'm John Bradshaw
for It Is Written.
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Let's live today by Every Word.
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[Sounds of people in
the background, drums]
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Thanks for joining me today.
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You're joining me in
Punjab state in Northern India
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and the reason we are
here and all across India,
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It Is Written is
working with a dedicated team
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of Ophthalmologists to
give the precious gift of sight
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to many who are
blind or visually impaired.
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Right now we are at a
Sikh temple complex where many
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people are being screened
to receive cataract surgery
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that in many cases
will give sight to the blind
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and in every case will improve
people's sight and their quality
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of life dramatically.
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Vision problems are
a huge issue in India.
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Of the world's 39 million blind
people, more than 15 million
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of them live here in India.
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Poverty and the lack of access
to eye care professionals mean
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that vision problems that
would be treated in other,
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more developed countries,
often go untreated here.
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And the result is that
people lose their eyesight.
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[Man speaking in Hindi]
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[Woman speaking in Hindi]
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Here, anyone
who can work, works.
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There isn4t a welfare system
providing support to those who
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are unable to work.
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Families caring for blind
people do so in a place where
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few resources are
provided to help them.
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Blindness presents
challenges anywhere.
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Here, those
challenges are stark.
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"When I go to these villages,
I realize they are so poor.
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Added to that
poverty, they cannot see,
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they cannot eat their food.
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Sometimes, some of
them are even unable to go
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to the toilets or they
are unable to do anything
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by themselves."
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But what if somebody
could get their sight back?
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What a gift that would be!
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I'm sure you've
received some impressive gifts
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along the way during your life.
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But have you ever
received a gift as special
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as the gift of sight.
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And what would it be like
to give the gift of sight?
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Well, it is possible.
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And it is happening
right here in India.
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Dr. Jacob and his
team are working tirelessly
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to restore the sight
of thousands of people
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every year.
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JB: Dr. Jacob,
tell me about this work.
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Tell me the numbers of people
you are seeing and how you are
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seeing lives impacted?
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JP: On a given day, our
team screens about 1200 to 1500
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patients.
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Before, it was about 250 to 300
patients for cataract surgery.
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As many as 465
surgeries on a given day.
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This simple cataract surgery
can make a tremendous impact
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on the quality of
life of the individuals
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that we come in contact with.
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It is like they get back
their life all over again.
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JB: When Deepo began losing her
sight, even life's most basic
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tasks were
becoming unmanageable.
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Living in extreme poverty
with no family to provide
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help and unable even to cook
for herself, without the help
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of Dr. Jacob and his
team, Deepo's future was looking
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very grim.
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[Conversation in Hindi]
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JP: Deepo is a widow.
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She has nothing.
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She has no income.
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She lives in a little hut
that can't offer her anything.
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Now, all her life has changed.
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She is able to lead a
better life than what she
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was suffering from before.
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JB: Christianity is very much
a minority religion in India.
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The overwhelming majority
of Indians are Hindus and there
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is a considerable
amount of Muslims.
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There are some Buddhists,
Jains and a lot of Sikhs.
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In Punjab state, the
majority of people are Sikhs.
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I am in Amritsar in
Punjab state at the site
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of the Harmandir
Sahib or the Golden Temple.
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This is
Sikhism's holiest shrine.
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When one comes here, one's head
must be covered, which explains
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the head covering.
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So in a place like
India, how does one successfully
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demonstrate the love of God?
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Jesus himself wrestled
with this very question.
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How to demonstrate to
others, to prejudiced people,
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the love of the Creator God.
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Here is what we
find in Matthew, 9:27-31,
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"When Jesus departed from there,
two blind men followed him,
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crying out and saying
'Son of David, have mercy
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on us.' And when he had come
into the house, the blind men
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came to him.
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And Jesus said to
them, 'Do you believe
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that I am able to do this?'
They said to him 'Yes, Lord.'
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Then he touched their
eyes saying, 'according to your
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faith, let it be done to
you and their eyes were open.'
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And Jesus sternly
warned them saying,
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'see that no one knows
it.' But when they had departed,
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they spread the news
about him in all that country."
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They received the gift of sight
and they couldn't keep quiet
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about it.
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They knew that they had
been touched by the hand of God,
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by the hand of a God of love
and people here are experiencing
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the very same thing.
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We see this again in
the Bible, in Mark 10.
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"Now they came to Jericho.
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As he went out of Jericho
with his disciples and a great
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multitude, blind Bartimaeus,
the son of Timaeus, sat by
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the road begging.
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And when he heard that
it was Jesus of Nazareth,
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he began to cry out and
say "Jesus, Son of David,
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have mercy on me."
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Then many warned him to
be quiet but he cried out
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all the more.
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"Son of David,
have mercy on me."
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So Jesus stood still and
commanded him to be called,
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then they called the blind man
saying to him: Be of good cheer,
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rise, he is calling you
and throwing aside his garment,
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he rose and came to Jesus.
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So Jesus
answered and said to him.
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"What do you
want me to do for you?
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The blind man said to
him: "Rabboni, that I may
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receive my sight."
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Then Jesus said
to him "Go your way.
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Your faith has made you well."
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And immediately he received
his sight and followed Jesus
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on the road.
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Every $75 you give provides
eyesight to an individual who
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desperately wants to see.
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But you do more than give
the gift of physical sight.
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What you give is the opportunity
for somebody to see and know
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and experience the love of
God through the healing touch
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of Jesus.
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$75 - That's all it takes -
to give eyesight to one person.
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$750 and you have
helped 10 people to see again.
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To give Eyes for
India, call right now.
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In the United
States, call 1.800.253.3000
00:19:08.26\00:19:14.73
and say you want to
help Eyes for India.
00:19:14.73\00:19:17.80
That's 1.800.253.3000.
00:19:17.80\00:19:22.00
You can call right now, or you
can write to Eyes for India at
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It Is Written, Box O,
Thousand Oaks, California,
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91359.
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Or, give the gift of
sight online at itiswritten.com.
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[soft Music]
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I'm so thankful to the
people who make this possible.
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Without them, so
many would not see again.
00:20:02.76\00:20:09.16
But because of them,
they have the gift of sight.
00:20:09.16\00:20:14.40
[Woman speaking Hindi]
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It Is Written is
dedicated to sharing the gospel
00:20:31.33\00:20:33.63
around the world.
00:20:33.63\00:20:34.76
To discover more about
It Is Written, I invite you
00:20:34.76\00:20:37.10
to visit our
website, itiswritten.com
00:20:37.10\00:20:39.90
and browse the dozens of
pages that describe what we do
00:20:39.90\00:20:43.10
and how we do it.
00:20:43.10\00:20:44.30
Let's get to know
each other better.
00:20:44.30\00:20:46.36
Visit our website
itiswritten.com, today.
00:20:46.36\00:20:50.70
[Music] For the 15
million blind people
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currently living in India,
life can be an extreme hardship.
00:20:57.00\00:21:02.20
In a country with no welfare
system or government support,
00:21:02.20\00:21:05.60
blindness can be an
almost insurmountable challenge.
00:21:05.60\00:21:10.26
Thankfully, for many, blindness
is a condition that is not only
00:21:10.26\00:21:14.96
treatable but entirely curable.
00:21:14.96\00:21:19.23
[Woman speaking Hindi]
00:21:19.23\00:21:23.16
[Man speaking Hindi]
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Throughout India, more and more
people who have lost their sight
00:21:44.83\00:21:47.83
are seeing again.
00:21:47.83\00:21:50.40
And It is Written's sponsored
medical team is performing
00:21:50.40\00:21:52.90
cataract surgery on
people who are in desperate need
00:21:52.90\00:21:56.13
of medical help and
lives are being changed.
00:21:56.13\00:22:01.43
[Man speaking Hindi]
00:22:01.43\00:22:09.26
But with the problem
as widespread as this
00:22:30.00\00:22:32.13
and with the extreme poverty
in which so many people live,
00:22:32.13\00:22:35.06
how could Dr. Jacob and his
team ensure their work reached
00:22:35.06\00:22:38.90
as many people as possible?
00:22:38.90\00:22:41.16
I realize that if only they
can be picked up, operated upon,
00:22:41.16\00:22:46.03
and given the gift of sight,
they have the world all over
00:22:46.03\00:22:51.40
again in their lives.
00:22:51.40\00:22:53.03
So It Is Written, with the help
of generous people like you,
00:22:53.03\00:22:56.86
has provided a bus.
00:22:56.86\00:22:58.46
This allows the medical team
to travel to remote locations
00:22:58.46\00:23:02.13
to meet with patients and
means people can be brought
00:23:02.13\00:23:05.46
to the site of the surgeries.
00:23:05.46\00:23:07.46
And it also means that
300 or more people a day
00:23:07.46\00:23:13.03
can receive this life-changing
cataract surgery and through
00:23:13.03\00:23:16.93
the work of Dr. Jacob and
his team, the love of Jesus
00:23:16.93\00:23:20.23
is spreading far and wide.
00:23:20.23\00:23:22.43
We come in contact with many,
many blind people, but one man
00:23:22.43\00:23:28.96
we came in
contact was a Christian.
00:23:28.96\00:23:33.03
After having received the gift
of sight, he went and shared
00:23:33.03\00:23:37.50
with many people the love
of Jesus, that Jesus lives
00:23:37.50\00:23:42.16
and loves everybody.
00:23:42.16\00:23:45.66
[Man speaking in Hindi]
00:23:45.66\00:23:51.53
The gift of sight changes lives
and changes hearts as people
00:24:05.30\00:24:10.33
see and understand the love
of Jesus, the great physician.
00:24:10.33\00:24:14.00
Doctor, the work you are doing
is the very work Jesus did.
00:24:14.00\00:24:18.76
Jesus is the one who
opened the eyes of the blind.
00:24:18.76\00:24:21.96
Now, you are a Christian
physician in a country in which
00:24:21.96\00:24:24.83
less than 3% of the
population is Christian.
00:24:24.83\00:24:29.03
So how is what you are doing
helping people to see the love
00:24:29.03\00:24:31.43
of God?
00:24:31.43\00:24:33.30
Most of the people whom we come
in contact with, they have no
00:24:33.30\00:24:36.76
concept of God.
00:24:36.76\00:24:39.43
And one of the ways of
sharing the love of God is to go
00:24:39.43\00:24:42.93
and touch their lives
and tell them that God
00:24:42.93\00:24:45.93
helps them in
restoring their sight.
00:24:45.93\00:24:49.86
From the people who have
received the gift of sight,
00:24:49.86\00:24:52.33
the most important
thing that they found is that
00:24:52.33\00:24:54.90
there is a God who loves them.
00:24:54.90\00:24:59.50
Jesus gave the gift
of sight and when he did,
00:25:02.36\00:25:05.80
people were convinced
that he was the Messiah.
00:25:05.80\00:25:09.00
By giving the precious gift
of sight, you can demonstrate
00:25:09.00\00:25:12.30
the love of God in
a life-altering way.
00:25:12.30\00:25:16.40
Opening the eyes of the
blind is the very work Jesus did
00:25:16.40\00:25:19.50
and you can join in that
work, Jesus' work, right now.
00:25:19.50\00:25:23.63
In the United States
call 1.800.253.3000 and say
00:25:23.63\00:25:31.30
you want to help Eyes for India.
00:25:31.30\00:25:34.30
That's 1.800.253.3000.
00:25:34.30\00:25:38.40
You can call right now or
you can write to Eyes for India
00:25:38.40\00:25:41.40
at It Is Written, Box O,
Thousand Oaks, California 91359.
00:25:41.40\00:25:48.80
Or, give the gift of sight
on-line at itiswritten.com.
00:25:48.80\00:25:53.00
Every $75 you give gives
someone the gift of sight,
00:25:53.00\00:25:59.30
someone who
desperately wants to see again.
00:25:59.30\00:26:04.76
I am so thankful to the
people who make this possible.
00:26:18.16\00:26:21.60
Without them, so many
people would not see again
00:26:21.60\00:26:27.06
but because of them,
they have the gift of sight.
00:26:27.06\00:26:32.90
[Woman speaking Hindi]
00:26:32.90\00:26:37.56
[Music in
background] Thank you for giving
00:26:43.53\00:26:51.20
the precious gift of sight.
00:26:51.20\00:26:52.83
Thank you for
providing eyes for India.
00:26:52.83\00:26:56.43
Remember what Jesus
said in Matthew 25:40.
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He said, "Inasmuch as you have
done it unto one of the least
00:26:59.76\00:27:03.76
of these, my brethren,
you have done it unto me.
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Let's pray: Our
Father in heaven, thank you
00:27:07.80\00:27:10.86
for the precious gift of sight.
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Bless Eyes for India
that the eyes of many will
00:27:12.30\00:27:16.63
be open, that eyesight
will continue to be restored.
00:27:16.63\00:27:20.36
And I pray that you give
the most precious gift of all
00:27:20.36\00:27:23.33
- the opportunity
for people to see Jesus.
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I thank you and I
pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
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[Music]
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Thanks for joining me today.
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I look forward to
seeing you next time.
00:27:50.16\00:27:52.36
Until then, remember.
00:27:52.36\00:27:54.03
It is written, man
shall not live by bread alone
00:27:54.03\00:27:57.33
but by every word that proceeds
00:27:57.33\00:28:00.73
from the mouth of God.
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