ASI is a ministry
that's networking all these
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different ministries
together with the church.
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Being involved with
ASI, meeting other people.
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ASI is an excellent opportunity,
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just a great opportunity.
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In ASI there's a
particular fellowship.
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ASI is really the
stamp, it's the glue
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that holds all the
ministries together.
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Welcome to ASI video magazine,
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I'm Dan Houghton.
ASI is an organization
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committed to sharing
Christ in the Marketplace.
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Today we are going
to meet two ASI member
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organizations that
are doing just that.
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Tasba Raya
Adventist ministry and
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Black Hills Health
and Education Center,
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though serving people
thousands of miles apart,
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these ministries driven
by a passion for service.
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Tasba Raya
Adventist ministry is operated
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by Cristina Vargas
and her husband Donald.
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And they support
the ministry from their
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own earnings. They
work with the mission
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to the Miskito
people in Nicaragua.
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That was established
by student missionaries
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in the 1970s. Tasba
Raya has served the Miskito,
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a marginalized
native group, in a number
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of ways and it's
presently focused on rebuilding
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efforts following
massive hurricane damage.
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This is the
patient reception area,
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the patient
waiting room. And we have
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a TV that most of all
offices have so that we
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can do some
ongoing patient education
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while they sit here
and wait. And we use
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this nice what do we
call them, that we got
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at ASI and we had
used in teaching the 8 laws
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of health so that
every, every two to
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three weeks then we change it,
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so that our
patients have visuals set.
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They get bored just waiting,
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so they have a
visual. I practice general
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orthopedic surgery
that means from below
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the neck to the toes
and I don't, I did not see,
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I don't do backs
but I treat back pains.
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So every single opportunity that
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represents to me, I
use it to either bring
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them to God or
change their habits.
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We had weight loss programs and
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we have stop smoking
programs, in which my,
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in my case the best
stop smoking program,
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it's not going to a
group of smokers but knowing
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that the patient is
smoker before the surgery
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I tell them you know
for one week before your
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surgery you
have to stop smoking.
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And while they're in
the hospital and I tell
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them how are you
doing? And they say
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we're doing good. You need to,
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well the hospital
is not for smoking,
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I used to be
smoking. But now it's not to
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smoking, so I know
there no one has smoked
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for another three
days or four days.
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And then before they
go, I put down a part
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of my order do not
smoke for two weeks until
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I see you. And so
that by then it's already 3
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and half weeks. And by
that time I say you know
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you already quit
smoking which is great for you
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in order for you to heal faster,
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you need to continue
with the same program,
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not smoking. So then
I drag them for another
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six weeks, if it's just
easier. So that has been
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so successful for me
I would say that I have
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had about maybe
250 patients that have
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stopped smoking. So I
think it's unique every
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physician can do it
especially surgeons,
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because they will
listen to the surgeon,
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especially you say
you know what I would do
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you surgery if you
don't stop smoking because
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the risks are very
high. Going on anesthesia
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and on healing process
and that's scientifically
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proven. So they
usually listen to you.
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Or the first time I
ever became involved
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in mission when I was
courting my wife because
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she was a
missionary in Nicaragua
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my home country.
On this side over here
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we have some
pictures that we alternate
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or try to change from the
mission trips that we have.
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When they see the
pictures of the mission trips
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for the children
are, they are barefooted.
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Lot of them, especially
ladies they would bring
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blankets and shoes
and that's the way it
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touches them, they know
that we're missionaries,
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or we are missionary minded.
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And being an
orthopedic surgeon some times
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that entail surgery and
we find that this picture
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here is very soothing to them.
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I believe that the
place where you are should
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be a mission field.
Whether you are carpenter
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or you are a physician
or you are an attorney,
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I think our office is
the best mission place
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in as far as the
picture that reflects Jesus with
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his arms around the surgeon,
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I mean unless you are
not a surgeon you will
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never realize the
need that you have for God
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in the operating
room. Because you planned
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for the surgery, you
have done it hundreds
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of time with this
particular surgery staff.
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And I think that
all of us should reflect
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at that issue
that we actually do not
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heal people, we are
instruments in the healing
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process that God
uses. But God is the one
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who heals, Jesus is the
one that does the healing
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touch on everyone
and we are just used as
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instruments, if we let
him. My wife and I went
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as missionaries to
Nicaragua for five years
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and then during the turmoil,
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the political turmoil
that we had in the country
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we left because we, the
hospital was confiscated
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by the new revolutionary
government so there
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was no place to
practice and then later on
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when there was a
change in government in
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Nicaragua about 12
years after we left.
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Then we went back
and reached our village,
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the clinic where my
wife used to be a missionary
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as well. Basically
what we use is the clinic
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as a way to
penetrate the community to make
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friends and talk
to them about Jesus,
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our main goal is to
bring people to that creator,
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to our Lord Jesus.
And using medicine is
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universally the
best way to do it,
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so we have the clinic
there. And what a beautiful
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opportunity for a Christian
physician to tell them,
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you know if your
smoking, don't smoke,
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if you eat certain kinds
of foods it will increase
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your
cholesterol, don't eat that.
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If you drink and just
you know that will you
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will save money and help
and raise to better family.
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So that is a, a
precious opportunity for us
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and a great
responsibility if you are in the
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medical field as
well. Where ASI as a source
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of tremendous
knowledge, is when you go over
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there and you see so
many projects that you
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say hey this
could work over there,
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they could work
where I am and instead
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of reinventing the
wheel you just take these idea
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and apply over there,
that is the greatest thing.
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And there was a girl,
22 years old with a huge
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tumor on her
lower thigh in the bone.
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And she had been laid
there for three months,
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because the hospital
has been on strike and
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for one way or
another she could not have
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had her
amputation yet but she was
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programmed for the next day.
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We basically went
there to help her,
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just receive possibly
in their situation the best
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option which was
an amputation above
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the knee. That
would mean confining her
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to using crunch
the rest of her life,
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she is a young girl
that came from a rural area
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and she had a, her only
job was to clean houses.
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For several countries
having an above the knee
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amputation means
begging on the streets,
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that's the only
job that you can get.
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When I came to the
US I called immediately
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some of my friends
to see if we could get
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a special prosthesis
or special implant that
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could spare her leg.
And they didn't offer
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very much, so but
just in case I called the
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doctor that was
going to do the surgery
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and they told him,
if you could wait a week
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and so they did on
the mean time it was just
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about time for my
friend to call me back with
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an answer about the
implants and he didn't,
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so I, I told him go
ahead and do the surgery
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because we would
not be able to get it.
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Well that afternoon
they called me and they
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said you know
there's a good chance that
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we'll get an implant
donated. And so I called
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him and told him to
stop the surgery in the
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afternoon, in the
evening, they confirmed that
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we had that
prosthesis which is special,
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a special prosthesis.
So we called everyone over
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there to get a,
stand by on the surgery and
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that we'd be going over
there to do this procedure.
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We got prepared and
made a trip to Nicaragua
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one or two days later
and got applied all the
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elements necessary
to do this surgery by
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bringing all the
doctors that would help me
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in this surgery. And
when I went over there
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she was, she received
the news with happiness
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because she was gonna
have the amputation anyway.
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I told her
basically that I would do this
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surgery, it's
difficult surgery, she might,
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still end up with the
amputation despite the
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procedure because
she might bleed too much
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or the tumor might not
be able to be dissected.
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It's an implanting
where you would replace
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the entire length of
the bone that you are
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removing by a metal
one with the same size
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and shape like
the normal bone is.
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So it's a new
surgery, it was a new surgery
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for me. I performed
surgery, replacement but
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I had to rehearse and
practice before one dry
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bone with some
doctors and do it again before
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the surgery in
Nicaragua. So you could only
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reset the exact portion
of her bone to be replaced
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by exact length
of the prosthesis,
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so that made it
very unique because here
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in the US, you can ask
for some other implants
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longer or shorter but
over there I don't had
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one shot, so I have to
be even more precise and
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again God guided our
hands to do this surgery
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and everything
came out real good.
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And by the next day
she was able to walk
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with partial weight
and I had the opportunity
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to see her two
months later she had
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gained weight, she
looked like another person.
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And now it's been
now three years in her
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surgery and she is now
back to her previous job,
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she looks like another
person, she regained her
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job she had
lost about 30 pounds,
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or 36 pounds. So she
came down to 84 pounds
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when we first met
her. And so it's such a
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beautiful reward,
there is no way that anyone
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like that can pay
you in money considering
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the reward that you
get helping another human
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being like this case.
And obviously God provide
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for each one of us
certain opportunity in which
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we can apply our talents
and abilities to do things.
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But not only that
the most beautiful thing
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for this girl is that
she and her family were able
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to accept Jesus
as their savior then
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three months
later she was baptized
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and so she, it's a
beautiful reward for her.
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God has spared her leg
and God also is the Lord
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of her life at this
time. I will not retire, I will
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retire from
personally from the practice
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but I will not retire
as a missionary because
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all the knowledge
that I have that God has
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given me through
experience and through
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my practice and
through the knowledge that
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I have. I think it
should be useful for the people,
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either teaching other
young orthopedic surgeons,
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maybe medical students,
maybe family physician,
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maybe helping as much
as God gives you a strength
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and, and it might
come to your point which
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I might not be able to
operate but as long as,
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as I can use my
hands and my mind is clear
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then I would
continue to help people.
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So that my plans and my
wife and I are to possibly
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finish the practice
in the US and become more
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full time missionaries
whatever we are needed.
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It's amazing to
see how God can use us
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to serve others
all around the world.
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ASI is filled
with organizations like
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Tasba Raya that have
a passion to reach out
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and help others.
Every year I'm blessed by
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testimonies like the
one we just saw given
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by members at
the ASI convention.
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For more information
about our ASI convention
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visit www.asi ministeries.org.
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ASI youth for Jesus,
is an ASI sponsored lead
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evangelism campaign
that takes place each July
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in the city hosting
that year's ASI convention.
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Approximately 40
young people participate
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in a month full
of training programs,
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door to door
outreach, Bible studies and
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evangelistic
meetings. Numerous people are
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baptized every
year through ASI youth
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for Jesus. And for
the young people it
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is an unforgettable
life changing experience.
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Read for Jesus is a
really great experience,
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hearing all the
different speakers,
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you learn how to
stand up for your faith,
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you learn how to
share with others,
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you make friends they
will last your lifetime.
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It's undescribable.
If you want an experience
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with God, if you want
your life to be changed
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you have to come to
do it for Jesus forever.
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You will want to
come back every year.
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Health outreaches
one of the most effective
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means of ministry.
Helping people with their
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physical ailments
often makes them open
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to hearing the
message of God's love.
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Black Hills health
and education center in
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South Dakota is
using lifestyle and health
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programs to reach
people for Jesus Christ.
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Their ministry reaches
both the local community
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and the many people
who come from far away
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places seeking answers
for their health problems.
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I like the fact that
they give us some tremendous
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tours to Mount
Rushmore, we've seen buffalo,
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we've seen mountain
goats. You can't walk,
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you can't walk on
the campus here without
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seeing a deer and
they come right up to you.
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We love being here
and we feel that it's a
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real privilege
and a blessing to us.
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I've learned to
really enjoy the long walks
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in this beautiful area.
The campus is wonderful,
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all the wild life
that we see when we go
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on our walks and if you
like nature you will love,
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you will love Black
Hills. And if you like feeling
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good then you
will love Black Hills.
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I knew I needed to
come and I just prayed
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for help and not only
did I receive physical health
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my spiritual life
changed. According to the
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American Academy of
science Psychosomatic
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Medicine they are
saying that we are looking
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at about 92 percent
of all physical illness
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originating in the
mind and so it's extremely
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valuable and
important for someone to address
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all three dimensions
of their nature if they
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are really looking
for a lasting healing.
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We encourage people
to have a strong walk
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with God. Now you
can't force somebody to
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do that. But as we
keep them focused on
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eating to the glory of
God, training to the glory
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of God, doing
natural remedy treatments
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that are gonna
help them recover then
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we see amazing things happen.
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And their whole
outlook changes they go
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from being
pessimistic to optimistic.
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I came kicking and
screaming all the way
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because I had no faith
in places like this and
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I told my husband I
said if they wear it,
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I am out of there and
I've decided that either
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I became weird or
they weren't weird all
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and our lives were
changed by our visit
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here. My husband had
been to this program.
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My husband is not
SDA and he had been
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to this program about 20
times, we like the people,
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we like the area and
we wanted to move up here.
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We were excited
about what we learned and
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even though I've taken
a lot of nutrition classes
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in college I found out
things that I had never
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even dreamed about.
And that was so beneficial
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and so helpful to
me physically and then
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surprisingly mentally I
had Fibromyalgia very badly.
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And with the exercise
and the change of diet,
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most of the pain
was eliminated and to me
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that's nothing
short of a miracle.
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And for those individuals
who have been willing
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to respond to Christ
healing way according
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to his word there has
been phenomenal results.
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He was drinking quite
a little and he didn't,
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he would quit while he was here,
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he didn't quit totally
then he did use 12 step
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program for that
but he has quit now,
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it has been put for a long time.
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And he had a lot of
friends that harassed him
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because he came to
platform they called it,
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they had no idea. And
many of them are no longer
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living and so he
didn't let it bothering
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he came anyway and
he tried to get others
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of his friends and
family to come that needed
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to come but they
wouldn't and his health is much,
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much better because
he did. My wife and I,
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Terry and I came for
three weeks and we like
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the program so
much and we saw how much
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of it had done
actually I've lost 35 pounds
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the first
session in three weeks.
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So that wasn't bad
and Terry my wife also
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lost 15 pounds, so together we
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lost 50 pounds. I
have type 2 diabetes and
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I was thought I
was doing well with my
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food choices but I
was experiencing a need
00:19:31.37\00:19:36.61
for increase in my
oral medications and
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I didn't like the way
the direction that was going.
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Well I've head
weight problem all my life,
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I thought the battle of
the bulge and it's caused
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other problems
like blood pressure and
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things like that. and so
the reason I came out was
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to try to get it
handled on that also I have,
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I had a lot of
pain in my back and
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I wanted to get off
some of the medications
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that I'm on. I learned
better by actually doing
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or being shown
things rather than reading,
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I've done a lot of
reading on diabetes but
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this gave me an
opportunity to actually
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experience good life
style in a live-in situation.
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I've already
studied you know the Bible
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and I've always been
a diligent student but
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I feel like I'm
a better student,
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because the simple
diet that they teach us
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here actually
clears your mind as well as
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your body. I've been
checking my blood sugars
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three or four times a
day and they've all been
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lowered than they
were before I came here,
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this is a first
experience I didn't know what
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to expect, it was
all an adventure but
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I really have appreciated
what I've learned here.
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The most important
things to me the exercise
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program which I think
is key for any diabetic
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to get into a
routine of exercise.
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I think that has
had the greatest impact
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on my blood sugar
levels. In my years I was
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involved in
pro-body building for while.
00:21:17.96\00:21:19.51
I even trained with
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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at one time. And
so I used to work out
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seven days a
week four hours a day,
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successful to working
up. I actually got stronger
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later in life doing
three times a week for
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15 minutes. So I
lift weights now,
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three times a
week for 15 minutes.
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And I talk that to
others who have just
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tremendous success,
it doesn't take that much
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time. That's so we
do use with our wellness
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guests and they're
amazed by the transition
00:21:45.18\00:21:48.29
that happens with
in their body in such
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a short period of
time. Secondarily the cooking
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labs which have
taught me how to be able
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to prepare myself an
excellent diet of plant
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based foods, the
diet to eat two meals
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a day was for me
an unhurt of thing and
00:22:04.65\00:22:07.03
I thought I would
absolutely starved to death
00:22:07.04\00:22:09.19
and obviously
that didn't happened,
00:22:09.20\00:22:11.28
it was a little bit
of an adjustment to get
00:22:11.73\00:22:13.86
use to eating two
meals a day but I have
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to say even though I
thought I'd be very hungry
00:22:16.39\00:22:19.27
after the second meal I
haven't been hungry at all.
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Most of the lifestyle
centers are also going
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to advocate the diet
that we do and the cooking
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classes and the stress
classes and so forth but
00:22:28.73\00:22:31.46
the personally one on
one counseling and the
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personal training are
a couple of unique things
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that we offer here.
The first week was hard
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I was ready to go
home every night and
00:22:37.83\00:22:40.38
my husband was saying
no, now try one more day,
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try one more day. So
I owed him a lot because
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by the end of the
first week and enter to the
00:22:48.72\00:22:49.69
second week that
mental and physical adjustment
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that's been made
and the program began
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to make sense and it
was just, it was fun.
00:22:54.94\00:22:58.42
We had an
incredible group and that kind
00:22:58.90\00:23:00.63
of fellowship and
support with in the group
00:23:00.64\00:23:02.87
was really quite
awesome. I think I'll have some
00:23:03.45\00:23:05.67
challenges but I
think that I can continue
00:23:05.68\00:23:08.86
with program. I
actually convinced now after
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being overweight all
my life I'm convinced
00:23:13.43\00:23:17.51
that being thin will
feel good. And I'm convinced
00:23:18.26\00:23:26.15
to the fact that I can
do it. Well the wellness
00:23:26.16\00:23:32.51
program has been
going on and we've tried
00:23:32.52\00:23:34.88
to put in a secondary
program to help augmented
00:23:34.89\00:23:39.84
and help carry the
financial burden of the
00:23:39.85\00:23:42.62
campus because
it is a big campus.
00:23:42.63\00:23:44.14
So we've had several
ideas and the one that
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seems to hold most
water would be to run
00:23:47.24\00:23:49.05
training programs and
that's where the massage
00:23:49.64\00:23:51.40
school came in with
hydrotherapy and then
00:23:51.41\00:23:54.04
we also have an
internship for personal
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training which has
been pretty successful.
00:23:55.44\00:23:57.61
And along with
that we are not training
00:23:58.31\00:23:59.30
to get into a
agricultural training programs
00:23:59.31\00:24:01.55
as well. Here at
Black Hills health and
00:24:01.56\00:24:05.44
education center
school of massage
00:24:05.45\00:24:07.30
we teach the scientific
evidence based massage
00:24:08.04\00:24:11.62
modalities. The
course is a 700 hour course
00:24:15.33\00:24:16.30
and it lasts six
months. And in that they go
00:24:16.31\00:24:21.32
through their
preliminary work and they learn
00:24:21.33\00:24:24.99
their anatomy and their
basic massage techniques
00:24:25.47\00:24:28.04
and then its start
getting into more advanced
00:24:28.05\00:24:30.48
techniques we
have them start working
00:24:30.49\00:24:32.94
on staff first
and then they graduate
00:24:32.95\00:24:35.83
to a public massage
clinic and then they
00:24:35.84\00:24:40.23
also graduate to
assisting with some of the
00:24:40.24\00:24:43.65
wellness guests, so
that they get a good
00:24:43.66\00:24:45.83
broad exposure to people.
00:24:47.02\00:24:50.08
I know Black Hills
has been a member of ASI
00:24:51.36\00:24:54.66
for a number of
years and I would always
00:24:54.67\00:24:58.02
check out their
booth when I was with 3ABN
00:24:58.03\00:25:00.50
on a daily basis. I
got to know that some
00:25:00.51\00:25:04.28
of the people out
here. Dick Nunez and others
00:25:04.29\00:25:07.32
and the staff
here is just amazing.
00:25:07.33\00:25:12.62
What it really does
is it let's people know
00:25:13.42\00:25:16.07
we're out there and
it gives us a chance
00:25:16.08\00:25:18.43
to network with other
ministries who are also
00:25:18.44\00:25:21.06
going to some of
the same things we
00:25:21.07\00:25:22.82
are going through
that you can share and
00:25:22.83\00:25:24.22
relate with. And when
I go to ASI I'm usually
00:25:24.23\00:25:27.22
doing the early
morning exercise and then
00:25:27.23\00:25:29.51
dispatch your
idea at class as well.
00:25:29.52\00:25:31.76
When we first came,
US 40 was not paved.
00:25:32.24\00:25:36.19
It was a just a clay
and gravel road and it was
00:25:37.41\00:25:42.59
kind of wet and
muddy. And when we came
00:25:42.60\00:25:46.83
into the property the
culverts and things that
00:25:46.84\00:25:49.42
are across the
creeps now were not there,
00:25:49.43\00:25:52.54
you ford it all of
them. And this building that
00:25:52.55\00:25:55.38
we are in is the only
building that they had at
00:25:55.98\00:25:58.54
that time. ASI has
been very good to us,
00:25:58.55\00:26:00.70
there's been
several times when we put in
00:26:00.71\00:26:02.01
projects to them
that they've accepted and
00:26:02.02\00:26:05.52
have helped us a
lot with what you see
00:26:05.53\00:26:08.57
noticed that the
campus has changed a lot.
00:26:08.58\00:26:10.65
Well part of that what
ASI has helped us with.
00:26:11.38\00:26:14.12
Their facilities here
are excellent I feel like,
00:26:14.13\00:26:17.37
I feel like I've
gone away to a ski-launch
00:26:18.10\00:26:20.48
or something. And
the facilities here are
00:26:21.21\00:26:24.28
excellent and you
get your massages,
00:26:24.29\00:26:26.77
you get your not today
I'm schedule for a Russian
00:26:27.81\00:26:31.37
steam bath. If you
don't know what a Russian
00:26:31.38\00:26:33.87
steam bath as you
just heavenly have did.
00:26:33.88\00:26:36.21
I want to live with
long and healthy life and
00:26:36.75\00:26:40.21
I now have the tools
that I can do that way.
00:26:40.22\00:26:42.29
They cared
about me, as a person.
00:26:42.77\00:26:44.99
I wasn't just a
number they cared about me
00:26:45.58\00:26:48.71
physically and
spiritually and emotionally and
00:26:48.72\00:26:52.07
they were supported
they were there when
00:26:52.08\00:26:53.64
I needed it they
were insightful. It was,
00:26:53.65\00:26:57.30
it was a life
changing experience for me.
00:26:58.33\00:27:00.50
they know that they
are dealing with people
00:27:01.80\00:27:04.59
who don't feel good
when they come here and
00:27:05.08\00:27:09.16
it's like a hospital,
the people are very guest
00:27:10.81\00:27:16.45
oriented it's been
a great vacation and
00:27:16.46\00:27:21.22
I do think it
will change my life.
00:27:21.23\00:27:22.74
It's wonderful to
see people who have been
00:27:24.69\00:27:26.58
healed both
physically and spiritually.
00:27:26.59\00:27:29.34
For more information
about Black Hills health
00:27:30.11\00:27:32.23
and education
center call 605-255-4101 or
00:27:32.24\00:27:38.67
visit www.bhhec.org
and to find out more about
00:27:38.68\00:27:44.32
ASI including how
you can become a member
00:27:44.33\00:27:47.22
visit www.asiministries
org. I'm Dan Haughton
00:27:47.96\00:27:53.58
thanks for joining me
today on ASI Video Magazine.
00:27:54.14\00:27:57.21
Come back again next
time for more stories at
00:27:57.98\00:28:00.05
ASI members
sharing Christ in the
00:28:00.06\00:28:02.44
Marketplace. God be with you.
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