(uplifting instrumental music) 00:00:00.96\00:00:04.93 - Hello and welcome to "Jesus for Asia Now." 00:00:21.82\00:00:24.42 I'm Natalie Wood, and my husband Jon is joining me today 00:00:24.42\00:00:27.76 as we take a behind-the-scenes look 00:00:27.76\00:00:29.59 at two missionary families and we hear a miracle story. 00:00:29.59\00:00:34.10 Hello, love. 00:00:34.10\00:00:35.03 - Hi, darling, how are you? 00:00:35.03\00:00:36.23 - I'm doing okay. 00:00:36.23\00:00:37.13 - Awesome. 00:00:37.13\00:00:37.97 - I'm doing okay. 00:00:37.97\00:00:38.87 - [Jon Wood] Good. 00:00:38.87\00:00:40.04 - This is a neat look, 00:00:40.04\00:00:41.57 kind of behind the scenes at a couple of families. 00:00:41.57\00:00:43.27 - Yep. 00:00:43.27\00:00:44.57 - One was leaving the mission field. 00:00:44.57\00:00:45.61 - [Jon Wood] Yeah. 00:00:45.61\00:00:46.91 - And one was coming into a new position. 00:00:46.91\00:00:48.78 - Yes, taking his place. 00:00:48.78\00:00:50.51 - [Natalie Wood] Right. 00:00:50.51\00:00:51.88 - Yeah. 00:00:51.88\00:00:53.11 - And the behind the scenes part is, 00:00:53.11\00:00:54.08 well, do you wanna explain? 00:00:54.08\00:00:55.62 - Behind the scenes means that there are certain positions 00:00:55.62\00:00:58.49 that are supporting roles. 00:00:58.49\00:00:59.79 Their front line in many aspects, 00:00:59.79\00:01:02.39 but they don't look like it. 00:01:02.39\00:01:04.79 Like this position 00:01:04.79\00:01:05.89 is where he's mainly working on a computer, 00:01:05.89\00:01:10.23 or working with electronics, like cameras and stuff. 00:01:10.23\00:01:13.10 And so it doesn't look like a missionary. 00:01:13.10\00:01:16.87 It's the new modern missionary. 00:01:16.87\00:01:18.51 - Right. 00:01:18.51\00:01:19.87 - And also, they're working with administrative kinds 00:01:19.87\00:01:21.41 of paperwork, 00:01:21.41\00:01:22.74 signing visa applications and things like that. 00:01:22.74\00:01:25.85 - Right. 00:01:25.85\00:01:26.95 - And so maybe we'll back up a little bit. 00:01:26.95\00:01:28.25 Years ago, the missionaries could stay in Thailand 00:01:28.25\00:01:30.79 a lot more easily as far as visas and stuff go. 00:01:30.79\00:01:33.72 - Right. 00:01:33.72\00:01:34.86 - But then we sense God's call to set up 00:01:34.86\00:01:35.92 some kind of legal presence in Thailand. 00:01:35.92\00:01:39.26 An organization where we could hold property, 00:01:39.26\00:01:41.76 and we could have a board, 00:01:41.76\00:01:43.57 and we could manage it with a lot more security. 00:01:43.57\00:01:47.37 - Right. 00:01:47.37\00:01:48.90 - We started the process, it took over a year to get going, 00:01:48.90\00:01:51.01 but by the time it actually was approved 00:01:51.01\00:01:54.24 and started functioning, the laws had changed in Thailand. 00:01:54.24\00:01:57.88 So now all our missionaries would have to leave Thailand 00:01:57.88\00:02:01.05 unless they could get a work permit. 00:02:01.05\00:02:02.65 - And the foundation could give them a work permit. 00:02:02.65\00:02:05.45 - Exactly, 00:02:05.45\00:02:06.79 so it's almost like God knew what was gonna happen. 00:02:06.79\00:02:08.56 - Hmm, weird, right? 00:02:08.56\00:02:10.73 He always knows what's gonna happen. 00:02:10.73\00:02:12.43 - Absolutely, and so he provided that. 00:02:12.43\00:02:14.46 And so we needed a family that could be there, 00:02:14.46\00:02:17.33 and that could interact with the government, 00:02:17.33\00:02:20.14 interact with our Thai staff to just make sure 00:02:20.14\00:02:22.87 things were flowing well, and they could speak my language. 00:02:22.87\00:02:26.07 And so we established this foundation, I am the director. 00:02:27.41\00:02:30.28 We were very fortunate to have a family that we knew here 00:02:30.28\00:02:34.32 in America that had decided to go to Thailand. 00:02:34.32\00:02:37.49 And they were there working with that team 00:02:37.49\00:02:39.49 when the foundation was set up, 00:02:39.49\00:02:40.86 and they became an integral part of the establishment 00:02:40.86\00:02:44.26 and running of that foundation. 00:02:44.26\00:02:46.13 - So we met Daniel and Tesha Bair in 2009. 00:02:46.13\00:02:50.07 And at that point, they had no children. 00:02:50.07\00:02:52.53 - Right. 00:02:52.53\00:02:54.04 - The Lord started to grow upon them a burden for Thailand. 00:02:54.04\00:02:55.74 - Yes, they came to faith camp, and they just saw the needs, 00:02:55.74\00:02:59.24 and saw the opportunity, 00:02:59.24\00:03:00.68 and decided that they were gonna give up everything 00:03:00.68\00:03:03.51 and go over to Thailand. 00:03:03.51\00:03:04.71 - Right. 00:03:04.71\00:03:06.01 - So they started doing their fundraising. 00:03:06.01\00:03:07.38 They had a fundraising goal, and when they got halfway. 00:03:07.38\00:03:09.95 - They went. 00:03:09.95\00:03:11.32 (Jon laughs) 00:03:11.32\00:03:13.05 They figured God had provided that much, 00:03:13.05\00:03:14.69 He could provide the rest. 00:03:14.69\00:03:15.82 - [Jon Wood] Right. 00:03:15.82\00:03:17.16 - And He's been faithfully providing for them ever since. 00:03:17.16\00:03:18.53 - Yes. 00:03:18.53\00:03:20.06 - So when they moved to Thailand, it was in July of 00:03:20.06\00:03:22.86 2012, and they had two toddlers at that time. 00:03:22.86\00:03:25.00 - Yes. 00:03:25.00\00:03:26.27 - Doing anything with children is always interesting. 00:03:26.27\00:03:28.07 - Right. 00:03:28.07\00:03:29.17 - But moving to a foreign country, 00:03:29.17\00:03:30.94 it can be quite challenging. 00:03:30.94\00:03:32.57 - [Jon Wood] Yeah. 00:03:32.57\00:03:33.94 - But God blessed them. 00:03:33.94\00:03:34.78 - [Jon Wood] Yes. 00:03:34.78\00:03:35.61 - And they enjoyed it, 00:03:35.61\00:03:36.71 and the kids enjoyed growing up there. 00:03:36.71\00:03:38.81 It was a really great experience for them. 00:03:38.81\00:03:41.15 - But now his parents are getting older. 00:03:41.15\00:03:43.49 They've got some things, 00:03:43.49\00:03:44.62 some health issues that they need to deal with. 00:03:44.62\00:03:46.82 And so they've requested that Daniel and Tesha to come home. 00:03:46.82\00:03:50.16 - Right, so they've decided, 00:03:50.16\00:03:51.83 I know it was a difficult decision for them. 00:03:51.83\00:03:54.20 - [Jon Wood] Yes. 00:03:54.20\00:03:55.46 - And they've told us that repeatedly. 00:03:55.46\00:03:56.67 - [Jon Wood] Yes. 00:03:56.67\00:03:57.97 - They still wish they were back in Thailand. 00:03:57.97\00:03:59.23 - Yes, that seems to be a common theme. 00:03:59.23\00:04:00.97 - So let's go ahead, we have a video. 00:04:00.97\00:04:02.74 - [Jon Wood] Okay. 00:04:02.74\00:04:04.01 - Let's go ahead and meet them. 00:04:04.01\00:04:04.84 - [Jon Wood] Great. 00:04:04.84\00:04:05.91 (upbeat pensive instrumental music) 00:04:05.91\00:04:10.08 - [Tesha Bair] The work in Thailand is definitely not done. 00:04:11.91\00:04:14.62 - There is no lack of a need. 00:04:14.62\00:04:17.99 The work is not in any ways close to being finished. 00:04:19.32\00:04:23.39 - There's so many more people that have not even heard. 00:04:23.39\00:04:28.43 (melancholic instrumental music) 00:04:29.23\00:04:33.23 We've been here about 10 years. 00:04:35.80\00:04:38.24 - We came to help out with Jesus for Asia's studio 00:04:38.24\00:04:43.01 that they had built here in Thailand. 00:04:43.01\00:04:44.68 My expected focus was to be technical support in that role. 00:04:44.68\00:04:48.78 And then as the years passed, 00:04:48.78\00:04:52.19 we recognized the need to support the translation work. 00:04:52.19\00:04:55.56 And then we were seeing the signs of the need legally 00:04:55.56\00:05:00.63 for visa issues, we established a foundation. 00:05:01.90\00:05:04.33 (melancholic instrumental music) 00:05:04.33\00:05:07.80 - [Tesha Bair] We're going back because. 00:05:07.80\00:05:10.11 - It's a situation of my mom and dad, 00:05:10.11\00:05:12.84 with my dad's Parkinson's, 00:05:12.84\00:05:14.41 and my mother discovering that she has glaucoma. 00:05:15.74\00:05:19.18 And they expressed, "Hey, I think we need you now." 00:05:20.58\00:05:23.55 Literally, if it weren't for the call 00:05:23.55\00:05:25.45 to honor father and mother 00:05:25.45\00:05:26.99 and this particular need they have, life stage. 00:05:26.99\00:05:30.09 And they're not able to come here, 00:05:30.09\00:05:31.43 because some people have said, "Why don't they do that?" 00:05:31.43\00:05:34.60 My mother's asthma is such that she can't function well 00:05:34.60\00:05:38.53 in this climate, the humid climate. 00:05:38.53\00:05:40.30 So on that part, it was like, 00:05:40.30\00:05:42.34 oh, I wish, but it just didn't possible. 00:05:42.34\00:05:44.41 (uplifting orchestral music) 00:05:45.41\00:05:48.44 There is no lack of a need. 00:05:48.44\00:05:51.75 The work is not in any ways close to being finished. 00:05:51.75\00:05:56.25 - There's so many more people that have not even heard, 00:05:56.25\00:06:00.46 other than in a movie, 00:06:02.02\00:06:04.13 Jesus' name being used in the improper way. 00:06:04.13\00:06:07.13 Or they might know that that's the Christian's God. 00:06:07.13\00:06:09.73 They don't know the power of God to change their lives. 00:06:09.73\00:06:13.40 And for those of us who do know power God to change lives, 00:06:13.40\00:06:17.64 that's a call. 00:06:18.44\00:06:19.77 You come and show people that God can make a difference 00:06:19.77\00:06:24.38 in their life too. 00:06:25.05\00:06:26.35 (uplifting orchestral music) 00:06:26.35\00:06:29.85 - [David Bair] People were trying 00:06:29.85\00:06:30.65 to discourage us of the risk. 00:06:30.65\00:06:32.75 "Oh, taking kids in the mission field is a risk." 00:06:32.75\00:06:35.39 I think Jonah felt that there was 00:06:35.39\00:06:36.93 some risk in going to Nineveh, 00:06:36.93\00:06:38.79 and his problems were greater in not going 00:06:38.79\00:06:41.43 where God asked him to go. 00:06:41.43\00:06:43.30 - If you have a call from God to go to the mission field, 00:06:43.30\00:06:46.40 you're more likely to lose your kid's faith by not going 00:06:46.40\00:06:49.47 and disobeying God. 00:06:49.47\00:06:50.91 But the spiritual health and mental health, 00:06:50.91\00:06:53.61 don't ignore that. 00:06:53.61\00:06:55.38 And if you need to back off a little bit on ministry 00:06:55.38\00:06:59.01 in order to take care of the kids, do it. 00:06:59.01\00:07:01.65 The little bit that you do in missions will not make 00:07:01.65\00:07:04.92 a difference. 00:07:04.92\00:07:06.02 Maybe I'm saying that too strongly, 00:07:06.02\00:07:07.36 but I think from my experience, it won't make a difference. 00:07:07.36\00:07:10.09 It won't make an impact if your kids are struggling at home. 00:07:10.09\00:07:14.30 So yeah, that you do need to prioritize your family 00:07:14.30\00:07:18.23 in taking care of them, making sure their needs are met. 00:07:19.83\00:07:23.14 But giving the kids a vision for helping others 00:07:23.14\00:07:27.54 is part of taking care of them. 00:07:27.54\00:07:29.41 (uplifting orchestral music) 00:07:29.41\00:07:31.98 For my kids, 00:07:31.98\00:07:33.55 it's been a blessing for whenever they've been able to 00:07:33.55\00:07:35.38 see, "Hey, some other little kid was able to use my dress." 00:07:35.38\00:07:38.62 And they're so happy. 00:07:38.62\00:07:40.46 "Or my toy", and they're so happy to receive that. 00:07:40.46\00:07:44.33 And look, and then they can compare their old dress, 00:07:44.33\00:07:48.93 which might be a little worn, to the even more muddy, 00:07:48.93\00:07:52.70 worn out, ripped clothes that the child is wearing that day. 00:07:52.70\00:07:57.37 - Biggest blessing has been, by far, learning that God, 00:07:58.74\00:08:03.68 God is our provider, and He doesn't even need us. 00:08:04.81\00:08:08.35 He can make the rocks and the angels do this work, 00:08:09.72\00:08:11.05 but His heart is so big, 00:08:11.05\00:08:13.86 He wants us to experience the joy of being a part 00:08:13.86\00:08:18.43 of bringing others to freedom in Christ. 00:08:18.43\00:08:22.93 And so it's just like, wow. (laughs) 00:08:22.93\00:08:26.17 (uplifting orchestral music) 00:08:26.17\00:08:30.01 - And so here's a family that was fulfilling a role, 00:08:37.51\00:08:40.12 and now they're having to be called back. 00:08:40.12\00:08:42.88 And so of course, this leaves a void in our foundation. 00:08:42.88\00:08:45.79 - [Natalie Wood] Yeah. 00:08:45.79\00:08:46.89 - And what are we gonna do about that? 00:08:46.89\00:08:48.02 - So we pray and then God, what does He do? 00:08:48.02\00:08:52.76 - Well, Daniel had an idea, 00:08:52.76\00:08:54.20 he'd been praying about it a lot more than I had 00:08:54.20\00:08:56.13 because he knew about the transition before I did. 00:08:56.13\00:08:58.80 - A long time before, right. 00:08:58.80\00:09:00.64 - Yeah, so he had been praying, 00:09:00.64\00:09:01.94 and sensed that the Lord was possibly suggesting 00:09:01.94\00:09:06.21 the Steck family. 00:09:06.21\00:09:07.68 - [Natalie Wood] Okay. 00:09:07.68\00:09:08.51 - Yes. 00:09:08.51\00:09:09.81 - So Harvey and Brenda had gone to Thailand in about 2011, 00:09:09.81\00:09:13.08 to serve at a different project, a school, 00:09:13.08\00:09:15.82 and be the principal there and work with the kids there. 00:09:15.82\00:09:18.52 So they had been in Thailand for quite some time. 00:09:18.52\00:09:21.72 - Yeah, so they were familiar with Thailand. 00:09:21.72\00:09:24.03 They were planning to stay long-term, 00:09:24.03\00:09:26.43 no plans at all about returning to the States. 00:09:26.43\00:09:29.33 And they were kind of between mission posts, 00:09:29.33\00:09:32.27 they were looking for something to do and be engaged with. 00:09:32.27\00:09:35.77 And when Daniel suggested Harvey as his replacement, 00:09:37.17\00:09:40.54 it really fit well because Harvey's had experience 00:09:40.54\00:09:43.98 with translation work, with publishing work, 00:09:43.98\00:09:46.55 and with video work as well. 00:09:46.55\00:09:48.82 - Right, and he's got such a heart 00:09:48.82\00:09:51.32 for the work to go forward. 00:09:51.32\00:09:53.09 And Brenda also, they both have just a heart of love 00:09:53.09\00:09:56.76 for the people and wanting the work to go forward. 00:09:56.76\00:09:59.29 - Yeah, and a very gentle way that they work with the Thai, 00:09:59.29\00:10:03.16 the local staff. 00:10:03.16\00:10:04.03 They don't come in with, 00:10:04.03\00:10:05.77 "Oh, our way is better than your way, 00:10:05.77\00:10:08.00 or I'm better than you 'cause I'm from America", 00:10:08.00\00:10:11.01 and stuff like that. 00:10:11.01\00:10:11.81 - They work, and they interact, 00:10:11.81\00:10:13.54 and they honor and respect the local staff, 00:10:13.54\00:10:16.58 which is so important. 00:10:16.58\00:10:17.95 And one unique thing about Harvey and Brenda Steck 00:10:17.95\00:10:20.32 is that they have a daughter that lives in Thailand. 00:10:20.32\00:10:23.25 - Right, they have two daughters, 00:10:23.25\00:10:25.05 but one of them currently is living in Thailand. 00:10:25.05\00:10:27.62 - [Jon Wood] Yes. 00:10:27.62\00:10:28.72 - And actually, that's who shot this video? 00:10:28.72\00:10:30.83 Jonathan and Hannah, Hannah is their daughter. 00:10:30.83\00:10:33.19 - Yeah, when the Steck family came over to Thailand, 00:10:33.19\00:10:36.03 Hannah was younger and unmarried. 00:10:36.03\00:10:38.27 - Right, and then she and Jonathan met each other 00:10:38.27\00:10:40.80 in the mission field. 00:10:40.80\00:10:42.04 - [Jon Wood] Yes. - And God made 00:10:42.04\00:10:42.84 this love grow. 00:10:42.84\00:10:44.21 - Yes. 00:10:44.21\00:10:45.67 - And then they got together and got married. 00:10:45.67\00:10:47.21 So it's just been really neat to see how God brought them 00:10:47.21\00:10:49.81 to each other in the mission field, 00:10:49.81\00:10:52.11 so they can serve Him together. 00:10:52.11\00:10:53.72 - Right. 00:10:53.72\00:10:54.95 - And it's neat also that Jonathan's parents 00:10:54.95\00:10:57.09 are in Thailand and Hannah's parents are in Thailand, 00:10:57.09\00:10:59.65 so they're serving alongside their parents. 00:10:59.65\00:11:02.52 - Yes. 00:11:02.52\00:11:03.63 - [Natalie Wood] And in the mission field. 00:11:03.63\00:11:05.03 - And it seems as though the mission spirit kind of flows 00:11:05.03\00:11:06.90 through families. 00:11:06.90\00:11:07.66 - [Natalie Wood] Right, it does. 00:11:07.66\00:11:08.76 - Yeah. 00:11:08.76\00:11:09.83 - Yeah, and young people sometimes lead, 00:11:09.83\00:11:11.60 like you did with the hills, 00:11:11.60\00:11:12.73 but sometimes it's a family decision, 00:11:12.73\00:11:15.20 or a parent's decision, 00:11:15.20\00:11:17.04 like it was Harvey and Brenda's decision. 00:11:17.04\00:11:19.37 But Hannah and Sharon went with them. 00:11:19.37\00:11:21.91 - So we have a video introducing Harvey and Brenda. 00:11:21.91\00:11:24.58 - Okay, let's watch that now. 00:11:24.58\00:11:25.78 - [Jon Wood] Okay. 00:11:25.78\00:11:27.05 (cheerful instrumental music) 00:11:27.05\00:11:30.95 - About 11 years ago, our family came here to Thailand. 00:11:34.39\00:11:37.86 We were invited by a missionary family 00:11:37.86\00:11:39.83 to serve at Sunshine Orchard 00:11:39.83\00:11:41.80 on the border of Burma, Myanmar. 00:11:41.80\00:11:45.00 And we served there for six years, 00:11:45.00\00:11:47.27 and then we were able to serve in different capacities, 00:11:47.27\00:11:50.27 helping different missionaries over the past five years, 00:11:50.27\00:11:53.34 until recently I was asked to serve here at Love for Asia. 00:11:53.34\00:11:57.01 (cheerful instrumental music) 00:11:57.01\00:12:00.45 Over the past five or six years, 00:12:00.45\00:12:02.15 Daniel Bair has served as assistant director. 00:12:02.15\00:12:05.29 And that position involves overseeing the finances 00:12:06.65\00:12:10.13 and administration of the ministry here. 00:12:10.13\00:12:14.46 Keeping frequent contact with Jesus for Asia in America, 00:12:14.46\00:12:18.83 and helping Jesus for Asia to have the pulse 00:12:18.83\00:12:22.17 of what's happening here in Thailand. 00:12:22.17\00:12:24.44 That person is also responsible 00:12:24.44\00:12:27.84 to help sign papers for visas, and work permits, 00:12:27.84\00:12:32.25 and other things involving the missionaries. 00:12:32.25\00:12:35.72 So at this point, Daniel Bair has been asked by his family 00:12:35.72\00:12:38.89 to go back to America and help them, 00:12:38.89\00:12:41.46 and I have been asked to take his place here. 00:12:41.46\00:12:44.29 (man sings in foreign language) 00:12:45.53\00:12:49.56 At Love for Asia, 00:12:51.50\00:12:52.77 we could divide our work into three categories. 00:12:52.77\00:12:55.70 A number of missionaries would find it very difficult 00:12:55.70\00:12:58.67 to be here in Thailand on a long-term basis 00:12:58.67\00:13:01.78 if we didn't help them to get work permits and visas. 00:13:01.78\00:13:06.85 And so that has been a very important aspect 00:13:07.98\00:13:09.62 of our work for several missionary families. 00:13:09.62\00:13:13.15 Another aspect of our work is to translate materials 00:13:13.15\00:13:16.99 into the Thai language and other hill tribe languages. 00:13:16.99\00:13:21.53 We also have a video department 00:13:21.53\00:13:23.60 that has really been growing lately, 00:13:23.60\00:13:26.00 and that department produces videos 00:13:26.00\00:13:29.44 in from sermon linked videos, 00:13:29.44\00:13:31.71 down to short videos that are put on social media sites 00:13:31.71\00:13:35.48 and on our YouTube channel. 00:13:35.48\00:13:37.48 (piano instrumental music) 00:13:37.48\00:13:41.15 Those of us who speak English take a lot for granted 00:13:42.42\00:13:45.05 in the materials that are available in our language. 00:13:45.05\00:13:48.76 But in Thailand and many other places, 00:13:48.76\00:13:52.43 there is a lot less available to the local people. 00:13:52.43\00:13:56.36 And so the work that Love for Asia is doing 00:13:56.36\00:14:00.17 in helping to translate materials 00:14:00.17\00:14:01.77 into the local language is, I believe, 00:14:01.77\00:14:05.04 a great contribution to the work here in Thailand. 00:14:05.04\00:14:08.34 Their video department also has a lot of potential 00:14:08.34\00:14:11.15 in being able to produce messages 00:14:11.15\00:14:14.02 that can be circulated through the media, 00:14:14.02\00:14:16.45 and can be there for people to see for a long time to come. 00:14:16.45\00:14:20.39 (piano instrumental music) 00:14:21.19\00:14:24.59 A lot of people may not understand 00:14:24.59\00:14:27.66 what potential there is in the work here. 00:14:27.66\00:14:30.23 It's not always that sensational a work, 00:14:30.23\00:14:33.87 but there is great opportunities for the translation work 00:14:33.87\00:14:38.94 and video work to bless people here in Thailand. 00:14:42.08\00:14:45.51 And I pray that God will impress people 00:14:45.51\00:14:50.59 to support this work, 00:14:51.82\00:14:53.22 because we have wonderful opportunities ahead of us 00:14:53.22\00:14:57.03 in getting important materials, 00:14:57.03\00:14:59.39 timely materials into the local languages. 00:14:59.39\00:15:04.03 And I'm excited about the future for our work here. 00:15:04.03\00:15:07.64 (man sings in foreign language) 00:15:08.54\00:15:12.61 - Yeah, it's really neat that now they can step in, 00:15:29.19\00:15:32.19 and God just orchestrated it. 00:15:32.19\00:15:34.73 There was somebody there, ready and willing 00:15:34.73\00:15:38.07 when the need came. 00:15:39.43\00:15:40.30 - Yeah, and it's a beautiful fit. 00:15:40.30\00:15:41.70 Lord brought them into it a really nice little house 00:15:41.70\00:15:44.61 that they could stay in. 00:15:44.61\00:15:46.21 - [Natalie Wood] Awesome. 00:15:46.21\00:15:47.31 - Just a two minute drive from the office. 00:15:47.31\00:15:49.91 - [Natalie Wood] That's good. 00:15:49.91\00:15:51.31 - And They're there every morning for staff worship, 00:15:51.31\00:15:52.41 and then work together throughout the day, 00:15:52.41\00:15:54.32 and it's a very good fit. 00:15:54.32\00:15:56.42 - [Natalie Wood] Awesome. 00:15:56.42\00:15:57.55 - So we're happy about that. 00:15:57.55\00:15:58.85 - Awesome, we did wanna mention the young man singing. 00:15:58.85\00:16:00.89 - Yes. 00:16:00.89\00:16:01.72 - Works for us. 00:16:01.72\00:16:02.82 - [Jon Wood] Yep. 00:16:02.82\00:16:04.19 - And he could have worked for a big music company, 00:16:04.19\00:16:06.86 but he chose to work for God. 00:16:06.86\00:16:08.60 - Yes. 00:16:08.60\00:16:09.63 - And so we're really grateful to God. 00:16:09.63\00:16:10.70 And part of the plan for the future, 00:16:10.70\00:16:13.37 for that studio and office, is to have another studio. 00:16:13.37\00:16:18.44 Lord willing. - A recording, yeah. 00:16:19.47\00:16:20.71 - A audio recording studio. - For music, yeah. 00:16:20.71\00:16:22.24 - Yeah, so that we can record him. 00:16:22.24\00:16:24.15 And Brother Gop also sings nicely. 00:16:24.15\00:16:27.08 He's the Thai leader of that team there working closely 00:16:27.08\00:16:30.69 with Harvey. 00:16:30.69\00:16:31.52 - Yeah. 00:16:31.52\00:16:32.65 - We're looking forward to being able to provide 00:16:32.65\00:16:34.79 this godly music that these gentlemen 00:16:34.79\00:16:37.63 are blessed with these talents. 00:16:37.63\00:16:39.23 - Right, there's really not a lot 00:16:39.23\00:16:40.63 of Christian music available in Thailand. 00:16:40.63\00:16:43.97 - Right. 00:16:43.97\00:16:45.03 - And so to have the professional talent at, 00:16:45.03\00:16:46.60 one person in a team is wonderful, 00:16:46.60\00:16:48.70 but we have two people in the team 00:16:48.70\00:16:50.87 that are professional level musicians. 00:16:50.87\00:16:53.61 And so it would be a really fantastic thing for the church 00:16:53.61\00:16:56.58 to be able to have a professional recording studio 00:16:56.58\00:16:59.51 where they can make music. 00:16:59.51\00:17:00.62 - Right, and other groups can come in and. 00:17:00.62\00:17:02.92 - Oh sure, yeah, so we're praying for that. 00:17:02.92\00:17:04.85 - So that's, yeah, that's in the future. 00:17:04.85\00:17:06.39 - Yeah, right. 00:17:06.39\00:17:07.79 So does the funding come in really well for the studio? 00:17:07.79\00:17:11.06 'Cause it's such a powerful tool in God's harvest, 00:17:11.06\00:17:14.13 it seems like there would be a lot of funding 00:17:14.13\00:17:16.36 for this kind of project. 00:17:16.36\00:17:17.90 - The funds actually do not come in very well 00:17:17.90\00:17:20.50 for the Love for Asia team, the media, any of our media, 00:17:20.50\00:17:25.57 pretty much, the funds don't come in very well. 00:17:26.68\00:17:28.94 But thankfully, we do have many donors 00:17:28.94\00:17:31.85 that give to the where needed most fund, 00:17:31.85\00:17:33.72 which enables us to pay for the Love for Asia team, 00:17:33.72\00:17:36.45 which also enables the missionaries to stay in 00:17:36.45\00:17:40.19 Thailand. - [Jon Wood] Exactly. 00:17:40.19\00:17:41.49 - So it's extremely important to keep that team going. 00:17:41.49\00:17:43.09 - Yes. 00:17:43.09\00:17:44.23 - So that's one of the beneficiaries 00:17:44.23\00:17:45.36 of the where needed most funds that people give. 00:17:45.36\00:17:47.76 - Yeah, and we know that God wants this, 00:17:47.76\00:17:49.53 because the miracles that He's performed 00:17:49.53\00:17:51.73 in enabling this to happen. 00:17:51.73\00:17:53.30 - Right. 00:17:53.30\00:17:54.37 - [Jon Wood] Yeah. 00:17:54.37\00:17:55.70 - Yes, we definitely know that it's God's will. 00:17:55.70\00:17:57.04 And one of the miracle stories of one of the missionaries 00:17:57.04\00:17:59.67 that is able to stay in Thailand because of the foundation 00:17:59.67\00:18:03.21 is Jason and Shoshana and their three children. 00:18:03.21\00:18:06.18 - Right. 00:18:06.18\00:18:07.25 - And they've got a tremendous miracle story 00:18:07.25\00:18:09.22 that we just kind of pieced together more recently. 00:18:09.22\00:18:11.85 - He was in an accident, okay. 00:18:11.85\00:18:13.79 - Right. 00:18:13.79\00:18:15.16 - But only recently did we find the rest of the story. 00:18:15.16\00:18:17.26 - So now we have a rest of the story, miracle story. 00:18:17.26\00:18:20.50 - Yes, it was rice planting time. 00:18:20.50\00:18:22.60 So Jason was quite a ways away, 00:18:22.60\00:18:26.00 few hundred meters from his house preparing his field 00:18:26.00\00:18:28.87 to plant rice. 00:18:28.87\00:18:30.24 And first he plowed it and then he had to rake it. 00:18:30.24\00:18:32.57 So it's a rake attachment 00:18:32.57\00:18:33.88 to the back of his rototiller type big machine, okay. 00:18:33.88\00:18:37.28 - [Natalie Wood] Okay. 00:18:37.28\00:18:38.38 - And you can see that the rake is steel spines 00:18:38.38\00:18:42.12 that stick out back behind the machine. 00:18:42.12\00:18:44.05 - [Natalie Wood] Okay. 00:18:44.05\00:18:45.19 - And so he was going along, did one field, 00:18:45.19\00:18:46.59 and then he was getting ready to transfer to the next field. 00:18:46.59\00:18:49.22 - [Natalie Wood] Okay. 00:18:49.22\00:18:50.26 - And he decided instead of taking it off, 00:18:50.26\00:18:52.79 it drives easier if he just leaves it on. 00:18:52.79\00:18:54.56 So he went down a bank, 00:18:54.56\00:18:56.53 and at the very end of that bank there's a drop off. 00:18:56.53\00:18:58.43 - [Natalie Wood] Oh. 00:18:58.43\00:18:59.77 - And so when it fell, it popped down like that, 00:18:59.77\00:19:02.44 and the engine stuck in the ground, 00:19:02.44\00:19:05.17 and it popped the tines up, and he fell on those tines. 00:19:05.17\00:19:09.78 - On the rake. 00:19:09.78\00:19:10.58 - [Jon Wood] On the rake. 00:19:10.58\00:19:11.48 - Mm. 00:19:11.48\00:19:12.31 - One tine went in here, 00:19:12.31\00:19:13.38 and the other one went in somewhere else, 00:19:13.38\00:19:14.52 but it didn't really hit anything vital. 00:19:14.52\00:19:16.89 But this one, we found out later, 00:19:16.89\00:19:18.69 it went through his kidney, 00:19:18.69\00:19:20.69 and so he started bleeding out internally. 00:19:20.69\00:19:23.63 - Mm. 00:19:23.63\00:19:24.99 - After that happened, he kind of pulled himself off of it 00:19:24.99\00:19:26.09 and he realized that, oh, this isn't good, 00:19:26.09\00:19:28.33 so he started walking back towards the house. 00:19:28.33\00:19:31.07 He could only get about halfway to the house, 00:19:31.07\00:19:32.93 and he called out for help and his wife heard him. 00:19:32.93\00:19:35.67 And she's like, 00:19:35.67\00:19:36.97 "Wow, he shouldn't be coming home this time of day. 00:19:36.97\00:19:40.48 And he sounds a little strange, his voice sounds strange." 00:19:40.48\00:19:42.98 So she went to see him, 00:19:42.98\00:19:44.68 and he had crumpled down on the ground there. 00:19:44.68\00:19:47.52 And they were getting ready to pray, 00:19:47.52\00:19:49.58 asked the Lord what they should do about this. 00:19:49.58\00:19:52.15 And the villagers gathered around, 00:19:52.15\00:19:53.52 they called the ambulance, and just in the rush of things, 00:19:53.52\00:19:56.29 they just went with that. 00:19:56.29\00:19:57.53 So they're in the ambulance. 00:19:57.53\00:19:58.86 They drove about an hour and a half to the hospital, 00:19:58.86\00:20:01.70 the local hospital. 00:20:01.70\00:20:03.10 That's when we got the message back in America. 00:20:03.10\00:20:05.83 'cause she called his mother, Lisa Sharon. 00:20:06.94\00:20:09.80 - Right. 00:20:09.80\00:20:10.87 - Who was licensed in America as an EMT; 00:20:10.87\00:20:12.71 emergency medical technician. 00:20:12.71\00:20:14.04 So she kind of knows the signs of trauma and things. 00:20:14.04\00:20:19.25 - Right. 00:20:19.65\00:20:21.02 - So she messaged everybody in America, and our team just-- 00:20:21.02\00:20:22.98 - Pray. 00:20:22.98\00:20:24.35 - Our team just, we came up with this saying, SDP; 00:20:24.35\00:20:26.52 stop, drop and pray. 00:20:26.52\00:20:28.46 - Right. 00:20:28.46\00:20:29.79 - When you get an emergency, first thing you do is you pray. 00:20:29.79\00:20:32.03 And so we started praying. 00:20:32.03\00:20:33.23 He got to the hospital, 00:20:33.23\00:20:35.40 and they saw the extent of his injury, and they says, 00:20:35.40\00:20:39.70 "We can't treat him here." 00:20:39.70\00:20:41.04 He has to go to the main hospital, 00:20:41.04\00:20:42.64 which is normally five and a half hours drive away. 00:20:42.64\00:20:46.51 So they put him in the ambulance, 00:20:46.51\00:20:48.31 that ambulance got there two and a half hours. 00:20:48.31\00:20:50.85 I have no clue how they drove that fast, I do not. 00:20:50.85\00:20:53.21 - Yeah, the angels must have carried them or something. 00:20:53.21\00:20:55.82 - [Jon Wood] Yeah. 00:20:55.82\00:20:56.92 - Because it's a windy road. 00:20:56.92\00:20:58.09 - [Jon Wood] Very windy. 00:20:58.09\00:20:59.32 - It's busy, there's trucks, and bikes, and-- 00:20:59.32\00:21:02.46 - [Jon Wood] Everything. 00:21:02.46\00:21:03.29 - Motorbikes. 00:21:03.29\00:21:04.63 - Yeah, I mean, it's just really hard to get there fast. 00:21:04.63\00:21:07.20 But the key point of that miracle we found out later. 00:21:07.20\00:21:11.43 At the time, we just knew that they did 00:21:11.43\00:21:13.47 a mad dash to the hospital. 00:21:13.47\00:21:16.24 - Right. 00:21:16.24\00:21:17.04 - And when they got there, 00:21:17.04\00:21:18.14 they figured that they were gonna have 00:21:18.14\00:21:19.17 to have massive transfusions of blood. 00:21:19.17\00:21:21.51 - Right. 00:21:21.51\00:21:22.84 - But the thing is that nobody has the type of blood 00:21:22.84\00:21:24.45 that Jason needed. 00:21:24.45\00:21:25.78 - Right. 00:21:25.78\00:21:26.85 - Okay, so we're looking all over, it's like, 00:21:26.85\00:21:28.68 are there any foreigners that are willing to donate blood? 00:21:28.68\00:21:31.22 - Right. 00:21:31.22\00:21:32.12 And this person was willing to donate, 00:21:33.22\00:21:35.02 and people we didn't even know just came out of the, 00:21:35.02\00:21:37.53 who knows where? 00:21:37.53\00:21:38.89 A Facebook post, they saw the post, and they came in, 00:21:38.89\00:21:40.96 and it's like, "I'm willing to donate." 00:21:40.96\00:21:42.53 One person came in at two o'clock in the morning, 00:21:42.53\00:21:44.30 "I'm willing to donate." 00:21:44.30\00:21:45.47 - Wow. 00:21:45.47\00:21:46.60 - Just an outpouring of. 00:21:46.60\00:21:48.14 But what was surprising is that there was no need 00:21:48.14\00:21:50.21 for the blood. 00:21:50.21\00:21:51.17 - Hmm. 00:21:51.17\00:21:52.44 - There's no need for the transfusion. 00:21:52.44\00:21:54.01 And this is what I found out just recently, a year later. 00:21:54.01\00:21:57.55 I was talking to Jason and Shoshana, he's fully recovered, 00:21:57.55\00:22:00.82 and they were telling me about what happened 00:22:00.82\00:22:02.42 in the ambulance. 00:22:02.42\00:22:03.65 - Right. 00:22:03.65\00:22:05.02 - Shoshana was riding with Jason in the ambulance. 00:22:05.02\00:22:07.46 She had talked to his mother, who had the EMT license. 00:22:07.46\00:22:10.93 - Right. 00:22:10.93\00:22:12.06 - And his mother said, "Is his stomach hard?" 00:22:12.06\00:22:14.23 And she said, "Yes." 00:22:14.23\00:22:15.80 And so his mother says, "He probably won't make it." 00:22:15.80\00:22:19.10 Because what that means is that he's bleeding out internally 00:22:19.10\00:22:21.90 into his body cavity, and that is creating pressure 00:22:21.90\00:22:25.97 and filling up his abdomen with blood. 00:22:27.08\00:22:30.15 - Yeah. 00:22:30.15\00:22:31.28 - Okay, on the way in the ambulance, 00:22:31.28\00:22:32.88 she's looking at these heart monitors, 00:22:32.88\00:22:35.32 and vital sign monitor things. 00:22:35.32\00:22:38.62 And the heart rate goes way up, 00:22:38.62\00:22:41.69 and the blood pressure just drops. 00:22:41.69\00:22:43.39 I mean, it just goes way low. 00:22:43.39\00:22:44.63 - [Natalie Wood] Hmm. 00:22:44.63\00:22:45.73 - And of course, when that happens, 00:22:45.73\00:22:47.66 that means your heart is pumping air, there's no more blood. 00:22:47.66\00:22:51.67 - It's trying to work really hard, but there's nothing. 00:22:51.67\00:22:53.50 - Yeah, exactly. 00:22:53.50\00:22:55.20 And so this is the point of faith that just blew me away. 00:22:55.20\00:23:00.21 It's so beautiful, and it's so natural. 00:23:02.31\00:23:04.81 She didn't even think of it as faith. 00:23:04.81\00:23:07.05 But his wife Shoshana looked at the monitors, and she says, 00:23:07.05\00:23:10.72 "You know what, these are not in control. 00:23:10.72\00:23:13.52 These do not dictate the reality, my God's in control. 00:23:14.82\00:23:18.46 And if God has anything for us to do still in his vineyard, 00:23:18.46\00:23:22.33 then God will save my husband." 00:23:23.30\00:23:25.57 And you know what happened? 00:23:25.57\00:23:26.97 Heart rate leveled out, blood pressure leveled out. 00:23:28.30\00:23:31.77 And when they got to the hospital, 00:23:31.77\00:23:33.81 you know how much blood he required? 00:23:33.81\00:23:35.48 - A little, tiny bit. 00:23:35.48\00:23:36.34 - Six CCs of blood, 00:23:36.34\00:23:39.28 that's it. - A little, tiny bit. 00:23:39.28\00:23:40.72 - And so they went in and operated. 00:23:40.72\00:23:42.12 The doctor looked around, and put him back together, 00:23:42.12\00:23:44.92 and sewed him up. 00:23:44.92\00:23:46.19 And she said that whenever he would come in 00:23:46.19\00:23:49.12 and look at them, he kind of had that look on his face like, 00:23:49.12\00:23:52.86 "Who are you, and what kind of people are you?" 00:23:52.86\00:23:55.96 It's like, "You shouldn't be alive, 00:23:55.96\00:23:57.87 you shouldn't be like this, something's weird." 00:23:57.87\00:24:01.37 And they had some more complications, 00:24:01.37\00:24:04.01 some obstruction or something, 00:24:04.01\00:24:05.37 and so he went in for a second surgery. 00:24:05.37\00:24:06.74 And they did an MRI, and in the MRI they could see 00:24:06.74\00:24:10.81 there was a wound on the front of his kidney 00:24:10.81\00:24:14.02 and a wound on the back of his kidney. 00:24:14.02\00:24:16.22 So the spine had gone all the way through 00:24:16.22\00:24:18.69 and out the back of his kidney. 00:24:18.69\00:24:20.36 - So they discovered a wound on both sides of the kidney. 00:24:20.36\00:24:23.49 - Yes. 00:24:23.49\00:24:24.53 - And when the kidney gets punctured? 00:24:24.53\00:24:25.89 - The kidney is the organ that filters your blood, 00:24:25.89\00:24:27.66 takes all the impurities out of it. 00:24:27.66\00:24:29.30 And so it is saturated with blood, 00:24:29.30\00:24:31.60 it's got lots of blood vessels in it. 00:24:31.60\00:24:33.70 And if you have a punctured kidney, or a wounded kidney, 00:24:33.70\00:24:37.64 that is very serious. 00:24:37.64\00:24:39.14 - [Natalie Wood] Yeah. 00:24:39.14\00:24:40.24 - You bleed out and then you die. 00:24:40.24\00:24:42.01 - Right. 00:24:42.01\00:24:43.04 And that's exactly what happened to Jason, 00:24:43.04\00:24:44.91 except God stepped in in that ambulance, 00:24:44.91\00:24:48.92 and healed things up and put his blood back into his veins. 00:24:48.92\00:24:53.25 (Natalie and Jon laugh) 00:24:53.25\00:24:56.29 - God is awesome. 00:24:56.29\00:24:57.66 - He is so awesome, He is so awesome. 00:24:57.66\00:25:00.73 And his wife, they just went through all that. 00:25:00.73\00:25:02.66 They were just praising God. 00:25:02.66\00:25:03.73 They were thankful to go to the hospital 00:25:03.73\00:25:05.63 because they got to meet people in the hospital 00:25:05.63\00:25:07.70 that didn't know Jesus, 00:25:07.70\00:25:08.84 that they were able to connect with and help. 00:25:08.84\00:25:10.77 And then only later, 00:25:10.77\00:25:12.41 she was telling me about all these things, and I'm like, 00:25:12.41\00:25:15.28 "Shoshana, he bled out in the ambulance." 00:25:15.28\00:25:18.45 And she's like, "Oh yeah, I guess he did, 00:25:18.45\00:25:21.82 never really thought about that." 00:25:21.82\00:25:23.65 God can do a miracles in such amazing ways 00:25:23.65\00:25:26.35 that you don't even notice. 00:25:26.35\00:25:27.52 - Right. 00:25:27.52\00:25:29.06 - But you can see why when I tell people 00:25:29.06\00:25:31.43 that have a medical background, 00:25:31.43\00:25:32.83 like doctors, or nurses, or EMTs, or anybody like that, 00:25:32.83\00:25:35.90 I'm gonna say, "This is what happened, 00:25:35.90\00:25:37.20 and only took six CCs of blood." 00:25:37.20\00:25:39.13 They're like. 00:25:39.13\00:25:40.17 - [Natalie Wood] "No." 00:25:40.17\00:25:41.40 - "What, what?" - "That's not possible." 00:25:41.40\00:25:42.54 - [Jon Wood] Yeah, it's not possible. 00:25:42.54\00:25:44.14 - Yeah. 00:25:44.14\00:25:45.27 - These are the little events, 00:25:45.27\00:25:46.54 these are the little happenings that when you study it, 00:25:46.54\00:25:49.08 it's mind blowing. 00:25:49.08\00:25:51.05 - Right. 00:25:51.05\00:25:52.28 - And this is why-- 00:25:52.28\00:25:53.11 - It's not little. 00:25:53.11\00:25:54.22 - No, and this is why we're so passionate 00:25:54.22\00:25:56.92 about staying there, because we see God working. 00:25:56.92\00:26:00.59 - [Natalie Wood] Right. 00:26:00.59\00:26:01.92 - And we see God saying, "Yeah, this is what I want." 00:26:01.92\00:26:05.09 And there is nothing that can stand in the way. 00:26:05.09\00:26:07.73 There's no danger. 00:26:07.73\00:26:09.16 - Right. 00:26:09.16\00:26:10.50 - When you're in the will of God doing His will, 00:26:10.50\00:26:13.00 there's really no danger. 00:26:13.00\00:26:14.24 And if you die, oh, bummer, 00:26:14.24\00:26:15.94 you sleep for a while and then you go to heaven. 00:26:15.94\00:26:18.37 - Yeah, you wake up and see Jesus. 00:26:18.37\00:26:20.61 - Exactly. 00:26:20.61\00:26:22.11 - Wow. 00:26:22.11\00:26:22.91 - Exactly. 00:26:22.91\00:26:23.75 - Well, God is good. 00:26:23.75\00:26:24.75 - [Jon Wood] So beautiful, so beautiful. 00:26:24.75\00:26:26.55 - Yeah. 00:26:26.55\00:26:27.88 - This is the beauty also of long-term missions. 00:26:27.88\00:26:29.92 - Right. 00:26:29.92\00:26:31.29 - You wouldn't be able to have this kind of experience 00:26:31.29\00:26:32.49 with a two week mission trip. 00:26:32.49\00:26:33.92 - [Natalie Wood] No. 00:26:33.92\00:26:34.96 - Now, two week mission trips are good 00:26:34.96\00:26:36.39 if they're oriented towards giving a vision 00:26:36.39\00:26:39.39 for a life of service. 00:26:39.39\00:26:40.83 - Right. 00:26:40.83\00:26:41.83 - Exactly, get that taste of like, 00:26:41.83\00:26:43.60 "Wow, I helped those people and that felt good." 00:26:43.60\00:26:46.40 - Right. 00:26:46.40\00:26:47.50 - "I should do that the rest of my life." 00:26:47.50\00:26:48.50 - Yeah. 00:26:48.50\00:26:49.84 - And guess what, all of heaven's gonna back you up. 00:26:49.84\00:26:52.24 - Yeah, God's got angels ready, 00:26:52.24\00:26:54.51 and He's got miracles up His sleeve. 00:26:54.51\00:26:56.28 - [Jon Wood] Yes. 00:26:56.28\00:26:57.61 - And miracles that you don't expect, but He is amazing. 00:26:57.61\00:27:01.12 - He's a great God. 00:27:01.12\00:27:02.65 And so we're excited about Love for Asia, 00:27:02.65\00:27:04.99 we're excited about Harvey playing that role. 00:27:04.99\00:27:07.79 And there's a lot of miracles that are happening 00:27:07.79\00:27:09.52 that we don't see yet. 00:27:09.52\00:27:11.26 - [Natalie Wood] Right. 00:27:11.26\00:27:12.33 - Broadcasting, when you broadcast, 00:27:12.33\00:27:13.46 just like you don't know when you're broadcasting 00:27:13.46\00:27:16.80 the Word of God, you don't know where it's going. 00:27:16.80\00:27:19.30 - [Natalie Wood] Right. 00:27:19.30\00:27:20.60 - You don't know what seeds are gonna be planted. 00:27:20.60\00:27:21.60 - Right. 00:27:21.60\00:27:22.80 - You have no clue-- 00:27:22.80\00:27:23.61 - What the harvest will be. 00:27:23.61\00:27:24.94 - Exactly, but you've gotta put that seed out there. 00:27:24.94\00:27:27.81 You gotta get it out there. 00:27:27.81\00:27:29.98 In any way possible to get that seed out there. 00:27:29.98\00:27:32.61 God says, "My word shall not return unto me void." 00:27:32.61\00:27:35.92 So we've gotta broadcast that seed, 00:27:35.92\00:27:38.55 get it out there and then see what God does. 00:27:38.55\00:27:41.36 (uplifting instrumental music) 00:27:41.36\00:27:43.09 - Well, I would like to invite you to be a part 00:27:43.09\00:27:45.26 of the Love for Asia team in Thailand. 00:27:45.26\00:27:48.13 Please contact us at Jesus for Asia, PO Box 1221, 00:27:48.13\00:27:52.67 Collegedale, Tennessee, 37315. 00:27:52.67\00:27:54.74 Call us at (423)-413-7321, 00:27:56.14\00:28:00.64 or visit our website at jesus4asia.org. 00:28:00.64\00:28:04.11 May God richly bless you 00:28:04.11\00:28:05.75 until we see you next time on "Jesus for Asia Now". 00:28:05.75\00:28:09.38 (uplifting instrumental music) 00:28:09.38\00:28:13.36