- Hi. I'm Hilary Marcias
with the Maranatha Minute.
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This month, the country
of Côte d'Ivoire welcomed
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its first team of Maranatha
volunteers. This team of
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22 came all the way from
Brazil to help build the Annan
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Seventh-day
Adventist Church. The Annan
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congregation currently
has a church, which was
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built decades ago
through the hard work of members
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who scrimped and saved
throughout the years. However,
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the government has
announced that a new
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road will be
cutting straight through the
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village and through
the precise location of the
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church site. Now, the
congregation will have
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to move to a new site
and need help building
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an actual structure.
Maranatha has committed
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to building a new sanctuary
in Annan as part of the
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larger effort in
Côte d'Ivoire to provide
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churches and schools in
the greater Abidjan area.
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inside the dormitory.
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And then in the
morning, we find out that the
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mud is floating on the
floor. It was a challenge
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coping with the
situation. Sometimes, the rain
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will come in
through the windows-the
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unclosable windows.
- It was challenging
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at night. The
location was hard, and also
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to wake up in the morning
then go to class when you
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have not slept well at
night...so it was challenging.
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- It was not good;
it was really, really
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challenging.
Sometimes, you want to become
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discouraged and hoped
to go to another school.
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But due to the circumstances,
we still pressed on due to
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the encouragement
the teacher was giving
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us and telling us,
"Just pray hard, and
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something's gonna happen."
So we prayed and believed
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that something is going
to happen even after the
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longsuffering and that
truly, God cared. - The
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Kiutine Adventist
school in Kenya is a secondary
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boarding school home to
230 students. For years,
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the students have lived
in deplorable conditions.
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Seventh-day Adventist
Church leadership in Kenya
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approached Maranatha
for help. And in 2018,
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Maranatha agreed to
improve the campus at
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Kiutine. Groups of
Maranatha volunteers
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began constructing new
dormitories, classrooms,
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bathrooms, a
kitchen, and a cafeteria. As
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volunteer teams were
organized, The Ultimate
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Workout, Maranatha's
annual teens-only mission
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trip for high schoolers,
was added to the list of
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those that would help
at Kiutine. In its 29th
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year, this would
be Ultimate Workout's
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first visit to the continent
of Africa. In July 2019,
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111 teens and
adult leaders made their
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way to Kenya for an
experience they'd never
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forget. - They're so
sweet. They're so kind,
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they're so welcoming,
they want to meet you,
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they're curious about
you... They're just great
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people in general.
Like, I've never met kinder
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people in my life.
- The Kiutine students
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are very loving, very
appreciative, thanking
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us for being here, very
hospitable... I remember
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when I got off the
bus and we were first- I'm
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loading our luggage.
One of the Kiutine students
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grabbed me by the hand
and walked me to the truck
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to get our luggage
off. And since then, he's
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found me in
worship, we've sat and sung
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together, it...you
know. He brought his brother,
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I met the whole...
We've taken pictures together;
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they're just very warm
and inviting people. - One
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thing I really
noticed about them and just
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everyone here is
they're always so content. Like,
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I mean, we've seen
what they've come from and
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what they still
currently have, and they're so
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content. - So I
got to tour the campus
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where they used to stay,
and I went into the girls'
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dorm. I was quite shocked
by what I saw. It was just
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mud floor and bunk
beds that were not really
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bunk beds, and it was
just open. The floorboards
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were, the walls, were
open, so anything could actually
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come in. I was just
wondering what happens
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when the rain fell.
It was just really sad
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and deplorable. - Lots
of dust and high winds.
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It was definitely a
different atmosphere,
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and also very different
living conditions. - The
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dormitories weren't
very good, the floor was just
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bad... One thing that
stood out to me, personally,
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is the showers. Just like,
this, like, closed off area,
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and there's just rocks
everywhere and you just
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have a bucket, and you
dump it over your head.
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So, it was really bad,
and I'm glad that we're
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here to help and make
them new ones, but yeah.
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Just everything that was
the boys' dorm, the girls'
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dorm... And the kitchen
wasn't so great, either.
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- I was not
expecting to see something like
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these conditions as poor
as they are... I mean, you
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wouldn't see
anything like this back home.
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- It's just
totally different. I mean,
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my school has
running water, it has walls,
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actual walls... It's
just completely different.
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I don't even think
you can compare the two,
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because now- even though
my school, I wouldn't say
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it's in the best condition,
it's still a thousand times
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better than what they
used to have. - Oh, it
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humbles me, and it makes
me feel like I'm a spoiled
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brat. [laughs] Yeah.
We're very fortunate in
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America and we take
for granted what we have.
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- When we come back,
see how Ultimate Workout
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volunteers help to improve
conditions at the Kiutine
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school and serve in
the local community.
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- For Ultimate
Workout in 2019, volunteers
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were tasked with constructing
a new boys' dorm and a
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classroom at the Kiutine
Adventist school in Kenya.
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After learning how to
lay block, the teens got
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to work building these
much-needed structures.
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- I really like the
block work. I did medical team
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once. I really enjoyed
that, but I also really
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love the construction
aspect. I love getting a
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pickaxe and
hitting concrete or rock,
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building a foundation...
I love getting my hands
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dirty. - I think
even though the kids are
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happy with what they
have now, I think it's
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going to mean much more
for them. They recognize
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that they can get a
better education if they
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have a better place to
learn in. So I think it
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will be really good
that they can have clean-
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a roof that don't
leak when they're learning,
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desks that work when
they need to, just...
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So, I think it's going to
be great for their education.
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- Besides construction,
the volunteers were able
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to serve on one of
two outreach teams and a
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medical team. -
I've been doing VBS and
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outreach this whole
time, and I actually genuinely
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care about them and I'm
going to miss them a lot.
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- In visiting the
local schools, and the
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kids are just so amazing.
They're so sweet, they're
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so curious; they grab
all over you, they love
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to hug you, they love
to touch you, and just...
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You feel so loved
even though you don't know
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them. A lot of the kids,
I don't know their names,
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probably 'cause I can't
pronounce them or remember
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them, but they still love
me. And even though they may
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think I'm kind of weird
or different, they still
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love me and they're so
welcoming. - The four or
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five communities
that we've gone to provide
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medical services, the
need has been so great.
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And we haven't been
able to see everyone, but it
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has been a
difference between this mission
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trip and others that
I've gone on. Our role here
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is twofold; it's one
to mentor the young people
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that we have brought
over and give them exposure
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into medicine. We've
been able to show them
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how to do things that
they probably won't do
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for several years in the
future. Some of them said
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they didn't really know
that it would be so hands-on,
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and they've been able
to- you know. I go by the
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mantra-and it's in medicine-
that you see one, you do
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one, and then you
teach one. So, they would see
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procedures being done,
and then we'd allow them
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to do it. - In between
construction and outreach,
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volunteers also
took breaks to experience
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quintessential Kenya
by going on a safari in
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nearby Meru National
Park. - The special moment
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was the safari.
I've always wanted to be
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able to go on a safari.
And although it is long-
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it was about eight hours-
but we got to see everything
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but a lion. Getting to
see all of God's creations
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up close is really
an amazing thing. Seeing
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rhinos-I never thought
I would ever see a rhino.
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That would definitely
be a high point in the
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trip so far. - The
first Sabbath also featured
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a trip to visit a Samburu
tribe to worship in a church
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Maranatha constructed.
Ultimate Workout volunteers
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led the church
services and experienced a new
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culture. [singing] -
Going out to the Samburu
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tribe was very
special. Those people had been
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worshiping under a tree,
and now they have a one-day
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church and they have pride
in that, and they have water
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to drink... - We
got to meet some of the
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people in the village
and just got to talk to
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them. It was really cool
to see all these huts and
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stuff; but here, which
is like buildings that are
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similar to kind of- not
exactly similar to what we
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have at home, but to
see people with mud huts
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and stuff and straws
for roofs, that was really
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cool. And the ladies
and people there, they
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let us go inside and
check it out, which was
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REALLY cool. It was
very small; it was just like,
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one sleeping area and
a kitchen. It was very
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small, but it was
such a neat experience just
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to walk in and to
see that. And the people
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there, they
started singing and dancing
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in their traditional
style and everything.
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That was so cool. I got
some videos of it. [singing]
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- One of the unique aspects
of this trip was the abundant
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opportunities for interaction
between Ultimate Workout
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volunteers and the Kiutine
students. - You come into
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this new
environment and you don't really
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expect the people
you see to be pretty much
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just like you. There
are kids just like you even
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though they speak a
different language and
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it seems a little bit
different, they experience
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the same things that you
experience and they react
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to them in a similar
fashion. It's interesting
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to figure that out and
see how similar you are
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to somebody who's on
the other half of the
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world. - They're
amazing. I love the kids here. I
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make it a point to kind
of get to know every one
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of them. I have made
so many friends. They're
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very nice; they're
always smiling. If they have a
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bad day, they
don't let me see that.
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- It has been an
amazing experience
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having them around. For
me, I never thought that
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I would come in close
contact with you guys-
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these volunteers.
But through you, at least
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we have shared a
lot. We have known each
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other, we have
known what are the hobbies
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of each side. We've
really known that there is no
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difference between you
guys and us. It has been
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a blessing...yeah. -
They like asking a lot
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of questions,
figuring out what it's like,
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which I've done
the same to them. I'm
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assuming everybody's
asked that question or
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said that "I would
love to go to Africa." And
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when you get the chance,
you can ask them, "What's
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it like? How do
things go around here from
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day-to-day life?"
They're all really nice
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kids. They're really
great singers, especially.
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[singing] - We have gained a lot
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of inspiration from
them because you have come
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to understand that
you worship the same God.
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And through singing,
you have gained a lot
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of messages from them.
I know God is pleased of
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what they are doing and
He has blessed us through
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them. - With
Ultimate Workout designed to
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stretch volunteers'
physical and spiritual
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muscles, each day
featured multiple worship
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services, including
joint programs with the Kiutine
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students. - Joint worships
are amazing because just
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Maranatha, when we're
having worship, we sing
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and we come and get
into it, but not as much.
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But when the kids come
over, they really hype us up.
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Personally, they
just... They sing very loud;
00:15:26.12\00:15:28.59
they're very into it,
and that kind of motivates
00:15:28.66\00:15:30.63
me. That kind of
gets me excited, and I get
00:15:30.73\00:15:32.83
more into it, and
we just... And when you
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have a bigger crowd,
there's more singing,
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it's louder, and
it's just more of, like, a
00:15:36.63\00:15:38.77
choir, and it's
really cool. They enjoy the
00:15:38.87\00:15:40.54
music; they love it,
and they kind of help me
00:15:40.64\00:15:42.94
to kind of enjoy the
music, as well, and to
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kind of get into
worship. [singing] - My favorite
00:15:46.14\00:15:50.58
part is just the
singing. They just drown us out.
00:15:50.65\00:15:53.68
We can't even be
heard; they're just always so
00:15:53.78\00:15:55.95
happy. It just makes
me smile. I just sit there
00:15:55.98\00:15:59.25
and just close my
eyes, and I wish I could just
00:15:59.39\00:16:01.32
look out at all of
us instead of just being
00:16:01.42\00:16:05.09
in the mix, because
it's just really cool to see
00:16:05.16\00:16:08.73
a bunch of different
cultures just completely
00:16:10.07\00:16:12.33
mix but we're all
there for the same purpose
00:16:12.40\00:16:15.34
and stuff, so... I don't
know. I think it's really
00:16:15.40\00:16:18.31
cool that we get to
unite for that. - I just wish I
00:16:18.37\00:16:21.24
could just sit back
and just observe it instead
00:16:21.34\00:16:24.78
of being a part of it,
'cause it sounds so good,
00:16:24.85\00:16:27.72
it just looks so good
to see them mingling with
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our participants and
just hearing the sounds
00:16:30.75\00:16:34.42
of worship and just
watching them participate.
00:16:34.52\00:16:37.29
And even though we have
such vast difference even
00:16:37.39\00:16:40.36
economically, you can't
tell it when we're in worship.
00:16:40.43\00:16:42.90
You really can't.
They're just really together and
00:16:42.96\00:16:45.80
just reading the Bible
together, sharing everything.
00:16:45.90\00:16:49.34
[singing] - They
are pretty interactive
00:16:49.44\00:16:52.87
during worships for
the sermon. I was sitting
00:16:52.97\00:16:55.41
next to a girl, and
back at home- our church is
00:16:55.48\00:16:58.88
pretty quiet during
the sermon. And during the
00:16:58.95\00:17:00.98
sermon, all of
the Kiutine students,
00:17:01.08\00:17:03.25
they responded
"Amen!" to the pastor and I
00:17:03.35\00:17:06.79
didn't, and she thought
it was a little disrespectful
00:17:06.86\00:17:09.02
that I didn't just
'cause I'm not used to it.
00:17:09.12\00:17:11.29
- Due to the way we
have been interacting during
00:17:12.89\00:17:15.16
the worships, we have
really built the contact
00:17:15.26\00:17:19.43
between us and you. We
have shared, and we have
00:17:19.53\00:17:23.87
known that we share
a common God and really
00:17:23.97\00:17:26.68
felt that Jesus
Christ loves us because we
00:17:26.78\00:17:29.41
are common and share
anything in common that
00:17:29.51\00:17:32.41
all of us, we have
come to know that all of us,
00:17:32.48\00:17:35.28
God loves us. -
When we come back, watch
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the push to
complete the work before time
00:17:38.59\00:17:40.69
runs out on the
teens' trip in Kenya.
00:17:40.79\00:17:43.56
- In a little over a
week, Maranatha is heading
00:17:54.90\00:17:57.67
to Paradise, California
to start a mission project,
00:17:57.77\00:18:00.78
and we need your
help. From November 5 to
00:18:00.84\00:18:03.38
26, we need volunteers
to help build 200 storage
00:18:03.48\00:18:06.82
sheds for residents
who lost their homes in the
00:18:06.92\00:18:09.35
2018 Camp Fire.
These sheds will provide a
00:18:09.42\00:18:12.89
place for people to
store their things as those in
00:18:12.95\00:18:15.12
the area are currently
living in RVs and trailers.
00:18:15.22\00:18:18.36
The timing of this
project is critical as the rainy
00:18:18.46\00:18:21.16
season is approaching
fast. Then, from December
00:18:21.26\00:18:24.37
23 to January 5, spend
Christmas and New Years
00:18:24.47\00:18:27.70
on a mission trip.
The Ultimate Workout
00:18:27.80\00:18:29.74
Alumni Project is going
to La Paz, Bolivia to build
00:18:29.84\00:18:32.91
a new church for a
congregation in need.
00:18:32.97\00:18:35.08
While this project
is designed for those
00:18:35.14\00:18:37.05
who have been part of
Ultimate Workout in the
00:18:37.15\00:18:38.95
past, it's open to all
volunteers. So if you're
00:18:39.01\00:18:42.08
looking for adventure
over the holidays, register
00:18:42.15\00:18:44.35
for this project
today. Learn about all our
00:18:44.45\00:18:47.36
volunteer
opportunities on our website at
00:18:47.46\00:18:50.03
maranatha.org under
Volunteer Opportunities.
00:18:50.13\00:18:53.50
- Throughout the nearly
two-week Ultimate Workout
00:18:57.20\00:18:59.33
in Kenya, friendships
were forged, new cultures
00:18:59.40\00:19:02.24
were experienced, and
spiritual lessons learned.
00:19:02.34\00:19:05.27
But as the time
for departure neared,
00:19:05.97\00:19:07.58
there was concern
that the boys' dorm may not
00:19:07.68\00:19:09.91
be completed in time.
A special dedication had
00:19:10.01\00:19:13.42
been planned, and the
volunteers didn't want
00:19:13.52\00:19:15.42
to leave the building
unfinished. - This morning,
00:19:15.48\00:19:19.42
we had an opportunity
to choose to go to outreach
00:19:19.49\00:19:22.52
or stay and do construction.
I decided to stay, mainly
00:19:22.62\00:19:29.23
because Wills was the
lead construction worker,
00:19:29.33\00:19:34.00
reminded us that this
is a special situation.
00:19:35.14\00:19:38.81
We get to build
this whole place from the
00:19:39.81\00:19:43.14
ground up, and then
we get to help them move
00:19:43.24\00:19:45.61
into it. It's something
that I've never experienced;
00:19:45.75\00:19:49.88
it's something that
he has never experienced.
00:19:49.98\00:19:52.05
Being able to put
in their bunk beds, set
00:19:52.15\00:19:56.02
up their mattresses
and help them move into a
00:19:56.12\00:19:58.76
place, I'm hoping it's
gonna be a really great
00:19:58.86\00:20:03.77
thing. - I'm sure
they're very excited, because
00:20:03.83\00:20:08.00
they've been watching
us build them, and other
00:20:08.10\00:20:11.04
Maranatha volunteers.
They watch them build
00:20:11.14\00:20:13.98
it, and they're
really excited to have more
00:20:14.04\00:20:16.11
space and to have more
showers and better bathrooms
00:20:16.21\00:20:19.91
and stuff. I think
they're very, very pumped, very
00:20:20.02\00:20:22.62
excited, to have better
living conditions. I mean,
00:20:22.68\00:20:25.95
I would be, too, if
I were them. - With new
00:20:26.02\00:20:29.56
resolve to finish the
work on time, volunteers
00:20:29.62\00:20:32.06
made a push to accelerate
the construction of the
00:20:32.13\00:20:34.40
boys' dorm-and got
the job done! - I'm a lot
00:20:34.50\00:20:39.80
more capable than what
I think. We can push our
00:20:39.87\00:20:47.28
bodies farther
than what our mind can
00:20:47.34\00:20:49.78
think. We might think
that we aren't able to
00:20:49.94\00:20:54.28
lift the block up to
the next level and be able
00:20:54.38\00:20:58.22
to set another one-you
know?-just before lunch...
00:20:58.32\00:21:01.66
but we can do it. [singing]
00:21:02.66\00:21:07.46
- On the final
Friday, the boys' dormitory
00:21:08.86\00:21:10.83
and the new
classroom were dedicated with a
00:21:10.90\00:21:13.27
number of regional
Seventh-day Adventist
00:21:13.34\00:21:14.90
Church officials
present. - The new dorm-we are
00:21:15.00\00:21:22.18
able to sleep in
our own beddings, and
00:21:22.28\00:21:28.88
comfortably. And
when it comes time for
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going to class, you
don't feel like you have been
00:21:32.92\00:21:37.69
in the wrong place at
night, so it is good. - It
00:21:37.76\00:21:43.16
means the world to them,
I would assume. If I lived
00:21:43.23\00:21:45.83
in these kinds of
conditions and I had
00:21:45.93\00:21:49.84
a shower built for
me and I actually had a
00:21:49.94\00:21:52.71
decent bathroom and
a nice living space, I
00:21:52.81\00:21:57.71
would be pretty grateful
for what I got, you know?
00:21:57.81\00:21:59.88
- It's like heaven.
At least, I'd assume so.
00:22:01.08\00:22:04.82
If I lived in this
prior to those, that's a huge
00:22:04.92\00:22:08.36
change. - If we compare
the times we were sleeping
00:22:08.46\00:22:12.89
in the old dorms,
people were sluggish during the
00:22:12.99\00:22:16.10
day because they
never slept, and people were
00:22:16.20\00:22:18.30
sleeping in classes when
the teacher was teaching.
00:22:18.37\00:22:21.50
But now because you are
enjoying sleep back in the
00:22:21.64\00:22:24.87
dormitory, you don't
have that sleep, and now you
00:22:24.97\00:22:28.61
can cooperate in
class. May God bless you for
00:22:28.68\00:22:32.51
the wonderful work
that you have done unto our
00:22:32.61\00:22:34.45
school. If it was not
for you, we don't know
00:22:34.52\00:22:36.62
where it would be.
You've really transformed this
00:22:36.72\00:22:39.05
school. We can't
express the gratitude we have
00:22:39.19\00:22:42.26
because you have been
really good to us, you've
00:22:42.32\00:22:45.29
really helped us come
from the situation that
00:22:45.39\00:22:48.50
we were in. And
really now, it's great. May
00:22:48.56\00:22:51.73
God bless you. [singing]
00:22:51.83\00:22:55.10
- The joyous celebration
was followed by a special
00:23:21.33\00:23:23.60
Sabbath that sought 37
people baptized, including
00:23:23.73\00:23:27.10
Kiutine students and 26
Ultimate Workout volunteers.
00:23:27.20\00:23:31.27
It was the
culmination of a nearly two-week
00:23:32.17\00:23:34.54
experience filled with
spiritual growth, physical
00:23:34.64\00:23:37.45
challenges, and expending
worldviews. - It's quite
00:23:37.55\00:23:43.92
a workout-mentally,
spiritually-getting to
00:23:44.02\00:23:46.65
know God... I feel
like that can actually bring
00:23:46.76\00:23:48.96
you closer to God. And
physically, it's hard work.
00:23:49.06\00:23:52.63
So, it's, all
around... I love the name-
00:23:52.76\00:23:55.46
Ultimate Workout-it
quite is an ultimate
00:23:55.56\00:23:57.73
workout. -
Ultimate Workout is...it's a
00:23:57.83\00:24:02.40
tough experience. [clapping]
It pushes you out of your
00:24:02.47\00:24:06.94
comfort zone, which
is something that very
00:24:07.01\00:24:09.94
few people like.
Going outside of the country
00:24:10.01\00:24:14.12
is never easy, getting
used to the time changes-
00:24:14.22\00:24:18.15
and Ultimate Workout
presents all of that.
00:24:19.79\00:24:23.09
It presents waking up
early, getting to work,
00:24:23.19\00:24:27.56
worship... I mean,
worship is a time of
00:24:27.63\00:24:32.10
rest and praising
the Lord-but right after
00:24:32.20\00:24:36.10
that, we're going
straight to work. It's hard, but
00:24:36.20\00:24:40.24
that's what's great
about it. - I don't know.
00:24:40.31\00:24:46.01
I guess I learned how
to be more loving and open,
00:24:46.11\00:24:49.65
because back home
you have your space that
00:24:49.72\00:24:54.26
you're comfortable
in. And when you're
00:24:54.36\00:24:55.99
completely removed from
it and dropped in another
00:24:56.06\00:24:59.46
situation, it makes you
have to adapt. - I think
00:24:59.53\00:25:06.33
I just learned that I
need to be more content
00:25:06.40\00:25:08.10
with what I have.
There's a lot of stuff that it's
00:25:08.17\00:25:10.41
like, "Oh, I need
this, or I need that." But
00:25:10.51\00:25:13.81
after being here, I
realize that a bunch
00:25:13.88\00:25:16.11
of my needs are more
just wants. - I listen to
00:25:16.18\00:25:19.25
them talk, especially
at night in the dorm or
00:25:19.35\00:25:21.42
on our way back from
our projects-and they
00:25:21.55\00:25:24.09
recognize, first of
all, that they are blessed
00:25:24.19\00:25:26.49
beyond
measure-that they have more than
00:25:26.55\00:25:29.72
what they sometimes
don't realize. I think,
00:25:29.82\00:25:35.46
also, like yesterday
they realize that, "Oh,
00:25:35.56\00:25:38.30
we may be
different geographically, we
00:25:38.40\00:25:41.00
may be different economically,
but we are kind of the same."
00:25:41.10\00:25:44.64
- They should experience
this. I mean, you take
00:25:45.44\00:25:48.68
for granted the life
that you're living, and
00:25:48.78\00:25:51.31
you never know that
unless you expose yourself
00:25:51.41\00:25:54.65
to other continents,
countries, other peoples,
00:25:54.75\00:25:58.02
other cultures,
you'll never know that you
00:25:58.12\00:26:00.89
have a great life
and that others have a
00:26:00.99\00:26:05.69
great life, too, but
they just do it on a lot less.
00:26:05.79\00:26:08.53
I would really
strongly say that as many young
00:26:08.63\00:26:11.77
people that hear
this and know about this,
00:26:11.87\00:26:14.50
they should really
try to come and be a part
00:26:14.60\00:26:16.57
of it, 'cause there is
so much work to be done
00:26:16.67\00:26:18.77
and there's so
many hands that can be
00:26:18.87\00:26:21.01
involved in this
work. And the reward, you
00:26:21.08\00:26:26.92
may not see until we
get to heaven. - Every
00:26:27.02\00:26:30.65
parent should send their
teen on an Ultimate Workout.
00:26:30.69\00:26:33.86
First of all, no
joke. Teens are really
00:26:33.96\00:26:35.66
connecting with
Christ through service. We're
00:26:35.76\00:26:39.16
just there as the
adults to guide them and mentor
00:26:39.23\00:26:41.80
them, but they
pretty much plan and execute
00:26:41.90\00:26:44.80
everything. You
want your child to really
00:26:44.90\00:26:47.97
connect while
there's- you want your team
00:26:48.07\00:26:49.97
to really get to
know God through service.
00:26:50.07\00:26:52.77
It's the Ultimate
Workout. [singing]
00:26:52.87\00:26:56.14
- You experience
the hard work, the grit-
00:26:56.24\00:26:58.68
and the growth that you
experience. It's something
00:26:59.18\00:27:04.45
that you can't even
put a price on. Being able
00:27:04.55\00:27:07.26
to experience
different cultures, different
00:27:07.36\00:27:09.86
people, different
points of view-it's priceless.
00:27:09.96\00:27:14.73
- I feel like
everyone should have this
00:27:15.96\00:27:18.27
experience. Before I
came here, I was kind
00:27:18.40\00:27:21.14
of nervous. I was like,
"I don't know if I would
00:27:21.24\00:27:22.84
be able to make
friends, I don't know how it's
00:27:22.90\00:27:24.47
going to be... I'm scared
about the squatty potties."
00:27:24.57\00:27:27.01
But, you know, I
feel like everyone should
00:27:27.11\00:27:29.41
be able to get out of
their comfort zone and
00:27:29.51\00:27:32.41
to be put into a place
you're not familiar with,
00:27:32.55\00:27:35.65
with people you're not
familiar with, and just to
00:27:35.75\00:27:38.59
learn to adapt and
to love and to grow with
00:27:38.65\00:27:42.06
people you don't
know. And I think everyone
00:27:42.12\00:27:43.89
should be able to go on
this trip. I really think
00:27:43.96\00:27:47.00
it's amazing, and it's
probably the best thing
00:27:47.06\00:27:48.53
that's ever happened in my life.
00:27:48.66\00:27:51.33