More on that later in
the program, but right now,
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we want you to be among the
first to see what just happened
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in Haiti in the past few weeks.
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Pastor Ted Wilson,
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president of the Seventh-day
Adventist World Church,
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and his wife, Nancy,
made a special visit to Haiti
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and were able to participate
in celebrations of dedication
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and recommitment in key places
where Maranatha Volunteers
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International has had
the privilege to serve.
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One of the first stops
the Wilsons made was at
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the Christ-Roi Church in
the hills of Port-au-Prince.
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Where this
One-Day Church stands,
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a large concrete
structure once stood,
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a church that had only just been
dedicated when the earthquake
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destroyed it.
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Maranatha's
president, Don Noble,
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and our vice president for
Latin America, Darrell Hardy,
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were at the church
prior to the Wilson's visit.
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Darrell, our first visit
here to the Christ-Roi Church
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in Haiti was very
different than it is today.
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Today is a day of celebration,
and that was a day of
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devastation and heartbreak
as we came here and saw this
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brand-new church
in a heap of rubble.
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Yeah, the members have told
the story that they finished
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the church about a
month ahead of time,
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eek
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and they had a mid
service, a Sabbath service,
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and a Sunday service,
and the earthquake came.
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So their brand-new
church was used very little.
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So they basically had one
Sabbath in the brand-new church
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and the
devastation of it coming down.
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Right.
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We saw the pictures out there
that they had taken ahead of
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time and the
rubble resembled--I mean,
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you couldn't even
imagine it was that nice.
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Exactly.
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And fortunately, God bless, we
were able to send One-Day Church
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structures down.
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The church hadn't met
for another two months,
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as I understand
it; is that correct?
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Yes.
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They worked two months without
any meeting, not in a home,
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anywhere, zero.
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When we came to
do it, they told us.
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We were not aware of it,
but it was a huge--they were
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so excited.
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It was done on a
Friday afternoon.
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And Sabbath, they
had church service.
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Fifteen members from the
community, just neighbors,
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came to be with them
that day to celebrate
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having a place to worship.
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Yeah, it's great.
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And you can see here that
they've expanded off to the side
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of the One-Day structure
here, because so many people
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are showing up.
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They're excited.
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They're doing well.
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On both sides.
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Actually, this One-Day Church
we put three extra bays on it,
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because that's what would
fit, because they had a large
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congregation, so this is a
One-Day Church, a larger one.
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And a growing congregation.
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And a growing one.
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And their commitment is to
be the first church here in
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Port-au-Prince that rebuilds
like their original church.
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That's super, because it's
great to see the One-Day Church
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soon going to have its use--it's
going to be done with the use.
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We'll take it down and
put it up somewhere else,
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so another church
can benefit from it.
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And they'll find a way,
because God knows how to do it,
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but they've got the energy.
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They made the
decision, the determination
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that they're going to do it.
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So that's a good
share of the battle.
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The Wilsons arrived
to a Pathfinder greeting,
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shared a message
of encouragement,
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and then laid the ceremonial
first stone for the permanent
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church building that the
congregation has determined
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to erect in faith.
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We're here at the
Christ-Roi Church,
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which means Christ the King.
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And they were without a church
after the terrible earthquake
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for about two months.
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Maranatha Volunteers came
and provided them with a One-Day
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Church and it has made the
difference between literally
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life and death.
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Spiritual life has now
been given to this community and
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it's given them the
beautiful opportunity of now
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reconstructing their permanent
church because of the sacrifice
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and the ingenuity of Maranatha
Volunteers to help them
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in a great time of need.
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Thank you so much for what
you've done for Christ-Roi,
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Christ the King
church, here in Haiti.
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When we come back, you won't
believe the transformation on
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the university campus.
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[music]
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[music]
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Soon after the earthquake,
the Adventist University in
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Port-au-Prince
became a temporary home for
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thousands of displaced people.
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This is the university today.
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Early in February,
Pastor Ted Wilson spent
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the better part of
a day on the campus.
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He encouraged the students to
prepare not only to serve their
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neighbors, but also to
prepare for Jesus soon coming.
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Although the wall surrounding
the university wasn't part of
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the world church
president's tour,
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the added security it
brings to the campus was felt.
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Don Noble spoke with
Darrell Hardy about this mammoth
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construction project.
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Darrell, I'm looking at an
incredible project that you and
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your guys have done here at the
university in Haiti, this wall.
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Wow.
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I mean, looking down here,
it is How long is this thing?
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How much have you built?
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We built
eight-tenths of a mile in total,
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divided in 19 sections.
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Because of the way we worked and
different things and time frame
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and then seasons,
in those 19 sections,
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there's been 9 sections
that have actually ended up
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being together.
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So it's a continuous wall
of 4,220 feet, of which this,
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what we see in each
direction is a part of that.
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So that is the largest
section now of full wall
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at the university.
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All fallen walls
have been rebuilt,
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so the university is
totally enclosed now.
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Well, that's great.
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It also seems
like it's pretty high.
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It ranges from 10
feet to 14 feet in height.
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And I was watching earlier
when you were constructing it,
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you've got quite a
bit underground, too.
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There's a lot of
steel in the pads.
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I poured concrete grade beams,
so all the block are above
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grade, above the dirt.
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The columns, rebar in
it, horizontally, vertically.
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There's a lot of
steel in this wall.
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The foundation is 4
to 5 feet underground.
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So if another earthquake
came of the same magnitude
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as the last one, do you
feel confident in this wall?
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This will still be standing
when the earthquake is over.
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Yeah, it was engineered, right?
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It was
engineered totally for that,
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for that what
happened and a little more.
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Yes.
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And in terms of its
impact here for the university,
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you've been here
quite often and watched.
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I know that they had
a lot of people, up to
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25,000 people on the campus.
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They were able to get
their campus back partially
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as a result of
the wall, I would say.
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But what other impact
do you see of the wall?
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I see the impact
in the administration,
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of people just being
able to relax in the security.
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They know that they're not going
to get anybody walking on campus
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any time of the day,
any night of the day.
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They feel comfortable
and safe inside it again now.
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They have a wall that they know
it's not going to come down if
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they have another earthquake.
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It's just created a
sense of this is our place,
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this is our area,
and we have it back now.
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And your students feel
comfortable and safe, too,
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I assume.
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Sure.
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There was a lot of
question of when there was
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the 25,000 people on
campus living, and the children,
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their children coming to school,
especially kindergarten or
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primary school, you get
that many people living here
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who a good share of
them are not Adventists,
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and people have
access in and out.
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The parents were
really concerned about that.
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So now the parents
can send their students.
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They come here to
school in the morning,
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pick them up in the afternoon.
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They know they're in a
safe environment the whole day,
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which it should be.
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You know, Maranatha usually
uses a lot of volunteers in
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projects like this.
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Here in Haiti, we have
determined that probably wasn't
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the best idea.
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So who built this wall?
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The wall was built with
workers that we've had that have
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worked for us in other places.
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We have 11 workers,
some from Peru, Honduras,
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the majority from
the Dominican Republic.
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All of them have
worked for us before,
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and the university
provided 18 workers.
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So we had a crew of 28
workers at times, maybe 20,
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that worked on that wall.
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So everything was done by those,
by excavation through finish of
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the wall.
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A lot of the Haitian
workers ended up being--taking
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responsibilities and
have learned quite a bit,
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so it's a training for us, too,
in weeding out some and it was a
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pretty efficient crew.
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You know, you've used 8-inch
block here, good solid block,
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and let me just divert
for a second off the wall.
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Most of this wall is built with
8-inch concrete block and where
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did you get 'em?
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The university had a block
factory before the earthquake.
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When we got involved
and started doing it,
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we checked some of their block.
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We actually took some back to
the United States to have them
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crushed and have them tested.
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We found that the range between
the quality varied a lot.
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So what we did, we
decided we needed to step in.
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Control the material, amount
of cement used, the vibration,
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the measurement, everything.
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So all the block that were done
on the wall was supervised by
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a Maranatha supervisor who was
there checking to make sure that
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the right amount of sand,
the right amount of cement,
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made sure the
heights were the same,
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so their quality control block
to get the quality of the block
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we needed for the wall.
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You've trained these guys in
their own industry, basically.
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So what's happened there?
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Well, they continue making it.
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And towards the last 4
or 5 months of the project
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when you were doing the
wall, they had such a demand,
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at one time they
couldn't keep up.
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So I haven't
checked with them lately,
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but that would be
interesting to see.
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If they still can't
keep up, that would be great.
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So Maranatha typically
builds a church, school,
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multiples of those, sometimes
housing, sometimes clinics.
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Very rarely do we do a wall.
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In fact, we've never
done a wall this big.
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We didn't even send
volunteers to do it.
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How does this fit in
with the mission of Maranatha
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and a mission project, period?
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Well, I think it's a
total missionary project,
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because that's what we do.
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We go out in the
mission field and we do projects
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so the church can grow.
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The churches and
schools we've built,
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previous to the
One-Day Church, have walls.
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Why do they have walls on 'em?
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To protect what's in.
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To keep the weather out.
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This is a big wall that's
protecting a school which has
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its mission to reach
out and educate children,
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but also teaching about God
and about learning about him
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so they can come to
him, understand him more.
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So I think it's a
total mission project,
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because we're
providing an environment.
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Just like the
churches and buildings we do,
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we provide an environment where
the laypeople can continue on,
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preach the pastor's Adventist
campaign, schools teach,
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so we're just
fortifying a mission outreach,
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which is this university,
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so I think it's a
great mission project.
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Out in front, at
the entrance out there,
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when we started our
first section of the wall,
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there's a company in
back that makes mattresses.
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And the guy come over and
we were talking about the wall,
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and they had
redone a part of his wall.
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But they had done it exactly the
same style of construction it
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was before the earthquake.
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So that--till
another earthquake comes,
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the same thing is
probably going to happen,
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where this wall was
done totally different,
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and that hopefully will reflect
on the people and understand
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that the education that's given
here at the university is a cut
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above, because God is
present in that education.
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Feel the excitement as a
new One-Day School campus
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is inaugurated
when we come back.
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The idea of a $10
church started in 1879.
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Hi.
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I'm Dick Duerksen with Maranatha
Volunteers International.
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The Battle Creek Tabernacle
was built with dimes given by
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thousands of people,
including many children.
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The 10 Cent Tabernacle
idea was proposed by a son of
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Seventh-day Adventist
pioneers James and Ellen White,
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and that gave
Maranatha a similar idea.
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Since 1988, we've built
more than 250 churches worldwide
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using donations of $10 a
month from viewers like you.
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This strategy
provides new churches,
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but it also helps
build strong community
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as we all work together.
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Each month, your $10
donations help build nearly
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three churches.
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I want to encourage you.
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Join us in the
$10 church program.
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It's easy.
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Join us by visiting
tendollarchurch.org.
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Partner with people
from all over the world.
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It's only 10 bucks.
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One of the most gratifying
aspects of Maranatha's efforts
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to help the Haitian people
recover from the 2010 earthquake
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has been providing classrooms
for thousands of children.
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Our efforts have been multiplied
in a joint project between
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Maranatha Volunteers
International, ADRA, and ASI.
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Working together, we
will build 100 classrooms,
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of which 27 will be located
on the university campus.
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By God's grace,
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may this building be
a wonderful blessing.
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[applauding]
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This school will be used for
primary children to begin with,
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and they really need it.
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They'll use it in the
morning for those young people,
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and then they're going
to use it in a double way,
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because in the afternoon,
they'll adapt the furniture just
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a little bit and they
will have adults in here
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for adult education.
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And I think it is absolutely
marvelous what the university
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here in Haiti, the
Adventist University,
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is planning to really
help Seventh-day Adventists and
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certainly the community as
they use the results of a lot of
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very faithful donors who have
provided funding for this kind
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of a school.
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Imagine an adult
that says all my life,
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I've wanted to go to school,
and I haven't been invited
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on that university campus.
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It's only for special people.
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But yet, this school now
is going to open its doors to
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the community and allow moms
and dads to come in and further
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their education as an adult.
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When that happens, everything
changes for the family.
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The economic indicators,
the kids are more dedicated
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to school.
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They might have more resources
after finding new jobs.
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It's a real wonderful way
of supporting the community.
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And in fact, this
little beginning will be
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all over the country.
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So again, we're very proud
to have this partnership between
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ADRA and Maranatha in favor
of the community and the young
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lives here that are yet to
be transformed by this gift.
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To give
perspective on the project,
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Don Noble spoke with
Darrell Hardy at the site
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just one day prior to
Pastor Wilson's visit.
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Well, Darrell, it's
really good to be here in
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Port-au-Prince at the Adventist
University on the primary school
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campus that is
really looking good.
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What do we have here?
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We have a
primary school complex.
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We have 22 pads done.
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In the end, we'll have 27 on
this campus just for the primary
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school here at the university.
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So if I calculate that right,
that means there's a lot of
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students that are going
to be going to school here.
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There's currently this
year about 850 and they expect
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they can bump up over
1,000 with this new complex.
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And right now they're
meeting in One-Day Churches?
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One-Day Church structures.
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So now they can move into
One-Day School structures.
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Permanent.
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Permanent.
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Boy, that's really great.
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You know, I noticed over
here also that you have restroom
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facilities that you're
preparing for the students.
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They're going to have
a playground out here,
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and it's going to be just
an excellent place for them
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to go to school.
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Certainly a lot better
than what they have right now.
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Sure.
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And that's what they really
wanted is school classrooms
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that don't have
concrete roofs on them.
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Yeah, my understanding was
that the parents would not send
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their kids,
especially the young kids.
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They didn't want them to go to a
school that had a concrete roof.
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That's right.
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And the primary school is
basically--most of it has been
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condemned, so there's no way
it should be used anyway, so.
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And these schools are
actually an upgraded version,
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as I understand it, so
that they can handle up to
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a Category 4 hurricane.
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Yeah.
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They'll be upgraded and
the structure will resist
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140 mile-an-hour wind,
which is just above Category 3,
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which is what the educational
department requires now
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for Haiti.
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Now, even in
this primary school,
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I think we're doing some
computer rooms, too, aren't we?
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Yeah.
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Actually, there'll be two
One-Day School buildings built
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continuously for
the computer room.
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There'll be one for the offices
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and there'll be
two bathroom units.
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The rest will be classrooms.
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So why do we just have pads?
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Well, we're waiting for
the structures to come in,
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the new structures, then
we can start putting them up.
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So we had to rekey,
redesign, reengineer,
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and tool up and they
could be fabricated to be sent.
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We have one container
in the Dominican Republic
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and one on the water.
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So once they get
through the exoneration process,
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then we will have them
to be able to start putting
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these buildings up.
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So you're ready right
now to put these up quickly.
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If we had the containers
tomorrow, we could start.
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Well, we have one school up.
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This is just actually a sample
so people can see what it is
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that they're
going to be getting.
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Right.
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This is not the
upgraded steel system.
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This is just a standard
One-Day School structure.
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The new structure
from the outside will look
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exactly the same.
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All the upgraded trusses
and their reinforcing and stuff
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will be on the inside.
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Now, this project remains a
combined project with Maranatha,
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ASI, and of course the major
funding on this project right
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chool project
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here and the 100
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here in Haiti is from ADRA,
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through hurricane relief money.
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So that's a real blessing and
it's going to be wonderful for
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the people here in Haiti and all
that children that are going to
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be going to these schools.
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If you start looking at
the number of 100 classrooms,
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that's going to take
care of a lot of students.
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Yeah, for sure.
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The university president
said the other day--actually
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yesterday we met with
him for a little while.
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He said that they're expecting
that they want to expand
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the university and use these
in the afternoon for university
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classes, because the
school gets out at 12:15, 12:30,
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so they can have a
full shift university.
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They can increase their
capacity in the university.
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They're just going to use--make
mid-sized desks that work for
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primary and university students.
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So that's going to double
the capacity and the use of
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these buildings.
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They are very resourceful.
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That's excellent.
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And this is a good
location on the campus, too.
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It's just inside the main gate
so the parents can bring their
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children in and they can
come right on into the campus.
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And the other thing,
too, is it's spacious.
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It's taken a lot more space than
they normally would have done.
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Let's walk around
a little bit here.
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They've got the playground
and there's space between each
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building for airflow, sunlight,
so they're going to be in better
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conditions than they would.
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And the noise?
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Well, that'll be there, too.
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The classrooms get very noisy,
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so separating them was helpful.
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Yes, yes.
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Now, will this be a playground?
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Yes. This will be a total area.
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The whole area around
here will be a playground.
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One of the remaining school
classrooms goes there to fill in
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that space there, which they're
currently using to bring trucks
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in, materials and stuff
for the remaining classrooms.
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So this is going to
be a huge play area.
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Well, the value here, too, is
that the administrator can take
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a look at virtually the whole
campus from the headquarters
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in the office.
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Right.
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The office will be
right there at the end.
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He can see this whole circle and
he can also look out the window
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and see at least one
of the other seven pads.
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Yeah, there's another
seven pads down over the edge to
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complete the entire campus.
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Right. Exactly.
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Well, that's great.
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And how many guys have
you had working on this
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and who are they?
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Well, we have a crew here.
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There's a
supervisor of the country.
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That's Pastor Amador.
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We have a total of 11 people
from--some from Peru, Honduras,
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the Dominican
Republic right here,
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and we've had a total of
18 workers that the university
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is providing, local
workers that have provided here.
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So we've had--at times,
we've had about 20 workers
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on this one site.
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As I think about the
potential for what will happen
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right here on this
ground, with all those children,
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it's pretty phenomenal.
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Laura Noble was also at
the primary school campus.
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She's been in Haiti several
times and as you can see,
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she finds great joy
being with the children.
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We are right in the middle
of this huge school project.
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Came on campus today.
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I was shocked to see
how many pads there are.
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That means on top of
every pad is a school building,
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is a school classroom, and
inside every school classroom
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there's going to
be a boatload of kids.
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Can't tell you how
grateful that makes me feel,
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because just a few
months ago we were here,
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and there are kids
oozing out of everywhere.
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And, you know, you start
thinking back on your own
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personal experience and thinking
what did a Christian education
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do for me?
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I have to say I'm
standing here today because of
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a Christian education.
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So it's very personal and
I think that to educate these
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kids, not just to learn math and
science, which are so important;
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not just to learn how to read
and write and get ahead in life,
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but to learn about Jesus Christ
and for his love for them and
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what he did for them and that
there's something better than
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just this planet.
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So today we're looking around
at school buildings and we're
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really thinking about kids.
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Last time I was here,
there was all these little girls
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and of course, who
doesn't love a little girl.
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So, you know, there's always
a ringleader and of course,
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this one ringleader
happened to remind me of a girl
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that I went to school with.
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And she ran up to me and in
what I thought was pretty good
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English, she looks up at me
and she says do you love Jesus?
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And I was shocked.
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She said it in English.
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And I looked at her and I
thought about my whole life,
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you know, lot of ups and downs.
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Maybe you've had
some of that, too.
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I thought about where
I am right now, you know,
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how the love of God has
made such a difference for me.
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How my education as a little
girl made such a huge difference
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for me.
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And I'm so grateful that this
school is full of kids that are
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learning about Jesus Christ, and
when they run up to an adult,
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that's the question they ask.
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I mean,
that--that was amazing to me.
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And it's so hopeful and I really
believe that is the primary
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reason why these schools are
important and why these schools
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are going to make a difference.
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When you see children
in school, happy children,
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safe children,
children learning,
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children meeting Jesus, it
gives one a new perspective.
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One-Day Classrooms are
changing the lives of children
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all around the world.
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Please partner with us
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For Dick Duerksen and
the entire Maranatha family,
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I'm Kyle Fiess.
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Join us again next
week for another episode of
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Maranatha Mission Stories.
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