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- Hello and welcome
to Jesus for Asia Now,
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I'm Natalie Wood, and my husband
Jon is here in the studio
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with me today.
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Hello, love.
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- Hi darling. How are
you? - I'm doing fine,
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and I am excited
about the miracle stories
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that we have to share today.
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- Yeah, yeah.
Where are they from?
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- From South India. - Okay.
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- From evening schools. - Ah.
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- Yeah, and one of our favorite
places in all the world,
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and there's 48 of
them at the present time.
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And so we're
excited to share the stories
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of what God is doing
through the evening schools.
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- Yeah. So what are
we gonna watch tonight?
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- Well, the first video
is introducing us to a girl
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who was demon possessed.
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- Oh. - So let's watch that now.
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- Okay. Alright.
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(upbeat music)
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(Mother speaking
foreign language)
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- [Translator 1] My
husband and I loved our daughter
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a lot because she
was very intelligent.
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She got really good
grades in school every year,
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and we had higher hopes
for her than for our son.
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She was healthy and normal,
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but then when she
went into 10th grade,
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her behavior started to change.
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(Daughter
speaking foreign language)
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- [Translator 2]
When I was in 10th grade,
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I didn't
understand what was going on,
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but when I went into 12th grade,
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it got worse, I
couldn't study well,
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I couldn't do
what I wanted to do.
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My whole personality was
changing and my behavior too.
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Then I went to college
and things got even worse,
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and that's when I found
out that I had an evil spirit.
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From the time I was
little, I was a very happy girl.
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My family enjoyed
being with me, but now
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I didn't like
being with people at all.
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I just wanted to be alone.
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Whenever I saw
someone, I'd get angry
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and feel like beating them.
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I hated just being alive.
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My parents didn't
usually say anything
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to me, but if they did, I
got really angry with them.
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I felt like the evil
spirit was controlling me.
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- [Translator 1]
Sometimes when the evil spirit
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manifested itself,
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she would run around with
her clothes not on properly,
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and she would act
very strange and wild.
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This made me very afraid,
and I would call my husband,
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but he was afraid too.
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- [Translator 2] They
took me to many Hindu temples,
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and sometimes people told
us to go do certain rituals.
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One time when we went,
they put some things like ropes
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and limes on my stomach
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and did some sort of ritual
that I really didn't like.
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I wanted the evil
spirit to leave me though.
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So we kept doing more rituals,
but none of them worked.
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We even went to some
Sunday keeping churches,
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but that didn't help either.
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- [Translator 1] I
cried every day thinking
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about my daughter's situation
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and what would become of her.
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She had been
suffering for three years.
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(upbeat music)
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- So that's the problem.
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- Yeah. - And it's surreal.
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- Yeah. - Yeah.
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Demon possession doesn't
always manifest by acting out
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and being all crazy and stuff,
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it comes in and
it drains your brain
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and affects you, and that girl
is definitely being affected.
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- Yeah. But there were times
when it made her act crazy.
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- Yeah. - And
so very concerning.
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- [Jon] Yeah. -
Scary, it sounds like.
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- [Jon] Yeah. - And the family.
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- The father was afraid.
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The mother was afraid sometimes.
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And didn't know what to
do, and they took her to all
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these different
places to get rituals done
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and nothing was helping.
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- Yeah, that just
illustrates how desperate people
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are to get freed
from things, you know?
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Like that, like
demon possession,
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especially that,
they'll try anything.
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- [Jon] Yeah. - And they don't,
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I mean, they care,
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but they don't
care what it costs them
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because they just
want their loved one back.
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- Yeah, and the truth is
that there's so many millions,
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hundreds of millions of
people that are probably
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in that same situation
with no solution in sight.
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And they didn't
have a solution in sight
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until something
special happened.
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- Okay, well, let's
watch the next video
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and we'll find
out what happened.
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- [Jon] Okay.
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(upbeat music)
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(Husband
speaking foreign language)
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- [Translator 3] I first
heard about the evening school
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when the pastor asked my
wife to help teach there.
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She was a strong Hindu,
but I was a Sunday Christian.
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So I encouraged her to go saying
that it would be a blessing
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for her.
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She did, and now
she's the teacher there.
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Since then, my wife
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and I got baptized as
Seventh Day Adventists.
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(upbeat music)
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Because of the demon possession
that she was experiencing,
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I invited my cousin to
come to the evening school
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for prayer.
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I told her,
'Please come to my village
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so I can take you
to the evening school,
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because the children
there will pray for you."
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There have been a lot of
answers to their prayers.
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Even my wife has experienced it.
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- [Translator] So I
went to my nephew's place
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and in the evening we
went to the evening school.
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When the pastor
saw me that first time,
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he said, "Don't worry, we
will pray to the living God.
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He is mightier
than the evil spirits.
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He will heal your daughter."
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He spoke very lovingly to us,
and that really comforted me.
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(Baskar speaking
foreign language)
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- [Translator] The girl
was in a very sad situation
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because of the demon possession.
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But I welcomed them and
we gladly prayed for them.
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- [Translator 5] Even the
children in the evening school
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prayed for me, and
it brought great relief.
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- [Translator 4] But after a
few days, they stopped coming.
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So I called them
and asked what happened?
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They said that they had
gone back to doing Hindu worship
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because of pressure
from other relatives.
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I told them, you
should not do this.
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If you believe God, you
have to believe Him 100%.
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- [Translator 1]
Then the pastor told me,
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"If you're going to do
both things at the same time,
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God is not going
to answer our prayers.
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Give up the Hindu worship
and come pray in the church.
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God will heal your daughter."
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So I told my husband, I'm
not going to take our daughter
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to the Hindu temples anymore.
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My husband was a
very strong Hindu
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and said that I must
take her to the temples.
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But I told him,
we're getting into big debt
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and nothing is helping.
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I'm going to take
her to the church.
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When I was leaving
to go to the church,
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he created a big problem
and said that we couldn't go.
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He and his sisters
all joined together
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to try to stop me once
they even took our daughter
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to a Hindu temple.
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But I told the pastor, my
desire is to become a Christian.
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It was because of
pressure from my husband
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that I went back
to the Hindu temples.
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But I promised now
that I'm going to come
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to the evening school
and I will not go back
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to idol worship.
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(upbeat music)
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- Wow, so she's getting
opposition about wanting to come
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to the evening schools.
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- Yeah, what
these people go through
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it always moves me
thinking about what their lives
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are like in the
darkness, not knowing the truth.
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We take for
granted the blessings
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that we have, the
spiritual knowledge
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that we have, the understanding
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that we have, and yet we
have so much more to learn
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about who God is, and
yet they know nothing.
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- Right. - So,
what a sobering thought.
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- Reminds me of this Bible
worker that we used to have.
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He's since passed
away, but back in 2004,
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I filmed his testimony
about he was becoming a sorcerer
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and he was
learning from his guru,
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and he learned that the gods
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that were actually
affecting negatively,
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the people were the
ones they were worshiping.
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So he learned to worship Jesus.
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And the first time he
tried to read a Bible,
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all the pages were blank.
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There were no words on the page.
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So he went back
to the Christian,
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and says, "Hey,
your Bible doesn't work."
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- [Natalie] Yeah. -
And the Christian says,
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"Oh, Satan's blocking your
eyes, so pray this prayer."
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So he went home and
he prayed the prayer
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and all the pages
had words on them.
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- Yeah. - And stuff,
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and so this is what
people are dealing with.
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It's if anybody doesn't
believe there's evil spirits,
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we can take him places
where they will be convinced.
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There are evil
spirits in the world.
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- Yeah, and it's really hard
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to witness when
somebody's under that.
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- [Jon] Yes.
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- Really, most of us
wouldn't wanna be around,
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because it is scary many times
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'cause of what the
evil ones make them do.
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- [Jon] Yeah. -
And yeah, very dark.
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- Yeah, here in
the Western world,
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we have a hard time
believing that there's spirits
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and there's beings
that we cannot see.
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But over there,
that is not an issue.
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That is not a
question. - [Natalie] They know.
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- They know. - They know.
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- Yes. Absolutely.
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- Alright, well
let's watch the next video.
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- Okay.
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(upbeat music)
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- [Translator 4] One evening,
as they were about to go home,
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I told them that they should
have worship every morning
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and evening.
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Otherwise, the evil
spirit would come back again.
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They started doing this
regularly, but one day they
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didn't. The very next
day, the mother called
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and said, "My daughter is
being controlled by the demon
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again, please
come and pray for her."
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I asked her, "Did you forget
to have worship and prayer?"
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She said, "Yes."
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"Then kneel right
away and pray." I said.
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Then I also prayed
for them over the phone.
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- [Translator 1] After
the pastor studied the Bible
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with us, he
encouraged us to be baptized.
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I wanted to, but I was
worried about what my husband
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would say.
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When I asked him about it.
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He said, "If you
are feeling better
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and our daughter is
being healed, then go ahead.
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I will not try to
stop you anymore."
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So my daughter
and I got baptized
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and she was completely healed.
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When my husband
saw that, he said,
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"Keep going to that church.
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I won't bother you, and
if any of my relatives try
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to get you to come back to
Hinduism, I'll take care of it."
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(upbeat music)
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- [Translator 2] Now
I'm very happy and cheerful
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and I talk to everyone. I even
got my bachelor's in English,
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and now I'm working in a
hospital as a receptionist.
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- [Translator 3]
She is 100% healed.
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- [Translator 4]
The mother, daughter,
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and son have all been baptized.
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For a while, the father
was holding onto Hinduism,
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but now he has given up
his job of playing music
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at the temple and wants
to get baptized very soon.
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(upbeat music)
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- [Translator 1] I
pray all the time now,
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because I've
tasted how good God is.
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Even as I work, I keep
thanking and praising God.
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(upbeat music)
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I want to thank
Him a million times
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for healing my
daughter completely.
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(upbeat music)
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- See, that's why these
evening schools are so valuable,
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is because it's not just
providing food for people.
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It's not just
helping them physically,
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but man, their lives are changed
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and their whole
family's lives are changed.
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And what a difference it's
made in that family's life.
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- Right, and the blessing
started because the Hindu wife
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of the cousin was
invited to come and be a teacher
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at the school.
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And then he and she were
converted, and then the rest
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of the family is
now being blessed.
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And the girl was freed.
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- [Jon] Yeah. -
That's so awesome.
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- So cool, while
Jonathan and Hannah
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were filming the
interviews of that family,
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I was actually there.
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I was in the background.
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I was running one of the cameras
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and I got to see
and experience the piece
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that's in that home now
and the joy that they have.
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It was so cool.
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I wish people could come
and experience it themselves.
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- Yeah, and I love what
the mother said, you know,
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a million times over
give my heart to Jesus.
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And she loves to pray.
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That's so beautiful because
that's where the answer is.
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- Yeah. And you see
the smile on her face.
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- [Natalie] Yeah. - Yeah,
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that's what it's all
about, is Christ brings joy
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into people's lives.
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- Right. Right.
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- So cool.
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So that's why we just
love the evening schools
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is there's so much
more than just a program.
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- Right. Right. -
They actually save lives.
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- Yeah. - For eternity.
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- Right, well, we're
gonna switch gears a little bit
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and go to a
different family story.
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- Yeah. This next
family, I enjoyed very much.
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Also because they
got to go there too
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when they were filming it.
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So I got to visit with
the cows. They have tame cows.
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I got to drink some
of the coconut water.
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You can see that the father
goes all the way up the tree
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and throws down some coconuts,
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and I got to drink some
of that and meet the family
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and actually see face to
face, these are real people.
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They're not just a
statistic, you know?
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It's not just a
number. They're real people.
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Their lives are being affected
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and being bettered,
blessed in real ways,
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and they get to talk
about it and it's so cool.
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- Alright, well let's
watch the first video now.
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- [Jon] Okay.
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(upbeat music)
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- [Translator 6] My wife
and I have lived in this village
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for the past 50 years,
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and we have three
daughters and a son.
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I work as a daily
laborer on a farm,
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and that is how I
support my family.
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(upbeat music)
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- [Translator 4]
In the beginning,
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this man would
not send his children
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to the evening school
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because they are
from a different cast.
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So the teacher and
I went to visit them
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and explained that
if their children came,
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we would give
them a good education
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and moral training.
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He told us no,
but after two weeks,
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he brought them to the
evening school himself.
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- [Translator 7] After the
pastor came and invited them,
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my children wanted to
go, but I was hesitating
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because it was at
a Christian church.
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Later I came to understand
better what it was though,
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so I let them go.
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When I saw how
many other children
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were learning there,
I wanted mine to go too.
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I wasn't interested
in the religious part,
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but I wanted my children
to have good characters.
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- [Translator 6] At
first, I didn't even know
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about the evening school, and
then I hesitated to send them.
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But now that my
children have gone there
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and gotten a good education,
it has been a big help for us.
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I want them to go because
we need to come up in life.
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(upbeat music)
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This evening school
is a very good school.
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What I like the
most is the discipline
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that has helped my children
to have good characters,
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and my children are now
doing very well in their studies
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because of the evening school.
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- [Translator 7] My
husband and I both work.
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So the healthy food that they
provide at the evening school
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has been a big blessing for us.
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I'm generally a cheerful person
regardless of the situation,
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but I'm especially happy now
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because my children are
being so well taken care of.
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(upbeat music)
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The first time I
heard Jesus's name
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was before I got
married, but it wasn't until
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after my children started
going to the evening school
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that I learned
about who Jesus is.
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I sent my children only because
I wanted them to get help
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in their studies,
but they started learning
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many other good things,
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and because of that,
they began to pray at home
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and they taught
us all of the things
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that they learned as well.
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- [Translator 4] Whatever
Bible stories these children
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learned in the evening school,
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they shared with their parents
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and it really touched them.
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And because of that, now we
are able to go to their house
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and teach them from the Bible.
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Instead of
sending us away, they say,
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"Please come and pray for us."
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- [Translator 7] I've seen
that some of the other parents
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in this village
have been converted,
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but that's not why I
sent my children there.
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As I've seen their
characters change though,
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it has really touched me.
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I believe in Jesus and I want
to be baptized at some point.
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- [Translator 6] I know that
my children have accepted Jesus
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and I am interested myself.
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- [Translator 4]
When these four children
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started coming to
the evening school,
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they had so many
problems in their home.
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Their father was
addicted to alcohol
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and he had other bad habits,
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but they have been
praying for their father,
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and God is
answering their prayers,
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I believe, and pray that
within the next few months
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they will fully accept Jesus
as a family and be baptized.
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(upbeat music)
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- These families are
learning about Christ.
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- Right, and
that's what I find so neat
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is that you
know, they're learning.
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At first he was
reluctant, you know,
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like, no, my kids
are not going there.
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But then he
started seeing the value
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of what Jesus can bring
to their children's lives.
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Even if it starts out
as the value of education,
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then they start
seeing a difference.
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- Yes, yeah,
we've got one more video
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to show about this family.
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- Okay. Let's watch
that now. - [Jon] Okay.
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(upbeat music)
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- [Translator 8] When
I was in seventh grade,
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I found out about
this evening school.
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Now I'm 15 years old and
I'm studying in ninth grade.
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The reason I go is because of
the education that they offer.
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The teacher takes
time to help each student.
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They also give us good food
to eat, which is a big thing
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because both of my
parents are out working all day.
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(Congregants
singing in foreign language)
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(Priest preaching
in foreign language)
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I'm really
enjoying studying there
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because the teacher is helping
me, especially with Math.
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I was really struggling in
Math, but now I'm doing well.
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Prayer has been a big
help for me in my studies too.
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The thing I
like the most though,
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is that they teach us
Bible verses and songs.
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When I go there, I feel happy
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because of the good
things that they teach there.
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And because of prayer,
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I have started to
see blessings in my home.
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My dream is to become a doctor.
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(upbeat music)
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- [Translator
8] I'm 13 years old
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and I'm studying in eighth grade
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in a government school nearby.
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As soon as I get home
from school in the evening,
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I go to the evening school.
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If I'm
struggling with my lesson,
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the teacher will stay with
me and help until I understand.
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They also teach us how
to pray and sing and dance
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and how to be good people.
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What I like the
most is when the teacher
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teaches us memory
verses with actions
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and also songs with actions.
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She's such a
nice loving teacher.
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(Kids memorizing
Bible in foreign language)
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Before I knew Jesus, I
would struggle with my exams
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because all of the
questions seem new to me.
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But when I pray, like I
learned from the evening school,
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the questions on my
exams are very clear to me,
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and I am able to answer them.
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There is so
much power in prayer.
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I too want to be a
doctor when I am older.
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(upbeat music)
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- God's no respecter of persons.
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You know, He sees these
young people learn about Him
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and they ask Him,
start talking to Him,
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and He starts responding.
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He doesn't wait
for them to change.
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He starts talking
to them right away
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and they just
fall in love with Him.
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And so just a natural
conversion that happens.
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And it's not forced
and it's not emotional.
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It's just like
a real life event.
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They see Him
working in their lives
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and they just wanna follow Him.
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- Yeah, it becomes an
experience instead of knowledge.
00:21:00.92\00:21:05.03
- It encourages me to go back
00:21:05.03\00:21:06.33
to that kind of childlike faith.
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Asking God for the
little things in the day
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and yeah, and
just seeking after Him.
00:21:10.90\00:21:13.70
- Yeah, and it's
so inspiring to hear
00:21:13.70\00:21:16.47
how they're
recognizing, you know,
00:21:16.47\00:21:17.91
God makes a
difference in my studies.
00:21:17.91\00:21:20.31
You know, I can remember things
00:21:20.31\00:21:21.91
when I remember to pray first.
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And so it's really
neat to see how God works.
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Like you said, for people
that have almost no knowledge
00:21:28.08\00:21:32.45
of who He is, He's
answering their prayers.
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And it's bringing
them to Him step by step.
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- Right. Praise the Lord.
00:21:38.93\00:21:40.63
We need more of
these evening schools.
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Did you know that
there's over 400,000 towns
00:21:42.60\00:21:45.03
and villages in
India in which no gospel
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has been preached
from any denomination.
00:21:48.44\00:21:50.41
- Wow. Yeah. - 400,000.
00:21:50.41\00:21:52.87
We need an evening
school in each one of those.
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We need 400,000 evening schools.
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- Let alone the ones
that do have a representation
00:21:57.41\00:22:00.15
of Christ.
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But it's not the Full Gospel.
00:22:00.98\00:22:02.05
- Yeah. - So-
00:22:02.05\00:22:03.39
- Yeah. Yeah.
00:22:03.39\00:22:04.15
- There's a lot more need.
00:22:04.15\00:22:04.99
- There's a huge opportunity.
00:22:04.99\00:22:07.26
And the cool thing is that
we send our money over there.
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We don't see what happens to it.
00:22:10.93\00:22:13.23
We get a little taste,
little glimpse like today.
00:22:13.23\00:22:16.00
But when we get to heaven,
00:22:16.00\00:22:17.60
what kind of stories
are we gonna be hearing?
00:22:17.60\00:22:19.40
- [Natalie] Yeah. -
It's gonna be worth it.
00:22:19.40\00:22:21.07
- It will be. It will be.
00:22:21.07\00:22:22.64
It's definitely
treasure in heaven.
00:22:22.64\00:22:24.17
- Yes. - Yeah.
00:22:24.17\00:22:25.77
So you were there for
the filming of both of these
00:22:25.77\00:22:30.15
stories. You said
you ran camera earlier.
00:22:30.15\00:22:32.51
And then this next
video, you were on camera.
00:22:32.51\00:22:36.52
(upbeat music)
00:22:36.52\00:22:39.15
- [Assistant]
Where are we going?
00:22:41.49\00:22:42.66
- We're gonna go to
an evening school now.
00:22:42.66\00:22:44.06
So an evening school is
where we provide free tutoring.
00:22:44.06\00:22:48.73
So like they go to
school during the day
00:22:48.73\00:22:50.77
and then we have free
tutoring in the afternoon
00:22:50.77\00:22:52.67
for a couple hours,
00:22:52.67\00:22:53.80
and then we give
them a free meal.
00:22:53.80\00:22:55.64
And the free meal
brings them into the school,
00:22:55.64\00:23:00.18
but it also gives them, helps
them to fight malnutrition,
00:23:00.18\00:23:05.21
which is a big deal in India.
00:23:06.05\00:23:07.42
So we're gonna
go and check it out
00:23:07.42\00:23:09.22
and see what this
school's looking like.
00:23:09.22\00:23:12.69
(upbeat music)
00:23:12.69\00:23:15.36
Okay. Here we are. The first
evening school. Hello children.
00:23:28.30\00:23:32.34
(children clapping)
00:23:32.34\00:23:33.14
Hello. Praise the Lord.(laughs)
00:23:33.14\00:23:37.38
Thank you.
00:23:40.78\00:23:41.68
- [Assistant] How'd
that welcome make you feel?
00:23:49.82\00:23:51.89
- Very welcome. Very loved.
00:23:51.89\00:23:53.83
And these kids are
very loving children
00:23:53.83\00:23:56.63
and they had a lot of fun.
00:23:56.63\00:23:58.20
(upbeat music)
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- How many
members are happy today?
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(attendees singing
in foreign language)
00:24:10.05\00:24:14.48
Happy Sabbath. -
[Kids] Happy Sabbath.
00:24:29.80\00:24:33.40
- It's nice to see you all.
00:24:33.40\00:24:35.17
Last time I was here in
this church was 2020, I believe.
00:24:37.71\00:24:41.34
Thank you for the
beautiful flowers.
00:24:45.15\00:24:47.22
(upbeat music)
00:24:49.25\00:24:51.89
We wish you guys the best
00:24:53.46\00:24:55.16
and we pray for you,
and I hope that you study
00:24:55.16\00:24:57.89
your Bible every day.
00:24:57.89\00:24:59.13
(Jon speaks foreign languae)
00:25:09.77\00:25:13.61
Usually you think windy as cool,
00:25:16.78\00:25:20.02
but when the fan is taking
wind directly from the oven,
00:25:20.02\00:25:24.52
it's not really cool.
00:25:24.52\00:25:26.32
So it's like a convection oven,
00:25:26.32\00:25:28.76
and we're in a
convection oven right now.
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(upbeat music)
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So the welcome's over now,
00:25:38.03\00:25:39.30
and they're actually
showing how they have the school
00:25:39.30\00:25:43.94
since this is Friday night.
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They normally do talent night.
00:25:45.17\00:25:48.58
So it's talent
show where they get up
00:25:48.58\00:25:51.05
and they recite a memory verse
that they've learned during
00:25:51.05\00:25:53.92
the week, or sing a Bible song
or gospel song or something.
00:25:53.92\00:25:58.99
I don't know about anyone else,
00:25:59.79\00:26:02.26
but for me, I get a
lot of joy out of this,
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even if not everybody converts.
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Just seeing these kids that
are on the edge of malnutrition
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through their whole
early life, seeing them eat,
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seeing them sing,
seeing them happy.
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It's just such a
mind blowing change.
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If we start a evening
school in a new place,
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you see all the
kids sitting there
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and they got fear in their eyes.
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It's like their eyes
are big, dark, you know,
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big dark corpses.
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And then after a
year or two you come back
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and there's light.
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There's light in their
eyes, which makes me so happy.
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It just brings so much
joy. It's a lot of fun.
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(kids singing in
foreign language)
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And it's true though, 'cause
when these kids first start
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coming to the evening schools,
they have fear in their eyes,
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but after a while it's like
they have joy in their eyes.
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And I've seen that when
these kids accept Jesus,
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He actually changes their eyes,
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changes what's
inside their eyes.
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- Yeah. Because of
the peace that He brings.
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Because of the
joy that He brings,
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because of the
calm that He brings.
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- Yeah. Christ is real
and He's real to those kids.
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- Yeah, totally. Absolutely.
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- Yeah, so that's why we
love these evening schools
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so much is it's
actually changing lives.
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It's actually
making a difference.
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And it's not just a
program so kids have extra food
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or better education.
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It's a program because kids
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are getting
saved for eternal life.
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They're getting eternal
joy and their families as well.
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- Yeah, yeah, please
pray for these evening schools
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and the beautiful children
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and families whose
lives are being changed.
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If you would
like more information,
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please contact us at
Jesus for Asia PO Box 1221
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Collegedale, Tennessee, 37315.
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Call us at (423) 413-7321
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or visit our
website Jesus4asia.org.
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May God richly bless you
until we see you next time
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on Jesus for Asia Now.
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(upbeat music)
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