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- Hello and welcome to
the "Jesus for Asia Now"
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2022 Christmas special.
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I'm Natalie Wood, and my husband
Jon is here with me today.
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Hello, love.
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- Hi, darling, how are you?
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- I'm doing fine. - Good.
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- You know, one of
the things that's great,
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about the end of the year,
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is we look back at the things
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that we have to be thankful for.
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- Yeah. - And how fast
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this year has flown by.
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- I know, it's so fast.
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I can't believe we're
almost to the end of 2022.
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- I know, it's crazy. - Yeah.
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- And we have a few highlights
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that we'd like to share today.
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- Yes.
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- What's our first highlight?
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- Well, it's the Norton family,
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but this is in kind of
a prayer walk group, okay?
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So we've done prayer
walks in different cities,
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and this is the first city
where God answered our prayers
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in a strong and powerful way,
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by bringing the
Norton family to that city.
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A city that previously
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had no Adventist
presence whatsoever.
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- Right.
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- And so we've
got a little clip,
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them talking about the
ministry that they're doing
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in this unreached city. - Right.
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- But we do envision
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the ability to continue
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bringing in more kids,
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kids that really need help
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and having a place
where they can be safe.
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- God has brought
children and staff here.
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But instead of seeing
the children as the ministry,
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seeing them as part of the team,
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the ministry team that
God is establishing here.
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And so, really trying
to instill in each person,
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each of us adults
and children alike.
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This passion for
taking the gospel out there.
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Big vision wise for the future,
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and however long it
is that we have to work,
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would be just that we would
be praying for these people
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that even before we would go out
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and talk with
them or pray with them,
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or put anything into
their hands for them to read,
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that we would be
asking for the spirit to go
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and do the
softening of the hearts
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and the preparatory
work that needs to happen
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for them to sort of
have those divine encounters
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that God wants,
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but that we tend
to shy away from.
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- And since this video is made,
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they have taken
in 11 more children.
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So, how many children
do they have currently
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on their property?
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- They have 25.
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- 25 Kids. - Yep.
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- Now, what's so
exciting about this,
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isn't just that they're
giving these kids a better life,
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but they're protecting
them from the flesh trade.
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- Right.
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- So if
anybody's really interested
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in saving young girls and
young boys from the flesh trade,
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this is the best way to do it.
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Save them and protect them
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before they get
into that. - Right.
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- But not only are they saving
them from the flesh trade,
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they are
introducing them to Christ
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in a family kind of atmosphere.
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- Right, God is really blessing.
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- Definitely.
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- So the next one
is another prayer walk.
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- Okay. - And
this is Kantharalak..
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- Okay.
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- We just finished
the virtual prayer walk.
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I was walking around
so the people could see
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the people that
they were praying for,
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the city that
they were praying for.
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And it was really a
precious, precious time together
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of praying for God
to work in this city,
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in the hearts
of the people here.
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And as one of the
sisters prayed it,
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it just really struck me.
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She was praying
about how in the Bible,
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you know, those who
were raised from the dead,
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they're dead.
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They cannot cry out.
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They cannot call
for help, they're dead.
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But someone else can
call and pray, and cry out,
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and raise them up.
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And that's the same here.
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People are spiritually dead.
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They're in spiritual darkness.
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They don't know that
there's a God they can cry to
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and receive help, and
receive joy and peace,
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and salvation in eternal life.
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And it was just a really,
really precious time together
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of praying.
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And I'm so
looking forward to seeing
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what God is going to do here
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because of those prayers.
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- We love these
prayer walks. - Yes.
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- And we had another one. - Yes.
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- This year. - Mm-hmm.
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- And so we have a
little clip from that one.
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- Okay.
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- Let's not be afraid,
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but just have
faith in the Word of God
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and what he's
gonna be doing today.
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So, go ahead and
let's begin and pray,
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and let's see what God does here
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in this big 180,000 population
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district of Bangkok.
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- [Prayer Member 1]
Lord, here is a place,
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where people are
eating and drinking,
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and marrying, and
giving in marriage,
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and they have no idea
what's coming upon the world.
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But Lord, they need help.
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They need hope.
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And so we're praying, Lord,
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for this city that is
destined for destruction,
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that you would
destine for salvation.
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- [Prayer Member 2] I
would like to claim Joshua 1:3,
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wherever You will,
that the soul of Your foot,
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I have already given unto You.
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We put our foot
on Bang Khun Thian,
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we Father, we claim
these people for Your kingdom.
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- I look at some
of those buildings
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and it's like, you know,
they're apartment complexes,
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and so many people live there
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that have never
had an opportunity.
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- It's hard to
grasp the idea of somebody
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that's never heard
the name of Jesus Christ.
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But we've talked to people,
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and, "Have you," you know,
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"How old were you when
you heard the name of Jesus?"
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"I was 40 years old." - Yeah.
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- "How did you hear?"
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"Well, the first time I heard,
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was when a
missionary couple came
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and planted a church here."
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So there was an intentional
outreach to that community,
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and that's how she heard.
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And so this needs
to happen many, many,
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many more times than
what we see happening.
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- Mm-hmm. - Today.
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- The next little
highlight we have,
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- Mm-hmm. - is about another way
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of getting the gospel out.
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- Yes.
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- You know, in
America we have literature
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that we can pass out.
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But over here,
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we haven't had
anything in the local language,
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other than like
one or two, or three,
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you know, Ellen White Books.
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I was deeply impressed
that we need to get the message
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before the people.
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And I was impressed
that we needed to write.
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So Jason actually,
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he had been impressed
that he needed to write,
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and he had written a small book,
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and he asked if I would help
out with the printing of it.
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So I offered to type
it out on the computer
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and get a printer
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so that we could
start publishing it.
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- And can you imagine
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that over the course of
this last year, during 2022,
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they've handed out way
over a hundred thousand
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of these little booklets?
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- Wow, and they
have a big vision.
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- Yes. - There are a few books
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that are
translated that need printed.
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- Mm-hmm. - They're like,
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"We could use a
million dollars-"
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- Yes. - "Worth of printed
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materials right now."
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- That's right.
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- And so it's a
big prayer. - Yeah.
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- But God's will
is for His Word to go
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like the leaves of Autumn.
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- And I think it's because
we have a short time left.
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It's a short time that God wants
to accomplish a major work.
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- So our next one- - Uh-huh.
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- Is from
Bangladesh about Bible workers.
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- Okay.
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- There was a group
of about 40 Bible workers
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that were part of a project
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that was run by the previous
Union Mission president,
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but the funding for
that was running out.
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- Hmm.
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- And they wanted these workers
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to be able to keep
up their ministries.
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The church in Bangladesh
doesn't have a lot of funding
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to hire pastors and teachers.
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They have a college
there where they train people
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for jobs like that,
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but they just
don't have enough money
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to hire as many
people as needed.
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So, this project was
supposed to help with that.
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And then the funding was ending,
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so they needed
new sponsors. - Hmm.
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- And so we went to go
see some of the Bible workers
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and find out more
about what that need was,
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so that potentially
we could take them on.
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- Okay, all right.
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So we have a picture.
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- Yeah.
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So this is a smaller group
of some of the Bible workers
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that we met while we were there.
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We didn't get to meet
all of them, but you know,
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a couple dozen of
them we were able to meet
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and do interviews with.
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And that was a huge blessing.
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- Okay, so how
many total Bible workers
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are there initially
that they were looking for?
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- 40.
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- Okay. - There
were 40 Bible workers.
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- We hired 40 at once.
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- And there's
so much need there.
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- We've added a few since then,
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but they need more. - Yes.
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- So our next exciting project,
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our highlight from
this year- - Mm-hmm.
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- Is from Cambodia.
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- So the Howells have chosen
to train these young students
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to speak English,
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so they can go
overseas and get an education,
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and come back and
bring that advanced training
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back into the
church there in Cambodia.
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- Yeah, that'll be
such a great blessing.
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- Oh, it'll be huge.
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- All right,
let's watch that one.
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- Okay.
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(gentle inspirational music)
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- When we made a decision for
them to go to the Philippines,
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I realized we needed
to teach them English.
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So in January, everybody moved
from Siem Reap to Battambang.
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And we've been
living in huts, ever since.
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And we've been
teaching them English every day,
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trying to get
them ready to go there.
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I do my part, they do
their part, and God do the rest.
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(gentle inspirational music)
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- So a typical day,
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we start worship at seven.
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And then by 7:45,
8 o'clock the latest,
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we start English.
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And we go until 11 o'clock.
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And then, we have a
two hour lunch break,
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and we go from 1
till about 4:35 o'clock.
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We have worship, and then
we're finished for the day.
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And so throughout the
day, we're doing dictation,
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we're doing grammar,
we're doing phonetics,
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we're doing reading.
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Just about everything
you need to learn in English.
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It helps when you have
students who want to be here,
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who want to learn.
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It makes the job a lot easier.
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- The Howells are definitely
experiencing growth time.
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- Yes.
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- As well as the young people
that they're working with.
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- Absolutely.
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So this next project
is close to my heart.
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- Yep.
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- We had just finished
building our first studio
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in northern Thailand.
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We came home and we
showed the show on 3ABN.
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And one of our
donors emailed us and said,
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"How much did that studio cost?"
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"How much was the truck?"
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"How much are the,
everything included?"
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And so we told them what
this, what the amount was,
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and they said,
"We've been praying,"
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"I've," this is the wife saying,
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"I've been praying
that the Lord would develop
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some kind of income
that was not our normal flow,
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not the normal way that
we could use for God's work."
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- Hmm.
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- "And it looks like
He is providing that."
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- Wow.
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- "And so we have funds,
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we would like to
sponsor another studio."
00:11:27.85\00:11:31.39
- Wow. (Jon chuckles)
00:11:31.39\00:11:33.25
- But they says,
"We're not sure we have it.
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We think we have.
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It looks like it's gonna work,
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but we will let you
know as soon as we're sure."
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And so I went back to Thailand.
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While I was stuck in
quarantine for 10 days.
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We got the message that
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it was came through. -
Those funds were coming.
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- Yes.
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At the end of three
weeks, we did our first filming.
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This was a Friday.
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And our first
filming was done in Thai.
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- Okay.
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- Our first
filming was done in Karen.
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- Okay.
00:12:04.65\00:12:05.92
- And then our first
filming was done in Burmese.
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- Wow.
00:12:08.26\00:12:09.06
- So we went from nothing.
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From no- - No facility.
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- No studio, no
team, no equipment,
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except, you know,
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the used stuff. - The used.
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- To a studio, a team,
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doing their own
production. - Equipment.
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Production. -
Filming in three weeks.
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Three weeks from
zero to production.
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- That is insane.
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(Jon gasps)
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That is totally a God thing.
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That's why we
said this is miracle,
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after miracle, after miracle.
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- Yes.
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- Because that's,
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it was a miracle
that you found that house.
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- Yes.
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- That it was
wide enough. - Yes.
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- It was a miracle that he
helped you to get the equipment.
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It was a miracle that
he provided the workers.
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- Yes.
00:12:46.76\00:12:48.03
- Their heart to
serve Him is a miracle.
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- Yes.
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- It's just, yeah. (Jon laughs)
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So many beautiful miracles.
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- One miracle after another.
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- Yeah.
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- I'm still blown away by
that whole thing that God did,
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that string of
miracles that God did.
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- It's a beautiful thing.
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- Yes, and it's
continuing to grow.
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- Right, our next highlight
is about Jim and Irene Hill.
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- Uh-huh. - Now, what's special
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about Jim and Irene?
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- Well, Jim and
Irene are at the age
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where they should just
kick back in an easy chair.
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- Or, you know,
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put around their
own garden here at home.
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- But let's look at that video
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and we can see
a different story.
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- Okay.
00:13:19.59\00:13:20.96
- One of the things that's
particularly true about Asia
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is they have
great respect for age.
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- Hmm.
00:13:26.20\00:13:27.47
- So you have an
opportunity for influence there
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that you don't have here. - Hmm.
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- And even if you're old enough
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or physically challenged enough
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that you can't do what
you used to be able to do,
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it doesn't matter,
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because there are all kinds
of younger people over there
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who can work.
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We're going to a school
with over a hundred kids
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and we're supposed to
develop a work program.
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So we don't have
to worry about that.
00:13:50.09\00:13:51.56
(congregate chuckles)
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- So you don't have to work?
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- No, I will
work. (Jon chuckles)
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I will work hard, but I
don't have to do it all myself.
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- Yeah.
00:13:57.87\00:13:58.97
- But I won't work.
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And that's because
I have Parkinson's.
00:14:00.40\00:14:02.97
And I, even though
I have Parkinson's,
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it's very slowly progressing.
00:14:05.01\00:14:07.44
And if I go, Jim can go,
and Jim can be an influence.
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And regardless of Parkinson's,
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we each have an
influence about us-
00:14:13.65\00:14:15.68
- [Congregation]
Yeah. - That we share.
00:14:15.68\00:14:18.52
And so I can be a
spiritual influence.
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And an example,
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even though I may not be able
to function like I once did.
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- [Congregation] Amen.
- God doesn't need people
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to do things.
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He needs willing
hearts so He can do things.
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- [Congregation] Amen.
00:14:30.27\00:14:31.43
- The man that called us here,
00:14:31.43\00:14:33.44
we asked him
what his vision was,
00:14:33.44\00:14:34.77
and he said, "Just live
your life. Just be Christian.
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Just be an influence."
00:14:38.71\00:14:40.71
So that's what we're doing.
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- I'm not going to retire.
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That's not part of how
I'm gonna live my life.
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You know, all the
things that I've seen,
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have sort of anchored this
point that people who retire
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and don't engage in
some useful activity
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will wither away and die.
00:14:56.39\00:14:58.06
So I don't want to,
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to ever sit in a
rocking chair on the porch
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and watch life go by.
00:15:02.90\00:15:04.70
I want to be involved.
00:15:04.70\00:15:05.83
I want to be
doing something useful.
00:15:05.83\00:15:07.67
And you know, when I don't
have to depend on a paycheck,
00:15:09.00\00:15:12.24
then I can depend on the Lord
00:15:12.24\00:15:14.61
to provide
something for me to do
00:15:14.61\00:15:16.51
that'll be useful to
Him and to His children
00:15:16.51\00:15:19.21
on this earth.
00:15:19.21\00:15:20.22
- You know, I love what Irene
said in the first part there.
00:15:21.62\00:15:23.49
- Mm. - Where she said,
00:15:23.49\00:15:24.59
"God's not looking
for people to do things.
00:15:24.59\00:15:26.59
He's looking
for willing hearts."
00:15:26.59\00:15:28.02
And I think that is so powerful,
00:15:28.02\00:15:30.53
that concept that
He just needs people.
00:15:30.53\00:15:33.50
- Yes.
00:15:33.50\00:15:34.83
- That will humbly do
what He's asking them to do,
00:15:34.83\00:15:37.43
no matter what it is,
00:15:37.43\00:15:38.70
no matter where it is. - Mm-hmm.
00:15:38.70\00:15:40.54
And the next project
that we're talking about
00:15:40.54\00:15:42.17
is also in Thailand. - Right.
00:15:42.17\00:15:43.67
- And it's a miracle
00:15:43.67\00:15:44.81
because the family that
had started this project
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had to go home.
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We weren't sure
what was gonna happen,
00:15:48.68\00:15:50.01
but God had
everything planned out.
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And the new family,
00:15:51.78\00:15:53.15
the Kennedy's came and
were looking for an opportunity
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to serve God. - Right.
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- The potential of this
place is un-immeasurable.
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- Right. -
Because they're 400 feet
00:16:00.76\00:16:02.56
from a university
with over 500,000 students.
00:16:02.56\00:16:06.33
- Let's play that. - Okay.
00:16:06.33\00:16:07.76
- [Natalie] So
we're talking about F5.
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- [Jon] Yes. -
[Natalie] What is F5?
00:16:10.40\00:16:11.47
- [Jon] F5 is a
brand start in America.
00:16:11.47\00:16:13.37
And it's all about
fitness as an evangelistic tool.
00:16:13.37\00:16:17.01
- [Natalie] Right.
00:16:17.01\00:16:18.37
- [Jon] As a way to bring
people in healthy lifestyle,
00:16:18.37\00:16:20.08
activity, adventure.
00:16:20.08\00:16:21.81
Perfect for the location right
next to the large university.
00:16:21.81\00:16:25.55
- [Natalie] Right.
00:16:25.55\00:16:26.38
- [Jon] Originally,
00:16:26.38\00:16:27.72
their idea was to either
have a fruit smoothie shop,
00:16:27.72\00:16:29.45
a restaurant,
or a climbing wall.
00:16:29.45\00:16:31.52
- [Natalie] Right.
00:16:31.52\00:16:32.85
- [Jon] But the Lord-
- [Natalie] One of those.
00:16:32.85\00:16:33.52
- [Jon] Yes. (chuckles)
00:16:33.52\00:16:34.89
But the Lord moved them to
a building that was so large
00:16:34.89\00:16:37.63
that they could do all of them.
00:16:37.63\00:16:39.06
- [Natalie]
Right. (Jon chuckles)
00:16:39.06\00:16:40.20
- I came to Thailand
13 years ago when I was 17
00:16:40.20\00:16:43.93
with my entire family.
00:16:43.93\00:16:45.33
And we came for the first
time with one way tickets.
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I was really upset about coming.
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I always say that I
came kicking and screaming,
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and it took me a few weeks
00:16:53.21\00:16:57.05
after visiting a
little bamboo school.
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And after
spending a few days there,
00:17:00.48\00:17:02.78
they asked me if I
would stay and teach.
00:17:02.78\00:17:05.45
And after seeing
all the little children
00:17:05.45\00:17:08.49
and all they had been through,
00:17:08.49\00:17:09.29
this was in a refugee area,
00:17:09.29\00:17:11.09
I really fell in
love with it for myself.
00:17:11.09\00:17:13.33
And I've really never left.
00:17:13.33\00:17:17.27
- So our goal is to have an area
00:17:17.27\00:17:18.87
where college
students can come, study,
00:17:18.87\00:17:21.54
play games, we
can engage with them.
00:17:21.54\00:17:23.94
Also, we're planning
on having English lessons,
00:17:23.94\00:17:26.81
once or twice a week,
00:17:26.81\00:17:28.08
in order to be able to
connect with them in that way
00:17:28.08\00:17:30.65
and start
developing relationships.
00:17:30.65\00:17:32.91
And secondly of course,
00:17:32.91\00:17:34.18
is just making sure
that we get the business
00:17:34.18\00:17:36.75
to a point where
it is self-sustaining.
00:17:36.75\00:17:39.22
One of the amazing things
00:17:39.22\00:17:40.52
that was able to
come out of Covid
00:17:40.52\00:17:42.62
was Brian had the
opportunity to purchase property
00:17:42.62\00:17:45.93
about an hour and a half
to two hours south of Bangkok.
00:17:45.93\00:17:49.60
It's an outdoor property
00:17:49.60\00:17:50.67
right next to some
amazing rock climbing.
00:17:50.67\00:17:52.67
It's actually
where we take people
00:17:52.67\00:17:54.24
to do an intro to rock
climbing class, so to speak.
00:17:54.24\00:17:58.41
And so, that property
we have a lot of plans for,
00:17:58.41\00:18:02.24
in terms of being
able to create somewhere,
00:18:02.24\00:18:03.91
where we can take college
students from outta the city,
00:18:03.91\00:18:06.82
go down, do camping trips.
00:18:06.82\00:18:08.78
But that's kind
of a future plan.
00:18:08.78\00:18:11.25
And we'll be
continuing developing that
00:18:11.25\00:18:13.46
over the next
six months to a year.
00:18:13.46\00:18:16.66
But we are really excited
to start preparing a place
00:18:16.66\00:18:19.19
where we can reach kids,
00:18:19.19\00:18:20.53
not just on a personal to
person level here in Bangkok,
00:18:20.53\00:18:23.90
but actually get
them out of the city
00:18:23.90\00:18:25.57
to be able to connect
with God through nature.
00:18:25.57\00:18:27.94
- You know, they're
running these trips,
00:18:29.07\00:18:30.37
taking 'em out into
the mountains and climbing,
00:18:30.37\00:18:33.44
and they get 'em
on the end of a rope.
00:18:33.44\00:18:34.74
It's a good
opportunity to talk about faith.
00:18:34.74\00:18:36.91
(Natalie laughs) (Jon laughs)
00:18:36.91\00:18:38.18
- Yep.
00:18:38.18\00:18:39.25
Our next one is the
miracle that we promised
00:18:39.25\00:18:40.52
at the beginning. - Okay.
00:18:40.52\00:18:41.58
- This is exciting. - Yes.
00:18:41.58\00:18:43.79
(gentle serene music)
00:18:43.79\00:18:46.42
- [Narrator 1] He
stopped breathing.
00:18:46.42\00:18:47.39
His wife and
children were crying.
00:18:47.39\00:18:49.22
- [Narrator 2] When Mar died,
00:18:50.69\00:18:51.99
I said, "Let me join him."
00:18:51.99\00:18:53.93
- [Narrator 1] They said,
"We have lost our father."
00:18:55.83\00:18:58.50
- [Narrator 2] I had
completely lost all hope
00:18:59.57\00:19:01.00
of ever seeing him again.
00:19:01.00\00:19:02.57
- [Narrator 1] His
body was cold and stiff.
00:19:04.01\00:19:06.11
But I said, "We still
have to pray and trust God."
00:19:06.11\00:19:08.68
We must not lose hope
00:19:10.01\00:19:11.41
that he will be
given a second chance.
00:19:11.41\00:19:13.42
I prayed, you are the
true God that raises the dead.
00:19:13.42\00:19:16.18
I believe you'll
bring back his life
00:19:16.18\00:19:17.79
because You have the power.
00:19:17.79\00:19:19.09
But I also added, not
because I have the ability,
00:19:19.09\00:19:21.89
but because You have the power.
00:19:21.89\00:19:24.56
As I prayed, the
chilling wind entered my head,
00:19:24.56\00:19:27.10
and then filled my whole body.
00:19:27.10\00:19:28.80
It must have
been the Holy Spirit.
00:19:28.80\00:19:30.37
I knew then that Mar's
life would be restored.
00:19:30.37\00:19:33.54
- [Narrator 2] I
was really losing hope
00:19:33.54\00:19:34.50
that he would be revived again.
00:19:34.50\00:19:36.24
- [Narrator 1]
"If you were serious
00:19:36.24\00:19:37.27
in wanting your
husband to live again,
00:19:37.27\00:19:38.64
you must trust the
Lord with all your heart,
00:19:38.64\00:19:40.88
your strength, your
soul, and your mind.
00:19:40.88\00:19:43.41
And he will live again," I said.
00:19:43.41\00:19:45.08
Mar's wife was quiet.
00:19:46.45\00:19:47.75
I asked her again,
"Do you now believe?"
00:19:48.82\00:19:50.79
She replied,
00:19:51.65\00:19:53.02
"I now really believe that
my husband will live again."
00:19:53.02\00:19:55.59
- [Narrator 3] The last
thing I heard while I was dying
00:19:58.09\00:20:00.46
was my children crying.
00:20:00.46\00:20:02.20
(gentle inspirational music)
00:20:02.20\00:20:04.70
They say that I was dead.
00:20:04.70\00:20:06.77
Before I opened my eyes.
00:20:06.77\00:20:08.30
I saw a stunning bright light.
00:20:08.30\00:20:09.87
And that was why I woke up.
00:20:09.87\00:20:11.57
- [Narrator 1] He
was dead for two hours,
00:20:14.08\00:20:15.91
from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM.
00:20:15.91\00:20:18.48
Then he was raised up.
00:20:19.41\00:20:20.65
Then he stood up and said,
00:20:21.82\00:20:23.39
"I am strong, I am
strong, I am no longer sick."
00:20:23.39\00:20:26.65
- [Narrator 3] I
was given a second life.
00:20:29.69\00:20:31.83
I am very thankful that
God is giving me life again
00:20:33.16\00:20:36.43
and gives me strength so I
can worship Him continually.
00:20:36.43\00:20:39.27
- [Narrator 2] I'm so
happy that he is alive,
00:20:41.10\00:20:43.54
but this time with the Lord.
00:20:43.54\00:20:45.44
- Praise the Lord.
00:20:48.34\00:20:49.54
That is a such- -
That is a highlight,
00:20:49.54\00:20:50.45
not just of 2022.
00:20:50.45\00:20:51.85
This is a highlight of my life.
00:20:51.85\00:20:53.72
- Yeah.
00:20:53.72\00:20:54.98
- To see that God
is still alive today,
00:20:54.98\00:20:56.55
still can raise the dead.
00:20:56.55\00:20:58.29
- So the next
one we have- - Yes.
00:20:58.29\00:20:59.95
- Is exciting
in a different way.
00:20:59.95\00:21:01.39
- This is a school that was
established by three churches,
00:21:01.39\00:21:04.33
poor churches in an area
00:21:04.33\00:21:06.56
way up in the
mountains of Manipur.
00:21:06.56\00:21:09.30
- Right. - India,
over 50 years ago,
00:21:09.30\00:21:11.67
they started this school.
00:21:11.67\00:21:13.20
And praise God,
00:21:13.20\00:21:14.64
they're building a
brand new school building,
00:21:14.64\00:21:16.81
a main administration
block with classrooms.
00:21:16.81\00:21:20.38
And we just received funding
for the last two classrooms
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on the ground
level of the school.
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- Right.
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- But let's show them a
little clip about this school
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and what it looks
like and who's there.
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- Okay. - And how
cute the kids are.
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- Oh, yeah,
precious. (Jon laughs)
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- Of course, we are
getting a lot of pay
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outside of Manipur,
outside different places.
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But here I'm
getting just a small amount
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with 6,000 to 7,000, maybe.
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We have a better opportunity
even till now and then,
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like calling
from different places.
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"We need a music teacher,
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we're gonna pay
you 50,000 in a month."
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And all those offers are there.
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But I have a duty,
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which I should do
for our own church
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and for our own people,
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and for my own people.
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So, I said no to those offers.
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And then I'm here
for whatever amount.
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(teacher speaking
in foreign language)
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- Teachers are sacrificing
only with 50 to $100 a month.
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And knowing that our
school has a very less income,
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and the teachers are not
getting their salary on time.
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So, you know,
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there comes a
time we find very hard
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for our parents to
convince them to pay their dues
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or their fees every month.
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And then when the teachers,
you know, come and tell.
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Because they come and ask,
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"Sir, we have no option
then to ask the money from you."
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But again, I have no resource,
no income for the school.
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So like, you know, all
those challenges were there.
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- The third one.
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If we have to
compare it in terms of money,
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and in terms of value,
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I would say it
is very, very hard
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to keep us ourselves motivated
00:23:01.81\00:23:04.55
for this small amount of money,
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that we have to
sacrifice the whole day,
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the whole month, the whole year.
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But, knowing that
this is the only school,
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and this is the first school
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from this whole
area, Khoupum area.
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And knowing that it
is an Adventist school,
00:23:22.76\00:23:24.90
and I'm an Adventist,
00:23:24.90\00:23:26.37
so I want this
school to keep on going.
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So with whatever I can,
00:23:29.90\00:23:32.87
I want the
school to keep on going,
00:23:32.87\00:23:34.74
- [Teacher] Okay.
00:23:35.78\00:23:37.38
- I came to know
this is the best school,
00:23:37.38\00:23:39.51
which we can learn a
good thing, discipline,
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whatever we need.
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This is a place,
I wish we can get.
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- When I see the children smile,
00:23:48.02\00:23:50.03
when they come in
and walk in, you know?
00:23:51.09\00:23:52.89
And then knowing if I stopped,
00:23:52.89\00:23:56.63
where these children will go?
00:23:56.63\00:23:58.07
And this is the
only Adventist school.
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And me being, becoming
an Adventist through school,
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and if I have to give up,
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or if I have to stop,
00:24:08.24\00:24:09.94
and seeing those children again,
00:24:10.75\00:24:12.95
I should never do that
00:24:12.95\00:24:13.98
because those
children will lost.
00:24:13.98\00:24:17.19
They will lost.
00:24:17.19\00:24:18.49
(children laughing)
(gentle melancholic music)
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- Praise the Lord. - Yes.
00:24:22.22\00:24:23.53
- You know, only God
gives that kind of heart.
00:24:23.53\00:24:25.26
- Yes. - And He
will reward them.
00:24:25.26\00:24:27.03
They may be
extremely poor in this life.
00:24:27.03\00:24:29.36
- Yes.
00:24:29.36\00:24:30.20
- Plans are being made
00:24:30.20\00:24:31.00
to make sure that the teachers
00:24:31.00\00:24:32.43
do get a regular,
more regular stipend.
00:24:32.43\00:24:35.00
- Yes. - So we're
thankful for that.
00:24:35.00\00:24:36.77
- Our last highlight
for this time together
00:24:36.77\00:24:38.74
is a little closer to home.
00:24:38.74\00:24:40.51
- We are actually going
to Collegedale, Tennessee.
00:24:40.51\00:24:43.08
- Okay, not that far away.
00:24:43.08\00:24:44.48
- So one of the things that
people like to see sometimes
00:24:44.48\00:24:47.62
from ministries is
kind of behind the scenes.
00:24:47.62\00:24:49.72
- Okay.
00:24:49.72\00:24:50.52
People that come to visit us,
00:24:50.52\00:24:51.75
for example. - Okay.
00:24:51.75\00:24:52.55
- They walk in our office door,
00:24:52.55\00:24:54.42
is the garage door. - Uh-huh.
00:24:54.42\00:24:56.26
- And they walk in through the
garage door and they're here.
00:24:56.26\00:24:59.53
- Yeah.
00:24:59.53\00:25:00.93
- They come through here
and they go into our office,
00:25:00.93\00:25:02.70
which is one room.
00:25:02.70\00:25:04.10
They see the
whole room in seconds.
00:25:04.10\00:25:06.97
- Yep. - And then they're done.
00:25:06.97\00:25:08.30
That's the tour, so-
00:25:08.30\00:25:09.17
- What about
the conference room?
00:25:09.17\00:25:10.84
(Natalie chuckles)
00:25:10.84\00:25:12.24
- The conference room?
Oh, you mean the dining room?
00:25:12.24\00:25:13.41
- Oh, that yeah, that.
00:25:13.41\00:25:14.41
- Upstairs, yeah. - Uh-huh.
00:25:14.41\00:25:15.14
- And the other- - Yeah.
00:25:15.14\00:25:15.94
The kitchen is right there.
00:25:15.94\00:25:17.05
- Yeah. - Next
to the dining room.
00:25:17.05\00:25:17.71
- And the editing room.
00:25:17.71\00:25:19.38
- Yeah, that's the living room.
00:25:19.38\00:25:21.15
- Right.
00:25:21.15\00:25:21.98
- And, (Jon laughs)
00:25:21.98\00:25:23.08
and then we do
have an editing office
00:25:23.08\00:25:24.65
that you use sometimes
00:25:24.65\00:25:25.79
one of the bedrooms. - Uh-huh.
00:25:25.79\00:25:27.06
- So yeah, it's
pretty short the tour.
00:25:27.06\00:25:30.13
- Yeah. (laughs)
00:25:30.13\00:25:31.56
- We've known for
a number of years,
00:25:31.56\00:25:33.76
that in order to
grow very much more,
00:25:33.76\00:25:36.10
we would need something else.
00:25:36.10\00:25:37.40
And we finally found something
00:25:37.40\00:25:39.50
that God seemed
to be pointing at.
00:25:39.50\00:25:42.50
- Yes. - And what is that?
00:25:42.50\00:25:44.01
- Well, it's this property
right down here in Collegedale.
00:25:44.01\00:25:46.57
It's a beautiful 1.5 acre.
00:25:46.57\00:25:49.08
We are beyond,
you know, questioning,
00:25:49.08\00:25:52.95
that God has led
us to this property.
00:25:52.95\00:25:54.82
- Right.
00:25:54.82\00:25:55.88
- And, put us
together with a developer,
00:25:55.88\00:25:58.85
that owns the property,
00:25:58.85\00:26:00.42
that has faith, also.
00:26:00.42\00:26:02.06
- They actually
started building.
00:26:02.06\00:26:03.99
The pictures that are
showing on the screen,
00:26:03.99\00:26:06.43
show the story of
what's been happening.
00:26:06.43\00:26:08.60
- Whoever heard of a developer
starting to build on property
00:26:08.60\00:26:11.93
that hasn't been sold yet.
00:26:11.93\00:26:13.23
- Right - Before he's received
00:26:13.23\00:26:14.57
any money yet.
00:26:14.57\00:26:15.94
- Yeah, and so it's been faith
challenging for that reason.
00:26:15.94\00:26:18.31
Also, because we don't
want funds going to this,
00:26:18.31\00:26:22.34
that should be
going out- - To Asia.
00:26:22.34\00:26:24.55
- To the field, yes. - Exactly.
00:26:24.55\00:26:26.35
- Because lives
are important to us.
00:26:26.35\00:26:28.82
- What is one promise that
God has given you, recently?
00:26:28.82\00:26:32.02
- As I was driving,
I was praying out loud.
00:26:32.02\00:26:34.49
- Mm-hmm. - And two things
00:26:34.49\00:26:36.26
came into my mind. - Mm-hmm.
00:26:36.26\00:26:37.43
- One was Jeremiah 33:3,
00:26:37.43\00:26:39.29
which I know it
in my head. - Mm.
00:26:39.29\00:26:41.56
- "Call into me
and I will answer you
00:26:41.56\00:26:43.40
and show you
great and mighty things,
00:26:43.40\00:26:45.03
which you don't know." - Mm.
00:26:45.03\00:26:47.10
- God has shown us that
text in several other situations
00:26:47.10\00:26:50.61
where it was like,
this is impossible.
00:26:50.61\00:26:52.61
- Yeah. - And then in my head,
00:26:52.61\00:26:54.14
I heard, "Arise and build,"
00:26:54.14\00:26:55.94
like a command,
00:26:55.94\00:26:56.75
like, you know, "Do this,"
00:26:56.75\00:26:58.38
kind of thing. - Wow.
00:26:58.38\00:26:59.48
- And so after I
finished driving,
00:26:59.48\00:27:00.68
I looked it up and
it was in Nehemiah 2:20.
00:27:00.68\00:27:03.28
"The God of
heaven, He will prosper us,
00:27:03.28\00:27:05.05
therefore we, His
servants will arise and build."
00:27:05.05\00:27:08.56
So our part as His
servants is to go forward,
00:27:08.56\00:27:12.49
trusting that He's going to
prosper us and pay for this.
00:27:12.49\00:27:16.26
And it's been a faith journey.
00:27:16.26\00:27:18.60
It's still a faith journey.
00:27:18.60\00:27:19.90
And every day we go
there and we're just like,
00:27:19.90\00:27:21.04
"What is God
doing today?" You know?
00:27:21.04\00:27:23.64
- And that's what our
message to our audience is,
00:27:23.64\00:27:27.74
is that God is able.
00:27:27.74\00:27:30.81
He is worthy of our confidence.
00:27:30.81\00:27:32.88
He's worthy of our trust.
00:27:32.88\00:27:34.45
- Yeah, well, it is
been an awesome reflection.
00:27:34.45\00:27:38.12
- Yes. - Of 2022.
00:27:38.12\00:27:39.62
- Amen. - I'm thankful for this.
00:27:39.62\00:27:41.16
- Yes.
00:27:41.16\00:27:42.56
- If you would like to be part
of these highlighted projects
00:27:42.56\00:27:45.03
or any of our other projects,
00:27:45.03\00:27:46.49
please contact us
at Jesus for Asia.
00:27:46.49\00:27:49.36
PO Box 1221,
Collegedale, Tennessee 37315.
00:27:49.36\00:27:53.57
Call us at 423 413 7321.
00:27:55.10\00:27:59.61
Or visit our
website at Jesus4asia.org.
00:27:59.61\00:28:02.98
Merry Christmas and
may God richly bless you.
00:28:04.08\00:28:06.58
Until we see you next
time on "Jesus for Asia Now."
00:28:06.58\00:28:09.75
(dramatic triumphant music)
00:28:09.75\00:28:13.49
(dramatic
triumphant music continues)
00:28:24.73\00:28:29.30