All over the world,
dedicated men and women
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members of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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are using their
talents and abilities
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to spread the gospel to
their friends and neighbors.
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In many places,
these individuals
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have joined together to start
self supporting institutions
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using lifestyle
education, publishing work
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and training
centers as a vehicle
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for furthering God's work.
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Join us today on OCI Reports
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as we visit one
of the pioneering
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self supporting institutions,
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Wildwood Lifestyle
Center and Hospital.
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Self supporting
ministries derive their guidance
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and inspiration from the Bible
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and more specifically from
the writings of Ellen White.
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These principles were
given a practical demonstration
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in the early 1900s.
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In 1904, two of
Adventism's premier educators
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E.A. Sutherland
and Percy T. Megan
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were looking in Tennessee
to start a new ministry.
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In 1904 in God's providence,
they were led to a farm
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on the outskirts of
the city of Nashville.
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There they began Madison School,
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the first self
supporting institution.
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In later years
Ellen White would write,
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"That there
should be many schools
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after the Madison Order."
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In the 1940s Neil
Martin, Dr. George McClure
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and Pastor W.D. Frazee decided
to follow Ellen White's counsel.
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In counsel with the presidents
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of the
Georgia-Cumberland Conference
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and the Southern Union,
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it was decided that a
self supporting ministry
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should be started this time
outside the city of Chattanooga.
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In 1942, just a few weeks after
the bombing of Pearl Harbor,
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Wildwood Lifestyle
Center and Hospital was born.
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Over the years,
Wildwood's vision
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and outreach has
continued to grow.
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Countless people have been
blessed by the lifestyle center
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and numerous
students have been trained.
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Many of these
students have gone out
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to pioneer new self supporting
works in different places.
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Throughout North
America to Japan,
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South America and Africa are
many self supporting projects
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that have ties that
bring them back to Wildwood.
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In the nearly
1980s Warren Wilson,
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then the president of Wildwood
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saw the need for an organization
that would help nurture
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these new self
supporting ministries.
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It was in this way
that OCI was created.
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Today the vision of
Wildwood is still strong.
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Wildwood continues to be a
vibrant and thriving ministry.
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This year is
Wildwood's 70th anniversary
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and it started as a
small organization as it were
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under the
leadership of Elder Frazee.
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The very first group of
people who came to Wildwood
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on January 1st, 1942,
were 8 to 10 individuals
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who were known as the
Frazee Evangelistic Company.
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The motivation
for starting Wildwood
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was born out of a
city evangelistic group
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that wanted to train
other teens to continue the work
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of gospel medical evangelism
in the cities of the world.
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By spring they had an
educational program begun.
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And before the summer was
over the Frazee's themselves
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moved into a tent
and they began receiving
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people that they
could help and assist here
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even before they had
the sanitarium built.
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Wildwood was built on
prayer and faith and miracles
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and there are untold
stories of prayer and faith
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and miracles that
enabled each of the buildings
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to take place at Wildwood,
especially the main ones,
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the first sanitarium
building, Pascal Hall building.
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What they call the
new sanitarium building
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which is now an old building.
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Our hospital was
opened here in the 70s
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which is of course
now is an older building
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and through the
years it's slowly grown.
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We have just over a
hundred staff working
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here on our campus in
our different departments.
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The longevity of Wildwood
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has given it a
fairly solid foundation.
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The principles it stands
for have stood the test of time.
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And it's a
privilege for me to serve
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in a ministry of
this type of nature.
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I fully expect God to
keep performing those miracles
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in order to keep training
until medical missionary work
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covers the earth like
the waters cover the sea.
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Our reason for
existence and our mission
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is to tell others about
Christ and leading souls to Him,
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in unique ways of ministering
to people's health needs,
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the emotional needs and then
meeting their spiritual needs
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and sharing Christ with them.
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One of the things
we are best known for
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is our lifestyle
center and hospital
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with our outpatient clinic.
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The clinic that we have
here is a day patient clinic.
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People come from
all over local areas
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and sometimes 2-3 hours away
to come and see our doctors.
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And we find that we
are able to see sometimes
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10 to 15 people on a day.
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That's a 13 bed
hospital, a very small hospital
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but one of the things that
makes this hospital and facility
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very unique compared to
other lifestyle programs
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is the fact that we
have a licensed hospital.
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And so sometimes
when we have patients
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come to our lifestyle program
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and the condition is
a little bit more severe
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than we'd like to
handle in a lifestyle program,
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we're able to
transfer them to the hospital
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for a little bit
more urgent care.
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I have been diagnosed
with multiple sclerosis
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and I know that biblically
nothing is impossible with God.
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And there are
promises in the Bible
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that He will
heal all our diseases
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and sometimes it may
not happen overnight.
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But I believe in what
they do here at Wildwood
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with simple remedies,
with water treatments,
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I have been
getting physical therapy,
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I have the encouragement
of all the staff here,
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the biblical
promises and I feel encouraged
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because there is hope
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and it's a journey of
walking with the Lord.
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And just being
healthy, you know,
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getting outside
getting the fresh air.
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This place is so beautiful
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and I feel like it's a
little heaven on earth...
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and it's wonderful.
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The program that we offer here
being an 11 or 25 day option,
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offers them some
wonderful natural remedies
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that will help them
to get off medications.
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And if they have cancer,
they may not always need to do
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chemotherapy or radiation
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and they can have
natural treatments.
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Diabetics can learn how
to reverse their diabetes
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and people will learn how
to reverse their condition
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in natural ways.
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I've had depression for years.
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And then a little bit
of high blood pressure
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and as you can see, I
am a little bit overweight.
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So those were
my main complaints.
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Plus, I had bad
habits, smoking, drinking,
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I had a lot of
stuff to clean up.
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And it's been great
since I have been here.
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I haven't had a cigarette.
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Gave my cigarettes right over
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to my counselor.
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I haven't had a craving.
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My blood pressure phenomenally
is as low as it's ever been
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before I had high
blood pressure, you know.
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Well, it's a lifestyle
change that we teach people.
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We'll give them
hydrotherapy daily.
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We'll offer them
massages every second day.
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We also offer cooking classes
during the 11 or 25 days.
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Hands on cooking instruction
or otherwise demonstrations.
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The types of food that we serve
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in the diet
kitchen is vegan based.
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We believe that a plant
based diet is beneficial
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in reversing health conditions
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along with other
types of natural treatments.
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Sunshine and daily
exercise, drinking enough water
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and not eating in between
meals and things like that
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are very, very
important to reversal
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of different poor
health conditions.
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We offer counseling,
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we've got a chaplain and
a professional counselor.
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We have lifestyle
coaches that take care of them.
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We've got lectures every day.
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It's very important
that they know the background
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as to lifestyle change.
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We also offer
doctor's consultations
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during the program.
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Blood work at the beginning
and end of the program.
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Our doctors also prescribe herbs
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which is very important
for the natural healing.
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And above all, trust in God,
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because without God we
cannot heal our bodies.
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I think that health message is
one of the most effective ways
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to reach people that are not
open to just receiving Christ.
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And so, if you look at
Christ and how He did it,
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He healed the people.
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He met them where they
were, He helped their needs.
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And so the health message
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is the hand that opens the
door to the people's heart.
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And then we'll make the
way for Christ to come in.
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We are really blessed
that we've been able to
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do some renovations
at this point in time
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due to some very
generous donations
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that we've recently received.
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We've recently
remodeled our diet kitchen,
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it was in great need
of repair and remodeling.
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And we've also been
able to do some renovations
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to our rooms that don't
all have their own showers.
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So we're in the
process of doing full bathrooms
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to our lifestyle
and hospital rooms.
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One of the most
exciting new developments
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with our health work is that
we have a new Vice President
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for Medical Affairs,
Dr. Zeno Charles-Marcel.
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He comes in with a lot
of energy and experience
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and, you know, to have him here
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is really an amazing
blessing for Wildwood.
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The other aspect
that we have on our campus
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is the Journal of
Health and Healing.
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It's a magazine that has met
a real need for people out there
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that are looking for answers to
the current dilemmas in health.
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Right now we are
looking for an editor
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that can keep the
scientific standard
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that our journal has
met through the years.
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If there are physicians
that are willing to get involved
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with us on this project,
it would be a real benefit
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as we send these journals
out and distribute them.
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Devising ways of not
only reaching the community
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but also generating income
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is part of the vision
of self supporting work.
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In a moment we'll
explore some of the avenues
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that Wildwood is
using to attain this goal.
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Pain, suffering and hopelessness
are everywhere we look.
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As Christians we know that
the ultimate answer is Jesus.
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We are called to
bring people to Him
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as well as to share
His love in practical ways.
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Can you imagine the
difference it would make
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if every church member did all
that we can to share our hope?
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That's what OCI is all about.
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Lay people using their skills
to reach their communities
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and bring change, whether
through lifestyle centers
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or schools,
restaurants or clinics,
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the methods are diverse
but the goal is the same.
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To bring hope and
healing to our dying world.
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In order for this
work to continue, prayer,
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workers and
funding are all necessary.
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When you support
OCI, you support the work
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of more than 80
ministries around the world.
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For more information about
how you can become involved,
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please contact us anytime.
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Restaurants and health
food stores have long been
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part of a broader ministry
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within the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Wildwood's country store
which is located on the campus
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gives the workers an
opportunity to meet and mingle
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with the surrounding community,
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While their
vegetarian restaurant
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located in Chattanooga gives
them an evangelistic outreach
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into that nearby city.
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Wildwood is not just
interested in foreign missions.
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We try to stay very
involved in our community.
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We're just outside of
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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just about 10 miles and so
we regularly have our students
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doing health expos
and door to door work.
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Every week we have
colporteurs going out
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to work in Chattanooga.
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Wildwood's had a
restaurant for 30-40 years
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in downtown Chattanooga.
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We have recently
reopened under a new name
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and new management as
Greenthumb Vegetarian Kitchen.
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We want to bring in all kinds
of people into the restaurant
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and serve them good
food with a cheerful spirit,
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so they can learn who
Seventh-day Adventists are
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and learn what Wildwood is.
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Our restaurant is city mission
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where our local community
can come to our restaurant
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and enjoy good wholesome meals.
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And then also having
the opportunity to give them
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literature or
sharing directly with them
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what Christ has
done for us in our lives.
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That's kind of a cycle
to meet people downtown,
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invite them to the restaurant,
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then they learn
about the lifestyle center
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and our different
health seminars and so forth.
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We can follow up and
have cooking classes downtown.
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And we're right
down in a tourist area,
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right up from the
Tennessee Aquarium.
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So there is a lot
of traffic down there.
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It's in a real busy area
and we want to be visible,
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we don't want to
hide behind the trees.
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You know, we want
people to see and learn
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and hear about Wildwood.
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And so we are excited about
this new, this new project.
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One of the most
successful ways that Wildwood
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has been able to sustain itself
00:15:22.56\00:15:24.11
is through our
natural food store.
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This ministry of
Wildwood has sustained it
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for the last 20 years.
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We do over a million
dollars worth of business
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there per year.
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We meet a lot of
people, people come in
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and buy
truckloads of food from us.
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It helps sustain us
and it gets us in contact
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with hundreds of
people from this area.
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Attached to the natural
food store is a bookstore
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where people can come in
and get all sorts of literature
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on healthful
living, natural remedies
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and spiritual topics and so
that's definitely good outreach.
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And also we have an herb
store that does quite well.
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By inviting people to our doors
to supply products to them,
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we have
opportunity to share Christ
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in the marketplace with them.
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One idea that we have
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is rebuilding our
natural food store.
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Right now it's a
little bit inside the campus
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but has grown
better than we imagined.
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And we have property right on
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a major highway
with a lot of traffic.
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So with the store out front,
we'll even be able to reach,
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you know, a lot more people.
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When the hearts of individuals
are touched by God's grace
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and they realize
the precious salvation
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that's been purchased for them,
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the Holy Spirit
creates in the heart
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a desire to communicate that
tremendous love with others.
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Wildwood's college of
health evangelism is designed
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to equip individuals of
all ages to be better prepared
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to communicate the
gospel to everyone they meet.
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We see young people as an
integral part of our ministry.
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The reason why we
started our management courses,
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we noticed a real
need in our own ministry
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as well as in other
ministries for young people
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to be efficient managers
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and leaders of this
type of organization.
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In self supporting
work we strive to sustain
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our projects through
our business enterprises
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and health
ministries and so forth.
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But that takes
some business sense.
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We are focusing
training in our advance course
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on how to start projects
and how to start businesses.
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Not just for the
sake of business,
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for the sake of ministry.
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And we have dozens
of graduates right now
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that are in the field working
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in missionary
centers around the world.
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Our young people
are tomorrow's leaders
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and we need to be mentoring them
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and giving them opportunities.
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And I think this is
what's going to create
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the sustainability for
this work to go forward.
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We have about 70 between
70 and 80 students on campus
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that we train in
the different tracks.
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Trying to develop and
train professional missionaries
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that can go out and
start new ministries,
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lifestyle centers,
city missions, schools.
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To develop the work
that we are called to finish.
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We have a six
months training program
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where we train people
how to do health evangelism
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and combine the
medical missionary,
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the right hand of the
gospel with the gospel ministry
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to be able to
effectively reach the people
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with hydrotherapy and
massage and with health expos
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and cooking
schools to really meet
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the needs of the
people in the communities.
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And then eventually
be able to lead them on
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to a comprehensive
understanding of the gospel.
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And then we have
a two year program
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for lifestyle counselor
consultant where they learn
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how to work in a
lifestyle center.
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They can work in any
of our lifestyle centers,
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you know, worldwide.
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And then we have a
ministry management program
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which is very
new, where missionaries
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are being trained
in a professional way
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of running
ministries, of doing business
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of learning how to
sustain themselves,
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so that they can work the cities
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the way we are
called to work them.
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And then the longest program,
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which is the Lifestyle Center
Management is three years,
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where they learn how to
work in the lifestyle center
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and do all the medical
courses in a natural way
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and then at the same
time be able to learn
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how to actually run a
lifestyle center, you know.
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So those are the main
tracks that we have so far.
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I took the six months course
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because they gave
you an opportunity
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to be in
apprenticeship in lifestyle,
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that's the only avenue
that they had here at Wildwood
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and so that's how I got
into lifestyle counseling.
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The counselor actually
becomes one with the guest.
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You know, trying to help
them understand why they're here
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and what God is
doing for them being here.
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We give them hydro treatments,
we give them massage.
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We even give them a
Bible study if they want.
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We take walks with them.
We teach them how to cook.
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We actually give
them a full overall
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lifestyle change in
11 days or more here.
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So it's a powerful moment
00:20:00.59\00:20:03.52
that you have to be
able to help someone see
00:20:03.55\00:20:06.04
all that you
have learned in Christ
00:20:06.07\00:20:07.90
and impart it on to them.
00:20:07.93\00:20:09.36
So hopefully they can make
those changes in their life.
00:20:09.39\00:20:11.62
I mean, the Lord
has been blessing
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and especially with
the General Conference,
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you know, pushing also
medical missionary work
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and all these things.
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We had over 250
applications just last year and,
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you know, we can only accept
about 70-80 people on campus.
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And so because of that,
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we felt the burden
to actually develop
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a online training program,
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so that people from off campus
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can still take the exact same
medical missionary training.
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They have the real
in-class feel and setting,
00:20:37.47\00:20:41.14
the way the
questions are being asked
00:20:41.17\00:20:43.14
and the lecturer
is answering questions
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as well as, you know,
just not course material.
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We're working on
improving those all the time,
00:20:48.54\00:20:51.35
so that we have more
people that can go out
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and meet peoples' needs
and bring others to Christ.
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We've gotten already
hundred some students
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being able to take this
from all over the world,
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so that's a tremendous blessing.
00:21:03.95\00:21:05.74
This is in essence what we do.
00:21:05.77\00:21:07.53
Training
missionaries in whatever line
00:21:07.56\00:21:09.74
that they are called to do,
00:21:09.77\00:21:10.83
and to start their
own ministries to minister
00:21:10.86\00:21:13.27
to the people wherever
they are and they come from.
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You can't learn
everything in the classroom.
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You know, to sit and
listen to the theory of it,
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you know, is one thing,
00:21:22.01\00:21:23.20
but to actually
get your hands in
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and getting
active doing something,
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the learning is much
more effective and efficient.
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All the students have to go
through different departments
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to get work experience,
00:21:33.44\00:21:34.85
especially in
our advanced program.
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They get
apprenticed in different areas
00:21:36.55\00:21:38.40
and they can choose what areas
they are most interested in.
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We view our farm
as an important part
00:21:41.78\00:21:44.18
of our education
for our students.
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Our farm also supplies
00:21:48.02\00:21:49.92
produce to some of
our local restaurants.
00:21:49.95\00:21:53.12
And we provide
produce to our own kitchens.
00:21:53.15\00:21:57.38
In addition to
the farm agriculture,
00:21:57.41\00:21:59.64
practical skills, construction,
there's lots of construction
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always to do around
here and maintenance,
00:22:03.08\00:22:05.10
so these young guys get
a lot of experience in that
00:22:05.13\00:22:07.25
and then when
we go to a project,
00:22:07.28\00:22:09.15
there's always a lot of need
00:22:09.18\00:22:10.21
and the more
you can do yourself,
00:22:10.24\00:22:11.68
you know, the more
it helps the project.
00:22:11.71\00:22:14.86
Well, we always have
needs of committed people
00:22:14.89\00:22:18.19
who are willing to
be part of this work.
00:22:18.22\00:22:21.83
We also have, of
course, a big campus.
00:22:21.86\00:22:24.95
And there is always
the expense of renovation.
00:22:24.98\00:22:29.98
We have a great
need at this point
00:22:30.01\00:22:32.65
with our enlarged student
body of dining facilities.
00:22:32.68\00:22:37.61
Our cafeteria is small.
00:22:37.64\00:22:40.80
We're feeding some 80
people in a very small space.
00:22:40.83\00:22:45.84
And that's going to
need a new building.
00:22:45.87\00:22:49.12
We also are
looking to expand our store
00:22:49.15\00:22:52.63
and create a store
where all of our stores
00:22:52.66\00:22:56.10
can be in the same building.
00:22:56.13\00:22:58.27
And then, of
course, we also need
00:22:58.30\00:23:01.72
financial
assistance to be able to
00:23:01.75\00:23:04.82
build a building of that nature.
00:23:04.85\00:23:07.48
So these are some of the
needs that we have right now.
00:23:07.51\00:23:12.68
I believe in Wildwood
and what it stands for,
00:23:12.71\00:23:16.82
because I grew in my
Christian experience here.
00:23:16.85\00:23:21.06
From the time I got here to
now, I saw God's work in me.
00:23:21.09\00:23:26.55
I saw He is changing me
from a skeptic to a believer.
00:23:26.58\00:23:32.96
Here is where I
learned to trust fully
00:23:32.99\00:23:36.88
and to see God's
work in everybody's life,
00:23:36.91\00:23:39.63
especially in mine.
00:23:39.66\00:23:41.74
If somebody is
wanting to go the right path,
00:23:41.77\00:23:46.29
Wildwood will
give you all the chance
00:23:46.32\00:23:48.58
if you want to
go the right path.
00:23:48.61\00:23:52.33
I praise God for
institutions like this.
00:23:52.36\00:23:55.93
Wildwood was a door
that opened up for me
00:23:55.96\00:23:58.40
to be able to
come, I lost 60 pounds.
00:23:58.43\00:24:01.04
I learned that I
had health issues
00:24:01.07\00:24:02.88
that the world
couldn't tell me what it was.
00:24:02.91\00:24:04.99
And being here changing
my life, my pains are gone.
00:24:05.02\00:24:10.20
You know, I can sleep better
and my depression is gone.
00:24:10.23\00:24:13.96
God utilizes environment
to be able to help me see
00:24:13.99\00:24:16.85
that there are so
many ways you can help.
00:24:16.88\00:24:19.12
So if it's not just
being on the farm which-
00:24:19.15\00:24:20.92
I worked on the farm and
learning how He grows things
00:24:20.95\00:24:24.43
and how we can have faith
that He can grow you in Him
00:24:24.46\00:24:28.32
like He grew our plants.
00:24:28.35\00:24:29.86
It's something different
when you come to an environment
00:24:29.89\00:24:33.00
and you have to depend on Jesus.
00:24:33.03\00:24:35.21
And I appreciate having a
store that says, you know what,
00:24:35.24\00:24:38.66
we're not going to
sell what the world sells.
00:24:38.69\00:24:40.42
We're going to sell things
for the betterment of the body.
00:24:40.45\00:24:42.88
We have an education department.
00:24:42.91\00:24:44.35
We are not going to teach
the way the world teaches.
00:24:44.38\00:24:45.90
We're going to utilize the
word of God along with science,
00:24:45.93\00:24:49.00
and know that this is
God's way of teaching.
00:24:49.03\00:24:51.70
We have a
lifestyle center that says,
00:24:51.73\00:24:53.08
we're not going to
start medications first.
00:24:53.11\00:24:54.76
We're going to
start with hydrotherapy,
00:24:54.79\00:24:56.17
we're going to
start with massage,
00:24:56.20\00:24:57.32
we're going to talk to you and
let you know you're cared for.
00:24:57.35\00:24:59.99
It makes a huge
difference to know that
00:25:00.02\00:25:02.21
someone is listening to you
00:25:02.24\00:25:03.42
and not just trying
to quick move you out
00:25:03.45\00:25:05.69
for another person to come in.
00:25:05.72\00:25:07.42
It's a place of self sacrifice.
00:25:07.45\00:25:09.71
It's a place that
leads the foundation that
00:25:09.74\00:25:12.19
you can die to self
and be more like Christ.
00:25:12.22\00:25:15.06
And the more you see
that, the more you become that,
00:25:15.09\00:25:18.42
the more you're prepared through
the Holy Spirit for His coming.
00:25:18.45\00:25:22.23
I mean, imagine if
all of us would be working
00:25:22.26\00:25:24.88
fulltime for the
gospel like the pastors do.
00:25:24.91\00:25:28.37
You know, in some area and
it doesn't have to be pastor
00:25:28.40\00:25:31.49
or a Bible worker, that's
what we traditionally know
00:25:31.52\00:25:33.76
or may be a doctor.
00:25:33.79\00:25:35.00
But there's so many
others, you know, God is calling
00:25:35.03\00:25:38.36
businessmen and
architects and engineers
00:25:38.39\00:25:40.67
and whatever your
talent is, using those talents,
00:25:40.70\00:25:44.00
building, you know,
churches, building our schools,
00:25:44.03\00:25:47.57
building
sanitariums, building whatever,
00:25:47.60\00:25:50.43
you know, city missions,
restaurants, you name it, right.
00:25:50.46\00:25:52.89
I mean, all of these
things and all of these jobs
00:25:52.92\00:25:55.54
are actually part
of God's comprehensive
00:25:55.57\00:25:59.72
calling to all of us to
gear all of our energies
00:25:59.75\00:26:03.09
into finishing this work.
00:26:03.12\00:26:04.95
And that is really-
that's my greatest burden.
00:26:04.98\00:26:07.20
And I love the ministry.
00:26:07.23\00:26:08.40
I love what we are doing as
a church, you know, as a whole.
00:26:08.43\00:26:11.55
And I believe that that
is what we're called to do,
00:26:11.58\00:26:13.94
is to work together and
to unify all of our energies
00:26:13.97\00:26:18.38
to be able to reach the
cities and reach the people,
00:26:18.41\00:26:21.19
because they don't have
all these beautiful truths
00:26:21.22\00:26:24.20
that change our lives and
that really help us, you know.
00:26:24.23\00:26:26.55
And gain eternal life,
you know, that's really
00:26:26.58\00:26:28.66
the greatest of all objectives
that we can have for our lives.
00:26:28.69\00:26:33.17
I believe as the vision
and the mission of Wildwood
00:26:33.20\00:26:36.87
and what we do here
is this beautiful quote
00:26:36.90\00:26:41.18
that really puts
it into a nutshell
00:26:41.21\00:26:43.45
from Ministry of
Healing where it says,
00:26:43.48\00:26:46.00
"True education is
missionary training."
00:26:46.03\00:26:48.89
Every son and daughter of God
00:26:48.92\00:26:51.63
is called to be a missionary.
00:26:51.66\00:26:54.10
For over 70 years, Wildwood
has been a consistent example
00:26:54.13\00:26:58.55
of the principles of
self supporting work.
00:26:58.58\00:27:01.87
Through their healing arts
and their educational program,
00:27:01.90\00:27:06.01
the influence
of Wildwood extends
00:27:06.04\00:27:08.14
far beyond the
borders of this campus.
00:27:08.17\00:27:12.57
Wildwood has
endeavored to be a school
00:27:12.60\00:27:15.03
patterned after
the Madison Order.
00:27:15.06\00:27:18.70
Additionally, they
have encouraged many others
00:27:18.73\00:27:22.05
to follow that same example.
00:27:22.08\00:27:25.00
Today there is a
need for individuals
00:27:25.03\00:27:27.57
who will hear God's call
00:27:27.60\00:27:29.78
to commit themselves to working
in a self supporting way.
00:27:29.81\00:27:34.88
We solicit your prayers
for the ministry of Wildwood
00:27:34.91\00:27:38.89
and ask that you might consider
00:27:38.92\00:27:40.68
how God is calling you
00:27:40.71\00:27:42.70
to be involved in
the expanding ministry
00:27:42.73\00:27:45.15
of self supporting work.
00:27:45.18\00:27:47.18
Here at OCI, we
value your support.
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Please visit us
at outpostcenters.org
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to learn more about
the worldwide work of OCI
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and our member
ministries such as Wildwood
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Lifestyle Center and Hospital.
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To contact us, email
info@outpostcenters.org.
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Or please feel free to
call us at 423-236-5600.
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We would love to hear from you.
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For OCI Reports,
this is Steven Grabiner.
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