Danny, I am, as a pastor
friend of mine used to say
00:00:13.38\00:00:18.06
humbly proud to know that
we're involved in a church
00:00:18.09\00:00:22.19
that is so incredibly involved
00:00:22.22\00:00:25.75
in the current
lives of individuals.
00:00:25.78\00:00:28.75
You know, we talk
about the health care crisis
00:00:28.78\00:00:30.47
in this country, but
when you follow these steps,
00:00:30.50\00:00:32.90
when you do these things,
00:00:32.93\00:00:34.30
when you put them into practice,
00:00:34.33\00:00:35.70
your life is better
00:00:35.73\00:00:37.10
automatically and
almost instantaneously.
00:00:37.13\00:00:39.27
I think it's amazing
that what started in the 1860s
00:00:39.30\00:00:42.72
with a health
message from a lady
00:00:42.75\00:00:44.92
that had a
second grade education.
00:00:44.95\00:00:48.34
When you look at
that and to see this dream
00:00:48.37\00:00:50.53
she dared to dream and
to see what God has done.
00:00:50.56\00:00:53.23
I think a lot of
people have no idea
00:00:53.26\00:00:55.69
the size of the Adventist
health system--what would we say
00:00:55.72\00:01:00.11
about it in compare too
much with the rest of the world
00:01:00.14\00:01:02.26
or other church
Christian denominations.
00:01:02.29\00:01:04.89
It's the largest Protestant
health system in the world.
00:01:04.92\00:01:08.02
Well, that's
incredible in the world.
00:01:08.05\00:01:10.63
We're not the
largest Protestant church
00:01:10.66\00:01:12.53
by numbers wise
by any means. No.
00:01:12.56\00:01:14.88
So it tells you the emphasis
put on the health message.
00:01:14.91\00:01:17.57
It actually tells you
that what's happening is
00:01:17.60\00:01:20.19
the health message
resonates with communities
00:01:20.22\00:01:23.90
and also paints a
vision for our nation
00:01:23.93\00:01:26.59
that attracts people to
say, these are the kind of folks
00:01:26.62\00:01:29.40
we want running our
community hospitals.
00:01:29.43\00:01:31.68
I was telling C.A. and
Jim before the program.
00:01:31.71\00:01:34.90
I owe my very life I
believe to the lifestyle
00:01:34.93\00:01:39.93
and to the health program
00:01:39.96\00:01:41.51
of the Seventh-day Adventist
church, the health message.
00:01:41.54\00:01:44.47
My father was disabled at
36 with a heart condition.
00:01:44.50\00:01:47.47
Some of my aunts and
uncles went prematurely,
00:01:47.50\00:01:50.26
in my family there's
a lot of heart disease.
00:01:50.29\00:01:53.18
I have heart disease,
atherosclerosis three years ago.
00:01:53.21\00:01:55.80
I had a stent put in.
00:01:55.83\00:01:57.21
But 20 or some years
ago I became a vegetarian.
00:01:57.24\00:02:00.18
Changed my lifestyle,
let up on all the eggs,
00:02:00.21\00:02:02.63
you know, the diary products
00:02:02.66\00:02:04.26
and didn't do it for any reason.
00:02:04.29\00:02:06.04
I was one of those Adventists
00:02:06.07\00:02:07.44
who'd say, "Hey, if I can eat
clean meat, I am gonna eat it.
00:02:07.47\00:02:09.33
No one can tell me what
to eat or what not to eat.
00:02:09.36\00:02:11.32
I will just go by the Bible."
00:02:11.35\00:02:12.72
But as I begin to get into
3ABN and I saw the beauty of it,
00:02:12.75\00:02:17.91
I looked at it as a
promise and not something that,
00:02:17.94\00:02:20.58
well, you have to do
and then I began to enjoy.
00:02:20.61\00:02:23.19
So taking advantage
that lifestyle change,
00:02:23.22\00:02:26.33
I believe that's the only reason
00:02:26.36\00:02:27.73
I am gonna be 60
here before too long.
00:02:27.76\00:02:29.64
I still play
full court basketball
00:02:29.67\00:02:31.53
running up and down
the court and feel good
00:02:31.56\00:02:33.27
and I attribute that to--
00:02:33.30\00:02:35.03
I'm very
thankful to the leadership
00:02:35.06\00:02:36.88
of the
Seventh-day Adventist church,
00:02:36.91\00:02:38.28
Ellen White and to
the Lord in particular
00:02:38.31\00:02:40.29
for bringing this
message to light to the world
00:02:40.32\00:02:42.62
because in my own life,
00:02:42.65\00:02:44.32
I am a testimony
that it's worked thus far.
00:02:44.35\00:02:46.82
Absolutely, I think
that that's the one reason
00:02:46.85\00:02:49.68
as C.A. said that Adventist
health study is the reason why
00:02:49.71\00:02:53.93
we have had so much validity
00:02:53.96\00:02:56.17
behind the
creation health model.
00:02:56.20\00:02:58.15
If we did not have
Adventists living this today,
00:02:58.18\00:03:01.93
and out there in their hundreds,
00:03:01.96\00:03:04.45
we would not have
people coming to us and saying,
00:03:04.48\00:03:07.37
"you know, how to live better,
you know, how to live longer."
00:03:07.40\00:03:09.97
They want both of those.
00:03:10.00\00:03:11.37
They don't want
to live longer unless
00:03:11.40\00:03:12.87
they want to live
longer and better.
00:03:12.90\00:03:14.60
So I think that's
the great advantage
00:03:14.63\00:03:16.47
of the Adventist health
message and people who live it.
00:03:16.50\00:03:19.14
And I think that you're
making that testimony every day.
00:03:19.17\00:03:21.66
Amen. Amen, all right.
00:03:21.69\00:03:23.06
Now, Des, you got
some guests coming up,
00:03:23.09\00:03:24.46
so Danny and I go
and get out of the way
00:03:24.49\00:03:26.10
and let you interview
00:03:26.13\00:03:27.82
a couple of new friends.
Introduce them for us please.
00:03:27.85\00:03:29.23
As a matter of fact
we have a group of people
00:03:29.26\00:03:31.29
coming from our
church in Port Charlotte
00:03:31.32\00:03:34.15
and we want you to make sure
00:03:34.18\00:03:36.86
you get acquainted with them.
00:03:36.89\00:03:38.26
Dr. Lang and his wife
Lucinda, and we have Will,
00:03:38.29\00:03:41.98
and we're going to
talk to them about activity
00:03:42.01\00:03:44.48
because that's the
next letter of our acronym.
00:03:44.51\00:03:47.61
You see, when you meet
God in the creation story,
00:03:47.64\00:03:50.28
you meet Him at work.
00:03:50.31\00:03:51.68
So there is an active God.
He starts the week at work.
00:03:51.71\00:03:55.11
He ends the week at rest.
00:03:55.14\00:03:56.69
Having meaningful and
active lives is so important
00:03:56.72\00:04:00.59
as we go forward.
00:04:00.62\00:04:01.99
So I wanna start with Dr.
Lang and his wife Lucinda,
00:04:02.02\00:04:05.61
and talk to you a bit about
00:04:05.64\00:04:07.01
what has really gotten you into
the creation health mode now.
00:04:07.04\00:04:11.11
You first of all have really
been affected Dr. Lang by this
00:04:11.14\00:04:15.14
and really taking on
as a personal mission.
00:04:15.17\00:04:17.10
So tell me why?
00:04:17.13\00:04:18.70
Well, I first
have to thank Will,
00:04:18.73\00:04:20.26
because it was Will
who brought creation health
00:04:20.29\00:04:23.79
to Port Charlotte,
couple of years ago.
00:04:23.82\00:04:27.02
And I'd the privilege of
going to that first event.
00:04:27.05\00:04:31.16
We had a panel of doctors that
were there to answer questions
00:04:31.19\00:04:34.85
and you know I wasn't
going to go at first because--
00:04:34.88\00:04:38.36
You're doctor
and you know it all.
00:04:38.39\00:04:40.45
I understand that.
00:04:40.48\00:04:41.85
Well, you know,
the point is that
00:04:41.88\00:04:45.03
I'm a third or
fourth generation Adventist,
00:04:45.06\00:04:47.23
I grew up vegetarian,
00:04:47.26\00:04:48.63
I exercise. Exactly.
00:04:48.66\00:04:50.39
And all of the
things, I didn't--
00:04:50.42\00:04:51.79
It's right in your
DNA, you don't need it.
00:04:51.82\00:04:53.54
You got it, well you know,
00:04:53.57\00:04:54.98
and I think a lot of Adventists
are that way quite frankly.
00:04:55.01\00:04:58.99
But every time, you know,
00:04:59.02\00:05:00.92
I've taught it four times now
00:05:00.95\00:05:02.96
and I learn something
new every time I teach it.
00:05:02.99\00:05:05.83
You've taught it four times.
00:05:05.86\00:05:07.23
So you've
really gotten into this
00:05:07.26\00:05:08.88
as part of your
own personal life.
00:05:08.91\00:05:11.07
I have and it
started with rest just like
00:05:11.10\00:05:13.62
many of the other people
that have testified tonight.
00:05:13.65\00:05:16.76
Well, I want to ask
Lucinda about that rest thing.
00:05:16.79\00:05:19.72
Have you noticed
changes in his own life
00:05:19.75\00:05:22.23
because of creation
health and especially
00:05:22.26\00:05:23.97
this rest
principle? I really did.
00:05:24.00\00:05:26.52
The best thing that
happened when he got more rest,
00:05:26.55\00:05:29.59
he was able to wear
all the hats that he wears.
00:05:29.62\00:05:31.96
And that takes a lot of energy
00:05:31.99\00:05:33.36
and that gave us
even a better thing
00:05:33.39\00:05:35.53
that happened was
we became as a team
00:05:35.56\00:05:38.21
more nutritious in our meals.
00:05:38.24\00:05:39.97
And we did that together
and that made a big difference.
00:05:40.00\00:05:42.60
And I am happy and thankful
that our seven year old now
00:05:42.63\00:05:45.46
can grow up with that
and can be a part of that.
00:05:45.49\00:05:48.84
Now you personally
are also a presenter.
00:05:48.87\00:05:50.84
I am-- For Creation Health.
00:05:50.87\00:05:52.24
I am, I learn
something every time--
00:05:52.27\00:05:53.64
So you're side by
side with a team here.
00:05:53.67\00:05:55.04
Now you're active through a
Will's activity orientation.
00:05:55.07\00:05:59.20
I know he has a gym and
he keeps everybody active,
00:05:59.23\00:06:01.36
but has he changed your
life in a more significant way?
00:06:01.39\00:06:04.74
Well-- Or a more visible way.
00:06:04.77\00:06:08.65
Yes, you know, in my practice
00:06:08.68\00:06:13.37
about six months after
attending that first seminar,
00:06:13.40\00:06:18.98
patients started
come in and saying,
00:06:19.01\00:06:21.33
"You know, there's
something different about you.
00:06:21.36\00:06:23.77
I am not sure if I
can put my finger on it."
00:06:23.80\00:06:26.15
That was some people's comment.
00:06:26.18\00:06:28.30
It was also happening in church.
00:06:28.33\00:06:30.33
And then other people would say,
00:06:30.36\00:06:32.00
"You've lost weight."
00:06:32.03\00:06:33.64
And I said, "Well,
yes, that is true."
00:06:33.67\00:06:37.56
And but the key factor
00:06:37.59\00:06:40.72
that I really want our audience
tonight to understand is this.
00:06:40.75\00:06:45.77
I feel very impressed with this
00:06:45.80\00:06:48.01
because the eight
principles are all important
00:06:48.04\00:06:52.18
and we've all
applied them individually,
00:06:52.21\00:06:55.47
but when you apply
them all simultaneously,
00:06:55.50\00:06:58.89
that's when life
really happens. Absolutely--
00:06:58.92\00:07:01.54
It starts to pop
00:07:01.57\00:07:03.13
and what I like
to call the glow.
00:07:03.16\00:07:06.24
So Adventism offers not just
a diet or not just activity,
00:07:06.27\00:07:10.92
but a whole
lifestyle and you've said,
00:07:10.95\00:07:12.95
you say to your people
when--when in your classes.
00:07:12.98\00:07:16.23
You give them a line
about the relationship of this
00:07:16.26\00:07:18.56
to the whole
health crisis in America.
00:07:18.59\00:07:21.10
Well, I feel like I've
broken record sometimes,
00:07:21.13\00:07:25.45
because I say it regularly,
00:07:25.48\00:07:27.91
"This is
America's health reform."
00:07:27.94\00:07:31.98
Absolutely, I think that
above all you're living it,
00:07:32.01\00:07:36.02
you've changed your
lifestyle, it's encompassed you.
00:07:36.05\00:07:38.65
But the great thing about this
00:07:38.68\00:07:40.05
is it's now a contemporary
Adventist experience.
00:07:40.08\00:07:43.40
You're second
or third generation
00:07:43.43\00:07:45.33
and in that second
or third generation
00:07:45.36\00:07:47.09
you start taking
things for granted.
00:07:47.12\00:07:48.86
Absolutely. Now
it's your's personally.
00:07:48.89\00:07:50.70
Now you're actually I
saw you on TV in a commercial
00:07:50.73\00:07:53.78
because the community is
really reacting positively
00:07:53.81\00:07:56.81
and the news station
actually interviewed you
00:07:56.84\00:07:59.86
about your seminars because
you're holding 'em now in where?
00:07:59.89\00:08:04.11
We held it at the brand
new Charlotte Harbor Event
00:08:04.14\00:08:08.52
and Conference
Center in Punta Gorda.
00:08:08.55\00:08:11.29
And, you know, I really
do have a passion for this,
00:08:11.32\00:08:15.38
so I called all the
television stations and I said,
00:08:15.41\00:08:17.98
"Look, we're in a
healthcare crisis we need this."
00:08:18.01\00:08:22.07
And one listened and by
God's grace I, you know,
00:08:22.10\00:08:27.03
just little doctor from little
Punta Gorda they listened.
00:08:27.06\00:08:32.38
And, you know, it makes a
difference in people's lives
00:08:32.41\00:08:36.20
and it's a tool that I
think all of us can use
00:08:36.23\00:08:39.07
as we live it, we experience it,
00:08:39.10\00:08:42.86
people listen and it's a
tool that is timely, timely.
00:08:42.89\00:08:49.67
And when you talk about a glow,
00:08:49.70\00:08:51.43
when you talk about timeliness,
00:08:51.46\00:08:53.02
I am thinking of
passage that says,
00:08:53.05\00:08:55.07
"Arise, shine, for
your light has come,
00:08:55.10\00:08:56.92
and the glory of the
Lord has risen upon you."
00:08:56.95\00:08:59.62
He will draw people
and He's drawing people.
00:08:59.65\00:09:02.70
So you make news
because God becomes
00:09:02.73\00:09:04.97
the center of it. Absolutely.
00:09:05.00\00:09:06.37
Will, I want to
talk little bit about you
00:09:06.40\00:09:08.12
because you kind
of started this story.
00:09:08.15\00:09:10.32
Now it's affected
your whole church.
00:09:10.35\00:09:11.85
What is your role in
the church? Well, I--
00:09:11.88\00:09:15.68
Yeah, you have a great voice
00:09:15.71\00:09:17.30
but I need the
microphone with it.
00:09:17.33\00:09:19.59
I serve as the team leader
for Health Ministry Department.
00:09:19.62\00:09:24.42
Health ministries were fortunate
00:09:24.45\00:09:25.82
to have quite a few
health professionals,
00:09:25.85\00:09:28.47
Todd among those.
00:09:28.50\00:09:29.87
His Dad also is a retired
physician in the community.
00:09:29.90\00:09:32.53
We have several
doctors and nurses--
00:09:32.56\00:09:35.56
You are very blessed-- Yes.
00:09:35.59\00:09:36.96
because there was
an Adventist hospital
00:09:36.99\00:09:38.36
there in this
community some time ago.
00:09:38.39\00:09:40.19
But now I want to ask you,
00:09:40.22\00:09:42.27
you some years ago when
the hospital actually was
00:09:42.30\00:09:45.78
still operating there
established a wellness center
00:09:45.81\00:09:49.41
and you were part of that.
00:09:49.44\00:09:50.81
I did the initial
ordering for all the equipment
00:09:50.84\00:09:52.95
we brought into
the Wellness Center
00:09:52.98\00:09:54.73
and it was an awesome
ministry in the community.
00:09:54.76\00:09:56.67
So you have a long
heritage of being an Adventist.
00:09:56.70\00:09:59.10
Yes, fifth generation actually.
00:09:59.13\00:10:00.50
Fifth generation. Yes.
00:10:00.53\00:10:01.90
And you started in
wellness here with the hospital.
00:10:01.93\00:10:04.60
Now you
comeback to the community
00:10:04.63\00:10:06.00
and what did you decide to do?
00:10:06.03\00:10:07.92
Well, I was
involved in retirement care.
00:10:07.95\00:10:10.30
And things ended up that
I decided to open up a gym
00:10:10.33\00:10:14.36
and took over the
management of the gym.
00:10:14.39\00:10:17.46
And I wanted to have a program
00:10:17.49\00:10:20.10
to where people could
understand and practice wellness
00:10:20.13\00:10:24.53
as a whole perspective
for the whole person,
00:10:24.56\00:10:26.64
not just coming to a
gym just to exercise,
00:10:26.67\00:10:29.06
just to lose weight,
but to have total health.
00:10:29.09\00:10:31.36
So this is really the
core of your activity center.
00:10:31.39\00:10:34.59
So you're keepin people
00:10:34.62\00:10:36.49
around the entire creation
health model just not the "A."
00:10:36.52\00:10:41.16
Just not the "A."
00:10:41.19\00:10:42.56
We also practice the "A" in
couple of different aspects,
00:10:42.59\00:10:45.53
both mental
activity as well as physical.
00:10:45.56\00:10:48.18
Every member that
comes into the gym,
00:10:48.21\00:10:49.75
I provide with a free
personal training session.
00:10:49.78\00:10:53.32
It's an orientation to
help them fully understand
00:10:53.35\00:10:56.29
what the total
package of health is.
00:10:56.32\00:10:58.20
And I've incorporated the
creation health principles
00:10:58.23\00:11:00.90
in a nutshell into that
ours personal training program.
00:11:00.93\00:11:05.20
So they spent a
lot of time learning
00:11:05.23\00:11:07.79
not just
learning how to exercise.
00:11:07.82\00:11:09.51
I got to ask you, now you're
offering this in your center.
00:11:09.54\00:11:12.11
You start to have
people enroll, you have groups.
00:11:12.14\00:11:14.09
Tell me about the groups?
00:11:14.12\00:11:15.49
Well, we started off
with our very first...
00:11:15.52\00:11:19.56
creation health
seminar at the gym.
00:11:19.59\00:11:21.57
I had about 16
people that signed up for it
00:11:21.60\00:11:24.60
and it was an
awesome experience.
00:11:24.63\00:11:26.19
I had one of the local
Adventist physicians came in
00:11:26.22\00:11:29.04
and he provided
the question and answer
00:11:29.07\00:11:31.06
portion of the program.
00:11:31.09\00:11:32.48
And it was just an
awesome experience.
00:11:32.51\00:11:34.90
I had one gentleman
that attended that series
00:11:34.93\00:11:39.43
and shortly after that he
moved away out of the area.
00:11:39.46\00:11:43.84
He sold his condo,
his wife was very ill.
00:11:43.87\00:11:46.28
She was given a
terminal disease actually.
00:11:46.31\00:11:50.48
Received a word that
she had a terminal disease
00:11:50.51\00:11:52.43
and so he moved back north.
00:11:52.46\00:11:54.24
And while they were up there
they were seeing the physician
00:11:54.27\00:11:56.22
they had up there and
physician actually told them,
00:11:56.25\00:11:58.81
they said the only
hope you really have
00:11:58.84\00:12:00.43
for increasing your lifespan
00:12:00.46\00:12:03.08
and having a quality of life
is to eat a plant based diet.
00:12:03.11\00:12:07.16
And plant based diet
kind of triggered something
00:12:07.19\00:12:09.85
in this gentleman's mind
00:12:09.88\00:12:11.69
and his mind flashed back
to the Creation Health Series.
00:12:11.72\00:12:15.44
So did they follow
a plant based diet?
00:12:15.47\00:12:17.52
He followed plant based diet
00:12:17.55\00:12:19.23
back in August this past year.
00:12:19.26\00:12:21.50
They returned to Lake Suzy area.
00:12:21.53\00:12:24.45
They bought the condo next
door to where they used to live
00:12:24.48\00:12:27.49
and he came back to the gym.
00:12:27.52\00:12:29.21
He just finished the
series that Todd just conducted
00:12:29.24\00:12:33.20
at the Charlotte
Harbor Event Series--Center
00:12:33.23\00:12:35.38
doing his second time
through the creation health.
00:12:35.41\00:12:38.07
And he came back to
me, he says, "Well,"
00:12:38.10\00:12:39.72
he says, "You did tell me
that every time you learn--
00:12:39.75\00:12:42.61
every time you do
presentation of creation health,
00:12:42.64\00:12:45.26
you learn something more."
00:12:45.29\00:12:46.94
And he says, "I've just
gone through this series,
00:12:46.97\00:12:48.89
the second time " he says,
00:12:48.92\00:12:50.29
"I've learned more
and more this time."
00:12:50.32\00:12:51.69
So what you're
finding is that in fact
00:12:51.72\00:12:53.84
creation health is
not only a great idea,
00:12:53.87\00:12:56.10
it's life changing,
it's changing lives for you.
00:12:56.13\00:12:58.87
You told me a story of a lady
00:12:58.90\00:13:00.67
who actually came in
as a professional singer
00:13:00.70\00:13:03.97
and has lost over 160
pounds under your guidance,
00:13:04.00\00:13:07.24
through the activity and nurture
the whole creation health model.
00:13:07.27\00:13:11.19
Yes, it's awesome, I
want to thank you all so much
00:13:11.22\00:13:12.59
for the way the
Lord is using you
00:13:12.62\00:13:14.60
to bring activity to reality
00:13:14.63\00:13:17.16
around the
creation health model.
00:13:17.19\00:13:18.58
Phenomenal, thank
you. God bless you.
00:13:18.61\00:13:20.19
Well, Des,
there's another letter
00:13:21.98\00:13:24.96
that we're seeing here,
00:13:24.99\00:13:26.63
that's the letter
"T" which indicates trust
00:13:26.66\00:13:32.00
and there is an awful
lot of psychological things
00:13:32.03\00:13:37.14
that are so important
that we find in health.
00:13:37.17\00:13:39.89
We have to be thinking right.
00:13:39.92\00:13:41.29
We have to have the right spirit
00:13:41.32\00:13:43.69
and trust is
one of those things.
00:13:43.72\00:13:46.49
Yes, Jim, at the
center of the acronym is "T"
00:13:46.52\00:13:50.54
for trust in God because
at the center of our lives
00:13:50.57\00:13:54.21
must be a trust in
God. That's right--
00:13:54.24\00:13:56.37
And as we bring God
into the center of our lives
00:13:56.40\00:13:59.23
all of the rest of these
letters mean something. They do.
00:13:59.26\00:14:02.37
And so we find
that this is amplified
00:14:02.40\00:14:04.81
and expressed in the next story.
00:14:04.84\00:14:06.85
I am going to
introduce you to a gentleman
00:14:06.88\00:14:08.81
named Michael Eskenazi.
00:14:08.84\00:14:11.71
Michael is
joining us as a journey
00:14:11.74\00:14:15.72
that he had in
living trust in his life.
00:14:15.75\00:14:18.83
And, Michael, welcome, we
are glad to have you with us.
00:14:18.86\00:14:21.25
And tell me what
you do for a living?
00:14:21.28\00:14:24.20
Actually I'm
manager of credit union.
00:14:24.23\00:14:27.70
I am in charge of
the lending operations.
00:14:27.73\00:14:29.50
So you're Vice President
in a credit union? Exactly--
00:14:29.53\00:14:31.31
You're in a banking
business so to speak.
00:14:31.34\00:14:32.71
I am in the banking trade.
00:14:32.74\00:14:34.11
That's a stressful
business these days.
00:14:34.14\00:14:35.72
In fact they do stress
tests on the banks they say.
00:14:35.75\00:14:37.65
Yes, they do.
00:14:37.68\00:14:39.05
And so, now here you've to
really learn to trust people
00:14:39.08\00:14:43.92
and trust has become
a journey in your life.
00:14:43.95\00:14:46.14
I want to go back
and start your journey.
00:14:46.17\00:14:49.02
You were born into a
Jewish home. That's correct.
00:14:49.05\00:14:52.29
And at age 16,
00:14:52.32\00:14:54.23
something happened as
you started to explore
00:14:54.26\00:14:57.05
the Christian faith.
00:14:57.08\00:14:58.52
Tell me what happened?
00:14:58.55\00:14:59.92
Well, basically when I
was 16, I grew up in a home.
00:14:59.95\00:15:02.88
It was not a religious home
00:15:02.91\00:15:04.99
other than
going to Hebrew school
00:15:05.02\00:15:07.00
for a short time.
00:15:07.03\00:15:08.85
I developed an
interest in the Christian faith
00:15:08.88\00:15:11.45
through watching
different Christian T.V. shows.
00:15:11.48\00:15:15.41
I used to have to basically
sneak watching T.V. shows
00:15:15.44\00:15:18.19
because it was
forbidden to even say the word,
00:15:18.22\00:15:22.62
you know, Jesus or anything
else like that in my home.
00:15:22.65\00:15:24.60
So I grew up with an interest
in watching different shows
00:15:24.63\00:15:28.10
and that basically
sparked the big interest
00:15:28.13\00:15:30.79
in wanted to know more.
00:15:30.82\00:15:32.78
One of those was an
Adventist show. It was.
00:15:32.81\00:15:35.13
I was switched to stations back
00:15:35.16\00:15:37.87
and I watched the
show call Iserine.
00:15:37.90\00:15:40.65
And basically it
intrigued me because the German
00:15:40.68\00:15:43.57
who gave the show
was very mild and meek
00:15:43.60\00:15:45.96
and he would go
into a lot of depth
00:15:45.99\00:15:48.56
in reference to
what the Bible was about.
00:15:48.59\00:15:50.89
And was his name
George Vandeman? Yes, it was.
00:15:50.92\00:15:53.10
And so here you
go and you actually
00:15:53.13\00:15:55.65
send away from
one of his books. Yes.
00:15:55.68\00:15:57.77
So the first Christians
you began studying with
00:15:57.80\00:15:59.95
and around the age 16,
showed up at your door.
00:15:59.98\00:16:02.35
Who were they?
00:16:02.38\00:16:03.75
It was a young couple.
00:16:03.78\00:16:05.15
I expected them to
just mail me a book.
00:16:05.18\00:16:06.55
I had no idea one Saturday
I heard a knock on my door.
00:16:06.58\00:16:09.49
And there a nice couple came
00:16:09.52\00:16:11.11
and they introduced themselves
00:16:11.14\00:16:12.51
and want to know if I
would be willing to invite them
00:16:12.54\00:16:15.17
in learn about--
more about the book
00:16:15.20\00:16:17.28
and they started
Bible study with me.
00:16:17.31\00:16:18.94
And so here you are at
16 studying with Adventist,
00:16:18.97\00:16:22.06
but then something happened
in the course of your life.
00:16:22.09\00:16:24.93
You had just
abandoned that study
00:16:24.96\00:16:26.59
because it was forbidding you,
00:16:26.62\00:16:28.21
you then became married. Yes.
00:16:28.24\00:16:30.46
But you married somebody
00:16:30.49\00:16:31.86
who would didn't have
a Christian background
00:16:31.89\00:16:33.77
and that ended in
a divorce experience.
00:16:33.80\00:16:36.07
That's correct.
00:16:36.10\00:16:37.47
But now you come
into dating a woman
00:16:37.50\00:16:40.77
who also--is on a journey
to find scriptural truth.
00:16:40.80\00:16:44.80
Tell me about that?
00:16:44.83\00:16:46.20
Yeah, basically I got married
00:16:46.23\00:16:49.10
and my wife actually had grew
up in a villager's home actually
00:16:49.13\00:16:54.05
and actually her
father was a pastor.
00:16:54.08\00:16:56.35
But
unfortunately she didn't feel
00:16:56.38\00:16:58.71
that it was for her
comfortable with reference
00:16:58.74\00:17:01.16
to the truths of the Bible
00:17:01.19\00:17:03.10
and we decided to go
on our journey together.
00:17:03.13\00:17:05.48
So now you're seeking
truth in scripture again,
00:17:05.51\00:17:08.46
reminds you back of
this Adventists faith.
00:17:08.49\00:17:10.73
But once again it's television
that takes the prompt.
00:17:10.76\00:17:14.23
And you--what did you
start watching on television?
00:17:14.26\00:17:16.11
We start to watch like
T.V. shows of the years
00:17:16.14\00:17:18.83
again over
different Christian networks
00:17:18.86\00:17:21.23
and we came upon a
show called "Amazing Facts."
00:17:21.26\00:17:23.94
And we were very
intrigued by this show.
00:17:23.97\00:17:26.38
It was very different than
the other Christian T.V. shows.
00:17:26.41\00:17:30.07
And one day we decided,
you know, who is this man?
00:17:30.10\00:17:32.54
You know what faith is He?
00:17:32.57\00:17:34.78
And we
basically did our googling
00:17:34.81\00:17:37.07
and found that he was part
the Seventh-day Adventist faith.
00:17:37.10\00:17:40.27
So now you've found out
00:17:40.30\00:17:41.67
the Seventh-day Adventist
faith for a second time. Yes.
00:17:41.70\00:17:43.65
It starting to make
a pattern in your life
00:17:43.68\00:17:45.92
but you have a son. Yes.
00:17:45.95\00:17:47.43
Your son is born to
you and where is he born?
00:17:47.46\00:17:50.42
My son was born in
the Florida hospital
00:17:50.45\00:17:53.39
and we were in a celebration
00:17:53.42\00:17:56.06
which is
obviously where we go now.
00:17:56.09\00:17:57.55
But we had no idea that
it was an Adventist church.
00:17:57.58\00:18:00.85
So a year ago
looking for a church,
00:18:00.88\00:18:03.09
you go to the internet
very place your son was born,
00:18:03.12\00:18:06.05
it says there is a
church meeting there.
00:18:06.08\00:18:08.28
Now I am a part of that church.
00:18:08.31\00:18:10.36
And I want to tell you
that one of the reasons Jim
00:18:10.39\00:18:12.40
we started this
church is because we think
00:18:12.43\00:18:14.72
that hospitals should have
spiritual centers of excellence
00:18:14.75\00:18:17.48
just like a center of
excellence for cardiology
00:18:17.51\00:18:19.88
or a center of
excellence for orthopedics,
00:18:19.91\00:18:22.64
we should have a center of
excellence in spirituality.
00:18:22.67\00:18:25.73
So, Michael, you
come to the church
00:18:25.76\00:18:27.77
and you study and
what happened last year?
00:18:27.80\00:18:31.93
We decided to make a commitment.
00:18:31.96\00:18:33.44
We felt that this
church was the truth.
00:18:33.47\00:18:35.81
We felt it was--
what we were looking for
00:18:35.84\00:18:37.78
we've prayed for a long time.
00:18:37.81\00:18:39.47
And we decide that
this was a commitment
00:18:39.50\00:18:41.97
for our lives
and we got baptized.
00:18:42.00\00:18:43.99
So now you get
baptized into the church
00:18:44.02\00:18:46.79
and you become very
embedded into the process,
00:18:46.82\00:18:49.25
but you told me
that something happened
00:18:49.28\00:18:51.09
that you didn't fully expect.
00:18:51.12\00:18:52.52
You tell me that what happened
00:18:52.55\00:18:54.75
is that you found something
in the fellowship of the church
00:18:54.78\00:18:58.72
that surprised you. What was it?
00:18:58.75\00:19:00.35
Basically, you know, we had,
00:19:00.38\00:19:01.75
I guess that we've gone
to lot of different churches
00:19:01.78\00:19:03.30
and we felt that there was
some different about this one.
00:19:03.33\00:19:07.04
And we felt that
there was love at here.
00:19:07.07\00:19:09.89
There was really
a commitment of God,
00:19:09.92\00:19:12.36
a commitment of truth
here and it was very different.
00:19:12.39\00:19:15.37
And basically, it
changed our lives.
00:19:15.40\00:19:17.63
I mean, you know, as
I said one of the reason
00:19:17.66\00:19:21.08
why we make commitment
here was because we felt that
00:19:21.11\00:19:23.84
this was the truth religion.
00:19:23.87\00:19:25.57
And the people
here really showed
00:19:25.60\00:19:29.01
not just outside but inside that
00:19:29.04\00:19:31.46
they really all truly loved God.
00:19:31.49\00:19:34.14
So you told me
that before you knew
00:19:34.17\00:19:36.23
there was a God somewhere.
00:19:36.26\00:19:38.18
Yeah, basically I
always knew that God existed,
00:19:38.21\00:19:41.24
you know, we always-- I
always felt like God was,
00:19:41.27\00:19:43.91
you know, around,
00:19:43.94\00:19:45.31
but when I became
a part of this church
00:19:45.34\00:19:47.50
I felt that God
actually had now become
00:19:47.53\00:19:49.89
a part of my life completely.
00:19:49.92\00:19:52.70
I felt like God was around
00:19:52.73\00:19:54.10
but now I felt God
was actually with me.
00:19:54.13\00:19:56.22
And it's changed my
life because now I feel
00:19:56.25\00:19:58.67
wherever I go God is actually
with me no matter where I go.
00:19:58.70\00:20:02.41
And you've made a wonderful
witness in that church.
00:20:02.44\00:20:05.38
And I want you to know
that the Lord is using you
00:20:05.41\00:20:08.01
in tremendous
ways to express trust
00:20:08.04\00:20:10.92
because trust is at
the core of who we are
00:20:10.95\00:20:14.13
and what we stand for.
00:20:14.16\00:20:15.53
Jim, that's the story of trust.
00:20:15.56\00:20:17.57
Now it's tremendous too
00:20:17.60\00:20:18.97
and I love the
way of celebration.
00:20:19.00\00:20:21.37
A hospital fits into that
00:20:21.40\00:20:23.61
because I was on the
board of Florida hospital,
00:20:23.64\00:20:28.41
the system, I administered
health systems for seven years
00:20:28.44\00:20:30.85
and it was
during that time that,
00:20:30.88\00:20:33.25
Des, you brought the plan for
the celebration hospital too.
00:20:33.28\00:20:37.50
As I remember we looked
at it, we talked about it.
00:20:37.53\00:20:40.63
We did all of those things
00:20:40.66\00:20:42.25
and some of us
wondered will this work.
00:20:42.28\00:20:44.56
Not just a hospital that
treats those that are sick
00:20:44.59\00:20:47.88
and that are
injured and that are--
00:20:47.91\00:20:50.41
but those that are
trying to be healthy
00:20:50.44\00:20:53.87
and we are
presenting to them a plan
00:20:53.90\00:20:56.61
where they're growing
physically and spiritually
00:20:56.64\00:20:59.78
all at the same time.
00:20:59.81\00:21:01.18
More of the
sanitarium model so to speak,
00:21:01.21\00:21:04.97
so more of the
original health plan
00:21:05.00\00:21:08.07
that was brought into
existence in this denomination.
00:21:08.10\00:21:11.48
And so I applaud you Des
for bringing that plan and I--
00:21:11.51\00:21:15.76
remember the first
time we all went out there
00:21:15.79\00:21:17.50
with our heart
hats on? That's true.
00:21:17.53\00:21:19.15
Walk through that place
and we had prayer. Absolutely.
00:21:19.18\00:21:21.59
And I have--Camille and I
have both been patients there
00:21:21.62\00:21:25.38
for a short time and
what a wonderful caring place.
00:21:25.41\00:21:29.97
Jim, we just hope
that, that building
00:21:30.00\00:21:31.80
because its eight sides
represent creation health. Yes.
00:21:31.83\00:21:34.53
That it's has a continual
around the clock message,
00:21:34.56\00:21:37.37
that the eight sides of
the tower of celebration
00:21:37.40\00:21:40.06
are the creation
health principles
00:21:40.09\00:21:41.92
that were given to us
in God's original plan.
00:21:41.95\00:21:44.66
It's the best
plan for our lives.
00:21:44.69\00:21:46.54
But I tell you what?
00:21:46.57\00:21:47.98
Jay Perez is Vice President
for mission and ministry
00:21:48.01\00:21:51.50
and he is extending this plan
00:21:51.53\00:21:53.43
beyond just the Caucasian
English speaking population.
00:21:53.46\00:21:57.31
You have some things going
in the Hispanic communities,
00:21:57.34\00:21:59.52
so, Jim, please ask Jay about
what's happening in his life?
00:21:59.55\00:22:03.50
Well, Jay, we do
want to hear from you
00:22:03.53\00:22:05.76
about exactly
what's taking place
00:22:05.79\00:22:08.20
in that
particular ministry there.
00:22:08.23\00:22:11.41
Well, Jim, it's our desire
to give this message not only,
00:22:11.44\00:22:15.22
you know, in our
surroundings here,
00:22:15.25\00:22:16.62
but also throughout the world,
00:22:16.65\00:22:18.20
so last week we just got
00:22:18.23\00:22:20.69
in the whole set of
creation health in Spanish.
00:22:20.72\00:22:24.66
And all the materials have
been translated small groups.
00:22:24.69\00:22:28.37
You see a copy here
and it is our plan now
00:22:28.40\00:22:33.80
to train
beginning in February 11th,
00:22:33.83\00:22:38.50
500 of our lay
people here to Florida.
00:22:38.53\00:22:43.09
And they'll be
training for the next four weeks
00:22:43.12\00:22:45.29
after February 11th, preparing
for a lunch of 500 small groups
00:22:45.32\00:22:50.98
throughout Florida
Conference with the intent
00:22:51.01\00:22:53.94
of having and
reaching 5,000 people
00:22:53.97\00:22:56.56
between April and May with
the creation of health program.
00:22:56.59\00:23:00.19
And the program is
called "Salute Creación."
00:23:00.22\00:23:02.86
It has everything videos, DVDs,
00:23:02.89\00:23:05.86
everything all the
materials and we wanna
00:23:05.89\00:23:08.44
let take it not only
here but also, you know,
00:23:08.47\00:23:11.15
in Central
America, South America,
00:23:11.18\00:23:13.03
Inter-America
throughout the world.
00:23:13.06\00:23:14.92
Oh, that's tremendous.
00:23:14.95\00:23:16.32
Already you're seeing
an impact from that, right?
00:23:16.35\00:23:19.02
Absolutely,
we're seeing churches
00:23:19.05\00:23:21.99
that have been launched--
have launched this program.
00:23:22.02\00:23:24.78
Last year, we
have about 25 pastors,
00:23:24.81\00:23:27.47
who went, taught the
programs in the churches
00:23:27.50\00:23:30.78
over 30 seminars where presented
00:23:30.81\00:23:33.26
and now we're
ready to launch that
00:23:33.29\00:23:35.28
throughout the conference.
00:23:35.31\00:23:36.82
Well, and great
plans for the future
00:23:36.85\00:23:39.71
and we are excited about that.
00:23:39.74\00:23:42.02
And, Des, you have
Lynell Lamountain at this time.
00:23:42.05\00:23:46.99
As the matter of fact
what's happening, Jim,
00:23:47.02\00:23:49.10
is we not only have materials
00:23:49.13\00:23:51.11
that are
available for us in Spanish,
00:23:51.14\00:23:53.67
but Lynell tells a
story of what's happening
00:23:53.70\00:23:56.08
in some churches that
and how this is changing
00:23:56.11\00:23:58.83
their lives in
their own communities.
00:23:58.86\00:24:01.09
You have a great story of that.
00:24:01.12\00:24:02.69
One of the highlights for me
in these past couple of years
00:24:02.72\00:24:05.81
working at creation health
is I've a friend and his name is
00:24:05.84\00:24:08.83
Patrick
Williams, his wife Marine.
00:24:08.86\00:24:10.69
He is a senior pastor
of the Cornerstone Church
00:24:10.72\00:24:12.99
of Seventh-day Adventists
which is about 20 minutes
00:24:13.02\00:24:15.13
away from
Washington Dallas Airport.
00:24:15.16\00:24:17.21
And the interesting
thing about this story is
00:24:17.24\00:24:19.60
his church was invited
by the Stoneridge Community.
00:24:19.63\00:24:23.19
It's a planned
community of 1,500 homes
00:24:23.22\00:24:25.24
to be its community church. Wow.
00:24:25.27\00:24:27.81
So they and how
do that come about.
00:24:27.84\00:24:29.55
What-- what they do?
00:24:29.58\00:24:31.23
Well, he was
friends with the developer
00:24:31.26\00:24:33.40
and they had a good
reputation in the community
00:24:33.43\00:24:35.01
because the church has a mission
00:24:35.04\00:24:36.79
to administer
people's hope person needs.
00:24:36.82\00:24:39.41
There are physical
programs, educational, social,
00:24:39.44\00:24:41.92
emotional, religious.
00:24:41.95\00:24:43.32
So they had a good reputation
00:24:43.35\00:24:44.72
for meeting
people's needs already
00:24:44.75\00:24:46.12
and invited to be
church in that community.
00:24:46.15\00:24:48.24
That community is
just not a subdivision.
00:24:48.27\00:24:50.08
It has an elementary school
00:24:50.11\00:24:51.53
and middle school,
has swimming pools.
00:24:51.56\00:24:53.23
It has a commercial center.
00:24:53.26\00:24:55.09
Everybody in Northern
Virginia, in that area
00:24:55.12\00:24:58.72
is within 5 to 25
minutes of this church.
00:24:58.75\00:25:00.99
And Pastor
Patrick Williams told me
00:25:01.02\00:25:03.04
that we just want to
create a spiritual environment
00:25:03.07\00:25:04.80
where everybody feels welcome
00:25:04.83\00:25:06.45
and where we can just
minister to the whole person.
00:25:06.48\00:25:09.15
In fact last May and
June, they passed out
00:25:09.18\00:25:12.67
to every home in that community
00:25:12.70\00:25:14.83
each one of these
creation health discovery books,
00:25:14.86\00:25:16.71
1,500 books they
passed out to every home.
00:25:16.74\00:25:18.99
And that influenced the decision
00:25:19.02\00:25:20.56
to invite them to be a
part of that community.
00:25:20.59\00:25:22.97
Yes, because it laid
the foundation for now
00:25:23.00\00:25:25.04
what the church
wants to do is bring
00:25:25.07\00:25:26.44
all of the
creation health resources
00:25:26.47\00:25:28.15
into the community
like, Forgive to Live,
00:25:28.18\00:25:29.62
SuperSized Kids, to
reach the people there,
00:25:29.65\00:25:32.41
and not only there
but the whole region
00:25:32.44\00:25:34.29
is one of the
fastest growing regions
00:25:34.32\00:25:35.69
in the country right now.
00:25:35.72\00:25:37.09
So if I am sitting at home
watching this program. Yes.
00:25:37.12\00:25:39.10
And I feel like
the Lord is drawing me
00:25:39.13\00:25:41.61
to find a better life
through creation health.
00:25:41.64\00:25:44.20
Do you have
resources that can help me?
00:25:44.23\00:25:46.16
We do. We have a--
00:25:46.19\00:25:47.57
this is just one part
of our creation health kit,
00:25:47.60\00:25:49.76
we have an eight part creation
health series, seminars series.
00:25:49.79\00:25:52.71
We have eight
DVDs that come with it.
00:25:52.74\00:25:54.30
The nice thing is, is
we have a medical experts
00:25:54.33\00:25:56.72
teaching the science behind
each one of these principles,
00:25:56.75\00:25:59.27
so you can do it,
you know, present it
00:25:59.30\00:26:01.08
confidently as a layperson.
00:26:01.11\00:26:02.67
We have about 500 PowerPoint
slides, of speaking notes.
00:26:02.70\00:26:05.57
We have group
activities, leaders' tips.
00:26:05.60\00:26:07.53
That's just in the kit,
everything is done for you.
00:26:07.56\00:26:09.30
So this is what
Dr. Lang has been using
00:26:09.33\00:26:11.54
and Will had been using. Yeah.
00:26:11.57\00:26:12.94
To do their
program. For over two years.
00:26:12.97\00:26:14.40
Well, how can people find that?
00:26:14.43\00:26:16.86
Just go to creationhealth.com.
00:26:16.89\00:26:18.32
Everything they need
to know is right there.
00:26:18.35\00:26:20.19
Thank you very much.
I appreciate it, Lynell.
00:26:20.22\00:26:22.52
That's a real blessing.
00:26:22.55\00:26:24.97
We enter now one of the areas
00:26:25.00\00:26:26.77
that one does not
normally associate with health
00:26:26.80\00:26:30.16
and that's the area of
interpersonal relationships.
00:26:30.19\00:26:33.17
We know this, the Lord
never sends depression.
00:26:33.20\00:26:35.96
Depression does
not come from the Lord.
00:26:35.99\00:26:37.82
But we need to
surround ourselves
00:26:37.85\00:26:39.59
with individuals who are upbeat,
00:26:39.62\00:26:41.95
who love the
Lord, who love life,
00:26:41.98\00:26:44.23
and that's an important
part of our own personal health.
00:26:44.26\00:26:47.99
Des, I am gonna ask you to
come over here and take my spot.
00:26:48.02\00:26:50.63
And I'm gonna
step out of the way
00:26:50.66\00:26:52.03
and let you talk to these
people as we move into this area
00:26:52.06\00:26:54.58
that we wouldn't think
would be an important area
00:26:54.61\00:26:56.61
and yet it is
interpersonal relationships.
00:26:56.64\00:26:58.48
Absolutely C.A. it's
a very important area
00:26:58.51\00:27:01.15
and it's my privilege
to welcome Ethan Bird.
00:27:01.18\00:27:06.26
Ethan, would you
please introduce your guests.
00:27:06.29\00:27:08.68
I love to.
00:27:08.71\00:27:10.08
I get a chance to
work in relationship
00:27:10.11\00:27:11.48
with a lot of people because
I work at Florida hospitals,
00:27:11.51\00:27:13.42
Zephyrhills in
the Wellness Center,
00:27:13.45\00:27:14.82
where I find a lot people
are looking for a road map.
00:27:14.85\00:27:18.39
They're right in
between wellness and illness
00:27:18.42\00:27:20.50
and I think that creation
health is the perfect tool
00:27:20.53\00:27:22.63
to be able to help
people to know which way to go.
00:27:22.66\00:27:25.56
And I have two friends
of mine with me right now.
00:27:25.59\00:27:27.65
Ted and Marie
Sternhardt, who I met
00:27:27.68\00:27:29.74
in a creation health seminar.
00:27:29.77\00:27:31.73
Now Ted and Marie, you meet
in a creation health seminar,
00:27:31.76\00:27:34.92
I understand,
this starts with Ted.
00:27:34.95\00:27:37.17
Ted, tell me what
happened to get you
00:27:37.20\00:27:40.08
to go to a
creation health seminar.
00:27:40.11\00:27:41.97
I understand it may
have been--is reflective
00:27:42.00\00:27:44.26
of something that
took place with your wife.
00:27:44.29\00:27:46.38
That's correct.
00:27:46.41\00:27:47.88
My wife had
developed heart attack
00:27:47.91\00:27:52.65
and she was admitted to
Florida hospital, Zephyrhills.
00:27:52.68\00:27:55.99
And she had an
open heart surgery
00:27:56.02\00:27:58.50
and had have a
pacemaker defibrillator put in,
00:27:58.53\00:28:02.49
so, well, I was
visiting her in the hospital.
00:28:02.52\00:28:06.19
I saw a banner in
the hall that said
00:28:06.22\00:28:08.66
there's a
creation health seminar
00:28:08.69\00:28:10.20
going on 12 weeks to wellness.
00:28:10.23\00:28:12.44
So I figured we need to
get back to the wellness,
00:28:12.47\00:28:15.14
we strayed from the path.
00:28:15.17\00:28:17.12
We knew better, but
we strayed from the path
00:28:17.15\00:28:19.83
and we were both reaping
the benefits of that stream.
00:28:19.86\00:28:22.68
Now you were also told
00:28:22.71\00:28:24.08
that if you didn't
get things figured out,
00:28:24.11\00:28:26.04
you're going to have a problem
with the stent, is that right?
00:28:26.07\00:28:29.11
That's correct.
00:28:29.14\00:28:30.51
I wanted to work in the
workout in the wellness center,
00:28:30.54\00:28:34.38
but the doctor wouldn't let me
unless I got a signature. And--
00:28:34.41\00:28:40.31
So, Marie, let me
ask you a question.
00:28:40.34\00:28:42.48
You had the heart
attack, it motivated him
00:28:42.51\00:28:45.11
to go do something,
00:28:45.14\00:28:46.51
but he admits
that they kind of--
00:28:46.54\00:28:48.23
you kind of
strayed from the path.
00:28:48.26\00:28:49.73
Now you were on
the path at one time.
00:28:49.76\00:28:52.05
Oh, yes, we were.
00:28:52.08\00:28:53.80
We were really on
the path committed to.
00:28:53.83\00:28:55.93
And we, as a matter of fact,
00:28:55.96\00:28:57.33
we taught health and nutrition
00:28:57.36\00:28:58.73
from a biblical perspective
after I left nursing. So--
00:28:58.76\00:29:01.78
So you have been
nurse, you taught
00:29:01.81\00:29:03.32
the health and
nutrition biblically
00:29:03.35\00:29:05.07
and then it
sort of strayed away.
00:29:05.10\00:29:06.87
Well, we retired
and moved to Florida
00:29:06.90\00:29:08.68
and everybody
eats out in Florida.
00:29:08.71\00:29:11.12
You know-- So retirement.
00:29:11.15\00:29:12.72
What can I say, you know,
fried chicken and hamburgers.
00:29:12.75\00:29:14.71
So you can retire
and move to Florida,
00:29:14.74\00:29:16.33
but you got to take creation
health if you're gonna do that.
00:29:16.36\00:29:18.38
You got that right,
absolutely, absolutely.
00:29:18.41\00:29:20.82
So at this point you
have your open heart surgery.
00:29:20.85\00:29:24.74
You're going to through rehab
00:29:24.77\00:29:26.62
and your husband comes along
00:29:26.65\00:29:28.02
and suggests something more.
00:29:28.05\00:29:30.17
Tell us about why.
00:29:30.20\00:29:31.71
Well, he suggested we get
our act together basically,
00:29:31.74\00:29:34.74
but he went to the 12
weeks for wellness program
00:29:34.77\00:29:38.43
and he came out
of that committed
00:29:38.46\00:29:41.81
to lifestyle
changes which motivated me.
00:29:41.84\00:29:45.96
I was just out of the hospital
when all this shook down.
00:29:45.99\00:29:49.85
So he inspired
me to move forward
00:29:49.88\00:29:52.91
and get back on track
and that's one of the reasons
00:29:52.94\00:29:56.22
Florida hospital
is the main reason
00:29:56.25\00:29:57.87
why I am standing here tonight,
00:29:57.90\00:29:59.80
but his
encouragement to get focus back
00:29:59.83\00:30:02.79
on God's way was really--
00:30:02.82\00:30:06.23
That was really key to and
part of that in particular.
00:30:06.26\00:30:09.42
Now, Ethan, you said
you used small groups
00:30:09.45\00:30:12.04
where you get people
together and not only
00:30:12.07\00:30:13.71
do you have the small
groups meeting during the week
00:30:13.74\00:30:15.86
but you actually have
some weekend activities,
00:30:15.89\00:30:17.83
talk about that? That's right.
00:30:17.86\00:30:19.45
In the creation health seminar
and other wellness classes,
00:30:19.48\00:30:22.50
we invite people to
become friends in such a way
00:30:22.53\00:30:25.36
that they spend time
together supporting each other
00:30:25.39\00:30:27.48
for the healthy lifestyle
behaviors they're improving.
00:30:27.51\00:30:30.54
And this is where
it comes full circle
00:30:30.57\00:30:32.17
because Ted and
Marie have the experience
00:30:32.20\00:30:35.58
to be able to share with others
regarding their health change,
00:30:35.61\00:30:38.60
but we meet on the
weekends for prayer,
00:30:38.63\00:30:42.15
for accountability questions.
00:30:42.18\00:30:43.95
How we have been doing
with our health decisions
00:30:43.98\00:30:45.95
and they actually support me
00:30:45.98\00:30:47.35
in the decisions that
I'm making to be healthy.
00:30:47.38\00:30:49.35
And in the class of the
creation health seminar,
00:30:49.38\00:30:52.09
I sent people there direction
if they need a great story
00:30:52.12\00:30:55.21
on the impact that
creation health principles
00:30:55.24\00:30:57.44
can make in an individual life.
00:30:57.47\00:30:58.91
And you're actually
meeting in a small church too
00:30:58.94\00:31:01.01
on Sabbath sometimes
as you meet together.
00:31:01.04\00:31:03.40
That's right we meet in my home,
00:31:03.43\00:31:04.80
actually it's
called simple church,
00:31:04.83\00:31:06.38
it's bsically a support--
spiritual support group.
00:31:06.41\00:31:09.36
And Ted and Marie go there--
00:31:09.39\00:31:10.76
and they are
really like parents to me
00:31:10.79\00:31:12.29
in mentoring me along a
lot of different behaviors,
00:31:12.32\00:31:15.19
but especially in
health and I appreciate that.
00:31:15.22\00:31:17.40
Now this
interpersonal relationship
00:31:17.43\00:31:19.43
what you told me Ted and
Marie is that it's affected
00:31:19.46\00:31:22.66
your relationship with
your children in a special way.
00:31:22.69\00:31:25.24
That's correct.
We've grown so much closer.
00:31:25.27\00:31:29.53
They see the changes
that their mom has made
00:31:29.56\00:31:33.21
and the
improvement that's been made.
00:31:33.24\00:31:35.28
And they've really
given up many things.
00:31:35.31\00:31:38.35
I think Marie can
tell you more about that.
00:31:38.38\00:31:40.27
So you've a daughter that has
made some real progress, Marie.
00:31:40.30\00:31:42.26
Yes, and she is also a nurse.
00:31:42.29\00:31:44.48
So she nurses, don't
make changes very easily.
00:31:44.51\00:31:48.52
But she saw what
I was going through
00:31:48.55\00:31:51.18
and she decided at 45 that
she did not want to go down
00:31:51.21\00:31:55.23
the path her mother had gone.
00:31:55.26\00:31:56.63
So she came to stay with me
through all of the hard times.
00:31:56.66\00:32:01.14
When she went home,
00:32:01.17\00:32:02.54
she made a complete
180 in her lifestyle.
00:32:02.57\00:32:06.55
Fantastic. And so--
00:32:06.58\00:32:08.51
our personal relationship
has changed so much, it's just--
00:32:08.54\00:32:12.74
it's about our whole
family closer together.
00:32:12.77\00:32:15.59
You know, when you
get your body clean,
00:32:15.62\00:32:19.22
your heart and your brain
work together so much better,
00:32:19.25\00:32:22.73
and you begin to see
what's really important,
00:32:22.76\00:32:25.39
and that is our relationships.
00:32:25.42\00:32:27.41
Especially, the
relationship with our Creator,
00:32:27.44\00:32:29.80
but the relationships we
have with our loved ones.
00:32:29.83\00:32:33.15
You know this
relationship factor it's said,
00:32:33.18\00:32:35.51
that people can stress you
or they can endorphinize you,
00:32:35.54\00:32:39.01
depending on the quality of
your relationships with them.
00:32:39.04\00:32:41.75
And it's so true that
happens in our daily life,
00:32:41.78\00:32:44.08
but it's so important to go back
00:32:44.11\00:32:45.48
and look at the garden.
00:32:45.51\00:32:47.24
God made people to
experience love and unity.
00:32:47.27\00:32:51.55
You can't experience
love in the singular.
00:32:51.58\00:32:53.63
It's not a singular word.
You can hate in a singular.
00:32:53.66\00:32:56.84
You can die in the
singular. Love is always plural.
00:32:56.87\00:33:00.15
And God has blessed you with
relationships of creation health
00:33:00.18\00:33:03.72
and the
interpersonal relationship
00:33:03.75\00:33:05.39
that will allow you
to live well down here
00:33:05.42\00:33:07.76
and forever in heaven.
God bless you. Thank you.
00:33:07.79\00:33:10.73
So, my friends, just remember
00:33:12.75\00:33:15.26
interpersonal relationships
are a key to your future.
00:33:15.29\00:33:20.24
Des, if you come
on over and join us,
00:33:20.27\00:33:21.64
we're kind of running
you back and forth tonight,
00:33:21.67\00:33:23.29
you are getting your exercise.
00:33:23.32\00:33:24.79
I am As we--we move into
00:33:24.82\00:33:27.14
With nutrition and talk about
this important part of health.
00:33:27.17\00:33:31.65
You are what you eat I am told.
00:33:31.68\00:33:34.02
One Christian
comedian said years ago,
00:33:34.05\00:33:35.74
if you eat fat, greasy food,
you become a fat greasy dude.
00:33:35.77\00:33:39.26
So you are what you eat
00:33:39.29\00:33:40.89
and nutrition is very, very
key and very, very important.
00:33:40.92\00:33:44.60
Well, I wanted to
have Dr. Frederick
00:33:44.63\00:33:46.98
introduce you to
his special guest.
00:33:47.01\00:33:50.52
But before he does
that I want him to tell you
00:33:50.55\00:33:52.87
what his role is in his
church. First your church.
00:33:52.90\00:33:56.11
Yes, I attendthe Mount Calvary
00:33:56.14\00:33:57.51
Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Tampa.
00:33:57.54\00:33:59.11
And I am the health
ministry director of the church.
00:33:59.14\00:34:01.72
And you're also a physician.
00:34:01.75\00:34:03.19
I am a physician.
00:34:03.22\00:34:04.59
And what--what
are you boarded in?
00:34:04.62\00:34:06.08
What is your specialty?
00:34:06.11\00:34:07.48
I'm in internal
medicine and pediatrics.
00:34:07.51\00:34:09.85
So you're what they call a
super family practice doctor
00:34:09.88\00:34:12.80
because you understand children
00:34:12.83\00:34:14.68
and you have the ability to
be able to treat the adults.
00:34:14.71\00:34:17.09
You can treat the
whole family. Yes.
00:34:17.12\00:34:18.99
So you're the health minister.
00:34:19.02\00:34:21.41
You started a creation health,
00:34:21.44\00:34:22.81
but not only did you
start creation health,
00:34:22.84\00:34:24.35
you added a little
thing to it that I love.
00:34:24.38\00:34:26.68
And that is you began to
hand out some more awards.
00:34:26.71\00:34:29.85
What did you call those?
00:34:29.88\00:34:31.25
Yes, we added a special award
00:34:31.28\00:34:33.86
especially the
name under some one
00:34:33.89\00:34:35.75
but also creation
hero. And that was--
00:34:35.78\00:34:38.84
So introduce your hero.
00:34:38.87\00:34:40.44
Yes, I would like to introduce
to you Mr. Peter Holmes,
00:34:40.47\00:34:43.39
who attends our
church and we chose him
00:34:43.42\00:34:46.67
as one of our awardees.
00:34:46.70\00:34:48.62
Now you have two
symbols here, Peter,
00:34:48.65\00:34:50.42
that have to be explained,
00:34:50.45\00:34:51.82
because they are
part of the story,
00:34:51.85\00:34:53.22
so we're gonna
start with this one
00:34:53.25\00:34:55.38
and we're gonna hold it
up. What does this represent?
00:34:55.41\00:34:58.69
First, I'm a little
embarrassed to say this
00:34:58.72\00:35:00.46
but I used to wear this
00:35:00.49\00:35:02.55
and they actually
were a little tight on me
00:35:02.58\00:35:04.69
about 4 years ago.
00:35:04.72\00:35:06.09
And when you wore those,
00:35:06.12\00:35:07.49
do you've any
idea what you weighed.
00:35:07.52\00:35:09.57
No, I stop weighing myself.
00:35:09.60\00:35:11.01
I actually was told
you need to go to warehouse
00:35:11.04\00:35:13.78
to get on a scale to find
out how much weigh and I--.
00:35:13.81\00:35:15.88
So you stop weighing
it about 500. It was plus.
00:35:15.91\00:35:19.76
So little over 500,
so now we'll drop that
00:35:19.79\00:35:22.98
and show exactly
where you are today?
00:35:23.01\00:35:25.38
Isn't that amazing
where you are today?
00:35:25.41\00:35:27.05
You've had an
incredible journey,
00:35:27.08\00:35:28.75
but part of that
journey involves this.
00:35:28.78\00:35:30.85
1967 what was happening
with you and that cane.
00:35:30.88\00:35:33.78
Well, in '67, I was born--
00:35:33.81\00:35:38.46
Well, this was just a
test, see this is just a test.
00:35:38.49\00:35:41.42
I am going to go back now.
00:35:41.45\00:35:42.82
My recall is in 1997 something
happened to you with that cane.
00:35:42.85\00:35:46.89
Actually 1997, my son was born,
00:35:46.92\00:35:49.15
but I was having
pains in my knees.
00:35:49.18\00:35:52.70
Actually I have the
pillitary thing in my--well,
00:35:52.73\00:35:55.46
however you doctors
say it, with my knees.
00:35:55.49\00:35:56.97
And I actually got to a point
where I couldn't walk normally.
00:35:57.00\00:36:00.08
I needed
something to help with--
00:36:00.11\00:36:01.48
So, doctor, help us out here.
00:36:01.51\00:36:02.88
Dr. Frederick, what
was wrong with his knees?
00:36:02.91\00:36:04.28
Well, he probably
had osteoarthritis.
00:36:04.31\00:36:06.45
Osteoarthritis, it's kind
of a degenerative disease.
00:36:06.48\00:36:09.32
Disease in joints.
Very painful in the joints.
00:36:09.35\00:36:11.85
So you didn't
even move hardly? No.
00:36:11.88\00:36:13.78
It was extremely difficult
00:36:13.81\00:36:15.18
and I actually I bought the cane
00:36:15.21\00:36:16.58
and most people
didn't see me use it
00:36:16.61\00:36:18.09
because I was usually
sitting down or...yes, I had--
00:36:18.12\00:36:21.39
This hit a crisis point
00:36:21.42\00:36:22.88
when you went a few years later
00:36:22.91\00:36:25.53
with your son to try to
take him to a theme park
00:36:25.56\00:36:28.77
and here you are
coming along at the theme park
00:36:28.80\00:36:30.93
and you said,
"Something's got to change.
00:36:30.96\00:36:33.31
What happened that
caused you to say that?
00:36:33.34\00:36:34.98
Well, definitely this,
the pants was one huge thing,
00:36:35.01\00:36:38.51
but it was just something
I knew in my life was wrong.
00:36:38.54\00:36:40.98
And I knew there had
to be some sort of change
00:36:41.01\00:36:42.65
and I just went to
God and I told him,
00:36:42.68\00:36:44.05
I said, Lord, you're
God, you're the Creator,
00:36:44.08\00:36:45.95
you're the potter,
you know what it takes.
00:36:45.98\00:36:47.86
I am gonna trust
You in everything.
00:36:47.89\00:36:50.04
I give my life to You to
do what I need to understand,
00:36:50.07\00:36:52.61
because you're the one that's
gonna show me how to do it.
00:36:52.64\00:36:55.42
So you tried all kinds
of things up to this point.
00:36:55.45\00:36:57.87
You've been to
all kinds of doctors,
00:36:57.90\00:36:59.68
you've been to
all kinds of programs
00:36:59.71\00:37:01.49
and you came to the
point where you tell me
00:37:01.52\00:37:03.31
that the key thing
you thought was surrender.
00:37:03.34\00:37:05.65
It really was.
00:37:05.68\00:37:07.05
I just say Lord,
just take my life.
00:37:07.08\00:37:08.45
Do whatever you need to do
and You just show me what to do?
00:37:08.48\00:37:10.88
And so then you
started to do some things.
00:37:10.91\00:37:14.01
I started to walk.
Okay, now just a minute.
00:37:14.04\00:37:16.48
You were at 500 pounds.
00:37:16.51\00:37:17.88
You started to walk,
you were at that weight
00:37:17.91\00:37:19.78
and if I were to
say to you today.
00:37:19.81\00:37:22.13
If I were sitting beside you
00:37:22.16\00:37:23.53
and you're
weighing wearing those pants
00:37:23.56\00:37:24.93
and I said, in 5 years
you're gonna be 280 pounds,
00:37:24.96\00:37:30.73
what would you've said to me?
00:37:30.76\00:37:32.13
I'll call you
crazy. Yes, definitely.
00:37:32.16\00:37:33.99
So maybe our lesson
is, what I learnt from you
00:37:34.02\00:37:37.27
as a health hero is don't
try to take this huge steps,
00:37:37.30\00:37:41.52
but do what you can tomorrow.
00:37:41.55\00:37:42.92
You definitely need to take
it one small step at a time,
00:37:42.95\00:37:45.52
just consistent steps, don't
just give up, consistently go.
00:37:45.55\00:37:49.49
So, Dr. Frederick,
do you find that people
00:37:49.52\00:37:51.36
who take in more of a consistent
approach of progression
00:37:51.39\00:37:54.80
do better than those who jump
00:37:54.83\00:37:56.20
try to make these
big jumps. Absolutely.
00:37:56.23\00:37:58.27
I think that, you have to
look at take a little bits
00:37:58.30\00:38:02.88
of pieces before
jumping, you can get frustrated
00:38:02.91\00:38:06.99
and your
confidence can be shattered
00:38:07.02\00:38:08.92
if you try to do
too much or all at once.
00:38:08.95\00:38:11.85
So, Peter, now
the Lord is using you
00:38:11.88\00:38:14.82
in some special ways.
00:38:14.85\00:38:16.55
I bet your people
have noticed at work.
00:38:16.58\00:38:18.26
I bet your life
has changed there.
00:38:18.29\00:38:20.04
I bet He is using you in ways
00:38:20.07\00:38:21.52
that are amazing
to you right now.
00:38:21.55\00:38:24.28
Yes, it's a constant daily
00:38:24.31\00:38:26.03
I'm--people
constantly ask me questions,
00:38:26.06\00:38:28.32
I'm constantly sharing
with them my experiences,
00:38:28.35\00:38:30.52
my nutrition, exercise,
getting up breathing fresh air,
00:38:30.55\00:38:35.12
getting out even--
even just this talking
00:38:35.15\00:38:37.03
with people and gaining
those relationships with them.
00:38:37.06\00:38:39.63
It's been
amazing, it really has.
00:38:39.66\00:38:41.74
So now you actually saw,
the other day a co-worker
00:38:41.77\00:38:45.78
who--she was
pregnant, she was smoking.
00:38:45.81\00:38:48.46
She has had her baby
now and she's still smoking
00:38:48.49\00:38:50.95
and she came to you
for little encouragement.
00:38:50.98\00:38:54.11
Yes, she's gonna kill
me, if she see this, but--
00:38:54.14\00:38:58.16
Well, we'll keep names
out, okay, and I won't tell her.
00:38:58.19\00:39:00.84
Okay, Kathy-- we've been.
00:39:00.87\00:39:06.24
Now I didn't say you wouldn't
tell her, but go ahead. Okay.
00:39:06.27\00:39:09.35
Well, basically I
just for some reason,
00:39:09.38\00:39:11.57
I was--I was actually
trying to rush out to get home
00:39:11.60\00:39:14.77
and I just kind
of told her quickly.
00:39:14.80\00:39:16.30
I said, "Well, you know,
it's a day by day process.
00:39:16.33\00:39:18.82
You need to take
one step at a time
00:39:18.85\00:39:20.66
if you can't
just something today,
00:39:20.69\00:39:22.72
do something today,
do something tomorrow.
00:39:22.75\00:39:24.41
Just consistently
take one step at a time."
00:39:24.44\00:39:26.92
And I realized that simple
temperance thing is something
00:39:26.95\00:39:29.97
that works in
every part of your life.
00:39:30.00\00:39:33.48
So actually, what's
happening here for you
00:39:33.51\00:39:36.48
in your life is
something that is applicable
00:39:36.51\00:39:40.22
for every one of us.
00:39:40.25\00:39:41.74
Take every small
step one day at a time
00:39:41.77\00:39:44.68
towards the Lord and
He'll change your life.
00:39:44.71\00:39:47.24
Yes, He will. C.A.
00:39:47.27\00:39:48.88
I am amazed. I wanna
ask just one question.
00:39:48.91\00:39:50.74
When you got down on your knees
and prayed that first time,
00:39:50.77\00:39:53.14
did you believe
that there was a God
00:39:53.17\00:39:54.62
on the other side of that prayer
00:39:54.65\00:39:56.47
that was hearing your prayer
00:39:56.50\00:39:57.93
I was concerned about you?
00:39:57.96\00:39:59.55
The funny part about that is--
00:39:59.58\00:40:01.62
I don't know if
someone whispered in your ear,
00:40:01.65\00:40:03.75
but I actually woke up,
00:40:03.78\00:40:05.27
when Lord woke me up at
4 o' clock in the morning,
00:40:05.30\00:40:07.49
it was raining outside.
00:40:07.52\00:40:08.89
I went outside and
fell on my knees in the rain
00:40:08.92\00:40:11.24
and just cried out to God.
00:40:11.27\00:40:12.71
I cried out to
Him, and knew there--
00:40:12.74\00:40:15.88
I just knew, I gave
it to Him completely.
00:40:15.91\00:40:18.28
See the Bible says,
"He is a rewarder of those
00:40:18.31\00:40:20.92
who diligently seek Him"
00:40:20.95\00:40:23.04
and you're reaping the rewards,
and we are happy for you.
00:40:23.07\00:40:25.74
Now you've a plan
for this cane now.
00:40:25.77\00:40:28.00
You got a different plan
not to hold you up anymore.
00:40:28.03\00:40:30.14
But you gonna tell me,
00:40:30.17\00:40:31.54
you gonna do some special thing,
00:40:31.57\00:40:32.94
you gonna beat up
on something. Oh, yeah.
00:40:32.97\00:40:34.34
I am actually with the
Pathfinders at Mount Calvary,
00:40:34.37\00:40:37.02
we're planning on to
do a lot more activity,
00:40:37.05\00:40:38.84
including
hiking and this is my--
00:40:38.87\00:40:40.76
my bear beating cane.
00:40:40.79\00:40:42.31
So you gonna beat the
bears away with that one.
00:40:42.34\00:40:44.66
So instead of having to
walk just simply use it to walk,
00:40:44.69\00:40:48.25
you're actually
now climbing mountains.
00:40:48.28\00:40:50.87
And the biggest mountain in life
00:40:50.90\00:40:52.70
is the mountain of
personal surrender.
00:40:52.73\00:40:55.05
That's where the Lord led Moses.
00:40:55.08\00:40:57.04
That's where He
leads each one of us.
00:40:57.07\00:40:58.44
Yes, it is. And
you're a health hero.
00:40:58.47\00:41:00.51
Thank you for being
a creation health hero.
00:41:00.54\00:41:02.24
Most importantly
for being God's hero.
00:41:02.27\00:41:04.21
God bless you.
00:41:04.24\00:41:05.61
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:41:05.64\00:41:07.01
I think we're gonna bring
Dr. Julie VanPutten back up.
00:41:07.04\00:41:08.79
In just a moment as
you gentlemen leave.
00:41:08.82\00:41:10.49
Thank you so very,
very much and God bless you.
00:41:10.52\00:41:13.18
Because this part of our program
00:41:13.21\00:41:14.71
we're going to
actually take a look at, oh--
00:41:14.74\00:41:18.60
now some of you by this
time have figured out that
00:41:18.63\00:41:21.00
we have not--we
don't know how to spell.
00:41:21.03\00:41:23.23
Now because "N"
should have--nutrition
00:41:23.26\00:41:26.72
which we just took up with Peter
should come at the very end.
00:41:26.75\00:41:30.89
I do know how
to spell, not well,
00:41:30.92\00:41:32.90
but I do know how to spell.
00:41:32.93\00:41:35.00
But I wanted to
save something for you
00:41:35.03\00:41:36.93
that was spellbinding and
this next story is just that.
00:41:36.96\00:41:40.45
Because what
we're going to share
00:41:40.48\00:41:42.46
with you in the next few moments
00:41:42.49\00:41:44.47
will be played out in the story,
so we start with Dr. Julie.
00:41:44.50\00:41:48.31
Dr. Julie, I
keep listening to you
00:41:48.34\00:41:52.22
in your
conversation with patients.
00:41:52.25\00:41:54.90
And you keep talking to them
00:41:54.93\00:41:56.94
about the
importance of being positive.
00:41:56.97\00:42:00.10
Now I've heard of
always be positive,
00:42:00.13\00:42:01.92
keep a smile on your face,
00:42:01.95\00:42:03.32
but is there is any science
00:42:03.35\00:42:04.72
behind this
whole idea of positive
00:42:04.75\00:42:06.29
and hopefulness
really helping your health
00:42:06.32\00:42:08.57
or its just a
better way to think?
00:42:08.60\00:42:10.25
There is absolutely unequivocal
evidence base science
00:42:10.28\00:42:14.28
that tells us how we
create our internal environment,
00:42:14.31\00:42:17.80
Des, is critical to
how we live our life,
00:42:17.83\00:42:21.34
the quality of our life and
even the length of our life.
00:42:21.37\00:42:24.29
We can't control what
happens outside of us.
00:42:24.32\00:42:27.29
But we certainly have
a great deal of control
00:42:27.32\00:42:29.96
of what happens inside of us.
00:42:29.99\00:42:31.91
It can happen to us but
it doesn't happen through us.
00:42:31.94\00:42:35.99
That's a great message
00:42:36.02\00:42:37.39
and is one that I think
people need to hear more often
00:42:37.42\00:42:40.61
because John Harvey Kellogg
00:42:40.64\00:42:42.24
one of our first
medical directors said,
00:42:42.27\00:42:44.15
"Faith in God is
the key to health
00:42:44.18\00:42:47.21
because faith breads struck hope
00:42:47.24\00:42:49.73
and hopes stimulates health."
00:42:49.76\00:42:51.40
Amen. I like that a lot.
00:42:51.43\00:42:53.15
And what science
really says to us, Des,
00:42:53.18\00:42:55.52
through some of
the groundbreaking work
00:42:55.55\00:42:57.67
of Barbara
Frederickson who is a researcher
00:42:57.70\00:43:01.51
and has written an incredible
book called "Positivity"
00:43:01.54\00:43:04.04
and also Carol
Dweck with the "Mindset,"
00:43:04.07\00:43:07.10
that if you actually
consciously call into
00:43:07.13\00:43:10.57
your life positive emotions,
00:43:10.60\00:43:13.12
things like gratitude,
awe, interest, trust, love.
00:43:13.15\00:43:17.98
These things can
change your life.
00:43:18.01\00:43:19.74
And they change your life not
just because you're saying today
00:43:19.77\00:43:23.55
I am gonna put on a happy face.
00:43:23.58\00:43:25.31
They change the
chemistry of your brain.
00:43:25.34\00:43:28.07
They allow you if you
create these experiences.
00:43:28.10\00:43:31.51
If you say today, I
am not gonna end the day
00:43:31.54\00:43:33.71
just like I schedule a lunch,
00:43:33.74\00:43:35.11
just like I schedule my
appointment with my doctor
00:43:35.14\00:43:38.28
or to see my accountant
or even as I go to work.
00:43:38.31\00:43:41.35
Today, I am
gonna create in my life
00:43:41.38\00:43:43.70
three or more
experiences of positivity,
00:43:43.73\00:43:47.53
which I won't end
the day without having.
00:43:47.56\00:43:49.66
Wow! So this really
verifies what Paul said,
00:43:49.69\00:43:52.21
"Rejoice in the Lord always."
And he said that from a prison.
00:43:52.24\00:43:56.77
So it was a very
positive attitude.
00:43:56.80\00:43:59.50
So, Dr. Julie, this is
something you're bringing
00:43:59.53\00:44:02.45
through your practice everyday
into the lives of people,
00:44:02.48\00:44:05.65
schedule three
times something positive
00:44:05.68\00:44:08.96
in your thinking and
in your thought process.
00:44:08.99\00:44:11.35
Tell us about the story
we're gonna see on the video.
00:44:11.38\00:44:13.86
This is an incredible
story and it's a story where--
00:44:13.89\00:44:17.23
it is a total
sense of what happens
00:44:17.26\00:44:21.24
when you realize
that sometimes in life
00:44:21.27\00:44:24.02
things can happen to you,
00:44:24.05\00:44:26.00
but they don't have
to control your future.
00:44:26.03\00:44:28.16
They don't have to
determine your destiny.
00:44:28.19\00:44:30.71
Let's watch this
incredible story.
00:44:30.74\00:44:33.60
I do routine breast
exams but probably like
00:44:40.42\00:44:44.68
most woman wasn't
very concerned about
00:44:44.71\00:44:47.01
or I paid that
much attention to them.
00:44:47.04\00:44:49.02
And then one day I
was looking in the mirror
00:44:49.05\00:44:51.39
actually and notice a
shape difference in my breast.
00:44:51.42\00:44:54.91
My first reaction at that point
00:44:54.94\00:44:56.31
was hoping there
wasn't something.
00:44:56.34\00:44:58.53
And then as we
went through the process
00:44:58.56\00:45:00.70
and cancer was
diagnosed, there was a reaction,
00:45:00.73\00:45:04.30
"Well, may be it
won't be so bad."
00:45:04.33\00:45:05.70
And with each
step, her diagnoses
00:45:05.73\00:45:07.82
got more and more serious
00:45:07.85\00:45:09.68
I went for a
mastectomy and actually
00:45:09.71\00:45:13.77
I'm very glad that I
chose to have that because
00:45:13.80\00:45:15.76
when they went in and did
the mastectomy it ended up
00:45:15.79\00:45:19.17
that I had significant
lymph node involvement.
00:45:19.20\00:45:22.53
In fact, I had cancer in
24 out of 31 lymph nodes.
00:45:22.56\00:45:27.41
You know, my 7-year-old,
00:45:27.44\00:45:29.40
I can remember
once holding my face
00:45:29.43\00:45:31.84
when I was bog and sick in bed
00:45:31.87\00:45:34.38
and he is like,
"Mummy, are you going to die?"
00:45:34.41\00:45:38.75
When you have four
young kids and you're married
00:45:38.78\00:45:41.17
and you're already too busy,
00:45:41.20\00:45:43.06
when something
like cancer invades,
00:45:43.09\00:45:44.87
it changes to where you
realize that you can't do it.
00:45:44.90\00:45:49.27
I can't
remember actually saying,
00:45:49.30\00:45:50.88
you know, I'm gonna lean
on my whole support system.
00:45:50.91\00:45:55.77
They still feel
the hope, I mean,
00:45:55.80\00:45:57.40
I didn't feel it at that time,
00:45:57.43\00:45:59.31
but I thought I am gonna feel--
I'm gonna borrow their hope.
00:45:59.34\00:46:02.26
And we were fortunate
to see a community of faith
00:46:02.29\00:46:06.01
come around us,
friends from work,
00:46:06.04\00:46:07.76
friends from church,
friends from just life.
00:46:07.79\00:46:11.22
I was so afraid
that if I had hope
00:46:11.25\00:46:14.13
and it would be disappointed.
00:46:14.16\00:46:16.49
That was actually
very conscious fear.
00:46:16.52\00:46:19.54
I would talk to Tom about--
00:46:19.57\00:46:20.94
my husband about
this all the time?
00:46:20.97\00:46:22.50
I would wake him at 3
o'clock nearly every night,
00:46:22.53\00:46:25.31
and I would say, I said,
"Honey what are you gonna do?
00:46:25.34\00:46:29.55
What are you going to do
with these boys, if I die?
00:46:29.58\00:46:34.87
And, you know, I had
tears coming down my eyes
00:46:34.90\00:46:37.96
and he said, "I promise you,
I will take care of those boys."
00:46:37.99\00:46:43.63
He said, "I will
make sure they're fine.
00:46:43.66\00:46:45.78
They will
thrive, and I promise you
00:46:45.81\00:46:48.16
and I want you to
trust me that I will do that.
00:46:48.19\00:46:50.82
My question for you is,
00:46:50.85\00:46:53.58
what are you going to
do if you get to live?"
00:46:53.61\00:46:57.59
And it just got right to
the core of me and I thought,
00:46:57.62\00:47:02.91
I want to be
more than a conqueror.
00:47:02.94\00:47:04.64
I don't' want to
just be a survivor.
00:47:04.67\00:47:07.55
I want to be, I
want--if I get to live,
00:47:07.58\00:47:12.61
then I want what I do to reflect
00:47:12.64\00:47:17.56
that I've been given
this-- this life as a gift.
00:47:17.59\00:47:22.59
I want to go to medical school.
00:47:22.62\00:47:25.92
Would you please
C.A. meet Sheila McThenia.
00:47:25.95\00:47:30.42
It is so nice to meet you, after
hearing that wonderful story.
00:47:30.45\00:47:33.48
And Sheila went to
prepare for medical school
00:47:33.51\00:47:36.84
and we gave her
this symbol of her future
00:47:36.87\00:47:40.24
which made her as
healthy 100 ambassador.
00:47:40.27\00:47:43.36
Now, Sheila, you went to
medical school, how do you do?
00:47:43.39\00:47:45.22
I mean, you went to
fulfill your prerequisites.
00:47:45.25\00:47:48.26
You took some
classes to make sure
00:47:48.29\00:47:50.24
that the
chemotherapy hadn't damage
00:47:50.27\00:47:52.46
anything in your
brain. How did you score?
00:47:52.49\00:47:55.75
Um, quite well,
quite well. Yeah.
00:47:55.78\00:47:58.91
I went back to school
at the end of my treatment.
00:47:58.94\00:48:02.90
I had a year of chemotherapy.
00:48:02.93\00:48:04.59
I'm started talking neurobiology
00:48:04.62\00:48:06.81
which led to the
rest of my prerequisites
00:48:06.84\00:48:09.00
and just went and
took the MCAT in March
00:48:09.03\00:48:10.96
and I am currently
applying to medical school.
00:48:10.99\00:48:13.13
So you have finished the MCAT.
You finished your prerequisites.
00:48:13.16\00:48:16.18
You aced those at
the top of your class.
00:48:16.21\00:48:18.42
And now you're
getting ready to go to school.
00:48:18.45\00:48:20.31
But now people are saying
something different to you.
00:48:20.34\00:48:22.81
You're 43, aren't you
too old to be a doctor?
00:48:22.84\00:48:27.79
And I laugh nicely at them,
00:48:27.82\00:48:30.80
because I plan to
live till I am 100.
00:48:30.83\00:48:33.13
Well, there you go. I
plan to live till I am a 100.
00:48:33.16\00:48:35.66
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:48:35.69\00:48:37.06
And what you find
to do with that life
00:48:37.09\00:48:38.46
because you said, when
your husband finally said,
00:48:38.49\00:48:39.86
"What are you going
to do with your life?"
00:48:39.89\00:48:41.26
It turned you and it
spun you around. It did.
00:48:41.29\00:48:43.11
I've always wanted
to go into medicine
00:48:43.14\00:48:45.47
and I had four
children and my path led me
00:48:45.50\00:48:48.08
a different route and really
I gain the courage to follow
00:48:48.11\00:48:53.07
what I always wanted
to do which is go back
00:48:53.10\00:48:55.88
and practice medicine
among underserved woman.
00:48:55.91\00:48:58.98
And now with under served woman
00:48:59.01\00:49:00.79
with cancer is
really what I'd love to do.
00:49:00.82\00:49:04.36
Isn't that great?
00:49:04.39\00:49:05.76
Now lot of people
call themselves a survivor,
00:49:05.79\00:49:07.57
I notice you call
yourself more than a survivor,
00:49:07.60\00:49:09.84
a conqueror, you took
that from scripture, right.
00:49:09.87\00:49:11.80
I certainly did. Amen.
00:49:11.83\00:49:13.47
And what is your
motto? You told me, no...
00:49:13.50\00:49:16.15
No regret. No
reserve. No retreat.
00:49:16.18\00:49:19.72
You're going forward by
faith and you borrowed hope.
00:49:19.75\00:49:22.66
Correct I did.
00:49:22.69\00:49:24.06
So when you're out
of hope my friends,
00:49:24.09\00:49:26.35
the message from
Sheila, is you can borrow hope
00:49:26.38\00:49:30.20
if you realize that the
God will stands besides you
00:49:30.23\00:49:34.02
will be within you
and the friends around you
00:49:34.05\00:49:36.88
will give you their
hope as you forge the future,
00:49:36.91\00:49:41.21
you can be
determined. Amen. Jennifer.
00:49:41.24\00:49:46.72
What a place is heaven.
00:49:51.51\00:49:54.44
We have so many
reasons to live a life.
00:49:54.47\00:50:00.02
That's a life of a conqueror
because one has already
00:50:00.05\00:50:04.46
gone before us and
has conquered all things.
00:50:04.49\00:50:09.06
He will take our
hands, and He will guide us
00:50:09.09\00:50:10.75
every step of the way.
00:50:10.78\00:50:13.57
Darkness around me
00:50:13.60\00:50:18.63
sorrow surrounds me
00:50:18.66\00:50:23.37
Though there be trials
00:50:23.40\00:50:28.05
still I can sing
00:50:28.08\00:50:34.67
For I have this treasure
00:50:34.70\00:50:39.99
my God reigns within me
00:50:40.02\00:50:44.85
And I am determined
00:50:44.88\00:50:49.84
to live for the King
00:50:49.87\00:50:57.61
I am determined
00:50:57.64\00:51:02.47
to be invincible
00:51:02.50\00:51:07.66
Till He has finished
00:51:07.69\00:51:11.78
His purpose in me
00:51:11.81\00:51:18.48
And nothing shall shake me
00:51:18.51\00:51:23.88
For He'll never forsake me
00:51:23.91\00:51:28.38
And I am determined
00:51:28.41\00:51:33.60
to live for the King
00:51:33.63\00:51:38.98
Hell's gates are trembling
00:51:49.15\00:51:54.29
from our prayers ascending
00:51:54.32\00:51:59.37
Darkness is
crumbling from praises
00:51:59.40\00:52:05.99
we sing Our Sovereign
00:52:06.02\00:52:12.66
Victorious is marching before us
00:52:12.69\00:52:19.88
And we are determined
00:52:19.91\00:52:24.60
to live for the King
00:52:24.63\00:52:32.20
I am determined to be invincible
00:52:32.23\00:52:40.20
Till He has finished
00:52:41.97\00:52:46.42
His purpose in me
00:52:46.45\00:52:53.49
And nothing shall shake me
00:52:53.52\00:52:58.27
For He'll never forsake me
00:52:58.30\00:53:02.68
And I am determined
00:53:02.71\00:53:07.60
to live for the King
00:53:07.63\00:53:14.78
When I am weary
I'll look to His face
00:53:14.81\00:53:22.78
And when I am tempted
00:53:22.81\00:53:28.60
I'll trust in His grace
00:53:28.63\00:53:34.97
Yes, I'll trust in His grace
00:53:35.00\00:53:43.45
I am determined to be invincible
00:53:43.48\00:53:52.45
Till He has finished
00:53:52.48\00:53:57.40
His purpose in me
00:53:57.43\00:54:03.50
And nothing shall shake me
00:54:03.53\00:54:09.53
For He'll never forsake me
00:54:09.56\00:54:14.19
And I am determined
00:54:14.22\00:54:19.16
I am determined
00:54:19.19\00:54:23.93
I am determined
00:54:23.96\00:54:28.45
to live for My King
00:54:28.48\00:54:36.56
Amen. Thank you
for beautiful song.
00:54:49.12\00:54:52.84
I am determined.
00:54:52.87\00:54:54.24
Tonight we have been inspired
00:54:54.27\00:54:56.31
by these testimonies,
this message health.
00:54:56.34\00:54:59.19
It's an incredible
program and I want to thank
00:54:59.22\00:55:01.12
each of the participants
in Adventist health system
00:55:01.15\00:55:04.15
for what you're doing
and making a difference
00:55:04.18\00:55:06.27
around the world. Yes.
00:55:06.30\00:55:07.69
It is-- I hope,
it's been as moving
00:55:07.72\00:55:10.69
for those of you at home
00:55:10.72\00:55:12.57
as it has been for
those of us that were here.
00:55:12.60\00:55:15.58
As we listened to
how people beginning
00:55:15.61\00:55:20.72
to step out in
these health principles
00:55:20.75\00:55:23.66
saw such magnificent
changes in their life.
00:55:23.69\00:55:27.20
Well, I saw our
brother drop those pants,
00:55:27.23\00:55:31.37
I tell you. All right.
00:55:31.40\00:55:32.77
That was-- that was moving to me
00:55:32.80\00:55:34.83
Could we say that
was big? Yes, it was big.
00:55:34.86\00:55:37.19
It was and I really,
really appreciate it.
00:55:37.22\00:55:40.32
You know, it proves,
Jim, this stuff works.
00:55:40.35\00:55:45.43
It's not magic,
it's not mirrors.
00:55:45.46\00:55:48.60
These principles
are given to the church
00:55:48.63\00:55:50.95
to the world by
God. That's true.
00:55:50.98\00:55:52.60
And as we have moved
away from these principles,
00:55:52.63\00:55:55.15
we've seen suffering increase,
we've seen life span increase.
00:55:55.18\00:55:58.90
But just putting some
simple things into practice,
00:55:58.93\00:56:01.67
not drastic
changes, but simple things
00:56:01.70\00:56:03.92
into practice
gives drastic results.
00:56:03.95\00:56:07.06
Yeah. Yeah. That is true.
00:56:07.09\00:56:09.50
And we have to be
patient when we see a gentleman
00:56:09.53\00:56:14.26
who is still a heavy
man, he's still a big man
00:56:14.29\00:56:16.94
and I understand that.
00:56:16.97\00:56:18.34
I have fought this battle
for a number of years now.
00:56:18.37\00:56:21.47
And sometimes it just takes
a while for it to come down.
00:56:21.50\00:56:25.41
And if you saw him, you
might say, bless his heart,
00:56:25.44\00:56:28.85
he needs to lose a
little weight until you see
00:56:28.88\00:56:33.20
how much he has already lost
00:56:33.23\00:56:36.00
and how much
change has taken place.
00:56:36.03\00:56:39.00
Doesn't happen
overnight, happens step by step.
00:56:39.03\00:56:44.27
But with all of you the
health changes that happened,
00:56:44.30\00:56:47.29
if you begin a lifestyle
00:56:47.32\00:56:50.12
that we've been
talking about here
00:56:50.15\00:56:51.59
that Des Cummings has brought
to us the creation lifestyle,
00:56:51.62\00:56:56.13
I believe that you're gonna
see great change in your life.
00:56:56.16\00:57:00.33
Also what they teach--
also what they're teaching here,
00:57:00.36\00:57:03.52
what can be changed overnight
is our own personal testimony.
00:57:03.55\00:57:07.52
We're sinner saved by grace.
That can happen immediately.
00:57:07.55\00:57:10.24
That's right. And
its--its wonderful
00:57:10.27\00:57:12.66
how they are putting all this
together. And at this moment
00:57:12.69\00:57:14.89
you can accept Jesus
Christ as your personal Savior.
00:57:14.92\00:57:18.28
And as we go off the air here
and after we go off the air,
00:57:18.31\00:57:20.87
we're going to
invite each of the people
00:57:20.90\00:57:23.66
that are here to come forward.
00:57:23.69\00:57:25.09
We're gonna have a
special prayer at that time.
00:57:25.12\00:57:30.27
You know, the
Bible says in closing,
00:57:30.30\00:57:31.99
"A merry heart doeth
good like a medicine."
00:57:32.02\00:57:34.52
One of things that we can all
do is put a smile on our face
00:57:34.55\00:57:37.24
and love of
Christ in our hearts.
00:57:37.27\00:57:39.23
Well, you just keep
on keeping on with Jesus
00:57:39.26\00:57:41.49
because He is coming soon.
00:57:41.52\00:57:43.82
We wanna be ready to meet Him.
00:57:43.85\00:57:45.37
God bless you.
00:57:45.40\00:57:47.56