I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, friends,
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Lomacang
and you may already know
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that if you're part of
the 3ABN family but if not,
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thank you for taking
the time to tune in today.
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Don't change the
channel, this is not a mistake,
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this is a divine
appointment, so sit back
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and enjoy what the Lord
has prepared for you today
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for your edification
and for your inspiration.
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Now a part of
the ministry of Jesus
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was opening the
eyes of the blind,
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you may know that if
you've read the Bible.
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Well, our guests here
today will talk about that,
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how God is still
involved in that ministry today,
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both spiritually
as well as physically.
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So stay tune for very inspiring
and thought provoking program
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that will challenge
you and move you to do
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something for
the kingdom of God.
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Also thank you for your prayers
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and your financial
support of this network.
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We believe that
Jesus is coming soon
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and we're committed
to quality programming,
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if it's not in the
Bible you won't hear it here
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and so thank you
for all that you do
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for the cause of God.
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Now before we
introduce our guests today,
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we have some music, a
very good friend of mine
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Rudy Micelli is going to bless
you with a medley of songs,
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I will sing the wonderous
and also Ivory places, enjoy.
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I will sing the wondrous story
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Of the Christ Who died for me
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How He left His home in glory
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For the cross of Calvary
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Yes, I'll sing
the wondrous story
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Of the Christ Who died for me
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Sing it with the saints in glory
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Gathered by the crystal sea
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My Lord has
garments so wondrous fine
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And myrrh their texture fills
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Its fragrance
reached to this heart of mine
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With joy my being thrills
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Out of the ivory palaces
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Into a world of woe
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Only His great eternal love
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Made my Savior go
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In garments
glorious He will come
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To open wide the door
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And I shall
enter my heavenly home
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To dwell forever more
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Out of the ivory palaces
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Into a world of woe
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Only His great eternal love
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Only His great eternal love
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Made my Savior go
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Out of the ivory palaces
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Into a world of woe
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Only His great eternal love
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Made my Savior go
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Made my Savior go
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Thank you so much, Rudy Micelli.
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He has such a ring to that name,
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Micelli sound so famous.
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And we thank you so much
for your ministry here at 3ABN.
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Now it's time to
meet our guests today.
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Two people one I know very well,
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and one I'm getting
to know even better.
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Dr. Jacob Chindrupu, am
I saying that correctly?
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You're right, sir.
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Good to have you here today.
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We've spoken a
number of times at ASI,
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and I become
familiar with your ministry.
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We'll talk about
that in just a moment.
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And my good friend,
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we share something
in common the first name
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and also the passion for Christ,
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Pastor John Bradshaw.
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Good to have you here today.
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It's always good to
be here, John, thank you.
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Yes, yes, and could
I call you Dr. Jacob?
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Yes, sir.
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That would be a
lot easier for me,
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I have a-- have
an American tongue
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and I want to be able
to get through the problem
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without twisting it too
much but I do appreciate
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the flavor of your
name having gone to India.
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Wonderful, wonderful
to have you here today.
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Now you are a part
of a ministry called
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"The Eyes for India."
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We gonna get to
that in just a moment
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but before we talk
about how God has used you
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to open the eyes of countless
of your country men and others,
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begin by giving us some
foundation of who you are,
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where you're from and
what you do right now?
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I come from India. Okay.
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I'm the medical
director and ophthalmologist
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at Ruby Nelson
Memorial Hospital, Jalandhar,
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located in the
north-western part of India.
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Okay.
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My Wife Beaulah is
pathologist. Oh, wonderful.
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My daughter Angela,
and my son Jonathan,
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we live together in Punjab.
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Okay. At Ruby Nelson.
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And it's good to have you here.
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You know, so you and both,
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you and your wife
are in the medical field?
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That's right.
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And when you said Angela,
we remember taking a picture
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with my wife and I
who is also Angela.
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That's right.
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We took it at ASI. Yes.
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Well, tell us
about your beginnings,
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often times when
people meet doctors
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that have been as
accomplished as you are,
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they often think well
you come from a family line
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where the
advantages were always there.
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But take us to your humble
beginnings and why this project
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to help those in
India so special to you?
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I give glory to
God for having given me
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the opportunity to be here.
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And I've seen how the Lord
has led me from humble family.
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I was born in a remote coastal
village in Andhra Pradesh,
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born in family
of eight siblings.
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My parents were farmers and my
father would go into the field
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bringing money to
care for my family
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and it was utter poverty.
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But in this, the
Lord has picked me up
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and took me to a Seventh-day
Adventist boarding school
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where I received training,
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and that's when I had the desire
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to become a physician
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even though I do not have
the advantages of becoming one.
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But I realize, I have
seen the Lord's leading
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from my schooling days
to higher secondary school,
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there after
everyday was a miracle
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as I went through my life.
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That God gave me an opportunity
to get into medical school.
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It is impossible for a child
of my nature to be able to get
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into the gates
of a medical school
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but for the grace of God,
and he made me a physician,
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that's just
because the Lord led me
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and there was a miraculous
way how he led me through all
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through providing
the need and finances,
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the resources,
the people who came
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and pitched in to make sure
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that I had the
opportunity to get
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into medical schools
and completed my schooling.
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Also what we're seeing
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is when God has a
plan for your life,
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nothing can hinder that
plan, it's just a matter of time
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and as we often
see here at 3ABN,
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God has all the resources
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but it's often in the
pockets of other individuals
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on whose hearts he
moved to make it reality.
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God be for us who
can be against us?
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There you go.
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It has always been
the theme of my life
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and I've seen
through happening in my life.
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So your beginning
was not a prediction
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of where you are today.
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It was not even a road
block because God's plan was,
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what came to pass today
and you are with God one--
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Nothing could come in
my way as I see in my life.
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Now briefly
before we have a video
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that I'm going to share
with our viewing audience
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and we'll describe to
our listening audience
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in just a moment here.
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But I want you to
just share with me,
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what is the connection between
you and Pastor John Bradshaw?
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Meeting first John
was miracle indeed.
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We were encountering
huge numbers of cataracts,
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huge number of
patients we need help.
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We were not having the resources
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but the challenge was too great
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and we were in
search of finding sponsors
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who would help fund these large
number of cataract surgeries.
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And me and my wife
and my little children
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prayed that Sabbath afternoon,
God please show us a sponsor.
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I never knew Pastor
John Bradshaw before,
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I never knew what "It
is Written" was all about?
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But I had this 1.4 minute
clipping of cataract surgery.
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And I had this in my iPad
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and I was walking
around in this conference.
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As I walked around,
the Lord impressed me
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that I must meet
Pastor John Bradshaw.
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And as I met him and requested
for a short time two minutes,
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in one and half minutes
he saw this cataract surgery
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which is impacting
thousands of lives across India,
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he said, this is
something we got to do.
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At the same time I also
heard from Pastor John Bradshaw
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that he was also looking
for a humanitarian project.
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Okay.
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And it was a miracle indeed.
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We were looking for a sponsor
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and Pastor John Bradshaw
was praying for a project.
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Okay, so God--
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A humanitarian
project. God connected,
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you needed the sponsorship,
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he needed a
humanitarian project.
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Chime in on that?
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Let me-- tell me
something about this?
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The moment I saw
this video and found out
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what Dr. Jacob was doing there,
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ministering to some of
India's poorest people,
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I'm not trying to
sensationalize this.
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Right.
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These people are poor.
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This is utter
poverty, people with nothing.
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In India there is an
incredible lack of eye doctors,
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but many of these
poor people couldn't afford
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an eye doctor even
if they could find one.
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So, you know, when
grandma gets cataract,
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she goes to a doctor, he refers
her to an ophthalmologist.
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It's a couple of days and
she is good as gold again.
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But in India people
are getting cataracts,
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they are not
getting medical attention.
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These cataracts are becoming
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what we call
hypermature cataract,
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great big milky white blobs
in the middle of people's eyes.
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They can't-- in many cases
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cannot see a thing, blind.
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What that means is they
lose the ability to work.
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There is no social security.
Often they lose their dignity.
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It may mean they can't even use
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the bathroom
without being assisted.
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Being blind is a
difficult thing for anybody,
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but in India if you
are the bottle of the heap,
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it makes life
really, really tough
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and people kind of accept
blindness as a fact of life.
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There are 15 million
blind people in India.
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Many of whom could
get their sight back
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if they had
simple cataract surgery.
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When we saw this we
said, this is a God thing.
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Wow, wow, and
that was an answer,
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so you needed two minutes,
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but God just needed
about a minute and half
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to connect the
resource with the need.
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It was just a miracle.
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Wow, wow.
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You know, I want to be
able to introduce this video,
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the dark side of India.
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This will give
you some understanding
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of the ministry that
Dr. Jacob is involved in.
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Fifty two
million people in India
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struggle with visual
impairment and blindness.
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Can anything be done to keep
up with this growing problem?
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Join Dr. Jacob
Prabhakar and his surgical team.
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As we explore his
break through techniques,
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to restore sight
to India's blind.
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In the early morning
light, people begin to stir.
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This forest camp
services an overflow for those
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who are in the
process of receiving careful
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visual impairment,
disease and blindness.
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Many people travel
great distances for treatment
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and there are not enough
facilities to accommodate them.
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So they make do
with what is available.
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When I look at these crowds,
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I'm remained of
the time of Jesus
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when He was in this earth.
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They were like
sheep without shepherd.
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And when He saw them,
Jesus was moved with compassion.
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India is the seventh
largest country in the world,
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and with over
1.2 billion people,
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it holds the
unfortunate distinction
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of having the largest population
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that struggles with
visual impairment and blindness.
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An estimated 52 million people
in India are visually impair.
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And of these,
approximately 15 million people
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are coping with
blindness in their daily lives.
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Despite the
recent economic boom,
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the divide between the rich
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and the poor
continues to increase,
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leaving the significant
portion of the population
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without access to
basic health care services.
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These people live
either in rural India
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or in the urban slums.
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Further compounding the problem,
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about 80% of the approximately
00:16:07.93\00:16:09.80
14,000 ophthalmologists in India
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live and
practice in urban areas.
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In the early 1990s India
recognize the role of cataracts
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as a major
contributor to the causes
00:16:22.80\00:16:24.78
of preventable
blindness and launch initiatives
00:16:24.81\00:16:27.97
and coordinated national
efforts to tackle this problem.
00:16:28.00\00:16:32.02
Despite major advances
00:16:32.05\00:16:33.46
in surgical
techniques over the years,
00:16:33.49\00:16:35.89
cataracts still
present a major challenge.
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It is estimated that in over
half of all cases of blindness,
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about 7 million
people cataract is present.
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3.8 million people a year
become blind from cataract
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and over 6 million cataract
cases are added each year.
00:16:50.54\00:16:55.20
Though the
prevalence of cataract blindness
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will decrease overtime,
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the absolute number
of the cataract-blind
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is expected to increase
to over 8 million in 2020
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due to a substantial increase
00:17:05.29\00:17:06.89
in the population
about 50 years old.
00:17:06.92\00:17:10.15
With all the challenges
that cataracts present,
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there is also good news.
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Cataract surgery has
been viewed as one of the most
00:17:14.62\00:17:17.00
cost effective
health interventions
00:17:17.03\00:17:18.79
for developing countries,
producing the largest overall
00:17:18.82\00:17:22.25
increase in
quality of life per dollar.
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Dr. Jacob Prabhakar
is the medical director
00:17:27.16\00:17:29.60
at Ruby Nelson
Memorial Hospital.
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He's a highly skilled surgeon,
00:17:34.26\00:17:35.90
who has perfected
the art of performing
00:17:35.93\00:17:37.81
high volume cataract
surgeries in minimal time
00:17:37.84\00:17:41.03
with the highest
success rates possible.
00:17:41.06\00:17:43.18
From our experience,
00:17:43.21\00:17:44.24
we don't think anybody
else could actually carry out
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the number of operations
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that are needed in
India for this kind of work.
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What matters to me is
that he is a blessed doctor.
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He has a beautiful
family and other than that
00:17:56.86\00:17:59.33
what we love him for is that
he is a wonderful human being.
00:17:59.36\00:18:02.76
What to say about Dr. Jacob sir,
00:18:02.79\00:18:06.20
I don't have any words,
I'm just his fan, big fan.
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His mission includes reaching
some of India's poorest people,
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who don't have
access to healthcare.
00:18:14.41\00:18:16.56
To provide them
with state of the art
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quick and low cost operations
00:18:18.50\00:18:20.69
which enable them to
have a better quality of life.
00:18:20.72\00:18:23.75
We have
revolutionized the service here
00:18:23.78\00:18:29.01
in this place by
providing high quality,
00:18:29.04\00:18:33.49
stitch less surgery
00:18:33.52\00:18:35.71
with intraocular
lens implantation
00:18:35.74\00:18:39.14
to the poorest of the
poor, rural masses of the state.
00:18:39.17\00:18:43.57
They would not
have been able to afford
00:18:43.60\00:18:46.01
a cataract
surgery of this nature
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but for Ruby
Nelson Hospital team.
00:18:48.60\00:18:51.62
He travels with the
Ruby Nelson Mobile Eye unit,
00:18:51.65\00:18:54.64
and coordinates with local
temples to provide eye care
00:18:54.67\00:18:57.89
to deprived and at need areas,
00:18:57.92\00:19:00.19
also using this avenue to teach
00:19:00.22\00:19:02.06
the principles of healthy living
00:19:02.09\00:19:04.01
and to share his beliefs in God.
00:19:04.04\00:19:06.77
We take the time to identify
the patients in their villages,
00:19:06.80\00:19:12.40
also talk to each of
them about the visual recovery
00:19:12.43\00:19:17.01
and to find out
how happy they are.
00:19:17.04\00:19:20.08
We also take time to
pray with these patients.
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It's a very
wonderful experience to do
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such a thing in these villages.
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Wow, I don't if
you are as speechless
00:19:31.15\00:19:32.58
as I'm but I'm sitting here,
00:19:32.61\00:19:33.65
looking at something
that is staggering to think
00:19:33.68\00:19:37.43
that in a country as large
as India, 1.2 billion people
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that the rate of
so many individuals
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struggling with
cataract blindness
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and blindness of
different varieties
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are is that
constant challenge in India.
00:19:49.18\00:19:51.86
And, doctor, tell
me how do you do it?
00:19:51.89\00:19:58.44
I mean, if I'm thinking
of you as one individual,
00:19:58.47\00:20:02.39
I'm looking at the numbers,
I'm looking at the statistics,
00:20:02.42\00:20:05.83
I'm looking at the ratio,
00:20:05.86\00:20:07.46
one individual
to so many millions.
00:20:07.49\00:20:10.44
What keeps you
going, when it almost seems
00:20:10.47\00:20:12.53
like an impossible
task to accomplish?
00:20:12.56\00:20:15.28
Yeah, these numbers are alarming
00:20:15.31\00:20:17.93
and when we go to these clinics,
00:20:17.96\00:20:19.29
we see most of these
patients are bilaterally blind.
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And they cannot see
anything, they're helpless.
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That means in both
eyes, bilateral, okay.
00:20:27.65\00:20:29.31
Yes, both eyes
they're blind and they come
00:20:29.34\00:20:32.04
with the great
hope to receive sight,
00:20:32.07\00:20:34.06
so that they could do--
00:20:34.09\00:20:36.02
they could manage
their own life again,
00:20:36.05\00:20:37.84
otherwise they are
dependent and so RV to SV
00:20:37.87\00:20:41.68
we try to do as much as possible
00:20:41.71\00:20:44.96
to help these patients,
00:20:44.99\00:20:46.02
so we in a given day we screen
about 1,500 patients or so.
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And we line up about 200
to 250 patients for surgery,
00:20:51.34\00:20:55.12
after having done all
the preparations for surgery,
00:20:55.15\00:20:58.29
we would start
off day of surgery
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at about 5 or 6
o'clock in the evening,
00:21:01.11\00:21:03.39
and by midnight
would have finished
00:21:03.42\00:21:05.47
about 200 or 250 surgeries
00:21:05.50\00:21:08.08
and these
surgeries are performed
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less than two
minutes one surgery,
00:21:11.87\00:21:13.58
30, 35 surgeries in one hour.
00:21:13.61\00:21:15.52
I mean 200 and 200 surgeries
00:21:15.55\00:21:17.56
would have
finished in six hours.
00:21:17.59\00:21:20.41
That's-- I don't know, John,
00:21:20.44\00:21:21.82
I don't know, if
you're just speechless as I'm,
00:21:21.85\00:21:23.29
I'm trying to-- I can't --
00:21:23.32\00:21:25.79
how many things can
you do in two minutes?
00:21:25.82\00:21:27.69
I've stood behind Dr. Jacob
00:21:27.72\00:21:29.05
with my stopwatch and timed him,
00:21:29.08\00:21:30.91
1:40 for an eye.
00:21:30.94\00:21:32.73
No, it's not a race to
see who can go the fastest
00:21:32.76\00:21:34.67
but what God has done
with such massive numbers.
00:21:34.70\00:21:37.85
Dr. Jacob is able
to do-- I don't know,
00:21:37.88\00:21:40.37
if he will tell
you that he has done
00:21:40.40\00:21:41.43
as many as 465 in a single day,
00:21:41.46\00:21:45.10
which means he is able to--
00:21:45.13\00:21:47.05
God is using him to
make a massive impact
00:21:47.08\00:21:49.74
and change the lives
of thousands and thousands
00:21:49.77\00:21:52.45
and thousands of people,
00:21:52.48\00:21:53.57
otherwise would be blind
right now without the help.
00:21:53.60\00:21:57.57
Give me some understanding
00:21:57.60\00:21:58.63
because I'm looking at
the different demographic,
00:21:58.66\00:22:02.08
the age doesn't really matter,
there are young children,
00:22:02.11\00:22:05.11
there are people
that various stages
00:22:05.14\00:22:07.11
and various ages in
life that are battling.
00:22:07.14\00:22:09.48
Could you give me
some understanding
00:22:09.51\00:22:10.66
as to why this problem
is so rampant in India?
00:22:10.69\00:22:13.29
What contributes to it?
00:22:13.32\00:22:14.69
Most of this blindness
00:22:14.72\00:22:16.67
is either
preventable or treatable.
00:22:16.70\00:22:18.69
Okay.
00:22:18.72\00:22:20.28
There has been a
huge backlog of cataract
00:22:20.31\00:22:22.08
over a period of time
and every year 3.8 million
00:22:22.11\00:22:25.22
is added to the
existing backlog.
00:22:25.25\00:22:27.78
The surgeons in India
all of them put together,
00:22:27.81\00:22:30.61
they perform about
1.2 million cataracts,
00:22:30.64\00:22:33.23
still it is less than 50%
00:22:33.26\00:22:35.36
of what is actually added every
year to the existing backlog.
00:22:35.39\00:22:40.90
And most of this
blindness is due to cataract
00:22:40.93\00:22:44.29
and refractive errors.
00:22:44.32\00:22:46.03
Cataract is
that which is causing
00:22:46.06\00:22:49.93
so much blindness across
and 80% of the 50 million
00:22:49.96\00:22:53.49
could be helped with
the simple cataract surgery.
00:22:53.52\00:22:57.13
And we have
improvised this technique
00:22:57.16\00:22:59.96
which could take about 20
minutes or 40 minutes or less,
00:22:59.99\00:23:04.42
they've reduced the time taken
00:23:04.45\00:23:05.92
for a cataract surgery
to less than two minutes,
00:23:05.95\00:23:08.41
improvised the technique,
reduce the instrumentation,
00:23:08.44\00:23:11.18
reduce the consumables,
reduce the time taken
00:23:11.21\00:23:16.98
in order to accommodate as
many surgeries as possible.
00:23:17.01\00:23:20.23
Wow, wow, I'm
almost asking myself,
00:23:20.26\00:23:22.72
when does he-- when do you eat?
00:23:22.75\00:23:25.47
There were times we really
do not think of having a meal,
00:23:25.50\00:23:30.53
on a given day
when we have thousands
00:23:30.56\00:23:33.75
of patients waiting outside,
00:23:33.78\00:23:34.94
there are times 2-3,000
patients are waiting outside
00:23:34.97\00:23:37.84
the operating room for surgery.
00:23:37.87\00:23:40.21
We begin our surgery
00:23:40.24\00:23:41.58
in the morning
about 6 or 7 o'clock.
00:23:41.61\00:23:44.13
We go through the day
00:23:44.16\00:23:46.70
with no breakfast, no lunch,
00:23:46.73\00:23:48.11
sometimes even skip
any breaks to perform
00:23:48.14\00:23:52.78
as many surgeries
as possible in order,
00:23:52.81\00:23:54.89
if you break for
breakfast or lunch,
00:23:54.92\00:23:58.29
it would cost us
about an hour or so,
00:23:58.32\00:24:01.66
which means 35
surgeries each break.
00:24:01.69\00:24:03.86
Wow.
00:24:03.89\00:24:04.92
In three breaks we
would have to foregot
00:24:04.95\00:24:07.81
about 100 surgeries in five days
00:24:07.84\00:24:11.04
we would have lost 500 patients
00:24:11.07\00:24:14.01
whose sights could
not have been restored
00:24:14.04\00:24:16.96
and so the Lord
gives us strength
00:24:16.99\00:24:19.15
and the energy
and the motivation
00:24:19.18\00:24:20.58
and the spirit,
00:24:20.61\00:24:21.68
and the spirit of
the Lord is upon you.
00:24:21.71\00:24:23.32
That's right.
00:24:23.35\00:24:24.41
It drives you to help as
many patients as possible.
00:24:24.44\00:24:27.48
Wow, you know, Pastor Bradshaw,
00:24:27.51\00:24:28.94
this reminds me of the statement
00:24:28.97\00:24:30.01
that Jesus made, I'm beginning
to get the context of it.
00:24:30.04\00:24:33.20
"My food is to do
the will of the father."
00:24:33.23\00:24:37.07
I said just recently to someone
00:24:37.10\00:24:38.68
who I visited
couple of days ago.
00:24:38.71\00:24:41.28
I said, my wife
is calling me to eat,
00:24:41.31\00:24:42.84
I said the best diet
is giving Bible studies,
00:24:42.87\00:24:45.46
and so each one
of us finds our fuel
00:24:45.49\00:24:47.30
somewhere when
we're doing God's will,
00:24:47.33\00:24:48.64
I know what it's
like to be, an evangelist,
00:24:48.67\00:24:50.90
when you're thinking of
the souls coming to Christ,
00:24:50.93\00:24:52.50
when you're thinking of-- Sure.
00:24:52.53\00:24:53.56
You break that down to an hour,
00:24:53.59\00:24:54.72
35 an hour and you add that up
00:24:54.75\00:24:56.35
and you could lose
500 patients in a week
00:24:56.38\00:24:58.64
that could have been
seen if you didn't eat,
00:24:58.67\00:25:01.14
that's a hard scale to balance.
00:25:01.17\00:25:03.82
But those are the
challenges that you face.
00:25:03.85\00:25:06.61
At the end of
operating 350 to 400 surgeries,
00:25:06.64\00:25:10.01
you would still have the energy
to want to go back and operate.
00:25:10.04\00:25:13.64
Because you think
of the lives. Yes.
00:25:13.67\00:25:15.38
You're thinking of the
homes that you're impacting,
00:25:15.41\00:25:17.02
I don't know, I don't
know, I'm telling you,
00:25:17.05\00:25:19.26
I didn't anticipate
this program to be so--
00:25:19.29\00:25:21.71
to get hold of me this way,
00:25:21.74\00:25:23.03
often times you do interviews
about various ministries,
00:25:23.06\00:25:25.61
but this is just so
amazing 'cause we went to India,
00:25:25.64\00:25:28.26
we went with Maranatha, my
wife and I went with Maranatha.
00:25:28.29\00:25:30.83
We were in Andhra Pradesh
00:25:30.86\00:25:32.61
and various
other cities in India,
00:25:32.64\00:25:35.97
and you could see
the masses of people.
00:25:36.00\00:25:38.26
I'm sure you've
been there, John. Sure.
00:25:38.29\00:25:39.93
You can see the masses of people
00:25:39.96\00:25:41.72
and you almost want to
pause in the streets and say,
00:25:41.75\00:25:45.15
Lord, how are you going
to reach all of these people?
00:25:45.18\00:25:47.99
And your ministry is
not just opening their eyes
00:25:48.02\00:25:51.65
but because of the
opening of their eyes,
00:25:51.68\00:25:53.81
it's also opening the
door for them to consider
00:25:53.84\00:25:55.74
the Lord that you serve.
00:25:55.77\00:25:56.82
Tell us about that?
00:25:56.85\00:25:59.23
After the
surgery, these patients
00:25:59.26\00:26:01.14
who receive the sight
again they're so excited.
00:26:01.17\00:26:04.28
They're able to
see allover the world,
00:26:04.31\00:26:07.45
again the entire, the
beauty of God's creation.
00:26:07.48\00:26:10.53
They're able to
go back home excited
00:26:10.56\00:26:12.50
because they can
depend on themselves.
00:26:12.53\00:26:14.38
They can eat their
food, they can cook,
00:26:14.41\00:26:16.41
they can earn some living,
00:26:16.44\00:26:18.33
and they are able
see their children.
00:26:18.36\00:26:20.13
It's such a very
wonderful thing for them.
00:26:20.16\00:26:22.62
They're so excited to
have this vision restored.
00:26:22.65\00:26:25.51
And as they see the
physical eyes opened,
00:26:25.54\00:26:30.38
we also have the opportunity
to sing songs for them,
00:26:30.41\00:26:33.55
we pray with them.
00:26:33.58\00:26:34.65
We share the love of
Jesus to these patients. Amen.
00:26:34.68\00:26:37.75
I think that's the
greatest joy we have.
00:26:37.78\00:26:39.73
You're not only opening
00:26:39.76\00:26:40.79
the physical
eyes of these patients
00:26:40.82\00:26:41.98
but also give them
the spiritual sight.
00:26:42.01\00:26:44.66
And go, John, chime in on that.
00:26:44.69\00:26:47.03
What's remarkable about
00:26:47.06\00:26:48.09
this medical missionary project,
00:26:48.12\00:26:50.46
think about India,
00:26:50.49\00:26:51.54
it's a
predominantly Hindu nation.
00:26:51.57\00:26:53.23
Right.
00:26:53.26\00:26:54.29
There are many Muslims there
as well, it's very difficult.
00:26:54.32\00:26:56.81
In fact in many cases
impossible for Christians
00:26:56.84\00:27:00.41
to effectively
witness to these people
00:27:00.44\00:27:02.17
in many, many cases.
00:27:02.20\00:27:03.92
Yet, I've been welcomed as
a guest along with Dr. Jacob
00:27:03.95\00:27:07.21
into a Hindu temple
like a long lost brother,
00:27:07.24\00:27:10.27
into Sikh temples as though
we were part of the family.
00:27:10.30\00:27:13.77
Muslims welcoming
this Christian project
00:27:13.80\00:27:17.36
and they're
grateful because Dr. Jacob
00:27:17.39\00:27:20.39
and his team are bringing
the healing touch of Jesus.
00:27:20.42\00:27:23.68
This is where
religious barriers disappear.
00:27:23.71\00:27:26.67
And people of all
different religious backgrounds
00:27:26.70\00:27:29.05
are impressed
with these Christians.
00:27:29.08\00:27:31.16
Seventh-day
Adventist Christians,
00:27:31.19\00:27:33.30
coming and blessing
them when they don't have to,
00:27:33.33\00:27:36.42
the care is provided free,
00:27:36.45\00:27:38.38
there is the love
of God demonstrated,
00:27:38.41\00:27:40.23
that's a language
anybody can understand.
00:27:40.26\00:27:41.51
That's right.
00:27:41.54\00:27:42.58
So this
ministry is opening doors
00:27:42.61\00:27:44.35
that are usually locked tight.
00:27:44.38\00:27:47.99
That is a, you
know, you can breakdown
00:27:48.02\00:27:49.63
the door many ways,
00:27:49.66\00:27:50.98
but I think one
of the most effective
00:27:51.01\00:27:52.36
is through first the
persons needs and you know,
00:27:52.39\00:27:55.11
James says, if they are
hungry and they are naked,
00:27:55.14\00:27:56.70
you take care of these needs
and then that opens the door,
00:27:56.73\00:27:59.22
so the ministry
of Jesus is more than
00:27:59.25\00:28:00.66
just the gospel in preaching,
00:28:00.69\00:28:02.61
but the actual physical gospel
and the value of your hands
00:28:02.64\00:28:05.79
in your life are
without estimate.
00:28:05.82\00:28:09.06
But I see you're brimming.
00:28:09.09\00:28:10.46
I must share this testimony,
when Jesus was on this earth,
00:28:10.49\00:28:14.04
He went to the people,
He met them where they were,
00:28:14.07\00:28:16.64
I think it's the
great challenge for us
00:28:16.67\00:28:18.14
to go to these remote villages,
00:28:18.17\00:28:20.70
without us going
there, they'd never see again.
00:28:20.73\00:28:24.04
There is no healthcare,
00:28:24.07\00:28:25.24
they cannot
afford, lack of awareness,
00:28:25.27\00:28:27.57
all these cause these
patients to live and die blind.
00:28:27.60\00:28:31.65
We get an
opportunity to go to them,
00:28:31.68\00:28:33.76
ministering to
them, open their eyes.
00:28:33.79\00:28:36.01
We pick them up,
adults and childrens as well.
00:28:36.04\00:28:39.10
Take them to the
nearest operating theater.
00:28:39.13\00:28:41.15
In few minutes,
they're able to see again.
00:28:41.18\00:28:44.44
It's such a great joy.
00:28:44.47\00:28:46.30
And I must share
with you a testimony,
00:28:46.33\00:28:48.76
where most of our
ministry is in Hindu temples
00:28:48.79\00:28:51.75
and Sikh temples
as pastor has said.
00:28:51.78\00:28:54.82
And in one of those
temples where we were invited
00:28:54.85\00:28:57.26
as a small team of Christians
operating on one side,
00:28:57.29\00:29:00.92
and there was
another team of nine surgeons
00:29:00.95\00:29:03.70
from Mumbai
operating and then we had
00:29:03.73\00:29:07.45
the greatest opportunity
of witnessing in this temple
00:29:07.48\00:29:10.13
when we are called
there for the first time,
00:29:10.16\00:29:11.93
there were nine
surgeons operating on one side
00:29:11.96\00:29:14.22
and one surgeon, one
team on the other side,
00:29:14.25\00:29:18.83
we did more than 400
surgeries on a given day.
00:29:18.86\00:29:21.89
Wow.
00:29:21.92\00:29:22.96
And the chief
priest was announcing
00:29:22.99\00:29:24.37
in the Hindu temple.
00:29:24.40\00:29:25.58
These Christians are
performing magic. Wow.
00:29:25.61\00:29:29.57
I went to the chief priest
00:29:29.60\00:29:30.68
and told him we
don't believe in magic,
00:29:30.71\00:29:33.35
but we believe in a
miracle performing God.
00:29:33.38\00:29:36.62
Amen. Amen. Wow.
00:29:36.65\00:29:38.80
And since then onwards,
this chief priest gives us
00:29:38.83\00:29:41.31
the opportunity to worship
with them in the Hindu temple.
00:29:41.34\00:29:46.48
Unbelievable.
00:29:46.51\00:29:47.91
Devotees come to
worship their God,
00:29:47.94\00:29:50.76
singing chants to their Gods
00:29:50.79\00:29:54.00
but we while they were
also worshiping on one side,
00:29:54.03\00:29:57.14
we conduct worships
service, sing songs,
00:29:57.17\00:29:59.90
Bible study to the chief priest.
00:29:59.93\00:30:01.76
Wow.
00:30:01.79\00:30:02.82
And the devotees listen to us,
00:30:02.85\00:30:05.20
if it is not for
the medical ministry,
00:30:05.23\00:30:08.03
Christians would
never have an entry
00:30:08.06\00:30:09.86
into the gates of
this temple complexes.
00:30:09.89\00:30:12.40
I tell you, I have to give you
00:30:12.43\00:30:13.61
Pastor Bradshaw a
chance to say something
00:30:13.64\00:30:15.17
'cause that is an
evangelic series you cannot buy.
00:30:15.20\00:30:17.90
Oh, that's right.
00:30:17.93\00:30:18.96
In fact, we held
an evangelistic series
00:30:18.99\00:30:20.61
earlier this year,
00:30:20.64\00:30:21.96
this remarkable--
in Andhra Pradesh,
00:30:21.99\00:30:25.04
and Dr. Jacob's Eyes for
India team had been there
00:30:25.07\00:30:27.12
and seen many, many patients.
00:30:27.15\00:30:29.73
Among those
baptized were at least 100
00:30:29.76\00:30:33.40
would receive this
medical missionary touch.
00:30:33.43\00:30:35.66
You see them
sitting in the congregation
00:30:35.69\00:30:37.90
with their dark glasses on,
00:30:37.93\00:30:39.12
this is the
postoperative glasses
00:30:39.15\00:30:40.52
they wear to protect their eyes.
00:30:40.55\00:30:42.27
Opening up their
eyes is one thing
00:30:42.30\00:30:43.74
and that's very important,
00:30:43.77\00:30:45.30
but we praise the
Lord because in many cases
00:30:45.33\00:30:47.08
it means
opening up their hearts.
00:30:47.11\00:30:48.16
That right.
00:30:48.19\00:30:49.22
And when you reach
out in the love of Jesus,
00:30:49.25\00:30:52.61
and offer that healing touch,
00:30:52.64\00:30:54.26
it touches their heart in
ways that nothing else can.
00:30:54.29\00:30:57.02
Oh, I just want
to preach right now,
00:30:57.05\00:30:58.25
I'm just-- that
sermon with the man
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when the chief
priest was saying,
00:31:00.43\00:31:02.31
who-- what was his name?
00:31:02.34\00:31:04.67
Who was it that
opened your eyes?
00:31:04.70\00:31:06.58
He said. That's right.
00:31:06.61\00:31:07.69
Do you want to
become his disciples? Yeah.
00:31:07.72\00:31:09.44
And then he says,
well, how did that happened?
00:31:09.47\00:31:11.81
He said, I've told you and
you still don't believe it.
00:31:11.84\00:31:14.62
All I know is I once
was blind, but now I seen.
00:31:14.65\00:31:19.29
What a powerful-- what a--
00:31:19.32\00:31:20.86
what a sermon in
action, no longer in theory.
00:31:20.89\00:31:25.64
It has jumped off
the page to me today.
00:31:25.67\00:31:28.37
You know, I want you
to, you have some pictures
00:31:28.40\00:31:30.02
that you brought with you
00:31:30.05\00:31:31.08
before we go to
the next video roll.
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I want to bring
these pictures up
00:31:33.28\00:31:35.16
and for the benefit of
our listening audience,
00:31:35.19\00:31:37.41
I want you to
describe what we are seeing.
00:31:37.44\00:31:39.60
Let's just go to those
pictures, one at a time.
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These are the huge
numbers of patients
00:31:42.77\00:31:44.48
waiting for surgery,
00:31:44.51\00:31:45.56
when we go for conducting
a clinic in a village.
00:31:45.59\00:31:49.91
They are waiting for
their turn to be operated upon.
00:31:49.94\00:31:52.65
In fact there are 2
million blind children in India,
00:31:52.68\00:31:56.32
they have cataract,
they have crossed eyes,
00:31:56.35\00:32:00.89
many other eye deformities
00:32:00.92\00:32:02.95
which may not
enable them to see.
00:32:02.98\00:32:06.40
And so we do screening of
all these children and adults,
00:32:06.43\00:32:10.55
we bring them to the
hospital those patients
00:32:10.58\00:32:12.37
which cannot be
operated in the periphery,
00:32:12.40\00:32:14.38
we bring them to the hospital
and do advance screening
00:32:14.41\00:32:16.90
in order to provide
them advanced facilities.
00:32:16.93\00:32:19.81
Ours is a comprehensive
eye care including diabetes,
00:32:19.84\00:32:24.06
hypertension, and
glaucoma, and other diseases.
00:32:24.09\00:32:27.80
In fact look at this
child blind from childhood.
00:32:27.83\00:32:31.77
Sometimes we find
children who are almost,
00:32:31.80\00:32:34.72
you know, we are
unable to help them.
00:32:34.75\00:32:37.24
We can only pray for them,
00:32:37.27\00:32:38.62
but we refer them to
rehabilitation centers,
00:32:38.65\00:32:41.02
where they can be
trained in other areas.
00:32:41.05\00:32:43.01
These are the patients
00:32:43.04\00:32:44.07
who we bring
them to the hospital,
00:32:44.10\00:32:47.12
admit them, we
screen in the villages,
00:32:47.15\00:32:48.92
our bus goes from the
hospital picks them up,
00:32:48.95\00:32:51.63
brings them to the
hospital and admits them.
00:32:51.66\00:32:53.70
So you go get them?
00:32:53.73\00:32:54.91
In fact what you see
here is at the temple complex
00:32:54.94\00:32:57.85
where this is the wards,
00:32:57.88\00:32:59.53
this is the
patients were admitted,
00:32:59.56\00:33:01.33
in fact they are
the postoperative wards.
00:33:01.36\00:33:04.60
Those who are already seen.
00:33:04.63\00:33:05.99
Yes, this is the operating room
00:33:06.02\00:33:07.63
where we have two tables
and a microscope in the center.
00:33:07.66\00:33:12.25
So we have a very
excellent highly motivated team
00:33:12.28\00:33:15.58
who prepares the
patients for surgery.
00:33:15.61\00:33:17.52
So I swing
between the two tables,
00:33:17.55\00:33:20.66
one-- one and half minutes
00:33:20.69\00:33:21.98
in one table
and the other table.
00:33:22.01\00:33:24.55
By the time I
finish one surgery,
00:33:24.58\00:33:26.16
the team has
prepared the other eye.
00:33:26.19\00:33:28.46
Look at this
child blind both eyes,
00:33:28.49\00:33:31.59
the child is blind and
we help these children.
00:33:31.62\00:33:34.02
Wow. This is just phenomenal.
00:33:34.05\00:33:37.74
This is the postoperativ patient
00:33:37.77\00:33:40.41
who has undergone surgery.
00:33:40.44\00:33:42.68
They put a bandage
on him for protection
00:33:42.71\00:33:44.40
through the night
and the next day morning
00:33:44.43\00:33:46.18
we remove this bandage and
the patient is able to see.
00:33:46.21\00:33:49.43
Well, you know,
this looks like a picture
00:33:49.46\00:33:50.72
that you see on
National Geographic Magazine,
00:33:50.75\00:33:52.88
it's amazing.
00:33:52.91\00:33:54.06
This is the Eyes for
India- It is Written,
00:33:54.09\00:33:55.68
sponsored clinics
across the country
00:33:55.71\00:33:58.51
where there are
grateful patients
00:33:58.54\00:34:00.32
who after surgery
wear this dark glasses.
00:34:00.35\00:34:02.59
They're so
thankful to the sponsors
00:34:02.62\00:34:04.45
for having made made
this sight restored possible.
00:34:04.48\00:34:09.97
As we operate upon them,
00:34:10.00\00:34:11.85
we also give them
spiritual health talk.
00:34:11.88\00:34:13.74
This is the--
00:34:13.77\00:34:15.37
Peace in the Storm.
00:34:15.40\00:34:16.45
Steps to Christ booklet
in their very own language.
00:34:16.48\00:34:19.44
The patient after
having received physical sight,
00:34:19.47\00:34:21.61
we also give them
the spiritual sight,
00:34:21.64\00:34:23.36
enabling them to open this
book and they're able to read.
00:34:23.39\00:34:26.38
And normally they
wouldn't take that,
00:34:26.41\00:34:27.47
but now that you
hold their hearts.
00:34:27.50\00:34:28.53
They're so excited, in
fact some of the patients
00:34:28.56\00:34:31.78
they just open the
book and start reading it
00:34:31.81\00:34:34.60
as they're sitting
right in front of us,
00:34:34.63\00:34:36.10
as they receive this booklet.
00:34:36.13\00:34:38.17
And these are-- those
are some of the people.
00:34:38.20\00:34:40.10
These are the grateful patients
00:34:40.13\00:34:41.77
whose vision has been restored.
00:34:41.80\00:34:43.44
Wow.
00:34:43.47\00:34:45.91
And so I notice that
the poster in the back,
00:34:45.94\00:34:50.05
the gift of sight for Christmas
00:34:50.08\00:34:51.79
sponsored by It is
Written Internationals,
00:34:51.82\00:34:53.42
so you had to have been there
on some of these occasions.
00:34:53.45\00:34:55.60
I've been-- I've
been blessed to be there
00:34:55.63\00:34:56.91
a couple of times and
stand up at Dr. Jacobs shoulder
00:34:56.94\00:34:59.47
and watch him operating.
00:34:59.50\00:35:01.09
What's powerful is to
see people beforehand,
00:35:01.12\00:35:05.33
they come shuffling in,
often being led by somebody else
00:35:05.36\00:35:08.75
if they can partially see,
00:35:08.78\00:35:10.58
they come in little
bit under their own steam
00:35:10.61\00:35:13.19
and then to stand
in the operating room
00:35:13.22\00:35:15.42
while that person
is being brought in,
00:35:15.45\00:35:17.36
to see that person the next day,
00:35:17.39\00:35:19.17
able to see beaming,
speaking to be in words,
00:35:19.20\00:35:22.92
I don't always
understand but for a translator,
00:35:22.95\00:35:25.60
but with
expressions and with the warmth
00:35:25.63\00:35:27.45
that you can't
fail to understand.
00:35:27.48\00:35:29.42
So I've actually
witness that transformation
00:35:29.45\00:35:31.26
from somebody
going from blindness
00:35:31.29\00:35:33.30
to be able to
see again it's just,
00:35:33.33\00:35:35.13
this is life changing
you know, it really is.
00:35:35.16\00:35:37.36
You know, the
loss of a person sight,
00:35:37.39\00:35:39.89
I think now you,
really, I thank God
00:35:39.92\00:35:43.26
that we don't have to
go through a checklist
00:35:43.29\00:35:44.68
and decide what we want to lose.
00:35:44.71\00:35:46.44
We have been so
blessed here in America,
00:35:46.47\00:35:48.00
and another parts of the world,
00:35:48.03\00:35:49.68
but when you are
a part of a country
00:35:49.71\00:35:51.54
that's your home,
this is your home,
00:35:51.57\00:35:53.63
and the passion
for this is not just
00:35:53.66\00:35:55.84
that God has given you the skill
00:35:55.87\00:35:57.57
but tell us
what else drives you?
00:35:57.60\00:35:59.51
I mean, I know,
I could see it by--
00:35:59.54\00:36:01.45
I don't even
probably need an answer,
00:36:01.48\00:36:02.91
but there is something
else that keeps you going.
00:36:02.94\00:36:04.76
In fact the pictures
that you have just seen,
00:36:04.79\00:36:06.50
the grateful patients
thanking, it's my own village.
00:36:06.53\00:36:10.08
Wow.
00:36:10.11\00:36:11.14
The clinic was
conducted at my very own home,
00:36:11.17\00:36:14.30
sponsored by It is Written.
00:36:14.33\00:36:16.64
And I know the poverty.
00:36:16.67\00:36:18.90
I've seen the suffering of
this people in the village.
00:36:18.93\00:36:22.96
And I feel that I should go back
00:36:22.99\00:36:24.43
and help these
patients across India,
00:36:24.46\00:36:27.57
in the rural areas,
00:36:27.60\00:36:29.02
who have nothing
to look forward to.
00:36:29.05\00:36:32.73
How do you put your
medial team together?
00:36:32.76\00:36:34.49
I've heard number of references
about your medical team.
00:36:34.52\00:36:36.50
Are they there or do
they travel with you,
00:36:36.53\00:36:37.98
how does that work?
00:36:38.01\00:36:39.07
We travel across India.
00:36:39.10\00:36:40.22
We have a very
highly motivated team
00:36:40.25\00:36:42.16
which is ready to go anywhere
wherever there is a call.
00:36:42.19\00:36:45.58
And we travel
with our equipment,
00:36:45.61\00:36:47.43
in a It is
Written sponsored bus.
00:36:47.46\00:36:50.60
We put our
equipment, we take our team,
00:36:50.63\00:36:52.96
and travel across 18, 20
hours into the interior places.
00:36:52.99\00:36:58.13
Make shift clinic
and an operating theater
00:36:58.16\00:37:01.26
in an approved theater
00:37:01.29\00:37:02.51
in the nearest
operating theater.
00:37:02.54\00:37:04.08
After having screened them,
00:37:04.11\00:37:05.14
we would take
them to the hospital,
00:37:05.17\00:37:06.76
operate them, keep
them for a day or two,
00:37:06.79\00:37:10.38
provide them postoperative
care, and we discharge them.
00:37:10.41\00:37:13.17
So before you get to the
next theater or the next clinic,
00:37:13.20\00:37:15.79
you pretty much
know where you're headed,
00:37:15.82\00:37:18.11
and then you led the
people that are waiting for you,
00:37:18.14\00:37:21.19
know that you are on
the way, am I correct?
00:37:21.22\00:37:23.07
In fact most of these
camps have been organized
00:37:23.10\00:37:27.35
six months or in
fact one year in advance.
00:37:27.38\00:37:29.39
Wow.
00:37:29.42\00:37:30.45
We collaborate with
temples and religious places,
00:37:30.48\00:37:35.60
so the local
organizers to help us in making
00:37:35.63\00:37:39.85
the publicity in
announcing the camp was coming
00:37:39.88\00:37:44.92
and the team was going to come.
00:37:44.95\00:37:47.08
Now the reason I'm
saying this because I just--
00:37:47.11\00:37:49.32
Pastor Bradshaw John,
you know we are friends here
00:37:49.35\00:37:52.15
so I'm being casual but I know,
00:37:52.18\00:37:53.71
our viewers may think I'm being
downgrading your position but--
00:37:53.74\00:37:58.05
I can only anticipate, I can
only imagine the anticipation
00:37:58.08\00:38:01.90
when those patients that
have been waiting is like today,
00:38:01.93\00:38:06.47
today this blessing
has come to my house,
00:38:06.50\00:38:10.48
I could almost
anticipate them hearing the bus
00:38:10.51\00:38:13.50
they're listening for the bus,
00:38:13.53\00:38:15.22
they're listening
for the voices of people
00:38:15.25\00:38:16.93
that they've not heard before
00:38:16.96\00:38:17.99
and someone is saying to
someone else they are here.
00:38:18.02\00:38:20.64
I could only anticipate, I mean,
00:38:20.67\00:38:22.08
just they hairs under
my shirt are just raised
00:38:22.11\00:38:24.57
with the thought of
you are like the freedom
00:38:24.60\00:38:27.65
that they have
looked for and longed for.
00:38:27.68\00:38:30.89
God has put that
passion, in this team to carry
00:38:30.92\00:38:34.77
the light of God's
gospel and in shoes
00:38:34.80\00:38:38.67
and in the passion that
God continues to fuel you with.
00:38:38.70\00:38:42.30
What is that like?
00:38:42.33\00:38:43.38
I mean, if you--
Have you been on the bus?
00:38:43.41\00:38:44.90
I tell you
what's really amazing,
00:38:44.93\00:38:46.73
going to their homes afterwards
and seeing their family,
00:38:46.76\00:38:51.60
scarcely able to
believe what they've seen,
00:38:51.63\00:38:53.74
they've had-- mom
with them for so long
00:38:53.77\00:38:55.83
and mom has been blind
and she hasn't been able to do
00:38:55.86\00:38:58.30
anything and
they've been waiting
00:38:58.33\00:38:59.36
on who hand and foot which they,
00:38:59.39\00:39:00.84
don't be grudge but
honestly in some families
00:39:00.87\00:39:02.98
they do get
kind of tired of that
00:39:03.01\00:39:04.06
and little bit resentful
of them, it makes friction,
00:39:04.09\00:39:06.95
but his mom and she has
been without the ability to do
00:39:06.98\00:39:12.03
what she used to doing.
00:39:12.06\00:39:14.15
It's like they've seen
something they can't believe.
00:39:14.18\00:39:16.87
She gets around, now she
can walk to the gate now,
00:39:16.90\00:39:20.92
she can cook now,
she can take delight
00:39:20.95\00:39:24.51
and do the things
she used to do now.
00:39:24.54\00:39:26.44
We have this woman back
again most of them we had,
00:39:26.47\00:39:30.32
and I've got to be careful
that I'm not trying to portray
00:39:30.35\00:39:33.69
if a person is
blind, they have no life.
00:39:33.72\00:39:35.84
I've blind for against myself,
00:39:35.87\00:39:37.34
they live these wonderful
lives and may God bless them.
00:39:37.37\00:39:40.02
In India it's very difficult
to have that kind of a life
00:39:40.05\00:39:43.02
because they
don't have the helps
00:39:43.05\00:39:45.13
and the assistance that perhaps
00:39:45.16\00:39:47.16
and some of the facilities
that we have in the west.
00:39:47.19\00:39:50.64
So you know, life
kind of ends in many ways.
00:39:50.67\00:39:53.60
And for families to see
grandma back or mom back,
00:39:53.63\00:39:56.42
dad is back, he says, I
can go and go back to my job
00:39:56.45\00:39:59.02
as I got now, I can
provide for my children.
00:39:59.05\00:40:01.86
It makes heart ready
to burst. Oh, absolutely.
00:40:01.89\00:40:04.67
So you see that
end of the process.
00:40:04.70\00:40:07.87
It really is phenomenal.
00:40:07.90\00:40:09.59
We have another video roll
00:40:09.62\00:40:10.87
that I want to
prepare for our listeners
00:40:10.90\00:40:13.75
and viewers about
the cataract camps.
00:40:13.78\00:40:17.86
I want you to just
give us an introduction
00:40:17.89\00:40:20.09
to what we're going to see.
00:40:20.12\00:40:21.15
These cataract
camps are conducted
00:40:24.59\00:40:26.46
in the remotest of villages
00:40:26.49\00:40:29.33
where we have
thousands of patients waiting.
00:40:29.36\00:40:35.08
And we as the
team travel across,
00:40:35.11\00:40:37.44
we conduct makeshift
clinic in these places
00:40:37.47\00:40:39.91
and we identify
patients with various ailments.
00:40:39.94\00:40:44.75
We give them free medication
00:40:44.78\00:40:46.01
to those who
have simple ailments.
00:40:46.04\00:40:48.32
Those patients
which has cataract,
00:40:48.35\00:40:49.89
we line them up for surgery
00:40:49.92\00:40:51.68
and perform all the
tests that are required.
00:40:51.71\00:40:53.45
Okay.
00:40:53.48\00:40:54.51
And those with,
which has a advance
00:40:54.54\00:40:57.81
complicated problems,
00:40:57.84\00:40:59.00
we refer them to
the base hospital
00:40:59.03\00:41:00.53
where we conduct
diagnostic test on them.
00:41:00.56\00:41:03.18
I understand.
00:41:03.21\00:41:04.24
Patients with
diabetes, diabetic retinopathy
00:41:04.27\00:41:06.32
and other complications
00:41:06.35\00:41:07.60
we perform surgeries
on them in the hospital.
00:41:07.63\00:41:10.58
And after having
lined up these patients,
00:41:10.61\00:41:13.81
after having done the surgery
on them during the night,
00:41:13.84\00:41:16.91
the next day morning
we open the bandages,
00:41:16.94\00:41:19.54
we do the testing of the eyes,
00:41:19.57\00:41:22.88
postoperatively we
put drops on their eyes
00:41:22.91\00:41:25.70
and then we may sometimes
keep them for one or two days
00:41:25.73\00:41:28.89
if they have come
from a very remote village.
00:41:28.92\00:41:31.28
We give them food.
00:41:31.31\00:41:32.57
We care for them and
then we discharge them.
00:41:32.60\00:41:35.79
Not just to be for,
but during and after.
00:41:35.82\00:41:38.10
Let's look at this video.
00:41:38.13\00:41:39.36
Despite their
efforts to provide eye care
00:41:41.61\00:41:43.53
to impoverished areas,
00:41:43.56\00:41:44.82
there are major challenges
carrying out this work.
00:41:44.85\00:41:47.72
These include lack
of patient facilities,
00:41:47.75\00:41:50.30
sustainability, retaining staff
00:41:50.33\00:41:52.88
and the cost of
simply running a hospital.
00:41:52.91\00:41:55.95
Their mobile
eye vehicle has been
00:41:55.98\00:41:57.53
in the use for over 10 years
00:41:57.56\00:41:59.58
and there's a
need of replacement.
00:41:59.61\00:42:01.57
Furthermore Dr. Jacob Prabhakar
and Ruby Nelson Hospital
00:42:01.60\00:42:05.40
have great ambitions
to expand their services,
00:42:05.43\00:42:08.13
helping even more
people obtain health
00:42:08.16\00:42:10.32
and
independence from eye disease
00:42:10.35\00:42:12.31
and raising the quality of livin
00:42:12.34\00:42:13.86
for as many as possible.
00:42:13.89\00:42:15.92
Their future yielded goal
00:42:15.95\00:42:17.53
eye patients,
00:42:17.56\00:42:20.57
restore sight to 10,000
00:42:20.60\00:42:22.19
of the most disadvantage blind
people, dispense spectacles
00:42:22.22\00:42:25.61
and supplemental
vitamins to 15,000 children
00:42:25.64\00:42:28.76
and train 20
students of ophthalmetry
00:42:28.79\00:42:31.19
and 24 ophthalmologists
in cataract surgery.
00:42:31.22\00:42:34.98
Ruby Nelson staff
is accepting volunteers
00:42:35.01\00:42:37.35
participating in
the community clinics,
00:42:37.38\00:42:39.93
donations in the form
of equipment, mobile vans,
00:42:39.96\00:42:42.69
surgical clinics and
money are all welcome.
00:42:42.72\00:42:45.60
At present 25% of surgeries
00:42:45.63\00:42:48.20
are provided free of
cost to the patients.
00:42:48.23\00:42:50.45
And 60% of these re
covered by philanthropists,
00:42:50.48\00:42:53.35
non-governmental organizations
and generous donors.
00:42:53.38\00:42:57.09
The cost of providing
prescription spectacles
00:42:57.12\00:42:59.26
for 10 children is $50.
00:42:59.29\00:43:01.64
Building a surgical eye clinic
in a remote village is $1,500.
00:43:01.67\00:43:06.08
Purchasing a specialized
mobile van is $200,000.
00:43:06.11\00:43:09.92
A mobile surgical
clinic will cost $100,000.
00:43:09.95\00:43:14.62
India hosts over 52
million visually impaired
00:43:14.65\00:43:18.00
and blind people whose daily
lives are incredibly difficult.
00:43:18.03\00:43:22.04
Our decisions and
responses increasingly
00:43:22.07\00:43:24.39
have a greater effect
in the global community
00:43:24.42\00:43:27.20
and this is a
planet and a reality
00:43:27.23\00:43:29.66
that we all share.
00:43:29.69\00:43:31.58
We invite you
to open your hearts
00:43:31.61\00:43:33.24
to the beautiful people of
India and help provide them
00:43:33.27\00:43:36.28
a future free from
fear, dependence and disease
00:43:36.31\00:43:40.17
with your
generous donations of time,
00:43:40.20\00:43:42.50
energy, equipment and money.
00:43:42.53\00:43:45.18
The remarkable
change in just one life
00:43:45.21\00:43:47.32
after providing clear sight
00:43:47.35\00:43:49.22
will change the
future of this world.
00:43:49.25\00:43:51.77
Wow.
00:44:11.34\00:44:12.38
I don't know what
else we can tell you
00:44:12.41\00:44:14.05
that wouldn't
move you to want to be
00:44:14.08\00:44:15.70
a part of this in some way.
00:44:15.73\00:44:18.56
Dr. Jacob, I want to
try that last name again.
00:44:18.59\00:44:21.65
Chindrupu. Chindrupu, yes.
00:44:21.68\00:44:24.02
I'm working on this,
and I think I'm gonna better
00:44:24.05\00:44:27.50
as the program goes along.
00:44:27.53\00:44:29.38
God has, has so equipped you.
00:44:29.41\00:44:33.83
Let me ask another question.
00:44:33.86\00:44:35.44
How does your family
adjust to this great demand
00:44:35.47\00:44:40.71
'cause I know that
the call is heavy on you?
00:44:40.74\00:44:43.18
Tell me about the
challenges 'cause I mean,
00:44:43.21\00:44:46.43
you have a
family, you have daughter,
00:44:46.46\00:44:47.53
you have a son, wife?
00:44:47.56\00:44:51.88
They have been a
big blessing for me.
00:44:51.91\00:44:53.84
They support me
more than 2-300 percent.
00:44:53.87\00:44:59.92
I'm hardly at home.
00:44:59.95\00:45:02.54
Most of the time, I'm
either traveling or operating.
00:45:02.57\00:45:04.52
Okay.
00:45:04.55\00:45:05.58
Even if I'm in the
hospital or at home,
00:45:05.61\00:45:07.72
I'm in the operating room.
00:45:07.75\00:45:09.51
And so they have
been great support for me,
00:45:09.54\00:45:11.95
they pray with me and they know
00:45:11.98\00:45:13.64
dad is on the job, on
the mission for Jesus.
00:45:13.67\00:45:17.70
And so, they've been a
tremendous support for me
00:45:17.73\00:45:20.48
wherever I go,
whatever I propose,
00:45:20.51\00:45:22.80
the needs are so great
00:45:22.83\00:45:23.93
and the challenges are too high.
00:45:23.96\00:45:25.90
The work is only becoming
more than it was before,
00:45:25.93\00:45:28.86
and they're with
me, and praying for me.
00:45:28.89\00:45:32.23
You know, Pastor Bradshaw,
00:45:32.26\00:45:33.94
this reminds me of
a good friend of 3ABN
00:45:33.97\00:45:36.49
and his name is
probably familiar among
00:45:36.52\00:45:38.46
the Adventist
world, Garwin McNeilus.
00:45:38.49\00:45:40.93
I remember calling him once
00:45:40.96\00:45:42.03
during the
winter up in Minnesota
00:45:42.06\00:45:44.40
and I said how
you're doing and he says,
00:45:44.43\00:45:47.05
I need to be in Africa.
00:45:47.08\00:45:48.56
I'm wasting time in
America, it's snowing,
00:45:48.59\00:45:50.20
I need to be in Africa,
my brothers and sisters,
00:45:50.23\00:45:51.79
they need a one day
church, they have these needs
00:45:51.82\00:45:54.44
and I could imagine
that your passion is the same
00:45:54.47\00:45:57.15
when you're
home, you're thinking,
00:45:57.18\00:45:58.37
oh, how many more people
00:45:58.40\00:45:59.49
can I be
restoring their sight too,
00:45:59.52\00:46:01.29
and the heart of Christ
00:46:01.32\00:46:03.13
is what moves
us and motivate us,
00:46:03.16\00:46:05.57
the next evangelistic
series, the next sermon,
00:46:05.60\00:46:08.08
the next Bible study.
00:46:08.11\00:46:09.84
Those are the things
that throb in your heart.
00:46:09.87\00:46:12.49
You're an evangelist
00:46:12.52\00:46:13.97
as well as a
missionary, not just a doctor.
00:46:14.00\00:46:15.74
Praise God for that.
00:46:15.77\00:46:16.80
We perform more than
11,000 surgeries in a year.
00:46:16.83\00:46:19.62
Wow!
00:46:19.65\00:46:20.71
Conduct 120 peripheral
clinics or screening clinics
00:46:20.74\00:46:24.50
and 50 or more
surgical camps in a year.
00:46:24.53\00:46:28.26
And but the needs
00:46:28.29\00:46:29.33
that were just
mentioned are astronomical.
00:46:29.36\00:46:32.60
Talk about some of
those financial needs
00:46:32.63\00:46:34.14
'cause to
partner with Dr. Jacob,
00:46:34.17\00:46:37.32
is a significant thing for
it is Written to come on board.
00:46:37.35\00:46:40.11
Talk about some of those needs
00:46:40.14\00:46:41.28
'cause we see some dollar
amounts that are very real.
00:46:41.31\00:46:44.51
Those dollar amounts do
not represent vacations.
00:46:44.54\00:46:47.74
Those represent lives.
00:46:47.77\00:46:48.93
Talk about that
for a brief moment.
00:46:48.96\00:46:51.30
It is Written historically
has had a humanitarian project.
00:46:51.33\00:46:54.19
You know, we like to be
involved in humanitarian work.
00:46:54.22\00:46:57.64
When Eyes for
India came to me, to us,
00:46:57.67\00:47:02.13
we realized, we realized
00:47:02.16\00:47:04.03
this was something
God was in the midst of,
00:47:04.06\00:47:06.21
we really believe that.
00:47:06.24\00:47:08.25
What's phenomenal about
00:47:08.28\00:47:09.73
this is $75 pays
for cataract surgery.
00:47:09.76\00:47:13.73
And let's just think
about what that means.
00:47:13.76\00:47:15.85
If you're blind what would
you give to get your sight back?
00:47:15.88\00:47:18.36
Well, someone else's sight
is just as important as yours.
00:47:18.39\00:47:21.41
$75 will given them their
sight back, just like that.
00:47:21.44\00:47:25.47
Now, there is, it
will cost it little more
00:47:25.50\00:47:27.15
for to have a
restorative surgery for child,
00:47:27.18\00:47:30.08
not a cataract surgery but
one of more complex surgeries,
00:47:30.11\00:47:32.97
but a whole lot more.
00:47:33.00\00:47:34.23
We're talking 200-$250
00:47:34.26\00:47:36.07
and a child gets
eyes back for life.
00:47:36.10\00:47:39.67
So imagine, ten eyes, $750, $75
00:47:39.70\00:47:45.35
you can spend that in
evening and not worry about it.
00:47:45.38\00:47:47.66
Most people pay more than that
00:47:47.69\00:47:49.24
for a month of self on coverage.
00:47:49.27\00:47:52.16
Your cable package would cost
00:47:52.19\00:47:53.28
way more that
more often than not.
00:47:53.31\00:47:56.34
And this is a life
changed, a human being
00:47:56.37\00:47:59.08
who is back where
they were once before,
00:47:59.11\00:48:02.50
whatever it was,
robbed them of their sight.
00:48:02.53\00:48:04.70
These are real people.
00:48:04.73\00:48:05.76
Well, some of them
sees for the first time.
00:48:05.79\00:48:08.40
Yes, I think that's true.
00:48:08.43\00:48:09.46
For the ones
that are born blind.
00:48:09.49\00:48:10.52
There are some
that are born blind.
00:48:10.55\00:48:11.58
Yes, some
children are born blind.
00:48:11.61\00:48:12.64
They have not
seen their parents.
00:48:12.67\00:48:14.58
They have not seen
the beauty of the world.
00:48:14.61\00:48:17.80
They have been blind for
5 years, 10 years, 15 years
00:48:17.83\00:48:21.65
and they haven't seen the world,
00:48:21.68\00:48:22.71
and then they come to us,
00:48:22.74\00:48:23.77
we just operate upon
them, they're able to see.
00:48:23.80\00:48:27.97
What I wanted to
do for our audience
00:48:28.00\00:48:29.70
is to give you the information
00:48:29.73\00:48:30.96
that you need to
find a way to participate
00:48:30.99\00:48:32.91
and then we're going to
share a few more details
00:48:32.94\00:48:34.92
with you on information
00:48:34.95\00:48:36.41
that we believe is
very helpful to the ministry
00:48:36.44\00:48:39.00
that we have
talked about here today.
00:48:39.03\00:48:40.32
Fifteen million people in India
00:48:43.54\00:48:45.40
are afflicted with
sight impairing conditions
00:48:45.43\00:48:47.67
that in many cases a
simple surgery can cure.
00:48:47.70\00:48:50.87
If you'd like to know
00:48:50.90\00:48:51.93
how you can help to
give the gift of sight,
00:48:51.96\00:48:53.85
then you can
write to Eyes For India,
00:48:53.88\00:48:56.77
It Is Written, P.O.
Box 0, Thousand Oaks,
00:48:56.80\00:49:00.08
California 91359.
00:49:00.11\00:49:02.88
That's Eyes For
India, It Is Written,
00:49:02.91\00:49:05.38
P.O. Box 0, Thousand
Oaks, California 91359.
00:49:05.41\00:49:10.20
You can call 800-253-3000.
00:49:10.23\00:49:13.86
That's 800-253-3000.
00:49:13.89\00:49:17.03
You can also visit their
website at ItIsWritten.com.
00:49:17.06\00:49:21.29
That's ItIsWritten.com.
00:49:21.32\00:49:24.72
As you know, this is
quite an extensive ministry
00:49:28.21\00:49:30.84
reaching into
the lives and hearts
00:49:30.87\00:49:32.14
of hundreds of thousands
00:49:32.17\00:49:34.27
as the medical teams
continue to do their work.
00:49:34.30\00:49:36.80
Just briefly, give
me about 30 seconds
00:49:36.83\00:49:39.01
or so, tell me
about the brochures,
00:49:39.04\00:49:40.33
we've had some brochures,
00:49:40.36\00:49:41.39
and you have some
connected to the ministry.
00:49:41.42\00:49:43.35
Talk about those
very briefly for me?
00:49:43.38\00:49:45.75
These brochures are have been
helped by the Eyes For India,
00:49:45.78\00:49:50.20
It Is Written
Project as well the PCLI
00:49:50.23\00:49:53.07
which is the Pacific
Cataract and Laser Institute
00:49:53.10\00:49:56.08
at Washington State.
00:49:56.11\00:49:58.61
So they have printed
these and they've send across
00:49:58.64\00:50:01.43
the world in order for people
to see the beautiful stories,
00:50:01.46\00:50:04.69
they're kind of life
changing stories of patients
00:50:04.72\00:50:07.96
who have been restored to sight.
00:50:07.99\00:50:10.39
So this is letting the
world know that outside of India
00:50:10.42\00:50:13.90
that they can do what they--
00:50:13.93\00:50:15.56
what God has put
upon their hearts.
00:50:15.59\00:50:17.57
Pastor Bradshaw, you put
that so wonderfully together.
00:50:17.60\00:50:19.70
I mean cable bills, phone bills,
00:50:19.73\00:50:21.24
things that we
just waste money on,
00:50:21.27\00:50:23.83
that could be the
difference between our pleasures
00:50:23.86\00:50:27.43
being fulfilled or
someone's sights being restored.
00:50:27.46\00:50:30.63
And I tell you that would puts
00:50:30.66\00:50:32.16
that into such
perspective here today
00:50:32.19\00:50:33.66
that we would
think and I believe
00:50:33.69\00:50:35.72
that those of you watching
the program would think about
00:50:35.75\00:50:37.97
what it means
to spend the money,
00:50:38.00\00:50:39.77
whether it's the kingdom
dollar or whether it's a dollar
00:50:39.80\00:50:42.56
that's going up in
flame for something
00:50:42.59\00:50:44.05
that is
transitory and temporary.
00:50:44.08\00:50:46.53
And I want to take a
little bit of time here
00:50:46.56\00:50:49.23
to let people know that have
looked at the dollar amounts,
00:50:49.26\00:50:51.54
that everything that
is contributed or donated
00:50:51.57\00:50:54.39
to this ministry is
in fact tax deductible.
00:50:54.42\00:50:58.33
And I know that
as you have been move
00:50:58.36\00:51:00.77
by what you've seen and
what you've heard today,
00:51:00.80\00:51:03.11
God has called you to
partner with It Is Written
00:51:03.14\00:51:06.82
and with Dr. Chindrupu
00:51:06.85\00:51:08.87
as he goes with
his medical team and,
00:51:08.90\00:51:11.21
but after this newsbreak,
00:51:11.24\00:51:12.34
we'll come back and give
you a few closing thoughts
00:51:12.37\00:51:14.74
so stay with us,
we'll be right back.
00:51:14.77\00:51:16.84