Participants: Greg & Jill Morikone (Host), Rich Sutton, Jairit Montilla, Leilani Lee, Mark
Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY017005A
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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 and welcome to another 3ABN today program. 01:10 We're so glad and thankful that you've joined us today. 01:14 We appreciate you letting us come into your home 01:16 as you do each and every day. 01:18 This is aired on radio as well. 01:19 And obviously there's no video for radio 01:21 so if you're driving along 01:22 or listening on your radio at home, 01:23 welcome to 3ABN. 01:25 Now, we appreciate your prayers 01:27 and financial support of this ministry 01:28 is because of the Lord Jesus Christ and you, 01:31 because we're a team 01:32 that this gospel continues to spread around the world. 01:35 You know, listening to that theme song, 01:37 I want to spend my life mending broken people. 01:40 What a theme! It should be for each one of us. 01:42 And what an opportunity we have of teaming up 01:45 with the Lord Jesus Christ, don't we, 01:47 of spreading God's word, His word around the world. 01:50 Today, we have an exciting program. 01:53 You like mission stories? Yes. 01:54 I do. You do, too, don't you? Oh, yeah. 01:56 We're gonna hear some mission stories, 01:58 we're gonna be talking to some young people, 02:00 and young at heart, 02:02 and we're gonna introduce to you 02:05 what our topic is today this is exciting, isn't it? 02:07 Who we have with us? Amen, it is. 02:09 I think any time we hear what God is doing, 02:12 how He is moving in the lives of people, 02:14 that's what we want to bring to you at home 02:16 as part of our 3ABN family and to encourage you 02:19 to get involved in ministry, 02:21 to get involved in mission trips, 02:23 to share the Lord Jesus Christ with those that you meet. 02:26 And you would think from the introduction here 02:28 we're talking about missionaries, 02:31 and they are missionaries of a different sort, 02:33 we're actually going to be talking to the president 02:36 of Laurelbrook Academy 02:38 and some students from Laurelbrook Academy. 02:40 And hearing the mission trips, the mission work, 02:43 that they're involved in, 02:44 and how God is blessing their school. 02:46 Just before we introduce them, 02:48 I asked them if they had a scripture, 02:51 that they especially liked for the school 02:53 and this is in Zechariah 4:6. 02:58 This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel 03:00 or you could say you could put your name in there, 03:02 whatever your name is, 03:04 "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, 03:09 says the Lord of hosts." 03:11 And that's what we're gonna be talking about today, 03:13 the anointing and power of the Holy Spirit, 03:16 and how he is working in the lives of each person 03:19 there at Laurelbrook Academy. 03:20 And it's a privilege to introduce 03:22 to our family at home each one of you. 03:24 We have Rich Sutton, 03:25 you are the president of Laurelbrook Academy. 03:28 I am. What a blessing to be here. 03:29 Yeah. Welcome. 03:31 It's a privilege to have you and sitting next to you 03:33 is Jairit Montilla, did I get that right? 03:36 Yes. And where are you from, Jairit? 03:40 Okay, so I was born in North Carolina, 03:43 but I grew up in Venezuela. 03:45 So I came just recently when I came to Laurelbrook. 03:48 Okay. 03:49 And you, we're gonna hear a little bit more about 03:51 your story and mission work and testimony, 03:53 and sitting next to you is Leilani Lee. 03:56 And, Leilani, where are you from? 03:57 I'm from Martinsburg, West Virginia. 03:59 And also a student, right, at Laurelbrook? 04:02 Yeah. 04:03 I want to say something too about West Virginia 04:04 that I consider as my growing up place, 04:07 my parents are still there in West Virginia. 04:09 So it's neat someone from West Virginia. 04:11 Yep. Yeah, that's great. 04:13 Now, Mr Rich, now you're no stranger to 3ABN. 04:17 No, I'm not. 04:19 When I was at the call center a number of years ago, 04:23 working there, 04:24 I received a phone call from Rich Sutton, 04:27 and at that point you were part of Mexico missions 04:31 which has been in existence for how many years? 04:33 We're going on 30 years this year. 04:34 Thirty years. 04:36 And the reason he was calling the call center was 04:37 because he would pick up 3ABN satellite dishes, 04:39 remember those satellite dishes when 3ABN would sell those big, 04:42 well, 36 inches, if you want to consider that big, 04:45 satellite dishes and he would come down 04:47 from Michigan with a group, 04:50 and like renovated school buses. 04:53 We did we, so many ways, you know we did it. 04:55 Whatever's cheap we did, you know, but, yes. 04:57 And what they would do is they would swing 04:59 by the call center and, of course, we were close to. 05:01 We would set out a couple of dishes for you 05:03 and your group as you were going down to Mexico. 05:06 And you came, I don't remember how many years ago it was, 05:08 and did a program. 05:10 I did. On Mexico missions. 05:12 Okay, so Mexico missions and now here you are... 05:15 At Laurelbrook Academy, as a president, 05:17 could you imagine? 05:18 So how did God do that quickly before 05:19 we talk about Laurelbrook Academy? 05:21 Okay, I was building churches and the conference, 05:24 the union had asked me to build 100 churches. 05:27 In Mexico? Yes, I'm thinking... 05:28 Wow, what a glory! 05:30 I only did one or two a year, how do you do a 100? 05:31 So that meant I had to leave my job 05:33 and go forward full time. 05:35 What was your job at that point? 05:37 I had a body shop in Manton, Michigan. 05:39 And so we were working there and so we did, 05:42 we jumped off the end of the earth, 05:43 and we're down to build those churches, 05:46 and then Laurelbrook gave me a call to, 05:49 to look into being the president of Laurelbrook. 05:51 I said, no, I'm doing a lot of churches, 05:54 the work is growing fast for me in Mexico. 05:57 And we had just started training school in Belize. 06:00 And as I was in that training school 06:03 my son Jeff said, dad, this is big! 06:06 Think about what you're saying! 06:08 Don't tell them no, pray about it. 06:09 And I prayed about it 06:11 and the Lord kept impressing me to do it. 06:12 I said, no, Lord, I'm already, I'm already old, you know, 06:16 and how can these guys do with this. 06:18 But, no, we really felt the call, 06:20 and God is blessing me at Laurelbrook 06:23 with these young people. 06:24 And it's just like doing Mexico missions 06:27 all the time because just not once a year 06:29 I get to be with these guys 24/7. 06:32 So you and your wife are called to 06:34 or you actually accepted the call 06:35 a number of years ago. 06:37 How many years ago? This is our third year. 06:39 I know, I'm running a nursing home, academy, 06:43 and it's amazing what God can do for and through us. 06:46 Amen. Oh, yeah, amen. 06:47 Can I go back for one moment? 06:49 My mind is still stuck back with the satellite dishes. 06:51 What did you do with those satellite dishes? 06:53 Oh, Jim Acher would grab them, 06:55 him and my son. 06:57 They put them on the side of the building and... 06:58 In Mexico? 07:00 In Mexico, we'd even bring down televisions, you know... 07:02 I forget about that. 07:04 In those trailers, you know, that's where they lived. 07:05 You know, they were banging around, 07:07 but we put them on the side of those 07:08 with the receivers inside, 07:10 the elders would take care of them, and... 07:12 In churches, homes, schools, where do you put them? 07:14 Normally in churches. Okay. 07:16 If the home was closed, we would do both. 07:18 But that's, and then when they lit up their eyes 07:21 when that 3ABN would kick on. 07:24 And I remember sitting in a church in Poza Rica 07:27 and a family walked in, and all they knew was 3ABN. 07:32 They've never had any other contact with anyone. 07:34 And so they announced that in front of church, you know, 07:37 that I Praise God for 3ABN. 07:38 You know, and this is what's exciting 07:40 because here in a little bit you're actually gonna find out 07:41 how Laurelbrook and Mexico missions 07:44 are still actually involved, and that's really neat. 07:47 But take us to Laurelbrook 07:48 because there's somebody at home 07:49 that says Laurelbrook, almost sounds like a plant 07:51 or a creek, or maybe there is a creek, Laurelbrook creek. 07:55 But tell us what Laurelbrook is all about 07:57 and, yeah, the academy. 07:58 Tell us a little bit about it? The academy started in 1950. 08:01 So it's been in existence a long time, 08:04 and they followed the Madison model 08:07 which is the model of work-study, 08:09 you work for four hours, you study for four hours. 08:12 And it's very successful. 08:14 In the Spirit of Prophecy as it brings that out. 08:16 And so and that's what we do it at Laurelbrook. 08:18 So what my part is, the reason God has called me, 08:22 to re-bring missions back, 08:24 but not only missions but trades, 08:26 teaching the trades again. 08:28 And so Ellen White says we need two trades, you know. 08:31 Well, my boys, they know two or three, 08:33 and they've been very successful using those. 08:35 So we do the same thing with young people, 08:37 they need trades and academics. 08:41 So our kids go on to college, yes, 08:43 or let's say that you're not gonna go to college, 08:46 you just want to have a vocational training. 08:48 We have a diploma for that too. 08:50 So we have the different aspects 08:52 for the young people to do. 08:53 Okay, so what you're saying then is at Laurelbrook 08:55 you have some trades that you teach. 08:57 Yes. 08:58 They're, okay, so give me 08:59 some trades that you teach at Laurelbrook Academy. 09:01 Oh, I love to. 09:02 Because we have a nursing home, 09:04 so we have the culinary with the kitchen. 09:06 We have the CNA classes. 09:08 We have the vocational with the auto mechanics. 09:12 We have the ASC certification that we give at the school. 09:16 As if to academy students? Yes. 09:18 So when they graduate they have these degrees 09:21 and Jairit right here, she is, 09:24 she could run the kitchen at the nursing home. 09:26 Let me tell you, now, that's fast paced. 09:28 A lot of adults can't but this girl can. 09:31 And so these are some of the things. 09:33 We also, we do construction. 09:35 We have welding. 09:37 If I have a short story for you, we... 09:40 our garbage, just our garbage pick up 09:42 was 350 a month and that's okay. 09:44 And then it went to 600. 09:46 And then it went to almost 1100 and 1200 a month. 09:50 And so I said, let's buy a garbage truck. 09:51 So we bought a garbage truck, but didn't have any dumpsters 09:54 and so we bought the metal, we made our own, 09:56 when you see our dumpsters 09:58 they're perfect and these kids... 09:59 They made them, the kids made them? 10:01 Yeah, the kids made them. So they welded them? 10:02 They welded them. 10:03 When you weld a foot, you know, maybe you can weld. 10:05 But when you weld 20 feet, amen? 10:06 And they just did, I could say they just welded 10:08 and they were just running around 10:10 and then they painted them, they looked great. 10:12 And so that's Laurelbrook. Yeah. 10:15 We learn by doing, 10:16 and we're teaching those trades. 10:18 So let me ask you, Leilani, 10:19 so there's the work study that goes on. 10:22 What work have you done? 10:23 What do you enjoy doing far as the vocational part there 10:25 at Laurelbrook? 10:28 So the first quarter, I worked in the canvassing program, 10:31 and then last quarter I worked in the same kitchen, 10:34 and that was really fun, 10:37 and I also like canvassing a lot, 10:39 but this quarter I'm working institutional cleaning, 10:41 so like I'm cleaning the cafeteria, 10:43 the outbuilding, the school, the church. 10:45 That's not so fun but... 10:48 Still needs to be done. It builds character, right? 10:50 It does. It does. 10:52 So when you do canvassing, colporteuring, 10:54 what type of books do you sell and how many days you do that? 11:00 We sell, we'd have Ellen White books 11:02 and we also have like kids' books, 11:04 Bible story books, and we also have health books, 11:07 we have like a cookbook, 11:09 and a couple of other health books as well. 11:11 Nice. And how many days do you do that? 11:14 Is it two days a week you go out and do that or... 11:18 It's four days a week 11:20 and then I also join the Sunday canvassing program, 11:22 so I was doing it five days a week. 11:24 So you really like it? Mm-hmm. 11:27 You know, I really like the work study in a program. 11:28 It's good. 11:29 It is good, you know because it's good, you know, 11:31 you're working your mind on the academic part 11:33 and then you get some actual physical activity of some sort. 11:35 And I probably should be careful, 11:36 you can help me on this 11:38 but when I'm talking about the students' work, 11:39 I know we need to be careful of like, 11:41 you know, not working like the child labor stuff, right. 11:44 So maybe work, what I just said wasn't correct. 11:46 We use volunteer labor. 11:48 You know, those things like this, but, you know, 11:49 back to, back to her, she loves the Lord, 11:53 and the canvassing program, and things, 11:56 but with the freshmen and sophomores 12:00 we tend more to use them as students, if I could say. 12:05 More in the, in the nursing home, 12:08 and different institutions like that 12:09 but when they get Jairit's age. 12:11 Well, now we're certainly keying on 12:13 what you want to do. 12:15 What is your vocation gonna be, 12:16 like she wants to work in accounting. 12:19 Well, she's in that office, she's there. 12:21 But she's already had all the training 12:23 before that and so, 12:25 we credit these juniors in that and the seniors. 12:29 So, Jairit, what have you, what have you done 12:32 when you've been there? 12:34 I've done nearly everything. 12:37 I worked in the kitchen of the nursing home. 12:40 And I became a supervisor. 12:42 I've also been working in the office, 12:44 in the business office. 12:47 I worked in housekeeping. 12:50 I worked in the elementary school 12:51 as the assistant of the teacher. 12:54 And also were always canvassing, translating, 13:00 website. 13:01 I don't know what else. Variety. 13:03 Yeah. Have variety. 13:05 So you're, are you a senior? Yes. 13:07 You're a senior at Laurelbrook. 13:09 And what about you, Leilani, we didn't ask you that. 13:11 I'm a freshman this year. You're a freshman this year. 13:14 Yeah, that's wonderful, and you've been there 13:15 how many years since the freshman? 13:17 Yes, since I was a freshman. That's great. 13:20 And what an opportunity, 13:21 isn't it neat with these young people? 13:23 It is. It's exciting. 13:24 And I spent a little time at Laurelbrook, 13:25 I did some student teaching there in the elementary school. 13:27 This was late, late 90's should I be saying that, 13:31 so it was a few years ago. 13:33 But it was a blessing. 13:35 I worked with Ms Cheryl Orser, 13:37 she was teacher there in that elementary school. 13:39 You know, Miss Orser? Yes. 13:41 Yes. She's still there. 13:42 Yeah, she's a precious woman. 13:44 So do you do any work with the farm as well or not? 13:47 We do have the farm 13:49 and you'll see some pictures here shortly. 13:51 You know, let's go to that actually 13:53 because there's one out that shows 13:54 a beautiful sign of the campus. 13:56 So let's go through these pictures right now. 13:57 This is, boy, now, that's beautiful. 13:59 This is the Laurelbrook... 14:00 The entrance coming in? This is the entrance coming in. 14:03 And then I think we have some pictures following this, 14:06 oh, a Massey Ferguson tractor. 14:09 And we had three of those, one of those 14:11 we gave to Belize to start their project in Belize, 14:14 and were very cheerful. 14:15 So this is part of the, okay, a greenhouse. 14:19 This is part of your agriculture program. 14:20 We do. Wow! Very nice. 14:23 Do you market the produce of strawberries, 14:24 you market it and you sell it outside the school or is it...? 14:26 We consume everything 14:28 if you can imagine these kids eat a lot. 14:30 And so that's the goal... 14:32 Sweet corn... 14:33 Is to consume. Isn't that sweet corn I think? 14:35 It is. It is. A lot of corn. 14:37 Have you picked the corn? Yes. 14:39 We are unique because we call off school 14:41 and we go pick corn. 14:43 All right, and what is this, 14:44 here it looks like we're eating haystacks. 14:46 Jairit, what is this? It's haystacks. 14:48 It is our fall picnic. 14:50 Fall picnic. Fall picnic? Okay. 14:51 Now, where do you go for the picnic? 14:52 Fall Creek Falls it's called. 14:54 We have 1,700 acres at Laurelbrook property. 14:58 So we have waterfalls. 14:59 We have the point, we have all these beauties. 15:01 But we also take the kids off to Fall Creek Falls 15:04 and they take their bikes and ride down, 15:07 my wife does not like that because where are we at? 15:09 We are in the mountains, amen. 15:11 And so we have tried to have an escort before and after 15:14 and sometimes it becomes quite a challenge if you wanna say. 15:17 But, yeah, we take off 15:18 and the kids enjoy their time together. 15:21 You know, that's neat to agriculture too 15:22 because I like the agriculture. 15:24 So this picture is, it looks like some music. 15:26 What is this? Jairit, what is that? 15:28 Is the orchestra playing for the church. 15:31 Either one of you are playing the orchestra? 15:33 Both of us. Oh, yes. 15:34 Both of you. What instruments do you play? 15:36 I play the clarinet and the piano. 15:38 Nice. And Leliani? 15:41 In orchestra I started out playing the bowed psaltery. 15:43 The what? The bowed psaltery. 15:46 Nice! 15:47 It's a stringed instrument, yeah, it's triangular, 15:50 and I just switched at our last practice. 15:55 I am now playing flute. Nice. 15:58 Okay, now do you do concerts outside Laurelbrook or...? 16:01 Yeah. 16:03 They just came back from Florida. 16:05 And I believe you guys did four churches? 16:08 Yes. 16:09 And the last church was a first, a Baptist Church. 16:13 Okay. And they loved us. 16:15 They couldn't understand a campus 16:17 like ours willing to come to theirs. 16:20 You know, and they were just thrilled with the music. 16:23 So the outreach we're getting, we're still getting phone calls 16:26 and funding from that church 16:29 and they want to send students to us. 16:32 Just the impact these young people 16:33 are making on these churches is tremendous. 16:35 That's wonderful. 16:36 So we talk about the impact you're making on the churches 16:38 but what about the impact Laurelbrook 16:40 or being at Laurelbrook has made on you. 16:42 We'll start with you, Jairit, what have you learned 16:45 or grown or what has been your experience? 16:51 Oh, my experience at Laurelbrook 16:52 has been a blessing. 16:53 I learned in the short time I've been there 16:57 that there is no difficulties too impossible for God 17:00 because sometimes we tend to limit ourselves 17:03 to what God can do and what cannot do, 17:06 but God is greater than that. 17:08 He is. 17:10 Just the challenge of coming to school at first like 17:13 when I was in Venezuela, like, 17:15 we never thought of that until God opened the way. 17:18 Amen. Amen. 17:20 So you learned dependence on God 17:22 that He can do anything? 17:23 Mm-hmm. That's a great lesson. 17:27 Something I'm learning. 17:28 You know, every day we keep learning that 17:30 and growing, that's beautiful. 17:32 Yeah, what about you, Leliani? 17:35 I've learned how to work mostly 17:39 because we definitely have to work 17:41 and then also like what Jairit said, 17:43 that God can do anything. 17:45 And if you put your expectations high then 17:48 he can fulfill them, 17:49 but if you, if you limit yourself like 17:52 she said, then it doesn't really give Him 17:54 the opportunity. 17:56 But if you give Him the opportunity 17:58 then He will perform miracles. 18:00 Yeah. Amen. 18:02 And so you have academics, vocational training, 18:06 and mission trip. 18:08 So tell us about the mission trips. 18:10 You just got back recently from Mexico, is that right? 18:12 We did. 18:14 So I'm incorporating Mexico missions 18:15 along with Laurelbrook 18:17 and so we're still, I'm taking 85 people. 18:21 Pamela's cooking for over 120 in Mexico. 18:24 So Mexico is coming across and being with us. 18:26 But I want that experience for my students. 18:29 But I don't demand it, they choose it. 18:31 Sure. 18:33 And they're choosing, you know, 18:34 and so it's just fun to watch God 18:37 move mightily on these kids 18:39 because I know when you come back from a mission trip, 18:40 you're different. 18:42 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Amen? 18:43 Have you ever been on a mission trip? 18:45 I know you have. Changing for the positive. 18:46 Yes, and for eternity. 18:47 Yeah, that's true, not only my life but others. 18:49 Yes. Isn't that great? 18:51 And the canvassing you know is we canvass in Mexico 18:54 and I used to say, 18:56 I'm not real good in my fluently in my... 18:57 I was gonna ask that because I don't know Spanish 18:59 so if I were going there kind of sell religious book, 19:01 I don't how I would even... 19:02 Oh, you just add an o to everything 19:04 that's kind of what I do. 19:05 I do what? Oh, an o? Add an o. 19:07 Like like real, and so I give them a book. 19:10 Does that work? No. 19:12 Because freeo isn't free in the espanpol, it's gratis, 19:17 I've learned that over the years. 19:18 And so it's gratis 19:19 and so we actually don't sell the books, 19:22 we give them. 19:23 Freeo means cold. Oh, it does. 19:24 Freeo means cold, okay, that's different. 19:26 Not everything works. Okay. 19:28 It tells me, I'm not doing very good in Spanish, yeah. 19:31 And some of these words do, 19:32 but I just take these kids with me and let's go, let's go. 19:35 You guys know the language. Let's go knocking on doors. 19:38 So both of you, did you both go on this most recent trip 19:41 with Laurelbrook to Mexico? 19:43 Yes. So what did you do? 19:45 You did canvassing, colporteuring, 19:47 but did you do anything else in addition to that? 19:49 We helped to build the churches. 19:52 We were there we're passing out bricks, 19:54 we were working as a team, we were laying the blocks, 19:57 helping with the foundation. 19:59 How many churches? Five. 20:01 You built five churches in like two or three months? 20:05 In 10 days. 20:07 Say that again? Ten days. 20:09 Ten days? 20:11 Five churches in ten days? 20:12 And you're there actually literally laying the blocks, 20:14 you're talking like concrete blocks 20:15 with the mortar. 20:17 Oh, there is a picture. Here we go. 20:19 Beautiful. 20:20 If you could see the corners 20:22 we don't do the corners as normal. 20:25 We do speed leads and so each of these kids have a corner 20:28 that they are working with and that wall goes up and so, 20:33 Jairit, you have a spot in that church, 20:35 where is your spot that you worked? 20:37 The corner where the trees closer to that 20:41 one corner right there. 20:42 But it's fun when you're in the church 20:44 and you're dedicating that church 20:46 and Jairit standing there and I saw her pointing 20:48 that's my corner, I built that, you know. 20:51 So you put the blocks, the roof. 20:54 I'm assuming it's a metal roof. It is. 20:55 Okay, and then you put doors, 20:57 windows in or is that done later? 20:59 We do now, we put the foundation is 21:02 in by the church, and they fund the blocks. 21:04 Okay. 21:06 I do the roof and the metal, 21:07 I have a one day church machine, 21:09 if you want to say, a roll machine at Laurelbrook, 21:11 and so we refinance those roofs and the trusses. 21:16 Wow! 21:18 And so they ship them down and we build the churches 21:20 and it's about $2,000 of roof, 21:23 the conference or the churches raise the other, 21:25 so it's kind of a mix between the two. 21:28 Sure. It's not a free church but... 21:30 But what a blessing to that community 21:32 that you go to, yeah, and minister. 21:34 What about you, Leilani, 21:35 what was your responsibility on this recent trip to Mexico? 21:39 Well, I helped with the VBS so like a couple, 21:43 every couple of days, or every day the VBS 21:48 and the Health Expo would go to like a church or a place 21:51 and they would do their health expo 21:53 and we would do VBS with the kids. 21:55 We had two hours. 21:56 And we just started with creation 21:59 and just like went through resurrection, Jesus' birth. 22:02 And then now we came back to the school 22:06 that we are staying at 22:07 and we had about five minutes to go change 22:11 and then we had to go to the evangelistic meeting 22:15 which was an hour away 22:17 and we rode in the back of the truck 22:18 that was very bumpy. 22:22 And then we had VBS for the kids 22:25 while their parents were in the evangelistic meeting. 22:27 Wow! 22:29 So you're building churches during the day, 22:31 somehow you're finding time to fit in colporteuring, 22:35 then in the evening you're doing VBS 22:37 and evangelist meetings. 22:39 Wow! 22:40 Who does the preaching? We all do. 22:43 We all, you know, we kind of separate 22:46 and there's a group from Grand Rapids. 22:48 Jeff Young Group we call them, 22:50 and they come and they put on a program. 22:52 So they took a church, Ernie and Dorothy Toppingberg 22:56 from Michigan, they are a retired couple. 22:59 They go down before us, and they do a church. 23:02 I did a church, the kids preach. 23:05 It's just dynamic to watch 23:07 and they watch them come forward for baptism. 23:09 Oh, wow! That must be something. 23:12 And they're young people, you know, 23:13 when they're there giving that appeal, 23:17 and watching them come. 23:19 It's like life-changing in 10 days, you know. 23:24 Do the local churches follow up or how does that work 23:27 as far as you know the people 23:28 who wanted to come forth and be baptized, 23:30 how does that work? 23:31 I watch and if there's a lot of interest, 23:32 I hire a Bible worker 23:34 because we don't want any fragments left. 23:36 So we hire Bible worker for three months, 23:39 and then we get the reports back of that health expo. 23:43 Sometimes I get 450 Bible studies out of a health expo. 23:47 That's a lot of studies. That's a lot of studies. 23:49 You know, sometimes I get 30, 40 23:51 and still that's overwhelming, you know. 23:53 And so we hire a Bible worker to... 23:55 Work with the local church. 23:57 And to make sure that it's... 23:59 What would be the sense of doing all the work 24:00 and just letting it go? 24:02 No. No. And so we keep going. 24:05 So tell us is there any story, testimony that you can think of 24:09 from your time at the mission trip, 24:10 any one of the three of you that, 24:12 that really spoke to you this last mission trip? 24:15 I do, but I'd like the kids to go ahead 24:17 and share their thoughts and I've got a good one. 24:20 Okay. 24:21 Yeah, Jairit, you have something that comes to mind 24:24 that sticks out that really made an impact 24:26 on this most recent trip or maybe some of the others? 24:29 Is this your first one by the way or...? 24:31 This is my third one. Your third one? Okay. 24:33 So of many of the trips, 24:35 what stuck out to you is a powerful story? 24:38 Okay, there is this one time I was helping with the VBS 24:43 and we left out, I went with the pastor 24:47 and helpers I guess, 24:50 but I was the only one that spoke Spanish. 24:52 Okay. 24:54 So and so we left, went in the car 24:57 but somehow we got lost. 24:59 Oh, no. 25:00 We got in the middle of nowhere in the top of mountain, 25:03 and we just didn't see anybody 25:05 and there was nothing to do. 25:10 And so we were looking for somebody, there was nobody. 25:14 And so we decided to pray. 25:16 So we got down on our knees and we pray. 25:20 And five minutes later, this car comes and he's like, 25:24 "Oh, are you guys lost, did you lose your way?" 25:28 We're like, yes, yes. Please. Yes, we have! 25:31 And then like, oh, 25:34 I just happened to randomly hear this voice 25:37 that told me to come and I'm going to this place, 25:41 and we were like, so we asked the place 25:44 where he was going 25:45 and it was the exact same place. 25:47 So we decided to follow him. 25:49 And we were kind of late like three hours later 25:52 from our actual time that the VBS was going to start. 25:55 It's Mexico... 25:56 And so we thought, oh, well, maybe the kids left, 25:59 they're not home. 26:01 They're doing something but we actually got there, 26:05 we follow this guy, and when we get there, 26:07 the kids are just all waiting in the sidewalk. 26:10 Three hours later they're still there. 26:11 They see the car, they see us, and they're like, 26:14 oh, and they come running. 26:16 Amen. And there was about 70 kids. 26:18 So that was amazing how... 26:21 Now, that's powerful because God spoke to this man. 26:23 Yes. 26:25 You know, it wasn't just accident, 26:27 it was a divine appointment, wasn't it about that? 26:29 Amen. Wow. 26:31 And he sent him along to help you guys find your way 26:32 and the kids were still there for VBS three hours later, 26:35 it's pretty amazing. 26:36 That shows how God is so vested in the soul of each person, 26:42 then you think about each one of those young people 26:44 and God knew that you were gonna have an impact. 26:47 Each one of you as students coming and sharing 26:49 and ministering to them, that's powerful 26:51 and God spoke to that person to tell him. 26:53 Praise God. It's wonderful. 26:55 What about you, Leilani, you have a story. 26:58 Well, I guess it was probably 27:00 near the end of the evangelistic meetings. 27:02 My church actually had the longest 27:04 so we had more time with the kids. 27:05 And then the last day, it was the last day at the VBS 27:10 so we thought we were never gonna see them again 27:12 and so me and my friend Samantha 27:16 who's doing VBS with me, we were almost crying 27:19 but we went yet and then the kids like surrounded us, 27:22 there were like ten kids trying to hug us 27:23 at the same time. 27:25 And then a couple of them started crying 27:28 and then so we were just like bowed. 27:30 And then we actually did get to see them again on Friday 27:34 because that's when we inaugurated the church 27:37 and they were there. 27:39 And that was even worse though 27:41 because we got to see them again 27:42 and they were all happy and we were happy, 27:45 and then when we had to leave and they started crying again, 27:49 and then there is this one little boy 27:51 who was trying to follow the truck 27:53 and he was just walking 27:55 and then we started going faster 27:56 and he was running. 27:58 After the truck? 27:59 And, yeah, and it was like night 28:00 and like so it's dark and he was running 28:02 after the truck 28:03 and then this like dust cloud just comes up 28:05 from the back of the truck he just disappears. 28:07 Oh, wow! 28:09 You know, it's amazing, you think about the impact 28:10 that you made, you know, 28:12 you may never see these young people 28:13 again on this earth, 28:15 but in heaven you think about that in heaven, you know. 28:17 Someone will come to you in heaven and say, 28:19 Leilani, do you remember that VBS, years ago? 28:23 You made an impact on my life. Isn't that awesome? 28:25 They will be able to speak English then. 28:26 Yeah. 28:27 Or the Latinos would say right, Jairit, 28:30 we'll be speaking Spanish, right? 28:33 But the impact and the worth of a soul, that's powerful. 28:37 It is it is. Brother Rich. 28:40 You know, as she's telling the stories, 28:41 we give out stuffed animals and one young girl, you know, 28:46 they always think I remember them. 28:47 Of course I don't. 28:48 But she kept her little penguin for nine years. 28:50 You know, that we had given her nine years ago 28:52 and then she had married and she's starting a church, 28:55 you know, the VBS is so important 28:57 to start to seeds good seed going, 29:00 this year we built five churches, 29:02 the plan was four. 29:03 I said we can't build five, it's impossible. 29:05 We try to do it last year we did it, 29:07 but it was a push. 29:08 We can only do four. Well. 29:12 They had told the churches you're gonna get a church 29:16 and then they changed. 29:17 They dropped one membership 29:19 and said we're gonna do another church over here. 29:22 Well, that broke their heart. 29:23 I know it does because they're looking forward 29:25 to the Mexico missions, 29:26 they're waiting years to get a church. 29:29 And so I went up to Todd Olson, he's our builder I said, Todd, 29:31 can we just squeeze in one more, just one more? 29:34 And so I did. 29:37 I went to the church I said, 29:38 you know you guys got to put your foundation. 29:40 I know everybody else gets three months, 29:41 you gotta do yours in three days. 29:43 I'll be here in three days, if you don't have it, 29:44 I can't do it. 29:46 They had it. They got their church. It's finished. 29:48 And that's the one you see with stucco started on that church. 29:50 Oh, wow! Okay. This one here? 29:52 This one there. That's that church that shouldn't be. 29:55 Wow! That's beautiful. 29:56 The fourth church was on top of a mountain 29:59 and it's the evangelistic center for the area. 30:01 The family that came up to me afterwards they said, Rich, 30:04 we want a school like Laurelbrook right here. 30:07 What can you do? 30:08 I said I don't know. I'm at Laurelbrook. 30:10 I'm not building. And they went. 30:13 And they visit with the family, 30:16 the brother had left the church for some different reason. 30:20 So I went and visited with him. And he got disgruntled. 30:24 And I said, Brother, 30:25 don't get disgruntled with people. 30:27 Know Jesus Christ and you 30:28 and he said there's a prominent church there 30:31 that wanted to buy the land that he wanted to donate 30:34 that his mother wanted to donate 30:36 and it was 2,000 acres. 30:38 And she said to her son is there food on your table. 30:43 He said, yes, mom, there is. Then don't sell it. 30:46 I came. 30:48 They saw the Laurelbrook plan. 30:50 The Bible, The Spirit of Prophecy, 30:51 he wants to donate it to Laurelbrook. 30:55 My question for Rich Sutton is, 30:57 Lord, what do you want me to do? 30:58 I'll do it. 31:01 Miracles, stories, and that's this mission trip. 31:04 What do I do? I don't know. 31:07 Fantastic, it's neat isn't it to see what God has 31:09 let in Laurelbrook in all these years. 31:10 I think you said it started in 1950? 31:12 '50. Yes. Is that right? 31:14 And here it is, even today, 31:15 you know Christian education is so important. 31:17 It is. You know, it was God's plan. 31:19 It is. It really is. 31:21 And now we're gonna do some swapping here 31:22 I know this may seem, I'm sort of used to tradition, 31:25 so if you watch 3ABN today's 31:27 you know we do a little intro in the beginning, 31:29 then we do a little music, then we go to the guests, 31:31 but you notice today we had no music 31:33 and the reason we did that is because during this music 31:35 which we're getting ready to go to, 31:37 we're gonna do a little swapping here 31:38 because we have another student from Laurelbrook, 31:41 that's here and we want to bring Mark. 31:44 We want to bring Mark. On to the... 31:45 And hear Mark's testimony as well. 31:48 But first we're gonna go to the song 31:49 and we want to thank you Leilani and Jairit, 31:52 for your heart for God. 31:53 It is exciting to see what God's doing in your life 31:55 and how he's growing you through the work 31:58 through the experience at Laurelbrook, 32:00 through the mission service. 32:02 So praise God for that. 32:04 And here 3ABN family will be praying for you both too. 32:07 Right now we're gonna go to our pastor 32:09 the Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist church 32:10 Pastor John Lomacang. 32:12 He's singing a song 32:13 it's a duet actually with Celestine Barry. 32:16 It's entitled "The Gentle Healer". 32:27 The gentle healer came into our town today 32:34 He touched blind eyes 32:37 and the darkness left to stay 32:43 But more than the blindness 32:46 He took their sins away 32:49 The gentle healer came into our town today 33:00 The gentle healer came into our town today 33:08 He spoke one word that was all he had to say 33:14 And the one who had died 33:17 just rose up straight away 33:23 The gentle healer came into our town today 33:45 Oh, he seems like 33:47 just an ordinary man 33:53 With dirty feet and rough but gentle hands 34:00 But the words he says are hard to understand 34:07 Yet he seems like just an ordinary man 34:18 The gentle healer 34:21 He left our town today 34:25 I just looked around and found he'd gone away 34:32 Some folks from town 34:34 who followed him they say 34:42 The gentle healer is the truth, 34:45 the life, the way 34:49 The gentle healer is the truth, 34:53 the life, 34:57 the way. 35:05 Thank you so much, Pastor John and Celestine, Gentle Healer. 35:09 Powerful song. Amen. 35:10 We are in the middle of our discussion, 35:13 talking with Rich Sutton, 35:15 who is the president of Laurelbrook Academy 35:17 and we have been talking with Jairit and Leilani, 35:19 and we just made a switch during the music. 35:22 Leilani has stepped into the control room 35:24 and we brought Mark Felarca out. 35:26 And Mark, we're so glad you're here. 35:28 Tell us where you're from 35:29 and what year you are here at Laurelbrook? 35:31 I'm actually from the Philippines, 35:33 and I lived in all my life in California 35:37 but now I'm in Laurelbrook. 35:38 So were you born in the Philippines? 35:40 Yes. Okay. 35:41 Fantastic. Are you a senior or freshman? 35:44 Freshman. You're freshman at Laurelbrook. 35:46 Tell us your experience because we talked to the others earlier 35:48 about their vocational training, 35:50 you know, what job they're doing. 35:51 Tell us what you're doing? 35:52 Well, I first did horsemanship, 35:57 learning how to feed the horses, 36:01 clean the horses, and groom them. 36:02 And now I'm in publications 36:04 taking pictures for the yearbook. 36:08 You have a lot of different vocational options there, 36:10 I mean I'm thinking you had the farm 36:12 and the welding and the sand, the kitchen, 36:17 the nursing home the, CNA, that's incredible. 36:20 The body shop, there's sawmill. Yeah. 36:22 You just keep asking me I'll say we have it. 36:24 Construction. Construction. 36:26 Janitorial? Yes. 36:27 It's incredible and then horses, 36:29 that's exciting, and taking pictures, wonderful. 36:31 So what has been your experience at Laurelbrook? 36:34 Well, my first one was in canvassing. 36:38 I was doing canvassing for nine weeks 36:41 and there's nine week shifts for vocational. 36:45 And what we did was, 36:48 there were several dogs at this house and... 36:53 Were they mean dogs? Well, they seem like. 36:55 Yeah, there's one tiny one and one big one. 36:57 Okay, yeah, I tend to be a little cautious 36:58 some times of dogs. 37:00 Okay, so go on, so you say there's a couple of dogs 37:02 at the house. 37:03 Yes, there is two dogs and then they come up to me 37:05 straight at me, 37:06 and they are just nudging my bag. 37:09 I'm like, oh, okay. 37:13 And they're like growling. 37:16 But before that house I actually asked Jesus, please, 37:20 Satan get out of here and, Lord Jesus, 37:23 please help me to spread this gospel. 37:25 Amen. 37:26 And as I did that the owner came out... 37:30 After the owner came out, they just like dispersed, 37:34 yes, you can say. 37:36 And I was able to talk to the lady 37:39 on the bench with her son. 37:43 And she didn't buy any books but she did accept the prayer. 37:47 Amen. Oh, that's incredible. 37:49 And what an impact, you have no clue. 37:51 We know it made an impact but even for eternity 37:54 that prayer that you had. 37:56 God answered your prayer and kept you safe, 37:58 and then you were able to minister. 38:00 So if they don't buy a book that's your normal protocol, 38:02 you pray with them? 38:04 Amen. That's wonderful. 38:05 Now have you been on any of the mission trips, Mark? 38:07 Yes, I've been in the one to Tulum. 38:11 And Tulum is like, 38:14 it's near the eastern side of Mexico. 38:17 So when we went there, we had an evangelistic series 38:24 and I was talking about Daniel 2 38:27 and prophecies of Medo-Persia, 38:30 Babylonia, and all those like the statue. 38:35 And, yeah, that was very interesting. 38:37 I had several friends there. 38:40 There's people there that did VBS 38:43 and over there I had another testimony. 38:47 And I forgot his name 38:51 but I was preaching at this church 38:54 and I had asked the church service. 38:58 I had this little toy, trumphest 39:03 It's a little top that you wind it under a string... 39:06 Like a string? 39:07 Yeah, and then you throw it on the ground and it spins. 39:10 And this is the guy who taught me 39:12 how to actually do it correctly 39:14 and that's sort of our friendship bonded from. 39:17 Okay. 39:19 And then a couple weeks later, after one week later 39:23 when we were doing, 39:27 I'm gonna just say that's more evangelistic series. 39:30 He accepted Christ and got baptized. 39:32 Amen. Wow! Praise the Lord. 39:33 So you're one of the evangelists? 39:35 I was gonna say that your talking about Daniel 2, 39:37 so I'm thinking you're preaching, prayed, 39:41 was it, were you scared? 39:42 Yes. 39:44 So I guess you could say 39:47 someone got baptized by a toy. 39:50 Yeah. By a top. 39:52 Isn't that neat? God uses every method. 39:56 You know, I think about this. 39:57 I can only imagine 39:58 what this must do to your heart. 40:00 It does. 40:01 As you were involved with these young people, 40:03 I know Mexico missions 40:04 and now Laurelbrook for just a few years. 40:05 I mean, what does that do for you 40:07 to see these young people. 40:08 I mean, they're involved in ministry. 40:09 They're involved in this vocational training, 40:11 the academics, and you're seeing young people 40:14 being changed with a positive. 40:16 What does that do for you 40:17 to be involved with Laurelbrook like this? 40:19 It really shows me that God knows 40:20 what He's doing with the call. 40:22 You know, you question, Lord, I'm gonna do it. 40:24 But I think it's more important building 100 churches 40:26 than building 100 kids, you know, but it's not. 40:29 Yeah. 40:30 When you do this and you see them up front, 40:33 and you see they're change forever. 40:34 That not only changed them, their families, 40:36 and all they come in contact with too. 40:38 It just spreads. 40:39 I was just gonna say that, with the spreading, 40:41 because you make an impact on an individual, you know, 40:44 God knows what He's doing with your life. 40:45 You know, Jairit, you think about this Leilani earlier. 40:47 Mark, you know you can become lights. 40:50 Which will then spread and who knows 40:51 what parts of the world, incredible, isn't it? 40:54 It is. 40:55 When I was in Mexico and I brought the last group 40:58 that I brought here, you know, years ago. 41:00 When we started building the churches, 41:02 Stephen was still with me and the pastor, 41:04 the union president wanted Stephen to be a pastor. 41:08 I said no, no, no, he's got his mind. 41:09 We're building churches, Brothers. 41:11 That's more important than being a pastor. 41:12 He's is Norwich. 41:13 You know, that each pastor has 30 churches, 41:16 and each of those 41:18 who has congregations he has a 1,000 people 41:21 he's ministering to. 41:22 And those 1,000 turn into 41:24 and you know I was really quiet when he went through it. 41:26 And that's what I'm doing here. 41:28 The same thing pastor's telling me. 41:30 It's building churches? Yes. But you're building lives. 41:33 Amen. So let me ask a question. 41:34 So you're gonna have some parents or grandparents 41:36 or someone at home that's watching this program 41:38 and saying, boy, Laurelbrook never heard of it 41:41 or I've heard about it but didn't know much about it. 41:43 So they say, 41:45 you know what I think I want to check this out 41:47 which we will have an address page. 41:48 So get your pencil and paper ready soon. 41:51 But, tell me about 41:53 like what the day life is at Laurelbrook, 41:56 that's one question. 41:59 The other one is, 42:00 do you have like a long waiting list 42:01 for students to attend Laurelbrook 42:03 or can you take more at Laurelbrook, Rich? 42:05 We can take more. 42:06 You can take more so there are some openings for us. 42:08 I only want to be at 60 kids no more. 42:10 No more than 60. 42:11 Because I want to train them correctly 42:13 and I want to do the mission trips, 42:14 and it's very difficult, as a tradesmen, 42:17 to have more than five kids with you and the trader. 42:20 I want to actually have them do it, two or three is best. 42:23 And also the academics, you don't want to get 42:25 too many students for the teacher? 42:27 No, no so we want to stay at 60. 42:28 And that's a blessing with a nursing home 42:30 because it's funding. 42:32 You know, I don't, I don't need like the other schools 42:35 do they need that that student base. 42:38 So the income from the nursing home 42:39 is helping to fund. 42:40 It subsidizes the tuition and the operating place. 42:44 And the young people learning there, you know, 42:45 and they can help me in the summers. 42:47 This is a beautiful program. 42:48 That nursing home is really a blessing, you know. 42:51 So, Jairit, so tell me how early your day starts then 42:54 at Laurelbrook? 42:55 Is this start at 8:00 in the morning 42:57 or give us a little bit of 42:58 what your day would be like at Laurelbrook? 42:59 I know you're senior. 43:01 So maybe a little different than a freshman, 43:02 but tell us what your experience 43:03 is on a daily basis? 43:05 It depends on us what time we have to get up, I guess. 43:10 We have a prayer. Wonderful. 43:14 We have like a prayer group 43:15 and this prayer group gets up at 6:15 every morning. 43:18 So this is how you start your day. 43:19 Praise the Lord for that. 43:21 And it's not required, 43:22 it just comes from you, if you like to come. 43:23 But that's good to participate. 43:25 Which is a blessing, a real blessing. 43:26 We start breakfast like 6:45. 43:29 Okay, pretty early. 43:30 It's open all the way to 7:20 43:35 and at 7:30 we start worship. 43:38 So this is choired group chapel for the school, 7:30. 43:42 Yes, and after worship 43:43 then we go into our vocational trainings. 43:46 You know, office, kitchens, different things like that. 43:50 Some students do the vocational training 43:52 in the morning 43:53 and some others at in the afternoon. 43:56 And also after our vocational training, 44:00 of course we have lunch. 44:02 Then we go into our music program. 44:04 Oh! 44:05 It starts and gets to orchestra, 44:09 bell choir or singing. 44:10 So everyone participates in the music program? 44:13 Yes. Okay. Wow. 44:15 And for me after the music program, 44:18 I have school till 6:00 and then we're going to supper. 44:24 Sometimes we have suppers in the homes 44:26 and staff houses with the Bible studies... 44:30 And share testimonies and after dinner 44:34 I guess, we have free time. 44:37 So we can either come together to play 44:40 or we also have prayer meeting, it depends on the night. 44:43 Sure. 44:44 And then afterwards we just do worship again. 44:47 That's good. 44:48 We pray together and we go to bed. 44:50 Amen. You know what I like is the spiritual emphasis. 44:52 I do too. 44:54 A lot of time in prayer, a lot of time in worship, 44:56 a lot of community and that's powerful 44:59 because building the spiritual life 45:00 is more important than anything in life. 45:03 It sets that foundation for everything. 45:05 Mark, tell us about... 45:07 I know obviously your experience is similar 45:09 as far as your day, 45:10 but you were smiling a few times 45:11 when Jairit was talking about the day, 45:13 so tell us 45:14 maybe what your favorite parts of the day are? 45:16 Well, my day first starts off with since I'm a staff student, 45:21 I'm actually, I could I wake up at 6:00 45:25 and then do the same routine. 45:27 But one of my favorite parts of the day is 45:30 actually going to the dorm, meeting with my friends 45:33 and just playing games, 45:35 fellowshipping with each others and I hope... 45:40 But as far as being involved together 45:42 with fellowship is a real blessing, isn't it? 45:44 Because, yeah that's encouraging, that is. 45:45 You know, that's the neat thing of yeah, 45:47 in an academy atmosphere. 45:49 And he's a sparkplug. 45:50 You know, it's fun to have those key spiritual people, 45:54 you could bring other people within that's Mark, 45:56 he loves the Lord and that's a commodity 46:00 and a dorm that's just precious. 46:01 Yes. Yeah. 46:02 So your parents are staff, what do they do? 46:04 Well, my dad is actually billing for sand kitchen 46:10 and the nursing home 46:13 and my mom is in California right now. 46:15 Okay. Very good. Okay. 46:16 So your dad is in construction work? 46:18 Time, yeah, time billing... CNA. 46:20 Okay. Billing. 46:21 Billing, Thank you. I thought building. 46:24 I'm just... That's okay. 46:25 Okay. Got you. 46:27 So our time is the wrapping up, we have a few minutes left. 46:29 So tell us, Rich, 46:30 as far as the plans for Laurelbrook. 46:32 Where you're at? 46:33 Where you're wanting to go, with this corner, 46:35 you've been there just a few years 46:37 and then you know, I know Christian education, 46:38 that's a passion... 46:40 For you, so I know there you're excited to be involved 46:42 with Laurelbrook. 46:43 So tell us a little bit about Laurelbrook 46:45 and where you're planning to go in the next few years? 46:47 We had a five year plan that we wanted to do. 46:51 And we're right in the middle of that, 46:52 this is my third year and things are right on target, 46:55 we're paying off debt, 46:56 we're paying cash for everything rather, 46:57 and God is blessing us in that light. 47:00 Our buildings are old 1950s 47:02 when the campus has started so it evolved. 47:05 And so we're in the process of removing 47:07 some of those buildings, 47:08 we have a master plan of a new dorms and... 47:11 That we have a couple of pictures of drawings... 47:14 Sure. Right? There you go. 47:15 This is of the main... That's a new dorm... 47:16 Okay. That we're constructing. 47:18 And like I said now we're looking at 47:20 only 60 young people, so 30 boys and 30 girls. 47:23 Sure. So we need two dorms. 47:25 One dorm is sufficient, our other dorm is really lax, 47:28 we really had a fire six years ago 47:31 or something and destroyed that. 47:33 And so the boys are in a temporary setting, 47:35 and I want to get them out of there 47:37 as soon as they can to get them into their new dorm. 47:39 But the girls say, "We want the new dorm." 47:41 Because, actually the girls went into the boys' dorm 47:44 and they say, "Does the girls dorm normally have urinals?" 47:47 Well, maybe not you know, so we're changing that 47:49 but that's our goal is to start this year 47:52 with the dorm and then keep progressing 47:54 until the five years, 47:56 the plan in that so we're adhering to it, 47:59 but we're paying cash. 48:00 Yeah. No debt. 48:01 That's God's plan. Yeah. 48:03 And we feel God will bless us with that as we, 48:05 all the way through Mexico missions, 48:07 I never borrowed a dime. 48:09 Yeah, praise the Lord for that. 48:10 He's always blessed me, you know, so that's the thing 48:12 with Laurelbrook the same way. 48:14 A question for you, 48:15 the importance of Christian education? 48:18 It burns in my heart, you know and I feel this... 48:21 Why is it important? 48:22 I have five children myself, I have 12 grandchildren, 48:26 and God has blessed me all the way through the years, 48:28 I didn't have a lot of money but I could always put them 48:30 through Christian education, all the way through Andrews 48:32 and Southern and they're missionaries, 48:34 every one of them is a missionary today. 48:36 My granddaughter just came back from Peru, 48:38 you know, she's got a... 48:39 It burns in me. And is it the same with these? 48:43 Yes. 48:44 I believe that by God's grace, we can have... 48:46 I watch school's closing. 48:47 No, we need to build new ones. Yeah, we need to do. 48:50 Or open them back up and then God has a plan. 48:52 He does. We just follow it. 48:54 I love the thought of Great Controversy, 48:56 "Do what is right because it's right, 48:58 leave the consequences with God." 48:59 Yes. 49:00 And that's so strong, that's all we live by. 49:02 And so with Laurelbrook it's the same way, 49:04 I love being there because I get to be 49:06 with these young people and watch them grow. 49:09 But you know, I was mentioning to you too with Jairit, 49:12 3000 to 1 is the currency rate in Venezuela. 49:17 Oh! Could you imagine? 49:19 When I started in Mexico, it was three to one. 49:22 Now it's 20 to one. 49:25 She's 3000 to 1. 49:27 How can she afford Christian education? 49:29 Yeah. By God's grace she's with us. 49:31 Yeah, and now you're a senior. And she's a senior. 49:34 Good. Wow. 49:35 We were committed to this girl. Yes. 49:36 And she wants to go to Adventist colleges, how? 49:40 Mike has went to Adventist colleges and no debt. 49:44 She's going to be the same way, 49:45 we're committed to her in that same light. 49:47 You know, what I'm impressed with, 49:49 is that here is a school that God is obviously blessing. 49:53 You know, it's been in existence now 49:54 for a number of years. 49:57 And I like it too because you've got plans. 49:58 We do. 50:00 That we just saw a drawing of the dorm 50:02 and others are drawing 50:03 I think of what your plan is for the... is that the main? 50:05 The main campus. There you go. 50:06 The church is moving through here 50:08 and then you see the back corner 50:09 of all the dorms. 50:11 Because, I believe God's work should be flourishing. 50:13 Like you're saying not shutting down 50:14 but growing and plans for the future 50:17 and boy, it's exciting. 50:19 God is doing marvelous things at Laurelbrook. 50:21 It's a wonderful thing to see, hear your testimonies. 50:24 Jairit, and Mark... It is. 50:25 And then to hear Leilani, and to hear your passion 50:27 Brother Rich, you know, 50:29 just what God's doing with the school, 50:31 with the staff, with the students, 50:33 there at Laurelbrook Academy 50:35 and just the passion for evangelism. 50:37 And for each young person to be able to 50:40 have a Christian education, 50:42 to be able to go to school and learn things 50:45 to be able to go out and go to college, do a trade, 50:48 do something and share that, and that's a wonderful thing. 50:51 What we want to do right now is put up Laurelbrook Academy's 50:55 contact information. 50:56 Maybe, you've been watching this program 50:57 and the Lord has put something on your heart, 51:00 I want to support the work that God is doing at this school. 51:02 Yeah, amen. 51:04 Maybe, you have young people and they're high school age 51:07 and you think, I want to learn more, 51:09 I want to maybe arrange a visit with my family to the school 51:13 and to check it out for ourselves. 51:15 Here is how you can get in touch 51:17 with Laurelbrook Academy. 51:23 If you would like to contact Laurelbrook Academy, 51:26 you can do so by writing to 114 Campus Drive, 51:30 Dayton, Tennessee 37321. 51:33 That's 114 Campus Drive, Dayton, Tennessee 37321. 51:39 You can call them at 423-775-3339. 51:44 That's 423-775-3339. 51:49 You can also visit them online at Laurelbrook.org. 51:53 That's L-A-U-R-E-L-B-R-O-O-K.org. 52:00 Contact them today. |
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