Participants: Yvonne Lewis (Host), Shalini David
Series Code: UBR
Program Code: UBR000153A
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00:01 There are children across the world
00:02 that are in tremendous need, stay tuned to meet a woman 00:06 whose team is doing something about it. 00:08 My name is Yvonne Lewis 00:10 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:36 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 00:39 My guest today is Shalini David, 00:41 President and CEO of Christalis Inc. 00:44 Welcome to Urban Report Shalini. 00:47 Thank you. 00:48 So, tell us about Christalis, what is Christalis? 00:52 Christalis is an Organization 00:54 made up of all volunteers 00:56 and it's our mission to show children who are victims 00:59 of various injustices, our love 01:01 and we do this by not only providing for their basic needs 01:04 but we want to give them emotional support, 01:06 we want to give them security, we want to give them affection, 01:09 we want to give them opportunities to succeed 01:12 a strong family 01:13 and most importantly the knowledge of Christ. 01:15 Amen, and where are you doing this? 01:18 We're in Uganda right now. 01:19 In Uganda? Yes. 01:21 And what are you providing specifically for the kids? 01:25 So we have a few projects in our Home 01:28 which is an orphanage so it's a physical building 01:31 and our children live there we have a mother-figure, 01:34 a father-figure, some aunts that help, 01:37 and there, they get everything you would give your child 01:40 in your own Home, they get education, 01:42 they get food, they get clothing, 01:44 they get healthcare, 01:46 they have morning and evening worship, 01:48 they go to school, they have chore time, 01:51 they have play time, they have study time, 01:53 they get into trouble, 01:55 so everything you would give them... we give them there 01:59 and then we treat every child individually, 02:01 sometimes we get our children at thirteen 02:04 and they've never learned their ABCs, 02:06 so we give them extra tutoring 02:07 many children come to our Home without getting any healthcare, 02:11 so, as soon as they come, we take them for a Physical, 02:14 find out if they have any issues 02:15 and get them any extra care they might need, 02:17 so that's in our Home, 02:19 and then we also provide children who are 02:22 outside of our Home-care because 02:23 in our Home we are able to give them everything 02:25 that we would give our kids but outside the Home, 02:28 they live in dire poverty sometimes, 02:30 so they're not able to stay in school, 02:32 they have to help to work for their food, 02:35 or they live with their grandparents who are very old 02:39 and they have to take care of them, 02:40 so we try to give them money to go to school, 02:43 money for bedding, money for healthcare 02:44 just for whatever their needs might be, 02:46 without taking them out of their family that they're in, 02:49 and then... on down the area we found 02:52 our children and Evon, who is our Director there, 02:55 had found that there were kids in the area 02:57 who were not eating every day, and our children too 02:59 would notice... when they come Home to eat lunch, 03:01 that their kids were not going Home for lunch 03:03 because they live so far away so Evon started a Meal Program 03:08 where we give lunch and dinner 03:09 for children who aren't able to eat every day. 03:12 How beautiful, how beautiful that you are caring 03:14 for these children who are not being cared for anywhere. 03:18 I mean, they're really not... you have the orphanage, 03:22 so they don't have parents, then you have community children 03:26 whose needs are not being met, 03:28 and so you have children who are just in dire need in Uganda 03:34 how many children are in the Home? 03:36 In the Home right now, we have about 23 03:40 and we can go up 31 but by the grace of God, 03:44 we are getting at a point where our children are growing up 03:47 and they're graduating out 03:49 so right now we have three or four of our children 03:52 who graduated out so we're at about 23 right now 03:54 and then in our Assistance Program 03:57 we are probably about 60 plus 03:59 and then in our Meal Program about 15 to 20. 04:02 Whoa! that is such a beautiful, beautiful undertaking, 04:07 and we have some pictures that we want to put up 04:10 to show what's going on there and just... 04:13 so tell us, who is in the picture 04:15 and give us a little bit of background. 04:17 Sure, sure, this picture... ah, makes me so happy 04:20 because these are two students from the 04:21 Associated Students of Walla Walla University, 04:23 so they came Home to our Orphanage, 04:27 that's our Orphanage right now 04:28 and one of our little babies who was there 04:30 for a little... short time, 04:32 but they came there last September 04:34 and this Student Group 04:36 actually made one of our dreams come true, 04:38 we've been renting a Home for the last ten years 04:42 then... one year when our lease ran out 04:44 the landlord said, they wanted to sell the Home, 04:46 so we had to find a Home to house 30 kids 04:49 in like a short amount of time 04:51 luckily... God... God is amazing all the time 04:54 Yes. He found us a Home 04:56 down the street but for a long time 04:57 we kind of knew, "Okay, we need a Home of our own 05:01 instead of renting" and so we would pray about it 05:03 and Evon is the one who lives there most of the year 05:05 so she knew that that need was really immediate 05:08 but for me... and we're all nurses, 05:10 all of us Co-founders are nurses, 05:12 for me it was just such a huge 05:13 like... undertaking I was thinking, 05:15 "How will we do this, we're nurses... " 05:17 my father has done a building project before 05:19 I knew everything that went into it, 05:21 and it just seemed impossible so I would just pray every day 05:24 I would pray, "God in heaven, 05:26 please help us get a big house 05:27 that's just perfect for all of us 05:29 where we don't have to worry about anything 05:31 raising money or capital campaign 05:32 or building or engineers or anything like that," 05:35 and that's what I would pray everyday 05:36 and um... but you know our God 05:39 He is not the God of the possible, 05:40 He's the God of the impossible, 05:42 and last year in May, 05:43 the Associated students of Walla Walla 05:46 they chose to help us build our Home, 05:48 I don't know where, 05:49 we didn't know them, they didn't know us, 05:51 somebody knew about us 05:52 and they were looking for a project 05:54 and they told them and within two weeks, 05:56 they chose us amongst six other groups and 05:57 it was just such a miracle 06:00 and they came with their own group of architectural students 06:04 and engineers and people who had built in other countries 06:09 and gave us advice about building and about our plan 06:13 and everything like that and they also... 06:15 the student group committed to raising a $100,000 06:18 towards our project, 06:20 and it was just... you know it's... 06:21 it was just that little step of faith or encouragement 06:26 that these students brought to us, it's like, 06:29 "Okay, we can do this, God can make it happen for us" 06:33 and also the fact that God knew what your needs were 06:37 and He met the need, you didn't even know... 06:39 you didn't know about them, they found out about you, 06:42 I mean, look at God, 06:43 look at how much He cares about us 06:46 and what we're doing. Yeah. 06:48 Danny Shelton has written this book called, 06:51 "The Blessing is on the GO!" 06:53 and when we step out in faith 06:55 and do... and just... we're available to do God's will 06:59 God makes Himself responsible for it 07:02 and He honors that, and He blesses your efforts 07:05 and look at what happened, these students came, 07:08 architectural students, engineering students, 07:12 I mean, that is incredible, that's incredible, 07:15 oh yeah, God took care of it, 07:18 Yeah. He took care of it, 07:21 let's look at another picture, who is that? 07:23 those are... that is the whole student group 07:25 the representatives from 07:26 the Associate Students of Walla Walla. 07:28 Oh, good, good. 07:30 This is Bilaku and he is from our Assistance Program 07:34 so he is one of our... 07:35 he's our second child with disabilities, 07:37 he has hearing and speech disabilities, 07:39 his mom abandoned him when he was an infant, 07:42 and so his grandma has been caring for him ever since 07:45 but she doesn't have the money 07:46 you can see... like where they live, 07:47 it's not great and so she did not have the money 07:50 to give him special education so she had come to us for help 07:54 and we had a sponsor who had contacted me 07:58 actually a few months before we had his request, 08:01 and she had said that she was looking to help somebody 08:04 with disabilities, and so I told her, 08:09 "At this time we don't have any projects like that" 08:11 I actually referred her to another Organization 08:13 and then Evon told us about this child 08:16 and she said, "But the money is a lot more than normal 08:19 because it's for special needs and 08:21 we don't know if we'll get a sponsor for that" 08:23 and then I immediately thought of her and I called her, 08:25 and she said that she couldn't afford it 08:27 but she'll see what she can do 08:28 and she rounded up her friends and family 08:30 and together they sponsored that child and now he goes 08:33 to a special school and he's doing really well 08:35 and he's just such a happy child. 08:38 Oh, that's so great, that's so great, praise the Lord 08:41 God is good. God is so good. 08:43 Praise the Lord, let's look at another one. 08:45 Those are our boys... 08:47 those are our boys in the Home, 08:49 I just love this picture because this makes me happy 08:51 when I see it so I turned this in, 08:52 and Peter is one of the boys in that picture, 08:56 and Peter actually lost his dad when he was young 09:00 and he was not able to go to school 09:04 the caretaker/guardian was not able to care for him 09:06 and brought him to our Home to take care of, 09:10 oh, you know, it's so... for me... 09:15 as I listen to stories about 09:17 children that have to live on the streets 09:20 or they have no one to care for them, 09:24 it's unfathomable to me that a child would have no one 09:29 around to take care of them, and what do they do 09:34 and how do they eat and how do they... 09:36 what do they do to survive? 09:39 You know, I've heard stories about 09:41 children as young as three and four, 09:44 just in the garbage heaps and 09:46 I just cannot wrap my mind around that, 09:49 it's such a painful thought 09:52 and here is Christalis 09:55 and I praise the Lord for Organizations like yours 09:58 that are reaching out to these children that are in need 10:02 and filling that need and God tells us to do that 10:05 and you are meeting that need 10:07 and that's just beautiful 10:09 to know that... and you're offering 10:11 not just the physical needs but spiritual as well 10:16 and that is... to train up these children 10:19 from a young age about Jesus, 10:21 that's tremendous. 10:23 Yeah, and it's a blessing to just see it come to fruition 10:27 like, you'll see later in a picture but we have 10:30 our son, Manasi, he came to us, he was... 10:33 he lost his parents when he was maybe three- or four-years old, 10:38 he was in Rwanda, and his parents died 10:41 so his grandma came to get him and his siblings 10:43 and brought him back but she wasn't able to care for 10:46 all of them so she put them in different Homes 10:48 and they would work for their uncle and get food 10:51 and Manasi would go to school 10:53 but he didn't have anyone to pay for his education, 10:55 so the principal took him off the roster so he could study 10:59 and the teachers would get him old books 11:02 and somehow he would get by 11:04 but he couldn't go to the next level for school 11:06 and he wasn't with his grandma and... 11:09 so when we opened up, they brought him to us 11:12 and so he was with us and now... last year in November 11:15 he graduated from Bugema Adventist University 11:18 with a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education 11:22 and he's a teacher now, Ohhh... 11:25 and I share this because you were talking about 11:28 ministering to them spiritually and where he is now 11:32 he teaches in a local school 11:33 and he meets a lot of kids who don't know about Jesus 11:36 and he witnesses to them and he wrote to me one day 11:39 and he said, "You know, I used to hate it 11:41 when Mama Evon," he calls her Mama, 11:44 "used to make them study the 11:46 Scriptures on Saturday afternoon" 11:47 Now, Evon is the Headmistress at the school? 11:50 she's the Director of Uganda, of all our projects in Uganda, 11:53 she's the Executive Director there 11:55 but she lives there most of the year 11:56 she's a nurse too, so she comes and works here 11:58 three months out of the year and gets her money to go back 12:01 she doesn't want to take any other money, 12:03 she says, this is her commitment 12:06 and she is the one who cares for all the kids 12:08 and runs all the projects there. 12:10 So she's there on a voluntary basis, 12:12 she makes her money here and then goes and stays there... 12:15 yes and gives away most of her money too 12:18 she's amazing, she was here 12:21 and when we told her about the projects 12:23 we had just started, she gave up Home, 12:25 and she gave up her car, 12:27 and gave up everything and moved there 12:28 and actually she's the one who started everything 12:30 and she truly lives by faith. 12:33 Amen, that's tremendous and I'm sure she has 12:36 miracle story after miracle story 12:39 because God, again, honors... 12:41 when we do things like that, He honors those sacrifices 12:46 so I know that, so, back to Manasi, so... 12:49 Right, so he used to say he used to hate it 12:52 when she would make him study Scriptures on Saturday 12:54 but now he's so grateful for it and he's like asking for tips 12:58 on how to witness to people of different faiths 13:02 and he's just so on fire to evangelize 13:05 it's just so nice to hear that and see that, 13:07 you know back then... 13:08 when you raise the kids growing up 13:10 you don't really think, "Okay, they don't want to do stuff" 13:13 but then it makes a difference, as you grow up 13:16 and it's just amazing. 13:17 How old is he now? 13:19 He's probably about 23 or 24 right now 13:22 and for our kids, you know, like I said earlier, 13:25 we sometimes... we get them at 13 13:27 and they're just learning so they're not able 13:30 at 18 to take care of themselves 13:32 because they're not able to reach 13:34 what we would normally, here, at 18 or their early 20s reach, 13:37 so, it's our desire that we don't push them out of the Home 13:40 until they're able to be self-sufficient, 13:43 so, Manasi is our poster child, happy story 13:46 but then there are other children who have challenges, 13:48 a lot more challenges, we had our son, Shibenze, 13:51 his uncle used to do voodoo on him 13:53 so it affected him way beyond 13:55 even the times that he used to do it 13:58 it would come to him a lot, 14:00 like during school times and exams 14:02 so all our children would pray around him, 14:03 and his teachers didn't think he would make it 14:06 or if he would finish, but we made it, 14:08 we prayed him through and he got a certificate in travel 14:12 and hotel management and he became a cook in the city 14:16 and he had a certificate course and now he's trying to earn up 14:19 to get a degree in it, and for our children, 14:23 that's our... one of our mission is 14:24 we want to give them every opportunity that they can have 14:27 to have their dreams come true, 14:28 so we're trying to work and see if we can get some extra funding 14:32 to help him go for his degree and Manasi, go for his Master's. 14:35 Oh, that is... that's so awesome 14:38 these are such great stories really 14:40 because it just makes you think, "Look at God, 14:43 look at how God is working on behalf of these children" 14:47 who, if you had not intervened, 14:50 who would care for these children? 14:52 Where would they be if Christalis hadn't been there 14:56 where would they be? 14:57 God sent Christalis into that situation 15:01 to make a difference, 15:02 we have some more pictures, let's see, let's take a look. 15:05 This is one of our student missionaries 15:08 Walla Walla University also sent us three student missionaries, 15:11 and Bryson, he came and represented the ASWWU Team 15:16 for about three to six months 15:18 to help us with the building project 15:19 so not only do they come once, but they send someone to help us 15:22 throughout the whole process. 15:23 Oh nice, so they didn't just make one visit, 15:26 Yeah. they came... 15:28 they came and visited and then they kind of saw you through 15:31 the project as well? 15:33 Yes, yes. That is amazing. 15:35 Yes, so amazing. That's amazing. 15:37 I notice that we also have a video that you sent us 15:42 and I really like for our Viewers to see that 15:44 to see just what... kind of the whole picture of the school 15:50 and then you can comment on it, after the video. 15:54 Christalis, 15:58 Our desire is to give victimized children 15:59 basic needs love of family, 16:01 knowledge of Christ, 16:04 I heard about the orphan children in Uganda, 16:07 that there were a lot of children on the street 16:10 who would benefit if they were in a Home 16:14 many Homes that I went to, 16:16 very old, old, grandmothers 16:18 with their grandchildren 16:20 and their children are nowhere to be found 16:23 they have no meals, their sauce is water with salt 16:27 we could help those kids, our Home is like a family 16:31 in that, first physically, it's in one Home, 16:35 initially when we started the Home, 16:36 the kids were excited 16:38 because they were going to sleep in a bed 16:40 and a mattress, they were getting food, 16:43 that they were getting three times a day 16:45 that was too much food, is what they felt like. 16:47 Our children are orphaned due to various reasons 16:50 abandonment, rebel killings, AIDS, 16:53 Gracie was abandoned by a trash pile 16:56 when she was an infant, 16:57 we found her frail and brought to us 16:59 at six months' old but with the love of our Home 17:01 and constant medical care, she is a healthy seven-year old 17:04 and we are the only family that she knows. 17:06 At five-years old, Manasi had to walk with his bare feet 17:11 with his family from Congo to Rwanda, 17:13 his parents were victims of genocide, 17:15 and his grandmother took him and his siblings 17:17 and put them in different Homes 17:19 to work as servants for their food, 17:20 he tried to go to school, but couldn't pay the fees 17:22 so the teachers brought him to us 17:24 and we are so proud to say 17:27 that he is going to be our first college graduate next year 17:30 no child should have to suffer 17:32 because they do not have the love of a parent 17:34 because you see, James 1:27 says, "That's our job" 17:38 now, everyone may not be able to leave their lives behind 17:41 and help every child, but we can be your eyes 17:44 and we can be your hands to care them. 17:47 My reason for supporting Christalis is 17:50 when I was in 3rd grade, World Vision paid for my school 17:54 from third grade to tenth grade 17:56 and that was a big help for me and my family 17:59 they said, "Look at that kid with long shorts and big ears," 18:03 and that was me so, it's only fair that 18:06 now that I can afford it, 18:08 I can pay that back to some child 18:10 who really needs an education. 18:12 We have children of our own and it's nice to show them 18:16 how to give to others. 18:17 Through God's blessings and the love of our parents, 18:20 we didn't lack a lot of things growing up. 18:22 Christalis provides us an opportunity 18:24 to give back a little bit, 18:25 the blessings that we have been given. 18:27 I joined Christalis because... 18:30 I joined Christalis because, 18:32 so I just wanted to, in turn, 18:34 make my little impact for the world, I guess. 18:38 I see how providing them with monetary funds 18:42 so that they can receive education 18:45 or they can receive food, goes a long way. 18:47 Christalis is a 100 percent volunteer run 18:50 everything that you do directly affects these kids 18:54 and you could be a part of something 18:56 that you know will change the world. 18:58 If you feel like you want to make a difference, 19:02 you should definitely join the Christalis family. 19:05 Now, please join us 19:06 in participating in this great cause. 19:08 www. christalis. org sponsor, donate, volunteer, pray 19:16 Oh, so everything is volunteer-run? 19:18 Yes. 19:20 There are no administrative costs per se? 19:23 So, this year we started with employing somebody 19:27 just for Admin for few hours a week 19:29 because as we've grown and we're helping more children, 19:32 we had to do that but everything, like, 19:34 we have volunteers that help us on this side 19:36 with our projects on that side, 19:38 and we have staff in Uganda, and Evon is a volunteer 19:42 as you said and so but mostly it's all volunteers 19:47 people give up their time every week, 19:49 two to four hours, six hours per week, 19:52 we have five to eight solid volunteers per week 19:54 but we go up to 20 which is also a blessing 19:56 because we've been around now... ten years 19:58 and the first five years it was mostly me and my mom 20:01 and Evon and our Operating Board 20:03 but in the last five years, God has been so amazing 20:07 it was our desire to help more children 20:09 and he brought... 20:11 he helped us grow in the last five years to 20 volunteers 20:14 and it just helped us, helps us network, 20:17 helps us get more sponsors, helps us do more things 20:20 to raise more money for our children 20:22 but we really couldn't get by without them. 20:24 Oh! that's so incredible, how can one become a sponsor, 20:29 what do you have to do and how much is it 20:31 and what do you get for your money? 20:34 Sure, so can contact us via our website 20:37 or call us, e-mail us. 20:38 And what's your website? 20:40 It's just: Christalis. org 20:42 so, Christalis. org 20:46 Okay. and you can... 20:48 so it's different levels of sponsorship, 20:50 because in the Home, obviously there are more needs 20:53 because we're taking care of a lot more 20:54 for the children in our home, 20:56 so right now we have our needs 20:58 for children to be sponsored at $40 per month 21:02 or $80 per month, 21:03 it really takes about $150 per month, 21:05 but we ask Sponsors to either do $120 or $60 21:09 or $40 or $80 and together sponsor 21:12 these children, 21:13 and then in the Assistance Program, 21:15 it costs $40 for kids who are about high-school age 21:18 and $20 for kids who are elementary-school age per month 21:22 and then our Meal Program it really doesn't take a lot, 21:25 if you miss one meal a month going out, 21:28 you can feed a child for a month, 21:29 so just $12 a month for our Meal Program. 21:32 Twelve dollars a month for the Meal Program 21:36 and what does that get the person who is sponsoring? 21:39 So for the Sponsors, 21:41 when you sponsor a child specifically, 21:43 you will get a Report Card, 21:44 you will get a letter from them every year, 21:47 you'll get their picture, 21:48 and you can communicate back to them 21:50 our children love it 21:51 when they get letters from their Sponsors 21:53 when they get pictures of their Sponsor's family 21:56 it really... it makes them feel loved, 21:59 it makes them feel motivated, it's a different thing 22:02 us telling them to study hard, 22:03 and it's a different thing the Sponsor saying, 22:05 "I believe in you, I want you to... " 22:07 you just take a few minutes out of your day to write a letter 22:10 and you can change the life of a child. 22:13 So, that's beautiful, so now for the $12 22:15 what does the Sponsor... 22:18 what is the impact on the child for the $12? 22:21 So for the Meal Program, you don't necessarily 22:23 sponsor one child because it's a lot like a 22:25 Soup Kitchen, where the children come, 22:28 we have Regulars that we try to transition 22:30 into our Assistance Program but it's just... 22:32 it feeds them two meals a day for a month, 22:34 the $12 per month. 22:36 So for... anybody can do $12 a month, 22:42 I mean, that's really not much 22:46 and for that, you're giving a child 22:48 two meals a day, for a month, that's amazing! 22:52 And even in our Home, because you mentioned that 22:55 we know that everyone wants to help kids 22:58 and we realize that not everyone can afford it, 23:01 so for College Students that are in College, 23:03 or maybe are in Grad School, or you're in High School 23:06 and you want a part of this, doesn't mean you can't help, 23:08 so we have a Student Pledge 23:10 where if you're in College you can pledge $10 per month, 23:12 and if you're in High school, $5 per month, 23:15 and you can help these children just wherever you are. 23:19 I think that so often we don't realize 23:24 how impactful a few dollars can be 23:28 you know, a lot of times people will say, 23:31 "Well, I can't give $50 a month or $100 a month 23:36 I don't have it like that 23:37 so I'm just not going to give anything, 23:40 no, whatever you can give means something 23:42 Yes, yes. and I'm sure that also 23:45 somebody just wants to make a one-time donation, 23:47 you'll be open to receiving that as well. 23:50 Yes, it's the one-time donations that really get us through 23:52 because like I said, sponsorship really doesn't 23:55 cover everything we try to make it affordable 23:57 so we can have sponsors for these kids, 24:00 but it's the one-time donations 24:01 that really carries through the year. 24:03 And no amount is too small, right? 24:05 because if somebody sends you $5 or $20, or... 24:08 Or a dime, my daughter collects change 24:10 and she gives me ten cents and a penny 24:11 and I deposit that under her name 24:13 in our Accounting and it really does help, 24:16 we had a seven-year old, I think she's seven or eight 24:18 and she collected money 24:20 and she collected throughout the year 24:22 and collected a $100 or $120 and donated it 24:26 because she wanted to help these kids 24:29 so anyone can give whatever they want 24:31 and if you don't even have a penny to give, 24:34 you can give your time because like I said, 24:36 my daughter's five, she volunteers for us 24:39 and even... there are people in California, 24:42 other places, if you have an hour 24:44 or half an hour or two hours of your time, 24:46 you can do that and even if you don't have that, 24:48 we have prayer partners and we give you our prayer list 24:51 and prayer is powerful, 24:53 it's how we're doing what we're doing, 24:55 you can help us pray so nothing is impossible. 24:58 Yes, yes, so how would a volunteer 25:01 volunteer their time from here, 25:03 like what would they do to help? 25:06 From here, I know it's hard to believe 25:08 but there's so much help we need 25:10 just because we're volunteering, we don't have an office, 25:12 we don't have staff, everyone goes to work 25:15 so volunteers actually help with everything, 25:17 they help with Admin, they help with fundraising, 25:19 they help with our graphic design, 25:20 and they help with our development, 25:22 they help with everything that runs our Organization. 25:27 So you need people to say, "Look, I might not have money, 25:32 but I can give you a couple of hours a week or 25:35 an hour a week or a couple of hours a month 25:37 or... it can really make a difference for you. 25:40 It can, it's a child's difference, 25:43 sometimes one volunteer is what it takes to help another child, 25:47 and there are also opportunities to volunteer there 25:50 if you're looking for a commitment of three years 25:53 or six months or a year, 25:55 we are happy to have volunteers go there 25:57 and help us with our different projects. 25:59 That's awesome, what's your biggest need right now? 26:02 Our biggest "one need" is hard to pick 26:05 but we have our building project, 26:09 where we're trying to raise the last $15,000 26:11 that's a huge need. 26:13 Ahh... that's important, we should talk about that a bit 26:16 because... so this building project... 26:18 all you need now is $15,000 to complete the project. 26:23 Yes, yes, and then we could get in there maybe before Christmas, 26:25 then our kids can celebrate in the Home, 26:27 that would be great if we could have that. 26:29 So that's one of our big needs 26:31 the other big need that's very immediate 26:33 also has just brought it more immediate 26:36 because we're getting ready to go into the home is 26:38 we've always needed a vehicle, we have no vehicle 26:40 for our kids and we feed... usually feed about... 26:44 like over 60 mouths per day and then we usually 26:48 go buy groceries and then its... we used to go on a bicycle 26:51 our father-figure would go back and forth 26:53 carrying these big bags of groceries and then 26:55 finally we employed like a motor bike 26:56 that would take it back and forth, 26:58 and now that we're going, we're up in the hills 27:02 and there are no paved roads, so it gets... 27:04 when it gets muddy, when it's raining, 27:06 the mud is very slippery, 27:07 Evon has fallen off her bike many times going up there 27:10 and so we could really use a vehicle 27:12 to help take the kids to school, to church, to the clinic, 27:16 get groceries, that is... 27:19 to get a used vehicle, it's about $15,000 to $20,000 27:22 but that is a need that... 27:23 it was kind of like in the background 27:25 but now it's like ahh! we need it. 27:27 Well, our Viewers, I'm sure 27:30 will respond to that need on some level, 27:33 many of them want to know what they can do 27:35 and will do it, and thank you so much 27:37 for your commitment and all that you're doing 27:40 for the cause of Christ. 27:41 Thank you. Thank you... 27:42 You know in the new King James Version 27:45 James 1:27 says, "Pure and undefiled religion 27:48 before God and the Father is this: 27:50 to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, 27:53 and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. " 27:55 Thank you so much for joining us, 27:57 join us next time, it wouldn't be the same... 27:59 without you. |
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