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Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201015
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00:01 >>BILL: TODAY, ON "IT IS WRITTEN" CANADA, CHANGING
00:02 THE WORLD ONE LIFE AT A TIME WITH THE ADVENTIST 00:04 DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY. YOU'RE NOT GOING 00:09 TO WANT TO MISS THIS IMPORTANT INTERVIEW. WE 00:10 WILL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. 00:18 (MUSIC) 00:25 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME 00:28 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE 00:31 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:36 IT IS WRITTEN . . . 00:38 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:42 (MUSIC) 00:57 >>BILL: LET ME WELCOME ALL OF OUR VIEWERS TO THE "IT 00:58 IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM TODAY. 01:00 YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM TODAY IS ONE THAT IS 01:01 REALLY INTERESTING TO US BECAUSE WE GET TO SEE 01:03 CHRISTIANITY IN PRACTICE AND HELPING LIVES THAT 01:06 HAVE AFFECTED THROUGH DISASTER AND OTHER 01:08 SITUATIONS IN THE WORLD THAT HAVE LEFT PEOPLE 01:13 VERY NEEDY. AND WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL GUEST WITH US, 01:15 RONALD COON. WELCOME, RONALD. >>RONALD: THANK 01:16 YOU, BILL. >>BILL: NOW, RONALD'S BEEN ON THE 01:19 PROGRAM BEFORE. RONALD IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE 01:21 ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY IN CANADA 01:23 AND MAYBE, RON, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE VIEWERS 01:31 WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT ADRA 01:34 DOES, MAYBE YOU COULD START BY TELLING US A 01:35 LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU AND WHERE YOU WERE BORN. 01:38 YOU'VE HAD A VERY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE 01:41 AROUND THE WORLD AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ADRA 01:42 CANADA, THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU HEAD HERE. 01:45 >>RONALD: WELL, THANK YOU BILL. IT'S AN HONOUR TO BE 01:51 HERE AGAIN AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH 01:52 OUR CONSTITUENCY, OUR SUPPORTERS, THE AUDIENCE, 01:57 WHAT WE DO AROUND THE WORLD. QUITE OFTEN 02:02 CANADIANS ASK THEMSELVES, "WELL, I HAVE DONATED TO 02:03 A CHARITY, WHERE DOES MY MONEY GO?" >>BILL: YES. 02:06 >>RONALD: WE FOLLOW THAT VERY CLOSE AND ADRA IS AN 02:09 INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY 02:10 ESTABLISHED BY THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 02:17 CHURCH THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT AND HUMANITARIAN 02:23 RELIEF ALL OVER THE WORLD. 02:24 WE HAVE A NETWORK OF 120 OFFICES AROUND THE WORLD 02:27 AND OUR FOCUS OF THE OPERATION IS THE BASIC 02:28 NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES: WATER, 02:35 HEALTH, FOOD, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CREDIT FOR 02:42 POOR PEOPLE AND DISASTER RELIEF WHEN MAJOR 02:43 DISASTERS STRIKE. SO ADRA CANADA CANNOT FUND 120 02:49 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, SO WE HAVE FOCUS 02:55 OF, OUR OPERATION IS FOCUSSED IN ABOUT 20 02:56 COUNTRIES. >>BILL: OKAY. 03:00 NOW, YOU'VE LIVED IN A NUMBER OF THOSE 120 03:01 LOCATIONS, HAVEN'T YOU? 03:04 >>RONALD: YES. I'VE WORKED NINE YEARS IN AFRICA, 03:05 ANGOLA, MOZAMBIQUE, SUDAN; HELPED A BIT IN THE CRISIS 03:10 IN SOMALIA THERE, AND ROWANDA, BOLIVIA, PERU AND 03:17 ASIA AND THAILAND. >>BILL: WHAT'S THE COMMON NEED 03:18 YOU SEE, WHEREVER YOU HAVE BEEN? >>RONALD: PEOPLE 03:25 ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE IN MANY WAYS. YOU KNOW, 03:30 EVERYBODY'S AFTER A MEANINGFUL LIFE, 03:31 RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNITY, SECURITY, SAFETY IN TERMS 03:37 OF WHAT I'M GOING TO EAT TOMORROW. YOU KNOW, VERY 03:45 OFTEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHERE I'M GOING TO LIVE 03:46 TOMORROW HERE IN CANADA, WHAT HOUSE WILL I HAVE? 03:49 WHAT CAR DO I HAVE? ADRA WORKS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE 03:53 BASICALLY TRYING TO SURVIVE ON A DAILY BASIS 03:54 IF THEY CAN GET ENOUGH TO SURVIVE TODAY, ENOUGH FOOD 04:00 TODAY, THEY'LL BE HAPPY THAT'S THE TEAM THAT WE 04:07 ARE TALKING ABOUT. >>BILL: ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE. 04:08 WE TAKE SO MUCH HERE FOR GRANTED, DON'T WE? 04:11 >>RONALD: YEAH. >>BILL: JUST SOMETHING SO SIMPLE 04:13 AS FRESH WATER TO DRINK OR TO BATHE IN. IT'S 04:14 EFFORTLESS. YOU GO TO THE TAP THERE, IT'S CLEAN, 04:20 IT'S FRESH, THERE'S NO ISSUE. YOU'RE NOT HAVING 04:23 TO CARRY IT FROM MILES AWAY ON YOUR HEAD OR ON 04:24 YOUR BACK OR SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO DRINK OR TO 04:27 EVEN BATHE IN IT. WHAT WOULD BE, SPECIFICALLY, 04:31 SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ADRA CANADA HAS BEEN 04:32 INVOLVED WITH AS A MAJOR PLAYER. >>RONALD: WELL, 04:36 LAST YEAR WE WENT TO DARFUR. CANADA . WE WERE 04:43 THERE DRILLING WATER, WELLS FOR THE PEOPLE 04:44 THERE. AND WE WENT TO - I WENT THERE WITH ANOTHER 04:48 COLLEAGUE FROM CANADA. WE WENT TO A VILLAGE OF ABOUT 04:54 6,000 PEOPLE AND THEY WERE VERY HAPPY THAT WE WERE 04:55 PROVIDING AND WERE WORKING WITH THEM SO THEY COULD 05:02 HAVE DRINKING - POTABLE WATER. SO THE LADIES WOULD 05:07 NOT HAVE TO WALK VERY FAR AWAY AND WOULD HAVE MORE 05:08 PRODUCTIVE TIME AT HOME WORKING AND TAKING CARE 05:12 OF THE FAMILY. AND WHEN WE ASKED THEIR BASIC NEEDS, 05:16 THEY SAID THE FOLLOWING: WE DON'T HAVE ANY HEALTH 05:17 CENTRE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY HOSPITAL, WE DON'T HAVE 05:22 ANY PHARMACY HERE, AND WE ARE 6,000 PEOPLE AND THE 05:28 NEAREST HOSPITAL WAS ABOUT TWO TO THREE HOURS DRIVING 05:29 IN VERY BAD ROADS, DESERT ROADS. THERE IS NO 05:34 PUBLIC TRANSPORT, SORT OF SPEAKING. MAYBE A PICK-UP 05:37 WILL PICK THEM UP ALONG THE WAY AND CHARGE 05:38 SOMETHING. BUT THEY SAID, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE SCHOOLS 05:43 BUT THEIR BASIC NEED OR THEIR BASIC REQUEST WAS 05:49 MORE WATER. WE NEED SCHOOLS, WE NEED HEALTH 05:50 BUT OUR BASIC NEED IS WATER. SO WATER IS ONE 05:55 OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE CONCENTRATION IN SOME 06:00 PLACES. MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ADRA CANADA FUNDS, 06:01 IS FUNDING, IS COMMUNITY REHABILITATION FOR PEOPLE 06:07 WITH DISABILITIES. IN MANY COUNTRIES TO HAVE A 06:13 PHYSICAL DISABILITY IS TO BE CURSED. >>BILL: RIGHT. 06:14 OKAY. >>RONALD: OR NOT MANY COUNTRIES BUT MANY 06:19 COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITIES FEEL THAT PEOPLE WITH 06:23 DISABILITIES AS CURSED PEOPLE SO THEY HIDE THEM 06:24 SO WE ARE TRYING TO REVERT THAT AND BRING BACK 06:29 DIGNITY TO THESE PEOPLE >>BILL: SURE. >>RONALD: 06:32 SO, ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING IN SOME 06:33 COUNTRIES IS, FOR MANY YEARS ACTUALLY, IS 06:38 WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND 06:41 REINTEGRATING THEM BACK INTO SOCIETY. >>BILL: 06:42 SURE. >>RONALD: WHERE THE SOCIETY WILL WELCOME 06:45 THEM TO SCHOOLS, TO NORMAL WORKING TYPE OF 06:50 RELATIONSHIPS. AND ALSO ANOTHER PROJECT WE ARE 06:51 DOING IN CAMBODIA AND WE WANT TO EXPAND INTO 06:57 OTHER COUNTRIES IS TOBACCO PREVENTION. WHEN THE NORTH 07:02 AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SOCIETIES CLOSED THE DOOR 07:03 ON TOBACCO IN MANY WAYS, PUBLIC AREAS AND 07:09 ADVERTISING AND ALL THESE THINGS, THESE COMPANIES 07:12 MOVED FROM THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND TARGETED THE 07:13 YOUNG, WEAK, VULNERABLE PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF 07:22 MARKETING AND A LOT OF ADVERTISING AND A LOT OF 07:25 ADDICTION, LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY. >>BILL: SURE. 07:26 >>RONALD: .IN THESE COUNTRIES. SO WE'RE TRYING 07:30 TO HELP THEM TO, EVEN, ESTABLISH LEGISLATION, IF 07:34 POSSIBLE. NORMALLY, ADRA WORKS ON THE FRONT LINES 07:35 BUT WE ARE WORKING, FOR EXAMPLE, IN CAMBODIA 07:38 HELPING THE GOVERNMENT TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT WILL 07:43 MAKE TOBACCO CONTROL A LEGAL MATTER, EVEN. NOT 07:45 JUST A PREVENTATIVE THING AT THE GRASS-ROOTS LEVEL. 07:52 WE ARE STILL WORKING THERE IN SCHOOLS AND ALL THE 07:59 SEGMENTS OF THE SOCIETY BUT IF YOU CAN REACH 08:00 LEGISLATION DIMENSION THEN YOU ARE REALLY HITTING 08:03 DEVELOPMENT AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL. >>BILL: YES, 08:10 ABSOLUTELY. 08:11 IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW THIS CANADIAN DONORS DOLLAR IS 08:16 MAKING ITS WAY TO ALL THESE REMOTE PLACES OF THE 08:17 WORLD. IT'S INCREDIBLE. 08:21 >>RONALD: IT IS. >>BILL: THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 08:22 DO YOU FUND ANY PROJECTS, QUICKLY, IN CANADA? 08:25 >>RONALD: YES, WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS IN CANADA. 08:29 WE FUND COMMUNITY BASED ACTIVITIES AND THERE IS 08:30 NO REAL LIMIT FOR THOSE POSSIBILITIES. IT'S BASED 08:38 ON THE CREATIVITY OF A DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT IN A 08:43 GIVEN COMMUNITY. WE DO FUND A FEW OF THEM. 08:44 FOOD BANKS, WORKING WITH SPECIFIC GROUPS OF 08:49 VULNERABLE PEOPLE, OUR MISSION IS TO WORK WITH 08:55 PEOPLE IN POVERTY AND DISTRESS. SO OUR FOCUS IS 08:56 REDUCING POVERTY. AND SO WE HAVE OUR FOCUS 09:03 OF REDUCING POVERTY IN CANADA AND WE DO THAT IN A 09:08 VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THROUGH, MOST OF THIS IS 09:09 THROUGH COMMUNITY BASED CENTRES IN ACTIVITIES, 09:13 COULD BE HEALTH, COULD BE FOOD, COULD BE SHELTER, OR 09:17 COULD BE A CREATIVE THING WITH, LET'S SAY WORKING 09:18 WITH CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR 09:23 HOMES BECAUSE OF SEVERAL SITUATIONS THAT SOMETIMES 09:28 THE FAMILY GOES THROUGH. 09:29 THE GOVERNMENT TAKES THEM AND WE ALSO HELP WITH 09:32 TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THESE CHILDREN. >>BILL: 09:33 THAT'S GREAT. NOW, I WANT WANTED YOU BACK HERE, 09:35 PARTICULARLY, AND I APPRECIATE THE OVERVIEW, 09:41 SORT OF, THE AGENCY, BUT I REALLY WANTED YOU BACK 09:42 BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE IN HAITI. AND I THOUGHT I 09:44 WANTED TO HEAR, I KNOW YOU SHARED SOME PICTURES AND 09:49 SOME STUFF WITH ME ON THE E-MAIL BUT I WANTED TO 09:50 HEAR, FIRSTHAND, FROM YOU AND I KNOW OUR VIEWERS 09:54 WANTED TO HEAR WHAT THAT WAS LIKE. I MEAN, THAT 09:57 COUNTRY, OR AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THAT COUNTRY 09:58 WERE DEVESTATED BY THIS, BY THIS HURRICANE, 10:01 EARTHQUAKE, THIS EARTHQUAKE AND AS FAR AS I 10:06 UNDERSTAND, ADRA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RESPONSE 10:07 THERE ON THE GROUND AND YOU GOT A CHANCE TO GO 10:10 THERE AND SEE THAT. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? >>RONALD: 10:15 WELL, LET'S PUT IT INTO A BIGGER CONTEXT, THE 10:16 SITUATION IN HAITI. HAITI IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE 10:20 FIRST INDEPENDENT NATIONS IN THE AMERICA'S. BUT 10:28 HAITI WAS STRUGGLING FOR MANY YEARS AND IT IS STILL 10:29 STRUGGLING WITH POVERTY AND ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT 10:35 AND ECONOMICS AND ALL THIS. SO, AN EARTHQUAKE IN 10:44 HAITI WOULD BE, LET'S SAY, KIND OF EXPONENTIALLY 10:45 EXASERBATING THEIR PROBLEMS. >>BILL: SURE. 10:52 >>RONALD: THE COUNTRY WASN'T READY FOR AN 10:55 EARTHQUAKE. FOR EXAMPLE, AS OPPOSED TO CHILI. THE 10:56 EARTHQUAKE IN CHILI WHICH HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AFTER 11:02 THE ONE IN HAITI WAS WORSE THAN THE ONE IN HAITI BUT 11:08 KILLED LESS THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE OR SO. AND 11:10 IN HAITI 250,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WITH AN 11:15 EARTHQUAKE MUCH, WELL, NOT MUCH BUT RELATIVELY NOT AS 11:21 STRONG AS THE ONE IN CHILI. >>BILL: YES, YES. 11:22 >>RONALD: SO, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? THE COUNTRY 11:25 DID NOT HAVE STRUCTURES FOR SIZEMIC RESISTANCE. 11:35 THEY WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THE CALAMITY THAT CAME 11:37 UPON THEM. AND THEN WHEN IT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, SO 11:41 MANY PEOPLE KILLED. WHEN YOU HAVE 250,000 PEOPLE 11:47 KILLED IN AN EARTHQUAKE SITUATION YOU HAVE ONE 11:49 TO TWO MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED, WITHOUT HOMES, 11:56 YOU KNOW. SO THE DYMATION OF THE PROBLEM IS EVEN 12:02 DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHELTER 12:03 PROBLEMS, YOU HAVE WATER PROBLEMS, YOU HAVE 12:07 ELECTRICITY PROBLEMS, YOU HAVE THEN THE TRAUMA 12:10 PROBLEM. SO AN AGENCY LIKE ADRA, YES, WE WERE ON 12:11 THE GROUND, WE HAD A BIG WAREHOUSE THERE, 12:18 AN OFFICE, AND, BUT WE HAD TO ACCOMMODATE TO THIS NEW 12:23 THING THAT WAS FAR BEYOND WHAT EVERYBODY THOUGHT AS 12:24 HAITI IS NOT IN THE LINE OF SIZEMIC AREAS OF THE 12:28 PLANET. SO OUR RESPONSE WAS, IN THE FIRST MOMENT 12:37 YOU COULD SAY LIKE, MOST OTHER ?, OR LIKE EVERYBODY 12:38 IN THE U.N., LIKE ANYBODY, CHAOTIC. >>BILL: RIGHT. 12:43 >>RONALD: WE NEED TO BE SINCERE TO EVERYBODY. IT'S 12:47 NOT A PERFECT RESPONSE. 12:48 YOU NEED TO DO WHAT YOU CAN AND COME OUT FROM THE 12:52 MESS. AND ORGANIZE EVEN YOUR OWN TEAM WHO HAVE 12:53 BEEN AFFECTED BY THE DEATHS OF THE FAMILY 12:57 MEMBERS AND THE RELATIVES AND THE PSYCHOLOGIC 13:03 THINGS. SO SLOWLY YOU PUT TOGETHER YOUR TEAM. SO, 13:04 WHEN I ARRIVED THERE WAS A FEW DAYS OR A FEW WEEKS 13:10 AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, SO THE OPERATION WAS MORE 13:15 ORGANIZED AND SO WE WERE RESPONDING PRIMARILY TO 13:16 WATER, FOOD AND SHELTER. 13:23 AND WE ALSO HAD A TRAUMA COUNSELLING TEAM TRAINING 13:24 LEADERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO DEAL WITH 13:27 PEOPLE TRAUMATIZED BY THE EARTHQUAKES. SO OUR 13:32 RESPONSE WAS, IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, FOR ABOUT 20-SOME 13:34 THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT FLOCKED TO THE CAMPS 13:36 OF THE UNIVERSITY CLOSE BY OUR OFFICE. AND THE 13:41 UNIVERSITY, BASICALLY, WAS TURNED INTO A HUGE 13:42 DISPLACED CAMP. SO, THERE WERE LITTLE HOUSES, THAT 13:46 THE VIEWERS WILL SEE IN THE VIDEO, KIND OF A 13:50 SHELTER MADE OUT OF PLASTIC AND TARPOLINES AND 13:51 ANYTHING TO ACCOMMODATE THIS HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 13:57 BEING IN THIS DISPLACED CAMP. >>BILL: WHAT WAS THE 14:02 FIRST THING THAT, SORT OF, STRUCK YOU WHEN YOU 14:03 ARRIVED? >>RONALD: THE CHAOTIC TRAFFIC IN THE 14:07 CITY. >>BILL: BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD HERE THAT THE 14:12 ROADS - JUST GETTING FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE PORT AU 14:13 PRANCE WAS JUST A, COULD BE A NIGHTMARE. >>RONALD: 14:16 YES. EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO HELP AND THERE WAS A 14:20 LOT OF INTERNATION SUPPORT AND TRUCKS AND THINGS AND 14:21 SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SITUATION AND THEN, 14:26 OF COURSE, TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER THE PUBLIC 14:33 SERVICES AGAIN, SO, THE TRAFFIC WAS CHAOTIC. AND, 14:34 OF COURSE, THE VIEWERS NORMALLY SEE THE DESTROYED 14:38 BUILDINGS AND HOUSES BUT AS YOU GO THERE YOU DON'T 14:43 SEE EVERYWHERE THAT THING. 14:44 THERE ARE FIVE HOUSES STANDING AND ONE WAS 14:48 DESTROYED, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. OTHERS WERE CRACKED 14:49 AND SO THE REALITY WAS NOT SOMETIMES AS TERRIBLE AS 14:55 YOU SEE IMAGES ON. BECAUSE THE IMAGES TRY TO GIVE AN 15:01 IDEA ABOUT THE DISASTER. 15:02 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>RONALD: SO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 15:05 SHOOT THE GOOD STANDING HOUSES. YOU ARE TRYING TO 15:06 SHOW THE VIEWERS WHAT THE SITUATION WAS REALLY 15:12 LIKE. >>BILL: SO, YOU SHOW UP ON THE CAMPUS OF THE 15:17 ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY, 20,000 PEOPLE AND THEY SAY 15:18 TO YOU GUYS, OKAY, HELP THEM OUT. WHAT'S YOUR 15:22 FIRST PRIORITY? GETTING EVERYBODY WATER, GETTING, 15:27 WHAT'S YOUR.>>RONALD: WELL, THE DISPLACED CAMPS 15:28 START TO FORM, LET'S SAY, SPONTANEOUSLY. PEOPLE 15:32 FIND AN EMPTY, LET'S SAY, FOOTBALL FIELD AND SAY, 15:38 LET'S PUT OUR TENT HERE, SOMETHING HERE. SO, 15:39 SOMEBODY GAVE A PLASTIC SHEET, SOMEBODY GAVE A 15:42 TENT AND SO, PEOPLE START FLOCKING AND OKAY, THERE 15:45 IS SUPPORT, THERE IS SHELTER, THERE IS SOME 15:46 SORT OF SECURITY HERE, SO WE SAY, LET'S ORGANIZE THE 15:50 GROUP HERE. THAGENCY, SORT OF, THEN AGREED WITH 15:56 THE UNIVERSITY THAT BECAUSE OF THE NEED, THE 15:57 MAGNITUDE, THE UNIVERSITY WILL GIVE A LOT OF SPACE 16:01 AND THEN WE WILL THEN TAKE CARE OF FOOD, WATER, 16:06 SANITATION, HEALTH AND OTHER THINGS. SO, THAT'S 16:07 HOW WE ORGANIZE OUR RESPONSE AS AN AGENCY. 16:12 >>BILL: NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT, I THINK IT WAS ON 16:16 THE CAMPUS THERE, YOU MET A COUPLE OF YOUNG 16:17 MEN >>RONALD: YES, YES. 16:19 >>BILL: TELL US THAT STORY. THAT'S A VERY 16:20 INTERESTING STORY. 16:24 >>RONALD: IT IS BECAUSE I PURPOSELY WANTED TO GO 16:25 BY MYSELF. VERY OFTEN YOU HAVE A GUIDE 16:27 OR A TRANSLATOR, I SAID I WANTED TO FIND WITH MY OWN 16:31 SENSES. SO, I WALKED ALONE FOR HOURS IN THE MIDDLE OF 16:32 THE DISPLACED CAMP AND ALL THIS LITTLE STRAIGHT - 16:38 NARROW ALLEYS AND I MET THESE TWO YOUNG BOYS 16:46 PLAYING GUITAR UNDER A TREE, SITTING ON THE ROOTS 16:47 OF THE TREE, BASICALLY. 16:49 AND THEN I STARTED TALKING WITH THEM AND I SAY, "YOU 16:51 PLAY WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" THEY SAID 16:54 THEY WERE DISPLACED, WE ARE STUDENTS, WE LOST OUR 16:57 HOMES, SO WE ARE HERE AS WELL, SO, WE ARE PLAYING 16:58 SO, THEN AT THE END OF OUR INTERATION THEY SAID COULD 17:03 YOU FIND, COULD YOU HELP US TO GET WORK, COULD YOU 17:07 HELP US TO FIND WORK. I SAID, I REALLY DON'T HAVE 17:08 WORK RIGHT NOW FOR YOU BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THEM 17:12 OFF SO I SAID, YOU ARE VERY TALENTED, WHY DON'T 17:15 YOU PLAY A SONG FOR US? 17:16 WHY DON'T YOU ACTUALLY THANK THE WORLD FOR WHAT 17:19 PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD DONATED FOR HAITI. WHY 17:20 DON'T YOU THANK THE WORLD FOR DOING THIS AND THANK 17:27 THE SUPPORTERS OF OUR AGENCY. CAN YOU COMPOSE A 17:31 SONG? YOU KNOW, HAITIANS ARE VERY ARTISTIC PEOPLE 17:32 AND THEY SAID, OF COURSE WE CAN DO IT. WELL, TWO 17:36 DAYS LATER THESE BOYS, THEY INVITED ANOTHER 17:41 FRIEND, THEY WENT TO A CLOSE-BY STUDIO, SOMETHING 17:42 THAT THEY FOUND AND THEY RECORDED A NICE SONG 17:48 SAYING THANK YOU TO THE WORLD IN MANY LANGUAGES, 17:54 ACTUALLY, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, GERMAN, 17:55 FRENCH, ENGLISH. SO THEY MIXED THAT LANGUAGE, THESE 17:57 THREE YOUNG BOYS COMPOSED THIS SONG, THE MUSIC AND 18:02 THE LETTER AND PRESENTED IT TO US. AWESOME. >>BILL: 18:03 ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE? 18:08 ISN'T THAT AMAZING? WELL, WE HAVE THAT, WE HAVE 18:09 THAT. OUR VIEWERS ARE GOING TO SEE THAT IN JUST 18:19 A SECOND BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN THAT SONG, I 18:21 THINK THE YOUNG MEN APPEAR ON IT, RIGHT? AND YOU 18:22 ADDED TO THAT SOME OF THE FOOTAGE OF THE DEVESTATION 18:25 IN HAITI AND SOME OF THE RELIEF WORK THAT ADRA WAS 18:29 RESPONSIBLE FOR THERE. OUR VIEWERS ARE GOING TO GET A 18:30 CHANCE TO SEE THAT BUT LET ME THANK YOU, RON, FOR 18:35 COMING ON THE PROGRAM AND SHARING WITH US AND GOD 18:40 BLESS YOU GUYS AND THE FINE WORK THAT YOU GUYS 18:41 DO. TAKING CHRISTIANITY, PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY 18:44 INTO THE WORLD AND CHANGING THE WORLD ONE 18:47 LIFE AT A TIME. THANK YOU. >>RONALD: THANK YOU. 18:53 (SINGING/SPEAKING VARIOUS LANGUAGES) 19:14 (SINGING/SPEAKING VARIOUS LANGUAGES) 19:50 (SINGING/SPEAKING VARIOUS LANGUAGES) 20:15 (SINGING/SPEAKING VARIOUS LANGUAGES) 20:36 (SINGING/SPEAKING VARIOUS LANGUAGES) 20:56 (SINGING/SPEAKING VARIOUS LANGUAGES) 21:21 (SINGING/SPEAKING VARIOUS LANGUAGES) 21:44 (SINGING/SPEAKING VARIOUS LANGUAGES) 22:05 (SINGING/SPEAKING VARIOUS LANGUAGES) 22:28 (SINGING/SPEAKING VARIOUS LANGUAGES) 23:13 >>BILL: WOW, THAT WAS WONDERFUL. LET ME ASK YOU, 23:14 HAVE YOU HAD ANY FOLLOW-UP FROM THESE YOUNG MEN? 23:17 >>RONALD: YES. >>BILL: WHAT ARE THEY UP TO? 23:22 >>RONALD: YES. THEY WROTE ME AN E-MAIL THE OTHER 23:23 DAY. HE STARTED WITH A TEXT MESSAGE AND I TOLD 23:28 HIM MY MESSAGES WERE NOT REACHING HIM FOR SOME 23:30 REASON SO HE E-MAILED ME AND SAID, "I'M HAPPY, I'M 23:31 BACK IN SCHOOL, WHAT ABOUT THE RECORD, THE MUSIC, THE 23:35 VIDEO WE GAVE YOU". AND I SAID, IT'S ON YOUTUBE. HE 23:43 SAID, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. 23:44 I SAID, YEAH, IT'S ON YOUTUBE. SO, FOR HIM IT 23:48 WAS A MAJOR THING. IMAGINE THESE THREE YOUNG STUDENTS 23:49 RECORDING THEIR - THANKING THE WORLD AND SUDDENLY 23:54 HE'S ON YOUTUBE. SO HE'S VERY THRILLED AND ACTUALLY 23:58 HE CALLED ME FROM HIS CELL PHONE TO THANK ME 23:59 FOR PUTTING THE SONG ON YOUTUBE SO HE COULD SEE 24:05 AND, OF COURSE, ON OUR WEB PAGE. >>BILL: THAT'S 24:09 WONDERFUL. LET'S CLOSE IN PRAYER. 24:14 HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE 24:15 AND KINDNESS. AND AT THIS MOMENT WE THINK OF THOSE, 24:18 THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN US, THOSE THAT ARE 24:20 SUFFERING RIGHT NOW, HEAVENLY FATHER AND ARE 24:21 STRUGGLING. MAY YOUR HAND BE UPON THEM. BRING 24:24 COMFORT AND PEACE AND JOY INTO THEIR LIVES, FATHER. 24:26 BE WITH ADRA AND AS THEY GO INTO THE WORLD BRINGING 24:28 COMPASSION, AND LOVE, AND HEALING. WATCH OVER 24:33 THEIR PROJECTS, FATHER, AND BLESS EACH AND EVERY 24:36 VIEWER, I PRAY IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. 24:56 >>BILL: WELL, IF YOU ENJOYED THAT MUSIC VIDEO 24:57 AND YOU'D LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THAT DVD, WELL, 24:59 ADRA WOULD LIKE TO OFFER IT YOU AS A GIFT. HERE IS 25:03 THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR DVD. 26:07 >>BILL: WELL, RONALD, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE 26:08 PROGRAM. FOR THE FINE WORK THAT YOUR AGENCY DOES 26:11 HERE IN CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD. MAYBE FOR THE 26:15 BENEFIT OF OUR VIEWERS YOU COULD LET US KNOW ABOUT 26:17 THE WEBSITE AND HOW THEY MAY BE ABLE TO CONTACT 26:20 YOU GUYS AND HELP YOU >>RONALD: YES. IT'S AN 26:25 HONOUR FOR US TO FURTHER EXPLAIN WHAT WE DO AND HOW 26:26 WE DO. THEY CAN ALSO FIND MORE INFORMATION 26:30 ON WWW.ADRA.CA. AND INFORMATION FOR THE 26:35 CURIOUS GIVER OR THE PERSON WHO WONDERS HOW IS 26:36 MY DONATION BEING USED, ADRA NORMALLY JUST DON'T 26:45 SPEND ALONE, WE MAXIMIZED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH 26:51 OTHER AGENCIES. WE WORK WITH SEVERAL AGENCIES ON 26:52 THE GROUND, MANY TIMES, THE ADRA NETWORK. FOR 26:57 EXAMPLE, IN THE CASE OF HAITI WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW, 27:00 SEVERAL AGENCIES PARTNERING. SO, ONE DOLLAR 27:01 GOES A LONG WAY WITH OTHER MATCHES AS WELL. WE HAVE 27:07 THE CANADIAN FOOD GRAINS BANK WHICH IS ANOTHER 27:11 PARTNERSHIP OF SEVERAL CHRISTIAN AGENCIES 27:12 TOGETHER WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A PROJECT IN 27:16 PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. SO, THIS IS A WAY TO MAXIMIZE, 27:21 TO GUARANTEE THAT THE RESOURCES ARE WELL TAKEN 27:22 CARE OF, WELL SPENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED. 27:27 >>BILL: THAT'S WONDERFUL. 27:28 WELL, THANK YOU. >>RONALD: THANK YOU. >>BILL: WELL, 27:30 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. REMEMBER THE "IT IS 27:32 WRITTEN" WEBSITE, ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA, 27:33 CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, FOLLOW US ON 27:36 TWITTER. WE PLAN ON BEING BACK NEXT WEEK. I PRAY 27:41 THAT YOU WILL BE HERE ALSO. UNTIL THEN, 27:42 REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY 27:45 BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM 27:48 THE MOUTH OF GOD. 27:54 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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