Oklahoma is place
with its own unique beauty.
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The stretching farms
and the fields full of grain
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are restful to the eye.
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And yet beneath
this pastoral scene
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is a strong independence
of thought and action
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that motivates
those who live here.
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Join us as we
visit an OCI ministry
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that combines this
independence of thought
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with the desire to serve.
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Originally part of
the Louisiana Purchase
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this state has a unique history.
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In 1889 was the first land rush.
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The idea was to entice settlers
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to come and move
into the territory.
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These would be settlers were
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lined up on a
particular boundary
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and when a cannon fired
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they were to make a mad dash
to claim their part of the land.
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Some of the more
enterprising ones came earlier
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and staked out their own claim
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thus giving rise
to the expression
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of the Oklahoma Sooner's
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and idea that still express
the independence of thought
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that characterizes the
inhabitants of the state today.
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Oklahoma Academy is
training their young people
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to enter into the
harvest fields of Jesus Christ.
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Oklahoma Academy's mission
is taken from Matthew 9: 37, 38
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where Jesus is
talking to His disciples
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and He says, pray ye
the Lord of the harvest,
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that He was send forth
laborers into His harvest.
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And so Oklahoma Academy
is designed specifically
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to train young people
to be laborers for God.
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For me I enjoy how there
is so many different options
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that you can
take during the year,
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such as this year
I'm taking a French,
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French II and I'm also
talking calculus in math
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and so it's really-
it's really interesting
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to have other options
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such as in health we learned
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a lot about different
foods and different things
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and how they
are able to help you
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and how they are able to
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affect your body in
negative ways as well
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and just things that you will
be able to use later on in life.
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Here at Oklahoma Academy
we're not a really large school,
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we actually are
designed to be relatively small
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because we want to work
more closely with the students.
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During the school year
we have the opportunity
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to meet with the students
on a more personal level.
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We get a chance to
invite them into our homes.
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So we get two-two,
three some times even four
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students coming to our
homes on Friday evenings
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instead of going to a
regularly schedule vespers,
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we have them
into our home is far
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both the meal and
for a home vespers.
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The students love that,
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they get an
opportunity to feel like
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it's not their home but
they get to go to a home
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and they feel more like
home here at Oklahoma Academy
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because of it, because it
they stay with the same family
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all throughout the whole year.
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It's important,
it's vitally important
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to-to be able to have some time
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where you just relax or where
you're just having fun together.
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You know, every
Saturday night we have wreck
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and usually play game called
dare base which is really fun.
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We also do camp outs, we
love to be out in nature,
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taking time to relax and
spend time together as a family.
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In education one of the
most important things for us
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is for the students
to- to learn about God.
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God is provided us with a couple
of different ways to do that.
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One is through His
word but the other is
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and what we call the
second book of nature,
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where the trees and
the birds and the flowers
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all of them tell
us of the love of God
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and what He is
like, and who He is.
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So it's important for us to
have our school in the country
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where we can
experience that second book
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and that closeness to God
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that can't be
experienced anywhere else.
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Our focus here at
Oklahoma Academy really is
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on the students developing
a relationship with the Lord
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that they really love Jesus
and out of that love of Jesus
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they want to share Him.
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One of those training programs
that we started this year
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is a Bible work training program
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where they are being trained
and in deeper Bible study
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and then in how
to go door to door
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and get Bible study interest,
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how to follow that
up with Bible studies
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and then following that
up also with evangelism.
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Often times people
feel that the pastor should-
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should be the one
doing all the work.
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He should be doing the Bible
studies, he should be doing,
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you know, everything
to- to bring people in
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but we actually believe
that Jesus calls each one of us
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as a believer in
Christ to work for Him.
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Jesus said, go ye
therefore in the world
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and preach the gospel.
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And He wasn't just
saying that to pastors,
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He was saying
that to His disciples
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and so as lay
people it's so important
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that we work
together with the church
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to spread the news that
Jesus is coming again soon.
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The need for a Bible program
is not just for older members
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but young people
need to know like I said,
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why they believe,
what they believe?
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Well, first of all we
start off by basically
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being grounded in our
doctrine to be look at versus
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that you know, supports
and also the versus that may
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seem questionable and
we learn how to answer
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difficult
questions if you might have.
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During a school year we
have a counseling program
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that encompasses anywhere
from five to ten students.
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They go out three times
a week and when they go out
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they get an
opportunity to knock on doors.
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They're learning how
to do a survey at a door
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than to transfer that
in- in home Bible study.
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They're learning how to
invite them to a meeting
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and transfer them
to a local church.
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Knowing that they could
be a bridge or they conduit
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for the individual to get
connected with the church.
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This year we've
really focused on just the-
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the area around the
campus and it's really neat,
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you can tell hem how
we just went up the road
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and you can make
connection with them.
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So yeah, just close by
this year probably next year,
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we will be going
a little bit further
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and also I
believe that they'll be
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the Bible studies
that we've had this year
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we carry on next
year with the next class.
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They are frontline missionaries
right here at Oklahoma Academy
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and give us an opportunity to
go out and reach for community.
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After the year is over we're
supposed to get a certificate
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that says that we're
able to be hired by a church
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and for Bible work.
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That the vision really is
to make sure that it's a way
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that students continue to
occupy themselves, you know,
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have them
interested in wanting to
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be a part of the
spreading the gospel.
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The evangelistic
series we basically
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worked up to that
throughout the year
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so it's really neat to see that
going around among the people
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that know that the
Holy Spirit was here.
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And in the evenings we all take
turns doing health presentations
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and also we have a role to play
greeting the people as they come
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and so it's really
important to be there
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to bring them in
make them feel up home.
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They're really excited
especially when they see
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their contacts
come through the door.
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And they're being transferred
to be workers for the harvest
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that you could actually see
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that taking place
right before their eyes,
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you know, that-that's
one the joys about it.
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One of the very important
aspects of Oklahoma Academy
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is-is our music program.
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We're told that music
can reach people for Christ
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when other things cannot.
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And so that the
purpose and the thrust
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and the whole
goal of our program
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is to be mission oriented
in the music that we do.
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We have a very
good choir and chorale,
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we have a string
ensemble, we have a bell choir
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and we all work together
to make those kind of programs
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that will reach
people for Jesus.
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I'm involved in bell choir
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and I'm also
involved in choir and chorale
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and we started a
men's quartet here
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which I'm also a part as well.
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Usually during the
year we'll go to churches
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around the state of Oklahoma
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but there is also
a big trip that we do
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at the around
the end of the year
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that we'll either
go out of the country
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or state to state
singing at different churches.
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Well, this year I got the
opportunity to be in choral
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which is basically
like the select choir group.
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I just love you know,
the songs that we sing.
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Everywhere we go people want
CDs of that particular program.
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We were given this
recording equipment
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donated from a
friend of the school
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and so we're planning on being
able to make CDs every year
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of all the
programs that we have.
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We usually I have
three programs a year
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and so we're planning on making
CDs for each of those programs
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and so that when we
go out to those sites,
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we can be able to hand out
the CDs to different people
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and bless them and send God's
music to their homes that way.
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It's important for anyone
entering into mission service
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to have some basic
and essential life skills.
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It's a foundation
principal of OCI Academies
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to instill in their
students a love for work.
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A strong work ethic is important
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for those who will be
laboring for Jesus Christ.
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Oklahoma Academy accomplishes
this goal in a variety of ways
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but two of their programs,
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are uniquely designed
with the missionary in mind.
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They are massage
therapy class and the mission
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aviation programs are focused
on preparing young people
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for a broader sphere of service.
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Here at Oklahoma
Academy we have a work program
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that focuses on
the skills similar to
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the skills that they would have
to do out in the mission field.
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The students have
the opportunity to
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go to either the massage program
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or flight program and
it counts as their work
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because we feel that
it's an important skill
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that they are
learning especially
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if they were looking to
go to the mission field.
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Ever since I was three and four
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I was very
fascinated with aviation.
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And you know it's just
been kind of lifelong hobby.
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And then as I got
older and realized there is
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a great need for
mission aviation.
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You know, I can do
something that I enjoy doing
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and still be serving God which
is something that we almost do.
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Here at the school we
have 1300 feet grass airstrip
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and then also here in
Oklahoma we have winds.
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So it gives you
excellent training
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for cross wind
techniques, gusty techniques,
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so you know they give you
a very solid flying skill.
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In the flight program
and the direction of the
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flight program we
are looking to be able to
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have a well rounded experience
for the flight students
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so that when they leave
they have some experience
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in Bible work through the
Bible work training program.
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They have some
experience in medical things
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possibly through the
massage therapy program
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so that when they go out it's
not just flying that they know
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and they can put the
whole package together.
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I really like it that
you work at the school
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because at normal schools
you don't get an opportunity
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to learn vocational skills.
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But here they have
lots of different things.
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I work in the
cafeteria and I actually learned
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most of my cooking
skills in the cafeteria
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and I go in there
and I cook everyday
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and that's really fun.
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We also like our students
to help out on the farms
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so that they get the feeling
of working with the soil,
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they get the feeling of
picking some strawberries
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or even pulling weeds, you know,
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it's all part of
working on the farm.
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Having practical skills
of building and mechanics
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and cooking and of those
things practically speaking
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a person who is involved
in mission work ends up doing.
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It's kind of my first time
working outside from the city
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but being here on the
work program has really changed
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kind of my perception of
things and it's really been
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helping my spiritual
life coming closer to God.
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We really want
them to understand
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that God wants them to
be the best they can be
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and when they are the best
they can be in the work area
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they are doing His will in
away that no one else can do.
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To this day I
can't really explain
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expect for the fact
that God led me here.
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My sophomore year the
English teacher was asking us,
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if any of us wanted to be
involved in the massage program.
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So I thought it will be pretty
cool to like be able to expend
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my scope of knowledge
and how to give massages,
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how to do it the
right way I guess.
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I think coming here
has really helped me see
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what God really wants me to do.
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He wants each one of
us to serve Him, you know,
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with our whole heart
and since I've been here
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I've been able to realize that
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my purpose in
life is not for myself
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it's to bless
others and to worship God
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and to serve God
with my entire being.
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Oklahoma Academy is a
self supporting school.
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The finances that we
used to run the school
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come directly
from our industries,
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tuition from the students
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and any
donations that we receive.
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We are in the process of
developing a publishing ministry
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in which we have
several products.
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The Spanish study
Bible, the English study Bible
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and another one that
we-that we just put out
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is a little book called
"Outside the Gate" for children.
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Portions of each of these
books as we sell them the Bibles
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and the "Outside the Gate"
will go to worthy student fund.
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Another aspect that we
have it helps us connect
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with our community
is a health food store.
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And we have people
from all over the community,
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that come in and we
offer cooking schools
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and health
lectures, different specials,
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we sell different
products that we make
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through the country store,
like bread from the cafeteria.
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There is more lot of
people in the community
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that come in for our bread.
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Another thing that we
do is sell our produce
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from the farm in the
country store and more and more
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people are
looking for fresh produce,
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that comes
straight from the garden.
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In addition to
providing a quality
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and a practical
education Oklahoma Academy
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endeavors to insure
that all of the students
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get an opportunity
to share their faith.
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In a moment we'll
explore a creative method
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or accomplishing that aim.
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Pain, suffering and hopelessness
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are every where 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 to share His
love in practical ways.
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Can you imagine that
difference it would make
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if every church
member did all that we can
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to share our hope?
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That's what OCI is all about,
lay people using their skills
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to reach their
communities and bring change.
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Whether through
lifestyle centers or schools,
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restaurants or clinics
the methods are diverse
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but the goal is the
same, to bring hope and healing
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to our dying world.
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In order for
this work to continue
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prayer, 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 become involved,
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please contact us anytime.
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In order to
communicate important truths
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related to the plan of salvation
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God interested ancient Israel
with the visual representation.
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The sanctuary service
originally given to Moses
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outlined the plan of salvation.
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Oklahoma Academy uses a replica
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of that ancient sanctuary
service to communicate important
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gospel truths to
today's modern audience.
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Often times I know
for in my own experience
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I thought it was boring
to study about the sanctuary.
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And here at Oklahoma Academy
we have a special emphasis
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on the sanctuary that actually
has brought the sanctuary
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to life for myself and it
brings the sanctuary to life
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for other people.
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About ten years
ago Oklahoma Academy
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decided to make
its focus mission.
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So not only do they
get a academic background
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and they get they opportunity
to be prepared to go to college
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but we really wanted all of
our students to mission focused.
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We wanted all of our
students to have that as
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one of their goals in their
lives is to reach out to others.
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And so Messiah's
Mansion is especially
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important in that goal
and is a tool and a vehicle
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that we're using in
order to accomplish that
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and its a very effective
one because the students
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are constantly reminded of their
purpose of why they're there
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throughout they
are to help people
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and to reach
them with-with truth.
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And the sanctuary
truth is present truth
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that everyone needs to hear.
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And so the
students are really having
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an opportunity to
be on the frontline
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of sharing this
truth in a mission aspect
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through Messiah's Mansion.
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From the very beginning it
gave students the opportunity,
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you know, to be
able to study it a class
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and then go out and give tours.
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You know, so in 2003 when
I came to Oklahoma Academy
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I was able to go to you
know, one of the first exhibits
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that I traveled to
which was at my dads church.
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And so I was able to as a
freshman give tours of it then
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but you know of course then
I when I went on to college and
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I did some other things.
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About four years ago
I came back, you know,
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I still here and something
that's very exciting to me-
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you know, its not
just for the people
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it changes the students
lives as they give the tour
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I've seen it
time and time again.
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I think I really
love the connection
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with the people of
that come for the tours.
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I love seeing God work in
such a personal up close way.
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You know, as you
go to the tours and
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some times you
don't want to do it,
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some times you feel
discouraged but no matter what
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you always see God
working in a powerful way
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and there is always so
many testimonies that you hear.
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It always makes you feel
so close and connected to God
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that you're working with Him
you know up in the frontline.
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Oh, well this
is my sixth exhibit
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and I've been doing it
since my freshman year.
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Normally freshman
don't go on sanctuary trips,
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it's only the
sophomore through seniors.
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But that year the junior class
as a whole didn't want to go
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so they made it available
to those who wanted to go
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and I ended up signing up
and I have to admit though
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on the way there its like,
why did I sign up for this?
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I hate talking
in front of people,
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I'm very shy but once I started
learning the tour and realized
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how important it really is
and how amazing it really was.
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I got so excited I learned the
whole tour in less than a week
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and I have been a
full tour guide ever since.
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For each
Messiah's Mansion exhibit
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we have a combination
of things that happen.
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We always have
the sponsor churches
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come up with at
least a half of the cost
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and they always
provide allocation.
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This location here
in Loveland, Colorado
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we're right next a major highway
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and that is allowing us
to have a lot of exposure
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and we really had a
great turnout so far.
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Messiah's Mansion is the
title of the organization
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and under that-
that name we have
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three different
full scale models.
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And so it's a traveling
ministry just like you know,
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Moses tabernacle traveling
and about every two weeks
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we're at a new
location you know,
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we've been to over
a 100 location so far.
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We start with the
premise that most people
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don't have an understanding of,
00:21:25.36\00:21:27.20
you know a
heavenly sanctuary and as
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many even though they
are Christians don't have
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a firm biblical background.
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And so we start
out in the first tent
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introducing them to the
idea of a heavenly sanctuary.
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Messiah's Mansion is a
free exhibit so people that come
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will get a free tour and
they're able to hear that
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end time message
present truth for our time
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for the sanctuary message.
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It's really exciting to
share that with people because,
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lot of people connect with that.
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In every station of the tour
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really beginning
from the courtyard
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will move through you
know what are the priests do,
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the facts the furniture,
the people and the service.
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But then you know
the second layer is
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how did all of
this point to Jesus?
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So from the courtyard
you move to holy place
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and you see the
priestly duties in there again
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followed by Christ's
work in the heavenly sanctuary
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and this is where
for most Christians
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it's a new idea
for them, you know,
00:22:20.03\00:22:22.04
Christ in the
heavenly sanctuary.
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They know about
Him as the Lamb of God,
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but now they're seeing
Him you know and His ministry
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in heaven in the holy place.
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And you know then of
course you move around
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to the most holy place where you
know we see Christ work today.
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And you'll see prophecies
that are pointing to Jesus,
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move into the most holy place
and you know a lot of people
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for them, you know, they
come out I never knew this.
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I didn't even know
that was in the Bible.
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I say its a eye
opening experience
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for the lot of people.
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The most holy place
that's the-that's the place
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where I see God
working the most, you know,
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I've seen people struggle,
00:22:54.42\00:22:56.03
I've seen them
battle in their hearts,
00:22:56.06\00:22:57.87
you know, on their face
as they are just listening
00:22:57.90\00:22:59.88
and some times you can
tell they don't want to accept
00:22:59.91\00:23:01.67
but that's where
I just keep praying
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because I know-I know
that's the message for today.
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The students
are going constantly
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in and out of prayer chant
00:23:09.09\00:23:10.12
we have a prayer
chant at each sanctuary
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and the students go
in before their tours,
00:23:13.11\00:23:15.18
they're going after their tours.
00:23:15.21\00:23:16.77
Satan is constantly
attacking Messiah's Mansion
00:23:16.80\00:23:20.27
from every angle
because he does not
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want this work to get through.
00:23:22.69\00:23:24.30
There's people praying for
us all throughout the tour,
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we pray throughout the tour
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and I think it's
that constant prayer
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that you know keeps
us in a good spirit.
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Because Satan
does attack, you know,
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he is not happy
with us doing this.
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And it really matures
the students and they mature
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in the right
direction towards God
00:23:39.58\00:23:42.23
and towards their
experience with Him.
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From all throughout
time you know there's been-
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there's been
important messages you know,
00:23:48.23\00:23:50.09
Noah's message was
important you know,
00:23:50.12\00:23:52.72
John the Baptist's message
00:23:52.75\00:23:53.96
that Jesus was
there was important.
00:23:53.99\00:23:56.06
But today, you know,
the message that's important
00:23:56.09\00:23:58.64
is that Jesus is
finishing the work in heaven
00:23:58.67\00:24:00.95
and you know that,
it's a time for you know us
00:24:00.98\00:24:04.27
give our whole hearts
to Him like never before
00:24:04.30\00:24:06.90
so that He can do the
work not just in heaven
00:24:06.93\00:24:09.16
but in our own parts.
00:24:09.19\00:24:10.83
When people go through this,
00:24:10.86\00:24:13.10
they can't
remember everything we cover
00:24:13.13\00:24:14.80
but what they do remember
is they liked it, it was good
00:24:14.83\00:24:17.11
and so they have a
positive association with this.
00:24:17.14\00:24:19.86
And one of our main
goals is to be able to
00:24:19.89\00:24:23.51
link up some of
the locals churches
00:24:23.54\00:24:25.74
with you know these
people who are signing up
00:24:25.77\00:24:27.93
for more studies, so that
they can continue to study
00:24:27.96\00:24:30.63
and see it from the Bible as
a slower pace for themselves.
00:24:30.66\00:24:35.17
People are
coming to the sanctuary
00:24:35.20\00:24:36.82
to learn about
the sanctuary message
00:24:36.85\00:24:39.17
and this is something
that is unique to our church.
00:24:39.20\00:24:42.46
And if our church does
not understand this message
00:24:42.49\00:24:46.31
then you know who is going
be sharing it with the world,
00:24:46.34\00:24:48.81
this is one of the best
kept secrets in the Bible.
00:24:48.84\00:24:52.98
And you know lot of people
can get confused about it,
00:24:53.01\00:24:55.49
they need someone
to actually show them
00:24:55.52\00:24:57.30
what are the
symbolism is in sanctuary
00:24:57.33\00:24:59.72
and it's so cool
to see how everything
00:24:59.75\00:25:01.50
in the Bible fits perfectly
into the sanctuary message.
00:25:01.53\00:25:04.99
And we as a church need
to be studying this message
00:25:05.02\00:25:08.12
and we need to be
able to present it
00:25:08.15\00:25:10.42
to those around
us who, you know,
00:25:10.45\00:25:13.03
are not in the church
or are new in our church
00:25:13.06\00:25:16.07
and so because it's every
important doctrine that we hold.
00:25:16.10\00:25:20.14
I was giving a tour to
a school group that came
00:25:20.17\00:25:23.60
through as a bunch of,
you know, teenagers you know,
00:25:23.63\00:25:26.23
my peers and I am
very they extroverted
00:25:26.26\00:25:29.06
so I feed off the
energy that in my tour
00:25:29.09\00:25:32.10
and I wasn't
getting that much response
00:25:32.13\00:25:34.41
and I was feeling
very, very discouraged.
00:25:34.44\00:25:36.15
I was just praying
I said God, you know,
00:25:36.18\00:25:37.81
I need encouragement and then
as I left the most holy station,
00:25:37.84\00:25:41.32
the most holy
place station in the tour
00:25:41.35\00:25:44.24
I had an older
lady come up to me
00:25:44.27\00:25:46.15
and she had tears in her eyes.
00:25:46.18\00:25:48.12
And she was just saying
you have blessed me so much
00:25:48.15\00:25:50.77
and I was just praising
God because it reminded her
00:25:50.80\00:25:53.73
about how much Jesus
was important in her life
00:25:53.76\00:25:56.23
and it reminder her that.
00:25:56.26\00:25:57.77
We don't have time
to waste on this earth
00:25:57.80\00:25:59.46
because Jesus coming soon.
00:25:59.49\00:26:00.76
And I was able to go
into the last station
00:26:00.79\00:26:02.75
just praising God that He
gave me that encouragement
00:26:02.78\00:26:05.64
that even though I
wasn't getting the response that
00:26:05.67\00:26:07.58
that's not what
mattered it mattered that
00:26:07.61\00:26:09.44
God was still using me to-to
touch even one person's heart
00:26:09.47\00:26:12.73
and I was able to talk
with her after the tour
00:26:12.76\00:26:14.51
and we're both in tears
and just praising God about
00:26:14.54\00:26:17.26
how much He was able
to work through that tour.
00:26:17.29\00:26:20.88
You know, there is
people who come through
00:26:20.91\00:26:22.73
who haven't been
the church in years
00:26:22.76\00:26:24.94
and may be have
never been the church,
00:26:24.97\00:26:26.22
and wouldn't go to church.
00:26:26.25\00:26:28.40
But in the setting
like this you know,
00:26:28.43\00:26:30.44
they come through and you know,
00:26:30.47\00:26:32.61
their hearts are touched
and they go away and you know
00:26:32.64\00:26:35.33
some of them say, you
know, what church do you go to?
00:26:35.36\00:26:37.79
I want to go to your church.
00:26:37.82\00:26:39.21
You know, atheists
come through, you know,
00:26:39.24\00:26:42.03
who didn't have, you know,
anything to do with Christians.
00:26:42.06\00:26:45.05
And an experience
comes to my mind you know,
00:26:45.08\00:26:47.99
a couple of years ago
an atheist came through
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and you know at the end of it
he let me know through the tour
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that he could
not stand Christians.
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You know, some of
them are hypocritical
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but some of them
are just unreasonable
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but as we went trough the tour
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at the end of it he
invited me to come to his house
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and have dinner
with him because he said,
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we need to talk
more about these things.
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You know, it provides an
opportunity where people can,
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you know, see what
Jesus is doing today
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in a setting that you
know they will feel comfortable
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and you know
people need to understand
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not only Jesus died
or what He's doing today
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and I think it's very relevant
for every single human being
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alive on planet earth today.
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Oklahoma Academy
instills in its students
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both the ability to
think for themselves
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as well as a
commitment to mission service.
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Perhaps, you know of the student
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that would benefit
from a program like this.
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To learn more about
the worldwide work of OCI
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and its member
ministries visit us on the web
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at outpostcenters.org.
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We would love to hear from you,
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you can send an email
to info@outpostcenter.org
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or call us at 423.236.5600.
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For OCI Repots
this is Steven Grabiner.
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