I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and
welcome to 3ABN Today.
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My name is C.A. Murray
and allow me to thank you
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for sharing
just a little of your
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no doubt busy day with us
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and to thank you also
for your love, your prayers,
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your support of this
ministry because we realize
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we could not do
what we are called to do
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unless you
assist us in lifting up
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the mighty and
maxes name of Jesus,
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and we thank you for
your prayers and your support
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of Three Angels
Broadcasting Network.
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I'm excited today
because I have always
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based my ministry
on community service
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and helping out in the communit
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and I believe
that when the church
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gets its hands dirty
and maybe its feet dirty
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and maybe even its face dirty,
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there's something
very beautiful about that
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when that sweat equity
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is transformed
into community service.
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And so we are gonna
talk about Heritage Academy.
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We've got a number
of people here today.
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We're gonna do some switching
in the middle of the program,
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you are gonna meet some
new faces, that kind of thing.
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So we're gonna have
really good time together.
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First I want you
to meet Debbie Baker.
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Debbie, good to have you here.
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Hi, thank you.
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Debbie is the administrator
of Heritage Academy
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and we are gonna
find out what that means.
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And then we've got
Hailey Miller down at the far.
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Hi, Hailey. Hi.
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And then we got
a fellow whose name
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maybe somewhat familiar
to you if you watch 3ABN for.
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His name is Brian Kretshmar.
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Brian, good to have
you here. Thank you.
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We did a Heritage
series on your grandmother
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not too long ago
Juanita Kretshmar
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and I was good friends
with your grandfather Merlin.
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We served on the
General Conference Committee
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together many years ago.
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So that name is not
unfamiliar to anyone
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who spent time in New
York and I'm a New York guy,
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pastored in New
York for 30 years.
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So know your family well
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and he is a chip
of the old block.
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He sure is. Yeah,
looks like a Kretshmar.
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Good to have you.
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First Brian, where are you from?
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I'm from Greeneville, Tennessee.
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Tennessee, guy. Yep.
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Hailey, where are you from?
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I'm actually a staff
care at Heritage Academy.
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Born in Adventist home?
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Yeah, most of my life
up until I was around 30.
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Okay. Applicable
that most of your life.
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That's just-- we
have to talk about that.
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Brian, I know
your family-- Brian,
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your family was-- is Adventist.
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You grew up in
Adventist home? Yes.
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Brothers and sisters? Yes.
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I'm actually triplet
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so I've got two triplet
sisters and older sister.
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Are they in school with you?
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No, actually they are not.
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Okay, soak out on your own. Yep.
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Okay, very good.
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We are going to
talk about Debbie,
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disaster response and
your connection with ACTS and--
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first of all I was really
excited to get this program
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because you spend
sometime out in the community
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doing what
Christians are supposed to do.
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We are gonna talk about that.
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But first I want to talk
about you just a little bit.
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You are the
administrator and your husband
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is also employed at the academy.
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He is. He is the principal.
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Principal and we kind of
got that thing locked out.
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That's right.
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As administrator
what is your portfolio?
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What do you call to do?
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You know, really
just keep things going,
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be there for the staff,
help them with the resources
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they need to do what
our mission and vision is,
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and it's a blessing to
work with young people everyday.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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It either keeps you young
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or makes you feel
old or maybe both.
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Or both, yeah, could be both.
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Depending on the day. Yeah.
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Tell us a little bit about
where Heritage is and its size,
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how many students you have?
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We have about 55
students right now
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and we can take about 60.
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We are about an hour
and half east of Nashville
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and west of Knottsville.
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So right in the
middle. So Upper Cumberland.
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So you are close to max
as far as your students--
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We are, that's
right. Yeah. Yeah.
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Now there are some
schools that are a lot bigger,
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some obviously a lot smaller
that 55 seats kind of good,
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I guess that allows
for a pretty good teacher
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student ratio and some
real close working together.
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It does.
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It enables us to
really have the relationship
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and build that
relationship with the kids
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that we feel that we need
to have and or called to do.
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All right, now
hearing that coming
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from a staff
member is one thing,
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I want to turn
to the young people.
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Brian, you could have
gone to any number of schools
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there are Georgia-Cumberland
is fairly close
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to where you are than
other schools, why Heritage?
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Why Heritage?
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I was really impressed
with the spiritual aspects
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and all that to the school
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and they also have number
of different opportunities,
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we will be talking
today disaster response.
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Hailey, same question.
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It was more of
my parents decisions
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and since I was
really young, I was eight
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and so it was
kind of like, you know,
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you follow your
parents but overall I think
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it was a great opportunity
for my family to come
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and I'm really
happy that they came.
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Brian, for what you
know about the schools,
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what sets Heritage
apart in your mind?
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What sets Heritage apart?
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They have a strong emphasis
for relationship with Christ
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and building a
relationship with the students
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and getting them to know Christ.
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We also do a lot of outreach
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in ministries
community around us
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are through our disaster
response through canvassing
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and evangelism
and different forms.
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That seems to be and listening
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to both of the
young people Debbie,
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to be very important part
of the texture of the schools
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that's something that
you constantly strive to do
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to really make it a spiritual
place and a place of service.
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It is and you now,
the Lord really did that.
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There were ministries
that we begin ourselves
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but once that the Lord
open doors for specifically
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disaster response
was start over Katrina.
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We participated with a lot
of kids, a lot of academies
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and really felt like we
wanted to be a part of that
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and continue that and
that's where our training begin.
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Safety comes first.
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We wanted to make
sure that we put our kids
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in a safe
environment and begin training
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at that point 2005 and you know,
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to be the hands
and feet of Jesus
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and giving kids the
opportunity to do that
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for them to be face to
face and say, you know,
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I could make a
difference as an administrator,
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as an educator,
there is nothing better.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Now I feel have always thought
that when kids serve they grow,
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that there is a
direct correlation
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between service and growth.
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We had a-- I was
chairman of the board
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of a city academy
Northeastern Academy
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but when we took young
people on mission trips
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we saw growth, we saw expansion
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in their
relationship with Christ
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and they did
come back different.
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Right.
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And even those who
are kind of marginalized
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and maybe act out a little bit
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once they were
out of the, you know,
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the texture of the
culture of their regular life
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took off the
headphones and really began
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to listen and serve,
it changed their lives.
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Have you seen that
in the young people
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that you are
called to work with?
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Absolutely and you don't
have to go overseas to do that.
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Correct.
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Disaster response really
fills that bill in many ways
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and it bonds them together
as students and students
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and staff and away
that nothing else does.
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Yeah. And it's powerful.
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It's powerful to watch God
work in the young person's life
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that way and
that's the way He lived.
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Amen. And so...
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Yeah, now you've
been there how many years?
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Seventeen. Okay, little while.
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I guess long enough to
see some people graduate
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and maybe come back
and see the long term
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how their lives are affected.
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Yes. Yeah.
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Must be very rewarding.
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It is. It is really
the icing on the cake.
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Absolutely a blessing.
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Being in ministry
is phenomenal, so...
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I think working with
young people is a calling.
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It really is.
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Give me some of the flavor now
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because Heritage
works very closely
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with David Canther and ACTS.
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How did that
partnership become--
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you know, how did it come to be?
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Well, really
started with helping
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in Katrina really
was our first experience.
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I grew up in Florida
so hurricanes are typical
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and but to really involved kids
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in disaster
response was amazing.
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And we said we
want to do this more.
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We want to get involved more
but we want them to be safe.
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So that began
their training component
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and we got
together with our local EMS,
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local emergency folks
and started that training.
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And since then it just
expounded as you can see
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a lot of these props
that we use here for chocking
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and CPR and flood water rescue.
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Those things we
train the kids every year.
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All of our students
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and all of our staff are
trained as first responders
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and we want to make sure
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when they are out in the
field that safety comes first.
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That they are there to help,
they are there to be strong
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and do the best that they can
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and have the skills to be
able to be the best they can.
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Yeah. Now, I think
that makes Heritage.
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Maybe somewhat
unusual among academies.
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There are
academies that do music,
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there are academies
that do other things
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but disaster
training per se I don't know
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if that's something
that exist in many schools
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but obviously it is a
hallmark of what Heritage does.
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It is. Yeah. Yeah.
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When you chose
to come there Brian,
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did you know about this
aspect of the curriculum or not?
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Yes, I did and it was actually
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an awesome part of
choosing this school.
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You had a chance to actually
put some legs on your training,
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to put into
practice that which you,
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which you talked about
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because I have a
chainsaw training license now.
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I got that since moving
here, I'm New York City guy,
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I didn't know what chainsaw was,
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and never held a chainsaw
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till I came out
to Southern Illinois.
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And there is a lot of
dos and a lot of don't,
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there is a lot
of ways to get hurt
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when you are out trying to serve
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or trying to heal or
trying to help in a community.
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Talk to me a little bit
before you go into actually
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what happened about
the kinds of training
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that young people receive.
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Well, you know, we
follow strict guidelines.
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None of our
students handle a chainsaw.
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Really it's our staff
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but the students are right there
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to be able to pull the
brush and clear things,
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drive tractors, you
know, to be able to clear roads
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and a combination of things.
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So we want to make
sure that they are safe
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and that they are trained
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and they know
how to do work mass,
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kitchen's mass
feeding so that they know
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how to keep food safe
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and just the whole
combination of training.
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They are so trained
which is a FEMA designation
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and recognized
throughout the country,
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really throughout the world.
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Now this term
you've used it twice,
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first responders, so
that means you can be
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the first to go
in after a disaster
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or what is that
term actually mean?
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Up until just a month
ago we have deployed 39 times
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some as quickly as six hours
after an incident has occurred.
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And it's just a matter
of being right on the scene
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being able to do such a rescue,
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to be able to
assess a situation,
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plug into the local
emergency management personal
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and be of service.
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Yeah.
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So if something happens and
you are the first ones there.
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You are equipped to handle
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for the most part,
those kinds of things
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that you have to deal
with, you know what to do.
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That's correct. Yes, right.
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Yeah.
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Now as we said
before you actually
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had an opportunity to put
some of the stuff into practice.
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Talk to me about the event
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and then how the school began
to work its way through that.
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Well, if you live in
Tennessee at all you know that,
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you know, just wait a minute
and the weather will change.
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We live upon a
plateau and we get snow
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but not ice very often.
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I've been there 17 years
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and only really any
significant ice once.
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We were told that
weather was coming through
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and there might
be ice accumulation
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but not to worry, it
wasn't gonna be too bad.
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And a month ago we woke
up 4 am on a Sabbath morning
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to incredible
sounds of trees breaking
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and falling and a scary sound.
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So you could hear the cracking?
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Yes.
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About every ten seconds
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a branch was
falling around campus.
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We have thousands of
trees down on campus right now
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and in the
surrounding area of Monterey
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where we live is,
was kind of ground zero
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for the ice storm an
inch of ice on everything.
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Wow.
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So it was-- You know,
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we were used to
picking up and going
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where the disaster is,
we went out in the disaster.
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You're disaster-- You
were the disaster indeed.
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We were--
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Yeah, did you lose power?
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We did for eight days.
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Oh, my soul. Yes.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Lot of can beans and
stuff I guess were out.
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Well, we are
fortunate that we have propane
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and natural gas on campus
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so there were
some hot meals but,
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but its true, you know,
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we are really
taught as first responders
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that you don't tell
folks you are gonna be okay,
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or we understand what
you are going through.
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But through the response
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we were able to really help them
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to say we are in it together.
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They don't have
power, we don't have power.
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We understand what
they are going through
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because we are in it together
and that really bound us
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together with our community like
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response is never done so...
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I would imagine
that I mean, your first--
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what hits your
mind first, is okay,
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we need to take
care of ourselves.
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Correct.
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But also in that
mix you are Christian.
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You got a community
surrounding the school
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that is in the same
predicament that you are in.
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So you want to
reach out and help.
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How do you work
your way through?
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How do you treat as-- do we stay
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if you are on a
mountain and do our stuff or do
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you go on to the town,
how is that decision made?
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Well, that Sabbath
we really took stock
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of where we were
and how were we doing.
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Yeah.
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You know, really as
administrator staff said
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how we are gonna make
sure that the kids are warm,
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that were fed, that
things are okay on campus
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and took stock of that first.
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Once we had a plan
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and were able to work that plan,
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we than started
driving, we left campus
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and mind you still an
inch of ice on the roads,
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still slippery, lots of snow.
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Went out to see, you know,
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what things look
like beyond our campus.
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And the roads between Monterey--
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between to Heritage and Monterey
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were completely
blocked and we said,
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you know, we need
to be able to get out
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and get to town and
figure out what we need to do.
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So Sunday morning we
started early with a cut crew
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and our tractor and
Brian was one of those I mean,
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absolutely first
responders out there
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doing everything they
could to clear the road.
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So we're looking at this.
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Now, you got
trees down so the roads
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were physically
blocked with debris, tress,
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brush that kind of thing.
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Power lines, the
transformers, that's right,
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power poles snapped
in half just amazing
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and they cut six
miles worth of road
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in a little less than six hours.
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Wow, that's amazing.
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They met just on
the, on the other side
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that mile marker 3
coming into Monterey,
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the cut crew for
the power company
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and so they just I
mean, it was awesome.
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Brian, tell me
a little bit about
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what's going through
your mind when you heard
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and you realized
what was going on
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and you guys had to
get out, get on your coats
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and get out there and work?
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What was going through
your mind at that point in time?
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Well, it was
already cool outside
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so we are pretty
used to wearing coats.
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So the weather
necessarily wasn't a big deal
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but we knew that
something had happened,
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we didn't have any power
and we only been on campus,
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we're boarding academy
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so we see what
happens on the campus
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and the trees falling
sound like car crashes.
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Yeah.
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And so it was
pretty intense well,
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we get out there and as you saw
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the highway is
completely blocked,
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well, there were
chainsaws removing debris
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and she said six
miles in six hours
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is what we did
and it was really cool
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because obviously
some crazy people out
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they are tying to drive
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and we would
have to direct them,
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flag them through and get
them through our work site,
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remaining with
that, but it was really
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an awesome
opportunity to be able to work
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and be able to-- I
mean, right hand in hand
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with the power company
force removal, you know.
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So it was really
awesome experience for me.
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Six miles in six hours,
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that's picking up and
laying it down pretty good.
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Because you are
cutting brush, moving brush,
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pushing to the
side trying to clear,
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trying to clear road.
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How many young
people were involved
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in this
particular part of the ACTS?
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This particular part, I think
we had three chainsaw crews,
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which means a
chainsaw or two with anywhere
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between seven and ten people.
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So maybe 30? Yeah.
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Yeah. Wow.
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Incredible.
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Was that the first time
you had a chance to for--
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you personally a
chance to put into practice
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the things that you had learned
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or had you been on
other deployments before?
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Well, this is my first
year at Heritage Academy,
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I'm a junior and so I
haven't been on any disasters.
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I've been in training
modules and things like that
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but this is actually,
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this is the first
disaster I've been,
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it was right in my backyard.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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You take care of things
very, very close to them.
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Hailey, what crew were you on?
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What were you
doing during this time?
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Well, I did a
little bit of everything.
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We went door to door
checking upon people.
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We also-- we moved debris
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and things from
the road and but mostly
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I worked in the
distribution center.
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So we were helping pass out food
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and water and
blankets and pillows
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and toiletries and
different things like that
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and making sure
that people had things
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that they needed in
this time of need so...
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Debbie, the things
that you are passing out
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were they things
that the academy had
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or provided by the government
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that they put in
your hands to pass out?
00:18:06.64\00:18:08.33
From a variety of sources.
00:18:08.36\00:18:10.03
You know, when
you go into Wal-Mart
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or other stores and
they have big bins that say,
00:18:11.35\00:18:13.66
help with this response.
00:18:13.69\00:18:15.72
We get truck loads
full of that sort of thing.
00:18:15.75\00:18:18.18
Word got out and Second
Harvest Food Bank helped.
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You know,
variety of organizations
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really just pitched in.
00:18:24.48\00:18:25.51
We get pickup
trucks full of things.
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Yeah, we are looking at this.
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So you warehouse
these things for disaster
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or you give them
out as you get them
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at the point of disaster?
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Get them out as
the truck comes in.
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You have no idea what's coming.
00:18:36.23\00:18:37.85
When that truck
pulls up whatever is on it
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is what you are gonna give out.
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Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:40.95\00:18:41.98
Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:42.01\00:18:43.04
They're always guessing. Yeah.
00:18:43.07\00:18:44.62
Hailey, how
does it make you feel
00:18:44.65\00:18:46.04
to be a part of the healing,
00:18:46.07\00:18:47.74
a part of the
helping to pass out
00:18:47.77\00:18:49.49
and to see people's faces?
00:18:49.52\00:18:51.00
What kind of joy
did that give you?
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Actually it brought a lot of joy
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in my life because to be,
00:18:55.32\00:18:57.43
to be able to see
people get the things
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that they need at the time
and to see their happy faces
00:19:01.09\00:19:04.94
and to have them say, you know,
00:19:04.97\00:19:06.93
I'm so blessed that you are here
00:19:06.96\00:19:08.48
and that I know that
God brought you guys here
00:19:08.51\00:19:10.67
at this time because, you know,
I really needed this right now.
00:19:10.70\00:19:14.06
And the fact that we were
there for them at that moment,
00:19:14.09\00:19:17.32
it meant a lot to see their,
00:19:17.35\00:19:19.39
to see that their needs are met.
00:19:19.42\00:19:21.05
Great.
00:19:21.08\00:19:22.22
Brian, as a young person
first you had the school.
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How did the community receive
what you are trying to do
00:19:26.51\00:19:30.33
and did it help you forge
00:19:30.36\00:19:31.96
a stronger link
with the community?
00:19:31.99\00:19:34.31
Well, obviously
if you help someone
00:19:34.34\00:19:36.72
most of time they
are appreciative, right?
00:19:36.75\00:19:38.57
Well, I'm not only
working with the chainsaw crew
00:19:38.60\00:19:40.84
at the highways out in
distribution center as well
00:19:40.87\00:19:43.56
and but, what unique
experience for instance.
00:19:43.59\00:19:47.56
A few week ago a
little bit couple of days,
00:19:47.59\00:19:50.41
we went out
actually to a community
00:19:50.44\00:19:51.78
and we started doing
like a welfare check seeing
00:19:51.81\00:19:53.61
what people are doing,
heading out with firefighters
00:19:53.64\00:19:56.44
and even a couple days ago
00:19:56.47\00:19:58.81
I actually saw
one of the three --
00:19:58.84\00:20:01.01
we are working with
and different people
00:20:01.04\00:20:04.05
and they were so
thankful that this is happening.
00:20:04.08\00:20:06.27
They were like
you guys are awesome,
00:20:06.30\00:20:07.51
I can't believe you
guys are doing this.
00:20:07.54\00:20:09.33
And we really needed
help and you guys were there
00:20:09.36\00:20:11.53
and so proud of you guys.
00:20:11.56\00:20:13.58
People who are youth and
teenagers aren't all bad.
00:20:13.61\00:20:17.86
Praise the Lord. I'm
glad you put it in there.
00:20:17.89\00:20:20.02
I have a sentence
that I used in my ministry
00:20:20.05\00:20:22.32
that "Deeds of kindness
breakdown walls of separation,
00:20:22.35\00:20:24.85
build bridges to salvation."
00:20:24.88\00:20:27.19
So I guess this-- if
you had not been bond
00:20:27.22\00:20:30.37
with the community Debbie,
certainly drew the school
00:20:30.40\00:20:33.32
because you are not
located right in town, are you?
00:20:33.35\00:20:34.70
That's right. Yeah.
00:20:34.73\00:20:35.87
you kind of
separate a little bit away.
00:20:35.90\00:20:37.21
Right. Yeah.
00:20:37.24\00:20:38.28
And even though
I've been there 17 years,
00:20:38.31\00:20:40.68
I really didn't have my finger
00:20:40.71\00:20:42.29
on the pulse of the
folks that lived there.
00:20:42.32\00:20:45.16
Didn't realize that 40
percent of the population
00:20:45.19\00:20:48.56
on that little
town are impoverished.
00:20:48.59\00:20:51.65
And we really-- as
Brian just mentioned
00:20:51.68\00:20:55.57
after this
response have gone out
00:20:55.60\00:20:58.00
to the community to
take needs assessments,
00:20:58.03\00:21:00.16
to have prayer
with folks door to door
00:21:00.19\00:21:02.64
because we want
this to continue.
00:21:02.67\00:21:04.08
We don't want it just to
be because of this disaster
00:21:04.11\00:21:06.35
but it really has
opened the door for us
00:21:06.38\00:21:08.50
to know what the
needs are and hopefully,
00:21:08.53\00:21:11.21
prayerfully that the
Lord will open doors for us
00:21:11.24\00:21:13.28
to be able to
continue to minister to this.
00:21:13.31\00:21:15.32
Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:15.35\00:21:16.49
And I will
suspect now if the school
00:21:16.52\00:21:18.40
ever has any
event a singing thing
00:21:18.43\00:21:20.96
or concert something and
you invite the community in.
00:21:20.99\00:21:22.78
They are much more dispose now
00:21:22.81\00:21:24.31
to come on upon hills
to see what's going on
00:21:24.34\00:21:26.50
because you
learned to handle them.
00:21:26.53\00:21:28.09
And you know, a boarding academy
00:21:28.12\00:21:29.96
is odd to most
folks, you know, and they--
00:21:29.99\00:21:32.79
you know, they
have lots of questions.
00:21:32.82\00:21:34.60
You know, what you guys going?
00:21:34.63\00:21:35.90
You know, what do you do
out there that kind of thing.
00:21:35.93\00:21:37.93
This really has opened
the door for them to see kids,
00:21:37.96\00:21:40.61
teenagers in a
very different light
00:21:40.64\00:21:43.16
and so many of
them are just amazed
00:21:43.19\00:21:45.68
and we are as staff
so pleased to give kids
00:21:45.71\00:21:50.18
the opportunity to do this.
00:21:50.21\00:21:51.45
That's great. That is great.
00:21:51.48\00:21:52.94
Did you have a
chance to do any brand,
00:21:52.97\00:21:56.05
any wood
removable, any cleaning,
00:21:56.08\00:21:58.91
any tree removable for
the people in the community
00:21:58.94\00:22:01.21
as along with the
road work that you did?
00:22:01.24\00:22:03.02
Yes.
00:22:03.05\00:22:04.08
We went-- actually went,
00:22:04.11\00:22:05.67
we got even the list by
IC and so I commanded there
00:22:05.70\00:22:09.11
and they are like hey,
00:22:09.14\00:22:10.17
this person is
helping with the response,
00:22:10.20\00:22:11.83
they can clean their own yard
00:22:11.86\00:22:13.02
or this person is
in really, really need.
00:22:13.05\00:22:14.66
You've got trees
blocking this we can't move it.
00:22:14.69\00:22:16.76
And as we go there we
would remove the debris
00:22:16.79\00:22:19.72
and help them so
they could get out,
00:22:19.75\00:22:21.61
move logs in the yard and
different trees like that.
00:22:21.64\00:22:25.21
Debbie, talk to me a
little bit about because you--
00:22:25.24\00:22:27.40
you're in there
doing your thing,
00:22:27.43\00:22:29.63
your cleaning but there
is also government agencies
00:22:29.66\00:22:32.16
FEMA whatever else working.
00:22:32.19\00:22:34.49
How about the corporation
00:22:34.52\00:22:35.90
or lack there of with
official government agencies?
00:22:35.93\00:22:38.46
Are they welcoming
your work with them?
00:22:38.49\00:22:41.23
Are they suspicious
of what you are doing?
00:22:41.26\00:22:43.56
How does that flow?
00:22:43.59\00:22:45.05
I'm really glad you
asked because being so trained
00:22:45.08\00:22:48.22
we understand that we
don't just wing it on our own.
00:22:48.25\00:22:50.02
Yeah.
00:22:50.05\00:22:51.08
We don't walk into
community and just say ta-da
00:22:51.11\00:22:53.30
we are here and get busy.
00:22:53.33\00:22:56.65
We plug in with the folks
that are there that's their job
00:22:56.68\00:22:59.74
and we seek them out.
00:22:59.77\00:23:01.70
We go to where
they are and ask them
00:23:01.73\00:23:04.07
what can we can do to help.
00:23:04.10\00:23:05.97
And so that first day we
knew that there was access
00:23:06.00\00:23:10.90
through rescue work through ACTS
00:23:10.93\00:23:13.66
that there might
be a mobile kitchen
00:23:13.69\00:23:15.14
that we could
mobilize to get there
00:23:15.17\00:23:17.60
and so we told them we've
got this resource where they,
00:23:17.63\00:23:23.18
that I think
that they could use it
00:23:23.21\00:23:24.75
and they said absolutely.
00:23:24.78\00:23:25.96
So just the day
after we lost power,
00:23:25.99\00:23:30.04
headed to Chattanooga to
pick up that mobile kitchen,
00:23:30.07\00:23:32.41
so that we could feed
00:23:32.44\00:23:33.47
that folks that
were in the shelter,
00:23:33.50\00:23:34.62
they were completed displaced,
00:23:34.65\00:23:36.18
and other folks
including emergency workers
00:23:36.21\00:23:38.50
and they were
bringing in electricians
00:23:38.53\00:23:42.13
and power trucks
from all over the country
00:23:42.16\00:23:44.96
to help restore
power in that region.
00:23:44.99\00:23:47.17
So there were about 15 counties
00:23:47.20\00:23:50.45
that were
affected not just our own.
00:23:50.48\00:23:52.61
So a lot of folks
50,000, 60,000 people
00:23:52.64\00:23:55.45
without power in that area.
00:23:55.48\00:23:57.49
So I visit and attend meetings
00:23:57.52\00:24:02.27
with our local
emergency management
00:24:02.30\00:24:04.08
because of our experience
00:24:04.11\00:24:05.80
and I've had several
of them say, you know,
00:24:05.83\00:24:07.63
you tell us, you bring pictures,
00:24:07.66\00:24:09.94
we know what you
do because of things
00:24:09.97\00:24:11.88
that you said but it's not
the same as when we see it,
00:24:11.91\00:24:14.97
when we live it
and they have just been
00:24:15.00\00:24:17.83
so gracious and just been
so open to working with us
00:24:17.86\00:24:22.70
and we just were partners.
00:24:22.73\00:24:24.88
We saw ourselves side by
side working together with them
00:24:24.91\00:24:27.85
and forging new fresh
relationships in exciting ways.
00:24:27.88\00:24:33.13
And they are open
to a lot of things,
00:24:33.16\00:24:36.05
so we are really excited.
00:24:36.08\00:24:37.41
You are building bridges
that can be crossed later on.
00:24:37.44\00:24:40.02
I didn't ask you this question
00:24:40.05\00:24:41.20
because all this is new to
me, I think it's very exciting.
00:24:41.23\00:24:43.82
Is there a code
word or if you say,
00:24:43.85\00:24:47.75
we have this
training then somebody
00:24:47.78\00:24:50.07
in responsible position says,
00:24:50.10\00:24:51.44
okay, I know they have this.
00:24:51.47\00:24:52.88
Is there some sort of word
00:24:52.91\00:24:54.23
or some sort of
something that kind of clicks it
00:24:54.26\00:24:56.92
so that they
know, yeah, they know
00:24:56.95\00:24:58.01
what they are doing,
they're not just rookies.
00:24:58.04\00:24:59.39
Kind of a
secret handshake? Yeah.
00:24:59.42\00:25:00.63
Yeah.
00:25:00.66\00:25:02.99
CERT that stands for Community
Emergency Response Teams, CERT
00:25:03.02\00:25:09.66
and if you are CERT trained
that's a FEMA organization,
00:25:09.69\00:25:15.54
FEMA outlined
and so if, you know,
00:25:15.57\00:25:18.32
all emergency responders
understand what CERT is.
00:25:18.35\00:25:21.48
So if you say I'm CERT trained,
00:25:21.51\00:25:23.63
then that opens a lot of doors
for you to be able to plug in.
00:25:23.66\00:25:26.30
They know what
your abilities are,
00:25:26.33\00:25:28.07
they know what your training is
and it's very helpful to them.
00:25:28.10\00:25:31.82
Before we switch out
your training comes from who?
00:25:31.85\00:25:35.53
Originally our
training was through the county,
00:25:35.56\00:25:37.68
through FEMA and
all of our students
00:25:37.71\00:25:39.65
went through and
did that training.
00:25:39.68\00:25:41.17
We worked together with
ACTS to continue that training
00:25:41.20\00:25:44.16
and but our, you know, ICS
training is FEMA recognized.
00:25:44.19\00:25:50.08
So we all of our students
go through that training
00:25:50.11\00:25:53.07
on the web and
real life training
00:25:53.10\00:25:56.41
every year with a
drill and hands on training,
00:25:56.44\00:26:01.17
just similar of
the training that we do
00:26:01.20\00:26:02.72
for other schools and
other places as well so...
00:26:02.75\00:26:05.97
This is fabulous.
00:26:06.00\00:26:07.05
I want to get before
we make our little switch
00:26:07.08\00:26:09.42
and go to our music
from Brian and Hailey.
00:26:09.45\00:26:13.05
Tell me what this
kind of work serving
00:26:13.08\00:26:16.21
the community does for
your own spiritual life?
00:26:16.24\00:26:19.14
More-- you know,
00:26:19.17\00:26:20.35
this is those kind of
big anthological questions
00:26:20.38\00:26:22.41
we toss it every now and again.
00:26:22.44\00:26:23.87
But more than
just the physical help
00:26:23.90\00:26:27.60
I mean, if you take a tree off
somebody's house to help them
00:26:27.63\00:26:31.08
but you as a caregiver
of course a service person,
00:26:31.11\00:26:34.68
what does that do for your
own relationship with the Lord
00:26:34.71\00:26:36.95
to be a hand of or
instrument of change
00:26:36.98\00:26:40.64
and helping for a community?
00:26:40.67\00:26:41.93
What did that do
to you personally?
00:26:41.96\00:26:44.09
Well, honesty I really,
really was happy to help them,
00:26:44.12\00:26:48.42
physically right.
00:26:48.45\00:26:49.65
And you could see
that they are more open to
00:26:49.68\00:26:52.15
as we said spiritual
things being a prayer that
00:26:52.18\00:26:53.96
we had in our
school they'd come.
00:26:53.99\00:26:55.38
But me personally I was just--
00:26:55.41\00:26:58.03
it made me realize
first of all that being young
00:26:58.06\00:26:59.90
and being a youth
is not limiting factor,
00:26:59.93\00:27:02.40
obviously we
weren't properly trained
00:27:02.43\00:27:04.14
but it's not limiting factor,
we can still help people,
00:27:04.17\00:27:06.20
we can still do things.
00:27:06.23\00:27:07.67
And I don't have
to be "caught up"
00:27:07.70\00:27:10.41
as I mean the usual
teenage thing, you know.
00:27:10.44\00:27:13.00
I don't have-- I can serve
00:27:13.03\00:27:14.06
the Lord even now where I'm at.
00:27:14.09\00:27:16.05
And just being
able to serve the Lord,
00:27:16.08\00:27:18.22
you get those
experiences, you know,
00:27:18.25\00:27:19.53
God I want to do this more.
00:27:19.56\00:27:20.59
You know, it really just deepens
00:27:20.62\00:27:21.65
your relationship with it.
00:27:21.68\00:27:22.75
All right.
Hailey, same question.
00:27:22.78\00:27:25.28
I kind of-- it
showed me like what Christ,
00:27:25.31\00:27:27.80
Christ does for us
00:27:27.83\00:27:29.26
and that He has
unconditional love
00:27:29.29\00:27:31.56
and He will do anything for us,
00:27:31.59\00:27:33.32
and the fact
that we helped people
00:27:33.35\00:27:36.40
and seen how we helped
them and their happy faces
00:27:36.43\00:27:40.19
and sometimes
them crying and saying,
00:27:40.22\00:27:43.27
I'm so happy that you
are here and that you are,
00:27:43.30\00:27:45.78
that you are
willing to take your time
00:27:45.81\00:27:47.56
and that you have no electricity
00:27:47.59\00:27:48.91
that you are in
the same position
00:27:48.94\00:27:50.85
as we are and that you are
willing to help us it's just--
00:27:50.88\00:27:53.61
it showed me that you know,
00:27:53.64\00:27:56.04
that Christ has
an everlasting love
00:27:56.07\00:27:58.91
and that we can share
that through ourselves.
00:27:58.94\00:28:01.83
Well said. Well said. Well said.
00:28:01.86\00:28:03.87
Do you have
something else, Brian?
00:28:03.90\00:28:05.03
No, I was agreeing
with her. Okay. Well said.
00:28:05.06\00:28:07.69
We want to go to our music now
00:28:07.72\00:28:08.86
and we are gonna use that
time to make a little switch.
00:28:08.89\00:28:11.25
We are gonna
lose Brian and Hailey.
00:28:11.28\00:28:13.23
Thank you so very much
and bring in two new names.
00:28:13.26\00:28:15.92
Let me see, let me get them here
00:28:15.95\00:28:18.41
Shannon Edwards and Derek Logan
00:28:18.44\00:28:20.77
and we will be back
with them right after this.
00:28:20.80\00:28:22.98
This is Sandra Entermann
00:28:23.01\00:28:24.27
and she is gonna
be singing a song
00:28:24.30\00:28:25.68
that really fits into the niche
00:28:25.71\00:28:27.38
of what we are
trying to talk about today,
00:28:27.41\00:28:28.99
"I Am Willing Lord."
00:28:29.02\00:28:31.31
Sometimes when I am down
00:29:00.64\00:29:06.12
And I don't feel like
you are around, Oh Lord
00:29:06.15\00:29:13.05
Feeling so sorry for me
00:29:13.08\00:29:18.96
Not knowing that all the while
00:29:18.99\00:29:22.50
You're working to see
00:29:22.53\00:29:25.61
If when I'm put through the fire
00:29:25.64\00:29:31.37
I'll come out shining like gold
00:29:31.40\00:29:36.80
Oh Lord, please don't
ever stop working with me
00:29:36.83\00:29:44.45
Till You see I can
be all You want me to be
00:29:44.48\00:29:51.71
I am willing, Lord
00:29:56.76\00:30:02.82
I am willing, Lord
00:30:02.85\00:30:08.38
To be just exactly
what You want me to be
00:30:08.41\00:30:15.81
I am willing, Lord
00:30:21.06\00:30:26.96
I am willing, Lord
00:30:26.99\00:30:32.69
To be just exactly
what You want me to be
00:30:32.72\00:30:40.36
Often when I ask why
00:30:45.56\00:30:50.58
Teach me then on
you to rely, Oh Lord
00:30:50.61\00:30:57.29
You surely know what is best
00:30:57.32\00:31:02.39
May I learn that in confidence
00:31:02.42\00:31:06.25
And strength I can rest
00:31:06.28\00:31:09.28
Then leaning fully on You
00:31:09.31\00:31:14.87
My questions fall one by one
00:31:14.90\00:31:20.11
Dear Lord, please don't
ever stop working with me
00:31:20.14\00:31:27.55
Till You see I can
be all You want me to be
00:31:27.58\00:31:34.31
I am willing, Lord
00:31:39.56\00:31:45.31
I am willing, Lord
00:31:45.34\00:31:50.78
To be just exactly
what You want me to be
00:31:50.81\00:31:57.95
I am willing, Lord
00:32:03.11\00:32:08.77
I am willing, Lord
00:32:08.80\00:32:14.18
To be just exactly what You want
00:32:14.21\00:32:19.56
To be just exactly what You want
00:32:19.59\00:32:24.98
I want to be just
exactly what You want me to be
00:32:25.01\00:32:32.71
Amen. Well done.
00:32:54.62\00:32:56.75
Sandra comes to us once a year
00:32:56.78\00:32:59.62
or year and half
up from Australia,
00:32:59.65\00:33:01.71
does a very, very fine job,
00:33:01.74\00:33:03.21
well, a great friend of ministry
00:33:03.24\00:33:04.59
and someone that we
just love to have here.
00:33:04.62\00:33:06.90
Well, we have changed,
00:33:06.93\00:33:08.92
played a little
musical chairs here
00:33:08.95\00:33:10.64
and we've got Derek
Logan and Shannon Edwards.
00:33:10.67\00:33:15.16
Don't tell me, don't tell me,
00:33:15.19\00:33:16.70
you are Derek
and you are Shannon.
00:33:16.73\00:33:19.52
Thought so. Good
to have you guys here.
00:33:19.55\00:33:22.62
I want to go back and ask
some of the same questions
00:33:22.65\00:33:28.01
I asked Hailey and Brian
00:33:28.04\00:33:31.21
because I want to
establish why you chose
00:33:31.24\00:33:33.56
this particular
school if it was your choice,
00:33:33.59\00:33:35.55
your parents choice.
00:33:35.58\00:33:37.25
And then the idea that
you have this curriculum
00:33:37.28\00:33:41.14
which is
different than any school
00:33:41.17\00:33:42.70
that I'm aware of
that does disaster relief.
00:33:42.73\00:33:45.69
And the fact that
you've been called to put it
00:33:45.72\00:33:47.30
into practice so
many, many times.
00:33:47.33\00:33:49.20
I think it's a wonderful thing.
Derek, why Heritage for you?
00:33:49.23\00:33:52.88
Okay, well, I chose Heritage
00:33:52.91\00:33:54.55
because I'm very
interested in flight, aviation.
00:33:54.58\00:33:58.98
And for the longest times
since I was nine years old,
00:33:59.01\00:34:01.98
I've been wanting to
achieve my private pilot license
00:34:02.01\00:34:06.77
and maybe go on
and maybe some day
00:34:06.80\00:34:08.93
be a nautical missionary pilot.
00:34:08.96\00:34:10.76
Good man. Good man.
00:34:10.79\00:34:12.78
And so because they have
00:34:12.81\00:34:14.30
the aviation
program at Heritage,
00:34:14.33\00:34:16.87
I thought that would be good
00:34:16.90\00:34:17.95
and then I also sought
they have disaster response.
00:34:17.98\00:34:21.23
Oh, that really interested me
00:34:21.26\00:34:23.18
because nautical missionary
might need disaster training
00:34:23.21\00:34:27.80
and it looked interesting
00:34:27.83\00:34:29.02
so I was like this
is the school for me.
00:34:29.05\00:34:30.95
I felt a strong
calling to go to the school.
00:34:30.98\00:34:33.18
Praise the Lord.
00:34:33.21\00:34:34.25
Does he talk like
that all the time?
00:34:34.28\00:34:35.45
He does.
00:34:35.48\00:34:36.95
He's got my voice.
00:34:36.98\00:34:39.15
I used to pray
for a voice like that.
00:34:39.18\00:34:41.80
Well done.
00:34:41.83\00:34:43.94
You got to think about
broadcasting also along with,
00:34:43.97\00:34:47.24
along with some other things.
00:34:47.27\00:34:48.66
But Shannon, same questions,
00:34:48.69\00:34:49.75
a lot of school you can go
to, why did you choose Heritage?
00:34:49.78\00:34:54.32
Well, at first I
was home schooled
00:34:54.35\00:34:57.86
until about the eighth grade
00:34:57.89\00:34:59.61
and then my mom and dad
00:34:59.64\00:35:01.43
both had started
to having to work
00:35:01.46\00:35:02.89
and so my brother
and I were like well,
00:35:02.92\00:35:04.77
we're gonna have to, you
know, start going to school now.
00:35:04.80\00:35:06.86
And so we deiced to look around
00:35:06.89\00:35:08.12
and then a friend of ours
told us about Heritage Academy.
00:35:08.15\00:35:10.96
I was like, well, this
sounds like a good school,
00:35:10.99\00:35:12.54
so we went to the campus
00:35:12.57\00:35:13.67
and we looked
around and we decided
00:35:13.70\00:35:14.96
that we liked it
and so that's basically
00:35:14.99\00:35:17.30
how we came to know Heritage.
00:35:17.33\00:35:19.38
Is most of your
student body are Adventists?
00:35:19.41\00:35:21.97
Yes. Yeah. Yeah.
00:35:22.00\00:35:23.52
Because in most city
schools we run up to 50 percent
00:35:23.55\00:35:26.02
non-Adventist
sometime a little bit more.
00:35:26.05\00:35:29.07
It's a great missionary tool,
00:35:29.10\00:35:31.12
you know, but it's also nice
to have a kind of homogeneous
00:35:31.15\00:35:34.78
Adventist community
too, you know, to work with.
00:35:34.81\00:35:40.67
I did not know
about the aviation aspect.
00:35:40.70\00:35:43.46
We do. Yeah. Yeah.
00:35:43.49\00:35:45.21
See that what attracted me.
00:35:45.24\00:35:46.27
I went almost to
get my pilot's license
00:35:46.30\00:35:48.53
but then I ran out of
money and ran out of time.
00:35:48.56\00:35:50.62
You could still
come. You never told.
00:35:50.65\00:35:54.00
You never-- I'm glad.
00:35:54.03\00:35:55.61
I'm glad you said that.
00:35:55.64\00:35:56.93
Praise the Lord.
00:35:56.96\00:35:57.99
But that would
be attractive to me.
00:35:58.02\00:36:00.49
So you are thinking
about medical missionary work?
00:36:00.52\00:36:02.19
Yeah.
00:36:02.22\00:36:03.47
Yes.
00:36:03.50\00:36:04.70
Yeah. I like that idea.
00:36:04.73\00:36:07.40
After the initial clean up,
00:36:07.43\00:36:10.39
you got the brush down,
you've done a lot of that.
00:36:10.42\00:36:12.69
Then we moved into sort
of a little more long term
00:36:12.72\00:36:15.91
feeding needs assessment
00:36:15.94\00:36:17.92
and that's where I
think these two came in.
00:36:17.95\00:36:20.22
That's right. Yeah.
00:36:20.25\00:36:21.34
Both of them
really hands on deck.
00:36:21.37\00:36:22.79
I mean, they just
were right in there
00:36:22.82\00:36:24.44
with everyone else
00:36:24.47\00:36:25.51
but really the vast
majority of their time
00:36:25.54\00:36:28.91
were spent in a
couple of places.
00:36:28.94\00:36:31.52
I know Derek spent
time going door to door,
00:36:31.55\00:36:35.19
meeting folks and
doing needs assessment,
00:36:35.22\00:36:37.67
welfare checks, making
sure they are okay so...
00:36:37.70\00:36:40.69
Talk to me a little about
00:36:40.72\00:36:41.76
what you did when
you went door to door
00:36:41.79\00:36:43.34
and the kinds of responses
that you were getting, Derek?
00:36:43.37\00:36:45.67
Okay, so we were
going from around
00:36:45.70\00:36:48.60
say from door to door asking--
00:36:48.63\00:36:50.89
You have to forgive me,
00:36:50.92\00:36:51.95
this voice is
just knocking me out.
00:36:51.98\00:36:54.70
Out of this little baby
face is coming this voice
00:36:54.73\00:36:56.86
like Edward R.
Murrow or somebody.
00:36:56.89\00:36:58.95
It's really quite impressive.
I'm sorry but continue on.
00:36:58.98\00:37:01.87
Anyway asking an assessment
of how people are doing
00:37:01.90\00:37:05.59
just checking to see if
they have their needs met
00:37:05.62\00:37:09.64
if they need like if they
have their generator maybe,
00:37:09.67\00:37:14.56
if there is any medical
issues that is a concern.
00:37:14.59\00:37:18.71
If there is anything
they might need at that point
00:37:18.74\00:37:22.12
because when disaster
00:37:22.15\00:37:25.16
if there is
something that is not,
00:37:25.19\00:37:26.96
a need is not met,
00:37:26.99\00:37:28.57
things can
happen that is not good
00:37:28.60\00:37:30.27
and just making
sure people are warned
00:37:30.30\00:37:32.65
about some things could happen.
00:37:32.68\00:37:35.65
If you got a report
that maybe there were some
00:37:35.68\00:37:37.69
sort of emergency
was there mechanism
00:37:37.72\00:37:39.83
in place to redress
that, to deal with that?
00:37:39.86\00:37:42.02
Yes.
00:37:42.05\00:37:43.12
They were able to take
maps and map their locations,
00:37:43.15\00:37:46.81
the national guard,
00:37:46.84\00:37:48.36
the fire department were
all working together with us
00:37:48.39\00:37:50.81
to make sure that if there was
00:37:50.84\00:37:52.69
a medical emergency or something
00:37:52.72\00:37:54.65
that needed to be taken
care immediately it was so...
00:37:54.68\00:37:58.33
And they have the
opportunity to pray with folks
00:37:58.36\00:38:00.30
door to door to be
able to witness to them
00:38:00.33\00:38:03.33
and encourage them
and for a lot of them
00:38:03.36\00:38:05.76
that was just a
real powerful witness.
00:38:05.79\00:38:07.84
Sure, Derek, let me
ask you is there any,
00:38:07.87\00:38:09.45
any particular door,
00:38:09.48\00:38:10.75
any particular house
that stands out in your mind
00:38:10.78\00:38:12.58
that you felt you were
00:38:12.61\00:38:13.83
of particular
service to anything
00:38:13.86\00:38:15.29
that kind of jumps out of you?
00:38:15.32\00:38:16.87
Well, there was
a couple of people
00:38:16.90\00:38:19.65
I did not get to meet
the person who left the house
00:38:19.68\00:38:23.14
but they had some
family over to help
00:38:23.17\00:38:25.41
and there was one concern but
00:38:25.44\00:38:29.50
and before that I was wondering
00:38:29.53\00:38:31.41
why are we going door to door
00:38:31.44\00:38:32.64
and that everybody seems fine
00:38:32.67\00:38:34.73
but there actually was a concern
00:38:34.76\00:38:36.23
at this place end.
00:38:36.26\00:38:37.98
I was like and they were
thanking me over and over
00:38:38.01\00:38:40.80
that I was taking time to go
00:38:40.83\00:38:44.06
and make sure
other people were okay
00:38:44.09\00:38:46.35
even though back at home
we had needs that we needed.
00:38:46.38\00:38:50.05
Yeah. Yeah.
00:38:50.08\00:38:51.66
How many days were
you involved in this?
00:38:51.69\00:38:54.45
That was just
one day. Yeah. Yeah.
00:38:54.48\00:38:58.67
As far as a
disruption of school activity,
00:38:58.70\00:39:01.50
I guess you felt
this was certainly worth
00:39:01.53\00:39:03.91
while a necessary
to maybe ultra things
00:39:03.94\00:39:07.01
that are going on
a campus little bit
00:39:07.04\00:39:08.29
so you can be of
service to the community.
00:39:08.32\00:39:10.69
You know, when we used
to do mission trips overseas
00:39:10.72\00:39:14.33
and when we started getting
involved with disaster response
00:39:14.36\00:39:16.84
we said this is
really a ministry
00:39:16.87\00:39:18.87
we want to continue and own.
00:39:18.90\00:39:21.48
And so we decided to put
two weeks in our school year
00:39:21.51\00:39:25.86
that we normally
would do mission work
00:39:25.89\00:39:28.29
we do right here
in the United States.
00:39:28.32\00:39:31.18
Okay, so it was built into--
00:39:31.21\00:39:32.61
to your school,
isn't that great?
00:39:32.64\00:39:34.20
And we have great buy in from
our teachers and our faculty.
00:39:34.23\00:39:37.56
They know obviously we
can't schedule a disaster.
00:39:37.59\00:39:40.23
So they know when it hits
00:39:40.26\00:39:42.32
and just so happened
we couldn't have school
00:39:42.35\00:39:44.56
with the power
00:39:44.59\00:39:45.63
and with all
those struggles anyway,
00:39:45.66\00:39:47.67
but they just know
that if we have to go
00:39:47.70\00:39:51.05
like to Sandy or the Alabama
00:39:51.08\00:39:53.51
or any of these
places we had to drop
00:39:53.54\00:39:55.81
what we are doing
and teachers understand,
00:39:55.84\00:39:57.93
they are all trained
00:39:57.96\00:39:59.08
so they take off and go with us.
00:39:59.11\00:40:00.51
I see.
00:40:00.54\00:40:01.60
Now this happened
to be a local disaster
00:40:01.63\00:40:03.55
but from what you are saying
00:40:03.58\00:40:05.03
I'm hearing that you go
certainly out of your county,
00:40:05.06\00:40:08.11
out of your state, you
go wherever there is need.
00:40:08.14\00:40:10.46
That's correct. Yeah.
00:40:10.49\00:40:12.10
Praise the Lord.
00:40:12.13\00:40:13.48
And you know, I want to
say to what Derek was sharing.
00:40:13.51\00:40:17.37
The reason why they did
00:40:17.40\00:40:18.43
door to door
assessments in a day
00:40:18.46\00:40:20.40
was because they
really were diligent.
00:40:20.43\00:40:23.03
You are talking 5,000 homes
00:40:23.06\00:40:25.16
they visited
with all of our kids,
00:40:25.19\00:40:27.99
the national guard
and the fire department
00:40:28.02\00:40:32.64
visited all of those homes
door to door in that first day.
00:40:32.67\00:40:36.59
You know, here's
what impresses me Debbie,
00:40:36.62\00:40:38.61
that the government
agencies trusted you
00:40:38.64\00:40:42.22
to come back with
accurate information
00:40:42.25\00:40:44.37
and to do your job.
00:40:44.40\00:40:45.43
I mean, you know, you
have a bunch of goof off kids
00:40:45.46\00:40:47.05
just let's run through the mall
00:40:47.08\00:40:48.21
while the mall is closed anyway.
00:40:48.24\00:40:49.86
But the mindset you
know what I'm saying
00:40:49.89\00:40:52.03
that they could just
take off and not do the job.
00:40:52.06\00:40:53.73
So someone said, hey,
these guys can do the job,
00:40:53.76\00:40:56.46
let's trust them
to get the information
00:40:56.49\00:40:58.23
that we need to help
this community back to us.
00:40:58.26\00:41:00.67
Well, when I mentioned
CERT training a moment ago
00:41:00.70\00:41:04.32
it also qualifies
us for FEMA training
00:41:04.35\00:41:08.07
which is online
ICS 100, 200, 300.
00:41:08.10\00:41:13.54
There is a wide
range of different modules
00:41:13.57\00:41:16.24
that our
students are trained in.
00:41:16.27\00:41:17.90
So yeah, with that
comes credibility and,
00:41:17.93\00:41:23.14
you know, in the
midst of it they shine.
00:41:23.17\00:41:26.08
I mean, they only have
to be working with them
00:41:26.11\00:41:28.48
for 10 minutes to
know that they know
00:41:28.51\00:41:30.76
what they are doing
and trust is forged.
00:41:30.79\00:41:34.04
Yeah. Yeah. Praise the Lord.
00:41:34.07\00:41:35.49
Now, Shannon, I'm told
00:41:35.52\00:41:36.61
that you spent many,
many hours in the kitchen.
00:41:36.64\00:41:38.86
Yes.
00:41:38.89\00:41:39.93
Tell me about
that what it was like
00:41:39.96\00:41:41.37
and what specifically
you were called to do?
00:41:41.40\00:41:44.11
At first it was cold
00:41:44.14\00:41:46.64
because when we set
up the normal kitchen
00:41:46.67\00:41:48.42
there is like no
heat and stuff like that.
00:41:48.45\00:41:50.69
So it was quite an experience.
00:41:50.72\00:41:52.88
You have to get up early,
you had to start preparing food
00:41:52.91\00:41:55.28
because you know we
had to have breakfast
00:41:55.31\00:41:56.43
I believe it was by seven.
00:41:56.46\00:41:58.68
At the first
place that we went to,
00:41:58.71\00:42:00.74
we were next to I think it
was like a church type thing
00:42:00.77\00:42:04.85
and there was just not a
lot of people staying there
00:42:04.88\00:42:07.34
and it was actually a blessing
00:42:07.37\00:42:09.34
because at first we went inside
00:42:09.37\00:42:10.78
and we were just
singing with the people,
00:42:10.81\00:42:12.55
you know, trying
to lift their spirits.
00:42:12.58\00:42:14.48
And it was actually--
no I just I love to cook
00:42:14.51\00:42:17.71
so to me it was
just fun to start.
00:42:17.74\00:42:19.88
You know, cooking a
whole bunch of meals,
00:42:19.91\00:42:21.69
cooking different things
that I'd never cooked before
00:42:21.72\00:42:23.87
and you know, just to be
able to learn how to do it.
00:42:23.90\00:42:27.29
How many people were
in the particular kitchen
00:42:27.32\00:42:29.09
where you were serving?
00:42:29.12\00:42:31.00
How many people
working? In your kitchen.
00:42:31.03\00:42:33.38
In my kitchen it was
about five, six people working.
00:42:33.41\00:42:36.54
Okay. Okay.
00:42:36.57\00:42:37.60
Where there
several kitchen, Deb?
00:42:37.63\00:42:39.97
Not that we ran,
00:42:40.00\00:42:41.65
there was
another elementary school
00:42:41.68\00:42:43.94
that was about ten
miles north of the school
00:42:43.97\00:42:46.67
that was setting
up another shelter
00:42:46.70\00:42:48.42
and so they worked there
00:42:48.45\00:42:50.06
and helped out
there for a little while.
00:42:50.09\00:42:51.61
Did the kitchens move?
00:42:51.64\00:42:52.70
Did you move or you
just locked down to one place
00:42:52.73\00:42:55.25
and people came to
you to get their meal?
00:42:55.28\00:42:57.14
We stayed at one
spot and they came there.
00:42:57.17\00:42:59.13
Yeah.
00:42:59.16\00:43:00.47
Two meals a day, one
meal a day, three meals a day?
00:43:00.50\00:43:02.26
Three. Three.
00:43:02.29\00:43:03.35
Three meals a
day. Bless your heart.
00:43:03.38\00:43:05.82
Now you said
early-- you gave me,
00:43:05.85\00:43:07.22
you put a number with that early
00:43:07.25\00:43:09.44
they have to up
and ready by 5 o'clock.
00:43:09.47\00:43:11.35
5, 5 a.m.
00:43:11.38\00:43:12.42
Yes. Okay.
00:43:12.45\00:43:13.51
Didn't finish until
about 8 o'clock in night.
00:43:13.54\00:43:14.95
That's a good long day. It is.
00:43:14.98\00:43:16.52
And how many days did
that activity take place?
00:43:16.55\00:43:21.24
We had about 13 days.
00:43:21.27\00:43:22.90
Oh, I see, that's long.
00:43:22.93\00:43:24.43
Yeah, that's a lot of
work. That's a lot of work.
00:43:24.46\00:43:27.39
But it is also a
great time to build
00:43:27.42\00:43:31.40
and forge a strong
relationship with the community
00:43:31.43\00:43:34.35
and which those
that-- were there,
00:43:34.38\00:43:35.80
were there people that you
kind of reached out to that,
00:43:35.83\00:43:37.72
that kind of
stayed in your mind?
00:43:37.75\00:43:38.86
Any incidences
during that 13 day period
00:43:38.89\00:43:40.70
that kind of remain with you?
00:43:40.73\00:43:43.40
Yes, at the first
place that we were at,
00:43:43.43\00:43:46.23
there was this
gentleman by the end of the time
00:43:46.26\00:43:48.28
we were there he knew
me by name and he would--
00:43:48.31\00:43:51.59
to me it was just a
bussing he would just ask,
00:43:51.62\00:43:53.43
he would come and ask me
if I could pray with him?
00:43:53.46\00:43:56.12
And I would like, yeah, sure.
00:43:56.15\00:43:57.55
And then he would ask
as if like sing a song
00:43:57.58\00:43:59.85
and a group of us
girls we just stop,
00:43:59.88\00:44:01.87
we were doing sing him a song
00:44:01.90\00:44:03.16
and then go back
to what we were doing.
00:44:03.19\00:44:05.11
And to me it's just a blessing
00:44:05.14\00:44:06.23
to see the joy in his face
00:44:06.26\00:44:07.29
because of just what we
were able to do for him.
00:44:07.32\00:44:09.38
Yeah.
00:44:09.41\00:44:10.44
Are there any,
Debbie, testimonies
00:44:10.47\00:44:12.13
or anything that
stands out from your capacity?
00:44:12.16\00:44:16.99
Excuse me, over this
time of helping the community?
00:44:17.02\00:44:20.40
Anything that sort
of jumps out of you
00:44:20.43\00:44:22.02
that you know, you
were real blessing.
00:44:22.05\00:44:23.08
Any testimonies, any miracles
00:44:23.11\00:44:25.02
that sort of undergirded
what you are trying to do?
00:44:25.05\00:44:28.13
You know, there are several.
00:44:28.16\00:44:30.76
You know, I know
from a personal standpoint
00:44:30.79\00:44:33.00
for myself there was a gentleman
00:44:33.03\00:44:35.67
who went through
the distribution line
00:44:35.70\00:44:37.66
you saw just a minute
ago in pictures and he is--
00:44:37.69\00:44:42.53
you know, about twice my height
00:44:42.56\00:44:45.68
and about three
times my size in tears
00:44:45.71\00:44:49.07
just body shaking and crying
00:44:49.10\00:44:51.25
and said I can't
believe I'm here.
00:44:51.28\00:44:53.75
I just can't
believe I have to be here.
00:44:53.78\00:44:56.11
And I just put my arm around him
00:44:56.14\00:44:58.11
and said, you know, it's okay.
00:44:58.14\00:44:59.65
He had his son with him
00:44:59.68\00:45:01.56
probably about
eight or nine years old.
00:45:01.59\00:45:03.50
And I said, you know, it's
okay we are in this together.
00:45:03.53\00:45:06.58
We are
community, we bond together,
00:45:06.61\00:45:08.97
we are gonna be okay,
00:45:09.00\00:45:10.30
we are gonna work
this two together.
00:45:10.33\00:45:12.17
And we had prayer together
and he just was really moved.
00:45:12.20\00:45:16.84
Our community we
had the privilege
00:45:16.87\00:45:19.52
of going to the
county executives meeting
00:45:19.55\00:45:22.21
that meets once a
month and Heritage Academy
00:45:22.24\00:45:24.68
and our students were honored
00:45:24.71\00:45:26.38
as volunteers of
the month for the county
00:45:26.41\00:45:29.99
and above that just
everybody that we worked
00:45:30.02\00:45:33.51
with were so grateful
00:45:33.54\00:45:35.76
for the work
that these kids did.
00:45:35.79\00:45:37.40
Really, it's a resource
that we take for granted
00:45:37.43\00:45:40.71
because we do this
regularly but for folks that
00:45:40.74\00:45:44.42
that don't have that
resource for our county,
00:45:44.45\00:45:48.64
multiple counties
in our area responded
00:45:48.67\00:45:51.29
but they all had struggles.
00:45:51.32\00:45:52.85
You know, we had folks
from neighboring counties
00:45:52.88\00:45:55.14
that said, you know, we
don't have a place for food.
00:45:55.17\00:45:57.61
You know, can we
come to where you are?
00:45:57.64\00:45:59.58
We don't have a
place for hot meals.
00:45:59.61\00:46:01.55
And the average
temperature was about
00:46:01.58\00:46:04.02
12 degrees for a good week.
00:46:04.05\00:46:06.26
So a hot meal means an awful lot
00:46:06.29\00:46:08.65
and so they said, you know,
00:46:08.68\00:46:11.14
there really isn't
anything in my county.
00:46:11.17\00:46:13.35
There is nothing
to ministered to us,
00:46:13.38\00:46:15.21
nothing that we can glean from
00:46:15.24\00:46:16.83
and so we were
talking with our local folks
00:46:16.86\00:46:22.77
with the county and the mayor
00:46:22.80\00:46:25.11
and people in Monterey
and they said, you know,
00:46:25.14\00:46:28.10
the difference for us
to be able to do as much
00:46:28.13\00:46:30.94
as we've been able to
do is because of your kids.
00:46:30.97\00:46:32.95
Yeah.
00:46:32.98\00:46:34.06
And there is
nothing greater to hear as--
00:46:34.09\00:46:37.06
you know, as a
teacher as an educator
00:46:37.09\00:46:39.16
than to know
that you put your kids
00:46:39.19\00:46:40.92
and experiencing an
opportunity for leadership
00:46:40.95\00:46:43.60
where they have
networked with professionals.
00:46:43.63\00:46:46.53
It's really been an
awesome experience to see them
00:46:46.56\00:46:51.44
respond to that and grow.
00:46:51.47\00:46:53.83
I want to ask Derek and Shannon
00:46:53.86\00:46:57.28
the same question I asked Brian
00:46:57.31\00:46:58.34
and Hailey
before as young people
00:46:58.37\00:47:02.26
how did this experience
impact your spiritual walk,
00:47:02.29\00:47:06.14
your love of
relationship with the Lord?
00:47:06.17\00:47:08.73
How did this affect that?
00:47:08.76\00:47:12.00
Well, it really kind of walk
made to the realization that
00:47:12.03\00:47:16.73
God has been working
through me even though
00:47:16.76\00:47:19.52
when I don't really think so.
00:47:19.55\00:47:22.35
Because so I'm thinking
that I'm not really doing watch,
00:47:22.38\00:47:27.64
I'm just going door to
door or I'm just making boxes
00:47:27.67\00:47:31.71
but and it didn't
seem like it was great
00:47:31.74\00:47:33.71
but I'm working in a
big scheme of things that
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God is putting
together to help people
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to minimize the risk and
to help spread the gospel
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because just by
me going door to door
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and being
friendly and asking people
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how they are
doing, there is a witness.
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Shannon, same question.
00:47:54.76\00:47:55.95
For me personally it
actually strengthened
00:47:55.98\00:47:58.28
my relationship with God.
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I mean, it was
amazing to see how much God
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can do through you for
such a number amount of people.
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The people were just
so grateful for everything
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and they would say
oh, thank you so much
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and then what I like say
is oh, it's not me, it's God.
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God is just working
through me to help you
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because He just
loves every one of us
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and He loves you
even in all the stuff
00:48:17.03\00:48:19.53
that we are going through.
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And it was just
amazing to see like
00:48:21.20\00:48:22.86
the realization
in people's faces,
00:48:22.89\00:48:24.78
oh, yeah, God does love us.
00:48:24.81\00:48:26.97
And to me it was
just amazing to be able
00:48:27.00\00:48:28.95
to assure them that
fact that God does love you.
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Okay, now here's your
big ontological question.
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How valuable is
service in the growth of,
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relationship of a Christian?
00:48:41.30\00:48:43.22
How important, how
valuable, how necessary
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is service to someone
who claims the name the Jesus
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and who is trying to serve Him?
00:48:48.68\00:48:51.38
I would say very valuable.
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Yeah, somehow big question
with the answer by two words
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and I agree.
00:48:57.76\00:48:58.89
Shannon?
00:48:58.92\00:49:00.02
I would say like he
said it's extremely valuable
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because we have to
be able to show that
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we can put ourselves
down to lift each other up.
00:49:06.70\00:49:09.69
We have to show them that
and that's what Christ did
00:49:09.72\00:49:13.64
when He was-- He
served His disciples first.
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He went on His knees
and He washed their feet.
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We have to be able to do that
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so they can know that
someone actually love them,
00:49:20.90\00:49:23.48
someone is caring for them.
00:49:23.51\00:49:25.84
Well done and well said.
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Has there been, Debbie, any--
00:49:27.75\00:49:30.21
I don't know if
the word reciprocal,
00:49:30.24\00:49:32.64
any blow back
anything that had to come back
00:49:32.67\00:49:34.98
to the academy as a result
of this particular initiative?
00:49:35.01\00:49:40.87
Popularity
standing with the community.
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What has been the
return to the school
00:49:43.04\00:49:45.09
and you don't
do this for return,
00:49:45.12\00:49:47.18
you do this because
good is what good people do.
00:49:47.21\00:49:50.30
Christian acts are
what Christians do,
00:49:50.33\00:49:52.31
but there is
always some reciprocity.
00:49:52.34\00:49:54.47
Has there been
anything that has come back
00:49:54.50\00:49:57.01
to the academy
because of this work?
00:49:57.04\00:49:58.66
I really just think
that a new relationship
00:49:58.69\00:50:01.21
has been forged,
a new appreciation
00:50:01.24\00:50:04.58
for what God has been
doing through our students
00:50:04.61\00:50:07.19
for a period of time,
for years and we hope that
00:50:07.22\00:50:11.54
that's gonna open doors for us
to be able to continue to serve
00:50:11.57\00:50:14.60
and do more
within our community.
00:50:14.63\00:50:16.55
You know, we can
understand when we lost power,
00:50:16.58\00:50:20.16
we lost everything.
00:50:20.19\00:50:21.41
We lost
everything in our cooler,
00:50:21.44\00:50:22.74
everything in our freezer,
00:50:22.77\00:50:24.49
you know, thing we
would put up from our garden,
00:50:24.52\00:50:26.67
we understand the hardship
00:50:26.70\00:50:28.15
when these folks say
I've got nothing in my fridge,
00:50:28.18\00:50:30.04
I've got nothing, you
know, to be able to work with.
00:50:30.07\00:50:32.98
Their hearts are
open and our hope
00:50:33.01\00:50:35.17
is these kids go door to
door as they work with them
00:50:35.20\00:50:38.09
and as we hopefully
we are hoping to use
00:50:38.12\00:50:41.73
mobile kitchen once a month
00:50:41.76\00:50:43.42
to feed folks of the
community a free meal
00:50:43.45\00:50:45.75
and partner with
different businesses
00:50:45.78\00:50:48.88
to work together
to make that happen.
00:50:48.91\00:50:51.65
We are hoping to really
build a strong relationship
00:50:51.68\00:50:54.15
with the members of our
community and folks alike.
00:50:54.18\00:50:57.25
We knew, you are out there
00:50:57.28\00:50:58.31
but we really weren't quite sure
00:50:58.34\00:50:59.57
who you were, you know,
now that we see these kids
00:50:59.60\00:51:02.34
we love these kids you know
00:51:02.37\00:51:04.05
and they will put
their around them,
00:51:04.08\00:51:05.76
and around us
and it's just-- Yeah.
00:51:05.79\00:51:09.18
I would say from a heart
perspective it's phenomenal.
00:51:09.21\00:51:12.05
Yeah, yeah.
00:51:12.08\00:51:13.13
I would think an academy
since its main job is to train
00:51:13.16\00:51:16.61
and educate young people
can be a little sequestered
00:51:16.64\00:51:19.13
as far as the
community is concerned.
00:51:19.16\00:51:20.59
We don't know what
they are doing up there,
00:51:20.62\00:51:21.99
it's a bunch of
people on the hill.
00:51:22.02\00:51:23.64
So as far as the
knowledge of who you are
00:51:23.67\00:51:26.22
and what you do that
barrier was broken down
00:51:26.25\00:51:28.56
or broken through, I
suspect in a big way.
00:51:28.59\00:51:31.03
And you know, our hope is that,
00:51:31.06\00:51:32.09
it isn't something that
Heritage Academy students do
00:51:32.12\00:51:34.74
when they are at
Heritage Academy.
00:51:34.77\00:51:36.53
Instead it's
something that they have caught
00:51:36.56\00:51:39.28
regardless of where they go.
00:51:39.31\00:51:41.03
And they are from
all over the country.
00:51:41.06\00:51:43.53
Wherever they go,
whatever circumstance
00:51:43.56\00:51:45.46
they find
themselves in, whether it's,
00:51:45.49\00:51:47.55
you know, a huge
incident like this
00:51:47.58\00:51:49.47
where the thousands are affected
00:51:49.50\00:51:50.97
or it's a car accident
or you know, something,
00:51:51.00\00:51:54.77
you know, for those
folks that's a disaster
00:51:54.80\00:51:57.19
that they can be of service.
00:51:57.22\00:51:58.45
Yeah, so that I suspect
and sorry to cut you of,
00:51:58.48\00:52:00.60
it's something that you
hear from the young people that
00:52:00.63\00:52:02.56
hey, this has opened my
eyes to a new area service
00:52:02.59\00:52:05.38
that perhaps I'd not
really given thought to before.
00:52:05.41\00:52:07.74
Right. That's right.
00:52:07.77\00:52:09.09
Excellent. Excellent, excellent.
00:52:09.12\00:52:10.78
Let me, how
many, how many faculty
00:52:10.81\00:52:12.59
as far as in class
teachers are there at Heritage?
00:52:12.62\00:52:16.08
Twelve.
00:52:16.11\00:52:17.85
Okay, that's a
good ratio with 55.
00:52:17.88\00:52:20.09
And you are nine through twelve?
00:52:20.12\00:52:21.92
Yes.
00:52:21.95\00:52:23.99
Yeah, I have to get out
there and see this school,
00:52:24.02\00:52:25.33
I'm very, very impressed.
00:52:25.36\00:52:27.45
We have been talking
about some of the work that
00:52:27.48\00:52:29.32
they have done in response
to this particular disaster
00:52:29.35\00:52:32.46
but as Debbie has
mentioned, they do go all over
00:52:32.49\00:52:35.96
wherever there is a need
and the young people have
00:52:35.99\00:52:38.08
bought into this idea that
services are necessary part
00:52:38.11\00:52:41.46
of their growth and
their Christian life.
00:52:41.49\00:52:43.67
Should you want to make
contact with Heritage Academy?
00:52:43.70\00:52:47.04
Maybe you got a young person
who needs what they offer,
00:52:47.07\00:52:50.71
who needs to know that
there is a world outside
00:52:50.74\00:52:53.44
of your own little
world that needs your help.
00:52:53.47\00:52:56.08
Should you want to make contact,
00:52:56.11\00:52:57.54
perhaps even donate to them
00:52:57.57\00:53:00.73
just in support of
what they are doing,
00:53:00.76\00:53:02.37
here is the information that
you will need to make contact
00:53:02.40\00:53:04.91
with Heritage Academy.
00:53:04.94\00:53:08.91
Heritage Academy encourages
young people to learn,
00:53:08.94\00:53:12.07
experience, live
and share Christ.
00:53:12.10\00:53:15.05
If you would
like to contact them
00:53:15.08\00:53:16.35
then you can write
to Heritage Academy,
00:53:16.38\00:53:18.60
23100 Clarkrange
Hwy, Monterey, TN, 38574.
00:53:18.63\00:53:25.98
That's Heritage
Academy, 23100 Clarkrange Hwy,
00:53:26.01\00:53:31.69
Monterey, TN, 38574.
00:53:31.72\00:53:34.99
You can call 931-839-6675,
00:53:35.02\00:53:39.23
that's 931-839-6675
00:53:39.26\00:53:43.44
or visit them online
for news, tours, videos
00:53:43.47\00:53:46.53
and more at heritagetn.org,
that's heritagetn.org.
00:53:46.56\00:53:52.40