Hello and welcome
to Jesus for Asia NOW.
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I'm Natalie Wood and I
have my husband Jon here
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with me on the show.
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Honey, when
Christ was here on earth,
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how did He minister to people?
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He spent a lot of His
time meeting people's needs,
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where their needs were.
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And there is a quote about
that in the ministry of healing.
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"Christ's method
alone will give true success
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in reaching the people.
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The Savior mingled with men
as one who desired their good.
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He showed His sympathy for them,
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ministered to their
needs, and won their confidence.
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Then, he bade them, 'Follow me.'
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So then, it's like
a three-step process.
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So Christ
demonstrated in physical ways
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that He had their
best interest in His heart.
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So He demonstrated
something that was intangible
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by something that was tangible.
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So Jesus went out,
He healed the people,
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He did nice things for people
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until He earned
their confidence.
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Honey, what project do
we want to talk about today
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that is an example of showing
love in order to share Jesus?
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Well, this is a project
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that meets a
very, very basic need,
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so basic that we often
just take it for granted
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here in North America
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and that is--
everyone needs to drink water
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and use water in
their everyday life.
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So we're gonna talk about
clean drinking water today?
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Yes.
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Because in many parts of world,
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people don't have
access to clean drinking water
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and it's a
really tough struggle.
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We've been aware of this
issue for a number of years,
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but it wasn't until recently
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that we could
actually do something about it.
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Yeah, you know,
whenever we traveled to India,
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we would look and see
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how people were
getting their water,
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and especially, like
when I went to Mumbai
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and went to the slums
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and saw people lining up
with their little buckets
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with water that came on
once a day for a short time
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and people get as
much water as they could
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and they would have to live
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out of that water,
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and then we went
out to the country,
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we did an evangelist series,
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as you
remember, with our family.
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Yes.
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And the people
there were sharing with us
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how difficult it was
for them to have clean water
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for cooking, for drinking.
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This was a little village
out in the middle of nowhere
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and they were getting
the government water also.
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Well, we have a clip
that kind of explains it.
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Right.
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Now this video is special
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because what we did
was we sent a team to India
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to document what
was going on there
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and they were
inspired to compare that
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with our lives here in America.
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So you'll see an American family
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in this video
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and they are challenged by
the water situation in India
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and it is bit of a
perspective comparison.
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It's
entertaining, to say the least.
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Water, we use it for many things
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often without
thinking about how much we use,
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but what if your
water was limited?
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What if that water
wasn't always safe to drink?
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What If you only
got access to water
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a few times a month?
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That's the situation
with many villages in India
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including this one.
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I'm Kirk with Jesus for Asia.
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And we're here to discover
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what we can do
to help these people
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find consistently
available pure water.
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It's hard to imagine that
97 million people in India
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lack access to safe water.
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The second largest country
in the world by population,
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India is rich with
culture and resources.
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With a growing economy
and advancing technology,
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yet with such growth,
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the nation as a whole
faces a monumental challenge.
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Jesus for Asia has many projects
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throughout India
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and we have realized
that the need for clean water
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is a huge
evangelistic opportunity
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to share the love of Jesus
with these beautiful people.
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So a team was sent to research
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how we can help provide
clean water to those in need.
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Water is one of the most
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basic needs of every
human being on earth.
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People understand
that water is not optional.
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It's a necessity.
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That's why for
thousands of years,
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cities have been built
near sources of fresh water,
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but for the
village of Bharathy Nagar,
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there is no local water source.
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The only source of fresh
water comes from the government
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and that is heavily rationed.
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We asked Jesus for Asia
India director Israel Prasad
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to explain the situation to us.
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In this village there is a lot
of difficulty with the water,
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getting good
water, regular water.
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Weekly once, they
get government water,
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and that to, it's
only for one hour.
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And that is not regular.
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Sometimes they get and
sometimes they don't get.
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During the one hour time,
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four families will
take water in one tap.
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So the first
family will be taking
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three pots of water.
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And once they're
done with three pots,
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then the next
family will be taking.
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So it is like
that with the four,
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and by the time
it comes to the next,
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if the water is still coming,
they'll go for the next round.
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And then, if some
more water comes, you know,
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they will go
for the third round.
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Which means, per family,
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the maximum water is 90
liters of water per week.
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The whole week, they have
to spend with that water only.
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So that water is
not only the water
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that they cook with, it's
the water they bathe with,
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and the water they drink.
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Yes, drink. They do.
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That's not very much water. Yes.
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They have a lot of difficulties.
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Ninety liters of water is
equivalent to 23.8 gallons.
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But there are weeks they
don't even get 90 liters.
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We have to go
walking and look for water.
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They will go
nearly 6 to 7 kilometers
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to get good drinking water.
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Wow.
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Mostly, the
ladies will go walking.
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They keep one on their
head, another one on their hip,
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and they bring two at a time.
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Now, that's
pretty heavy. Very heavy.
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Sometimes we find water close,
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and sometimes we have to walk
many kilometres to find water.
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Oh, I just can't imagine.
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I can't imagine
doing that in the heat.
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It's really difficult.
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But anyhow, they
have to survive, you know.
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And they have to use their water
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very sparingly, I would imagine.
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Exactly.
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You can imagine 90
liters of water for one week.
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Washing and bathing
are very challenging
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with so little water.
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Just think how
much you appreciate
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clean, pure drinking water.
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How much do you appreciate
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that you don't have
to walk 7 kilometers
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to go get water every day?
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How much do you appreciate
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that every time
you turn on your tap,
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you have water?
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Well, this village,
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as you have seen
from our previous footage,
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they don't have that luxury.
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This should be a
basic fundamental...
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What am I trying to say?
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This should be a need
that everyone has met,
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food and water.
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Those are basic needs in life.
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It's difficult for us to
imagine a life like that.
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I wanted to see
what it would be like
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for an American family
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to live with the
same amount of water
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that the villagers
in Bharathy Nagar get.
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So I went to visit my
good friends Brain and Chris
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and their three children,
Lillian, Sarah and Luke,
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and challenged them
to see if they could live
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on such a
limited supply of water.
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The average
American family of four uses
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2,100 to 2,800
gallons of water per week.
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That is equivalent to
300 to 400 gallons per day.
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A family in Bharathy Nagar
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gets a maximum of 90
liters of water a week,
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which is
equivalent to 23.8 gallons.
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That is only 3.4 gallons a day.
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One, two, three,
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3.4 gallons of water a day.
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For the whole
family? For the whole family.
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Can you survive
your whole family
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on 3.4 gallons
of water for a day?
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I don't know.
How will we do that?
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No dishwasher.
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No laundry.
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No showers.
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No flushing the toilet.
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We're not going to do anything?
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Hello!
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I've come to Bethel
Children's Home in South India
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because I heard they
were having some trouble
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with the water
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and I wanted to find
out from Israel Prasad
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if the situation had improved.
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We had water in this well
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when I first came
to see this property,
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and later, it
got fully dried up.
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There was no water.
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So there was a
problem with the water.
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Then we thought of
putting a borewell,
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you know, a deep well.
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We went up to thousand
feet, and there was no water.
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And while
drilling, it was just smoke.
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Really? Yeah.
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There was no water at all.
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But, you know, we
prayed, and the children prayed,
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and so many
prayed, God gave us water.
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We have enough of
water for the daily needs.
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God gave them water
because they prayed.
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When at first, there
was no water in the well,
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a local witch doctor told them
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that if they had let
him perform a "puja,"
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there would have been water.
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They refused and prayed to God.
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And now they have water
and the whole village knows
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that it was their God
who provided the water.
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But unfortunately, it
is little salty, you know,
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it can't be used
for drinking purposes,
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for cooking purposes, you know.
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Even sometimes, if
you pour for the plants,
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even the plants are
not really growing up.
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And we are still
praying that God would change
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that saltiness into
tasty so that it will be useful
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for the children
and for the daily needs.
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We have 16
orphans right now here.
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And with the hopes of
bringing in many more,
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so we're going to need
pure water for the orphans
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and water for the
agricultural needs
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as well.
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And Right now we are
having a very difficult time
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with this water,
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because we are
getting government water,
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it comes once in
a week sometimes.
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And sometimes 15
days, once, it comes.
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We cannot really rely on that.
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And we are in need
of good drinking water.
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We would probably drink
all of it, but, like, one.
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We'd re-use the
water for dishes, right?
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What about rinsing them?
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What about bathing?
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Take a shower once a week.
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And we'd save the water.
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We'd all have to use
the same bathing water,
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unless we all
used like this much.
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I mean like, half of this.
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And we would use...
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How would you get the
soap out of your hair?
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Very carefully.
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And we would use
these two to drink.
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And not to mention eating.
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I mean, you have to
have water to cook with.
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One day you have to
wash dishes for the week.
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I don't how that works.
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One day you have to take bath,
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one day you have to
wash all the laundry.
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All the laundry in this?
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Well, um, we need
drink less that day.
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Could we really
wash all five outfits
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in that much water?
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We have to drink very less.
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Now we have this part.
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Now we have two. Okay.
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So now we have this
for flushing the toilet,
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doing dishes, washing...
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How long would you use
one and a half of these.
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Okay, so...
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And how many times to we flush?
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We can only do
that once a day, maybe.
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Well, I mean, you have to.
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We could never
flush the toilet, Mom.
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Chris.
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Do you want water or
do you want the shovel?
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Brian, how much water
does this take to run?
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Oh, probably
only about 15 gallons.
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Uh, won't do that.
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So, honey, do you
think, you could survive
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with just that
little amount of water?
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Ooh. I know I would struggle.
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Yeah, I can't
imagine how you would manage
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that little water for a
whole week, for a family?
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Incredible. Can you, as a woman?
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No, no, I can't.
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But you know,
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the beautiful
thing in that video
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is they started talking about
where to provide the water.
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And that's one thing we
want to point people to.
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In Psalms 145:16, it
says, "Thou openest thy hand,
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and satisfiest the
desire of every living thing. "
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And so it's taking about
where the provision comes from.
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Thinking about that,
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what about the
birds and the animals?
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I believe what the
Psalms is still seeing
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is that behind those
mechanisms of feeding
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is God designing a
plan for these birds
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or for these animals to get fed.
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And so you see that God uses
laws and rules and mechanisms
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as His servants.
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His tools.
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And sometimes, God uses
people to do His work as well.
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What a privilege that
is. It is a privilege.
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He provides ways
that we can enter
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into His work of
providing for His creation.
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And as we enter in,
then we enter into His heart
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and we experience the
same joy that He does.
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Right.
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And there is
another verse that says,
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"At you right hand are
pleasures for evermore. "
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And so it's like,
His hand is there working
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and His hand is there enjoying
so we can be a part of that.
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The greatest
pleasure I've ever experienced
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is doing God's work,
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being a part of
feeding God's kids.
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And so I love the idea
that this pastor came up with.
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This village happens to
have an SDA church in it.
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So if we drill on
the church's property,
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the source of
physical water is...
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Very near to the source of...
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The Water of
Life. The Water of Life.
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Exactly.
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So it's a
brilliant idea of a way to...
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Encourage a relationship.
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Yeah, 'cause the villagers
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will be coming there every day,
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and providing this
water freely is a way
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that they can serve the village.
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Right, so the next section
of video we want to share,
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tell us about that.
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The Lord has provided enough
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that we can actually
drill a well in this village.
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And it's really exciting.
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And the prayer that's involved
with getting water in this well
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is just really powerful.
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Today is an exciting day
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for the village
of Bharathy Nagar.
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Through the generous
contributions of donors
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in North America,
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Jesus for Asia was
able to hire a crew
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to drill a well next to the
Seventh Day Adventist Church.
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A nearby Hindu temple
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had attempted to drill
a well seven months ago,
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but they did not find any water.
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We're praying earnestly
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that God will
provide water in our well
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to be a witness
to the whole village
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of his power and love.
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So this well that I know God
is gonna bring water from today
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is gonna make a huge
impact on this village.
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Definitely, yes.
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It's going be a blessing
for all the village people.
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And that is the reason
we have put this well here.
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And our church is
not going to be a church
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only for Seventh-day Adventists.
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It's going to be a place
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where people will
quench their thirst
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from today on.
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Wonderful.
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So we thank the Lord
for this beautiful project,
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the vision for this project.
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Absolutely, that's great.
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I mean what a testimony
it can be in this village,
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where not
everyone is a Christian.
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Exactly, you're right.
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It's going to
bring a very good impact
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on our church.
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It sounds like
we need to do this
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in quite a few other villages.
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Oh, yes.
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There are so many other villages
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where they don't have water.
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Some places they
have, but it's salty water,
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but still people are
using the same salty water.
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So we're in need of
more bores like this.
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In Bharathy Nagar,
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the borewell has been
drilling for over seven hours
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and scores of
villagers have gathered
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to watch the progress.
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Two hundred and fifty feet down,
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the drill struck water,
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but it was not
enough for a well,
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so we had to keep drilling.
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Since then, the drill
has been spilling only dust.
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And there is great worry
that this well will also be dry
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like the next to
the Hindu temple.
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Everyone is hoping and praying
00:20:18.91\00:20:21.05
that soon we will
see a small change
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in the color of the dust
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indicating the
presence of water.
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Right now we are
nearing about 760 feet.
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And the dust which
comes out is little wet,
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and that's a very good sign.
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When the borewell was drilling,
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I just came to the
backside of the church
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to see those men
who were drilling,
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to talk to them, I
was surprised to see,
00:21:08.10\00:21:11.67
there were two ladies
at each side of the church,
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crying bitterly,
praying to the Lord
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for the water.
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You know, I was
completely touched
00:21:21.78\00:21:24.85
because the whole
church was praying.
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Everyone was praying.
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Because as you mentioned,
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it is kind of like
Satan didn't have water,
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but the Living God, what
is it with him, you know.
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What is he going to do?
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He did a miraculous thing.
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We have prayed and prayed,
not only one day or two days,
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a very long time we
prayed here in this chapel.
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Really, God has
answered our prayers.
00:22:01.42\00:22:05.79
Since we are praying here
in faith, that faith, today,
00:22:05.82\00:22:12.46
we have seen with our eyes,
00:22:12.49\00:22:15.43
that bore well is
already done here.
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We will get water.
Really, God is great.
00:22:18.20\00:22:22.27
He will help, not only
with water, in every need,
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our God will provide for us.
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Unfortunately, we
could not stay in the village
00:22:29.88\00:22:32.28
to taste the water,
00:22:32.31\00:22:33.72
but before we left
for another area of India,
00:22:33.75\00:22:36.48
a couple of
villagers came to our hotel
00:22:36.52\00:22:38.62
and brought a
sample of the water
00:22:38.65\00:22:40.12
for Israel to taste.
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The water is discolored
00:22:42.22\00:22:43.39
because of the
grease from the drilling,
00:22:43.43\00:22:45.53
but all the greasy
water will be pumped out
00:22:45.56\00:22:47.76
and it will be clear after that.
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Is this water?
00:22:51.90\00:22:53.34
I mean a lot of
the water x in India
00:22:53.37\00:22:55.37
can have a salty taste?
00:22:55.40\00:22:56.50
So you're gonna
be able to determine
00:22:56.54\00:22:58.24
if this is salty or
if it has sweet taste?
00:22:58.27\00:23:02.61
Yes.
00:23:02.64\00:23:04.01
Well, we're excited. Okay.
00:23:04.05\00:23:06.25
It is very nice, no salt,
00:23:10.12\00:23:12.85
only the grease taste was there.
00:23:12.89\00:23:15.02
You know, if all the
grease and everything is gone,
00:23:15.06\00:23:18.06
the water is really tasty.
00:23:18.09\00:23:23.60
The Hindu people from
across the street thought
00:23:23.63\00:23:26.03
we spent so much
money but didn't find water,
00:23:26.07\00:23:29.37
but this morning,
they saw the church members
00:23:29.40\00:23:31.57
letting a bottle
down with a rope.
00:23:31.61\00:23:33.64
And when they pulled
it up, there was water.
00:23:33.68\00:23:36.44
After the church
member tasted the water,
00:23:36.48\00:23:39.01
a Hindu man tasted and said,
00:23:39.05\00:23:41.25
"Wow, it's nice
drinking water. "
00:23:41.28\00:23:44.32
What an amazing witness for God,
00:23:44.35\00:23:47.46
despite the evidence
that seemed to indicate
00:23:47.49\00:23:49.89
that drilling a
well would be useless,
00:23:49.92\00:23:52.43
God blessed the faith
and prayers of His people
00:23:52.46\00:23:55.86
by providing water in the well.
00:23:55.90\00:23:58.97
Pastor Gabriel is the minister
00:24:02.54\00:24:04.27
for Seventh-day
Adventist church in Harur.
00:24:04.31\00:24:07.78
We asked him to
explain in the potential impact
00:24:07.81\00:24:11.05
if we provide clean
water for his village.
00:24:11.08\00:24:15.75
I think if we
can drill a bore well
00:24:15.78\00:24:18.05
and purify the water
and give to the people,
00:24:18.09\00:24:21.19
then through that, we
can share the love of Jesus
00:24:21.22\00:24:24.49
and many people will turn
from the world and follow Him.
00:24:24.53\00:24:28.60
I think of the
Samaritan woman who met Jesus
00:24:28.63\00:24:31.20
while she went to get water.
00:24:31.23\00:24:32.97
And many people
came to know about Him
00:24:33.00\00:24:35.17
because of her witness.
00:24:35.20\00:24:37.27
The same way, this
place can be a blessing
00:24:37.31\00:24:40.24
if we have good water,
00:24:40.28\00:24:42.41
because the biggest need
of this village is water.
00:24:42.44\00:24:46.01
If we give them good water
00:24:46.05\00:24:47.95
then they will be
open to the gospel.
00:24:47.98\00:24:51.15
So when then pastor was talking
00:24:51.19\00:24:52.62
about the
effectiveness of drilling a well
00:24:52.65\00:24:54.32
in his village
00:24:54.36\00:24:55.62
and how that would
draw people to Jesus,
00:24:55.66\00:24:58.29
we can see that
00:24:58.33\00:24:59.49
the maximizing of
the gospel outreach
00:24:59.53\00:25:02.90
as well as the
temporal assistance.
00:25:02.93\00:25:05.63
This is something
that would witness
00:25:05.67\00:25:07.70
24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
00:25:07.74\00:25:09.94
You know, one thing I loved
in that video is the testimony
00:25:09.97\00:25:13.31
that because the church members
prayed, there was a difference.
00:25:13.34\00:25:17.55
The Hindu temple,
they went way down
00:25:17.58\00:25:18.98
and didn't get any water.
00:25:19.01\00:25:20.75
And then the church
members pray and they pray,
00:25:20.78\00:25:23.35
and it's obvious
that they're praying
00:25:23.39\00:25:25.02
because they're
standing there around the church
00:25:25.05\00:25:27.56
and the villagers know.
00:25:27.59\00:25:30.19
They see your God is strong.
00:25:30.23\00:25:31.76
Right. It's beautiful.
00:25:31.79\00:25:32.79
What a blessing. Yes.
00:25:32.83\00:25:33.86
You know, there are
many more villages like that.
00:25:33.90\00:25:35.83
Thousands, thousands
of villages out there
00:25:35.86\00:25:38.27
with a church that
have the same problem
00:25:38.30\00:25:40.74
with not enough
water, and so we can provide
00:25:40.77\00:25:43.17
for our brothers
and sisters in Christ
00:25:43.20\00:25:45.41
as well as enabling
them to be a bigger,
00:25:45.44\00:25:48.71
more active witness just by
00:25:48.74\00:25:50.25
opening that
service up to the village.
00:25:50.28\00:25:52.25
Right.
00:25:52.28\00:25:53.25
And allowing them to
be a part of the blessing.
00:25:53.28\00:25:55.68
So when the team came back,
00:25:55.72\00:25:57.19
this is what
was on Kirk's heart.
00:25:57.22\00:26:00.99
Here in the "First World,"
our water supply is abundant.
00:26:01.02\00:26:05.09
As a matter of
fact, my family and I use
00:26:05.13\00:26:07.96
more than 100
times the amount of water
00:26:08.00\00:26:11.03
that some families
in India get in a day.
00:26:11.07\00:26:14.67
That got me thinking,
00:26:14.70\00:26:16.60
pure water is a
basic human need,
00:26:16.64\00:26:19.07
as is the gospel.
00:26:19.11\00:26:21.01
No one should have to
suffer for lack of water
00:26:21.04\00:26:24.65
or be poisoned by
contaminated water,
00:26:24.68\00:26:27.22
especially the children.
00:26:27.25\00:26:29.42
Yet our brothers and sisters
are suffering these dangers.
00:26:29.45\00:26:34.29
The water crisis in India
00:26:34.32\00:26:36.32
is a tremendous
evangelistic opportunity
00:26:36.36\00:26:39.56
for the 97 million people
00:26:39.59\00:26:41.96
who lack access to pure
water and a saving knowledge
00:26:42.00\00:26:46.30
of their only hope Jesus Christ.
00:26:46.33\00:26:49.20
While their
biggest felt need is water,
00:26:49.24\00:26:51.71
the greater need is Christ.
00:26:51.74\00:26:54.21
While here on earth, He
spent most of His ministry
00:26:54.24\00:26:57.58
meeting the felt
needs of the people.
00:26:57.61\00:27:00.15
After winning their confidence,
00:27:00.18\00:27:01.85
they were then open
to hear His teachings.
00:27:01.88\00:27:05.12
In providing pure water,
00:27:05.15\00:27:07.26
we're following Christ's example
00:27:07.29\00:27:09.32
by meeting their needs.
00:27:09.36\00:27:11.26
His love is seen in our actions
and their hearts are softened,
00:27:11.29\00:27:16.13
the walls of
prejudice are broken down.
00:27:16.16\00:27:19.33
When we drill a
well on church property,
00:27:19.37\00:27:22.24
everyone who goes
there to satisfy their thirst
00:27:22.27\00:27:25.81
is made aware
of a greater thirst
00:27:25.84\00:27:28.94
that only Christ can quench.
00:27:28.98\00:27:32.31
We're so thankful for the donors
00:27:32.35\00:27:34.38
that made this well in
Bharathy Nagar possible.
00:27:34.42\00:27:37.95
But many more need to be drilled
00:27:37.99\00:27:40.22
and more research is needed
on water purification systems.
00:27:40.26\00:27:44.76
Please consider
partnering with us today
00:27:44.79\00:27:48.03
to help meet both the
physical and spiritual crises
00:27:48.06\00:27:52.00
that these many
villages in India face.
00:27:52.03\00:27:56.37
If you would like to help
provide the people in India
00:27:56.40\00:27:58.61
with abundant clear water,
00:27:58.64\00:28:00.34
please contact us at 413-7321.
00:28:00.38\00:28:04.18
You can also send your
tax deductible love gift
00:28:04.21\00:28:06.38
to Jesus for Asia, PO Box
1221, Collegedale, TN 37315.
00:28:06.41\00:28:11.85
Or check out our
website at Jesus4Asia. org.
00:28:11.89\00:28:15.29
God bless you
00:28:15.32\00:28:16.39
until we see you again next time
00:28:16.42\00:28:18.53
on Jesus for Asia Now.
00:28:18.56\00:28:20.43