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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I want to spend my
life mending broken people.
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Hello, welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is John Dinzey,
along with my wife, Idalia.
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We are rejoicing and praising
the Lord for His kindness
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and mercy to each
and every one of us.
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And this is an hour of blessing,
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and we hope that you
are going to be blessed.
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Amen, I know you
will be blessed, because
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we have a special ministry
with us during this hour.
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We're going to be
sharing about a ministry
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who shares compassion.
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A ministry that
serves the very needy.
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And you know what?
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You can be part of
this ministry as well.
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As a mother, I am
touched by how the Lord uses
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people like you,
people like myself,
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to bring hope to children.
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It's a blessing to see
how families are mended.
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It's a blessing to see how
the Lord provides the needs
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of the very least of
these, these little children
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who need your
prayers, your support;
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be it financial support,
or perhaps you have even
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been a sponsor
of these children.
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- Praise the Lord
for that. - That's right.
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And we just praise the
Lord because this is a ministry
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that has been
around for a long time.
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And they already have
seen children grow up.
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That's right.
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So it's not a fly
by night ministry.
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Because you hear
sometimes these stories about
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people taking
advantage of situations.
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But this is a
ministry that many of you know.
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And some of you will
know for the first time.
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And it's time to
introduce our guests.
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They're here and they are going
to share some wonderful things.
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That's right, we have
the one and only Rick Fleck,
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the president of
International Children's Care.
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- Welcome back. - Thank you.
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So glad to be here today.
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~ Amen. Thank you.
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You have been president of
International Children's Care
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for about how many years?
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Oh, I have to
get a calculator out.
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But yeah, about 40 years.
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~ Amen.
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It's been a wonderful
ministry to be a part of.
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Just a blessing in my life.
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~ Amen. ~ Amen, amen.
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Well, we have
the vice-president.
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Can you introduce him, please?
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We have Brian
Manley. So, welcome.
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~ Thank you so much.
It's good to be here.
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~ Amen. Thank
you for coming along.
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And this is going to
be an hour of blessing.
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I'm going to say that
because we are all children
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in one way or another.
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And when you consider perhaps
the way you were brought up,
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it may not have been as
difficult and challenging
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as some of these children
from some other countries.
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And when you hear how
this ministry operates,
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you will be
encouraged and inspired.
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So before we continue, we want
to go to the Lord in prayer.
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And I want to remind
you that you can be a part
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of the 3ABN ministry by
becoming a prayer partner.
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You have two options: you
can either register and sign up
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to be a prayer partner by
going to the 3ABN web page.
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And that way you will
go to the pastoral section
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and you can register
and become a prayer partner.
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And then you will receive
some of the prayer requests
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that we get here at 3ABN.
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We won't send you all
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because we don't want
you to be overwhelmed.
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But if you choose, you
can just pray for the requests
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that are
mentioned during the day
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or that are put on the screen.
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But at this time we
invite you to join us.
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Let us go to the Lord in prayer.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
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we are grateful
because You love us.
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We are grateful because
You have a plan of salvation,
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and we can all take
part in being Your children.
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Thank You for Jesus that
has made salvation possible.
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And we thank You, Lord,
that we can bring this program,
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that we pray You will use to
be a blessing to Your children
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all over the world.
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And Lord, we ask You
to consider every request
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that comes to 3ABN.
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There are needs
all over this world.
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And we know You
are not overwhelmed.
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We know that You
can do all things.
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So we pray for
healing, Lord, for those
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that are ready for healing.
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Some may need to wait, so we
pray that You will be with them.
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Help them to trust in You.
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And we pray for
those that are going
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through financial difficulties.
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Sometimes this can cause
depression, discouragement,
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but we pray that You
will help them to know that
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You are able to
supply all their needs.
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So we pray also that
You will bless with wisdom
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so that we may use every dollar
to receive the maximum benefit.
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We pray that You will help
us not to be wasteful, but wise.
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And we pray for those going
through marital difficulties.
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This is one of the ways
the enemy tries to destroy
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and lead people astray.
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So we pray that You
will strengthen the homes,
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the fathers and the mothers,
and help them to be an example
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to their children,
that their children will
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desire to taste and
see that the Lord is good.
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And heavenly Father, we
pray for those that are praying
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for loved ones that for
one reason or another are
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facing some
challenge, some difficulties.
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We pray that You will also
be a Father and a caretaker,
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a protector and
a Savior unto them.
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And we ask You to
continue to bless 3ABN
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to reach more and more
people all around this world.
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We thank You, Lord, for
all those that continue to
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pray and support this ministry.
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And we ask, Lord,
for all these blessings
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in the holy and
blessed name of Jesus.
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- Amen. ~ Amen.
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Well, we have a scripture that
we'd like to share with you.
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It is found in
the book of Matthew.
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The Gospel According
to Matthew, chapter 19.
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And Idalia will read
verses 13 and 14 for us.
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It's Matthew 19:13-14.
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And the Word says, "Then little
children were brought to Him
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that He might put His
hands on them and pray,
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but the disciples rebuked them.
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But Jesus said, 'Let the
little children come to Me,
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and do not forbid them; for of
such is the kingdom of heaven.'"
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- Amen. ~ Amen, amen.
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- What beautiful words. - Amen.
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Yes, and as you continue
reading, you will see that Jesus
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put His hands on
them and blessed them.
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How does this passage of
scripture minister to you?
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Or what would you
like to share about it?
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You know, since my
mother was a little girl,
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she loved children.
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And she always
thought that she would like to
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do something for
children someday.
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And then my parents
became missionaries.
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Actually, my dad was
something like 40 years old,
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and he learned Spanish.
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Which is, you know, not easy.
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But I got to grow up in
Spanish countries with them.
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Central America,
Dominican Republic.
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And during those years,
my mother and father would
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minister to children a lot.
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I remember having children
in our home, you know, often.
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Poor children, maybe one
of the parents wasn't around.
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And sometimes they
celebrated Christmas with us,
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or other things.
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And little by little she
became known as the person
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who would take care of children.
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And so,
International Children's Care
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sort of came to be as that
historical background really.
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There was a devastating
earthquake in the late 70's
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in Guatemala.
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That was kind of a catalyst
because there became some
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call for there needs to
be an Adventist ministry
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for vulnerable
abandoned orphaned children.
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And elder Robert Folkenberg
was the president of the
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Central American
Union at that time.
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And he knew my parents,
they had worked together.
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And so he contacted
my mother and my father
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and asked if they'd be
interested in helping to start
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a ministry for children.
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He said, an
orphanage for children.
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She said, "Well,
what do you have in mind?"
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"Well," he said, "we'll
build a building and we'll get
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some people and
bring children in."
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She said, "I'm not
interested in that."
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"Well, what do you want to do?"
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And she said,
"Well, I've always thought
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I want to start an orphanage
that's more like a home.
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So I've thought of a children's
village where we would have
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a large campus and homes.
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And each home could have gardens
and they'd have house parents
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that were Adventist people that
would take care of the children.
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School, church,
that sort of thing."
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And he said, "Yeah, I
like it. That's great."
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And those of you who remember
Brother Bob would remember,
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"Yeah, hey I
want to go for that."
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~ And so, he
already had some funds,
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and he said, "Let's
start something like this."
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Well that was a hard thing
because my mother had never
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done anything like this.
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But she felt
like the Lord really
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called her to this ministry.
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That He actually spoke to her
and her heart, and my father.
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And so they actually
retired in order to start
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that ministry so long ago.
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And that was how it was based.
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The idea of family,
the idea of giving children
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something that they didn't have.
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It doesn't just
have to do with poverty.
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~ It has to do
with a broken heart.
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It has to do with
something inside that
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needs to be repaired.
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Only through the
love and mercy of Jesus.
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Tell us the names of
your mother and father.
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Alcyon and Ken Fleck.
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Yeah, my dad was a
president of different
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conferences, missions in Central
America, Dominican Republic.
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That was a long time
ago when, you know, we heard
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a lot about missionaries
going around to different parts.
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And then they prepared
others in those countries
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to then take over and lead out.
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And he was part of that.
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- Amen, amen. - Beautiful.
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Well, Jesus said to "let the
little children come unto Me."
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And this is the ministry
that has taken on the role of
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Jesus, saying, "Yes,
bring those children to Me."
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It's a wonderful,
wonderful ministry.
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And we want to
hear more about it.
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And I'm sure you do also.
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How it works and what they do.
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And we have a song
we'd like to share.
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We have a song.
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And you know, music
also ministers to the heart.
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And I'm just praising
Jesus for the ministry
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of ICC,
International Children's Care
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because they nourish and
they introduce the love of Jesus
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in the hearts of these children.
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And I am anxious to
hear more about what ICC is
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and the services they provide
to each child that they receive.
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And there's a role for
you too that you can play
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in this ministry.
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But right now we're going
to enjoy the ministry of music
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by Alessandra Sorace.
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She's going to sing, Redeemed.
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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,
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redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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Redeemed, how I
love it proclaim it.
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His child and forever I am.
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I think of my blessed Redeemer,
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,
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redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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Redeemed, how I
love it proclaim it.
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His child and forever I am.
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I know I shall see in His beauty
the King in whose law I delight;
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who lovingly
guardeth my footsteps
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and giveth me
songs in the night.
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Redeemed, redeemed,
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redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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Redeemed, how I
love it proclaim it.
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His child and forever I am.
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Redeemed, redeemed,
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redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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Redeemed, how I
love it proclaim it.
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His child and forever I am.
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His child and forever I am.
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- Amen. Redeemed. - Redeemed.
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What a blessing
it is to be redeemed
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by the blood of the Lamb.
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And that was Alessandra Sorace.
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And we thank her so
much for coming to 3ABN
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and sharing her
ministry of music with us.
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And I am blessed
every time I see her.
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And you can see the
joy of the Lord in her.
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She loves to
praise the Lord in music.
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And I can just
think about the children
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of International Children's
Care, how they're taught
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different songs and hymns.
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That's what I'm
assuming, Rick, right?
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- That's right. -
That's what they teach.
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Little songs, and the children
just enjoy praising Jesus.
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Well, as we started the
program off sharing about
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ICC, there may be some
people are just joining us,
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and again we just
want to give you a recap.
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The history of the
ministry, ICC, and its growth,
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its expansion.
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You mentioned that your
parents were missionaries,
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but you were also raised in
different parts of the world.
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So please share with us.
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Yes, and as I grew up,
I learned that language,
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Spanish
especially, and the culture.
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And that has really
been a blessing to me as I've
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been able now to work
in different countries
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around the world.
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And ICC, my mother would
say, "I never expected this to
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go beyond just
working in Guatemala."
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But the Lord often
has plans for us that we
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don't even can imagine.
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And so, before she
passed away, she was able to see
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ICC expanding into
12, 13, 14 different
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countries of the world.
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And you know, now
we have to go to Congo,
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we have to go to India, we
have to go to other countries.
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And what a blessing to minister,
because the hurt in those
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children is the same
no matter where you go.
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And only God really can
provide a solution to that.
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~ And every country speaks
their own dialect or language,
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but it's interesting
that the pain is the same
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in any language.
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And you know, the
theme song for 3ABN,
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"I want to spend my
life mending broken people."
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And you are ministering, you're
mending the broken children.
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So praise Jesus
for the people that are
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in your team
sponsoring the children
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and working with these
children to bring hope.
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This is a call to
mission, a call to mission.
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Brian Manley is
the vice-president of
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International Children's Care.
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And tell us about your journey.
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How the Lord led in
your life to eventually say,
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"You know what, I
think I want to be
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a part of this ministry."
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Yes, my wife Lorinda has worked
for ICC for about 15 years.
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So I have seen the
organization through her eyes,
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through her experience in our
children services department.
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But maybe going back a
little bit before that,
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my grandparents
served the church in India
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for about 20 years.
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And then my parents served
the church in east Africa,
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Kenya, for almost 10 years.
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And so, I kind of grew
up as a third generation,
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what we might call
the third culture kid.
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Really immersed in
cross-cultural ministry,
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and a passion for
using my talents for God
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in a cross-cultural context.
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And so, we have served abroad in
Middle East/North Africa Union
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based in Beirut, Lebanon.
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And also a very interesting
and challenging experience.
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And we worked largely
with young people, with youth
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outreach
initiatives that I think kind of
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fed a growing passion in me that
is finding fulfillment at ICC.
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~ Praise the
Lord, praise the Lord.
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The Lord has been preparing you
to be a part of this ministry
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that's making such an
impact in the lives of children
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that, you know, you
hate to think about it,
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but some of these children,
had it not been for ICC,
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they may have either
wound up being mistreated,
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or died in the
streets, or be a part of a gang,
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dying early in some tragedy.
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But praise the Lord for this
atmosphere of home they can have
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through
International Children's Care.
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It's a safety,
it's a safety zone.
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~ You feel part of a
family. - Yes, that's right.
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Now, Rick, I know you
have to fund villages,
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but as Brian mentioned, his
wife works with the ministry,
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and he has learned of the
ministry through her eyes,
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her compassion, her
passion for the ministry.
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So please, describe to
us what is so special about
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these children's villages,
so we can also understand
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the special
projects that you have.
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Well I was mentioning earlier
that it's not just a problem
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of poverty with children.
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It's a problem of
hurt, it's a problem of loss.
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And so, our goal is
to re-establish something
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in their lives
that they're missing.
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And that's family,
that's a sense of belonging,
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a sense of community.
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And so, the children's village
concept is so nice because,
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I mean, it was
inspired by God literally.
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That by having these
dedicated house parents
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who are
Christians, they're Adventists,
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they're taking care of the
children just like their own.
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And sometimes they have
their own children as well,
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and they all
integrate together in a home.
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So they may take care of 10
or 12 of the children that are
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without families and make
them part of their family.
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And then right on that
same campus we have a church,
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we have our school, typically.
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There's a farm.
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Sometimes we have
self-supporting industries,
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you know, where they help
grow food and things like that.
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And we even are doing
some industries that are more
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commercial to help
provide the funding.
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And so, it's real life. Right?
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They're living a real life.
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They're enjoying going
to church, going to school,
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playing, you know.
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It becomes something
that they didn't have before.
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And that's a real family.
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~ Amen. ~ Amen.
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There are some pictures.
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Yes, they have a
picture of Los Pinos campus.
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Now talk to us about,
wow, look at that campus.
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~ So you have acreage there.
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~ This was our first project.
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And Brian was just there
recently, so you might want to
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hear his perspective because
it's a little bit of a new one.
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~ Give us an eyewitness
report of what you saw there.
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What really
impacted you about it?
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Yeah, I really had the privilege
to visit that as our flagship
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campus first in my
time here with ICC.
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I learned that Guatemala
has about 500,000 orphaned
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abandoned
children in the country.
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And that's an interesting
statistic if you consider that
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the population of the
country is about 16 million.
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And so, there's a need
to take care of children
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there is a long-term
nurturing environment.
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I was blessed to see
this campus so well developed.
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The architecture, the
placement of the homes,
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the way the homes are laid out,
all testify of a very thoughtful
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model that is really
based on nurturing children
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who have come from
traumatic backgrounds,
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and providing a healing process.
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It was a blessing to
see the homes on campus
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and the way they're laid
out, the church in the middle,
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the gardens, the
landscaping, everything kind of
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comes together to
show a healing environment.
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~ Amen.
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So is this the
home, one of the homes?
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~ That one is in
the Dominican Republic,
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but yes it's a typical home.
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~ Beautiful, very nice.
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So you have the dedicated
staff of Anabela and Lori?
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Yes. I think there's a picture
of my wife Lorinda and Anabela
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who is our
country director there.
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~ Okay, which one of your wife?
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~ My wife is on the right
and Anabela is in the middle.
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Sister Anabela is doing a great
work in her role of leadership.
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We also have Joel and
Sonya Carpio who are the
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project administrators.
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Dedicated staff.
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We met the house
parents, and the teachers,
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and the principal of the school.
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They're very self-sacrificing
dedicated people.
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We have a picture of a
teacher, and also the children.
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They even give
affection. That is beautiful.
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And there's a teacher
working with an alumni,
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with a student.
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That's wonderful. Very good.
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So they get their
personal attention.
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~ Absolutely.
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~ Give us an idea of the
structure, like for example,
00:24:43.98\00:24:46.98
the one in
Guatemala has the capacity for
00:24:47.02\00:24:49.68
how many children, let's say.
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We have a capacity
for over 100 children.
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Right now we're
a little bit low on
00:24:54.92\00:24:57.06
how many children we have there.
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It's kind of an ebb and flow,
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depending on political
situations and the government,
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and things like that.
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So every country is
different too, in terms of that.
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Right now our country with
the most children is in Congo,
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Democratic Republic of Congo.
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And we have about
150 on that campus.
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~ So it's a busy place.
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A lot of singing, a lot
of yelling and screaming.
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- Running and
jumping. - Running and jumping.
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So a lot of noise.
That means they're healthy.
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Yeah, and Brian
and I noticed that.
00:25:37.17\00:25:40.60
You know, when we were in
the school, we were looking
00:25:40.64\00:25:43.00
how the teachers, as
the children would come in,
00:25:43.37\00:25:46.78
would hug each child.
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And there was that
physical contact, you know.
00:25:48.54\00:25:51.11
And it's just like they
really take it seriously.
00:25:51.15\00:25:53.92
You know, that this is
a child who needs this.
00:25:54.28\00:25:58.55
They need that
something different, you know,
00:25:58.59\00:26:01.96
even more than maybe
your child would need
00:26:01.99\00:26:04.76
when they go to school.
00:26:04.79\00:26:06.19
Wow, tremendous.
That's tremendous.
00:26:06.23\00:26:08.06
It's an unforgettable impact
on the lives of these children.
00:26:08.76\00:26:11.43
- Unforgettable impact. ~ Yes.
00:26:11.47\00:26:12.80
What I'd like to say is,
if these walls could speak
00:26:12.83\00:26:16.20
at every campus
where you have ICC.
00:26:16.24\00:26:20.01
I mean, so many stories.
00:26:20.31\00:26:22.51
It must be difficult for you to
decide which testimony to share.
00:26:23.11\00:26:27.25
But I understand you have
Silvia Maria's testimony, right?
00:26:27.28\00:26:31.59
~ Yeah, I'd like to tell
you a little bit about her.
00:26:31.62\00:26:34.16
You know, when
Brian and I were there,
00:26:34.49\00:26:36.76
and our wives, just
a couple of months ago,
00:26:36.79\00:26:39.93
we got together with a
bunch of older kids that are
00:26:40.46\00:26:42.56
now independent, you know.
00:26:42.60\00:26:43.97
They wanted to come and see us,
because they call me, papa Rick.
00:26:44.07\00:26:48.70
My wife is mama Sharon.
00:26:49.30\00:26:51.07
So they wanted to
come and see us, and hug,
00:26:51.94\00:26:55.84
and you know, reminisce.
00:26:55.88\00:26:57.81
Well, Maria and her little
brother and her little sister
00:26:58.38\00:27:04.82
came to us quite some time ago.
00:27:04.85\00:27:07.79
Actually in 2000.
00:27:08.09\00:27:09.72
When we were there
visiting now, she's grown up,
00:27:13.23\00:27:16.80
went to school.
00:27:17.10\00:27:18.43
Both she and her
sister graduated from nursing,
00:27:18.47\00:27:22.00
and then they took
respiratory therapy.
00:27:22.04\00:27:24.87
~ You have pictures of
Silvia and her siblings.
00:27:24.91\00:27:26.94
~ We do when they first came.
00:27:26.98\00:27:28.94
~ Wow, in 2001.
00:27:29.84\00:27:31.95
So I asked her, "Well, how did
things go during the pandemic?"
00:27:31.98\00:27:36.85
Because, you know, she's
working in a hospital there.
00:27:36.89\00:27:40.36
So she kind of told
me some of her story.
00:27:41.82\00:27:43.89
Brian was there, we
were talking with her.
00:27:43.93\00:27:46.49
And I said, "Could
you write that to me?
00:27:46.53\00:27:49.16
Because I'd like to share that?"
00:27:49.20\00:27:50.77
And so she did; I'd just like
to read part of her testimony.
00:27:51.07\00:27:54.47
She said, "My name
is Silvia Maria Herrera.
00:27:54.50\00:27:57.04
I am a respiratory therapist
and I am from Guatemala.
00:27:57.81\00:28:01.48
I work at the
national hospital in my country
00:28:01.51\00:28:03.91
called, General
Hospital San Juan De Dios.
00:28:03.95\00:28:07.08
And during the pandemic
our country was affected a lot.
00:28:07.88\00:28:10.95
They didn't have enough
beds for so many people.
00:28:12.02\00:28:14.59
I had the opportunity
to work with elderly adults
00:28:14.62\00:28:17.26
and younger adults.
00:28:17.29\00:28:18.63
There were moments that
were happy, sad, desperate,
00:28:19.09\00:28:22.63
and moments of worry.
00:28:22.66\00:28:24.23
Many people lost their
battle with the coronavirus.
00:28:24.63\00:28:28.34
There were moments when we
saw the hand of God so real,
00:28:28.84\00:28:31.94
and moments which
were painful and difficult,
00:28:32.31\00:28:34.64
such as when a patient
would ask for a last video call
00:28:34.68\00:28:38.45
to be able to say
goodbye to their families.
00:28:38.48\00:28:41.08
And in the midst of so
much pain, suffering, sadness,
00:28:41.88\00:28:46.02
anguish, I had the opportunity
to be able to talk with
00:28:46.05\00:28:50.66
all those people
about the love of God.
00:28:50.69\00:28:53.46
~ I was able to hold
their hand and pray with them,
00:28:53.86\00:28:57.70
and sometimes give them a few
words of encouragement and hope.
00:28:58.73\00:29:03.14
Although, many times the
reality was something else.
00:29:03.81\00:29:07.21
Many times I was filled
with sadness to see the severity
00:29:08.54\00:29:12.28
of the illness, and sometimes
not knowing what to do.
00:29:12.31\00:29:15.02
But I knew that
God placed me there
00:29:15.35\00:29:18.72
to be able to help each
one who needed my services.
00:29:19.29\00:29:23.22
I love my career, my
work, and I love my neighbor."
00:29:23.83\00:29:28.33
~ Amen. ~ Amen.
00:29:28.36\00:29:29.70
~ What a beautiful
story. ~ Beautiful letter.
00:29:29.73\00:29:31.63
This is she in this
picture that we're looking at?
00:29:33.03\00:29:37.94
~That's Silvia and her
sister when they graduated.
00:29:37.97\00:29:41.74
And my wife and I went and were
with them at their graduation.
00:29:42.54\00:29:46.75
~ Beautiful.
00:29:46.78\00:29:48.12
~ You have a
picture of Silvia as well
00:29:48.15\00:29:49.48
with a patient, I understand.
00:29:49.52\00:29:51.49
Oh, look at her.
00:29:52.05\00:29:53.39
~ She said, she told us,
"Sometimes with all the stuff
00:29:53.62\00:29:57.03
that we had on, we had to
wear, we didn't eat all day,
00:29:57.06\00:30:01.90
or even hardly drink.
00:30:02.23\00:30:03.67
Because we didn't want
to have to take it off.
00:30:03.70\00:30:05.40
We were so busy,
it was incredible."
00:30:05.43\00:30:08.07
She said, "You cannot
imagine how busy it was."
00:30:08.10\00:30:10.41
And so many people died.
00:30:10.97\00:30:12.57
So this is like Idalia
said, how do you decide
00:30:13.38\00:30:17.68
what story to share?
00:30:17.71\00:30:19.05
Because you're talking
about each child is a story.
00:30:19.08\00:30:22.08
- Each child is a testimony.
~ Each child is a story.
00:30:22.12\00:30:24.49
It's a wonderful,
wonderful testimony.
00:30:25.49\00:30:27.26
But we have some more
that we need to share with you,
00:30:27.29\00:30:29.96
because we have some visitors
via Skype that are joining us.
00:30:29.99\00:30:33.70
Milton and Grizelda,
welcome to this program.
00:30:33.73\00:30:39.47
Thank you so much for
taking the time to join us.
00:30:39.87\00:30:42.00
Tell us about your
story, where you are.
00:30:42.40\00:30:45.84
Where do you
serve, actually, also?
00:30:45.87\00:30:48.14
Let me begin by saying
thank you for inviting us
00:30:50.45\00:30:53.68
to share our insights as both
of us as children growing up,
00:30:53.72\00:30:57.79
and experiences now as adults.
00:30:57.82\00:31:00.22
So my name is Milton Casasola,
I was born in Guatemala.
00:31:01.06\00:31:04.53
I am currently
assigned to the aircraft carrier
00:31:05.23\00:31:08.60
USS Abraham Lincoln
serving as an aircraft officer.
00:31:08.63\00:31:13.34
We currently live in San Diego.
00:31:13.37\00:31:15.04
Our family will be in San Diego
for the foreseeable future.
00:31:15.07\00:31:19.37
My name is Grizelda Casasola.
Thank you for inviting us.
00:31:19.74\00:31:22.61
And we have two
wonderful daughters.
00:31:23.11\00:31:25.88
The older daughter's
name is Carol Casasola.
00:31:26.41\00:31:29.88
She's 14 years old.
00:31:29.92\00:31:31.25
And the youngest
is Valarie Casasola,
00:31:31.29\00:31:32.99
and she's 12 years old.
00:31:33.02\00:31:34.46
Well, we'd like to
know, you know, you guys have
00:31:35.52\00:31:38.39
such a beautiful testimony.
00:31:38.43\00:31:40.16
The Lord provided so that
you can be part of the ministry
00:31:40.36\00:31:45.33
and be received in Los
Pinos, right, in Guatemala.
00:31:45.37\00:31:48.94
But, you know,
something happened in your life.
00:31:49.14\00:31:51.27
You decided to take on
these blessings the Lord
00:31:51.31\00:31:54.84
poured into your lives, and
you decided to continue studying
00:31:54.88\00:31:58.51
and become a role model
for so many other children
00:31:58.55\00:32:02.95
that are in so
many other campuses.
00:32:03.15\00:32:05.95
Milton, please tell us
about your story and how you
00:32:05.99\00:32:09.42
came to Los Pinos
village in Guatemala.
00:32:09.46\00:32:12.96
So my story is not
unique in the sense that
00:32:14.40\00:32:18.23
by the time I was
brought to Los Pinos.
00:32:18.27\00:32:21.00
I wasn't the only kid in need.
00:32:21.04\00:32:24.04
I will have to put things
into perspective to give you
00:32:24.07\00:32:27.64
a bit of understanding
of the situation back then.
00:32:27.68\00:32:30.35
By the time I was born in 1977,
00:32:30.55\00:32:33.65
Guatemala was
going through a civil war
00:32:33.68\00:32:35.95
or had gone through a civil war.
00:32:36.15\00:32:37.65
The civil war had been
going on for about 17 years.
00:32:37.69\00:32:40.76
And as Rick explained,
there was a major earthquake
00:32:40.96\00:32:45.16
that hit Guatemala and
about 2000 people died.
00:32:45.19\00:32:49.76
Actually, 23,000 people died
00:32:49.80\00:32:51.37
and about a million
people lost their homes.
00:32:51.40\00:32:53.70
So the situation in Guatemala
was pretty bad in the 70s,
00:32:54.40\00:32:59.27
in addition to the civil war.
00:32:59.84\00:33:02.54
But between 1981
and 1983 the situation
00:33:03.01\00:33:08.25
went from bad to worse.
00:33:08.28\00:33:10.55
In 1982 my father was
kidnapped at gunpoint.
00:33:11.35\00:33:15.49
He was tied up, taken away,
and never to be seen again.
00:33:18.33\00:33:26.33
So this was late in 1982.
00:33:26.53\00:33:29.37
My mom was 30 and couldn't
provide for her young family.
00:33:30.94\00:33:37.61
So two years went by
and she learned about ICC.
00:33:37.91\00:33:42.55
And we eventually were
brought to Los Pinos, just like
00:33:43.08\00:33:46.76
most children that went
to ICC and were brought to
00:33:47.49\00:33:51.43
Los Pinos were
victims of the war.
00:33:51.46\00:33:53.90
~ Wow, I'm sure you could
share more about your story.
00:33:54.60\00:33:58.80
It's a painful experience.
00:33:59.37\00:34:02.64
But the Lord
provided a place for you.
00:34:03.00\00:34:05.81
And now you can see how the Lord
led and blessed in your life.
00:34:05.84\00:34:11.81
I know that time limits us from
hearing more about your story,
00:34:12.91\00:34:16.08
but we praise the
Lord where you are now.
00:34:16.12\00:34:18.09
Grizelda, tell us a
little bit about your story.
00:34:18.49\00:34:21.16
Okay, I was born
in February 1981.
00:34:22.02\00:34:26.73
I was born in Guatemala City.
00:34:26.93\00:34:29.00
My mother was between 14 and 15,
00:34:29.76\00:34:34.54
so she was a teen mom.
00:34:34.57\00:34:35.97
And she didn't really care.
00:34:36.37\00:34:39.01
I don't think she
was prepared to be a mom.
00:34:39.04\00:34:41.51
So she did the best
she could do to support me.
00:34:41.98\00:34:47.65
And she accepted a job
in a prostitution place.
00:34:47.68\00:34:51.59
And I was a newborn, couple
of months, living in that place,
00:34:52.22\00:34:56.99
crying all day long.
00:34:57.03\00:34:58.43
She didn't care about me
because she needed to work.
00:34:59.16\00:35:02.06
Until my aunt was wondering
what was happening with me.
00:35:02.36\00:35:07.27
And she came to that
place and she heard a baby
00:35:07.30\00:35:10.21
crying and screaming,
and asked what was happening.
00:35:10.24\00:35:13.17
And they told my aunt, "Well,
your sister left the baby there
00:35:13.38\00:35:17.45
all day long without
food, without anything,
00:35:17.48\00:35:19.65
without changing diapers."
00:35:19.68\00:35:21.15
So my aunt quickly
rushed to the room,
00:35:21.45\00:35:27.36
and when she picked me up
she noticed that I had like
00:35:27.56\00:35:30.43
some worms on my back.
00:35:30.46\00:35:31.99
And I was in
really, really bad shape.
00:35:32.03\00:35:35.06
I was really sick.
00:35:35.10\00:35:36.43
And she got scared and
she rushed to the hospital
00:35:36.90\00:35:40.04
because she thought I was dying.
00:35:40.07\00:35:41.97
So at the hospital
the doctors did whatever
00:35:43.10\00:35:45.91
they could do to help me.
00:35:45.94\00:35:47.48
And when they gave
the green light to my aunt
00:35:47.51\00:35:50.28
that she could take
me home, my aunt decided,
00:35:50.31\00:35:52.98
"I'm taking care of this baby."
00:35:53.01\00:35:54.55
So she had a baby too as well,
and she was nursing her baby.
00:35:54.58\00:35:58.79
So she decided, "Well, I'm
going to nurse my niece too."
00:35:58.99\00:36:01.62
So she was taking care
actually of two babies.
00:36:01.66\00:36:04.16
But one day when I was
actually healed and better,
00:36:04.43\00:36:09.16
my mom came back
and knocked on the door.
00:36:09.20\00:36:12.63
And she really told her,
"I'm the mom and I'm taking
00:36:12.67\00:36:16.94
my daughter with me."
00:36:16.97\00:36:18.31
And she just took me.
00:36:18.51\00:36:19.84
My aunt never ever
knew about me, and she cried
00:36:19.87\00:36:22.68
and she asked, "Where is
the baby? Where is the baby?"
00:36:22.71\00:36:24.95
She never said anything.
00:36:24.98\00:36:26.35
And then after that somehow
she knew about Los Pinos.
00:36:26.92\00:36:35.22
And Los Pinos has a house
for babies in Guatemala City.
00:36:35.26\00:36:39.66
You needed to travel by car
in those days at least two days
00:36:39.69\00:36:42.93
to go to Los
Pinos, to the big village
00:36:43.43\00:36:48.97
where we have lots
of nature and trees,
00:36:49.00\00:36:51.97
and everything that
you saw in the pictures.
00:36:52.01\00:36:54.08
And my mom was like,
00:36:55.28\00:36:57.15
"Who is the administrator
of this orphanage?"
00:36:57.18\00:36:59.58
And then they said, "I am."
00:36:59.61\00:37:01.45
"Take my baby."
She was such in a rush.
00:37:01.82\00:37:04.02
She was just
like, "Take my baby.
00:37:04.05\00:37:05.99
I can't take care of her."
00:37:06.35\00:37:07.69
And the
administrator was like, "What?"
00:37:07.79\00:37:11.93
And she said,
"Well, what is her name?"
00:37:11.96\00:37:14.70
And the administrator's
husband said, "What is her name?
00:37:14.90\00:37:17.73
How old is she?"
00:37:17.77\00:37:19.10
And she goes, "What is
the birth certificate?"
00:37:19.13\00:37:22.67
And she goes, "I don't
have her birth certificate."
00:37:22.87\00:37:25.47
And that was a problem
legally for the village,
00:37:25.94\00:37:29.21
bring a kid without
a birth certificate.
00:37:29.54\00:37:31.45
And she promised
the administrator,
00:37:31.48\00:37:33.15
"Tomorrow I will be here.
00:37:33.18\00:37:35.02
I will bring the
birth certificate."
00:37:35.05\00:37:36.79
She never ever showed up.
00:37:37.12\00:37:39.42
So the social worker
and the administrator
00:37:39.79\00:37:43.09
traveled almost
to all Guatemala.
00:37:43.12\00:37:44.93
They told me, "Oh, we
learned all about Guatemala
00:37:44.96\00:37:47.86
because of you."
00:37:48.06\00:37:49.43
Trying to find my mom.
00:37:49.46\00:37:50.87
So on the
providence of God, somehow...
00:37:51.17\00:37:55.90
She's not an
Adventist. She's not Christian.
00:37:55.94\00:37:58.97
So we don't understand.
00:37:59.01\00:38:00.48
We just understand
that that was God's plan,
00:38:00.51\00:38:02.98
how she brought me to
Los Pinos without knowing.
00:38:03.01\00:38:06.85
So we are sure that that was
God that has a plan for my life
00:38:07.32\00:38:11.49
and saved my life.
00:38:11.52\00:38:12.85
The way God leads in the
life, how, you know, we have
00:38:14.42\00:38:18.69
unfortunate in some
people, they struggle.
00:38:18.73\00:38:21.86
Sometimes the finances, the
difficulties of even supporting
00:38:22.30\00:38:26.84
themselves, they
make these decisions
00:38:26.87\00:38:29.14
that sometimes in
the future they regret.
00:38:29.34\00:38:32.01
And we don't
know the full story.
00:38:32.04\00:38:33.64
It will be revealed
eventually in the future.
00:38:33.68\00:38:37.48
But praise the Lord you were
able to be a part of this home.
00:38:37.51\00:38:41.28
And there you
learned about Jesus.
00:38:41.65\00:38:45.09
And now it's
unfortunate we don't have time.
00:38:45.29\00:38:48.82
Maybe you can
give us a one-minute
00:38:48.86\00:38:50.76
or 30-second version...
00:38:50.79\00:38:52.13
They are married,
you're both married.
00:38:52.16\00:38:55.10
So apparently there's
a love story behind this.
00:38:55.33\00:38:58.83
So I don't know who
would like to share that.
00:38:59.73\00:39:01.47
Can you give me
a little glimpse?
00:39:01.50\00:39:03.67
So we'll do our best.
00:39:04.74\00:39:06.51
Given the sake of
time, we'll do our best
00:39:06.54\00:39:11.55
to give a short
version of the story.
00:39:11.58\00:39:13.42
So I graduated
from high school in 1994
00:39:13.75\00:39:18.02
and left Los Pinos,
the children's village.
00:39:18.32\00:39:22.09
My mom had a plan, and two
weeks after we graduated from
00:39:22.86\00:39:27.56
high school, my brother and I,
00:39:27.60\00:39:29.03
we moved to Los
Angeles, California.
00:39:29.23\00:39:31.30
I was a few years ahead, a
few grades ahead of Grizelda.
00:39:31.80\00:39:34.90
She graduated from high school
00:39:35.80\00:39:38.07
about 4 or 5
years later in 1998.
00:39:38.17\00:39:40.68
And she went to the Adventist
college in Costa Rica in 2000.
00:39:41.14\00:39:46.41
And so, I was
stationed overseas.
00:39:46.68\00:39:50.15
I had joined the
Navy to see the world
00:39:50.35\00:39:52.79
and get a college education.
00:39:52.82\00:39:55.66
So years went by, about 9 years.
00:39:55.69\00:39:59.66
And somehow she got my email
address and sent me an email.
00:39:59.69\00:40:05.10
~ Somehow, huh?
00:40:05.13\00:40:06.47
This was in early 2003.
00:40:06.50\00:40:09.10
And I responded.
00:40:09.47\00:40:11.04
So she can tell you a
little about that exchange.
00:40:11.07\00:40:14.34
So I have a friend
at college that said,
00:40:14.54\00:40:17.65
"Do you know Milton
visited us at Los Pinos?"
00:40:17.68\00:40:20.08
And I said, "Oh, great."
00:40:20.12\00:40:21.45
"Do you remember him?"
And I said, "Yes, I do."
00:40:21.48\00:40:23.79
And then because honestly, I did
not like Milton at the village,
00:40:24.15\00:40:28.12
because he was this
obedient boy excels in grades,
00:40:28.76\00:40:34.23
number one."
00:40:34.26\00:40:35.60
So the administrator always
was like, "Look at Milton.
00:40:35.63\00:40:39.13
He's a good
boy, he behaves good.
00:40:39.17\00:40:41.30
Look at Milton,
he has good grades.
00:40:41.34\00:40:43.00
He's a hard worker.
00:40:43.04\00:40:44.37
Look at Milton. Look at Milton."
00:40:44.41\00:40:45.74
For every meeting they
would, "Look at Milton."
00:40:45.77\00:40:49.34
So I kind of disliked him,
because you learn about God
00:40:49.78\00:40:54.15
at the orphanage, and
then you learn that you
00:40:54.18\00:40:56.18
follow Jesus' example.
00:40:56.22\00:40:57.55
So I was like, "Why do I need
to follow this boy's example?
00:40:57.59\00:41:00.19
He's a human
being just like me."
00:41:00.22\00:41:02.06
So we never exchanged
a word at the village.
00:41:02.79\00:41:06.09
We never, we never...
00:41:06.13\00:41:08.50
She grew up in a different home.
00:41:08.83\00:41:10.47
...talked like a friendship.
00:41:10.50\00:41:12.07
So when we were in
college, my friend said
00:41:12.37\00:41:14.80
"Let's send him an email."
00:41:14.84\00:41:16.17
And I said, "Sure."
00:41:16.20\00:41:17.54
So I sent him
one line and a half.
00:41:17.57\00:41:19.07
"Hi Milton, I am Grizelda."
00:41:19.37\00:41:21.81
And I said my
single last name, Lopez.
00:41:21.84\00:41:23.95
"Do you remember me?
00:41:24.15\00:41:25.61
I have black hair, I'm skinny,"
and probably said black eyes.
00:41:25.65\00:41:30.02
And then I never thought
he would answer back to me,
00:41:30.42\00:41:33.12
honestly, because we
never were friends ever.
00:41:33.15\00:41:37.19
And then he answered
me a page and a half,
00:41:37.23\00:41:41.20
like telling me
everything about himself.
00:41:42.10\00:41:44.93
And I was like, okay.
00:41:45.27\00:41:47.10
And then, "Here is my
number. You can call me."
00:41:47.30\00:41:49.50
So that's how we started.
00:41:49.54\00:41:50.97
We were good
friends like for five years.
00:41:51.01\00:41:53.24
~ Praise the Lord.
00:41:53.27\00:41:54.61
It was always nice to reconnect.
00:41:55.98\00:41:58.28
And to be honest with
you, it's been 20 years since
00:41:58.31\00:42:02.05
she sent me that email.
00:42:02.55\00:42:03.92
Praise the
Lord, praise the Lord.
00:42:05.22\00:42:06.55
I know there's more to the
story, but let's find out about
00:42:06.59\00:42:09.36
your baptism, how
you both decided to say,
00:42:09.39\00:42:12.13
"You know, I'm giving
my life to the Lord because
00:42:12.16\00:42:14.53
this is the
best thing I can do."
00:42:14.90\00:42:16.43
I was in the
Pathfinder at the village.
00:42:19.40\00:42:21.90
We had Pathfinders
like the United States
00:42:21.94\00:42:24.21
and we had a lot
of activities, like
00:42:24.24\00:42:25.87
really, really good activities.
00:42:25.97\00:42:27.94
And we enjoyed it. All
kids there love Pathfinders.
00:42:28.18\00:42:30.91
We did enjoy being a Pathfinder.
00:42:30.95\00:42:33.25
So we had a lot of
classes learning about Jesus.
00:42:33.28\00:42:36.38
A little bit more deep than just
kids that are not in Pathfinder.
00:42:36.69\00:42:40.92
And I remember
the story of Joseph.
00:42:41.16\00:42:43.69
And always the story
of Joseph was on my brain,
00:42:43.73\00:42:47.43
like Joseph was faithful
to God, he was loyal to God,
00:42:47.46\00:42:50.83
he could forgive the brothers.
00:42:50.87\00:42:52.57
And then we learned
about Jesus dying on the cross.
00:42:52.60\00:42:57.94
And then I understood
the sacrifice He made for us.
00:42:58.27\00:43:02.08
So one day I just felt
the Holy Spirit talk to me.
00:43:02.28\00:43:05.88
And I said, "I
want to be like Joseph."
00:43:05.91\00:43:07.62
Probably I need to learn
more, you know, spiritually.
00:43:07.65\00:43:10.75
But my goal was, "I'm
going to give my life to You
00:43:10.79\00:43:14.62
and I want You to help me to
be as loyal as Joseph with You."
00:43:14.66\00:43:18.73
And so that's how I
accepted Jesus to be my Savior
00:43:18.93\00:43:23.10
and to be baptized.
00:43:23.13\00:43:24.70
Well I want to thank
you guys for your time.
00:43:25.23\00:43:28.04
We have a picture
of Milton's baptism.
00:43:28.07\00:43:30.64
And your story is so
exciting. Praise God.
00:43:30.77\00:43:34.34
Look at Milton in
the baptismal water.
00:43:34.38\00:43:36.81
That is a very, very meaningful
and inspiring picture.
00:43:36.85\00:43:43.22
God bless you guys
and thank you so much
00:43:43.52\00:43:46.65
for what you're doing.
00:43:46.76\00:43:48.09
And you're a perfect
example of what the Lord can do
00:43:48.12\00:43:52.39
and will do in the
lives of the many children,
00:43:52.43\00:43:55.30
and keeps doing in
the lives of the children
00:43:55.33\00:43:58.97
that have been
under the care of ICC.
00:43:59.00\00:44:01.30
Internationally, I mean, in
so many different countries.
00:44:01.34\00:44:05.74
- So thank you -
Thank you so much.
00:44:05.77\00:44:07.64
And you're both an inspiration.
00:44:08.21\00:44:11.48
And it's a
testament to the work of the
00:44:12.18\00:44:15.02
International
Children's Care, your testimony.
00:44:15.05\00:44:17.79
And thank you for
sharing part of your love story.
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Yes, it's wonderful.
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- Thank you so
much. - Thank you.
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May God continue to bless you.
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Yes, we want to continue here in
the studio with Rick and Brian
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because there
are so many things.
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I mean, this program
could go for 4 hours,
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there are so
many wonderful things.
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But the industry that you have,
Rick, you have a pepper farm.
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Talk to us about this.
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~ Well, it's something
that's really a passion for me,
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because I feel like
we need to do something
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to help provide the funding.
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Because it's always a challenge.
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Especially with
inflation and everything that's
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going on around the world.
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I mean, it's a blessing for
people to be able to give funds.
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You know, really, we feel like
it's a mission to the donors.
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Because I give money to
ICC and to other organizations,
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you know, and it's a
blessing when you do that.
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But I think also an organization
like that should do everything
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we can, you know, to be able to
provide funds, generate funds.
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So one of the things
that's working well for us
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is in Mexico, we have
quite a bit of land there
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and we've been able to
develop a commercial farm
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with jalapeno peppers,
tomatillos, and other kinds.
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Now this year
we're doing watermelon,
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and we're doing
some other things.
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~ You can have the jalapenos,
I will have the watermelon.
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I would call it the
salsa fields, you know.
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~ Right. ~ The
ingredients are there.
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We have several
other kinds of peppers too.
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And those products,
it's a commercial thing,
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so we actually export
them to the United States.
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And this year we're
looking at purchasing
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some additional property.
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And so we're reaching
out to our donors to help,
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you know, to get
the funds for that.
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And our goal is, not only to
provide for that project there
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in Mexico, which is in
the Baja California area
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down past Ensenada,
not only for that project,
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but projects in
other parts of the world.
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And so, I've
already experimented,
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and a couple of years
ago they had enough funds
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that they could send some money.
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We sent some to Guatemala.
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And there's no problem
doing that, so as people help
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to invest in that kind of thing,
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that invests in other
children too around the world.
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~ Praise the Lord.
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You know, Rick and
Brian, the spiritual aspect
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of the program is
very, very important.
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That's why you
guys are doing this.
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~ Yes, exactly.
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There is life eternal to
come, and there's life in Jesus.
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There's peace, there's
hope, and there's completeness.
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There's healing.
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And this is what you're
teaching these children.
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We have a video
that is called, Together.
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And when we return,
if you don't mind, Brian,
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talk to us about the spiritual
elements, okay, of the program.
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So let's watch
this, Together, video.
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Can you imagine the
suffering of young children
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who have lost both parents?
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Can you imagine the difference
we can make for these children
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by working together?
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Together.
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The word itself seems to
banish loneliness and despair.
00:47:43.86\00:47:47.86
It empowers us to accomplish
much more than we could
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using our own strength.
00:47:50.83\00:47:52.43
Together we can right
wrongs, we can bind wounds,
00:47:52.63\00:47:56.37
we can heal broken hearts.
00:47:56.57\00:47:58.77
Ricardo, surviving with
his two younger brothers
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on the streets
of Ensenada, Mexico
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stole food to keep them alive.
00:48:05.01\00:48:06.98
Ricardo was only four years old.
00:48:07.52\00:48:09.65
People like you gave
Ricardo a home with food,
00:48:09.85\00:48:12.95
security, and love.
00:48:12.99\00:48:15.06
When Giorenee was
only six months old,
00:48:15.59\00:48:18.16
her parents were killed during
a rebel insurgence in DR Congo.
00:48:18.53\00:48:22.33
People like you
provided a family when Giorenee
00:48:22.90\00:48:25.73
needed it the most.
00:48:25.77\00:48:27.44
Mabi with no hope for the future
and no chance at an education
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experience life
just one day at a time.
00:48:33.44\00:48:36.78
People like you offered
Mabi hope for both this world
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and the next.
00:48:41.22\00:48:42.72
Thanks to the loving
generosity of people like you,
00:48:43.82\00:48:47.22
International Children's Care is
able to provide full-time care
00:48:47.26\00:48:50.93
to hundreds of
orphaned, abandoned,
00:48:50.96\00:48:53.63
and vulnerable children.
00:48:53.66\00:48:55.00
Your support includes
more than just daily meals,
00:48:55.46\00:48:57.90
a place to sleep,
visits to the doctor.
00:48:57.93\00:49:00.47
The children are cared for in
a family by loving house parents
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Skilled counselors help
the children to process their
00:49:05.54\00:49:07.98
trauma, and their teachers,
pastors, and family members
00:49:08.01\00:49:11.11
remind them daily of
how much they are loved,
00:49:11.15\00:49:13.92
not only by those around them,
00:49:13.95\00:49:15.48
but by their
heavenly Father as well.
00:49:15.78\00:49:18.29
By working together,
what will be accomplished
00:49:19.39\00:49:22.09
for these children can't
be done by working alone.
00:49:22.12\00:49:24.99
Your support will provide
orphaned children with a home,
00:49:25.36\00:49:28.30
a family, an education,
and a future filled with hope.
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Whether through sponsorship,
recurring donations,
00:49:33.00\00:49:35.67
or a one-time gift, you can
help an orphaned child today.
00:49:35.97\00:49:39.74
Experience the
difference you will make
00:49:40.08\00:49:42.08
by working together with ICC.
00:49:42.11\00:49:45.05
In the Bible we
read in James 1:27,
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"Pure and undefiled religion
before God and the Father
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is this: to visit orphans
and widows in their trouble,
00:50:02.03\00:50:06.43
and to keep oneself
unspotted from the world."
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So it mentions that
orphans are in trouble.
00:50:10.04\00:50:12.81
And I believe our spiritual
component of this mission,
00:50:13.01\00:50:17.21
our calling is that
God Himself has ordained
00:50:17.25\00:50:21.52
orphan care as
part of pure religion.
00:50:21.55\00:50:25.25
To take care of
the troubled nature
00:50:25.45\00:50:28.79
of these young people's
lives, these children's lives.
00:50:28.82\00:50:32.23
ICC fulfills that mission
through donors and sponsors.
00:50:32.26\00:50:37.67
In fact, the donors and sponsors
themselves are fulfilling
00:50:37.70\00:50:40.77
that mission through ICC.
00:50:40.80\00:50:42.50
We're more just a
conduit to do that.
00:50:42.54\00:50:45.74
The children on each
campus learns to grow in Jesus.
00:50:46.57\00:50:50.35
We heard about
Milton and Grizelda.
00:50:50.38\00:50:52.81
And we're grateful that
they pass that legacy onto
00:50:53.25\00:50:55.98
their children and new
families that they create.
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~ Amen. ~
Excellent, praise the Lord.
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Just briefly, Rick and
Brian, whichever one would like
00:51:02.09\00:51:05.13
to say, if someone
becomes a monthly sponsor,
00:51:05.16\00:51:08.16
do they get information like
videos, like this, or pictures?
00:51:08.20\00:51:11.63
Yes, in fact sponsoring is a
good way to connect with ICC.
00:51:11.67\00:51:16.30
Although you can just give
a donation on a monthly basis,
00:51:16.34\00:51:20.38
or however, you want.
00:51:20.41\00:51:21.74
You can also be connected to
a child if you want to sponsor
00:51:21.78\00:51:25.41
on a monthly basis.
00:51:25.45\00:51:26.78
And then you receive information
about them regularly.
00:51:26.82\00:51:30.75
So that's a really
fun way to sponsor.
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~ Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Well, our time is escaping
from us and we need to go
00:51:35.16\00:51:38.23
to the address roll.
00:51:38.26\00:51:39.83
I'm sure many of you
would like to support
00:51:39.86\00:51:43.16
International Children's Care,
00:51:43.20\00:51:45.07
to sponsor or maybe
a one-time donation.
00:51:45.47\00:51:47.60
And then after this, we
will share news from 3ABN.
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We'll be back in a moment.
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