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00:20 Hello, and welcome to Jesus for Asia Now.
00:24 I'm Natalie Wood and I have Jon Wood
00:25 here with me on the show.
00:26 Hi, Darling.
00:27 And today, we get to talk about our orphanage in India.
00:31 Yes, well, we started out in 2007.
00:33 We've gone over with the team, six teams of to do evangelism
00:37 in six different places all at once.
00:38 And as we were wrapping up that evangelism,
00:41 we got a call from somebody that was running an orphanage,
00:44 but they were getting old
00:45 and they were losing their support.
00:47 They were looking for somebody to take over the orphanage
00:49 so they didn't have to put the kids
00:50 back out on the street.
00:51 And when you get a request like that,
00:52 what do you say?
00:54 No, just put them out on the street,
00:55 it's okay, it's like...
00:56 No, you don't say that.
00:58 So, we said, yeah,
01:00 we will assume the leadership of this orphanage
01:04 and it was a very small orphanage,
01:07 and it was rented building,
01:09 and very quickly the owner has decided to sell
01:13 the rented building.
01:14 And so we started looking for another building
01:15 that we could house the kids in,
01:19 and it was really hard to find a place
01:21 because people didn't want, number one,
01:24 a bunch of kids in their home, and number two,
01:26 bunch of Christian kids in their home.
01:29 We actually rented another place
01:31 and then the Hindu neighbors complained so much
01:33 about the children singing.
01:34 Yes.
01:35 And they sing at the top of their lungs,
01:37 so it is not quiet.
01:38 But I think it also disturbs the guards
01:41 that are in the area around
01:43 and our wonderful donors came to our aid
01:46 and helped us buy a cute little home.
01:49 But as you can see...
01:51 Look at those kids
01:52 and look at the size of their house.
01:55 The house is very small and the backyard is very small.
01:58 When we purchased it,
01:59 it didn't even have an operating toilet.
02:02 So we had to put in a well so they can have water,
02:05 we have to put in two toilets
02:08 and build another room on top of the house,
02:10 but even still when you go in that house,
02:12 it's very small and the kitchen,
02:14 there is no proper kitchen facility.
02:16 So you see that little hallway on the other side of that wall,
02:20 that's where they used to do their cooking,
02:22 and it was very improper.
02:23 Dark and...
02:25 So we started looking really hard
02:27 for a place out in the country,
02:30 and it's amazing because in India,
02:33 even though it's country with a lot of poverty,
02:35 the land is very expensive.
02:38 If you can imagine,
02:39 United States has just over 300 million people
02:43 where as India has 1.2 billion,
02:46 so we got four times a population
02:48 but only one third the land mass.
02:50 And so, it's very difficult to find property.
02:51 Land is at premium. Yes, very expensive.
02:54 But the Lord let us to a place that was being sold by a man
02:58 who had been a successful businessman
03:00 and was retiring and he wanted, his wife had passed away
03:04 and he wanted to spend his final days
03:06 around the bunch of kids.
03:08 And so he says, I'll sell it to you at this price.
03:11 And he was very patient with us paying for it
03:13 'cause he originally said,
03:14 you know, the total funds we do in three months
03:17 and it took us two years.
03:18 Yeah, he was very patient.
03:20 Very patient.
03:21 So would you like to meet the kids?
03:23 Yes. Awesome.
03:24 Let's do that. Awesome.
03:27 There are millions of orphans here in India,
03:30 but a few of them have found peace and safety
03:33 here at Bethel Children's Home.
03:36 Despite their traumatic and painful past,
03:40 these precious children are learning
03:41 that through Jesus, they can find healing,
03:45 peace and joy.
03:46 I know you're gonna love them just like I do.
04:20 Aren't they precious? Yeah, totally precious.
04:22 So when we got to the new orphanage,
04:25 we found that there were some challenges still.
04:29 There were some repairs that needed to be made
04:30 and there had been a drought,
04:31 ongoing drought for several years.
04:34 And so, there were challenges with water, having water there.
04:37 In fact, there was a 35 foot open well
04:42 that was there when we first purchased the property
04:43 and it started to go dry.
04:45 So then our donors gave and we were able to dig a well.
04:49 They call it a borewell there and it was, yeah,
04:52 925 feet down they went before they got water.
04:55 Yeah.
04:56 Well, it's actually just such a little bit of water
04:59 that it was basically dry.
05:00 Wasn't enough water to put a pump down
05:02 and really pump it and so we were like,
05:05 well, maybe we should dig in a different location.
05:07 But we decided to pray. Yeah.
05:09 And so we prayed here and the children there prayed
05:13 and what happened, Honey?
05:15 They tried again, they tested again
05:17 and there was water.
05:18 There was water in the well. But in that area...
05:20 It wasn't sweet water though, it was salty water.
05:23 In that whole area, they hardly ever get sweet water.
05:25 That's known for being very salty.
05:28 And they got salty water but they kept praying
05:30 and they kept praying
05:31 and the water got better and better,
05:33 and till now the people in the area are amazed
05:36 at how clean and beautiful and tasty that water really is.
05:40 Yeah, we have another testimony about that
05:41 we want to share the rest of it in a minute,
05:43 but the children also because of the draught,
05:46 nothing was able to grow,
05:48 and there is a large area in the orphanage.
05:49 In some of the pictures you can see that
05:52 where we can grow things.
05:53 You know, we can do agriculture and supply food
05:55 for the children there.
05:57 And so, we were trying to grow
05:58 but there was no water so we couldn't plant
06:02 and so there's no point in planting
06:03 if you don't have water.
06:05 And so, the children went up on the roof one evening
06:07 and they were praying together asking God for rain.
06:12 And before they could finish praying,
06:13 it started it total downpour and they had to run downstairs
06:16 and they were all soaking wet.
06:18 Yes.
06:19 Because the Lord had poured the windows of heaven.
06:20 And the people in the...
06:22 from the local village their testimony about the kids
06:26 and about the orphanage was...
06:28 That they knew that God was there.
06:30 Yeah.
06:31 Yes, in fact one of the local leaders in the area,
06:33 he is part of the government or something, local government,
06:36 he has lived there his whole life,
06:38 and he came one day to the orphanage
06:39 to meet with our director,
06:40 and someone brought him a glass of this water...
06:45 From the well. From the well.
06:46 And he drank it and, you know,
06:49 kept on with his conversation and didn't say anything,
06:52 and the gentleman that brought the water
06:53 was still standing there,
06:54 and he said, "Would you like more water."
06:56 And he said, "Well, yes, sure."
06:58 And so, he goes and gets him another glass
07:00 and he comments then on how good the water is.
07:03 And they said, "Where do you think
07:04 this water came from?"
07:06 He says, "Well, maybe you got it
07:08 from the government,"
07:09 because they get water from the government.
07:12 No, maybe you bought the water 'cause you can buy water...
07:15 Bottled water.
07:16 Yeah, or they would bring it to you by truck or whatever,
07:19 and they said, "No, no.
07:21 Where did it come from?"
07:23 It came from our well out there.
07:25 And he said, "It has to be your God"
07:28 because the presence of the God is here,
07:30 because the children pray, and the rain comes,
07:33 and this water has turned good.
07:36 So it's a real testimony to God's provision.
07:39 Yeah, so here's a picture of the well,
07:42 it goes down 925 feet and it works.
07:44 Yes.
07:45 About 500 gallons per day from what I understand
07:48 you can get out of that well.
07:49 Yeah. It's very cool.
07:52 So we want to share some videos
07:53 about some of the specific children there.
07:56 The first one is Santos.
08:03 Hello, everyone.
08:06 Welcome.
08:07 He said welcome which means hello.
08:10 This is Santos and he is six years old,
08:15 the youngest of the boys here and...
08:21 Man, what can you say about this kid
08:23 other than the fact that
08:24 he just loves to smile all the time.
08:27 Look at him, look at him, look at him.
08:34 His parents...
08:35 Um, we don't know a lot of the story on them
08:37 because he doesn't have any family here to tell us,
08:39 but we suspect
08:41 because one of the cool things about Santos is that
08:44 he does everything with only the full use of one arm.
08:47 You can see his left arm here, it's little bit deformed,
08:49 but he does everything by himself with just one arm.
08:54 And I think that is probably...
08:57 Well, we think that is probably
08:58 why his parents did not want him
09:01 which we can't understand
09:02 why they wouldn't want to do that
09:04 because who wouldn't want this little guy.
09:05 Are you posing? Are you posing?
09:08 I appreciate you're posing right now.
09:09 When he grows up, he told me that
09:12 he wants to have a job when he grows up.
09:15 So maybe like next year I'll ask him,
09:16 what jobs specifically,
09:19 but for now he just wants to have a job
09:21 so that's a pretty good goal.
09:25 I mean it's where I'm being honest,
09:26 it's a really good goal, that's my goal too.
09:28 But, loves Jesus, loves people and loves to love other people.
09:33 He comes up sand kisses my arm all the time
09:35 just to show me how much he loves me.
09:38 Santos, I love you too.
09:43 Okay, we're gonna go and, but...
09:48 Here he is, okay, goodbye.
09:51 Say goodbye.
09:56 Say goodbye. He is more silent now.
09:59 But you can wave and smile,
10:01 that's all you need, right, just smile and wave.
10:04 Hello.
10:06 I want to introduce you
10:07 to another friend of mine, Kagendran.
10:11 Hello, everyone. My name is Kagendran.
10:13 Kagendran is...
10:15 How many years old, age? Twelve.
10:18 Twelve years old, right.
10:19 Rank A B.
10:21 B? Yes.
10:22 B rank in school.
10:24 I don't quite know what that means,
10:26 but I think that's sixth grade.
10:29 Kagendran is part of the older kids.
10:32 We have the younger kids who go to one school
10:33 and the older kids who go to another school,
10:35 but Kagendra goes to the older school
10:37 with those and walks everyday, and Kagendra has a big heart.
10:42 He is super helpful to all of the kids
10:43 that are around here,
10:44 and he loves to laugh, he loves to smile.
10:47 He is kind of shy right now, but also loves to play cricket.
10:51 And one of those little boys here is Santos
10:53 and sometimes he can't really help himself
10:55 and Kagendran always takes the initiative
10:58 to help that kid out when he needs to be cleaned
11:01 or wash his clothes or anything like that,
11:05 so just huge heart coming from this kid.
11:08 His dad was a drunk,
11:12 and ended up treating the children very, very poorly,
11:16 and actually tried to kill him sadly
11:20 which I can't imagine why anyone,
11:23 anyone in their right mind
11:25 wouldn't want to have this guy as a son,
11:27 but his dad felt that way, and so, unfortunately,
11:34 he doesn't know where his mom is now,
11:36 but...
11:39 He is dealing with that and he says
11:41 that he still feels pain in his head at night
11:45 because his dad tried to kill him with the rock
11:48 on the back of his head, and he still feels that pain,
11:49 and he still wakes up,
11:52 but despite all that pain that's going on inside of him,
11:54 I think that he's still very happy
11:56 and he has a love of Jesus in his heart
11:58 and he is gonna share that.
12:00 I think he wants to be pastor.
12:02 Pastor? Pastor?
12:07 Yes. Yes.
12:10 He wants to be a pastor when he grows up
12:11 and share all the love
12:13 that Jesus has given him to other people,
12:16 so I hope that he fall in love with him as much I have.
12:20 They're so precious.
12:23 You know, and they have such sad stories some of them,
12:26 but they still smile,
12:27 and they're still joyful and they still play.
12:30 And so, it's nice to see the healing
12:31 that Jesus can bring.
12:32 Yes.
12:33 When they're in a peaceful place
12:35 and they have people there that are loving them
12:36 and taking care of them.
12:38 That's right. So nice, okay.
12:41 The next one we want to see is a young lady name Keerthana,
12:45 and she's got a special...
12:47 We got a special testimony of her right afterward as well.
12:51 Hello, everyone.
12:52 Hello everyone. My name is Keerthana.
12:55 Welcome to India.
12:59 Keerthana, I have gone to get these kids from school
13:03 on a couple of occasions, and Keerthana,
13:05 if I'm a half a mile away,
13:08 I'm pretty sure she will spread the entire half a mile
13:11 just to come see us because she is that hospitable.
13:13 A loving little girl.
13:15 While she is not very little,
13:17 she is actually 15 years old, 15?
13:19 Yes.
13:20 And sadly her dad was a drunk,
13:24 and her mother and her father
13:27 both died as a result of illnesses
13:30 and so, she was brought here.
13:31 Today she have love with everybody
13:32 but her mom, I think had a few mental illnesses
13:36 so wasn't able to teach the kids.
13:38 And when Keerthana got here,
13:39 she wasn't able to say any memory verses.
13:42 Every week that they have memory verses,
13:43 she wasn't able to say any.
13:45 And now today, she got up
13:47 and did probably maybe eight or nine today.
13:50 Maybe eight or nine memory verses,
13:52 it was very, very impressive.
13:54 So she is learning very, very, very fast,
13:57 and she wants to be a doctor when she grows up, doctor?
14:02 Doctor.
14:03 She is going to make a great doctor
14:04 when she grows up,
14:05 and she will hold all her patients' hand
14:08 just to make them feel better.
14:08 I'm sure of that so...
14:18 See you later.
14:20 Okay, so that was Keerthana
14:22 and the video we want to share now with you
14:24 is a video of Keerthana
14:26 and a couple of other young people.
14:28 It's a story of how they witness
14:29 to one of their neighbors.
14:31 What you told me about this being a place of light.
14:33 I've already notice with the children
14:36 as I've talked to them.
14:37 The children shared the other day
14:40 about some of the children that approached to Hindu girl.
14:43 Could you tell us about that?
14:44 Yes, I was really excited to hear that story that day
14:48 when I was seated with you.
14:49 I was really inspired,
14:51 I was moved to see these young ones.
14:52 We teach them the Bible, the songs here,
14:54 but the impact what they've caught in them
14:58 to share with others, that was really amazing.
14:59 And they told us that day that they used to go by walk,
15:04 all the way from this orphanage,
15:05 from the home nearly about more than
15:07 two kilometers their school is,
15:09 so they pass by few villages, and you know,
15:12 everyday they go and they meet lot of people,
15:15 and fortunately they met Hindu girl who goes to college,
15:17 she is doing a college and they had that friendship.
15:22 And as days were passing by,
15:24 these children had an impression
15:25 that we should share Jesus, you know,
15:28 so they wrote on a paper about Jesus loves you.
15:31 Jesus is the true God,
15:32 and they took it and they gave it to her.
15:36 And they wrote a letter
15:37 because they don't have much time to spend with her,
15:39 and so they gave the letter, sister, please read it.
15:42 And she went through and she was amazed
15:44 and she said, can you tell me more about Jesus,
15:48 and they asked can we give a Bible to you.
15:50 She was really happy
15:51 so the last Thursday if I'm not mistaken,
15:53 they took a Bible but sister said, you know,
15:56 right now I'm busy with my exams.
15:59 As soon as the exam is over, I'll get your Bible
16:02 and I also want to be converted.
16:05 I want to accept this Jesus.
16:07 I love you children,
16:08 I know that the thing what you're talking about
16:11 is amazing, I'm inspired, I want to accept this Jesus.
16:15 Wonderful.
16:16 These children, they are just shining lights
16:20 and I'm also inspired.
16:22 Exactly, and I'm wanting more, they added to this, they said,
16:25 we are planning to write many more letters like this
16:29 about Jesus and take Xerox copy of it.
16:32 We're going to paste it on the walls.
16:36 And they said, on the wall it is written that
16:39 you cannot paste any bills on this
16:41 and the girls and the boys, they erased that
16:44 and they said we can paste bills on the wall
16:47 because they wanted to paste this thing,
16:49 I was thrilled and I was moved.
16:51 That is amazing.
16:52 This is what's beautiful about caring for orphans
16:56 is that it's not just humanitarian service,
17:01 but it's actually, it's actually evangelism,
17:06 powerful evangelism
17:07 because these kids are the ones that share,
17:08 the have a Hindu background.
17:11 They've come into the home, they've learned about Jesus,
17:12 they've seen Jesus love demonstrated,
17:16 they've experienced and felt it themselves
17:19 and it's such...
17:21 It's made such an impact on them
17:22 that they volunteer, they weren't asked to go
17:24 and share, but they just chose on their own to go and share.
17:29 Now, when these kids grow to be adults,
17:32 you know, what kind of testimony
17:33 they gonna have and so this is evangelism 24/7.
17:38 Right. Right.
17:40 It's very exciting. It's awesome.
17:41 It's really awesome.
17:42 Yeah, absolutely.
17:43 And so this next video that we have is actually
17:46 a video shot for Christmas but we included this
17:49 because it talks about each child says
17:52 what they're thankful for.
17:54 This Christmas, I'm thankful for Jesus.
17:59 This Christmas, I'm thankful for all my parents
18:02 at Bethel Children's Home.
18:05 This Christmas, I'm thankful to cricket.
18:14 I'm thankful for my brothers.
18:19 I'm thankful for my home.
18:22 This Christmas, I'm thankful for my sister.
18:25 I'm thankful for...
18:28 I'm thankful for my family.
18:35 I'm thankful for all my...
18:41 I'm thankful for food.
18:49 They're kind of precious.
18:50 I love them.
18:52 One of the other challenges we discovered after we started
18:56 having children at the orphanage
18:57 was that we needed additional space.
18:59 Not just additional space
19:00 but the government required us to separate...
19:03 The boys and the girls.
19:05 As far apart as possible.
19:06 So our next video is showing what?
19:09 Well, this is an answer to prayer of many months,
19:13 actually almost years of prayer asking God
19:17 for a new boys' dorm.
19:19 And so we prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed,
19:20 and prayed, and prayed, and prayed, and prayed,
19:23 and finally funds started coming in
19:26 according to God's timing and some help from good friends
19:30 and even brother Christian that was over there.
19:33 He saw the need
19:34 and he started telling his friends
19:36 about this amazing opportunity and desperate need,
19:40 and so finally the funds started coming in
19:42 and they started building.
19:44 And so this is like a trophy to see this video from India
19:49 of what's happening
19:50 with the building of the foundation.
19:53 So you can see that they're working there.
19:55 There's not a lot of people there
19:56 but they had been in the past and now they're just starting
19:58 to look at backfilling into these posts
20:01 because the ground there is not really solid,
20:04 so you have to dig way down and put these pylons
20:06 and almost like building a bridge.
20:08 And then the weight of the building
20:11 rest on these pylons.
20:12 And so, they've put in the pylons
20:15 and now they're starting to backfill
20:17 all the dirt into the ground.
20:21 When I see that, I just want to go over there
20:22 and grab the shovel and start helping these guys.
20:24 Yeah. And that is a shovel.
20:26 Yeah.
20:28 They're different from our shovels,
20:28 but that's a shovel.
20:30 But look how efficient they are
20:31 just pulling the dirt right in there.
20:33 And I've done enough construction
20:35 that sometimes I just like to get my hands dirty
20:36 and get a few calluses, maybe a couple of blisters on there,
20:39 it just feels right.
20:41 So, but, beautifully this is...
20:43 There's need for people that do construction
20:47 to go over there and help
20:48 because this isn't the end of the construction at all.
20:50 Right, this is just the beginning.
20:52 And now what else do you plan to do
20:55 with the rest of the property.
20:56 This part of the other side of the property,
20:59 we are planning to have a school,
21:01 so you can see the property how big it is.
21:04 We want to use it
21:05 because right now the children are going to government school.
21:08 There we have a fear and sometimes they're forced
21:11 to have their test on the Sabbath day
21:14 but the children are very firm.
21:16 Again there is another witness.
21:17 The children are witnessing the teachers
21:19 that we won't write any exams on Sabbath.
21:22 The teachers ask,
21:23 "Why don't you write the exams?"
21:25 That is the holy day. That is the day of our Lord.
21:28 We cannot do it.
21:30 You know, so it's amazing and so we're planning
21:35 to have a school of our own here
21:36 this side of the property till the grade 12,
21:38 so that we won't have any problem having the school,
21:42 so this is the place
21:43 where we are planning to have the school.
21:45 So would this be a school
21:47 just for the children then of the orphanage
21:49 or would it be opened up to the community
21:52 if there are Hindu people
21:54 who want to send their children to an Adventist school?
21:56 Yes, it is for all the children.
21:58 You were telling me the other day,
21:59 there is an upcoming potential problem in India
22:04 with the government schools.
22:06 Now in some states
22:09 they have implemented to have Bhagavad Gita
22:13 as one of their subjects in the school.
22:16 So that is a subject on Hinduism.
22:17 Okay.
22:18 Like we have Bible,
22:20 their sacred book is Bhagavad Gita.
22:21 So they're planning to have a subject on that
22:24 and it is being implemented in many states.
22:27 Central government is also planning to implement
22:29 in all the other states also.
22:31 So it is imperative that this school be built
22:35 as soon as possible.
22:35 Right.
22:36 It sounds like we have a small window of time.
22:38 Right.
22:40 Before these children are gonna be in situation
22:42 where they may be forced to either comply
22:45 with worshiping the Hindu gods
22:48 and taking those subjects or be expelled,
22:52 and we can't have that.
22:53 Yes, you are right.
22:54 Because you have some, not only are they precious kids
22:57 but some very bright students...
22:59 Very bright students.
23:00 With very promising futures. Exactly, yes.
23:02 So it will be a blessing to have our own school so that,
23:06 you know, nothing to do with the government.
23:09 Now I wanted to also ask you,
23:11 there was something else you said that needed to be done
23:14 in order to be in compliance with new rules and regulations.
23:16 Yes.
23:17 They said that we need to have the property completely fenced
23:22 so that, you know, they want to know
23:23 and to see that the children are not accessible
23:26 to the outside.
23:28 So it's for their safety. For their safety.
23:31 So right now it is fenced with iron wires
23:33 but the government is asking for good brick strong walls.
23:37 Now how tall does that have to be?
23:39 It need to be at least five foot.
23:41 Okay.
23:42 So that is what they're asking for.
23:42 Okay.
23:44 So we need to put a wall around this property.
23:48 So I just can't wait to see
23:51 what God is going to do on this property.
23:52 Praise the Lord. It's just wonderful.
23:56 So in that video they shared a couple of different needs,
23:57 a need for a school and a need for the fence.
23:59 Let's talk about the fence first
24:01 and then we'll talk about the school.
24:03 Now the fence is not a fence like we saw there as mentioned,
24:07 it needs to be a cement wall.
24:09 And we have received some funds toward that project,
24:13 so we'll be able to begin
24:14 but it has to go all the way around that.
24:15 How big is this piece of property?
24:18 It's five acres.
24:19 Five acres, so that's gonna be quite a lot of cement wall.
24:23 Correct. Yeah.
24:24 As long as we start building,
24:26 then that will help
24:27 with compliance with government regulations.
24:30 They will see we're trying to make an effort
24:32 to put this wall.
24:33 Right, and we'll continue as the funds keep coming in.
24:34 Absolutely.
24:35 Okay, and now let's talk about the school.
24:37 Yes.
24:38 The school needs to be seven rooms, what size room?
24:43 They need to have seven rooms, each room being 17x17 feet,
24:47 thankfully not meters, 17x17 feet.
24:51 So that's the minimum
24:52 that you have to start with, okay.
24:55 And we have to, so we need at least six classes
24:58 in those seven rooms.
25:00 Seventh room plus bathrooms and things like that.
25:03 So they've estimated the cost for building this
25:06 minimum structure to be about $50,000.
25:09 Okay. And so...
25:10 And we don't have any funding for that.
25:12 We don't have any funding towards that at all.
25:15 So we are praying again moving forward by faith,
25:18 praying that God will supply that need,
25:21 and so that we can start.
25:23 But the beautiful thing about having a school
25:25 as they mentioned in the video
25:26 is that this will open up the influence
25:28 to many other local people as well.
25:31 And if we have a school that has let's say for instance
25:35 student missionaries coming to teach
25:38 and their native speaker.
25:39 Then that will be a big attraction
25:41 from a long ways around,
25:43 and we also want to be able to provide dormitory situation,
25:46 so people from other cities
25:49 can send their kids there and really make a big impact,
25:53 so I'm exited about that possibility
25:56 of having a school there.
25:56 Yeah.
25:57 And then the children won't have the problems
26:00 with taking their exams on Sabbath and stuff like that.
26:02 Correct. Correct. So that will be a blessing.
26:03 Yes.
26:05 All the way around, it will be a blessing.
26:05 Yes, absolutely.
26:07 So we're praying to the Lord for that.
26:10 You know, there is always ongoing needs too.
26:11 I mean the staff that's there is always there.
26:14 They're always taking care of the children.
26:16 They always need funding for that.
26:18 We need funding for school uniforms
26:19 at this point 'cause we don't have a school,
26:21 but we still will need funding for school uniforms,
26:24 for paper and pencils and things like that
26:27 for the children, for the food, so there is ongoing expenses
26:30 that people can help with as well.
26:31 Right, yes. And so there is...
26:33 Right, and keeping up the orphanage
26:35 is very important to maintain, the buildings get destroyed
26:39 so fast in that damp weather so the...
26:41 Yeah, it's damp and then super dry,
26:43 and then super damp, back and forth every year.
26:46 Yeah, the tropical weather is very hard on the buildings--
26:49 So you think that the cost of keeping these kids
26:52 would be very high,
26:53 but it's actually only $30 a month,
26:57 so a $1 a day takes care of a kid,
26:58 an orphan full time, his medical, everything.
27:03 Right, it's an average of about $385 a month
27:07 to run the whole orphanage, right?
27:09 With the number of children we have now which is only 13.
27:13 So as soon as that boys' dorm building is finished,
27:15 how many boys can we house in that dorm?
27:18 We'll be able to house...
27:19 We've built in a way that in the future
27:21 we can add a second storey.
27:22 But we are started out with the one floor
27:24 which will hold about 24 young men,
27:27 plus their caretaker.
27:29 I really enjoyed seeing the pictures and videos
27:33 of the children today, sharing with our viewers
27:34 what the Lord is doing in their lives.
27:37 Yeah, it brings you so much joy to see those kids.
27:40 I'm so thankful that we are part of their lives
27:43 in just a small little tiny way.
27:44 Right.
27:45 And you know,
27:46 maybe the Lord is asking you to be involved also.
27:49 Pray for these children,
27:50 there are so many children in India
27:52 that haven't had this opportunity,
27:54 but we're hoping to open the doors for them
27:55 to have the opportunity to come there also.
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28:01 to Jesus for Asia,
28:01 PO Box 1221, Collegedale, Tennessee 37315.
28:07 Call us at 423-413-7321.
28:10 Or check out our website at Jesus4asia.org.
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28:16 Thank you and God bless you until we see you again.


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