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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000041A
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00:21 Hello and welcome to our Jesus for Asia Now,
00:23 end of year special. 00:25 God is so good, and today at the special time of year, 00:28 we wanted to pause and thank Him 00:30 and give glory to Him 00:32 for His blessings throughout the year. 00:34 We want to look forward 00:35 to what He may have in store next year. 00:38 And we also want to thank you our 3ABN viewers, 00:41 for helping to make this year a very special year, 00:44 not only for your financial support 00:46 but also for your words of encouragement 00:48 and your many prayers, they mean the world to us. 00:52 Joining me today is my husband Jon. 00:54 Hello, darling. Hi, darling. How are you? 00:56 I'm doing fine. Awesome. 00:58 How has this been a special year? 01:00 Oh, my! 01:01 So many things have opened up 01:03 and that we've been able to go forward in 01:05 and done just because of the extra encouragement 01:09 that our viewers have given us. 01:11 And the many prayers. Absolutely. 01:13 God has opened so many doors, that's amazing. 01:15 And to be able to watch through some of those stories 01:17 and not only watch through them 01:18 but start to see the fruit already. 01:21 Many years of prayer have gone into 01:22 some of these new ventures that we're starting in. 01:26 And we get to share them today. Absolutely. 01:28 I'm looking forward to that. Yeah. 01:30 Some of them, we just got the news. 01:31 We just got the video yesterday. 01:33 Yeah, absolutely. And so it's like... 01:34 for first time we've seen it. 01:35 So this is happening real time, 01:37 this isn't something that happens six years ago 01:39 or in the Book of Acts, you know, 2,000 years ago. 01:41 This is happening today. 01:43 Right. Right. Yeah. 01:44 And first, we want to talk about financials. 01:47 Yeah. 01:48 What has happened in the last couple years 01:51 financially to Jesus for Asia? 01:53 In the last few years, 01:54 well, actually in the last ten or so years, 01:56 we have been under financial constraints, 01:59 and so we've been praying every single month 02:02 for just the basic needs of that month. 02:04 And God has been providing just barely enough 02:06 and what He's been doing is teaching us faith. 02:09 And He is more interested in us 02:11 developing a character and developing our faith 02:13 than He is in actually us accomplishing a certain task. 02:17 And so in the way, He's been teaching us 02:20 but this last year, 02:22 the Lord has been giving us a little extra. 02:26 And so what do we do with that? 02:27 Do we sit back and enjoy, you know, relax? 02:30 Or do we go forward 02:32 and push this thing as far as we can go? 02:34 And so we've decided to go forward, 02:36 and we've got some stories that are coming directly 02:39 out of that decision to move forward. 02:41 And just to reiterate, 02:43 I know we've said this on the show before. 02:45 Our financial situation is that we've chosen 02:48 that 100% of the donations 02:50 that are dedicated to a specific project 02:52 go to that project. 02:54 You may pay bank fees for that project, 02:56 but it goes to that project. 02:57 Right, so like, if somebody gives $100 02:59 towards our Bible workers, 03:01 we send $100 to the Bible workers. 03:04 None of the overhead, like administrative overhead 03:06 for here in America comes out of that. 03:09 Right. So 100% goes. 03:11 So how do we survive then on? 03:13 We pray a lot because God provides, 03:18 but He provides us. 03:19 We pray and follow His leading. 03:21 So we've been camping out on Matthew 6:33. 03:24 "Seek ye first the kingdom of God 03:25 and He'll take care of your needs." 03:28 And this has been working for the last 12 years. 03:30 It's not always easy. 03:31 No, definitely not. 03:32 But it definitely is better for the work 03:36 and we would rather see the work go forward than 03:38 for us just to be comfortable. 03:40 Right. Yeah. 03:41 To start our topic for today, our thankfulness is, 03:44 this is one of them 03:45 that comes out of where we needed most of the time, 03:48 there's very little that's given 03:49 directly for this project. 03:51 And so this is our Love for Asia foundation 03:53 in Thailand. 03:54 And some of our viewers may recognize some of the... 03:57 We've shared about 03:59 the Love for Asia foundation before, 04:01 but this is a new thing that we want to share about. 04:04 Yes, now we got the Love for Asia foundation 04:07 and the Love for Asia media team. 04:09 So the media team has been there 04:10 for quite a number of years, 04:11 been developing and getting stronger. 04:14 The foundation is something that the Lord brought together 04:16 just in the last couple years. 04:18 And He did it for a very specific purpose. 04:21 And that is the laws have changed 04:23 and the missionaries that have been in Thailand 04:25 are no longer able to stay under the same situations, 04:29 same visa that they've had in the past. 04:32 They've had to get a work permit. 04:33 And they can only get a work permit 04:35 from like a foundation or business. 04:37 So the Lord brought this foundation 04:39 into being just in time 04:41 so that these missionaries could now stay in Thailand 04:45 and continue to preach. 04:46 Under work permits. That's right. 04:47 Right. Stay there legally. 04:49 So now we have two people under work permits 04:52 that are there, and we've got another six 04:54 that have just signed up, 04:55 and there's gonna be more shortly that are gonna come 04:58 and be able to stay long term in Thailand 05:00 because of this new foundation that the Lord has raised up. 05:04 And, of course, the foundation was completely out of this 05:07 where we needed most, funding. 05:09 Right. So... 05:10 Okay, so a few years ago, we were praying for a studio 05:15 for our team to work out because we have a media team, 05:17 and they're working in the house. 05:19 Correct. 05:20 So we're praying for a studio 05:21 and then the Lord kind of gave another idea. 05:24 What if we had a mobile production unit? 05:27 Okay. 05:28 We could drive to the church, we could set up the cameras, 05:31 videotape it, come home, 05:33 we could do our work during the week, 05:34 other projects and stuff like that, 05:36 but our sermon library could start be building up. 05:38 Now this is in a country with less than 1% Christian, 05:41 and almost no media whatsoever 05:44 in the Thai language and there's... 05:46 For Christians. For Christians. 05:48 Oh, yeah, absolutely, for Adventists. 05:50 And there is like almost 73 languages 05:52 represented in Thailand alone, 73 languages. 05:57 And the vast majority of those people 05:59 do not speak a lick of English. 06:01 So if we come to them 06:03 with English books and English sermons, 06:06 it's not gonna do anything for them. 06:08 No, yeah. 06:09 So how can we build up the sermon libraries 06:11 like, well, there's mobile studio 06:13 but it's so expensive. 06:14 How in the world are we gonna be able to 06:16 do anything like that? 06:18 Yeah, right. 06:19 Until just earlier this year, 06:22 my team, the Love for Asia foundation 06:24 went and visited another one of our missionary sites, 06:27 and it was a very difficult place to get to. 06:30 So they came back and they said, 06:31 "You know what? 06:32 We really need a four wheel drive vehicle." 06:34 And in my mind, I'm thinking, "Oh, there's no way." 06:36 And you know, 06:38 that's just being lazy, you know, come on. 06:42 But we are borrowing a car, 06:44 our church member's car 06:45 that was kind of on the edge. 06:46 I mean, sometimes to get it into reverse, 06:48 we have to spend five minutes for the transmission 06:50 to warm up, so then it would finally... 06:52 Anyway, so they went 06:54 and they sent me pictures of this truck. 06:57 And I'm looking at this truck, I was like, 06:58 "Man, that's for rich people. 07:00 There's no way we can afford that." 07:02 And so it's like, 07:04 I just was gonna like pass it off, 07:05 just forget about it. 07:07 But for some reason, that vehicle 07:09 kept sticking in my mind, 07:10 kept coming up in my mind from day to day. 07:13 And I started thinking about that. 07:15 And I started thinking about the possibilities. 07:17 What if we could put 07:21 a production switcher into this truck? 07:25 Okay. 07:26 So we could go up to like, for instance, 07:28 Gayle Haberkam's place which is way up there. 07:31 Really bad roads, it's really steep. 07:33 Yeah, it's like, seriously like this steep. 07:36 Definitely need four-wheel drive 07:37 but they'll see some video in a little bit. 07:39 We will be showing some video. 07:40 Okay, so I was thinking 07:41 what if we could go up to her place 07:42 and, you know, it's like I didn't think that 07:44 we would need to, 07:45 because they don't do evangelistic series. 07:48 I don't know who does the sermons. 07:49 Yeah, it's a small village, you know. 07:50 Little tiny church, 07:51 maybe two or three people show up at the church. 07:54 And so why would we need to do that? 07:55 But it'd be nice to have that capability, 07:57 so I kept thinking, I kept praying about this. 08:00 For several months, I was praying about it. 08:01 And for some reason it just didn't go away 08:03 until we went to PYC in May, 08:08 and I was then going to go to Thailand in June. 08:11 And I said, "Okay, now it's the time 08:13 to make a decision." 08:15 I've been, you know, talking to God a lot about it, 08:18 but I needed to have a more concrete answer. 08:22 I needed to have something that was more, 08:23 that I could say, "Okay, this is my Ebenezer. 08:27 This is my memory stone. 08:28 This is what God did for us in this project 08:31 one way or the other." 08:33 So we were in the Philippines, 08:35 and it was about 3 o'clock in the morning. 08:37 I woke up early, everybody else was sound asleep. 08:39 I was tired but I says, "You know what? 08:41 I really need to find out what this is all about." 08:43 So I started praying to God. 08:45 And I was like, "Lord, what do You want us to do? 08:46 Should we do this, should we not do this? 08:48 You know, what about the cost? 08:49 What about the money, about the expenses?" 08:51 This is really, you know, it's $15,000 for this truck." 08:55 Now this truck was worth three times that 08:57 when it was brand new. 08:59 But it's about ten years old, 09:01 but it only has 100,000 miles on it, 09:03 and it's a turbo diesel, 09:04 and it's a Toyota, so it's gonna last forever. 09:08 But still $15,000, it's a lot of money. 09:11 So I was begging God 09:12 and for about an hour, hour and a half, 09:14 I was just going after God, going after God, 09:16 "Lord, what do You want us to do? 09:17 What's Your will on this project?" 09:19 And finally, it's like I ran out of things to say, 09:22 and I just went silent. 09:24 And during that silence, about 20 minutes into that, 09:27 I started thinking about 09:29 what was the last thing that Ellen White said 09:32 that she heard 09:34 in her final days of life on earth. 09:37 She was in her Elmshaven home, 09:40 and she told somebody 09:42 that she would hear voices in the night, 09:45 and these voices would say 09:47 advance, advance, advance. 09:49 Press the battle to the gate. 09:51 In other words, she was nearing the end of her life, 09:53 but don't slow down, 09:55 move forward as hard as you can, 09:57 press the battle to the gate. 09:59 In other words, go all the way, go all the way. 10:02 And so this was in my mind 10:04 and this is what was coming into my mind 10:06 as I was praying, as I was asking 10:08 about this particular situation. 10:10 And I just felt this incredibly warm 10:14 peace just envelop me. 10:17 And they say not to follow emotions, 10:20 but it's nice when God can put an emotion, 10:23 can touch you with an emotion 10:24 to kind of confirm 10:26 the direction that you're going. 10:27 Okay? 10:29 So I'm like, "Okay. 10:30 I recognize that this is God's voice talking to me. 10:33 I didn't hear an audible voice, I didn't..." 10:36 You know, in the Old Testament, they had the Urim and Thummim. 10:39 You know, if God said yes, 10:41 then it was like a bright light here. 10:42 If He said no, there was a dark shadow. 10:44 I need one of those. 10:45 I need a set of those, you know. 10:47 But I didn't have that. 10:48 So this was the next best thing. 10:49 So it's like, you have to go forward by faith 10:52 because you cannot come out in the morning 10:54 and say, "Honey, look what God said," you know. 10:58 There's nothing I can just relate my experience 11:00 but it's easy to even doubt my own experience. 11:03 So I just have to go by faith 11:05 that this was God confirming to me, 11:08 "I want you to go forward." 11:09 And the principle, what is the principle? 11:12 Okay. 11:13 Where you're taking a financial risk, 11:15 but we may win people to Christ, okay. 11:18 What's the greater value? 11:21 The people, you know, okay. 11:24 So I went to Thailand, 11:27 we went and test drove it 11:28 to make sure it felt solid. 11:30 I says, "We're buying this. 11:32 We're gonna do this." 11:33 And now the dealer had said that 11:35 we, the foundation could get a loan for it 11:37 because we didn't have the $15,000, 11:40 we had $7,500 that we scrape together 11:42 that we could put down on it. 11:44 But then, when we finally made the deal, 11:46 we found out that the bank wouldn't loan to a foundation. 11:49 So it wouldn't loan to a foreigner either. 11:52 So we had to take out a loan 11:53 in the name of our local worker. 11:55 So even though, we are paying for it, 11:58 it's in his name. 11:59 So if we default, then it's... 12:02 It's on him. It's on him. 12:03 So he has a lot of trust in us 12:06 to move forward and not to default, 12:08 and we're not gonna default. 12:09 I mean, I would give my life. 12:10 God will provide. 12:11 I mean, honestly, I would give my life 12:14 to see this team continue to operate. 12:16 Why? 'Cause nobody else is doing it. 12:19 Okay. 12:20 And this is a country of less than 1% Christian. 12:23 And nobody is going forward and doing, 12:26 so somebody's got to do it. 12:28 Well, absolutely, we have to. 12:30 We have to go forward 12:31 which is why we're excited to share pictures. 12:34 Yes. And video for the viewers. 12:35 Yeah. 12:36 So we have a couple of pictures of the truck itself. 12:38 Yeah. There's the first one. 12:40 So, obviously it's got lot of ground clearance, 12:42 so we can go over big ruts and stuff, 12:44 and big rocks and stuff, 12:45 and it's four door, 12:46 it's a seven passenger vehicle. 12:48 This is Daniel Bair, he's our director over there 12:51 of the foundation. 12:52 And then Gop Zion, 12:53 he's the officer there that is the Thai. 12:57 He's Thai, born and raised Thai, 12:59 and his wife Frame. 13:01 So these are the officers, 13:02 and we're here standing next to the truck 13:04 that we have purchased. 13:05 Wow. Yeah. 13:06 Okay. And then you started outfitting it for... 13:09 Yes, for production, television production. 13:12 First thing is we need a large screen TV. 13:15 As you can see, this is a multi view. 13:17 You can see all cameras, 13:18 plus your preview and your program, 13:20 what's going out on air, all in one monitor. 13:23 So we had to have a big one. 13:24 So we went and bought a 32 inch TV. 13:26 And this is kind of a set up. 13:27 We're gonna have the director sit in the middle seat 13:31 with monitor off to the side. 13:34 And he'll be switching. 13:35 And so then, it's like how do we build something 13:38 that's gonna hold the TV. 13:39 So we went to a mod shop. 13:41 Okay. 13:42 As you can see the shop, we got some 13:44 really awesome cars. 13:45 This is the guy that actually built the stand. 13:47 You can see the stand there between the front 13:49 and the center seat, 13:51 the stand that the TV is mounted on. 13:53 And he just went in there, he did the measurements, 13:55 he did the cuttings, it's all made out of wood. 13:58 And he just did a fantastic job. 14:01 And so now this is the end result. 14:03 And so we can pile into this truck 14:05 all of our equipment, all of our people 14:08 and go shoot something. 14:10 That's great. That's great. 14:11 And you got to be there... Yes. 14:13 For the first Sabbath it was used. 14:15 This next video shows the very first Sabbath 14:18 in which we actually utilized this truck. 14:20 Okay. Here we go. 14:21 Okay. 14:31 Today, we're at the village of Wat Doi, 14:33 and now it's up in the mountains 14:36 in northern Thailand. 14:38 And this is a really exciting day for us 14:41 because it is the first time, 14:42 we are taking our new, to us, production truck. 14:46 And this is a fully 14:49 self contained production vehicle. 14:52 So this is designed that we roll up to a church, 14:55 roll out the cables, set up the cameras, 14:57 and shoot and produce. 15:08 Today is a fulfillment of many years of dreaming, 15:11 and planning, and praying, 15:13 and begging God for reaching... 15:18 New ways to reach people 15:20 that don't have access to the gospel. 15:23 We're here in Thailand, 15:24 and less than 1% 15:25 of the entire population is Christian, 15:28 and much less than that is Adventist. 15:31 So how are they to hear of this message? 15:33 We have such a small work force 15:34 to share the message to so many people. 15:37 And today is like a fulfillment of a huge dream. 15:41 God has given us this truck, 15:44 and we've been able to outfit this thing 15:48 with a broadcast quality video switcher, 15:52 and monitor, and a recording device. 15:55 But in addition to that we've got this little tiny box 16:00 that then takes that signal and broadcast it to Facebook. 16:04 So here I am with this phone, 16:08 and I've got the Facebook app open right now. 16:11 And you can see, if I click on this... 16:20 This is coming from Facebook, 16:22 streaming the sermon that's happening right here 16:24 in the middle of Thailand. 16:26 Now anybody in the world can watch the sermon 16:30 that's coming out of this little tiny church 16:33 here in Northern Thailand. 16:36 It's crazy. 16:38 This truck, okay, 16:40 all tooled with everything, including cameras 16:43 which we're borrowing, 16:44 about 27,000, so less than $30,000, 16:48 entire self contained mobile production unit. 16:55 Now, this is just amazing. 16:57 The new technology, combining things, 17:00 the way things are coming together. 17:02 This is broadcast quality production 17:04 for neglected languages in the world. 17:10 Think about the implications. 17:12 We could have one of these for every language, 17:14 and get a team going, 17:16 a team of about three people 17:18 can run a truck like this, production truck, 17:21 it could go anywhere. 17:23 I can't believe how exciting this is. 17:25 I mean, just... 17:28 I'm not gonna be able to sleep tonight 17:31 because the people that this is gonna reach 17:33 is probably never be able to reach them in any other way 17:37 and no one's really trying. 17:39 But look what you can do now. 17:41 Just look what you can do. Look what God has done. 17:46 Thank you for your help, for your donations, 17:49 and for your prayer 17:51 in allowing this and making this thing happen. 17:53 And praise be to God 17:55 who has given us the courage to try new stuff. 18:16 God is so good. I know. 18:17 And He's so amazing. That was in the Hmong language. 18:20 So that's one of the languages that has so few resources. 18:24 And now we get to give them some sermons on video. 18:28 They don't have to learn to read, 18:30 they just listen and watch. 18:32 Yeah. Yeah. 18:33 So the modifications to the truck at the mod shop, 18:36 the special TV stand and stuff. 18:38 How much did that cost? 18:39 Well, it's not only the stand 18:41 but also we had three invertors, 18:43 so we can power everything off of the engine of the truck. 18:47 So the three invertors, the modifications, 18:49 everything, the stand, 18:50 as you can see that 18:51 it's covered with a nice vinyl also. 18:53 Okay. Eight hundred dollars. 18:54 Wow. Yeah. 18:56 And we're borrowing the cameras, 18:58 we already own the switcher, we had bi cables, 19:02 and do the mod and buy the truck, 19:04 and then it's ready to go. 19:05 So that 27, $30,000 thing 19:07 that includes the truck as well as 19:10 if you had to replace all the other equipment. 19:12 That's about how much another one would cost. 19:15 Wow. Yeah. 19:16 Oh, God is good. So good. 19:19 And it gives me so much joy 19:22 because it's like God confirmed this 19:23 and then it's like... 19:25 Or God directed this and then God confirmed it 19:28 by actually seeing it in action. 19:30 So many times it's like the projects 19:32 that are started like long term, year, 19:35 but this is like so quick, we could see what happened. 19:38 See results. Okay. Yeah. 19:40 So broadcasting to the internet you were using an iPhone? 19:43 Yeah, so this little box, 19:45 it connects to the internet through your cell signal, 19:49 okay, your data signal on your cell phone. 19:51 So your iPhone, 19:52 it can connect up to four iPhones all together 19:55 and multiplex a stream 19:57 that we were able to use just one, 19:59 and broadcast from that little tiny Hmong church to Facebook. 20:03 Wow. 20:04 And once we broadcast, then it stays on Facebook 20:06 and other people come and watch, 20:08 and we can then edit and put it up on YouTube, 20:10 whatever, it's just... 20:12 I mean, Facebook is free. 20:15 In the past we'd have to go up to satellite and, you know, 20:18 its just expense is just out the roof 20:19 but this is free. 20:20 Right. Right. 20:22 And it's gonna be a blessing elsewhere. 20:24 Absolutely. 20:25 How many different languages can we reach, I mean, boom! 20:28 Yeah. 20:29 Materials in other languages 20:31 will become a lot easier this way. 20:32 Correct. Yeah. Okay. 20:34 So right after that, 20:37 you got a phone call from Gayle Haberkam. 20:40 Yes. 20:41 She was planning to put together 20:43 an evangelistic series. 20:45 And first time ever in that entire area, 20:48 they've done an evangelistic series 20:50 for the local people. 20:51 And she just was talking... 20:54 She had heard, she says, 20:55 "I heard that you got this new truck together. 20:57 And I know it's way too expensive 20:59 and you're not gonna send it up to my place. 21:01 It's so rough roads and everything and... 21:03 But it should be neat." 21:04 I'm like, "Well, I was just wondering if I... 21:06 I was just gonna call you and ask you for permission 21:08 if I could send my truck to your evangelistic series." 21:11 She's like, "What? 21:12 You're kidding me. No way! You're gonna do that?" 21:14 I'm like, "Yeah, absolutely. 21:15 That's one of the reasons we built this truck." 21:18 She was so excited. Yeah. 21:21 She was so excited. 21:22 And so just a little while ago, 21:24 the truck went up and I couldn't be there. 21:27 I was so disappointed. 21:28 But the truck went up there with a local team, 21:30 from Love for Asia media team. 21:32 And here we have a video. 21:34 Now, this video was edited mostly 21:36 by Jonathan Hill in a vehicle, in a moving vehicle. 21:39 So he just threw this together and send it to us 21:42 just a few days ago. 21:43 Yesterday? Yes. 21:49 We're thinking, 21:50 "Oh, man, it'd be so much better 21:51 to have a 4x4 truck 21:54 that we could have all our gear 21:56 and roll up to any site, anywhere. 21:59 Pull out the cameras, the gear and then record." 22:02 It seem like a pipe dream, it seem like too much. 22:05 And then along comes this year, 22:08 actually it only dawned on me this week that, 22:11 that was the dream we had four years ago. 22:14 It's really amazing how God brings things about. 22:19 I cannot tell you 22:21 how excited I was to hear 22:24 that the media team with this new truck 22:26 would actually come to my village. 22:29 There is so much potential with what we're able to do now. 22:33 I just pray that hearts will be changed, 22:35 and that many, many of the people hear, 22:38 and everywhere that that media truck goes 22:40 can be in heaven because it is a great work. 22:48 Well, that just brings tears to my eyes. 22:50 Mine too. 22:51 It just... God is so good. 22:54 These people in their hearts are gonna... 22:56 You know, a lot of them, 22:57 they never are able to hear the Word of God 23:00 unless they go to a church, 23:02 and a pastor happens to show up to read it to them. 23:05 And now they can have it in their homes. 23:07 They can listen to it throughout the week. 23:09 They can be fed. 23:10 They can have their personal devotions. 23:12 You know, if they don't read, 23:14 how do they get their personal devotions? 23:15 How do they grow 23:17 unless somebody comes and talks to them, tells them. 23:19 So here, now with these materials, 23:21 this is in the Karen language, so we did one in Hmong, 23:24 one in Karen, in between those two events 23:26 we've gone to several Thai churches. 23:29 So we've already hit three languages with this truck 23:32 that we just started this last summer. 23:34 Actually you just started it in October. 23:37 Yeah. 23:39 So it's been two months. Yes. 23:41 And it's already worked in three languages. 23:44 Praise God. God is so good. 23:45 And this is what happens 23:46 when God's people start to give into 23:49 where it needed most, these things happen. 23:52 Yeah. God is so good. Absolutely. 23:55 Okay, we don't have a lot of time left 23:57 but we want to share a little bit 23:58 about another country 23:59 that's heavy on our hearts, 24:01 deep in our hearts as well, and that is India. 24:03 Yes. 24:04 And our director in India, 24:06 Israel had asked for a long time 24:09 if he could do a TV show. 24:11 Yes. 24:20 We are reaching people 24:22 who are Hindus, Muslims, and Christians 24:25 apart from Seventh-day Adventists. 24:28 God is doing mighty, miraculous things 24:31 in so many of their lives. 24:35 This media ministry, 24:37 it is opening doors of many religious people. 24:41 When they watch the program in the TV, 24:43 when they see the number, when they call us, 24:46 we are getting connected. 24:48 And not only that, we ask our Bible workers, 24:52 when we give them their address, 24:54 when we give them their phone numbers, 24:57 when they are connected, they go in person, 25:01 go visit their house, sit with them, 25:04 sharing the love of Jesus. 25:08 Through this program, 25:09 God has given this beautiful whole family. 25:14 He called us over the phone and he said, 25:16 "Please pray for my wife, she's very sick." 25:19 So the lady, she started praying for her. 25:22 And also with the prayer, 25:24 she started even telling the truth about the Bible, 25:27 about Jesus Christ, about the true Sabbath. 25:30 Everyday she calls, 25:32 God has been answering the prayer. 25:34 People came and asked her, "What is happening? 25:37 We can see a lot of changes in your family, 25:39 changes in your physical health. 25:41 Your husband has given up drinking. 25:44 He has given up smoking, chewing tobacco. 25:47 What is happening?" 25:49 And she said, "I have accepted the true Jesus Christ 25:52 as my personal Savior. 25:54 He is leading us, He is giving us this strength." 25:58 Today, the head of this house, he took baptism. 26:04 I thank the Lord for this beautiful ministry. 26:08 We are reaching many people who are very thankful 26:12 that they can hear about Jesus, 26:15 the name which they have not heard 26:16 before at all. 26:19 Wow. 26:20 So after just a couple months, this is the fruit 26:23 that we're already seeing from this ministry. 26:26 And there is another... God is so good. 26:27 There is another village where he visited, 26:29 and in that village, 26:31 there is an opportunity for a daily one hour broadcast, 26:37 daily one hour broadcast with our pastors in the area. 26:40 And I'm like, "How much is that gonna cost?" 26:43 He's like, "It's gonna cost $110 a month." 26:47 A hundred and ten dollars a month 26:48 for seven days a week, 26:51 seven hours a week, one hour a day. 26:55 He's like, "Should we go forward with that?" 26:58 I'm like, "Well, yeah, okay, just go, just do it." 27:01 Yeah. 27:02 But the question I have is 27:03 how many other towns and villages 27:05 throughout India are gonna have that same kind of door open, 27:09 same kind of opportunity? 27:11 You know, and there's so many towns 27:12 and villages within India. 27:14 Last I heard there is over 400,000 towns and villages 27:18 that nobody has ever preached the gospel 27:20 in any kind of denomination in before. 27:23 So how are we gonna accomplish all that? 27:25 It's got to be through mass media. 27:26 It's like we have the ground force with our Bible workers, 27:29 and the air force with our media work. 27:33 And it's just so exciting. Yeah. 27:35 It's always good to see what God has done, 27:37 and think about 27:39 what He's going to do in the future. 27:40 Amen. 27:41 And I would like to invite our viewers, 27:43 if you have been impressed to be a part of this, 27:45 to get involved, please pray, 27:48 but please also if you would like 27:50 to send a tax deductible love gift, 27:52 please do so to Jesus for Asia, 27:55 PO Box 1221, Collegedale, Tennessee 37315. 28:00 Call us at (423) 413-7321 28:04 or visit our website at Jesus4asia.org. 28:09 May God bless you until we see you again next time 28:11 on Jesus for Asia Now. |
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