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00:16 Today Live. This is a live program and you are sending in your questions. Thank you very 00:20 much. I'm Jill Meagher County and I'm here with my sister received after end, the child 00:26 Impact International team just want to give in disclaimer here. We did it to be in the 00:32 first hour. We're going to do it one more time here. We're talking about a sensitive 00:35 topic tonight. We're talking about the concept of child trafficking and rescuing those 00:42 children prevention for that in certain countries and getting them out of those 00:46 situations into safe places, safe houses where they can learn a trade where they can 00:50 go to school where they can be educated and have a life WABC bringing counselors in or I'm 00:58 learning about the who Jesus is and how he can bring healing in their lives. So if 01:04 you have young children in the home, this might not be a program for them. So we just 01:07 want to give you that disclaimer. We have some sensitive topics will be 01:11 talking about here this evening. And if you are just joining us, our reminder, we 01:15 have Jason Churchwell and doctor Thom Evans and Ashley Blake with us. So so delighted 01:21 that you all are here. We believe in the Ministry of Child Impact International Y E 01:28 you are doing who we're talking tonight specifically about I call it an arm of 01:31 their ministry. You're certain part of their ministry, which is operation Child Rescue. And 01:35 we were talking before the break about this incredible project at Riverside Farm in 01:40 situ in Zambia and Reese II asked a question that we want to break. So ask a I was just 01:46 kind of curious, like how long? >> I'm somewhat stay with you. 01:50 How long do you see it takes? Maybe that they're safe to launch or, you know, is there 01:55 like a cut off point that they have? Sure. I there becomes an age where you have younger and 02:00 older children mixing together where it's best afield are ones move on and 02:03 >> start a career move on with their life. And so certainly have project like are one in 02:09 Tanzania with the Falco's children home that were very involved with where they 02:15 Clearly state is that we want these kids to be able to stand on their own by the time they 02:19 leave here. So from the time they come, that's the goal. And that's why sustainability 02:26 teaching skills us on this. So important when we were just in India in November, we had a 02:33 number of recent graduates that came back to meet our team and they were in all 02:38 sorts of careers. One of them is a doing a lot of, I guess, cooking and some chef work in 02:42 a hotel and he wanted to cook for us the whole weekend. And the food, of course, is great. 02:48 But you have people in the counting careers medical I think I shared hero 3 being 02:53 before. I'm Sean Engine booster. A sponsored a child through child impact and she 02:58 is now a nurse overseen a couple of different districts. They're just very proud of the 03:03 accomplishment. and so and so are we. And it's really nice to be able to us, you know, 03:07 tell a child we're so proud of you and how God has blessed in your life. 03:14 >> Absolutely. Let's go to couple of questions and just want to give you the contact 03:16 information for 3, the end. If you have a question pertaining to this through the topic here 03:21 tonight, you can Texas in 6, 1, 8, 2, 2, 8, 3, 9, 7, 5, That number again is 03:29 618-228-3975, or you can email us at Live L I V E at 3ABN Dot TV l I V E at 3ABN got TV. 03:38 This one is from Bran from Alabama. Is it possible to bring some of the children to 03:43 the U.S. to be fostered or adopted by Americans? >> Wow. That is a great 03:48 question. That is not the business that child impact as I think in, you know, it even 03:54 in the context of our own adoption for the 2 boys, there was an effort by the 03:58 government and the country that we are in to find the family members to find homes 04:03 there in that that, you know, and that is similar cultural context. That's the easiest 04:08 for the child, isn't But I was attending church, a coastal community church. One of my I 04:14 think maybe my for 7th there there was a fellowship meal and I set down by this lady 04:20 who had adopted in her 2 adopted children right there from Tanzania and one of our 04:23 projects us on that list. You have now is the is there because of the conversation 04:28 with this lady and she well, they ran that project, adopted them, brought them to the 04:34 states and other classmates with my boys. And so it does happen. And we do have one of 04:40 our projects. We have a board member that in the process of adopting 2 children from that 04:45 project. One of the boy she's adopting was thrown into toilet and has acid burns his 04:50 body from that. she went to visit this project and was so moved. She said, I think 04:57 initially they thought maybe they're the top one and they have teenagers that are, you 05:02 know, ready to leave the nest almost and they're ready to start all over again and say 05:07 we're going to bring 2 babies into our home is just incredible. When you see that 05:09 kind of commitment. And so we would be happy for individuals to contact. And I'm certainly 05:14 willing to share my own journey that way. A show with a number of people how you can 05:19 get involved in international adoption. But we only have one project right now with child 05:23 impact. We're kind of piloting that. Okay. If it's successful, we'll open that up 05:29 and will make that available and go into that area. So we want to see how it works for a 05:33 board member. First, but I do have a path for international adoption and I'm happy to 05:37 visit with people about. >> That's fabulous. So people can contact. You would e-mail 05:41 me the best are calling the office. >> Yeah. Probably to call the 05:45 office and that can touch it. >> But that number up, we have that number for the office. 05:50 That is 4 to 3. I got to see it here at 9, 1, 0, 0, 6, 6, 7. That's 4, 2, 3, 9, 1, 0, 0, 06:00 6, 6, 7, That's the office number for child impact. If you have questions about that 06:06 international adoption or you want to sponsor children or you want to get involved in 06:11 the Ethiopia project or this and be a project to Riverside Farm or any of those avenues 06:14 or you can go to their website. Child Impact Dot org. That's child impact dot, or 06:21 you can email them has it help at child impact Dot Org. That's helped a GOP. A child 06:29 impact Dot org. This was for Ashley. this is a question for the college student. Ashley, 06:37 I'm sure college is busy. Why do you decide to work for child impact on top of school? 06:42 And what is your favorite part of the job? comes John. That's those are all good questions. 06:50 Well, the easy answer is, you know, having a job is nice. Of course, I think what I was a 06:55 student missionary at Riverside, I you know, I really discovered that I 07:01 enjoyed working in ministry. There's something especially for feeling about it. 07:05 >> For working for like a for-profit company for the whole goal is just, you know, 07:09 about making money and like pleasing your customers or whatever. Some of the when 07:14 you're working in ministry on is easy to align that with like the spiritual journey 07:17 that I'm on because I feel like, you know, it's it's an avenue for the Holy Spirit 07:23 work through me in some way. And the county major. So you can work through me with my 07:30 maybe a county schools, a marine in class and help on the finance and of things. But 07:36 and you, I think my favorite part about working for child impact, probably the 07:41 relationships I've built on the team. I have to say. >> I feel like we have a 07:45 pretty close knit team man. I really like a lot of people that work there. It's been 07:50 such a joy to get to know them and kind of sharing that passion from issues. So. 07:56 >> Oh, yeah, I my office is in a place where I can kind of hear when the phone calls 07:59 coming in. And Ashley has such an enthusiasm in her voice because she's been a part of 08:05 what child impact is doing. She's experienced it and we have another young lady that 08:09 just joined our team and sponsorship and she spent what is it 2 or 3 years southeast 08:15 Asia, Laos and Cambodia. And there's just a life that comes from when you know the 08:21 difference it makes when you've seen it firsthand, it's just going like this board 08:25 member that goes over there to visit one of our projects to do some dental work and comes 08:28 back saying I want to adopt 2 kids and that we can't wait to go back again. That's 08:35 beautiful. Omar question here. This child impact helping rescue boys as well. And 08:39 that's of great. This comes from Jay. That's a great question. We've been talking a 08:42 lot about rescuing girls. >> Child marriage or prostitution. What about boys? 08:48 >> We don't have any specifically focused on that. I would say Ethiopia would 08:52 probably be the closest where these kids are. they're all referred to us by the local 08:56 kind of social services, 2 silly Mons to orphanages take them in. And these are kids 09:03 who are at risk like you said of going and being recruited into the civil war. There. But 09:10 nothing specifically targeted at boys. This is an issue I think about 4 out of 5 kids 09:17 who are trafficked are girls. And so we've kind of gone after that lane are certainly 09:20 open to it. If anyone out there has a project they need funding with or a passion for 09:26 that, we can partner with them. Certainly something that we're open to and would love 09:30 to be involved with in the future. We had somebody come to us with the project and say 09:34 this is a great project. And you know that Jason's responses kind of how great is 09:39 it? Are you willing to help support Yep, Put some seed money in to get that going. 09:48 That's right that. Let's go back to Zambia I think we have some more stories from there. 09:53 Maybe some pictures. Yeah, there some photos of a young lady that we But I think 09:57 >> as we went around to the different there's a gathering place is really the water pump 10:03 where you go and gather water to take back for your your home or for your family. 10:07 >> And so here's one of those locations, wherever there's a water pump. There's people in. 10:11 It's young people in girls typically that go and and take these buckets and then they 10:15 put them up on their head and they carry them along the girl. The pink right was kind 10:21 of a leader these girls. We begin to engage with their son Arctic yourself very well. And 10:28 here she is carrying a bucket of water. the team at we just one away. And just said 10:35 there's something special about that girl. We need to go and see what's going on there. 10:39 And so they went back out and they found her again. I mean, we bumpy dirt roads and, you 10:42 know, all through to get to where she was at, they found her again and they found out 10:47 she had been able to finish high school, but she hadn't been able to continue. And 10:51 that was her dream was to do something additional with her life to have a bigger vision 10:56 for life. And so they said, how would you like to be part of our tailoring program? 11:01 Riverside? So literally within 2 weeks of meeting her, she's in the tailor a program right 11:06 there. Riverside, and we have a picture. The first one of the first dress that she made. 11:10 So that's the shot right That's name is mercy. And it just shows how you know how 11:15 quickly life can change, you know, from like, I don't have any hope for further education 11:19 to now. I have a skill to make beautiful dresses and they have a uniform shop there at 11:25 Riverside. And so these kids can actually work and make uniforms that, you know, the 11:29 girls and >> Do they get their own sewing machine like later they 11:33 can take as far as a traitor. Know, it's just we have some projects where we do that we 11:39 did that certainly in India. That was part of the strategy with that particular one. I'm 11:43 not sure what that will look it, riverside, but we we do have a new initiative. Maybe 11:48 Jason could share with what that is with. These girls are that are already caught in the 11:53 trafficking. >> So we wanted a more like direct rescue project to get 11:58 into Riverside girls have to pass state exam kind of it's a state exam, but 12:05 >> I think, is a specific exam that Riverside has. Yeah, you have to be at a certain 12:08 academic level to get into the school. And so a lot of girls that they find they've been 12:13 out of school for a while. And so unfortunately, they don't pass the test and are able to 12:16 get into class. In fact, I just got an even if I told you guys this, I just kind of 12:23 request this week, a special request, a note written about a girl who came. They found 12:29 fit all the criteria for a vulnerable girl who didn't pass the test. I'm going back 12:34 home to her village and she studied for the last year, came back and passed the test 12:41 pass exams and they said would you make an exception and bring this girl? And so the 12:45 right number, 36, now he's number right now. Yeah. And so I said absolutely. She studied 12:52 hard. She worked hard. Let's put her in the program right now. But what we wanted to do 12:57 is an intervention, a real rescue for girls who are actually being traffic right 13:01 now in the streets. They can't pass this test. And so what we've done, Craig, came by our 13:07 office. We sat down kind of had a brainstorming session, said what can we do for these 13:11 girls? We want to be involved in the rescue. And so they're going to pilot a 5 month 13:17 program at Riverside. That will be a mixture of tailoring and mentoring. And so for 5 13:23 months, they're going to mentor these girls in all the subjects so they can pass this 13:26 test. Hopefully at the end of 5 months, but teach them the skill of tailoring so that 13:31 after 5 months as they decide, I don't want to go to school. It's not really for me. I'd 13:35 rather have my own business. They're old enough. Well, give them the sewing machine and 13:40 then they can start a home tailoring business. There's plenty of work that they can 13:44 do and making dresses and uniforms. They're in NBA. The other option will be they can 13:48 do it another 5 months if they're getting close, we're going to have 2 sessions a 13:52 year. And so we hope to have 10 to 12 girls and each session. We're going to pilot 13:58 that in the next 2 weeks there out interviewing for the first batch of girls for that. And 14:02 so that's a new project only cost us about $1000 per girl for the whole 5 months. a 14:07 large majority of that is the sewing machine. So we want to be able to provide that sewing 14:11 machine for them at the end, if they don't go into school. Our hope, of course, for them 14:16 is that those girls were transferred into this new dorm that we're building that will 14:18 be done this fall and they'll be part of those 100 girls. But if they decide not to will 14:24 give them the sewing machine and help them get set up and that home business. So we're 14:27 really excited about the new project. >> It's exciting to me because 14:30 you know anything about this topic. I haven't given it a lot of thought to be honest 14:33 because it's so horrific. You know, how do you bear that kind of reality with you can't 14:39 do anything about it. on a daily basis. And yet I've kind of been just past thinking 14:45 about this interview ashamed of myself. Well, this is happening in America. It's 14:50 happening all over the world and every single one of us should be investing in helping 14:56 preventing, you know, in some way and I feel like you guys have really given at least me 15:02 an opportunity to feel like now I can do something about this. I can commit to a girl 15:07 or a monthly donation or something that I feel like. I'm not just, you know, 15:13 turning a blind eye and pretending it's not there or ucas. It's emotional. And yet 15:17 what good does that do anybody right? So it's I know what can I do? And yeah, I just want to 15:22 thank you guys for giving us all opportunity. >> And you mention America and 15:28 we do have a small project here you. Yeah, yeah. And I you know, really, I think one 15:34 of the dynamics that this project has brought out this in South Chicago is usually a 15:41 father, this in jail and a mother prostitution. And so that's the kind of dynamic 15:45 where kids are just totally neglected. And another relative may step in but not 15:49 have the resources to be able to help. It's very expensive here in America. It's cost a 15:54 lot more. You know, there's probably helping one child hears. You can help 10 in 15:59 another country. But nevertheless, we need to do both. both end. It's not 16:02 either or right. And we want to help these kids. But I think one statistic that's 16:07 really important for us to be aware of is that within 24 to 48 hours of a child running 16:13 away, they've been approached by a trafficker. But most of trafficking in the United 16:18 States happens on the Internet there's websites. People go to and these girls are underage 16:25 and police are all the time trying to go under cover and break up these trafficking 16:29 rings. But there's a lot more resources probably going in to stop it here in the U.S.. But 16:36 real dilemma is that the U.S. is largely funding trafficking globally, right? We are the 16:41 yeah. We're going to customer. Yeah. We're putting the money into it. 16:46 >> Dash is heartbreaking. So that means we have 16 projects. If you have South 16:49 Chicago, that would be 6. That's what I think we I haven't seen it OK? So then I 16:55 didn't make it well. I don't know. Maybe I missed it. South Chicago, are you trying to do 17:02 a safe house to try what was that? We were working at a local church this in South 17:06 Chicago and that church is very much in touch with government individuals and 17:11 want actually they've had a goal to provide free evidence, education for children in 17:16 South Chicago, which I think that Chicago is it 16,000 years that the number that 17:22 we've heard them, 16,000 girls a year that go missing in Chicago. 17:26 >> And the teen 1000 thousands go missing a year. And that's, you know, in Chicago. But 17:31 South Chicago is kind of the hot bed of that. And so that's one city. Yeah. And so we have 17:37 a very small project. Like I said, we're sponsoring for children, but we're paying for 17:43 their school tuition. And you know what? Tuition costs in the U.S. for private education 17:46 expense. So that's an expensive project. But of course, we can add more 17:49 children to that project as well. But it's a partnership with a local church. 17:54 >> Where to live them. So if you're of providing education for these 4, yeah, they try 17:59 they're trying to support with a relative that may not be able that can provide a safe 18:03 place but may not be able to provide what the child fully needs. 18:07 >> Got it. So it's kind of resource supplement another. It's OK, yes, the grandparent 18:11 or something like that to the >> Let's talk about South America often we talk about 18:15 any projects South America. >> Jason is Jason Chase. This one down. So this is Colombia. 18:21 >> Yes, so we don't have any projects in South America right now. friend of ours 18:26 approached us and said, hey, I know you guys are trying to expand. I the guy for you to 18:33 work with and South America. This is a very mission minded businessman down and Colombia. 18:41 And he had a passion for reaching out to a local indigenous community in the 18:44 jungle. And there's very little to no government involvement because these are 18:51 indigenous people out in the jungle. And so what he was sharing with us is that about 18:56 90% of the girls from this community grow up to become prostitutes? Now, I was kind 19:02 of give this caviar. We don't believe there's such a thing as a child prostitute. If a 19:07 child is under 18, right involved some type of sexual activity that's for for money. 19:12 They're a victim of human trafficking. It's rent. And so these girls, they've already 19:18 rescue 3. They're 13, 14, 15 years old. I think 2 of them already have kids at this age. 19:25 There's a huge number still out there to be rescued. And so we were approached and 19:30 said, hey, we like to start this jungle rescue project, essentially where we can go 19:35 and rent a safe house. Where we can put by workers, social workers that can go out in the 19:42 community and find these girls. Right now we're being abused by family members or 19:45 other people in the tribe. Bring them to the safe house and then they're going to 19:50 transport them. It's like 4 hours by plane or boat is the only way to get out of this 19:54 area to this has been a scam pus where there's us school. They have different vocational 20:00 trainings. They have bakeries restaurants. So they're going to learn all kinds of trades. 20:05 They're going to be able to have an education and then the dream then is to build a dorm 20:10 on campus where we can house up to 50 of these girls. So right now they can take about 20:14 10 to 12 with their current facilities and then we need to build another dorm summer. 20:18 What we've done in Riverside, where can have 50 and then kind of stage 3, our ultimate 20:22 dream would be to build our own community center in that community where we could house 20:27 by workers and social workers and counselors and they can be working to kind of stop the 20:32 problem at its core by working in the community. So this team has done a tremendous job of 20:36 building more with the local tribal leaders and the community there where they 20:41 said, hey, we are totally open to coming to help us with this issue. We want you to be And 20:46 so that's what we're doing. And that will be our big focus on July 30 this year, the 20:53 World Day against human trafficking. And so we're going to be doing a big 20:55 campaign about the project. I'm going to be going down in April with Jasper to do a film 20:59 on. And so I can't wait to see it myself. But they've identified the safe house and 21:03 we're going to take possession of that. And just a couple weeks and then the rescues 21:08 will start after that. So we're really excited to see how got continues to develop 21:11 that program in South America. >> You all are visionary. That's just incredible. You 21:17 know, to think all we can do this and now into the side of safe house and now we're going 21:20 move transport them here where they could have education and learn these trades praise the 21:25 Lord for God connecting you with the people in order to make that happen. Do you ever 21:29 have people who come out? I'm thinking of the girls, maybe they come to a safe house and 21:34 then the relative for the person who's trafficking them tries to like pull them back 21:38 in. I mean, do you ever have situations like that with the any of these? 21:44 >> I what I what I am aware of is that parents are in with in tears thinking that that their 21:51 kids, if there's a parent involved, that they have a chance to do something else 21:53 because as Jason was they may not be able to feed all the kids that they've had. And so 22:00 to know that one child is in a safe place, that they're going to be taken care of as a big 22:05 relief. And I'm one of the parents said that our kids are children used only worry about 22:09 food and survival. Now they can chase their And so it's very welcome by them. Of 22:16 course, if there's some real direct trafficking involved, there are dangers involved 22:20 with that. But at this point, I think pretty much we feel like God protected us from 22:25 those kind situations to this point. We do have security that hired at projects. And so 22:32 we don't want to take those risks. You know, you are act. >> Yeah, we've been interested 22:35 with these kids. And so our teams have done a fantastic job of working on the ground 22:39 to protect them. You yeah, there's fences and security in security Tower. One of our 22:44 locations. Yeah. >> Sure. There's another question here. How do you 22:50 introduce chases to these kids that go through trafficking? They have a hard time 22:53 understanding a person that will love them with a godly love. 23:01 >> The visual that came to my mind Jerry from FAU coast there in Tanzania. And we were 23:07 recording a video and he says I'm we want them to know that we that we love them because 23:12 we really do. And the tears just started flowing. And you see that kind of heart of this 23:19 man who as a missionary that loves God with his whole heart. And I was able to 9 23:27 individuals while we were there, including a security guard you know, was just 23:32 introduced Jesus. But they saw a picture of Jesus through the people that are there 23:36 providing them with a safe place. And so I was able to see that first hand. I think, 23:42 you said, that this is something you've observed in terms of the. Kind of the 23:47 evangelism side of people finding Jesus. >> Yeah, it's it's super 23:52 interesting. We would go on these mission when I was there out into the Bush to like off 23:56 of Riverside Farm property, basically into the middle of nowhere and we would always 24:01 show this movie. About the life of Jesus. I couldn't tell you what the name of the movie 24:08 is probably made back in like 50's or 60's or something. It was a black and white. No. So 24:15 coldly leading to the head teller. Haha. >> anyways, so they would do a 24:20 really good job translating the language of whatever local child we were at over the 24:25 dialogue of the movie. And so the people would always be like, well, like it would 24:31 probably be the first time like many of them have maybe seen a movie like actually in 24:34 their language or anything like that because the other 6.70, different tribes in 24:39 Zambia. So it's like really crazy, like find a movie in their specific legal issue. 24:42 Now. They they would be so amazed at that. And then you would get to the part where 24:48 Jesus is like multiplying the fish and the water. And a lot of these people have been 24:52 fishing villages on lakes and that's their reality. Like they go out fishing every day 24:57 and they see that Mayor call on the TV screen and that just was like, well, that that 25:00 could be real that actually his home to them in a different way that probably 25:05 hits home to me. So. >> Oh, my God can do that. Yeah. I would think also 25:13 >> that how God has revealed himself in his word as deliberate or is the great 25:19 emancipator. He's the one who set the captives free and he describes himself like that. 25:25 Again and again and again. He's the one that set the relates free, the 10 25:29 Commandments. The first you know him when you think about the first commandment people 25:33 often don't realize that it entails got identified who he is and that he is the one who 25:40 took them out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage and for them to 25:44 identify that is God. I would think that it would be a struggle because I think we 25:50 struggle with it. How can God let this this kind of stuff happened on this earth? And I 25:54 you hear those kind of questions a lot when you see so much horrible things taking 25:59 place, you know, God must be in so much pain on a daily basis. Really. But I think 26:04 it's important that they realized no, this God, there was a time when God wanted to 26:09 be like the civil ruler over people. And when he was there was no slavery. Trust me. 26:13 There was no But we said. >> We want Cesar to be our king and was their child 26:20 trafficking under the Roman rule? Absolutely right. So we chose world the government, 26:25 basically this world's been could you know? So now we have this demonic. Yeah, Satan is 26:30 in control of so much. And so that's why these things are happening. But again, I guess 26:34 the contrast, if they could see, Gee says is the one who now he's the reason why you're 26:39 here. He's the liberate or he's the one that set you free. I love what you said. 26:41 Doctor Tom, about the example because I mean, you can you can teach. Okay. This is what 26:46 the Bible says. that's exciting. But >> when you see it live doubt, 26:49 thank you. So their when you see see that with either the people who are working or, you 26:55 know, the staff member there at the safe house or whatever. That's incredible. When you 27:00 see Jesus in flat, yes, you know, living through someone that is pliable. Yeah. Before 27:06 we go to another project, just will mention this here. Thank you, crew for giving us this 27:11 number. I few are watching this program right now. I know we've given contact for child 27:16 impact. Can we encourage you to support and help their fight to rescue people? But if 27:20 you are being trafficked right now, maybe you're watching the program and you need help and 27:25 you say I need a way out. You can call this is the national Human Trafficking hotline, 27:32 phone number. You can call right now. 8, 8, 8, 3, 7, 3, 7, 8, 8, 8. That number is 8, 27:43 8, 8, 3, 7, 3, 7, 8, 8, 8, or you can go to their website. This is human trafficking 27:49 hotline dot org. That's human trafficking hotline dot or because it's so important that 27:57 you understand that it is not your fault and that there is a way out and you can reach out 28:04 for that help in get into a safe place. You know, I just maybe we should have a special 28:11 prayer when to stop in the middle of our discussion here have a special prayer for 28:13 those traffic. For those who are in your schools right now, we're in the safe homes and 28:20 are dealing with stuff. I'm going to stuff so I don't know. Ashley, you want to pray 28:24 for Yeah. A comfortable with that and put you on the spot there. Are you comfortable 28:28 that? Yeah, OK, yes. To have only Thank you for this opportunity that we have to be 28:36 here together and talk about the different programs that we have going on across the 28:40 world. >> Right now, I want to offer a special prayer for those 28:45 that are facing the struggles. I'm human trafficking, sex trafficking, like all these 28:50 different, horrible things that are happening in this world. I'm paying the their 28:56 projects people, all the different leaders guide them. As they try to figure out the 29:00 best way Please be with our team as we continue to navigate some of these And I 29:08 just pay fee anyone who is out there right now who is watching this that might be 29:13 experiencing this themselves, >> Help to know that you're there for them, that there is 29:20 hope and help out there for them when they need it. >> he's given the courage to 29:24 find that help and be able to seek it out of the situation. Sometimes it can take courage 29:32 to even meet the first step out of that sum. >> Yeah, thank you for 29:38 everything that you do for All the blessings. You continue to give us. 29:42 >> You pretty man. >> Let's talk a little more about is in June 30 or July 29:48 3rd, July 30 July 30. So I know you all put it together. A special video that churches 29:54 can do so this is not just opportunity for you tonight to become involved financially or 30:00 to sponsor children or to help any of these projects with Operation Child Rescue. But 30:04 also if you are a church members, specifically the 7th Day Adventist Church or maybe 30:08 even you might connect with other churches that are now. So I do a nation. Any church 30:13 that you're watching right now and you say that you want we see these videos. Tell us 30:18 about the videos and what you do without sure. >> First of all, we have this 30:23 year introduced a 5 minute video for local churches to be show once a month. And we have 30:29 a variety of our projects that are featured those videos. by contacting our office, you can 30:34 asked to receive those videos. And so we already have one ready for January February 30:40 March. They're already We have a link that you just click on and get those videos and we 30:44 really make it a very appropriate for a church service because the video 30:47 simply ends by saying bring hope to a child and it gives gives organizations name. So 30:53 we're not making big appeals for finances or anything like this. So it's really raising 30:59 awareness and giving people exposure individual's exposure to some of the the needs 31:04 present the world. We live in. But especially July 30, we have a video that we focused 31:10 on human trafficking and a Sabbath this year is on July. 29, this previous year was 31:18 July 30. So that was quite a nice time to launch this initiative. But we raise a lot 31:24 of We have a magazine that we produce that specifically. We'll highlight all the top of 31:30 all of the projects were involved in and we will provide that for churches to 31:34 hand out along with the special video. And we just think its time part is the 7th 31:39 Day Adventist Church that we give attention to this topic. We're certainly leading the 31:44 way. And, you know, we have we can put our project so on, you know, one sheet back in front 31:49 and there needs to be much more that's done. This is not enough. This is a drop in the 31:54 bucket. And we want to do more. And so we need help to do And there's 2 ways to do 32:01 that. One is to support operation child Rescue financially. We would love to 32:04 have donors that say, hey, every month I want to get to that project. I would like to 32:08 provide some kind an amount every year that you can count on that you can make sure you 32:13 do these projects. But I always tell people another way to help us through influence. 32:18 And if your local church member and you have the influence that you can get a 5 32:22 minute video showing every month that your church or the you can get this July 30 video 32:27 shown and then hand magazines out. There are people that will hear about it. That will 32:31 say I do have the resources to help open a new project or to help support on an ongoing 32:37 basis. So we would love to hear from individuals in terms of being able to share those 32:41 videos. >> How do they contact? You have to say, hey, you know, 32:44 I'm in my local church and I want to share the video warm, get the magazine's. How do 32:48 they? >> Yes, so they can just contact our office color 32:51 office or send an email and just say we'd like to receive the videos to share a local 32:54 church and we will nurture that friendship and relationship with an 32:59 individual call them an ambassador for child impact and we will be in regular 33:04 contact. Let those individuals know when the next video comes out and make sure they have 33:07 those resources that they want to share. >> men I know people are 33:11 listening on the radio as well. So let's actually give that. So if someone is not 33:14 watching, they can, they can hear that it was help at child impact Dot org. 33:22 >> Help at child impact Dot org or that phone number, if you could switch that again. 33:25 It's 4 to 3, 9, 1, 0, 0, 6, 6, 7. That's 4, 2, 3, 9, 1, 0, 0, 6, 6, 7, 33:38 >> And Tom, that's a great way for people to be involved in churches. But what's another 33:42 in a ship you've been working on with maybe some doctor's offices, clinics, people with 33:47 business. Sure. You know, you know, again, the sun point of view. We cut a piloted in our 33:53 local community. The same board member that went over to visit the project was to 33:55 adopt. These kids said, look, we have a dental office. We can put magazines out in our 34:01 office and they were all gone. I mean, that people took them just due to come into the 34:05 office. There. And they said you what? We had some in Spanish so that those ones 34:08 when as well and so they get a supply. We do 5 magazines year. They're beautifully 34:13 done. The individual that does that's our videographer. And he's been featured National by 34:19 National Geographic. So the the photos are spectacular. But the stories are where the 34:22 power's out. And if we can get those into the hands of individuals, people feel 34:27 compelled that they want to be a part of this. And so that's a big way to help as well. I'm 34:33 with I'm just using influence. I think I want to Joe, we're hoping because when we take on 34:42 14, 15 projects, it's not just these are projects for 2023. Those same 14 projects are 34:50 projects for 2020 for 2025. We keep going, right? You're what do we do? We can't leave these 34:55 kids hanging. We can't leave them without a path to a bright future. And so we would 35:00 love it if there were some large donors that would say, hey, we would like put this 35:04 much in every year that you can count on. So, you know, these projects are covered 35:10 because really with sponsorship every month, the sponsors Sens resources with a 35:12 person child rescue is different. Yeah, it's whatever's raised is what we 35:17 can do. And so if we knew that we had a certain amount of resources that we could count 35:20 on every year, it gives us confidence to go out and start new projects because we don't 35:25 know if we can until the funds come in. So that would be a tremendous blessing to us. If 35:29 a few people step forward that way. >> Yeah, you know, I ice. I'm 35:34 sure I'm like everyone else. We think all if I'd lived during the Civil War era prior 35:38 to civil war. And I live in the North, I'd be Harriet Tubman. It involved in the, 35:45 you know, underground railroad. And I wouldn't be just, you know, calmly, you 35:50 note or if I when Wilbur will for for us, I would refuse to drink sugar because, you know, 35:56 I'm saying we think that this would be our action because we're looking we're looking 36:02 back. But what are we doing now? I just feel like. I'm just convicted that probably 36:07 for too long. I've and again, I see myself. I'm on the Good Samaritan on the victim. Know 36:13 you're so busy. You're too busy to take care of and and how can we not do something 36:19 right? How can we not do something? Whether it's donating whatever it is. You 36:23 know, that monthly sum the hotline number that you gave to. I think that's important 36:29 for everyone to have in their phone because this stuff is happening underneath our noses 36:36 and we don't know it yet. But if we're intentional him praying like Holy Spirit, 36:41 please impress me if there's something that I feel uncomfortable around. noticed 36:44 something I can call that want and say, hey, I've noticed at this address, I don't feel 36:49 comfortable with it. And you you have someone to tell, right? We can be eyes and ears 36:54 that. >> And when you're involved in this, you start to see things 36:56 differently. I mean, I was driving along in my car. My son saw this. This young man 37:02 pulling a suitcase with clothes hanging out of it and you know, so we need to see 37:06 what's going on with this young And I went in and started talking with him. We 37:10 ask if you could use my phone and he was in tears, just weeping and just Just a 37:15 terrible situation who was in and you want to be able to get help for someone like But I 37:22 want to say, and my skin is in the game. You know, our family has a home business that we're 37:28 involved in and we donate to Operation Child Rescue as much. You know, as we possibly 37:33 can. And we also sponsor children. And so I'm a part of this organization. But I but 37:40 you know, as part of it, I've seen it firsthand. And I believe in myself and I want 37:42 to be involved myself and, you know, Moyes challenges are more that we can do. Is there 37:49 is there something else? Do we really need to do this to our house right now? Or can we 37:53 help more kids? Absolute, right. And those are the kind of decisions we all make. And 37:56 do we really need to have that nice of a house or do we really need to, you know this 38:00 or that? And and so we're making those decisions all the time. And we want to have 38:05 enjoyable things in this in this life. But there's children that don't have 38:09 anything enjoyable about their life, their life's a dead end and they're trapped and we 38:13 haven't opted to bring them hope. And I think all of us are responsible to do 38:16 something about that. First with child impact or someone else. it is some other 38:21 organization that needs to happen. We need to be involved. and I was just 38:25 thinking of the girl and has an MBA to sit. >> That they would sacrifice 38:29 themselves for siblings, but we can sacrifice creature comforts going out to eat or 38:34 we back or find something financially, you know, in order to reach out and help 38:39 some 3ABN is going to step forward and we would give funds to Zambia project. that 38:45 will be having a child impact next week. So we believe and what's happening. Thank you so 38:50 much up for, but we appeal to you as step forward. See what God is asking you to do. This 38:57 is not a big us on. This is not foreseen you anything. You just go to the Lawrence a God. 39:02 What would you have me do you want me to help you rescue and reach these girls and boys 39:12 around the world through child impact. And if so, what does that look like? And how much 39:15 should I give in? How should I become involved? You know, so we just encourage that you do 39:19 is just between you and got you do it between you and God, whatever the holy Spirit 39:24 impresses, you. >> Commissioner most recent Rex rest, it's a boy. We have 39:30 a photo. This was as of today, I think really go the extra today. We've got the picture 39:35 today. This just happened. This is a 2 month-old baby that weighs 5 pounds and the 39:41 couple sitting there, our partners at the Falcons, children home in Tanzania, 3 39:46 big and literally the day before they head for 4 other children that they that they 39:51 receive. So we are the major support for this particular project in Cannes in Tanzania. 39:58 And, you know, we can talk about needs, but I want to praise the Lord for provision. 40:02 Yeah, because they have needed to expand their They were challenged by some government 40:07 regulations with having too many kids in the tight space with food and also the have 40:13 need for a multipurpose building where they can worship. They have actually 40:16 prostitutes that come to church on set, but they picked them up in town. So they're 40:20 trying to resolve this issue, right? And so they need a multipurpose building with 40:24 some training rooms and a donor stepped forward and funded the whole thing. We 40:30 call during valor. They could not believe that our our office was just celebrating 40:35 this like God provided everything. And so this is a donor who had already given a 40:40 amount they saw we have a Friday field report with e-mail that we send out every 40:44 Friday with the stories and she received that. And I was actually in end, though, this 40:48 eastern European country, almost where it was adopting my son and we're back and 40:54 forth a back and forth and he misses. I want to help with this project to what you have 40:57 in mind basically to do the whole thing. So got Tester heart. So, you know, we're 41:03 talking about needs, but I believe God provides a the resources to meet those 41:08 >> We always say here at reviewed the blessing is on the go. Mister Danny Shelton 41:12 always says of the blessing is on the go. And when you step forward by Faith, God provides 41:17 incredible thing. talk to us about Egypt and just look at all these incredible projects. 41:20 What's happening age? >> Sure. So we reached out I think both of us have a mutual 41:26 friend there and he's the president of the Middle East, North Africa Union and I think 41:31 you asked him of all the projects you have in your area of the world. If you had one 41:36 project that we can support you at, what would it be? And he said this school in Cairo, 41:42 Egypt. It is specifically set up to help Sudanese refugees who are displaced because of 41:50 the civil war. They have come to Cairo as refugees and they have A lot of them. The 41:56 fathers, the husbands have died in the civil war. And so a lot of times it's just the 42:00 mom with their children. And you can imagine playing with what you have in your back 42:06 being displaced and a new city. And so this school is set up specifically to help 42:10 them. And so we gave them operation rescue funds last year. And then we said, hey, 42:17 let's try to move a lot of your students on our sponsorship model. And so we 42:22 took 60 kids on this year and we've got a lot of them sponsored already. There's a 42:26 few more still some of the websites our website right now that can be sponsor me. See 42:30 how and so that's our project there and care. Egypt working very closely with the church 42:35 there to help this displaced population of Sudanese refugees in Egypt. And I want 42:40 to say thank thank you to 3 being on this one because we had recorded a video. 42:45 >> That shows on where a video showing Friday on Fridays. And we've recorded one of this 42:49 project they show on Friday on 3ABN. Yeah. And 3 night they show on And so we had this 42:54 program have been shown and we did not have enough children on the on the Web site that we 43:00 processed yet there on the site. And so they they all got sponsor. We had somebody 43:06 calling on Monday saying do still have any children from Egypt. We did. But they were 43:09 on the website. So anyway, that was. >> So that's so cool. I just 43:13 want to clarify. So if someone wants to sponsor a child, they can just go on your website 43:16 and maybe choose one yet. >> And we want to set actually set a record this month. I 43:21 don't We need to go and verify, but we think as of Monday, 104 children have been 43:26 sponsored this month if there's good number of spots and you know, some people 43:32 sponsor, we have our largest sponsor has 30 children. But we have some with 20 children 43:36 are 10 or 5. I met a dentist at a a S I that have been sponsoring 3 children and he 43:45 we visited breakfast and who came to come by the booth says time to do more. Many spots 43:49 are 17 more children. So now they have 20 so yeah, we have plenty of children. I think 43:57 maybe the all begun after tonight's program. But we have more to put up still. Yeah. 44:01 >> This just came in. This is Lee from Mississippi says there's a couple questions. 44:05 Here is the greatest need now and Zambia. That's the first question. 44:11 >> There needs all over the Each one is unique and I think God puts different burns on 44:16 different people's hearts. And, you know, this is kind of the biggest operation child 44:21 rescue need at this point because we've built a dorm. It's under construction right 44:23 now. And we have a mission trip going there this summer with very limited Someone's 44:29 hearing this. And they're just like I've got to see it out to us. We've got a few spaces 44:35 available. We're going to try to paint this dorm kind of finish it up. But get to meet 44:39 the kids and go on a mission trip with child impact. We've got to fill that dorm up with 44:45 these girls and it's a large expense because they're coming from nothing. And, you know, 44:48 it's actually shared from the community there. Another person I think you took your 44:55 spot was just in our office and she's working as a student missionary. She said these 44:59 kids are starving in the local community. And I said, what do you mean starting like if I 45:03 wait to 1 o'clock to launch, you know, I'm starving. He said, I mean, they're eating 45:09 one meal every other every other And she said that's what I mean by starving. And so 45:15 when these kids go to Riverside, it's like they've won the lottery really because 45:18 of the program that they got, as you know, put together with the leadership and place 45:25 there. So we really have a burden to fill this dormant with these girls. And that is 45:30 a huge pressing need for us at this time to make sure that when school starts, we can 45:34 feel that with more rescue girls. >> This one has to do with 45:38 Ethiopia Fire to sponsor child and Ethiopia with the child be one of the 600 in the 45:44 orphanage who for. He has taken in more than he can handle. 45:48 >> Yes, all that. That's our only project. And the opiate is the 2 his 2 locations and 45:53 600 children. We want to we have a plan already to sponsor over 100 of them. But even 45:59 Jason, they were talking and saying there because he has no resources and no support of 46:03 virtually we'd love to get as many of those kids and that school-sponsored as possible. 46:08 So it's a matter of processing the applications in the photos and we have quite a high touch 46:15 interaction with the with them in the child is possible. And so there's involvement of our 46:19 team to do that. But we do want to do more feel PIA, to help help him with that 46:23 project for sure. I think when it comes back here, you know, that will be October. Yeah, 46:28 that will be an amazing opportunity. >> Last question, are the 46:30 schools boarding schools? And if so, which ones are boarding schools? I know we talked 46:35 about Riverside trying to make that dormitory, but any other projects like that? Yes, we 46:40 have both kinds of schools and our sponsorship program. A day student. You can sponsor for 46:44 $32 a month. A boarding student is $45 a month. And so we have both and it just 46:48 varies by location. makes perfect sense. Yes, I will say we don't have any kids from 46:56 Ethiopia right now. They've all been sponsored on the website. I just got more 47:01 profiles and yesterday and will be putting those up on the Web site this next coming 47:04 week, OK? So we can make a waiting list to call back if somebody really wants 47:10 >> How biggest child impact like how many employees are there? 47:14 >> So there's been 8 in the office and we have a couple that are overseas. So yeah, we 47:21 do through partnership, sponsorship is very intensive in terms of the work that's 47:27 involved. And so that's if we were doing sponsorship, we could do with a lot But it's 47:32 it's a meaningful process that really makes all the difference for these kids to 47:37 be able to be in the sponsorship program. So it's important to run that and it 47:41 takes quite few people to make that happen. >> Yeah, absolutely. Who 47:45 sending you these names then like on location who sent Here's more kids. So we are 47:49 partners in the country >> so we different organizations that we work 47:56 with the NGO that we've set up in the country. It can be a church office and Bangladesh. 48:02 There's actually under the union. There's a sponsorship kind of department like 48:06 Women's Ministries Men's Ministries. There's a sponsorship department. So we 48:08 work through them in Bangladesh and then in the African countries, we work 48:13 directly with the school. And so I say, hey, we'll take 100 kids from you. And so then 48:19 they'll send me all the profiles and we'll get them uploaded on the website. 48:23 >> As an example, the difference it makes is one of our schools and and Tanzania 48:25 called tween. >> And they had almost shut down. I'm just because they 48:32 didn't have resources have been going for a couple decades we came in and said we 48:37 can sponsor some of these kids and I have kind of a family history with the missionary 48:42 from that particular locations to come to my home. And my dad would make donations to their 48:49 projects. There and then he'd go around to help her find in the area while over grew up. 48:57 But we came in and began sponsoring a kids and we will be traveling there to help 49:01 them. They have some needs with infrastructure and so on as well. So we want to assess 49:05 what what best we can do to support them. But it brings stability to the schools into 49:12 these projects because they know every month the sponsors giving a donation and that 49:15 enables these kids to go to school if consistent funding. >> Yes. Back to you. Talk 49:19 about it. Being a high touch program as far as the sponsorship. So say sponsor, 49:23 someone what did. But and when you sponsor, you can communicate with the child you 49:30 can. How does that work out of the letters go back and forth are the gifts. How does that 49:34 work? >> We both matter child so it can really be high to to their 49:38 high fives and all that fun stuff. But overseas so maybe want to share. So when you 49:43 sign up, you get a picture of your child. You get a letter from your child you have the 49:49 opportunity to write back to them. So letter would come to us. We can scan and send it 49:54 directly to our field partner and they can get it to the child. So it will be actually 49:58 your letter. It's not, you know, some made up thing. And during Christmas, like I said, 50:03 we have a special gift fund for every kid in our sponsorship program. So you 50:07 get a picture of your kid with the gift, the right, your Christmas letter at that time 50:12 and then you get to see great. they will actually send us directly from the school, 50:17 their progress report. And then you get to see that that they're actually in school. 50:21 They're making good grades. We have someone check on them twice a year when school 50:25 starts, we make sure that they came back to school. They're still in the sponsorship 50:27 program. And then once throughout the year to make sure the kind of like second 50:31 semester that they're still going to school. And so there's lots of opportunities 50:35 to interact with them. And then at the beginning of every school year, we take a new 50:37 picture of the child. So you can see kind of their growth and development along the way. 50:43 And you can see, yeah, this is a real kid who I'm making a difference in their life. 50:50 That's beautiful. >> The I think we might have time if we do quickly, one 50:53 more project about Kenya, what's happening in Kenya? >> For that one. So we have 2 51:00 projects we have a school that was foster kids at called Kingsway. And we've got about 51:05 50 kids. We sponsor from Kingsway. But the really interesting kind of operation 51:10 Child Rescue Project is one that is Ron phenomenally by partner. We have there. She's 51:16 been doing this for a long time. She grew up as a as a missionary child in Kenya and 51:21 this addresses the issue of what's called FGM or female genital mutilation. This is a 51:25 problem in Kenya. And they work with social services to identify children where 51:34 there's been a court where this is. It's not legal there, but it's still happening that 51:39 kind of out in the Bush and and then social services were for these girls to this home 51:42 where they can grow up and a very safe environment. And so we support that safe house 51:47 there in Kenya. So it's really a heavy but they've created this away sis in Kenya are 51:56 doing just a phenomenal job caring for the girl. So who's been subjected to this social 52:03 workers. Counselors. There's a lot of involvement there to give them the necessary 52:08 support systems. >> To heal. So they're on the website to they can be 52:09 sponsored or is this? >> It's an operation Child Rescue Project. Yeah, but we 52:14 there's not that we don't have a school attached to that project. Okay. 52:18 >> But you can go say you go to website, child Impact Dot or her child impact Org. If 52:23 you go to that website, could could you say yes, I'm one of some just support the project 52:27 in Kenya like sponsoring a child. You know, we have the umbrella of Operation Child 52:31 Rescue covers all the projects we've talked. >> The And so that's very the 52:34 most effective way to do that because we're adding new projects as we go along. In 52:39 fact, we met with the donor today that had a passion for the project in Colombia. But 52:44 he said he's happy for the funds he gave to support related to Operation Child 52:50 Rescue Man. Yeah. >> We're almost at the end of the 2 hours. I can't believe 52:56 how lead those. Let's just go around the circle and we'll get some closing thoughts. 52:59 This whatever's on your heart. share Comey about one of the projects are about something 53:03 out, Sanjay, so we'll start with you in to score on, sir. Yes, I was 53:08 >> and I feel like you kind of alluded to this earlier issue with, you know, there's 53:12 50 million children and adults in modern day slavery, the numbers. So here's what can I 53:17 do? But if you can get involved in the life of one person. That person's whole 53:22 life will be changed forever to free that person from slavery. And so what is the 53:27 one thing, you know, that that people can do to get involved? I think there some some ways 53:31 you can get involved, their child impact. You know, financially you can go on a 53:35 mission trip. But there are other ways in our daily life where you can get involved in. 53:39 One of those is. Do you know where your clothes are made? You know where your food came 53:46 from? Buying fairtrade looking for ethically sourced goods for your home. That's that's 53:51 one way that with your purchasing power, you're making a decision on where 53:56 you're getting things. Yes, the second thing is I met with a police officer once who 54:01 operate a safe home for girls. And she said these girls see the lifestyle of people in the 54:06 west on social media and for a 14, 15 year-old girl who wants that lifestyle. The only way 54:11 that she knows how to get that kind of money as a child is to sell herself. either this kind 54:18 of thought and I want to leave with people is what is the lifestyle that were portraying 54:22 2 others that maybe are even in other countries and seeing that. And it's not most of the 54:25 times I've been real, but it's causing them to maybe causing and the right word. But 54:32 they're seeing that and they're making very poor decisions trying to get things 54:34 that were portraying that we have here. It's negatively affecting their lives. So 54:39 think about those type of decisions that you make on a daily basis. This really 54:42 powerful. Yeah. After time, I believe are placed in this world to make a difference. 54:46 And I want to be all in. >> In making that difference. And I I see that when one 54:51 child is helped, that there's a ripple impact of their nuclear family relatives, even 54:59 the community, I think of the impact of one particular gentleman runs one of our 55:04 tween that I mention. His name is Melissa and he's the executive secretary for the 55:10 division in Africa as a child. He was taken to the home of missionaries who raised him 55:17 and gave him a vision for something bigger for his life. And now he's committed even in 55:21 that busy role that he's in, he's committed to continue that legacy of this school. 55:26 And then were, you know, there's a lot your child marriage things kind of things 55:31 are happening. There are a lot of poverty and he stayed engaged with that because his 55:35 life was changed. Tion because somebody said I will make a difference for that one. And 55:40 so I think really what we're saying is that you can make a difference for one, but you 55:44 don't know how big that impact really might be. That's powerful. Ashley. 55:48 >> A few seconds. Yeah. I think I would just say from personal experience, if you 55:51 feel like God is calling you to work directly ministry or to work, maybe by sponsoring a 55:56 child any certain way. Ministry do it. Don't ignore it. Do if all goes calling. 56:05 And a man. Thank you all so much for being here. Jason and Doctor Tom and Ashley. 56:09 >> We believe in the Ministry of Child Impact in super excited about how you are 56:12 pushing back the darkness and helping Reese. You have a closing thought or so in your 56:17 heart. I was just thinking about Isaiah 58 and the promise is that when we do 56:22 liberate the captives well, it's going to be like a well of water springing up God's 56:28 going to bless us. If we give, he's going to keep giving to us so that we can keep, you 56:32 know, helping with the problem and Christianity isn't practical as worthless right? 56:37 So that's what Isaiah 58 was just communicating to me right now. Just like no, do this. 56:40 And God's going to bless you. I and that's powerful. Thank you for being here tonight and 56:48 he's got to flout early tomorrow morning. So pray for the afternoon as they head 56:51 back Thank you for being here. >> And thank you for being intentional about reaching out 56:58 and be in the hands and feet of Jesus. Whatever God calls you to do in your neighborhood 57:02 with your family and your community, get out and do that. 57:04 >> We've ♪ ♪ 57:16 ♪ ♪ ♪ 57:31 ♪ ♪ ♪ 57:46 ♪ ♪ |
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