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¤ I want to spend my
life mending broken people ¤
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¤ I want to spend
my life removing pain ¤
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¤ Lord let my words
heal a heart that hurts ¤
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¤ I want to spend my
life mending broken people ¤
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Hello I'm Shelley Quinn
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I'm JD Quinn
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We are so glad you are joining
us today. I love when we have
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people who are sitting at our
table and they're serving Jesus.
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You know in Matthew
25 Jesus said I was naked
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and you clothed me
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I was sick and you visited me.
And they're going what do you
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mean Lord. And then He says in
verse 40 that He says, Assuredly
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I say to you, Inasmuch as you
did it to one of the least of
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these my brethren you did it
to me. And we have two precious
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people with us today who
are serving the least, they're
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serving Jesus. I'll go ahead and
introduce them to you. William
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Mack who is the director of
Adventist Child India and his
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beautiful wife. We've got Nancy
who is the assistant director of
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Adventist Child India. Now
William I'm going to call you
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Bill because that's what I'm
used to. But we're so glad you
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Yeah, it's good to be here.
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How long will you be in
the States on this trip?
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To the middle of November (Okay)
And so it's a time period that
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we're able to have our family
and be with them for a little
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bit. Also, talk about the
program and share it and promote
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it a little bit.
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Amen. I'm just going to cut to
the chase and put in this music
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first but I just have to tell
you these folk have been living
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in India 10 months out of every
year for the last nine years.
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So they have a very beautiful
ministry but we're going to get
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to see how the Lord called them
into this, get to know them a
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little bit and see what they're
doing. But first, you have music
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right?
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I love music and I love this
particular young lady that's
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going to be singing.
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Alessandria Sorace is going to
sing for us. She's a beautiful
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young Christian woman
and she will sing Redeemed.
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¤ ¤
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¤ Redeemed how I
love to proclaim it ¤
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¤ Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb ¤
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¤ Redeemed through
His infinite mercy ¤
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¤ His child and forever I am ¤
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¤ Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed
by the blood of the Lamb ¤
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¤ Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it ¤
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¤ His child and forever I am ¤
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¤ ¤
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¤ I think of my
blessed Redeemer ¤
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¤ I think of Him
all the day long ¤
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¤ I sing for I
cannot be silent ¤
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¤ His love is the
theme of my song ¤
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¤ Redeemed, Redeemed, Redeemed
by the blood of the Lamb ¤
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¤ Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it ¤
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¤ His child and forever I am ¤
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¤ ¤
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¤ I know I shall
see in His beauty ¤
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¤ The King in
whose law I delight ¤
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¤ Who lovingly
guideth my footsteps ¤
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¤ And giveth me
songs in the night ¤
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¤ Redeemed, Redeemed, Redeemed
by the blood of the Lamb ¤
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¤ Redeemed how I
love to proclaim it ¤
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¤ His child and forever I am ¤
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¤ Redeemed, Redeemed, Redeemed
by the blood of the Lamb ¤
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¤ Redeemed how I
love to proclaim it ¤
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¤ His child and forever I am ¤
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Ooo Amen. That's the way it's
supposed to be sung. The Bible
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says let the redeemed of the
Lord say so. We are redeemed and
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we are excited. If you are
joining us just a moment late
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we have two special people here
today, Bill and Nancy Mack with
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Adventist Child India and we're
going to get to know them a
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little bit and then we're going
to talk about the beautiful
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ministry God has called you to.
So...Now Nancy you actually were
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born and spent your first 19
years in India. Tell us about
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that.
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Well my dad was born also in
India. His parents went in 1920
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to India. He was born in 1922.
Did all of his education, then
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came back to college.
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So his parents were missionaries
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Yes and my mother met him in
college. They got married and
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then they came to India and
worked for 43 years there. In
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the process I was born there.
And I was born in Mussoorie and
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lived there except for leave
when we came to the states in
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India until I was 19 years old.
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So you've got three generations
of your family who have been
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missionaries in India. That's
exciting and it's not all that
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usual really. So Bill tell
us how did you meet this lovely
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lady.
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Okay. I was living in Southern
California. Nancy's grandmother
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was in Loma Linda and so on
these leaves she would come back
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and be there. And I was in La
Sierra College and you were in
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Loma Linda. And through my
parents they had seen at Loma
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Linda Campus Church they'd seen
Nancy and we got connected that
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way.
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Ah so now you grew up in
an Adventist Christian home.
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Yes, I did, uh-huh.
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Okay. So you both had
that strong background...
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Yes my parents were in the
educational system in the church
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then up and down California.
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(Okay) I think the reason I got
to meet Bill is that his father
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loved the fact that I
would argue with him about Bible
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texts when he would bring things
up that were a little negative.
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Or he was making you question
your religion just to get people
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to talk. I would step in and say
unh-huh that's not you know. So
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he told Bill...
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In one of the Sabbath School
classes at the church there.
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And he said you need to come
meet this woman. So that's how
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we really did meet.
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Okay. So you guys got married,
you had three beautiful children
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Tell us about how the Lord
prepared you...Before you get to
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what you're doing in India now.
Tell us how the Lord prepared
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you with the skills that
you need to be doing what you're
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doing.
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Okay We both had our own
businesses so that does prepare
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you for a lot of things. I think
when you own a business you know
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a little about a lot of
things. So her with her cleaning
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business, me with a furniture
and a mattress business and we
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helped each other out in those
businesses but for a long time,
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up to 25 years for me and almost
that for Nancy. But we were
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doing that beforehand and then
the call came, so it was a good
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preparation.
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Before the call came I had
been going back to India to do
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humanitarian service and that's
how the Indian Division office
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found out about me and wanted
us to come and work there.
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So tell us about the call
and how did God turn your world
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upside down once again and
you ended up back in India?
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Well I think it was an upside
down decision because I didn't
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think that I would ever go back
to India on a full-time basis.
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I really thought that I had been
there doing my little odd jobs
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going as in humanitarian service
and I got an email saying, Nancy
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we want you to come to India and
work with the Adventist Child
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India program. Is there any
chance you'd be willing to do so
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and I ignored the email. And
then again we voted you in, we
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want you to come, please come,
please send your resume. And I'm
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like I showed it to Bill. And
Bill looked at it and he says
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hey, I know that couple I think.
When you write them tell them
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you'll send your resume this
weekend because we're always
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busy during the week and tell
them who I am and say hi to them
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Well that Thursday night we got
a phone call from Brenda and Bob
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Robinson and they said to us are
you...Nancy you know you're on
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the phone but how about Bill?
Is he close by? I say oh yeah.
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It was midnight, so yeah
he's close by. So he said put
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yourself on speaker. So we
talked with them for about 45
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minutes about what they wanted
and what we were thinking about
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and asking questions. At
the very end Bob said okay Nancy
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Who's going to be the director
and who's going to be the
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assistant director? I say well
Bill would be the director and
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I'll be the assistant director
at least on paper. He laughed
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and he says that's my girl.
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But she wouldn't
want my job anyway.
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No, I don't want his job.
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Okay so let's...what
is Adventist Child India.
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Is this a good time to show
the video or do you want to talk
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before the video.
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We want to talk a little bit
about it first then. And so I'll
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tell you what it is and Nancy
has a quick story on that one
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And so Adventist Child India
is the program for the poorest
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Adventists in India to be able
to go to an Adventist boarding
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school.
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Hit the pause button. How many
Adventist children are in India?
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I mean how many
Adventists are in India?
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The Adventists, this is
the Southern Asia Division, 1.2
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million out of a country
that has 1.3 billion in the
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population. So there's not so
many when you think of it that
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way.
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And these people...but that's
a huge number of people...now
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these people tend to be...tell
us how they were converted to
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Adventism, and
they tend to be poor.
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Well I think a lot of times
people don't realize that we've
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been...you know Adventists have
been in India for a long time.
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For there is a few generations
of Adventists. And when they
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had a big group of people
be baptized in about 2004, 2005
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they had a lot coming in that
were very poor. And when Dorothy
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Watts saw this happening because
she was the president's wife and
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she was worried about...of
the division office, sorry.
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What is the
name of the division?
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Southern Asia
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So Southern Asia Division.
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And she saw what was happening
and was really worried for our
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children. So she started the
program in 2005 and we at this
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point have 1400 children
that are in the program in the
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boarding schools and
getting a Christian education.
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So we're working at about 30
different boarding schools in 16
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of the 28 states of India.
So this part of our job is to go
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around India making sure things
are running right and at least
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once a year go to the schools
directly and see the children
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and communicate and all that.
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So the schools are already
employees, the boarding schools.
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Were they boarding already?
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Yeah, boarding already. They
were part of the Southern Asia
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Division education system which
has about 293 schools but only
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some of them are
boarding, lot of day schools.
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So the people can afford it
they're already going to the
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schools. So there's a group out
there that just cannot afford it
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and then this is
where Adventist Child...
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Good question. Yes. Of course
we're not in the local areas so
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we rely on the principals of the
schools and the pastors that are
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in those areas. And then they
say here's a needy family and
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that kind of thing and that's
how we get to know about them.
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Then we say okay it looks like
they match up you know after
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asking a lot of questions,
getting paperwork and then they
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can be put into the program.
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Well I just have to say one
thing. We're going look at the
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video here in just a second but
we've been talking for about an
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hour before the program and I've
heard stories that would make
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your heart break to hear. We're
going to share a few of the
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stories but she didn't share the
stories with us that she's going
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to talk about today but these
kids come from...some of them
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have been abandoned, some of
them they arrive very ill, but
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they are the poorest of the poor
and they need the help. So let's
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look at this short video on
Adventist Child India and then
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we'll come back and talk
with the Macks some more.
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¤ ¤
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At least donuts 99 cents,
morning coffee $5, burgers and
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fries $8, a chance to change
someone's future for the better
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priceless. $39 a month or $468
a year helps educate a child
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Adventist Child India program.
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Every child has a story.
Every child has a community.
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Every child
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has a future. Every child has
a choice to make history. If a
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child is without clothes
or daily food what good is it.
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Jesus said whoever uses my name
and receives these children and
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whatever you did for the least
of these brothers and sisters of
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mine, you have done it for me.
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Maybe you feel that you can't
afford $39 a month. So ACI has
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introduced Flex Payment Plan,
a dollar a day, $5 a week, or
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maybe even $10 a month or
even just a one-time payment. No
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matter what you choose,
just know that you are making a
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difference. The impending
hopelessness stared back at
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Ananya long before she
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was born. Her mother Carmilla
was threatened with dire
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consequences if she did
not choose to change her faith
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to her husband's. Her choice was
to love God unconditionally and
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so Carmilla was left to bring up
the newborn baby Ananya on her
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own. With no source of income
Ananya and her mother faced an
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uncertain future because of her
choice. The choice in a faith
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that would leave
ripples of hope for the future.
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COVID-19 brought the world as
we know it to a standstill. For
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Washilly and her 10-year-old
sister Evica it was no different
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With the passing away of their
parents to the virus and stigma
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of being born as girls close
relatives soon abandoned them
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to their very elderly
grandparents. Without a constant
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source of income and the
growl of hungry stomachs, they
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wondered where their next meal
if at all would come by and what
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other calamity would tomorrow
bring as their future looked
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grim. A difficult choice had
to be made, a choice that can't
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their lives giving them hope
that through education, they
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could find a job
and a better tomorrow
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ACI uses 92
percent of what you give
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to educate a child while the
remaining 8 percent is used to
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run the ACI program. That's
the lowest of any of the aid
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programs in the country.
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Singmachi a 12-year-old girl
from the remote region of south
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Garolaise Negalia was waiting
to take her final breath. Her
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parents had given up hope. Her
village had given up hope. She
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was abandoned and left to
die with a fatal skin disease. A
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choice was made to shift her
against the will of the village
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to the newly opened Adventist
Mission Hospital which began her
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treatment. Complications arose
and she was shifted to various
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other hospitals only to be
met with the same answer. Why go
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through all the trouble to save
her. As days turned into weeks
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and weeks into months Singmachi
began a slow painful recovery
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Her only source of constant
support was the ever prayerful
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staff of the Adventist Mission
Hospital. On hearing of her
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miraculous healing many local
villagers came forward for Bible
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studies and today almost the
entire village have accepted the
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Adventist message. A choice
was made, a choice that turned
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Singmachi into a living
testimony showing the true power
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of prayer.
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The choice to help change
somebody's future for the better
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is awesome.
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Choices define who we are and
we're asking you today to make
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that choice and become part
of Adventist Child India family.
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When you choose to partner with
ACI you change the future of a
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child transforming a
community one child at a time.
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All the children in the ACI
program have come from hard and
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tough circumstances. A parent
chooses to heal his family
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because he has only girls
The family moves away to ease
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their financial burdens leaving
the children behind. The village
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and the parents want nothing to
do with the child. As the child
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has given his heart to the Lord
and yet in the face of these bad
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conditions a door was opened
because someone made a choice.
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You too have a choice but what
would it be? Would you turn and
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walk away or would you give
generously and can a bad choice
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lead to a bright
future for someone who_
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Adventist Child India
turns dreams into reality.
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How beautiful.
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It puts joy in your heart to
know that you can take a broken
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heart and put a big
smile on their face.
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So these children are Adventist
and why do you choose...You had
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mentioned a couple of times
these are boarding schools.
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Now there are some day schools.
What advantage is it for the
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boarding school?
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Okay. In our thinking it's the
way Dorothy Watts wanted it from
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the beginning but you will get
a better Adventist experience
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let's put it that way in a
boarding school because the day
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school you're getting educated
but you're just going and coming
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like anything. These are maybe
even newer Adventists so they
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don't even have much experience
themselves at home. But in the
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boarding school you have
worships in the morning and the
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evening you know in the hostels
or dormitories. And you're
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involved in Sabbath School
and church you know there on the
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weekends and that kind of thing
so the children do get involved
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and get the experience and have
a good time learning and that
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kind of thing at a boarding
school. So that's mainly it.
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Also, they'll get three meals a
day and they also have a bed to
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sleep in and they are protected
from the streets instead of
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wandering the streets. They're
able to be in a protected area.
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The other thing that I was
thinking about is that they
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learn English. It's all English
medium schools. So they will
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have the local language coming
to school but they'll learn
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English pretty fast and that's
what helps them get later on in
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life for the good jobs
because they know English.
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So many of these kids if they
were not in a boarding school
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they'd be blessed
to get one meal a day.
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Yeah a lot of times they will
have maybe a chipate and a hot
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drink which is usually tea or
coffee and then they'll have a
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meal of dahl and rice. That's
about it. Very simple meals and
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very little, not a lot. When
they come to our boarding school
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they are so excited because they
all get like two or three cups
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of rice and they'll get a lot of
curry and they'll also have like
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the yogurt, the curd that they
put on it and some stir fry.
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And they're also with like
minded brothers and sisters.
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Yeah. Mm-hmm.
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Okay, so what would the...now
I know that you've got 1400
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children in your boarding
schools and you try to see each
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school at least once a year you
get to these schools. What would
00:24:21.92\00:24:26.96
these children...you've got a
number who are in college now...
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what would happen to
them without this program?
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Well they'd probably be
just like their family, their
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ancestors where they would
become day laborers or they
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would work in the fields or they
would become nobodies, servants
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not have much of a future. They
would not be able to get any
00:24:45.51\00:24:51.09
proper paying job.
00:24:51.12\00:24:52.45
They just kind of stay at the
lower level you know all their
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lives. That's what would happen.
00:24:54.69\00:24:57.26
Yeah and children, girls will be
married off by 15, 16 years old
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They're not supposed to and most
of the time it's to 18 but then
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they don't really have a life.
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So I know that...you should hear
their story how they got there
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God had to work miracles because
you're actually there on an
00:25:13.41\00:25:19.65
employment visa and it took you
what, six months, to get that.
00:25:19.68\00:25:26.49
God had to open some big doors
to do that. But being there you
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are actually employees of
the General Conference of the
00:25:31.29\00:25:35.66
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
You're not called a missionary
00:25:35.70\00:25:39.83
You're an ISE.
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ISE -
International Service Employee.
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An International Service
Employee. So tell us about your
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typical day.
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Okay, will I usually...We get up
around 7:30 in the morning, 7:00
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I get up at 4:30.
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I do. He gets up at 6:00 to
go play tennis. And we spend our
00:25:57.35\00:26:00.36
hours at the office when we're
in the office on the compound.
00:26:00.39\00:26:05.06
If we're traveling we either
are traveling by train or car or
00:26:05.09\00:26:08.50
plane, even sometimes a rickshaw
or I've even been on the back of
00:26:08.53\00:26:12.87
a motorcycle and we've been
on country buses and city buses
00:26:12.90\00:26:16.91
So there's different ways
of traveling and we see our
00:26:16.94\00:26:20.01
children that way and it's
always fun the see them because
00:26:20.04\00:26:24.01
as they get to know us, we've
been there nine years. I have
00:26:24.05\00:26:27.68
many names. I'm either grandma
Nancy or Auntie Nancy or Mommy
00:26:27.72\00:26:31.82
Nancy or Mrs. Mack. So depending
on what age these children are
00:26:31.85\00:26:35.72
that's what my name is. And Bill
is usually just called Uncle.
00:26:35.76\00:26:39.49
They don't call him Grandpa.
In fact, I have two little
00:26:39.53\00:26:42.90
grandchildren not really but we
call them our grandchildren and
00:26:42.93\00:26:46.63
he's Uncle and I'm Grandma Nancy
00:26:46.67\00:26:50.47
Let me tell you about this
tennis court. We're not at a
00:26:50.51\00:26:55.68
club or anything like that. This
is kind of a third-world tennis
00:26:55.71\00:26:57.55
court. Literally lots of cracks.
So I'm playing with a you know
00:26:57.58\00:27:01.28
friend on the other end but
in the middle when it bounces it
00:27:01.32\00:27:03.59
could go this way, that way, and
holes in the net, that kind of
00:27:03.62\00:27:06.22
thing. But we get our exercise.
00:27:06.25\00:27:08.39
That's what your morning ritual.
00:27:08.42\00:27:10.56
As long as I can get more
exercise. Just the normal.
00:27:10.59\00:27:13.96
So then you basically handle the
budgeting and everything that's
00:27:14.00\00:27:19.37
going on administratively and
you, I've already got to know
00:27:19.40\00:27:24.44
Nancy, she's just got...
00:27:24.47\00:27:26.64
Lot of email, advertising
and newsletters and things like
00:27:26.68\00:27:30.91
that. We have four workers
with us at the Division office,
00:27:30.95\00:27:36.15
actually, five when I think
of Winnie who's another girl too
00:27:36.18\00:27:40.96
but they help us and they're
there right now as we're you
00:27:40.99\00:27:45.03
know out telling about the
program and sharing. But you
00:27:45.06\00:27:48.30
know we have Rachel who does
a lot of the accounting and the
00:27:48.33\00:27:52.43
budget work and I work with
her too so. It's not just us but
00:27:52.47\00:27:55.24
there's a nice staff. But
can you believe that few people
00:27:55.27\00:28:01.18
cover all of India and all of
the U.S. That's why we can give
00:28:01.21\00:28:03.91
92 percent to the schools. We
don't you know keep a lot. It's
00:28:03.95\00:28:08.38
just the eight
percent, that's all.
00:28:08.42\00:28:09.82
So as you're outgoing from
place to place do the pastors,
00:28:09.85\00:28:16.52
do they come and visit with
you and say hey listen we have a
00:28:16.56\00:28:20.00
family over here
that is having...
00:28:20.03\00:28:23.77
When we visit them
they come up to us.
00:28:23.80\00:28:25.13
Most of it is done by email now.
I mean the technology in India
00:28:25.17\00:28:28.54
is pretty amazing that way.
Or they'll call us. Most of our
00:28:28.57\00:28:32.77
work is with the principals
of the schools. They will say
00:28:32.81\00:28:35.71
there's a child here that...and
he'll send us photos of where he
00:28:35.74\00:28:39.11
comes from or she comes from
saying this child really needs
00:28:39.15\00:28:41.95
help. Is there a chance that
you'd be willing to sponsor this
00:28:41.98\00:28:45.52
child?
00:28:45.55\00:28:46.89
It's possible when we're
visiting a school that a pastor
00:28:46.92\00:28:48.26
might bring someone (Correct)
something like that a local
00:28:48.29\00:28:50.29
pastor.
00:28:50.33\00:28:51.66
Assume the child is in the
boarding school tell us about
00:28:51.69\00:28:53.50
their day. I mean are they there
all year round or are they there
00:28:53.53\00:28:58.07
nine months out of the year.
00:28:58.10\00:28:59.43
They get to go home on holidays.
But most of them like to stay
00:28:59.47\00:29:02.57
there because their meals
and their activities and the
00:29:02.60\00:29:06.27
friendships and...You know
we tell all of our children that
00:29:06.31\00:29:09.94
they belong to a family or 1400
children and they are always
00:29:09.98\00:29:15.28
quite amused by it when I say
that because it's what? Really?
00:29:15.32\00:29:18.29
I go, yeah you have this many
children out there that are my
00:29:18.32\00:29:21.92
children and you're my child.
So you belong to this family.
00:29:21.96\00:29:25.13
So what is their day like?
00:29:25.16\00:29:26.49
Well they usually get up around
5:30 in the morning, 5:00 or
00:29:26.53\00:29:30.43
5:30 they do chores, cleaning up
their rooms, getting their rooms
00:29:30.47\00:29:34.77
ready, getting baths, getting
ready for worship. I think
00:29:34.80\00:29:37.67
usually worship is around 6:00,
6:30. Then they have breakfast
00:29:37.71\00:29:41.44
and then they're to classes all
day and in the evening they have
00:29:41.48\00:29:44.91
study hall and supper.
00:29:44.95\00:29:47.15
Tell us about the curriculum.
00:29:47.18\00:29:49.62
Well they have almost anything
and everything that we have here
00:29:49.65\00:29:51.75
in the States when it comes to
education. They have the English
00:29:51.79\00:29:56.29
Bible, history, geography,
math, computer science, science,
00:29:56.32\00:30:02.96
computer labs, um. They're
basically just like we are here.
00:30:03.00\00:30:06.40
So okay, so we got
grades one through eight?
00:30:06.43\00:30:11.34
One through 12 actually...
00:30:11.37\00:30:14.58
No it's not one through, it's
actually Kindergarten. They come
00:30:14.61\00:30:17.75
to school when they're five
years old to our boarding school
00:30:17.78\00:30:20.42
some of them.
00:30:20.45\00:30:22.08
So yes these schools some of
them teach up to eight, some of
00:30:22.12\00:30:24.02
of them go to 10th, The senior
or higher secondary schools go
00:30:24.05\00:30:28.36
up to 12. So sometimes a child
may switch after 10th and go to
00:30:28.39\00:30:32.23
another ACI school gives the
last two years, 11th and 12th
00:30:32.26\00:30:35.73
Okay, and then say that they
want to get into nursing. I mean
00:30:35.76\00:30:39.57
now how does that work?
00:30:39.60\00:30:42.17
They usually have to write
letters. I tell them if you want
00:30:42.20\00:30:45.24
to become a college student you
need to write letters from the
00:30:45.27\00:30:49.61
very beginning you start school
all the way through so the
00:30:49.64\00:30:53.65
sponsor knows you and you have
a relationship with your sponsor
00:30:53.68\00:30:56.02
When you have a relationship
with your sponsor, they're more
00:30:56.05\00:30:59.55
likely to help you through
college if they can. But you
00:30:59.59\00:31:02.96
never ask them. That is one
point I will make sure every
00:31:02.99\00:31:07.13
child understands. You cannot
ask to go to college. You can
00:31:07.16\00:31:11.00
tell them you have a dream to go
to college, you can say that you
00:31:11.03\00:31:13.60
want to have better education
and you want to be able to
00:31:13.64\00:31:17.41
support your parents later but
you cannot say you want them to
00:31:17.44\00:31:20.48
sponsor.
00:31:20.51\00:31:22.08
But you have 35 kids in college
right now don't you? And they're
00:31:22.11\00:31:26.35
planning...Tell us how that
works when they do go to school
00:31:26.38\00:31:28.85
They go to two years of college
or four years of college. What
00:31:28.88\00:31:33.39
do they give back?
00:31:33.42\00:31:34.76
We've asked them to pay back
the amount of time that they
00:31:34.79\00:31:39.63
have gone to college they need
to pay back to their division,
00:31:39.66\00:31:43.50
to our church (multiple voices)
00:31:43.53\00:31:47.37
It's not like they're paying
back their tuition. You're
00:31:47.40\00:31:48.74
saying when they've invested
four years or someone has
00:31:48.77\00:31:53.51
sponsored them for four years
of college then they need to
00:31:53.54\00:31:57.21
invest four years of their life
to give back to the project.
00:31:57.25\00:32:00.25
When a child leaves 12th
standard and they go to college
00:32:00.28\00:32:03.08
and they finish college my three
sentences to them when they tell
00:32:03.12\00:32:07.52
me they're finished is I don't
want you to ever forget God. He
00:32:07.56\00:32:12.99
is the most important thing that
you'll ever have in your life.
00:32:13.03\00:32:15.23
You can have a great
relationship with Him. Never
00:32:15.26\00:32:18.50
forget to pay your tithe, always
pay your tithe. And third always
00:32:18.53\00:32:21.87
be willing to pay forward
because somebody's helped you
00:32:21.90\00:32:25.01
maybe you can help
a child in the future.
00:32:25.04\00:32:28.31
Amen, amen. Now before...we're
getting ready to hear some
00:32:28.34\00:32:31.81
fabulous stories, but first tell
us what happened during COVID.
00:32:31.85\00:32:38.35
There were two years in
India where every, I mean...
00:32:38.39\00:32:44.49
Yeah India was no different than
the rest of the world. They kind
00:32:44.53\00:32:47.20
of stopped. And that's unusual
for India because India is all
00:32:47.23\00:32:51.53
about hustle and bustle and
noise and full streets and that
00:32:51.57\00:32:54.74
kind of thing. But literally you
had to stay at home at that time
00:32:54.77\00:32:58.54
then and truthfully we probably
felt pretty discouraged because
00:32:58.57\00:33:03.38
you know what are we doing
here? We're in India we're there
00:33:03.41\00:33:06.05
ourselves and we can't do much
or can't travel now, we can't
00:33:06.08\00:33:08.38
see kids. So it was a bit
discouraging for a while but
00:33:08.42\00:33:13.92
India also changed in that can
you believe after about five or
00:33:13.96\00:33:20.43
six months the air became clean
again. The cities literally
00:33:20.46\00:33:23.06
usually are full of smog
and pollution. They actually
00:33:23.10\00:33:26.94
cleared up. Animals
were coming into the cities.
00:33:26.97\00:33:30.04
We were beginning to see pea
cocks or we've seen an elephant
00:33:30.07\00:33:32.97
or we've seen the monkeys that
were always away because of the-
00:33:33.01\00:33:38.48
Coming into the city. That
actually was happening but we
00:33:38.51\00:33:40.68
also are not the type to just
sit around and do nothing and
00:33:40.72\00:33:43.55
you know there was a lot of just
what to do now? So we definitely
00:33:43.59\00:33:47.29
along with another family, the
Biswas family in our campus in
00:33:47.32\00:33:50.16
Hosur decided to do
some things so go ahead.
00:33:50.19\00:33:53.96
Well what we did is I called up
Pastor Biswas. I says this once
00:33:54.00\00:33:57.70
I am so tired of just
sitting around doing nothing.
00:33:57.73\00:34:00.74
This was probably
after a week or two.
00:34:00.77\00:34:02.40
I can't go see my children with
the ACI program, I can't go out
00:34:02.44\00:34:06.24
of the campus, I'm totally
stressed. I don't want this any
00:34:06.27\00:34:10.01
longer. Can you decide to help
us. Let's do something. He says
00:34:10.05\00:34:13.42
whatever you want to do Nancy,
I'm on board. My wife and I will
00:34:13.45\00:34:16.42
be on board. So we chose to cook
And we had to get permission
00:34:16.45\00:34:21.76
though because you can't leave
the campus, right? So I called
00:34:21.79\00:34:24.89
Roju and I say Roju I need
your help. Can you come to the
00:34:24.93\00:34:28.46
house. And so he came and I
explained to him what we wanted
00:34:28.50\00:34:30.83
and he said wait a minute. So he
started making phone calls and
00:34:30.87\00:34:33.67
he sat there for about 45
minutes. Finally got the right
00:34:33.70\00:34:36.91
man to help us. And he said okay
I'll be over tomorrow. We'll
00:34:36.94\00:34:41.04
out the facilities. If it's okay
and it's clean you can go ahead
00:34:41.08\00:34:44.81
And I will get a social worker
as well as a permit so you can
00:34:44.85\00:34:49.88
cross the borders or the check
point. So a guy came and he took
00:34:49.92\00:34:53.15
a look and he says, go for
it. He gave us permission and he
00:34:53.19\00:34:58.16
sent a social worker and there
was three different groups of
00:34:58.19\00:35:02.10
people. There were the cooks
there were five of us cooking
00:35:02.13\00:35:04.67
in my kitchen. There was a
purchasing which was Bill and
00:35:04.70\00:35:09.60
Pastor Biswas and then we had
the delivery of the food in the
00:35:09.64\00:35:13.68
truck with a lot of the young
youth. They were so diligent. I
00:35:13.71\00:35:17.11
was so amazed with them wanting
to help because it was right in
00:35:17.15\00:35:19.68
the middle of COVID. Who wants
to go out on the streets and yet
00:35:19.71\00:35:22.25
people...
00:35:22.28\00:35:23.62
None of your kids got Covid...
00:35:23.65\00:35:24.99
No. The 1400 never got one,
no COVID. So what happened there
00:35:25.02\00:35:30.49
is that when the youth would go
the social worker would go with
00:35:30.53\00:35:36.23
them to make sure that
they could get through to these
00:35:36.26\00:35:38.03
people.
00:35:38.07\00:35:39.40
They were
delivering this to who?
00:35:39.43\00:35:41.37
To um migrant workers that were
stuck. They were from the north
00:35:41.40\00:35:46.84
part of India, we're in
the south part of India.
00:35:46.88\00:35:48.21
the borders were closed
so they couldn't go across.
00:35:48.24\00:35:50.58
They couldn't travel. Of course,
they didn't know anyone, they
00:35:50.61\00:35:52.81
were not close to relatives,
their work had stopped, they're
00:35:52.85\00:35:55.65
living in tarp
tents, just in open fields.
00:35:55.68\00:35:58.59
They lost their jobs, they
lost their homes, everything.
00:35:58.62\00:36:02.32
This is the ones that
needed the help, the food.
00:36:02.36\00:36:04.59
So about 350 people we would
feed daily. We would start our
00:36:04.63\00:36:08.40
morning at 6:30, 6, 6:30, and we
would end at 4:30. But the one
00:36:08.43\00:36:13.84
day that I'll always remember
is that we were running late.
00:36:13.87\00:36:17.77
The food hadn't got prepared
fast enough because everything
00:36:17.81\00:36:20.74
had to be from scratch. It's not
like going to our markets here
00:36:20.78\00:36:23.51
in the U.S. Okay we don't just
have to go and buy the stuff and
00:36:23.55\00:36:26.38
just stick it in the microwave
or whatever. So we were late. I
00:36:26.41\00:36:31.65
says guys you got to go, please,
get going. And so they all start
00:36:31.69\00:36:35.36
getting to the truck with their
masks and their scarves and
00:36:35.39\00:36:38.59
their gloves and the social
worker said, No, no Madam no, no
00:36:38.63\00:36:44.80
He couldn't speak English but
he wanted us to pray. Because
00:36:44.83\00:36:49.04
you've prayed every day prior
to that that the food would be
00:36:49.07\00:36:53.98
enough to get everybody food
and I always said Lord make it
00:36:54.01\00:36:57.31
plenty, make it to where
everyone will have food. And so
00:36:57.35\00:37:00.72
he wasn't wanting us to leave
until I actually prayed that one
00:37:00.75\00:37:03.75
day.
00:37:03.79\00:37:05.22
He wasn't a Christian but
see he was becoming what he was
00:37:05.25\00:37:08.89
beholding, right? Okay So let's
talk about some of the stories
00:37:08.92\00:37:14.73
of these precious children. It's
amazing...First of all, I have
00:37:14.76\00:37:20.97
to say I'm astonished that $39 a
month sponsors a child. But tell
00:37:21.00\00:37:25.84
us, one of you
get started on this.
00:37:25.87\00:37:29.34
I want to say something.
I really believe that it's a
00:37:29.38\00:37:32.81
choice. You can make a decision.
All of us can come up with $39.
00:37:32.85\00:37:38.12
Bill and I with our measly
amount of money that we receive
00:37:38.15\00:37:41.42
monthly, we sponsor a child. So
$39 when you think about it buys
00:37:41.46\00:37:45.73
a pair of new shoes, going out
to eat, buying a hot drink at
00:37:45.76\00:37:52.93
Starbucks, adds up. So if you
could just leave some of that
00:37:52.97\00:37:57.34
off once in a while, you
can sponsor a child. So we're
00:37:57.37\00:38:01.68
praying that each of you who
hear us will say you know what
00:38:01.71\00:38:05.51
I can do it. I'm able to. So
I guess what we'll do is we'll
00:38:05.55\00:38:11.62
start with our video.
00:38:11.65\00:38:14.09
You've got some pictures.
00:38:14.12\00:38:15.66
And I have some pictures. I mean
not our video, our PowerPoint.
00:38:15.69\00:38:18.39
Our pictures.
00:38:18.43\00:38:20.90
So who's the first one?
00:38:20.93\00:38:22.50
The first one would be Krishna.
Krishna, I met about five years
00:38:22.53\00:38:29.87
ago at our Abraham Putnam School
And he came up to me and he said
00:38:29.90\00:38:35.71
Auntie. I say What. He says I
think I'm going blind. I go oh
00:38:35.74\00:38:39.65
come on. Why do you think you're
going blind? He says well when I
00:38:39.68\00:38:43.05
push on my eye here and go like
this and he did it, pus just
00:38:43.08\00:38:47.12
started rolling out of his eye.
Almost gagged, like oh gag. And
00:38:47.16\00:38:51.06
I say does this happen often
and he goes yes, Well I say
00:38:51.09\00:38:56.87
this is a story right here. Okay
I can't do anything right now
00:38:56.90\00:38:59.50
but we will get help and we did
get help for him. And the next
00:38:59.53\00:39:03.27
picture you see is him at the
hospital and he is just getting
00:39:03.30\00:39:09.61
finished. And now he's working
up in Nepal and he's doing
00:39:09.64\00:39:13.68
amazing. And he thanked me just
a week ago because we paid for
00:39:13.72\00:39:17.32
his surgery with our medical
fund in our ACI program. The
00:39:17.35\00:39:24.73
second child Ansh. This little
boy, I fell in love with. But he
00:39:24.76\00:39:31.63
couldn't go to school because
he was cross-eyed and everything
00:39:31.67\00:39:34.84
couldn't read, he couldn't
do anything. He was just such a
00:39:34.87\00:39:38.14
brilliant child but he
just could not go to school, he
00:39:38.17\00:39:42.48
couldn't learn anything and
his friend Neelum came to me and
00:39:42.51\00:39:47.85
said is there anything that we
can do for the ACI program. Can
00:39:47.88\00:39:50.89
we get him enrolled, can he
become an ACI student? And I
00:39:50.92\00:39:53.76
said yeah but what good would
that be. She says will can we
00:39:53.79\00:39:58.53
get him medical help? And I said
Well yeah, we can do that. So we
00:39:58.56\00:40:03.37
called the Hospital up in
Jalandhar who is an eye doctor
00:40:03.40\00:40:06.94
his name is Dr. Jacob I believe.
I may be wrong, sorry if I am.
00:40:06.97\00:40:11.31
And I asked him if there's a
possibility that he could do the
00:40:11.34\00:40:14.81
eye surgery. And I said I need
a discount because I don't have
00:40:14.84\00:40:18.71
a lot of money but I want to
help this boy. And he did. He
00:40:18.75\00:40:21.98
performed the surgery and
now this young man is in Hopper
00:40:22.02\00:40:26.79
going to school and getting
great marks and doing so well
00:40:26.82\00:40:30.66
The surgery was about $600.
00:40:30.69\00:40:33.73
600 U.S. dollars and
we were able to help him.
00:40:33.76\00:40:37.20
The next child I want to talk
about is Saral Mary. Saral Mary
00:40:37.23\00:40:46.07
comes from a village, very
poor and instead of saying a lot
00:40:46.11\00:40:51.45
about it, I would like to read
a little bit about how she wrote
00:40:51.48\00:40:56.32
to her sponsor and I think you
would enjoy it better than me
00:40:56.35\00:40:59.85
telling it. It says: It's
been nearly four years since you
00:40:59.89\00:41:05.53
picked me up as your sponsor.
Now she had been sponsored prior
00:41:05.56\00:41:09.53
but her sponsor had left the
program and changed and so she
00:41:09.56\00:41:13.87
was picked up with this new
sponsor. I was nearly five years
00:41:13.90\00:41:17.61
old when I was admitted to the
Seventh-day Adventist school for
00:41:17.64\00:41:21.24
my kindergarten classes. Little
did I know and understand the
00:41:21.28\00:41:24.51
value of what you were doing for
me. After those long years of
00:41:24.55\00:41:29.55
educational journey I have
reached my final high school
00:41:29.58\00:41:32.45
year. Yes, I'm in 12th class.
I will be appearing for my final
00:41:32.49\00:41:37.76
board exams on the month of
March. Kindly keep me in your
00:41:37.79\00:41:42.56
prayers. And then she goes on
and I'll just jump to the next
00:41:42.60\00:41:45.60
which I really loved when I read
it. In my school, I was directed
00:41:45.63\00:41:50.11
to the only living God,
Jesus Christ. In my true opinion
00:41:50.14\00:41:55.94
knowing Jesus has been the
best of all my experiences. Our
00:41:55.98\00:42:01.22
school trained me to be a
hard working young lady. Sabbath
00:42:01.25\00:42:07.69
became an awesome delight. The
worship service was so excited
00:42:07.72\00:42:09.92
that I got glued to Jesus.
Talk about glued to Jesus! My
00:42:09.96\00:42:14.90
connection with the Bible has a
immensely tightened. Today I am
00:42:14.93\00:42:19.60
in love with the word and the
Master of the word. This girl
00:42:19.63\00:42:24.31
has completed her school now
in 12th standard and she got the
00:42:24.34\00:42:29.01
highest marks. She got 84
percent. In India that's way
00:42:29.04\00:42:34.52
above That's like in the A-minus
Yeah, And I am starting nursing
00:42:34.55\00:42:41.09
this October.
00:42:41.12\00:42:43.46
Here's some more stories about
that. We had gone around of
00:42:43.49\00:42:47.20
course after COVID when we could
start going back then and we
00:42:47.23\00:42:51.50
were trying to find children
that had been in this program
00:42:51.53\00:42:54.57
clear from for sure first grade
some from kindergarten all the
00:42:54.60\00:42:57.51
way through 12. She was
one of those then. So Nancy had
00:42:57.54\00:43:01.14
included her in the newsletter
and a sponsor has seen that and
00:43:01.18\00:43:04.48
said I want to help this girl in
college and she's literally as
00:43:04.51\00:43:07.62
Nancy said has passed now
and she will be going in another
00:43:07.65\00:43:10.19
month or two. Nursing college
will start and she'll be able to
00:43:10.22\00:43:14.29
continue on.
00:43:14.32\00:43:15.66
So she says at the end, I cannot
thank you enough for all that
00:43:15.69\00:43:19.36
you've done for me. I am running
out of words to express my
00:43:19.39\00:43:24.10
deeper feelings. Thank you
so very much. May the good Lord
00:43:24.13\00:43:27.34
bless you, your family, and your
wonderful ministry. I am ending
00:43:27.37\00:43:31.24
my letter with
loads of love to you.
00:43:31.27\00:43:33.68
Oh that's precious,
that's precious. Great writer.
00:43:33.71\00:43:36.88
The next one will be Gambrean.
When I met this young man people
00:43:36.91\00:43:46.35
were staying away from him. He
was isolated even in the school.
00:43:46.39\00:43:50.89
Because if you look on his
ear there's a growth and on that
00:43:50.93\00:43:55.46
can you put that slide back up
please, yeah. On the right hand
00:43:55.50\00:43:58.37
side you'll see the growth that
is growing. It's growing but it
00:43:58.40\00:44:03.41
also smells horrible. And
so when I met this little boy I
00:44:03.44\00:44:07.18
went to him and I said, I
gave him a hug and I say you're
00:44:07.21\00:44:11.71
pretty lonely, right? He goes
yeah. Nobody wants to play with
00:44:11.75\00:44:14.58
me Auntie. I don't smell nice.
I said I'm so sorry. But you're
00:44:14.62\00:44:19.42
loved by me. I love you and I
know Jesus loves you. I said but
00:44:19.45\00:44:23.83
I have a question for you. If I
can get this removed by getting
00:44:23.86\00:44:28.16
a doctor to help me would you
be willing to go and have the
00:44:28.20\00:44:32.83
surgery? You should have seen
this kid's face. I have never
00:44:32.87\00:44:35.17
seen so much smile. I mean it
was just this huge smile and the
00:44:35.20\00:44:38.57
twinkle in his eyes and he goes
Auntie, I would love that. Can
00:44:38.61\00:44:42.08
you do that for me? Well before
we came I was able to talk with
00:44:42.11\00:44:47.08
the doctor and they're going to
perform the surgery and the ACI
00:44:47.12\00:44:51.35
medical fund is going to pay for
it. We're so thankful that he
00:44:51.39\00:44:54.06
is going to be able to do that.
There was only one boy, there
00:44:54.09\00:44:57.56
was only one boy out of all the
school that would connect with
00:44:57.59\00:45:00.70
him and play with him. So
hopefully if his loneliness, the
00:45:00.73\00:45:04.30
smell will go away and he
can have a childhood fun, there
00:45:04.33\00:45:11.84
playing soccer or they
call it football and cricket.
00:45:11.87\00:45:16.31
Amen, amen
00:45:16.34\00:45:17.68
The next child is Razia who
is a child that makes me smile
00:45:17.71\00:45:24.35
because she was basically
from a school that came from a
00:45:24.39\00:45:29.99
public school system. And she
had been taught there for a long
00:45:30.03\00:45:34.10
time and spoke the Hindi
language. Well she wanted to go
00:45:34.13\00:45:39.23
to our boarding school. But
she spoke no English. So a young
00:45:39.27\00:45:44.01
lady who is very dear to us
and she comes from Manipur. This
00:45:44.04\00:45:48.14
girl comes from Manipur and
Nelum said is there any chance
00:45:48.18\00:45:51.88
we could put her in our boarding
school. She really wants to go
00:45:51.91\00:45:53.98
to our boarding school. I said
okay no problem, we'll send her.
00:45:54.02\00:45:57.62
So we told Razia that she could
go but she would have to find
00:45:57.65\00:46:02.22
her own way there. We can't
pay for their way to get to the
00:46:02.26\00:46:05.39
school. It's a 10-hour train
ride with her father to go to
00:46:05.43\00:46:10.03
Hopper in the north and she got
there. Dr. Uttersingh who's the
00:46:10.07\00:46:14.87
principal, a really sweet guy.
He will do anything for kids.
00:46:14.90\00:46:17.87
I love this man. Anyway she met
him and could only speak Hindi.
00:46:17.91\00:46:22.28
And she said I've finished 8th
standard, 8th grade, and I want
00:46:22.31\00:46:26.38
to here and go to school. She
says well, Dr. Uttersingh says
00:46:26.41\00:46:31.65
well, I can do this for you. We
can put your 8th standard again
00:46:31.69\00:46:35.32
and you learn English and then
you move on. Well she said okay
00:46:35.36\00:46:40.90
and they got all signed up and
all the paperwork done and then
00:46:40.93\00:46:45.00
her father takes her to the dorm
where she meets her roommates.
00:46:45.03\00:46:49.50
And they're not just like one or
two roommates. They're more like
00:46:49.54\00:46:52.91
10, 15, 20 kids in a room. And
they were all way younger than
00:46:52.94\00:46:57.68
her and she's like really
embarrassed. I don't want to be
00:46:57.71\00:47:00.98
in this class. If I'm in this
class, I'll feel strange and I
00:47:01.02\00:47:04.79
don't want...
00:47:04.82\00:47:06.15
But he'd put her in the 8th
grade because she didn't speak
00:47:06.19\00:47:07.52
English.
00:47:07.56\00:47:08.89
So she went to her dad and he
says okay let's go talk to Dr.
00:47:08.92\00:47:11.69
Singh, Uttersingh. So they went
back. She says I want to go to
00:47:11.73\00:47:15.96
9th standard. Please put me
in 9th standard. He said but you
00:47:16.00\00:47:18.37
don't speak English. She says
but I can do it. I learn fast.
00:47:18.40\00:47:22.14
He says okay we'll try it. We'll
put you in 9th standard and if
00:47:22.17\00:47:25.37
you can make it you can continue
Guess what? She made it. She
00:47:25.41\00:47:29.54
spoke English and speaks English
so well. I got to meet her about
00:47:29.58\00:47:32.61
what a month ago, two months ago
and she speaks really well and
00:47:32.65\00:47:36.89
she's now in 12th standard going
to be graduating and her dream
00:47:36.92\00:47:41.26
is to become a teacher so she
can educate children and have
00:47:41.29\00:47:46.13
them get to know Jesus.
00:47:46.16\00:47:47.50
Praise God, praise God.
Okay was there anything else on
00:47:47.53\00:47:51.17
PowerPoint that you have,
graphics? So let's talk about
00:47:51.20\00:47:58.14
you've got a special project.
Tell us about the Bloom School.
00:47:58.17\00:48:01.81
Okay, there's the school in the
state of Tripura which is in the
00:48:01.84\00:48:06.15
Northeast part of India and the
principal there Mina Rhonchal
00:48:06.18\00:48:09.32
went to Spicer College and she
got her Master's degree and all
00:48:09.35\00:48:14.52
and she is from that area and
so she went back and started a
00:48:14.56\00:48:19.79
school. And it was very basic
and small to begin with, 35 or
00:48:19.83\00:48:26.23
so. And it got a good name
and people started coming from
00:48:26.27\00:48:30.81
farther and farther away. And I
think Nancy says that sometimes
00:48:30.84\00:48:33.94
they ended up having to you know
stay at night because it was
00:48:33.98\00:48:38.55
just too far away. Then she got
the idea maybe let's open some
00:48:38.58\00:48:42.72
classrooms...
00:48:42.75\00:48:44.19
She put them in classrooms. She
said you can't go home at night.
00:48:44.22\00:48:46.59
It's too dangerous. People
may hurt you or animals, wild
00:48:46.62\00:48:49.62
animals. You cannot go. So you
start staying in the classrooms.
00:48:49.66\00:48:52.83
So they started staying in
classrooms. Now they had two
00:48:52.86\00:48:55.23
rooms, one for the boys that
they are so crammed that the
00:48:55.26\00:48:59.27
bunkbeds are about I would say
maybe a foot apart and they're
00:48:59.30\00:49:03.47
three-story bunk beds and
all the children are crammed in
00:49:03.51\00:49:06.57
these rooms and they never
complain. They never complain
00:49:06.61\00:49:10.21
which to me is like I'd complain
if I had to be crushed with
00:49:10.25\00:49:13.98
everybody.
00:49:14.02\00:49:15.35
Well, there's 240 kids...
00:49:15.38\00:49:16.72
Two hundred and forty. Two of
them are day students. Most of
00:49:16.75\00:49:21.89
then are at
school, they're boarding.
00:49:21.92\00:49:23.73
Yeah but how many children
do we have in boarding school?
00:49:23.76\00:49:26.03
What? Our
children that are going.
00:49:26.06\00:49:29.90
There are about 30.
00:49:29.93\00:49:31.27
So there are not that many
but they were there and so she
00:49:31.30\00:49:34.07
approached Bill and says, Bill
we really need your help. We
00:49:34.10\00:49:36.91
would like to get a dorm and
a cafeteria and a kitchen and a
00:49:36.94\00:49:42.94
room for our dean. So can
you help us? So Bill says we've
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never done this big of a project
before but we talked about it
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and we decided we
would do it. How long is it?
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It's a hundred feet long, 50
feet wide so that's a big you
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know perimeter there and it's
the ground floor and the first
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floor and its strong enough
foundations to go one more
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higher up than that.
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So essentially you are wanting
to build the cafeteria, the dorm
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and the dean's room. And how
much do you think this project's
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going to cost?
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It's like $250,000. We've raised
about $175,000 and so we need
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about $75,000 more. So it's a
big project. But it's already as
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money comes in we've been
building, she's been building it
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so it's not just nothing there.
It's already you know well on
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it's way. But we still need
that much more to finish. So if
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someone's out there or a few
of you, this is a great project
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that will really turn around
that school tremendously then.
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What will happen is the dorm
will be second floor for the
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girls and third floor, hopefully
later on, they'll be able to do
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for the boys and the down is
a cafeteria as well as a study
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hall as well as chapel or church
And then we have the girl's dorm
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I mean dean's
house and the kitchen.
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Well I'll tell you it's exciting
to see how, again, $39 a month
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can change a child's future and
give them hope and then you are
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building up the kingdom of God
because these kids are coming
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back to serve again. We're going
to have to take a break because
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we're going to go to the address
roll right now and maybe the
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Holy Spirit is moving on your
heart that you say I want to
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help one of these children.
I want them to learn, learn
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English and learn more about the
Lord or maybe you can help with
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the Bloom School. Here is how
you can get in touch with Nancy
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and Bill.
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If you would like to contact or
know more Adventist Child India
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you can do so in the following
ways. You can write to them Care
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Of Southern Asia Division of
SDA PO Box 2, HCF, Hosur 635110
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Tamil Nadu, India. You can call
them at (208) 805-2193. You can
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visit their website at
AdventistChildIndia.org or send
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them an email at
ChildCare@AdventistChildIndia.
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org.
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