(Inspirational music)
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- Hello, and welcome
to Jesus for Asia now.
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I'm Natalie Wood and
today, my husband John and I
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want to take you on
a trip back in time.
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We're going back to
the beginnings of our
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Bible Worker program in
a special area of India.
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- Welcome to the show dear.
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- Hi darling, I'm excited about
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what we're gonna share today.
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- Right, it's a bit of old news.
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We thought it'd be
kinda fun to go back
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and kinda have a memory time
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of where God has
brought this program from.
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- Well, it's like you know
when you go into an experience
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and then all of a
sudden that experience
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or you go on an
adventure or go somewhere
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and all of a sudden something
completely bigger than that
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than what you expected happens
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and what we're talking about is
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my first trip to North India.
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- Okay
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- And we went there, our
whole family was in India
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and you were with
another family visiting India
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and so I took Israel,
our JFA director in India,
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we went up north - Right
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- We flew into Deli
and then we traveled around
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meeting the president
of the upper Gange section.
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- Okay
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- Now in India they do
it a little differently
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when a new area is established,
they start off as a region
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and they grow a little
bit and get to the place
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where then they're a section
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and then they grow
further and eventually
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they become a conference.
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- Okay
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- Okay, now this is a section.
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- Okay
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- This is one section
in the North India Union.
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- Okay
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- Okay and to give you a
perspective on the numbers okay
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cause this is one of the
most highly densely populated
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areas of the planet.
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- Okay
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- Okay, in this
one little section
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they've got 180 million people
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so over half the population
of the entire United States
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is in that one section.
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- Wow - Yeah
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- That's a lot of people - It's
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- And it's not a
lot of land mass.
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- No, it's not
that big of a place.
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- So it's very crowded.
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- Yeah, but in that
section they've got over 110,000
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towns and villages and our
church maybe into 1,000 of them.
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- Wow
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- And that means like one
member here, one member there
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and stuff like that, now I've
heard a lot that you can't do
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ministry in North India,
that the doors are closed,
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there's no opportunity up there
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and so you just
work in the South
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and the majority of
everyone that I know
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that works in
India, works in the South
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and so on this trip, we
went up doing an exploratory
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what do you call it?
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It's like the Jacques Cousteau
of Bible work (laughing)
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- Just to learn,
just a learning trip.
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- Yeah, and it started out
with we received a message from
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the upper Gange section office
saying please come up and see
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our work and please
give us Bible workers
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cause they'd heard that we
were sponsoring Bible workers
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through our
program Jesus for Asia.
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Anyone in America can
sponsor a Bible worker in India
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through Jesus for Asia. - Right
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- Pretty simple
and not expensive.
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- Right
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- And so we got that
message and you know,
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our first thought is you
know, who are these people?
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I hear it's not
easy to work up there.
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And then the
third thought is yeah...
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- Let's try it - Yeah
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- Let's see. - Let's go see.
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- Yeah, it's an opportunity.
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- Yeah, and so it was
January, the 1st of January
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and we flew up
there, landed in Deli
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it was after dark and I
had left all my warm clothes
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in Thailand
because you go to India,
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you don't need warm clothes.
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- Right, it's
gonna be hot there.
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- I've never needed
warm clothes before.
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We landed, it was
33 degrees Fahrenheit.
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One degree above freezing
and they picked us up in this
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little van that had
no, the seals in the door
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were all worn out
and had no heater.
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- Oh
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Cause who would need
a heater in India right?
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- Right
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- Well, we did that night.
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- Wow
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- It was so
painfully cold but we survived
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and we did our tour and it
has absolutely broken my heart.
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North India, the
numbers, the people, the need,
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the opportunity, so
much opportunity I found
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up in North
India, it's just amazing
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the kind of doors
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that are open in North India
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and I've been just recently
and massive doors are open
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in North India if
we're smart about it
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and if we go in
with a pure heart
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to do Gods work.
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- Right
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- Because there's a lot
of forces at work up there
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but still huge,
vast numbers of people
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and vast numbers, how many
people would you like to know
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about Jesus, how many people?
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- All of them - Yeah
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- I would like all of them
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- But a good share, at least
a third, would accept Jesus
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if somebody would tell them.
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- Wow, so we need to tell them.
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- We need to tell them.
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And so we did a little
tour around North India
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and I just wanna
share a few of those things.
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- Okay
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- First of all, I wanna
share a little bit of footage
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that I took of a little
girl and a lot of people
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may not like this
footage but in fact one time
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we published a
picture of a young boy
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that was in a slum and
we got emails back saying
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we don't wanna see this.
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Next time you take
a picture of a child,
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please clean him up
before you photograph him
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but the truth is, in my
mind I'm thinking you know,
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these are people
that are over there.
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They're real people.
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- This is their reality. - Yeah
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- I mean, we may not
like it, we're not used to it,
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but this is
their reality. - Yeah
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- And it's very unfortunate
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but how are we gonna know
the need if we refuse to look
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at what their
reality now is? - Right
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- How are we gonna
know what they need?
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- And if it makes us
uncomfortable to look at them
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you know, how Christlike
is that if we turn away?
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You know, Christ sees
them every moment of every day
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and then He sees us over here
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in our clean,
sterile environments
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and He says I've
given you my Spirit.
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I've shed my blood for you
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so that you
will go and help them
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and so I think that
this uncomfortable feeling
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should stir us and
provoke us to do something
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out of the ordinary. - Right
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- Out of our selfish
nature, more in line with
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Christ's nature - Right
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- And so I wanna
show this up front
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to just kinda like say
this is the kind of environment
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that we're going into.
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- Okay
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(dog barking)
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This was in someones home
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and this was in the
courtyard of the home.
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- Yes
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- And we'll see footage later
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of what else was
in that courtyard
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but they just don't
understand the germ theory.
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They don't understand
that they need to protect
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their children from
these hoards of flies
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because it's unhealthy
for them and they can get sick
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and have runny noses
like this poor baby has.
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- Right
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- So, you know, that's
part of what we want to see
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as an opportunity
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- Absolutely - To share with
them the need for cleanliness
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and the reasons why
hygiene is important,
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things like that.
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- Yes and you may
wonder, how can I over here
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on this side of the
earth affect somebody
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on the other side of the earth
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well, it's not that hard.
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Number one if we care,
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number two if we send help,
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or if we go - Right
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Why don't you tell us
what this next video shows?
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- Okay, well we had received
a request for Bible workers
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in this place, now
just to give you an idea
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of the perspective okay.
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180 million people
in this one section.
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Guess how many pastors?
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- I don't know.
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- There were eight.
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- Oh boy.
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- Eight pastors
for 180 million people.
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- That is not enough.
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- Not a good
ratio (laughing) - No
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- And so we told
them we would give them 25
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or stipends for
25 Bible workers.
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- Okay
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- And this is when we
first met the president
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and the main
pastor in that section
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the morning after we arrived.
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- Okay
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- So these are the names.
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- These are the names
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- Okay and what
is that right there?
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Yeah, why did you
write down 25 volunteers?
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- 25
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- Because we have received
the application of 43 people.
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How will I satisfy them?
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- Right
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- So what is your first choice?
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- Oh really?
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I see.
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- Well that's really
neat that he took you by
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and he says this is
where we stopped off an prayer.
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- Yes
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- Because they were so
thankful, he's so happy.
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His joy is just
obvious, so obvious
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and sometimes you see he's
almost got a tear in his eye.
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- Yeah, it's neat and that's
kinda the reward that we get
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is seeing the thankfulness
and it encourages our faith.
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You know, Christs faith
was encouraged when he was
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with the woman at the well.
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He says I have meat, I
have bread, I have food
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that you don't know of.
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You know, this is the
food, doing my Father's will,
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seeing people accept
Jesus, seeing the joy,
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that encourages me,
that feeds my spiritual life
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and we get some of that too
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as we do Gods work, as we go
out and we see people accept it
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and people and what a difference
it makes in their life
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it encourages our own faith
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and that feeds us
and our spiritual life
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and helps us to
grow too. - That's true.
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- So, but this is
a beautiful thing.
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- So the next
video that we have,
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we actually go
into someones home.
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- Yes
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- All right do you wanna
tell us a little about that
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or should we
just play the video?
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- Yeah, well let
me just set that up.
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We're going through town
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and then we're gonna go
and visit a Bible workers home.
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Again, it's an extended family.
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We're gonna see a
little interesting little story
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and some people of our
viewers might be a little bit
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grossed out by this
but this is real life
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and it's kinda humorous to me.
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- Right, and it's also, well,
we'll talk about it afterward
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but you definitely
claim a specific promise
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for situations like this.
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- Yes
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(car horns honking)
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- There's different
sections of this house.
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Here's where the cows are
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and there's the
ladies cooking their meal.
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Today we're having chapatis
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and they're using
cow dung for cooking.
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May I video?
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Can I take pictures?
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- Yes, yes.
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- Okay, thank you.
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Is that chapati? - Yes
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- Okay, watch her hands.
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And doing this
patting of the chapati by hand
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and she takes some more fuel,
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breaks it up, puts
a piece in the fire,
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brushes off her
hands over the chapati
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same hands patting the chapati,
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putting it on the pan
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and then they bring that
over and offer it for us to eat.
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Now, I had seen this
so I knew it was coming up
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but our director Israel Prasad,
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he's from South India.
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He had not seen this happen.
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He didn't
witness how they made it
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and so I didn't tell him
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because I knew he
would have a problem
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but I had claimed a promise
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and my goal there, our goal
was to connect with these people
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- Right
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- And if we had
refused to eat with them,
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you saw the effort
and the care and the love
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that they put
into making that food.
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- It's a lot of handmade food.
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I mean, it takes
them hours - Yeah
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- To make food.
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- Yeah, you don't
just buy it at the store
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and heat it up in the microwave.
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- No
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- So, I wasn't about
to refuse their food.
00:15:17.41\00:15:20.15
- Right
00:15:20.15\00:15:21.45
- And I claimed a
promise, a verse in the Bible
00:15:21.45\00:15:23.59
where Jesus is talking
about the great commission
00:15:23.59\00:15:26.45
and He says these signs
shall follow they that believe.
00:15:26.45\00:15:28.36
One of the things
that He says in there
00:15:28.36\00:15:30.93
is that they will
drink any deadly thing
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and it will - Not hurt them.
00:15:32.23\00:15:34.36
- Exactly, so I
claimed that promise,
00:15:34.36\00:15:37.43
I'm there on Gods
mission, I'm not on mine.
00:15:37.43\00:15:39.03
I'm not there on
a pleasure cruise.
00:15:39.03\00:15:40.97
I'm there to
advance the kingdom of God
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so I claim that promise
00:15:43.14\00:15:45.24
and I don't get sick. - Right
00:15:45.24\00:15:47.24
and Israel
doesn't get sick either.
00:15:47.24\00:15:48.81
- Yes
00:15:48.81\00:15:49.91
- But afterward
when you told him,
00:15:49.91\00:15:50.71
he wasn't very happy with you.
00:15:50.71\00:15:52.51
- I show him the
video and he's like what?
00:15:52.51\00:15:54.42
How come you didn't tell me.
00:15:54.42\00:15:55.88
- I says cause you
wouldn't have eaten it.
00:15:55.88\00:15:57.25
He's like yeah... (laughing)
00:15:57.25\00:16:00.16
He didn't get
sick. - God is good.
00:16:00.16\00:16:01.99
- And those friends,
our brothers and sisters
00:16:01.99\00:16:04.33
live like that all the time.
00:16:04.33\00:16:06.33
- Right, it's
normal, completely normal.
00:16:06.33\00:16:08.36
- And the truth is
that even India nationals
00:16:09.43\00:16:11.60
that live in America
for quite a number of years
00:16:11.60\00:16:12.97
and then go back to visit,
they usually get sick also.
00:16:12.97\00:16:15.67
- Yes
00:16:15.67\00:16:16.47
- So, it's really that promise.
00:16:16.47\00:16:18.64
- It is, Gods protection.
00:16:18.64\00:16:21.18
- Yes
00:16:21.18\00:16:22.28
- This next
video starts out with
00:16:22.28\00:16:23.65
just some pictures of people
and then we got into a church.
00:16:23.65\00:16:27.65
- Yes, now this
church is kinda unique
00:16:27.65\00:16:29.25
because when the sun went
down and we started the meeting
00:16:29.25\00:16:31.79
it was pitch black inside
so they didn't get out the
00:16:31.79\00:16:35.22
LED light, they didn't
get out the flashlight,
00:16:35.22\00:16:37.39
they got the
lantern, the kerosene lantern
00:16:37.39\00:16:39.76
and we had a
meeting, wonderful meeting,
00:16:39.76\00:16:42.76
good singing, amazing prayer
00:16:42.76\00:16:45.23
at the light of
a kerosene lantern.
00:16:45.23\00:16:47.90
- Okay
00:16:47.90\00:16:49.20
(inspirational music)
00:16:49.20\00:16:52.44
(foreign language)
00:17:04.15\00:17:07.12
- Then the next year, decided
to go back up to North India
00:17:13.50\00:17:16.46
and we wanted to go and
interview a Bible worker of ours
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to see what his family life
was like and see what kind of
00:17:21.07\00:17:24.01
experiences or
needs that they had.
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- So this is Sanjay
Singh, one of our Bible workers.
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- Yes then the next year decided
to back up to North India
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and we wanted to go and
interview a Bible worker of ours
00:17:32.95\00:17:37.05
to see what his family life
was like and see what kind of
00:17:37.05\00:17:40.02
experiences or
needs that they had.
00:17:40.02\00:17:42.12
- So this is Sanjay
Singh, one of our Bible workers.
00:17:42.12\00:17:44.76
- Yes
00:17:44.76\00:17:46.19
(sober music)
00:17:46.19\00:17:48.73
- What is this area district.
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22 villages
00:18:01.74\00:18:03.88
Do you have any
Bibles to give to the people.
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How many of his church
members have their own Bible?
00:18:07.48\00:18:10.42
(foreign language)
00:18:11.25\00:18:14.26
Some people have Bibles.
00:18:15.39\00:18:16.62
Does he have any
Ellen White writing?
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(foreign language)
00:18:20.20\00:18:23.70
- No sir
00:18:23.70\00:18:24.80
- No, would you like?
00:18:24.80\00:18:25.70
(foreign language)
00:18:26.70\00:18:29.67
What about song books?
00:18:31.21\00:18:32.81
(foreign language)
00:18:33.68\00:18:36.68
No song books.
00:18:37.48\00:18:38.88
(foreign language)
00:18:38.88\00:18:41.88
Okay, so he baptized 36,
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how many total church members?
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(foreign language)
00:18:51.83\00:18:54.76
I don't know, in this village.
00:18:58.87\00:19:00.97
(foreign language)
00:19:01.80\00:19:04.77
150 and how many song books
00:19:07.44\00:19:10.48
5 song books
00:19:12.18\00:19:13.52
How many church
members in the 22 villages?
00:19:15.02\00:19:17.29
(foreign language)
00:19:17.29\00:19:20.26
And how many song books?
00:19:34.27\00:19:35.77
- So, lets just get
these numbers in our heads.
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- A little mind
boggling isn't it?
00:19:51.75\00:19:53.09
- Right, so he's got
about 1,300 church members.
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- 1,300 church members
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- 22 villages
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- Scattered
throughout 22 villages
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- And he had at the
time, five song books
00:20:01.23\00:20:03.83
- Five song books
00:20:03.83\00:20:05.20
- And he had his own Bible
and a few of the church members
00:20:05.20\00:20:07.00
had Bibles - Yep, and a bicycle.
00:20:07.00\00:20:09.57
- And he had a bicycle.
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I asked him, I says
what you do on Sabbath
00:20:11.57\00:20:12.91
with 22 different churches.
00:20:13.88\00:20:14.68
- He said oh, I'm so sorry,
00:20:14.68\00:20:17.01
I can only get to
five or six churches
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in a Sabbath (laughing)
00:20:19.21\00:20:21.38
- Imagine having to
go and be the leader
00:20:21.38\00:20:23.95
for five or six church services
every Sabbath year round.
00:20:23.95\00:20:28.12
- Yeah
00:20:28.12\00:20:29.39
- And this illustrates
something that we see in other
00:20:29.39\00:20:31.43
areas of India
also, our Bible workers
00:20:31.43\00:20:33.43
because of the lack of
pastors, our Bible workers
00:20:33.43\00:20:37.07
end up functioning as pastors.
00:20:37.07\00:20:39.30
- Yes
00:20:39.30\00:20:40.57
- They actually
lead the churches,
00:20:40.57\00:20:41.80
they lead out in
the church services
00:20:41.80\00:20:43.07
and other things
and so it's very much
00:20:43.07\00:20:46.14
a shepherding role as
though they are the pastors.
00:20:46.14\00:20:50.11
- Yeah, so you
can see the vital role
00:20:50.11\00:20:54.02
that these Bible workers play.
00:20:54.02\00:20:55.85
- Right
00:20:55.85\00:20:57.35
- Now, one thing I
noticed about the song books,
00:20:57.35\00:20:59.72
to us, song books are nice okay?
00:20:59.72\00:21:02.29
But we went to several villages
00:21:02.29\00:21:04.33
where the people
didn't read or write.
00:21:04.33\00:21:07.20
And so when our Bible
workers did a worship with them,
00:21:07.20\00:21:12.23
they sang, they sang
songs I had never heard before.
00:21:13.64\00:21:16.50
When I asked them what it meant,
00:21:16.50\00:21:17.94
they were teaching them
the gospel and the Bible
00:21:17.94\00:21:22.14
through song okay?
00:21:22.14\00:21:24.05
So the song
books became in my mind
00:21:24.05\00:21:27.12
I realized that these song
books are the lesson studies,
00:21:27.12\00:21:30.42
they are the Bible,
they are what people...
00:21:30.42\00:21:32.42
- It's an
important part of worship.
00:21:32.42\00:21:34.46
- Not just worship but
teaching the people about Jesus.
00:21:34.46\00:21:37.29
- Right
00:21:37.29\00:21:38.66
- And then the songs would
go over in the believers minds
00:21:38.66\00:21:41.46
throughout the week,
they would sing these songs
00:21:41.46\00:21:43.67
and keep reminding
themselves and keep learning
00:21:43.67\00:21:45.90
about the Bible and
about Jesus and about salvation
00:21:45.90\00:21:49.10
through the songs so the
song books are very important.
00:21:49.10\00:21:53.21
- Right
00:21:53.21\00:21:54.38
- And they're
not expensive. - No
00:21:54.38\00:21:56.11
- And for him to
have five song books
00:21:56.11\00:21:58.25
between 1,300 church members
00:21:58.25\00:22:00.28
- Yeah
00:22:00.28\00:22:01.75
- How can this
exist in this day and age?
00:22:01.75\00:22:04.15
- Right
00:22:04.15\00:22:05.29
So, we shared this
news with friends and family
00:22:05.29\00:22:10.13
and people came
forward and gave money
00:22:11.93\00:22:14.83
so that we could
provide additional song books
00:22:14.83\00:22:16.90
and Bibles for
these church members.
00:22:16.90\00:22:19.10
- Yes, 1,000 Bibles
and 1,000 song books.
00:22:19.10\00:22:22.10
- Okay, and we
have some pictures
00:22:22.10\00:22:24.07
from when they
went to give them out.
00:22:24.07\00:22:25.51
- Yes
00:22:25.51\00:22:26.54
- So, lets go
through the pictures
00:22:26.54\00:22:27.64
and you can just
tell us what's happening.
00:22:27.64\00:22:28.71
- Okay, so we're
back at the office.
00:22:28.71\00:22:30.75
They're hauling the
boxes and the cartons of books
00:22:32.28\00:22:34.68
out to the van and they're
loading it up in this van.
00:22:34.68\00:22:38.55
They did several trip
in several different days
00:22:38.55\00:22:40.82
cause they have to
go to different places.
00:22:40.82\00:22:42.16
Now, like I said transportation
is very expensive over there
00:22:42.16\00:22:44.93
so we praise God that
Jesus for Asia's donors
00:22:44.93\00:22:47.66
were able to donate
a van to this section.
00:22:47.66\00:22:51.30
Here it is all
packed up ready to go.
00:22:51.30\00:22:54.27
And come to the first
church, people are praying.
00:22:54.27\00:22:57.34
They're very thankful to God.
00:22:57.34\00:22:59.74
These hands up in
the air in response to
00:22:59.74\00:23:01.71
who would like a Bible,
who would like a song book.
00:23:01.71\00:23:04.31
- Everybody's hand went up
00:23:05.11\00:23:06.05
and we started giving them out.
00:23:06.98\00:23:08.08
Now, in India,
they stand on ceremony.
00:23:08.08\00:23:10.89
Ceremony is very
important - Right
00:23:10.89\00:23:12.79
- And so we have the
local Bible worker giving out
00:23:12.79\00:23:15.69
the Bible's and songbooks
and each person coming up
00:23:15.69\00:23:19.56
and receiving them and
getting their picture taken.
00:23:19.56\00:23:22.60
Can you imagine
handing out 1,000 of these?
00:23:22.60\00:23:25.87
It'd get tiring
after a little while.
00:23:25.87\00:23:27.30
- That's why they take turns.
00:23:27.30\00:23:28.30
- Yeah
00:23:28.30\00:23:29.67
- Besides, everyone gets
to share the joy that way.
00:23:29.67\00:23:31.01
- Absolutely, and the
people that are receiving
00:23:31.01\00:23:34.21
the Bibles and song
books appreciate that also
00:23:34.21\00:23:36.88
that somebody of important
gave them a Bible, a song book.
00:23:36.88\00:23:41.48
You can see the
smiles on their faces
00:23:41.48\00:23:44.05
knowing that now
they have the word of God
00:23:44.05\00:23:47.39
in their hands, in their
homes, and in their hearts.
00:23:47.39\00:23:51.39
- Right
00:23:51.39\00:23:52.53
- And of course,
they open them right away.
00:23:52.53\00:23:54.63
- Yes
00:23:54.63\00:23:55.63
- Started looking up scriptures
00:23:55.63\00:23:56.46
- Yes
00:23:56.46\00:23:57.73
- And reading
them for themselves.
00:23:57.73\00:23:58.30
- Yes
00:23:58.30\00:23:59.13
- What a blessing.
00:23:59.13\00:24:00.60
And they're still there and
this will be a powerful tool
00:24:00.60\00:24:03.71
to grow the church
in ways you cannot see
00:24:03.71\00:24:07.41
but will continue to
strengthen the church
00:24:07.41\00:24:10.35
for many, many
years, not just that church
00:24:10.35\00:24:12.58
but in the area, 1,300 churches,
00:24:12.58\00:24:14.72
that's gonna grow
with the word of God
00:24:14.72\00:24:19.79
in their hands. - Right
00:24:20.52\00:24:21.86
and after they received
their Bibles and song books
00:24:21.86\00:24:23.76
they would come
and ask for prayer
00:24:23.76\00:24:25.56
and so here's the
president praying for someone
00:24:25.56\00:24:28.10
and other people
praying together.
00:24:28.10\00:24:29.96
- Yes
00:24:29.96\00:24:31.20
- And of course the
obligatory picture all together
00:24:31.20\00:24:34.97
and the little
boy saying thank you.
00:24:34.97\00:24:36.97
So, we go to another
place that's a house church
00:24:38.31\00:24:41.14
and we hand out
Bibles and song books there.
00:24:41.14\00:24:43.58
- Okay
00:24:43.58\00:24:44.95
- I love this place, I
love the people that are there.
00:24:44.95\00:24:46.92
I've preached
there several times
00:24:46.92\00:24:48.32
and I just...
00:24:48.32\00:24:49.28
Something about
it, I can't explain it,
00:24:51.29\00:24:53.15
but I love this place and now
we're traveling across country
00:24:53.15\00:24:57.33
going to another church.
00:24:57.33\00:24:59.46
This is normal life
in that part of India.
00:24:59.46\00:25:03.20
- This is things you
would see on the road.
00:25:03.20\00:25:06.20
Things you would
see in their lives.
00:25:06.20\00:25:08.24
- Yes
00:25:08.24\00:25:09.37
- And here we
are at another place.
00:25:09.37\00:25:11.37
- Yes, again,
have the song service,
00:25:11.37\00:25:14.54
have the little sermonette,
00:25:14.54\00:25:16.31
then break open the
books and start handing out.
00:25:16.31\00:25:18.78
This is - A blessing
00:25:21.08\00:25:23.25
It's an awesome day. - Yes
00:25:23.25\00:25:25.35
and everybody's so
happy to have their song books
00:25:25.35\00:25:28.92
and their Bibles in hand.
00:25:28.92\00:25:30.83
Then of course,
this is the president.
00:25:30.83\00:25:32.43
Now, traveling in
India is very expensive
00:25:32.43\00:25:34.93
so the president
doesn't get out very much
00:25:34.93\00:25:37.60
but when he does, there's
always somebody there to baptize
00:25:37.60\00:25:41.10
and so here we have a
baptism in the local river.
00:25:41.10\00:25:44.44
On the way to the next
church we had little flat tire.
00:25:44.44\00:25:46.88
- Okay
00:25:46.88\00:25:47.98
- Not a problem, we
just fix it and keep going.
00:25:47.98\00:25:49.94
I love this little Bible stand.
00:25:49.94\00:25:52.28
The purpose of this is
so that if a Bible lays flat
00:25:52.28\00:25:55.58
it's more likely
to break the binding.
00:25:55.58\00:25:57.72
This keeps it
kind of at an angle
00:25:57.72\00:25:59.52
so that the binding
is preserved longer.
00:25:59.52\00:26:01.32
- Right
00:26:01.32\00:26:02.62
- So, here we have
more handing out of Bibles
00:26:02.62\00:26:05.33
and song books and
people so happy to have them
00:26:05.33\00:26:07.60
in their own hands
and we just praise God
00:26:07.60\00:26:10.20
that somebody here in
America had the foresight
00:26:10.20\00:26:13.84
and the heart to
provide the funding
00:26:13.84\00:26:17.24
to be able to do this.
00:26:17.24\00:26:18.81
Now, this isn't
all that's needed.
00:26:18.81\00:26:21.01
- Right
00:26:21.01\00:26:22.34
- You know, this was
quite a number of years ago.
00:26:22.34\00:26:24.55
- Right
00:26:24.55\00:26:25.65
- More people have
come into the church
00:26:25.65\00:26:26.95
and into the faith and
more people need song books
00:26:28.25\00:26:30.42
and more people need Bibles
00:26:30.42\00:26:32.62
and not just in this location,
in many other locations also.
00:26:32.62\00:26:36.02
This is
representative, but it's by far
00:26:36.02\00:26:39.06
not all that there is to do.
00:26:39.06\00:26:41.26
- Right
00:26:41.26\00:26:42.40
- So, this is a powerful
way to extend the gospel
00:26:42.40\00:26:44.47
through a very simple way.
00:26:44.47\00:26:46.03
- Right
00:26:46.03\00:26:47.14
I love this
picture of this little boy
00:26:47.14\00:26:48.54
just hugging his Bible
00:26:48.54\00:26:50.51
and then he looks up and
he's got this serious look
00:26:50.51\00:26:53.14
on his face and you
know he's cherishing it
00:26:53.14\00:26:56.34
and he's so thankful.
00:26:56.34\00:26:57.91
What a privilege.
00:26:57.91\00:26:59.21
- I can't wait to get to heaven
00:26:59.21\00:27:01.22
and hear his whole story.
00:27:01.22\00:27:03.02
- Right, right.
00:27:03.02\00:27:04.49
And we've got a few more
pictures of just traveling back.
00:27:05.75\00:27:08.62
Little road scenes and
we've got the horse drawn cart
00:27:08.62\00:27:11.93
and Cadillac and that little boy
00:27:11.93\00:27:15.03
- Sitting on the
median of the highway
00:27:15.03\00:27:18.20
with a look on his face like
00:27:18.20\00:27:19.83
is there anything to live for?
00:27:21.17\00:27:22.87
- Right
00:27:22.87\00:27:23.74
- You know,
what am I doing here?
00:27:23.74\00:27:25.24
Miserable, dirty,
poor, my heart just goes out
00:27:25.24\00:27:28.61
to people like that.
00:27:28.61\00:27:31.08
I mean, that little kid is one.
00:27:31.08\00:27:33.11
- There are millions like that.
00:27:33.11\00:27:34.58
- There are millions like that
00:27:34.58\00:27:35.92
and if we could reach just
the one, make Christ so happy.
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- Yeah, if you would like to
be a part of giving the Bible
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to people that
don't have their own copy,
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you can contact
us at Jesus for Asia
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PO BOX 1221
Collegedale Tennesee 37315
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Call us at (423) 413-7321
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or visit our
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May God richly bless you
until we see you next time
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on Jesus for Asia Now.
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