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Asian Exploration is the missions project associated with Cook's VBS, The Jesus Expedition. Through the help of over 250 churches enough funds were raised to provide over 50,000 children with a New Testament Picture Bible or Children's Discovery Bible in Asian countries like China, India, Vietnam and the Philippines. Each and every nickel, dime and quarter that was given by kids across the United States helped place Bibles in the hands of over 50,000 kids in Asian countries. Kids giving to kids. The message Asian Exploration expressed to VBS students is that "the change in your pocket can really change a child's life for eternity." There are children who received the New Testament Picture Bible like Gousa Baeguar (pictured at right with her Picture Bible) who lives in Hyderabad, India, one of the largest slums in the world. She is from a Muslim family. Like other children there, her parents have mixed reactions to her attendance at a Christian Children's Club. Gousa's father fears that other Muslims could persecute him if his children maintain their Christian faith. Gousa has already learned about being like Jesus. Pointing to a picture of Jesus in the New Testament Picture Bible, she says, "Please pray for my father. Someday Jesus will also help him." Children like Gousa Baeguar do not have the money to buy a Bible of their very own but with the help of children and churches who helped support the Asian Exploration project, children living in slums and small villages who are physically poor have become spiritually rich through Jesus Christ.
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