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. I'm JD Quinn.
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And we are so glad
that you are joining us
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once again for a Today program.
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We have...
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Somebody said I use the
word exciting all the time.
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I get excited about
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what God is doing
throughout the world,
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but we have a very inspiring
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and informative
interview for you today.
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But first we want to
take this opportunity
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to thank you once again
from the bottom of our hearts
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for your love, your prayers
and your financial support
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because if it weren't for you,
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we couldn't be
doing what we were doing,
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and you know
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this is the Mending
Broken People network.
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We're reaching
people around the world.
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People are coming to know Jesus.
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They're coming into the church
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and we're very
excited about that.
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Let me read a scripture for you.
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This is Matthew
6:33, one of my favorites
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and actually I had
not chosen a scripture
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before we sat down on the
set and one of our guests said,
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this is what they're
hanging their hat on.
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Yes. Amen. They're nailing it.
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And it's Matthew 6:33,
these were the words of Jesus.
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He said, "Seek
first the kingdom of God
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and His righteousness,
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and all these things
shall be added to you.
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This is following him, say,
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"Don't worry
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about what's going
on in your life today."
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Yes.
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Each day has enough
problems of its own,
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so don't worry about tomorrow.
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God will supply all your needs.
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That's what our
guests are saying,
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so let me go ahead
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and introduce
these two men of God.
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And first we have Israel Prasad.
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And, Israel, you
are the Director,
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the Indian
Director for Jesus for Asia.
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Yes. And we're very glad.
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Is this your
first time here on 3ABN?
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Yes. Yeah. Yes, it is.
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We are glad you
are here. Thank you.
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We're anxious
to hear your story.
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And then we have Jon Wood,
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who is the
President and co-founder.
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You and your wife
Natalie began Jesus for Asia.
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Yes.
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Jon, just give us the
reader's digest version,
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why and how did you
start this ministry?
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Okay.
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Well, it's a long
story, but it started in 1996
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when I was
converted on a mission trip
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through Cambodia.
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Heard my first
AK-47 go off behind me.
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And I realized that I
had so much peace and joy
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'cause I knew at that
point I was in God's will.
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I didn't wanna go
back to my life of being...
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following my own will.
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Praise the Lord.
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And so I gave my
life to Christ then
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and within a couple of
years, the Lord led me to 3ABN.
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And as I first time I ever
saw people take the Word of God
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for the daily sustenance,
the whole entire ministry.
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And when you
say he led you here,
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you actually worked here.
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Yeah, so I worked
here for a couple of years
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and my paycheck was being,
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was coming from
somebody's faith.
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Amen.
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And I was like, wow, you know,
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and so then God
called me to work at PUC,
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Pacific Union College,
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teach there in the
film and television program.
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And then 2001, 3ABN
went to India to Ongole,
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and they invited me
to come and photograph,
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and I saw 40,000
people sitting on the ground
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at an evangelistic series.
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And it blew my mind, I'm like,
wow, I wanna be part of that.
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Amen.
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I wanna be part of
God's way of His gospel
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going into the whole world.
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So I started
praying and just agonizing
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and thinking for
several years and then in 2005,
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stepped away from
our regular income
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and we started a ministry.
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Had no income, we had no estate,
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we have no equity, we
had a little bit of debt,
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but we had the
promise that you just read.
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Amen.
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And when we seek
His kingdom... At first.
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And here we are 14 years
later and God has provided.
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We are in eight
different countries in Asia.
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We have Bible workers in India,
and lot of different projects
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that just makes, just
brings us a lot of joy.
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Amen.
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And you know what I find about
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anytime we talk with somebody
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who has been
ministering in India.
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When people have
been put in a caste system
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and told that they cannot,
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you know, their local
beliefs, the Hindu beliefs.
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They're taught that they
can, they're untouchables,
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they're undeserving
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and when they hear
about the love of Jesus,
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it is life changing.
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So that's why you have
these huge crowds that come
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and, you know, it may
start off with 30,000 one night
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and be 50,000
the next and 60,000,
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and they come from
all around, it's amazing.
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Everybody wants to
stand on the promise of hope.
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Amen. Amen.
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Okay. Yeah.
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I was like...
Well, we love music.
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So who's gonna
sing for us today?
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Well, Shelley, we're
blessed because Stephanie Dawn,
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accompanied by her
step-father Dann Thornton,
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"From the Rising of the Sun."
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From the rising of the sun
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Until its setting
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The name of the
Lord is to be praised
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From the rising of the sun
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Until its setting
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The name of the
Lord is to be praised
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Lord is high above
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All nations
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His glory is above the heavens
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And from the rising of the sun
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Until its setting
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The name of the
Lord is to be praised
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O Lord, You're
high above all nations
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Your glory is above the heavens
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And from the rising of the sun
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Until its setting
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The name of the Lord
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Is to be praised
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And since that glorious morning
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When the stone was rolled away
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Because You live we rise
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To give our offering each day
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From the rising of the sun
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Until its setting
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The name of the
Lord is to be praised
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From the rising of the sun
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Until its setting
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The name of the
Lord is to be praised
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The name of the Lord
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Your name O Lord
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The name of the
Lord is to be praised
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She just inspires, ain't she?
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Her voice is so
beautiful and thus is so...
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She's such a sincere Christian.
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It's so clear. Yeah. Yes, it is.
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Thank you so
much, Stephanie. Yes.
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Well, if you're
joining us just a moment late,
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our special guests
today are Israel Prasad
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and Jon Wood
with Jesus for Asia.
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Amen.
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Now, what we want to do, Israel,
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before we talk
about the ministry
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that you are now
finding yourself involved in.
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Please... Let's go back.
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Did you grew up
in a Christian home?
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Yes. Okay.
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So where did you
grew up in India?
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A place called
Chennai in South India.
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When you say it's Christian,
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was that a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian?
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Yes.
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Tell us a little
bit about yourself?
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Yes, I'm a born Seventh-day
Adventist and my parents,
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my mom was a
Seventh-day Adventist.
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My father was a
very strong Hindu man.
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Okay. He hated Christian people.
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And, he was really,
really strong on his belief,
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and he never let my
mother to go to church,
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and most of the
time she was hiding
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and going to church.
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Because she
cannot give up her faith
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and she's brought up that way.
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And God is mightily inspired
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through a Father to
know about this truth.
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So after knowing the
truth, she cannot give up.
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So she stood very
firm for this truth.
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And then what, how...
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Tell us what happened,
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your mother is
sneaking off to church,
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keeping the faith, rearing,
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you have a brother and a sister?
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Right.
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So she's rearing
you to know the Lord.
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Yes.
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But you're seeing
this strong praying mother,
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how did that affect your father,
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I mean what was going on?
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Yeah, one particular day
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she was going
to church as usual,
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and my father came to
know that she went to church.
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When she came back
home, he was very angry
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and he took hold of the Bible
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which was under a bag hidden,
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and he caught hold of the Bible,
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he tore the
Bible and just threw it
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and he said, "You're not
going anymore to that church."
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And my mother
never gave up praying.
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Amen.
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She was praying, fasting
and praying for my father.
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And God touched my father.
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He became the head elder of
that church which he said...
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Of the Seventh-day
Adventist Christian Church!
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Yes. I love it. I love it.
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He became a
very strong believer.
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And, Jon, you knew his father...
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Yes. His father was a...
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Became a very gentle
and compassionate man
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and strong Christian.
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So, I just wanna say one thing
before you jump off on this.
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Ladies, do not give up
praying for your husbands.
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A praying wife
or a praying husband
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can make all the
difference in a marriage,
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and it's important that
they're on the same pitch.
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And the point I
just want to bring up,
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allow God to be God.
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Amen. God is Almighty.
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God is the Creator.
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God cares and He
does hear our prayers.
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Amen. Yes.
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Amen. Wow.
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All right.
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So when you were
just a little baby boy,
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you became very ill.
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Tell us about this
praying mother and your illness?
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Yes, I was born like other kid,
a normal kid with healthy body,
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healthy, you know.
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But unfortunately
when I was 9 months old,
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as I was just
playing in my house,
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my mother was doing her work.
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All of a sudden,
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down to my neck
completely every part of,
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you know, legs and
were paralyzed completely.
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And it was not moving,
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it was not
functioning and I was just,
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you know, there, just lying
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without any
movements in my body.
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When my mother saw
it, she was terrified.
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She was afraid.
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She came and took hold of
me because it was like a paper.
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My head was functioning,
all my other organ body,
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it was just like paper
hanging without any support.
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Polio.
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Yes, very terrific polio,
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and she took me to the hospital
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which was nearly
two miles from my house.
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She went all the way
walking to the hospital
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and went and
met, saw the doctors
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to do something for me
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so that I'll be cured
and I'll be normal again.
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But, it was so
sad that they gave up.
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They said, "We cannot
do anything for your son
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because he's very strongly
affected by this disease.
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So we cannot do anything."
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But she never gave up.
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She said, "At least for my sake,
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for my satisfaction,
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please do something for my son."
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They said, "Okay for your..."
You know, it's just for...
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And she was
calling on the name of Lord
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most of the time.
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Yes. Yes.
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And, they said,
"Okay, yeah, we will do it."
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All those 40 days
when I was in my cast,
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she was praying continuously
for fasting and praying for me.
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And every time she
comes to the hospital,
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the other mothers who
were seeing her doing this,
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they used to advise her,
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"Please you don't die,
you know, your son is gone.
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His life is ruined, that is all.
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He's not going to come anymore.
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So you don't spoil your life.
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You don't die."
00:15:04.80\00:15:06.13
She said, "No, I
have a living God.
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He's not going to let me down.
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I'm not going to, you
know, stop praying or,
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you know, I have
that hope, that faith
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that God will
heal my son completely
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or to an extent of he
can do things of his own,
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not depending on
others for help."
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And the time came for the
third cast to be removed...
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So you've got the first casting,
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they remove it and
the legs are still limp.
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The second casting, they remove
and your limbs are still limp.
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Still limp. But
the third casting...
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When the doctors cut
open that, they were amazed.
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God performed
such a mighty miracle
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in the medical field
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because the doctors said,
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"We've never seen anyone cured
from this effective polio."
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Glory to God.
00:15:55.82\00:15:57.19
And when they opened
all my hands and my legs,
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you know, by the
grace of God 100% came.
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My right leg has got 75%
of good health but the 25%,
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it's because my mother prayed.
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She said, "You
heal him completely
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so that he can do
what you know by himself,
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not depending on someone."
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God answered the prayer,
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you know just like I'm really,
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you know, when my mother
tells me about this incident,
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it always makes me cry.
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Well, it should because
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He is still a
miracle working God,
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not everyone gets to be
the beneficiary of a miracle,
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but you obviously were because
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God knows the end
from the beginning.
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He had a purpose
for your life. Amen.
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So you grow up then
in love with the Lord,
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you really had a
relationship with the Lord.
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You went to Spicer University,
what did you study there?
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I did BBA.
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So that's a Bachelor of
Business Administration.
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You come out, what
happened after college?
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If you don't mind please,
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I want to share some more thing
which happened in the hospital.
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Oh, sure.
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When the other
mothers were seeing
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what was happening to
me, they were touched.
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Oh, I'm sure. Amen.
00:17:10.56\00:17:12.09
They came to my
mother, they said,
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"Your God is a true living God."
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Oh, wow.
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Hallelujah. Amen. Amen.
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So your mother was a
witness to the entire community.
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Yes, yes. Amen.
00:17:22.57\00:17:25.17
And then I went to
Spicer, and all of my life
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I studied in a
Seventh-day Adventist school
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and then went to college.
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I did my BBA there,
and from there I went home
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and for some reason,
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I was not inspired
to work in the mission,
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you know, but I had that faith,
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you know, keeping up the Sabbath
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and everything was there,
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but I was just going like that
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and that is when
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my father was
insisting on me very strongly
00:17:49.63\00:17:52.47
that I should get a job.
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So that is when I
got a job in call center.
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In those days... In
the call center, okay.
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Yeah, in those days
it was a very god job,
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you now because they
were paying high salary
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and I got a job.
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But, unfortunately I
didn't have Sabbath off.
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I went and talked
with my team leader.
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I went and
talked with my manager
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because they used
to batch the call,
00:18:15.92\00:18:17.76
every call we make
and they used to complain
00:18:17.79\00:18:20.43
that your calls on
Friday's are dropping down.
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You are not doing the best.
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Why, what is the reason?
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And I tell them
that this is the day
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where I worship my Lord.
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I cannot work here,
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and you know God
gave me a privilege
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of sharing this truth
with my fellow workers there.
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Amen.
00:18:36.98\00:18:38.31
And they said,
"Oh, we are very sorry
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because since I was
working for an American company,
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Friday was end of the week
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and we have to achieve
all the targets on that day
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and they said, "We
cannot give you Sabbath off."
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But still my
mother was praying about
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because she was really worried
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that I'm working now on Sabbath.
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So, and when we are
talking about Sabbath,
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we're talking that the Sabbath,
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according to the Bible
is from sundown to sundown,
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so sundown on Friday evening.
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So you wanted off in
time that you could be home
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and in place to
worship the Lord.
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Yes. Was this a night shift?
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Yes, it's a night shift.
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Oh, it was a night shift
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because you missed
the whole night shift.
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Yeah. Oh, okay.
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I was in India
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and I was working for
an American company so...
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Okay, I got you.
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Yeah, it's night
time and I quit the job,
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and that is when I came
to know about Jesus for Asia.
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I came and joined this ministry
just for 1000 rupees salary.
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So you went from what 300 and...
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About $500.
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Five hundred
dollars a month to...
00:19:44.91\00:19:46.25
Twenty five dollars. Wow.
00:19:46.28\00:19:47.95
You went from $500 a
month to $25 a month.
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Yeah. That's amazing.
00:19:52.65\00:19:55.49
That's amazing. I mean...
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But then we go back
to Matthews 6:33, right?
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Amen. But I mean that...
00:20:00.93\00:20:02.26
Seek first the
kingdom of God. Yes.
00:20:02.30\00:20:03.63
And that shows that God...
00:20:03.67\00:20:05.00
There was a call
on your life for this.
00:20:05.03\00:20:07.44
You are now the India
Director for Jesus for Asia.
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Right.
00:20:11.61\00:20:12.94
And you have, in India
a lot of Bible workers.
00:20:12.97\00:20:17.75
Tell us what the
Bible workers are doing.
00:20:17.78\00:20:21.28
And I think we've
got a couple of pictures
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of your Bible workers.
00:20:23.25\00:20:24.59
But tell us about that? Yeah.
00:20:24.62\00:20:26.96
Well, we started out
with one Bible worker
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back in 2005
00:20:28.82\00:20:30.16
and now we're up to
300 Bible workers in India.
00:20:30.23\00:20:31.69
Wow.
00:20:31.73\00:20:33.06
Now all of these Bible
workers in this picture?
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The two on the right,
the husband and wife team.
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They used to be, he used
to be a Pentecostal pastor.
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Wow.
00:20:40.84\00:20:42.17
He is now
converted his entire church
00:20:42.20\00:20:44.14
over to Adventism.
00:20:44.21\00:20:45.54
Praise the Lord.
00:20:45.57\00:20:46.91
And he's our
Bible worker, so is she.
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Okay.
00:20:48.31\00:20:49.78
Are you satisfied
with 300, I mean...
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No.
00:20:51.51\00:20:52.85
There's 400,000
towns and villages in India
00:20:52.88\00:20:55.32
that have never heard
the gospel of any kind.
00:20:55.35\00:20:58.22
So we could
easily hire another 1000
00:20:58.25\00:21:00.36
by the end of this year.
00:21:00.39\00:21:01.72
My goodness. Yeah.
00:21:01.76\00:21:03.16
And for people who don't know
what Bible workers do, tell us,
00:21:03.19\00:21:06.90
our audience what they're doing?
00:21:06.93\00:21:08.26
Sure, yeah.
00:21:08.30\00:21:09.63
They are the national
worker, they already are there,
00:21:09.66\00:21:12.03
they already know the language,
00:21:12.07\00:21:13.54
they interact
with their culture,
00:21:13.57\00:21:16.54
and so they just
go to door-to-door,
00:21:16.57\00:21:18.37
knock on people's doors,
00:21:18.41\00:21:19.91
do you have
anything we can pray for.
00:21:19.94\00:21:21.88
Somebody maybe sick,
maybe have tuberculosis,
00:21:21.91\00:21:24.31
they start praying for
them and Jesus heals them
00:21:24.35\00:21:27.32
and then they become believers.
00:21:27.35\00:21:29.28
And they also give
Bible studies or...?
00:21:29.32\00:21:32.09
They give Bible studies.
00:21:32.12\00:21:33.46
They also take
care of the churches
00:21:33.49\00:21:34.82
'cause there's lot more churches
00:21:34.86\00:21:36.19
than we have pastors in India
00:21:36.22\00:21:37.93
so they take care
of two, three churches
00:21:37.96\00:21:40.13
and do the outreach.
00:21:40.20\00:21:41.53
And many of them,
00:21:41.56\00:21:42.90
some of them do the
evening schools also.
00:21:42.93\00:21:44.53
They oversee the evening
schools, make sure that...
00:21:44.57\00:21:46.30
And we're gonna start talking
about those evening schools,
00:21:46.33\00:21:48.20
but now you work
closely with the conferences
00:21:48.24\00:21:52.11
so the administration,
00:21:52.14\00:21:54.98
do they kind of oversee
the Bible workers as well?
00:21:55.01\00:21:57.25
Yes.
00:21:57.28\00:21:58.61
For example,
00:21:58.65\00:22:00.02
if we have a Bible
worker in a conference,
00:22:00.05\00:22:02.65
the conference president
is our area coordinator.
00:22:02.68\00:22:05.19
Okay.
00:22:05.22\00:22:06.55
He supervises the work
and he gives us a report
00:22:06.59\00:22:09.79
and I go, see,
oversee the work there
00:22:09.82\00:22:13.80
and go to the
field, encourage them
00:22:13.83\00:22:16.06
and along with me
the president also comes.
00:22:16.10\00:22:19.00
Praise the Lord. It's wonderful.
00:22:19.03\00:22:21.27
We go to the railway stations,
00:22:21.30\00:22:24.04
we go to the bus stop
00:22:24.11\00:22:25.54
where our workers are gathering.
00:22:25.57\00:22:27.18
We pray there, from
there they go to the areas.
00:22:27.21\00:22:30.45
Glory to God, and you,
00:22:30.48\00:22:32.05
I know you're
seeing baptisms from this.
00:22:32.08\00:22:34.45
How much you said you
could use with 1000 tomorrow
00:22:34.48\00:22:38.42
if you have the funds?
00:22:38.45\00:22:39.79
How much does it cost
per month for a Bible worker?
00:22:39.82\00:22:42.52
It's less than a $100 a month
00:22:42.56\00:22:44.63
to sponsor a
full-time Bible worker.
00:22:44.66\00:22:46.19
Amen. That's amazing.
00:22:46.23\00:22:50.07
A huge, it's such
a great investment.
00:22:50.10\00:22:52.43
Absolutely.
00:22:52.47\00:22:53.84
'Cause we're
averaging about one baptism
00:22:53.87\00:22:55.84
per Bible worker per month.
00:22:55.87\00:22:57.84
Glory to God. That is...
00:22:57.87\00:23:00.38
But now you're
also seeing baptisms
00:23:00.41\00:23:02.91
from a television ministry.
00:23:02.94\00:23:04.85
Imagine that. Tell us
about your TV ministry?
00:23:04.88\00:23:09.52
Yes, this was
started when I was invited
00:23:09.55\00:23:12.49
to preach in a local channel.
00:23:12.52\00:23:14.89
That was the first
time I experienced,
00:23:14.92\00:23:16.73
you know, and I went, I spoke.
00:23:16.76\00:23:18.99
After my message, I
was waiting in the lobby
00:23:19.03\00:23:21.96
and there was that
phone which was ringing.
00:23:22.00\00:23:24.40
I went and answered.
00:23:24.43\00:23:25.77
It was a lady from Sri Lanka.
00:23:25.80\00:23:27.87
She said, "I was
blessed by your message."
00:23:27.90\00:23:30.11
Glory to God.
God touched my heart.
00:23:30.14\00:23:32.34
This one message,
00:23:32.37\00:23:34.08
if it can touch
a person's heart.
00:23:34.11\00:23:37.05
Outside of
India, even Sri Lanka.
00:23:37.08\00:23:39.68
I was just thinking,
00:23:39.71\00:23:41.05
God inspired me
very, very strongly
00:23:41.08\00:23:42.82
that you know if one
message can change a heart,
00:23:42.85\00:23:46.76
imagine if we
have a TV ministry.
00:23:46.79\00:23:48.89
Amen.
00:23:48.92\00:23:50.26
That is when we started
00:23:50.33\00:23:52.46
with lot of
prayer this TV program,
00:23:52.49\00:23:54.96
TV ministry.
00:23:55.00\00:23:56.33
And I know, let look
at some of the pictures
00:23:56.36\00:23:57.80
that you have here
for the TV ministry.
00:23:57.83\00:24:00.67
This young, see
the tall man there.
00:24:00.74\00:24:03.61
Tell us about
this young tall man?
00:24:03.64\00:24:05.51
He's our JFA Bible
worker, Pastor Dora Raj,
00:24:05.54\00:24:08.88
he's a retired
conference president.
00:24:08.91\00:24:12.48
Now he's working as a volunteer.
00:24:12.51\00:24:14.65
Okay.
00:24:14.68\00:24:16.02
And the young
man next to him? Yes.
00:24:16.05\00:24:18.15
It is their house,
00:24:18.19\00:24:19.99
they went to pray
with that young man
00:24:20.06\00:24:23.09
because he was
watching our television program.
00:24:23.12\00:24:26.13
He was really like, you know,
he wants to kill himself...
00:24:26.16\00:24:30.40
Suicidal.
00:24:30.47\00:24:31.90
And he was ready for that.
00:24:31.93\00:24:33.44
That is when he saw
this program in the TV,
00:24:33.47\00:24:37.14
talking to him, saying that
00:24:37.21\00:24:39.27
God has a new
beginning in your life.
00:24:39.31\00:24:43.21
Because at that time,
00:24:43.24\00:24:44.58
his business
was completely gone,
00:24:44.61\00:24:46.48
his family was
ruined, everything was gone.
00:24:46.51\00:24:48.88
He said, "Why should I live?"
00:24:48.92\00:24:51.49
And he gave up.
00:24:51.52\00:24:52.89
And when he heard,
God has a new beginning.
00:24:52.92\00:24:56.29
And there we have
this 24/7 telephone number
00:24:56.32\00:25:00.83
which goes down there.
00:25:00.90\00:25:02.60
He called that number,
00:25:02.63\00:25:04.83
and it was my mom who
is also a prayer warrior
00:25:04.87\00:25:07.64
who answered the call, she said,
00:25:07.67\00:25:09.94
"Oh, yes, what can I do?"
00:25:10.01\00:25:12.17
"I heard this pastor telling
me that God has a new beginning.
00:25:12.21\00:25:17.45
Who is this God?
00:25:17.48\00:25:19.08
I want a new
beginning in my life
00:25:19.11\00:25:21.28
because my life
is completely gone."
00:25:21.32\00:25:23.89
She started to pray
with him, console him,
00:25:23.92\00:25:26.96
give him Bible study.
00:25:26.99\00:25:28.39
By the grace of God,
now he is ready for baptism.
00:25:28.42\00:25:31.06
Praise the Lord. You
know, this is some...
00:25:31.09\00:25:33.40
I imagine most of our
viewing audience knows this,
00:25:33.43\00:25:37.93
but to me the Holy
Spirit is present everywhere.
00:25:37.97\00:25:41.17
Amen.
00:25:41.20\00:25:42.54
I mean, he's taking care
of godly business in India,
00:25:42.57\00:25:48.28
and he's taking care of godly
business say in Dallas, Texas.
00:25:48.31\00:25:52.55
And He can do all
that at the same time.
00:25:52.58\00:25:54.95
Yes. Wow.
00:25:54.98\00:25:56.62
So this gathering
picture that we just saw,
00:25:56.69\00:26:00.09
that is in the church.
00:26:00.16\00:26:02.12
Is that where you've
been using for studio or...?
00:26:02.16\00:26:04.89
Yes, yes. Okay.
00:26:04.93\00:26:06.26
And then we've got
another picture that...
00:26:06.29\00:26:08.80
Tells about this one?
00:26:08.83\00:26:11.63
And this is the house, you know,
00:26:11.67\00:26:14.44
a couple called us
00:26:14.47\00:26:16.10
because they did
not hear this message
00:26:16.14\00:26:19.37
before the remnant
truth, the Sabbath message.
00:26:19.41\00:26:22.74
They come from a
Christian background,
00:26:22.78\00:26:25.18
Sunday worshipper background,
00:26:25.21\00:26:27.15
but they've not heard
about the Sabbath message.
00:26:27.22\00:26:30.02
Okay.
00:26:30.09\00:26:31.42
So when they were
hearing this message in the TV
00:26:31.45\00:26:34.92
and when they were connected
with the prayer warriors,
00:26:34.96\00:26:37.96
they were telling
them about this truth
00:26:37.99\00:26:41.10
which is the true Sabbath
day according to the Bible.
00:26:41.13\00:26:45.43
They were
impressed, they were really.
00:26:45.47\00:26:47.37
They told these prayer
warriors till this day,
00:26:47.44\00:26:50.84
our pastor has
never told us this truth.
00:26:50.91\00:26:53.78
We don't know,
this is very new to us.
00:26:53.81\00:26:56.78
How come my pastor
didn't teach me this
00:26:56.85\00:26:58.88
from the Bible?
00:26:58.91\00:27:00.25
You are using the same
Bible what we are using.
00:27:00.32\00:27:02.98
Why did he hide this message
00:27:03.02\00:27:04.75
which is a very
important message?
00:27:04.79\00:27:06.96
And she was really impressed
00:27:06.99\00:27:08.32
and she called the prayer
warriors for her birthday.
00:27:08.36\00:27:11.63
She said, "You are
coming to this birthday
00:27:11.66\00:27:13.26
because it's very special
00:27:13.29\00:27:15.36
because I have
accepted this Jesus Christ,
00:27:15.40\00:27:17.80
the new Sabbath day.
00:27:17.83\00:27:19.40
You know, I wanted to
celebrate with God's people,
00:27:19.43\00:27:21.90
so please come."
00:27:21.94\00:27:23.27
These prayer
warriors, they bought the cake
00:27:23.30\00:27:25.97
and the saree and dresses...
00:27:26.01\00:27:27.64
How precious.
00:27:27.68\00:27:29.01
You know, for this couple
and they went to Coimbatore,
00:27:29.04\00:27:33.08
and along with them
Pastor Dora Raj was there,
00:27:33.11\00:27:36.35
and they went as a team
00:27:36.38\00:27:37.72
and there she
invited her pastor,
00:27:37.75\00:27:41.29
the previous pastor,
00:27:41.32\00:27:43.66
that group their
church as a whole.
00:27:43.73\00:27:46.13
Now was this the
Pentecostal pastor?
00:27:46.16\00:27:47.93
Yes. He's a Pentecostal pastor.
00:27:47.96\00:27:49.96
Yes, you can see in the picture,
00:27:50.00\00:27:51.70
you know, the...
00:27:51.73\00:27:53.07
I think we end up seeing him
in a baptismal pool, don't we?
00:27:53.10\00:27:56.04
Yeah.
00:27:56.07\00:27:57.41
Is that him? Oh, not this one.
00:27:57.44\00:27:59.54
Oh, okay, he's
another one. Yeah.
00:27:59.57\00:28:01.54
And he was
there with his members
00:28:01.58\00:28:03.88
and here these
two prayer warriors,
00:28:03.95\00:28:06.72
they started preaching,
00:28:06.75\00:28:08.08
teaching about the true Sabbath.
00:28:08.12\00:28:10.69
Her Pentecostal
pastor was very, very angry.
00:28:10.72\00:28:13.69
He got up, he
said, "You all come,
00:28:13.76\00:28:16.36
we are not going
to stay here anymore.
00:28:16.39\00:28:18.53
These people are anti-Christ.
00:28:18.56\00:28:20.90
They're false witnesses, no."
00:28:20.93\00:28:24.33
And this really
made an awareness,
00:28:24.37\00:28:27.34
brought an
awareness to those couples
00:28:27.37\00:28:30.31
because they have never seen
their pastor getting so wild
00:28:30.34\00:28:33.41
because they have an impression
00:28:33.48\00:28:36.01
that God's children
will be very soft and,
00:28:36.04\00:28:38.78
you know, that too a pastor.
00:28:38.81\00:28:40.45
He was very angry and they said,
00:28:40.52\00:28:43.49
"Pastor, we have invited
our friends to our house.
00:28:43.52\00:28:47.36
Why are you
doing like this?" "No!
00:28:47.39\00:28:50.23
You know, these people
are really false prophets."
00:28:50.26\00:28:54.40
But they are
speaking from the Bible.
00:28:54.43\00:28:56.46
They had this argument
between their church members.
00:28:56.50\00:29:00.54
And as a result, he said,
"No, I'm going," and he went.
00:29:00.57\00:29:04.11
This man stood up,
the owner of the house
00:29:04.14\00:29:07.18
who was getting the Bible
study by the prayer warriors.
00:29:07.21\00:29:09.84
He said, "This is my house,
they are not going from here,
00:29:09.88\00:29:13.18
you go out of this house."
00:29:13.21\00:29:15.45
So he,
00:29:15.48\00:29:17.39
all of them became Seventh-day
Adventist Christians.
00:29:17.42\00:29:21.32
That pastor did
not, but the gentleman
00:29:21.36\00:29:23.53
we just saw in
the baptismal pool,
00:29:23.56\00:29:27.30
was he a pastor as well?
00:29:27.33\00:29:29.26
Yes.
00:29:29.30\00:29:30.67
He's our
Seventh-day Adventist pastor.
00:29:30.70\00:29:32.40
But who is he baptizing here?
00:29:32.43\00:29:34.54
A member of that group.
00:29:34.57\00:29:36.14
A member of that
group. Praise the Lord.
00:29:36.17\00:29:39.01
That's precious.
00:29:39.04\00:29:40.48
And you talk
about your TV message,
00:29:40.51\00:29:42.38
I mean, shown once a
week or twice a week or...?
00:29:42.41\00:29:45.28
It's twice a week. Okay.
00:29:45.31\00:29:47.15
And we have a local channel
00:29:47.22\00:29:49.42
which is every
day we have program.
00:29:49.45\00:29:52.12
So that twice a week is
on the national channel.
00:29:52.15\00:29:54.66
Yes.
00:29:54.69\00:29:56.02
And then you have a local
channel, that's twice a day.
00:29:56.06\00:29:58.69
Right. So you stay busy.
00:29:58.73\00:30:00.73
Yes. Oh, you do it.
00:30:00.80\00:30:03.70
I think that you
brought a little video.
00:30:03.77\00:30:06.10
We want to see more about
their television ministry.
00:30:06.13\00:30:08.97
You know, we are so blessed
to live in this day and age
00:30:09.00\00:30:12.54
because there are tools
and technology available to us
00:30:12.57\00:30:17.38
that I'm sure through
your television ministry,
00:30:17.45\00:30:20.52
you're finding that
you can reach people
00:30:20.55\00:30:23.02
who might not answer the door,
00:30:23.05\00:30:24.72
might not let you in
their home to do a Bible study,
00:30:24.75\00:30:27.66
might even be like
this pastor who say,
00:30:27.69\00:30:31.23
hey these people are wrong,
00:30:31.26\00:30:33.40
but when you're using the Bible,
00:30:33.43\00:30:36.13
and people can go
see it in the Bible
00:30:36.16\00:30:38.07
to see that it's
not your message,
00:30:38.10\00:30:40.77
but it's what the Bible says.
00:30:40.84\00:30:42.47
It's bringing people
00:30:42.50\00:30:43.91
into a
relationship with the Lord.
00:30:43.94\00:30:46.61
Hello. Praise the Lord.
00:31:12.00\00:31:15.07
When she gets a
call, this is a rough note.
00:31:15.10\00:31:18.17
She'll write it
on this notebook.
00:31:18.21\00:31:20.58
And once after writing it,
she'll put it in this notebook.
00:31:20.61\00:31:26.31
This is the date,
time, when they've called,
00:31:26.35\00:31:29.65
the person, the phone number,
00:31:29.68\00:31:31.95
from where they've
called, and what is the request.
00:31:31.99\00:31:37.56
We've just traveled
across the northern half
00:31:37.63\00:31:40.13
of the state of Tamil Nadu.
00:31:40.20\00:31:42.06
And what's amazing to me
00:31:42.10\00:31:44.00
is that almost every
single church we go into,
00:31:44.07\00:31:46.74
especially on
Sabbath, somebody's there
00:31:46.77\00:31:49.64
because of the
television ministry.
00:31:49.67\00:31:52.51
They heard about the Sabbath
00:31:52.54\00:31:53.98
through the Television ministry.
00:31:54.01\00:31:55.34
They heard about God
00:31:55.38\00:31:56.88
through the television ministry.
00:31:56.95\00:31:58.38
And so, it's been a
real eye opener to me
00:31:58.41\00:32:02.38
to see how effective
this ministry has become.
00:32:02.42\00:32:06.76
Through this program
00:32:06.79\00:32:08.16
God has given this
beautiful whole family.
00:32:08.19\00:32:12.06
Today, the head of
this house, he took baptism.
00:32:12.09\00:32:16.23
People came and asked
her, "What is happening?
00:32:16.26\00:32:18.53
We can see a lot of
changes in your family,
00:32:18.57\00:32:21.07
changes in your physical health.
00:32:21.10\00:32:23.27
Your husband has
given up drinking.
00:32:23.30\00:32:25.84
He has given up
smoking, chewing tobacco.
00:32:25.87\00:32:29.04
What is happening?"
00:32:29.08\00:32:30.48
And she said, "I've
accepted the true Jesus Christ
00:32:30.55\00:32:34.22
as my personal savior.
00:32:34.25\00:32:35.82
He's leading us. He's
giving us this strength.
00:32:35.85\00:32:39.09
These people started asking her,
00:32:39.12\00:32:41.66
would you please
give us the number
00:32:41.69\00:32:43.73
where you're calling
and asking for prayer.
00:32:43.76\00:32:45.99
We too want them to pray for us,
00:32:46.03\00:32:48.93
because we are also in problem.
00:32:48.96\00:32:50.47
So these people
have taken baptism.
00:32:54.54\00:32:57.84
They are going to
church, attending churches now.
00:32:57.87\00:33:00.28
I just wanna encourage you
to be a part of this ministry
00:33:00.31\00:33:03.85
that brings
souls into the truth.
00:33:03.88\00:33:06.82
It goes into their
living room, on the television.
00:33:06.85\00:33:09.65
It's something that
comes in and gives them hope.
00:33:09.68\00:33:12.39
And it changes their
lives for the better,
00:33:12.42\00:33:15.39
and it's so
exciting to be part of this.
00:33:15.42\00:33:17.13
Please remember this
ministry in your prayers
00:33:17.16\00:33:20.00
'cause it's
making a huge impact.
00:33:20.03\00:33:21.73
You know, JD commented is that
00:33:33.71\00:33:35.44
it was playing
the most amazing thing
00:33:35.48\00:33:37.28
about that is when she said,
00:33:37.35\00:33:39.48
I have accepted the
true and living God,
00:33:39.51\00:33:42.48
Jesus Christ as
my personal savior
00:33:42.52\00:33:44.92
because 85 to 90% of the
people in India are Hindus.
00:33:44.95\00:33:48.69
Yeah.
00:33:48.72\00:33:50.06
In Hindu religion,
there's not a lot of hope.
00:33:50.13\00:33:52.03
Tell us what Hindus believe?
00:33:52.06\00:33:54.13
Hindus believe in reincarnation,
00:33:54.20\00:33:56.53
so this life is one out
of millions of lives to come.
00:33:56.56\00:34:01.10
They believe in the caste system
00:34:01.14\00:34:03.17
so whatever caste
system you are born into,
00:34:03.20\00:34:05.94
that's where you have to stay.
00:34:05.97\00:34:07.31
And so that's a
socioeconomic thing
00:34:07.38\00:34:09.34
that if you're
in one of the lower,
00:34:09.38\00:34:11.21
I mean I know that we
once interviewed a man,
00:34:11.25\00:34:14.62
I met a man who is pastor now
00:34:14.65\00:34:17.22
in India
Seventh-day Adventist Christian.
00:34:17.29\00:34:20.06
He grew up on the
streets and I hugged him,
00:34:20.09\00:34:23.06
and you know we'd been
talking for a couple of hours
00:34:23.09\00:34:25.09
the three of us, and
afterwards I hugged him.
00:34:25.13\00:34:27.30
And he just broke down
crying because he said,
00:34:27.33\00:34:29.76
"I never had a
mother to hug me before,
00:34:29.80\00:34:33.20
and it was something that,
00:34:33.23\00:34:37.11
he was one of the...
what they call untouchables.
00:34:37.14\00:34:39.81
If you're born
into that lower caste,
00:34:39.84\00:34:42.44
they think you did something
bad in your life before
00:34:42.48\00:34:45.31
and you have come
into live like this,
00:34:45.35\00:34:47.68
so many of these people
are shunned by everyone else.
00:34:47.72\00:34:52.72
Yeah.
00:34:52.75\00:34:54.09
They have about
300 million gods.
00:34:54.16\00:34:55.99
Three hundred million gods!
00:34:56.02\00:34:57.99
Yes. That's amazing.
00:34:58.03\00:34:59.36
And their life is
to appease the gods,
00:34:59.39\00:35:01.50
so the gods won't
visit difficulties upon them.
00:35:01.53\00:35:05.77
So they're
constantly trying to pay penance
00:35:05.80\00:35:07.90
and do something
to appease the gods.
00:35:07.94\00:35:09.44
Yeah, so.
00:35:09.47\00:35:11.14
Well, now, Jesus for Asia
00:35:11.17\00:35:16.61
does a lot of
different kinds of ministries
00:35:16.64\00:35:19.01
besides the Bible
workers and the television.
00:35:19.05\00:35:22.22
Let's talk about what I know is
00:35:22.25\00:35:25.42
Israel's favorite
part of the ministry
00:35:25.45\00:35:27.66
because his eyes light up
00:35:27.69\00:35:30.16
and shine when he's
telling the stories.
00:35:30.23\00:35:32.76
Tell us what you're
doing for the children?
00:35:32.79\00:35:35.03
Yes.
00:35:35.06\00:35:36.40
By the Grace of God,
00:35:36.43\00:35:37.77
we were able to
start this project
00:35:37.80\00:35:39.33
for very, very poor children
00:35:39.37\00:35:41.94
who do not have
even proper meal a day.
00:35:41.97\00:35:47.18
So this was when I was a Bible
worker working in that place
00:35:47.21\00:35:51.35
called Chembarambakkam.
00:35:51.38\00:35:53.62
We were, I was going
around with my uncle,
00:35:53.65\00:35:56.72
we both were
Bible workers that time.
00:35:56.79\00:35:59.12
And we saw they were
so many little children
00:35:59.15\00:36:02.09
who did not have proper food,
00:36:02.12\00:36:04.06
who did not have proper shelter
00:36:04.13\00:36:06.63
or education you know,
00:36:06.70\00:36:08.53
and they were just
scattered here and there,
00:36:08.56\00:36:10.90
and they were using bad words
00:36:10.97\00:36:14.07
and they were stealing for food,
00:36:14.14\00:36:16.81
and they were
all different kinds,
00:36:16.84\00:36:18.84
you know, very, very bad,
00:36:18.87\00:36:20.78
and that really
touched my heart.
00:36:20.81\00:36:23.24
And you now, I was praying,
O Lord you love Your children.
00:36:23.28\00:36:27.25
Amen.
00:36:27.32\00:36:28.65
Because in the Bible you
say, that I love children.
00:36:28.68\00:36:31.62
When I saw these children
having this terrible life...
00:36:31.65\00:36:35.92
You know, I was impressed
to start something for them,
00:36:35.96\00:36:38.76
and that is when God
really put this ministry
00:36:38.79\00:36:41.63
to give them free education
00:36:41.66\00:36:43.87
because they did not
have proper education
00:36:43.90\00:36:45.83
and moreover give them
a stomach full of food.
00:36:45.87\00:36:50.51
Amen. Amen.
00:36:50.54\00:36:51.87
A meal, nutritious food and...
00:36:51.91\00:36:55.18
So tell us what you're doing?
00:36:55.21\00:36:57.45
You have schooling for,
00:36:57.48\00:37:00.02
going from the first
grade to the tenth grade?
00:37:00.05\00:37:02.35
Yes.
00:37:02.38\00:37:03.72
You're going into
the poorest of villages,
00:37:03.79\00:37:05.49
the poorest of towns.
00:37:05.52\00:37:06.86
And a village can be what?
00:37:06.89\00:37:08.22
A 150 to... Several thousand.
00:37:08.26\00:37:10.99
To several thousand people,
00:37:11.03\00:37:13.06
and you are now
in nine locations,
00:37:13.09\00:37:16.46
but tell us what
the program is about.
00:37:16.50\00:37:19.53
You're feeding them,
you say, you feed them.
00:37:19.57\00:37:21.64
What do you feed them? Yes.
00:37:21.67\00:37:23.14
And this is all about two
and half hour program every day
00:37:23.17\00:37:27.71
and now we start the
school at 5:30 in the evening
00:37:27.74\00:37:31.15
and children come to the school
and first we go with them...
00:37:31.18\00:37:34.82
We have teachers
who are teaching them
00:37:34.85\00:37:36.52
the education, you
know, giving them education,
00:37:36.55\00:37:39.85
math, science
and all the subjects
00:37:39.89\00:37:42.69
and after that, half an
hour we teach them Bible.
00:37:42.72\00:37:45.89
Amen. Teach them
how to sing songs.
00:37:45.93\00:37:48.20
Teach them how to
pray and teach them
00:37:48.23\00:37:51.33
every day one
stories from the Bible.
00:37:51.37\00:37:54.57
And these children, you know,
00:37:54.60\00:37:56.40
they're really very
much into this biblical part.
00:37:56.44\00:38:00.18
They love it because
they've not heard before.
00:38:00.21\00:38:03.48
You know, they've
never known what to do with,
00:38:03.55\00:38:05.85
you know, praying.
00:38:05.88\00:38:07.32
What is prayer? They
don't know what is prayer.
00:38:07.35\00:38:09.65
And when we teach them
that you're calling to someone
00:38:09.68\00:38:13.46
who can support you,
00:38:13.49\00:38:15.19
who can give your
needs and they're so happy
00:38:15.22\00:38:18.69
because they don't
have that in their home.
00:38:18.73\00:38:21.03
There's no one
to, you know give them
00:38:21.06\00:38:23.13
what they ask for
00:38:23.16\00:38:24.60
and when we
taught them about prayer,
00:38:24.63\00:38:26.94
there were miraculous stories
00:38:26.97\00:38:28.37
happening in
these evening schools.
00:38:28.40\00:38:30.31
Children every
Friday's also we have schools
00:38:30.34\00:38:32.94
but we call it
as a "Talent night."
00:38:32.97\00:38:34.78
We don't teach them
the worldly education,
00:38:34.81\00:38:36.61
only we tell
them it's talent night
00:38:36.64\00:38:38.65
whatever you have
studied all the week,
00:38:38.68\00:38:40.62
you know you come and
recite those memory verses
00:38:40.65\00:38:43.72
or you give a witness,
00:38:43.79\00:38:45.12
you know what
God has done to you
00:38:45.15\00:38:46.86
and sing those songs...
00:38:46.89\00:38:48.22
Like a vespers program, huh?
00:38:48.26\00:38:49.96
Yeah. Okay.
00:38:50.03\00:38:51.46
And you know these children,
00:38:51.49\00:38:52.86
they come and they tell us that,
00:38:52.89\00:38:55.16
you know, I lost my
pencil, I knelt and I prayed,
00:38:55.20\00:38:58.70
God gave me that pencil.
00:38:58.73\00:39:00.54
Amen. How precious.
00:39:00.57\00:39:01.90
And there are children
who come and say, you know,
00:39:01.94\00:39:05.17
I was in need of this,
00:39:05.21\00:39:07.68
like I didn't have
proper clothes to wear.
00:39:07.71\00:39:10.75
I was praying.
00:39:10.78\00:39:12.21
God answered my prayer.
00:39:12.25\00:39:14.02
Praise God.
00:39:14.05\00:39:15.55
So you teach them
00:39:15.58\00:39:16.99
and they do go
most of these children
00:39:17.02\00:39:19.55
to a government school
00:39:19.59\00:39:20.96
but there you don't know
00:39:20.99\00:39:23.16
if the teachers
are gonna show up
00:39:23.19\00:39:25.03
or if they're qualified teachers
00:39:25.06\00:39:27.10
so they come from
5:30 to 8:00 every evening,
00:39:27.13\00:39:31.17
and you feed them
what kind of food?
00:39:31.20\00:39:33.74
I mean, these
children would not have,
00:39:33.77\00:39:36.17
some of them may
only have one meal a day
00:39:36.20\00:39:38.14
if they're lucky
enough to have a meal.
00:39:38.17\00:39:40.28
And what do you
feed them at night?
00:39:40.31\00:39:42.18
We give them grams, you
know mixed with vegetables,
00:39:42.21\00:39:46.85
and we call it "sambhar."
00:39:46.92\00:39:48.82
You know that is the
famous dish in South India,
00:39:48.85\00:39:52.02
children love it.
00:39:52.05\00:39:53.39
If you serve that, you
need to make more food.
00:39:53.46\00:39:58.76
You know, a small
kid of maybe third grade
00:39:58.79\00:40:01.93
would eat three times.
00:40:01.96\00:40:04.27
Three helpings. Three helpings.
00:40:04.30\00:40:05.67
Yeah. Wow.
00:40:05.70\00:40:07.04
So sad to see because you know,
they don't have that at all.
00:40:07.07\00:40:10.61
Yeah.
00:40:10.64\00:40:11.97
I'm so happy that
God has this ministry
00:40:12.01\00:40:14.71
to support those
helpless children.
00:40:14.74\00:40:17.05
Amen.
00:40:17.08\00:40:18.41
I think we've got a couple
more pictures of the children,
00:40:18.45\00:40:20.52
they're so precious,
and we see them coming here.
00:40:20.55\00:40:24.65
We've got some at the school,
00:40:24.69\00:40:26.96
and then I know there's
another cool picture of yours...
00:40:26.99\00:40:29.82
Oh, tell us this story
00:40:29.86\00:40:31.93
because you mentioned to me
00:40:31.96\00:40:33.83
when we saw this
picture previously
00:40:33.90\00:40:36.00
that the little
girl in the middle,
00:40:36.03\00:40:37.70
Jon, what did you say about her?
00:40:37.73\00:40:40.04
She has two children.
00:40:40.07\00:40:41.57
She's pregnant with a
third and she's just turned 16.
00:40:41.60\00:40:45.14
Sixteen! Yeah.
00:40:45.17\00:40:47.88
And a third
child on the way. Yeah.
00:40:47.91\00:40:51.71
And she would have no hope
00:40:51.75\00:40:55.68
if she couldn't
get a good education.
00:40:55.72\00:40:57.65
Yes, right.
00:40:57.69\00:40:59.02
She would not
have a healthy baby
00:40:59.05\00:41:00.49
if she could not
get a good meal to eat.
00:41:00.56\00:41:04.96
But how amazing is that?
00:41:04.99\00:41:08.03
This particular
village is so outcast
00:41:08.06\00:41:11.37
that our Bible worker
couldn't go and start,
00:41:11.40\00:41:14.47
we couldn't start an
evening school right away.
00:41:14.50\00:41:16.44
They were afraid of outsiders.
00:41:16.47\00:41:19.34
And so our Bible worker went
and she just befriended them
00:41:19.37\00:41:22.31
over a course of three months,
brought them meal every day
00:41:22.34\00:41:25.55
and so she won their confidence,
00:41:25.58\00:41:27.32
then she was able to start
00:41:27.35\00:41:28.68
the evening
school in that village.
00:41:28.72\00:41:30.79
And now the
villagers are just so excited
00:41:30.82\00:41:32.79
because now that our
daughters have an option,
00:41:32.82\00:41:35.76
they don't have
to get married at 13.
00:41:35.79\00:41:37.63
Oh.
00:41:37.66\00:41:38.99
They can get an education
and have options in their life.
00:41:39.03\00:41:42.63
It's just...
00:41:42.66\00:41:44.00
What a difference.
Oh, my goodness, yeah.
00:41:44.07\00:41:45.93
Yeah.
00:41:45.97\00:41:47.34
And if these children,
now you're in nine cities,
00:41:47.37\00:41:53.11
how much does it cost
for a child per month?
00:41:53.14\00:41:58.18
About $7 per child.
00:41:58.21\00:41:59.95
Seven dollars per
month covers the teaching
00:42:00.02\00:42:02.92
and I mean the education...
00:42:02.95\00:42:04.35
Food. And the food.
00:42:04.39\00:42:05.72
Yes and the...
Seven dollars per month.
00:42:05.75\00:42:10.53
A lot of people spend
$7 a week on something,
00:42:10.56\00:42:14.73
some kind of a soda, or a latte
or whatever but $7 dollars.
00:42:14.76\00:42:19.57
We have most of these
evening schools in our churches,
00:42:19.60\00:42:23.41
so the churches get
used throughout the week.
00:42:23.44\00:42:25.64
Praise God.
00:42:25.67\00:42:27.01
People become
familiar with their churches
00:42:27.08\00:42:28.41
and they see our churches now
00:42:28.44\00:42:29.81
as providing to the communities,
00:42:29.84\00:42:31.31
helping the community,
not just another religion.
00:42:31.35\00:42:34.92
You had a beautiful
picture of this little girl
00:42:34.95\00:42:37.52
and she's got.
00:42:37.59\00:42:38.92
We wanna show you this.
00:42:38.95\00:42:40.39
Ooh, what a precious face.
00:42:40.46\00:42:42.26
Explain what the
white dot is there
00:42:42.29\00:42:45.49
between her eyebrows.
00:42:45.53\00:42:48.86
This, they believe
that, when they have this,
00:42:48.90\00:42:52.03
their God is with them you know,
00:42:52.07\00:42:55.30
those 3 million or 3 billion
you know the God is with them.
00:42:55.34\00:43:00.21
And so we're
unfamiliar with the red dot,
00:43:00.28\00:43:03.04
that means they're married.
00:43:03.08\00:43:04.41
Yes. If they are
wearing a red dot.
00:43:04.45\00:43:06.35
Like this beautiful little baby.
00:43:06.38\00:43:08.45
So you're not necessarily
trying to "convert them,"
00:43:08.48\00:43:13.36
but you are
introducing them to the Lord.
00:43:13.39\00:43:15.72
Yes. And the Lord
reaches them, huh?
00:43:15.76\00:43:17.53
The Holy Spirit
convicts them, yes.
00:43:17.56\00:43:19.43
And there was one,
00:43:19.46\00:43:22.33
I was really
impressed to see that incident.
00:43:22.36\00:43:26.00
One of the child
was not feeling well.
00:43:26.03\00:43:28.27
He was at home
00:43:28.30\00:43:29.67
because he
couldn't come to the school.
00:43:29.70\00:43:31.04
He was very sick
and these children,
00:43:31.07\00:43:33.17
they got to themselves,
they talked to each other,
00:43:33.21\00:43:35.74
they said, "You know,
our friend is not here
00:43:35.78\00:43:37.48
because he's not feeling well,
we have to go pray for him."
00:43:37.55\00:43:41.28
Wow. Praise the Lord.
00:43:41.32\00:43:43.79
They went and
they prayed for him.
00:43:43.82\00:43:46.45
Praise God.
00:43:46.49\00:43:47.82
God answers
children's prayers. Amen.
00:43:47.86\00:43:50.36
The next day, the
boy was in our school.
00:43:50.43\00:43:53.23
Praise the Lord.
00:43:53.26\00:43:54.60
Amazing witnesses, you
know, God is mightily working.
00:43:54.63\00:43:58.53
And I went to a
wedding of our first batch,
00:43:58.57\00:44:04.14
you know, student was graduate.
00:44:04.21\00:44:07.61
He was getting married.
00:44:07.64\00:44:09.34
I went to his marriage,
he was so happy to see me.
00:44:09.38\00:44:11.61
He invited me and there
were so many other friends
00:44:11.65\00:44:14.22
who came to that school.
00:44:14.25\00:44:15.58
And he said, "You
know you remember this sir,
00:44:15.62\00:44:17.42
a pastor?"
00:44:17.49\00:44:18.82
Yeah, we remember, yes.
00:44:18.85\00:44:20.19
He was the one, you
know, the project gave us food
00:44:20.22\00:44:23.46
when we didn't have food.
00:44:23.53\00:44:25.06
They gave us
education, good education.
00:44:25.09\00:44:27.73
They've disciplined us.
00:44:27.76\00:44:29.36
And one of the boy,
he came and told me,
00:44:29.40\00:44:32.60
"Sir, whoever came
to that evening school,
00:44:32.63\00:44:36.17
our lives, sir, God
has blessed our lives.
00:44:36.20\00:44:39.54
Praise the Lord.
00:44:39.57\00:44:40.91
We have a very good job
now and we all are settled,
00:44:40.98\00:44:43.95
but those children who
did not come to the school,
00:44:43.98\00:44:47.82
they are into drugs.
00:44:47.85\00:44:50.19
Ah. Their lives are not good.
00:44:50.22\00:44:53.76
So, these schools,
your attendance is 30-40
00:44:53.79\00:44:57.69
and this is out of the village
of maybe a 150 to 1000 people,
00:44:57.73\00:45:01.90
so they're very well attended.
00:45:01.93\00:45:03.57
I mean they're accepted.
00:45:03.60\00:45:05.50
But, how many more
schools could you start if...
00:45:05.53\00:45:11.24
Would you like to start?
00:45:11.27\00:45:12.61
Currently, we have a
request for another 11 schools.
00:45:12.64\00:45:14.91
Another 11 and...
00:45:14.94\00:45:16.38
But this is super scalable,
00:45:16.41\00:45:17.95
there's so many
villages in India.
00:45:17.98\00:45:20.52
Yeah. So many
opportunities, but...
00:45:20.55\00:45:23.49
But now, when
you have the schools,
00:45:23.52\00:45:27.66
I know you told me a story that
the school actually kind of,
00:45:27.69\00:45:33.29
was a launching pad
for another ministry,
00:45:33.33\00:45:36.67
a widow's ministry.
00:45:36.70\00:45:38.03
Tell us how and
why that started?
00:45:38.07\00:45:40.27
Yes.
00:45:40.34\00:45:41.67
There was this mother,
she used to bring her son
00:45:41.70\00:45:43.44
to the school every day.
00:45:43.51\00:45:45.07
She's a very good loving mother
00:45:45.11\00:45:47.48
and she is a very
decent mother that time.
00:45:47.51\00:45:51.75
She used to come
every evening, talk to me
00:45:51.78\00:45:53.62
and you know and all of a sudden
00:45:53.65\00:45:55.65
then one day what happened was,
00:45:55.68\00:45:57.29
her husband and the
cows what they had at home,
00:45:57.32\00:46:01.42
as he was taking
care of those cows,
00:46:01.46\00:46:03.46
pasturing them,
00:46:03.53\00:46:04.86
a lightning struck
on him and the cows.
00:46:04.89\00:46:10.07
All the cows were
died on the same spot.
00:46:10.10\00:46:12.77
And the husband as well.
Husband, yes, he passed away.
00:46:12.80\00:46:16.60
And using that situation
00:46:16.64\00:46:19.24
because she didn't
have anyone to support her,
00:46:19.27\00:46:22.18
the men in that
community started using her,
00:46:22.21\00:46:25.08
abusing her
00:46:25.11\00:46:26.45
and slowly it
became her lifestyle.
00:46:26.48\00:46:30.79
She's trying to
support and feed children.
00:46:30.82\00:46:34.19
She had nothing
else that she could do.
00:46:34.26\00:46:36.93
So she was
forced to do that. Yes.
00:46:36.96\00:46:39.39
And after that, you know,
00:46:39.43\00:46:41.83
I came to know
this through my uncle
00:46:41.86\00:46:43.87
because she never comes to
me, talks to me like before.
00:46:43.90\00:46:47.87
I was thinking that
because her husband is no more,
00:46:47.90\00:46:50.71
she is in a sorrow, you know
00:46:50.74\00:46:52.91
but my uncle said, "No,
00:46:52.94\00:46:54.28
her life is
completely changed now."
00:46:54.31\00:46:56.58
So the shame wouldn't allow
her to look you in the face.
00:46:56.61\00:46:59.48
Look at me. Yeah.
00:46:59.51\00:47:00.92
You know, one day, she came,
00:47:00.95\00:47:02.45
she could not
see me face to face.
00:47:02.48\00:47:06.39
That really
broke my heart. Sure.
00:47:06.42\00:47:08.79
This beautiful lady,
this well-disciplined lady
00:47:08.82\00:47:13.40
see the way her life is now.
00:47:13.43\00:47:15.33
Yeah. Yeah.
00:47:15.36\00:47:16.70
Because there is
no one to support.
00:47:16.77\00:47:18.53
So that is how we
started this tailoring project,
00:47:18.57\00:47:21.97
the sewing
project for the widows.
00:47:22.00\00:47:23.94
And now, these
widows, they come, they learn,
00:47:24.01\00:47:27.81
and they have
their own livelihood.
00:47:27.84\00:47:30.15
Praise the Lord.
00:47:30.18\00:47:31.68
So you, when they
go through this school
00:47:31.71\00:47:36.55
where you're
teaching them to sew
00:47:36.58\00:47:38.32
and you know what ladies,
00:47:38.35\00:47:39.69
they don't use
patterns in India.
00:47:39.72\00:47:41.92
Everything is
done by measurements,
00:47:41.96\00:47:43.73
so there's a little more,
00:47:43.76\00:47:45.89
I guess I'll say talent
required or training required,
00:47:45.93\00:47:50.67
but once they go
through this school,
00:47:50.70\00:47:52.67
do they get...
00:47:52.70\00:47:54.84
How do they get
a sewing machine?
00:47:54.87\00:47:57.61
People provide
the sewing machine.
00:47:57.64\00:47:59.44
We give them a sewing
machine that they can then go
00:47:59.47\00:48:01.78
and use to start
their own business
00:48:01.81\00:48:03.95
and support their
families and their kids
00:48:03.98\00:48:06.15
and have a decent life
00:48:06.18\00:48:07.55
and their kids
have opportunities then.
00:48:07.62\00:48:09.52
Praise the Lord.
00:48:09.55\00:48:11.02
Does this lady that was widowed,
00:48:11.05\00:48:14.49
did she come to this school?
00:48:14.52\00:48:15.86
Oh, yes. Amen.
00:48:15.89\00:48:17.23
Oh, praise God. Yeah.
00:48:17.26\00:48:18.59
She came and her life
was completely changed
00:48:18.63\00:48:20.50
and now she is, you
know, having her own life,
00:48:20.53\00:48:24.73
having her own business
taking care of the kids.
00:48:24.77\00:48:28.77
Glory to God. Wonderful.
00:48:28.80\00:48:30.14
Now, also, we're
just almost out of time,
00:48:30.21\00:48:33.48
but I want to hear, or,
00:48:33.51\00:48:35.41
I want you to tell our
viewers about the water project,
00:48:35.44\00:48:38.98
because we've all heard
how bad the water is in India,
00:48:39.01\00:48:42.48
and sometimes
there isn't any water,
00:48:42.52\00:48:44.32
tell us about that?
00:48:44.35\00:48:45.69
Yes.
00:48:45.72\00:48:47.06
For the last two, three years,
00:48:47.09\00:48:48.59
we didn't have proper
rain at all and even before,
00:48:48.62\00:48:51.76
you know, the
water is a big problem
00:48:51.79\00:48:54.20
and this particular
village called Bharati Nagar,
00:48:54.23\00:48:58.60
they don't have water at all.
00:48:58.63\00:49:01.40
For nearly 12 to 14 days,
they get only once a day water,
00:49:01.44\00:49:06.17
and that too they get 50
liters of water, for a family.
00:49:06.21\00:49:10.28
So these ladies,
00:49:10.35\00:49:11.78
they have this
big pot on their head
00:49:11.81\00:49:14.62
and one on their hip.
00:49:14.65\00:49:16.08
They go walking
nearly four miles one way,
00:49:16.12\00:49:20.36
with the water,
with that heavy pot,
00:49:20.39\00:49:22.46
you know, on their
head and on the hip,
00:49:22.49\00:49:24.56
they come back again.
00:49:24.59\00:49:26.56
So eight mile round
trip for a pot of water?
00:49:26.59\00:49:29.36
Yeah, it was very difficult.
00:49:29.40\00:49:31.57
And that is when they
come and requested us.
00:49:31.60\00:49:33.97
It'll be nice if we
can give them water.
00:49:34.04\00:49:36.54
The church,
because the church already
00:49:36.57\00:49:38.11
was providing food
for their children,
00:49:38.14\00:49:40.91
you know, teaching,
giving them free education.
00:49:40.98\00:49:43.65
So they come and
requested us, and we said,
00:49:43.68\00:49:46.18
"Yes, by God's
grace, we can help you out."
00:49:46.21\00:49:48.85
And so we add this water plant,
00:49:48.88\00:49:51.72
you know, started
like drilling the well.
00:49:51.75\00:49:54.16
But there were people
telling us, you know something?
00:49:54.19\00:49:57.23
Just across the road, you see,
00:49:57.26\00:50:00.33
there is a well without
water in a Hindu temple.
00:50:00.40\00:50:05.63
They tried doing it,
00:50:05.67\00:50:07.24
but those loving brothers,
they could not get water,
00:50:07.27\00:50:11.24
they didn't have water.
00:50:11.27\00:50:12.61
So they dug a well,
00:50:12.64\00:50:14.08
it just didn't produce anything.
00:50:14.11\00:50:15.44
Any water. There was only smoke.
00:50:15.48\00:50:17.58
And they said,
"Don't waste your money,
00:50:17.65\00:50:20.05
and don't drill a well here.
00:50:20.12\00:50:22.28
You are going to
go without water."
00:50:22.32\00:50:24.65
But we said, "We
serve a living God."
00:50:24.69\00:50:27.72
A living God who gives
water even in the wilderness,
00:50:27.76\00:50:31.69
you know, fed so many people.
00:50:31.73\00:50:33.29
So we believe and
we just, and they said,
00:50:33.33\00:50:35.83
"No, you need to
bring some people
00:50:35.86\00:50:37.20
who does that,
all these, you know...
00:50:37.27\00:50:40.37
Incantations.
00:50:40.44\00:50:41.77
Yeah, the diviners and drillers.
00:50:41.80\00:50:43.51
To see where there is water
and we said, nothing doing,
00:50:43.54\00:50:46.98
we are praying
to the living God...
00:50:47.01\00:50:49.11
We knelt, we prayed
00:50:49.14\00:50:50.95
and we asked the person
to drill the well there.
00:50:50.98\00:50:53.92
And then they started,
you know, drilling the well.
00:50:53.95\00:50:58.05
By the grace of God, we
got beautiful, tasty water.
00:50:58.09\00:51:02.09
How precious so, you
know, I'm just thinking.
00:51:02.12\00:51:05.43
When you began this ministry,
00:51:05.46\00:51:07.70
you brought
them the living water
00:51:07.73\00:51:10.77
of the Holy
Spirit in Jesus Christ.
00:51:10.80\00:51:13.03
And now you are
actually bringing them
00:51:13.07\00:51:16.44
the physical water.
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We're going to
have to take a break.
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But what we want to do,
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I just believe
with all my heart,
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that there are people
who are watching that,
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maybe the Lord is
impressing upon your heart
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that you would like to
support Jesus For Asia,,
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whether it's a onetime gift,
or maybe a monthly support.
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Maybe you want to
support a Bible worker,
00:51:36.86\00:51:39.53
or for $7 a month,
00:51:39.56\00:51:41.50
you can send a
child to the night school.
00:51:41.53\00:51:44.17
Or maybe you want to
help with the widows,
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or with the TV ministry,
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because I know you have
to pay for that airtime.
00:51:48.94\00:51:51.54
Or perhaps for
the water project,
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so, here is how you
can get in touch with them.
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If you feel impressed
to help Jesus for Asia,
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and its multiple projects,
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please visit their
website, Jesus4Asia.org.
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That Jesus, the
number 4, Asia.org.
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You may also call
them at (423) 413-7321.
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That's (423) 413-7321.
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Or write them at
Jesus For Asia, Inc.
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PO Box 1221,
Collegedale, Tennessee 37315.
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That's, Jesus for
Asia, PO Box 1221,
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Collegedale, Tennessee 37315.
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