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Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201021
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00:01 >>BILL: TODAY ON THE "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM WE
00:02 HAVE OUR FRIENDS FROM ADRA BACK WITH AN UPDATE ON HOW 00:04 ADRA IS CHANGING THE WORLD ONE LIFE AT A TIME. WE 00:07 WILL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. 00:14 (MUSIC) 00:25 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . . 00:28 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE 00:30 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:33 IT IS WRITTEN 00:35 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:40 (MUSIC) 00:53 >>LET ME WELCOME OUR VIEWERS TO THIS EPISODE 00:54 OF IT IS WRITTEN'S PROGRAM AND LET ME WELCOME OUR 00:55 GUESTS RON KUHN FROM ADRA, JAMES ASTLEFORD. HOW ARE 01:00 YOU GUYS? >>JAMES: WELL, THANK YOU. >>BILL: IT'S 01:01 GOOD TO HAVE THE ADRA FOLKS. WE ALWAYS LOOK 01:04 FORWARD TO HAVING YOU GUYS HERE AS YOU TELL US 01:06 STORIES ABOUT PRACTICAL, WHAT I CALL PRACTICAL 01:07 CHRISTIANITY IN PLACE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE 01:12 WORLD TAKING, RELIEVING SUFFERING AND POVERTY AND 01:18 YOU GUYS ARE THERE ON THE FRONT LINES AND WE 01:19 APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND I'M ALWAYS 01:22 EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR STORIES ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN 01:26 HAPPENING. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. FOR THE 01:27 BENEFIT OF THE VIEWERS, WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME FOLKS 01:31 TUNING IN FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, GIVE US A 01:33 QUICK SYNOPSIS OF WHAT IS ADRA? WHAT IS THE 01:34 PHILOSOPHY OF ADRA? WHO'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT ONE? 01:42 >>RON: GO AHEAD JAMES. 01:43 >>JAMES: ADRA, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ADVENTIST 01:46 DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY IS A RELIEF AND 01:48 DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS AROUND THE 01:49 WORLD, PRESENT IN AT LEAST 120 COUNTRIES, ADDRESSING 01:55 ISSUES OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS, BRINGING HOPE TO 02:00 THE POOR AND DISADVANTAGED IN OUR WORLD. ESPECIALLY 02:02 SINCE HALF OF OUR WORLD'S POPULATION LIVES IN 02:06 POVERTY, THERE'S A GREAT WORK TO BE DONE. >>BILL: 02:11 WOW, HALF OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION LIVES 02:12 IN POVERTY. HOW'S THAT DEFINED? WAS THAT.THEY 02:17 DON'T.HOW WOULD.>>JAMES LIVING ON LESS THAN A 02:20 COUPLE OF DOLLARS A DAY. 02:21 >>BILL: WOW. HALF OF THE WORLD. >>JAMES: YES. 02:23 >>BILL: MY GOODNESS. 02:24 NOW, LET ME ASK YOU GUYS SOMETHING BECAUSE.WELL 02:29 THERE'S SO MUCH NEED. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHERE ADRA 02:30 IS GOING TO GET INVOLVED? 02:37 >>JAMES: WELL, YOU STARTED BY SAYING WE WERE 02:38 AN AGENCY THAT CHANGES THE WORLD ONE LIFE AT A TIME 02:42 AND SOME OF US THINK THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO UPDATE 02:46 THAT SLOGAN TO 'CHANGING ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME' 02:47 BECAUSE WE'RE CONCERNED, NOT JUST ABOUT PICKING 02:52 OFF INDIVIDUALS WHO THEN STRUGGLE IN THEIR OWN 02:57 SOCIETY, BUT WORKING WITH WHOLE COMMUNITIES. AND RON 02:58 AND I, HAVING WORKED IN ASIA AND AFRICA AND RON 03:04 HAVING WORKED IN SOUTH AMERICA AS WELL, WE'RE 03:07 FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS WHEREBY COMMUNITIES 03:08 APPROACH ADRA AND DESCRIBE THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR 03:13 HOPES AND THEIR VISIONS AND WE TRY TO BE THAT 03:18 CONDUIT THAT BRINGS TOGETHER THE RESOURCES 03:19 AND THE NEED, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP THAT HELPS 03:23 PEOPLE BE ABLE TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES. WOULD YOU SAY 03:27 THAT ADEQUATELY DESCRIBES THE PROCESS? >>RON: YES. 03:28 BY HAVING A NETWORK THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE 03:33 PLANET, BASICALLY IN MOST COUNTRIES IN DEVELOPMENT, 03:38 ADRA DOES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN 03:39 MOST PARTS HOWEVER, HOW DOES ADRA CANADA 03:47 PRIORITIZE ITS FOCUS? IT'S NO SCIENCE; IT'S BASED ON 03:53 OPPORTUNITIES, ON RELATIONSHIPS. WE HAVE 03:54 DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH, LET'S SAY, ADRA 03:58 MANGOLIA MANY YEARS AGO AND IT STARTED NORMALLY 04:03 OUT OF A HUGE CRISIS, A HUGE DROUGHT THAT 04:04 SOMETIMES AFFECTED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 04:08 AND ANIMALS. THE CASE OF MONGOLIA, AS I MENTIONED, 04:13 RIGHT NOW WE ARE FACING A MAJOR WINTER THAT KILLED 04:14 EIGHT MILLION ANIMALS. 04:23 >>BILL: WOW. >>RON: AND THIS CRISIS WE DON'T EVEN 04:24 HEARD IN MOST CASES IN THE NEWS YOU KNOW. THEY ARE IN 04:28 THE CORNER OF A NEWSPAPER SOMEWHERE. SO WE ARE 04:32 THERE, WE HAVE A PRESENCE AROUND THE WORLD, SO WE, 04:33 ADRA CANADA, FOCUS ON SOME COUNTRIES THAT WE HAVE 04:36 OPPORTUNITIES, THAT WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THEM, AND 04:41 WE BUILD OUR PARTNERSHIPS THERE. BUT, LET'S 04:42 SAY, ADRA GERMANY OR ADRA AUSTRALIA AND OTHERS WILL 04:46 SOMETIMES PARTNER IN THE SAME COUNTRIES, SOMETIMES 04:51 WILL CHOOSE AND PRIORITIZE OTHER AFFECTED COUNTRIES 04:52 AS WELL. >>BILL: NOW, YOU HAVE A, I THINK, AN 04:56 INTERESTING PHILOSOPHY OF DEVELOPMENT. SHARE THAT 05:04 WITH OUR VIEWERS. AS A MATTER OF A FACT, IN A 05:05 LITTLE WHILE WE'RE GOING TO SEE A VIDEO 05:08 PRESENTATION THAT SPEAKS TO THIS BUT I THINK YOUR 05:15 PHILOSOPHY OF DEVELOPMENT IS QUITE INTERESTING 05:17 >>JAMES: WELL, MOST OF US IN NORTH AMERICA, IN 05:21 CANADA PARTICULARLY, WE THINK OF OURSELVES AS 05:24 INDIVIDUALS. >>BILL: YES. 05:25 >>JAMES: BUT AROUND THE WORLD PEOPLE DON'T SEE 05:27 THEMSELVES AS INDIVIDUALS THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS 05:28 PART OF A SOCIETY, PART OF A COMMUNITY. FOR INSTANCE, 05:32 MANY ORGANIZATIONS HERE DO A VERY GOOD WORK BUT BEING 05:36 INVOLVED WITH CHILD SPONSORSHIP AND SOME OF 05:37 OUR LISTENERS MIGHT ASK WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? 05:44 WELL, IT'S A VERY GOOD WORK BUT WE'RE CONCERNED 05:47 THAT IT SINGLES OUT INDIVIDUALS AND IT BRINGS 05:48 THEM TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE NO LONGER 05:54 IN HARMONY WITH THEIR COMMUNITY. >>BILL: OH, I 05:56 SEE. >>JAMES: WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WHOLE 05:57 GROUP. SO WE'D MUCH RATHER IDENTIFY A SOLUTION, 06:02 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A COMMUNITY, THAT WILL TAKE 06:06 THE WHOLE COMMUNITY FORWARD. IF THE MOTHERS 06:07 AND THE FATHERS AND THE CHILDREN ARE ALL HAVING 06:11 BETTER ACCESS TO WATER, BETTER ACCESS TO EDUCATION 06:15 OR INCOME OPPORTUNITIES THEN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY 06:16 CAN MOVE FORWARD AND REALIZE THEIR GOALS. NOT 06:21 JUST INDIVIDUALS IN THAT COMMUNITY. >>BILL: WHAT 06:25 WOULD BE SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 06:26 THAT ADRA CANADA WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH RIGHT NOW 06:31 AS WE SIT HERE? >>RON: WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS BUT 06:36 SPECIFICALLY SOME THAT WE DO: FOOD SECURITY, 06:37 IMPROVING.>>BILL: WHAT, HOW.>>RON: FOOD SECURITY 06:44 IS A TERMINOLOGY THAT IS VERY BROAD THAT 06:50 ENCOMPASSES THE USE AND ACCESS OF FOOD, ENOUGH 06:51 FOOD, THE RIGHT FOOD, DO WE HAVE APPROPRIATE 06:57 MARKETS. YOU MAY HAVE THE BEST CROP BUT THE FARMER 07:02 IS NOT MAKING ANY MONEY FROM IT. SO YOU NEED TO 07:03 ALSO ADDRESS MARKETING ISSUES. AND ISSUES OF 07:07 STORAGE AND ISSUES OF MARKET EXPLOITATION 07:14 SOMETIME. SO FOOD SECURITY IS A BIG, BROAD 07:15 TERMINOLOGY FOR WORKING IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD. 07:19 >>JAMES: WE'RE SO USED TO GOING TO SAFEWAY OR SOBEYS 07:23 OR ANY OTHER SUPERMARKET WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS FOOD 07:24 AVAILABLE, OF A VARIETY BUT IN FACT THAT'S NOT 07:29 THE WAY FOR MOST PEOPLE. 07:30 THEY HAVE TO PLANT AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A HARVEST 07:32 NEXT YEAR AND TAKE CARE OF THAT HARVEST THROUGH THE 07:36 HUNGRY MONTHS. >>RON: YES. 07:37 AND, IN FACT, THERE ARE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T 07:42 EVEN KNOW THAT EVEN IF YOU HAVE A NORMAL HARVEST BY 07:43 THE END OF THE, LET'S SAY, THE GROWING SEASON YOU MAY 07:50 BE RUNNING OUT OF GRAIN IN MANY COUNTRIES. PEOPLE - 07:54 AND SO BASIC FOOD SECURITY CONCEPTS OF STORAGE, 07:55 OF PLANNING OR MARKETING SKILLS OR MARKET 08:03 UNDERSTANDING WILL EMPOWER - THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD - 08:12 EMPOWER THESE POOR FARMERS - IN MANY CASES ILLITERATE 08:13 FARMERS WHO WERE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF - 08:17 EMPOWER THEM TO COPE, NOT ONLY THEM THEIR FAMILIES 08:22 AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TO COPE WITH THIS SOMETIMES 08:23 AGGRESSIVE AND CHANGING WORLD, YOU KNOW, THAT 08:27 TAKES THESE VULNERABLE PEOPLE BY SURPRISE. 08:31 >>BILL: WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU GUYS - WHAT ELSE WOULD 08:32 YOU BE INVOLVED IN RIGHT NOW? >>JAMES: WE CAN MOVE 08:36 ONTO THAT BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADD THE POINT HERE, 08:41 BILL, THAT WE ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY 08:42 BECAUSE THEY HAVE REAL AND FELT NEEDS. AND WHEN THEY 08:45 ARTICULATE THAT WHERE IT IS THAT THEY ARE HURTING 08:49 OR WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO DO AND THEN WE 08:50 WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM ON REACHING THOSE GOALS, 08:53 THEN IT MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE. FOR INSTANCE, 08:57 YOU ASKED ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS, ONE SET OF 08:58 PROJECTS THAT HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING TO SEE 09:03 DEVELOP HAS BEEN WORKING WITH PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED 09:07 INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN. IN SOME 09:08 COMMUNITIES SUCH CHILDREN ARE OSTRASIZED, THEY'RE 09:12 AN EMBARRASSMENT. THE CHILDREN WILL BE HIDEN IN 09:16 THE HUT OR IN THEIR HOME FOR ALL OF THEIR LIVES 09:17 BECAUSE THE FAMILY DOESN'T WANT THEM TO COME OUT INTO 09:24 SOCIETY. AND RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S A CHALLENGE, 09:30 ADRA PROJECTS HAVE HELPED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT 09:31 THERE'S HELP AVAILABLE; THAT THERE'S SIMPLE PHYSIO 09:35 THERAPY TREATMENTS THAT CAN BE DONE OR MAYBE SOME 09:39 MINOR OPERATIONS; THERE ARE EXERCISE REGIMES THAT 09:40 CAN BE INTRODUCED TO THE CHILDREN OR EVEN TO THE 09:45 ADULTS AND THEY CAN EMERGE OUT INTO NORMAL LIFE AND 09:47 MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. THEY CAN FIND FULFILLMENT FOR 09:48 THEMSELVES AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE. I WAS 09:55 RECENTLY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND A YOUNG MAN INTRODUCED 10:00 HIMSELF TO ME, HE WAS A TEACHER, HE SAID, FOR 10:02 YEARS I WAS HIDEN IN MY PARENTS HUT BECAUSE THEY 10:05 WERE EMBARRASSED THAT I COULD NOT WALK, THAT I WAS 10:10 LAME. BUT NOW BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT THAT ADRA 10:11 BROUGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY I WAS ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO 10:16 WALK WITH CRUTCHES - HE SHOWED ME HIS CRUTCHES - 10:20 HE SAID, I WENT TO SCHOOL.>>BILL: WOW. 10:21 >>JAMES: .I PASSED THE EXAMS, NOW I CAN TEACH AND 10:23 GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY >>BILL: ISN'T THAT 10:26 WONDERFUL. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. YOU KNOW, 10:28 WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME. 10:29 I WANT TO GET TO THIS VIDEO THAT YOU GUYS 10:31 PREPARED AND THEN MAYBE COMING OUT OF THAT I'LL 10:34 HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. LET'S WATCH THAT 10:38 NOW. 10:47 IN OUR WORLD WHERE FORTUNES HAVE BEEN LOST 10:48 OVERNIGHT, WHERE PROPERTYS HAVE BEEN DEPRECIATED, 10:50 RETIREMENTS CHALLENGED, AND INCOME OPPORTUNITIES 10:55 LOST IT IS SOMETIMES EASY TO FORGET THE DIFFICULTIES 10:56 FACED BY THOSE LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY. WHILE 11:01 MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE LAST 30 YEARS 11:08 IN THE EFFORT TO END EXTREME POVERTY, OVER 11:09 ONE BILLION PEOPLE OF OUR WORLD STILL LIVE LIVES 11:14 OF HUNGRY, SICKNESS, DESPERATION, AND DESPAIR. 11:22 CHILDREN DIEING FROM PREVENTABLE DISEASES CRY 11:23 OUT FOR OUR HELP; YOUTH TRAPPED IN SURVIVAL 11:27 ACTIVITIES THAT DEGRADE THE SPIRIT PLEAD SILENTLY 11:32 FOR OUR ASSISTANCE; PARENTS UNABLE TO PROVIDE 11:33 ADEQUATE FOOD OR SHELTER FOR THEIR CHILDREN LOOK 11:39 TO US FOR SOME WAY TO HELP THEM BREAK FREE FROM THEIR 11:44 PRISON OF POVERTY. WHEN WE HEAR THEIR CRIES, WHEN 11:45 WE SEE THEIR MISERY OUR HEARTS ARE MOVED TO DO 11:50 SOMETHING. WE GIVE SOME MONEY, WE SHARE A MEAL, 11:55 DELIVER A BAG OF RICE, OR HAND OUT A FEW CLOTHES AND 11:56 YET, WHEN OUR GIFTS ARE APPRECIATED AND MEET AN 12:02 IMMEDIATE NEED WE HAVE DONE NOTHING TO BRING 12:06 ABOUT LASTING CHANGE FOR THE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT 12:07 OF LIVES. IN ORDER TO BREAK CYCLES OF EXTREME 12:20 POVERTY AND BRING ABOUT LASTING, POSITIVE CHANGE 12:23 IT IS NECESSARY TO COMMIT TO LONG-TERM PROGRAMS 12:24 THAT PROVIDE MULTIPLE INTERVENTIONS THAT 12:29 BRING WATER, HEALTH AND SANITATION, FOOD SECURITY, 12:34 PRIMARY EDUCATION AND INCOME OPPORTUNITIES. THIS 12:35 IS THE EXCITING CHALLENGE FACING DEVELOPMENT 12:41 AGENCIES. ADRA CANADA, PART OF THE WORLD WIDE 12:48 NETWORK HAS BEEN WORKING TO END EXTREME POVERTY 12:49 IN SOME OF THE POOREST COMMUNITIES OF OUR WORLD 12:53 FOR ALMOST THREE DECADES THESE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 12:57 HAS HELPED ADRA DEVELOP DEDICATED, SUCCESSFUL 12:58 PROGRAMS THAT LIFT WHOLE COMMUNITIES 13:03 OUT OF POVERTY. 13:10 IN THE EARLY DAYS OF INTERNATIONAL AID AND 13:11 ASSISTANCE, COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TARGETED 13:15 IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES WITH QUICK-FIX, STOP-GAP 13:19 MEASURES. CONTAINERS FULL OF FOOD, CLOTHES, MEDICINE 13:20 OR FARMING IMPLEMENTS WERE DROPPED OFF AT PORTS OR 13:26 VILLAGES WITH GOOD WISHES FOR A BETTER FUTURE. A 13:31 SERIES OF WELLS MIGHT BE DRILLED TO BRING WATER 13:32 CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE BUT AFTER THE PUMPS WERE 13:35 INSTALLED AND THE DONOR PLAQUES AFFIXED, THE 13:40 DRILLING RIGS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT FUNDED 13:41 THEM WOULD MOVE ON TO ANOTHER REGION OR COUNTRY 13:44 IN NEED. LITTLE THOUGHT WAS GIVEN AS TO HOW THE 13:49 CONTAINERS OF FOOD AND CLOTHES MIGHT DISRUPT THE 13:50 LOCAL ECONOMY; HOW THE MEDICINES MIGHT BE 13:54 MISUSED; WHAT THE VILLAGES WOULD DO WITH THE EXTRA 13:58 TIME THEY NOW HAD NOW THAT THEY NO LONGER HAD TO WALK 13:59 TO THE RIVER FOR WATER; OR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE 14:04 TRACTORS OR WATER PUMPS ONCE THEY BROKE DOWN, WITH 14:08 NO REPLACEMENT PARTS OR TRAINED MECHANICS TO 14:09 FACILITATE REPAIRS. TODAY THE DISCIPLINE OF 14:16 INTERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAS GROWN INTO A SCIENCE 14:20 WHEREBY PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS OF INTEGRATED 14:21 INTERVENTIONS LEAD A COMMUNITY STEP-BY-STEP OUT 14:24 OF POVERTY AND DISEASE TO A THRIVING COMMUNITY THAT 14:30 IS HEALTHY, PROSPEROUS, SELF-SUFFICIENT, EDUCATED, 14:31 AND FOOD SECURE. WATER SYSTEMS THAT BRING WATER 14:43 TO PEOPLE, ANIMALS AND GARDENS ARE FOLLOWED UP 14:46 WITH PROGRAMS THAT BRING SANITATION TO A VILLAGE 14:47 THE FREE TIME THAT THE PEOPLE NOW HAVE IS USED 14:52 FOR EDUCATION THAT BRINGS LITERACY, NUMERACY, HEALTH 14:57 EDUCATION, AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION, AND SKILLS 14:58 TRAINING TO EAGER ADULT LEARNERS. SMALL BUSINESS 15:03 TRAINING IS FOLLOWED UP WITH LOW INTEREST SMALL 15:08 LOANS TO GIVE PEOPLE THE BOOST THEY NEED TO 15:09 START THEIR OWN SMALL ENTERPRISES. VILLAGE 15:12 PLANNING PROMOTES PARTICIPATION AND 15:17 CO-OPERATION. EDUCATION PROGRAMS ESTABLISH NEW 15:18 MORAS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, GENDER ROLES, VALUES, AND 15:24 RESPONSIBILITIES. RESPECT AND RECONCILIATION REPLACE 15:30 ABUSE AND DEMORALIZATION. 15:31 PARENTS LEARN ABOUT THE DANGERS OF HUMAN 15:35 TRAFFICKING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION 15:36 FOR ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN. 15:41 CO-OPERATIVE PROGRAMS SHARE RESOURCES AND HELP 15:42 ESTABLISH A MARKET FOR GOODS. WITH THESE COMBINED 15:47 INITIATIVES, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ARE LIFTING 15:53 PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY IN THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITIES 15:54 AROUND THE WORLD. ENDING EXTREME POVERTY IN 15:59 OUR GENERATION IS A GOAL THAT SPEAKS TO US ALL. WE 16:07 CANADIANS WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS PEACEFUL, 16:08 HEALTHY, FUNCTIONAL, AND PROSPEROUS. A WORLD WHERE 16:13 CHILDREN CAN FULFILL THEIR DREAMS AND PARENTS CAN 16:17 EXPERIENCE THE DIGNITY OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY. REACHING 16:18 THIS GOAL CALLS FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF US ALL. 16:25 AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO LIFT PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY 16:29 WE ESTABLISH HOPE. 16:31 NOT JUST FOR THE POOR BUT FOR EVERYONE. 16:42 >>BILL: WELL THAT WAS A GREAT VIDEO. THANK YOU 16:43 GUYS FOR PREPARING THAT. 16:51 INTERESTING. I HAD NEVER CONSIDERED SOMETHING YOU 16:52 MENTIONED THERE ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, A CONTAINER 16:58 OF CLOTHES THAT'S BROUGHT INTO A COMMUNITY AND THAT 17:00 ALL OF A SUDDEN DISRUPTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY. TALK 17:01 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 17:03 >>JAMES: WHEN WE HAVE DISASTERS OR WHEN PEOPLE 17:04 THINK OF THE NEED THAT IS PRESENT EVERYWHERE ELSE, 17:06 SO OFTEN THEY SAY TO US, LOOK, WE'LL GIVE YOU OUR 17:09 OLD CLOTHES AND YOU CAN SEND THEM TO THOSE PEOPLE 17:11 BUT IF YOU READ THE LABEL OF THE CLOTHES, PROBABLY, 17:15 THAT'S WHERE THE COUNTRY THE CLOTHES WERE MADE IN 17:18 THE FIRST PLACE ANYWAY. 17:19 AND THE COST OF TAKING THE CLOTHES BACK TO AFRICA OR 17:23 ASIA CAN BE PROHIBITIVE AND IF THEY ARRIVE AND ARE 17:25 DISTRIBUTED THEN THE LOCAL ECONOMY, THE PEOPLE 17:30 WHO ARE MAKING CLOTHES, THE TAILORS, THE 17:33 SEAMSTRESSES.>>BILL: SURE. >>JAMES:.WHOEVER 17:34 ARE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR LIVELIHOOD IS PUT AT RISK 17:36 BY OUR CHARITY. >>BILL: YEAH. THERE IS A SCIENCE 17:42 TO THIS. THERE IS SOME THOUGHT THAT NEEDS TO 17:43 GO INTO THIS BECAUSE YOU COULD BE TRYING TO DO GOOD 17:45 AND ACTUALLY DOING A BIT MORE HARM THERE, MAYBE, 17:48 RIGHT? >>RON: BILL, THE WORLD HAS CHANGED. >>BILL: 17:49 YES. >>RON: IT USED TO BE THAT THERE WERE SOME 17:52 COUNTRIES DEPRIVED OF CERTAIN THINGS. SO WINTER 17:56 CLOTHES OR THIS WERE EXTREMELY NEEDED AND THEY 17:57 ARE STILL NEEDED BUT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL THAT 18:01 THINKING ABOUT A FAMILY OR A FEW INDIVIDUALS WE DON'T 18:04 JUST MAKE A GREATER DAMAGE TO A SOCIETY. THEY ARE 18:05 MANUFACTURING CLOTHES IN MOST PLACES AND YOU BRING 18:10 A LOT OF USED CLOTHES, OUT OF GOODWILL, THE 18:15 INTENTIONS ARE GOOD BUT FEELINGS DON'T REPLACE 18:16 RATIONAL DECISIONS. SO WE NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS. ARE 18:23 THESE AFFECTING THEM MORE THAN HELPING THEM? SO THAT 18:29 WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SEEING THE REALITY THERE 18:30 AND MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS HERE. WHAT IS 18:35 MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THEM SO SOMETIMES SUPPORTING 18:41 THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY BUYING THERE, ACTUALLY YOU 18:42 DO MORE GOOD. >>BILL: YES. 18:45 THAT MAKES SENSE. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME BUT 18:46 YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE LONG-TERM THINKING 18:50 ON THIS AND INVOLVEMENT SO ADRA IS INVOLVED UP TO 18:56 A POINT THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS 18:57 SELF-SUFFICIENT? SO TO CARRY ON THEIR OWN? IS 19:00 THAT SORT OF THE THINKING THERE? >>JAMES: YES. I 19:04 GUESS WE TRY TO DO OURSELVES OUT OF A JOB 19:05 BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT IS TO HELP PEOPLE HELP 19:09 THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY CAN THEN LIVE A RICH AND 19:13 FULL LIFE IF THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS ARE TAKEN 19:14 CARE OF. AND IF THEIR PART OF THE SOLUTION SO THEN 19:18 THEY'RE EMPOWERED THEY CAN SEE THAT THEY CAN MAKE A 19:22 DIFFERENCE FOR THEMSELVES. 19:23 THEY CAN THEN TACKLE THE OTHER ISSUES IN THEIR 19:26 LIVES AND THEY CAN THEN SPEND MORE TIME ON THOSE 19:27 QUALITY ISSUES OF THE SPIRIT, AS WELL AS THE 19:31 MIND AND THE BODY THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM. >>BILL: 19:37 ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE ABOUT TO WRAP UP BUT I KNOW YOU 19:38 HAVE AN INTERESTING MUSIC VIDEO THAT WILL END OUR 19:42 PROGRAM. TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THAT? >>JAMES: IT 19:45 WASN'T' TOO LONG AGO THAT RONALD AND I WERE AT 19:46 A MEETING AND A COLLEAGUE FROM SWEDEN, THE DIRECTOR 19:49 OF ADRA SWEDEN, SHE SHARED THIS SONG WITH US THAT I'M 19:54 GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU NOW. A SWEDISH COUPLE 19:55 PREPARED THIS SONG. THEY CALLED IT "ONE LIFE". 20:01 FORTUNATELY, THEY RECORDED IT IN ENGLISH AS WELL AS 20:04 IN SWEDISH. AND WHEN WE LISTENED TO THE SONG WE 20:05 WERE VERY IMPRESSED AND WE GOT OUR VIDEOGRAPHER, 20:09 FRANK SPANGLER WHO TRAVELS WITH US SO OFTEN TAKING 20:14 PICTURES OF OUR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA 20:15 AND ASIA, TO PUT SOME PICTURES WITH THIS. AND 20:20 I THINK IT REALLY MAKES IT STAND OUT. >>BILL: SO WERE 20:23 GOING TO WATCH THAT RIGHT NOW. 24:48 >>BILL: WELL, IF YOU ENJOYED THAT MUSIC VIDEO 24:49 AND THE CLIP WE SHOWED EARLIER, ADRA IS OFFERING 24:52 THAT AS A GIFT TO OUR VIEWERS. ALL YOU NEED TO 24:56 DO IS CALL THE NUMBER THAT'S GOING TO APPEAR AND 24:57 YOUR DVD WILL BE ON ITS WAY RIGHT AWAY. HERE'S 25:01 THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR COPY. 26:05 >>BILL: WELL, THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR BEING ON THE 26:06 PROGRAM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK REAL 26:08 SOON WITH ANOTHER UPDATE WITH WHAT ADRA IS DOING 26:11 AROUND THE WORLD. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU GUYS 26:12 AND THE FINE WORK THAT YOU DO. JAMES, BEFORE WE GO 26:16 LET'S REMIND THE VIEWERS OF YOUR WEBSITE. >>JAMES: 26:19 OUR WEBSITE IS WWW.ADRA.CA AND I HOPE YOUR VIEWERS 26:20 WILL GO THERE BECAUSE WE NEED TO CONTINUE 26:27 THIS DIALOGUE, THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT 26:31 ARE THE ISSUES THAT FACE OUR WORLD AND HOW 26:32 CAN WE IN CANADA MADE A DIFFERENCE? WE 26:36 NEED TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE DIFFICULTIES AND WHAT ARE 26:40 THE SOLUTIONS, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY. >>BILL: 26:41 ABSOLUTELY. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS TO 26:43 VISIT WWW.ADRA.CA. I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS 26:48 TO VISIT THE IT IS WRITTEN WEBSITE AT I 26:49 TISWRITTENCANADA.CA. 26:53 THERE YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A SPOT WHERE YOU CAN 26:54 SEND A PRAYER REQUEST, OUR TEAM MEETS EVERY MORNING 26:58 AND PRAYS OVER THOSE REQUESTS. YOU CAN SEND 27:01 COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM; YOU CAN ALSO MAKE 27:02 A DONATION IF YOU FEEL SO IMPRESSED TO DO THAT. 27:07 DON'T FORGET TO VISIT, ALSO, THE FACEBOOK PAGE 27:12 AND YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE ON WHERE WE ARE 27:13 ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON TWITTER. WELL, OUR PLAN IS 27:17 TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN NEXT WEEK. WE ARE PRAYING THAT 27:23 THE GOOD LORD WILL ALLOW US THAT PRIVILEDGE AND 27:24 THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US. 27:26 UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT 27:27 LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS 27:33 FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 27:39 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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