Participants: C.A. Murray (Host), Brian Kretshmar, Debbie Baker, Derek Logan, Hailey Miller, Shannon Edwards
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY015020A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:08 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:10 My name is C.A. Murray and allow me to thank you 01:12 for sharing just a little of your 01:15 no doubt busy day with us 01:16 and to thank you also for your love, your prayers, 01:19 your support of this ministry because we realize 01:22 we could not do what we are called to do 01:24 unless you assist us in lifting up 01:26 the mighty and maxes name of Jesus, 01:28 and we thank you for your prayers and your support 01:31 of Three Angels Broadcasting Network. 01:32 I'm excited today because I have always 01:35 based my ministry on community service 01:38 and helping out in the communit 01:40 and I believe that when the church 01:42 gets its hands dirty and maybe its feet dirty 01:45 and maybe even its face dirty, 01:47 there's something very beautiful about that 01:49 when that sweat equity 01:52 is transformed into community service. 01:54 And so we are gonna talk about Heritage Academy. 01:56 We've got a number of people here today. 01:59 We're gonna do some switching in the middle of the program, 02:01 you are gonna meet some new faces, that kind of thing. 02:03 So we're gonna have really good time together. 02:04 First I want you to meet Debbie Baker. 02:07 Debbie, good to have you here. 02:08 Hi, thank you. 02:09 Debbie is the administrator of Heritage Academy 02:12 and we are gonna find out what that means. 02:15 And then we've got Hailey Miller down at the far. 02:18 Hi, Hailey. Hi. 02:20 And then we got a fellow whose name 02:23 maybe somewhat familiar to you if you watch 3ABN for. 02:26 His name is Brian Kretshmar. 02:27 Brian, good to have you here. Thank you. 02:29 We did a Heritage series on your grandmother 02:32 not too long ago Juanita Kretshmar 02:34 and I was good friends with your grandfather Merlin. 02:37 We served on the General Conference Committee 02:38 together many years ago. 02:40 So that name is not unfamiliar to anyone 02:42 who spent time in New York and I'm a New York guy, 02:44 pastored in New York for 30 years. 02:46 So know your family well 02:48 and he is a chip of the old block. 02:50 He sure is. Yeah, looks like a Kretshmar. 02:53 Good to have you. 02:54 First Brian, where are you from? 02:55 I'm from Greeneville, Tennessee. 02:57 Tennessee, guy. Yep. 02:59 Hailey, where are you from? 03:00 I'm actually a staff care at Heritage Academy. 03:05 Born in Adventist home? 03:06 Yeah, most of my life up until I was around 30. 03:11 Okay. Applicable that most of your life. 03:14 That's just-- we have to talk about that. 03:16 Brian, I know your family-- Brian, 03:19 your family was-- is Adventist. 03:21 You grew up in Adventist home? Yes. 03:23 Brothers and sisters? Yes. 03:24 I'm actually triplet 03:25 so I've got two triplet sisters and older sister. 03:29 Are they in school with you? 03:31 No, actually they are not. 03:32 Okay, soak out on your own. Yep. 03:34 Okay, very good. 03:36 We are going to talk about Debbie, 03:38 disaster response and your connection with ACTS and-- 03:42 first of all I was really excited to get this program 03:45 because you spend sometime out in the community 03:47 doing what Christians are supposed to do. 03:49 We are gonna talk about that. 03:50 But first I want to talk about you just a little bit. 03:53 You are the administrator and your husband 03:55 is also employed at the academy. 03:56 He is. He is the principal. 03:58 Principal and we kind of got that thing locked out. 04:00 That's right. 04:02 As administrator what is your portfolio? 04:04 What do you call to do? 04:06 You know, really just keep things going, 04:09 be there for the staff, help them with the resources 04:12 they need to do what our mission and vision is, 04:15 and it's a blessing to work with young people everyday. 04:18 Yeah. Yeah. 04:19 It either keeps you young 04:20 or makes you feel old or maybe both. 04:22 Or both, yeah, could be both. 04:24 Depending on the day. Yeah. 04:26 Tell us a little bit about where Heritage is and its size, 04:29 how many students you have? 04:30 We have about 55 students right now 04:33 and we can take about 60. 04:35 We are about an hour and half east of Nashville 04:38 and west of Knottsville. 04:39 So right in the middle. So Upper Cumberland. 04:41 So you are close to max as far as your students-- 04:44 We are, that's right. Yeah. Yeah. 04:46 Now there are some schools that are a lot bigger, 04:48 some obviously a lot smaller that 55 seats kind of good, 04:52 I guess that allows for a pretty good teacher 04:54 student ratio and some real close working together. 04:57 It does. 04:58 It enables us to really have the relationship 05:00 and build that relationship with the kids 05:02 that we feel that we need to have and or called to do. 05:05 All right, now hearing that coming 05:08 from a staff member is one thing, 05:10 I want to turn to the young people. 05:12 Brian, you could have gone to any number of schools 05:14 there are Georgia-Cumberland is fairly close 05:16 to where you are than other schools, why Heritage? 05:18 Why Heritage? 05:19 I was really impressed with the spiritual aspects 05:21 and all that to the school 05:22 and they also have number of different opportunities, 05:26 we will be talking today disaster response. 05:28 Hailey, same question. 05:31 It was more of my parents decisions 05:33 and since I was really young, I was eight 05:36 and so it was kind of like, you know, 05:37 you follow your parents but overall I think 05:41 it was a great opportunity for my family to come 05:43 and I'm really happy that they came. 05:46 Brian, for what you know about the schools, 05:49 what sets Heritage apart in your mind? 05:51 What sets Heritage apart? 05:53 They have a strong emphasis for relationship with Christ 05:55 and building a relationship with the students 05:57 and getting them to know Christ. 05:58 We also do a lot of outreach 05:59 in ministries community around us 06:01 are through our disaster response through canvassing 06:03 and evangelism and different forms. 06:07 That seems to be and listening 06:08 to both of the young people Debbie, 06:10 to be very important part of the texture of the schools 06:14 that's something that you constantly strive to do 06:16 to really make it a spiritual place and a place of service. 06:19 It is and you now, the Lord really did that. 06:22 There were ministries that we begin ourselves 06:24 but once that the Lord open doors for specifically 06:27 disaster response was start over Katrina. 06:30 We participated with a lot of kids, a lot of academies 06:33 and really felt like we wanted to be a part of that 06:37 and continue that and that's where our training begin. 06:40 Safety comes first. 06:41 We wanted to make sure that we put our kids 06:43 in a safe environment and begin training 06:46 at that point 2005 and you know, 06:49 to be the hands and feet of Jesus 06:50 and giving kids the opportunity to do that 06:52 for them to be face to face and say, you know, 06:55 I could make a difference as an administrator, 06:57 as an educator, there is nothing better. 06:59 Yeah. Yeah. 07:00 Now I feel have always thought that when kids serve they grow, 07:04 that there is a direct correlation 07:05 between service and growth. 07:07 We had a-- I was chairman of the board 07:08 of a city academy Northeastern Academy 07:11 but when we took young people on mission trips 07:13 we saw growth, we saw expansion 07:16 in their relationship with Christ 07:17 and they did come back different. 07:18 Right. 07:19 And even those who are kind of marginalized 07:21 and maybe act out a little bit 07:22 once they were out of the, you know, 07:26 the texture of the culture of their regular life 07:29 took off the headphones and really began 07:31 to listen and serve, it changed their lives. 07:33 Have you seen that in the young people 07:34 that you are called to work with? 07:35 Absolutely and you don't have to go overseas to do that. 07:37 Correct. 07:38 Disaster response really fills that bill in many ways 07:41 and it bonds them together as students and students 07:46 and staff and away that nothing else does. 07:48 Yeah. And it's powerful. 07:50 It's powerful to watch God work in the young person's life 07:53 that way and that's the way He lived. 07:55 Amen. And so... 07:56 Yeah, now you've been there how many years? 07:57 Seventeen. Okay, little while. 08:00 I guess long enough to see some people graduate 08:01 and maybe come back and see the long term 08:03 how their lives are affected. 08:05 Yes. Yeah. 08:06 Must be very rewarding. 08:08 It is. It is really the icing on the cake. 08:11 Absolutely a blessing. 08:13 Being in ministry is phenomenal, so... 08:16 I think working with young people is a calling. 08:18 It really is. 08:21 Give me some of the flavor now 08:22 because Heritage works very closely 08:25 with David Canther and ACTS. 08:26 How did that partnership become-- 08:29 you know, how did it come to be? 08:31 Well, really started with helping 08:33 in Katrina really was our first experience. 08:36 I grew up in Florida so hurricanes are typical 08:39 and but to really involved kids 08:42 in disaster response was amazing. 08:44 And we said we want to do this more. 08:46 We want to get involved more but we want them to be safe. 08:49 So that began their training component 08:52 and we got together with our local EMS, 08:55 local emergency folks and started that training. 08:58 And since then it just expounded as you can see 09:02 a lot of these props that we use here for chocking 09:07 and CPR and flood water rescue. 09:10 Those things we train the kids every year. 09:13 All of our students 09:14 and all of our staff are trained as first responders 09:17 and we want to make sure 09:19 when they are out in the field that safety comes first. 09:23 That they are there to help, they are there to be strong 09:25 and do the best that they can 09:27 and have the skills to be able to be the best they can. 09:31 Yeah. Now, I think that makes Heritage. 09:33 Maybe somewhat unusual among academies. 09:35 There are academies that do music, 09:37 there are academies that do other things 09:38 but disaster training per se I don't know 09:40 if that's something that exist in many schools 09:44 but obviously it is a hallmark of what Heritage does. 09:46 It is. Yeah. Yeah. 09:48 When you chose to come there Brian, 09:50 did you know about this aspect of the curriculum or not? 09:54 Yes, I did and it was actually 09:58 an awesome part of choosing this school. 10:04 You had a chance to actually put some legs on your training, 10:10 to put into practice that which you, 10:12 which you talked about 10:14 because I have a chainsaw training license now. 10:19 I got that since moving here, I'm New York City guy, 10:21 I didn't know what chainsaw was, 10:22 and never held a chainsaw 10:23 till I came out to Southern Illinois. 10:26 And there is a lot of dos and a lot of don't, 10:27 there is a lot of ways to get hurt 10:30 when you are out trying to serve 10:32 or trying to heal or trying to help in a community. 10:34 Talk to me a little bit before you go into actually 10:36 what happened about the kinds of training 10:38 that young people receive. 10:39 Well, you know, we follow strict guidelines. 10:42 None of our students handle a chainsaw. 10:45 Really it's our staff 10:47 but the students are right there 10:48 to be able to pull the brush and clear things, 10:50 drive tractors, you know, to be able to clear roads 10:54 and a combination of things. 10:55 So we want to make sure that they are safe 10:57 and that they are trained 10:58 and they know how to do work mass, 11:01 kitchen's mass feeding so that they know 11:04 how to keep food safe 11:05 and just the whole combination of training. 11:08 They are so trained which is a FEMA designation 11:11 and recognized throughout the country, 11:14 really throughout the world. 11:15 Now this term you've used it twice, 11:18 first responders, so that means you can be 11:20 the first to go in after a disaster 11:22 or what is that term actually mean? 11:24 Up until just a month ago we have deployed 39 times 11:29 some as quickly as six hours after an incident has occurred. 11:33 And it's just a matter of being right on the scene 11:35 being able to do such a rescue, 11:38 to be able to assess a situation, 11:40 plug into the local emergency management personal 11:44 and be of service. 11:45 Yeah. 11:46 So if something happens and you are the first ones there. 11:48 You are equipped to handle 11:50 for the most part, those kinds of things 11:51 that you have to deal with, you know what to do. 11:53 That's correct. Yes, right. 11:54 Yeah. 11:55 Now as we said before you actually 11:57 had an opportunity to put some of the stuff into practice. 12:00 Talk to me about the event 12:01 and then how the school began to work its way through that. 12:04 Well, if you live in Tennessee at all you know that, 12:07 you know, just wait a minute and the weather will change. 12:11 We live upon a plateau and we get snow 12:14 but not ice very often. 12:16 I've been there 17 years 12:18 and only really any significant ice once. 12:21 We were told that weather was coming through 12:23 and there might be ice accumulation 12:25 but not to worry, it wasn't gonna be too bad. 12:28 And a month ago we woke up 4 am on a Sabbath morning 12:33 to incredible sounds of trees breaking 12:38 and falling and a scary sound. 12:40 So you could hear the cracking? 12:42 Yes. 12:43 About every ten seconds 12:45 a branch was falling around campus. 12:47 We have thousands of trees down on campus right now 12:50 and in the surrounding area of Monterey 12:52 where we live is, was kind of ground zero 12:55 for the ice storm an inch of ice on everything. 12:58 Wow. 12:59 So it was-- You know, 13:01 we were used to picking up and going 13:03 where the disaster is, we went out in the disaster. 13:06 You're disaster-- You were the disaster indeed. 13:09 We were-- 13:10 Yeah, did you lose power? 13:11 We did for eight days. 13:12 Oh, my soul. Yes. 13:14 Yeah. Yeah. 13:15 Lot of can beans and stuff I guess were out. 13:17 Well, we are fortunate that we have propane 13:20 and natural gas on campus 13:21 so there were some hot meals but, 13:24 but its true, you know, 13:25 we are really taught as first responders 13:27 that you don't tell folks you are gonna be okay, 13:29 or we understand what you are going through. 13:31 But through the response 13:33 we were able to really help them 13:36 to say we are in it together. 13:37 They don't have power, we don't have power. 13:39 We understand what they are going through 13:41 because we are in it together and that really bound us 13:43 together with our community like 13:46 response is never done so... 13:48 I would imagine that I mean, your first-- 13:51 what hits your mind first, is okay, 13:53 we need to take care of ourselves. 13:54 Correct. 13:55 But also in that mix you are Christian. 13:59 You got a community surrounding the school 14:00 that is in the same predicament that you are in. 14:03 So you want to reach out and help. 14:04 How do you work your way through? 14:05 How do you treat as-- do we stay 14:08 if you are on a mountain and do our stuff or do 14:09 you go on to the town, how is that decision made? 14:12 Well, that Sabbath we really took stock 14:15 of where we were and how were we doing. 14:16 Yeah. 14:17 You know, really as administrator staff said 14:20 how we are gonna make sure that the kids are warm, 14:22 that were fed, that things are okay on campus 14:26 and took stock of that first. 14:29 Once we had a plan 14:30 and were able to work that plan, 14:32 we than started driving, we left campus 14:35 and mind you still an inch of ice on the roads, 14:39 still slippery, lots of snow. 14:41 Went out to see, you know, 14:42 what things look like beyond our campus. 14:45 And the roads between Monterey-- 14:48 between to Heritage and Monterey 14:49 were completely blocked and we said, 14:52 you know, we need to be able to get out 14:54 and get to town and figure out what we need to do. 14:56 So Sunday morning we started early with a cut crew 15:01 and our tractor and Brian was one of those I mean, 15:06 absolutely first responders out there 15:09 doing everything they could to clear the road. 15:10 So we're looking at this. 15:11 Now, you got trees down so the roads 15:12 were physically blocked with debris, tress, 15:14 brush that kind of thing. 15:15 Power lines, the transformers, that's right, 15:19 power poles snapped in half just amazing 15:21 and they cut six miles worth of road 15:26 in a little less than six hours. 15:27 Wow, that's amazing. 15:28 They met just on the, on the other side 15:30 that mile marker 3 coming into Monterey, 15:32 the cut crew for the power company 15:34 and so they just I mean, it was awesome. 15:39 Brian, tell me a little bit about 15:40 what's going through your mind when you heard 15:41 and you realized what was going on 15:43 and you guys had to get out, get on your coats 15:45 and get out there and work? 15:47 What was going through your mind at that point in time? 15:50 Well, it was already cool outside 15:52 so we are pretty used to wearing coats. 15:54 So the weather necessarily wasn't a big deal 15:57 but we knew that something had happened, 15:58 we didn't have any power and we only been on campus, 16:02 we're boarding academy 16:03 so we see what happens on the campus 16:05 and the trees falling sound like car crashes. 16:07 Yeah. 16:08 And so it was pretty intense well, 16:10 we get out there and as you saw 16:13 the highway is completely blocked, 16:15 well, there were chainsaws removing debris 16:17 and she said six miles in six hours 16:20 is what we did and it was really cool 16:22 because obviously some crazy people out 16:24 they are tying to drive 16:26 and we would have to direct them, 16:27 flag them through and get them through our work site, 16:30 remaining with that, but it was really 16:32 an awesome opportunity to be able to work 16:36 and be able to-- I mean, right hand in hand 16:38 with the power company force removal, you know. 16:41 So it was really awesome experience for me. 16:43 Six miles in six hours, 16:45 that's picking up and laying it down pretty good. 16:47 Because you are cutting brush, moving brush, 16:49 pushing to the side trying to clear, 16:50 trying to clear road. 16:51 How many young people were involved 16:52 in this particular part of the ACTS? 16:54 This particular part, I think we had three chainsaw crews, 16:58 which means a chainsaw or two with anywhere 17:02 between seven and ten people. 17:05 So maybe 30? Yeah. 17:07 Yeah. Wow. 17:08 Incredible. 17:10 Was that the first time you had a chance to for-- 17:12 you personally a chance to put into practice 17:14 the things that you had learned 17:16 or had you been on other deployments before? 17:18 Well, this is my first year at Heritage Academy, 17:20 I'm a junior and so I haven't been on any disasters. 17:24 I've been in training modules and things like that 17:26 but this is actually, 17:27 this is the first disaster I've been, 17:28 it was right in my backyard. 17:29 Yeah. Yeah. 17:30 You take care of things very, very close to them. 17:32 Hailey, what crew were you on? 17:34 What were you doing during this time? 17:36 Well, I did a little bit of everything. 17:38 We went door to door checking upon people. 17:41 We also-- we moved debris 17:44 and things from the road and but mostly 17:47 I worked in the distribution center. 17:50 So we were helping pass out food 17:52 and water and blankets and pillows 17:55 and toiletries and different things like that 17:57 and making sure that people had things 17:59 that they needed in this time of need so... 18:01 Debbie, the things that you are passing out 18:03 were they things that the academy had 18:05 or provided by the government 18:06 that they put in your hands to pass out? 18:08 From a variety of sources. 18:10 You know, when you go into Wal-Mart 18:11 or other stores and they have big bins that say, 18:13 help with this response. 18:15 We get truck loads full of that sort of thing. 18:18 Word got out and Second Harvest Food Bank helped. 18:22 You know, variety of organizations 18:24 really just pitched in. 18:25 We get pickup trucks full of things. 18:28 Yeah, we are looking at this. 18:29 So you warehouse these things for disaster 18:31 or you give them out as you get them 18:33 at the point of disaster? 18:34 Get them out as the truck comes in. 18:36 You have no idea what's coming. 18:37 When that truck pulls up whatever is on it 18:39 is what you are gonna give out. 18:40 Yeah. Yeah. 18:42 Yeah. Yeah. 18:43 They're always guessing. Yeah. 18:44 Hailey, how does it make you feel 18:46 to be a part of the healing, 18:47 a part of the helping to pass out 18:49 and to see people's faces? 18:51 What kind of joy did that give you? 18:53 Actually it brought a lot of joy 18:55 in my life because to be, 18:57 to be able to see people get the things 19:01 that they need at the time and to see their happy faces 19:04 and to have them say, you know, 19:06 I'm so blessed that you are here 19:08 and that I know that God brought you guys here 19:10 at this time because, you know, I really needed this right now. 19:14 And the fact that we were there for them at that moment, 19:17 it meant a lot to see their, 19:19 to see that their needs are met. 19:21 Great. 19:22 Brian, as a young person first you had the school. 19:26 How did the community receive what you are trying to do 19:30 and did it help you forge 19:31 a stronger link with the community? 19:34 Well, obviously if you help someone 19:36 most of time they are appreciative, right? 19:38 Well, I'm not only working with the chainsaw crew 19:40 at the highways out in distribution center as well 19:43 and but, what unique experience for instance. 19:47 A few week ago a little bit couple of days, 19:50 we went out actually to a community 19:51 and we started doing like a welfare check seeing 19:53 what people are doing, heading out with firefighters 19:56 and even a couple days ago 19:58 I actually saw one of the three -- 20:01 we are working with and different people 20:04 and they were so thankful that this is happening. 20:06 They were like you guys are awesome, 20:07 I can't believe you guys are doing this. 20:09 And we really needed help and you guys were there 20:11 and so proud of you guys. 20:13 People who are youth and teenagers aren't all bad. 20:17 Praise the Lord. I'm glad you put it in there. 20:20 I have a sentence that I used in my ministry 20:22 that "Deeds of kindness breakdown walls of separation, 20:24 build bridges to salvation." 20:27 So I guess this-- if you had not been bond 20:30 with the community Debbie, certainly drew the school 20:33 because you are not located right in town, are you? 20:34 That's right. Yeah. 20:35 you kind of separate a little bit away. 20:37 Right. Yeah. 20:38 And even though I've been there 17 years, 20:40 I really didn't have my finger 20:42 on the pulse of the folks that lived there. 20:45 Didn't realize that 40 percent of the population 20:48 on that little town are impoverished. 20:51 And we really-- as Brian just mentioned 20:55 after this response have gone out 20:58 to the community to take needs assessments, 21:00 to have prayer with folks door to door 21:02 because we want this to continue. 21:04 We don't want it just to be because of this disaster 21:06 but it really has opened the door for us 21:08 to know what the needs are and hopefully, 21:11 prayerfully that the Lord will open doors for us 21:13 to be able to continue to minister to this. 21:15 Yeah. Yeah. 21:16 And I will suspect now if the school 21:18 ever has any event a singing thing 21:20 or concert something and you invite the community in. 21:22 They are much more dispose now 21:24 to come on upon hills to see what's going on 21:26 because you learned to handle them. 21:28 And you know, a boarding academy 21:29 is odd to most folks, you know, and they-- 21:32 you know, they have lots of questions. 21:34 You know, what you guys going? 21:35 You know, what do you do out there that kind of thing. 21:37 This really has opened the door for them to see kids, 21:40 teenagers in a very different light 21:43 and so many of them are just amazed 21:45 and we are as staff so pleased to give kids 21:50 the opportunity to do this. 21:51 That's great. That is great. 21:52 Did you have a chance to do any brand, 21:56 any wood removable, any cleaning, 21:58 any tree removable for the people in the community 22:01 as along with the road work that you did? 22:03 Yes. 22:04 We went-- actually went, 22:05 we got even the list by IC and so I commanded there 22:09 and they are like hey, 22:10 this person is helping with the response, 22:11 they can clean their own yard 22:13 or this person is in really, really need. 22:14 You've got trees blocking this we can't move it. 22:16 And as we go there we would remove the debris 22:19 and help them so they could get out, 22:21 move logs in the yard and different trees like that. 22:25 Debbie, talk to me a little bit about because you-- 22:27 you're in there doing your thing, 22:29 your cleaning but there is also government agencies 22:32 FEMA whatever else working. 22:34 How about the corporation 22:35 or lack there of with official government agencies? 22:38 Are they welcoming your work with them? 22:41 Are they suspicious of what you are doing? 22:43 How does that flow? 22:45 I'm really glad you asked because being so trained 22:48 we understand that we don't just wing it on our own. 22:50 Yeah. 22:51 We don't walk into community and just say ta-da 22:53 we are here and get busy. 22:56 We plug in with the folks that are there that's their job 22:59 and we seek them out. 23:01 We go to where they are and ask them 23:04 what can we can do to help. 23:06 And so that first day we knew that there was access 23:10 through rescue work through ACTS 23:13 that there might be a mobile kitchen 23:15 that we could mobilize to get there 23:17 and so we told them we've got this resource where they, 23:23 that I think that they could use it 23:24 and they said absolutely. 23:25 So just the day after we lost power, 23:30 headed to Chattanooga to pick up that mobile kitchen, 23:32 so that we could feed 23:33 that folks that were in the shelter, 23:34 they were completed displaced, 23:36 and other folks including emergency workers 23:38 and they were bringing in electricians 23:42 and power trucks from all over the country 23:44 to help restore power in that region. 23:47 So there were about 15 counties 23:50 that were affected not just our own. 23:52 So a lot of folks 50,000, 60,000 people 23:55 without power in that area. 23:57 So I visit and attend meetings 24:02 with our local emergency management 24:04 because of our experience 24:05 and I've had several of them say, you know, 24:07 you tell us, you bring pictures, 24:09 we know what you do because of things 24:11 that you said but it's not the same as when we see it, 24:15 when we live it and they have just been 24:17 so gracious and just been so open to working with us 24:22 and we just were partners. 24:24 We saw ourselves side by side working together with them 24:27 and forging new fresh relationships in exciting ways. 24:33 And they are open to a lot of things, 24:36 so we are really excited. 24:37 You are building bridges that can be crossed later on. 24:40 I didn't ask you this question 24:41 because all this is new to me, I think it's very exciting. 24:43 Is there a code word or if you say, 24:47 we have this training then somebody 24:50 in responsible position says, 24:51 okay, I know they have this. 24:52 Is there some sort of word 24:54 or some sort of something that kind of clicks it 24:56 so that they know, yeah, they know 24:58 what they are doing, they're not just rookies. 24:59 Kind of a secret handshake? Yeah. 25:00 Yeah. 25:03 CERT that stands for Community Emergency Response Teams, CERT 25:09 and if you are CERT trained that's a FEMA organization, 25:15 FEMA outlined and so if, you know, 25:18 all emergency responders understand what CERT is. 25:21 So if you say I'm CERT trained, 25:23 then that opens a lot of doors for you to be able to plug in. 25:26 They know what your abilities are, 25:28 they know what your training is and it's very helpful to them. 25:31 Before we switch out your training comes from who? 25:35 Originally our training was through the county, 25:37 through FEMA and all of our students 25:39 went through and did that training. 25:41 We worked together with ACTS to continue that training 25:44 and but our, you know, ICS training is FEMA recognized. 25:50 So we all of our students go through that training 25:53 on the web and real life training 25:56 every year with a drill and hands on training, 26:01 just similar of the training that we do 26:02 for other schools and other places as well so... 26:06 This is fabulous. 26:07 I want to get before we make our little switch 26:09 and go to our music from Brian and Hailey. 26:13 Tell me what this kind of work serving 26:16 the community does for your own spiritual life? 26:19 More-- you know, 26:20 this is those kind of big anthological questions 26:22 we toss it every now and again. 26:23 But more than just the physical help 26:27 I mean, if you take a tree off somebody's house to help them 26:31 but you as a caregiver of course a service person, 26:34 what does that do for your own relationship with the Lord 26:36 to be a hand of or instrument of change 26:40 and helping for a community? 26:41 What did that do to you personally? 26:44 Well, honesty I really, really was happy to help them, 26:48 physically right. 26:49 And you could see that they are more open to 26:52 as we said spiritual things being a prayer that 26:53 we had in our school they'd come. 26:55 But me personally I was just-- 26:58 it made me realize first of all that being young 26:59 and being a youth is not limiting factor, 27:02 obviously we weren't properly trained 27:04 but it's not limiting factor, we can still help people, 27:06 we can still do things. 27:07 And I don't have to be "caught up" 27:10 as I mean the usual teenage thing, you know. 27:13 I don't have-- I can serve 27:14 the Lord even now where I'm at. 27:16 And just being able to serve the Lord, 27:18 you get those experiences, you know, 27:19 God I want to do this more. 27:20 You know, it really just deepens 27:21 your relationship with it. 27:22 All right. Hailey, same question. 27:25 I kind of-- it showed me like what Christ, 27:27 Christ does for us 27:29 and that He has unconditional love 27:31 and He will do anything for us, 27:33 and the fact that we helped people 27:36 and seen how we helped them and their happy faces 27:40 and sometimes them crying and saying, 27:43 I'm so happy that you are here and that you are, 27:45 that you are willing to take your time 27:47 and that you have no electricity 27:48 that you are in the same position 27:50 as we are and that you are willing to help us it's just-- 27:53 it showed me that you know, 27:56 that Christ has an everlasting love 27:58 and that we can share that through ourselves. 28:01 Well said. Well said. Well said. 28:03 Do you have something else, Brian? 28:05 No, I was agreeing with her. Okay. Well said. 28:07 We want to go to our music now 28:08 and we are gonna use that time to make a little switch. 28:11 We are gonna lose Brian and Hailey. 28:13 Thank you so very much and bring in two new names. 28:15 Let me see, let me get them here 28:18 Shannon Edwards and Derek Logan 28:20 and we will be back with them right after this. 28:23 This is Sandra Entermann 28:24 and she is gonna be singing a song 28:25 that really fits into the niche 28:27 of what we are trying to talk about today, 28:29 "I Am Willing Lord." 29:00 Sometimes when I am down 29:06 And I don't feel like you are around, Oh Lord 29:13 Feeling so sorry for me 29:18 Not knowing that all the while 29:22 You're working to see 29:25 If when I'm put through the fire 29:31 I'll come out shining like gold 29:36 Oh Lord, please don't ever stop working with me 29:44 Till You see I can be all You want me to be 29:56 I am willing, Lord 30:02 I am willing, Lord 30:08 To be just exactly what You want me to be 30:21 I am willing, Lord 30:26 I am willing, Lord 30:32 To be just exactly what You want me to be 30:45 Often when I ask why 30:50 Teach me then on you to rely, Oh Lord 30:57 You surely know what is best 31:02 May I learn that in confidence 31:06 And strength I can rest 31:09 Then leaning fully on You 31:14 My questions fall one by one 31:20 Dear Lord, please don't ever stop working with me 31:27 Till You see I can be all You want me to be 31:39 I am willing, Lord 31:45 I am willing, Lord 31:50 To be just exactly what You want me to be 32:03 I am willing, Lord 32:08 I am willing, Lord 32:14 To be just exactly what You want 32:19 To be just exactly what You want 32:25 I want to be just exactly what You want me to be 32:54 Amen. Well done. 32:56 Sandra comes to us once a year 32:59 or year and half up from Australia, 33:01 does a very, very fine job, 33:03 well, a great friend of ministry 33:04 and someone that we just love to have here. 33:06 Well, we have changed, 33:08 played a little musical chairs here 33:10 and we've got Derek Logan and Shannon Edwards. 33:15 Don't tell me, don't tell me, 33:16 you are Derek and you are Shannon. 33:19 Thought so. Good to have you guys here. 33:22 I want to go back and ask some of the same questions 33:28 I asked Hailey and Brian 33:31 because I want to establish why you chose 33:33 this particular school if it was your choice, 33:35 your parents choice. 33:37 And then the idea that you have this curriculum 33:41 which is different than any school 33:42 that I'm aware of that does disaster relief. 33:45 And the fact that you've been called to put it 33:47 into practice so many, many times. 33:49 I think it's a wonderful thing. Derek, why Heritage for you? 33:52 Okay, well, I chose Heritage 33:54 because I'm very interested in flight, aviation. 33:59 And for the longest times since I was nine years old, 34:02 I've been wanting to achieve my private pilot license 34:06 and maybe go on and maybe some day 34:08 be a nautical missionary pilot. 34:10 Good man. Good man. 34:12 And so because they have 34:14 the aviation program at Heritage, 34:16 I thought that would be good 34:17 and then I also sought they have disaster response. 34:21 Oh, that really interested me 34:23 because nautical missionary might need disaster training 34:27 and it looked interesting 34:29 so I was like this is the school for me. 34:30 I felt a strong calling to go to the school. 34:33 Praise the Lord. 34:34 Does he talk like that all the time? 34:35 He does. 34:36 He's got my voice. 34:39 I used to pray for a voice like that. 34:41 Well done. 34:43 You got to think about broadcasting also along with, 34:47 along with some other things. 34:48 But Shannon, same questions, 34:49 a lot of school you can go to, why did you choose Heritage? 34:54 Well, at first I was home schooled 34:57 until about the eighth grade 34:59 and then my mom and dad 35:01 both had started to having to work 35:02 and so my brother and I were like well, 35:04 we're gonna have to, you know, start going to school now. 35:06 And so we deiced to look around 35:08 and then a friend of ours told us about Heritage Academy. 35:10 I was like, well, this sounds like a good school, 35:12 so we went to the campus 35:13 and we looked around and we decided 35:14 that we liked it and so that's basically 35:17 how we came to know Heritage. 35:19 Is most of your student body are Adventists? 35:22 Yes. Yeah. Yeah. 35:23 Because in most city schools we run up to 50 percent 35:26 non-Adventist sometime a little bit more. 35:29 It's a great missionary tool, 35:31 you know, but it's also nice to have a kind of homogeneous 35:34 Adventist community too, you know, to work with. 35:40 I did not know about the aviation aspect. 35:43 We do. Yeah. Yeah. 35:45 See that what attracted me. 35:46 I went almost to get my pilot's license 35:48 but then I ran out of money and ran out of time. 35:50 You could still come. You never told. 35:54 You never-- I'm glad. 35:55 I'm glad you said that. 35:56 Praise the Lord. 35:58 But that would be attractive to me. 36:00 So you are thinking about medical missionary work? 36:02 Yeah. 36:03 Yes. 36:04 Yeah. I like that idea. 36:07 After the initial clean up, 36:10 you got the brush down, you've done a lot of that. 36:12 Then we moved into sort of a little more long term 36:15 feeding needs assessment 36:17 and that's where I think these two came in. 36:20 That's right. Yeah. 36:21 Both of them really hands on deck. 36:22 I mean, they just were right in there 36:24 with everyone else 36:25 but really the vast majority of their time 36:28 were spent in a couple of places. 36:31 I know Derek spent time going door to door, 36:35 meeting folks and doing needs assessment, 36:37 welfare checks, making sure they are okay so... 36:40 Talk to me a little about 36:41 what you did when you went door to door 36:43 and the kinds of responses that you were getting, Derek? 36:45 Okay, so we were going from around 36:48 say from door to door asking-- 36:50 You have to forgive me, 36:51 this voice is just knocking me out. 36:54 Out of this little baby face is coming this voice 36:56 like Edward R. Murrow or somebody. 36:58 It's really quite impressive. I'm sorry but continue on. 37:01 Anyway asking an assessment of how people are doing 37:05 just checking to see if they have their needs met 37:09 if they need like if they have their generator maybe, 37:14 if there is any medical issues that is a concern. 37:18 If there is anything they might need at that point 37:22 because when disaster 37:25 if there is something that is not, 37:26 a need is not met, 37:28 things can happen that is not good 37:30 and just making sure people are warned 37:32 about some things could happen. 37:35 If you got a report that maybe there were some 37:37 sort of emergency was there mechanism 37:39 in place to redress that, to deal with that? 37:42 Yes. 37:43 They were able to take maps and map their locations, 37:46 the national guard, 37:48 the fire department were all working together with us 37:50 to make sure that if there was 37:52 a medical emergency or something 37:54 that needed to be taken care immediately it was so... 37:58 And they have the opportunity to pray with folks 38:00 door to door to be able to witness to them 38:03 and encourage them and for a lot of them 38:05 that was just a real powerful witness. 38:07 Sure, Derek, let me ask you is there any, 38:09 any particular door, 38:10 any particular house that stands out in your mind 38:12 that you felt you were 38:13 of particular service to anything 38:15 that kind of jumps out of you? 38:16 Well, there was a couple of people 38:19 I did not get to meet the person who left the house 38:23 but they had some family over to help 38:25 and there was one concern but 38:29 and before that I was wondering 38:31 why are we going door to door 38:32 and that everybody seems fine 38:34 but there actually was a concern 38:36 at this place end. 38:38 I was like and they were thanking me over and over 38:40 that I was taking time to go 38:44 and make sure other people were okay 38:46 even though back at home we had needs that we needed. 38:50 Yeah. Yeah. 38:51 How many days were you involved in this? 38:54 That was just one day. Yeah. Yeah. 38:58 As far as a disruption of school activity, 39:01 I guess you felt this was certainly worth 39:03 while a necessary to maybe ultra things 39:07 that are going on a campus little bit 39:08 so you can be of service to the community. 39:10 You know, when we used to do mission trips overseas 39:14 and when we started getting involved with disaster response 39:16 we said this is really a ministry 39:18 we want to continue and own. 39:21 And so we decided to put two weeks in our school year 39:25 that we normally would do mission work 39:28 we do right here in the United States. 39:31 Okay, so it was built into-- 39:32 to your school, isn't that great? 39:34 And we have great buy in from our teachers and our faculty. 39:37 They know obviously we can't schedule a disaster. 39:40 So they know when it hits 39:42 and just so happened we couldn't have school 39:44 with the power 39:45 and with all those struggles anyway, 39:47 but they just know that if we have to go 39:51 like to Sandy or the Alabama 39:53 or any of these places we had to drop 39:55 what we are doing and teachers understand, 39:57 they are all trained 39:59 so they take off and go with us. 40:00 I see. 40:01 Now this happened to be a local disaster 40:03 but from what you are saying 40:05 I'm hearing that you go certainly out of your county, 40:08 out of your state, you go wherever there is need. 40:10 That's correct. Yeah. 40:12 Praise the Lord. 40:13 And you know, I want to say to what Derek was sharing. 40:17 The reason why they did 40:18 door to door assessments in a day 40:20 was because they really were diligent. 40:23 You are talking 5,000 homes 40:25 they visited with all of our kids, 40:28 the national guard and the fire department 40:32 visited all of those homes door to door in that first day. 40:36 You know, here's what impresses me Debbie, 40:38 that the government agencies trusted you 40:42 to come back with accurate information 40:44 and to do your job. 40:45 I mean, you know, you have a bunch of goof off kids 40:47 just let's run through the mall 40:48 while the mall is closed anyway. 40:49 But the mindset you know what I'm saying 40:52 that they could just take off and not do the job. 40:53 So someone said, hey, these guys can do the job, 40:56 let's trust them to get the information 40:58 that we need to help this community back to us. 41:00 Well, when I mentioned CERT training a moment ago 41:04 it also qualifies us for FEMA training 41:08 which is online ICS 100, 200, 300. 41:13 There is a wide range of different modules 41:16 that our students are trained in. 41:17 So yeah, with that comes credibility and, 41:23 you know, in the midst of it they shine. 41:26 I mean, they only have to be working with them 41:28 for 10 minutes to know that they know 41:30 what they are doing and trust is forged. 41:34 Yeah. Yeah. Praise the Lord. 41:35 Now, Shannon, I'm told 41:36 that you spent many, many hours in the kitchen. 41:38 Yes. 41:39 Tell me about that what it was like 41:41 and what specifically you were called to do? 41:44 At first it was cold 41:46 because when we set up the normal kitchen 41:48 there is like no heat and stuff like that. 41:50 So it was quite an experience. 41:52 You have to get up early, you had to start preparing food 41:55 because you know we had to have breakfast 41:56 I believe it was by seven. 41:58 At the first place that we went to, 42:00 we were next to I think it was like a church type thing 42:04 and there was just not a lot of people staying there 42:07 and it was actually a blessing 42:09 because at first we went inside 42:10 and we were just singing with the people, 42:12 you know, trying to lift their spirits. 42:14 And it was actually-- no I just I love to cook 42:17 so to me it was just fun to start. 42:19 You know, cooking a whole bunch of meals, 42:21 cooking different things that I'd never cooked before 42:23 and you know, just to be able to learn how to do it. 42:27 How many people were in the particular kitchen 42:29 where you were serving? 42:31 How many people working? In your kitchen. 42:33 In my kitchen it was about five, six people working. 42:36 Okay. Okay. 42:37 Where there several kitchen, Deb? 42:40 Not that we ran, 42:41 there was another elementary school 42:43 that was about ten miles north of the school 42:46 that was setting up another shelter 42:48 and so they worked there 42:50 and helped out there for a little while. 42:51 Did the kitchens move? 42:52 Did you move or you just locked down to one place 42:55 and people came to you to get their meal? 42:57 We stayed at one spot and they came there. 42:59 Yeah. 43:00 Two meals a day, one meal a day, three meals a day? 43:02 Three. Three. 43:03 Three meals a day. Bless your heart. 43:05 Now you said early-- you gave me, 43:07 you put a number with that early 43:09 they have to up and ready by 5 o'clock. 43:11 5, 5 a.m. 43:12 Yes. Okay. 43:13 Didn't finish until about 8 o'clock in night. 43:14 That's a good long day. It is. 43:16 And how many days did that activity take place? 43:21 We had about 13 days. 43:22 Oh, I see, that's long. 43:24 Yeah, that's a lot of work. That's a lot of work. 43:27 But it is also a great time to build 43:31 and forge a strong relationship with the community 43:34 and which those that-- were there, 43:35 were there people that you kind of reached out to that, 43:37 that kind of stayed in your mind? 43:38 Any incidences during that 13 day period 43:40 that kind of remain with you? 43:43 Yes, at the first place that we were at, 43:46 there was this gentleman by the end of the time 43:48 we were there he knew me by name and he would-- 43:51 to me it was just a bussing he would just ask, 43:53 he would come and ask me if I could pray with him? 43:56 And I would like, yeah, sure. 43:57 And then he would ask as if like sing a song 43:59 and a group of us girls we just stop, 44:01 we were doing sing him a song 44:03 and then go back to what we were doing. 44:05 And to me it's just a blessing 44:06 to see the joy in his face 44:07 because of just what we were able to do for him. 44:09 Yeah. 44:10 Are there any, Debbie, testimonies 44:12 or anything that stands out from your capacity? 44:17 Excuse me, over this time of helping the community? 44:20 Anything that sort of jumps out of you 44:22 that you know, you were real blessing. 44:23 Any testimonies, any miracles 44:25 that sort of undergirded what you are trying to do? 44:28 You know, there are several. 44:30 You know, I know from a personal standpoint 44:33 for myself there was a gentleman 44:35 who went through the distribution line 44:37 you saw just a minute ago in pictures and he is-- 44:42 you know, about twice my height 44:45 and about three times my size in tears 44:49 just body shaking and crying 44:51 and said I can't believe I'm here. 44:53 I just can't believe I have to be here. 44:56 And I just put my arm around him 44:58 and said, you know, it's okay. 44:59 He had his son with him 45:01 probably about eight or nine years old. 45:03 And I said, you know, it's okay we are in this together. 45:06 We are community, we bond together, 45:09 we are gonna be okay, 45:10 we are gonna work this two together. 45:12 And we had prayer together and he just was really moved. 45:16 Our community we had the privilege 45:19 of going to the county executives meeting 45:22 that meets once a month and Heritage Academy 45:24 and our students were honored 45:26 as volunteers of the month for the county 45:30 and above that just everybody that we worked 45:33 with were so grateful 45:35 for the work that these kids did. 45:37 Really, it's a resource that we take for granted 45:40 because we do this regularly but for folks that 45:44 that don't have that resource for our county, 45:48 multiple counties in our area responded 45:51 but they all had struggles. 45:52 You know, we had folks from neighboring counties 45:55 that said, you know, we don't have a place for food. 45:57 You know, can we come to where you are? 45:59 We don't have a place for hot meals. 46:01 And the average temperature was about 46:04 12 degrees for a good week. 46:06 So a hot meal means an awful lot 46:08 and so they said, you know, 46:11 there really isn't anything in my county. 46:13 There is nothing to ministered to us, 46:15 nothing that we can glean from 46:16 and so we were talking with our local folks 46:22 with the county and the mayor 46:25 and people in Monterey and they said, you know, 46:28 the difference for us to be able to do as much 46:30 as we've been able to do is because of your kids. 46:32 Yeah. 46:34 And there is nothing greater to hear as-- 46:37 you know, as a teacher as an educator 46:39 than to know that you put your kids 46:40 and experiencing an opportunity for leadership 46:43 where they have networked with professionals. 46:46 It's really been an awesome experience to see them 46:51 respond to that and grow. 46:53 I want to ask Derek and Shannon 46:57 the same question I asked Brian 46:58 and Hailey before as young people 47:02 how did this experience impact your spiritual walk, 47:06 your love of relationship with the Lord? 47:08 How did this affect that? 47:12 Well, it really kind of walk made to the realization that 47:16 God has been working through me even though 47:19 when I don't really think so. 47:22 Because so I'm thinking that I'm not really doing watch, 47:27 I'm just going door to door or I'm just making boxes 47:31 but and it didn't seem like it was great 47:33 but I'm working in a big scheme of things that 47:36 God is putting together to help people 47:38 to minimize the risk and to help spread the gospel 47:45 because just by me going door to door 47:48 and being friendly and asking people 47:50 how they are doing, there is a witness. 47:54 Shannon, same question. 47:55 For me personally it actually strengthened 47:58 my relationship with God. 48:00 I mean, it was amazing to see how much God 48:02 can do through you for such a number amount of people. 48:06 The people were just so grateful for everything 48:08 and they would say oh, thank you so much 48:09 and then what I like say is oh, it's not me, it's God. 48:13 God is just working through me to help you 48:15 because He just loves every one of us 48:17 and He loves you even in all the stuff 48:19 that we are going through. 48:21 And it was just amazing to see like 48:22 the realization in people's faces, 48:24 oh, yeah, God does love us. 48:27 And to me it was just amazing to be able 48:28 to assure them that fact that God does love you. 48:31 Okay, now here's your big ontological question. 48:35 How valuable is service in the growth of, 48:41 relationship of a Christian? 48:43 How important, how valuable, how necessary 48:45 is service to someone who claims the name the Jesus 48:48 and who is trying to serve Him? 48:51 I would say very valuable. 48:53 Yeah, somehow big question with the answer by two words 48:57 and I agree. 48:58 Shannon? 49:00 I would say like he said it's extremely valuable 49:02 because we have to be able to show that 49:06 we can put ourselves down to lift each other up. 49:09 We have to show them that and that's what Christ did 49:13 when He was-- He served His disciples first. 49:16 He went on His knees and He washed their feet. 49:19 We have to be able to do that 49:20 so they can know that someone actually love them, 49:23 someone is caring for them. 49:25 Well done and well said. 49:27 Has there been, Debbie, any-- 49:30 I don't know if the word reciprocal, 49:32 any blow back anything that had to come back 49:35 to the academy as a result of this particular initiative? 49:40 Popularity standing with the community. 49:43 What has been the return to the school 49:45 and you don't do this for return, 49:47 you do this because good is what good people do. 49:50 Christian acts are what Christians do, 49:52 but there is always some reciprocity. 49:54 Has there been anything that has come back 49:57 to the academy because of this work? 49:58 I really just think that a new relationship 50:01 has been forged, a new appreciation 50:04 for what God has been doing through our students 50:07 for a period of time, for years and we hope that 50:11 that's gonna open doors for us to be able to continue to serve 50:14 and do more within our community. 50:16 You know, we can understand when we lost power, 50:20 we lost everything. 50:21 We lost everything in our cooler, 50:22 everything in our freezer, 50:24 you know, thing we would put up from our garden, 50:26 we understand the hardship 50:28 when these folks say I've got nothing in my fridge, 50:30 I've got nothing, you know, to be able to work with. 50:33 Their hearts are open and our hope 50:35 is these kids go door to door as they work with them 50:38 and as we hopefully we are hoping to use 50:41 mobile kitchen once a month 50:43 to feed folks of the community a free meal 50:45 and partner with different businesses 50:48 to work together to make that happen. 50:51 We are hoping to really build a strong relationship 50:54 with the members of our community and folks alike. 50:57 We knew, you are out there 50:58 but we really weren't quite sure 50:59 who you were, you know, now that we see these kids 51:02 we love these kids you know 51:04 and they will put their around them, 51:05 and around us and it's just-- Yeah. 51:09 I would say from a heart perspective it's phenomenal. 51:12 Yeah, yeah. 51:13 I would think an academy since its main job is to train 51:16 and educate young people can be a little sequestered 51:19 as far as the community is concerned. 51:20 We don't know what they are doing up there, 51:22 it's a bunch of people on the hill. 51:23 So as far as the knowledge of who you are 51:26 and what you do that barrier was broken down 51:28 or broken through, I suspect in a big way. 51:31 And you know, our hope is that, 51:32 it isn't something that Heritage Academy students do 51:34 when they are at Heritage Academy. 51:36 Instead it's something that they have caught 51:39 regardless of where they go. 51:41 And they are from all over the country. 51:43 Wherever they go, whatever circumstance 51:45 they find themselves in, whether it's, 51:47 you know, a huge incident like this 51:49 where the thousands are affected 51:51 or it's a car accident or you know, something, 51:54 you know, for those folks that's a disaster 51:57 that they can be of service. 51:58 Yeah, so that I suspect and sorry to cut you of, 52:00 it's something that you hear from the young people that 52:02 hey, this has opened my eyes to a new area service 52:05 that perhaps I'd not really given thought to before. 52:07 Right. That's right. 52:09 Excellent. Excellent, excellent. 52:10 Let me, how many, how many faculty 52:12 as far as in class teachers are there at Heritage? 52:16 Twelve. 52:17 Okay, that's a good ratio with 55. 52:20 And you are nine through twelve? 52:21 Yes. 52:24 Yeah, I have to get out there and see this school, 52:25 I'm very, very impressed. 52:27 We have been talking about some of the work that 52:29 they have done in response to this particular disaster 52:32 but as Debbie has mentioned, they do go all over 52:35 wherever there is a need and the young people have 52:38 bought into this idea that services are necessary part 52:41 of their growth and their Christian life. 52:43 Should you want to make contact with Heritage Academy? 52:47 Maybe you got a young person who needs what they offer, 52:50 who needs to know that there is a world outside 52:53 of your own little world that needs your help. 52:56 Should you want to make contact, 52:57 perhaps even donate to them 53:00 just in support of what they are doing, 53:02 here is the information that you will need to make contact 53:04 with Heritage Academy. 53:08 Heritage Academy encourages young people to learn, 53:12 experience, live and share Christ. 53:15 If you would like to contact them 53:16 then you can write to Heritage Academy, 53:18 23100 Clarkrange Hwy, Monterey, TN, 38574. 53:26 That's Heritage Academy, 23100 Clarkrange Hwy, 53:31 Monterey, TN, 38574. 53:35 You can call 931-839-6675, 53:39 that's 931-839-6675 53:43 or visit them online for news, tours, videos 53:46 and more at heritagetn.org, that's heritagetn.org. |
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