Hi you're now with
The Forerunner Chronicles
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and right now we
have Nikki with us,
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and Nikki is a former
model from the Music Industry,
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she was in a lot of music videos
with artists like the Dipset
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Juelz Santana, Rick Ross, Trina,
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different people that everybody
out there is familiar with
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that's familiar with hip
hop and that whole culture
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anyway she saw a lot of
things within the Industry
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that let her know
that this was not something
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that she should be a part of
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and she especially had
one interesting incident
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on a Rick Ross Music Video Set
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that we're going to
hear about in a few minutes
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you definitely
want to hear about this.
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Anyway, I just wanted to thank
Nikki for being here with us
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thanks for doing this interview.
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Hi, you're welcome.
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Anyway, well, listen, just tell
us a little bit about yourself
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about your whole background.
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Well, I'm from Miami,
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I'm from, actually,
an area called Opa-locka
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which is, I guess, one of
the tougher parts of Miami
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Right. I actually went to school
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to study Special Education,
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let's see... I also
went for Biology because
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I also wanted to be a doctor
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but I ended up stopping school,
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and I actually
moved to New York City
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to pursue my violin
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that's about it
for my background.
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So, you're
definitely a smart young woman,
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definitely... you went to
college and all of these things
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so what drew you
into the direction
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of going into the
entertainment business?
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So, I guess
because I thought they...
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they just seemed so glamorous
and they seemed like "wow"
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it's just something that
really captured my attention,
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Right.
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and you always want to
be with the forerunners
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I just wanted the freedom...
the one that everybody wants
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Right. so I was attracted to...
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like the lights... which shines.
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Right, I understand...
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that's what most
people are attracted to!
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Okay, so fast forward...
you get into the Industry,
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you know, you start
modeling, your career goes,
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"Pops off" as they say, Yeah.
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now, what is it that happens
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in the Industry
that lets you know that
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this is not something that
you really want to be a part of,
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what was the first
thing that let you know
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that this might not be
the right direction for you?
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Well, number one
was I was contacted by,
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at that time, I guess
it was Ricky's Manager,
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and this is... I want
to say in 2005 to 2006
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and he asked me to audition for
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some type of tour
that they were having
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and needed models for
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and he said to come
to some secret location
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wearing a G-String and to
be ready for something hard,
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for something
called the "freak test"
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Right. and he also said,
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how would I feel
if I were to walk
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into this sort of
person I would see in orgies
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how would I feel about that?
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He asked me how
would I feel if I were to
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walk inside the west
side with people taking drugs
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such as Ecstasy... he asked,
what are my views about that?
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Like what would
I do? Right, right.
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Because, he
apparently had a girl
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that... he told me that
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freaked out and they
had to send her home,
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so now he lets
everybody know upfront
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so they won't be scared
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and so he won't have to
spend money on them going home.
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So, they're trying to check
out where your head is at...
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if you see them...
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the host of
people having an orgy
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or popping pills,
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smoking, or
whatever they're doing,
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they want to make sure
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that you'd be
comfortable in that environment
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and even willing to jump
in and be a part of it, right?
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Exactly... exactly...
that's exactly what it was, yes
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So how did you react to that?
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I said, "I don't feel
comfortable with that"
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after that,
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I just left that alone,
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that was the last
time that I spoke to them.
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Right. A couple
of days after that
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he was still calling,
still trying to get me
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to, I guess, change
my mind. Definitely.
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And so, he calls and tries
to get you to change your mind
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but you didn't
change your mind, right?
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Yeah, I did not.
All right, that's good.
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All right, so... so now,
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but you continued on in
the music industry though.
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Yeah, I did.
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Right, so what
happened after that,
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what's the next
thing that happened?
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The next thing, I believe
was, I got contacted on Myspace
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about...
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for the Entertainment Industry
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and that's how I got
into the streaming video,
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Right. and I was the person that
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I danced... and everything
got started from there forth.
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And this is like Myspace
before Facebook came out.
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Exactly. Right, right, right.
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You go to Myspace, you know,
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Right, right...
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And so you get
contacted to do this Trina Video
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and so, you're playing like the
lead model for the Trina Video.
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Yeah, for one
of the scenes, yes.
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Okay, and so, I guess
you're really encouraged
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to go fast forward in the
Music Industry from there.
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Yes, I guess that's how
everything just got started.
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So, now, what happens though,
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what's the turning
point what types of things...
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what really happened that opened
your eyes up to the fact that
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there's something that's
within the Music Industry,
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that is Satanic, evil,
you know, that people...
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that people
really need to know about
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but they're not even...
they're not realizing that
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that's what's going
on behind the scenes.
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What happened to
open you up to that?
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Well, I always try to
see the good in everybody...
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Right. but you know,
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when I just think about
it there are people that...
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think really
evil... they may seem nice
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on the exterior...
on the outside but...
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deep down they
have a different agenda.
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and when I was on the
DeShawn video with Rick Ross
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we should be there
for 6 in the morning,
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the Director said for everybody
to fill up the mistakes
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and for us to all
say, "Come on 6-6-6"
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like... he was
making like... fun
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if I wouldn't have
known what it really meant,
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it just would have
went right over my head
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like for most people down there.
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So, wait a
second, say that again,
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what happened there?
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He basically...
everybody there was chanting 666
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this guys is telling us
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to all say, "666"
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and I'm like, "nobody
finds that... strange"
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I mean that... do people even
know what this means, right?
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Right. I was looking around
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I guess, it just went
way over people's heads.
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You don't know what that means,
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of course, you want
to start chanting it.
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Wow! That was the last...
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That was it... that
was it... I was like...
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Wow! everybody is just
on this Set chanting 666
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you got Rick Ross
there, all these guys
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and they're chanting 666.
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He's telling us to
say, "666" repeatedly
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vote for number 6... and
yet he's not saying it like
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he has horns and a fish hook,
he's not saying it like that,
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but... he's
coming out as a nice guy,
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and people there
are all nice looking
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and everybody is
so... you know...
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supposed to be good, I
mean, we're chanting 666
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and nobody finds that
strange. Wow! that's wild!
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Yeah...
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So that basically
opens your eyes up
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so, now I know that God's
been working in your heart
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since then... Yes.
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So, what has God been
doing in your life since then?
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Well, since then,
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I guess the more that I read
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and the more that I
get into the Word of God,
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I see that
everything that I was doing...
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and everything that
I was standing up for
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I mean, I know that if
you're just in a music video
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like some people say,
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"I'm just rapping... hard"
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something like that, but,
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if it doesn't
line up with God's Word
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then I shouldn't be
doing it, and I think that
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what I was doing was wrong,
because I was participating
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and I was
surrounding myself with people
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that were not doing the will...
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in not knowing
what is right by God.
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Definitely, and so,
now you stepped away
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from the modeling career
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Hmmm... hmmm...
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and you're rebuilding
all over again, right now.
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Yeah, exactly.
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You're going back
to School right now?
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I'm going back to
School for Special Education
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and, hopefully, I
can get a Masters in it
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I don't know, who knows,
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maybe even that I guess,
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maybe... maybe...
Well, as God leads you...
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you never know
what He has for you,
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Look at her she
puts her hands out.
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Exactly, I don't
want to jump too far
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I'm waiting to hear from God.
Amen, well that's beautiful.
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I think, I definitely think
that what you're saying is valid
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and everybody
really needs to understand
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that even though their
lifestyle looks very enticing,
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because it seems like
everybody is having fun
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especially when you're
watching the music videos
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it's like everybody...
everybody is having fun,
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everybody is always happy,
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everybody looks good, and
you want to be a part of that
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and you want to be
looked upon as that...
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and so that's why a
lot of people are out here
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trying to emulate that
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but they're not
really realizing that
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there's a lot more to
it than what meets the eye.
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There is a lot more to it.
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And I think that's what you
saw and what you're telling us
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and what God has revealed to you
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and He's doing
something new in your life.
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Exactly. All right so, Nikki...
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Before we go,
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what would you
like to tell everybody?
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I would like to say,
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just don't be
scared to be different
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I mean, if being...
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some people call
me "the Jesus Girl"
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I mean, like me
loving God and following Him
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is not the "in thing" right
now you know, it's not like
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right now what's in is
the "self-made movement"
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I mean this whole "Self-made"
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"Oh, I'm self-made" and
doing this and this and that
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that's not... it's
really not cool because
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how can I say that I
love God without promoting God
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and studying God's Word. Right.
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I just say, "Don't be
scared to lose a friend...
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if you have to
let some people go,
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then let them go,
it's not worth it.
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Amen, Jesus Himself said,
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"If you don't hate
wife, mother, father"
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He said, "even
sister or your brother,
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then you can't be my disciple. "
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that's real...
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so we have to be able to
stand on our own two feet
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in our relationship with God.
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Because God is
looking for individuals,
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He's not looking for people,
that are stuck in "Group-think"
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He's looking for
people that can stand for Him
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and make a personal decision,
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and you've made
a personal decision
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and I'm happy
for you for that...
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so, I'll continue
to pray for you all
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to stay strong with it.
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Thank you. All
right, God bless...
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Well, listen everybody...
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Nikki is with us, you
heard it and that's the truth.
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Music playing
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Hi, you're now with
the Forerunner Chronicles
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and right now we have
Camille LeNoir with us
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Camille LeNoir was
the All-Star Point Guard
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for the USC Basketball
team, 2nd Round draft pic...
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to the
Washington Mystics in 2009
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WNBA... and now
she's the number one
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Point Guard out in Greece,
the girl gets on the Court
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pro basketball player number one
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but something interesting
is going on in her life
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she actually has an
interesting testimony to share
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about things within the league
and some other information
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that I'm not going
to delve into right now,
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but you
definitely want to hear it
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anyway Camille, thank
you for being here with us
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I appreciate your
doing this interview.
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Definitely, thank
you for having me.
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All right, now tell
everybody about yourself.
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Well, I'm Camille LeNoir
from Los Angeles, California
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I'm not that tall, just 5' 4"
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and I've been playing
ball since I was seven
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I probably was the
same height back then but
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basketball has
taken me to so many places
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I've been able to see so many
wonderful places in the world
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I've had so many
different opportunities because
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of the game and one
of the biggest things
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it accorded me was a
Fulbright Scholarship
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to the University
of Southern California
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and I was there for five years,
after I graduated, got drafted,
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to the Washington
Mystics as we said
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but when I got
out there, I trained,
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I don't go make the squad
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but they
released me from the team
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then I had an opportunity
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to go train with
the Los Angeles Sparks
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but then, God told me to
not go... and to turn it down
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and I'll get into that
more a little bit later
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when I get fully
into my testimony
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but now I'm out here in Greece
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Thessaloniki, Greece,
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and it's been pretty fun
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I love the game,
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God is calling me to do some
new things after this season
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and so that's where I'm at now.
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I've checked the Stats,
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I've checked the Stats
already so you're like...
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you're like on the
first team out there
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you're like the All-Star
Point Guard of the entire league
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out there in Europe.
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You found that? Yeah,
of course, I found that,
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that's my job...
I find information.
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So... and I see
that you're the All Star
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you're the number
one Point Guard out there
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so... That was last year.
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I mean, you're equivalent to...
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I'm not even going to
say you're equivalent to...
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but you're
supposed to be the one
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but, what is it that you've
been seeing within the league
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that God has been
impressing upon your heart that
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this is not something that
you should probably be a part of
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sports in general,
00:17:04.25\00:17:05.59
one thing, one aspect which
was really serious to me was the
00:17:05.62\00:17:12.06
whole dynamic of homosexuality,
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the prevalence of
it within the league
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can you talk a
little bit about that?
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Yeah, sure, homosexuality
in women's basketball...
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it's become the
norm, pretty much.
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Wow! a lot of people will just
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automatically think you're gay
00:17:30.88\00:17:33.25
because you do,
because you play sports
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I've been around it
since I was in high school,
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that's actually
when I fell into it
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was my Junior
year in high school,
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before that, I had boyfriends
I was attracted to men
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I never thought I was
attracted to women like that
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but things like friendship
that just went too far
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there was the
emotional attachment
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that I was drawn
to and it was just...
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it was all bad from there
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when I agreed to get
into that relationship
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and to experiment with
things like that... with that...
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and I just knew when I said,
"Yes" that it was going to be
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it was probably bad from there,
00:18:19.13\00:18:20.86
I thought to myself,
"What did I get myself into?"
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because I grew up in the
Church, I knew that it was wrong
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and I knew what
Christ did for me
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it was just straight up
disobedience on my behalf
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not caring
about what God thought
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I wasn't thinking
about my soul or eternity
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and it was... Wow!
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I was in it for 7 years, in
and out of it... for 7 years,
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just struggling with it,
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because I never
thought I was gay
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I didn't change
the way I dressed
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I didn't start dressing like
a guy or anything like that,
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but, man, I was still professing
to be a Christian also
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while I was in it,
and I would go to Church
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I would try to invite
the girl I was with to Church
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I would say, "Let's pray,
00:19:07.14\00:19:08.51
let's just do all
the religious things"
00:19:08.54\00:19:10.48
I just wanted to
ease my conscience
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to think that I was
still right with God
00:19:12.31\00:19:14.55
because I'm doing all
these religious things
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Right, right.
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when in fact the Word says,
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"If you love me,
you'll obey my commandments"
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and I was professing to know Him
00:19:23.36\00:19:26.19
but with my
actions and my lifestyle
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I was denying Him,
and I just, really,
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man, I've seen so many things
within it and I just thank God
00:19:31.90\00:19:36.00
that He didn't
completely give me over,
00:19:36.04\00:19:39.44
I feel like if I
would have let go of God and
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me trying to hold on to it
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and trying to be healed
from it and delivered from it,
00:19:43.85\00:19:46.58
I would still be
in it to this day
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God just had His
hand on me the whole time
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crazy things would happen like
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I broke my hip in my
junior year in college
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and was training to go and play
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for the under-20
USA National Team
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for the first
time I made the squad,
00:20:04.23\00:20:06.37
I break my hip training for it,
00:20:06.40\00:20:09.44
and I just really
felt like... since that day
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"Okay, I need to be right,"
00:20:12.31\00:20:14.24
I believe that
that was my wake-up call
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and that was a while
ago that that happened
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I still walk with a limp
and I just always remember
00:20:20.12\00:20:23.08
God's grace and
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His hand upon me while I
was living that lifestyle
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and just hating Him
and His Word and just...
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little things would happen,
I didn't want people to know
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didn't want my
parents to find out,
00:20:35.26\00:20:36.60
but they always did
00:20:36.63\00:20:38.00
I always got caught up in lies
00:20:38.03\00:20:39.43
my friends would
eventually find out
00:20:39.50\00:20:41.84
and it was just a
struggle and I just thank God
00:20:41.87\00:20:45.41
for not taking his hand
off me and letting it be easy
00:20:45.44\00:20:49.81
because for some of
my friends it was easy
00:20:49.84\00:20:52.11
their parents accepted it,
00:20:52.15\00:20:53.48
nothing ever went
bad in their lives
00:20:53.55\00:20:55.65
from what I knew,
00:20:55.68\00:20:57.02
so it was just
by the grace of God
00:20:57.05\00:20:59.89
that I'm where I am today
00:20:59.92\00:21:03.43
and it wasn't until my
senior year in College,
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that I gave it up for
Him, and prior to that
00:21:07.60\00:21:11.77
the way I would
try to get out of it,
00:21:11.80\00:21:13.40
it was by praying,
00:21:13.44\00:21:14.87
prayers like, "God if you
will send me a godly man...
00:21:14.94\00:21:17.74
I'm out... I'll
leave her for him. "
00:21:17.77\00:21:22.11
But you know what? God did that.
00:21:22.14\00:21:26.45
He sent a godly man and
I, I'll choose her over him,
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Hmmm... and God is like,
00:21:29.68\00:21:31.22
"No, I want you
to give it up for me,
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I want all the glory"
00:21:34.02\00:21:35.36
and it was nothing more than
His sovereignty and His praise
00:21:35.39\00:21:41.66
because when I gave it up
00:21:41.70\00:21:43.73
when I ended that
last relationship I was in,
00:21:43.80\00:21:45.93
I was still in love,
00:21:45.97\00:21:47.30
I was still in
love with the girl,
00:21:47.37\00:21:48.97
nothing was going wrong,
00:21:49.00\00:21:50.34
and it was just that He
impressed it upon my heart so
00:21:50.37\00:21:54.21
much I couldn't even sleep at
night sometimes thinking about
00:21:54.24\00:21:57.81
it, and it was just really
difficult for me to deal with
00:21:57.85\00:22:00.82
because I was never
at peace, never at peace,
00:22:00.92\00:22:03.72
and I thank God for that,
because... like I said earlier,
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if it wasn't for
that, I would still be in it
00:22:07.26\00:22:09.62
and then I would have
been completely given over
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to that... so, I've
been delivered from it
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two years... Wow!
00:22:15.83\00:22:17.17
I've been going
strong for the Lord
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got really serious
about my walk after that...
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and that wasn't the
only sin I struggled with,
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I just thought if I
got rid of homosexuality
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if I got out of that
lifestyle, I was good.
00:22:27.44\00:22:29.41
But, I've seen a lot of
people who come up... out of it
00:22:29.44\00:22:33.08
but they're still
not living for Christ.
00:22:33.11\00:22:34.88
So, I had to just forsake
all my sins... everything...
00:22:34.92\00:22:38.82
and really truly repent
and start following Christ
00:22:38.85\00:22:42.66
and the Word of God. Wow!
00:22:42.69\00:22:44.43
Now, you're actually talking
about leaving pro basketball
00:22:44.46\00:22:50.93
after this month, and
what is the purpose for that
00:22:50.97\00:22:55.14
what is your
reason for leaving this?
00:22:55.20\00:22:57.14
God... God... He has shown me
00:22:57.17\00:23:01.64
just how evil sports really are
00:23:01.71\00:23:06.05
and from a child you
are taught to be competitive
00:23:06.08\00:23:10.89
you're taught to work hard,
00:23:10.99\00:23:12.45
you're taught many
things within basketball
00:23:12.49\00:23:14.92
leadership,
encouragement, teamwork...
00:23:14.96\00:23:16.83
all these different
things... but God is showing me
00:23:16.93\00:23:19.66
just how sinful it
is, "The idol worship...
00:23:19.69\00:23:23.00
the greed, the love of
money, the hatred, the envy... "
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there were basketball players,
00:23:26.40\00:23:27.74
that I didn't even
know them personally...
00:23:27.77\00:23:29.97
that I just didn't like, because
00:23:30.01\00:23:32.27
she's on the
opposing team. Right.
00:23:32.31\00:23:34.51
How is that Christlike?
00:23:34.54\00:23:36.08
How is that Godly in any way...?
00:23:36.11\00:23:37.85
How does that line
up with the Word of God?
00:23:37.88\00:23:40.18
And He's been showing me
00:23:40.22\00:23:42.22
that I cannot be unequally
yoked with Non-believers
00:23:42.25\00:23:45.92
and I'm
constantly unequally yoked
00:23:45.95\00:23:48.36
in the sports atmosphere,
00:23:48.39\00:23:49.89
it's just all these
things are being thrown at me.
00:23:49.92\00:23:54.23
The other day I thought about,
just how my coach is yelling
00:23:54.30\00:23:58.13
and she's going on...
00:23:58.17\00:23:59.83
cussing down my teammates
00:23:59.87\00:24:01.54
I'm like, "Man, and we
profess to be believers,"
00:24:01.57\00:24:04.61
it's like, "Are you worried
about the state of your soul?"
00:24:04.64\00:24:08.91
Because we just get
so caught up in a game,
00:24:08.94\00:24:11.58
at the end of the
day, it's a game...
00:24:11.61\00:24:13.42
we're not supposed to be
in it playing for His Glory,
00:24:13.45\00:24:16.72
like you told me
earlier, it derives from Satan,
00:24:16.79\00:24:19.92
competition came
from Satan not from God,
00:24:19.95\00:24:22.29
God told us to love each
other, to walk in humility,
00:24:22.32\00:24:26.23
everything that Jesus preached
on the Sermon on the Mount,
00:24:26.26\00:24:29.93
contradicts everything the
sports atmosphere promotes.
00:24:29.96\00:24:33.60
Everything! Wow!
00:24:33.64\00:24:35.50
All right Camille, so,
if you have any last words
00:24:35.54\00:24:39.47
that you want to tell everybody
out there, what will it be?
00:24:39.51\00:24:42.44
I would say, "It's not
worth it, it's not worth it...
00:24:42.48\00:24:49.38
if you're in a
same-sex relationship
00:24:49.42\00:24:51.92
it's not worth losing your soul,
00:24:51.99\00:24:54.96
whoever you're in
that relationship with,
00:24:54.99\00:24:57.49
like the Lord told me,
it will be the death of you,
00:24:57.53\00:25:00.86
and I just believe
that you can overcome it,
00:25:00.93\00:25:04.17
you can overcome and defeat sin,
00:25:04.20\00:25:05.93
it is by the
power and grace of God
00:25:06.00\00:25:08.67
and I just really believe that
00:25:08.70\00:25:10.81
if you just look to Christ,
00:25:10.84\00:25:12.87
you will be delivered from it,
00:25:12.94\00:25:14.94
if you believe that it's
something that you were born gay
00:25:14.98\00:25:19.48
or homosexual or whatever,
00:25:19.55\00:25:20.92
if you feel like
you were born that way
00:25:20.95\00:25:22.68
I would say that you weren't,
00:25:22.72\00:25:24.82
God wouldn't create you
00:25:24.85\00:25:26.19
a homosexual
00:25:26.22\00:25:28.09
and then say in the
Bible that it's wrong
00:25:28.12\00:25:29.79
and they just need to know...
00:25:29.82\00:25:31.69
He doesn't operate like that,
00:25:31.73\00:25:33.80
we were born into
sin, shapen in iniquity
00:25:33.83\00:25:37.13
and man! we were subject
to fall into any kind of sin,
00:25:37.17\00:25:41.70
I chose to act upon those
same attractions or desires
00:25:41.74\00:25:46.27
you are choosing to challenges,
00:25:46.31\00:25:48.68
so don't be deceived,
and that God can heal you
00:25:48.71\00:25:53.25
He can set you
free, deliver you,
00:25:53.28\00:25:55.02
I pray that my testimony
will be an encouragement
00:25:55.05\00:25:58.55
to you, and if you're
just not a believer of Christ,
00:25:58.59\00:26:02.12
I will say 'repent and believe'
00:26:02.19\00:26:04.43
it's getting serious right now,
00:26:04.46\00:26:06.66
all these crazy events are
happening within the world,
00:26:06.73\00:26:09.53
Haiti... Japan... it's just like
a 150,000 people die every day
00:26:09.60\00:26:15.57
and who is to say...
it won't be you or me
00:26:15.64\00:26:19.01
you know, tonight or tomorrow...
00:26:19.04\00:26:20.98
so I would really encourage
you to start thinking about
00:26:21.01\00:26:23.35
the state of your soul. "
00:26:23.38\00:26:24.71
The Bible tells us in 1 John
1:9 "If you confess your sins,
00:26:24.75\00:26:29.05
He is faithful and just
to forgive us of our sins
00:26:29.08\00:26:31.32
and to cleanse us from
all our unrighteousness"
00:26:31.35\00:26:33.56
and then, John
1:12, I believe, it says,
00:26:33.59\00:26:36.12
"But as many as received
Him, to them he gave power
00:26:36.16\00:26:39.33
to become the sons
of God, even to them
00:26:39.36\00:26:42.00
that believe on his name"
00:26:42.03\00:26:43.37
and so, that's what you've done,
00:26:43.43\00:26:44.90
and you've allowed
God to give you the power
00:26:44.93\00:26:46.70
to live like Him
and to do His will,
00:26:46.74\00:26:48.90
I'm happy for you. Thank you.
00:26:48.94\00:26:51.64
Stay strong with it and
and we're going to pray that
00:26:51.71\00:26:55.28
God gives you complete
victory over the "balling"
00:26:55.34\00:26:59.78
but, I know God is blessing you,
00:26:59.81\00:27:01.78
I know He's
leading you step by step,
00:27:01.82\00:27:03.65
thanks a lot for doing
this interview with us.
00:27:03.72\00:27:05.85
No problem, thank
you again. All right.
00:27:05.89\00:27:08.32
All right
everybody, Camille LeNoir...
00:27:08.36\00:27:10.49
This is the
Forerunner... and as always
00:27:10.56\00:27:12.56
whether you like it or
not, the truth is the truth.
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