I want to spend my
life mending broken people.
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I want to spend my life,
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I want to spend my
life, mending broken people.
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I want to spend my
life, mending broken people.
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Hello, family.
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I'm Jill Morricone.
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We just welcome you
to our 3ABN Today Live.
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I love this program because
we are coming to you live and we
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get to showcase and feature what
God is doing in ministries all
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around the world.
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Now normally I'd
be hosting with Greg.
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I feel just a little
empty here without him.
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But he sends his love to you.
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He's not able
to be here tonight.
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Tonight.
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human trafficking.
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We're coming up
in just a few days.
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July 30 is the World
Day Against Trafficking.
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And if I think of ministries
whose focus or part of their
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focus is specifically helping
children who are trafficked all
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over the world, raising
awareness, rescuing those
children and bringing healing
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and hope, the ministry that
I think first and foremost, the
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ministry that's on the front
lines, you could say, cutting
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edge with bringing this
hope and healing as Child Impact
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International. Here at 3ABN,
we believe in their ministry.
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Personally, Greg and I believe
in what God is doing in and
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through them.
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what God is doing
through this ministry.
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If you have young children
in the home, I want to encourage
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you. Maybe you could engage them
in something else for the next
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couple hours because
this is a serious topic.
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They will handle it, of course,
sensitively, but it's a serious
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topic and it's a dark topic.
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But the truth of God's Word and
the light of Jesus needs to be
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shined into those dark places.
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It's my privilege right now
to introduce my family, your
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family. Dr. Tom Evans is the CEO
of Child Impact International.
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And we're so glad to
have you here tonight.
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We're glad to be here.
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children from Ethiopia.
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It's a real blessing.
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Absolutely.
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It's a privilege to do that.
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And we get their little pictures
and get to see what's happening.
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Coming around the table
here, we have Jason Churchwell.
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It's a privilege to
have you here as well.
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And you are the Vice
President for Field Operations.
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Thanks for having us, Jill.
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It's a pleasure to be here.
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Wonderful to have you.
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And last but not least, we
saved Nicole for last year.
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Nicole Bertelli, I hope I'm
pronouncing your name right.
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And you are the
Director of Child Impact Brazil.
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And we're so glad to
have you here tonight.
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Thank you, Jill.
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It's a pleasure to be here.
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This is your first
time, I think, right?
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Yes, with you guys.
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Yes, that's wonderful.
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I know for sure we've had Dr.
Tom many times as well as Jason
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many times.
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But maybe someone's
watching for the first time.
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Dr. Tom, what is
Child Impact International?
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And I know tonight we're focused
specifically on trafficking, but
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you have a whole
other arm of Child Impact.
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So talk to us a
little bit about the minute.
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So Child Impact has existed
a little longer than I've been
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alive. So 57 years and started
with child sponsorship and so
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began in India,
Bangladesh, Myanmar.
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And so basically that's how
Child Impact began as Asian Aid
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out of Australia, transitioned
to the United States as Child
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Impact, well, Asian Aid USA.
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But a number of years
ago, changed the name, became
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international in focus.
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through what we call
Operation Child Rescue.
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Yes.
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Now, what was the impetus
for Operation Child Rescue?
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That's our focus for tonight's
topic is Operation Child Rescue.
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What was the impetus for that?
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I think really just recognizing
that there's an underground
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crime called human trafficking.
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And I like to just have
individuals complete this phrase
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out of sight. Out of mind.
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Right.
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see it.
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But yet it impacts 50
million individuals globally.
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And so this is an area we
think we really need to pay some
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serious attention to.
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Wow.
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And when you say
trafficked, what does that mean?
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Well, there are many
different kinds of trafficking.
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The most familiar one
would be sex trafficking.
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Anytime a young person under
the age of 18 is engaged in sex
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work, it's considered
to be human trafficking.
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But there's also
labor trafficking.
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There's a child marriage.
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So there's some
different forms of trafficking.
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It's such a heavy topic.
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Before we go further,
let's just open up in prayer.
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As we talk about this topic, as
we engage and hear the stories,
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but maybe we should just go
to the Lord in prayer for his
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anointing over this program.
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Nicole, would you pray for us?
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Yes, I'd love to.
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Sure.
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raise awareness to such a huge
issue that affects your children
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all over the world every day.
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We pray that as we talk about
this, that your Holy Spirit will
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be among us and among the
audience and that your word will
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be conveyed in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you so much.
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So there's 50 million people
that are globally trafficked.
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What's the mission statement
or objective of Child Impact?
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So we want to
eradicate exploitation.
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That's part of
our mission statement.
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And so our focus
is with children.
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So the majority of our projects,
the 24 projects that we have now
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fighting human trafficking
are focused on children.
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We do have a couple that
also help with adults, but those
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adults have children.
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So that's the goal.
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Really, I think the biggest and
most important step for someone
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who is being trafficked
is to be in a safe place.
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Healing cannot begin
until someone is safe.
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And so our goal is
really to rescue the victims.
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We haven't been so much focused
on catching the perpetrators.
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That's a whole
nother area of work.
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We do have an amazing
story about that later.
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But our main focus is to find
those victims and allow them to
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experience freedom in
their lives in a safe place.
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That's so important.
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Can we put up that graphic one
more time that you put it up,
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but we didn't get
to reference that.
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It says we empower vulnerable
children through education and
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fight to eradicate exploitation.
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I love that.
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Praise the Lord.
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Wow, that's powerful.
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So you have 24 projects now
with Operation Child Rescue.
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Yeah, that's in addition
to 4,500 children that are
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sponsored. There are education
programs, but we've been growing
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in this area 10 years
ago was the first project.
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And so from that time, there's
been a lot of growth, especially
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over the last couple of years.
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And before I know we're going
to talk specifically about the
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different projects and the
stories from that, but what
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leads a young person
into even being trafficked?
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Well, I would say what we
think of here in America is very
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different than the reality.
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countries.
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trafficking.
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That's poverty.
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who are in
impoverished situations.
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Meaning the parents don't have
money, so they might sell their
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children or?
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There's a couple of different
things that could happen and
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that's certainly one of them.
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We've heard stories of kids all
sitting around the table like
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this for dinner.
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can all sit here and go hungry
or I can go sell myself to put
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food on the table here.
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And so in some instances, it is
parents encouraging their kids
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to go out and make
money in these different ways.
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In some instances, it's
kids volunteering themselves.
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And we've heard one of our girls
say, can I be a sacrifice to
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provide for the
rest of my siblings?
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And so really a number of
factors, but all very sad and
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many times related
to poverty, as Tom said.
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And I know you said most of it's
overseas, but it also happens
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here in the U.S.
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Yeah, different kinds
of factors in the U.S.
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The number one resource for
trafficked kids is the foster
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care system.
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system.
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Oh, wow, because
they're so vulnerable.
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Yeah.
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They got nobody
to look after them.
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Yeah, so I always encourage, you
know, we want to know what can
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we do here in America if there's
individuals that have a calling
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to be a great foster family.
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I mean, this is a way directly
to impact children and keep them
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out of trafficking scenarios.
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The other, probably the
other feeder here in America is
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pornography.
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And so a site like OnlyFans
where someone can be a porn
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star, this is where you'll find
individuals that are trafficked
because about a one
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-third of the individuals
on that site are underage.
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So that's also
human trafficking.
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And does the United States
drive the trafficking overseas?
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In other words, is it United
States people who go overseas
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who actually engage in
this trafficking or not?
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There's certainly some of that
that's happening, but I think
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our criminal activity in this is
our addiction to pornography in
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America because these underage
children, boys or girls that get
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put onto these sites, we think
maybe this is something that
they're voluntarily
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they're doing, but many of
these young people are actually
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trafficked into
those situations.
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And the difference in somebody
buying drugs, for example, is
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the drugs are used up, but when
someone is trafficked, they're
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used over and over again
on a daily basis for years.
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But the average lifespan is
about seven years for someone
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that's been trafficked.
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So it's really a death sentence.
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And we have one of our projects
where a high percentage of the
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girls have contracted HIV
as a result of having been
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trafficked. Seven years.
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That's really heavy.
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Seven years once
you're trafficked, your life
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expectancy. And less than
one in 100 will ever escape.
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And so it's really a very,
very challenging work to be in.
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And so we want to be as much
in that preventative side as we
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can. There's some types of
trafficking that might be a
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little easier to prevent, like
child marriage, very
challenging, lots of cultural
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pressures with that, but that's
a little more straightforward to
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go in and kind of
try to prevent that.
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Okay.
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Well, we heard some heavy stuff
already tonight, but what we're
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going to hear moving forward is
the stories of hope and healing,
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what's taking place through
the Ministry of Child Impact
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International. I think
you have a video with SAF 58.
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We want to go to that.
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Let's go to
that video right now.
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Give naked people clothes to
wear and provide for the needs
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of your own family.
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Then the light of my blessing
will shine on you like the
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rising sun. I
will heal you quickly.
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I will march out ahead of you.
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And my glory will follow
behind you and guard you.
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Praise the Lord.
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Child Impact International.
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Now those students
are from your schools?
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In India, yeah.
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So the blind school,
deaf school, and one of our
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orphanages. I love when
the video goes silent, really.
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There's just music, and you
see the signing taking place.
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I've met these kids, and it's
very emotional to see the video.
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But we're super excited because
the International Camperee is
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happening in
just a couple weeks.
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That's right, Gillette.
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So the entire school, they're
all pathfinders, and they're
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called the silent warriors.
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ground that they feel that
helps them know how to march.
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Anyway, we're
super excited about that.
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Praise the Lord.
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That's wonderful.
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Now we're moving
to Brazil, I think.
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So let's go to the video
for that, and then we'll talk to
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Nicole and how she got
involved with Child Impact.
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But let's go to
the video for Brazil.
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Child Impact Brazil is an
organization that exists to
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serve the most vulnerable
children in the city of São
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Paulo. We have kids from
Bolivia, kids from Haiti, and
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kids that have
migrated to São Paulo.
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Some of them are coming from
living in the streets with their
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families. Some of them are just
coming for, looking for a better
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future for their families, but
yet they find themselves living
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in a factory invasion.
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Eight years ago, a few people
broke into an abandoned factory
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warehouse.
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It was first a factory warehouse
turned into a nightclub.
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The government shut it down,
and the place was shut down for
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years. So a few people that
needed a place to live broke
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into it. Fast forward eight
years, and today there's 1,500
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families, around 7 ,000
people living in that community.
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So now imagine 7,000 people.
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It's one factory warehouse.
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It's equivalent to one block.
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And there are 7,000 people
squeezed on top of each other
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there. We occupied this building
seven years ago, and this
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building is already
transforming into a state.
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We have a significant number
of refugees, and we are home to
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approximately six different
ethnicities from diverse
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backgrounds.
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In our community, being a very
needy community, the majority of
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mothers are extremely afraid
that these children will go back
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to a life of crime, resort
to an environment that is not
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sustainable.
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One of the main issues that
we're having with the children
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in our community is that at a
very young age, they're involved
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with crime, they're doing drugs,
they are using their bodies to
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get money. So it's important for
the kids to have a place like
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this, where they're involved in
constructive, productive
activities, a place let
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out by people that have a
different mindset than that
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which they see every day.
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better future is attainable.
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And we sow, through our
examples, our education and
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culture, a work practically
of Jesus here inside.
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So we are Christians for them,
so we teach respect, education,
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cordiality, and
hope for a better future.
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We plant this idea with them in
a manner that they believe the
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present circumstances are
not indicative of their future
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circumstances and that a more
promising future awaits them.
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We strive to demonstrate
that the current situation they
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reside in, the conditions
they face, the reality they
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encounter, and the circumstances
they find themselves in do not
dictate their future
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outcomes.
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Amen.
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block, that's incredible.
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Yeah, I like to be
conservative with the number.
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I've heard it as
high as 12,000 people.
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Wow, that's amazing.
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So before we talk really about
the project and what's taking
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place, Nicole, how did you
get involved with Child Impact?
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Oh, Jill, God is so good.
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I was serving as a missionary
in a close country in Southeast
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Asia. I had been there for
a year and a half, had been a
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missionary for nine years, not
once thought about going back to
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Brazil. I was born and raised
in Brazil, left to become a
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missionary. And somehow early
last year, God put in my heart,
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hey, I think
it's time to go home.
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I think it's time
to be near your family.
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But in my whole time as a
missionary, I never moved other
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than for following a calling.
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But there was no calling.
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There was just
this desire to be home.
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So I started to pray and I
said, Lord, I know ministry and
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mission isn't a phase of my
life, is your calling for my
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life. So please open doors for
me to be able to come back home
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and continue to serve you there.
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you.
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And a friend of mine who had
served with me in this country,
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had moved back to the United
States and started working with
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Child Impact. And she had
nothing but incredible things to
say about the ministry.
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She was so in love with it, the
work that they were doing, the
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team.
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And she overheard Jason walking
down the hallway, talking to
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himself saying, I
really want Brazil.
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And she was like, wait a minute.
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They had a
conversation about it.
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And she told me, she's like,
hey, they're trying to start a
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project in Brazil.
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Wow.
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And fast forward to a few months
later, I started serving with
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Child Impact.
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Wow.
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So when was that?
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When did you begin serving?
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I began serving from a distance
in June last year, moved back in
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October of 2023
to start the project.
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Okay.
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So this is just brand new.
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This is less than a
year it's been going.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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all those people live in?
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Yeah.
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It's 400 meters.
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Wow.
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So it's a couple of blocks down.
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Okay.
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Wow.
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Wow.
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That's incredible.
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Dr. Tom, your
wife's Brazilian, right?
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She is.
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I remember that.
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Yeah.
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Brazil.
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I had seen the favelas there.
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And really, this
is an unusual favela.
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Yeah.
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hillsides, just shacks.
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But this one's inside of a,
kind of a broken down warehouse.
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So I think I heard it
referred to as a hidden favela.
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This is what actually spiked
our interest in this community.
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When I first went on a trip in
June to look for a community to
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serve, I went to the second
largest favela in the city.
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And visiting back with my
family, my aunt said, no, no,
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no, that's not
the place for you.
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I got to tell you about this
place that nobody knows about.
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And it's exactly what
it is, a hidden favela.
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And as Tom said, out
of sight, out of mind.
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So much so that our neighbors,
the people that live next to our
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project, who have lived there,
400 meters from them for 20
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years, did not know that
7,000 people lived there.
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How could you not know that?
00:20:05.97\00:20:06.97
I mean, I don't mean to be rude,
but how could you not know all
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those people are there?
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Do they never come out?
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They do come out, but they're
in a major avenue, but they're
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behind a brick wall.
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for warehouses.
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It has a ton of warehouses.
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From the outside, it looks
like just another warehouse.
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Wow.
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That's incredible.
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So what's the vision
for the project there?
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The vision for the
project is to continue to grow.
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We're currently
serving 60 children.
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Do they stay there or they
just come during the day or they
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spend the night there?
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They come during the day.
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So school's part-time in Brazil.
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So they go to school in
the morning and come in the
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afternoon or vice versa.
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They stay with us.
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We have recreation.
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We have physical activities.
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We have tutoring.
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activities to
develop them culturally.
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We just got a
donation for 20 computers.
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We're going to
start computer lessons.
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That was actually a
donation from the conference.
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God has been very good.
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And the vision is to be able to
provide them with opportunities
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for a different future.
00:21:13.60\00:21:14.34
Yeah.
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If Child Impact were not there,
what would be the future for the
00:21:16.57\00:21:20.24
young people growing
up in this hidden favela?
00:21:20.24\00:21:22.18
It would probably be a
repetition of the cycle that
00:21:23.55\00:21:25.91
their parents find
themselves in, right?
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So a lot of people come to this
community because they don't
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have to pay rent.
00:21:29.82\00:21:30.32
They don't have to pay water.
00:21:30.52\00:21:31.25
They don't have
to pay electricity.
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They don't make any money.
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Majority of my kids' parents
live off of the government.
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Majority of my kids' parents
have not graduated middle
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school. Oh, wow.
00:21:40.60\00:21:41.23
Let's not mention high school.
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Literacy level is very
low amongst the parents.
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The day that we recorded that
video that you watched, another
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person was supposed to give
us an interview, the mother of
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another one of our kids.
00:21:53.54\00:21:57.68
drugs again.
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So she was afraid to
see her face on camera.
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Crime is rampant.
00:22:02.45\00:22:03.82
I have 13-year-olds that are
already committing petty crimes.
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Going and stealing on subways,
I have 14-year-olds that are
00:22:07.09\00:22:10.83
selling drugs.
00:22:10.83\00:22:14.93
happens there.
00:22:14.93\00:22:15.66
And he said, Oh, yeah,
and some kids sell drugs.
00:22:15.93\00:22:18.07
I'm like, Wait a minute,
you're in primary school.
00:22:18.13\00:22:20.00
You're telling me kids sell
drugs in your primary school?
00:22:20.14\00:22:22.60
He said, Yes.
00:22:22.60\00:22:23.57
So that's the reality of drunk
parents, parents that are high
00:22:24.01\00:22:29.98
very often.
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That would likely be the
future for a lot of my children.
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You know, we were there in
April, and I asked that same
00:22:34.18\00:22:37.19
question as we were going around
interviewing some of the parents
00:22:37.19\00:22:40.09
in this favela community.
00:22:40.09\00:22:45.03
mom, and we asked her mom, Hey,
you know, what changes have you
00:22:45.03\00:22:48.03
seen in your daughter?
00:22:48.03\00:22:48.63
How valuable do
you find the center?
00:22:49.33\00:22:51.13
What was your daughter into
before she was coming to all the
00:22:51.33\00:22:53.67
programs at our center?
00:22:53.67\00:22:58.21
She was setting fire to them.
00:22:58.37\00:22:59.77
She was robbing
people in the subway.
00:22:59.81\00:23:01.54
Throwing rocks on the
neighbors, breaking windows.
00:23:01.81\00:23:04.18
A beautiful little girl.
00:23:04.18\00:23:04.21
She was so cute and lovely.
00:23:04.85\00:23:06.21
So innocent, yeah.
00:23:06.21\00:23:07.18
And I just couldn't
believe what she was saying.
00:23:07.18\00:23:08.85
They said, Oh, no, the
bank manager thought she was the
00:23:09.22\00:23:12.55
leader of a little gang.
00:23:12.55\00:23:13.32
And this, you
know, cute little girl.
00:23:13.96\00:23:15.42
And we just, you know, can't
understand what these little
00:23:15.99\00:23:19.03
kids are dealing
with back in their homes.
00:23:19.03\00:23:21.13
Yeah.
00:23:21.13\00:23:21.46
And the ones that are not
involved in crime are often
00:23:23.37\00:23:25.90
involved in bagging or selling
things on the street to make
00:23:25.90\00:23:29.64
money because the parents don't
have enough money to support the
00:23:29.64\00:23:31.64
families. Now, I think you have
some pictures, as well as, I
00:23:32.74\00:23:34.94
don't know if they're stories
connected with the pictures, so
00:23:34.94\00:23:37.41
I'll let you go ahead with...
00:23:37.41\00:23:39.48
Let's go ahead and put those up.
00:23:39.48\00:23:40.88
What are we seeing here?
00:23:41.22\00:23:42.15
So we're seeing the
entrance of the community.
00:23:42.15\00:23:43.82
There are seven different
ethnicities that currently live
00:23:43.95\00:23:47.82
together there, but the
three primary ones are Haitians,
00:23:47.82\00:23:50.93
Brazilians, and Bolivians.
00:23:51.13\00:23:52.33
There are lots and lots of
immigrants in that community.
00:23:52.63\00:23:55.66
Now, the Brazilians
receive government assistance.
00:23:56.00\00:23:58.13
The foreigners don't.
00:23:58.33\00:23:59.47
So they're in an even
more challenging situation
00:23:59.67\00:24:02.64
financially oftentimes,
especially when they just come
00:24:02.64\00:24:05.67
into the country. And
it's very interesting.
00:24:06.21\00:24:07.41
We're just now starting to get
more Bolivian children, which
00:24:07.94\00:24:11.01
we're very grateful for, because
the Brazilian children come in
00:24:11.01\00:24:15.42
like little
Tasmanian devils, right?
00:24:15.42\00:24:16.82
And the Bolivians have
a very different culture.
00:24:17.42\00:24:19.62
They don't have the financial
resources, but they raise their
00:24:20.02\00:24:22.36
children very well.
00:24:22.36\00:24:23.29
So they're just now trusting us
enough to allow their children
00:24:23.66\00:24:27.13
to spend the afternoons with the
rest of the Brazilian kids in
00:24:27.13\00:24:29.56
the project.
00:24:29.56\00:24:29.83
Yes, that makes sense.
00:24:30.47\00:24:31.40
Let's go to the next picture.
00:24:32.67\00:24:33.77
So, this is the mother
of one of our children.
00:24:35.80\00:24:38.51
It's their apartment,
if I could call it that.
00:24:40.41\00:24:43.91
It's about as
large as your rug, Joe.
00:24:44.05\00:24:45.71
There are no windows.
00:24:48.15\00:24:49.72
Their little home is inside the
roof of the factory warehouse.
00:24:50.59\00:24:54.56
They have no direct sunlight.
00:24:54.82\00:24:56.56
There's no kitchen,
there's no bathroom.
00:24:57.03\00:24:58.59
It's just a room
for the four of them.
00:24:58.99\00:25:01.13
And that's the reality of
so many of the people in that
00:25:01.30\00:25:05.03
community. I think they've lived
there for seven years in that
00:25:06.03\00:25:09.40
room. In that room the
size of this rug right here.
00:25:09.47\00:25:11.54
Exactly.
00:25:11.54\00:25:11.94
That's incredible.
00:25:13.64\00:25:14.44
More pictures?
00:25:15.34\00:25:15.91
More pictures.
00:25:16.21\00:25:16.71
I want to talk about these
two little girls because they're
00:25:19.25\00:25:21.72
very special to me.
00:25:21.72\00:25:26.19
her hair.
00:25:26.19\00:25:26.72
Let me run you
through a day in her life.
00:25:27.32\00:25:28.82
picture this, Joe.
00:25:31.69\00:25:32.69
You wake up in the morning,
probably you run and brush your
00:25:32.89\00:25:35.00
teeth on your sink.
00:25:35.00\00:25:36.67
She has no sink.
00:25:37.07\00:25:38.10
Then the next thing you'll
probably do is go make her
00:25:39.00\00:25:41.84
breakfast in your kitchen.
00:25:41.84\00:25:42.40
There's no running water.
00:25:42.47\00:25:43.30
There's a stove, but there's no
running water for the kitchen.
00:25:43.71\00:25:45.81
Naturally there's no bathroom.
00:25:46.24\00:25:47.44
There's no picking up your clean
clothes before going to school.
00:25:48.44\00:25:51.55
Sometimes there's breakfast,
sometimes there isn't.
00:25:52.35\00:25:54.18
So she goes to
school, comes back.
00:25:55.08\00:25:56.75
By the time she comes back, 95%
of the time that I've seen her
00:25:56.92\00:26:00.99
mom, she's drunk.
00:26:00.99\00:26:01.69
In the middle of the day.
00:26:01.99\00:26:03.16
Comes back to a drunk mother.
00:26:03.83\00:26:05.13
May or may not
eat lunch at home.
00:26:05.13\00:26:07.56
In Brazil, the
school serves a meal.
00:26:08.20\00:26:09.63
So that's very helpful
for a lot of our families.
00:26:09.83\00:26:12.23
Sometimes her mom beats her up
bad enough that other community
00:26:14.20\00:26:19.44
members have wanted
to beat up her mother.
00:26:19.44\00:26:21.61
And she has had to interject
and protect her mother.
00:26:21.88\00:26:24.28
That was the average
day of this girl's life.
00:26:25.81\00:26:28.35
She's a child that's
often playing on the street.
00:26:28.82\00:26:31.15
She's one of the children that
was going to street corners to
00:26:31.72\00:26:35.62
ask for money from adults.
00:26:35.62\00:26:36.59
So when we talk about
vulnerability and poverty
00:26:36.99\00:26:40.16
bringing about vulnerability,
how hard would it be for a
stranger to just grab that
00:26:40.16\00:26:43.16
little girl and
throw her into their car?
00:26:43.16\00:26:44.90
Mom isn't around watching her.
00:26:44.97\00:26:47.04
None of the
neighbors are around watching.
00:26:47.27\00:26:49.14
People just don't care.
00:26:49.24\00:26:50.24
She's a child that was
in extreme vulnerability.
00:26:51.27\00:26:53.34
And thanks to sponsorships,
she's the first child that we're
00:26:54.01\00:26:57.95
going to put in a Seventh-day
Adventist school through our
00:26:57.95\00:27:00.85
project. She's getting a
full-ride scholarship to one of
00:27:00.85\00:27:04.62
our schools.
She's a lovely girl.
00:27:05.12\00:27:06.35
She's so polite.
00:27:07.39\00:27:08.62
She's so kind and well-mannered.
00:27:08.69\00:27:10.03
You never know the amount of
trauma and abuse that that girl
00:27:10.13\00:27:13.50
goes through regularly.
00:27:13.50\00:27:14.46
When you're faced with so much
pain and so much need, how do
00:27:17.13\00:27:26.01
you keep going?
00:27:26.01\00:27:26.34
I think for me, how
do you not keep going?
00:27:28.14\00:27:30.35
Right?
00:27:31.61\00:27:35.68
So the need drives you.
00:27:36.85\00:27:38.15
Like, I've got to do more.
00:27:38.42\00:27:39.72
It keeps you awake
at night, for sure.
00:27:39.89\00:27:41.16
And you're always
asking, can we do more?
00:27:41.99\00:27:44.33
What more can we do?
00:27:44.39\00:27:45.29
But you have to do
it one child at a time.
00:27:45.96\00:27:47.86
It's beautiful.
00:27:48.83\00:27:49.56
What about for you, Jason?
00:27:50.47\00:27:51.30
I would say the same thing.
00:27:52.10\00:27:53.64
It's those numbers that
kind of go through my head.
00:27:53.64\00:27:56.34
When you think about 50 million
people in modern-day slavery,
00:27:56.74\00:28:00.18
that number, we just can't
even imagine how big it is.
00:28:00.18\00:28:02.58
But if it was my child, I
would go after one more child.
00:28:02.74\00:28:05.78
I would keep
going after my child.
00:28:05.95\00:28:07.45
And so they're
all God's children.
00:28:08.12\00:28:09.65
And so I feel like
we've got to keep going.
00:28:10.12\00:28:11.69
Like we said,
just one at a time.
00:28:11.82\00:28:13.49
One more.
00:28:13.76\00:28:14.26
And in this case, this
precious girl, she's rescued.
00:28:14.82\00:28:17.13
You know this is one
who's taken out, who's safe now.
00:28:17.43\00:28:20.33
That's incredible.
00:28:20.33\00:28:21.40
It's going to have
opportunities, a different
00:28:21.50\00:28:23.40
future. I always say that they
live in an alternative reality.
00:28:24.43\00:28:26.74
That seems like,
that's all that they know.
00:28:27.20\00:28:29.24
That's their world.
00:28:29.27\00:28:30.14
But it's so different
from everything outside.
00:28:30.91\00:28:33.44
You know, if I can only expose
them, if I can only show them
00:28:33.64\00:28:37.01
all the opportunities that are
out there for them, show them
00:28:37.01\00:28:40.25
the love of Jesus, help them
understand how precious they
00:28:40.25\00:28:42.48
are. And Jill, I think it
matters what's happening halfway
00:28:43.75\00:28:46.76
around the world. I think
it should matter to us in North
00:28:46.76\00:28:48.79
America. We're
blessed to be a blessing.
00:28:49.56\00:28:51.06
And I always think of Acts
1-8 that talks about we have a
00:28:51.69\00:28:54.56
mission to Jerusalem, Judea,
Samaria, but it ends by saying
00:28:54.56\00:28:58.30
all of this. Every disciple
has a mission to the ends of the
00:28:59.30\00:29:01.24
earth. That's right.
00:29:02.17\00:29:02.50
I love that.
00:29:02.67\00:29:03.57
Any more pictures before
we move on to the next part?
00:29:03.74\00:29:05.24
I believe we do.
00:29:05.27\00:29:06.37
Let's double check.
00:29:06.61\00:29:07.41
Yeah, so one thing that we love
doing with our kids is arts.
00:29:08.28\00:29:11.78
Arts are extremely helpful
with children that suffer abuse,
00:29:12.35\00:29:15.35
suffer trauma.
00:29:15.35\00:29:16.02
So I have this rowdy boy that
cannot sit for five minutes for
00:29:16.58\00:29:20.26
tutoring, but I put a coloring
page in front of them and
00:29:20.26\00:29:24.86
they'll sit and
color for a whole hour.
00:29:24.86\00:29:26.06
It's therapy for them every
day to engage in activities with
00:29:26.19\00:29:29.80
their hands.
00:29:29.80\00:29:33.87
their lives.
00:29:33.87\00:29:34.17
Can I please help?
00:29:34.37\00:29:35.07
I would love to help.
00:29:35.24\00:29:35.94
I would love to cook.
00:29:36.07\00:29:36.91
So we see these children
that have amazing hearts.
00:29:37.17\00:29:38.97
They're still so moldable.
00:29:39.14\00:29:40.44
We can still shape them so much.
00:29:40.64\00:29:42.28
And I see that every day,
the love that my team puts into
00:29:42.28\00:29:46.88
them, I see the
effect that it has on them.
00:29:46.88\00:29:48.75
Amen, amen.
00:29:49.12\00:29:49.98
I think we have
one more picture.
00:29:50.02\00:29:50.99
Yes, so every month we get to
celebrate their birthdays with
00:29:51.42\00:29:55.49
the team.
00:29:55.49\00:29:55.79
I love that.
00:29:56.39\00:30:00.26
We do as much
recreation as we can.
00:30:01.70\00:30:03.97
We do as much to help them
have a normal life as we can.
00:30:04.00\00:30:07.64
Nicole, how many of these
kids actually have someone that
00:30:08.30\00:30:10.97
celebrates their birthday?
00:30:10.97\00:30:11.91
Not that many.
00:30:13.84\00:30:14.91
I've been in situations where
this is the first kick I've had.
00:30:16.44\00:30:19.85
It resonated with me when I saw
that because we're adopting two
00:30:21.95\00:30:25.19
girls that are orphans.
00:30:25.19\00:30:26.52
When the phone connected for
the birthday, we said, Chesdit,
00:30:28.12\00:30:32.03
happy birthday,
and started singing.
00:30:32.03\00:30:33.96
Immediate tears.
00:30:34.46\00:30:35.40
And you just know and begin
to ask, when was the last time
00:30:36.03\00:30:38.80
somebody celebrated a birthday?
00:30:38.80\00:30:39.87
Everybody should have
their birthday celebrated.
00:30:40.07\00:30:41.84
That's right.
00:30:41.87\00:30:44.31
Every kid should have
their birthday celebrated.
00:30:44.71\00:30:46.78
Absolutely, and what an impact
that makes with the young people
00:30:47.48\00:30:51.78
and celebrating them.
00:30:51.78\00:30:52.45
Jason, let's go to Bangladesh.
00:30:52.78\00:30:54.02
Sure.
00:30:54.62\00:30:55.08
I just want to say on
this project in Brazil, this is
00:30:56.08\00:31:00.92
really our first
international office.
00:31:00.92\00:31:02.09
So this is Child Impact Brazil
office and an NGO that Nicole
00:31:02.32\00:31:06.49
has really spearheaded
and set up in that country.
00:31:06.49\00:31:08.66
We traditionally support lots of
ministries around the world, and
00:31:09.16\00:31:11.60
we're going to
continue to do that.
00:31:11.60\00:31:12.77
But this is really kind of
a next phase of Child Impact,
00:31:13.03\00:31:16.60
opening up our
own country offices.
00:31:16.60\00:31:17.94
And so we're really excited to
see how that project continues
00:31:18.07\00:31:20.41
to grow and progress.
00:31:20.41\00:31:20.98
Thank you for bringing that out.
00:31:21.24\00:31:22.88
That's exciting.
00:31:22.98\00:31:26.11
Praise the Lord.
00:31:26.68\00:31:27.35
So we're really excited.
00:31:27.52\00:31:28.42
Bangladesh is one of our
newest projects this year.
00:31:28.85\00:31:31.19
In Bangladesh, we have our
largest sponsorship program
00:31:31.69\00:31:35.36
right now. There are over 1,200
kids that we sponsor in the
00:31:35.62\00:31:38.36
country of Bangladesh.
00:31:38.36\00:31:38.99
And through our sponsorship
program, we start to identify
00:31:39.76\00:31:43.43
needs that these kids have.
00:31:43.43\00:31:44.73
They're coming to school,
they're talking to teachers,
00:31:44.80\00:31:47.07
they're talking to other
students, and we really get to
00:31:47.07\00:31:49.37
know the kids. And so as we
travel and we visit, our partner
there also shares with
00:31:50.37\00:31:53.74
us needs that they are finding.
00:31:53.74\00:31:55.11
And they identified a community
in a town called Dalat Dia.
00:31:55.61\00:31:59.28
And Dalat Dia has one of the
largest brothels in the world.
00:31:59.88\00:32:04.02
In this city.
00:32:04.72\00:32:05.69
It's like the
whole city is a brothel.
00:32:05.85\00:32:08.26
And so they said, what can we
do to help the kids here who are
00:32:08.56\00:32:12.16
growing up in a brothel town?
00:32:12.16\00:32:14.46
And so we really started
brainstorming, discussing
00:32:14.86\00:32:18.23
options, and with our partner
there, we've just started a safe
00:32:18.77\00:32:23.41
house inside the brothel.
00:32:23.41\00:32:23.87
And so we challenged the team.
00:32:24.81\00:32:26.07
How was that even possible?
00:32:26.21\00:32:27.31
No offense, but I mean, I don't
really know how that works.
00:32:27.51\00:32:30.01
It's a whole city.
00:32:30.01\00:32:31.11
And so it's at a major kind of
like a center of transportation
00:32:31.85\00:32:35.85
through the country.
00:32:35.85\00:32:36.62
So lots of truck drivers,
ships, everyone stops here.
00:32:36.92\00:32:39.79
1600 prostitutes.
00:32:39.89\00:32:41.52
In this area.
00:32:42.02\00:32:42.79
And how many
underage or you don't know?
00:32:42.96\00:32:44.83
The average arrival age is 14.
00:32:45.49\00:32:46.90
But it's illegal.
00:32:47.86\00:32:48.73
And so we said, what
can we do for these kids?
00:32:50.23\00:32:53.20
Can you get some of the kids who
are currently being trafficked
00:32:54.34\00:32:58.17
out of that situation?
00:32:58.17\00:32:59.01
So they went, they surveyed,
and the whole thing is run by, I
00:32:59.37\00:33:02.58
believe it's seven or
eight, what they call madams.
00:33:02.58\00:33:05.01
And it's these ladies
who control everything in the
00:33:05.88\00:33:09.02
brothel. And we said, hey,
can we get some of these younger
00:33:09.05\00:33:13.12
girls out of here, give
them an educational opportunity?
00:33:13.46\00:33:14.99
And they refused to let us.
00:33:15.22\00:33:16.59
The parents refused
to let them be taken out.
00:33:16.76\00:33:18.96
And we're talking about
13, 14, 15 -year-old girls.
00:33:18.96\00:33:21.63
They said, but you can take
their younger siblings and we'll
00:33:22.16\00:33:26.13
let you take them out.
00:33:26.13\00:33:26.77
And so we've just
started a safe house.
00:33:27.30\00:33:29.04
We've got ten girls ages 7 to 12
who have grown up their entire
00:33:29.24\00:33:33.51
lives cleaning up after their
mom is working, their sister's
00:33:33.51\00:33:37.78
working, these rooms
where they're working.
00:33:37.88\00:33:39.38
And now we've gotten them out.
00:33:39.78\00:33:41.25
We've got them into school.
00:33:41.45\00:33:42.48
They're in a safe place.
00:33:42.68\00:33:43.79
And then they just requested
this week for us to take ten
00:33:44.12\00:33:48.02
more girls out.
00:33:48.02\00:33:52.09
wanting to give their kids
an opportunity to get out this
00:33:52.09\00:33:54.30
lifestyle.
00:33:54.30\00:33:54.83
And so we immediately said yes.
00:33:55.43\00:33:57.23
We haven't budgeted for that.
00:33:57.80\00:33:59.10
But we said we've got to
get these kids out because if we
00:33:59.50\00:34:02.87
wait another day, we don't know
if the next day they're going to
00:34:02.87\00:34:06.34
go into this type of work.
00:34:06.34\00:34:10.08
And so we've just
accepted another ten this week.
00:34:10.51\00:34:13.38
And we're excited
about getting them out.
00:34:13.68\00:34:15.38
And then kind of phase two of
this is we're going to transfer
00:34:15.78\00:34:18.85
them to one of our Adventist
boarding schools to give them an
00:34:18.85\00:34:22.16
Adventist education.
00:34:22.16\00:34:25.06
And we're going to really
put them on a whole new path for
00:34:25.36\00:34:28.23
their lives.
00:34:28.23\00:34:31.57
us there in Bangladesh.
00:34:31.57\00:34:32.47
Wow.
00:34:32.57\00:34:34.47
You said you're stepping out by
faith obviously because we need
00:34:34.84\00:34:37.51
funds for this project.
00:34:37.51\00:34:38.54
So, Dr. Tom, if people want to
support, if they say I want to
00:34:39.11\00:34:42.28
get involved, and we'll
talk about this throughout the
00:34:42.28\00:34:44.95
program, but they want to get
involved in supporting Operation
Child Rescue, can you
00:34:44.95\00:34:48.62
both sponsor a specific
project like I want to give for
00:34:48.62\00:34:51.89
Bangladesh or is it just
Operation Child Rescue as a
00:34:51.89\00:34:53.99
whole? So we have an umbrella
for all of what we do, but
00:34:54.29\00:34:58.33
there's a budget for that.
00:34:58.33\00:35:02.00
And so Jason's literally
speaking the truth here when he
00:35:02.40\00:35:06.07
says we're
stepping out of faith.
00:35:06.07\00:35:09.84
dollars for ten
more girls for the year.
00:35:09.84\00:35:11.94
So we said we have to say yes.
00:35:12.17\00:35:14.11
And so we believe
that God will provide that.
00:35:14.18\00:35:16.24
So if someone wants to sponsor
right now, I believe our 3 ABN
00:35:16.95\00:35:20.02
viewers are movers and shakers
and they you want, you're part
00:35:20.02\00:35:23.55
of the family, but you want
to become involved in projects.
00:35:23.55\00:35:25.82
So if the Lord is just putting
on your heart right now, you're
00:35:25.95\00:35:29.32
touched by what the Lord is
doing through the Ministry of
00:35:29.32\00:35:32.76
Child Impact International.
00:35:32.76\00:35:34.23
You can donate online.
00:35:34.76\00:35:35.96
Can they donate
online at childimpact.org.
00:35:36.06\00:35:39.93
Just go to childimpact.org and
what would they click on that
00:35:40.24\00:35:45.54
website? Rescue.
00:35:45.54\00:35:46.11
Rescue.
00:35:46.64\00:35:50.51
trafficked
worldwide with the projects.
00:35:50.51\00:35:52.15
OK, rescue.
00:35:52.51\00:35:58.89
six six seven.
00:35:58.89\00:36:00.72
That's four two three nine
one zero zero six six seven.
00:36:00.96\00:36:05.43
So I'm sorry, Jason,
back to your project.
00:36:05.53\00:36:07.40
You're just stepping out by
faith and reaching and rescuing
00:36:07.66\00:36:12.57
even more girls.
00:36:12.57\00:36:12.90
Yes.
00:36:12.90\00:36:13.44
No, thank you for that.
00:36:13.77\00:36:14.40
We really appreciate that.
00:36:14.50\00:36:15.54
So we've got ten.
00:36:15.74\00:36:16.64
Now we're going to have twenty.
00:36:16.84\00:36:17.97
They've rented a home
large enough to have forty.
00:36:18.74\00:36:20.94
And so our ultimate dream is
to keep finding more workers,
00:36:21.14\00:36:24.48
finding more help and fill
this thing up as fast as we can.
00:36:24.48\00:36:27.58
We have a picture, right?
00:36:28.92\00:36:29.88
I believe so.
00:36:30.82\00:36:31.65
Yes, we do have
some pictures there.
00:36:31.65\00:36:32.75
Yep.
00:36:33.15\00:36:33.19
Let's put that picture up here.
00:36:34.19\00:36:35.52
So these are the
first ten girls we have.
00:36:35.66\00:36:37.39
The ones on the top?
00:36:37.49\00:36:38.19
Yes.
00:36:38.43\00:36:38.79
And Bangladesh is a
Muslim majority country.
00:36:39.89\00:36:42.13
And we have dedicated
Seventh-day Adventist Bible
00:36:42.70\00:36:46.47
workers having morning and
evening worship with these
girls, introducing them to
00:36:46.47\00:36:49.34
Jesus.
00:36:49.34\00:36:50.07
And so it's a really
exciting project for us.
00:36:50.37\00:36:52.34
Praise the Lord.
00:36:52.91\00:36:54.08
That's incredible.
00:36:54.11\00:37:00.58
experiencing that.
00:37:00.58\00:37:01.85
But just to know what God
is doing through that, that's
00:37:02.02\00:37:04.75
incredible. Shall
we move to Zambia?
00:37:06.05\00:37:07.02
Sure.
00:37:07.29\00:37:10.76
girls.
00:37:10.76\00:37:11.26
And this is in Zambia.
00:37:11.63\00:37:13.23
These are girls that are being
trafficked out by the roadside
00:37:13.43\00:37:16.73
selling vegetables.
00:37:16.73\00:37:17.83
Truckers come along and offer,
or ask for something else.
00:37:18.27\00:37:21.94
But we initially started
this project with 36 girls in a
00:37:22.60\00:37:26.54
rented space.
00:37:26.54\00:37:27.34
And we had a video
that we showed here on 3ABN.
00:37:27.88\00:37:32.01
And we had this vision,
this dream to build a girls
00:37:32.88\00:37:36.22
dormitory. And one of the
listeners to your program here
00:37:36.55\00:37:42.12
on 3ABN sent in a check.
00:37:42.12\00:37:44.76
Oh, praise the Lord.
00:37:44.89\00:37:46.09
And so we wanted to show you a
video of the finished dormitory.
00:37:46.09\00:37:48.03
Okay, let's go to that video.
00:37:48.13\00:37:49.06
Made possible by 3ABN.
00:37:49.06\00:37:50.10
Praise the Lord.
00:37:50.17\00:37:51.13
So these are the girls.
00:37:51.87\00:37:52.57
You see they
have school uniforms.
00:37:52.63\00:37:54.20
All of them have sponsors.
00:37:54.37\00:37:55.64
And this is the dormitory.
00:37:56.50\00:37:57.37
And that's the dorm right there.
00:37:57.41\00:37:58.44
Wow.
00:37:59.54\00:37:59.57
That's incredible.
00:38:01.38\00:38:02.08
It's beautiful, isn't it?
00:38:02.28\00:38:03.21
It's amazing.
00:38:03.24\00:38:03.65
Praise the Lord.
00:38:03.68\00:38:04.51
Thank you.
00:38:04.68\00:38:08.38
in what God is doing through
Child Impact International.
00:38:08.38\00:38:11.22
Thank you for getting
involved and sponsoring this.
00:38:11.49\00:38:13.96
So you have a hundred girls.
00:38:14.16\00:38:15.09
Yeah.
00:38:15.32\00:38:18.13
This first one is
a silhouette, really.
00:38:18.13\00:38:21.30
It's a screen
capture from a video.
00:38:21.63\00:38:23.50
And we were actually, we asked
this young lady to reenact what
00:38:24.17\00:38:28.70
happens when they go to the
roadside to sell vegetables.
00:38:28.70\00:38:31.17
And as she was reenacting this,
she was approached by a truck
00:38:31.57\00:38:35.61
driver and
solicited for prostitution.
00:38:35.61\00:38:37.58
Oh.
00:38:37.91\00:38:38.68
So we just kept
the camera going.
00:38:38.68\00:38:38.71
And so that reenactment turned
out to be a real life situation.
00:38:40.15\00:38:44.35
Solicitation.
00:38:44.42\00:38:44.45
Right.
00:38:44.92\00:38:47.86
And what's the age of the girls?
00:38:47.92\00:38:49.06
They'll be like
13 to 16 year olds.
00:38:49.72\00:38:52.09
Yeah.
00:38:52.73\00:38:53.16
So that's the average age.
00:38:53.36\00:38:54.36
What has been very significant
for me in the next photo shows a
00:38:55.06\00:38:58.77
home visit.
00:38:58.77\00:39:02.84
girls come from.
00:39:02.84\00:39:03.74
What is their circumstance?
00:39:03.77\00:39:04.97
And so this young girl that you
see in the school uniform grew
00:39:05.71\00:39:10.08
up living in this hut.
00:39:10.08\00:39:11.25
I had to duck quite a bit
to get up underneath there.
00:39:11.81\00:39:14.92
And when you get inside you
look up and you see holes in the
00:39:15.12\00:39:18.52
thatch so you know that
they get wet when it rains.
00:39:18.52\00:39:20.19
And they happen to have a
mattress in this particular hut.
00:39:20.39\00:39:23.83
But the springs are popping out.
00:39:24.26\00:39:26.06
And so this mother has, someone
has helped her to be able to get
00:39:26.43\00:39:30.67
a new home.
00:39:30.67\00:39:31.20
And also now her daughter
is safe and is sponsored.
00:39:32.03\00:39:34.24
And so she literally wanted to
show us how to do a happy dance.
00:39:34.34\00:39:38.17
And she was singing
and clapping and dancing.
00:39:38.67\00:39:41.14
And I started doing
moves I didn't know I could do.
00:39:41.18\00:39:43.21
And I don't know if
it'll pass for a 3 ABN video.
00:39:43.78\00:39:46.21
But we'll try.
00:39:46.21\00:39:46.92
Oh yay!
00:39:47.18\00:39:47.78
Do we have a video of this?
00:39:47.98\00:39:48.62
It's coming.
00:39:48.78\00:39:49.42
It's coming.
00:39:49.62\00:39:49.82
Oh!
00:39:50.55\00:39:50.79
Okay.
00:39:50.85\00:39:51.85
I'll let you know
when we submit it.
00:39:51.85\00:39:53.66
So you can edit
it if you need to.
00:39:53.66\00:39:55.76
That sounds super exciting.
00:39:56.16\00:39:57.33
We had a bit of fun with it.
00:39:57.39\00:39:58.79
But most touching to
me, this next picture here.
00:39:59.59\00:40:02.63
There are a couple stories
of girls Mary and Sharon.
00:40:03.53\00:40:06.77
Mary there with me in the
picture her uncle standing next
00:40:07.20\00:40:12.21
to me. She was
orphaned at 4 years old.
00:40:12.54\00:40:14.94
And nobody told her
what happened to her parents.
00:40:16.21\00:40:18.35
So all these
years she's not known.
00:40:18.68\00:40:20.22
She is number 15 of the children
that her uncle and aunt raised.
00:40:20.45\00:40:24.35
But her aunt also passed away.
00:40:24.42\00:40:26.19
So she's the
last of 15 children.
00:40:26.35\00:40:28.36
Six biological children.
00:40:28.46\00:40:29.72
But he had to raise
children from other relatives.
00:40:29.76\00:40:31.76
And so she sponsoring her,
I got to talk with her and she
00:40:32.83\00:40:37.50
mentioned she didn't know
what happened to her parents.
00:40:37.50\00:40:39.60
And I said, do you think that
you're old enough to know now?
00:40:39.60\00:40:42.44
And she said yes.
00:40:42.77\00:40:43.67
But I think she's afraid to ask.
00:40:43.67\00:40:45.37
She said, can you ask my uncle?
00:40:45.44\00:40:47.08
So we went to her house and
I said, uncle, I know that Mary
00:40:47.91\00:40:52.75
doesn't know what happened to
her parents and she needs to be
00:40:52.75\00:40:56.95
a certain age. Do you think
that's something she can know
00:40:57.19\00:40:59.39
about now? So we
immediately shared with her.
00:40:59.75\00:41:01.29
Her dad got her
mom pregnant and left.
00:41:01.56\00:41:03.86
They found out that he
passed away shortly thereafter.
00:41:04.03\00:41:06.29
But the mom was out cutting
brush out in the bush and a tree
00:41:06.90\00:41:12.47
fell on top of her.
00:41:12.47\00:41:13.50
And there was a little girl
there was not able to get the
00:41:13.90\00:41:16.34
tree off and her
mother passed away.
00:41:16.34\00:41:17.51
And of course when Mary heard
this immediately the tears came.
00:41:17.57\00:41:20.54
But I think for her it marks the
opportunity to start a journey
00:41:20.84\00:41:24.48
of healing.
00:41:24.48\00:41:24.95
But there's another photo that
is one that really caused me
00:41:25.91\00:41:30.22
quite an emotional
response in that same slide.
00:41:30.22\00:41:34.22
If we can bring that back up.
00:41:34.29\00:41:35.62
This is on the right there
is a girl by the name of Sharon.
00:41:36.42\00:41:39.83
Do you see how
happy Sharon looks?
00:41:39.86\00:41:41.03
Look at that smile!
00:41:41.40\00:41:42.56
She literally glows.
00:41:43.06\00:41:44.37
And next to
Sharon is her sister.
00:41:44.73\00:41:46.13
One year ago Sharon was one of
those first 36 girls that came
00:41:46.84\00:41:51.51
to our school
there that we support.
00:41:51.51\00:41:53.21
And she was traumatized.
00:41:53.88\00:41:55.51
She had been trafficked.
00:41:56.41\00:41:57.68
But her mom had tried
to intervene on her behalf.
00:41:58.01\00:42:02.38
The father had run up a debt and
the creditor wanted Sharon in
00:42:02.55\00:42:07.19
exchange for the debt.
00:42:07.19\00:42:08.09
The mother said no
you can't have her.
00:42:08.96\00:42:10.43
I remember that story.
00:42:10.63\00:42:11.59
So the mother was about
ready to be put in jail.
00:42:11.59\00:42:13.96
But now the father had taken off
and they want both daughters in
00:42:14.00\00:42:17.63
exchange for the debt.
00:42:17.63\00:42:18.57
So child impact intervened.
00:42:19.37\00:42:20.70
We covered the debt.
00:42:20.94\00:42:21.97
We got the mom a bike so she
could get to work more rapidly.
00:42:22.14\00:42:24.84
But when I came to the school
and I met this young lady I said
00:42:25.84\00:42:29.61
I recognize you.
00:42:29.61\00:42:30.51
What's your name?
00:42:31.11\00:42:32.05
But I didn't
realize it was Sharon.
00:42:32.88\00:42:34.58
She said I'm Sharon.
00:42:34.68\00:42:35.65
And I was floored.
00:42:35.82\00:42:37.29
Night and day from
where she was one year ago.
00:42:38.02\00:42:40.79
I went back to the
vehicle and I cried.
00:42:40.86\00:42:42.89
It just hit me so hard.
00:42:43.89\00:42:45.76
What a difference
one year can make.
00:42:45.76\00:42:48.00
When a girl is in a safe place
when she knows her family is
00:42:48.16\00:42:52.43
safe she can begin to thrive.
00:42:52.43\00:42:55.64
It's just unbelievable.
00:42:55.87\00:42:56.64
So I was there with Tom
when we met her and her mom.
00:42:58.11\00:43:01.81
We brought them outside of town
and kind of met under this tree
00:43:02.24\00:43:06.55
just outside of town because
we didn't want to cause a big
00:43:06.55\00:43:09.08
scene. We're
giving her mom a new bike.
00:43:09.55\00:43:10.62
We didn't want
anyone to take it.
00:43:11.02\00:43:12.75
And I can remember when
we took the money to her.
00:43:12.89\00:43:15.32
Do you remember how much it was?
00:43:15.39\00:43:16.39
$411.
00:43:16.99\00:43:17.46
$411 is what the price was that
this man was going to take these
00:43:18.69\00:43:22.76
two girls for.
00:43:22.76\00:43:23.70
He was going to sell them as
child brides and probably try to
00:43:24.10\00:43:27.34
get a lot of goats and cows
in exchange to pay off this debt
00:43:27.34\00:43:31.41
from her parents.
00:43:31.41\00:43:31.67
So $411 for us is nothing.
00:43:32.21\00:43:34.14
Of course.
00:43:34.24\00:43:34.71
We want to protect her.
00:43:35.91\00:43:36.95
We want to keep her in school.
00:43:36.95\00:43:38.18
And that's just the
price of a life there.
00:43:38.88\00:43:41.05
And immediately I thought of
the story of Elisha in the widow
00:43:41.05\00:43:45.89
with the two sons.
00:43:45.89\00:43:46.62
And their dad died.
00:43:47.12\00:43:48.46
He was one of the prophets.
00:43:48.49\00:43:49.59
And there we have the miracle of
the oil continually being poured
00:43:50.53\00:43:54.03
out so that she could keep her
two sons from being sold to the
00:43:54.03\00:43:57.77
creditor for her husband's debt.
00:43:57.77\00:43:58.97
And so we can see what was
happening in Bible times still
00:43:59.43\00:44:02.14
happening
around the world today.
00:44:02.14\00:44:03.64
Amen.
00:44:04.54\00:44:04.94
Amen.
00:44:05.21\00:44:05.81
God is the God of miracles.
00:44:05.87\00:44:06.74
See the miracles
still take place.
00:44:07.34\00:44:08.84
It's so beautiful to be able
to say to these girls, we are so
00:44:08.84\00:44:12.41
proud of you.
00:44:12.41\00:44:12.75
Yes.
00:44:13.42\00:44:13.95
And we are.
00:44:14.22\00:44:14.78
It's amazing.
00:44:14.92\00:44:15.75
Yeah.
00:44:16.35\00:44:18.82
What factors do you think
are involved in that healing?
00:44:20.36\00:44:23.76
Because all of these kids,
girls, or boys have experienced
00:44:23.86\00:44:27.36
extreme trauma.
00:44:27.36\00:44:27.86
Yeah.
00:44:27.86\00:44:28.36
So what factors
into that healing?
00:44:28.70\00:44:31.70
Yeah.
00:44:32.10\00:44:35.84
place where the abuse
will not continue to happen.
00:44:35.84\00:44:37.94
You're safe.
00:44:38.61\00:44:39.34
Feeling safe, knowing that
you're in a safe environment.
00:44:39.81\00:44:41.98
And I think one thing that we
all know that's very healing is
00:44:42.51\00:44:45.35
love. So when these children are
placed in a location where they
00:44:46.01\00:44:49.62
are loved and where they can
understand their value,
understand somebody might
00:44:49.62\00:44:54.72
have sold them for $400.
00:44:54.72\00:44:56.76
But somebody gave
so much more for them.
00:44:57.46\00:44:59.36
The blood of Jesus
was given for them.
00:44:59.53\00:45:01.43
So when you are able to
understand your value in Christ,
00:45:01.43\00:45:03.80
I believe that's
also very healing.
00:45:03.80\00:45:05.03
No, and I've heard Jason, you've
shared that really full healing
00:45:05.03\00:45:09.47
can't happen without Jesus.
00:45:09.47\00:45:11.51
I agree.
00:45:11.77\00:45:11.94
Yeah.
00:45:12.07\00:45:17.58
services to anyone, no matter
their religious background.
00:45:17.58\00:45:21.42
But we really believe that how
can someone overcome the trauma
00:45:21.88\00:45:25.85
that these kids have experienced
without being introduced to the
00:45:25.85\00:45:29.69
healer. And so we have that as
an integrated part in all of our
00:45:29.69\00:45:32.63
projects that kids have
the opportunity to learn about
00:45:32.63\00:45:36.03
Jesus. And Jill, while I
was there, 31 teenagers were
00:45:36.36\00:45:39.10
baptized. Really?
00:45:39.67\00:45:40.17
Now were they all from
the girls in the dormitory?
00:45:40.94\00:45:43.04
Most of them.
00:45:43.27\00:45:43.67
Most of them.
00:45:43.67\00:45:43.71
Yeah, probably 25 of them.
00:45:44.51\00:45:46.54
There were a few boys
that got baptized too.
00:45:46.94\00:45:48.41
Yes.
00:45:49.51\00:45:49.64
Praise the Lord.
00:45:49.94\00:45:50.85
That's incredible.
00:45:50.85\00:45:52.01
And that followed 45 that had
been baptized a couple months
00:45:52.28\00:45:55.25
prior. So God is
working powerfully.
00:45:56.28\00:45:57.82
Saving them both from
their physical harm they've been
00:45:58.39\00:46:01.26
through but giving
them hope beyond this life.
00:46:01.26\00:46:03.76
And I think one of our partners
that says when you have hope you
00:46:04.19\00:46:07.00
have enough.
00:46:07.00\00:46:07.46
That's right.
00:46:07.56\00:46:08.13
That's right.
00:46:08.20\00:46:09.10
And that spiritual healing
leads to that emotional healing.
00:46:09.36\00:46:12.53
Absolutely.
00:46:12.77\00:46:13.30
I love that.
00:46:13.90\00:46:14.70
We have some more
stories from Zambia.
00:46:15.04\00:46:16.84
So we have an
interesting project.
00:46:17.04\00:46:18.87
This next photo is of an
aerial view of an island.
00:46:19.17\00:46:22.04
And it looks beautiful from
the air, but this is these are
00:46:22.54\00:46:26.28
shacks. Oh really?
00:46:26.35\00:46:27.12
And there is no proper
sanitation on this island.
00:46:27.42\00:46:30.32
People just go out in the bush.
00:46:31.35\00:46:32.52
There's no medical care.
00:46:32.72\00:46:33.96
The kids that live on this
island have not gone to school
00:46:34.16\00:46:36.69
one day in their life.
00:46:36.69\00:46:37.26
And so this is very remote.
00:46:37.66\00:46:39.66
And so we took a land cruiser
a couple hours, a boat for a
00:46:39.89\00:46:43.97
couple hours.
00:46:43.97\00:46:44.80
And so immediately when I
stepped on this island over a
00:46:45.40\00:46:48.20
year ago I said you know we need
to do something here to make a
00:46:48.20\00:46:50.64
difference.
00:46:50.64\00:46:54.78
And so we discovered that
there are 28 islands like this.
00:46:55.58\00:46:59.15
28?
00:46:59.78\00:46:59.95
Yeah, 28.
00:47:00.22\00:47:01.05
And so I want to
show you another picture.
00:47:01.18\00:47:02.32
This is how they
survive on these islands.
00:47:02.42\00:47:05.09
Everybody has to
get used to the water.
00:47:05.89\00:47:07.86
And so the next photo shows
how they survive with food.
00:47:08.29\00:47:11.09
That's fish.
00:47:11.36\00:47:12.09
All of that is fish?
00:47:13.60\00:47:14.56
Yeah, they catch a lot of fish.
00:47:14.56\00:47:15.70
I'm not sure how many vegetables
they have in their diet, but
00:47:16.00\00:47:18.83
they do catch a lot of fish.
00:47:18.83\00:47:19.73
And so do they sell
these or this is just to eat?
00:47:19.90\00:47:22.00
Eat and I'm sure they trade, you
know, do some trading with it.
00:47:22.24\00:47:25.44
But there's, I mean,
extreme poverty there of course.
00:47:25.57\00:47:27.58
And this is the only
life that most of them know.
00:47:27.98\00:47:31.45
And so on this most recent visit
I wanted to meet a child bride.
00:47:31.98\00:47:39.15
And so I said take me to
the home of somebody that was
00:47:39.62\00:47:43.09
married at 12 years old.
00:47:43.09\00:47:43.63
And so that's the
next photo here I believe.
00:47:44.19\00:47:46.26
Yep, so that's Christine.
00:47:48.23\00:47:49.53
When she was 12, her fisherman,
her 19 year old fisherman
00:47:50.40\00:47:54.60
boyfriend got her pregnant.
00:47:54.60\00:47:55.30
And so one night he came to her
parents home and he stole her
00:47:56.20\00:47:59.57
away in the night.
00:47:59.57\00:48:01.08
And she was 12?
00:48:01.48\00:48:02.24
12, and pregnant.
00:48:02.41\00:48:03.35
And so he stole her away.
00:48:04.25\00:48:05.48
They disappear for a couple
weeks and then they come back
00:48:05.75\00:48:08.98
and ask for the blessing
of the family to get married.
00:48:08.98\00:48:10.75
And so this is kind
of standard practice.
00:48:11.15\00:48:13.19
So that's how
everybody gets married.
00:48:13.36\00:48:14.52
She's 13 and pregnant now.
00:48:14.52\00:48:15.89
The tragedy of what the
conversation went like there
00:48:16.79\00:48:21.06
with her was, you know,
what would you like to do?
00:48:21.06\00:48:23.67
What are your
goals for your life?
00:48:23.73\00:48:24.97
I want to be a nurse.
00:48:25.33\00:48:26.23
The chance of
Christine being a nurse zero.
00:48:27.30\00:48:29.80
Zero chance.
00:48:31.04\00:48:32.01
And so as we look at that we say
is there a possibility that we
00:48:33.31\00:48:38.28
can somehow intervene in a
scenario like this that is the
00:48:38.28\00:48:42.78
reality for all the kids growing
up here on an island like this,
00:48:42.78\00:48:47.16
so isolated. We know that some
of these kids are brilliant.
00:48:47.86\00:48:50.23
We also know that every one
of them deserves some kind of a
00:48:50.89\00:48:53.80
chance. And so we begin to
wonder how do we reach these
00:48:54.73\00:48:58.00
villages? And so one day
Jason had a brilliant idea and I
00:48:58.23\00:49:01.34
laughed at him.
00:49:01.34\00:49:02.47
Should have done that.
00:49:02.87\00:49:03.67
I take it back.
00:49:03.81\00:49:04.51
So there are hundreds
of people on these islands.
00:49:05.14\00:49:07.31
I think on that
island what was there?
00:49:07.74\00:49:09.28
500 or 600 people?
00:49:09.34\00:49:10.31
They told me 622.
00:49:10.38\00:49:11.75
And how many of those are kids?
00:49:12.08\00:49:12.95
Over half of them are kids.
00:49:13.01\00:49:14.48
Again, who've never been
to school a day in their life.
00:49:14.75\00:49:16.89
They've never been to church.
00:49:16.89\00:49:18.35
There are no
healthcare facilities.
00:49:18.52\00:49:19.99
I mean there's
nothing but the water.
00:49:20.46\00:49:21.96
It's like a marshland.
00:49:21.96\00:49:23.12
And so we were like how
can we reach these kids?
00:49:23.49\00:49:26.29
It's hours and hours
to even get to the island.
00:49:26.70\00:49:29.96
To one island.
00:49:29.96\00:49:30.40
Yeah, to one island.
00:49:30.50\00:49:31.40
Oh wow.
00:49:31.43\00:49:35.20
almost 30 other
islands along the Kafui River.
00:49:35.20\00:49:38.24
And so to place missionaries
on those islands there's no way
00:49:38.67\00:49:41.78
that we could support them.
00:49:41.78\00:49:42.78
So we were brainstorming
all kinds of different ideas.
00:49:43.35\00:49:45.61
And then we said
what about a float plane?
00:49:45.98\00:49:47.68
You said.
00:49:47.72\00:49:48.18
And that's when you laughed.
00:49:48.92\00:49:50.05
Yes.
00:49:51.02\00:49:52.55
We thought about a helicopter.
00:49:53.22\00:49:54.56
We thought about a speedboat.
00:49:54.82\00:49:56.52
Is this a float plane?
00:49:56.76\00:49:57.46
Oh look at that.
00:49:57.56\00:49:58.26
That is the float plane.
00:49:58.26\00:49:59.16
This is the child
impact float plane.
00:49:59.26\00:50:01.80
See it's blue and white.
00:50:01.90\00:50:02.76
Look at that, even the colors.
00:50:02.86\00:50:03.70
So you got a float plane.
00:50:03.80\00:50:05.10
So we bought a float plane.
00:50:05.13\00:50:06.03
We still owe a
little bit of money on it.
00:50:06.07\00:50:07.54
Okay.
00:50:07.67\00:50:08.07
Yeah.
00:50:08.17\00:50:11.17
And everyone said if you want
to do planes there's another
00:50:12.01\00:50:16.38
ministry you need to talk to.
00:50:16.38\00:50:16.98
It's called Angel One.
00:50:17.08\00:50:18.15
That's right.
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Angel One is an
Adventist aviation ministry.
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They are.
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It's an incredible ministry.
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They said you need
to meet these guys.
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I said well I don't
know anyone at Angel One.
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They said I was
talking to a friend.
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He said I know someone.
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And I think he's in Georgia just
down the street from us at a
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convention.
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They called him up and he
said I can meet you in an hour.
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Wow.
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And so I jumped in my car.
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Drove like Jehu.
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We went for a walk and he
said this is exactly the type of
00:50:44.04\00:50:47.98
ministry that Angel One does.
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If you can find half the money
we'll put up the other half as a
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match.
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So we're still finding our half.
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Okay.
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Well we are on 3 ABN.
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So this is another opportunity.
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So what do we
still need to find?
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Float planes are expensive.
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Because you have
to buy special floats.
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They have to take off
and land in short runways.
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And so this started growing and
it became a $500,000 project.
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Oh wow.
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Angel One said
we'll put up half.
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We guys raised the other half
and we praise the Lord we've
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raised $115,000 so
far toward this project.
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And so we don't have much left.
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Just a little over
$100,000 to get to our half.
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But we've stepped out in faith.
00:51:27.78\00:51:28.95
We've bought the plane.
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It's currently being equipped.
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And you know the miracle of all
of this is that at Riverside a
00:51:31.95\00:51:36.99
new missionary family just moved
there to begin doing medical
00:51:36.99\00:51:40.73
work. It just so happens that
the guy doing medical work is
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also a pilot. That
is divine providence.
00:51:46.17\00:51:47.30
It is.
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He's an airplane pilot.
00:51:48.07\00:51:49.37
He's an airplane mechanic.
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And he's a nurse practitioner.
00:51:51.54\00:51:52.71
And so he can support these
islands with medical care and
00:51:53.31\00:51:56.88
then we can take missionaries
from our education program at
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Riverside to place them
on all of these islands.
00:52:01.02\00:52:02.68
So these girls becoming
missionaries that are being
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rescued.
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Right.
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That's incredible.
00:52:06.69\00:52:08.12
It's amazing how God has
led through the partnership with
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Angel One, through the staff at
Riverside, and just opening so
00:52:11.26\00:52:15.03
many doors to
get us to this place.
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And we just can't wait to
get started on this project.
00:52:16.67\00:52:20.00
What an incredible project.
00:52:21.14\00:52:22.50
I love that.
00:52:22.70\00:52:23.54
That's a God-ordained idea.
00:52:23.81\00:52:26.04
And we hope that churches may
want to adopt a whole island and
00:52:26.74\00:52:29.84
maybe we can name that island
after the church that adopts it.
00:52:29.84\00:52:32.68
So this is kind of our
longer-term vision for it.
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Do one island at a time
and see where God opens doors.
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Which island are
you starting with?
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The one that we
had the aerial view of.
00:52:40.12\00:52:41.42
We'll start with that one.
00:52:41.59\00:52:45.46
So we have a head start because
that can also be the literacy
00:52:45.53\00:52:47.93
school.
00:52:47.93\00:52:52.53
And there's lots of people
around the bar and there's
00:52:52.93\00:52:55.30
nobody at the church.
00:52:55.30\00:52:57.87
So if we turn that into a
literacy school during the week
00:52:57.87\00:52:57.91
I think it will
be a real blessing.
00:53:01.58\00:53:02.28
They do have a
pathfinder club there.
00:53:02.44\00:53:03.68
But that one island had a little
bit of attention but still huge
00:53:03.68\00:53:03.71
neglect in terms of education
and health care and so on.
00:53:07.85\00:53:10.45
So this means they have
an Adventist presence on that
00:53:10.45\00:53:12.52
island if they're
having pathfinders.
00:53:12.52\00:53:13.72
Yeah.
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There but not the other places.
00:53:14.59\00:53:16.06
Not the other islands.
00:53:16.26\00:53:16.79
Okay.
00:53:17.19\00:53:20.30
She was pregnant
and they ran away.
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Is she on this
island or is she different?
00:53:21.93\00:53:23.60
Oh, she is on this island.
00:53:23.67\00:53:24.87
Okay.
00:53:25.43\00:53:29.64
they want to help
donate toward the float plane?
00:53:29.64\00:53:32.94
Sure.
00:53:33.74\00:53:35.04
Okay.
00:53:35.64\00:53:35.71
Yay.
00:53:35.91\00:53:36.24
Hopefully we have that.
00:53:36.78\00:53:37.65
Okay.
00:53:37.81\00:53:38.11
This is on your website?
00:53:38.98\00:53:39.95
It's on our website.
00:53:40.18\00:53:40.98
We have the Zambia
Project float plane.
00:53:40.98\00:53:42.98
Okay.
00:53:43.18\00:53:46.22
Or you can call the office
of course at 4239-100-667.
00:53:47.36\00:53:51.63
But Jill you should know in
that river there are lots of
00:53:52.03\00:53:55.50
crocodiles. And
there are hippos.
00:53:55.90\00:53:57.23
So we heard some
stories while we were there.
00:53:57.23\00:54:01.54
And so the children
are told not to swim.
00:54:01.94\00:54:04.11
Yeah.
00:54:04.37\00:54:04.97
So Are they afraid of the water?
00:54:05.07\00:54:06.84
I think probably
that's the reality.
00:54:07.38\00:54:09.38
But the
fishermen are very brave.
00:54:09.54\00:54:11.28
They go out.
00:54:11.48\00:54:12.35
One fisherman told me that one
night a crocodile flipped his
00:54:12.75\00:54:17.32
canoe.
00:54:17.32\00:54:21.39
over the head of the crocodile.
00:54:21.39\00:54:22.59
And those that were nearby were
able to come and rescue them
00:54:23.46\00:54:26.06
before the
crocodile got the jacket off.
00:54:26.06\00:54:27.40
I've never heard
such a crazy story.
00:54:27.56\00:54:28.70
I've never heard of that.
00:54:28.80\00:54:29.93
They said someone else, a hippo,
chased them out of the water.
00:54:30.70\00:54:33.47
And they had to run up a
tree to get away from the hippo.
00:54:33.90\00:54:36.04
But hippos are the most
dangerous of the African
00:54:36.24\00:54:38.51
animals. They're aggressive then
if they're chasing out of the
00:54:38.94\00:54:41.31
water. So we hope our float
plane doesn't land on a
crocodile or hippo.
00:54:42.24\00:54:45.78
So we need protection and
safety for the float plane too.
00:54:46.38\00:54:48.85
We need prayers for that too.
00:54:48.95\00:54:50.49
Absolutely.
00:54:51.02\00:54:57.03
want to donate for any of the
projects with Operation Child
00:54:57.03\00:55:00.20
Rescue or specifically for
the float plane you go under
00:55:00.20\00:55:04.33
projects. Is that correct?
00:55:04.33\00:55:05.23
And look for Zambia and
it's the float plane under that.
00:55:05.47\00:55:07.40
Okay.
00:55:07.94\00:55:13.31
423 -910-0667 That number again
is 423-910-0667 We believe in
00:55:13.31\00:55:26.12
what God is doing in
and through Child Impact.
00:55:26.12\00:55:27.82
I love these stories.
00:55:27.99\00:55:32.69
bring hope and
healing and transformation.
00:55:32.69\00:55:36.03
Recognizing your
identity in Christ.
00:55:36.46\00:55:38.40
Recognizing
that you can be safe.
00:55:38.50\00:55:40.30
That you are loved and that you
can be whole and find healing in
00:55:40.74\00:55:47.18
Jesus. So that is incredible.
00:55:47.28\00:55:48.81
I love that.
00:55:48.98\00:55:49.94
Praise the Lord.
00:55:49.98\00:55:55.38
have a full second hour.
00:55:55.38\00:55:57.19
Tell us what we're going to
hear about in the second hour.
00:55:57.29\00:55:59.79
What countries are we going to?
00:55:59.82\00:56:00.92
Well I'm excited about the
second hour because every July
00:56:01.32\00:56:05.69
30 we pick a project.
00:56:05.69\00:56:10.73
Against Human Trafficking.
00:56:10.73\00:56:11.67
And so this is actually the
first time for us to announce
00:56:12.33\00:56:16.71
publicly what the
project will be for this year.
00:56:16.71\00:56:18.91
We've had it
planned for some time.
00:56:19.87\00:56:21.61
But last year's project we'll
start with because now that is
00:56:22.48\00:56:26.08
well underway.
00:56:26.08\00:56:26.48
It's a year underway.
00:56:26.65\00:56:27.28
Last year's project
I think was Columbia.
00:56:27.68\00:56:29.72
That's right.
00:56:30.02\00:56:30.42
So we'll talk about Columbia
first and then we'll move to our
00:56:31.32\00:56:33.62
new project for this year.
00:56:33.62\00:56:34.69
Amen.
00:56:35.52\00:56:39.96
stood up there in Hazareth
quoting from Isaiah that the
00:56:39.96\00:56:43.77
Spirit of the Lord is upon me
and he has anointed me to bring
that deliverance set at
00:56:43.77\00:56:49.17
liberty those who are bound.
00:56:49.17\00:56:50.51
And what an incredible, to
me that's the theme of Child
00:56:50.81\00:56:53.34
Impact. I'm not sure if you
would say that's your theme, but
00:56:53.51\00:56:56.75
it is indeed.
00:56:56.75\00:56:57.68
And so to me that is the theme
of Child Impact because there
00:56:58.15\00:57:00.92
are people
everywhere who are broken.
00:57:00.92\00:57:03.59
People who are lost.
00:57:03.75\00:57:04.89
People who are alone.
00:57:04.99\00:57:06.55
People who need Jesus.
00:57:06.96\00:57:09.56
And Jesus came to set us free.
00:57:10.13\00:57:12.33
To open up those blind eyes.
00:57:12.73\00:57:15.00
To relieve those
who are oppressed.
00:57:15.73\00:57:18.97
To set the captives free.
00:57:19.50\00:57:21.24
And there's children who
are all over the world who are
00:57:21.60\00:57:25.54
oppressed. Who are captive.
00:57:26.11\00:57:27.84
Held against their will and yet
Jesus wants to set them free.
00:57:28.24\00:57:32.71
And break those
bands of wickedness.
00:57:33.01\00:57:34.82
We know we live in a sin sick
world but Jesus is on the throne
00:57:34.88\00:57:39.12
and he is more powerful and
he's using ministries like Child
00:57:39.12\00:57:43.12
Impact to set them free.
00:57:43.12\00:57:43.76
Don't go anywhere
we'll be right back.
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