Welcome to
Louisville Kentucky ASI members
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and visitors. If you would,
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I like to have you
stand for the prayer.
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Our dearly Father,
we wanna thank you for
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the Sabbath Day,
for the blessings that
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we've already
received. We ask that you be
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with this group,
with our youth as they
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sing to us and bring your words.
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Continue to bless
us and help us to do
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thy work for I ask
it in Jesus name, amen.
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Good afternoon,
we're so happy to have you
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here with us today for
this fantastic program.
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Debbie, tell me what
are we doing here today?
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Well, we're going to
hear some wonderful music
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from students in our
self supporting schools.
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Well praise God and
now tell me a little
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bit about who we have here?
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Well you know we
actually have students
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that represent all
of our self supporting
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schools that are members of ASI.
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Well that's fantastic,
and if you want to know a
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little bit about
who's here and what the
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program is
going to be all about.
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On your seat you found a little,
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try a double-fold
brochure and you can
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pick that up and
find out the names of the
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students who are
participating today.
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I think we're gonna
have a great time together.
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We're gonna hear
some testimonies.
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Yes. Not only from
students, but who else.
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We're gonna
hear testimonies from
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individuals who have
actually attended the
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school and have gone on
and they're in businesses
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or they're working or
they maybe staff that are
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in the schools, so
we're actually gonna
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hear a broad range of
how the self supporting
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schools have impacted
the lives of many different
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people. And just a
little bit about how all this
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ties in with the ASI
family. Yes, because you
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know you remember
that we talked about the
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medical missionary
work and how that started
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at Madison. Well
another pillar of the
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beginnings of ASI
was the educational work.
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And so we actually
wanna take you back and do
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another
historical review, so you'll
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understanding
exactly how all of that was
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pieced together from Madison.
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Well, put your seat belts on and
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enjoy the program, thank you.
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Let thy holy
presence, Let thy holy presence,
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Let thy holy
presence, come upon us, O Lord.
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Let thy holy
presence, Let thy holy presence,
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Let thy holy
presence, come upon us, O Lord.
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Let thy holy
presence, Let thy holy presence,
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Let thy holy
presence, come upon us, O Lord.
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Let thy holy
presence, Let thy holy presence,
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Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
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We're singing
joyfully unto God we sing,
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we sing, so
joyfully unto God, to God.
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So joyfully unto
God, so joyfully unto God.
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We're singing joyfully
unto God we sing, we sing,
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so joyfully unto God, to God.
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So joyfully unto
God, so joyfully unto God.
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We're singing joyfully
unto God we sing, we sing,
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We're singing
joyfully, joyfully, joyfully,
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joyfully, joyfully unto God,
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we sing joyfully,
joyfully, joyfully, joyfully,
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joyfully unto
God, we sing joyfully,
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joyfully, joyfully,
joyfully, joyfully unto God,
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we sing joyfully,
joyfully, joyfully,
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joyfully, joyfully unto God.
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We sing to God. We sing to God.
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We're singing joyfully
unto God we sing, we sing,
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so joyfully unto God, to God.
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So joyfully unto
God, so joyfully unto God.
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We're singing joyfully
unto God we sing, we sing,
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so joyfully unto God, to God.
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So joyfully unto
God, so joyfully unto God.
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So joyfully unto God. Amen.
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It is fitting under
60th anniversary for ASI that
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the Educational
Ministry should be highlighted.
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When ASI was
established in 1947,
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nearly half of his
chartered organizations
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were educational institutions or
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included a school as
part of their program,
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but how did the self
supporting educational
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work began. Steering testimonies
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came from pen of
Ellen White during the 1890s
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encouraging Seventh-Day
Adventists to take up the
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work of helping the
poor in the Southern regions.
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One of the first to
respond to this call was
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her very own son
James Edson White.
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In 1895 Edson began
to work among the black
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people in the Southern States.
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His work resulted
in the establishment of
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several schools in the
South. Under the guidance
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of the Holy Spirit
Ellen White was shown a plot
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of land in Madison
near Nashville, Tennessee
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where a school
should be started.
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In 1904 the school
was started by the young
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reform minded
educator Edward Sutherland.
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His associate Percy
Magan and a sturdy band
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of pioneers. The
Nashville Agriculture and Normal
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Institute was
established to train home and
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foreign missionary
teachers, who were to be
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self supporting.
Ellen White instructed
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that their school
should be of an entirely
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different order from
those we have instituted.
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They were not to
follow the methods that have
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been adopted in our
older established school.
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In this new school
at Madison teachers work
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side by side with
students in building,
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farming and whatever
else needed to be done.
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Students were shown the
needs of the poor people
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of the South and
instructed of their
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obligation to help
these people of the hills.
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Ellen White wrote,
every possible means
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should be devised to
establish schools of the
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Madison order in
various parts of the South.
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Many responded to the
needs and went out from
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Madison to start
educational medical and
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agricultural work in
the South and beyond.
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Good afternoon, my
name is Andrew Fisher
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and I'm a senior
at Oklahoma Academy.
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Today I will be
sharing with you some of the
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evangelistic
programs that I have been
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privileged to
participate in this year.
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First is our local evangelism.
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In order to reach out
to our community we have
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various activities
that put us in contact with
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people in need.
At the beginning of
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the school year,
we went to an area in
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Oklahoma city to feed
supper to some homeless
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people. Afterwards we
got the opportunity to
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talk with them
and sing for them.
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I really enjoyed our,
they really enjoyed our
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music and are
coming out to be with them.
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I got to play
my guitar and sing.
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It was a really
rewarding experience.
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Later on in March,
we held an Evangelistic
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series in Anadarko.
This is a small town in
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Southern Oklahoma.
The area was predominantly
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Native American and
at the beginning of the
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series, many were
hesitant to come out,
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but by the end there
were several baptisms
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and even more Bible
studies, praise the Lord.
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I thought it was
awesome that the students
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withheld from the
staff were able to put on
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whole evangelistic
series by themselves.
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I was asked to do the
song service and to help
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with the
children's division. After the
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meetings were over
one of the ladies who had
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gotten baptized came
up to me and told me how
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blessed she had been
by the song services that
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I led. It was amazing
to see that God used me
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to touch this lady. I
gained a lot of experience
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and we've been
come, we've been asked
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to come again next year
for another evangelistic
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series. Thirdly,
I want to talk about
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our music ministry.
This year I've been a
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part of choir and bell
choir. This last spring
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we took a trip that
went from Oklahoma through
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Indiana and all the way
to DC. Our bus broke down
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twice on the
way, so we started a
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continuous prayer
chain and as a result we
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received enough
donations to cover our expenses.
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God also provided
the way for the bus to be
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fixed in time so we
can make most of our
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concerts. I was blessed
to be able to see how the
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Holy Spirit used our
music ministry to touch
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people's hearts.
Sometimes it seemed
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like the angels
were singing with us.
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All together on that
trip God worked in many
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marvelous ways that I
have never seen before.
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The next outreach that
I'm going to talk about
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is Messiah's
Mansion. This is a full scaled
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model of the Mosaic Sanctuary.
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In class we studied
the sanctuary truths,
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then we traveled in
different locations around
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the country where
churches can use this
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ministry as a successful
means of church growth.
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The students themselves
have one and a quarter
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hour tours
explaining the beautiful plan of
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salvation through
the sanctuary message.
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I was blessed to go
with the Mosaic Sanctuary
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to Phoenix, Arizona this year,
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where I held good tours
to a few of the thousands
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that came through the exhibit.
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I know that the
sanctuary message,
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especially how it
applies to each of us
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personally is
something that we should all
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prayerfully
studying. A few weeks ago
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Oklahoma Academy was
asked to lead out in the
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primary division at
Oklahoma camp meeting.
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I helped out with that
and during the week the
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primary's learned the
Three Angel's message and
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they sing it in front
of the delighted adults on
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Sabbath afternoon.
Helping with the children's
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ministries was a good
learning experience for
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me and it was rewarding
to have the parents come
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up to me at the end of
the week and tell me how
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blessed they were
by, how blessed their
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children were that
we by the primary class.
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God wants to use
young people to reach the
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world with the gospel message.
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The Bible says that the
harvest is plenteous but
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the workers are few.
I'm so grateful for the
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training I'm
receiving at Oklahoma Academy
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to be a worker for God.
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Hi, my name is Ryan
Szucs, I'm 15-years-old,
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I come from
Berrien Springs, Michigan.
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I'm a recent
graduate of Advent Home.
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A lot of students on
stage today will give you
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their testimonies
about how God impacted their
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lives through mission trips,
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literature
evangelism or other kinds of
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activities, but for
me, I experienced God the
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most high through the
way he has changed my life
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and my family's life.
I was a difficult child
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from the beginning,
I was diagnosed with
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Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder
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known as ADHD
around the first grade.
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I interrupted
class, made fun of people,
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don't listen to
teachers, during my class work
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I wouldn't concentrate.
My reading was always
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my worst subject,
by the time I reached
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sixth grade, I felt so stupid,
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second graders
could read better than me.
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I always angry and
depressed all the time
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and my self
esteem was really low.
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To make up for it I tried to be,
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to be funny and
popular, as a result I was very
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easily influenced by my parents.
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At home things
weren't, oh at home things were
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not that much
better. My family really
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didn't talk, we just
fought. My mother got
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frustrated with me. I
was always acting out,
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yelling and cussing in her face.
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God was never
important to me in my life.
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Even though my
family is Adventist.
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I thought it
was a waste of time.
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I went to church just
for the girls and hangout
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with my friends.
Basically my life was
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going downhill. I
was threatened with
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Juvenile
detention, but instead went to
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Advent Home.
That was the turning
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point in my
life. It wasn't easy,
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in fact it has been
two years of hard battles.
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Well I will be
grateful for the way the program
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has developed my character and
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my self esteem. I can
never repay any person or
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God for how they have
changed my life and my
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family's life. I
also became a leader among
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the students at Advent
Home and it taught me to
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be more
trustworthy and responsible.
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It has also helped me
to standup to my negative
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peers. Being a
leader was really difficult.
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It was then that I
realized without God
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in my life it
would all go downhill.
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I started praying and
doing daily devotions.
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I also learned how to
communicate my emotions
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in my family.
We stopped fighting
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as much and now my
family became much happier.
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I began to understand
and respect my parents.
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Now I can honestly
say I love my mother and
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my father. I
graduated from Advent Home
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a month ago, since
then I've seen how much
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God has changed me
and how that has affected
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the people I love the most.
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My family and I had a
great vacation together
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with no
arguments, with no arguments,
00:18:15.46\00:18:18.83
I was able to
standout to my friends who
00:18:20.15\00:18:21.73
wanted to go and see
a Harry Potter movie.
00:18:21.74\00:18:23.13
I never would have
cared, or been able to do
00:18:24.56\00:18:26.60
that before. God
has taught me that I'm
00:18:26.61\00:18:30.64
valuable, without
his presence in my life I
00:18:30.65\00:18:33.81
would feel and
act worthless. Amen.
00:18:33.82\00:18:36.62
Good afternoon, with
me is Denzil McNeilus
00:18:46.60\00:18:49.57
the past ASI President,
00:18:49.58\00:18:50.94
of course I'm Debbie Young,
00:18:50.95\00:18:52.23
the current ASI
President and Donna McNeilus
00:18:52.24\00:18:54.95
is his wife, our
future ASI President
00:18:54.96\00:18:57.45
and they both
attended Little Creek Academy
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which is
currently, oh which is now
00:19:00.39\00:19:02.33
Heritage Academy in
Maxville, Tennessee.
00:19:02.34\00:19:04.64
I thought it would be
interesting to find out.
00:19:04.65\00:19:06.64
Donna, tell me how
did attending a self
00:19:06.65\00:19:09.43
supporting school
impact your life today?
00:19:09.44\00:19:11.58
Oh it had a huge impact
on my life in fact it is,
00:19:12.05\00:19:15.98
it impacted me more
then probably anything
00:19:15.99\00:19:18.32
that has ever affected me.
00:19:18.33\00:19:20.49
I'm so happy that I
had the opportunity to work
00:19:20.50\00:19:23.37
in a kitchen with Mrs. Peach,
00:19:23.38\00:19:24.92
she happens to be here
today and I'm honored that
00:19:24.93\00:19:27.75
she is here today.
And you it thought me
00:19:27.76\00:19:30.18
how to organize the
kitchen and you know for
00:19:30.19\00:19:32.45
last few years I've
been working for Youth for
00:19:32.46\00:19:35.80
Jesus and I've been in
the kitchen and I've been
00:19:35.81\00:19:38.89
helping them organize
and we've been working and
00:19:38.90\00:19:41.71
so far training I feel
it was really important,
00:19:41.72\00:19:44.52
plus it helped
me in my own home.
00:19:44.53\00:19:46.39
Denzil, I know
that you're a successful
00:19:47.30\00:19:48.90
businessman.
You're a banker and I
00:19:48.91\00:19:51.13
find that interesting,
because I don't think they
00:19:51.14\00:19:52.73
taught banking in
the supporting ministry
00:19:52.74\00:19:54.53
schools, so tell me
how did that influence your
00:19:54.54\00:19:57.07
life and where you
are today in business?
00:19:57.08\00:19:59.27
Well probably the best
thing that ever happened
00:19:59.77\00:20:01.33
to me at the self
supporting schools
00:20:01.34\00:20:03.05
I met my wife Donna.
00:20:03.06\00:20:04.11
Well that would
the best thing yes.
00:20:04.12\00:20:06.29
But I also learned
so many opportunities
00:20:06.30\00:20:09.43
and experiences in
those four years as a
00:20:09.44\00:20:12.17
work-study program.
It has given me a broad
00:20:12.18\00:20:15.03
spectrum of what life
and I learned things I
00:20:15.04\00:20:17.44
didn't wanna do in
life, but it also taught me a
00:20:17.45\00:20:20.42
lot of basic principles
that I use today in my
00:20:20.43\00:20:23.26
day to day business. I
remember Mr. Roger Gough,
00:20:23.27\00:20:26.85
who was the past ASI
President at the time
00:20:26.86\00:20:29.47
I went to school
there and he talked ASI,
00:20:29.48\00:20:32.71
ASI, ASI, ASI and ASI. Yeah,
00:20:32.72\00:20:36.72
I didn't quite
understand what all that meant,
00:20:36.73\00:20:38.47
but I sure
remember the name ASI.
00:20:38.48\00:20:40.38
I also remember
the time that I had to
00:20:41.36\00:20:43.49
actually sing in
a choir like this.
00:20:43.50\00:20:45.37
I sing to the
ASI family back in,
00:20:45.38\00:20:48.34
back in Tennessee.
So I can't believe there
00:20:48.35\00:20:52.75
are still people
here after hearing me sing
00:20:52.76\00:20:54.67
fortunately they
couldn't with a big choir,
00:20:54.68\00:20:56.71
but the biggest thing
that I've learned and the
00:20:57.36\00:20:59.14
most important thing
that I've learned about
00:20:59.15\00:21:01.02
Little Creek was that
we had dedicated teachers
00:21:01.03\00:21:04.78
that not only
taught the love of Christ,
00:21:04.79\00:21:08.98
but they lived the
love of Christ everyday.
00:21:08.99\00:21:11.53
And it made me want
to become like them and
00:21:11.54\00:21:14.90
become a man who
wants to live Christ not
00:21:14.91\00:21:20.61
just tell people about Christ.
00:21:20.62\00:21:22.09
Well it sounds like
Little Creek was a special
00:21:22.10\00:21:24.39
part of your life
experience. Thank you
00:21:24.40\00:21:26.09
for sharing that
with us today. Thank you.
00:21:26.10\00:21:27.78
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna,
00:21:42.44\00:21:44.24
we praise this way our King.
00:21:44.25\00:21:47.04
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna,
00:21:47.05\00:21:49.49
we praise him all the way.
00:21:49.50\00:21:52.92
Hosanna, Hosanna,
00:21:54.97\00:21:57.57
we're the people of the Christ
00:21:57.58\00:22:00.10
Hosanna,
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna
00:22:00.11\00:22:02.84
the Christ they crucified.
00:22:02.85\00:22:05.04
Hosanna crucified, crucified.
00:22:05.05\00:22:10.33
Came to Jerusalem,
00:22:14.87\00:22:18.03
city in
triumphant which Jesus made
00:22:18.04\00:22:26.86
Through the crowds
goes like there's no place
00:22:26.87\00:22:31.28
to see, branches of
palm they threw at his feet
00:22:31.29\00:22:35.63
shouts of Hosanna were
there to keep our Lord of
00:22:35.64\00:22:40.70
the eternity. The
Lord of the eternity.
00:22:40.71\00:22:48.30
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna,
00:22:48.31\00:22:50.98
we praise this way our King.
00:22:50.99\00:22:53.72
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna,
00:22:53.73\00:22:56.41
we praise him all the way.
00:22:56.42\00:22:59.62
Hosanna, Hosanna,
00:23:02.01\00:23:04.43
we're the people of the Christ
00:23:04.44\00:23:06.97
Hosanna,
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna
00:23:06.98\00:23:09.71
the Christ they crucified.
00:23:09.72\00:23:12.12
Hosanna crucified, crucified.
00:23:12.13\00:23:17.37
Came to Jerusalem,
00:23:21.93\00:23:25.23
city in
triumphant which Jesus made
00:23:25.24\00:23:33.45
Although his
cross is soon be bore,
00:23:35.06\00:23:38.69
his hands will be
pierced and his feet will
00:23:38.70\00:23:41.75
be torn, he's opened
the crowd and let the
00:23:41.76\00:23:45.35
torment goes on.
He went through the
00:23:45.36\00:23:48.84
pain today. He
looked towards Jerusalem
00:23:48.85\00:23:55.76
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna,
00:23:55.77\00:23:58.89
we praise this way our King.
00:23:58.90\00:24:01.61
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna,
00:24:02.15\00:24:04.36
we praise him all the way.
00:24:04.37\00:24:07.61
Hosanna, Hosanna,
00:24:10.24\00:24:12.49
we're the people of the Christ
00:24:12.50\00:24:15.23
Hosanna,
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna,
00:24:15.24\00:24:18.01
the Christ they crucified.
00:24:18.02\00:24:20.29
Hosanna crucified. crucified,
00:24:20.30\00:24:24.68
Hosanna, crucified, amen.
00:24:24.69\00:24:28.85
For God so loved the world,
00:24:35.42\00:24:42.97
God so loved the
world that He gave His only
00:24:42.98\00:24:55.70
begotten Son, that
who so believeth in
00:24:55.71\00:25:01.40
Him shall not
perish, shall not perish,
00:25:01.41\00:25:12.12
shall not perish but
have everlasting life.
00:25:20.68\00:25:21.65
For God sent not his
Son into the world to
00:25:21.66\00:25:26.21
condemn the world;
but that the world through
00:25:26.22\00:25:41.90
him might be saved For
God so loved the world.
00:25:41.91\00:25:57.98
For God so loved the world,
00:25:57.99\00:26:06.47
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:26:06.48\00:26:13.33
that who so believeth
in Him shall not perish,
00:26:13.34\00:26:26.21
shall not perish, but
have everlasting life,
00:26:26.22\00:26:33.55
everlasting
life, everlasting life,
00:26:33.56\00:26:40.40
everlasting life.
God so loved the world.
00:26:40.41\00:27:00.47
God so loved the
world. God so loved the world.
00:27:00.48\00:27:22.57
One of the
earliest schools to be
00:27:36.03\00:27:37.52
established by
students from Madison was the
00:27:37.53\00:27:40.04
Oak Grove Garden
school near Goodlettsville,
00:27:40.05\00:27:43.17
Tennessee began by
child Charles Audoin and
00:27:43.18\00:27:46.29
Brad Mulford. Mr. Mulford
00:27:46.30\00:27:48.92
later started the
Fountain Head school which is
00:27:48.93\00:27:51.53
today Highland
Academy. A school which started
00:27:51.54\00:27:55.19
at Paradise Rich, Tennessee then
00:27:55.20\00:27:57.76
Chestnut Hill farm
schools near Portland,
00:27:57.77\00:28:00.31
Tennessee and others
until by 1912 they were
00:28:00.32\00:28:04.57
over two dozens schools
in the South as a result
00:28:04.58\00:28:07.72
of the
educational work at Madison.
00:28:07.73\00:28:09.99
Over the next decade
Madison students started
00:28:11.35\00:28:14.39
schools in
Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi,
00:28:14.40\00:28:18.92
Alabama, Kentucky
and the Carolinas.
00:28:18.93\00:28:24.17
A school was started at Reese,
00:28:24.68\00:28:26.15
Georgia on the
site that is today
00:28:26.16\00:28:27.80
Georgia Cumberland Academy.
00:28:27.81\00:28:30.07
The Pine Mountain
School was began at
00:28:30.63\00:28:33.29
Long Island, Alabama.
And one at Lawrenceburg,
00:28:33.30\00:28:36.97
Tennessee. The Flat
Rock school at Douglasville,
00:28:36.98\00:28:40.11
Georgia. The
Kingsville school, Franklin,
00:28:40.12\00:28:43.46
Tennessee, the
Sewanee School, Saint Andrews,
00:28:43.47\00:28:47.41
Tennessee and the
Cumberland Industrial
00:28:47.42\00:28:49.87
school at Daylight, Tennessee.
00:28:49.88\00:28:51.71
These schools were
among the many self supporting
00:28:52.37\00:28:55.05
schools started in the
first two decades after
00:28:55.06\00:28:58.48
the first school
established at Madison.
00:28:58.49\00:29:00.87
Happy Sabbath. My name is Jolene
00:29:07.34\00:29:10.90
and I'll be a senior
at the Heritage Academy
00:29:10.91\00:29:12.96
this fall. I don't
have a dramatic experience.
00:29:12.97\00:29:16.14
But I believe
that whenever God works
00:29:16.15\00:29:18.15
in your life it is an
experience to share with
00:29:18.16\00:29:20.58
others amen,
amen. Well my experience
00:29:20.59\00:29:23.52
started three years
ago, it was the summer of
00:29:23.53\00:29:25.81
2004 and my father
had been called to be a
00:29:25.82\00:29:28.63
Pastor in a church
in Northern Kentucky.
00:29:28.64\00:29:30.54
This is the first time
we were there, my family.
00:29:31.18\00:29:33.67
It was also the same
Sabbath that a canvassing
00:29:34.62\00:29:36.60
program was
visiting and sharing their
00:29:36.61\00:29:38.29
testimonies. As I
listened to it my heart was
00:29:38.30\00:29:41.06
really touched and
I wanted to know more.
00:29:41.07\00:29:43.31
So they found a spot
for me in the group and I
00:29:43.32\00:29:46.57
began right
away. That summer I got
00:29:46.58\00:29:49.27
some students from
Heritage Academy and they
00:29:49.28\00:29:51.53
by their example
really impressed me.
00:29:51.54\00:29:53.80
They told me about
the school and I started
00:29:54.31\00:29:55.99
to get excited
about possibly attending.
00:29:56.00\00:29:58.17
I home schooled
my freshman year,
00:29:58.18\00:30:00.29
so I had a lot of time
to decide what I wanted to
00:30:00.30\00:30:03.06
attend the following
year. Even though I heard
00:30:03.07\00:30:06.19
a lot about it deep
down my heart was set on
00:30:06.20\00:30:08.97
attending another
school, another Adventist
00:30:08.98\00:30:12.07
school where a lot
of my close friends were
00:30:12.08\00:30:13.72
going. And after you
know at the end of the
00:30:13.73\00:30:17.43
year Heritage was
completely forgotten
00:30:17.44\00:30:19.55
and it was the last
place I wanted to go,
00:30:19.56\00:30:21.53
but my God had different plans.
00:30:21.54\00:30:23.64
Because of financial
struggles I ended up there
00:30:24.30\00:30:26.62
in the Fall of
2005. I was miserable,
00:30:26.63\00:30:29.76
I cried a lot and
just thought my life was
00:30:29.77\00:30:31.81
drowned. But my
mother being the wonderful
00:30:31.82\00:30:34.07
person that she is
wrote me a three page letter
00:30:34.08\00:30:37.15
to encourage me. And
that letter that I still
00:30:37.16\00:30:39.44
have she, noted a text
that is still one of my
00:30:39.45\00:30:44.09
favorites. Jeremiah
29:11, many of you know it.
00:30:44.10\00:30:48.07
God promises to give
his people a hope and a
00:30:48.65\00:30:51.13
future and to lead
them. When I first read I just
00:30:51.14\00:30:54.26
kind of forget about
it, but after a while it
00:30:54.27\00:30:57.00
started sinking
and God finally won.
00:30:57.01\00:31:00.13
I decided to put that
year in God's hands and
00:31:00.82\00:31:02.72
let him, and let him
lead, wherever He wanted
00:31:02.73\00:31:05.22
me to go. I was in for a ride,
00:31:05.23\00:31:07.91
that year I had
many struggles and I just
00:31:07.92\00:31:11.38
wanted to give
up, but because of the
00:31:11.39\00:31:14.04
help of loyal staff,
dedicated friends and my
00:31:14.05\00:31:17.45
Savior, I pulled
through and saw God leading.
00:31:17.46\00:31:20.11
This year I felt God
more then ever and had a
00:31:20.86\00:31:24.19
first hand experience
of him answering prayers,
00:31:24.20\00:31:26.62
one such example of a
great answer to prayer
00:31:26.63\00:31:29.74
was this year, is when he saved
00:31:29.75\00:31:31.18
my little sister's
life. Well she's playing
00:31:31.19\00:31:33.88
at recess one day and
she fell and fractured
00:31:33.89\00:31:35.44
her skull. She was in
a coma for 12 hours and
00:31:35.45\00:31:39.31
the doctors were not
sure she would make it.
00:31:39.32\00:31:41.12
The whole time
this was going on,
00:31:41.93\00:31:43.14
I had you know no
idea what was happening,
00:31:43.15\00:31:45.70
but all over the U.S.
people were praying for
00:31:45.71\00:31:48.20
my little sister. My
parents received phone
00:31:48.21\00:31:50.60
calls and emails
from people they didn't
00:31:50.61\00:31:52.55
even know. And the next
morning when she finally
00:31:52.56\00:31:55.27
came out of her coma
my parents called me,
00:31:55.28\00:31:57.05
I was so relieved and
seeing God working you
00:31:57.69\00:32:01.81
know by seeing him
working I really knew that he
00:32:01.82\00:32:04.02
had something in
stored for my little sister.
00:32:04.03\00:32:06.08
Another time I saw
God working this year was
00:32:07.21\00:32:10.48
during the past spring
week we had a Heritage.
00:32:10.49\00:32:13.80
We had a visiting
pastor speaking and after every
00:32:14.30\00:32:17.96
meeting we'll have a
session of prayer and
00:32:17.97\00:32:20.05
songs. But there is
one night that I will never
00:32:20.06\00:32:22.38
forget. It started off
with a usual prayer and
00:32:22.39\00:32:25.73
songs then one after
another people started
00:32:25.74\00:32:28.44
sharing experiences.
I saw friends that have
00:32:28.45\00:32:31.59
been praying for a
change for my very eyes giving
00:32:31.60\00:32:34.64
their hearts to Christ
I could not help but weep
00:32:34.65\00:32:37.09
to seeing God's awesome power.
00:32:37.10\00:32:38.93
I have to admit that
I've never felt God more
00:32:39.47\00:32:41.88
in my life. My
whole life, I've been a
00:32:41.89\00:32:44.64
Seventh-day Adventist,
I've had the perfect home,
00:32:44.65\00:32:47.93
the perfect life, but
I have to admit but this
00:32:47.94\00:32:51.60
past year was the
first time that I felt the
00:32:51.61\00:32:54.23
Holy Spirit and God
truly in my life. Amen.
00:32:54.24\00:32:57.47
I definitely see
God leading me towards a
00:32:58.03\00:32:59.76
great goal that he has in mind.
00:32:59.77\00:33:01.63
I mean he has shown
me that through the many
00:33:01.64\00:33:03.76
leadership opportunities,
I've had at Heritage
00:33:03.77\00:33:06.00
and seeing him work so
clearly in the lives of
00:33:06.48\00:33:08.88
those around me. I'm
willing to follow him
00:33:08.89\00:33:11.69
wherever he leads me,
you know even though it
00:33:11.70\00:33:14.38
may take him some
self sacrifice and I will
00:33:14.39\00:33:16.95
always remember the
promise that he gave me.
00:33:16.96\00:33:19.30
Before I know the
thoughts that I think towards
00:33:20.50\00:33:22.10
you says the Lord
that's of peace and not of evil
00:33:22.11\00:33:25.36
to give you a hope and a future.
00:33:25.37\00:33:28.32
I pray you'll see
God working in your
00:33:28.90\00:33:30.83
life as I've seen in mine. Amen.
00:33:30.84\00:33:33.92
Good afternoon,
we're happy to have
00:33:43.07\00:33:44.34
Ebony Daniels with us
today. Ebony, tell me a
00:33:44.35\00:33:47.24
little bit about what
you're doing right now?
00:33:47.25\00:33:49.05
Well right now,
I'm training with
00:33:49.68\00:33:51.64
AFM for missionary service.
00:33:51.65\00:33:54.31
Well Praise the Lord!
I know that these things
00:33:54.32\00:33:56.72
don't happen by accident though,
00:33:56.73\00:33:58.49
lets talk a little bit
about your journey to the
00:33:58.50\00:34:00.85
point where you've
gotten, you know to the point
00:34:00.86\00:34:03.31
where you're actually
being trained now by AFM,
00:34:03.32\00:34:05.63
the Adventist Frontier Missions
00:34:05.64\00:34:06.99
for mission service?
00:34:07.00\00:34:08.22
Well, I've always been
interested in traveling
00:34:09.06\00:34:12.26
and learning about
different cultures,
00:34:14.24\00:34:15.21
but before I went to
Harbert Hills Academy
00:34:15.22\00:34:17.97
I wasn't exactly sure
what I wanted to do with
00:34:17.98\00:34:19.99
those interests,
but after I went to
00:34:20.00\00:34:22.41
Harbert Hills Academy I became
00:34:22.42\00:34:23.84
interested in mission service.
00:34:23.85\00:34:25.82
Okay, so you got
interested in mission
00:34:25.83\00:34:27.34
service there and what
else did you learn there
00:34:27.35\00:34:30.25
that helps you on your
journey into this service?
00:34:30.26\00:34:33.76
Well at Harbert Hills Academy,
00:34:34.22\00:34:37.38
they teach us how to
work like education is
00:34:37.39\00:34:42.12
not free, but they
teach us how to work for it
00:34:42.13\00:34:44.27
and they have a
program and we were at the
00:34:44.28\00:34:46.06
nursing home and
different places and I really
00:34:46.07\00:34:49.69
appreciated their Christian
00:34:49.70\00:34:51.25
prospective on working.
00:34:51.26\00:34:53.48
Okay, so you got some
got work ethic and you've
00:34:54.50\00:34:56.58
got some spiritual
nourishment there and you
00:34:56.59\00:35:01.04
train to do what?
00:35:01.05\00:35:02.02
What did you
receive training in?
00:35:02.03\00:35:03.34
At the nursing home?
00:35:04.39\00:35:05.36
No I mean in your college work?
00:35:05.37\00:35:07.01
Well after that I
went to Southern Adventist
00:35:07.45\00:35:11.38
University and I went
in their nursing program
00:35:11.39\00:35:15.60
and I recently graduated from
00:35:15.61\00:35:17.90
the nursing program.
00:35:17.91\00:35:18.88
Well praise the Lord,
so in your high school
00:35:18.89\00:35:21.73
academy years you had
an opportunity to get some
00:35:21.74\00:35:24.03
nursing experience?
Yes. And you can kind of
00:35:24.04\00:35:26.90
see how the Lord was
guiding you, yes, through
00:35:26.91\00:35:29.53
this process of training and
00:35:29.54\00:35:31.24
preparing you for service.
00:35:31.25\00:35:32.58
Yes, I definitely
believe that being at
00:35:32.59\00:35:35.99
Harbert Hills Academy
helped lead me to being
00:35:36.00\00:35:39.53
interested in
nursing because at the
00:35:39.54\00:35:41.20
nursing home, I saw how
the nurses were so caring
00:35:41.21\00:35:43.64
and they had a
Christian attitude with the
00:35:43.65\00:35:46.66
patients and I really
wanted to share the Lord
00:35:46.67\00:35:50.01
with people in that way, so yes.
00:35:50.02\00:35:52.67
So how did you
get connected with
00:35:52.68\00:35:53.91
Adventist
Frontier Missions then?
00:35:53.92\00:35:55.53
Well, the final
semester of my nursing program,
00:35:56.13\00:35:59.35
I actually met some of
their recruiters and they
00:35:59.36\00:36:03.85
just shared with their
burden of spreading God's
00:36:03.86\00:36:08.19
gospel to the
unreached peoples of the world
00:36:08.20\00:36:11.40
and so I wanted to
share in this work.
00:36:11.41\00:36:14.83
So the Lord is kind
of continued that journey
00:36:15.76\00:36:17.73
and you're now
preparing to go into service and
00:36:17.74\00:36:21.24
how you will be
serving and where
00:36:21.25\00:36:22.36
you will be serving?
00:36:22.37\00:36:23.34
Well, yes this is a
journey that the Lord
00:36:23.75\00:36:26.70
has directed,
originally I would want to go
00:36:26.71\00:36:29.36
somewhere else, but
there has been a call for a
00:36:29.37\00:36:32.47
nurse in Guinea,
West Africa and so that's
00:36:32.48\00:36:35.47
where I will be
going. Lord willing.
00:36:35.48\00:36:37.56
Praise the Lord,
isn't it great to see how
00:36:37.57\00:36:39.62
God takes us on a
journey through life and he
00:36:39.63\00:36:42.79
educates us in
just the way we needed.
00:36:42.80\00:36:45.40
He gives us the
experiences that we need,
00:36:45.41\00:36:47.40
so that we might
better serve Him?
00:36:47.41\00:36:49.37
Yes. Thank you Ebony
for you Testimony today.
00:36:49.38\00:36:51.84
Yes God bless you.
00:36:51.85\00:36:53.26
Nearer, still
nearer, close to Thy heart,
00:37:04.30\00:37:13.90
Draw me, my Savior,
so precious Thou art;
00:37:13.91\00:37:23.65
Hold me, oh, hold
me close to Thy breast,
00:37:23.66\00:37:33.25
Shelter me safe in
that "Haven of Rest,"
00:37:33.26\00:37:42.70
Shelter me safe in
that "Haven of Rest."
00:37:42.71\00:37:52.51
Nearer, still
nearer, nothing I bring,
00:37:52.52\00:38:02.18
Naught as an
offering to Jesus, my King;
00:38:02.19\00:38:11.85
Only my sinful,
now contrite heart,
00:38:11.86\00:38:20.96
Grant me the
cleansing Thy blood doth impart,
00:38:20.97\00:38:29.83
Grant me the
cleansing Thy blood doth impart.
00:38:29.84\00:38:39.28
Nearer, still nearer,
while life shall last,
00:38:50.99\00:38:58.88
'Til safe in
glory my anchor is cast;
00:38:58.89\00:39:08.11
Through endless
ages, ever to be,
00:39:08.12\00:39:16.69
Nearer, my Savior,
still nearer to Thee,
00:39:16.70\00:39:25.91
Nearer, my Savior,
still nearer to Thee.
00:39:25.92\00:39:36.04
Nearer, my Savior,
still nearer to Thee. Amen.
00:39:36.05\00:40:02.70
Take my life, and let it be
00:40:16.34\00:40:18.45
consecrated, Lord, to thee;
00:40:18.46\00:40:23.32
take my moments and my days,
00:40:23.33\00:40:27.28
let them flow in
ceaseless praise.
00:40:27.29\00:40:31.32
Take my hands, and let them move
00:40:31.33\00:40:35.36
at the impulse of thy love;
00:40:35.37\00:40:38.88
take my feet, and let them be
00:40:38.89\00:40:42.19
swift and beautiful for thee.
00:40:42.20\00:40:45.86
Take my voice, and let me sing
00:40:45.87\00:40:49.74
always, only, for my King;
00:40:49.75\00:40:53.10
take my lips, and let them be
00:40:53.11\00:40:56.30
filled with messages from thee.
00:40:56.31\00:41:02.10
Take my silver and my gold,
00:41:02.11\00:41:06.63
not a mite would I withhold;
00:41:06.64\00:41:10.34
take my intellect, and use
00:41:10.35\00:41:14.38
every power as
thou shalt choose.
00:41:14.39\00:41:17.57
Take my will and make it thine;
00:41:17.58\00:41:21.56
it shall be no longer mine.
00:41:21.57\00:41:25.02
take my heart, it is thine own;
00:41:25.03\00:41:28.60
it shall be thy royal throne.
00:41:28.61\00:41:32.31
Take my love; my Lord, I pour
00:41:38.80\00:41:42.98
at thy feet its treasure store;
00:41:42.99\00:41:47.11
take my self, and I will be
00:41:47.12\00:41:51.68
ever, only, all for thee. Amen.
00:41:51.69\00:42:06.52
In later decades
other schools came on to the
00:42:15.32\00:42:18.35
scene Pine Forest
Academy, Little Creek School,
00:42:18.36\00:42:23.62
PV Valley Junior
Academy, Wildwood School,
00:42:24.98\00:42:29.09
Laurelbrook School,
Harbert Hills Academy and
00:42:30.26\00:42:34.60
many more.
Meanwhile another group near
00:42:34.61\00:42:38.39
Asheville, North
Carolina responded to
00:42:38.40\00:42:41.02
Ellen White's call
for workers in the South.
00:42:41.03\00:42:43.99
In 1910 the Browns
brothers and the Spaldings
00:42:44.55\00:42:49.74
started the
Naples Agricultural and
00:42:49.75\00:42:52.29
Normal School which is
today Fletcher Academy.
00:42:52.30\00:42:55.95
Workers from
Fletcher started the
00:42:57.04\00:42:59.10
Pisgah Industrial Institute,
00:42:59.11\00:43:01.11
now Mount Pisgah
Academy. Fletcher also aided in
00:43:01.12\00:43:06.03
the development of a
school at Banner Elk,
00:43:06.04\00:43:08.42
North Carolina. And the
Glen Alpine Rural school
00:43:08.43\00:43:12.34
near Morganton, North
Carolina. Some of these
00:43:12.35\00:43:16.41
school existed for a
short time and then having
00:43:16.42\00:43:19.75
accomplished
their purpose passed out
00:43:19.76\00:43:22.22
of existence. Some
have been in continuous
00:43:22.23\00:43:25.20
operation to this day
and others are now operated
00:43:25.21\00:43:28.29
by the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:43:28.30\00:43:30.53
Good afternoon, my
name is Elijah Morar,
00:43:37.33\00:43:40.21
and as a student
of Laurelwood Academy
00:43:40.22\00:43:42.77
I've seen the Lord's
work not only through
00:43:42.78\00:43:46.28
my life, but
through the lives of others.
00:43:46.29\00:43:48.58
My parents send both
my older brother and my
00:43:49.24\00:43:52.07
sister to Laurelwood before me,
00:43:52.08\00:43:53.63
so I had seen that
the Christian education
00:43:54.10\00:43:57.89
is changing for
better. But when it became
00:43:57.90\00:44:00.78
my turn to come to
Laurelwood it was a little
00:44:00.79\00:44:02.91
bit difficult for me,
because I could not speak
00:44:02.92\00:44:06.03
or understand any
English only Russian.
00:44:06.04\00:44:08.87
But the staff were
very patient and caring
00:44:09.50\00:44:12.40
toward and they also
there are lot of praying
00:44:12.41\00:44:14.84
for me and now I
am able to speak and
00:44:14.85\00:44:17.14
understand English
language. At the start of
00:44:17.15\00:44:21.04
every school year
we have an R&R week,
00:44:21.05\00:44:23.86
during this week the
whole student body and the
00:44:23.87\00:44:26.60
staff get to camp
out and enjoy a week of
00:44:26.61\00:44:30.07
spiritual emphasis in nature.
00:44:30.08\00:44:31.95
I really enjoyed
this trip and I'm looking
00:44:32.75\00:44:35.35
forward towards
this one in August.
00:44:35.36\00:44:37.71
Every March our school
breaks up into different
00:44:38.38\00:44:41.12
mission trips and
one of our groups travel
00:44:41.13\00:44:43.86
to Salvador. They
conducted children's
00:44:43.87\00:44:46.58
meetings and gave
concerts at churches,
00:44:46.59\00:44:49.22
schools and evangelistic
crusades all over the
00:44:49.23\00:44:52.30
country. The
students and staff seem to
00:44:52.31\00:44:55.31
comeback changed for
the better and they told
00:44:55.32\00:44:58.06
us inspirational
stories of baptisms and changed
00:44:58.07\00:45:02.05
lives and how the Lord
is blessing in that part
00:45:02.06\00:45:05.14
of the world. The
second mission trip went
00:45:05.15\00:45:07.92
to Puerto Rico and
the Dominican Republic.
00:45:07.93\00:45:10.18
But they had a focus
on health ministries.
00:45:10.19\00:45:13.70
The Lord blessed
greatly in that many souls were
00:45:14.25\00:45:17.34
led to Christ through
the medical missionary
00:45:17.35\00:45:19.80
work. In addition our
principal delivered many
00:45:19.81\00:45:22.91
sermons in Spanish
and the Lord blessed
00:45:22.92\00:45:26.04
immensely. I stayed
in the United States of
00:45:26.05\00:45:29.01
America on an
Oregon mission trip.
00:45:29.02\00:45:31.13
Our plans were to hold
an evangelistic series and
00:45:31.66\00:45:34.59
held seminars, but
unfortunately we didn't
00:45:34.60\00:45:37.73
have a place, a
suitable place to hold the
00:45:37.74\00:45:40.63
meetings, but I saw
that the Lord was in control
00:45:40.64\00:45:44.12
because a few nights
before the meetings were
00:45:44.13\00:45:47.82
to start, a mall called
us and they told us that
00:45:47.83\00:45:50.72
they have an open spot
for us right in the middle
00:45:50.73\00:45:53.01
of the mall and for no charge.
00:45:53.02\00:45:55.57
And in this I saw
that the Lord was working.
00:45:56.47\00:45:58.90
This meetings drew in
young and old during the
00:46:00.50\00:46:03.46
two weeks and we were
able to meet the public
00:46:03.47\00:46:06.21
needs on a medical
level. In the evenings we
00:46:06.22\00:46:09.71
held some
children's meetings and gave,
00:46:09.72\00:46:11.47
and gave some Bible
studies. We also assisted
00:46:11.48\00:46:15.29
in a week long
evangelistic series.
00:46:15.30\00:46:17.96
The person that
impressed the most was a
00:46:17.97\00:46:21.32
92-year-old lady that
went to every single of
00:46:21.33\00:46:25.69
our meetings and she
even skipped her 93rd
00:46:25.70\00:46:28.64
birthday party just to
hear the Lord's message.
00:46:28.65\00:46:32.07
I thank God for
schools like Laurelwood's
00:46:33.22\00:46:35.56
Academy and I
thank my parents for the
00:46:35.57\00:46:38.46
opportunity to attend
school that provides such
00:46:38.47\00:46:42.04
a great Christ
centered education. Thank you.
00:46:42.05\00:46:45.31
Happy Sabbath, happy Sabbath.
00:46:53.87\00:46:56.06
My name is Jaime
Douville, I've been attending
00:46:56.07\00:46:58.37
Laurelbrook Academy
for two years and I'm about
00:46:58.38\00:47:00.82
to enter my junior year there.
00:47:00.83\00:47:02.16
One thing I've
noticed about self supporting
00:47:02.17\00:47:05.09
schools is that the
students get lots of
00:47:05.10\00:47:07.35
opportunities to
learn practical skills,
00:47:07.36\00:47:09.61
it's called vocational
training. When I went to
00:47:09.62\00:47:12.69
school I figured it
would be really easy,
00:47:12.70\00:47:14.48
I thought I knew
how to work already.
00:47:14.49\00:47:16.18
Well I was wrong.
It took me a long time
00:47:16.19\00:47:19.87
before I finally
remembered everything
00:47:19.88\00:47:21.76
that I wasn't
expected of me to work in the
00:47:21.77\00:47:23.83
kitchen. The dishes
had to washed just right
00:47:23.84\00:47:26.65
and the floor
had to be spotless.
00:47:26.66\00:47:28.17
But I called on a
little bit everyday and before
00:47:29.02\00:47:31.38
long I was completing
my job just as well as
00:47:31.39\00:47:33.71
everyone else, so after
I turned 16 they decided
00:47:33.72\00:47:37.92
to train me as a
C.N.A. a certified nurse's
00:47:37.93\00:47:40.41
assistant. Ellen
White councils the educators
00:47:40.42\00:47:43.84
to include a medical
work in their training and
00:47:43.85\00:47:46.06
so Laurelbrook
has a nursing home.
00:47:46.07\00:47:47.45
I was very
excited to work there.
00:47:48.17\00:47:49.59
During the whole
nine weeks of training I
00:47:49.60\00:47:51.95
imagine myself caring
for sweet little old ladies
00:47:51.96\00:47:54.36
while my friends do
all the hard work in the
00:47:54.37\00:47:55.99
kitchen. I learned
it, my duty as a C.N.A.
00:47:56.00\00:48:01.51
would be to help
the residents exercise,
00:48:01.52\00:48:03.89
feed them, bath them
and take care of all their
00:48:03.90\00:48:05.96
personal hygiene
and I learned it,
00:48:05.97\00:48:08.26
but it really wasn't
easy like I had expected.
00:48:08.27\00:48:10.65
It was physically
much harder than working in
00:48:10.66\00:48:12.85
the kitchen. The one
thing I hadn't been prepared
00:48:12.86\00:48:16.73
for in training was
feet. I couldn't stand feet.
00:48:16.74\00:48:20.68
I thought they were
disgusting and smelly.
00:48:20.69\00:48:22.59
I still think so,
without a doubt feet
00:48:23.24\00:48:25.60
are the ugliest
part of the human body.
00:48:25.61\00:48:27.52
But one day a
resident had me cornered,
00:48:29.91\00:48:32.79
she desperately
needed some medicated lotion
00:48:32.80\00:48:35.18
rubbed into her feet
and there was no other
00:48:35.19\00:48:37.35
C.N.A to do it. As
I uncovered her feet,
00:48:37.36\00:48:40.34
I had to keep
myself from making a face.
00:48:40.35\00:48:42.20
It was, it was nasty
and I didn't wanna touch her
00:48:42.21\00:48:44.67
feet at all. I said in my mind,
00:48:44.68\00:48:47.00
God this is really
nasty, and then I heard this,
00:48:47.01\00:48:50.48
that still small
voice speaking to me and he
00:48:50.49\00:48:53.09
said, yeah, so was
John's feet and Peter's feet
00:48:53.10\00:48:56.65
and Judas' feet. I said what?
00:48:56.66\00:48:59.51
I didn't really
understand what God was trying
00:48:59.52\00:49:01.12
to tell me. I was
a little confused.
00:49:01.13\00:49:02.80
But I went home
and I read the words of
00:49:04.29\00:49:05.73
Jesus in John 13, if I then,
00:49:05.74\00:49:08.41
your Lord and Master,
have washed your feet;
00:49:08.42\00:49:10.54
ye also ought to
wash one another's feet.
00:49:10.55\00:49:12.82
Verily, verily I say
unto you the servant is
00:49:12.83\00:49:16.94
not greater than his
Lord and neither he that
00:49:16.95\00:49:19.61
ascent, greater
then he that sent him.
00:49:19.62\00:49:21.13
If he know these
things happy are you that do
00:49:21.90\00:49:23.85
them. You know it's
natural to not one to do
00:49:23.86\00:49:27.27
unpleasant jobs, but
knowing that even Jesus
00:49:27.28\00:49:29.91
washed people's feet
and makes it a little bit
00:49:29.92\00:49:31.72
easier. I learning
to do my best where ever
00:49:31.73\00:49:34.79
I am and to not
always expect every job to be
00:49:34.80\00:49:37.23
easy. I'm still
growing and growing is not an
00:49:37.24\00:49:40.54
easy process, but I
learned a little bit more
00:49:40.55\00:49:42.62
everyday. One of the
advantages that I see
00:49:42.63\00:49:46.52
in working in the
nursing home or helping in the
00:49:46.53\00:49:49.33
community or going on
mission trips is that I
00:49:49.34\00:49:51.61
learn to have compassion for
00:49:51.62\00:49:52.89
people that need help.
I've seen people brought
00:49:52.90\00:49:56.29
closer to Christ
simply because someone takes
00:49:56.30\00:49:58.44
time to help them and
listen to their needs.
00:49:58.45\00:50:00.87
It seems like that's
the whole point of education
00:50:01.88\00:50:03.55
anyhow not just to
teach us ideas and facts
00:50:03.56\00:50:06.98
but to teach your
head and our hands and our
00:50:06.99\00:50:09.40
heart to work
together so that God can come
00:50:09.41\00:50:11.24
sooner. I was baptized
on July 14th just a few
00:50:11.25\00:50:15.43
weeks ago, I pledged
to follow Christ for the
00:50:15.44\00:50:18.04
rest of my life even if
that means washing a few
00:50:18.05\00:50:20.41
dirty feet here and there.
00:50:20.42\00:50:21.66
My prayer is that
each of you will follow
00:50:22.84\00:50:25.09
Christ's example of
humility and service in
00:50:25.10\00:50:27.53
everyday of your life. Amen.
00:50:27.54\00:50:30.49
I want to welcome
this afternoon Josh Voight
00:50:39.54\00:50:42.86
here, Josh tell us a
little bit about what
00:50:42.87\00:50:44.67
you're doing right
now. Well right now I am
00:50:44.68\00:50:46.92
a pastor in the
Chesapeake Conference
00:50:46.93\00:50:48.58
and associated
pastor with the three church
00:50:48.59\00:50:50.19
district in Maryland, Baltimore.
00:50:50.20\00:50:52.34
Praise the Lord.
Tell us a little bit about
00:50:52.35\00:50:54.11
your childhood and your journey,
00:50:54.12\00:50:55.67
you don't just get
to be a pastor suddenly.
00:50:55.68\00:50:57.66
No I don't, I was
actually born in New Zealand.
00:50:58.20\00:51:00.81
Auckland, New Zealand.
I am a fourth generation
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Adventist and I lived
there unto I was seven
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when I moved over
to Baltimore, Maryland.
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So moved to Baltimore, Maryland,
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what happened
there in Baltimore?
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Well I started
getting involved in the wrong
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crowds. I started
hanging out with yeah kids who
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weren't doing so
well and I started going
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downhill. First
music, then smoking, drugs,
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alcohol, drug dealing,
gangs, and my life by 16
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had just gone way
down. So, let me see if I
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understand this,
a fourth generation
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Adventist dealing
drugs, that's pretty low.
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Was that as low as it got?
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No, that wasn't
as low as it got.
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You see I have gotten
so low that the only good
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thing in my life was my mother.
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She became my conscience
and she told me when I
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was doing something
wrong. So I came up with a
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plan to end her life
and within an hour of going
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through with that plan
my mom came down to school
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and changed my life.
Tell me how she changed
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your life Josh?
She made the decision
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to take me out to
Miracle Meadows School in
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West Virginia.
So she took you to
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Miracle Meadows
School and suddenly you were
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transformed into a
pastor is that how it worked.
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When I got to the
school I wanted to be the best
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I could so they would
see that there was nothing
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wrong with me and
they would send me home.
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Well within a month
it was Christmas time and
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they denied me from
going home for Christmas
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breaks. So, I decided
I had enough and I ran
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away from the
school. Throughout that week
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me and a couple of
friends we went up and down
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the east coast just on
a crime spree basically
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until like the
Prodigal Son we hit the bottom.
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Tell me about that experience?
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I ended up in a crack
house in Philadelphia on
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Christmas eve with my friends.
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No one to turn to all
my friends and my past life
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had turned their back on me.
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My gang everything and
I melt down in this crack
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house Christmas eve
and I prayed to God and
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I said, God if you're out there,
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if you cared about me
and if you get me out of
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this mess I will study
my Bible and I will try to
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figure out who you are
and build a relationship
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with you. So trying to
make a little deal with
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God on Christmas
eve in a bad situation.
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Yeah, alright,
you ended up back in
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Miracle Meadows. Yes,
Miracle Meadows actually
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took me back. I should have,
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if it wasn't for that I
would be in jail probably
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right now and for
the rest of my life.
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I had done a
lot, Miracle Meadows
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took me back and
when I came back I honored
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my vow to God, I
started looking at
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my life and I
looked around at the staff.
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A lot of them were
students from college who
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had given their year to come,
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I saw Christ in
them and I wanted that
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for myself. You know
Josh it is really exciting
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to see the impact of
this kind of program,
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this kind of
education can have on our life.
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You know God has
taken you on a journey,
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is there anybody you
would like to thank today.
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There is a couple of
people I need to thank.
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I need to thank my
mother for making that
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difficult
decision to send me out to
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Miracle Meadows.
If she had waited any
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longer there would have
been disastrous results.
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I need to thank
Miracle Meadows for being there
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for dealing with
the whole student.
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Even including the
spiritual aspects and
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I need to thank the ASI family.
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Its your financial
support that has directly made
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Miracle Meadows possible.
Without you I would not
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be standing here today.
Amen, thank you Josh for
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sharing with us today,
may God bless you in your
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Pastoral journey. Thank you.
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