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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000067A
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00:01 (drum roll moving into inspirational orchestral music)
00:21 - Hello and welcome to Jesus for Asia Now. 00:24 I'm Natalie Wood, and my husband Jon is here today 00:26 to share with us a praise report and a prayer request 00:29 from Mumbai, India. 00:31 Welcome to the show, dear. 00:32 - Hi, darling, it's good to be here. 00:34 And I'm really excited about what we're gonna share. 00:35 It's got some some tough spots, 00:38 but it's got some praise reports, 00:39 and I'm excited about all of that. 00:41 - Okay, so first of all, tell us where we're at. 00:44 - We are in Mumbai, which used to be Bombay. 00:48 Most people know of the city of Bombay, okay? 00:51 It's in the western central part of India, 00:53 right on the coast, right on the beach. 00:56 It's a very large city. 00:58 The downtown area is got about 12 million people. 01:02 But the entire metropolitan area is got 20 million people. 01:06 So it's the size of New York. 01:08 - Wow! - Yeah, it's massive. 01:10 - Okay, so you went to Mumbai. 01:13 Where did you stay when you were there? 01:15 - They have some guest rooms at the headquarters 01:18 in downtown Mumbai. 01:19 - Okay, so we have a picture of a building. 01:22 Can you tell us what this building is? 01:23 - This the headquarters of the Mumbai Metro Section. 01:28 It's downtown Mumbai. 01:30 It used to be a high-end area, 01:32 but since the last 50 years, 01:35 it's kinda gone down hill a little bit. 01:37 And I'll show you some of that. 01:38 But as you can see, as we lift up over the building, 01:42 it's just a massive city, and we're smack dab in downtown. 01:48 - Okay, yeah, there's high-rises around 01:50 and all sorts of buildings around. 01:52 - Yeah, but right outside the compound, 01:55 we're leaving the property right now of the headquarters. 01:59 And we're gonna turn left and go down this street. 02:01 And what you're gonna see is these are apartment buildings. 02:06 These are apartment houses, okay? 02:09 And just a lot of families come from the countryside 02:15 and come in to find work. 02:16 So these would be transitory families, 02:18 families who just settling in trying get a good job 02:21 and make and establish themselves 02:24 in their lives in the city. 02:26 And this is where they end up. 02:27 And they'll pay $40, $50 a month 02:30 for one of these little tiny dwellings. 02:33 This is a picture where we can just study 02:36 what we're talking about here. 02:38 Each one of those cubicles, you can see a door and a ladder, 02:43 for instance, up to the second floor. 02:45 That's one apartment, or one room. 02:48 One family will live there. 02:50 And below that another family will live there. 02:55 - Wow, so that's the only church in the downtown area. 02:59 - [Jon] Yes, for the 12 million people in downtown Mumbai, 03:03 that's one church. 03:04 - And what language is that church in? 03:07 - In English. 03:09 - Well, which is not the mother tongue 03:10 of the people that live there. 03:11 - No, people that live in Mumbai, 03:13 the main language, is Marathi. 03:16 They also have languages from all over India. 03:19 - Wow. - So there's Tamil, and Hindi, 03:21 and lots of different languages. 03:24 - Gujarati I remember. - Yeah. 03:25 - Okay, so that's the only one 03:27 in downtown. - Right. 03:29 - But there's church work there. 03:31 - Yes. - The church has been 03:32 in that area for a long time. 03:34 - Yeah, most of the work is in the outskirts. 03:37 - Okay. - So one 03:38 of the churches we're gonna go to 03:39 is one of the nearest churches, 03:41 and it's a 45-minute ride. 03:43 - Okay, so we've got a little video from that ride, 03:46 but not 45 minutes worth. 03:47 - No (laughing). - Okay (laughing). 03:49 - We've got a little clip of coming into the suburb 03:51 where the church is located just to give you a feel 03:54 for what it's like to drive in the traffic down there. 03:57 - Okay. - So these 03:59 are called auto rickshaws, the little black and yellow ones. 04:02 And you can see it's just people walking across the road 04:06 and cars and auto rickshaws just kind of weaving their way 04:11 in and out and just trying to get through there. 04:14 - [Natalie] Without hitting anyone. 04:16 - [Jon] Yeah, it's a little disconcerting 04:18 the first time you go there, but after a while, 04:20 this is normal. 04:22 - (chuckles) The hard part is when you come back to America 04:25 and try to cross the street. (both laugh) 04:28 People get very angry. - You're trying to weave 04:29 in between cars and people are like, 04:31 "What are you doing?" - Yeah, freaks them out. 04:33 So now we're on the street and the church is in view, 04:39 but the question is, can you figure out 04:41 which building is the church, or where the church is? 04:45 - If you look really closely, you can see the symbol, 04:52 the logo, of the Adventist church on the front of it. 04:54 I know which building it is, (Jon laughing) 04:56 because you've asked me this before. 04:58 But when you first showed this to me, 04:59 I didn't know which building it was. 05:01 I had to look closely 05:02 - You don't see. - to see the logo. 05:04 - You sure don't see a building that looks like a church. 05:06 - No, they all look the same. - There's no steeple. 05:07 Yeah, so this one in the middle is the church, 05:12 Thane SDA Church. 05:13 Now this is an established, recognized, long-term church. 05:19 It's one of the main churches of the area. 05:21 - Wow. (Jon laughing) 05:24 And it's a single story, and it's a single width, 05:27 and - Very small. 05:29 - very small. - And when people 05:31 were meeting here, they would be spilling out 05:33 into the streets every Sabbath, which doesn't work too well 05:36 when it's raining. 05:38 - Yeah, and they do have a season where they get hit 05:41 with heavy rains, monsoon, 05:43 and that's not a good thing. 05:44 - Yes, now this picture was taken back in 2017. 05:47 And we talked about it on one of our shows. 05:50 And people responded, and they donated, 05:53 because the church had been, 05:55 and the whole metro section of Mumbai had been praying 06:01 for over six years to raise the $8,000 was necessary 06:03 to build a second floor. 06:06 Now the building next to it was for sale 06:08 for 12,000, and they just couldn't come up 06:10 with that kind of money. 06:12 So they were praying for six years 06:14 to raise the $8,000, and so we presented it to our viewers. 06:18 And praise God for viewers that have a heart. 06:23 And-- - And they gave. 06:25 - They gave. - And then we were able 06:26 to send the funds. 06:28 And then you were able to visit one time 06:30 while they were still building. 06:32 - Yes, this is in 2018. 06:33 And we dropped in just for a few minutes. 06:36 And they were so thankful, even the builders 06:38 were just really believing in this project. 06:40 And we all gathered around and prayed. 06:42 And it was in the middle where the floor was all torn up. 06:44 And they were digging into the walls 06:46 to put new steal beams to support the second floor. 06:50 And they said it's such a wonderful miracle 06:53 that we're doing this right now 06:55 because the water had gotten into the walls, 06:58 and it was leaking in there. 06:59 - Oh, no. - And it leached out 07:00 all the cement, all the bonding component, 07:02 and the wall was ready to collapse. 07:04 - Oh, my. - So we went back there 07:06 just recently, and they had finished it. 07:08 - Wow. - So they scheduled 07:10 the grand opening for the time that we could be there. 07:12 - Wow, what a blessing 07:14 and a privilege. - Oh, such a blessing. 07:16 - Wow (chuckles). - So much joy 07:19 to know that we could do something for an entire church 07:22 on the other side of the planet. 07:24 - Wow, we have a video 07:25 from the grand opening. - Yes. 07:28 (gentle piano music) 07:39 We are at the Thane Church. 07:41 It's a district outside of Mumbai. 07:43 And this church has been one of the main churches 07:45 in the Adventist circle for many years. 07:48 (gentle music with piano) 07:57 (congregants singing in foreign language) 08:05 (man speaking in foreign language) 08:10 - If my people, which are called by my name, 08:14 shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, 08:17 and turn from their wicked ways, 08:19 then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin 08:23 and will heal their land. 08:25 - For the last eight or nine years, 08:26 they've been praying. 08:27 And today we inaugurated the second floor right up here. 08:31 They built that second floor. 08:32 You can see it's overhanging the sidewalk, 08:35 and it's going out the back, so it's a bigger place 08:37 for the people to worship. 08:39 It's just a wonderful, amazing experience 08:42 to see the joy on the people's faces 08:44 that now they have a bigger church. 08:48 - God spoke to Israel. 08:50 Let them make and build a church for me. 08:54 I will dwell among them. 08:55 (gentle music with piano) 08:59 (people clapping) 09:10 (gentle music with piano) 09:14 (people clapping) 09:18 (gentle music with piano) 09:27 (man speaking in foreign language) 09:33 - [Jon] God is very good. 09:35 (man speaking in foreign language) 09:36 I see smiles on your faces. 09:38 (man speaking in foreign language) 09:41 God has answered your prayers. 09:43 (man speaking in foreign language) 09:45 And he has responded to your faith. 09:47 (man speaking in foreign language) 09:55 And it's packed. 09:56 They need more space (laughing), so we're praying 10:00 that we can expand maybe to the left or to the right. 10:02 But anyway, this is awesome. 10:04 (gentle piano music with melodic bell chimes) 10:11 - Wow, that's really great. 10:12 - (laughing) I know. - It just warms my heart 10:14 so much to see their joy, 10:16 - Yeah, for sure. - to see that they 10:18 have the fulfillment of their prayer requests. 10:22 And God is glorified. 10:23 I mean, that's awesome that he did it in the right timing. 10:27 And just the way he does things is so awesome. 10:31 - Yeah, and he designs his work 10:34 so that we get to be a part of it. 10:36 We get to experience the joy of seeing people come to him. 10:39 And so this is picture 10:41 that I took when I was standing up on the platform. 10:43 And I says, "How many people wanna say thank you 10:45 "to the donors that made this church possible?" 10:49 - And everybody raised their hands. 10:51 - And they were very enthusiastic. 10:52 - Awesome. - I didn't get video 10:53 to show their enthusiasm, but it was a big deal for them. 10:57 The union president was there, other union executives. 11:01 It was all the local pastors. 11:03 It was just a really big deal for them 11:07 for this $8,000 donation 11:09 to build the second floor of a church. 11:11 - Wow. - So that shows you, 11:12 number one, how much they value the gospel 11:17 that they've been given. 11:18 And number two, it shows you how poor and unable to live 11:23 in this massive metropolitan expensive city 11:26 that they're living in. 11:28 - Yeah, well we have opportunities for prayer 11:31 because they need to expand. 11:32 You said that at the end of the video, 11:34 that it's too small already. 11:36 We can see that from the pictures. 11:39 So our next story is a prayer request. 11:41 - It's a huge prayer request. 11:43 And it has a little bit of a history for us in it, 11:47 because you and I visited this place 11:50 with our two children in 2011. 11:54 - Right, and we interviewed some Bible workers there, 11:56 and we have shared that footage on other shows. 11:58 People may have seen that. 12:00 But it's hard to see 12:04 and know what happened after we were there. 12:06 Because when we were there, they were talking 12:07 about needing to make some needed repairs. 12:11 But because the church is so poor, 12:13 those repairs were not made. 12:15 - Yeah, and-- - And so... 12:17 - But we have that heart connection, 12:20 you know? - Right. 12:21 - It's one thing to see a statistic or see a number, 12:24 it's another thing to meet the people 12:26 and their individual people. 12:27 So in this little video that we have here, 12:30 was taken in 2011 when we visited there. 12:33 - And we're just walking to the church in this video. 12:36 - Yes. - Okay. 12:37 - We're walking down the outside of the property right now. 12:39 The wall on the right is the edge of our property. 12:42 And then we go up the stairs, and there's this patio. 12:47 And then here's the church. 12:49 And inside the church is where we gathered together. 12:52 Now this was just a normal weekday evening, 12:54 so this isn't when people gathered for a church service. 12:56 So people just came on just regular night 13:00 and we had this many people. 13:01 - [Natalie] Right, and some of them were Bible workers. 13:03 - [Jon] Yes. 13:04 (congregants singing in foreign language) 13:06 (people speaking in foreign language) 13:08 (people clapping) 13:12 (man speaking in foreign language) 13:14 - Lord, it is your your building. 13:15 (man speaking in foreign language) 13:17 It is a lighthouse for you in this community. 13:20 (man speaking in foreign language) 13:23 And Lord, you've allowed it to be damaged. 13:25 (man speaking in foreign language) 13:27 And so I pray that you will enable them 13:30 to do whatever repair is necessary. 13:32 - [Jon] This was a time when we weren't able 13:34 to send full salaries for our Bible workers. 13:36 And so I asked our Bible workers in this place, 13:39 "How do you manage?" 13:40 And they said, "God first, money second." 13:44 So they really focused on the value of God 13:48 and doing his work. 13:51 - Okay, so you went back recently, 13:55 and this is what you saw. - Yes, 14:00 we're walking down the same corridor. 14:03 It's much dirtier. 14:06 - [Natalie] Wow, that's all broken. 14:07 (soft crunching) 14:09 (phone ringing) 14:10 (soft crunching) 14:14 - You'll recognize the stairs, the door. 14:19 And unfortunately now the door is padlocked. 14:23 And what happened was in 2012, right after we were there 14:27 as a family, the city came in and inspected, 14:30 did a building inspection, realize it was completely unsafe. 14:34 - Wow. - And they condemned 14:35 the whole property. 14:36 - Oh. - So this church 14:38 has been closed since 2012. 14:43 - Wow. - Here's a little video 14:44 that we have where we talk about it 14:46 and we talk about some of the dreams 14:48 that could take place because there's a lot of people 14:51 in that neighborhood that we could engage 14:54 into God's work and in his message 14:57 if we did the right thing. 14:58 - Okay. - So... 15:01 (gentle piano music) 15:07 - He is Mr. Ramchandra Gygwar. 15:10 He works in Sathe Nagar in suburb called Chembur area. 15:14 (man speaks in foreign language) 15:18 Right now he says we are without church building. 15:22 There used to be a church, a good constructed church, 15:25 but as the time passed, the church is not in a good shape. 15:30 He says that due to unavailability of a place 15:35 the Mumbai Metro Section has hired a Methodist church 15:40 in Chembur area itself 15:43 but little far distance away. 15:44 And over there we are paying 10,000 rupees every month 15:49 just for four days in a month. 15:53 He says people with great difficulty, 15:56 they come to the church because the hired church, 16:00 of Methodist church, is very far from where they live. 16:04 And he says we sincerely pray to the Lord 16:07 that we may get a very good church building for prayer. 16:11 (gentle music) 16:14 - There were 50 people meeting in this building. 16:17 And we've got five or six Jesus for Asia Bible workers 16:20 surrounding this area. 16:21 But for the last six years, the government came in 16:23 and they checked out the building 16:25 and they condemned it 'cause it's unsafe. 16:27 Any moment this floor could fall out from under us. 16:30 So they closed it. 16:31 They've shuttered it. 16:32 So they have to come in and they have 16:33 to totally demolish this entire building 16:35 and start from scratch. 16:37 And it's really, really sad to come back here now in 2019 16:40 and see the place shuttered 16:41 and got cobwebs. (sudden scraping) 16:44 (man speaks in foreign language) 16:45 (foot kicks loudly) Church members locally 16:46 keep coming back, and they're sad that the place is closed. 16:49 They miss their place of worship on Sabbaths. 16:51 And so this community is a real opportunity 16:56 to make a difference. 16:57 (gentle bubbly music) 17:01 One of the things that we were thinking about doing 17:03 is that India has a very high rate of diabetes. 17:06 In fact, driving down the street I've seen diabetes center. 17:10 And so I was thinking 17:11 that maybe this could be a health center 17:13 focusing on diabetes, healthy living. 17:16 We could sell healthy snacks, because this area, 17:19 they produce, manufacture, a lot of snacks. 17:22 Most of 'em are deep-fried, so we could do lectures 17:26 on diabetes, have a diabetes center, 17:29 maybe hire some local people, Sabbath-Keepers, 17:32 so that they can have Sabbaths off, 17:35 and to make healthy snacks. 17:37 I mean, there's just a lot of possibilities here. 17:39 We can build a three-story building. 17:41 First floor can be a shop or a store. 17:44 Second floor can be a church. 17:45 And then the third floor can be the quarters 17:48 for the pastor, or the Bible workers, something like that. 17:50 So there's a lot of opportunities here. 17:52 Let's pray about this. 17:53 They have to draw up some plans, get some estimates 17:56 about what this is gonna cost. 17:58 But let's pray and see how God works. 18:02 (uplifting undulating piano music) 18:07 - So what an awesome opportunity to rebuild 18:10 and make it something that helps the people around them 18:12 with a real need. 18:14 - Yeah, yeah. - Wow. 18:15 - So building that place, it's a metropolitan city. 18:18 It's not gonna be super cheap. 18:20 It's gonna be pretty expensive. 18:21 And we're talking about they were looking 18:23 at a two-story for 65,000, but I'm praying 18:27 for a three-story so that we can have more functionality, 18:32 make it a center of influence, a church 18:34 and a center of influence, so we can serve the community 18:37 throughout the week as well as have church service 18:40 and teach people healthier lifestyles, 18:43 because a lot of people go into open heart surgery 18:46 in their 50s. 18:47 - Yeah, it's really bad. 18:49 - Yeah, but those people, they're just as valuable to God 18:52 as anyone else. 18:53 Now we're gonna go 18:54 to another church on a different part of town. 18:58 And we're driving through this section of the city. 19:02 And for a lot of people, this is normal. 19:06 - Right. (Jon chuckling) 19:08 Right, it's a lot of motion. 19:10 (Natalie chuckles) - Yes (chuckles). 19:11 Now we've gotten out of the auto rickshaw 19:13 and we're walking down the street to the church. 19:15 And this is the church. 19:17 Can you see the church? 19:18 - (chuckles) I don't see anything 19:20 that represents a church. 19:21 And actually, I don't see anything 19:23 that looks representative of God. 19:25 - (chuckles) No, 19:26 doesn't it look-- - It looks very sad. 19:27 - Right, so that's the church. 19:29 - I see the logo up there, so... 19:33 - This is the pastoral family that lives up there 19:35 and runs this church and has several other churches 19:39 that he watches and takes care of. 19:41 And he also supervises some of our Bible workers 19:44 to help them in their ministry. 19:45 This is the group that was there on the day that we visited. 19:49 It was mainly our group, couple photographers, 19:51 and their family. 19:54 So on the wall inside the church, 19:56 I noticed they had a bulletin board with pictures 19:59 of their church family life. 20:01 So I got some close-ups here. 20:03 You can see it seems to be a warm, there's a baptism. 20:06 Seems to be a warm family gathering together every Sabbath, 20:12 lot of love, children that are learning about Christ 20:14 through this church. 20:15 And it just looks like a regular family, church family, 20:21 that I'd like to be a part of. 20:22 - Yeah. (Jon laughing) 20:24 Wow. - And we can by... 20:27 - Helping them. - Yes. 20:28 - Rebuilding this one, 20:30 do have any idea what that would cost at this point? 20:31 - I'm gonna estimate that this is gonna cost 20:33 about the same as the other one. 20:35 This, it would be really awesome 20:37 to do a center of influence here as well, 20:41 maybe even an evening school, like we have in the south, 20:44 where we provide a free meal 20:46 and some education every single evening of the week 20:48 except for Saturday night. 20:51 And this really breaks down barriers 20:54 and helps the village in a long-term effect 20:57 that's just really powerful. 21:00 But yeah, I'm guessing that this is gonna cost 21:02 maybe $100,000 as well to rebuild. 21:06 And it feels like we have to battle every square inch 21:10 against Satan and his territory. 21:12 And that's what it is, it's this battle. 21:14 And so the prayer, 21:16 weapons of our warfare are not carnal, 21:19 but they are mighty. - Mighty. 21:20 (Jon laughing softly) 21:22 And they pull down the strongholds 21:23 and then God can raise up his standard 21:26 on these places. - Absolutely, absolutely. 21:28 - In these places. - And this may seem 21:30 like a waste of money 'cause we're never gonna see. 21:33 I mean, we're not gonna move there and become members there, 21:37 but we're gonna move to heaven. 21:40 - Yeah, we'll see them - They're gonna move 21:41 - in heaven, right. - to heaven. 21:42 - And we'll become members 21:43 of the same family there. 21:45 And wow, what an investment that's gonna be. 21:49 The payoff, it's gonna be huge. 21:52 So that's what keeps us going. 21:54 - Friends for eternity. 21:55 - (laughing) Exactly, yes. 21:57 - So then you went back to the downtown area 22:00 to the main church, to the section office, 22:03 and had a meeting with all of our Bible workers. 22:06 And you took a picture there so we have a picture 22:08 of all our Bible workers with you. 22:10 - I, yeah, I brought a friend with me. 22:12 His first time to India, he just absolutely, 22:14 he was overwhelmed, but it just changed his life. 22:17 And he's so on fire for these Bible workers, 22:20 for the people and for the kids that he met there. 22:23 It's just a fantastic experience for him. 22:26 - Praise the Lord, praise the Lord. 22:28 - But these Bible workers, it looks like we have a bit 22:31 of a force, bit of a work force. 22:33 But the truth is that this is more than half 22:36 of all the gospel workers in Mumbai, 22:38 a city of 20 million people. 22:41 And the vast majority of all of them 22:43 work outside the city center, 22:46 because living inside the city center is too expensive. 22:50 And you, our viewers may be wondering, 22:52 why can't the local church take care of the needs 22:54 of upkeeping and rebuilding these churches? 22:56 Well the fact is that these churches were all planted 22:59 in slum areas with very low income levels, 23:04 very poor people. 23:05 And so the church has-- - So the church members 23:08 are poor. - Yeah. 23:09 - And so their offerings... 23:11 - Are very little. - Yeah. 23:12 - Just to give you a perspective. 23:15 This isn't India, but in Cambodia, 23:17 the average annual offering of the average church member 23:21 is $35 a year. 23:25 How are you supposed to build infrastructure 23:27 with $35 a year? 23:28 - Yeah, and in India, it would be similar. 23:31 - Similar or less, yeah. - Or maybe even less, yeah. 23:34 - And so the church was never planted 23:36 in the middle or upper-class sections of society 23:40 in the city, and so this is why you get this problem 23:44 that we have now. 23:45 And so my dream (chuckles) 23:48 is to start planting select people. 23:52 Hire somebody, full-time Bible worker, 23:55 and then pay them a housing allowance. 23:58 So if you wanted to get an apartment, let's say, 24:00 on this street right here, 24:02 there's an apartment building across the street there, 24:03 you're talking five, $600 a month 24:07 for an apartment. - That's what you pay 24:08 in some areas of America. 24:10 - Absolutely, but it's-- - And if you're lucky, 24:12 but, I mean-- - I mean, you pay way more 24:14 than that in downtown San Francisco. 24:16 - Right, way more. - 2,500 to 35 24:18 to $4,500 a month for an apartment in San Francisco. 24:21 But here, you know... 24:23 - Yeah, they can't afford that. 24:25 I mean, our Bible workers currently make $90 a month, 24:29 and that's not even enough for them to live in Mumbai. 24:31 Many of them have other jobs as well. 24:33 - It's not enough for them to live in the slums 24:35 in Mumbai, - No, no. 24:37 - let alone the metropolitan sections of Mumbai. 24:40 And so you've got these vast swaths of society 24:42 in this massive city that have no access to the truth 24:47 that we know. 24:49 And not only that, they are not able to then 24:51 to help support the church. 24:54 And so the dream is to just start small, 24:57 one or two, maybe, plant them, 25:00 give them the extra housing allowance and move them 25:03 into a section of society. 25:05 Now we've seen this work in Manila, remember that? 25:08 - Mm-hm. (Jon chuckling) 25:09 Yep, they got a apartment in an apartment high-rise, 25:14 and they were able to use the community center 25:17 of the high-rise to have meetings 25:19 and invited friends that lived next door, whatever. 25:22 And they just starting having church there. 25:24 And people started connecting with them and coming. 25:28 And they have a vibrant church now. 25:29 - Yes, and the Sabbath that we were there, 25:31 they had a baptism. 25:32 - Right, in the hot tub (Jon laughing) 25:34 without the heat on, 25:35 of course. - Yeah, I can't imagine 25:37 turning the heat on in Manila. 25:39 It's so hot already. 25:40 But so the leader of this group there in Manila 25:43 is a pastor, and I've already talked to him. 25:45 "Would you come to Mumbai to do the same kind of thing, 25:48 "to train us how to do that?" 25:50 He, "Oh, I'd love to." 25:51 He would love to. 25:52 But how do we even start? 25:54 We're not even in that section. 25:56 Anyway, so the-- - We need prayer. 25:59 - We, (laughing) yeah, this big open door. 26:03 God has given us the imagination 26:05 of seeing something that hasn't been done yet 26:07 and if we don't do it, it won't get done. 26:11 - Right, we will never know if it would have worked. 26:13 - Yeah, but if we do something and something happens, 26:21 it could change the history - One soul. 26:22 - of the church. - One soul. 26:23 - Even one soul. 26:24 - If one soul can be won, then it's worth it. 26:27 - We see sometimes we get overwhelmed 26:30 with the work that has to be done. 26:32 And sometimes this can be really overwhelming 26:34 saying, "How in the world are we gonna do all this?" 26:37 God's not asking us each to do it all. 26:42 He's asking us each to do our part. 26:45 And I'm praising God that he's kept so many opportunities 26:50 just for our generation. 26:52 He's preserved all these opportunities 26:55 that we get to be a part of it. 26:56 - Right, well thank you so much for sharing this, 26:58 stories and the pictures, today 27:01 and for giving us a bit of a challenge. 27:04 I know that this is God's plan, and he will open the doors. 27:08 - Amen. 27:09 - I would like to invite you to pray for these projects. 27:13 These are not directly Jesus for Asia projects. 27:16 These buildings are owned by the church. 27:18 But what a privilege it's been to be a part 27:21 of rebuilding this church 27:23 and providing these beautiful believers 27:25 with a place to worship God. 27:27 And what opportunities there are in the other two places 27:31 to provide, not only a place of worship, 27:33 but a center of influence, maybe a clinic 27:36 where people that have health challenges 27:38 or diabetes can come and find real solutions 27:42 from God's plan for their health. 27:45 If you would like to be a part, 27:47 you can get in touch with us at Jesus for Asia, 27:49 PO Box 1221, Collegedale, Tennessee, 37315. 27:55 Call us at 423-413-7321 27:59 or visit our website at jesus4asia.org. 28:02 Please pray for our Bible workers 28:04 until we see you next time, on Jesus for Asia Now. 28:08 (inspirational majestic music) |
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