I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to a
very special 3ABN Today.
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My name is CA Murray
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and allow me once
again to thank you
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for sharing just a
little of your day with us.
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Today's a very special program.
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Some years ago, when I was
pastoring in New York City,
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I had a chance to sit and talk
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with then mayor
of New York City,
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Edward I Koch.
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I explained to
him about Adventism,
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what the
Adventist church is doing
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as he walked through the church
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and together we began a dialogue
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about the many things
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that the
Adventist church was doing.
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Loma Linda University,
the many colleges and schools.
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And he said to me at that time,
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"I didn't know this about
the Seventh-day Adventists.
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You may be the
very best kept secret
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in all of the Christian world."
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Well, today, on today's program
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we want to talk
about an institution
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which may be one of
the very best kept secrets
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in all of Adventism
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but hopefully
after today's program
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it won't be a
kept secret anymore
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and that's Ouachita
Hills Academy and College
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there in Arkansas.
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Jill and Greg
Morikone had a chance to go
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and spend some time on
the campus of the college
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and of the academy.
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And today we're going
to focus on the Academy,
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some of the work
that the Academy is doing,
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some of the great men and women
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who superintend the
work at the academy,
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and some of the
wonderful consecrated students
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who attend that school,
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and who graduate
from that school,
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and go on to college,
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and go on to serve
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the Seventh-day
Adventist church.
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We're very, very excited
to highlight Ouachita Hills
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and that is a mouthful,
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Ouachita Hills
there in Arkansas.
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In our first segment,
Greg and Jill have a chance
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to speak with the principal
of the school Harriet Clark.
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She is accompanied by Rob Neall
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who is the
registrar and he also teaches,
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and they're
going to be discussing
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the founding of the academy
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and the
academics that take place
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on the campus of
Ouachita Hills Academy.
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Thank you Pastor CA.
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We are here on
the beautiful campus
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of Ouachita Hills
Academy and College,
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and today we want to talk
about Ouachita Hills Academy.
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This is not a green screen,
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this is actually,
we are actually outside
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the sunshine, you'll
see the clouds come and go.
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You may see it get
dark, little bit of light,
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maybe even a rabbit
or a dog run behind us.
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This campus is
absolutely gorgeous.
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About what, 30 minutes
or so from the interstate
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and it seems
like you're going out
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in the middle of nowhere
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and maybe we are,
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but then it just opens
up into a beautiful campus.
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The campus is not only beautiful
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but the people here are too.
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The students that we've
met, the staff here as well.
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But today we have
a number of things
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that are gonna
happen, we're going to have
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some students come,
some more staff join us.
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We're going to introduce
who we have here shortly.
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So we're going to go
to some different segments
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but I know that
you'll enjoy today's program.
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Amen. That's right.
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It's such a privilege
to be here on the campus
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as Greg said at Ouachita
Hills Academy and College.
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And we don't want
to waste any more time,
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we want to introduce
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Mrs. Harriet
Clark and Rob Neall.
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And, Mrs. Clark, I just think
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Greg and I have
known you for many years.
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I was trying to think
how many years, maybe 25?
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Something like
that. Something like that.
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It's been a long time.
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But thank you so much
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for how you poured
into not only our lives
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but so many young
people through the years.
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You and your husband are, are
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and continue to be
tremendous blessing,
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have been continue to be.
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And your entire
family. Thank you.
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That's right. That for sure.
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So where did the vision start
for Ouachita Hills Academy?
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I think the vision
started back in the 70s
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while we were in Loma Linda.
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My husband wanted to
go to mission service,
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we both wanted to
do mission service.
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And when he graduated,
we owed too much money
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and the General
Conference wouldn't consider us.
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And so we thought,
let's go to a dark county
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and do mission service.
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And a few years
later read about Madison:
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God's Beautiful Farm
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and all of the
units that they set up,
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which became real beacons
of light in those communities.
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We thought we'd love
to do something like that
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in the South Western Union
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and especially in Arkansas,
Louisiana, our home conference.
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Wow, amen.
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And so then the
academy was born not in the 70s
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but what year did the Ouachita
Hills Academy actually began?
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1988.
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Wow. Wow.
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That's a number of years.
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So through the years
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I'm sure it's hard
to count each student
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but you're probably in the well
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and the hundreds
that have passed through
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Ouachita Hills Academy,
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and it's neat too
because the academy,
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I know we're not here
to focus on the college
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but God has
also birth a college,
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Ouachita Hills College here too.
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You know, when you think
about the original dream,
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you probably had no
idea where it would be today.
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No, we didn't. Yeah.
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So you look at it all
that's here and you say,
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"Well, praise thee to the Lord
from whom all mercies flow."
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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Because I
understand that, I mean,
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you know, we're here in
front of the boys' dorm,
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we have beautiful
administration buildings,
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the girl's dorm behind us here,
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cafeteria, all the staff homes
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and you don't
owe on any of this?
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Right, by God's grace.
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Amen. That's
correct. That's incredible.
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The Lord has been faithful.
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He has and we only build
as we have the money to build,
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and so sometimes it takes us
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a long time to
finish a building.
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But when it's
done, it's done well
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and we don't owe anything on it.
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Amen. That's such a blessing.
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It's been quite a few
years since Greg and I were here
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and just walking the campus
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and seeing the
changes in the buildings
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and how it's
growing, that's a blessing.
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Now you are a principal
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and you wear other hats as well?
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I do.
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Okay, you teach or...?
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I teach, I teach sophomore,
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and senior
English, and senior Bible,
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and a
vocational education class.
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And then we want to get
into the work study program.
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But, Rob, tell us
your position here,
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and what you do at
Ouachita Hills Academy?
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Oh, I'm the registrar currently,
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and I also teach, I
teach Bible, and history,
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and I direct the bell choir.
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So, you know, you just said
that like just really quick.
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I mean, those are like
serious responsibilities.
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We all wear many hats.
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Yeah.
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You know, it's a labor
of love able to minister,
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it's a calling really.
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It is. Amen.
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And you and your wife
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and I know you have
a couple of children
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have been here now, how long?
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Seventeen, while
I've been here 17 years
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I met my wife here.
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She was a graduate of the school
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way back from
the very beginning.
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So another blessing.
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Yeah, you have a beautiful wife.
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Yes, yes, I
recognize, Christine brought me
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as she was at the time
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and then Lord let
us together in ministry
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and uniting our lives,
and then we have two children.
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She is able to stay home
with them and educate them.
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So that's a blessing.
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Amen. That's an
incredible blessing.
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So tell me you have
a work-study program
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and we will get into
more of the vocational aspect.
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But this segment
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especially we're
talking about the academics.
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Academics is
important for any education.
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So tell me about the
National Merit Scholarship
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and what goes on with that?
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Yes, well, you
know, our academic program
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is a strong academic program,
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students are well
prepared for college.
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We believe that true education
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really has more
than just vocational
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and the religious part
although that's the primary,
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you know, purpose of it.
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But in reality
that shouldn't take away
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from the academic parts
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which we are told
should be a high standard.
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And, you know, over the years
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we have seen
consistent ACT scores
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that have been much
higher than the national average
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and then higher than
our local state average
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and any state in the union.
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You have the graph there
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and this shows
your students against...
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Against the national average
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and our state
local average as well,
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and it has been that way
consistently for 5-10 years,
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for many years actually.
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Just I think a testament
really not to necessarily,
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you know, academics here
but God's plan for education.
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That when you
follow the holistic plan
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more than just the academics,
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then it all comes together
and God blesses in ways that...
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Because the
students don't have much time
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and they have the
vocational program
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and so forth for the academics,
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but all together it
really comes together
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in a solid academic program.
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So I was going to ask
too, what do you attribute
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the success of the
students academically
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and you see it as
just a blessing of God
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because of the
holistic approach?
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Yes, true education is really
the harmonious development
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of the physical, the
mental, and the spiritual,
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and when you have the
package, they all grow together.
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You know, we're told that
as we develop the intellectual,
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the spiritual capabilities,
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the intellectual
capacity will increase,
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and that's really what we
see happened in the young people
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as they focus not only on
the spiritual and vocational
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but apply
themselves for the academics...
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Amen.
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Ready for
success. Praise the Lord.
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It's really neat 'cause
I think it's a great plan,
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you know, and it's
God's plan too I feel,
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you know, to have a
well balanced education.
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So I know we're talking
about the different segments
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and time is getting
away from us in a hurry.
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So we're going to prepare
now for the next segment.
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Please stay with us.
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What a beautiful school
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and what beautiful people
working there at the school.
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In this particular segment,
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Greg and Jill talk
again with Harriet Clark.
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She's going to be joined by
Deborah Kim and Marcus Bardan.
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They're going to be talking
about the vocational training
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and God's plan at the
academy working with the hands.
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You know, what's
God's original plan
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that students
spend some day in class,
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then spend some part of the day
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also working with their
hands and learning skills.
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And this idea is
deep into the mindset
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of those at Ouachita Hills.
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Greg and Jill, Harriet Clark,
Deborah Kim, Marcus Bardan.
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We're sitting
here around the campus
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of Ouachita Hills
Academy and College.
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Mrs. Harriet Clark and we just
switched chairs a little bit.
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We had Mr. Rob Neall
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and he went to go
preparing a little bit.
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We're going to
hear the bell choir,
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so I'm looking
forward to that. Yes.
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But we added in
Deborah Kim and Marcus...?
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Bardan? Bardan.
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Okay. Yes.
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And tell us, Deborah,
how long have you been here?
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This is my fourth year.
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So you're a senior here
at Ouachita Hills Academy.
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Yup.
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And you have a
little family history here.
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Yes.
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Well, ten years ago, my sister
was here, my older sister.
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She would have graduated
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and about eight years ago
my dad was the boys' dean here.
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Before Pastor
Paul was a boys' dean,
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my dad was the dean.
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And two of your other
sisters attended here?
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Oh, yes.
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Out of my six siblings
five of them attended here.
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Wow. Wow.
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When I walked up to that
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we're sitting in
front of the men's,
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the boys' dorm here.
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When I walked up, I saw Deborah
and I thought, "She's a Kim."
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I don't know if
I've ever met her
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but we used to know the family.
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And I think your mom
was maybe pregnant with you
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maybe the last time I saw.
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I'm trying to remember
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but just the facial
structure, you know, right away.
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We appreciate you of course,
and your family and so, yeah.
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Thank you. Yeah, it's great.
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It's nice to meet you here.
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And so you've been here then
for four years like you said
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and we're talking
about this segment here
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for vocational training.
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So tell us some of the
aspects that you've done here
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and what does the academy
offer for vocational training?
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Well, for girls on arrival
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they usually work in the kitchen
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and after maybe after
being here for a while
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and if they keep up
trustworthiness and diligence,
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then they get
moved to the office
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and they'll help grade papers.
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Wow.
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For me, I help Mr.
Neall doing registrar work
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and things like that
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and so that's what
I've been doing here.
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Oh, that's great.
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And I know that as
we've been around campus here,
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we've seen some, looks
to me to be like gardens...
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Yes. And agriculture.
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Yeah, we have an
agriculture program
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for the juniors, all juniors.
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They have to take an I-class,
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and that happens
on every Wednesday,
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and so we have two tunnel houses
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and a green house,
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and in one of the tunnel houses
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the juniors get to
grow their own food
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and after it's ready to harvest,
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they take it into the
cafe to eat for our meals.
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What type of produce
you have in the garden,
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in the
greenhouse, in the wintertime?
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This past
winter, we had tomatoes
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and we had vine
ripened tomatoes all winter,
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around 100 pounds each week.
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One hundred pounds? Yes.
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Wow. Oh, that's great.
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That's one of our
treats this winter.
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Yes, tomatoes in
the middle of winter,
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that's rare even
to Southern Illinois.
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So, Marcus, tell us about
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the different aspects
of vocational training
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that you're involved with?
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And how long have you been here?
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Oh, that's true, we
haven't asked him that.
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This is also my fourth
year and I'm also senior here.
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When guys first
come to the school,
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they usually get
puts in ag, we call it ag,
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it's agriculture.
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Agriculture is both...
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It's kind of a combination
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between the
real agriculture side
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and kind of grounds.
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They also take
care of the campus,
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you know, when especially
when there's like big storms.
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You have like a lot of
branches that fall in campus,
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so they go around pick those up,
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things of that nature.
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And they also, you
know, learn some things about,
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you know, tractors,
stuff like that, like the farm.
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Yeah, equipment.
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Nice, you get to
drive some of there,
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like the mowers and...
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Now I understand
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that you're involved
with media too and website?
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Yes. What do you do?
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So what I do is, I do a
lot of content updating.
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So a lot of things I
update on the website,
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also our social
media on Facebook.
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This is for the academy.
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This is for the
academy, yes. Nice.
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And so a lot of things like that
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also in the previous years of...
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I've been working
website for the past two years.
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You know, we've been
kind of transitioning
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from different
websites and so kind of,
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you know, they ask you,
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you know, what
do you think about
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the designs, stuff like that,
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so you get to put
some input into that
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and helps you
get more experience
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and more general knowledge
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about what it takes to,
you know, to work on websites.
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That's great.
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What about construction aspect
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because you all, the
students are involved
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in many of these
buildings that were...
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All of the building,
except the cafeteria.
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Wow.
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So what does construction mean?
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Is it mean hammering
nails, carrying boards?
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It can mean a lot of things
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'cause in construction,
they do so many things.
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They do maintenance around
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and also work on
different building projects.
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So not just new buildings,
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we're talking just
general maintenance.
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Exactly.
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Plumbing to dry walling, to...
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Electrical. Electrical.
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Some have helped in bricklaying,
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and we've worked on this
new health center retreat.
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Fantastic.
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And also, we've also
helped at the new church
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that they're building in Amity.
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Oh, that's great.
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And you're putting in some
new staff housing too I believe.
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Yes. Yes.
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We're really excited about that.
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Okay.
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That's always a need,
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you know, I mean, you have staff
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'cause you have students,
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so then you need a place
for the staff to live so.
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Right now about half
of our staff are in Amity
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and it's only five miles
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but still it's not
nearly as convenient
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as being right
here on campus so.
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Oh, yeah.
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And it's such a
beautiful setting.
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So tell us, I know
we talked with Mr. Neall
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about the academic
program, the academic structure.
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But, Mrs. Clark,
what's the importance
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of the vocational training
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coupling that
with the academics?
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God's plan for education
was to combine the two,
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both the didactic
learning, classroom learning,
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and hands on learning.
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And we know from experience
that having a combination
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help students learn better
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when they are in the classroom
and when they're studying
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for their regular
classroom test and all.
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But it also helps
them develop skills
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that they
wouldn't develop otherwise
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and a very good work ethic,
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and those are things
that are helpful to you
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regardless of what
your profession is.
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Yeah. Very true.
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It's important to know how
to work to succeed in life.
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And no matter what profession,
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no matter what
God calls you to do,
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and I know you're
training students for service,
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but you need to know
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how to do those practical
common sense life skills.
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Right. That's very important.
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Yeah, so I know,
Deborah, that you're involved
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with literature
evangelism as well
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as I think all students
are required to do, is that?
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Do all students do something?
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Not in the
academy, in the college.
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In the college they do, okay.
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So you've been involved
with literature evangelism?
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Yes, a couple of years ago
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they offered literature
evangelism for every Sundays.
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Students would go out
and canvas for eight hours.
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And so they offer
that again this year,
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and so I think
there are seven students
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who go out every Sunday
into different local towns
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and there they do literature
evangelism canvassing.
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Do you enjoy that?
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Yes, I do.
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You know what I
think the neat thing
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of doing literature evangelism,
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which is religious books,
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you know, door-to-door
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is that you're
spreading God's word
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and you don't know
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where that seed is
going to come to life
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and a soul would be
win for the kingdom.
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Isn't that neat? Yes, yes.
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That really is.
That's incredible.
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For sure.
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We thank you, Marcus,
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for sharing with
our 3ABN family at home
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and we just pray
God's blessings over you
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and your future life.
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What do you
want to do next year?
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You're senior,
you're graduating,
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so what's your plans?
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I'm planning to go
to Andrews University.
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Nice. Fantastic.
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Do you know what major?
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I'm looking at double
major in economics and finance.
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Wow. Wow. Amen.
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What about you, Deborah?
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I'm planning on
attending Kettering College.
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That's where my
parents are living right now
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in the Dayton area,
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and so I plan on attending
there for a couple years
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and maybe
transferring to Andrews.
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That's great. That's great.
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Well, thank you very much
for the positive influence.
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I know you are here
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and that God's
blessings upon both of you
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as you continue
to walk in His way,
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you'll never go wrong in
life, isn't that right for sure?
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Amen. Amen.
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All right, well,
let's transition now
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to our next segment.
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As we have said, we've
been very, very, impressed
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with the tenor
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of the
spirituality of the young people
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that come to
Ouachita Hills Academy
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and through their college.
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One of the great programs
there is the music program.
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And in our third segment,
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we get to hear
some of their music.
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Greg and Jill will
talk with Stephanie Fox,
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Bethany Powell, Jonathan Homan
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and then a little bit
later on in the segment
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Pastor Sam Soler
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who deals with
their chaplaincy work
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and also with
their mission program,
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we're happy about that.
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Zack Sarsoza and Marcelino.
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Young people at the school,
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you'll be impressed with
the quality of the music,
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the spirituality
of the young people.
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This is a good segment.
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You'll be blessed.
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We're here again at
the beautiful campus
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of Ouachita Hills Academy
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and this is
really not green screen.
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We're actually outside,
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so this campus
is alive and well.
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You may hear some
of the wind blowing
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through our microphones
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or even some of the
traffic on the road out here
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but that's a good thing
because this campus isn't dead.
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There's a lot of activity here
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and we're having
a wonderful time.
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We've been switching
out different people,
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student, staff,
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through these
different segments.
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And who do we have with us now?
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We're switching
to a music segment.
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We've done academics,
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we've talked about
the work study program,
00:20:22.38\00:20:23.72
the vocational program
00:20:23.75\00:20:25.32
and now we're
talking about music
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and, you know, this is
near and dear to my heart.
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Oh, yes, you love music.
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And so we have Stephanie Fox.
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And when I first met Stephanie,
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I thought, "Are
you student or staff?"
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But you are a staff
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and you are in
charge of the music program,
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is that correct?
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What's your role
here? That's right.
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I'm the music
ministry director here
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and so I direct the
two choirs, the ensemble,
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I teach the
strings and voice lessons,
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and I also teach
some English here as well.
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That's wonderful.
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And now you have
a delightful accent.
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So I would guess
Arkansas is not home for you.
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No, actually I'm from Australia
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so I studied
there, grew up there,
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and I moved
here just a year ago.
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Okay. Amen.
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I'm sure that's quite a
story how God brought you here.
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It is. Amen.
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And so sitting next
to you is Bethany Powell,
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and tell us what you are here?
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I'm a junior here.
00:21:14.64\00:21:16.71
And how long have
you been in Ouachita?
00:21:16.74\00:21:18.54
I've been here for two years,
so this is my third year here.
00:21:18.57\00:21:22.48
And I'm a staff kid
00:21:22.51\00:21:24.48
so I stay at
home and go to school.
00:21:24.51\00:21:26.65
What do your parents do?
00:21:26.68\00:21:28.25
My dad is the academy boys' team
00:21:28.28\00:21:31.05
and he's also the chair
00:21:31.09\00:21:32.42
of the religion
department in the college.
00:21:32.45\00:21:34.66
So he teaches
classes there as well.
00:21:34.69\00:21:37.43
And we have next to
you Jonathan Homan, no?
00:21:37.46\00:21:42.36
Yeah, Homan.
00:21:42.40\00:21:43.73
Oh, Homan. Okay.
00:21:43.77\00:21:45.70
And tell us where you're from
and how long you've been here?
00:21:45.73\00:21:48.30
I'm from Escondido, California.
00:21:48.34\00:21:51.04
This is my second
year, I'm a junior.
00:21:51.07\00:21:53.38
Second year, okay.
00:21:53.41\00:21:54.74
So what aspect of music
are you each involved in?
00:21:54.78\00:21:57.45
Let's start with
Bethany and tell us about?
00:21:57.48\00:22:00.78
So I'm involved in large
choir as well as chorale,
00:22:00.82\00:22:04.55
and so I've really
enjoyed it this year.
00:22:04.59\00:22:07.79
It's my first year in chorale.
00:22:07.82\00:22:09.99
I was in bell choir
my last two years here.
00:22:10.03\00:22:12.76
And so we've had the privilege
of traveling in chorale.
00:22:12.79\00:22:16.20
So large choir
just stays on campus
00:22:16.23\00:22:18.17
and we sing for
like special musics
00:22:18.20\00:22:20.14
and music programs.
00:22:20.17\00:22:21.50
Is everyone
involved in large choir?
00:22:21.54\00:22:23.41
Yes.
00:22:23.44\00:22:24.77
So everyone
learns to sing and...
00:22:24.81\00:22:27.01
That's right. Okay. Okay.
00:22:27.04\00:22:29.04
And then chorale would be
more elite or more special.
00:22:29.08\00:22:31.65
Yes, we have to
apply an audition as well.
00:22:31.68\00:22:36.38
Okay.
00:22:36.42\00:22:38.05
So you travel you were saying?
00:22:38.09\00:22:39.45
Yes, so we travel
to different states.
00:22:39.49\00:22:42.42
We've been to
Oklahoma, to Michigan,
00:22:42.46\00:22:46.80
to Arkansas, of
course, and Louisiana, yeah,
00:22:46.83\00:22:53.03
and so I really
enjoyed traveling.
00:22:53.07\00:22:55.20
I love singing
00:22:55.24\00:22:57.67
and I really enjoy
00:22:57.71\00:23:00.58
like ministering to
people through music.
00:23:00.61\00:23:02.34
I've seen people
even in tears sometimes
00:23:02.38\00:23:04.88
by the ministry of music,
it really does open doors.
00:23:04.91\00:23:10.52
Yeah, it touches people's lives
00:23:10.55\00:23:11.89
I believe in a very special way.
00:23:11.92\00:23:13.25
Yeah, it sure does.
00:23:13.29\00:23:15.02
So, Jonathan,
what aspect of music
00:23:15.06\00:23:17.99
are you involved
with here at the academy?
00:23:18.03\00:23:19.63
So I'm in the other
option which is bells.
00:23:19.66\00:23:24.40
Oh, that sounds like fun.
00:23:24.43\00:23:25.77
Yeah, it is pretty fun.
00:23:25.80\00:23:27.27
We have thirteen
members this year,
00:23:27.30\00:23:29.57
six girls, seven guys
00:23:29.60\00:23:32.81
and we have five
octaves of bells,
00:23:32.84\00:23:37.08
four octaves of chimes.
00:23:37.11\00:23:40.42
We travel a lot also,
00:23:40.45\00:23:42.38
same touring
schedule as small choir.
00:23:42.42\00:23:45.65
This year we've been to...
00:23:45.69\00:23:47.02
Besides in Arkansas, we've been
to Texas and also Tennessee so.
00:23:47.06\00:23:53.46
And in all the
years of bell choir
00:23:53.50\00:23:54.83
they've gone to like 13 states.
00:23:54.86\00:23:56.63
Wow. Okay. Yeah.
00:23:56.67\00:23:58.63
So you obviously enjoy it.
00:23:58.67\00:24:00.00
Yes, I do enjoy
it. Yeah, that's great.
00:24:00.04\00:24:01.64
It is quite a
ministry, isn't it? It is.
00:24:01.67\00:24:03.30
To be able to, I mean,
I know when you actually
00:24:03.34\00:24:05.21
you're playing the music
00:24:05.24\00:24:06.57
but then also do you
do a little testimonies
00:24:06.61\00:24:08.24
or something in
between the songs?
00:24:08.28\00:24:09.61
Yes, yes, we have introductions.
00:24:09.64\00:24:10.98
You have introductions. Yeah.
00:24:11.01\00:24:12.35
You can bring those nice
spiritual thoughts and nuggets.
00:24:12.38\00:24:15.05
So you do the bell choir,
00:24:15.08\00:24:16.42
how many strings in the ensemble
00:24:16.45\00:24:18.32
or what's the ensemble like?
00:24:18.35\00:24:20.12
Well, we have ten
people in the string ensemble,
00:24:20.16\00:24:24.16
we're kind of
limited to traveling
00:24:24.19\00:24:26.13
because we're all
in different groups
00:24:26.16\00:24:28.10
but we muster to play
for like special musics,
00:24:28.13\00:24:31.33
also at the
Christmas program so.
00:24:31.37\00:24:33.87
That's wonderful. So,
Stephanie, why is that...
00:24:33.90\00:24:35.50
Why do you feel that music is,
00:24:35.54\00:24:36.87
obviously, you came all
the way from Australia to here
00:24:36.91\00:24:39.31
to lead out in the music?
00:24:39.34\00:24:40.88
What was your position,
00:24:40.91\00:24:42.24
you're in charge of
the music for the academy?
00:24:42.28\00:24:45.11
That's right. The director.
00:24:45.15\00:24:46.48
So I know then you have a burden
00:24:46.51\00:24:47.92
and a passion
for music, obviously,
00:24:47.95\00:24:50.02
but then to instill the
musical skills and abilities
00:24:50.05\00:24:53.05
in these young people.
00:24:53.09\00:24:54.69
Yes, I'm really
excited about music ministry
00:24:54.72\00:25:00.00
as a way of reaching people,
00:25:00.03\00:25:01.50
sometimes in places and ways
that a preacher couldn't go,
00:25:01.53\00:25:05.70
or the spoken word couldn't go.
00:25:05.73\00:25:08.34
And so it's very exciting
00:25:08.37\00:25:09.77
to work with these young people,
00:25:09.80\00:25:11.24
to train them,
00:25:11.27\00:25:12.87
to develop their full
potential as musicians
00:25:12.91\00:25:16.71
and then to go out and
use that to bless others
00:25:16.75\00:25:19.31
and share the gospel with people
00:25:19.35\00:25:21.58
who often open
their hearts to music.
00:25:21.62\00:25:24.82
Amen. Amen.
00:25:24.85\00:25:26.65
And I think where
the key word is ministry,
00:25:26.69\00:25:28.89
you know, because music is
just kind of a general thing,
00:25:28.92\00:25:30.89
but when you're talking
about ministry, that's neat.
00:25:30.93\00:25:33.23
It really is,
because music is a ministry.
00:25:33.26\00:25:35.26
And I think it's really
neat here for us at the academy,
00:25:35.30\00:25:37.20
there are so many
different aspects,
00:25:37.23\00:25:38.57
have you noticed that? Mm-hmm.
00:25:38.60\00:25:39.93
That when we talk about this,
00:25:39.97\00:25:41.30
they say a
ministry, ministry, ministry
00:25:41.34\00:25:43.04
and that's great
because it's evangelism.
00:25:43.07\00:25:44.91
And how do you
keep ministry focused?
00:25:44.94\00:25:46.57
Because sometimes in music
00:25:46.61\00:25:47.94
it could go performance
focused or performance based.
00:25:47.98\00:25:51.18
So how do you keep
with the young people,
00:25:51.21\00:25:52.61
the ministry aspect of music?
00:25:52.65\00:25:55.95
In the song
selection that we choose,
00:25:55.98\00:25:58.65
we carefully select
those to portray the values
00:25:58.69\00:26:03.53
and the messages that
we are hoping to give.
00:26:03.56\00:26:05.46
So the chorale has just been
taking a program on the road
00:26:05.49\00:26:08.30
that goes through
the plan of salvation
00:26:08.33\00:26:10.77
and the life of Jesus,
00:26:10.80\00:26:12.13
which has been a real
blessing to us to do that.
00:26:12.17\00:26:17.01
Also the students
share in the program
00:26:17.04\00:26:20.44
so as mentioned
they'll introduce the songs
00:26:20.48\00:26:22.74
usually with a three to
five minute presentation,
00:26:22.78\00:26:26.61
sharing some of their
thoughts and their experiences
00:26:26.65\00:26:30.19
and how the message in the
song relates to them personally.
00:26:30.22\00:26:35.86
And that's something
that is a blessing for us.
00:26:35.89\00:26:39.66
So, Bethany and Jonathan,
just if you could say...
00:26:39.69\00:26:42.76
I know we're
going to some music now
00:26:42.80\00:26:44.60
because we prerecorded
you all doing some music.
00:26:44.63\00:26:47.50
So we're going to go
to that in just a moment.
00:26:47.54\00:26:49.14
But how has been
in the music program,
00:26:49.17\00:26:51.27
how has it impacted your life?
00:26:51.31\00:26:53.34
Has it made a difference
or a change in your life?
00:26:53.38\00:26:55.51
How has it impacted your life?
00:26:55.54\00:26:59.71
I really enjoy
singing like I already said,
00:26:59.75\00:27:01.68
and so as I
share through singing,
00:27:01.72\00:27:05.19
it helps me grow in my
relationship with Christ,
00:27:05.22\00:27:08.32
and when I see people that
have been touched by our singing
00:27:08.36\00:27:11.39
and by our ministry with them,
00:27:11.43\00:27:12.76
we mingle with them,
00:27:12.79\00:27:14.13
and we talk to them,
make friends with them.
00:27:14.16\00:27:17.63
And it just shows me how
Jesus ministered to people,
00:27:17.67\00:27:21.40
He mingled with them
wanting their best, good,
00:27:21.44\00:27:24.47
and it helps me to draw
closer to the one I'm serving.
00:27:24.51\00:27:28.74
Amen.
00:27:28.78\00:27:30.11
Jonathan?
00:27:30.15\00:27:31.48
Well, Mr. Neall really stresses
00:27:31.51\00:27:32.88
the importance of
reaching out to people
00:27:32.91\00:27:36.18
over the performance itself,
00:27:36.22\00:27:38.32
so it's really taught me
like how to connect with people,
00:27:38.35\00:27:42.92
how to talk to them,
how to reach out to them,
00:27:42.96\00:27:45.76
so through music as a gateway
00:27:45.79\00:27:49.60
and then you can
really reach them so.
00:27:49.63\00:27:51.40
Amen. Amen.
00:27:51.43\00:27:52.77
Well, God's blessings on
you all in the music program.
00:27:52.80\00:27:55.57
Thank you for being here.
00:27:55.60\00:27:56.94
And right now we're going to go
and listen to some of the music
00:27:56.97\00:27:59.74
that the students do.
00:27:59.77\00:28:01.11
For God so loved the world
00:30:01.80\00:30:09.44
That he gave
00:30:09.47\00:30:12.81
His only begotten Son
00:30:12.84\00:30:19.41
That whosoever
00:30:19.45\00:30:21.98
Believeth in him
00:30:22.02\00:30:29.66
Should not perish
00:30:29.69\00:30:34.20
Should not perish
00:30:34.23\00:30:37.93
But have everlasting life
00:30:37.97\00:30:43.81
Everlasting life
00:30:43.84\00:30:48.34
Everlasting life
00:30:48.38\00:30:54.05
Thy kingdom come
00:31:05.19\00:31:08.40
Thy perfect will be done
00:31:08.43\00:31:13.17
On earth as it is in heaven
00:31:16.71\00:31:20.28
Give us this day
00:31:27.42\00:31:30.72
Give us our daily bread
00:31:30.75\00:31:34.99
Forgive us our
debts, as we forgive
00:31:38.36\00:31:44.37
Our debtors
along Our debtors along
00:31:48.27\00:31:52.04
Lead us not into temptation
00:31:52.07\00:31:54.84
Temptations from
00:31:54.88\00:31:58.71
Deliver us
00:31:58.75\00:32:03.15
From evil and desire
00:32:03.18\00:32:07.02
Wow.
00:32:14.16\00:32:15.50
That's
absolutely incredible music.
00:32:15.53\00:32:17.40
You know, we're just having fun.
00:32:17.43\00:32:18.77
We have this afternoon
00:32:18.80\00:32:20.14
and time is
absolutely flying by,
00:32:20.17\00:32:21.50
so if you're
having fun, time flies.
00:32:21.54\00:32:23.77
So we have another group here
00:32:23.81\00:32:25.44
that we've brought in.
00:32:25.47\00:32:27.18
That we're gonna talk about
00:32:27.21\00:32:28.54
different aspect of
Ouachita Hills Academy.
00:32:28.58\00:32:30.45
Who do we have with us?
00:32:30.48\00:32:31.81
We're going to
our mission segment.
00:32:31.85\00:32:33.18
We came from music
and going to mission
00:32:33.21\00:32:34.78
and to me this would
be the heart and soul,
00:32:34.82\00:32:36.79
you could correct me.
00:32:36.82\00:32:38.15
But to me be the heart and soul
00:32:38.19\00:32:39.52
of why Ouachita
Hills Academy exists
00:32:39.55\00:32:41.69
is the mission emphasis.
00:32:41.72\00:32:43.83
We have Pastor Sam Soler,
00:32:43.86\00:32:45.99
and how long have you
been a staff member here?
00:32:46.03\00:32:48.00
You are the
missions' coordinator
00:32:48.03\00:32:49.53
for Ouachita Hills Academy?
00:32:49.56\00:32:50.90
Yes, that's one of
the hats that I wear.
00:32:50.93\00:32:52.77
And my wife and I have
been here for six years now.
00:32:52.80\00:32:55.80
So we're old timers.
00:32:55.84\00:32:57.67
So just real quick,
you said, one of the hats,
00:32:57.71\00:32:59.04
so just run through
00:32:59.07\00:33:00.41
what are the other
things that you do here?
00:33:00.44\00:33:01.78
What are some
of your other hats?
00:33:01.81\00:33:03.14
I teach at the academy level
00:33:03.18\00:33:04.51
of course,
Spanish, construction,
00:33:04.55\00:33:06.48
I'm actually a pastor,
spent 25 years pastoring.
00:33:06.51\00:33:09.58
But I wanted my kids
to come to school here
00:33:09.62\00:33:11.95
and I said I'd wash
toilets or whatever they wanted
00:33:11.99\00:33:15.16
and so I speak
Spanish and do construction
00:33:15.19\00:33:18.99
that's what I teach as well.
00:33:19.03\00:33:20.83
And then missions director
as well, our coordinator.
00:33:20.86\00:33:23.00
Yeah, of
course, that's exciting.
00:33:23.03\00:33:24.83
Amen. I'm so jealous.
00:33:24.87\00:33:27.10
How long has Ouachita
been involved in mission trips?
00:33:27.14\00:33:31.34
The missions program at
Ouachita started in 1998
00:33:31.37\00:33:35.54
and first place
was to the Philippines
00:33:35.58\00:33:38.48
where the students
did evangelistic meetings
00:33:38.51\00:33:41.52
and built a church or at
least helped to build a church.
00:33:41.55\00:33:44.85
And since that time
00:33:44.89\00:33:46.52
our students
have been everywhere
00:33:46.55\00:33:48.49
from Haiti to Siberia,
00:33:48.52\00:33:52.43
we just got back from Cuba
00:33:52.46\00:33:54.00
our first, our
third trip actually...
00:33:54.03\00:33:55.93
Well, that's incredible.
To Cuba about a month ago.
00:33:55.96\00:33:58.70
And so we've been all over,
00:33:58.73\00:34:01.37
by God's grace, during that time
00:34:01.40\00:34:03.81
and with the
program over 1,500 souls
00:34:03.84\00:34:07.14
have come to the Lord
00:34:07.18\00:34:08.51
through this mission program so.
00:34:08.54\00:34:09.88
Amen.
00:34:09.91\00:34:11.25
We're very grateful.
00:34:11.28\00:34:12.61
Oh, that's incredible.
00:34:12.65\00:34:13.98
Now sitting next to
you are two students
00:34:14.02\00:34:15.35
who you just
came back from Cuba,
00:34:15.38\00:34:16.82
both of you, and
the mission trip there.
00:34:16.85\00:34:18.85
So we had Zach and Marcelino.
00:34:18.89\00:34:20.82
I will not attempt last names
00:34:20.86\00:34:22.36
but I'll let you
tell us last names.
00:34:22.39\00:34:23.99
So, Zach, we'll start with you,
00:34:24.03\00:34:25.59
tell us how long
you've been here,
00:34:25.63\00:34:26.96
your name, and
what year you are?
00:34:27.00\00:34:29.40
Sure, my name is Zach Sarsoza
00:34:29.43\00:34:31.07
I've been here for two years now
00:34:31.10\00:34:33.60
and I'm currently a senior.
00:34:33.64\00:34:35.47
Wow.
00:34:35.50\00:34:36.84
And tell me about the impact
00:34:36.87\00:34:38.37
what your role was in
the Cuban mission trip?
00:34:38.41\00:34:40.98
Oh, for sure.
00:34:41.01\00:34:42.34
And the impact
that had in your life?
00:34:42.38\00:34:43.71
Well, for me, I was in
charge of children's ministry
00:34:43.75\00:34:47.05
and I love working with the kids
00:34:47.08\00:34:48.98
and so basically,
I had the opportunity
00:34:49.02\00:34:51.45
to impact the lives
of 30 to 40 kids in Cuba,
00:34:51.49\00:34:56.22
and the reason
why I'm here today
00:34:56.26\00:34:58.49
is due to the fact
of all the influence
00:34:58.53\00:35:00.33
that God had placed in my life
00:35:00.36\00:35:02.23
before I came here.
00:35:02.26\00:35:03.60
And so it's
just important for me
00:35:03.63\00:35:05.63
to work in children's ministry,
00:35:05.67\00:35:07.24
so I can be a good role model
00:35:07.27\00:35:09.94
and be an impact for
other young people as well.
00:35:09.97\00:35:13.11
And I just learned
that wherever you go,
00:35:13.14\00:35:16.78
you need to have
a missionary mindset
00:35:16.81\00:35:18.51
and that you need to persevere
00:35:18.55\00:35:20.42
regardless of the situations
that you're placed in,
00:35:20.45\00:35:22.98
regardless of the heats,
00:35:23.02\00:35:24.62
the small amount of
space that you have,
00:35:24.65\00:35:27.56
the ruckus and
all the loud noise.
00:35:27.59\00:35:29.69
And God just
showed me His love for.
00:35:29.72\00:35:32.29
Was this your
first mission trip?
00:35:32.33\00:35:34.00
No, this is not,
this was not actually,
00:35:34.03\00:35:35.93
this was my fourth I believe.
00:35:35.96\00:35:37.73
So the other
places that you've been?
00:35:37.77\00:35:39.40
I've been to
Dewey, Arizona and Belize
00:35:39.43\00:35:42.30
but everywhere you
go is a mission trip.
00:35:42.34\00:35:44.31
You know, that's for sure.
00:35:44.34\00:35:45.67
So you said 30 to 40
kids came every night,
00:35:45.71\00:35:47.54
this is some of the kids.
00:35:47.58\00:35:48.91
Every night it was
consistently 20 to 30 kids,
00:35:48.94\00:35:52.35
and there are ten others
00:35:52.38\00:35:53.72
that would pop
up here and there.
00:35:53.75\00:35:55.32
And just imagine a room
that's around 10 x 10 feet
00:35:55.35\00:36:00.32
around that filled with 20 to 30
00:36:00.36\00:36:03.22
twelve years old so.
00:36:03.26\00:36:05.43
It was warm.
00:36:05.46\00:36:06.80
Very warm and humid.
00:36:06.83\00:36:08.56
Humid.
00:36:08.60\00:36:09.93
So, Marcelino, so what
mission trips have you been?
00:36:09.96\00:36:12.53
I know you went to Cuba.
00:36:12.57\00:36:13.94
Before that I've been
to the Dominican Republic
00:36:13.97\00:36:16.71
doing evangelistic series
00:36:16.74\00:36:18.07
and then I was in
Guatemala digging wells.
00:36:18.11\00:36:21.14
And you're also a senior too.
00:36:21.18\00:36:22.51
I'm sorry I didn't
actually ask you that.
00:36:22.54\00:36:23.88
So you're a
senior? Yeah, fantastic.
00:36:23.91\00:36:25.91
So you've been all
over as well and mission
00:36:25.95\00:36:27.38
is obviously a big
part of your life too?
00:36:27.42\00:36:29.78
I think everyone needs
to go on a mission trip,
00:36:29.82\00:36:31.85
every, at maximum two years.
00:36:31.89\00:36:34.36
The perspective it gives you
00:36:34.39\00:36:36.96
coming back to
the United States,
00:36:36.99\00:36:39.06
helps you be more purposeful
in your Christian walk.
00:36:39.09\00:36:43.43
Okay.
00:36:43.47\00:36:44.80
So if you were
to look at your life
00:36:44.83\00:36:46.43
pre-mission trip,
post-mission trip,
00:36:46.47\00:36:48.94
how would you say
your life is different?
00:36:48.97\00:36:53.31
Here in the States
especially in the school
00:36:53.34\00:36:55.81
at Ouachita Hills it's almost,
it's a very good environment,
00:36:55.84\00:37:01.85
very few bad influences
00:37:01.88\00:37:03.28
but when you go
on a mission trip,
00:37:03.32\00:37:04.65
you can see the
great controversy
00:37:04.69\00:37:06.02
being played out day to day.
00:37:06.05\00:37:08.16
And I am very forgetful,
00:37:08.19\00:37:11.29
I can forget that
there is good and evil
00:37:11.33\00:37:14.16
fighting for my soul, fighting
for all of our souls and so.
00:37:14.20\00:37:16.60
Yeah, moment by
moment too. Yeah.
00:37:16.63\00:37:19.77
And one story,
if you don't mind.
00:37:19.80\00:37:22.34
Please.
00:37:22.37\00:37:23.71
In Cuba, I was the preacher
for the evangelistic series
00:37:23.74\00:37:26.91
and I was on the site.
00:37:26.94\00:37:28.28
I was gonna ask
you what you did?
00:37:28.31\00:37:29.64
You were the preacher. Okay.
00:37:29.68\00:37:31.01
Yeah, and four or five times,
00:37:31.05\00:37:34.62
five minutes
before I set up to speak,
00:37:34.65\00:37:37.05
something would happen,
I'd get a bad stomach ache,
00:37:37.09\00:37:39.15
I'd have random pain in my side,
00:37:39.19\00:37:40.99
I'd get back pain, lightheaded.
00:37:41.02\00:37:43.53
It would last for the
duration of the meeting.
00:37:43.56\00:37:45.93
And as soon as I step
down, it will go away.
00:37:45.96\00:37:49.73
The first time you can say,
"Oh, it's just bad plantains."
00:37:49.76\00:37:53.40
Right?
00:37:53.44\00:37:55.94
A little food poisoning.
00:37:55.97\00:37:58.17
But when it happens
time after time after time,
00:37:58.21\00:38:01.44
you see clearly that there's
something bigger going on,
00:38:01.48\00:38:05.01
and that awareness
has been valuable for me.
00:38:05.05\00:38:08.08
You know, that's
when one realizes
00:38:08.12\00:38:09.58
that it's nothing of ourselves,
00:38:09.62\00:38:11.05
you know, that's God
00:38:11.09\00:38:12.42
that's pouring the
strength through you,
00:38:12.45\00:38:13.79
you guys are vessels.
00:38:13.82\00:38:15.16
Isn't that neat that God
is using to further His cause.
00:38:15.19\00:38:17.99
Amen. What a blessing.
00:38:18.03\00:38:19.36
Does that mean you want
to go into the theology?
00:38:19.39\00:38:21.76
I am considering it.
00:38:21.80\00:38:24.00
I'm seeing where
the Lord's gonna lead me
00:38:24.03\00:38:25.50
but no matter what I study
00:38:25.53\00:38:27.54
I will have a focus on theology
00:38:27.57\00:38:29.80
just to God given
answer for the faith I have.
00:38:29.84\00:38:32.17
Amen. What about you,
Zach? What do you wanna do?
00:38:32.21\00:38:34.01
Me, right now I'm training
00:38:34.04\00:38:35.38
to become a medical
missionary in the future.
00:38:35.41\00:38:37.11
What field? I
don't know what yet.
00:38:37.15\00:38:39.45
But regardless I'm
going to hit this head on
00:38:39.48\00:38:42.58
and try my best in this field.
00:38:42.62\00:38:45.25
Fantastic.
00:38:45.29\00:38:46.62
So, Pastor Soler, you know,
I'm thinking about the impact
00:38:46.65\00:38:48.69
that you make worldwide
00:38:48.72\00:38:50.73
and but also locally too.
00:38:50.76\00:38:52.49
You know, even
there are own home field
00:38:52.53\00:38:54.40
which is Arkansas, for you guys,
00:38:54.43\00:38:55.76
3ABN it's Illinois.
00:38:55.80\00:38:57.60
So tell me about the...
00:38:57.63\00:39:00.14
Do you consider this
mission work here too
00:39:00.17\00:39:01.77
in your local community as well,
00:39:01.80\00:39:03.41
outreach and
things that you do here?
00:39:03.44\00:39:05.34
Outreach is really so important
00:39:05.37\00:39:08.71
in the training of
our students, you know.
00:39:08.74\00:39:11.61
I could say that this is true
00:39:11.65\00:39:13.01
what I'm going to tell
you about our mission program
00:39:13.05\00:39:14.98
is true of our whole school.
00:39:15.02\00:39:16.58
And that we are interested
in giving our students
00:39:16.62\00:39:21.16
a practical experience.
00:39:21.19\00:39:23.99
For them to practice the skills
that they're learning here,
00:39:24.03\00:39:26.06
public speaking, outreach,
00:39:26.09\00:39:28.03
medical
missionary work, etcetera.
00:39:28.06\00:39:31.10
On top of that,
then we want them
00:39:31.13\00:39:32.73
to experience God personally.
00:39:32.77\00:39:36.57
In the mission field, of course,
00:39:36.60\00:39:37.94
they have a very raw
unscripted opportunity,
00:39:37.97\00:39:41.28
here things are a
little bit more managed
00:39:41.31\00:39:43.41
but still each
time it's them and God
00:39:43.45\00:39:46.51
sharing Christ love
with those around them.
00:39:46.55\00:39:50.09
And here locally we do,
00:39:50.12\00:39:52.15
we want them to share
Christ with each other,
00:39:52.19\00:39:54.59
with the local
churches that we serve.
00:39:54.62\00:39:56.76
This is probably more
true with our college program
00:39:56.79\00:40:00.16
where they're spread all
over the churches in the area.
00:40:00.20\00:40:02.46
But our academy
students, of course,
00:40:02.50\00:40:05.03
go to different
churches to put on programs.
00:40:05.07\00:40:08.10
And we're going to
do some other things too
00:40:08.14\00:40:09.64
I believe in the
future where we want
00:40:09.67\00:40:11.57
maybe impact some of
the local public schools.
00:40:11.61\00:40:14.44
Amen.
00:40:14.48\00:40:15.81
We want to see ways
that we can have our students
00:40:15.84\00:40:17.18
do that as well.
00:40:17.21\00:40:18.55
Amen. Thank you so much.
00:40:18.58\00:40:19.91
Thank you for
your ministry for...
00:40:19.95\00:40:22.62
To me evangelism is the
heartbeat of the gospel,
00:40:22.65\00:40:25.82
and if we're not
changed ourselves,
00:40:25.85\00:40:27.66
how can we go out
and share the gospel
00:40:27.69\00:40:29.82
with a lost and dying world.
00:40:29.86\00:40:31.19
So we just pray God's
blessings over each one of you
00:40:31.23\00:40:33.66
and your
ministry here at Ouachita.
00:40:33.70\00:40:35.06
Thank you. Thank you.
00:40:35.10\00:40:36.43
Thank you so much.
00:40:36.46\00:40:38.50
As you can see the students
00:40:38.53\00:40:40.37
at Ouachita Hills Academy travel
00:40:40.40\00:40:42.84
and minister all
over the United States
00:40:42.87\00:40:45.27
and to other parts of the world.
00:40:45.31\00:40:46.98
But one of the
challenges you have
00:40:47.01\00:40:48.68
when you have a
ministry that travel so far
00:40:48.71\00:40:50.88
and does so very much
around the world as 3ABN
00:40:50.91\00:40:54.45
has the same challenge
is to try to keep a face
00:40:54.48\00:40:57.99
in the local community.
00:40:58.02\00:40:59.35
To try to
minister to do outreach
00:40:59.39\00:41:01.72
in the local community
and this is a challenge
00:41:01.76\00:41:05.19
that Ouachita Hills
chooses to address and to face,
00:41:05.23\00:41:08.26
so there is local
community outreach
00:41:08.30\00:41:10.77
that takes place there also
00:41:10.80\00:41:12.83
as we do in the
local West Frankfort,
00:41:12.87\00:41:14.80
Thompsonville community.
00:41:14.84\00:41:16.24
It is good to have
an international face
00:41:16.27\00:41:19.31
and to do work around the world,
00:41:19.34\00:41:21.04
but it is also
good to have a face
00:41:21.08\00:41:23.65
to plant your flag for
Jesus in the local community,
00:41:23.68\00:41:26.55
and so Ouachita
Hills chooses to do that.
00:41:26.58\00:41:29.85
Jill and Greg had a chance
00:41:29.88\00:41:31.22
to talk again
with Harriet Clark,
00:41:31.25\00:41:32.79
Deborah Kim,
Jesse is with them also
00:41:32.82\00:41:36.66
talking about outreach
in the local community.
00:41:36.69\00:41:40.96
We're back here
for another segment
00:41:41.00\00:41:42.33
here at Ouachita Hills Academy.
00:41:42.36\00:41:43.70
You know, we're just talking
about the academy's mission
00:41:43.73\00:41:47.54
and what they do
around the world.
00:41:47.57\00:41:49.20
But we also have the
local community outreach,
00:41:49.24\00:41:52.31
we're gonna talk
about that in this segment,
00:41:52.34\00:41:54.01
and also maybe what they do
for fun here at the academy.
00:41:54.04\00:41:57.05
You mean they do fun?
00:41:57.08\00:41:58.41
Of course, I know they do fun.
00:41:58.45\00:41:59.78
They do fun.
00:41:59.81\00:42:01.15
We brought Mrs. Clark
back, it's not just academics
00:42:01.18\00:42:04.32
and outreach and all
that, they do fun too.
00:42:04.35\00:42:07.36
Some time for recreation too.
00:42:07.39\00:42:08.86
So we're gonna talk about
that here in this segment.
00:42:08.89\00:42:11.03
So we've brought Deborah back.
00:42:11.06\00:42:13.16
Hi. It's good to have you back.
00:42:13.19\00:42:14.70
So tell us about, I
know you want to talk about
00:42:14.73\00:42:16.20
the aspect of the local outreach
00:42:16.23\00:42:17.93
here in the community,
what all takes place here?
00:42:17.97\00:42:20.47
Yes, on Sabbath afternoons
we have different activities
00:42:20.50\00:42:23.94
that we do to keep us busy,
00:42:23.97\00:42:25.97
and to make Sabbath
a nice recreational,
00:42:26.01\00:42:29.51
you know, a happy time, yeah.
00:42:29.54\00:42:30.88
A delight, yes.
Sabbath a delight.
00:42:30.91\00:42:32.48
Yeah, and some
of the things we do,
00:42:32.51\00:42:33.88
we do literature
distribution so well,
00:42:33.92\00:42:36.82
those students get
split up into different groups
00:42:36.85\00:42:39.19
and each group is given a
certain amount of glow tracks
00:42:39.22\00:42:42.99
or sometimes we'll do,
00:42:43.02\00:42:44.36
we'll advertise
evangelistic series
00:42:44.39\00:42:46.93
or we had a health
expo this past year
00:42:46.96\00:42:49.20
and we advertise that as well.
00:42:49.23\00:42:50.57
And then we'll have those out
00:42:50.60\00:42:51.93
to the community
to the local towns.
00:42:51.97\00:42:54.10
So like flyers and things
you pass out in the church.
00:42:54.14\00:42:55.64
Yes. Okay. It's great, Yes.
00:42:55.67\00:42:57.01
So that's about
the things we do.
00:42:57.04\00:42:58.37
We also do sunshine dance,
00:42:58.41\00:43:00.28
we go and sing to shut-ins
00:43:00.31\00:43:02.44
or people who just
can't get out, lonely people.
00:43:02.48\00:43:05.45
We like to sing
to them on Sabbath
00:43:05.48\00:43:07.32
and we also go
to the nursing home
00:43:07.35\00:43:09.75
and we'll sometimes we'll
sing in the people's rooms
00:43:09.78\00:43:13.05
or we'll go in the general
area like in the eating area,
00:43:13.09\00:43:16.76
and we'll sing to the
people that are there,
00:43:16.79\00:43:18.79
and give them a program.
00:43:18.83\00:43:20.30
You know, you're telling
us a really incredible story
00:43:20.33\00:43:22.30
about a lady.
00:43:22.33\00:43:23.67
So can you just tell
us a story real quick?
00:43:23.70\00:43:25.20
Sure. So that happened
on community service day.
00:43:25.23\00:43:27.20
Okay.
00:43:27.24\00:43:28.57
We usually have two community
service days each year,
00:43:28.60\00:43:30.84
and so this time I
went with two other girls
00:43:30.87\00:43:34.34
and one of the staff members.
00:43:34.38\00:43:35.81
And she is about 94 years old,
00:43:35.84\00:43:38.08
she said she's
turning 95 in June.
00:43:38.11\00:43:39.45
Ninety four years young.
00:43:39.48\00:43:41.85
Yeah.
00:43:41.88\00:43:43.22
So she gets around,
she can walk pretty well,
00:43:43.25\00:43:45.05
but you can tell like
00:43:45.09\00:43:46.42
she just doesn't
have a lot of energy.
00:43:46.45\00:43:47.99
And she also has bad eyesight
00:43:48.02\00:43:49.82
and it's kind of hard for her
to get around and clean herself
00:43:49.86\00:43:53.09
and so we walked
in and I first...
00:43:53.13\00:43:55.60
It looked, it looked, okay,
00:43:55.63\00:43:57.63
and then we decided
to tackle the kitchen.
00:43:57.67\00:44:00.37
And we were opening cabinets
00:44:00.40\00:44:01.80
and there were
cockroaches everywhere.
00:44:01.84\00:44:04.71
There are
cockroaches everywhere.
00:44:04.74\00:44:06.17
And we also
found a few dead mice
00:44:06.21\00:44:08.34
and so we had to
clean those up and...
00:44:08.38\00:44:11.35
So she needed help.
00:44:11.38\00:44:12.71
She needed a lot of help.
00:44:12.75\00:44:14.08
She can't do it herself,
her closest family members
00:44:14.12\00:44:16.82
are like Little Rock so
that's almost two hours away
00:44:16.85\00:44:20.29
and two of her three children
have already passed away
00:44:20.32\00:44:23.46
and so she is pretty lonely.
00:44:23.49\00:44:24.83
She even sleeps
in her living room
00:44:24.86\00:44:26.19
instead of in her bed
00:44:26.23\00:44:27.56
so that if anyone
calls during the night
00:44:27.60\00:44:29.93
she could answer the phone.
00:44:29.96\00:44:31.67
And so you could just tell that
00:44:31.70\00:44:33.03
she's living a very lonely life.
00:44:33.07\00:44:35.07
And so we got
to, we got to spend
00:44:35.10\00:44:36.44
that whole day with her.
00:44:36.47\00:44:37.81
Usually community
service is only in the mornings,
00:44:37.84\00:44:39.77
but we were able to
convince our supervisors
00:44:39.81\00:44:42.84
to let her stay
for the afternoon
00:44:42.88\00:44:44.51
and finish up some
laundry and we swept and mopped.
00:44:44.55\00:44:47.78
And one of the
girls that went with us
00:44:47.82\00:44:49.65
noticed that her
fingernails and her toenails
00:44:49.68\00:44:51.99
had grown really long
00:44:52.02\00:44:53.56
and she hadn't cut them herself
00:44:53.59\00:44:55.32
and especially her
toenails are very long.
00:44:55.36\00:44:57.19
So we soaked her feet
and we clipped her nails.
00:44:57.23\00:45:00.46
Miss Sherry
00:45:00.50\00:45:01.83
was the staff
member who went with us
00:45:01.86\00:45:03.47
and so we went to
the Dollar general store
00:45:03.50\00:45:05.73
and we bought stuff like
nail clippers and like a pan,
00:45:05.77\00:45:11.81
thingy, basins so
that we could soak her feet
00:45:11.84\00:45:15.11
and clip her toe nails and so.
00:45:15.14\00:45:17.65
She really appreciated
it. That's really neat.
00:45:17.68\00:45:19.01
You know, it's like
the gospel in action,
00:45:19.05\00:45:20.38
you know, because
Christ went around like
00:45:20.42\00:45:21.95
you were saying to serve others,
00:45:21.98\00:45:23.72
and I can just imagine the joy
00:45:23.75\00:45:25.12
that must have
brought to this lady's heart
00:45:25.15\00:45:26.49
and just the loneliness so
to have people in her house
00:45:26.52\00:45:29.42
and taking care
of her needs too.
00:45:29.46\00:45:30.99
I was real proud of the students
00:45:31.03\00:45:32.83
that they wanted to
continue, they wanted to finish,
00:45:32.86\00:45:35.33
and they weren't just
totally appalled on conditions
00:45:35.36\00:45:39.43
and wanted to get out
as soon as they could.
00:45:39.47\00:45:41.24
It's kind of
going the extra mile.
00:45:41.27\00:45:43.30
It's a testimony to the
type of students who come,
00:45:43.34\00:45:45.77
and the staff,
and the leadership
00:45:45.81\00:45:48.08
who work to instill those godly
principles in the young people.
00:45:48.11\00:45:50.78
That's wonderful.
00:45:50.81\00:45:52.15
And we want to know about fun,
00:45:52.18\00:45:54.02
what you all do for recreation,
we have Jesse McDermott.
00:45:54.05\00:45:57.35
Yes. And what year are you here?
00:45:57.39\00:45:59.12
This year I'm a sophomore.
It's your second year?
00:45:59.15\00:46:02.92
Yes, this is my
second year here, yeah.
00:46:02.96\00:46:05.63
So for recreation
some things we do.
00:46:05.66\00:46:08.30
We have at the
beginning of the year,
00:46:08.33\00:46:09.90
we have camp out which
is when the whole school,
00:46:09.93\00:46:13.47
we go and we go to a campground,
00:46:13.50\00:46:15.84
we camp for the weekend.
00:46:15.87\00:46:17.21
You mean, you pitch
tents? Yeah, we pitch tents.
00:46:17.24\00:46:19.17
Wow. Build campfires?
00:46:19.21\00:46:20.54
Yes, we build
campfires and pitch tents.
00:46:20.58\00:46:22.24
I like that. Roast
things over the fire?
00:46:22.28\00:46:23.85
Yeah, I roasted a apple I think.
00:46:23.88\00:46:26.82
Roasted apple on the
fire, never heard that.
00:46:26.85\00:46:28.78
It was interesting.
00:46:28.82\00:46:31.95
Then later in
the year, we have...
00:46:31.99\00:46:35.32
well, towards
the end of the year
00:46:35.36\00:46:36.69
actually we have backpacking.
00:46:36.73\00:46:38.19
That's really fun for the people
00:46:38.23\00:46:40.06
who don't want
to go backpacking,
00:46:40.10\00:46:41.43
they go camping again.
00:46:41.46\00:46:42.80
But backpacking is real fun,
00:46:42.83\00:46:44.17
we drive to a
location not too far
00:46:44.20\00:46:46.77
and we take our
stuff, our backpacks,
00:46:46.80\00:46:49.47
we, the school
gives us some backpacks
00:46:49.50\00:46:52.74
if we don't have one.
00:46:52.77\00:46:54.11
And we hike in
about four miles I think
00:46:54.14\00:46:57.01
and we get there,
00:46:57.05\00:46:59.61
we pitch our tents
and we build fires.
00:46:59.65\00:47:04.02
We hike in all our
food and everything.
00:47:04.05\00:47:06.76
So we cook it while
we're there over the weekend
00:47:06.79\00:47:09.12
and then we hike back out.
00:47:09.16\00:47:10.49
It's about total
of nine miles so.
00:47:10.53\00:47:11.99
Wow. That's a lot of walking.
00:47:12.03\00:47:13.56
You know, one thing too I notice
00:47:13.60\00:47:14.93
in this part of Arkansas,
00:47:14.96\00:47:16.30
we're traveling to
get here there seems to be
00:47:16.33\00:47:17.67
quite a bit of water like
ponds and lakes and stuff,
00:47:17.70\00:47:20.50
can I ask, do you
anything in the water
00:47:20.54\00:47:22.14
like maybe canoeing or...?
00:47:22.17\00:47:23.61
Kayaking. Yeah.
00:47:23.64\00:47:24.97
We are gonna go on a canoe trip.
00:47:25.01\00:47:27.78
All right. Yeah.
00:47:27.81\00:47:29.14
We're down like
Kettle River not too far
00:47:29.18\00:47:32.08
and we do that for work
time is about four hours.
00:47:32.11\00:47:35.58
It's really fun.
00:47:35.62\00:47:36.95
We used to have
one spot where we stop,
00:47:36.99\00:47:39.15
we go to swimming a little bit.
00:47:39.19\00:47:40.56
That's exciting.
00:47:40.59\00:47:41.92
I wish we could talk more about
but we have one more segment,
00:47:41.96\00:47:44.39
so we thank you
Jesse and Deborah
00:47:44.43\00:47:46.63
and we're gonna go
to our last segment.
00:47:46.66\00:47:49.86
Community outreach is
so very, very, important.
00:47:49.90\00:47:53.34
One of the greatest sources
of PR for any institution,
00:47:53.37\00:47:58.94
for any endeavor are the people
00:47:58.97\00:48:01.68
who are involved
in that institution.
00:48:01.71\00:48:03.55
Not only the
staff, or the principal,
00:48:03.58\00:48:06.08
or the teachers,
or the administration,
00:48:06.11\00:48:09.08
but perhaps most
importantly the students.
00:48:09.12\00:48:12.55
The idea that
several brothers and sisters
00:48:12.59\00:48:15.92
will attend a particular school
00:48:15.96\00:48:17.89
or that generations
of students will attend,
00:48:17.93\00:48:21.13
a father and son and daughter,
00:48:21.16\00:48:23.00
or a mother and
daughter and son,
00:48:23.03\00:48:25.53
going to the same school
00:48:25.57\00:48:27.00
speaks well for what that
school is trying to accomplish
00:48:27.04\00:48:29.77
and what it's trying to do for,
00:48:29.80\00:48:31.87
with, to, and
through its student body.
00:48:31.91\00:48:34.74
And so in this last
segment, part number five,
00:48:34.78\00:48:38.05
Greg and Jill again
speak with Harriet Clark
00:48:38.08\00:48:42.18
but we bring
back Bethany and Zach.
00:48:42.22\00:48:44.75
These are two young
people who attend the school,
00:48:44.79\00:48:47.49
who talk about what the
school is doing for them.
00:48:47.52\00:48:50.03
Why they are at Ouachita Hills,
00:48:50.06\00:48:51.79
what Ouachita
Hills is doing for them
00:48:51.83\00:48:54.06
and what they're
seeking to do for the school?
00:48:54.10\00:48:56.46
This is very, very, important
00:48:56.50\00:48:57.90
because you want
the students to buy in
00:48:57.93\00:49:01.07
to what the school is doing.
00:49:01.10\00:49:02.87
You want them to be a part
of what the school is doing.
00:49:02.90\00:49:05.61
You want the school to be a
blessing to its young people.
00:49:05.64\00:49:08.91
And Zach and Bethany
bespeak that Ouachita Hills
00:49:08.94\00:49:12.98
is a blessing to them
and is giving them direction,
00:49:13.01\00:49:16.45
and grace, and faith,
and a spiritual experience
00:49:16.48\00:49:19.75
in their student life.
00:49:19.79\00:49:22.79
Hard to believe, we're
on our last segment here.
00:49:24.26\00:49:26.66
I know, time has gone by quick.
00:49:26.70\00:49:28.56
It has indeed.
00:49:28.60\00:49:29.93
And we just want to talk
in the last couple moments
00:49:29.96\00:49:31.97
about the impact OHA has
made, Ouachita Hills Academy
00:49:32.00\00:49:35.34
on some of the
lives of the students.
00:49:35.37\00:49:37.14
So we have of
course, Mrs. Clark here.
00:49:37.17\00:49:39.04
But sitting next to
you we have Bethany,
00:49:39.07\00:49:41.51
and tell me what you like
about Ouachita Hills Academy?
00:49:41.54\00:49:45.51
I really enjoy the
peaceful atmosphere here
00:49:45.55\00:49:48.52
and it's been conducive
00:49:48.55\00:49:50.09
to my spiritual,
mental and physical growth.
00:49:50.12\00:49:53.25
And also, I've
made many friends here
00:49:53.29\00:49:55.66
that I think will last
me for my whole lifetime.
00:49:55.69\00:49:58.59
Amen. Very thankful for that.
00:49:58.63\00:50:00.46
That's wonderful.
00:50:00.50\00:50:01.83
And, Zach, how is being
here at Ouachita Hills Academy,
00:50:01.86\00:50:04.93
how has it impacted your life?
00:50:04.97\00:50:06.70
Well, personally,
it's helped me to be
00:50:06.74\00:50:08.40
more consistent
with my devotional life
00:50:08.44\00:50:11.54
and not only that
I've learned to work hard
00:50:11.57\00:50:13.31
through vocation
ethics, through construction,
00:50:13.34\00:50:15.74
through all kinds of
things, the kinds of things
00:50:15.78\00:50:18.15
that they have taught us here.
00:50:18.18\00:50:19.51
You know, Zach, I
was thinking, you know,
00:50:19.55\00:50:20.88
far as just what
you're saying here
00:50:20.92\00:50:22.25
as far as the
impact and Bethany too,
00:50:22.28\00:50:23.62
you know, far as
00:50:23.65\00:50:24.99
Ouachita Hills Academy
has been a blessing to you.
00:50:25.02\00:50:26.35
You know, I think about this.
00:50:26.39\00:50:27.72
I know you're just
two and there's been
00:50:27.76\00:50:29.09
multiple students
that are currently here
00:50:29.12\00:50:30.46
and I think, Mrs.
Clark, all the students
00:50:30.49\00:50:31.83
that have been through here
00:50:31.86\00:50:33.19
that you guys would
echo the same thing.
00:50:33.23\00:50:34.56
You know, that all these other
students would say the same,
00:50:34.60\00:50:36.40
what a blessing
that this academy
00:50:36.43\00:50:38.10
has been in
their spiritual lives
00:50:38.13\00:50:39.97
and I know we all have
00:50:40.00\00:50:41.34
a choice to make
including Mrs. Clark.
00:50:41.37\00:50:42.80
You know, each one
of us have a choice
00:50:42.84\00:50:44.17
whether we're going
to serve Jesus or not.
00:50:44.21\00:50:45.81
You know, so I know
all these young people,
00:50:45.84\00:50:47.18
I'm sure you
pray for them saying,
00:50:47.21\00:50:48.88
"Lord, please be with
them as they leave the academy,
00:50:48.91\00:50:50.95
as they leave the
college and go out
00:50:50.98\00:50:52.35
and to work that
God has for them."
00:50:52.38\00:50:54.58
But I know here in closing
I don't know if you have any
00:50:54.62\00:50:56.32
closing thoughts that
you would like to share.
00:50:56.35\00:50:59.29
But I know that
Ouachita Hills Academy
00:50:59.32\00:51:01.12
has needs probably for staff
00:51:01.16\00:51:02.99
'cause we're going to get ready
to go to the address roll here,
00:51:03.02\00:51:05.66
so we want to get
your pen and paper ready.
00:51:05.69\00:51:07.63
So maybe for staff
needs or interested maybe
00:51:07.66\00:51:10.27
send in their child
here to the academy,
00:51:10.30\00:51:12.60
maybe financial needs
00:51:12.63\00:51:14.37
would all that be true
or other needs you have.
00:51:14.40\00:51:15.74
All of its true, right.
00:51:15.77\00:51:17.74
So we want to go to
that address roll here
00:51:17.77\00:51:20.18
shortly before we
do though, Ms Clark,
00:51:20.21\00:51:21.98
we want to thank
you very much for you,
00:51:22.01\00:51:23.58
and your husband,
your family for the vision
00:51:23.61\00:51:25.78
that God has given you.
00:51:25.81\00:51:27.38
And we just pray for continued
blessing upon the academy,
00:51:27.42\00:51:30.39
upon the college
upon you and your husband,
00:51:30.42\00:51:32.25
the staff that is here,
00:51:32.29\00:51:33.86
and you too that
represent the student body here,
00:51:33.89\00:51:36.29
and all those that
have been before you here
00:51:36.32\00:51:37.96
in this one hour program.
00:51:37.99\00:51:40.00
We just want to know
that we pray for you,
00:51:40.03\00:51:41.86
we're behind you,
we know that God has
00:51:41.90\00:51:43.53
great plans for
you, and for this school.
00:51:43.57\00:51:46.23
So let's go to the
address roll right now.
00:51:46.27\00:51:48.30
If you would like
to learn more about
00:51:51.54\00:51:53.21
Ouachita Hills Academy,
00:51:53.24\00:51:55.11
you may visit them online at
00:51:55.14\00:51:57.15
OuachitaHillsAcademy.org.
00:51:57.18\00:51:59.98
Let me spell that for you
00:52:00.02\00:52:01.62
O-u-a-c-h-i-t-a
HillsAcademy.org.
00:52:01.65\00:52:06.89
You may also give them a call
00:52:06.92\00:52:08.52
at area code (870) 342-6210.
00:52:08.56\00:52:14.16
That's area code (870) 342-6210.
00:52:14.20\00:52:20.24
Write to them at
Ouachita Hills Academy,
00:52:20.27\00:52:23.37
PO Box 35,
00:52:23.41\00:52:25.84
Amity, Arkansas 71921.
00:52:25.87\00:52:29.24