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 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,
the nation as a whole faces
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a monumental challenge.
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Jesus for Asia has many
projects throughout India.
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And we have realized that
the need for cleaning 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 how we can help provide
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clean water to those in need.
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Water is one of
the most basic needs
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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 ask 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 difficulties
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with the water,
getting good water,
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regular water.
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Weekly, once they
get government water
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and that to, it
is 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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Wow.
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During the one hour time,
four families will take water
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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 are
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 it is there,
water is still coming,
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they will go for the next round.
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And then, if it is
some more water comes,
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you know, they will
go for the third round,
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which means per
family the maximum water is
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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 that they cook with,
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it's the water they bathe
with and the water they drink?
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Drink. They do...
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That's not very much water?
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Yes, they have
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
six to seven 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?
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Very heavy.
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Wow.
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Sometimes we find water close
and sometimes we have to walk
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many kilometers 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
that you don't have to walk
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seven kilometers to
go get water everyday.
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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've seen from
our previous footage,
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they don't have that luxury.
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There should be a
basic fundamental...
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What am I trying to say?
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This, 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 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
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Brian and Chris and
their three children
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Lilly and Sarah and Luke
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and challenge 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 three
to four hundred gallons per day.
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A family in Bharathy
Nagar gets a maximum of
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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,
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two,
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three,
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0.4 gallons of water a day.
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For the whole family?
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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 we'll 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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Is that, we're not
going to do anything?
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Hello!
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I have come to
Bethel Children's Home
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in South India
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because I heard they were having
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some trouble 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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Okay.
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We went up to 1,000
feet and there was no water
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and while
drilling, it was just smoke.
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Oh, really?
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Yeah, 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 need.
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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 let
him perform a puja,
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there would have been water.
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They refused and prayed to
God and now they have water.
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And the whole village
knows that it was their God
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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, you know.
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And we are still praying that
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God would change
that saltiness into tasty
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so that it will be
useful for the children
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and for the daily needs.
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We have 16
orphans right now here.
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Right, right.
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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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Right. Exactly.
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And water for the
agricultural needs as well.
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Yes.
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And right now we are
having a very difficult time
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with this water because
we're getting government water.
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It comes, you know,
once in a week sometime
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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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Okay.
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And we are in need
of good drinking water.
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We 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 don't have to use
the same bathing water.
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Unless we all
used like this one.
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I mean like, half of this.
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How would you get the
soap out of your hair?
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I we would use very carefully.
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And we would 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 know how that works.
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One day I've to take a bath.
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One day you have
to wash all laundry.
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All the laundry in this?
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Well, maybe drink less that day.
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Could we really wash our,
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I'll find outfits
in that bunch of water?
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We have to drink very less.
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Now we have this for...
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I have two.
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Okay. So now I have this first.
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So this is first.
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Flushing toilet,
doing dishes, washing.
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Probably you have to plan.
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For each corner, we use
one and a half of these.
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Okay. So...
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Every time it's flushed.
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Or you make it
that once I think maybe.
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Oh, I mean, you have to.
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We could never
flush the toilet, Mom.
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Press.
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No!
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Do you want water?
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Yeah.
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Or do you want the shovel?
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Right, how much water
does this take to run?
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Oh, probably
only about 15 gallons.
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But I'll do that.
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We're here in the
village of Harur today.
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I came here two
years ago, and at that time
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I learned there was a
real problem with the water.
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I first noticed
it with the children.
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Every child had
yellow stains on their teeth.
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It wasn't just the
children, it was young and old.
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And I enquired what was going on
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and someone told me,
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well, that's due to the
salt content in the water.
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The water is very salty
and difficulty to drink.
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We get stains on our teeth
and have stomachache sometimes.
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Because of this water,
we're losing our eyesight.
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The quality of the
water is literally causing
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the people to go blind.
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My own father is
suffering from weak bones.
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And another
relative has kidney failure.
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Many people have
black spots on their skin.
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Even our animals
don't drink this water.
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When we go to
doctor with our diseases,
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the doctor says
the water is the cause.
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He is asking us to
drink purified water,
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but we can't
afford to buy that water.
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So we have to drink this
water and get these diseases.
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The purified water
that is around here
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has so much chlorine
that it's harder to drink
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than the salt water.
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So I just wondered, do we
have an idea of a solution
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for this problem here?
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Yes, I was talking
with the church pastor.
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Okay.
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And he read on a magazine,
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a local newspaper
that there is a project
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to clean this water, purify
it, and they store it in a tank.
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Okay.
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For the public they give a coin
which is about one rupee coin.
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Okay.
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They insert inside the machine
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and they get 20 liters
of water, purified water.
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Wonderful.
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So I've asked
the pastor to enquire
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about how much it will cost
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and what are those
things need to be done.
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Okay.
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So first of all
we need a borewell
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right in this church.
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Okay. Because
there is no water here.
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Okay.
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And I was told that there is
no other water sources nearby
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like river or a
pond or anything else.
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So people 100
percent they are depending
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on the ground water
here in this village.
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So it is important
that we have a bore drilling
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here in the church.
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And then if you
plant that purifying water,
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it will be a great blessing.
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And right now I was told that
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in order to get a
good purified water,
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they are paying 30
rupees for that 20 liters.
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Wow, 30? Wow. Yes.
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And where the poor
people are not afford to do it,
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they are forced to
drink this salty water.
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Yes.
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And as a result, like you said,
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they end up having all
these physical problems.
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Yes, yes.
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And the most saddest part is,
sometimes they even get cancer.
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Oh, no.
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And the bones are so weak.
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Yes.
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You know, it's very sad. Yes.
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But something has
to be done about it.
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Exactly.
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So I'm glad to hear
that there is a solution.
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Yes, there is a solution.
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By God's grace if
you get a good drinking,
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purified water here itself
without any chlorine or any,
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you know, chemicals, it
will be a blessing for us.
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You know, I thought
really almost foolish
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years ago when we came here
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and we did a health presentation
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and we talked about
nutrition and pure water.
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And it wasn't until,
afterwards that I found out
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that this village,
they don't have pure water.
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They can't get it. Yes.
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So I felt a bit
foolish I must say,
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because it is so
important to health
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to have fundamental basics.
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Pure water is a fundamental
basic need that we all need.
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Yes, you are right.
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So I really want to
thank you for sharing.
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We decided to investigate
the myriad of complaints
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from the villagers of Harur
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as a result of
drinking the salty water
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of their village.
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How could so
many health problems
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result from
drinking salty water?
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As it turns out,
our research shows
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that the salty
taste of the water
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is the least of the problems.
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The people blame the
salt, not knowing that
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one of the greatest problems
with their water is fluoride,
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which causes fluorosis.
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Nearly every
complaint that was expressed
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from ingesting this salty water
is attributable to fluoride.
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Fluoride and other contaminants
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also enter the body
through ingested food
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that has been grown in
the contaminated water.
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Other toxic
contaminants such as arsenic,
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iron, nitrates, heavy metals
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and chloroform can
be found in the water
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in different areas of
India in un-permissible levels.
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All of these contaminants
carry in their train
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nothing but woe
and misery for men,
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women, children and livestock.
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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
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of donors in North America,
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Jesus for Asia was able to
hire a crew to drill a well
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next to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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And 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 were praying earnestly that
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God will provide water
in our well to be a witness
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to the whole village
of His power and love.
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So this well that I know
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God is gonna
bring water from today,
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it's gonna make a huge
impact on this village.
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Definitely, yes.
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It's going to be a blessing
for all the village people.
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And that is the reason we have
put this well, you know, here.
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And our church is not
going to be a church for,
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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 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 is 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, yes.
00:20:25.39\00:20:26.09
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 a salty water,
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but still people are
using the same salty water.
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So, you know, we are in
need of more bores like this.
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In Bharathy Nagar the
borewell has been drilling
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for over seven hours
and scores of villagers
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have gathered to
watch the progress.
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Two hundred and fifty feet feet
down 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 spewing only dust.
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And there's great worry
that this well will also be dry
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like the one next
to the Hindu temple.
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Everyone is hoping and praying
00:21:24.85\00:21:26.28
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 now the dust which comes out
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is a little wet, and
that's a very good sign.
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When the borewell was
drilling, I just came this side,
00:22:04.39\00:22:08.22
you know, 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,
00:22:13.70\00:22:16.20
there were two ladies
at each side of the church,
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crying bitterly,
00:22:21.10\00:22:22.60
praying to the
Lord for the water.
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You know, I was
completely touched,
00:22:26.21\00:22:30.78
because the whole
church was praying.
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Wonderful.
00:22:32.61\00:22:33.78
Everyone was praying.
00:22:33.82\00:22:37.09
Because as we mentioned,
it is kind of, you know,
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Satan didn't have water,
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but the living God
what is it with Him,
00:22:42.92\00:22:46.13
you know, like,
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,
00:22:56.47\00:23:02.08
a very long time we
prayed here in this chapel.
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Really, God has
answered to our prayers.
00:23:06.72\00:23:11.15
Since we are praying here
in faith, that faith today,
00:23:11.19\00:23:17.93
we have seen with our eyes
00:23:17.96\00:23:20.40
that borewell is
already done here.
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We will get water.
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Really, the God is great.
00:23:25.53\00:23:27.70
He will help
not only with water,
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in every need, our
God will provide for us.
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Unfortunately, we
could not stay in the village
00:23:35.31\00:23:37.78
to taste the water.
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But before we left
for another area of India,
00:23:38.78\00:23:41.48
a couple of
villagers came to our hotel
00:23:41.52\00:23:43.72
and brought a
sample of the water
00:23:43.75\00:23:45.32
for Israel to taste.
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The water is
discolored because of the grease
00:23:47.39\00:23:49.26
from the drilling.
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But all the greasy
water will be pumped out
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and it will be clear after that.
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Is this water...
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I mean, a lot of
the water in India
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can have a salty taste.
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You're gonna be
able to determine
00:24:01.94\00:24:03.97
if this is salty or
if it has a sweet taste.
00:24:04.01\00:24:08.01
Yes, yes.
00:24:08.04\00:24:09.61
We're exciting.
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Okay.
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It is very nice, no salt,
00:24:16.08\00:24:17.49
only the grease taste was there.
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You know, if all those
grease and everything is gone,
00:24:20.82\00:24:23.76
the water is really tasty.
00:24:23.79\00:24:24.93
The Hindu people
from across the street
00:24:28.83\00:24:30.57
thought we spent so much
money, but didn't find water.
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But this morning they
saw the church members
00:24:34.80\00:24:36.67
letting a
bottle down with a rope
00:24:36.71\00:24:38.54
and when they pulled
it up, there was water.
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After the church
member tasted the water,
00:24:41.48\00:24:44.98
a Hindu man tasted and said,
wow, it's nice drinking water.
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What an amazing witness for God.
00:24:49.88\00:24:52.55
Despite the evidence
that seem to indicate
00:24:52.59\00:24:55.39
that drilling a
well would be useless,
00:24:55.42\00:24:57.89
God blessed the faith
and prayers of His people
00:24:57.93\00:25:00.63
by providing water in the well.
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Pastor Gabriel is the minister
00:25:08.30\00:25:09.40
for the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Harur.
00:25:09.44\00:25:13.17
We asked him to
explain the potential impact
00:25:13.21\00:25:16.38
if we provide clean
water for his village.
00:25:16.41\00:25:20.75
I think if we can drill a
borewell and purify the water
00:25:20.78\00:25:24.59
and give it to the
people, then through that
00:25:24.62\00:25:27.46
we can share the love of Jesus
00:25:27.49\00:25:29.72
and many people will turn
from the world and follow Him.
00:25:29.76\00:25:33.53
I think of the
Samaritan woman who met Jesus
00:25:33.56\00:25:37.20
while she went to get water.
00:25:37.23\00:25:38.43
And many people
came to know about Him
00:25:38.47\00:25:40.97
because of her witness.
00:25:41.00\00:25:42.44
The same way, this
place can be a blessing
00:25:42.47\00:25:46.27
if we have good water.
00:25:46.31\00:25:48.21
Because the biggest need
of this village is water.
00:25:48.24\00:25:52.08
If we give them good water,
00:25:52.11\00:25:53.45
then they will be
opened to the gospel.
00:25:53.48\00:25:55.62
Here in the first world,
our water supply is abundant.
00:26:00.36\00:26:03.83
As a matter of
fact, my family and I
00:26:03.86\00:26:06.59
use more than 100
times the amount of water
00:26:06.63\00:26:09.60
that some families
in India get in a day.
00:26:09.63\00:26:13.77
That got me thinking.
00:26:13.80\00:26:15.50
Pure water is a basic
human need as is the gospel.
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No one should have to
suffer for lack of water
00:26:20.34\00:26:23.75
or be poisoned by
contaminated water,
00:26:23.78\00:26:25.75
especially the children.
00:26:25.78\00:26:27.55
Yet our brothers and sisters
00:26:27.58\00:26:30.35
are suffering
from these dangers.
00:26:30.39\00:26:33.12
The water crisis in India
00:26:33.15\00:26:35.42
is a tremendous
evangelistic opportunity
00:26:35.46\00:26:38.59
for the 97 million people
who lack access to pure water
00:26:38.63\00:26:43.83
and a saving knowledge of
their only hope, Jesus Christ.
00:26:43.87\00:26:47.74
While their
biggest felt need is water,
00:26:47.77\00:26:50.51
the greater need is Christ.
00:26:50.54\00:26:53.14
While here on earth,
00:26:53.17\00:26:54.68
He spent most of His ministry
00:26:54.71\00:26:56.71
meeting the felt
needs of the people.
00:26:56.75\00:26:58.65
After winning their confidence,
00:26:58.68\00:27:01.42
they were then opened
to hear His teachings.
00:27:01.45\00:27:04.15
In providing pure water,
00:27:04.19\00:27:06.49
we're following Christ's example
00:27:06.52\00:27:07.99
by meeting their needs.
00:27:08.02\00:27:10.06
His love is seen in our actions
and their hearts are softened,
00:27:10.09\00:27:14.93
the walls of
prejudice are broken down.
00:27:14.96\00:27:18.20
When we drill a
well on church property,
00:27:18.23\00:27:20.67
everyone who goes
there to satisfy their thirst
00:27:20.70\00:27:24.94
is made aware
of a greater thirst
00:27:24.97\00:27:27.81
that only Christ can quench.
00:27:27.84\00:27:31.11
We're so thankful for the donors
00:27:31.15\00:27:33.18
that made this well in
Bharathy Nagar possible.
00:27:33.21\00:27:37.05
But many more need to be drilled
00:27:37.09\00:27:38.99
and more research is needed
on water purification systems.
00:27:39.02\00:27:43.69
Please consider
partnering with us today
00:27:43.73\00:27:46.86
to help meet both the
physical and spiritual crisis
00:27:46.90\00:27:51.03
that these many
villages in India face.
00:27:51.07\00:27:53.70