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Hey, Southern Hills Baptist Church, this is Matt Cretzman,
on location in the middle-of-nowhere, India.
I'm not going to try and pronounce the village for you,
because I'd probably butcher it anyway.
But we're here at the finale of two building dedications that we did today,
and we just finished the services, the believers just gathered here.
This is a new work, and so
most of the people that were here for the dedication service are new Christians.
And, it's taken us hours to finally get here, just north of Hyderabad, India.
Really, really hot. A lot of back roads. We saw a cobra on the way over here. There were cows walking in front of
the streets. We had to drive through and over some
river that had flooded some of the road.
Needless to say, it's been a long, long journey,
and it's just awesome to see, as I was telling Andrew Smith, how, you know,
believers in Las Vegas
can have an impact here in a remote village in India.
So it's because of you guys, and your generosity, your giving – two gifts of $1,000 USD –
that we're able to construct two church buildings so that these believers have a place where they can come
together and worship.
Before the buildings were constructed,
what they've had to do is meet together in different homes,
and many times, it just creates a lot of difficulty, challenges,
and so, this is a central location where they can come together, hear the word of God preached,
and worship the Lord.
I know, to you, it may not seem very big, but I can't really describe to you just how huge this kind of an event
is for them. This project, this building.
On behalf of everybody,
man, we thank you so much, and we know that this
gift is going to reap some eternal rewards for you guys.
Thank you so much, Pastor Josh, we love you, we love you and your family, and church staff, and church body,
Hopefully we get to see you guys soon, but again,
thank you so much for your gift, and hopefully next time
maybe you'll come back over with us and we can do this all over again with some of you.
Thank you again for your gift, and thank you for supporting us. We love you guys.