I want to spend
my life Spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people.
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Hello, and welcome to
another 3ABN Today program.
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We're so glad
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as you do each and every day.
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Thank you for letting us
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But we just wanna say
thank you for your prayers
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and your
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It's because of
you and, of course,
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Jesus Christ that
this gospel continues to go
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around the world.
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Isn't that amazing?
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It's neat to be
a part of the team
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and it's such a
blessing to be joining with you.
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Hope your day is going well.
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I know it is here
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because life has its
challenges, doesn't it?
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But it's good
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because we know
that God is in control
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and that He will
see us through anything
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that we're dealing with.
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Now, today is
gonna be a fun program.
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We're talking,
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I'm just gonna
throw this word out there,
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Farm Stew. Or two words.
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Farm Stew. Farm Stew.
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And when I think
of Farm Stew, like,
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"What is that?"
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I think of something that...
That's what I was thinking.
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Yeah, like, I'm thinking
of something from the farm,
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maybe, I don't know
chopping of vegetables, soup.
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Something you eat. Yeah.
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Well, we're not gonna
quite spill the beans yet but,
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sweetheart, what do you
have to share with us today
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with the scripture?
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Absolutely.
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We're excited to have a
couple of people here with us
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with Farm Stew,
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and excited to
unpackage their story.
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But I ask them before
we introduce them to you.
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I asked them if
there was a scripture
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that meant something
to them in their ministry.
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In John 10:10,
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the Bible says, "The
thief does not come..."
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This is New King James Version,
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"The thief does not
come except to steal,
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and to kill, and to destroy.
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I have come, Jesus is speaking,
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I have come that
they may have life,
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and have it more abundantly."
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Our special guests
today are president
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and vice president of Farm Stew
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and their ministry
deals with helping people,
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impoverished people in
certain areas of the world,
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helping them have life
and have it more abundantly.
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And that's what the
gospel is all about.
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And so we're so excited
to have both of you here.
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We have Joy Kauffman,
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and you are the president
of Farm Stew international.
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Yes, I am.
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Thanks for having us here today.
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It's a real privilege.
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It's a privilege to have you
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and sitting
next to you is Jacob.
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I wanna say Oyier,
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but I'm not sure if
I pronounce that right.
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Yeah, correct. Jacob Oyier.
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Okay, and you are the
vice president of Farm Stew.
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Yes, correct.
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I'm the vice
president of Farm Stew, yes.
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Amen. Yes.
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Amen, it's a blessing
to have both of you here
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and we're going to unpackage
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what this ministry is all about.
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And it's really
exciting actually.
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I don't know on that...
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We call the jib shot
which is that wide shot.
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There is something
really neat that's sitting here
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in between us here
and we'll get to that too.
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And there's actually
something down inside
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but we'll share that
with you in a bit too.
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But before we get into
this exciting ministry,
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we want to go to some music.
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We always enjoy
music here at 3ABN
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and we know you do to.
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And we're gonna be blessed today
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with Pastor Wintley Phipps.
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And he is gonna be
doing a great song entitled,
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"Tell me the story of Jesus".
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Tell me the story of Jesus
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Write on my heart every word
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Tell me the story most precious
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Sweetest that ever was heard
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Tell how the angels in chorus
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Sang as they welcomed His birth
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Glory to God in the highest
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Peace and good tidings to earth
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Tell me the story of Jesus
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Write on my heart every word
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Tell me the story most precious
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Sweetest that ever was heard
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Tell of the cross
where they nailed Him
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Writhing in anguish and pain
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Tell of the grave
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Where they laid Him
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Tell how He liveth again
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Love in that story so tender
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Clearer than ever I see
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Stay let me weep
while you whisper
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Love paid the ransom for me
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Tell me the story of Jesus
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Write on my heart every word
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Tell me the story most precious
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Sweetest that ever was heard
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Amen.
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Thank you so much,
Pastor Wintely Phipps.
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He is an incredible man of God,
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an anointed preacher and singer.
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And "Tell me
the story of Jesus",
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what better song to go
with our program today.
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That's what this
ministry is all about,
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sharing Jesus,
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sharing help and hope.
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And if you are just joining us,
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we are interviewing Farm Stew.
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Now at the beginning
of the program, we said,
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"What in the
world is Farm Stew?"
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We have two
precious people with us.
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Joe Kauffman,
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you are the
president of the Farm Stew
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and Jacob Oyier.
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Yes. And you are
the vice president.
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And so tell me
what is Farm Stew?
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What does Farm Stew stand for?
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And tell me just a
little bit about your ministry
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before we go back
and unpackage your story?
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Thanks for the
opportunity to share.
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I'm a fairly
new Adventist and...
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but I'm a nutritionist
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and I have a
masters in Public Health
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from Johns Hopkins.
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And I really researched
Adventist for a long time
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before I even became one.
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And one of the things
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that struck me was the power
of these eight-letter acronyms.
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Newstart developed by Loma Linda
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and also now Creation
Health by Florida hospital.
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And these health messages
packaged in these simple ways
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have gained North
American Adventists
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over 10 years of abundant life
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compared to the
average American population.
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Ten years, you know,
that's amazing, isn't it?
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It is. I mean, it's significant.
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You're not just
talking a few months,
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you're talking 10 full years.
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So the life
expectancy increases by 10 years
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by following these principles.
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Exactly, and
that's been documented
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by National Geographic, by NIH
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where the blue
zones in Loma Linda.
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So it is powerful message
and yet you look at Africa
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and they have a
life span of 60 years.
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And so I thought, I
was just really praying,
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"What could be a
health message for Africans
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or for Asian
villagers, rural people,
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where 75% of the
world's poor live."
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There are subsistence
farmers in rural villages.
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So I believe Farm
Stew is a gift from God.
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Amen.
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Farming is the
first letter and...
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Okay. So it's an
acronym, Farm Stew.
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It is an acronym, yes.
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And so much like Newstart.
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So "Farming,"
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we really focus on
God's principles for farming.
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And really treating the
land and the soil with respect
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and practicing
practices that are ancient.
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Anybody with the hoe
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can be the best
farmer in the world.
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Right. I like that.
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The second one is "Attitude".
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And that's where we roll
up the ideas of trust in God,
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and also that work ethic,
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that six days we labor and work,
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and we do so with joy.
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Amen.
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And then comes the "Rest"
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which we know we
need nightly rest,
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weekly Sabbath's rest,
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but we also need
rest for the soil
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and crop rotation.
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It's very important,
and many of the soils
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in all these
different places are depleted
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because of not properly
rotating and resting the soil.
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And then finally is "Meals".
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And as a
nutritionist, I love this part
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because we're not
just biochemical beings,
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we need to
actually take the time
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to prepare food as
opposed to buying the...
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sort of cheap industrial food
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that many people are
filling their bellies with,
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but it's not really
nourishing their bodies.
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Wow.
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So that's the Farm,
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I'm gonna hand
Stew over to Jacob.
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Okay.
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Yes. Yes.
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Yes, "S" is an acronym
that stands for "Sanitation".
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Oh, okay.
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We focus at
cleanliness around our homes.
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Cleanliness in
the food that we eat.
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We go ahead and train people
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on how to
dispose off the wastes.
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Those things
that can contaminate
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the
environments that we live in.
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You know, by the
virtue of the fact
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that I'm from Africa,
I teach what I've lived.
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Okay.
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So having moved to America,
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I know the
challenges that faces Africans
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as opposed to those
things that we take for granted
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that are in America, all right?
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What would some of
those challenges be?
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Defecation, you
know, in America,
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you go to a house
self contained, right?
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Yeah, we have flush
toilets. Flush toilet.
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We've got the rest room...
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Running water. Running water.
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Running water,
everything, everything,
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it is as a right.
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In Africa, it's a privilege.
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Whoa!
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So we teach people to refocus
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on what is
important in our lives.
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And these are things
that are very easy to manage.
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Separating where
the drinking water is
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and from where
the waste disposal is.
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They... They'll
cross contaminate.
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Yes, yes.
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So when we train these people,
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we focus at practical everyday
living that they can do.
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Another thing is "Temperance".
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Moderating in
everything that we do, you know,
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too much of
everything is dangerous, right?
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So we focus at
teaching people on moderating,
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on everything that we do.
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"Enterprise", you ask yourself,
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"Why did I come to America?"
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We say that America is a
land of opportunity, right?
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Yes.
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Do we know it's a
land of opportunity?
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I came to America in 2006.
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And actually I was focused at
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being an
engineer in three years,
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which did not happen.
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Because I know that if you
give somebody an opportunity
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in the right environment,
he is able to thrive.
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So Farm Stew focus at
giving people opportunity
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as an enterprise.
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Excellent.
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Some of the people that
we train make soya mandazis,
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all right?
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That is an enterprise,
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a way that they
can earn a living.
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And then something that is
very dear to me is "Water".
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Water.
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People take shower in the river,
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up to the time that I
was coming to America,
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I was taking
shower in the river.
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Wow, that's where you
bathe is in the river.
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That is where you bathe,
that is where you draw water.
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Draw water as in drinking water?
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Drinking water
come from the river.
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Yeah. And that's where...
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So people are bathing,
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people are
drinking from this, yes.
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Yes, you draw
it, you take it home,
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think that
after you taking home,
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now it is clean.
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So we focus at training people
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on how we can treat
water from rain water.
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In the last year,
through my initiation, we...
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I...
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through my
initiative, we dug seven wells.
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Amen.
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Amen. Yes.
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And these are
just hand dug wells.
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Hand dug wells
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but very
protected then in the end,
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so that they maintain
safe. Cross contamination.
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Yes. Amen.
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So this is what
Farm Stew is. Okay.
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And this is what
we are about, yes.
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It's a great acronym,
actually, it is for...
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I truly feel it
was a gift from God
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because now we've
been to conferences
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and shared this
with a lot of people.
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And every time I
meet an African, I say,
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"Are we missing something?
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Is there something
that should be different?"
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I have not had one
person say no and in fact,
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what they say is,
"This needs to be everywhere.
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How can I bring
this to my church?
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How can I bring it
back to my country?"
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So let's take a left turn
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before we keep
going with the ministry.
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I want to know
how you got involved.
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Take us back to the
early days, I guess.
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Maybe growing up, Joy,
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and then how
you were first drawn
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to the Adventist
church and into health?
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Yeah.
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Well, I say
it's started at birth
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because I was born in
the Adventist hospital
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and it was an
emergency C section situation.
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So I know those
nurses were praying for me.
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Amen.
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I became a
vegetarian at age nine,
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just because my heart
was so big for animals.
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I was just gonna say,
is it because your family,
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all turned vegetarian?
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No, I was the only
one. At nine years of age.
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Yes, and I'm still,
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I'm the only
Adventist in my family
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but I'm praying
that will change soon.
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Amen, that's right, amen.
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But I, in under
grad, I studied nutrition,
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mostly to just
prove to my grandmas
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that I wasn't
going to shrivel up
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and die being a vegetarian.
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Yeah.
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And say, "How are you gonna
get your nutrients, right?"
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Exactly.
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You need calcium, and
protein, and all that stuff.
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Exactly.
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And so it was quite a
privilege, it really...
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I started
learning about Adventist
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actually through
clinical research
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and writing my research papers.
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And I just kept
coming upon these Adventists
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and how they were living longer.
00:17:02.42\00:17:03.75
And this is back
in the, you know,
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late '80s, early '90s.
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But I never met one.
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So even then,
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I started shopping at
health food stores for a while.
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I actually lived
in Silver Spring,
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but I never actually met
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and befriended a real Adventist
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until I was about 35.
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And even then,
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I kind of put Adventists
in a different category
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from other Christians.
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Jesus was
always important to me.
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Amen.
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But I just had that
barrier in my mind, you know.
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And just praise God, really...
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Actually, it was in
part the final thing
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that got me to
cross over the line
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was going to Uganda
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and meeting members
of our church in Uganda.
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And there...
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just active
prayers on my behalf.
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I was baptized
actually in December 2015.
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Amen. Wow.
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So why did you go to Uganda?
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I went with the
Farmer-to-Farmer program.
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I'm a nutritionist
and they wanted someone
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who could transform the soybeans
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that they were growing into food
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that their children could eat
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and also that they could
make small businesses out of.
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And sadly, they
have been growing soyas
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since the '60s or
soybeans, we call them.
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In Africa, they are called soya.
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Since the '60s
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but they don't give
it to their children,
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and the protein malnutrition
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there is very
high for the children.
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More than 30% of the
children are stunted,
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which is actually
a life long condition
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that decreases
their mental capacity
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as well as their
earning potential for life.
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So it's interesting.
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So even as a young child,
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you were very
interested in health,
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nutrition and seems like others.
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You have heart for
animals and then, you now,
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that's just right
into people, you know,
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you're still
having to care for others
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and wanting to better them.
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Yes, and I spent
most of my 20s overseas
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and I learned a lot
of different things,
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mostly in Latin America.
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I speak Spanish and
Portuguese so people would say,
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"Well, why are you in Africa?"
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But really it's
because of the data in Africa.
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It's the continent that
has truly been left behind
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in terms of a lot
of our development.
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And so that's where
my heart has been drawn.
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Wow.
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Amazing, there's a lot
more I know to your story,
00:19:15.42\00:19:17.15
that was just a real
quick synopsis but, yeah,
00:19:17.19\00:19:19.42
it's really neat how
God has led you, you know,
00:19:19.45\00:19:21.02
to where you are now
and how He is using you.
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Amen, He is faithful.
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Helping others, that is great.
00:19:23.79\00:19:25.36
So, Jacob, tell us
your story? Yes, yes.
00:19:25.39\00:19:27.56
I know you're from Africa.
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Yes, I'm from Kenya. Kenya.
00:19:28.96\00:19:30.60
I was raised in Kenya.
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My grandfather was a
Seventh-day Adventist pastor.
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So I have a good foundation
in the Adventist church.
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I used to preach when
I was in primary school,
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I think you call it
grade school in America.
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Oh, that's great.
00:19:48.52\00:19:49.85
So as you grow,
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as you continue,
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you continue to
learn on the challenges
00:19:56.86\00:20:00.30
that affect us as human beings,
00:20:00.33\00:20:04.13
the difficulties
that we go through.
00:20:04.17\00:20:06.70
I wasn't born in an
effluent home, you know,
00:20:06.74\00:20:10.51
but my
grandfather instilled in us
00:20:10.54\00:20:13.34
the principle of Christianity.
00:20:13.38\00:20:16.31
Amen. Wow.
00:20:16.34\00:20:17.81
Who is a Christian?
00:20:17.85\00:20:20.68
And what does it mean
to follow Jesus Christ?
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Everyday in the evening,
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after we would
take care of the cows
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during the day
and in the evening
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you sit down next to him,
and he started teaching you.
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He started training
you in the right way,
00:20:36.67\00:20:38.67
that is why I say,
00:20:38.70\00:20:40.14
"Train a child in the right way,
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and he will
never depart from it."
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That is why you
would come to America,
00:20:45.64\00:20:48.24
different culture,
00:20:48.28\00:20:49.78
and you still find
yourself in church,
00:20:49.81\00:20:51.61
that is where we met with Joy.
00:20:51.65\00:20:53.15
Wow. Yeah.
00:20:53.18\00:20:55.02
When the district was
holding nutrition class,
00:20:55.05\00:20:59.62
and then Joy came to our church.
00:20:59.65\00:21:02.62
I go to at our
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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And then when we met with Joy,
00:21:06.83\00:21:10.27
she asked me a little
bit about my background.
00:21:10.30\00:21:13.03
And I told her of my
passion to see into it
00:21:13.07\00:21:17.37
that we can do
something about this Farm Stew,
00:21:17.41\00:21:22.31
everything that we've
talked about in Farm Stew.
00:21:22.34\00:21:24.91
Actually, Farm
Stew was not registered
00:21:24.95\00:21:27.28
when we met.
00:21:27.32\00:21:28.82
We started brainstorming,
00:21:28.85\00:21:30.79
how can we bring
together her ideas in nutrition
00:21:30.82\00:21:37.29
and my ideas in
sanitation and water.
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And then we thought about
00:21:41.13\00:21:42.63
starting an
organization called Farm Stew.
00:21:42.66\00:21:46.43
And that is where we are at now.
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Wow. Yes.
00:21:47.84\00:21:49.17
Praise God, it's neat, isn't it,
00:21:49.20\00:21:50.54
when you look back to see
how God has led, you know,
00:21:50.57\00:21:51.94
to bring a ministry together,
00:21:51.97\00:21:53.31
the people involve to
make a ministry happen.
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Absolutely.
00:21:55.11\00:21:56.44
So both of you have families,
00:21:56.48\00:21:57.81
I know you're
civil engineer, Jacob.
00:21:57.85\00:21:59.18
Do you have a wife and
a couple of little girls?
00:21:59.21\00:22:01.35
Yes, I'm a civil engineer
00:22:01.38\00:22:03.32
with Illinois
department of transportation,
00:22:03.35\00:22:06.35
project studies engineer.
00:22:06.39\00:22:09.09
I have a wife,
00:22:09.12\00:22:11.09
two little kids, Elsa and Joy.
00:22:11.13\00:22:14.46
Elsa is three years old.
00:22:14.50\00:22:16.40
She just started school.
00:22:16.43\00:22:20.10
Yes, my wife is going to school.
00:22:20.14\00:22:25.04
We are praying about it
00:22:25.07\00:22:26.78
and God is
opening opportunities.
00:22:26.81\00:22:28.14
Praise the Lord. Yes.
00:22:28.18\00:22:29.51
And you too, Joy.
00:22:29.54\00:22:30.88
I know you have a family.
00:22:30.91\00:22:32.25
Yes, I have two little
girls and my husband, Matt.
00:22:32.28\00:22:34.32
And actually,
my oldest is almost
00:22:34.35\00:22:36.89
as tall as I am, so...
00:22:36.92\00:22:38.25
She's not very
little then anymore.
00:22:38.29\00:22:40.26
Right, vegetarian
didn't stunt me or her, so...
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Wow.
00:22:43.69\00:22:45.49
Well, let's get
into Farm Stew then.
00:22:45.53\00:22:47.43
So tell us little about...
00:22:47.46\00:22:48.80
the ministry started
just a couple of years ago.
00:22:48.83\00:22:50.30
Yes.
00:22:50.33\00:22:51.67
Yeah, just walk us through that?
00:22:51.70\00:22:53.60
Yes, we have a
wonderful team in Uganda.
00:22:53.64\00:22:57.07
We actually now
have six staff there,
00:22:57.11\00:22:59.71
full time, and a
board of directors.
00:22:59.74\00:23:02.71
They are extremely dedicated.
00:23:02.74\00:23:05.61
They've trained 13,000 people.
00:23:05.65\00:23:08.02
13,000? Yeah.
00:23:08.05\00:23:09.38
Yes, that's a lot.
00:23:09.42\00:23:10.75
And they've been invited...
00:23:10.79\00:23:12.35
mostly we go into
villages deep in rural areas,
00:23:12.39\00:23:15.79
where most
non-government organizations
00:23:15.82\00:23:18.16
can't get to or don't try,
00:23:18.19\00:23:20.23
but we've also been
invited to hospitals,
00:23:20.26\00:23:22.96
many schools, prisons.
00:23:23.00\00:23:26.03
We were at a crisis
pregnancy center last week
00:23:26.07\00:23:29.60
and it's been beautiful.
00:23:29.64\00:23:31.87
And we're working in a area
that's 80% Muslim in Uganda.
00:23:31.91\00:23:35.58
And they have been very,
very open to this training.
00:23:35.61\00:23:38.35
And in fact,
00:23:38.38\00:23:39.71
when I was there in November
with Dr. Arlene Virgilia,
00:23:39.75\00:23:42.95
one of our board members,
00:23:42.98\00:23:44.62
we were invited
back to Muslim community
00:23:44.65\00:23:47.06
where they really
wanted to thank us
00:23:47.09\00:23:49.59
for the training
and share the story of
00:23:49.62\00:23:52.69
how their training
had made an impact.
00:23:52.73\00:23:54.06
We have a
picture of that I think.
00:23:54.10\00:23:55.43
We do, yes.
00:23:55.46\00:23:56.80
That's it, isn't it? Wow.
00:23:56.83\00:23:58.17
Yes, we were there in November,
00:23:58.20\00:23:59.53
we shared with them,
00:23:59.57\00:24:00.90
really focused on
plant-based nutrition.
00:24:00.94\00:24:02.27
They're holding brochures that
00:24:02.30\00:24:03.64
I would be happy
to send to anyone
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.37
who wanted to contact me.
00:24:05.41\00:24:07.04
Is Dr. Arlene in here?
00:24:07.08\00:24:08.61
Dr. Arlene is in the
blue shirt with the hat.
00:24:08.64\00:24:10.71
And right behind
her is Edward Kawesa,
00:24:10.75\00:24:12.71
he is the Farm
Stew, Uganda president.
00:24:12.75\00:24:14.42
Pulling up like a
large banner or sign there.
00:24:14.45\00:24:16.35
Yes, that's a banner of our
00:24:16.38\00:24:18.05
rainbow of
fruits and vegetables.
00:24:18.09\00:24:20.59
There are over two
billion people on the planet
00:24:20.62\00:24:23.19
that have
micronutrient deficiencies.
00:24:23.22\00:24:25.83
So explain to me what that is?
00:24:25.86\00:24:27.76
What it means is they are
deficient of a particular like
00:24:27.80\00:24:30.63
vitamin or mineral.
00:24:30.67\00:24:32.20
And it's called hidden hunger
00:24:32.23\00:24:33.64
because they don't
know that they are hungry,
00:24:33.67\00:24:35.54
but because of that deficiency,
00:24:35.57\00:24:37.34
their immune
system is compromised.
00:24:37.37\00:24:39.67
And so they're more
susceptible to illnesses,
00:24:39.71\00:24:42.68
whether it come
from water or of course,
00:24:42.71\00:24:45.25
we're on the
continent of Africa,
00:24:45.28\00:24:46.61
HIV AIDS is a big
problem still to this day.
00:24:46.65\00:24:50.42
And so they need the strongest
immune system we can build.
00:24:50.45\00:24:54.16
And God is so good.
00:24:54.19\00:24:55.66
He told us to eat that
which is pleasing to the eye.
00:24:55.69\00:24:59.26
And so what is
more pleasing to the eye
00:24:59.29\00:25:00.96
than the whole
variety of rainbow of colors.
00:25:01.00\00:25:03.83
And interestingly,
00:25:03.87\00:25:05.27
if you eat across the
rainbow color spectrum,
00:25:05.30\00:25:08.34
you get the
micronutrients that you need.
00:25:08.37\00:25:10.87
And it is worth noting
that these fruits are fruits
00:25:10.91\00:25:15.44
that are locally available.
00:25:15.48\00:25:17.28
That's what I was gonna ask.
00:25:17.31\00:25:18.65
Are these assessable?
00:25:18.68\00:25:20.12
Yes, something like a
guava, very locally available.
00:25:20.15\00:25:25.72
Papayas, locally available.
00:25:25.75\00:25:30.53
We call them mayambes, mangoes.
00:25:30.56\00:25:32.69
Mangoes.
00:25:32.73\00:25:34.06
Yes, very locally available.
00:25:34.10\00:25:35.73
So not that they are some exotic
00:25:35.76\00:25:39.23
or transported from somewhere.
00:25:39.27\00:25:41.00
Right.
00:25:41.04\00:25:42.37
Yeah, we always
focus on local foods.
00:25:42.40\00:25:44.21
Everything is local,
00:25:44.24\00:25:45.57
we're not bringing in
anything except for ideas,
00:25:45.61\00:25:48.14
but what we're doing is,
00:25:48.18\00:25:49.51
trying to go back to
some of the ancient ideas
00:25:49.54\00:25:51.61
as well like, for
example, with mangoes,
00:25:51.65\00:25:54.48
a lot of the
times, they're rotting
00:25:54.52\00:25:56.72
because the trees are
just out there in the villages
00:25:56.75\00:25:58.79
and so they're dropping
all ripe at the same time.
00:25:58.82\00:26:01.49
So we're trying to
promote dried mangoes,
00:26:01.52\00:26:04.39
which can be a food
source of vitamin A is
00:26:04.43\00:26:07.50
what's represented
by that orange color
00:26:07.53\00:26:09.53
in many different
natural foods that are orange.
00:26:09.56\00:26:13.10
That vitamin, it
can be the difference
00:26:13.13\00:26:14.57
between life and
death for a child.
00:26:14.60\00:26:15.94
Wow.
00:26:15.97\00:26:17.31
Well, yeah, that's amazing.
00:26:17.34\00:26:18.67
So you're...
00:26:18.71\00:26:20.04
Yeah, so really it's
an education, isn't it,
00:26:20.08\00:26:21.74
is what this is,
00:26:21.78\00:26:23.11
educating the local people
on how to live healthfully.
00:26:23.14\00:26:26.08
And the beautiful thing is,
00:26:26.11\00:26:27.45
it's local people
educating local people.
00:26:27.48\00:26:29.88
So our team is 100% Ugandan.
00:26:29.92\00:26:32.82
And then we also
have a team in Zimbabwe.
00:26:32.85\00:26:36.12
Right now, we
don't have the funds
00:26:36.16\00:26:37.49
to be able to
hire staff in Zimbabwe.
00:26:37.53\00:26:39.09
It's a bit more expensive,
00:26:39.13\00:26:40.56
but we have a very
dedicated volunteer staff there
00:26:40.60\00:26:42.96
and board of directors.
00:26:43.00\00:26:44.43
In fact, there is a
retired Adventist pastor,
00:26:44.47\00:26:47.57
his name is
Pastor Richard Black.
00:26:47.60\00:26:49.44
He is our treasurer in Zimbabwe,
00:26:49.47\00:26:52.27
and also our
treasurer in Uganda is
00:26:52.31\00:26:54.98
the retired ADRA
financial director.
00:26:55.01\00:26:58.31
So we have really good
systems in place to assure that
00:26:58.35\00:27:01.45
any funds directed our
way are used really well.
00:27:01.48\00:27:05.42
Now you have an
interesting map regarding...
00:27:05.45\00:27:06.89
Is it world hunger? Yes.
00:27:06.92\00:27:08.29
That's amazing. Yes.
00:27:08.32\00:27:10.59
This picture is one that
I was exposed to decades ago
00:27:10.63\00:27:13.76
and it's really
fused on my mind,
00:27:13.80\00:27:16.30
not only the children's
faces but the areas of hunger.
00:27:16.33\00:27:20.64
So you see the darker colors...
00:27:20.67\00:27:22.00
What's the
difference in the color?
00:27:22.04\00:27:23.37
Yeah, the darker colors
are where food insecurity
00:27:23.41\00:27:25.81
or hunger is more severe
00:27:25.84\00:27:27.78
and so you can see
the continent of Africa...
00:27:27.81\00:27:29.81
I was just gonna say
that. It's tremendous.
00:27:29.84\00:27:31.18
..is really struggling.
00:27:31.21\00:27:32.55
And China, India are kind of...
00:27:32.58\00:27:33.92
Or Asia.
00:27:33.95\00:27:35.28
Yeah, there are some
countries within Asia
00:27:35.32\00:27:36.75
that are also
struggling with hunger.
00:27:36.79\00:27:39.29
But the red is the worst,
is that what you're saying?
00:27:39.32\00:27:40.96
The red is the worst
00:27:40.99\00:27:42.32
and the orange
is the next stage.
00:27:42.36\00:27:43.69
Wow.
00:27:43.73\00:27:45.16
So and we also have
an image about lifespan
00:27:45.19\00:27:47.53
and wealth that
really shares this as well.
00:27:47.56\00:27:50.80
This is the graph where
it shows the life expectancy
00:27:50.83\00:27:54.80
and the blue figures are Africa.
00:27:54.84\00:27:58.34
The orange figures are...
00:27:58.37\00:28:00.11
I'm sorry, the
red figures are Asia.
00:28:00.14\00:28:01.78
Okay.
00:28:01.81\00:28:03.14
And so on the
bottom, it's their income,
00:28:03.18\00:28:05.28
and on the side, it's
their life expectancy.
00:28:05.31\00:28:07.98
So you can see that
Africa is quite a bit lower
00:28:08.02\00:28:11.79
both in income
and life expectancy.
00:28:11.82\00:28:14.26
Asia still lags behind
Europe and the Americas.
00:28:14.29\00:28:18.53
So that's, kind of,
00:28:18.56\00:28:19.89
our target is
villages in Africa and Asia.
00:28:19.93\00:28:22.80
And 75% of the world's
poor live in rural villages
00:28:22.83\00:28:26.53
in Africa and Asia,
00:28:26.57\00:28:27.90
and 70% of them are
subsistence farmers.
00:28:27.94\00:28:30.57
So that's why we start
with farming practices.
00:28:30.61\00:28:33.44
You said 75, I mean,
00:28:33.48\00:28:34.81
you just rattled that number off
00:28:34.84\00:28:36.18
so fast, but 75%...
00:28:36.21\00:28:37.88
Of the world's poor...
00:28:37.91\00:28:39.25
Of the world...
00:28:39.28\00:28:40.62
Yes. Oh, that's incredible.
00:28:40.65\00:28:42.05
And, you know, these are people
that don't make the headlines.
00:28:42.08\00:28:44.92
Like I know here, you know,
you're in a town of 500 people.
00:28:44.95\00:28:48.09
I'm from a town of...
Thompsonville as well.
00:28:48.12\00:28:50.13
I'm from a town of 700 people.
00:28:50.16\00:28:52.06
We never make the news, right?
00:28:52.09\00:28:53.46
Oh, you're right.
00:28:53.50\00:28:54.83
And, but these are people
that they're not on the news,
00:28:54.86\00:28:57.07
nobody really pays attention.
00:28:57.10\00:28:58.93
But they are the
poor of the world
00:28:58.97\00:29:01.04
and they are the least of these
00:29:01.07\00:29:02.40
that Jesus tells
us to focus upon.
00:29:02.44\00:29:04.77
And He's gonna ask us
when we get to heaven,
00:29:04.81\00:29:06.64
what we did?
00:29:06.68\00:29:08.24
So you educate them in part
of what you do in the training
00:29:08.28\00:29:11.65
and the local people
educate local people, correct.
00:29:11.68\00:29:13.95
Exactly.
00:29:13.98\00:29:15.32
So they would
educate in nutrition
00:29:15.35\00:29:16.75
and the different techniques
of farming in what type?
00:29:16.79\00:29:20.92
Well, we do a big
component on soy...
00:29:20.96\00:29:23.32
Okay. ..nutrition, so...
00:29:23.36\00:29:24.69
All right, we're getting close
to this little prop, all right.
00:29:24.73\00:29:26.06
Yeah, I know
Greg's getting excited.
00:29:26.09\00:29:27.60
Greg's excited.
00:29:27.63\00:29:29.20
So one of the things
we talk about is the seed.
00:29:29.23\00:29:32.23
Now God told us in Genesis 1:29,
00:29:32.27\00:29:35.50
He gave us the
first dietary guidelines
00:29:35.54\00:29:37.61
and He told us to eat seeds
00:29:37.64\00:29:39.41
and the fruits from
the trees and plants.
00:29:39.44\00:29:41.94
And so we talk about
soybeans are a type of seed.
00:29:41.98\00:29:46.41
And this is a
treasure trove, it has...
00:29:46.45\00:29:50.32
So those are dried
soybeans that people can have.
00:29:50.35\00:29:51.69
These are dried
soybeans and with this amount,
00:29:51.72\00:29:53.66
you can make about
a quart of soymilk.
00:29:53.69\00:29:56.09
So soy is by far the
cheapest best quality protein
00:29:56.12\00:30:00.06
that the poor can afford.
00:30:00.10\00:30:01.76
Most of the poor
are actually vegetarians
00:30:01.80\00:30:03.87
or even vegans globally.
00:30:03.90\00:30:05.90
And it's not always by choice
00:30:05.93\00:30:07.70
but even if
they're raising animals,
00:30:07.74\00:30:09.70
it's their cash crop, right?
00:30:09.74\00:30:11.34
Yeah, just gonna
ask you that, Jacob,
00:30:11.37\00:30:12.71
did your family grow
soybeans or your friends,
00:30:12.74\00:30:15.94
I'm sure somebody did.
00:30:15.98\00:30:17.31
Yes, but, you know,
education is very good.
00:30:17.35\00:30:20.98
Okay.
00:30:21.02\00:30:22.35
We would grow that and at times
00:30:22.38\00:30:24.55
just boil it and eat it.
00:30:24.59\00:30:26.25
Not knowing that as we do that,
00:30:26.29\00:30:28.09
we kill the good nutrients that
00:30:28.12\00:30:30.99
we are supposed
to get from them.
00:30:31.03\00:30:32.36
You just grow it, you
would boil it, eat it.
00:30:32.39\00:30:34.16
Yes.
00:30:34.20\00:30:35.53
So Farm Stew
teaches the locals that
00:30:35.56\00:30:40.67
we can produce
milk from Farm Stew.
00:30:40.70\00:30:43.37
A lot more other
products that can get from...
00:30:43.41\00:30:45.51
From soybeans.
00:30:45.54\00:30:46.88
..from soybeans.
00:30:46.91\00:30:48.24
And we actually do
want to boil it because...
00:30:48.28\00:30:50.48
but we want to soak it first.
00:30:50.51\00:30:52.88
And the reason
being is that God,
00:30:52.91\00:30:55.68
I believe put
preservatives in the seeds.
00:30:55.72\00:30:58.15
A lot of nutritionists call
it anti-nutritional factors,
00:30:58.19\00:31:00.86
phytic acid.
00:31:00.89\00:31:02.22
There are some controversy
in our country about soy,
00:31:02.26\00:31:04.06
but I believe it's because
00:31:04.09\00:31:05.59
we're not
preparing it correctly.
00:31:05.63\00:31:07.50
If we soak it overnight,
00:31:07.53\00:31:09.06
and the water goes all the way
into to the core of the seed,
00:31:09.10\00:31:11.63
it activates the enzymes that
00:31:11.67\00:31:13.74
break down the
God's preservatives.
00:31:13.77\00:31:16.04
Amen.
00:31:16.07\00:31:17.41
And how I like
to think of it is,
00:31:17.44\00:31:19.01
it's really like
baptizing the seeds,
00:31:19.04\00:31:21.78
because when they get
dry and hard like that,
00:31:21.81\00:31:24.48
there's sort of
things that are like toxins.
00:31:24.51\00:31:26.85
And so when we get baptized,
00:31:26.88\00:31:28.68
and it soaks to the
very core of our being,
00:31:28.72\00:31:31.12
sin comes out.
00:31:31.15\00:31:32.52
When it goes, the toxins go out
00:31:32.55\00:31:34.76
and then you can consume,
00:31:34.79\00:31:36.32
and really absorb
all the nutrients.
00:31:36.36\00:31:38.53
Wow.
00:31:38.56\00:31:39.89
So when you soak it over night,
00:31:39.93\00:31:42.56
and then even if you do boil it,
00:31:42.60\00:31:43.97
you still get the nutrients?
00:31:44.00\00:31:45.33
Yeah, you pour off that water
00:31:45.37\00:31:47.24
and then you boil
it with fresh water.
00:31:47.27\00:31:49.00
And it's so
quite a simple process,
00:31:49.04\00:31:50.71
I think we have a picture
of a woman making soymilk
00:31:50.74\00:31:53.91
in this very apparatus
which Greg could make himself.
00:31:53.94\00:31:57.48
That is totally amazing,
00:31:57.51\00:31:59.55
that I don't know that I
could but I'm sure I could.
00:31:59.58\00:32:01.55
Wow.
00:32:01.58\00:32:02.92
So this is someone
making soymilk using a...
00:32:02.95\00:32:05.75
Make sure I get
all the words right,
00:32:05.79\00:32:07.12
this is a mortar?
00:32:07.16\00:32:08.49
Yes.
00:32:08.52\00:32:09.86
And make sure I...
00:32:09.89\00:32:11.23
Pestle. Pestle.
00:32:11.26\00:32:12.59
Yes. Okay.
00:32:12.63\00:32:13.96
So you put the soybeans in? Yes.
00:32:14.00\00:32:15.33
So they're boiled,
oh, no, they're soaked.
00:32:15.36\00:32:17.37
They've been soaked for 12 hours
00:32:17.40\00:32:19.33
and then you can either
cook them for half an hour
00:32:19.37\00:32:22.10
or you can mash them
first and then cook them.
00:32:22.14\00:32:25.37
Africans generally drink their
milk hot in like a tea form.
00:32:25.41\00:32:29.44
And so they have
been pounding it first,
00:32:29.48\00:32:32.85
and then adding
back in the water
00:32:32.88\00:32:34.98
that makes it the milk
00:32:35.02\00:32:36.35
and then they boil
it for half an hour.
00:32:36.38\00:32:37.72
And all of those things,
00:32:37.75\00:32:39.09
all those steps are important
00:32:39.12\00:32:40.46
for bio
availability of the nutrients.
00:32:40.49\00:32:43.76
And we use these training cards,
00:32:43.79\00:32:45.46
they're available on
our website on FarmStew.org.
00:32:45.49\00:32:48.36
So anybody could take
one of those training cards,
00:32:48.40\00:32:50.67
there's a Bible
study that goes with it.
00:32:50.70\00:32:52.13
Amen.
00:32:52.17\00:32:53.50
And then they can learn
00:32:53.54\00:32:54.87
how to make it in
their own community.
00:32:54.90\00:32:56.50
So, Jacob, is there lot of shock
00:32:56.54\00:32:58.24
when someone says,
00:32:58.27\00:32:59.74
"Oh, you can make milk
with these sort of things."
00:32:59.77\00:33:02.81
It is.
00:33:02.84\00:33:04.18
Yeah, it's like, "What!"
00:33:04.21\00:33:05.55
What the common
man knows is that
00:33:05.58\00:33:08.15
milk come from cows.
00:33:08.18\00:33:09.78
Oh, yeah. Full stop.
00:33:09.82\00:33:11.79
Not knowing that God,
00:33:11.82\00:33:14.59
in His mysterious
ways provided to us
00:33:14.62\00:33:18.39
through a lot more other means.
00:33:18.43\00:33:23.16
That is why,
00:33:23.20\00:33:24.87
He made the
Garden of Eden perfect.
00:33:24.90\00:33:29.34
Before He placed us
in the Garden of Eden,
00:33:29.37\00:33:31.57
He made sure that the
Garden of Eden was perfect.
00:33:31.61\00:33:38.01
It's like that we
did not lack anything.
00:33:38.05\00:33:39.71
That's right.
00:33:39.75\00:33:41.08
But out of sin,
00:33:41.12\00:33:45.39
our minds have been
changed to think that probably,
00:33:45.42\00:33:50.53
you know, for you to have milk
00:33:50.56\00:33:53.16
you just have to
have a cow, you know.
00:33:53.19\00:33:56.40
And, you know,
lately even in the studies,
00:33:56.43\00:33:59.10
we find that cow milk
has a lot of disadvantages.
00:33:59.13\00:34:04.27
That is why it is
very necessary for us
00:34:04.31\00:34:06.04
to focus our training
on agricultural produce.
00:34:06.07\00:34:08.68
Yes.
00:34:08.71\00:34:10.05
One of them is soy.
00:34:10.08\00:34:12.81
And 80% or more of
Africans are lactose intolerant.
00:34:12.85\00:34:18.85
Really?
00:34:18.89\00:34:20.22
So not only do you have
00:34:20.26\00:34:21.59
the issues of
contamination in the milk
00:34:21.62\00:34:23.22
because often the
animals are consuming
00:34:23.26\00:34:25.19
various things like,
00:34:25.23\00:34:27.00
the moldy grains
that are also quite toxic,
00:34:27.03\00:34:30.83
but also they
can't really even observe
00:34:30.87\00:34:33.30
the carbohydrates in the milk,
so soymilk is a real blessing.
00:34:33.34\00:34:37.44
And, yeah, they think
they've been tricked sometimes.
00:34:37.47\00:34:39.54
They say, "There's a green cow,
00:34:39.57\00:34:41.28
where did you get it?"
00:34:41.31\00:34:44.21
And it's also so much...
00:34:44.25\00:34:45.81
you can make, with
one kilo of soybeans,
00:34:45.85\00:34:48.82
you can make six quarts of milk.
00:34:48.85\00:34:51.49
And to buy one cup of
milk, it's so expensive.
00:34:51.52\00:34:55.12
Most children never
get a cup of real milk.
00:34:55.16\00:34:58.03
So this must be a daily
process then, is that right?
00:34:58.06\00:35:00.16
Or there are lot
of refrigerators to...
00:35:00.20\00:35:02.63
There's no
electricity or anything.
00:35:02.66\00:35:04.00
Yeah, okay.
00:35:04.03\00:35:05.37
So no electricity,
so this is very rural.
00:35:05.40\00:35:06.74
That's a privilege. Yes.
00:35:06.77\00:35:08.10
that's a privilege
like flush toilets.
00:35:08.14\00:35:09.47
Yes. Yes.
00:35:09.50\00:35:10.84
That's a privilege.
00:35:10.87\00:35:12.21
So this is the
daily process then...
00:35:12.24\00:35:13.58
Yes.
00:35:13.61\00:35:14.94
..in villages, many villages.
00:35:14.98\00:35:16.31
Well, and what's
happening now is that
00:35:16.34\00:35:17.68
the women are taking
the by-product from the soy.
00:35:17.71\00:35:19.05
We squeeze it in a cloth,
00:35:19.08\00:35:20.42
kind of like
squeezing the udder of a cow
00:35:20.45\00:35:22.45
and there is a
by-product left over
00:35:22.48\00:35:23.95
that's very high in fiber,
00:35:23.99\00:35:25.35
and protein, and micronutrients.
00:35:25.39\00:35:27.12
And so we take that
00:35:27.16\00:35:28.49
and make a traditional
African food called "Mandazi,"
00:35:28.52\00:35:31.76
but this is soy mandazi,
00:35:31.79\00:35:33.40
so we chop up a rainbow
of vegetables and add it.
00:35:33.43\00:35:37.27
So we are trying
to get our rainbow
00:35:37.30\00:35:38.63
and our soy in one food.
00:35:38.67\00:35:40.04
And there is numbers of women
00:35:40.07\00:35:42.00
that are
actually making a living,
00:35:42.04\00:35:43.44
Florence is one of them,
00:35:43.47\00:35:44.81
I sat with in
November and she...
00:35:44.84\00:35:48.04
her husband is a
elder in our church
00:35:48.08\00:35:50.31
and they are
sending their kids to school
00:35:50.35\00:35:52.31
with the money she is
making, making soy mandazi.
00:35:52.35\00:35:55.02
Amen.
00:35:55.05\00:35:56.38
So that goes to the
enterprise part of Stew...
00:35:56.42\00:35:57.75
Exactly.
00:35:57.79\00:35:59.12
..that you are talking
about in that acronym...
00:35:59.15\00:36:00.49
Exactly.
00:36:00.52\00:36:01.86
E for enterprise, that's great.
00:36:01.89\00:36:03.22
Exactly. So this is amazing.
00:36:03.26\00:36:04.59
I'm thinking,
just a little soybean,
00:36:04.63\00:36:05.96
you know, small maybe cast aside
00:36:05.99\00:36:08.10
or boiled and just eaten.
00:36:08.13\00:36:09.60
If done properly,
you can, it's nutritious.
00:36:09.63\00:36:13.17
Yes.
00:36:13.20\00:36:14.54
It's much more economical. Yes.
00:36:14.57\00:36:16.20
It's sanitary and it's...
00:36:16.24\00:36:19.27
helps to
provide for your family.
00:36:19.31\00:36:21.38
Exactly. That's amazing.
00:36:21.41\00:36:23.08
Maybe you can
pull up the picture
00:36:23.11\00:36:24.68
where we have the
kitchen that they are...
00:36:24.71\00:36:26.28
Okay.
00:36:26.31\00:36:27.65
Yeah, let's look at that.
00:36:27.68\00:36:29.02
..cooking and...
00:36:29.05\00:36:30.39
They're cooking, okay. Yeah.
00:36:30.42\00:36:31.75
So this is one of
our typical classes,
00:36:31.79\00:36:33.36
you can see the stove
00:36:33.39\00:36:35.62
so to speak is a
three stone fire...
00:36:35.66\00:36:37.73
It's amazing. See that.
00:36:37.76\00:36:39.09
And that's Fiona,
00:36:39.13\00:36:40.46
training with her
Farm Stew Uganda shirt.
00:36:40.50\00:36:41.83
Okay.
00:36:41.86\00:36:43.43
You know, that's
incredible, you know, and again,
00:36:43.47\00:36:45.13
that's where we have a
stove here in the states,
00:36:45.17\00:36:46.77
that's a privilege, isn't it?
00:36:46.80\00:36:49.54
I would stress that enough.
00:36:49.57\00:36:51.97
So what are they cooking?
00:36:52.01\00:36:53.68
Right there, they
are boiling the soybeans
00:36:53.71\00:36:55.54
and then they are also
making the soy milk and then,
00:36:55.58\00:36:57.91
I think, we have another picture
00:36:57.95\00:36:59.28
where Betty has made tofu.
00:36:59.31\00:37:01.02
Oh, wow. Oh, nice.
00:37:01.05\00:37:02.38
That was the
next picture, right?
00:37:02.42\00:37:03.75
Yeah, that's quite a
neat story because honestly,
00:37:03.79\00:37:06.29
when I first went to Uganda,
00:37:06.32\00:37:07.72
I didn't want to get complicated
00:37:07.76\00:37:09.22
and bring in a
lot of foreign ideas.
00:37:09.26\00:37:10.86
I knew people would want milk
00:37:10.89\00:37:12.23
and I knew they
needed the protein.
00:37:12.26\00:37:14.36
But Betty raised her hand
on the first day I met her...
00:37:14.40\00:37:17.27
Is Betty in the green shirt?
00:37:17.30\00:37:18.63
Betty's in the green, yes. Okay.
00:37:18.67\00:37:20.00
And she raised
her hand when I said,
00:37:20.04\00:37:22.24
"Does anybody know
about making soy milk?"
00:37:22.27\00:37:23.71
And she says,
00:37:23.74\00:37:25.07
"Yes, and I know how
to make soy meat as well."
00:37:25.11\00:37:27.94
I said, "Who is this woman?
00:37:27.98\00:37:29.44
I want to meet her."
00:37:29.48\00:37:31.15
And sure enough she had been
trained at Bugema University,
00:37:31.18\00:37:34.02
an Adventist university
nearby in hotel management.
00:37:34.05\00:37:38.05
So she is who
introduced the soy mandazi,
00:37:38.09\00:37:40.32
I can't take
credit for the recipe,
00:37:40.36\00:37:41.69
but it's delicious
00:37:41.72\00:37:43.09
and she calls this soy
scrambled eggs instead of tofu.
00:37:43.12\00:37:46.90
Okay.
00:37:46.93\00:37:48.26
Which again, the animal protein,
00:37:48.30\00:37:49.63
a lot of people
00:37:49.66\00:37:51.00
want to be able to give
their kids animal protein
00:37:51.03\00:37:53.64
and they almost
feel guilty and shameful
00:37:53.67\00:37:55.80
that they can't
feed the kids the best.
00:37:55.84\00:37:57.31
I mean, they
can't afford it. Right.
00:37:57.34\00:37:59.07
But in fact, nutritionally tofu
00:37:59.11\00:38:00.98
and the scrambled
eggs are very similar,
00:38:01.01\00:38:03.24
so there's no
false advertising there.
00:38:03.28\00:38:04.71
This is as good for you,
00:38:04.75\00:38:06.55
if not actually
better than the eggs.
00:38:06.58\00:38:09.02
Wow.
00:38:09.05\00:38:10.39
Then you had a
picture of something
00:38:10.42\00:38:11.75
with the school garden.
00:38:11.79\00:38:13.12
Yes.
00:38:13.15\00:38:14.49
Yes. Yes.
00:38:14.52\00:38:15.86
So we are also
teaching gardening.
00:38:15.89\00:38:17.23
Maybe you want
to talk about that.
00:38:17.26\00:38:18.59
Yes, yes.
00:38:18.63\00:38:19.96
This is Edward, our
president in Uganda.
00:38:20.00\00:38:23.33
Okay.
00:38:23.37\00:38:24.70
And the school is a
population of 1,200, right.
00:38:24.73\00:38:28.07
Wow.
00:38:28.10\00:38:29.44
And we grow
gardens just like that.
00:38:29.47\00:38:32.34
Those are kales. Nice.
00:38:32.37\00:38:33.71
I think...
00:38:33.74\00:38:35.08
They look beautiful and healthy.
00:38:35.11\00:38:36.44
And healthy.
00:38:36.48\00:38:37.81
Look at that dark
soil. It looks great.
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.18
Yes, that's how we know it,
00:38:39.21\00:38:40.55
but in Africa we
call it sukuma wiki.
00:38:40.58\00:38:41.92
Okay.
00:38:41.95\00:38:43.28
Sukuma wiki?
00:38:43.32\00:38:44.65
Sukuma wiki means
that it is a staple food
00:38:44.69\00:38:46.25
that pushes you
through the week.
00:38:46.29\00:38:47.62
Okay.
00:38:47.66\00:38:48.99
It gives you
extra boost of energy.
00:38:49.02\00:38:50.36
Yes, yes, quite
nutritious and...
00:38:50.39\00:38:53.33
So is this an Adventist school?
00:38:53.36\00:38:54.70
Yes. Yes.
00:38:54.73\00:38:56.06
And it's 80% attended by Muslims
00:38:56.10\00:38:58.87
and they often have
about 100 children each year
00:38:58.90\00:39:02.64
that get to know Jesus
00:39:02.67\00:39:04.47
and come to the
Lord through baptism.
00:39:04.51\00:39:06.54
What a tremendous ministry.
00:39:06.57\00:39:07.91
Yes. It's incredible.
00:39:07.94\00:39:09.28
Their headmaster is Mark Quiesa
00:39:09.31\00:39:11.31
and he is actually our
board president in Uganda.
00:39:11.35\00:39:14.05
Wow.
00:39:14.08\00:39:15.42
So I've just been so
blessed by getting to know
00:39:15.45\00:39:17.79
this family of faith globally.
00:39:17.82\00:39:19.85
Really they are
powerful witnesses
00:39:19.89\00:39:22.42
in their own community
00:39:22.46\00:39:23.79
and they want to
reach out more and more.
00:39:23.83\00:39:25.46
Amen.
00:39:25.49\00:39:26.83
How many acres do you
have at the school for gardens?
00:39:26.86\00:39:29.70
Because that was just,
I'm sure just a small plot.
00:39:29.73\00:39:31.43
Yeah.
00:39:31.47\00:39:33.03
I think, it's probably
about half an acre there.
00:39:33.07\00:39:35.17
It's not a big garden...
00:39:35.20\00:39:36.64
No, okay.
00:39:36.67\00:39:38.01
But we are just trying to
use these farming practices
00:39:38.04\00:39:40.98
that are taught by
Zimbabwean organization
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.45
actually called
Foundations for Farming,
00:39:43.48\00:39:45.38
the foundation
being Jesus Christ.
00:39:45.41\00:39:47.25
And we're trying,
00:39:47.28\00:39:48.62
again not to
send a lot of things
00:39:48.65\00:39:50.39
from America or even ideas.
00:39:50.42\00:39:52.35
This is a home grown
African agricultural curriculum
00:39:52.39\00:39:56.29
that is Bible
based and evidence based.
00:39:56.32\00:39:58.79
So we are...
00:39:58.83\00:40:00.16
I actually got to train there
00:40:00.20\00:40:01.53
last March in Zimbabwe and then,
00:40:01.56\00:40:04.43
immediately thereafter
00:40:04.47\00:40:05.80
I was a health
evangelist with "It Is Written."
00:40:05.83\00:40:08.20
So that was a real treat.
00:40:08.24\00:40:09.80
Amen. Oh, amen.
00:40:09.84\00:40:11.27
I know you have a graphic,
I think of the seed, is it?
00:40:11.31\00:40:13.98
The three parts...
00:40:14.01\00:40:15.34
Yes.
00:40:15.38\00:40:16.71
Of a seed. Yes.
00:40:16.75\00:40:18.08
Explain that to us?
00:40:18.11\00:40:19.45
Well, it's one of the ways
00:40:19.48\00:40:20.82
we introduce the
gospel through our curriculum
00:40:20.85\00:40:22.18
because we are working
with subsistence farmers...
00:40:22.22\00:40:23.55
There we go.
00:40:23.59\00:40:24.92
And so on the bottom
part we demonstrate to them
00:40:24.95\00:40:26.82
that there is no
seed on the planet
00:40:26.86\00:40:29.76
that isn't a picture of God,
00:40:29.79\00:40:31.59
the three in one God.
00:40:31.63\00:40:32.99
Wow, that's deep. Yeah.
00:40:33.03\00:40:34.70
And you know, Romans
1:20 just tells us that,
00:40:34.73\00:40:38.37
"The invisible
attributes of God are seen
00:40:38.40\00:40:40.77
through everything He created
and that His Godhead is seen."
00:40:40.80\00:40:44.77
And so we really hope to plant
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.28
in the minds of
all these farmers
00:40:47.31\00:40:48.68
that whenever they hold a seed
00:40:48.71\00:40:50.05
and they are
going to plant it that
00:40:50.08\00:40:51.98
it's a picture of the Trinity.
00:40:52.01\00:40:54.08
And then also we
want to emphasize to them
00:40:54.12\00:40:57.09
that eating the whole seed
00:40:57.12\00:40:58.85
or the whole grain is
actually much healthier for them
00:40:58.89\00:41:01.89
than when they are
just eating one part of it
00:41:01.92\00:41:03.96
that's separated out
00:41:03.99\00:41:05.33
by the
industrialized food system.
00:41:05.36\00:41:06.90
Amen.
00:41:06.93\00:41:08.40
And then on the
top we use Ezekiel 4:9
00:41:08.43\00:41:11.43
to show a
plant-based nutrition recipe
00:41:11.47\00:41:15.10
that God gave
the prophet Ezekiel.
00:41:15.14\00:41:17.31
And as a nutritionist,
00:41:17.34\00:41:18.67
it's one more confirmation
to me that God is amazing
00:41:18.71\00:41:22.61
because the ratio is perfect
00:41:22.64\00:41:24.98
for really the
protein absorbability
00:41:25.01\00:41:27.95
and there's other factors in
just the specific ingredients
00:41:27.98\00:41:31.39
but also God told
Ezekiel to soak the grains,
00:41:31.42\00:41:35.02
I believe, He told him to soak.
00:41:35.06\00:41:36.42
He said to put in
a vessel, I believe,
00:41:36.46\00:41:38.49
there was water in that vessel.
00:41:38.53\00:41:39.86
So when you soak the grains,
you increase the nutrients.
00:41:39.89\00:41:43.60
And it's a very traditional
African practice to soak...
00:41:43.63\00:41:46.33
Is it really?
00:41:46.37\00:41:47.70
..grains. Yes.
00:41:47.74\00:41:49.07
But it's been left behind often.
00:41:49.10\00:41:51.81
Correct.
00:41:51.84\00:41:53.17
People tend to move to
faster way of doing things
00:41:56.08\00:41:59.51
instead of looking at...
00:41:59.55\00:42:01.55
Yeah, very true.
00:42:01.58\00:42:02.92
..what God provided us with.
00:42:02.95\00:42:05.45
And that is what
Farm Stew focus at.
00:42:05.49\00:42:08.92
Let's get back
to what God created.
00:42:08.96\00:42:12.79
Actually we have a
video about that as well,
00:42:12.83\00:42:15.23
we might wanna clip that in.
00:42:15.26\00:42:16.60
All right.
00:42:16.63\00:42:17.97
Well, let's go
to that video now.
00:42:18.00\00:42:20.54
Joy missioned about the life
00:42:20.57\00:42:23.54
of my late
grandmother called Tabitha,
00:42:23.57\00:42:26.37
who lived up to 115 years.
00:42:26.41\00:42:29.88
What composed of her
diet, what was her diet?
00:42:29.91\00:42:33.75
She was feeding,
eating soaked grains.
00:42:33.78\00:42:38.69
Sorghum, maize, millet,
00:42:38.72\00:42:42.39
pumpkin seeds,
unpeeled sweet potatoes.
00:42:42.42\00:42:47.06
We talked about
eating the whole grain.
00:42:47.10\00:42:51.30
So for her she was...
00:42:51.33\00:42:52.93
we grew up feeding on unpeeled,
you know, sweet potatoes.
00:42:52.97\00:42:58.34
Anyways, don't get surprised
00:42:58.37\00:43:00.44
if I also live up to 115 or 120.
00:43:00.48\00:43:05.11
That's a line I'm,
that's the diet I was fed on.
00:43:05.15\00:43:09.55
But going back
to the ancient ways,
00:43:09.58\00:43:14.02
I think that is
what Farm Stew is coming
00:43:14.06\00:43:18.49
and bringing on board
that we need to come back
00:43:18.53\00:43:22.26
and go back to the foundations.
00:43:22.30\00:43:24.87
And I think God is happy.
00:43:24.90\00:43:26.84
I think God is happy
00:43:26.87\00:43:28.20
when His
children come to realize,
00:43:28.24\00:43:30.37
come to a point of, you know,
00:43:30.41\00:43:31.94
coming back to the
ancient ways of the foundation.
00:43:31.97\00:43:36.51
By so doing we touch God's hand,
00:43:36.54\00:43:38.55
can you imagine?
00:43:38.58\00:43:40.25
We touch God's hand
when we took His way.
00:43:40.28\00:43:43.95
Amen. Yeah, amen.
00:43:43.99\00:43:46.92
Just like the
testament that we shared
00:43:46.96\00:43:49.56
when we're in Nairobi,
00:43:49.59\00:43:51.39
committed transformation
begins with an individual.
00:43:51.43\00:43:55.13
It's you.
00:43:55.16\00:43:56.60
It has to begin with me,
00:43:56.63\00:43:59.93
not us but me.
00:43:59.97\00:44:02.70
Am I doing it at my home?
00:44:02.74\00:44:05.14
Am I doing it...
00:44:05.17\00:44:06.51
Am I eating the diet
00:44:06.54\00:44:07.94
that I am teaching other people
to eat to what to feed on?
00:44:07.98\00:44:12.98
Well, we came back from Nairobi,
00:44:13.01\00:44:14.85
there are some
things I've told my family,
00:44:14.88\00:44:16.65
I sat down with my family.
00:44:16.69\00:44:18.19
I said, "As for this,
as for this, as for this,
00:44:18.22\00:44:21.99
we do not want
to have, you know,
00:44:22.02\00:44:24.79
aflatoxin issues here around."
00:44:24.83\00:44:27.96
We shall be talking
about more of aflatoxin,
00:44:28.00\00:44:30.90
but we are going
back to foundations
00:44:30.93\00:44:33.27
and we'll say
bye-bye to aflatoxin
00:44:33.30\00:44:36.60
even in our community.
00:44:36.64\00:44:38.14
It's coming.
00:44:38.17\00:44:40.38
Amen. What a blessing.
00:44:40.41\00:44:41.74
So tell us exactly in that...
00:44:41.78\00:44:43.28
he was your board chairman...
00:44:43.31\00:44:44.78
Yeah, a board member actually.
00:44:44.81\00:44:46.31
He is a board member, okay,
00:44:46.35\00:44:47.82
of Farm Stew, Uganda again,
00:44:47.85\00:44:50.35
I like what he said there.
00:44:50.39\00:44:51.72
I mean, that's powerful saying
00:44:51.75\00:44:53.09
we have to practice
basically what we are preaching,
00:44:53.12\00:44:55.92
what we are sharing to others.
00:44:55.96\00:44:57.29
It has to
affect us individually.
00:44:57.33\00:44:58.66
Exactly.
00:44:58.69\00:45:00.03
So this video is
actually shot in Uganda,
00:45:00.06\00:45:01.40
is that right?
00:45:01.43\00:45:02.76
Yes. A board meeting or...
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.13
On my iPhone in November, so...
00:45:04.17\00:45:05.50
Right.
00:45:05.53\00:45:06.94
Yeah, we have a
very dedicated board
00:45:06.97\00:45:10.44
and it's exciting to see them
00:45:10.47\00:45:12.51
starting to
actually interview people
00:45:12.54\00:45:14.94
and take responsibility
and accountability for people,
00:45:14.98\00:45:17.41
we're getting a lot of
data back also on the trainings
00:45:17.45\00:45:20.92
and just really tracking
and having the structures
00:45:20.95\00:45:22.92
we need to make sure that
00:45:22.95\00:45:24.55
we can make a real
impact in that region of Uganda.
00:45:24.59\00:45:30.03
We are trying to
measure two things
00:45:30.06\00:45:32.03
that we can show that impact
00:45:32.06\00:45:33.50
with we are trying to
increase the dietary diversity.
00:45:33.53\00:45:36.67
Making sure that people
aren't just eating starches
00:45:36.70\00:45:38.80
that fill their bellies,
00:45:38.83\00:45:40.40
which is kind of the
food of the poorest often
00:45:40.44\00:45:43.64
just things that
fill their bellies
00:45:43.67\00:45:45.27
but don't nourish.
00:45:45.31\00:45:46.81
And then also we want
to impact food security.
00:45:46.84\00:45:50.05
So making sure people
00:45:50.08\00:45:51.41
know what they're going
to eat and have it available.
00:45:51.45\00:45:54.92
And in that area,
00:45:54.95\00:45:56.38
they are very food
insecure right now.
00:45:56.42\00:45:59.42
You know, I want to mention that
00:45:59.45\00:46:00.79
'cause I know there
is an amazing picture,
00:46:00.82\00:46:02.16
I think, of some
actually filling out a little,
00:46:02.19\00:46:03.93
I don't know what you call
it, a survey or something...
00:46:03.96\00:46:05.79
Yes.
00:46:05.83\00:46:07.16
And I think somebody just,
00:46:07.20\00:46:09.06
was it breakfast
had a cup of tea,
00:46:09.10\00:46:11.57
is that right?
00:46:11.60\00:46:12.93
There it is.
00:46:12.97\00:46:14.30
It's may be quite
hard to read on the screen
00:46:14.34\00:46:16.07
but a cup of tea for
breakfast, what is it for lunch?
00:46:16.10\00:46:18.41
No food for lunch.
00:46:18.44\00:46:19.77
No food for lunch. Wow.
00:46:19.81\00:46:21.14
And what is...
00:46:21.18\00:46:22.51
Sweet potatoes for supper.
00:46:22.54\00:46:24.15
And these are in
general white sweet potatoes
00:46:24.18\00:46:26.51
which we are hoping to change...
00:46:26.55\00:46:27.95
How sad. Yeah.
00:46:27.98\00:46:29.88
So, Jacob, is
that pretty, I mean,
00:46:29.92\00:46:31.35
is that familiar
that type of, I mean,
00:46:31.39\00:46:34.12
is that just 1 in
a 100 eat like that
00:46:34.16\00:46:35.86
or is that everybody?
00:46:35.89\00:46:37.23
That's way of life. Wow.
00:46:37.26\00:46:38.59
Yes, that is the way of life.
00:46:38.63\00:46:39.96
So, we are trying to,
00:46:40.00\00:46:41.86
we are trying to restructure
their thought on balanced diet.
00:46:41.90\00:46:47.94
Not looking at the
expense part of it,
00:46:47.97\00:46:51.17
by just using the
locally grown food.
00:46:51.21\00:46:55.68
Yes.
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It's incredible
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what God is doing
already in your ministry
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and it's so new and yeah,
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well, how God is expanding that.
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What is your vision?
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What would you like to
see accomplished, of course,
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it's God's vision,
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but what is God opening before
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as the vision for this ministry?
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Well, we really see Farm
Stew as a focus on the family.
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We want families
to be able to thrive
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right where they are.
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So often people have to leave
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either their
country or head to the city
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to be able to make a living,
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and we want people to
have that abundant life
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right there in the
garden where they were placed.
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Wow.
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And we believe that's possible,
so many of us in North America,
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you know, and we're
trying to get off the grid.
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Well, these guys
never were on the grid.
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And we want to start
growing our own food,
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well, they don't have
any other option, you know.
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So we wanna
equip and empower them
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so they can be successful
in what they are doing.
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And we wanna work
through the local church,
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we believe in the power
of the 19.5 million members
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in this church.
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Yes.
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And we believe that God wants us
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all to have abundant life that
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North American
Adventists are benefiting
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from with this 10 extra years.
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Right now, North
American Adventist have
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basically 50% more
life than a African.
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And so if you think
about what our churches doing
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in Uganda, and Zimbabwe,
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and all these other countries
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with these
tremendous evangelistic efforts,
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what could they do if
they actually felt good?
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What could they do
with 30 more years?
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We'd love to close
that gap of life expectancy
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and just have
abundant life for all.
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Amen.
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Yeah, you know, that is
huge when you think about it,
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you know, because
when you are talking about
00:48:36.54\00:48:38.45
this whole Farm Stew,
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it really is about
feeling good, isn't it?
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You know, far as
your nutritionally,
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you feel good, you
are getting your rest,
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good drinking water,
you are less sickness...
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Yes. Right.
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If you have good
clean sanitation...
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Yes.
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That means then that
you are more productive,
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you'll live longer and
when you are live longer
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and in a good health
and following the Lord,
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you are witness for
that many more years too
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for what God can do.
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Exactly. That's powerful.
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I love it, I love it, I love it.
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And, you know, the
spiritual health too is
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such an important part of
this and there is, you know,
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the strategy of
total member involvement.
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And what's been
so exciting for me is
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I feel that the local churches
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even at the union and
division level in Africa,
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they are seeing
the power of Farm Stew
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for part of their total
member involvement strategy...
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Amen.
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And I would love
to have more resources
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to be able to equip
them with the training tools.
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We have great brochures,
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we have a lot of things
on our website FarmStew.org
00:49:30.40\00:49:33.37
that we can, they can download,
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they can photocopy,
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we don't have any
rights on anything.
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We want this information
to be spread far and wide.
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So before we go,
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we will give the
contact information
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where you can
contact them for yourself.
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But before we get to that,
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tell us what
would be some of your
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urgent needs at this time.
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How much does it cost
for the local workers there?
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And what are some
other needs that you have?
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First prayer. Amen.
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Pray for us. Yeah.
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Get involved with us.
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To support a worker in
Uganda, we spend about $120.
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A month? A month.
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Okay, to support one
worker is only a $120?
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Yes.
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And that's wages,
that's gas for the motor cycles
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that they go out on,
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that's supplies
for the training packs
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for the community.
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And this worker does what?
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They go out and educate?
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Yes, four days a
week, they are out training.
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And I'm telling
you, I was there.
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It's a growing pace really
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because they
are out dawn to dusk
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and sometimes much later,
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but they want to be
out in the villages.
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They're excited.
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When you drive by
on the motor cycle,
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people will come
out and basically,
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celebrate you even if
you're just passing through.
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'Cause they're so thankful.
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Yes, so imagine
that in one year,
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we have reached over 13,000.
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Yes. With six people.
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13,000 people
reached with only six people.
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Yes. It's amazing.
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What if we had twice?
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12. Yes.
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What if God
blessed us with more?
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Yeah.
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And I believe He will.
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I sure do. Yes.
00:51:11.53\00:51:12.87
I'm so excited
about this ministry,
00:51:12.90\00:51:14.24
about what God is doing
through Joy, through Jacob,
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through each one of
the members there in Uganda
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and other places.
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And I'm excited about
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how He is
mobilizing a work force.
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And we want you to get
involved with His work.
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That's right.
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If you would like
to contact Farm Stew,
00:51:29.88\00:51:31.22
if you want more information,
00:51:31.25\00:51:32.59
if you want to
support $120 a month
00:51:32.62\00:51:35.56
and help support a
new worker over there
00:51:35.59\00:51:37.66
who can help
spread this message,
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here is how you
can do just that.
00:51:40.13\00:51:44.87
Farm Stew's vision
is to train family's
00:51:44.90\00:51:47.34
in hands-on community-based
public health practices
00:51:47.37\00:51:50.61
with a goal to
achieve food security
00:51:50.64\00:51:53.07
and to improve health
and family well being.
00:51:53.11\00:51:55.54
If you would like learn more,
00:51:55.58\00:51:56.91
you can contact them at,
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470 Adams Street
Tiskilwa, Illinois 61368.
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That's, 470 Adams Street
Tiskilwa, Illinois 61368.
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You can call them
at, (434) 409-0866
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That's (434) 409-0866
00:52:13.50\00:52:17.47
You can also visit
them online at FARMSTEW.org
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That's FARM-S-T-E-W.o-r-g
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