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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000141S
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00:22 - Hello and welcome to Jesus For Asia Now. 00:24 I'm Natalie Wood and my husband John is here 00:26 with me today and we are going together to India. 00:30 Hello, love. 00:31 - Hi darling. 00:32 How are you? 00:33 - I'm looking forward to India. 00:34 - Yes. 00:35 - I miss India. 00:35 - Yes. 00:37 You haven't been there for quite a while. 00:38 - Right, right. 00:39 And we're going together today, to where in India? 00:42 - Well, this is up in the northeast part of India. 00:44 You know how India is kind of like a diamond or you know 00:48 shaped like a cone and then 00:49 on the eastern side it cruises way 00:52 up over Bangladesh and then touches Myanmar 00:56 or what used to be called Burma on the far east. 01:00 - [Natalie] Okay. 01:01 - [John] And this state is Manipur down 01:02 in the lower section of the farthest eastern part of India. 01:07 As we zoom in, we can see that Manipur is very mountainous 01:10 except for a flat plain in the center with a lake. 01:14 And if you look real close just 01:16 to the left of that brownish area 01:19 there's like a brown dot up in the mountains. 01:22 We're gonna zoom into that brown dot 01:24 and you'll see Khoupum Valley. 01:27 Keep zooming in. 01:28 And this is the valley itself. 01:30 And over on the right hand side you zoom in again. 01:34 - [Natalie] Okay. 01:35 - [John] You'll see that's the school we're going to today. 01:37 - So how did we find out 01:38 about this school and how did Jesus for Asia get involved? 01:41 - Well, our good friends, Dennis 01:42 and Judy Skandunas have been traveling 01:45 to Asia for many years now. 01:47 They were going to like a maranatha build or something 01:50 and there was a young man that they ended up talking to. 01:53 He's from Nepal and they ended up sponsoring him 01:56 through college, through Spicer University. 01:58 - Okay. 02:00 - And he found this school way over in Manipur 02:02 maybe on one of his mission trips or something. 02:05 And he fell in love with the school. 02:06 He saw this school really needed help. 02:08 It was a worthy cause. 02:09 - Mm. 02:10 - [John] So he stayed there. 02:11 - Okay. 02:12 - [John] And he took on this project all on his own. 02:15 - Wow. 02:16 - And the school was remarkable 02:17 because it had been in service for almost 50 years. 02:20 - Hmm. 02:22 - There's three churches, three Adventist churches 02:23 around that area and all the elders 02:26 from those churches had gotten together and says 02:28 we need a school to educate our kids. 02:30 - Wow. 02:32 - But over the years, there's been several schools 02:34 developed by other denominations that are very well funded. 02:38 They've got massive buildings, they've got buses to 02:40 bust the children, they've got computer labs 02:43 and all this kind of stuff. 02:44 And this little school was just barely 02:46 - Hanging on. - [John] Making it on its own. 02:48 So Dennis and Judy went to visit him at that school 02:51 and they stayed there for a long time and he kept telling us 02:54 how amazing the school was and how needy it was and just 02:58 it was just so, so close to his heart. 03:00 We see schools as long term evangelism. 03:03 - Right. 03:04 - [John] Because you come in and do an evangelistic series 03:06 and it gives a lot of information, but it doesn't have 03:09 like a lifestyle change environment. 03:13 - Right. 03:14 - A school gives an environment in which the kids 03:17 can change over the course of many years. 03:20 - Right. 03:21 - [John] And so we started praying 03:22 and thinking about it and helping it here and there and... 03:25 - So since people were already donating for the school, 03:28 Dennis and Judy were sharing about the school, 03:29 they shared about it at Faith Camp, 03:31 we decided to make it an official project 03:34 - [John] Yes. 03:35 - At Jesus Frazier. 03:36 So people can donate directly to the Manipur school. 03:39 - [John] Yeah. 03:40 - Through JFA. 03:41 - Yeah, and so we just recently sent 03:43 our video team over there. 03:45 - Right. 03:47 - And this is the video that they came back with. 03:48 - [Natalie] Okay. 03:50 - Actually I came for my vacation. 03:52 But when I came for my vacation, I see the school 03:58 which has been established since 1972. 04:02 But seeing the school condition, 04:03 I was just wondering because knowing 04:06 that Seventh-Day Adventist is not 04:08 a small organization or a church 04:11 and having a Seventh-day Adventist school 04:12 in such kind of condition, I was feeling really pity. 04:15 So I thought if we can do something. 04:19 (pensive music) 04:26 (loud school bell chiming) 04:31 (footsteps on dirt) 04:36 - In 1972, the Adventist people of Taulingpong 04:41 and Tutangsang got together 04:43 and decided that they will set up this Adventist school. 04:51 The school has suffered a lot in the past. 04:54 There were moments of tears and heartache. 04:58 Initially the school did not have a tin roof 05:01 and the walls were made of bamboo and thatched roof. 05:06 We collected the materials for the building 05:09 from a far distance in the mountain. 05:12 The hope of having a good building 05:15 in the future motivate us to work 05:18 for the school relentlessly. 05:21 We prayed in our family churches 05:24 and the school committee get together and prayed 05:27 that God will provide the help needed 05:31 for the school in the near future. 05:34 (music continues) 05:37 But sadly, most of the pioneers who work together with me, 05:42 around 20 of them had passed away. 05:46 And since then we were so worried 05:49 that the school will not continue to go on. 05:53 Since our elders and the pioneers have gone and passed away. 06:01 (yelling in foreign language) 06:06 (wooden stick pounding) 06:10 (metal tins clanking) 06:14 - Can you open this? 06:19 - I happened to come in this place. 06:22 And then actually I came for my vacation. 06:26 But when I came for my vacation 06:27 I see the school which has been established in 1972. 06:33 But seeing the school's condition 06:34 I was just wondering because the 06:36 the roof now when it was raining was dropping the rain drops 06:42 of water inside the classrooms 06:44 and there were no proper concrete floor. 06:47 So it was fully muddy. 06:48 And when the children walk in 06:49 it was like their shoes were quite thick, you know? 06:53 And then that was another challenging and 06:57 the walls were made of bamboo. 06:59 So when the wind and storm comes 07:01 children were very frightened. 07:03 So those were the conditions. 07:05 Knowing that Seventh-day Adventist 07:07 is not a small organization or a church 07:11 and having a Seventh-day Adventist school 07:12 in such kind of condition, I was feeling really pity. 07:16 So I thought if we can do something. 07:19 So that's how I landed out here. 07:23 (brooms sweeping concrete) 07:25 (indistinct conversation) 07:29 (construction noises) 07:33 (tarp rustling) 07:36 - [Camera Person] Do you know what is this for? 07:38 - Huh? 07:39 - [Camera Person] What is this for? 07:40 - For dividing the classes. 07:42 (pensive music) 07:47 - [Kagugai] Our school is fractured so bad 07:49 that even in the nearby villages 07:52 they don't send their students here. 07:54 They let their students walk around 07:57 more than 2 kilometers from their house. 08:00 But this school is right beside their house. 08:03 (children singing) 08:05 - [Gainimlu] So there is no window, no fan. 08:08 During the hot days, really it is very hot. 08:12 No fresh wind comes in. 08:15 So the children, they struggle a lot. 08:17 - [Richard] The facilities, I should say we are way behind. 08:22 They have a classrooms, but the lower class, 08:24 they don't have proper classrooms. 08:27 They have a classroom who is clustered 08:31 and compact and no proper place for washing hands. 08:35 No proper place for hygiene practices. 08:39 (music continues) 08:45 (bugs chittering and birds chirping) 08:51 (water splashing) 08:55 - [Andy] I live in Numba and the place is, from here 08:59 it's about 47 kilometers from here. 09:03 Around one and a half hour 09:05 in the roads in the hilly place, the road is not good. 09:08 So it takes time. 09:11 When I first came, it was hard. 09:13 And I was sleeping on three step bed. 09:18 When it was hot it was very hard to manage, 09:21 you know, one bed. 09:22 Both of us sleep together. 09:25 - [Pasang] You know, after the request of parents, 09:28 we even put in one bed, two student, 09:31 so it was like 80 student, like 40. 09:34 But some of the parents start complaining 09:37 because it was a Covid time. 09:39 You know, people 09:40 the whole world is asking us to maintain distance. 09:42 And whereas we make them sleep together and you know 09:45 there was a crisis. 09:46 So the 80, we have to put it down into 40 again. 09:49 So that was another big challenge that we had. 09:52 So if that moment, if we had enough room, 09:55 I think that all the, it could have been here. 10:03 - [Richard] And staff rooms, 10:05 we don't have a proper drinking water. 10:09 We have to carry our own bottle 10:10 which will finish in hot days. 10:12 And it's not enough. 10:14 - When there is electricity, we pump water from the river 10:17 the same river where we take bath. 10:19 And if there is no electricity 10:21 we request all the 40 student to go with each bucket. 10:26 And then they carry one, one bucket and they 10:28 they drop it to eat. 10:29 And this water, we try as much as to boil. 10:33 We use fire root here 10:34 and we try to boil it and give them the water. 10:37 So that's the only option we are doing. 10:40 - [Andy] The water is not clean. 10:41 We used to drink when it's sunny, when we get thirsty 10:45 nobody cares that when the water is there we just drink it. 10:49 Whether it's pure, whether it's not pure. 10:51 So because of that some, some of the students get sick. 10:56 (children singing) 11:02 (clapping) 11:05 (hammering) 11:09 - [Richard] We don't have a place 11:11 to keep our things. 11:15 The teachers' room. 11:17 It keeps on shifting from one place 11:18 to another place depending on the situation. 11:22 - [Gainimlu] Also we don't have separate toilets. 11:24 We are using the same toilets as the children. 11:26 Sometimes we go to the toilets, and they are full. 11:28 Sometimes students are running inside also. 11:31 I think separate toilets are also necessary 11:34 for the school, for the staff. 11:36 - [Richard] The lower class will have to use the same bins 11:38 for the dining room, for the hostellers. 11:40 And then they, then they have to bring back 11:42 wipe it off with clothes 11:44 and use the same dining table for the classrooms. 11:48 - [Gainimlu] Because the hostellers they didn't have 11:50 dining room, so they used to come and have 11:52 food here in the morning. 11:54 Then when I come, things are not there 11:55 because the benches are not available. 11:57 After they finish their breakfast, 11:59 I have to take the benches and arrange 12:01 for the classroom every day. 12:02 Almost every day, I arrange them. 12:04 (indistinct conversation) 12:06 (chopping on wood) 12:09 (metal tray clanking) 12:11 - [Pasang] This is our hostel cafeteria 12:13 for both boys and girls 12:15 which we use our girls' veranda as a cafeteria. 12:20 To sit and eat, 12:22 it's not really a normal out here, 12:25 but since we don't have any benches or table for them to eat 12:28 so we are making them to eat this way. 12:30 We serve mostly Dahl. 12:33 And then with some green leaves 12:36 since we can't afford much best food. 12:38 So that's the simplest food we could give them. 12:42 (soft laughter) 12:46 - [Kagugai] Because of the funds, 12:48 our school doesn't have any things for that so 12:51 mostly we teach verbally 12:52 only through teaching through theory. 12:54 So we hardly get to this practical. 12:57 Even I, 12:59 I even sacrifice my salary 13:00 to buy all these practical things. 13:02 - There is no other resources for the school. 13:04 But for the teachers, if the parents pay, parents pay 13:07 then we got our salaries. 13:09 We get a salary. 13:10 If they don't pay, then we have to wait for them. 13:12 - [Kagugai] Even me, I have a lot of work to do at home. 13:15 Like , during free time, I run for my farm. 13:19 The orange farm. 13:20 And I did some... 13:21 There, from there we get some income. 13:23 So we manage with that. 13:25 - [Gainimlu] We have soil cultivation. 13:26 And we have some small garden, we have some farm. 13:29 So from there, we get vegetables. 13:32 And food we get from the paddy field. 13:34 - [Richard] Of course we are getting a lot of pay 13:37 outside of Manipur, outside different places. 13:40 But here I'm getting just a small amount 13:43 with 6,000 to 7,000 maybe. 13:46 We have a better opportunity even till now and then 13:53 like calling from different places. 13:54 We need a music teacher, we're gonna pay you 50,000 13:56 in a month and all those offers are there. 13:58 But I have a duty 14:01 which I should do for our own church and 14:04 for our own people and for my own people. 14:06 So I said no to those offers. 14:10 And then I'm here for whatever amount. 14:15 - [Pasang] Teachers are sacrificing only 14:16 with 50 to hundred dollars a month. 14:19 And knowing that our school has a very less income 14:24 and the teachers are not getting the salary on time. 14:27 So you know, there comes a time we find very hard 14:31 for our parents to convince them to pay their dues 14:34 or their fees every month. 14:36 And then when the teachers, you know 14:37 come and tell because they come and ask, 14:40 Sir, we have no option then to ask the money from you. 14:45 But again, I have no resource, no income for the school. 14:48 So like, you know, all those challenges were there. 14:54 - If we have to compare it in terms 14:55 of money and in terms of value, I would say it is very 15:00 very hard to keep us ourselves motivated 15:03 for this small amount of money that we have to sacrifice 15:06 to the whole day, the whole month, the whole year. 15:11 But knowing that this is the only school 15:15 and this is the first school 15:19 from this whole area, Khoupum area. 15:21 And knowing that it is an Adventist school 15:23 and I'm an Adventist 15:25 so I want this school to keep on going. 15:28 So with whatever I can, I want the school to keep on going. 15:34 Okay. 15:36 - [Andy] I came to know, yes, 15:37 this is the best school which we 15:39 can learn a good thing, discipline, whatever we need. 15:44 This is a place which we can get. 15:47 - [Pasang] When I see that the children's smile 15:50 when they come in 15:52 and walk in, you know, and then knowing 15:54 if I stopped ,where these children will go? 15:59 And this is the only Adventist school 16:02 and me being, becoming an Adventist true school. 16:06 And if I have to give up or 16:09 if I have to stop and seeing those children again, 16:13 I should never do that because those children were lost. 16:17 They were lost. 16:20 - [Kagugai] If our school condition was good, 16:21 at least they would have the mind 16:23 that they could send their children to this school. 16:25 So I want, for my side, as the teacher, 16:28 I want the sponsors to help us 16:31 complete this building as soon as possible. 16:33 That's what I want. 16:35 - [Gainimlu] All these things are available, then the school 16:36 will automatically will rise up. 16:39 As more students will also be coming. 16:43 - [Richard] I want all the children to be successful. 16:45 I don't want any of them to be left behind. 16:47 They, they should find value or a place in the society. 16:53 So we try as much as possible for whatever we learn 16:56 and whatever we know we want the kids to learn. 17:03 - [Gaichalung] I am getting old. 17:04 and my years are increasing day by day. 17:08 I do not know when I will die, 17:11 but it is in God's hand. 17:16 And my last hope and wish is that 17:20 before I die, I want to see the completion of this school 17:27 with all my grandchildren and great grandchildren 17:31 happily attending their new school. 17:35 This is my final wish. 17:37 (emotional music begins playing) 18:09 (music fades) 18:12 - What do you think we should do? 18:14 (soft chuckling) 18:15 - Keep going. 18:16 - [John] Mm. 18:16 - So they have finished two 18:18 of the classrooms that they were talking about. 18:20 - Yes. 18:20 - And they're working on... 18:22 - [John] Four more. 18:23 Pasang's vision is to have a large building that's 18:27 like 28 classrooms. 18:29 - Right. 18:30 - With teachers' lounges and offices 18:34 and computer labs and all the rest. 18:37 He wants a full blown school similar 18:40 to the other ones that are in the area. 18:42 - Mm-hmm. 18:44 - [John] Somebody donated some funds 18:45 and we started building two 18:48 and they've got those two done and got another four 18:55 in process because that's the first floor of one wing. 18:57 - Okay. 18:58 - With a hallway in 18:59 between two wings and then go up like five floors. 19:02 - Okay. 19:03 - [John] So we've got pictures of them building. 19:05 This is one of the first classrooms that they have. 19:07 Look at the difference between that and where they've been. 19:10 - [Natalie] Yeah. 19:11 - [John] To build these buildings. 19:12 It's not just hired construction workers when 19:16 the funds are really lacking and they wanna move forward, 19:19 'cause this foundation was sitting waiting to be built 19:23 for months and months and months. 19:25 And so the kids got out there 19:28 and they started doing what they could do. 19:30 Digging and leveling and breaking 19:32 up rock and putting that in there. 19:34 - [Natalie] Yeah. 19:35 - [John] And then when the funds came, they bought cement. 19:37 Now the cement, the wood, all these things they have 19:41 it has to be hauled for like three hours up 19:44 really steep mountains and down in steep ravines. 19:47 And so it's not an easy task when we say, Hey 19:50 can you just pick up a load of, a load of cement? 19:53 - It's not the little cement truck that comes 19:54 out or the big cement truck? 19:56 - No. 19:57 They bring the sand 19:58 and they bring the gravel and the cement. 20:01 - [Natalie] And, and they, they mix it themselves. 20:02 - [John] And they have a mixer there. 20:05 - [Natalie] Yeah. - [John] But it's the kids. 20:05 - [Natalie] The mixer. 20:07 I love that it says Jesus For Asia on the side. 20:08 - [John] Yeah. 20:10 - [Natalie] Cause he bought it with donations. 20:11 - We've got a little quick video that Pasang took 20:14 on his phone. 20:15 This is a shot of the work on the ground. 20:17 This is taken from the roof of the first floor. 20:20 You can just see they're all actively busy together 20:22 and moving sand from one spot 20:24 to the next and carrying buckets of stuff away. 20:27 And there he is making cement 20:28 and dumping the cement out on the ground. 20:30 And then they'll come with the buckets 20:32 and pick that up and carry it to the top of the building. 20:34 And the next video we have, Pasang is going down. 20:37 They've got a, they built a bamboo ramp 20:39 up to the top of the 20:41 of the building because they have to put the roof in. 20:44 - [Natalie] Mm. 20:45 - [John] Okay, the roof for the first floor 20:46 which is the floor for the second floor. 20:48 So this is how the school's getting built. 20:50 - [Natalie] Awesome. 20:52 - [John] You can see all those bamboo posts holding 20:53 up the frames to pour the cement in. 20:56 - [Natalie] Okay. 20:58 - [John] Everything is completely manual. 20:59 - [Natalie] You know, 21:00 the fact that it was started by the elders 21:02 - Mm. 21:03 - [Natalie] You know, 21:04 they were significantly younger 50 years ago. 21:07 - Yeah. 21:08 - [Natalie] When they started this school. 21:08 - [John] Yeah. 21:10 - You know, and the one man was saying, you know 21:11 at least 20 have died. 21:13 - [John] Yeah. 21:14 - It's just, it's just like, oh man. 21:15 - [John] Yeah. 21:17 - You know, and they never got to see the school 21:18 become what they dreamed it could be. 21:20 - Right. 21:21 - [Natalie] And you know, the fact that some 21:22 of the parents that live right there send their kids 21:25 to other schools because they have better opportunities. 21:27 - Mm-hmm. 21:28 It's really sad. 21:29 - But then the one young man was saying he came here 21:32 because he heard it was a good school, 21:33 he could get what he needed. 21:35 - Yeah. 21:36 - I think God is blessing, in spite of the circumstances. 21:38 - [John] Right. 21:40 People know that this school has better quality as far 21:42 as character development. 21:44 And so people do come 21:45 to the school for those reasons, but it's limited. 21:48 They're turning away kids. - [Natalie] Right. 21:50 - [John] That want to come to 21:51 the school and are not able to. 21:52 - [Natalie] Yeah. 21:54 - They don't have enough classrooms, 21:55 they don't have enough dormitory rooms, 21:57 they just don't have enough facilities. 21:58 - They didn't have a cafeteria room. 22:00 - Yeah. 22:01 - Now I wanted to explain, 22:02 because he didn't explain it very much in the video, 22:04 - [John] Uh-huh. 22:05 - But in that area it is extremely improper 22:07 for them to eat sitting on the floor. 22:09 In many other areas, 22:11 that's not the it's case. - That's perfectly fine. 22:12 - But in that area it's extremely not right. 22:16 - [John] Yes. 22:18 - For them to be sitting on the floor and eating. 22:19 - [John] Yes. - And this is one 22:20 of the reasons that they have such urgency 22:22 that this school needs to be better 22:24 and it needs to be better now because these kids, you know 22:27 they're not being treated properly by the school. 22:29 - [John] Yeah. 22:30 - According to the beliefs of their parents 22:31 and grandparents. 22:32 - Correct. 22:33 And so when we add these classrooms in 22:34 then that takes the weight off 22:37 of those rooms that can then be converted 22:38 into a dining room and 22:41 and all the other things that, that is needed. 22:43 Also, dormitory rooms that, that more kids can come 22:46 and be a part of the school. 22:47 - [Natalie] Right. 22:48 They believe very strongly. 22:50 And they've seen that if they have a good school 22:53 then the parents will pay. 22:54 - [John] Right. 22:56 - And then the teachers will be able to be paid more. 22:57 - Right. 22:58 - So there's so much heart there. 22:59 - [John] Yes. 23:00 - I mean, you see that in all of them. 23:01 They're, they're sacrificing. 23:02 - [John] Oh yeah. 23:04 - You know, even from the little that they do get 23:05 - [John] Uh-huh. 23:06 - They're sacrificing to buy materials 23:08 for the kids to learn with. 23:09 - Materials like books, pens, paper. 23:13 - [Natalie] Yeah. 23:14 - Those basic, you know, textbooks and things 23:15 like that that they, you, you just take for granted. 23:17 - You have to have for school. 23:18 - [John] You have to have, yeah. 23:19 Now he has a vision for growing this school. 23:22 - Right. 23:23 - And also like a bus that he can go and pick up kids. 23:26 Now these kids walk like one to two, to three to four 23:29 or five kilometers away. 23:31 And when it's raining they get there. 23:32 They're all muddy and wet and cold. 23:34 - Right. 23:36 - They just recently did an evangelistic series where 23:37 the whole school went out about three hours drive 23:40 to another village. 23:41 - Oh, wonderful. 23:42 - And the town said, please come back anytime. 23:44 We'd love to have you back. 23:45 - So beyond the growth of the school, 23:48 beyond what the school will be doing, you know 23:51 physically as far as facilities, 23:53 - Mm-hmm. 23:54 - The fact that it will be there 23:55 and it will be raising young people 23:57 and teaching them to do outreach. 23:59 - [John] Yes. 24:00 - And I think we're gonna get some Bible workers 24:01 out of this. 24:02 - Oh, absolutely. 24:03 Some really good ones. 24:04 - Yeah. 24:05 We do have a few Bible workers now in Manipur. 24:06 - [John] Yes. 24:07 Now what's unique 24:08 about this project is that there's already something there. 24:11 - [Natalie] Right. 24:12 - There's a state right next to Manipur called Tripura. 24:15 - Right. 24:15 - In which there is no school 24:18 - [Natalie] Mm. 24:19 - But there is a young man just like Brother Pasang. 24:22 There's a young man named Gabriel. 24:24 - Okay. 24:25 - We've been in connection with him through a good friend 24:28 of yours that you knew when you were a child. 24:30 - Yep. 24:31 - In Texas. 24:32 - One of my mom's good friends. 24:33 - [John] Yeah. 24:34 - In Nebraska. 24:35 - And so his dream is to see a boarding academy set 24:38 up in his state. 24:39 - Wow. 24:40 - [John] It'll be the first one. 24:41 And there's such poverty there. 24:42 So much, so much ignorance, you know, very low education. 24:47 And there's a lot of refugees coming in from other states. 24:51 And so his desire, so he's found land and he wants 24:56 he's ready to purchase the land 24:58 and it's just a matter of, of starting it. 25:00 But there's nothing to show. 25:02 - Right. 25:03 - [John] You know, we don't have anything to show 25:04 on video about this project. 25:06 It's just an idea. 25:07 - Right. 25:08 - Sight unseen. 25:09 It's like a step of faith. 25:10 - [Natalie] Yeah. 25:11 - You know, we've been working with him 25:12 for over a year trying to find the land. 25:14 They've got totally different measurement of 25:16 of property size. 25:17 - [Natalie] Right. 25:18 - We have acres. 25:19 In other countries they have hectares. 25:21 In, in Thailand we've learned about the 25:24 - Rye. 25:25 - [John] The rye. 25:26 Yeah, in South India they have scents 25:28 which is like a one scent is 100th of one acre. 25:31 - Right. 25:32 - [John] And then here they have a totally 25:33 different measurement that we had to figure 25:34 out what that was. 25:35 - Right. 25:36 And you can't remember the name of it. 25:36 - No. 25:38 So there's, there's a lot of confusion 25:40 and takes time to figure out what that is. 25:42 But they are ready to move forward in, in, in 25:44 on a piece of land that's gonna provide them a foothold 25:46 in that state and it's gonna provide them the basis 25:50 of the work for the future. 25:52 - [Natalie] Right. 25:53 - You know, schooling is so important. 25:55 - [Natalie] Right. 25:56 - In the establishment of, of the church in new areas. 25:59 - And one great thing with both of these young men 26:01 is they're working with the conference leadership. 26:03 - Yes. 26:05 - We're sending funds through the conference in that area 26:07 of the church. 26:08 And so it's really great that they're working with them. 26:11 They're in this, in Tripura, 26:13 they're helping him look for land. 26:15 - [John] Right. 26:16 - You know, giving advice, looking for people 26:17 that can give good advice for the area that they're in. 26:19 - [John] Correct. - All these kinds of things. 26:21 And it's wonderful. - [John] Yes. 26:22 - That these young men are helping with the church. 26:26 - [John] Yes. 26:28 - You know, working together so closely with the church. 26:28 - Absolutely. 26:30 And when we buy that property, it'll be in the name 26:31 of the church. 26:32 - [Natalie] Right. 26:33 - It won't be in the name of an individual. 26:34 - [Natalie] Right. 26:35 - It'll be held by the church. 26:37 So it's, it's something that I think needs to be done. 26:39 - [Natalie] Right. 26:40 - Yeah. 26:42 For the gospels sake and for, for the growth of the kingdom 26:43 and for the future. 26:45 You know, a lot of people say, well why are 26:47 we building schools? 26:48 We're so close to the end of time. 26:49 - But what if that school reaches 26:52 one more before the end of time? 26:54 - Mm. 26:55 - Is it worth it? 26:56 - Yeah, for one soul. 26:57 - And Lord willing, there will be a lot more than one. 26:59 - Yeah. 26:59 And the thing is that, you know 27:01 I believe Jesus is coming very soon. 27:03 We don't have much time at all 27:04 but we don't know what, when that is. 27:07 We honestly don't know when that is. 27:09 And so we have to keep building these schools, 27:12 building churches, building, you know 27:14 sponsoring Bible workers until we can't do it anymore. 27:18 - Right. 27:19 - And we can still do it. 27:20 - [Natalie] Right. 27:21 - So let's do it now. 27:22 And you know, even if it's a couple years, 27:24 there's gonna be some baptisms, 27:25 there's gonna be some hearts turned to Christ. 27:27 There's gonna be some 27:28 some kids that know about Jesus that didn't know before. 27:31 - Right. 27:32 - And that's worth it. 27:33 - The witness and the testimony, yeah. 27:34 - Yes. 27:35 Absolutely. 27:36 So that's exciting. 27:37 - Yep. 27:38 - Yeah, so pray for Tripura. 27:39 - Yeah. 27:40 And Manipur. 27:41 - And Manipur. 27:42 - If you would like to support either of these schools 27:45 in Manipur or Tripura in India, please contact us 27:48 at Jesus for Asia PO Box 1, 2, 2, 1, 27:52 Collegedale, Tennessee three seven three one five. 27:56 Call us at (423) 413-7321 28:00 or visit our website at jesusforasia.org. 28:04 May God richly bless you 28:05 until we see you next time on Jesus for Asia now. 28:09 (inspirational music begins) 28:28 (music fades) |
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