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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000171S
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00:21 - Hello and welcome to "Jesus for Asia Now". 00:24 I'm Natalie Wood 00:25 and my husband John is joining me today. 00:27 Hello, love. 00:28 - Hi darling, how are you? - I'm doing well, thank you. 00:30 - Good. - And I'm looking forward 00:32 to this show. - Yeah. 00:33 - Because we're talking about something 00:35 we don't often talk about. 00:36 - Right. - But it's really important. 00:37 - Yes, yes. - So what is that? 00:40 - Well, it's Bible worker training. 00:42 - Okay. - Yeah, 00:43 training our Bible workers 00:45 and how to share the gospel and how to do soul-winning 00:47 and how to actually run a church. 00:49 - Okay, well before we go on, you're very sparkly today. 00:55 I'm sorry to embarrass you 'cause I'm very plain today. 00:57 Some days I'm the sparkly one, 00:59 but today you're sparkly. - You have design 01:00 in your clothes. 01:01 But I bought this in India 01:02 and I bought it on the streets in Mumbai 01:05 and I didn't realize it was quite the sparkly, 01:07 so I'm a little self-conscious to be honest. 01:11 - Oh, well, 01:12 it's kind of fun. - Yeah, I just hope 01:13 it doesn't distract too many people. 01:15 - Right. 01:16 So back to our Bible worker training program. 01:18 - Right. - We have a couple, 01:20 some friends of ours 01:22 that have a burden for training people 01:25 to tell others about Jesus. - Yes. 01:27 - In effective and simple ways. 01:29 - Yeah. - And also 01:30 to do basic medical missionary training. 01:35 So how did they get started? 01:36 I mean, it's a pretty, it's four month training, right? 01:39 - Yes, four months. - And full days every day 01:43 for (indistinct) for four months. 01:46 - Correct. - So how did they get started? 01:49 How did this couple get started with this training program? 01:51 - Well, God called them. 01:53 They were doing well, they were retired 01:55 and retired happily in northeast Washington, 01:59 and the Lord called them into the mission field 02:02 and they were unsure, 02:04 but they heard God's voice pretty clearly. 02:06 So they went to one country for a while 02:08 and they started training the locals in how 02:10 to give Bible studies and how to give presentations 02:13 and how to make it engaging and interesting and fun. 02:16 - And simple health talks. 02:17 - Yeah, and then that kind of closed up. 02:20 And so they started looking around 02:21 and saying, "What else can we do?" 02:23 And they realized there was a need 02:25 for Bible worker training. 02:26 And so they started in a different country. 02:29 And so they started looking into 02:31 what materials are available. 02:32 And they started to realize 02:33 that there's nothing really available 02:37 as far as a training program that's been adapted 02:41 to the local culture. 02:43 So there's lots of things that have been brought over to, 02:47 let's say, for instance, India 02:49 and like health messages, you know? 02:53 And one of the things that they say a lot 02:56 of times in these health messages, 02:57 health trainings are, 03:00 "You need to bake your own bread." 03:01 - Yeah. 03:03 Well they do that, it's called chapati. 03:05 - In the north. 03:06 - Right. - But they don't bake bread 03:09 and they don't- - Right, it's not loaves. 03:11 - They don't have yeast. - In an oven like that. 03:14 - But like what are the health concerns in that country 03:15 versus what we have here? 03:17 - Right. - For instance, 03:19 in some of the countries I've been in, 03:20 I've seen pastors wake up pastors at 10 o'clock at night 03:24 to eat a big heavy meal. 03:26 And they have the idea- - And us too. 03:28 - Yeah. - Us (indistinct) to go home. 03:31 - And they have the idea that you can't go to bed 03:32 on an empty stomach, that's not healthy. 03:34 And so there's different kinds of needs. 03:36 Some people don't know you should wash your hands. 03:39 We've seen a lot of times, 03:41 they'll be cutting up the vegetables on a knife 03:44 that's sitting on the floor 03:45 and they'll be holding the knife apparatus down 03:48 with their foot. 03:50 And so there's just a lot of things that really need 03:52 to be addressed that we don't think about here in America. 03:57 So they spent five years developing a program 04:00 that's specific to the needs of the local people, 04:04 not just health, but also filling 04:07 in gaps of Bible knowledge, 04:09 you know, how is the world created, what is faith? 04:13 What does it mean to have a relationship with Christ? 04:14 What does prayer, how does prayer work? 04:16 How does a devotional life work? 04:17 How do I read the Bible? 04:19 - What does it look like to have a devotional life? 04:21 - Yeah, all that stuff. 04:23 So a lot of times people will get converted 04:27 but they don't know how to maintain a prayer life 04:31 for instance. 04:32 And so they spent five years putting this together 04:36 and they came up with four books and- 04:38 - It's story-based lessons too, which is really neat. 04:40 - Yeah. - It takes the Bible stories 04:43 and draws out the principles, the doctrines shows who God is 04:47 through the stories. 04:48 - Right. - So it's really 04:50 a valuable series of materials 04:53 - And it's been really effective. 04:54 And it's a four month program. 04:56 They do it about twice a year 04:58 and it requires the students to know English. 05:01 - Which is a challenge for some of them. 05:02 - Right, obviously they can only take people 05:05 that know English. 05:06 Most of our Bible workers do not know English. 05:09 But the vision is for the ones that come to learn 05:13 and then they go and they train the people 05:15 in the places that they're from. 05:17 - Right, in their own languages, yes. 05:20 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 05:21 And we get people from all over the country coming 05:24 and other countries. - Yeah and other countries. 05:26 We've had a few from other countries come in. 05:28 - Yeah, and they get the training 05:30 and then they take that back 05:31 and they're really very, very thankful for that training. 05:34 - Which is neat because now one of those countries 05:37 that was able to send people in, 05:39 now they're doing the training program there also. 05:41 - Yes. - Which is a huge challenge, 05:43 but yes, they're doing it there, so it's expanded already. 05:47 - Exactly. 05:48 And so even though their English is required 05:50 and they also charge a fee for the training, 05:55 every single session has been packed out. 05:59 There's been a waiting list of like 50 to 60 to 80 people 06:03 that aren't able to attend 06:05 because they only allow 40 people per session. 06:08 - Which is still a lot 06:10 when you only it's lot have a couple people teaching. 06:11 - Yeah, so it's a lot of work. 06:13 It's amazing that this couple is living their retirement 06:17 in a foreign country in an area that's hard to live in. 06:23 And they're sticking with it because they see the fruits, 06:25 they see the results of the people that... 06:28 - So the story that we're gonna focus on at this point is 06:31 from a young man named Atui and he's from Manipur area 06:36 and he actually went to our Manipur school up there. 06:39 - Yes. - And it's called EBS, 06:42 English Boarding School. 06:43 So let's watch the first video now. 06:44 - Okay. - The school out here, 06:47 the English boarding High school, it's a school 06:50 where I have attended for two years. 06:53 My third and fourth grade, I've been here. 06:56 And during our days, it was a thatched house 06:59 with bamboo and other stuff. 07:01 And then after we left, 07:03 I've left the school for quite long 07:05 and then I came back maybe 07:07 after five years or six years or so. 07:09 I came back and there has been a lot of changes 07:13 that I've seen, infrastructure wise, 07:15 the systems, how they run it, 07:18 and things has changed and I see that God is leading 07:21 and I see that there is a lot of improvement done out here 07:26 and I thank God for that. 07:28 It is one of the oldest school out here 07:30 in the Khoupum Valley. 07:31 And then during this past year, it has had a lot of impact 07:35 for the people out here in the Khoupum Valley. 07:38 Of course there are a lot of graduated officials, 07:40 there are a lot of doctors and nurses 07:42 who is a product of the school, 07:43 and I still feel that the school still has a potential 07:47 to produce a lot of people to work 07:49 in God's vineyard in different parts 07:51 of the work field. 07:53 During our times, there are a lot 07:55 of the one whom we studied together, 07:57 there are a few nurses, there are a few doctors 07:59 who are under training and who are also already employed. 08:03 And even though you might not have seen a dramatic change 08:07 in a short span of time, 08:09 but I think there would be if this school improved 08:12 as the year goes by, there can be a lot 08:16 of changes in the young people 08:17 and that can lead to God in different part 08:21 of their life too. 08:22 - Yeah, so he only spent three years at that school, 08:26 but he has a lot of hope for it. 08:28 So it's neat to see his optimism about the school. 08:32 - Yeah, and it's nice to see somebody 08:34 that went through that school, 08:36 'cause we don't get that a lot. 08:37 I mean, we get a lot of testimonies of who's there now. 08:40 - Right. - But we don't get testimonies 08:42 after they've left very often. 08:43 - Correct. - So, and it's really neat 08:46 that he's now one of our Bible workers. 08:48 That's especially special. 08:50 Okay, so we have another video, 08:53 so this is more of his life story. 08:56 - Okay. (bright music) 09:02 - I am stationed in a place 09:04 where it's called an unentered area 09:05 where there is no Christianity. 09:08 The people who live there mostly are tribal, 09:12 but who do all the tribal rituals, 09:14 and those are the type of people that we are trying 09:18 to reach out to them prayerfully. 09:22 And of course it's a place where it's unentered 09:23 and Christianity is not very present to welcome out there. 09:29 So we are trying our best and then we hope 09:31 and pray that God will lead us to the longing soul. 09:37 (gentle music) 09:45 Our family is one of the pioneer 09:47 of the church out here in Khoupum Valley, 09:49 and then my grandfather is the first church elder 09:53 of the church. 09:54 But then due to some, you know, leadership issue, 09:58 few of my dad's brother, they backslide from the church. 10:04 And then my dad stood firm 10:06 and he wanted to remain as an Adventist. 10:09 And because of that reasons, we doesn't have any property, 10:12 our property was taken away. 10:14 So this is one thing that make me realize when I grew up, 10:19 what is this so special that my dad took 10:21 to stand as an Adventist? 10:23 And then we don't have land, we don't have property, 10:26 we don't have a paddy field, 10:28 we don't have our plot of house. 10:30 But then we, we doesn't go out of food, 10:33 we have the same meal they eat, 10:35 we have the same food they eat. 10:37 So I was thinking, what makes my dad to this? 10:42 And as I grew older, I have the visions that, 10:48 okay, I should fight for what my right is. 10:50 But I think my dad sees something, 10:52 he has his vision for me, I guess 10:55 and then he wants me to go down to down south in Tamil Nadu. 10:58 That's where that's really changes me. 11:00 I started to realize things in a very different way. 11:03 What's so important when you have all the worldly things 11:08 and if you can miss the heavenly thing 11:10 that God has given to us? 11:12 (gentle music) 11:18 And then my dad told me, 11:19 "Why didn't you go down to Spicer?" 11:22 I said, "Okay, I don't know nothing what I would be doing." 11:26 And then one of my classmates from high school came 11:29 and then I was not really interested 11:31 to go and take the admission form and other stuff. 11:34 So I told my friend, 11:36 "Can you get like an admission form for me too?" 11:38 So he got a form that is 11:42 to take Bachelor's in Theology, 11:44 not knowing that it was a theology course. 11:46 So after I filled it out, I know I said, 11:49 "Okay, maybe let's continue, let's go on." 11:54 Out of nowhere, I got a call to work in Manipur Conference 11:58 and then COVID hit and then things didn't work out well. 12:03 So because of the financial issue, they can't employ us. 12:05 So I stayed home, 12:06 I stayed home almost for a year or two, 12:10 not knowing what to do. 12:11 Then they stayed, "There is a place 12:12 where you can work as a Bible workers." 12:13 I was thinking, "Maybe this is a place to start." 12:16 And that's how I start to know about JFA 12:19 and then what they do and how they function 12:23 and how they employ Bible workers. 12:26 So I think as of now, I'm blessed 12:29 that I've been into this mission. 12:32 (bright music) 12:38 - Wow. - Interesting story- 12:40 - Yeah. - How he just wasn't sure 12:43 what he was gonna do and then the Lord moved in. 12:45 And this is an issue in that area 12:48 is there's a lot of religious conflicts. 12:51 And so when his families decided to stay true to the Bible 12:56 and to the truth, they lost all their property. 13:01 Then his father saw 13:02 that he was kind of getting into fighting 13:04 and this is a big deal, 13:06 you know, a lot of the people get into the army 13:09 and start fighting, intertribal warfare. 13:11 - Well, and actually there's a war going on now 13:14 in that area in Manipur. 13:15 - Right, and so his father sent him away down south. 13:23 And then he ended up, now he's a Bible worker 13:26 and he's a warrior for the Lord. 13:28 - Right. - And his weapon is his Bible. 13:30 - Right, yes. 13:31 And you know, it's such a blessing to see the heart 13:34 of these Bible workers. 13:35 I mean, he was just kind of like, 13:37 "Okay, I'll go to Spicer, get me an application," 13:40 and then it was the one for theology 13:41 and he is like, "Oh, okay." 13:43 You know, he kind of went with it anyway 13:46 even though he might have chosen something else 13:47 had he realized there was a choice at the time or whatever, 13:52 but God is using it to reach out to people. 13:54 - And now he's happy. - Yeah, that's awesome. 13:57 - Praise the Lord. - So then he got to go 13:59 to the Bible worker training recently? 14:00 - Yes. - So we have a video 14:02 from that time now. - Okay. 14:05 (group murmuring) 14:12 - It was a coordinator for "Jesus for Asia" 14:14 from Manipur Conference that called us, 14:17 that "Jesus for Asia" has sent a letter 14:20 encouraging the Bible workers to go down 14:21 for their medical missionary. 14:23 Traveling itself, it becomes a miracle for me. 14:27 Financially, we were not stable, 14:29 and then on top of that, 14:30 what happened was we planned to go by train 14:33 and then there was a flood in Assam, 14:35 and then there was a railroad track 14:37 and everything was carried away, they said, 14:39 "So we can't do it." 14:40 And then prayerfully, 14:42 I started to inquire with my parents 14:45 and then they said they had some little amount of money 14:48 and they give it to me. 14:49 So I book my flight ticket that goes to Bangalore. 14:52 And then from Bangalore, there was a friend of mine, 14:54 my high school classmate who paid 14:58 for my taxi from Bangalore to Hosur. 15:00 And all these things happens, 15:02 you know, in a blink of an eye within a day. 15:06 And then once we step in there, 15:07 there also was a big banner that they had and it says, 15:10 "We are His hands." 15:11 And that makes me to think, "We are His hands." 15:16 And then after I finished, 15:17 I realized that I came handicapped. 15:19 But then as I graduated, 15:22 I realized that we are his hands to serve the people. 15:29 They taught us the history of Christianity, 15:31 how the Waldensians says and other stuff, 15:33 how our church fathers 15:36 and other pioneers get persecuted 15:37 and because of persecuted how the gospel has spread. 15:40 And also how our Adventist formed 15:43 after the 1844 disappointment and other thing. 15:47 And on top of that, we were taught with four series 15:49 of book like "Experience the Way," 15:52 "Share the Way," and "Find the Way." 15:53 Then that book has really impact 15:56 on us how to give Bible study 15:58 and I think that is one of the best book. 16:00 And also they taught us about how the NEWSTART works, 16:06 they call this this the 8 doctors 16:07 and how these things can be implemented 16:08 in any kind of disease 16:10 and any kind of lifestyle to be changed. 16:11 Also, they taught us how to reverse lifestyle diseases 16:14 like diabetes, hypertension, 16:17 and things that caused by our lifestyle, 16:20 how to reverse it in a very natural way. 16:22 And also we were taught to do massage 16:25 and I think that is one thing 16:26 that I love the most to be a dummy. 16:29 I've been a dummy for a while, so that's one thing. 16:32 (gentle music) 16:36 (speaking foreign language) 16:42 There was a guy who come to me who has a fatty liver. 16:45 And then I have studied it, 16:47 but I have never experienced it in a very practical way. 16:50 So I thought, "Okay, this is the time to do 16:51 what I've learned." 16:52 And then, you know, he has a fatty liver 16:55 and it's all a hydrotherapy, it's all water treatment. 16:57 It's just a fermentation that keeps in the liver. 16:59 And we did it for 14 days. 17:01 And you know, the fatty livers, it has went down so much 17:05 and the doctors out there were shocked. 17:07 And in 14 days, "Hey, what did you do?" 17:09 I said, "It's just a water treatment." 17:11 And I was shocked and she was shocked. 17:12 And I think that's how you know God works 17:15 when we do the natural remedies prayerfully. 17:18 That's one thing. 17:19 And also we were taught of how to do few 17:21 of the natural poultices like the charcoal poultices 17:25 and potato poultice and cabbage poultice 17:26 to cure certain diseases. 17:30 And when I was working my internship 17:33 in the Adventist Hospital in Aizawl, 17:35 there was a man who got a big scar in his calf. 17:39 And then there was already a puss inside. 17:42 And then they told me, 17:44 "Is there any way you can do something with the poultices?" 17:47 I said, "I am not sure, 17:49 I've never done this, but they have taught us so I can do." 17:54 So then they asked me, "Is there any side effect on it?" 17:55 But as to what they taught us, there's no side effect in it 17:58 so we can try it. 17:59 So we do the char charcoal poultice 18:02 and then the swelling went down within three days. 18:05 And then, you know, those are the things 18:07 that I've experienced, 18:09 and I think that is what God has given us in a natural way. 18:12 (gentle music) 18:22 - Isn't that cool? - That is really neat. 18:24 - It's like they did the training 18:26 and then right away you got a couple of miracle stories. 18:29 - Yeah, so that's the neat part because their time includes 18:33 an internship- - Yes. 18:34 - Where they're nearby to where they're doing the training 18:38 and they can, you know, have that feedback 18:40 and that assistance from a not too far distance. 18:43 - Right, right. - And if needed, 18:44 the trainers could go 18:47 and help them if they needed to. 18:48 - Yeah, yeah. - So it's just really neat 18:50 to see that. - Yeah, phenomenal program. 18:53 - Inspiring, yeah. - Yeah, very good. 18:55 - And I just wanted to mention the name 18:56 of the project is Life-Changing Stories. 18:59 - Yes. - And so, 19:00 if someone's looking to look at 19:02 for more information on our website, that's the project 19:06 that's doing this training. 19:07 - Correct, yeah, Life-changing Stories. 19:10 And it truly is life-changing. 19:13 - So there's another project 19:15 that's also doing similar training in another country, 19:17 and the project originally started in India. 19:21 So the name of it is Health and Life for India, 19:23 but it's moved to a different country now. 19:26 - Right. - So just ignore the fact 19:27 that it says for India. - Right. 19:29 - It's for other countries as well. 19:31 - Yes, and pray for that lady specifically. 19:34 It's a young lady and they're having problems with drought 19:37 and she's- - They need water. 19:39 And a lot of people were recently sick with typhoid. 19:44 - She got typhoid too. - Yes, yes. 19:45 So they need our prayers for sure. 19:47 - And she's by herself leading the program all by herself, 19:51 but doing a fantastic job. - So keep these people 19:55 in our prayers. - Yes. 19:56 - That's what we do here. 19:58 - Absolutely. - So I wanna go back 19:59 to (indistinct) and his story. 20:00 - Okay. - Because there's 20:01 a little more. - Okay. 20:03 - It's talking about how he's applying 20:05 that now back in his position 20:08 in Manipur. - Very good. 20:11 (bright music) 20:20 - There was a class that says, 20:22 "If you have bitterness in your heart, 20:24 it's like you drinking a poison 20:25 and you expect someone to die." 20:27 And then that really stunned me 20:31 and it makes me think so much. 20:33 And then when the teachers taught us about this, 20:35 I realized that's one thing, 20:37 when we have bitterness in our hearts, 20:39 that doesn't affect the person whom we hate, 20:41 but it's affecting us. 20:44 We drink the poison and then that's how it is. 20:45 But that thing has taught me 20:47 and me personally, I have a lot of bitterness in my heart, 20:49 like of my family background, 20:52 of what they had done to my dad and to our family. 20:56 And once I go there, I've experienced 20:58 and I've learned that forgiveness is the only priority 21:05 and it's the only way that you can lighten your heart. 21:07 And that has taught me, 21:09 and I think that is one of the biggest change 21:10 that has changed me after going down there. 21:13 (bright music) 21:18 Before as a Bible workers when we work, there was a lot 21:21 of people who comes and ask us like, "We have headache, 21:25 we have these things, do you have medicines 21:28 and other stuff?" 21:29 Because they feel like missionaries knows few things. 21:32 That's how everyone thinks 21:35 that we know few things in a very little, but everything, 21:38 that's how they always expect. 21:40 And then for all the answers we doesn't have 21:41 when it comes for their physical need. 21:43 And then that must be one of the platform 21:46 that has really impact me when I finish this, 21:50 my medical missionary training. 21:51 So when it comes for certain cold, cough 21:55 and certain fevers and other stuff, 21:56 I would have the remedy what they have taught us. 22:00 And that is not to be bought, 22:01 but that's whatever is there in their kitchen. 22:03 (gentle music) 22:08 And going down there, I have learned a lot. 22:12 I think that three months of learning 22:15 and experience things there have taught me more 22:18 than I learned the five years of my theology studies. 22:22 Because the mission, the vision, the perspective, 22:26 everything changes when I came there 22:28 because they have taught us how to reach people 22:31 that can be much more practical 22:32 than to be much more theoretical. 22:35 So this medical missionary had equipped me more 22:39 and had taught me who Christ is, 22:41 how I can have a personal relationship with Him more 22:45 so that I can serve him better and I can know him better. 22:48 So once I know him better, I get to work with Him closer. 22:52 So that has taught me a lot. 22:54 (gentle music) 23:03 - Powerful testimony. - Yes, very. 23:06 - So this is something that we really want 23:08 to promote and expand, 23:10 and again, take it into the local languages. 23:13 Right now it's only taught in English, 23:15 we need to have funds to be able to sponsor people like Atui 23:19 to be able to teach it in Manipur to other Bible workers 23:23 so that they can also have the benefit of that teaching. 23:25 - Right. 23:28 So this is where our Bible worker training fund comes in. 23:29 - Yes. - It enables 23:31 Bible worker training 23:32 of any kind. - Yes. 23:33 - And different units request help to sponsor 23:36 for Bible worker training 23:38 'cause the workers many times have to travel, 23:40 have to have food while they're there, 23:43 maybe lodging if there's not room. 23:45 - Yes. - At whatever church 23:46 or section office they're meeting at. 23:49 - Yeah. - And you wanted 23:50 to share some more about our Bible worker training program. 23:53 - The fund is so important 23:55 because one of the reasons 23:56 we struggle getting proper training is just the cost. 23:58 The cost of transportation, the cost of food, 24:00 housing, all that stuff is surprisingly expensive being 24:03 in some of these countries that are relatively poor, 24:07 but it's a hurdle. 24:10 And so having this fund in place, really, 24:12 it not only grows the church numerically, 24:15 but it grows the church qualitatively. 24:18 You know, they have a deeper connection with Christ, 24:20 they have more knowledge about Christ, 24:21 they're more cemented into the truth 24:24 and into the foundation that we hold so dear. 24:26 - And it gives them more tools to work with. 24:28 - Absolutely. - And we have 24:30 a special person coming to join us. 24:32 - Yes, yeah, there's a pastor from Washington State 24:36 that's joining "Jesus for Asia," 24:38 and his focus, his specialty is training. 24:42 And he's developed a training program 24:44 that teaches Bible workers how to be church planters 24:50 and not just how to operate a church, 24:52 but how to teach the members 24:55 how to run the services when the pastor 24:56 or when the Bible workers not there, 24:58 which is so important because... 25:01 I know there's one section in India for instance, 25:04 where they have 80 churches and only like 20 pastors 25:09 and maybe another maybe 15 or 20 Bible workers. 25:12 So there's a lot more churches than there are workers- 25:18 - Right. - To nurture those churches. 25:19 So it's really important to enable the local members 25:23 to do the church services because a lot of times, 25:26 if a Bible worker or a pastor doesn't show up, 25:28 they just don't have church. 25:29 - Yeah, yeah. 25:31 So to enable them to train them and to equip them 25:37 to be a part of God's work locally. 25:39 - Right. 25:41 And we've wanted to provide projectors 25:42 with some of these projectors come with an SD card 25:46 that you can actually run a presentation 25:48 right off of that card. 25:50 So you can have a sermon from a pastor 25:52 and just set it up in a church 25:54 and people gather around and they listen to that. 25:56 But some of our Bible workers don't even know how to, 25:58 we have to have training for how to operate a projector. 26:04 And so the training is such a vital part 26:06 of the whole effectiveness of the work. 26:09 If that training isn't there, then the local units, 26:12 a lot of the local units will, 26:13 when the Bible workers come in every month 26:16 for their paycheck, they'll get a day of training 26:18 or two days of training, 26:20 so the refresher course and keep them going. 26:23 - Yeah, one of the things 26:24 that's most important about the training is 26:25 that they don't have all the tools that we have over here, 26:28 they don't have all the indexes, 26:30 they don't have all the commentaries, 26:32 I mean, we have so many commentaries in English. 26:34 - Right. - So if they can read English, 26:36 then they can get access to commentaries 26:38 and stuff like that. 26:39 But you know, for Ellen White's writings, for... 26:42 - Even for concordance. 26:44 I was surprised when I learned that most of the Bibles 26:46 that they have don't have concordances. 26:48 And so they're thumbing through 26:50 and they can't like go and search for something, 26:52 they have to find it manually. 26:54 - Which is one of the good reasons for these books, 26:58 these story-based Bible study books, 27:01 because it helps them to know where 27:02 to find the different stories and all of that. 27:07 - Right, and even finding the meaning in the story. 27:09 - Yeah. - You know, 27:11 and this is the challenge that we have, 27:12 was getting the spiritual books into the local languages. 27:15 And there's some ministries that are doing a great job 27:17 of that, but there's so many different languages. 27:21 - Right. - We just need 27:22 a lot of prayer for being able 27:23 to supply our Bible workers 27:26 with the tools- - With the tools. 27:27 - And this is what the training can do is 27:29 as they're trained, they're then provided with those tools. 27:32 That's where our Bible worker training fund 27:35 is so valuable. - Yeah. 27:37 And I would like to invite you to pray 27:39 for the Bible workers, 27:40 pray for the Bible worker training programs 27:42 that we've talked about today. 27:44 And if you would like more information about any of them, 27:46 please contact us at "Jesus for Asia" PO Box 1221, 27:51 Collegedale, Tennessee, 37315. 27:55 Call us at (423) 413-7321 27:59 or visit our website at Jesusforasia.org. 28:02 May God richly bless you 28:03 until we see you next time on "Jesus for Asia Now." 28:07 (bright music) |
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