Today we are here to
celebrate 60 years of ASI
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ministries. And in
this hour we have the
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privilege to focus
on the history of self
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supporting
medical missionary work.
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For some
attending this ASI session,
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the history we are
about to share in picture and
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testimony is not new to you,
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in fact many of
you are part of it.
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We trust that during
this hour of looking back
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on what has been
done as well as what is
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currently being done
you and the 3 ABN viewers,
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audience will be
blessed. Seventh-day Adventist
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early on had an
interest in health
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reform emphasis,
emphasizing the prevention
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of disease over the
common focus on acute care.
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Back in the time
when physicians were
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prescribing smoking
to relax one's nerves.
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The church in 1848
through Ellen White
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taught that tobacco
was harmful and went
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another step in
advance teaching that tea and
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coffee were injurious.
It was in 1863 that the
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Adventist church began
to take on its own unique
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Teufel philosophy,
when they began to show the
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relationship
between physical welfare and
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spiritual health.
Ellen White wrote,
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"I saw that it was a
sacred duty to attend to
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our health, and
arouse others to their duty.
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We have a duty to
speak to speak, to come out
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against
intemperance of every kind,
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intemperance in
working, in eating, in drinking,
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and in drugging.
And then to point them
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to God's great medicine water,
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pure soft water for
disease, for health,
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for
cleanliness, and for luxury."
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This council came none
too soon by the time the
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toil of pioneering
the new movement the
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Seventh-day Adventist
church had began to take
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its toll on the church
leaders who often carried
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the work of two to
three people trying to advance
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the kingdom of God in every way.
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It was on Christmas day
in 1865 that Ellen White
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has given her second
vision on health stressing
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our need to take as
of people more seriously
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health reform. She
said, "I was shown that we
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should provide a home
for the afflicted and for
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those who wished how to
wish to learn how to take
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care of their bodies
that they may prevent
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sickness. The
brethren heard this call and
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through the church
and though the church was
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about 10,000 strong,
church leaders in Battle
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Creek began to enlist
donations for their first
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Adventist Health Institute.
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The record shows
that J.P. Kellogg,
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father of the future
John Harvey Kellogg pledged
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the first $500. Then
Ellen White also pledged
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$500 and others were
pledging 100s as well
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until soon there was a
pool of $11,000 enough to
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begin the first
health enterprise.
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Five acres in Battle
Creek were purchased which
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included a good
home on the property;
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two adjoining acres
were also purchased.
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Treatment rooms were
constructed by September
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1866, the Battle
Creek Western Health Reform
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Institute opened for
patients on staff were
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Dr. Hareshio S Lay
and Dr. Phoebe Lamson,
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two bath
attendance, one nurse and three
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or four helpers.
The opening of the
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Western Health Reform
Institute marked a new
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era in the Seventh-day
Adventist church history.
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This was to be not
only the forerunner of the
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Battle Creek
Sanitarium but of a whole system
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of healthcare facilities
that would be operated
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around the world.
Two months after the
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opening of the
institution Dr. Lay reported
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its success was far
beyond our most sanguine
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expectations. The
patients had been received
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from Canada, Redmond,
Rhode Island, New York,
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Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin
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and Iowa. It became
necessary to secure rooms
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in nearby homes for
those who were able to
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walk a short distance
leaving the room in the
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main building for the
accommodations of the most
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feeble ones. By
1877 a second much larger
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building was erected
and the Institution was
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renamed The Medical
and Surgical Sanitarium
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later commonly
called the Battle Creek
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Sanitarium. During the
next 20 continued growth
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and patronage led
to major expansion.
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In 1887 for instance
a separate five storey
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hospital structure was erected.
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In 1890 another
five storey extension was
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added to the main
building and the original
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structure was raised one storey.
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By the turn of the
century the Sanitarium
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was world famous and
employed more than 900
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workers. Amen. But
this was not all good,
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church leaders
along with Ellen White had
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repeatedly counseled
not to concentrate so many
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resources and finances
and people in one place.
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Smaller centers were to
be established near many
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cities throughout
the United States.
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It was only a few
years later when on February
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18, 1902 that a fire
broke out in the main
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building of the Sanitarium
and within three hours
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the principle
structures were gone.
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All the approximately
400 patients were safely
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cleared from the
building. As Ellen White
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pondered the first
news of the fire she wrote,
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"Our heavenly Father
does not willingly afflict
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or grieve the children of men.
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He has his purpose
in the whirlwind and
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in the storm, in the
fire and in the flood.
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The Lord permits
calamities to come to
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His people to save them
from the greater dangers.
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This was the turning
point for the Adventists
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that have been
centered largely in Battle Creek
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and soon the Review
and Herald Publishing
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Association and the
General Conference of
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Seventh-day Adventist moved to
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Washington DC area.
And efforts were made
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to establish
Health Institutions in
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Southern California as well.
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Already the Rural
Health Retreat had opened
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in 1878 in
Northern California later
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renamed as St. Helena
Sanitarium but many more
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health facilities were needed.
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About this time Mrs.
White was in Los Angles
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area for a camp
meeting when she heard about
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a 20 acre property
near Santiago, California.
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It had a three storey
building that had been
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recently build as
a sanitarium and the
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grounds were
absolutely beautiful.
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The property was
strangely unoccupied and for
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sale for a fraction
of its original price.
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The cost of the
building alone had been $25,000
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and now it's being
offered building and property
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for $12,000, but
still it was more than
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the Adventist could afford.
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Eighteen months go by
and the price was lowered
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until in 1904 it
was offered for a mere
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$4000, complicating
the decision to go to
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purchase this
property was a prolong drought
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in the area. But
Ellen White was impressed by
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the Lord to move
forward and found the way to
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come with the funds.
Soon with the blessing of
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God an abundance of
clear pure water was found
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on the property and
the facility was named the
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Paradise Valley
Sanitarium and it was soon full
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to capacity. That
same year another property
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was found closer to the
Los Angeles that also had
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a well kept three
storey building known as
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Glendale Hotel worth $50,000.
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When the price
eventually came down to $12,000
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the Adventists made
the down payment and with
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the blessing of
God's funds came in,
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and within months the
institution was furnished
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and ready to operate
as Glendale Sanitarium.
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These several institutions
were quite a step in
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faith for the Southern
California Conference of
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the Seventh-day
Adventist with only 1100 members
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strong but God was
already leading for an
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even broader
medical work. Back in 1900
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Ellen White had been
shown a property already
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build with a
beautiful sanitarium and other
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buildings and
with many fruit trees.
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In 1903 a property
was found in the Redlands
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Riverside California
area that matched the
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description perfectly
but the price 110,000,
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it was
prohibitive. But by May of 1905
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when the price
dropped dramatically to only
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$40,000 a decision
was made to move forward
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in faith, and the
property was purchased with the
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$5000 down payment
and soon the balance was
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paid in full. The
property continues
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today as Loma Linda
University with a major
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regional
hospital, medical dental,
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and nursing schools,
and the school of public
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health and many
more. While the work was
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expanding in the early
1900s largely to the west,
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there were repeated
calls for workers who would
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go the south and take
up the work of the Gospel.
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Ellen White counseled,
medical missions must be
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opened as pioneer
agencies to prepare
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the way for the
proclamation of the
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Third Angel's message
to the cities in the south.
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The call was answered by two men
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professors Edward A
Sutherland and Percy Magan
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who had been
leading out in the churches
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educational work first
at Battle Creek and then
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later at Berrien
Springs, Michigan.
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Ellen White was by
this time visiting her son
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near Nashville
Tennessee, her son Edson near
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Nashville,
Tennessee where he operated a
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missionary steamer
boat on Cumberland River.
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He and his wife were
seeking to start education
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work among the
Negro or colored people.
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Edson was just ready
to leave on a trip up the
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river when Ellen
White proposed that they all
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travel together and
invite Sutherland and Magan
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to look for property
with her for another school
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that they would
run. The first day there,
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there was a break down
in the boat's machinery,
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and they tied up
for repair at Edgefield
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Junction Landing, some
12 miles in direct line
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from Nashville. One of
the men working with Edson
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who knew the area
took Mrs. White up on the
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bank of the river
and pointed out to her an
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adjoining 400
acre plantation which
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was for sale. The
bottom land near the river was
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good soil but the
upper part were poor and
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had lots of bare limestone.
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Ellen White was
impressed, she recommends
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Sutherland and
Magan to see the land,
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but they did not see
anything but that was so
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impressive. By this
time The Morning Star boat
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was repaired and they
all headed up river for
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the next several
days. During this time
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Ellen White became
sure that this was the
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property the Lord would
have them to start their
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new school. The
men struggled over this
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recommendation but in
the end decided that since
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the Lord had so
often used Ellen White in
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directing the work of
the church that they should
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trust her this time
also, but where to get the
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funds? $13,000
was a lot of money and
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$5000 of that would
be do in just 10 days.
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Ellen White offered
to help in every way she
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could, she said,
"our people will help you,
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I'll recommend your
work, I'll write an article
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about it in the church paper,
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I'll come on your
board if you wish.
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Do you know that this
is the only time in her
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life that she agreed to
be a member of the board
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of trustees of
any institution and
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which she did, and she served
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faithfully until the
very near end of her life.
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So the Madison
school and farm was legally
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organized in a special way.
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It would be a church
owned and operated school
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but would
formally operated nonprofit
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foundation like the
Biblical model of Paul,
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the self supporting tent making,
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tent maker evangelist.
This school would be a
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self supporting
school but would have close
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cooperative ties to
the Seventh-day Adventist
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church. God proposed
this tuition free school
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from the very beginning.
Half the day was devoted
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to the study, and half to work.
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The institute was
named Nashville Agricultural
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and Normal Institute
and later the Madison
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college. As the school
grew a few old buildings
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both house, both
workers and students but they
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were bursting at the scenes.
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Percy team again in
1908 just four years after
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their modest founding
was able to report great
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progress in the
building, he said this.
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We have erected
eight cottages which will
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accommodate about 36 students.
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Besides these we put
up a small bathroom and a
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laundry and three other
buildings which are used
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for the bakery
and dairy purposes.
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In 1907 we began
erecting three buildings for a
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real sanitarium making
a total of 19 buildings
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that are erected or in
the process of erection.
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Actually as early as
the fall of 1904 at the
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very time that the
Madison was being born
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Mrs. White was writing
letters encouraging that
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the sanitarium be
built in conjunction with the
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school. I have been
instructed that there are
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decided advantages
to be gained by the
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establishment of a
school and a sanitarium
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in close
proximity, that they may be
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a help one to the
other. God bless the sanitarium
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work at Madison
from the very beginning.
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Percy Magan's wife had
died several years earlier
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and when he
remarried, he married
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Dr. Lillian
Eshleman who became the first
00:15:44.95\00:15:47.65
physician for the
new health enterprise.
00:15:47.66\00:15:50.08
From the humble
beginning in 1907 the sanitarium
00:15:50.65\00:15:53.42
were kept expanding,
new additions were regularly
00:15:53.43\00:15:56.74
being added. Many of
the patients came from
00:15:56.75\00:15:59.46
nearby Nashville,
but as the sanitarium's
00:15:59.47\00:16:02.26
reputation of excellence
grew patients came from
00:16:02.27\00:16:06.26
all over the
country. The sanitarium nurses
00:16:06.27\00:16:09.83
training program was
at first a one year course
00:16:09.84\00:16:12.84
uncertified, but with
the Lord's blessing year
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by year the
nursing classes grew.
00:16:16.00\00:16:18.05
By 1915 the nursing
course was extended to
00:16:18.65\00:16:21.82
two years, in 1919
expanded to three years
00:16:21.83\00:16:25.16
training and
their graduates became
00:16:25.17\00:16:27.18
full fledged
recognized professional nurses.
00:16:27.19\00:16:30.33
The sanitarium
specialize in treating its many
00:16:30.34\00:16:33.82
patients with, not with
drugs but with the simple
00:16:33.83\00:16:36.91
natural remedies
and lifestyle change.
00:16:36.92\00:16:40.15
The results were wonderful,
00:16:40.16\00:16:41.71
patients found a
new lease on life.
00:16:41.72\00:16:44.53
Students were taught
how to give the various
00:16:44.97\00:16:47.39
treatments. Here one
staff member is giving
00:16:47.40\00:16:50.11
a whirlpool treatment.
Instructors often work
00:16:50.12\00:16:54.01
closely with their
students making sure the
00:16:54.02\00:16:56.89
patients received
the very best treatments.
00:16:56.90\00:16:59.66
Here the patient is
receiving a steam bath.
00:16:59.67\00:17:02.94
The Madison school and
sanitarium developed many
00:17:03.71\00:17:06.23
auxiliary services,
dental offices were a part
00:17:06.24\00:17:09.61
of the campus
eventually with the additional
00:17:09.62\00:17:12.07
hospital, and
maternity services were also
00:17:12.08\00:17:14.87
offered. Part of the
treatment was to spend
00:17:14.88\00:17:18.34
sometime outdoors in
the fresh sunshine everyday.
00:17:18.35\00:17:22.42
Madison developed
overtime 27 different
00:17:23.04\00:17:26.30
industries to help
enable students to work and
00:17:26.31\00:17:28.67
pay their tuition.
This included a health
00:17:28.68\00:17:31.31
food factory and a
bakery which supplied good
00:17:31.32\00:17:34.10
quality bread and
bakery products for their
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campus and community.
In 1909 the campus hosted
00:17:36.70\00:17:41.03
its first self
supporting convention.
00:17:41.04\00:17:43.56
By this time one
family started the medical
00:17:44.11\00:17:46.69
missionary work in Cuba
and other satellites were
00:17:46.70\00:17:49.99
beginning to be
started in numerous places now
00:17:50.00\00:17:52.78
throughout the south.
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Go ahead, okay. By
1909 the medical work at the
00:17:59.95\00:18:04.21
school had grown to
such significance and needed
00:18:04.22\00:18:07.93
strong stable leadership,
it was recommended that
00:18:07.94\00:18:11.51
both Sutherland and
Magan take medical school
00:18:11.52\00:18:14.20
training nearby at Nashville.
00:18:14.21\00:18:16.41
They began their
studies in 1910 at Vanderbilt
00:18:16.42\00:18:20.25
and the University of Tennessee,
00:18:20.26\00:18:22.24
but also continued to
run the Madison campus
00:18:22.25\00:18:25.75
graduating in 1914.
Sutherland was 50 when
00:18:25.76\00:18:30.33
he obtained his MD
degree. Perhaps to summarize
00:18:30.34\00:18:35.78
this self supporting
pioneering effort on the
00:18:35.79\00:18:38.69
Madison campus
with its health work,
00:18:38.70\00:18:41.35
we can quote from the
Reader's Digest article
00:18:41.36\00:18:45.12
of May 1938 which
incidentally resulted
00:18:45.13\00:18:49.98
in 5000 enquiries.
Today the Madison Rural
00:18:49.99\00:18:54.76
Sanitarium, with 100
rooms up-to-the minute
00:18:54.77\00:18:57.48
equipment, and a
staff of 14 physicians,
00:18:57.49\00:19:00.80
is the institute's
most important industry.
00:19:00.81\00:19:04.00
Although it is
operated for the benefit of the
00:19:04.49\00:19:06.98
college, as rates
of $25 to $35 a week,
00:19:06.99\00:19:11.84
the sanitarium has
never turned away a charity
00:19:11.85\00:19:14.74
patient. Students do
all the routine work,
00:19:14.75\00:19:19.11
getting practical
training in the process of
00:19:19.12\00:19:21.60
earning their education.
The 25 to 30 graduates
00:19:21.61\00:19:25.71
of its nurses' course
are snapped up each year by
00:19:25.72\00:19:31.09
the best hospitals,
and the premedical and
00:19:31.10\00:19:35.37
pre-dental work is
accepted by all the
00:19:35.38\00:19:39.20
colleges and The
American Medical Association.
00:19:39.21\00:19:44.17
Through the years
Madison did a wonderful job
00:19:44.18\00:19:47.24
of training
medical missionary workers,
00:19:47.25\00:19:49.29
encouraging them and
enabling it's graduates to
00:19:49.30\00:19:52.04
leave and go out and
start similar institutions
00:19:52.05\00:19:55.30
throughout the
south. And now here just the
00:19:55.31\00:19:58.11
few of the examples,
on a farm up in the hills
00:19:58.12\00:20:02.33
the surround
Nashville Basin, several Madison
00:20:02.34\00:20:05.45
graduates started one
of the hill schools which
00:20:05.46\00:20:08.48
was called Fountain
Head. Their program was well
00:20:08.49\00:20:11.46
described by a mountain
man who said it this way.
00:20:11.47\00:20:14.61
They help the poor,
they help the sick and
00:20:14.62\00:20:17.68
they learned our
children. Not all the early
00:20:17.69\00:20:22.15
ventures of Madison were rural.
00:20:22.16\00:20:24.04
In 1919 a Polk
Street settlement and a
00:20:24.05\00:20:28.63
cafeteria, and a
treatment room in Nashville were
00:20:28.64\00:20:31.15
operated by Madison graduates.
00:20:31.16\00:20:33.47
The Polk Street
settlement was a day nursery
00:20:33.48\00:20:36.85
where the worker's
mothers could leave their
00:20:36.86\00:20:38.70
children in a place
from which the nurses went
00:20:38.71\00:20:42.95
out into the homes.
The couple pictured on
00:20:42.96\00:20:46.69
the left are Neil
Martin and his wife, parents of
00:20:46.70\00:20:50.13
Edwin Martin who will
be interviewed here in a
00:20:50.14\00:20:53.69
few minutes.
Located near Portland,
00:20:53.70\00:20:56.20
Tennessee was
where another hill school
00:20:56.21\00:20:59.12
started called
Chestnut Hill Farm School.
00:20:59.13\00:21:01.88
To this house upon
the hill came those in the
00:21:02.47\00:21:05.24
community who
needed medical help.
00:21:05.25\00:21:07.12
And to the little
school house that had
00:21:07.13\00:21:09.12
been added came whole
families who felt the need
00:21:09.13\00:21:12.00
of an education.
The idea of a medical
00:21:12.01\00:21:15.06
and educational work
for North Carolina was
00:21:15.07\00:21:17.29
conceived early in
1910 not far away from
00:21:17.30\00:21:21.18
Asheville, a property
was found in the beautiful
00:21:21.19\00:21:24.08
valley surrounded by
hills and it was originally
00:21:24.09\00:21:26.91
called the
Naples Agricultural and
00:21:26.92\00:21:29.33
Normal School. A few
years later a medical
00:21:29.34\00:21:32.45
work was started
under the simple name
00:21:32.46\00:21:34.40
Mountain Sanitarium.
Today, Fletcher Academy
00:21:34.41\00:21:38.74
continues as a self
supporting school with
00:21:38.75\00:21:41.23
anticipated enrollment
for next year of a 150
00:21:41.24\00:21:44.18
students and the
hospital is run by Adventists
00:21:44.19\00:21:47.07
Health Systems.
Pisgah Institute was
00:21:47.08\00:21:50.57
also located in
Western North Carolina,
00:21:50.58\00:21:53.38
nine miles from the
city of Asheville where
00:21:53.39\00:21:56.78
school was established
in 1914 and the sanitarium
00:21:56.79\00:22:00.54
was later started.
This institution has trained
00:22:00.55\00:22:04.02
hundreds of young
people who have gone forth
00:22:04.03\00:22:06.80
to serve their church
at home and in foreign
00:22:06.81\00:22:09.30
lands. Today Mount
Pisgah Academy is owned
00:22:09.31\00:22:12.38
and operated by the
Carolina Conference and
00:22:12.39\00:22:15.55
has an enrollment
of a 142 students.
00:22:15.56\00:22:18.59
Near Florence, Alabama,
the Lord blessed with the
00:22:19.80\00:22:23.79
founding of El
Reposo Sanitarium by Madison
00:22:23.80\00:22:28.55
graduate Neil
Martin, his wife and several
00:22:28.56\00:22:32.11
others. Years later,
two of the Martin boys,
00:22:32.12\00:22:36.08
Charles and Edwin
former Fletcher students along
00:22:36.09\00:22:39.55
with their wives
took over the management
00:22:39.56\00:22:42.49
of El Reposo. The Hulbert Farm
00:22:42.50\00:22:46.45
and Scott's
Sanitarium in Reeves,
00:22:46.46\00:22:49.34
Georgia began its
operation in 1914,
00:22:49.35\00:22:53.80
medical, educational
and agricultural activities
00:22:54.48\00:22:57.47
were carried out under
the name of Rural Health
00:22:57.48\00:23:00.64
Educational Institute
which also sponsored to
00:23:00.65\00:23:04.31
cafeteria and
treatment rooms in Chattanooga,
00:23:04.32\00:23:07.72
Tennessee. Anyone who
drives the 17 miles from
00:23:07.73\00:23:12.17
Louisville,
Kentucky to the Pewee Valley
00:23:12.18\00:23:14.23
Sanitarium and hospital
will enjoy the fragrance
00:23:14.24\00:23:17.31
of honeysuckle and
magnolia, and the rolling
00:23:17.32\00:23:20.01
infields of blue grass.
The work at Pewee Valley
00:23:20.02\00:23:23.04
was started by a group
of nurses from Louisville.
00:23:23.05\00:23:25.37
The property was
purchased in 1924,
00:23:25.88\00:23:28.42
starting in a log
building it grew and in time to
00:23:28.43\00:23:31.17
become a school
and a sanitarium,
00:23:31.18\00:23:33.44
many Madison's students
have been connected with
00:23:33.45\00:23:35.75
the Pewee Valley
work. The Lawrenceburg
00:23:35.76\00:23:38.87
Sanitarium and Hospital
was located 6 miles from
00:23:38.88\00:23:41.47
Lawrenceburg,
Tennessee and came into
00:23:41.48\00:23:43.73
existence in 1919. Its
objectives were medical,
00:23:43.74\00:23:48.08
education, agricultural
work on the original
00:23:48.09\00:23:51.70
42 acre farm. Other
farms were added then
00:23:51.71\00:23:55.84
a larger sanitarium was
built operating under the
00:23:55.85\00:23:58.55
name of the Lawrenceburg
Rural School and Health
00:23:58.56\00:24:01.22
Retreat. This institution
is unique and that for
00:24:01.23\00:24:04.88
many years it was
operated by Madison and served
00:24:04.89\00:24:08.33
as a training center
for rural school and rest
00:24:08.34\00:24:11.36
home work. There were
actually many other self
00:24:11.37\00:24:15.56
supporting medical
institution schools,
00:24:15.57\00:24:17.92
vegetarian
cafeterias throughout the south.
00:24:17.93\00:24:20.71
Time doesn't allow
covering them all but one
00:24:21.17\00:24:24.56
more project will be
of interest to our ASI
00:24:24.57\00:24:28.86
attendees here in Louisville.
00:24:28.87\00:24:31.37
That's right Janet and
here are the two photos
00:24:31.38\00:24:33.27
of, one of the
vegetarian cafeterias once
00:24:33.28\00:24:35.94
operating right
here in Louisville.
00:24:35.95\00:24:38.13
Pictured on the
outside is the cafeteria and
00:24:38.14\00:24:41.36
this other picture is
the inside photo showing
00:24:41.37\00:24:44.03
a large spaces dining room area.
00:24:44.04\00:24:46.75
By the 1940s Madison
had been responsible for
00:24:46.76\00:24:50.60
raising up over a 50
or more self supporting
00:24:50.61\00:24:53.61
institutions. Eventually
the church felt a need
00:24:53.62\00:24:57.23
to get more closely
associated with these many
00:24:57.24\00:24:59.44
facilities and to
assist in any way that it
00:24:59.45\00:25:02.22
could. It may come as
a no surprise with the
00:25:02.23\00:25:05.20
church in 1948, in
1946 reached out to the
00:25:05.21\00:25:09.24
president of the
Madison College Dr. Sutherland
00:25:09.25\00:25:12.32
who had served
Madison for 42 years.
00:25:12.33\00:25:15.47
They invited him to
move to the church head
00:25:15.94\00:25:18.95
quarters in Washington
DC and become the head
00:25:18.96\00:25:22.05
of a newly organized
commission on rural living
00:25:22.06\00:25:24.68
that will foster
rural living and self
00:25:24.69\00:25:26.80
supporting missionary
work in North America.
00:25:26.81\00:25:29.84
Soon it was known as
the association of the
00:25:30.33\00:25:33.19
Seventh-day
Adventist self supporting
00:25:33.20\00:25:34.92
institutions or as
we now know the initials
00:25:34.93\00:25:37.92
simply ASI. Self
supporting work has
00:25:37.93\00:25:41.92
grown beyond any one's dream,
00:25:41.93\00:25:45.25
and was having a
significant impact on the
00:25:45.26\00:25:47.97
communities. They
were located in and near as
00:25:47.98\00:25:51.73
well as on the
Seventh -day Adventist church.
00:25:51.74\00:25:54.01
Now Dr. Sutherland
would have the opportunity
00:25:54.42\00:25:58.57
to find ways
through the newly formed ASI
00:25:58.58\00:26:02.18
organizations to keep
these institutions united
00:26:02.19\00:26:05.37
and focus on the
great commission of Jesus
00:26:05.38\00:26:09.16
to teach, preach and
hear all over the world,
00:26:09.17\00:26:13.96
heal all over the
world. With the Lord's blessing
00:26:13.97\00:26:16.96
the ASI organization
did grow larger through the
00:26:16.97\00:26:20.55
years. And in 1961
broaden its membership base to
00:26:20.56\00:26:24.74
include Adventist
businessmen and women.
00:26:24.75\00:26:27.09
The goal remains
the same emphasizing the
00:26:28.34\00:26:30.74
importance of Christian
witness in the workplace.
00:26:30.75\00:26:33.75
To provide a place, a
fellowship for lay persons
00:26:33.76\00:26:37.03
with like goals and
enhance the Christian
00:26:37.04\00:26:40.26
principles of
business. It seems that the
00:26:40.27\00:26:43.53
Lord has abundantly
blessed this organization,
00:26:43.54\00:26:46.86
and it just keeps on
growing not only larger
00:26:46.87\00:26:49.92
but more effective in
its outreach activities
00:26:49.93\00:26:52.86
around the
world. By 1917 and again
00:26:52.87\00:26:56.48
in 1979 some name
adjustments were made to
00:26:56.49\00:27:00.05
fit the growing army
who were sharing Christ in
00:27:00.06\00:27:02.56
the workplace, and it
was still ASI but now it
00:27:02.57\00:27:06.58
was called
Adventist- laymen's Services and
00:27:06.59\00:27:09.78
Industries, a
perfect fit for a great
00:27:09.79\00:27:12.94
organization. It's
being a blessing to review
00:27:12.95\00:27:17.55
this amazing history
of self supporting medical
00:27:17.56\00:27:21.33
missionary work. And
it's a great pleasure for me
00:27:21.34\00:27:24.57
to also be able to
invite two men whose lifework
00:27:24.58\00:27:28.75
is a great tie to us
to the past and even the
00:27:28.76\00:27:31.83
present. I have
with me today Brother
00:27:31.84\00:27:34.48
Bob Sutherland who is
going to spend just a few
00:27:34.49\00:27:37.46
moments with us on our
history of self supporting
00:27:37.47\00:27:41.74
medical missionary
work. Brother Sutherland
00:27:41.75\00:27:44.63
your grandfather E.
A. Sutherland pioneered
00:27:44.64\00:27:48.64
the Madison College
along with Percy Magan and
00:27:48.65\00:27:51.73
several others of
course. And your parents also
00:27:51.74\00:27:56.04
were involved, in
fact I guess they met
00:27:56.05\00:27:57.96
each other at
Madison. Yes they did.
00:27:57.97\00:28:01.92
And then your father
became a physician like
00:28:02.74\00:28:05.47
grandfather. Yes.
And he served at Madison.
00:28:05.48\00:28:09.30
Yes, he did. And then
you came along and you
00:28:09.31\00:28:12.74
were raised at
Madison and you started,
00:28:12.75\00:28:14.86
you met your wife at Madison.
00:28:14.87\00:28:16.44
Absolutely 62 years
ago. Isn't that a blessing
00:28:16.45\00:28:20.46
folks, can we all say, amen.
00:28:20.47\00:28:21.75
So that's a
wonderful history and these
00:28:23.15\00:28:25.98
institutions are very
good for providing just
00:28:25.99\00:28:28.31
the right wives,
aren't they? Oh yeah. Amen.
00:28:28.32\00:28:30.97
And so after you had
raised your family there,
00:28:31.69\00:28:36.87
so you really saw Madison in its
00:28:36.88\00:28:39.35
heydays in so
many different ways,
00:28:39.36\00:28:41.15
didn't you? Yes, I
did. Now you were there at
00:28:41.16\00:28:45.17
the time probably in
your twenties when that
00:28:45.18\00:28:47.74
article came out in the
Reader's Digest in 1938.
00:28:47.75\00:28:51.95
I wouldn't be in my
twenties but I was around.
00:28:52.59\00:28:54.83
Okay, you were
around. And what was that like
00:28:54.84\00:28:58.76
when that article came out?
00:28:58.77\00:29:00.19
What happened to Paul Edison?
00:29:00.20\00:29:01.75
We didn't have
a room to put him.
00:29:01.76\00:29:03.33
You didn't I mean
5000 people asking that was
00:29:03.34\00:29:06.81
phenomenal,
wasn't it? Yes, it was.
00:29:06.82\00:29:08.81
But it was a real
testimony to see how
00:29:08.82\00:29:11.54
the world was
even responding to,
00:29:11.55\00:29:14.11
to be able to
respect such a simple but a
00:29:14.12\00:29:19.61
prosperous self
supporting school.
00:29:19.62\00:29:21.49
I have a question for
you because you did see
00:29:22.58\00:29:25.20
the different
industries there and so forth.
00:29:25.21\00:29:27.85
The theme that drew
many people from the West
00:29:27.86\00:29:30.95
or the East of the
United States was that you
00:29:30.96\00:29:33.20
could go to the
Madison and earn your way
00:29:33.21\00:29:35.30
through to wish a Roman board,
00:29:35.31\00:29:37.01
how did that really
worked? It worked fine,
00:29:37.02\00:29:40.33
people came there
with no money at all,
00:29:40.34\00:29:42.28
got a four year
education and went away with
00:29:42.29\00:29:44.85
money in their
pocket and a career.
00:29:44.86\00:29:47.53
And what was it
like? What was the daily
00:29:48.35\00:29:50.41
schedule life for them?
Well started early in the
00:29:50.42\00:29:54.03
morning if you are
milking cows and late in the
00:29:54.04\00:29:57.23
evening after you got off work.
00:29:57.24\00:30:00.05
And they have
some time to study too?
00:30:00.06\00:30:02.15
Oh yes. So about half and half.
00:30:02.16\00:30:04.53
That's the way the
program is supposed to work
00:30:05.03\00:30:06.89
as. That's a
pretty balanced program,
00:30:06.90\00:30:08.58
wasn't it? Now as the
institution we know was
00:30:08.59\00:30:14.26
self supporting, they
had up to 27 different
00:30:14.27\00:30:16.98
industries. Yes. But
as the work spread as the
00:30:16.99\00:30:20.27
vision was to go
out and do likewise,
00:30:20.28\00:30:22.68
that costs money
and that I know that the
00:30:23.32\00:30:25.27
campus couldn't
earn, how did God give us
00:30:25.28\00:30:27.79
an example? How did God
provide for some of those
00:30:27.80\00:30:30.05
multiple new projects?
Well, for lot of people
00:30:30.06\00:30:33.68
Mrs. Scott came there
from up in the Northeast,
00:30:33.69\00:30:39.68
made her life at
Madison she was a daughter of
00:30:40.52\00:30:44.45
Mr. Funk who
established Funk and Wagnall's
00:30:44.46\00:30:47.07
publishing company.
She made her life there and
00:30:47.08\00:30:50.33
could spend her
inheritance helping
00:30:50.34\00:30:53.07
Madison and sustaining
it by building buildings
00:30:53.08\00:30:57.83
and also by buying
properties to hold for our
00:30:57.84\00:31:01.21
institutions, did
wanted to start in future.
00:31:01.22\00:31:03.82
And that was one of
God's way of helping many of
00:31:05.48\00:31:08.23
them to get jump start.
And then somebody wanted
00:31:08.24\00:31:10.78
to go out and start,
and Madison might give him
00:31:10.79\00:31:12.64
a cow or a piece of
equipment to help him get
00:31:12.65\00:31:15.06
started. Any thing
they could do to encourage
00:31:15.07\00:31:17.53
them and get them
off to a good beginning.
00:31:17.54\00:31:20.16
They were always
part of the family. Amen.
00:31:20.17\00:31:23.30
Thank you
brother Sutherland today,
00:31:23.74\00:31:25.04
he still serves the
Madison Alumni Board
00:31:25.05\00:31:28.53
and the curator of
the Heritage Housing.
00:31:28.54\00:31:31.16
We appreciate what you
and all your family did to
00:31:31.17\00:31:34.20
give us such a
beautiful heritage and self
00:31:34.21\00:31:36.44
supporting work.
Well just a matter of
00:31:36.45\00:31:39.20
being willing to do
what the Lord asks. Amen,
00:31:39.21\00:31:41.84
thank you so much
brother Sutherland.
00:31:41.85\00:31:43.47
Brother Edwin
Martin, Nashville, Tennessee,
00:31:48.57\00:31:51.13
we have known you
for the number of years
00:31:51.14\00:31:53.16
and I have worked
with you together on
00:31:53.17\00:31:54.53
different projects.
Your father went to Madison,
00:31:54.54\00:31:57.75
he met his wife
there. Your evangelist
00:31:57.76\00:32:01.24
grandfather came there
from California to join
00:32:01.25\00:32:03.73
self supporting
medical machinery work at
00:32:03.74\00:32:06.21
Madison. You
attended Madison part of the
00:32:06.22\00:32:09.21
time had some army in
between and you met your
00:32:09.22\00:32:12.01
Mary Bell at
Madison. I did. And she took
00:32:12.02\00:32:15.70
nurse's training
there, didn't she?
00:32:15.71\00:32:17.12
And she said I
will. And she said I will.
00:32:17.13\00:32:19.85
And you became a lab
technician as I remember,
00:32:20.98\00:32:24.19
and like your grandfather,
and like your father,
00:32:25.52\00:32:28.55
the time came that
you and Mary Bell felt the
00:32:28.56\00:32:31.60
call to do likewise
and you devoted much of
00:32:31.61\00:32:34.66
your life to self
supporting ministries.
00:32:34.67\00:32:36.30
Well, I have to say
it took my wife a little
00:32:37.55\00:32:39.27
longer to get the
call than it did me,
00:32:39.28\00:32:41.24
but she eventually came across.
00:32:41.88\00:32:43.66
Okay I see you are
down there Mary Bell.
00:32:43.67\00:32:45.98
And well that's what
it takes us while the Lord
00:32:45.99\00:32:48.91
puts us together sort
of balance one and another
00:32:48.92\00:32:51.62
and maybe sometimes we
need those breaks as well
00:32:51.63\00:32:54.76
as we think about it carefully.
00:32:54.77\00:32:56.21
So with you and your
wife, your brother and his
00:32:56.69\00:32:59.91
wife, and your father
and family you started
00:32:59.92\00:33:03.21
El Reposo in Florence, Alabama,
00:33:03.22\00:33:06.33
and you worked there many years.
00:33:06.34\00:33:08.15
When you left Charles
continued there the rest
00:33:08.16\00:33:10.59
of his life. Right,
right. You went on with
00:33:10.60\00:33:13.49
Mary Bell over to
Lawrenceburg to run the
00:33:13.50\00:33:16.20
Lawrenceburg
Sanitarium and Hospital in
00:33:16.21\00:33:18.95
Lawrenceburg,
Tennessee, and that was pretty
00:33:18.96\00:33:21.46
serious business, wasn't it?
00:33:21.47\00:33:22.84
Yes, you just saw the
picture of Lawrenceburg
00:33:22.85\00:33:25.45
too that's the way it
looked when we were there.
00:33:25.46\00:33:27.38
Is that right? We
were there nine years,
00:33:27.39\00:33:30.00
a great training
place. What motivated you to
00:33:31.82\00:33:34.46
join self supporting
work, I mean you didn't have
00:33:34.47\00:33:36.62
to, I can't imagine
it was for the salaries?
00:33:36.63\00:33:39.73
Well, yeah, they
paid really good wages,
00:33:39.74\00:33:42.80
I think we made $100 a month,
00:33:43.32\00:33:46.40
and that was for
the two of us. Oh I see.
00:33:46.41\00:33:49.31
And it wasn't a forty
hour a week either by the
00:33:49.32\00:33:51.35
way. I see, okay. Well
we all know actually those
00:33:51.36\00:33:55.76
who have been in self
supporting work that it is
00:33:55.77\00:33:57.85
not a simple work,
it's full of many blessings,
00:33:57.86\00:34:01.18
but there is never
enough money for everything
00:34:01.19\00:34:03.25
is there? Never.
If the roof's leaking,
00:34:03.26\00:34:05.55
if the van doesn't
run, if the boiler breaks
00:34:05.56\00:34:09.09
down, you got to find a
way to fix it, don't you?
00:34:09.10\00:34:11.85
Right. And so as you
think back on your life
00:34:11.86\00:34:16.23
and your investment,
if you had a choice to
00:34:16.24\00:34:20.36
consider whether you
do this over again or not,
00:34:20.37\00:34:22.91
would you do it
again? I surely would.
00:34:22.92\00:34:25.29
And what was it,
why would you say that?
00:34:26.20\00:34:28.37
What it do for you?
Well, first of all I want to
00:34:28.38\00:34:31.64
say God is good, isn't He? Amen.
00:34:31.65\00:34:34.51
I would like to
encourage any of you out there
00:34:36.04\00:34:37.85
who are not
exactly sure that where the
00:34:37.86\00:34:40.84
Lord want you to be,
or doing exactly what He
00:34:40.85\00:34:43.90
wants you to do?
That you would seek
00:34:43.91\00:34:46.08
His guidance and
listen carefully when you know
00:34:46.09\00:34:50.23
what and where
He wants you to be,
00:34:50.24\00:34:51.94
give it your very best.
And He'll be responsible
00:34:51.95\00:34:56.56
for the results,
we don't have to worry
00:34:56.57\00:34:58.53
about that. There were
many times when the going
00:34:58.54\00:35:03.88
was pretty tough and
you weren't sure where
00:35:03.89\00:35:05.66
to go, what to do?
Well there were times we
00:35:05.67\00:35:08.87
didn't understand,
why things happened,
00:35:08.88\00:35:10.95
like loosing a
job, but the truth is
00:35:10.96\00:35:14.65
that it was time
for us to move on.
00:35:14.66\00:35:17.22
It's very clear to
us today that everything
00:35:17.89\00:35:20.15
that happened to us
and every move that we
00:35:20.16\00:35:22.76
made was God leading us
along to teach us lesson
00:35:22.77\00:35:26.91
that we needed to
learn to prepare us for the
00:35:26.92\00:35:29.75
next phase of our
life. We expect that even to
00:35:29.76\00:35:34.29
the retirement
years, He had led us to the
00:35:34.30\00:35:37.29
right place at the
right time; we expect our next
00:35:37.30\00:35:40.39
move to be the heaven.
And yes, if I had it all
00:35:40.40\00:35:44.29
to do all over
again, we do the same thing.
00:35:44.30\00:35:48.10
Maybe I've not
been blessed above all
00:35:48.97\00:35:51.10
people that I know
off. We thank the Lord
00:35:51.11\00:35:53.88
everyday for His goodness to us.
00:35:53.89\00:35:55.82
Thank you Brother
Martin, let's give these two
00:35:57.29\00:35:58.84
men a great amen.
Thank for every thing
00:35:58.85\00:36:02.35
that you represent.
Thank you. Thank you for
00:36:02.36\00:36:03.78
being with us.
Now it's my privilege
00:36:03.79\00:36:07.70
to present to you some
photos of present day self
00:36:07.71\00:36:12.23
supporting
medical missionary work.
00:36:12.24\00:36:14.33
There are many
institutions you'll be
00:36:14.88\00:36:16.56
surprised at the
variety of that there maybe.
00:36:16.57\00:36:19.28
We're gonna be
able to just give you a
00:36:19.29\00:36:20.89
sampling in a few
minutes that I have to share
00:36:20.90\00:36:23.41
with you, so we're
gonna move very quickly
00:36:23.42\00:36:25.87
but I wanted to give
you a nice overview of what
00:36:25.88\00:36:28.96
God is doing through
other lay people here in
00:36:28.97\00:36:31.82
United States
and around the world.
00:36:31.83\00:36:33.72
Let's start up in
Oak Haven in Michigan at
00:36:34.34\00:36:37.29
country life natural
foods, wholesale foods
00:36:37.30\00:36:40.56
in Pullman Michigan.
This is the entrance to
00:36:40.57\00:36:43.12
their 1200 acre
campus. Next we see a picture
00:36:43.13\00:36:46.70
of them gathered
together in their large health
00:36:46.71\00:36:48.93
food facility on
the campus there.
00:36:48.94\00:36:51.59
And if you know
anything about Oak Haven you
00:36:51.60\00:36:54.14
surely want to
try their granola.
00:36:54.15\00:36:56.13
And here's the picture
of their baking of that
00:36:56.14\00:36:58.87
product, its
shipped all over the
00:36:58.88\00:37:00.52
Great Lake States
through delivery trucks
00:37:00.53\00:37:02.89
and people will get
it by UPS all over the
00:37:02.90\00:37:05.80
country. There are
other health food stores
00:37:05.81\00:37:09.01
of course in United
States, our time doesn't
00:37:09.02\00:37:11.32
allow to picture them
all, so I wanted to mention
00:37:11.33\00:37:14.28
some of the restaurant
and health food stores,
00:37:14.29\00:37:16.28
for instance the
Wildwood one in Chattanooga
00:37:16.29\00:37:19.29
Tennessee, the
Country Life Columbus,
00:37:19.30\00:37:23.43
Georgia are run by Yuchi Pines,
00:37:23.44\00:37:25.28
out in New Hampshire
in Keene New Hampshire
00:37:25.69\00:37:28.26
Country Life up in
Portage Wisconsin is another
00:37:28.27\00:37:31.05
Country Life. I would
like to share some now in
00:37:31.06\00:37:34.61
Europe with you as we
go to Country Life Marsey
00:37:34.62\00:37:38.03
in South France.
Here's a picture of their
00:37:38.04\00:37:41.00
beautiful health food
shop that you'd visit if
00:37:41.01\00:37:43.28
you ever went
there, and how about the
00:37:43.29\00:37:45.55
sampling from their restaurant.
00:37:45.56\00:37:47.04
I think you would
be interested to know
00:37:47.51\00:37:49.49
that they make
some very good pies.
00:37:49.50\00:37:51.47
In Basel, Switzerland
here is the front of their
00:37:52.34\00:37:55.13
beautiful little
restaurant and health
00:37:55.14\00:37:57.09
food store on the
first floor as you see there
00:37:57.10\00:37:59.98
pictured is
their health food shop,
00:37:59.99\00:38:02.18
and on the second
floor is a beautiful
00:38:02.19\00:38:04.54
restaurant. Let's
look inside the building,
00:38:04.55\00:38:06.90
and here we see the
health food shop well stocked
00:38:06.91\00:38:09.90
with natural foods.
And on the second floor
00:38:09.91\00:38:12.83
if you were there
you could take a look at
00:38:12.84\00:38:14.73
what the cook was
making as they prepare some
00:38:14.74\00:38:17.63
food for the
restaurant. We have other
00:38:17.64\00:38:20.84
institutions restaurant
and health food stores in
00:38:20.85\00:38:23.72
South America, in
Chile, in Uruguay, in Columbia,
00:38:23.73\00:38:28.14
in Costa Rica,
in Demonic Republic,
00:38:28.15\00:38:31.29
in Puerto Rico, in
Europe they are in Spain,
00:38:31.77\00:38:34.85
Poland, a half a
dozen in Czech Republic,
00:38:34.86\00:38:37.99
Norway and in South
Korea. Now I would like to
00:38:38.00\00:38:42.91
turn to some of
the lifestyle centers,
00:38:42.92\00:38:45.69
the wellness centers
where you can go for two
00:38:45.70\00:38:48.15
or three weeks to get
your weight worked on if
00:38:48.16\00:38:51.39
you need to reverse
some diabetes, heart disease
00:38:51.40\00:38:55.28
any number of
lifestyle diseases to our
00:38:55.29\00:38:58.77
lifestyle centers. We
go to South Dakota first of
00:38:58.78\00:39:01.83
all to Black Hills
Health and Education Centre
00:39:01.84\00:39:05.00
which offers
thirteen and twenty day living
00:39:05.01\00:39:07.88
programs, nestled in a
beautiful Canyon Valley
00:39:07.89\00:39:11.68
there in South Dakota
is Black Hills Education
00:39:11.69\00:39:14.86
Centre. When you are
there you would be treated
00:39:14.87\00:39:18.16
to one of the
nation's historic monuments on
00:39:18.17\00:39:20.85
your outings to the
nearby famous Mount Rushmore.
00:39:20.86\00:39:24.60
There facility is
beautifully located
00:39:25.46\00:39:27.55
in a quite roll setting
as most of our lifestyle
00:39:27.56\00:39:31.08
centers are out in
the country as we were
00:39:31.09\00:39:32.64
counseled. There is
experience there in the
00:39:32.65\00:39:35.91
kitchen with
some hands on cooking.
00:39:35.92\00:39:38.12
In the morning you can
join the group for some
00:39:38.71\00:39:41.17
warm up exercises,
and during the day there
00:39:41.18\00:39:44.34
is time for some one
on one personnel therapy
00:39:44.35\00:39:47.70
by the therapists
there. Now we go the
00:39:47.71\00:39:51.23
Eden Valley Colorado
to the lifestyle center
00:39:51.24\00:39:54.43
located near
Loveland, Colorado in the foot
00:39:54.44\00:39:56.98
of the Rocky Mountains.
Here is the entrance to
00:39:56.99\00:40:00.70
the campus and some of
the guests out there are
00:40:00.71\00:40:04.06
getting some good exercise,
00:40:04.07\00:40:06.01
here's it not
always winter in Colorado
00:40:06.02\00:40:08.60
fortunately, here's the
beautiful campus setting
00:40:08.61\00:40:11.21
there. And the next
picture is their lifestyle
00:40:11.22\00:40:14.75
center where
the patients reside.
00:40:14.76\00:40:18.47
And finally I know you
are always interested in
00:40:18.48\00:40:21.47
their food, here's
the patients going through
00:40:21.48\00:40:23.89
the buffet. Then there
is the lifestyle center
00:40:23.90\00:40:26.91
of America located
in Sulphur, Oklahoma
00:40:26.92\00:40:30.76
offering 12 and 18 day programs,
00:40:30.77\00:40:32.95
a beautiful facility
very modern and up to date
00:40:32.96\00:40:35.97
in most every way.
Here you see an evening
00:40:35.98\00:40:39.47
short of the
facility. Inside the building
00:40:39.48\00:40:42.51
there is one on one
nutrition counseling,
00:40:42.52\00:40:44.81
and they have a
lovely indoor track that
00:40:44.82\00:40:48.60
surrounds the gymnasium,
they have an indoor pool
00:40:48.61\00:40:52.23
and many other
exercise facilities for you.
00:40:52.24\00:40:55.78
Next we like to go
back overseas to Europe to
00:40:56.96\00:41:00.21
Fredheim Heath
Centre in Kongsberg, Norway
00:41:00.22\00:41:03.92
which has been
operating 12 day continuous
00:41:03.93\00:41:06.64
programs for the last 25 years,
00:41:06.65\00:41:09.11
they are on the
mountain setting.
00:41:09.76\00:41:10.91
You'll see a
beautiful facility where the
00:41:11.53\00:41:13.87
patients come and can
hike the mountains and the
00:41:13.88\00:41:16.51
vigorous fresh
air. Then we would like
00:41:16.52\00:41:19.07
to show you the
educational facility for
00:41:19.08\00:41:21.42
the medical
missionary school located about
00:41:21.43\00:41:24.33
40 miles away on the
other part of the campus
00:41:24.34\00:41:27.39
where they do the
agricultural work.
00:41:27.40\00:41:29.45
There you see the
kitchen, there's a kitchen
00:41:29.46\00:41:31.34
dinning room and class
room facilities for the
00:41:31.35\00:41:34.00
students. This
institution support itself with
00:41:34.01\00:41:37.17
some serious industries
in the nearby commercial
00:41:37.18\00:41:40.79
buildings that they
were able to purchase through
00:41:40.80\00:41:42.49
providence. They
have in that building the
00:41:42.50\00:41:45.08
Chapel, their
bakeries, their press and if you
00:41:45.09\00:41:48.09
see the little red
box on the side of the
00:41:48.10\00:41:49.84
building, the town's
post office run by our
00:41:49.85\00:41:52.99
institution. They do
bread baking there in a
00:41:53.00\00:41:56.45
serious way not loaves
by 10s, 20s, and a 100s
00:41:56.46\00:42:00.39
but the loaves by
the 1000s as you see here
00:42:00.40\00:42:03.33
pictured they go by
semi truck all over Norway,
00:42:03.34\00:42:06.91
Denmark, and parts of Sweden.
00:42:06.92\00:42:09.35
There outreach
program is pretty vigorous,
00:42:10.05\00:42:12.12
they work in the
malls, they present health
00:42:12.13\00:42:15.00
expo programs. Here
you see them in the mall
00:42:15.01\00:42:18.38
and then inside the
mall as the people come in
00:42:18.39\00:42:20.96
to shop, they are
invited to go through
00:42:20.97\00:42:23.26
the health expo.
It's a wonderful way to
00:42:23.27\00:42:25.48
contact people and
make friends through the
00:42:25.49\00:42:27.90
exercise step
test. And when everything
00:42:27.91\00:42:30.83
is done on the
screening program,
00:42:30.84\00:42:32.14
you can always surely
satisfy them with a nice
00:42:32.15\00:42:35.24
anti stress chair
message. Let's move now to the
00:42:35.25\00:42:39.76
Eastern Europe to
Huggley a health center there
00:42:39.77\00:42:43.55
in Romania. Here
this lifestyle center the
00:42:43.56\00:42:47.48
busiest lifestyle
self supporting lifestyle
00:42:47.49\00:42:49.93
center in the world
taking an average of 50
00:42:49.94\00:42:52.63
patients a session
started only in 1996 and
00:42:52.64\00:42:56.77
since then have served
over 7000 people not for a
00:42:56.78\00:43:00.48
one or two day program
these are 2 weeks program
00:43:00.49\00:43:03.55
consecutively
follow throughout the year.
00:43:03.56\00:43:06.57
To the southern part
of this facility is the
00:43:07.49\00:43:10.37
beautiful pastural
views to the valleys.
00:43:10.38\00:43:12.65
It's on of the most
beautiful sites that
00:43:12.66\00:43:15.14
we have, the rooms
are very comfortable for
00:43:15.15\00:43:18.59
anyone to come
there. They give excellent
00:43:18.60\00:43:21.76
treatments there as
well, they have a well
00:43:21.77\00:43:25.06
developed campus
that now includes not only
00:43:25.07\00:43:29.89
the original building
when this facility started
00:43:29.90\00:43:32.65
there was a Soya
bean field and all these
00:43:32.66\00:43:35.05
buildings had been
added since 1996, 1999 the
00:43:35.06\00:43:38.78
school buildings
were added for a medical
00:43:38.79\00:43:41.20
missionary training
program. And in the next
00:43:41.21\00:43:44.37
picture you see God's
rainbow blessing right
00:43:44.38\00:43:46.99
over the school and sanitarium.
00:43:47.00\00:43:49.18
In the last picture
from Herghelia we'll show
00:43:49.19\00:43:51.85
one of the classroom
shots. We train students
00:43:51.86\00:43:55.20
from eight surrounding
Eastern European countries
00:43:55.21\00:43:58.67
who come there to
receive medical missionary
00:43:58.68\00:44:01.18
training. Let's go a
little further East and
00:44:01.19\00:44:04.08
North into the
former Soviet Union up into
00:44:04.09\00:44:07.37
South Ukraine to
Krakow to the new life,
00:44:07.38\00:44:11.12
lifestyle center
who has 11 days sessions
00:44:11.13\00:44:14.88
repeatedly. Here you
see their little sanitarium
00:44:14.89\00:44:17.91
building; they can
now take about 16 patients
00:44:17.92\00:44:20.90
per session. People
told us in the Soviet country
00:44:20.91\00:44:24.15
where medicine is
free, people will never pay
00:44:24.16\00:44:26.61
to come in and pay
privately but ever since
00:44:26.62\00:44:30.07
the facility opened
there's been a 6 month
00:44:30.08\00:44:32.01
waiting list because
they get real treatments in
00:44:32.02\00:44:34.73
a real center, and
so people are happy
00:44:34.74\00:44:37.09
to come there.
Next picture shows just
00:44:37.10\00:44:39.68
behind the
sanitarium you are just a stones
00:44:39.69\00:44:42.34
throw from the huge
Boog river that you can
00:44:42.35\00:44:45.15
overlook from the sanitarium.
00:44:45.16\00:44:47.33
They have excellent
physician care one on one
00:44:47.82\00:44:50.64
there with our
physicians and the massage
00:44:50.65\00:44:53.66
therapists are very
experienced in the work
00:44:53.67\00:44:56.68
they have done since
2000. And outside the
00:44:56.69\00:45:00.30
group together in our last
00:45:00.31\00:45:02.26
picture for a group of
the lifestyle guests and
00:45:02.27\00:45:05.01
some of the staff
gathered with them.
00:45:05.02\00:45:07.20
Then God bless for
another sanitarium in
00:45:08.12\00:45:10.54
Ukraine that opened in
January 1 of 2002 called
00:45:10.55\00:45:14.57
Novi Obihody or
the new Novi Obihody.
00:45:14.58\00:45:17.73
This lifestyle centre
also has 11 days programs
00:45:17.74\00:45:21.68
repeatedly. This
facility as you see there
00:45:21.69\00:45:24.51
pictured the large
building is the health
00:45:24.52\00:45:26.38
center for about 24
patients now and the
00:45:26.39\00:45:29.82
homes as you see
further down there we purchase
00:45:29.83\00:45:32.71
for about $300 each
they weren't finished but
00:45:32.72\00:45:35.91
we're able to originally
buy the property land,
00:45:35.92\00:45:38.46
buildings and
everything for around $300 each.
00:45:38.47\00:45:42.23
They grow flowers
profusely there as we were
00:45:42.24\00:45:44.77
counseled to do
for our sanitariums.
00:45:44.78\00:45:47.41
The patients get a
good education program,
00:45:47.80\00:45:49.98
they have a regular
cooking classes and how to
00:45:49.99\00:45:52.66
make good healthful
food. The physicians spend
00:45:52.67\00:45:56.50
time with their
patients answering their
00:45:56.51\00:45:58.50
questions and
lecturing with them.
00:45:58.51\00:46:00.50
Then they go outside
as a patients staff groups
00:46:01.03\00:46:04.42
and get warm up exercises
but in Ukraine it's not
00:46:04.43\00:46:07.65
always spring time. And
there are times when it's
00:46:07.66\00:46:10.71
winter but you know
they tell the patients there
00:46:10.72\00:46:13.75
isn't any bad weather
there's just bad clothing
00:46:13.76\00:46:16.89
let's go anyway.
And you don't have
00:46:16.90\00:46:19.35
to tell the Ukrainians
more than that once and
00:46:19.36\00:46:21.61
they are out and
walking. In the spring time its
00:46:21.62\00:46:25.15
serious agricultural
time. They grow almost all
00:46:25.16\00:46:28.66
the food they use in
that busy sanitarium,
00:46:28.67\00:46:31.04
and so when harvest
time comes all the staff
00:46:31.05\00:46:34.27
help including
the physicians to make
00:46:34.28\00:46:36.33
sure there is plenty
for the whole year because
00:46:36.34\00:46:38.78
they also have
several months waiting list of
00:46:38.79\00:46:40.99
people just wanting
to come and get that
00:46:41.00\00:46:42.99
beautiful treatment at
Novi. Besides running the
00:46:43.00\00:46:47.91
program there on the
campus they are constantly
00:46:47.92\00:46:50.20
out throughout the
country and teaching programs,
00:46:50.21\00:46:52.46
they run an excellent
medical missionary program
00:46:52.47\00:46:54.99
this is their
community outreach program.
00:46:55.00\00:46:57.51
And besides that they
don't forget their local
00:46:57.52\00:47:00.05
village of Novi and
there they are going door to
00:47:00.06\00:47:02.60
door offering programs
including Bibles studies.
00:47:02.61\00:47:06.69
Let's come back to
America to the west coast
00:47:06.70\00:47:09.98
to Weimar Institute
for the well known Newstart
00:47:09.99\00:47:13.21
program. Newstart
program ministers over 18 day
00:47:13.22\00:47:17.33
wellness program and
has done for number of
00:47:17.34\00:47:20.34
years. There are
number of trails when you are
00:47:20.35\00:47:23.26
at Weimar in the
foothills of the Sierra Nevada's
00:47:23.27\00:47:26.23
that you can
hike and choose from,
00:47:26.24\00:47:28.35
so it's a wonderful
place to do some good
00:47:28.36\00:47:30.38
walking. Then there is
instruction on how to make
00:47:30.39\00:47:33.86
good quality food and
then when that's all over
00:47:33.87\00:47:37.09
with you have the
pleasure of getting together
00:47:37.10\00:47:39.10
and enjoying it
that's at Weimar.
00:47:39.11\00:47:42.19
Next we like to take
you to one of the oldest
00:47:42.74\00:47:44.82
health centers in
America that follows the
00:47:44.83\00:47:48.14
Madison style that
was the Wildwood Lifestyle
00:47:48.15\00:47:50.64
Education Center and
hospital some 65 years
00:47:50.65\00:47:54.24
and full time service
offering 8 day programs.
00:47:54.25\00:47:58.39
This is the
entrance to their campus near
00:47:58.40\00:48:00.49
Chattanooga Tennessee.
And the next slide is the
00:48:00.50\00:48:04.37
picture of their
lifestyle center.
00:48:04.38\00:48:06.24
Then Wildwood has had
years of experience in
00:48:06.25\00:48:10.36
treating their
patients, they have the college
00:48:10.37\00:48:12.56
of healthy evangelism
next to the hospital in
00:48:12.57\00:48:15.59
that building
there. We'll show you the
00:48:15.60\00:48:17.52
picture of the
classroom with James who is the
00:48:17.53\00:48:20.57
director of the program there.
00:48:20.58\00:48:21.99
They have massage
training and cooking
00:48:22.00\00:48:25.22
classes as well with
some fruits for their labor,
00:48:25.23\00:48:29.14
and they are very
active in working in
00:48:29.15\00:48:31.19
Chattanooga. Here is
the picture downtown at
00:48:31.20\00:48:33.84
the university
working in with the students.
00:48:33.85\00:48:36.74
Two more
institutions we'd like to,
00:48:37.42\00:48:38.70
three more we'd
like to show you briefly
00:48:38.71\00:48:40.59
Riverside institute
in Zambia, an overview of
00:48:40.60\00:48:44.50
their 3000 acre
farm, there are support by
00:48:44.51\00:48:47.49
bananas and other
agricultural products.
00:48:47.50\00:48:50.57
Here's a picture of all
the Riverside farm staff
00:48:50.84\00:48:53.64
gathered together at
their new health center.
00:48:53.65\00:48:55.50
And the next picture
shows us brand new premier
00:48:56.28\00:48:58.78
center that is there
overlooking the campus.
00:48:58.79\00:49:01.57
The next one is
their dining room and their
00:49:02.17\00:49:04.99
patients sitting out
together on the verandah
00:49:05.00\00:49:07.84
looking over the
Kafue River and the farm.
00:49:07.85\00:49:10.42
We'd like to now take
you to Lisbon, Portugal
00:49:11.45\00:49:14.05
with Dr. Viriato
Ferreira who was interviewed
00:49:14.06\00:49:17.17
earlier in the
Lisbon downtown clinic,
00:49:17.18\00:49:21.10
his wife is also a physician
00:49:21.11\00:49:22.96
Dr. Mary Ann Ferreira
there on the right doing
00:49:22.97\00:49:25.75
the cooking
classes. And during their
00:49:25.76\00:49:28.39
experience and
working with patients,
00:49:28.40\00:49:30.27
they also work with the
local Portuguese Union in
00:49:30.28\00:49:33.36
running with us in OCI
several pilot projects on
00:49:33.37\00:49:36.61
medical missionary
training, here's one of
00:49:36.62\00:49:38.65
the school groups,
here's another year's
00:49:38.66\00:49:40.62
training. And now
recently they finally secured
00:49:40.63\00:49:44.17
after 5 years of
negotiation a property
00:49:44.18\00:49:47.10
near the city up on the
hill that you see in the
00:49:47.11\00:49:49.26
background the town of Fenella.
00:49:49.27\00:49:51.50
This beautiful property
we just have one picture
00:49:51.51\00:49:53.86
to show you, these
are some of the buildings
00:49:53.87\00:49:56.04
that'll begin to
remodel now into a sanitarium,
00:49:56.05\00:49:59.14
a medical
missionary school, housing and
00:49:59.15\00:50:00.94
everything so
their staff may continue.
00:50:00.95\00:50:03.58
Finally I would like to
show you a couple of more
00:50:04.18\00:50:05.67
pictures of new
endeavor in Sweden called
00:50:05.68\00:50:08.16
Lifestyle TV. Here is
Dr. Nedley speaking there
00:50:08.17\00:50:12.94
in Sweden and what's
unique about this self
00:50:12.95\00:50:16.26
supporting television
program is they are able
00:50:16.27\00:50:18.57
to broadcast over
Scandinavia their health
00:50:18.58\00:50:22.21
message but then offer
health expos as a follow
00:50:22.22\00:50:25.52
up and then go out as
a TV group to work in the
00:50:25.53\00:50:28.68
communities, they
advertised for and
00:50:28.69\00:50:30.80
do follow up with
that. And by the way there is
00:50:30.81\00:50:33.41
the health expo being
offered in the exhibit
00:50:33.42\00:50:36.43
hall by them and
several of us cooperating
00:50:36.44\00:50:38.72
together. Well we
have been featuring self
00:50:38.73\00:50:42.22
supporting
institutions since they were the
00:50:42.23\00:50:45.72
reason that ASI actually began.
00:50:45.73\00:50:48.16
But in the last few
minutes that we have here
00:50:48.17\00:50:50.40
I would also like to
extend just a few minutes
00:50:50.41\00:50:53.62
to interview several
people that now represent
00:50:53.63\00:50:56.55
individuals who
have also the medical
00:50:56.56\00:50:59.47
missionary vision. I
am so glad it's not just
00:50:59.48\00:51:02.22
only related to
institutions that
00:51:02.23\00:51:05.48
do this kind of work.
But the reality is that
00:51:05.49\00:51:08.16
there are many
Adventists lay people who have
00:51:08.17\00:51:10.75
realized from reading
God's council that medical
00:51:10.76\00:51:13.73
missionary work is the
right arm of the Gospel.
00:51:13.74\00:51:16.25
I'd like to introduce
to you Karen Houghton who
00:51:16.93\00:51:19.14
comes from
Fallbrook, California.
00:51:19.15\00:51:22.33
And she has been
conducting cooking classes
00:51:22.34\00:51:26.44
in her local church
for a number of years.
00:51:26.45\00:51:29.07
And I think you
average between a 100 and 130
00:51:29.74\00:51:33.47
people is that
right. That's correct.
00:51:33.48\00:51:35.18
And that's a pretty
good size cooking school.
00:51:35.19\00:51:37.24
And Karen as you
share with them recipes as
00:51:37.61\00:51:40.58
they sample your food,
what else do you try to
00:51:40.59\00:51:43.18
do in your
cooking programs to help
00:51:43.19\00:51:45.19
the people? Well,
I always give health
00:51:45.20\00:51:47.58
lectures and about 12
years ago when I started
00:51:47.59\00:51:51.30
my cooking schools,
I had to create my own
00:51:51.31\00:51:53.89
health lectures and I
based them on the natural
00:51:53.90\00:51:56.54
laws of health. But
then The Abundant Living
00:51:56.55\00:51:59.95
series became
available and I think that was
00:51:59.96\00:52:02.11
around 2001 or 2002,
and I was just thrilled
00:52:02.12\00:52:06.55
when I saw that
because it has excellent
00:52:06.56\00:52:08.61
graphics, colored
pictures that just really
00:52:08.62\00:52:11.72
get their attention
and so I have used that.
00:52:11.73\00:52:14.77
And what I really
liked about their program is,
00:52:14.78\00:52:17.75
you can insert as
more research is done and
00:52:17.76\00:52:20.66
you see studies that
have been done they back
00:52:20.67\00:52:23.76
up our health
message. That's right.
00:52:23.77\00:52:25.21
You can insert that
into your PowerPoint so
00:52:25.22\00:52:27.42
it keeps the
program very current.
00:52:27.43\00:52:29.32
Very good, and Karen
where else have you had an
00:52:29.90\00:52:32.93
opportunity to use
The Abundant Living series
00:52:32.94\00:52:35.18
the health talks? The
health talks are used,
00:52:35.19\00:52:37.87
the first time I
actually used them was in the
00:52:37.88\00:52:40.35
Philippines, I gave
the health lectures just
00:52:40.36\00:52:43.11
prior to when my
husband preached and I found
00:52:43.12\00:52:46.19
it there it worked very
well in the Philippines.
00:52:46.20\00:52:48.77
And then last year I
used the series in a cooking
00:52:49.30\00:52:53.40
school in Phoenix,
Arizona. Shawn Boonstra
00:52:53.41\00:52:56.31
asked me to come
and do a cooking school
00:52:56.32\00:52:58.45
just prior to his meetings.
00:52:58.46\00:52:59.88
And that's when we
had a 130 people come out
00:53:00.45\00:53:02.79
and a good number of
those people transferred
00:53:02.80\00:53:05.12
over into the
evangelistic meetings and were
00:53:05.13\00:53:07.14
baptized, so our
health message is the opening
00:53:07.15\00:53:10.59
door. Amen. You know
Karen I think that you have
00:53:10.60\00:53:13.71
learned as we have
that we reach a class of
00:53:13.72\00:53:16.22
people when we use
the health work in our
00:53:16.23\00:53:18.83
evangelism that we
wouldn't reach otherwise,
00:53:18.84\00:53:21.06
did you find out that
to be true also? I found
00:53:21.07\00:53:22.24
out that very true.
Thank you so much for
00:53:22.25\00:53:24.42
sharing with us
today. Thank you.
00:53:24.43\00:53:26.10
You can find in the
copies of The Abundant Living
00:53:26.11\00:53:28.41
if you come back to
the health expo clear to
00:53:28.42\00:53:30.97
the back of the
exhibit hall in Isles 100 and
00:53:30.98\00:53:33.53
200, 200 and 300, they
would be available there.
00:53:33.54\00:53:37.34
Dr Naren James you come
here today from Kentucky,
00:53:37.75\00:53:40.67
you are from
Kentucky is that right?
00:53:40.68\00:53:42.11
Correct, right here in Kentucky.
00:53:42.12\00:53:43.46
And I understand
that you represent an
00:53:43.47\00:53:46.08
organization that's
not very old called AMEN, I
00:53:46.09\00:53:49.93
like that name.
That's right that's called
00:53:49.94\00:53:52.15
Adventists Medical
Evangelism Network, Amen.
00:53:52.16\00:53:55.31
And when you spoke to
me Dr. James you said that
00:53:55.90\00:53:59.44
you had a couple of
objectives, but maybe even
00:53:59.45\00:54:02.89
before sharing that so
this is Adventist Medical,
00:54:02.90\00:54:07.76
help me out,
Evangelism Network. Okay.
00:54:07.77\00:54:13.31
And who are you
targeting? Well our target
00:54:13.32\00:54:16.27
currently is
physician and dental community,
00:54:16.28\00:54:18.54
and we hope to expand
that to a larger medical
00:54:18.55\00:54:20.73
community but that's
our target currently.
00:54:20.74\00:54:22.98
And how old of an
organization are you now?
00:54:22.99\00:54:25.18
Barely two years old going on.
00:54:25.83\00:54:29.08
And about how many
members do you have?
00:54:29.09\00:54:31.63
We are close to,
pretty close to a few members
00:54:31.64\00:54:33.73
short of a hundred right now.
00:54:33.74\00:54:35.05
Is that right a
hundred, nearly a hundred
00:54:35.06\00:54:37.20
enthusiastic vision
oriented physicians and
00:54:37.21\00:54:41.58
dentists; I think
that's pretty powerful?
00:54:41.59\00:54:43.34
Amen that's a great
journey for two years.
00:54:43.35\00:54:46.29
What are some
of your objectives?
00:54:46.30\00:54:47.81
What would you like to do?
00:54:47.82\00:54:48.79
Well first I like to
just mention our mission
00:54:48.80\00:54:51.06
AMEN, I mean our
mission really is to,
00:54:51.07\00:54:53.04
is geared towards
equipping our physicians,
00:54:53.05\00:54:56.98
Adventists
physicians and dentists to be
00:54:56.99\00:54:58.52
effective medical
evangelists. And so that
00:54:58.53\00:55:00.70
takes the form of
two main objectives one,
00:55:00.71\00:55:02.72
it's training our
physicians and dentists
00:55:02.73\00:55:04.92
to become effective
in their offices and the
00:55:04.93\00:55:08.56
work place to be evangelists and
00:55:08.57\00:55:10.83
seeing the patients
differently beyond usually
00:55:10.84\00:55:13.15
encounter being an
opportunity to cure is an
00:55:13.16\00:55:17.05
opportunity to
invite that patient to
00:55:17.06\00:55:20.88
relationship with
Jesus Christ. And secondly we
00:55:20.89\00:55:23.24
would like to invite
our physicians and dentists
00:55:23.25\00:55:25.09
to be involved
in overseas, to be
00:55:25.10\00:55:26.31
involved in
overseas missions efforts in
00:55:26.32\00:55:28.22
episodic way. Okay,
and so you are trying to
00:55:28.23\00:55:31.18
equip them
somehow? Oh sure part of our
00:55:31.19\00:55:33.37
annual conference
which we finished two annual
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conferences so far.
We have seminars like
00:55:36.27\00:55:38.96
we do it at ASI
would give specifically to
00:55:38.97\00:55:40.66
physicians and
dentists towards equipping them
00:55:40.67\00:55:42.65
how they can actually
share Christ within their
00:55:42.66\00:55:45.45
marketplace which is a
medical dental practice.
00:55:45.46\00:55:47.32
Now just historically
when you came up with this
00:55:48.04\00:55:50.56
idea and I think Dr.
Mike Arledge was involved as
00:55:50.57\00:55:55.47
well, did this kind
of brainstorm right here
00:55:55.48\00:55:57.97
in the ASI meeting?
Well this is an amazing
00:55:57.98\00:56:00.17
story of ASI and
that's what so exciting,
00:56:00.18\00:56:02.11
I mean I started
coming to ASI 8 years ago at
00:56:02.12\00:56:04.59
2000 session. And year
after year I became more
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and more ministry
oriented in my practice.
00:56:09.63\00:56:11.36
And four years ago at
the Albuquerque Convention,
00:56:11.37\00:56:13.93
I happen to sit at
breakfast with gentleman named
00:56:13.94\00:56:16.55
Michael Arledge who
was just finishing family
00:56:16.56\00:56:18.18
medicine at that
time. And he said we marched
00:56:18.19\00:56:19.91
today. He said we marched today,
00:56:19.92\00:56:21.04
and we were brainstorming
how we could energize
00:56:21.05\00:56:23.51
the medical work
among the physician dental
00:56:23.52\00:56:24.97
community. And we
left and some time later
00:56:24.98\00:56:28.22
after that I was
in the midst of my own
00:56:28.23\00:56:30.39
personnel devotions. I
was just, I just having
00:56:30.40\00:56:33.27
an amazing time, just
rehearsing what God has
00:56:33.28\00:56:35.72
done in my life,
so I got up from there
00:56:35.73\00:56:37.39
and thought we should
do something beyond that,
00:56:37.40\00:56:39.22
and I called Michael
and I said, how about if we
00:56:39.23\00:56:41.05
do lunch at ASI and I
was at Cincinnati 2004.
00:56:41.06\00:56:45.03
We had a first
lunch in at ASI we had 80
00:56:45.04\00:56:48.30
professionals were also
attending, and that were,
00:56:48.31\00:56:51.40
that's were Amen
started. Did you have a guest
00:56:51.41\00:56:53.93
speaker that day or anything?
00:56:53.94\00:56:55.21
We had like five different
physicians and dentists
00:56:55.22\00:56:57.44
sharing what they do
their in their practices,
00:56:57.45\00:57:00.12
and that was the theme
of our, and our theme was
00:57:00.13\00:57:03.74
energizing the
right arm. And wasn't
00:57:03.75\00:57:06.26
Elder Mark Finley
interested also in
00:57:06.27\00:57:08.79
encouraging you?
Yes, subsequent I
00:57:08.80\00:57:10.14
have to mention ASI
leadership had been a
00:57:10.15\00:57:12.16
great, great
powerful support to us.
00:57:12.17\00:57:14.87
We were offered a
teleconferencing built
00:57:14.88\00:57:17.99
with ASI to be able to
meet and teleconference
00:57:18.00\00:57:20.75
after that. And
sometime in that,
00:57:20.76\00:57:22.10
that next winter Elder
Finley offered to us that
00:57:22.11\00:57:25.76
if, that he was
coming to Cohutta Springs.
00:57:25.77\00:57:27.43
And if we could get a
group of physicians and
00:57:27.44\00:57:28.81
dentists together that
he be willing to come and
00:57:28.82\00:57:31.16
present three
messages on medical evangelism.
00:57:31.17\00:57:33.66
Well we network
within four weeks,
00:57:34.26\00:57:35.72
we had 40 plus
professionals came down.
00:57:35.73\00:57:39.04
He presented those
messages and we felt
00:57:39.53\00:57:41.34
impressed at that time
to start our organization
00:57:41.35\00:57:43.73
which is now called Amen.
00:57:43.74\00:57:44.78
One more question
that we have time for
00:57:45.85\00:57:47.54
what about a media ministry,
00:57:47.55\00:57:49.65
if I heard something
brewing with that as well?
00:57:49.66\00:57:52.19
Yeah certainly, and
this is an exciting thing
00:57:52.20\00:57:54.19
about last year at
out annual conference
00:57:54.20\00:57:56.14
in Santiago, we
were challenged by one of
00:57:56.15\00:57:57.93
our speakers though, to
enter a media were people
00:57:57.94\00:58:01.13
are and people
need to be reached.
00:58:01.14\00:58:02.56
And so at that time we
raised that at one meeting
00:58:02.57\00:58:06.72
over half a million
dollars towards that project
00:58:06.73\00:58:09.36
and subsequently
that the board invited the
00:58:09.37\00:58:11.82
membership to
contribute to make additional
00:58:11.83\00:58:13.62
commitments that
currently we have a total of
00:58:13.63\00:58:15.87
over three quarter
million dollars committed over
00:58:15.88\00:58:17.86
next three years
towards the medium ministry
00:58:17.87\00:58:20.16
where we can share
the health message.
00:58:20.17\00:58:21.53