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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000157S
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00:21 - Hello, and welcome to "Jesus for Asia Now." 00:24 I'm Natalie Wood, and my husband, Jon, is joining me today 00:27 as we go back to Assam in Northeast India. 00:30 Hello, love. 00:31 - Hi darling. How are you? 00:32 - I'm doing okay. - Awesome. 00:34 - So as we start our visit this time, 00:37 let's look at what it's like there in Northeast India. 00:40 - It's a beautiful area. 00:41 As you can see, we've got tea plantations, 00:43 big beautiful trees, very tropical. 00:46 Then this is just Guwahati, the capital city. 00:49 This is evening time, after sundown, of course. 00:52 In that part of the world is very consistent 00:54 between 5:30 and 6:30 throughout the whole year. 00:58 And so this is my first time there. 01:01 - Okay. 01:02 - One of our donors had specified specifically 01:05 literature for Bible workers so that Bible workers 01:09 could take the literature out. 01:10 In the Assam section headquarters, 01:12 we loaded them up with all these books, 01:17 and it was really interesting to see 01:19 how they strapped 'em all together. 01:21 And then they carried these things 01:23 to the local tuk-tuks, or auto rickshaws, 01:27 and then they had to take 'em to the bus, 01:29 and then take 'em to, 01:31 some of 'em had 15, 16 hours travel ahead of them. 01:35 - Wow. - But they were so happy 01:36 to be able to take those books out. 01:39 This group was actually asking for a projector. 01:44 - Hmm. - And they showed me 01:45 the pictures of some of the evangelistic series 01:48 they were doing. 01:49 - Hmm. - And you can see 01:50 that all this is temporary shelters 01:53 for the evangelistic series and how much interest they have. 01:57 They're showing us how they used a projector 01:59 and a laptop to really show a lot of people, 02:03 hold the attention of a large crowd. 02:05 This one, they had rain hit them 02:08 during the evangelistic series, 02:09 so instead of canceling and waiting for better weather, 02:12 they all just brought out their umbrellas. 02:14 (Natalie chuckles) That's one of the reasons 02:15 I love our Bible workers, is to see their tenaciousness, 02:19 their love for Christ, and their willingness 02:23 to sacrifice all for the Gospel. 02:25 And it just inspires me to think about 02:29 what it was like in Christ's day or shortly after, 02:32 when the disciples were taking the Gospel 02:33 to the whole world, what kind of fire and zeal they had 02:38 for the Gospel, and we get to see a little bit of that here 02:40 with our Bible workers. 02:41 - It's such a privilege to be of service to them. 02:44 - Yeah, and that's exactly how I see it, 02:46 is that we're serving them, 02:48 that they can be enabled to go to places 02:51 that I would never go in my lifetime. 02:54 - So you mentioned Guwahati is the capital city of Assam. 02:57 That's where the church headquarters is located. 02:59 - Correct. - You said that in part one? 03:01 - Yes. - Now how many people 03:02 live in Assam? 03:04 - Yeah, depending on who you talk to, 03:05 somewhere between 31 and 35 million, 03:08 so average 33 million people. 03:11 And we have 32 Bible workers, 03:15 so one Bible worker per million people. 03:18 - Wow. (Jon chuckling) 03:19 That's not enough (chuckling). 03:21 - Yes, exactly. 03:23 We need more Bible workers, more training, more schools. 03:27 - So how many churches are there in Assam, do you know? 03:29 - There's about 18 churches in Assam, 03:32 serving 6,000 members, 03:37 and so I think there's a need for more church buildings. 03:41 - Okay, the director of the church in this area shared 03:43 with us that there are seven ordained pastors 03:46 in this whole area. 03:48 So seven ordained pastors, 32 JFA Bible workers, 03:52 some other Bible workers from other organizations. 03:55 So there are not enough workers for this area. 03:57 - We know what we need to do next. 03:59 This is what God is doing and moving, 04:01 is we need a media center. 04:02 - Hmm. - So that people, 04:05 even in the poor areas, a lot of them walk around 04:08 with their faces buried in the phone. 04:10 - Hmm. - But we need 04:11 to start producing media with the truth. 04:13 - In their languages. 04:15 - In their language, by their people, 04:17 so that it can go beyond the numbers, 04:21 but not replace the on-the-ground Bible worker. 04:25 - Right, right. 04:27 - Like we have in South India, 04:28 where we have the Bible workers are the ones 04:31 that then come to or respond to the calls 04:35 that come in from people seeing the television. 04:38 - Right, right. - Yeah. 04:39 - Yeah, definitely needed. 04:41 - Yeah, yeah, so, and I see God moving this direction. 04:44 - That's why we pray. 04:46 We talk a lot about prayer, Jesus for Asia, 04:48 and we do a lot of praying at Jesus for Asia 04:50 because we want God to be in charge. 04:53 - Yes. - Because he is efficient. 04:55 His work is effective when he is in charge. 04:58 - Absolutely. - When he's the one 04:59 opening the opportunities, 05:00 when he's the one leading his people. 05:02 As we promised in part one of this, 05:04 we have another testimony or series of testimonies 05:08 from another Bible worker. 05:09 - Awesome. 05:10 (gentle music) 05:17 (speaking in foreign language) 05:22 - [Translator] I'm a born Adventist, and here in this place, 05:27 my father and my uncle were the first Adventist. 05:29 (well squeaking) 05:30 And as I grew up, my parents, 05:34 they came to a place and then they have, 05:37 they had bought a land, 05:38 and they were cultivating in the piece of land. 05:42 (speaking in foreign language) 05:44 I have four brothers and three sisters, 05:47 and I'm the third one among my brothers. 05:50 And one day in the field 05:52 that my parents (rooster crowing) 05:54 were cultivating, my elder brother, 05:57 he went in the field and he took the bulls 06:00 and the day was quite past already. 06:02 (rooster crowing) 06:03 And then as he was returning, then I asked him, 06:08 "It's already quite late. 06:11 Why do you want to 06:12 (rooster crowing) still do the plowing?" 06:14 I was kind of upset with him. 06:16 Then he told me that "I think you are reading less Bible, 06:20 and because of that, you are trying 06:22 to say those things to me." 06:23 So because of that, I started to read my Bible, 06:26 and I started to learn the Bible. 06:29 (gentle music) 06:34 (speaking in foreign language) 06:37 Some people from JLT Church, 06:40 they came over as I was working there, 06:43 and then I talked to them from the Bible. 06:45 And I quoted so many Bible verses, 06:47 and they started to be surprised 06:49 that I have so much of knowledge about the Bible. 06:53 And then because of that, they then invited me 06:56 to come to their homes so that I can speak more. 06:59 So I started to visit that house, and as I talked to them 07:03 from the Bible, (rooster crowing) 07:05 they're very happy, and they realized that, 07:07 yeah, I have so much knowledge about the Bible. 07:10 And later on, even more people started to invite me, 07:14 and I started going to more people. 07:16 I talked to them about how we should live, about the health 07:19 and about some of the Bible truth 07:21 that we had been talk about. 07:23 And then later on, (birds chirping) 07:26 there were other Adventists 07:28 who were going for Amazing Facts training. 07:31 So I was also asked, "Would you like to be part of that?" 07:33 Then I said, "Okay, yeah, I would like to try that one." 07:37 And so I went for the training, 07:39 and once the training was completed, 07:41 then I was not knowing that Sir Israel Prasad 07:46 would be around there, and he was there, and he asked me, 07:50 "how many of you would like to be an evangelist?" 07:53 I was already planning for that, 07:56 and so I couldn't stop myself. 07:57 Then I say, "Yeah, I would like to." 08:00 So as I started my ministry for the first, 08:04 there were around nine people whom I could prepare. 08:07 And then a pastor from Assam, Pastor Jonas Hembrom, 08:11 he came over, and then nine were baptized. 08:14 And then in that way, I started to do my ministry 08:17 as a JFA Bible worker. 08:19 I continued to do my ministry, 08:21 and then there were others joining the church 08:25 'cause of the ministry. 08:26 And from among those who came to the faith, 08:29 now there are a few of them who are working 08:32 in Oriental Publishing House in Pune. 08:34 And so, yeah, I'm happy about that one. 08:37 Even now, there are around five of them 08:39 who are thinking to take baptism. 08:42 In fact, once a pastor is ready who can come over, 08:46 then we are thinking to conduct a baptismal service. 08:50 And there are others with whom I'm studying the Bible, 08:54 and they're very good. 08:57 When I go to them, when I want to talk to them 08:59 about the Bible, they cooperate, they listen to me, 09:03 and they never reject anything. 09:07 And I hope that one day 09:08 the Holy Spirit will work in their life, 09:09 and they will commit their lives to Jesus Christ. 09:12 And then there are two other villages 09:14 where I am going and visiting the people. 09:18 I have given some health magazines 09:20 and other Adventist literatures. 09:24 And we are doing our best, 09:26 and we do go to them, and then we share to them. 09:29 I believe even these people will be helped by the God 09:33 to accept the truth. 09:34 (gentle music) 09:38 - Yeah, I think in the beginning of his testimony, 09:41 he was saying that he lost his temper, 09:43 and his brother says, "I think you lost your temper 09:45 because you're not reading the Bible." 09:47 And then he started reading the Bible more intensely, 09:50 and he learned a lot about it. 09:51 And then when others came to talk to him about the Bible, 09:54 he knew a lot about it, and they were impressed. 09:56 - Yeah, God started embedding a heart of ministry 09:59 in him very quickly. 10:01 - Right. - It seems like. 10:02 - Yeah, so now he's an effective Bible worker. 10:05 - Right. - And you notice 10:06 how he also incorporates the health message in there also. 10:09 - Mm-hmm. - And so the health message 10:11 is the right arm of the Gospel. 10:13 And so with very little training, just some brochures 10:16 and what he reads in the Bible and stuff, 10:19 he's moving forward with great efficiency. 10:22 You notice also that we didn't have 10:24 to buy him a airplane ticket to get there. 10:27 - That's one of the things that's such a blessing 10:28 about our national Bible workers. 10:29 - Yes. - Because they're from there, 10:32 and so it's not like they're gonna be 10:34 culturally insensitive or, unintentionally, 10:37 completely, totally offensive. 10:38 (Jon chuckling) You know? 10:40 Like we might be without meaning to, 10:42 but, anyway, it's a huge blessing to enable them. 10:46 - Ah, absolutely. Yeah. 10:48 - So we have more of his testimony. 10:50 - Okay. 10:51 (bright music) 10:52 (singing in foreign language) 10:59 - [Translator] One day a person happened to meet me, 11:01 and then he was into networking business, 11:03 so he started to talk to me about that networking business. 11:08 Then he requested me if we could go to Guwahati, 11:11 so I thought, "Okay, if I just accompany him, 11:15 maybe there will opportunity to talk to him about Christ." 11:18 So I just went along with him. 11:20 While returning, right there in the bus itself, 11:23 during our journey, I started talk to him from the Bible 11:26 and about Jesus. 11:28 Then at that time, he didn't say anything to me, 11:31 and then after that, we departed from one another. 11:35 Then meanwhile, I went to another place called Dimapur. 11:40 And then we were making a house there, 11:43 and I took some pictures and uploaded them on the Facebook. 11:47 And then he was my Facebook friend. 11:50 Then he commented there in my Facebook page, 11:54 "Can you give me your number?" 11:55 Yeah, when I get him the number, 11:58 and he contacted me if I can go and meet them. 12:02 So when I return, yeah, I went to him, 12:05 and then I saw that he developed some kind 12:09 of skin disease, which he started to have itch. 12:13 Then he asked me to pray for him. 12:15 So I thought instead of just leaving them, 12:19 why not plan to have fellowship here with them? 12:21 So I started to go there, 12:24 and then we started some kind 12:26 of a fellowship prayer together. 12:28 (gentle music) 12:32 (speaking in foreign language) 12:35 Now in the town called Tezpur, 12:38 we have a small gathering there. 12:41 These are mostly Hindus, 12:42 (roosters crowing) 12:44 and they have not started worshiping on Sabbath 12:46 because since they have their own business. 12:49 Most of them are shopkeepers. 12:50 So Sundays, when they have free time. 12:53 In the evening hours, we gather. 12:55 There are 14 of us are meeting even in that place. 12:58 (speaking in foreign language) 12:59 (uplifting music) 13:04 I had a wish to study in Adventist school, 13:07 but then I think we did not have 13:11 proper Adventist school in Assam. 13:12 so the wish that I had to study 13:15 in Adventist school was not fulfilled. 13:17 And because of that, 13:18 I thought that we should (singing in foreign language) 13:20 probably be having a school here of our own, 13:22 so I started talk to our church members 13:25 here in the local church, and then there were some 13:29 who came up to do this plan to have a school. 13:33 Then we started a school, 13:35 and then I started to visit people. 13:39 In that way, I met Habil Kerketta, 13:42 and then he sent his children in our school. 13:45 Then when I would visit to their house, 13:50 whenever they give me water or some hot drink or biscuits, 13:53 I would pray for them. 13:55 And as he observed me doing those things, 14:00 he asked me to stay back more with them and talk to them. 14:04 Then I talk to them about the Bible. 14:07 In fact, when I talk to them, 14:08 they didn't feel uneasy or anything. 14:10 They were so interested to learn more and more. 14:13 And even though I would talk to them very long, 14:17 they wouldn't get bored and anything, 14:19 but they would just listen whatever I would share to them. 14:23 This Habil Kerketta is a Catholic, 14:28 and his wife is from GL Church. 14:32 And so she's observing us, and she feels that this church, 14:35 the Adventist Church, should be the true church of God. 14:38 (gentle music) 14:48 - I'm really inspired by his starting a school. 14:51 That's one of the most effective ways, 14:54 long-term evangelism, to establishing a church, 14:57 to establishing believers, 14:59 that the children learn all day long 15:02 and not just in the evening or at a visit. 15:05 They're there, and they can learn all day long 15:07 for years on end and really establish the work, so. 15:11 - Yeah, just inspiring. 15:13 - Mm. - To see how he's just like, 15:17 "I go wherever, and this guy wanted to go to Guwahati, 15:21 so I went along hoping maybe I could tell him about Christ." 15:24 How many times do we go out of our way like that 15:26 for somebody just on the off chance 15:29 that they will let us speak to them about Christ, 15:31 that God will open that door for those divine appointments? 15:35 It's beautiful 15:37 to see that, yeah. - Very inspiring. 15:38 - To see that. - Yeah, absolutely. 15:39 - Well, we do have another video 15:41 with some more of the stories. 15:42 - [Jon] Awesome. 15:43 (gentle music) 15:50 - Samra Baraik was my childhood friend 15:52 when I was growing up as a boy. 15:55 So Samra Baraik was our neighbor's son. 16:00 And then we grew up together. 16:02 And, yeah, we were around the tea garden, 16:08 and we were staying the tea garden quarter 16:09 because we, my family, worked in tea garden. 16:13 And then as we grew together, 16:17 there was a time that we were told that the children 16:21 should not take hold of betal nut 16:24 and not to take those things 16:26 which are harmful for the health. 16:28 And even this friend (singing in foreign language) 16:31 who belongs to Hindu family, 16:33 he grew up that in that lifestyle. 16:35 He did not do the things 16:37 that Adventists wouldn't usually do as well, 16:40 but as the time passed by, 16:42 we moved to different place, and it was quite long 16:45 that we were separated from one another. 16:48 And then later on in 2015, 16:52 my family came back to this place, 16:54 and I have built my house here. 16:56 And then as we started to meet again, 17:01 then we were getting along with one another. 17:03 And then he started to observe my family, 17:06 our lifestyle at home. 17:07 He found that many of our friends 17:12 were contracting different health issues. 17:16 Some would have diabetes and other things. 17:18 They were actually having health issues and problems, 17:21 but whereas my family, we did not have health issues. 17:26 So my friend, he thought that, 17:29 "It's good to follow this lifestyle, 17:31 and I want my children as well (singing in foreign language) 17:33 to be healthy and safe," 17:35 so they started to be with us together. 17:38 (gentle music) 17:42 But then his wife was from Catholic church, 17:46 and so she would not like her husband 17:49 to become an Adventist. 17:51 So because of that, we had some challenge. 17:54 He was ready to accept the Adventist faith, 17:57 but then even then, she was insisting 18:00 that her husband shouldn't be an Adventist. 18:04 And then in that way, things got prolonged, 18:09 and at the same time, 18:11 the family members were also not happy with Samra Baraik. 18:15 They were in fact scolding him. 18:17 And then when his wife happened to notice 18:20 that he was being scolded for thinking 18:22 about the Adventist Church, she felt bad for her husband. 18:26 She somehow thought that, 18:28 "No, I should probably protect my husband. 18:31 I should be with him." 18:33 And in that way, they started to be together, 18:36 and they started to come to church, 18:38 but then there were others 18:42 who wanted to bring problem to them. 18:44 And in fact, one day when they were going to church 18:46 on Sabbath day, some of them were there waiting in the field 18:50 so that probably they can harm them. 18:53 That was their thought. 18:55 Then interestingly, or very sadly, we should say, 18:59 that the ones who wanted to bring harm to this family, 19:03 he suddenly happened to pass away. 19:05 And then another auntie was there 19:09 who was also trying to say so many things to them 19:14 and trying to scold them that, 19:16 "Yeah, what you are trying to do is not good." 19:19 And even this auntie also passed away suddenly. 19:23 So because of that, 19:25 now they're not having much problem 19:28 to come to church. (singing in foreign language) 19:29 They can come freely now there. 19:30 Even though they're not baptized, but they're in the church. 19:33 (gentle music) (speaking in foreign language) 19:36 (speaking in foreign language) 19:38 I want to thank Jesus for Asia Ministry. 19:41 If it was not for Jesus for Asia 19:43 and the sponsorship that we are getting, 19:47 probably it would've been quite difficult 19:49 for us to continue with the ministry 19:51 that we were able to do. 19:54 I guess part of that could be, 19:57 if that was the case, 19:59 then maybe we would be busy with our own things 20:01 and going around would've been difficult. 20:04 And because now I was helped 20:08 to be a JFA worker, I'm very happy that I would continue 20:12 the ministry and church here is moving forward. 20:15 (gentle music) 20:21 - There's a real great controversy going on, isn't there? 20:23 - There definitely is. 20:25 - Between Christ and Satan. 20:26 - Yes. Wow, his friend. 20:28 That's just, that's so intense 20:31 and so sad that they passed away. 20:34 And there at the end, he was thanking Jesus for Asia 20:37 for sponsoring him so he could focus 20:40 on being a Bible worker. 20:42 - Yes. - And he didn't have 20:43 to do all those other things, 20:45 like he was saying, doing our things. 20:48 We can go and do the work. 20:50 - Yes. - So I just wanted 20:51 to reiterate that, to emphasize it, because many times, 20:55 we look at the amount we're sending them, 20:58 which is only about $100 a month, 21:00 depending on the exchange rate, 21:02 and yet they're so dedicated, and they're so thankful 21:05 because it enables them to work for God 21:08 and not have to worry about, 21:10 "How am I gonna support my family?" all that stuff. 21:13 It's not easy. 21:14 It's not like they're getting a cush salary 21:17 or something like that. 21:18 It's really not enough in many areas. 21:20 - Mm-hmm. - Really not enough, 21:22 but God multiplies it and he makes it stretch. 21:25 He blesses them because of their dedication 21:28 and their willingness to work for, 21:29 as they say in India, for very less. 21:32 - Yes, you remember the time, 21:33 when we were earlier in our ministry, that we were not able 21:37 to provide a whole salary, a full salary for them? 21:40 - Yes. - We had started 21:41 this ministry on pure faith, Matthew 6:33. 21:45 And we had seen God move. 21:48 We left our job, our regular salary. 21:52 We didn't have any equity in a house. 21:54 We didn't have any money in the bank. 21:56 All we had was a little credit card debt. 21:58 And we wanted to do that 22:00 because we wanted to see if Matthew 6:33 really worked. 22:05 We'd seen it work for other people, 22:06 but would it work for us? 22:07 And so we were enjoying seeing God come through, 22:11 enjoying seeing that He is a real God, 22:14 a true Father, and He takes care of us. 22:17 So I was thinking, "Okay, well we are stepping out by faith 22:20 and doing this work without a salary, but our Bible workers, 22:24 how are they supposed to learn faith?" 22:26 And so that God sent them through this time of very, 22:30 you know, the salary isn't much to begin with, 22:33 can barely survive, and then going to 1/3 to 1/2, 22:35 or skipping months of salary is they learned faith too. 22:42 And we got testimonies from various leaders 22:43 in the church about these Bible workers, 22:46 that had not the regular monthly salary, 22:49 were the ones that really did the hard work, 22:51 and really dedicated to God. 22:56 I think that's what's so beautiful in our Bible workers, 22:59 and I'm so proud to be associated with them. 23:03 - Yeah, yeah, it's really amazing 23:08 what they have gone through over the years, 23:10 what they go through. 23:12 So many of them, 23:13 there's persecution of various kinds. 23:17 Some is just yelling at them 23:20 (Jon chuckling) or talking bad 23:21 about them or whatever, and some is actual physical harm, 23:25 being threatened or tried to them. 23:27 - Correct. - And just their dedication. 23:30 They're gonna go through whatever they have to go through 23:32 to keep serving God, and that's so inspiring. 23:35 - Right. - So inspiring. 23:37 - Yeah, and at the same time, there's a lot of open areas. 23:41 People, as you saw with this brother, 23:43 that they're open to hear the Gospel. 23:45 And so the doors are wide open, 23:47 and who is there to go through those doors, 23:50 and how many other doors are open 23:52 if we had more Bible workers, 23:54 if there was somebody to tell them? 23:57 The harvest field is vast, and we're not anywhere close 24:00 to exhausting the opportunities that are out there 24:04 for planting the Gospel in new areas. 24:06 - Right, right, and speaking of new areas, 24:10 there's so many areas. 24:11 We think about Assam, 24:12 and we think about the great needs there, 24:14 the small number of workers, the need for schools 24:18 and church buildings and things like that. 24:21 And then we look at the other areas around it, 24:23 those other states that we've talked about a little bit. 24:29 It's just you start looking to each of those areas, 24:33 and you see how vast the harvest field is 24:36 and how many more workers could be utilized in those areas, 24:40 how many opportunities that we need 24:43 to follow up on and stuff like that. 24:45 And then we look at surrounding countries. 24:48 There's a great need in Bangladesh. 24:49 There's great need in Bhutan, which is just nearby. 24:53 - Yes, it actually borders the northern edge of Assam. 24:57 This is the country of Bhutan. 24:59 And it's completely illegal 25:02 to proselytize in Bhutan. 25:04 - Right. - Or to have a church 25:07 and to convert from Buddhism to Christianity. 25:11 And if somebody does convert, they lose their citizenship. 25:17 They have to get booted out of the country. 25:19 And so what do you do in that situation? 25:23 - Right. - And Assam is 25:25 the closest place to start spreading the Gospel. 25:29 I don't know what to do about that, but God does. 25:33 - Right, and so we pray. 25:35 - We pray and ask God to take charge of His work 25:39 and to lead it the way He knows how to lead it. 25:42 And it's only gonna be in heaven when we find out 25:44 what's really going on. 25:46 - Yeah, it's true. 25:48 Yeah, 'cause there's so many areas 25:49 that we don't know what's going on. 25:53 - Right. 25:54 - There's underground churches in some areas. 25:55 There's no church in some areas. 25:57 There's one believer in a vast field. 26:00 There's no believers. There's a few. 26:03 We don't know all the circumstances, 26:06 and I'm so thankful God does, 26:08 and he knows exactly how to reach these people. 26:10 - Right. - And so our duty 26:12 to pray for them, to intercede for them is so big. 26:16 - Yes. - You know, it just, 26:18 we can't go to all these places. 26:20 I mean, physically we can't go, but God can go. 26:24 - Yes. - His angels can go, 26:25 and He can send people there, 26:26 whether he sends us or someone else. 26:28 - Right. - He can send people there 26:30 to share the Gospel with them. 26:33 - Yeah, we're convinced the whole missionary enterprise 26:36 is based on the prayers of the saints, 26:40 here at home or over there. 26:41 - Right. - Without prayer, 26:43 it doesn't go anywhere, but with prayer, 26:45 it goes to surprising places 26:47 that we never thought of before. 26:48 - Right, in surprising ways. 26:50 - Yes! (chuckling) 26:51 And it's not a burden. 26:54 The burden for the lost is not a burden. 26:57 - Yeah, we call it a burden, 26:58 but it's more like a heart-rending interest. 27:02 - Yes. - You know? 27:03 It's like this urgency, 27:05 this longing for them. 27:08 It's more of a longing than a burden, 27:10 I guess you could say. - Yeah, well, I think 27:11 it's what Christ says, 27:12 "My burden is light and my yoke is easy." 27:15 Yeah, it might break your heart, 27:17 but that's probably a good thing (chuckling). 27:20 - It broke His. - Yes. 27:22 - It broke His heart. 27:23 - We're praying for opportunities 27:24 and the ability to take advantage of those opportunities. 27:28 - Right. - And that's why we have 27:31 such a burden for these Bible workers, 27:33 'cause they're there to see the opportunity 27:35 and take advantage of them. 27:37 We just need more Bible workers. 27:38 - Right. Right. - Yes. 27:41 - If you would like to learn more 27:43 about sponsoring Bible workers in India 27:45 and other places in Asia, please contact us 27:48 at Jesus for Asia, PO Box 1221, 27:52 Collegedale, TN 37315. 27:55 Call us 423-413-7321 28:00 or visit our website at Jesus4Asia.org. 28:03 May God richly bless you until we see you next time 28:06 on "Jesus for Asia Now." 28:07 (triumphant music) |
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