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>> Hello, Gilmore, Kony. And we
just want to welcome you to 3
the and Thursday night live.
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That's right. This is a live
program and we have an exciting
program planned for
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you tonight. And you know,
sitting next to me is not break.
So this is a different
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program, but I'm delighted to
have my sister in Christ receive
you've been in for a
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couple yesterday as we enjoyed
our time here. >> We're doing
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really well. Yeah. Change has
been working filming for the
South School panel I've been
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working on. Hopefully some
exciting new content. Health
programming that I really hope
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it's going to be a blessing. You
guys at some point we're hoping
maybe in the next year getting
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it out. >> I'm really excited
about it. She's already done the
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recording within on location.
And now it's in the editing
phase, which always takes a
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little bit of time. But very,
very excited as mentions abascal
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panel. We just finished a
marathon recording. We did all
13 lessens the 2nd quarter. An
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elder Mark family wrote the
quarterly and did an incredible
job. So we're looking forward to
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that. Tonight's topic is a
sensitive topic. We want to say
this right up front. We're
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talking about human trafficking.
There are over our guest
tonight. We'll in just a moment.
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But they told us tonight that
there are right now 15 receive
50 million, 50 million,
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50 million people who are
traffic globally right now we're
going to talk about what
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that looks like, how you can
become involved in helping to
rescue and set free and help
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through the help of the Lord
Jesus to reading bring healing
to those and I just want to
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say at the outset, um, it is a
sensitive topic. If you have
young children in the home,
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maybe occupy them with something
else during this time. But this
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isn't needed topic. And I think
it's close to the heart of God.
Yeah, absolutely. You and I have
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this kind of idea that it was
more like 30 million and
probably because we look at an
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older statistic and I read
that it is the fastest growing
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illegal. >> Industry business.
So that's probably why we were
so off. That potentially is
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within the past 5 years. It's
grown so exponentially. >> Which
is really horrific.
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>> It is to have a Bible verse
for us introduce or fan. I do. I
thought of revelation 18 and
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in revelation 18 in the
context of this first that I was
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thinking of. >> Is the fall of
Babylon. And that Babylon term
is kind of code word for satans
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occupation and his COO of this
Earth and the government and the
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ideologies and the corruption
and kept religion. All of that
combined. But the Bible promises
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that it's going to fall. And in
the context of that falling, it
says that the merchants of the
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earth will weep and mourn for
her because she's falling for no
one buys her merchandise
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anymore. Now goes on to talk
about her merchandise. And with
that merchandise is gold,
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precious stones sentiment and
sense. Food frankincense wine,
oil, animals. But in the context
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of all merchandise, it ends with
the bodies and the souls of la.
And I was thinking since
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when did bodies and souls of men
become >> Commodities that we
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are exploiting for our own
financial gain and the good news
about this Bible verse is
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that it's going to end. I that
God is going to bring this to an
end and he's using people
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like you did to bring it to an
end. You know, kingdom come on
this earth now, but ultimately
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it's all going to be gone. But
the sad part is that its
existing so much so that God
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saw that it was fit to included
in this list of merchandise.
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That is incredible. Thank you
for sharing that. We've got to
introduce our family who are
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here tonight. >> This is
the Ministry of Child Impact
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International. They have been on
3 before. I had the privilege of
interviewing you both before,
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but we have a 3rd guest tonight.
Let's start with Doctor Tom
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Doctor. Thom Evans is the CEO of
Child Impact International.
We're so glad to have cue.
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Coming around. Will do ladies
next to this is Ashley Blake.
This is our first time at least
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my first time meeting you and
let me get your title, right.
You are child impact.
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International finances is to
yes, that is correct. Is this
your first time in 3 D A this is
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not my first time. It gave the
end. I was a member of the kids
program who way back when fun.
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Yeah, so glad. OK? And then
coming around the corner last
but not son Churchwell. You
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are child impacting national
field director. >> Yes, thank
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you for having us again here in
jail. And they or be here with
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you again. >> So tell us what is
child impact International? I
know tonight we're focusing
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specifically on child
trafficking and you have an
a-hole. I would say a whole
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portion of your ministry
dedicated to that. But, you it's
just in a nutshell, what
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he's telling packed. >> The
child impact has really been
focused on sponsorship.
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And giving kids an opportunity
for an education, really
empowering them through
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education to have a different
future for their lives. We think
of opportunities that we
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have often we take for granted.
But for them to have an
education for these
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children that we support through
sponsorship, this changes their
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world. And so we've been doing
that for decades. Originally
called Asian Aid and then
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started here in the U.S. is
Asian aid. A U.S. A but then
going international quite a few
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years ago now became child
Impact International. And so we
are in a lot of different
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countries all around the world
and education for children that
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wouldn't have that opportunity.
So the trafficking component we
call Operation Child Rescue,
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fighting trafficking. And that's
another component of what we do.
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Eradicating exploitation. >> So
how did before we jump into that
topic? How did each
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one of you become involved in
child impact? What brought you
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to the ministry? >> You want to
start Jason? Sure. So I still
work for another international
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NGO and I'm really got involved
in human trafficking, interested
and that issue. I have 2
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little girls at home, their
ages, 3, 5, so just what I would
tuck them into bed at
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night, thinking about the warm,
safe, comfortable place that we
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could provide for them. My wife
and I could and how many other
girls don't have that
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opportunity families. Those who
are supposed to protect them.
Oftentimes the ones who
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selling them abusing them
exactly. And just really wanted
to do more. And so I I
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I had sponsored a child child
impact for about 5 years. My
wife and I had a little boy in
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India and I got my tax return
back from child Impact. And Tom
was a new CEO there and
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he'd written a nice little note
for all the donors I reach out
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to him just responded to that
email as probably by one Har
Office assistance and Thomas
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signed it. I just said, hey, if
you ever need any volunteers
above to get my family involved.
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And Tom Friended me on Facebook
that night found we had some
mutual friends. I think you
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called them all. Take a call.
The Middle East. said, hey, we
have some mutual friends and
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they tell me I should hire you
you don't volunteer for us come
work for us full-time.
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Haha. So that's how I got
involved. A child impact. And
coming up on a year in April
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home. So it's the look out. The
door opened a lot of doors for
us. We've been praying
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about a way to get more
involved. so there are so many
clear answers to prayer that
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my wife and I decided we walk
through them in faith and has
been a busing ever sense. So
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I'm really privileged to be
here. 2 men time and I've been
involved in a child
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sponsorship since I've been very
young in I just saw the
difference it can make for
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kids. >> And actually became
a promoter of it and ended up
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being the board chair for
another organization that works
with with overseas and
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enjoyed that. And then our
family actually got involved in
adoption ourselves and tell
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impact doesn't do adoptions. we
do sponsorship. But found some
boys that are orphanage
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and eastern Europe. they became
part of our family through
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summer visits and Christmas
visits and last week just travel
to this country and finalize the
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adoption for the older, the 2
boys. So gradually been a long
journey, but very, very I just
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want to say with a Jason coming
on the team and his passion for
this area about human
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trafficking. We've increased the
number of projects in this area
from 3 when I arrived a year and
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a half ago, we now have 14
projects and we have requests
for others. And of course, all
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that's tied to funding and what
we can do because when we engage
with the project, we
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want to do that long term. The
problems don't go away. In a
year or 2 years. We want to
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see these kids be able to grow
up in a safe environment. And so
it's exciting to see the
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increase the number of projects.
And also the need an opportunity
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keep growing this area. What
child impact does? Ashley, what
about you? >> Yeah, so I am
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currently a student southern
university and I decided to go
to Zambia for years to their
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seat missions program. So I
ended up going to Riverside Farm
Institute. And while it was
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over there, just really like to
solidify my passion for being
able to work in ministry
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on. I realized that I had
different talents and skills
that I could possibly use to
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help end. I heard about child
impact. Well, as their Tom
actually came to visit, I was
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there and they had the grand
opening of the new secondary
school that child impact to
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sponsor. So that was on super
amazing to be able to see that
and I thought it would be a
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good opportunity to come here
and work once I came back from
my time is the scene of the
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>> Then all that super to hear
the stories you read. Yeah,
absolutely. That is excellent.
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So you are working with the kids
when you were a student
missionary. So I actually went
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to Riverside to work on one of
their business industries that
they have accounting business.
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Major. >> But I did do
some things that the school to I
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helped to their music program a
little bit. So there's some
definitely some interaction
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with the >> You know, I
think when use the word human
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trafficking, it's kind of a new
term. You know, it's so we're
really talking about slavery.
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Are we? And and that human
trafficking. From what I
learned, there's 3 major
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categories right there, slave
labor or enforce labor and that
can involve a lot of
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children sometimes. And then
there is organ harvesting and
things like that. I that can
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be done that is enforced and
then their sex slaves, right?
That we can put that under the
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category in my correct in
those terms. >> There's forced
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marriage as well for child
brides in these kind of things.
But actually news article just
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came out. I just saw slave labor
right in the Midwest you know,
it's it's happens at some of
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these chicken farms and some of
these places like this
individuals come across the
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border, they're undocumented and
particularly teenagers and
they're they're put to work in
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some of these places. And
there's been a lot of, you know,
illegal activity train.
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You break up those kind of
things from happening. But it
was just the news about a week
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ago I pulled another. There's
another bust of child labor that
was happening in the
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Midwest. >> In the Mid West.
Yeah, he's not crazy far but
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yes, right. you know, it's right
there, but we don't see So why
did child impact become
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involved? And rescuing and
reaching out and helping those
who are being trafficked right
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now. OK, I'm Jason. Can you
assure that? I can tell you why
I got involved, you know, child
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impact. I think your first
project was one in India with a
lady named in media and it's
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called the Freedom Project and
indeed has been working for 25
years in India. And they had a
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task force team that would
literally kind of going bust
down the doors of brothels,
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takeout, young kids who are held
against their will in these
places and then they had
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what they the Azari home, where
they would take these girls. And
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it was like a safe house where
they can grow up. They can give
them life skills, training. And
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since then, we've helped them
open a bakery. They so making
business now they go to school
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and we were able to travel meet
them in November. Some of them
have children even at the
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home that are also being raised
now in a safe place. So that's
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kind of how child impact got
involved. Yes, I feel like it
really fits with our
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sponsorship. I'm kind of model
once we rescue the girls, then
we can get them in education and
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put them our sponsorship model.
And so we feel like that's core
to who we are helping eradicate
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exploitation and helping those
kids. I'm really have as many
advantages as we can possibly
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give them to be successful in
this life, but also introduce
them to so they can have hope
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of eternal life as well. So we
actually met the first girl to
graduate from that Freedom
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Project is home. >> She was
this came to meet us and she's
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starting her own little
business. But I think what
really struck me is there's a
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light in her eyes. She glows and
in fact, I did a video that
panned across the group of young
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ladies and my wife was like,
who's that? She's she's just on.
She's alive. She has this energy
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and you think from where she
hit, what had happened to her is
that she taken. We're going go
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to some party and she dressed up
in traditional Indian garb to go
to this party and she
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got there and everyone was
wearing almost no clothes. And
she's like where my where my
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out what's going on in the next
thing she knows she's forced
into sex trafficking,
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but she survived that old shoes
was taken. Do you remember what
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I do? Remember her? A young
teens. I think that just still a
teenager. So she's probably 19
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or 20 Mil. >> So you saw her and
then you the light in her. >>
Oh, absolutely. She goes
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yeah. And then you give them a
trade. Yes, they they're very
good Yeah. We were able to
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pick and sample some things from
their bakery. my daughter is
actually involved is as
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make in making so like really,
you know, good for the body kind
of soaps. And she's done
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some mentoring with them for
their soap business, which is
kind of neat to see that
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happen as well. But we want to
see I think, Jason, you you look
for several things and
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partnerships because Jason is
the one is our field director
that has initial contact with
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potential partners. Sure. So
when we kind of vetting a new
partner looking to go into a
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new area. >> We look for a
couple things because child
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sponsorship is core to what we
do. Is there an avid a school
nearby where we can send kids
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and then as their rescue
component that we can do, human
trafficking is something that
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happens in every state, every
city in the U.S. and of course,
around the world, it's
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everywhere. It's just hidden.
And so when we rescue the kids,
we like to be able to sponsor
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them to go to school. And we
also like to have some type of
income generation project so
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that that project can support
itself in some way through that
business. And then also
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we teach the kids a train, some
type of vocational training
where they have the
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opportunity then to not have to
go back into that type of work.
We often see is that
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people who are trafficked. Go
back into trafficking there,
traffic over and over and
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over. But if we can give them a
skill and a trade, then we can
hopefully break that cycle
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and really. Help them on a path
to freedom. And so those are the
3 things that we look
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for in a partner that we try to
include in all of our projects.
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>> So when you say that you're
rescuing them, are you breaking
down the no doors and
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resting them out of the brothels
or what's the connecting link
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between those who are doing that
kind of work? You guys, how do
you actually receive the
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children? That's a great
question, women. So what's
happened in a lot of countries
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is. >> The governments don't
like to be known as places where
their citizens are being
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trafficked. So it's actually a
huge blessing that governments
have set up anti Trafficking
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Task Force unit. And so that's
really the work that the police
needs to be doing. And
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so for, for instance, in India,
they've now set up those units
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within their police force. But
once they rescue the girls, they
need a place to take them. And
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so that's kind of the role that
our our projects, Phil, is there
are places that the
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police can dropped the girls
off. They know they're going to
be safely care for. They
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know they're going to be fed.
They're going to be closed. And
so that's what we mean by
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rescue the girls. >> So if you
applied to the government them
00:17:51.90\00:17:56.47
for that kind of a position,
they know they contact you. Hey,
here's a home that weekend. Put
00:17:56.47\00:18:01.21
these kids in. >> Exactly. Yes.
And our projects are really the
00:18:01.21\00:18:05.31
model projects that other ones
are now coming to to get
training. And then this home
00:18:05.31\00:18:08.38
specifically in India, the has
asked him to come to trainings
at different government
00:18:08.38\00:18:14.69
institutions for the for, for
other projects who want to have
safe homes. And so those
00:18:14.69\00:18:19.36
are the best partners for us,
you know, who are operating and
really like a model
00:18:19.36\00:18:22.10
setting for the rest of the
country. >> So what we want to
00:18:22.10\00:18:26.90
do tonight, I want to give the
contact information here for
3ABN because this is a live
00:18:26.90\00:18:32.77
program or going to hear
stories. They have 14 projects
now we're going to hear
00:18:32.77\00:18:37.51
stories from those projects and
what's going on all over the
world. They have projects
00:18:37.51\00:18:40.78
in many different countries. Got
to showcase. We have video for
you and pictures and you
00:18:40.78\00:18:47.12
can see how you can become
involved. Here are the stories
here. How God rest use these
00:18:47.12\00:18:54.50
girls and boys and brings them
out of these places and how he's
working to restore them
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and how you can become involved.
How you can sponsor the kids,
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how you help on a life to
wholeness and healing. So if you
have questions for us, we're
00:19:06.81\00:19:12.95
going to give child impacts
information all throughout the
program. But if you have a
00:19:12.95\00:19:17.52
question specifically tonight
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00:19:17.52\00:19:22.79
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00:19:41.04\00:19:50.32
here tonight about what we're
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00:19:50.32\00:19:54.42
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those requests and will be
taking them here tonight. As we
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talk about, I know we have
several projects to talk about,
but we talked about the school
00:20:06.80\00:20:11.67
in India. I'm one of of the
jungle School in Philippines.
Talk to us about the sure.
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>> They're very remote jungle
schools. And in fact, I'll be
going to in just about a week
00:20:19.11\00:20:23.18
or so will be heading over to it
for the first time. But our
videographer lives in the
00:20:23.18\00:20:28.42
Philippines, Seminole pastor
Jasper, this phenomenal work. he
raise the funds to build a
00:20:28.42\00:20:34.10
jungle. School of Erin are very
remote area all through social
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media. And so the school is
built and then he became part of
our team and he was discovering
00:20:39.20\00:20:43.24
that the kids would come to
school and they would. The
fainting as a world class
00:20:43.24\00:20:47.68
because they were hungry. They
hadn't had any food to eat as we
so we can cover that. And so we
00:20:47.68\00:20:53.55
sent some funds over for food in
and we didn't realize later he
told me we spread that food
00:20:53.55\00:20:57.75
out of over 4 schools for jungle
schools. So about 200 kids have
been helped. And we
00:20:57.75\00:21:02.06
also give medical care once a
quarter for those children. But
the the issue that they're
00:21:02.06\00:21:06.93
having there in that area is
basically child brides of the
Philippines is one of the
00:21:06.93\00:21:11.67
countries that has the most
issues girls being married, very
young age. And so what
00:21:11.67\00:21:19.47
that does is it takes him right
out of an educational
opportunity. And so there's a
00:21:19.47\00:21:23.11
lot of illiteracy in some of
these mountain villages. And so
for these girls to be in
00:21:23.11\00:21:26.88
school to get an education can
help them prevent them from
being to a forced marriage
00:21:26.88\00:21:33.02
situation with an older man that
they would not choose to marry
00:21:33.02\00:21:37.16
on their own, but they're kind
of forced in that situation. So
it said it's a mitigating factor
00:21:37.16\00:21:40.83
against that. And we've also had
to incredible story of a baby
there. That the mother died in
00:21:40.83\00:21:47.54
childbirth and they placed the
baby to be buried. The live baby
to be buried with the
00:21:47.54\00:21:51.91
mother because the death that it
was a curse the baby was cursed
because the mother had
00:21:51.91\00:21:56.41
died during childbirth. >> The
baby was alive. >> They've just
00:21:56.41\00:22:01.65
like they're going to bury the
baby alive. And in any CE, some
folks found out about that and
00:22:01.65\00:22:08.22
they were able to rescue this
baby and he's been adopted and
we help with that adoption and I
00:22:08.22\00:22:12.99
get regular iPhone of this
growing young boy and he's just
gorgeous. And it's so
00:22:12.99\00:22:17.03
exciting to know that he was
rescued. So we kind of work with
both of those areas with
00:22:17.03\00:22:21.47
those jungle schools. >> One
of the dynamics for why families
00:22:21.47\00:22:28.68
with force or daughters into
marriage. So young while
Wildwood, what's the culture to
00:22:28.68\00:22:32.98
even allow that are to support
that? >> In some countries we
the family can support all of
00:22:32.98\00:22:41.66
the children that they have in
the home and the daughters are
kind of seen as a commodity
00:22:41.66\00:22:47.50
because they get a dowry payment
for the girls. And so for them
00:22:47.50\00:22:51.17
to give up a young girl when
they don't, I have enough money
to pay for food for all their
00:22:51.17\00:22:55.70
kids. They know when they give
this girl up at a young age, she
married, they're going to get
00:22:55.70\00:23:01.91
quite a bit of money. It could
be land. It could be animals.
There's a number of different
00:23:01.91\00:23:04.75
things that people will give as
a dowry for a young girl to be
married. And so it's really
00:23:04.75\00:23:10.92
an economic thing for the In
many instances. >> Which is why
00:23:10.92\00:23:15.12
when they are rescued from
certain situations, they often
can't take them back to their
00:23:15.12\00:23:18.33
own homes into their parents
because they'll just be sold
00:23:18.33\00:23:20.33
again. >> Right. Exactly.
Exactly right. Yeah, that's
really >> That's that's tragic.
00:23:20.33\00:23:30.67
I have one project. We can't
even say what the location It's
in the 10, 40 window. I
00:23:30.67\00:23:35.61
was thinking of that. And this
is one Jason has been really
working hard behind the scenes
00:23:35.61\00:23:41.38
on because it's even difficult
to get funds into this country.
one of youngest girl
00:23:41.38\00:23:47.69
been rescued. There are things 6
years old. Is that right? 6
years old? Was she forced into
00:23:47.69\00:23:50.49
marriage? She was first.
Basically family wanted to sell
Yes. So you remember the
00:23:50.49\00:23:59.53
exact context that he >> Her mom
had passed away. Her dad
remarried and the new
00:23:59.53\00:24:04.31
wife, the not care for this
little girl. So she is being
abused at home and she was
00:24:04.31\00:24:08.84
being forced to go out and she
would sell chewing gum on the
street every day from morning
00:24:08.84\00:24:12.18
till night. And so she was just
seen as a way to bring in a
dollar a day or so for the
00:24:12.18\00:24:20.22
family. so she was out on the
street every day. One tonight, a
little 6 year-old girl in
00:24:20.22\00:24:24.16
the middle of a large city. And
so we have some workers on on
the ground there who look
00:24:24.16\00:24:29.86
for cases like this of girls who
are being offered up for sale or
who are vulnerable to
00:24:29.86\00:24:35.04
being sold. So you can imagine
men are coming by. They're
trying to get these girls to
00:24:35.04\00:24:38.71
go with them. They're just
children. You know, my daughters
about the V they see
00:24:38.71\00:24:46.35
this little girl. They're
selling chewing gum and so they
go up and they just start
00:24:46.35\00:24:49.82
asking, hey, what's happening
here? What's going on? And, you
know, these children just
00:24:49.82\00:24:53.96
burst into tears, telling their
stories and they're all
heartbreaking. And so they
00:24:53.96\00:24:58.26
send us kind of a profile of
these and they say, hey, you
know, what do you think? Would
00:24:58.26\00:25:06.20
this fit with their program? Of
course, we're like, yes, please
like Find out what you
00:25:06.20\00:25:09.17
can do. So go talk to the family
and they'll make an arrangement
00:25:09.17\00:25:13.64
and then were able to take those
girls into a safe home, provide,
you know, 3 meals a day for
00:25:13.64\00:25:17.68
them, a safe place for them to
grow up and education for them.
it's really a joy to see from
00:25:17.68\00:25:24.95
our side. But it's also tragic
to know what's happening. Alas
Abbott, that was sitting
00:25:24.95\00:25:29.52
inside a school with my
daughter. So you can see I'm the
parent, not not the
00:25:29.52\00:25:33.66
parallel. The dichotomy, I guess
I'm inside school and Avenue. A
church with tons of
00:25:33.66\00:25:39.57
happy kids. And I get a text on
my phone. We just got this girl.
She 7 and she's being
00:25:39.57\00:25:45.64
forced to shine shoes every day
from morning to night. Similar
situation went to live
00:25:45.64\00:25:49.48
with another family member after
a parent had passed away. Didn't
00:25:49.48\00:25:54.82
care for her just for sending
her out to work every day. And
they said we got here this
00:25:54.82\00:26:03.16
morning and you know, I just
start showing everybody and this
at a school it's a little girl
00:26:03.16\00:26:07.40
hide. Hey, we just got this
girl, huh? >> You know, I love
that. You are providing all
00:26:07.40\00:26:12.70
this, you know, education and
training for them so that they
have. A different identity of
00:26:12.70\00:26:18.64
their value and what they're
capable of. They're no longer a
sex object or just, you worker
00:26:18.64\00:26:22.38
like that I'm also curious,
though, because, you know, when
you come out of that kind
00:26:22.38\00:26:28.68
of trauma. Those kind of
horrific memories and
experiences. I do think it's
00:26:28.68\00:26:36.16
good to, you know, put them in a
good direction of the show them
what they're capable of
00:26:36.16\00:26:38.69
and that type of thing. But
obviously there's a lot of
emotional healing that needs
00:26:38.69\00:26:42.33
to take place. Where do you guys
how do is address that? >> Yeah,
00:26:42.33\00:26:48.80
that's a great question. And
observation, really, of of
trauma that they're in and how
00:26:48.80\00:26:53.27
they're impacted and they think
one of the questions that human
being struggle with this in my
00:26:53.27\00:26:57.35
worthy to be loved And somebody
has been abused and has
experience, you know, the
00:26:57.35\00:27:03.85
wrong side of that, it's very
difficult navigate that. I think
probably one of the
00:27:03.85\00:27:12.79
Joyce that I saw was visiting
one of our projects in Tanzania.
00:27:12.79\00:27:17.97
And what they've done is they've
given all of these kids a couple
of moments. And they treat these
00:27:17.97\00:27:23.17
these kids like they're their
own and they have them and
little covert, smaller groups
00:27:23.17\00:27:25.84
of kids in a home type of
setting. And I have not seen in
the United States any other
00:27:25.84\00:27:33.21
place. I've been the amount of
joy and laughter and a pair of
emotional health. That I saw
00:27:33.21\00:27:38.65
simply by these kids being in
proper nurturing environment.
Now, in some cases, certainly
00:27:38.65\00:27:45.53
where possible we want
counseling to be involved. We
were on the border of Ukraine
00:27:45.53\00:27:51.77
bringing women and children
across some of the first women
and children that came across
00:27:51.77\00:27:55.07
of the ways we're involved was
to hire a councillor that spoke
their language. We took
00:27:55.07\00:27:59.81
them into Germany into Austria
and we have the Celts are
available. We funded that so
00:27:59.81\00:28:07.22
that these women and children
could could find some healing
that way. So each case is a
00:28:07.22\00:28:10.49
little bit different. But
actually, number 15 in terms of
our projects or forgot to
00:28:10.49\00:28:16.22
room. Okay. But we're kind of
wrapping that one But there's
were still involved in some
00:28:16.22\00:28:21.36
ways with that particular
project as well. So you're in
00:28:21.36\00:28:25.47
eastern Europe. >> Here in
Philippines, in Africa, South
America, South America, South
00:28:25.47\00:28:30.84
America. you mentioned that one
where South America's William
and the 10, 40 window. Yes, yes.
00:28:30.84\00:28:35.31
So really this is a global
global ministry. guys are. Are
there places where you feel like
00:28:35.31\00:28:41.68
there's more need that you're
investing more energy and that
00:28:41.68\00:28:48.72
you need help >> you know,
there's there are places where
we know the need is just One of
00:28:48.72\00:28:54.83
those is in Ethiopia and we
could weaken mentioned this
about any project. But in
00:28:54.83\00:28:59.10
Ethiopia, there's civil war
right now. And in we basically
with families, it's not wise for
00:28:59.10\00:29:06.01
us to go in there. For own
safety. And so our photographer
00:29:06.01\00:29:11.18
Singly said all go in there and
he's visited this project. But
children because they're hungry.
00:29:11.18\00:29:19.42
Are signing up to go to war
because they know they'll be
able to eat. And so you have
00:29:19.42\00:29:23.49
child soldiers. And that's just
so tragic planned a 12 year-old
12 years old. That's
00:29:23.49\00:29:29.43
about the age where the start
going to because they're hungry.
00:29:29.43\00:29:35.34
We have a project there that's
focused children who are
orphaned and also disabled. And
00:29:35.34\00:29:40.71
the individual that runs this
project himself became more fun
at himself, has a disability.
00:29:40.71\00:29:46.61
And so he decided that when he
got his degree and when he had
the education that he was after
00:29:46.61\00:29:51.29
that, he would start this
orphanage and school has about
600 kids. Wow. And I was just
00:29:51.29\00:29:56.96
share with some of the day. I
think he's taken more children
that he really can handle. But
00:29:56.96\00:30:01.13
he just such a big heart. So the
needs are just enormous. It's
hard to even know where
00:30:01.13\00:30:03.73
to start with some of these. >>
Yeah, I think that's so
important. I think that's
00:30:03.73\00:30:08.57
important that we're there
right? events are taking place
because what I've learned is
00:30:08.57\00:30:13.54
that that's when those who are
trafficking these children, they
know that's a prime
00:30:13.54\00:30:19.21
moment. You're having all these
orphans, all these children.
00:30:19.21\00:30:23.25
There's a lot of chaos. So they
swooped up, right? So we need to
be there to counter that, which
00:30:23.25\00:30:26.72
is what you guys are doing. And
actually in where a partner
there says that these kids can
00:30:26.72\00:30:32.39
be perhaps some kids into being
blinded and put the bag in in
the city. They're not.
00:30:32.39\00:30:36.40
about us. So. >> Talk to us
about that. A moment blinded him
00:30:36.40\00:30:40.67
put to bake. That means they
purposely put out their eyes.
Yeah. And why would they do
00:30:40.67\00:30:46.94
that? And who does right? So
that people feel sorry and give
the money and they don't
00:30:46.94\00:30:51.58
get any of that money. That
all goes to the people that are
00:30:51.58\00:30:55.35
trafficking them. >> Is the
people who does does this put
top prize? That's my
00:30:55.35\00:31:00.16
understanding. So I've not seen
that personally. >> But I've not
been into, you know, if Pia just
00:31:00.16\00:31:06.49
for safety reasons but it's a
challenge. >> The person who
runs the orphanage. You have
00:31:06.49\00:31:12.37
different smell little bit. Can
you tell us little bit of the
story? His name is sue him on.
00:31:12.37\00:31:19.47
>> he had when he was young, his
father passed away. at some
point during that time
00:31:19.47\00:31:25.75
they were cutting down a tree
and he was sitting watching and
they were trying to pull
00:31:25.75\00:31:31.72
the tree in the opposite
direction of where people were
watching and actually fell on
00:31:31.72\00:31:35.92
him and they thought killed him.
But he revived. And from that
moment, though, he had
00:31:35.92\00:31:41.90
absolutely no use of one of his
his arms. And after that time,
the famine was there and
00:31:41.90\00:31:52.54
the mother and and sister,
they're very hungry and they
sent him to go try to find
00:31:52.54\00:31:55.31
some food while he waited in
mind 3rd day heat mind for food
he fainted and passed
00:31:55.31\00:32:00.52
out. And so after they brought
him back and give him some
strength, said, I've got to go
00:32:00.52\00:32:07.32
back for my family. Well, he
went back and they passed away.
00:32:07.32\00:32:13.06
So now he's in or disabled
orphan another sponsorship
organization sponsored him and
00:32:13.06\00:32:17.50
he went all the way through to
get a university degree. The
government wanted to hire him.
00:32:17.50\00:32:22.00
He said, no, I want to go help
orphan, disabled children just
like him. Yeah. That is taking
00:32:22.00\00:32:26.94
this journey like I have and
help them have a better place.
So just a tremendous person.
00:32:26.94\00:32:31.08
We want to have him come over
and visit. He's never I don't
think he's ever been outside
00:32:31.08\00:32:36.48
of Ethiopia. Dream to come. Just
a great story. We talked we were
talking about bringing
00:32:36.48\00:32:39.55
one of our partners over who
should we bring over? >> We have
00:32:39.55\00:32:44.03
a special week in October with
our team called Home Week and we
wanted to just spend some time
00:32:44.03\00:32:46.66
with one of our partners and and
Jason sitting there in the
meeting said he's suing months,
00:32:46.66\00:32:52.73
calling right Haha. So maybe you
should. Maybe that's an answer.
00:32:52.73\00:32:57.11
May So he said he doesn't do. It
certainly is. Ask about the
passport. Also interest.
00:32:57.11\00:33:01.08
>> Yeah, I said do you have a a
passport can come pick? Yes. He
has passport faster as it
00:33:01.08\00:33:05.21
was a valid for 6 months after
October. You know, because you
have to have that. Well,
00:33:05.21\00:33:10.42
actually, it expired, but I was
just going to get a new one Haha
it will make sure you
00:33:10.42\00:33:16.42
get that. He said I will. I
will. I'm going tomorrow to get
a new passport. So we're
00:33:16.42\00:33:20.13
looking forward to him coming.
That's exciting. And we're going
to have him at 3ABN.
00:33:20.13\00:33:24.50
>> We hope so. All us and
definitely would love that. So
we'll do that interview and
00:33:24.50\00:33:28.07
feature story. So you get to
meet Suleyman this fall. This
coming October. Hopefully
00:33:28.07\00:33:33.27
we'll be able to do a program
with him and you get to meet him
and hear the stories of
00:33:33.27\00:33:37.71
how God's work in this life.
What's incredible to me is that
you would think when you
00:33:37.71\00:33:40.78
go through pain when you go
through whether it's trafficking
00:33:40.78\00:33:47.86
or disability or famine or all
of that, that you would turn
bitter. And yet he wants to give
00:33:47.86\00:33:53.03
back. Do you see that? What is
the a motion on this kind of
goes off of a Reese's question
00:33:53.03\00:33:58.23
earlier. But you said there were
so happy the ones that you went
to visit yet you would think
00:33:58.23\00:34:05.21
they would withdraw or you would
like fight out against other
people or be afraid of people.
00:34:05.21\00:34:10.65
So why do you think that is? >>
gun was just I think one of the
phrases that one of our
00:34:10.65\00:34:17.45
partners said this last year
that just is stayed in my mind.
She said when you have
00:34:17.45\00:34:22.49
hope you have enough. And it's
like they've give been given a
glimpse of hope that mean
00:34:22.49\00:34:28.56
their future before them was
bleak there. There was no
options. They infect many
00:34:28.56\00:34:35.57
Children end up in situations
because they don't think there's
any other option for
00:34:35.57\00:34:37.31
them to survive. And so when
they have a glimmer of hope and
realize I can have a
00:34:37.31\00:34:43.28
bright future, there's options.
There's opportunities for me.
And so many of these
00:34:43.28\00:34:47.98
individuals want to give back.
And we just hear that over and
over again because of what
00:34:47.98\00:34:52.45
I've been through. I want to
help others that are in a
similar circumstance that I
00:34:52.45\00:34:55.12
was in. It's just beautiful to
see it. >> Yeah, the idea like
00:34:55.12\00:34:59.66
you said, there's no hope for
have no other option for me. And
I think that, you know, not only
00:34:59.66\00:35:03.70
are physically sexually slit in
slate, but emotionally and
mentally right. They've been
00:35:03.70\00:35:11.07
held back. And and I think that
what I've read is that the their
owner has developed
00:35:11.07\00:35:17.25
in them. Dependency on them,
right? So they are in every way
to pay. And for you to
00:35:17.25\00:35:23.39
give them that kind of and to
feel like now I can, he'll not
just, you away from that
00:35:23.39\00:35:30.06
situation. But now I have the
opportunity to heal emotionally
00:35:30.06\00:35:33.70
and and be free emotionally and
mentally. I don't have to be
dependent on that. And person
00:35:33.70\00:35:36.83
that I was scared to And we. >>
Should just pause and don't want
to paint like a perfectly
00:35:36.83\00:35:45.07
rosy picture that every person
that you bring out, you know, is
immediately change. It's a
00:35:45.07\00:35:49.48
process, right, because they're
starting a whole new life. And
00:35:49.48\00:35:52.01
we just heard the testimony of a
girl today and she wrote in
there sometimes act out. I do
00:35:52.01\00:35:58.75
bad things. I don't know why,
but I'm working my way through
that. I'm becoming a better
00:35:58.75\00:36:03.39
person. >> It's not all of our
when and then even more with
that kind trauma. it's like, of
00:36:03.39\00:36:11.10
course. >> It's a process.
But when you take someone out of
00:36:11.10\00:36:14.00
that situation like you're
talking about where you have no
decision-making ability and
00:36:14.00\00:36:16.10
they have freedom now and
they're surrounded by people who
love and care for them and
00:36:16.10\00:36:20.64
they're learning to trust people
learning to share their stories
with them. And they're
00:36:20.64\00:36:25.88
being introduced in Jesus. Yeah,
he's the ultimate healer. It
00:36:25.88\00:36:30.89
just makes all the difference
for these girls. >> Yeah, I
think God that he gave us a
00:36:30.89\00:36:36.76
resilient mind. You know, a
plastic mine, especially in
childhood. You know I was 20
00:36:36.76\00:36:43.63
guys how I heard how I saw this
comparison of physically trauma
brain that had experienced
00:36:43.63\00:36:49.37
physical trauma verses of brain
that had experienced trauma
through this emotional and
00:36:49.37\00:36:55.14
sexual abuse in this kind of
thing. So I did the scan and
they looked like the same right,
00:36:55.14\00:36:58.85
just, you know, tremendous
damage that was done physically,
00:36:58.85\00:37:03.42
too, this, too, that to the
brain. And that resiliency means
it doesn't have to be stuck that
00:37:03.42\00:37:09.09
way like no, it had the
potential of growing and
changing being transformed is
00:37:09.09\00:37:15.53
physiologically and it's God's
blessing. And I'm so thankful
for that at any but especially
00:37:15.53\00:37:17.97
in childhood. Yes, him. It's
amazing how he made us. >> We
believe in the Ministry
00:37:17.97\00:37:23.44
of Child Impact, we believe in
what you all are doing. We're so
excited to be able to share
00:37:23.44\00:37:27.58
these projects with you at home
so that you can become involved.
00:37:27.58\00:37:33.42
Who want to talk tonight about a
special project in Zambia at
Riverside Farm Institute. But
00:37:33.42\00:37:38.32
first, let's just put up the
website. We're going to do it
several times this evening.
00:37:38.32\00:37:43.49
Child impact dot or you can go
to child impact on road if you
want to become involved. If
00:37:43.49\00:37:48.00
you want to sponsor children, if
you want to help in these
projects are the projects
00:37:48.00\00:37:53.30
listed as far as all the
different ones all over the
00:37:53.30\00:37:57.07
world that. >> Bonser ship by
country, OK, you can select
which country and yeah, those
00:37:57.07\00:38:02.01
are available right You can go
online and and decide to sponsor
a child and your sponsors. Well,
00:38:02.01\00:38:09.22
as of 2 he open, which is great
better not travel to see that.
>> That's right. No, Greg and
00:38:09.22\00:38:13.96
I did that and we're so excited.
A little girl and a little boy.
00:38:13.96\00:38:16.93
The newsman from field is so
this is just near and dear to my
heart. I just my heart breaks.
00:38:16.93\00:38:22.50
You know, the thing comes the
pain. Think of. I just can't
even imagine a child's life is
00:38:22.50\00:38:28.74
supposed to be beautiful and
supposed to be seen safe and
supposed to be happy and
00:38:28.74\00:38:35.14
nurturing and then to be in a
place where you're in slave to
You're dependent on the other
00:38:35.14\00:38:39.91
person in your and I just. She
says needs to come. But I'm
grateful there's organizations
00:38:39.91\00:38:47.86
like you all, you know that
reach out and I'm grateful that
treatment can partner
00:38:47.86\00:38:51.26
with and help. When this project
a new at home. As our viewers,
you can step forward
00:38:51.26\00:38:55.40
and say yes, I'm going to stand
with child impact. I'm going to
help them help rescue
00:38:55.40\00:39:02.14
girl. So and boy, so let's talk
about NBA and the 600 project.
00:39:02.14\00:39:05.84
>> We want to show the video
may be just as another donation.
00:39:05.84\00:39:09.81
>> I like, yeah, let's do that.
So let's hopefully the crew has
the video all said. I
00:39:09.81\00:39:11.58
know this is a live program.
Let's go to that video here
00:39:11.58\00:39:28.83
right now. >> I used to we in
the morning in Noble 5.12. Then
go full print. to 04:00PM. Fi I
00:39:31.47\00:39:39.27
going to feel. Yeah, stuff. I'd
say long. We will at night. >>
no choice. They've got to
00:39:39.27\00:39:50.65
be watching that kids use has
and grab as causing after war.
There. If we're going to waste
00:39:50.65\00:39:56.73
can say if I stay at home
my kids, just anything. >> is a
00:39:56.73\00:40:02.63
small. >> Town that borders
Zimbabwe. About one hour from
Riverside and one characteristic
00:40:02.63\00:40:07.57
that makes this time unique is
the amount of traffic with large
checkers. drive-thru for
00:40:07.57\00:40:11.67
important next port. ¤
As we begin to explore the
00:40:11.67\00:40:20.82
area. We recognize a very
vulnerable population in these
communities. The vulnerable
00:40:20.82\00:40:25.39
group that we discovered was
teenage girls. Often they
responsibility and the burden
00:40:25.39\00:40:30.49
to take care of their elderly
grandparents are the younger
siblings rests upon these
00:40:30.49\00:40:34.23
ladies at a very young age.
Because basic needs are barely
met. Education is not a
00:40:34.23\00:40:42.97
priority. And these girls has
a very difficult decisions to
00:40:42.97\00:40:48.48
make. >> I'm not feeling so good
to watch my young things not
eat. >> Because of not having
00:40:48.48\00:40:56.28
enough money. >> You know, so
I'm like can I be a sacrifice?
00:40:56.28\00:41:01.46
Something like ¤ >> know you
have trucks coming in and out of
00:41:01.46\00:41:08.90
the town and you know how
sometimes is Trump Travis in the
of trying to relax? They bake
00:41:08.90\00:41:13.44
approach goes, you know, >> to
10 things for them. And that
like looking fine, giving
00:41:13.44\00:41:19.74
because I feel like they're
going to give me what I'm
00:41:19.74\00:41:24.25
looking for. >> The moment they
get wet and the temple will be
able to help out at home.
00:41:24.25\00:41:28.08
>> They would say on subject of
us, they will into the trucks to
something else that
00:41:28.08\00:41:33.52
the gunman, the semi. >> Some of
the game with that that taking
00:41:33.52\00:41:39.56
I'm not even that old age. >>
Some of month, 12, 15, 14. >> By
providing an education
00:41:39.56\00:41:47.80
for these girls. We hope to
intersect before they get high
risk age and be able to
00:41:47.80\00:41:53.88
provide them a different hope in
different I look up and patients
to a very important,
00:41:53.88\00:42:03.62
too, it's meant a lot of people
be a whale sit-in things. You
00:42:03.62\00:42:09.69
know how? >> Being into kids
don't have a just having an
exposure. indication tests
00:42:09.69\00:42:14.63
highlights young minds and I'm
like you just become a things.
because, you know, that a sit-in
00:42:14.63\00:42:21.80
skew express says it took a lot
things. Imagine how you have an
indication aims. You've
00:42:21.80\00:42:32.71
come out, Chris own sit and
think that the dangers giving
yourself to, you big man and
00:42:32.71\00:42:38.79
everything like trust me, you
wouldn't really for for reads,
because you you've already had
00:42:38.79\00:42:42.89
an You Lance about such things
someone next door to the dangers
of things. So really
00:42:42.89\00:42:47.96
an indication in this case can
really be helpful. It's really
helpful say really helpful to
00:42:47.96\00:42:57.17
young education, even when
that would no bad he does. He'll
00:42:57.17\00:43:02.11
>> Will become to that. I may
inflict I I put food on my
table. Yeah. I paid who the
00:43:02.11\00:43:08.12
that they use to annual of the
field would do that. What
they've been given an What
00:43:08.12\00:43:18.83
outfit things that they can
death life in prison when it
comes one. So you much and how
00:43:18.83\00:43:24.87
we go get some indication they
call back to that community. And
be an example to have that
00:43:24.87\00:43:32.71
you'd run out there and be an
example today once they become
needed, you know, they tried
00:43:32.71\00:43:37.31
by all means tonight to down
ones not to go back to truck.
relation our dreams for these
00:43:37.31\00:43:44.45
girls is to be able to
feed 3rd goals and dreams being
00:43:44.45\00:43:48.06
fulfilled. >> Whether it's to be
a faithful mother taking care of
their own children. Sunday
00:43:48.06\00:43:50.46
already become a doctor. We
want to get an opportunity. ¤
00:43:50.46\00:44:01.54
We're so thankful to be able
to partner with child impact. So
00:44:01.54\00:44:05.41
that children in communities all
around can have lives that are
mentally physically and
00:44:05.41\00:44:11.21
spiritually fulfilling. This is
our passion. And this is what
drives our mission. along up
00:44:11.21\00:44:18.29
with King for that boys in
survival, man becoming most
00:44:18.29\00:44:24.76
strongly man. >> Now they can
focus on achieving that dream. ¤
00:44:24.76\00:44:32.70
¤ ¤ >> And that's incredible
00:44:32.70\00:44:46.58
stories. You know, hit me the
most was that they're doing it
for their younger siblings.
00:44:46.58\00:44:51.42
Yeah, they're saying I'm going
to. Prostitute myself. I'm going
to hurt my own sacrifice
00:44:51.42\00:44:57.46
myself, sacrifice myself for my
brothers and As hard one of most
powerful statements
00:44:57.46\00:45:04.53
cannot be a sacrifice. >> So
that was And that was in which
country again, Sandy, a
00:45:04.53\00:45:13.98
okay. And tell us a little bit
about what they're doing there.
00:45:13.98\00:45:18.98
>> Yes, so that you saw the
girls and these were clothes.
They were out gardening. And
00:45:18.98\00:45:22.02
so they're working in the soil
and I shoot some of these girls
00:45:22.02\00:45:28.36
will get involved probably with
the soap there's other trades.
There's a lot of different
00:45:28.36\00:45:31.86
trades that Riverside offers for
these girls to learn. But we
begin because we already have a
00:45:31.86\00:45:36.97
school there where we sponsor
kids and we we helped build the
secondary school. But
00:45:36.97\00:45:41.10
these kids hadn't graduated.
Fill that school up yet. And so
we learned about these
00:45:41.10\00:45:45.81
girls on the border there we
offered to sponsor 25 of them
through Operation Child
00:45:45.81\00:45:52.55
Rescue, really, which is a
project. Our project that fights
human trafficking that
00:45:52.55\00:45:57.95
we would sponsor. 25 of these
girls to go to school. And the
media request came. Could you
00:45:57.95\00:46:03.43
sponsor 35? And then from there,
rented a dormitory and it's
like, well, can we build
00:46:03.43\00:46:11.43
a dormitory on campus? So we've
God has blessed. We've been able
00:46:11.43\00:46:17.34
to raise the funds to build a
dormitory for 100. >> Girls 100
So that was America with the
00:46:17.34\00:46:23.01
raising of the funds for that.
Yes, it was such a blessing
somebody watching 3 being
00:46:23.01\00:46:33.76
program So they watched about
how the impact on 3ABN and said
yes, want to sponsor. I want I
00:46:33.76\00:46:37.63
want to be involved at this
particular project. So super
excited about that. The
00:46:37.63\00:46:42.03
challenge that we're trying to
address now and what we'd like
to to bring tonight is that we
00:46:42.03\00:46:47.00
want to fill that dorm now with
100 girls that are all at-risk
00:46:47.00\00:46:52.01
girls. >> And so our sponsorship
program covers some of that
cost, but not all of it. And
00:46:52.01\00:46:57.78
so you these these girls can be
sponsor. That's $45 a month for
sponsorship. But the
00:46:57.78\00:47:03.25
actual cost for everything
that's involved with the rescue
project like this is
00:47:03.25\00:47:06.49
$135 per girl. So there's 100
girls and the school year about
$100,000 subsidy coming
00:47:06.49\00:47:12.93
from Operation Child Rescue. So
maybe somebody wants to cover
the whole amount for a
00:47:12.93\00:47:16.56
whole year. But that would be
every little bit will help every
little bit will help. So
00:47:16.56\00:47:20.24
when you're talking about you're
taking at >> risk girls who
00:47:20.24\00:47:22.77
you're talking about them
prevention. >> Some prevention,
but I'm Jason has some stories
00:47:22.77\00:47:30.78
that we'll incredible that we
just got right of some of those
35 girls that are currently in
00:47:30.78\00:47:35.85
the program. And that was kind
of our understanding, too, is
that these girls were really
00:47:35.85\00:47:41.82
one step away. Maybe they had a
sister who was already selling
at the truck stop. She
00:47:41.82\00:47:47.03
was getting pulled into that
lifestyle. >> But we heard some
00:47:47.03\00:47:49.86
stories just this week. Tragic
stories. True stories and I'll
share one. they would go
00:47:49.86\00:47:59.34
around the team at Riverside,
they would interview people in
the local community trying to
00:47:59.34\00:48:03.01
find who kind of fit the profile
of the type of girl. We're
looking to rescue and
00:48:03.01\00:48:09.05
they would find them like I
said, kind of one sept removed.
But this girl, they
00:48:09.05\00:48:12.25
found out just recently is kind
of telling her whole story. She
00:48:12.25\00:48:18.29
had an aunt who kind of begged
her father to take her to come
live with her, OK? And I think
00:48:18.29\00:48:22.33
something happened to the mom.
We didn't hear all the story
there. But the father finally
00:48:22.33\00:48:26.57
said, OK, you can go live with
your aunt and the and started
trafficking. Her. And so she
00:48:26.57\00:48:31.21
would for sure to go sell at a
truck stop. Probably the same
truck. Stop there and she
00:48:31.21\00:48:37.25
would have to sell vegetables
and then and would also
trafficker to the truck
00:48:37.25\00:48:41.02
drivers 4 different type of sex
acts there. So this came out.
Now there's a counselor
00:48:41.02\00:48:49.99
every side and these started
opening up and telling their
story. I was trafficked by
00:48:49.99\00:48:54.00
law. And so this is one of the
girls who have rescued right
now. Another one I just heard
00:48:54.00\00:48:57.03
the story of went to live at an
orphanage. She sent a similar
situation and dropped
00:48:57.03\00:49:04.01
off an orphanage. And there she
kind of being, I think,
physically abuse share a very
00:49:04.01\00:49:10.88
hard life, an orphanage when she
was complaining to the aunt. So
the and took her to
00:49:10.88\00:49:15.25
another orphanage and the
orphanage started trafficking.
This girl, the orphan of the
00:49:15.25\00:49:21.59
orphanage itself. And so one day
workers from Riverside came to
00:49:21.59\00:49:26.63
the orphanage and said, hey, we
have a donor in the United
States. Child impact has agreed
00:49:26.63\00:49:31.60
to sponsor a certain number of
of girls from this community.
And they did interviews and to
00:49:31.60\00:49:36.37
get into Riverside. It's a it's
a very high level academic
school. You have to pass a test
00:49:36.37\00:49:42.04
to get in this era passed the
test and she was admitted as one
of these 35 girls sponsored by
00:49:42.04\00:49:48.12
child impact and she was rescued
from that orphanage where she
was being trafficked
00:49:48.12\00:49:52.92
So you think of a place that
would be safe for kids to go?
I'm safe. People use those. To
00:49:52.92\00:49:58.09
their economic advantage and
they use these kids to make
money for themself. And so
00:49:58.09\00:50:02.93
those are stories that we just
heard that the kids road
themself just this week.
00:50:02.93\00:50:07.57
>> Well, and we found out that
one was making very unusual
Christmas gift request one
00:50:07.57\00:50:12.91
things for babies like diapers
and these kind of things and she
she wasn't. Yeah, she had
00:50:12.91\00:50:17.95
a child that she would take care
of when she went back on school
break and this was not
00:50:17.95\00:50:22.28
known until these unusual
request are coming for gifts.
Again, these are teenagers.
00:50:22.28\00:50:27.79
The majority of children brought
that first group of 35 or for
Great Satan grades 10
00:50:27.79\00:50:32.16
because there's no government
exam during those 2 years. And
so they want to give them a
00:50:32.16\00:50:36.53
year of school before then they
have to be tested with
government exam. So he's in
00:50:36.53\00:50:40.44
the chance to catch up a little
bit academically, >> That's
00:50:40.44\00:50:45.31
incredible. So I'm gonna go back
to the aunt who trafficked in.
Then we can keep going with
00:50:45.31\00:50:48.18
this. But how do you do with
that? I'm not even talking for
the kids perspective. I'm
00:50:48.18\00:50:53.92
talking from your perspective
because you work with us. How do
you even forgive? I mean, I'm
00:50:53.92\00:50:59.85
just sitting here boil How could
that? So how can you do that
here? How do you even
00:50:59.85\00:51:05.63
yourselves work through that?
I mean, I'd be angry. >> So at
00:51:05.63\00:51:09.96
this last example Thomas talking
about when they went to
interview the girls, they found
00:51:09.96\00:51:15.70
out this year's being sexually
abused by a family member. And
so they took her out of that
00:51:15.70\00:51:20.41
situation and they took her to
another family member where she
was safe. What the team didn't
00:51:20.41\00:51:24.05
know is that while she was being
abused, she got pregnant. And so
00:51:24.05\00:51:31.49
even after they relocated to her
her to a safe place, she had the
child and then she would sell
00:51:31.49\00:51:34.36
vegetables every day after
school to kind of earn extra
money to help pay for child
00:51:34.36\00:51:38.46
back home. And so it didn't come
out like Tom said until so child
impact has 3300 kids
00:51:38.46\00:51:47.40
that we sponsor and people
donate every year to a special
fund called the Gift Fund
00:51:47.40\00:51:51.07
where every child in our
sponsorship program gets a
Christmas gift. And we give
00:51:51.07\00:51:56.04
money to the field officers. In
this case, we gave it to
Riverside a certain amount per
00:51:56.04\00:52:00.22
child and now asked the kids,
hey, what would you like for
Christmas this year? And so we
00:52:00.22\00:52:05.12
really try to give the kids the
opportunity to decide for
themselves. You know, they can
00:52:05.12\00:52:06.92
make a little wish list. And
that was what her wish list was
was toys, you know, baby
00:52:06.92\00:52:13.83
food, things like that. And so
that's when they found out. So
they tried to intervene,
00:52:13.83\00:52:18.07
trying to get her away from that
situation as much as possible.
And so that's really
00:52:18.07\00:52:22.04
the response gets interest safe
place immediately and then work
00:52:22.04\00:52:26.78
with them and walk with them
through that trauma and healing
process. So the powerful thing
00:52:26.78\00:52:32.11
about having the storm, a Tory
on site is were renting right
now and they have to be escorted
00:52:32.11\00:52:35.78
onto campus. >> So there's a
little bit of a walk to get on
00:52:35.78\00:52:39.59
the campus and one of the
challenges I think of a picture
on this. One of 4 children that
00:52:39.59\00:52:43.96
I met that are. Not within
walking distance. they're all
orphans who their parents passed
00:52:43.96\00:52:52.77
away. And so the grandmothers
looking after them, but they're
00:52:52.77\00:52:56.91
too far to walk to Riverside
Farm to go to school. We're
taking on 100 new students for
00:52:56.91\00:53:03.55
sponsorship. Riverside, they're
being processed right now at the
primary school and separate
00:53:03.55\00:53:08.55
from the 100. Yeah. This is
separate from that. And of
course they get they get there
00:53:08.55\00:53:12.59
and they get this education
there that were there in the
protection opportunity there.
00:53:12.59\00:53:15.59
They're in a safe place, we've
been able to provide funding for
a couple of buses, child
00:53:15.59\00:53:24.93
impact buses in Zambia. And of
course, recess Riverside Farm on
the to, of course. now
00:53:24.93\00:53:29.80
these children can actually get
safely to the school being
picked up in impoverished
00:53:29.80\00:53:34.48
communities. I think Ashley can
tell you what it's like in some
of those You've been
00:53:34.48\00:53:38.41
there. Yeah. >> I mean, I'll
be totally honest. Like I had no
00:53:38.41\00:53:45.39
idea what poverty looks like.
You now have grown up in the
United States. My whole life.
00:53:45.39\00:53:49.19
I never really lived in any sort
situation like that. And then I
was in Zambia for 10
00:53:49.19\00:53:54.30
months. So, you know, it's a
pretty long time. Definitely pea
pod. I have received
00:53:54.30\00:53:57.93
longer than that. And but just
like being exposed to like the
people living in this village
00:53:57.93\00:54:04.04
is the grass roofs. They all
every single one of them grows
maize for a living. And then
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every single one of them well go
and sell the exact same
vegetables at the market
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because they all by from the
same farmer. So the all buy
tomatoes, all by the green
00:54:16.99\00:54:21.79
beans all by charcoal. And then
you go to the market and its all
00:54:21.79\00:54:28.20
the same thing. Everyone still
in the exact same thing to make
a living so like what me and my
00:54:28.20\00:54:33.30
like falls to missionaries would
always try to do is just like
pick a vegetable from like each
00:54:33.30\00:54:37.51
person says it all get like a
fair chance. You know, even
though it probably be easier,
00:54:37.51\00:54:41.98
just get it all at once. So we
go to each but I just have to
say the whole experience is
00:54:41.98\00:54:48.85
just it was a change like my
world view completely and I
think one of one of the most
00:54:48.85\00:54:56.19
impactful things is probably
thinking about how like all the
verses in the Bible. It
00:54:56.19\00:54:59.69
talk about how God has, you
know, chosen asked to be his
children and then like
00:54:59.69\00:55:04.80
applying that to the contacts of
like he has chosen me accounting
00:55:04.80\00:55:11.21
major from the United States. In
the same way he's chosen the
African Bushman out here who's
00:55:11.21\00:55:16.01
like never left his country and
just grows maize. And that's all
he knows. And he loves us
00:55:16.01\00:55:21.12
all the same. And chosen follow
same It's really cool. That is
00:55:21.12\00:55:26.62
beautiful. I love that. What a
wonderful, spiritual lesson to
learn from that. That is
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incredible. >> So we just have a
couple moments left and we're
going to have a break and come
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back for the second hour. So
right now you have 35 girls
right now in the program. Are
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they all sponsored? >> There's
still some available to sponsor.
00:55:42.24\00:55:44.57
We actually have right now on
our website, 18 from Zambia.
There are a few from a another
00:55:44.57\00:55:52.01
school this nearby. Again, us
the context very similar,
wherever and that way, this
00:55:52.01\00:55:56.52
was all trafficked or just
sitting. There are a lot of
orphans in that particular so
00:55:56.52\00:56:01.42
but there are some of the girls
there on the site right now. And
00:56:01.42\00:56:05.69
of course, then there's going to
be a lot more added as the
dormitory gets completed. That's
00:56:05.69\00:56:10.53
our hope that we can see those
supported to go there. So. >> So
you you're trying to get
00:56:10.53\00:56:16.07
100 is you're to try 100 girls
and their yeah. In that, go
ahead. I just want longer they
00:56:16.07\00:56:21.64
stay with you. How many Well,
the ones will come in again will
probably be typically 8th
00:56:21.64\00:56:27.55
grade in 10th grade and so on,
they learn a trade. They'll get
an education. We hope that
00:56:27.55\00:56:32.32
they can graduate with skills
that are living. >> And we've
00:56:32.32\00:56:35.59
seen this work because we were
just in India and we have work
in a slum there there's a lot of
00:56:35.59\00:56:41.66
prostitution. I mean, I was
standing up to rooftop of this
in that house prostitution.
00:56:41.66\00:56:43.87
There's prostitution there. All
of this. And yet we had a sewing
and tailoring program
00:56:43.87\00:56:51.51
that we're offering in the
community. And these ladies who
are in prostitution will
00:56:51.51\00:56:53.44
come in and learn different
skill. And this has been going a
couple years ago and our
00:56:53.44\00:57:00.85
cameramen went house to house
and met these ladies that now
are tailoring and with their
00:57:00.85\00:57:05.55
sewing machines that they were
given and is transforming this.
This ghetto of the slum
00:57:05.55\00:57:11.19
area. And I walked by and that a
young lady who knows enters has
gone through with child
00:57:11.19\00:57:16.30
impact. And so it's just
exciting to see that it does
work. So we know those girls
00:57:16.30\00:57:22.04
coming to Riverside will have a
different future once they
graduate and you keep them as
00:57:22.04\00:57:26.17
long as it takes, or is it more
they're here till they graduate
00:57:26.17\00:57:31.95
like their senior years? >>
Yeah, we will hold answer at
seconds. We're going to
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hold the answer for that and
we'll come back in just a
moment. And answer that we
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want to encourage you become
involved in helping children
around the world will be right
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