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, I'm Shelley Quinn
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and we welcome you
once again to 3ABN Today
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on the mending
broken people network,
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and let me just pause
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and take a moment to
express our great appreciation
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to each one of you
who support this ministry
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by your prayers
and your finances.
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Thank you so much
because without you
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there would not be a
mending broken people network.
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We are going to be talking today
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about people who don't
always have a hope or future.
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We're very blessed,
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those of us who live
in developed countries
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because what we
have to our advantage
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is so many opportunities
that are available to us
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and I remember once
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even though I live
in the United States
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when I was
feeling a little downcast
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and without hope
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that the Lord led me
to a beautiful scripture
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and He really
encouraged and inspired me
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through this scripture.
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These are the words of the Lord
and as I read Jeremiah 29:11,
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just listen as if
God were speaking to you.
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He says, "For I
know the thoughts
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that I think
toward you, says the Lord,
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thoughts of
peace and not of evil,
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to give you a
future and a hope."
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We have all kinds of advantages
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if we live in
developed countries,
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but there are
children in the world
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who are living in
undeveloped countries
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who have no advantages in
life and they need to know
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that God can give
them a future and a hope.
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And we are going to be talking
with our special guest today.
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Let me just go ahead
and introduce them to you.
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This lovely couple is working
with the program in India
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and it's called
Adventist Child India,
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and you are there to
give children a hope.
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Nancy Mack,
welcome to the program.
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Thank you.
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It's so
wonderful to have you here
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and your husband William Mack.
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Now, William,
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you are the director
for Adventist Child India.
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Yes, and I need to
give credit to Nancy
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'cause she is the
assistant director.
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And she is the assistant.
Work together as a good team.
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That's wonderful.
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Well, we're going
to be excited to hear
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a little of your personal story
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and how God
brought them to India,
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but first we know
how much you love music,
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and so we're going
to have a beautiful song
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played for us on the
piano by Johann Sentana
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and the song is,
"This is my Father's world".
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That was Johann Sentana
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and I'm just so glad
that he uses his talent
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for the glory of the
Lord, that was beautiful.
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Well, if you're joining
us just a few moments later,
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our special guests today
are Nancy and William Mack.
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And we want to get to
know you little personally
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before we jump
into what you are doing,
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the work that
you're doing right now.
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Nancy, just give
us a little nutshell
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who's Nancy Mack,
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did you grow up
in a Christian home?
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Tell us a
little of your history?
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Well, first I'm a
wife to William Mack
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and I have three
children that are all grown,
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and I was raised
in the Christian home
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and a missionary's home,
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and we had a lot of fun
traveling and seeing the world,
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and helping
people learn about Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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So when you are out
working in the field
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with your parents
in the world field,
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how early on did your
relationship with the Lord
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become real to you,
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not just something
handed down by your parents,
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not just something
your parents believe,
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but when did Jesus
become real to you?
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I think it was a time when my...
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I always felt I was a Christian
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and I always
wanted to be a Christian,
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but I don't think I really
had a personal walk with Jesus
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until about a month
before my mother passed away,
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and she proceeded to tell me
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that I didn't
need to get to heaven
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on my dad shirttails
because my dad was a Christian
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that I needed
to have my own walk
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and that's when I was
about probably around in my 40s,
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so I mean I always
thought I was a Christian,
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but when I
personally had my walk
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was around when I
was in my 40s or mid 40s.
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Amen. Amen.
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So you were living
a Christian lifestyle
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just hadn't made that
real heart to heart connection.
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Correct.
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And you know, that's
true for a lot of people
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who've been in
church for many, many years
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and then one day just kind of,
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you know, it's a cultural thing,
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they're used to it,
they have good morals,
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but it's when they develop
that personal relationship
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that it really is meaningful,
and how about you William?
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Okay, I grew up also
in an Adventist family.
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Okay.
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My parents were involved
in the Adventist school system
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and that was in California,
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so grew up as my
dad being a teacher
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and then my principal
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which is not so
fun at times then.
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Yeah, I'll bet.
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You get called to
the principal's office...
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You try not to,
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as you get it at home also then,
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but so you know,
went to Adventist schools
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all through from grade school
up through last year of college
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and self so.
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Yes, you know, I'm
glad for that background.
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And when did it
become real for you?
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It also probably
later in life too,
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because again, you know,
my dad is a strong influence
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and again, you know, it
can't be just what he says
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but has to be
coming from you so.
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It was more recently again too,
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may be almost
coming to India really then
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were things just
got a little more real
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and vivid and saying you know,
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just get closer to the Lord,
and that kind of thing then so.
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So how did you end up in India?
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So who wants to answer that one?
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Whoever feels like? You.
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I think that I had
started going back to India
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to do humanitarian service
helping somebody get a cow
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so that they will have
some milk to be able to sell,
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helping children get shoes,
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helping children to get
uniforms so they go to school.
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And about four years
ago we were called to go
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and head up the
Adventist Child India program.
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Now I was sort of,
sort of happy about it,
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but I wasn't too sure
how my husband would feel,
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he never been to India.
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So the last humanitarian
service that I did in India,
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he came at the
end of my programs
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and we traveled
for about three weeks
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throughout India,
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and when we were
through I said to him,
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"Will, so what do you think?"
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And he says, "Yeah, I
think I could live there,
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it's a pretty cool place."
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Wonderful.
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So that's how we
finally arrived in India
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and started our work
there with helping children.
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All right, so tell us
about Adventist Child India?
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Okay.
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This is a child aid program
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that was started
by Dorothy Watts.
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She worked in
India for a long time
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and had saw the need
of poor Adventist children
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that would never be
able to get an education
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in Adventist schools,
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just like here Adventist
school are not free in India,
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you know, there
are private schools
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and they cost, so we
try to help literally
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the poorest
Adventist layman's children
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who have no benefits and we try
to help them get the education
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that they never receive.
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And so we're connected
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with the school system in India.
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There are many day
schools and boarding schools,
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about 280 total.
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We're only connected
with the boarding schools.
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And that was Dorothy's idea
we haven't changed that then,
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so we're
connected with the schools
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that are outside the
cities then, you know,
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the villages and
children come from there
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and learn to speak English.
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They would be coming
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probably with may be
two changes of clothes
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and sometimes you know,
barefoot that kind of thing,
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so this is the ones that we're
trying to reach in and help.
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But okay, these are the
poorest of the poorest you said.
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And is there a reason
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why she chose to do the
boarding school atmosphere
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rather than a home atmosphere.
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Yeah, I think like yeah,
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I think the reason
why is when you're poor,
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you may only get one meal a day
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and in the boarding
school you'll get three,
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and if you have no
place to sleep maybe
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or you have to be
crammed into small little house
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you'll have a bed,
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you'll have a place
to sleep each night,
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and you'll be able
to have an education,
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and have the atmosphere
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of being able to
be part of a group.
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So how do you
find these children?
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Okay, good question.
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Probably two ways,
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the local pastors
would be used and helpful to,
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because they are
the ones in the churches
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that know these
families then, so...
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So these are all
children of Adventists?
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Yes, yes, yes they are,
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so at least one of the parents
needs to be Adventist then.
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Maybe both don't have
to be, but so you know,
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the local pastor
would know those families
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that really need
the help and sometimes
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even the school
principals that we work with,
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they are gonna help people,
you know, from their area,
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and so that's how
they would get recommended
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towards them.
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Okay, let me ask you this,
Will, I'll direct this to you
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because Nancy's parents
worked in the fields of India
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for sometime and
she was accustom to it.
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What was your first impression
other than it's a cool place,
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'cause it's so different.
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What did you see
that may have shocked you
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or concerned you,
what kinds of things
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when we're talking
about the poorest of the poor,
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how do these children live?
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They literally
live in mud brick huts,
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houses you might call them,
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then they might
have thatch roofs
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and in the North East
it's a little different,
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they might have bamboo walls
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with like a corrugated
tin roof, that kind of thing.
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So this is the kind of
housing they would have
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and they might
cook on an open fire,
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you know, for
their meals and all,
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and so that definitely
was, you know, new and you know,
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just said wow, this is,
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if we can help these
kind of people, it's great.
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I actually had a little
bit of experience before that.
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For one year I was a
student missionary in Africa,
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and you know,
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between my junior
and senior in college.
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So I had seen some of that then
so it wasn't quite as shocking
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to see it the
very first time, but...
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But do they have
clean water sources there?
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In most places they do now...
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Most of the
time. Most of the time.
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They will have
the drinking water
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and they will have
the water that they bathe
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and take care of other stuff.
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We tend to drink from a bottle.
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We buy our water bottles
and we take them with us,
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because we're not
used to when you travel
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and you have
different water sources
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you don't, even
if they're clean,
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you may not always get
along with the water, so.
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Yeah, I'm understanding
exactly what you are saying.
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You want to be safe.
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We've done enough
traveling to know that.
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So how many years
have you been there now?
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You've been there three years.
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Yep, just a little over three
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and we're thinking at least five
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and more than that if we
can we'll figure that out
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as the time moves on here.
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And how many
children Adventists the child,
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or excuse me The Child India,
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how many
children are you helping?
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Okay, it's close to about
2200 now then, so it's a lot.
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Oh, my. It's a lot.
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That we are involved in
17 of the 29 states in India
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and 38 boarding schools,
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so that they are divided up
these 2200 children divided up,
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some may have 20 in one school,
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some may have
200 in other school,
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but 38 boarding
schools throughout India.
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So can you give us an idea
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of what your work
schedule might be,
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do you try to travel
to each of these schools?
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We do. We travel many ways.
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The easiest way is by
plane and that's very rare,
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but when we have to go very far,
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then we do take
the train, a plane
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because a train
would take too long
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and our time is valuable.
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We travel by rickshaw which
is a three wheeled vehicle.
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We travel by local
bus, county bus, Volvo bus,
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we travel by car
and we travel by train,
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so there is many
different ways of traveling
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and it depends on
what school we're going to,
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in a car we drive, we have a car
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that we are able to go
to some other schools with.
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And how often do you,
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are you going around to
these different schools?
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Okay, it's once
a year. All right.
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And occasionally it's twice here
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in some of the
may be closer schools,
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but once a year so
that's 38 times to go
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and you know...
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So that's part of our
schedule certainly then is
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not always in
the office work out,
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and of course it's
fun to meet the children
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and to see what's going on
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and the
administrators of the schools
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and the teachers you know,
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just make sure
things are going well.
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Well, I know you
were here in 2014,
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and you were
telling us the story,
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you shared a story
about three young ones.
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I think the first one was Ibha,
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it's that how you said her name.
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Yes, Ibha has finished
her high school 12th standard.
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Can you give us a
little bit of her background?
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Ibha came from the
north east and she started
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with the Adventist
Child India program
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in her fourth grade.
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Came from a place
where she was an orphan
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and one of our
lay workers request,
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asked her she'd like
to go to boarding school
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and she chose to say yes,
and she came into our program.
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In India when you are
10th grade comes along
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and you're finished 10th grade,
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you have to choose
either science or arts.
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And that's where you decide
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what school
you're going to go to,
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so she chose science
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and she is now in a
college in Ottapalam, Kerala
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and she is taking nursing,
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so we're really
excited about her.
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And Kima, he also is an orphan.
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He has one
brother, but he's very busy
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and he doesn't have a
lot of money to help Kima,
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but Kima is now
finished just 12th,
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he would also took science,
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but what happened was is that
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when he was
about to take the exam,
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they cancelled the exam
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and so he wasn't
able to take the exam,
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and the college was starting,
he goes, what do I do now.
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And we had a very wonderful man
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who helped us get him into Surat
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and he's doing his BBS.
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So we're happy about him
and he's doing really good
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and then the last one was Alex.
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He is still in grade school.
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He's probably around I think
in fifth or sixth grade now
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and he's doing really well.
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I talked about how he
always seem to lose his shoes,
00:19:24.83\00:19:28.50
and every time I go
back, I'll say, Alex,
00:19:28.53\00:19:30.97
I bought you shoes,
what happened to the shoes.
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And he go, I don't
know, he's still doing that.
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I don't know and so we
have sort of joke upon him
00:19:35.70\00:19:39.51
because all he wants us to
take and buy him chocolate,
00:19:39.54\00:19:43.51
and last year I
wasn't able to go
00:19:43.55\00:19:45.71
and Will was and
he hounded my husband
00:19:45.75\00:19:48.38
until he took Alex to
get his chocolate, so...
00:19:48.42\00:19:51.42
He loves chocolate.
00:19:51.45\00:19:53.52
Alex and I get
along really well.
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So what do you find
that these children,
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I mean you're
talking about orphans
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or you're talking about often
00:20:03.50\00:20:04.83
that's children
from larger families
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that are, they're malnourished.
00:20:06.67\00:20:09.10
When they go into
these boarding schools,
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obviously you are
giving them an education
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in just a step up because
they are learning English,
00:20:15.01\00:20:19.45
they're learning about
so many different things,
00:20:19.48\00:20:24.92
but what did
these children need?
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Do they have in
addition to the education,
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what is that you
find is universal
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that all children need?
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I think that what
I have come up with
00:20:35.70\00:20:37.77
is that every child,
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if I sat down with
them and talk with them
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for a few
minutes in our program,
00:20:43.14\00:20:45.17
they would all have three things
00:20:45.21\00:20:46.88
that they really want.
00:20:46.91\00:20:48.24
They want to be believed in.
00:20:48.28\00:20:49.94
they want to be loved,
and they want to trust,
00:20:49.98\00:20:52.08
have somebody they can trust in.
00:20:52.11\00:20:53.85
And so we're hoping
that with being the mentors
00:20:53.88\00:20:57.89
and helping them with the...
00:20:57.92\00:21:00.66
showing them that
we care and we love
00:21:00.69\00:21:02.32
and we want them to trust us
00:21:02.36\00:21:04.39
and we'll do what
we can to help them
00:21:04.43\00:21:06.36
that they will be
able to succeed in life
00:21:06.39\00:21:08.20
and be happy.
00:21:08.23\00:21:09.56
Amen.
00:21:09.60\00:21:10.93
Now you had some
pictures of Ibha and Alex,
00:21:10.97\00:21:12.87
don't you I think?
00:21:12.90\00:21:14.24
Not this time, I'm
sorry. Okay, it's okay.
00:21:14.27\00:21:15.67
But I do have a
picture of young lady
00:21:15.70\00:21:18.11
that I'd like to tell her story.
00:21:18.14\00:21:19.94
She just came on the
screen and her name is Sonia.
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Sonia is an amazing young
lady I just got to meet her
00:21:23.48\00:21:28.25
this last winter.
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It was January, February. Yes.
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How old is Sonia?
00:21:31.95\00:21:33.29
Sonia is about 15,
and she's in ninth grade,
00:21:33.32\00:21:37.96
and she's going to
school up in the north east.
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And her story is where she came
from a very, very happy home,
00:21:40.90\00:21:45.27
I mean, she was loved dearly.
00:21:45.30\00:21:47.07
She and her siblings,
they were all very close,
00:21:47.10\00:21:49.47
very loving, and
she had some friends
00:21:49.50\00:21:52.44
that were gonna go
away to a boarding school,
00:21:52.47\00:21:54.18
and she and they kept
saying, come on, come join us,
00:21:54.21\00:21:56.54
let's go to the
boarding school together.
00:21:56.58\00:21:57.91
We'll have so much fun,
it's really cool school.
00:21:57.95\00:22:00.08
So she finally
went to her parents
00:22:00.12\00:22:01.45
and asked if she could go
00:22:01.48\00:22:02.82
and her parents
were very happy about it,
00:22:02.85\00:22:04.52
and said, sure, no problem, go.
00:22:04.55\00:22:06.86
So she went and
when she got there,
00:22:06.89\00:22:09.22
she saw a lot of difference
00:22:09.26\00:22:11.43
in the way
people were living there
00:22:11.46\00:22:13.80
and the way they were
doing their things in life
00:22:13.83\00:22:17.53
and questions came up, and
one of the girl said to her
00:22:17.57\00:22:21.64
well, why don't you come
with us to this class we go to
00:22:21.67\00:22:24.94
and learn about why we behave
and act in a different way,
00:22:24.97\00:22:28.68
and so she went and
she was really surprised
00:22:28.71\00:22:32.48
that so many
things were different
00:22:32.51\00:22:34.58
than how she had been
raised, and she chose to step up
00:22:34.62\00:22:38.42
and choose to follow
this new way of living
00:22:38.45\00:22:41.92
and was so excited.
00:22:41.96\00:22:44.99
And this was the
Adventist lifestyle?
00:22:45.03\00:22:46.36
Yes, the life of...
00:22:46.39\00:22:47.73
Adventist lifestyle,
and so when Christmas came,
00:22:47.76\00:22:50.70
she went home and
they had a great reunion,
00:22:50.73\00:22:53.07
they were so excited to see her.
00:22:53.10\00:22:54.44
They have all the
family and relatives come
00:22:54.47\00:22:57.14
and they had a big
party and they went out
00:22:57.17\00:22:58.67
and did all kinds of things
and then Friday came along
00:22:58.71\00:23:02.18
and she started prepare for her
new faith in her, her Sabbath.
00:23:02.21\00:23:06.95
And her mother came
into the room and said,
00:23:06.98\00:23:08.58
what are you doing?
00:23:08.62\00:23:09.95
She says I'm
getting ready for my Sabbath
00:23:09.98\00:23:13.36
and she goes, no,
that's coming up on Sunday.
00:23:13.39\00:23:17.46
This is going to be
Saturday, you're confused,
00:23:17.49\00:23:19.86
and she goes, "No
I'm not confused mommy.
00:23:19.89\00:23:22.50
I found out
00:23:22.53\00:23:23.87
that the true
Sabbath is on Saturday."
00:23:23.90\00:23:27.54
Well, the mother got very angry
and went and told the father,
00:23:27.57\00:23:32.84
and the father came in
and try to drill in her that,
00:23:32.87\00:23:36.61
no you had to leave the faith.
00:23:36.64\00:23:38.31
You have to come
back to our faith.
00:23:38.35\00:23:40.58
You need to be
baptized back into our faith.
00:23:40.62\00:23:42.85
You have no right to do this.
00:23:42.88\00:23:44.32
You belong to our
family and she kept saying, no,
00:23:44.35\00:23:47.76
I can't do this please,
00:23:47.79\00:23:49.12
I cannot do what
you want me to do."
00:23:49.16\00:23:51.19
And finally he said to her,
00:23:51.23\00:23:53.76
"Sonia, if our faith is
not good enough for you,
00:23:53.80\00:23:59.80
then we must not be
good enough parents for you,
00:23:59.83\00:24:02.77
and so we are no
longer your parents.
00:24:02.80\00:24:06.57
Get out of our home,
go away, you're disowned."
00:24:06.61\00:24:10.48
Bless her heart.
00:24:10.51\00:24:11.85
So what does
this little girl do?
00:24:11.88\00:24:13.21
She was devastated
and she loved her family,
00:24:13.25\00:24:16.05
but she knew she couldn't
go back to way she was...
00:24:16.08\00:24:19.85
You know, isn't that
amazing in 15 years old
00:24:19.89\00:24:22.16
to have that kind of ability
to hold on to your faith, yeah.
00:24:22.19\00:24:27.56
So she found one of her friends
00:24:27.60\00:24:28.93
so he was willing to
give her a little bit of money
00:24:28.96\00:24:30.70
and she took the
bus back to the school,
00:24:30.73\00:24:33.20
and when she got
there Mr. Seth saw her there
00:24:33.23\00:24:36.17
and he says what are you doing
back school's not started yet.
00:24:36.20\00:24:38.54
She told him a
little story and he said,
00:24:38.57\00:24:41.24
"Oh, my goodness, no
problem, you can stay here,
00:24:41.28\00:24:43.98
eat with my family
and you're gonna be okay.
00:24:44.01\00:24:46.58
We'll take care of you.
00:24:46.61\00:24:47.95
You're not going
to leave the school.
00:24:47.98\00:24:49.32
You will still be
able to go to school here.
00:24:49.35\00:24:51.39
We'll figure out a way."
00:24:51.42\00:24:52.95
And that's when Will and I,
00:24:52.99\00:24:54.49
William and I
got into the picture.
00:24:54.52\00:24:55.92
We went up to the
school to visit it
00:24:55.96\00:24:58.16
and he introduced
us to this young lady.
00:24:58.19\00:25:00.46
And Sonia told us her story
and we looked at each other
00:25:00.50\00:25:04.13
and we said, we
can't let this girl go.
00:25:04.17\00:25:06.90
And so Will says, "How would
you like to become the family,
00:25:06.94\00:25:09.17
a family member
00:25:09.20\00:25:10.54
of the Adventist
Child India program."
00:25:10.57\00:25:12.21
And she got a real big
smile and she was so excited,
00:25:12.24\00:25:14.44
because she knew
00:25:14.48\00:25:15.81
that she was been
accepted into this family
00:25:15.84\00:25:17.78
that wanted to live like her.
00:25:17.81\00:25:20.05
Amen.
00:25:20.08\00:25:21.42
And that's such
an inspiring story.
00:25:21.45\00:25:23.18
I mean there's
that element of sadness,
00:25:23.22\00:25:26.25
but to think that as I
said someone at 15 years old,
00:25:26.29\00:25:29.72
just hope that
when the time comes
00:25:29.76\00:25:32.73
that all of us can
have that same resolve,
00:25:32.76\00:25:36.20
so now you have
some more students
00:25:36.23\00:25:39.67
that you want
to share obviously?
00:25:39.70\00:25:41.04
Well, we have some more slides,
00:25:41.07\00:25:42.40
I think that would be nice
to just sort of go through.
00:25:42.44\00:25:45.07
Will, why don't you say? Okay.
00:25:45.11\00:25:46.78
This is a bread, you know,
00:25:46.81\00:25:50.08
brick oven that we like to
put in some more schools then,
00:25:50.11\00:25:52.95
they make chapatis
00:25:52.98\00:25:54.32
and may be even some
actual loaves of bread.
00:25:54.35\00:25:56.08
And it's homemade.
Yeah, this would be good.
00:25:56.12\00:25:58.65
This would be a typical kitchen
00:25:58.69\00:26:01.46
you know, cafe,
for the cafeteria then.
00:26:01.49\00:26:03.93
Most of it occasionally gas,
00:26:03.96\00:26:05.66
but most of it's
on over open fire.
00:26:05.69\00:26:07.70
And is this outdoors? Yes.
00:26:07.73\00:26:09.16
Yeah, outdoors then.
00:26:09.20\00:26:10.53
Sometimes
they'll use huge buckets,
00:26:10.57\00:26:12.03
you know, tubs, not
just small like you saw.
00:26:12.07\00:26:15.50
This would be a cafeteria,
00:26:15.54\00:26:17.07
so you know they're
getting a good education,
00:26:17.11\00:26:19.47
but this is not
luxury type thing,
00:26:19.51\00:26:21.74
this is, you know,
bare-bones type of thing
00:26:21.78\00:26:23.71
but this would be...
00:26:23.75\00:26:25.08
But for some of them
compared to what they came from,
00:26:25.11\00:26:26.85
it's probably is luxurious.
00:26:26.88\00:26:28.82
They also use a
cafeteria as a study home.
00:26:28.85\00:26:32.95
They go there and study. Yeah.
00:26:32.99\00:26:34.62
This is a picture
from the Irvine School
00:26:34.66\00:26:36.76
which now has a running water.
00:26:36.79\00:26:38.96
Before they had two
wells, two hand pumps
00:26:38.99\00:26:42.26
and that's how the
whole school operated on
00:26:42.30\00:26:44.67
and now they have running water
00:26:44.70\00:26:46.10
as of may be
six months ago then.
00:26:46.13\00:26:50.01
One time we visited
00:26:50.04\00:26:52.17
and they have
yearly sports days,
00:26:52.21\00:26:54.14
and so here the kids
are playing volleyball.
00:26:54.18\00:26:59.08
And this has to do
with some Christmas gifts.
00:26:59.11\00:27:02.05
All the children
get Christmas gifts
00:27:02.08\00:27:04.19
from the program.
00:27:04.22\00:27:05.55
And here was backpacks and
they call them school bags,
00:27:05.59\00:27:09.49
and also actually a copy
of the Desire of Ages book.
00:27:09.52\00:27:13.73
Praise God. Yeah.
00:27:13.76\00:27:15.50
And here is again,
00:27:15.53\00:27:17.70
two boys having to share
a plate in this case then,
00:27:17.73\00:27:20.07
but eating the rice and
dal then and then they...
00:27:20.10\00:27:25.24
And can you imagine
having to share a plate.
00:27:25.27\00:27:27.24
Yeah.
00:27:27.28\00:27:28.61
So that you can eat well, that
was what the boarding school...
00:27:28.64\00:27:30.15
Sometimes, not all do,
but someone had to do that.
00:27:30.18\00:27:32.31
And these are
three students in the,
00:27:32.35\00:27:34.45
at nursing now,
they graduate from 12,
00:27:34.48\00:27:37.05
this now in their
first year of nursing
00:27:37.09\00:27:38.79
at the Ottapalam nursing
school which is associated
00:27:38.82\00:27:41.39
with the local
Ottapalam Adventist hospital.
00:27:41.42\00:27:43.76
And she is Ibha.
00:27:43.79\00:27:45.16
And that is Ibha
in the centre there.
00:27:45.19\00:27:46.53
Oh, how precious.
00:27:46.56\00:27:48.26
Now let me ask you,
00:27:48.30\00:27:50.13
I'll just interrupt your
pictures for just a second,
00:27:50.17\00:27:52.20
because you go from
what grade to what grade
00:27:52.23\00:27:55.77
when you're
supporting these children?
00:27:55.80\00:27:57.14
Good question, I now we
hadn't talked about that yet.
00:27:57.17\00:27:58.51
Is lowest kindergarten
00:27:58.54\00:28:00.11
and they even
have lower kindergarten
00:28:00.14\00:28:02.04
and upper kindergarten.
00:28:02.08\00:28:03.58
Some children starts lower
00:28:03.61\00:28:05.21
as early as about
five years old or so then.
00:28:05.25\00:28:07.12
Alex was three.
00:28:07.15\00:28:08.48
Alex was three in fact and...
00:28:08.52\00:28:09.85
Now would these
children be orphans
00:28:09.88\00:28:11.32
or would they have parents,
00:28:11.35\00:28:12.69
I mean how are they going off
to boarding school at that age?
00:28:12.72\00:28:16.09
Well, Alex had a
mother and a brother
00:28:16.12\00:28:18.06
but his father had
removed himself from the family
00:28:18.09\00:28:21.73
and his mother
could not take care of him
00:28:21.76\00:28:24.43
and his brother, and work.
00:28:24.47\00:28:26.43
She was a day laborer
00:28:26.47\00:28:27.80
and she would make
about 100 rupees a day
00:28:27.84\00:28:31.14
which is about
dollar and half max
00:28:31.17\00:28:34.44
that she would make per day.
00:28:34.48\00:28:36.08
So that's the reason why Alex
was sent there at age three,
00:28:36.11\00:28:39.61
because his mom could not
handle the taking care of him
00:28:39.65\00:28:43.08
and work at the same time.
00:28:43.12\00:28:44.45
All right, so
three and then what,
00:28:44.49\00:28:46.15
to what grade are
you supporting them?
00:28:46.19\00:28:48.19
Up to 12th. Okay.
00:28:48.22\00:28:49.96
And then may be we
have a little bit time,
00:28:49.99\00:28:51.96
at some point
we're going to talk about
00:28:51.99\00:28:54.30
being able to help
college for the first time then,
00:28:54.33\00:28:56.56
but it has been for part timers.
00:28:56.60\00:28:57.93
Okay, so Ibha. Yes,
Ibha is one of those then.
00:28:57.97\00:29:00.24
This is now you are,
00:29:00.27\00:29:01.90
are you helping to
support her in college,
00:29:01.94\00:29:04.01
so we'll go back to that.
00:29:04.04\00:29:05.37
Let's finish up the pictures.
00:29:05.41\00:29:06.74
All right, may
be just a few left.
00:29:06.78\00:29:08.68
This is typical classroom
00:29:08.71\00:29:11.98
in one or may
be the poor schools
00:29:12.01\00:29:14.15
but there is still, you know,
getting a good education and...
00:29:14.18\00:29:17.99
And they are neatly
dressed, they're clean.
00:29:18.02\00:29:20.16
Yes, they have uniforms
and. And they look healthy.
00:29:20.19\00:29:24.06
We definitely were
told from the principals
00:29:24.09\00:29:26.09
that when they come back
sometimes from, you know, home
00:29:26.13\00:29:29.23
that they gain weight at school,
00:29:29.26\00:29:30.60
they're eating
better at school then.
00:29:30.63\00:29:32.50
Another school
00:29:32.53\00:29:33.87
where they don't have
any desk or chairs yet.
00:29:33.90\00:29:35.30
Yeah. So they sit on the floor.
00:29:35.34\00:29:36.67
Yeah, not all of
them are this way
00:29:36.71\00:29:38.04
but some of them are,
00:29:38.07\00:29:39.41
so this would be
probably more like
00:29:39.44\00:29:40.78
about a second
grade class here then.
00:29:40.81\00:29:43.41
So what does that mean
to travel when they even,
00:29:43.45\00:29:45.78
even if they are
not going off to college
00:29:45.81\00:29:47.65
just to learn
how to speak English,
00:29:47.68\00:29:51.22
I mean they're learning
truths about Adventist lifestyle
00:29:51.25\00:29:55.26
the Adventist faith,
they're learning the truths,
00:29:55.29\00:29:57.99
I mean they're being
educated with Maths and reading,
00:29:58.03\00:30:01.20
but what does it
mean to them practically
00:30:01.23\00:30:03.73
just that when
they get this education,
00:30:03.77\00:30:05.53
does that open
doors for them now?
00:30:05.57\00:30:07.60
Good question. You
go ahead and answer.
00:30:07.64\00:30:08.97
I think in a long run
yes, but society is changing,
00:30:09.00\00:30:14.01
and India is becoming
very, very educated minded,
00:30:14.04\00:30:19.21
and the people are wanting
more than just 12th grade now.
00:30:19.25\00:30:22.88
They're wanting college,
00:30:22.92\00:30:24.25
they're wanting to be able
to succeed in a masters or PhD
00:30:24.29\00:30:28.22
or all the things
that we do here in the US,
00:30:28.26\00:30:30.26
they want to continue
00:30:30.29\00:30:31.76
and so that's what we have
decided to do our new program
00:30:31.79\00:30:35.70
in the ACI program is
to have a college fund
00:30:35.73\00:30:40.57
so that children
in the ACI program
00:30:40.60\00:30:43.57
can continue their
education and go into college
00:30:43.61\00:30:46.07
and that's what
happened with Ibha,
00:30:46.11\00:30:47.84
and Kima and a few
of the other children.
00:30:47.88\00:30:50.88
So, Nancy, the caste system
00:30:50.91\00:30:53.31
is still very much in
place in India, correct?
00:30:53.35\00:30:56.35
Yeah, I think so,
but there is changing.
00:30:56.38\00:30:59.25
We have a middle class
now and if you have a...
00:30:59.29\00:31:01.56
But isn't that
education is this the way out
00:31:01.59\00:31:05.43
is exactly the
point I was going to make.
00:31:05.46\00:31:07.13
You can explain that yes,
00:31:07.16\00:31:08.50
it is definitely true
that without education,
00:31:08.53\00:31:11.10
they're gonna
stay where they're at,
00:31:11.13\00:31:12.63
and there is no hope
of helping themselves
00:31:12.67\00:31:15.47
or the family in the
future without education,
00:31:15.50\00:31:18.17
that's the way to
get into the next level
00:31:18.21\00:31:20.38
or few steps up at least then.
00:31:20.41\00:31:21.78
And see I think
00:31:21.81\00:31:23.14
that so many of us
here in the States,
00:31:23.18\00:31:24.71
we hear these
stories of these rebels
00:31:24.75\00:31:29.58
if you will people
who quit school early
00:31:29.62\00:31:31.65
but go out and make a big,
00:31:31.69\00:31:34.49
you know, splash in
the world and do something,
00:31:34.52\00:31:37.33
but it's not so in
India is it, without education
00:31:37.36\00:31:40.76
they are basically consigned
to a life of day labor.
00:31:40.80\00:31:47.64
Probably yeah,
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.00
about 90
percent of that is true.
00:31:49.04\00:31:50.37
I think there is a few
that have been able to climb out
00:31:50.41\00:31:52.87
by doing small little
stalls like Chai stalls
00:31:52.91\00:31:56.85
and then getting
bigger and bigger and bigger
00:31:56.88\00:31:58.45
and becoming like
well not like starbucks,
00:31:58.48\00:32:01.18
but similar to, I know
they would have a big store
00:32:01.22\00:32:04.75
where they have a lot of
people join in and getting money
00:32:04.79\00:32:06.76
so they do bring
themselves up that way also,
00:32:06.79\00:32:09.26
so there's a little of group
that can do that but very few.
00:32:09.29\00:32:13.60
So tell us then, you've just
recently started the college
00:32:13.63\00:32:17.77
and Ibha is one of
them and who else he's got.
00:32:17.80\00:32:20.00
Ibha. Ibha.
00:32:20.04\00:32:21.67
Ibha and Kima. Ibha and Kima.
00:32:21.70\00:32:23.94
Yeah. Okay.
00:32:23.97\00:32:25.31
Tell us about that
project? Let me do then, okay.
00:32:25.34\00:32:28.74
There is a nursing side of
it and this is actually so new
00:32:28.78\00:32:32.08
that this is
happening after we've left India
00:32:32.11\00:32:35.98
to promote the
program here in the US,
00:32:36.02\00:32:37.55
so we're talking
about June so really recent,
00:32:37.59\00:32:40.49
but we're gonna have
more children in for nursing
00:32:40.52\00:32:45.09
as if we can find more sponsors,
00:32:45.13\00:32:46.80
of course that will help out
00:32:46.83\00:32:48.53
but a program will
sponsor of them are self even.
00:32:48.56\00:32:51.97
So there is that aspect of it
00:32:52.00\00:32:54.64
and then the other
would be for teachers,
00:32:54.67\00:32:57.11
so there is another
college Adventist college
00:32:57.14\00:32:59.74
that we're gonna
be involved with that
00:32:59.77\00:33:02.01
will hopefully we can
start with at least 20 or 30,
00:33:02.04\00:33:05.91
and again school has
just started over there then
00:33:05.95\00:33:10.22
and because the
Adventist school system
00:33:10.25\00:33:12.89
needs Adventist teachers,
00:33:12.92\00:33:14.46
so that's definitely
need that we've seen,
00:33:14.49\00:33:16.56
and so we're trying to
help as many, you know,
00:33:16.59\00:33:20.70
students that are
graduating from 12,
00:33:20.73\00:33:22.23
that want to be teachers,
00:33:22.26\00:33:23.60
and we will put
them definitely through
00:33:23.63\00:33:25.63
for the four years of education
degree that they will need.
00:33:25.67\00:33:30.51
All right, so you said
that either they get sponsors
00:33:30.54\00:33:32.77
and you sponsor them.
00:33:32.81\00:33:34.14
Tell us a little about
your sponsorship program?
00:33:34.18\00:33:37.01
How does Adventist Child India,
00:33:37.05\00:33:39.61
how are you setup
your 501c3, tell us?
00:33:39.65\00:33:44.25
You want to answer some of them.
00:33:44.29\00:33:45.62
You can go ahead. Okay.
00:33:45.65\00:33:46.99
Yes, it is, it's 501c3...
00:33:47.02\00:33:48.72
Which means this is non profit.
00:33:48.76\00:33:50.23
Non profit organization then,
00:33:50.26\00:33:53.03
technically there
is six of us that work,
00:33:53.06\00:33:56.13
there is Nancy and I
with four staff members
00:33:56.16\00:33:58.40
that help us you know,
00:33:58.43\00:33:59.77
certainly don't
do this by ourselves
00:33:59.80\00:34:01.14
and so we have good,
four good staff members then,
00:34:01.17\00:34:02.97
but any donations
is actually run through
00:34:03.00\00:34:06.14
the general conference of
Seventh-day Adventists then.
00:34:06.17\00:34:08.54
And that money is
collected before a few weeks
00:34:08.58\00:34:12.28
and then wired over to
India type of thing then.
00:34:12.31\00:34:14.52
So that's how the
donations happen then.
00:34:14.55\00:34:18.25
And what does it
cost to sponsor a child?
00:34:18.29\00:34:20.39
Yeah, it is not much,
00:34:20.42\00:34:21.76
only a little over dollar a day.
00:34:21.79\00:34:23.39
This is from the kindergarten
to 12th program then,
00:34:23.43\00:34:26.16
so they are really $35
a month or $420 a year.
00:34:26.19\00:34:30.27
So it money goes a
long ways in India,
00:34:30.30\00:34:33.70
put it that way.
00:34:33.74\00:34:35.07
That's right, so if
somebody were wanting
00:34:35.10\00:34:37.37
to sponsor a child, you know,
00:34:37.41\00:34:40.84
as I said, God says I
have a plan for your life
00:34:40.88\00:34:44.95
to give you a hope and a future,
00:34:44.98\00:34:46.92
but quite often
what the Lord does
00:34:46.95\00:34:49.02
is He works on people like you
00:34:49.05\00:34:52.22
and like me to be His hands,
00:34:52.25\00:34:56.29
His channel of blessing
to help fulfill that plan
00:34:56.32\00:35:01.06
and that future.
00:35:01.10\00:35:02.43
He moves on our hearts to help,
00:35:02.46\00:35:04.77
so if somebody were
wanting to become a sponsor
00:35:04.80\00:35:09.47
at $31 or 100
whatever you said a year.
00:35:09.50\00:35:14.64
How would they
go about doing that?
00:35:14.68\00:35:17.71
Okay, well, we do go
around and we go to churches
00:35:17.75\00:35:21.95
and the schools if
we can, camp meetings,
00:35:21.98\00:35:23.99
and of course we talk about it
00:35:24.02\00:35:25.72
and give out
pamphlets and all that,
00:35:25.75\00:35:27.89
but the main way, you know,
00:35:27.92\00:35:29.26
for those sitting
at home watching then,
00:35:29.29\00:35:31.33
it would be going to the website
00:35:31.36\00:35:33.80
www.adventistchildindia.org.
00:35:33.83\00:35:37.40
Well, you said that really fast.
00:35:37.43\00:35:38.77
That's adventistchildindia.org.
adventistchildindia.org.
00:35:38.80\00:35:42.70
And that hopefully
it's a new one finally
00:35:42.74\00:35:46.17
that we've got,
worked hard on that one,
00:35:46.21\00:35:48.24
and it's pretty clear about
the steps that you would do
00:35:48.28\00:35:51.05
so you can
actually mail in checks,
00:35:51.08\00:35:54.88
you know, to an
address is given there
00:35:54.92\00:35:57.09
in Silver Spring,
General Conference
00:35:57.12\00:35:58.75
or you could pay by
credit card even then.
00:35:58.79\00:36:00.39
Okay, so and then
they are collected
00:36:00.42\00:36:02.39
then it goes through
the General Conference
00:36:02.42\00:36:04.43
so it is tax deductible.
00:36:04.46\00:36:06.23
And then the
conference sent you the funds.
00:36:06.26\00:36:08.56
Now I believe you brought
a video roll, did you not?
00:36:08.60\00:36:12.30
Why don't we show the video roll
00:36:12.33\00:36:14.50
and so we can get a little bit,
00:36:14.54\00:36:16.67
more better picture
of Adventist Child India.
00:36:16.71\00:36:20.38
Sounds good.
00:36:20.41\00:36:21.74
I lost my mom at
the age of three.
00:36:45.43\00:36:47.70
How can I study
this expensive course?
00:37:01.38\00:37:04.89
I have no hope for an education.
00:37:16.30\00:37:18.13
I was born in a small village
in the state of Meghalaya.
00:37:32.81\00:37:36.45
I lost my mom
at the age of three
00:37:36.48\00:37:38.72
and my dad remarried.
00:37:38.75\00:37:40.19
Since he was remarried,
I didn't stayed with him
00:37:40.22\00:37:43.06
and my uncle took me as
one of his own daughter.
00:37:43.09\00:37:46.56
All the children that
joined the ACI program
00:37:50.00\00:37:53.17
have their own story to tell
00:37:53.20\00:37:55.70
and the one thing
that unites our children
00:37:55.74\00:37:59.01
is the gift of hope.
00:37:59.04\00:38:00.38
I'm a better person right now,
00:38:03.11\00:38:05.01
if it would have not been
because of the ACI program,
00:38:05.05\00:38:07.88
I would have not
been where I am today.
00:38:07.92\00:38:12.65
My mom only always doing work,
getting 100 rupees per day,
00:38:12.69\00:38:16.66
how can I study
this expensive course?
00:38:16.69\00:38:20.63
My father and
mother, they are the one,
00:38:20.66\00:38:23.16
they're giving birth for me,
00:38:23.20\00:38:24.90
but you were the one
you give life for me,
00:38:24.93\00:38:29.20
so in my lifetime onwards,
I have two desires in my life.
00:38:29.24\00:38:34.84
I have to serve for the
God, preach the word of God,
00:38:34.88\00:38:37.98
and serve the poor people.
00:38:38.01\00:38:43.05
My parents were separated
when I'm in third grade,
00:38:43.08\00:38:47.62
my mom died later, and I
have no hope for an education.
00:38:47.66\00:38:54.33
Your tax deductible contribution
00:38:54.36\00:38:56.10
of $35 a month is routed
00:38:56.13\00:38:58.03
to the General Conference
of Seventh-day Adventist.
00:38:58.07\00:39:00.47
Your contribution covers
the cost of your child's books,
00:39:00.50\00:39:03.64
tuition,
uniform, food and housing.
00:39:03.67\00:39:06.78
Of all 94 percent
goes to the schools
00:39:06.81\00:39:09.84
for the children,
00:39:09.88\00:39:11.28
90 percent goes directly
to your particular child.
00:39:11.31\00:39:14.78
Only six percent is used
in the operating expenses
00:39:14.82\00:39:18.05
of Adventist Child India.
00:39:18.09\00:39:20.12
Four percent is used
in the contingency fund
00:39:20.16\00:39:22.59
for those children who
are waiting sponsorship.
00:39:22.62\00:39:26.83
In October 2012, I participated
in the science exhibition
00:39:26.86\00:39:33.07
in Delhi and I won an award,
00:39:33.10\00:39:37.71
and I was presented a medal
00:39:37.74\00:39:40.98
by the president of India.
00:39:41.01\00:39:45.01
Since 2008,
when I was class six,
00:39:45.05\00:39:49.38
unfortunately in the same year
00:39:49.42\00:39:51.55
my dad passed
away in the bomb blast
00:39:51.59\00:39:54.02
and a year later
my mom too passed away
00:39:54.06\00:39:58.56
since she has a
cancer in child womb.
00:39:58.59\00:40:01.26
I'm so thankful and fortunate
00:40:09.97\00:40:13.01
that I was one of
the sponsored child.
00:40:13.04\00:40:16.41
If it were not so, I will,
00:40:16.44\00:40:18.81
I won't have come up at
this level where am I now.
00:40:18.85\00:40:23.55
And yes in the
future, if it's possible,
00:40:23.59\00:40:28.12
I will also like to give back
for those who are unfortunate
00:40:28.16\00:40:34.43
and help them.
00:40:34.46\00:40:38.27
Anybody can become an artist
and paint a million pictures.
00:40:38.30\00:40:41.64
But only you can touch a heart.
00:40:41.67\00:40:44.01
I'm Nancy Madison
Mack. And I'm William Mack.
00:40:44.04\00:40:47.71
Give our children an education.
And give our church a future.
00:40:47.74\00:40:53.28
You know, as we were
looking at that, I mean,
00:40:53.31\00:40:56.12
that's first time I've
seen it, and the young man
00:40:56.15\00:40:58.95
whose father was
killed in the bomb blast
00:40:58.99\00:41:01.22
and his mother died of cancer,
00:41:01.26\00:41:03.53
you know children in
India if they are orphaned,
00:41:03.56\00:41:06.83
they'll not usually
taken in by anybody.
00:41:06.86\00:41:09.16
There's quite a few that
are just running on the streets,
00:41:09.20\00:41:12.07
so it's amazing to me to think
that you have 2200 children
00:41:12.10\00:41:16.17
that you are now
supporting in school
00:41:16.20\00:41:20.38
and even now with a plan
00:41:20.41\00:41:22.78
or the recent addition of
taking them on to college,
00:41:22.81\00:41:25.95
so that they can truly
support themselves well
00:41:25.98\00:41:30.25
and give back to
their communities.
00:41:30.29\00:41:32.42
If you feel the Holy
Spirit is tugging at your heart
00:41:32.45\00:41:36.02
and saying, I want you to help
00:41:36.06\00:41:39.09
or support a
child for $35 a month
00:41:39.13\00:41:41.66
or any portion of that.
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We want to give
you the opportunity,
00:41:43.97\00:41:45.67
we'll put on the
address so that you will know
00:41:45.70\00:41:48.34
how you may help
Adventist Child India.
00:41:48.37\00:41:52.14
If you'd like to
support Adventist Child India,
00:41:55.18\00:41:58.01
you can do so in
a variety of ways.
00:41:58.05\00:42:00.02
You can write to them
at Southern Asia Division,
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PO Box 2, HCF, Hosur 635 110,
00:42:03.02\00:42:09.02
Tamil Nadu, India.
00:42:09.06\00:42:11.33
That's Southern Asia Division,
00:42:11.36\00:42:13.33
PO Box 2, HCF, Hosur 635 110,
00:42:13.36\00:42:19.40
Tamil Nadu, India.
00:42:19.43\00:42:21.80
Or you can call
them at 301-680-6228.
00:42:21.84\00:42:26.14
That's 301-680-6228.
00:42:26.17\00:42:29.81
You can also visit them online
at AdventistChildIndia.org.
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That's AdventistChildIndia.org.
00:42:34.42\00:42:40.62
You know, just a
little bit of help
00:42:40.66\00:42:43.53
can go so far in India
to help these children.
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You had a story that you
wanted to share with us, Nancy.
00:42:46.83\00:42:50.40
Well, I'd like to talk
about Chithayi and Pintu.
00:42:50.43\00:42:53.50
They live up in the north
east and we went to the school
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and the principal asked
us if we would like to go
00:42:57.31\00:42:59.91
and meet the family,
00:42:59.94\00:43:01.31
so it was a 40 minute
drive over bumpy horrible bridge
00:43:01.34\00:43:06.01
that didn't look
like it was gonna stay up
00:43:06.05\00:43:07.52
while we're gonna cross,
00:43:07.55\00:43:09.05
and we finally got their
home and you're thinking a home
00:43:09.08\00:43:13.92
where there is door
and there is some windows
00:43:13.96\00:43:15.99
and no, that was not,
00:43:16.02\00:43:18.23
it was a mud hut
with a grass roof
00:43:18.26\00:43:23.47
and but they met us
and were so sweet to us
00:43:23.50\00:43:27.84
and they didn't had any chair
so they went over to the church
00:43:27.87\00:43:30.01
and brought two
chairs over and sat us down.
00:43:30.04\00:43:32.81
And we thought that
was absolutely enough,
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we didn't need anything
else, but no the mother went
00:43:35.34\00:43:38.31
and got clean clear
cool water and she came
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and she washed both of our feet.
00:43:41.98\00:43:43.52
Oh, how precious.
00:43:43.55\00:43:44.89
And then she oil
them, and not only did that
00:43:44.92\00:43:47.96
she do that, she
prayed, she prayed over us,
00:43:47.99\00:43:52.06
and to me that was
such an amazing thing
00:43:52.09\00:43:54.00
because we think
we're going there to help
00:43:54.03\00:43:59.17
and bless somebody,
00:43:59.20\00:44:00.54
but we got so blessed
when we're in that home,
00:44:00.57\00:44:03.47
because God is a
very wonderful person
00:44:03.51\00:44:06.44
and showed us that
there are people without
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but they're
still willing to give.
00:44:09.44\00:44:10.78
Amen.
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That's beautiful,
what a precious sentiment.
00:44:12.18\00:44:14.15
So I know we only have a
couple more minutes left,
00:44:14.18\00:44:18.32
but you know, you
meet people like this,
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God is touching your heart
00:44:21.36\00:44:23.93
and we know that
challenges are increasing.
00:44:23.96\00:44:27.36
Let's just put it this way.
00:44:27.40\00:44:28.73
The world is becoming
more challenging place
00:44:28.76\00:44:31.87
by the day,
00:44:31.90\00:44:33.23
so if you had one thought
what would you tell somebody
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who's not sure what the
Lord would have me be doing?
00:44:37.97\00:44:42.88
Get on their knees,
pray and ask God to lead them
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in what they need to do,
because when you do that,
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He does lead you.
00:44:51.25\00:44:53.46
He led Will and I to go
to India to help children
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and he'll lead each one of
us who choose to follow him.
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Amen.
00:44:59.96\00:45:01.83
You know that
text Jeremiah 29:11
00:45:01.86\00:45:04.17
that's our favorite text too.
00:45:04.20\00:45:05.53
Is it?
00:45:05.57\00:45:06.90
That was the text
in the morning watch
00:45:06.94\00:45:08.27
that we read
00:45:08.30\00:45:09.64
in the morning that
we finally got our visa
00:45:09.67\00:45:11.21
to be able to go work in India,
00:45:11.24\00:45:12.94
and after months of
trying and waiting and all that,
00:45:12.97\00:45:16.38
so that morning watch
text was there Jeremiah 29:11,
00:45:16.41\00:45:20.32
and that
afternoon our life changed
00:45:20.35\00:45:23.69
because we were able to
get the visa to go to India,
00:45:23.72\00:45:25.52
so it means a
lot to us also then.
00:45:25.55\00:45:27.42
I know it does.
00:45:27.46\00:45:28.79
Well, We're
going to take a break.
00:45:28.82\00:45:31.53
We want to come back
for closing comment with you
00:45:31.56\00:45:33.96
in just a moment,
00:45:34.00\00:45:35.33
but I hope that you realize
00:45:35.36\00:45:38.20
God has a hope
and a future for you.
00:45:38.23\00:45:41.24
And if you feel
like he may be asking you
00:45:41.27\00:45:46.17
to help a child in India,
00:45:46.21\00:45:48.58
you can support a
child for just $35 a month,
00:45:48.61\00:45:51.95
that's an amazing thought
00:45:51.98\00:45:53.88
that you can bring
somebody may be off the streets
00:45:53.92\00:45:56.45
and orphan who
can then go on to,
00:45:56.48\00:45:59.95
I know a lot of
your children come back
00:45:59.99\00:46:01.79
and help their villages.
00:46:01.82\00:46:03.16
We'll talk about
that in a moment,
00:46:03.19\00:46:04.53
but right now we're
gonna go to another song.
00:46:04.56\00:46:08.36
We have Johann Sentana
00:46:08.40\00:46:10.63
and he is such a
talented pianist.
00:46:10.67\00:46:13.54
I just, I love his
style, it's so light,
00:46:13.57\00:46:18.74
he's just got a beautiful
way of playing the piano,
00:46:18.77\00:46:21.64
and he's going
to play for us now,
00:46:21.68\00:46:24.01
"Tis so Sweet
to Trust in Jesus".
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