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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000170S
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00:10 (dramatic music continues) 00:21 - Hello and welcome to "Jesus For Asia Now." 00:23 I'm Natalie Wood and my husband, John, 00:25 is here with me today. 00:27 Hello, love. 00:28 - Hi darling. How are you? - I'm good. 00:29 I'm excited about this show. 00:30 - Yes. - It's about our 00:31 evening schools and we'd always love 00:34 to tell the stories from the evening schools 00:36 and then we get to see pictures in video of the children. 00:39 - Yes. - So I'm excited about that. 00:41 What is our story today? 00:42 - Well, we have two stories. 00:44 One from South India, 00:45 and this is a young man who, well, you're gonna have 00:49 to hear his story, but it's really amazing 00:51 and involves his entire family. 00:53 - Okay, before we start with the stories, would you like 00:55 to share what an evening school is? 00:57 - Yeah, sure, evening school is a result 01:00 of way back in 2004. 01:03 I was filming at five o'clock in the morning on the streets 01:07 in Chennai, and we came across a group of homeless people 01:12 that had set up their houses, like lean tos 01:15 out of whatever they could find. 01:16 - Sticks and tarp and. 01:18 - Yeah, next to the river, between the road and the river. 01:20 Well, the river had flooded 01:22 and washed away their houses, 01:23 so they were sleeping on the sidewalk. 01:25 And I followed one of the guys around 01:28 as he was picking trash. 01:30 That's what he did. 01:31 He went around all the trash piles in the city 01:32 and pulled out recyclables, 01:34 and then he'd go sell that for a dollar, $3 01:37 and feed the family for the day. 01:40 And so I asked them, 01:41 "What is your greatest request?" 01:43 And I was thinking like spoons or pots 01:46 or, you know, cooking utensils- 01:47 - Something for a house or- - Yeah. 01:49 And the thing that they asked for is they says, 01:52 "Can we have education for our kids?" 01:55 Our kids are not learning at the schools. 01:57 And then I asked them, do they go to school? Yes. 01:59 But they go to school, but they're told to sit in the back 02:01 because they're outcast. 02:03 They don't learn anything. 02:04 The teacher doesn't bother to, 02:06 sometimes the teacher doesn't show up. 02:08 Sometimes he'd sit in the front, 02:09 just read his book to himself. 02:11 It is just not a good environment. 02:13 And so we've done a lot of study 02:14 and we found that three biggest challenges 02:17 that kids face is number one, nutrition, getting enough food 02:21 to mature and have their brain function properly. 02:26 Number two is getting an education, 02:28 but number three is the religion. 02:32 Because the religion actually keeps them in their cast. 02:36 It keeps them, so if they were born to somebody 02:38 that picks up trash, that's all they can be. 02:41 - Ever. 02:42 - Yeah, so if we teach them a different religion, 02:44 a different mindset that gives them permission to do better, 02:47 to learn to grow, it gives them value. 02:50 It gives them a value of who they are. 02:52 - Yeah. - As a human being. 02:55 We take that for granted, 02:56 you know, this whole thing of all men are created equal, 02:58 equal rights, all that kinda stuff. 03:00 That is a purely Christian concept. 03:02 - Yeah. - And so we came up 03:04 with the idea of, 03:05 actually our in-country director came up with the idea 03:10 of let's provide an evening school where they can go 03:14 to the regular school during the day, 03:15 but in the evening they get free tutoring. 03:17 So more coaching, you know, of what they're learning. 03:21 They're reading, writing, arithmetic- 03:23 - Tutoring. Yeah. - Tutoring. 03:25 And then our favorite part- 03:28 - Is giving them worship. 03:30 Where they learn about Jesus and then food. 03:33 - Yes. yeah. - We get to feed them. 03:35 - Yes, so that was back in 2006, 03:38 I think, we started our first one 03:40 and now we have over 40 evening schools 03:45 and we feed an estimated of about 1,500 kids per night. 03:49 - Yep. And it's awesome. 03:51 - It's so awesome. 03:52 And how much does it cost to feed a child? 03:55 - Well, it's about $7 a month 03:57 for them. - Per child. 03:58 - Yeah. For each child. 03:59 - Wow. - And that does include 04:00 the salaries of the teacher 04:02 and the principal and having the school there 04:05 and providing the food, costs are rising a little bit. 04:09 We're hoping we can keep it at that, 04:11 but that's what it is right now. 04:13 That's what it's been for quite some time actually. 04:15 - Yeah. - So that works out 04:16 to about a quarter per day, 04:17 which is astonishing actually. 04:19 And it's been such a huge blessing. 04:21 And that's one of the reasons we love to tell these stories. 04:24 - Yes, it affects not only the kids, 04:26 but it affects the family and the entire community. 04:29 It's long-term evangelism. 04:31 Because we can come in 04:32 and do an evangelistic series 04:34 and call for a decision, that might be a week 04:37 or two weeks evangelistic series. 04:39 But these evening schools are six days a week, 04:42 52 weeks per year. 04:44 Year after year after year. 04:46 And so the kids, you know, start young 04:48 and grow up through their childhood and teenage years. 04:55 When they get out, 04:57 they become leaders in the community, they get good jobs, 05:01 the whole village comes up. 05:02 And that's only the baseline of 05:05 what these evening schools do. 05:07 - Yeah, yeah. Because it makes a difference. 05:10 - Yes. - In lives. 05:11 - Yeah. - It really does. 05:13 And that's one of our stories today. 05:14 - Yes. - It shows the power of God. 05:16 It's a story of redemption. It's a story of growth. 05:21 And so that's why I'm so excited about this story. 05:23 - Okay. - We have a video. 05:25 - Yep. - The young man 05:26 that we'll be seeing, his name is Manoj, 05:29 and I'm excited to let him tell his story. 05:31 - [John] Okay. 05:33 (gentle music) 05:43 (gentle music continues) 05:45 (Manoj speaks in foreign language) 05:47 - [Manoj's Translator] My name is Manoj. 05:48 I am in fifth grade and I'm 10 years old. 05:52 My father was a really big drunkard. 05:54 He was always drinking, and because of that, 05:57 he was also very sick. 05:59 But then I learned how to pray. 06:01 (gentle music) 06:10 (gentle music continues) 06:12 (Manoj's Mother speaks in foreign language) 06:15 - [Mom Translator] Even though I came from a Hindu family, 06:17 I had a little bit of belief in Christianity. 06:21 But since my husband was Hindu, 06:22 I continued worshiping the gods at the Hindu temples. 06:26 Then 11 years ago, my oldest son fell into a canal and died. 06:32 I was heartbroken. 06:33 That is when I started thinking, 06:35 I've been worshiping all these gods and going to temples, 06:39 but none of the gods helped my son. 06:45 Then I remembered a lady 06:46 from the Seventh Day Adventist Church 06:48 that told me to not believe in idols, 06:51 but to believe in Jesus. 06:53 She told me to believe only Him and to pray to Him. 06:56 I thought, oh, that sister told me, 06:59 but I never believed her. 07:01 I never accepted Jesus or went to church. 07:05 Now I have lost my son. 07:07 Why should I worship these Hindu gods anymore? 07:10 So I gave up everything. 07:12 I threw out all the idols in our home 07:14 and went to the church. 07:16 I prayed to Jesus and he started healing me 07:19 and consoling me in the deep sorrow that I was in. 07:22 I attended church for several years and then I got baptized. 07:26 (melancholic music) 07:33 (Manoj's mother speaks in foreign language) 07:39 My husband was a drunkard for 12 years. 07:42 What would happen is he would get fully drunk 07:44 and not know what he was doing. 07:46 He would come home and beat me and the children. 07:49 But then in the morning he would ask me, 07:51 "Why are you crying? What happened?" 07:54 I would tell him that he beat me the night 07:56 before and he would say, "Oh, did I do that?" 08:00 Our situation was very bad 08:02 because each day he also used all the money 08:05 that he earned to drink. 08:08 (Manoj's father speaks in foreign language) 08:11 - [Father's Translator] I was very sick 08:13 and I went to many different hospitals, 08:15 but I did not get better. 08:17 (gentle music) 08:28 - [Manoj's Translator] It was my teacher, Davy, who came 08:30 and told me about the evening school. 08:32 Since then, I have been going every day. 08:35 (Manoj speaks in foreign language) 08:36 I was very happy to hear about Jesus. 08:39 I learned to sing songs, and I heard many Bible stories 08:41 and learned memory verses. 08:43 I also learned how to pray. 08:45 (kids singing in foreign language) 08:48 (Manoj's father speaks in foreign language) 08:49 - [Father Translator] When our son went 08:50 to the evening school, 08:51 my wife would tell him, "Go and pray for your daddy. 08:55 Pray that he will give up drinking, 08:57 pray that he will be healed and that he will accept Jesus." 09:00 - [Manoj's Translator] I asked my teacher to pray 09:02 for my father, and each day I would go and pray for him too. 09:06 Then when I got home, I would tell him 09:08 what I had learned in the evening school. 09:10 (gentle music) 09:17 (Manoj's mother speaks in foreign language) 09:21 - [Mom's Translator] After my son started praying 09:22 for his father, and not only him, 09:24 but also the other children in the evening school 09:27 he stopped drinking, he gave it up. 09:30 He also used to beat us, 09:32 and there was a lot of fighting in our house. 09:35 But now things have changed so much. 09:39 - [Father's Translator] For more than four months 09:40 they prayed for me in the evening school at the church. 09:43 The teacher also came to my house to visit and pray with me. 09:47 I could feel the difference, 09:49 and I could see healing in my body. 09:51 God was answering their prayers. 09:53 That is when I started to have trust in the Lord. 09:56 (Manoj's father speaks in foreign language) 09:59 My wife said, "See, God is healing you. 10:02 It is because of the prayers of our son and the teacher 10:05 and the other children. 10:07 You should believe this Jesus. You should be baptized." 10:11 So it was because of my wife that I was baptized 10:13 and I'm feeling even better. 10:15 And now wherever I go 10:17 and in whatever I do, I only pray to Jesus. 10:21 I don't believe any other gods. 10:22 I only believe Jesus Christ, my savior. 10:27 (Manoj speaks in foreign language) 10:29 - [Manoj's Translator] After my father 10:30 accepted Jesus Christ, God gave him healing 10:33 and he is completely changed now. 10:35 He's not drinking 10:36 and he doesn't have any more pain in his stomach. 10:39 He's a very good father now, 10:41 and I am so happy to be at home with him. 10:50 - Isn't that powerful? - That's beautiful. 10:52 The ability of God to change a life. 10:55 - Yeah. - You know, 10:56 to bring healing physically, but also spiritually. 10:59 - Yeah. - It's just beautiful. 11:01 - And to think that these little Hindu kids are praying 11:05 for their families and God's hearing them. 11:07 - Yeah. - And doing miracles. 11:09 - Yep. - So amazing. 11:10 - It's beautiful. Very beautiful. 11:12 - Yeah, and this school is special 11:15 because when we visited there the first time 11:18 before it was an evening school, it was just a church. 11:21 - Yeah. - And we looked at the place 11:23 and we thought this would be a good place 11:25 for an evening school, but we need to build a kitchen. 11:27 We need to build a toilet. 11:28 We need to build a fence because, 11:30 and put lights on the church and bring electricity in. 11:34 So we said, let's go home and tell people about it, 11:37 raise some funds, 11:38 and then we'll send money over to, you know, 11:41 build those things that we need. 11:43 And then we'll start the school. 11:44 - Yeah. - And the next evening- 11:47 - [Natalie] Yeah. 11:49 - Our Bible worker heard some knocking at the door. 11:52 - Yep. - Went and opened the door, 11:53 and there was 45 kids saying, 11:54 "We heard you're starting an evening school. 11:56 Can we do an evening school?" 11:58 - Yeah. So they had to start before the kitchen. 12:00 - Yeah. - And they had to walk 12:01 with the food 12:04 like a kilometer, pushing it in a push cart 12:07 so that they could feed the children. 12:08 - Yeah. - While we were fundraising 12:11 for the kitchen and the bathroom 12:12 and stuff that the church needed. 12:14 Yeah, so this is one of the stories that have come out 12:16 of that, that amazing miracle story 12:21 of them opening and stuff. 12:22 - Yeah, so it's really neat too, 12:24 to see the changes in the children in their attitudes. 12:29 And I believe the mother talks about that in our next video, 12:32 along with a few other things. 12:33 - Okay. (gentle music) 12:43 (gentle music continues) 12:46 (Manoj's mother speaks in foreign language) 12:50 - [Mom's Translator] I am so happy 12:51 that this evening school started 12:53 because the children are learning about Jesus. 12:56 I am also thankful that they are getting good food there, 12:58 because at home we often don't have food in the evening. 13:04 (Manoj's mother speaks in foreign language) 13:06 My son is able to study well now, 13:09 and he drew those pictures on the wall. 13:11 They're pictures of Jesus. He really loves Jesus. 13:15 (gentle music continues) 13:18 (Manoj's mother speaks in foreign language) 13:21 I've seen a lot of changes in his character. 13:24 He is very obedient now. 13:26 People in the village also comment about how obedient 13:29 and respectful he is now. 13:31 I'm so happy because of these changes. 13:34 My youngest son is very naughty right now. 13:37 But I am praying 13:38 and I know that as he grows up in the church 13:40 and going to the evening school, he will also change. 13:44 I am completely satisfied now because of the evening school. 13:48 (gentle music) 13:54 I can see a lot of changes in myself 13:57 and my husband since we became Christians. 14:00 The people in our village have noticed too. 14:03 They say, "See, she became a Christian. 14:05 And since then she's very happy. 14:08 Her husband has given up drinking. 14:10 His character has changed. He is working. 14:13 Her children are very happy. 14:15 And now she bought a cow, 14:17 and the cow has given her two calves. 14:20 God is really blessing her since she became a Christian." 14:24 My only hope for my future is to have this faith 14:27 and this peace in my family. 14:30 That is more than enough. 14:31 (exciting music building) 14:42 (Manoj's mother speaks in foreign language) 14:46 One time last year, my son, Manoj, had dengue fever. 14:50 Because of that, his platelets were decreasing 14:52 and getting very low. 14:54 I took him to the Udayapur Government Hospital, 14:57 but the doctors gave up. 14:59 They said, "His platelets are really coming down. 15:02 You need to rush him 15:03 to the government hospital in Coimbatore." 15:06 So they booked an ambulance. 15:08 But before we left, Manoj kept asking me for the Bible. 15:12 I had brought it with me, but I couldn't read it. 15:14 So he read it. He encouraged me and said, "Don't worry, mom. 15:19 God will save me. God will heal me. 15:22 Then they put my son in the ambulance, 15:24 and as we were going to Coimbatore Hospital, I was praying 15:27 and he was praying. 15:29 I thought to myself, oh Lord, I don't know anything. 15:32 I am uneducated, but I want my son to be completely healed. 15:36 Please cure him. Oh, Father, if You are the real God, 15:40 I have faith in You. 15:42 When we got to the hospital, the doctors came and saw him 15:45 and took a blood test. 15:47 They found that his blood count had really increased. 15:50 The doctor said, "Why did you bring him in the ambulance? 15:53 He's okay. He's normal. He only has a fever. 15:57 His blood count is good now." 15:59 When I heard that, I was so happy. 16:02 My son's faith was strengthened too. 16:05 Then we started praying and thanking the Lord. 16:08 After a few days in the hospital, we came back home. 16:11 I was so happy 16:13 because I thought that I might not bring my son back alive. 16:16 God healed him completely. 16:18 He did a miracle in my son's life. 16:20 (sentimental music) 16:24 (Manoj speaks in foreign language) 16:26 - [Manoj's Translator] Someday I want to be a doctor. 16:31 I'm so happy knowing Jesus. 16:34 I'm also really happy 16:35 because He has answered my prayer and healed my Father. 16:38 (sentimental music) 16:49 - God is so good. - So good. 16:52 - Such a beautiful story. - Yes. 16:54 - You know, not only did God heal his father physically 16:57 and from alcohol, but He also healed him from dengue fever. 17:02 And it's just changing his character. 17:05 There's just so many blessings 17:06 and it's really neat that she's focused, 17:09 that his mother is focused so much on, I want this 17:12 what I have with Jesus in our hearts, in our lives. 17:15 She's not focused on Jesus is healing us all, all the time. 17:18 We're never gonna get sick or we're gonna be wealthy. 17:22 You know, she's not focused on that, 17:24 but she's focused on the peace and the- 17:26 - Yeah. - You know, 17:28 the blessings that Jesus has brought, the peace. 17:31 - Yeah, there's sometimes that, you know, 17:33 operating the ministry is very stressful 17:36 and you sometimes wonder, it's like, 17:38 are we really doing anything? 17:40 And it's stories like this that make us think, 17:44 make me think, well, it's worth it. 17:46 - Yeah. - Yeah. 17:47 - Yeah. It's definitely God is in charge. 17:49 - Yeah. - And He makes it 17:50 worth it all. 17:51 - Yeah, absolutely. - Yeah. 17:53 So now we wanna talk about a place where they would like 17:55 to have an evening school. 17:57 - Yes. - Okay. 17:58 And you visited this place. 17:59 Would you like to take us through? 18:00 I know you've put in a few photos, so would you like 18:03 to share with us what these photos are? 18:05 - Yeah, so this is Western Gujarat 18:08 and it's very deserty. 18:09 And driving through that place, I thought, man, 18:12 who would wanna live here? 18:14 We met a pastor, 18:15 and while we were interviewing him, 18:16 he talked about these people that were uneducated, 18:20 that were like gypsies, migrant workers. 18:22 They would pick field cotton. 18:25 So they go from place to place based on 18:26 where the crops were. 18:28 - Oh, okay. - And where the- 18:29 - Where the work was. - Where the labor was. 18:30 Yeah. So cotton picking and different things like that. 18:33 And so I couldn't imagine living in a place like that. 18:38 And so they took us there. Now, this is a vision. 18:41 This is a hope, and this is a dream. 18:43 And this is what we do a lot. 18:45 This is what we get a lot, is people coming to us 18:48 and saying, "Hey, here's a need. 18:50 Is there a way that we can fill the need?" 18:52 - Right. - And a lot 18:53 of times our heart surges up in our throats thinking, 18:57 we would love to fill the need, 18:58 but we're not wealthy people. 19:01 We don't have extra money laying around. 19:03 And so what we do is we advocate, 19:06 we bring the stories back to viewers 19:10 and people that we know 19:12 and say, "Hey, here's a genuine need 19:15 and would you like to become a part of it?" 19:18 And I think it's a beautiful divine co-partnership 19:23 between our friends, between people like us 19:25 that wanna see the gospel go to the world. 19:29 But the idea of us leaving our culture 19:34 and moving there 19:35 and ministering to a group like this is, 19:38 there is a lot of hurdles. 19:40 - Yeah. - I mean, when we were there, 19:42 we visited that group of people for a short time, 19:45 and they said, we need to go 19:47 because we can attract attention. 19:49 - Right. - Okay. 19:50 Just us showing up attracts attention. 19:52 - Right. - Unwanted attention. 19:54 - Yeah. - But the local pastor, 19:57 local bible workers, 19:59 they don't draw attention. 20:00 They can mingle, they can blend, they can live there. 20:04 And it feels normal to them. 20:05 - Right. They speak the language. 20:08 - Yes. - They eat the same food. 20:09 - Yes. - Without discomfort. 20:11 - Right. Right. 20:14 - A lot of things, they know how the people live. 20:16 - And it doesn't take a airplane ticket to fly there, 20:19 and it doesn't take a visa to live there. 20:21 And so it just makes a lot of sense. 20:23 So they took us to this place. 20:25 We were only able to spend a few minutes there 20:27 before we had to leave. 20:28 But I was just shocked at the kind 20:32 of life the people live. 20:34 I don't understand how they do it. 20:36 - Yeah. - I know this is gonna say 20:38 this in the video, but it's just shocking 20:40 to meet a group of people 20:42 that the kids and the parents don't read and write. 20:45 - Yeah. Nobody has education. 20:48 - And so really, if you think about it, 20:50 how would somebody like me be able to serve 20:54 or even connect, even contact, even meet people like that, 20:58 it's like you'll never meet somebody 21:00 like that in your entire life until, 21:02 unless you go, unless you're intentional. 21:04 Go out of your way. 21:05 - Yeah. - And so this was, I think, 21:07 a huge honor to meet these people. 21:10 Now, Christ died for these people, just like He died for us. 21:15 - Yeah. - And so He values them. 21:18 And I can only imagine someday when they're waking up 21:23 and look into the sky and see Jesus. 21:25 - Yeah. - And recognize Him. 21:28 And He takes them to heaven. 21:30 What's the look on their faces gonna be? 21:32 - Right. - I really wanna be there. 21:34 - Right. 21:35 So we have a short video from there, 21:37 because you were only there a short time. 21:39 - Yes. - But let's go ahead 21:40 and watch that now. 21:41 - Okay. (gentle music) 21:52 - Yeah, there are people, those who are laboring. 21:54 - [Translator] In this area, there are groups 21:56 of very poor people 21:57 who have a really difficult life. 21:59 They work in the cotton fields or peanut fields, 22:01 and they move around depending on where they can get work. 22:05 They don't have homes. They just live in makeshift tents. 22:07 They are illiterate and most of them cannot even count 22:10 or do basic arithmetic. 22:12 Many of them cannot read the bus route signs. 22:14 So they have to ask other people where the bus is going. 22:18 When they buy something, 22:19 they will just hand the seller some money 22:21 and take whatever the seller gives back for the change. 22:24 Their main goal is just to work so they can have food. 22:31 They live close to the fields where they work, 22:33 but the schools are far away 22:35 and transportation isn't feasible. 22:37 As a result, the children do not go to school. 22:40 They start working to help their parents from a young age. 22:43 When I go to visit these people, the parents say, 22:45 "If our kids can have education, 22:46 then they can have a better life." 22:52 - John. - John. 22:54 - Say John. 22:55 (people speaking in foreign language) 22:58 - [Translator] I wanna start a small evening school program 23:00 to help this community. 23:02 I would like to do about two hours of class in the evenings 23:04 to help them in the practical aspects of life. 23:08 Things like reading and writing and basic arithmetic. 23:11 But more importantly, we will teach Bible stories 23:13 and teach them how to pray to the living God. 23:16 Our goal is not just to provide education, 23:18 but also to show compassion by ministering 23:21 to their needs like Jesus did. 23:23 Coming directly to them and preaching will not work well. 23:26 But education is a way to help them understand life better 23:29 and learn about the Bible. 23:35 Several years ago, I did a similar evening school program, 23:38 and I would always pray before teaching. 23:40 Many of the students were surprised 23:42 that I would just simply pray like that. 23:44 They said, "When we pray we have to light a candle 23:46 and do a ritual and offer things 23:48 to our gods to please them." 23:51 So even the simple act of praying can open opportunities 23:54 to share about the true God. 23:59 We also want to provide a meal for the children 24:01 because they do not get good nutrition. 24:03 Sometimes the parents will just cook chapati 24:06 and they will eat it with tea and milk. 24:08 So providing food 24:09 with good nutrition will help the children a lot. 24:15 If we don't help this community, 24:17 the children will grow up uneducated, 24:19 just like their parents. 24:20 And future generations will remain uneducated. 24:23 (sentimental music) 24:28 (kids speaking in foreign language) 24:38 - Precious. - Precious children. 24:40 And so we have a huge desire to see 24:42 that evening school come to pass. 24:45 - Yeah. It makes such a difference. 24:49 You know, like he was talking about what their food is. 24:52 You know, in our evening schools, 24:54 we make sure they have rice, 24:56 we make sure they have vegetables 24:57 and they have to eat their vegetables. 24:59 - Yes. - That's something 25:01 from the very beginning. 25:02 It's like the kids don't get to skip the vegetables. 25:04 - That's right. - And just shove 'em aside. 25:06 They have to eat them also. 25:07 And so they get more nutrition 25:09 and that makes it easier for them to learn. 25:11 'Cause that's another thing that we've read 25:13 nutritional studies where if you're malnourished 25:16 or you don't have enough nutrients, 25:19 then you can't learn. 25:20 - Yeah. - It affects your brain. 25:22 - We've seen this in some of our other places. 25:24 Like in Mindoro, these kids were having 25:27 a real hard time learning and= - Yeah. 25:29 - They wouldn't have lunch. 25:31 They maybe have a little bit of breakfast, 25:33 and then they were hoping for a dinner. 25:36 And so the teacher would go home to cook and then, 25:37 and the kids would just stare at him. 25:39 And they were just so hungry. 25:41 And actually two to three kids per year would die from 25:46 malnutrition issues, complications. 25:49 And so when we started the feeding program up there, 25:51 immediately no more kids started dying. 25:54 - Yeah. - And the kids started 25:56 to be able to learn so well. 25:57 And the transformation in those kids was amazing 26:00 from these dirty, you know, 26:02 snot running down their nose, kids to bright- 26:04 - Yeah, with a bunch of eye problems. 26:06 They all had like eye problems also. 26:08 - Yeah. - That was really, 26:09 really obvious when we went there. 26:11 - Yeah, and now they're clean and they're bright 26:14 and they're, you know, their eyes shine. 26:16 It's just amazing. - Yeah. 26:17 - And so I just really, really, really want the same thing 26:21 for these kids up there in Gujarat. 26:23 - Yeah. It'll be a challenge. 26:25 Because of the the nomadic lifestyle 26:28 that they tend to to live. 26:30 But you know- - If you have a pastor 26:33 like that, that cares about it, 26:34 that's all you need. 26:35 - Yeah. - You just enable him. 26:37 - And he'll just go, - Give him the resources. 26:38 He'll organize it because he has a heart for the people. 26:41 - Yeah. - If you find somebody 26:42 that has a heart for money 26:44 and wants to do this to earn money, 26:46 then it's not gonna work. 26:48 - No. - But if you have somebody 26:49 that has initiative and has a passion 26:51 and wants to help the people, 26:53 God can really work through him. 26:55 - Yeah, and I would like to invite you to pray 26:57 for these people, for these dear children 26:59 in the evening schools, for Manoj 27:02 and his family, to continue to learn more about Jesus. 27:05 I'm so grateful to God that they're baptized 27:08 and going to church and learning more 27:11 and pray for that to spread in their village 27:13 for more children to have that opportunity, 27:15 for more families to see, 27:17 as his mother was saying, the difference 27:19 that God has made in their lives, 27:20 that knowing about Jesus has made in their lives. 27:24 And please pray for these people up in the north in Gujarat, 27:27 that they can have a school for their children. 27:29 And that they can learn not only the regular education, 27:34 the language, the math, those things that they need 27:37 for their daily lives, but that they can learn 27:39 what they need for eternity 27:41 to learn about the God who loves them. 27:43 And thank you for joining us. 27:44 And if you would like to learn more about these projects, 27:47 please contact us at Jesus for Asia PO Box 1221, 27:52 Collegedale, Tennessee, 37315. 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." 28:08 (dramatic music) 28:17 (dramatic music continues) |
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