Welcome to ASI Video Magazine,
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I am Dan Houghton. I
have been an ASI member
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for a long time.
And over the years
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I have seen the
organization change
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and add new
members, but one thing has
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remained constant,
our mission of sharing
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Christ in the marketplace.
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Today we are going
to meet two ASI member
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organizations, a
clinic in Mississippi
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and a school in
Arkansas which are
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devoted to
fulfilling that mission.
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Dr. Yoshinobu Namihira runs a
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Better Living
Clinic and endoscopy center
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in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Dr. Namihira uses
his clinic as a center
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for outreach to the community.
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He likes to say that
the life God gave him;
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he wants to give to others.
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And for each
patient Dr. Namihira prays,
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what can I do for
him? What can I do for her?
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Let's find out how those prayers
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have been answered.
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When I was a small boy
in 1952 that's way back
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before that saving
vaccine was available.
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I was struck by the
polio, poliomyelitis.
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My mother thought I
was going to die because,
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there is no
doctors in the small island
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in Okinawa, Japan
way in 1950s before
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the vaccine was even available
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in the United
States. So, my mother thought
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that there is
nothing she can do except
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just rub my legs and
then that's all she did.
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And everybody thought this boy
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is going to die, but
miraculously I survived.
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One day I was playing
in the field with peers.
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All of sudden rain
came, and then the rest
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of my peers
just ran to the room,
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to the, to the, to
the class room from the,
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from the field. And
then I was running too,
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and because I
don't wanna get wet,
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but because of my
polio I couldn't get
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to the room fast
enough and then everybody
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else was dry
because they can ran fast
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and then I was really depressed
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and I was
depressed. I looked up myself
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and said, umm I
thought I was the worst
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in a case of the poliomyelitis,
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because when you
live in a small island
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that was my concept.
See, you are the worst
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and you are the
worst, but at the age of 13,
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my mother took me
from the small island
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Yonaguni into
the Ishigaki island,
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and from Ishigaki
island to the Mainland,
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Okinawa. She took me
to the hospital called
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Hospital for
Handicapped Children.
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I have never
seen children with a
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cerebral palsy
were not able to speak.
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I have never seen this
poliomyelitis bedridden
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in wheel chair. And
I was walking the way
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they are even though
it was not the perfect
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shape, but I
was at least moving.
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That's the first
time I saw and say, what?
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And I was hush.
My mother took me
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to the hospital
and through them for,
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through them for the
handicapped children.
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And then I was
admitted, the first night
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I walked into a
room and the first night
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I did not sleep, I
wept, I wept, because
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while I was living in
a small island I thought
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I was worst, and I
said, if I ever become
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some, some, somebody,
I want to do something
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for somebody. The
life I spent as a patient
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it was a
tremendous benefit for me
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as a patient because
I went to the surgeon
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as a patient, I
went through there
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and so received
the shot as a patient
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as a small boy.
And that experience
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as a patient is the basis for me
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to understand how
the patients feel,
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when they say,
I get nausea there
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and vomiting. And
you know, what it means?
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When they say, I
have a pain, you know,
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what it means
because you are there.
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I truly believe that
I'm in the best of hands
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you know, I have had a surgery,
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he gave me surgery
and it would really
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impress me about
that was you know,
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I was little bit
finding to go, you know,
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to have surgery
now, but just prior
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to the time of my
surgery, he held my hand
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and he prayed over
me. And I have never
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ever had a physician
to pray over me before
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the surgery. And it
just meant a lot to me
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you know, it was
just something special
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you know, very spiritual.
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That was also my
experience went to him
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when I first had colonoscopy,
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they did the same thing and then
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I would like to
say first time doctor
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ever pray and so
I, I let you know
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that he although
he has skills that
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he depended on a higher power.
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Things change
so much in eighteen
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and a half years. And
now, but I have to say
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this, I have thoroughly
enjoyed working for him
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every minute. He is
a fine Christian man.
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I would not be
here working today,
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if it were someone
else. If the doctor retires
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probably just the
same time too we'll
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retire you know.
Sometimes you don't
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want to go to
work, I mean some places,
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but I just can't wait
to get here other than this
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is my second
home, away from home.
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So, and it makes you
feel a whole lot better
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when you are
able to be in a place
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that you love,
oppose to a place that
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you don't want to
come to. So, I just
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can't wait to get
here every morning,
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I wouldn't stay as
long as I do, if I did not.
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He tells us thank
you. I know like the first
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two days I was here
three and a half years
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ago. He come in and thanked me
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then for the work I was doing
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and that he was
glad that I was on board
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with the staff. And but he shows
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his appreciation and
he tells his appreciation.
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Go, go, go, go,
go, go back cook,
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thank you very much
Annie. You're welcome.
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I have never seen
him mad at employee
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and I have never
seen him raise his voice.
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And when the
first day I was here
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when I started
working for him that first day
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I will never
forget what he told me.
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He said, Barbara I
turned nobody away,
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whether they
have any money or not.
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There are not many
doctors that would tell
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you drink more water you know,
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you don't need
the drugs you know,
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you can do these natural things.
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They like him, to
comeback even though
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they, they does what often say,
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yes we will come back to the,
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the procedure
because of the prayer.
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That's the only,
they said that's the only
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doctor that pray
with them you know,
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and they more
feel relax you know,
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and then they stay
more confident you know,
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after the prayer you know.
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You got to have
patience when you come here
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and then I am
here. But you know,
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he is there for us and you know,
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I, I personally feel
I wish there are more
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doctors like him
because when we come here
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and we know, we're getting best.
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You know and
hey, I have had a case
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when I was kind of you know,
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kind of depress
you know, with stressed
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or stressed out.
And, and he would tell me
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that you know, you
have to really think about
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what you are doing to
yourself because he is,
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you know, he is,
he kind of compassion.
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He has his wisdom
that he shares with you
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as his patients.
And he talks about the
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spiritual side
as well as you know,
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doing what God
we want you to do.
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Look at the things
that are really truly
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important to you,
and those are the things
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that you work at and
you know, you work with.
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So, to me that my
main theme of life
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is very simple. If
you do it, you do it
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with good heart. Not
because I want you do
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something for me, but because,
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I' am called to do. I
really pray for people
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not only that I
give these things, but.
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I really start
praying for people
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who have been
waiting. Main reason
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I put the 3ABN
is because that has
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interesting message
to get ready for that,
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so some people are
maybe offended you know,
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someone told me, I
stood but we decided
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we're gonna stick to
it. And if you diminish
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then it be so hard you know
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God will take care of it, so.
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Well it basically
what the really made
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the big difference
for me? And as a member
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of ASI is the
connection, the way
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I share Christ in
the medical practice,
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may not be exactly
same as when you have a
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business or
manufacturing, but the
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principle is exactly the same.
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We are not doing
anything, we are just,
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whether you make the bicycle,
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or you do the
surgery is still the same.
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Concept is what do
you have in your hand,
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you just share
with whom you will come
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contact today. When
I go the ASI Convention
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and where I
meet, I meet you know,
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all kinds of
people, but there is a
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something common. And
it's very easy to relate
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that number one,
number two, number one,
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number two. ASI
gave a avenue for me
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to be connected. He is
all about having better
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health. And we
appreciate that aspect
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very well because as when out,
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when we do our health meeting,
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all our evangelistic meetings.
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We always include
health because we know
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people who are sick
and they are suffering,
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and many times don't even know
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why that they are suffering.
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One of the things
that impressed me so much
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was, when it came time
to pray for individuals
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and you know, he has a walker
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and he is not,
cannot walk as well.
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I saw him get down on his knees
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and pray for a
gentleman who had a
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smoking problem.
And I will tell you
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that was just
really a decisive moment.
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It was a, it was a
heart telling moment.
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And so that is really impact me.
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And so, to see
individuals who really
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care for others
and, and willing to put
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forth this
message. If you notice
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there is a amazing
grace on the hallway.
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So, those are the
thing that sort of remind
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the patients that
I'm doing what I'm trying
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to do because in
addition to my skills
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and training that I
have, I want to give
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something
extra, if you want too.
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Now, you have to
be careful because
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you cannot force
what you believe,
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but at least I can
share, well at least
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I can, I can review how I feel,
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but yet you cannot force it.
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When I see Dr.
Namihira I see someone
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being innovative.
He uses the top of his
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office to do
presentations how to
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assist his patients
and not only understand
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about how to live
better, but also to know
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about Jesus. I
have never been in a
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doctor's office
that has been setup
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in such a way
that has been designed
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for ministry. And so
I think more-and-more
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in these last days as
God begins to pour out
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its spirit and people
began to take the call
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of Jesus
seriously. We're gonna seen
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more and more
people, and I'm convinced
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Ellen White says,
it's gonna be the laity
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that are gonna
finish the work that assist
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in the second coming of Jesus.
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And this is a
good example of someone
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who is not an ordained minister,
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but as a lay person that takes
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the calling of Jesus seriously.
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ASI is filled
with wonderful stories
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of members in action just like
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Dr. Namihira. In
fact, one of the things
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that drew Dr.
Namihira to ASI was hearing
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the testimonies of members at an
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ASI Southern
Union Chapter Meeting.
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Dr. Namihira
wrote to ASI that he was
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impressed by
our members, people.
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He said had a
common purpose in mind
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to share Christ
in the marketplace.
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Held each year
during the first weekend
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in August, the ASI
Convention is one of the
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largest Adventists gatherings in
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North America with
thousands in attendance.
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It's a time of camaraderie
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and inspiration.
We share exciting
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testimonies and
enjoy outstanding music
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and speakers and
encourage each other
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to be bold in sharing Christ.
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There are also full
programs for children
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and young adults and
some families' even make
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the ASI Convention,
their summer vacation.
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ASI is a great
opportunity for anyone
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to meet people.
Giving opportunity
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to network the individuals.
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It's great opportunity for them
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to learn from each
other. Rubbing shoulders
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and hanging out
with people that are
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committed to the
Lord soon coming.
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I have developed
a wonderful network.
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It's been
absolutely invaluable the
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contacts we have
made through ASI.
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ASI places great importance on
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young people, and
many of our members
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are actively
involved youth in ministry.
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Ouachita Hills
Academy and College,
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are ASI member
schools in Amity, Arkansas.
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They are committed to
providing their students
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with the premier education along
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with a
practical work experience.
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However, their
supreme goal is to equip
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students for a
lifetime of soul winning.
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Two, three, one.
You are such a baby,
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You are such a
baby filled by the world
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with love, you are
such a baby like our tiny
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child. When the
world is yawning for the
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brightest one, You
are such a brightest star.
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We get a lot of feedback, lot of
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positive feedback
about our students
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from a variety of
sources, employers,
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and other schools. In fact we,
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we hear often from
other Adventist College
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and Universities
saying, we just love
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the students that
come from your school
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because they do
know, how to work
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they are serious and focused.
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They know where they are going.
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Obviously they
are still kids, but
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we do, we do, we do believe that
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as they work
here they are not only
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gaining skills you
know, learning how to do
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plumbing or wiring
or baking or whatever
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the skills sets are.
They are also learning
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those habits
that no matter where
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they go to work, no matter what
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they are gonna do?
They are going to be
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performing. They are going to be
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good workers. Our
students come from all
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different kinds of backgrounds.
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Some people think,
well they must all be
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musical because we do
focus a lot in on music.
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And by the time
they finish a year,
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most of them are,
and actively involved
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in some kind of
a musical program.
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But actually our
students are coming
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from all different
aspects. We do have a
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lot of
home-schooled children because
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we find the
home-schooled parents
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are very concerned
about the environment
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their child comes
into. And so, we do find
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we have a lot
of home school, but
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we, we have
students from usually about
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20 to 24 different
states in the academy.
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And some of them
are, are very academically
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gifted and some of them are not.
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I can honestly say it
was probably one of the
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defining moments of my life.
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It's hard to
describe, but I had never been
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in the environment
where they were conservative,
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Christian dedicated young people
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I just never had
those kinds of friends
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when I was young. And
so, coming to the school
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like this where I
made very good friends
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that were
Christians, they were dedicated
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Adventist. It was just an
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amazing experience for me.
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Ha, five thousand, six thousand,
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seven thousand, eight thousand,
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nine thousand, ten thousand.
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I can go to
anywhere just like this.
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I can go to
anywhere just like this.
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Come on, all the way
to Texas just like this.
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Come on, all the way
to Texas just like this.
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Stop, front, bouncing ball.
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Ouachita Hills
Academy strives to anchor
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students in the word of God.
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That's sort of
our number one focus.
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We want them to get an education
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that's practical that
will put them for life
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that will help
them to the successful
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in this world. But
even more important
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we want them to be
successful for eternity.
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We want them to gain
a personal relationship
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with Jesus Christ.
So, our program focus
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is on both in the
academy and the college,
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focus is on not just
the classroom learning,
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but actual
practical Christianity living
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for Christ, sharing
Christ and we have a
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lot of emphasis on
evangelism, and missions
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and soul winning.
Because we believe
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that every young
person should be a minister.
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Just like ASI has the
motto of sharing Christ
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in the
marketplace. We realize the work
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is not gonna be
finished by just pastors
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or teachers or evangelists.
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We want our young
people whether they become
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plumbers or pediatricians.
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We want them to
be active in each,
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in their faith and,
and in their church and,
00:19:01.84\00:19:03.46
and sharing Christ
with those they meet.
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I get letters on a regular basis
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from students who, who tell me
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what a difference
been in at academy
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or the college has
made in their life.
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And some of them
are, are solid, solid
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students that always
were, or kind of a the
00:19:20.45\00:19:24.65
cream of the crop
type students you think of,
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who you thought maybe
you didn't impacted all.
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I remember a letter
I got from a student
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who told me, how
she would never had her
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devotions before she came here
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and we taught her
how to have devotions.
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And what a major
difference that made
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in her life. And she
was a student that coming
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from the home,
she came from looking
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at her behavior and everything
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you would think it had
just saw her walk, walk
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with the Lord all
along, but she didn't and,
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and it was just
really encouraging letter.
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We believe it's
very important that the
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students have not
just class room learning,
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but work training
as well. You know,
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as much as we can we
want to follow the model
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for education that
the Adventist Church
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have been given
specifically in the
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writings of Ellen
White. And one of the things
00:20:09.21\00:20:11.26
she says is that,
"An education derived
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chiefly from books
leads the shallow thought
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and superficial thinking."
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And only now, the scientists
00:20:16.71\00:20:19.78
and the
educational world is starting
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to realize that
actually when young people
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learn to work with
their hands it does increase
00:20:24.36\00:20:27.43
their cognitive
problem solving skills.
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And it helps them to
be able to take a project
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from beginning to
completion to be able to
00:20:32.24\00:20:34.42
map the path you
know, from start to end.
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And so, we believe
that this is an important
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part of their work experience.
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They are not paid
directly for the work
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that they do during
the vocational time,
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the most
vocational training time,
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but this does allow us
to keep our tuition cost
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very low. And we're
little less than half
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actually of the cost of
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other Adventist institutions.
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Oh, very much a
campof under construction
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and development
right now our big projects
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are completing this classroom,
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administration
building and the new academy
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boys dorm. Our
Board of Directors
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just has met and
approved the purchase
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of adjoining 40
acres that we will use to
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build up a
college housing and more
00:21:39.68\00:21:43.48
college buildings.
Right now we do a lot of
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sharing and we
will continue to do some
00:21:45.39\00:21:47.10
sharing our
facilities because it's just
00:21:47.13\00:21:48.92
advantages to both programs.
00:21:48.95\00:21:51.14
But we have 381
acres, and we're looking
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to develop it
into programs for both
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the college and the academy.
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And we also have an
active missions program.
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Since 1998, we
began taking our students
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overseas and doing
evangelism programs
00:22:09.82\00:22:12.37
with them. You know,
many times we might be
00:22:12.40\00:22:14.15
building a church, or orphanage
00:22:14.18\00:22:15.32
or something else
along the same time.
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We also have each
year a special trip
00:22:17.77\00:22:21.82
that's just for
our academy seniors.
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And this trip
they are more involved
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in planning. The
first semester of the senior
00:22:25.92\00:22:28.72
year they take a
Bible doctrines class,
00:22:28.75\00:22:30.54
which is actually equipping them
00:22:30.57\00:22:32.33
to be more effective in speaking
00:22:32.36\00:22:35.58
and in giving
Bible studies and helping
00:22:35.61\00:22:38.13
people understand
from the Bible especially
00:22:38.16\00:22:41.53
our distinctive doctrines.
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And this last year for example,
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the senior class
helped four evangelistic
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campaigns in
Bulgaria. They are focusing
00:22:48.91\00:22:51.33
largely on a gypsy
population in Varna,
00:22:51.36\00:22:55.62
which is a part
of the country which,
00:22:55.65\00:22:58.94
in which the
gypsies specifically
00:22:58.97\00:23:01.04
haven't have a lot of evangelism
00:23:01.07\00:23:04.00
from the
Adventist Church. And so,
00:23:04.03\00:23:06.06
we spent, we
spent four weeks in the
00:23:06.09\00:23:09.32
Varna area with
our senior class.
00:23:09.35\00:23:10.93
And each, each of
those four sites had
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four seniors that
were speaking nightly.
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They were doing health talks.
00:23:17.84\00:23:19.29
They were doing a
children's program
00:23:19.32\00:23:21.34
and they were you
know, running setting up
00:23:21.37\00:23:25.55
their own
equipment, running their own
00:23:25.58\00:23:26.72
equipment and then
they were also doing
00:23:26.75\00:23:28.63
some visitations during the day.
00:23:28.66\00:23:30.45
And this last
year we were actually
00:23:30.48\00:23:32.01
able to take a couple
of the college students
00:23:32.04\00:23:33.60
with us, I went to
these missions trips
00:23:33.63\00:23:35.36
to Bulgaria. And so
we used the opportunity
00:23:35.39\00:23:38.20
to give them
experience in shooting
00:23:38.23\00:23:42.04
and producing a
video and so we actually
00:23:42.07\00:23:44.71
produced a report video on
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our Bulgaria Mission trip.
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And so this gave
them an opportunity
00:23:47.48\00:23:50.05
for some who
haven't yet had the chance
00:23:50.08\00:23:52.54
to speak for an
evangelistic series
00:23:52.57\00:23:54.25
here in United
States. They gave them
00:23:54.28\00:23:55.93
opportunity to
preach their series;
00:23:55.96\00:23:58.19
some of them for the first time.
00:23:58.22\00:23:59.25
And hopefully the
experience they gain
00:23:59.28\00:24:02.11
there will be
something that will help them.
00:24:02.14\00:24:04.78
Some of them
will, will now comeback
00:24:04.81\00:24:07.77
to the states and do more
00:24:07.80\00:24:09.85
active evangelism here.
00:24:09.88\00:24:11.35
This school exists
in part for closing
00:24:11.38\00:24:15.33
the back door of the church.
00:24:15.36\00:24:16.75
We have seen so
many young people,
00:24:16.78\00:24:18.92
even people that are not young
00:24:18.95\00:24:20.28
and or my age, who
went well all the way
00:24:20.31\00:24:22.55
through academy and college
00:24:22.58\00:24:24.63
and maybe great
school and church.
00:24:24.66\00:24:26.24
And yet somehow they
never got the vision.
00:24:26.27\00:24:29.72
They never came to love the Lord
00:24:29.75\00:24:31.81
or maybe they did,
but they made choices
00:24:31.84\00:24:35.17
and then let them
away. And we believe
00:24:35.20\00:24:37.16
there is just far
too many young people
00:24:37.19\00:24:38.85
who are in that
category, and if we can
00:24:38.88\00:24:41.12
give them while
they are receiving
00:24:41.15\00:24:42.80
their education. A
greater understanding
00:24:42.83\00:24:46.60
of why we as a church exist.
00:24:46.63\00:24:49.02
Why the Lord is
counting for us is so beautiful.
00:24:49.05\00:24:52.54
And get them involved
in soul winning exercises
00:24:52.57\00:24:58.48
or activities. We
believe we will succeed
00:24:58.51\00:25:02.06
in helping to close that door.
00:25:02.09\00:25:04.65
From the
beginning I think we can say
00:25:04.68\00:25:07.20
that ASI did two
things for Ouachita Hills.
00:25:07.23\00:25:12.40
Number one, ASI has
provided encouragement
00:25:12.43\00:25:17.24
and support for this
school as a ministry.
00:25:17.27\00:25:22.54
A number of times
we have been recipients
00:25:22.57\00:25:24.93
of project
offerings, but more than that
00:25:24.96\00:25:26.95
we have been, we have
received encouragement
00:25:26.98\00:25:29.78
in what we're
doing. And ASI has a strong
00:25:29.81\00:25:32.86
history in
supporting ministries.
00:25:32.89\00:25:34.66
And so ASI leaders
and ASI members have given
00:25:34.69\00:25:39.20
a lot of, a lot
of encouragement,
00:25:39.23\00:25:40.95
a lot of prayers,
a lot of guidance,
00:25:40.98\00:25:43.33
a lot of good
ideas that have helped
00:25:43.36\00:25:45.17
Ouachita Hills
from its very beginning.
00:25:45.20\00:25:48.12
But the second
impact that ASI has had
00:25:48.15\00:25:52.02
on Ouachita Hills,
I would, I would say
00:25:52.05\00:25:54.40
is on its students.
In our philosophy of
00:25:54.43\00:25:59.79
wanting to have
students who are workers
00:25:59.82\00:26:03.74
for God soul
winners, no matter what
00:26:03.77\00:26:05.31
their career
profession. We face a challenge
00:26:05.34\00:26:08.77
because you can say
that, but it's much more
00:26:08.80\00:26:12.45
powerful, if you can see that.
00:26:12.48\00:26:14.44
And we love to
take our students to ASI
00:26:14.47\00:26:17.71
because there they
see real men and women,
00:26:17.74\00:26:21.17
who are living what
we're trying to train
00:26:21.20\00:26:24.55
them for. There they, they maybe
00:26:24.58\00:26:26.70
professionals, they
maybe business people,
00:26:26.73\00:26:28.47
they maybe you
know, entrepreneurs,
00:26:28.50\00:26:30.26
but their passion
is still to save souls.
00:26:30.29\00:26:35.64
They are, they are calling that
00:26:35.67\00:26:36.84
they feel God has
placed on their heart
00:26:36.87\00:26:38.67
is to be marketplace ministries
00:26:38.70\00:26:40.49
as lay people. And we treasure,
00:26:40.52\00:26:44.27
the impact and
influence that ASI members
00:26:44.30\00:26:47.62
have on our
young people, because
00:26:47.65\00:26:49.93
as far as I can tell
there is no better place
00:26:49.96\00:26:54.23
where they can safely to mentor
00:26:54.26\00:26:56.09
than in an ASI
Convention or with
00:26:56.12\00:26:58.94
ASI members and ASI ministers.
00:26:58.97\00:27:01.23
It's amazing to
imagine the plans God
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has in store for the students at
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Ouachita Hills
Academy and College.
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For information
about the schools visit
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ouachitahillsacademy.org
and ohc.org.
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To learn more
about ASI including
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how to become a
member, call 301-680-6450
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or visit www.asiministries.org.
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I am Dan Houghton;
you have been watching
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ASI Video
Magazine. See you next time
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for more stories of
ASI members sharing Christ
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in the
marketplace. God be with you.
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