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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000057A
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00:21 - Hello and welcome to Jesus for Asia Now. 00:24 I'm Natalie Wood and today my husband Jon and I 00:26 want to take you to India and introduce you 00:29 to a couple of our Bible workers there. 00:32 Hello dear. 00:33 - Hi darling, how are you? 00:34 - Doing fine, how are you? 00:35 - I'm doing really good. 00:36 Excited about this show today, 00:38 bcause every time we see these Bible workers, 00:40 and go visit them, I'm amazed at their heart, 00:43 and their life, and the stories that they have. 00:45 And really excited about what we'll be sharing today, 00:48 what we'll be taking our viewers to to today. 00:51 - Yes, you know here at Jesus for Asia, 00:53 we have over 50 projects in six different countries. 00:57 And so there's a lot of different work 00:59 but what we started with is the Bible workers. 01:02 - That's right, in the very beginning in 2005, 01:04 we started by hiring some Bible workers in India. 01:08 - And that's been the heart of our work, 01:09 and actually they've captured our heart as well, 01:12 because we are so, 01:14 it's so humbling, actually, to see how dedicated they are, 01:18 and what they've gone through. 01:20 So many of them have amazing testimonies, 01:22 and we're gonna hear some today. 01:24 - Very inspiring. 01:25 - Great. 01:26 They're very cost-effective as well. 01:27 They don't have to learn the language, 01:29 they already know the culture, 01:31 how to live there. 01:32 - And those are big things. 01:34 I mean, for me to learn the culture will take 01:37 five, 10, 20 years? 01:40 - And you still might not understand every nuance. 01:42 - And I would kind of stand out with my skin color. 01:45 - Right, right. 01:46 - So I would be treated differently. 01:47 - Right, they also don't have to have a plane ticket 01:49 to get there, because they've grown up there. 01:51 - You know just the plane ticket from America 01:53 would sponsor a Bible workers for about a year. 01:57 And so, they're already there. 01:59 And also learning the language, 02:01 would take me at least a year or two years 02:03 to learn the language. 02:04 - Some of the languages. 02:06 Some are quite a bit more difficult than that. 02:08 - That one might take longer. 02:09 They've got, how many characters in the alphabet? 02:12 - We've been told different numbers. 02:14 But at least 238. - Between 200 and 300 letters. 02:18 - Yeah. 02:19 In their alphabet. 02:20 - Right. - We've got 26. 02:21 - Right. (Joe chuckling) 02:23 Not that English is easy either, 02:25 but there are different complications 02:27 I think in each language. 02:28 - In Tamil; in the place we're going to today, 02:31 there are like 238 characters in the alphabet. 02:34 - Right. - So to learn that language 02:36 and become effective is a huge challenge for a foreigner. 02:39 Not to say that there's no place in the world 02:41 for the foreign missionary. 02:43 There's still 6,000 unreached people groups in the world. 02:47 There's still a lot of need for foreign missionaries. 02:49 But in India, the local missionary, 02:52 they've got the Bible, 02:53 they've got the word of truth, 02:55 they know Jesus, 02:56 they've got a good strong church support system there. 03:00 So in this country, it's very effective to just enable them. 03:05 It doesn't mean that we don't go there any more. 03:07 Because we can go and encourage and provide-- 03:09 - Lift up their hands. 03:11 - Exactly. 03:12 But them going on a day-to-day basis, 03:14 going out and meeting their neighbors, 03:15 and praying with their neighbors, 03:16 and entering their neighbors' houses, 03:18 and their neighbors seeing what the gospel looks like 03:20 in their culture, is powerful work. 03:25 And they do a wonderful work. 03:26 - Right. 03:28 And the stories that we're gonna share today exemplify 03:30 that really powerfully. - Yes. 03:32 - And each Bible workers on average 03:34 brings one person to Christ 03:36 - Per month. - Per month. 03:38 - I know that just is amazing to me. 03:40 - Yeah, it's exciting. 03:41 We don't really track baptisms 03:43 because we've seen that number kinda get abused. 03:46 But this is the reports we're hearing. 03:50 - Right. 03:51 - And it's so exciting to think about 03:52 what that's gonna look like when we get to heaven. 03:54 - Right. 03:55 At Jesus for Asia, we don't sponsor the Bible workers, 03:57 but we enable other people to sponsor them. 04:00 - Correct. 04:01 - We send the funds directly to the church in India 04:04 - Right. - and they pay the workers. 04:06 - [Jon] Yeah. 04:06 - So it's a hand-in-hand-- 04:09 - Partnership. 04:11 - Yes, and it's only $100 a month to sponsor them. 04:13 - That's less than a car payment. 04:15 - Right. 04:16 And 100% of the sponsorship funds 04:18 go to India to pay the workers. 04:20 - Yeah, we've decided not to take any cost out of that, 04:23 any funds out of the donations for Bible workers, 04:26 for overhead here in America. 04:28 - Right. - We just really want 04:30 all the funds possible to go 04:32 and support them in doing what they do best. 04:34 - Right. 04:36 - And most of these Bible workers would work for Christ, 04:38 even without pay, but this allows them to, 04:41 this monthly stipend allows them 04:43 to focus on taking the gospel. 04:46 So all day long, they can be knocking on doors. 04:49 In the evening, they can be sharing, 04:51 and to giving Bible studies. 04:52 It just enables them to be full time missionaries. 04:55 - Right. 04:55 And they work hard. 04:57 And they work from early till late. 05:00 - Yep. - Many times. 05:01 - Hm mm. 05:01 - And they pray. 05:03 And that's one thing we want to mention. 05:05 That they pray for us and they pray for the donors. 05:09 - Yeah. 05:11 They pray for the people that care about them over here. 05:12 - Yeah. 05:14 - And that's such a blessing and a privilege 05:15 to think about them praying for us. 05:17 - Yeah, and a lot of them, 05:19 they're not just doing outreach and new Bible work. 05:22 What they're doing is they've become pastors, 05:25 and many of them have several churches that they shepherd. 05:28 So on top of the taking care of the churches, 05:32 then they're doing the outreach, 05:34 and some of them are even overseeing evening schools 05:37 for our children, children's evening schools. 05:39 And so they're a vital part of this work. 05:43 - Right. - Yeah. 05:45 - So who is the first Bible worker we're going to meet? 05:46 - Oh Susanna. 05:48 - Susanna. 05:49 Now, does she have any children or a family? 05:51 - Yeah, she's got three kids that are mostly grown up. 05:54 And so she's able to focus full time on her Bible work. 05:58 - Wow. 05:59 - And she takes care of two churches 06:00 but we're gonna go and visit the one village called Dhali. 06:04 - Dhali, okay. 06:05 And we have some pictures and video, 06:07 so we wanna go ahead and start into the pictures? 06:09 - [Jon] Yep, the first thing I noticed 06:10 when I went to her village is all the white birds. 06:13 Which makes sense 'cause, 06:14 as you can see from this aerial shot, 06:17 it's surrounded by coconut trees. 06:19 - [Natalie] Okay. 06:20 - There's lots and lots. - That makes sense. 06:21 - I mean just coconut trees 06:23 almost as far as your eyes can see. 06:25 - Wow. 06:26 (chucklings) 06:27 So now we're moving into the village. 06:28 We're looking closely at the people, right? 06:30 This is some of the people 06:32 from the village? - That's right, 06:33 We're just walking down main street 06:34 and took some pictures of these ladies 06:37 and these are the people in that village. 06:40 - [Natalie] Okay, and this is the church building? 06:42 - [Jon] This is our church. 06:43 And when we first found it over 10 years ago, 06:45 it was closed and locked up. 06:47 - [Natalie] I know. 06:49 - [Jon] And you remember that because you lived there. 06:51 - Yes, and it's such an amazing thing 06:53 to see what God has done. 06:55 I mean there wasn't the funding. 06:57 The local conference just didn't have the funding, 06:59 after someone else sponsored the church to be built, 07:02 to keep it going. 07:03 And it's so sad because we see that in so many places. 07:06 - I know, I know. 07:08 And so, I mean, we were looking to do evangelism. 07:11 - Right. - And we thought, 07:12 well, instead of raising the money 07:13 to build a church in a new village, 07:15 why don't we just re-open this church? 07:18 - Right. 07:19 And that way, we're re-empowering them 07:22 to be in that village again. 07:24 - Exactly. 07:25 - It's not like we're starting something new 07:26 that's gonna take years and years and years to be built up 07:29 and then have to finance the church as well. 07:31 - Yeah, because the seeds had been planted there. 07:33 There were still church members that came to us and says, 07:36 are you gonna open this church again? 07:38 In fact there is one church 07:40 where when they went in, 07:41 they found a bag full, 07:44 stuffed full of money. 07:45 And they're like, where did this come from? 07:47 And the lady came up to them and says, 07:49 oh we have been taking our tithe throughout the years 07:53 and taking it into the church 07:54 and stuffing it in there hoping some day 07:57 somebody would come and take our tithe. 07:59 - Unreal, wow. 08:01 Wow. 08:02 (chucklings) 08:03 - So anyway, she is there in this church 08:06 and the church is growing and thriving. 08:08 And you're gonna hear her own stories. 08:10 - [Natalie] Right. 08:11 Right now, you have a fascination it seems with tiled roofs 08:14 because I know our next video (Jon laughing). 08:17 - [Jon] Yeah, this roof is kinda unique 08:19 because it looks really cheap and kinda rickety 08:22 but it allows the circulation 08:24 to come through these churches. 08:26 - Right, but then they, 08:27 they fall apart easily. - And they fall apart, yeah. 08:29 - They are cheap and, so now they're replacing them. 08:32 - With the metal roofs, 08:34 with like an open-- 08:37 - Like a vented thing in the top? 08:39 - Yeah, 'cause the sun hits it and it gets hot down there. 08:42 - Wow. - So that is nice. 08:44 - Okay, let's play that video now. 08:46 - [Jon] Okay. 08:47 (speaking in foreign language) 08:51 (pensive guitar music) 09:00 - Hello, Sister Taturo. 09:02 (speaking in foreign language) 09:07 - [Translater] My name is Susanna. 09:09 I'm working in the place called Dhali and Valagundaburam. 09:13 In these two places, I'm taking care of the churches. 09:17 (speaking in a foreign language) 09:23 - And this particular place called 09:25 Valagundaburam, it is full of Hindus. 09:28 Very strong Hindu background. 09:31 And she says there are nearly 09:33 about 2,000 families in this village. 09:36 And she's telling it's very difficult to work over there 09:40 because they call Christians like, 09:43 these people are the people who'd change your religion. 09:47 So be careful of these people. 09:49 And that one particular man, 09:51 he's very much against Christianity. 09:53 He's like a leader in that area. 09:56 One day, what he did, he came in search of her, 10:00 to beat her because she's proclaiming the Bible, the gospel. 10:05 He's very much against her. 10:07 And that day she was not there, 10:09 so he went to the lady's house, 10:11 who is kind of a deacon in the church, 10:15 and he went and threatened her. 10:17 Where is your pastor, 10:18 that lady who's roaming here with the Bible? 10:21 I wanted to beat her, I wanted to fix her. 10:24 But the next day, what he did, 10:26 he came to the church, 10:28 he broke all the windows, 10:30 and he broke the lock. 10:33 The next Sabbath when she went, 10:35 she was not able to open the lock 10:37 because it was completely broken and it was jammed. 10:41 And this man, one day she saw him face to face, 10:45 and he told her, I'm going to kill you. 10:48 If you keep doing this one, your life is in big threat. 10:52 So don't do this one. 10:54 Don't take the Bible and proclaim in this village. 10:57 You go wherever you want, but not here. 11:00 (speaking in a foreign language) 11:09 - What happened, the next Sabbath, 11:11 he came to the church in search of me. 11:15 But that particular day, what happened, 11:17 since the bus was late, I was going a little late. 11:20 9:30 I went to church. 11:23 That time they were cleaning the church 11:24 because of some program in the church. 11:27 And after the cleaning, 11:28 those people they came and told me, 11:31 that man just came and was searching for you. 11:33 So they all knelt and prayed in the church that same day. 11:40 The very next day, he was going in on the bike, 11:43 he met with an accident. 11:46 He broke his legs. 11:48 He came home. 11:49 She went and prayed for him in the home. 11:53 After that, she is not a threat now. 11:56 She's going, praying for him, 11:59 and still his legs are not healed, 12:02 bu there is no more threat for her. 12:03 She thank the Lord of that. 12:06 (pensive music) 12:08 (singing in a foreign language) 12:14 - Amazing story, isn't it? 12:16 - Yes. 12:17 - How a man that was threatening to kill her, 12:19 now become her friend because she forgave him. 12:22 She didn't hold his attitude against him. 12:24 But when he had a need, she went and prayed for him. 12:28 - Yes, 12:29 wow. 12:30 And to see the tears on people's faces 12:33 as they're praying with her. 12:34 Just shows how vital it is, 12:37 how much they need that friendship 12:39 and that caring that she's giving him. 12:42 - Oh yes, we think of it as a program. 12:44 We think of it as numbers of baptisms. 12:47 We think of it as expanding the kingdom. 12:50 But when you go there and you see, 12:52 it's more than that. 12:54 It's caring for people, 12:55 it's people finding hope, 12:57 it's people finding encouragement. 13:00 It's vital for them. 13:02 - Hope for eternity. 13:04 Hope for eternity. 13:05 - Yeah, that's right. 13:06 Because their religion in India 13:09 says that you're going to have hundreds of thousands 13:13 of lives ahead of this one. 13:16 - And you've had a bunch in the past already? 13:17 - Yes. 13:19 And so to think about that you can go to heaven, 13:22 and that Jesus, 13:24 here is a god that likes you, 13:27 that cares about you, 13:28 that finds value in you. 13:31 That's mind-blowing stuff. 13:33 - And he's willing to answer their prayers. 13:35 - Yes, and he does. (chuckling) 13:38 - In amazing ways. - Yes. 13:39 - Amazing miracles. - Exactly. 13:42 And that's one of the things 13:43 I love about being there is that, 13:45 they don't have a lot of possessions, 13:47 they don't have a lot of stuff. 13:48 They earn less than $100 a month. 13:52 So they don't have a lot. 13:54 But they've got faith and they know how to pray. 13:58 And a lot of times, I don't understand what they're praying 14:00 but I just love to hear their heart 14:04 when they call out to God. 14:05 - Right, and they have a lot of determination too. 14:09 You know, they keep going. 14:11 I mean we have other stories we're gonna be sharing, 14:12 so I don't wanna give them away in this show 14:14 but to see her bravery, you know, 14:17 to keep going there, knowing this man has said, 14:19 I'm going to kill her. 14:22 - This lady, she could have asked for a transfer. 14:25 She could have said, you know what, 14:26 I don't need this money. 14:28 I think she has a husband that takes of them financially. 14:31 She doesn't need to do this. 14:33 But her heart is in it. 14:35 And one of our Bible workers that quit, 14:37 because of some family requirement, 14:40 and she was gone for a month or two, 14:42 and she came back and she says, 14:43 I have to do this. 14:44 I miss the light. 14:46 I miss the light that I feel 14:48 when I'm sharing the gospel with my neighbors. 14:50 I have to do this please. 14:52 - Hire me back again. - Yes. 14:55 - Wow, what a blessing. - It's exciting. 14:58 - It is, huge blessing. 15:00 And to be a part of that. 15:02 And to think that us as donors might get 15:05 even a little fraction of the stars 15:09 that are gonna be in their crowns, you know? 15:11 It's like wow. 15:12 - Yeah. 15:14 - And there's hundreds more Bible workers out there 15:16 that are willing to come and work for us, 15:20 if we have more sponsors. 15:22 - Right, and many areas of the country 15:23 are always asking for more workers. 15:25 - Absolutely. 15:26 - And it's hard to say wait, 15:27 and it's hard to say no. 15:29 We don't wanna say no. 15:30 - No. 15:32 - Because it's souls for the kingdom, 15:33 it's souls for heaven. 15:34 It's friends for eternity. 15:36 - This is the only chance we'll get. 15:39 Very soon, when Jesus comes again, 15:41 we'll never have another chance 15:42 to bring somebody out of sin into light. 15:46 - Yeah. 15:47 Well we wanna travel now, 15:49 from Susanna's village to another village 15:51 in need of another Bible worker 15:53 who used to be an independent Pentecostal pastor. 15:57 - Yes, which is an amazing story. 16:00 This is what happens. 16:01 We planted a seed 10 years go, 16:03 and out of that seed, 16:04 some people got baptized, 16:06 and they met other people who met other people, 16:09 and now they've connected with this man, 16:11 who had a church. 16:13 He had his own church. 16:15 Pentecostal pastor, and this is the way a lot of them work, 16:17 is they'll go out and they'll start planting the seeds, 16:20 and they'll get converts. 16:22 And the converts will then support them 16:24 and they will build their own church, 16:25 and have their own church members, 16:26 and get their living from that church. 16:29 - Right, so it makes it hard for them to go under 16:32 another church or organization. 16:33 We've seen that over and over again. 16:35 So once they're an independent pastor, 16:37 they like the money that they earn. 16:39 - Yeah, and even if we come into their territory, 16:42 they start resenting us and working against us 16:44 because we're taking away their income, their sheep. 16:47 - Livelihood, right? 16:48 - But this man was totally different. 16:51 He heard about the Sabbath and he got excited about it. 16:54 - Right, and I think we should play the video 16:56 so we don't give away the story. 16:57 (chucklings) - Yeah, let's do that. 17:00 (singing in a foreign language) 17:08 We're here in southern India. 17:10 We've just finished worship in a church right behind me. 17:15 It's a rather large church for this part of the world, 17:19 for a Seventh-day Adventist Church. 17:21 It's got a very interesting story 17:23 of how it came to be a Seventh-day Adventist Church. 17:27 (speaking in a foreign language) 17:28 - My name is Pastor Padmanapan. 17:30 I'm working the place called Krishnapuram. 17:34 I was working in the military as a police, 17:38 and after that, I came to know about Jesus, 17:41 and I became a Christian. 17:43 The place where right now I'm working is full of Hindus. 17:47 When I first started this work 17:49 of the ministry as a Christian, 17:52 there were so many opposition. 17:54 (speaking in a foreign language) 17:58 And God told me, anything which comes against you, 18:02 will not affect you. 18:04 If one comes in one way, I will split into seven ways, 18:07 and that will go off from you. 18:09 Since I was a military man 18:11 and I have the promise of the Lord, 18:13 I've got this courage to do the work of the Lord 18:17 amidst these lot of problematic areas, 18:20 amidst these Hindus people. 18:22 They said, there is a man who will come 18:24 to capture people for Christianity. 18:27 Don't allow him inside this village. 18:30 (speaking in a foreign language) 18:31 Wherever I went, there were devil possessions. 18:33 We prayed and devil flee from those people. 18:37 God was blessing my ministry like that. 18:40 (speaking in a foreign language) 18:41 In my church, members were gathering, adding up. 18:44 We were worshiping on Sundays, 18:46 but one time, one lady called Manogry, 18:50 she came and told us about this remnant truth, 18:53 about the Sabbath truth. 18:57 (speaking in a foreign language) 18:58 (pensive music) 19:06 - She alerted some of our JFA Bible workers 19:09 about his openness. 19:11 And so three of our Bible workers, 19:14 Pastor Thomas, Sister Jennifer and Sister Susan, 19:17 came and started meeting with him 19:19 and conducted Bible studies 19:21 over the course of several months. 19:23 And he was so excited about 19:24 this new truth that he was finding. 19:26 He says, I've never heard this before, 19:27 this is so wonderful, 19:28 I'm so happy to know this new truth. 19:31 (speaking in a foreign language) 19:33 - The Bible says in Genesis, chapter two, verse three, 19:36 if you observe the Sabbath and keep it holy, 19:38 God will bless you. 19:39 I was moved by this message 19:41 which I have not heard in my life before. 19:44 I accepted that message. 19:46 - And he says, but if I come and accept the truth, 19:50 then my church, my members, won't understand, 19:53 and they'll all leave. 19:54 And so he says, let's do this wisely. 19:56 And they did Bible studies for several months, 19:59 and then he and his wife were baptized. 20:02 And then he kept preaching in his church, 20:05 and then he started inviting the Bible workers 20:07 to preach in his church on Sundays. 20:09 And over the course of a year or two, 20:12 almost his entire congregation has changed over 20:15 to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 20:17 (speaking in a foreign language) 20:19 - We, not only me. 20:21 Even my church members accepted this truth 20:24 and started to believe. 20:26 And now as a family, as a whole church, 20:29 we have accepted this truth 20:31 and took baptism in this remnant church. 20:34 And now our church is a Seventh-day Adventist Church. 20:37 Whenever there is a big revival meeting in our church, 20:41 there are people always ready for baptism. 20:44 Five, six, seven people are there accepting Jesus 20:49 and they are coming forward to take baptism. 20:53 (gentle music) 21:00 - Isn't that exciting? 21:01 - Yeah, that is really, 21:05 makes it all worthwhile, really. 21:07 - Power of the gospel. 21:08 - Yeah. 21:10 And it's so neat how Susanna, who we just saw, 21:12 was a part of doing the Bible studies with him and his wife, 21:16 and a part of being a leadership-- 21:19 - Of bringing him into the truth. 21:21 But his excitement of hearing this truth is so refreshing 21:25 because you know he's not in it for the money, 21:27 he's in it for gospel. 21:28 And the stories that he has told me, 21:30 which I can't share publicly, 21:33 I mean there are amazing mind-blowing miracles 21:37 that took place in his life, as he stood for the gospel. 21:40 - Wow. 21:42 It is so neat. 21:43 It is so neat to see, and to do it wisely like that, 21:46 and to be willing to go slowly 21:49 for the sake of others, to have time, 21:52 to take in the gospel truth. 21:55 I think that shows a lot of humility and a lot of wisdom. 21:58 He wasn't willing to say, well I know it, 22:01 and I'm going for it, 22:02 and I don't care about the rest of you. 22:05 He said I'm learning it, I'm gonna keep learning it, 22:08 and see where this goes. 22:09 - He's got a true pastor's heart. 22:11 - Yeah. - Yeah. 22:12 - So this is the church, 22:13 this is the congregation that was there, 22:15 the Sabbath that we were there. 22:16 And it was a high Sabbath. 22:18 Because we were baptizing the very last 22:19 of his church that were Pentecostals 22:22 and now are becoming Seventh-day Adventist. 22:24 - Wow. 22:25 - And we got to be part of that. 22:27 - That's amazing. 22:28 - Yeah, he and his wife are so excited about learning, 22:31 not only the Sabbath, 22:32 but the Three Angels' Message, 22:33 State of the Dead, 22:34 all these things that we hold as dear truths. 22:39 This is the angle from where I was sitting 22:41 in Sabbath school. 22:43 And I thought it would be fun, 22:44 since we were in India now together with our viewers, 22:48 to play a little bit of music from India. 22:51 Just to give you a feel 22:52 for what it's like in Sabbath School. 22:54 - Okay, here we go. 22:55 (singing in a foreign language) 23:28 - So that was Sabbath School special music, 23:30 and now here's church special music. 23:32 - [Natalie] Okay. 23:34 (singing in a foreign language) 24:01 - For me I didn't understand what the music was saying, 24:03 I didn't understand the words. 24:04 I look around and people were just really moved 24:07 by this style. 24:09 Can you imagine me trying to sing in that style? 24:12 I mean I would sing in the style that I'm used to, 24:15 that would move me. 24:16 But it may not move them 24:19 like these two people moved the audience. 24:22 So this is the advantage that the locals have, 24:24 the local Bible worker has over the foreigners. 24:27 That doesn't mean there's no place for the foreigners, 24:30 but it's more of a cooperative role, 24:32 and it's beautiful in places where this is possible. 24:35 - [Natalie] Right. 24:36 So after the service there, 24:38 in the afternoon you went to another church for the baptism? 24:41 - [Jon] Yeah because the first church 24:42 didn't have a baptismal tank. 24:45 So we went to this church 24:46 and they had built the baptismal tank 24:48 underneath the rostrum. 24:50 - [Natalie] Okay, so they're holding up the lid 24:51 in this picture so that people can be baptized. 24:54 - Correct. 24:55 So here are doing the baptism. 24:57 (speaking in a foreign language) 25:07 (singing in a foreign language) 25:39 And I don't know about you, darling, 25:40 but for some reason, even at my age, 25:43 every time I see a baptism, it brings a tear to my eye. 25:47 - Me too, and hearing them sing, 25:50 I don't know how to speak that song 25:51 or how to speak the language, 25:53 but I know the tune of that song, 25:55 and it's Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb, 25:57 and it gets me, every time. 25:59 - [Jon] I know. - Every time. 26:01 - [Jon] Now this lady, I found out, was a widow. 26:04 And her kids were kinda grown up 26:06 but she was gonna suffer a hardship becoming an Adventist, 26:10 because her family was against her. 26:13 So I'm really praying and I told our workers, 26:16 you have to make sure that she learns a trade 26:19 like sewing or something, 26:21 where she can become a tailor and support herself, 26:24 as an Adventist. 26:25 - So the two ladies that are in the picture with her, 26:27 on our right is Christina, who works with us, 26:30 and on our left is Sharon, who also works with us, 26:34 here in our office. 26:35 They got to go to India, 26:36 and we're hoping to have them on the show soon, 26:39 so that they can share stories 26:40 that they saw and witnessed first hand. 26:43 - Yeah, that's gonna be fun. 26:44 - Yeah, very much. 26:46 So this picture is a picture 26:48 of all of the baptismal candidates, 26:50 along with the pastor and his wife, correct? 26:53 - [Jon] Yes, the pastor's on the far right 26:54 and his wife is on the far left. 26:57 - [Natalie] Okay, all the baptismal candidates 26:58 are in between them? 26:59 - In the middle, yes. 27:00 So exciting day. 27:01 - Yes, and it's so neat for the pastor and his wife, 27:05 they just love Jesus and they love the truth. 27:08 - Yes. 27:10 Very sold out for the truth. 27:13 Now this pastor, 27:14 who's so dedicated and so powerful in his ministry, 27:18 is now a Jesus for Asia Bible worker. 27:20 - Wow. 27:22 Wow, that shows a lot of humility. 27:24 - Yeah, humility and a heart for souls. 27:26 - Yes. 27:28 - And to think that you can sponsor a person like this. 27:31 You know while I'm sleeping, they're working. 27:35 - That's true, that's true. 27:36 (chucklings) 27:39 Well if you would like to sponsor a Bible worker 27:41 like one of these we have met today, 27:43 please contact us at Jesus for Asia, 27:46 PO Box 1221, Collegedale, Tennessee 37315. 27:51 Call us at 423-413-7321, 27:55 or visit our website at Jesus4Asia.org. 27:59 Most of all, please lift 28:01 these Bible workers up to God in prayer. 28:04 May God richly bless you, 28:06 until we see you again next time, 28:07 on Jesus for Asia Now. 28:10 (uplifting music) |
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