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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Welcome to the 3ABN family.
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We are happy that you are with
us and we hope that you'll be
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blessed during this hour.
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We are blessed to have
special people with us.
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Members of God's family.
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And they are
coming from far away.
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We're going to hear some
wonderful things about ministry
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especially to children.
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That's right.
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Well, he is John Dinzey and
I am Idalia Dinzey, his wife.
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Yes, you are.
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You know, it's a pleasure
for us to be able to share
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this following hour with you.
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It's a privilege to hear of
God's work in people's lives
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and how we can all be used
by God in the most simplest way,
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but it has
tremendous impact in people.
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And during this hour
we're going to talk about
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the special
little ones; children.
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A ministry that is
touching the heart of children
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and helping them in
their daily walk with Jesus
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and to be responsible and learn
to be people of good influence.
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Amen.
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And we'd like to introduce
our guests that are with us.
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Would you like to do that?
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Oh, most certainly.
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Well, we have
Cheryl Jacob-Roeske.
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Welcome.
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And you are the president
of REACH International.
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Yes, thank you. A
pleasure to be here.
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~ Amen, thank you
for being with us.
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And we have the Director
of REACH Village of Hope,
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the orphanage in Tanzania.
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And she is Lois Prest. Welcome.
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Thank you very much.
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Happy to be here.
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~ Thank you, thank you.
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Praise the Lord
that you ladies are here.
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And through the
ministry of REACH International
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you have blessed
many, many children.
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I'd like to know
about how many children have
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gone through
your ministry already.
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~ Over a million
children have been helped, yes.
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- Amazing. - Praise the Lord.
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Now that's a
two-hander. Praise Jesus, amen.
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You know, we have a
chance to make an impression
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in a child's heart.
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And back when I was a
teacher, pre-school teacher,
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many years went past,
and I bumped into a mother
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at a store, and she
said, "Are you Miss Idalia?"
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And I said, "Yes, I am."
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And she said, "You know, I
want to tell you that my son
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has never forgotten you.
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He still talks about you."
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So your ministry makes
my heart warm to think about
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how you're impacting
and impressing the hearts of
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these tender hearts that
perhaps don't have any hope,
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no direction, and
no one to love on them.
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But here you are with arms open
wide, and just receiving them,
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and providing that love
and support that they all need.
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So praise God for you.
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Amen, amen.
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Well, we're going to hear
more about REACH International.
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Some of you have heard of
REACH International before,
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and some of you have
even supported and helped
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some of those million
children that have gone through
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REACH International over
the last 50 years or more.
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And so, we would like to now
ask you to join us in prayer.
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And we want to
remind you that you can be a
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prayer partner for 3ABN.
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We receive a lot of
prayer requests at 3ABN.
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And our pastoral
ministries is active every day
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receiving calls from
people all around the world
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And we encourage you
to be a prayer partner.
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And you can go
to the 3ABN webpage,
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and there you can sign
up to be a prayer partner.
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And you'll receive a small
amount of the prayer requests
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every week so that
you can join us in prayer.
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Also, you can also pray
for the requests that are
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put on the screen or are
mentioned over the radio.
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It's a ministry
that you can also do.
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But let's go to
the Lord in prayer now.
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Our loving heavenly
Father, we thank You, Lord,
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that this is another day of
blessing that You have given us,
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another day of opportunity.
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And today great things
can happen in our lives
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if we open our hearts to You.
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And we pray, Lord, that those
that are listening to my voice
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will hear Your call
through this program or through
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some other means that
You will provide today.
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We pray that as
they listen to You, Lord,
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just as it says in John
3:20, they will open the door
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and let Jesus in.
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And we pray, Lord,
that in this program
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Your name will be
honored and glorified.
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We ask for the
blessing of Your Holy Spirit,
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that we may speak those things
that You know should be said.
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And we also ask, Lord, that
You will consider every request
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that has come to 3ABN.
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There are many, many needs.
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And we ask You, Lord,
to consider each and every
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one of them, and we ask
You to work in each and every
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one of them through the
ministry of Your holy angels,
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through the ministry of Your
children all around the world,
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through influences,
and through many means that
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You have at Your disposal.
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You have infinite resources,
and we pray that You will
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supply the needs of
Your children, bring comfort
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and strength where it is needed.
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We pray, Lord, for marriages,
to receive the blessing
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they need to
continue going forward.
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And we pray for those
that are as lost sheep,
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that You will reach
out to them once again
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to return to the fold.
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We thank You for 3ABN.
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We pray that You will
continue to bless this ministry
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to reach people
all over the world.
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We ask You for these things
in the holy and blessed name
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of Jesus, amen.
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Amen.
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Well, we do have the Scripture
reading that we'd like to
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share with you.
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And Idalia, would you
like to lead us to that?
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Yes, and we have Proverbs 22:6.
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It's a Bible text that we
have heard for many years.
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Many know it by heart.
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"Direct your
children unto the right path
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and when they are older
they will not leave it."
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So this is something
that we as older people,
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older than a child,
it could be a teenager
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influencing in the life
of a two-year-old, right,
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so what we do and
what we encourage,
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we direct the children, we train
up the children to do good.
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And they will not
depart from the good path.
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Amen, amen.
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We would like to ask
sister Lois, sister Cheryl,
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who would like to
comment about this verse?
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Anything that comes to
your mind at this moment.
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I think that's
an excellent verse,
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and I think it's
absolutely the truth.
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What children learn, they
may depart from it for a time,
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but they come back.
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They come back later.
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And we have that hope
that they will come back later,
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no matter what
happens in the meantime.
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~ Amen. Thank you so much.
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Well, we'd like to go
now to a song, a hymn,
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that we have selected for you.
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It's a musical offering.
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And we have brother Sam Ocampo.
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And he's going to share...
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What's the name
of the song, Idalia?
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He Looked Beyond My Fault.
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Amen, amen.
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Well, we thank Sam
Ocampo for that song.
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He Looked Beyond My Fault
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And I'd like to read to you
some of the words of this song.
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It's a wonderful song.
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It says, "Amazing grace shall
always be my song of praise.
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For it was grace
that brought me liberty.
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I do not know just why
He ever came to love me so.
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He looked beyond my
faults and saw my need.
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And I shall forever
lift my eyes to Calvary
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to view the cross
where Jesus died for me.
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How marvelous the grace
that caught my falling soul.
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He looked beyond my
faults and saw my need."
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Praise the Lord.
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And we have people with
us that have seen a need,
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and children that
need help in many ways.
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And so we are talking
to REACH International.
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They have come to
share with us the ministry
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that God has put in their hearts
to fulfill among the children.
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Over a million children
have already been helped.
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We have Cheryl
Jacob-Roeske with us.
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She is the president
of REACH International.
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And I will say it, she
has inherited the smile
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of her mother, Jasmine Jacobs,
which I met many years ago.
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She came to 3ABN, I
actually had the privilege
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to interview her.
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And what a marvelous
ministry, REACH International.
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Tell us about
REACH International.
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Why is it called,
REACH International?
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And how did it begin?
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So why is it
called, REACH International?
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Render Effective Aid to Children
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That's the meaning of REACH.
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My parents started it in 1973.
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We're celebrating 50 years now.
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They took me to India
and they were doing workshops
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in various schools.
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And one morning at 10
o'clock this little boy
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comes into our room to clean.
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And my mom being a
school teacher is looking at him
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and said, "What
are you doing here?
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You need to be in school."
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But this child, with
tears in his eyes, tells her,
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"I just don't have the
money to go to school."
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So she asked the lady who
we were staying with, she said,
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you know, "What's the
story behind this child?
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What is he doing here?"
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She said, "Well,
I don't really know.
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I found him sleeping on
my doorstep this morning,
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so I fed him and
I put him to work."
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So when they left
that area, they paid for
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this child to go to school.
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When we came home, they got
together with a group of friends
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around our dining
table, and they said,
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"Let's help these kids in India.
These kids need to be helped."
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So I think the first
school, REACH school in India
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had about 22 or 23 children
that they found sponsors
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in that Berrien Springs
area to help these children.
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~ Praise the Lord. ~
Amen, praise the Lord.
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That was the first one in India.
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~ The first school was in India.
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Now my father is from India,
my mother is from Sri Lanka.
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And my dad was very poor.
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His mom died
giving birth to twins.
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And he was walking along the
street in Bangalore one evening
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and he saw this tent.
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You know, being a
kid, he was curious,
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"What's going on in this tent?"
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~ What in the world
is going on in that tent?
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There's no entertainment
back in those days.
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No videos or anything like this.
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So he wants to go
inside, but then he notices that
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everybody going into this tent,
they're dressed really well.
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"And me, I don't have
clothes. I'm in rags."
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He says, "I distinctly
heard a voice say to me,
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'Go in when it's dark.'"
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~ Say again? "Go
in when it is dark."
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He heard this voice
speaking directly to him,
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"Go in when it's dark."
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So he slipped into the
back row when it was dark.
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The speaker in that
tent was Pastor Joe Crews.
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~ Pastor Joe Crews.
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Praise the Lord.
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For those that don't
know, Pastor Joe Crews
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was the president and
founder of Amazing Facts.
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Amazing Facts, yes.
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Yes, so Pastor Crews
took an interest in my father.
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And he got in touch with
his mother-in-law and said,
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"Can you help this
child? He's got potential.
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I want to help him."
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So she hadn't met
him, she hadn't seen him,
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but she sent money for
my father to go to school.
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So, you know, he went through
college, came to Michigan State,
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Both my parents got
doctorates from Michigan State.
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And since then, you know,
one million children have been
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helped through
REACH International.
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~ Amen, amen. ~ Praise the Lord.
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~ One million
children. That's impressive.
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- And it began in
the year 19... ~ 1973.
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Yeah, they really
wanted to give back.
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"God has blessed so much.
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You know, what can
we do now in return?"
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~ So many lives, Idalia.
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There are only
about 554 people here
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in Thompsonville Illinois.
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So you're talking about almost
a population of a country.
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It's amazing.
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The first reached
child, His ID number is 001.
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His name is Alex.
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This child was dipping
sticks into vats of chemicals
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to make
matchsticks seven days a week.
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Child labor laws.
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You know, safety preventions.
None of that is there.
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So on his way home
he'd be seeing children,
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wealthier children, in
swimming pools, playing ball.
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And he said, "Why am I
not like these children?"
00:19:04.97\00:19:08.14
You know, "What's wrong with
me? How come, how come it's...
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So he's pray to God,
"I want a swimming pool.
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Please, give me
a swimming pool."
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So he came to our REACH school,
went through the program,
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and God gave him
all the swimming pools
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he could possibly want.
00:19:24.59\00:19:26.09
He lives in Minnesota,
the land of many lakes.
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And he's a VP in a bank.
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And there's many
other stories of children.
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We have a pharmacist in Arizona,
we've got a mission president,
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many, many
pastors, school teachers.
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It's really inspiring
to see what a little bit of
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helping hand can do and
get these kids up and going.
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~ Amen. ~ That is fascinating.
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Yes, REACH
International started in India.
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~ Started in India. -
How many other countries?
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~ We're about 20
countries around the world.
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Honduras, Nicaragua,
Africa, Kenya, Tanzania.
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~ Praise the Lord. ~ Amen.
00:20:08.20\00:20:09.97
Now I can't help but
share what I envision
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or what came to
my mind, to my heart,
00:20:17.38\00:20:19.51
is that Jesus
came as a child here.
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He was born;
one baby, one child.
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And what a difference
He has made in our lives.
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And so I think of this
child that appeared in the home
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where you went
to visit in India.
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And through that
child a ministry was born
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to help a
million other children.
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And the count keeps going on.
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So praise God for that.
00:20:47.31\00:20:49.58
We have Lois here who
is the director of the
00:20:49.61\00:20:53.48
REACH Village of Hope
Orphanage in Tanzania.
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And praise God that the
ministry has grown so much
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and so many little
children have been blessed.
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Now I'd like to know,
what age group do you serve?
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I mean, is there a
limitation? Please talk to us.
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We take in age 3 to age 10.
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~ 3 to 10.
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And we have had one
child as young as 2.
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~ Wow, okay.
00:21:18.67\00:21:20.44
So how many
children do you serve there?
00:21:20.48\00:21:24.31
At this moment we
have 134 children.
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~ What's your
limit? Is there a limit?
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We're registered to take
a maximum of 160 children.
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~ 160 children.
00:21:33.89\00:21:35.22
We haven't reached that maximum,
00:21:35.26\00:21:36.59
but we are able
to take that many.
00:21:36.62\00:21:38.39
- Wow, so 130... How
many? ~ 134 children right now.
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~ 134 children right now.
00:21:42.83\00:21:44.73
Walk us through a
village, what you call a
00:21:44.77\00:21:47.80
REACH International village.
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What is it like?
00:21:49.20\00:21:50.54
Well, there's
the orphanage houses.
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So we have 20
children in each house.
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We have girls
houses and boys houses.
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And they have a house mother
there that takes care of them,
00:21:59.68\00:22:03.52
stays with them at night.
00:22:03.55\00:22:04.99
The house mothers take
their turns with the cooking and
00:22:05.02\00:22:07.72
with the
environmental cleanliness,
00:22:07.76\00:22:10.63
and the out of school
supervision of these children.
00:22:10.66\00:22:13.90
And then there's a
primary school for them.
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And they attend primary school.
00:22:17.37\00:22:19.23
We have teachers that take care
of them with teaching school.
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And we now have had a
temporary secondary school
00:22:23.30\00:22:27.38
for one year.
00:22:27.41\00:22:28.74
We're on the process of building
a permanent secondary school.
00:22:28.78\00:22:31.41
We have graduated three
classes from the primary school,
00:22:31.85\00:22:35.25
so we have three
classes now ready to go into
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our permanent secondary school.
00:22:38.39\00:22:40.26
And I am hoping and praying
we'll have those children
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in that building by
the time I get back.
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~ Amen, amen.
00:22:46.56\00:22:48.16
So what provisions are
made for special needs children?
00:22:48.50\00:22:52.47
We have three children;
one has got down syndrome,
00:22:52.50\00:22:55.90
one is deaf, and one I believe
is on the autism spectrum,
00:22:55.94\00:23:00.64
but high functioning.
00:23:00.68\00:23:02.04
Those three children we
have sent to an NGO that is
00:23:02.08\00:23:07.98
a disability center
that is near us, near Mwanza.
00:23:08.02\00:23:12.45
But we and our staff
are familiar with this man
00:23:12.49\00:23:15.56
and his program there.
00:23:15.59\00:23:17.03
The government is
familiar with what he has there.
00:23:17.13\00:23:19.29
And he's doing an excellent
job with those children.
00:23:19.33\00:23:21.36
And all of his
children learn sign language
00:23:21.83\00:23:24.47
and they have vocational
training to meet their own
00:23:24.50\00:23:27.54
individualized needs.
00:23:27.57\00:23:29.50
And those are our
disabled children.
00:23:29.80\00:23:32.34
We have one who is
more severely disabled
00:23:32.37\00:23:34.28
who can't attend school at all.
00:23:34.31\00:23:36.14
And we will have to try
to find more help for her.
00:23:36.34\00:23:39.31
And probably with him
if he's able to take her
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when she's old enough to
attend his disability school.
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~ Amen.
00:23:46.12\00:23:47.46
Well, you mentioned schools.
00:23:47.49\00:23:48.86
The question is, you
know, "Train up a child
00:23:49.92\00:23:53.19
in the way he should
go," and we see in the Bible
00:23:53.23\00:23:56.13
that from early on
children should be taught
00:23:56.16\00:23:59.37
how to do things.
00:23:59.40\00:24:00.74
How to help
themselves and help others.
00:24:00.77\00:24:03.67
Is there vocational
training that you also have?
00:24:03.71\00:24:07.18
~ We are offering some
vocational training, yes.
00:24:07.21\00:24:10.15
Our children
are learning to sew.
00:24:10.18\00:24:12.21
We have treadle sewing machines.
00:24:12.25\00:24:14.05
And they're
learning to sew by hand.
00:24:14.58\00:24:16.28
We pay to have
someone come in to teach them.
00:24:16.65\00:24:18.82
We have lockstitch machines
00:24:18.85\00:24:20.56
so they turn out what
looks professional quality.
00:24:20.59\00:24:23.22
We have some that
do an excellent job.
00:24:23.43\00:24:25.93
Their work they turn out is
as good as the professionals
00:24:25.96\00:24:28.46
that do it for a living.
00:24:28.50\00:24:30.03
~ Oh, so here are some pictures.
00:24:30.07\00:24:32.60
A picture of them
sewing at their sewing machine.
00:24:32.93\00:24:35.80
Very good.
00:24:35.97\00:24:37.31
So these are your children.
00:24:37.34\00:24:39.07
Is there an age group
where you start teaching them
00:24:39.11\00:24:41.94
this type of vocational class?
00:24:42.28\00:24:44.45
We started with our oldest
ones as soon as I was able
00:24:44.75\00:24:48.38
to get it
arranged and make it work.
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At this point, we're starting
when they're still in the
00:24:51.85\00:24:55.06
primary school
in 6 or 7 standard.
00:24:55.09\00:24:58.33
So a typical day, it's called
a typical day for a child,
00:24:59.56\00:25:03.33
what time is wake up call,
00:25:04.17\00:25:06.33
and what are the
activities of a day?
00:25:06.37\00:25:09.74
Well, they get up in the morning
in time to have their personal
00:25:09.77\00:25:13.78
devotions and their breakfast.
00:25:13.81\00:25:16.18
And then they have to be
down at the school at 7:30.
00:25:16.21\00:25:20.58
Classes start after their
opening exercises down there.
00:25:20.92\00:25:25.25
And they go
back to the orphanage
00:25:25.55\00:25:27.46
at lunchtime to eat their lunch.
00:25:27.49\00:25:29.06
And then back to
school in the afternoon.
00:25:29.09\00:25:31.39
And in the evening, same thing.
00:25:31.69\00:25:33.80
They go back to the orphanage.
00:25:33.83\00:25:35.16
They have chores that
they're required to do
00:25:35.20\00:25:37.13
to help clean up
after themselves.
00:25:37.17\00:25:39.33
They clean their
houses, and clean their toilets,
00:25:39.37\00:25:41.40
and clean their environment.
00:25:41.44\00:25:42.77
And help work in
the school garden,
00:25:43.07\00:25:45.41
and help work in
the orphanage garden.
00:25:45.51\00:25:48.41
We keep them busy.
00:25:48.81\00:25:50.41
During their
school breaks from school
00:25:50.45\00:25:54.15
they have the vocational
training programs running.
00:25:54.18\00:25:56.92
~ Amen, amen.
00:25:56.95\00:25:58.29
~ Well, Cheryl, a question
would be, you have seen,
00:25:58.35\00:26:02.22
and your mother and
father have also told you about,
00:26:02.26\00:26:04.73
you have seen children,
you mentioned children that
00:26:04.76\00:26:07.30
eventually, grow up.
00:26:07.33\00:26:08.66
Have any of them
returned to see where
00:26:08.96\00:26:12.13
they were raised or even to
help in some of those places?
00:26:12.17\00:26:16.50
~ Yes, we have two
directors of schools.
00:26:16.54\00:26:21.24
They have come up
through the program
00:26:21.28\00:26:23.14
and now they are
running projects themselves.
00:26:23.18\00:26:26.41
~ Excellent.
00:26:26.45\00:26:27.78
We have a pastor
who is also pastoring...
00:26:27.82\00:26:32.29
I mean, he's got churches, but
he's also coming to our school
00:26:32.32\00:26:35.79
to pastor our children.
00:26:35.82\00:26:38.13
One of our students graduated
with a PhD in nanotechnology.
00:26:38.56\00:26:45.13
So he's coming
back to help our kids.
00:26:45.17\00:26:47.67
~ Wow,
excellent. Praise the Lord.
00:26:47.70\00:26:49.87
Very nice.
00:26:49.90\00:26:51.24
Well, we do not
forget our roots, you know.
00:26:51.27\00:26:53.88
It's good to go back and just
be part of the successful story
00:26:53.91\00:27:00.95
of other people, you know.
00:27:00.98\00:27:02.72
To invest into these children.
00:27:02.75\00:27:04.79
So I know that
REACH International has
00:27:04.82\00:27:09.42
great influence
in these children.
00:27:09.69\00:27:11.43
But do you give Christian
education in these orphanages,
00:27:11.83\00:27:18.50
in these schools?
00:27:18.53\00:27:19.87
I know you teach them
Bible verse songs, right?
00:27:19.90\00:27:24.31
Yes, we teach scripture songs.
00:27:24.77\00:27:26.61
They know a number of
chapters of scripture music.
00:27:26.98\00:27:30.51
They know many
passages of scripture music,
00:27:30.55\00:27:33.11
and many verses, individual
verses, of scripture music.
00:27:33.15\00:27:36.02
And they enjoy singing them.
00:27:36.05\00:27:37.92
The first large passage
that they learned was Isaiah 53.
00:27:37.95\00:27:42.89
~ Amen, wow. ~ Isaiah 53.
00:27:42.92\00:27:44.66
- Isaiah 53. ~ That's wonderful.
00:27:44.69\00:27:46.03
~ Amen. - But
they know many others.
00:27:46.06\00:27:48.33
~ Oh I'm sure, I'm sure.
00:27:48.36\00:27:50.07
So, now 134 children is a
lot of kids, a lot of energy.
00:27:50.10\00:27:58.17
~ In the village.
00:27:58.97\00:28:00.81
~ I only have
experience maybe a group of
00:28:01.11\00:28:04.18
30 kids in a classroom.
00:28:04.21\00:28:05.85
But 134.
00:28:05.88\00:28:07.92
It's wonderful how
the Lord has impressed
00:28:07.95\00:28:10.99
you all to have a
program that keeps them busy.
00:28:11.49\00:28:16.52
Not just doing just anything.
00:28:16.56\00:28:18.69
This is forming their
character, their personalities,
00:28:18.73\00:28:22.03
putting to
practice and discovering
00:28:22.06\00:28:24.00
new skills every day.
00:28:24.03\00:28:26.67
I don't know, how
many are you in staff,
00:28:26.70\00:28:28.87
at least in Tanzania?
00:28:28.90\00:28:30.84
We have about 40 staff members.
00:28:30.87\00:28:33.17
We have the house mothers,
and we have the security,
00:28:33.68\00:28:37.38
we have the farm workers,
and we have the teachers
00:28:37.68\00:28:40.48
for both primary
and secondary school,
00:28:40.52\00:28:42.22
we have an
accountant, we have a chaplain.
00:28:42.42\00:28:44.92
So we have a staff that
comes to about 40 people.
00:28:44.95\00:28:47.96
~ Wonderful. ~ That's wonderful.
00:28:47.99\00:28:49.32
~ It sounds like a perfect team.
00:28:49.36\00:28:50.69
Everything is covered.
00:28:50.73\00:28:52.26
Now what are the challenges?
00:28:52.29\00:28:54.70
These 134 kids, the
challenge is to keep them busy,
00:28:54.73\00:28:58.10
keep them fed, keep them
dressed, keep them educated,
00:28:58.13\00:29:00.90
and keep them, you
know, to believe in themselves
00:29:00.94\00:29:03.44
and motivate
these little hearts.
00:29:03.47\00:29:05.21
But what other
challenges are there?
00:29:05.24\00:29:08.18
Well, there are
always challenges.
00:29:08.81\00:29:10.75
There's challenges within
challenges, within challenges.
00:29:12.51\00:29:15.45
It's hard to know where
to start with challenges.
00:29:15.48\00:29:17.95
But at this moment,
one of our challenges
00:29:18.35\00:29:22.36
is providing a
secondary school facility
00:29:22.39\00:29:25.63
to educate them for
secondary school right now.
00:29:26.16\00:29:30.13
This past year we had the
temporary secondary school.
00:29:30.17\00:29:33.34
We now have permission to build
officially a secondary school.
00:29:33.64\00:29:38.94
We're still not registered.
00:29:39.34\00:29:40.88
We still have some commitments
that must be done even to
00:29:40.91\00:29:43.95
get registered for
the secondary school.
00:29:43.98\00:29:46.08
But we at least now
have classrooms built,
00:29:46.48\00:29:49.98
but we must have laboratories
built and administration built
00:29:50.32\00:29:54.66
as part of getting registered
to actually function legally.
00:29:54.96\00:29:59.23
~ What are we looking at here?
00:29:59.26\00:30:00.86
Here's a picture.
Describe this picture.
00:30:00.90\00:30:02.93
~ Oh, this picture is
some money that was donated
00:30:02.96\00:30:05.33
for us to have a church.
00:30:05.37\00:30:06.80
There's one picture that
shows all of our children
00:30:06.84\00:30:09.34
crammed into our
classroom at the primary school
00:30:09.37\00:30:12.94
for church services.
00:30:12.97\00:30:14.51
And someone who saw that
picture or one similar to it
00:30:14.54\00:30:17.71
said, "Let me give
some money toward a church."
00:30:17.75\00:30:20.32
And so we have
begun with the foundation
00:30:20.95\00:30:24.25
for a new church for us.
00:30:24.29\00:30:26.39
Because we use the building
that had been initially a chapel
00:30:26.72\00:30:31.29
to make the primary
school administration building.
00:30:31.33\00:30:33.93
This is the secondary
school that we finished these
00:30:34.23\00:30:39.00
classrooms that the
children are working on.
00:30:39.03\00:30:40.90
These are our
children that are up there.
00:30:40.94\00:30:42.64
Part of the job is to
water down those cement blocks
00:30:42.84\00:30:46.54
that have just been
laid with fresh cement
00:30:46.57\00:30:49.14
so that they will dry and stand
properly and not crumble easily.
00:30:49.34\00:30:54.08
And they like to do that.
00:30:54.35\00:30:56.38
They like to be up there.
00:30:56.42\00:30:57.75
We get to the back of the truck
and put barrels in the back.
00:30:58.02\00:31:01.82
We fill it with a
hose in the truck already,
00:31:01.86\00:31:04.49
and then they use
buckets and they empty it out
00:31:04.53\00:31:06.39
to another kid in a bucket,
00:31:06.43\00:31:07.93
and they carry it up there and
pour the water down the walls.
00:31:07.96\00:31:11.13
~ How exciting.
00:31:11.17\00:31:12.50
I'm sure they feel so helpful
and so smart and so important.
00:31:12.53\00:31:17.67
And I think that's what
we need to do with children.
00:31:18.01\00:31:19.91
Give them tasks.
00:31:19.94\00:31:21.28
~ This is what happened in
the days of Samuel the prophet.
00:31:21.31\00:31:22.88
You remember the story
about the ax head that floated.
00:31:22.91\00:31:25.55
~ Yes. ~ That's right.
00:31:25.58\00:31:26.92
So they're getting to do
the same thing that was done
00:31:26.95\00:31:29.48
in the Old Testament days.
00:31:29.52\00:31:30.85
To help with the
building of their own school.
00:31:30.89\00:31:32.65
~ Amen, amen.
00:31:32.69\00:31:34.02
Well, one thing is for
sure in all these countries.
00:31:34.06\00:31:37.16
The children are blessed,
I'm going to call it blessed,
00:31:37.73\00:31:42.06
with the opportunity
to live in an atmosphere,
00:31:42.10\00:31:44.97
Christian atmosphere,
live a, what would you call a,
00:31:45.00\00:31:48.64
perhaps a
higher quality of life.
00:31:48.74\00:31:50.94
Perhaps in the homes where...
00:31:50.97\00:31:54.38
Many of these kids would
probably be in the streets,
00:31:54.94\00:31:57.61
trying to live outside
and people mistreating them.
00:31:58.95\00:32:02.82
But here they
have a home atmosphere.
00:32:02.85\00:32:05.32
And you say there's a house
mother for every 20 children.
00:32:05.35\00:32:08.52
They get the sense of family
that they wouldn't have at home.
00:32:08.56\00:32:14.26
And unfortunately,
there are stories of parents
00:32:14.30\00:32:17.63
that use their children,
and even sell them as slaves.
00:32:17.67\00:32:20.94
It's just horrible.
00:32:20.97\00:32:22.30
So this, REACH International,
is doing a marvelous work
00:32:22.34\00:32:26.84
to rescue these children
from a life of suffering
00:32:26.88\00:32:30.95
in the streets
and in some homes.
00:32:30.98\00:32:33.65
And I just praise the Lord
for the work that is being done,
00:32:33.68\00:32:36.05
and for those of you that
have supported this ministry.
00:32:36.08\00:32:38.22
Thank you for the support.
00:32:39.35\00:32:40.76
And we encourage you
to continue to support,
00:32:40.79\00:32:42.56
because these
children have to eat.
00:32:42.59\00:32:44.69
These children need the
basic needs that we all need
00:32:44.73\00:32:49.93
to be able to every day
have a family atmosphere,
00:32:49.96\00:32:55.24
and every day have food,
and to be able to be trained
00:32:55.27\00:32:58.67
to know the Lord
and to love the Lord.
00:32:59.07\00:33:01.14
And so, I mean,
I've heard you say that
00:33:01.38\00:33:03.95
several pastors have
already gone through.
00:33:04.55\00:33:06.82
They have become pastors.
00:33:06.85\00:33:08.22
Well, what inspired them
to decide to be a pastors?
00:33:08.25\00:33:11.45
Well, because
they were trained...
00:33:11.49\00:33:12.95
- Lifestyle, their
environment. - Yes.
00:33:12.99\00:33:14.32
They were trained on
the biblical understanding
00:33:14.36\00:33:16.73
that there's a
plan of salvation.
00:33:16.83\00:33:18.23
We're in a great controversy
between good and evil.
00:33:18.26\00:33:20.16
And they get that training,
and the Lord inspires people
00:33:20.36\00:33:23.77
to be pastors.
00:33:24.07\00:33:25.53
And so, great
work is being done.
00:33:25.57\00:33:27.90
And some of them
come back to help out.
00:33:27.94\00:33:30.37
This is a wonderful ministry.
00:33:30.41\00:33:32.07
Well, as I listen to Lois,
I sense this joy and profound
00:33:32.11\00:33:38.11
love for what you do.
00:33:38.15\00:33:40.25
What makes this
place so special to you?
00:33:40.28\00:33:43.08
And another question,
what has made you the happiest
00:33:43.12\00:33:46.76
working in the orphanage?
00:33:46.79\00:33:48.29
Because I know at the
beginning you hear sad stories.
00:33:48.32\00:33:52.29
I mean, just when Cheryl,
when you were staring the story
00:33:52.63\00:33:56.87
of the little boy
that was at the door,
00:33:56.90\00:33:59.50
he was sleeping at the
door, my heart, I almost cried
00:33:59.53\00:34:03.77
here on the set just
visualizing that little child
00:34:03.81\00:34:08.51
that cannot defend himself.
00:34:08.54\00:34:10.35
Praise God that he
was left at that door.
00:34:10.85\00:34:13.85
Because through that
door, he was blessed.
00:34:14.15\00:34:17.65
And the opportunities
that the Lord lays before us
00:34:17.69\00:34:21.06
are so many to be able to bless
so many people of all ages.
00:34:21.09\00:34:25.66
We're talking about 2 or maybe
3-year-olds through 10 year olds
00:34:25.69\00:34:29.66
at the orphanage
project here in Tanzania.
00:34:29.70\00:34:33.27
So yes, tell me, why
is this place so special?
00:34:33.30\00:34:36.64
Let me tell you a story.
00:34:37.21\00:34:40.28
Please do.
00:34:40.48\00:34:41.81
Four years ago there was
a government intervention
00:34:42.14\00:34:45.61
because there was
a family of children
00:34:45.65\00:34:48.12
that were being cared
for by their grandparents.
00:34:48.65\00:34:51.32
The grandfather was in his 90's,
the grandmother in her 80's.
00:34:51.35\00:34:55.46
And they couldn't
feed the children.
00:34:55.49\00:34:57.06
And they asked would
we take those children.
00:34:57.53\00:35:00.60
I said we can take
nine of those children.
00:35:00.63\00:35:03.00
The others were older,
they were in their teens.
00:35:03.73\00:35:06.53
I said they're too
old for us to take.
00:35:06.57\00:35:08.70
So we took nine
children in one day.
00:35:08.74\00:35:10.84
~ Wow.
00:35:10.87\00:35:12.21
And they've been
there for four years.
00:35:12.24\00:35:13.71
~ Amen.
00:35:13.74\00:35:15.08
One of the boys
told his grandfather,
00:35:16.58\00:35:20.32
"You need to be baptized."
00:35:20.88\00:35:22.75
~ Oh goodness,
he's a little minister.
00:35:22.78\00:35:25.15
And we didn't know about it.
00:35:25.92\00:35:27.96
And one day the grandfather
showed up at the orphanage
00:35:27.99\00:35:31.16
with a change of
clothes asking to be baptized.
00:35:31.19\00:35:34.50
But our chaplain isn't
ordained, and our district
00:35:34.76\00:35:37.87
pastor didn't know anything
about this and had commitments.
00:35:37.90\00:35:41.37
And he went home
without being baptized.
00:35:41.67\00:35:44.17
I said we'll follow up on this.
00:35:44.84\00:35:47.18
So the chaplain and I went
down there and we met with the
00:35:47.21\00:35:51.35
80+ year old grandmother
and 90+ year old grandfather.
00:35:51.38\00:35:55.78
And they said, "Yes, we
both want to be baptized."
00:35:56.08\00:35:59.19
~ Amen.
00:35:59.22\00:36:00.56
And they had been
baptized some years before
00:36:00.59\00:36:03.43
but hadn't attended church
in many, many, many, many years.
00:36:03.46\00:36:06.76
So we had a
baptism at the orphanage.
00:36:07.80\00:36:11.77
This is the
picture we see, or...?
00:36:11.80\00:36:13.44
So all nine of their
grandchildren watched
00:36:13.54\00:36:17.61
this 90 year old man
that you see here be baptized,
00:36:17.81\00:36:21.91
and his 80+ year-old wife
be baptized, at the orphanage.
00:36:21.94\00:36:26.28
- At the
orphanage. - At the orphanage.
00:36:26.72\00:36:28.92
- Amen. Praise
the Lord. - Excellent.
00:36:28.95\00:36:31.09
They became
babies in God's eyes.
00:36:31.12\00:36:34.39
We're all babies
that have come in.
00:36:34.42\00:36:36.22
And it's wonderful to see the
influence of the Holy Spirit,
00:36:36.26\00:36:40.43
you know, working through
your directors and the team
00:36:40.46\00:36:46.57
of administrators to
teach the children that there's
00:36:46.60\00:36:50.61
a life complete in Jesus.
00:36:51.01\00:36:52.57
That there is peace,
that there is a hope,
00:36:52.61\00:36:54.94
and there is
salvation, and there's joy.
00:36:54.98\00:36:57.95
And the Lord
always makes provision
00:36:57.98\00:37:00.52
for people of all ages.
00:37:00.72\00:37:02.48
So praise God that
all nine children...
00:37:02.52\00:37:05.45
How many total were there?
00:37:05.49\00:37:06.99
There were two that
were in their teens.
00:37:07.02\00:37:09.29
Ah, two. There were eleven kids.
00:37:09.32\00:37:11.49
There were eleven kids.
00:37:11.53\00:37:12.86
They were
actually more than one,
00:37:12.89\00:37:14.63
there were three
sets of parents involved.
00:37:14.66\00:37:16.97
But they had all died of aids.
00:37:17.00\00:37:18.37
And so the grandparents
were the ones trying to provide
00:37:18.40\00:37:20.84
and weren't able to.
00:37:21.24\00:37:22.57
~ And I'm sure that
story repeats itself in so many
00:37:22.60\00:37:26.34
homes, right, and so many
families throughout the world.
00:37:26.37\00:37:30.21
Because you are a worldwide
ministry, right, Cheryl?
00:37:30.25\00:37:33.68
~ We are, yes.
00:37:33.72\00:37:35.05
~ Well tell us, Cheryl, by
now I think some people say,
00:37:35.08\00:37:38.19
"Well, I want to be involved.
00:37:38.22\00:37:39.55
I want to help
some children be changed
00:37:39.59\00:37:42.42
and to have a
Christian atmosphere, and also
00:37:42.46\00:37:47.16
to learn about Jesus."
00:37:47.20\00:37:48.53
Tell us about, for
those that want to donate,
00:37:48.56\00:37:51.07
how can they donate and
how are the donations utilized?
00:37:51.10\00:37:55.07
You can go to our website...
00:37:55.10\00:37:57.07
And you can donate there.
00:37:59.71\00:38:01.84
When you make a donation, if
you're going to sponsor a child,
00:38:01.88\00:38:05.38
we ask for $30 for a child.
00:38:05.41\00:38:07.68
We keep $3 of that back
for administrative purposes.
00:38:07.72\00:38:11.35
The rest of it, like if
you're wanting to donate to
00:38:12.02\00:38:15.09
the high school that we
desperately need in Tanzania,
00:38:15.12\00:38:18.19
if you send us $100, that
entire $100 is going to go
00:38:18.23\00:38:22.26
to that project, yeah.
00:38:22.30\00:38:24.63
Lois is a
volunteer, I'm a volunteer.
00:38:24.67\00:38:27.27
We have two paid staff members.
00:38:27.57\00:38:30.84
We don't spend a
lot on advertising.
00:38:30.87\00:38:33.21
I don't give out
tchotchkes at conferences,
00:38:33.24\00:38:36.44
or anything like this.
00:38:36.48\00:38:37.81
So we really want as
much money as possible
00:38:37.85\00:38:40.65
to go to the child or for
the purpose that it was given.
00:38:40.68\00:38:45.69
~ So you say $30 a
month to sponsor a child.
00:38:46.12\00:38:50.49
~ That sponsors a child.
00:38:50.53\00:38:51.86
So that gives a child
the education, the clothing,
00:38:51.89\00:38:55.60
the nurturing home environment.
00:38:55.63\00:38:59.73
It's really not enough,
so we get a lot of donations
00:38:59.77\00:39:03.94
that are just greatest need.
00:39:04.14\00:39:05.77
And that kind of helps to
cover the rest of the cost.
00:39:05.81\00:39:10.68
Yes.
00:39:10.71\00:39:12.05
So $30 is really not enough.
00:39:12.35\00:39:14.22
So maybe by now they
can tag on a little more.
00:39:14.25\00:39:17.29
~ I've been thinking
about it, but you know, with
00:39:17.32\00:39:19.49
this recession and the
pandemic, I've just been kind of
00:39:19.52\00:39:22.66
reluctant to put that
burden on our devoted sponsors.
00:39:22.69\00:39:27.33
I mean, our
sponsors are not wealthy.
00:39:27.36\00:39:29.40
They're sacrificing
themselves to give because they
00:39:29.43\00:39:32.60
want to help these children.
00:39:32.63\00:39:35.37
I mean, our goal is
their souls, basically.
00:39:35.40\00:39:39.57
There are folks that
cannot travel over there and,
00:39:39.61\00:39:42.94
you know, make a meal and
run it over to the children,
00:39:43.14\00:39:46.31
or cannot provide.
00:39:46.35\00:39:48.05
But the Lord
provides in different ways.
00:39:48.08\00:39:51.19
You know, yes we are
in the recession and all,
00:39:51.49\00:39:53.96
but you know, when
we give from the heart,
00:39:53.99\00:39:56.93
we give sacrificially.
00:39:56.96\00:39:58.56
So yes, $30 a month
plus whatever blessing,
00:39:58.76\00:40:02.76
the Holy Spirit impresses
your heart to give a gift.
00:40:02.80\00:40:07.04
Because praise God
that the money goes,
00:40:07.07\00:40:09.80
except the $3 that you
use for administration,
00:40:09.84\00:40:13.07
I mean, really, you have $27
that goes directly for a child.
00:40:13.27\00:40:18.48
~ Now if I sponsor a child, do
I get a picture of that child?
00:40:18.51\00:40:21.68
Do we have
contact with that child?
00:40:21.72\00:40:23.69
How does this work?
00:40:23.72\00:40:25.25
So you will get a
picture of the child,
00:40:25.29\00:40:27.49
and a little bit
of the background.
00:40:27.52\00:40:29.36
You will also get
letters from the child.
00:40:29.72\00:40:32.83
Sometimes it's really, really
difficult to get those letters.
00:40:33.13\00:40:36.03
Like Burma during the
war, I mean, there was nothing
00:40:36.06\00:40:40.27
for a year or so.
00:40:40.30\00:40:41.64
The communication between
the children and the sponsors.
00:40:42.24\00:40:44.61
But we try very hard to get
the letters from the children
00:40:44.64\00:40:48.08
and give them to the sponsors.
00:40:48.11\00:40:49.44
They're just
adorable. The little pictures.
00:40:49.48\00:40:52.01
~ I'm sure, I can imagine.
00:40:52.05\00:40:53.92
Those 3 to
10-year olds are special.
00:40:53.95\00:40:56.89
I mean a special
place in their life.
00:40:56.92\00:41:00.36
~ Now Lois...
00:41:00.39\00:41:02.39
I want to say,
Idalia, before we continue,
00:41:02.42\00:41:04.66
Sorry.
00:41:05.03\00:41:06.36
You know, $30 is
really not a lot.
00:41:06.39\00:41:08.10
I'm not sure for how
many years you've had the $30.
00:41:09.10\00:41:12.20
~ Oh no, no, we've phased it up.
00:41:12.23\00:41:13.74
It started, I think
must have been $12 a month.
00:41:13.77\00:41:16.91
Then it's gradually gone up.
00:41:16.94\00:41:19.44
Because I'm thinking of, you
know, we've been to the grocery
00:41:19.47\00:41:23.14
store just this week, and a
few items in there, they say,
00:41:23.18\00:41:26.78
"That will be $120."
00:41:26.82\00:41:28.18
And I go, wow, you know.
00:41:28.22\00:41:29.95
And I know the prices
are different in different
00:41:30.15\00:41:32.02
countries, however,
but $30 is really not a lot
00:41:32.05\00:41:36.16
to help a child for a
whole month with the food
00:41:36.19\00:41:39.79
and the things they need.
00:41:39.83\00:41:41.16
It's really not a lot.
00:41:41.43\00:41:42.96
And I praise the Lord for
the way you apparently are
00:41:43.33\00:41:47.34
squeezing the money to be
able to help all these children.
00:41:47.37\00:41:50.37
We're talking about
20 something countries
00:41:51.37\00:41:54.54
that REACH International is in.
00:41:54.58\00:41:56.04
You know, you do what
you with what you receive.
00:41:56.98\00:41:59.48
And the Lord is
supplying the needs.
00:41:59.51\00:42:00.85
And we want to encourage
those that the Lord impresses
00:42:00.88\00:42:04.95
to help this ministry.
00:42:04.99\00:42:06.39
It's very simple, REACH.org
00:42:06.42\00:42:08.59
And then you can see the webpage
and you have information there.
00:42:11.49\00:42:14.03
And we're going to
share some more contact
00:42:14.16\00:42:15.50
information in a moment.
00:42:15.53\00:42:16.87
Now for those that did not
hear what REACH stands for,
00:42:16.90\00:42:20.64
it's, Render
Effective Aid to Children.
00:42:20.67\00:42:24.51
So praise the Lord for that.
00:42:24.84\00:42:26.41
And I want to say that
$30 a month is $360 a year.
00:42:26.44\00:42:31.98
So you can make a one
time donation of $360,
00:42:32.08\00:42:36.08
and that will sponsor a
child for one whole year.
00:42:36.12\00:42:39.65
Now I'd like to know what
progress has been made since
00:42:39.95\00:42:44.29
your last interview
since you've been here at 3ABN.
00:42:44.93\00:42:47.83
Well, we have graduated
three classes of children
00:42:49.00\00:42:54.04
in the last three years.
00:42:54.07\00:42:56.37
And that started with, we
started with little children
00:42:56.40\00:43:01.24
that never attended school.
00:43:01.28\00:43:03.11
And then we added
a grade every year,
00:43:03.75\00:43:07.82
until we have now three groups
of children that have graduated.
00:43:07.85\00:43:11.79
This is their graduation day.
00:43:11.82\00:43:13.39
Oh, marvelous.
00:43:13.42\00:43:14.76
So that's a major,
major, major accomplishment.
00:43:14.79\00:43:18.66
We're in the process of building
a permanent secondary school.
00:43:19.29\00:43:22.93
That's a major accomplishment.
00:43:23.03\00:43:24.70
And we are needing wells for
water for the secondary school.
00:43:25.27\00:43:30.17
We have had some
attempts to get some local wells
00:43:30.21\00:43:34.34
drilled that we have not
had good success with the help
00:43:34.38\00:43:38.51
that were doing it.
00:43:38.55\00:43:39.88
I don't know how we're
going to get a well-done
00:43:39.91\00:43:43.18
for that secondary school.
00:43:43.22\00:43:44.55
We may eventually have to hire
outside the area for a bore well
00:43:44.59\00:43:48.96
because the locals are not
able to provide us what we need.
00:43:48.99\00:43:54.10
They dig, and then
they say, "We're done."
00:43:54.46\00:43:56.93
~ Oh, wow. ~ Wow.
00:43:56.97\00:43:58.30
So we hope that we can get a
good well for that dormitory.
00:43:58.33\00:44:02.50
~ Now that the
kids, once they're done,
00:44:02.54\00:44:05.81
you know, they're old
enough to be back integrated
00:44:05.84\00:44:08.98
into the community,
I have a question here,
00:44:09.01\00:44:11.78
what are the needs of
the surrounding community
00:44:11.81\00:44:14.48
into which the orphans
will eventually re-integrate?
00:44:14.78\00:44:18.09
~ Oh, I'm glad you asked.
00:44:18.39\00:44:19.89
Do we have time
for a little story?
00:44:19.92\00:44:21.69
~ Please. ~ A short one.
00:44:21.72\00:44:23.89
I wanted our children to learn
to do literature evangelism.
00:44:23.93\00:44:27.40
So we sent them in
pairs during vacation with
00:44:28.06\00:44:31.23
a local literature evangelist.
00:44:31.27\00:44:33.03
And I said, "Keep your
eyes open and look for the needs
00:44:33.23\00:44:36.37
in the community, and tell me so
we can do a community outreach."
00:44:36.40\00:44:40.38
They're children, and
they didn't know what to say,
00:44:40.84\00:44:43.31
and they couldn't
see in my perspective.
00:44:43.35\00:44:47.35
So they asked the literature
evangelist and she didn't
00:44:47.45\00:44:49.95
know what they were wanting.
00:44:49.98\00:44:51.35
So she said,
"People need the Lord."
00:44:51.39\00:44:53.56
Well, yes, of course.
00:44:53.59\00:44:55.22
So we work with what we got.
00:44:55.26\00:44:56.59
That's the information I
got, that's what we work with.
00:44:56.62\00:44:58.56
So I said, "Well, will you find
us a place to meet one afternoon
00:44:58.96\00:45:02.40
a month, and we
will have a program.
00:45:02.60\00:45:05.20
We will do some talks, we
will investigate ourselves
00:45:05.23\00:45:08.84
and see over a bit of
time what the needs are.
00:45:08.87\00:45:11.77
We'll have our chaplain give a
talk, we'll have health nuggets,
00:45:11.81\00:45:14.58
we'll have the children sing.
00:45:14.61\00:45:15.98
So we began, but I asked
her to help me find a place.
00:45:16.44\00:45:19.78
And she said, "I found a place."
00:45:20.62\00:45:22.02
I said, "Okay,
let me come see it."
00:45:22.22\00:45:24.22
And I looked at it, and I
gulped, and I said, "Alright.
00:45:25.39\00:45:28.46
We will accept this tree."
00:45:28.49\00:45:30.19
~ Oh, a tree. ~ Oh wow.
00:45:30.23\00:45:31.56
And we began meeting
under the shade of a tree.
00:45:31.59\00:45:33.90
And a year and a half
later we are still meeting under
00:45:34.30\00:45:36.90
the shade of a tree.
00:45:36.93\00:45:38.27
And the people said, "Are
you playing games with us?
00:45:38.53\00:45:40.64
We don't one afternoon a month.
00:45:40.67\00:45:42.40
We want services in the morning
when you're supposed to have
00:45:42.44\00:45:45.97
church services every week."
00:45:46.01\00:45:47.74
I said, "Okay, if
that's what they want
00:45:48.51\00:45:50.98
and are asking
for, that's what we do."
00:45:51.01\00:45:53.18
So we have been meeting under
the tree for a year and a half.
00:45:53.55\00:45:57.05
Our children, we take
a dozen children with us.
00:45:57.39\00:46:00.32
They sing, they run the Sabbath
school program, and so forth.
00:46:00.36\00:46:06.70
And we have a
rotating schedule for both
00:46:06.73\00:46:09.20
staff and children to go.
00:46:09.23\00:46:10.90
And God is blessing.
00:46:11.43\00:46:12.77
One of the regular attendees
is a man that asked us to
00:46:12.80\00:46:17.47
please come and help him burn
all of his witchcraft items.
00:46:17.51\00:46:20.58
- Oh, tremendous.
- Praise the Lord.
00:46:20.61\00:46:23.08
~ And we did
that. - Praise the Lord.
00:46:23.11\00:46:24.45
~ And he now loves to
sing the scripture music,
00:46:24.48\00:46:27.72
and he loves to sing the hymns.
00:46:28.12\00:46:29.95
And he comes every week.
00:46:29.98\00:46:31.72
~ Praise the Lord.
00:46:31.75\00:46:33.09
~ Now I'm getting all
teary. I'm just so happy.
00:46:33.12\00:46:35.86
Praise God.
00:46:35.89\00:46:37.23
- Amen. - This is wonderful.
00:46:37.26\00:46:38.59
- I have to have... -
And a child shall lead them.
00:46:38.63\00:46:41.16
- That's right, amen. - Amen.
00:46:41.20\00:46:42.73
Before we go,
we need to find out
00:46:42.96\00:46:44.77
how do you find
children, to help?
00:46:44.80\00:46:47.04
Because you have
a lot of children,
00:46:47.07\00:46:48.54
but how do you
get these children?
00:46:48.57\00:46:50.44
- How do you do that,
Cheryl? - How do you find them?
00:46:50.47\00:46:52.11
Social services
will send them to us.
00:46:52.51\00:46:55.31
In Honduras, there was
this little boy that was just
00:46:55.88\00:46:58.81
wandering the
streets at 2:00 am.
00:46:58.85\00:47:00.42
The police saw him
and they brought him to us
00:47:00.45\00:47:03.39
because we're known very well
in that city of Santa Barbara.
00:47:03.42\00:47:06.96
They come to us through pastors.
00:47:07.56\00:47:10.16
Just different ways.
00:47:10.76\00:47:13.16
When you see the
need, people see the need,
00:47:13.19\00:47:16.60
and they know exactly
where to take the children.
00:47:16.63\00:47:19.20
So you guys have made such
an impact in those communities
00:47:19.67\00:47:24.24
in order for them
to know where to go.
00:47:24.71\00:47:26.78
~ Yeah, and we have a
box outside for babies.
00:47:26.81\00:47:30.85
~ Oh my goodness. ~ Oh my. Wow.
00:47:30.88\00:47:33.52
~ That's so special.
00:47:33.55\00:47:34.88
Wow.
00:47:34.92\00:47:36.25
And that's impacting.
00:47:36.28\00:47:39.69
And the work you're
doing every single day,
00:47:39.72\00:47:43.09
it's every single day
that the work is going on
00:47:43.12\00:47:46.66
helping these children.
00:47:46.70\00:47:48.03
And you know, I'm
thinking, you know, $30.
00:47:48.43\00:47:50.30
And I said, you know, sometimes
there are medical bills.
00:47:50.33\00:47:52.63
I mean, so many
different needs a child has.
00:47:53.47\00:47:56.04
And I praise the Lord once
again that REACH International,
00:47:56.37\00:47:59.17
committed since 1973.
00:47:59.21\00:48:03.24
I'm really
surprised at the number.
00:48:03.75\00:48:05.61
You told me there's
about a million children
00:48:05.65\00:48:07.72
that have been helped so far;
that number is impacting to me.
00:48:07.75\00:48:11.02
~ I don't know, you're
helping all these children.
00:48:11.05\00:48:14.49
How do you handle
getting attached to them?
00:48:14.52\00:48:17.46
And you're investing all this
love and care and attention.
00:48:17.56\00:48:20.63
And it's like time to say
goodbye because they've done,
00:48:21.00\00:48:24.00
you know, the
program, and they're off.
00:48:24.03\00:48:25.47
And you're proud to see
them grow and see how they're
00:48:25.87\00:48:30.14
being responsible and putting
into practice everything that
00:48:30.71\00:48:33.27
you have taught them.
00:48:33.31\00:48:34.64
I mean, I have
tears of joy, folks.
00:48:34.68\00:48:36.85
Sorry, I got so
emotional, but from babies...
00:48:36.88\00:48:40.72
You have those
boxes for the babies.
00:48:40.75\00:48:42.48
And many, many
people abandon their babies,
00:48:42.52\00:48:46.25
not because they
don't want to love them,
00:48:46.29\00:48:48.46
but just because they're fearful
00:48:48.66\00:48:49.99
they cannot
provide for those children.
00:48:50.03\00:48:52.39
They can't
provide for themselves.
00:48:52.43\00:48:54.20
So what a beautiful
opportunity for all of us to
00:48:54.23\00:48:58.20
just rally around
this and help the children
00:48:58.23\00:49:02.37
and make an impact on them.
00:49:02.40\00:49:04.61
Thank you for everything
that you do for these children.
00:49:04.64\00:49:07.44
Praise the Lord for you all.
00:49:07.48\00:49:08.91
I'm here on the webpage
for REACH International.
00:49:09.81\00:49:13.28
reach.org
00:49:13.31\00:49:14.68
And it says, "Our mission: REACH
International works to create
00:49:14.72\00:49:18.85
a world where
education empowers all children
00:49:18.89\00:49:21.99
regardless of their beginnings
to reach their full potential."
00:49:22.02\00:49:27.06
~ Amen.
00:49:27.10\00:49:28.43
"REACH International believes
that education is the key to
00:49:28.46\00:49:31.37
breaking the cycle of poverty."
00:49:31.40\00:49:33.54
And already we
have heard some stories
00:49:33.57\00:49:39.01
about lives that
have been transformed.
00:49:39.04\00:49:41.24
And it's a miracle, I
mean, it's really a miracle.
00:49:41.64\00:49:44.21
And you have many
dedicated people working there.
00:49:44.25\00:49:47.62
I mean, it takes
patience to work with children.
00:49:47.65\00:49:53.12
It takes patience,
and it's a mission.
00:49:53.15\00:49:56.06
But it's a call, so you
do it with all your heart.
00:49:56.09\00:49:58.43
And you have the words of Jesus,
"In as much as you did it to the
00:49:58.46\00:50:02.46
least of these, you
have done it unto Me."
00:50:02.50\00:50:05.60
So it's a tremendous work.
00:50:05.63\00:50:06.97
May the Lord continue to bless
the ministry there, sister Lois,
00:50:07.00\00:50:10.81
and the other
mothers and all the workers.
00:50:10.84\00:50:13.68
They're doing a wonderful work.
00:50:14.18\00:50:15.64
- Throughout the
world. - Amen, amen.
00:50:15.68\00:50:17.85
Well, contact information, we
need to share that once again.
00:50:18.15\00:50:20.82
Please, Cheryl, share with
us how people can reach REACH.
00:50:20.85\00:50:24.49
~ You can reach us through
our website, which is reach.org.
00:50:25.49\00:50:29.12
We have a Facebook
page, REACH International.
00:50:29.52\00:50:32.49
You can telephone us.
00:50:32.53\00:50:34.83
Email is info@reach.org.
00:50:35.13\00:50:38.67
Our phone number is
also listed on the website.
00:50:38.97\00:50:42.07
~ Very good, very good.
00:50:42.50\00:50:44.01
So if anybody wants to
volunteer, to say, "I want to,
00:50:44.04\00:50:47.61
I have some
vacation," can anybody do that?
00:50:47.64\00:50:51.48
~ Yes, please call us.
00:50:51.51\00:50:53.11
If I go, I'm not
going to come back.
00:50:53.72\00:50:55.38
I just want to
take the children.
00:50:55.42\00:50:57.09
I need volunteers,
Lois could use volunteers.
00:50:57.29\00:51:01.22
An elderly couple, a retired
couple would be wonderful
00:51:01.26\00:51:04.63
for Lois.
00:51:04.66\00:51:05.99
Sri Lanka, I would love
to have English teachers.
00:51:06.03\00:51:09.00
Somebody who would be willing
to interact with the children,
00:51:09.03\00:51:11.70
speak English.
00:51:11.73\00:51:13.07
Honduras, we just need
people to love those kids.
00:51:13.10\00:51:15.87
Those children are
abused horrifically.
00:51:15.90\00:51:20.28
And they have a lot
of emotional problems.
00:51:20.31\00:51:23.01
They need that love.
00:51:23.04\00:51:25.78
~ They need that
love, that's true.
00:51:25.81\00:51:27.72
- A safe zone. - Yes.
00:51:27.75\00:51:30.79
Well, we are going to
take a moment to share
00:51:31.22\00:51:35.02
some news from 3ABN.
00:51:35.06\00:51:37.36
And we are going to come
back so that you can hear
00:51:37.39\00:51:40.66
some final thoughts from
sister Lois and sister Cheryl.
00:51:40.86\00:51:44.00
And we'll be
back in just a moment.
00:51:44.03\00:51:45.67
We'll see you then.
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