Hello, and welcome
to Jesus for Asia Now.
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I'm Natalie Wood
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and I have my husband
Jon here with me on the show.
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Hello, love. Hi, darling.
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How're you
doing? I'm doing great.
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Merry Christmas.
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Oh, you beat me to it.
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This is our Christmas special.
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Yeah, you can
tell by the set, right?
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It's decorated
little bit special.
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Yes, it is.
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And, you know,
we want to introduce
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people to our workers here.
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Yes, the ones in North America.
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Right, and then
also to a few of the ones
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in Thailand in particular.
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That's right.
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And we want to
share a little bit about
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some new projects and some ideas
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and concepts that the
Lord is sharing with us.
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That's right.
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One of the first
questions I want to ask you
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before we get into
all the other neat things
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we're gonna do
on the show today.
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What was the first time
you spent Christmas overseas?
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The first time was in 1985
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and I had just
graduated college,
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and I was in Korea
as a student missionary,
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and I had gotten sick
and I'd gone up to Seoul,
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the main city which is
about four hours from the city
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that I was teaching in,
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and I wanted to get back home,
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this was Christmas Eve
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and I took the train
and I got to the station
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and I walked two
miles to my apartment
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and it was totally
cold and nobody was there,
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and I was alone
for Christmas Eve,
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and I tried to call my
parents and they weren't awake.
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So...
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And this was a
number of years ago,
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so there was no
e-mail. No e-mail.
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There was no Skype. No Skype.
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So when I think of
Christmas overseas,
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especially when
you're by yourself,
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when you're
separated from loved ones,
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it can be a very lonely thing
and you really start to think,
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"Why am I here?"
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Yeah, and on that note,
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we want to talk
a little bit about
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what we're doing
today on the show.
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Yeah.
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We want to introduce everybody
to our staff here in America
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and to a few of
our missionaries.
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We've got some holiday
greetings from some of them
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and they'll be
sharing a little bit about
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what they're doing.
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But first, let's
talk a little bit about
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our list of
projects because I know maybe
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some of our viewers have
gone to our website before
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and if they watched before,
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they know that we have
over 40 projects already.
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Yes, yes.
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So let's share a little
bit about our list of projects
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as they're on the website.
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How do you find
this list of projects?
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It's really simple.
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You just go to our
website at jesus4asia.org
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and then in the upper right,
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there is a button that
says, "List of Projects."
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Click on that and you get
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the entire list of
all of our projects.
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Now some of these projects,
we don't have a page for,
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so if you go
through our website,
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you're not gonna
be able to see it.
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But this is our total
list and it's simple to update,
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so we update it
with new projects.
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Some projects
go away pretty soon
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because they get fully funded,
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so we just want to run
through that list very quickly,
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just to kind of get a feel
for what's there, you know,
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this is a season
for giving, right?
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Yes.
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Yeah, and so we want to
provide another opportunity
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to give to other causes besides,
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you know, we just go
buy stuff for ourselves.
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Right. Yeah.
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Or our loved ones.
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Right, and so this is
just providing an opportunity
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during the giving season
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to think outside
of just ourselves,
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to think about others on
the other side of the world.
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That we can affect
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with just a little bit
of money or even a lot.
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Absolutely.
Yeah, absolutely, yeah.
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So we just run through
those projects real quick.
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You can see, we
have Bible workers,
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we have children,
we have publishing,
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you know,
translating and publishing,
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this Man of Peace
is a new one into Thai.
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We also have churches
that people can donate to,
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especially like in the slum or
a very poor areas of the world
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that don't have the ability
to build their own churches.
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We got the Widow
School mentioned there.
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Our All Asia Media Team,
you notice that on the right,
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sometimes you'll see
the little thermometer,
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those are for the ones
that have a certain goal that
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they're trying to reach.
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The other ones don't
have and those are like
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monthly expenses,
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you can see there's the Atwells,
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we're gonna hear from
them later on in the show.
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There's Gayle and Sharon Family
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and other missionaries.
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There is the Bair
family and then GoBeDo,
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slaving away down
in South Philippines
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working among in a
very difficult situation.
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As you can see,
something for everybody.
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If you look at the very bottom,
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you've got "Where Needed Most."
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People can donate to that.
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And then it goes to
wherever the biggest need is
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that we sense at the time.
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First one is
Invested Jesus for Asia
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because if someone
donates to Jesus4Asia,
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then all of these
projects get supported.
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You know, that's
what allows us to function
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to support these projects
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and to enable
them to move forward
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doing what they do best.
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And you know
there's at the very bottom,
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there's a little checkbox.
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It says, "Make a
recurring donation."
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That means that every month,
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whatever you've
put in those boxes
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will be automatically
deducted from your credit card
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which is kind of cool for like
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if you're
sponsoring a Bible worker
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or a child or a widow
or something like that.
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And we have several people
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that have chosen
three or four items
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even on the
list and every month,
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it's charging for that
and so their sponsorship
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or their donation is automatic.
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Yes, they don't have to
think about going and...
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It just happens. Right.
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And these were the things that
missionaries appreciate so much
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and national missionaries
as well, Bible workers,
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our media team
in North Thailand,
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all those national missionaries
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that are really
doing an amazing job
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in where they have support.
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Well, speaking
of our home office,
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we want to introduce our
team here in North America.
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Yeah, this is pretty exciting.
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We've never done
this before. Right.
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You're gonna swap me
out for some other people.
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Right, but first,
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while you leave us
and someone else comes on,
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we want to introduce
the Bauders from Thailand.
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Yes.
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Merry Christmas
from Bangkok, Thailand.
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This is Josh.
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And Chitlada Bauder.
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This season, we're gonna
miss our family and friends
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in Spokane and Courtland area.
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We'll be eating Som Tam
and sticky rice in Christmas.
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We thank you
for all your prayers
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and all your support
that you've given to us.
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And we pray that this season
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that you will
remember the kids in the slums
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who don't have the
opportunity to know the Lord.
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Merry Christmas.
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She was talking about Som Tam
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and mangoes and
sticky rice for Christmas.
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I don't know if you've ever
tried either of those dishes.
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Som Tam is green papaya
salad and can be very spicy
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but it can also be very yummy.
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And mangoes and
sticky rice, well,
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you just have to
try it for yourself.
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Maybe check out
your local Thai place
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and see if they have any.
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You know, Joshua's
talking about being away
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from family and
friends for Christmas
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and it's
especially hard but, you know,
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they're not there
because it's comfortable
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or because it's easy.
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They're there
to share the gospel
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with the people of Thailand.
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At this time, I'd like
to introduce you to Joe.
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Joe works here
with us in our office.
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Welcome to the show, Joel.
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Thank you for having me.
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Now where were
you originally from?
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I'm from India.
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I was born there
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and then I grew up
till about nine years old
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and then I came to America.
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Okay, so the star over the
door is a familiar thing to you.
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Yeah, I really liked
that putting every year.
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Yeah, and they're
usually larger than that but...
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Yes, much bigger and like
yellow and red and shiny...
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All different colors...
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Yeah, it's beautiful.
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Well, we had to
substitute what we could find.
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Yeah.
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But it reminds us of our
friends in India for Christmas.
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Oh, yes, definitely.
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So, Joel, what do you
do here at Jesus for Asia?
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I do the graphic
design work here,
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so lately it's
been the print work that
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most of the people have seen
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and now we're also
working on the website,
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so hopefully that
will be done soon.
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Yeah, we're excited to
have a new website finally.
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Yes, praise God. Yes.
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So how did you come to
work here at Jesus for Asia,
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you came fairly recently?
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Yes, about four
or five months ago
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and my journey was
actually very interesting.
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I was working at a tech job
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and I was
wondering what do I do next
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because I was like,
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"Is this all that God
has for me for this life?"
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So I prayed about it
and I asked for direction
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and then I got a call
from someone at church
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and they asked if I
wanted to go to Washington
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to do health coaching.
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I reluctantly said, "Yes"
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after remembering the
prayer and then after that,
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an opportunity came up
to go to Romania and Moldova
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to train for sanitarium work,
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so I thought God was taking me
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in the health
route so I enjoyed it,
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it was awesome and
then after I came back,
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I was wondering,
"What do I do next?"
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I had a couple of doors open
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and my mom reminded me,
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I remember Jesus
for Asia had done
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small work for you guys
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right before I left,
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so I messaged Jon and he said,
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"Yes," you guys
were still looking
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and so I prayed.
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I told Jon I
had to pray about it
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and all the other doors closed,
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praise God, and I knew
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this is where I needed to be.
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All right, wow,
that's an amazing story.
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Yeah, God is good.
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Yeah, you know, He leads us
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in strange ways sometimes...
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Yeah, yeah.
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You know, but He
always has His plan in mind
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and so we just have to follow.
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Amen, yes.
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So how do you see your
work as a graphic artist,
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how do you see
that work playing in to
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sharing the gospel
or mission work or...?
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Well, it's amazing
how interested God is
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in the graphics
aspect of things.
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There's times where I come in,
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after doing morning devotional
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and I'll start
off doing, you know,
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the graphics work and
I'll have like this block,
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like what's going on
and then God will remind me,
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"Did you pray?"
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I was like, let me pray again
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and I would pray and
ask God for direction
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and all of a
sudden, you know, like...
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Creative ideas...
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You know, creative ideas come in
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and you just know that
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God is interested in everything
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because He's the one who
is letting people see that
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and it's the Holy
Spirit working on their hearts,
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so it's amazing.
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Right, you know,
He knows just what
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picture will draw
people's hearts to Him
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and which, you know,
what words we need to use
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and how it is to be laid up,
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every part of it...
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Yeah. He has the best ideas.
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Yeah, and then I look
at them before and after,
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I'm like, "Oh,
thank God for the outturn.
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Thank God for God, right? Yes.
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God is good. Yes.
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Very good.
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Well, thank you, Joel,
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for coming on and
sharing your story with us.
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Well, thank you for
having me. All right.
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At this time, we'd like to share
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a video greeting from
another missionary to Thailand,
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Brian Atwell
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Merry Christmas
from Bangkok, Thailand.
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This year, not
only will I be missing
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my family and
friends that live in America
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but also my wife and
children who are back visiting.
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You know, as you
look around this city
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during Christmas time,
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you see many of the same things
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that you would in America.
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There are Christmas
trees and there are decorations
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in many of the prominent
malls in areas of town.
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That's about as far as
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the idea of Christmas
goes for most Thai people.
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In America, many
of us understand that
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the traditional meaning is
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the celebration of the birth
of our Lord and Savior Jesus,
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but in the city of
15 plus million people,
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less than 1% of
them are Christian
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and have any
concept of who Jesus is,
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let alone that He came here
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to bring us
salvation, to bring us life.
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This holiday season,
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as you gather with
your friends and family
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and rejoice in the blessings
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that you've had
over the last year,
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please remember those who
are here in this huge city,
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who have never
had the opportunity
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to hear about the love of God
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and the gift that
He sent in His son,
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Jesus Christ, to come
here and to give us life.
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Thank you for your
prayer and your support.
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Merry Christmas.
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Yes, Brian is by
himself for Christmas this year.
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His lovely wife
Jessica, and their two children,
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Asher and Joseph,
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we will see in the
next video but first,
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I would like to introduce
you to Thaddeus Lozensky.
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Hi, Thad, welcome to the show.
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Hi.
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So what do you do
here at Jesus for Asia?
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I am the marketing
development coordinator.
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My official title is
Missions Awareness Coordinator
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and I'm in-charge of
writing all the newsletters.
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We have an e-mail
newsletter that we send out.
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We've also
started doing a quarterly
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mail newsletter
that's really bright
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and looks really nice
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and Joel does
the layout for that
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and we work together on that.
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I'm also involved
in the new website
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that we're developing
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and we're really
excited to get down
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and get out for
all of our JFA family,
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and my most important job
is to develop the fundraising
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and marketing campaigns that
we use to bring in new money
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for Jesus for Asia,
for all of our projects.
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You saw that huge list.
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There's a lot of
projects to market for,
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and so I work with
everyone to develop
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how we can best present those
projects to our donor base.
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You have an interesting story
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and I know it's
hard to tell it briefly
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but could you tell us
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how you came to
work at Jesus for Asia?
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Well, sure.
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Last year, in June,
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I've been praying really
hard for God to bring me,
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to show me where He wanted
me to go next with my career.
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I'd been working at
the local university here
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and was feeling
ready to move on,
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and one day I was praying
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and I felt just
a clear impression
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in my mind from God,
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Jesus for Asia.
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And I nearly fell
over in shock and amazement
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because I had never
considered Jesus for Asia
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as a possible
option for my career.
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My wife worked
there for a little while
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as a video editor and a
media production person,
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and so I got to
know you and the staff
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a little bit like that,
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but I never really
considered that as an option,
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so when I got
that impression it was,
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it could only have
been from the Holy Spirit
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'cause it would have
never entered my mind...
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Out of the blue.
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Yeah, and it's been
just a wonderful experience.
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I learned so much
about the needs in the world
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and God's heart
for the world here.
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You know, John 3:16 has
taken on a much greater meaning,
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"For God so
loved the world and..."
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Our world tends
to be pretty small
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and working here has
expanded my world tremendously
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and yes, I have
been very blessed
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with my time here.
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All right.
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Well, thank you
for sharing, Thad.
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Nice to meet you here.
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Good to be here. All right.
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At this point,
we're going to change
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and we're gonna
have another video
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and this is Jessica,
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Asher and Joseph Atwell.
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All right, ready, grandma.
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It's going. It's going.
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Okay, Merry Christmas.
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Merry Christmas.
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Happy holidays from the Atwells,
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from Jessica, Asher
and brand new one, Joseph.
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Just wanted to wish
you all a Merry Christmas
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and a Happy New
Year and hopefully,
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you enjoy the time with
your family and friends,
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and don't forget the
people who are sacrificing time
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with their
family and their friends
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because it's not easy,
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but we're doing it for the Lord
00:15:00.23\00:15:01.76
and we can't wait all
to be together in heaven
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and celebrate as one big family.
00:15:04.07\00:15:05.77
So happy holidays from us.
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We love you. God bless.
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That was Jessica,
Asher and Joseph Atwell
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and that's Brian's family.
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And as you can
tell Brian is in Bangkok
00:15:14.38\00:15:17.11
and Jessica and the
children are in America.
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They had some
medical issues to deal with,
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as well as some
other family things
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they needed to deal with.
00:15:23.39\00:15:24.65
So please pray for them.
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I have Jon back with me.
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We have a little bit
more to talk about here.
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I wanted to
point out the buttons
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that we have
hanging on the tree.
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We've got these
little buttons called,
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this one's a "I fed
a hundred children."
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You know, it only cost $25
to feed a hundred children.
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That's at our
evening schools in India.
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Right.
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That's
basically a quarter a day.
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So it's one meal
per day. Per child.
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And plus, two hours
of education per day,
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six days a week.
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Plus worship.
00:15:52.01\00:15:53.01
So this provides a
hundred of those meals
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and educational
times for only $25.
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This one is a 1,000.
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So I fed a 1,000.
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This says, "I fed a
1,000 children in India."
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So for $250,
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that's all it takes
to feed a 1, 000 children
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and provide two
hours of education
00:16:10.90\00:16:13.23
for those 1,000 kids.
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It's awesome.
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Yeah, and it
makes a nice gift too.
00:16:15.80\00:16:16.84
We have some friends
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that have given them to
their family and friends
00:16:17.91\00:16:19.44
for Christmas and the
people enjoyed knowing that
00:16:19.47\00:16:22.58
that many children got to eat.
00:16:22.61\00:16:23.91
Yeah, yeah.
00:16:23.95\00:16:25.01
To find one of these on
your Christmas tree is like,
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wow, a 100 kids.
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Wow, or a 1,000, that's cool.
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Yeah.
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So if someone is
interested in donating
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and receiving a button,
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they can just
call us or e-mail us
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at the link on the screen.
00:16:37.46\00:16:38.96
Yeah, it's a great way
to inspire your grandkids
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to think about others
on this Christmas season.
00:16:41.10\00:16:44.57
So at this point we want
to change gears a little bit
00:16:44.60\00:16:47.07
and talk about our
vision for the New Year.
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Yeah, there's not
much time left in 2016.
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Can you believe it?
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No, and we have
some idea of how,
00:16:53.74\00:16:57.75
kind of sensing how
the Lord is leading.
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Yeah, yeah, you know,
00:16:59.91\00:17:01.05
this last trip
through India and Thailand,
00:17:01.08\00:17:03.72
it's like, I see the
power of the Bible worker.
00:17:03.75\00:17:07.36
So I sense God
wanting to grow that program.
00:17:07.39\00:17:10.43
So more Bible workers,
there's always a call for more,
00:17:10.46\00:17:13.43
you know, like in Assam,
we have 33 Bible workers,
00:17:13.46\00:17:17.13
there's only four
pastors for 32 million people.
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There's a desperate
need for more workers.
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Right. Yeah.
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So that's just one of the things
00:17:24.07\00:17:26.54
that we see coming next year.
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And the big change
that we see is churches,
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building churches.
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Up until now,
00:17:32.61\00:17:33.72
we haven't had much involvement
with building churches
00:17:33.75\00:17:36.62
'cause we've been
supporting Bible workers
00:17:36.65\00:17:38.85
and they've been
planting house churches,
00:17:38.89\00:17:41.49
but now we see
that there's a huge need
00:17:41.52\00:17:43.39
because we have congregations
00:17:43.43\00:17:45.29
that don't have a place to meet
00:17:45.33\00:17:46.46
and so they're
scattered like in the slum
00:17:46.49\00:17:48.83
in Mumbai, you know.
00:17:48.86\00:17:50.73
There's no
place for them to meet
00:17:50.77\00:17:52.63
and so they are
a scattered flock
00:17:52.67\00:17:54.14
and so our big call that
00:17:54.17\00:17:56.44
we seek God is a
big need for churches,
00:17:56.47\00:18:01.68
for building churches,
00:18:01.71\00:18:02.84
and the challenges that a
lot of these local conferences
00:18:02.88\00:18:06.45
or regions or sections,
00:18:06.48\00:18:08.28
they just don't have
the funds to build churches.
00:18:08.32\00:18:11.42
Some places do, a
lot of places don't,
00:18:11.45\00:18:14.06
and so we feel that's a
call that Lord has placed.
00:18:14.09\00:18:16.69
And we're gonna
talk more about that
00:18:16.73\00:18:18.26
in our next episode.
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The New Year special.
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Yes, at this point
we have another video.
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This one is a promotional
video for our new project.
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Yeah, I'm really
excited about this project
00:18:26.87\00:18:28.44
'cause I'm the cameraman in it.
00:18:28.47\00:18:30.04
You're the cameraman? Yeah.
00:18:30.07\00:18:31.81
You're not on screen?
00:18:31.84\00:18:32.91
No, and my son is
producing it. Okay.
00:18:32.94\00:18:36.71
It's a new project and
well, we've got the video,
00:18:36.75\00:18:39.75
talks about what it is.
00:18:39.78\00:18:41.18
Okay, all right, here we go.
00:18:41.22\00:18:43.69
Hi, I'm James Wood
00:18:43.72\00:18:45.15
and I'm producing this
show called "Mission Trek."
00:18:45.19\00:18:47.02
A few years ago,
00:18:47.06\00:18:48.16
I got a call from Brenda
Walsh at 3ABN's Kids Network.
00:18:48.19\00:18:51.66
She was saying how
they don't have enough shows
00:18:51.69\00:18:54.13
that will inspire
kids to put on her channel.
00:18:54.20\00:18:56.43
We're all about missions.
00:18:56.46\00:18:57.87
So we thought we would
combine our passion for that
00:18:57.90\00:18:59.93
and our love for
kids into one show.
00:19:00.04\00:19:02.20
So I told Brenda that
we would love to do a show
00:19:02.24\00:19:04.84
if it was about
missions and she loved the idea.
00:19:04.87\00:19:07.84
Originally, we were going
to go profile a bunch of kids
00:19:07.88\00:19:10.68
that lived in the mission field.
00:19:10.71\00:19:11.75
But then we found out
00:19:11.78\00:19:12.95
that there are very few
kids in the mission field.
00:19:12.98\00:19:15.08
So we came up with the
idea of following my sister
00:19:15.12\00:19:18.09
and her best friend
00:19:18.12\00:19:19.12
as they learn about the cultures
00:19:19.15\00:19:21.29
and meet missionaries
00:19:21.32\00:19:22.82
who are ministering
to God's other children.
00:19:22.86\00:19:24.79
The first time I went overseas,
00:19:24.83\00:19:26.73
I was four-years-old
00:19:26.76\00:19:28.10
and we went to
India and Thailand.
00:19:28.13\00:19:29.80
Since then, I've
had the opportunity
00:19:29.83\00:19:31.83
to go back five times.
00:19:31.87\00:19:33.13
The first time I went overseas,
00:19:33.17\00:19:34.74
it really opened my mind
00:19:34.77\00:19:35.97
to what it's
like being over there.
00:19:36.00\00:19:37.54
I can't wait to introduce
other kids to missions.
00:19:37.57\00:19:40.08
We'll be traveling
to meet God's other kids
00:19:40.11\00:19:42.64
from the slums of Bangkok
00:19:42.68\00:19:44.18
to the mountain
jungles of Northern Thailand.
00:19:44.21\00:19:46.08
Along the way,
we will be meeting
00:19:46.11\00:19:47.92
amazing missionaries
and interviewing them
00:19:47.95\00:19:49.88
to learn why they are so happy.
00:19:49.92\00:19:51.32
So far, we have the funding
for the basic production,
00:19:51.35\00:19:54.26
this means that Lily Ann and I
00:19:54.29\00:19:56.56
and one other
camera person can go
00:19:56.59\00:19:58.36
but not the rest of the team
00:19:58.39\00:19:59.96
including Lily
Ann's mom and siblings.
00:20:00.00\00:20:01.76
Part of the show is
gonna be shot on set here,
00:20:01.80\00:20:04.23
but we don't have enough
funds to finish it or light it.
00:20:04.27\00:20:06.60
We'll be traveling to Thailand
00:20:06.63\00:20:08.14
and would like to visit Cambodia
00:20:08.17\00:20:09.67
also if funding allows.
00:20:09.70\00:20:11.01
We'll be borrowing
cameras from Jesus for Asia,
00:20:11.04\00:20:13.07
but they don't
have all the equipment
00:20:13.11\00:20:14.51
we need to shoot
the show in the field,
00:20:14.54\00:20:15.68
we need to purchase more.
00:20:15.71\00:20:16.75
You can send your tax deductible
00:20:16.78\00:20:18.81
love gift to Jesus for Asia,
00:20:18.85\00:20:20.22
PO Box 1221,
Collegedale, Tennessee 37315
00:20:20.25\00:20:25.12
and mark it for "Mission Trek."
00:20:25.15\00:20:26.62
Call us at 423-413-7321
00:20:26.65\00:20:30.53
or check out our
website at missiontrek.net.
00:20:30.56\00:20:33.53
Your donation will go a
long ways towards inspiring
00:20:33.56\00:20:36.56
the next
generation of missionaries.
00:20:36.60\00:20:39.50
Doesn't that look
like an exciting project?
00:20:39.53\00:20:41.60
I think it is.
00:20:41.64\00:20:42.74
And right now,
00:20:42.77\00:20:43.74
I would like to
introduce you to my son, James.
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Welcome to the show, James.
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Thank you.
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Nice to have you on with us.
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Yeah. Good to be here.
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So are you excited to
produce this new show?
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Yeah, it's gonna be a challenge.
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It's something
I've never done before
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but I think it's gonna
be good and with God's help,
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it's gonna be amazing.
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So what's it like to
produce your first show?
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It's a daunting
feeling like I don't know,
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I've always just
been helping out here.
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I never really
done anything that big,
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and so yeah.
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So are there a lot
of details involved?
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So many details and yeah,
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trying to figure out
how to shoot the show
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and how to do everything,
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line everything
up organize, it's...
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Planning it and all that.
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It can be a nightmare
if you aren't organized.
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Yeah.
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So how big is your crew?
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It's not very big.
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My dad as he
said before it was...
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He is a cameraman.
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He is gonna help me following
Mary Ann and Lilly Ann,
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the host and...
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I think you're gonna help
with like organizing everything
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and that's it basically, so...
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Yeah, Lily Ann's mom
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and her siblings
would be there to help
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at least part of the time also.
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But I think it
will be a good show.
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It's got a good...
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From what I've seen
already of your planning,
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we got a good, good
show on the way, so...
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We got some awesome
stuff planned, so...
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Yeah, it will
be fun and exciting
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but it will also be thought
provoking and bring out some,
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maybe some new ideas
to some kids out there.
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Yep.
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And some adults too I think.
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All right, well,
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thank you for joining us
on the show today, James.
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Thanks for having me.
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All right, at this
time we'd like to share
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another greeting from
our friends in Thailand.
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Merry Christmas from Thailand.
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Thank you for your
prayer and support.
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May God bless you.
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Bye. Bye.
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That was a greeting from
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our Love for Asia
media team in Thailand.
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They are all natives of Thailand
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but they wanted to
send their greetings also.
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So right now, I
would like to introduce you
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to my daughter Mary Ann
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and her best
friend Lily Ann Adams.
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Hi, Mary Ann and Lily Ann. Hi.
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Welcome to the show. Thank you.
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Glad you could be with us today.
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I wanted to talk to you,
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ask you few questions
about the new show Mission Trek.
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Are you excited about the show?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Stoked.
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All right,
excited to go to Thailand?
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Very excited, yes.
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And Cambodia, hopefully?
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Hopefully, yes.
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Okay, can you give us
an idea some of the places
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we might visit on the show?
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Aunty Gayles.
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Probably we going...
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Definitely
we'll see the Atwells.
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Okay.
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Probably the Sharons as well.
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Okay.
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And what about the
culture in Thailand?
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Are we gonna learn a
little about the culture?
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Yeah, hopefully.
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Okay, gonna eat some Thai food?
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Definitely.
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You gonna try Som tam?
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It's too spicy.
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You tried it before?
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I have no idea what it is.
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It's green papaya salad.
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Oh, yeah. I think
I've seen that there.
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Yeah.
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Maybe we can try some.
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What about
mangoes and sticky rice?
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Definitely, yes. Yeah.
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What about some of
the other cultural things?
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Are we gonna do
anything else on that show?
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We'll probably go to
some different temples
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and walk around
some old places like...
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Ancient ruins or
those kinds of things?
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Yeah.
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Okay, well I'm
looking forward to seeing it.
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Us too.
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So you mentioned we're
gonna go see Aunty Gayle.
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What's it gonna take
to go see Aunty Gayle?
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Well, we have to
take a bus to Mae Sariang
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and then we have
to take a songthaew
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to another small town
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where Aunty
Gayle will pick us up,
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and there is like
two hour truck ride
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from there to her place.
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Okay, easy roads?
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No. Not from what we've heard.
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So how do you think
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this show is gonna
inspire other kids?
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Hopefully it will inspire
them to get involved in missions
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and...
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Maybe someday be a missionary.
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Yeah.
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All right, hopefully they can do
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some short term mission trips
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and maybe even be
long term missionaries.
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Yeah. That will be great.
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All right, well
thank you young ladies
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for being with us
on the show today.
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You're welcome.
Thank you for having us.
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All right.
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And now we have
another video greeting
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from a missionary in
Thailand Jonathan Hill.
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Hello friends,
and Merry Christmas
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from Thailand.
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You know this would
be my first Christmas
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after moving here to Thailand
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and there will be things
that are different, right.
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I won't be with my parents,
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I won't be with
family and with the...
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Eating the food that I'm
used to eating on Christmas.
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But there is something
else that's far more different
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and far more
important and that is, you know,
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they say Jesus is the
reason for the season, right.
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Well, over here
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the vast majority of
people have no concept of Jesus,
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who is the
reason for the season.
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So as you enjoy
this Christmas season,
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I encourage you to
thank God for the blessing
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He has given you
and to contemplate
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how you can pass
on those blessings
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to those less fortunate.
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God bless.
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You know, I can really
relate to Jonathan being young,
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single, overseas on Christmas.
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Right, missing his family,
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but he is there for purpose.
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Yes.
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And that's what we've heard
from these other missionaries,
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these other videos
that we've seen tonight.
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And they are
just a representation
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of all the missionaries.
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There is other missionaries
that didn't send in a video
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and they're suffering,
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they're missing
family maybe as well.
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Right, and these
videos we got this morning
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so it's a...
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You know, it's right now.
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It's these holidays right now.
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And so I would just like
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to invite our
viewers at this time,
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I'd like to ask you to
pray for these missionaries
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for the Atwells, the Bauders,
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for Jonathan Hill
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and all the other
ones that they represent.
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You know, even our
media team in Thailand.
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They're surrounded by
people that don't know Jesus,
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and they're doing
their best to tell them.
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And, you know Thailand
is less than 1% Christian.
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So they're
literally surrounded by people
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that don't know Jesus.
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And then we
could talk about India
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and all the other
countries in the world
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where the gospel has not
been preached to every nation,
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kindred, tongue and people.
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That's a lot of people out there
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that haven't
heard the good news.
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So please pray for them,
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pray for our friends
in India and Cambodia
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and the other
countries around there.
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All around the
world there are people
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that don't know Jesus,
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and this time
of year especially,
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we remember how
much He loved us,
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that He came to this world
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and that He died to
save us from our sins.
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Don't they have
the right to know also?
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All of us here at Jesus for Asia
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would like to wish you
a very Merry Christmas.
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