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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000048A
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00:21 Hello, and welcome to Jesus for Asia Now.
00:24 My husband Jon and I are here today 00:26 with our friend Tim Maddocks, who is a missionary to Cambodia. 00:29 And those of you that saw the first show 00:31 know that Tim and Wendy, his wife 00:33 have been in Cambodia working for over 25 years. 00:37 And, you know, that Jesus for Asia 00:39 has only been in ministry for over 12 years 00:42 so obviously, Tim and Wendy have been in ministry 00:45 much longer than we have. 00:46 And, honey, what does that do as far as building our phase 00:49 seeing what God has done through them over the years. 00:52 Well, you know, darling, I grew up reading the texts, 00:54 "Seek ye first the kingdom of God 00:56 and his righteousness," 00:57 and all these other things, what you are going to eat, 00:58 what you are going to wear "will be added to you." 01:01 Never saw anybody believe that 01:04 until Danny Shelton was the first one I saw 01:07 that really took that for seriously 01:09 and Tim Maddocks was. 01:11 So for us, Tim and Wendy are like faith heroes. 01:15 Right. 01:16 Showing what God can do 01:19 when someone just believes what he says. 01:21 And so they are very much instrumental 01:23 in starting Jesus for Asia 01:26 and aspiring us and saying, "Yeah, you can trust God", 01:29 you know, "take him at His word and see what happens." 01:32 And so even though they are listed on our web pages, 01:36 one of our projects, 01:37 they are very much not our project. 01:39 They are not really our project. 01:40 Not at all. 01:41 We just accept donations for Tim. 01:44 Correct. 01:45 In fact, they are associated also with OCI and ASAP, 01:48 wonderful ministries, 01:50 supporting ministries of the SDA church. 01:52 And it doesn't really matter 01:53 because it's all God's work anyway. 01:55 Right. Right. 01:57 So, Tim, welcome back to the show. 01:58 Thank you. 01:59 We want to start out right away talking about the children 02:03 that the Lord has led you to work with. 02:04 Yes. 02:06 Now in the last show we talked about a school, 02:08 but very soon you started seeing another deed. 02:12 Yes, during the period 02:14 when Wendy was running the medical clinic, 02:16 we began to see people dying of HIV/AIDS 02:20 and children being orphaned. 02:22 One of those children actually came to live in our home 02:24 and became our daughter. 02:26 But we recognized that 02:29 there was no real place for these children to go 02:33 because of the stigma with AIDS, 02:36 extended family didn't want them 02:39 and other orphanages didn't want them. 02:41 And, so we felt there was a need to start an orphanage 02:44 that catered especially for these kids 02:47 but not only for these kids. 02:49 Now did you have this idea of the orphanage 02:51 and you were gung ho, 02:52 and you were going to do it right away, 02:54 or did God kind of have to work on you a little bit? 02:57 We saw the need 02:59 but we didn't want to be the driving force behind it. 03:04 We felt we had enough to do already. 03:06 You had a lot already. 03:07 We had the lay training program. 03:08 We had the school. 03:09 We were church planning, 03:10 and I had some responsibilities 03:14 in the Cambodia Adventist Mission as well 03:18 and so it's like, "We can't run an orphanage." 03:21 So, God, if you're going to... 03:23 If you want an orphanage, 03:24 then you have to find somewhere else to run it. 03:27 And so He did that? 03:29 Well, He picked us. 03:30 Uh-oh. 03:34 He sent a family to us from the United States. 03:37 They said they were willing to do this work. 03:39 They would bring their family out 03:40 and they would run the orphanage, 03:42 and so we are really excited about that. 03:44 And at the time we received a donation 03:48 which was when deceased, the estate, 03:49 a friend had died and left 25% of her estate to us. 03:54 And so, we decided we build the first orphanage house 03:59 and we get the paperwork done 04:01 so that the orphanage could operate, 04:03 and when this family arrived they could run. 04:05 It would be ready. 04:07 So once everything's rolling, the family pulled out. 04:11 Oh, dear. 04:12 And so Wendy and I were like left with bowl. 04:18 And we realized at that point 04:20 that we were being really stubborn 04:22 and that God wanted us to run it, 04:24 and as we would not agree, He would just work around 04:29 so that eventually we have no choice. 04:32 And we are so glad that He did that 04:33 because it has been such a blessing to us 04:35 to be such a close part in this children's life. 04:40 So the orphanage is on the same property 04:42 as all of your other ministries? 04:43 Yes, we have this 42 acre property. 04:45 And so, the orphanage is up in one corner, 04:48 it's a little village, 04:49 and then we have school next door. 04:52 Now we have the church across from the school. 04:54 Then you have your TV studio? 04:56 TV studio and housing for staff 04:58 at the bottom end of the property. 05:00 This is part of the orphanage village. 05:02 It's in a circle with the canal running down the middle. 05:05 And so we are looking at one side. 05:07 We have duplex homes, 05:09 and altogether we have seven duplexes. 05:12 Currently, we only have nine families 05:15 so we have a few spare homes. 05:17 We're using one as a classroom. 05:18 We're using two for accommodation for staff, 05:24 and then we have two homes that we use 05:26 for when we have visiting groups come 05:28 to help us out. Okay. 05:30 And so we have 90 kids in the orphanage at the moment. 05:34 Yeah, it's a pretty happy place for the kids to live. 05:36 They have swings to play on. 05:38 There is a canal where they can go fishing 05:40 during the wet season. 05:42 Lots of grass to run around on and play games on. 05:46 I noticed the houses are all brightly colored as well. 05:48 Is there a purpose behind that? 05:51 Well, when you look at nature, 05:53 you can see that God painted a lot of color into it, 05:56 and that color brings us a lot of joy. 05:58 So we figured, we wanted to make the kids lives joyful, 06:01 so we make their homes colorful as well. 06:03 So bright bold colors. Yes. 06:05 Happy colors. And washable. 06:09 So what's the home life of these children? 06:12 They have a foster mother and father, 06:15 and lots of siblings 06:17 so it could be up to 20 kids in the house. 06:20 And they do everything together as a family 06:23 so they cook together, they garden together, 06:26 they clean together. 06:28 They eat together. Eat together. 06:29 Yeah. Yeah. 06:30 And they eat rice three times a day like... 06:33 Like you do. 06:35 Like me, like any wealthier Cambodian. 06:38 The poor people will often only eat two meals a day 06:41 'cause that's all they can afford, 06:42 some will only eat one. 06:45 But we try to make sure that our kids get a good diet. 06:48 Right, yeah. 06:50 Well, with all the orphans, how do you get funds? 06:53 How do you fund this orphanage? 06:56 By faith. 06:58 So God didn't allow us to solicit funds 07:02 and so, we just ask Him to impress people to give. 07:05 What do you mean He didn't allow you 07:07 to solicit funds? 07:08 Well, He told me that was His job. 07:10 I wasn't to do that 07:11 and I wasn't to worry about money, 07:13 He would look after. 07:14 So you never asked anyone for money. 07:17 Never asked anyone specifically for money. 07:20 People have asked what can we do, 07:22 what are your needs, 07:24 then we will tell them because they have asked us 07:25 but we haven't actually said, 07:27 "We have this need, can you help?" 07:29 So you don't have big fundraising fund. 07:34 You don't spend a lot of money on fundraising. 07:36 We don't have any organization to go out and fundraise for us. 07:40 We appreciate what Jesus for Asia does 07:42 in sharing our story, 07:43 but we have an almighty God to do our fundraising 07:49 and He can touch every heart. 07:51 So we don't have to worry. 07:53 Wow! Yeah. All right. 07:54 So then we want to move into 07:56 what the Lord has asked you to do recently. 07:58 What did the Lord impress upon you 08:01 to do to start helping the orphanage 08:04 to be a little more self-sustaining? 08:06 So, about four years ago, 08:07 God impressed me through a friend 08:10 that we should build a butterfly garden 08:12 for tourists to come to visit 08:14 and tourists could pay an entry fee, 08:16 and that would provide income to help take care of the kids. 08:20 Okay, so for tourists, tell us about your area. 08:22 I know we talked about that in the last show, 08:24 but, are there tourists coming to your area? 08:27 We have the Angkor Wat temple complex 08:30 about six miles away. 08:33 And so we have at least two million tourists 08:36 coming to our town. 08:37 Two million tourists from where? 08:39 From all over the world. 08:40 Wow! But particularly Asia. 08:42 So a butterfly garden, what does that look like? 08:45 I mean... 08:46 Butterfly gardens usually come in two kinds. 08:48 One that's out in the open 08:50 and you just, whatever butterflies fly by, 08:53 they are there 08:54 and the other one is in enclosed area 08:56 where the butterflies can't escape. 08:57 And usually, chrysalises are brought into the garden 09:01 so that butterflies are released in there. 09:04 So we have gone for the second one. 09:07 Most butterfly gardens I visited are quite small, 09:10 but we felt that God wanted us to do something quite large. 09:14 And is that the idea that you had originally 09:16 or how did that grow? 09:18 Well, I went through a few ideas. 09:21 First idea was to build a cage in the shape of the butterfly 09:24 but that wasn't practical 09:26 and also nobody could see the butterfly 09:28 except people flying over in the plane 09:30 so it wasn't really a good idea. 09:34 So we decided to build a rectangular cage 09:37 and it's about half acre in size. 09:39 Wow. 09:40 So you have some pictures for us 09:41 to show what it looks like. 09:43 Yes. Okay. 09:45 So in this picture we are looking at a waterfall. 09:48 It's actually a waterfall with the terrace garden. 09:51 Each terrace has 09:52 different colors of plants in it 09:53 and it flows into a pond which will have Tilapia fish 09:58 where people can put their legs in 10:00 and get fish massage. 10:02 Where is the waterfall? 10:04 The waterfall is hidden behind those plants there. 10:07 Okay, that's not running yet? 10:08 It's not running at the moment. 10:09 Okay, so what percentage of completion are you at 10:12 at this stage as we look at this picture? 10:13 As far as the physical structure, 10:16 probably 95% 10:18 but now we have to do the finishings, etcetera. 10:22 Which is usually takes a lot more than 5% of your time. 10:25 And a lot more than 5% of the money. 10:29 Correct. Okay, so this picture? 10:32 This is just a part of the garden. 10:34 So throughout the garden 10:36 we have used around about 300 different kinds 10:38 of tropical plant. 10:39 And we tried to create lots of contrast between color 10:44 and shape, 10:46 and lots of different flowers. 10:48 But at the same time we have to provide enough flowers 10:50 for the butterflies to be able to feed from as well. 10:53 So, it's sort of mixed up with flowers for butterflies 10:58 and just flowers for beauty. 11:01 Where did you get all these flowers? 11:02 It looks like a huge amount of expense. 11:05 When God gave me the idea, 11:06 He also gave me the idea of building a plant nursery 11:10 where we could buy in one plant, 11:13 chop it off and grow many more. 11:15 And, so students have been helping me to do that 11:18 for the last four years, 11:19 and so we have thousands and thousands of plants. 11:23 And I just see God's leading in that 11:25 because when we came to plant it, 11:27 it's literally thousands and thousands of plants, 11:30 so we would tuck in trucks. 11:32 It's truckload after truckload of plants, 11:35 and it would have cost tens of thousands of dollars to do. 11:38 But because we grew our own, 11:40 we just go next door and choose what we want, 11:42 bring them in and plant in 11:44 and don't worry about how much it cost 11:45 because it was almost free. 11:47 Wow! 11:48 So this is kind of a unique view. 11:49 What's going to happen here? 11:51 This is a waterfall with turtle pond. 11:55 So right in front of where we were standing 11:57 is going to be a six feet wide waterfall dropping down, 12:01 so you will be looking back through the water 12:03 into the garden. 12:04 Kind of like a sheet of water? Like a sheet of water, yeah. 12:06 And so in this pond 12:10 and in the green grass behind the pond there, 12:12 there will be turtles and tortoises wandering around 12:15 so people can get a look at it, 12:16 some of the local animals 12:18 enjoying the beautiful butterfly paradise. 12:23 So you brought a video to share with us of the tour 12:27 walking through the whole entire 400 yards of trails 12:31 through this butterfly paradise. 12:33 Yes. 12:34 And would you walk us through 12:35 and kind of share with us what's happening 12:37 as we watch this video? 12:38 Sure, right now, we are looking through the doors 12:42 just after the ticket bay, 12:44 and at the end of the pathway we have a pond. 12:49 There's a waterfall that falls into that pond 12:51 and a glass front 12:53 and there will be baby crocodiles in there, 12:55 so people can experience 12:57 another one of the Cambodian animals. 13:00 Then as we move on, 13:02 this is lots and lots of different colored 13:04 plants and flowers. 13:06 People, when they see there's no butterflies, 13:08 I think they will be busy taking pictures of the flowers 13:10 and the plants. Yes, absolutely. 13:11 But there will be lots of butterflies in here. 13:13 There's already butterflies in there. 13:15 Yeah, we haven't put up the sidewalls yet, 13:17 so the butterflies come to paradise every day. 13:21 They come here and then they go out. 13:22 Some of them stay there. 13:23 Some of them have actually started breeding there. 13:25 Wow. Wow. 13:26 Because we planted the plants that they lay their eggs on 13:29 and so there is actually, 13:31 you can find caterpillars, and chrysalis, 13:33 and butterflies hatching out. 13:34 Wow! What is this pond going to be? 13:36 This is a koi pond. 13:37 It has a waterfall as well 13:39 and so have the big Japanese koi. 13:41 So you will have clean water... 13:43 It will be all clean then when the pumps are installed 13:45 and filtration system is finished, yes. 13:47 Okay, yeah. Wow. 13:49 These are some big plants. 13:51 Yeah, there's lots of different kinds. 13:53 The steps here on our left, they go out to a look out, 13:56 so you can look out over the whole place. 13:59 That's pretty cool thing to do. 14:01 And then there is a cave on our left 14:03 and so you can get out of the sun, 14:05 get out of the rain and meet our pythons. 14:08 Pythons? 14:09 So there is a python enclosure inside there. 14:11 Then we have two thirteen-foot pythons 14:13 that will be living in that enclosure. 14:15 Wow. 14:16 Here we have an artificial rock on our left hand side, 14:20 and that's part of a fish tank, and small waterfall. 14:24 And then you can see right in front of us, 14:26 we have a little cave, 14:27 we call that Flintstone's drink shop. 14:29 And people will be able to buy drinks at this point, 14:32 fruit shakes, etcetera. 14:35 I notice on the side of that pond, 14:36 it looked like a flattened out area 14:38 that didn't have plants right there. 14:40 Yeah, that's to sit down on and put your legs into pond 14:43 and let the fish chew the dead skin off yours. 14:47 That's really popular in Asia right now. 14:49 It is, yes. 14:50 You go into the Siem Reap town, 14:51 there's all this glassfish tanks with fish in 14:53 and you pay some money, and you can put your legs in 14:55 and feel this funny ticklish feelings. 14:58 And here it's going to be free. 14:59 It's gonna be a part of the ticket price. 15:02 Here we have the restaurant. 15:04 It's got a really unique roof. 15:08 If you look there, you can see the stones 15:12 hanging from the roof. 15:13 People keep asking me, "How did you do that? 15:15 Did you put one stone at a time and cemented in?" 15:18 The answer is no, the stones were there first 15:21 and we poured the cement on top of them, 15:23 and then we took away the foam work, 15:25 we packed sand around them. 15:27 We washed the sand away 15:28 and so the stones were left hanging 15:31 but firmly fixed into the concrete pad 15:33 that's above them. Interesting. 15:35 So this gives us a really unique feel. 15:38 We are hoping that lots of people will come 15:40 to our restaurant 15:41 and also learn more about health. 15:43 It will be vegetarian restaurant 15:45 and we want to teach people about healthy lifestyle as well 15:49 while they are there. 15:51 This cave actually enters the cinema. 15:53 You are going to have a cinema? 15:54 We are going to have it air-conditioned, 15:56 hopefully 4K 3D cinema 15:58 where people can get out of the heat 16:01 and learn more about the design in nature 16:05 and how there has to be a designer. 16:07 So this is your witness? 16:09 This is part of our witness, yes. 16:11 There is an empirical study 16:14 of something that could not happen by chance. 16:17 That's right, and if you look at the life of a butterfly, 16:20 you know, a butterfly lays this tiny little egg, 16:25 but it will only lay it on a specific kind of plant, 16:27 a plant that is suitable for its caterpillar to eat 16:30 and often there is only one kind. 16:33 And so when that little caterpillar hatches, 16:36 the first thing it does, 16:38 it eats its egg 16:39 because the egg case itself has food for it. 16:42 Then it goes off to eat leaves. 16:45 Depending on the kind of butterfly, 16:46 it might eat for 12 days, 14 days, 20 days, 16:51 and then it forms a chrysalis, 16:54 almost completely breaks down inside of that. 16:57 The cells will break down and it becomes soup. 17:01 And then a few cells that remained, 17:04 they start rebuilding and they build a butterfly. 17:08 So it's just mind-blowing to think of the programming, 17:13 the genetic programming that's gone into this 17:16 because first time around, 17:18 the genetics have to build the caterpillar, 17:20 second time around 17:21 they have to build the butterfly. 17:22 And not just a butterfly, but a butterfly that knows... 17:25 Knows how to fly, knows how to assemble its proboscis, 17:29 knows how to mate while flying, knows how to find a mate, 17:32 knows how to use the proboscis, 17:34 knows how to find where there is nectar to drink, 17:38 and knows how to find the right plant 17:40 to lay its eggs on, 17:41 so all of that's preprogrammed. 17:43 Amazing. 17:44 So as we want to help people say that, 17:46 "That's just not possible by chance." 17:49 Somebody had to do programming 17:51 and we believe that's the God of heaven. 17:53 Wow. Of course. 17:54 That's awesome. 17:56 Beyond that is our caterpillar laboratory, 17:58 and this is the most important room 18:00 in butterfly paradise. 18:01 Because this is where we will be raising butterflies 18:05 from eggs through to caterpillar 18:07 and then putting the chrysalis out, 18:09 so that people can watch them hatch, 18:12 and we will then release the butterflies into the park. 18:16 So we need to produce 3,000 to 4,000 butterflies 18:19 a month 18:20 there in that caterpillar laboratory. 18:23 Can you show us a butterfly in Cambodia that we don't, 18:26 maybe not have here in America? 18:28 Sure, we have a video of the Leopard Lacewing. 18:31 The Leopard Lacewing is an awesome butterfly, 18:34 it's got so many colors in to it as you can see. 18:37 It's beautiful. 18:38 And it lays all of its eggs in one place, 18:42 so this is my favorite butterfly 18:44 because when I want to collect eggs, 18:46 I just snip a couple of branch and heaver in, 18:49 and I got 100, 120 eggs right there. 18:51 Most butterflies will lay one, 18:53 go to another plant, lay another one, 18:55 so this one is really easy to collect. 18:57 The caterpillars are yellow and red striped 19:02 and they've got all these spines sticking off them. 19:04 They are really cute 19:05 and they are gregarious, they all hang out together. 19:08 And so when they are eating, they're all eating, 19:10 when they are resting, they're all resting, 19:12 and they are really easy to keep. 19:14 And so, the full lifecycle for this butterfly 19:18 is about 21 days. 19:19 So it's a pretty long-living butterfly. 19:22 That's from egg through to butterfly. 19:27 And then beyond that is the exit 19:29 and that's a souvenir shop, 19:31 so you have to go through a souvenir shop 19:33 before you can get out. 19:34 And hopefully people want to stop and buy 19:37 different framed gifts for their friends, 19:42 butterfly gifts, 19:43 some will be boxed butterflies and various other souvenirs, 19:49 some of which will be made on site. 19:50 Okay. 19:52 By some of the orphans and... By orphans, by young people. 19:54 Yeah, so we had to provide more jobs. 19:57 Nice. 19:58 And there will be the world's largest concrete caterpillar 20:01 and the world's largest concrete and steel butterfly. 20:04 Wow. 20:05 The caterpillar will be about 50 feet long 20:10 and it's going to be something really awesome. 20:13 It has horns sticking out. 20:14 It looks really prehistoric. 20:17 But it's actually a caterpillar of one of the butterflies 20:20 that will be living in the cage. 20:21 Wow! 20:22 How many people do you think it will take to run this? 20:25 I figure about 30 people. 20:26 Wow, amazing. 20:28 So that will be 30 jobs that are Sabbath free. 20:33 So our young people often have difficulty finding jobs 20:36 that are Sabbath free. 20:37 So this will be an opportunity to give them jobs. 20:41 And the funds generated from this 20:44 should be able to run our ministry 20:46 but also allow to expand. 20:48 And so as we expand that will generate more jobs, 20:51 and so young people will have opportunity 20:54 to get professional work experience 20:56 in a Christian environment. 20:57 Wow! Wow, of course. 20:59 So when you first told me about this idea about four years ago, 21:02 honestly, I thought, I didn't say this to you 21:04 but I thought you kind of going off the deep end 21:07 because you were barely able to make your monthly budget. 21:11 And so, when you told me 21:12 that this thing was going to cost like $350,000, 21:15 I am like, "There is no way." 21:17 But I didn't say anything, I thought I just sit back 21:18 and wait and watch you crash and burn. 21:22 Nice friend. Yeah. 21:24 But I didn't wanted to discourage, you know, 21:26 and who knows, maybe God would do something. 21:29 And like two months later, we got a phone call, 21:33 a man that said, "I am selling my second house, 21:36 I want to donate $160,000 to this ministry," 21:41 and it's just amazing to me, you know. 21:44 Again that after all this time, 21:45 you are still stepping out by faith. 21:49 When we believe that God wants us to do something 21:53 and we pray about it, we're sure in our hearts, 21:55 then we just go forward in faith. 21:57 And, you know, I didn't know 21:59 that gentleman that donated that money 22:02 but God laid it on his heart to give money 22:04 for making sure the orphanage was sustainable. 22:08 And that's what this project is about. 22:11 And so when we shared with him what we were doing, 22:14 he said, "Yes." 22:15 He was happy for his money to be used for that purpose. 22:19 And that money got us started 22:23 but we had to use it 22:25 for operating the orphanage as well. 22:27 We did some improvements on the orphanage 22:29 and so it ran out more than 12 months ago. 22:33 Oh, wow. And so we were going by faith. 22:36 We've had small donations, 22:38 specifically for the butterfly garden. 22:41 But it's really been a faith venture 22:43 to the point where, you know, 22:45 Friday afternoon I have to pay my builders 22:48 and it's like $500 for the week's work. 22:51 It's not a lot 22:52 but when you have nothing, it's a lot of money. 22:54 And I know that my builders, 22:57 most of them lived from week to week 23:00 so if I don't pay them, they don't have money for food. 23:04 And so it's like a big thing to me being unable to pay them. 23:08 And so I told God, "Look, God, 23:09 if you can't give me the money in the next two hours, 23:14 then I'm just going to have to stop the project 23:16 because I don't want to make the life of my builders hard." 23:20 And why did you say then in the next two hours? 23:22 Well, I had to pay them at 5 o'clock, 23:24 it's 3 o'clock in the afternoon 23:25 and it's like, there is no money in the bank yet. 23:28 So, you know, what do you do? 23:32 Yeah, you go to God. You go to God. 23:35 And twice, we have been, 23:37 one month apart the same problem happened 23:40 and somebody knocked on my door within that two-hour period 23:43 and walked in and handed me enough money 23:46 or more than enough money for that immediate need. 23:49 And that just convinced me that God wants this to happen. 23:53 Why He doesn't give me all the money upfront? 23:54 I don't know. That's His choice. 23:57 But He's proven to me that He is looking after us 24:00 and that we should keep going by faith. 24:02 Wow. 24:03 This is such a testimony to me of what God is willing to do. 24:07 And I don't think this is 24:09 just because you are a really special person. 24:13 It's just that, I mean, you are a special person 24:16 but, you know, other people, 24:19 I think God would do this for them also 24:22 if they would step out 24:23 in the same way with the same purpose, 24:25 with the same surrendered God, 24:28 you know, this is what God wants me to do, 24:30 and so therefore 24:31 we are going to step out by faith, 24:33 and it reminds me of, you know, 24:34 Jesus when He went to feed the 5,000. 24:38 It wasn't supposed to be Him feeding them. 24:42 He said to the disciples, "You feed them." 24:44 And they said, "Can't be done." 24:47 So He said, "Okay, I will do it." 24:49 Yeah, He took that small matter of food that he had 24:53 and He didn't say, "God, this is not enough." 24:56 He said, "God, thank you for what we have." 24:58 And then He began to share. 25:00 And, yeah, 25:01 that's been a really encouraging story for me 25:03 as I move forward in faith 25:05 and believing that it's God's work, 25:08 He is going to take care of it. 25:10 I just have to do my part. Yeah. 25:12 Can you imagine if 100,000 believers 25:16 got a hold of that principle, 25:18 and started stepping out and moving forward by faith? 25:21 Because other people that are doing that even today, 25:25 God is doing the same thing. 25:26 As they step out by faith and do what they can do today, 25:30 then God opens the door for the next step 25:32 and big things are happening. 25:34 That's amazing. 25:36 And it's also true that 25:38 not all of us have the same walk. 25:40 I mean, the Lord has led you and Wendy 25:42 on this particular pathway, 25:44 but our pathway has been different. 25:46 And for other people that chose to surrender everything to God, 25:49 the pathway is different. 25:50 But as you surrender in the little thing, 25:53 then the Lord can give you the next larger thing, 25:56 and the next larger thing or take you to another thing, 25:59 whatever His plan is for you. 26:00 That's right, yeah. 26:02 And what have you found, you and Wendy? 26:03 Have you found a lot of hardship, 26:05 a lot of worry, a lot of frustration? 26:09 No, we've been able to leave it all to the Lord. 26:14 We're thankful that He didn't tell us 26:16 at the very beginning of this ministry, 26:17 all the things that He wanted us to do 26:19 because it probably would have scared us off. 26:22 But as God as added one thing after another, 26:26 when we feel comfortable where we were at, 26:29 He would then take us into a new part of our life, 26:33 out of our comfort zone 26:34 and so build our faith through all these experiences. 26:37 So for us, it's been an awesome journey, 26:40 and it's brought us much closer to the Lord. 26:42 So you wouldn't have been able to attempt a project 26:44 of this magnitude at the beginning? 26:46 No. 26:47 'Cause your faith wasn't... My faith wasn't there. 26:50 I am just so glad that God chose me 26:53 and my family to do this 26:55 and I wouldn't do anything else. 26:57 Wow. What a testimony! 27:00 Well, Tim, we really appreciate you coming 27:02 and being willing to share with us 27:05 what's going on there and what God is doing. 27:07 It's such a huge encouragement to all of us 27:11 to see what God wants to do. 27:12 And, is there anything our viewers in particular 27:15 can do to help or... 27:18 We like them to pray for the success 27:20 of this butterfly project 27:22 and therefore the ongoing success 27:25 of the orphanage and the school, 27:29 the media program that we are doing. 27:32 If you would like to be involved, 27:34 please pray for SALT Ministries and for butterfly paradise 27:38 that together, all those ministries there 27:40 can be what God needs them to be 27:42 to reach out to both the people of Cambodia 27:45 as well as all the visitors and tourists 27:46 that come to that area. 27:48 If you would like to send a financial gift, 27:51 please send it to Jesus for Asia, 27:53 PO Box 1221, Collegedale, Tennessee 37315. 27:59 Call us at (423)413-7321, 28:03 or visit our website at Jesus4asia.org. 28:06 May God richly bless you 28:08 until we see you next time on Jesus for Asia Now. |
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