Participants: Shelley Quinn (Host), Randy Ward & Matt Daily
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY016048A
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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. 01:07 Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn 01:08 and we welcome you once again to 3ABN Today. 01:12 We're so glad you're sharing a little bit of your day 01:14 with us. 01:15 And I think you will be blessed. 01:17 This is going to be excellent program 01:19 because it's an excellent topic. 01:21 We're gonna be talking about true education 01:24 and the importance of bringing our children up 01:28 in a balanced manner. 01:29 Let me share a scripture with you. 01:32 It's one of my favorites, Psalm 16:11 01:35 and this is what the Bible says, 01:37 "You will show me the path of life; 01:40 In your presence is fullness of joy; 01:44 At your right hand are pleasures forevermore." 01:48 I'm so thankful that God showed me the path of life. 01:52 The one regret that I have 01:55 is that I didn't learn his path of life earlier 01:59 and it's so important 02:01 that as we're training up our children, 02:03 not only that they be educated in scholastic areas 02:10 but that also they learn to have a true, deep, 02:14 intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ 02:17 and God the Father 02:19 that they learn that it is the Holy Spirit 02:22 who empowers us to live as God wants us to live. 02:26 That He works in us to willing to do His good pleasure 02:29 and to learn a really good work ethic 02:32 because that is very critical. 02:34 So let me introduce our special guest. 02:37 And we have with us today 02:39 the gentlemen from DayStar Academy, 02:42 and we have Randy Ward 02:43 who is the Vice president of DayStar sacred. 02:47 Interim. 02:48 Interim Vice president, all right, 02:50 and this is DayStar Adventist Academy, I should say. 02:54 And then we have with us Matt Dealy. 02:57 And Matt, I asked you 02:59 what you do and you say, "I'm a farmer." 03:02 That's right. 03:03 So you're kind of the farm manager, 03:06 assistant farm manager there for DayStar Adventist Academy 03:11 and tell us just where it's located. 03:14 Don't go into any detail but you're located in a valley? 03:18 In a valley, 03:19 we're about 15 miles east of Moab, Utah. 03:24 And we're about three and half miles up 03:25 from the beautiful Colorado River. 03:27 Oh, and it is a beautiful spot, I saw some of the pictures 03:31 that we're gonna be sharing with you in just a moment, 03:34 but before we begin on this wonderful journey, 03:38 we're going to have a song. 03:40 And I know how much you love music. 03:43 Stephanie Dawn is just-- 03:45 She's friend of 3ABN. 03:46 But she's a precious, precious woman 03:50 that has deep a relationship with the Lord 03:53 and he's helped her to, 03:56 in spite of some physical challenges, 04:00 God has gifted her with a beautiful voice 04:03 and she sings for His glory. 04:04 So she's gonna be singing a song called "Grace" 04:08 and Dann Thornton will be accompanying her on the piano. 04:21 My heart is so proud 04:26 My mind is so unfocused 04:30 I see the things You do through me 04:35 As great things I have done 04:39 And now You gently break me 04:44 Then lovingly you take me 04:48 And hold me as my father 04:53 And mold me as my maker 04:59 I ask You, how many times will you pick me up 05:04 When I keep on letting You down? 05:09 And each time I will fall short of Your glory 05:13 How far will forgiveness abound? 05:17 Then you answer, "My child, I love you 05:22 And as long as you're seeking my face 05:26 You'll walk in the power of my daily sufficient grace 05:40 At times I may grow weak 05:44 And feel a bit discouraged 05:49 Knowing that someone, somewhere 05:53 Could do a better job 05:57 For who am I to serve You? 06:02 I know I don't deserve You 06:06 And that's the part that burns in my heart 06:10 And keeps me hanging on 06:14 I ask you, how many times will You pick me up 06:19 When I keep on letting you down? 06:24 And each time I will fall short of Your glory 06:28 How far will forgiveness abound? 06:32 Then You answer, "My child, I love you 06:37 And as long as you're seeking my face 06:41 You'll walk in the power of my daily sufficient grace 06:51 You are so patient with me, Lord 07:03 As I walk with You 07:06 I'm learning 07:08 What Your grace really means 07:12 The price that I could never pay 07:16 Was paid at Calvary 07:20 So, instead of trying to repay You 07:25 I'm learning to simply obey You 07:29 By giving up my life to You 07:33 For all that You've given to me 07:37 I ask You, how many times will you pick me up 07:42 When I keep on letting You down? 07:47 And each time I will fall short of your glory 07:51 How far will forgiveness abound? 07:55 Then You answer, "My child, I love you 08:00 And as long as you're seeking my face 08:04 You'll walk in the power 08:08 Of my daily sufficient grace. 08:26 Oh, thank you, Stephanie Dawn. 08:28 Indeed, Jesus said 08:30 "My grace is sufficient for you 08:32 for power is made perfect in you're weakness," 08:35 and that was a beautiful song sung beautifully 08:37 by a precious handmaiden of the Lord. 08:40 Well, once again, if you're joining us just a little late, 08:44 let me introduce our special guest. 08:46 We have Randy Ward, 08:47 who is the Interim Vice President 08:49 of DayStar Adventist Academy. 08:51 And we have with us, Matt Dealy, 08:54 the smiling Matt Dealy. 08:57 You are the Assistant Farm Manager at DayStar, 09:01 and DayStar is there in Utah. 09:05 We're gonna learn about this academy 09:07 and their special projects 09:08 but more what we're going to learn 09:10 is their vision for true education. 09:14 And I think you will enjoy this. 09:16 But let's kind of get to know you guys just a little bit. 09:19 Randy, were you born into an Adventist Christian home 09:23 or tell us little of your journey. 09:25 I was a born into the world. 09:28 For 36 years I lived in the world 09:30 until I got actually, short, 09:34 I got in trouble with the internal revenue service. 09:35 They clamed down on me, 09:37 they took everything that I had. 09:38 And I wondered what use was life. 09:41 And I had a friend that we would talk, 09:43 and he'd say, you know, the Bible talks about that. 09:46 And I say, really, it's just on and off these occasions. 09:49 So when I had that incidence happening to me, 09:52 I thought, you know what, I need Jesus. 09:54 So, I called him up, 09:56 "When and where do you go to church?" 09:57 He said, "Saturday morning, 9:30. 09:59 Here's where we go." 10:00 I started, studied with the pastor for a year. 10:02 And after a year, I was baptized 10:04 and my journey's been with Jesus ever since. 10:07 Wonderful. 10:09 How long have you been at DayStar? 10:10 Three years. Three years. 10:12 Just completed my third year. 10:13 And I was the boys' dean for those three years. 10:16 Okay. 10:17 So, it was a wonderful experience, 10:19 it's a challenge but a blessing 10:22 to make a difference in a young man's life. 10:24 Amen, amen. So, Matt, how about you? 10:29 I was raised Adventist, went through Adventist Schools. 10:35 When I left school, I started working for myself, 10:38 doing construction, building houses. 10:41 And I was-- 10:44 The economy kind of crashed 10:46 and I went to work on a commercial construction. 10:50 And one day, I was on a roof 10:52 and I looked out and as far as I could see, 10:55 I saw storage units fall at people's stuff. 10:59 And it dawned on me, 11:01 "What am I doing for the Lords work?" 11:04 And at that time, we had some friends 11:07 that we met that were just coming in to the church 11:09 and they started challenging us with Adventist truth 11:14 from different angle than we had ever heard 11:17 and we decided-- 11:20 I got laid off of work. 11:21 Us? Would that be your wife? 11:23 Me and my wife. Yeah. Okay. 11:24 At that time, we had two small children. 11:27 And I started to have 11:31 a small interest in agriculture. 11:32 Okay. Before this, I had no interest. 11:35 I didn't like it all. 11:37 And I read Philippians 2:12. Yes. 11:42 2:13 actually, well both but, it says, 11:44 "For it is God which worketh in you 11:46 both to will and to do of His good pleasure." 11:49 Amen. 11:50 And I realized that agriculture was something 11:53 that the God was encouraging me to do. 11:56 Wonderful. 11:57 So I had to make it quick, 11:58 we went to Black Hills for six months, 12:01 did an internship, 12:03 Black Hills Health & Education Center. 12:05 Came back, we wanted to start a farm 12:07 but we didn't have any money. 12:09 Before we started a farm, 12:11 we put my wife through nursing school, 12:14 had two small kids, we had no money to start it. 12:17 We did that for two years, 12:18 and the Lord called us back to Black Hills, 12:21 we were there for two years, 12:22 and then He brought us to DayStar 12:24 and that's where we've been. 12:25 Wonderful. 12:27 And you now have four children. 12:28 We now have four children How old are your children? 12:30 Eight, six, two, and about seven months old. 12:35 Okay, so let me ask you though, when did Jesus, 12:41 when did that, you can grow up in a Christian home 12:45 but God doesn't have grand children, 12:47 he only has children, so it doesn't matter 12:49 if your parents' relationship is close the Lord. 12:52 When did it become real for you? 12:54 Was it when your friends challenged you, 12:56 when you was that your epiphany moment 12:59 or when did you develop 13:01 that personal relationship with Christ? 13:04 I believe I've had a couple times. 13:06 One was I met my wife, she moved in next door to me, 13:10 she wasn't an Adventist. 13:11 Okay. 13:13 And we started studying and she became an Adventist 13:16 couple of years before we got married. 13:18 So I went through that journey with her 13:20 and that was a big moment. 13:22 And then the second biggest was when we had kids. 13:24 Oh, amen. 13:26 And we realize the responsibility we had. 13:28 Amen. 13:29 So we had to start learning 13:32 what to do with these small children. 13:34 It is. 13:36 I always say that, you know, believe it or not, 13:38 I wanted six children. 13:40 Now I see people who have six little ones 13:42 and I'm thinking, "Lord, what was I thinking?" 13:44 But I think that if you are a parent, 13:48 you're a mother, you're in full time ministry 13:51 and I can't think of anything more beautiful 13:53 than having a child, 13:55 to be able to introduce them to the Lord 13:57 and having someone that you've birthed 13:59 that can potentially have eternal life. 14:02 That's a precious thing. 14:04 Let's talk about DayStar Adventist Academy. 14:08 Let's talk about how it began. Randy, I'll just go to you. 14:12 Well, it started in 1970. 14:16 I'm not sure if there were more involved than the two 14:19 but I know of two doctors, they were brothers, 14:22 they live in Utah 14:24 and they had a desire for Adventist education, 14:27 which there was not much access to in Utah. 14:32 So they started looking around for property. 14:34 Somehow they ended up in Castle Valley 14:36 and they found this ranch property, 14:39 this farm property and they purchased it. 14:41 I think they made two purchases 14:42 but basically up to 320 acres they found. 14:47 And if you want to show the first picture, 14:48 you can see how beautiful this is. 14:50 This is the beautiful time of year right now. 14:52 This is from up in the mountains 14:54 looking down at our little oasis 14:57 and the second picture that we have 14:59 is of our administration building 15:00 looking up to a rock we call Periot. 15:04 We frequently climb up there just to, kind of, 15:07 see things or what we call, base jumpers, 15:10 they jump off of there with parachutes, 15:11 which is kind of fun to watch sometimes. 15:14 Anyway, so these doctors developed this school 15:17 and it has evolved over the years 15:18 to become what it is today. 15:20 You know, it's a funny story 15:22 when I lived in my little hometown 15:24 of Atascadero, California, 15:25 we had neighbors 15:28 and we met this one gentlemen name Bruce Smith. 15:31 Just nice young man, you know, and life goes on. 15:33 Then we moved to Northern California 15:35 and we meet another gentleman, his name is Dr. Brad Smith. 15:39 And as we were talking to him 15:40 explaining where we lived he goes, 15:42 "Oh, that was my brother Bruce." 15:44 And so we continued to gain friendship 15:46 and then after time goes on 15:48 when we were getting ready to come to DayStar, 15:50 he said, "Oh, my dad and his brother 15:53 were the two that founded DayStar." 15:55 So, it's a small world that we traveled in. 15:57 Amen. That is interesting. 16:00 So you've been there for three years? 16:03 Associated for four 16:04 because my two older kids went there 16:07 the year before I came to work there, so-- 16:10 Now Utah, obviously 16:12 is the Mormon capital of the world, I think. 16:14 So are there many Adventists? 16:16 Why did they choose, they lived in Utah. 16:20 Why did these two doctors choose this area? 16:22 I can't really answer that for sure, 16:25 but as I live there, I realize how beautiful it is, 16:27 how remote it is, and you know, people come. 16:30 We just had a group come from Salt Lake City 16:32 to stay there for the weekend. 16:35 They got to see the stars 16:36 that they normally don't get to see 16:38 while they're in Salt Lake. 16:40 We have a couple of ponds that the kids can swim in, 16:42 they can enjoy the peace and quiet, 16:44 there's mountains close by. 16:45 It is just a good all around place, 16:47 we have fertile land, we have free water, 16:50 we have water that is diverted from a creek that comes 16:53 and waters all our irrigation for the crops. 16:55 That's a blessing. 16:57 Yes, you know, 16:58 and it is just a point where the children can just-- 17:01 You know, when we first moved there, 17:03 our little child who was, 17:05 Kyler five at that point in time, 17:07 we could just let him go and not worry about him, 17:09 'cause it was safe for him to be there, 17:10 so that could very well be why they choose. 17:13 That's just the perfect place I think. 17:15 Wonderful. 17:16 So let's talk abut the curriculum there. 17:19 I mean, we know that if we send our children off. 17:22 I believe wholeheartedly in Christian education. 17:25 I think that's, it seems that here at 3ABN, 17:31 we have so many wonderful young people 17:34 who grew up in the Adventist school systems 17:36 and they're just on fire for God 17:39 and you see how important Christian education is. 17:43 But you wanted to talk about this concept of true education. 17:50 And I think, Randy, you had a little quote 17:52 that you wanted to read about true education 17:55 and then we'll turn it over to Matt 17:57 to kind of talk about this. 17:58 Well, I'm learning about true education. 18:02 I believe in it but I've never really studied it out. 18:05 And starting last year, 18:07 we would meet every Wednesday for prayer meeting 18:09 down at Matt's house under a beautiful tree 18:11 and we would all study about true education. 18:13 What does it mean, true education, 18:15 and what is mean to put it practically into a curriculum, 18:20 so to speak. 18:21 And as I've studied and read a quote 18:24 from "A Call to Stand Apart," page 65 18:27 and it says, "True education embraces physical, mental, 18:31 and moral training, 18:33 in order that all the powers shall be fitted 18:36 for the best development to do service for God 18:39 and to work for the uplifting of humanity." 18:42 Amen. 18:43 And that is what we would like 18:45 in our education process at DayStar for our children. 18:48 You know, they do require a curriculum of, you know, 18:52 the educational, the academics portion. 18:54 But there's more to it. 18:56 We talked earlier, there's a balance. 18:57 You know, there is the academics, 18:59 and then there's also learning to work, 19:01 learning to work with your hands, 19:02 learning to take that process from planting 19:05 to taking it to farmers' market and selling it. 19:08 And that's, you know, 19:10 Matt has done a lot of research on that 19:11 and we've been blessed by his ministry 19:13 of helping us go through that process and learn. 19:17 Well, you know, academics is important obviously. 19:20 To survive in the world, but I think that, as parents, 19:24 the one thing that is so important 19:27 to instill in children 19:29 is that you teach them to have a good work ethic 19:32 because sometimes you will see a child, 19:34 or a young person, or even an older person 19:37 who can be quite brilliant in book learning, 19:40 they've accomplished many degrees, 19:42 but if they don't have a good work ethic, 19:45 nothing ever comes of it. 19:47 So there is that academic, the physical, 19:51 teaching them to have a good work ethic 19:53 and then of course the moral, 19:55 teaching them solid biblical foundations. 19:58 So, Matt, we're gonna turn you loose. 20:01 All right, so we've been studying as a group 20:06 going through and trying to determine 20:09 what the Lord's plan is for our school. 20:11 You know, we can have a group and ask what true education is? 20:15 And we could get everybody with a different answer. 20:20 So this is from "Counsels on Health" 20:24 and it says, 20:28 "If conducted in a manner the God could approve, 20:31 it would be highly successful and would stand in advance 20:35 of all other institutions of the kind in the world." 20:38 And this is talking about sanatorium. 20:40 Sanatorium that I believe it applies here. 20:44 "Great light, great knowledge 20:46 and superior privileges were given." 20:48 So we have great light, 20:50 we've been given vast amounts of knowledge, 20:53 and many privileges. 20:55 "And in accordance with the light received 20:58 would be the responsibility 20:59 of those to whom the carrying forward 21:02 of the institution was entrusted." 21:05 So we feel that, as leaders, 21:08 it's our responsibility to dig and dig 21:11 and to see what the Lord has called us to do. 21:14 So what age group, 21:17 when we're talking about an Adventist Academy, 21:19 DayStar Adventist Academy. 21:21 What age group is coming there as boarding students? 21:27 It would be high school, freshmen through seniors. 21:29 Okay. 21:30 We are cautious about freshmen, 21:32 only because generally the maturity of the student 21:35 is not able to be away from home and handle, 21:37 you know, some of the things. 21:39 So we try to be very fair but also really dig 21:43 into the acceptance of students, 21:47 but basically, it's high school students. 21:48 Okay. Yes. And this is a smaller school. 21:51 About what-- 21:52 Fifteen to twenty-five students, 21:54 generally, depending-- 21:56 And how many teachers do you have? 21:58 I mean, how many people are involved in teaching them? 22:00 We have three to four teachers this year. 22:02 Wonderful. But everyone's a teacher. 22:05 Right! 22:06 I'm a teacher, Randy's a teacher in their area, so-- 22:10 Okay, so in your own words, Matt, 22:12 what do you think true education is? 22:14 I think it's a lot like character development. 22:16 Okay. 22:18 I don't wake up and fully understand 22:20 true education. 22:22 You know, the true education, it's a lifetime process 22:29 of following what the Lord has told you to do. 22:31 Right. 22:32 So, you know, one of the things that we learned this year 22:35 that we've been relearning as that 22:37 we're told that teachers should work with their students, 22:40 so we started a program-- 22:42 When you say work, in what way? 22:44 In manual labor. All right. 22:46 Side by side, in the dirt, in the kitchen, 22:49 wherever the need is. 22:51 So we started a program this year that made it happen. 22:56 So every day, teachers, staff would work with students. 23:00 Wonderful. 23:01 So we had a beehive activity 23:05 where, you know, forty people would be out 23:07 and about the whole campus working. 23:09 Wonderful. 23:11 And-- 23:12 I think of 2 Corinthians 3:18, 23:14 that, you know, we become what we behold. 23:17 You can tell a child something, 23:18 but when you're actually out and implementing it, 23:21 doing it yourself, it's much more motivational. 23:25 And you know, sometimes, the students don't understand 23:28 how busy everybody is. 23:29 They just see their little world. 23:31 And so it becomes us-and-them type of mentality, you know, 23:35 "Oh, we're out here working. 23:36 How come they never have to work?" 23:37 And they don't see what we're doing all day long. 23:39 And this program, 23:41 it actually required all staff to participate. 23:45 And it's been a real blessing because we have, 23:47 number one, come together as staff and students, 23:49 they realize it, 23:51 you know, we're willing to work along with them. 23:52 We get more done because everybody works together. 23:55 You know, the Bible says, many hands make the work light. 23:58 And it's just been a real blessing 24:01 to see the change in attitude 24:03 that the students are more accepting of some of the staff 24:06 that they kind of maybe didn't understand at first 24:08 because we're all there working together, 24:10 and we're learning together. 24:11 Sometimes the students actually teach us. 24:13 I mean, the students are the ones 24:15 that have been working on the farm 24:16 and so we as staff come down to help. 24:18 I don't work in the greenhouse a lot, 24:20 so I need to know what to do. 24:21 Now they teach me. 24:23 I think we have a picture of your greenhouse, don't we? 24:25 Yes. That would be the third one. 24:27 This is our current greenhouse. 24:29 And what is the size of this greenhouse? 24:31 It's quite-- 24:32 This is about 20,000 square feet. 24:34 That's almost half an acre. Wonderful. 24:36 And what do you do 24:38 with the produce that you produce? 24:40 We sell locally, we sell to restaurants, coops, 24:44 farmers' market, we do sell to whole foods 24:48 from Salt Lake from time to time. 24:51 And I imagine you eat a good portion of it yourself, right? 24:54 Right, we use it. Yeah. Fresh fair. 24:56 In the cafeteria, so the goal is to get kids 25:00 from the beginning of the process to the end. 25:03 So they grow it, they cook it, they eat it, 25:06 the full spectrum. 25:07 And they learn to market it as well. 25:08 That's right. 25:10 But now I know that you have a very special project. 25:14 Let's just jump into that 25:16 because you've got a half acre sized greenhouse, 25:20 which sounds good sized to me. 25:22 But what are you looking at that's down in Kentucky? 25:25 Well, we're in the process of acquiring 25:30 and bringing 72,000 square feet greenhouse back to Utah. 25:34 Mercy. 25:36 Do we have a picture of that on-- 25:37 We do. Good. 25:39 That is incredible! 72,000 square feet! 25:43 Yeah. What is that acreage wise? 25:46 About one-three, well over one-three quarter. 25:48 So nearly a two acre greenhouse. 25:51 Yes. 25:53 You can barely see it, but in the picture, 25:54 there is a full sized, 15 passenger Ford Econline van 25:57 with a trailer parked outside just to, kind of, 26:00 give you a perspective of how huge this thing is. 26:03 Now that's huge. Yeah. 26:04 The first time I went down, 26:06 I was on the first run with Matt 26:07 and I walked in there and I just, I was amazed. 26:10 It was just like, "This is huge." 26:14 But you know, it was really kind of disappointing to me 26:16 because there was a lot of trash and stuff in there. 26:19 And we all ganged up and we cleaned that place up 26:21 the first half of the very first day. 26:22 And after that was done, it was just amazing, 26:24 the transformation that took place. 26:26 It was like, I was extremely excited. 26:29 Okay, so you've got this big 72, 000 square foot greenhouse. 26:35 And the idea is to bring this back from Kentucky, 26:39 you need to transport that to Utah. 26:46 Where are you in this process right now? 26:49 Has that been disassembled or-- 26:51 Can I give a quick history? 26:52 Sure. Okay. 26:55 We went out. I found this on Thanksgiving. 26:59 And we looked at it and said it's too big 27:01 and it popped back up in the spring 27:04 and we decided to go and look at it. 27:07 And we all thought that it was a great deal. 27:12 Price wise. 27:13 Price wise, 27:15 and that it would benefit the school. 27:16 So we went out and we had an arrangement with a guy. 27:20 We said, I called him and asked him, you know, 27:23 would you hold it if I came up with $10,000? 27:25 And he said, "Sure." 27:27 And I said, "Okay, well, I don't have $10,000, 27:28 but I'll see what we can do." 27:30 And so we called him back 27:32 and said, "Okay, we got the money. 27:34 I'm gonna come out and look at it." 27:36 I came out and looked at it, everything looked great. 27:39 Rode my truck, got into the car, 27:41 and about half an hour later, 27:43 I got a call saying that the $10,000 fell through. 27:47 And at that point, I had peace. 27:50 I knew that the Lord was working 27:53 and that the devil was working. 27:54 Yes. 27:56 And that same day, 27:57 another farmer came out to look at it 27:58 and he said that out of the blue. 28:00 You know if you need the money 28:01 to keep the project rolling let me know, didn't ask him. 28:05 So a farmer, not that's bidding against you on this. 28:10 This is a farmer who-- 28:11 Friend. Friend, Okay. 28:12 Who lives in the area. All right. 28:14 And so I called him the next morning and he said, 28:17 you know, "What you said, was that true?" 28:20 and he said, "Let me talk to my wife." 28:21 He called back and said, 28:22 "We're gonna put in $36,000," which was the purchase price. 28:25 Wow. 28:26 So you guys can start tearing it down. 28:30 I said, "Great. 28:32 I don't know how we're gonna start tearing it down. 28:34 I guess the same way you eat an elephant, 28:36 one bite at a time. 28:37 We had spring break coming up in a week and I came back 28:41 and talked to Randy and he said, 28:42 "Hey, do you want to go to Kentucky 28:44 start tearing down this greenhouse." 28:46 And he said, "Sure." No, I didn't. 28:49 I said, "No, I don't really want to." 28:52 I'll be honest but I said, "You know what Matt? 28:54 I will go." and I'm so happy I didn't go. 28:56 Yeah. 28:57 So we got a group of about ten, 29:00 went out there for a week 29:01 and worked sun up till sun down. 29:03 I'll bet you did. And then some, yes. 29:04 And then some nights till 10:30 at night, 29:09 we had snow, lightning, miserable weather, 29:12 but it was a blessing. 29:15 We came back, we still don't know 29:17 how we're gonna get it torn down 29:19 other than the school had a mission trip 29:20 planned in the spring in April 29:23 that they cancelled at Christmas for some reason. 29:27 So we had two weeks available. 29:29 And I said, "Well, let's just take the school." 29:31 So we got half the students, 29:34 we took them out there and some staff, 29:35 and we had about 20 people 29:38 and we worked for two weeks tearing it down. 29:42 Now your school's not all boys. 29:45 It's boys and girls. No. Boys and girls. 29:47 And actually did you say, I thinking in the green room 29:49 you told me the girls usually outnumber the boys. 29:52 Generally speaking, this year was an oddity 29:54 because we had 12 boys. 29:56 But normally it's 12 to 15 girls 29:58 and the rest are boys. 30:00 Okay. 30:01 So that looks like 30:04 that was major project to get this torn down. 30:07 Yeah. It's a major project. 30:09 Nobody thought we could do it 30:11 and there was many days that I had doubts. 30:13 But at the end of two weeks, it's all on the ground, 30:16 most of it's bundled up, ready for shipping. 30:20 Right, so now how will you ship this back to Utah? 30:24 By truck? Okay. By truck. Yeah. 30:26 It's gonna be four to five semis. 30:29 So that's quite an expensive process. 30:32 It is. 30:33 All right, do you have the funds for that? 30:35 We do not have all the funds. 30:38 The greenhouse was 36,000 and it's about 20,000 to ship. 30:42 Twenty thousand. Twenty thousand. 30:45 So currently we have 30,000, so we're 20,000 short. 30:51 Well, now if my math is right, 30:52 that's actually twenty-six thousand short, 30:54 'cause you've paid the 36,000 to the owner of this, 30:59 previous owner of the greenhouse, 31:01 the greenhouse is paid for, 31:03 but that was the 36, 000 was loaned to you. 31:05 So you've raised 30,000 31:07 you still have another 6,000 to pay him back 31:10 and then you need 20,000 for the shipping. 31:13 Is that correct? That's right. 31:14 So, you need $26,000 31:16 or what you could also maybe do is we can make an appeal. 31:21 You have kind of a soft deadline 31:23 that the owner wants the greenhouse off the property 31:26 by June the 30th? 31:28 Maybe you could sneak a few more days, 31:31 there maybe someone who is watching 31:33 or listening by radio and maybe you're a trucker 31:36 or you know a trucker 31:38 who might be dead heading from the East Coast 31:41 and going back West that could whiz by 31:44 and pick up your greenhouse in Kentucky 31:47 and take it to Utah. 31:49 Actually, you need three trucks, don't you? 31:51 Four. Four trucks, okay. 31:53 Well, maybe we can get several truckers 31:55 or somebody that could help send in some funds 31:58 to help pay for this. 32:00 You know, when we were doing 32:01 the Ten Commandments Twice Removed 32:03 and we needed to truck huge amounts of books 32:07 to various places, 32:08 we did have wonderful blessed people 32:12 who would come and volunteer their trucks. 32:15 It was just so amazing and they transported it for us. 32:19 Let me ask you this because I know you're tired, 32:22 you've had a long week, but why is this important? 32:26 Why did you want to get this nearly two acre greenhouse? 32:31 What impact will that have on the school? 32:33 What impact does it have on the students? 32:36 Well, financially, it has an impact on the school 32:40 because we can grow food all year round. 32:42 We have markets that want food. 32:45 We have people that are begging for food, 32:47 we have food that we eat ourselves. 32:51 So we would like the opportunity 32:54 to train students how to grow food year round, 33:00 to get them a better growing environment, 33:02 it's very cold, dark in the winter. 33:05 And you know we have grown, 33:08 we shown in our greenhouse this year 33:09 that we can grow salad, and kale, and carrots, 33:13 and beets, and all these other things. 33:15 So we'd like a better opportunity 33:18 to educate the youth on a year on basis. 33:22 And how does that affect-- 33:24 I mean, for myself, I know 33:27 that I wasn't brought up gardening and things, 33:30 but when I first started working in a garden, 33:32 there's something that's just very satisfying about that. 33:37 How do your students react? It's a transforming operation. 33:40 You put the little plant in the ground, 33:42 then you see it come up, it thrives. 33:44 You see the students go down there 33:45 if they haven't been used to working 33:47 or may be they "hate the farm," 33:50 when they get into this process, 33:51 when they put their feet or their hands in the dirt 33:54 to watch these things grow 33:55 and they watch it grow from the tiny little seedling 33:57 up to including bearing fruit and harvesting. 34:01 It makes a big difference in their lives. 34:02 They have completed something. 34:04 I mean, they feel like, "Wow, God let me be part of this." 34:08 You know, and it does change them. 34:10 There have been several students 34:11 that absolutely hated going down to the farm, 34:14 but when they work with Matt, and Shawn, and others, 34:16 and watch these plants grow, 34:18 they are absolutely transformed themselves 34:20 because now it's like, 34:22 I had to ask some kids to go work for the cafe 34:25 and I took the farm group and I said, 34:26 I need, you know, couple of volunteers. 34:28 Nobody wanted to volunteer, 34:30 'cause they all loved being on the farm. 34:32 So it really makes a difference. 34:34 It gives them some sort of completion or fulfillment 34:37 that they watched this process 34:38 and they've been part of the process. 34:39 Yeah. Oh yeah. What great teaching moments. 34:42 Because now you can talk about the Word of God is like seed 34:45 and how it just blossoms and grows overnight 34:49 without anyone knowing it. 34:50 There's some great moral lessons, 34:52 great biblical lessons that can be all tied into that. 34:56 And you know it's something 34:58 that they can pick up themselves. 35:00 They don't have to be told the lessons 35:02 as they're working with these plants, 35:03 as they're going through this process, 35:05 the Word of God speaks to their heart 35:06 and they can make that comparison, 35:08 they can say, "Oh, I know now, it makes sense to me." 35:11 You know. Yes, amen. 35:13 And I think one of our biggest goals there 35:16 is to, you know, teach the Word of God, 35:22 not teach about the Word of God. 35:23 Amen. 35:25 Teach God's creative power, 35:28 not teach about His creative power. 35:31 So these are the opportunities that our students have 35:34 that are unique and different, 35:36 that we can take them to the soil 35:39 and get their hands in the soil 35:40 instead of showing pictures of soil. 35:44 Well, that's kind of life transforming 35:46 for you, wasn't it? 35:47 It was. 35:48 You had no interesting farming and the Lord brought you around 35:52 and made it something 35:54 that's had a strong impact on your life, obviously. 35:58 It has. 36:00 Okay, so tell us a little bit more than this project, 36:03 we just want if the Holy Spirit is impressing you, 36:06 we just pray that you will help. 36:08 They do need $26,000 more 36:10 or some truckers that would come in 36:12 and help just transport this for them 36:17 from Kentucky to Castle Valley, Utah. 36:20 I imagine, you'd feed them really well 36:22 when they got there. 36:23 Yeah. That we would. 36:25 Tell us a little bit more about future plans for the school. 36:30 Well, we would eventually like to be able to hold in house 36:36 about 50 students total. 36:38 And as we grow with this greenhouse, 36:41 it might allow us the funding to, you know, 36:44 help and make that process. 36:46 We want to beautify our campus, you know, even more, 36:49 make it prettier than it is, which is kind of hard but-- 36:53 I think God has done that for you. 36:54 Yeah, and you know with our desire 36:58 to really incorporate true education, 37:00 we want the Bible 37:01 to be the foundation of every single classroom, 37:04 English, math, science, you know, chemistry, 37:08 farming, welding, whatever, you know. 37:10 We want that, the Bible and the Bible alone 37:13 to be the foundation of everything. 37:15 And so those are our goals, you know, 37:17 we're always looking to gain knowledge 37:20 to be able to teach the kids that process. 37:23 We had a Bible teacher this year, 37:25 our brother, Brocky was just amazing. 37:27 The kids still thrived from him and all he did was just teach 37:30 from the foundation of the Word of God. 37:32 But they had to dig, they had to learn, 37:35 and they had to look for the answers, 37:37 and it really impacted them. 37:38 The graduation this year was, they say, 37:41 more spiritual than it has been for a long time. 37:44 Randy, you've been there, 37:46 you were there for three years as the boys' dean, 37:50 do you find that some kids come there 37:52 maybe because their parents don't know 37:55 what else to do with them, 37:56 or do we have some that show up like that or-- 37:59 We do, we don't accept "trouble kids." 38:02 But you know everybody has a past, 38:06 everybody has issues. 38:08 Sometimes the parents just don't know 38:10 what to do with them. 38:11 And so we take that child 38:13 and through working with Matt and Shawn on the farm, 38:16 working with me around, you know, 38:18 the school, working with me 38:19 or the girls' dean in the dorms. 38:22 You know, and my wife is the biggest part 38:25 of the boys' dean as I am. 38:27 We asked the dean 38:29 when we were getting ready to go there, 38:30 "What do we need to do?" 38:32 And he says, "The food that you feed them 38:33 and the time you spend with them 38:35 will make the difference." 38:36 And it does, it really does, 38:37 the time that we can spend with the kids 38:39 is way really makes the difference. 38:41 Sure. 38:42 So I didn't mean to imply 38:43 that you were taking trouble children by I just-- 38:45 No, no, no. 38:46 I just meant that as kids come 38:48 and I know that they come from all over. 38:50 I mean, it doesn't, you've got children 38:52 that are coming from east to west, 38:55 but do you see a big transformation in them 39:01 as they are there over the year, two years, 39:04 do you see them growing? 39:06 Oh, I do. I absolutely do. 39:08 It's, you know, 39:10 sometimes you beat your head against the wall 39:11 thinking, you know, am I making a difference. 39:13 And I'll just tell you a quick story. 39:15 We had a young man who came, he didn't want to be there. 39:18 He wasn't trouble, but, you know, 39:19 something his parents-- 39:21 And anyway, he was very bitter for having to be there. 39:23 So we just started working with him, started loving him. 39:27 Long story short, I came home one night, 39:30 I got home at 3'o clock in the morning, 39:31 I walked into my door, I looked at my right 39:33 and here's my dinning room table 39:35 in my living room, 39:36 and I'm thinking, what's going on? 39:38 And you know, I looked to my left, 39:40 and in my kitchen is a brand new, handmade, 39:43 eight foot long oak table that he made for us. 39:46 Wow. Yeah. 39:47 Wow. So do you have wood? 39:50 I mean, what kind of classes do you have 39:52 other than the farm. 39:54 Well, last year we did have a woodshop. 39:56 And Mr. Lenard was our wood teacher. 39:58 And so he took several months to make it, 40:02 so he was being helped along the way, you know. 40:04 I do teach welding, some, we have, 40:07 what we call, life skills classes, 40:08 so we teach cooking, welding, mountain biking, 40:11 auto shop, wood working. 40:13 Where do I sign up? DayStarAdventistAcademy.org. 40:17 That's sounds like fun. Yeah. 40:21 So what are some of your greatest needs, 40:24 other than we need 26,000 or some truckers right now, 40:28 what do you see for the future, you want to build a new dorm? 40:33 It would be, you know, 40:35 we've had a donor come in this last year 40:38 and do some marvelous work around the campus. 40:40 He improved some roads, he made us some shop buildings, 40:43 you know, and I mean, we are so blessed 40:45 and so grateful for those that he did 40:48 and we do need maintenance on some of the buildings, 40:51 we haven't had a real good maintenance program 40:54 so, you know, that, the boys dorm would be-- 40:56 Do you look for volunteer? 40:57 We do. We do. Okay. 40:59 Yes they can go online, they can call the office, 41:02 and they, you know, they'll be able to sign up. 41:04 We do have limited housing, but we can house people for, 41:07 you know, short periods of time where they can come, 41:10 you know, they would be eating in the cafeteria 41:11 or in the home of a staff while they were there working. 41:15 And we can arrange their expertise, 41:18 what we could have them do. 41:20 You know, as you guys know here, 41:21 there's always landscaping, you know, every single day. 41:27 And right now we're in the hot, you know, 41:28 season so that-- 41:32 We do also have school starting in August 41:35 and we are in need of a teacher and a cafeteria person. 41:40 Okay. 41:42 And there is some other staff we need, 41:43 which you can find online. 41:44 Right now we're going put that all that information up 41:48 in just a moment, as a matter of fact 41:50 maybe now is the time to do that is that we have-- 41:54 If you feel impressed by the Holy Spirit 41:58 to donate toward this $26,000 or if you are a trucker 42:02 who could possibly donate some services 42:06 from Kentucky to Utah, 42:08 or if you're a school teacher, or a cafeteria worker 42:14 and maybe you're just looking for a change of pace 42:17 and would like to make a difference 42:19 in some children's lives in a beautiful environment, 42:23 this is how you can get in touch with Daystar. 42:28 DayStar Adventist Academy 42:30 is a layman operated boarding school. 42:32 If you would like to support this ministry, 42:34 write to Daystar Adventist Academy, 42:37 HC 64 Box 2201, Castle Valley, Utah 84532. 42:44 That's Daystar Adventist Academy, 42:46 HC 64 Box 2201, Castle Valley, Utah 84532. 42:53 You can call (435) 259-7716. 42:58 That's (435) 259-7716 43:02 or visit them online at DayStarAdventistAcademy.org. 43:06 That's DayStarAdventistAcademy.org. 43:15 I'm sure that they will appreciate any help 43:17 that you might give them now. 43:18 Here's the question, 43:20 once you get the greenhouse from Kentucky to Utah, 43:26 what is the process of erecting this huge thing? 43:30 Well, we got to get holes dug 43:33 and stubs in the ground and concrete 43:36 and phase two 43:39 will likely cost 35,000. 43:43 And to get-- 43:45 Oh so you're just unrolling this a little at a time here. 43:47 You are here to talk about that. 43:49 Okay. Yeah. 43:50 We're not afraid of work and we're willing to do 43:53 what we have to do get to the next step so-- 43:55 So when you say 35,000, is that because 43:57 it's going to be a concrete floor 43:59 for these two acres or what is this? 44:00 No, 'cause you got to put holes in the ground for each post 44:03 and there's 300 posts or something. 44:05 Wow. There's a lot. 44:07 And you have to buy the concrete 44:08 and then you have to buy the new stubs 44:10 to accept the posts. 44:11 Okay, okay. That's the biggest expensive. 44:13 This is gonna be a big one. Yeah. 44:14 But this could be life-- 44:16 I should say, life changing for the campus. 44:19 Yeah and this greenhouse if we were to buy it new 44:22 plus range, so-- 44:26 So the Lord really gave you an incredible bargain 44:30 that you could get this for 36,000. 44:32 That's amazing. Yeah it is. 44:34 You know, I've always said that 44:35 if children have the opportunity 44:39 to either get involved with nature or farming, 44:43 get involved with the soil and seeing things produced, 44:47 or if they have that opportunity 44:49 to go on a mission trip, it can be life changing. 44:51 Now you also take mission trips, right? 44:53 We do, generally every year, 44:56 we try to go somewhere out of country if we can, 44:59 you know, to make a difference and on occasion, 45:02 just spur of the moment, mission trips come up. 45:06 We had one this year at around Christmas time. 45:09 There was an event going on in Myanmar, 45:11 which is the old Burma near Thailand 45:14 and they were going to train private ambulance company 45:18 to be the private ambulance company. 45:20 They didn't really have much official training. 45:22 I guess the country sponsored ambulance are a long ways away 45:27 and you know, not really much help. 45:28 So a doctor, an ER doctor, a friend of ours, 45:30 Dr. Michael Darson got with some friends 45:33 and one of those friends happened to be Brock, 45:35 our Bible worker, 45:37 and he started to talking to the students, 45:38 zero money, zero anything. 45:42 The students started praying, 45:45 any time that they would come into an issue, 45:48 they would get together and they would pray. 45:50 Money started coming in. 45:51 Before the end, every person that went, 45:54 their tickets were funded 45:56 and they had money to go on the trip. 45:57 Praise God. Yeah, it was amazing. 45:59 It was a miracle and-- 46:00 Oh, but I am just thinking how wonderful, 46:03 what an experience for young people 46:05 to learn this that God is your source. 46:07 It is. 46:09 And they still talk about it today. 46:10 It's amazing. 46:11 Well, one of the things that happen was, 46:13 they came in and their plane was late. 46:15 And I don't know if you know anything 46:17 about traveling through China, 46:18 but they're very strict and they got late 46:20 and their temporary visa was expired. 46:23 So they were coming in through customs, 46:26 my daughter got wished through 46:27 and then they stopped the rest of the group 46:29 and they took them to holding somewhere 46:32 and they were giving them a bad time. 46:34 It was Christmas day and one of the staff said, 46:36 "You know what lets just sing Christmas songs," 46:38 so they started singing Christmas songs, 46:40 it changed the whole demeanor of everybody in there, 46:43 they apologized to them, they gave them all gifts, 46:45 they escorted them, they held the plane, 46:47 they all got on the plane and they made it to Myanmar. 46:49 How wonderful! It was amazing. 46:52 Yeah, that would be a trip that they will be talking about 46:56 for the rest of their lives. 46:57 My daughter still talks about it today. 46:59 Amen. 47:00 And so, she uses those examples, 47:01 she uses those experiences. 47:03 She texted me today, she said, "Dad, we're praying for you." 47:05 Amen. 47:07 It's precious to see when young people 47:09 have developed that passion for prayer 47:12 and they know the value of the prayer of faith 47:14 and that's the beauty of what you're imparting 47:16 and I know you. 47:18 I just want to thank you both 47:19 because I know your hearts are filled with passion and zeal 47:21 for these young ones 47:23 and they're imparting not just an academic education 47:27 but they are imparting the truth of the Bible 47:29 that Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life," 47:32 and that "if you know the truth, it'll set you free." 47:35 So they're doing everything from a biblical basis. 47:37 And these children are learning truly 47:40 what Christ-like character. 47:44 And then you've got the wonderful 47:46 physical element involved in there 47:49 where you are teaching them truly to-- 47:53 A good work ethic. 47:56 You might want to look at sending your child there 47:58 this coming year, it begins in August. 48:00 So now what we're going to do before we go to news break 48:03 is we would like to have another song 48:06 with Stephanie Dawn. 48:07 But this time she is going to sing a duet 48:10 with our own Pastor John Lomacang. 48:12 And they're going to sing, "Touch your people." 48:31 We need wisdom we need power 48:36 And true love for each other 48:39 We have had so many big but empty words 48:46 So we come before Your face 48:51 Asking for Your grace 48:54 Bring Your people to a state of kingdom life 49:01 Restore Your church again 49:08 Touch Your people once again 49:15 With Your precious holy hand 49:20 We pray 49:22 Let Your kingdom shine upon this earth 49:28 Through a living glorious church 49:35 Not for temporary deeds 49:41 But to restore authority and power 49:48 Let a mighty rushing wind 49:52 Blow in 49:57 Touch your people once again 50:13 Lord You see Your tired servants 50:18 And Your broken wounded soldiers 50:22 Oh how much we need Your precious healing hand 50:29 We need the power of the cross 50:34 As the only source for us 50:37 When we stand up facing final battle cry 50:44 Restore your church again 50:51 Touch Your people once again 50:58 With Your precious Holy Hand 51:03 We pray 51:05 Let Your kingdom shine upon this earth 51:11 Through a living glorious church 51:18 Not for temporary deeds 51:24 But to restore authority and power 51:31 Let a mighty rushing wind 51:35 Blow in 51:41 Touch your people once again 51:47 Let a mighty rushing wind 51:52 Blow in 51:57 Touch your people once again. |
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