Hello and welcome
to Jesus for Asia Now.
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I am Natalie Wood, and I have
my husband Jon with me today.
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Hello, love. Hi,
darling, how are you today?
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I am doing
fine. Praise the Lord.
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In 2014, Brian and
Jessica were getting ready
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to go to
Thailand as missionaries
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and they were sharing
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with some friends
that they were going...
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actually, they
shared that they were going
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to Thailand
with a lot of people.
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But one person who
responded to that need
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as well is Joshua Bauder.
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And his heart was drawn out
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here in about the
needs in Thailand.
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He had been from
a rough background,
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and he had
become a Bible worker.
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God had completely
changed his life around.
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And so he went to Thailand
to be a missionary there,
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and he met a beautiful
young lady named Chitlada.
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And then after they got married,
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they started
looking together for a place
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where they could
worship... On Sabbath.
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And help serve on Sabbath.
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So we do have a video... Okay.
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Of the slum
church, as we call it.
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So let's play that at this time.
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Okay.
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My wife and I were
looking for a church.
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And when we came here
after the service, it was,
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"Let's go visit
people in the community."
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And I am a Bible
worker, and I'm going
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and meeting
with the Thai people,
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talking to them.
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And after we got
closer to the kids
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and we got closer
to the people here,
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I don't want to just come here,
we need to help these people.
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So this is Basu.
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Sà wàt dii kâ, Basu.
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She's lived here for 18 years.
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They were looking
to start a church here,
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they were looking
to get involved here.
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She was the first
one to show interest,
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and she was the
first member of the church
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and, you know,
she has lived here
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when the conditions aren't good.
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We had rains, so
the house, it's flooded,
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but she is always happy.
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She is always happy.
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And she never
complains about money
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or anything like that
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even though she
doesn't have any.
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So she's really been
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an instrumental
part of our church.
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I really love teaching.
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I really want to
be with the children.
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I want to tell them about God.
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I enjoy working with the kids,
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teaching them, I
don't know if I enjoy.
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There are bad kids, you know,
they don't have any structure,
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they don't have any routine,
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they don't have
anyone to teach them that.
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Sometimes it's
very difficult for me
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but every time that
I teach outside I sing,
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but inside I pray.
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I can see the
development in them.
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They know how to share things,
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and they teach each
other the memory verse.
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You know, lot of these kids are
getting hit by their parents,
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they're getting
yelled at by their parents,
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and that's the only
interaction that they have.
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And so the one thing
that I try to focus on
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is making sure that
they know that I love them.
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And at first, when you tell them
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that you love them,
they push you away like
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they get really like
put off by it, you know.
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And one little girl
in particular, at first,
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she would run for me
and she didn't like it,
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she would go and tell my
wife, and then like hit me
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and things like that,
but now whenever she sees me,
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she will come up to
me and she'll hug me
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and she wants me to hold her
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and she enjoys the
friendship that we have now.
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I love children and I know
that God's going to change them
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and God's going to lead them
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to be the light
of this community.
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When the kids program is
going on there's a team of us
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which will go out
to the neighborhood
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and we'll go into the community
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and see their needs
and ask, "What can we do?"
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to make a
difference in their lives.
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Our main purpose is
actually to go there
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to bring in more
people to come to church
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so that they can
learn more about Christ.
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My goal for this community
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is to help them to know God
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and live their
life in a godly way.
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People here are not
as open as you think
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they would be for help.
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A lot of people
here are very comfortable
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in how they live.
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You know, when we
go to their houses,
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you know, first thought
that comes to my mind is,
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"How can they live like this?"
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You know, "How can they
be comfortable with this?"
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But they are.
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And that everybody
is accused and hurt,
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and I mean physically,
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I mean they're
all emotionally hurt,
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but they're all
physically hurt too in some way,
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and so we go and pray for them.
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The one thing that I think
a lot of communities like this
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and a lot of
people who want to help
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because one thing
they lack is consistency
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and that's the one
thing that we're trying
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to bring here is consistency.
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We're not loving
the kids sometimes,
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not coming here
sometimes but every Sabbath,
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you know, I want
to make it every day
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and that's what
we're working for
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and just to be
here so I know that
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they have someone to turn to,
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so they know that they have
somebody is going to help them,
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and someone who loves
them wants the best for them.
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You know, we have a
lot to pray for here,
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you know, and a lot
of work ahead of us.
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What a beautiful lighthouse
that church has become.
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Right. Yeah.
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Right, God is good. Amen.
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What a blessing. Yeah.
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Josh and
Chitlada found themselves
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drawing more and
more to helping there
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and they started
teaching the children
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different times, you
know, different things.
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Throughout the week. Yeah. Yeah.
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So they wouldn't
just come on Sabbath,
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they would come Sunday
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and do a program for
most of the day on Sunday.
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They were hoping to do
an after-school program.
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So every night of the week,
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there would be
something for those kids to do.
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But that hasn't happened yet.
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Well, they got us stepped in
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and we're going to
tell you that story too.
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Right.
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Well, we have a little video
of them teaching the children.
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Okay.
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You know, every week,
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we want to teach
the kids one more verse,
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we want to teach
them one more song,
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we want to teach them
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how to behave a
little bit better.
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We want to show
them that we love them
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just a little bit more,
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that's our short-term
goals really is every week
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just build a little
on what we have already.
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My motivation,
you know, aside from
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just where God wants me to be
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and God has put me
here, besides that,
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it's their
ignorance, that's my motivation
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because I know that
when I was a little kid,
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when I was...
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even now, you know,
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I don't really
know what's good for me.
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I know what I
want, but I don't know
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what's good for me.
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And, you know, I
know they're the same way
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is that they don't
know what's good for them
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and they've never
had the opportunity
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to have something
that's good for them.
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And so that's what
motivates me to come here
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and to be with these kids
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and to be with the
people here because the kids,
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they have no choice,
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they didn't choose to live here,
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they didn't choose to be poor,
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they didn't
choose to be ignorant,
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they didn't choose
any of this, you know.
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Their parents chose it for
them and they have no choice.
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And so I want...
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My motivation is to
show them another way,
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show them that the
world is bigger than the slum,
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that there is opportunity,
they just have to grab it.
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I mean, it's the
best feeling in the world,
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you know, when you
get these little kids
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that learn how to read,
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when you get the
kids to memorize a verse
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or memorize a song
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or learn how to play
ukulele and they love it,
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I mean, it's the most
rewarding feeling in the world.
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And this is
what's so beautiful to me
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because God takes somebody
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that really didn't care much
about life, anything in life.
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And He puts this love in
their heart for these kids,
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and they're doing a
very humble ministry.
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Lot of people think,
"Well, when I go overseas
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and do some work,
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I'm going to build a
big this or do this,"
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or, you know, something.
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It will be some
big important thing.
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Yeah, and they're just loving
all the kids and teaching them.
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And that's enough, you know,
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to try to help these
kids to have a better life.
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Yeah. And they
started with love.
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You know, you could see
the first time that Josh...
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that you were
there to visit with Josh,
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you could see that the kids knew
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that he loved them.
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When they first started
to show love to these kids,
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tell them that they loved them,
tell them that they, you know,
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thought they were great kids,
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the kids didn't
know how to handle it.
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They never
experienced that before.
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And they were
bad kids, they would,
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you know beat on each other
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and then after they
started to get familiar that,
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"Oh, they do love us,
they do care about us,"
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all the kids
just like loving it.
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They swarm him.
Yeah, they swarm him.
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So then they started getting
a little bit of a picture
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because of the difficult
environment in the slum
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that it's bad really,
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it's a bad environment
for children to grow up.
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And there's
alcohol, there's drugs,
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there's all sorts of
things going on there.
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And so they
started to get an idea
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that if they could
sponsor some of these kids
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to get a higher education
in an Adventist environment
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where they could
learn more about God
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while they got better education,
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it would empower them to
have a life outside of the slum.
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Right, because in the
slum, you have a mentality
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that this is all there is.
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And they wanted to...
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And also, you know,
certain expectations,
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"IF you are here this
is the way you behave,"
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and a lot of that
was very unhealthy,
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very unhealthy attitudes,
very unhealthy practices.
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And so Josh is like,
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"I got to get
these kids out of here,
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if they're ever
going to break free,
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they have to be able to
get out when they're young."
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And so he developed
a scholarship program.
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There's an Adventist
academy in the north of Thailand
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called Chiang
Mai Adventist Academy
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and he was wanting
to send them there.
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Right.
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And they fundraised,
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and shared the
stories, and people gave.
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Yes.
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And they were
able to raise enough
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to send two kids
up there last year.
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Right, it costs
only about $1,200
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for an entire year
including room, tuition,
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and food for whole school year,
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and so they sent
two kids up there.
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Right, and we have
a video of the school
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so that everyone can
see what it looks like.
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Okay.
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We're planning to
have these kids sent
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to Chiang Mai Adventist Academy
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to pursue an
Adventist education.
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So we just got
down with the meeting
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with the
administrator and the principal
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here at Chiang
Mai Adventist Academy
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that it's going to
cost about $1,000 to $1,200
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to send a student
here for a whole year.
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This just seems like a
really godly environment
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from everything that they said.
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Environment that's really going
to show them the God's love,
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and so we have the opportunity
now to send our kids,
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our scholarship
kids here to learn here,
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to learn about God
here, and to learn about
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how would a Christian
lives their life here.
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Our small goals for right
now is just to love these kids,
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to show them that I
want the best for them.
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Our medium goals
are to teach them
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and showing them Jesus
and giving them opportunity
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with the school, with
scholarships, with things
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that they don't have that
kind of seem helpless to them
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that opportunities
that they would never have
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if somebody
didn't come down here
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and get to know them.
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Okay, well, Josh and Chitlada
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because of where they
were living in an apartment,
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it took them like 20
minutes to get to the slum.
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And in traffic in Bangkok,
sometimes it would take longer
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and even though
they rode a motor bike.
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And so they were thinking
about moving in to the slum,
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they were actually
looking, but there was no place
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inside the slum
that was available
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and so they were
looking nearby...
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Right.
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Had moving to some
other place nearby.
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And then several events happened
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which the Lord told them,
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"No, this is not
My plan for you."
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Correct.
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And the first of those was
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that they had a
motorcycle accident.
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And so, you know,
Josh is under a motorbike,
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Chitlada is under
another motorbike,
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and Josh hears
Chitlada screaming
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and then she's quiet... Right.
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And they both think
the other one has died.
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Yeah.
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Josh says that was the
worst feeling in my life,
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just to think that my
wife has just been killed.
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Wow.
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Motorbike travel in
Bangkok is very dangerous,
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8 to 10 people
die every single day
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in Bangkok on motorcycles.
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Right. So after the accident...
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They were like...
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Chitlada said, "I don't
ever want to ride a bike again."
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Yeah, and we're like,
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"You shouldn't
be riding motorbikes
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on a consistent
basis in Bangkok."
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And so we need to get you a car.
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So we started a campaign
and people started giving,
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and that surprised Josh.
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He's like, "I didn't
think anybody would give for to,
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'let me have a car'", you know?
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Well, he wasn't
getting a car for himself.
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It's Chitlada
that's so important.
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Right.
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And they're doing ministry,
they need to be enabled
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with whatever tools they need.
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Right, and they're
taking people to the park,
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they're, you know,
doing... Going to the...
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Well, in fact, when they
had the motorcycle accident,
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they were on their
way to the hospital
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to visit someone
and then they had to...
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So they ended
up in the hospital.
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They had to go to
the hospital themselves.
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So, you know, it's very obvious
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that people need to be
enabled to do the ministry
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that God is
asking them to do. Right.
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And so we started fundraising
and people started giving
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and we got enough to at
least make the down payment,
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and so JFA loaned
them a little extra
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out of the We're
Needed Most fund.
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The people have been giving
too and we praised God for that.
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And so now they
have a car. Right.
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And then what happened?
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The first two young people
who they had sent up there,
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one was a boy
and one was a girl,
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and the girl's name is Prow.
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And she started having problems
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and she actually tried to
take her own life one day.
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Correct. She got
that desperate...
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And so Josh and
Chitlada ran up to Chiang Mai
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to see what they
could do to help her.
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Of course, they
didn't have the car then
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so they had to... They
took the overnight bus.
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But then they talked with her
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and talked with
the school officials
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and the hospital
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and tried to look
around for help for her,
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and they did take her
to a mental hospital also,
00:15:21.78\00:15:24.29
but they were just
going to check her in
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and put her on a
drug therapy thing.
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Right, not good.
00:15:28.42\00:15:29.49
So Josh and Chitlada
were concerned for her
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and decided not to do that.
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Yeah, they were saying,
00:15:32.39\00:15:33.43
"They're not going
to really care for her.
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This girl needs somebody
that's going to care for her."
00:15:34.66\00:15:38.10
And so they looked at
all the different options
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and they were
coming up with nothing.
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And so they thought,
00:15:42.00\00:15:43.07
"Well, maybe we are
God's solution for this girl."
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So they started praying about
00:15:48.44\00:15:49.51
whether they
should move to Chiang Mai.
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Yes. Right. And
that was a huge thing.
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Chitlada had a
good job in Bangkok,
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they had their apartment
there, they had the work...
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And the ministry, and
the slum, to give all that up
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to go live up in
the north of Thailand
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just so that they could
take care of just one girl.
00:16:04.56\00:16:07.73
And a lot of
people were telling them,
00:16:07.73\00:16:09.06
"You know, you've have already
00:16:09.06\00:16:10.13
sacrificed enough
for her", you know.
00:16:10.13\00:16:13.10
"She has done this to
herself, just let her go."
00:16:13.10\00:16:16.94
And but Josh is
like, "I love this girl",
00:16:16.94\00:16:20.81
you know, and "She needs care."
00:16:20.81\00:16:25.08
And I'm thinking at
back of my mind I was like,
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"Wow," you know.
00:16:26.85\00:16:28.18
"This is an aspect of God's love
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that very few people ever see."
00:16:30.72\00:16:33.39
Or get an
opportunity to act through.
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Right. And so they did that.
00:16:37.09\00:16:39.96
They went back to
Bangkok and bought the car,
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and then they moved
to Northern Thailand.
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But where were
they going to live?
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Right, and that's the
next part of the story.
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And this is where I get a little
00:16:48.74\00:16:49.80
tingling
sensation go up my spine
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'cause you start to
see God actually working.
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I had been there with my
father two months before,
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and we had stayed in a house
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near Chiang Mai
Adventist Academy
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near our Love for
Asia team headquarters.
00:17:02.98\00:17:05.75
Right.
00:17:05.75\00:17:06.82
The owner of that
house who I had known
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from years before
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and she was
wanting to sell the house,
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but she had it on the
market for like $45,000
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and I thought, you
know, for here in America
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that's not a bad
price for a house
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but that's still a lot of money,
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it's like that
would be a pipedream
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and what would we use it for.
00:17:23.04\00:17:24.54
It would be good for,
you know, guest housing,
00:17:24.54\00:17:28.11
missionary
housing, things like that,
00:17:28.11\00:17:29.68
but we couldn't use it as
a studio or an office base,
00:17:29.68\00:17:33.01
it's too small for that.
00:17:33.01\00:17:34.72
So we went over, she
wanted to meet with us
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so we went over and
visited her in her house,
00:17:36.92\00:17:38.82
and she says,
"You know, I want to do
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something for God's work.
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And in my last few years,
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I'd like to sell
this for $20,000."
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Wow! Half, less than half.
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Less than half price.
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And so I felt that, you
know, my logical mind says,
00:17:51.93\00:17:56.00
"No, don't buy it"
00:17:56.00\00:17:57.34
but my heart
says, "You know what..."
00:17:57.34\00:17:59.54
and I sense the
holy spirit saying,
00:17:59.54\00:18:01.28
"You need to honor her faith."
00:18:01.28\00:18:02.98
So I said, "Okay,"
00:18:02.98\00:18:04.65
not knowing what was
going to happen with the house.
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And then like three weeks later,
00:18:07.95\00:18:10.35
Josh was like, "Where
are we going to live?"
00:18:10.35\00:18:12.72
Right.
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It's like, "Well,
Josh, we just bought a house.
00:18:14.46\00:18:18.36
We didn't buy the whole
thing, we put the half down
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and we're paying
the rest of it off
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in 10 equivalent installments."
00:18:23.47\00:18:25.63
But to see God say,
"Okay, I want you to do this now
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and you don't see the
purpose, but I have a purpose."
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Yeah. God is good.
00:18:34.51\00:18:35.94
And so you know the effect
that had on Josh and Chitlada.
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It's like, "Wow,
God cares about me."
00:18:39.48\00:18:41.95
And this is what's
so incredible about
00:18:41.95\00:18:44.75
where we need the
most because we have over
00:18:44.75\00:18:46.79
like 50 projects
with Jesus for Asia,
00:18:46.79\00:18:49.16
and each
project is like amazing.
00:18:49.16\00:18:52.49
But the We're Needed Most fund
gives us the opportunity to do
00:18:52.49\00:18:56.90
like quick
decisions, if there's...
00:18:56.90\00:19:00.17
with money that's not
tied to specific place,
00:19:00.17\00:19:02.80
we can move in to areas
that we wouldn't normally
00:19:02.80\00:19:05.41
be able to move into
00:19:05.41\00:19:06.71
because they
require quick access
00:19:06.71\00:19:08.61
'cause we have seen situations
00:19:08.61\00:19:09.91
where like if you take
the time to do fundraising...
00:19:09.91\00:19:14.08
You lose the opportunity.
00:19:14.08\00:19:15.15
You lose the
opportunity, absolutely.
00:19:15.15\00:19:17.69
Back to the
scholarship fund. Okay.
00:19:17.69\00:19:20.36
These young people, there's two,
00:19:20.36\00:19:22.89
but then there's more
that needs sponsorship.
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Correct.
00:19:24.93\00:19:26.03
And we want to
share a couple of videos.
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This first one is specially,
00:19:27.36\00:19:28.80
we will share it a
little more afterwards,
00:19:28.80\00:19:30.50
but there is
definite need of prayer
00:19:30.50\00:19:31.77
and I think they talk
about it in the video.
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Yes.
00:19:33.50\00:19:34.60
Boom Bim is one
of the smartest kids.
00:20:28.02\00:20:30.13
She is kind of kept away
from everybody else in the area.
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Her mom wants to protect her.
00:20:34.96\00:20:38.77
There was a time where
her mom didn't protect her
00:20:38.77\00:20:42.04
and she paid for
it, and so she wants
00:20:42.04\00:20:45.11
to keep her away
from everything now.
00:20:45.11\00:20:48.31
I don't like to live here.
00:20:48.31\00:20:53.75
'Cause there's a lot
of bad people over here.
00:20:53.75\00:20:57.55
Boom Bim loves to read.
00:20:59.59\00:21:00.96
She loves to write,
she loves to learn English,
00:21:00.96\00:21:03.53
and she is really motivated,
00:21:03.53\00:21:06.49
and so it's
really exciting to see.
00:21:06.49\00:21:09.33
And we had a
Christmas program last year
00:21:09.33\00:21:13.44
and that was what brought
Boom Bim and Pinognoi in.
00:21:13.44\00:21:17.47
And her mom name is
Pinognoi and she was baptized
00:21:17.47\00:21:20.98
three months after
the Christmas program,
00:21:20.98\00:21:25.75
and so that was
really exciting for us.
00:21:25.75\00:21:27.68
And now she wants to get
her daughter to Chiang Mai.
00:21:27.68\00:21:32.89
And Boom Bim really
wants to go to Chiang Mai,
00:21:32.89\00:21:35.59
she really wants to go,
she wants to get out of here,
00:21:35.59\00:21:37.46
she hates living here,
00:21:37.46\00:21:39.06
she hates her
situation, she knows it's bad.
00:21:39.06\00:21:41.53
She is smart enough
to know that the way
00:21:41.53\00:21:44.97
that she is living isn't normal
00:21:44.97\00:21:47.07
and she wants to
get out of there.
00:21:47.07\00:21:49.04
And I mean that's
like there's a diamond
00:21:49.04\00:21:53.04
in the rough right there for us
00:21:53.04\00:21:54.48
and we don't meet
anybody like that.
00:21:54.48\00:21:57.21
And so we really
want to help Boom Bim,
00:21:57.21\00:21:59.85
but her father is an alcoholic
and her father is the one
00:21:59.85\00:22:03.62
who is holding her
back from going there.
00:22:03.62\00:22:06.82
But she, you know, her potential
00:22:06.82\00:22:13.16
is higher than
anybody else here,
00:22:13.16\00:22:15.16
any of the other
kids, anybody here,
00:22:15.16\00:22:18.37
she has the most
potential from what we can see
00:22:18.37\00:22:21.64
from my human standards.
00:22:21.64\00:22:23.97
And I think she has
the potential to be great
00:22:23.97\00:22:27.51
in many areas of her life.
00:22:27.51\00:22:29.31
And spiritually, she's
one of them knowing God,
00:22:29.31\00:22:31.58
I think she could be
a great worker for God.
00:22:31.58\00:22:33.78
So I really want
to get her out of here
00:22:33.78\00:22:37.02
and get her away from the
pain that she has already had
00:22:37.02\00:22:40.66
and the pain that she'll
continue to have living here.
00:22:40.66\00:22:44.89
If you could live
anywhere in the world
00:22:44.89\00:22:46.86
where would you want to live?
00:22:46.86\00:22:49.30
I want to live in Chiang Mai.
00:22:49.30\00:22:51.80
Chitty: ChiangMai?
00:22:51.80\00:22:52.87
Yes, ChiangMai. I
want to go really bad!
00:22:52.87\00:22:55.94
Josh: Why ChiangMai?
00:22:55.94\00:22:57.24
Because I can make
a lot of friends there
00:22:57.24\00:23:02.34
and the weather is good.
00:23:02.34\00:23:07.08
Isn't she beautiful? She is.
00:23:09.02\00:23:11.05
And, you know, it's
so sad that her father
00:23:11.05\00:23:13.29
has refused to let her go.
00:23:13.29\00:23:15.16
So we need to pray that
his heart will be softened
00:23:15.16\00:23:18.46
and that he will be
willing to let her go...
00:23:18.46\00:23:20.50
Absolutely. And learn...
00:23:20.50\00:23:22.06
And grow so that she
is not stuck in the slum.
00:23:22.06\00:23:25.90
Later in life,
she'll have salable skills
00:23:25.90\00:23:28.84
and be a worker
for God is our prayer.
00:23:28.84\00:23:32.07
Yes, absolutely.
00:23:32.07\00:23:33.71
We have another video
about another couple children
00:23:33.71\00:23:36.31
and we'll talk some
more after that one too.
00:23:36.31\00:23:38.78
Okay.
00:23:38.78\00:23:39.85
Em and Aan, they have
a really bad home life,
00:23:49.66\00:23:53.33
they have many
problems than a house.
00:23:53.33\00:23:56.97
Em has told us
that she is seeing her
00:23:56.97\00:24:00.24
older brother doing drugs
in the middle of the house.
00:24:00.24\00:24:02.74
We know that
that's the main house
00:24:02.74\00:24:05.74
where a lot of
the drugs come from
00:24:05.74\00:24:07.14
and things like
that and, you know,
00:24:07.14\00:24:09.18
they said they
have 10 to 17 people
00:24:09.18\00:24:11.31
live in there all the time,
00:24:11.31\00:24:13.25
and it's just a
really bad place to grow up,
00:24:13.25\00:24:16.65
and it'd be like growing
up in a meth house in America,
00:24:16.65\00:24:20.32
and it's not a
good place to grow up,
00:24:20.32\00:24:22.99
it's not a good
place to be there.
00:24:22.99\00:24:25.26
They have no respect for anyone,
00:24:25.26\00:24:27.86
you know, they
don't care about anything.
00:24:27.86\00:24:30.07
So these kids haven't
been coming to our church
00:24:30.07\00:24:34.04
for probably the last six months
00:24:34.04\00:24:36.91
but when we founded out that
00:24:36.91\00:24:38.21
sexual abuse was
happening in their house,
00:24:38.21\00:24:40.24
we don't know if they've
been sexually abused or not,
00:24:40.24\00:24:42.78
but when we found
out that it was happening
00:24:42.78\00:24:45.15
in their house,
00:24:45.15\00:24:46.58
we decided that we needed
00:24:46.58\00:24:47.88
to get them out
of there immediately.
00:24:47.88\00:24:50.85
And they have two,
they have an older brother
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and older sister that live them.
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I mean, they're
the two youngest,
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and we want all
of the kids to go,
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but the parents will just let
the kids do whatever they want.
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So the kids don't want to go,
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they don't have to go
or anything like that.
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So we didn't really
want them to get out of there
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and get out of that situation,
to get away from the drugs,
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to get away from everything else
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that happens there.
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We have seen the
grandparents chasing
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each other around with knives
and hammers and we have seen...
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I have seen
fights, brutal fights
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right in front of their house,
I have seen all kinds of stuff.
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Chitty: What do you like
about living in this community
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and why do you like it?
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Aan: I don't know, my
mom just brought me here.
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Chitty: If you
could live anywhere
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where would you want to live?
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Aan: A condo.
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I once lived in a condo.
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Chitty: Why a condo?
00:25:53.28\00:25:57.19
Aan: Because my mom said
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she would take me
to live in a condo
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but she is saving money now.
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What you don't you
like about living here?
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Aan: People here like to fight.
00:26:06.66\00:26:09.33
Em: Every time
there's fight pray.
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They live right in
front of the gambling den
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and everybody in the
house goes in gambles
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and things like that.
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The things that
they're learning are not good.
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They are not going
to have much of a chance
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to do anything with their life
if they don't get out of there.
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And their
opportunity to know God
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is basically zero if
they keep living there,
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so we're really
worried about all the things
00:26:36.29\00:26:40.13
about their survival,
about their spiritual life,
00:26:40.13\00:26:43.06
about everything
in their life for them
00:26:43.06\00:26:46.77
because if we just
continue to let them live there,
00:26:46.77\00:26:51.04
their view of God,
their opportunity to know God
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is just going to
be incredibly bad.
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You know, I know a lot of people
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are just thinking right now,
00:27:02.05\00:27:03.35
"I just want to hug
them and take them home."
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Too bad that's
not possible. Right.
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But we can make an
impact in their lives.
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Right, we can.
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First of all, with
these kids, we have to pray
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because that
their parents' hearts
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will be softened.
00:27:15.73\00:27:17.03
Yeah, to let them go.
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Maybe with Josh and
Chitlada living there,
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maybe there's a possibility.
00:27:21.74\00:27:23.44
Yes, it's going to be so
exciting to see these kids
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up there out of the slum
00:27:25.91\00:27:28.04
in a Christ-centered environment
00:27:28.04\00:27:29.44
with Josh and
Chitlada right nearby
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acting as their parents,
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what an amazing opportunity.
00:27:33.85\00:27:36.05
Yeah. It will be so awesome.
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